Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1924, Page 10

" 10 SPORTS. \ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1924 SPORTS. A. L. Now Has Five Playing Managers : “League of Sporis Nations” Is Developing AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION TEAM LEADERS COMPRISE " FAMOUS STARS OF GAME Base Ball Never Before Has Had Such a Galaxy of Luminaries for Pilots as Harris, Speaker, Cobb, Sisler By the Associated Press. N and Collins. EW YORK, December 13.—Playing managers have gained the ma- jority in the American League, five acknowledged base ball stars having been selected to lead clubs in the 1925 season. They are: Washington—Stanley (Bucky) Harris. Cleveland—Tris Speaker. Detroit—Tyrus Raymond Cobb. St. Lougs—George Sisler. Chicago—Eddie Collins. Perhaps never in_history has a quintet boasting such fame in the national sport been raised to leadership. Harris, at the age of 27 years, led the Nationals to the world cham- ionship in one of the greatest series ever fought, the first time that Q\'ishington ever had entered a world series. He is the youngest of the quintet. Speaker, a product of Texas, Who hecame famous as the centerflelder of the old Boston Red Sox trio, which included Duffy Lewis and Harry Hooper, has piloted his Indlans to one world pennant. After nearly a decade in the American League, the &reat left-hander, still is able to ac- count for his position, although his hair is gray. Cobb, considered by many the great- est plaver of all time, continues injf centerfield for Detroit, hitting with the best and apparently retaining his sorinting start, which has ac- counted for hundreds of stolen bases. Sisler, out of the game most of the 1923 season with the possibbility that he would lose his sight, weturned to play in the past Summer and hit for better than .300. Pitcher, first base- man and outfielder, the Star of the Browns has compiled an impressive record. Collins, a imember of the noted Philadelphia infield. a decade ago, which included Baker, Barry and Mclnnis, is regarded as the best at his position in any league. Records of the Quintet. Here is their record during 1924: Runs Games. scored. 88 143 Batting il 5 Speaker . Cobb . Sister Coliins 94 15 94 349 108 Tt is notable that Cobb, Bill Wambsganss of the Red Sox and Roger Peckinbaugh of the National veterans all, each played in 15 games this year, the only men to ac- complish this feat. POLO GROUNDS GETS SIX GRID CONTESTS EW YORK, December 13—A sohedule 6f six major Eastern grid- iron attractions at the Polo Grounds next Fall, with the Armv-Navy classio on November 28 featuring the 1ist, has been announced by the New York National League Club. Columbia University's eleven, fresh from the best season it has had since foot ball was revived on Morningside Helghts, will play three of its most jmportant games at the home of the Giants. Cornell will be met October 31, Army on November 14 and Syra- cuse on Thanksglving day. Two anclent rivalries are involved in the other games on the list, Wash- ington and Jefferson meeting La- fayette on October 24 and Fordham olashing with Georgetown on Novem- ber 21 Officials of the Giants are angling for additional attractions on two open dates. election day, November 3, and Saturday, November PECK FIVE TO VISIT FREDERICK TONIGHT Peck Memorial tossers expect to have their hands full in a game with formidable Y. M. C. A. quint of Fred- erick, Md., tonight in thelr gymna- sium, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Johnny Bromley, regarded as one of the leading amateur basketers, will display his wares for the Peckmen, who developed one of the leading quints here last year. The Maryland five is reported to be strong, and ought to make matters interesting for the local combination. Lucas of the Boys' Club, Superiors caged 12 baskets when his team beat the Anacostia Eagles. With Captain O’Keefe leading the way, the St. Patrick Midgets nosed out the Stanley Midgets, 20 to 19. Mount Vernon Juniors, who opened their season by downing the Warwick Preps in a 36-to-24 game, presented a star in Taylor, who registered six goals. Pullman Athletic Club was forced to extend itself when it beat the Northerns, 23 to 18. Neck and Tripp were in the limelight. Jinx Athletic Club fell befors the Olympia five, 48 to 21. Schafer of the winners accounted for 13 goals. Palace Laundry five put up a bril- liant stand against the Rochester Centrals yesterday on the latter's court, but it was nosed out, 30 to 28, in the waning minutes. Eastern Athletic Assoclation_and the Petworth quint will be opponents tonight in the new Eastern High gymnasium, starting at 8:30 o'clock. SIX ARE ADMITTED TO ATHLETIC BODY CHARLESTON, S. C., December 13.