Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1924, Page 31

SPORTS THE EVENING 8T U, MONDAY, DECEMBER SPORTS " Enemies Determined to Get Johnson’s Scalp : Firpo Planning to Try a Come Back LUIS LIKELY TO RESUME RADICAL MOVE MAY MEAN FORMING THIRD CIRCUIT Friends of American Lea, port of Big Ban, Who Fighter for Honesty in Base Ball. BY JOHN EW YORK, December 1. idea behind the -Whatever may have been the original series of resolutions adopted by the National gue Head Rallying to Sup- Always Has Been Hard B. FOSTER. YOUNG CUB CATCHER GAINS FAME RAPIDLY By the Amsoclated Press. Few persons who have picked 1924 All:8tar National League teams or. “All” combinations from both leagues have left off Charles Leo Hartnett, etsational young catcher of the Chi- ago Cubs. Hartnett, who-is only 24, attained fame during the 1924 season with a fine record of all-around skill. He batted over .300, slugged out 17 two- baggers and 16 home runs. His speed of foot, an unusual asset for a back- ;lnu. was shown by his theft of 10 45 Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Com- memorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National League, Next Season. B X FIRST TEAMS—T have been times when it was T to Be Celebrated nL. HE LOUISVILLES. HE city of Louisville has played many parts in base ball and there | friends. a congpicuous city of those that have DUNDEE AND CRIQUI ARE PALS IN PARIS PARIS, December 15.—Johnny Dun- | dee and Eugene Criqui have been in- separable since the American's arrival here, visiting newspaper offices, theaters and Motitrartre's resorts tc gether. They have glven Paris the| first opportunity to mee two former! champions of the worid, one of whom | was frightfully flayed by the other Quring 15 gruelling rounds and de- prived of his title, becoming borom | Dundes has improved evory occa- | sion to tell the French how good a! :Wcrd Now Is N | RELATIONS WITH RICKARD That “Wild Bull”” Will Meet Romero- Rojas at Garden This Winter in Bout for the South American Ring Title. BY FAIR PLAY. {W YORK, December 15.—It begins to app that Rickard and Firpo have come together again. Also light begins to dawn ag ta the reason why Renault made so poor showing against Romere- { Rojas in Boston. In brief, Romero is being Association, the Nati ! League and ‘the American League.in- g Con ¢ ball politicians of the East and other uts of the game are agreed that the present tendency of the When the American Association was five y the made up base ball circuits. at its best and Louisville and Cincinnati were rivals—deadly rival j times interlocked——fans used to go from Louisville to Cincinnati When Grovor Alex Ereatest pitchors of all time, started his sensationa! come-back early last nder, one of the fighter and what a perfect gentle- man Criqut §s. The latier has in- formed one and all that Johnny is the Maybe he caught Renault out of e of th John he thing wi who, of authority realize some things about the gr and some of the owners are begin is to be attacked, there must be a Not much elsa than what has hap- paned could have been expected since the mbcting of the minors at The trend since then has steadily toward a confiict uf nson as preside resolutions have been seized which to work to have co is the only The radical rankling for. is certain that any will leave behind that never will be he American League =1 3 sert that the National Leagnue not only ie patronis- ceatening it, and whils ve nothing of 1 be difffeult the American Leaguers that that is the case. Chance of Third League. t factor to come to light 0 is the possipil- league. The move nder cover just n s =hould hap ation Just right 2 who are quite willing a try at the establishment circuit t will ralse Ned with A\ leagues and pave the for aps that led in the in the national past. Corie has eports ahout | & more wrinkles to . | the gam Johnson's Friends Rallying. Joh n hase hall his t thinly v TY COBB | Remaker of Base Ball His Battles CHAPTE! BY H. G. SALSINGER. VOLUME on “The Battles of Tyrus A Cobb.” He had a violent temper when he broke into the game, temper that he has learned to con- could e has become involved in many misunderstandings, disputes, argu. ments and fights. Often he beca franti aroused over a slight ma ter all but few peopie. A light wrong, or an imagined wrong, could start a violent fit of anger. Cubb's lack of self-control has brought him into embarrassing ccenes. It has led him into courts and, on at least fon, it required great poittical i to save him from serlous con- sequences, He figured in embarrassing scenes in three different hotels. Jn a hotel mi: : Clevaland Tobb was charged with #tabbing the night watchma A warrant was issued for his arrest the rext day, but he was epirited out of town be 1t could be served. The matter went to the