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GE 12 OLF GOSSIP HEARD ON FAIRWAY AND GREEN BY ALEX C. ROSE] - THE SEATTLE STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1923. UE and when will the Pacific open 1923 champton of the be played? That is the ques £ Q ation ) that has been asked Rob president of the Pacific Professional Golfers’ a» everal doren times during few days and with a shake the open tithe use wf head he replies, “A’ dinna ken will be for profes Just ken In aboot twa why and oor annual | unde rH MINISCENCES OF) D-ED >| é>|| att handicap ra could not t As Told to Leo H. Lassen at a ly Umpiring No Easy Task CHAPTER XX ING in the early days was no sweet task EH The officials worked the games alone, one man to | game, and the fans were far from ladylike then and scene they didn’t he itate to bounce bottles out on the diamonds in the general direction of the umpire: Cincinnati and St. Louis were particularly hard cities for umpires to work in. In the earlier days the officials all worked behind the plate, and Umpire King Gaffney was the first indicator man to move into the diamond. The first official to use his hands in sig- naling his decisions to the players and fans was a fellow named Hengle, who worked in the Western league in 1890. He was suffer- ing from a bad cold and couldn't holler out his decisions. So he informed the players before the game that he would hold up hi . right hand for strikes and his left for balls, lat system is in effect today. Most of the officials wr, make no sign for a called ball, raising the d only for a strike. fone day Th Cincinnati when Umpire Billy McLean | ber at the raszing the fans were giving him and he threw a b Gs and got the air for it. especially trve in the minor leagues that officials didn't have I remember a big fellow named Gunkle, a Yale graduate, who fin the Western league in 1893. He was a terrible official, the game and, because the league was having a poor finan he was working for nothing. He gave a deci fm Fort Wayne and the fans started to raza him. was let out on the field and it chased him might Gunkle resigned ‘is now a wealthy patent attorney in Washington was undoubtedly the most colorful umpire that ever I will tell more about Tim later officials now umpiring were «etting their start in the ‘ODay was quite a pitcher then. Bob Emalie was just start where he has been retired now and is the president of the Soe clear arou called tm undoubtedly more class to the way umptres work now, but! im spite of their handicaps, did some good work, too. iy Dugdale will tell about Tim Hurst, the fa umpire "80s. vard Is A All Set | Cowboy Padgett arriving yay for the main event with the card for Tuesday i ring show at the Crystal a two bouts have been \ | tle Green, local colored | boxes Al Hoffman, | from 9 Woodenvilie, and will take on Kid #t from Port Angeles. |= ture took & “bad ‘licking soon after: | today. He will do little | Benjamin & went licking In 1. A. « short | “Work before Tuesday's bout |time ago. ig ey tae Lakey Morrow, former Seattle onal Harme taigion with [it SMtne By pretty, caittor: rms ia. He lot a close verdict to ona 6 wh in the semi-windup. [the Bay boys the other night. bat Mer is, such an Audion: * that : — hard-hitting (20? St! fighting main evente Mack. hitting tht, tosses the padded) With Jack Lewis, a new- An the special event | fiatte | ty in| Now they're gving to trot out | Bilt Brennan for Luis Firpe to prac- tlee on in March. Bill Hrennan is getting to be like Boy MeCaal No welterwet | or gut wf headiin without lieking Hos, = lot of ‘em failed to get by Bremerton mauler. Maybe the South American champion will find Bre nan 8 tough egg ret. RACE JUNE 28 | Jan. 20,—Stewards | te Rowing asso-| eted June 23 for the! intercollegiate championship | | No course was selected) Panty Oa ans aes ere is little doubt that Pourh-| Sy) as. © fight Jack ‘will be named and the dis-| Woitr, crack ¢ ailler, in Gotham | to four miles. (2000. Kramer Danny Kramer, sensational Los An- | i] CHICAGO WINS GO, Jan. 20—University of} CHICAGO, Jan. 10—Stanislaus might by defeating Ohio| ling champion of % to 30. The fighting|an easy time with five gave everything they| Minnesota woodsman, here last| Win the first Chicago con-'night. Zbyszko took two straight game.of the season. falla in 50 and 4:00 respectivety.