The evening world. Newspaper, December 11, 1922, Page 20

er ee ae | Sater: et es SAM RICE OF SENATORS ALSO 10 COME 10 YANKEES Looks Like Certainty Now That Hugmen Will Give Washington a Big Bunch of Money and Aaron Ward for Veteran Out- fielder and Shortstop Peckinpaugh, ®ut Will Turn Latter and a Pitcher Over to White Sox for Famous Second Baseman. CORNERED By Robert Boyd. “ec 1iKKE there is smoke, there must be fire,” so. reads the adage There is much smoke from the hot stove league in the two principal cities of the country. From New York ft is blowing westward to Chicago. From the thriving middle western metropolis it ts Diowing eastward to the Empire City. So there must be u flame gomewhero. Within the next few days, 80 It is¢—————________ rumored, a three-cornered deal will be, consummated, involving Washington, the White Sox and the Yankees, Eddie Collins is to come to the Yan- kees, with Falk, an outfielder. Aaron Ward of the Yankees will move to Washington with a large chunk of the Ruppert-Huston bank roll, and Roger Peckinpaugh and Sam Rice will be turned over to the Yankees. Peck will be then shipped to the Windy City to fill 2 breach in the White Sox infield, along with (Long) Bob Meusel, the slugger from San Jose, and a pitcher to be selected later by the owners of the New York club. Cola. Ruppert and Huston, owners of the Yankees, are both out of town and will not return until late to-da: Miller Huggins, Manager of the Ya kees, and Ed Barrow, Business Man- ager, were both questioned relative to the story from the Windy City und their replies gave every indication that the story from the Middle West is true, The owners of the Yankees have been intimating strongly lately that traded, with a pitcher to be selected, means that George Murray will ve the moundsman, Hug could let the smiling Southern. boy go and aot break up his “Five Star’ brand of hurlers, Meusel has fost all his prestige In New York and is not in the good graces of the owners, Peck inpaugh does not want to play in the copltal any longer. Griffith will aot miss Peck, a8 he has a few promis- ing infielders and’ will have Ward to cover th something the Senators have long needed, and then there will he a few bags of the Ruppert-Hus- ton gold Yhat, may be needed to pur- chase pitchers and other promising material Sam Rice will not bapmissed in the Senators outfield. He is. slowing ty slightly, so they suy, and Gviftith thinks well of the combination of Goslin, Goebel und “Turkey” Brower Peck will help out Kid Gleason of the White Sox, who also has Ernie Johnson, Mulligan and McClellan, a promising array of young, ambitious they are apgiing for Eddie Collins,| fellows. Peck would not be able to the former Columbia College boy.| fill the shoes of the only Eddie Col- They would also like to secure little] !ins, prince of second ‘sackers, but Dickie Kerr. He is, however, not] Would balance the inner defense mentioned in the last report from Chicago. i That Hoyt will go to the White Sox has been emphatically denied by Hug- Gleason and Comisky both think well of Roger. ‘The Pale Hoge would lose Bib Fulk, a great sltgger, but then they would fins. He states that neither the] get Bob Meusel, 4 greater one, whom Brooklyn youngster nor Carl Mays}the Yankee owners think might co will be traded, as he does not care to] better with «a change of break up his hurling staff. something that helps many ‘The tale that Bob Meuse! will be | player. Four Ten-Round Bouts Carded \ At Madison Square Garden i eo é Weat side middleweight, and Eddie Fitzntm tnons of Harlem will help Britton to get lifto shape, New Faces to be Seen in Ring Contests Arranged for To-Night’s Show. White, the m Mi Ch ag As Charley v r ht, fans in ti are that a big crowd will witnean the w aa the privas of tickets will be from a: 3. Bilnoe Flores, the Filipina, moots Bhugruo in the semi-final of twelve are b ile elty ap, By John Pollock, ‘The card of bouts offered by Match- maker Frank Flournoy for the boxing show, at Madison Sq Garden, to- night, ought to attract a big crowd, as the fighters who ar. to clash ja * four ten-round bouts are aggressive battlers'and should furnish plenty of good, hard milling. Jack Bernstein will hook up with Eddie "Kid" Wag- ner of Philadelphia, Sammy Mandel! ef Chicago meets Harvey Bright Brooklyn, Johnny Curtin Jersey Johnny rounds, Champion fenny f, Billy Gilroy ight Brome an Taylor after Tender at