The evening world. Newspaper, December 12, 1922, Page 24

Ate tee eee THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1922 LL CONTROL OF YANKEE BASEBALL CLUB ATIONAL BASEBALL SERIES Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World), Press Publishing Company. THE CONVERS By Thornton Fisher |G Al BOXERS WIN Will Quit Game and Devote Time to War Veterans—Paid $250,000 for Second Division Club in 1915, Which Is Now a Pennant Winner. By Bozeman Bulger. Despite rumors of doubt that flew around Broadway to-day it can be Bald with definiteness that Col. T. L. Huston has sold his interest in the Yanks to Col. Jacob Ruppert. The conclusion of the big deal is merely ® matter of adjusting financial details, It can be said with even more @einiteness that for his half interest Col. Huston will receive in the neigh- borhood of $1,600,000. Col. Huston declared to his NS re ee ranch in California and will devcte his entire time to baseball. EVERYBODY WHO WALK. THROUGH THE LOBBIES Somiam INNS 13 EITHER & BASEBALL “MAGNATE OR 1S MISTAKEN friends at an early hour this morning that the deal was tn embryonic stage. He 4i@ mot deny, however, that the eet ot ‘Unknown Soldier Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the fact that he picked that place to make it has a special significance. Col, Huston has no other business, having retired from all his commercial and financial affiliations. motive in getting out of baseball is to give his entire time for the next year to the amelioration of the sufferings and hardships of disabled soldiers. As National Commander tn Chief of tho ‘Veterans of Foreign Wars be has seen TYHERE WERE NO CASYVALTIES FATALITIES Ar THE TL LEAGUES SHINDIG: YESTERDAY - NARY & SKINNED To-day both the National and Amer- ican Leagues meet. talk of the sale of a half interest of little will be talked about. All else ts business. upon. He made & meeting of the Aside from the The International League also will meet to-day, but nothing will be done toward straightening out the draft. Walyer Hapgood of Rochester has a scheme, but, very likely, nothing will COLLINS TRADE ON, DECLARES COMISKEY CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—Eddie Collins, second sacker of the Chicago White Sox, will be transferred during the win- ter to @ uniform of Yankees if the two clubs can agree on terms of a trade. President Charles A. Comiskey of the White Sox, In discussing reports recard- ing Collins's playing with the Yankee has intimated that such a deal was o “Old Roman’ fact that negotiation 1 ‘and understood. “I don't want to get out of base- ball,” he sald early this morning, “because I hate to miss the associa- tion of the fellows who come around every afternoon and joke with me— maybe roast me, “I retired from business several {years ago and got Into baseball Just .to have amusement; just to laugh and Joke with intelligent and witty asso- eclates. If I get out now it is to sec that my family is cared for, and as National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to see that the dis- abled soldiers are given every help I have had to travel all over Tt ts impossible to THE REASON WHY THERE WONT.BE ANY PERSONAL ASSAULT™ AND BarreRy GONG TO SUP Sone NEW PRESENTS INTO THE YANKEE DOMeILE. disclosed the ‘Historic Bets on American Tracks Maxey Blumenthal Stood to Win $150,000 if Grier Beat Man O’ War. with the owners of the Yankees, ROCHESTER CLUB OFFICIAL || |NFSIMEN LFAD HAS SCHEME TO END FIGHT WITH MAJORS OVER DRAFT Walter Hapgood to Propose Rule to Force Minors to Sell a Player After He Has Played Two Years With One Club. Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock Man O' War pussed under the wire the winner.” “How much did it mean to you?” “One hundred and dollars," said Maxey. won I would have had that much. I lost about $: the United States. Jook after my baseball business thor- oughly and at the same time give the attention that is required to the sol- diers. Do not understand me to say that I am losing money. [ am not. I am, as matter of fact, making a big Still, I do not need the money. My individual efforts toward building up the Yanks has been a matter of pride and sportsmanship. Huston came into baseball under rather unusual circumstances. Neither he nor Col. Ruppert stepped in to make money. and both wanted a plaything. are millionaires. Bill Fleischmann, the well known business man, was largely responsible for bringing these two sportsmen to- Both were also friends of John McGraw. In fact, when they got the club McGraw was engaged to sve that they got nome the worst of it in the transaction. A few weekz ago a syndicate of well known sportsmen came to Col. Huston with a proposition to buy his interest. It was such a flattering offer that he conferred with Col. Ruppert. other owner immediately offered to buy the interest of Col. Huston rather than see it get jn strange hands. He was given the option, The price has been