Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1926, Page 27

' SPORTS THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, TUESDAY, JANUARY b5, Y926. Few Off Days for Big Leaguers in 1926 : McLarnin Is Declared to Be Great Boxer SHORTER PLAYING SEASON WILL KEEP CLUBS ACTIVE Coming Campaign, From April 13 to September 26, Promises to Be Most Efficient Base Ball Ever N [ ks their next about the wi ’ d be helpe burgh or GRIFFS DUE TO STAND PAT | FOR 1926 TITLE CAMPAIGN T ¢! backbone of the pitching staff Marberry, i b had hen t Th ouble s 1 i 2 [ Indications are that Johnson, Cove- | Veach and Lefbold. if they remain on ted 1 for tcher. eons eyes upon Hoyt of the Yankees, | ting first call and Severeid and Ta mke UBSTANTIALLY Had, With Double-Headers Plentiful. , BY JOHN B. FOSTER. W YORK., January 5.—Major league schedule-making for 1940 will be based on getting every little playing hour between April 13 and September 26 annexed in some way to a base ball game. e 1926 schedule promises to be the most efficient that base ball ever 1. The players will take their first breath about the middle of May, i July, and will have reason to call it a day around at the end of September. e teams must swecp through by September 26, and this will make more prevalent than in recent seasons, but this cant as there is no Sunday base ball in Philadelphia, Pitt middle ¢ hey are through jump aders , so long Boston much easier to deal with Pitts-) Brooklyn, for. while the law n this respect ith actually prohibit them in New bec nevertheless the club owners been pri tid to put the «dal on Sunday double-headers, o begin their games before 2 and finish them as quickly as possible, use there still was oppo |sition 10 Sunday game: | Indoor competitions on : New York City Sunday _game and the base ball people ing fo stick their fingers net's by hallyhooing r Sunday games, Washingtun will get the season date in the Ameri against either the doesn’t York r clubs travelit soft never o'clock e for a_Sunday game ch doesn’t permit up some aklyn wish to get big town it is | val owners, after th Sunday have not b situation very e into a he the much not nest scheduled City o 1 that won the American League pen- he Washington Ameri- possible retirement of Infielder ef pitcher, and the possibility of the . no changes have been forecast. . with two league pennants and a | intends to keep his infield intact, along | - would like to have a capable outfielder | | | ant last sea ake the field for | this vear 1 Allen Russell, fielders Leibold two-year man ctory to his cred 25 catching staff, but tween Goslin and Rice of ar from the 1 larris bination dge, |the Browns. Alex Fes Biuexe, | Pected to qualify for a_regu {ing assignment, while Lefty Thomas, | Harry Kelly and Win Ballou. South ern Association recruits, are likely Jrospects. Tex Jeanes, erstwhile Southern As- sociation gardener, is the most likely for the outfield assignment, but and essive seasons has double Buddy obtained from to Peck’s others in be will receive consideration. It is probable that Joe Harris will be retained as relief man for Judge at first base. Shirley and McGee, r | cruits, will receive tryouts at the post. and Stuffy Stewart another Southern Association produ; com- | plete the list of infield reserves The catching staff, with Ruel get nd Ruether, who together won the roster. ason, will form the again. parti m, al n s | M ment fenced covet- who relief hurler, 5 contests last starts, a the- rescue assign S wants one more expe: He has looked with in he made no of the Red Sox and Bush of | his assistants, remains the same. History of Bush Leagues y John B. Foste: CHAPTER XXVI. nine” might be fashionable in view of the mod- rn tendency to imagine vain things in regard to sport. Such a team might be assembled something like the following | Finally he consented under those con- by Hugh A IMMY COLLINS was the best t J stops, Lajoie to second basemen lar third baseman for Louisville, m and told Preston to go to the bench. Collins was watching the proceedir out of myself Baltimore wanted to get the game over, so we told Collins to play third. We promised him we would not pull any balls down the third-l line. and that we would not bunt on him. ditions. We kept our promise and Col- lins finished the series at third and continued playing the position through the remainder of the Eastern trip of his team. Greatest of Fielders. The next glimpse we got of Collins