Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 40

HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMB ER 9, 1925. Rival Owners Sidestep Griff’s Offers : Another Row in International League NATIONALS’ “DAVID HARUM” INDS TRADING DIFFICULT I *Vise Base Ball Barterer, However, Still Hopes to Ef- | That Will Help League Champs. Veterans May F fect Deal BY DENMAN Sports Editor, The Star. EW YORK. December 9.—Clark Griffith is learning that there is such a thing as being too proficies of @ club owner to make ad N igure in Swaps. THOMPSON, nt. Theoreticall, vantageous deals is an asset, but the Poohah of the Nationals is about ready to concede that in practice it can prove a handicap Here pr carnival, with minutes of the its stated communic: marily ior the purpose of attending base ball's annual W evious meeting are nter and formal caucuses, where read and dull reports approved, the ations boss of the two-time American League Champions had entertained some small hope of holstering his entry f g that a the fear that he will “sap” them. as t Griff’s feat last year in corralling Srom the Indians, at the expense of a yir of medioere preformers like Byron Speece and Carr Smith, the services of Sian Coveleskie, who promptly pro. ceeded 1o chuck himself to the top of 1he heap in Ran Johnson’s cireuit, | was enough to make his cotempo| raries leary of him even it he hadn't Plucked from nnder the noses of 14 rival eluh awners a pitcher with the| potentialities of Duteh Ituether | What happened to such aged and ereaking athletes as Peckinpaugh Severeid. Ogden and Joe Harris, not include Ferguson in this category, | they enlisted under the fithian banner, has not been lost sight of by traders in the base ball hourse. The net result is that’ when ap- proached by the Capital chieftain with <uzgestions for a dicker their estimate ©f the value of all the performers he mentions immediately is sent upward and they usually resort to some such yrotective measure as looking out the window 38 Players on Roster. On the roster of the Nationals when Griff meandered to this metropolis were 38 actives of a higher or lesser degree of skill—18 pitchers, 3 catchers, 10 in- fielders and 4 ontfielders. with one of number due to shift affliations Pursuant to an arrangement made last season The fly chasers embrace Cowhoy Janes of the Mobile Sonthern Associa tion Club. who has vet to he inspected hy Capital fandom: Rice. Goslin. Me. Ne Joe Harris. Leibold. Veach. nes and Archdeacon. the latter tha ime speed demon who received hrief trials with the Tveers and Chisox. Listed infielders, in addition Pilot Rucky Harris himself, Judze. Shirley. Peck. Bluege, Adams. Stewart, Scott and Frank Mc. Gee. the first-hasing phenom snared from Peoria of the Three-Eve League. with Ruel. Tate and Severeid compr inz the haskstopping trio. In the line of pitchers are Johnsan. Coveleskie. Marherry, Itue- ther. Zachary. Ballon. Thomas, Fer 150n. Ogden.” Kelley and Russell, to ame the hetter known ones, with Arthur Humphreys, Raymond Joyce. Hal Smith, Jim" Lyle and Willard Morrell either complete or compara five strangers to regular attendants at the Georgia avenue plant. Morrell the newest of the lot, is .the, right- hander whe worked impressively in trimming 4 makeshift azgregation o7 Nats in an exhibition at Hartford shortly hefore the season closed last Fall. and who was drafted from New Haven as a result. Although Griffith's inv of refusing to discuss a has ceased to he a plan ami be- come an actuality. makes it impos sihle to present an authentic forecas of what may happen to reduce the Washington roster. it may be said with a reasonable degree of assurance that upward of a dozen of the ath. letes enumerated ahove will find their status members of the Amer League Champions altered for some canuse or another hefore another cam paign zets under way. Two Due to Q Fverett Scott has let it be known that he interds to retire from the past time in which he shattered all records for consecutive play while drawing from the Roston and New clubs. in order to devete his attention to the necreation he is conducti Wayne. and Allen Russell he ‘sincere in his determination stick close to his apothecary shop in Roston. Tt may this as to are Myer, fonnd riable policy plan until it envelopes York entire center be that if deals could be ar ranged that were satisfactory to them % they could he induced to