Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1928, Page 25

SPORTS." WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1928, THE EVEN NG STAR, SPORTS. peaker Fills A’s' Veteran Outfield : International League Prospects Bright BOWLING CLASS REVISION EX-GRIFF IS ADDE TOMACK PAY ROLL $Balary Not Mentioned, but . Tris Says He and Club Are Satisfied. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 6-—Tris er has landed with the Philadel- phia Athletics. ‘Thé veteran outfielder, who was re- leased a few days ago by the Washing- ton club, came to terms with Connie Mack and as a result will report'at the Athletics’ training quarters at Fort Myers, March 1. Speakervarrived in New York yester-|® day” from a hunting trip and arranged details* by telephone with Mack, who is vacationing at Mount Plymouth, Fla. Mack's signing of Speaker fills a gap | ‘made in the Philadelphia outfield by the release of Ty Cobb and Zach Wheat. Last season “Spoke.” it is understood, received a salary from the National ranging from $40.000 to $50,000, which | price was an obstacle this year for & renewal of contract. Speaker declined to accept a reduc- tion, as suggested by Clark Griffith of the Washington Club. Neither Tris ner Mack would com- | ment on the salary arrangement. “I'm satisfied with the terms and so is Connie,” Speaker said. Mack paid Cobb a huge sum last | Fear., some reports quoting his services commanding as high as $60,000, which would be $§10.000 under Babe Ruth’s annual check irom Col. Ruppert. | Gives A's Vet Outficld. i ‘The addition of Speaker to the Phil- | adelphia roster will give Mack a veter=1| an outfield, with Tris at center, Al| Simmons at left and Bing Miller in the right corner. Speaker commented on his stay w! the Nationsls as a most pleasa lationship, and referred to Bucky Har- ris as one of the greatest managers in base ball. As to his new Affiliations the “Gray Eagle” said the Athletics had fine pros- Pects, and that he looked forward to playing under Mack with great satis- faction | Asked what he thought of the ap- proaching pennant scramble and the Yankees, Tris replied: “Of course, the Yankees are a great machine, but the Athletics and other members of the circuit are bound to furnish plenty of opposition. The Ath- letics were second last vear, and, like the other clubs, they will be out for the championship.” Speaker was born in Hubbard City, near Dallas, Tex., August 24, 1883. | From the Houston Club he went to the Boston Red Sox in 1907 for his first major league assignment. The Sox paid | $400 for him, and in 1908 sent him to | Little Rock, then repurchased him in | the same year for $5060. By 1009 he | was a regular. Led Tribe to World Flag. After the 1915 season he was traded to the Cleveland Indians for Thomas and Jones and a cash consideration of $55.000. In the middle of the 1919 cam- Elcn he was made manager of the dians, succeeding Lee Fohl. It was gmker's first experience as a player- ager, and for the first and oniy time in his career as a regular player for about 20 years, his batting average slumped below the .300 mark. His ave- for 1919 was .206. In 1920 Speaker made a big come- | back and enjoyed one of his best sea- | sons, batting 388 in the dash of the Cleveland club to an American League ennant and a world championship ‘after a series with the Brooklyn Robins ‘Tris _exceeded his 1920 average with the Indians in 1925 with a mark of .389. After the 1926 campaign Speaker re- signed from the Indians and joined the Nationals, with whom he played in 142 | gaines for & batting average of .327. Speaker has played in three world series, two as a member of the Red Box in 1912 and 1915 and the other with the Indians. CHISOX HAVE WEALTH OF OUTFIELD TALENT CHICAGO, February 6.—Johnny Mostil, White Box hero of the 1926 se2s0n, attempting a comeback after be- g out of the game last year, has pre- nted the problem of too much rather n too little talent for the Box out- field g The Whiting. Ind, star, who has been training hard since his recovery feom & suicide attempt during last year's training season, has been pro- nounced in better condition than ever betore. He was confident that he would be able to make the grade, an opinion apparently shared by Ray Behalk h | left was the only cer- Box o id, but Alex- also was sure 1o play. show his old form, he s 10 center, snd Metzer to Otherwise Metzler will s position. and Barrett, and ynolds and Moore will fight it out for right field. Mostl's friends