Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1925, Page 11

SP ORTS. THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMB ER 24, 1995. I Melnnis’ 1925 Batting Mark Best of Career : Fight Promoters A fter Berlenbach PAUL CONSIDERED GREAT BOX OFFICE ATTRACTION Light-heavy Champion Not Popular With Fans, Who Pay Good Money to Boo Him in His Battles. Lacks Style, But Has Punch. CASTOFF FIRST SACKER HITS .370 Stuffy, Veteran of Sixteen Ye Prominent Factor in of Pittsburgh in World Seri BY JOHN EW fir December YORK ¥ for the Pittsbu base ball Santa of 1925 hands the big leagues Mclr once def; out hi tsburgh as He ha Athletics, the C'evelar In all that Americans and the there wa performance tl ! wrong in lett Niehaus h and was , Grantha a lot bette but McKechr, in for the there wer P all his ex and did when Pirates, to supplant | » hard that hel of the W their th ; hetween first , in e ad it he played, and was darke Finally, in the sky old Stuff, Granth 1 knocked th ington pitchers down He jogged back and forth and the pitchers b vice in every zame th ROONDING THIRD| by Hugh A.Jennings CHAPT! Arm. C s bhe ball career came ot hardest and he 4+ sudden Bennett and platform. wheels. Both legs had to be amputat The modern game produced some sterling ca There have been quite a list of them In the last 15 years. One cannot overlook Bill Carrigan | of the Boston Red Sox, who later made a splendid record as manager of | that team. Carrigan, although handi- capped by a weak th rm, was still one of the keenest judges of base | runners and batsmen that I have ever | seen. He could nearly alway: guess the base runner and few bases | were ever stolen on him even If he | uld not throw so well us the aver- age catcher He was one of the most skillful handlers of pitchers in the history of the American League, and he really did his best work as a catcher after be became manag He then had the power to insist that pitchers fol- low his instructions implicitly, an ad- did not have before he der of the team. Whi 1 invented the trick of bloc ing runners off the plate, I doubt if Bresnahan ever did it more effectively than Carrigan. At least he never had an equal in his league. Carrigan was big and extremely game. One time in Detroit he blocked Mori- ;arty at the plate when Moriarty tried ‘to steal home. Had Moriarty suc- ceeded it would have tied the score, but Carri blocked him and saved the game for Boston. It was the last play of the game. Morlarty and Carrigan became t: d at the plate und exchanged blows and a riot re sulted. Carrigan was finally rescued 2nd reached the club But the fans hung about the park more than an hour after the game, waiting for | Carrigan. He walked out of the park hols ran for a rear Bresnah: a chance to be: them recognize disguised in the worki Carrigan wa ng clothes of the Billy Sullivan made tion as catcher for o White Sox, but he had big years while Ed Waish was at his best. Sullivan always caught Walsh Since Sullivan’s time the White Sox have had one of the game's greatest in Ray (Cracker) Schalk. He is small, but he made up for lack of size in abundance of aggressiveness. He handled pitchers well, threw well and bad the faculty of outguessing b runners. While not a strong hitter, Sch was vs dangerous in the pinches and generally delivered when & hit meant something. He was one of the very best judges of foul flies tn history. When a foul was hit in back of toward the screen, Schalk would get to the screen as fast as he could, turn and be in front of the ball. He did not try to take them over his shoulder as other catchers generally do. : When Schalk was at the height of | his catching car Johnny Bassler | entered the league member of the | Detroit Tigers. s slower than Schalk and not . but a remarkable of the « most_intelli ched. He st 1i s, is o deep and sound student 1 and is even better th: i 1t outgue: hit-and-r On top © is one of the best hitting catche major le ues b e produced—one, of the hardest men in the game to pitch rast. big reputa atches. Washington, is Schalk order. He ve, u good hitter catchers 1 have quick and t singles and get “Muddy” a catcher df 1s fast ¢ and one of ever seen Who enough to bunt away with it. Bill Killifer made his big reputation as a member of the Philadelphia team. There he was tha battery mate of Grover Cleveland Alexander, and whan Philadelphia sold Alexander to C- cago the Cubs insisted that Killifer accompany him.. So Killifer went to Chicago, where he continued his good work. He had good judgment and a good arm. The battery of Alexander and Killifer must be ranked as one of the best in history. 