Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1926, Page 27

SPORTS “Continuous” Base Ball to Get Trial : New York Boxing B With the Bowlers LEAGUE INTERESTS EAST . Success of System in Frisco and Los Angeles May | a Revive Activity Among Proponents of Third Big Circuit on Atlantic. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. | ] EW YORK, January 20—~The Far West this year will witness one | of rovel experiments in the history of base ball as a re- r reorganization of the Pacific Coast League ihe of the Vernon club has been bought by San Francisco men. - Vernos, which i merely an annex to Los Angeles, will have no team, but the Salt Lake City franchise has been acquired by Los Angeles | interests | At San Francisco and Los Angcles there will be continuous base ball | throughout the scason. If both of the clubs in either ‘of these cities - championship, fans of the lucky city are rainst brother, father against son, even should happen to lead for t Iikely to be divided, brother ] hus- | band against wife. Conversely, if either city should happen to have two | t s there would be woe aplenty for all concerned. | an Francisco, while one of the troubl in addition to those fuced by | teams is pl o ke City noiaco seams e b s new plan, which Salt city, the situation will be r con - Fioh x i vlicated part of t me by the f. uto, as it will cut down travel- | hat Oakland, just across the 1 penses and is expected to add | be havin ganes, toc Cal E income of various clubs who runs the Oakland club, couldn’t | when they take the road see this for a long while, but he suc sy = cumbed when it became evident that McCarthy in Agal NTRY blanks for the Masonic ment that is to get under way at Convention Hall on February 15 have been distributed and officials in charge of the affair anticipate s this year. | master Masons of this city, Hyattsville and Clarendon, irrespective of ity’s bowling association activities. record number of ent; previous participation in the frat COLUMBIANS BOWL BIG DUCKPIN TOTAL Columbiuns, leaders in the Wush- ington Ladies’ Duckpin League, hold two season records in that circuit, Jat- est statistics revewl. In their 45 games they have toppled 21,475 pins, and 354 game is the bhest of the league. They are pressed for total pinfall laurels, however, by the fourth- place Beeque team that has slummed for a total of 21,418 in 45 games. The Beeques have rolled the best set, 1,526, and the fifth-place Wash their inztons are .credited with a set of 1.5 Lorraine Gulli of t Ifitoppers " rolled a ne of 155 and set of %, both Dis Columbia records. rict ¢ Rena Levy of the Culmbians, whose ge of 10528 ix the best of the . leads at spare-making with 91. tied with Marie I'rere of the ashingtons and Miss Gulli at strike- making with 17, but she has bowled in 0] n 14 5 b one to save the A most intere: phase of the re gr s atiodeitonst Justment is that Bill McCarthy, who |45 games and each of the others in . H the deposed president of the league, | but 42 Wrigley Raised Howl. | presumably having been set down for ss Gulli, with an average of Difficulties of sue came | criticizing Commissioner Landis, is and Catherine Quigley of the to u head in the Spring of 1925, when | president of the new Nan Francisco | Beeques, with 10028, are the only William Wri owner of the Los | club, and steps back into the affairs of [others who have bowled throughout as Club, expressed himself | the league from which he wax ousted | the season in the 100-or-better class « v to the effe that the Coast|by the election of Harry Willlams, a | with Miss Levy. g uld not cc ue with profit | Ar les newspaper man, as pre: g League statistics follow { Salt Lake City were retained in the | dent. y e reujt. The backe the new arrange- | Wriglev contended that the clubs|ment have staked a great deal upon |columbians ot the league, widely separated as!its succ ind all the Eastern clubs | Hilitoppers they were between Los Angeles andlin t United States are going to!fommercisls utle could never make the trans: | watch it with interest, because if the | Washingto mountain trip to Salt Lake also and | policy of continuous base ball suc- | Climbers Lo .2 000 Yeep on the ‘prum side of the ledger. | ceeds in San Francisco and Los An-|[ugrstate Commerce. At that time it was also known that | geles, promoters of the third 1he city of Sacramento, on the west |league idea in this part of the country | de of the Sierra Nevadas, could be | will take it a decidedly encourag-| -eckoned upon as having its own|ing sign. | ajor | § 13 137 95-35 115 03.24 12 PERS 1 155 By Hugh A. Jennings i L CHAPTER 47. | 18 34 ot E - : 108 HREE YEARS aiter Tommy Corcoran revealed by accident the | e system used by Philadelphia for -stealing signals on their home‘grr’,.:“ 8 3 lot, Philadelphia was playing a serics in Brooklyn. There was a | Ritic: it <hower of hits inning after inning. Brooklyn’s star pitcher was a good m’,f’:' 138 one and both the pitcher and the catcher said he had plenty of stuff. |Purier c-------- - 2 &8 Neither could explain the hitting. Manager Ned Hanlon told all the players ey on the bench 1o watch closely and see whether they could find anything | Guele - 43 1 et homas ' 10 nally onc of them saw a paper moving up and down behind a | Kffore .. 18 vindow across the street from center ficld fence. There was a row of | hchboie e “f tenement houses there and in the third story of one of them a signal| WASHINGTONS station had apparently been established. The paper would move up and |Erere oo ... 123 down, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. At odd times it would remain Mlcolm s up until after the pitch. Anderson . P 1] Manager Hanlon told Harry | The club maintained that the hut was Clsnxns Howell, pitcher, and another player |used for signaling at bicycle races | pogton . ety to get into th-ir street clothes and | that were held occasionally inside the [Turek L% © to the tenement house and inves- | park. They flatly denied that any [Eurey LAt Zate. They found a vacant apart- |attempt had ever beeri made to Sig- |Frenzel . 1 mient. They tried the door and it [nal batters from the hut, but it is = [Comton spened. - They walked into the front | fact that the sensational batting of [Stuart Som, and here they discovered the |the New York team stopped on that INTERSTATE COMMERCE “ime Morgan Murphy and two Phila- | day, and from then on New York was |Jensen -.......... ielphia substitutes, evidently there to | just an average team at bat. T rrotect him against a surprise inva. (Covpyright. 1926.) | Heinem: <ion. Murphy and his confederates Riley were signaling the Philadelphia bats- R men by means of the papers. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT ing Flag. Preble Fails to Bring Flag, ) Brevie .. Now, one would think that with all | g o acoiaieq Pross. Yacria this advantage no team r-oul_d squ‘ CANTON, Ohio—Jack Delaney, (m‘fi‘:‘.’m i Philadelphia. ~ The batter always|priggeport,” Conn., won a technical |(aliwell knew what the pitcher was golng to | Lrodcat over Tom Roper, Chicago | Lyicron serve him and he was set to hit, and | 4, “5onnny Breslin, New York, won | 7 did hit, but this terrific clouting |, ", L5001 knockout over Eddie Ledy, | DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA. nover won a pennant for Philadel- | CRUTE purke phia. The nearest Philadelphia came | “y/1j w A UKEE, Wis.—Solly Seeman, | Morgan’ . . to winning was when the team fin- sehed second to Brooklyn in 1900, and in that vear they did very little, if any, signal stealing. They were play- ing on the level. i Getting the other team’s sig als is £ handicap instead of &n advantage. The trouble with any team just what the trouble was with the Slugging Philadelphia club—the play- ers will concentrate only on hitting. All they will think of is their indi- <idual batting average. They ignore team play and they pay less and less attention to flelding. They step on the playing field only to bat. Several clubs have been caught at | stealing signals, but it never ho'lped one of them to any extent. While George T. Stallings was manager of the New York Americans that team began batting suspiclously well at home, and it became rumored that the hitting was not the mere result of batting skill. 1 was managing Petroit at the time, and on a visit to Washington I was tipped off by Joe Cantillon to change battery signals every inning in Mew York, where we were gping from there, as signals were being stolen on the home grounds of the New Yorkers. No one Yiad been able to find out how they ot the signals, but teams were all convinced that they did get them. Recalling the system that had been ased in Philadelphia, I started search ing for a similar trick in New York The first thing to do was look to the rear of center field for a signal sta- tion ere was mno clubhouse in center, but there was a little hut just outside, its peaked roof showing above the top of the fence. Signs had heen painted over the fence in center fleld, and [ watched these signs closely. One of advertised “Young Hats” in h black letters agains white background tention became centered on th! I finally got the key to the system by observing the “H." T noticed the crossbar in the “I1” moved. 