agreed upon, and all that remains is to straighten out the financial details which take in the building of the new stadium. Early in the game Col {realized that all he and hts friend Col < Ruppert had bought was a franchise . He and Col. Ruppert had no ball club They set about to “establish those necessary supports. They now have a championship club and the biggest park in America Col. Huston and Col, Ruppert paid 8,252 FANS PAID $25,479 Pa my iichionc DU’ eae! TO SEE BOUTS AT ti xt fe ene end Ke rnstein weighed GARDEN LAST NIGHT “If Grier had AS GRID CAPTAINS FOR TS23 ELEVENS Twenty-Six Against 12 Backs, Among Thirty-Eight Colleges. The following is the second article of a series on big bets made on the The third article on how “Pittsburgh Phil’ won his first big wager will be printed on these ges to-morrow, age and experience cut down the size of bets on according to Maxey Blumenthal, the bookmaker. seen them come and go,"' says Maxey, “put Ihave noticed that when they reach the middle span they begin to I know I was cured. Copyright, 1922 (New York Pi Publishing Company. MAHONEY DEFEATS _ BARNEY SPINELLA IN BOWLING MATCH Jimmie Mahoney of Milwaukee de- feated Barney series at Thum's last night. won three out of five games, totaling average of 213, against 981 pins, which meant an av- ‘or Spinella. To-night at 6 o'clock Mahoney will play Spinella in a five-game serie: Thursday at 6 P. M. he will take on Joe Falcaro. At 10.30 P, M roll against Glen Riddell ‘Te One Hundred Bow t avening World), American Turf. 1,958 at $3 .. 913 at $4 «1... 4 By Robert Boyd. HE international League will resume its annual meeting at the Com- modore Hotel today, having failed to dispose of all its business The meeting will conflict somewhat with the big pow- wow of the National Leaguers at the Waldorf, but the minors had so much y that they could not very well say it all in one day, hence the con- tinuation of the conclave. It has been learned from an authen~ tle source that Walter Hapgood, offt- cial and part owner of the Rochester Club, will Introduce a substitute for the draft which he hopes will settle this question that threatens to cause in organized, baseball between the majors and minors, Hap- good intimated at the minor league meeting in Loulsville recently that he hoped to introduce his new scheme for settling the draft matter here, The new idea is to force a club to dispose of a player after he has been with one club two years at a fixed if some major league bids for Both were rich Government tax added $25, Net Receipts $22,004.85. get conservative. atais'el SIC tase e7 et 61 TEBE. and Referee Kid MePartland picked Flection of football Captains for the The strain and the pace) ere 1923 gridiron campaigns discloses an preponderance chosen ah field leaders ber of colleges have delayed in select- ing new leaders, a list of thirty-eight, sing the South, East and Middle linemen and “What stopped you?"* “I was stopped at Aqueduct two aid Maxey, ‘‘the day Man O' War raced John P. Grier. one race staked me to enough strain and thrill to last me the remainedr of Since then I have been strictly a business man and not It cost me a pretty penny to learn my lesson, but when I learned it I learned it good." Besides being one of the leading bookmakers Maxey is an officer of a trust company on Broadway, in the banking department of which nearly the bookmakers have accounts. From eleven in the morning until ono most of the bookmakers can be found there, and during the racing season the tellers are kept taking in or pass- ing out the winnings or the losses of the previous day. “But how about that race?” © Herman of Paterson, N. J../ ute and twenty-seven seconds. Cure is fighting in such & While a num- Jack Ogden. erage of 196 1 He sold Bentley to the Giants, but retained the rest of his It is sald that three other clubs Rochester and management of Fro Charley Beecher had no trouble for three) Wit? the highly-touted Frankle Gar~ up for three) cia, They advertised the Spanish lad battles ‘‘Chubby"’ Brown of’ Rochester, N. ter, N. ¥., on Mon-| Beecher did plenty to him with bis are aligned with favor of the Hapgood scheme, over the three other clubs Dunn has considerable influence, in which case there would be a deadlock, shows twenty-six my racing career. tor. ng Club has do. much trouble a specula’ linemen guards were Jor Paterson Sporting Club Pee easier 21 und his third with Johnny playing that and three choice from the Nothing has been said about the raft, so far, as most of the minors are well pleased with the present state It is the big fellows who having to dig rounds at the Hamilton A. C. of Pas ends compieted front line ranks are not pleased with down deep in their jeans for the stars of the minors, When questioned about erbacks were among Holub, Thoma: N fact which emphasizes a ¢urther dis- The new Norwood Bowling Academy, O'Toole of the International Leagu {s the headquarters for