Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1925, Page 24

24 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, ‘'FEBRUARY -11; 1925. SPORTS. Spring Barnstorming Exhibitions by Champions Are Barred Afiter This Year RULING WILL JAUNT OF GRIFFS-GIANTS American League Withdraws Offer of $100,000 Monument for Washington—Three Amend- ments to World Series Plans Are Adopted. LOU February 11.—Contin: T S as much-as a hint of suspicion, the American League magnate: their February meeting here will put a ban on Spring training games or special exhibitions between pennant-winning ball clubs of the previous season. The resolution, which was passed unanimously and was the biggest wallop to the conierence, follows: “Resolved, That the club of the the league in world series games by playing in a world series, the pen- nant-winning team of the American League shall not, following that series, nor at any time during the scason, engage in any exhibition or pra g e winning club of the National League which it had played in a world series.” This will not go into effect, how- ever, until after the close of the 1925 season. The Washington club, base ball's latest world champions, in a part is responsible for the new move Following the world se s triumph of 1924 the Nationals were Invited to joim the nts in their pedition through the South the training period. And could be wrong in that? Nothing. For who knows whether the Giants and the Nationals will ever win another pennant, much less repeat as the world series attraction Nevertheless, it was called to Johnson's attention recently that such a series, a barnstorming tour by the two world series candidates, ‘was opening the avenue for scandal- mongers. It was pointed out to John- son that such a thing as & one-sided result for the National L. pions would cause suspicion And perhaps there would be those who would say: “Ah: didn't 1 tell you the Giants didn try their best last fall? See how they cl ned up those Griffmen. Look at the way they socked those curves from Zachary, Mogridge and Johnson during what Ban Richardson Finally Agrees. And Johnson thought it all For the good of base ball the American Leaguers pondered over that question for more than one hour In their conference that did not con- sume three hours. At the start there was but one dissenting vote. It came from W. M. Richardson, vice presi- dent of the Washington club. He re sented the move. He refused point blank, and In words that could be heard on the floor above, to join the other American League owners in passing such a resolution at this time. He was not going to allow anybody to throw ‘any mud at the Washington club. For which he was perfectly proper However, Mr. Richardson did not quite understand the drift of things. He is not a hardened base ball mag- nate, one who has etood the gaff and knocks of the game for many years. The cards of his ball club are played above the table and he wants the world to know it. Eventually the whole affair seeped into Richardson’s mind. He sat there and listened and he was told that in no way was this resolution attacking the integrity of the Wash- ington ball club. “It must be admitted,” spoke Ban Johnson, “that there is an opening for suspicion and that is what we want to wipe out.” % = When other owners offered - the same explanation Vice President Richardson swung in line and made the resolution unanimous. When the meeting adjourned, Pr. dent Johnson said that he regretted that he did not have the matter oalled to his attention before the Na- tionals and Giants made arrangements for their training series over. Monument Offer Withdrawn. There was one other important news development from the meeting. This was the first case handled. The Anlerican League withdrew its offer to erect a $100,000 monument for base ball in East Potomac Park, Washing- ton. It will be recalled that Ban Johnson sposored such a monument meveral years ago. However, it was to be entirely for the American League, which naturally resulted in back-fire from the National League. and apparently sufficient pressure was brought to the front in Congress 10 block the American League offer. Anyway, the officials reported that, owing to such adverse action by Con- gress, it was decided to withdraw its offer. The only trade ripple heard linked the Browns and the Yankees in a swap of some sort. This was labeled more rumor than truth owing to