Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1925, Page 46

S PORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON; D. U, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 192 Griffith Gets Nothing in New York : Nationals to Be “Dudes” of League in 1 926 RIVALS’ PRICES TOO HIGH - TO SATISFY Other Clubs Not Eager to Accept What W CHAMPS’ BOSS shington Offers—Manager Harris Content to Bid for Third Flag With Present Roster. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Edit EW YORK. December 10.—Wi ball's big leaguers rapidly d ington's representatives migh pty handed, so far as strer h in t art as a resul gotten 1 s was indite Manager Harris and Secretary g to talk t lack of trying tin the chief otham late at round the { owners who barter talent that what they eded, or But it was not f hat this trio faced de have buz quest ed o resent Wanted Hoyt and Ward, s made of the fact that coveted Waite hed sturdy and of the Yankees, block, and e to having Ward included. manager closeted with Griff * quite a spell, but_ap. ring was accomplished. ed to intimate w had offered the New club as bait or what performers ns had demanded From the tactics of the C: tes in rounding up Gel Sisler. bby Quinn and Frank Navin it w deduced that Bush of the Browr Red Sox Heinie » the athletes but none of hurier aron mite no 1ds dec alayers Lk ital dele; £ the Ty conferenc that Bush from.the 1 it, but the Washington t, or the were fear of being foxed. Harris Winters Wel 1. Ha 1ed his plans hagement of the s in the Winter there, having been guaranteed - for three months’ service that far in excess of the average major ue emolument for half a vear's arris reported that Walter John- on is having a restful, easy time in v berth at tona_and_that racht and Joe [ nd T were nge! del lecturs repective ents i s efforts g and Judge of turning ange for sig- | ie$ and the boosti 1siness s on the dotted li roper amount of cash, Bucky's Finger 0. K. Harris asserts t here is no ques- the finger Glenn ately trampled on 1 which re then in a course,” said | we were plenty good snnant last season inother profitable Summer, and will be due again if that er-year stuf holds good I'm sure there is nothing Tong with Marberry’s arm, ve him some trouble toward close of the season hary Likes Present Roster. ok for Ogden to furnish the a pleasant surprise by the displays, and enough has f Fergu and Ballou to ertain they will help, while omas appears to have the a real star, and Kelly is ve overnight. The kid strenuous returned regular line-up ey a much im- yer by reason of the experi- ined on the farm up North, vers of much promise in First - and Outfielder Jones, Buddy Myer already has proved it no deals ma- em all hustle ot now.” “I won't_comp} “ia We can th just what we've J LYNCH PLAYS GUARD ) ke “OR DETROIT PRO QUINT! Lynch, former Catholic Uni- Sity athlete, held a guard berth on Detroit quint that was defeated, to 12, jy Brooklyn, in an American sket Ball League clash in the Ford neh will be seen in action here on ttary 10 and March 14, the dates set - Detroit-Washington games at the cade. The Pulaski Post team is rep- 2 Detroit in the professional gue. HREE CLASHES SUNDAY IN D. C. SOCCER LEAGUE daiTalack on Soccer edule for teams in the League includes ield, Washing- Fort Mye ashi; imes at Il referee a meeting of e two teams of the an Club at the Barr: Malloch to officiate at Monun ield, when citish Embassy and Monroe teams nd J. Burton will be in t Fort Myer. when the Sol- rarge on the Walford eleven. ers take ROORKE PLAYS BARTELMES. Champicn Henry Roorke mee harles Larteimes tonight in the Dis rict pocket billiard tourney at Grand, ‘entral parlors. Richmond won :ro' lognolds last nights ‘ tf Schacht | or. The Star. ith the annual Winter carnival of base rawing to a close, it appeared Wash- ht have to entrain for home this eve- igthening the Nationals for the 1926 he past has attended Clark Griffith's cularly last year, when he achieved t of snaring Coveleskie and Ruether, le but the stony from rival and there remained but faint hope Eynon, could urkey | | ONSTANCE CHURCH claime title for the second time Wolfe, 1924 runner-up, yest (J 7 Miss Church was the winner Wolfe was finalist in the Spring eve in the semi-final In regainin exhibited a c nis with” an s Church 1 of ten net her crown M onsistent