Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1927, Page 42

12 S PORTS., 'WALTER WOULD NOT GO TO SENIOR CIRCUIT CLUB iPitcher Would Have Remained With Washington Had He Believed His Arm Was Strong Enough to Continue as M RY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, October 21.—Sug gestions are cropping up that me of the National League Clubs would be glad to get Walter Johnson to go into the for them next season. Undoubt. d. They think he has a hing left in him and h a novelty the National as to prove a drawing card, B thing of that hox Johnson will not undertake any- kind. 1f he felt tl his arm would stand it, he would stay | with the American League in Wash. | ington and there extend his record. | which is almost incredible as it stands. i When_ the records for 1027 finally | are officially validated it will be found that Johnson retires from active play holding some marks that are not Itkely to be duplicated, although it is danzerous to venture such a prophecy | in base ball. Walter's career as a_ professional | pitcher hegan with the American | League and will end with that organi- zation. He has pitched 21 successive years for one club in one league. Cy Young pitched 22 years, but not in ane league. Mathewson pitched 17 years, but not for one club. These | in | {in his ajor Loop Artist. | three, Johneon, Mathewson and | Young, are supreme in hox history | They take precedence over all other pitchers because of their super.excel- |lence over long periods. Kach of | = THE EVENING LONG COUNT A “BAD BREAK,” SAYS JACK BY FAIRPLAY. NEW YORK, October 21 the long count ¢iene Tunney r in memorable seventh round of his engagement with Jack Dempsey in Chicago, it is gratifying to leary | that Dempsey now dismisses the inci- | dent with the terse statement that | the “breaks” went against him It is o like the real Jack was aware of the knockdown rule, amended by the Illinois |hl\|||ui Board, and what was fair for Gene could have been just as fair for Jack. | Those who wagered on Tunney and the | | them has been surpassed for a season |or twa or three. Together, the three pitched more hase balls to deceive hat- | | ters than any other trio that has lived. | | Johnson's ‘total games will number | | about 800, ate what that means is to divide the total into seasons of 154 games ¢ | Thus it will be seen that Walter hs pitcned the equivalent of more than five complete major league seasons of all games. Imagine how that right | arm has swung back and forth Johnson has won about 415 games 21 vears, That is more than any pitcher ever won in any one league. In the percentages of won and lost he will not have a record, because he worked €0 much of the time with a team that could not bat | behind him. Pitchers are dependent |upon other plavers for such records. | Make no mistake about that, * | In strike-onts, of course, he will | lead the world. That is an individual achievement due to complete control. | Walter always could shoot the third | strike by a batter a mile a minute and he could curve ‘em when it was | needed. The best way to appreci. | ¢ | must efused to mecept their winnings he- | ause they did not believe they right fully won are at variance with the vules as they ave interproted these Some fans on thus: “A | man down 10 seconds is knocked out | and no rule can cha e the meaning of the original Marquis of Queens | berry rules.” : | The originator of the rule that ‘after knocking down his opponent, a fighter retire to the far corner, or to the qne designated by the referee, is Jack O'Sullivan. | O'Sullivan_has officlated in several hundred contests and knows the angles of the game. e had good reason for proposing such a rule. In many fights it will be noticed that a fighter, after knocking his opponent down, ‘stands over him and blazes a - kefore the other man can pro- tect himeelf. This is fair, but hardly sportsmanlike. The idea in having a | fighter go to a far corner was to pre- vent fouls, because many fighters, in their anxiety to finish a man, start their punches before the fallen one has fully risen. The rule ix a fair| one, if you take time to reason it out GIANTS TAKE JAHN " FROM LOS ANGELES | Br the Associated Press. | LOS ANGELES, October 21.