Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1929, Page 29

TfiE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.° TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1929. STORTS. Jones, Unsigned, Staris Training “On His Own” at the Nationals’ Tampa Camp \ SAM SPURNS 1,000 BOOST, WITH BONUS Early Agreement Predicted, However—Griffmen Play Boston Braves Today. S the tionals were keenly inter- ested foday in two big battles in- volving their club. One was that with th2 Boston outfit of the National League they were decide here this afternoory ‘The other was between Samuel Pond Jones and the Washnigton Club regard- ing a contract for his services this year. One phase of the jssue between Jones and the club is settled, however. Pres- ident Griffith has announced in no un- certain manner that Jones will take what has been offered or suffer suspen- sion. The Nationals’ prexy declares he has made his final bid for Sad Sam’s services and the pitcher can take it or leave it. According to Griffith, Jones has been offeréd an increase of $1,000 above what the pitcher received last season, his first with the Nationals, end a substantial bonus in addition should the Washing- ton club not finish in the red financially this year. Jones, in a quiet but firm manner, has declared his demands, which exceed those offered, must bz met or he will be through with the Washington club. But Sad Sam is a reasonsable fellow generally and probably after a day or two of calm reflection he will sign a contract and it il be a contract at Grifith's terms, 0. BY JOHN B. KELLER. T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 12. —Both President Clark Griffith and Manager Walter Johnson of Jones Toils “on His Own.” In the meantime Sad Sam, last of the pitchers excepting Paul McCullough to Teport at camp, will work out with the club in the daily training sessions. But should Jones fail to come to terms with the Nationals, he will have to foot his own bill for the stay here before leaving the Washington Club's training base. ‘There are two sides always to this argument over a contract between the. club and the player. In this instance, the club feels that it has gone far enough in offering Jones the $1,000 advance over last year and an addi- tional sum should it make money this season. Last year the Nationals fin- ished on the wrong side of the ledger financially and raises have been few this time. However, Jones has been the only really serious kick made by a guyer. But Jones naturally feels that e is entitled to a more substantial promotion and one can’t blame him for trying to get it. Certainly Griffith, who is more interested in the matter than any one else, doesn’t blame Jones for trying to raise the ante. Jones, of course, knows that Manager Johnson is depending upon him to score a num- ber of victories for the Nationals this year and that doesn't tend to lessen the player’s opinion as to his value to the club. To Sam it seems an opportune time to get the coin and he can't be reproached for attempting it now, espe- cially as he has but a few more sea- scns of big lcague pitching in his sys- tem. Sad Sam is as base ball zte A t“"15 d is growing cague for 15 years and is gro no younger fast as Nick Altrock puts it. 'Yet his fine record for lst year indi- cates Sam still may be of great use to the Nationals. In the matter of yield- ing earned runs, Jones was the fifth Tuns per nine innings, games, while losing 7 for his club. A good record for a youngster, let alone & pitcher now in his thirty-seventh year. While Johnson has two or three vet- erans who should help his club consid- erably this season, his staff will be hit sorely should Jones not become a mem- ber of it. But very likely Walter hasn’t much to worry about so far as that is concerned. Jones probably will accept Griffith’s terms and like ‘em too, before long, and he’ll be working his neck off with the rest of the Nationals for the big job not so far ahead. McCullough Has Relapse. ‘With Jones at work at 'rumr‘-. all the Nationals excepting McCullough, CIliff Bolton and Harley Boss are con- ditioning themselves. McCullough, the pitcher bought from Minneapolis, had been expected to re- but a wire from his New Castle, , home announced he had suffered from a relapse after he had supposedly recovered from an illness that prevented him showing up at ‘Tampa February 25. Bolton still is on the sick list at his home in High Point, N. C., while Boss, because of iliness sent back to his home at Jonesboro, La., is not expected to rejoin the Nationals this season. Today's game here, the Nationals’ first test of the scason against a big league club, was expected to give Man- , ager Johnson a better line on some more of his pitching talent. Tomorrow will be given over by the Nationals to a strenuous drill on their home lot at Tampa, but exhibition games will be resumed Thursday. Goose Goslin and Joe Judge, veterans both, went through their first drills of the season yesterday. Judge arrived from Hot Springs, Ark., apparently in splendid trim. Goslin. too, looks well, but the big fellow didn’t attempt to employ the throwing arm that was so useless the greater part of last sea- son. The Goosz, however, says the wing is all right and that within a few days he will be “cutting ’em loose.” 