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) S unney May Fight Sharkey in Fall : Cobb Likely to Hear Call of Base Ball 25 YEARS OF BAN BATTLE FORECAST ~ FORBOSTONRIG Delaney, if He Whips Heeney, Slated to Get Summer Go With Champion. YORK, February 9.—If Jack manages to win over Tom when the pair come together March 1, rumor has it that Jack will he open date with Gene Tunney in NEW Jack Sharkey come in? 2 fight on his hands when John Risko on March 12, but have to travel far to learn from the fans that Sharkey is picked to repeat over the Cleveland baker boy. the event that Jack Dempsey is on retired list, Sharkey will get the Fall date with Tunney. The battle would be staged at Fenway Park in on. That is the logical place for match in which Sharkey partici- He is a local boy and the fans New England will pay wnll to sce the higuest place One of the facts behind these rumors s that Tex R rd 1s identified with the new Madis re Garden in Nothing wou! t the ampithe- good a start as a heav championship contest in the city and cod | matter of fact. should Delaney 'y come through their con- ds up. there are no other ghts of any moment whom ard will consider. Tunney sa; s two bouts this year. It would not be good business polic have De ach other if he can save them for sepa- le engagements against the champion. T! v one of the rumors caulifiower alley. You thing. One guess is as r. Rickard. being a good t biding nis time un- ner occasion and then will plans. Until thon, as the , “quicn sabe?” Who . TOPNOTCH FIGHTERS | ASSEMBLE ON COAST L3S ANGELES. February 9 (&) Caulifiower alley in Los Angeles has tzken a formidable aspect with a num- ber of topnotch boxers here fer fights or training | Among those present are Mickey ‘Walker. who is preparing for a bout in | San Francisco with Cowboy Jack Wil- | lis of Texas. this month and George‘ “wod’rey. negro heavyweight, who is to micet Paolino Uzcudun, basque wood- chopper. Tackie Fields of Los Angeles also is training for a fignt with Vince Dundee here next Tuesday. Fields then goes to Chicago, where he has been matched with Sammy Mandell, lightweight champion. Walker and Godfrey have been draw- PORTS STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1928. SPORTS. Article XX—Johnson's Figh | { ASE ball rolled along peacefully | for the major leagues in the | years from 1907 to 1913. In | the latter year the ‘“outlaw” Federal League first showed fits [head. and in 1914 troubles with the players reached a climax. | In the years following 1907. the | American League basked in the sun- shine of the tans' appreciation for one scason after another. The friction be- tween Ban Johnson and Charles A. Comiskey was temporarily eased. Cham- rionships in the American League were won by the closest of margin. The De- troit club cuptured three pennants in succession, but lost in 1909. Athletics Disrupted. | In 1910 the champlonship broke to the East, the Athletics winning with a team that carried on and became bat- | ter and better, until the owners delib- | erately disrupted it—the worst move of | that character ever made in the Ameri- | can League. In 1912 Boston won the | American League penuant and played | the New York Giants in the world se- | ries before huge gatherings. The Giants lost the series when Snodgrass muffed a fiy—the muwif that became famous— and other members of his team failed to get ¥ chances. Comiskey departed for a_tour around the world in 1913, with John J. Mec- Graw, partner. ihe height of the trouble with tne play- | ers end the warfare with the Federal | League. The players threatened to strike in | 1914, but did not. The matter was ad- | justed. Ban Johnson did his share to- | ward settling the trouble. The players | went to a foolish extreme, which was e By John B. Foster. manager of the Gients. as a! came back in 1914, at | JOHNSON t With an “Outlaw" League This attempted strike of the players, which took place in 1914 when the Eastern teams of the National League were in the West and the Western teams of the American League were in the East, was looked upon with joy by the Federal League. The “outlaw"” league had been organized in 1913 by some capitalists and Jjust plain pro- moters, who thought they