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" 18 SP ORTS. USED DIAMONDS BUILT BY BOYS THEMSELVES Bucky’s First Serious Injury Came in Sliding, But He Learned How to Conquer Fear. Chapter 8—Base Ball in a Hard School. BY STANLEY (BUCKY) HARRIS. A the labor of our hands. to put the diamonds in shape. home plate. “TER the trips to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre our Suburban League ball fields appeared.cheap and small. Each year we would slave in the Spring A slab of stone or a rock would serve as The bases were made by filling burlap feed bags with sand. They were the product of w handmade benches served as a grandstand, s We did just what boys all over like them, we probably got. more out vork hard in order to play than made-to-order ball - field sweat for it. the field it wasn't st work was ready In the idle from the time until dark, if the ather was good. We played until it w almost impossible to see a batted or thrown ball. I marvel now that some of us were not seriously hurt by being hit. I can't recall of one of us ever being knocked out. Sundny Games Big Events. ~ Sunday games were red letter ev s in the mine district. They served the useful purpose of giving who worked hard all week a bit of recreation in the sunshine. Miners 't get much of it After a week the bowels of the earth they en- ed a chance to watch a ball game. vas almost their only chance for »or entertainment. eque , the weather reports closely studied every Saturday The chief topic of conversa- wherever the men gathered the before a game, dealt with the prospects for sunshine or rain on the OTTOW. The sky would be scannad - times, the directlon of the wind ed and the old-timers questioned the possibilities of base ball her. Tt was counted a disaster n the games had to be called off. hey were bitterly fought contests, 11l of them. Partisan spirit ran high. » was Intense rivalry among mtown, Browntown, Sebastapool, a, Duryea and Exeter, the towns the league. What the teams lacked 1l they made up for in spirit. This a hard base ball school. Thanks ny Walsh’s advice, I learned you couldn’t say quit and get anywhere. night tion H Av Appisuse With a Banana. An incident in Browntown on a Lahor day will fllustrate how Intense was the feeling among players and =pectators. We had the home club a run down when they staged a batting rally. T accepted an easy chance and ted a double play that retired the without a score. Some one in the crowd hit me with a banana. It struck me on the ear and made me fighting mad. I wanted to pitch into the whole bunch. Luckily for me, the Hamtown players grabbed me. Other- wise, I'd probably have been a hos- pltal casa. _Browntown tied the scors later. We went into the ninth inning with the game deadlocked. I led off with a walk, was sacrificed to second, and took third on an infield out. We had a. weak hitter up. The Browntown pitcher had him in a hole. I had read of Ty Cobb pulling the unexpectad and decided to try some fnside stuff myself, disregarding the rules. 1 picked up the feed bag, which served as third base and tore for home while the pitcher was winding up. He hurrled his throw to the catcher. I figured the ball would beat me to the plate. I was prepared for such an emergency. As Natsie Loftus, the catcher, made ready to tag me, 1 struck him in the face with the home-made third base. | Then the Riot Started. He dropped the ball and I was safe Then the riot started. Natsie got to his feet, spitting sand and shaking 1t out of his hair, eyes and ears. All this didn’t prevent him diving for We rolled over and over on the sround. The other players and some of the spectators were mixing it up, t00. Cooler heads in the crowd finally separated the belligerents. 1 came out of the affray with a cut lip, bl g nose and a black eye 2 A few weeks later 1 received my rst serious injury in base ball. uldn't afford sliding pads in the strict. Because of this my career was nearly ended really began. 