Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 34

SP ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 100 0] FRIDAY, JANUARY 1927. Evidence of “T hrown Games in ] 91 7by tht e Sox and Tigers Thus FarIsF. lzmsy BUT SLIGHT BASIS EXISTS l ‘ FOR IMPLICATING PLAYERS)| Unless Risberg or Gandi 1 Furnish More Substan tiated Information Than Has Been Produced Thus Far the Ca BY JOHN B. FOSTER. HICAGO, January two things imp selves upon the impartial observer welghing the facts disclosed by the investigation Into the charges of “‘thrown” games made by “Swede" Risberg, former member of the Chicago “black so One is that unless some new and startling evidence, scarcely looked for now, is turncd up there will be very &light basis for implicating either the Detroit or Chicago teams in “thrown games during the September 2 and 3 (1917) series between the two nines. Another is that unless Risberg and “Chick” Gandil have more informa tion and get it substantiated, wh v ever possible chances they wmight had to get back in base ball will not be helped Of course, there eibility that some may have “laid Tisberg in his that he had not properly in the between Detrc he said that th became “black their positions r For “Honest But it appears that the §1.000 pot | which the White Sox raised at the request of Gandil and Risberg in 1917 was raised for what then was consid- ered an honest purpose—the reim- bursement of players on a team who made a particular effort to defeat a rival in a_pennant race. The character of the Risberg charges has made people wonder why Commissioner Landis called in such men_as Colling, Schalk, Donie Bush Ty Cobb, Harry Heilmann, Kid Glea son and John Shano Collins to answer them. “What else could be done?” said Judge Landis, when asked about the matter. “Here is an accuser, here also Let them confront ne or them. s always is the } player or players down™ at that time. testimony Dl ptember, 1919, serie and Chicage er men who had not IrPos Risherg had come out with & flat statement charging crookedness | in that September, 1917, Detroit«Chi- | cago serfes. He volunteered to make a grand expose. Judge Landis took him at his word und brought him to Chi- cago. where he went into elaborate detail on New Year day. The comm sioner then asked that he face the players he accused. He was willing, and as a result nearly all players on | both teams have responded. Charges to be Sifted. i It is the purpose of base 1 to gnli to the bottom of this entire matter, Just as it wants to get to the bottom ©of other alleged intrigues, irregulari- | ties and insinuations of thrown games which have been ink spots on the base With the HETHER Perce Ellett or Harry Burtner will assume the place of Jack Whelan in the line-up of the Wash- . ington Stars when they | meet the Orpheums tomorrow night | in Brooklyn in the final block of the | intercity duckpin match will not be decided until shortly before the local | squad gets on the drives. 1t was not learned until late last night that Whelan positively would | not accompany the squad to the New | York borough for the conclusion of the contest, although his teammates were aware of his illness that had kept him off the alleys for several days. Whelan's indisposition has been severe enough to send him to his bed and it may be some days before h.\‘ will be able to resume his bowling activities. Final selection of the plant Whelan will be up Al Gardrer. He will be in ch the squad that will leave tomoTow morning for klyn. Accompan the squad will be 2 host of rooters A special car has been chartered for the trip. ‘\ While some few timid souls among the local bowling fraternity are rather foubtful of Washington’s ultimate suc- cess in the intercity match, generally the crowd here opines that the Yorkers will be defeated more deci 1y in the Brooklyn end of the contest than they were here. Scarcely any ne figures that little Barney Spinella | Il repeat the remarkable duckpin-| ning he flashed here. And it is the | opinion of the duckpin sharks h that outside of Barney and his brothe Phil the Brooklyn bunch has no real duckpinners. The opposition is strong | at tenpins, but with the exception of | the famous Spinellas has little to offer in the way of shooters at the little maples. And_duckpinning is duck soup for the Washington crew. every man Jack of it. The Washinzton squad certainly is confident of suc-| cess, although not overconfident vespect the Spinellas, especlally ney, since he rolled up that big count here last week. But they fecl they have a decided edge over the Brook tynites in the style of howling so popu- lar in the National Capital. n to sup- 3 ) Manager | m: Bureau of Plant Industry team, Iar champs of the pague most of the season, streak during December and by cop- ying 10 of a dozen games rolled moved up into a tie for