Tex Rick wt Jersey City aevor aud Taylor eialming that to Mgnt Tender at their which cont them the above have to pay that « ney had the attach Leonard and of of City takes on Pee Wee Kaiser of St j day, ‘They'll discuss it at the Natton- | ¢i" Teseus BU balled Mi Tan eae ” louis, and Frankie Garcia of the thie maton wee al 1) and American League meetings t New York tn time for t int meet- South will hook up with Charley morrow and Wednesday, They'll con-J ing. His explanation wus—in West- Beecher of New York tinue to talk of it at the joint meet- | 9 papers—that he saw no reason for Ate tee Ing of the leagues at the Commodore | * Joint meeting maker Flow . ; sel rnupedad The trouble seems to be that Judge who will bal Achaea chee ‘abeer Da y 4 Landis has stolen Johnson's ander. oat the Garde Eons Wy ri And when all is done the es] Lan liked the old limelight and finds Mires) Aree Tres eas oid is th one of fare that he minors will sit sight] himgelf lonesome. But in antagonia- Sh wate have ie hile | tight on the agreement made by the | !ne Landis he ran into a pretty tough ive 30 per cent, « third sit) majors in a loose and stupid moment, Y bind: Even Johnson's own teague: members would not stand for petty —_>— just when the war was about to put! tiekering : FOR SALE—A STAR baseball out of business COAST BALL PLAYER| That the uninitiated may understand — The old draft system whieh a PHILADELPHIA Dee, it Tom] jeague could draft playe t au 4e sther bouts Turner, former scout of Ue Athletics |teagues below It was abolished _ and mt present Acting President of the . . ceived an offer trom] w, pe the war-scare period. The minors, - 008 Jake Portland, Ore, Pyelfic Coast Ls Johunnte for BUS) 8 BOR Chay" Wore k0. tah the option of accepting the dratt law] Qne Day Betting Against in a Friday’ might * | (tor can Association, the Paciti Lotus, His Own. Horse. Turner suid that Greffett is» Western and the Throe by several big league clubs un a yromptly decided to exere 4 any Aighomt bidder will ket him at the New| More Ain them thers te» The following is the first of a series Any, light heavyweight aie dary | York baseball menting, Crettett tt 28 ling.” Ag a roault the bliy leasucs of articles on famous bets made on and Marti} jndod. It wan Tumor whe penn. {tO Duy players at y American race tracks. The seoond mebidea. Infeldst’ Sawn! Hai minors want to cover, no article will be printed on these pages Piast A lg Ae ht? om at don ee Mack and ch 1 mayer ¢ © leagtiios | tos morrow After his trip frown the Anti oo Portland player in unless ) ih W deeree, Ho b OHN W, GATES, w is prob- "h TPE ball bondage t bly the b hettor the ih aha RAYMOND COMMODORE 1 to pay hn ah uet aw Koown, hate fore OF INDIAN HARBOR CLUB | /°)000 for Kuv tune une dag laying agninst his own could twive keen: draft fo af ae Bh © Ime Uluqtra 0 \ It) $37,500, What more, the \ ; 1 West ee ’ ‘ aanciat el page would ba | ud: Jnetil duotde wae a. oanteott ne wasite 48 much change a wi ne her at the clearan ale ne Yacht Club at the en-|T names out of the t the t Pin ipen ry aman sae feats Uins fellows, » “BUY? Dubois, 4 maker, z AMERICAN LEAGUE MEETING] 't) the understanding Dubois tne t : PURELY BUSINESS AFFAIR, | “4% 10 fell bin if ever she looked Mk ow he big powe Phe minors cana 7 1 1906, Dubols had the ma hee he Is also President of the Clyde Steam. | 80 Would be the fee a Gravesend ; eg how at wi ship lin New Yor ent, Tt th ee aA tates us te a tiardep on next Mriday ¢ s up v ’ ta chane fit will look utter a W.VA. WAT CONCH STAYS tarily. Now ther poh Nat d Gates. - MORGANTOWN w. V Le il Judge. It will take a §, wan x R. B. Dayton, former Lehigh erapplor | solve that rata tie ue td Dubors. cieepoen: and for three years pust the successful] There is little for t Natio Teta Rae \ rly three s]coach of the West Virginia University | League to do other than t wan Huw ti : ; Wrestling teain, will again have charee| pennant to the Giants and to het > fight of the mountaineer mat inen when they | them on winning the world An who fights Bobby Burret, [no Handle the wreatiers to [ser John. Heydlor's te ' i welterweight, tan eight ¢ duties, but 12 Texeeilent condition hot y bout at the Arena A. Us of rypriwead "land as to morale. 