the and Jack Dunn of the Baltimore both said it was a dead issue at this meet- ing as far as they were concerned. quarterback should be the well as the nominal field general. Charles Austen ts was rumored around the Com- modore yesterday that to introduce a resolution com- adhere to his season to dis and no ball park. Hapgood was ——— a N. Y. SKATERS EN FOR NEWBURGH RACES New York will be well prepared in “It was a two horse race,” Maxey. Man O' War was the favor- Many belleved that War was the greatest horse ever foaled, and every time the great thoroughbred started the public was on the job with plenty of backing. Man O' War's price was 1 to 3 and the money rolled in so strong that it And even at that price the bookmakers were loaded up with all they wanted. “T had an idea that Man O' War wis due for a beating and that John Grier was the horse to do tt. not only sent out a commission on Grier but I kept taking all the Man O’War money that was offered. wasn't long before I was loaded up and loaded so strongly that I began to You have no idea amount you can handle in a few min- utes, and if you don’t watch out you will go overboard. But despite the advice of some of my friends and as- sociates who kept urging I kept taking the Man O' War money. when the cry of oft’ came I realized that I had on hand the biggest wager of my life. lized that the race, meant a fortune to me and I was so filled with emo- tion that I hesitated about looking at then I heard a cry that told that Grier was doing well and I walked out on the lawn and put my glasses on the race} pelling Jack earlier in the pose of Joe Boley, Max Bishop and Judge Landis, one to play him eighteen holes of golf te-day, would not make a statement now worth $3,000,000 as a result of their financial acumen, will receive for his share $1,500,090, In other words, con- structive work has netted the Colonu = profit of close to a million dollars Tam sorry," he sail “If Lam to be depriv association with + men and others I will be doubly sorry will have a lengthy hearing it ii at the majors’ mectings, starting to- BASEBALL SEASON TO OPEN APRIL 18 CHICAGO, Deo. 12.—Confusion ed because of the uncertainty regarding the opening of the major league baseball sea- son in 1923 was p: up when Ban Johi League President, said that April 18 would probably be the meetings championships to be held at Newburgh N. ¥., on New Year's Day, Street Ice Palace, Club, the Melrose A. C. Brooklyn Skating Club are aw which will have represen or thereabouts. The International League will play games next season open April 18 and close Sept. 23, went to 1 to 4. bout at Infante yneh, the promising east Among the skaters named to represent Taner es bec then The Cardinals are angling for Boley of the Baltimore Club, , international indoor ehatr ssiie Boyd of the Tremont Skat pst Becker, who will t When I return I want us to get to artially cleared Landis announced $120,000, the proceeds of the disputed World's Series, will Old baseball people will never for w the two Colonels ed and, all of a suc on its ear by attending strictly {9 business and winnin; game in tho Jimmie Smith and others fr distributed Dec, 20. F Henry Nelbuhr, Mike McLoughlin, ho eame to the front last year one of the crack sprinters of the country; Don Robinson, George Picker io pe RANIA When asked what he would do about the protest filed by the New writers over the act that Ty Cobb had been given had originally bi ed an error, Johnson repli there was nothing he could Cobb got the extra hit, thus giving him a .401 batting average use the Associated Press box used in the absence of | scorer's report. win Howe, American League an, has no authenticated ore of game of May 15 George Washington Grant, owner wi On top of this sensational announce Huston the big s was enlivened last night ny ouncement that Frank C' ened a8 manager of the ready to trade Walter Holke, his first sacker, If he can get the player wants in return, OVERALL TO ASSIST MANAGER CHANCE York baseball In the events for women N' City will be represented by ler, national champion; talked with Chance at length LANDIS DENIES D pen A Charley Goodman, CENTRE MAY PLAY GAME HERE NEXT YEAR DANVILLE, Ky., Dec. 12.