'ONLY A FEW EVENTS AT NAVY THIS WEEK ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 11— Navy Academy varsity basket ball and wrestling teams have completed their schedules, as have several of the plebe squads, so that the weekly offerings of Winter sports are tapering. However, there will be several con- tests during the week at the academy. Swimming and water polo teams will complete their lists with the matches against Syracuse tomorrow and & Gouble bill for the week end. On Fri- day they will oppose the Princeton teams at Princeton and the following cay they will be at Hanover, N. H, to oppose Dartmouth. At home, the Navy boxing team will have its final dual match, meeting Penn- sylva. ia. “ Another important event will be the semi-finals of the Intercollegiate Fenc- ing Association. The teams which will take part will be Princeton, Columbia, Pennsylvania and Navy. All have shown strength in dual matches. Two other varsity events are on the bill, gymnastics against Massachusetts Tech and an indoor rifie match with Pennsylvania State. Nsvy's gym team, which is fighting for the leadership in that line this year, has disposed of Dartmouth and Princeton, two of the three dangerous opponents, Massa- - chusetts Tech being the third. The plebes engage in three contests, swimming against New York Military Academy, water polo against_the Col- legiate Swimming Club of Baltimore and an indoor rifie match with West- emn High of Washington, % The 23-year-old right-hander, who was inspected by Pilot Stanley Harris last Spring and then farmed to the Montreal ciub of the International League, is one of a dozem boxmen now diligently toiling at Tampa with a view to earning a job under Manager Walter Johnson. Hopkins, who makes his home at Chester, Conn., has hopes of making the grade this year. ON THE SIDE LINES ‘With the Sports Editor y DENMAN THOMPSON RNEST S. BARNARD, the up-and-doing president of the American League, must be accounted a genius if the correct definition of that term is “one possessed of an infinite capacity for details.” Barnard, who was elevated from the position of president of the Cleveland club to that of league head by the almost unani- mous choice of his fellow mag- nates when Ban f{lnhuson's retire- ment left the office vacant, had been on the job but a short time when he issued an exhaustive set of general rules to govern the playing of games. These. announcegl just prior to the start of the last campaign, in no way. interfered with the established regulations, but served to clarify them and do away witn some of the practices that had tended to lengthen the time con- sumed in running off a ball game. Elimination of unnecessary de- lays without removing any of the essential strategy usually employed, or handicapping any player in giving “a club his best efforts was the ob- ject of Barnard, and he overlooked few bets in his effort to reduce “sf ” and correcting other evils of delay that had crept in through' carelessness. So deeply did Barnard go into things that he put a ban on the habit of some players stepping out of the batters’ boxr after each pitched ball and similar practices calculated to add their quota of minutes to the time needed for com- pleting a contest. Being a member of the working press whose labors are lightened in Pproportion to the time he has spent at the ball orchard each day we 'were heartily in favor of Barnard's interpretations of the code. ‘They elicited a lot of good na- tured joshing from the scribes who saw in them a chance to wax humorous and a few of the more rabid bugs wrote us letters con- demning any move designed to curtail the period of their enter- tainment. The ezact’ figures on what was ac- complished through Barnard’s eflorts in this direction are not available, but it is safe to say that in the aggregate they lopped many hours off the time consumed in playing games over the course of the season and were well worth while through producing a generally snappier brand of base ball. Barnard, himself, and his club owners were so well satisfied with the results attained that the regu- lations will be in force again this year and while they have not been extended the bass of the circuit has formulated a new order