pointed out that he 18 only 20 years oid and of the type hat reaches his best physical form at t sge. His training hus been ar- duous. When not on hunting and camp- irg trips, Johnny has spent his time on the bowiing slleys, the basket ball court N. Y. WRITERS HO WASHINGTON NETMEN SCORE IN BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, February 6-—Playing on the wooden courts of the 5th Regie ment Armory the Washington indoor tennis team defeated the Hanlon rack- cters yesterday, 6 to 3. So well matched were the players that a goodly propor- tion of the contests were forced into ex- tra games. Bob Considine defeated Jack Kurland, Maryland's junfor ace, after losing the first set and trailing, 2 games to 0, in the second. At this point Considine changed his style of play, and, taking most of the balls on the volley, pulled aut of danger. Carter Baum's forehand drive was too severe for Goldberg. Baum's victory was the only decisive individual one of the program. Dooly Mitchell. Muny champfon, lost a close match to Jacobs. inter Indoor Tennis League, and is casting designs on the champion- ship. The next match for Washington, on February 19. will be against Clifton, the league leader. Yesterday's summaries: feated Kurland, defeated defeate. 4—6, Adlers! Mitehell i DOURLES CTED HEAD OF THE MOHAWK CLUB Rob Roy Mackey was elected presi- dent of the Mohawk Club at the an- Other officers chosen were: C. E. Cornell, vice president: E. P. Flood, Donovan. _treasurer, ty. sergenat-at-arms. . Reese. A. Reese, H. Smithson and A. Stovall form the board of directors. NOR* JENNINGS’ MEMORY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 6.—Inspired by Mayor Waiker, a dramatic tribute to the memory of Hughey Jennings was paid last night at the fifth annual ban- quet of the New York Chagter of the Ease Ball Writers' Association of Amer- ica, attended by 600 persons, in the Commodore Hotel. by the presence of many base ball stars and big league magnates, late in the evening, Mayor Walker spoke- feelingly of the “great and irreparable loss sus- tained by .base ball when Hughey Jen- nings died.” “There was no finer sportsman, no better American and no more ex- emplary type than Jennings,” Mayor Walker said. “There will be a warm spot in the hearts of base ball lovers yet to be born for Hughey.” With bowed heads the members of the assemblage gave a silent standing toast for Jennings. At the party were Tris Speaker, who was signed by the Athletics vesterday: Babe Ruth, Eddie Collins, Herb Pen- inock; Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis, President John A. Heydler of the Na- tional League, President E. 8. Barnard of the American lLeague, Manager Mil- ler Huggins of the Yankees, Manager Wilbert Robinson of the Robins and Manager Jack Hendricks of the Reds The magnates were targets for the witticisms ~ of the newpaper men throughout the program, with the Rogers Hornsby deal supplying plenty of material for “wise cracks.” Bugs Baer was toastmaster. TWO COLLEGIANS ADDED TO WHITE SOX ROSTER CHICAGO, February 6 White Sox have added two college base bail players to the roster. Henry Schrump, a right-handed first baseman, was signed from the Western State Normal College at Kalamazoo, Mich. Miller Beasley, a third baseman, was signed from Bonham, Tex., the home of Ted Blankenship apd “Reb” Russell, IFTY-SEVEN years ago the United Btates Bureau of Pisheries was Installed in the bullding it now occuples at Bixth and B streets southwest. Its activities have completely outgrown the space allotted 10 it in this old structure, but Secretary Hoover of the Department of Com- merce has provided for new quarters for this important bureau in the new Department of Commerce Bullding to be erected south of Pennsylvania nue, the foundation of which has al- ready been duy The Bureau of Fisheries comes under the Department of Commerce, and Bec- retary Hoover 15 the boss, but o those on the outside, interested in all matters pertaining v fish and fishing, it hax long been hoped that the Bureau of bullding with & big squarium Bome 1des of the enormous work being d by the bureau may be scen nd the handbatl court. He plays hzndnall equaily well with either biand 1t wiso has been pointed oul that he ken & new outlook on | ance in & ¢ BACKS HORSE RACING Februsry 6 (A rsred by the "Lurkss twone the chivt siety und ex- ot e ARGORA, "L ureey only generaten rses, thie government ¥y 17-YEAR-OLD PLAYER I5 SIGNED BY FRISCO he Wirter o Pt of ny wioung ] 