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SP 38 ORTS. THE EVENING S 'AR, WASHINGTON, D. - C ., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1925. PORT'S: Jones-Hagen Match May Settle Golf Debate : LeBarba Is Popular Ring Champ LINKS STARS WILL MEET IN FLORIDA THIS WINTER Impending Contest Between Amateur and Pro Title Holders Arousing Intern ational Interest—Bobby BY EW YORK, December —Th immediate future which will THE SP/ 2 N ORTSMA! ¢ one goli match scheduled for the arouse international interest is that between Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, to be played early in TJanuary, over 72 holes, with one game on Hagen’s home course at St. Petersburg, tered for t e Winter. and the other at Sarasota, where Bobby Jones is quar- The pair have never met in match play competi- tion and their first meeting along these lines will attract great attention. In the open championships over and Jones of the links by som ept one (that at C Hagen in position as well as THowi the admirers iof zue th en’s record e less quite ¢ in this same y that his feat | t the British open champion- | > and finishi umbia, in 1921) Wal T g s well erican professional hampionship twice in succession, is proof enough that he is the greatest golfer in the world. What is more, they argue, no man has vet proved Hagen's conqueror in atch play, although, if forced to ad- | . the | winning of the A mit it, they say and whisper name of Gene Sarazen in this respect. | Bobby has proved his mettle in match play, as well as in medal com- | petition, and his feat of winning the ' the past six years, in which Hagen have both been competitors, the Atlanta wizard has led the lion hing like 20 strokes. In every open tournament ex- . Bobby has also finished ahcad of in strokes. national amateur champio in succession, and decisively, too, is quite as brilliant as Hagen’s stunt of capturing the American pro title. The forthcoming match will help set hip twice second once |tle the argument, although it is not | s his [expected that a victory for either side | will forever silence the admirers of either golfer. On_form, Jones should win, for h will be straighter from the tee and through the fairw han Hagen, and quite as brilliant around the greens But there is also temperament to be figured in a match of this kind, the friends of Hagen point out. And, they argue, in this respect Sir Walter has no equal. (Copyright. 1925.) ROUNDING THIRD by Hugh A. Jennings CHAPTER XX. LTHOUGH King Kelly was not in a class wi han, he was still one of the game's leading catchers. onc of the most versatile of player an unusual outfielder and one of the was a trickster with a brain that moved exceedingly fast. result of his various tricks, caused m base ball books than any man befor: one of the most colorful players of 2 P blic Kelly was beloved by ball players | as well as by base ball followers. He | particularly kind to youngsters | o were breaking into the game and [ help them. The v Kelly he was Cincinnati _team. | Kelly's Killers.” I was 1t that time a member of the Loui: ille team, but not getting along well | ause I was weak at bat. Cincin- nati was the American Associa 1 ing or Bresna- Also, he was , for he was an excellent catcher, est base runners of all time. He Kelly, as the ore new rules to be written into the ¢, during or since his day. He was 1 time and an idol with the base ball w McCARTHY HAS CHANCE TO EVEN WITH BURKE Jimmy Burke, former manager of Indianapolis in the American Associa- tion, once told a young inflelder, Joe | McCarthy, to “grab that bat bag and | cart it to the clubhouse, for you are no good for anything else.” BELIEVE IT OR NOT. (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Office.) WILLIAM MELAUGHLIN HAS SPENT 2§ OF His 38 YEARS N PRISON | KirRgY Yorkshure Englond KICKED 2.\ GOALS FROM THE RELD /. N ONE GAME april s, Bog | | | ETHEL INSTONE ~of Terness-shire,, Eng. QWNED A GANDER THAT LIWED To B5 (07 YeARS OLD. ALEX DUTHIE vancouver Pro ~ MADE 2, HOLES-IN-ONE 1N SUCCESSION. 3rd Hole....~. 135 yards 4™ bole..... 160 vards Burnaby Counrse VANCOUVER - 1912 | HILE the National Associat | with those who wished to force the A History of Bush Leagues By John B. Foster CHAPTER XIV. fon was having its own trials trying merican iation on the stage and | unapproached BUSY SEASON AHEAD ' FOR BOXERS AT NAVY, NAPOLIS, December 22.