Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1925, Page 30

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.- C, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1925. SPORTS, Base Ball Monument Plan Not Dropped : Britons Resent U. S. Action on Golf Ball SHAFT MAY BE ERECTED KEELER DIED POOR, TEX MAY HAVE FIGHT |LARGER, LIGHTER SPHERE. IN CHICAGO OR NEW YORK BUT Not i povery| | MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT | |"1o | anpsig scraPs| ~ pLANS DECLARED HASTY R LY i By GEORGE BOTHNER, £ W YORK, February 12.—Willie By the Associated Preos. " A : = Keeler, great little base ball player Former Lightweight Wrestling Champion of the World. NEW YORK, February One of ] 3 7 American League Idea for $100,000 Memorial to . the oid dass, ala not aie in poverty. boxtans eriene i i onins Understood Over There That Americans Were to Do . . it ecame known yesterday when The greatest thrill I've had In a|came scrambling over on me I clipped | sports promoters may be hurled into . . o ” 2 National Pastime Not Abandoned Because Charles H. Ebbeits, president of the |1ong career of professional wrestling |a scissors hold on him and gradually |a New York ring during the outdoor| NOthing Without Two Bodies Agreeing—New O e roger, Mled an account-|came years ago-some 20, at least— began squeezing him into submis- | season when Tex Rickard pits his 3 7 ackhe tq i o g o ok » By STIEREN, €Nijn a match wilch th Japanese, [sion. In some way he got his arms | forces against the crater of Charles 7 Washington Is Not Available as Site. it was learned in 1921 that the Ereat- S L ) LR S L e e i [ i e A i O e Pellet Is Not Approved. et o R P est of place hitters was in dire need. the most fa-|turned his full strength to the job of | Island City to seat 110,000 spectato: — = Through Ebbetts’ influence, $9,670.61 o 1 Py : Mg, s 22 mous expo-|strangling me. When questioned in regard to the| . 5 BY JOHN B. FOSTER. as gathered together, and after . aents of jiu- — impending war of promoters those BY LAWRENCE PERRY. Willie’s doctor bills and funeral ex- Sitsu in the It was a'test ax to which ceul who make a living out of other men's | Fe e # e “W YORK. February 12—The idea of erecting a SI00K) buse ball | penses were paid, 33,008 was left world. hold out the longer. I knew ¢ Dattes In the ring are reticent, vor | EW YORK, February 12—Information drifting across the waca monument in Potomac Park, Washington. has been given uD | {ne amount of 46 rer vent ot sheinae . 1r 1 weakened I would be »0 #d1 | int that there must bo someihing from England indicates that British golfers have not accepred because of opposition in Congress, but the idea of erecting such a | nations 3 3 ' Y g 23 h_ldlllr--l-l the match, and that I might even ‘;.'.;‘.'.‘l‘:r"{?..",?f.‘.“:im““!\ 'du(':(»",- Inyeats with good spirit the action of the United States Golf Assoc monument somewhere still persists A balance of $490.06 was retained by 4 A i - P get a broken meck. If you think |\ 00", G0t e T promises in | tiON in legislating in favor of a larger and lighter goli bal writing. What is the only sort of Americans were given to understand by the U. S. G. A. that t ur ! 3 S the Brooklyn magnate as trustee to ? sonAlRTUdKE | (here isnt a kick in a situntion The National Capital was an cminently suitable location for such a |cover carrying charge on two small . -nlv;ntk me, like that try it once. I began to tost that will fill th | | b th | | 2T e e = e eces of unimproved property for and 1 knew e ote my | contes wi hat new arena | derstanding with the royal and ancient was intact and that the monumentiand itis too bad thet plingthall storbesbandoed e MOTl KEreh ity et it i Gl e ¢ that 1 Re | e e e ot aitased | And maKe it pay for itself? they ask.|can body was-merely hurrying ahead in an action which the ol has been suggested as a site because the earliest history of the national obtained At Nlood And the answ comes—a heavy-| try would follow in its own good time game centers around this ciry. But the question has been raised whether. e any of the During that time I was putting all | Weight championship Lout | Apparently this is not the case. It seems that the British r o if New York were chosen Chicago or some other American League city ELaRE e n Sy iR s ake s bAl a0l o ) X : ms th Brit N o el Fehten 3 RUTH AND RENAULT prisl g [h‘e (‘runh‘(nxl(‘ powrdl lcloul: ‘ll"low?"