The evening world. Newspaper, March 22, 1920, Page 16

—_— Carpentier, Delayed, Arrive Here To-Morrow fal tae, eas ILE Jack Dempsey is busily engaged in a legal bout out in| Frisco to decide whether he's & draft dodger, Georges Carpen- ‘War hero and heavyweight cham- plan of Burope, will arrive to-morrow : the La Savoie. French Liner was scheduled to Quarantine to-day, but stormy feather at sea made it impossitie for f to reach port until carly to-mor- ainty regarding a Carpen- ey Dattle has switched the Frenchman to the Ameri- After knocking out Joe Beckett “ene round in London there was a “Wt Of doudt about Carpentier’s future engagements, ) (fConfiicting reports came out of : every hour. First it seemed as the French champion was to moet the world’s title » Then the situation was around and the next rumor the two ring stars about to sign bout in gay Paree. Dempsey his willingness to fight Georges re, During the bleak winter) he the uneertainty wus all on other end of the line of communi- jere’a a complete change in! While Carpentier | in the role of con- hero, it is Dempsey, because fis war conduct, who now furnishes “Gbasiderable doubt whether he and % ier wil} ever face each other r ring. Tt is an awkward posi for Dempsey and it is unfortun- that the draft charges hati to be at the time that the French steams in sight of the! of Liberty. allowance for Dempsey’ predicament, it is doubtful! at Carpentier had ay abet lee | proposed heavyw bat- Fat thin time, His main object for| " the big pond was the fulfill- certain contracts preliminary | up to' a possible clash | ‘8 title, whioh no French- ever held. | in the sights of our big. . He gourney’ out to Los An- ney out where fet be kept busy for a acting before a movie camera. thie task out of the way Jack as him booked for a tour of the Unt States In ie turn with Joe Stecher, jon of the activities com- Canpenticr may then be ready ‘business with Jack Dempsey, d Walloping Jack is in a po- to seek ‘ing engagements. became very popular with the army during the war. The pest was the means of gaining | imereased rhyvical preparation for of men as well as being a Military officials didn’t forget the lesson learned dur- _ » Special tournaments have been en- , and to decide the cham- hip ‘of the Eastern Division de- Douts wit be held in the seth en. by invitation . To Fix Plans _ For Davis Cup ‘The Davis Cup Committee will meet this evening to prepare ite report for ‘the meeting on Saturday of the Ex- | egutive Committee of the United States )) Earen Tennis Association concerning the international tennis matches to be played this year, Of primary impor- _tamee at present are the events in q@iich the United States must com- (pete for the Davis Cup. The draw as i by Australia pyts the from this country against the Tepresentatives of South Africa in the inary tie. According to the! 8 Cup regulations, the place for A@lding this match is to be agreed upon n these two nations. The win- ‘will meet the winner of the match een Hngland and Holland for the to challenge Australia. addition to the foregoing, mittee will consider the advisabil- ‘of sending representatives of this muntry abroad to pluy in the English ionship, and will also decide her the invitation to senda team can be uccepted. An ur- Tequest has been received from dubiben of Copenhagen that the d States send a team there this the Bee . Benjamin Sexreto, Morningside A. C., the six mile course record in the handicap road run of the his Athletic Leagu Heights A.C ¥. U. law stu- in 31.20, clipping | te 8 seconds from the former best » established by Frank ‘Titerton, c i Segreto was allowed «| \from studying the i INO-NO- NOT {HO MAIN = 4 YES. HARVEY, Coprright, HOH- THENVE PRINTED MY NAME ON THE NOTICE - ImMusT BE GOW THEN LIKE Lae DONE VENIN 1020, by the Prem Publishing Co Commit Tee FoR (The New York Evening World.) G' WORLD, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920. By Thornton Fisher WELL IF WE HAD A HOUSE COMMITTES. WITH BRAINS BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK ? THE COUNTRY CLUB’S HOUSE COMMITTEE oh Hard to. Dope low Last Year’s, Says Expert Fullerton. By Hugh S. Fullerton. NETEEN-TWENTY promises N to be the biggest and the most sensational bas@ball season in history. With factional fights, with reformed rules, with umpires armed with more power than ever before, with players