Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1926, Page 25

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1926. SPORTS. Leonard to Fight If Real Foe Develops : Disastrous Openings Are Bane of Tygers S e e | WWWMM’-‘ i L Ben saved Holloway on several occasions, SEES DEMAND TO RETURN | ROUNDING THIRD |/COBB IS HOPING TO AVOID |51 i CORST HAY 0BTAI IF I\IAN_QII BIERIT ARISES By Hugh A. Jennings~—~————— SLOW START—NIIE’IJ SEASON |resines. st swason, ot may mers DEMPSiV_IIlLS GO ——— CHAPTER XXXVIL forth as a regular in 1926, We Stoner and Rip Collins g ally were " Just Now Retired Lightweight King Tips Scales at W”"-“‘i KEELER, better known as “Wee Willie” because of bis | Weqk Showing at Outset Has Hindered Club in Last) neective last scar and tho rainin | pempicy which o By the Associated Pr size, started his base ball career as a left-handed third baseman squad iikely will include a consider- | pape: n fought in numerous able number of hurling candidates o ¢ yet he staged in Los 142 Pounds— Dempsey Could Enter Ring as on a semi-profesiional team in Montclair, N. J. From there he| Tywo Campaigns—Bengals Have Pitching Problem |"'ry s as noncommittal this vear - = went to Bi: g o, N. Y., aud it was while a member of the Bingham- as he been for the last 20 in dis-| A group of Los Angeles business Fit as Ever, Benny Declares. ton club that he attracted tt 1 of the New York Giants. They More Acute Than Majority of O her Teams. Eusting fplans) ant fpraspects I the mieh epnounerd (el nenersiiate m and he joined them in 1891. He played one month, broke his _ : pitching staft he has zsquired Barfoot, [to the extent of $£2.000.000. and the S signed : : ankle and did little during the remainder of the scason. Then he was former Cardinal; Moore from To-|champion replied that nothing would BY SPARROY Al erred to Brooklyn, and was a member of the team until the Fall of | iy the Associated Press ronto, Johns, Hubbe'l, Gibson and!suit him better than to fight here. sopler 5 3 & . S " . Watt, th St three Hyungsters A definite propositio 1 ho when Brooklyn traded Keeler and Dan Brouthers to Baltimore for D ETROIT. Mich., January 12—The April and May performance of the J})'.):‘L"v [1,:: \11"«[;““([‘1)“.”0(?:1; ‘:”z‘« - \_m\mm‘m vm l’»r’qr(p.w m T)mrjni( g 12—F word comes from Benny T A i D T is th bl : | H : i M e 3 : hes . e P readway an etroit Tygers is the problem worrying President Navin and Man- |asvisted by Manfon, a veteran of the | however. . e will give 1t hat when a lightweight of h gh | in the train- er fell into the Baltimore style or T 5 Borilef yng tnor Teng.ics, bekiaa tiia hat e in the Spr ; and adapted himsef to it, ager Ty Cobb. For the last t mpaigns the ear'y season form | st SR ¢ Tentative Tlans call tor @ 10round o-t do not in‘erest the retired A g at New an important cog In the | of the team has set up handicaps insurmountable later in the year. Eligibles For the Line-Up. Aecieion hout in the Los Angeles Coli- < J i ~ ans el Spring) Ned Hanlon did | O Y The longest winning streak of the 192: ‘eriaa e seas cas | At first base will be Blue, at second, | seum. an open-air s n, with a S-pounder cmerges who looks to be a real o previous chapter Tie longest & N ! American League season was | ip,i0ce ‘or Burke, and short | seating capacity me $0000. The : ! G There ‘wil be 2t dentand lon was never s as the most scientiic |staged by the Tygers—irom August 24 to Labor day—I10 consecutive vic- Tavene of the Tyg it e he B Anring the. Ay niw star a chance to show just it handed third basemen and | i all time. He was the best | 1ories. [t landed them in first division, but the task is to prevent recur- 2z ent years e | Tt promotion would be in charge of . : " 2 ¢ MeGraw for third base, so t run man that ever lived and a Sfihe Aisas < % 3 : wide open, with|Jack Dovle, who recently retired as ede ‘o this demand B N ot At that position | remirkable bunter. Keeler was a chop | rence of the disastrous openings. Starting June 16, the Tygers took nine : . T e e Al S B 42 pounds