Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 28

S PORTS. TYRUS OVERZEALOUS, TRIS "LAX, IS BAN'S CONTENTION New and Vital Sidelight on Case Makes It Unlikely That Any Sensationa Made at Mee . January 19 (). —The charges against Ty which HIC princi Cobb and Tris Speaker caused President Ban Jonh son of the American League fo demand their resignations as man agers, involved incompetency and not erookedness, Johnson said today. He cdlled the Dutch Leonard charges aAgainst them inconsequential < Johnson revealed a number of new angles to the celebrated case, which ts due for a new threshing over here | Monday. but all related to laxness or overzealousness in managerial duties, and contained no hint of scandal The American League prexy. who severely criticized Base Ball Commis-| sloner Landis for making public the | Leonard charges. mentioned Cobb’s bandling of plavers as “not to be| telerated in the American League.”| and his principal count against | Speaker related to betting on horse races. No Crookedness Involved. *Talk of crookedness had no part in our decision to demand the resign. tions of these two managers. They | simply were not equal to their jobs, and so thay had to go.” | . This new and vital sidelight en_the | Cobb-Speaker case. publicity around which led to the investigation of 1917 | scandal charges, and the unloosing of | & host of vague rumors of other base ball irregularities, gave a rather wan | aspect to the possibility that any sen-| gational disclosures would be made here Monday { A real row, however, seems to. be | brewing in two quarters. One relates to what will come to pass when | President Johnson and his American Leaguers meet here preliminary to| the conference with Landis, and the | other, what will come of the Johnson- | Landis feud when the two base bali | Jeaders face each other. Landis is as- | sured of the support of some of the | eluh owners in Johnson's circuit, in- | cluding President Comiskey of the | Chicago White Sox, who has been in- | imical to Johnson for many vear. Di patches from the base ball conference at French Lick Springs quoted Clark Griffith, president of the Washington club, as saying, “Johnson should have resigned two years ago.” Meeting Called for Monday. | When Commissioner Landis gave eut the Cobb-Speaker investigation, in- volving the charges of “Dutch” Leonard, former Detroit pitcher, that the two former managers had knowl- edge of a thrown game in 1919, both of the principals denied the accusa- tion and asked for a rehearing. Rumors that there was more back of the case than involved in the pub- limhed record led Landis to call a hearing here Monday to go further | into the situation. Attorneys for the | two former ball plavers will be here | and possiy the two principals. | Johnson's explanation of the counts against Cobb and Speaker was given | in these words | *As leaders of men. ther were failures and they were not giving their Best 1o the public. The Leonard Charges involving them were: -inton- sequential. though Cobb's letter to Leonard was foolish and something that should never have been-written. ““The chief reason why the -American figue will have no more of them, is t" they fafled to live up to their responsibilities to the public. As a hase ball club manager, Cobb should Bave been training Marines at Parris Island. His way of handling players will not be tolerated in the Amer.can League. Daily Betting on Races. “Speaker allowed his club to drift into a habit of daily betting on horse races, and the American League al- wayvs has been opposed to betting Ball players are paid to give their WO alltime District records for woman bowlers went by the board and two season marks of the Washington Lagies’ League were equaled 1ast night on the Coliseum drives. The big noise of the night was made by the Beeques when theys swept their get with the Daughters of Isabelia by totaling 1,591 for the three games| that were finished with a single game count of 561, 2 The three-game string of 517, 513 and 561 betters by 62 pins the old team set record the Beeques had established for District woman duck pinners at 1,529 on the Coliseum alleys December 15, 1925, and the third game of the string betters by 2 pins the former District mark of 559 made by the Columbians of the Washington Ladies’ League at the Coliseum on October 26, 1925. When Catherine Quigley of the Beeques finished her set last night with a game of 145 she equaled the league season game record formerly held jointly by Rena Levy of the Co- Jumbians and Helena Kohler of the Nationals. In her second game with the Climbers last night Margaret Boston hit for 94 without a mark, thereby tying Bertha Greevy of the Beeques and Edna Bailey of the Nationals