—The Cen ed to get out of bas of 1923 began to take new form to the Board of Arbitration of the National announcement Frank Chance, Chicago Cubs, With him will come Or Overall, former Cub flinger, as assta- tant and coach of pitchers, and "Doc Finley of the Los Angeles, Cal., club, I would have dor ommissionor ruled t the club would spring an agree- Sewanee at Memphis tn 1925 and also id into with the will meet Georgia, the latter game prob- ably at Athens Than a cording to an announ Ambrose was riding Grier and Kum mer was up on Man O' War, raced close together nearly all the way, and the further they went the more confident I felt that it was my They came down to the stretch with Grier looking all a win- mer, and each stride made my heart Then both boys lifted their It seemed to me that Man O° War was going to crack. Grier cracked, ment was ente Associated Pres that its repre. sentatives should co-operat the official scorers in all oiti order that its « the official stamp. was carried out queetion and Cobb credited with if a change was made it was without notice to the Aasociated Howe sensibly accepted the Associated Pre wan temporary ksgiving Day was allowed to spend $15,000 In my sund of thet nd the rest was kinpaugh from go- {Il come here in 1924. en as game with Auburn at Birmtn is practically assured 0 played in the East ne , : Hugh Duffy, manager of the team UBL VICTOR: will serve the last day to win. fammy Goldman, in recent years, year of his contract as scout, would become of Jimmy Burke, fo A in the game in e only asset I Frank thinks he has a great chance in Boston and he is going to it hook He has sold out his Army or Colgate as possibl at the Polo Gri York, is being considered by t Duffy's principal eutenant, wae not known to-day, lime and sinker. 5) | TAREE MATCHES AT 2 | MADISON, SUUARE Bernstein, Curtin and Beech+ er Score Victories—Man- dell Makes Good Showing. By Ed Van Every: An interesting newcomer, who prom- Ises to be quite popular with the fistio fans of this section, made his debut last night before close to 9,000 fans at Madison Square Garden. It was @ rough evening for visitors, as Frankle Garcia of California was whipped by harlie Beec Pee Wee Kaiser of St. Louis was knocked out in the sec- ond round by Johnny Curtin and Kid Wagner of Philadelphia lost to Jack Bernstein. Sammy Mandell of Rock- ford, Lil., was the winner over Harvey Bright. ‘ As he sat on the edge of his chair between rounds Sammy was the plo= ture of eagerness waiting the sound of the bell. He was too speedy and classy for Harvey Bright, the Brookes lyn be a he won practically every, round. But it must not be taken away {rom Harvey that he put up a llant ilght, finished strong and howed himself a good sportsman by the genuine manner in which he hook Mandell's han in the centre of, the ring after the referee's decision had gone against him at the end of the ten t and interesting rounds, The final between Bernstein and Wagner, wh Iso went the full tem rounds, was hard-fought, but rathe tein is a pullde r, with plenty of € and stami but with little variety in b attack and rather shy on fistie in ence. Kid Wagner displayed a rather showy style, es- jally in the ducking of punches the manner which he could his head around the left and right ps of his Yonkers opponent. The Philadelphia boy made Bernstein look f at times, but while he was do- it he wasn't doing anything In the punching line. Both boys, pa: te) ularly Wagner, showed plenty of art and stood up under some very but Wagner was very nny Curtin, with only two days al training, due to his recent in- , and looking sadly out of shape, $ 1,985 nevertheless made quick work of 3,552 Johnny Vee Wee Kaiser of St. Louis. . 5,874 The Jersey Irishman caught Kaiser .. 3,652 right hook to the body at the S100 and Pee Wee looked rather + 8, scared thereafter. _—_ In the second round, a right to the $23,163 jaw was the beginning of the end, for tin is a great little finisher. Kateer was down for a count of eight and then nine, after which he toppled over t fusillade of lefts and rights, him up like a child and carried him his corner, The round lasted one inin« rt form | tin weighed 121% and Kaiser 117%. 4 second Joe Rivers, but they must meant a very poor second Y. for ter | hav Joo | left, and hit Garcia so hard in the seventh he shook the water pall out of the vin jarcia was very tired of business from the eighth roung 4” and so was the crowd. Beech and Garcia 125%, Following the quick finish of the Curtin-Kaiser affair, Joe Humphries! Jnck | anne 1 a collection would be taken up for the tuberculosis fund. ‘This “just been | brought a rather ic complaint ot ey ofl from the gallery, b e mention of name of Christy Mathewson as sponsor for the fund soon brought cheers that silenced the poor “sports."" An extra four-round bout was put m letween Joe Ryder and Al Tier- nan roan just about managed to k the fou yunds on pure gamo- ness, but Ryder's fists were busy say- ing, “Y all the way, is v for twelve «i, "¢iiic| OTHER FIGHT RESULTS. Willie Konler of Midwood won the de- t in the feature bout of, the card at the Broadway Sporting Clu Hall at Prov fort at lof Brooklyn, easity outpeinting Samm; eet st [Stone of the east s Micky Brown and Jack Hausner, featherwelghts, 5 hoxed ten fast rounds to a draw in the Low Bogash, uw Tom of Hazleton nin, 142 162, eight rounds, Iseport, Conn, 1-2, Fhitadel+ ich Harey 1 nent Colletti, Perth Amt = 1 Ph in rd roms ¢ cheduled UPPALO—Tom Git St Paul, ced ¢ Detro y t { scheduled 1 { ryund foi] S4th Street, Lexi to Third Avenue, t TONIGHT (Tuesday), Dec 3 it SAMY SEAGER Vs. UODUE BKADY, . Adm. 41,00. ‘Tel. 3100 Mad. tq,