grand fury, and Cobb.was placed in a delicate position. Tolitical power finally rescued him. Fights With Schmid, Tie had eeveral fights with players, the best known of which were his two fights with Charlle Schmidt, veteran . One of these fights took clay dizamond of a southern fleld in the presence of the Detroit team. Players soparated tha two after S:hmidt had Cobb thoroughly beaten. In 1914 Cobl cngaged In an argument with Williaa 1. Carpenter, a Detra butcher who ran a shop near -Cobb's home. The butcher had sent three perch to Cobb's house. The perch cost 20 cents. There was a dlepute regarding the freshness of the perch. Cobb went to the butcher shop, and after he and Carpenter had come to an understand- ing. Howard Harding, a 20-year-old Iper in the shop. tock up his employ- quarrel. Cobb and Harding went cutside and fought on the sidewalk. ‘obb got young Harding down, and in trying to punch him missed the boy's liead and struck the sidewalk, dielocat- ing his thumb. Cobb wa3 hauled to a police station was out of the game for eome time be- cause of the Injured thumb. Wide Publicity. This fight was given a vast amount ¢ publicity at the time, but most of ‘obb's other rows did not receive the ame airing. One time he was fined in Police Court or striking a negro etreet worker who had asked him not to step on freshly oured asphalt. In May of 1912 Cobb got into a row in New York, and this fracas came néar causing a Dbreak in the American jleague, althcugh few blamed Cobb for he incident. In a Detrolt-New York ame a spectator continued abusing “obb after Cobb had asked him to stoR his tactics. Cobb finally went Into the randstand and struck his tormentor. Later it was found that the victim of ‘'obb's assault was a . cripple, & fact “obb did not know when he attacked he man. President B. B. Johnson of the Ameri- n League suspended Cobb for this in- dent. The Detroit team went from Vew York to Philadelphia, and here the layere rallied to Cobb's support. They ad @emanded his reinstatement, and vhen ft was not granted they went on N ¢ of the American League another of thoee delighttul ! be written| some extent since his debut. | it would pass unnoticed with | In a patrol wagon, and | ¢ leaders is toward the retirement of d upon by Johnson's enemies as gom im deposed by Commissioner Tan iy | league | in the National League Amerfcan Leagus to | tuke the pert of the underdog. It is urged by his friends in the| snted by his enemles always has been a har Lest base ball, and t g punt to anything have to do v be said agains! . e | uch on poift h! to know | 1o leaders themaelves. «Copyright. 1924) i 'SPORT FANS ROUGH | IN SOUTH AMERICA| f | Aghte | | seemns elso | mber 15 —Ar- newspapars uring specta < for their lack le treatment of | other cou | gentine and U have baew gev of internatio nt of the ill-feeling Olympic team and the en in Montevideo and| Buenos e ure the tey iceper Mon- | Buenos Alres the | n fans walked off before the end of 1o ill-treatment om the isible for | received by Argentine crow r fallure to win | Urugy was on ideo | conl " resentment when the bo Mont of t The Cleveland Stabbing— Clubhouse Fights— Butcher Shop Row. R XLIV, Ia strike player nings w rult a te \ } 1912, p=lled to go out and. re- | m of amateurs and seml-pros o Athletice and protect the 1 Detroit franch Jim Mediuire and Joe | Sugden, veteran o he only | {tvo men o who | rarticipated which, in MADY Wags, Vous piayed in the ms }by an overw! | Fraak J. Nuv | club; Pres! ball ‘leade game, tus most un ors. Vhilade! ing scora. . owner of the Dietr: son and other base to Philadelphia to settie th Thls they finally suc eedad § Cobb remalned sus- ponded and the players went back to work, In the Spring of 1917 Detroit and New Yotk wers playing a eeries of ex- hibition games. The Giaats. noforious for their “riding” tactics, made Cobb the target cof thelr abuse. The most abusive was “Buck” Herzog, later a manager. Herzog took Cobb to task for his “airs” in raporting for Spring practice ; charged him with helnz “swell-headed’ and ®o forth. Cobb told Hergog to cave his comedy for ths minor leaguers, and threatened to “get h: i not “lay off. The two teame played in Dallas the | next dar. Herzoz resumed his tactics. Near the middle of the game Cobh reached first, He went down on the first pitched ball. Herzog, 10 feet inside of throw. Cobb salled into him, #pikes Ligh. Cobb cut Herzog on the thigh. Herzog punched Cobb. They roiled on the ground, fighting. Finally they were separated. The umpires made |a mistake in chasing Cobb and letting | Heraog remain. That evening Herzog sent word to Cobb that he would appear tu Cobb’s room and fight it out. He ap- 2ared. Cobb outweighed Herzog by about 40 pounds. He did not land any blows on Herzog, but roughed him up considerably in