Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1927, Page 26

26 —_— SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1927. SPORTS. Stribling Makes Bid As Heavy Tonight : Work of Cobb, Speaker to Be Watched VETERAN STARS LIKELY TO SHINE IN NEW BERTHS HUFFMAN TO TEST YOUTH | IN NEW“Y‘(?)RK 10-ROUNDER One-Time Sensational Light-heavyweight Is Seeking Recognition in Higher Class—Contest First of Lot to Find Tunney Challenger. By the Associated Pr EwW YORK Young Stribling, one-time sensation of the light-heavy weight ranks, will carry his hope of world recognition the heavyweight to Madison Square Garden toni He will pit his speed and punching skill, now en- cased in husky 185-pound frame, against ilor Eddie Huffman of ebruary nt sht series challenger a heavywe to disclose Tunney next September king his first ew York fandom tonight _ without and Ma, who fis from child- now mpaigns under the direction of Walk Miller. who purchased the yvouth’s contract from his parents several months ago for £100,000, Although ling previously de- teated Huffman in a decision contest in Los Angeles, the Pacific Coast puncher is a fast aggressive match of scheduled for Gene The Geor appea 8s a heavywei the guidance of trained him to fistic hood Striblin Pa and battler, amply quilified to test Strib- | ling’s heavyweight aspirations. Huff- man fought a slashing draw Yale Olkum in his last appearance here. | Stribling Quiet Recently. | 'Stribling has been in semi-retire- | ment since his last match here in | 1926, when Paul - Berlenbach, | light-heavyweight champion of the 15-round match for the title. Southern youngster, however, has found time since that date td whip several of the lesser heavyweights | In May 1 when weighing but 179-pounds, Stribling knocked out Quintin Romero, Chilean champion, | in 4-rounds at’ Boston. He later | won decisions over Bud Gorman, Wisconsin heavyweight, and Jonny Risko, the Cleveland baker. Two 10-round supporting matches are on the card. Sully Montcomery of Fort Worth, Tex. will meet Pat McCarthy of Beston, and Martin | Rurke, New Orleans light-heavy- weight, will meef Blackie Miller, ARMOUR IS NOSED OUT| BY TURNESA AT GOLF SHREVEPORT, La., February 7| (P).—Joe Turnesa of New York rested | here today following his victory in the Broadmoore open golt here yesterday. He finished the 72 holes with 282 three strokes ahead of Tommy Armou and two strokes above par for the 7 holes. He won $1,200. Turnesa got a four-stroke the first 36 holes on Saturda Bobby Cruickshank took third place with a 287. Bill Mehlhorn and Beetle Juelk of Mercedes, Tex., finished in a tle for fourth place with 201 each. John Dawson of Chicago led the amateurs in the tournament with 299. BASE BALL HAS FIRM | PLACE, WRITERS HOLD| NEW YORK, February 7 (). Base ball stiil is a great game and will continue to furnish employment for a number of athletes, who will per: form before thousands of spectators, it opinions expressed at the annual ban- quet of the New York chapter of the Base Ball Writers of America last | night are correct. Much fun-making” was built about recent investigations of Commissioner Landis, who was a guest. | Ty Cobb stopped the show when he was introduced with a score of other major league base ball players. e was cheered. John A. Heydler, president of the National League, suggested that the epidemic of scandal gossip had not been confined to base bail, but at: tacked other sports as well. ““The lit- tle fish are never gossipped about, he said. ‘‘There were some aspersions cast on Washington a while ago and | more recently Gladstone has ‘been un- | der fire.” | Frank Cavanaugh, Fordham foot ball coach, said that the spirit that wins in foot ball also wins in base | ball. “The knock 'em dead spirit is the only one worth while in any sport,” he ‘said. “Charges of dirty foot ball have been made against Princeton. Princeton doesn't play dirty foot ball. But Princeton goes out there with a spirit of do or bust, and that's the only way to play any game."” SANDLOT DIAMONDERS TO TALK OVER PLANS Two District base ball teams will talk over their diamond plams thi week for the coming season. Eagle A. C. base,ball candidates will meet tonight at 1135 Ridge place to discuss plans, Hess A. C. will take up base ball at a meeting at the club- house Thursday at 8 o’clock. tournament | 72 lead in | Knute Hansen, Racine, Wis. (12) RING SHOW TONIGHT AT SILVER SPRING Ring rivalry between two clubs in opposite sections of the city in the Silver Armory to raise funds for the Sil- ver Spring Fire Department. Match- maker Frankie Mann of the Arcadia Sports Club has arranged a five-bout program which will bring together some of his proteges in Northwest Washington and mitt pushers from the Mohawk A. C. inthe Southeast. Young Dencio and Jack Cafoni, both of Arcadia, will clash in the feature affair_of 10 rounds. Jack Turner and Billy Shattuck of Mohawk A. C. will swap punches in the six-round semifinal and three other four-round bouts will find_Tony Cortex of Ar- cadia meeting Buddy Logan of Mo hawk, Larry Goldberg of Arcadia meeting Bill de Angelo of Mohawk and Chick Holden of Arcadia match- ing punches with Kid Bender of Baltimore. FIGHTS TONIGHT. By the Associated Press NEW_ YORK.