| Bullseyes of Baseball | 16—The most sensational play I ever saw. the world, had} Jack Samson, | “It was heralded as the greatest | have been um-|catch of my career, when in reality | piring I have|TI pulled the play largely thru accl-| seen hundreds | dent.” of remarkable} | To my way of thinking, the credit | plays. for the mor sensational play I ever N the 20 years I Some of the/saw on the ball field goes to Bill| verge of a knockout, but it developed |4 cavalry officer, plays have been) Wambaganas, second baseman of the} performed b y| Cleveland Americans. | os anggefed vr | More difficult plays rene Bey oe gt | staged, but for a great e infielders. An’ n in I have seen the catchers—yes, ‘the pitchers, turn in some brill fit plece of fielding to feature a have many been rea-| unassisted, stands out as the most | Seneational stunt I ever saw pulled. | The setting helped to make | Wamby’s play great. The stunt was| element of luck very often) pulled in the world series of 1920. | & prominent part in the com.) With Cleveland enjoying a com-| of some brilliant play. Jimmy | "table lead, Brooklyn was battling | gamely to cut it down, Jim Bagby » in his day one of the) way doing the pitching for Cleve. greatest outfielders, once told jand, being hit hard but ‘that the greatest catch he ever) away with it. was largely an accident. Here) The first two men up for Brook-| way Jimmy tells it: }lyn got on—Miller was on first, | before the ball was pitched Kilduff on second itchell, th d the glove of the outfielder| Brooklyn pitcher, hit a line dr my position on the other! toward right center. It looked Hke ‘Was lying in such a, position) a real base hit. The runners we it annoyed me and I started in| in motion at the crack of the bat. | ft from my path. As {| Wambsganss leaped in the air,| fn, the ball was delivered to! made a wonderful catch of the ball, | ‘batter, who hit a liner to center|ran a few fect to second, touching | that base and retiring Kilduff, then I been playing my proper! touching Miller out on the line, for! it would have been suicide|a triple play, snuffing out « Brook.| to try to make the catch. I would} lyn rally. Merely held the bit toa single.| I doubt if there will ever be xh started in to remove the| play that will equal Wamby's feat| I continued to come in after’ as far as its featu Dall. I made a shoe-string cateh,| are co ned. & couple of somersaulis, came ‘with the ball and the game was sensational Monday—Greatest first-year piteh- ee I ever saw, | Charley Whit | paw {time getting over his vaunted allowed ot in this event but participate is not at all clear to yours truly nyway, the prom will make their de cision on the “offer” at thelr annual Ag next month rue up on the @ teen) Country Int Rellingham Golf club ix one (Aber is truth ays Harbor club if ther rumor Frank Snyder Is So Says Napoleon John J. McGraw BY BILLY EVANS t & ox McQRAW e ckstop of the York Giants, “the calls Frank Spy er, clever t New perfect catcher.” In discussing the great catchers the National League bas produced, nk Snyder is the ideal oateh- He is the equal of any back National league has de- paying that compliment to Snyder IT am not unmindful of the in Roger Bresnahan, Hbson rley Dootn, Archer « and Jimmy ul League boasts In referring to Snyder as the iden! atcher, McGraw has in his yaical makeup, his fearless n cal excellence and Snyder's career in Indesd unusu sidered @ brilliant catch: er during hin term with the St Louts Cardinals. Something hap. pened to the right arm—rheuma something that took t moke out of it—and in 1918 he was put mind He was tiem, or trade was a shock In National League beadquar ters. The year before, Miller Hug gins, as manager of the Ca had 4 & cash offer of $50.0 from Pittsburg Pirates. Never theless, Snyder had a iame arm and Rickey did not want him. McGraw ways admiring the and the courage of the husky Texan, played a long shot and wen. He traded Ferdinand Schupp for Snyder Schupp had a bum left and Snyder a stale right arm. Snyder came back. Last season, with an average of .348, he wan the hardest-hitting catcher in the } tional League, That McGraw puts a guvarant behind his words t# shown by the work of the Giants tn the Inst two wort ne Yankees. Sy ter hy cht 10 of the 12 games. Earl Smith was regarded as a young phenom until Snyder recov: ered hia form and Smith has been series with that "Wee" Wille uring “Wee” Willie, the Bel wood (Victoria) profenn lingham club hax done @ fine been signed with the Belingham ke of business as he ts a grand Pact club. Down Aberdeen way the talk | golfer apable cot would chap, In the ib, but ta gonmip fh t Willie ha chang will make home FRANK SNYDER forced to 5 second tidd der. The work of the ¢ , ers the lant two world series, McGraw has heen given most of the credit by the experts. 