4 Hargrave of Cincinnati is one of the best the National League has had in recent years. He is a good back- stop, a reliable and hard hitter and he handles pitchers in good style. Hargrave has an unusually good touch in nailing runners at the plate. Frank Snyder of the Giants can be described “trier.” He is always in fine condition and gives the team the best he has. He is a long hitter and a good thrower, a well- rounded backstop. T have omitted some that may be ¢ considered equally as good, but I have the few is for 24—John e term “sub,” will be among thosc present when the ad played the same HARLIE BENNETT used to be called “The Man With the Iron | He was a wonderful backstop. and unfortunate on a hunting trip, accompanied by Kid Nichols, the pitcher. Bennett and Nichols got off to stretch themselves. too far from the depot and discovered suddenly that the train was mov Benuett, trying to follow him, lost his hold and fell under the G FOR PIRATES rs on Diamond, Was Startling Come-Back B. FOSTER. (Stuffy) Mc bteriuge” rgh Pirates, as one ball p’ayér of old | boys of s presents to the good little like | r of 16 ethin ferstudy d for aved fir tation Nichaus, and eventuaily ise nine years for the or the Boston Americans, ! will 17 TOSSERS REPORT FOR ALOYSIUS TEAM for the five re- for the indidates isket ball gymmsium session for Seventeen Afoystus Club ported at’ Gonzag the first practice Purple tossers. Tom Hook only members of | the but wen Jim y Duffy are the r's tem v\hnj ol in | the array of | are out for | Harringron | out a fast| and carry club's s from who Ffound this_season, apable cow the quad Man: should 1o combination. Roland Dulin of per of Gonzagu are didates who already have be Jim Birthri atd ek exy rt sk 1y i the “Aloys will en- ¢ from Fort Myer in a at the home gym. v Harper and Holden Ourand led | mong the can- n work. ith are 3oston Nati for briefer periods. | t a manager who was anxious to get him back, | wns "defent once he had let him go. And now, in his old age, he commes along with a | zym do" | amrnonia that | to when the dloped for the managers wonder if they didn't e last was ween thy it the » b ne irits Pirates ve ires summing ‘up of the that Stuffy lose to is prove that was the best r of his e ar is almost certaln to win him anoth contract at Pittsburgh, where he w be referred to old made good.’ There is not a kid in either league who had a year so full of blessings | as did old Stuffy Mcinnis. 1y prove = one the bat eer 1 man who | R XXIIL | While slow on his feet, he longest hitters of his day. His base | end. He was going West | At one stop, They wandered a bit | coach. Nichols swung on the rear THREE RECORDS SET | IN BOWLING LEAGUE| Three new marks were hung up in the Merchants' Bowling night on Recreation alleys when L. Silverbers of the Walkover Shoe store quint rolled games of 120, 1 and 165 for a set total of 408. Silverberg's 165 pins the former record, while his set | is 26 pins higher than the old mark. Walkover's team game mark of 1,615, which enabled the Shoemen to score a clean sweep over National Biscuit Co., also is & new record in the circuit. League last | | ing. | the | annual Ch | January ame betters by 20 | < for Epiphuny Big Five -ht, when the De Molay auint | to' 25, at Eastern | . 'The former caged four court goals und three foul shots, | while the latter contributed five dou- ble-deckers and a pair of single counter: | last ni Naval Rec i quint celsion General Tire . basketers took the | short end of the count in their open- | game. The Old Dominion Bo: Club five earned a 29-to-25 verdict on Alexandrians’ floo Reds, with Maxwell leading k, won from the Massachu- ark Indians, to 10. Calval the « setts F =g Warwick Preps d their fourth win when they downed the Arrow five by the count of 28 to 17. Cardinal Juniors had their winning streak broken by the Fort Meyer Juniors, who registered a 38-to-29 vic- | tory. | Cuthbert Millgets met the Fort | Myer Midgets in Peck gymnasium and | sained a 33-to-24 decision. Epiphany 90-pounders handed a set- back to the Harris tossrs, 18 to 16. HAMILTON IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF “C” Burls president CLuB Hamil wus named the Club s meeting of on of men Robr stant to Edmund Rheem, the per-| nent secretary, and Joseph Marr | treasurer. ey, Newby and Jimmy Lemon were named a committee to ma rrangements for the alumni basket 1l game in Central gymnasium on | 1 [ American Basket Ball League. 83 11 500 Last Night's Game. GCleveland. 41: Chicago. 3 No-Games Tonight. Brookisn., Chicaga. 7. i | By the Associated Press N EW YORK, December 24.