The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 9, 1923, Page 13

APRIL 9, 1928 MONDAY. THE SEATTLE STAR Knowing How to Lose Is First Law of Lawn Tennis Ethics—Richards BY VINCENT RICHARDS Famous Tennis Star (Copyright, 1923, Seattle Star.) HE first and foremost thing in lawn tennis, whether it is in match play or not, is to know how to lose. Lose cheerfully, generously and always like a gentleman, The other great law is to know how to win. If you are the victor, take it modestly, gratefully and like a real sporteman, It is seldom, if ever, that tennis has a case of what might be called bad sportsmanship, The object of match play is, of course, to win, but it is very rarely that the players of today win any way other than fair and square. he type of man playing tennis at the present time is of the highest. (MEMINISCE D-ED ” nside Baseball CHAPTER LXXXVII. time ago I told of the Portland 1904 club of the| Coast league, which I considered one of the hardest hendle that I ever saw in my long tenure in the game. They could play ball if they wanted to, ' but most of the boys thought more of their averages in the beer league than they did in baseball. T was called down from Seattle to man- age the team during the last half of the season, and I’}] tell the world that I had my troubles. The club was going rotten, and I made a deal for a new shortstop, a veteran named “Handsome” Jack Lally, whom I obtained from Minneapolis. He had a good rep in| 1g | the friends that you Then, and then only, LAY tennis for the pleasure you get out of it, make thru it and the good times it affords. do you derive real benefit from it. Many players today feel they owe the tennis fans who come to watch them perform nothing, that they are not playing the game for the edifica- tion of the thousands who want to watch them. All this may be true, but I have never taken this view of the matter. I have always felt that the tennis star who is a leading at- traction in the game today owes his gallery as much, if not more, than the actor owes his audience. i They pay good money to see him play and altho he receives no re- muneraticn for his services, he has a reputation to uphold that really should mean more to him than the actual payment of money. Fielding Ability May Win Job for Baldwin Third Sacker Is Good Man Around the Bag, Altho He Doesn't Look Like Very Strong Hitter; Beats Crane Out for Hot Corner Position BY LEO H, LASSEN MATH plenty of hitting strength in the out- field, behind the bat and pretty good stick- | ing for the rest of the infield, the Seattle! Indians can well afford to carry Harry Baldwin along at third base if the Pennsyl- vanian hits only .280 this season. Baldwin covers a world of ground at the hot corner, and he can go well to his left, allowing the shortstop to move a couple of feet closer to second base, which is so im- portant in making double plays. Baldwin is good with his glove. He can throw with unerring accuracy underhanded, which saves a lot of time, and he'll catch a flock of runners by a step. | The young fellow has plenty of pepper and he chooses all a the East, but was no longer a youngster. (of the bad hops. He's not a percentage fielder, with one | © I ordered him to report to the San Fran-|eye on the averages. He goes after everything. Hs cisco hotel, where we would be when he| Harry Wolverton has shown a world of confidence in| Luckily for this great game, there are few men in it at the present time who do not take this view Certainly all the first 10 players of America do right now. of ii. HAVE been asked very often if I did not get tired of going around playing in the many tournaments thruout the tennis season. I can truthfully say that I get a big ‘kick’ each and every time I go on the court, The same thrill is there, whether it is the final round of the national doubles championship or the semi-final of a tournament in Balloonville, Above all, in match play never question a decision of the umpire, he is there to do his best