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28 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1924, SPORTS. Big Minors Beginning to Feel Importance : No Air News of Holiday Grid Games NEW ATTITUDE IS LIKELY TO COST MAJORS DEARLY Era of Cheap Deals Betw Leagues Ended, According to Influential Figure in One of Lesser Circuits. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, December 25, their oats in a way that is major league brethren. They equals of the major circuits, and are growing less and less inclined to dispose of their players. It will take compensate them for the loss of patronage suffered when they dispose of big drawing cards to the majors. There will be no more cheap dealings between the major leagues and ‘the leagues of Class AA,’ said one of leaders to the writer in a recent int ents,” he continued. “We cannot af ning for us in base ball add, the rulers. “They never have relinquished their m to be considered the rulers. \at is why there is trouble now, at times, between the major leagues and the minor. leagues, and differ ences at all times, and that is why I may not give my name to th statement, for if 1 do there will be reprisals. The old theory of might makes right in base ball survives, although totterin, “Did not the sale of the New York National ball club and his subsequent In zlorious finish put an end to the nds for huge sums for minor league ball plavers the writer asked. No. cago sum O'Connell to League base Kamm was sold to the Chi- Americans for even a larger than that received for O'Con- nell. There has been no fault found with Kamm. Some have said that he is not worth $£100,000, but that is a mat- ter of opinion and estimate. 1f the Chicago owner figures that Kamm 2dded to the streugth of his infield %0 that the Chicago club did not be- | come a heavy loser each year. then it would be fair to imagine that he thought Kamm worth $100,000 to him Record May Be Exceeded. Will there ever be paid again ir your opinion, an amount equal to| the 000 that was expended for the services of Ruth? “It is likely to happen t be a payment in s there not be an owner who will have the resources to draw upon for such an amount. But there will be large sums paid for players in the future and there wiil be many deals which will embrace exchanges of players and cash, players in twos and threes| perhaps, which will amou ball plavers are valued to sums ranging | from $£25,000 up. “Upon what further theory do you your statem hat there will no more so-called eap deal- " the writer asked “Upon no theory at all, but e fact that at least two so-called minor leagues today are as well settled as the majors in many | respects. One of them, the American \ssociation, dares not sell ball play- ors any longer without recelving in return such recompense as will per-| it a club making any such trans- action to retain its strength in lcague that plays almost as good| ball as either major league. Little Difference in Class. “There are games played in the 1iajor leagues that are not as good as some of those which are played in the American Association, and, of course, the American Association has | its lack of quality at times. Taken collectively, however, the clubs of the American Association will give the second division teams of either major league a battle, and there will be times when the American Association teams of greater strength would fight to the last inning with the best teams ot the major leagues. That is why the American Assoclation clubs can- uot trifie with their public, which is growing in numbers and becoming more appreclative.” “What of the attendance and the business of the American Assoctation, for Instance? Does it warrant a more elaborate outlay. “Not only does It may cash, base 8s upon of the it warrant it, but it must have it. So little i{s the grade of base ball differentiated in the high-class minor league from that of average base ball in the major league that patrons of our teams, who are accessible to the cities of Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit and St. Louls, all of which are in the shadow of our wminor circuits, tell us that they can see little difference between the base ball of the major league and that of the minor league.” Minors Gaining Confledence. “Will the minor leagues sever from the majors if in the course of time the minors think they are equal to the task of major league base ball?” “A very difficult question to answer, vet T may say that the minors no longer have the fear of inimical leg- islation and raiding of their players ihat they have had in the past. They realizo that they cannot compete, pos- xibly with the New York situation or the Chicago situation, but they are not in the least afrald of the St. Louis situation or that of some other cites T might name.” “Could the minor leagues of Class AA, or any part of them, declare themselves to be major leagues if they wished?” “Can you deprive a man of the right of free speech? If the Pacific «<'oast League or the American Asso- clation should come forth and say that it is a major league what would prevent it from being a major league? After all, there is nothing to the ex istence of a major league except the fact that it says it is one, and has been saying so ever since the N tional League was organized in 1876. If the Paclfic Coast League and the American Association and the Inter- 1ational League should meet some WALKER IS WORKING HARD FOR SCRAP WITH Mc¢TIGUE BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, December 25.