Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1925, Page 47

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHTNGTON, D. C. 'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925. SPORTS. 47 Kaplan Slight Favorite Over Herman : Stellar European Golf Pros to Visit U. S. CHAMP IN BEST OF FORM- FOR ENCOUNTER TONIGHT Meriden Boxer Has Attained Physical Perfection Dis- played When He Won Titlee—New Round Rule May Help Challenger. EW YORK, December 18. and Babe Her n of California and New York, Louis (Kid) Kaplan of Meriden, Conn,, meet at Madison Square Garden tonight in their seventh bout. Kaplan, the rules ph champion the slight favorite, for he has attained al pericction which he displayed in the championship tourna- ment last Winter when he obtained the crown, according to his followers. In their in a 12-round cont there are many to cl Conn,, late Tonight } ruling of the New this State shall be Kaplan Herman ceptional pected t o'clock E: Bobby from Ma Honeyboy in 1922 an is expected to York State tn fisted ppe: istern i time dier sensation: feath- the Boston Here s w physical compar Kaplan and terman JKarLax HERMAN. Age . Height nches Neck ches Chest (normai), 33 inches Chest (expded), 38 inches inches 11 inches .9 inches 219 inches 26 inches inches 2 inches. nll‘hen 7 inches 2 inches. inches. . = ‘orearm . USE OF RESIN IN N L. IS UP TO COMMITTEE lent ‘L s thgt Garry Hermann of “incinnati erred in announcing that bags of resin for use of pitchers will be seen in National Leagu2 parks next season The matter must be passed upon by the joint rules commiitee before the league acts, He rosay Hevdler of the National 1l and ex-| previous meetings Herman has gained one decision, that Five other battles have been draws. im that Herman defeated Kaplan in Waterbury, last Summer, although officials ruled the bout even. but have an advantage under the recent Athletic Commission that all contests in decided by the number of rounds won. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT W.llie heavy- McCreet* _KLAMATH FALLS, Oreg. . Cour d'Alene, Idaho, knocked out Sam o rounds) PITTSBURGH. Pu heavy alamazoo, Nick Perlick, eight, beat Ho- ner Mich (10). MILWAUKEE, Wis~Billy _Bort- ficld, Milwaukee, won from Clonie Tait by a technical knockout (4. Rus- sell Whelen, Chicago, defeated Harry Kahn, Milwaukee (8). DES MOINES, Iowa.-—Jackie Con- way, St. Paul welterweight, outpoint- ed “Shuffle” Callahan, Chicago (8). Harold White, Minneapolis, shaded Phil Ongo, Des Moines. Lo CUBS WILL GIVE TRIAL TO 23 ROOKIES AT CAMP McCarthy, { Joe former Louisville Chicago Cubs, has 23 hopefuls among the 39 athletes he will take to Cata- lina Island, Calif., February 11. During . the training period games will be played in Los Angeles and vicinity, and on the return a series in ansas City will be the only pre-sea- son contests. ROUNDING THIRD by Hugh A.Jennings CHAPTER XVIL l a better fielder than pitcher. his defensive ability. McGinnity was a pitcher on the hand worker. trol was always good. The competitive instinct that you hear and read so much about was high- Iy developed in McGinnity. He loved to pitch and he loved to win. He liked the tight going, and he was always willing to work. Brooklyn won the championship in 1899, and in 1800 we seemed on our way to a second con- secutive title. Late in the season the Pittsburgh team, as was its habit even then, suddenly spurted and began sweeping toward first place. > McGinnity on Job. Pittsburgh went through the East like a prairie fire and finally came to Brooklyn for the series that was to decide the pennant. McGinnity pitched the first game and won it for Brooklyn. Jerry Nops started the second game and was knocked out in the seventh inning. McGinnity went o his relief, finished the game and held Pittsburgh helpless while Brook- lyn_pounded out a victory. McGinnity' took a day off the next and we Iost, but in the fourth and deciding game of the series Mc- Ginnity started again and pltched Brooklyn to her third victory in four days. By winning that series Brook- Iyn cinched the championship. McGinnity was the first pitcher who iried to make batters sacrifice. He had worked out a defense for this . McGinnity instructed his first man to come in and cover the t side of the djamond while Me- Ginnity would cover the left. As soon as he delivered the ball he was out of the box and moving. Have Trick Play. If there was a runner on second and the situation called for a bunt, McGinnity had another play worked out, in which the shortstop partici- pated. McGinnity would stand in the box ready to deliver the ball. The shortstop would vell a signal and dash for second. ~The runner, nat- urally, would scramble back, sliding to the bag to prevent the shortstop tag- ging him out. But McGinnity would not_make the throw to second. He pitched to the batter instead, sending up a half-speed ball right through the heart of the plate The batter bunted. Either McGinnity or the first baseman-would field the ball. The ruuner on second, having slid back into the bag as McGinnity pched, was scrambling to his feet when the ball was fielded. If he started for third he was certain to be thrown out, and