}" track competition, and for this year, | Mittee had—or thought it had—a clear understanding with the U. S. . A o E scisso 10! ro ody w o A S 2 a e wou' o So far as American League history | with a monument erected in the Mid- which he .,,\-“1.).;;,_ i [nn:::ugr:l-lo (v?l.s‘_ his | at least, no foot ball contest re-|that a change would not be recommended unless both bodies were agreed Soos—and .the menument was .an|ale West, for thoy sxe fwpes SF the | TRIMMED ON LINKS| CZ20= 2% o &5 |otier arm under him in a half-ham- | Quirlng such & lare seating capacits. | a3 to the wisdom of the policy American Jeague idea — Chicago | West. And Ruth, even though he is quainted he | o000 These sports have been scheduled, the Broin tims (o) iiite iths Thonitesn would be a very suitable place for a Marylander by birth, would have | could kill .or cripple me for life. i Emeiiontall o o e That fixed Mr. Higashi. Twisted in | scenes decided upon. Only a Yale-| . cowmmittes communicated with the monument. A site in Grant Park, |no objection to being enrolled in lli- | et Lixture of Salltan o4 | thatesitlom he lost his leverageandq Harvard, a Harvard-Princeton or af British committee, giving results of near the immense stadium which has | nois as the mogul of all swatdom. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. February 12.| eateh ek e wapplicd | had 10 give bis effort to the task of | Yale-Princeton gridiron battle could| its experiment. and in turn was been erected, would.be most fitting. | The Nat + 8 £ P haio ] SRECRSEE SCRICR ERAN e SuR P trying to bridge against a fall. But | expect to attract such a throng. And similarly advised by the Briton 3 | The National League. having just{-—Base Lall and pugilism lost their| me with n wrestling jacket of e : b | ) B The American League w. born in | pe, = = , Ty & e | it did not work. I put everything I |these are not for professional sport | % Then out of the clear blue comes egun its selection of valuable play-|representatives in the President's cup| canvas that comtained a large eye- | By Chéster Horton. 1 . 3 Chicago if it was born anywhere, and | cpe F=bite = had into the effort, pushing my *1! | stadiums. ¥ the American thunderbolt. Instead 8 3 ers, has only one name on the roll. golf tournament on the Hot Springs| let mear the e Tal e ek, i . o angmy e et R TR ey oo # base ball memorial on the shore of {That is the name of Dazzy Vance, the |Golf and Country Club course here| which he could Inxert n finger and | WeiENt down against the should:r « efore, Doxing Mo | The Sigger ix a fine double-purpose | oroE ittt . l.ake Michigan would be seen by gr o I g pe | v v 5 the arm 1 had hammerlocked, and |lieves that Henderson has been prom- | the initiative « the Americans thae swould | 1 Y | Brooklyn pitcher. The National has|yvesterday when Babe Ruth of the| get greater leverage for n gar- , e Bk eyl hampionship bout—a heavy- | €1ub that has great usefulness for &' Briiich scem 10 have accepted the practically every visitor to Chicago|pever shown any inclination, how-|New York Yankees, in the champion-| roting hol E, peventuall . pinmacyil 3 et S R B i 3 ! 4 . | ood player. Tt makes a long mashie .o, the 1 oLV den vy and somehow be typical of the breezy | ever, to go into the art-gallery busi- {ship flight, and Jack Renault. heavy- RRelgi ST den L | — | y hics ah - | ., but 5 2 con have | ®nd_then, peculiariy, it ix the beat of | can cither follow our attitude o \estern atmosphere which always|ness and instead of building a $100.-| weight boxer, in the second flight.| | | s e mmatch yan & Blttce aupy w Both Rickard and Henderson have | an e foll ir attitude or has made base ball in that part of the A won the muatch, three straight| the high moment—the moment of o : R ubs for very | nart company 3 000 monument, has presented $1,000 in | were eliminated. Y Enr Taight | the hig let it be known that Demp: will bt United States a mighty democratic | g falls in more than three hours of ensc thrill—was when he beg: x e Summe short mashie work i d popula Jeolte LS eUSanlaner BOL UL ,The Bambino ‘spent cdusiderable|,yore, but the Big tbrill came j.m{ te garrote me. il remember that | oox, for them thls Summer, —the run-up DiSHuS BRrave Chasess ’"‘ OBy Exme: e | that appeals to the player, although |time extricating himself from trouble |y to i | Linned Higashi's <houlders| if I live to be a hundred. shots from t 3, ersby Howard, the eminent i onument v{?fllwll o bl \-lvrk | it does not establish any condition of | into which his long but erratic driv-|/s the mat for the fiest time | ez edge of the green. golf w » is authority for ig) e set in Central Park, but then| o manency relative to national dis- |ing landed him and he lost to A. He ‘had Knocked me oft vy Tedt! Tomerrow—Paul Costello. | It ix properly | the statement tl the British com it would be removed from an athletic | Uinerion Howelblau, 5 end 4. 