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- Phillies’ Outlook Brighter This Year : Mullins Hunting for Man to DEAL WITH GIANTS LIKELY TO AID FLETCHER’S CLUB With Bentley Playing Fir: turned to Regular Base, Fonseca Can Be Re- econd-Sack Place. Should Have Slugging Outfield. ADELPHIA, Ja 18- imy ladelphi. d prospects of k of the P Fletcher is co Jimmy Ring to the e clieve he has obtained in rst base ber of the Baltimore As both a major and mi ed wit pa to 1 wi the now il in in- home-r itter, ably wi 0O Partial solution of their infield prob- sroved pitching staff have brightened a Nationals nsidered to have delivered a master - Giants for Wayland Dean and Jack has obtained two valuable moundsmen in‘exchange for one, Bentley a player who will capably fill - was used often at the er he has been a pow- club Bentl norleague play intuct by Fletcher. Williams will right field, Harper in center and frec.swining _player from 5 in left. Mokan will be in reserve. Available for the box besides Bent- {lex are Mitchell and Pearce, also left anders. Other members of the pitch corps will be Betts, Carlson. Ul | rich, O'Neal and Willoughby, re. cruit from Waterloo, Iowa, who won | three straight games after joining the club in the Fall Jimmy Wilson. Butch llenline and |Lou Wendell will catch. i | “Plans call for squad to reach train uarters at Bradentown on UNDING THIRD By Hugh A. Jennings~—~———— 1 three all-star teams for all time. layers whose nam FIRST Chase . Lajoic. .. Wagner. _J. Collins Cobb .. .Speaker.. Bresnahan.. - Euwin, Mathewson.. . lohnson - Rusie. POSITION First Bae Second Buse. Shortstop. .. Third_Base. Left Field Center Field Richt Tield Catcher. Catcher. . Pitcher. Pitcher Pitcher ... : - Pitcher- ... Waddell.... In picking these three teams I have taken playe: from the old and the modern school T is little differ- ence between the th line-ups. The first team chosen chiefly on rec- man named was N out- T at on, the has out to osit yrought with me on sev- at is nat- said, m. gree tions. T as 1 have game keep the | rd teams you | wvers, particularly on opinion should . I want to will fing e | he third. that in v ave heen placed high explain these placings. econd Team. team vou will find Eddie Collins, third are all Stars on ¢ On the second such men as Sisler, Your Ruth, and on the Hornsby, Frisch and Shocker, of th the standing ntil he has I have cc one to from some piaced on lerec nd tried t ccordingly for i establis} createst butting record in histo irove him b1y the b of all second sackers. Frisch m rpass ielders in the record hooks. If George Sisler’s eyes become as good as they were in 1922, he may supplant Hal Chase as the best first aseman of time. I think Sisler d have ready had he tained f s.” 1le was a better I Chase and ap- proached h Experience might have made the supreme leader of position. Ruth’s true place a 1t be definitely deter- ter he retire. m has batting power. e most gifted hitters in s the best pair of catc 1s produced and fou ny opinion, stand field. ressiveness, sheer fighting nd the desire to win, you can not surpass the second team. Take the four infielders that I have mentioned. While in their prime hey would furnish the best combi- 1 of all time. Not alone were i four of the best from the tandpoint of mechanical ability, but were four of the most intelli- were all strategists d of limb and speed catchers were two and most resource- The pitchers of the second tean their good davs, were just as consistency. Johnson at nove effective tha 1 at his best. Alexander in top forni was the equal of Waddell and Rrown and McGinnity at times hit the stride of Mathewson and Rusie. The only trouble with my second team that a good left-hander trouble for the com- the fi seven men Bo Wallace w anded butter e all is i make nation. Of med McGraw, tuth all Third T Well Balanced. Il have no such trouble with i team Ar ted right- vded 1d =0 did 1 it e handed Wen numbered bout division of batsmen, ¢ eithe of the plate. . t team balanced he entire infield and batted right-handed. The ielders batted left-handed, itters they were! My second team would be supreme base _runnir Sisler, Collins, . Youngs and Ruth are s t in historv. They had speed and intelligence. third te 50 has some good Frisch, Wi er, Lange were corkers. Every rd team was an ex on ba in nossible for any of < to beat the other v ave that closely < myself. T would zratefully take any team of the thres, nter it in either major league and settle back and enjoy the season. I would not have to worry a minute. The race would be over by August 0. It wonld be my idea of a glori- ous and plutegratic existence. \Comyzizht. 