and good judges of | o0 1 nyle hitter and rarely ever drove the ball 2 | games in 4 row. and Manager Cobb hopes to set ahead this carly season ger rington all business men announced that searance in nowise belies this | o B8 00 SN P vening soon 2 long way. He made 200 or more RS | 00 o veral weeks. classed 55 If one of : would like to put the bout on arrival Hamon took him |in each of eight seasons of his carcer, | SPUry hY < - S 4 . ok se develops and the pitching re- | during the Soring or Summer, but that have done st f side and said, “I'm going to make |and only Cobb has equaled or better d| . n common with stiof ¢ major league clubs, Detroit has a pitch- | cryjts show one or g en to ed doubt that thev could do so, as entertaln Jack{hat hive dono fiuch RRsjids gag Tuicht field | this record. He went through several |ing problem perhaps more acute than the others help George Dauss car hurden, to Deransey’s reluctnsos toREtt c ; 1‘:‘ J wmm i e o s ahaths Wl &t epit i ;. Start there to- [consecutive seasons without striking | The rest of the squad lkely will behind Harry Heilmann, his right- [ the Tygers, with thei known | he entember. Sene i EenT in. | whether or not Leo got Dempsey | morrow.” Keeler was not enthusias-jout, and he struck out f \\j:h_”“'}‘: make its bow in the same roles as|ficlder, wh ue last season [ heavy may prove formidable ly with the announce. the intimautic right, will show whether or not Jack | yout it, but when a manager tel an any player in history. ‘1 h! ’;{)‘;-' t vetn unileas CObL. dan: devetopl t 3 in the acy . t of the local business men, it w i pion g Hepnsidealins ng on to the title in|you fo play @ certain position ther to the manner in which he offerec v | inceasial ey F s Cobb has been the ned that Flovd Fitzsimmons' ef- d's hea b the interest of publicity for his vari-|is nothing to do but play it. at the ball, his peculiar chop stroke |one of his relief outticlders into first- 8 ul Regulars. sk in the majors|forts to promote the chamnionship ¢ " ¥ o ],x.‘,,,.”‘ of whather he sedonsly] s making him a hard man to strike out. | string materi and give him Among his twirlers Cobb | for stiff Spring tr g, 1 0 ge ht have made no progress since his e gy Brodie Scares Keeler. It {5 the swinger that furnishes pitch- | chance to run the tewm from the only Holloway, Whitehill and the [away from the ez son slump he | vis some weeks ago. | For the pressure to th i3 6| The next morninz when practice [ers with strikeout records. He was a|bench. Ty slumped a bit in fielding | uzing Georze s, whose 1925 per- |1 return to the time-honored | was £aid that he had th BRI i el bty " right field. |fast outfielder and covered a great deal | last season, but made up for it by his | formances w dable. Only |methods which lead to much per a Chicago svndicate inter For one thing, Tex Rickard he | Waiter dle was in ¢ and Joe [0f ground. He was also exceptionally |strength at the bat. He was not far | heavy hitting by the sluggers | tion tagin stage two bouts in which Diemp.|Kelley in left. Ha on [fa2k in going from (U yiate f0 dns sey will figure. is not given 1o the bench, wa £ close- [ While faster than McGraw, he was | making rash statements. He usually [iy to see how never so good at running bases. Few has the dope before he speaks. talls. Hanlon ARGt gl O T ‘The great promoter has been un-|not then. Keeler never {as Keeler usually successful with Jack, and, save [a fly ball. B was cat 3 | Was Wise Outflelder. or the Knockout Brennan bout, has y ter. | Who| plaved alongside of made plenty of money. for the cham-|everyth: eeler, had personality. Altho . | v {eeler | \\is not se good a flelder as J ‘l ] | “Any one knowing the heat of Tia|kept ste y it and eds- | G0 SR Lange or Tris Speiker O are lre O Juana in July will set down as pure|ing toward the fo After al Vecanas B lucked their apesd. T dc Keele bunk the story that Dempsey wi minutes of th rmance, > . 