1 scraped a of skin off my hip in slid- over a rough stone home plate and used the mecepted treatment of our locality. This consisted of cov- ering the wound with tissue paper £0 as to help form a scab. The injury festered badly. Mother called a doctor. He ordered me to bed mediately. I staved there three weeks. Blood polsoning threatened 1 just escaped & case of lockjaw. Before playing again 1 made sliding pads, using a couple of bath towels and string. They were crude, but effective How to Conquer Fear. When my hip was fully healed and ot back in the game 1 was a bit] 4 in sliding: After I had been out several times because of ¥ Walsh took me in hand. forget that hip,” he or- “If you lose your nerve be- that kiss_yourself layer. You'll get - make the piece me and made me slide repeatedly. The first fow times 1 had to call on all ‘my will power to throw myself at a bag without hesi- tancy. After that it was ea¥. 1 learned then that self fear is one of the hardest enemies 2 man has to nquer, but that, like most other subles, -it is largely imaginary. Firmly met, it soon vanishes. (Copyright, 1925.) Tomorrow—Learning Good Lessons. KNOCKOUT IS EXPECTED | IN FINNIGAN-MAYRS GO| MORE, Md. January 12— mong local fistic patrons is unanimous that one of the g will be stretched out horizonti- cadly before the limit of 12 sessions when Honey Boy Finnigan and Lou Mdyrs get together at the. Folly The- ater Wednesday night This belief is based on the fact that both gladiators are southpaws ca¥rying terriffic punches and that their vallingness will add greatly to the prospects of a knockout. nost * LEO DIEGEL SHOOTS 68. MIAMI, Fla, January 12,—Gene S#razen and Leo Diegel shot a-best bdll of 62 over the par 70 Hollywood Golf and Country Club course yester- ¢ in_a 27-hole match with Henry Cuicl, Westchester Hills, N. Y., and Al _Diegel. Leo Diegel had a low the country wére doing then. of the if we And, me by reason of having to ad been presented wtih a We appreciated our fun because we. had to VANCE A HOLDOUT, BUT REPORTS FIRST NEW YORK, January 12.—Arthur “Dazzy” Vance, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and recently voted the most valuable player in the Na- tional League, is the first base hall player to hold out on his contract for next year, it has became known here. Word been received from Clearwater, Fla, that Vance has re- fused the contract offered by Pres- ident Charles H. Ebbets. Vance refused to sign the new con- tract, it is understood, because it was made out for only two years, and he was holding out for three. He was content with Ebbets’ salary pro- posal, it was sald. First te Start Training. MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jafuary 12— Although Arthur “Dazzy” Vance, pitching ace of the Brooklyn Na- tionals, is reported as the first “hold- out” of the base ball season, he prob- ably will be the first pitcher to re- port to & ml’g‘r league training camp and start work. Vance leaves here today for Clear- water, Fla, where he will await other members of the Brooklyn team and where he will begin, as he ex- pressed it today, “nursing his arm along.” Vance informed local sports writ- ers that he was offered a contract by the Brooklyn team at the end of the last season, but that he returned it and informed President Charles H. Ebbets that he did not care to talk base ball untfl Spring. WHITE SOX RECRUIT IS FAMOUS ATHLETE CHICAGO, January 12.—When the Chicago Nationals signed Mel Kerr of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, recently, they got more than a ball player. Kerr is an all-arourid athlets, a Rugby player, track man, tennis player, baeket ball star, swimmer and fancy diver. He has passed up golf. how- ever. In base ball he plays outfleld or first base. In his home town Kerr has been a shining mark for the youths to emulate. He has been a member of six champlonship basket ball teams, grabbed off individual honors, at the SaskatchewanWtrack meets in 1922 and 123, and has gath- ered to himself in the past half dozen years more than 100 medals, trophies and prizes for athletic prowess. He held the Saskatchewan singles tennis title two years, overcoming the obstacle of wielding & racquet left handed. So adept did he show him- self at Rugby that Queen's Univer- sity, at Kingston, tried to induce him to enroll. Kerr is 80 well known In amateur circles of his province that all Sas- katchewan is pulling for him to make the grade in the majors. 60,000 AT RUGBY GAME. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 12.—New Zealand's all-black rugby foot ball team con- tinued its victorious Buropean tour yesterday by beating France, 37 to 8. The Frenchmen were outweighed, outgeneraled amd outkicked. Sixty thousand saw the game. Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Com- memorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National League, to Be Celebrated Next Season. XXXIX.~GREAT MANAGERS—EDWARD HANLON. DWARD HANLON, who also won five pennants in the National League, was a fine ball player, in addition to being a high-class In some respects Hanlon was a revolutionary manager. He succceded by gathering a lot of players who were cither not wanted by other managers or who scemed to be lingering on the verge of being E manager. great without really growing into it. Never in his life, except in Brook- lyn, did he have a pitching staft that could compare with the pitchers of some of the clubs against which he fought. His Baltimore pitching staff usually possessed one very excellent man, with the remainder only aver- age In ability, and sometimes not that, but he fought on with these players, and, by better head work, more skiliful playing, more alertness on the field and a general better plan of game, won his way to pennants. It has been said of Hanlon that his players made him and not he the players. This is unqualifiedly not so. It was Hanlon's executive ability and his knowledge of how base ball should be played and what should be done to bring about success, that had as much to do with winning pennants for the Baltimores as the work of some of the players, which, occasionally, was quite mediocre. Hanlon could rally a team, and did rally one when things were breaking against it, and he shut his eves to the rather sharp work of some players of his team which offended to such an extent that the Baltimores were criticised from one end of the National League circuit to the other. The selection of players made by Hanlon and his cleverness in making these players match one another in their work on the field, aided by a dis- position on the part of the Baltimores. to play ball for all there was in it, was what put the Orioles on top when other managers fought against them. The duels between Baltimore and Cleveland were part of the story of. the National League race each year. The Baltimores could do nothing that medal score of 68 and Sarazen a.72. Cuict had a 75 and Al ‘a 77. Sarazen afd T 1 won, 5 and . p the Clevelands would not try, and the Clevelands could do nothing that Bal- timore would not attempt to imlitate. THE EVENING G SAM ACT "= MEVER AND LANGFORD WAS PUT ON 1§ Times SAM Wz NoT FORGETTING WENT ON WITH LAKGFORD WEINERT AND SPALLA READY TO BOX FIRPO CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 12— Charlie Weinert, heavywesight boxer, who will. meet Joe Downey of Colum- bus here tonight, has announced he may go to England to fight Louls Angel Firpo. v Bllly McCarney. Weinert's. manager, received a long-distance call from his New York office quoting a cablegram from Leon Britton, stating that London promoters despaired of securing Tommy Gibbons to meet Firpo, and asking on what terms Weinert would box the South American. MILAN, Italy, January 12—Erminio Spalla, the Italian heavyweight fighter, has announced that he is ready to fight Luis Angel Firpo in Europe, preferably in Milan. He said he hoped Firpo would accept hls challenge. Spalla also has chalienged Tom Gib- bons for_a. bout in the Spring. MEMPHIS, Tenn, January 12— Eddie Kane, manager of Tommy Gib- bona, declared that negotiations for a fight between Gibbons and Luls Firpo in London have not been abandoned, as reported “I want to say very explicitly,” said Kane, “that I have no. fear of not col- lecting every penny called for in any contract that might be made if we should accept the match.. There was some talk of Tommy. not getting his money when he fought Bloomfleld in London. 1 knew exactly what we were going to receive before Gibbions entered the ring. There were merely-some un- fortunate circumstances in connection with the match. LEWIS STILL IN BED. KANSAS CITY, Mo., January 12—Ed (Strangler) Lewl former world wrestling champlien, who had been in a.hospital sinee carly last Friday, suffering injuries to the lower spine, sprained in his match with Wavne (Big) Munn, the new wearer of the wrestiing crown, has been removed] to his home here. He still is confined to bed By and by some of this crept into the games that were played against other clubs, and brought forth the tirade by Anson against “Baltimore base In his day Hanlon was one of the best