for season flat game record. The team that broke the set and game records last night was with one exception the same combination that established the set mark in 1925. The old team included Bronson Quaites Bertha Gree Pauline Thomas, Catherine Quigley and Gladys * By- waters. The team last night had Lorraine Guilli instead of Gladys By waters at anchor. The Beeques, who lead the Wash- ington Ladies' League, smashed the old records last night, even though their captain, Bronson Quaites, had to hurry through the third game. She bowled her third 10 frames without rest and totaled only 84, an unusually low score for her. A summary of the record set, in- cluding the new record game, fol- lows: Boonren couny Pauline Thomas. Atherine Quigley 1 rraine Gulli Totals 128 1 & 1 561—1.601 In other Washington Ladies’ League matches last night, Hilltoppers took two from Kumbacks, Frankies did the same to Bethanys, and Nationals grabbed the odd from Climbers. Re- cause of the iliness of Rena Levy of the Columbians, their match with the Commercials was postponed. Henry Gilliam, member of the Dis- trict Board of Education, will be the principal speaker tonight at the third annual midseason banquet of the North Washington Church Duckpin League. Pastors of the eight churches represented in the circuit are expected to attend. Frank S. Harris, president 1 Disclosures Will Be ting Monday. | best to the public, and they cannot do that if they are thinking of winning | £4.200 pools on a horse race. Speaker has gambled all his life. and. if that hetting habit had been stopped, T | think the Cleveland club might have won the pennant last year “Talk of crockedness had no part in our decision to demand the resignation of these two managers. They simpl were not equal to their jobs nd they had to go. The public s the right to expect, when they to a ball game, that the plavers are giving their best efforts to win, and neither Cobh nor Speaker was getting the most_out of his team. “When the manager has a betting commissioner in the park. every day, placing the bhets of the players on horse races, it follows that the ball game is not receiving his entire at- tention. League Prohibits Wagering. “The league has a rule against bet ting, though it does not specifically state that horse race betting is meant We do not mean that players must not go to see races when they have an | off day. or bet $2. but when a group of plavers wins $4.200 in one pool, certainly they are not glving their entire attention to base ball, as the public has a right to expect. “Cobb is one of the greatest players the game ever saw, but when he be gan to threaten his players, that he would ‘railroad’ them out.of the game, something had to be done. 1 wrote him more than a score of letters, de. manding that he stop his practice of signaling every pitch to the man in the box, which delayed games an hour or more. But he did not stop. He | still is a great player, but he was a failure as a manager.” TRIS KEEPING IN SHAPE T0 PLAY NEXT SEASON CLEVELAND, January 19 (#.— Tris Speaker, former manager of the Cleveland Indians, expects to be in top form for the opening of the base bail” season in case he is exonerated of game “fixing” charges. He has joined his former team- mates, George Uhle, Joe Shaute and Steve O'Neill, in workouts at a gym- nasium here and plans to continue training during the Winter months. BILLIARDISTS BUSY IN DISTRICT EVENTS J. MeCann will face W. M. Snail in the District pocket billiard champion- ship tournament at the Arcadia to- n'ght. Last night Fred Talbert downed Fred Reynolds, 100 to 82. Two challengers were defeated ves. | terday by Willie Lewlis of Philadelphia. | | wha is meeting all comers at pocket | | billiards at Scanlon’s billiard parlors. | The Philadelphian defeated Allen Young, 100 to 27,.and Chester Wal- 100 to 48. SR 1 two-time champion, bowed to Murray in the District clasg A three-cushion billiard title tournament l{ the Lewis and Krauss parlors last night. In scoring the upset, the win- ner played sensationally. In other tournament matches, Reilly lost to Muir and Norwood. Muir also defeated Turton, while Norwood took a match with Lamson. NEW YORK, January 19 (P).