if he did not start then the play would be made at first and the batter retired without the runper advancing. It never failed to work, and is a play so simple and so He did not go so low pitching hand passing just above the knee. underhand raise ball, still famous by the nickname of “Old Sal.” OE McGINNITY, who earned the nickname of “Iron Man,” was really He was probably the best fielding pitcher of all time, and much of his success as a pitcher was due to style of Carl Mays, a strictly under- s Mays in_delivering a ball, nis His best delivery was the His on- successful that I have always wonder- ed why it is not used in these days. Had Much Confidence. I have never seen a pitcher with more confidence in himself than Me- Ginnity had. He was so cock-sure of his fielding ability that he would take any sort of chance, throwing to any base under any circumstance, and this fielding ability lifted him out of many tight spots. He did a great deal of pitching in his day and he led the Na- tional League pitchers in 1900; but all the pitching must not have taken much from him, for at 54 he was still pithing double-headers. Not another pitcher that the game has produced did that. Walter Johnson is another pitcher that lasted a long time. With all his terrific speed, he continued going along as a winning pitcher with a weak club except at the tail end of his career. I well remember the day Johnson made his debut. He was just in from Welser, Idaho, and he was started against Detroit, because De- troit in those days used Washington as a stepping stone. 'He was big and one of the most awkward men I have ever seen. I immediately ordered the Detroit players to bunt, and they did. Johnson could not field a bunt. This fault enabled us to beat him, 3 to 1, but we taught him a lesson. The next morning Johnson appeared at the ball park and practiced fielding bunts. He continued this practice every day until he mastered it. In that game, his first in the majors, Johnson showed the same blinding speed that carried him to base ball fame. He not alone had speed, but he had good control. Johnson an Exception. Johnson is one of the few pitchers that came from the minors to the majors and made good right at the start. Pitchers and catchers need more education than players in any other position. The battery men gen- erally have to spend several seasons in the minors getting experience be- fore they can break into the major league circle; and even after they get on the pay roll of a big league club, they must be around a season or two before they can be used as regulars. Go down the list of successful big league pitchers and you will find a very few that were worked regularly in their first year in the big show. Nearly all of their time was spent on the bench. Occasionally they were sent in when a game was absqlutely won or dbsolutely lost, but otherwise they were merely spectators in uni- form. Johnson was an exception. (Copyright. 1925.) 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 leather surfaces—then the application of a paint preserving and last- ing polish. Then, too, the interlor is thoroughly vacuum-cleaned. Sheridan Garage, Inc. A. A. A. Service Station 2516 Q St. NW. Club manager and new pilot of the| DEMPSEY-WILLS GO STILL UP IN THE AIR BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK, December 18.—Now it appears that the highest bidder is going to get the Dempsey-Wills fight. This is the latest ungle on the heavy- weight title extravaganza. This tip comes from Rob Roy Ben- ton. At least this is reported to be the sotirce. Not many weeks ago Dempsey said that Benton was no longer his secretary and general ad- What is all this, anyway? Wires crossed somewhere. As usual, Paddy Mullins' “angle is not submitted. Mullins sits back and watches all the new angles as they appear, takes his pipe out of his probably, and burbles, “Aw, viser. If a real fight looms up, however, Wills will be there with eyes eager to locate the dotted line. Except—he will probably* object to 10-round, no decision bout. Some- how, even’ though he is older than Dempsey, he thinks his chances of success are better over the longer route. Anyway, he wants a Sympa- thetic crowd, h of a sympa- thetic crowd an get. One thing s sure, Wills will do battle in February or March, and it is equally sure that if a match with Dempsey’ ally clinched he will be the most sed man in the world. Meanwhile, how is it that no photo- stat copies have been made for publi- cation of the Dempsey-Wills contract? TWO CITIES TO DROP FROM GRAND CIRCUIT CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 18 (P)—At least two cities represented last season will be missing from the grand circuit in 1926. Columbus and Aurora, TIL, have dropped out, Secre- tary Win H. Kinnan announced today, but s dn the other eight cities have signified their intention of re- ning in the line-up. When the stewards meet here Janu ary 4 and 5 dications are they will have difficulty filling five weeks. Last season when Columbus relinquished dates for one week they were taken by North Randall, giving that track two weeks at the start of the season and two_weeks later in the ummer. The