Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 41

SPORTS. WILL MEET CHAMP INFALL, TEX PLANS Jack to Nurse Eye While Tun- ney Fights Winner of Spring Round. cu! Rickar { the Despi! i Ry the Associated Pross EW heavyweight dance of the would-be champions proceeded today with one of the principals sitiing out a number. From Los Angeles, vesterday. Jack | Dempsey served notice he would not be | in shape for a titular tiff until next September. which is partially caused | wury 1o the right eye. | But he declared he would be in con- | dition by Fall and he expects no diffi- | in coming to terms with Tex| d for a bout with the ruling king | avies | te the temporary absence 0 Manassa Mauier from the ring. Rick- i ination series goes on John M. Chapman, Rick- t at Madison Square nced. | | ed with Rickard | . receiving word from the Miami Beach that the the approaching_elimina- | stack up against Champion v in June. ! Two Bouts in March. | principals of this series are Jack | ey and Tom Heeney, Who tussle | arch 1, and Jack Sharkey and R v Risko, who battle on March 12. Now that Dempsey has declared he w! not box until next September, the win- ner of the Eastern tournament will' be ght Tunney, Chapman said. Pre v Rickard had mentioned that he might pit the elimination win- against Dempsey in the event there were indications further eliminating would be desirable before arriving at| the championship affair. | The victors of the two March bouts | will be matched into the final of the| elimination events to take place in| Madison Square Garden some time in| All of the bouts will be over (he; 15-round distance. Longer Fights Arranged. ‘When Rickard started his first elimi- nation bringing together Sharkey and Heeney. the bout was 12 rounds, an incident that Rickard later regretted. The bout ended in a draw verdict. Rickard then compelled the boxers of the coming contests to sign for 15 rounds, which is the championship distance. | Although Sharkey has a challenge | ‘Tunney filed with the New York | State Athletic Commission and Delaney | a like defi with the National Boxing| Association, neither is regarded to have | serious bearing on the ultimate cham- | plonship as the elimination will be the | determining factor. { Chapman added that Dempsey was being retained by Rickard for a Sep- tember bout against Tunney. provided, of course, Tunney successfully defends his crown in June. FOUR ROOKIE PITCHERS | SIGN WITH THE GIANTS| NEW YORK, January 31 (#.—Four recruit pitchers have signed contracts with the New York Giants for the 1928 drive, Secretary J. J. Tierney announc- ed today. | They are Chet Nichols, drafted from the Jersey City Internationals last Fall, Arthur Johnson, a southpaw from New- ark, Henry Boney and Ned Porter, former stars at the University of Florida. Boney and Porter had try-outs pre- viously with the Giants. Boney was sent to Newark last season and Porter, to Birmingham. — HOCKEY PLAYER FINED FOR ATTACKING REFEREE| QUEBEC, Quebec, January 31 (#).— Censuring 8 hockey player for assault- “ ing a referee, Judge Lachance declared | such an attack is more serious than a | common assault committed upon ordinary individual during the course | of an every-day quarrel, Wilfrid Debeau, | 8 local player, was given the alternative | ©of a $20 fine and costs or a month in| sail for attacking an official during a recent hockey match. e BROWN GETS TENNIS TEST. | B8T. LOUIS, January 31 (P .—Wray Louls, Missouri Valley tennis champion, has yeceived a letter from Charies Garland of New York. chairman of the Davis Cup selection committee, advising him of his designa- tion as one of the players W try out| for the United Btates team. | i BALL PLAYERS TO DANCE. | Arrangements for the annual dance | of the Mount Rainler, Md., base ball| team, W be held February 4 in the Blue Bird Auditorium in that town, will be completed at a meeting Thursday | night &t 8 o'clock 2t the home of Man- ager Rieman, 3912 Thirty-ninth street. Mount Rainier. VETERAN PLAYER DIES. ALLIANCE, Okio, January 31 (), — 'ORK. January 31.