416 mnd our " W much o047 chanery gt from one report fust published, This | statement savs that reports from 2 vate, Btate and Government ha . wer the United Btates s b i wtal of 6760900 pounds of food ied kL 8261023 fed Lo growing fish ¢ depleted of i s b rinen and it A tiecting of expents from Western Steserve Unbversity, University of Michi | wi University, the Ohlo | Commbsion wnd e tarin, Cannda, will b us for w sclentific iy seveal the cue decrcnsing ieh fisbwrmen, who for it & century helr rewnrd, b s W pecent Chemical vaiaton inke due o ol 4 Comnerclal Debing prictces i, will e studied Provisies held | westigation of eonvanty any lake ¥ thesr y hisidls # Ui et with e auit Phiysteal bis and ale now New Bromswick, wnd s i i that section Charges made teoently Uiat diift et and wen e rutilng the saimon sk S industry wnd sngling i e valley ob the Braend temm e sepont St Dsh from the Bpiig {vun ot cadimon upp Ve comst on thels L vay w o spawn wre caught by diitie DHif netters have been opert € 1007, and the vepor, tiere are bow 64 nels dn operation wilers "o aen of Chisthiam it i | sabmon Feports Fudning Chatham, thit it ahinon Lohib Sttchite, chiel gaiw Hew Brunewick e the bl priver fehiig » concluston it v natd Pt i il winild Jend 1o tie " Bisaimteh) selmen sould ultimately be- vome £rUeL unless bote Qrastc sleps L Washington is in third place in the! W to use it Joining the gathering, distinguished | (#).—The | Fisheries would be housed In s own | luten | WO ancient and well established practices of many golf ball manufacturers have been elimi- nated by the Federal Trade | Commission, thereby — causing | much grief to the professionals who move up and down the land picking up | the stray dollars where they fall. The commission today announced its appro- val of rules adopted by a trade practice | conference for the golf ball industry | last October, which prohibit the con- ! tinuance of the following practices: “The paying secretly of yearly salaries w0 professional golf players in order to have them play the golf ball of a par- ticular manufacturer or marketing com= pany. g “The paying secretly of special prize money to professional golfers who win matches or tournaments by the com- pany whose ball has been played by the winning player.” In effect the rule, if lived up to, ‘wipes ont the practice which has been in effect for many ears, of paving Jarge salaries to prominent profession- als for boosting A particular make of | golf ball. The golf public is a gullible body and is very prone to follow the precepts of the professional experts. The manufacturers have felt for |many years that if prominent profes- |sionals played with a particular make of ball, the public would be very apt And they were. Little sales- manship was required of the profession- als who drew down this gratuity and scores of them drew it. They didn't need to say anything other than that Golf Pros Stymied by Ruling Of Fedéral Trade Commission the “Gofar" was a fine ball of the “Holem” putted well. That was enuogh, and the public paid the bill in enhanced sales, One reaction to the public, if some scheme for carrying out the same policy | without breaking the rule is not found, | may be a reduction in the price of golf balls to the public. But the probability is that some other method, such as the personal indorsement scheme or some other promotion means, will be found to nuilify the commission rule. ‘The only person really hard hit is the professional, for it takes from him quite a piece of easy money, even though he may still get free golf balls from the manufacturer for his own use. The manufacturers are not entirely to blame for the payment of salaries to professionals, for the heat of com- petition forced them to spend money to meet their competitors, until one company had the bright idea of taking the whole matter up with the Federal Trade Commission. Now the whole thing is to be stopped (perhaps) and we shall see what we shall see. More than 200 members of Bannock- burn Golf Club are expected to gather tonight at the Raleigh Hotel for the annual meeting of the organization. A professional may be appointed at the meeting to fill the existing vacancy. At the same time the board of gov- ernors of Indian Spring Golf Club will meet at the clubhouse to go over the nominees for the professional berth submitted by a special committee head- ed by P. B. Hoover. Beckley Sprints BY GEORGE MORIARTY. (Managor of the Detroit Base Ball Club.) REAK plays of the