Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 30

SPORTS. HE EVENING STAR, "WASHINGTON. D. ¢ FRIDAY, 'FEBRUARY 13 1925.* Sisler Foresees Open Race in A. L. : Wisdom of Griffs’ Spring Tour Questioned DOUBTS ABILITY OF GRIFFS TO REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS St. Louis Manager Declines Prediction as to Browns, But Admits Yanks, Nats, Tygers and Macks Are the Teams to Beat. STV LOUIS, February 13.—There Ban Johnson_circuit. Sisler will pick the team that will represent St not predict where his club would fi lined up all available strength and would go to the post with the men now on the roster. % “I'll say nothing about my club,” dict at all, and in the case of our chances I'll leave predictions to others “In passing, 1 might point to our record of last vear. We had no troubls beating the good clubs. We had an edge over the Senators and Tygers and 1 believe we gave the Yankees an even battle in the sea- son’s games. “If our record against the top three clubs had been taken alone we would | have been out in front. “But we could not beat the weaker alubs. Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, inferior clubs, gave us a great deal of trouble, which shows how difficult it Is to forecast the outcome of a pen- nant race. “There are four teams the Browns will have to pass to get to the top. New York, Washington, Detroit and | Philadelphia appear to have the best chances. T don't figure Boston, Cleve iand or Chicago will be up there i the top list. Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Articles by John B. Anniversary of the LXIII—LEAGUE PRESIDENTS—WILLIAM A. HULBERT, SECOND. HE second president of the National League was William A. Hulbert, who served from 1877 to 1882 T He took the office of president against his will and because no other course seemed to be open to him. He had no desire to be the head of the league, but Bulkeley had withdrawn, or was about to withdraw, and the other club members wished Hulbert to preside over the circuit because of the confidence they had in him, and | because they knew that he was a man | who had deep convictions of what the | national game should be. i The greatest achievement of Hul- | ‘bert's executive career was the expul- aion of the four crooked plavers, Nichols, Devlin, Hall aud Cramer. There was no doubt as to their guill. The league had evidence both in writing and orally. The players had mixed with the Getestable pool element which | was bound to wreck the game if it could. 1t may be said in connection with this fact that the poolroom element | has been found equally bent upon ruin- ing any sport in which man engages, because those who promote such enter- prises breed men who will not be honest. Although Hulbert was repeatedly ap- pealed to for reinstatement of the men who bad been denied the privileges of base ball by him, none of them ever ®ot back to activity in the sport. Of the’ four men none suffered more, per- haps, than Devlin. He was one of the greatest pitchers base ball ever had He never really showed to the public and to the game all that he could, be- cause he cut his own career short hy his folly. The man had speed, and with it he had a sort of curve which | in those days was called a twist This whirling of the ball, which| could be brought about by certain pitchers, made it hard for the batter to_hit it well Devlin, reduced to poverty and without the price of a meal, made a final appeal to Hulbert to put him back for the sake of his family. Hul-| bert was obdurate. He told Devlin to the latter's face that he was guilty | and that he would never reinstate | him, no matter who asked for it or | what pressure was brought to bear. | Pressing some money into his han he dismissed him, and with tears in| his eyes, because Hulbert, like nrhox'i men in base ball, had been fond of | this man who permitted himself to| be caught in the trap which was set | in the poolroom. As Hulbert took office the was in sore straits, as it hecame necessary to reduce it to a circuit of six clubs because New York and the Athletics had offended and had refused to make a Western trip and play in Eastern cities after the Western clubs had completed their share of the schedule. The offenders | were thrown out of the league to the | complete astonishment of all base | ball men, who did not believe that| Hulbert and the men who were with | him had the backbone to do it H That expulsion was one of the best | things that ever happened to the N tional League. It gave an air of | solidity to the circuit that it had not possessed in the first vear of its or- zanization, and even if it had only | «ix clubs with which to proceed, the six that remained were satisfied they had behind them a man who was not afraid to discipline where it was needed Hulbert, in time. built the circuit back to eight clubs, and when death deprived the National League of his services the organization had lost a man who had brought it to pros- perit It seemed to have a future that would give it standing in na- tional sport. That assumption has well materialized. (©1925) league immeditely Next—The third ol Mills president, A G BIKEMAN GETS $10,000. NEW YORK. February 13.