was in Louisville. He was stlll play- ing third No longer bound to any promise, we started bunting to third, Three men bunted In succession and Collins threw out each man. He had learned to field bunts. I have still to see his equal. Collins was sistent fielde alon best and most con- all time. He not . but he her kind anged wider than | any man that ever pla: ed the position. There was an ease anl u grace about him that re ided one of Nl\pn\@un; Lajoie. and although he was not quite ceful as renchman, he was the most graceful of all third sackers of his or any other day. John J. McGraw was ehifted about a good deal hefore he settled down at third. For a few vears he was played at short and at second base. It was not until 1894 that third base became his regular position. 1 consider Me- | aw a great flelder. He was a fine | man on bunts and an accurate| thrower. Besides that he had the com- | petitive spirit. I have never seen a more courageous soul or a finer fighter than McGraw. He usually played in- | spired ball. He was intelligenut and he was aggressive, the sort of player that pulls @ team with him. Not alone | was he invaluable on defense, but in the attack of the Orioles McGraw was always & shining light. He knew how to get on bases. If he couldn’t get on by hitting the ball, he got on by let ting the ball hit him. He had a genius for getting bases on balls. for years leading the league in getting passes | to first. With McGraw able to get on and strong hitters following him in the line-up, you can see how much he aided the attack of the Orloles. | If Buck Weaver had remained In| the game he might be regarded now as a keen rival of Collins and McGraw. He started as a shortstop and while playing that position was the most erratic thrower 1 haye ever seen on an infield. I know of no plaver that could throw the ball higher or farther | from an infleld position. It seemed that he would never learn to throw. but he did learn, and when he was shifted to third and became accustomed to playing there, Weaver was one of the best throwers in the game. He was good on bunted balls, went far to left or right and handled any kind of chance that came within range. He was a good hitter from either side of the plate, an able bunter and was fast on the bases. Bradley and Steinfeldt had strong arms and were good at flelding bunts, but neither was as good as McGraw or Collins in getting hard-hit balls. Dugan Clever Performer. Joe Dugan has been the successor of Weaver in the American League. ROUNDING THIRD CHAPTER XXXII the same relation to third basemen that Hans Wagner bears to short- 1 remember distinctly the day that Collins made his debut at third He was originally an outfielder and he played the outfield for Louisville In one series when Louisville was playing in Baltimore, \Preston, the regu- manager of the team at that time, became disgusted, walked out on the field “Come on in here and play i_hird”hnsc._ ; McCloskey stood and told him, “I can't play third. I'd just make a fool CALLED CLEVEREST SINCE ABE ATTELL QUIT ARENA .Jennin Shand, Recognized Expert, Pays High Compliment to Coast Scrapper—Regards Him Superior to Morgan, Junior Lightweight King. hird baseman of all time. He bears and Hal Chase to first basemen BY FAIRPLAY. [ EW YORK, January 5—Jimmy McLarnin is the best boxer developed McCloskey looked out to left, where l\ in the West since Abe Attell. This is the opinion of Bob Shand, o McCloskey yelled to Colfins, | of Oakland. whose opinions about boxing and boxers are based on Collins wandered over to where | years of experience and copper-riveted knowledge of the game. Shand is particularly impressed by McLarnin's right hand, which, he is something new. “1 saw him stop Jackie Fields with it in two rounds at Los Angeles recently,” says Shand. “And in that round he knocked Fields down five times.’ A fight between Tod Morgan, the new junior welterweight champion, and McLarnin would, in Shade's opinion, be the greatest event that ever confronted a promoter in California, but he hopes the fight will never be held, as whichever way it went, it would mean the ruination of one boy who could beat anybody else of his weight in the world. Bob has an idea that McLarnin would be the victor. As to Morgan, Shand got him his nrst fight in Oakland, und when he | saw the fragile, sickly-looking lad he |feared the boy would be murdered. But such fears were speedily set at rest. Morgan was born in Port Townsend, near Seattle, and 1s years old. | Frank Churchill bought his contract from the kid's father the same night that he knocked off Ballering hand describes Morg ade three errors. John McCloskey, say: GRIFF-YANKEE-BROWN TRADE AGAIN RUMORED By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 5—Re- ports that a three-cornered player deal is pending among ‘the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns and Washington Nationals were given credence today in base ball circles despite a statement by Col. dacob Ruppert, Yankee owner, that he knew nothing about such negotiations. According to these reports, the Yankees are slated to obtain Marty McManus, hard-hitting St. Louis inflelder, in exchange for Spencer Adams, inflelder, and Tom Zach- r, who would York from Washington for Waite Hoyt, right- handed pitcher. Aaron Ward, second baseman of the Yankees for the past few years, also may go to St. Louis when the negotiations, said to be well under way, are completed. win, as witness Johnny Buff Lynch is a Scotch-Irish lad, and his real name ix Bailey. He hates to lead, but is a goud plugker. Lots of second- raters have taken him. An inand- outer pure and simple is Joe Lynch. Rosenberg, aecording to Shand, looked terrible In his g0 with Lynch. The day after the fight Charley said: “1 guess I'm a rotten world cham pion. Can you imagine a champion missing three swings out of*five? That is what I did against Lynch.” Rosenberg admitted he got the | worst of it, but Harry Segal played the part of a real manager by squawk ing loudly Down in California they note that Kid Kaplan says he has run out of They are ready to turn lis easy defeat of e stung. His timing and his vight a4 snappy one. This California Joe Ly Charley Rosenberg, 15 a boy about 22 years old. Lest when not conceded is perfect i, who beat an Francisco : does his chance to | opponents. umw‘mw i o .E‘};ul kL s 4fir§!“.‘4 il e SPORTS. over to him the entire orange crop of southern California if he can get as good as a draw with Morgan or Mc- Larnin, each of whom will muke 126 pounds for him. Scotty Monteith, who manages Louis (KId) Kaplan, the featherwelght cham- plon, cut his eye-teeth years ago. Few come any smarter than he fs. Which makes the recent bofie he pulled all the more surprising. He took his meal ticket to the New York Boxing Commission and asked per- mission for Kaplan to take on some of the lightwelghts instead of making the featherweight poundage every time he fights. The boxing moguls refused the request. So now Monteith threatens to leave New York cold. No flags were dis- played at half-mast throughout the metropolls because of this threat, but at that » another scrapper could For Kaplan is an earnest battler. He bores in from the start, swinging both fists llke a rapid-fire gun. This i8 the trouble. For his style of mill- ing calls forth every ounce of strength This taxes his stamina, 5 rounds make a long, long route when one is tired Of course, when he is not down to the limit of his class he is not both ered by weariness, and it looks as though the West, where they are not S0 strict, will see him in many a bat- tle before ever New York lamps him In action again. The kid's first fight will be in the Middle West, where they are billing his bout with Fddie Shea as a cham- plonship affair. Maybet it will be, but 1t looks to be a good bet that Kaplan will come Into the ring closer to 130 pounds than to the feather limit. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT BOSTON-—(arl Tremain, Cleveland, defeated Andy Martin, Boston (10 AND—John Risko, Cleve. land, won a decision over Young Bob Fitzsimmons, New York (12). Bud Gor- man, New York, and Tony Stabenau, Buffalo, boxed a draw (6). Whose DOG’ are you? CUBS LEAD PARENT ; - LEAGUE IN FIELDING The Chicago Cuts led the National League in team flelding for the 1925 season with an average of .9687, ac cording to the offical fielding records released today. Half a percentage point behind the Cubs come the New York Giants, with .9682, while the Clncinnati Reds are ranked third with 9681, The Giants placed one man cn top in the individual records, Frank Sny der leading the catchers with .985 in 96 games. Maurice Burrus of the Braves is the actual leader among the first basemen with .990 for 151 games. Earl Adams of the Cubs tops the second basemen with .983 and Harold Traynor of the Plrates is the actual leader among the third base men with .9566 for 150 