1 | i on Christ nae afternoon, ng ny at Btily Coupy'r Cisne, * ~ elling } sa . vt all they THE MIF WHO Can Sim FOR. Z HOURS AND Grow FoousH WER A WRESTLING MATCH THIS SENSITIWE Soule REBELS AT THE SIGHT OF: A BOX FIGHT= DRAFT QUESTION BIG ONE FOR MAGNATES TO DISCUSS AT MAJOR LEAGUE MEETINGS Se an ee BUT Landis insists That Future of Game and of the Ambitious Player Is in Jeopardy Unless the System Is Restored. | league officials, players and innocent bystanders already, By night you couldn't throw a stone down Peacock Alley without beaning some fellow who had a scheme for restoring the draft system in his pocket. Over .n the Imperial “stop any fellow you meet, mention the word “draft” and you'll get a laugh Among those International League delegates the mere ideu of restoring the draft is mighty comical. It would give you a laugh, too, to think about adopting a plan by which you Would get $7,600 tor a ball player when you can get )00 by simply Keeping up the laugh. By Bozeman Bulger. 1K hotel lobt: of New York are cluttered up with baseball magnates, HELL YELL wit JOY AS ELEVEN: MEMBERS OF HIS COLLEGE TAKE LONGER @HANCES 1M ONE HOUR St p right over to the Commodore = a ind you'll find Judge Landis running | be purely a business affair, Tt was not brought ‘= fingers through that mane of bout, however, nil Ban white hair, He'll make it clear ‘to fs os eae heen nia on th wris' e was foreed to cz Sala future of baseball Nd) meeting here Instead of Chicago MW the ambitious player n jeopardy ayeimiitine soma ts an tak 8 the drafting system, or a modi- | meeting about his rantankerousness, ion of it, ts restored. ‘The Judge | but not for public consumption. gets $50,000 a yenr for straightening In a way Johnson attempted to sort out tangles like that But, so far, he |?! double-cross the Judge. Some time ago Landis announced that he would call a joint meeting Yor New York After he lad sent out the call, with the understanding that everybody was agreeable, Johnson called the Ameri hasn't Dudged @ ‘hair That draft question is They'll tal about in the International Leugue meeting At the big one the Imperial to ae THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY DURING & REAL "| THAN & BoxeR WAKES iw A WHOLE | HERD OF FGHTS WILL FALL ASLEEP BANG BOXING SHow Stam- DEAL TO BRING EDDIE COLLINS TO YANKS EVERY MAN TO HIS GAME . | HELL LON OUT IN a SINK Box AT OAM WITH THE THERMOMETER. ° ABOVE WAITING FOR A Frode] CK- AND THAT'S FUN. } AMERICA ENTITLED TO OLYMPIC GAMES DECLARES FOUNDER Says Europe Must Not Mo- the Contests— Lifting nopolize Favors. Ban, German b 11” (Associated Press).—Baron re de Coubertin, founder of the Olympic games, and President of the luternational Olympic Committee, has its headay fn Lausanne, on the oceasion of a re- which elers ception he gave In honor of t to the Near East Peace Co ence, made an important sta reference to the future of ge nes in the United State: Operation of Germans The reception was at © all the delegatio ference. ‘ ment with Olyann and the co- the games. nded by memper 0 the peace con Baron de Coubertin as President of the International Olymple Committe: sald he did not believe Europe had the right any longer to monopolize the Qlympic Gam There is something astounding In the Way we on this side constantly > us with of ever ask th uit fac- going ore Am fair tha:. ever before, Then we must think of our numerous friends and fol lowers in Kar astern Innds. South America and African interes to be taken into consideration nlso have Historic Bets on. American Tracks could on Wes. They got down ove * 00, Iuotus wor by five lengths pulling up, and Wes was badly beaten “I'm pretty soft," Gates said to Dubois the next day when he handed himt a check. for $24,000, "I give You a chorse and you tell me she will win and I lay against ber. Here- atter I'M respect your judg hate to lose this bet, Billy Original Celtics Break Even With Kingston at Basketball —~+— 4 Inwood Girls Victors Over Portchester Five and the New Jersey Winonas. HE Original Celtics lost anoticr game to the ‘Kingston Five which defeated them two wi igo, At Columbia Park, New Jersey. vesterday afternoon, the eh vere defeated by a score of in a game replete with plays. The title holders confronted some Kingston team in the the evening \t Madison Square Garden, ‘The mpions made t contest a «ne- sided affair, Kingston, With Coarlte, Artie and Ralph Powers, Nick Harvey and Husta, ntly out for the third succcss!v victory, but the Celtics couldn't seo lings in that light. At half time the tally was 22 to 12 in favor of the hempions and the game ended with