North Randall man- agement is opposed to accepting more than one week in July and another in August next year. In addition to filling the two weeks relinquished by North Randall, the schedule committee is confronted with the problem of filling the week raced by Aurora and two weeks assigned to Columbus last Fall. The schedule committee, of which Ed Tipton, Lexington, Ky., is chair- and the rules committee, headed F. Stahler, Toledo, meet on ¥ 4. Their recommendations be submitted to the stewards at a ness session on the following day. Columbus has been in the circuit for many vears, but this year was the first for Aurora. The tracks Kinnan says which will retain their franchises are North Randall, Toledo, Kalamazoo, Syracuse, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Lexington and Atlanta Inside Golf By Chester Horton. Trying to make the clubhead hit straight through the ball often has the effect of causing the clubhead to lift upward too quickly after it passes through. The clubhead does go straight through the ball, but what I wish to distin- guish is the differ- ence between the clubhead going straight through land the player cénsciously trying to make it go straight through. The difference is that if you hit down on ‘the ball as the clubhead takes it—as if you ‘were to hit direct- 1y into the ground —the clubhead will then pass straight through the ball without your knowing anything about it other than that the ball leaves the tee and flies well. The same thing happens with an iron. Hit directly down on the ball, aim- ing at the spot where the ball rests on the grass. The blade will then click the ball and bite out a bit of turf, as it should. (Copyrirht. 1925.) N the effective goli swing you hold the head sti The golfer 'is cautioned to hold —up to a certain point. his head still so often and so per- sistently that he excusably comes to believe that if his head moves in the least the stroke will have some the head so invariably leads to a st ring the matter with it. Holding ifiness about the neck and shoulders that is far more disastrous to the stroke than properly moving the head could ever be. The head should “zo with the swing” at the moment the ball is hit and while the clubhead is passing through. There i3 an important dis- tinction here, though, with which the player must acquaint himself. It is this: Letting the head go with the swing does not mean letting the body 80, too. In Figure 1 the golfer in the forward swing s at the moment of impact. In Figure 2 we see how the clubhead has gone through and how the head has rolled forward so that the right side of the head is under. In Figure 3 we see the head held rigidly to its fixed position after the clubhead has passed through the ball. This latter position is usually pictured as correct. It is wrong. When the head is held rigidly fixed while the clubhead pusses through the ball the result is an arresting of shoulder-turning action, because the shoulders will not tyrn freely with the fixed head restraining them. This restraint causes a stiffness about the shoulders and so checks the forward swing that often the arms pull directly across the ball, causing a slice. The head is heavy. Let it roll for- ward with the shoulders just as the ball is taken. Be careful, however, not to start this head roll before the ball is hit. The knack of letting the head “go with the clubhead” will loosen up your swing at the baH and yield the "resilence through the ball that you often feel somehow is lucking. (Copyright. 1625.) History of Bush Leagues y John B. Foster CHAPTER XL T the circuits to join the pioneers, and HE National Association had lived a year, and the sky had not falen nor had the majors made the minor league men look as if they were all deserted by the world, when a call was issued for a minor league meclmg—the second annual session—at ew York. Men came from all of it was at this meeting that Secretary Farrell, in his annual report, paraphrased Abraham Lincoln by saying. “The National‘Association is a government for the minor league base ball people; of the minor league base ball neople, and by the minor leazue base ball people.” Had any minor league dared to say such things 10 years previously the majors would have asked among themselves, “What are these fellows up to now?” Perhaps they would have followed that by passing some little act of leglslation which would have inserted another thorn in the minor league chaplet and finishel by jam- ming the chaplet over the tender minor league brow. Stick to the Fight. When 1902 was ready to ask for the roll of those who would be able to carry on ther year, the Eastern League announced, “Here,” and so did the Western, the Southern, with Judge Kavanaugh. sturdy fighter then at the head of it; the Connecti- cut, Pacific Northwest, Three-Eye, New England, New York State, then a considerabie factor in base ball; Mis- sourl Valley, Cotton States, Texas League, Iowa, South Dakota and North_Carolina. Compare that «list with the present, and some idea may be had as to the advantages that the minors have gained because they dared to organize. Where the North Carolina operated then there are four