Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1927, Page 30

30 SP Hornsby Trade Made for Card Harmony : BREADON WA SERVING OWNER AND CLUB Co-operation Rated Higher Than Cash in Startling Move by St. Louis Pre: to Work Smoothly With Thevenow. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ‘ EW YORK, January 11.—The sickly yeliow mire that was stirred up by the fulmina tions of Swede Risberg from | his home in Minnesota has nothing to do with the explicit state- | ment by President Hevdler of the National League regarding Rogers Hornsby's complete severance of rela tions with the St. Louis Cardinals The Hornsby situation is unlike any other in base ball. Not only was he | captain and manager of his team. but | he had been put in the way of be. coming a stockholder who mizht reap about one-twelfth of the cluh’s profits | —and then he was traded outright as | a payer, and was not reieasea to | another club as a manager nor even dropped from an. executive position because he had failed Hornsby {8 not the first hase ball | manager to hold stock in a club. John J. McGraw has stock in the New York | Giants, and recelves a salary as viee | president of the organization in con- | nection with whatever he may be paid | to manage the Giants | Frank Chance vears azo had a little | stock in the Chicago Cubs and =0 did Anson in his day. If memory serves | right, when Anson left Chicago for | £00d he also disposed of any interest he may have had in the organization. Must Unload Stock. Hornsby's situation is that of a part rival owner in a team against which he fs fighting as a ball player, until he is able to get rid of his St. Louis stock. He can not play a ball game in the National League until there 18 proof that he is out of the St. Louis club completely, and it is not | likely that the St. Louis club's presi- | dent, Sam Breadon, would want| Hornsby as a stockholder under any | condition when Rogers is signed to| captain the Giants and play second base forfthem. * Some question has been raised as to why Breadon did not make it clear to other clubs that Hornsby was not to remain with him, and thus obtain a price somcthing like the $275,000] that the late Charles Ebbets once of- fered for Hornsby. The offer was bona fide, but Ebbets would have lost his breath if it had been accepted. Wants Team Harmony. Breadon did not care to dispose of Hornsby at a price at this time. He | wanted a player who would be satis- factory to him as a second baseman, and New York had the best player in Frank Frisch, in Breadon’s opinion. Frisch is worth more to Breadon, it Hornsby could not be brought to co-operate with the St. Louis owner, than a price of $250,000 for Hornsby. Frisch will fit in well with the speed which he will find on either side of him. The combination of Frisch and ‘Thevenow may become one of the fastest in base hall. A threatened action by a bookmaker egainst Hornsby to obtain his St. Louis stock has not pleased the Na- tional Lesgue by a long sight. , {ihis race gambling yarn has cropped up so often that the National Teague owners, other than those of. St. Louis and New York, are becoming . in- furiated, and another regulation may be put in the base ball player's agree. ment Felative t4 betting on the horses. Base ball is determined to dissociate iteelf from gamblers, Feur-Way Deal Seems Even. The féur-cornered = deal among Brooklyn, *New' York, Philadelphia. and the Buffalo club seems one of the most even trades that base ball has seen in a long time. If any club got the best of the deal ft.was Phila- delphia, for the Phillles obtained a promising youngster in Lafayette (Fresco) Thompson, who was traded by the Giants after they had obtained him from Buffalo. Burleigh Grimes. pitcher, comes to the Giants from Brooklyn at the fag | end of his career, and George Harper, the Phillies’ outflelder, traded to the Glants, is also at_the twilight of his career. Henline, Philadelphia eatcher, e Brooklvn, which badly néeds Im or any other catcher. Huber, third baseman, and Pierce, left-handed pitcher of the Phillies, go to Buffalo. Both will be of &ome help, 28 Buffalo is badly in need'of players. Landis Decision Tomorrow. Commissioner Landis will give his @ecision tomorrow in connection with the Risberg-Gandil scandal charges, and that he will exonerate all the ac- cused players appears to be a reason- ably sure deduction from the testi meony that lies before him. When the investigation was ended and Risberg and Gandil had had their #ay, not a word of evidence had heen proffered to reflect upon the conduct and plavers of the national game. except the statements of .that pair who said they had played unfair hase ball in 1919 The im | | | | 1 portance of this is nit to| be overlooked. Ball plavers were taken widely from the Detroit and Chicago clubs of 1917 and 1919 and Judge Landis asked them point blank | whether they had done the things! charged against them by Risberg and | Gandil and whether they had heard | of anything in the nature of an| attempt to lose games dishonestly They not only replied in the tive, but they made their emphatic. Judge Landis made no direct state ment along the lines of the foregoing but when the investigation came to an end there was an air of unmistak able satisfaction surrounding him and hie face was heaming with good humor. The Outstanding Points. Vital points in connection with the Landis decision are First—That Gandil, on his statement, began the dicker about the replies Detroit pitchers through Bill James. | way | James did not bear out the assertions made by Gandil, but 414 admit that Gandil came to him with a propotition to reward the De troit pitchers if they could defeat Boston. Gandil at that time was in in any |ing held i nega- | own | ORTS. NTED PLAYER sident—Frisch Likely subseription from Colling and that which Collins had noted on the check- | book. Tt was a differance of almost | two weeks Fourth | Gandil and . Complete variance hetween mes as to the meeting of Gandil, Risherg and James in Phil adelphia. on which the evidence of | Detroit players corroborated the state | ment of James. Fifth--Gandil's suddenly refreshed memory about an alleged money meet Boston, All the Chicago players, other than Gandil. testified that no such meeting had ever been held Sixth—Gandil's statement that he wished Risberg to go with him to Phil- adslphia as a witness to the fact that the monev had heen paid to the Detroit plavers, although it would have been an easy matter to ascertain {f it had not been paid. Gandil seem Ingly wanted Risbersg to see it through with him Seventh—The open admission of ndil that he had misplayed his po gition in the series hetween Chicago and Detroit toward the latter part of 1919, which would he enough to bar him from base ball forever. Risherg made a_ similar admission Eighth - Minor discrapancies in the testimony of Gandil and Risberg as regards certain details, as compared to the uniform evidence of nearly 30 other Chicago and Detroit plavers, who knew of the fund that had been raised and its intent to reward the Detroit pitchers for the good work done in defeating Roston. PAOLINO IS ANXIOUS FOR “GRUDGE” FIGHT By the Associated Press HAVANA, January 11.—Paolino, the Spanish heavyweight, not only is willing to accept the defi of Antolin Fierro, Cuban champion, but is ready to post $2.000 for a “private fight.” if no promoter can be found to stage the match, but it must be staged soon, Paolino explained, hecause he booked to meet Knute Hansen of W consin at Madison Square Garden, New York, on Februgry 7. The manager of Flerro seems to believe that 1 fear his boxer,” Paolino said today. “If I feared Fierro I would be & man of water. If no pro- moter can be found to stage the match T am willing to post $2,000 for ivate fight if Fierro does the Paclino's offer recalls the proposals of Harry Wills, once leading heavy- weight contender, to have it out with Jack Dempsey at the ¢ornor of Broad- way and Forty-second street. DUNDEE-ROBERTS G0 CALLED 50-50 AFFAIR By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—Despite his one-round knockout at the hands of Eddie Roberts of Tacoma, Wash., at San Francisco a few weeks ago, Joe Dundee of Baltimore has been accorded an even chance of victory in early wagering on their return match at Madison Square Garden this Fri- day. Roherts, in training here for the past few days, has impreased observ- ers with his speed and hitting ability, and may be installed a favorite before they crawl through the ropes. U'nusual interest has heen attracted by the hout, and garden officials to- day predicted it would be a sell-out. SR S R e ) D. C. BOY AT NORWICH. One of the members of the sopho- more_committee of Norwich Univer- sity, Northfield, Vt., in charge of the annual Norwich Winter carnival, January 28 and 29, is Richard F. Hus- band of 3456 Macomb street, this ecity. HOCKEY GAMES. Minneapolis, 3; Winnipeg, 3. Chicago Cardinals, 2 Duluth Hor- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. A ~ SAnDY HERD WON THE BRITISH PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIF. AT THE AGE. oF59. 