diamond are colorful, and often lcave a lasg- | mg impression. A week scldom passes that does not reveal a unique incident in the big leegucs. Some are talked about for a | quarter of a century. It will be 20 vears next Fall that Fred Merkle pulled his tamous blunder of failing to touch second, and it is still fresh in the memory of old timers. . Probably no major leaguer can gaze back over his career and claim a more unorthodox play than that grand old guardan_of first base, Jake Beckley. | once pulled off. The ‘majority of big | leaguers play ball by the book, but {now and then a few hitch the horse behind the wagon. | Has Terrible Arm. Beckley, who played with the ardinals 25 years ago, was in that class Critics newer attempted to class | him with Hal Chase, for he was far | from being a master-man at first base. | However, Beckley was a great batter. | His original pep-cry was “Chick- |azoola!” and it rang out to pitchers !ls a warning he was on a batting | spree. Beckley's glaring fault was a fright- ful throwing arm. He idea where the ball was going than the Prince of Wales has of staying on a horse. He was known as the world's worst thrower., Hence the opposition always “ran wild” when Beckley had the ball in his hands. Q One day when St. Louls was playing Pittsburgh, Tofimy Leach, third base- man of the Pirates, came to bat with the bascs empty. Concentrating on Beckley's weakness, Leach lald down a bunt, which required Jake to field the ball, Jack Taylor, St. Louls pitcher, hurried to cover the bag on the play. Beckley scooped up the ball and measured off an underhanded throw which soared a yard over Taylor's head. Following this, Leach was flying to- ward second base. Beckley, to redeem | his error, dashed past Taylor and re- covered the ball 50 feet from the foul line. Leach was nearing third base, 2nd it was apparent he was intent upon going home because of Beckley's wretched throwing. Beckley surmised Leach's Intention, and brought to light a great bit of re- sourcefulness. Instead of taking a | chance in throwing, Jake decided on an | entirely different plan to head off Leach, “Why not sprint to the plate?” ROD AND' STREAM ° By Perry Miller ‘The same cry is heard from all parts of the country—from Chesapeake Bay, along the New Jersey comst and from many other places. In our Chesapeake Bay the purse netters and drift net- ters are slowly but surely robbing the angler of his sport and also causing a falling off in the revenue of those en- gaged In hiring boats and providing meals and rooms for the anglers, An:(‘llm‘ mt'lu‘l"” Inmny visitors n all sections and should be encour bl icouraged and There are two black spots on the map, as seen by the Washunglon Chap- ter of the 1zuuk Walton League, in r gard Lo bass fishing, Marylund and Pennsylvanla, ‘The markets of Penn- ylvania and Maryland draw thousands | of bariels of buss euch year from t waters of Virginla, ‘These fish are egally shipped out of the btate, and thelr continued destruction 1y thrent- ning the extiietion of the big-mouth biss I the northern part of Virginte | The sume situation, only worse, ex- I8ts I Maryland, where it ts legal to et and scll bass most of the year. The | Washiugton chapter is working with the Murylund chapters of the league and with the press of that State, and It s hoped that i n comparatively hort e the situation. will be rem- cdicd The matter has been brought o the attention of the commissioner of Pennsylvantn at Hareshurg, The House bl nitvodiuced by Chatr- [ man Zihlman of the Distriet committee providing for & longer closed season for the members of the bass family in DIstict waters, and which was favor- ably weted on by the District Commis- sloners, was ntrodueed 1o the Benple Tast ek by Benator Capper, In reply (o u letter from a reader of ke coliimn wskdug 1f 1U 18 permissible e fish st Plerces ML this colunin whihien 1o sy Uit all Ashing han been stopped i Rock Creek Park. The only wiry Lo fish i the park 18 (o go o the Jomice of pubic bubldings and parks id wnle o1 such permisston. 