1 told cher ahout it, and told him to watch the crosshar after giving the signal.. He watched for one inningk and discovered the system. The bar remained stationary when a fast ball was signaled for. The signal for a curve resulted in a slight lfting of the bar, and for a slow ball it was slightly lowered. Tuthill Makes Discovery. Harry Tuthill was trainer of the Petroit club at the time, and I told Tuthill to get outside and reach the He found hut unseen. This he did. Gene McCann seated in the hut. Two bottles of beer were beside him. Me- Cann used to pitch for the Jersey City and Brooklyn clubs. Stallings had engaged him for the purpose of scouting for the New York club, 80 it was announced. “What you doin’ asked Tuthill. “Looking for something, Tuthill. McCann_left the box, and Tuthill entered. He found a handle coming ‘hrough the fence. He gave it a Justy kick and broke it. The handle dropped to the floor of the hut and the crossbar of the “H" dropped to the ground outside at the same time. Tuthill brought the broken handle back to me. “Here's vour evidence,” sald Tut- Bill. But the New York club denied this. here?” McCann " answered will be | New York, outpointed Jimmy Good- rich, Buffalo (10). BOSTON.—Kid Kaplan, Meriden, Conn., featherweight champion, won a decision from Billy Murphy, Lowell (10). | PHILADELPHIA.—Babe Herman, alifornia, won on a foul from Bobby | | Garcfa of Buenos Aires (7). Nick {Quagerelll, New York, beat Pedro i Aguinaldo of the Philippines (6). MONTREAL.—Dell Fontaine, mid- dle-weight champion of Western Canada, knocked out Jackie Cohen, New York (4). TORONTO, Ontario.—Aleo Burlle, Canadian flyweight champion, beat Izzy Schwartz, Buffalo (10). KEY WEST, Fla—Baby Reyes, Key West, and Genaro Pino, flyweight t(‘ha\)mplon of Cuba, fought a draw 10). MEMPHIS, Tenn—Al _Walther, Canton, Ohlo, beat Jimmy Cox, Mem- phis (8). Pal Shoaf, Savannah, G defeated Young Red Herring, Mem: phis (8). NEW ORLEANS.—Pal Moran won a_technical knockout over Joe Lewis, New Orleans (15). HOT SPRINGS, Ark liams, Denver, knocked out | Wrenn, Dallas (2). Eddie Murdock, Oklahoma City, won a newspaper de- cision over Jack Wallace, Dallas (16) | YANKS TO PLAY FRENCH | | FIVE TENNIS MATCHES | NEW YORK, January 26 (P).—Sub- stantially the same conditions which governed their challenge round battle for the Davis cup last Summer will prevail for the indoor team tennis match between France and the United States February 25 to 27. The series will include four singles matches and one double contest, with William T. Tilden, national champion, and Vincent Richards, Olympic cham- pion, representing America in the singles against Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste. The Frenchmen thus will face both Tiiden and Richards, whom euch extended to five grueling sets in the Davis cup tourney last Summer. Richards probably will play in the doubles with Francis T. Hunter, third ! member of the American team, as his partner, while Borotra and Lacoste are likely to team up for France, un- less Jacques Brugnon, third member of the invading team, is given a chance to compete. e e [ URFMAN DIES. | NEW ORLEANS, January 26 UP).— ‘William Burttschell, owner and train- er of thoroughbreads, died here yes- terday of pneumonia. The body will be taken to Baltimore for burial. He was about 50 years old and at one timo was a Texas sheriff when he re- sided at Waco. JONES ENTERS TOURNEY. TAMAPA, Fla, January 26.—Bobby Jones will compete in the Florida open championship, which will be held over two courses here, February 26 and 27. He {8 the second champion to declare his intention of competing, as Jim Barnes, British open king, was entry No. L s ewart Bailey French Mason Jenkins Johnson . Henderson Jones. Jones, Jones. Mitehell Wetzel anforth chaaf . RUTH IS EXPECTING T0 HAVE BIG SEASON By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 26.