926, PLAYED .16| GAMES IN ONE DAY GOLF —By RIPLEY. NEIL PAULSEN ~— 0} Upsala, Sweden HAD 2, CHILDREN = ONE WAS (03 YeARS oD e MAYME MACDONALD AND THE OTHER ONLY Q ! <o Oregon State Tournament, 1917 FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. CW YORK.—Sergt. Sammy Baker, Mitchell Field, knocked out Henry Goldberg, Brooklyn (3). Jackie® Hor- ner, St. Louis, beat Willie Carafola, Brooklyn (10). ROCHESTER, N. Kaplan knocked out Newcastle, Pa. (4). PHILADELPHIA.—Tommy.: Lough- ran, Philadelphia, defeated.. Tony “Young” Marullo, New Orleans (10). TORONTO—Tommy Mitchell, To- ronto, lost the Canadian lightweight championship on a technical khockout to CHff Graham (9). NEWARK, N. | man, Los Angeles, won knockout over Jimmy land,” Oreg. €3). PITTSBURGIH, Kans.—Sammy Man- dell, lightweight champion, defeated Jimmy Lannmg, Scammon, Kans. (10). LINCOLN, Nebr—Ace , Hudkins, Nebraska, defeated Pat Corbett, Los Angeles (10). Roscoe Hall, Des Moines, beat Bat Strayer, Lincoin. DAYTO Ohio.—Mike Dundee, Rock Island, 1ll., scored a . technical knockout over Syd Conn, Dayton (). NEW YORK.—Robert Leithan, Ca- nadian amatuer bantamwelght cham- plon, was defeated by Sammy Cher- noff, New York (3). CHICAGO.—Johnny Hill, New York, outpointed Henry Lenard, South Chi- cago (10). Ernie Peters, Chicago, beat Harry Soo Quong (10). TRENTON, N. Omaha, Nebr., beat Trenton (8). VANCOUVER, British Columbia.— Charles Belagnger, Winnipeg, defeated Ernie Owens, California (10). BUFFALO, N. Y.—Benny Buffalo, defeated Jork Paul (10). FIGHTS TONIGHT. MINNEAPOLIS.—Glen Lage, Des Moines, vs. My Sullivan, Minneapolis Y.—Louis (Kid) aris (angey, Sailor Eddfe Huff- a technical Dareyj Port- J.—Erwin Willie Bige, Bettle, Ross, Malone, St. nets, 0. 10). LANDIS LIKELY TO COVER MUCH GROUND IN VERDICT By the Associated Press CHICAGO, January 11, —Commis- sioner Landis’ hopper of base ball Aata, from which tomorrow morning he plans to pluck a decision vitally affect- ing nearly two acore players, has been spiced up a bit by the Cleveland city | counctl. Although six councilmen character- ized it as ‘nonsense.” a resolution of confidence in Tris Speaker was adopt ed by the Ohlo city ordinance makers | 1ast night. The Cleveland action virtually was a | copy of that taken a fortnight ago by the Detroit council when it extolled Ty | Cobb as Innocent of charges made by ‘Dutch” Leonard. which linked him | Speaker and “Smoky Joe” Wood with | alleged base ball crookedness in 1919, Neither councilmanic resolution is | pertinent to the charges which the commisaioner is considering today and abor day i e which go back to | SOME NOTED | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 11 (). | International reputations are held by many of the swimmers who will plunge week, | WILL TRY CHANNEL FEAT financial difficulties, for it was devel- | into the frigid waters of the Catalina oped that he had gone into bank- | Channel Saturday morning at the Isth- ruptey in 1917. To win the Amerlcan | mus of Santa Catalina Island, in an League champlonghip and thus get a | attempt to cross that turbulent pas share of the world reries meant ‘much | dage to the California mainland for ‘°SGMdd”- B | prizes totalg $40,000. econ: 1] James evidence 1s Do bbbl D v B est ‘s an. e m it | Wothenat of the dntrinis re Henry Sullivan and Charles Toth, both Mas. forward declaration of the fact that 6 i s sachusetts products who were the he received $830 from Gandil and | g y two Americans to awim the Eng-: Risberg in Philadelphia and ~an | 7> 10 40 : e equally definite statement about the | 1Sh Channel. diptribution of the money to the Sulllvan accomplished the swim Detroit players. Risherg declared | from England to France in 27 hours that between $1,000 and $1,100 had )and 23 minutes in August 1923, been collected, ;but that amount has | Swimming the other way, Toth made not been accounted for tn the evidence, | it in 16 hours and 54 minutes a Third—The presentation of Eddie | month later. Collins' checkbook to Gandil, who tonk | Norman Ross, it and with his Jawyers turned the | University giant s backward and forward, looking | of the greatest speed swimmers the at the various entries, and after | world has ever known, is a favorite examination passed it back to Judge |in the classic. Ross, star in the inter- Landis without comment. This inci- | allled games in 