—M N The bout will go 12 rounds, with no decision, end, while a newspaper, or popular, decision in Walker's tavor would be highly prized by the voung man of Kerelghead, he knows he has got ta put Mike to sleep, or score a technical knockout, before he can wear the crown officlally. Mickey thinks he can do this. He thinks he can wear McTigue down and finally get him in condition where fighting is the last thing he wishes to do. Mickey has been making a lot of friends lately, is becoming one of the smost popular champions in the ring, and .there are many who think he can paste McTigue good and proper. But, getting right down to cases, there iz no geed reason for confidence —The minor leagues arc beginning to feel We arc better off today than were the major leagues 25 vears ago when they were the leaders in base ball, and, I may | they had outsrown their long aprons | | handicap. with $2,500 added, at a mile little gymnasium he has built at his Summer home at Rumson, N. J., is going faster just now than ever before in his life, and his sparring partners say he is hitting harder. All this activity, of course, is preliminary to knocking Mike McTigue off his world light-heavyweight throne when the two meet in Newark on January 7. !'fans oagbt not to get overly excited een Majors and Class AA going to prove expensive for their are coming to feel themselves the more and more money, they feel, to the most influential of minor lcague crview. “We are no longer, depend- fford to be. A new epoch is begin- day and annouce to the world that they would respect the right of con- tract and the right of reservation, and these are the cardinal principles of base ball, and then add to that state- ment the further announcement that ind knee breeches and were old enough to vote, who could stop them? “They might even go to the furthest extreme and in a moment of ex- hilarated happiness announce that their former masters were the minors.” NEW ORLEANS RACE HAS DOZEN MUDDERS NEW ORLEANS, La., December 23. { —Twelve horses, many of them hav- | ing shown a liking for the heavy go- ing, were carded to face the barrier in the feature event of today's rmces at Jefferson Park, the Christmas and one-sixteenth. The course, softened by an almost | continuous rain during the last few | days, will be extremely slow 1 The S. N. Holman entry, Nassau, Elector and Bradley's Toney appeared favorites. The Greentree Stable pair, Rink and Leopardess, art Gold- blatt's Banter, Mose Goldblatt's Cor- nth and H. . Bedwell's Modo also| were among the prominent entries. | The other entrics were Thimble, Bal- ot Brush, Red W Poet. field and The PALACE-CELTIC TILT LIKELY TO BE WARM What probably will be the best brand of basket ball played here this season should be forthcoming when the Palace Laundry five makes its hiome debut Sunday against the world champion Celtics in the Arcade Audi- torium. The Celtics have visited here in ears past and merely toyed with the local opposition. The Palace Laundry quint, however, really has a chance to topple the New Yorkers. The locals made a fine showing against some of the leading teams in the East. Palace Laundry forced the Celtics all the way in a recent game at New York. George Marshall, boss of the local quint, has mustered what he be- lieves to be'the best basket ball tal- ent in this section. TURNER AND BASHARA | BOX NEXT THURSDAY | Fistle fans hereabout are likely to| Zet some lively entertainment next Thursday at Fort Myer when Jack Turner and Joe Bashara clash in a 12-round feature bout. The past records of the scrappers indicate that Bashara has the edge. Turner failed to make an impressive showing against Charley Baum of Baltimore, but Bashara had an easy time with the Orlole City boxer. Tur- ner, however, has a bagful of fistic tricks and may surprise his opponent. A deal of interest is being mani- fested in the 10-round semi-final, which involves Midget Carbon, south- paw boxer of Fort Myer, and Eddie Leonard of Baltimore. Frankie Mann, who is promoting the show, plans several other preliminary bouts. STANFORD GRIDDERS PRIMED FOR COMBAT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., December 25.—Thirty-one men will compose the Stanford University foot ball squad which will-leave Saturday for Pasadena for the game against Notre Dame on New Year day, Coach Glen Warner announced today. The squad went through signal practice, dummy scrimmage and ex- ercises vesterday. Coach Warner sald today that no more actual scrimmage would be held before the game, although light workouts are planned daily. Ed Sandys, substitute tackle, was operated on for appendicitis last night and will be unable to make the trip. > . TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, De- cember 25.