—The| | except Ed Walsh, old NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1928. SPORTS. 41 Oldest Strategists in Game Direct Campaign of Mackmen A 0id heads will be guiding the destinies of the Philadelphia Athletics in the com- ing American League pennant fight. “Kid” Gleason (upper left). 62, and Captain Eddie Collins (right), still an active second baseman at 40. By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, January 31.— Connie Mack's Athletics may not win the American League pennant this year, but if they miss, it won't be through lack of grizzled heads and base ball brains. The oldest board of strategy in base ball will guide the A's, with the 65-year-old Mack still directing the show from the bench with the aid of a lead pencil and a bit of paper, and with the veteran Billy Gleason, whom they still call “Kid"” despite his 62 years, again his right-hand man. Out on the playing field some of the time and on the coaching lines the rest the Athletics will have Capt. Eddie Collins, who at 40 is one of the oldest active performers in the majors. These three will do most of the actual directing the team is in action, but they have a couple of able lieutenants in Ira Thomas, 46- year-old professor of advanced pitch- ing. and Earl Mack, Connie’s son and the youngest of the five at 37, ‘ who has charge of the rookies. Departure of “Sherry” Smith This combination saw service last year and is showing no signs of weakening. The average age of the five is 50 years. The two Macks and Thomas were catchers in their play- ing days, while Gleason and Collins got their experience in the infield. Outling the duties of his board of strategy, Mack said Collins when not playing will control traffic at third base, while Gleason sees similar duty at first base. This year Mack is going to keep idle pitchers and re- servists off the coaching lines and put the corners in charge of two old heads the game, who think quickly and quite often accurately. Thomas. an old-time member of the Athletics, retains his job of preening the pitchers into top form, while the younger Mack will shep- herd the first flock of battery men to the Florida training grounds about February 20. The venerable head of this array of talent and experience will be starting South even sooner, as the tall tutor expects to get in some golfing in Florida before the advance guard of the Athletics reaches the Southland. Relief to A. L. Base Stealers BY GEORGE MORIARTY. Manager of the Detroit Base Bali Club HE release of “Sherry” Smith, | southpaw of the Cleveland In- | dians for the last six years, is | a rellef to the audacious base ground. and the first baseman would casily tag out the vietim. During my career as an umpire I watched Smith very closely, and never had occasion to call & balk on him. Al- | I?O:Khw:hflrt “’lta h‘u constant stream = | of protest agains “move,” he was Sm“hslnlm tfi ,:h!mAi::::fl:n }:rwt“‘; | clever enough to comply with the rules. ol i w"hwn had any idea of hrccny' It was a rare treat 1o sec Smith tame s s e v 5 hlpe busher‘! rdless of the coacher literally “tied them to the bag.” and all| Werning of: “Walch him close now! pilferers were equally afraid of him. {00, v e Aok Bmith's. piiching move to first base | To0kle. oozing with pen, insisted upon was & work of art. It is safe to say | ProCing up and down, T e 8 iasger mumies of men |13 there was a “zip.” and the baseman be has caught & IaTger U ber OF ey | Was tagging him out. After being tte Box star. (08" O AT FOORE o nehen, 2 | onfine his lea nches. 