continue in rness, but it is extremely unlikely that either again will be seen in a uniform with a “W" on it. and the same applies also to Bob Veach and Nemo Liebold. another pair of “10- vear” men, whose wishes must be | consulted before any dicker to send | them elsewhere can be consummated. | Still another pair who unquestion- | ably are regarded as available for | trading purposes are Tex Jeanes and | Maurice Archdeacon, outfielders both, | the former having failed to impress | with his work as a Griffman last sea- | son, and the latter not having actually | or the 1926 campaign, but is discoy- owners of desirable talent are giving him a wide berth in he boys at the club would say. orthodox persuasion, or a grade A right-handed-hitting outfielder he pre sented? It is doubtful if any Washington club co 1dmit_that the possibility of a dea for Peckinpaugh or Judge, for in stance, would he eten so much as con | sidered. but stranger things have hap pened. With Joe Harr around the inftial ley and Mo Id be induced to available for toil ack and hoth Shir ching for a real *hance there. the Nationals could very well give up title to Judge, who s stale from many vea spent in the same uniform and whose proverbial britteness keeps him on the sidelines practically a third of the time. With a different outfit Judge would hustle to bheat the band—they always do when given a change of scenery. Suppose the Indians, who have been floundering around for years without 4 capable first baseman, should accept Judge in exchange for, say, Shaute or Uhle. Both are good pitchers and should be successful ones, but they can't win for the Tribe, so Speaker would have much to gain and little to lose. Could Use Veterans. Or suppose the White Sox, who lost Hervey McClellan through de.th and sank so rapidly from a contending position for lack of capable re. when Manager Eddie Collins forced out of the line-up throu injury, agreed to a_deal involving Ted Lyons or Johnny Mostil for mate; like Peck, Scott or both. to bol inner cordon likely to have a gaping hole in it since Shortstop Tke Davis fractured his kneecap near the close of the mpaign Pec] astounding d_series. when he set a new rec d for errors with eight, cannot detract from his real worth durin the entire cam n. A resuit of which he was voted the most valuable player to his club in the league, and for club as poorly fortified as the Chisox he would prove a 10 strike, even at the expense of a star from ome other department, for they have several good hox men and outfielders and no shortstop Retained by the Nationals, Peck unquestionably will perform rezularly at short, but should it be found e: pedient to give him up there is a well defined impression that in Buddy Myer the Griffmen have a worthy successor to that Rajah, and that there would be no hes in turn- ing the job over to him Whether Griffith, Harris & Co. ac- complish anything here in the way of deals remains to be seen, but there is little harm in conjecturing and the chance is ever present, so stand by. the high flivver in w Story of Bush Leagues By John CHAPT ITH for the thought no protection was their greate leagues were hopeless in 1 they almost thought they were helpl their players they could not see how iul of the bigger leagues in their ow leagucs, so far as player rights were They lost men in the season of 1901 and they had to =it idly and take their medicine. Some of them had invested all they had in minor league club and minor leagues in those days no such future before them as they | have now. They saw their capital | Roing out to sea when a major league manager ded one of their teams, and they were subject to raid fore and aft because the American League,| which must have strength to fight against the National Leauge, cared little from whence players came so they got them. Save the Situation. This desparate situation resulted in conferences here and there in which Pat Powers, Mike Sexton, John Far- rell and others were party. The out- d . ability on the part | official of the | MRS. MALCOLM ROLLS RECORD GAME OF 138 { Mrs. Jen Malco the Washingtons set a season record for individual game last night in the Washington Ladies’ Duckpin League and aided her teammates reaching n new all-time mark for team set. Mrs. Malcolm's game of 138 roll- ed on the Coliseum alleys betters hy one pin the mark held by Emily Nell. She scored four spares and a strike, the former coming in the third, fourth. sixth and eighth frames and the latter coming in the seventh box. To set a new all-time mark the ‘Washingtons rolled a total of 1,523, with games of 470, 547 and 506. Marjorie Bradt of the Commercials also contributed a record-breaking performance by turning in a flat score of 95. MARSHALL FOURTH IN CHESS TOURNEY the Associated Press MOSCOW, Decemher %.