Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1925, Page 44

SPORTS. NING STAR, WASHINGTO D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, SPORTS. Majors to End Season on September 26—Berlenbach to Get Severe Ring Test LANDIS’ VOTE BREAKS TIE IN EARLY CLOSING BALLOT Base Ball Commlssioner Casts Lot With American Circuit—Resin Ball Problem Left to Rules "Committee That Meets in 1926. Dy the Associated Fress. N EW YORK ber 11 Mountain Landis, fu’ly recov- cred from his exposure to the numbing cold of Washington and dec Dece -Kenesaw the drenching rain of Pittsburgh during the late world series, has led that another year will see the great championship started earlier. IHis vote as high commissioner of base ball relcased a deadlock between the American and National Leagues in their annual joint session. \ vear ago the commissioner and President Ban Johnson of the Amicricans were far apart, but now they are together, for Landis’ vote on the American’s side—that the season for the majors shall end September 26, And, moreover. the world series’ games will start at 1:30 o'clock. a half hour carlier than under the present schedule. The bag of re for use of the pitcher hurled the Nautional esident Heydler will he inspected rules committee National favors »ase balls: the ter what s of Piis Chicago ais have ntatives American’s was in o man, League for Inflelder the Athletics’ roster. The Cubs obtained M:urice Shun non, Louisville short ronto outfielder. Pirates released Ire son, second baseman, to Buffnlo. Hub Prueti. once Babe Ruth's Nemesi: was sold to Onk of the st League by the B: The Cincin- nati Reds sold Neal Brady. pitcher, to Buffalo, and released Harry Topel, first Laseman, to Greenville, S. C. McCann, once on ugz of 1he The next y move early ar the American o The Pitts. ey no ms Turgh and Breadon of been named National repres on the committee. The will be announced later Miller Huggins of the New York Yankees smiled as the annual sessions ended. The word was passed about that Huggins had suc eded in obtain- ng Bob Ehmke. Red Sox pitcher. who | formerly worked for Detroit. Rumors | have Aaron Ward, second baseman. | ind Waite Hoyt, pitcher, going to | Bucky the Red Sox in exchange. Hoyt | Magnates formerly yn:h!‘m! in B S Minor leagues had some deals of | their own. Toronto bought Dye, Buf- falo outfielder. and Rochester chased” Jack Sheehan, shortstop, and Silvers, outfielder. from Reading: Harris told the assembled that he expecter Kverett cott to retire from base ball any time, and also that Roger Peckinpaugh | would play shortstop for the Na tionals next sea 3oston Tee Fohl, manager of the Red Sox, the busiest man in New York for a tin He obtained Alex Gaston. catcher, from Toledo. turning over Heving. caiche: 1 Connolly, third | baseman. i Then he suld nounces Eugene Martin. veteran out Bill Wambs; Athletics for | fielder of New Haven. will go to the the draft price of $4,000 and gave the | Birmingham club of the Southern As oney and Doc Prothro, third base- | sociation. ARMY QUINTS PREPARING FOR SERVICE TITLE PLAY| George M. Weiss, owner of the New en club of the Eastern League, an | for 13 RMY basket re preparing for the annual serics for the service championship. Fort Washington annexed the title last Scas without dropping Other fives in the league represent Fort Humphreys. Fie:d. Washington and Medical Center at Walter Reed Hospital. The first half of the schedule runs from January 12 to February 12. The ond series begins on February 17 and continues through March 19. The one-officer rule applies to games play- ed in the circuit Regulars of the Hyattsville Na- tional Guard Basket Ball Club bowed to the St. Martin's quint last night by the score of 28 to 22, while the Militlamen's reserves defeated the Ll liott Athletic Club, 35 to 23. ball teams of the Capital and surrounding territor starti ry 12, aiter going through schedule Myer. Arm a game. ort Bolli Barracks ANGLEY JUNIOR HIGH SUH team from Powell, 7 to 3. in a L the Columbia Field. Langley will meet Jefferson next wee! the title. school, as the only one to record an Langley win, however, Powell. The teams competing in day’s game were well matched and! every point was hotly contested. At| the end of the first period the score stood 3-2 in favor of Langley. Early in the second period Powell scored | again, but Langley soon resumed the | lead. Mabel Fagar and Louise Woodyard hooted the goals for the iwinners. | Ellen Darron and Virginia Jordan | kicked the ball across the line for) Powell's tallies. Esther Humtherson played a stellar backfleld game for