Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1925, Page 42

42 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, NOV "EMBER 1925. SPORTS. Y -0, Hughgy Jennings Got $5 a Game as Beginner : Huggins Rounding Up EARNS JOB BY JUMPING HARRIS CLUB LOSES . IN SUNSHINE LEAGUE FENCE TO MAKE CATCH| Feat Was Turning Point in Life of Great Diamond Star Who for Several Years Had Been Helping James J. Walker, mayor-elect of New York City, pitched the first ball at the opening game of the Sunshine :\\’lnlér League here yesterday, when the Miam{ Shores, managed by Georgo | Sisler of the St. Louts Browns, d | feuted the Coral Gables aggregation, [10 to 2. Mayor Edward Dammers of Coral Gables almost caught the ball | pitched by Jimmie Waller, thereby beir iited with the first muff of the season. Fully 5000 persons witnessed the i game, which was featured by spar. kling plays and equally bad ones. A big league atmosphere was cre jated by BIill Klen famous for 20 ears a8 a National League umplre, Who officiated behind the plate, and A1 Schacht, noted diamond clown, | wno gave the crowd a laugh with his mitation of pitcher’s wind-up. Bucky larrils, manager of the| Washiugton Americans gulding the destinies the Cor Gables outfit His Father Carpenter in Mine. (This is the sirst of @ series of articles written by the faifous short- #lop, manager and coach, who has been connected with base ball for 8} years.) tied in the ninth. Miner Mill at b Maybe there were Is was and the bases loaded Now, vou must know that th BY HUGH A. JENNINGS. CHAPTER 1 day in 1889, two teams of coal miners were playing e ball game. It was a close game; perhaps the score wa liamond of the home team, Moosic, he foot of a hill. wit stop behind the plate and a fence the backst that most dr: Mills batter b P ay at evond At Miners egged youth v anv other face in Squinting into th £ ran a He v t After the game (of cours on, and there are Jdisprove <ald he was Wi ger of the Leighton team offered ti fence-jumping Moosicer a ¢ g urday afternoon at nses Turning Point in Career. It’s all pr about the $5 the eager 1 ents in a ball game. the tcher T remember as a bandy- WILL LEAD CREIGHTON. OMAILA, Nebr., November 30 () Creighton unior ce. no rec the statement) ARRANGED FOR FLORIDA ar in my m and expenses and abe ptance of the red-heade I was the catche yme of that red | November 30.—Florida, paradise of estate traders and resort of the Southland, will have one of its greatest Winter and next Spring. from Key West on the extreme south and e on the north and Pensa- has arrainged to participate in the pro- real teh mark northwest, life, § ng horse race m g The Miami Jockey Club, with m 1 $400.000 in purse prizes offered, gets der 21 and closes March 13. Indications arct again this year the track will attract America’s foremost turfme Chree Winter base ball circults are| The Winter horsesloe-pitching cen- to be a fast major and |ter, which has been gradually shift-| - league player loop on the |ing from the east to the west coast, | . another to be a X lnb‘h at St Petersbur this Winter, | the third @n exclusive | where the national tourney will take | - affair. place. Lake Worth, Tampa, Lake-| land, Orlando and Daytona also have these contests scheduled. At St Petersburg roque for either , Wae a mine ¢ I was born in Pittston. Pu., n I was year our family Moosic. own three miles started to work circuit Lake County Foot Ball Has a Part. leading sport Mine Work peop!: ot So Bad. sked me how e can in the mines, t it is not so bad as yc dark there, of course, b eternal dark national sche luled ims a Winter Foot the earl There w a {for the Coral at Miami on December Rollins Colleze of Winter 1 and Oglethorpe Untversity, A iolf tournaments of national in est will be played, th ents probabl following the usual ded Swimmers to Be Here. The ewimming and diving competi- tion w center in the West Palm Beach-)Mi; i sector in the SL‘ e Petersburg-Tampa. area St. Petersburg, to t‘t‘-‘:x;‘ Wy ‘} At Coral Gables State champion- | B Lo B 0 S Xusustin, | Ships for both men and women will | A eatares of oatures is the prob. | b€ run off in the Venetian pool. A bld Al o Meteoen (tattes |has been made for the men's and Hagen and Bobby Jones | romen's national “swimming cham- s, with T o nships there. R Augustine offers a meet on I'eb oo g By rch will attract the wom- | course near Miami e ot Amerien The Professional L o roat bares | are fotnealt e Miami and Palm Beach. at Hollywool i il i nothel ‘and in Tampa Bay off St. Petersburg e o e aranon, miasim: fou|and Tampa. Inland speed boat races the [lollywood Club, won the title. i o oo s ? e horse show will be sponsored Trophy for Gollers. again by the Coral Gables Ri Academy st Miami during February _Already under wa » Greyvhound racings are featured at St. Florida Amateur ¢ League. in| Petersburs, Miami and Sarasota. Polo ‘\hém \;fin’\;m“;a n:‘!