and never forget that he is only asked ty do the officiating. He is not compelled to do it. Wolves Growl fos : Bercot-Krache Go Public Opinion Will Force Early Meeting of Battling Loggers; Krache Is Slight Favorite; Other North- west Ring Gossip BY SEABURN BROWN 1EN is it coming off? That's the idea uppermost {n the minds of the gentry who thrill at the sight of the old water bucket, the referee and the lads who gain a livelihood by swinging the Levi- sons. And by “it” they refer to the card that will see Caruso Dan Salt step to the center of the Arena ring and expound after this manner: “In this corner, ‘Bearcat’ Dode Bercot, the fighting logger of Monroe; ir ‘Crashin’' Ted Krache, the Hoquiam woodsman. A real battle, gents; and it’s got to come soon. Each of these clean-living, rugged youngsters is as hardy as the ,|timber he works with, each one packs a bone-crushing wal- jlop, and each has fought him- | m National Show STAR ENTRY BLANK I wish to enter the ...... teewereesecesees team in The Star Junior Baseball league, subject to all the rules and regulations of the organization. (Manager) (Phone) Entries close April 14. Send this blank to the sport- ing editor of The Star. Redskins | A Busy Fellow Lose Thru | Misplays PACIFIC COAST LEAGUR |this corner, Won, Lost. Pet | te] “ae! abe} 2 2 : F] 2 rt : : self out of opponents in a) jshort and highly sensational | mM The second night of the series there I went up to bed 1 | és Tut landed on the Coast. | Baldwin, keeping him stationed on th such pastimers as Sammy | Paoat midnight, and when I turned on the lights I saw a/Crane and Tex Wisterzil on} range fellow in my bed. cock-eyed drunk. galled up the clerk downstairs I shook him and found that he and had him come up, When he me ® was Lally you could have knocked me over with a feather Mie nett day be was on the train heading East. ied drinkers on the club without i WGlams now business manager of We had enough two additional recruits. Giant know the best part of the story until) years later, when Nick the Seattle club, told me about It. | Tay, as I said, was a shoristop, and we had a shortfielder on the Pmmed Louie Castro. met him at the train. tro was played regula EPP season to get another man. that gang. The next chapter will appear tomorrow. And, boys, he was a tough egg. I Mm and he heard the report planned He know that Lally was coming * him liquored up and put him tn my y the res? of the y: Fr, an It was too late ‘That's just a sample of what went | : lashington Outlook in = __ Spring Sports Bright! ITH the track, crew and TY the corner,” ity of Washington iipeak of the activities with the same California gridmen. baseball seasons “just around coaches of spring sports at the Uni- are a busy gang just now—not to of Enoch Bagshaw’s spring foot-! turnouts. Baggy, by the | way, does not see football perspective as does Andy Smith, mentor of A recent announcement from the Southern campus car- Tied the information that the customary spring training of pigskin artists, p ‘Mheir paces on the local cam) TOUGH CREW RACE Loos | While no reason exists for pes ‘ihm over the chances of the Buky crew with Californin—which Sie question most pertinent at the he spirit of cocksureness Hit existed totiowing the overwhelm. of the Washingtonians in| Wid car duel is absent this Cinch Callow has a representative | O crew. That is saying Yet the rumors that from the headquarters of Call- Ben Wallis indicate mtthe meeting between the '23 ag: ions, slated for April 21 on the estuary, will be a hard. attair. ston, according to Callow, bly line up us follows: Don stroke; Harry Dutton, No. A Shaw (captain), No. 6; Fr No. §; Wright Parkins, No. ck” Dunn, No. 3; Max Luft, Fat Tidmarsh, bow, and Don BB, Coxswain. h, Spubn, Shaw and Par the only Washington letter WhO are assured seats in the shell. It must be remem. ay that Callow’ is a new 404 that while he has un. ability, an athletic team of ire In entitled to allowances im ts given over to a new EWeshieston trosh