— Catcher Paul Florence has been sold back to the Indianapolis club of the American Association by the New York Giants. Florence once was a star at Georgtown University. Personal Audit bowlers are stepping out in the Internal Revenue League. They now lead the circuit with a rec- ord of 34 victories against 14 defeats. In second place is the Annex No. 1 aggregation, which has won 31 games and lost 17. Clearing Division and Miscellaneous teams complete the first diviston. In the second division, standing in ! the order mentioned, are Solicitors, Consolidated, Executives and Special Adjuste There are a number of prizes at stake in the Internal Revenue circuit. Those now leading for the high aver- age rewards are: Tarter, 108-11; Leslie, 108-10; Mansuy, 107-15; Kasson, 106-18; Rhine, 106-6, and Routson, 105-5, Leslie and Routson, each with counts of 369, are the high-set pace- makers, while Shear, with a total of 149, and Skeen, with one of 145, are the big-game scorers. Leslie has hit for 107 spares to lead in that departmerit. Second to him is Allen with 106. Tarter is leading strikemaker with 29, while Kasson is second with 250 Personal Audit, league leader, has established both high game and high set records, with 587 and 1,644, respec- tively. Clearing Division has second high game with 570 and Annex No. 1 third with 587. Miscellaneous is sec- ond in set-making with 1,632 and So- licitors third with 1,625 Here are the Department of Com- merce League records: . High team _sets—Patent Office, 1,538; Bureau of Mines, 1,523. High team games—Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Mines, 526. igh individual sets—Gaither, Sec- retary's Office, 349; Kennedy, Census, 1346, ~ High individual games—Ma Donald, Census, 139; Fugett, Bureau of Mines, 1 High individual aver- ages—Oliveri, Patent Office, 119- Gaither, Secretary’s Office, 109-2. Sweeping another set to run its con- secutive win record to six games, Health Office last week went into a trict Government League in so far as winning percentage j= concerned. ach team has won 26 games and lost 3. Sewer Department that took two of three games from Repair Shop retained the real lead, however, by virtue of total pinfall. Assessor’s Office, Chief Clerks of the Engineering Department and Re- pair Shop follow the first two teams as named. Trafic Bureau and Water Registrar teams are d eadlocked in sixth place, while Municipal Archi- tects are last. Sewer Department holds the team game record at 566 and the Engineer Chief Clerks the team set record at 1,557. Individual records are held by Brown of the Engineer Chief Clerks with a game of 154 and a_set of 39 " RADIATORS, FENDERS of the league, will be in charge. The affair will be held at the Wallis Cafe, starting at 6:30 o'clock. r W s 319 13th 1423 B 4 THE EVENING BSTAR, WASHI Johnson’s Charges Against Cobb and Speaker Involve Incompetency, Not Scandal When Base Ball Was Young By JOHN B. FOSTER Twenty-Seven Out in One Inning Few base ball fans ever have been treated to a game in which 27 put- outs were registered in one inning. Such a game was played in Phila delphia long before the present gen eration of fans came into heing, though not before there was a team called the Athletics. It seems there always has been an outfit called the Athletics. Even when Benjamin Franklin was a young man in Philadeiphia, waiking down the street eating his buns. and despite the fact that no base ball was visible around there at the time, there must have been some sort of playing com- bination called “Athletics.” All history in Philadelphia is incident with that of the Athlet and if there is any history record before the heginning of the Athletics it doesn’t matter much Game Arranged with Kids. On this particular afternoon, when the Athletice had nothing better (o do than give diversion to the fans of Philadelphia, they arranged to play with a junior team. The contest was advertised over the city very thor- oughly and there was a crowd of some size present. These Juniors had a - good notion of themselves and they were quite sure that they could win from the professional experts. The Juniors had a pitcher who held his own with anyvthing in the junior line on the west bank of the Delawars River, and they were “good at first base” and In the outfleld, and also at second base. The Athletics in the old days always were good at first hase, because the pick of first basemen seemed to come their In recent T NGTON, very hard to get a real first baseman who can stand up throughout a sea- son and catch the ball without blun- dering. The game began and for ight innings the Juniors were unable to make a run. They were quite | downcast. A lot of their friends were seated in the bleachers and the com ments which came out of the bleach. | ers were equally as impudent as they are now. Bleacherites never have soft ened in spirit since the beginning of base ball. The game was so one.sided that the boss of the Athletics said to the boss of the Juniors: “Now, just to give yvou | tellows a chance, we are going to put | 27 of you out In the ninth inning.” | the first Auniors Accept Challenge. show us up. you mean.” aid the crestfallen Juniors. “But we're game. We'll play you that wavy, | last inning for us and vou've got to get 