Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1925, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, JANUARY SPORTS Harris Obtained Job Meant for Brother : Nationals Strengthened With Reserves SPUNK EARNED BUCKY A BERTH AT READING Got Chance Under Manager Wiltse and Discovered Second Base Was His Rightful Place. Chapter 15.—Finding the Right Position. BY STANLEY (BUCKY) HARRIS, ! spa telegrams seek I fired. 1 2 a base more T was forced to return been fact, after the experience alongside a man of Norio'k when I reported 1 Engel was with Buffalo whom I batted in a practice Washington, two scouting me for a week hed ter ic years later '\ INTERNATIONAL SKI EVENT WON BY HALL ord This el Hall world jump. re wan nl mal tour ce in class A ament held at Hall tied th first ju r mounted the id new n and wi 1 } honors were div Christ Berge of Norwa dh Grand Rapids Mathisen of the sconsin Hal Mich. brothe the first third brother, sed a cha for a prize by 1 his second jump. Lars Haugen of St al ski cha : Jausen, 1 uble | nd Barney R was & | ephone | Placed among room. Anders Haug soom: | American Olympic t S ltry and did not mount of the win- ten in Carl a and Paul, Minn Alf Bak the Norke Colera first 10 in 1 r na- pion; the Club, inn., A the 1L 7 class of fell on the ¥ his first hill again, VOGEL ON RETIRED LIST. CHICAGO, My igged SogRY Wi n Norfolk January 19, inia Leaguo |¢ greatly name Otto. Vogel “hicagzo Nationa has been placed on the voluntary retired list, according to President William Veeck e of the Cu Vogel came to from the University encourage buil air | has accepted a posit ad been L didn H Tilinois again Iowa base 3 Yo Wiltse Wires to Me back telegram address “Report to B Merle. 1d ba g Fifty Years sizned g 1 extended my hand in congratula- stuff?” Tou the ma ugh Binghamton I the lobby k ‘Hartman. | Binghamton the I was some- dragged fn. I unds and couldn't | in John Lee June 12, 1880, when not a Cieveland Cleveland player reached first base. its kind in major games prior to t had the glamou Then, too, there that fant oking asked a puzzled me up and down as thing ghed 1 eague | at in_which around it of hmo was added to in xhibition ago June, 1879 story to th ere T sumed hi rored Hart Offer Intended for Brother. 2 ' a of the sa fc 1d. ar no- Mass, in cbtatioN > dit Spri ed pit e who heard of this wgainst Cleveland by w set and stub- |born in a4 way that | they insisted the s been doe- tored and there was something wrong | which had been undertaken to make o | baseball appear bigger than it was. Hotwever, the game was orthodo: in every way and Richmond earned r honestly. He was too fin have accepted anything: t earned in the fairest was born in Geneva, Ohio, Oberlin College and from Brown Univeraity, and ‘it he was at Brown that he a pitcher of skill that league sought services Richmend, v ° &0 was He to was while came the big t cre b his ud that he could iber little of this famous of his because it passed. along sinocthly d with such lack of fort on his part that he hardl ized what bhe was doing. 'He t his jump ball worked perfectly his half stride ball By tha it be noted that they had a jump eve far back as 1850, al- re many who have said did ot come into| Nichols of Boston | That is not true. It THE CALL OF 7 BY WILL Precident lzaak W alto e once said <o ef- Spunk Lar Him Opport 1a als there S tr | the it ball until in, en have the laziest w hey put iron co T'he cormorants ca fly back to their masters, wh birds are given one of the fish they 1g back When they bring in a fish and it givit silly birds hurry back to the water to Cormorants, the birds used ! men for fishing, are very nu- {merous in America. They migrate with the ducks in Spring and Fall {They move in great flights, some of { their flocks being two or ng. 1 have geen one flight. smaller than SOUGHT BY TWO i playea center for t mailed his ap- coaching po- B sl the Temorrow: Making Good Last. WASHINGTON.U. COACHING J0B IS e as many as $.000 Mallard duck. They fly in the serfect V. formation of any w swl, their formations at times b | almost geometrically perfect an be distinguished from duc geese the air by the way in which they sct their and sajl f t , time. They are scaven- \ eaters and are worth- most er- cing They or versit n w where 1 1 bee forn gers and fish P less as :00d ank Murray, farquette U applieant for Ly “some of the taken steps same system Forest rangers in have k coach of the strong | na- the p - | quring nis 1 University | n and | One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Com- memorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National