which serves to indicate he is very much on the job not only with the pleas- ure of the patrons in mind, but in the interests of the magnates who look o the fans to foot the bills incurred in the operation of a club. This new order directs that hereafter the club owners must pro- vide a regulation ball bag for thé use of the umpires in which the reserve supply of balls may be kept locked. The fact that the locks, not the bags, are to be provided by the league, and that the umpires are to have keys, is a matter of little interest to the fans, but the enor- mous number of balls used by a club 1s. Four dozen balls—96—must be provided by the home club before the start of every game. New balls, 100, in their original bozes, with seals unbroken. This number usu- ally proves adequate, with some left over, but it has been ascertained that no smaller number can be spec- ified with any assurance that the supply will not be ezhausted. Wiolesale the spheres cost $15 a dozen. If only two dozen per game were used each club would have to pay $2,310 for its 77 home games of the championship season each year and this does not take into account the balls necessary for six to eight weeks of Spring train- ing. Accompanying the . Barnardian ukase regarding locked base ball bags for use this season are some special regulations stipulating that all spheres put in use and fouled off or otherwise temporarily taken out of play. must by continued in use unless discarded as unfit after inspection by the umpires. In this way it is estimated that a saving of at least 60 dozen balls for each club should be eflected in the course of a season. This amounts to just $900 aptece, or a $7,200 total for eight clubs in the circuit. The American is but one of two major leagues, and there are some thirty minor lcops in existence, each ,with from six to eight clubs. These as well as the numberless col- lege, school and andlot teams throughout the country, all use base balls, which makes it apparent that the annual bill for them runs into nmportant money. ANTI-SHOCK IRON PUT ON VIEW IN CHICAGO By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 12 —Anti-shock iron and clubs that add from 40 to 50 yards to the average player's shots are the latest achicvements claimed by golf manufactu.e: They zre & golf show th The anti-shock clubs are faintly reminiscent of the, “rubber suspension” of automobile motdrs. In the joint be- tween the shaft and hosel of the ircns, a sheet of rubber is inserted. Manufacturers claim this eliminates the shock of impact. insures more ac- curate approaches, soothes ragged nerves and saves the hands from callouses. g displayed at Chicago'’s week. MORGAN AND ZORILLA TO FIGHT ON APRIL 2 LOS ANGELES, March 12 (#).—The junior lightweight championship bout between Tod Morgan, titleholder, and Santiago Zorilla, San Blas Indian, will be held here April 2 instead of April 9, as previously announced. WIDE ACQUAINTANCE. °* Grover Cleveland Alexander, now entering his nineteenth season as a major league pitcher, has played under 11 different managers. THE SPO HEN it comes to a tough piece of human flesh to eliminate “7 from the heavyweight scene there is one Paulino Uzcu- dun, whose golden molars still reflect the blaze of an unconquer- able smile, Mr. Uzcudun may be no world beater, but after enough hammer- ing to bring down Gibraltar he still re- mains solidly on both feet—hoping for the best and not bothering much about the worst. Which, in its way, is also a fair piece of philesophy to consider. From Our California Scout, EAR SIR: Entered for the jump- ing flea championship—first award, handsome rubber-faced putter—the p tling greens of the Pasa- stroke you have to play the Sierras. Tricky? My word. Think you're a good Jjudge of slopes, do you? Then try these on your optics. When you seem to have a downhill putt you have nothing of the sort. It's up. And when it looks like an uphill tap, it's sure to be down. Mostly you can't see any slope at all. But it's there. Even when you slide by the cup and watch the ball roll up what seems to be a nice, little grade, you don’t belicve it. Yet toward the moun- tains always is up, away from ‘em is always down, and. you can either play it that way or pay. Even the fairways are that way, althcugh they leck as level as a barn floor. One 518-yard hole scems perfectly flat from the tee, but béfore you have réached the green you have elevated yourself 105 feet. Your eyes don't know it, but your heels do. You feel the drag. But what else can you expect in a country where they pick out one of the highest peaks and call it Mount Lowsg dena Country Club, where*with every | a COLUMBIA HEIGHTS TO PLAN FOR NINE * To organize for the coming campaign members of Columbia Heights A. C. base