1 | when |day. As a r reers have not ended. | The selections were since organized base ball came into ou find here arc, in my opinion, The three teams es THIRD Youngs. Ruth wevue....Hamilton . Kling. ... Carrigan Robinson.......... . Alexander. Walsh. .Brown McGinnity COLLEGIATES LEAD COUNTY PIN LEAGUE HYATTSVILLE, Md., January 18.— Collegiates maintained their two-game lead this week over American Legion the sizzling race in the Prin (ieorges County Duckpin Association they defeated the Comets all games in a set rolled last Mon- Comets, still third place, are four games behind the Legionnairies. To keep pace with the Collegiates, American Legion made a clean sweep of its set against Russ’ All rs, Thursda: De Molay, which entered the loop this season with a revamped team, and has been showing a steadily im- proved game, gained fourth place last night by pointing the w: in all three games in its set with Stephens Ath- letic Club. Mount Rainfer advanced from ninth to eighth place by taking all three | games from t. Jerome's. Chillum jumped from seventh to sixth place by making a claen sweep of its set st Service Laundry, sending the nt deeper into the cellar. This week's schedule: Tonight, Mount Rainier vs. Stephens Athletic | Club; Tuesday, Comets vs. Ross’ All | Sta Wednesday, Chillum vs. De | Mola. Thursday, Jerome's vs. American Legion: Friday, Collegiates vs. Service Laundr: Team Standings. Won. Young Donovan Shocker Plank three Collegiates ... American Legion Cometa ... De Molay "% Ross' All Stars 1 1 13 1 Service Laundry Record Performances. High team set—Collegiates. High team game—Ross Al High individual set—Osc siates, 380. Individual Statistics. 3 P. Wolt Handy Rook . 0. Hiser Davis Slinkman Franklin ©333335 $322233 W |ns ¥ Wileoxen A. Hise: Bélt | Trote | Littie Vincent RO | Gardiner | T Reeves Ross : W Reeves | Porton - | Holzbeierlein” ", | Lanhards i Miller F. Crawley Quail H. Crawle: Kelly Wilson o tm s it 1. Mille | Preusser | Creager | Casey .. | Thornbers lianiie = | Moxter Bellman 5550 W o et REH2EEBER T Hade s H. wolt ", | Skinner Smith joteeirrre EESRE8% 0% wrd Snowden High McMillan fptetecier BEEEIRG= @ |ary 26 he | pounds | weight THE EVENTNG STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C MOXDAY, JANTARY 18, 1926. EUROPE CHALLENGING SMITH WINS TEXAS OPEN; IN VARIOUS PASTIMES| MEHLHORN IS CRITICIZED By the W YORK, January ResuE el L o i e e | QAN ANTONIO, Tex., January 18—Bobby Cruickshank, diminutive premacy in almost every phase of Chicago professional, says that the loud comments of “Wild Bill” \_:‘}:n:;; port li‘ew‘il‘lx‘l’h""hvafl’:-‘”fp;\(""““‘:" Mehthorn, also a Chicago professional, did not cause his defeat in the pr 1926 brushes- of a |the Texas open tournament yesterday, but that he was greatly disturbed. broad i ational program. | MacDonald Smith, one behind Cruickshank as they started the final More than a score of athletic Kings | hole, with Jack Burke of Houston, forged ahead on the home green when the little pro, nettled by the fellow professional's chatter, missed three putts and lost his grasp on the championship and the $1,500 first from the two continents stand at the gates of the arena waiting the ¢ share of the §6,000 prize mone. B I IPinishing with 289, one stroke be- G GREAT CARE URGED IN PICKING COACHES of titanic struggles. The ice rir the tennis court, the ring, the {‘hlnll “whispering Scot,” Cruick- shank took the $800 prize and Buske, By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 18— Main | the billiard table, the run | and the mat hold prospect of with a score of divided $1,200 with Harry Cooper of Dallas and Abe taining that qualifications of coaches should be determined by ability to 2 outstanding duels. Skating—Clas _Thunberg, | ispinosa of San Francisco. No formal complaint was made to provide an inspiring and ennobling in. fluence rather than to develop chum. Associated Press 18— By the individual irope’s su the Finland, Russia England, an official, the golfer s. Joe Moore, American. Tennis—IHelen Wills, American, vs. tra or Rene LaCoste, France, vs. Wil llam T. Tilden, America turnament officials of the shouting of Wrestling—Ivan Poddunby, Mehlhorn, pro from the Westmore- Walking—-G Goodwin, Cruickshank was putting. vs. Willie Plant, America. Perched in a tree beside the home Golf—Arnaud Massy or Archie | green. Mehlhorn, who in 1923 lost pionship teams, Dr. Charles A. Rich- Walter Hagen, America shouted: ‘Lookout! He's going to hit ! mond, president of Union College, in Boxing—Paolino, Spanish vy [ iU