Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1927, Page 38

38 _ SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER_ 18, 1927. SPORTS. BAN REFUSED TO SELECT COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Balked at Naming Successor to Herrmann Unless He Could Pick Secretary, Too—National League Head Objected and Change Followed. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, October 18.—The reign of Ban Johnson in the realm of base ball is now a subject for the historlans and the biographers. The acceptance of Johnson's reslg- nation as president of the American League, which took place yesterday at a special meeting of the board of directors of the American League, will end the longest term in office of any base ball league president in his- tory and also end the most successful period in base ball office that any man ever enjoyed. Johnson's years of service with the American League were 27, but prior to that connection he was president of the Western League, which subse- quently became the American League. Byron Bancroft Johnson led the fight for dual major leagues and for the recognition of his own league until he won over the National League. Then his downfall as a more or less supreme executive in base ball came through the return fight of the very league over which he had triumphed. With the retirement of Johnson a short chapter in base ball history may be revealed which has been hitherto unpublished, and which is known to very few persons. There s no ques- tlon of its authenticity. Ruled National Commission. August Herrmann was led to resign as chairman of the National Commis- sion because his fellow members of the National League were positive that he was dominated by Ban Johnson. There were other reasons, too. Herrmann had been fair in his rulings to the verge of injustice to his own team, the Cincinnati Reds, but Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburgh club felt that‘Herr- mann had ruled incorrectly against him in the Sisler case, by which Drey- fuss lost George Sisler and the St. Louls Browns obtained him. There ‘were others who thought that Herr- mann was right in that ruling, but Dreyfuss was implacably opposed to Herrmann from that time on. The National League tried to get co-operation with Johnson to appoint a man to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Herrmann from the National League. Base ball was with- out a governing head. Johnson han- dled the affairs of the American League and President Heydler those of the Natlonal League—and in Heydler Johnson found his match, not because Heydler tried any politics, but for the reason that he told Johnson he would not do a thing relative to mutual base ball government until Johnson agreed upon_a man for the chairmanship of the National Commission. Johnson stubbornly refused to vield. That was the worst mistake he ever made in base ball. Had he agreed to action Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis would not have been made commis- sloner of base ball. Johnson Wanted All As a last resort Heydler proposed to Johnson that the latter name his can- didate for chairman of the National Commission and that Heydler would vote for him if Johnson would agree to the man selected by the National League to be secretary of the com- mission. Heydler played perfectly fair with Johnson by naming his can- didate for secretary, a man who had been in base ball for as many years as Johnson, or more. Again Johnson balked and dallied. This was believed to be due to the fact that he not only wanted the chairmanship, but wished also to name as secretary a man who had been in his confidential employ in the Gast. To this candidate the National League never would have agreed. Unable to obtain action from John- son, the members of the National League decided that they had hesi- tated long enough, and when Judge Landis was urged upon them as com- missioner by a_ combination of men in Chicago, the Natlonal Leaguers de- cided to make the bluff of naming him. The American League was op- posed to it, for it wanted the chair- manship of the National Commission to be retained. A meeting was held in Chicago and when some of the club owners de- clared they wouldn't put up any longer with the folly that was going on and threatened to withdraw their clubs and start a new league among themselves, the present agreement be- tween the major leagues and the pres- ent government of base ball was brought about.. Ban Johnson could have averted every bit of it had he been clever enough to accept the proposition of Heydler that Johnson could name the chairman of the Na- tlonal Commission if the Natlonal League could name its secretary. (Copyright, 1927.) STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE HE Middle Atlantic open golf championship, which starts at Indian Spring on Thursday, will have almost as imposing an entry list as the national open if all the professionals, who have promised to play, show up for the opening round of the title chase two days hence. 