games. Short stop laurels go to Dave Bancrofi manager of the Braves, who averaged 945 in 125 games, while the actual leader among the outfielders s Cur tis Walker of the Reds with .982% for 145 games. Sixteen pitchers returned perfect flelding averages, but the laurels go to Clarence Mitchell of the Phils by virtue of his having accepted the most chances, 75, without an error. Six triple plays were made during the 1925 season, the Cube and Phil lies each making 2 and the Giants and Pirates each 1. MITCHELL TO FIGHT. FARGO, N. D. January 5 (®)- Negotiations have been completed for & 10-round bout between Pinkey Mitchell of Milwaukee, junior welter- weight champion of the world and Russie Le Roy of Fargo here Janu- ary 14. Morris Dent and Joseph Crow! are scheduled to meet in tonigh match of the District pocket billfard tourney at Grand Central parlors Lappiene won from Hampton, 100 tu 88, O~ wHAT leash of mass thinking do you run? If you and couic strictly within National Association days: have a dog collar about your mind, whose name is on it ¢ pitchers—Walter Johnson, Arthur C. n Many people are wearing a dog collar and don’t know Some never will. A few have wanted to lose the 1 Not so versatile in hitting or fielding. | he is still the nearest approach to | Weaver and one of the best men the S it. §r 1 Second base—Stanley H ‘Third Left ( Right an n versed in the Shortstop—Glenn Wright t fleld—( H ter field—Tris Npe of AND BASHARA WILL SWAP PUNCHES Promoters of the National « Sporting Club consider Johnny und Joe Bashara, middleweight sc pers who meet in a 10-round counter at the Arcade Tuesday night {the most eveniy matched hoys wh have yet been signed for one of the | club’s exhibitions are equal in weight, both are 1 punchers, and each is as game they come. Bashs is being trained by Jack Blackburn, trainer of tone, Philadelphia light-heavy- welght, and an old-timer at the fight zame. Gill, who hails from York, Pa., is |4 boxer who saw active service dur- |ing the World War. He was with the 109th Machine Gun Battalion, Company D, and took part in the fighting at the Argonne and at St. hase—Harold T G fleld—Ty Cobb. Walsh should v taskinastor t admirable + ball piteher nsider that they | ClASS Support from two young the skill and alertness of | and Ruel for catchers. There ot been two modern catchers doubt the best an of the pres- lttle he has most valuable with, d at st-basem nd tittle by ne of the e ball aseman can pivot het ! tight spots. me has developed in playing bunts, Heine Groh has always been a con- sistent flelder and thrower and a good batter, although handicapped in recent vears by numerous injuries. His best work has always been done in the Willie Kamm, whom Chicago bought | from San Francisco for a record price. proved a graceful fielder and thrower | but never got the credit in the majors | that his work deserved because of his lack of color. Another reason is that Kamm did not hit well after leaving the Coast minors. Hans Lobert was a fair fielder and a firstclass hitter, also one of the fastest players of all time. Bobby Jones of Detroit is a good allayound fielder and unusually in- telligent. While not flashy he is re- liable and particularly good in close games. He comes up with the ball in a pinch; his weakness is at bat. PROTECTION TO BE ASKED Who owns your opinions? Woof! Woof! “The World Court is part of a divine plan. . . . The World Court is devised of Satan. ... no axe to gri Prayer is a greater force than electricity. . . . Prayer never made a drop of rain. . . . All propaganda is capital- istic propaganda. . . . All propaganda comes from Mos- cow. . . . Calvin Coolidge is the greatest president. . . . Calvin Coolidge is the worst president. . . . No bachelor makes a good mayor.” Bow! Wow! Enter to grow nd. in wisdom: stigma. To those few, people who think for themselves, the Forum is a magazine to be read. The Forum has It is upholding the old American tradition of open discussion, giving all sides of current political, economic, literary and religious controversy. It is not hospitable to loose thinking, neither does it accept, without challenge, the judgment of the so-called intellectuals. Its pages are a market-place of fresh ideas. WHY I AM A CATHOLIC by Gilbert Keith Chesterton and take him by and | Mihiel. most promising of the ped since 1900, There ars md_basemen who can do he can, and some | things better, but 1d knowledee of the position. Fddie Collins