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SPORTS.' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 719%9. SPORTS. 15 Neun, Not Sisler, to Play for Braves : Permanent Injury Risk Stopped Turney BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EORGE SISLER fis not to be an with Baltimore in 1929. About both of thcse players there is base ball history of a nature much out of the ordinary. Cincinnati, far down in_the southwest- ern corner of Ohio. He subsequently moved to Barberton, Ohio, which is and he did. In 1911 he was asigned to the Akron, Ohio-Peinsylvania League Club, but never reported to it. In 1912 fused to report. Pittsburgh held title to him in 1913 and 1914, but Sisler still refused to report. As he had not title to him through a deal antedating &1l others. The next thing heard of him was that influence in the matter. The Pitts- burgh club started on the warpath. Made Dreyfuss Bitter, commission. Dreyfuss was bitter against Herrmann. He insisted that the deci- slon was contrary to the evidence and Dreyfuss declared war on Herrmann. He told friends he would never rest un- til he saw Herrmann removed as chair- Johnny Fails After Year With Tigers—George at Peak in 1922. active member of the Boston Nationals next season. The first baseman to start for Bos- ton is Johnny Neun who was George Sisler was always a good ball player. Base ball men began to hear of him when he played with Akron, Ohio, High School. He was born near near Akron. ‘The University of Michigan heard of Bisler. They thought he would make a #plendid addition to their base ball nine title to Sisler was transferred to Co- lumbus, but he again refused to report. Columbus turned title to him over to Pitteburgh that year and again he re- played professional base ball, although claimed by a professional club, Michi- gan used him on the team. All this time Barney Dreyfuss claimed original Bisler was with the St. Louis American League Ci . How he came to go there 1s neither here nor there but an alum- nus of Michigan might have had some The national commission decided ggainst Dreyfuss, the deciding vote be- ing cast by Garry Herrmann. There began the downfall of the national that he had protected his rights to Sisler in every way that the national commaission deemed necessary, but this didn't change Herrmann's mind. man of the national commission. It was a square fight since Dreyfuss told Herrmann to his face what he meant to do, The national commission could not get a vote of confidence from Dreyfuss after he lost Sisler. Sisler improved and as he mproved to Dreyfuss’ hostility Terrmann in- creased. In 1922 er was the best ball player in the United States and one of the best in base ball history. In 1)23 he could not see well enough to find a thrown ball as it was coming to him and did not play a game. That was the greatest contrast in a player's condition in base ball history. One year leader of the United States and the next not able to see the ball so that he could bat it. Never the Same Again. In 1924 he piayed again, but he never was the Sisler who played in 1922, and trying to manage a ball team did not help him any. St. Louis sold him to Washington in 1927. Washington was £aid to have paid $25 000 to get him. It was a bad buy. Sisler was one more first baseman than Washington needed. The Boston Nationals got him next for the waiver price. He has been with Boston since ihen, but never quite over- came the trouble he had with his eyes. Johnny Neun played first base for Detroit when Moriarty was manager and he astonished the American League by his skill. “He Is the coming first baseman of the American Ledgue,” Moriarty said then. But he never ar- rived, He seemed to have exhausted his base ball skill in one brief period. (Copyright, 1920.) ROLPH WILL BE LEADER AT ROSE BOWL CONTEST | which furnished much merriment to ail BY 0. B. KEELER, For the Associated Press. Sometimes I wonder why we never have had a southpaw golfing cham= pion in the major ranks. A couple of years ago I met & very good lefthander named Len Nettlefold, who was at St. Andrews to compete in the_British open championship, and Nettlefold was at the time amateur champion of Australia. But that is as far as I ever heard of a man getting who stood on the wrong side of the ball. However, they have annually in this counfry a national southpaw golfing championship—did you know that? And Rudolph S. Juran of Minneapolis has won it four times, his last victory being the third in a Yow, so that he now has permanent possession of the trophy and is known as king of the southpaws. And I received a very interesting letter the other day from an Asso- clated Press correspondent, Charles A. Grumich, at Columbia, Mo., con- cerning Ben Richter, professional at the famous Triple-A Club in St. Louis, who, says Grumich, probably DOWN T Another Southpaw Golf Star . McGEZHAN. TR 01LTIONARY 0OF3NT LIE = (T SAYS Youk SlcE S ReALY teaches more golf than any other rrofessional in that considerable town. Bennie, it seems, can play some goif from the supposed wrong side, and does. At any rate, he finished third in the Missouri open at Spring- field and established a record of 31 on the first nine holes, par 35, at the Hickory Hills Golf Club. Grumich says, indeed, that the main trouble with Bennie's method is not on the golf course but in the protracted wrangles he gets into with Art Longworth, president of the Missouri Professional Golfers’ Association, who insists on calling Bennie's slice a hook, and tries to prove it to