will out- Eat Berkeley babes and un- y rule as favorites, U, coop 4? Sey et by” Graves’ practice of Charges wtitt competition Workouts is showing up 49.8 likely lot of toners. lonsern, Setzer and Har- y It With ron Your Head” {t stops falling short halr long ‘ou from bald- mek guarantee, Distribut Main 6281 | "900000000000000 A Few More More “Kummy* Players at i 2M ZE RO “ea oth. C, Smith Bldg. a “Cent, Pool, Cigars, ‘ he Drinks, Fountrin Lunches Pay Checks Canhea 000000000000 ©00G000000000 rospective and otherw. past at Berkeley, but Bagshaw is driving pus. e, is a thing of his men thru | Der, had plenty of stuff in their re- spective deliveries against the speedy | Alaska Steamship Co. nine Saturday afternoon when the pair allowed but five hits, and the varsity won out, |5 to 3. | The Blue and Gold men didn't] |show #0 well with the stick, however, garnering but four bingles off Hovey and Reynolds. The varsity nine looks okeh, however, and is eape.| clally well fortified in the Infield. | Two double plays were turned in| jagainst the sailors by Lewis, Welts| |and Barrett. | “Hek" Edmundson has @ bright} | outlook for his track luminaries, par. |tleularly In the cinder path events, | Slade sprung a surprise Saturday in |the weekly competitive practice by | holding the flashy Vic Hurley, cap-| |tain and star sprinter, even In the |220-yard event. They competed twice and each took a heat. | Haggarty and DuBols have troned | several wrinkles out of Edmundson's brow by showing class in the hur- dies. It was figured before spring practice opened that this event would be a weak spot with the Husky clan, Callison appears capable of han- |dling the vault, and the veteran Jimmy Bryan is on deck to take care of the weight events, Bagshaw has eight letter men working In his grid turnouts, A number of others are busy with spring sports, The Husky coach is paying particular attention to Wil- son, Bagwill, Teareay and Wilson, of the frosh squad. Wlison ts @ promising halfback, the others lines. men. LEBOURVEAU TO SOUTHERN Dewitt Lebourvean, former out- fielder, of recent years with the Phil- jadelphia Nationals, will pastime with the Nashville club in the Southern | leugue this year, He was slated to play for Oakland, but the major- |minor league draft war held the deal up. ‘CUE TITLE TO BE STAKE HERE Walter Johnston, prosent title. holder, and Henry Solomon, of Spo- | kane, will clash in -polnt mateh this week for the Northwest throe- cushion billiard title at Pope-Sibley's parlors. They will open their serion Tuesday. Fifty polnta will be played each night RICHARDS IS NEW NET KING NEW YORK, April 9 neent Richards, Yonkers net star, t9 tho new American indoor net king. Hoe defeated Francis Hunter, former champion, In straight sets here at. urday in the finals for the title, 6-8, 7-6. the sidelines. | At plate Haldwin seems a bit | stiff and doexn't look like a But he hits the ball hard | when he does connect, and he may fool the boys yet. Anybody who t« husky enough and keeps on swing ing at the apple, ts going to con Mect once in a while. Baldwin looked like a million dol lars in the firwt game, handiing five chances with t a slip. He made 4 sacrifi hit and worked the pitcher for a walk. BAKER DID | PETERS GOOD TURN | William Baker, the owner of the Philadelphia Nationals, has a areat “booster” in John Peters, the huge Salt Lake catcher. | “The best thing Baker ever did for me was to hand me my release to| Salt Lake,” says Peters. | If a knock ts boost this Is some boost. real} hitter, also LEONARD DOING WELL Hub Leonard, former Boston and Detroit southpaw, Is doing remark- ably well financially at Fremo, Cal. He owns a huge ranch and gets something like $6,500 for pitching once a week for the Valley league team there, And they say that he has more stuff than ever. A pitcher like Leonard would come pretty close to putting Detroit in the world's) series next year. SHOULD PLACE YOUNGSTERS If it's posdble Bill Ramage and Jimmy Welsh, the two best rookies