— Six_institutions have been admitted to full membership in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. They are Loulkiana Polytechnic In- stitute, Rollins Cullege, Loyola Uni- versity, Centenary College, Erskine College and Southwestern Intercol- legiate Institute. University of the South, now a mem- ber of the Southern Intercolleglate Conference, tendered its resignation, which was accepted. Kentucky Wesleyan College and Stetson University were admitted on one year's probation. J. W. Provine of Millsaps College was re-elected president. Other officers elected were: H. E. Sturgeon, S. A. Ives, D. M. Key and J. W. Edwards, vice presidents, and Robert T. Hinton, secretary and treasurer. New Orleans was chosen as the next place of meeting. A motion, introduced by officials of Transylvania College for the repeal of the one-year rule which prevents freshmen taking part in athletic con- tests was voted down. Following this action, the representatives of Transylvania presented the resigna- tion of the college, but action on the withdrawal was deferred. The Summer base ball rule was changed to read to the effect that any “person” playing on any team that played more than three games a week should be debarred from athletic con- tests. The invitation of Birmingham- Southern College to hold the track meet next year at Birmingham was accepted. The basket ball tournament will be held at Macon, Ga., February 25 to 28, Inclusive, upon the invitation of Mercer University. WALLER BEATS WALDRON IN CLUB GOLF TOURNEY W. J. Waller, conceded a handicap of seven strokes on each of the two rounds played, won the final of the annual competition for the Birney cup yesterday at the Washington Golf and Country Club. He defeated R. M. Waldron by 7 and 5. The Birney eompetition is the class B event of the club championship. The final 18 holes, played yesterday, found Waller 1 up as the result of the first 18, played on Thursday. MITCHELL LEADING IN BIG GOLF EVENT MIAMI, Fla, December 13.—Abe Mitchell, crack British pro, yester- day led the field of professionals and amateurs competing in the two-day Miami open tournament at the munic- ipal links, with a card of 139 for the first 36 holes. Bobby Cruikshank was second with 144 and Leo Diegel, George Duncan and Johnny Farrell were next with cards of 147 each. Mitchell, on his second 18 holes, established a new course record, turning in 68, three below par. The best previous record was a 69, made twice by Willie Dow, local pro. 1925W. & L. ELEVEN HAS HARD SCHEDULE LEXINGTON, Va.,, December 13. James Kay Thomas of Charleston, W. Va., star end of the Washington and Lee foot ball team, will captain the squad next season. The 1925 schedule of the Generals, also made public, follows: Beptember 26, Pittsburgh (place undecided). 10, Princeton, at Prince- B 24,'V. P. I, at Lynchburg: 81, 'West Virginia, at Charleston, November 7, Virginia Maryland, at ; 21, North Carolina State; 26 or ‘The opening game of the season will be played at Pittsburgh if the Panthers’ new stadium is completed, but if it is not the game will be played either at Richmond or Charles- ton, W. Va. ——e DARTMOUTH FIVE WINS. HANOVER, N. H, December 13.— Dartmouth opened its basket ball season by defeating McGill Univer- sity, 50 to 28. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President. Izaak Walion League of America. T HE gaod fishing is net all gone. If it éver disappears from America we can always go over to Siberia and be sure of getting the limit— the limit in size, if not in quantity. Dr. Ferdinand Ossendowski, in his book, “Man and Mystery in Asia,” tells of a long, hard journey through the Siberian frontier on a geologi- cal and botanical survey for the Russian government before the revolution, Fortunately Dr. Ossendowski is an inveterate fisherman, and he took oc- casion to remark on the presence of fish in that country. He tells of the great numbers of big fish found in the lakes, and reaches a climax when he describes the catching of a plke ((probably what we call a pickerel, or great northern pike) that meas- ured eix feet in length and weighed 130 pounds! There is little question about this being the largest fish of its kind on record, and Dr. Ossendowskl passed up, @ small fortune in -fishing tackle and cash prizes when he neglected to anter his catch in the American fish- ing contests. A fow weeks later the traveler met | with another piscatorial incident werthy of mention. He stopped at the houge of a woodsman for the night, and In _the morning was asked if he would like fresh trout for breakfast. He aspured his host that he would, be delighted. So the woodsman hand- ed his small son a wicker basket and the boy left the house. The doctor thought the lad was go- ing to an ice house for the fish, and was amazed when a minute lator the boy returned with a basket full of wiggling trout, In reply to his ques- tions the youngster told him to fol- low, and led the way to & creek that passed the house. Creeping up to a 1ittle pool, the boy swooped his bas- ket into it and held it aloft, full of trout welghing up to a pound. JONES TO LEAD GATORS. GAINESVILLE, Fla., December 13. —Edgar Charles Jones of Jackson- ville, a junior at the University of Flo and 1924 selection for all- southern quarterback, has been elect- od captaln of the Gator foot ball team CATHOLIC U. QUINTET POINTED