10 15 under [ stood (hat one or two such permissions | have been granted Another query In regard o fAshing for the vhitensh o fallfish i Rock Creck must rematn unsnswered until specific Information s obisined, Our [ understanding 1s that these Nsh ool ence o bite sround the 1sy of Mareh, bt the exact places i the creek ure Lot known ut present. ‘The first of thess fsh landed (s senson will be taken 10 tie "urenn of Fisherien for examination wnd Adentification ‘They were supposed |10 be members of tie whitefish ,nmfiv. bt A0 pematns for the buresu to def- inttely classify them Theve st is w ok of lee I the river, | eapecinlly ahaove the Little Falls, A fow miore warm dayvs will cause this fee 1o I isnpmeni ann then the Bshing for the | Missisaippl catfish will commence L had no more | And Leach Gets Ribs Smashed to Save Arm thought Jake. And that is just what happened. Beckley, after a sensational run, siid head first to the plate and blocked off Leach, sliding feet first. Leach not only was put out, but got two broken ribs He was later forced to abandon third base for the outfield as a result of the collision, Beckley was unhurt. Here is a brief review of the situa- tion. Beckley's feat of backing up his own wild throw, a head-first slide which broke two ribs of a base runner trying to make a home runona bunt,and the achievement of sprinting to retire the runner at the plate, eliminating an ad- ditional throw. Comedy, desperation, Wwisdom and valor, all in one package, were Beckley's prize contribution for Gehrig, Bottemly and the rest of the modern first base- men to shoot at. (Copyrikht 1028 by North American News: vaver Aliiance.) SILVER SPRING MAY PUT BAN ON FIGHTS Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., February 6.—John 8. Blick of Washington, who promoted the recent Lamar-Gallagher prize fight at Silver Spring and who pald $1.500 for the privilege of staging it in the new armory butlding there, has, it is understood, been endeavoring to secure the armory for two boxing contests in February, two in March and two in April at a rental of $750 each night and 15 per cent of the net profits. However, the Lamar-Gallagher settoo 1s understood to have aroused so much resentment, among residents of the Sil- ver Spring neighborhood "that the armory board is sald to be mach in- clined to turn a deaf ear to the Wash- ington promoter's proposals, and the rospect of the proposed serles of bouts &'lnk held there, therefore, is thought to_be slight. In fact, the board has already unanimously voted against granting use of the building for Mr. Blick’s purposes. Forest Glen Council, Knights of Co- Jumbus, is also sald to be desirour of holding boxing contests there in con- nection with a “He-Night” the evening of February 13, but Commissioner Lacy Bhaw, who is in charge of county af- fairs in that section, has let it be un- derstood that he is opj d to any more matches between paid fighters and will urge the Board of Commissioners 10 refuse to approve, as the law requires, a license of the Btate Athletic Com- missfon for such entertainment. It is understood, however, that the Board of Commissioners will be asked on Tuesday to approve the State permit over the objection of Commissioner Shaw. It is not thought likely, how- ever, that the commissioners will give their consent, in view of Commissioner Shaw's attitude, notwithstanding that the armory board has voted to permit the use of the armory. WEEK T0 SEE CLASH OF FEATHERWEIGHTS By the Associated Press CHICAGO, February 6 —Three of America’s crack featherwelghts—four 1f Bud Tayfor, the bantamwcight cham- plon, 1s inciudew ~will throw gloves at one another this week, two going on here Thursday and two meeting In New York the following evening. Joey Sangor of Milwaukee, who show- ed his class In a New York ring re- Klein’s Backswing Model for Dubs & Bl My & BY SOL METZGER. Willie Klein starts his irons back with a straight left, as does every good golfer, but there 15 alrcady a slight roll to the wrists at the quarter mark, although his body has not pivoted at all. In fact, Klein does not begin to s pivot until his club is half wa; as in the drawing on the left. is noticeable here that the pivot fs greater at the shoulders than at the hips, thus permitting the hip slide just before contact, a noticeable trajt among fine iron shots that permits them to get thelr weight into the the blow. There is a struggle among duffers in the first half cf the backswing well worth noting here. In attempt- ing to keep the right elbow in at the side as they go back they fre- quently ‘)h‘nl the body too early. ‘The result is they lift the club up too straight from the ball and have difficulty on the downswing in con- trolling it. This too rapid pivoting causes one to hit down on the ball or to pull the club face through with toe turned in, a sharp hook resulting. Don't pivot so quickly. Let the left arm take the club face straight back farther and low until it forces the pivot. That will aild your iron play greatly. Practice this, if you are a Winter bound golfer, in your home at odd times. You can solve many golf perplexities in this way without even hitting a ball. DUDLEY’S 72 IS BEST OVER MUDDY COURSE By the Associnted Press. SAN ANTONIA, Tex., February 8.