him out of the diction- ary. Bennle says Webster did not live long enough to witness a left- handed slice ard that is not his (Bennie's) fault., I should think & teacher who played left-handed would have a considerable advantage in illustrat- ing strokes for a right-handed pupll —he woul{ serve as a sort of human looking-glass, at which the pupil ;;vuld look and swing at the same me. HE LINE It Sounds Simple. NATIONAL committee appo! ling sports in France has amateur athlete. WITH W. O. inted by the various bodies control- come out with a definition of an It sounds simple enough, and one wonders why the United States Lawn Tennis Association, the United States Golf Association, th: A. A. U. and the other organizations which have been making a Babel Tower out of the matter have been conversing so vociferously but incoherently through their chapeaux on this topic. The definition as reached by the sagaious French sportsmen fol- lows: “An amateur is one who eng: ages in sport or takes part in com- petitions from the love of the sport without getting or attempting to get & money prize or a reward or a means of living.” It is a good enough general definition of amateurism, but it seems that the amateur bodies of the United States had to write in a Volstead amendment that would reduce the professional con- tent of American professionalism in our amateurism to less than a half of 1 per cent, The American notion is that the Simon-pure amateur athiete, besides be- ing shut off from the cash prize direct- 1y, must also refrain from securing any profit indirectly from his participation in amateur sports. ‘That brought out the playver-writer rule in the case of Mr. Willlam T. ‘Tilden, 2d. The United States Lawn Tennis Association decided that if Mr. Tilden had not acquired a cer- tain amount of prestige through his standing in amateur tennis his cur- rent literature concerning the cur- rent tennis tournaments would not bring him any large remuneration. It had the theory that there was an 1llegally high professional content in his amateurism and that it had to be boiled down to the proper per- centage. The result has been a controversy be- tween Mr. Tilden and the U. S. L. T. A concerned, except the members of the PASADENA, Calif, December 21 (). | U. S. L. T. A, who were earnestly en- —Mayor James Rolph, jr, who Is famous as much for the gardenta which always adorns his lapel as for his po- litieal triumphs, is going to break the habit of a lifetime New Year day and wear & rose. He has accepted the position of master of ceremonies of the East-West | foot ball in the Rose Bowl Ma or Rolph has much the same reputation on the coast as regards haberdashery as has Mayor Walker of New York on the Atlantic Seaboard. classic, January I, JIMi(Y CLABB? IS— ILL. HAMMOND, Ind., December 21 (#).— Jimmy Clabby, one of the outstanding middleweight boxers of the Eddie Mc- Goorty, George Chip, Mike Gibbons days, is ill at his home here, ALONG THE BY CARROL VERY one else does it and so shall we—meaning the following L issues of current boat magazines, ‘be- cause they are so decorative, my dear'— the R. B. Haynie in with a load of oysters and bending on a new jib— Comdr. J. Nelson Nevius curling & lip at the speedboats stored at Floodgate— Steve Aubinoe, Middy Stewart, Frank Knight, Sam Wiggin and Carl Justice busy taking the sail off their respective craft—the Monday night promenade of would-be navigators bound for class at the Capitol Yacht Club—the large books are copies of Bowditch—Col. Snyder's Semper Fidelis acquiring a new bow at Ragan’ ‘Rhoddy’ Rhoderick in a new bonnet—the house moving at the Cor- inthian—J. G. Hanna's dirty digs at German boat builders and designers— Capt. Taylor taking in the boat gear from out front— ‘Buck' Kerper taking inventcry of gadgets and thinguma- jigs—Dan Fowler before & blazing open fire, a picture we should like to have— he sure looks the part of Washington's premier yatchsman—Doc Bennett hegnting the new home—I. W, Walker also, with bulky books of figures—the horseshoe pitchers around at the Wash- ington Club—the gang hauling ouf. at Eastern—the Liliom underway when there is no fce—Skipper Kane scrubbing down the 0 Have ‘you ever noticed the predomi- nance of Washington authors in boat- ing magazines? The December issue of Rudder carries two that I recog- nize as being such—Charles W. Neill end Charles M. Blackferd. Here's a long felt want all filled up. he new lighting plant offered by the Malleable Iron Fittings Co. of Brand- ford, Conn., seems to be just the thing. Weight 5¢ pounds, motor 2 cycle, gen erator 6 or 12 voit. “Dear Santa: Please put one of these in our stocking and oblige.” Did you know that all the glues necessary for reconditioning “Old Iron- sides” have been donated by a promi- nent firm? All that is now needed to seen and d sort of thing. Here it is: “The old lady at the magazine stand buying complete the job is a mere $100,000, and the old frigate will be herself agaig, | i | | | | | WATERFRONT KLOTZBACH, deavoring to hold Mr. Tilden to the Volsteadian standards of amateurism. | It became as complicated as a disarma- ment conference. The United States Golf Association also had some worriment in trying to tighten up the amateur law and to “put teeth in it,” as the boys on the Methodist Board of Morals, Temper- ance and Prohibition, or what you call it, would say. Only the golfing solons are less vehment about it. It seems that the royal and anclent permits amateur golfers to sell sport- ing goods. The unroyal and more modern