FOR DEBUT Catholic University basketers are pointed for the opening of their campaign tonight in the big gym- nasium at Brookland. The Red and Black will be host to the quint of Blue Ridge College. A preliminary game, starting at 7:30 o'clock, will be played between the Catholic Uni- versity freshmen and the Central High School team. The Brooklanders will enter the varsity fray with almost a new team. The probable starting line-up for the home crew will be Garvin and Ken- ney, forwards; Capt. Fitzgerald, cen- ter, and Donohoe and Mcintyre, guards. Blue Ridge m: Dunn and Dundar, forwards; Heber- ling, center, and Gerloek and Hoke, guards. —_— HAGERTY WILL HEAD 1925 HILLTOP ELEVEN Jack Hagerty has been elected to the captaincy of the 1925 ®oot ball team at Georgetown University. The Dorchester, Mass., gridman was named leader of the eleven at a meeting of varsity letter men held vesterday aft- ernoon. He will succeed Fred Shee- han, who played in the line of the team this Fall. Hagerty has played at halfback on the Georgetown team for two sea- sons. Last year he was rated among the best backfleld men of the South. His most startling 1923 performance was a 95-yard run through the Georgia Tech team in a game at At- lanta. The past Fall Hagerty was handicapped to a great extent by ill- ness and injuries. Before entering Georgetown Hag- erty was captain and star of the Dor- chester High School eleven and was a Massachusetts all-scholastic half- back in his last year there. il G et VIRGINIA POLY GRIDMEN HAVE DIFFICULT GAMES BLACKSBURG, Va., December 13.— Athletic authorities of the Virginla Polytechnic Institute here announced the following foot ball schedule for 1925: September—19, College; Roanoke College. October—3, 'Hampden-Sidney: 10, Aubura, at Auburn. Ala.: 17, Maryland, at’ Washing- ton: 24, Waehington' and Lee, at Lynchburg: 31, open. November—7, North Carolina State: 14, Vir- inia. at Charlottesvllie; 26, V. M. I., at oanoke. Lyachburg 28, TAYLOR WILL CAPTAIN . 1925 HOPKINS ELEVEN BALTIMORE, December 13.—John Walker Taylor, for three years regu- lar back on the elevens, has been chosen to lead Johns Hopkins' 1923 foot ball team. Taylor was the unanimous choice of the Black and Blue letter men. CONFESSIONS FOOT BALL scouT (The authorship of this authentic series is withheld for obvious reasons.) V—IN UNDER THE TEN S Here's a typical instance: One of the star players of this season, on the team of a great 'East- ern university, has been out of high’ school for years, but never had been able to get into college because of scholarship disability. He now is 27 years old. At last he got in, and if you fol- lowed foot ball during the past few weeks you frequently saw his name In the headlines. He is a remarkable foot ball player. He may be an all- America selection. Landing this man in college finally required a contribution of $75,000. It is quite possible that the man who contributed the money does not know what lay back of his contri- bution, and it also is possible that the foot ball player himself' does not know how it came about. Here is what happened: Finding the Soft Spots. A few years ago there were in the big college two undergraduates who had the unusual combination of scho- lastic and business ability. They were working their way through and found it necessary to do some tutoring. Among their pupils were many aspir- ants for college athletic teams who could not quite make the grade, so far as scholarship was concerned. Gradually the two young men came to speclalize on this kind of groom- Ing. They learned all the soft spots in the faculty line-up, and became astonishingly adept in getting dumb- bells past the matriculation barrier. When they finished school, they realized that in this highly special- 1zed ability they had a tangible busi- ness asset. They got some backing and established Benton Academy— that is not the real name of the school, but T will use it for the sake of ~convenlence—about two hours’ train ride from the college. It was a preparatory school, and, so far as curriculum and faculty were con- cerned, much like any other private school, offering the usual courses of secondary schools and speclalizing in the business of individual prepara- tion for youths who did not quite meet the requirements of the big college. Boys from high schools not on the accredited list of the univer- sity might put in a Summer session or half a year at Benton Academy and gain thelr lacking credits. But if one could look over the list of pupils, since the beginning, he would find an astonishing majority of athletes among them. He would find many men who later became col- lege stars, who doubtless never would have been able to enter college had it not been for Benton Academy. The preparatory school, he would find, had become just what it was intended to be—a back door feeder for the big college. And incidentally, it is not the only one of its kind. Great Plays in World Series And Why They Were Great _ By Monito Marberry’s “Stunt” in Game No. 2. NTIL late in the afternoon of