—Mik: heavyweight boxing title to Madison Square Garden last night. his shell against F.owers and turned He was a different McTigue from the man who kept aw from Berlen- bach during a slow contest in which the title passed last Summer. But 1y at the ringside believed that the negro had gained the verdict | by his constant lashing out, which | time and again drove the fo champion to cover. Some writer gave Flowers seven of the ten round which, under the most recent ruling of the New York State Athletic Com- mission. should give him the battle. | Under this ruling the greater number of rounds won decides the winner. Fidel La Barbara, conqueror of the American flyweight champion, obtain- ed a six-round decision over Lew Per- fetti, New York bantamwelght, with a slashing offensive in the last four rounds after tumbling to his knees in the fight. Georze Godfrey, negro heavyweight, outpointed Martin Burke of New Orleans in 10 rounds, while | The tendency of the people of the | United States to seek cities for homes increased the population of some of the old-timers in base ball, and as they got larger they could not see why they could not have base ball | which sounded “just as big"” as that which was played in New York and | Chicago. More than that. there was 2 disposition on the part of thes { cities mot to be classed with the smaller towns of the South and the Southwest. The local pride of the “big minor fellows” was very much inflated Threaten the “Four Hundred.” There were threats of breaking into- the major league's “four hundred.” but when the cost was planted | squarely before the eves of some of | the men who wished to make the try they weadcned, and President Powers, while perfectly willing to help his cir- cuit all that he could, told them that if they went far enough to try real war they probably would be broke by the Fourth of July. Yet the strength for a change was such that he stood with his organiza- tion when a conference was had with the majors and the so-called revised national agreement wa: adopted at Buffalo. Those who figured that the major lengues would concede nothing were fooled. Both major leagues were feeling none too kindly toward one another and each of them was anxi- ous to something that would make to place betore you the men that \hr-lfi Imgrea&sd me during the time I n in the game. WA oS (Copyright, 1926.) the big minors feel they had their only friends with that particular McTIGUE WHIPS FLOWERS; LA BARBA BEATS PERFETTI earned another chance at the crown by his defeat of the sensa- tional negro. Tiger Flowers of Atlanta, in the Christmas fund bouts in McTigue, always admired for his defensive expertness, came out of back as good as received. History of Bush Leagues By John B. Foste CHAPTER XVIL. ROWTH of some of the cities represented threatened to make trouble for the National Association in its early days. population was just beginning to move from the rural regions into urban environment and it was inevitable that if certain cities became large enough they would surely demand major league base ball. e McTigue, who lost the world light- Paul Berlenbach last Summer, has English flyweight, and chwartz of New York battled to Other fights last night: WARRE Pa—Jimmy Slattery, Buifulo, knocked out Joe Burke, New rork, third round PHILADELPHIA—Dave Adelman, Baltime Marty Gold, Phila delphi: SAN FRANCISCO—Frankie Muskie, . Paul, beat Harry Dedderman, Val- light-heavyweight, ten round LOS_ ANGELES—Lou Paluso. Salt Lake City, won from Tommy O'Brien, New Y Earl McAr- thur, Sioux City, . and Leonard Garcia, Los Angeles, fought a draw, six rounds. Plans are under way in Tokio for the organization of a Japanese na- tional base ball league. | The city | The Eastern League and American Association wanted to withdraw from the national association. Of course, it was the first move toward a sectional major league in embryo in the West and the East. They petitioned the majors that they might withdraw upset ters generally, and told the association they were going to, quit. | Of course, the other leagues of the | national ociation held their at- mpted seceding members at fault nd wanted the national commission 10 hold them to the letter of the agreement between them. Class AA Is Formed. The upshot of it was the formation of class AA, which included the East- zue, American Association the Pacific Coast’League. It was bigger than the run of minor leagues, not quite so big as the major leagues, had certain rights In regard to the settlement of its own affairs, and was not ridden by the board of arbitration, which had been resented by the leagues involved. Even the adoption of this agree- ment did not settie everything with the minors, and the national commis. sion in May of the same year issued a statement that it would not pay any attention to it; nor need