—Pete Moskops, giant Hollander, who holds the world cycling championship, will be paid $10,000 to participate in the six-day race which starts in Madison Square Garden March 1. The highest amount ever received by Alfred Goullet, knotwn as king of the six- day riders, is said to have been about $6,000. WOMEN ARE £LIGIBLE. NEW YORK, February 13.—Wom- members of every golf club in the United States and Canada are eligi- bie for a special national green sec- tion tournament, under the auspices of the United States Golf Association, to be held some time in June. It is probable that an entire week will be set aside for the competition. U. S. GOLFERS WINNERS. By the Associated Press. Francis Ouimet, leading amateur solfer, came through the fog from Bermuda yesterday at the head of a party of several Americans who have been participating in tournaments there, The island of sunshine lacks several prize cups as a result of the Americans’, visit. probable pennant contenders in the American League that the 1925 race will be one of the most open affairs in many ion of George Sisler, manager of the St. Louis Browns, who was asked what he thought of the prospects of the Browns and other clubs in the ational League This Year. of 1882, and he was buried in that city with a fitting headstone at his grave. Oldtimers can recall Hulbe |ix to be desired—that ix, = man of |from 5 feet 9 inc i minutes when I observed that he was !what he could to stop the depreda- {ing elk for their teeth. are so many potential flaws in the years, in the opin- Louis, but he would nish. He asserted the Browns had said Sisler. “It doesn’t pay to pre- e Yankees have enough strength on paper to demand consideration, of course. The stars of the Yankees are well along in years and when a team reaches that stage it is likely to crac “Chances are against the Senators repeating. 1 doubt very much if the champions can come back. If Roger Peckinpaugh and Earl McNeely are stars again, of course the Senators will be dangerous. “Connie Mack has a promising team. The Athletics are a good hit- ting team and their flelding Is good, too. However, Connie Mack has had many disappointments since he broke, up his pennant-winning combination “Detroit is always formidable, but it is not certain Ty Cobb can play an- other vear and when he retires the team will lose a man hard to re- place.” Foster Commemorating the Fiftieth He passed away at Chicago in April Tt Basket Ball || MEDIUM HEIGHT gl “ What Jorward? BY MAURICE KENT, Ball_ Conch, University, sort of build is best for Basket Northwestern * % * 1 A man with aimost any build may | develop inte a good forward. 'There | have beon good ones of all xkapes and | xizex, %0 it s dificult to oatline an| ideal build. “Chuck” Carney, great - | linoix basket ball player. had an fdeal | build for n forward He N wpeed, sturdiness and ranginess. T believe hat w y a mediom-xized forward e o 5 feet 11 inches. | A forward who ix too bl likely to be xlow and clumsy. A man who in too little In likely not to he sturdy enough. (Capyright 2L TO COACH WASHINGTON U. ST. LOUIS, February 13.—Robert A. Higgins, coach at West Virginia Weslevan since 1919, has signed a three-year contract as foot ball men- tor at Washington University. The terms of the contract were not an- nounced THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL President izaak Walton League of America. HAVE oiten spoken oi the trend me tell you of a new use of the Austin, noted game observer an I show me how the camera is not only replacing the gun in many places, but is becoming a sidearm of the Wester Austin is a Westerner of the old «choo!. He pulls a mean trigger. He has pulled it on big game, and he has a peculiar way of sending a bul- let zipping past a man as a warning to leave the country. But now he uses his dexterity with the rifle on covotes and other vermin exclusively—and the only way he “smokes out” a man is when that man is a professional game law vio- lator whom Austin can’t get with the goods. T had talked to Austin about five a devotee of the camera. And he was e has half a dozen cameras. One, a vest-pocket edition, he always carrie with him. Usually he has two or three others besides. He showed me some wonderful game pictures