New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1922, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN FOOTBALL ELEVEN CLINCHES STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, DEFEATING BRIDGEPORT 6 TO 0--ODD FEL WORK ON ALLEYS — ROVERS CAPTURE 125.POUND FOOTBALL TITLE BY DOWNING REDLANDS — A NEW BRITAIN TEAM WINS STATE TITLE Bridgeport Beaton 6 to 9 in Hard Fought Game at-Meriden On a heavy fleld occasioned by a deep mud, the New Dritain football eieven defeated the All-Bridgeport team at Hanover Park, Meriden, yesterday afternoon, and thereby strengthencd its claim to the state championship. The score was 0 to 0, but the figures do not indicate the puperiority shown by the winnars over Mike Healy's team. With the excep- tion of a few minutes in the fourth period the green jerseyed boys were clearly outplayed by the New Britain eleven. The winning points for New Britain were the result of heady work by Nealon and Blanchard, the latter registering the score. In Brindgeport Territory. The game started with Captain Barnikow kicking off to Hammill, who got a few yards before Conley nailed him In two tries into the line, the Bridgeport team gained a meager distance, and then Tickey punted inte midfield. New Britain rushed the Dball a few yards, and Harmon then tried a fleld goal. It falled, the ball Deing brought out near the Bridgeport goal line. Again Tickey found it mecessary to punt. The play in the first quarter was all in New Britain's faver. When the Break Came. fhe contest was “put in the re- rator’ early in the second period. Barnikow punted beautifully to the Bridgeport §-yard line, where, after two dashes, Bakos and Hammil were held for no gain. Tickey went back 20 his own goal line in an attempt to punt. As the ball was passed to the Bridgeport fullback, Nealon came fearing in with his arms raised. The _ pall struck him on the shoulders and rolled five feet back of the goal line. {he hawk-eved Blanchard was on it quickly, scoring a touchdown. Bar- nikow failed to kick the goal. In the third period the game see- gawed along in the center of the fleld, the most thrilling happening being an intercepted forward pass by Irankel, who caused a cheer to go up when he ran it back 12 yards. ~Harmon, who was playing a whale of a game, also intercepted a forwnrd, pass in this period. P Clever Porward Passing. The visitors grew desperate in the fotirth period and an overhead attack was launched. After vainly trying three long forward passes. Tickey managed to hurl ene for 82 yds. which Hunt caught on the New Britain 25 yard line. Harmon then intercepted & forward pass. Captain. Barnikow elected to punt from near his own goal line, but it was broken up by his brother and Bridgeport recovered it on the 8 yard line. ~Three times, Hammil, Tnckey and Bakos tried the 1int’ but with only a slight gain. On the fourth down, Tickey hurled a forward pass over the goal line, and with Hunt standing with outstretched arms to receive it, the pass was grounded by a loeal player. This ended Bridgeport's ehance for a vic- fory. Resuming play on the 20 yard line, the New Britain backfield men crashed through for a first down just as the whistle blew. Harmon Scintillates. " While Nealon and Blanchard were the heroes of the game, the work of Harmon stood out in a brilllant man- ner. The former Wesleyan man was everywhere on the defensive and in running with the ball he proved a hard man to bring to earth. Con- siderable dissatisfaction was expressed by the New Britain crowd when he was removed from the game in the fourth period. The criticism was simed at the Barnikow brothers. The Jocal line preved its worth time and again and the stellar qualities of the men were shown in the fourth period, in repelling the furious attack of the Bridgeporters within the shadow of the goal line, The summary: New Britain Bridgeport conley ....... Dennis, Baker Le Politis . ... S Pjura Center Frankel, Dully ...... Right Guard vevveo MeéAvoy .. Humphries le Blanchard . Carpenter, Peterson . Rellly Quarterback E. Barnikow Left Halfback Peterson . Hammill Right Halfback Harmon, F. Barnikow ....... Fullback Score, New Britain 6, Briqgeport 0; touchdewn, Blanchard; referee, Wan- amaker, Dartmouth; umpire, Murphy, Brown; head