—The final round of the international chess tour- nament in progress here for a month was played yesterday E. Bogoljnhow had proclaimed the winner. Emanuel Lasker of Germ and Capablanca of Cuba, champion. third Marshall. the United States cham- pion. won the fourth prize. and the fifth and sixth were divided hetween Dr. Tartakower of Austria and Torre [of Mexico Reti of Czechoslovaki manowsky. Russia, shared and eighth prizes. Tho prizes remain in doubt row, when two adjou be played B already been with Dy ny second the world and R sevenin other three until tomor- ned games will of yesterday's play: r. Germany. drew with Gotthilf. Rus- ~ Ruesia. drew with Bogol- how. Rusea. Spielmant. Austria. defoated Rubinitein. Poland: Tartakower, Austria. de- feated Rabir Russia: Loewenfisch. Russia_defeated Genewsky. Riesia: Mar: shall. United States. defeated Bogatyrtschuk Ruseia: Werlinaky. Russia. defeated Chott nirsky. Russia: Reti. Czcchoslovakia. drew With Torre. Mexico. Gruenteld, Austria. and Saemiseh. Germany._adiourned: Yates. Eng. land. and Suba Rustia, adjourned: Capa planca. Cuba. a wve Standing of the plavers Player Rogoliubow I Torre Reti Romanos sk Gonew ek 1 il1s Gotthilf '7 Saemisch Yates Chotimirsics Subarew Adiourned Tamas and Yates NURMI WILL REYURN. Paavo Nurmi. Finnish ck vel. who swept all Amer| except Alan Helffrich hefore him last Winter and Sprinz, will return to America for another indoor campaizn next Winter. according a late arrival from Finland. 1 1 3 3 13 1t 2 T4y Gruenfeld va Subares Saemisch 1r: mar- to KANSAS DECLINES BOUT. Rocky Kansas of Buffalo. newly- |erowned lightweight champion, has refused to meet Lucien Vinez of France in the Chirstmas fund bouts in New York December 23. The Jim- my Goodrich-Vinez hout was called off when Kansas defeated Goodrich. B. Foster ER 1L it players, descrted by what they st protecting the minor 901, and they were so hard hit that less. Ti they could not hold title to they could Tive. influence, Some were as fear- n circles as they were of the major concerned. hold it grip and the lish a grip. all thought of such | thing as contract life and decency { the conduct of the sport was doned. There were players in the National League who had sizned with Ameri can League clubs and who were ready to jump their contracts and go to the American League—and who had ac- cepted money for doing it and have never paid it back—whnose names have never been made public to this day The American League deserted Mil waukee for St. Louis, rivaling the Na- | tional League in another city and that | only added fuel to the fire. The fans | were becoming weary of base ball and weary of the conduct of the players. Now and then there would be a big | erowd where one club or the other was other to estal a in aban functioned as a National vet, althou his capabilities are pretty well est lished through observation of him other big league uniforms. ab- George Stallings, the Rochester magnate, who brought him ' stoutly maintains that A A | phenomenal speed should prove the chief factor in the little fellow ulti mately developing into one of the ! zreatest flvechasers in the similar boosts were Matthews, who has p dianapolis via transaction that made Griffman. and the strategisis remain There are other spicnous by their Nationals star enth street and venue next Sprin; nd one or two who may not be accorded a Winter vacation at the Tampa training camp with all ex- penses paid. In the Iatter elass, for instance, may be found Raymond | Joyce, the right-hand hurler who raduated from New Haven in 1924, | ind, following an inspection with the Nationals, moved on to Omaha. where | he was credited with turning in some | 18 victories last season. Four May Not Last. 3 in the Myer a | league nced. be con un who may absence when the | tions at Sev- depends to a large extent on what | tion to the State where one dollar the 18-year-old ‘lefthander, a nauvfl Smith is the sparse- col- So much for the somewhat frayed cignments who might he sep rau:li What