League, to Be Celebrated Next Season. Richmond of Worcester against the Cleveland o-hit | g the Chinaman a stiff poke on the jaw and taking the fish back, the by the;j three miles | | | | NURMI TAKING REST | The storm that has shattered world | track and railroad traveling records {in the past 10 days has abated— Paavo Nurmi is restin: Records are safe for re. He will not race again till Wednes- day night This is the | tour so far three days ult of his Former Time. Distance. AFTER GREAT FEATS| MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT {n Interview With JACK DEMPSEY World’s Heavyweight Boxing Champion oft” mpion, Jack along gently toll begun to show on him, in so as the averag man can se. few *expe discern & slowir Down through the which come to every chi Dempsey has stepped t yet has their 4:01 ans 14154 7150 1 1.500 meters I mite. 000 meters 2-4 milex ,000 meters 1 7-8 miles 13-4 miles 2,000 meters Lap taken Paavo figures durtng Madison Square Garden Gay night show that th his fourth round of the t | seconds at was when that Willie Ritola's pace | slow | | Int he declded was too f enth lap, with the ra won, Nurmi d up for a couple of onds.” It took him 27 5-5 seconds to make the journey round, his slow- est of the night. He averaged proximately 24 seconds to the -8-mile race Paavo's quarter miles were Plows: 1:08. 1:05 = 1 1:03 1-3 and 1:10 WORLD’S BEST WALKER IN U. S. TO SHOW SKILL NEW YORK. January 1 or time yesterday the name o Nurmi. mighty athlete of 18 eclipsed with the ‘onte Verde, b America for th tim gerio. Italian typesetter of world walking records Frig wa zed when rey ers. & another international athle sensat descended hir b weighs ap- lap as fol- of in- | docking | nging to Ugo Fri- hol He e tall and | a 150 - . NORWEGIANS VICTORS. PREAKNESS. N. J, January 19.— Ole Jansen, Norwegian skiing cham plon, won the first national sk jumjping tournament ever held in the metropolitan district yesterday with | a total of 1843 roints in a field of itestants. Second place was won rold Holdahlen of Norway with| total of 1831 points. | FORMER GRIDIRON STAR | WINS | N FIGHT DEBUT| By the Associated 1" The growing letes who have | tessional sports {in “Yeinie” Hendricks, |an Oklahoma University star | In his debut & host co ath- | made good in pro-| has another member | until recently | foot ball us a professional boxer Hendricks gained a decision st Okla- | homa City over Pat Corbett, a Fort! W Tex.. welterweight of Base Ball XLIL—RICHMOND'S NO-HIT GAME. all the no-hit games that ever were pitched in a major league there is none that was the seven-day wonder of th t pitched by club, 1 player made a base hit and It was the greatest achievement of There had been two major league had not been a hit, but nd’s game. a not a en. | none which ntedated Nichols' time. The half stride ball probably was Richmond's | manner of description of a good. slow ball o | We ¥ i were Wood t field; Irwi her; Whitney, an, first base; eamer, second to say mond always Bennett was The_rivalry center fleld . shortstop: third base, Corey, left base. Irwin Rich- | Knight, Bennet Sulli- field; was Ric Charlie gk r | € wont when has said the greatest catcher between the partisans | of Bennett and Ewing always has| been strong, but as an all around player, Ewing could do more than Bennett and when behind the bat Ewing could throw more forcefully whe: he was at his best. The players of the Cleve 1 who were shut out without a hit one of whom reached first base, | were: Dunlap, second base, greatest of his time and perhaps of all time: Kankinson, third base: Kennedy. catcher; Phillips, first base; Schaefer, right fleld; MeCormick, pitcher, an- other wonderful pitcher: Gilligan, center field, really a catcher playing in the outfleld: Glasscock, shortstop, and Hanlon, left field, the latter afterward manager of the famous Baltimore champlons. Fourteen of the Cleveland players went out at first base and Richmond himself had six assiste. Not an error was made by the Worcester team, which had 16 assists to handle, showing that the ficlders were “on the job" as well as the pitcher. (Copyri b i Next: That Merkle “homer.” THE OUTDOORS | | only, the | was up -and setting world toda when inte he looked good for several more years of championship thrills rpentier on the in the great he had a st Firpo fioor and that sent When Wit hin chin entury” JACK DEMPSEY. “battle of the ring moment. Again whe: expectedly rose from t landed the mighty swing the champion through the ropes onto | men in the press box, he had