the fact that Miller Huggins and George Sisler were the only American League managers who were present. Sisler is in the market for a right- hand hitting outflelder, and has his eves peeled on Johnny Mostil of the White Sox. The Nationals, having won the 1924 pennant and apparently strengthen- ing their pitching staff for 1925, did not let out a ripple of excitement in the trade market All of the clubs were rgpresented at the gathering with the exception of the Chicago White Sox, which proves that Charles Comiskey and Johnson are etting farther apart day by day. Those in attendance were W. M. Richardson, Washington: Tom Shibe. Philadelphia; Edward Rarrow, New York; Palmer Winslow, Boston; E. S. Barnard, Cleveland; Frank Navin, Detroit; Attorney Sol Swarts and Business Manager Bill Friel, St. Louis. Other Changes Adopted. Under the plan’ adopted ' by the American League and _previously adopted by the National League, the first, second, . sixth and seventh games of the 1925 world series will be played in the Natlonal League city winning the pennant. Games three, four and five will be played in the Amerioan League city. The following year the series will open in the American League, the plan be- coming a definite schedule for all fu- ture world series. : The meeting ratified the proposal of the base ball advisory council that the club finishing fourth in the pen- nant race be permitted to share in the world series recelpts and also ap- proved the suggestion to advance the pay of umpires In the world series from $2.000 to $3,500 and. umpires' pay in city series from $500° to $780. The meeting -of the American Leaguers was the first since the joint Session in Chicago two months ago, in which seven owners signed the communication to Judge K. M. Landis rebuking President Johnson and re- moving him from the advisory council. GIBBONS MAY LIST BOUTS WITH MADDEN AND FIRPO ST. PAUL, Minn., February 11.— Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul, contender for Jack Dempsey’s fieavyweight box- ing crown, has ' two important matches in prospect for the coming Summer, he has announced., Gibbons said that he-had agreed to fight Bartley Madden in New York early in May, and Luls Angel Firpo & Detroit in May or-June. annual ex- ! NOT AFFECT uing its policy to keep base ball from in yesterday, passed a resolution which American League having represented next year previous to or during the e _game with the pennant- FIRST BASE IS HARD SPOT FOR RECRUITS | BY the Associated Press. . SW YORK., February 11.—Recruit major leaguers will do well to at- tack some other position than first base this season, although a slight opportunity offers in the Nationals' citie he American circuit will go into action with an approved list of eight tried and trusted performers. The champlons agaln will statfon left- handed Joe Judge at the initial sta- tion in their efforts to repeat last vear's conquest, and base ball ob- servers generally agree that the Washingtonian is’'among the experts of his trade. Judge found his way into the majors through Lewlston of the old New England League, having been sent there by the Red Sox, and Buffalo of the International. Two other Joes will work at the same position on other clubs, Hauser in Philadelphia, and Harris in Bos- ton, while Pipp will defend the post for the Yankees, Lu Blue for the | Tigers ‘and Detroit and two Georges, Sisler and Burns, for the St. Louls Browns and Cleveland Indians, re- spectively In the National nothing less than dynamite can remove George Kelly of the New York Giants, Stuffy Mclnnis | of the Boston Braves, Walter Holke | of the Phillies, Jacques Fournier of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Charley Grimm | of the Chicago Cubs and Jim Bottom- ley of the St. Louis Cardinals. Manager Hendricks of the Cinein- natf Reds plans to have Rube Bressler at first, succeeding the late Jake Daubert, while Bill McKechnle, in Pittsburgh, will try Bert Nefhaus, re- placing Grimm, who has been traded to Chicago. RICE, GOSLIN.BEATEN IN GOLF TOURNAMENT HOT SPRINGS. Ark., February 11.— Among the contestants for the Presi- dent’s cup golf championship; battling In the second elimination rounds at 18 holes over:the Hot Springs Golf and Country Club course today .