disposition will be made of | Lyle, Morrell, Humphrey and Smith | they show in the pre-season workouts | (n Florida, assuming that all of the | quartet are recipients of transporta- | planted at sunset sprouts to bear a | five-case note by dawn, acgording to the realtors. Arthur Huniphreys. is of Snow Hill, Md., who first attracted | attention by his work with the Char-! lntte Hall Academy nine. and Hal legian who saw serv puth Texas ~League hefore reporting to Manager Harris Jast season. | veterans and vet uncouth kids on | the roste bhut what of the athlete halding more less permanent from the pay roll in advance of lh-‘ club's training peried should eppor- tunity to land a first-class pitcher of | this was done and what effect it i funds which the {100k many players | leagues. | players after the season started and {look was so dubious that the wiser 20 | men in the minor circuits knew an- |other season meant hopeless surrender in {ana general forfeiture to all that the minors called their own, leaving the territory open to the first picking that popular, but in the main base ball was | ROUNDING THIRD by Hugh A.Jennings CHAPTER IX. N considering batsmen, right and left handed, oi all periods of base ball, you must put Tyrus Raymond Cobb at the head of the list. Sui- ficient proof of his superiority can be found in the record books. No other batter in history has heen able to hit like Cobb over such a pro- longed period. Next to Cobb 1 would place a right-handed batsman, Honus Wagner and third in the list 1 would place still another right-hander, Napoleon Lajoie. 2 Many will disagree with me. They |on top of it, and that is the secret of will claim that Rogers Hornsby ix [successful batting. Few present.day a better batsman than Cobb, or at|players keep that in mind: Wagner least a better batter than either of |always remembered it and practiced | the right-handers that I have ranked it as well, second and third to Cobb. It may be| There never was a that Hornsby is better, but one can-|to dope 'han Honus. I could never not judge at this period of Hornsby's figure out whether he studied the career whether he is superior to Cobb, | pltchers or outguessed them, Wagner or Lajoie. To have perma- |whether he simply stood at bat and nent standing a man must bat high [ whaled the ball through natural abil- over an extended period. ity. Sometimes he was fooled on a Cobb carried on for 20 seasons at a |curve ball. The pitcher would come dismal pace (at least it was dismal to | right ba with the same kind of all opposition). Wagner and Lajoie | curve and Wagner would smash the continued even longer than Cobb. For |ball into right field. e would be the vears thai he has been in the |fooled by a fast one and look foolish ajors. Hornsby has a better record | going after it. The same delivery than any other man, but he has not | tried again would find Wagner pulling been in the majors long enough to be [ the ball past third hase for a double placed ahove the men 1 have men-|or triple. What seemed o bhe his tioned. Ten vears from now Hornsby | weakness on one pitched hall was his may be recognized the greatest hat- | strength on e ctly the same kind of ter of all time, but he cannot he given pitched hall moment later, that ranking at the present time. He (orint it has several vears to go. Cobb Has Advantage. Cobh has a natural advantaze over Hornshy. Cobh batted left-handed. Hornsby right-handed. Cobb. for the ame reason, had a natural advantage over Wagner and Lajoie. hoth rizht- handed batters. The man “who bhats right-handed has at least two more steps to first base than the one bat ting left-handed, and these two extra steps that the right-hander must take are going to beat him out of a great many hits that the left-handed baiter will get on balls hit to the infield. How many plays do vou see in a game decided by half a step? A left-handed batter will heat these plays. while a right-handed batter will lose them. and when a batter loses a play he loses a hit unless the play is scored as an error. On the performances that hase ball history the crown must g« to Cohb. He was great hecause of a rare blending of gifts. natural and de veloped He had the eve. the specd. the intellige and the start. He had the zeniue of man ever hroke faster from the plate: few ever hroke fast But Willie Keele: Harry Bay and ¥ t Shorten all hroke fast ¥ while not a good bhatter, hroke from the plate as fast as Cohh. He had lightning quickness gerting awav and wonderful speed in moving 1o first The infielders had te over hurty on any ounder hit by v, But \ hit_mary more balls than Bay. d he had the natural advan taze of the loft hander over the rizht hander. batter harder FIGHTS LAST NIGHT VERNON. Calif.