Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1926, Page 39

SPORTS. THE EVENTING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29 1926. SPORTS 89 Fomsby Looms as Giant Manager : Rickey Not to Be Pilot of World Champions ROGERS MAY INHERIT JOB AS BOSS, McGRAW HINTS Veteran New York Leader Is Eager to Retire When Contract Expires Two Years Hence—Expects No Salary Trouble With Star. By the Associated Press, EW YORK Rogers Hornsby * to John m of W ants today loomed as latest angle in base ball's most sational deal since the purchase Babe Ruth by the Yankees. * “I would like leave the manageme present pires from now York leader all my life rur of Breadon and President Charles A. am of the Giants that a_cash nt had figured in the deal. *I ite $1,000 to any charity you name if you'll show me where parted with a nickel besides nd Ring,” he said. ‘aw also disclosed that Breadon, first broaching the trade, sought risch and Bill Terry, utility first n. as payment for his infleld He objrcted to parting with but offered either Ring or John Scott. Hornsby a “Gamble.” Although admitting that the Giants “got a bargain in the deal,” McGraw nevertheless rated Hornsby as ‘“a gamble.” *He wasn't as good at hit- ting last year as he has been,” the Giant manager pointed out. bly it was his lame back and possibly it | was the responsibility of managing | the ball club and trying to win: the recent world serics he wis one of the | champlonship. We will take a chance Cavainal - e & on him. We assume his contract of Sibrhaty §30,000 as a player. Whether he gets any more depends on the future.” McGraw asserted that there was “nothing in this talk of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Louis upsetting he deal.” He said it had been igned, sealed and dellvered,” and that contracts of Frisch and Ring had been forwarded to the St. Louis team through President John A. Heydler. A bright future for Frisch with St. Louis was seen by McGraw, who ex- December 22.— as a possible TeGraw at York the sen of can I car hen m two year sen; tar. Terr Ao not want to spend | Viteher ball club. Y at if Hornsby fits in, he may inherit the job." ball d upor successon de wh star the Fordham Jimmy e, to ns in exchange for Hornshy. tter always has been adn by the Giant chieftain, and during the pitcher cham unselors. iin’ the The salary question, mne of the is- sues which led to Hornsby's split with President Sam Breadon of the Cardinals, ins to be settled be. tween the econd baseman and Glants own MeGraw ated, however, that he did not feel Hornshy would demand more than $30.000. | jiicceq the opinion that he. is which his contract calls for in 1927, [ Bood’Sd ! e el although Rogers’ break with Breadon | o a0, Uiy PlAver as he ever was it he was due to his insistence on a three- | ' ppere fa . 0 ehos bH s no reason why year contract at $50,000 a year. shouldn't be a great second baseman,” McGraw added his denial to those | concluded the New York leader. THE SIGNOR ~ UNDER Tue NAME oF JACK LER WAS A BAXER. IN THE OLD DAYs UE WAS A GooD KITTER AND 15 ver! EW YORK, December “The Signor,” we mean Umberto Fugazy, the rival of Tex Rickard. Just about the time that Tex had his New Madison Square Garden finished and seemingly had the leading boxers corrailed, along comes this quict-spoken little Italian fellow and throws a bomb much feared Harry Wills, the into the setting. brown panther. He started first by startling peo- The result is still fresh to every ple with the biggest charitable pro- boxing follower's memory. motion venture that the game h Recently he threw a bombshell known-—the Itallan Hospital Bene- into the opposition camp by leasing fit Fund which netted that institu- | the Polo Grounds for outdoor box- tion the tidy sum of $79,000. ing in 19 t the same time de- Fugazy continued to pursue the | claring he was in the fleld against t on the best light-heavy- ittle ever seen, when Jack cated Paul Berlenbach Field. Subsequently, with more courage than any promoter had vet shown, ve Jack Sharkey of Boston the chance of his life by matching him with the much touted and Signor poiseless tenor of his way and this Rickard and all comers to stage EASTERN FIVE FACES TEAM AT ALEXANDRIA Eastern High passers, who vester- day