he had secured. One Section of his cabin is fitted up as a dark room. He does all of his own developing and print- ing, and he makes his own enlarge- ments. He knows cameras and lenses just as he knows rifles and cartridges. A year or 80 ago Austin set out to do tions of some outlaws who were kill- He was not paid, but did it simply out of his love for the elk. Not many vears ago he would have simply taken his rifie and told the men to get out, or perhaps done a little better, with the aid of his weapon. But today he took his camera He stalked the tusk hunters until he found them actually taking the teeth from an elk. He got close, and just as one of the men lifted the tusk up to look at it he took the picture. - TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F, | | world record for 220 yards here when GRIFFMEN ARE ACTIVE IN.- TRAINING COLONY HOT SPRINGS, Ark y Mountain hikes in the morning, fol- lowed by & dip In the hot radioactive waters and a rub-down. with golf in the afternoon, is the conditioning sys- tem of the major league base ball colony doing preliminary work here prior” to reporting to the various training camps throughout the South. Babe Ruth of the New York Yan- kees, Sam Rice, “Goose” Goslin, Joe Judge and “Dutch” Reuther, all of Washington club, and Urban “Red” Faber of the Chicago White Sox are the most prominent names listed among those here. Additional Yankees and Indians are to report within the next few days. and a more strenuous and rigid form of training will be instituted. Within the next week a number of the players are expegted to take to local diamonds to get the feel of the ball for ghe first time since the 1924 season ended. BUCKEYE, ONCE A GRIFF, IS SIGNED BY INDIANS CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 13.— Garland M. Buckeye, Chicago semi- pro left-handed pitcher, weighing 245 pounds, has been signed by the Cleve- land Indians Buckeye was with Cleveland a few days last August, and in 1817 was tried out by the Washington club. YANKEES ARE BUSY ON SEASON’S PLANS EW YORK. New York Ame; February 13.—The can League club has announced that Pitchers . Samuel Jones and Urban Shocker, Catchers Walter Schang and Steve O'Neill and Shortstop Everett Scott had left their homes for Hot Springs. Ark. where they will join Babe Ruth in prelimi- nary training. Signed contracts were received from Pitcher Jones. Third Baseman Joe Dugan, Inflelder Lew Malone and Ben Bedford, a new outflelder from the Austin, Tex., club. The club also announced it had add- ed two young pitchers to its roster— Aiton B. Blodgett, a left-hander from the Oneonta team of the New York- Pennsylvtnia League, and John Gates, a voung right-hander, recently of the United States Army. Blodgett and Gates have received Insthuctions to report to St. Petersburg with the first squad on February 22, COLLEGIANS SMASH PINS. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 13 o | Yale won from Rensseluer Polytech- | nic Institute, 2,408 to : University | of Tllinoise défeated Syracuse, 2,720 to 2,599, and the Michigan team victor over de Pauw, 2 6 in the opening ten-pin matches, un- der the auspices of the intercolle- giate bowling association MAY FIGHT ON COAST. | LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 13. | Los Angeles or other Pacific coast cities are looked upon as probable locations for the next heavyweight | title bout between Jack Dempsey and | “any other man in the world,” as wel} | as New York, despite the construc- | tion of a great arena there, Jack | Kearns, the champlion’s manager, has | declared. BORG AND SKELTON | SET WATER MARKS ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.. February 13 —Arne Borg., Swedish champion and | well known European swimmer vester- day broke the world record for 500 yards formerly held by Johnny | Weissmuller. 1 Borg's time was 5:491-3, which is| 11-5 seconds better than the record | formerly held by the Chicago swim- mer Weissmuller made his record in Jan- uary, 1923, at Great Lakes, TIl CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 13.