on the Heattle club, should be placed with some Class A or B league team this summer. They are too g00d to be sitting on the Seattle bench, but not quite good enough to break ‘in| regularly, They won't be any better | next spring unless they do some playing every day. JANVRIN CAN RUN BASE Hal Janvrin can run thone bases. } He ‘s pretty fast, no speed burner, fast enough. And best of all, he’s stnart on those cushions. Seattle will be well fortified with | such good heads as Lane, Johnaton, Orr and Janvrin on those bags, be. cause these boys In particular know what they are doing when they get on. ORR BEST HIT-AND-RUN MAN ON THE CLUB Harry Wolverton is a great be-| liever in the sacrifice play and In the hit-and-run attack, That's why he has Bill Orr hitting fifth in the Ine- up. Orr is the best place hitter in the league and he's a pip when it| comes to hitting behind the runner, | When the runner starts with the pitch and the hitter delivers, nine out | of ten times the runner gotw that ad- ditional base so necessary to scoring runs. ELDRED BACK IN CENTER The Gray Wolf has Brick Eidred| back in center field again. He ar- gues that very few center fielders | ever throw men out at the plate and that Eldred’s arm {6 strong enough to keep mien from going from first to third or from second to home on hits or flies, Lane plays the sun field #0} well and Rohw left-handed thrower, belongs in the right garden. a FRESNO NO CONST LEAGUE CITY Fresno will not be a Coast league city for some time, In the first place, it has « large foreign popula- tion that doesn’t understand baseball, | and in the second place, 1t Kets so hot there in the summer time that about a third of the people go to the nea-const for relief. There has been a lot of talk about moving the Salt Lake franchise there, but it wouldn't be @ very good move. t US 18 RACK PITCHER It looks like Sacramento has picked up a fine pitcher In Hughon, who worked for Rochester In the In- ternational league last year came to Rochester on the Barl Kung deal, Hughes tn quite a curve ball artist, Fred Blake, Seattle hurler, who worked on the same club with | of the Tacoma show Thu: e look-in corner with | Star Net Date to Be Named date for The Star-Wood ark tennis tournament will be ready for announcement some time this week. Last year the ent wax held in June and confileted with that of As many players th meets tt worked a hardship on many of the city's ayers’ who entered both. nament will be staged the same an lost year with men's sin- gles, men’s doubles, women's ain gles, Women's doubles, mixed dou- bles and junior boy atngles and doubles. Tennis players planning to enter The Star meet should watch these columns for the an- Rouncement of the KING GOES TO TEXAS LEAGUE) Rip King, football star and catcher with Portland for several seasons, has been transferred to the Shreveport} club of the Texas league, Harris, Jim Riley, T land tourn the ¢ Bruce Hartford, Joe Sargent and Bill Rose are some} of the other familiar ball players on) that same club. HORNER MAY BE ALL THRU. Jack Horner, “Oregon Giant,” may never reach ring fame because of a weak hip. He had to cancel a bout In Portland the other night be- cause of the return of this allment, which he thought had been cured. JORDAN WILL BATTLE JONES Johnny Jordan, Anacortes light- weight, who fought a draw with Dode Bercot recently, will box «ix rounds with Morgan Jones In the matin event jay night. JOHN HENRY QUITS GAME John Henry, former receiver for Walter Johnson at Washington, has been given his unconditional release by San Antonio and the veteran will quit the national game, HITLESS MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 9— Jimmy O'Connell, the Giants’ $75,000 beauty, went to the plate three times against the Memphia South em association team and failed to hit, the Gtants losing, 6 to 8. iMAN DEAD » April 9—Ar thur Chembers, 75, lightweight of the old bare-knuckle days, who en- gaged In a 186-round bout, died from a stroke of paralysis, MACK'S YANNIGANS WIN MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 9.