American body does not. But the unroyal and mod>rn American body will, in certain instances, permit the paying of the expenses of an amateur golfer. The royal and ancient will not. ‘The A. A. U. has all sorts of troubles in keeping its amateurs to the Volsteadian content. This or- How bare and drear the channel now that nearly all the boats have gone into Winter quarters. The park authorities should do something about this, erect a screen, or, better still, permit the berthing of boats along the park wall This would be a waterfront improve- ment that would require no appropria- tions by laggard Congress and provide additional opportunity for a recrea- tional sport without peer. The waning game of base ball is provided for, why ot provide for an up and coming sport like boating? A fence and walkway have been con- structed along the park wall for use of visitors to the park—and the reasons for most visits to the park—the boats— removed to the opposite side of the channel where they .cannot be seen. Give the sightscers and the boatmen !'a chance, berth us along the wall. Our appeal for assistance for Capt. Giannont of the Anna of Panama. struck hard over at the Washington Club. Two big baskets of food supplies were de- ed the old skipper, and a raflle d some $32 thai also went into the ship's coffers. Don't let this stop you, these supplies won't last forever. Is there a doctor in the house? The old boy has a touch of rheumatiz in his knees, Any one winning a ton of coal at bowling or cards might have it de- livered to the Anna if their furnace happens to be an ofl burner. The Harbor Commission announces that it is preparing plans for the dredg- ing of 112 acres for yacht mooring pur- poses. Construction of T head plers with 300 be: for cruising ecraft is also _announced. Incidentally, this is the Los Angeles Harbor Commission. Ventura County, Calif., has named a commission to promote & bond lissue for the construction of a yacht harbor at Hueneme. Commodore McHugh of the Ohio River Yacht Club has written in for ad- vice and guldance in the forming and administration of a yacht club. First of all, we suggest not con.i‘lrr;gcb:“\')vo:&}: ington for this pi . commodore, they in them out e . e ganization has complicated its trouble to a certain extent by making lese majeste a violation of the amateur act and spirit. You may or may not recall that Ray Barbuti, an | American amateur track man,” was | declared null and void as an am- ateur athlote because he charged that all was not well in the A, A. U. Barbuti had not received or at- trmpted to receive & money prize or a reward and he had not competed in the Olympic games, where he starred, as a means of getting a living. He did com- pete for the love of the sport and he was indignant when it was whispered to him that he might capitalize his Olympic prestige for cash and to a sub- stantial amount. For expressing his resentment of these conditions veh mently and frankly he was suspended controlled by the A. A. U. Returning to Amateurism. T WAS made evident some time back that the French notions concerning amateurism were much more liberal than those in the United States. For instance, there was the case of the French emateur tennis player who turned professional and joired the forces of Mr. C. C. Pyle. Subsequently he repented taking this step because he | felt that the wage was small, or for sm;\e other reasons best known to him- self. He applied to the French Lawn Ten- nis Association for reinstatement as an amateur. This was arranged. It was taken for granted that he was very contrite. But then there was the fact that he had taken the tainted money of Mr. Pyle. That made another prob- lem. It would not do for him to hold the wage of shame and still be a re- constructed amateur. The French Lawn Tennis Associ- ation solved the problem. It decided that the penitent professional must disgorge the ill-gotten gains. But the disgorging must be made to the French Lawn Tennis Association and not flung into the sinister face of Mr, C. C. Pyle. The amateur as- socfation took the money and the French tennis player was restored to full amateur standing. Under this ruling Mile. Suzanne Lenglen might be restored to full ama- teur standing if she would turn over to the French Lawn Tennis Association all of the profits that accrued to her while she was playing the tennis one- night stands with Pyle's troupe. But evidently Mlle. Lenglen received more for sacrificing her amateurism than did the male tennis player. At any rate, she made no application for reinstatement and she has made no gesture in the way of tossing the ill- gotten gains from the professional trip at the feet of the solons in charge of the French Lawn Tennis Association. Fights Last Night By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK—Benny Bass, Philadel- phia, knocked out Tod Morgan, world Junior lightweight champion (2). Vo- lente, England, outpointed Frankle Marchese, New York (8). Al Ridge- way, Jersey City, N. J., outpointed Nel Tarleton, England (8). SAN DIEGO.-“Dummy” Mahan, San Francisco, outpointed = Erwin Bige, Omaha (10). BOSTON.—Armand Emanuel, Los An- geles, outpointed Jack Gagnon, Boston (10). Neil Clissy, Los Angeles, stopped Tony Galento, Orange, N. J. (7). DETROIT--Billy Wallace, C'eveland, outpointed Bruce Flowers, New Rochelle, N. J. (10). Marty Stone, Detrolt, out- pointed Roy Ryan, Pittsburgh, Pa. (6). WICHITA, Kans—Angus Snyder, Dodge City, Kans, qutpointed Fred Reese, Fort Scott, Kans. (10). Baxter Calmes, Wichita, knocked out Jack Strong, Tulsa, Okla. (4). ° SOUTH BEND, Ind—Eddie Shea, Chicago, knocked out Frankie Garcla, Havana (1), OMAHA,! Nebr.