8yt I aked e, M s yot oftimes reliable sources of box- used for mashie | mittee has reached a decision that environment and would lose its na- C. Denman opposed Howelblau and|"'2 one of ‘his tricks, but when he (Comyrisatrs ing information that Manager Jack pltching when the | it does not approve the new ba tional siguificance. Such a monument -Opposition 1s Not Explained. B. Asher faced Ashland in the semi-| Kearns i3 with Henderson and Cham- dintance in ap-|This being the case, it looks indeed i - » E . p- in Chicago, in the park which is in 1 al re z i ck Dempsey is with Rickard. | as though golfers e two oo e e | 1t is a little difficult to see just|final round today under what prom . pion Ja 3 protmately | in the very heart of the city, would have | 1t |8 2 Uctle UL 1o Ses JUSi| ced to me a continuation of ideal F ft Y B And, furthermore, it is whispered | . i tries have reache rting of so strong against the idea of.hav-|Weather l ’ ears o ase a that perhaps Kearns is interested | ways with Tommy Gibbons and Harry Wills mentioned as opponents, and now comes the story from underground, & strong appeal in the West, which of the head being | considers itself ahead of the Kast, n" 3 Rell monimien: L the e a base bal : least so far as do-vnright love o:l'"x se, e paumen new arena in Long Island City. Dan | hits the ball n| “the United States—like every other financially in the construction of the concentrated. 1¢| Until recent timee,” says Howard Bare DT e Capital. The men whom it Is pro- neve £ . 2 ST ; : s o oi . : : B McKetrick, always considered the | S sRier. e country—has recognized St. Andrew’s Walter Johnson on List. posed to commemorate are typical of | BRITISH WOMAN GOLFERS One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Commemorating the Fiftieth Eastern representative of Kearns and | SSAEP TPEY | as the fountain head of the game and the greatest athletic game in_the ! i Ry : I blow. and for thi e ] £ Three players have been selected by | world, a game in whicn every con-| DECLINE 1925 U. S. TRIP Anniversary of the National League This Year. Dempsey, is matchmaker for Hender- | renron has just a | 411 1S customs and rules. There has ihe committes on seleotion of the |gressman is proud along about world son. i s i o ot e merican League as worthy of having |series time—particularly if one of the e——— T 4 A 8 AR ! o tane: Cilana nge this order, but anvbody their names engraved on the monu- | contestant teams hails from the Con NEW YORK. February 12.—British LXII—LEAGUE PRESIDENTS—MORGAN G. BULKELEY, FIRST. | mashie. It is be. | [2UCh With the internal situation real- ment, which was designed to perpetu- | gressman's home section. woman golfers have declined an invi- HEN the National League was organized in New York City BRAVES TO START SOON. | cause hin molidity of welght in | 17°S that the executive commities of ate the memory of the game's great- est players. They are George Sisler of St. Louls, Babe Ruth of New York and Walter Johnson of Washington. Sisler and Johnson would go well ¢ ev shing 1| 0 & : e PETE JRG, F the head, also, that the i the United States Golf Association :‘qnl\l"i I:ra:{un"\;:\:;{ “?«‘l;‘.‘or‘f:;%,(’{x;u‘lu 'sal;l;:l ‘m:’i.‘;‘a,‘ (‘;f':,,“,’n:l‘:"u}::&‘{ neither of the men who had been foremost in outlining the plan ls”",\).:{I::fi“(?fynlhn,;,{C,,',.’,z,“aa,,,t::.a;‘\: wuch a fine club for mnnin"f:;'-": feels quite important enough now hold the base ball shaft. It looks as|match, but have invited American to the delegates who attended the meeting was desirous of be- | ers, comprising the advance guard of ..r..:;.ev..:‘ “‘:,,;‘., s it ions i\‘iq;.]‘?.. ':I:o a; 11‘,-:\!