Lecause he couldn't on the team Jumped from college to the Athletics. experience | “I am a Catholic because Catholicism is true is Mr. Chesterton’s answer. He means that the Church is a logical, thinking engine hav- ing access to all knowledge and comprising all knowledge. There is no new thing under the sun—to the Church. It has alwaysknown. It will always know. Around science, evolu- tion, what-not, stands the all-embracing knowledge of Rome. This is the first of a series of confessions of faith by eminent representatives of the well own Christian sects, together with a non-believer. A pref- ace to the whole series appears this month in Bishop William T. Manning'’s “Call to Christian Unity.” Tur Furure o¥ Curistiaxtry, by William Ralph Inge, Dean of St. Paul's. Dean Inge's pronouncement assures America that the future religion will be Christian, not some other faith, and that it will be a religion of Jesus, rather than a religion about Him. It will express the religious philosophy of those who are erroneously called Modernists, erroneously because their beliefs are as old as Christianity itself. Obviously this true religion will not convert the world at large. Neither is there cause to fear that the light kindled in Galilee will ever be put out. Dean Inge throws down a challenge which cannot'be ignored. Either you will whole-heartedly WILSON TO BE WELL PAID. S, January 5.—“Puss” promoter, announced he has signed George Wilson, all-American halfback of Uni- ¥ of Washington, to a con- tract of $10,000 for two games. Wilson will play against Red Grange and the Chicago Bears here January 16. FOR COLLEGE BASE BALL SW YORK, January 5 (P).—The Collegiate Athletic Associa appeal to Commissioner Lan. dls for his support to curb the practice of organized base ball in offering pro- fessional contracts to college under- graduates, Brig. Gen. Palmer E. Plerce, president of the N. C. A. A, has an- nounced. “College base ball is being destroyed by organized base ball,” said Gen. Pierce. ‘“We feel that by going straight It is estimated that about 15,000 |to Landis with our appeal we can curb | coaches are engaged in tutoring foot |this practice before it reaches danger- | ball in the United States. ous proportions.” H agree with his point of view, or you will # crop de take energetic i - other getic issue. things a pair of field glasses instead of a pack of foxhounds, for he writes down a host of facts and observations on foxes which a hunter would never see, even if he took the trouble to look. Music 1y tue UniversiTixs, by Laurence Adler. The confirmed doubter in a uni- versity, who thinks music is “the bunk, should be offered a course in music appre- ciation which would awake his artistic consciousness. This musician thinks it can be done. Dr. Bex FRANKLIN, by Philip Guedalla. An account of the greatest Philadelphian, not as a tamer of lightning or inventor of stoves, but rather as the granddaddy of all ege Rotarian and Kiwanian ideals of service. Plttsburgh had secured the | Wuar THE SaiLors Reap, by Anne Bosworth Greene. This article, anent the floating libraries of the British Merchant Marine, not only informs, but illdmines by its genial humor and whimsicality. third baseman pushed hi hardest days is thur Devlin. “ There is nothing to be said about the outfielders. A man who could go to bat champlor thres such men as Cobb, Futh would have nothing about For utility outflelder there might be orge Burns, oncs i or J. Roush ¢ utility infielder, Tuck T Cleveland, who would play anywhere, would be ideal. There is e thing about this team that would bring out the most un- vsual development in base ball. Pre- sur that it may need a manager. For that position Rogers Hornsby is| nominated. In addition to managing an play ¥ position on the fleld except those of pitcher and catcher. has tried all the infield jobs and is | able of taking care of all of the outfield jobs. Thus he would combine the job of manager with that of the zr(-z\wsl hitting utility player in his- ayer in Association Start off the ncw year with the Forum Don't cabin, crib, hedge about, ér bind up vour mind. Roam free. Read the Forum, the most unusual and the most truly fair. and-square magazine in America today. Get the January number at the nearest news- stand. Or clip the coupon below for our special trial subscription offer. Epvcarion Tosses 18 11s Steee, by Richard Mott Gummere. 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