dissatisfied and unset- tled conditions existing almost every- where, the season is certain to bring many qtick changes, All this will add to the uncertainty and the inter- est in the major league races—but it fails to add to the comfort of the dopester. Doping has been a hard and rather unsatisfactory task since the war started. Year before last, just when the dope seemed.to be working out well, the “work or fight" order and the rush of players to shipyards and the ranks upset everything—and the two teams which managed longest to maintain unbroken fronts won The condition that confronts us in doping this spring is as bad as it has been for the last two years. In the first place the d ssatisfaction among players is unprecedented and the number of holdouts, of retirements, and the uncertainty as to the final line-up of teams is greater than ever before. ‘The teams will not be up to stand- ard even of last year until late May, and even at their best their strength will be more than 5 per cent. under the normal strength of major league outfits prior to 1917. Very few good players have been developed in the last three years, so that, while the outlook for attendance, for receipts. and for bitter contests is improved, the major leagues, from a purely playing standpoint, are weak, The object of dope in basdball is to find out which teams ought to win, and where they should finish. Dope in baseball is the throwing away of prejudice and the recourse to pure mathematics to discover the strength of individuals and of teams, To do this one must rely upon, and baseball the preceding season, but must not rely altogether upon those figures. I have figured out a system of dope whigh, I believe, is very close to cor- rect. It is based entirely upon official figures, and this dope merely applies them to probabilities, In some cas one is compelled to discount the fix- ures because of known conditions, ‘To get at the real dope one must study each man in his position. position has its value in defensive work, It is ridiculous to think that a third buseman with an average of three chances per game is as impor tant as a pitcher, In attack, of course, each player has the same oyportuni- ties. And theoretically each is equal My system is this: I have figured cords for than twenty years that the attacking part of the game—batting, waiting for cach bases, sacrifice hitting, base running, &c.~constitutes 64 per cent. 9! his dope upon, the official figures of | more | knocked out Robert )Dast the feather t chia 1920 Races, But Season Should Prove Most Sensational Ever | Standard of Teams Even Be- sive work is 36 per cent. In a “no hit, no run” game the defensive, of course, would be 160 per cent,, but we must deal entirely with averages. Of the defensive strength the pitch- er, of course, is the greatest element, and each other position has its value. 1 have worked out a table of position values, based not only upon the number of chances but the impor- tance of the chances of each posi- tion. In this, pitching is 36 per cent, catcher 14, first base 8%, second 10%, short 9%, third 5, left 5, centre 6% and right 6. That is, the pitcher, on the average, is one-ninth of the attacking of his team or one-ninth of sixty-four plus, and in defensive ts 36 per cent. of 36 ber cent., or approximately 13 per cent, of the entire team strength, the | values of the others being’ in ratio, and their total importance being their Position strength in defensive work plus their individual attacking strength, Now, if the average batter is 7 (one- ninth of the total average attacking value) what is Cobb? If the average pitcher is 13, what is Johnson? You | can figure it as well as [, if you have | the patience and the time. It surely wears out lead pencils Instead of using 7 or 13 I use 700 and 1,300, since it makes no difference so long as we maintain the ratio and it makes it easier to show slight dif- ferences of value. In studying the attacking value of a player I figure still more closely. I have a table showing the value in at- tack of straight hitting, of waiting for bases, of getting hit by pitched ball, in speed going to first, in base running, both straight stealing and going from first to third on a hit, of long driving and every element that into attacking strength, The res showing @ man’s batting aver- age only roughly indicate his value in attack. We all