1918 at Parie, has held many world’s records. He is dent had to do with the date on which ©@andll slleged ho had colectsd the well over neunhc‘mnudmn former Stanford and, perhaps, one 1947, when Detroit lost an Important four-game series to the Chicago White Rox. Swede Risberg and Chick Gan- dil. then playing with the White Sox, but later barred from base hall be- cause of what “happened in the 1919 World series, have charged that the four games in question were “sloughed” to Chicago, and it is these charges, involving many men still tarring in base ball, which the com missioner will dispose of tomorrow The feeling has grown, however, that the commissioner, while passing on the Gandil-Risberg charges, also | will commit himself in some manner | on the Cobb-Speaker case. ! . If he does not, it has been intimated | ‘that attorneys for these two will press | upon him their demand for a definite yuling on the status of their clients, | { with the threat of some legal action | if the commissioner does not give Speaker and (‘'obh clean slates. . SWIMMERS | tive. 0 pounds and is considered one of | the fastest swimmers in the race. ieorge Young of Toronto wears! Canadian amateur long distance swimaming crown. Louis Timson of Lynn, Mass,, tried the English Chan- nel last vear, hut was forced to aba don his attémpt after swimming miles Harvey J. Reynolds of Cleveland boasts the distance champlonship of Ohio has a remarkable rec- ord of victorl Omer Perreault, a | “anadian entry, Is another English | Channel_aspirant. Cealo Mohawk of Santa Barbara, recently broke the world’s endurance record in a tank, swimming 27 miles 226 yards in 30 hours and % minutes, Many of the entrants who have been in training on the mainland have moved their quarters to the island on which they ,will wind up| their preparations. The remainder of the swimmers are expected to cross to the island before Friday, as one of the rules calls for all of the th 5 catcher, and home on stunt once In a game against Chicago, ldo it. | ball | but | Once he starts he goes. { famous Louisville slugger, was in that | | Browning and asked. natators to be on the island the night before the race and ready to report to officials Saturday morning. Cobb’s Skill on the Paths Made Him Greatest of All Players, Is Collins’ Opinion TY-O BY EDDIE % YEARS OF BASE BALL. COLLINS. VIII—Running the Bases. No fanning bee ever adjourns until a story is told of how well some play- er liked his base hits. That's natural, | bhut I've seen the time when I thought as much of a stolen base as + did of a safe hit. That was in the days when n stolen | hase meant something, when runs| became less precious and the difficult | art of base running fell into a decline. | Mokt of the plavers who were good bhase rurners when the lively ball came in hage faded out of the picture and few of the vounger men have heen schooled to work thelr own way around the paths as they were when I came in. A still smaller number cares to learn. The hazards of broke ankles, “strawberries” and “slider; look too formidnble. There are less than a half-dozen good base runners in the American League today and they are not all young fellows either, There is no doubt in my mind that Ty Cobb is the gremtest player that ever lived, and one reason why he is entitled to this distinction is because of his skill as a base runfer. Only One Cobb In History. Certainly he was and is a great hit but so were Delehanty, Lajoie, of the older era. Heilmann, )d Ruth can hit some, too, but there are no Cobbs among them. Ty stands out above all these great players because of his work on the base lines. - Only plavers opposed to him knew what it meant to have Cobb in the game. Few w the inflelds that he did not turn upside down and many of them he com pletely wrecked. Connie used 1o say to the A's’ out flelders: “Throw that ball to the base ahead of Cobb, not to the one he's trying to make.” I have heard Ty call out to our “Better have him pitch out. I'm going down on this ball.”” And he went, and often landed safely. Any time an infielder or outflelder dared him to run he invariably would set sail. I have seen him score from firet on a single, from second on a sacrifice fly, and steal second, third three pitched balls. T have heard that Wagner did that last but I nevep saw any one else but Ty Excelled on the Paths. As a bage runner Cobb was all alone, When I say base runner I don't refer simply to his ability to steal a base. T mean being alive to the