as Crofekshank tapped the sec- weight, vs. Harry Wills or Ge un- [ond putt and missed the cup and the | Soclation — of Colleges urges appli cation of the same standards in the France, vs. Mike McTigue, America Rebuked by selection of athletic instructors as are Tommy Millig: English we retorted: “Aw, what do you know welght, vs. Mickey Walker, Ame fabout machinery?"” faculty. Dr. Richmond said he did not intend many Jake Schaefer, Americ: Associs ress that “Mehlhorn does |10 belittle the coach who could win, Track—Hubert Houben, Germany, | that sort of thing frequently. He call- vs. Loren Murchison, Chet Bowman,|ed me names before all the gallery | Meeting in the locker room before a Y | foot ball game and then going out to America; Adrian Paulen, Holland, vs.{ had him 5 up. He also caused trouble | PreaK the teeth of an ungodly op- Alan Helffrich, America. at the les open because he = S didn't ws ¥ on both courses.” 'l',',‘;“l:,‘;",v“,"""" anybody, least of all PAS DOG DERBY TO BE He added that *some are worrying | scout for recruits among the prepara- tory Jichools why should we com plain?” Suzanne Lenglen, France: Jean Boro- vs. Joe Stecher, America {land Club near Chicago, at the time Compston. Europe, vs. Jim Burnes or'the Texas open to Walter Hagen, | an address before the American As. ney, Amerlca; Georges Carpentier, | chumpionship, used in choosing members of the Billiards—Eric ilagenlucher Al 1 ago. pro, told the but “this talk of holding a prayer De Hart Hubbard, Charley Paddock.|at the I'. G. A. tournament when T ponent is a sanctimonfous gesture that A lot of us have spoken to him, and DIFFERENT THIS YEAR about professional scouting, but if we even my wife went to him and asked | him it he couldn't behave himself. | But it hasn’t done any good. 3 “His noise cost Bobby the champion- m\“' &y {ship and §1,500. The money didn't it mean so much, but the title did.” “mushers” entered, all is in read! for the 1926 The Pas dog dert carn 1, to be held the week of 18 prep. Manitoba, Ja period of with umo uary sive . DERBY LIST CLOSES SOON. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 18 (). — -Entries for the fifty-second Ken- | tucky Derby, to be run at Churchill Downs on May 15, will close February 15, one week earlier than last year, the Kentucky Jockey Club, sponsors of the classic, unnounced yesterday. The derby will again have an added value of $50.000. s g INVADERS DEFEATED. WINTER HAVEN, Fla, January 18 (®).—Cyril Walker, former United States golf open chumpion, and Eddie Loos, Lakeland professional, turned back Archie Compston and Arnaud { Massey, invading British and French | champions, here yesterday, winning three up. i HOCKEY LOOP MAY GROW. ST. POUL, Minn., January 18 (@).— Cruickshank greatly resented Mehl horn’s tulking, but he did not at tribute his defeat to that. He ad mitted, however, that he 8 upset by the incident from many | T ey | CORNELL ELéVEN TO PLAY sommine| MICHIGAN STATE GRIDMEN | ITHACA January 18 OP).— | Cornell Unive s varsity foot ball | schedule for t announced, in | cludes a higan State, in additic with such tradi tonal riva Columbia, | Dartmouth : redule h it is ex- | or a dozen for wh be ten tourists and The feature race pected there will entrie tracts sectio of Canada Stat This year instead non-stop derhy three-day lap rac katchewan River RUTH MUST TAKE REST. NEW YORK. January 18 (£).— Ruth has reached the peak of tion after rigorous indoor ing has been ordered to take a rest be draw u tine He under normal of the 1 be a 120-m on the sity »ver a 10-mile cour i 1926 abe ndi and lumbia, at New | Honaventure t nasivania, at Philadel | SCHALK IS COACHING. MADISON, Wis, Jar 18 (#).— | The Central roup of the halk Chicago ite Sox | States Amateur Hockey League may has been stgned as assistant (be expanded next season to include coach of the University of | Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cleveland He is here and has been | The league officials have received in- varsity material in in-{quirles from enthusiasts at those s tw playing LUQUE LEAVES HOSPITAL. HAVANA, January 18 (®).—Adol Luque, pitcher for the Cincinnati Na- | cateher tional League team, has been dis-|base ball charged from the Aragon Hospital. | Wisconsin Luque. underwent an operation for|working the | friendly {same principle identically United |the shaft simply appendicitis recently. door citl 25 HELEN AND SUZANNE |BLACK PANTHER’S PILOT MEET, BUT FOR CHAT By the Associated Press. CANNES, France,. January 18.