“:1“\:»:}”10;‘ be though Chicago or New York might. |woman stars to take part in a team |.,..: . : Fe h of them, in fact, shrank from such an occupa- | the Boston Braves' spring training | 8t the e of the green, but too long | 147 < ha 3 s of (Copyright, 1925.) contest at Troom, Scotland, In May. | |COMIng its president.” Both o OCCUpa- | ces. will arrive in St. Petersburg | to take the use of the putter for run- L TN e e Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd,|[tion. on February 26. Infielders and out- | PIng-up safe. click the ball with the | =T o s s matural /e .‘\.,‘z American national champlon, who| William A. Hulbert, from whose of Connecticut and also United States | fielders will arrive on March 4. | rmmer to make i€ skip up to the pin. | U0% (M0 U0 U8 G, A claims to conducted negotiations, was notified | brain the idea of the circuit had|Senator from that State. ) fguiitsei nai | Never une the Jigger under any eir | N2VC the allegianc z & MINE BO i I O MANAGER the British women would be unable | sprung, felt that he had far too much | He took the office against his wili | cumstances where ‘the gass fn Jongr |(TUVDICh 08 probabiy threo _ times to come here because of inability to|to do fo insure the league's success | and with the understanding that as ‘WILLS IS WILLING. | The Bla@e will alip directly under the | /% [OVACT o mfiz‘_ By ::11-'} finance the trip. without' being tied to the duties of | soon as possible he would be relievea S = 4 ball if you do. ] = cans have gained near- 2 . 4 . - " f ! HOT SPRINGS, Ark.. February 12 5 Iy all the honmors in international Inasmuch as several Americans, in-| its executive. He did not wish to be | of its demands, becauss his private |, HOT SEIINGE Avic, February 12 (Coprright, 1925.) competition during the past four se Depicting His Meteoric Rise in Base Ball to Leadership of cluding Glenna Collett, former na-|brought into any of the disputes and | business at Hartford demanded too SIVHOE 15/ Pt Shar ok Dbl o 2 s r sea- = } tional title holder, plan 10 invade Brit- | controversies that were sure (o come | much of his atiention. On the other | NIJINE 1o mect elther Jack Dempsex o Gawrey s the World Champions. ish links this season, it is likely ar-|up in the first vear of the league's | hand, he was willing to volunteer for | 57 70l GOOORS OF | b(‘_’u" tr.hf‘ L”*; WARREN NEW PRESIDENT | courtees. b R uln‘v w' i |-r t 4 BY TA\LF\ B k R rangements will be made for a team|career These differences of opinion|a year if the men in the new Na- world championship, h-’ ha: '“" St ."\_ ‘h: s "Rrv”:’n"’.p\ ha '} y""z'l ni ' STANLEY (Bucky) HARRIS. match on the other side. were inevitable, because the lcague |tional League wished that he do so G abip, he an- States has grown up, so fa con- k. had been organized to get rid of an |in order to assist in the betterment | MOUnced. OF RIFLE ASSOCIATION Ferds _E‘j-!f and wants to free itself Chapter 39—The Outlook for the Season. undesirable element and to control an' | of the national game, which to him, Seh s s o A m all apron string: . | e that had Leen headstrong in|as it was to others, was a personal T |ming was chosen president of the Na- Sce Business Reasons. ASHINGTON will hold the world championship until next Qeto-| _ 47 ON GIANTS' ROSTER. | remens that had be hobby "' SLATTERY IS PICKED |:i= TEr e S - tional Rifle Association to succeed Already there has been one unfor- > A SARASOTA, Fla, Febru: = 3 : He served in v 3 e ftunete resuit ot} 3 ber. And we're likely to retain it through another world series. | joun Miciaw, managee retry, 1o | Albert @, Spalding did not wish to d in office one vear and Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Towa | {unate resul ol in England are - 3 Z eaident, because he felt that ha|then asked for the relief which had at the annusl meeting of the organ. |Talsing the absurd question .whether I believe we have a fine chance to repeat our pennant victory of | York Giants, here a week in advance | U, President, because Be [ell that b yeon promised to him. Many years EDEUANEY: . o oo et g e s e e >, : 3 S & ; 2 of his first contingent of ball players, 2 a after he had been out of active base ‘ & ¥ = 1924. 