—Art Jahn, hard-hitting’ Los Angeles out- fielder, has been sold to the New | York Giants. : A check for $2500 has been re- ceived from the Giants and a like sum will be paid the Angels if Jahn makes good, it was announced today. Jahn will not be new to the ma-| jors, having plaved with the Chicago Cubs in 1925. coming from the Flint | team of the Michigan-Ontario League. In 58 games he batted over .300.| Lack of speed, however, sent him to | the Pacific Coast League. Jahn bat-| ted around .340 during his two years | with the Angels. DEMPSEY FA;LS INLAW | CASE, MUST PAY COSTS| NEWARK, N. J., October 21 (#).— Jack Dempsey has been ordered by Federal Judge Runyon to pay the costs of his unsuccessful attempt to bave the case of Jack Kearns, his former manager, who.is suing him for $333,333,33, tried as an action at law before a judge and jury. Judge Runyon last’ week denied Dempsey’s application and announced that the suit would head the equity calendar next month. The court costs are estimated at $50. DEMPSEY SAYS FLYNN IS NOT WITH HIM NOW NEW YORK, October 21 (#).—In a letter to Ed Frayne, sporting editor of the New York American, printed to- day, Jack Dempsey indicates that his connections with Leo P. Flynn, who directed him through the fights with Jack Sharkey and Gene Tunney, are at an end. The letter says: “Leo P. Flynn is all right. However, 1 only employed him for two fights. He's got a lot of business of his own to look after without handling me.” —_— GIRLS’ TEAMS TO MEET FOR BASKET BALL TITLE CHICAGO, October 21 (#).—One of the Midwest's best basket ball teams among girl players, the Taylor Trunks, is on its way to Edmonton, Alberta, seeking the world’s cham. | plonship held by the Cemmercial Graduates there. | Two games will be played at Ed- monton next week and two more here later in the Winter to decide the title. The Chicago girls have just added to their ranks Lillian Siegal, star for- ward of the Illinois Women's A. C. PRINCETON GRID TEAM HEAVIER THAN CORNELL By the Associated Press. Princeton’s foot ball stalwarts out- weight Cornell nearly 15 pounds to the man for the battle at Ithaca to- morrow. Wh the Tiger regulars average 185 pounds, the Cornell eleven, one of the lightest “big Red” teams in history, has a mark of but 170 2.2, with four players still in their teens, Cornell also is slightly the younger, both teams average less than 21 years of age. COCHRAN HOLDS LEAD. BOSTON, October 21 (P).—Welker | Cochran, 18.2 balk-line billiard cham- pion, dropped the first block he has ||| thelr | Jost to Erich Hagenlacher in 2.400 eight-block 18.1 exhibition match, | 300 to 280, but maintained his aggre- | gate Jead, 1,780 to 1,042 | CLEMSON RALLY TELLS. | COLUMBIA, 8. C., October 21.—Fin- ighing with a rush, Clemson defeated South Carolina at foot hall here yes- | terday, 20 to 0. All the points were scored in the last quarter after the teams had battled three-fourths of the | way on even term: MARSHALL IS TIED, LONDON, October 21 (#).—Three edjourned games were plaved off in the international chess tournament at the British Empire Club last night. Dr. M. Vidmar of Jugoslavia defeated V. Buerger, England, and tied Mar- shall, the United States champion, for second place. CHESS MATCH IS DRAWN, 05 AIRES, October 21 (£).— eighteenth zame for the world chess championship, between Jose Capablanca of Havana, defending title | holder, and Alexander Alkehine, Rus- | #ian challenger, ended in a draw after | 25 moves CHARLOTTE, N. C.,, October 21 (P).