8ny pitet Here ts what McGraw finyder’s catching in the two series with the Yankees was per- fect. That means everything to « pitcher.” featured Tendler Is 7 Winner in Gotham Go BY HENRY L. FARRELL Ne” YORK Jan. %0.—Tenny ndier and all the claw Lew haven't cornered among the lightweights. Picking the successor of the prom Inent actor, Mr. Leonard, is one the popular pastimes, and In looking over the field of candidates one Pal Moran, of New Orleans, must be | there. Moran just allowed Lew Tendler to win « decision over him in a 16: round tilt in Madison Square Garden last night. The Philadelphia south got away with the verdict of the judges Just because he knew a littie bit more than the Southerner Last summer, over tn Jersey, Tend ler came within an inch of winning the lightwetght championship. Ben ny Leonard was « sorry looking champinon, and he saved hia title pouring some mean words into Tend ler’s ear. Tendier had a much tougher time last night than he had with Leon ard. He saw a jot of stiff right hands in hix face, and he had a hard left had hand on the Southerner, who him butboxed a mile. At the end of the bout both were | Mac asketeers pulled a surprise | Zbyezko, former heavyweight wrest-| bleeding from the nose and cuts! make his second bow to Seattle fans about the mouth, Moran was very tired, as he took some heavy punish ment around the body tr the last three rounds, Until th nth round {t waa al most an even fight, with each having an efge in four rounds. Tendler star tearing in with short body blows in the eleventh, like the one with which he all but brought Leon- ard down, Near the end of the round Tendler hit Moran low, and it didn’t help the Southerner, altho the ref- eree let Lew off with a warning. The fourteenth round was a wild affair, with both ewinging wildly. Tendier carried @ Moran and at one time seemed to have the New Orleans boy on the to be nothing but wearinesa. Moran ap his pace correctly for the 16-round route. He went too fast in the early much after the tenth round that Tendler was able to spurt and get the decision. NEW RECORD FOR MOORE SARATOGA SPRINGS, Jan. 26. Joe Moore, middle Atlantic amateur skating champion, established a new world’s record for three-quarters of in 2:02 2-6 against time. TLLINOIS GETS BID BERK Y, Cal, Jan University of California has the University of Iilinols to send a team to Berkeley for a dual track meet with California on either April 1 or 14 invited SULLIVAN 8LEE BAY CITY, Mich., Jan. 20 ence Rosen, Bay City fly knocked out Jimmy Sullivan, cago, in the first round Clar- Chi BEATS MARTIN furious fight to} sons Bill Wambsganss' triple play,| part of the fight, and he faded so|meets and such SEATTLE “AND VICTORIA getting |a mile when he covered the distance | (ene (Ataarr, ight, | 20,—Johnny | nel Junior lightweight cham. pion, won a 10-round decision from Pepper Martin, New York. Mack Has 3 Developed Star Men HILADELPHIA, Jan. 20—Connie Mack might IUterally be called © baneball Incubator of the Amer ican League. Mack is now in the thick of the fight to give Philadelphia another pennant winner. the way Mack, aside from developing re eruits into stars for his own team, has kept @ number of other clubs well supplied with starn, Nearly club in the American League Athletic every anon for the t players. Newcomer to Box Tuesday every has a former payroll, In a definite r the differe Here in a bunch formerly starred members of various American League clubs. ‘The aggregation would be able to hold Its own in the American League race First base—Molnnia, Hecond bane—Collins, Third base—Baker, New York Shortstop--Dugan, New York Outfield-—Strunk, Chicago, Outth Witt, New York Outfield—Jamieson, Cleveland. Catcher—O'Neill, Clevelang Catcher—Schang, New York Catcher—Picinich, Washington. Catcher—Myatt, Cleveland Pitcher—Bush, New York. Pitcher—Shawkey, New York Pitcher—Coveleskie, Cleveland Pitcher—Pennock, Boston Pitcher—Moore, Detroit player on ite Mack had disposal of of players who for Mack, now Cleveland. Chicago Packing @ mean wallop, Johnny| Pittadurg featherweight, will | Tuesday at the Pool when he bores| Jack Loews. Mack knocked out Joe Fossee of Everett here recently in his| first bout SANDOW G CASEYS BATTLE | ,,.S800W arts s HOQUIAM SQUAD sents ct isc ica fhe jshade from Eddie Weygant of New: ful Knights of Columbus team | ° rounds Jack against the Knighta of Pythias club | Shem of Hoquiam in the Grays Harbor, Dave Sandow, city tonight. The Ca haven't | knockout over eo this | Cleveland tn six Sammy leading his powe ete gts ™, in 12 scored a Jimmy rounds. technical Kelly of start year MIKE BA ARINO STO! NEW YORK, Jan, 20, Cleveland — bantamwelght, Mike Ballerino, New LANS STADIUM nel George Vidmer, U. 8. Ay ja starting a cam. |maine, paign in Washington, D. C,, to build | knocked out ently had not judged|a stadium which will seat 100,000 York, who substituted for Johnny and which would be used for base.|Curtin, in the second round ball, football, hor shows, track The government is expected to furnish the land in Potomac park and the money is to be raised by popular subscription. JOYCE STOPS O'DOWD TORONTO, Jan. 20.—Teddy Joyce, Toronto bantam, knocked out Phil O'Dowd, Columbus, in the fourth. WIN OVERTIME BATTLES STANDING OF THE TEAMS [1:2q, Third pertoa t Tied Pte, | Gai 166 naver . ° 0 | Overtime—seattle, entitle 9 o ow Victoria 9 9 18! wororta, B. ¢ Jan. 20,8 peat |toria defeated / Calgary, 4 to % in the after eight minutes of overtime here prairie game for the Mets here last’ night when Clem Loughlin night, 4 to 3, after about three seored from the blue line, The sum big star of the game for the visitors, | Fowler i scored the winning goal, |C. Loughiin The summary follows: Relderasa Calgary, Gibson from ttle, Morris, 8:20. ker, 4:96 Jan, 20.—Vie- attle Vancouver, 8 to 2, first last Vancouver nan Oatman Calgary | Frederick: Gonl Bin Meoking Defenna. ...... Gn Anderson Defensa Dieldaht d...+c.+ Gibson | Dunderdale Martin |W. Loughitn Oliver ring: First perlod-—No ond pertod—Victoria. Meeking from An: n, 1 Victoria, Frederick Clem Loughtin, Third pertd couver, Skinner tro 16 couver 8181 time-—Victoria, Clam Louahitn, aise Ponaities—Nor 1 14 Morris, y, Mar: | Beattie, Walker from Rowe, n from Van. ; Van- ‘Over- 0:17; Calgar Neat tin, | 4:40; He seems to be on | won by a| n of Cincinnati, subbing for | The Hellingham club hus been without a pro for several monthe, Jan Dalgleish, who held the post fall NOUNCEME ooting |Cage Fives | Knot Race Queen Anne, Ballard and Roosevelt Have Clean Hoop Slates How Teams Are penne ae at Por o 8 “ UREN ANNE, Ballard and are gurmen played so tar Anne nmed Garfield 19 to 2 at Queen! 4 out Lin-| at Lincoln, Rooseve je amped Wert Beat 35 to 14 and Broadway beat Franklin 20 to 11 at} | Broadway | seen BALLARD TRIMS LINCOLN | | Outpassing thelr opponents, Ballard Got ary 6, ha Edgar 1. tbh to be held Tuesday, Febru been made by Secretary Crider. ‘The place of the nelect the thene Jinner meeting has not b ed yet. What EQ meantime are the K of $8 fr including ember Initiation for on, ye member, Come the hustling ( HET KINC / chairman of the golf young of the Young Men's Business Club, will pull the lever today in thin which will Jub's mid-winte han and Bo ° m Atta ptart play prizes have been donated King run Chet! promined to have t otf on # Make ‘em ramble! Perfect Receiver Three Prep [ JOE MOORE Joe Moore of New York, tnterna- tional indoor champion skater, in tends to make a strong bid for out Joor honor« this year. In the re ent championship races held at Newburgh, N Moore won the one-mile nt handy fashion. Moore press Roy Mc Whirter Steinmetz to expects t and William | Boned out Lincoln, 16 to 13, in a hard |the limit for premier honors in the | bate jlard team niight an tt The score was 12-12 just t but Captain Slingsby, erack md forward, dropped the ball thru the hoop twice on free throws just before the final gun. n had more shots than Bal- any kind of ote and Duett in part ad a flock of shots, but didn’t get the breales. LINCOLN ‘The Bal- | edge, on the Lincoln floor eld the » was, most wring of the way. n't have Ponition eymour (3) Clarke (4) for Hyman, . Potta for Peek. Referee—Bod Morria, In & rough game Roosevelt |awamped Went Seattle, 85 to 14, at | Roosevelt. Jim Hyliengrin starred for the winners, Rooweveit (1) _ Weat Beattie (14) ta . Shanaby (4) mi Koht (4) }Day cy . Hiyilengren (91) 0. Nowell a Sudstitutions—Gourlay Jon for Gouriay; Gourlay for Runta; Bhanaby. Keferee—Dick