third place. Celebrat ing the event the board of directors of the league met be Christmas and presented Capt. Juck Ferrall with a farge rubber liorseshoe. The presenti- tlon speech by Harry son is said by those who heard it to have been 1he best thing since Lincoln's Gettys burg address. In fact insists that it was the same In closing, Harry said: “I wish to em phasize the fact that during his half century of connection with the game, Perrall has never once bet on a bow ing match—except, defense.” cel for speech After losing the first Pin girls rallied gamely next two 10-frume battles from | worth in a Ladi District Leagu match. Edna Bailey led the King Pin attack with s 94, 106 and 105 for a set of 30 Park Views took the mea Saks in the Suburban League ning all three games. The Park set totaled 1,597. aldi was bowler with 352 ume, King and ook the of sure of win- View X swept_its match with Hugh Reilly Co. in the Athlet Club League, winning 506, 543 and & 10 494, 442 and 482, Prevost was tl star of the Orrison line-up. Junior All-Stars showed the way to | the Olive Cafes in the Northeast league in two of three games. All-Stars won the first game pins and the second by 1. Government Printing Office zave wonvention Hall a nice drubbing in *| up Risberg admitted | 1 his_position | with Gandil or Risberg about it. | tion | to reward the Detroit players. | 641, 1 | cold | team of 15 swam from the isk |ing ¢ a winning | Jim Locknane | of course, in self | high | se Will Fall Flat. ball wall since the days of the war, when the ball players tried to run the gume and ignore the o In the present case it is not likely | { that a decision will be given on the spur of the moment. Testimony wiil | be weighed and balanced, but all testi- | i will be given in the open. The | xamination of witnesses is expected | [0 be over by evening today. One of the things which was partic ularly significant in the inquiry the failure of Buck Weaver to 1 The *s aid to | have been think went | | back on him. But the matter of Wea ver is one of interest. He | fastly declaved that he was | volved in the “throwing” of games in| ‘n.. world series of 1919, He has in isted time and again that he was inno. | cent, but to suffer by | some source, the origin of which may | be ascertained if the case is reopened. | ! Buck Refused to Pay. vy Weaver said that ked to contribute either | $45 or rd the pot raised in 1917, but said he had refused. He had heard no talk of the series of 1917 e He had never talked | Also | s were | ht to | hashstend not in In his testim I he had 1 which Risberg alle in 1919 seemed all r Weave Risberg could not have been more | flatly turned down by one of the play- ers who has horne the odfum of the 191 indal, which resulted in his banishment from the national game. In referring to the asserted “slough- Ing" of the games between Chicagoand Detroit in September, 1919, Risberg said that he, *h, Jackson and Gandil had played out of position. There it was in direct assertion—one | of the “Black Sox” involving three of | the flock with himself. 1If there had | been any doubt as to whether base | ball had ed its lightning upon the right parties after the investiga of the 1919 series Risberg has his best to banish it. Felsch and Jackson Absent. Felsch and Jackson will not be in | Chicago. Felsch lives in Milwaukee and will not come. Jackson had im- portant business that kept him in avannah. Gandil is expected. Risberg and Gandil seem to have been very friendly. They designated themselve s a committee to go to Philadelphia the fund that had been raised done of Detroit are ex accounting of th $1.000 which they say was collecte Only $355 of that amount has been traced so far. There is some question | about where the rest of the fund | went. } They and Jame pected to make (Copyright, 1927.) Bowlers | the District League, taking two of the three games. In its second effort, G. P. O. rolled up the fancy score of with Nay socking the maples for a game of 147. 'SWIMMERS TO FACE BIG 0DDS ON COAST! By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, Janua ather Neptune holds a stern law of hidden percentages over the 130 en- trants which will dip into his liquid | domain here uary 13 in the $40.000 Catalina Island Channel swim o far his majesty has successfully | guarded the channel against all chal- « with the exception of one, so us recent vears are concerned, at After a_hardy endeavor nst and turbulent waters, u relay nd to | % ast. mauinland last year. Generally not as rough as the En lish Channel, this Western waters offers to swimmers numerous othe problems, which, combined, constitute a barrier of such proportions that some swimming experts are skeptical that the crossing is possible. Chilling ers, coptinual winds, tides and currents are the elements existing to o the channel crossing