¥as Babe Ruth. His golf clubs behaved better for him yesterday than at any time since his arrival here and he scored a vic- tory over Col. J. Olmsted, 2 up. - Sam Rice of the Nationals did not fare so well and was eliminated by Denman, 1 up. In the second flight base ball met defeat at the hands of pugilism, when F. Flynn, manager for Jack Renault, Canadian boxer, eliminated Leon (“Goose”) Goslin of the Wationals, 1 up. Renault survived the first round in the second flight by defeating J. Stainback, 2 up. NEW YORK, February 11.—Nego- tiations are underway for a matth |between Jack Delaney, hard-hitting Bridgeport, Conn., boxer, and Gene Tunney, American light-heavyweight champion, at Madison Square Gar- den Februgry 26. LANDIS TO VISIT CAMPS. HAVANA, February 11.—Kenesaw M. Landis, high commissioner of base ball, and Mrs. Landis have left here to tour the big league training camps In Florida. Judge Landis has OFFICIAL. AMERICAN LEAGUE SCHEDULE, 1925 (Black Sxures demote Sundays and Holldays latter in parentheses.) AT CHICAGO AT Lovis AT PHILADELPEIA AT BOSTON Sports Apr. 18, Tune 29, Sept. 3, % ® [Tuly 3'(4, §). 21 Juiy 1, 2 5 Sept. (1,7), 2,8 Suly 23, 34, 25, 36 June 1011, 12, 13 , 16, 16,17 Sept. June15,18_(17,17),18 587,58 Apr. 30, May 1, 2, o Bept. 10, 11, 12, 13 Apr. 22, 28, 24, 25 June 1, 2, 8, 4 13,15, 16 Tune 19, 20, 22 Aug. 10, 11, Sept. 22, 28, Apr. 22, 23,24, 2 May 26, 27,28, 29, Aug. 15,16, 17 {Apr. 30 May 1.2, 8 30. Juiy June 5. 6, 8, 9 July 28. 29,30, 31 Sept. 18, 19, 21 {June 10, 11. 12, 13 Aug.1.2,3, 4, Sept. 15, 16, 17 Jone 14, 16, 17,18 Aug.5.6.7.8 Sept. 26, 27, 2§ Apr. 26, 27, 28, 29 June 2 27,28 Oct. 1, 3,4 May Apr. 14, 15, 16, i 27, July 23, 25, 26 Apr. 18, 19, 20, 21 May (30, 30), 1 dept. 10, 11,12, 13 17 2 Tune 15, 18, 17, 18 Aug.5.6,7, 8 Sept. 25, 26, 28 June 10,11, 12.13 Seve. 15, 16, 17 May 8, 9, 10, 11 Wuly 7, 8. 9, 10 ‘WASHINGTON . Aug. 28, 29, 30 May 12, 18, 14, 15 i 1, May 20, 21, 23, 24 [July 15, 16, 17 Aug. 21, 22, 23, 24 May 16, 17, 18, 19 July 18, 19, 20, 21 Aug. 16, 19, 20 Apr. 18, 20, 21 May 27. 28 June 26, 21 Bept. (7,7), 8,9 Apr. 14, 15, 16, 17 June 1, 2.8, 4 [July 28, 25, 26 May 18,17, 18, 19 July 15, 18, 17 Aug. 21, 22, 23, 24 PHILADELPHIA May 12, 18, 14, 15 Tuly 11, 18; 18 14 Aug. 28, 29, 30 June 14 Aug. May 8.9, 10, 11 July 7. 8. 9, 10 May 31 June 28, 9, Sept. 1, Sept. 13, Oct. 4 May3,4.5. 6 Wuly 2. 3 (4, 4) Sept. 5,6 Oct. 14,15 NEW YORK [July |Aug. |May 8, 9, 10, 11 May 18, 17, 18, 19 July 18, 1 Aug. 18, 1 9, 10 May 22. 12;: fi. " July 15, ‘Aug. 21,23, 83, 24 Apr. 22, 23, 25, 26 Tune 23, 24, 25 suly & Aug. 14,15, 16 July July 3! e Aug. 2 1 Aug. 18, 19,20 May 16, 17, 18, 19 5 10 47 July 7. 8. 9. Aug. 25,26, 27 22,89, 24 May 12, 13, 14, 15 3, 14 Sept. 1,2 Sent. 13 MINE BOY TO MANAGER ng His Meteoric Rise in Base Ball to Leadership of the World Champions. ™ BY STANLEY (Bucky) HARRIS. Chapter 383—How to Win in Spite of Averages. . batted, as a team, .261 to our ) 3 HE Giants outbatted and outfielded Washington in the series. They 246. They fielded for an average.of 980, 16 points better than Washington. Because of these cold fig- ures 1 have often been asked how it happened that we were victorious. We won because, in the first place, we didn't think we could lose. We had the right mental attitude. To this confidence we added the ability to deliver in the pinches. in the balance. Every man did his share. Peckin- paugh won the second game with a double and made a wonderful stop and a timely hit in the sixth contest. He was an inspiration to us in this needed victory. He had the best batting average of the club and field- ed perfectly. Judge played a spark- ling flelding game and was a terror to the New York pitchers. He was really our leading hitter in point of average. Goslin was close on his heels. He put us in the lead with a homer In the second game. He ac- counted for emough runs to win the fourth contest and tie up the series. Rice made three spectacular catches in the sixth tilt and prevented the Glants from winning. McNeely's speed on the attack in this game put us In a position to win. His hit won the last game. Bluege showed he is a coming star inflelder. He made one of the star flelding plays of the series in the last game. Ruel caught perfecttball and delivered in the pinch in the de- ciding struggle. Liebold also helped Wwin the final battlel Taylor and mil- ler did well under difficulties. I have been asked why I didn't try the squeeze play in the ninth inning of the seventh game when Miller wai at bat with Judge on third, Bluege on first and one