1f Johnson returns in his form of the past season we will have a among the players. At that time he Gen. F. C. et £ W A e announced that 47 men are coming to | (BT R GG G Tand he was respect- | ball and while he was Senator from B PEH S 3. - amsmortinet iNvashing Ky ahile 6t Britiah balls'dn the Ameit: pitching staff hard to match. Marberry, destined, I believe, to succeed | the training camp and that the pitch- | 1A% One Bimself, and he was respect- | oo n, SO0 0 he writer had & long ton was ‘clected first vice president: | e Sl of the Ameri Johnson some day as the pitching ace of the club, will be a vastly im- | oFs and catchers. would arrive next | &0 fTOM OnE BOG OF JE0, € REUE 0 LT | conversation with him in regard to BY FAIR PLAY. (ol [ERSdiNE St erbuy of New oz These British balls. now 3 4 S el Sunday. Sixteen voungsters will be ' inio 5 = ce | base ball generally NEW YORK. February 12.—Look |tcond vice president: Col. A. B.|yjareqs of S proved twirler. He pitched in 54 games last vear, but he didn't injure | included in the party, he added. '!X‘ir:‘!’l‘\m:n"'(‘k:.,‘ R T T e o oot e gt e et G G e e e CrtSanisld Aot Olitap duixdssless yrest | o winlibe l\.h;:1 = his arm. He is young, rugged and a glutton for work. He was the pitching | St W better for base ball than if he took | a‘aktdlulf u;. Senator wh:lt he 1.;:1 ;‘o tomorrow! Everybody is steaming m."‘;'—r‘:;;v 11:411 IL. :-;m;{ Ol"”’lllxlpr‘m. (r';:f“\ | Boes into effect, because of their size e s i thi > g the chair of an official executive and | 0 While he was president of the|Slattery as a favorite. It may be all /i Yeac 7 L DEIDG, o1 "~ land weight. Of course, British manu- find of the past season. He should go on to big things in the coming LINDSTROM GETS IN LINE. |iraduslly drew aloof from the play- | league for the fir time. right. But lots of times the boxer | Pesses. .\ncre‘l’:n_,\.“_lhv: newly. elect | fanturers can conform to . campaign. NEW YORK, February 12.—Freddie | €rs. After results proved he was ot much, 1 imagine, that the mod- | thus touted has a jinx fastened onto | 3 R D™ Jiaiae comprises the ex. | PUt it is questioned on the other sids We also will have Ogden. He can|over .200 last season. T believe he i oo == ) Wi andiior. Whio| TIEVE. ern president has to do,” was the re- | him that he can't overcome. :;CUJ“‘» i e e comp: whether they will be favorably re- be counted upow to better his record | ultimately will rival Ruth as a home- | -P4* b 5 iy s Then it becameé necessary fo find a |PI¥- “As I recall it a reat deal of | At that, Delaney's chance to win | e garded by Americans as are the pres- of 1924. Then thers will be the vet-|run slugger. played & atellar part in the 1924 pen-| ~Then it hecame necessary (0 N0 B | my time was passed with the various |1ies in 'a knockout. He says he is | A S 5 catiltinaried Tals eran Coveleskie to round out the| Rice and McNeely should both hit|mant victory of the New York Giants| WOU 0 @5 5 WSRIF, B (g T fclub presidents trying to encourage | going to box the Buffaio kid. When | That is a sweet innuendo, is it not? right-handers. I plan on giving hinr|in the .300 class. The former has his|and -also their world series battle| 30T ©0 (U0 SENIE 00 (N0 Bikeley | theth and trying in the best manner|(ha two met in Buffalo, Delaney \\'a‘ti TRIS AT OLD HAUNT. Yet it is the sort of thing that rise plenty of rest between games. With | best vears before him. Like Cobb and| with Washington, has returned his| ¢"y. iford, Conn., one who had been | (hat I could to impress upon the Mu-|outboxed and lost the decision. 1f| MEXIA, Tex.. February 12—Tris|When two countries, or two anythine rest, a warmer climate, which always |Speaker, he is a natural athlete. [signed contract. Grover Hartley, vet- | gorertueiu huse ball aetivity in Con- | (Uals, Who represented New York,|he tries to outshine Slattery in point | Speaker manaier of the Cleveland | Bet into @ Sporting controvers: helps & veteran pitcher, and a cham-|always keeps in good condition and|eran catcher, who was with Columbus | pecticut and & man who was fond of | that they were not the greatest ball|of cleverness tomorrow night he is|Indians, accompanied by his bride, | - i e plonship club behind him, I'll be sur-|should last as long as either of these|in the American Assoclation last sea- | base ball in every way. In his later | €lub in the world even if they did|jiapble to get anotner adverse decision. | visited Mexia yesterday. It was here CLOVERS prised if Coveleskle doesnt win:l%|plavers, He. is a whirlwind on ths|yon, also has sigmed for 1925, | years Mr. Bulkeley