—The Potomac and Shen- andoah rivers were clear this morn- ing. ickey Walker, hard at work in the that Walker can harm the champion very much. Mike is a_ very clever boxer and is big enough to make his skill tell against the bulling tactics of the welterwelght king. On the cards it would seem that the men whom Mec- Tigue should justly fear—as he does—are Gene Tunney, Tommy Gib- bons and Harry Greb. But certainly about Hickey's prospects of stowing Mike away. The fight has a good sound, but to the writer it seems likely to turn out as just one of those bouts. I BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WoN 4 RACES N 4 DAYS AT THE LAST OLYMPICS — Pacis |CHEVY CHASE QUINT TO MEET NATIONALS Flushed by its 89-to-15 v the Woodside M I, tussers, Chase Athletic Club hopes to point the way to the Nationals Saturday in the Chevy Chase gymnasium. Atherton and Duryee of Chev: Chase accounted for seven and six goals, respectively, against the Wood- side combination. Games with the winners may be arranged by calling Hubbarad eveland ictory over . Chevy at Playing three extra five-minute perfods, the Peck Memorial Reserves won a thrilling 24-to-22 victory over the Union M. E. aggregation. Char- lle Kendrick caged the deciding basket. Peerless Preps had to step livel nose out Royce Athletic Club, 2 23. Dozier of the winners, court goals, led both teams. to to with five Anacostia Eagle athletes have de- veloped $5-pound, 103-pound, 113- pound and senior teams. National Athletic Club made it four in a row by disposing of the Capitol Preps In a 40-to-19 engagement. The ationals never were threatened. Lydon played well for the winners. CONTI SETS NEW RECORD FOR 18.2 BALKLINE GAME By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, December 25.—With a run of 477 Roger Conti, the French star, again broke the world record for 18.2 balkline play in the championship billlard tournament. He defeated Felix Grange, 500 to G9, and thereby won the champlonship of France and Europe. The former record for championship competition was 472, established b the youthful Contl last Friday. Conti went through the tournament with- out a defeat, winning five straight matches and scoring 2,500 points in 36 Innings, with a grand average of 69.4. Fifty Years National League, “H National League had in its history player in all capacities. He was born in Mansfleld, Pa., and resides there now, although it is Carnegie in these days. He is a Penn- eylvania Dutchman and yet he is not. He does not belong to those sturdy farmers of German extraction who are scattered over the wonderful lands in the Eastern part of the State. He never would have made a farmer. His natural inclination is to be a hunter. That may be why he is a good ball player. Almost all good ball players are hunters. He was 20 years old when he came into prominence in base ball. That was when Ed. Barrow, then manager of the Paterson, N. J,, club, sold his services to Louisville because Harry Pulliam, who was at that time sec- retary of the Louisville club, paid $100 more for him than Pittsburgh would pay. In time it made little difference, because three years later Dreyfues bought the Pittsburgh club and took Wagner along with him trom Loulsvile. All told Wagner played 2,785 league games in his time. In all time he probably played more than 3,500. With the big leagues he compiled a bat- ting average of .329 for 21 years' play. That doesn’t signify much to'the person who doesn't know the inner mind of base ball statistics. In real- ity it means that in every third time he went to tne pat he made a base hit and a fraction more; that is, bat- ted the ball where it could not be flelded so as to put him out. That is Walker has a reputation as a sec- ond Dempsey,” but when you come down to it, how many A-1 men has he put to sleep? a fine achlevement. There are very few men in sports in which a club or stick is used who can accomplish once in every third time that which they undertake to do, \ tiRs. ELDRED — 1S A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GRANDMOTHER Trereare 5 \ving . generation's —By RIPLEY. Brooklyn - age 102 - 0* — o} Sharon, Pa. ENGRAVED THE LORD'S PRAYER OM THE g\ HEAD OF A PIN - IN 4 HOURS Rest Cobb’s Ideas of it— Plans for Future— Clarke’s Experience. CHAPTER LIII BY H. G. SALSINGER. HROUGHOUT his career Ty Cobb devoted study and at- I tention to physical welfare. | He studied “foods and got to know their nutritive values. He studied the sciznce of work and the science of rest. Cobb experimented with himself, learned how much rest he needed and saw that he got it. He shaped his dally program o that he would be at maxi- mum physical ability when he took the fleld in the afternoon. He recharged {his nerve and muscular batterles be- tween games so that he would be in