— Bobby Skelton, Chicago. world breast- | #troke champion, established a new he nosed out Don Molitor, star Cleve- land swimmer, in 2:481-8 seconds. The time clips 3 3-3 seconds off the former mark held by Skelton WINS SKI HONORS. CANTON, S. D., February Alfred Orhn, Forest Preserve Club, Chicago, became national cham- pion with two jumps of 146 feet at the national tournament here. H. DILG. toward camera hunting. Today let camera in the outdoors. It took Al d hunter of northern Wyoming. to ner. It convicted the men and they served time for it There was another tusk hunter whom Austin wanted to get. He tried for a long time to catch him with the goods, but couldn't do it. Then one day he saw a man purchase a new pair of rub- ber boots at a store in town. He wondered what the man could want with rubber boots at that time of the vear. Then suddenly it occurred to him. He had been getting away by wading creek beds, thus covering up his trail. This, then, must be the man. So Austin set out to follow him. The man eluded him. But one day Austin found a newly killed elk carcass with the teeth gone. The man who did it had knelt down in the snow beside the elk. He had left the imprint of the trade mark of his new boots in the Austin_took a picture of the | The man was convicted. | i Convenient to but away from Congestion 4 Pits to Better Serve You Qe AT STAR SERYICE STATION 12th and C Sts. N.W. Not if the old pennant is in sight. He | gfre; | there are players in some quantity in Peck Signs Griff Contract, Leaving Few Qutside Fold TAMPA,. Fia, Fepruary 13.—Roger Peckinpaugh, shortstop of the champion. Nationals; has passed from the ranks of near hold- outs and sent fi his signed contract, according to an announcement today frony Clark Griffith here. Peck’s contract arrived on the noon mail, and He stated in a letter accompanying it that he would be on hand inHot Springs Monday, February 16, to meet Stanley Harris, who leaves today for the Arkansas camp. has been received by Griff as yet. No word from Johnson Ear] McNeely, the $50,000 beauty, having wired Griff last night from Sacramento, where the outfielder makes his home, that he has accepted terms for 1925, there are but few of the champions now outside the fold. Only Gregg of the u’ Springs next Monday remains to get uad due to start work at the n line, while the only promi- nent athletes due to report later who are not yet aligned are Zach- ary, Mogridge and Ruel, with the latter already having intimated that he will hop aboard the band wagon within a few day: COBB NOT TO QUIT GAME UNTIL HE WINS PENNANT BY JOHN B. FOSTER. N W, YORK, February 13—Ty v also says that he will play Cobb's famous. legs are o. k. This cheering and interesting information is contained in a telegram just received by the writer irom the Georgia peach. 100 games this coming season. He has said that much three or four times before, and, not having contra- dicted himself once, it is safe to say that_he will play in 100 games sure. Without consulting him further, it also is safe to say that he will play in as many more games than 100 as the exigencies of the season demand. Cobb knows in his own heart that he will play the entire 154 games if by doing so he can better Detroit's chancex of winning a pennant. And who can blame him, in view of the fact that it is his dearest ambition to retire from play as manager of a championship team in the American | League and a competing team in a world series? Walter Johnson never made it noisily public that he wanted to win a world serfes, but in his mind {here lurked that little ambition and when he traveled mile after mile dur- ing his career and seemed to be look- ing out the Pullmman window at the scenery, more than once he was prob- ably “pulling” for fate to be kind enough to permit him to finish his base ball career with a wreath of laurel about his brow. Johnson got his wish, Cobb has not got his vet, theugh hé is much more communicative about it than Johnson ever was. He admits that he wants to win a pennant. What's more, he is all stirred up about it ¥s he may possibly play in a < than 100 games this season. en gues on to say that he feels it is time to begin getting out of the | game before he is “eased out.” Well, the game who cannot | ter than Cobb can play any bet- and probably not | DELANEY IS AFTER | REVENGE IN FIGHT | B the Associated Press | NEW YORK, February 13- —Jack Delaney of Bridgeport, Conn,. sterling | ‘sharpshooter,” who has knocked out Paul Berlenbach of Astoria. N. Y., and Tiger Flowers of Atlanta in Madison Square Garden, tonight wi'l face Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo, who out- pointed Delaney some months ago. Slattery s a whirlwind boxer, driving from the hips in the manner of Pal Moran. while Delaney main- taing an upright position at all time: guards exceptionally well and looses a crashing right hand whenever op- portunity offers. Opinion on the outcome seems 1o be about evenly divided among lvoxlngi followere Under the laws of New York State Slattery, who'is onl 20 years old, can box no more than six rounds in | a contest, so the bout has been limit- ed to that distance. | Larry Estridge. negro middle- weight, who made a dismal showing | against Berlenbach several weeks ago, will meet Barnie Smith of Chi- cago. who is appearing in New York for the first time. The Middle West reports that Smith is a hard man for any boxer to handle. | CLUB IN CLEVELAND | TO HAVE BIG PLANT CLEVELAND. February 13.