— The Athletic Yannigans, in. thelr final game here yesterday, defeated Rochester, 4 to 1, Hughe predicted before the season opened that he would be a winner. Hughes won the opener from Portland by a 3 to 1 score and allowed but three hits, all of which came in ono inning. TOBIN WANTS TO PLAY Evorett Yaryan is a regular horas for work behind the plate and so in Frank Tobin. Yaryan, because of hia hitting, will probably catch most of the time, but Tobin says ho will ask for a shift to some other club if he {n't allowed to work, because, he says, ho likes to play ball too well himself to sit on the bench. FREMONT BOYS ENTER JUNIOR LEAGUE M No, 11 has entered The Star Junior Baseball league, The Fremont Cyclones, con tenders in the finals Inst year, are the newest gang to fils, The Fremont bunch promises fo have another strong club in the league this ye and will | urday Spencer |* make a good bid for the cham: plonship, RESNO, Cal, April #.—Working | in the box for a club that made five errore—of which he persona! contributed a palr—Vean ex was beaten by the Salt Lake Bees in the fourth game of the series with Beat to 6. orthernere com: Both Sat by the tle here yesterday, The defeat of th pleted a tough week-end games were taken home club. le outhit Salt Lake tn Sun- x by a margin of 12 binglen| but the tribe threw the} ball away enough times to more than Offmet the clouting advantage. | Gregg went the full route, when! he steadied after the damage had| been done, and hurled gilt-edged ba!l in the closing innings. Billy Lane, as usual, was the to seven tok | star of the day, making @ double and) | two singles off the local moundsmen | in four trips to the plate. Pearce, s¢ Pe wle-coceceno™e By ie at bat. Ronse be 3, Gould 5, Gregg | Janvrin, Lew a, 8 on bases—Heattle #, Balt Lake &. arroll and Casey, Time of game ELES, April 9—Outhit- ting Oekland In both tilts, Loa An- geles mado a clean sweep of Sunday's double bill by scores of 4 to 3 and 5 tol, The initial clash was a tight affair, going 10 innings, First game— Onkiand Lon Angeles . nd gare Onkiand Lon Angeles .. homas; Lyons SACRAMENTO, April 9—Portland and Sacramento divided Sunday's brace of games, the visitors gaining an even break by timely hitting in the afternoon game, Portiand .... Sacramento ... 55.168 Batteries: Schroeder and Cavey; Hughes and Koehler. Second game rtland .is.s6 NOLO: Vee v enone ria | Jans | Batterion: Sutherland, Middleton and Byler; Thompson and sohang, SAN FRANCISCO, April 9.—An epidemic of home runs featured the two Sunday games betwesn san} Francisco and Vernon. Ellison of the Seals was on the rampage, nailing two clroult hite in the second game, which the Seals lost, and one tn the first encounter. Firat gam vernon 1" Ba tam, and Hannah, Murph and Yelle. Becond Vernon San Francisco Batter Doyle, James, folly, and Hannah, Murphy; Soott, Shea and Agnew, eame— May Miteheli, Only a few more days are left for the entries to be sent in for this oireult, All that is necessary to do to enter is to fill out a blank found on this page and send it to the Sporting editor of The Star im: mediately, Entries close Satur: da; ‘Two important rules must be | Mack jcoma Thursday, “Chick” the best fast ball in the league 1 a i]the fleld Saturday, booting two chances “CHICK” ROCCO Fighting George Burns here tomorrow night, Johnny in Aberdeen Wednes- day and Billy Young in Ta- Rocco is lining up an am- bitious ring program. They are all sixz-round fights. Altho the Seattle Indians took palr of defeats from Salt Lake Satu diay by 7-3 and 9-2 counts there was one redeeming and that was that “Brick” Eldred proved he can still smack the onlon. The littl slugger pounded out alx hits in elf! tripe te the plate during the day, picking up a double and ® triple be: sides four singles, Chief Yellowhorss, the dtr pitcher on the Sacramento ateff, lived | up to ail the nice things said’ about him in the