know, for instance, that Frank Baker hitting 300 1s not ag Kood a 7 in attack as is Bush hitting 250, because Bush would make more runs, So take the figures on what cach man has done, apply it to the system and find his offensive and defensive strength. I lot the official figures ride right along unless 1 know something that may have occurred to affect that man. For instance | know of one major star of prominence who had a piece of hard luck during the winter and will not be in top form. before June, if by t Now let go to it | me. Maybe my estimate of the worth of a player will not conform with yours. If you know some dope on a player that T don't, change my the- ures and substitute your own, and let's who is closest next October. (Cour 1920, by ‘The Bell Syndioate, Inc.) Figure it with | | Wrestling B | ‘a Gym- What has all the appearances of be- ing an int sting wrestling matoh will be contested this evening at George Kothner's Gymnasium, Mike Yokel of |Salt Lake City, recognized middle weight champion work, will meet Cy Ress of Columbia, 8. C., the two out of three falls, In preliminary bout Martin Leidecke wil) ng Hackensehmidt © the contests, j win | Knockouts tn IS, March m here With a string of box- {crs, knocked out Young Wever in the |fourth round of @ scheduled fifteen- round bout Saturday night, and Joo Mendell. another of | Lippe's boxers, lion, French ‘eaaatovente LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’Hara. Coprrighs, 1890, ky The Frees Publishing Co, (The New York Breniag World.) Bryan is sixty years of age, but Bill won't run like sixty THIS year. eae New York that ba: 000 i ; tte ney et GRe that banked u 000 in one year must swing his club as e 9 6 Ball players have to buy their own shoes, which is why some roohice are now worth $15 to $20 ow the hvof. Marriages in the Los Angeles film colony don’t seem to “take” so well as the pictures, Cae he Many a rookie that can't make the team is fast on the a ia carte. 8 8 The New York Boxing Commission will be 5 per cent. of the gate receipts. 8 8 Since Babe Ruth found his batting eye, the Yanks no longer look like specks. o 8 . CENSUS SHOWS A GAIN OF 22.3 FOR MILWAUKEE TO MAKE UP FOR ITS LOSS OF 2.75. oe First spiking of the season came when Moran denied that he'd trade Tousch Car tamer Managers aren't waiting till next year to eliminate the shine pitchers. cae s has tamed down since Prohibition set in. Few revivals can h the flask of brandy missing. oe 8 Billy Sunda; be pulled off wit If Hinstein's theory is anything like Arnstein’s, it's certainly elusive. ( sz And Predic — > | {Famous Outfielder Tardy Be-} | cause He Has Been Suffering | From Lead Poisoning in} Throwing Arm. (Special to The Evenime World.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 22. JFFY LEWIS, the long missing | left flelder of the Yankees, | strayed into camp late Satur- |day night, thereby completing the ‘roster of eligibles on whom Miller | Huggins can absolutely depend for | the current championship season. Lewis was late in reporting because jof an infected right arm, While |Painting his house he contracted a | bad case of lead poisoning, which but recently responded sufficiently to | treatment to permit him to report for active training. Lewis is the last of the old guard unsigned and it is believed the club will have his contract for 1920 before | many days elapse. There is little House Commirn FoR 1920 C.W.NUTT CHAIRMAN 7S | ARTHUR HOFFMAN | HARRY MENER® | RF DOOLITTLE jby his present fine physical | tion, ‘man. WM: BROWN | difference in salary opinions. That Lewis seems sincere in his desire to ive the best possible xervice to a| probably pennant winner is evidenced condi- He looks anything but a sick Still he is down to a weight! r than his best playing weight o: season and he is lighter than| when he ieft for the Pacific Coast | jast fall, Lewis declares that his throwing arm, which was the one in fected, shows no visible signs of any weukening and he is anxiously aw: ing an opportunity to try it out. Lewis, like many of the older anu low: last uffy Lewis Reports ts Yankees Will Win A. L. Pennant reasonable break in the luck the New York Americans should qualify fer the wonld's series. “1! am in better shape to start training than ever before,” de clared Duffy, “and can be ready for the opening. The addition of Ruth is going to add the punch necessary. | hope