the scufiing. After five minutes of wrestling Herzoz eaid he had enough. Cobb quit the team the next day and the tour continued without him, Dboth clubs losing heavily in gate re- ceipts because of ‘Cobb's absence from the ltne-up. Cobb rejoined the Detroit team at Toledo, just before the seasan opened | Tomorrow: Chapter XLV—Ty Cobb, 1 the M 1924, 1n the (Copyrighted, Great Britain by Your Old Hat b!:_de New Again azd Vienna Hat Co. 400 11th Styeet TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F a2 2T 2R 77707777777 “Gardner” “QOutperforms Any Car In Its Clcu" R ) | Alexander | string catcher with the Cubs in com. | Kitifer, Cub | otsr by brilliant shortstop: . | Won another by timely hitting: how |5:rom sacrificed, Southworth was on season, he chose Hartnett as his re ular- receiviag mate. The Young| catcher was given much credit for his | handling of the veteran untll Alex suffered an Injury that foroed iim to the bench. Incldentally, Hartnett and were buddies with the n France. Hartneit won his post as first- | potition with another star, O'Farrell. The youngster's batting was the de- ciding factor in his favor. Hartnett was born in Millville, Mass, and started his dlamond ca- reer with the Worcester club of the Zastern League in 1921. He worked only one vear in the minora before he was purchased by the Cubs, with whom hp started the 1922 season. Ha was in only 21 games the firat season, 85 in 1928 and 111 in the campaig recently closed. Hartnett was developed by nager, who former. - best catchers in Bill | o | was on gaine of ti { - S HEADS VIRGINTA LEAGUE. NORFOLK, Va, December W. (. Brambiam of Durham, N. %, amident of tho Pledmont and Senth Atlantio Base Ball Leagues, M'as been electod head of the Virginia circuit. $25.020 BAC TOLEDO, Ohfo, 154 E AT TOLEDO. December 15—A 5,000 trotting stake wi ) be tha fea- ture race of the Toledo grand circult meeting to be held in July. Great Plays in And Why The in Walter Johnson’s Triumph Game No. 7. UT of the reeking smear of worst and the best pitching ever seen in a world series, by more different pitchers than ever took part in one of the champion- ship clas Walter Johnson arose ca the 10th of October and crown- ed his career of 18 vears with the most wonderful exhibition of craft,{ courage aud strength in the pitch- ng box that the national game ever has seen, In the series now closing I have shown howw Sam Rice saved a gar for the Nationals with a great catc how Roger Peckinpaukh savel an. g, and with | of | anley Marris eaved anoth toning second-base play. Al the Nationals deserve credit for fine| £ the right time ! John=on saved 1d champlouship for all kno! The « ow it The short and imple ann play by play show tha the place of Marberr ington's rall ¢ the | after Wash hth which | vielded two runs for them and tied ! the score. Then he pitched four scoreless Innings, holding the Glants In check tiil the Gri finally | broke through for the winnaing run | in the twelfth. But those four Wha pitching was there! Beaten twice by the Glants—in 1 nad through pped declsive- 12 tnnings in gamc No. no fault of his, but ! Iy in game No. 5 at the Polo Grounds ~-New York watched the advance of the “Blg Smoke” of former years to the box with satisfaction. They falt that they had his namber. They might have had to guess had Harris chosen any other of his pitehers, even the youngsters, but with Johpson they felt that they had an “edg: It looked In the ninth as though they were right. Lindstrom opened with a harmless pop fly, but Frisch connected solldly and went all the way to third on a screaming drive to deep center. As fast a man as Frisch might have attempted a home run and might have made It, but with only one out the “percentage” was not to take the chance and to keep him at third. Two sterling hitters, Young snd Kelloy, were coming next apd Meusel right behind. It looked ltke a sure run for New Foric = Johnson fooled them. Frisch never ft third. Youns, 2 hitting dlsap- pointment, as far as the series went, was purposely passed. It was up to Kelly, the man whose home run off Johnson had spoiled the first game. It seemed like a 100-to-1 bet for New York that Kelly would hit at least a sacrifice fily and allow Frisch to score. Kelly ne touched the ball. Three times Johnson drew back his great right arm and three times he shot over balls that no one, not even his clubmates, knew he possessed. It SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SALE innings Bicycles, Velocipedes and Scooters 15 to 20% Discount Bicycles as low as $25.00 $12 Fairy Velocipedes, $9.95 Ball-Bearing Disc Scooter and Wagons, 15% off A small deposit will reserve purctae. adl Sase” S Agents for the celebrated De Luxe Bicycle. The bicyele wsed by United Siates Park Pelice and by memsenger boyw, The only bicycle