br offensive | of her opponent. Miss Wolfe succeeded in | the champion in the back court dur- ing the first set and nosed her out | forced her net attack Each player fought desperately for a lead in the final set. With the score tied at 3 Miss Church again a means of effe three stra | The College Parkers’ fair shary shooters shouldered their rifles thi: |#veek for the first intercoilegiate |match on their schedule. They shot | tele match with the Univer Maine. Maine targets have eived yet, but they will | be very nearly perfect to bet ve turned in by the Old 1 was 498. Three were scored and two 99s. Winkjerm, Alma Essex and were the trio who Betty Amos and possible: Thelma Helen shot perfec |WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER: S game | lf}w\m--h eventually proved the undoing | keeping | In the second, however, Miss Church | BERLENBACH PRIMED |RESIN BALL USE OPPOSED By the Asscciated Press. NEW YORK, December 10.—Paul Berlenbach, world light heavyweight champion, and k Delaney, Bridge- port, Conn., challenger, are on edge for their 15-round title match tomor- row night in Madison Square Garden. Both appear to be in excellent c dition. Although Delaney knocl out Berlenbach two years ago, champion is a slight favorite, because of the remarkable improvement he has shown in his recent engagements. e once he can do ag: many supporters in this he ha ad h bellef. There is great interest in this sec- ond meeting of the terrific punching Berlenbach and the cool, master ring- Delaney. Berlenbach is not the defenseless swinger of yester: He is rather u shrewd, artful fighting man, with his most formida- ble weapon -a_driving hooking left— a h: By the Associated Press. N Commissioner Landis, presiding at the Joint session today, is likely to be called upon to do a lot of arbi- trating. The ball matter, if it gains votes from the National and high minog league circuits, could be pass- ed, but the schedule is something for the majors themsclves to thresh out. * 3 The American League has voted to end its play September 26 next sea- om, the details of the schedule to be well developed behind a shifty de- fens d the University of Maryland tennis erday afternoon by defeating Patricia 2, 6-13. the Fall nt, in whic tourney last 3 Miss Miss Church succumbed i year. in the Eastern High Schooi gy sium from 9 to 10 The Washington Field Hockey Club will play a practice game against players from one of the local prep schools this afternoon in pr aration for the me with Baltimore Satur- day. All memb of the squad are urged to report the Ellips ield this_ afternoon o'clock for this workout. Tomorrow mornir club will hold its fin: the intercity match. ALOYSIUS JUNIOR FIVE ENTERS SENIOR CLASS Aloysius reached the tinal championship tourne have reorganized for sendor ranks Tewms wishing to book the Aloysius niors may call the manager Franklin 8§946-W betw and on week nights. at 4 % o'clock the practice before hasketers. who nd of the city ¥ last season, n campaign in jun 7:30 Dorsey each registered 99. ling game on their interc 1l schedule Tuesday own gymnasium. freshmen met and conquered Fourth Intermediates, 10 to 8. | lafter the tie had been extended an | extra period to allow the deciding goul to be scored. The first halt ended in a 4-to-4 dead- lock. At the end of the second half the score stood 8 to 8. Extra time was allowed, and after battling_more the ends School tossers played the | FULTON LOSES AGAIN. MINNEAPOLIS, December applica police Inside Golf By Chester Horton. Rolling the right forearm—or hand than five minutes the High School team succeeded in rushing the ball to | their end of the fleld and into the | et. The next game on the card will be | played in the Epiphany gvm next | Aonday. The freshr n and sopho. more high school sex Line-ups: Firet iligh l‘?cllv Foote. . 