training season by shutting st Portland Saturday in him first ap- Dearance with but a single hit chalked up against him, ‘They say that he has Indian aid a nifty come- & for Vernon Baturday, bei it He Elmor Meyers, Salt Lake pitcher, Was operated npon for appendicitis Raturday tn Fresno, Tay Rohwer had a rather bad day tn in right field againet Balt Lake. Bonttle plays tn Sacramento this week prior to coming home to tangle with Loe Angeles and San Francisco here, QUINN IS HURT Ind, April, 9— Jack Quinn, veteran spitbailer, of the Boston Red Sox, will be out of the ue for A GAGA, IL wha eetd to. day. Quinn had a bone broken by a pitched ball Ina game Saturday, ATHLETICS DOWN NEWARK PHILADELPHIA, April 9—Con nie Mack brought his team back to their home diamond today, after tray. cling to Newark Sunday and dofeat. ing the International club, 6 to 6, RALLY WINS FOR CUBS WICHITA FALLS, Tex, April 9.— The Chicago Cubs put on a four-run rally in the ninth and boat Wiohita Falls Texas league team, § to 6, remembered — before — entering. Tho Ago lmit is 22 years, players swho hive become that age be- fore April 15 or on that date are Inoligible, AML others under this feo can play, And also that all foams must have suits, ring career. | that} One objection to the bout held up proceedings for some weeks was dissipated into thin alr when! Krache appeared in Seattle week. It had been rumored that the Hoquiam fisticuffer was too heavy for Bercot Nothing to that Krache weighed 137% pounds: for Jack Jonephs. The men are per- fectly matched, physically It may be that Lonnie Austin wants to develop Bercot further be- fore trusting him in the same ring with Krache. That's Just a hunch. Lonnie says he's ready to go. Beyond a doubt, at this writing, | Krache would be ® slight favorite in the local betting if the boys were to tangle within the week. last erer of the two. Whether Bercot can stand up under severe punish. cal, as he hasn't been extended as yet, body will withstand a terrific batter- ing before he oan be dropped, in that memorable fourth round with Jo- sephs. He took everything the Min- for more, Bercot will have one advantage that should not be discounted. He Is ® southpaw, and his style will be cer- tain to puzzle the green Krache. ANOTHER ONE TO SETTLE One wonders !f the Joe Gorman- Bud Ridley battle at the Arena Tues- day will finally settle the feud be- tween the midget millers, Neither has much love for the other, yet their clashes seem to be jinxed. They were Matched tn Portland not long ago. A day or so before the smoker Ridley received a scratch on one of his legs that became infected and forced his manager to cancel the go. Then, In Seattle, when th fray ‘Was waxing merriest, Gorman’s noo- dle became fogged up by a crack on the lower maxillary, and the tilt ended without much satisfaction to anybody when the Portlander sank to the canvas without being hit and was disqualified. It ts expected that Tuesday evening will find one or tho other of the boys @ decisive winner. NEWCOMER ON HIS WAY Young Carman, a California wel- terwelght, who recently proved his worth by beating the tough Mel Coo- gan, plans to invade the Northwest ring game soon. Carman is a 136- pounder, A BUSY WEEK Chick Rocco and Billy Young have been signed to box the six-round sem!-windup to the Johnny Jordan Morgan Jones headliner at Tacoma Thursday. Rocco has a tough week, moeting George Burns here Tuesday and Johnny Mack Wednesday at Aberdeen, CHET McINTYRE BACK IN GAME Hear ye! Hear ye! Chet Motn- tyre is once more an active member of the ring fraternity—but not as a leather-pusher, ‘The aged, but dur- and ts training his fighter for a bout with Jimmy Cole at Wallace, Idaho, on Saturday, Romeo Hagen, another Seattle vid-timer, ts lated to Joust on the same card with one “Red” Mo- Cauley. CALIFORNIANS WIN BIG MEET BERKELBY, Cal, April 9—Altho. outrun on the track, tho University of California swampod the University of Nebraska track squad in the field events and won thelr dual meet here Saturday, 75 to 6. No records wore broken, PULLMAN WILL STAGE TOURNEY PULLMAN, Wash, April 9 - Washington State college will super. vise an Interscholastic track meet for oll Nigh schools Haat of the Cascades on May 5, MEUSEL’S HOMER WINS FORT WORTH, Texas, April 9. Rob Meurel's homer, with the bases full, and foursbase smacks by Joe More Information concerning the league will be published in these columns every day now. Dugan and Babe Ruth, gave t New York Yanks a 14 to 1 victory Krache | is the harder hitter and the clev.