another great ment. He had other real two later of defeat hen these into the vall itest thrill? pleture I the of wiich was hrolling sun. the glare refiected from the fighting floor, _he stood that memoralle July 4, 1018 Ahou Rim thousands were packed. The £reat. the near great and the wn- known from all over the world watched. They yelled. They shook with delerium of emotions. The threw hats ond coats (nto (he air. They shouted. They milled about. They hit one mnother with ha Inside Golf By Chester Horton—. The pivot in the golf xwing ix not the entire body from the kneex up as it is a turning to the right of the shoulder instructors tell the p “pt waist.” The pupil deesn't know what such a term means. You can nd out in this way: Stand will pil e ~quarely on both McLeod feet with the feet pread about asx they would be for a golf mwing. Now t to turn the shoulders to the right with your weight resting evenly on hoth fect. You will at uee motice the alout the left thizh. nll vour weight, he- cause of thix pulling, binding eflect in the left side. fall onto the left leg. Now start,again, but this time move your weight over to your right leg. %0 you could stand on thiv turn your shoulders. how fr nd casy the turnirg trkes place. TIn t loN ToP OF RIGHT LEG - efect 1 ofect *houlde ix actio ycu should In the golf xwing. ne. 1925.) FRENCH HACI'NG STAKES INCREASED MATERIALLY P. drawing stronger aggregations of for- gn competitors in the classics of the h turf, it 2 decided to ease the mm prizes. Grand Prix will be raised from 400,000 francs to 500,000 francs; the Prix de Arc de Triomphe will he in- o 406,000 francs, and 25. be added to Diane Among the other stakes to 1 are the Prix du Jockey Grand Prix Deuville and 1 the latter being ir ) to 100,000 francs, U. TRYING Clu from 61 SYRACUSE went | But | ars) | power Often | keye to | feated the | here 1 up In 39 leg | ¢ Notice | you are pivoting above the wrist, an | ¢,.,. ARIS, January 19.—With a view to | six-mile NEW GAME OF ‘DOUG’| NEW YORK, January 19.—Douglus Fairbanks has sent equipment for his new to Syracuse University for trial game was introduced to the when it played the University of Southern California. It resembles tennis, with the exception that it plaved with tufted corks instcad of balls and the object must not touch the ground after being put in play. game, “doug,” at the Madison race at The two-thirds-mile Millrose A. A. games Squarc Garden January 27. will the season's greatest array of middle- distance stars in competition. Besides Paavo Nurmi, the F Finn, there will be George Marste Jimmy Connolly, Lloyd Hahn, Cavanaugh and Ray Watson. When Nurmi signed for this event he made note of the record time and said afterward he hoped to break it ANOTHER GIRLS’ BASKET BALL LEAGUE IN FIELD Another girls’ basket ball launched Saturday when sentatives from unattached teams met league repre- lin the office of Miss Ruth Pope at her H. DILG. n League of Ameril ay of fishing. They fish with trained | flars on the big black birds and send | tch the fish, but can't swallow them. o take the fish. Once in a while the have caught. This keeps them com- | | | committee is taken away from them, instead of get another. jthey wuse in fuding forest fires. During the decr hunting season they | stand watch on their towers every! night, thus surveying great stretches |of country. The hunters when they enter the woods are told to build a bonfire at night if they get lost. The the hunter. | Turtles one of the deadliest to young wild ducks. The tur- tles swim up under the little ducks, grab them by a leg and yank them {under. They kill thousands this way cach vear. Omce in a while a turtle! will take a healthy bite out of the |breast or full-grown duck. Big |pike are another underwater enemy. | They operate just as the turtles do-—- sneak up under the young duck nim under and swallow him, } 1 i draz | i |of the Y. They zre dead black,!rangers spot these fires and the next | Weight, 4 goose but larger than|day go out to the place and bring in |Tound fig Y. W. CA The follow agers as Acacia, Sloux, and Good Shepherd. eadquarters on G street = teams sent their man- delegates: Woodlothians. Interior Miss Louise Sul- complete | This Orange | Tom ! Department | iivan. playground director and coach | of the Good Shepherd team was elect- ed chairman. With Miss Helen West W. C. A. as chairman, the following were appointed to draw up a tentative constitution; the Misses Moore, Hall, een and Sullivan. This will confer Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock, at 1315 G street northwest Other organizations which have ex; pressed an intention of joining this league are: The Triangle Club, the auxiliary branch of the Rockville American Legion, the Mt. Pleasant, Calvary M. and Emory Churches. January 19.