5 % . if there ever lived a man who play hook up with his old friend, Louis came in, walke to the el Latsmen as accurately as F ; Firpo, in Mexico at that time. Firpo| a5 i 1 sat down min had an uncanny abili as a drawing c came a dead issue| : nd e N . jnaiha ancan ! | 3 : for: . & ing where the batter w |after his miserable performanc N Outfielders should have strong i lidsais ol il to play the outfleld,” | hands, and they must know how to \oter of any shrewdness Etear hinda, aid they min: o S e nything that looks like a big : ; What's the matter | pmgia haad ¢ were fouls on him. t {powerful. His fingers nd all right, but | sirong v balls ever GARDNER MAY PILOT U. S. |50 fzpire -Eomf st b o i e ' was a good batter, but not one GOLFERS IN PLAY ABROAD | s e disp e 5 B UE S 2 e Sverybod, seler roared | first-ball laughte die lelding | clout the By the Associated Press. tice, had a h ing “I'll | him. This habi HICAGO, y 5 of the Walker cup team to invade | K€t ¥ou. vou di 25 [ dE e aovin s Great Britain next Summer is the immediate prob’em of the United He intended the | Manager Hanlon brc olf Association, and it was reported today that Robert A, |remark t 1l and no human | the funniest incidents I have 2 being or an for that matter. |on a ball field This was 8 ned to Keeler and |it in the next cha ant he and Brodie became close friends. (Copsright, 1026 ) r of Chicago would be capt 1 the holding of the G. A. L L 1 that Will: ot ion. Ko Rt T History of Bush Leagues AL S T o, outpointed Tommy Ryan, Buf- J ¢ =] s alo (10 rounds) Jimmy iy Seab Biniaver Akron, beat Jimmy Mahoney, Chi- | B)’ John B. Foster cen offerec e zo (8 rounds) offered the CHet| “rORONTO. Ont—Harry Greb, Pius- | CHAPTER XXVIIL burgh, middle-weight champion, out- . . poir -l.| Roland Todd of ¥ 1 he E ssociation that has set the value of ball | rounds) i e Natio Associ He e s and il NEW YORK.—S = 3 National Assoc .xt\u‘n the leagues and bs compr the indiv crease by thousands a step, until in the year that Kamm, the third baseman of Ravraid, panans ? 3 e S n . was sold to the Chicago Americans, a check was rou corgie Mar New York, v rles Comiskey, for $100,000. This check was not one for adver- N N tising purposes, either. went | foR | Philadelphia, beat T =t vith other evidences of 1 N en T > (10" rounds). Winkler, | transaction, and for actual e - and b ter - ths - :0 (s1X rounds). Char ar- | minors and majors. Of course, the ] ecting | ber Baltimore, and rris, | sale of Ruth by the Boston Americans the com- | New York, fought draw to the New York Americans brought oldi a1 featherwel e Amer. | rounds). George Siddons, larger sum of money, but that was|, Goldie Ahearn, local featherweight, petition 2 | 5 bl e between had things easy in his bouth with Wil- e £ . ' e | . Benny | The San Francisco club probably [ lie Nelson of Brooklyn at the City three probable cindic ce vartz, Baltimore, deteated 1 | has exchanged players for more than | Club stag show last night. Nelson sub- now, howe | Murray, Philadelphia_(10 rounds) $400,000 in actual c: e | s - : Georen St o Ang ¢ | BAYON N. J—Petie majors. A large sum of money, stituted for Paavo Eibaerts, who in- finishing 4 ‘ooper | Jersey City, won a newspa days. In most of the in-|jured his hand in training for this of Dallas in the Sout ; a | cision over Billy Kennedy, New th jor clubs th bout. open event 1 t (12 rounds). | from San Francisc In appearance the “Swede" strongly 282, prol 3 e of » of the 'INCINNATI—Foy W ce, - | hav a fair return. That cannot | resembled his more famous country- es. 3 e \ s s, defeated E 4 1 < all sales in base ball. man ‘‘Battling” Nelson, but there the t Atlan ety : > 2% = Y club ai . resemblance ended. Ahearn, for the in the natiomal ama Summer,| MEMPHIS, enn—Al Walther, | 2 ¢ first time in many moons, assumed the Hre tWa ather certat it 0hio, defeated Jimmy Cox, | for - realizing y-| offensive and s perfectly ¥ have 1 laying in | Memphis (eight rounds). i except ajcontent to play the ropes and make selec athe - | s values of right and wrong. welf an ensy mark for his oppo punches. e v de ¢ £ e e T k led to his pe 2 ? in the late Winter or early :| YANKEE-BROWN TRADE 17 before he had aeveloned o g wcting one it from ots in the Sout : ) ut the vas ONCE MORE RUMORED i s meional i e ym the minor leagues, where | of the opinion that a more suitable op- / YORK, January 12 UP).