— George Schaffer, Chicago, Gutpointed Sammy Disalvo, Council Bluffs, Towa (10).. ERIE, Pa.—Rosy Rosales, Cleveland, outpointed Billy Jones, Phiiadelphia €10). Joey Goodman, Cleveland, out- pointed Johnny Kusic, Youngstown, Ohio (10). SAN FRANCISCO.—Frankie Steton, Francisco, fouled “Cowboy’ ADdeTion, Cagoes, ey M from participation in amateur sports | N BENE INFLUENCED BY BLOW ON HEAD, P Temporary Loss of Memory Made Champion Decide to Quit Ring. BY JOHN J. ROMANO. EW YORK, December 21.—Gene ‘Tunney's permanent retirement from the ring does not mean that Gentleman Gene has for- gotten all about the hectic mo- ments he spent insige the roped arena. Some of Gene'’s fights were terrific ones. So much so that Tunrey is being care- fully examined to ascertain whether some blows he reccived have not in- jured delicate nerves and muscles, which may show at some future date. Tunney’s fears are not groundless. ‘There is a good reason for the precau- tionary measures he is taking at this late date. Fear of a permanent injury and not his marriage to Polly Lauder ui;s the reason Gene retired from the ring. Cne rainy day at Speculator, N. Y., when the heavyweight champion was training for what was to be his last appearance in the ring, Gene told the writer & story when then bore out the assumption that he would retire before the heavy battering one endures in fistic encounters would exact too heavy & toll from him. It seems that in one of his fights ‘Tunney was hit hard in the back of the head and for several days he suffered a loss of memory. The lapse was only momentary, but it had its effect on the sensibilities of the champlon. Talking the matter over with a noted physician, who specialized in mental and optic nerves, Gene was told that a heavy blow had disturbed the convolutions of his brain cells so much that the next time complete suspension of the mind might occur. The thought that insanity might be the result in later years had a deciding effect on the champlon, so that it was but a matter of course for him to cast aside his world laurels and seek other MATMAN FCRCED TO QUIT, BUT IS AWARDED A DRAW SALT LAKE CITY, December 21 (#) —Ira Dern, Salt Lake City heavywelght grappler, was given & draw in his bout here last night with Bob Kruse of Eu- gene, Oreg., despite the fact he was in- Jured and unsple to conti11e. Dern won the first fall in 18 minutes with & body drop, but fell while leaving the ring and was injured. Each weighted 195 poupds. Nick Velooff of San Francisco and Dr. Carl Sarpolis of Cincinnati wrestled to a draw in the semi-windup. DETROITERS LEAD IN PASADENA GOLF Hagen and Von Elm Point $4,000 Tourney. By the Associated Pre ASADENA, Calif., December 21.— hundred or more select perform- ers in the great Scottish pastime today trudged the great Walter George von Elm, second ranking ama- teur in America, seeking the winner's spoils in the Pasadena $4,000 open The two players from Detroit broke par by two strokes yesterday under ad- verse conditions ‘o wend their way with scores of 69, while on their heels came five others, including the defend- ing champlon, Craig Wood, Bloomfield, Horton Smith, Joplin, Mo.; Densmore Shute, Columbus, Ohio, and two Massa- chusetts entrants, David Mackney of completed the quintet which finished with cards of 70. Fifty of yesterday's starters, whose of night closed in on the Arrono Seco, were to finish their eighteens today be- fore those who turned in 78 or less teed ‘The 60 low cards after the second 18 holes today will qualify for Sunday's concluding 36 holes. ippine Islands, along with Jimmy Fouls, Chicago, and Hutt Martin, Reno, Nev., will go to the tee tied for third place at the opening round one over par. A sandstorm was responsible for many high cards yesterday, but no outstand- Way in First Round of At the head of an army of & Hagen, British open champion, and tournament. through the opening 18 holes of play N. J., professional. Lawrence and Lew Waldron, Boston, rounds were not completed as the shades off for the second round. Larry Montes, champion of the Phil- par 71 figures, with 16 others making ing players were left behind. No Hurry for Von Elm on Iron Shot ‘Watch that sound iron player, George Von Elm, play his irons. You will see that he is in no hurry in starting the club down. Most pros caution you to stop the swing at the top before starting down. In short, don't be in too great a rush to get it over with. Visualize each shot in advance. ‘The iron, like the full shot, is played in exactly the same way. A slow start down on the club and a gradual HUMS OF LEFT £I0PS BALKEWING FOR CHIP OR $0 EDOIE. 