became Governor |Nappen to be located in the metropo-|Some insiders, though, are whisper-| that he first plaved professional base | SIGN FOUR. or 20 games. Russell, Zahniser and |bases. McNeely, a youngster, play- lis. As I understand it.” continued|ing “knockout.” ball, about 20 years ago. Speaker said | Burns, Barry, Dfllard and Mcl. Martina also will be available. |ing his first season in the majors Mr. Bulkeley, his eye twinkling, “It| " again, Delaney is due to pull an-| his pitchers will soon start limbering | ald are to play with Clover At Washington will be strong again in|last vear, is another speed merchant r| has been necessary since my time, in |other of his off bouts. All in all, the |up their arms at Hot Springs, Ark.|Club nine this vear. Clover Zachary and Mogridge will be our {'from first in the last game of the final to try to Impress a New York club|ihe writer can say is that it is not|to Lakeland, Fla. where all Indians | northeast to discuss plans star left-handers. Both, I believe, | series with St. Louis last season on with the same conviction, .Of course, | woreh odds either wa | will report for training March 1 { campaign ' will do as well as in 1924, Zachary|an infiefd out. That's as good as R t P1 1Ev Mad the National League is represented s probably will do even better. 1If|Cobb could have done in his palmy | ottenes ay ver € doubly in the metropolitan district {n Mogridge should show signs of slip- |days. these days as there is a Brooklyn ping he will be most valuable for re-| He wason first with one out. T was = P . 2 . clul. as well as one in New York, but lief duty. Walter Ruether also should | at bat and gave him the hit-and-run M IKE BRADY, former Western open champion and present Metro- |y jmagine that a league president, sons lighter bail has been taken to check vrove valuable and make a winning{sign. He was off like a flash as T politan open champion, has a record of having made two{now and then, will be apt to hear that pitcher. Then there will be Vean|dumped tie ball toward Robertson. : : : id ) . if “it weren't for New York there Gregg, an old-time major leaguer,| The latter got me at first; = Sisler | holes-in-one in a single round. I.am told, too, that the secre- (ou1a be no National League. That who, after slipping back to the|threw fo third and. made & wild|[fary oi a chtb in South Carolina once made two consccutive holes-in-{was the first cry of my time. 1 had minors, won the Pacific Coust League | throw. McNeely would have been'safe { onc This latter feat has never been duplicated in my country as far as |little to do with the umpires, but 1 title Dy his pitching for Sealtle last|ilcre, anyhow. Jlesaw the Ball wasij L ow. But Brady's stunt, splendid as it is, will not stawd as a record. |dld have a great deal of correspond- season. 1 plan on using him for re- | going wide and continued-on his way IO S e s 5P & ; 5 * | ence with owners in regard to the lief purposes largely, but he may|home. That was the game and his| A British amateur mamed Jones,)the club. and the weirdest sort of | 5008 WU OWRCHE TR TeRErl I T1C show enough in fraining camp to|was the play which really won the |PIaying over the course at Acton, |performance = resulted. - Fhe - ball | PIRIIORS AL GreCBoed T8 TR0 SO0 R S pennant for us. He did his full shdre | Some Years ago, delighted himself | pitched short of a bunker uarding|tu MIENLY Eled Al we wede our Pitching on such a club as ours|on the bases and at bat in ‘the series fl?n'd lh::lrfl:nds by ‘dul‘nfl the flB”: ::"’d5.'{*‘::-0:_":':»“‘“j’:}’f:er‘:x“:‘ro‘u‘;‘; ball.” 3 + w is about nine-tenths of the battle. 1jwith the Giants. He sl J - | shor! ale. he.came to in_one u - . 3 = “opyright, 1925. [ sincerely bellovo ‘our hurllbg tocs Rt tes of Tfc Drss n:’_,";,‘,?.:;: “™" | this pleasure was as nothing com- |the green. which Wwas built up well (Geoxright;avsy o b geglnnllvg 8 AM. omorro will stand up again. I can't see| We will have Matthews and Lie- |Pared to that which followed his ar-(at the sides, tricked down 0 the} . Next—The Second President, Wii- “ g reat where any club in the league has|bold as seasoned outfield reserve|rival at the next short hole. Here, |center and cozed “iuto the cup. liam A. Hulbert. HAHN 5 anhnounce Qa j anything on us when it comes to|players. The only real recruits wili|to0, he was down in a single stroke I have been playing at Hanger Hill SR pitching prospects. We will be{be Carlyle, a hard-hitting young out- | Speaking of making a hole in one. | for 17 years, and I wish to say with- strong in left-handers. ~Any south- | fielder from Memphis;. Adams, a Coast |1 must tell of a shot I once made al|cut reservation that that shot.was TRIBE HURLERS START. paw who knows how to pitch éeems|League infielder with a fine record in |my home course of Hanger Hill the rottenest I ever made in all the| c},gVELAND, Ohlo, February 12.