squeezed out.a 23-to-22 win over Strayer's for their third straight v tory, are carded to engage St. Mar) Celtics tonight at 8:30 o'clock at Armory Hall, Alexandria. It is the last tiit scheduled for a local school- boy five prior to Christma: A toss from the foul line in the last minute of play by Buck O'Brien gave Guyon's boys, victory over Strayer’'s in a battle that was hotly contested from the start. Harry McAllister for Eastern and Ferd Cappelli, former Lincoln Park tosser, for Strayer's were high scorers. ‘ Coach Bert Coggl dribblers gave a str hibition as they vanquished Wood- ward School tossers, 42 to 14, yester- day on the Central floor. The Blue and White cagers did just about everything a good basket ball team is expected to do and after the first quarter Woodward never had a look- in. All the Central men had a hand in the scoring. Coggins’ lightweights also_had an easy time with Wood- ward’s 135-pound tossers in a 15-to-§ match. Yingling and Miller led the victors’ attack. Bill Stanley, son of Senator A. O. Stanley of Kentucky, has been elected captain of Western High's boxing team that will begin training for the season after the Christmas holidays. More than 40 candidates are expected to report to Joe Bateman, veteran in- structor. Cards with one or two out- of-town teams may be arranged for the Western mittmen. Bateman de- veloped Henry Lamar, former A. A. U. light-heavyweight title holder, now a professional, when the latter was a Western student. Turning from the routine of drill with arms to more strenuous sport, Company C, 121st Engineers, District National Guard, have organized a basket ball team and want games with independent outfits. One game has already been played by the sol- dier quint, with Company C coming out on the long end of a 29-to-11 score against the Headquarters Company, Ist Maryland Infantry. Included on the squad of the guardsmen are several prominent amateur basketers. The squad is as follows: _Steinmetz and Coveleski, centers; Jorgensen and Andrea, right guards; Hamilton and W. J. Andrea, left guards; Shullenberger and Con- lyn, right forwards; Johnson and Ross, left forwards. Teams wishing games should com- municate with Lieut. Fitzgerald, care the armory, North Capitol and D streets. A brace of games are carded for to- night_at Washington Barracks, with four Washington Basket Ball League teams getting into action. Auths and Boys Club Celtics will clash in one contest, with the Epiphany Roses and Washington\ Collegiates meeting in the other. X Friday night on the same floor the Arrows face the Independents, while Clovers and Elliotts will clash in an- other contest. Arrows and Colle- giates will play Sunday afternoon at Congress Heights gym at 2 o'clock in a preliminary to_the Anacostia Eagle-Washington ‘Wonder Five game, and Sunday night ‘Park View and Independent quints will meet in a preliminary to the Washington- Celtic game in the professional cir- cuit. The league will hold a meeting tomorrow night. Mohawk Preps have ended their pre-season drilling and are now all set for action. Manager Quinten McFers- tin wants to book a fast junior team for New Year night. He also wants to list Boys' Club Flashes, Warwicks, North East Juniors, and other strong fives. McFerstin's address s 515 Eleventh street southeast. The manager of St. Mary’s Seniors is asked to call Lombard of Olympic Seniors at Potomac 2034 between 7:30 and 8 p.m. in regard to their game for January 1. Basket ball games with unlimited teams of Washington are sought by | the fast five of Sterling Club of the | Church of the Prince of Peace, Bal- British peer, will head the t timore. The club won 25 of 30 games will also compete in a special hurdle |last season. Home and home engage. race. ments can be arranged. Write Man- WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER scheduled for yesterday after- n, also has been postponed. In interc his encounter, E. V. Brown tossers, v defeat winne of Section B, will face the 0 . in the Park View combination, Section A champs | The Georgetown Division elementary | school crown still is hanging in the balance, a Two games remain to | be played. s’ Central High ng all-around ex- CHRISTMAS CANDY GOES T0 ARCADIA CUE STARS Billiards with “sweet teeth” will be well rewarded at the Arcadia cue establishment Christma Man- er Joe Concannon huge Soock of 4 dy that will be dis- tributed hourly from 10 a.m. to mid- night for big_counts. The best French pool break, high three-cushion run and high balkline run will be in line for a pound each. BRITONS IN PENN RELAYS. December 22 (P). PHILADELPHIA Cambridge University of En nd will be represented in the relay races of the University of Pennsylvania here next, ng. Lord B v, the am and ball ENIOR George sket tossers at|w Washir | Universit meetir With five of t wn ranks th ass: During the next two weeks, scholas- | tic athletic activities will be at a a. | standstill. Seminary and college stu- « Yrosh | dents already have packed their togs * muking | "nd departed for home or house Iportuni. | parties, putting aside basket ball and m work for a round of Christmas gayet to include ice skating and siedding for many of them who nced to be “headin’ North” instead South smorrow, the high school and ele- mentary school athletes will bid their sport fields a_temporary adieu and the curtain will fall on the 1926 sport sea- son. When it rises again after the New Year, basket ball and rifie will hold the center of the stage with tennis, base ball and water ting in the wings to receive their opponents, of one of umley staged a 1 speedy combinatic scorer Sowers bask: Line- Seniors in 1 Ho Uncertain weather caused the postpc matches in the League basket ball to & decision 1 Maude Parker, direc ties. The interplayground clty championshiy pleted until after days, it announ match in the Columbin Height sion Elementary School Le conditions have es for the | be r-nn\-‘ t “hri 18 holi- | title | Divi- which New and Used Cars 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Conn. Ave. MAIN 7612 " RADIATORS, FENDERS ODIES MADE AND REPAL REW RADIATORS FOR AU WITTSTATT'S R & F. WKS!| 310 43th N.W. 1423 P. REAR. 'ENGINEERS HAVE QUINT . AND ARE SEEKING FOES i sports 'HELEN WILLS SHOWS OLD SKILL AT TENNIS By the Ascociated Press, NEW YORK, December 22.—Helen Wills has entered upon the first East- ern Midwinter tennis campaign of her career here in an attempt to regain the national outdoor crown she vielded to Mrs. Molla Mallory last season. The e care of the Sllamont street, ager Herbert Helm! Sterling Club, 1907 Baltimore. Epiphany Roses added another vic tory to their string last night, defeat ing the Church of the Covenant quint at Congress Heights auditorium, 39 to 22. 2 stwhile queen of the Ameri- can courts, following the trail blazed by Bill Tilden, took up her racket vesterday against the tall Philadel- phian in an exhibition doubles match on indoor courts and indicated to a gallery of 200 spectators that she has entirely recovered from the ration for appendicitis, which forced her out of competition last Summer, 3 Pairing with Elmer Griffin of Cali- rnia, she drove with speed and ex- cellent direction, while her volleying oproached the form she displayed at the height of her game. Despite her brilliance, however, the former champion and her partner were beaten by Tilden and Wilbur Coen, vouthful Kansas City star, in three sets, 6—2, Tilden dominated the play, for the most part, and showed no effécts from the knee injury which handicapped his play toward the close of the last campaign. MAT SHOW STARLESS, BUT AMATEURS SHINE Although an injury sustained by rtin Luedecke in a match in Bos- ton, Monday, prevented his appear- ance against Charles Hanson in the billed feature of the wrestling show at Arcadia Auditorium last night, District amateur matmen and Han- son combined to give the mat fans present plenty of entertainment. Bach of the Havens brothers, Bud and Bill, of Washington Canoe Club, had 15 minutes action with Hanson and though no falls were ‘recorded, there was much clever work don Then Bud wrestled his brother and won two_falls Tn a 125-pound cla Bruce, anothe noeist, defeated Frnest Rice in 22 minutes with a re- verse and rift lock. Sol Wissocker and Sam®ones grap- pled for 30 minutes to a draw. Calvary Reds swamped the Corin- thian A. C. team in the Calvary gym last night, winning, 45 to 17. Y. M. C. A junior floormen smoth- ered the Kennedy quint last night in | the “Y" gym, 60 to 5. | Clovers