5 Robert T. Barnett, president of the Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers’ Assoclation, has received assurances from many first class players that they will be hsr;_.h-nd promises from o itely " pi play include the following: ~Tommy Armour of Congressional, the national open champion, and his brother ~ Sandy; d McLeod of ?Iumbh. Maryland State champion; illiam Leach, Peter Henry, Charles Hoffner and Leo Shea of Philadelphia. NacDonald Smith and Tom Kerrigan of New York; Cralg Wood of Baltus- 1; Eddie Towns, Ralph Beach, Dave omson, Arthur B. Thorn, Mel orey, Al Treder, Leo Diegel, Leo [cNerhany and R. CHUff McKimmie, local professionals, and the following Washington amateurs; George J. Voigt, District champion; Page Hufty of Congressional; Sam Rice and Tom Moore of Indian Spring, and Frank P. Reeside of Chevy Chase. »In addition to this list such stars Gene Sarazen, Willlam Burke, John rrell, Willie Klein, Joe Turnesa and George McLean, have promised to compete, along with Gil Nichols, John Coast Youth Won Contest 15 YEARS OLO DRIVES 268 YDS! e =l iftp- BY SOL METZGER. “Charles Seaver, a 15-year-old 1ad of Los Angeles, won the junior driving contest with a smack of 268 yards. Seaver comes from & golfing family, as his father has won several sectional champlon- ships.” One of the reasons why the United States is taking the lead away from the British in golf lles behind such a news note as the one printed above, which 1 read one day in an Eastern newspaper. Fifteen, and even ten years ago, British’ golfers, pro and amateur, could take Americans to ride either here or abroad. Vardon and Ray did it in their last ex- hibition tour in 1920, the last year, by the way, that an American has not won the United States open. But times have changed. Today American professionals and amateurs are leading the world at golf. There must be a reason. 1 recall hav a talk with Francls Quimet about a dec- ade ago. He very pointedly hit the nail on the head. Our profes- sionals would not come inte their own until we began handling themm as the British did. Over there the cracks did little if any teaching, which will throw any golfer off his game. They gave exhibition matches. That kept them tuned up and improving and brought them into competition with their amateurs, who greatly benefited by these contests. As to our amateurs, Quimet believed that as soon as the generation came along that started to play during childhood, the generation - Bobby Jones belongs to, we would see our amateurs come to the fore. That day has arrived; on top of it good American pros now com- pete and rarely teach. Hence fthe prediction that Ouimet made has ProveR coiresls Golden, Clarence Hackney, Harr, Hampton, and practically all the Balti- more professionals. The golf team of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad trounced golfers of the Southern Railway in a team match ye: terday at the Columbia Country Club, winning two matches for the cham- plonship trophy and the James 8. Mur- ray trophy. Several high executives of both roads competed in the tourney. Although the second team of the Southern lost to the B. & O. second team, it was declared the winner of the Murray trophy, since -it' had 16 points to its credit from the last miatch. C. H. Pardos won the monthly tour- nament of the Kiwanis Club yesterday at Columbia, with a gross card of 85. Other prizes were won as follows Second low gross—B. E. Hinton, 8! third and fourth gross—F. P. Howard and B. M. Wallace, 95; greatest num ber of strokes on one-hole—Frank Byr- son, 13 on the fifth; low scores on the long holes, J. R. Ellis, 4 on the twelfth, and Dr. G. W. Maxfield, 4 on the ninth, Kickers' handicap—Fred Schutz, 163— 80—73. Other winners in the kickers' handicap were as follows: Frank Keyes, 71; C. D. German, 72; John R. Wright, 75; Dr. P, E. Brengle, 76; Frank Mitchell, 78; D. N. Burnham, 78; Z. D. Blackistone, 78; Gene Ruark, 78. Booby prize—William Bailey, 157. Five flights will qualify in the Co- |3 lumbia Country Club championship, |3 which starts with a qualifying round on Thursday and the largest entry ever recorded in a club title event around Washington. Players in the championship flight will qualify at 36 holes medal play, with eight to make the division to compete for the E. B. McLean Trophy Friday and Saturday at match play. Other trophles have been donated by James E. Baines, John E. Shoemaker, Herbert T. Shan. non and the board of governors. No player will be allowed to quality out of the proper division ts which he is entitled by his club handicap. Three matches were played in the Liberty Cup event yesterday at Chevy Chase, with the following result: H, C. Pratt defeated W. G. Dunlop, 4 and 2; 3. H. Greene, jr., defeated R. P. White- ley, 2 up; Harrison Brand defeated R. D. Quinter, 3 and 2. Col. F. W. Weed defeated Judge C. S. Hatfleld yesterday in the Con- gressional Country Club champoinship, 3 and 1, and advanced into the semi- final round, where he will play Page Hufty, the defending titleholder. MRS. LUQUE GETS DIVORCE. CINCINNATI, October 18 (#).