— With mud proving an effective bar to par cards in the first round of the Texas open golf tournament, the 100 odd entries today had the prospect of another 18 holes over a heavy course. Ed Dudley of Hollywood, Calif., led the fleld yesterday with a 72, one over par, while Tom Lally, San Antonia pro- fesslonal, was second with 73. Bobby Cruickshank of Purchase, N Y., who won last year's open, and Larry Nabholtz of Cleveland, runner up in the 1927 event, took 74 to go into a four-cornered tle with Don Malarkey, Lufkin, Tex, and Bill Mehlhorn of Pittsburgh. Harry Cooper, who recently signed with a Buffalo, N. Y. club; Leonard Schmutte of Lima, Ohio: Angel de la Torre, Great River, N. Y., and J. W. Kenney of Toledo, had 75s. Five finished with 76, including Mac- Donald Smith of New York, John Golden of Paterson, N and Tommy Armour of Washington, national open champion Al Watrous, Grand Rapids, Mich., needed 77 and Joe Turnesa of New York, shot 9. Al and Abe Espinosa of Chicago, turned in a pair of 80s. Tournament officials announced that in case of more unfavorable weather, which caused a postponement of the first round from Friday, play would be limited to 54 holes. The original plan called for 36 holes, elimination golf, with the low 62 scorers entered In 8 36-hole champlonship flight. PR - WILL PLAY AT FREDERICK. FREDERICK, Md, February 6.— Woltz Photographers basket ball team will engage the Cresap’s Rifles five here tomorrow night. Jack Smith, Washing- ton boy, who was out of the game last week when Bilver Spring Service Co. defeated the locals, is expected to play. ADVERTISEMENT. 1S NOW BEFORE W. C. D. A.| S the Washington City Duckpin As- soctation to conduct its annual tournaments solely for the few star bowlers of the city or rearrange tourney classifications In order to benefit the duffer duckpinner, the back- bone of the sport here? ‘That's the DISTRICT LEAGUE, Convention Hall .. ) [ ) Arcailin | Petworth big gestion before the organization fol- St lowing its yearly meeting yesterday. ‘The representatives of 27 leagues who attended the meeting, although the as- sociation includes 82 leagues, as soon as they finished with the election of officers plunged into a discussion of the advisability of making th. yearly cham- plonships more attractive to the run- of-the-mill bowlers, Those advocat- ing an increasc in classifications con- tended that the present system is un- fair to the mass of duckpinners and that undoubtedly many who would glad- ly enter the tournament if they had a fair chance of victory now hold aloof. k opposing increase in classifica- tions offered little argument other than their fear that such an increase would render the prize list unattractive to the better bowlers, However, it was decided the tourney committee to be appointed by Harry Z. Greer, elected president to succeed George Isemann, should thresh out the matter of classifications for the cham- plonships which will be held on the King Pin drives starting April 16. Other new officers elected are Joseph Yerkes, vice presicent, and Wesley Milt- ner, treasurer. Arville Ebersole is con- tinued as secretary with a raise in sal- | | ary, which he will accept only if the association treasury shows a st.bstantial balance at the end of the year. Two constitutional amendments were | adopted, one providing that a bowler must have rolled at least 15 games with any one recognized league 1n Lhe season of the tournament to be eligible for en- trance ' into the tournam:nt and the other fixing $28 as a permanen! amount for the entrance fee for the annual Howard Campbell Sweepstakes. Reports of activities leagues last week follow: COMMERCE DEPARTMENT LEAGUE. in several )0 00 , Mines gained a game on its nearest competitor for first place last week in the Commercial League by taking two games from Standard: ~Foreign and Domestic Commerce No. 1 came t life and with high set for the wrek-1.573— tock all three games from Coast and | Geodetic Survey. Patents No. 1, with a score of 540—high’ game for the week— managed to take one game irom For- eign and Domestic Comme:ce No. 2. While Miitner of Forelgn and Domes- tic Commerce No. 1 and