linesman, Carney, Hotehklss schoel. M A FREAK PLAY Man Catches His Own Tickey Rwarthmore Punt and is Thrown for a Safety by a Rival Player. Freak plays were numerous in foot- ball this year, but. it is doubtful {f any surpassed the feat of Aspludh of Swarthmore,whoé caught his own punt behind his own goal line and was thrown for a gafety in a game in which his team defeated Haverford, 25 to 2. This play was made after Haver- ford had been held for downs on the edge of Swarthmore's goal line. As- plundh tried to punt, but his kick was partially blocked and the pigskin ‘went up at an angle of about 45 de- grées. Caught by a stifft breeze sweéeping down the field, the ball was b ried back over the goal line, where lundh grabbed it just as meveral %flrflorfl playets tackled him. . Callahan AR AT — s ROVERS WIN Manager McAloer's Doys Defeat Red- lands 6 to 0, In Game for 123 Pound Foothall Title, The Rovers A, (! foothall teap put ocross the crowning achievement of the season yesterday when the Red- lands eleven was defeated 6 to 0 at Ht, Mary's fleld. ‘The losérs were strengthened by the acquisition of geveral High sehool players. The vie- | tors were outweighed but the speed they showed offget this disadvantage. I"umbles and the surging of the crowd on the field, prevented the Rovers from gaining a bigaer score. J. Ifeore contributed a leng run in the second period, After recovering a fumbled punt, he raced 40 yards. Reed, full- back for the Rovers, played a splen- did game both on the offense and de- fense and it was due to his abiiity to crash through the line, that the touchdown was score. Conley, Belsor and D, Bacon did good work for the logers, The summary: Rovers. 1. Whitney Redlands. Norton, Belsor Martin O'Dell Rudolph Schultz Right Guard. MeClean, Kiminski Miller Mifter ..... Myerson .... Semon H. Whitney, Lievine . Quarterback. IPeore, Spitco ..... Giérchowski, Grip 1ot Halfback. Anderson, McInerney . Right Halfbac Reid .... b Fullback. Score: Rovers 6, Redlands 0; touch- down, Reid; referee, Leghorn; um- pire, Ziegler; head linesman, McCue; time of periods, 15 minutes. PIRATES CLAIM BAGBY National League Club Save Jim From Conley ./ Gasperian Discending to Minors, Claiming Him By the Waiver Rule, New York, Dec. 4.-——After seven years of service with the Cleveland club Jim Bagby, christened James Charles Jacob, has been waived out of the American league. His descent into the minors, however, has been barred. Pittshurgh has claimed the big right hander, so Jim is back in the league in which he got his first major trial. RBagby went South with Cineinnati in 1912, coming up from Hattiesburg of the Cotton State league. He won two and lost onc for the Reds and then moved down to Montgomery. From there he went to New Orleans and then to Cleveland where he made his debut in 1916. Jim's best year was 1920, in which he won thirty-one games and lost twelve and had an sarned run average of 2.89. last season Bagby had some trouble with his arm. Later he de- veloped an attack of appendicitis and was operated on in New York. 70 LEAD NAVY TEAM Arthur G, Camey, of New York, Chosen VUaptain Over Fullback Stephen P. Barchet. Dec. 4.—At a meet- Annapolis, Md,, Academy football ing of the Naval players, held Saturday night, Arthur G. Carney of New York eity, left guard of the team, was elected cap- tain for next season. His race with Stephen P. Barchet, fullback, was a close one, and but a vote separated them in the final ballot. Carney has played . left guard on the eleven for two years and was a gubstitute for another seagon. He weighs 215 pounds and stands gix feet three inches. He also has participated in fleld and track ag a weight man, also in baseball and wrestling. BASKETBALL AT PRINCETON S:\nson Wwill Open On Der. 13, Haverford As Opponent Princeton, Dec. 4.