situatio; having in mind affer reaching fir hase to get to second, then third and | home, the big objective. Runs win games, not base hits nor stolen hases. A good base runner takes chances, he knows when to take them. He doesn't between the bases, but on A base runner takes the initia- | He makes his opponents guess what he is going to do, he always has them on the defensive and | thus wins the first point. The great e runner knows when it is worth | while to take a chance and when taking that chance is mot warranted. He knows the score of the game. | 1 heard a sfory once, the truth of | which T cannot veuch for, but which | illustrates the stafe of mind of a | good many play This incldent is sald to have occurred a long time ago. A fan who knew Pete Browning, a hesitate them hout | ! city on one occasion and went to the | races. Returning to his hotel, he met | “What was the score today, Pete” Pete looked puzzled for a moment and replied: “Danged if I know, but I got four. It that was Petie's’ ordinary atti- tude, I can’t belleve he was much help to his club, no matter how often he “got four.” Stars Think for Themselves. It is hard for some players to fol- low the ball while running. ’I‘hpv‘ depend on the coaches, which often leads to disaster. The best runners think and run for themselves, thus getting all the benefit of the judg- ment of the coacher, who assists in watching the pitcher, catcher and the flelder who is to receive the throw, ; | | | | because the runnes | about | bail. kept on waving until _Oldring was within a_jump of the plate and then threw the ball into_the stand.” The decline in baserunning has diminished what must have been | enjoyable and spectacular feature for | the fans. | to third or sc inner goes from first res from second on an infield out nowadays the fans gasp. It was often done 15 or 20 years ago, t because the infielders were so inferior to those of the present, but had their heads up and wanted to win a game. Jack Barry used to give the sign with runners on third and second, lay down a bunt and two runs breezed over on the play. Thrilling moments in a ball game come on plays like that. In my opinion, base running- veal base running—is as spectacular as clever fielding or hitting. While it is true that one cannot stenl first base, the ability to run bases well adds immensely to the value of a player. As I said before, that's where Cobb shone. T often wish T could have sat in the stand and watched him_on one of his good days years ago. 3 One Record for Collins, Cobb holds most of the records, so 1 am rather proud to think that I hold one, especially as it is in that department where 1 think he was supreme—base running. 1 once stole six bases in ome game against De. troit and repeated the same season against Lous. Years ago the battles between the A's and Tigers were noted. The fans ame to expect something out of the ordinary when we met. To even up for the way Bush and Ty annoyed us Ifa we used to do what we could to upset | their infield, especially during the vears that (laude Rossman played first base for Detroft. Rossman b a pronounced weakness, and we dis- covered it earlier andy worked on more constantly than some of the other teams. Claude ldn't throw. He was the worst I ever saw. When on we did everything a situation where Rossman would have to take the Then we could run. I have seen Ira Thomas, who was no gazelle, fall down purposely hetween first and second in an effort to get Claude to attempt a throw to second so the runner on third could walk in to the any of us got to” bring about | plate. One day Rube Oldring was on third | a pop fly | and the next hatter hit which Rossman, caught near the bag. Rube started for.the plate and Ross- man began to wave his arm. He kept on waving until Oldring was within & jump of the plate and then threw the ball Into the stand. (Covyright. 1927.) Tomorrow: Breaking up the A INVADING CUEIST UPSET. Already the vietim of one local star, Willie Lewis, former Pennsylvania pocket billiard title holder, will take on another Capitalite when he meets Charlie Bartelmes, former District champion, in a match at the King Pin, Gene Ruark beat Lewis last night, 126 to 76. 1 mean | extra-base it | JANUARY. 