—Wait | M n FIVE BOUTS CARDED o e ihe Dlayer fizzed out completely, prob- | ponent mizht have been & 1T o be the “bone of contention’|aPly none did worse than Marty |test Ahearn's punch. Nelson was I roposed deal which would bring | OToole, the pitcher, who was pur-| counted out in the second. 0 - h 3 s | chased by Pittsburgh for $22,000, and Sylvan Bass of Baltimore won all AT ARCADE TONI\IHT Marty McManus of the St. Louis | ile0 o a more than | the way from Jack Cody of Fort Myer trow New Yc lay a pitched much ¢ Browns to. New York o by |37 ¢ onta) worth of base bail, in_the wix-round semi-final, a0ds of Man.| There is much that bas a hurorous [ Pepco Barry and Skelly Roach, both Tocal r ans be servea n| The trade is In the hands of Man | ;0" " that transaction, New York |lads from the old “toligate” section, skt e ve been de- [ (8O & e Foncerned, and he has | heard that Pittsburgh was after | went four rounds, with Barry in the manding _for v a vear, when |} anKees e O with Manager | O'Toole. and got into the thick of the [lead. It was somewhat of a comedy Johnny_ Gill, the ¥ " George Sisler of the Browns in Fior. | Scramble for all the club was worth. | bout, although both boys tried hard. who def q at Wash. | (1COTBE SIer O e dhng real estate | Pittsburgh went up to $22,000 and St. | George Frager of the Apache Ath- ington Barr. 1 - | fown South. while Sisler is handling | Paul sold. ‘Che sale had barely been |letic Club, fighting his first bout in Joe Bash lic at the Ar s Of Wiktor ball b Bl rade whiena wire from New York squared ring,” outpointed Gypsy Defore membe > Nt R s Dinees o increased the offer < me $3.000 more, ( Smith. reach and speed kept ital sSporting Club. ankees, believes that a deal will be| Pittsburgh got O'Toole and a *bust” | the slugging Gypsy away In three of h h n the making |\ npounced shortly. and a little later the Glants got him | the four rounds. ! ! < held up for nothing. thinking he had a come- | Joe Filla, Mohawk Club and Emilio . who wished === back. He hadn't. and O'Toole passed | Aguinaldo, Filipino fyweight, opened more experience 400 BASE BALL MEN out of the big show. the card with a four-round draw. the fighter Draft prices in the® minors in 1901 ( Heine Miller refereed the bouts. Gp with "r l“:n‘“:": AT MINORS’ MEE‘"NG Ml :}:m 3200 1\':‘!‘ fl\‘:‘\ "ficgflg‘;‘:‘ mms'mn:n. 500, $3.5 $4.000 and $5.000, ac- is down for cording to classification, The young.| PINEHURST, N. C., January 12 (), which pre- sters who would have brought only [—Mark Arfes, Olympic champion of event. He| AVALON, Santa Catalina Island, | $300 one spell will bring $5.000 now, | Champaign, I, and Charles Young Calif.,, January 12 (#) —Base ball men | “"1; “lecent years the player has in- |Of Springfield, Ohlo, were tied at the HEN TIN PAN ALLEY years. . . while HELMAR has stead- Bud Gipriano from ll sections of the country £ih- | gisteq some time won receiving some end of the first :;g'holb;};ekninnufilsé\lidi ’hil Ray | ere G TL 10-1 of the purchase money wh he i ! . J axing o i illi i 7 3 Al bt : ety | B e e el whm. G th | 160 targets: : o i turns out a song hit, millions ily strengthened its hold on the.custom 4 ¥ Satonal | 1, rger. That. however, does not mean e e diwhistle'i SN . ep over the same Toute. The the money which d for draft.| Johnny Welssmuller, the swimming hum and whistle it for a season. Then of the discriminating. n-raiser is listed for 8:15. When youngste sign contracts they [ wonder of the Illinois Athletic Club, e 5 5 St >|also sign an agreement by which |{s almost as speedy a skate: h it i i i dmie AU buse ball men. ndioing | aico Sgrcement by which | s almost as - r as he it is forgotten . . . with relief. But ¢o 3 aszers. plavers and coaches. were con. | Y o B n i That is the difference between the tom- MANY CHALLENMGERS |ississ roomsimiie il ot | Gt 1 (8" . the Clasiic, tho sk of Cite BB e and hedissimsive: YouBhful ro jen e associat! nd 02 y on, % & Bl 5 TO GREET CARPENTIER s i * = it B 35| | Inside Golf —adding new glry to the genuine. R EEE SR Pusess e b ahort afternoen morsion | @it the player looks for : oot hard for HELMAR on first acquaint- ke ST 3| et at aieh aly, enAs aties ce o E N 3 Chester Hoxton e : ik . . ; SSEW yor nuary: 12 UP.