—Young Stribling vs. Eddie Huffman, s _Angeles (10). Sully Montgome! . Pat McCarthy (10). Paolina Uzcudun, Spain, vs. Spring PEORIA, Paul, vs Ohio (10). SYRACUSE, N. Y.—Johnny Risko, (eveland, vs. Tiny Jim Herman (10). 111.—Carl Charlie Augustine, St. Scheer, Sandusky, with | then | strong | will crop out in boxing matches to ht‘l | fought tonight COBB CONSIDERING “TEMPTING” OFFERS By the Associated Press | _ PHILADELPHIA, February Several American League base ball | clubs, including the Philadelphia | Ativetics and St. Louis Browns, have made “tempting” offers to Ty Cobb, but he has not vet decided where to go. Connie Mack, manager of the Ath- letics, and Dan Howley, manager of the Browns, are so eager to obtain Cobh that they made a trip to the latter's home in Augusta, Ga., for that surpose. Apparently the journey was Fruitiess, for Cobb intimated that he | would make no decision until he had | considered other offers. | Cobb was in New York today, pre. sumably to look over the ground | there. " He, Mack and Howley came | North together, occupying the same | drawing room and arriving here yes. Howley went to New York | terday ornfa_for 10 rounds in the first| world, trounced him severely In a ity (obb and both are expected back The | | here tomorrow night for the Phila delphia Sports Writers' dinner. “I may have something to tell when I come back to Philadelphia,” Cobb said. T have received tempting offers | from Connle Mack and Dan Howley, as well as other major league man. agers. 1 told Mack and Howley that I would take several days to make up my mind Mack said today he did not want to speculate on his chances of get ting Cobb. “1 thought T had Tris Speaker and lost him, and I am not going to make any gu in the present case,” he added. 1 made Ty an offer and his reply was that he would not take any definite steps for several days I can only hope for the hest. 1 will say that Ty is in fine spirits and rare physical condition and determined to play base ball this season.” 'HOWLEY IS STICKING T0 COBB'S FOOTSTEPS sociated Press. YORK, February 7.—Dan reputation for going indefi- without sleep is being tested to the utmost as he tries to sign Ty Cobb for the St. Louis Browns. From St. Louis to Augusta, Ga.; to New York, Howley has trailed the former Detroit manager, and he will follow him to Philadelphia tonight. Dan will stick, he said, until Cobb signs with him or some one else. *I don’t know: whether ¥ can sign Ty or not,” he said, “but if T don't it won't be because I didn't try.” MEETING TO BE HELD BY ARLINGTON LEAGUE Plans for the formation of an Ar- lington County Base Ball League. will be made at a meeting on February 15 at 8 o'clock a Johnson, Cherr Tt is plan- ned to have the opening game of the series the latter part of April or early in May, so the winning team may compete in the District and Maryland series. A trophy already has been of- fered. Teams that find it impossible to Paul Doyle vs. Lobby| Brown, Lowell (10). Al Mello, Lowell, vs. George (Kid) Lee, Worcester (10). WOMEN I AIR basketers at Eastman School, will open their inter- scholastic court schedule Fri- day, playing Friends School at Epiphany gymnasium. Elizabeth Collins, the new coach at Eastman, reported that her tossers have exhibited promising skill during the preliminary practice season and confidently expect them to give their opponents a good battle at every start this year. B Holton Arms and Warrenton Coun- try School perhaps will offer their hardest games. Warrenton will be met, February 14, at Epiphany. East- man also will play hostess to Holton in their annual tilt carded for March at Epiphany. The full schedule follows: February 11, Friends at Epiphany; February 14, Warrenton C y March 4, ston Hall at ny: March 11, Fairmont at Epiphany; March 25, Hol- ton Arms at Epiphany There is a probabili of a game ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER The past week was one to bhe re- membered by the angling fraternity of Washington because during that time the Senate passed two bills long | sought by the fishermen, one hibiting the sale of large and small mouth bass in our city and the other lengthening the closed season for these gamesters. In addition the District committee of the House favorably reported the Senate bill against selling bass in the District. As soon as this meas ure is -brought