Langley, repeawd- ly checking the attempts of the Powell met de- orwards sh the ball through for Bave en. | forwards to rush the ball throug or games North 6970. | Line-Up and Summary. Powell. _.Ellen Darron Jordan yn Howell | St. Peters and Tremont teams will lay plans for their campaigns tonight The Saints, who will compete in the | 133-pound class, will gather in St. Peter’s parish hall 7:30 o'clock, while the Tremonts, a 125-pound quint, will meet at the same hour at 4327 : 1linois avenue. vester- | The newly organized Memoria! Club although without the use of a floor | present, is booking games i | senior and unlimited teams. The club’s roster contains the names of | Koontz Mick Dyer, Del Zahn, Henry Murray and Arthur De Marco! Fenton was high scorer for the Du Ponts when the Mardfeldt five was de- feated. 31 to 23. He accounted for six baskets from the floor. St. John's Midgets, who feat only twice last. season, tered the 115-pound race. call Manager Farley Positions orward Forward Forwar 1. Woodsard . X nvmmer! itn Johnson. . Furbue Margaret Gulli | Mabhel Fagan_ (31, Louise W Substi 1[1-v§;l—flslhfir Ladisson, Loretta Referres—M Wilkinson of Powell (firet half Miss Matthews of Langley (second Verts is booking games for less Athletic Club, at Lincoln | i he Peerless won from the eps, 18 to 14 g Ardella Smailwood einia Crump _Grace Hagart Kitherine Richard Katherine Jone: hany Big Five through Manager nklin 1032, The scored impressive season and have been only one defeat 2 Halfhac Fullback . Fullback i1iback | hooked Ouran at Py Churchme: victories this charged with Columbia niors straight by trouncing Preps, 28 to 5. won their the \ fifth wick Club dribblers wish having the use of Holman, at Adams and 7 Turning the tables on the apparent victors, the Giood Shepherd tossers | collected 20 points in the final period | of their game with the Bethany bas-| keters Wednesday night i#nd tied up | Athletic 10 hook teams ourts. Call Joe G436, between 6 Royal Clover Junis are booked for game with Company ¢ of the District National Guard tonight 9 o'cloc on the Armory floor. Reserves of Company I, Hyattsville Guard, will be encountered tumorrow night. the sco The game was played at Eastern High School. When the first half closed, Bethany | was leading, 22 to 4. Undaunted by the overwhelmin z odds, the Good Shep- herdites went ‘nto the second period determined to stop the landslide of poinis under which they were being s smothered. They not only checked . their opponents’ attack, but assumed the offensive themselves and added 3 field goals and 2 free shots to their total, tving the score. The game will be replayed next | Wednesday night in the Eastern High | School gymnasium, according to an | announcement made by William Rees, assistant manager of the Good Shep- | herd team. Shaeffer se d ten the Atlantics, when quint was defeated, field the to goals Montrose for Chris Hutchinson, organizer of the Manhattan five, hopes to have Reed, Sam Boyd. Norman Hutchins Kddie Swan. Eddie Wood, Tony Denny Sothern. Sam Harris, | Wormsley, W. Koonts and G on his roster nny m Ace Juniors and Eastern Preps meet onight at 7:45 in the Boys' Y. M. C. | \. gymnasium eorgetown playground sextet)cap- SIMONIZING Once again enjuy the thrill of riding in a clean car. Not merely polishing job, but the thorough cleaning of all painted and exposed Jeather surfaces—then the application of a paint preserving and last- ing polish. Then, too, the interior is thoroughly vacuum-cleaned. Sheridan Garage, Inc. A. A. A. Service Station 2516 Q St. N.W. (Q fiffld Bridge) to Portland of the Pacific Coast op, and Joe Kel. | esco Thomp- | pur. | ‘VIRGINIA FIVE MEETS U. OF M TEAM TWICE By the Associated Prom. UNIVERSITY, Va., December 11.— University of Virginia will open its basket ball season January 9. -« Games with Georgta, V. M. I, v. P. T.. Maryland, Navy, Washington land TLee and North Carolina appear on the program which ends with the Southern Conference tournament at Atlanta. Capt. Holland. McCoy and Wrenn. forwards: Tyler, center. and Walp and Mackall, guards, are the letter men to | be counted on with the resumption of | practice following the holidays. | "' The schedule follows | dmnuary ¥ January 'H-ml Junuary 21—Richme dunuary Efl—\ P, n TeMarsiand. a 17N tnn S Washington and Lee. at M. 1. at Lexington. 3—Diekin 27 and March 1. 