perfect condition for the mental and physical test that fram two to three hours competition would demand. Several years ago Cobb told a news- paper editor that he owed his long and strenuous career to 12 hours sleep of each 24. He spent one-half his life |sleeping. Before that Thomas A. Edi- |son had said that he slept four out of |24 hours and worked 20. A famous | slept 20 hours out of every 24 and work- |ed four. Cobb had discovered that some | people need more sleep than others and decided that he needed more because he went at greater speed and spent much more nerve and muscle tissue than the vast majority of people. Cobb spent more in two hours than the average ball player spends In a week. It was a good newspaper story, of Base Ball that One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Com- memorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the to Be Celebrated Next Season. XXIIL. GREATEST PLAYERS—JOHN HENRY WAGNER, ANS” he was to face the fans of his day and “Hans” he always will be in base ball. e was one of the National League’s great- est 10 ball players, because he was one of the best batters the and because he was a splendid ball He made his greatest reputation playing shortstop. He could play the outfleld and began his career doing that. He also could play first base and he could pitch after a fashion. He was utterly without conceit and egotism, although a plaver of pride. He loved to fish and when he was Fast he would drift to the ocean on off days and try deep water fishing. His skill in flelding was due to his huge hands and his ability to get into motion almost instantaneously, al- though a very large man physically. He stole bases with impunity on slow catchers, because from a base as If he were sliding on a greased frying pan. He did not have to get to his toes. He simply oozed away on his feet. In his last year in base ball, 1917, he played in 74 games. He had wish- ed to cease playing before he did, but was coaxed to stick. One afternoon things did not go to suit him and he went back to the clubhouse and packed his uniform. He was through and no amount of effort cbuld pre- vail upon him to continue. ; He was cast in a mold completely unlike that of the shapely Anson, or Ewing, or Kelly, but he was faster than Anson, as nimble as Kelly de- spite his more squatty figure, and a line smasher like Anson and Ewing. Some have sald that hé was the greatest ball player who ever lived. He would be a candidate for the stakes if one were Inaugurated. (Copyright, 1924.) % (Next—“King Kelly.,” one of the National League’s greatest catchers.), | French ecientist, years before Edison, | he started away | one about the 12 hours sleep each day. but Cobb did not mean ij exactly tha vay. Still, it served well for publicity purposes and Cobb got a great ueai of publicity out of It. The question of sleep 1s ever an interesting one and newspapers hopped to the tdea with Cobb giving it new etus, | What Cobb reaily meant was that he | managed to rest 12 hours out of each 24. Not the entire 12 was taken up sleep, part by lounging. But for hours in every 24 Cobb aimed to give his body perfect relaxation. And in this relaxation is found one of the chief reasons for Cobb's long career. As he protected his career and pro- longed it 8o Cobb plans to protect him- self when his playing days are ended. He has decided on a system that will insure him for future Years. Men that indulge in strenuous athle- ties and who quit suddenly invariably pay a heavy price. Lung or heart trou- retires from sport. Cobb intends | protect both heart and lungs. A few years ago Cobb was exam- | Ined by an expert in Atlanta, Ga. This man discovered Cobh had unusually large veins and an enlarged heart Cobb had exerci for years, ever since early boyhood. The condition was a natural result of that exercise. The doctor told him there was no im- mediate danger but warned him of serious consequences if he ever quit playing. On the day Cobb quits active play he will start a course of daily exer- cises to prevent a “collapse” of the veins. He intends to continue these exercises. Cobb told his plans to Fred Clarke, who managed Pittsburgh the year that the Pirates beat Cobb and the Tygers for the world championship. Clarke then related his own experi- ences to Cobb. Clarke quit exercising when he quit base ball and soon after his heart began troubling him. He con- sulted a physician. The doctor told him his heart was bad. He told Clarke to report for daily treat- ments, but after a week Clarke's heart was not improved. The doctor’s office was three blocks from a car line and the doctor was always at his office promptly at 9 o'clock, =0 by being in the office before 9 Clarke was assured of being first called and avolding waits in the office. One morning it was exactly 9 o'clock when Clarke got off the car. Not wanting to be late, he ran to the doctor’s office. Examining Clarke a few minutes later, the doctor ex- claimed: “Your heart action is per- fect this morning. My treatments must be doing you a lot of good." So each morning for a week Clarke ran three blocks to the doctor's office and was told that his heart action [ was perfect. One morning he walked jand the doctor discovered Clarke's heart was bad agaln, just as bad as the day he came to him. So Clarke told the doctor what he had been doing and the doctor prescribed a set of daily exercises for Clarke. His heart trouble disappeared, perma- nently. Men who engage in sports enlarge the heart because of the action de- manded of the heart. And they nat- urally enlarge the veins. 