would rald big league teams to the limit. They | had been lured into base ball by the { huge receipts of the world series in | 1912, failing to recognize that the re- | | ceipts for daily games fall far below | the gate figures for such a series. The Foderal League promoters gath- ered an idea that everything in base ball was gold. They used the world series as a basis for their projects and acted accordingly. From the moment that they undertogk to get their outlaw league under way they began to prey on the players of the two major leagues. In a fight of this character Ban John- fon showed to advantage. He had ex- cellent inside information of what was going on and he managed to keep the American League clubs from being looted too savagely. Some of the Ni tional League clubs were equally fortu- | nate Federal League Thrashed. The Federal League maintained its exisience through 1913, 1914 and 1915, but before the 1916 season began it was soundly thrashed. Some of the Na- tional League men opened negotiations in New York to put an end to the wa; fare by buying out a part of the Fe eral League. Another part was left to get out the best way it could. Johnson | was notified of what was going on, | he quickly recognized by the more con-|gave servative of their number; but they | for Rickard to ' had bound themselves to a secret or- | ceived a share of the returned players ey and Sharkey massacre ganization, and, as is usually the case | when the settlement was concluded. in matters where sccret organizations | are involved. those who disliked the | going way things were developing were not in | agent had agreed upon. a position to repent. | his consent as an American League cxecutive to the plan and re- As for the Federal League promoters. | they received all that their appointed | o (Cobvright. 11 HUNTER, TALL SCOT, GETS | INDIAN SPRING PRO JOB MONRO HUNTER, a tall gen-| tleman, who grew up amid the hills and braes of Scotland, 1s o the new professional at the In- | dian Spring Golf Club. Hunter, who iz now with the Tripoli Country Club of Milwaukee, was chosen to fill the berth vacated a féw days ago by Eddie Towns by the board of governors of the club, meeting last night. He will take over his new post on April 1. Five times amateur champion of the province of Alberta, Canada, Hunter learned his game on the courses around the old university town of Edinburgh, | Scotland, growing up with many of the | Scottish professionals who now hold down berths at clubs in the United | States. He was a_member of several clubs in and near Edinburgh, but play- | ed largely at Lundin links. He came to | this continent 18 years ago, settling in | Alberta, where he became a star ama- | teur player of the province Six years ing large crowds for their workouts. | ago he turned professional and located Mickey traveled 15 1ounds yesterday— | with the Milwaukee Country Club, later three apiece with five different sparring | going with the Tripoli Country Club. partners—while Godfrey contented him- | He was chosen to fill the Indian Spring | self with knocking out two of his part- | berth from a group of applicants num- w;smifil- rotal of ‘hf‘;c r%gr;ds " | bering more than 100, among whom 0. opponent of Godfrev here at | o " » :régley P:rk F!?ruary 28, arvived yes- | :;lrfecrs several nationally promlnenl\. T i 0. T Do oot 40 | Smtanding| ' feet 53 inches; Hunte? s . looks as if he might drive a golf ball a o astounding distance. He has amassed | PLAYERS SEND MONEY quite a reputation as a long hitter in | FOR YOUNGS MEMORIAL ¢! the West, although he does not spe- clalize in golf playing, preferring to give is time to ‘nstruction, on which he has NEW YORK, February 9 (#).—Ten 8 unique theory. Hunter entered the eontributions of $1 each have been re- | long-driving contest at the Western ceived by the Giants from members of | open at Calumet, Chicago, in 1924, and | the Yankees for the erection of the | won it against such lengthy hitters as | Young'’s memorial on the right- fleld wall at the Polo Grounds. Col. Jacob Ruppert, Manager Miller Huggins and Secretary Edward G. Bar- fow topped the list of Yankee donors. Walter Johnston. the “Big Train,” now managing the Newark Interna- ;Snnal%. 