out. The'reason was that he was not a good bunter. The squeesze requires an almost perfect bunt or it falls. Coaches Also Helped. Shirley and ‘Tate, also recruits, held up their end. Nick Altrock and Al Schacht were a great help in keep- ing up the spirits of the club with their antics. They also proved valu- able on the coaching lines in the series as well as the pennant race. Neither of our coaches acted as sig- nal tippers. A coach generally is too busy watching his men on bases and the ball to learn or catch signals of of the opposition. Zachary and Mogridge, both left- handers, were our most effective pitchers. The former won two games. He had the Glants fooled all the way. Marberry helped him in one. The latter was our star relief pitcher, just as he had been throughout the pennant race. Mogridge won one game. The surprise of the series, of course, was the two defeats of Johnson. Naturally, I figured before the first game that he had & better chance to stop the New been on a trip to Panama. One of a Series of Articles by John B. HE modifications of base ball, a due to base ball politics, but i I sarily had to be modified becau ers. The athletes of the United Stat of the United States showed themsel The discipline of base ball, the co- hesiveness of base ball, the excel- lence of the exercise and the ggneral &00d health of ball players, gave im- petus to athletic sport of all kinds. It was long after the game of base ball became so popular, and a na- tional pastime, that any attempt was made toward organization in‘other kinds of athletic contests. There are faults in the base ball rules at the present time. The word- ing. of some of them is vague, and in the effort to bring about the rela- tionship of one rule to another the phrasing has been too indireft. Some day this will be rectified. Perhaps by another two or three years the rules will be rewritten. The author has answered more than 100,000 ques- tions about base ball which were in conneétion with the present code, and which also had to do with the old code, and at times he has given a very small share of assistance toward trying to clarify the rules as a mem- ber of the rules committee. The wording of the first rules of base ball was totally different from the wording of the modern rules, yet it must be remembered that the mod- ern game of base ball is very differ- ®nt from the original game. Pitehing has been completely done over. Batting is the same, so far as the general position is concerned, but the practice of bunting "has become an art, and in the.old times it was fiot’ known: Once there was a time when it ‘was permissible to slightly flatten one side of the bat to try to emcour- age players to bunt, but that was discontinued when tife pitchers in- sisted that the square edge of i the bat, as slight as it was, roughened the cover of the ball York club than eitherileft-hander. He Fifty Years of :B:ase Ball . Foster Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National League This Year. LXI—CHANGES IN THE RULES—CHANGES IN GENERAL. s has been. stated, occasionally were t is true, too, that the game neces- se of the improving skill of the play- es—perhaps they were not so much considered to be athletes when base ball began—therefore, the young men ves to be particularly well adjusted "physically to base ball, and there is no doubt that the skillfulness which manifested itself in the game had much to do with the general develop- ment of games and athletic pursuits of all kinds. Now the. pitchers try to roughen the cover of the ball to' make it do freak stunts. They succeeded so well when the ball was roughened by per- mission that they. could do things with it which they could not under- stand, nor could any one else. The vagaries of the spit .ball never will be forgotten as long as men live, who know what it did. unexpectedly, as there were pitchers“who had as little idea as to the accurate destination of a spit ball as had the spectator Wwho watched them. Sometimes a spit ball would break inside, sometimes outside and some- times down, but when the rules were changed again fn 1920 the spit ball, which i raubeating, useless and not necessary to the sport of basa ball, was banished, and it should never be returned. The whole practice in con- nection with it was disgusting. The work of- the catcher was changed completely from the original. He stands up at the plate and guards it as the