2—South- ut Attanta. | February February | ern Conference nn.mu.m- 'WINTON A. C. ELEVEN DUE TO GET A REST Winton Athletic Club plavers will enjoy a lay-off Sunday to rest up for the following Sabbath in case the pro- | posed game for the 133-pound title can | be arranged with the Stantons. The rest will afford injured mem- bers of the team a longer period in | which to get back into shape. Jack Childs, who was hurt in the first zame of the season, was ready to take | the field last Sunday but the Winton coach ordered another week of in- | activity for him. Bo Hancock and | Jinx Parker, two casualties of the last clash, also will be back in uniform on December 20. The Wintons have played eight | games and have been declared the vietors in_all but the tilt with the Southern P'reps. which resulted in a scoreless tie. The eleven has run up total of points without being wred upon. While not listed for an encounter | on Sundav, members of the team will | be sent through a light drill at Fair. !lawn Field during the forenoon. Kuickerbocker Preps and Northerns $6 DEMPSEY-WILLS BATTLE IS HANGING IN BALANCE By the Assaciated Press HICAGO. Dec¢ember 11.—Fnancial storm clouds are gathering over the proposed bout for the heavyweight boxing title between Champion Jack Dempsey and Challenger Harry Wills, giant negro, set for South Bend some time next year. Unwi ingness of the South Bend syndicate to post the substantial forfeits required in the contract obtained last Summer by Floyd Fitzsim- mons, Michigan City, Ind., promoter, may result in the withdrawal of the syndicate, A new set of financiers. a new pro moter, perhaps Tex Rickard, and a =ew site for the bout will be discussed | in Los Angeles next week at a con- ference of Dempsey, | other offer may he made to him. but does not_know, he says, what it is to be. he offer is coming from a Chicago ndicate anxious to bring the bout here, says Rob Roy Benton, press Fitzsimmons and | akent and spokesman for Dempsey. Ray Cannan, Milwaukee attorney, | Everything is about settled except legal adviser to the champion. Boyle’s some necessary detalls covering finahe- Thirty Acres in New Jersey may be | ing and promotion, he avers. the battlefield | The president of the Chicago syn- Rickard, who always maintained |dicate will ko to Los Angeles next that the bout would be a financial fail- ' week. If Fitzsiinmons meets the re- ure anywhere but in New York, s )s;q\lil‘vln"nls of the proposed contract, it's all news to him. e dropped out | no other promoter has a chance, even of the case when Dempsey split with | thoush. Benton continues, some one Jack former manager, has been dickering- without authority with whom Rickard had an agreement | with Tex Rickard and for the fighi that Dempsey would fight for no other |to g0 to Detroit. Fitzsimmons has promoter. 10 duvs Lo meet the conditions, The chumpion. in Los Angeles, ad | Dempsey wanis to climinate the mitting that the contract with Fitzsim. | clause in the South Bend contract pre mons had been broken, is not greatly | venting him from fighting before he concerned He understands that an- | meets Wille, Benton also volunteered. ROOND(NG THIRO by Hugh A.Jennings CHAPTER > ABE RUTH is the hardest and the longest hitter the game has ever seen. but ever since Ruth began piling up his home-run totals there my mind olden the ball as far has been a question in whether famous s'uggers of the lays —men like Delahanty, Ruth ii the Anson and Lange—could not have poled ball had been at that time. Even Lajoie. of a later day. might have made some record drives had he batted against the lively ball. But that question can never be answered, although 1t will continue to be argucd. There this about Ruth that none can take from him—he is the most consistent slugger of all time Ruth drives a ball a long every time he gets hold of it, while the sluggers of the car'y era of base ball drove it out only now and then. not onc of them showing the consistency of Ruth as a slugging marvel as lively n use way BOWLERS SELECTED TO VISIT BALTIMORE] Reds Megaw and Howard Campbell of the King Pin five, Max Rosenberg of Convention Hall, Earl McPhilomy of Stanford Paper Co. and Glenn Wolstenholme of the Mount Pleasants constitute the first-string line-up of the King Pin All-Star team which in vades the Recreation bowling alleys at Baltimore tomorrow afternoon in the second intercity match of the season for District duckpinners. The five games scheduled for to morrow will be rolled in the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The return match is listed for the drives at King Pin No. 1 on December 19, probably at the same hour. In addition to his regular line-up. Manager Wood has selected a corps of capable substitutes for the meeting with the pick of the Monumental City’'s bowling luminaries. Others making the trip are Happy