2ls0 sent the Glants $1 for the 'und WILL NOT SPLIT SEASON. RALEIGH. C.. February 9 (#).— Piedmont lrague will not split the on in 1928 es formerly, but will piay straight through, with the clubs finishing in first and second places meeting In a post-season series. . BUCS TO TEST ROOKIE. PITTEBURGH, Pa, February 9 (#) —Coburn Joties r Cl ¥ Mex., club, will train urgh’ Pirates at Paso if found worthy, he some minor league MAT BOUTS TONIGHT. wrestling matwches in the Arcadia Joe ‘Turper, Jocal favorive, will illy Gale, best two of three falls; Koloft will grappie with Tony ¢ fall ¥ a finish, and Re- will come 0 grips with k, best two of three falls bé g meet Dar, Feleria nat € Tom L GALLAGHER WINS FIGHT. Febur opponent ) arty € vyweight o over G siz-round bout soored three in a livel Gallagher Most Astonishing Golf Occurrences BY JOHN €. ANDERSOX Aatens Finunt & Gurier 1 have ¢ nit thie ball slvogether i & bine not hieaded for perte unknown moment & blsckbird fNew di- Ui groun ball was stupped in ite Blght B1G Oropped within b toot of the pin i bird wes Gand wnd Uie gruss biood SN Wl Ve pleyert come i 4 been upm 1 oo A b nsw 4 nala it pisst 11 S wn | Lo be dndchied (o Jong diving at he m Voar ¥ Pt Ainckahdis tor Ws gieal “come from & foot evin | bk this yewr. I huve purposely Mis ¢ ent ren his 20-footer dead ketehed Jones' diiving o e U Uhe it @il Sropped Ve second one | United Blates open \wo yenrs ngo winilng tie hike which seeied lost by | ®ive you i e of Uie swing before Bir opponents nblievabie ek of| we @0 o & discussion of how 1o Biek get distance 11 hias beens s long while e that Note the elub st the top Jones cident bt 3 aont ik 1 ahall ever | doean't overswing o gel”hin di- | et it | [ Note, 100, Jhe faot that the (Coppimeht Aq s bilisuie century of roseen & oecurren of the Amberst | i 194 even, ang wers tyom 14 yard chep made 8 3 left bimself | second 16 feet from e line of fight The ball] biggest kick from a screaming drive the bird wee instanly killed | or brassie, Driving, therefore, s u It e not ungue, for thet| Juring ert. Bobby's 300-yard ‘pokes ik bias happened Letore ure well worth while. They have fuliwes, Uupigh, was sstound- ven him a slight edge over the Aimerican News ' | Bill Mehlhorn and other noted sluggers. His record tee shot was 271 yards, | | driven into a high wind. " In 1922, when | the American open was played at 8ko- | kie, Hunter drove a ball 420 yards. He | is married and has three children. His | 19-year-old son 2lso is a golfer and a noted amateur radio expert. The new professional at Indian Spring is 41 years o1 age | Hunter has a theory with regard to the teachings of golf that is at variance with all the accepted conceptions of the physical action in striking a golf ball. | He claims the wrists and the wrist snap | have very little to do with distance. In- | stead he claims the roll or turn of the | wrists is one of the factors that deter- | i mine distance and that the twist and | thrust of the body is the main factor. His views on this matter contrast sharp- ly with those of Bob Jones and Tommy 21-year-old infielder of | Armour, two of the reigning champions, | never been held west of St. Louls and who contend that the wrist snap 1s | :ssential Lo great distance, although they | also admit the roll of the wrist is essen- tial. Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase holds that the wrist plays a major part in ob- taining distance, and it probably would e interesting to hear the two thrash out their varying views, Hunter is the | fourth professional at Indian Spring in | Jones’ Swing Model | For Getting Length pPa— ~476 Yords—» R LR WING, e® y, | | BY BOL METZGER. Although putting ix half the game of golt, e gremtest Uil bs long nitting. Jomes, Hagen, Cooper, Van Elm and sll the leaders get their 1 ’urm‘ tuy whial you may. AL Colum ! amateur and professional entrants. | Pittsfield Eagles, 34 1o 26, | the game the six years of th: club’s existence. Wilfred Reid was the first, followed Peter Jackson and Eddie Towns. Golf leaders on the Pacific Coast a! ready are marshaling their forces and arranging details for the amateur champlonship to be played over the Pebble Beach course at Monterey, Calif,, next year. Anxious to make the