Kingston on the far end of a 6? to 24 core. Knoblock, were ert- Johnny Beckman won the game for the Celtics, shootin, His consistent basket which totalled eight field 1 five fouls, gave the Celtics thelr 89 points, Nick Harvey cid the best work for the vistigrs. “harle Powers made a few long shots he missed several othecs. Nat man, as shifty as ever, rendered h assistance in overcoming the np-Staters. In the preliminary game at Madi- n Square Garden the Inwood Girt nquered the Winonu Ciris of New Jersey by a score of 14 tu 5. The lly at half time was 4 to 2 in favor the Manhattanites. H. Starred for the victors. The victory at Madison Garden in the evening made it on the same day for the girl cham- pions. In the afternddn the Inwoods defeated the Portehester Girls by a score of 21 te 9, MeLaughiin Square two the ¢ e P, night at ve defeated Five last ommonwealth ¥ nal Collegian Commonwealth Casino by the score of 21 to 18. Collegians looked like sure winners in the first period, having a big lead over the Commonwealths, who were compelled to work hard in the second session to their long winning streak Fiall scored three baskets single handed At the to-morrow plays the Ascension Parish night, West End Ascension Aces he title for the quintet on House Vost Both light © west teams claim heavyweight side and the game to-mdrrow is th first of a three-game series St. Aloysius was forced to defeat by the Richmond Hil Auditorium tive by a score of 26 to 19 Every one of the twenty-threr boys’ high schools in Greater New York has nominated a team for the Public Schools Athletic League Kethall championship for we flip a coin to seb if you give me back that check or whether I give you another for the same sum “You are too high for mo," said Dubois, “but if you want to flip a coin for the odd four thousand Vl take a chance. That's a pretty good bet for me on the toss of a coin “got for cigarette money, Billy, said Gates s tit go for the whole pot.’ Dubois was almost Me cratched his head for and od at the k, th wy folded it up and put it in his pucker “No, Mr. Gates,” he 1 can't do that. Bnt Wil tell you what twill da TU take this mogey and buy a for Horses und somb day 3M © to you and tell you to make a bet or one of them and Il guarante» that you will win this back and 1 too. And if you don't take my ad shad an Ido? The trouble with vou, M that you hay vu good Liforny i ' pol mn oA ) Aceprtigit Wed, Nem lure Breas Words) Owing to the large number of entries t has been necessary to divide th tournament into four divisions--Mar tattan the Bronx, Bre yn and ns, Curtis High School of State 1 will com 1 the Beooklye section. The t nt na De Na intent tournament aniplor ts will be A at the clo horoug The Bvooklyn inament 1s seven entries, sla hattan eis, Queene olx and tbe Brows BASKETBALL RESULTS. Kips Midyets Dawbury Sep SATURDAY. Hollywoud Vive, ates, } Franklin, St. Moysius, 19. ub els, 17 ; Aranac SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Kingston, SUNDAY NIGHT. Kingston, 2 Winonas, Celtios, 3 four cept In the The t Bronx 14; 18; Junto, 1 will r whi 1 : Hollywood, 16. : Portehester, play two games with cach opponent ae ee YALE-HARVARD GRADS MAY GET ONE TICKET. VW HAVEN, situation In New Haven th an Ca the polnt where an Dec mbric ball eut Py ticket sat reached un) iM have to be made in the number of tickets allowed the graduates. On the word of Hurold F, Woodcock, General Manager of the Yale Athletle Association, alumni of the two universities will be lowed but one ticket on their applications. This situation will face graduates of Yale and sHarvard next year In the me to be played in Cambrid Mr, Woodeock said; The niaxinvum capacity I the stadium ts seating un Y prob- to be a “ATHLETICS FOR ALL” BOOMS SPORTS AT YALE NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec, 11.