Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1925, Page 13

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Nats Have Four On JOHNSON IS UNQUALIFIED CHOICE AS BEST HURLER Bluege, Peck and Goslin Also Picked—Other Grift men Get Votes for Second and Third Team in Poll of Players ARE RUTH fails to get a base ball team, as pic I unanimous rd-team berth, 1 Collins for and 1a year ¢ y play Here is the all-American L he players in the league: Player. Johnson Cochrane Sisler Collins jege m Ph Nimnions » Ph Heilmann Detroit in the same manner, was as follow: Team Washington mock R, A ollins Dugan Peckinpaugh Jamieson Speaker New Yo Washing Chicago New Washi then the: in de. and Judges. ter est = league vers, who bat- he d id, ut e 1 s selected by was a with the MeG ted by who know In bal not sreof the & this year it an Ameri both leagues, » choose was felt that American Lea well acquainted with the y tional League to pass that the National ould be expected 1l judgment upon ers. Johnson Unqualified Choice. The for 10 upon choices in I ime choice pitcher of the a team _will a for second t Philadelphi team by York Yankees. Detroit 1d honors cer, chosen by st team last yes 1 nine and Al nnock of the Heilmann of carries the first tes players for dropped to the seco! mons _of Philad Athletics moved up to the first team. With Bluege of Washington at third b on the first team, Kamm of the White led Joa I n for the ne post on both second and third ams. Jam to the second way to Goslin the Nationals. Cochrane of the thietics was the majority choice of the players for catcher of the first team, Ruel of Washington on and Schalk of the White third place. Collins Beats Harris. Collins of the White Sox remac: v who son dropped Riv ed on the nus on the ton, went to the third team of the players, while S s Browns ran awa ing £ tc of the their ice this vear on the all-American Teague ed by his fcllow play cl s choice; 3 s the field y three men of last year's picked nine t year's team, barely wins a place on Sluege of gh ties with Blue gue team, as picked for The Star by vote of Washington adelphia t. Louls Chicago Washington Washington Washington adelphia Washington York Cleveland Cleveland New York rs. Last year he was this year he fails to qualify cven for twirler of the all-American urvive in this Peckinpaugh, Speaker, who was Washingon captures the vote for for the largest number of votes ition Pitcher Catcher First Base Second Base Third Base Shortstop Right Field Pitcher Catcher First Base Second Base Third Base Shortstop Left Field Center Field Right Field zton PLAYERS PICK STARS OF TWO BIG LEAGUES Who are the real stars of the big league base ball firmament when the players themselves ballot for an all-star team? No one knows how the players will vote—it is a real independent big league selection of stellar ma- terial. The second annual poll taken by The Star and associated news- papers of the North aper Alliance to select all- an League and all-National League teams brings out_interest- ing surprises. The selections and the lessons to be drawn from them will appear in a series of daily articles in The * explaining . how and why the players cast their votes, Babe Ruth, a majority selection t year—where is he placed this ar by fellow players? Who is the batter that players dread the most in a tight pinch? Is he on the pennant-winning team? Who is the base runner voted the most dangerous man at bag-steal- ing. Does Roger Peckinpaugh get as many votes for all-American short- stop as Walter Johnson does for pitcher? Or more? Or less? Read the answers—how the play- ers themselves vote—in The Star every day. American the Washington Nationals were se. lected for the first All-Amer League team. Furthermore, the p = ers would no doubt be glad to back | this cholce of their own against a | similarly selected all-National League team. As to whotis the most dangerous base runner in the American League, Mostil of the White Sox was over- whelmingly the choice of the play Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tygers voted the most dreaded batter in a pinch, but had a close runner-up in Tris Speaker. Tomorrow the All-National League team, as voted by the big leaguers of that circuit, will be published. Equal surprises will be found in the in- dependent selections made by the National leaguers. 