—Princeton will open its basketball season against Haverford December 183, according to the 19221923 schedule announced to- day. Rutgers will appear on the Tiger court January 31 for the first time in three years. The schedule follows: December 13, Haverford at Prince- ton; 16, Lehigh at Princeton. January 6, University of Toronto at Princeton; 9, Columbla at Princeton; 113, Dartmouth at Prineeton; 16, Wil- With {llams at Princeton; 20, Pennsylvania at Penn; 23, Penn Military Coilege at Princeton; 26, Cornell at Cornell; 21, gyracuse at Syracuse; 31, Rutgers at Princeton. February 17, Stevens at Stevens; 23, Yale at Princeton: 26, Cornell at Princeton. Mareh 2, Dartmouth at Dartmouth; 3, Wercester at Woreester; 6 Cres- conts at Princeton; 10, Columbla at Columbia; 14, Yale at Yale; 17, Penn- |sylvania at Princeton. MURPHY WINS RACE Jimmy Covers 200-Mile Course in 2 Hrs, 10 Min,, 53.10 sec. Los Angeles, Dec. {—Jimmy Mur- iphy won the 250 mile championship automobile race held vesterday at the RBeverely Mills speedway, completing | 200 laps of the one and oene-quarter 53.10 seconds. Earl Cooper took sec- ond place and Harry Hart finished third. Hersehel McKee, automebile race driver, and his mechanician, Hugh Curley, were injured, the latter prob- ably fatally, when their car crashéa into the rear of Joe Thomas's raachine while tuning up before the start of the race. mile oval in 2 hours, 10 minutes and\ NEW-BRITAIN A AAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAANAAANANANAS! BRUNNER LEADING FOOTBALL SCORER \Lalayetts Star Piled Up 89 Points During 1922 Season New York, Dec, Bots Brunner, lLafayette halfback, carried off the high scoring honors among the lead- ing college players in the BEast in the 1922 geason which closed Saturday. This Bastonian star geored twelve touchdowns, eleven goals after touch- Illf)WXl and one goal from field for u total of §& points, Harry Wilson, yet- eran Penn State Waltback, and Jimmy Robertson, diminutive field general of the Carnegie Tech eleven, finished in (@& tie for second with 73 tallies; rep- resenting twelve touchdowns and one goal after touchdown. Brunner scored in cach of ecight games during the regular scagon, and was held score- less for the first time yesterday in the game at Washington. Tryon Did Weil. Tied for fourth place are George Prann, Cornell quarterback, and Hd- die Tryon, Colgatée sophomore, each with eleven touchdowns. Tryen made the biggets jump in the last week by running wild against Columbia for five touchdowhs. Two others who passed the half century were Mike Palm of Penn State with 59 tallies and Mallon of Willlams with 55. Walter Koppisch, Columbia eap- tain, led the metropolitan players with 48 points. Bob Burtt, Blue and White ‘quarterback; Benkert of Rut- gers and Tommy Meyers, [Fordiam captain, followed with 45, 40 and 37, respectively. Eddie Kaw of Cornell, last year's high.scorer, is tied with Koppish in tenth place with 48. Hanson Can Boot 'Em. l.eonard (. Hanson, Cornell tackle, kicked thirty goals after touchdown from placement and finished in the tead despite a strong finish by Weich of Colgate, who accounted for 27. Hanson has two goals from field and Welch three, so that the two leaders in making sixes into sevens finished the season with the same point total. Field Goal Kickers Ten playcrs each with three are tied in the field goal department. They are O'Hearn of Yale, Pfafiman of Harv. ard, Roderick of Columbia, Sweet and Adams of Brown, Welch of Colgate, Smith of Princeton, McBride of Syra- ouse, Mono of Williams and Neidling+ er of Dartmouth. The leading scorers, with touchdowns, points after touch- down, field goals and totals, follow: P. Touchdowns Goals Player. College Touchdowns Irunnér, Lafayette . Wilsen, Penn State Robertson, Carnegie T. .. Pfann, Cornell .. Tiyon, Colgate . Palm, Penn State Mallon, William MeBride, Syracus Conroy, Navy . Kopplsch, Colum Kaw, Cornell .. Burtt, Columbia \nderson, Sytatuse Mason, Colgate . Zebhardt, L Townsend, Roblson, Wesleyan Renkert, Rutgers . Meyors, Fordhiam . Flanagan, Pittsburgh . Glennon, Holy Cross Neidlinger, Yale . Ramsey, Cornell Hart, Cornell- . Rooney, Cornell Banford, Colgate Brumbaugh, Carn {langon, Cornell . Weleh, Colgate . Roder West, W Wood, Army .. Hamer, Penn: Smythe, Army ... Kenyon, (eorgetown Owen, Harvard Hill, Amberst . Kellogg, Byracuse Malley, Georgetown Manning, Fordham ‘agsidy, Cornell ... Darling, Bostan Colleg Taylor, *Navy . Gllmore, Army Sullivan, Penus {tewitt, Pittsburgh dermann, Colgate droussard, Holy Cross . Flavin, Georgrtown . Weatherdon, Whitson, Army . yrne, Georgatown Riopel, Holy Crogs . Crum, Prineéton .. fillgon, AmMhorat .. Leavitt, Dartmouth Dodd, Army ... Paasche, Brown Miller, Pennsylsaniy 3azella, Lafayette Futhey, W, and J. . Ward, Boston Colleg Barchet, v 1% Totals G T T T b T Rttty anhEoonn Zosscso~masmoo22200 IS S S P P R Adams, Kelly, Y | Monjo, Itaub, Neale, Calder, Rutgers Yale . v Dartmouth 08 91549 % B 3 e e e e e S TS D | MURPHY RESIGNS A8 COACH Denver, Col, Dec. 4~—Announce- ment that Ired J. Murphy, former Yale gridiron star had resigned as football coach at the University of Denver, was madeé here last night. Pressing business affairs were given as the reason for his resignation, DIDIER TO ST. PAUL CLUB, st. Paul, Minn,, Dee. 4.