made that earries English seamless tubing. Fully guaranteed for all kinds of service. Guaramtee backed by factory. Easy Terms If. bll‘l'fflil ROMM BICYCLE CO. 1013 9tk S¢. N.W., Franklia 2735 {al boatload and trainload when their team went to the home of the Reds to play. All that s history and fond rec- ollection now because Louisville s in one league and Cincinnat! in an- other snd the law of the land has changed 8o that the stout burgher of Cincinnati no longer can pledge eternal frisndship to the stoute Kentucky-born « burgher in breakers that foam over the top and through wlich the world {s the hue of a string _of amber beads. Detesting each other cordially In & buse ball were against all the re- mainder “of the baues ball In the world &s.joint friendly enemlev. The Loulsvilles were charter mem- bers of the National League. Thelr ain &nd manager was J. C. apman. He had hase ball experl- cnce before he went to Loulsville ind of the older generation of base ball men was one of the best known. Other players of the team werc Jim Devlin, a wonderfully gocd pitcher with a very sorry finleh; W. Scott Haetings, Charles Sny Joe Gar- hardt, one of the best infleiGers of any time, “Move Up Joe" they called him; W. L. Hague, Charley Fulmer, A. A Alltson, J. C. Carbine, W. H. Holbert, H. Colll W. Somerville, G. Pechtel and J. J. Ryan Loufuvills finlahed Afth in the frst Natfonal Leagnue race with 50 tories and 3¢ defeats The perc age of the team wan .485, which was a good gFauge of the nine's actual abllity. It'was not a tewm composed of players who were stars. but it World Series y Were Great By Monitor————— | | was like golng back to 1815, when he | beat the Yankees three times in three successive days. The ball burned by the famous slugger of the Giants and he struck hard at each one and missed. Mausel was Iluckier. He shot a sharp bounder to third, but Miller, the third buseman who had taken the pirce of Taylor, removed for a pinch- hitter in the eighth, filelded the ball cleanly, and though he made a poor throw to first, Judge managed to stretch far enough to get it. Wilsou walked to open the tenth, Aguln the Johnson speed was brought into play and Jackson went out on strikes. Gowdy closed the inning by smacking Inte’ a double pley, John- son starting It McGraw sent up Groh te bat for McQuillan in the eleventh. Iir sin. ht, hurd &nd clean. Senth- worth ran for him and whan Lind- #econd. A hit meant a Giant run, the game, the series. Fri the maker of the threes bagger two inning: before, wus ut bat. Johnson called back te the wire urm days of 1913 again and struck out Frisch. Then he passed Young ong to first, on the principal, per heps, #0 hitless, and repeated his ninth in ning wander work by again str! out Kelly. Opening the twelfth, Meusel hit the first ball for a single. No time for taking chances. Johnwon whipped over three strikes on \Cilsgn and Juckson forced Meusel. There was stiil a hope for the Gisnts, but Gow dy raised o long fiy to Gosiin, and, as it turned out, Johnson's last ball in the big leagues had been thrown The Nationals won the game in tha last half of the inning. e OUT OF GRAND CIRCUIT. ROCHESTER, N. T.. December 15, Rochester will not enter the grand circult next year because of the lack of a mile track. Leocal horsemen hope that a track wiil be built here next year, but point out that even I one s constructed it would not be completed for any meetinge fn 1925 % 8 ; I i | that a good hitter cant always | ng | Speciaf 3-Day Used Car Sale was made up of men who could give good pitching, gcod support, and as Loulsvile got much gool pltehing it wae oasler for the team to make 4 good showing than it would have been if the pitchers had not been a bit atronger than the other playe of the nina It was partly because of the great rivalry that exlsted all through the river country between Loulsville and Clrncinnati that base ball became such a waell settled fixture in the Ohio Valtey. In the days when the river steamboats between Cincinnati and Louisville were structures of much white paint and much gold orhamen- tation it was no uncemmon thing for one of them to be chartered by a base Dball crowd and It waa & reguliar event on certain oocasions to find the packets that steamed daily between the two river cities filled to their capacity with base ball fane Who spent hal? the night singing their juy to the river towne aiong the Kentuoky and Indiana banks. While the Natlonal League was or- ganized in New York, =0 far as its tachuical gonstruction was concerned, it wus at Loufevillo that the first meeting to orgenize the Natlonal League vas held. That giver Louis- ville quite a share n the National League jubilee. (Copyrigar, 1924.) The first “Philadeiphia Ath- tu those dags in the Natlona. League.) NEW RULES ARE DUE FOR HARNESS RACES | CHICAGO, December 13.