}\o:” gm ;:‘|:! and jai alai (Spanish quash) are Miami ing. Beach feat s. The polo |season gets under way early in Jan- The Miami Riviera trophv hasbeen | yary offered by George E. Merrick in an | amateur golf championship tourna- Early Spring will see the major por- tion of the big league squads and a | ment of Florida, to be plaved on the | {Coral Gables course. Invitational number of higher major league clubs treking to the “Land of Flowers" for | | professional tourneys there, with|their annual tralning season. Clubs | | prizes aggregating $5,000, are planned. | will train at Orlando, Sanford, Lake- | The attraction for professional golf ] is the “Winter championships and Petersburg, Tarpon Bradentown, Fort America,” to be played in S . Clearwater and possibly at | | Augustine on March 18-20. The Win- Arcadia, Bartow, Lake Wales, Ocala | ter golf champlonship of Flor! and De Land. ' | be played there on March 2%.° i R p > ¥ : the east coast women's golf champion- { and all the mining towns nearby | ¢ 0GR FONET L B Gt olant. | GOLF T went solidly. for base ball. In the de-| yrarcn 913, Prior to those OURNEY HELPED . fox e tourna ! conding darkness some of the game's | mants will be the select St. Augustine | e v s . ! BY INCREASING PURSES| championships, Janua = ot their start in the mines e he X tenth annual golf tourn 11l Mordecal Brown, Ed Walsh, { ruary 1 Harris, e Daubert, Bill . the Coveleskles, Harry and | he O'Nellls, Steve and Jim- | Doyle, Chick 8horten, Mike Joe Holey, and the most esque of all umplres, Timoth {Turst. Would Make Great Team. What a pitching and catching staff and fnfleld you ald get out of this crew! Brown, Walsh and the Cove- kies to pitch, the O'Neills to catch, Daubert, Doyle, Harris, Coughlin, Mc- Nally and Boley for your infleld! d not been con: . Pittston, the place three miles removed, there occasionally to The star Harr 2 and a roundhouse curve was better than the er 1o the big Tom taught his sons how d the vounger, Stanley, name to lasting fame | pennant and world | % for Washington in hiss s manager. It was gratl- to sec the son, Stanley, man in base a S always sorry that Tom, the father, could not get nto the majors, for he was a good pitcher and a fine man. We all liked 3 ships for for the mules th: ¥ 1 1 to mind it in the v and Mining has its ec rever get soaked by i mpensations—you me: you v changes in | veather. The temperature 1s about aven the vear around. and it is a re- | ief from the heat of Summer a old of Winter. You appreciate being Aown in the s on blistering days of Summer d on the bitter dars in | Vinter. Tt is always comfortable down hare. The mines hold dangers. but ger anywhere Armour, an two picked Coral in Januas olt have Last s T League, siated off nother $5 Is Lot of Mouey. 1 1 began working In the mines, 90 cents & das s increased to $ high Central Webb expenses for a single game d. for that almost as much I could earn in the mine all week, and imagine all the fun L was getting out of it laying ball was all I lived for. We were lifted out of the mine at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, our day’s work done. As <oon as we were released we ran home for a quick supper and then to the foot of the hill, where we played | until we could no longer see the ball. Dase ball was the one ‘great game n that mining section. Plttston, Moosic, Leighton, Wilkes-Barre, Scran. st Increasing the prize money for the annual American professional golters’ | | championship. the only match play Palm Beach and Jacl An | tournament of the vear for the pros, | invitation has been extended by the | is certain to stimulite interest in this Coral Gables Club to Willlam Tilden, | event next fall 2d, to make his headquarters at| The tournament will take place at fiaml this Winter. The French |Salisbury, Long Island, and the in- flash, La Coste, also has been asked | crease in the purse was made possible | through the generosity of J. J. Lan- | * contests that will | nin, ox. Tennis to Be Feature. Tennis will be featured Miami, | | | | to_come. | uared circle | ltiely attract boxers of national prom. inence have been booked at Jackson ville, Orlando, Palm Beach, Miami | and Tampa, particularly at the latter two places. Boxing, however, 1s offi clal anned in this State, a statute | (#).