-—Richard Didier, 19, a pitcher, has been pur- chased by the 8t. Paul American Asgociation club from 8ioux City of the Western League. i |iess a person th. 2| the Cleveland Panthers, 7 e ————————| Il Speaking of Sports s BY CLERKIN et Some of the down state sport writ- Crs seem to overlook the splendid record of the New Tritain football team, when thought s given to the state football championship. The record will show that the loeal team 1§ heen defeated but twice this soa- son, onee at the hands of the Steam Rollers of Providence, R. 1., and once hy Bridgeport. Now as the writer sees it, the locals have dropped only one game this segson to a Conneeti- cut team, and in turn have beaten that cleven, Summarizing the Conneeticyt pro- tootball situation for the season, New Rritain has defeated the Bridgeport team, the All-Hartford team and the Submarihe Base eleven, three of the best in the state. Bridgeport has keen defeated by Williams and New I'ritain, two defeats, All.Hartford and the New Britain eleven. This leaves the locals with only one defeat by a state eleven, If the contest with the Steam Rellers in to be taken into congideration, then Bridgeport has been defeated three times this year. The fans who witnessed the game on Thanksgiving Day at Meriden, and were present again yesterday, cer. tainly saw much more foothall play- ed on the Sabbath than on the holi- day. Only’ two peénalties for serfous in- fraction of the rules was imposed, both clevens drawing 15 yard losses for holding. There werc a few b- yard penalties for off-side, The work of the Elm City Three, Malone, Peterson and Frankel, was oxceptionally good in yesterday's game. I'rankel hrought the fans and tannettes to thelr feet when he start- ed down the field after intercepting a forward pass in the third period. Pet- crson is fast becoming one of the most popular players in the New Brit- aln backfiéld. Joc Malone played about as elean a game of fobtball yes terday as even the most critleal ob- server could ask for. It seems. unfortunate that when a certain condition arises in the New Rritain team, it is such sterling play- ers as Carpenter, Harmen or Peter- son who are taken out of the lineup. ¢ The Rridgeport team was accom- panied by a big delegation of rooters, and the trip te the Silver City proved quite expensive. The locals will bring a successfyl geason to a close next Sunday at Providence when the Steam Rollers will be played, Manager Dave Elllson of the New PBritain basketball téam, has complet- ed negotiations with Hap. Harmon to vear a local uniform. According to Morris I'rankel, the work of Herbert Kopf of this city. left end on the Washington and Jef- ferson team, was particularly sweet this season. Irankel has it from no Jarle “Greasy” * Presidents. coach of 1t The New Britain basketball quintet will open the season on Wednesday night, meeting in the Springfield Y. M. | H. A. in that city. Neale, —_— . Johnny Shugrue and Willie Jack- sen will swap punches in the ring at Jersey City tonight. The Steam Rellers defeated tht Williams A. C. of New Haven, 13 to 0, yestarday afternoon at Providenee. won frem to 0, yes. terday afternoon at Clarkin field. The AN-Hartford team Candidates for the All-New Britain Juniors basketball team will hold 2 meeting at the Tabs hall tomerrow night The 1iast Fnd Tigers defeated the i Jubilee Street Panthers in a football game on Saturday afternoon, seore 14 to 0. Stankelis scored both touch- downs for the winners, His work and that of 2. Adent and J. Dewkaitis, was | particularly good, Cleary dand Niles did the best work for the losers. The Tigers would like to book a game with the Redlands or the Rovers A, C. for next Sunday. J. Thomas of 86 4 ‘ Tthodes street is manager of the team. MITCHEL! Milwaukee and Chicazo Lightwelghts Are Matched. New York, Dee. 4-—Matehmaker Frank Flournoy announced yesterday that Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee |and Charloy White of Chicago had { been matched to box fifteen rounds in 'the Garden on Deeembér 15.