'The same is true of the lunge. The more the athlete exerclses and the greater demand made on the lungs, the larger they become. When the athlets re- tires, the heart, veins and lungs col- iapse because only the normal parts of each organ are used. The result of this collapse is often fatal. And Cobb is prepared to escape the same fate. (Tomorrow: Chapter LIV—Cobb's selections.) (Copyright, 1024.) ble usually descends upon the man who | to BEARS ARE POINTING FOR QUAKER BATTLE BERKELEY, Calif., December 25.— Coach Andy Smith of the undefeated University of California foot ball team, is taperiig off a strenuous week of training for the game here New Year day with the University of Pennsylvania, another outfit that has bowed to no eleven. Huber, an end, and Rau. a gnard. are recovering from injuries. They arc expected to be back in the line- up before the end of the week. Some observers look for the game to be decided In the alr. The Quakers' passing attack, which defeated Cor- nell, is highly respected here. The Callfornia Bears have done some likely passing themselves this season. A favorite combination carries the ball from Jimmy Dixon to Tut Imlay the great open field runner. Imlay also plays safety, and has run back punts in sensational style all season LR | WILSON, TACKLE AT PENN, SHATTERS FIBULA BONE PHILADELPHIA, December 2 The foot ball team of the University of Pennsylvania today suffered its third serious loss of the last month when Joe Wilson, regular right tackle, broke the fibula bone of his leg in an indoor scrimmage. With Clark Craig and Ted Fair- child, regular ends, out of the game by reason of concussion of the brain and appendicitis, respectively, the line-up against California at Berkeley on New York day, in the opinion of experts, will be considerably weaker than that which finished a triumph- ant Eastern season agalnst | on Thanksglving Day. Frank Dew- hirst will probably replace Wilson in the Red and Blue line. MISSOURI GRIDMEN PLAY TROJANS TODAY LOS ANGELES, 25.—A Tiger team sity of phalanx of Trojans versity today In the second of four 1924 post- season Intersectional foot ball games slated to decide the ever-recurring question of East-West foot ball su- premac Cool, crisp foot ball weather fa- vored the Missouri Valley champlions. Both teams were in tiptop conditivn and splendidly drilled. Both had formidable reputations as defensive teams. | The adavantage the side of the Calif., from December the Univer- from the in weight was on Trojans, their two mammoth tackles, Norman Anderson and Fay Thomas, outweighing any players on the Missouri side. NOTRE DAME ELEVEN DRILLS AT HOUSTON HOUSTON, Tex., December Christmas meant nothing to Notre Dame foot ball team except ! another day of practice for the game New Year day at Pasadena, Calif. with Leland Stanford. Stiff secret practice will be indulged In today. Tonight Coach Knute Rockne will herd his warriors aboard a train for Arizona, where he hopes to find clear weather that will permit his men to engage in real, hard prac- tice. A stiff workout was held day, witnessed by several hundred fans who braved the cold weather to journey to Rice Field. Fane will be barred from the practice today, how- ever. Walsh, all-American center, was in harness yesterday afternoon, but he 1s not in the best of condition. The Notre Dame pivot man has been in- disposed several days. vester- ELEVENS POINT FOR GAME. Mercury and Crescent gridmen are being well pointed for their game Sunday at Union Park, for the bene- fit of Blll McBride, former sandlot star, who now has paralysis. TURNER TO WRESTLE. Joe Turner, local wrestler, who took the measure of Joe Parelli, will take the mat against Jack Rylen of Dallas, Tex., tonight at the Mutual Theater. A species throughout the country. They would grow fat on it. Statistics were got out which proved that an acre of water was better than an acre of land. The actual raising of fish, just as we raise cows and sheep and hogs—es- pocially hogs—seemed certain to be- come a part of the life of the farmer. Well, how did it turn out? Did the carp refuse to live in the ponds and lakes? Did the market collapse? What happened? Alas, every fisher- man knows what happened—and just to ehow the extent of the carp's in- fluence, eovery hunter knows the carp more than lived up to their reputation. Yes, they could live in a mud puddle. And if it was a nice clear body of water when they went into it, it soon became a mud puddle. They