—~Negotiations which may result in signing Heinie Groh, veteran third ibaseman, who closed the 1927 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, as man- ager of the Charlotte Club of the Atlantic League have been MORIARTY AT BAT BY GEORGE MORIARTY. Manager of the Detroit base hall feam, former big leaxue third baseman and for | fen vears an American League umpire. ILCY MOORE of the New York Yankees is one of the | few players to arrive in| the big leagues after a long period of rust in the bush. | The big right-hander saw service in various small leagues of the South for 10 years. The average pitcher with any stuff at all usually rises to the class AA loops for trial. but Wilcy Moore was never that fortunate. He displaved his wares in the Texas League several years, then headed downhill to an obscure circuit. During the 1926 season for the Greenville Club of the South Atlantic League, Moore hung up 35 victories, a truly remarkable record in any com. | pany where hase hits represent bread and butter. Even after that jron-man achievement, I am told that every manager in the South looked on with frigid indifference as far as a purchase price was concerned. The major league scouts passed up the big fellow in a wholesale manner, and it appeared as if the odds were all against him. Finally Ed Barrow, business manager of the Yankees, de- cided there should be some merit in Moore’s victory column. Barrow did not even see Moore wind up or pitch one ball, but purchased him on a pure long-shot basis. A few paltry thou- sands turned the transaction. During the training season Moore attracted no more attention than the average busher. It was not until Miller Huggins employed him as a relief pitcher in a one-sided game that his real possibilities reached the sur- face. Each trial led to a succeeding chance, -and very soon'the base ball world and American League clubs in particular began to ask: “Who is this Wiley Moore person, of the Yanks? Deserves Walkor 73 8~ NINT | A, E or Arctic i Fri., Sat., Monday i 89¢ We reserve the right to limit quantities CANS MOBILOIL At Our Regular Saturday Price INN 89c 30x31/, Tube 99¢ 34x4 33x5 Extra Special | | 29x4.40 Apex Cord Tire Wiley Moore, Who Had Hard Time Getting Into Big League, Fine FEmergency Man. His “Sinker” Ball Hard to Hit—A Decep- tive Throw With Break at Plate. THIRD ANNIVERSARY ER TUBE SALE 31x4 Tube $1. 33x4Y, 32x41/, * ok % X% e Credit, Along With Other Stare, for er Enjoyed by Huggins' Club. Moore’s chief stock in trade fs what the ball players refer to as a ‘“sinker. This odd delivery has much of the ac- tion of the spitball without the appli- cation of saliva. It is snapped off the | fingers with a sideway twist of the | wrist. and must be kept around the | knees to he effective, ; Many easy grounders are rolled off | the hats as a result of the “sinker,” | because the batsmen continually top the ball. The “sinker” looks like a | straight, fast ball until it reaches the plate, then, in the last few feet,¥it takes a sudden and compelling down- ward course, It seems to have a fasci- | nating effect upon the batter, and | forces hirh to “chase” it when it is a badly pitched ball. Miller Huggins freely admits that he received a great break when Wiley Moore was ushered into the Yankees' fold. The average manager is obliged to choose from two or three bullpe 1 workers when the pinch arrives, while Huggins merely beckons to Wilcy Moore, and his worries are ended. 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New York and the Interplayground League is divided ) othei large cities, which she said for preliminary play eould be established as a part of the All games in this series are played | Women's City Club. on urday morning and have no | Mixs Johnse connection with the Elementa hool | chairmen of each sport Loague contests, Girls hetw the [ section (o report on the progress ma s of 14 and 17 ave eligible, pro-[in her- sport during the first vided they have not veached their | Elaine Eppley reported on ridi seventeenth birthday. {1 B Varner, golf; Thelma Towa Avenue wen the champlonship | swimming, and A ho defending title halder are scheduled to meet Takoma Park | tomoarrow in their opener. ‘Two gnmey are carded in each section, as follows tlon T—Happy Hollow ve, Mon Montrose: Mitchell Park va at Georgetown Town Avenie vs Takomn Park; at Phillips omingdale New York Corcoran, led upon the gronp in the n chmitt, Bloomingdale and Rosedale division | dodge ball lengues were slated to open the former with a Emery-Eckington and [ 1and and the Jatter ienning Madizon clashing in 2 of division divided into two tions