° They !wnl box at 1356 pounds, weigh in at 2 1 0'¢lock on the day of the encoyyter. | Mitchell and white are the “1éad- ing contenders for the title. Mitehell knocked Leonard dewn for the count of sévén in the | first tound of their memorable bout a | year ago. Two years ago: White ;knnvkr‘d Leonard through the ropes at Benton Harbor, Mich. Tt is the intention of §teurnoy to match Elino Flores with Joe Tiplitz, the slugger from Philadelphia. has been beaten twice, viz by Williams [ lightweight {, THREE-LIN SHARPS ARE SPILLING PINS =Ave_rages Show Splendid Work Being Turned in on Alleys Secretary Robert R. Crocker of the 0dd Fellows' Bowling league * hag compiled * thé following statistics showing what the teams and indi- vidual members are doing in the games rolled egeh week, at Rogers Reereation alleys: Goratancker ., Andrée ... Lexington Hequassen dtella Phenix High High High High High team singl toam three string, Gérstadc man single, H, man three average, O, Individ O, Carlpon W, Nelson Ruchols Bwansen T. Landgren . M, Granger . H. Hepp . Volg ... Haussler . Vater Holtman G, Gordon Miss Hoffman Misg Mallory Wilsot ... V. Granger . Abrahamgon G Hepp . Squires Miss Kook Beld, Mr en ... Salirbac Gordon .. 1N Beliroeder Rade)lfy .. Miss Tha Ackert . Landgren . Funk Kosswig * RAGRET TN Yale Disappointed When Iowa De- clines to ‘Come East For a Football Battle Next Season. New Haven, Dec. 4.—Great disap- pointment is felt in Yale athletic cir- eles over the refugal of thé lowa team te come here for a football game next fall. The game was one of the most friéndly and cleanest of football centests, and ' the fact that Howard Jones, eoach of Jowa, and Tad Jones, coach of Yale, are broth- ers, added intérest. Thé legic of the Tewa stand, how- ever, is hard te question, and the agreement between the three Presi- dents will prevent Yale from taking a trip out to Towa City. While ne an- nouncement Is made, it is not belleved that Towa will be replaced on the schedule by another Western col- lége, and the first, last and only game with the Hawkeyes has been played. MID-WEST BOWLING RECORD Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 4—The Zicg- ler five man team of Milwaukee, Wis,, established a nmew mid-West bowling record in the mid-West bowling tournament here last night with a score of 8,056, Jimmy Smith captain of the team, shet 661, tr———— ot When a Feller Needs a BASKETBALL AT “Y" Saturday Afternoon League Gets Away to a I"ne Start at Local Association With Two Games Played. The Haturday Afternoon Baskethall league opened up with plenty of pep at the Y, M. ¢, A, gymnasium on Sat- urday last. The Pirates defeated the Senecas, 61 to 18, and the Independ- énts took a fall out of the Vikings, score 41 to' 26, Thé line-ups: Senecas Walters ,, Kallgren .. Johnson . Abrahamson Olsen Pirates La Har . Behmidt Center «.Morrelli R.G. ...... Wojack L.G. .././. Sheehan Subs ..., Miller Tancred Meehan Summary: Field goals, Walthers 6, Kallgren 2, La Har 8 Schmidt 6, Wojack 5, Morrélli 3, Sheehan 1, Mil- ler 2; free trys, Kallgren 4, La Har 1, Wojack 1, Meehan 1; referce, Fred Schmidt; scorer, Kallgren; timer, Hergstrom, Vikings Nelson Schade . H. Nelson, Swanson R.G, . Schmidt wilgen +...... L.G. Stifneck Anderson ..... Bubs ....... Elligon C. Johnson Berg Bwan Summary: [Meld goals, W, Nelgon 2, Schade 8, H. Nelson 2, Anderson 1, ¥. Schmidt 5, Carrazzo 7, Ginsberg 3, Ellisan 1, Stifneck 3; free tries, Schade 8, I". Schmidt 3; referee, C. Miller; scorer, Kallgren; timer, Herg- strom. vt Rl L., Independents I, Schmidt . Carrazzo . Ginsberg . R.F. TuF. Center . MAY PLAY wfismnzas Yale Will Probably Seek An Oppo- nent te Take Place of Iowa—Dart- mouth Wants a Game, New Haven, Dec. 4.