ball team will meet tonight at the home of Hugh Groves, 1014 Spring rcad, at 8 o'clock. All candidates, new and old, are asked to attend. The team plans to compete both in junior and senfor ranks. Games for both teams are being arranged by Manager Groves at Adams 6205. Petworth Yorke base ballers, who will |1 compete in the Capital City senior base ball loop, will lay season’s plans at a meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the home of Jerry Richards, 4118 Third street. Old and new aspirants are asked to report. Isherwood A. C. base ball candidates are asked to report for first practice Sunday morning at 10 o'clock on Rose- dale Playgrounds. Games with teams in the insect class are sought by Sammy West nine. Man- ager Joe Dowd is receiving challenges at Adams 2627-W. By the Assoclated Press. INTER HAVEN, Fla., March 12—The arrival of James Madison Holloway, another pitcher, today boosted the number of boxmen with the Phillies to 14. There are so many flingers in camp that Manager Shotton has ceased to wonder about Bob Mc- Graw, veteran pitcher, whose signed contract has not been received. Although the pitching slab is crowded with athletes, Shotton is listing Barney Friberg, infielder, with the pitching corps. Friberg apparently likes the idea and is working hard to get into shape. “Had I known I was to be a pitcher,” he said, “I would have reported earlier. “I hope I can make good. I have a fair knuckle ball and curve and plenty of speed. The hardest part will be getting control.” Holloway, the newest pitching recruit, hails from Plaquemine, La., and at- tended Southwestern Louisiana Insti- tute. He had received an offer from Detroit, but preferred to try out with the Phils, - CLEARWATER, Fla., March 12 (#).— “Where are the hits of yesterday?” is the war cry of Brooklyn's Robins now. The usual batting practice and practice game were on the card yesterday, but the long blows of previous drills were mysteriously missing. An investigation revealed that the pitchers were throw- ing curves for the first time this year and the batters were biting hard. Max Rosenfield, college teammate of Andy Cohen of the Glants, was among RTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE i Sewel Ford. +(O far this®season we have received no report from Mr. Ford, who with George Ade formed the Willing Ears- Co., Ltd., a company formed to benefit all golfers and protect the non- combatants, or unwilling listeners. You may recall that for $2 you, being a golfer, could hire a Willing Listener and describe in full every stroke played, without having him run away, or be all set to tell you one at the first intake of breath. Can it be that the Willing Listeners, even for high pay, finally company's first president, would be in- teresting to such stockholders that might still remain. - E note where Rogers ‘Hornsby { W says he is glad to be with the Cubs. Rogers was also glad to be with the Cardinals—glad to be with ithe Giants and glad to be with the I'Braves. Glad, in fact, to be with any ‘club that will reward him neatly for i taking a bat up to the plate and start- ling either a fast or curve ball in the | opposite direction. Which is reasonable enough. Sondts | “I see,” writes L. F., “that in a cer- tain round Farrell missed an easy putt. ones they conceded me, quit doing that now.” » And they have Won't the next heavyweight cham- pion have to beat some one that is nearly a champion to be the next heavyweight champion? That may be one of the stymies to be considered e cracked under the strain and disap-| peared? A report from Sewell Ford, the | The only casy putts I ever saw were the ! Phils Have Plenty of Pitchers, Fourteenth Reporting at Camp the few who would not be fooled. He kept right on with his heavy hitting. AVALON, Catalina Island, Calif., March 12 (#).—Cub pitchers have gone over the three-inning route for the last time this season unless they are retired by base hits. Manager Joe McCarthy has advised that hereafter each hurler will be as- signed five innings and that the “bear- ing down” season is at hand. Yesterday’s workout was curtailed because most of the Bruins became sea- sick during the boat ride from Los Angeles. 3 PASO ROBLES, Calif, March 12 (#).—Donie Bush and his Pittsburgh Pirates are beset with a new ailment, alphabetical colds. First it was Adams, then Bartell and Brickell, Comorsky came down, followed by Dawson, whose snifing was taken over by Ens. Fred Fussel followed. Now Grimes and Grantham are suffering. Tiny leicles were noticed yesterday when the Pirates went to their train- ing grounds. Cold weather caused a postponement of all activity and Bush has Intimated he will ask for Texas as a training camp for 1930. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 12 (#).