ate the game fish out of house and home. They drove away wildfowl. They are still doing fit, @ll over America, and the menace of the carp, an outstanding tragedy in some sections, has begun to be felt in the farthest corners. The carp Is a vegetarian. He roots with his nose, just exactly as a hog does. He tears up anad devours every bit of the young tender vegetation in a body of water. It is In this vegetation that young game fish hide and grow and its ab- sence left the little fellows to the hungry maws of the bigger game fish. To this vegetation clings the minutest crustaceans on which small fish live. Larger bugs and small marine organisms breed in the vege- tation. When these go, young fish have nothing to live on. So the game fish soon disappear. Wild rice, wild celery, duck potato and other wild fowl delicacles are also carp delicacles. The carp eat what they can and seem to delight in pulling, or rooting, the rest up out of the mud so that it dies. Thus many TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F Cornell | of Southern California here| | | | 1 | | THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President, Izaak Walton League of America. FEW years ago the United States Government was printing book- lets about German carp culture—was offering to distribute young carp and to assist in every way in the introduction of this fish _A sort of carp craze swept over the land. their mud puddles could be made into gold mines. Stagnant water, which would support no other fish life, would be the seventh heaven for carp. RADIO FANS MUST FOREGO NARRATIVES FROM COAST Difficulties Due to Distance and Time Preclude Pos- sibility of General Broadcasting of Cali- fornia Results New Year Day. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N receive a sm: on reports broadcast b: broadeasting of the Ne sylvania at Berkeley and S California disappointment. Radio companies say that the difference in time covered, as well as the fact that the broadcasting must be d. daytime, all militate against successful operation. Inside Golf | By Chester Horton. “ 5 | d not try to kill the ball s term really means is that xolfer should always awing| well within him- | 1f. By within himself is meant Swing up to your own capacity and | strength, but not unduly force yourself. You can force a little, but | make it a point to “stay within” this lttle, which | Is yourself. This keeping within| yourself in the | swing promotes| at ence that com- | pactness of bodily | action =m0 meces- | uary to good golf. | It also tends to make the golfer deliberate in i actions, because he Immediately gains more confidence with his clubs. The term “swing easler” does not m sarily mean 1o swing with no smap ©or punck in it. But it does mean to cease taking the club to the top of the back awing, them, with every muscle rigid from anxiety, trying to wham the ball with every last ounce of power you can urge into the down blow. ‘That seldom gets the player anywhere. Golfers are always told to awin, easter What t the SWING EASY. CON'T TRY (Copsright, 1924.) EW YORK, December 25.—Just when science seemed to have madc the reporting of foot ball games from gridiron to home the simplest matter in the world fans this side of the Rock Mountains have rt wallop. While Far Western points will be able to tune ir stations, there will be no Eastern Year day games between California and Penn n tanford and Notre Dame at Pasadena. .. Every one had looked forward to a comfortable evening b sides of the North and East and Middle West while the these contests came to them through the air. But their fire rrative they are doomed to the distance to be in the The broad United States is =0 cos ered with power plan =it lines and the 1 that day time |Rerial waves are seriously interferred Indeed, with o enthusiasts ad vise the writer that they seidom ever hear from the Pacific Coast be fore midnight, at which time powe: has been reduced, or shut off throus out the land and the air lanes ar t not so congested in the hours, The coast foot ball games will be &in at 2 o'clock, and this means th other sections of the country wou be receiving the news around 5 o'cloc in the East, 4 o'clock in Chicago anc s0 on. That attempts would b made to receive the news, but as said conditions are so adverse that the radio companies do not deem the ex periment practicable And so those who are deepl ested In following the gam uave to avail themselves of such tele graph facilities a5 graduate clubs an the colleges themselves may arrange Weather, naturally, will play part in the condition of the Eas players and in this respect Pennsy vania, playing at Berkeley, will be i better position than Notre Dame which will be tackling Glenn Warr er's pupils down in the South, whers New Year temperatures of s are not at all uncommon inte MONTREAL LANDS STAR. TORONTO, December Lockhart, for several goalkeeper for St. Patrick's Nationa Hockey League team, will pla Boston, starting tonight in the league fixture with Canadians in Montreal