outfielders in the United States. If he had been a better batter he would have been one of the National League's most famous 15 players be- cause there were only two or three who could attain his skill in center- field. He managed a team before he went to Baltimore. ~After he got into Baltimore he was successful in 1894, 1895 and 1896 and in each of those seasons gave the Nationdl League a shaking up because.of the style of ball his plavers used and probably stirred up some of the clubs so that they played better ball by example. When' the Baltimores were broken up and part of the players sent to Brooklyn, where Harry Vonderhorst, owner of the Baltimore club, had purchased a part interest, Hanlon started ‘out by winning pennants again, He captyred one in 1899 and another in 1900, He expected to have been -able to purchase some part of the Brooklyn club when- Vonderhorst retired and was perturBed when he found that a sale had been made to other parties. He left base ball after managing Brooklyn and winning his quarter score of pennants, although he could have gone -on for a long time had he wished to do 30, because his ability as a manager had been well established and he was wanted by other clubs three years after his retirement. {Next—Fred Clarke.) (Copyright; 1625,) JOE JEANETTE WHO STAR, WASHINGTON, D. BRITTonN mo LEWIS MET 20 TIMES —— AND EACH TME 1T WAS A BATTLE ~ Qn« A BRoTieR & Timis. Fougut PATSY BRANNIGAN AND YOUNG ZIRRINGER 6 TIMES RICKARD RANKS M'TIQUE, RING CHAMPION By the Amocited Press. N EW YORK, January 12 in .each of the nine divisions FOURTH —For the first time in the history of-box- ing in this country, an international ranking list of the “first ten” has been compiled. The selections have been made by Tex Rickard, internationally known promoter, for the January issue of the Ring, national boxing publication. It is intended to make Rickard's ranking list an annual feature along the lines of all-star selections already made annually in base ball, foot ball and tennis. Recognized champions head all Hick- ard’s selections except the light-heavy- weight divisfon in which Mike Mc- Tigue, world title holder, is rated only fourth. Top position is given to Gene Tunney, American 175-pound king. with Young Stribling, sensational Georgia schoolboy, second, and Kid Norfolk, New York negro, third. Rickard gives only complimentary positions to Jack Dempsey and Benns Leonard at the top of the heavy- weight and lightweight divisions, respectively, becauss of their fin- activity during 1924. Dempsey did not defend his title at all, while Leonard was injured in his only im- portant match, a bout at Cleveland with Pal Moran. Rickard's rankings follow: Feankie immy Risso, 5—Tommy Milton, 8—Trzy Behwarts, T<kew Perfetti, New York. §—Fmil Paluso,’ Salt Lake City. 9—Young Dencio, Manils 10—Kid Wolfe, Philadelphis BANTAMWEIGHTS. New York. . New York. Enieago. 4—Carl Tremaine, Cleveiand. 5—Amos Carlin, New Orleans. 6—Harold Smith, Chicago. ‘ete Sarmiento, Manilx. Foley. Vanco 9—Brshy Graham, T 10—Jobnny Brown, Engiand FEATRERWEIGATS 1—Lonis Kaplan, Meriden, Conn. .Ean Francisco Rock Isiand, 4—Dany Kramer. Philadelphis. 5—Jose Lombardo, Pansma. &—Bobby G ‘Camp Holabird, 7—"'Red” Chapman. Bosion. 8 Joey Fanger. Milwaukee, Wis. ORay Miller, Chicago. 10—Bud Rifey, Seattle. JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS. 15Kid Sullivan, New York. 2_Jack Bernsteln, Yonkers. N 3—Solly Seaman, New York. o0, Salt Lake City. gner, Philadelphia 6—Joey Eilvers, New York. 7—Mike Ballerino, New York £—Tony Vacarelli, New Yorl Leonard, Allentown, T tin, New York, LIGETWEIGHTS. 1—Benny Leonard, New York. 2_8id Terris, New York. 3—Sammy Mandell, Chlcaga. 4sia Barbarian, Detroit. 5Johuny Dundes, New York. &—Louts Vincentini, Chile. T—Tommy O'Rrien, Milwaukee. 8—Charley. O'Conell, Cloveland. a2 Grand Rapid ew York. . Y. WELTERWEIGHTS. 1—Mickey Walker, Elizabeth, 2—Dave Sbade, San Franci 3—willie Harmon. New Yorl 4—Lew Tendler, Philadelphi 5—Pete Latso, Rcranton, Pi 6—Morrie_Schiaffar, Or 7—Billy Well Jon, 9—Eddie_Sherlin, Boston. 10—Jack Zivic, Pittsburgh, Pa. MIDDLEWEIGHTS. arry Greb. Pitteburgh. “Tiger" Flowers, Atlants, Ga. 3—Jimmy Slattery, Buffalo. 4Jack Delaney, Bridgeport, Conn. 5—Johnny Wilson, New York. 6—Frank Schoell,” Buffalo. T—Jock Malove, St. > S—Dart Colim, Oakiand, Calif. 9_—*"Allentown’* Jos Gaus (Joe Hicks), Al- Tentown. 