27 of us out before the inning is over. Thereupon the Athletics went forth on the field and arranged themselves in their positions, and the voung men | of the Juniors grabbed their best bats and prepared to set sail into this boastful team of professionals The Athletics put 16 of them put in | succession. When the inning was| over the Juniors had scored 4 runs, but the backers of the Athletics affirm to this day that they were scored only hecause the Athletics were a careless lot of darn fools and that if they had | veally played ball they would have | put out 27 players in succession and established a record that never could have been broken. ust to (Tomorrow: “The Man Who Out Ruthed Ruth vears they have been less fortunate. For two vears they have heen trying (Copyright. 1927.) (Note: This is the third of a series of stories dealing 1with 1927 major league club prospects.) By the Associated Press. HICAGO, January 19.—A keystone combination of the 1921 world series, Aaron Ward at second base and Roger Peckinpaugh at shortstop, have been added to the infield of the Chicago White Sox this Winter, giving the Sox the strong- est roster they have had.in several vears. From their own ranks the Sox have drawn a new manager for this vear, one of the seven new pilots in the major leagues, the veteran catcher, Ray Schalk. Coming to the Sox in 1913 from Milwaukee, Schalk has ecaught more than 100 games a vear, with one or two exceptions. He is one of the few playing managers left in the hig leagues, and takes the place of Eddie Collins, who went back to his original club, the Phila- delphia Athletics; when he resigned from the Sox managership. Ward, who has spent his major league career in a New York Yankees PECK AND WARD SHOULD ADD STRENGTH TO CHISOX Keystone Combination Gives Club the Best Roster It Has Had in Years—Has Plenty of Pitchers and Possesses Veteran Outfield. uniform will fill the gap at second base caused by the passing of Collins, while Peck, obtained from Wash- ington, will play short. Moe Berg and Bill Hunnefield, two highly promising youngsters, will .back up these veteran infield stars, with Bill Kamm at third and Earl Sheely at first. Surplus pitchers and a catcher were traded for Ward and Peck, but the Sox still have plenty of battery strength. Schalk, ready for his fourteenth campaign in the major leagues, expects to do lots of catch- ing this year, in addition to running the team as manager. Buck Crouse and ‘Harry McCurdy stand ready to relieve him behind the bat. The pltching staff. headed by five veterans, has had few additions this Winter. Red Faber, Ted Lyons, Ted Blankenship, Alphonse Thomas and George. Connally are the mainstays. Blankenship's brother Homer has been coaxed back for another major league tryout this Spring. Bert Cole of the Coast League and Charlle Barnabee, two likely southpaws, will be taken South this Spring. The Sox outfleld also is unchanged, with Bib Falk, Johnny Mostil and Bill Barrett composing the regular trio. CLEVELAND, January 19 OP.— Today's Plain Dealer savs the base ball world is of the opinion that Ban Johnson will be ousted Monday as President of the American League. Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees; Edward Barrow. husiness manager of the Yankees and former Red Sox magnate, and E. §. Barnard, president of the Cleveland club, are being discussed as Johnson's successor, the -paper adds. ¢ YORK, January 19 (®).—The New York World says today that the Men in Line for Johnson’s Job Now Are Being Proposed New York American League club will vote for Edward G. Barrow, general secretary of the Yankees, to succeed President Ban Johnson of the Amer fcan League if the latter is forced out of office by Commissioner K. M. Landis. The league club owners are sched uled to meet in Chicago next Monday with the commissioner to discuss the Cobb-Speaker case. Balloting for a successor to John #on, who has “talked himself out of a $40,000-a-year job,” possibly will begin Tuesday, the paper says. $7,500 DRAFT PRICE REMAINS IN EFFECT FRENCH LICK, Ind, January 19 (#).