— Mrs. Adolfo Luque was granted a di- vorce from her husband, the Cuban pitching star of the Cincinnati Reds, inside of 10 minutes yesterday. Mre. Luque told the court that when the Reds lost a base ball game she was afrald to go home because her husband let all his pent-up wrath loose upon her. Horton’s Par Golf Chart THE WATER A SEVENTY FIVE CENT SHOT+ DON'T DO IT AGAIN UST the other day I stood at a tee and saw an ordinary busi- ness-man golfer shoot seven balls right in a row into a water hazard in front of a green. The hole is a beauty, a nice stream running completely around the green. However, the width of the water was not more than 25 feet, and this same man could stand on that tee and pitch balls the 116 yards the shot calls for all day long. We have all seen this sort of thing, but how many of you have discovered the real reason for such exasperating mishaps. It's a good thing for you to know the real reason for them, because such an experience can spoil a whole round for any one. The fact is the Initfal mistake this man made—probably the simple mis- take of looking up—he repeated six times. There is something peculiar about that phase of shotmaking and the player should never forget to be on guard against it. If you dub a shot or spill one into a water hole, avold the mistake of making another shot quickly or carelessly, for if you do BAN JOHNSON QUITS AS A. L. PRESIDENT By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 18.—Byron Ban- croft Johnson, for many years the storm center of major league hase ball, quietly retired yesterday from the presidency of the American League, delivering his resignation ver- bally to the board of directors. Frank J. Navin, vice president of the league and head of the Detroit club, assumed the executive authority until a meeting of club owners can be held to choose Johnson's successor. Navin said he did not know how soon that would be and declined to comment on the persistent reports that E. 8. Barnard, president of the Cleve- land club, had already been selected. Johnson, the founder and only presi. dent of the league, explained the rec- ords and bank account of the league to three of the directors in an hour's talk, gathered his collection of pic- tures from the walls and walked out. MARSHALL IS SECOND. LONDON, October 18 (#).—The 12 players in the International Chess Masters’ tournament at the British Empire Club have completed six i | rounds, with the exception of one game, which remains adjourned. Dr. 8. Tartakower of Paris leads by half a point, with four others tied for sec- ond. These include F. J. Marshall, a‘mgu;}n: é\. ll;uxrlnowluch. la)cnmlr etl, Czechoslovs and Dr. M. Vidmar, Juzoshvu.‘ku' —_— Yale has the first authentic record of college foot ball in America in an annual freshman-sophomore match, which became an institution in 1840. — RRRRRARRWRRABRRARRRRARAR IRESTONE | TIRES & TUBES Bad weather is not far off— D in tomorrow for o o'll put them on srx'é'éi'kvlca"é'rfimi Sts.: N.W. flin“.fllm' A . For REAL Used Car Bargains See Our Ad on Page 12 First Section Gorgeous Price Reductions Sale Now Going on at Stanley H. Horner, Inc. 1015 14th Street N.W. 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Say you fall short and drop your first ball into the water, as this player did. Instead of carelessly dropping another ball and playing it away quickly, do just the opposite of that. Instead of taking less time, take more time. In fact, step back from the spot from which you shoot, look away at something in the distance for a second or so, then tee up and prepare for the second shot with determination more than ever to drop it right onto the pin. Keep in mind that you are shooting your third and that your sole effort now should be to get close and get down In one if possible. One of the toughest rules of golf and one of the hardest lessons for the player to impose on himself is the principle of always being on guard against sheer carelessness. The pro can teach you the fundamentals of shotmaking, but you must teach your- self to be on guard against shot- wasting. Every time you see a player stand and shoot half a dozen balls or so into the same water hole, let the lesson sink in deep with you. Such absurd shots cost 75 cents each—and maybe you play with the dollar ones. SIXTEENTH CHESS GAME DRAWN AFTER 24 MOVES BUENOS AIRES, October 18 (#).