Munson | BROADWAY BEATS FRANKLIN Broadway had little trouble beat ing Franklin, 20 to 11, at Broad Friday, team play on the part of the Quak ers costing them the game. Br Frenkite (11) ‘Wileon (2) Hurneed (2) o o futtons for mmet: Arumime Rennie |QUEEN A. BEATS GARFIELD Holding Garfield to two points, Queen Anne defeated the Babes, 19 at Queen Anne yesterd The rfield team played defensive bas- kethall thruout. Queen Anne (i9) Gartieia (2) . Dotty 2 Grasuies (2) vs Garrolt » Barrager | Mopper | Queen Anne 2 x19] ¢ o-2 tor Bar- Officlate umpire. Harrison, | | Ballard was without the services of Al Nardine, crack center, in the cage game with L Friday, Nardine fe out w » foot, Emil Jacob- son Is holding down his berth im the meantime, When Queen Anne held Garfield to two pointe at Queen Anne Friday, it was the second time ft had happened thin year Lincoln holding Went Seattle to a pair of | markers in the opening battle, j ‘The football and bascball teams put on | a burlesque perioda of the! Lincoln-Ballard hoop mix Friday. | Coach Pease expects Al Nardine to be pole-vaniting around 11 feet 6 inches this spring, which sounds like more records, Thavs the mark set by Jesse Dougins last June. Bll Taylor, Franklin colored ace, will noon begin training for track, “He will | A" jump ada shot put and | winning firat in the firet three named,” | Franklin plays Garfield | |i’ rrankiin, Lincoln plays Broadway ‘at Hrondway, and Queen Ante. plays “at Wort Seattle, jiara ‘Tuesday PORTL Jan, 20— Joe Egan nd Tom King, middleweights, fought |& 10-round draw here last night. | Johnny Trambitas beat Joe Dunn tn | the somi-windup. | The University of Idaho basketball skating world. se |THIRD BASE IS HARDEST CCORDING to the offi (2% ages of the America third base was the bh: 1 aver league, dext regular | non, for no lean than 24 players were | clubs tn the circuit. e Of this number, Boston rankéd | high, using five men at the post, while the Yankees and Washington were knotted for necond place, each employing four tossers at the bag while the race wns in progress, Then came St. Louis with three, followed by Detrott, Cleveland, Chicago and the Athletics with two apiece. Of the two dozen third sackers, but three of them played in 100 or more games, Jimmy Dykes, of the Mackmen, topping the list with 141 to his credit. Joe Dugan, who was | with both Boston and New York, was in 123 frays, and Bobby Jones, °| Detroit, 119, At second base a marked contrast waa displayed—but 13 men tolling at the keystone sack during the cam- paign. And of these, as many as eight were in 120 games or over. In fact, five of the group got into 1164 tits, ‘This quintet Included peor shooting and °f| Collins, Chicago; Ward, New York; | McManus, Browns; Pratt, Boston, and Harris, Washington. Obviously those five clubs didn't | make a change at the cushion all aeason. Of the others, Detroit used |two men, and Cleveland and the Athletics three each. BROKKLYN IS AFTER BOHNE Brooklyn ts understood to be in the market for Sammy Bohne, former Seattle infielder, now with Cincinnatt, The Reds are planning to have Loule Fonseca play the key stone bag next year. But Pat Moran wants Johnston and Shriver or Shriver and Vance, and Brooklyn figures the price too high. MONUMENT FOR RUBE WADDELL Harry Benson, owner of the San raise money for a monument for Rube Waddell’s grave in San An- tonio. The great pitcher died there in 1914 and is buried in Mission park, There is no suitable stone marking his grave. MOVE UP BIG. MINOR SERIES ‘The junior world’s series between the winners of the International league and American association will be started a week before the world's series this season instead of a week following. This Baby Is in Condition No ball player In either major league takes better care of him- self than Stanley Harris, star seo- ond sacker of the Washington Harris, ries an always fit, never car- ounce of superfluous flesh, and right now is easily the best second baseman in the American league, Eddie Collins pted, He ts the logical suc- cessor of the White Sox star, Next to baseball, Harris likes his golf. During the playing son he cuts down the golf game, but In the winter goes in for it strong. Inside of & week Harris will be at the training camp of the Nationals at Tampa, Fila,, despite the fact it will be many weeks before the other players report Harris likes golf and Tampa and spends the greater part of