keepsr of the wicket guards jt in cricket, although he must work faster than a wicket keeper. To 2 nsate for standing ‘‘under the bat” hé may wear a mitt on his hand, which would make him a p| low on a hike, and his body and legs are protected by pads. Fly catches, flelding grounders and base running are primarily what they wers; although perhaps better done. Thé'real battle has been to.handicap the pitcher since he learned ito curve the ball, and there never.has been a time when the pitcher has been pe: manently handicapped since rule makers have been after him. - Next—About Morgan G. Bulkeley, first president of the National League. We outdid ourselves, perhaps, when victory hung We didn't know what the word quit meant. finally came through In wind-up. Our pitchers had no exact knowl- edge,of the strength and weakness of the ‘New York batters before the serles. We were careful with their best batters.and Jearned as we went along. We had a good line on them in the final game. That was the rea- son I ordered Young passed twice to get Kelly. His home run off John- son in the first game had been a fluke. Johnson had struck him out twice In that game end again in the ffth struggle. Series Speeded Up Harris, T didn’t find that the duties of a manager interfered with my play in the world serles. The ‘responsibility made me try all the harder. 1 out- dld myself, T guess. 1 set a world series record for chances accepted by second basemen with 54 to my credit. I made another series mark with 26 putouts. I had a batting average of .333 and drove {n 7 runs with 11 hits. The job of manager sat lightly on my shoulders during the pennant race also. I dfdn’t worry once during the season. If I had, my playing would have fallen off. I had learned the folly of worry in my minor league days. 1 didn't try to bother with all the detalls of running a blg league club. I had capable :msistants and the co-operation of every player. We all pulled together. That was why I was able to glve my best playing ef- forts on the field, land a pennant and a world champlonship. My fallure to worry surprised Grif- fith when we were playing the crucial serles in St. Louis. He took the trip with the club. We lost the second game in 10 innings by a score of 15 to 14. A wild pitch by Marberry cost us the game. That night 1 played pinochle with the club owner and Ed- dle Eynon, the secretary, until 11 o'clock.. Then I went to bed. I dide’t wake up. until 10 o'clock the next morning. I met Griffith at a late breakfast. . “How did_you sleep?” he asked. “I don’t_know how you. do it,” he said when 1 told him. “Youre a bfrd. 1 wish I could forget troubles that the dramatic Hands B et to Ruel. I probably would have cracked un- der the strain of the pennant race if I'd been & nervous type. Our pitch- ing staft was shot to pleces in July. Mogridge, Johnsfon and Ogden wob- bléd a bit in September under the wear and- tear of a long, hard cam- paign. ' But our referves came through wonderfully.’ Ruel handled the pitchers In a masterly fashion. Connie Mack, once a catcher himself, has called Ruel the best backstop In the league, The Philadelphia leader knows what he Is talking about. The club never really cracked ‘with the pennant at stake any more' than with the world champlonship in sight. We had a great Infield defense, an outfleld that improved as the season went on and a powerful batting punch, partfcularly in the pinches. It just wasn't in the cards, that we were ‘to” e “stopped. Charlle McClintock, a nationally known theatrical man, pointed this out to me some weeks after the 1924 world series was history. “It's all over now, Bucky,” he sald. ‘You're on the top of the base ball world. _You've battled your way there. What is your idea of what a man needs to succeed in hix job?" . Mother Helped Him. - “First, he needs natural ability in his chosen fleld,” I answered. “He also should be enthuslastic, ambitious to advance, work hard, always. be willing to learn, have confidence in himself, never quit a thing he must do just because the task s h learn not to worry, keep In gt physical condition and be mentally alert to his opportunities. ~ With these qualifications, or most ‘of them: and an even break in the luck, 3 man should cHmb. £ AR R R “Yes, but a man getierally’ needs some one to get-him started ‘right hii 1 hi 3 - [ and keep him going on his way,” Me: Wil Clintock declared. “As a rule, there, is one person whose advice and:en-| couragement are moat respansible for a man getting ahead. Who helped you most?” 1 was sorting soms telegrams of congratulation on ‘Washington's world series victory at the time. My eyes fell on one from my mother. It : “Congratulations. Thehappiest day of my life.” I didn’t need to go beyond that for the answer. 