—Jimmy nin. Oakland bantamweight, fowl from Ind. (2 rounds). SAN ANTONIO.—Chuck n Antonio middleweight (Kid) Herman of rounds). SEATTLE—Ted O'Hara welterweight, knocked out Ted Krache. Houquizm, Wash. (2 rounds). Bill McKenzie won a technical knock- out from Al Anderson, heavyweight champion of Alaska (1 round) Johnny Woods, Auburn, Wash., de- feated Johnny Rose, Kansas City (4 rounds). WEST “Baby Stribling's Barker o rounds). JACKSONVILLE, Fla my Leto Havana, gained the referee’s decision Pinkey Mav of Savannah. ( rounds.) Dick Gore, Macon, won the declsion over Kid Sharkey of Day- tona Beach, Fla. (10 rounds) MeLar won on Bud Taylor, Terre Haute. Burn= heat Tillie California (10 Oakland are now PALM Stribling. Kid by Macon, Ga BEACH, Fla Younz Die (10 zht draw DELANEY IN GOOD TRIM. New York State Athletic investizators report that Jack Delaney of Bridzeport. Conn is in perfect shape for his hattle with the light-heavyweizht champion. Paul Berlenbach. in New York night Com All Have Weakn batter. no matter how has a weakness. It may be a but it is still there. He will certain halls to others. Now, er may know the weakness of a bat ter, but knowing that weakness and being able to pitch to the exact spot that is weak are two entirely different matters. A few inches either wav mean disaster for the pitcher. Cobh had a reputation of being weak on low balls pitched inside. Every intel ligent pitcher tried to pitch the ball low and inside for Cobb. Sometimes they did. but more often they did not. Urban Shocker. an unusually intelli- gent pitcher, used to pitch the ball below Cobb's knees for a third strike, hoping he would go after it. If Cobh bit on this low one he was gone. There was not a chance to hit it. Cobb did not bend his knees enough to enable him to hit low pitching successfully Smart pitchers knew this. Also, they knew that Cobb was eager to hit. But few of them ever really put their knowledge into beneficial use as Shocker did. The peculiar part about | it was that these balls that could go third strikes with Shocker pitch ing to Cobb would all have been call ed balls if Cobb had ignored them But he was sure ho could hit them and kept on trying ss. Every zo0d, trifle. prefer a pitch SOCCER MANAGERS MEET. Managers of teams in the Wasl ington Soccer League will gather t night at 8 o'clock in room 2, District Building. CUEISTS PLAY TONIGHT. Clive Richmond opposes William Reynolds tonight at Grand Central in the District pockei billiard tourna- ment. Morris' Dent won from Ch Lappeine, 100 to 72. last night Wagner Free Hitter. Wagner was a free hitter. poke them into any field. He conld pull a ball or place it. He was fast on hix feet and a much harder hitter than Cobb, but he did not connect =o | often. There have heen few batters as awkward as Wagner, hut he was an fdeal batter in spite of it. for he would zet the ball out in front and be | He could very ill! | The only thing that saved | nors through this trial was their own | little private national agreement and | their determination of independence | should come along when the quarrel finally might bankrupt both majors | and minors. i So one evening after a long talk it was declded to call a conference and declare base ball independence, and | later on these articles will tell how all had. | Prior to 1902 the American Leag assumed the aggressive. Furnished with | tional did not he- was possible for iheir mand. the junior mas had come 1o be known, | city after another a whom it mosi d sired from the teams of the National League and from those of the min At that particular time. 3 one minor league man put it. ne re-! tired in the evening with a ball team ! and woke up in the morning to find | that he had a few *lumber slats in a | big piece of ground about two miles ! from the center of the town in which he was located. Some teams were o effectually strip- | ped of their players that they had nothing much with which to take the field for the pennant race and worse than that was the practice of taking i eve that i rivals to o | league. as it invaded one it completély