October 5, 1924, it had been pretty well accepted by close observers of the art of playing base ball that the strikeout pitcher was a man of the past. The wizard who walked across the greensward in the deepening shadows of the tenth in- ning and “whiffed” one, two or three at the opposition and brought vic- tory for Mudville was generally re- garded as having died out with the departure of Christy Mathewson, Ed Walsh, Addie Joss, Chief Bender and Rube Waddell. The unnamed immortal, the pitcher who fanned the equally immortal Casey on three pitched balls, has a successor—Fred Marberry of Wash- ington. This hero didn’t have to strike out a slugger of the renown of Casey, but he had to do what he did under conditions which the man who faced the Pride of Mudville never dreamed of. Marberry went into the box in the ninth inning of the second game of the world series under a greater strain than has any pitcher in the history of the game. Matthewson, pitching the fatal tenth in 1912, when Fred Snodgrass dropped the $30,000 fly,” is the nearest that history brings us to it. How the Battle Raged. That was the game, you will re- member, in which the Nationals even- ed the series for the first time, Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary pitching against Jack Bentley. With two out in the second inning and Rice on second base, “Goose” Goslin made the first of his three great home runs of the series and the Nationals were off to a two-run advantage. In the fifth inning Harris hit another home run into the left-field stands A great opportunity was spolled for the Glants in the very first inning when, after Lindstrom and Frisch had singled, Young failed in an at- tempt to bunt. To his choice of that play, it may be saild in passing, Mc- Graw ascribes more than anything else his fallure to win the series. Kelly followed with a grounder to Harris, on which the Washington captain threw wildly to second and the bases were filled; but Meusel hit into & double play. The Nationals had s three-run lead going into the seventh. Here came another lapse in the Giant offensive. Kelly walked and Meusel singled him to third. Zachary had shown signe of weakening, but McGraw ordered Wilson to hit the first ball, and an- other double play was the result. Kelly scored, but Jackson closed the inning with a long fly to left. Then came the ninth. Frisch drew a pass, but Young popped to Peck- inpaugh at short. Kelly hit cleanly to center and Frisch scored all th way from first. Meusel smashed to Harris, who made a great one-hand pick-up and threw out the New Yorker at first, but Kelly took sec- ond. Wilson hit a single to right and Kelly tore in with the tying run. When the ball got away from Ruel for a second Wilson took second. Zachary Goes Out. Harris walked out into the diamond and talked to Zachary., Then he told the tired left-hander/ to take the bench, and beckoned to a tall young- r who had been warming up out (near the right fleld line. ‘What a spot in which to test a lad in his first appearance in a world series! It was Fred Marberry, one season in the big circuit, but known In that time as the best rescue pitcher in the American o. e hopes, the fears, the forebod- ings of 35,000 were on the shoulders 23-year-old youngster. :Prob- over Badag- ShESIKAL-9L the acclaim, the praise, the adulation that would be his if he won in his battle of wits and skill with the next Glant batter. The chances are that all he thought of was the horrible fate that would be his if he failed to do as_his manager directed when he gave him the ball in the box: “Get this fellow!" The “fellow” was Travis Jackson, shortstop of the Glants, himself a youngster, though not exactly a stranger to the straln of a world series game. Jackson was up there on express orders from McGraw to “hit the first good one.” A hit meant the lead for the Glants, and, as the game had been going, a second victory and a double edge on the series. With the hearts of 35,000 leaping, Marberry put all of his famous speed on a “fast ball,” a stralght shot across the plate, but bending in to- ward the batter. Jackson struck at it. He struck too late. There was a roar. from 35,000 throats. The second ball came over, the same kind of a shoot. Again Jack- son struck, spikes dug in and ready, but again he swung too late. The blinding speed of the young pitcher was too much for him. Another roar from the crowd. The batter was “in the hole.” - Marberry didn't “work” on the bat- ter as an older pitcher might have done—that 1s, feed him bad balls with the idea that he might hit an easy chance. Too much was at stake. He shot over a third ball so swift that the eye could just follow its track. It was a curve, straight for the plate, but breaking away sharply just at the batter's knees. Jackson swung, but missed, and as Ruel, the Washington catcher, took the ball a roar that rattled the dome of the Capitol went up. The game was saved. Marberry saved {t. The Nationals went at the Glants in the last half. of the ninth and carved out a run on a base on