first far-Western champlonship _the | best titular event ever held, the Cali- fornians are leaving no stone unturned to put over the best show ever staged at the championship, according to! Roger Lapham, a member of the execu- | tive committee of the United States Golf Ascoclation, who was a prime fac- tor in socuring the champlonship for California. Lapham was in Washing- ton yesterday, calling on Secretary of | Commerce Hoover with regard to some | matters affecting his shipping interests on the West Coast. | Monterey, he said, is some di!stance from any large city, with ample hotel accommodations for all the players and others who will go from the East to the Callfornia champlonship. Lapham is one of the leading amateur golfers of the Pacific Coast; although he has not participated in a national for several years. The amateur champlonship has Minneapolis, although Golf Assoctation ha on the Pacific Co the Western !l held several events s George J. Volgt still 13 In the record- | breaking business. Yesterday he again shattered the mark for the Palm Beach course, set by himself, with a 66, reg- istered In & match with C. A. Fuller of Chevy Chase and Cooper Lightbown of “Congressional, former mayor of Palm Beach. He broke the previo record with a mark of 67 a few weeks #go Tommy Armour started play today at Hot Bprings, Ark., in the South Cen- tral golf tourney with about 150 other GEHRING SOON BANISHED FROM COURT CONTEST PITTSFIELD, Mass, February 9 () Tou Gehrig was ordered out of a basket ball game n first perfod here lust night, but his team of all stars came from behind o beat the the Gehrig committed four personal fouls in less than 10 minutes, but the crowd volced Its displeasure and an agreement was reached (hat he could return to the game in the second half He aid not do this, however, but his substitute, Gilkinson, was the star of FIXED BOUTS ALLEGED. CHICAGO, February § (8. Gharges of fixing wresting matches fn which Johnny Meyers, middiewelght wrestling champlon, 16 wileged 1o have heen § volved, have broken out again, In sult filed mgalnst Ed White, former manager of the champlon, Jim Logas, Greek middlewelght wresiler, chargen White promised him 81,000 to lose matches o Meyers, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. hus 1t wes his Uemendous wallops 1 thet ensbled him 0 edge out Joe | o Turnecs { " Ted ey won his last United ‘Toledo by his grest Evans might b - clubliesd comes om nside the lne o Ve bl ik, ' | By the Awsictated Fress KANBAR CUIY. - Leo Wax, Australin knocked out Chuek Falmer, Lincoln [Nebr 1oy TOLEDO. OWlo — Joe Packn, Toledo, e Okun, New Yok, drew (12), | Have Your Electric System ||| Inspected and Repaired y I MILLER-DUDLEY CO. 1716 14th 81. NW, Nerth 1583 Starting Lighting lgnitien | active player ever accumulated in the once expressed a desire to play in 3,000 league games and establish that mark as a high record. Ty has gone to bat 11,076 times in pennant race games and made 4,077 STICKWORK OFTY time that he was active on the field and alsy the world serles in which he played Then add an cstimated number of times that he went to bat in practice games, and you will get an idea as to how often” the Cobb arms and shoulders have swung a bat to meet the skill of |a pitcher. The figure is probably over 115,000. Some Club Likely to Offer Him High Stipend He Would Demand. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NEW YORK, February 9.—Ty Cobb may decide to spend the Summer play- ing golf at Augusta, Ga. but the chances are that he will do nothing o: the kind If he is reluctant to start the base ball season with some team, temporary withdrawal from activity need not be taken as assurance that he will not be back on the playing dia- mond when one of the managers wakes up to the fact that he can't get any- where without batting. Lack of batting always has bothered managers. There are elght clubs in the major leagues that can make up their minds right now that they can't win without more batting strength than they have in prospect. It is doubtful if Cobb would return to base ball unless he is well paid for it, | but theie might be a club that could afford to pay him well to come to its rescue. Then Ty would receive about s