—An extensive program has been mapped out by the Cleveland Chapter of the National Town and Country Club. Plans call for the expenditure of $1,500.000 on an eleven-story club- house to be erected down town and $500.000 on the construction of a club house and two 1S-hole golf courses about 15 miles.east of here. The club has set its membership limit at approximately 4,000. In addition & from 300 to 400 rooms, the downtown clubhouse will be provided with a swimming - pool and other recreation equipment. The program calls for the country club and golf courses to be ready for operation, in 19 e JOSS TO LEAD YALE. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 13 —John Hubbard Joss of Indianapolis Ind., a tackle, has been elected cap- tain of the Yale foot ball team to suc- ceed J. S. Bingham, who resigned after being dropped from:the univer- sity for failure in his midyear exami- nations. According to a recent game census, the United States national forests now shelter a total of 440,000 deer, 48,000 elk, 4,300 moose, 3,000 antelope, 12,000 mountain sheep or bighorn, and 8.600 mountain goats. 1160-pound 80 well, who are regarded as indis- pensable to their clubs and who will play all through the coming season unless they break a leg. Cobb is as much indispensable to the American League in general as those players are to their individual teams. And it must be taken into consideration that it is somewhat impractical, to say the least, to talk about easing out a man who can bat above .350 and has batted over .400. As long as Ty Cobb's legs will hold him up no one is going to put him out of a ball game until he has won a pennant. And there is very little likelihood that he will be eased out unless he himself acts as the easer. The veteran youth says he may play in as many as 181 more games before he quits for good. That would be enough to beat the record of 2,785 set by Hans Wagner. But he follows that up by asserting that he is not after Wagner's record Nor has he been particularly after other records, but he has piled them up just the same. Ty further savs that his standing for 2 never abate until he wins a pennant. And in the meantime he is getting ready to tackle the season: of 1925 with but one goal in view—the pen- nant (Copyright BRITISH AND YANKEE BOXERS IN DEADLOCK | BOSTON, February 13.—Honors were evenly divided between America and England in the finals of the interna- tional amateur boxing bouts staged here last. night by the New England division of the Amateur Athletic Union, the’ Britishers tvinning in the 135 and 160 pound classes and the Araericans in the 147 and 175 pound divisions. One of the features of the tourna- ment was the defeat by Joe Monte of | Brockton of Harry J. Mitchell British light-heavyweight. who won the championship in his class in the last Olympic gam. George Gogan of England defeated George Chadet, a Canadian in the 135- pound class. Jack Elliott of England beat Phil Flanagan of Malden in the class final bout. Eddie Adonis, New England amateur welter- | weight champlon, beat Pat O'Hanra han of England in the 147-pound divi- sion. WOMAN GOLFER HAS 83. DEL MONTE, Calif, February 13. Miss Marion Hollins, defending her title in the annual Pebble Beach championship golf tournament here, turned in a card of 83 in the qualify- ing round. Miss Louise Fordyce of Youngstown, Ohio, was next with an BARNES AND McLEOD WIN. TAMPA, Fla, February 13.—Jim Barnes and Fred McLeod, Temple Terrace, Tampa, in a Florida pro golf league match, won from Dow George and Tommy Kerrigan, Winter Park-Orlando, 4 and 3 in an 18-hole best ball. DEMPSEY 0 LOS ANGELES, February 13. Another business enterprise has been added to the list of industries headed by Jack Dempsey, heav. weight ring champion and capitalist. It was the new Dempsey gymnasium, a training quarters de luxe for pugil- ists and pep-seeking business men. POINTER DOG SCORES. NEW YORK, February 13.—For the first time in 35 vears a pointer was chosen the best dog in the West- minster Dog Show in Madison Square Garden. The winner was Champion Governor Moscow, owned by Robert F. Maloney, Pittsburgh coal man and sportsman. ILLINOIS KEEPS LEAD. HAMPAIGN, 11, February 13.