—Tiger Flowers, Atlanta, Ga., negro middle- has been matched for a 10- bt February 26 with Johnny NEW YORK, Wilson. TROUSERS "To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F I DARTMOUTH SHOWS BASKET BALL POWER EW YORK th werved of Janua 19.—Dart- stice on the other mem- Intercoilegiate Basket Ball League Saturday night at Han- over, In defeating Columbia, that Big Green team is a serious contender | for the title tmouth, | Prinecton 11 coats. They performed like n wild mob. 1 wigh 1 th And vet sto datermination could mlss. down; up Dempses 20 mark An arm went wnd down. A W being made. On the floor at the feet of the man whose arms were going up and down lay a champlon. A great man this champlon, blg, oxlike, broad, long arms, wide cliest, enormous vet almost helpless grim none und with now in to victorles and the le nd position credit and up its wit victory which beat championship Saturday night at will visit' Hanover, N. A defeat for the Red would practically fron fous ¢ Dartmouth's sto decided jump upward. aldwin, Columbia forward, still holds th d tn the individual scor- |ing. Te a4 6 field goals ’,.,‘“ 6 foul total of 18 points Cornell i Phila- H., or a eliminate ideration, woulg take | actpnia That man was Hlue holder of the title. The moment was that following the third Lilling punch which had hit him. Two hlows he had recelved without @ give. Then he went down on the floor with (hat third. He got up. But the referce counted toward 10, that one was the greatest thrill that Jack Dempsey ever had. Jesx Willard, whil a | | | | 1 has scor Davenport of F nd Goas of D. ‘mmxln both g econd | 16 point Baldwin o advan and e Davenport over the have a Sald the champio Dartmouth “I went into that lard confident and never fought a man as big and I was not certain how he would | take my punches. So when the bell clanged 1 went for with all 1 had. Before he knew what was happening 1 landed two bloy He seem 1o worry « them & bit battle sure with W But I had nd strong Games for This Week. nuary Pe Dartuon Junuary 24 20 —Princton at Yale Princetan at Corne him Standing of Teamw. Won Darwonth Princeton Pe Col Lost 1 mihin 1 o “But T gave him all T had in third blow. wn he wert: wnd as he lay on the floor | knew I was 1o be the next «hampi It was my biggest thrill. Ya Individual Leaders. Po. G.F.C Davenport h R ¢ { Friendman. Dartmout Taub, Co Kireass, Pieker o that cont Willard sed in tha back But the baitle t landed Pen over ¥ Dartn 'QUARTERBACK ON FIRST FARRELL’S LONG PUTT ~ NAVY GRID TEAM DIES WINS 39-HOLE MATCH : o s ran of the Spanish-Amer- and quarterback ef the Academy’s first foot ball team, re He vears old O'Malley was graduated from the Naval Academy In 1584 and was | in command of the first landir ty of American troops in Cuba ¥ ¥ i Copyrig ¥ Tomorrow: Harry ry 19.—Capt h AMPA, Fla., J. twilight fast givin, ness, punctuated b -up gallery Bobly Crui ry 19.—With recently. away to dark- ited yells from iny Farrell and vesterday de razen and Leo Diegel | | WINS 30 GAMES IN ROW. TOULOS New Zeal 1€ par rrell's 30-foot putt for a birdie 4 Fra The ma the two s Tampa. was the , Who are Mitchell third Wi ng in and George and Freddie t one for te ing F thiirtieth thousand persons witnessed The New Zeal Canada Car 0 atches INDOOR TITLE TENNIS T0 START MARCH 27 - A NEW tional ¥ Cruikshank Diege Sararen In Farrall Cruikshank Diex: g Press J Farrel) Diegel Sarazen YORI, he 7th Regime March 28, the if_the co parti winner tropt his viet be plaving in the b to that time. hy will championshi Farr <o 140 | date 144 beir best plavers ar v Rict necess: to rds 1.800 IN 10-MILE RACE. PARIS, aiiiecn The fate of several cl Nearly vesterday pa of the Cross-countr run in Bols de Boulogne, organized by L. The provinces supplied th finished first and second. Duguesne of who minutes, 28 leadf yards Di ates Polo Associatio tomorrow events to be discussed ntercollegiate outdoor cha nship, the national open and ju and the national 12-goal title affairs, The question of handicaps also will receive consideratic men who They wers won in 30 g by a few i the | VETERANS PREDOMINATE IN NEW TALENT ACQUIRED Seasoned Players Main Dependance of Griffith and Harris in Plaining to Retain Championship Laurels Earned in Last Campaign. ITH the cry jn other cities jor young blood, Clark Grifiith, proud president of a W a world championship