3. Anderson’.”, Priscl anne . r. . Eloise Hopkins | Right guard Patey Rigadale Left guard, .. .. .Alice Hyde | Substitution—Josephine Lee {or Henrietta | Ty. Beferse—Hilda Molesworth.Umplre ariana Thomas. Timer—Ida Claggett. Three games have been played off | in the Georgetown Dodge Ball LPdK\Ie; schedule, which opened Tuesday aft- 100n after many Trinity defeated in an extra innin; contested Addison, contest, from the which wa first point b 3 They | ciiminated Fillmore the spening game and followed this by a 28-t0-18 wvictory over Cc ran. ‘ Abbie Green, who is in charge of the | league, refereed all three matches. ‘Washington Athletic Club basket ball teams will practice this evening CHAPT LL the minor base ball leagues part and parcel of the nationa A an organization like that. giant redwoods are guided by the sa: This national association is such an clephant, few realize that it is aro Here is a bit of history which brings in old timers whose names were house- hold words years ago. It is from the minutes of the first meeting of the National Association, minutes which were taken at the meeting of minor league presidents to form a new na- tional agreement. Hold Meeting in Chicago. | The meeting was held at *Chicago, September 5, 1901, at the Lelund Hotel. There were present, President of the Eastern League P. T. Powers, | passed on; Western League, T. J Hickey, now president of the Amer fcan Association; Pacific Northwest League, W. Lucas; Three Eve League, M. H. Sexton, now president of the National Association; Western Association, William Meyer, jr., out of base ball; New England League, T. H. Murnane, passed on; New York State League, J. H. Farrell, now secretary of the National Association. Three of the founders of the as sociation only are left in a period as short as 25 years. | | | secretary. Applications for membership were received, so the minutes read, from the Southern Association, J. H. Nick- lin, president. He was the father of Sammy Strang Nicklin, who is now the owner of the Chattanooga Club. The California League applied with T. J. Moran, president. The - California League long ago became the Coast League and is one of the big links of the National Assoclation chain. Sher- wood Biggs, president of the North Carolina_League, asked that his cir- cuit might become a member. He is zone from base ball and the league is gone and there are three or four leagues now where the North Caro- linn once reigned in its majesty { Jaines O'Rouke, president of the C ticut State Leazue, asked for_mein RADIATORS, FENDERS Teams playing under the shadow of the | fish for cod off Boston and dine on Duxbury clams. b Of the three one is | president of the association and one is | over slightly—that is, rolling it for- ward—as the clubhead goes through the ball, will give the tee shot & ten- dency to hook, and the spin will cauge the ball to roll after it hits the ground. This ball will out-roll the sliced ball be’ cause the hook spin, so imparted, is more of an over and over spin, as a wagon wheel rolls, whereas the slice spin causes the ball to whirl sideways. Against a head wind this slightly hooked ball is a wreat dis- tter. and on it v al lofts canse the ball op energy. You can best apply such effect to the ball by detePmininz mentally, dur- ing the address, just what you wish the hands to do as the clubhead takes RoLL RiGHT HAND OVER FOR HOOK SHOT FROM TEE To GIWVE BALL RoLL take fairly wind ery distan well from the pressure to incr arranged at a meeting in Washington in February. A movenent to extend the optional player lin:" from ¥ to 15 is expected to ‘come lefore the joint meeting. This will bring an attack from the aminors of high classification, and, if passed, would be Wkely to result in many major league performers going to class A circuits for seasoning. Surprise featured the Ame on vesterday when the salary President Ban Johnson was raised from $30,000 to $40,000 annually. n's Veterans Get Jobs. Veterans galore have f base ball market during the sessions of the major leagues here. Joo McGinnity, fron mar of the rars ago, comes back to the s a coach for Brooklyn, and 1 with“him will be Joe Kel- ley of the old Baltimore Orioles, Bill Killifer, manager of the cago Cubs until last season, ha ed to assist Manager Horns the St. L. ardinals Otto Miller, former Brooklyn catch- er, also will have something to do red in the associat Chi- sign- y with of | TO TAKE ON DELANEY| BY AMERICAN LEAGUERS EW YORK, December 10.