—Naval people are proud of the showing of {tet of forelgn stars will be here |mick, light-heavyweight champion of 3 the Academy boxers, and with much |about the middle of next month, pre- | Ireland (10). to stave off the domineering majors in the early part of the |reason, for the Midshipmen have an |Pared to launch the American com- minor organization’s existence, it was also having a rare shindy record during the whole period in which colleges have TWO SCHOOL FIVES IN CLASHES TODAY Central and Eastern basket ball fives see actlon today in the last of the scholasiic games scheduled until after Christmas. Central was to In- vade the home court of Hyattsville High School at 3:30, while Eastern was listed for a game with Gonzaga | in the Lincoln Parkers’ gymnasium at the same hour. The Easterners also play tonight agajnst an alumni _quint which will number several college stars among | its members. The game is scheduled for 8 o'clock on the school court. Tech and Business ended hostilities vesterday, the Manual Trainers win- ning from Devitt Prep, 20 to 15, and Business bowing to Fort Humphreys, 35 to 20. Councilor and Werber were high scorers for Tech, the former cag: ing a pair of fleld goals and five foul shots and the latter registering three from the floor and a single counter from the free-toss line. An alumni game has been arranged for the Ceatral team on New Year day and preparations are under way for encounters between alumni teams { and school fives of Western and Tech. Roland Dulin is rounding up the | Western teams and already has listed Henry Gichner of Cornell and Ray | Garger of Swarthmore for his line-up. | | James Farrell, Gonzaga center, was | named captain of the I Streeters’ foot ball team for next season at the an- | nual foot ball banquet held last night. Letters were awarded the following: | Capt. Marquette Kerans, Capt.-elect | James Farrell, John Bozek, Matthew Twomey, Paul Alexander, Raymond Augustopher, Theodore -Himmelberg, John Tracy, John Lane, John O'Mal’ ley, James Tobin, Sydney Collins, John Khuen, Patrick Byrne, Thomas Fitz- gerald and Raymond Robertson, man- | Lager. i A.A.U. WILL DIRECT | FOREIGN ATHLETES [ NEW YORK, December 22.—The | first_application of the rule affecting | activitles of foreign athletes here, | adopted at the last annual conven: | tion of the Amateur Athletic Union, | was disclosed yesterday when an- | nouncement was made that the A. A. U. had formally cabled invitations to | the governing sports bodies: of the countries of Charles Hoff. Norwegian | |pole vault star; Adrian Paulen, Hol- | |land middle-distance runner: George | | Goodwin, English walker, and Hubert | Houbens, German sprinter, to come to this country to compete during the ind & 1w the invitations, Secretary | Frederick W. Rublen said, went | traneportation for the athletes to this { country. Tt is expected that the quar- petitive campaign. which will extend from cowst to coast. This tour, however, will differ from | COAST BOY SCORES HITS WITHOUT RAISING FISTS Pleasing Personality and Familiarity With Many Sports Besides Boxing Win Fidel Friend Curley to Boost Paolina. > BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, December 22.—Fidel La Barba, the ( 'made a big hit in New York without raising his fist sonality and pleases all the sports by his familiarity with many games besides boxing—foot ball and basket ball, chiefly. Despite his victory over Genaro on the Coast, the New York Boxing Commission refuses to recognize his flyweight title. But La Barba, with rare tact, has not kicked about this. While he is in New York, he say« he is under the control of the New York Commission, and that is that This Joe Lazarus, whom Tex Rickard has picked to face the Co lad, has a great chance to boost his reputation by slamming La Barba he did back in the days when the two were amateurs two years ago. = SR IE e T = Since that time Lazarus has ’ done much, while La Bar VICENTINI OR MW'GRAW i "™ 5 oot s Rickard were pulling his master ast flyweight, ha- He has per- WILL BATTLE TERRIS "3 e s VAN 1Y [ then with ‘interest in I Bar: \EW YORK. December 22 P) WD Fidal aathe