up in the House, which is_expected anglers will have come true, a reliel measure providing protection for these fish, which were being slaugh- tered by the thousands in the Poto- mac River and its tributaries Senator Harry Hawes of Mi introduced his bill at the request of | well known Hawes immed mission O'Mal- es Bureau of talk with him George King, angler. Senator got in touch with Co ley of the United S Fisheries and had about the matter. When informed by O'Malley that he was in favor of such a bill and that he knew of the many evils practiced in the catching of bass in the Potomac River which he was powerless to check, Senator Hawes immediately introduced the bill Longer Closed Season. Almost at _the same time Senator Capper of Kansas introduced a hill at the request of the Potomac An- glers’ Assoclation for a longer closed season for bass. The District laws at the present time prescribe a closed zeason for these fish from April to June 1. Decoration day being a le; holiday and falling just one day be- | now being sold in the markets of the | fore the opening of the season in the District, the fishermen of Wask ington were allowed to spend the day casting for these favorite fish After Senator Hawes has introduced his bill in_the Senate, the anglers called on Representative J. J. Ma love, also of Missouri, to sponsor the bill in the House. He introduced the measure, saving “that it was present- ed with the idea of carrying out a movement that is progressing all over the United States to protect for the future the game and the game fish of the ¢ that it is believed out- door life for the future generation is the one thing that the Congress and the Legislatures of the different 8§ s should protect.’ He further st Chapter of the 1z d that the District ak Walton League, pro- | to be done very | soon, and passed, another dream of | uri | “for to proteét the wild life of America from extermination and to carry out | conservation programs with the State Legisiatures and with the National Congress, was behind the measure, | and that he considered this organiza | tion one that is doing the greatest work for humanity. Action Is Unanimous. Representative Manlove in pre- senting the measure before the Dis- triot committee told Chairman Zihl- | man that it would enly take a few minutes’ time of the committee and ced that it be the first order of business of the day. Chairman Zihlman then allowed Representative Manlove to read the bill and jt was voted upon immediately and passed unanimously. When the bill comes | up for action in the House and is ed, which it undoubtedly will, it will end a long drawn-out fight for the protection of these “American me fish.” | Edward €. Kemper, chairman of the bass protection committee of the | Washington Chapter Izaak | League of America, has been one of !the leading figures in this fight for | better protection for ha He ha | been untiring in his eff and h | prepared many statements on the | subject, which have heen sent members of both Senate and House. | In a recent statement Kemper | called the black bass our great na- ! tional game fish. He says brook | trout in this vicinity are gone, {cept in isolated spots or preserves; that the black bass are going—fast —because every one of them has a | brice on his head; that the bass are District of Columbia 10 months in | the year at 30 cents a pound or { more. principally more. Virginia prohibits the commercial taking of her bass, but they ar shipped to Washington under cover, by way of Maryland, Kemper said. Maryland protects them in the Potomac above tide water, but they are not now protected in the tide- water streams. He says that anglers and others in that State will ask the next Legislature to remedy this de- fect In the Maryland conservation law. Kemper was present at the last meeting of the District committee in upport of the bill, together with the vriters of the fish colums in The Star and the Herald and other #n organization whose purposes are' anglers. 2 A to | ex- | have a representative at the meeting are urged to tell of their plans by letter. N SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER with Miss Madeira's tossers late in the season, but the date has not been set. Western High School’s markswomen are being put through intensive drills in preparation for the annual inter- high school series in May, the objec- tive toward which all local high school range squads work each season. J. W. Crockett, high school rifle coach, and Mrs. Bertha Yoder Worthner, faculty adviser for the Hilltop girls, have in- augurated a series of individual matches to stimulate interest and de- velop greater accurary. Lillian Lindquist claimed the high average score in the first of these actice shoots, with a total of 17597 and 78 offhand. Miss Lind- 