—Major and minor league base ball representatives have agreed on rules governing the transfer of play- ers, which will be submitted to the individual leagues for ratification. The class AA draft price of $7,500, which was opposed by the American Asso- ciation, International and Pacific Coast leagues, was retained. They had demanded $10,000. Under today's agreement the majors may have 12 optional players, pro- vided not more than 2 of them have had minor league service. The pact also provided that majors can send op- tional players only to class AA, A and B leagues, the majors to pay double when optional players are recalled. Commissioner K. M. Landis sug- gested that the agreement, if ratified, be in force until November 12, 1934, and thereafter until either party glves one vear's mnotice of termination. The major leagues agree to approve umpire reservation and selection, al proposal they always have rejected. For class A leagues the draft price suggested is $5.500, for class B $3,500, for class C $2,000 and class 1 $1.000. Payment is to be made in full at time of selection. No player who has not been previ ously signed by major league clubs shall be subject to selection from class AA clubs, until the close of ‘he fol- lowing season, the agreement reads, or untll his name has been on the re. serve list three times; from class A and B twice. tie with Sewer Department in the Dis- | | | | [ In Washington I and Vicinity || for 1926 greatly exceed the total || Nash sales in the same territory 1] for the 2 years of 1924 and 1925 H combined. . THINK IT OVER Wallace Motor Co. Distridbutor 1709 L Street | | | Main 7612 Fights Last Night Br the Associated Pres MINNEAPOLIS. — Ernie Fliegel, Minneapolis, beat Joey Clein, Mil- waukee (10); Mike Mandell, St. Paul, scored a technical knockout over Farmer Lodge, Minneapolis (2). DENVER.—Ted_Blatt, Minneapolis, and Tony Ross, Pittsburgh, drew (4); Tommy Comiskey, Denver, beat Al Walther, Canton, Ohio (4). LO8 ANGELES.—Baby Joe Gans, San Diego, beat Charlie Feraci, New Orleans (10); Billy Harms, Oakland, won on a foul from Charlie Long, Omaha (3); Billy Bonillas, Bakersfield, defeated Ritchie King, Navy light- weight champlon (10). PORTLAND, Oreg.—Harry Dillon, ‘Winnipeg, beat Ray Pekey, Oakland (10). SEATTLE.—Walter Cleghorn, An- chorage, Alaska, scored a technical knockout over Al Arney, St. Paul (2). : i i OLD-TIME PLAYER DIES. EAST ORANGE, N. J,, January 19 ().—Michael J. Doyle, professional base ball star of 45 vears ago, is dead at his home here. He was 68 years old. Doyle was a member of the Philadel- phia team in the National League, having played with such diamond fig- ures as “Cap” Anson, A. G. Spalding and A. J. Reach. GUARANTEED Ford touring, newly painted, late m D. €, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. SPORTS. LANDIS SURE OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE |Four and Possibly Five Owners in American Also May Stand With Judge in Controversy With Johnson—1922 Series Is Reviewed. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ASE BALL is lining up its forces in the Ban Johnson Judge Landis controversy with more of disposition being shown hy major league owners to hold Johnson responsible for the resumption of his attack on Landis than to criticize Landis for what he may Spwaker-C At least owners are Chmmissioner son, and the ) bbh evidence. four American League counted upon to back Landis against John ational League is cer tain to support the base ball czar in | tilt with the American League sident. See Reason for Move. National League men think that the restoration of Johnson to membership in the advisory council last year has been regarded by him as a justifica- tion of his previous tilt with Landis They afirm that Johnson believed he has been vindicated and thinks it is his mission to return in some way to the test of the differen that brought about the temporary change in the council and which had both ues at loggerheads. If a similar situation is to arise again, the Na- tional League may be expected to determine upon a policy which will recognize Landis whether the Ameri- can League does so or not. Now Johnson has gone still turther’] affirmed that he is investigating 2 world series, and the National sk whether and the 192 League is beginning to that is meant as a thrust against it or a continuation of private investi- gations which are said to have been made by Johnson through detectives who have heen hired by him. Col: Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Americans, is furious over the report from Chicago that the 1922 series was not played honestly and wants to know what was wrong about it. In addition, Johnson now faces opposition from three other American League owners when the Chicago meeting is held next Monday. Johnson's statements make it appear that the presidents of the Cleveland have done in making public the | OF BACKING and Detroit clubs Cobh-Speaker matter when “laimed knowledge, and those two own are thoroughly aroused | Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chi- | cago White Sox, has heen at outs | | with Johnson for a long time, and if | a fifth American League owner lines | up withs these four, some base ball | | men in" the t are inclined to be- Jlieve there may he a radical change | lin the American League executive po- | | sition. | knew all ahout the they dis Facts About 