4 nfin’:‘l;-.mrgn o ‘:‘f“(h‘b:“:h:’"fh;‘ffilmngd:{ enough, none of the other ers dubbed it the “miracle move.” For | oonPAWS as succeeded in copying ) mn:gr:vzzuwfi 'Jgf"‘e‘";’;l“'g‘ Ed Walsh, I believe, was the wizard up a3 » futile task. To the runner on|oL.them all in snagging men off first it appeared that Smith was Jook- bm. He is entitled to more credit than hmm D it pare | SIIth because, being & right-hander. T Mner was aattive he had his back was always tumed to the Yiaried his Gelivery 1 The piste. Then | Funner. A left-hander faces the run- in a jifty Smith would step toward| "\ “move” at one time was ti y 5 he first, uncork a throw ciose t0 the| quc of much bitterness in the Amer- |ican League. Opposing managers and players insisted it was an open viola- tion of the pitching rules. Clark Gr Britons Novel Match To Help Beat Yanks old ‘school, led In the attack. 1 guess Griff will never be convinced the “move” was anything but a balk he um- pires. were just as emphatic in defend- ng Walsh. Less than a half-do balks were called on Big Ed during his long career. The “Big Moose” developed his ABE MITCHELL LONGESA BRITISH ORIVER - WON 72 Connie Mack (lower left), who is 65 | and the oldest manager in big league base ball, will have as his chief aides | the | Then sudden- | fith, one of the pitching masters of the | ations : Hornsby-Slattery Feud Looms in Boston 25 YEARS OF BAN JOHNSON XIII—American League S the base ball season of 1902 was drawing to a close, rumors were heard that the American League intended to invade New York in 1903. This move was to be made in retaliation for the Mid- summer thrust of the National Leag that ended the carcer of the Baltunore club in the American League and brought John J. McGraw from Balti- more to the New York Giants. The war chiefs of the National League chortled in high glee when they heard that the American intended to storm New York. i “It can’t be done, Leaguers. “There is no plac hattan Island In fact, there didn't seem to be g room on Manhattan for another bail club. But Ban Johnson had heard that a park could be built on Manhattan and he began to visit New York reqularly. Indeed, for a long period he practically lived in New York in a hotel on Broad- way that has long since given way to a large office building. There he enter- tained and talked and planned. He found assistance in his effor's to get a ball club into New York in 3 of Hector Clem, manager of who ably abetted Johnson in anythin the latter desired when secrcey was vital or when publicity aid the National on N was needed. Meanwhile the National League was congratulating itself on scoring a_tell- ing blow in the base ball war. There were rumors that the other Eastern | clubs of the American League bes Baltimore were hard hit. McC gave out an interview when he landed i New York in which he said that the American League was weak and | By John B. Foster. Plots to Take New York that Connie Mack was carrying a white elephant in Philadelphia. At that moment McGraw was more than a casual guesser at things. But the expression “white elephant” appealed to Frank Hough, who was a sports writer in Philadelphla and secretary of the Athletics, and from that day the Athleties became the White Ele- phants. Large stitchwork designs told the fans everywh the P] phia Americans were White Elephants. To add to their fun they won the American League pennant—to the im- men relief of thelr owners—and toward the end of the season the White Elephants were glven a great indorse- ment by the fans of Philadelphia, who turned out in large numbers to sec them play. In Boston the American League more than holding its own in a fight which brought Boston into the first division, while the Boston Nationals ”Iml: year were only an ordinary ball club. ‘The National League reaped its profit from the base ball fight and the blow it struck in Baltimore by bolstering up its New York team. The Giants quickly |took on new life and began to amount to something in a base ball way. When Andrew Freedman of the New York club sold out to John T. Brush, and the latter metropolis, the National League began 10 take the ascendancy in a fight that seemed for a while to have gone the American League way. But Ban John- son was busy laying his wires for a fresh assault on the National League citadel. His attack was not long in coming. (Covyright. 