-- able to win in the American League. | the minors, and Kelly, a pitcher also | It was on the second hole, 4 140- | years I have done this course. Pitchers George Uhle and Joe Shatte All ours know their bustness, from Memphis, and. McNamara, a |vard affair. he funniest part about it ia that | TENCER HEGRE (L iiter, the first Tn age the Washingan pifchers|promising southpaw hurler from | USIng a half-mashie shot from the | this hole-In-one is the only one ve | 303 Coach Jack hMeallister, the firat will run high as pitohing, staffs go.) Wichita of the Western lLeague. We| tée, 1 hit my ball with the heel of | ever made. :aso‘:::‘ for Spring trainin ‘]e!‘E But they all know their business. A |don’t need a bunch of rookies, Ours Rers tonlght for & thvee wank stay at club can play more coifidently be-|ls a tried and experfenced club. Tt is B barings. Tilisy whl B doined o hind them than back of brilliant and | made up of the happy combination of THE (‘ALL OF 'rHE OUTDOORS fouts Ctol The wArERiden teaort DY green voungsters. [ will supervise | youngsters and vetarans. - It'possesses 4 Pl san Rart: Job Bie asany their training at Hot Springs while | plenty of punch, a strong defense and - o Ll Sherry Smith, Catcher Allie Walters Griffith, Martin and Altrogk wo | base ball brains. 1t will be a fighting, - and. ‘.;A)R.Ch "S:mutters" l;huha\\ Tampa’ with the younger players.|confident club, which won't know how | BY WILL H. DILG, G5 The veterans should all start the sea- | to say quit. Pt S = s son in fine condition Everything else aside. it will be a resident Izaak Walton League of America. LANDIS TAKING A REST. m‘:u.']nan::x:\: Wi bear the brunt ©f! the peunant race and the world series l 'S nice, once in a while, to find out what others think of you. Thi, |12 —Judge K. M. Landis, high com- Sl ey % ; : : : his| hissioner of base ball, and Mrs. Lan- backstops in the history of the Ameri- | It Knows what victory means. It has frequently makes it possible to close a breach that might otherwise | dis, have arrived at Belleair, where can League. There have been few ]acauired the winning habit. W : is is anding for 10 days. Then 11 be a hard club for exist through misunderstanding they will remain 3 smarter catch He handles his | P8tON Will | Judge Landis plans to make a tour h o bes ch tha s gl s s ge 1. pitchers with rare Judgment. Healso | (0 beat this year under almost any A breach that needs 1o be closed, and I think is gradually closing |3t the major league base bull train. ;.lnzh lLqulxrrm:\ ,.(.‘....h.u h;.‘ m”AInT cxpected injuries the elub will repeat | 1OW. is the one between the fisherman and the scientific fish expert—the |ing camps in Florida. ch. He showed this when, afte ; the triumph of 1924, 1 firmly believe. | culturist who sces fish from the academic point of view. The two classes S golng hitless in six games of the 2 4 X p g wo classes world series, he came through with Lo i have much in common. TYGER ROOKIE LET GO. the hit that put-us in a position to One of (he crying needs of “more (both groups who have much to learn| DETROIT, February 12—Frank Na- win the title in the twelfth inning PERES - | > | fish™ programs right now is for more [about the other group. As an exam- |vin, president of the Detroit club, has ofbl}hhe final contest. . s ; REDS TO GO TO ORLANDO | scientific experts. And surely the|ple, the following excerpt from a |disposed of one of his extra second There is no sisn of a break in fish culturist needs the fisherman, for | meeting of the American Fisheries | basemen, shipping Charles Gehringer ‘“a:hu;gwnlf :n'nulsl:nh infield. Peck- WITHOUT ROSTER CHANGEH!