much acclaim es ever, because it | would be quickly heralded that he had stepped in just in time to save the day | Cobb Likes to Play. | Absence from the piaying field all Summer would chafe Cobb. When the | Canzoneri of Brookly sun begins to warm his heart will warm | favorite today to become to base ball. It will be almost impossi- | recognized featherweight champion ble for him to resist it. for his men- 8fter his 15-round bout with Benny tality is turned in that direction. Ab- | Bass ol Philadelphia in Madison Square sence from base ball doesn't worry him | Garden tomorrow night. w0 far as the future is concerned, be- | Canzoneri. recent conqueror of Bud cause he will retire from the game Taylor, the Terra Haute terror, also has with probably the largest fortune that an a victory over Johnny Dundee, former king of the 125-pound division, although Dundee fought out of the featherweight Has Wonderful Average. For 22 consecutive years Cobb batted 300 or better. That means much to the base ball bug if it doesn't to others | who are 1 amiliar with the jargon of the national Ty was an un- relenting batter oniy did he like to hit, but he liked to taunt the pitchers | when ‘he hit them. There was born in him the spirit to beat any piteher. It is only the fighting men who are the real batters in the major leagues. The tame and acquiescent chaps quick- Iy fade out, but the assertive and com- bative players. who go to the plate with a grude against the pitcher, are the chaps who bat above .300 as a rule. Now and then there is a pure artist who cannot help hitting the ball. George Sisler was one of these until he devel- oped eye trouble. But Sisler never was |a fighter. Cobb was, so was Anson. also Burkett and McGraw and so were fivescore others who might be named. CANZONERI FAVORITE IN FIGHT WITH BASS . rated an 8-to-5 history of major league sport. He ha: | made sound investments and has shown | imit at the time. ability to add to his holdings. B handed the title by the At ‘the close of the 1927 season Cobb National Boxinz Association after a vic- had played in 29938 championship tory over Red Chapman of Boston. The major games during his career in base | Empire State declined to consider Bass ball. His actual total of games is far |the champion, however, so the dispute over 3,000, including those played out- | will be decided in the encounter with side the major league schedules. He ! Canzoneri 30 exhibition games annually during the | NEW YORK. February 9 (#).—Tony me the universally | Jennings Most Colorful Pilot 85 'TAYLOR AND SANGOR Ever in Game, Says Moriarty WILL FIGHT TONIGHT BY GEORGE MORIARTY, Manager of the Detroit Base Ball Club, HE passing of Hughey C anings means the loss of the most colorful manager the game ever knew. Starting in 1907 as suc- cessor to Bill Armour, Jennings bossed the Detroit Tigers 13 years. He immediately struck the high peak of popularity by winning a pennant in 1907, and he repeated in the two years following. ‘Through personality and driving force Jennings had a big ad tage over rival leaders. He was th> first to real- ize the great possibilitics of the De troit club. With Cobb, Crawford, Mc- Intyre and Jones as a nuc Jen- nings built a winning combination with- out a dominating pitching staff. Bill Donovan and George Mullin held to- gether for him what otherwise would have been an ordinary mound ma- chine. Jennings was a member of the old Baltimore Orioles, and first tasted fame as one of the outstanding shortstops. In a 15-inning game against the Boston club in 1895, he accepted 21 chances without a slip. He was also one of the best batters of his day. to his arm cut career. As a manager, his ori fiected In his famous t Yah,” which swept the iy Th~ fans and players often believed his sharp crles were signals to urgz the hit-and-run or the stolen base. This was not so. The aggressive tactics of the Balti- more club molded Jennings into a fighter who never admitted defeat till the last man was out. Although Hughey vas Chesterfieldian off the diamond, he was a dynamic bundle of activity when the game began. He had no patience with the “hand-shaking” ball player, and resented the changing times which afforded the players mixed diversions and