| ment without wilting is problemati.| Krache proved that his chin and. Deapolis veteran had and waded in| able Chet is handiing Johnny Cogein | Lineup Carded TE complete lineup for Tues day's boxing show, to be held at the Arena ring by the National Athletic club, was announced to- day as follows: Main event—Bud Ridley vs. Joe Gorman, featherweights, six rounds. Sem!-windup—George Burns ys. “Chick” Roceo, Ughtweights, six rounds, ' Special event—San Langford vs. “Mickey” Hannon, light weights, four rounds, Preliminaries—Billy Nash va, Ludwig Jones, bantamweights, four rounds, and Johnny Hawkes vs. Kid Fossee, 130 pounds, four rounds, in the league, but who still pia ould not forget that the entry ered at The Ste Teams that have not yet obtained their [contracts for the season can do so by calling at the sport department. There contracts must be all filled ont and | turned in at The Star by Saturday. Fif- teen players can be signed for the first same. Any havi pret week should send this tnformation by mail or phone to The Star. They should also send. results in promptly. Teams that havi Up should send t! to fhe Star for Star | joe games th thefr contracts lined The schedule for the first games on | April 22 will be ready for publication in The Star one we Loule'e French Dry Cleaners won | Practice game Sunday from the Telephone Co. at Walla Walla field by’ §-to-8 tally. | Both teams showed good form, and th features of the game were Glenn's homer in the fourth with one man on and the pitching of Grayzules for the winners. The score follows: Beat e french Dry Cleaners. § 11 @ Telephone Co. ...... edt tos Batteries: J. Mulally, Grayzules, 7. | Mullaly and Bgan; Mattheweon and Rad ford. ‘The West & Wheeler team lost = tough practice game to the Mikadoes at South Park Sanday, The final score was 6 to 5, the Nipponese win- ning out in the ninth, Sackman pitched a good game for the real estate boys, allowing only four hits, The manager of taring team should sporting editor of 7 je Black Manufac- {n touch with the Star, Tho manager of the Best Shoe Shop team should send in definite information * to whether or not his team will play in The Star le COMMISH BANS FIGHT RW YORK, April 9.—As a result of the ruling of the New York box- ing commission, Floyd Johnson, Luis Firpo, Jack McAuliffe, Jess Willard and all other boxers stgned for the milk fund bout here May 12, cannot engage in any bouts or exhi- bitions before the big show. LANGFORD WINS AGAIN MEXICO CITY, April 9,—Sam Langford successfully defended his title as Mexican heavyweight cham- pion when Andres Balzacs, Spanish champion, broke his hand In the sixth round and could not continue. Langford was floored tn the firth, CARDS AND TIGERS TIE CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 9.—= Darknoss halted the game here yos- torday between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louls Cardinals, The score was 11 all when tho players took to the showers, Veach, Pratt and Horns- by featured with homors. Tho two teams will play again today, K, C AY IS HOOP CHAMP CHICAGO, April 9—Tho Kansas City, Kan. basketball team holds the national Interscholastic basket: ball title today, having defeated Rockford, Tl, In the fina) game of the tournament here Saturday night, The score was 48 to 21, PIRATHS TROUNCH BLUES KANSAS CITY, Mo,, April 9—The Pirates hammered Zinn, ox-team over the Brooklyn Robina, mato, for 17 hits and defeated Kan. #as City, 12 to 6.