109 Ballots Returned. On succeeding days a series of ar- ticles giving the exact vote cast for each selection and an analysis of the ballot will be presented. Tt will be interesting to compare the strength of this vear’s team with that selected by the players last year. This year's ageregation has four players from Washington, two from Philadelphia_and one each from St. Louls, Chicago and Detroit. Last vear's selection. eliminating the second pltcher, included four players from Washington, two from New York, two from Cleveland and one from Chicago. In this year's team New York and Cleveland drop out of the picture entirely. There was no doubt that last year's selection made a very formidable team, exceptionally strong in the out- field, with an airtight ‘infield and an extremely fine battery. ourteen major league teams took part in the balloting this vear. In the American League 109 ballots were returned; in the National League, 111, (Copyright. 1025.) EXPENSIVE EVER STAGED BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, October 17.—The post-mortem experts who today are eir scalpels into the corpse of the 1925 world series in cerous faults will find none more cancerous than hat of the temporary seats built at Pittsburgh. or playing purposes the most beautiful field in organ- erating its background of green and rolling hills with cen that turned two or three baggers into trick 1 an ace of wrecking Pittsburgh series hopes. ing t ¢ pine sC ght Barney r this, that ts and spoiled the own pockets. But = not guilty. Judge Landis, ordered him to to do it, though The Judge said ad to be provided. It spectators could be those bleack If they were packed closer than nels in an elevator bin. one dollar was said seated in were, the: at ki 000 Most Exvensive Series. 1t is regrettable that these seats ever were built on a ground better adapted to high-class base ball than the Wash- ington lot the dollar seat sec- tion was harm's way. For everybody this world series was the most expensive ever held. Had the series ended in four games both teams would have lost money. So far 2 the fan was concerned, the avera spectator who had to tra el 100 miles 1o and from the games paid from § to $30 and more for his afternoon's amusen Despite this, the gross recelpts were greater than at any world series, due entirely to the inter- et taken by fans who lived in the vicinity, of Pittsburgh, and bought it of tickets for their families, Pa going one day, Ma the next and Little Bright the flapper daughter, or the son and helr, the next. The question has been raised whether it iIs right to take this huge sum of money out of the pockets of the fans, considering that too many interests, besides the players, are sharing the pot, and whether the prices of admission should not be re- duced so that the actual supporters of base ball may have a chance. Press Box Frog Pond. Artistic followers of the game be. lieve that the contests in the world series should be played in flelds in good condition and governed by the same rules in regard to rain as ordi- nary games. If such rules had been followed that last and deciding game in Pittsburgh never would have been played. Speaking of post mortems, the newspapermen at Pittsburgh have a justifiable loud complaint. The press section, below the surface of the earth, was a frog pond where men had to sit with their feet in puddles A CLEAR FIELD. SATURDAY, O CTOBER 17, 1925. —By RIPLEY TECH GETS FLYING START, 65,000 T0 SEE ARMY BEATING BUSINESS, 14 TO 0 PLAY NOTRE DAME LAYING in the rain School’s foot ball eleven got A crowd of fans numbering we witness the ope three quarters before the light dri pour. Tech relied on straight foot ball to ) trick plays & gain the victory, ing attempted and few forward pa being employed. The Stenographers uncovered a well drilled off but with 8o much green material in the line the defense d not measure up to that presented by the Manual Train, Backs Fail to Gain. Tech blocked a punt early in the first period to get possession of the ball 30 yards from the Business goal The Stenographers’ line held, but their backs were unable to advance the ball, and Stew: d to <. The Maroon and Gray opened attack and went ss line for two first pla he leather on the vard mark as the quarter ended Only two plays were needed to shove it across, Jett carrying t the initial touchdown. the point with