5 "My mother,” I replied. (Copyright, 1925.) Tomorrow (comelnding)—“The Out- look for the Semmson.” WEINERT GETS DECISION. BOSTON, February 11.-—Charlie Weinert, Newark heavyweight, won the decision last night'in his 10- round bout with Jack Sharkey of Boston. Weinert weighed 184 poun: 2nd ‘Sharkey 138%.- . RIVALS OF DEMPSEY MUST STAGE FIGHT NEW YORK, February 11.—Chal- lengers for the heavyweight boxing crown now borne by Jack Dempsey should fight among themselves for an opportunity at the title, in the opinion’ of Chairman George Brower of the New York State Athletic Com- mission. Paddy Mullins, manager of the negro heavyweight, Harry Wills, ap- peared at the [eeting of the com- mission seeking Information regard- ing the filing of a challenge, and was Informed that the boxing body would not award preference in the matter in view of the fact that some promising heavyweights might ad- vance claims ich would command attention. 1t challenges come from both Wills and Tom Gibbons of St. Paul, the commission pointed out, an elimina- tion match would be necessary. Promoter Tex Rickard, when in- formed of Mullins' visit to the com- mission, said that he agreed on the proposition that if two or more chal- lenges were filed with that body the men seeking the title would have to settle’it among themselves. He added that if he should propose elimination and final matches he would be able to stage the title contest in Sep- tember. BROWNS’ OUTFIELD HAS GREAT RECORD CHICAGO, February 11.—Fallure. of Johnny Tobin of the St. Louis Browns to make -just one more hit ruined what would have been a remarkable record, that of a trio of regular out- flelders crowning the pill for six con- secutiye vears with individual aver- ages of .300 or better. Ofher mémbers of the trio are Ken- neth Williams and “Baby Doll" Jacob- son, each of whom have remalned at the .300 mark or above for six con- secutive years, starting back in 1919. Last season Tobin falled to make the grade, and finished with a bat- ting mark of .299. . Other clubs in base ball may have had a regular outfield trio that has equaled the five-year record of the Browns, but there is no record avail- ble here, By Chester Hortoi Of the irons the No. 1 iron would, I think, be the most useful weapon for the average golfer and @ much better club than a midiron. Because the average play- er's hands are weak, however, he »hou et a light No. 1 iron—never a heavy one. The No. 1 iron has = slightly straighter face t a mid- fron. solfer who makes those long-carrying, low iron shots to the green that you so often mee In tour- nament play w ally & using o light No. 1 for wach work. The ball off the midiron sves higher, rising quicker, but It i the distance of the ball off the light No. 1 fron. This iron should when the distance is about s trom the pin. You swing it with a three-quarter back awing and a throw of the cl ead through he ball in the forward swing. Play the ball off the left heel, or just back dw, in the SWING wWiTH NO.1 IRON - FRENCHMAN COMING TO FIGHT FOR TITLE By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 11.—Edouard Mas- cart, French holder of the European GRIFFS HOME BUT ON ONLY \\ 16 SUNDAYS, ONE HOLIDAY ELL supplied with holiday engagements at home last year, Washington’s world champion Nationals will have to be con- tent with one such date this season. The schedule makers of the American League have seen fit to allot to the best of the base ball world only May 30 as a holiday on which they are to show their wares twice on_their own stamping ground, but they have been genecrous in sending Saturday and Sunday games to Clark Grifith Stadium. Sixteen Sabbath day engagements—more than any other club in the league has drawn—and 12 Saturdays are on the home program of the Nationals. ‘The club has not done so well in cities drawn for holiday dates abroad. Harris and his cohorts are to show in Boston July 4, while the Labor day“games will be played in Phila- delphla. The Nationals will be on the road for § Sunday and 11 Sat- urday games. They will appear on two