—Iowa's refusal to come éagt and meet Yale again in feotball next fall will cause changes in the Eli schedule plans. The Hawk- eyes had been looked upon to provide a headline feature for Yale next Octoper. Although they drew only 55,000 spectaters this fall, it was be- lleved that they weuld prove a suffi- cient attraction to fill the Bowl an- other gcason. Yale's hope of secyring another game with the Army rests with the War Department, the twe-year agree- ment having expired this season. Yale's schedulé for 1928 will be shortened. The football officials are not yet réady to make an extended statement, but the presence of Har- vard, Princeton and Brown in series which have eentinued: seme 40 years is taken for granted. ¥ I'riénds of Dartmouth have approached Yale re- garding 4 game, but the Yale man- agement states that no official steps have been taken toward renewing the series which was discontinyed nearly 30 years ago with the White Moun- taineers. The refusal of Iowa to come east has left Yale with a date open for a strong attraction, and a prominent Yale man has pointed out that, al- though the Yale-Prineeton-Harvard triple agreement precluded Yale from going to the middle west for a game, there ig no reason why the Elis sheuld net challenge another middle west university to come east. LOWS BOWLERS SHOWING FINE MERICAN BATTING LEAGUE STATISTICS ISSUED GEQ. SISLER BATTED FOR AVE. OF 419 Officlal Statistics of American L¢ague Are Announced New York, Dec. 4.~The lcading batter of the year in the American league, according to the official ree- ords released for publication today, was George H, Bisler, star first base- man of the St. Louls Browns, who hung up the rémarkable average of 419, the second successive year in which this player has reached the 400 mark. However, the greatest surprise in the records was contained in the aver- agé credited to Ty Cobb of Detroit, whosé mark has been changed by Ban Johnson from it original .398 to .401, thereby entitling the veteran to join Jesse Burkett in the very select circle which can boast of three .400 marks or better in its'big league career. The records reveal for the first time that President Johnson officially overrode the dectsion of the scorer in New York on one play and changed an of- ficial error in an official hit. In the game with the Yanks here on. May 15 Cobb hit a grounder to Scott' who fumbled and was eredited with an error by, the official weérer. The unofficial box scere gave Cobb a single, and it was this one play which made the difference bétween .398 and 401, At the end of the season, while reviewing the records to see if Cobb had been unjustly deprived of a .400 average, Josnson came upon this dis- ctepancy ,and now he has ruled in fa- vor of the Detroit manager. Home Run Stars, Tvery team had its home run hero, Kenneth R. Williams of the Browns being the leader with 39, 20 less than the mark set by Ruth in 1921. C. W. Walker of Philadelphia was second with 87, whilé Babe Ruth in 110 games cracked out 35 <frcnit smash- es. Several other “fly ball hitters" made home-run records that would have won them much attention in for- mer years. The advance guard of a new army of extra-base sluggers appeared, and it was largély through the efforts of thése new men that the greatly im- proved pitching made so Jittle im- press on the season averages. No less than' sixteen men in their first or sec- ond year are found among the .300 hitters. Browns Oust Tigers. St. Louls ousted Detroit from its fa- vorite ®eition as batting leaders. The Browns' reeord is .313, as compared with .316 for the Tigers in 1921, while Boston, low club this geason with ,263, is 11 points below the Athléties’ mark of .274 last year, There wag a slight increase in the usé of the sacrifice to advance run- ners, 1,682, as compared with 1,561 last year, but there were 12 fewer bases stolen, the figurés being 681, against 693. Cleveland worked op- posing hurlers for 554 bases on balls, Detroit had 530, the champion New York team 497, Chicago 482 and St. Loujs 478 passes. IKANSAS CITY BUYS ENID CLUB. Kansas City, Dec. 4.—President | George Muhlbach of the Kansas City American Association club sald last night that he had purchased the Enid | (Okla.) club of the Western Asso- clation. The deal Includes, it ig re- ported, 10 players, the buildings and a leage on the grounds. ——————————- Friend 19 MAmA'S PRECIOUS GOWTA . TAKE " NICE LITTLR SLEIGH RIDE SWEETIE - WITH HIS LITTLE SLEDDY ? TPy QVUER Do:u"‘r ; BRiIGGS = y BY ®Y SWEET- HEA