50 was the highest offhand score made. Elinore Schaffle carried off high in- dividual honors in the prone position, with a score of 99. Boxes of candy were awarded by Mrs. Worthner to the girls winning high honors In each position and for the average record. Class squads will be picked this week at Western and interclass matches will follow. Capt. J. R. Brooke, assistant director of civillan marksmanship of the War Department, inspected the Western High range last Wednesday afternoon and observed the fair sharpshooters in action. : Members of the Washington Athletic Club basket ball squad are to go to Leesburg, tonight to play the Northern Virginia All Stars at 8 o'clock. They will leave by machine from the Distriet of Columbia end of Key Bridge this afternoon at 5:30, aec- cording to Becky Kronman, manager. Any supporters who wish to make the trip are asked to communicate with Miss Kronman at Franklin 3734 be. fore 5 o'clock. Washington Recreation League teams in the three divisions have sfx iglmnl carded for this week, accord- ing to Dorothy Green, who has charge | of the schedule. They will be played |as follows: SENIOR DIVISION | Wednesday—Jewish Community Center vs. | Basketeer Seniors at J. C. C.. 8 p.m | INTERMEDIATE DIVISION. lets vs, Straver's Seniors at i “School, 730" Do y—Strayer's Senfors vs. Co. F " Prificess Juniors vs. Eazlets at jat Walton | 1 JUNIOR DIVISION. ! Thursday—Basketeer Juniors vs. 1of Mines at_Calv b.m Friday—Xew Vork Avenue Presbyterian “hurch ve. Strayer's Juniors, Webster, 7 p.m. Eastern High School “tossers will open their title interclass series on February 21, two weeks earlier than was planned originally, according to Imogene Stockett, athletic director. | Play will continue each Monday and | Wednesday afternoon until the cham- | plonship is decided. It is expected that the entire series will be com- | pleted by March 15, after which se- lections for major letter awards will be announced. Bureau Dropping but one point in the | shoulder-to-shoulder match with Dre: { el Institute at Philadelphia Saturday, George \Vashington co-ed rifll:z(s won { the encounter, 499 to 495. | " Centuries were fired by Helen Pren- tiss, Marjorie Folsom, Elizabeth Clark and’ Ermyntrude Vaiden of the local therine Shoemaker made ; nege?wromb nqpfizs WiITHSTAREE R Wiks, MOVED TO 1833 14th St.'N.W. Opposite Wardman Mot Bervice at Front and srar _Also at 319 13th 8t. N.W. . ) Horton’s Pa r Golf Chart 0N TN RN - HE secret of the great power developed in the very short back swing, say a haif or at most a three-quarter back swing, really is found in the fact that the short back swing calls into play, in the forward swing, the quick-acting arm and hand muscles, whereas the long back swing must bring into play, in the forward swing, perfect blend of these quick arm nd hand museles with the more slow- acting body and shoulder muscles, It has been proved by experience that it is better to rely on the quick acting arm and hand muscles; thus a short hack swing is necessary. With a half swing hack it at once becomes necessary for the arm and hand mus- cles to swing the club a greater dis- tance forward, and thus gives the slower body muscles a chance to act. The sketches indicate this action clearly. In Fig. 1 we see the club head path is a_complete circle. Pic- ture in your own mind the difficulty the muscles are going to have in keeping in tune and accord with the clubhead as the clubhead moves from its starting point, A, to the point B in the swing. As a golfer you know It is interesting to look back upon the merits of old-time ball players and find something in which ‘the younger element has not excelled them. And there is one flelding 1ccomplish- ment in which the modern hall player has not excelled. That Js in ability to play with one hand—"make one hand stops,” as the boys say. No' third baseman ever has lived who could equal Jerry Danny in mak- ing plays at¥third base with one hand. There have been managers who havs paid their tribute t» him by saying they would take him ‘as quickly to play third base with one hand tied behind his back as they would fake other players wth the liberty to use both hands. They were right. Denny could make the most astounding stops with his right hand at all places on_ the field that ever a thirl baseman has made since base ball began, He could field third base, shortstop, the territory back of the pitcher and all of that up to home plate in which modern play- ers must be good if they are to take care of bunt hits. So sure was he of the ball that many preferred to see him play for ground hits with one hand rather than use bot: hands. Wright Tops Shortstops. The best one-hand shortstop per- haps was George Wright, who had no superior as a flelder since bass hall began to be played. Of course