upsetting what chance some club might have of winning a mce. Players Are Denounced. The players were denounced for jumping contracts and the clubs that took players who were under contract were belabored for their sharp work, but it went on just the same, hecause in the.intense rivalry between the > tional_and the American. the one to TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F | tossed and disposition to stick by each other. | i LEWIS THROWS MUNN. DENVER. Colo., December 9 (#). Fid (Strangler) Lewis, claimant to the world heavyweight wrestling cham- pionship. defeated Wayne (Big) Munn here last night two falls out of & three. Lewis took the first fall in 21 minutes an seconds with a head- lock. Munn ned the second fall| after a lively session during which he Lewis out of the ring twice. The time was 21 minutes 52 seconds. | HORSES SELL HIGH. i NEW YORK. December 9 (#).—| Thirty-one horses. at an average price | of $1,018. were sold at the opening of | the annual Old Glory horse sale. | enny Bros. of North Carolina paid | $6,000 for Symphonia, a_bay filly by | Guy Axworthy, and A. H. Cosden of | Southold, N. Y., purchased the brown colt Lucky. Volo, son of Peter Volo, for £5.000 trust them. Yeou relax. r WATSON S FRANKLIN GARAGE & SERVICE CO. 1324 Kalorama Road Phone Col. 7484 Friday | RACE TRACK BETTING HEAVY IN MARYLAND | i | BALTIMORE. December 9 —Bet- j ting at the four big race tracks in | Marvland set a new record this vear | unofficial figures placing the total at | approximately $54,200,000. | That is about $100.000 more than { the record made in 1 . Of the total wagered through the pari-mutual machines it is believed the State’s revenue will excede $800, 000, exclusive of the racing commis- ion’s expenses The State receives a $6,000 fee for each of the 92 race days and in addi- tion gets 15 per cent of the net profits | of the racing associations operatinz the tracks | The associations receive 5 per cent of all money bet and in addition there IL\' a reakage” charge of ahout 1 per cent, | SINCLAIR SIGNS HILDRETH. Harry Sinclair has signed Sam Hil | dreth as trainer and Laverne Fator as | jockey for his Rancocas Stable for six years, WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER ball tossers captured the Interplavground romped on Chevy Chase, 23 1o 1, on the latter's home field. In justice to the Chevy Chase team it should be said that the line | EORGETOWNX pionship of the hasket | was considerably weakened hy the loss of twa of it< steli# players—Mar- garet Beatrice field orgetown scored free throw Willner. the other noted for her ac- the basket, Fasterson <even goals and for Anna seorgetown forward curacy in finding guarded so effectively by Grace Moo- Chevy Chase that she thle to score only four times. The Georgetown team will meet Co lumbia Road, champion of Section II, tomorrow afternoon on the Plaza play- zround for the Western division title. The game will be refereed by Maude Parker. Line-up and Georgt n (2 Po Anna Willner .. Righi Facterson . Left [ Mary Beamer | Center Sadie Kiatth | side center M. Goseagr Right guard Dorothy Fhinz. Left guard Pezgy Silver Goals—B_ Easterson Anna Wiliner (37T throwaB. Hartman. B. Easter lon Shbantutiene—Evelyn Henb for D Fhinz. Mary Tolman for H. Bithnger. Referee Mauie Parker. Timir—Ahoie Green srer—Ruth Colmas maw of was summary on. Chevy Chase (1) Torwara Betty Hartman ward Catherine Crane Elizabeth Braay Heien Bittnger Grace Moomaw For the second time during the Interjunior High School block ball series. Jefferson and Langley teams battled 1o a standstill vesterday after | nodn on the Columbia field. The s [ was & The game will he replaved next Tuesday afternoon on the same court. From the first to the last minute . the game was nip and tuck teams being well matched in evary position. At the end of the first half. Jefferson was leading, 6 to 5. Early in the second half Langley tied things up again, and, after that, when one team scored the other promptly matched goal for goal. Dur- ing the closing minutes of play. each 12 fought desperately to kick the ad- ditional goal which would have spelt victory, but the backfield defense at each end of the field proved invincible and the final whistle called a halt to activities with the tie still knotted. 