the minors, and that conditions had gone back ‘o their former state. In time this whipped the leagues into line, and from tken on the national association has conducted its affairs largely by its own near independence and occasionally by concession. There have been differences of opinion, but no outright break, because the gen- eral governmental plan is superior to i league. The result was the minors got what they wanted from both. ) anything of the past. | swing, and especially doe: | what | through | out | weaving about with, N | from \ - is 4 possible source of to keep body action t basically, why a short back-swing is in troubde of one kind or another. Allowing the right knee too much freedom during the back swing is an other piece of flypaper that means permanent anglement for many plavers. This joint should be kept rather firm—not stiff— ng the back this apply to the beginning of the back swing. If you firm up the right knee at the startaway of the club it probably will take pretty good care of itself there after. In Figure 1 a _correct stance position for the full w stroke. In Figure 2 we can observe happens when, in starting the back swing, the right side of the body is permitted too much freedom, the right leg being infirm. Measure against the perpendicular line “K" in the chart and observe how the weave of the body, to the left, in Figure 2, has let the body get & of line. The player doe: ver being con- starting the is shown scious of it at all. In siis SEns s 5 1 fer should understand that each joint movement during the trouble with his stroke, and that the o the minimum at all times. This is, so often the quick cure-all for golfers back swing, have u feeling that you are moving directly against the right leg. In this you should be careful not to actually push forward t the to the right. The outward sw Figure 2, v, as pictured in will result In u shoulder dipping or right side collapse, in the forward swing, shown in Figure 3 This happens because, the body hav ing_ swayed over out of line in the backward swing, the player senses, .in the forward swing, that he is go- ing 1o be a bit behind his clubhead— with his timing—and so he instinctivi {1y tries to catch up. But he is too te. and so he dips—it's anythiue, L0 sget the clubhead in there and hit. Stand up on the right leg, in the back swing—feel that you are directly on top of it. And stand up on the left leg in the forward swing—then { throw the clubhead in there with vour hands and wrists, (Conyright 1925.) same time not to sway backward, or MUNN QUICKLY K. 0.’D; WILL RETURN TO MAT By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kan e 24.—Nursing a battered chin, Wayne (Big) Munn today had given up dreams of a career In the prize ring. Munn concluded that the equip- ment necessary to success In the wrestling game avails nothing in boxing shortly after he stepped in- side the ropes here last night with Ande Anderson, heavyweight boxer of Chicago. Gloves thudded on Munn's chin and two minutes after the opening of the first round he was counted out. It was his sceond and final appear- ance in the role of a boxer. “I guess I wasn’'t cut out for bo: ing.” Munn sald after the bout. “ stick to wrestling hereafter. Munn showed no aptitude with the Eloves, scoring only one solid blow. He had no defense for the short straight jabs dellvered by Anderson. The knockout came after the wrestler had been sent down for a count of nine. Munn, weighing 259 pounds, had a 20-pound advantage over his oppo- nent. Munn's second attempt to turn his brawn into account in boxing was no more disastrous than his first, for he was knocked out by Jack Clifford in 1923 after leaving the University of Nebraska, where aved foot ball. It was then took up professional wres- tling. After winning matches from more or less well known grapplers. Munn met the then champion, Ed (Strang- ler) Lewlis in Kansas City last Janu- y and won a disputed decision. A few month later, however, he lost all claim to the title by his de- feat by Stanislaus Zbyszko. GONZAGA WILL PLAY GOTHAMITES SUNDAY A match between Gonzaga High and St. Francis Xavier of New York has been booked by the management of the Palace Club as the pre'ininary to the Palace-Fort Wayne basket ball clash at the Arcade Sunday night. The schoolboys were originally scheduled to play Monday at Gonzaga gvmnasium, but shifted their date in order to gef in on the program when | the Washington professionals defend | their position at the top of the Amer- fcan Basket Ball League. RUTH WILL COME BACK, SAYS PHYSICAL EXPERT}\, By the Associated Press the greatest seasons he ever ion of Arth i slugger has started training. Two weeks of exercise