topiine Deue Luis Vicentini of Chile and Phil Mc Graw of Detroit, both of whom are | recognized as lightweight contenders Curley Champions I Jack Curley, who has for mastodons of the mat tempor meet here tonight in a 12-round con- | turned his batters of typewr test. Vicentini has knocked out the the work of hooming out a ballyho present champion, Rocky Kansas,|for the tiger of the Pyrenees, Paolino while McGraw holds a decision over | Curley, as almost every one knows the South American is a close friend of Francois Descam The winner of this mateh will be | next to Jack Kearns one of the gr pitted against Sid Terris of New York | binest managers in the game ) within a few weeks and soon will was the master mind behind have a chance at the title if he hur-| G Carpentier when the French dles Terris. ¥ ne here und fought Tomm Tiger Flowers, Atlanta negro light- | Gibbons heavyweight, meets the former cham-| Although Tex Rickard denies that plon of the division, Mike McTigue, in | he has been in touch with Paclino. ir Madison Square Garden tomorrow | siders expect to sce the Basque wood night | chopper in a in this country be A year ago Flowers appeared to be | fore Winter is over i 11 on his way to the title a time | Followinz the us custom, he when McTigue held the crown, but | probably will polish a few steups Paul Berlenbach. the present cham d then be set for a big outdoors shot pion, and Jack Delaney, Berlenbach's | when Spring has come leading foe, both punched the negro| The big fello o make {10 the canvas and then Berlenbach |sensation here. fo he neces licked McTigue on points. | sary color. To the winner of tomorrow’s bout| Paolino's to_knock goes an opportunity to gain Berlen- | out the ( reiter bach’s honors in February. straeter, But_this come 1o think 1 whole lot U | boast at seeing that Paul Samp FIGHTS LAST NIGHT n, i German- rican hea of little or any did the trick ir | quicker EWARK. N. J—Pete Latzo,| But the mgiten: Of neputation | Scranton, Pa.. won a newspaper de.| Wil be fixe: LIgHEnGahen SHa0 n over Bermondsey Billy Wells, |lino touches these shores welterweight champion of Great Bri Sif¥clalmed thal he by miine ain (12 rounds). ckle Luis Firpo for the right to Descamps makes at Dempsey BUFFALO, N. Y.—Jimmy Slattery, show of excitement over this middleweight, defeated Boy McCor. L..m..?,.‘ui?.r Firpo left Europe to avoid the Spanish Basque 1 in all, there is @ ballyhoo in the NEW YORK.—Eddie Anderson of ind of sizea nsion: Wai Wyoming beat Georgie Balduc, Lewis it, watch for i ton, Me. (10). Davy Abad, Panama 1095 (Com bantamweight, outpointed Max Svit and so was Louisville. b st c:]r":r;\'ug;:av;( h::gl\\ho were neither careful nor solicitous as to how they did it S % mmbisais v (‘f“::“x’l‘“:‘,;f]"g;”‘:};e‘r‘:;‘_:;fl";:glt’;lfi\“f{ alsy, New Yorl: (10) GRID GAME PROFITABLE. . Tips Him Off. next ‘season, for his. assistant is Jim-| Ban Johnson had been the head| In 1902 the association met and UM MOS0 penneyivania | the A. A. e commition onCtoneiey et e i e Sic The first time I came to bat in that |my Burke. of the Western League before he set | decided to carry the fight to a m‘u.q; State and Pennsylvania the honor of |relations. The rule sdopted at tue APPROVE BASKET BALL. . Solelat iR s ame K arked, out to make his circuit a ,se‘cfim{rlr “r‘\*;; | |;\ “l-;?‘nl\‘us 1“‘;‘5‘3{“4_'"'fflbil’:'l\r\)d::‘c:’:“':‘-r first placing boxing among the inter t meeting of the national amateur | INDIANAPOLIS, December 22 (). | yst 1 year, according to the w one T Tfllo OF CLOUTERS j jor league, and he jumped all Of 1S | o his owners i 903 ana decdeq | Collegiate sports, and in the six years | sports governing body gave delegates | —Approval of high school basket ball, | nual report of the Athletic Associ fow vyou hittin’ em | jown cities, rather passed tham B, 0 B e Tie. wan cuceseded g fin which it has engaged in it its|on the forelgn relations committee | provided that players are subjected | tlon. The great Fall spori showe t I was not hitting much and he | start his second major cleult o | 0 e o he Tad heen o hasy | teams have never lost a dual match. | direct supervision over all visiting [to thorough physical examination, |a profit of almost $30.