balls to Judge, a sacrifice by Bluege and Peckinpaugh's never-to-be-for- gotten two-bagger to left. And that run won the battle, Inside Golf y Chester Horton. The throw of the clubhead and the “kick with the hips” in the forward swing of the golf club are parts of the swing — most effective ones, too ~—that take place and violent that it becomes almowt a jerk of the hips, though it must mever be am ac- tual jerk. Many players mever learn the true speed of these factors in the for- ward swing. They ~ permit the hands THE QUK n OF THE CLUBMEAD AND THE KICK \WATH THE HIPS TAKE ACE HERE - UMMARIZING the preceding chapters, it will be seen that the activi- ties of alumni dfe the main consideration in a study of profes- sionalism in college sports. It is through the organized and individ- ual efforts of alumni that high school stars are recruited—always against stiff competition and with amazing energy and resourcefulness. Joe Blank was one of the most sen- sational high school foot ball players in America. But he was so hope- lessly lacking in scholarship require- ments that one college after another “threw a switch” on him. It also was necessary to nurse him through col- lege, as he had no funds. When he was about 25 years old, the big uni- versity decided to get him—or rather their coach, scouts and alumni de- clded. The old rellable Benton Academy gave the most promise of success. It was an elaborate, even Napoleonic, plan which was finally decided upon, but it worked. A nationally known American oil magnate—one of the nouveau riche and not an alumnus of the uni- versity—was waited upon by one of the enterprising young proprietors of Benton Academy. It was a long and delicate negotiation and not as sim- ple as it appears in the telling, but the blg idea was that the oil mag- nate was to provide $50,000 to build a much-needed dormitory at Benton Academy, and the name of the ofl magnate, as the donor, was to be in- scribed in large letters on the corner stone. The hall was to bear his name. But there was an important snapper to the preposition. The'magnate also was to provide $25,000 as a scholar- ship fund, for the most capable and deserving boys who might later oc- cupy Magnate Hall. / Effective Work Done. The magnate came through, but it required moye than the simple re- quest of the two young men of Ben- ton Academy. It required some quiet and effective work on the part of alumni who could swing influence even against an oll magnate. The ad- ministration of the scholarship was cunningly drafted. It leaves the choice of the beneficiary virtually in the hands of certain men, who happen also to be alumni of the big coliege and the core of a back-stage alumni group who constitute the real con- trol of athletics in this university. So big Joe Blank got his chance at last. After a little perfunctory pol- ishing at Benton Academy he found he had greatness thrust upon him in the form of a scholarship. The ways were greased for his entrance to college—and there he is, living on the scholarship funds and enjoying all the perquisites and glory of a col- lege hero. And he isn't the only one. (Copyright, 1924.) Tomorrow — Emergency Credentials, PARK VIEW SOCCER TEAM SETTING PACE After their hard-earned 2-to-1 triumph over the Blow School's soc- cer team, the Park View schoolboys hobe to land the elementary school title of the District by pointing the way to the former eleven again Mon- day on the Plaza playgrounds, in the second of the three-game titular series. Entering vesterday’'s battle consid+ erably outwelghed, the Blow young- sters drew first blood. They showed the same gallant fight that won for them the western divisignal title. Park View, however, spurted after its goal had been crossed and with Lippold leading the way opened an attack that could not be stopped. Lippold played one of the most versatile games In this year's series, but Dutton and Cole of Park View also flashed to the limelight. Lile, Bennet, Suit and Irvine of Blow gave good accounts of them- selves. TENNIS PROBLEM UP. NEW YORK, December 13.—Solu-. tion of the player-writer issue, which has caused controversy for the past year, is expected to result today from the action of the executive commit- tee of the United States Lawn Tennis Assoclation on the report of a spe- clal committee. -~ NITTANYS RE-ELECT GRAY. STATE COLLEGE, Pa., December 13.—Penn_State foot ball letter men have re-elected B. G. Gray, veteran center, to captain the 1925 - Nittany eleven. KAPLAN IS IN FINAL IN BING TITLE HUNT NEW YORK, December 13.