— Tilinois basket ball team maintained its undisputed hold on first place in the Big Ten race, defeating North- western; 30 to 20. The score at the half was 12 to 9 in favor of lllinois. PENS GYM. Match Your Odd Coats With Ou r Special Trousers A new 54-_‘__2 And Up pair of Trousers-to match your odd coats and vests will practically give you a new suit. Go to Eiseman’s for those extra trousers, where you can choose from thousands materials. of pairs in all colors, sizes and EISEMAN’S 7th & F St g00d second baseman will | ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 13 —Ethel Yackie of the Tllinois A. C. after being unsuccessful in two pre- vious tests, finally won a national | champlonship vesterday. The Chica- &0 girl captured the 100-yard crown in a thrilling battle in which she out- sprinted Helen Wainwright of New York and Bleanor Garratti of Cali- fornia, who had defeated Miss Lackie in two previous title events, and also led Miss Ederie, world's record holder at many distances. Miss Lackie had been nosed out by Miss Garratti in the 50-yard race after swimming a dead jom, Then she had lost the 220-vard title to Miss Wain- wright, when the latter staged a phenomenal last-second spurt. s Yes- terday, however, the Chicago girl was invincible. She’ defeated Miss Wain- wright, the 1924 champion, in her heat and went on to a brilliant victory in the final. Strangely enough, it was neither Miss Wainwright nor the Coast girl, who offered Miss Lackie her greatest opposition in the 100-vard test, but Miss Ederle. Miss Lackle had the stronger finish, however, and she won by a margin of inches from the record holder. Representatives of the New York Women's Swimming Association gave a brilliant exhibition in the 400-yard national relay championship event taking first and second places with their first and second teams, respec- tively. The same quartet which won the title last year competed as the first team yesterday and romped off with the championship again. The team was made up of Misses Ederle, Aileen Riggin, Adelaide Lam- bert and Wainwright. Miss Ederle was timed in 1:054 for her 100-yard portion of the race Miss Lambert also won a special race at 120 vards, defeating Miss Margaret Ravor of Philadelphia and Miss Frances Clark of the same city. Miss Eleanor Coleman of Milwaukee won a_special 100-vard breaststroke race. Miss Agnes Geraghty, national breaststroke champion, did not com- pete yesterday GOLF-DRIVING EVENT IS WON BY MITCHELL SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February 13— Abe Mitchell, noted British golfer, known as the longest driver in the world, livedup to his reputation when he smacked out a trio of balls that netted him first place in the driving contest, ushering in the fourth annual Texas open golf championship. The contest was run off by and all three of Mitchell's counted. He cracked down on the flrst ball that stopped at the 270-yard mark in the right lane. His next drive was 305 vards and he poled the last tee shot for 310 vards. The three drives gave the veteran pro 47 points. which insured ,him first place and the $50 prize. Charles Hall of Birmingham, Ala., was second with 43 points. MacDonald Smith, the Pacific star, who has won the California open twice in as many years, hit his first drive 305 vards, but it rolled out. The second shot covered 280 yards, while his third | was 315 yards, the longest drive of the dav. Had the first ball stayed in the path he would have won. His total for the two drives that stayed in bounds was 32. Henri Cicui of White Plains, N. Y., and Walter Loeffler of Pittsburgh were next in line with 25 points each. In the 18-hole amateur-professional best ball tournament. Tom Lally, San Antonio Country Club professional, | with Jack Speer, Houston, Tex., mu- nicipal golf King, as his partner, came through with a 69 to tie with John Black. veteran Wichita, Kans., pro, and W. Matlock of Denver for first honor: Medal play will begin tomorrow points drives Under a new system every midship- man at the Naval Academy at An- napolis, Md., will be assigned to cer- tain sports, becoming a member of the varsity, class or company squad Were $5.95 to $7.50 Cleaning-Up all small lots and dis- continued styles. What a chance for YOU to “Clean- Up!” Regular $5.95 to $7.50 “Hahn” Shoes—oxfords "and high-cuts, all leath- ers—but get here EARLY! Our 9th St. Store | K‘Conleml Exhibitions With Giants Will Tire 100-YARD SWIM TITLE[HARRIS IS PLAYING SEASON- WON BY MISS LACKIE| BACKWARD, CRITICS CLAIM | If They Fight, or Will Serve to Lower Their Morale If They Don’t. the Associated Press. N EW YORK, February 13 ball's managers, is playing the Stanley (B ¥) Harris, yvoun - 1925 scason backward, in the opinio of close followers of the national game Dollars at the gate in March may mean the wrecking of a champior ship club before the schedule is hali played, it is argued, yet t will world series, the Giants, in a dozen or so of carl ington Senators, world champion e Wast the contenders in season contests meet ationals last then go into a bitter series with the New York Yankees, who raced them to