—John A. Heydler’s proposal to curb the ste in base balls by permitting pitchers to use resin, not only lias drawn a decided “no” from the American League magnates, but also has caused many a manager to shake his head negatively. said that resin would give the pitcher a firmer grip on the ball and that a boxman would not have to call for a new sphere so often. T'he matter of resin, a disagreement as to awarding of holiday dates and the question as to the number of players to be sent out on option seem to be points of difference between the major leagues. Heydler with preparing the Dodgers for the rampalgn next Summer. Joe Sugden, succeeded by Killifer at Louis, signed to help Art Fletcher th the Phillies. Napoleon Lajoie, great second base- man at Cleveland in the past, accepted tho post of commissioner of the Ohio- Pennsylvania League. Business Was Brisk. Detroit has obtained Homer Ezzell, third baseman, and Ernest Vache, out- flelder, from the Red Sox, and then sent them to Fort Worth for Billy Mullen, infielder, and Gus John: pitcher. Detroit traded Fred Hane: | third baseman, to Boston in the deal. Jack Dunn of Baltimore sold his hard-hitting _outfielder, Jack Roser, formerly of Worcester in the Eastern to Birmingham. land Indians sent the veteran Chick IFewster to Kansas City, nd the Athletics sold Chicken Hawk eman, to Newark of the Inter- > Beck, Los Angeles infielder, urchased by the Culy ‘arthy, manager of the Cubs, almost swooned when told by Juck Dunn of Baltimore that Ear 2 pitcher, would cost him Just $150,000. Covey Heads Pitchers. Stanley Coveleskie of the Nationals was awarded the American League pitching crown after w recheck, d placing Herb Pennock Bucky E. Harris has announced that he has signed a contract for,$7,000 to manage a team in the Florida Winter League representing Coral Gables. N e game. itter ter ment balls | hitter. the turn about to There 3 in I may b but about this state t many pitched v 1ooks to me like a * I mean that he calls ball the pitcher fs deliver and is set for it. a number of players who are “call” hitters. I used to be one myself. If you can call the pitched ball, 200d; if you guess wrong, not so good. If the pitcher throws a curve when you are set for a fast one you are going to be crossed up and out of luck unless you have full control of your bat and can make a quick shift and pull the ball down the third-base line (providing vou sre a right-handed batter) or, if set for a curve and a fast one is delivered instead, shift quic and drive info right field. Also Possesses Speed. Besides being able to hit a ball Hornsby is one of the fastest right hand hitters in going to first. Wag- ner was fast, but Hornsby is faster. He is a great deal fagter than he ap- pears to be, for he motes along with a deceptive gait. His stride fools you. There is a difference ketween a good batsman and a fair batsman. A good batsman is ready for the I that is on on the a (being pitched and if he i< crxssed up, he still has ¢ self ball rol of his bat axd him® 1d can shift in time to mest the nd drive it into fair territory. ed, he will not be caught flat-footed; he will still be able to hit it some- where. A fair batsman can be fooled the ball. Do not shift your castom- ary stance and grip. (Copyright. 1 Story of Bush Leagues By John B. Foster: ER IV. from California to Massachusctts are 1 association. Imagine the power of me directing influence as those that a big thing and moves quietly, like und. berghip. He who as left was the same old fielder for the Giants muffed easy flles and batted home runs, and it was because he could | bat more home rups than muff flies that he remained with the Giants to clout the ball, use big words and pull at his mustache. Jim Protect Themselvas. “At this time,” say the minutes, “President Powers arose and stated that the National League had recently ubrogated the old National agreement, ther setting adrift all minor leagues and other clu without further protection. Therefore it was | the dvrum‘r time for minor leagues to | band together for their own protection. Speaking for the Eastern League he vored a declaration of independence nd the upholding and continuing of the reserve rule independent of any other organization”; Mr. Hickey said the National League had deserted and he was in favor of going alone, Mur- nane agreed. He was for independ- ence. Then Farrell outlined a plan of ac- tion on the basis of independence. Sexton said it was'time the minors recognized thelr own _importanc jthat was the keynote, “Importance |and advised adopting an agreement to | run their own way. Right there they decided to' call the infant the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues, the