have borne results. { sent a loss of 8 pounds The Babe is dieting conscientiously 'he Babe collapsed last Spring the “Au” His subsequent after returning to the game, hard blow to the Yankees. When the Babe gets out of con dition. which he does v, es savs McGovern, “it is not because of ny form of dissipation which he has been continus accused of, but simply because he has let up on his exercise. which he has to keep up at all times to stay in condition.” Ruth requires at least an hour's workout daily to avold taking on fat and having his muscles become soft and flabby. He can gain as much as 0 pounds in 24 hours, McGovern lum; In 10 years of base ball Ruth has lost the equivalent of about two and one-half tons in weight, more than any other athlete who is forced to train consistently, McGovern figures. Ruth’s training the past two weeks has consisted of two hours of varled exercise dafly, tossing the medicine ball, playing hand ball and boxing. He expects to keep up this progra. until about February 10, when he will £o_South. The Babe is declared by McGovern to be one of the fastest big men he ever has trained. This speed fre- quently has enabled him to outlast two opponents at hand ball. Boxing is one of the big fellow's hobbles and McGovern bhelleves he would have made a good ring record if he had chosen that game instead of base ball. T HENDERSON RE-ELECTED BY FOOT BALL BOARD E. B. Henderson, director of cal training in the colored high L of the District, was re-elected president of the Eastern Board of Foot Ball officials at the annual meet- ing held in Baltimore. Dr. I. N. Cupid of Washington was named secretary-treasurer. Edgar P. Westmoreland. L. U. Gibson and Low:ss Watson were appointed to ar- range for a meeting at which the mat- ter of forming a central committee may be discussed. GAME 0. K., SAYS ZUPPKE. CHAMPAIGN, I11.,, December 24 (). —The present game of foot ball is a good one and should be left as it is, Robert C. Zuppke, University of Ili- nois coach, declared. He will depart Saturday for New York to preside as president at the annual meeting of the National Association of Foot Ball Coaches. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. A light wood—I1 er 12 ounces would be light—is very likely to have the effect of causing the player to check his “swirg at the ball. This happens because the club, being so light, accelerates so rapidly in the forward swing that it attains a runaway speed, so to speak, and the power developed in the swing is partly lost at the moment when, it should accomplish the most. The very light club is more difficult to control, too, be- cause it is more difficult to feel its weight against the fingers. Definite control of the club throughout the whole swing is one of the fundamen- tals of the swing. Choose a heavier club and make it a rule to' swing it more slowly. The head should be just heavy enough so that the club will swing and pull the body through after it. Avold such weight In the head that it makes your swing drag and become an effort. (Copyright, 1926.) ) 1S TOO LIGHT 1S HARD TO CONTROL - EW YORK, December 24—Babe Ruth next year will hdve one of has had on the diamond, in the opin- r McGovern, physical instructor, at whose gymnasium | Ruth’s 222 pounds repre- nd the royal waist line has been reduced 4 inches. and abstaining from stmulants. | | BASKET BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger. Breaking for a Pass. Do = e The right way for a basket ball player to get away from the opponent guarding him in order to receive a pass is to outwit him as to the direc- tion he will take the pass, and then to outrun That is good basket ball. A common practice is for the player to push his opponent in order to break away from him. This push naturally checks the start of the opponent and impels the start of the player doing the pushing. But it is illegal. The right method for breaking away is illustrated on the left. The wrong way on the right. him. HE annual alumnae day at Si basket ball victories for the T this time, are anticipated eagerly by both students and grads, They mark the occasion for a reunion of old friends and the swapping of many a school-day reminiscence on the side lines while the old and the new Strug- gle for supremacy In the familiar gymnasium. The alumnae rather upset the dope this year by overwhelming their op- ponents. It is the first time in sev- eral vears that the “old-timers” have carried home the victory. fact that Isabel Southgate of the Capi- tol Athletic Club and Virginia Brown of Swarthmore were in the line-up. oint. A = In accordance with the new princi- ples of the N. A. A. F., Hilda Moles- to represent the varsity, rather