leagues. now, which have not infringed on the ter- ritory of each other because room has been found for all of them by expan- | ston. In the days in which there was no protection for the minor leagues, and when the majors were at swords’ points and were pirating here and |- there, as they could and wished to do 80, the national asscciation to protect its claim upon players had to enroll those who deserted it as ineligible. Altrock an Ineligible. Here's where the modern fun comes in, showing, as it does, what took place in_ earlier days in regard to some of the players who are still with m \\ ‘We welcome the late Christmas Shoppe: we knew that t.hou- sands of folks would be too busy to shop early, so we're all prepared. . Our extra sales force is ready to give you a courteous and quick service—the dehveries, when necessary, will be ‘“‘on time”—we thought we’d tell you all this cause most folks have the horror of not being proj handled when they’re ate. i [-._ 353‘5 zo%%es rom SI2R675&, ‘U 0 G,I(;ves /mu 08 6828 Hoslery 56 354 SOLE AGENTS ROGERS PEET CLOTHING MEYER'S SHOP 1331 F Strect us. Heading the list of ineligibles in 1901 was Nick Altrock, world series clown, then a pitcher of such skill that more than one team was after him. Nick left Toronto to go to the Chicago Sox and went on the bush league punishable list. Another was Harry Bemis, a fa- mous catcher for Cleveland in his day, and there were Claude Elliott, who became a Giant in his time, and Roy Evans, also a Giant later. There is a Huggins in the roll—first name unknown to the writer—chastised by the Western League, and Harry Lum- ley, who afterward “owned” Brook. Iyn, because he could hit the ball so hard. Fred Odwell, who became a big leaguer and a hard hitter, was on the list, and here is one, very conspicu- ous, Elmer Stficklett, the man who is credited with {nventing the spit ball. Newark disqualified him. Dan Shay, who climbed into the major league, was another, and so was Homer Smoot. Lee Tannehill got into a mess with Colorado Springs and was disqualified. The National Assoclation early in life was beginning to supply talent to the big clpbs, and each of the players who has been named—there were many more of less consequence— started a shindy and a news item that traveled all of the season by shifting his quarters. — Practice for the New York Yankees will start at St. Petersburg on March 1, somewhat later than in other years. | Suggestions ] Your GiFr worries vecish when you step in here and see the wonderful sport things specially featured for Christmas . . . for men, women, boys and girls. Sweaters. The real athletic kind. Thay're wseful all yeer round, oo, . . . $10,$12,315 Suede Jackets. . $15:0$38 Golf Stockings. $4,85¢0312 K:o-l’lmlmu.m.ou-&l .« .. $350,36 Tth Rackets. - All sty owl-dwmd-b.nm Base Ball Gloves. Big League patterns. . . . $1.50:08$10 Base Ball Bats. Waights that are justright. . . 2Bc.0$2 e A SpalDing ¥15e1 I' 1338 G Street, N.W., Wadhington § RUTH STARTS WORK TO REGAIN OLD FCRM BY tho Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 18.—Babe Ruth, admitting to 226 pounds, plans to fight, slap and run his way into his old prominence on the Nation's base ball diamonds. The Babe crammed his way into a New York gymnasium yesterday, took off his coat and announced: that the base ball season was on. He tossed a medicine ball a couple of hundred times, puffed through two three-min- ute rounds of boxing and defeated an opponent at handball. Then a blow fell upon Ruth, for there came an announcement from the Mew York Yankees' offices that the warm_baths and green golf links of Hot Springs were not for the Babe this season unless he wanted to pay his way. For several years Ruth has grappled with influenza and other foes in the Arkansas resort. The former home-run champion says that he will work hard indoors until the Yankee host sets forth for Flor- ida and that he will be in condition for the campaign, hoping for health and homers. —— e COLLINS SAYS COBB IS GREATEST OF ALL By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December Eddie Collins, manager of the Chi White Sox, turning orator at a Poor Richard Club luncheon, revealed to the members what a star second baseman thinks of other great ball players, and paid a tribute to Ty Cobb, whom he termed “the great- est of all, in my mind. “Other players can run faster, can hit better and are better filders, per- haps, but there are none who is a great all-around man like Cobb,” he said. “He {8 supreme. He has the fire, the dash and love of the game that will always make him a great figure.” Asserting that “Ruth is a great shownman,” and that fans go out to see him “because he is a great star.” Collins said: “That is all very well, but I would like to see the fans more interested in the home team, to see them win and show a little enthus- fasm. Let's have more of the old fighting spirit, the local pride, and less interest in the great individual stars of thb dldmond - 18.