11, Rickard Is Stacking Boxing Deck DEMPSEY AND DELANEY BEING SHUFFLED TO TOP 1927. RACING IN FLORIDA HANGS IN BALANCE By the Associated Pre JACKSONVILLE. Fla., January 11. Horse racing in Florida was in the balonce today. The State Supreme Cofrt had nunder advisement a case Involving the certificate leasing sys- tem as practiced by the Pompano track on the lower West (‘oast bafore the track was closed on an injunction sev eral days ago. It was not indicated when a decision would be handed down. In 1 arguments ecourt was informed by the racing track that it« constitution was not in conflict with the State gambling laws. john M. Bryan missioner, who tion against the system merely law. From sev o vesterday the Hroard County com- ohtained the injunc track, charged the s an evasion of the 1 sources_such fore closures have heen protested. Gov. JTohn W. Martin has been asked by the Greater Miami Hotel Association to disregard any action militating against racing in that city The State gambling law was passed in 1911 and the next year closing of Monerief Park at’ Jacksonville arked the end of horse racing until when the Miami 'k was in Several other tracks are in operation now. TWO CAPITAL LINKSMEN IN DIXIE TOURNAMENT P, James of Columbia and C. 1. Putnam of Indian Spring were playing today in the match play rounds of the annual ehampionship golf tourney of the Winter Golf League of Advertising Interests at St. Augustine, Fla. They qualified in the medal round yesterday, James finishing six strokes hehind the leader with a card of 42 44— 86, while Put- nam had 48—43-91. . ‘WILL HOLD CARNIVAL. Arcadia Sports Club members will hold another athletic carnival tonight, closed to members, at their clubrooms. Fraakie Mann, sport promoter, will be in charge of the program, which starts at § o'clock. George attorneys for | SPORT Right Bowers of Heavyw to Be Played Until Cr iated Press | K. January 11.—The | ight bowers” in the | heavyweight deck, Jac De. laney and Jack Dempsev, ap parently won't be plaved until | the critical “tricks” of the game are involved, Although Tex Rickard, the principal | dealer of the pack, would like to shuf Delaney in with the rest of the | cards, it is increasingly evident that the preliminary plays will be made by Maloney, Sharkey, Berlenbach. Han sen, Paolino d possibly, Young Strib- ling, the Georgian who has outgrown his schoolboy and light heavyweight days. Rickard already Dempsev In reserve. ex-champion as ranking next to the ace of the pack, Gene Tunney, and plans to discuss with him here in a few weeks a proposal to meet the win ner of an elimination series has decided to hold | ! He regards the | May Effect Compromise. Delaney, meanwhile. looms as the “wild deuce” of the de His man ager. Pete Reilly, would like to stick with Humbert Fugazy, Rickard's promoting rival, but that would mean losing a chance to lift Tunney’s crown The outcome is likely to be a compro | mise whereby Delaney consents to | meet Maloney or Sharkey, the winner to face Dempsey and thus determine Tunney's chier rival. Delaney’s manager already has started an elognent campaign to e tablish the French-Canadian’s heav weight claims. He points to Delaney’s knockout victorles over such fighters ax Flowers, Berlenbach, McTigue and Gorman. Furthermore, to dispel any notion that Delaney lsn't heavy enough, Reilly has put forward an up-to-date GIANTS-PHILLIES-ROBINS IN PLAYER-JUGGLING ACT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11. MecGraw, Metropolitan observers seem convinced t establishing himself as the David Harum of base ball. Fresh from startling the base ball world with the deal that brought Rogers Hornsby to New York. the gray-haired chieftain of the Giants has just engineered a complicated transaction involving four clubs and 11 players As a result of this completed yesterday, the nts ob tain Burleigh Grimes, veteran spitball pitching star of the Brooklyn Robins, and Outficlder George Harper of the Phillies. Brooklyn acquires Walter Henline, hard-hitting catcher of the Phillies, who get three performers, Jack Scott and Alex Ferguson, vet- eran twirlers, and Lafayette Thomp- son. infielder. The Buffalo Internationals, wholesale shift, fourth ORK AUTO SUPPLY seems to be having everything its way in the Suburban Bowling League at present, It has won 34 games and lost only 6 and holds a four-game advantage over the second-place Parkviews. Petworth is in third position, nine games hehind the leader, while Arcade Laundry, in fourth place, is 15 games from the top. Handley Motors, Dunigans, Saks and Wolves, in the second division, appear to be hopelessly out of the race. Parkview has rolled ‘the highest game in the Suburban circuit, at 600 but York Autos hotd the high set rec ord, 