1928.) CUBS ASSERT WILSON ROOT NOT HOLDOUTS, By the Assoclated Pre CHICAGO, January _ 31—Charlie | Root, pitcher, and Hack Wilson, fence- | busting outficlder, have not signed their | Sub contracts for 1928, but the busi- | ness office of the Chicago National | League club does not consider that a| reason for regarding them as holdouts. President William Veeck reasons that no player is a holdout unless he refuses | to play with his club all season. “You know,” Veeck said “that as far back &s I can remember, there has only been one real Cub holdout. ~ About Kling refused to report. and he remained a all season. He was able to do it because his regular | business paid him better than base { ball.” | Hal Carlson, another star Cub pitcher, and Capt. Charley Grimm, first-sacker, have not turned in their signed con- |tracts for 1928, but Veeck does not re- | |gard them as holdouts. The rest of |the players, he said, have signed and |are ready for the training season. BURKE SHOOTS A 68 | FOR COURSE RECORD | By the Associated Pre SAN ANTONIO, Tex. January 31— | With a new course record of 68 estab- {lished by Jack Burke of Houston. up- | | wards of 100 professionals here for | the opening of the Texas open Friday,! | today were assigned to flights in & | heavy practice slate Burke was the first professional to break par in nearly a week of practice | over the Willow Springs course. Wild | Bill Mehlhorn of Pittsburgh, who held | the former record with 69, two under par, equalled this mark again yester-| day. Henry Ciuci of Stratford, Conn. | also made a 69. | The tournament committee announced | today that about 125 professionals and | 50 amateurs were expected to enter, | which would assure keen competition in the amateur-pro best ball event Thursday. The schedule calls for 18/ holes of medal play Friday and Satur- | day with the 36 hole championship, fiight Sunday. i e | | MANDELL IS GETTING MANY FIGHT OFFERS | CHICAGO, January 31 () —Busl- ness 18 picking up for Sammy Mandell, | | ruler of the world lightweights. | In addition to an offer from Promoter Jim Mullen of Chicago for a title match here this Summer, his manager, Eddie Kane, has rcceived offers for titular bouts in_Boston and Detroit Eddie Mack of Boston has offered him | $50,000 for a match with ;Honey Boy | Pinnegan at Fenway Park and a Detroit | | promoter requests a title match for Phil | McGraw at the latter’s home town, De- | troft. | Kane said he expected to make a | definite announcement of the selected Summer program within a few weeks. e bty SANGOR GETS BIG FUND IF HE WHIPS TAYLOR CHICAGO, January 31 (¥ —If Joey Sangor, Milwaukee fcatherweight, wins decisively over Bud Taylor of Terre Haute, Ind, in their 10-round bout here Pebruary 9, he will get a match with ‘Tony Canzoneri of New York in March, his brother-manager, Lou Sangor, said today. The bout would be in New York. | Canzonert is the New York Boxing | Commission’s cholce as featherwelght | | champlon, and Sangor is anxious to ge a crack at that title, | Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA.—Tony Canzoneri, New York, and Pete Nebo, Key West, Fla, drew (10). Benny Schwartz. Baltimore, outpointed Pinky May, Savannah, Ga. (10). Phil Tobias, Brooklyn, stopped Jim- my Fiories, Philippines (1). NEW YORK.—Joie Kaufman, New York, won from Luis Vincentini, Chile (10). Sammy Vogel, defeated Eddie Elkins (10). Matty Mario won from Luis Henora, South America (6). Connie Josiano. Texas, defeated Irish Tommy Jordan (6). Jackie Cohen outpoinetd Osford Bernard, Panama (6). Jack Miller, Los An- geles, won from Jack Moore (4). BOSTON.—Ernie Schaaf Eliza- beth, N. J., defeated Bennie Touch- stone, Miami, Fla. (10). CHIAGO.