biggest name they could think up, and to adopt rules which should provide for reservation on the part of minor leagues of all their ball players. That was to preserve honesty among themselves and shame the National Leagut 'TROUSERS| BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED NEW RADIATORS FOR AUTOS WITTSTATT’S R. & F. WKS. 319 15th ST, NWe 1423 B, REAR To Match Your Odd Ceats EISEMAN’S, 7th:& F —————— s b and if he does not get the kind of ball he is looking for, he is completely done. Eddie Roush is what I call a good batsman. He is fast on his feet. He hits to any fleld. He can bunt. He is an intelligent batter and he frequently calls the turn on the pitcher. He i3 one of the best call hitters the Na- tional League has known. . Keeler Most Scientific. While making these remarks on the scientific side of batting I want to in- troduce the first and greatest sclentific batsman of all time, barring none. I refer to “Wee Willie” Keeler. He could hit, bunt, pull or drag a ball, and on top of all that he was one of the fastest men of all time in going to first and in running the bases. At hitting through on a hit and run play the game has never produced his equal. At bunting on the sacrifice or squeeze play he has never had a superior. There ure many men that hit a ball harder t Keeler and there are some that made more hits (although he did get 200 and more hits in eight differ- ent seasons of his majfor league ca- reer), but there was never another that used so much intelligence or car- ried batting to such a fine sclentific extreme as Keeler. The lively ball has squeezed much of the s ice and hit and run work out of base ball. There are few good iters in the game today and there re few men who are effective on the hit and run. The reason is simple. Hitting comes natural to a ball player, while bunting and rynning do not. It takes long and hard practice to, master the art of bunting and to get the knack of chopping a ball and pushing it through an opening on a hit and run. Players do not like to bother with the fine points involved in executing these moves, preferring to stand up gt.the plate and swing, for that is’simpler, easler and gets them higher batting averages. Better in Some Ways. Of course, in some ways base ball today excels base bail of 25 years ago, but in other ways it does not. I am not of the group that is'lamenting the passing of the good old days and wail- ing that the game has lost its class. In a few respects it has.. I have point- ed out two. The fault of this is a new condition created by the ‘introduc- tion of the lively ball, which produced the inevitable results I have observed. I_have frequently been told that NASH Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Streei Hawkins Nash Motor Co. _ . Sales. and:Service. . 3 133714th St, ~ Main 5780 | n While it will not be the ball he expect- | | flelding and & ROONDING THIRD by Hugh A.Jennings CHAPTER X. APOLEON LAJOIE was a natural hitter and a graceful onc. ball has never seen the equal of Lajoie in grace. the ball into right field and he could also pull it past third base. Wagner was a better hitter than Lajoic, but only because he was faster his feet; this speed enabled him to get more hits and to get more out Base He could poke and scason out. Also, Lajoic was never so consistgnt these reasons I place Wagner above Lajoic i1 rating st men in the were in the olde That is true, and it is sim explained by the t that there more ball players in the major lea now than there were then, consequent- ly there are more fast men. In later thapters I will show where modern base ball is ahead of the base ball that was played in the heyday of the Ori oles’ machine. Position play has ad- vanced. There was not a second base- man before 1900, for instance, that could compare with half a dozen that have arrived since that year. But I was writing about batting and not running, so T will re- d leave the the game for than ther are turn to batting departments of discussion. (Copyright. 