—Louis (Kid) Kaplan, Meriden, Conn,, feath- erweight, last night dimmed the championship lights of Jose Lombardo of Panama in a slashing bout at Madison Equare Garden in which the latter was knocked out in the fourth round of which was to have been a 12-round match. The Connecticut 1ad thus earns the right to meet Danny Kramer, Phila- delphia southpaw, in a 15-round title match for the 126-pound crown, out- grown by Johnny Dundee, former champton. Kaplan, one of the most active men in the ring, was in wonderful shape against ghe Panaman last night and his powerful left beat Lombardo into submission, though he himself had been rocked repeatedly by a well di- rected right which Lombardo poured at him. Kaplan carried the fight from the start, rushing Lombardo from rope to rope and weakening him with terrific body blows. His wild swings often missed, but he landed enough to floor Lombardo for a count of eight in the fourth round previous to the blow which knocked out the Panaman. The end came when Kaplan landed his left. neatly, followed it with a quick right and then crossed his left again, sending Lombardo half out of the ring sprawling among the news- paper men at the ringside. He was out for several seconds after the count had been concluded and had to be assisted to his corner. GIBBONS ISSUES DEFIES T0 McTIGGUE AND TUNNEY NEW YORK, December 13.—Tgmmy Gibbons, St. Paul light-heavywelght, has filed an official challenge with the State Athletic Commission for matches with Gene Tunney, Amer- ican light-heavyweight champion, and Mike McTigue, world light-heavy- weight” champion. The challenges will be acted on at the next meeting. —_— . GREB OFFERED $50,000 FOR GO WITH FLOWERS PITTSBURGH, Pa., December 13. Harry Greb, world's middleweight champlon, has received a cable offer of $50,000 from Jimmy Johnson, in London, to meet Tiger Flowers, At- lanta, Ga., negro, in a bout next June. The fight, according to Greb, is to be staged either at the New York Polo Grounds or the Yankee Stadium. NEW EiEI'ERIi'CARdLINA LEAGUE NOW IS IN FIELD GOLDSBORO, N. C., December 13.— With four North Carolina clubs in it, the Fastern Carolina Base Ball League is preparing for the 1925 sea- son. Goldsboro, Greenville, Wilming- ton and Kinston will have teams in the new organization, which will open its season next May 21. According to plans approved, the league will play a split season of 72 games, opening May 21 and closing August 11. UMPS HAVE A SIDE LINE. CHICAGO, December 13.—Clarence “Brick™ Owens, American League um- pire, and Bill Guthrie, Pacific Coast League arbiter, have opened a floral shop in Chicago's business district, which they will run as a side line to their work on the diamond. SARASOTA AGAIN FOR GIANTS NEW YORK, December 13.—James Tierney, secretary of the New York National League base ball club, has announced that the Giants have se- lected Sarasota, Fla., again this year for Spring training. W. & L. WILL HELP PITT OPEN ITS NEW STADIUM PITTSBURGH, Pa., December 13.— Jimmie Dehart, former Panther grid star and one of Pittsburgh's few four- letter-men, will pit his Washington and Lee Generals against the Pan- thers in the first game in the monster bowl to be finished for the 1925 sea- son. The stadium will be formallfy opened with the game scheduled with ‘Washington and Lee for September 26. Other games are: October 3, Lafayette; 10, West Vir- ginia; 13, Gettysburg; 24, Carnegle Tech; November 7, Washington and Jefferson; 14, Penn, at Philadelphia; 26, Penn State. CUE MATCH TO TURTON. Frank Turton added another vic- tim to his list by taking the measure of O. Wood, 200 to 144, last night in the.18.2 balkline tournament at the Lewis & Krauss parlors. Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Com- memorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National Leegue, Next Season. X to Be Celebrated FIRST TEAMS—THE CINCINNATIS, I did not retain its membershi; C NCINNATI was an original member of the National League, but p in the circuit all the years of its career, as did Boston and Chicago. The Reds dropped out in 1881 because the league adopted a resolution that liquor could nét be sold on base ball grounds. Cincinnati belie: ved that it was impossible to play base ball without beer and wandered away from the National League fold. It returned in 1890, but wtszermitted then to sell beer because beer was sold in other cities of the however, that ever quit the National The members of the first year team were: C. H. Gould, manager; S. J. Flelds, W. C. Fisher, C. J. Sweasy, H. Kessler, E. Snyder, Henry Dean, Wil- Ham Foley, C. W. Jones, R Clark, D. P. Pierson and A. 8. Booth. It was not much of a success ae a play- ing team, because only nine games were won, while 56 were lost, which is some different from the Reds of 1869, who stormed the United States without losing a game, Of this 1876 team there were. two or three who became players with repu- tations that reached farther than.Cin- cinnati, but for the most part the Reds were local ball players who were not expert enough to cope With the men who had been playing in the East and whose skill on the diamond. had made them famous before the National X| League was organized. There is, one thing that the club did do.. It laid a foundation for National League sentiment in Cincinnati that never was tirely eradicated, and even when the Cincinnatl team became famous in the American Assoclation, in the days when that ization held a place In base ball the United States, there al ‘was & Nationsl city which never ational League. - Cincinnati