none of the present generation has seen him in activity. Like Denny, he was one of those infielders who could handle a ground hit with certainiy merely by playng it with one hand, He not only could play the baull with his right hand, but he possessed that faculty which few ball plavers have of throwing almost with the same mo- tion as that by which he picked up the ball, Wright has been extolled as the Breatest ball player in the history of our national sport. There {3 reason for granting him that tribute. Me completely changed the method of playing shortstop and while he was engaging in that unconsclously to himself he was improving his own pla; He was worshiped by thou- sands of fans, almost all of whom have: passed on, while George Wright still is alive. FEach Winter and Sum- her season he amuses himself by play- ing golf merely s0 he may keep his hand in at some athletic diversion. Dunlap Best Second Baseman. The greatest one-hand second base- man was Fred Dunlap. He also was the best second baseman who has played base ball. There are plenty of fans who sing the praises of mod- ern players like Lajoie and Collins, but Dunlap was a better player than either, He not only could play a one-hand game with his right hand, and he was a natural right hander, but he could play a one-hand game with his left. It ‘mattered little to him on which side the ball hounded toward him and because of his great skill in handling hits on either side with one hand, this socond baseman covered the widest range of any in base ball history. Dunlap could get almost anything behind first hase within a reasonable distance and almost anything behind second He never tried to get squarely in front of the hardest-hits, but simply ran across field and picked up the hall either with the left hand or the right hand and threw the bat- TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F HAWKING CO. Saw MOTOR Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 that if anything goes amiss along this long route its effect will be felt on the ball and in the subsequent flight. Now compare with Fig. 2. Here the clubhead describes an ellipse. The club is stopped much shorter in the back swing. The arm and hand muscles act quickly with it after it gets under way in the forward swing, and the slow body muscles blend into the swing much easier. They come in naturally, so that they need not be watched or controlled at all. In- stinet alone guides them, In th u have the secret of-why many of your iron shots are straight, solid and good while wood shots are usually bad. Don't do what many players try to do, which is make iron shots more like the woods. Instead, strive to make vour wood club swing more like a mashie pitch swing. The mashie is really the foundation for golf. Get a good mashie swing, then pattern all your other swings after it. The wood club really is only swung a trifle further back. for the full swing, than is the mashie for the full pitch.” An odd fact, I suspect, for some of you, but true. (Conyright. 1927.) When Base Ball Was Young BY JO¥N B. FOSTER Great OneHand Infielders was Hal-Chase, He is far more mod- ern than the others and while his wonderful physical skill always will be recognized, his unfortunate mental bias toward base ball never will he forgotten. Next to Chase, the best one-hand first baseman was Tenney of Boston and afterward of the Giants, All first basemen are more or less one- handed, but Tenney was exceptional® 0. s An infield made up of Chase at first, Dunlap at second, Wright at shortstop and Denny at third would be one of the most wonderful infiel.l aggregations that ever was assembled in base ball and more so becauss of the remarkable skill of all the players in stopping hits with one hand when not near enough to them to stop them with both. Tenney at first, Lajoie at second, Herman' Long at shortstop and Jimmy Collins at third would not be a bad quartet of “one-hand” seconds. (Tomorrow: The Longest Moustache in Base E.m. e ——— RICHARDS MAY TELL TRUTH ABOUT TENNIS By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, February 7.