—Coach Johnny Evers of the Braves thinks he has uncovered another Smokey Joe Wood'in Bruce Cunning- ham, former Pacific Coast League pitcher. Cunningham has a speed ball which has been making the players blink when they come up to bat. Evers calls him the best young prospect he has seen in years. He says Cunningham has a wrist and forearms motion like that of the present Yale base ball coach when the laiter was a great major league D}tchen AVON PARK, Fla, March 12 (#).— Cardinal rookies were given another chance yesterday only to succumb to the stickwork of the Boston Braves, 8 to .5, in the club’s fourth exhibition i It was the ‘Braves' first pre- | contest. season melee. The Cards got 11 blows from the winners, but falled to deliver at opportune times. SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March 12 () —“Memphis Bill” Terry and Eddie Roush have arrived in the Giants' | camp. ‘Neither looks as if he needs much work to put him into playing condition. Roush, who was out of the line-up quite a while last season be- cause of a torn stomach muscle, said that the injury was healed. PIERCE A. C. LOOKING T0 DIAMOND SEASON HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 12— Pierce Athletic Club of Hyattsville, which has just completed a highly suc- cessful basket ball season, is now laying plans for base ball. All diamonders in Hyattsville and vi- cinity desiring a trial with the nine should file their applications with Wil- liam Walton, who is secretary of the club and also manager of the team. Manager Walton can be reached at 15 Maple avenue, Hyattsville, or Hyatts- ville 775. Playing a hard schedule of 16 games the Plerce team won 10 and lost 6 games. Among teams over whom vic- tories were scored were the Hyattsville Comets, Stanley A. C., and Original Anacostia Eagles of Washington. Mem- bers of the Pierce team were M. Faunt- | leroy, D. Wanley, C. Bailey, D. Burrhus, | forwards; J. Willilams, Capt. J. Troy, E. Fowler, W. Walton, guards, and P. Slinkman and J. Mayhew, centce. Dixie Pig, No. I, loop leaders, will meet Arcades in Section 1 in the Prince Georges County Duckpin Association te- night on the Arcade drives here. Bar- bers will meet Glenn Dale in Section 2 and Hulwppeu will meet Mohicans in the woman's loop, ___ hurler, who was !mgm are left for each team to settle | MGOWAN, BROWNS, LABELED HOLDOUT Club Says It Has Gone Limit With Outfielder—News From Other Camps. By the Associated Press. EST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 12.—Outfielder Frank McGowan today was listed as a holdout by Vice Presi- dent McEvoy of the St. Louis Browns. McEvoy said the Browns had “gone the limit” with the gardener, who came tcoflthe club last midscason from Kansas y. In the Browns' first practice game the regulars took the yannigans in in an abbreviated session, 4 to 2, with Frank O'Rourke, last season's third baseman, scintillating at the keystone sack. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 12 () —Rumors in the Yankees’ camp are that a catcher is to be added to the roster. Benny Bengough, the regular receiver, has been troubled with a shoulder mal- ady, apd it was decided that the only cure was to have his tonsils removed. If he shows signs of a_quick recovery it is probable that the Yarks cwn get along with the three other catchers on their list, otherwise an experienced man who can handle the young pitchers must be acquired. FORT MYERS, Fla.. March 11 (#).— The bus-riding Athletics were back in base ball harness today, with a return game with the Cincinnati Reds on the afternoon program. All hands were given a day off yester- day, Fieid Manager Eddie Collins be- lieving that a day of rest wouldn't do any harm after the squad had traveled 500 miles in motor busses to play games in St. Petersburg and Miami. DALLAS, Tex., March 12 (#)—“Lena” Blackburne has wielded his managerial ax, cutting six White Sox hopes from his pay roll and sending them back to the minors. Leslie Cox, a right-handed jith San Antonio last year, and Shortffop Irving Jefferies, formerly with Dallas, were released out- right to Dallas; Eli Ward, young right- hander frcm Michigan State Normal College, and Elgin Wilson, promising semi-pro pitcher, were placed with Dal- las for a trial: William Wisomersky, who came up from the United States Cavalry, and Martin Ehlers, an infielder, were sent to Palestine of the Lone Star ague. Rain halted practice yesterday. BASKET BALL LOOP PLANS ABANDONED LYNCHBURG, Va., March 12 (®). —For the present at least, there will be no basket ball league made up of the eight major colleges, mambers of the Southern Conference of the Middle Atlantic area. Plans for such a league, which was proposed some while ago, were definitely abandoned at a conference of repre- sentatives of the colleges of the Middle Atlantic area here yesterday. Opposition developed from North Carolina and Vh’%lnh Military Insti- tute. Failure of Duke to send a rep- ;cnselvit:’uve to Itha wni!