19 \LIVE WIRE TOSSERS BEAT ELLIOTT FIVE Live Wire basketers, led by Dinty Koons and Les Stull, made their wins for the season two in 2 row and gain revenge for a defeat suffered | rimming th liott five, & stern. High gvn Koons caged five t to share with liotts first honors Stull connected from serimmag, skets from Chapple of in the scoring or a quartet of goal Tonight at Eastern High the Comets will attempt to add to their string of four straight victories in a game with the §. J. Meeks team. The game starts at 9. Wednesday night the Comets tackle tho Yankees on the Arcade oor. Army Medical Center tossers took the long end of a 26-to-18 count in a game with the Woodside quint. Liberty and Pullman teams battle tonight at 8 o'clock in the gymnasium at Union Station. Eastern Preps won their fifth straight by overcoming the Warwicks, 88 to 12. Zambreny and Sullivan were aigh scorers. i Emanon Junior, who organized last night, are seeking games with teams having gym facilities. Call Manager Dee at Columbia 6623, Yosemite tossers wish gameé for Saturday night. coln 2115. o NE HAGENLACHER PACIFIED AS TO BILLIARD MATCH NEW YORK, December 10 (®).— Eric_Hagenlacher of Germany has withdrawn his protest against a re- turn meeting between Edouard Hore- mans of Belgium and Jake Schaefer for the 18.2 balk line billiards cham- pionship, which the Belgian captured from Schaefer in a recent Chicago to book a Call Lin- | challenge match Hagenlacher has been assured that he will be pitted against the title- holder, whoever he may be, in March, under an agreement signed by the six stars who participated in the 1924 world championship tournament. “Who the opponent is makes no difference to me,” Hagenlacher said yesterday. “I believe I can beat either Horemans or Schaefer.” G. ;7 TO SHOOT G. U. Marksmen of George Washington and Georgetown Universities will face on the former's indoor range on March 20. ~The qutomatic radialor skutlex L. S. JULLIEN, DISTRICT MAN PAYS BIG SUM FOR HORSE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 10.—Chest- nut Peter, by Peter the Great and Dorothy Axworthy, brought $29.000, the fourth highest price ever paid for a stallion in the history of the Old Glory horse sale. was by the Walnut Donerail, Ky., from Leonard of the Beaumont Farm, Boston Kitfy Volo was sold for $10,600, the second highest price ever paid for a yearling at this sale. Kitty Volo is by Peter Volo and Katle O'Nelfll and went to S. R. Norman of Washington, , from the Walnut Hall Farms, Nathan Strauss made his first pur- chase in 10 years, obtaining Bob Armn strong, one of the get of Chestnut Pe The only horses to bring a higher than Chestnut Peter were Bin- gin, $32,000, in 1904; Todd, $30,000, in 1907, and Harvester, $30,100, in 1917. DOWNEY TOPS BOXING CARD AT ALOY CLUB Joe Downey, middleweight champion of the United States Navy, again been booked as the headline attraction 1 AloysiusClub boxing card. Tues- day night Downey takes on Tex Stovall in_the eight b that tops the 32round j srranged for the I street or monthly athletic night Downey, who recently defeated Nick Baltimore before the Aloysius s met and won from the best middleweights of the East, including Soldier Bartfield and Barney Aduir He won the vy crown by trouncing Bull Perry Honolulu on Decem- ber Stovall was to meet Downey two weeks 4go, but an injury caused him to withdraw from the bout. He has defeated Bass, Phil Brock and Patsy Mosier, and has held his own with Jimmy Waterman In the sixround semifinal Johnny Walker goes in with Johnny Daly. Walker hails from Philadelphia, and at present is wearing Mohawk colors, while Daly is rated Baltimore's premier bantam Other scraps « ing betw n the « are Strickler and Sailor set-to featuring Eddie Devine, and a an nd be obtained or from AT FOUR BIG SHOWS Fi B est poultr; Am hibited Is owned Dy Md Hanson of hesda crand cat 14 in ex Mem nd this yeir. fantail pi phis, Tenn., TriState Fair and, ir competition with more than 400 birds, won the Lest bird of all colors in dif ferent varieties. During the same w meet, one of his Bantams won the ship of the show class Recently, at the Rhode Isiand Re Jlumbia, 8. ¢ Reds from Hi owned by Mr. Hans championship pen of the show. T pen was in competition w more than 900 Rhode Island Reds in the lurgest Red show ever held in Amer- ica. These victories were topped off last week at the Baltimore show, where Hanson exhibited fantail pigeons lasses, taking 14 firsts and 1 well as champion male, champlon white. d champion ws he a Hanson grand a pen of Rh h A second, as hampion champion dle fant NEXT ALOYSIUS RACE FIVE MILES miles has been de third of the Aloysius ctice runs at Union aza, Sunday at 11 o'clock Domigan of George Wash the first two races, Horace ington captured FIGHTS LAST NIGHT NEW YORK.