put on a last-minute rally | last night to beat the Arrows on the | Congress Heights gym floor, 24 to 20. ]‘ A long shot from the side court by Tom Martin enabled the Terminal “Y” quint to nose out the Laurel Na- tional Guard team last night in the “Y" gym, 17 to 16 American Railway Express quint ran away from the Dominican Lyce- um team last night, 39 to 12. Peck Seniors trimmed the Peerless five last night, 40 to 35. Isherwood floormen took a 20-to-1% game fromt the Warwick Preps last night. Red Shield tossers barely nosed out the Jefferson School five of Alexan- dria last night, 36 to 32. Y. M. H. A. basketers will make their debut in the Jewish Communi Center League, meeting the B'nal B'rith five at 8:30 o'clock. Two games are billed in the Wilson Normal School gym in the Petworth Senior Basket Ball League tonight. Tremonts will meet the Emanons at 7 o'clock, with Nativity tossers clash- Il:x with the Park View outfit an hour ter. Tremonts will go to Alexandria to- morrow night for a game with St. Mary’s Seniors. Pages of the House of Representa- tives have organized a quint. Games will be sought immediately after the Christmas holidays Calvary Eagles trounced the Mon- roe five, 18 to 6, yesterday afternoon, with Breithaupt leading the scoring for the victors. LEADS LOUISIANA ELEVEN. ALEXANDRIA, La., December 22 (®).—Bernard Walker, guard, of Reneville, has been elected captain of the 1927 foot ball team at Louisi- ana College. SO DS COLLEGE BASKET BALL. George Washington, 29; Dela- ware, 28. University of Cincinnati, 52; Georgia Tech, 25. Indiana, 38; Kentucky, 19. Mississippl Aggies, 28; Loyola (New Orleans), 19. 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North 8076 — e [ —By RIPLEY. the next heavywelght world cham- plonship. He found time while making preparations for all this to start the Brooklyn professional foot ball team which played in the National League of Professional Foot Ball Clubs under the name Brookloins. We folk of the sport world who read so much about $2,000,000 gates, $200,000 foot ball players, $65,000 guarantees to colored pugil- ists, $150,000 base ball contracts to big left-handed batsmen, ete re apt to think that those connected with sports are constantly kept on the run to a bank. Certainly it is unusual to find a man in the sports game who ran away from a bank instead of gal- loping in the other direction. Signor Umberto Fugazy, began a banking career in his father's bank at 153 Bleecker sfreet (where it still stands) and left it to enter the fight game, Signor Umberto entered the fight game at the fighters’ entrance. He left 215 Spring street, where his father, the Chevalier Louis V. Fugazy, aged 90, still lives, to enter the ring. He fought under the name of Jack Lee and was better known as the lightweight with the heavyweight wallop. Between business and boxing he found time to make the acquaint- ance of Freddie Welsh, the British pugilist, and started out to make the Englishman the lightweight champion of the world. He got ‘Welsh his first fight in w York at Dr. Knipe's Gymnasium on Franklin street. The second was in Bill Brown's Gymnasium, in those days quite a rendezvous for the boxing fraternity in New York. Then he sent him to Philadelphia, where Freddie really embarked on his trip to the championship. He also managed Jimmy od- rich, who was more or less regard- ed as a lightweight champion for a time. Panatella - 10c Invincible 2 for 25¢ President 2 for 25¢ 4 Imperial - I5¢ Giving a man cipars for Christmas 1s a e ig:, but it }1'; a idea to ive him good cigars, One way you can be sure of Biving 3ood cigers is to ive Manuels. Packed in special - Christmas packeges, with areeting card sttached, & of Manuels makes o Bift which will please the most cri- tical smoker. .