his winter the He will be fit | IDAHO PLAYS OREGON team plays the University of Oregon at Hugene tonight, when the Nationals arrive. IN AMERICAN =": | position to fill during the 1927 wea-| tried at the hot corner by the eight | Antonio baseball club {n the Texas | league, is starting a movement to| Kamm to | Be Ready | in Spring Leg Injury Not Serious, Says Nick Williams Other Talk BY LEO H. LAS ILLT# KAMM'S injury lest sum mer was not @ Charley horse, but trained groin, according to Nich Ib, Williams, bust ness manager of the local club 4 Williams, who C323 was scouting for [ "757 the Frisco team L lant season, says will that Kamm be ©. K. with @ winter's rest and that the inj should be healed by the time he goes to spring training camp. “Karn had considerable trouble running at top speed last year,” says WiPiams, “and a good long rest was what he needed, but the Seals couldn't do without him, and he played anyhow.” , ‘The sale of Kamm to the Chicago White Sox made the gossip of his |injury during the mid-season lant year stronger than it would have been otherwise, and a lot of baseball wags insisted that the White Sox were getting a lemon for their $100,000, Williama, however, knew the truth about the extent of the injury, and that’s that. | NEW TRAINER FOR INDIANS | “Doc” Meilke won't be back as |trainer of the Indians this season. | Harry Wolverton says he has lines out now for a new trainer, a man |who has been tn college work for ra, but he isn't ready to announce his name yet. | ps |SAYS MARTIN \IS SMART “Seattle fans will like Jack Mar j tin, says Wolver- & smart player and a Wolverton 1s strong for heady tonsers, and Martin is expected to be @ regular tn the Infield. 18 0. K. Wolverton will give Ed Barney a thoro trial in spring training camp. He says that he has a doctor's re port from the East thet Barney's injured knee is O. K. again. He had trouble with his legs last spring, and never hit his true stride, RUSIE WAS N. W. UMPIRE “I noticed the other day tn Dug- Gale's baseball story about Amos Rusie that he forgot to say that the famous pitcher was an umpire in rthwest league for a few says Williams. Nick was playing first base at the time for Portland. “I remember one day when Rusie was umpiring the bases in Portland and I pulled the hidden ball trick on the runner. I tagged the runner & dozen feet from the bag and he scrambled back to the bag. Rusie never saw the play at all, his back being turned to the play. He was watching some bydraulic work that was being done in some regrade work outside of the park. It) nearly started a riot. Rusie resigned soon afterwards.” WOLVERTON GOING SOUTH TODAY Wolverton is leaving for San Francisco today. He will go to San Jose immediately, where the Indians will train, They are building up a new field for the Indians to train on and Wolverton wants to oversee the work. COLLEGIANS WANT | GAMES The Seattle club has bids for Practice games from St. Mary’s, California, Stanford and Santa Clara, jand will probably line up plenty of | practice tiffs with the Indians, | BROWNING DOES HIS STUFF ne of the funniest things that er happened to a player in the Northwest happened to Frank | Browning, former Seal pitcher, in | Portland years ago,” says Williams. “He was walking down the main drag singing ‘Alexander's Ragtime | Band,’ a hit of the time. He was | pinched for disturbing the peace, as he was doing his singing at 2 a. m, He was taken to the police court jand he insisted that he was enter- taining himself, not disturbing the peace, The sergeant made him sing and then released him, because | Brown sang a mean song and still does. If he had had a bum voice jhe might be in jail yet." GOLF DIRECTORS NAMED NEW YORK, Jan, 20,—Twelve ai- |rectors for the richest golf club in |the world, which ts to be opened at |the “creck” on Long Island next |summer, have been named. They are Vincent Astor, Frank Longfel low Crocker, Marshall Field, Harvey {p. Edward Harkness, |Richard Howe, Charles B, McDonald, J.P. Mo Herbert L, Pratt, John D, Ryan, Clarance H. Mackay and Harry Payne Whitney—all multh millionaires. Gibson, SARAZEN TO ENGLAND W YORK, Jan. 20—Gene Sar world's golf champion, will be mitted to compete in the British Jopen championship next season, it is understood. ‘The Briarcliff lodge club, which refused him permission, will reconsider its action, it was said f

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