1LOQS PLAYS 1T it Ay -y increase of the club- in e head until it reaches its um velocity at contact. mz 1s no great amount of body in the iron shot. The blow is an arm- blow against a braced left leg and hip. But in delivering it sense the idea of gradually increasing the speed of the clubhead until contact 15 made. Unless you understand the pivot you cannot hope to shoot good golf. Sol Mgtzger has & new illustrated leafl"t which he will send to any one wisaing it. Address Sol Metzger, Inca;i of this paper, and inclose & Wtecp g s T | past reputation. Bass Holds No Boxing Crown, K. O. of Morgan, Champ hesitancy in counting Morgan out in the second round and declaring Bass the winner on a knockout. The fight, while it lasted, was a sen- sational affair. Bass, on the long end of odds as high as 6 to 1, ran into serious difficulties in the first round. Morgan jolted the Philadelphia chal- lenger with several rights to the chin that had Bass reeling and dizzy at the bell. At the start of the second round, however, Bass rushed from his corner and swung a wild right that landed flush on Morgan’s chin. The champion hit the canvas with a thud and barely regained his feet at the count of nine, Bass swung both fists to the body and head. Morgan; almost defenseless in the face of the storm of leather that came his way, tried to get close enough to his rival to hold on. But Bass un- leashed & terrific right to the chin that sent the titleholder down for the full count. Morgan Champ Four Years. Morgan won the somewhat synthetic junior_lightweight championship from Mike Ballerino four years ago and de- Irnded it 15 times in the intervening time. Bass has been a first-rank feather- | weight for several years. His last big | bout in New York was against Tony Canzoneri for the featherweight cham- | pionship. Bass lost the decision on | that memorable evening, but fought for 10 rounds or more with a broken bone in his shoulder. A moderately-sized crowd of 9.000 saw the match. Bass weighed 127; Morgan, | 128. Assoclated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, December 21.—Tod Morgan has relinguished his ship, but whether to his con- queror, Benny Bass, awaits the decision of an official inquiry by the Bass, the pile-driving puncher from Philadelphia, knocked out Morgan in the second round of their 15-round and apparently succeeded to the 130- pound crown bayond a doubt. A few minutes after the knockout, however, commission_ordered the purses of both fighters withheld gfndlng an investiga- tion to be begun by the commission on managers, were ordered to appear be- fore the solons at that time. Farley in- dicated that, he did not believe the bout Farley's action was taken after re- ports reached the commission of the somewhat intricate financial arrange- in the event he lost, Morgan had been guaranteed $35,000, but that if he won he would receive 37% per cent of the approximately $28,000, of which it was sald Morgan would have received little more than $10,000 had he won. Before the fighters entered the ring, Commissioner Farley warned Referee | Jimmy Crowley to watch for anything | New Manager of White Sox Next Season. ITTSBURGH, Drcember 21.—Ar- thur (the Great) Bhires, bad boy of base buill, who belleved. | the greatest boxer since the days of John L. Sullivan and Peter Mayer, will do well to pull none of his pery manager of the Chicago White Sox, next season. Donie let it be known to his per- would only take one swing at his chin. | Has Forgotten Past. “I expect Shires to obey every rule the White Sox,” said Bush. “If Shires disobeys any rule I am going to call him the same as the greenest rookie on All that has gone be- fore does not concern me, and is his- | tory. What I am interested in now is hearted efforts to the welfare of the club.” As most_every base ball fan knows, two swings on former Manager Lena | Blackburne’s chin when reprinianded | for his breach of discipline last season, time, I respect every player in my | charge and in return demand the same | courtesy,” Bush said. “I never took | me,” Donie said. Bush was emphatic in discussing how he intends to handle the “terror.”| Shires' past conduct against him. Will Talk to Shires. “The boy is & youngster and & good sibly has been misadvised and all that is needed is getting him straightened out,” the new White Sox manager told that he gives the White Sox his best and forgets what has happened. “I am going to have a heart-to-heart | opens,” Bush said. “But one thing is certain, Shires had better not take a punch at me—I have never gone down who will have the honor of sending me to the dust at this stage of my career. If Shires keeps his head and plays base fighter, everything is going to be fine and Shires will be the best first base- man of the league.” [ERBERT W. BARKER, junior lightweight champion- New York State Athletic Commission. titular bout in Madison Square Garden Chairman James A. Farley of the State Tuesday. Bass and Morgan, with their had been fought on its merits. ments of the bout. It was said that gate. The gate, as it turned out, was Referee Satisfled. suspicious, but the referee showed no Expects Art to Shine until last Monday, that he was capers on Donie Bush, flerv and pep- sonal friend, Vic Neilan, that Shires | laid down while I am at the head of the oute* I have forgotten Shires’ whether Shires will give his whole- that the “one and only” Shires took “J have been in base ball a long, water when a player took a swing at | | Under no circumstances would he hold base ball player. I believe that he S Neilan. “All that I ask of Shires is| talk with Shires before the season | yet, and you can bet it won't be Shires ball, instead of emulating a prize ROD AND ‘There is hardly a man, woman or child who has not heard or read some- thing about Izaak Walton and few who have not heard of the Izaak Walton League of America with chapters in al- most, every city in the United States, but how many of them actually know what this league is doing for you and me, and for posterity. ‘The league’s conservation platform is as_follow: To encourage appreciation of Amer- fea’s outdoor resources. More outdoor recreation to develop | better Americans. FEradicate pollution to safeguard health and aquatic life. Protect and extend our forests and replant idle lands. Restore drained areas and prevent unwise drainage. Better protection for wild life and more refuges. More fish and game farms to perpet- uate the supply. More trained workers to direct con- servation affairs, Stop the sale of all wild game and game fishes. Enforce conservation laws and respect private property. Mold public sentiment and teach con- servation in schools. Co-operate with others striving to ac- compHish like aims. Some of the outstanding things the league has under way are: International Playground.