Burtner, John Harvelle, Johnny Welsh, Lefty Johnson and Percy Ellett. PAIR OF TEAMS ADVANCE IN SOCCER TITLE SERIES Pierce School booters won from ti Gales-Blake team. 3 1o 2, and Lenox triumphed over Wallach, 5 to 0. ves terday in the semi-finals for the divi sion championships in the playground sorcer series Brightwood Park encounters Jack son today. Lenox and Pierce will but tle for the eastern division title Mon day, and on Tuesday Park View en gages the winner of today’s match The city series probably will get under way next Wednesday YANKEE TOSSERS PLAY TWO CONTESTS IN ROW Yankee tossers are booked nibition games tonight and temo row night at Walter Reed Hospit and Sil Spring National Guard Armory, respectively Eddie Bratburd marager of the quint to replace Bud dy Dean. who will continue withy the i in the capacity of assistant®han ger. Guames may be booked throug rew pilot by phons at Adams 7 or by writing 1o Thirte street. for ex been named WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER: This game concluded the regular schedule. Tf Jefferson should win out. a triple tie will exist among Langley, | field goal to i | ground next Tuesday afternoon at 4 | 1925. are listed for a game Sunday after- noon. at 2:30 on Tidal Basin Field. A win over the Northerns will give the Knic high standing in the race 5-pound henors. everybody of whom the fi was what the old Adrian €. Anson called “Cap,” was great sluggers. He school called a natural hitter. e was slow on his feei and like Lajoif he had to get his hits clean, so he stood up and slugged the ball n with little speed cannot indulge in much sclence. but must do what Anson did and what Lajoie did later They cannot use finesse: they have to swing Federal players will d Fourteenth and S ¢ with the Crescents ment gridiron, No. Il tonight at reets for the game Sunday at Monu- Hess and Chevy Chase elevens play Sunday at 5th and L streets southeast at 1:30 o'clock Crawford Great Shgger. “Wihoo Samuel” Crawford must be included among the leading sluggers of all time. Had he been in his prime when the lively ball entered the game. he probably would have been the home run king of base ball. Certainly he would hav en Ruth a mighty close chase for the first position among the home run hitters. Many fiy balls were caught off Crawfords bat that would clear the outfield fences if driven with as much foree today. Crawford could have improved his average and obtained many more hits had he shortened his swing. but | it wasn't natural for him and vou! could never get him to do it. Once or | twice he tried chop hitting and be-| cause he didn’t get immediate results. he abandoned the effg He always went back to his long swing, which was the way he learned to bat in his youth, out in Nebraska While Hal Chase played first base he was Crawford's nemesis, for when Sam came to bat Chase would play deep, afier instructing the pitcher to cover first base. Chase went so deep that he was able to snag drives that got by any other first baseman (Crawford being a “dead” right field hitter) and he would throw to the pitcher and retire Sam. who was not fast on his feet Sisler Crafty «Player. George Sisler is one of the finest ex- amples of the sclentific school that 1 have ever seen. Had Sisler escaped eve trouble, which forced hiip into re tirement for & year, he might have be come the greatest batsman of all time. He had a remarkable record up to the | time that he was compelled to toss aside his uniform for a full season. Sisler was a sharp hitter. He had a short chop stroke that enabled him to follow @ curve ball through and cut it out of the catcher’s glove. It was almost impossible to fool him. If he was not on top of the ball, getting it before It obroke, he got it after it broke. something that few batsmen are able to do and something that no bat ter can do unless he is a chop hitter. 1d Delahanty was a natural bats- man like Anson, Lange and Lajoie He was not fast and he earned his hits honestly. Harry Heilniann, righthanded “batters developed in the last twe decades, is also one of | the hardest hitters in the game. | Heflmann’s batting average repre- | sents outfield hits. because he is not | fast and there Is no chance for him | S e e e | Cobh, Sisler and other fast men have. Zack Wheat is a straightaway ter, a slugger. He does not tr bunt and he seldom tries to place his hits; he just whales the ball. Joe Jackson was the same kind of hitter. Jackson used to give Cobb a | Manager Stansbury of the Ottawas Insects wishes to book a game for tomorrow. Call West 642. OOL block-ball twelve defeated the speeds