— Dreyfuss of | being in effect against such contests. | the World Ci Pittsburgh Pi-| tering the lists comes the na-|rates has a plan he will submit to the tional open Winter lawn bowling [magnates at the December meeting tournament, which gets under way at | whereby games once started and St. Petersburg on January 25. Like | stopped by rain will be piayed out | meetings will be held at Orlando and | from the point at which they were in- other cities. | terrupted. former owner of the Boston Red | DREYFUSS HAS IDEA. | November 30 | m championsh When I accepted the offer of Webb lauss T thought I was all set, but I wrong. My first venture into ni-professional ball was not without onsiderable difficulties tha areseen. An n Newspaper WALFORD TEAM DOWNS MONROE SOCCERISTS I'laying against more experienced opponents the Monroe Soccer Club sooters were forced to take the small end of the count in thelr game with the Walford eleven. The score was 4 to 2 Monroe scored first, and by the time 1he whistle had blown for intermission +he schoolboys had piled up a 2-to-0 advantage. In the second half ht')\\- ever, the persistent attack of the Wal- “I've tried ’em all but exper- ience has shown me that for real smoke sadsfaction there’s no cigar that smokes tip to an ADMIRATION. Try one and smile!” Try an Admiration Cigar Today MIAMI, Fla., November 30 (#).—| 16 ¢ | the Palace team worked its w | the stone-wall defe ford kickers began to get results. —— = | AUSTRALIANS MAY QUIT | DAVIS CUP TENNIS PLAY| I Australia, Nov The Australian Tennis fon is not pleased that the Ameri ed to send a team here, (hreaten to withdraw from the Dav. 'up competition. : l At a meeting of the association it was emphasized that Australia bad \lone much for American tennis, es- pecially financially, and it was decided 10 inform the American authorities ihat owing to lack of funds the as tion probably would not continue Duvis Cuy sesiea "10c and 15¢ | 2 for 25¢ | 3for50c:_ and | 1) WM. DEICHES & CO., INC, 414 10th ST. N.W, of HUGHEY JENNINGS. Author of series of articles that will appear in The Star. associated with the great national pastime for 31 years. CELTICS’ FREE SHOTS |GOODRICH IS WANTED BEAT PALACE QUINT' BACK EAST FOR BOUT Hoss Haggerty's foul tactics paved BY FAIR PLAY. the way to the 22.to-15 defeat handed S the Palace hasketers by the Original YORK, Celtics in the pro court game last are being n night at the Arcade. The bix cen of the local agsregation repe: gate the visitors opp free ghots and they made good with 21 heaves from the foul line lach team made but thre from scrimmage. Palacé al chances to score from the foul line, but pocketed only 4 shots fouls were called against V players other than Hagge: The Celtics went inte the | and at halftime were in fron Shortly after the second half He has been November de by prom: tweight Kir the Chilean, charity show in New | k | Probably | ofter, since interest in it | 1t does not, it will be because | « promoters have succecded | interesting him in a fight with Mushy Callahan, who in the recam" past has hung up victories over Pal| Moran and Ace Hudkins. 1 an do this is a fighter | stion at all. Goodrich ! there is w the ad early 8 to 6 opened to a 10-10 tie with the visitors, but some expert shooting from the foul line by Borgman Soon put the Celtics ahead once more and they never were overhauled. . it will be rounds, not points, th SOCCER—GAME_IS TAKEN decide the bouts. Round: BY GERMAN-AMERICANS | ¢ife 1 boirts b, v total number of poin the bouts, the fighter most rounds will win. beyond q So much mud has been hurled by ! !the fight fans at the point decislons | of referecs in recent bouts here that the State Boxing Commission has de cided 1o amend the rules. From now German-American soccerists who won the their best game of the s day in defeating the Fort M 210 0, at Washington Barracks Field. | The winners scored once in each | half, Byerlin counting both times The Soldier eleven rallied in the waning minutes but failed to penetrate e of the Germans. | play n yester. r eleven | 1 Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street Hawkins Nash Motor Co. Sales and Service | 1337 14th St. Main 5780 | Gnjoy yonr car L. S. JULLIEN 1443 P St. N.W. Main 7841 At the Sign of the Moen Entire Stock at Big =/ Reductions Suit or Overcoat made as you want them % TO % OFF Priced as Low as $22:50 Cutting the high cost without the high quality is a fea- ture of this sale. 