the wire in the American League Inside Golf By Chester Horton. One phase of the iron shot that xome golfers find dificult to under- atand ix that the distance the ball ix sent ix not gov- erned at all by the force with which you strive to hit it—not in ccurnte play. he fight ix gov- erned by the length of the back mwing entirely. Stop the shoulder turn when the nrmx are half way bac with maxhic, and You will get about 100 yards, to strike a fair average. Let the shoulders go an inch or two farther around increased distance on STOP SHOULDER TURN WHEN ARMS ARE IN SITION AB and you get a| last Fall Possibly play the Spring contests with | 5 | Giants without thought of victor | but rather with stress upon the con ditioning of the tean and New York fa the parks for this “second we series,” however, will insist on some thing more than mere participat |in a base bail contest Furthermore, followers of the gam | contend, a club that enters the reg lar season after simply going throus | the motions of training Is not t to the fighting qualities necessary |a championship combination If Harris plays to win, he is to face the Yankees in the first bat | tles of the American League sched | with a team already tired. In iiants he tackles a club that how to hit in 2 otherwise, t 1 seasons, trainin which will make the g ing hard for his veteran pit Johnson, Ruether, Mogridge, and Zachary. The National champions, on the other hand, | won four successive pennants out relying upon their boxmen, | offense being concededly better | their defense | Should he elect to ignore witl the fight ar Harris figures that he cah the Washingtor who will crowd rid knows regg Leagus, have than tke ball. It is well to give study to | hazardous play in the preparation for thin principle. The player who thor- oughly understands it also combinex ith it the principle of not trying to rce too much the pace of the club- head in the forward swing. Let the clubkead take itx natural swing is a great principle in golf. The moment you force it you go beyond yourself and love control of the clubhead. Control is everything. (Copyright, 1925.) TWO GAMES ADDED T0 CENTRAL'S TOUR In addition to a game in Lancaster Pa., this afternoon, and meetings with Tome Institute and Loyola tomorrow. Central High School's champion bas- ket ball team has a pair of out-of- town games scheduled for next we end On February 20 Reading, be invaded for a game with Reading High. and on the following day the Washington title winners will be en- tertained by York Institute for the Deaf at York, Pa Pa. will Copying their older brothers, the Central Lightweights have been run- ning up a winning streak among junior teams of the city and other schoolboy quints of their elas: Fifteen straight wins have been reg- istered. the Mount Pleasant All-Stars being the latest to succumb to Cen- tral's whirlwind attack in a 26-to-14 game. Burnett and Birthright are the star performers of the “Lights.” TILDEN IN VAUDEVILLE. NEW YORK, February Wil- tiam Tilden, 2d. national tennis champion, has contracted for a six weeks' vaudeville tour with Peggy Wood, well known actress, as part- ner. Tilden is appearing in motion pictures and for some time has writ- ten articles for various periodicals 3 ek | | the arduous schedule ahead have to rebuild the |and explain to the |how he happencd | championship. | = | | MASCART | Paris, | Mascart, pean has ager he morale of his cl to SAILS SOON. February 1 French holder of featherweight booked passage with M. Tietard, aboard the | France, sailing for New York {ruary 18. This will givegthe Fren fighter nearly a month in 2 get in form for his fight | Kaplan for the world title he Bure his Tin | with DODGER HURLER SIGNS. | NEW YORK, February 13.—E { Osborne, pitcher, has signed contract with Brooklyn 19 Two change may th lovers of the game’ win a world ~Edouard Feb- nerica to Kid championship,s man< P in the Spring exhibition games were- made public | Philadeiphia Nationals [town, Fia., March 16, and at water March 18, reversing t 'ONE COURSE OPENS: OTHERS Aithough Brooklyn will meet 1 Brade practically has disappeared from greens, a majority of the about Washington remained closed The course of the Washington Go nd Country Club was open ay and will be ope Columbia, Chevy ( nockburn are still ably all three of these | be opened tomorrow all fairway a vest d. > Ba pro and but courses TO FOLLOW snow | Newspaper golfers belonging o 11 - | Washington Newspaper Golf Clu |meet at the National Press C! | evening of February 24 to talk ove the tournament schedule for 1925 ar to discuss other matters h MAN/What a SHOE SALE/ At Qur 7th St. & 9th St. Stores Only Open Sat. 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