|fofux st WHCh anly, routine matter VIORGAN IS NOT RISKING It is so with cigarette brands. Dozens ance. But continued intimacy will only s, ¢ T L R i morrow and Thur=dav the bu'k of the The niblick will serve the player in o rhadn Nl o & < o e ¢ us 1 ways, d i s i = Py Sk i i3 chal- | SOTK 18 eeheduied, Only t RING TITLE WEDNESDAY |Tany userul wavs, and is not simply have come and gone the last twenty increase the artachment. Terine to et ves here dieeus<ion of a chans p ATCTARND, o raps. Often the vorantion rule and eonstd L QAR LAND, Bey 2 Un all lies just off slan permitting nitohers i i pe rosin | Reolecton of M H. Sexton L 5 T";"Ff]”“-'e considerable rise s BelasE ot & Sl d_ Mo between it and 11 ms seoretare treRstrer Has the pin. Or per- redfoted Amang hapsa rather wide 2 trap must be car- Paul in a 10-round bout at Oak- ! : De- | e tnd Auditorium ried, and yet the ¢ At At N, it PVN GOTINTE NTTRANT The recent ruling of the State Box- | A% j o e he decided t v ring while in i | ing Commission ‘corapelling Behters io \ {stop. Obviously 5 Americt TACKSONYTLLE. Fla . Januarv 12 [appear under thefr trus names Is re. e Bt : Althouzh t nekman comes na (P —TncksonviVe All.Stare profes- | monsible for the champion's new ring the distance may > advance »gent 0 mo. Spanich “lonal foot o'l taam, headad hy Frnfe onicker. o B > (‘arrv;l!] 5 hut the £ & heavywe reles believe Yevers. alllAmerican fulback of the Morgan's title will not be at stake, < i t“ B “9 ‘g"l £ that he wiil st temnt. Te'ana’ Stanford Untversity of Call- 1o both bo cre are 2 in over Bk o o £ ors : ma from fornia na i »d The team we'ght. T! & be Morgan's ly 5 S i naved in two cames here, st appear: i HIT QOT AFTER shot. It will jtt 3 < sections of the United States. losing to his section for | | THE By O | e the Chicago Pears and New York <« me time. o ‘matoh in Los| | Prosy Heen s | 1o bail nigh ana ’ B Giants. Angeles he is goii t for a series S B ? N > | s without roll . of i r L ’ WILL COACH LYNCHBURG. ) = TR of bouts. consequence. You ohn wake the ball | ueen. _@{‘W CHBURG, Va. January 12.—| YANKEE BIKEMEN SECOND. ST go almost straight up in the air with i : 3 = / the green with a <ton, % as Tod Mor: zin. vorld junior _.ghtwelght cham {nion. clashes with Stewart McLean of ey b robably | i Aneeatee 2 i L. Wright, who is completing = ANT FICG X A the niltick by learning how to la l his second year as coach in athletics| BERLIN, January 12 (®.—In a W . s }_{T ONTCOAST the Dlo- back to différent degrees. 1 “m at the Lynchburg High, will be ath.|three-hour bicycle race at the open-| LOS ANGELES, January 12 (®.— lonly e crimenting can give you the ; letic director at Lynchburg College, |ing of the Sport Palast’s Winter race | A group of Los Angeles business men |range of this. When using the niblick his work there beginning with the|course the German team of Koch- |have announced their willingness to |for sure shots be sure to keep the o0, 7 e opening of the 1926 session. In addi-| Miethe was first, with 33 points, and | underwrite the Dempsey-Wills heavy- | blade low to the ground as it starts © 1926 1907 TO 1926 * * * EVERY YEAR A STEADY INCREASE 1lon to being in charge of the athletic|the American team of Frank Corry-|weight championship bout to the ex-|back from the ball, then hit straight P Lorillard :: fers department of the college, Wright Bob Spears second, with 26. Fourteen |tent of $2,000,000 and hoid the affalr | through the ball and out after it. Compasy E .- will also be am dustructor in history, teams competed. in the Los Angeles Coliseum. (Copyright. 1926.)