difficult. he waters of the channel range be- low 60 degrées during the \Vinter months. Temperature tests have re- vealed that midway in the course is a stretch 10 or 12 miles wide where the ers seldom vary from 53 to 54 de- zrees. Then, 0o, there are no assist- nts such as are prevalent in nglish C© mxv-l U.S. 6. A. AND GREENS | SECTION MAY MERGE| the F By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, P: Fusion of the Unit Association and the Greens Section, a | { se . nization, was predicted athorities gathered for ssociation’s two-day annual con- vention. The ned primarily January States Golf | are de to increase the United States Golf Association’s active membership from to 1,200 clubs. Action the proposed merger will not be tuken until late tomorrow, when tl rning hody meets The G ction, opening its ses- | sions conducts experimental ' work in connection with | growing of turf g s and the intenance of courses. According to | | the executive committee of the asso- ! | ciation, the section’s work has in creased so much in recent years that the projected amalgamation has be- come financial necessity. Abolition of all allied memberships and in its stead a single membership of $30 annually, including Greens ection service, is favored by the ex ecutive committee. The United States Golf Association now has 546 allied { member clubs, paying $10 dues an nually, besides the active member- ship. Allied members have no vote in the meetings. Many non-afiiliated | clubs also receive the Greens Section service by paying per year. The | parent body will endeavor to consoli- date all three classes into one mem bership through control of the Greens Section. plar ¢ | fee ! Mich., J —Tiger former middle- | ht champion, knocked out ackson, negro heavyweight of W {ington Courthouse, Ohio, in the sec round of a scheduled 10-round bout last night. Tlowers welghed 166 ‘f&unda Jackson 190, / Here's Charl Rochester, Minn., to w ld series scandal of 1919, ges he has made against former pl gett | cha seem to be was forced after being outlawed from organized base ball following the | 1 nterest in base ball’s latest “scandal a series to the Sox now is the center of ymates that the Tigers “sloughed” h them, BASE BALL CLAIMS | PAIR OF GOOD BOYS [ INKS By t T in he A Wilbur the outficld for ern W | City | tion L te: 2ue s formerly He | three T | tor to jmm of h |1 L i the 1ed is southpswi ¥ City o ™ in t A th sther rst Det nat ol a maje in ¢ Michizan Stat the Good boys | Los wet pliyers in the in the les open day. Tt w the ‘visiting go | ternational fame es on the ong drives and slowed down the heen proneunced playing experts the country. Such weather, | has in the starred in South who cot of medal pi second al $10.000 T olf tournament welcomed by rs of wh i apy greens, which hav by several of thel among the best in 1sons, + Kansa American Associa- team « pennant nan he wt v has He once beior t Tigers, but er game. Most d for and o ont Lo as Mic| however. only draws HOPPE 160 POINTS AHEAD IN BILLIARD TITLE MATCH | | wort | whic | York W | block | win back the | Hagenlacher | took ng his chores on a small farm near | ;. through the | | 1 1913, but he doesn't | posit I 1910 World Series, Collins’ First, Provided Biggest Thrill Of His Career in Base Ball TWENTY-O! BY EDDIE E YEA V—My First good fortune to be fn six world series, embracing games, our these championship _series, mes in all, were under the Con. nie Mack banner, and two series—14 games—since I hive been a member of the White Sox Othe rers have ries, but no one, believe, in as m battles greatest stake in buse ball. Of the six series, that with the Chicago Cubs in 1910, my first with the Athletics, afforded us the greatest thrill and the most satisfaction, though it was far from being the richest. It was T has been by 4, participani has Leen for ny first big event the first American League p - son victory since that of the White Sox in 1906 and the second triumph for our league under the auspices of the National Though the.Cubs were big favorites, we won easily and set three records that will stand, and tied anoth, Only Two Pitchers Used. We played the first four BAMES W ith 10 men, the entire series with only and used but two pitchers. One of the pitchers, John Coombs, won three games, which equals the number games won by any pitche nd won two of these victories in succes- sion, pitching the entire games though he had one day of rest, taken on the train, between them. Our victory hed another It was made easier stroke of misfortune, soundly trounced in It was strange for us by by being Dractice He rked Connie Mack's S hat clear to thir base.” before we and by being under these conditions has othe ries, so far as I know. So, all in it was quite @ rema ble event, The misfortune was in_the TRube Oldring our regular center