—Vincent Richards, who is displeased by the decision of the Trnited States Lawn Tennis Association Saturday in refus- ing him 1926 ranking as an amateur because of professionalism, threatens to tour the United States “to tell those who care to hear the truth about the tennis situation.” “The amateur in tenmis,” he said, “Is a joke, with few exception: Take the drawings of a famous wom- an amateur tennis player appearing in the papers subscribing to' a ne paper syndicate. She is reported to receive a salary of $250 a week for these. If she is paid for the draw- ings and not her tennis name, then I am the world's greatest tenor.” Richards sald that a revolution in amateur tennis, already brewing in the Midwest and Western net organi- zations, would soon sweep aside the “iron-hand rule of Simon Legree mas. ters of tennis, who demand taxation without representation from players who make the game.” He charged a “New York clique” with running the affairs of the U. S. L. T. A. “My hat is In the ring in behalf of the insurgents.” he added. Established 1898 At the Bign of the Moon e Big Values in Fine ( Tailoring Wonderful Stock Com- bined With Low Prices —Makes our February sale an event not to be missed. We have a stock of heavy and medium woolens that will appeal to you. Suit or QOwvercoat Tailored to Meet Your Individual Requirements $2 2.50 Values Proportionate Reductions in Other Grades. Full Dress Suits, $45 To Ovder, Silk Lined Mertz& Mertz Co., Inc. 1342 G St..N.W. D COOPER BEATS HAGEN 10 UP IN 72 HOLES By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., February 7.—Vet- eran golfers who instructed Harry Cooper_on the links here many years ago today continued the home-coming celebration started last night when Cooper returned from his dutles as a professional at Los Angeles to defeat the veteran Walter Hagen 10 up in‘a wer clinched his victory on the third hole and continued the.play for the benefit of the gallery, to finish the 72 holes in 282, which was § under . Hagen shot the eight rounds in 290-evenm par—but was unable to | compete with the birdfes and eagles scored by his younger opponent, who ored a series of perfect approaches nd long putts Turning in a 70 and a 75 Saturday, | Cooper finiched the first 36 holes 4 | up, his cards showing nine birdies and |an eagle for the first holes. He | maintained his sensational playing yesterday to score 35—34 ~36, for |a total of 282 Hagen playved his usual steady game in the face of the spectacular perform- ance , scoring 38—31—39—34, for 290. “Cooper hot, and his golf would have Leaten any one” Hagen said after con tulating Cooper. Sach received a substantial prize. DEMPSEY QUITE ILL OF BLOOD POISONING By the Associated Press. I.OS ANGELES, Calif., February 7. Jack Dempsey, who is confined to his bed at his home here suffering from blood poisoning, was believed to be on the road to recovery today. His physician, Dr. Warren Clark, late last night deelared that the danger period probably would be passed today. The poisoning is said to have started from a slight scratch on the middle finger last week while Dempsey and his wife, Estelle Taylor, the film ac- tress, were on a motor trip to San Francisco. Dempsey was to have started for his mountain camp tomorrow to begin training for his effort to regain the heavyweight title, which he lost to Gene Tunney, but the poisoning has caused at least temporary abandon- ment of that program. The former champion was reported improving last night. -The swelling and inflammation, now confined to his left hand, was diminishing. The fight- er's temperature was normal: Dempsey partook of his first solid food in three days when he ate milk toast last night. He had been on a liquid diet. y The infection, which had to be lanced four times Saturday, was again drained last night. Syl U. S. HAS FIVE VAULTERS IN THE 13-FOOT CLASS . BOSTON, February 7 (#).—The scal- ing of 13 feet T3 inches by Sabin Carr, Yale junior, fog a new world in- door pole vault recoml, at the Boston A. A. games Saturday night, gives the United States five athletes Who have now conquered 13 feet, once believed the pole vaulters “ceiling.” The five, Carr, Paul Harrington, of the B. A. A. "Laddle’” Myers of Chi- cago, Lee Barnes and Glen Graham of California, all are available for Uncle Sam's next Olympic invasion. cash Othe; éporfi on Page 25. Ty, Apparenly Unwanted By Tigers, Will Be Eager to Show His Worth—Cleveland Not So Pleased to Lose Tris, Still Great Player. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK, February 7.--“The Detroit club wanted to_lose its manager .and the Cleve- land club didn’t.” That is the way some ob- servers In the American League are describing the situation that existed when Judge Landis told Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker that they were as clean in base ball as a raindrop in the sky, but” that they must return to the clubs which had been their last pay- masters. Detroit - got its wish and Cleveland got it in the neck. But more is likely to come out of that change in shaping destiny in the American League fight next season than in all the trades that have heen made by all the other clubs put together. Suppose these two old fellows, Cobb and Speaker, happen to have fairly good vears with two other clubs in the American League. What's likely to happen” Both Top-Notchers. Both of them are top-notchers in their way. Speaker is a better fielder than Cobb. Tris is one of the best outfielders in the game, because