base ba!l club, anxious to am at the top, has t and injccted into his line-up a spr campaign hold his t hrown all precedent to the win nkling of tried veterans for the 192 a [ Manager | pitching staff major league 10 jc the mo; vear Stanley ; 3 s 3 to Spring tr r years familiar figures on Harris will take to Tampa i whose mainstays have been f. ds. In addition to Walter Johnson, who now is expected team as a result of his failure to buy a Pacific Coast will include “George Mogridge and To ilwarks ; Dutch Ruether, obtained from Brooklyn; Stan- bought from Cleveland; Vean Gregg, veteran from Marberry, brilliant relief hurler last year; Curley Ogden, ul Zahniser, Benson Brillheart, Allan Russell, .another re- ¥, a recruit from Memphis; James McNamara, obtained from Wicl Kans., at a fancy price, and of other youngsters e S L PALACE FIVE EASILY ES KIN TOPP | ranchise, | crew Zachary, last southpaw b 1 Coveleskie Seattle; Fred Joe Martina, lief pitcher; } fey for the team, and hampionship d up a m immediately after | they began efforts which n the face o to t lost the world series | After : Wi obtained Red Sox i Prothro wa er Adams, shortstop. ftornoos York League leaders Metrope dropped ; to th Arca Th, Metro acquisition | the game ace |chowed ity by locatis the hoops for a trio of two-pointers ¢ i teo, seemed to ha: i Ma = | nd surprised ¢ Soutt ng two basker | coming in ! gave the Palace Club {1ead for the firs | At the half th T ague recruit ioslin will have nc ir jobs, but M is ex- ve u hot fight, despite |19 to 10, and to the final whistle st season and his|the invaders at their mere that won the last game of | 1ong skots by Artus in the series. Carlyle especially|and five shots from d to furnish keen competi- | Powers figured ir a regular place in the lineup, | Kingstons. Benzoni of the local will take the veterans of |Was high scorer, with five goals from to Hot Springs, as he |scrimmage and three by the foul This plan, he believes, | route. i t club to enter t sea-| The Fort Wayne Kni | condition than for sev-|bus are scheduled to meet the rought the Club on the Arcade court day nigh . : LEONARD WELL HEELED AS HE QUITS FIGHTING By the Assoctated P ze ring above $500.000 Demp. iste trouble ls were in front T irst half 1 line b s the scoring.of tha tion for Harris his 1d 1 Pa next wit President ( te Leegue 1 the Leonard Lxhibitions With Giants. e M New ¥ two After Ma t that He great & hostilities where 1ing through Ha, BOXING WITH VALENTI “Gentleman " Delm has fought w Dundee, Rocky Kansas, and nearly all the best lightweights, has a job now as box- Ing instructor to Rudolph Valen by weakn confide will duplicate success lieves that the club is a stronger than last year. Prospects of the team depend a great deal on the effectiveness of Jonnson, who has reported himself in Zood condition ointed will have handers, Ruether, land Zachary, to whict show portside hurlers, ed by Washi combinat ager is feals he be- deal NO. Leonard that | veteran left-| Grege, Mogridge put against teams akness for s expect from this| out four however, At the Sign of the Mo — N~ ' Wonder What Merts Wil Say Teday? £ g Curling, if not indigenous land, has been played ther |1e three centurie and | development to that country. to Scot- for at owes its Clese Daily at ¢ P M. Establisked 1893 Entire Stock . You can make money clip- ping interest coupons. But there are no dividends in clipping cigar tips. Cigar tips may be good to look: at. Ornamental. But for smoking value—they're “‘beautiful, but dumb.” Four mellow golden blend . 4 i smokes—every inch a cigar—made from prime- leafed, specially grown Per- fecto cigar tobacco. The tip- saving and the big V_'olume production does the trick. So here’s a “tip-off” to you:—by leaving the tip off, you get 4 cigars for the price 2 EVERY INCH A CIGAR The product of 28 years fine cigar making; to- baeco quality worthy of an expensive I bel. A Perfeo- to without the tip. Old Virginia Cheroots * 4.Good Cigars [¢) for | ¥ Y4 TO 15 OFF Suit or Overcoat It costs money to put the “Tailored for You” tip on a cigar. But you have to snip it off before you start smoking. Every Mertz & Mertz garment receives the same painstaking care and is built to a standard of excellence even though re- duced in price. See our showing of woolens— it's the only way to appreciate the values 320 For $30 Grade In a sealed package; contents ‘un- touched by human hands — from factory to YOU. For $35 Grade 330 For $40 Grade 1 i | For $50 Grade Full Dress Suits -2 $45° | 3ik Tdmed.......... . Mertz & Mertz Co. 906 F Street TAILORS