—Edouard Mascart, French featherweight champlon, beat Joe Malone, New York (10 rounds). Cuddy Demarco, Pittsburgh light- welght, outpointed Henry Goldberg, ew York (10 rounds). N FRANCISCO.—Mason Griffin, (10 rounds). “Battling” Maning, negro welterweight, New Orleans, won from Johnny Gerarden, Los Angeles (4 rounds). ELDORADO, Ark.—Jack San Antonio heavywe Jimmy O'Neill, "De George Gearhart, newspaper decision M on Lou Salt Lake Burns, rounds exarkans over t At the sign of the Moon Open Daily Till 6 PM. 8 P Established 1893 Saturday, 10 13 orF —No trouble in getting what you want here. We have the largest and finest stock of woolens in Washington. Suit or Overcoat —Made for you as you want it by our own tailors . Priced as low as Full Dress Suits; Silk Lined ' Mertz & Mertz Co. n Jose, defeated Frankie Darren, | . knocked out | NEW GARB OF GRIFFMEN TO BE PATRIOTIC, IN TONE Shirts to Bear United States Shields Instead of W’ And Hose to Have Red, White and Blue Stripes. Jackets of Dawn Shade. i BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. EW YORK, December 10.—How the Nationals will fare in the nc N pennant scramble is a question that time alonc can answer, but that they will prove the champion dudes of the American Leagu circuit seems assured. Trivial matters zel such surplus ng of meager attention that such inconsequential tl officials were compelled to ret solutely nothing accom into at a star chamber where the the metropo t long ha have received only erve, but if the club al tomo ght with ab omentous contract entered sk at the Hotel Belmont 1 Johns their visit to s arn_ to the Cap aside from th a secluded ne yed Santa Claus to Ba is could be regarded as an unquali been the conviction of regard T the home the destinies of the Na liz is to be white, although it tional Capital’'s rep be 1 delica shade championship out conforms to the of t well as play the par ball reg itions actual to achieve this end mide itut ver ! in the past not wholly ur degree th proponen satisfied look lett rnest efforts been sults have a4 with but never hetic tastes of t Patriotic Hosc plan were entire Will Be Stunning. It is believed now, ho the artistic yearn of meticulous have been met, : confldently predicted thut Nationals trot onto t street and Florida rate t verdict be that sence of sple «d becomae uld not thege b th he hos ) it was « ould 1 ggins for we pes of ti in Par consur the caif another being the or in @ sartorial se Participating in this histor fabulation, with armed tioned without the port eavesdro i might liberations dent Gr Secretary Evnon and Manager Harr custodians of the ideas. and Cyru Michaelmas Macdonald, me the order their comparative placement sentatives of the and fa r of A home ae and latte nd of carded as the lowe. given the pre eve nald crowd let om the outset 1 agents of t Kreatest concern_in_the wor ere prepared to any cifica weight, *size or ats for the quirer derstood at in t capacity sports (advt.) they minutest de to texture working h: and althou, termined upon i bate, were exacting rather startling fered as an evid, post r nd tnvol Vatior bond to furn ned in every an Snappy Overcoatings. As the top will be first observed b a de tive start will 1 with Mackinaws were I ven considered, being adjude the score of being old stuff niscent of the backwoods, were vetoed th aving a tende vers of a dance 1 func h arments de t serio DS o be ivory sil i passe on |1 e nd swea 1 and referr o best es’as a “wind breaker.” These are to be furr 1 in a novel shade of gray, known “dawn.” The fact that coats of s men last season was not overlooked, | COLUMBIA, Mc but these were of a plebeian tan and |—Ground ha. a far from natty cut, as mig| expected of & mere runner-up ation Then December 10 (# formally broken 1l stadium at the been o + $300,000 memo = ""1 vers To [to be by themselves the t indbreakers suitg 7o Wine—realclaret is uséd in curing every leaf of to- bacco that goes into Cincocigars. An anciens English chef ased wine in making fruis cake —and a whole line of English kings bad --iifuxiu which they didn’t mind. Thesame kind of wine gives Ginco cigars sheir distinctive flaer. Wm. 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