his judgment of a fly hit is almost un- erring. Cobb is likely to overplay or underplay the ball. But Cobb can heat a tattoo with his bat on any base ball, even at this period of his career, and he is as likely to bob up with a batting average of .325 in 1927 as with any other. If some club gets that .325, what will it do toward winning a pennpant for that club? Cobb, mind you, would be in a new city, to which he would give all there is in his Georgia soul to win, because he never saves him- self when he makes a drive for suckess. Cobb is lost to Detroit, which has some large pennant aspirations of its own. Detroit has some good voung ball players, but there are two or three clubs in base ball that can use Cobb like wheatcakes can use maple sirup. Speaker’s destiny takes him to the Nationals. Suppose that he can hit better than .300. He will field as well as most kids can, no matter if he is a little on in years. Suppose that he can put in that hit which means so much to a team like Washington and which would have counted heavily in 1926 if it had been forthcoming. The National outfield didn't hit 'em where they weren't in 1926—that is, not enough of them. Line-up Formidable. But get Speaker, Judge, Goslin, Myer, Rice and Ha pretty well all of the time 3 club that plays Washington will know that it has met something livelier than a Louisiana pollywog on a hot night. In Cleveland they wanted Speaker, but in Detroit they were willing to lose Cobb. This is not saying that the De- troit club had exactly in mind the task of tying a departing tin can to Cobb, because even a cool proposition like Frank Navin, the elub’s president, might wish to think twice over that intention. But Navin had come to belleve that Cobb could not win a championship for him, and while none disputed the greatness of Cobb as a ball player, there were lots of fans crying loudly Bluege, to see the Tigers play in a world series. Some of the Cleveland fans thoughf Speaker had pulled boners when he brought up the rear attack on t Yankees last Fall. They Iot about it in Cleveland. If only Tri had pitched so.and-so, he might have beaten New York out of the pennant, That second guessing doesn't get far in sport. It is amusing for the fel. low who guesses, but too often.his guesses are.based on what has hap- pened—and if the manager only knew that much in advance he never would have to guess, Speaker was not as good a player for Cleveland in 1926 as he had been in previous years, according to soms of the fans. " His foints creaked a lit- tle and he puffed when he exerted himself up to top speed. The Cleve- land management and many of the fans wanted Speaker to stay, but thera were actually a few who thought It would be better if Tris did not play with the Indians in 1927. They have their wish and Washing- ton has new strength in its outfield. The 1927 base ball season will tell the rest of the story. YOUNG BILLIARDIST AFTER 4TH VICTORY By the Associated Press CHICAGO, February 7.—The second week of play in the 45 round robin matches between 10 contestants for the national three-cushion billiard championship and $5,000. prize money found Art Thurnblad, young Chica- goan, looking forward to his fourth straight victory. His opponent today .is Charles Mc. Court of Cleveland, once champion, who abpears to have lost his cunning, as he has not won a game so far in four attempts, Raimundo Campanioni, the little Cuban champion, meets another clever opponent today " in Tiff Denton of Kansas City. Campanioni, after losing four straight, defeated McCourt, 50-39, and the victory seemed to give him greater confidence. In the McCourt game, for the first time, Carmpanioni put punch in his shots and almost dis- r?xnr{h‘d his former style of safety play. Augie Kieckhefer, crowding closely the champion, Otto Reiselt of Philadel- phia, for the honors, plays Earl Look- abaugh, another young Chicagoan. Reiselt and Allen Hall meet in the last match of the evening. Hall play- ed brilliantly his first three games, but slumped badly in his match with Denton, suffering the worst defeat of the Yournament, 50-25. Gus Copulos of Detroit, who won his third victory Saturday night, and Len Kenney of Chicago drew byes today. RS WATER MARK CLAIMED, BERLIN, February 7 (#).—A new world breast stroke record s elaimed for Erich Rademacher. the German champion. He swam 200 meters in a 20-meter indoor tank in 2 minutes 47410 seconds at the aquatic car- nival held by the Berlin Swimming LUCKY STRIKES are smooth Your Throat Protection and mellow—the finest cigarettes you ever smoked. They are kind to your throat. Why? All because they are made of the finest Turkish and domestic to- baccos, properly aged and blended ‘with great skill, and there is an extra process in treating the tobacco. “It’s toasted”