10""Ted Moore, England. LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHTS. . New York. ung_Stribling. Atlanta, 3—Kia Norfolk, New York. 4ike McTigiq Xew Tork. 5_Ad_Stone, Philadelphia. 6—Jeft Smith, Bayonne, N J. —Paul Berlenbach, New ¥ $—Tony Marullo, New Orl 5 _Tammy Loughran, Philadelphi 10—Jimmy Delaney, St. Paul, Min TMEAVIWEIGHTS. 1—Jack Dempsey, Salt Lake City. 2_Jlarry Wills, New York. 3 Tommy Glbbons, St. Paul, Miun. 4—Charley Welnerf, Newark, N. J. 5—Quintin Romero, Chile. 6—Jack Renault, Montre T—Luis Angel Firpo, Arg 8—George Godtrey, 'Phila 8 Jim Malopey. Hoston. 10—Erminio Spaila, Italy. ntin; delphia, CUEISTS PLAY TONIGHT. George Kelchner and William Hurd are slated to meet at the Grand Cen- FORUM GETS CHANCE IN BOUT WITH BOWEN Al Forum, tha.Fort Myer bandsman, gets his first chance as a main event boxer when he meets Andy Bowen in a4 10-round bout at the Washington Barracks Wednesday night. The soldier gained recognition by knocidng out” Billy Miske, generally conceded to ba a topliner. in the New Year carnival at Fort Myer, and is hoping to add te his reputation in the coming affray. Jack Renzo and Al Ward are also scheduled for a 10-rounder. s Two preliminaries will complete the card. —_— WESTERN ICE RECORDS ARE SMASHED BY ALLEN CHICAGO, January 12.—Setting two new Western ekating records, Francis Allen of the Austin-Columbia Athletic Association yesterday won first place in the Illinols State.championship tourna- ment, held as a part of the annual event of the Northwest Skating Club. Allen scored 90 points. He won the quarter mile in 0:35 3-5, beating his own former record of 0:39 2-5. He clipped 31-5 seconds off the old mark held for the half mile by Roy McWhirter, making this distance in1 He also won the 2-mile race, helping his club to win the tournament with 170 points. e 440-YARD SKATING MARK IS BETTERED BY McLEAN MILWAUKEE, Wis, January 12— Bobby McLean, professional. ice skater, set an unofficial world record for the quarter mile yesterday when he nego- tiated the distance in 32 seconds. Ho skated over a straight-away course speclally prepared for him. Mclean's performance was the fea- ture of a municipal skating meet. C., MONDAY, JANUARY. 12, 1925. DALY HELD CHOICE AS HARVARD COACH BOSTON, Januafy 12—The Boston Post this morning announced that it learned after a meeting of the Harvard foot ball advisory commit- tes last night that Charles D. Daly, famous Harvard and West Point quarterback, has been nominated for the position of head gridiron coach by the Cambridge Ipstitution for next season. Members of the committes refused to make any statement regarding the business of the mesting, but Robert T. Fisher, present coach, is quoted as saying that while he cannot re- sign because his contract has been from year to year only, he is anxious to relinquish his position in order to be able to d:vote more time to busine: Daly played quarter at Harvard in 1898-99 and 1900. It wak he who piioted the Crimson team which beat Yale 17 to 0 in 1893. He was famed as a sensational running quarter- back, winning additional fame when he entered West Point after being graduated from Harvard, He played for the Army trom 1901 to 1005, acting as players’ coach during his last two years at the Point. He was Percy Haughton's assistant coach at Harvard in 1909 and head eoach at West Polnt from 1913 to 1922, NET CUP COMMITTEE IS PANNED BY TILDEN HARTFORD, Conn., January 12— Speaking before 40 members of the Southern New England Tennis Asso- clation at its annual meeting here, Willlam T. Tilden, 2d. national cham- plon, criticized the Davis Cup com- mittee and its manner of selection of the Davis Cup team. Tilden sald: “After Williams and I plaved to- gether in defense of the Davis Cup in 1923, we brought before the commit- tee a constructive resolution that the members of thie Davis Cup team must be motified at least three weeks In advance of the matches. This resa- lutlon was unanimously adopted by the committee. - “In face of this, this year the Davis Cup committes notified me by tel gram, through . Bernard 8. Prentice, chairman of the selective committes, that Willlam M. Johnston and myself had been selected for the team, and that the doubles team would be elected later. This telegram was confirmed by a similar one from Jullan B. Myrick, chairman of the Davis Cup committee. Ten