—Joe Chaney, Baltimore, outpointed Frankie Schaeffer. Chi- cazo (10). Earl Mastro, Chicago, won from Jimmy Sayers, Lafayette, Ind. (6). Danny Delmont, Chicago, defeated Dutch Leiler, Elkhart, Ind. (6). ROCHESTER. N. Y.—Jack McVey, Brooklyn. technically knocked out George Nichols. Sandusky, Ohio (10). Joe Trippe, Mount Morris, won on a foul from Joe Tarbon, Kansas City (9). MIAMI, Fla—Farmer Joe Cooper, ‘Terre Haute, Ind. and Billy Alger, Phoenix, Ariz.. drew (10). TULSA. Okla.—Young Stribling, Macon, Ga., defeated Chuck Burns, San Antonio (10). TRENTON. N. J.—Jess Stringham, Salt Lake City, won from Frankie Senk. Springfield. Mass, (10). Paris Cangey, Salt Lake City. knocked out Sammy Aaronson, Brooklyn (6). DECATUR. Ill.—"Pewee" Kaiser, Louis, technically knocked out Johnny Hopfkinger, Chicago “Digger” Nelson, St. Louis won by & technical knockout over Billy Cain, Louisville (6). BERLENBACH AND WIFE END THEIR LEGAL BOUT NEW YORK, January 31 (#).—Paul Berlenbach and his wife were on their second honeyvmoon today, the differ- ences which had caused annulment | proceedings by the former light-hea weight champlon, apparently smoothed away. Berlenbach last week served papers in an annulment action charging that Mrs, Berlenbach, the former Rose Anne Riley of Los Angele the legal span of time between the signing of the divorce decree from her first husband, and their marriage. Mrs. Berlenbach countered with the statement that she had. and if she hadn’t Paul knew all about it since he had furnished the money for her divorce-hunting trip to Mexico. She | sald Paul's parents were responsible for the breach and didn't like her because she refused to learn to speak German. {JENNINGS’ CONDITION STILL IS VERY GRAVE By the Assaciated Press SCRANTON. Pa, January 31.—There |was no change noted this morning in the condition of Hughey Jennings, fa- mous figure of the base ball diamond. He spent a restful night, but his gen- eral condition was not changed and is “still very grave,” said a bulletin signed by the four attending physicians. Jennings has been consclous much of the last 15 hours and chatted with physicians and relatives at the bed- side briefly. He seemed cheered by a cablegram re- ceived last night from his old friend and teammate, John J. McGraw, man- ager of the New York Giants, wHo is in Suba. Jennings and McGraw played on the Baltimore Orfoles in 1894, was at last established in the | had not waited | HYATTSVILLE UT in Hyattsville the American Legion hes a bowling. team which it_belleves is capable of taking the measure of any other bunch of Legion duck- pinners in this city. Right now the Legionnaires are willing to send_ their team of the Prince Georges County Duckpin Assoclation into ontest with any aggregation the ex ice men of Washington may put forth. In fact, the Hyattsville Legion out- fit already has prepared to open fire against Washington quints in gener: At Hyattsville next Saturday night it will have two teams in action in open ing blocks of 10-game, home-and-home matches. One team will engage Rex. leader of the Recreation League. The other team will tackle a Legion cr from Cissell-Saxon Post of Silver Spring. Duckpinners from which the Hyatts- ville Legion teams will be selected are Henry Hiser, who finished third in the Howard Campbell sweepstakes con- cluded here last Saturday; Oscar Kee, Dutch Whalley, George Iseman, secre- tary of the W. C. D. A, who resides at University Park; Kenneth Broo Bill Bowie, Harry Sonnenberg, R. Gor. don, H. T. McClay. John Gardiner, Alelio, A. W. Stess and Paul Norfol District Legion bov the challenge hurled by the Hyatts veterans may learn more of municating with Henry Hiser, at Arcade alleys, in _the Maryland town The telephone is Hyattsville 1024. Here’s some more Hyattsville news | woman bowlers of and about Hvatts- ville plan a league. Helen Crawley, | an ardent devotee of duckpinning. pr sided over a meeting in the Suburb that was attended by representatives of teams of Berwyn, Riverdale. Universit Park, Cottage City