is the first club, League over the beer issue. Another condition that dbveloped was the continuance of building up base ball sentiment all over southern Ohio and the counties on the top . tier of Kentucky, where base ball has been strong ‘with the atheltic-loving popula- tion for years. It is more than love of the major league teams, or a major league team, that actumtes that part of the United States. It is love for the game itself, and throughout all that country there are scores of excellent local base ball teams, some of which have graduated great players and all of which play interesting base ball. he intercity contests which take place in that reglon are famous every- where for the closeness of the games and ‘the expertness of the players on the _ball fleld. Cincinnati has been the cenfer of this base ball enthusiasm for a half-century and to this day on important occasions base ball fans will g0 to Cincinnati for miles around to see the Reds play in the decision matches of -the league race when the competition is keen. B (Copyright, 1024.) Next: “The Hartfords,” ome of the fameus tenma of the earty days of PROGRAM BEARING FRUIT Emissaries of United States in Various Lines of Com- petition to Carry on Efforts at Conversion in Foreign Countries in 1925, By the Associated Press. N Amateur Athletic Union. EW YORK, December 13.—What might be termed “the league of athletic nations” is developing through the cndeavors of lhc‘ Two national sprinting champions, Charley Paddock of California and Loren Murchison of New Jersey, are the emissaries who will carry America’s invitation to foreign lands next year, with exhibitions in Hawa New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Germany and Sweden and perhaps_else- where, a step described by Murray Hulbert, president of the A. a truc linking of the peoples. Meanwhile leading athletes of the Upited States are AU, as_ preparing to jump the Panama Canal in a renewed effort to link the Americas. Within two years the A. A. Us special committee for cementing athletic ties with South America hopes to have the best of the two continents meeting in competition. : Basket ball, boxing and even base ball, as developed in the United States, have found root in Mexico, with the capital the center of activi- ties. The Mexico City Y. M. C. A. sent a native basket ball téam on a tour through New England, and Springfield College is sending a team of gymnasts there this Winter. Manager John McGraw of the Giants promises to carry professional base ball into South America next season, and he again will attempt the conversion of Europe. Boxers have come from the South- ern continent to reap harvests in the professional game in the United States. Firpo, from the Argentine, ix an example. has come from Chile to meet heavy- welghts. Luis Vicentini is a candi- date for lightweight honors. From Quintin Romero-Rojas | Lombardo to seck the featherweight boxing crown. Several Nations Already Linked. Already the leading nations of the world are linked by horse racing polo and tennis, and to some extent by soccer and hockey, but the effort of the A. A. U. appears to be the first organized attempt to bring South America into a_definite league of sport nations. The ecampalgn will open with amateur boxing champion ships in North America next year The following season will find the United States’ representatives clash- ing on foreign soil. The A. A. U. program also consid ers Canada, which has its profes sional and amateur base ball and boxing, but has not adopted the American game of foot ball. McGill University has tried the game with the Isthmas of Panama- came Josc!little success. TY COBB Remaker of Base Ball At Top Speed— 20 Years- = The Prophets Err— Why He Lasted. CHAPTER XLIL BY H. G. SALSINGER. HYSICALLY, Ty Cobb always P has appeared like a superman. Ball players have said of him: “The guy just ain’t human.” He went through 20 seasons of the most strenuous competition that any man has ever known in base ball. For 20 years he spent six months each year going at top-speed, setting a nerve-racking, muscle-tearing, tis- sue-destroying cllp. And 20 years is four times as long as the most opti- mistic gave him. When he started his career and players realized his style they said he could not go at that pace more than a year or two—no man could go longer. They did not think it was possible for a human being to do it. Thelr “Consolation.” College sprinters burn themselves out in a few years. Cobb did more sprinting in one vear than a col- lege sprinter does in a lifetime. The pace he set was bevond the imag- ination. He threw his body into the breach, risked limb day after day in desperate running and sliding. He took long chances as far as bodily risk was concerned. And his com- petitors, whom he overshadowed, had the consolation that it could not last long. Cobb would burn himself out, or break a leg or an arm and that would be the end of their troubles; for Cobb was a con- stant source of annoyance to them —he “hogged” the headlines. They