—The Yalo policy of “athletics for all is arousing unusual frfterest in minor sports this year, While none of the te Will get into action before the holidays, preliminary work ff in full swing. Interest in basketball is ¢s pecially keen und more of it 1s being played at the University this year than teams that have more cand- lates than cver before are the boxing team, with 150 cundidates: the swin ming. te With more than 100; the track ¢ with 73, and the fencing team witl As a spectal inducement to undergrad uates to attend the various events tht Winter, the athletle assoctation will ts sue us for all hy basketball fencing, boxing and fresh excepting the 4 1 and prot c Prince poeks ‘. wok will sell for § its actuul teket value will b fish AES WINTER SPORTS TO OPEN FOR C. C. N. Y. ATHLETES when Uh winter » get’ under way water-polo Lave tank repre Ponneyiynt ¥ of “ Wy thilette 1) Hetenen Wed y arta are this week, Will open der aquat entatlves of Mickey ‘Walker, Luckier Thad Villa, Doesn’t Have to Go, Out of His Class. ICKEY WALKER “as likely @ | have a busy season. Prole, ably the best among “s challengers is Dave Shade, whe, boxed Walker in a no-dectsion bout a few months ago and had non@ tho worst of it, But there are several others, and Mickey won't have to gw out of his class and mingle with tte middleweights to get action. zh In this he is luckler than some @f. the cther champions. Little Panch® "| Villa, the flyweight champion, is Be - ing forced to fight men In @ hea Ps class, and so far has got away wit it by easily whipping a couple o them. ’ ws At that Villa is foolish to fight bige: ger men. If he goes on beating them he'll get such a reputation that mew of his own weight won't fight him ag all. Att? if he is whipped by a feathe erweight it won't do his reputation” any good Visa Incidentally fighting against bigger ~ and heavier boxers is a strain that may break down, Villa's fighting stamina and make fiim an easy marit for some other fast youngster in his own class, Mr, Muldoon has dose some radical things, but I'll drop ef nnplimentary vote right here for til= recent declaration against letting small men fight ont of thelr class, Nine times out of ten, such bouts not satisfactory & who came near copping the open championship from Gene Sarazen this year, is In the game again. Short- ly after returning to California after the open, Black was smashed up in an automobile accident. He was travelling at high speed with a friend and the car went into a ditch and turned over. The driver was killed, and Black was taken to @ hospital unconscious and apparently He had a dislocated right noulder, three broken ribs, @. sprained back and internal injuries of ; serious character. This wae only, nree months ago. After a couple of months in the hospital Black got home again, and soon began slapping @ ball around te his front yard, whieh is the Clare< mont golf course. Last week he came out for tourna- ment play again at Lakeside, Saw Franciseo, one of the hardest courses in the West, where the narrow fair- ways are surrounded by huge san dunes and the strong trade winds‘© sweep in from the sea that borders it, - Black was unable to swing his clubs with both hands, He could start the swing with the usual grip, but half way down had to let go with his right, as the injured shoulder would not al- low him to carry through. At the ~ moment of striking the ball he ka only a left hand grip. In spite of this handicap Johe Black drove a low, well timed chot from the tee and played hie irons faultlessly. Par at Lakeside te 87 ont and 37 in, 74 total. Black went out in 42, or 6 over par. He came back in 87, shooting par golf, for a total | of 79. Going some for a grandfather with a dislocated right shoulder, three recently healed broken ribs, # wrenched back and a few other coma- plications—what? One thing sure, nobody’s ever going to claim that John Black’a, heurt Isn't in the right place. t [ie BLACK, the grand old golfer _ Jim Coffroth, who broke his collat- bone in a fall at Tia Juana race track a short time ago, besides recelving other injuries, made arrangements to 4 wireless set installed in his me so that he cam hear the crowd yell and judge how the races are go- ing, A mere collarbone and a» wrenched back won't keep Coffroth under covers very long. While Princeton has @ strong clai e champion of Bastern grid: | irons there {8 somo uncertainty abouk which American football team deservew to be regarded as the best in the country, The University of Califor: nia eleven. winding up thy with a score of 283—0 agafet Stan+ ford, made a clean sweep of all op) pone and scored a total of points, This is the greatest numbe) ef points scored by any team during the season. (Cornell scared more than, any other Eastern team, with 8 Too bad that there cannot bee three cornered vollege championship meas ween the Kast, the Middie Wegt), and the W That would provi some football that would fill any stge, t could he built for the eon- Nerneteln ve. thon fright»