days be- ftore the matches the other two play- ing members of the team, Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey, were selected, “It was not specifically stated in the telegrams that Johnston and myself were to play the singles, but what other construction would it bs pos- sible to take? “After the East and West matches, in which Richards defeated Johnston in & match which Johnston understood had no béaring on the ultimate sin- gles selections, the committee picked Richards for the singles team, mak- ing the selection on the Monday be- fore the matches were to start. John- ston was not told untll Tuesday, and on Tuesday night Johnston was noti- fled that he and I were to play the doubles, leaving us one day o prac- tice together, the committes knowing that we had not played together in three year: Tilden made the following recom- mendations “I advocate that the Davis Cup committee be. given definite instruc- tion, through action at the annual meeting February 7, to live up to the definite program to which they unani- mously pledged themselves last year, namely, to select and notify mem- bers of the team at least three weeks before the matches are to take place.” y TUGE T CHICAGOANS EAGER TO SEE NURMI RUN CHICAGO, January, 12.—Anxiety to witness the first -Western appearance of the Finnish running marvel, Paavo Nurmi, has created such a demand for tickets to the thifd annual indoor handicap track and fleld games of the Tllinois Athletic Club next Fridry night that for the first time scalpers have taken a hand in the distribu- tion of tickets to a track meet here Only 6,000 persons can attend the meet. At Nurmi's request, the feature race, in which he will meet Joie Ray, I. A. C. distance crack, and Willie Ritola, another Finn, will be at one and three- fourths mile. Nurmi desires to try for new in- door marks for the mile and a half and three-quarters as well as mile and a quarter, all of which are held by Ray. USSR FRANCISCO, * January 12— George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, famous British professionals, defeat- ed Abe Espinosa and MacDonald Smith, 6 and 4, in a 36-hole exhibi- tion golf match over the Lake Merced Golf and Country Club course yes- terday. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG. President Izaak Walton League of America. “The snowshoe rabbit is the one principal factor in the loss THE following note received from the Minnesota Forest is of interest: of a considerable number of planted trees in the forest plantations of northern Minnesota, “The abundance of rabbits this year and the damage they are doing are evident to the casual observer who visits the cut-over areas of the region where both State and Federal authorities are endeavoring to make denuded forest land again productive through extensive planting of young pine seedlings. “Not only are the tips and needles .{ of planted trees eaten by the rodents, but much of the natural young growth of pine, spruce, aspen and maple is cut back and, defoliated or barked near the base, if the trees are over three feet high. Of the three princi- pal species planted—white pine, Nor- | way pine and white spruce—the dam- age s heaviest In the white pine and least in the spruce. All three, how- ever, are so heavily damaged as to cause death in the case of any of the trees whose tips can be reached above the surface of the snow by the rab- bits. It is reported that 79 per cent of the trees in one plantation were eaten off by the rabbits, 43 per cent fatally. In another instance practically the whole plantation of white pine was destroyed by the rabbit; The Miknesota snowshoe rabbits, however, are not the only ones com- sidered as pests. 'Here is what the United States Biological Survey. says about jack rabbits: “There was great variability in the abundance and destructiveness of tral parlors tonight in the tournament. jack rabbits during the year. Efforts being conducted for the pocket bil-ifor their control were conducted in MHard championship of the District. Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. “In loealities where animals were doing serious damage effective con- trol work was accomplished through poisoning operations and the organi- zation of drives. Co-operative drives in Colorado netted 20,000 rabbits, which were shipped free by co-operat- ing Tallroads for distributfon in Den- ver to charitable organizations. Two drives covering two and one-half townships in Kansas wetted 10,000 rabbits. : “Jack rabbits are reported generally on the Increase in that State. -Thev are also reported on the Increase in many parts of North Dakota, where two drives resulted in the killing of 13,000. Drought in Oregon during the Spring of 1924, caused rabbits to con- gregate from wild lands into culti- vated areas, where they caused con- siderable destruction of growing crops. B 2 ““Approximately 50,000 of these ani- mals were killed by polsoning apera- tions’ in Morrow County alone. In Texas, 12 drives yielded about 25,000 jack, rabbits. In Utah, 340,500 were reported killed on 128,320 acres, by poisoning operations, which 536 ranchers participsted® SPORTS. improving. backed up by the figures. than it is in the American League. of that many runs per game. ANDREWS’ FIVE TDPS_ TYPOTHETAE GROUP Andrews Paper Co. duckpinners are setting the pace in the Typothetae League, haing won 27 out of the 39 games rolled. National Capital Press is games back of the leaders the runner-up position by a fortable margin. Standiag of Teams. W, only two and holds ery com- R. P. andrews Paper Co.. National Capital Press. Judd & Detweiler ng Co man Engraving Co Ransdell. Tne z Columbian Printing i Washington Monotype Co. Leading Performances. individual average—Murdock 108 spares High drews), Most o.). 7. Most strikes—Murdock (Apdrews), 19. High “individual game—Noack (Columblan Printing Co.), 159. High Individual set—Morris (Andrews), 874, High team ime. . P. Andrews Ll High team set—Judd & Detweile .| During the past week R. P. Andrews won threes games from Lanman En- graving Co.; Columbian Printing Co. won two out of thres from Wheeler- Jones; Packwood Printing Co. 100k two from Joyce Engraving Co.: Judd & Det- wilre won a pair from National Capitol Press, and Washington Monotype. Co. (Aa- oack (Columblsn Ptinting | gained the odd from Ransdell, Inc. | Homan of Washington Monotype Co. had high game . of 146, .while Kline of R. P. Andrews Paper Co had the best set, 338 National Capital Press rolled 578 for high team game and R. P. An- drews Paper Co. got 1540 for high team eet. Temorrow Night Schedule. R. P. Andrews Paper Co. vs. Co- lumbian Printing Co. National Capital Press vs. Wheeler- Jones. Lanman Engraving Co. vs. M. Joyce Engraving Co. Judd & Detwiler Monotype Co. Packwood Printing Co. ve. Ransdell, Inc. vs. Washington MRS. WHITNEY BUYS NOTED RACE HORSE NEW YORK, January 12.—Ordnance, standing 161 hands_ a rich blood gray accredited with having “the best hind leg since Tracery.” is now the property of Mrs. Harry Payme Whitney and will be sent to her new stud farm near Redbank, N.J. The sale of Ordnance, one of the best performers of the late August Bel- string, has been announced estate. conqueror of the great French racer, Epinard, will be sold at auction soon unless some leading stable purchases him. Ordnance ran only a few times in 1923 as a two-year-old. He was immature and Maj. Belmont believed that he should have a chance to develop. Last season his form was of the highest and he was considered by many experts the best horse.in the United States. Unfortunately the colt went lame and was unable to take part in the international series against Epinard, or in the Belmont, Lawrence Realization and other rich stake events in which He was en- gaged. He won the Long Beach, Stuyvesant and Rainbow handicaps at Jamaica in one week and dis- played such form that his owner r gretted not having sent the son Ormondale to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. 5 The stallion went lame fn the Metropolitan Handicap for which he was the favorite, but was brought out for the Carter Handicap, at Aqueduct, in which he finished third. A period of rest and treatment brought him back to Empire City, where he placed the seal of great- ness on his career by defeating Sarazen in the Mount Vernon Handi- cap, at a mile and a furlong, and Mad Play and other good three-year- olds in the Empire City Derby, at a mile and a quarter. In the latter event he carried 130 pounds and con- cede@ great lumps of weight to all his competitors. _Ordnance won $29.715 but had the class to be among the great winners of the turf if he had kept well and sound. . BARNES-McLEOD BEATEN BY FARRELL-CRUICKSHANK TAMPA, Fla.,, January 12.