game yesterday afternoon on k to play off a tie, which will decide the championship would go to that unbroken line of victories. Should Hine and tured the western division champion- ship of the Interplayground Basket Ball League vesterday afternoon, de- feating the Columbia Heights team. 21 to 8. on the Plaza playground. Georgetown hopped off for a long lead fn the first quarter. collecting 10 | markers to its opponenis’ 3. At the end of the half the score stood 16 to 6. Although the Columbia lHlelghts tossers made a valiant effort to catch up to the West Washington tossers in the last two perfods and held them to only one more field goal, they were unable to carry the ball to the hasket themselves, due to Georzetown's su- perior strength at center field. Columbia Road scored two free shots in the fourth quarter, while George- town added one 2-point and one 1-point total. western division cham meet the eastern division winners from Garfield Play- The new plons will title o'clock in the first of the three-game serfes to decide the city championship. This serfes will be played on the Plaza Playground and will conclude the playground basket ball season for Line-up and Summary. Georzetown. Ann, ner ; Positions. . R.F Beatrice Eanterson B Arolumbia i, Angelina Apperti - Mildred Cole M one of the best Andrusia | iy Gatewa illner _(4) Cole. Free Evelyn Hobb Field #o: {one _1-point s throws—A| Substituf Hohh. astersan ot) : Apperti. . Cole_( on—Dorothy Fl Time of periods—10 minutes. R BLOOMINGTON, Tll. December 11 (#).—A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Uostigan, Bloomington, at St. Joseph's Hospital yesterday has been named Grange. after the “Galloping Ghost” of Tllinois. " for Evelyn | hit- | G000 OR BAD ? ‘When an automobile is good, it is a source of great pleasure and satisfaction. ‘When it is bad, it is a ter- rific breeder of discontent. Knowing this as wellas we do, we would be downright stupid to deal in any but the best. SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY RAPHAEL SEMMES, President Used Car Department 1707 14th St. N.W Main 6660. Open Evenings DODSE BROTHERS DEALERS SELL 500D USED CARS hard r e | ship each munag ter, Juckso) in the going n ddie scient ligent L ball hit to trick vssin, the ga tained bar slippes Fr v left handed one. batte the lef does h ting {10 e o portan That ibout | chapters could be written, tempted here to cover briefly feature HELEN WILLS TO PLAY TENNIS WHILE ABROAD BERKELE —THelen Wills, national woman tennis champi leave o of Cali majori in January for France. She plans to continue he and will there line. She Januar mother. McGINNITY DENIES IT. DEC “Iron New Vi he wa as P LON Prince from champions by Geo round. to first ¢ half as long as Collins, nkie Frisch cannot be classed as coach manufacturing company here. un for the batting champion season. but Cobb always ed to hit just a few points bet matter how well Jackson hit was one of the fastest men game and especially fast in LYNCHBURG COLLEGE QUINT WILL BE BUSY LYN NG, Va Lynchl College #asket will have the heaviest schedule during the coming that it ever undertaken. the zames and he g one.. e can | here are contests with all of the any ollins has the | grare's our. Virginia. Washin; Ub Mg op L WG tann o a e i weie, Wesl ngy & the fielders. e has been in | A pew 'm on the schedule is the me a long time, but he has re- | puke Univerdity, which will his speed while others, plaving | pelruary 11, Lave The schedule 1 —Humpden-Sy 16— Vireinia. at Charlottesville. and’ Lee. October 11 baull tean Collins Also Is Clever Collins another of the s-hool e ix a good, intel honest batsman. He can bunt season has handed batter nor as a right He is a “turn around” doing his tatting from either t or right side of the plate. iie is most effective work when left-handed and he manages me of the major league I ng each t factor in Frisch’s is about all 1 want to write the batters. Although many I have at the chisf at Lexington. February “February 4—Milligan College, S—Carson-Newm: 11—Duke. 1:—Randolph-Macon. uilford. V. M, i—Hampden-Nidney. ut Hamp- 5—Richmond. at Richmond. G—Randelph-Macon, al 23—Wedical College of Virg at Kichmond. Ash s of the subject (Copyright. 16 U. S. ARMY HORSES SCORE. CHICAGO. December 11 (#).