&rsnce was taken evidence of op) on on the of that mxuwuon.pos T It was the position of both opposing colleges that playing in the proposed league, in addition to regular sched- ules ‘and in the Southern Conference tournament, would keep players away from their studies too much. Institutions represented at the meet- ing were Washington and Lee, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Military In- stitute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Maryland and North Carolina State. The base ball schedule for the league composed of colleges of the Southern Conference members of the Middle At- lantic arca, with the exception of Duke, will begin the first Tuesday.in April and will include 40 games as adopted at the meeting here yesterday. This' league functioned for the first time last season. At that time Duke was not a member of the Southern Conference. The base ball schedule, as adopted yesterday, will hold good in 1930, also as Duke evinced no interest that institution will not be able to enter the loop until 1931, the 1930 schedule is exactly the same as that of this year. Representatives at the meeting ap- proved a list of foot ball officials and differences in basket ball, boxing, and wrestling schedule for the Midwinter months were arranged. " ' —_— LATE THRILLS DUE IN HOCKEY GROUPS By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 12—The last- minute rushes of the National Hockey League contenders bring promise of some interesting struggles. Les Canadiens of Montreal, who can clinch the top place in the interna- tional group by winning tonight, have the rather difficult task ‘of stopping Toronto’s Maple Leafs, In five games so far the Leafs have not dropped a decision to the Frenchmen, winning three and iieing two. Toronto can come within one point of the second place New York Americans if they can win and the Americans lose. The New Yorkers play their final game tonight against their rivals for | the title of best defensive team, the | Ottawa Senators. One American vic- tory, by a 1-0 score, and four ties have come out of their meetings. The Americans must win tonight to stay in the race for first place, although a Canadian victory will put them out, win or lose. ©Only two games after to- | the disputes. Ottawa’s only hope is to move out of the division cellar for the first time since early in the season, going ahead of the Montreal Maroons with a victory or tie. Only one game is scheduled in the | American group and little interest is attached to it unless the cellar cham- pions, the Chicago Blackhawks, spring a big surprise. Their opponents are the Boston Bruins, leaders of the American group, who can put first place on ice by winning. With a good margin in games.won and lost, the Bruins could drop their next two games if they win tonight’s and still beat out the New York Rangers on that basis. The Rangers have two more games, one of which. was scheduled to be played in Pittsburgh for tonight, but moved to New York to fill the last Sunday date. EIGHT BOYS AND A GIRL GIVE RHYNES BALL CLUB BRADENTON, Fla., March 12 (#), —Hal_Rhyne, shortstop from the San Francisco club, has revealed some family history at the Red Sox camp. Rhyne has seven older brothers and an older sister, all of whom play base ball. As a complete family team they held their own with the best in the neighborhood and the sister was by no means the least ef- fectiveumermber of the nine, R. JOHN JOSEPH McGRAW announces that the Giants will tour Mexico next year, giving exhibitions at Mexico City, Monterey and other points. “Mr. McGraw twice headed base ball expeditions to Eu~ rope and Asia in an attempt to popularize the American national pas- WITH W. O. McGEEHAN. M time in countries that did not know the game. Base Ball Across the Border. He did not make much headway. There has been no noticeable increase in interest in base ball in any of the countries visited by McGraw's base ball pioneers. In England they were polite enoug™ to say that the game was inter- esting, but there is no ground to believe tha' Babe Ruth or Rogers Hornsby will take the place of Jack Hobbs in the esteein of the English. As to the chances of the Mexicans giving up bull fighting or cock fighting in favor of base ball, these seem rather slim. Perhaps Mr. McGraw does not hope for anything of that sort and does not care. He scems to be fairly certain that there will be cutomers enough in the Mexican cities to make the one tour of the Giants pay its expenses. Just now Mexico is enjoying its own particular