— TUBNER THEOWS BAS}L Joe Turner won from Al Bash on straight falls in the weekly wrestling bout at the Mutual Theater. Turner gained the first fall in 34 minutes with a cradle hold. The second came in 14 minutes with a_combination hammer- lock and ba: CROWLEY PLAYS JACKSON. Joseph Crowley and John Jackson meet tonight in the District cham- pionship pocket billiard tourney. Wil- llam Parsons defeated Henry Roorke, the titleholder, 100 to 95. ROCHESTEB. GETS KcGREW ROCHESTER, N. Y., December 18 P).—Walter “Slim” McGrew, former pitcher of the Memphis club, hus sign- ed with Rochester in the International League. McGrew is sajd to have been paid $5,000 to sign. WILL SHOOT TOMORROW. Turkeys, geese and ducks are of- fered as prizes in tomorrow’s shoot at Washington Gun Club traps. The af- fair is listed for 1:30 o'clock. The Western outdoor ice s ating tournament will be held in Chicago, January 3. Four senior championship events are carded in addition to sev- eral open events. WASHINGTON GIFTS! Select the gifts for store where they buy DENTALLY YOU WILL “SAVE” MONEY! Chauffeurs— Laborers— Gardeners— Workmen— Elevator Men, " Ete— GIFT SPECIALS S $6 All - Wool Slipover Sweat- ers: White— orange and blue —special . S t r a p-Collar Slickers; a use- ful gift. Spe- cial .. ceseee $6 Plaid Blan- kets; ° double-bed size. Speciad .io.o..n Washingto;Salvage Co. 303-305-307 10th St. 1336 7th St NW. 1920 COMPSTON AND MASSEY TO COMPETE IN FL()RIDA British Champlon and Winner of French Open Title Colorful Players—Intend to Prove They Are Equal of Linksmen Here. BY THE SPORTSMAN. EW YORK, December 18—Arthur Compston, British professional champion, and Arnaud Massey, French open title holder, who are coming to America late this month, are two of the most colorful golfers who ever came out of Europe. Both stand more than 6 feet ta'l and are physical giants in every respect. Both are highly temperamental and extremely serious about this game of golf. They are coming to the United States with the intention of proving to the world that they are the equal of any of the American pros and they intend furnishing this proof in a striking manner in the various matches and tournaments they will play in Florida in the next thre: months. Compston is a real Englishman in every respect, just as Massey repre sents gruly the typical Frenchman. Compston, who is known in his home country as the Manchester | Giant, has made himself a great golf- | er in the last few years through dint of hard practice. It is said that for more than a year during the olf s son he has been out on the course at his practice with the breuk of dawn. | On occasions he has put in entire days | at it. Contpston enjoys the best season this year that any Britlsh pro has had in vears. Last June he finished as R i runner-up in the British open one | o for him he is apt to throw by ner-up in the British open one | clubs into the trees or to hurl his ball e bl inch open | INto_ the bullpushes. Often he has champlonship held this Fall. In this | oo ran nin & sreemp mpment, only tournament he was beaten in a play- | when he would suddenly abandon the off by Massey. bt Duting (e’ year Compston defeateq | irmament and stalk off the links. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President Izaak Walton League of America. Abe Mitchell twice in match play, an in addition he won the Glen Eagle tournament and the Daily Ma Massey mental stars |game. If thines Pl re not hreakin HAD the opporttnity not long ago to see how the confirmed West- I erners go after their fish. Fishing as a whole is divided into two | phases—that indulged in by anglers who go out from the cities in | search of sport and the fishing activities of the people who live at the fishing grounds, such as farmers, settlers, and so on. Asa r ¢ native inhabitants of the fishing countfy go after fish for their food value. In all )mn many cases netting, dynamiting and similar methods prevail. four Westerner, howeyer, goes after | to fish from horseback. He would ride trout with a fly rod and artificial | up to a pool, stop his horse, and begin flies. Now and then he uses a small |to cast. Presently he would hook a | spinner, but he never indulges in the | trout, and with a great deal of skill cruder methods of capture. This is|would play it out, then horse it. And largely because trout are easiest |once—I suspect he saw me watching— caught on flies. Nevertheless, it is|he played the fish out, then wound surprising to_the Easterner to_see |the line around his saddle horn, and voung lads of the ranches, cowboys|turned his horse toward shore, and and trappers of the hills, carrying a | hauled that trout out on a sand bar fly rod and appropriate light equip- |as though it were a calf to be branded. ment to the trout streams. The man 1 especially watched was a real cowboy. He went after his h~!\ in characteristic fashion: Hors | of course. The water of the river was low. It ran in several channels, over | sand bars, around gravel banks. The | sherman used a nine-foot fly rod and wet flies. The water was very clear, and was shallow every place but in the pools. Obviously, the proper method of at- tack was to fish pool after pool. This | the angler did in two ways. In the first place, he rode his horse from pool to pool, crossing and recrossing the river. 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