than stellar sextet. hal® and one in the second. Berry, Mildred Clarke, Martha Harris, Louise Hoover and Patsy Ridsdale. The sextet which carried the varsity colors into the fray for the second half was composed of Mildred Burn- ham, Betty Hoover, Henrietta Berry, Alice Hyde, Polly Foote and Ida Clag- gett. The alumnae standards were borne victortousl ginia Bro Ridsdale, Hathaway. At the athletic council party held re- cently at Friends’ School principles of the National Amateur Athletic Fed- eration were discussed, and it was agreed to indorse them as far as pos- sible. The council expressed itself as particularly favorable to the plan of developing team efficiency rather than individual stars to uphold the laurels by Isabel Southgate, Vir- Marion Leech and Ruth when cutting for WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. defeated the undergraduates, 56 to 26, while the graduate boys’ team administered a 25-to-15 defeat to the These contests, held every year at Much of the ex-co-eds’ success was due to the These two proved to be streaks of lightning which flashed through the undergraduate defense for point after worth, basket ball coach and physical director, has developed a large squad concentrating her efforts upon one She used two complete teams in the game, one in the first The line-up which opened the game included Mariana Thomas, Margaret , Virginia Weekly, Betty The locals moved into first last night when Cleveland toppled | Chicago and sent the Windy City rs into the cond divi: n. Man- Sugarman’s team has won four of five starts and is holding a margin over the Cleveland | | place RAY DECIDES TO STICK AFTER CAPTURING RACE NEW YORK, December 24 (P).— | { Jole Ray, eight times holder of the mile running title of the United | States, has changed his mind about | quitting track athletics, and will start | his seventeenth of track competi tion in nuary ccording to a_letter received by a New York friend In a recent cross-country race in Chicago, Ray won in such good time that he was encouraged to carry on. 1 MAKES HOLE IN ONE. RICHMOND, Va., December 24 (), —E. E. Holderness of this city joined the “hole-in-one” club when his shot on the 159-yard thirteenth” on the Hermitage Country Club golf course sailed into the cup on the carry and He used a mashie iron. FIRPO TO FIGHT SPALLA. BUENOS AIRES, December 24 (). the Argentine heav: < he will sigh articles, probably Saturday, for a match with Erminio Spalla. the Italian heavy weight. The fight, at 15 rounds, will take place at Buenos Aires March 6. DEVJITT ALUMNI WIN. Devitt Prep alumni basket ball players had an easy time with the school regulars yesterday at National ard Armory court. the verdict going to the grads by a score of 25 to 10. The alumni line-up included Chet and Lee Wilkins, Trilling, Wallace, Col- lins and Billin ase of the hardships involved in playing both Saturday and Sunday the soccer matches listed for in which Scotch, English, German and American teams were to participate, have been postponed until next month. dwell Friends School resulted in two “old grads” The co-ed alumnae de- students. of the school in the various fields of sport. Marlana Thomas, president of the council, presided over the meeting. A stunt program was given, followed by a dance. SUZANNE IS WILLING T0 PLAY MISS WILLS By the Assoclated Prees, PARIS, December 24.—“Am always glad to meet good players,” declared Suzanne Lenglen when asked by L’Auto for her views on the coming of Helen Wills, the California girl, to the Riviera. “I shall take just as much, if not more pleasing trying conclusions with Miss Wills,” Suzanne continued, “as with Miss McKane, Miss Ryan or Mile. Vlasto. But I must tell you that Miss Wills' coming is the least of my cares. My father, who has been seriously ill, has just undergone a severe opera- tion, and mother and I have been | terribly anxious about him lately.” The Australian player, J. O. Ander- son, had_this to say to L'Autp con- cerning Mlle. Lengien: “Suzanne is the Norman Brookes of female tennis. I do not believe Miss Wills can win More than two or three games from her, for don't forget that Suzanne in the entire Wimbleton tournament has lost only seven games.” BOYS ENTER GOLF EVENT. PINEHURST, N. C.,, December 24 P).