Frank Baker returns to us, for he is not only a wonderful player but a grand influen club. id our pit stood up last year we could ly be. out both Cleveland and tne White Sox. Carl Mays worked wonders for our staff after it was too late. With him to should have the gre the major ues this 31 every other department, too. the league will be as strong, if not stronger, than ® year ago: Hereafter all members of the will work out twice dally, morning and afternoon. Heretofore (ie Yan- tigans only have practiced in the forenoon. Huesins had the vet- erans go along easy at first. but they are somewhat backward is @ result and he Intends to make op for lost time. He proposes :o sold two batting practices daily with « view to Improving both hittiny and pitching for the remainin: gunes” with the Dodgers In prepuration for to-mo 3 newal of the inter-club chau it ig proposed to play a fame between the first teams thie afternoon if thc warms sufficientiy Tt was very cold ‘est of a nort made every sort tion unpleasant & consequence, spent a ver Sabbath, few of them 1 the Burbridge Hotel. Some oven re- esterdss tern of outdoor The Yankece. more experienced members of the Yankees, believes that with any who earlier had planned fishing trips surrendered to the elements Giants Face Red Sox Again | Without Both Young and Benton 69th Regiment Bowlers to Open Headpin Tourney | The 69th Regiment Bowling League, composed of one team from each of the companies, has been se- lected by the bowling committee in charge Of the Evening World Head- pin Bowling Tournament to roll the opening games in the contest which will open March 30 instead of March , as originally planned. The change was made at the request of the offl- cers of the famous fighting regiment who formed part of the historical “Rainbow Division” which gave such a good account of itself overseas. Col. John J. Phelan has been invited by Lieut. William Murray to be pres- ent, so has Chaplain Rey. Francis P. Duffy, The Mutual Drum and Fife Corps, members of the United Bowling Clubs who are running the tournament, will be of hand to en- liven the occasion, Uncle Joe Thum, proprietor of the White Klaphant Rowling Academy, where the tour- nament is to be rolled, will have the entire ‘bowling academy decorated with Irish and American flags in honor of New York's famous fighting regiment Plays His First | Round of Season, PINEHURST, N. ©, March Francis Ouimet, the former open and amateur golf champion, played his first round of golf since last October in a four-ball match with three friends. He made a 37-—40—77 over the No. 2 course, Emmet French, Youngstown, playins im a@ four-ball match, established the season's record for the No. 3 course, with 23-36-69 French's most sengational stunt oc- curred at the elghth hole, where he went down from the edge of the green for a 3, two strokes under par. The medal scores were the best that have been made on No. 3 this winter. French) was 69; MeLean, 71; Newto and Graham, 77 Newton and Molaan had| a best ball of 33 going out, but wera two down at the turn, Following this match Malean hooked up with Tom Boyd in a professional four-ball affair, and defeated French and Charles Mothersele by 4 and 3 A 76 for McLean was the best round. Miss Elaine Rosenthal of Chicagd and Ww. Dillon of Fitchburg won from Miss Kate Bomann of Plainfield and W. A. Taylor of New York. ea Crack Local Lightweight Will Be a Busy Fighter in the Next Few Weeks. 2 By John Pollock. weight, who is now considered one of the best fighters developed in this vicinity in some time, is booked up for three more fights by his manager, Dan Morgan. On April 6 he fights Ray Pryal of Homestead, Pa., for ten rounds at the Duque: Pittsburgh; April 12 Larry Hanson for ten rounds at the Olympia A. C. of Harrisburg, Pa., and on April 29 he clashes with K. 0. Daley of Alliance, ©., for twelve rounds at the McKinnew A, C. of Can- ton, O. Dun Flaherty, the fight promoter of Fart ford, Coom., who in staging the ten-romd bout between Battling Levineky, the legitimate light | bearyweight chamoion, and Clay ‘Turner, the In- dian fighter, at his club on next Friday night, nouifiel Dan Morgan todey that there is an unwnua! ammount of interest being dintlased in tie tout, and that he expels his ubhouse packed \o its capacity Frat Fulton, who hag gone to Seattle, Wat, | where le mosis a ioral heavyweight there