luxury. Like McGraw and his cronies of the Baltimore club, he al ways courted the smoke of battle. “A friend off the ball field, but an enemy for nine innings,” was his slo- gan. the traditions of the old True to timers, Hughey readily forgave an error of the hands, but he was reientless in his dealings with the habitual “bone” puller. His natural leadership prompted An injury | short” his playing | | he never hampered a recruit diselpline and respect among the play- ers. and for this reason he nad little difficulty maintaining order. His skill as a fluent and convincing speaker in- | spired the players, and he often em- ployed his eloquence at the “skull prac- | tice meetings” with great psychological | effect. Jennings' greatest managerial asset. | perhaps, was his recognition of naturai | abllity In a player. In such a case | but ac- | corded him the widest possible latitude and encourazement bringing forth _init: quality in a ball H with the hope of the grea T. 5 manner of hondling Cobb re- vealed his understanding of men. ana was the mainspring of his success as manager. As a result of his diplomatic policy’ of bowing to the flery and in- ventive Georglan, Ty blossomed into a | career never equaled. Anv manager who would have put himself foremost unauestionably would have retarded Cobb’s budding genius. (Copyright, 197 ican News- | HORNSBY NOT FOR SALE, | VEECK OF CUBS LEARNS CHICAGO, February 9 (7.—Willlam Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs base bail club, is back home from an Eastern visit with the information that Rogers Hornsby is not for sale by the Boston Braves “1 didn't even get to first bass with President Puchs of the Braves,” Veeck explained. I mentioned Hornsby, and Fuchs told me_that Santa Claus had never been to Boston before, and now that he had paid one visit, by bringing Hornsby to his club from New York, he didn’t wish to injure Santa’s feelings by letting the gift get away.” PUEBLO BUYS THREE. | PUEBLO, Calif., February 9 (P).— Purchase of Walter Smallwood, pitcher, from Hartford of the Eastern League; | Woodward, pitcher, from Haverhill 01’ the New England League, and Knothe, | shortstop, from New Haven of the Eas ern League. has been announced to- night by the Pueblo Western League lub. errenrath, Concert Star, Finds Lucky Strikes Kindly To His Precious Voice “In my concert work, I must, of course, give first consideration to my voice. Nat- urally, 1 am very careful about my choice of cigarettes as I must have the blend which is kindly to my throat. I smoke Lucky Strikes, finding that they meet my most critical requirements.” Py the Accocimed Provs CHICAGO, February 9--Two con- tenders for the world featherweight champlonship, Bud Taylor of Terrs ute, Ind., and Joey Sangor of Mil- waukee, will m=<ch punches and hooks in a ten-round hout tonight. Because of his two victories over Taylor, who is reeognized as bantam- weight champiom in most of the States where boxing is legalized, Sangor was a 6 to 5 favorite, Both fghters asert they are in the best of condition and will have no alittis if dafeated Taylor's erown will not be at stake, as both are over the 118-pound bantam- weight lim{ Th> fizht will mean much to both. however, as each is anx- ious to vin and to get a crac winrer of the Tony Canzoneri Bass fight at New York to Sangor, a hard. stra will outweizh the shif! eral pounds. Taylor, 2 hooking punch- er and one of the f. t ring masters of the sport, hopes to outwit and out- last his opponent The main event of the show will be sup:orud by six kouts of five rounds each. CUBS WOULD BE BEST DRESSED BALL PLAYERS CHICAGO. Felguary 9 (3 —The Chi- cago Cubs League penn pect to be the ganized base ball. Like most other major league clubs, they will have three uniforms each, but unlike other teams, they will be of different colors. Strict orders will be issued so the players appear daily in fresh, clean uniforms, ciuo officials said. . MAJ. MCBR[DEVON BOARD. Secretary of War Davis has desig- nated Maj. Allan C. McBride, A general staff. this city, as Arm: resentative on the board of governars of the National Amateur Athletic Fed- eration. GENARO TO FIGHT GRANDE. BUFFALO, N. Y. 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