—Drastic {changes In harness racing rules in- cluding introduction of claiming iavents on the 1300 American tracks over which pacing and trotting races |are hald were urged by a special {committee of the Harness Hotse As- soclation of America in resvlutions presented to the assoclation at its annual meeting heéra today. Adop- tion appeared certain, members said. Horses eligible to claiming races would be clussificd according to thelr winnings Instexd of Ly their time fecords. Committee members pre- dicted that a majority of the races of |next seawon will be conducted under the cl rule. Huch veteruns of the Orand Circult and Jessar tracks es Tommy Murphy, Walter Cox and Harry O. Reno, alded in framing tho new trotting frules, which, they predicted, if passed would do more toward popularizing the har- nexs sport than any move the asso- clation has made (n a dosen years. More than 800 pacers and trotters | will g0 under the hammer at the| Chicago siock yards today at the an- nual horss sale. a feature of the assoclation convemtion. Horsemen trom all sections of the country sre hera. } | EMBASSY SOCCER TEAM ADDS ANOTHER VICTORY When the British embassy soccer players blunged the 8t. Jerome eleven of Raltlmore In & 3-t00 match yi terday, they showed to be one of the Dbest drilied teams hereabouts. It was the fourth etraight victory for the embassy eleven and the third consecutivs time that its goal has not been croesed. il SCHOOL SOCCER TEAMS IN TITLE SERIES GAME Blow “and Parik View graded schools twere to meet {n the second game of the championship wsoccer serfes toQay on the Plaza play- grounds, starting at 3:30 o'clock. ‘With one victory to its crediy, Park View will cop the title if it downs the Blow eleven today, ! | o SUNDAY—MONDAY—TUESDAY On the White Lot 1706 14th Street N.W. Ford Coupe, '23. 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Grounds you! would still ba champion of the world, ! for I'd never have stopped running| from those brogan: HARDEN SETTING PACE IN CUE TITLE TOURNEY Competition ia narrowing in the District champlonship 13.2 balkline bfiliard tournament with Capt. Har. den in the front with five straight victories. B. Rowland Clark has five wins In six starts. | Mautches to be played in the tourna- | ment this week are: Tonlight, Clark va. Wolfa; tomorrow night, Clark vs. Harden; Wednesday, Clark . Tur- ton; Thursday, Powell vs. Priday, Clurk vs. Harden i o o Brown University elevem will p all of Its games next scason on X home griditon. condition in Boston and th a fle this now DE TO BOX AT BARRACKS Yo | Indlan Russe! will {bout Thursday night at th Barracks for ton Cor; Fage: H most ness, leadi | dacisions over Eobby Bur knoc: Co! | @0, while Ki4 Sulllvan w {in the preliminary bou Fr liminary card. Arrew golf ta the name given to a new arch gol? , maybe he did not. Anyway, when h Romero around it sounds a little a can to Renault. Then, again, dgling ex-college heav Anyway, word now is that Firpo Winter, and a big battle looms for is held, according to report, Romera. Angered br the Wild Bull's poer | showing against Weinert, the South NCIO AND RUSSELL | wuine, asinat Wotnezs "the’south | harked back to the time when Wirpo refused Romero's challenge for = Lattle and have used thls &8 an es- cuie to deprive Firpo of his crewn and p it on the Chllean’s expan- sive bean. As for Toramy Gibbons, the plans again seera to be in the alr, that fe, hiz immediate plans. He wse to | bave met Sallor Mexted in the South, i but now it seems Tommy has changed | hix mind. Maxted is very much liked and adrired In Flordda, where the .| bout was to have been d. And ke ot | has be Improving' as = fighter. | Whether or not this made any differ- IR e iance the Ht. Paul fghter fs HO WIS problematie, but the writer canmo: in! 8o that Maxted has aaything o sate] which Gidbor need be afraid. | (Copyrigat, 1924.) A S B CLUB SOLD TO LEAGUE. DALLAS, Tex, December 13 ~Tiw sport which combines golf and | Galveston bass ball franchiss bhis ery. It ls played cver a regular | been £old to tha Texa® League by fts course, shooting with 1 and | own: together with player con- into cardboard dizks. tracts territortal rights, i!l meet Romero at the Garden South American title, which ung L. meet In th the Schwartz eht Izzy a rent. ssell is reported to ba oue of the feared flyweights in the bu having toppled a number # scrappers. Dencio won threa ked out by Russell L. Ericson will refere ankie Mann Is arrenging the pre ~ _Jor real enjoyment ElProducto isknown throughout America as the cigar for real enjoyment. And men who appreciate a really fine cigar, enjoy its mild yet distinctive character. Give him a box of El Producto—there's no gift so sure to please. 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