—Two ear-old boys have en- tered the junior golf tournament which starts_today. They, are William Par- sons, Youngstown, Ohio, and Sherburn Merrill, Brookline, Mass. Other entrants_include Roderick Innes, 14, Lester, Mass.; Richard Chapman, 14, Greenwich, Conn.; Charles Swoope, 14, Merion, Pa., and Arnold White, 15, New York. C BY SPARROW McGANN. N EW YORK, December 24—Punching Paul Berlenbach looms as the biggest asset of the fight promoters would-be impresarrios of the ring are buzzing around him like bees for the coming year, and in a clover field. Announcement of a match in which he will figure may be expected almost any day. Paradoxically. Berley's popularit y with the promoters is due to the fact that he is extremely unpopular with the fight fans. A great majority of them are so keen to see the big fighter wafted to sleep that they never miss a bout in which ' e figures. _ Why? Itis a difficult matter to is one of the few fighters who cannot He can fight, though. This has to It matters not to him who his op- ponent may be. He wades in with his right hand, faking a lead. and lashes out with his left as if the veriest novice were in front of him. Greb Asks Fancy Price. Paul wants to fight Dampsey: he really does. But in the meantime he is willing to take on Harry Greb. Greb is a match for any of the big fellows, but he thinks so much of Paul that he is asking more for his services against Berley than a pro- moter cares to lay out. This is the one thing that is blocking a Greb Berlenbach match. In the Delaney fight Berlenbach was depressed over the booing he got from the crowd. He thought, as many another did, that he was doing the right thing in taking on the man who had once kayoed him. From the hisses and cat-calls, the home folks to a well earned victory. No one could say he did not put up a real battle. It is true that he vio- lated every rule of boxing, as he al- ways does, but just the same he waded through a barrage of rapler- like thrusts and sharp-shooting rights o @ weirearnca viciory. Lacks Boxing Style. Paul wheels the left foot back, ws his fist and dashes out with it, ecting the usual pawing to judge ance. Such a move leaves him open to a crosscounter with the right. He has spent many hours listening to advice and trying to overcome the fault by practice, but so far he has not succeeded. Delaney took advantage of the opening for the right cross in the first fight with Berley, out. be admitted even by his worst enemies. | second battle, but this time Paul got | avns and knocked him | dope. Maybe this is because Berley be judged by any hard and fast rule. He put him on the floor in the up. With Berlenbach supposedly dizay by this second match Delaney has |been critictzed for not putting in & finishing blow and grabbing the title. He held back too long. But his pauss not without reason. When Berley rose he sunk his chin under }I)l" protection of his folded right arm. | Delaney what v did not see. | For Paul's left fist was drawn back | ready for Delaney’s expected charge. Delaney Kept Already Jack had fe that left to h could 1l afferd iance, £ stayed away. he not the fAght might have términated then and there. Berlenbach’s defense is a smashing offense. The idea used to be that & clever man figured to beat him. But Slattery, Solomon, McTigue and De laney, all clever men, ave busted that idea. It Is a fact that, with the possible exception of Jack Dempsey, no one | boasts a harder body 1 h than E lenbach I gine F Greb with his windmill e bor into Paul. | It certair as though Greb would n to cnange his tactics or not last out the 15 round Berlenbach is one of the few cham- plons who s willing to meet any and all challengers. at_he lacks in | color he makes up in eternal aggres- siveness and ponderous punching. The < who are rooting for him to | be dethroned will be the first to be- moan h's :. For such is the way of fight-goe: Who could knock him off? The wise | guys na Dempsey, Wills and | Tunney, and call it a day. {Donsasnt Away. It th and force of to rt and Ty passi PRO SCANDAL MAY STRIKE MORE THAN SCHOOL STARS By the Associated Press HICAGO, December 24.—Four _ field of their foot ball team, competition as amateurs in h Englewood High School boys. back have been barred permanently from igh school because they played with a makeshift professional team representing Milwaukee three weeks age As a further outcome of the sca of the National Profes teur athletics all over the country m: The annual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Federation in New York will discuss revisions of the rules govern- ing the amateur status of boys tagged professional for life because of a sin- gle petty violation. Meanwhile the Chicago athletic au- thoritles plan a sweeping inquiry into the relations of the schools, several of which are coached by men who play on pro teams. Recommendations re sulting from the investigations will be made next month. Although the penalty imposed con- cerned only high school competition. the bovs were fearful it might affect their chances of making college teams. The game in which the youths par