—Promoting & campaign to create and develop an international wilderness recreational and timber-producing area in Minne- sota and Ontario, Shipstead-Newton bill pending in Congress, Cheyenne Bottoms Refuge.--Promot- ing & plan to establish a permanent lake and wild-life refuge of 20,000 acres in the Chevenne Bottoms, Central Kansas. Hope bill pending in Congress. Fisheries Program.—Urging Congress to enact the White five-year fisheries I.)lfll to esubl% a dem;m, .g%m re!;en- ive program lon velop- ment of fish rearing and research activi- ‘This bill affects 33 States. Forest Protection.—Su) lation to establish a m pro- tect national forests nst fires in- | stead of spending several times the sum now l[:rroprllwd to extinguish them. ggleb ight-Cutting bill now before ngress. Bass Law Enforcement.—S, legislation to stop the sale of biack bass in the few remaining States and en- deavoring to secure funds from Con- gress for the enforcement of the Hawes act. Hawes enforeement bill pending in Congress. B BY PERRY MILLER: CARRIGAN THROUGH - AS RED SOX PILOT Wagner Mentioned as Likely Successor to Manager Who Voluntarily Retires. By the Associated Press. OSTON, December 21.—The name of Bill Carrigan, manager of the Red Sox, wWhose career saw the heights and depths of base ball fortune reached by his teams, was added today to the list of big-league managers whose activities have ended since the finish of the 1929 | season. | President Bob Quinn, who visited | Carrigan at his home in Lewiston, Me. revealed on his return that Carrigan | had retired from base ball. Quinn said he was not ready to name a successor. Heinje Wagner, Carrigan’s right-hand man for many years, has been frequent- 1y mentfoned. The change will give Boston its sec- & ond new big-league manager next year Bill McKechnie, formerly of the St TLouts Cardinals, having been named to | succeed President-Manager Emil Fuchs | of the Braves a few months ago. Carrigan was a catcher for the Sox in | 1012 world-championship days after being signed in 1906. He was made | manager in the late Summer of 1913, | and his 1915 and 1916 teams won the | world series. At the end of the season | he retired to his business enterprises at Lewisten, In 1927, with the team's fortunes at low ebb, Carrigan was again summoned to the helm. The team has remained in last place during the last three seasons. Carrigan, now 46 years old, has a family of two girls and & boy, and is one of the | wealthiest of former big-league base ball | players, KEENEY PARK TRACK | IN FLORIDA CLOSED By the Associated Press. * JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December 21.| —Keeney Park race track near here | has been closed three weeks before the scheduled end of its 27-day meeting. Frank A. Keeney, New York sports- man and owner of the track, issued & statement during the running of the sixth day’'s card yesterday to the effect that racing there had been called off until the laws of Florida permitted the pari-mutuel system of wagering. He said his action was in the face of impending injunction proceedings | “started by Fred O. Eberhardt, Talla- hasse publisher, and other reformers.” STREAM scenie assets as the Great Falls of the Potomac and the Cumberland Falls in |7,y Kentucky. Pollution.—Continuing & Nation-wide campaign to clean up all inland and coastal waters. The far-reaching benefits of the Tzaak Walton League always will be those local achievements which, because of their very number, will not attract wide publicity. As an {llustration, the local chapter of the league, after a long, hard fight, secured the passage of a bill by Congress prohibiting the sale of large and small mouth bass in the District of Columbia. The local chapter has now joined the Baltimore chapter in its fight to have the Maryland Legislature pass such a bill. The local chapter has its own prob- lems in the way of pollution and better protection for bass in tidewater. The Potomac River below Washington is the chief tidewater bass stream over which Maryland has jurisdiction. In this stream the only protection given the bass 1s & closed season of four months in the year, April, ay, June and July. During the remainder of the year any- thing can happen to the bass, and al- most. everything does happen. Right today it is reported that big hauls of bass are being made each day and shipped to open markets. Just why the Maryland Legislature cannot see this evil and put a stop to it is & mystery. The monthly meeting of the District of Columbia Chapter of the Izaak Wal- ton League was held last Wednesday night at the Raleigh Hotel. ~About members were present and nine’ new ones were recorded, making & total of 24 additions during’ November and De- cember, The chapter now is of sufti- cient size to feel its importance in the community, and & larger program for 1930 1is being mapped out. At the January meeting of the chap- ter the nomination of officers for the ensuing year will be one of the impor- oot Yo bet, Uier consia: question thal en un = eration for some time is that of chang- ing the name of the organization from the Potomac Anglers’ Association, local chapter of the Izaak Walton League, to the District of Columbia Chapter. A at many of the older members of he organization are opposed to the change, while others contend that the Potomac Anglers’ Association means nothing to people outside of the Dis- trict. ~ A vote on the question is ex- pected to be taken at the next meeting. PHILADELPHIA, December 21 (#).