\P real scientific man must be a st | Soclety xhows what one of the|to Toronto. Gehringer came to.the npaugh will star e campaign in g X | dent of humun nature s well us of |lear stors ‘thi “dirt” st season it s B LT onedbin oM, B wuss 4 learned doctors 'thinks of us “dirt” | Bengals late last from the fish nature. fishermen: Mi it R i s ! Mint League. eral more Years as a star : The Reds will g0 to the| phe trouble seems to be that the . him. Judge is now at the top of his | Orlando ining camp two \\e-—k\‘qjmulinc men think the fishermen game. Bluege, one of the infield finds | from next Saturday with their present (.. hopelessly practical, will not or of the 1924 campaign, will be back.at | roster intact, there being no f‘“(h(‘""(-an"o( understand scientific methods K rd ba | rades rchases 5 5 ¢ ¢ * ke breeders oe Turner meets Wiano Ketonon third base. ' Ho promises €'bs dme |Uealn tiafles dr purchasts In pros-|ang cers oniy for blg catches. They ons s [rtodere ous stier they ace] Jes JorSur S0l e ot of the star infielders of the league|pect. This announcement Was made |other side of the trouble is that the | - St | onight. The match h before the end of the season. by President August Herrmann last|fighermen think the scientific men |l°l ¢heaper ‘to the State to furnish ’l‘_hefler_fflnlé Al b ABACT e ta We covered our only possible infield | night on hix return from the league |are hopelessly sclentific. Both sides | oS anElers with a few messes of | time R Y two 1- ble weakness when we obtained Mike | schedulé meeting at New York. are wrong. Fishermen, as a mattey | 15 &nd leave thé bass in the Jake?” | of thiee 3 rena McNally. There is no better ulility | The members of the team are sign- | of fact, are very anxious to adminis. inflelder in the majo: leagues. He | i up more rapidly than usual, he |ter the fish sensibly and scientifically. ¢ H h Sh H h Sh can play second, third or shortstop |said, and most of the regulars are|The fish culturists are, many of them, A ahn oeés lg oes equally well. 1 don’t know any one|already in line. There are a few |fishermen themselves, ared for all save a al se o acts, b He - 1S 1 . y: EerL i e s o | et S St e | xS o o $5.95 to $7.50 All leathers Take the outfield next. Collec- | team 1 g tively, there fsn't a better combina- * Avoid Congeshon %60 Years’ Sn(uhélnl"y. Service in Washington™ s = Automobile Painting N I T I SIX OF COBB'S TYGERS 1 lin At Our General Overhauling 3| At Our A atbecdon the bazer and x sten-) NOW ARE IN THE FOLD L —Repa,lrlng"-_ St. Stores - All Makes of Cars ONLY Cor. 7th & K lin, particularly the former, will DETROIT, February 12.—Detroit 414 9th St. < “If the stocking of these streams has resulted only in providin & few | - TURNER MEETS KETONON. |days' tishing for the anglers, who Z L 2 \%{ 5 in the lot! R R Most automobiles, driving west on Pa, Ave.. turn north at 12th Bt.. snd follow the bus route to 16th 8t., at Sheridan Circle. By dolng this you pass through the, most oongested area. If you want to save time by avoiding trafe jams TURN SOUTH ON THE AVE- NUE AT 13TH. go west on G to 16th, through the &lrk behind tbe Treasury. morth between the White ouse and Treasury, and_arou MoPherson Square % 16th St. show improvement in their fielding. |has the contracts of six base ball’ The opposition will have a hard job |players in its strong box, and is ex- getting drives through them. pecting the rest to arrive almost any Goslin especially will be a terror|time. The men under contract are to pitchers. He was responsible for |the veterans of the team, headed by more runs last season than even|Manager Ty Cobb, who is working on Babe Ruth. He topped the league|a long-time agreement. Harry Heil- in this respect. He showed his tre-|mann was the first of the men to mendous clouting ability in the world | sign, returning his contract last week. =eries as well .as in the league cam- |- Yesterday Johnny Bassler and Larry e Mootan Dowrgown StAT: < vaign. I consider him our best hitter | Woodall, catchers: George Dauss, T and one of the greatest natural hit- | pltcher,"and Lou Blue, first baseman, STAR SEW'CE STATION 1423-25-27 L St. N.W. ters in cither league. He has never | turned in their signed contracts. Blue S ; and Oristn sts—Main 7228- it below .300 since . becoming & |returned his in person, and will re- At 12tk and © Sts. N Wilys K"f"‘_ and -Overland s'»“',‘“ - . Lid Washington regular. Each year his|main in Detroit until reporting at a batting has improved. He hit well Augusta, Ga., about March 1. YOROREXOOEX ok ok gk ek ¥