in a four-rouml bout Friday night, drow down over $3,200 for onitpointing Bartley Madden their wix-round tout at the O yy Philadeystia last Wer newins 1,171 Entriés For 17 Stakes : At Jamaica =<: ee might and grab off several bundred more dolar dy boxing Jonny Sheppant, the Hngliah tight weight in tho ar bout of mix rounds at the Olympia A. A. of Philadelphia, Jackson's in jured night hand is weil enough for him to box with agein and be expecta to outpoint Kheppan! to be of The gross received a | More than 1,100 entries, 1,171 to be exact, have ‘been received for the seventeen stakes that will be run at the Metropolitan Jockey Club's May and June meeting at the Jamaica track. This is a record, according to Wal- | ter C. Edwards, the racing Secretary, | as it beats by 232 the number of | nominations received last year, ov @ mihBeweight, All the good horses from all the| ney to fig Jack Brit big stables have been named for one | Armory at Cloveiaud ox or more of the events for the older} divisions. | Jimmy Dune of Champion Jooney title holier, ney, the Columbus puch weight in the | |, former manager of the featherwaight manager of Bryan Dow ter, who has taken an Ap eelve months that he is Dunn haw matched Dow 2 ten roumis at Gry March 2 the boxing reanvidie Schvetaen Mark —toanarrow Joo Cox, the giant Western heary who handel Joe Beckett a jacing in the Adied Neral ‘Turmament, meets Al Norton, the fume bie man California bas produced iv a long tine, and from _ Darcey Knocks Out Rector, John Darcey of the U. 8. 8. Kansas| roree Cree BP is pee of one best punch ng Uightweights in the Hast when he | fog ee een knocked out tough Kddie Rector of| tis showing . 2 Hoboken in the eighth round at the| er sém-round erent Bobty Gleson, ex: Bayonne A. In another eight, Wal-! 4. A. U. welterweight champion ami who very Joe Leonard » C, Laurette beat campmien) await Jegh Briton at the Francis Quimet_ | Eddie Fitzsimmons Is Booked For Three More Boxing Bouts Eddie Fitzsimmons, the local light- | Mugged and willing foe when he steps ont against ‘Terry Miccheil of Bayonne, the chan who handed Store Latzo a eurprise tno weeks ago, Jack Sbackes, who is to Gight Frinkie Burne Of Jermey City at the Arena A. C, of Jewey City, although Matsmnaker Dave Driscoli hat not se. | tected @ date for the tout an yet, will journey to 3, battle Johnny Dundes will probably mx be ahs tn (git arrin for three of fear weet a. hw haw decided to ham an operation jerformed on his nose in the near future, Dundew ban ted trouble With Thin nome in all of his fighs and his pays clan informed him after his go with (illie Jackson tt mould tw the bent thing for lim to ha 20 © ation A match was arranged today between Dutch Brandt of Brooklyn and ‘Terry Martin, the rugged featherweight of Providence, R. 1. They will come together in a twelreround bout at a show \o be held at ‘Lewiston, ‘fe., an April 7, Brandt | may box Frankie Bums at the Lyceum Sporting Clad of Paterson, N. J., ch 31 for eight | round, Lew Meyers has matehed Johnny Martin, local lightweight, who gave @ god accouut of himself Saturtay night in Philly against ‘Tendk nat George Chaney at the National and bis bantamweight, frankie t Benny Comer at Patemon Fri Appenramce Abit clei r te fine time in mt Ladner with Al Benegict to. nthe featur bout of eight rosinule Hoboken A, €., Patemon Went Hoboken, Jimmy Bridewort bentam eight of Heswskem in A thint atemetion, which is al to go eight rounds, will bring to. wether Jimmy O'Brien of New York and. Vaddy Sullivan of Bayunn | Went and Bis another Augie Ratner, the Bront middi Clarke, the rugged fighter of P matcted yesterday to meet in the st rounds at the next boxing show orting Club of Paterson, N, J Allentown Dundeo and Freddie Ronse of Br clash in the weini-final for rght rounds, Andy Niederretter, formerly adwer Sporting Club has taken Wranklo Olsen, the Pesrl. hiver booked up to fight Johnny Daly of Jerwy city for | eight rounds at the North Jersey Sporting Club of Hackensack, N. J., on mext Saturday nigh Al Roborts, the Staten Island heavyweight matched to fight Willie Meo heavrweight, in one of the four eizhi-round bouts at | the Sportsmen's Club of Newark. N. J., April 6. | Hoberts Is to receive a guarantee of $1,000, accord. | ing t,he manager. Sly Gardoila, . Meshen poting bese ab week, ty in during the Frew law | the California. Fstcasntbliinhicspe eevee init cients eintpicntsmmnetsinisncrenenecil a Third Game of Series, Which Stands One All, Scheduled for To-day. (Special to The Evening Work WICHITA FALLS, Tex., March 22. 