— Richard Shikat last night threw Jim McMillen, former Illinois foot ball star, in 1 hour, 25 minutes and 45 Shikat used s pody slamy | gage & Invi Purchasing No. 1 and No. 2 again had their regular office scrap. Purchasing No. 2' took the odd game from Capt. Dorzey's No. 1 team. So far this season the No. 2 team has had the upper hand,q hgving won four of the six games played, Law _certainly leading Auditors Auditors came back strong and took the last one with a 585 game. Operation stopped the fast traveling Disbursing team bye taking the odd game. Miller, however, continued to ut the bee on the in the first-two, but| WITH THE BOWLERS gan looks for the team to get back into its stride when matches are resumed after the holidays. LADIES' DISTRICT LEAGUE. Team Standing. Recrention ... 36 8 Lucky Btrike.... 39 ¥ ncky Btr Joih itk W I 03 Arcadia 3111 pl 18 24 King Pin.. . 10 5 14 28 Convention Hall 22 20 Petworth i5 30 Meyer Davis.... 21 21 Silver Bpring.. 4 38 May Perry of Meyer Davis rolled & season’s record game, with 141, which keep up his good work for Disbursing | beat the old mark held by Lucille with a 364 set. Traffic seems to be gradually round- ing Into form. This week they made Construction take the short end of the three games. Apple® had high game of 138, Mille~ had high set of 364. Auditors had high game of 585. Purchasing No. 2 had high set of 1,580, Team Btanding. W.L Auditors 14 Construction .. Purchasing ng 2... Operation Disbursing 1917 Law NAUTICAL LEAGU Team Standin 4 Drifters’ Can. 2 Eotomac Canoe Wash Anehor Canoe 1 Canoe Woodchop. Drifters' Can. 120 Potomac B. C.. 28 Wash. Canoe 1 23 Bonzal Canoe.. 22 Bee Hi 21 El Dori Wash, @3RRGS 0 110 20 Canoe ‘2 17 1 Records, gllish team game—Drifters’ Cance No. 1, High team set—Drifters' Canoe No. 1 1,691 High indi dual game—Groft Boat Club), 143 High individual set—Rice (Washington Canoe No. 1), 395, High individual average—Wood (Potomac oat Club), 115, er ot strikes—Meany (Poto- number 0f spares—Brant (Drift- ers’ Canoe No. 1), 82. Realtors’ League. Boss & Phelps rolled high feam game and high team set for the evening with scores of 566 and 1,596, in addition to strengthening their huld on first place by taking two of the three games rolled with the Finance Co. team. Noweil ‘of Shannon & Luchs rolled high individual game with a score of 141, and Costa of the National Mert- stment Co. team rolled high individual set with a score of 345. The results of the games rolled by the other teams are as follows: The Dis- 27| Recreation grab | trict Title Co. took two games from the | Randall H. Hagner Co., Wardman took two from the National Mortgage & In- vestment Co., Shannon & Luchs took twp from the Columbia Title Co, Team Standing. Boss & Phelps EAST 'VASHINGTON CHURCH LEAGUE. Team Standing. Bentist d Brethr'n Lincoln Road First Brethren, 2 Al aver: 18l g4 High tndividu H d m 1Al get Hith tea i Douglas No. 2 still heads the proces- sion, with Douglas No. 1 four games behind and Ingram No. 1 trailing the latter team game. Douglas No. 2 1is still winning, and with Mac Snell- ings leading the attack wi a 346 set took two from Anacostia M. E. Douglas No. 1 lost a little ground by dropping two close ones to Fifth Bay A Ingram No. 1 is coming along at a fast pace, and with Lyle Seaton shoot- ing the high game of the week with 147 and totaling 347 for his set took all three from Second Baptist. 1, with Jennings shooting a 144 game and 353 set; Horner a 334 set and Hughes a 333 et managed to win two ifrom Lincoln Road, which team, how- ever, had in L. Marton the highest pin scorer of the week. L. Marton's set was 369 and his highest game 133, Ninth No. | Keller was going strong, and took | Brookland Baptist into camp for a three. R. Boyd was best for Keller, rolling a 343 set; Falk shot & 337 sct and Lickner put in a 132 game and 334 set. Eastern Presbyterian took one of the three from Centennial, with Estes of the latter topping both teams with a 331 set_and Ingram No. 2 surprised the Epworth crew by t two hard- fought, games that kept both teams on edge at all times. with a 334 set, shot the best in thi~ match, and 's 330 was high in the set in which Ninth No. 2 took all three from United Brethren LUTHERAN LEAGUE. Team Standine. W Georgetown No. 1 St. John's No. 3 on No.'1 Mark's John's No. 1!} St Trinity He St. John's No.'2 Bt. ‘Matthens'... Takoma No Georgeto: Christ Srace Incarnation No.'3. Takoma No. 2. Records. individual averages—Barnard, r, 100, Zanner, 109; A. Crow, First five 10; L. Mille 07; Kob) Groff, 160; Miller (Incarnation No. 1), 136 Last week's high individual sets—N. Groff, 351; Barnard, 347. m,games—St. Mark's, am St. Mark's, a Last week s high tea 603° Georzetown No. 1 k's high team set 1 Reformation and zion. Norman Groff of St. Mark’s set a new high game with 160, and helped his team set & new high-team game of 603 Three strikes in a row followed by two | spares in succession gave him 133 in the seventh box. Nine pins each in the last three boxes made up the 160. WASHINGTON LADIES' LEAGUE. Te Standing. L. Columbians 8 Commercialy Beeaues . 