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American Conclave Begins Tqday. | By the Associated Press N :W YORK. December 9. base leagy= session today, the American heginning its annual mecting National continuing a started National has developed little but routine business Peace is everywhere apparent except in the International Leagur where Sam Robertson. owner of the Buffalo club, has taken exception 1¢ the statement by President John Conway Toole that his salary creased by $2000 annually at’ the meeting of the circuit Monday reply was that he did not receive $2.000 more Many words passed between the Buffaloni hotel lobby. and there was much wagging quiescence to anything. Both major hall are in and the session the vesterday. So far was in Toole's but rather 32,080 more n and the president heads, but never n th While the International | ' tle squahble, the National majors 10 meet. henrd make a4 plea for ihe return 10 the pitchers Barney Drevfus Pirates argne that onld he plaved at which the Both matters next meeting mittee. Hevdler arzned from the of hall conservation. 384 the valuable spheres maxir of cirenlation during League season. When antrol he hlames the of the hall Heydler said s quart hide. Wilbert RobInson, attending meeting as president of the Brook Iub. opened the plaver market b ng Lawton (Whitex) Witt. former fielder of the Athletics and Yankes Lawton went to Brooklyn at his aw price. for the Yankees released unconditionally immer they were going down the les der The addition of brought the rumor that Zack Whea long-time star in the Dodger's garden. may he traded and that P er Burleigh Grimes would he sacrifice for an infielder and an outfielder first of the ite presider palms and the postponed it} ont from elements will of the intesfore come hefare 1 League vesterday, when they section cham- joint dozer Na piteher smnath the guard opportunity to spective teams. Line-ups: Lanzles their and He rosin will save score for re. 1sks for anothe Amin Elvzabeth Dorothy _Amin Jeanatte Prre Flizabeth Walker Josanhine Vornek Tigrothy Martin | Frances Tyler Kathleen Ward Dorathy Tuppitt Geraloine Ludorf Mildred Farrah “ouice Weodyard Sdna McKay frma_Nushaum Marzaret Carder Verona_Dimmerm Anna Dittmar Edith Johneon Hutehizon Mariorie Bai Katherine Hodze Referce: Ramsay Nevitt ek m Tast wh Local horsewomen, after Witt 1o the re aside their polo mallets until the cpeninz of the Spring season. have cast about for new forms of amuse ment to keep them in trim through the Winter, and have hit upon a nove! game which they are plavinz with much zest at the Riding and Tiunt Club. Basket hall on horseback 1t sounds a Lit dangerou: but the danger only adds to the thrill of the sport It czme which rivals polo in it spec tacular grace and dash. requir in hersemanship as well as accuracy as a hasketer Five plavers compose a team iwo forwards. a center and two guards The field should he several times the size of an ordinary hasket ball court Kules are much the same as those governing the pedestrian game. Several variations are necessary hewever Instead of the hall being tosseG up at center, it is placed in the ring, and the two centers are lined up at either end of the field Wken the whistle hlows thev dash in. dismount and reach for the ball The ball goes to the one who touches it fist. A six-foot lead rein is tached to each player's wrist to allow her tc dismount. The guide reins are secured to the saddle, so that both bards are free for throwinz. No ) vel may throw the hall when dis. mournted, although any one can dis- mount at any time to recover it when it falls to the ground. Passir is ac- complished just as it is in any other lasket ball game, and the =zoals are thrown from any place on the field laying Art Fletcher, manager o lies. towed the name. Ruteh line, catcher, and Jimmy Ring into the discussions, hut there were na taker is a Tris Speaker trading mand. b appears + has no bartering [ materi vonu like to strenzthen his « 1wo positions of the other Kid Gleason, former (hi Sox manager signed Mack to coach the Athletics resigned as hoss of the 1923 after a physical ame. e BALDNESS Positively Prevented By Newbro’s Herpicide “The Quality Hair Tonic" SOLD AT DRUG STORES APPLIED \T BARBER ~H( Wh Gle Vhite Sox breakdown Nature and the loyaity ot a million careful smokers—a combination hard to beat— have combined to make White Owls taste better than ever. Not that the quality has ever been anything but the highest. 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