Business received the 't of third qu punted after one attempt at the ball. Tech marched n the fleld and scored the second zoal on a 20-yard pass, Jett to Mullen. rter, but yesterday scholastic championship series by downing Busir ing contest and ren ball for| at Central Tech High off to a flying start in the annual ss, 14 to 0. ark turned out to is during the first - had turned into a steady down- Stadium, 1 over the 1,00( ed in the st | The former kicked for the p touchdown. t after | Western High scored its | the on when fe: to st run of John's was de . at_the Monument s went through for the | St. John's touchdown in the second | period, while Tommy David evened the nt In the third and put his team counter. A safe completed the s v in the fimal p Friends Sel to St. Alban' team’s field, scored whes and ran 35 0ol of Baltimore bowed vesterday on the latter to . The home team Hard intercepted a pass extra polnt. Scoring in the first and third quar. | ters, Maury High School of Norfol nosed out Devitt Prep, 13 to 9, yester- day on the Virginians' gridiron. Georgetown University's combination plays at Newport News Naval Apprentice The freshman s first game today agaimst the eleven. nzaga-Alexandria High cl: at Georgetown Field at 3 o'clock is the only local scholastic game carded for chis afternoon. PAIR OF INTERSECTIONAL FRAYS ON MIDWEST CARD By the Associated Press C involving Western Confer on the Midwest's foot ball n HICAGO, October 17.—Two intersectional games and three clashes e title chances were the choice dishes nenu today. Columbia was the guest of Ohio State at Columbus and Indiana en- tertained Syracuse in the opening of the new Hoosier Stadium at Bloom- ington. Interest in the conference melee was split among the Wisconsin-Mich- igan meeting at Madison, Iowa-lili- nois, at lowa City, and Chicago- Northwestern, in Chicago. On these games depended the reduction of u defeated teams in the title campaign from nine to six and the favorites from seven to four. Master and pupil, respectively, led the Wolverines and the Badgers. George Little, Wisconsin mentor, s formerly Coach Yost's aide a previous to that one of his Both strategists have heavy scoring machines. Michigan downed Indiana and took the lead in the con- ference race last week, while Wi consin’s goal has not been crossed in two non-conference clashes. Against “Red” Grange Illini, un- tamed terror of the chalk lines, was pitted Cowboy Nick Kutsch of the Hawks, leading point scorer of the Big Ten, who ran wild as a “point- a-minute” performer against St. Louis last week. Illinois has a speedier backfield and the advantage of their experience in two games of note, while the Hawks’ opposition to date has been negligible. Years of grudge were behind the meeting of Northwestern and Chi- cago. Two widely separated brands of attacks was theirs, the Purple being prepared for sweeping end runs and short passes, while the Stagg men were geared for a powerful line- bucking offense. Ralph “Moon” Baker was back in the Northwestern line to compete with Timme and Me- Carthy, Maroon backs, for ground- gaining honors. State honors were involved in the Purdue-Rose Poly engagement at yette and Minnesota's prelim- h Wabash was_considered ion for the Notre Dame game next week. LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHTER TO BE DEPORTED TO U. S. HAVANA, October 17 UP).—Presi- dent Machado has signed a decree ordering the deportation to the United States of Billy Murphy, a lightwelght boxer of New York. Murphy was arrested October 5 on a charge of being connected with a number of guides operating without licenses, He also was accused by the secret police of knowledge of the robbery of of water, They were the worst in two Spanish-American veterans, who Inside Golf By Chester Horto) The run-up is no run-up unless it runs to the pin, meaning some spot near enough to make one putt rea- sonably certain. The average golfer, I have observed, lacks understand- ing of what it is that makes the run-up run, since even a casual study of players will show them inyariably short with the run-up. When. the ball is to be made to run, take your stance so that the mashie blade is slightly in front of your nose, say. The hands may at the same time be slightly in ad- vance of the blade or even with it—makes no difference which. From this position draw the blade straight back, making it scrape lightly through the grass as it comes back on a straight line. Do not let the hands move backward very much. Be sure to hold the head still. Then throw the blade forward and directly through the ball. The ball will run to beat the band. (Copyright. 