outdoor sport, a revolu- tion. This furnishes more thrills than ever could be expected from base ball, even from the most crucial of the crucial games. Even a world seri Louis hardly could give the excitement that comes from the annual revolution. The only country in which the American game seems to have made much progress is in Japan. The Japanese have taken to the game with much enthu- sfasm. It has become one of the most popular sports with some of the Japanese universities. One of the Western colleges is planning to send another team to Japan in the immediate future. Some time ago Mr. McGraw confided in me that he was planning to take the Giants on a tour of South America after the close of the regular season. I do not know what hold base ball has in that continent—if any. Perhaps the South American base ball expedition would be quite as futile as far as vopularizing the American game there as were the several expeditions Mr, McGraw led through Europe. It may be that Mr. McGraw is dipping far into the future and looking for a reserve supply of ivory. Material seems to be getting scarcer and scarcer in this sector. The Argentine Republic sent a Luis’ Angel Firpo into the caulifiower industry. It might seem plausibie that the same country might produce another Babe Ruth or one might come of Mexico. At any rate, Mr. John Joseph McGraw is demonstrating that he still is the greatest showman in professional base ball as well as one of the most astute of the managers. He realizes that winning pennants and that sort of thing are only side lines to the business of putting on a good show, and he has won his share of pennants and world championships at that. The matter of making Mexico safs for the American national pastime may be merely one of Mr. McGraw’s gestures, but it is good showmanship, if nothing else. It may not mean that Mexico City will come into organized base ball in the next year or so, but as to the distant future, as they say on the other side of the Rio Grande, “Quien sabe?” At®Dear Old Ruigers.” R. GEORGE H. GREENFIELD is worried as to the future of Rutgers, from which college came the famous slogan, “I would die for dear old Rutgers.” He writes: “Knowing your solicitude for the preservation of our more important national pastimes, I beseech you to join with me in viewing with alarm a perilous condi- tion revealed by the newspapers in a recent dispatch from New Brunswick, N. J. “It appears a survey was conducted by the authorities of Rutgers University among the members of the freshman class to determine the specific lure which drew each student to the shores of the Raritan. “Having heard about Rutgers, why did you come here?” seemed to be the general content of the query. “In the answers to these apparently guileless questions lies the menace 1 desire to call to your attention. Forty-two of the 165 future Presidents of the United States who made reply unhesitatingly announced that they chose dear old Rutgers because of the ‘excellence of its courses.’ Forty-two other conscienceless individuals were persuaded by the college’s ‘high schol- astic standing.’ Fifty were swayed, fifty, mind you, by the ‘spirit of the college.” - “But this is not all, sir. These irrefutable figures also showed that only 20 had been enticed to New Brunswick because they had ‘heard’ about the athletic teams, and five, specifically, by the prowess of Rutgers’ swimming teams. “And one brazen youth, if we may believe the press dispatches, actually con= fessed that he had enrolled at Rutgers ‘to learn to think. “Think of it, sir. Not a mention of foot ball in the entire lot! I ask you, what is the Nation coming to? A Strange Ambition. “ HERE .is the red-blooded, flaming corpuscled youth of our land? What manner of future citizenry may this glorious country anticipate if our in- § mm:t_ftuuons are peopled with young men whose sole ambition is ‘to learn 0 '? “Politicians and statesmen may rant of farm relief, of tariff revision and intervention; of tolerance, peace treaties and post offices, but unless some immediate action is taken to curb this imminent peril, woe will be ours. “It is inconceivable that the time has come when our your men fer the quiet cloister of the reading room to the virile conflict of the foot ball traini field. Shall we permit the sheepskin to supplant the moleskin as the national idol of our student body? No one ever heard of making a headline with a 100- yard dash in the trigonometry classroom. Amecrica must haveits heroes if it is to remain in the forefront of the nations. y “A Wrong Impression.” . ‘Y ET us therefore hasten to correct this false impression that knowledge and not foot ball is the basis of our institutions of learning. 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