—\While France is leading the United States and Canada. which are tied for second place, and Belgium. in the interna tional team competitions of the first annual horse show here. - Americ Army horsemen made a clean sweep vesterday. In the officers’ chargers dlass, the United States Cavalry School of Fort Riley. Kans.. took second, third and fourth. and in the open jumping cl TURNER WINS ON MAT. Joe defeat Y. Calif., December 11 (#) ion, has of absence frc obtained a six-month the Universit where she is a student, ng in art. and will depart early forni; studies side play tennis as a expe S to land at Havre about accompanied by h Turner me from bLehind i Young Gotch last night in the Mutual Theater's weekly wrestling match. Gotch got the first fall witl a double jack-knife in 48 seconds Turner took the second and third in 44 and 18 minutes, respectively ATUR, T, Dec Mar” Joe Me ork Giant star, to go to the B He is mber 11 (4) anity, former has denied that rooklyn Dodgers employed by a American Basket Ball League. " 'RINCE IS DEFEATED. DON. December 11 (P).—The of Wales has been eliminated the Army sq racquets ip tourney, beinz defeated e Scott Chubb in the third 159, 15—11. 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By aul Berlenbach of champion of t faces N ever has known when he meets Jack Delaney of Bridgeport tonight in the Madison Square Garden ring—the first cha test in the new sport arena. More than 20000 persons, greater tha nessed an indoor bout in history, are expected tc scheduled for 15 rounds to a decision. Delaney in four rounds at the old Garden in March, 1924 The Astoria champion is a much- | he almost two improved boxer. When he met De- | }IH!\‘I] experience. But De laney the power of his fists was great, | oo figure that his style but he had not developed a method of | his opponent. All defense against the sharpshooting 1 prove an interesting ties of the Bridgeport man Delaney stands up straight, at thimes dropping his arms to his sides, his speed carry ing him out of danger. His fists seeir to come from nowhere to reach vul nerable points, Berlenbach will need every defense tactic ot game. Boxing followers are divic predictions, but Berlenba appears to be a slight favorite. It is argued that Delaney never again will find the phint of the champion's jaw. now that Astoria, world, greatest te , Cor iyt that has w is engager o Berlen rong attend th K Led knocked vears of profes se known di i Story of Bush Leagues By John B. Foster CHAPTER V. ues were vict ball ica HE m Wi forces been a party nor base thout anization they wer T of al to the control League. which was ju where it overrode ball law to that The nat agreement. whict co-operation in base emselves without protection ag e outside or the inside. either. Th is why they their movement to be one independence und relie from thralldom when they first semble Chicazo. In many they were right. and the n Plenty of Conniving. There wer « me minors who were con members o other members wer ot men in secret minors Americ Les and between this other. it looked a a minor league sumed he had a ¢ nothing but empty natures to a bit of zet nowhere exe In those dayvs there was a pretending to govern 1ffairs. Tt passed on all cases of leged right to players and violations of agreement, and when that board an nounced one day that protection had ceased the minors ilowed hard and in their minds v their ball t ns gone to the four winds be they expected to be’ pirated they were, some of \hln\ At the Chic the national board a musket. when they dec an unjust old body for suspending protection to them. when the pre tion had been paid for in goo cash. So it will be observed that wk minors wanted their help themsels they also wished batile ag the have been a sort and the one wl reality ises and which wo the w time, ) pre had owne ib in pror aper o in aste | upc ettir awhile. McTIGUE AND FLOWERS TOP CHARITY R'NG CARD ») national board base ball sw NEW YORK from e board zave ard shtwei le the | toWDSMA rganization to nst each other. to make commor big ues which of bugahoo minors ever since base ball be nd although there is compara qu now there neve any in base ball when il and L rge Godf Marti es aga Ge ; it meet s " round t STRIBLING GOING TO GEORGIA ATLANTA. Ga W. L. (Yo hard-hitting clubs start 3 < they arise be some aver has been to some club against the some other ball club 1k ht it had a right to have him De 10t e warded wish thoug! ot A frest come Decision Makes Enemies. Some years ago, after the na commission came into existence. G Herrmann of Cincinnati. w chairman of the natio com- | il mission, voted that George Sisler w not the prope of Pittsburgh, whicl FLOWERS WH!PS '\IOODY BO. De Fi 10 rounds N either black or tan imported calfskin. A typical New Yorkwalking shoe, as termed by New York’s best custom boot- makers. Comfortable and serviceable. 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