26 10 Shamrocks Hilltoppers ..., 20 16 D. of Isabeil Nationals . 16 20 Billies Scoring & sweep over Daughters of Isabella, Beeques edged closer to the leaders. Shamrocks grabbed two from the Billies, while the Nats copped the odd game from Hilltoppers. Columbians and Commercials ~ postponed their match. Brilliant pinning by Bess Hoffman | and Evelyn Ream enabled Shamroc to take the odd from Billies after a close struggle. Bess had counts of 116, 112 and 111, Strong finishes seemed to be her specialty. A spare with a 10-count in the final frame of the first tilt and a double-header strike in the last two frames of the second clash, in which she totaled 42 pins, were the bright spots of the match. Evelyn smacked the maples for a count of 125, with only three marks, a strike and two spares. For tiie losers Blanche Woot- ton’s 107 was high single, while Anna McCormack had the best set with 304. Jean Welch of the Nats shot 314, with all three over the century mark, and was mainly responsible for the team taking two from Hilltoppers. Alice McQuinn rolled consistently for the losers, getting 288 for the sct, with high game &t 98. Lorraine Guili annexed high game, with 119, to help Beeques take three from the Daughters. Catherine Quig- ley totaled 309 for high set. The Daughters have been off their game (n- recenty matehes, but Capt. May Mor- 10 high individual games_N. | | her second effort. Preble by 2 pins. Counts of 115 and 94 boosted her set to 350, The team copped two from Queen Pin, Sarah Up- dike being best for the losers, with 206. Annie Anderson of Petworth also beat the old mark, with a 140 in her final effort against Arcadia. Annie totaled 343. Despite her exceptional shooting, her team lost all three to Arcadia, Eisie Fischer being the outstanding perform er for the winners, with a 321 set, 122 being her best single_count. Lucille Preble and Pauline Ford came through with some nifty pinning to help King Pin take the set from Silver Spring. Lucille shot 337, with 127 as her high single, while her teammate garmered 324, with a_splendid 130 in Blanche Wootton high for the losers, with 113 and Catherine Quigley and Rena Levy shot 314 and 313, respectively, 1o help three from Temple. Mary Rogers, with 296, was best for the losers Helen Whitbeck and Bess Hoffman did some timely shooting to keep the (Potomac | Jobn Blick quint up with the leaders. Helen shot 309, and her teammate 307 to give the team a sweep over Conventlon Hall. Jean Welch was best, for the Hall malds, hitting for with a faney 118 in her second cffort. Lucky Btrike swept the set with Bill Wood. SATURDAY NIGHT LEAGU 49 253 813 1 39 234 561 1,505 Gray _(Nationals), glesr, 370 (Brooklr ! games—Gray (Nation 5,00% s Bidget Bove 3 Enl Blade 19, B C. La Hazel Bm: McGahey (Colu onals), 83; Bmith m- AUDIT REVIEW LEAGUE. Team Standing. L wr .18 1 18 1 18 1 17 1 171 17 1 7 1i 6 20 6 20 5 21 5 31 531 Reco-ds. Ot & Mintn Special Adiust eame Mba (Speetal s—Eudiako (Sec- Section D-31. No. 1), 104-25. L WL 13 e Chiefs.. 23 23 13 W Div. oM.l 19 2¢ 18 Wes 17 35 21 WB e 18 2 20 West.- 13 a2 Engincers received a folt when the Iyattsviile District team took them for two out of three. This setback saw them lose their two-game advantage over Coin Box, who came through with & sparkling three-game win over the second place Construction team. Due to this ictory Coin Box rests on top X:Mh('x total pin advantage over Engi- W Chiefs continued to spm - ward with a twn-wm-nr-xhrta!z'g (:gr Western Division Office Equipment also followed with a two- f-three win over Western-Metro- tans, Not to be outdone the last place estern-Nationals turned the tables and kept in line winning two out of three from Western Branch House. w PRINCE GEORGFS COUNTY LEAGUE. Section 1. Team Standing, W, 3 ville Juniors team will en- gage the Kaloramas tonight at 8 o'clock at the Arcade Alleys, Hyattsville, Md. Men's League, Section 2. w oL Tomahawks .. 31 12 1 17 22 16 23 15 2 2 1 2 2 4% High average—Cha INTERCOLLEGIATE ALUMNI LEAGUE. Team Standing. i 5 January 2. at the Rendezvous al- Fourteenth street near Buchanan LADIES' FEDERAL LEAGUE. Team Standing. w1 11 Labor ... 0 1 GiiA O 1182 Acriculture 182 Treasury 1162 G P. O iana RS 1021 18 Com. Comets'.! 10 2 Navy took three games from G. P. O., which kept them in the lead by three games. Edith Brown of Navy rolled 106, 106, a fine set of 334, Fa: . enstein had a good set of 2904, Mis: Foberti of G. P. O. rolled 303, Veterans' Bureau took three from G | A. O. Lorraine Gulli put in two sub- stitutes, Bess Kirk and Miss Wagner Irene Mischou as anchor rolled a tet and 325 and Peggy Babcock a set of 304. Commerce team was dropped to third place by losing three to Interstate. Eliz- abeth Ackerman as anchor for Inter- state rolled 305, and Miss Staneflls 287 The Inter girls have been doing some consistent bowling the last fev weeks and are now tied for third pla Economics came up to a tle for fourtl place by winning three from War Isie Romero of Economics roll Perry 296, and Mayme to help the thre Miss Yarncll of War rolled 300, Mi Bradburn 305, and Elsle Fischer 301 War lost these three games by a small margin of 20 pins. Labor took two from Aggles. Mis Mason rolled the best set of 292 fo: Labor and Alice McQuinn 3806 for Aggles. Mrs. MacKinnon, a sub, for Aggies rolled 292. ‘Treasury made & three-game sweer over Comets. Capt. Beeley, who rollec 307, put L. Preble in as a sub; she r?ll;;‘llfllm. Miss Willlams had a nier set o X TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F