Maize of Coast and Geodetic Survey were tied for high zame honors for the week—141—the lat- King H. D Arcadia Pin Dentinm Lunch Hieh indvidu 10 average—3 Hizh te ~Ki Pin. 6. Witk Inamidun eame —Muives, 162 In the National Capital League last week King Pin three games | trom the Arcadians and. regained first place. King Pin turned in a 1,650 set, with Howard Campbell's 351 and Arthur Logan's 352 topping the attack. H_B. Denham Co. pulled up into a second-place tie with the Arcadians by taking four games of their double- header with the Monarch Insurance five. The Denham five opened strong, taking all three games of the first set, and were all set to pull up into a tie with the leading King Pinners when Dame Fortune frowned on them and they dropped two of the final set. Meyer Davis made a clean sweep against Tompkins five. bowlers took a trible beating from the Owens & Bauer club. The Columbians got three from Phoenix club. ADVERTISEMENT. Frank and Ernest BACHK MENT comeoy TeAam! TH WHILE. You SLEEP WHER® WERE Nou BoRN FRANK? IN PULLMAN, ILL'NoLS,| CAN'T You SE@ MY 9 JFOR A RETURN ENGAGE-| THE WORLD'S WORST ?V S TeLL ME, WHICH DO You LIKE BE ST— YouR WIFE OR YOUR “TROUSERS 7 BERTHMARK. cently, returns here for & scrap with “Taylor, Although Taylor does his best fighting at 118 pounds, his effective- news ngainst sovernl prominent feath- erwelghts, including Tony Canzoner) of New York, has lent respect to his work in_the Keavier classification, ‘The New York fight brings together Canzonerl and Benny Hass, the latter holding the Natlonal Boxing Assoc atton title, Taylor holds declslon ov | Canzoners_and has fought him to a draw In their two meetings hete, but Canzoner! _evened things by taking a dectslon when they met several weeks ago i New York Bungor han been Taylor's nemesls and he Iy & slight favorite tn the betting, HELLING BEATS STEINER IN CHESS TOURNAMENT BERLIN, February 6 (#).—Helling of Cermany beat I, Steiner of Hungary in the second round of the International chess masters’ tournament at the Berlin Chess Club yesterday. Clermany was less siccessful in other wamen, a8 A, Nimrowltsch of Denmark beat B Koch of Germany, P. Johner of Bwitzerland beat P8, Teonhardt of Germany and Dr. B ‘Tartakower of France defeated ¥ D, Bogoljubow of Germany, DISBAND SWIMMING TEAM. OHIOAGO, February 6 () - The Hinots Athletle Club has decided o dishand Its woman's swimming team Ethel Lackle, holder of the world records for the 100-yard free style and 100~ meter free style woman's swimming events and leader of the team, will join [l I { b, the Ullnots Women's Athletlo Olub TROUSERS To Match Your. 0dd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & FI You SAY You WENT BY My HOUSE NIGHT 7 WELL WHY DIDN'T You ComE Nks OLD COULDN'T, THe WAS RiGHT BEMIND ME N < cobP Chevy Chase | WONPER. WHY ALL THE JEWELERS ARE BUYING SO e MARNY OLD GoLbs/ MAKE RINGS CREUT STRONGE NDW, TODLEAVES Thinor President Expecting Best Season Ever for Reorganized Loop. Convention Hall" League was cut to 92 pins last week, al- though it took all three games from i Stanford five. King Pin, tied with Cin- vention Hall for games won and los also took three from Government Prif ing Office. The King Pins made t gain when they turned in a 1,794 while Convention Hall was able to to ple but 1,698 maples, Curb Cafe had little trouble winn all three from Petworth. Corne scored a triple win at the exp: Temple, while Arcadia gral fromi Meyer Davi: LAUNDRYMEN'S LEAGUE. Team Standing. E _Hieh individual set "High tant 15 game—Peck Hich atrikes— ok 1ELi wcock (F High « (Elite) Two twin ties and.a triple tie pra tically tell the story of the Laundrymen’s League. It is a tight race as the teams are about ready to swing into the last series. By virtue of 13 successive vic- jndividu 4 tories. the Elite team leads Manhattan | by pins only. ATHLETIC CLUB LEAGUE. Team Standing. Phillips ... Union Printers. 4rlinston Nomads . © Hugh Reiily. . High team High team game— Hizh individual (Arealia) High individual mads). 