—Johnny Farrell and Bobby Cruickshank rode roughshod over “Long” Jim Barnes and Freddie McLeod yesterday, § and 5, In & match of 36 holes at the Temple Terrace Club. Farrell and Crulckshank, teaming perfectly, played almost faultless golf. Farrell was the better of the two. In the morning he played a 70, 2 under par and 1 over the course recotd: CARDS BUY INFIELDER. ST. LOUIS, Mo, January 7—George Makin, third baseman, has been pur- chased from the Syracuse Club by the St. Louls Cardinals. The price involved was not revealed. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F Clark’s Auto Laundry— 24-Hour Service CLARK’S GARAGE. Better 1623 You Street N.W. Storage—Phore Potomac 214—Repairing | Harris Learned Base Ball In a Hard School : Big League Pitching Deteriorating FIGURES PROVE HURLING IS FALLING OFF IN CLASS Statistics Also Show That, Contrary to General Belief, Caliber of Box Work in National is Higher Than in the American League. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK, January 12—Managers of major l¢ague teams are plan- ning to send their pitchers South earlier this year than #sual, and the reason is that the pitching is getting worse instead of There will be a shock for the experts in this statement, but it is b ; Furthermore, there is an even harder blow in store for said experts. The pitching in the National League is better Now for the proof. In the season of 1923 the pitchers in the Ameri- can League who worked in 10 or more full games, made an earned-run average of 3.65. That is to say, they held their opponents to an average In the season of 1924 the American League pitchers of the same class had an earned-run average of 3.731, allowing .081 runs per game more than they did in the year preceding. National League pitchers who piteh- ed 10 games or more in the 1923 season had an éarned run average of 3.54 runs per game, which means that they allowed their opponents .11 runs per game less than their Ameriean League rivals. In 1324 the National League pitchers had an earned run average of 3.607, not 80 £00d & recor: as they made in 1923, but .124 run per game better than their Americar League cotemporaries in the same sea- son These figures, compiled by the writer from the official pitching req ords, will effectually put a dampes on all American League fans, who shout notsily that tha pitching is bet- ter in their league than it is in tha other nuts' league. The Americar League pitchers did not do well In either year as the National Leagur pitchers did in 1923. The “weak and heipless pitching department of the National League,” about which some have raved; is not a fit subject to rave over. Hormsby Led Batters, Too. Of courss, the American League may turn about and insist that the reason its pltchers failed to make as good showing as the National Leaguc throwers, was that the batters of the American League are better than those of the National League. Maybe s0. Yet there is not a batter of the American League who was able last season to roll up quite so much of a batting average as Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louls Nationa! However, having proved that the National League is not such a weak- ling and that the pitchers of 1924 wers not so much better, after all, than the pitchers of the year before, the question naturally simmers down to what will happen in 1926, Presi- dent John A. Heydler of the National League says the pitching “in his league will be better in 1325 than it has been since the war. Heydler studies those things. He has an impulse that way, Once he was an umpire. It is invaglably true that if a man ever has be¢n 'an umpire a ball game and has retired, he ays will wish to sit behind the catcher when he h#¢omes a spectator, and, in addition to studying the style of the pitcher, he Will call balls and strikes against the ympire. It is = habit similar to that of the old trot- ting-horse driver who cannot see 2 race from -the grandstand without holding his hands in front of him, as if they were tied to the reins, and clueking to Dobbin all the way around the track Hevdler bases his opinion on two things. One of them is the report of his umpires and the other is the bet- ter pitching motions of the men who have been coming up the last two seasons. No one can prove him wrong before next October. 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