( This wa said: “All right, T'll see what I can | PICKED UP BY cUBs e Ll B B it BB ol roimgr s Ao S ‘The only blot, in fact, upon its rec- |athletes and it is this rule which is | has been given by 3,000 physicians | almost entirely wiped out in suppor do f"; on o e st P“C"I"“i’; { American Association circuit except | R e gme‘; %50 lord is the loss to Pennsylvania State now being applied. | affiliated with the Indiana State Med nine other branches of ath fas a rougl he groove.” i 18 . e iz - Louisville. of first honors in the finals of the; The change in custom makes it |cal Assoclation. not offer at the ball, but it was just what Kelly said it would be, a fast one through the groov “Why didn't | stars Joe McCarthy has picked up to| .o ~ G “Outlaws” Brought . whelming victory in that evi last | make applicatios he fored; | i L > 01 olis, Columpus, Kansas City and In g 0 that event last P! n 1o the forelgn rela. oy tl!}:::\‘lz(;\thhr e e e e flg!';?:\diannpolis nt:u of the American League.| The California “outlaws" also were | vear. tions committee. which will supe SWell, you saw T wasnt Now. 10 | s ank O Doul. right fielder of 45 | Milwaukee remained in the league one | brousht in with the right not to be| This vear the season promises to|Vise all details in connection with in show ¥ou I'm honest, I'm Signing for | nits, 905 home ng average. .375; | vear and then was dropped becausc | drafted upon except by the major | be of Eeater interest than ever, par- |ternational competition under its the same thing heain The oue g | Dits, 309: home runs, 24 in 1923, |3 proved not to be a major league | leagues, and with the privilege of | ticulariy as the Academy will be host |jurisdiction. A pro rata basis of | o e e e e S it e | Joe Kelly, left flelder of the To| ciy"in those days. Minneapolis, St. | drafting from all National Association |to the third meeting of the Intercol- |sattling expenses in connection with | T Erooves T sat vat for i fast bail. | Lonto club; batting average, .328;home | pyy1 ‘and Kansas City were in' the | clubs and to be exempt from a salary |legiate Boxing Association, the date | the tour of the foreign stars will be | swung and hit for two bases. Kelly || ack” Wilson, former center field. | Western League. st [ limit. Everybody asreed to all these | being March 2 shopted. . had ordered the pitcher to pitch an- |er of the Giants and batter of .350| . 10 August, 1801, Watkins of In-jarrangements after having seen| The schedule of dual meetsfollows: | The application of the new rule to Gier Tast one, et as ke MlE et 1 E dianapolis; Ruschaupt, also of Indian- | some base ball promoters become | February 13—Notre Dame. | these four-athletes precipitated a sit- | would. e bt o s apolis; George Tebeau, a stormy petrel | nearly bankrupt and satisfying them-| Februa —Pennsylvania State. |uation which, for a time, threatened The next time I came to bat Kelly | in base ball always, because he was |selves that the easiest way in which | February All-Canadians. i(h« serenify of athletic circles, but said: “Well, you hit the last one, and vou seem to be good on them fast ones, so I'll give you another chance. | 't i st s S tion. Mighty little they figured at the (bad for the season of 1903 in the| All the matches will be at An-|cable settlement. The Millrose A. A. Gttt ‘r;‘n:nl‘herr{‘x:rg"h s groove,” FOR WRESTLING BDUT time that they would have the best|Western League that Mike Sexton,|napolis except the opening engage- |originally intended to have the quar. I took him at his word, got set, minor league circuit of the West in|then president of the organization, |ment. ' tet of foreign stars make their initfal swung and hit another two-bagger. | due season, and Hickey, president of | shut it down September 17. Rumors | appearance here in some of the fea- Kelly had made good again. CHICAGO. December 22 (P).