1,674, and have toppled 22,197 pins for an average of 528-21. enkins of the leading York Autos has the best average of the league, although his figures are top- ped by those of two other bowle But Jenkins' rating of 11141 is for 42 games, while Rinaldi of the Park- views has been in only three games to get his average of 117-1, and Turner of the Punigans in but one game in whi*h he knocked over 112 pins. Individual Ligh ga Paccini of the record is held avkviews, with 152, High set has been bowled by Bittanbender of the Handley Motors at . Jenkins is the leading spare n with 99, and Pricei of the Parkviews has hit for most strikes, 24. Other than Jenkins, virtual team leaders are Paccini of the Parkviews, with 108-15 for 30 games: Dwyer of the Petworths, with 109-3 for 42 games: King of the Arcade Laundry, with 108-2 for games; Bittenbender of the Handley Motors, with 106-9 for 35 games; \W. N. Walker, one of the five Walkers with the Dunigans, with 1019 for 42 games; Olsen of Saks, with 104-19 for 21 games, and Nickels of the Wolves, with 105-5 for nine games, Petworths have six bowlers, used more or less regularly, rolling In the 100 class, yet they are a poor third in the league at present. York Autos, Parkviews, Arcade Laundry and Iandley Motors each Is blessed with five pinners of the coveted orde while three of thix group are with the Dunigans and also the Wolves, Saks really has but two regulars hit- ting above 100 ite the o "TROUSERS ness of the race EISEMAN'S, 7th & F| WALLACE MoTor Co. East of Conn. Ave. John | 'o Match Your Odd Coats | party to the deal, obtains five men. Two of them, Infielder Bill Huber and Pitcher Ray Pierce, go from the Phil- lies at once in exchange for Ferguson, In the Spring the Bisons will get three more players on option, two from Brooklyn and one from New York. In this involved shuffie the Giants obtained Henline and Harper for | Thompson and Scott, then shifted Henline to Brooklyn for Grimes. Grimes is the last of the veterans to go in Brooklyn's reorganization { The veteran, who has seen 11 major | league seasoms, has been one of the Robins’ biggest winners since 1918, when he was traded by Pittsburgh. Scott was a hero of the Giants' 1922 world series triumph over the Yan kees and performed well last year, Ferguson, who bas seen service with the Yankees and Red Sox. also helped Washington land the 1925 American | League pennant.. at present the Suburban bowlers ‘are enjoying themselves immensely this Winter. There is a splendid fellow- | ship in the circuit, and all matches |ara followed with interest by those | not_directly involved in the competi- tion. It's an up-and-going outfit that will carry on to the finish. A number of worthy records have been established in the Georgetown Church League, an organization of Westenders who maintain a fine “closed” circult. West Washington Baptists have hung up a team set of 1,572, and Christ Episcopal has bowled a team game of 590. Individual marks are held by DeLashmutt of Christ Episcopal, who has toppled a set of 361, and Birgfeld of the same team, with a game of 142. Delashmutt is high-average man of the circuit, with a rating of 104-22 for 42 games, Other team leaders are Clarke of Peck No. 1, with 103-11; R. Hunter of Calvary Methodist, with 103-4; Mil- | bourne of West Washington Baptists, | with 101-31; Beauchamp of Arlington | Methodists, with 99-3; E. Saul of Gr Episcopal, with 96-35; Devlin of Peck | No. 2, with 9619, and McCullock of | Covenant, with 94-25 Peck Presbyterian No. team is heading the circuit with games won and 10 lost, while West Washing- ton Baptists are ia second place with 28 victorles and 14 defeats. Arlington Methodists, Christ Episcopal, Grace Episcopal, Caly: Methodists, Peck vterian No. 2 and Covenant vterian follow In the order men Judd & Detweiler's success in the rolloff of a tie prevented the reg istering of two three.game sweeps in the Typothetae League. Columbians bagged three grames from Stanford Paper Co. and Ransdell took the first two games from J. & D. In the third, however, J. & D. managed to equal the opposition's 517 score, then went on to victory in the extra frame, Hercules was strong in the first two games in an Ahepa League match with Leonidas and won easily, but Versis and Placos of Hercules got lit- tle support in the third encounter, while the Leonidas men all bowled consistently well and trlumphed handily | wlx:\:ons; FENDERS 3 ADE AND_REPAIRE! WITESTATRS R 4 & WKs. | - R. Hudson-Essex