and the home town A six-team circuit is contemplated and the fair bowlers hope to complete ar- rangements at another meeting Friday | begin within two weeks. Hyattsville seems to be a hot-bed o bowling these days. The town is to stage the first Price Georges Coun | Sweepstakes February 18 and 25. Five Virgil Ratcliffe, Art Gullickson. C. L. | night so that league competition may | VETS DEFY LEGION BOWLERS OF D. C. | zames will be rolled at each session, fotal pinfall to determine the winner residing in the county, as well as ail members of the Prince Georges County Duckpin Association. Henry Hi: p not compete. Substantial cash prizes will be at stake. More action at Hyattsville—The am of the town will engage Athletic Club Le all- the The event will be open to all bowlers | FANS APT T0 BACK PILOT, NOT ROGERS Tilt Between Manager and Star Thought Likely to Break in Hub. Arcade alle first block of a hom On the same alley Chillum Juniors and the latter recent ary 11 in th home affair. Saturd: night Juniors, s over a Ce g team in bowlin; and man team W | doubles battles, will clash in a special match. By the way, the Hyattsville Legion- naires, who are looking for the scalps of Washington veterans, tonight hope to climb in section 1 of the Prince Georges County circuit race. They meet the section leader, St. Jerome’s, in a three- game battle. The county boys are bowling quite | well this Winter. In tal zame of the last m nfer No. 2 in sec BY JOHN B. FOSTER. Up Boston way the base ball s 5 ntral High School | & Boston Braves, during the coming season . Hornsby will add more trouble to his career if he gets into a m with the Boston clui . has been | traded by ti w York Giants, or with | Manager Slattery. | _Slattery represents an | clannish Boston fan and also the con- e s of advice of Boston base ball | writers to Judge Emil Puc! head of the Bosto 1 hed Slattery with al e argument ey could bring to his support, whs as selected to replace Dave Ban- 2ment of the Washington Post bowlers could out- : score Fellowship Forum in but one of three games of a chal he Convention Hall drives, but they | outscored the Form bowlers so heavily in this game that they won the match, 1498 to 1486. | Curley Club of Petworth at a meeting tonight expect to organize a bowling team to send into special compe | with other Washington quints and Balt | more outfits. Winners of prizes in the Howard | Campbell Sweepstakes, concluded las week, are to get the all-important pa- ers Sunday afternoon at the meeting 5f the Washington City Duckpin Asso- | ciation in the Raleigh Hotel. The ses- | sion will be called at 3 o'clock. RS. W. STRAUS and Miss H place in the qualifying rou In Women's In Thorn's Indoor and are in opposite halves of the draw according to the pairings announced U | day by Thorn. Both women scored 38 in the 18-hole qualifying round with Mrs. H. A. Knox, president of the Wo: | en's’ District Golf Assoctation. in third | place, at 39. 5 | P Mateh play rounds are to be held this week and next week, with the follow- irings: !m?\‘li?s ufmm (46) vs. Mrs. A, Von | Steinner (40), Mrs. S. W. Straus (38) vs. Mrs. Newman Little (43). Mrs. H A Knox (39) vs. Mrs. J. M. Haynes (40) and Miss H. Fay (38) vs. Mis. R | Lester Rose (41). Keener competition than in the past years is promised the woman goifers around Washington with the presence here at school of Miss Jean Arendes Most Astonishing Golf Occurrences | | BY BOBBY CRUICKSHANK. | North-south. Txus. Los Aneles open Astonishing quently in golf t |out examples. T | Lenz. who scored fiv a | round at the Beverly Country Ciub. {the 135-yard second. the X | fourth, the 190-yard tenth. {twelfth and the 218-ya I he laid his tee shot cl down with a single p An example of e { cropped up between Ch | Carl” Hibberd, and Archie Pope George Talbot, in the Essex County four-ball matches at Manchester, Mass |a few years ago. The matches were at |18 holes, but they had to pl: { holes before this one was decided { took & 2 by Crane on the cighth | to swing victory to his si; The most astonishing th | happened to me was a de Derr in the professional chan | a few seasons back. Ray and I had me | the previous vear. when I won. 1 u This time I was 5 up and 6 fo D | The match was virtually over. 1p those remaining six holes in par and lost, anyway. De: utts of 12 1o |50 feet on eve: birdies, an eagle and the match on the thirt out on the extra hole 1t astonishing to most people, the finish of Tommy Armour in the na- tional open championship at Oakmont last year was most pleasing to me. Tom | came to the 380-yard last hole needing | a birdie 3 to tie Cooper for the title | He had & thundering drive, and poked a fine iron shot to within 8 feet of the pin. Then he sank that putt to carry him into the play-off with Cooper which he won the next day (Conveight 1898 ny North A vaver AMhance } i ixth. He won can News: ¢ | Eight Paired for Match Play door Golf Event 1 of Cumberland, Md. a fine player who made her local tournament debut in the Middle Atlantic Golf Association. woman's championship at Congressional last October. Miss Arendel. who is a student at Gunston Hall girls’ school carried Mrs. E. Boyd Morrow, titlehold- er, to the last hole before losing 2 down. George J. Voigt, Bannockburn ama- teur, paired with Miss Bessie Fenn. woman golf professional, to tie for fifth place yesterday at Palm Beach in the amateur-professional competition. Their total was 73 strokes, against the 69/ which won the event. Cooper C. Light- bown of Congressional, former mayor| of Palm Beach, paired with Fred Brand. | Pittsburgh pro, and finished with 78-4-T4. E. H. Batson of Indian Sprt fied in the second flight in tourney at a card of 95. Although the replies to the letters sent out by President Steinem of the District Golf Association regarding a cut in tournaments around Washington are not bringing in the most encourag- g results. it is virtually certain tha the entry list in at least two tourna | ments about Washington will be re- ;duced this year. ‘Washington is planning to cut down its entry list by | sending out only personal invitations. while another club is planning steps along similar lines. n | lenge match on | be another roundelay there was in St. Lo is Cardinals traded Hornsby to tr the feeling was so bitter in t some fans actual Giants, tl Louis that o | New York sent Hornsby to Boston. May Have Covered Trade. ion continues also as to how widely Hornsby was offered for trade v the Giants. This ver be known niess the boss of the Giants seeks to X the details. He said that he had cffered Hornsby to Brooklyn for Dazzy Vance. The Brooklyn manager, Wilbert Robinson, denies this fatly { That Robinson would have traded Vance for Hornsby may be doubted. al- though Hornsby is apt to last longer as a ball player than the Brookiyn pitcher. Pittsburgh announced that it would not trade Pie ynor for Hornsby even New York club paid cash on the tsburgh r athiete and a better player for a team than Hornsby—in fact. it considers Traynor to be almost the most valuable player in the National League. He is the best third baseman in the league and one of the most enthusias | tic ball players in the United States. Traynor Really Traims. Traynor uses no tobacco and never tastes alcohol. Hornsby is equally ab- | stemious. Traynor is an athlete in Winter as well as in Summer. He lives strictly according o the rules he has prescribed for his well being. Hornsby is less scrupulous than Traynor about sleep and meals. but be manages to keep his weight down. ‘When the Winter comes, Traynor goes up into the North country. to add flesh to his bones. In each of the last tw: seasons the Pirate star has come ou! TROUSERS EISEMAN'S, 7th & F “move” to such an artistic point that ! the players were finally contented to | call 1t & “half-balk.” ~As in Smith’s case, no pitcher has stolen Walsh's | ruff. Both