192 As to the 1922 world ri brief | history of it is {interesting. This series went to five games. One of the | games, the second, was called at the | end of the tenth inning, with the score 33, because Umpire Hildebrand | thought it teo dark to continue. Judge | Landis gave the receipts of the game | to charity, as he did not like the| umpire’s ruling. Those who were miliar with the lights and shado | of the Polo Grounds thought Hilde- | brand justified, as darkness falls very ddenly when the sun goes down be- hind the heights back of the field | The Giants won the first game, 3.2, making three runs in the eighth with Nehf pitching against Bush, They won the third, 3-0, making two runs in the third and one in the enghth, with Scott pltching against Hoyt. They won the fourth, 4-3, making all four runs in the fifth with McQuillan pitching against Mavs and Jones. They won the fifth, | ., making two runs in the second and three in the eighth, with Nehf again pitching against Bush. Errors of judgment in hase run- ning and flelding contributed to the defeat of the Yankees. It was Kelly who “cinched” the final game in the eighth inning for the Giants by batting a_line drive over second hase, scoring two men. He made this hit | after Rush had been instructed to | pass Young to first by Miller Hug- gins. Bush showed his pique when | he received his orders in regard to | Young, and Kelly, next man up, then made his hit. Series. “MOTOR BOAT HANDLING” CLASSES TO BE HELD HERE LASSES in “Motor Boat Han- dling” conducted each Spring by Potomac River Power Squadron, local branch of the United States Power Squad rons, Inc., will begin February 28, to continue each Monday for eight weeks. Class will. as usual, be held in Hall No. 1 of George Washington University Medical School, 1335 H street, starting at 8 p.m The Power Squadron is a body of vachtsmen organized “to establish a higher standard of skill in the han- dling and navigation of power boats,” and ‘there are no fees or obligations assumed in attending any of its classes. A tentative schedule of the classes follows: February 28—Rules of the road, whistle signals, fog signals. March 7—Lights for all classes of vessels, day marks. March 13—Buo; lighthouses and other aids to navigation. March 20—Motor boat equipment, flags and etiquette, Government pub- lications. March 27—The compass and its use. April 4—Compass errors and correc- tions, tides and currents. April 11—The chart and its use. April 15—Piloting, practical moter boat navigating. These supplementary topics will be included in the class work: Ropes, knots and splicing, ground tackle, anchors and cables, storms, clouds and the barometer, first ald, restoring nearly drowned persons, fire hazards and fire extinguishers on small boats and radio compass. Further information may be secured from J. Edwin Lawton, commander, Potomac River Power Squadron, 2708 M street northwest. W. S. Corby of this city has pur- chased in Buffalo a “Baby Gar." Many yachtsmen of Washington and environs are planning to attend the twenty-second annual National Motor Boat Show to be held at Grand Central Palace, New York, beginning on Friday and continuing to January 29. It is expected, according to reports here, to prove the biggest exhibition vet held. A special feature will be a display of crack speedboats. These will in- clude, among others, Greenwich Folly, winner of the 1926 Gold Cup; Cigarette 1V, the all-metal flier, owned by Louis Gordon Hemersley, which won the President’'s Cup here last September; Teaser, winner of the 1925 Interna- tional Trophy, and Horace, which cap- tured the last Potomac River cham- plonship. There has been a great rush for space at the coming show, it is announced, and the demand has been such that several large manu- facturers have bheen unable to secure places in the exposition. For the first time in the history of the show it will occupy three floors of the Grand Central Palace, instead of two. R. §. Doyle was chosen commander of Capitol Yacht Club at its recent an- nual election. Other officers elected are: Charles F. Denley, vice com- mander; Collingwood Sanborn, secre- tary-treasurer, and Lyman F. Hewins, treasurer. ‘Washington men have been nominat ed for posts with the United States Power Squadrons, Ine., as follows: For the governing hoard, A. B. Bennett, A. J. Tyrer and Vice Admiral D. W. Coffman, and for rules committee, J. T. Bresnahan. The election will take place at the annual meeting Saturday in New York. odel Ford sedan, balloon tires, painted very attractively Ford 1926 touring, thoroughly conditioned and painted Ford roadster, 1926, wire wheels, 5 tires Each and every one of the above cars is guaranteed 16 other equally as attractiv TERMS e