vears relie JOE KIRKWOOD TELLS: An Afternoon Lesson in Putting. Conner’s Island don, a few years ago. O publicity. On a Sunday aiternoon Richard deavored to enliven a rather du'l day This_led us eventually to Conner’s putting green. was idle. Glving Dix the wink, I left him| with a friend whom we had encoun-| tered accldentally and approached | the attendant. “What s this game?" I asked him. This is a putting green—like they have in a game of golf,” he replied “Is that so? I've just come from Australia, and they have nothing| there like it. What do you do— play the game?” I'm a professional,” he replied. Oh” 1 observed, respectfully. Then perhaps you give lessons.” “I do,” he sald. Picking up a left-handed putter which lay nearby, I fumbled with it awkwardly as though trying to fig- ure out how to use it. “No, no,” he Interrupted, “you want a right-handed club.” He gave me the proper putter, whereupon I experimentally took a couple of terrific swings at a ball, missing it completely and once dig- ging up a lot of turf. Farmers were told that a fine duck lake has been made a barren, muddy water hole. In Minnesota and Wisconsin the most desperate means of carp control are being taken. Last summer I saw literally hundreds of lakes in south- ern Minnesota that were full of carp. The water was almost boiling as these big, repulsive fish loiled about like & lot of overfat hogs. They net them, they shovel them out with pitchforks in the Spring, and they try every way, but the carp remain. As a last resort all lakes not infested with carp are having their inlets and outlets screened. But still the carp travel. Fish ducks and gulls eat carp eggs and transplant the eggs in other lakes. They have tried to exterminate carp by draining lakes. It was thought that when the drained lakes froze to the bottom in_ winter the carp would be killed. No, sir. The carp simply dig down into the mud and live. The carp menace is a real one. It threatens the sport of fishing in America. Let it be a warning to those who want to introduce foreign species of fish and game into America. The English sparrow and the German carp are examples of this. HHEXCITEMENT!! Sunday Nite, Dec. 28th Reserve seats now at Spald- Ings, 1338 G. Main 733. World’s Champion N. Y. “CELTICS” Vs. Washington “Palace Club” NE of the most amusing aiter the River ] It was not long after I had gone to land bearing the title of Australian champion and after a good sk in a number of British tournaments had given me a lot of Business was poor, appar ARCADE 14th and Park Road Seats also—Willard, Wash- ingtom, Shoreham, Lee House. on Fre side Lox E noons of my life was sper Thames, about 10 miles o newspape Dix, the movie actor, and I had e with a motor trip into the countr, Island, where we stumbled upon ntly, and the man in charg Dix and his friend were bursting with laughter by this They couldn't keep secret a told every one in ight what was uy These spread the elsewhere and In no time we had a big gallery The persons in it were splitting wit laughter. but the innocent profes sional thought they were laughing a my crude attempts to hit the ball Apparently discomfited, 1 asked h what he charged for a lesson named the terms and I accepted On the first hole I took four putts to hole out. Then I began to lesse my strokes. Next I asked him t show how he putted. And the: I turned in to do putting as years of practice had taught me how. Th ball found the holes from every co: ner of the green and from every d tance. At this point my teacher “You can’t fool me, played golf before at that’” Then I gave him a good chap, for he ¢ as much as any one. 1 felt some re morse at having taken him in, bu was pleased at having drawn so big a crowd to his green. It turned ou nicely for him, for soon he had nearl all his clubs at work. Winning Five in a Row. Last Winter was one of the happies Winters from a golfing viewpoint | ever spent. Sojourning in the Sout! west, I won five important tourna ments in a row. This, if I may be permitted to so state, I believe to be a record. This success can be attributed. think, to the fact that for a consider able period of time I had dropped It trick-shot exhibitions and given ail my attention to developing my tour- nament game. As a result I was in splendid competitive form and won repeatedly, although plaving agains fields which included the stronges: contestants in the country from Wa ter Hagen down. In the big Midwinter at San Antonio my lead was seven strokes. At Christi Open my margin strokes. The Houston was the closest of all, but I won by five shots, and at New Orleans I had a lead of seven. I finished by captur ing an amateur-professional tourna ment at Corpus Christi. Leaving my trick shots alone mean a lot to me financially. By winning these tournaments I/collected a total of $4,000 in prize money. ne t got next he said. “You' tod and a name. He wa oved th tourname: on the the Corpus was sixtee tournamen No inter ruptions i driving! Lubricate from the driver’s seat. Warrington Motor Car Co.