ticipated was a frame-up, Manager Chris O'Brien of the Chicago Cardin: admitted. His team planned to win from the makeshift Milwaukee eleven and from a Hammond, Ind., club, and onal League, ndal, the Chicago Cardinals, members are under official scrutiny and ama- ay be affected by these victories would the professional cham subsequent lenge Bears, with game was anticipate upset Hamm Cardina Art Folz, Cardinal halfback, sald he induced the bovs plav by telling them it was a practice game, without an admission charge Palmer, former Northwestern versity star, coach at Englewood, said he knew c the plan and advised them not to pl but only because they might be hurt Though O'Brien said no plaver on the team was paid and the boys de- clared they received no money, E. Delaporte, secretary of the boar control. was skeptical Two of the hovs have fir high school athletic care: graduate in the two had one more claimed hip. A the Chicago for a title ‘he plan was defeated the THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS BY WILL H. DILG, President lzaak Walton League of America HE musky is recognized as the T interesting to speculate as to belief and legend has it that he probably attains a or more. points out that Hornaday, Robert Page Lincoln, fishi Lincoln sceuts this. He even goes so far as to say that Edward G. Tay- r, a noted angler and outdoor writer, must furnish proof of having caught a musky welghing 65 pounds before he will believe it. Taylor savs there is a 100-pound musky in the office of a certain lawyer in Quebec. Lincoln says he wants to see it. Lincoln points to those who say that there are muskies of over 100 pounds in American waters without on what they base their slightest the slightest doubt and wants to know doubt. Lncoln wants proof that such muskies exist, pointing out that even when the muskies are spawning, and are frequently speared, no such mon- sters are taken. He also takes exception to the fight ing qualities of the musky, which he says are vastly over-rated. He says in Outing: “Too much fake and bamboozle in this musky game. I have to have a lot of proof before I believe any musky story that I hear! ‘So far as the musky being a more savage fighter than the great north- ern pike, it is my opinion that the latter is by far the stronger and more savage fighter on the hook, pound for pound. I have caught both species on the fiyrod and it is by this method of catching them that I believe their full value as a scrapping proposition 1s ascertained. He continues saying that the strike of the pike is Infinitely more savage than that of the musky, and that he fights much better, size for size. 1 am not certain as to the respective fighting qualities, nor about the size | of muskles. However. it is interesting to note that Dr. Ferdinand Ossendow- ski, a Polish scientist who has written wonderful books about his travels in Siberia, speaks of catching, in a net, a plke measuring six feet in length and weighing, if I remember correctly, 180 pounds. 21,000 TICKETS ARE SOLD. LOS ANGELES, December 24 (). —Approximately 21,000 tickets for the foot ball game between Alabama and Washington at Pasadena on New Year day already have been sold. Bull Schmidt of Rochester will at- tempt to break Joe Turner's lons string of victories tonight in the Mutual Theater's weekly wrestling bout. ‘argest, perhaps, and the fiercest. verman, Jordan, probable maximum of the musky at from 80 to 150 poun lion of fresh-water fishes. He is ti In saying he is the largest, it his probable maximum size. Popular eight of 100 pounds differently. He have given the ng authority. thinks Hensha FOUR ALOYS TO RUN IN BALTIMORE RACE W. A. Schaub, Jerry Looney. James Montague and Leon Hammond are the harriers who will represent Wash ington in the 10-mile road run to be staged by the Emorywood Club of | Baltimore on New Year day. This quartet of Aloysius Club dis tance men submitted their entries la night. when cross-country runners c the city met at the Aloy headau The Sunday runs at Union Statfon Plaza will be discontinued until January 17, whe a series of four 5-mile jaunts will begin The other dates are January 24 an 31 and February 14. Gold, silver and bronze medals w be awarded high scorers in the for events. rters. GEORGIA QUINT WINS. ATHENS, Ga., December 2 17 versity of Georgia won from For McPherson at basket ball last nigh 61 to 21. RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED NEW RADIATORS FOR AUTOS WITTSTATT’S R. & F. WKS. 319 _13th ST. N.W. 1123 P, REAR TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F NASH Convemently Located on Fourteenth Street Hawkins Nash Motor Co. Sales and Service 1337 14th St. Main 5780 A