—Babe Ruth looks forward to a smashing comeback this year and is confident that he has many more years of ac- "tveh ‘mnjor league campalgning ahead of him. ““They tried to bury me last season,” he said today, “but I'm going to tgol ‘em. I've taken on a new lease in life by t';k!n‘ 1t (;:fllhe walst line. ‘“How much longer do ;teick in the big g‘lszf sf.'émve'x ars, anyway. be going stros when I'm 40, and 1 wo:?lngelebnrg my thirty.second birthday until Feb- ruary 7.” At 217, his present figure, the Babe ;.;ll!lh! less than at any ttme since Handball and a vigorous treatiment under the eves of & wnosicar instructor have put him back on his feet, physically. “I figure on a go year,” he declared. “I'll be in shape. I wasn’t last year and I went in there when T should have been in bed. At that T wasn't so bad as they painted me. I think my home-run average, 25 in 98 games, was as good as any. ‘When I'm right I figure on poking one out every two and a half games. That’s about the pace I hit in 1921 when 1 set up the record of 59. I'd like to beat that mark before I put down the old club, but in order to have a chance they’ve got to pitch to me. The big trouble for me s that when I start hitting the boys do their best to keep the ball out of my reach.” Ruth will leave a week from tomor- row for St. Petersburg, Fla., Yankee training camp. Daily rounds of golf will keep him in trim until the main body of players arrives. R get-away this JIM CORBETT THROUGH WITH RING ACTIVITIES NEW YORK, Jam 26 UP)— James J. Corbett, former heavywelght champlon of the world, never issued a challange that he would fight any man in the world 60 years of age when he himself reached that age. Corbett revealed this when asked conoerging the challenge huried at him by E. J. Rankin, 73.yearold hnlneflr ogt N;mm. Idaho. “I don't know. Rankin, never met him and I never made such a foolish challenge,” sald Corbett, who now is appearing in vaudeville here. “I'm through with the ring and have no desire to part the ropes again, even with a 73.year.old A | Bradley Mandley of the Eagles is i Bowling Association's annual tourna- The tournament is open to all In addition to the customary prizes, a cup and four guld medals will be at stake in the tournument. The cup will go to the winning teams, while the allevents leader, the singles vic- tor and the members of the succes: ful doubles team will get the gold trophies. First of the entries to be filed for the Masonic tour: ment was that of the Harmony Lo team, captained by Henry Tait Rodier. st to Start the hall rolling,” said Rodier leefully as he turned in the “‘papers.” | Last, after the rolling,” was the quick ‘retort of Earl Lewlis, rival team member, standing nearby Rodier, who not so long ago was henched becanse he was too good for his team, may be_put out of Har mony's lineup again. He slapped | the maples last night for a c (Wil send his ave ge {handicap his auint < v. | ny was tighting to retain un-{ nmited possession of nd place | the league, but 10st one of its three | mes, and 1 tied for the posi ton of runner-up to La Fayette with Whiting. that swept Too many bowlers are shot at Earl McPhilomy to please Harry Stanford, manager of Al Work’s conquercr. Stanford has de cided that the match with Max Rosen- its set | secking a berg, originally scheduled to start Friday, will be postponed, and that others eager to shout aguinst Larl should conduct an elimination series with the survivor to tackle his pro- jtege. Among McPhilomy's would-be | pponents are Glen Wolstenhotme, George Friend and Perce Ellett Rosenberg’s match with McPhilomy. | ’ but_Stanfo; | as the Stan- |ford Paper Company team has an en- gagement in the District League Fri- tday night, and he wantp his star to| |bowl with the team. at seems a | | pretty good reason, for the Stanfords | jare hotly pressed for the circuit lead and need all the strength they can {muster. League bowling means much {more under such conditions than a special match that does not settle any {title argument, anyhow. McPhilomy showed lust night that he is consistently high scorer when he bowled & set of 427, just 18 pins shy the Stan- {of the District record | fords against the Ma in the Typothetae I - tlon Hall. # Earl had games of 133, 143 and 131. At that, the Stanfords were defeated in one of the games. for It is the opinion of those directly connected with bowling establish