did not like it. He had all the spot- light. But Cobb did not burn out. He outlasted them by vears and years. He went double the distance given the exception among big leaguers. The average major league career stretches over six seasons. An ex- ceptional career lasts 10. Those that hang on longer than 10 are the real stars of the game and their number is extremely limited. And Cobb, who extended himself more each year than any three men in the game, has enjoyed one of the longest careers on record. In the twentieth season of his career he was numbered among the leading five batters of his league. Carefully Planned. But Cobb had studied out the entire thing years ago. He had method in his bass ball madness; his carelessness was studied and fully comprehended. Cobb realized the dangers of sliding as well as any one. But he also knew how to discount the dangers. A man sliding always takes the risk of strain- ing or spraining an ankle, often of breaking it. early every ‘player has at some time or other suffered a strain or sprain in sliding. Not a few of them have ended their careers with broken legs. Cobb has euffered less injuries than any player in the game, or any. player of his time. The only serious leg injury he ever suffered was a sprained ankle a few years ago. He received this in a game played on a fresh diamond. It was the garme that opened the new playing fleld, and the base lines were filled with holes and bumps. Cobb struck one of these bumps while eliding and twisted his ankle. He was out for weeks. Cobb never received a serious leg or ankle injury on big league playing flelds. Barly in his career he studled out a method to prevent accidents of this kind. He started his slide while going at top speed. He hurled his body into the air and toward the ground at an angle. As soon as he left his' feet his body went limp. He relaxed completely until he was straightened out on_the ground, sliding toward the base. Then ne resumed. control of the muscles so that he could throw his body In any direction. But he remained partly re- laxed. There was no tenseness. Theré- fore, there was no injury. - What Often Happens. He had learned, or figured it out, that most injuries in base ball come to players who fail to relax. They hesitate a moment - before starting thelir slide. .Then they are uncertain about hitting the dirt. They are generally stiff. the feect hit the ground: the beody is carried with little speed: the speed is not enough to carry the feet and legs forward rapidly—the feet stick and the weight of the body is thrown on the ankles, causing strains or sprains ‘This fault in running bases has brought the career of many play- ers to a premature close. By failing to relax and by hesitating in their take-off when sliding. the players continually throw their weight on the ankles and this constant strain wears out the ankles and slows up the player. The legs are the most important part of any competitive athlete and when the legs go the athlete goes. Few players know bhow to take care of their legs; Cobb did. While Cobb seemed to be reck- less, risking his legs in desperate attempts to reach bases, he was do- ing it In a manner that insured against injury and his record is the best proof of this. At bat he was rarely hit by a pitched ball. Only once in his career, late in August of 1821, was Cobb hit in the head by a pitched ball. Jack Quinn hit him over the right ea and knocked him unconscious. Cobb's peculiar stand at the plate alw: enabled him to duck balls pitched on the inside. He was able to get out of the way quickly. He had that in mind when he adapted that pe- culiar stance. (Tomorrow: Chapter XLIII—Keep- ing Fit.) (Copyrighted, 1024, in the Unifed States, Cac a and Great “Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reserved.) —— “QUEEN OF SPORT” TITLE IS VOTED TO SUZANNE PARIS, December 13. — Suzannc Lenglen, tennis star, has been voted the “queen of sport,” in a newspaper ballot. She got 2417 votes out of 13,814 cast for nearly 150 candidates. Pearl White got 136 votes, but her classification as a sportswoman wa not given. No one approached Suzanne in pop- ularity. Mlle. Marcelle Neveu, cross- country runner, was second, with half the tennis champlon’s vote. TENNESSEE GRID DATES. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., December 13 J. G. Lowe, tackle, who suffered a- broken leg early in the season and was unable to play in the big conference games, has been re-elected captain of the Tenessee foot ball team. The schedule follows: October 3. Emory and Henry Vanderbilt, at , at Danville; 14, Mis sissippl 4. and M.; 21 pending; 26, Kentuck: at Lexington. . TIGERS LOSE AT HOCKEY. PRINCETON, N. J,. December 13 - Princton lost its opening game of the hockey season to the St. Nicholas Club of New York, 5 to 1. LEADS KING GRIDDERS. BRISTOL, Va., December 13.—J. I “Jiggs" Thompson, guard, has been elected captain of the 1923 King Col- lege foot ball team. A step on the plunger lubricates 23 moving parts. Warrington Motor Car Co. 1800 lfth St. N w. 4