—An |the American Association, got him-|spread all over the base ball crowd | | tures of the club’s annual games to be Strikes Out Twice. When I came up for the third time Kelly said: “Well, kid, you've gotten ) extrabase hits today. That's |announced today by Joe Coffey. The [it was made up of discarded American | Sexton had done the best thing he | has tentatively arranged that cetty good. That will make your |match is planned for January 4 at|League cities. The National Associa-|could have done for the owners, who ! ors will open their American | average for the day .400 o 00 and |the Chicago Coliseum. tion had no use for jt, because the |were about stretched out financially BY FAIR PLAY. |campaigns at the Illinois A. C. meet | there ain't many guys hittin' that. | - Stecher defeated Stanislaus Zbyszko | American Association had broken into | with bad weather and bad base ball in Chicago. Following this meet the | Now, I've gotten you two hits, and |for the heavyweight wrestling title | territory which belonged to another|to make their troubles never-ceasin, The sun of California is high in |foreign stars are to compete at the | the rest of the game vou'll have to |last Winter soon after Zbyszko won | circuit in the association. | Eventually the league lost Kansa |the fistic firmament these days.|Knights of Columbus games in Bos- | shift for vourself. I'm not goin’ to|the crown from “Big” Munn. While | The Western League put rival clubs | Clty and Milwaukee, as it was pre-| ODCe upon a time one could almost|ton. This arrangement caused con. | tell you what's comin’.’ I got no more hits that day, but instead I struck out twice in a row. Kelly, T believe, was the most dis- cussed player of his time. He pulled | so many plays that had never been attempted before and was so spectac ular about it that he naturally came in for general discussion. Kelly was a born sho n. He knew how to| appeal to the crowd: One of his pl distinetly e that T remember | e near the close of his | : Frankle Genaro, who 2 career. o was with Boston at that |belt, which he posted for the Munn When Joe Kirkwood Played the Mudhorse at Worcester held the American flyweight title. | Jack Bentley's name again appears time and captain of the team. In|match, but the asterners claimed | He thought the unsophisticated West | It the base ball trade market with the ose days the captain had absolute |there was a flaw in the title he cap- | = oo 3 | was the place to grab money without | 'etUIn to New York from Florida of wer over the plavers on the field |tured at that contest. R HE finest play I ever saw made on a golf course came up during the | hard work. .l"gfiaa“:“::-::ggr‘;goh"tgi]cgmw-h and he could take one out 4| Munn, who wrestles one of the el > ki haT Jational | The coast promoters chose a for- | A e aacider swho Moment's notice: . In 1his pecticolar | Western) matimer har! mest nonth | round:A pla;:d in the Eastern qualifying section for the National mer. amateur- champion as. his. op_.ra‘r; stand a seasoh’s campaigning in | zime Kelly was sitting on the beneh |announced recently that ho had taken | Open in 1924. {ponent. Wham! went his title. Even | Order that George Kelly may remain and Charlic Bennett was catching. |up boXing as a sideline and would is was 2 Vi s, on e Bk Genaro's speclally 5 - s PRet Anfne: AnTatac B Bt This was at Worcester, Mass., on the same course which was the | 0's speclally imported referee tter hit a high foul toward the Jench. Bennett had lost sight of the |in January In a boxing match. | Moran, who had made the long trek | Teransrsr mocies ' O them the BallSndi hnes nagh G o oain e |and Bobby Jones. to the sunny slope took on Mushy. Cal. | F1ttsburgh P‘mlt‘s; rim to make the catch. _IKelly fumped |0 ppAB) ANCA IS UNLIKELY L SR up and shouted, “Bennett, you're out of the game,” and then he made the catch. There was a long protest, but Kelly won out. He made good on his 5 foml Russtans will not suppest Bogolju| " ; rounds! First time it was ever done D s o soos a8 o yolion St that i |jIDow,witmer ot itHa recsnt) Bascowi) SKLL UL ERBREEem, viketios St fhar: WITH FITZSIMMONS | to_Moran. Benny Leonard and Rocky Kansas | Thus you may be sure free to make the catch. The re. | chess tournament, in a challenge | <08 & . v Then Tod Morgan stuck a long, |will meet once agaln for the light-| ’ [ the title, which it has since retained. Here is the first bag of minor league | $20,000 OFFER MADE | offer of a $20,000 purse for a match between Joe Stecher, the scissors king among the heavyweight wrestlers, and Jim Londos, Greek heavyweight, was on a tour preliminary to a return match with Strangler Lewis, Munn took on Zbyszko at Philadelphia and