174 »i—G game—Overman (No Unlon Printers, fighting to overtake | the leading Phillips Co. in the Athletic Club League, picked up one game last week and are now but two games be- hind, while National Fellowship in sweeping its match with Arcadia 1s gl“lln‘ with Arlington for third posi- on. Slamming the maples for the week's high marks, when they totaled 1.75. for the set. which included a wame of 605, National Fellowship eastlv won from Arcadia. Bennle Benedctt! was the leading performer in this assault on the maples, gathering in 401 for Lis set and 145 for his best string. The Phillips-Arlington _skirmish was closely contested, with Frank Dubois’ Sausagemen taking the odd game. Joe Harrison's 150 game came close to giv- ing Arlington the first game. which went against it, 572 to 564. He came back with 141 in the second. only to see his team again nosed out. His 118 in the last game gave him 409, the week’s best individual total Ninth and New York Avenue Lunch easily won the first game from Nomads, but had to battle all the w to land the next two tilts. Spares by Barnard. Cowles and M! chou in the final frame got & close ¢ cision for the Printers over Nationals in their first game. The next two went to the Typos with good scores. George- town took three from Hugh Reilly. WHIPPET RACES LISTED. Clark Grifith Stadium here will be the scene of the national Whippet races early in June Staging the affair, the blue ribbon event of dogdom. here has been sanctioned by the American Ken- nel Club. ADVERTISEMENT. DID You THAT TW WELL, | CAN ARTIST Go LOTS OF PLACES WITH= = cTUR oot my wire (T a USED T, Foft HIm MAYSE THEY 'RE GOWNG To TELL ME SWEDE OUT OF ‘Em 5 pr— OLD The Smoother and Better Cigarette ....not a cough in a carload lead in the District | the | PAINTED OUR YEAR MARRIED THE GIRL WHO PERMAPS You CAN DIFEERE AT RETWEEN A AND AN ARMERICAN v the Asociated Pr NEW YO! February 6.—The last base ball meeting s over, the ground hog has jotted his name on the 1928 reeords and Job way Tople, presi- of the ternational League, s It is time to get ready for the st year the diamond sport has had Today he expressed with Montreal back nal would roil on to v heights during 1923, | “This league is very old in name and | deed, but in spirit it is young and prime,” said the big minor league “It started back in the ~ and was known as the New ate League, to be followed by T en the International, ional and now just rnational again. r we had for many sea- | 56 only one club in Canada. But | Montreal’s addition makes us more in- ternational in character. Population in Circuit. “The population of the circuit this » | year exceeds any we have ever had. . ! This population is now better | than 4.300,000. With the completion of a | great bridge in Montreal and the buiid- ing of street ratiways in Toronto even & larger population will be avatlable, for thr';-i!'.\n onz:nelfinnz projects will bring certain sections into closer pro: base ball. e The whole situation has now settled | down to a thoroughly permanent basis. No city is in any way handicaped at the start of the 1928 season. In the past we have had some such handicaps in the matter of parks or finances. “Every club is set for a start. | Plavers in hand at this time of the year indicate a greatly strengthened “We exceed in population both the | American Association and the Pacific | Cost leagues, and we believe we have a stronger playing list than either of those * ieagues for the 1928 season. i Stars in Circuit. “We have men in this league who would cut considerable figure in either of the major circuits. Such men as Southworth of Rochester, Lamar of | Newark, Cullop of Buffalo in the out- | field; Johnson, Rip Collins and other pitchers . who have starred in the majors, Fournier at first, Dixon behind the bat and others who have just come down to this league, would make a formidable line-up if gathered on one big league club. . “These men more than replace any losses. There are men the 3 too, who could make gocd in the majors, but are being held here to keep up our strength. For instance. Jack Dunn has Sheedy at fir: a, and Porter in league calibe! kept by Dunn in his desire to put the { Orioles again on top. “Stallings’ retu a short retireme: | managerial strength is much befter. | “I look for a great race. It a an open race, with several clubs. chal- lenging Buffalo. Bill Clymer has an- great team at Buffalo, But even with “Paul Block g into the league | a8 Newark owner. together with a group | of fine spartsmen interested tn the Mop- i treal club. means much to us., We are | stronger in every wa! | BELANGER DEFENDS TITLE. i _‘TORONTO. February 6 (P .—Frenchy Belanger of Toronto. recognized by the' Boxing Association as the against Frankie in 10 rounds to A decision. ADVERTISEMENT. By BRIGGS Wow T s WELL, - THAT MAMWES HIM LA MODEL { NUSBAND LAST PosE > THATS EASY, The swepss? SMOKE HERRING AND ThE | AMERICANS SmoxeE owd! ™ @190 ¥, Loriiond On, Ban 1100 L)