Sundays in each of the West- ern cities of the league, except Si Louis, where they have but one Su day date. ‘Washington fans will have to wait until June for the first long home stand of their favorites. The Na- tionals open their campaign in New York April 14. After a four-game series with the Yankees the club will shift to Philadelphia for three con- tesés. Then, assisted by Babe Ruth and compan it will make its Wash- ington 1925 debut Wednesday, April 22 With four dates with the Yanks out of the way, the Nationals will jump to Boston for three games and return home for_ series with the Macks and Red Sox The first trip West will consume much of the month of May; the Na- tionals being scheduled to be away from Clark Griffith Stadium after the May 6 game until May 29, when the Red Sox again will be guests. The Athletics are to be here May 31 for a lone encounter and the first four days of June will be spent in New York. Then from June 5 through Jupe 30, with the exception of two days in the latter part of the month, the Nationals will be at home. The second Western trip will be taken between July 7 and July 21 and the last between August 18 and August 30. The Westerners, after their June visit, come here again July 28 to August 13 and September 15 to September The Nationals just contrive to close their campaign at home. Following a four-day stay in Boston that ends October 3, they will jump here for a Sunday tilt with the Athletics to wind up the season. The Red Sox and the Yankees are NAT'S DATES FOR 1925 April 22, 23, 25, -..Now York April 30, May1, 3. . Philadelphia My 3. 4.5, .. Boston May 29. 30, S LA esten May 31 .. Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Bt 0, 11, 12, 13 June 14, 16, 17, 18 June 19, 20, 21. , 6, 7, 8 aee August 9. 11, 12, 13, August 14, 15, 16.. September 1, 2 September b, 6, September 13 . Beptember 15, 16, 17 Boptember 18, 19, 20 September 22, 23, 24 September 25, 26, 27 . Louis October 4........ «.....Philadelphia ABROAD. 5 April 14, 15, 16, 17 April 18, 20, 21 2?" 28 29 y 8, 9, 10, 11 May 18, 13, 14, 15 May 16, 17, 18, 19 May 20, 21, 23, 24 .. May 27, 28. June 1, 2, 3, June 26, 27... July 2, 3, July 7, 8, . July 11,713,13, 14 July 18, 19, 20, Alguss 18,19, 5t 18, :mn 2 ugust 25, August 26, Beptember Boptember New York Philadelphia Boston Ohicago _.Bt. Louis - Cloveland 7. Detroit *_ Philadelphia New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago 8t. Louis ~ Detrojt Cleveland » New York I Cleveland early in the campaign. The former will have digposed of seven of their dates here by May 30, unless weathar conditions interfere. June 25 is ex- pected to see the seventh tilt with the Yanks ir® Washington. The Ath- letics we will have with us at int to do the bulk of their playing here vals throughout the year. THE CALL'OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President fzaak Walton League of America. O same type of fight. NE‘of the most spectacular fighters of the Southern seas is the sa'llfish. These fish are more difficult to hook than tarpon, but after one has sunk the barb into their mouths they make the Sailfish are a rarer fish than tarpon, and, therefore, it is natural for a fisherman to credit them with fighting powers than they deserve. As late as 1919 the Long Key Fishing Club, of which Zane Grey was the or- ganizer and president, advocated a 9-ounce rod and a 15-strand linen line for sailfish. During the season of 1920, however, the regular tarpon light tackle outfit (6-ounce tip and 9-strand line). was proved to be amply strong, and some fine sailfish were taken on this tackle. Most of the anglers ®advise 1,200 feet of line because of the remark- ably long runs sallfish sometimes make. 1A 'trolled silver mullet or a ballyhoo featherweight champlonship, has com- |make the best bait, and occasionally it pleted plans to embark February 18 for the United States to fight Kid Kaplan, American featherwelght king, fn a 15-round battle for the world title at Madison Square Garden March 20. Through his manager, M. Tfetard, Mascart has announced the accepty ance of financial terms for the match offered by Tex Rickard, New York promoter, calling for the Frenchman to recelve 17 per cent of the receipts or a fixed guarantee of $6,000. Rickard has been asked to furnish transportation for Mascart, Tietard and others of the party, but the French fighter asserted he would de- part on the scheduled