— The sixteenth game of the series to decide the world chess champlonship being played here between Jose R. Capablanca of Cuba and Alexander Alekbine of Russia. ended in a draw after 24 moves. After the last move had been made by the Russian challenger, both con- testants agreed that further play was useless, The standing of the series remains unchanged, Alekhine having a three- to-two lead with 11 games drawn. The seventeenth game will be play- ed today. e~ I~ HAGEN ENTERS CONTEST, NOT NEEDING TO QUALIFY Armour and Beach Represent Washington in Annual | Event—Cooper Expected to Play Great Golf Over Familiar Course at Dallas. By the Associated Press. ALLAS, Tex., October 18.— | M7 Links stars from coast to coast are included among|, P those who have qualified for | the Professional Golfers' As- soclation national championship tour- nament over the course of the Cedar Crest Country Club near Dallas, Oc- tober 31 to November 6. Among those who have made the grade for Dallas are Tommy Armour of the Congressional Club, Washing- ton, D. C., the national open champion Johnny Farrell of Quaker Ridge, hold- er of half a dozen titles; Harry Cooper of Los Angeles and Charles Hollywood, Southern California lead- ers; Gene Sarazen of Fresh Meadow, Jock Hutchison of Glenview, Mehlhorn of New York, Bobby Cruick- shank of the Progress Club, Willie Ogg_of Worcester, Harry Hampton of emphis and Neil Christian of Portland, Oreg. The name of Walter Hagen, the de- fending P. G. A. champlon, does not appear on this list, since it was not necessary for him to qualify. Those who go to Cedar Crest will engage in another stroke competition to deter- mine t 32 to enter the first match round. Hagen, four times winner, s ex- pected to receive his stiffest compe- tition from Cooper. “Lighthorse Harry,” who was runnerup in the National Open this year, will be at home. The local course ir famillar ground for Cooper, who formerly lived in Dallas. And in an exhibition match last Spring Cooper gave Hagen one of the worst beatings of his golfing career, Among the outstanding shot-mak- ers are Farrell, winner of eight tour- naments last season; Cruickshank, largest money-getter throughout the Winter circuit; Golden, who defeated Farrell in the play-oft for the $4,000 first prize at Atlanta, and Hutchison, a former Professional Golfers’ Asso- clation champion. As a result of Mike Brady, Mamaro- neck, withdrawing, Farrell, Leo Diegel of Fennimore and Fred Navok of St. Andrew’s were to play off a tie they had in the qualifying competition to decide which becomes %the Metropoli- tan district’s representative in Brady's place, The qualifiers follow: Kentucky—Ben Weichman, Ashland. Nebraska—Charles Koontz, Lincoll Gullane,’ Bartlesville. Falver: Raleigh, N. C. Nelson, Culver: George Bend. Tri-State—Fred Baronl, Pittsburgh: Bert Battell, Johnstown, Pa. Middie Atlantic—Tommy Armour, Wash- inglon: Ralph Beach, Tetheada, Md; Cexae—Jack Burke, Houston; Don Ma- larkey, Lufkin. Suest of | { Bill | M FAST BATTLES MARK SOCCER LOOP START Two bang-up battles were staged vesterday as play in the Junior High chool Soccer League started. Mac- irland fought Langley, defending hamplon, to a scoreless tie, and Jeffer- son triumphed over Hine, 1 to 0. Fred Pell, Jefferson outside right, counted the day’s lone score when he booted one through the Hine goal after re- ceiving a smart pass from Myers. Stuart, this season coached by George Youngblood who has tutored six schoolboy teams to city titles, and Powell will meet at 3 o'clock tomor- row and an hour later Columbia and Hine will clash. The games will be on the Monument grounds. o GOLFER NEGOTIATES SIXTH HOLE IN ONE COLUMBUS, Ga., October 18 (P).— Midwest—Joe Mathews. Kansas City, Mo.: Harold_ Gibgon. Kausas City, Mo ‘entral New York—Robert Mitchell, Mas: mi Dutra, fornla—Walter Young, San Calife Frank Minch, Sacramento; John ed: ‘Allfornia—Harry, Coope 2 Drudiey. Van Nuss: Ch tlywood. on “Arihur Ham. Redford; Em- Milford: ;(‘vmgld“)é-.a fie;r.m‘l ri . Smith, § ) Penfield, - Minnéapolis Kida, Minneapolis. Gold i : Tomte s Sack. Leach, Haddonfleld, N. Ohio—Albert Aleroty, Youngstown: Jonn ob Shave, Aurora; F. O.| W, H. Dismuke, sr., veteran golfer of New _England—Willie Ogs, Worcester, | the Columbus Country Club, has just Arifiton Heights e DR Sl SRt % |[made his sixth hole in one on the ns ass . . Gurley, Marl- " Turner, Lowell, Mase. . hontiow, - |local course, and his friends have be throp, Mass. gun comparing his record with those elinoie—AL 1 ut\rh\! world's foremost llnksma}r;. urp % 4 ’ o Neither Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen fhmen, Eaverey. oLk, B4 Cnidags nor Harry Vardon can lay claim to Stupple. Highland Park. even an approach to it, they point out. Ve«rommm—mnkuomh‘gm. Dismuke's sixth ace was made on 24 A bby |the 105-yard sixteenth hole, thus giv- ing him an added achievement of hav- ing negotiated in one every par-three hole on the course. 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