Cicotte and Jim Scott | copled §t to an extent. but they failed | to anchor & runner to base and at the | same time give him a case of “seven | | Ats” as Walsh used to do. i (Copyright, J928 by North American News. HOWARD ' Richazd A Lamont, er, 717, who once was 8 shortswop for the old Pittshurgh Athletic Club snd played base ball in the old National League with suen men ne y Sunday, Al Pratt, A. G. Bpald- | ing snd others, died &t the home of a son here. TRAINER OF GAQS DIES. BAN RAFAEL, Calit, Janusry 31 () —D. F. (Molly) McDonnell, widely known & generation ag of prize figniers. died st yesterdsy He was 56 YeDonnell wrained Joe Gans and many other Wxere TINDELL PLAYS CROUCH. ¥4 Tindell, District b ehampion. meets 1 E tyurnament &l e 1 610 Ninth strect, Lonight Last night William I high rup, of 21 Gefeatsd br 3G w55 GARDNER'S GOLF POOR. CHICAGG, Jenuasry &1 (A . Gardner of Chieago, four tmes cap- tain of the Amenican Walker Gult Cup Yewm, seye b game iz e poor st hie Goes Dot even expect V) gel on this year's weam, Vi sey Loling Of the cap aincy. LOSES COME BACK BOUT CHICAGO. Jsnusry 31 () Sehuetier, Chicago JUBior wellerweln ot is be0ond COmewsE. it Jast night when Joe Chaney of Baitimore won 1 efler 10 rounds of | | | | | LET US SERVE YOU ENTRAL AUTO WORKS 449.451 EYE STREET N.W. Equipped for All Automobile Work Metal Body and Fender Work Chassis Straightening and Welding Blacksmith and Spring Work "QUINT BEATEN IN AN EXCITING GAME | West Virginta Institute scored a 23— ' 118 win over Howard University basket- | ¢12 Just night in the Bison's gym. T visitors w ahend most of the way though Howard was always close beliind Woods of Howard topped both | tems i seoring with 11 points. In a preliminary, Howard freshmen overcame Manchesters, 21 W 19, in & Don’t you pity the poor goofs who never BY SOL METZGER. sed were Brivish golfers reness of Hagen W hole in 2 strokes from anywhere around the green 1hat @ novel tour- pament wis begun over there in 1928 W promote wecuracy oo short y In which is giving late rally. a WINLINE a0vantuge anllars we the U aftalr bLeld on , LEADS HOCKEY PLAYERS. ot . Moot | MONTREAL, Junuary 31 () —~Howle | ing par @5, | Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens, held Jani from whost pliches up W s commanding lead on Uie acoring | 240 yarders Beventy-two holes | ponors in the Nutionsl Hockey Leaguc were played and Abe Milchiell, their | oqay with a total of 33 points made longest driver, won the 81,200, Orst 1y, 0 22 goals wnd 11 wssists prise by & Eroke over Archie Cop- | i 3 ston His medal wag 220 Thut Britsh gouls are deter- | mined o turn back American play- ers next year s oevident Grorge Gudd, for example, one of Ui Jeading pros, saw e lght two years g wILer walching Hagen As i re sull he spent four Lours delly prac ey the short game snd was 1. rded by wdvancing from mea) € ranks W Uw tpmost. Gadd one b feared. As Mitchell Britain's ace, wis oub of competition Lhils past Beason, OWILE W I BPpen - aix operation, there s little ques- ton thet America will have her work cut out for bier by 1928 Even June, 8! his best Jast Sammer, Jurt maiaged U beat Uiem by B BUOKe i thed open. i pcker q Croucn the r Arsdemy L7 o'clock | with @ G Syt | 1 | ! 1 i ! | | | it | | Painting Lettering GOWDY WILL COACH. AMHERST, Mass, January 31 () Hank Gowdy, former Nationsl Lengue | veteran, hiss heen made base ball conch at Amberst for Ui month of February | Gowdy will work with the Amherst | | pitchers und cateniers When You Think of LEE TIRES Remember to Call “JOE” JUDGE FICKLING & JUDGE, 1600 14tk B NW. North W4BR Sedan Door Repairing Woodwork of All Kinds Upholstering and Trimming Franklin 6805 ow Highting WOMEN SET GOLF DATE CHICAGO. Junusry 31 A en's Western g0 chemplonshiy Nas been set for August 13 W 18 over the Indisn Mul Club couree, Chicegs Ve, Marry Preseler of 1oe Augeles @ 2} g Chaanpioie. 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