1925.) KILLEFER LIKELY CHOICE AS BROOKLYN CLUB PILOT CHICAGO, October 17 (P).—Wil- liam Killefer, released as manager of the Chicago Cubs in mid-season, is be- ing talked of in base ball circles here as likely manager of the Brooklyn Natlonal League Club, dependent on whether Wilbert Robinson, present pilot, becomes president of the Dodger corporation. It is said that the Brooklyn owners have talked with Killefer and he has expressed willingness to accept the post. e CINCINNATI, October 17 (®).— Mickey Walker, New York, welter- weigh champion of the world, nar- any world series since 1905 in the [came to Havana from the St. Peters- rowly escaped injury in an automo- little-stand. at Philadelphia, burg, Fla., coaventiong \ near here. vards for a touchdown. | | Weaver's drop-kick accounted for the | | NEW YO | fie i | contin was the champio point of vie { between I |3 Knute R week his te: 65,000, were in the East last iaven in thei the van with a“drop-kick for the extra | cont slumbia, which ve point tot Other o | are: Rutge | La Fayette, W Vs Carnegie, P Pittshurgh v vs. Maine TENSE BATTLES DUE ON DIXIE GRIDIRONS | B5 the Assoc SW ORLEAD October 17 Riyals with tense struggles of a year ago to make them determined to “do or die” will play ball on Southern fields this afternoon. The closest score br last con in the Southern Confer- ence is the 7-to-7 contest s Geor Tech and the U nd Brown vs. foot Washington and Lee gained a 10- cision over the University of Kentucky last October. Alabama was two touchdowns better than Sewanee, the score bei 14 to 0, and V. P. I defeated Maryland, 12 to o The sippi ies spoiled Tulane's with @ 14-to-6 re- 0 Virginia took V. M. L into ca to 0. Georgia stopped Furman, 33 to 0, at Augusta s game will be blayed, and Fort Benning won from Oglethorpe, 20 to 0. and mp, 13 turned Ran- idney’s mar; Lynchburg w: Duke swamped Davidson took the measure of the erfan College of South Caro- Newberry won from Citadel, 14 to 0. Mercer's defeat of Chattanooga was by a score of 33 to 0. Louisiana Normal and Louisiana College played a scoreless tie. ROCKNE IS APOLOGETIC FOR NOTRE DAME TEAM NEW YORK, October 17 (#).—Ar- riving here yesterday with a squad of 37 players to oppose the Army eleven today at the Yankee Stadium, Knute Rockne declared he had not forecast defeat for his Notre Dame team as a verbal smoke screen to deceive the West Point gridiron warriors as to the real strength of his aggregation. “I wish it were s0,” the Notre Dame | coach replied, “but unfortunately wi do not have a team this year that whl rate with our elevens of the last five years. We expect to learn a lot in this Army game—that is about all we can hope for. I am sorry we do not have a great backfield to show the people, but Santa Claus doesn’t come to a foot ball coach every year.” FOOT BALL YESTERDAY At Binmingham—Birmingham South- ern, 25; Mississippi College, 25. At College Station, Tex.—Texas A. and M., 7; Southern Methodist, 0. At Batesville, Ark.—College Ozarks, 6; Arkansas College, 0. At Arkadelphia, Ark.—Arkansas Teachers, 10; Henderson Brown, 7. At Westerville—Cincinnati Univer- mx. 6; Otterbein, 0. t Columbia—South “Tarolina, 6; Wofford, 0. At Bawl!.n{ul reen, Ohio—Bowling Green, 0; Capital, 0. At Tucson, Ariz.—University of Utah, 9; University of Arizona, 0. At _Los Angeles—Occidental College, 14; University of Redlands, 6, of ght over from | THREE COLLEGE GRID GAMES HERE TODAY College foot ball teams were to slip and wer three =oggy gridirons fternoon, representatives of and, Virginta, Pennsylvania and » District of Columbia being sched- uled to show their wares. Each of the three cngagements was to get under way ¢ k. ted to e espectally s to be held at Clark lium between the elevens of the University of M yland and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. These riv of long standing we imed to the minute for the s In th adium Cath- olfe Univ host to Villa- nova. chool Stadium University and Mary's were to be op- attractive iffith st E St. and Gallaudet were to ign tields. The Hilltoppers roit with a tiit with Detroit , and the Kendall Greeners at Meverstown, Pa., ap with Albright. The i 1 rine team of Quantico is at th Canisius. e CADETS NOT TO SEE NOTRE DAME CLASH The an | Army 14l foot ball struggle betwee and Notre Dame tod will e they strong, started the limit the ca- ball games is year v Haven on Columbia and ons 1 con - in with in New Yor last-minute ch Arn nge was s line-up, an- ee- 1n of the Army team Notre Dame a TOMMY O’BRIEN KOYOS 0°HARA IN EIGHT ROUNDS October 17 New York ncing argu- : Coast | in winn T of towel ring after O'Hara nes. 1dy | TO BUY CLUB FOR HIM Octoher 1 here for all club for ce of the | was given h the re rom the “Big Train s appreciatic John- than half of 1 could make me hap- « the owner of a ball appreciate your ef- laude Williford, originator of the have a million fans in each contribute a dollar to. e Johnson fund, telegraphed on pitcher that “our s progressing rapidly, and % toward completion of organization . Kavanaugh, f the campaign ve wired Judge K. mmissioners of base ball, val of the p AGA KHAN PLANNING U. S. TURF INVASION By the Associated Press NEW YORK, October 17.—The Aga Khan, potentate, head of the Moslems of India and country gentleman of Europe, planning ‘an invasion of the American turf. The golf-playing descendant of the Prophet Mohammed has applied to ‘an turf officials for stake blanks ics at Belmont Park 1toga. 1 was entertained by Presi- when he visited the before the World War. tables in England and France, and operates them without re- gard to expense. EBER WHIPS LE BLANC. OTTAWA, October 17 (#).—Bobby Eber, former Canadian bantamweight champion, was given the decision over Homer Le Blanc of Detroit in an eight- round bout last night. Bobby Burns of Detroit and Len D'Arcy of Chicago, Ilu:h!~h(~a\‘y\\'eighls, fought a 10-round draw. HE junior class hockey squad respective leaders. The Westerners are experiencing some little difficulty this year In ar- ranging for practice periods, as the Georgetown Hollow is the only avail- able spot for both foot ball and hockey, due to building operations in progress on_the campus. However, the foot ball boys have been very generous about sharing the fleld with the girls, and a practice schedule will soon be announced by Belle Myers, athletic director and offl- cial hockey coach. Section A of the Columbia Heights Division Elementary School Basket Ball League will open its schedule Monday afternoon at 3:45 with a game between the West and Hubbard toss- ers. The ultimate winnerd in Section A will play the champlons of Sectjon B for the division title. It was found necessary to divide the division in this manner because of the large number of schools included therein. The schedule for Section B was announced previously. Section A's schedule follows: October 19, Hubbard vs. West: 21, Monros Y5, Bavmond: 24, Huppard vs. Pack View: . Weat va; Monroe: 20 Ravmond ve. Park Y ovember 3 West. ve Bark_View: 4 aymond vs. Hubbard: 5. Mouros va. Par Views va. West, ) love base | SPORTS. 13 — ITTSBURGH, Pa., October 17. ] tionals in the seventh battle, I have about the entire battle. That most convincing way settled once from time to time that my club 1 In every game that we FOOT BALL SECRETS BY SOL METZGER. When Kicking Off. won DO THIS = NOT THIS ng off make certain that the opponent ~catching it will be downed near his goal line. That's the worst place on the field for b have possession of the ball. To ac- comp! striven for: 1. The kick must carry to within 5 or 10 yards of the goal line. The ‘When kicl » kicking t under it and make_the tack right after it is caught. 3. Backspin | or stop must be imparted to the ball so it will not roll forward and ove the goal line in case 1o opponent t {to cateh it. goal line usually become touchbacks. | That gives the ball to opponents on | their 20-yard line. | Distance on the kick-off is ob by a hard leg drive, the ankle | held rigid. Height comes from driv | the toe through the ball close to the | ground. Backspin is obgained by te ing the ball, as in the first illustratio with its upper point leaning backward toward the kicker. A ball Kicked in this way will rise high, carry far and | strike the fleld with a bouncing up and down motion instead of with a forward roil. Never tee the ball with its long axis at right angles to the ground, as in the second illustration. It's hard to et height if you do