date whether 1t also is doubtful if any other club can boast three fly catchers who have played so many seasons without change as have Willlams, Jacobsom ana Tobin. ‘The ~ six-year players: .1919 1920 1921 1922 whis i w8 Jacobson 823 (355 352 .317 Tobin 27 (340 352 381 Willams joined the Browns in 1919, and in his first year with them just touched the .300 mark in batting. Tobin returned to the team fin 1918 after a one-vear stay in the minors. Jacobson started with the Browns in 1917, and has been with them ever since. KAPLAN IS EXTENDED 70 WIN COAST FIGHT VERNON, Calif, February 11. Louls “Kida” Kaplan, world feather- weight champlon, Won a newspaper decisiont over Bud Ridley: of :Seattle in a 12-round, no-decision bout last night: Kaplan's margin of victory was aqnsidered . small, owing to a stub- born ‘defense put up by the Seattle fAghter... A ‘T:"‘i“’;: pion, using a left hook to the' body, supported by a right jab to the'body and chin, kept Ridley on the defensive in all rounds except ne. . "I the'pinth round Ridley opened up with/a ‘burst of speed that won him the round and seemed to be- wilder Kaplan for the moment. The Seattle fighter attempted to use the champlon's offensive, but falled to be eftective. Kaplan's title was not at stake, ¥ ————s. 1. L. 'ADOPTS SCHEDULE. .NEW YORK; February 1l—Inter- Tieague . club_owners have - 2 playing schedule of 168 *for 1925. The opening games nd Toronto at Baltimore, Buf- falo’ at Jersey City, Rochester at Reading and Syracuse at Newark. ' ARIE LEADS SHOOTERS. KANSAS CITY, February 11.—Mark Arfe, Champaign, Ill, retained the Interstate individual challenge tar- gét cgp, by breaking 93 out of a possible 100 targets. Frank M. Troeh of Portland, Oreg., was second with 90. Troeh won the 150 target race by scoring 143. Arle was second with 139. mark of the three |TROUSERS .. »To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F, 5 his expenses were defrayed by the is wise to use a spoon as well A _sailfish usually taps or raps at the line with its swordlike bill, and it is ad- visable to let the fish run from 30 to 50 feet before striking. When the time arrives to set the hook, have a taut line and put as much s‘rength into the strike as your rod and reel will stand. Invariably one strikes a tarpon when trolling the instant it touches the bait, but with sailfish it is better to wait. Sailfish make a sensational fight and are as quick as Summer lightning, and often It is impossible to keep a tight line. They sometimes make as many as 20 slashing, thrilling breaks: half that number is the average. Tarpon make higher jumps and fight harder, but are not as swift as saflfish. A promoter or not. Proto of Jerome E. Andersom, Vice-President Grayson Apparel Co.,just after purchasing MURADS, “Ir is pleasant in these days of high prices to re- member that there is only 2 few cents difference between the\ cheapest and the best cigarette. MURAD is the best. A cigarette could not taste * better.” 50-pound sailfish is a monster, while a perhaps a little more in the way of 50-pound tarpon is below the average. The angler who would add a sailfish 1o his trophies must make a business of it; otherwise, unless blessed with a ;Je-xl of fisherman's luck, he is apt to ail. Safifish are almost certain to be found in small schools and one must seek for them in the gulf stream, whers the water is blue and deep. They ars seldom found on the reefs or in com- paratively shallow water, as ars king- fish, barracuda, albacore, etc. When the angler brings one of these inde- scribably beautiful fish alongside his launch, especially when its iridescent and spotted blue-purple sail is set cut- ting through the water like a knlfe, i is a proud moment. Better have it mounted, because it may be long before another chance is found FIRPO STARTS TRAINING. NICE, France, February 11.—Luis Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight, has.rented a small villa in the out- skirts of Nice and is sald to have begun _training for contemplated bouts. He has signed a contract for ex- hibitions at Monte Carlo, but says his only possible serious engagement is a prospective bout with Tom Gibbons in April. INQUIRING REPORTER Every day he asks several MURAD smokers, approached in cigar stores,clubsand hotels,why they prefer MURA D cigarettes Jexone E, AxpERson 1925 - 16tk St. Puoto of Charles E. 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