cars ready for inspection From $25.00 to $100.00 Down—$15.00 to $25.00 Month HILL & 301 14th Street N.W. TIBBITTS South of Penna. Ave. S. A. Thompson of this city has been re-elected treasurer of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, of which Representative Riley J. Wilson of Louisiana has again been chosen president. Commdore Conrad C. Smith of Cor- inthian Yacht Club has announced ap- pointment of Vice Commodore W. A Rogers as chairman of the house and regatta committees: Willlam F. Seals chairman of the publicity committee; Stewart W. Jenks, fleet captain; Dr. Guy W. Latimer, fleet surgeon, and thig entertainment committee: J. Gil- bert Dyer, chairman: R. W. Wilson, Elmer D: Arthur - Harnett, A. Julian Brylawski, Hartwell Balcom, J C. Rowett and C. B. Osborne. The last- named committee plans an attractive program for the season, including two dances a month, special holiday fes- tivities, smokers and other features. At the annual meeting of the East- n_Power Boat Club, Commodore J. E. Battenfleld, sr., was re-elected, with F. C. Berwick, vice commander, and Robert Kaiser, fleet captain. | At the next regular meeting of | Corinthian Yacht Club on February 3 a proposed amendment will be sub- mitted that if adopted will make eligible for election to the club as a | flag member any woman owning a yacht, Such membership would con- tinue only during the period of yacht awnership, and would carry oniy the following privileges: The right to fiy the club burgee, to have private sig nal registered with the secretary, to enter yvachts in club races and to use the clubhouse and floa The cruiser Bonney II, long laid up in the American Boat Co. yard, has been purchased by A. Guinond. Late additions to the Corinthian Yacht Club fleet include M. G. Hard- ing's Dum Dora, Lieut. Col. T. S. Troy's Lodusta, a_ 35-footer, and Sir Charles Ross’ Teteban, a 40-foot Flor- ida fishing boat. GREATEST BILLIARDISTS WILL SHOW SKILL HERE ‘W. V. Thompson, secretary of the | White | er possibilities than any oth | am’ not overlooking famous aggrega | tions which flourished hefore my time. | White Sox of 1919 Regarded ! By Eddie Collins as Team With Greatest Possibilities TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF BASE BALL. BY EDDIE COLLINS. XV The O Which was the better team, the old A’s, with Bender, Plank and Coombs at their best, or tha White Sox of 1917-197 Having heen asked this question many times, I will try to an swer it here Right here T want to say Sox of 19 had possibilities of any hase nation ever assembled erime of all base ball wrongdoing was that which disrupted | 1d the man ner of its perpetration and the miser able excuses assigned were loath some_that I have no words to discuss it. Besides ruining several plavers who were not eriminals at heart, the health of “Kid" Gleason was shat Comiskey virtu was that the the greatest ball combi The high tered and Mr. murdered When I say that the Sox } 1 great team I I have a good idea of what my day could and can do. 1 heard competent judges discit clubs of the last century, and if you listened long enough you learned that somewhere, in each of them, there was a weak spot, or a link in the chain comparatively weak. There was none in the Sox, barring second base. Several Were Improving. In using the word possibilities T have in mind Felsch, Weaver, itisherg and Williams, who were nowhere near their best, great as Ris those of 150 have “Weaver—was a wonder hit balls and bunt berg and Williams had just “arrived"” in a base ball sense, Felsch and Weaver still were improving, Jackson and Cicotte seemed to improve with age, and the work of Kerr and that immortal pair, Faber and Schalk. speaks for itseif. the positions except right field—oh, ves, and second base In right we had John Collins, “Nemo” Leibold and Eddie Murphy. These three, though wot ranking in all-round ability with the other stars amply protected that position. All were fast. Leibold and Collins were good flelders with fine arms, they could hit far above the average and Murphy was the best pinch hitter I ever saw. “Mike"” more than earned his salary in this way alone. Shano” Collins could play a_ cred- ftable game at first and was better than a green hand at any of the other infleld positions. When Bender, Plank and Coombs were at their top form I believe 1 would have given them the preference over Faber, Cicotte and Williams, but the famous trio of the A's were at the turn of the road, while the latter were just getting a good start. ‘Williams Truly Great. Willlams became a truly great pitcher. ext to Waddell and Plank, I liked him as well as any ‘‘crooked- arm” I ever saw, not excepting Vean Greg His control was unusually on hard- National Billiard Association of Amer- ica, is in Washington to make prelim- inary arrangements for the world championship 18.2 balkline billiard tournament, which will be hela at the Arcadia Auditorium March 1 to 11. __The tournament will bring to Wash- ington the outstanding balkline stars of the world. Jake Schaefer, Welker Clochran and Willie Hoppe of the United States; Eouard Horemans, Belgium; Erich Hagenlacher, Germany; Felix Grange, France, and one from Japan, prob- ably Kinrey - Matsuyama, present Junior champlon, who is now in the United States, will be among the con- testants. —_——— UZCUDUN LEAVES HAVANA. HAVANA, January 19 (#).