66 AWN" MGRAW and his men} arrived here early to-day for the third game of the exhibi- tion series with the ruthless Boston Red Sox. The series now stands one} all. The Polo Grounders won the| opening battle at Fort Worth on Sat- urday, while the American Leaguers triumphed over McGraw’s athletes at | Dallas yesterday after a thrilling | battle. The Giants will be without the ser- vices of Ross “Pep” Young and John Calhoun for the next few days. Young is confined to his room in one of the hotels in Dallas, The outfielder is| suffering from a slight attack of the| flu, and it will almost a week before | he will be able to play again. | In the meantime Arnold Statz, the | Holy Cross youngster, will take care | of the fly balls that the Red Sox bat- | ters hit into right field. Although Statz is an exceptionally good fielder | and a fair hitter, the services of Ross Young will be missed by the Giants, Benton is nursing several pet bun- ions, and while he is with the team | he is not able to pitch. In fact, he | cannot even wear his baseball shoes. | Rube was scheduled to pitch part of | the opening game against the Sox, | but his bunions made him take the count, With Benton unable to pitch, and Jesse Winters suffering from a sore arm, McGraw is shy of tirst-class pitchers. Harry Hooper, the veteran outfleld- er, is likely to make the Boston fans forget all about Babe Ituth this se son. It was Hooper's wond throwing and his heavy hitting that were responsible, for the Giants going down to defeat. ' Have you ever read | of an outfielder throwing out a man | » at first, one at third and another at} home all in one game? | That was what this Mr. Hooper) did yesterday, in addition to making | a home ruv, a double steal and u| sacrifice hit In the second inning Hooper heaved! Benny Kauff out at home and Fred ‘Toney at first base, Kauft w n second when Kelly clouted a hit right. Benjamin ousayed to score all the way from the middle bi at found Devine waiting for him with ed the plate ext Datter, He y passed by Waite Hoyte, the Brooklyn boy, who was doing ‘the pitching for Boston. This! crowded the bases. Toney smashed Blow in HERE for your new Spring suit breezy patterns and the NEWEST sstyles NOT made last Fall but last week in our own custom tailoring work- rooms~Direct to you no middleman. Suits ready to wear with the made to order air. See our special line at $50 a wicked drive to right field. Hooper came dashing in, fielded the ball, and by a perfect peg nailed Toney at first, Along in the eighth inning, at a time when the Giants were trying desperately to knot the score, Hooper again choked them off. With one out Kelly singled to right and Barnes to left, the first baseman stopping at second. McCarty whaled a long. drive to right. Hooper wus forced 10 back against the crowd for the ball. As he caught the ball Kelly started for third, but 'iouper made a wonderful peg to Foster and Kelly was out by at ‘least ten feet. The ball never touched the ground before reaching Foster's hands. ——— FAST MOVING DODGERS ALLOWED TO EASE UP IN THEIR WORK TO-DAY (Special to The Evening Work! JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March, 22. We three wins over the Yan- kees behind them, the Dodgers were allowrd to ease up in their workouts to-day Robbie has prom/sed to give two of his youngsters a chance agains! the Yanks to-morrow, starting wo} Mo hart and finishing with Jon Conan Clarence Mitchell, baller, is the mediate innings. Doug Baird will prohabiy short in the game a Joinel the boil brigade. Ward has been playin the best ball of his career this spring and is sore mantally tback. Robbie went fi ton Sunday. ‘T was inexhausti home any fish Al Mainaux entertained t ers most of the day wilh vo herry Smith nex southpaw ite ction for the vier be se at s Chuck Wari has hing’ with « supply of 9) nobody er's clan AS a golfer Ernie Krueger ne to acknowledge that he is catcher, Bob Shawkey of th beat him in an e'ghteen-b yesterday nd 6 to play Ole € 7h lusts the gait he is batting i ought to finish class. His f the bat runs and heat the Old Neckties Made iiew Do is an ace on- 4 coed Canin See stien, - M. 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