Owners!! Please Note Our New Service Station Capacity 90 Cars In Rear 1121 19th St. N.W. | ally to his present figure of 1 1 ight Pack Apparently Not itical Point of Game. Light-Heavy Champ Getting Larger. showing that his ained a_dozen pounds in daveloped proportion- and 185 when the set of statistics, charge has the last vear, promises to seale about outdoor season starts, On the basis of growth shown by an examination today, Delaney will he a full-fledged heavyweight before many months have elapsed. Delaney Has Grown. Figures announced Dr. W. G. Fralich show Delaney gained 1114 pounds in a vear and added 313 inches in his chest measurement in experiencing _general physical de- velopment. They were prepared for the purpose of discounting an impres. sion that Delaney is too light for the heavywelght division The comparison follows January, 1927, 26 by December, Age . Weight Reach Wrist Waist S Chest (normal) Chest (expanded) Thigh Calf . Ankle BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK, January 11.—Hum- bert Fugazy tipped his hand and gave out the information that he offered Champion Gene Tunney $800,000 to defend his title at the Polo Grounds this Summer. It is common knowl- | edge that Tex Rickard bettered this 1:-11'-.» and has the title holder tied up. | Rickard holds the upper hand for | the time being. But there is no tell- 1ing what may transpire before the season is over Fugazy Is a fighter give up so easily. He is still in the fleld for a heavyweight fight. He has the place and has one of the fighters tied up. It is now up to him to se- cure a good opponent, so that he can draw a gate which will not sufter much in comparison with the cham- plonship battle Jack Delaney, light heavyweight champion, is under the Fugazy tent. If Jack Dempsey really means busi- ness and wishes to prove to the world that he is still capable of fighting like the old Jack, Fugazy will give him the opportunity to prove it bevond any doubt. The Italian promdter wants to toss in the two Jacl and he is willing to offer either one of the fighters more money than Rickard will. Both Are Popular. There is no doubt about the popu- larity of the two Jacks in New York, Dempsey had his taste of what New Yorkers think of him when he and his conqueror, Tunney, stepped into the ring in Madison Square Garden. Dempsey was cheered to the roof, and the champion was booed. Delaney is a big favorite. Against Berlenbach, & home boy and then champion, Delaney got the hand and had the big crowd rooting for him. He came through a winner. Rickard had an idea that Delaney may be the one he needs to draw record gate he expects. He _lp.\.- to bring in the customers to pay Tunney the big money he jotted on the con- tract. It may be that Dempsey is not so all-fired eager to fight under the Rickard banner. and will take the best purse offered him. Fugazy I8 prepared to do_this. Should Delaney and Dempsey hook, it goes without saying that the pair will outdraw Tunney and any one else Rickard sends in with him. U. S. MAY NOT PLAY IN OLYMPIC TENNIS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 11.—-The United States, winner of ail five Olym- pic tennis titles in 1924 at Paris, s not likely to defend any of them in the international games at Amster- dam in 1928 because of the dates sple(‘rd for the next Olymple com- petition Under the schedule recently decided upon, the Olympic tennis champion ships next year will take place August 5 to 12. This would interfere with the national champlonships and Davis Cup schedule, always well under way by the middle of August, and prevent the sending of top ranking stars abroad Vincent Richards, now a profes He does not | sional, and Helen Wills won the men’s and women's singles titles at Paris in 1924, EAGLE BASKETERSr LIST HYATTSVILLE SOLDIERS Bennie Peacock’s Anacostia Eagles, District unlimited basket hall cham- plons, ‘will play hosts to the regular five of Company F, National Guard, of Hyattsville, Sunday afterncon at 3 o'clock at Congress Heights Audi- torium. The Doughboys recently vanquish- ed the Birds in an 18-to-17 thriller in the Marland town and the Fagles will be striving for revenge. HAS FAITH IN SPEAKER. CLEVELAND, January 11 (®.— The Cleveland city council last night ssed a resolution expressing confl- dence in Tris Speaker, former man- ager of the Cleveland Indians, named base ball scandal charges recently “Dutch” Leonard, former Detroit | Topcoat . . 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