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Pilot Especially Anxious to Strengthen Shortfield That Has Been Weak. terday, and four other records were | broken by Iarl Cooper, whose gasoline | shortage on the 185th lap forced him out of the lead. | Elliott’s average was 127.878 and| his exact time, 1:57:18 1-5, which low- ered the mark of 1:35.133-5, an aver age of 126.88 miles an hour, made by Tommy Milton at Culver City last | York*Ameri March. { N stops in captiv Cooper” four or five more with wh soline . 100, 150 and 200 mil to tumble And there is more 1 fact that 1 ¢ too strong at Cooper came in fifth. Second plac went to Harry Hartz, three-fourths of a lap behind the winne: Fred Comer was third, and Bob McDonogh fourth. ' double reason in lining up all t place, he wants to make surc of his own use. In the second plac when he goes out among the of Sixth and seventh plac went, re. possible talent for other positic SENIOR QUINTS PLAN T0 ORGANIZE LEAGUE BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, November A terrific speed before his ans, > out caused marks for >m to start hod to I wasn't ar shortstc e has: In the sed as Al fo r in trades looking fo 1ortstoy firs A crash at t} sulted in t iren, wh! cefved bruises » twenty-fourth lap re. serfous injury of Red Jerry Wonderlich re- and suffered a slight concusston of the brain. Cairen, who was sald to have an even chance for recovery, drove formerly in Indizn: and this was his second appearance on a board Elliott_drove Jimmy Murph piloting when cuse, N. Y., more Tommy Milton was number of drivers w but on points wor tained second 1. ship standin The st time was awdded weather conditions. Mo: the sun was hidden behind thin ¢ thus preventing h tempers whicl play havoc ith tires. speeds were forecast, however, when, in practice, Cooper reached a 140.2 and several - drivers nearl equaled the mark. AUTO CHAMPIONSHIP TAKEN BY DE PAOLO LOS ANGELES, Novemle —With the close of the Automobile Association’s season with the mile automobile race at Cul. ver City yesterday, the position in which the drlv finished in the year's competiti and the number of points they made has been an nounced here Peter de Fiol pionship, even place in ¥ ‘The ranking Driver. Peter de Paolo. that finish es, v ted in aday ni or stree Quints that s Club dribblers e of the Gonzaga il m Members of Ball Officials’ heir meetlr Central Y. M. previously Assoc next A i De Molay Mor ). American & Comet and scrimmage tonight Boys' Y. M. C. night the Come 1 tons at the A Meyers' baskel i gme: gave the Ahava O - ove Les A e 020 dec in a pr: though score: flensive ning team. the tack peparance i when the: WASHINGTON U. SHELLS ARE BECOMING POPULAR t Ass ted P = 1 Kanawha Preps 11 tonight § o'clc street. bi Iph Phil Sha Norman 2 Jerry Wonderlich Leon Dur Pete Kreis. Rennett Hill.. Barl Devore. James Hill. Pletro Bordino.... ph De Palma.. Doc” Shattuck Dave Evans.. Anton Mourre. . rl Corum. Eastern Preps scored ove s« high Juniors, 46 t¢ | _Billy Griffin is Cleveland Park Junior 2831. ceto! ngton Cleveland CUE MATCH TO START. CHICAGO, November [Z2) | youngest challenger and champion ever to go to the tab title conflict meet tonight Edouard Horemans, of Belg LEAD PRO GRID LEAGUE CHICAGO, N 2. play their fir: A set of game laws patterned after |the worl 1 Kk the code in force in Texas and the |champlonship. Iive Lur United States now is enforced in|will be played on each of t Mexico. | lowing nights. Almost Every Second— —someone in Washington touches a match to the tip of a Henrietta. While you are reading these words, almost a thousand Woashington- ians are smoking this mild, fra- grant, mellow cigar. 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