was quickly flopped. That gave the Fastern wrestling circuit the edge on Stecher, who also belongs to the stern “trust,” won the title from Zbyszko a_ few weeks later, while Strangler Lewis, who later defeated Big” Munn, gained scant recogn‘tion with his claind on the title. Lewis won back his own diamond-studded City TO OPPOSE BOGOLJUBOW Lose Their Berths. Expansion threw Buffalo, Minneap- resentful of interference, Hickey met in Indianapolis and de- cided to start the American Associa- self into hot water for the polic: which he pursued. - The American League had mighty little use for the assoclation, even if in Kansas City and Milwaukee. The American Association at last was out- lawed. That was about as far as action could be taken. The associa- tion crowd kept up its fight, although it was costing it a pretty sum for its experiment. | scene of the 1925 Open and the historic battle between Willie MacFarlane | Joe Kirkwood was the author of the play. It is doubtful if-many others could have accomplished the feat ‘which Joe performed. His well known On the sixteenth hole, a 400-yard af- | ganization and its contracts were re and Tom | Jimmy Donaldson Tells: spected. to lose money was to conduct & | called base ball war. 1 | The weather had been so miserably | so-| that the league was about through nd the act made no end of imme- ate trouble for the circuit, although | |it was proved in the long run that | | dicted would happen, and then the nucleus of the circuit moved to Den- ver, Omaha, St. Joseph, Wichita and like cities around which it has re- volved since then with excellent base ball and the development of many good player JACK IN AGREEMENT | | Intercollegiate Boxing Association in | 1924, but this was offset by an over- March 6—Yale. March 13—Pennsylvania March 20—Catholic University. CALIFORNIA REGAINS ITS FISTIC PRESTIGE judge a champion’s habitat correctly by saying, “He comes from the West coast.” Then came a slump, when the fight game went dead in California, and the East and Middle West proceeded to grab all the titles. Then the Golden State passed a boxing law. Invitations were ex- tended to Eastern boys, and every train took its flock of wise-ones West 1o seize the easy dollars. First it was had to decide against him. Then Pal This Jewish lad with the Irish monicker did not bother to wait for the decision of the referee; no, in- deed, he doused Pal's lights in three necessary for all clubs seeking for- |elgn stars for their track meets to which, aceording to Secretary Rubien, | now is being satisfactorily adjusted and has every indication of an ami- | held on February 4. The foreign relations committee, of | which William C. Prout, ex-president of the A. A, is chairman, how- siderable discussion, but Secretary | Rublen declared vesterday the situa- tlon rapidly is being adjusted. Under the program, which is likely to be adopted, the foreign stars will make their first metropolitan appearances | at the Millrose meet. e BENTLEY IS EXPECTED TO FIGURE IN A TRADE | Three clubs are understood to be | {LEONARD-KANSAS FIGHT SAID TO BE IN OFFING ET him a box of El Versos for Christmas. your selection will be ap- = = C lean left hand into the robust, rib-|welght championshi accordin; to was a new rule. That used to be | match with Jose (.‘zll\ubla‘noa. of Cuba fair, rkwood's drive carried to a H P . < D, g i ¢ use ; 5 ibusting Mike Ballerino’s face, until | Kansas' manager, Dan Rogers. iated. N that rich the result of most of Kelly's spec. |for the world championship. patch of heavy mud in the fairway.| LOS ANGELES, December 22 (P).— | Mike's seconds threw i e 5 ) : b preciated. Note it ricl Ty This is the opinion of Capablanca, | {7ieh pC DR T (0 S (RN | ok el b n the towel to | -‘Leonard said recently that he would Zimmer and McGuire. — VIR e ol : patch of white showing at the top. e Choice tobaccos rent ioried "t e old schosicf | FIRPO SUIT DISMISSED, |\"Joo had s Giance of b Sarks to moter 'of the Dempsey:Will ttle] g,xesy e (iarsy Siomnbery, Ho | Kansss vas not tho man. | Ry maared uperdmmz A 2 2 2 5 ravel to reach the pin. It seemed im- | match, yesterday agreed to new terms | 3 e ey e T, Argenting Ry, | possible that he could do much more | for the bout set for next Fall, whereby 4 i i eyoing et et o6 o NATIONALS TO MEET. ablend Smooth, Mellow and Zimmer and Mc |shackles. The suit brought against| 'ion dig his ball out of the mire, Fitzsimmons will pay a substantial | Lynch, former bantam king, and got| National Athletic Club gridmen will There is the i what we called “workhorse: him by Andrew McCorkindale, his one- | poiie, B0t a8 flrm ‘@ stance as was |amount “on account” to the champlon |a fine pasting. plan for next Sunday’s game with the | SWeet. ere secret would catch more than 100 games a |time manager, was dismissed 5'°"“‘”'v£.