—Paolino Uzcudun_ of Spain, European heavy- weight champion, left here today for Tampa. He is on the way to New York, where he will meet Knute Han- sen, Danlish heavywelght, February 7. | | Let Us Refinish your car in lacquer—any color de- sired. Lasts longer than paint, looks better. Requires less attention. Low prices. Takes but a few day: Joseph McReynolds 35 Years Refinishing Automobiles a Ave, at Upshur olumbia 3052 Geor, = great | That list covers all | Id White Sox. | g0od. He had a real fast ball, & flne curve, was smart and didn't know what it was to be afraid. I hate to | testify for one who went eut as Wil. {liams dfd, but. for cold, sublime nerve | he never had a suparfor V, One of t last games he {for us was in the Fall of 1820 Cleveland. Results of the investi n into the '19 series wers fust being published and created a great sansa- tlon. Cleveland would elinch the pen |mant if they could heat us, and for that reasen, as wall as the stories told in the ‘exposura, the crowd was v hostil Spectators filled all the stands and [ringed about the diamend from firet to third were parhaps a thousand fans | Many of them wern equipped with {huge megaphones. Through th |they shouted derogatory remarks {and about Willlame. For rep! Lefty” held the Indians to two h |and no runs and made two hits | himselt Cicotte Perfected “Shiver.” Cieotte's hest asaste were his con trol and cleverness. Always a spithali . he neverthalees was constant perimenting. Dave Danforth originated the so-called “shine gave him his hest lead. Cicotte ching him, worl at it untfl he had it all but perfect. Thereafter he | was almost unbeatanle. That delivery now is barred and should have heen from the heginning, hecause it freakish, artificial and tricky. | Urban Faber never has had the rec | ognition he deserves. In anothar story in this series I have something ahout Faber. I will only add here that he was great and not the | least of his admirable qualities was | his unbounded courage and incor | ruptible integrity | “Happy" Felsch was the greatest right-hand hitter I have seen since Lajoie. 1 think as a fielder he ranked next to Speaker, which is the best compliment I can' think of. Of course, today Mostil s as great a ground | coverer as either of those ever were, but for throwing ranging over a vast territory, coming in and flelding | ground” balls, Felsch never had an {equal, except “Spoke.” I believe he holds the double-play record for out fielders and for chances in a game. | What a hitter was Joe Jackson, | with a style all his own! Picture an outfleld of Felsch, Jackson, Mostil and Falk. They were all on the Sox at the | same time once, for a few minutes. Weaver Was a Wonder. “Buck” Weaver liked to play ball better than any one I ever have seen. | 1t always has been sald that Jimmy Collins was the greatest artist at third of all time. I don't dispute it, |but T'd rather have had “Buck” on my team. He played great ball at short, but was a trifle erratic there |and preferred thir | He was a wonder on hard hit balls and bunts. Those hits with moderate speed gave him what little trouble he {experienced. Though he was great |as a fielder he was still better as a batter and base runner. He batted |equally well right or left handed, and |in time would have been a better hit- ter than Jimmy Collins ever was. The great defect of this team, which made possible its disruption, was the character of some of the men |and the consequent lack of morale |and proper spirit | Tomorrow: Psychology in Base Ball. (Copyright. 1927.) HUDKINS TO FIGHT DUNDEE. NEW YORK, January 19 (#).—Ace | Hudkins, Nebraska wildcat, has been matched to meet Joe Dundee, Balti- more welterweight, at Madison Square Garden February 25. The bout is scheduled for 12 round lto say FLORSHEIM SHOES “& ‘Today’s smartest styles—worth $10 and $12—those fine looking Florsheims you will see in our windows —now awaiting your selection, for a short time only, at this low price. “Man’s Shop” 414 9th 3212 14th 1914-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. S.E. ’_14th at G “Arcade Shop”—3212 14th—Open Nights