to facilitate playing off the pre | iminary games. Schedules of the two divisions are [ given below: | today game | tween Brook Georg Seetion 11 Park, at Oaks ve. Philli tion 111 Fork Avenue, Columbia Roz P with Twin ¢he ction | series, sec- va. New Avenne; at Cor 1 at 1 vs TV—Virginia Garfleld; Avenne Rosedalo tion rfield, at Plaza, at Plaza ‘ Al games will be called at 10:30 and will be refereed by the directors of the rvespective playgrounds on which they are staged. The director of the visiting plavground in each | case will act as umpire, | ve Vs, October tand; "1, 1 4 v Whithier: 2 ' 265, Brookland Ve, Laugdon: Ve, Emery-Fekingion | November 1. Gage Whittier vs. Brookland jon: 7. Whittier va okland Woodridge: Woodridze ery-Eckington Whit- B4 i V. Nin | Wond o va Celebrating the first anniversary of | whin zames seheduled for 245 nm, kames to be plaved on Rlocmingdale more than half yund, First and Bryant streets north- athered lnst 1 for a hirthday their honor and leaders in sports in the District. Helen N. Johnson, sport section, presided. dinner she calied upon guests at the speakers' {able to dis- cuss the advantages of her particu- lar hobhy from the standpoint of per- | sonal experience. Florence Skaddin, South Atlantic breast stroke swim ming champion, responded with Club, en a hundred wom- | it at the cinb dinner, enter- | < cham- | various ROSEDALE DIVISION, n 1—Octabor 21, Pierce B, Rlow ve. Kineman: o8, November Rlow ve King ve Kinze Wehh v Pierce: 4 the taining Seetid Piercn Webh « Ser Wtoher 20 Benn tey ve. Manrs: %% nvember 1 Whe Renning va, Wheatley on e Maury A1) “games to he plased at Rosedale Plas und. Srventeenth’ and Kramar sireets, at 3 oim. . . it e e et b 2| | Fights Last Night Krucoff, District tennis champion, dis- | & cussed the benefits derived from or- ganized tennis play; Mel Shorey, East | By the Assoei Potomac golf pro, speaking for Dor+| LANSING, Mich.—Chuck othey White, gold champion, who was | Indianapolis, knoeked out absent from the city, gave an interest- | man, Portland, Ore. (3). ing account of the origin and develon- | FORT THOMAS, Kv.—Vincent ment of the green game and described | jrampbright, Filipino, knocked a few of its many virtues. Miriam | young Kethell, Indianapolis (3). i L L e ashinklon | RLACKWELL, Okin.—Art Stigal hockey was to be the universal sport | 1t UMONS, vd" ‘}1’." ",,"m Breune for women in America, as it is in Eng- [ Ye/son. Wichita, Kans. (4). land. Florence Hendershott, vice pres-| CULVER CITY, Colo.—Oscar Baker, ident of the Red Triangle Hiking Club, | Chicago, knocked out Vie Alexander, enlarged upon the advantages of | Les Angeles (2). créss-country tramps for the average | SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—Chickie | Herman, “San_ Bernardino. defeated sportswoman. Dorothy Greene of the Washington ' Bucky Riggs, Moundsville, W. Va. (S). ve. Madi Benning Jey | ve 8. Madi afrman of the | lowing the | ach of the | ted Press. Tiny SAVE MONEY orence Bell, tennis. | he- | and | Wiggins, | Her | out | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927.k. == HYATTSVILLE LEGION TOPS BOWLING LIST| George 1. Isemann, ofl the National Duckpin Bowling Con- | ( received the first team for the first mational duckpin | which will be held next Spring, probably at Balti Tohn Henry Iliser, eaptain of the | American Leglon five of Hyattsville, the first to enter his m Al- b no amount has been deter- mined for an entrance fee, Hiser de- posited ed check to cover whatever fee is established 5N ms entering the tournament a zroup ave placed on the Congress honor roll. which will he headed by the Hyattsville Legion team. secretary gress, has entry | tournament, ore. | By the Asoclated Precs, ONDOX, Sketeh Comdr, for gan in her Octoher today 1.~ The Daily quoted Lieui 1. 8. M. Adam, retired vificer, who acted as pilot Dorothy Cochrane Lo- “hoax channel swim,” as declaring that she confessed to the fake only when he and aoother mem ber of the party which convoyed her demanded that she do so. Dr. 1 ac PONTIAC DRILL STARTS. 