°mashe|e ';D: ‘F}:i AEY 8, Selecing :m(jl the latter will post a large bond} ‘Who will be the next Easterner to |Palace eleven tonight at the home of | ofmvem'."e‘-mm vear and work all the exhibition |day, when McCorkindale admitted that Bt Fa it e ey e ! araian to insure his appearance. | get his? Manager Vic Gauzza. mes. Both were hard hitters, but | Firpo owed him not a penny. Papers S The new articles of agreement, it popularity. Your choice of th were slow on their feet. Both were excellent judges of batsmen. ‘The names of Archer and Kling are generally coupled because they both achieved fame as members of the Chicago Cubs 15 vears ago. They were two of the best of the modern catchers. Kling was probably the better of the two—intelligent, a good rower and a falr batter. His work inst Detroit in the world series of 1907 and 1908, together with the pitch- ing of Mordecai Brown, the three- tingered miner, re the outstanding features of the serfes. Archer found himself after he joined | tha Chicago team, becoming a wonder- | ful backstop and a great thrower. He, ould throw from a crouching posi-| tion and when he did take a step to zet the ball away, he stepped back- wards, the only catcher in history who aver stepped back to throw a ball. He \was severely burned on the throwing 'm at one time and the long scar that resulted alded him materially ih (hrowing, giving him more snap. He who arrived in New York yesterday. in the case showed that Firpo had | gained about $203,600 in his American bouts. FORMER GRID STAR WEDS. | NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 22— | A foot ball romance which began when Frank Godchaux was a quarter- back at Vanderbilt culminated here vesterday in his marriage to Mary Lawrence Ragland, daughter of a local wholesale grocer. 1 CUE MATCH TONIGHT. William Parsons and Fred Reynolds meet in tonight’s match of the Dis- trict pocket billiard tourney. Joseph Crowley won from Chick Lappeinne, 100 to 69. BILLIARDISTS CLASH. Bennie Clark _and Frank Turton meet tonight at Lewis & Krauss’ par- lors to break the tie for first place in worked pitchers in fine style and was nerally regarded as # smart re er. (Coagisli, 1920.0 e the District championship 18.2 balk- Powelil won from line billiard tourne: Suark last nights it buried in thick mire, only a little mashie, considering what followed. Joe played his ball dead on a line for the flag, and when it came to a stop it was exactly 2 feet from the cup. It was a miraculous play. know how he did it. But strangely enough, with a short putt before him for a birdie 3, Kirk- wood dropped from the sublime to the ridiculous. . He missed his putt! OFFICERS’ TRAP SHOOT. Retiring officers of the Washington Gun Club will be hosts to the organi- zatlon’s trapshooters Saturday at 1:30 o'clock, when the annual farewell held at Benning rang TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F T don't fighter, and Floyd Fitzsimmons, pro- was announced, are to take the place of those signed last Summer, under which a South Bend syndicate was to back Fitzsimmons in staging the fight at Michigan City, Ind. { Under the new agreement, which is tentative only until it is approved by Fitzsimmons’ lately acquired backers in Chicago, the champion is said to have the same purse guarantee as « V. | The bout, according to the latest | plans, may be staged in Michigan City | or in any other town of several stated | where conditions are favorable. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street | Hawkins Nash Motor Co. Sales and Service 1337 14th St. __ Main 5780 promised for the fight at Michigan | save him from being stabbed to death. 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