and it will nvariably roll forward on striking the ground. Only constant daily prac- tice will teach the plaver just what backward tilt to give the teed get the best results on the kick-off another player holds it for the k a slight downward pressure by him on the ball will add to the backspin. time to get FOLEY DEFEATS LYNCH. VANCOUVER, | October 17 (@), weight champion of ¢ the unanimous decision « over Joe Lynch of Ca rounds of fast boxing was cautioned severa ting. $5,700 GOES TO EACH | | i | 17 (), won, 3H, Octobe the vic Pirates ve turned their the dividing of the sp ch member of the new cha full share $5,700 the richer. ison to the Nution about $3,800 each. Members of the Pirates who were with the club all year voted t Secretary Sam Watters and Co: Pitchers Jack O a full e. Three other members of the club, late comers, will have to be content with a portion. The exact amount of this has not been ann battle tc tt Oldham, who pitched the of the final game: Fr inflelder, and George H: outfielde The second, third and fourth pl clubs of each league receive a p tion of the players’ receipts and resuit the Giants and the ! { runners up in the Natfonal = | ican League, respectively, will vide $51.000. The third-place Re Browns will split $34.000 each Tygers and Cardi who in fourth place. will each warded with $17,000. The division of the moneys have to recetve the O.K. of Cc sioner Landis before the che be drawn and distributed. nd the finished be re will - - V. M. I. FRESHMEN SCORE. LEXINGTON, Va., | V. M. I. Freshmen defeated the V' ginia Yearlings at foot ball here yes- terday, 30 to 13. Despite the that the game was plaved in rain and mud, forw October of Western High School at a recent meeting elected Cassie Davidson captain for 1926 and arranged to | begin practice next week for the interclass series. sophomores and freshmen are planning to meet Monday to elect their | The seniors, All basket ball games in the cle- mentary leagues were postponed terday on account of the rain, as the dodge ball contes ‘William 8. Phillips and Twin Oaks on the Plaza Playground. All of these games will be played next week. The Washington Field Hockey Asso- ciation will practice on the Ellipse this afternoon at 2 o'clock. All mem- bers are urged to attend. Any others Who are Interested in the game are in- vited to report for practice also and join one of the three teams being formed. A feminine polo club, something en- tirely new in Washington, has been organized by Elizabeth Jackson and held practice yesterday morning on the Potomac Park field, despite the rainy weather. The match game which was scheduled for the afternoon be- tween the first and serond teams of the new club was cancelled, however, as the fleld became too wet for play. The club includes Mrs. Thomas Jackson,: Elizabeth Jackson, Maude Preece, Lidla Archbold, Helen Marie and Miss Marino. Two more players are expected to join the club to fill in the vacant posif “Best We Had Seen All Season,” Picks No Individual Heroes on His Club, Praising Good Work of Squad. BY WILLIAM B. Manager World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. came to such a glorious close OF PIRATE REGULARS ‘1 4 passing prevailed. | WOMEN IN SPORT -BY CORINNE FRAZIER- All-American Team : Pirate Pluck Won, Says McKechnie “BIG TRAIN” UNBEATABLE IN FIRST TWO CONTESTS F ate Pilot Says. Mcl HNI In re world series which beating the Na- I ga had to cor \ this, three points must be | on er with ywed his twice the ona none Kick-offs that cross the | his fine innings, ionals out tention to | ) them to we once more Peck h | tiomais [we ov |1 ist were not g0 on record while get nd hitti Ty on aced more than on : r quality. am not dividual helped There is worked and ¢ v of in the his- are reasons the base ball champions picking | the |all mixed and coura tory of that the of with (Copyri JAPANESE BEAT YANKS. TOKIO, 17 ) ball team Osaka ed the Oc ~The base Mainichi, a team of the 2 to 1. RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED AEW “RADIATORS FOR AUTOS WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. T Union House e N | fMAILORS | I"[akers 0; Fine Clo{hes {Ol’ Men | N\ ssums. £ LAUREL RACES Laurel, Maryland First Race, 1:45 P.M. Special trains will leave Union Station (Baltimore & Ohio R. R.) 12:25, 12:35, 12:45 P.M. each day, returning immediately after the races.