1'onti, an claimed 1 <he had de- liherately perpetrated the hoax in or. der to show the necessity of supervi- sion of such swims. who won the District in their class last sea ht at Eastern time this sea Preps i title held a drill last n gym for the fi son. Capt. Kenneth Eliton announced | Dr. Logan gravely compromiced his that he had sizned several plavers who | honor hy continuing to withhold cer- were with the Boys' Club Flashes Jast | tain facts about the swim, Comd season. ! Adams declared, and he therefore d WITH PIGSKIN CHASERS W, W, captain of weighs 190 varsity two tacular player, one of the hest ern Conference, able in all situ <on Hizgh | By the Ascocinted Press. | NEW ORLEANS, La.. October 21.— | Pat Browne, plaving his last vear of {eollege foot ball at Tulane, finds him- self playinz his first year in his nat- ural position. Browne, Brunson. veteran tackle and the team. Brunson. whe pounds, been on the he is kle strong ion: recognized as in the South nd depend f the game. CHICAG, October 21 (#.—Tllinois. which supports three of the West. ern Conference nuniversities—Chicago, Northwestern and _Tllinofs—will be represented every Saturday of the coming foot ball season and on every one of the conference fields except that of the University of Minnesota. Only two universities play as many 1¢ six games. They are Chicago and Tlinois, Northwestern plays five con- NORMAN, Okla., October 21 (F).— | ference foes. Three other universities Bruce Drake donned his first foot ball | have five conference games scheduled, uniform September 15 and in two | while four will play only the required weeks he was a member of the r:n» number—four game: versity of Oklahoma's varsity squad. | | Drake never had playved foot ball.| STATE COLLEGE, Pa.. Octoher hut he asked for a suit when the | (®.—Hugo Bezdek, widely kno | moleskins were issued this Fall. head coach at Penn State, this season The foot ball novice was a star for- | is seeking to send his grid team bac ward on the Oklahoma basket ball|to the Teights they scaled in 192 |team that took second place in the and 1921. > 3 Missouri Valley last year. He is a| The Nittany Lions, after a disheart- | high jumper and pole vaulter of no | ening scason last year, have essayed | mean ability. a heavy schedule thix season. > successive weeks, after defeating STARKEVILLE, Miss.. October 21| Pennsylvania, 20 to 0. they meet Sy | ®).—Although Mississippi A. and M. |cuse, Lafayette. George Washington College is playing under the direction |and New York University, ending the of a new coach this season, its line |season Thanksgiving day with Pirts 'attack and defense is built around 'burgh. wain of the team. is an end, hut when he eame to Tulane from Spring Hill College, at Mobile, Ala., he was shifted to fullback. The next | season he again was kept from the end | { position. and last year found him plya- ling tackle and fullback. | Now on all offensive plays Pat wil {ha at an end. He is a great punter, | and predictions are he will share hoot- | ing honors with Johnny Menville, last | vear's chief kicker at Tulane. | While not a spee- | On | National League Not to Get Johnson : Swim Fake Confession Forced, Is Claim MADE DOCTOR GIVE FACTS, ~ NAVAL OFFICER DECLARES lomdr. Adam, One of Party (Zt;l;voying Dorothy Logan, Demanded Truth of Channel Hoax Be Told, But Woman Denies Charge. cided papers, “AS L found lies were heing tald to support her claim that she swam the English Channel, I decided 1o t she make a full confession,” make a full statement te insist he n concealed from him the had accepted Baron Rid of £1.000 for the English | waman who broke the record held b Gertrude > of New York of swim ming the Channel in 14 hours 31 minutes. Comdr. Adams imed He also stated that she did not tell him that she had signed a_document stat |ing that she had made the swim of {13 hours and 10 minutes. | He learned of these acts, he sald, when he read stories about them in | the newspapers. Then he and George Woodward, another member of the party which convoyed her, went to see Dr. Logzan in London and de. manded ,hat the lie abovt the swim be withdrawn. Comdr. 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