ments that this outbreak of spectsl matches should be quelled. With challenges flying right and left, star bowlers are forg-'t their league affiliations and neit port nor the alley owners are helped The owners insist that the; cannot continue to take the drives away frcm the circuits and the rank and file of bowlers at large in order to mage contests betwesn experts. There are | no titles at stake in these matches, only personal slorv going to the com- petitors. It cerrainlv seems that the owners would do well to put an end to them for a time. John Blick, who claims to average 107, is out with a challenge to any “talking” bowler in town. Boxing will be barred in the match, the Conven- tion Hall magnate specifies in the defi Terminal Ice of the District League and the King Pin All-Stars are prim ing for the start of their tilt Saturday night. The Icemen encountered the Meyer Davis quint in the District cir cuft last_night and took two of three games. Five games with Wood's stel lar troupe will be bowled at the King Pin Saturday and five more at Con- vention Hall @ week later. setting a dizzy pace for other bowlers in the Athletic Club League. He has bowled 45 games for an average of 115, and leads in spare-making with 120. The anchor man of the Eagles is | fourth in the league at toppling strikes with a total of 21. | De Luxe of the Northeast League certainly has been stepping on the gas during the past five weeks. In that time it has climbed from a poor last to sixth place in the 10-team circuit and still {s going strong. During the same time Olive Cafe has jumped from ninth to seventh place. rmm e RING PURSES TO DROP, BENNY LEONARD THINKS By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, January 26.— Bepny Leonard, retired lightweight bo!(lng champlon of the world, be- lieves that the peak of big boxing purses has been reached and passed and that in the future defending title holders will not be guaranteed “a million-dollar shot” in addition to a mortgage on the moon. Both the promoters and the public have become ringwise, in Leonard’s opinion. Leonard, who is doing a turn in vaudeville here, expressed amazement at reports that many boxers of ordi- y nary merit made from $20,000 to $60, 000 last year from only a few fights. And none of these ring men were champlons. “I liked Freddie Welsh and won the title in 1917,” Leonard said, “and a week later fought in Philadelphia as lightweight champion for $1,000.” THUNBERG SKATES TODAY. ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, Jan- uary 26 (#).—Clas Thunberg of Fin- land, holder of the Olympic skating title and generally recognized as the world champion, will meet the cream of American skaters in his first out- door competition today in the open- ing events of a three-day interna- tiongl meet at Lily Lake. ‘GREB FIGHTS TONIGHT. VERNON, Calif., January 26 (®).— Harry Greb, middleweight champion, meets Ted Moore, the English boxer whom he defeated in a championship match more than a year ago in New York, here tonight in a 10-round bout. Greb’s title will not at stake, as both fighters will enter the ring over the middleweight lmit. GETS HARVARD BERTH. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 26.— Announcement has been made that Henry W. Clark, coach of foot ball and teacher of English at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., has been ap- pointed assistant graduate treasurer of the Harvard Athletic Association. He succeeds Thomas J. Campbell, who resigned to enter business. - —— TROTTING HORSE DIES. LEXINGTON, Ky., January 26 (P). —Moko. famous trotting horse, died here yesterday. He was 33 years old. Moko, with the poesible exception of Peter the Great, was the greatest sire of the Kentucky futurities, D, SMITH SAID NOT TO FAVOR RING BOARD CONTINUANCE Rickard in Starting Fight With Officials Thought to | enthusiasts in this city like a hard right-hand wallop. lhh(, in the State automatically to cease. Muldoon, thought not. why boxing should be run by an official State commission than golf or | CHICAGO, January 26 (P).—John | base ball. Probably, if the governor were to consider the matter very [J. McGraw, manager of the New York seriously he might alter his view. Nationals, is here to talk over with a title bout in Jersey City of words to that effect. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1926 SPORTS. ody’s Life Threatened the spirit and meaning are accurately transmitted. Fandom raised its eve. browe curiously and _wondered just whut was happening. Now these sime fans are wondering if the develop |ment in Albany had anything to do with ‘the mtt Commission Needed. One thing, however, should be borne in mind in Albuny. If there is any desire to save pro boxing as a sport in | this State it will have (o be conducted by a regulatory body. It will simply | ave to ‘be. The game is too full of men who would make a corkscrew look like u gimlet to be left to itself It could mot survive, would be howled out of existence by an overwrought public. At the same time, there would seem to be room for improvement in some of the activities of the present boxing commission, for instance, lts penclant for making matches and the like. Have Sensed Attitude of Governor Toward Commission Regulating Centests. BY FAIRPLAY. EW YORK. January 26—Reports from Albany today that the New York Legislature might do away with the New York State Athletic Board, which conducts boxing in the Empire State, hit boxing There were those, Chairman Farley of the boxing board among them, (Ceoyricht. 1926.) opined that the elimination of the commission would cause boxing prpmission, would cause bowing | MOGRAW AND COMISKEY | ARE DISCUSSING TOUR The attitude of Gov. Smith is said to be that he sees no more reason | At all events, one may wonder terized himself as being in a position | Charles A. Comiskey, president of the | whether some udvance hint of thelof independence of the Farley-Mul-|Chicago Americans, the proposed tour | introduced in the State Assembly of | doon-Brower trio. of the White Sox and Giznts to South the meuxure calling for the investiga-| The point in question related to|America next Fall tion of the hoxing and horse racing | Rickard’s right to sign Dempsey—u| Both favor the tri hoards was vesponsible for the attitude | boxer who is barred by the New York | have been dr: that Tex Rickard has tuken with re- |board—to fight in another State. Tex |and Giants spr | spect to the boxing commission. insisted that he had, whereat the New | time For example, Tex recently came out | York Commission, or rather its presi- | cling and said that if he wanted to hold |dent, came back with a statement that | 1924 in Europe, but they feel their it was none |if Rickard pulled anything like that business—or | he wouid see where he would land. He also charac- These were nat the exact words, but missionary work will not be complete without demonstrating it in the south ern republics the commission's HUGGINS AND SISLER STILL ARE DICKERING By the ‘Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, 6.—A big de | viayers of the > |St. Louis Browns stfll is pending | Miller Huggins, Yankee manager, ad mitted before he left for the North attend the annual schedule meetiis of the major leagues. “I am waiting for word from Ge Sisler,” said Huggins. “He will te £raph me his best proposition |a day or two. T am not |to New York, but Sisler kn. 1 will be and he has pron me whether the deal is on or off.” Huggins has been in co | munication with Sisler | spent several days at M with the manager of the Browns. | It is said the trade involves | Louis infielder, but a_hitch has d joped which may result in negotlatic { beinz called off. | | Fla., January 1l knows bing di nd recentiy alking a § The deal for Marty Mc nd baseman of ihe Browns anus, e has be: definitely abandoned. Huggins de clared haseman bought by the Yankes Washington, will he kept by York, Hug ing rep | tained in wer trade | Huggins intends 1o use Adaums_and Aaron Ward as reserves in case Tony | Lizerre, the Pacific Coast slngzer, fail {10 make good I you are tired of the Commonplace A RE MEN FICKLE in their cigarette fancies? Are they philanderers in their smoking prefer- ences . . . switching from one brand to another on mere caprice? HELMAR. On The answer is “No!™ Men are human Wt in their cigarette tastes as they are in all their affiliations. They're loyal, when loyalty is deserved. ; And the longer you ki her, the deeper will FROM 1907 TO 1926 . EVERY YEAR No l:;roduct that is commonplace can hold allegiance long. man or a cigarette, soon becomes tedious. Shallowness, in a If you're tired of the ordinary, meet she touches your lips—you're won . . . . eep company with be your affection. A STEADY INCREASE