fielder nd one of our bhest hitters just as the regular season closed. The def in the practice games came at the hands of a_picked team, man- aged by Jim McAleer, then manager of the Washington club. These “all- stars” included Cobb, Speaker, Milan, Sberfeld, Walter Johnson, Joe Wood, Ed Walsh, Dr. G. H. White, Billy ullivan and CQarlie Street, an ag- gregation that ciald beat cham- pionship team, but as we lost every game Chance and h§ men became more cont than Nhey otherwise would have ¥ fin games the weck ainst the Cubs ated, None of prevailed in any B 1, loss of Ny it been of Good Lunk. 1 piece of good 1 of a report tur one of Mr. Murphy's scouts we were compared man for the Chicago players ver disadviantage some of the opinions expr 1 in that document were mis leadin; to Manager Chance and hi men, who never had seen us pl nd we profited t . I never have scen any reference to that re- port in print and we knew of it until long afterward, but when did get it we had @ good laugh. gh we had won 102 nes and Dace k came N in by which man with O in the e Get special reduction price list sheet at ARMENTROUT’S liable Automobile pl 1710 14th St, and Tenth and Eye of ol | one’ been in six se- | the | won k 12| of | he | opened | | ment on our bench. much to our | nothing | RS OF BASE BALL. COLLINS. World Series led the Yankees, the second team, by 141, games at the finish, the prestige of the National Leagu=, and particu- larly of the Cubs, was So strong that | was a bold prophet and a cour- | ageous friend of ours who dared to right out Joud that we had an even chance. " Bender pitched for us against Ove a score of 4 to 1. Bender al- | but three hits and gave two bases on balls. In this battle we were assisted somewhat Ly the elaborate |report of the scout T have mentioned. | | He had held a very iow opinion of th Chief's curve ball and a lesser one of | Ira Thomas' ability to throw hulte Ts Nipped Twice. Now, Frank Schulte ot one of the three hits and both of the passes. Twice he was on first, with none out, and essayed to steal second. Twice he was casily thrown out by Thomas. During the game Chance, Tinker and Zimmerman, With the count 3.2, “took” the third strike, a curve bali | |in each case. Coombs worked iiie second game for nd, though he was very wild and le two errors, we hit Brown in the pinches and wi a Jarge score, 1| think to For ‘some reason | Coombs could not work as effectively | with Thomas as he could with Jack | Lapp. The third game was played in Chi- cago, and Coombs also pitched and won that one. He was much better in that game, but the Cubs bunched thelr hits and scored fivs runs. How- ever, we won easily. Baker had been the batting star in the first game and Jack Barry, who, the critics had as- sured Chance, could not hit a foot ball with a paddle, made two doubles and a single in the third game, driving in more runs than Chicago made. J After losing the fourth game in 10 innings, Bender versus Cole, we opened the fifth and final i Coombs once more on the slab and with Jack Lapp behind the Connie also had substituted Hartsel, a ! veteran, for Strunk, who then was a | kid and who had been subbing for Oldring in center, Brown pitched for Chicago. : Sox Fans Support A's. The day was Sunday, warm and pleasant, and ar enthusiastic crowd Jammed the fleld. We seemed to have a lot of friends and did not realize that they were White Sox fans rooting for us. This is the only city I have known, > the fans are for a club and fts It's a good idea, too, and adds greatly to the interest of big games. Brown held C'oombs even for seven rounds and then we found him weak- ening and drove in five runs in our half of the eighth. We knew that v the finish and there wus great excite game the first | il and we lowed Stuffly” Melnnis, still in his "teens was serving his first season with A substitute shortstop. During the rally < sitting beside Connie Mack and became very jubilant as one hit fol- lowed another. When the dr made that scored the Stuffy” gave a ye fters over the roof of the dug. out tried to kick off the roof. He didn’t damage the roof, but he kicked Connie Mack’s straw hat clear to third buse and our caln and dignified man- ager never knew it. | Barry made the final play by fielding | the ball and stepping on second to | force a runmer, T *lled at him to throw the ball to me, but he paid no attention. 1 then chased him to our | beneh, but never got the ball. (Conyricht. 1927.) (Next—Blocking Double . | Wrestling is a part of training f\)r {swimmers at Princeton. I Steals.) Hudson-Essex Owners!! Please Note Our New Service Station Capacity 90 Cars In Rear 1121 19th St. N.W. Pot. 860 HOLLAND MOTOR CO0. Showroom 1636 Conn. Ave. nigh [ in o ary 7 (®).— | one of the fastest boats in [ Ship. nd owned by J. 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