- Helen Wills. queen of American tennis, and Suzanne Lenglen, France's champlon, met yesterday under the sunny skies of the Riviera, not as rivale, but just as two girls interest ed in the game. They had a most chat as they watched the players at Frank Gould's club. Mille. Suzanne has returned to her home In Nice, with nothing but praise for the girl. who ix considered her most formidable rival for world laurels. I admire Helen in every way: she is such a sweet child intensely, “I simply love her.” The American girl treated the tengls players to a eurprise, when, after watching a few sets and taking a stroll through the town and alons the short of the biue Mediterran she announced, contrary to all ex pectations, that she would take part in the Metropole Hotel tournament this week, but would enter the singles | onl; Mlle. Lenglen is not entered for the ningles in the Metropole tourney although the will play in the women's and mixed doubles. So, the long awaited mesting between the F and American champions s defer It is possible, however, that Suzanne will play in the singles at the Nice tourney on February %, and as Miss Wills plans to play there also, it is there that the first decision between them 18 most likely. Inside Golf | By Chester Horton Suppose you were swinging a stone, attached to a string, around your head n_something liva fhe path the club- ead would take if were so swun you wished to seed up the ston; ne merest finger pressure, as you know, would “ac celerate it. But if in trying to speed lit up, suppose vou made a4 terrific shoulder and body lunge. What would happen? The string would fairly crumble and | the fiving stone. THROW THE instead of gather CLUBHEAD W!THing more speed YOUR HANDS* would lose all the speed it had. The applies to the clubhead. The ghaft corresponds to the string exactly. So when you sald Suzanne | rench | CANT GET MONEY.- F. dce Wills TAKER {No Set-Ups Available for Boy Who Is Waiting for Chance at Demy —Advance Checks Not Coming From Fitzsimmons. EW arot YOR N regar at Niles, Mich., las lent on the prelimi and Paddy wants | Mullins signed for W Although the battl satisfied._ Anvthis By the Associated Pres NEW OR Jack Derr as world heavywei September of this ve diction be made here Rogers, comedian, their wives spent an while red Tiar be his m_ considering several tions and expected to wind uy ments soon to fight Wills « |about September ¢ | champion. He a {in trair y tite He will give several e in real est | Mrs. D | statem the « | effect that she does not w | bana to figh | I don't | she protested ISEVEN “0U NEW YORK, Januar) ations to seve heen ewards push vour body into the forward swing | crumbles and clubhead dies. Polse yourself and wait an instant for the clubhead in the down ing—then throw the clubhead with your hands. Keep the body out of it. "Hold your body back. psricht, 1 CTheres a little bit of MURAD in nearly every cigarette - but only a MURAD is 4/LL MURAD “He combs his hair like Barrymore.” “His stage- presence was as command- ing as Barrymore’s.” “When he spoke, one could imagine Barrymore ness, a hint of its exotic and exquisite fragrance, or a fleeting wisp of the aroma which is MURAD’s best trademark. For in nearly every good cigarette there is some Turkish—and Turk- ish is MURAD'S charm. . speaking!™ For Barrymore is the standard of comparison in stage artistry. And in nearly every good actor, there is some Barrymore quality. So too, in nearly every good cigarette, there is some of MURAD's charm. Maybe a suggestion of MURAD's velvety smooth- But the distinction is this: Noactor isall Barry- more except Barrymore. And only MuraD is all MURAD. For Murab is all Turk- ish—the world’s finest quality Turkish. MURAD “The TURKISH Qigarette Al Turkish mea All Charm the | River. nvitations will go to ornia and S 1l Acader “Othere's a little bit of BARRYMORE in nearly every good actor, but only BARRYMORE is ALL BARRYMORE" w otogr fe it her hus TSIDE” CREWS |« o Kno ASKED TO TITLE EVENT | ."00 o ; 18 (#) BY FAIRPLAY. While Floy to be DEMPSEY EXPECTING TO FIGHT NEXT FALL fight. He of the less get real mor « incertain pleasure. atter is it, than awai g around f camsters and ) the ring wit} made ap- He has eve Rtenau 1k b hes nd te? steve- his ey lins has for- Hughes, w ph to e fans a H. sp | k lays are gone and nobody will al for \ ve Mullins .08 ANGEI here| Be netted cago purse he has promoter, would amount between $45,000 S, Halbrieter, ceipts ford. | nea and nd §50,000 would go to Grange. end: estimated at 9% P. LORILLARD COMPANY. EST. ™MD 4 GRANGE GETS BIG SUM. . Januar: rs r two—un- good natured run who can produce will to At- between

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