| mentals of the g TURKEYS AND DUCKS T0 BE TRAP PRIZES Turkeys and ducks will go to vie tors in the Washington Gun Club holi day shoot tomorrow afternoon s lock at the Benning traps. will be at 25 targets. Awards will be made to scratch gun In the first event, added-target score in the second, distance handicap total in the third and high doubles count in the fourth In each competition the high gun masksman will get!a turkey and the at 1 Firing runner-up a pair of ducks \FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP TO HELP RELIEF SOCIETY A series of exhibition drills that promises many thrills will be by the officers and men of Fort Myer in the post riding hall on January for the benefit of the Army R | Society. There will be jumping and ridi men and horses that have won rib) in England, France, Belgium ar many. HODSKIN WELL ON WAY TO WIN IN CUE EVENT B. Hodskin is well on the road he final in the handicap pocket tournament _bei 1 at parlors. Hods| t de ted C. Wilkan, 100 to 54 last night, then trimmed R. Leonard, 100 to 87 John Ruppert and H. will meet tonight at poc while A. W. Watts and G. E. Gren: feld will clash in a three-cushion event, The Evening Star 5 CLUB BOY BY P. C. BECHTEL, Basket Ball Coach, West Liberty (Ohio) High. A few years ago a lad entered Ohio State Un the varsity basket ball team. realized the job before him was big for he had never even made his high ‘hool team though he tried out each year, but in his junior year he made man squad and was cut off early. He failed to do anything in his sophomore | year but in his_ junio he made the v That was his seventh night season. He won because he was determined to. He made the varsity because he practiced and practiced on the funda me. Therp are these fundamentals to practice on—passing, catching, drib- bling, shooting, stopping and turning. The best basket ball players I have ever met are those who weren't easily satisfied with themselves. They tried to improve in every department of the game. o be perfect at each of these basket ball fundamentals would in deed be unusual. So you may start drilling on fundamen now and I venture to say you'll still have room to improve afew j henc out for the BREADON, SEEKING CARD HEAD, COUNTS OUT BRANCH Many Prospective Candidates in Line for Traded ) Manager’s Position—Hornsby Making Plans to Dispose of St. Louis Stock. By the Associated Pr T. LOUIS, been released and given | ersity determined to make | He s a Browns' coach key Not Considered. ¥ ceeded early in manager by Horns- Breadon | atmosph i tinzed | Louis | tled dow iting when they reali no apparent chance | the trade of Ro rs Hornsby d W York Giants for ind Jimmy Ring fam Bre nd John rer, with trade w consol manager Breadon would not name tive candidates, but sport others listed at least eig ties. In addition to Re who Breadon has de inside track,” were mentione Bill_McKechnie, forme the Pittsbu Pirates Cardinal catcher and * player in Nati season: Burt Shotton ager; Hughie Jenning mer assistant, and lax , 1 scertion ol e mer Pittshurgh vice pr T.outng Cikts Bill Killifer, Horns relations \ last season, would [t wa Hornsby <k on his 1d. “He p club to cear in which a championship man I hope as beyond recall, left only the | hix enoy * COmnbING ]‘“"{h:." :{f n of specul on the retain in the ampionship over last prospe: ar the man rdinals wili 1 defense of their adon and have les with the friends an opin cou truth.” to Sell Stock. taok exception, 1t he was action against ading him when 1l largest stockholder. ibout a lawsuit is all said. “I'm now a member New York b club, and I 1 sell my stock to say, too, that I adon, providing ment as to its right-hand have pleased it is the Likely man 1,167 shares, for than $50,000 when Rickey. He had said he wonld consult an g the sale of the \FLYWEIGHT ELEVENS PLAN TITLE SERIES nants will | Re When you become perfectly satis- | teams, fied with yourself your me ce to improve. Di er your weaknesses |, and drill and drill day atter day. You | champion: may do a Iot of this at home, in your | fendere own back yards, perhaps. Most an: g boy can find room at home for basket ball goal—inside or outside At every opportunity you - have, tch the great teams practice. Learn how the stars play their posi tions. When you get back on your own court try out the points that im- | press you. fect of tatives three foot ball of the District meet tonight to play-off for the ms are con last year" 1 Northern men will meet to- asant, Md., to name a captain for next year. Apache foot ball warriors will at |tend a party tonight in the clubhouse at Union Le rk. Manager * expects all players to report at the crowd on the (« 26.) 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