The evening world. Newspaper, December 15, 1922, Page 28

srtenincmmren iar i NDIS {S GIVEN GNATES PLEDGE SUPPOR IN ALL FUTURE DECISIONS most Nothing—Baseball Writers Refuse to Recognize .400 Batting Average Presented to Cobb by Former Czar. By Bozeman Bulger. VERYTHING considered, the windup of the baseball meeting was a rather blue Thursday for Ban Johnson Right on the heels of Ban's attempt to show his teeth by ot structing the joint meoting called by Judge Landis, the Commissioner of Baseball, ‘was given so much power that the old Czar's authority looks like that of ® Justice of the peace. To begin with, the Baseball Writers’ Association, after hearing the case @f Johnson overruling the New York official scorer so as to give Ty Cobb @ 400 batting average, passed a resolution condemning his arbitrary action. On top of that the writers declared they would not act as official scorers fm the future unless assured that their decisions were made official and Bofore taking this vote the associa- fon waited an hour for Mr, Johnson to appear before them to make clear Just why the unofficial record was adopted and the official score thrown aside, Mr. Johnson did not appear, The association declared its deter- mination not to recognize Cobb's .400 @verage and to urge that it be cur- Feeted in the official guide books ts- sued next spring. Before this reprimand from the Press had got cold the joint meeting @f the two leagues adjourned and it was found that Johnson's feathers had been further preened. “Commissioner Landis now has pow- ere of life and death, so far as base- ball is concerned. In the future, if a joint meeting is called, it was decided that whatever elubs respond shall be considered a quorum. In other words, if four or five clubs decide that they will not answer the Judge's call then those who do report can go right ahead and pass any laws or regulations that they please—and the others will be governed by their actions. Both Jengues aro jointly pledged to do so. As a sort of pacifier, though, it was fannounced that all the meetings next would be held in Chicago. If anything ts left of Johnson's Power it would be difficult to locate it, He is simply to run the American Teague, and that's all. A really wise and good thing done by the joint meeting was to prevent Players being sold into bondage to the Class AA leagues who do not accept the draft-system. When the Giants bought Rube Bentley, for instance, three players were sent to Baltimore. Under the draft agreement those players could mever be resurrected without the con- went of Jack Dunn. This new rule provides that no major league club may trade players to such leagues unless they agree that such players be subject to the draft. Even if others are not subject to the system, players from the big Jeagues cannot thus be traded into bondage. any exhibition game whatsoever. That kills the barnstorming at swoop. At the same time it gives the heroes of the World: Series a chance to show them- selves for ten days or two weeks, the time between the end of the World’s Series and Oot. 31. That is one of the most sensible things ever done in baseball. By figur- ing that one out the Judge h led a question that long has been an irritant one in the big leagues. o1 ntimo all trades are is nothing doing In the m A about Collins or anybody eise for Huggine later on the Yanks, Manager says he will wait unti to start something. Nearly all the magna‘ their respects to Col. H The last of these was Steve McKeever of Brooklyn who made a special trip MeKeever to see the Colonel himeelf ia id his absence would be a per sonal loss to him. Col. visit more than that of any- ise—it was 80 unexpected. So as to say adieu to his old ball friends Col. Huston y! departure for Cincinnati until to- morrow. He goes there to organs ize a post of a quaint orga: known the “Free Sitters’ the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In the meantime Col, Ruppert has taken active charge of the Yanks. He Intends to centre his efforts on making the Yanks wi a world’s championship. He will keep the old erganization with him, including Bu: is Manager Barrow; A Mr. Tuttle, Mr. McManus and Mr. Roth. Everybody In baseball likes Col. Ruppert. This regard of all hands poor for the sportmanship of Cole. The two settled for Ruppert and Huston ie what once and for the matter of made it the strongest partner- Rorneterming by deciding that ship ever known in baseball, The after Oct. 31 no player from any sererence of that partnership gave elub whatsoever may engage in @ sad tone to the meeting. Historic Bets on American Tracks "Riley Grannan Shocked Eng- . Ush Bookies With Size of His Bets. ‘The following is the fifth of a series ‘ef articles on ‘Big Bets Made on the y Another story on grace in which to build a fortune. His calculations were wrong, how- ever, for when he returned to the ring He owed $10,000. The bookies al- lowed him until the next day to make only time he ever track without making a bet t PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION OF NAVY-COLUMBIA teams of the Military and Naval Acad- emios in baseball, tennis will oppose each other at West Point on June 2, next, on Monday he found himself barred, | Pected that the good, but refumd to allow him to bet/the service schools have opposed each that day, and that was probably the]other In fleld and attended a race|These sports will be in the morning and Grannan managed to make good the| likely that the competitions between tho Wir WE FULL POW! ___ THE. EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922. AT THE JOINT MEETING "RELEASED PITCHER Just STANDING Oro ROGER BRESNAI IN THE LOBBY STALLING & AMO FS TRiCk HAT sonses “AROUND “BOX” THAT MADE COBB 400 HITTER, IS PRACTICALLY WITHOUT A MISTAKE A photographic reproduction has been brought from Chicago of the famous “unauthenticated” box-score of the camo of May 15 at the Polo Grounds, the game in which the much discussed ‘hit’ by “Ty'" Cobb occurred. Thecopy, which is known as a plivto static, of the box- score submitted by John Kieran, the official scorer That the box-score in question was apparently legibly written. ‘That the only apparent mistake or omission is Kleran is omitted and O'Doul's name, which appea order on the score, has not been carried out in the pite neat and very that the signature of the batting & summaries, at the bottom of the score sheet-—O'Doul only pitchedsin one inning. It might also be mentioned that a threo-base hit by Schang in ene column is circled for some reason, and it is possible thet t! plumn may not have been filled out originally—the hit in question, however, is noted elsewhere on the sheet. In short, there is nothing the matter with t) could not have been easily corrected by the Ameri al seore that fue statisti- clan; the score is probably more nearly correct and carefully noted than 78 per cent. of the official scores filed; and there is absolutely no bear- ing, 8o far as any omission of this official box-score is co ned, upon the question of whether “‘Ty" Cobb's grounder was a hit instead of an error, However, if this box-score was not one of the genuine, unadulterated “authenticated” variety why was it not returned to the official scorer as “unauthenticated” and to be properly corrected? TEN TANK MEETS FOR COLUMBIA; WRESTLING DATES SWIMMING MATCH MAY BE HELD HERE ‘ ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec 16.—The} swimming and wrestling schedules for Columbia's fre nou terday. engage in ten dusl hman. tea vere an- field and track «nd vee eee Were: & dy ne tank team will and the {; - and it is ex- oe Sater collegiates at Princeton on Mgrch 23 and teams in the same|o4, whiie the wrestlers are coming to branches will play at Annapolis tn 1924. | srips with six rival aggregations. It will be the first time teams of Coach Ed Kennedy, coach of the swimmers, is placing his chief rellance track and tennis. in Willlam Wright, star of the High Schoo! team the fastest young Lust he baseball in the afternoon. It next day. He started to follow Tod| service schools will be gradually ex-| yard man on the mn in Bonar career will be prrmed on these! sican's mounts, and for @ period of Lia podghcy te all usual forms of istic team. eoeatry re weeks had a meteoric career. His|°lege sports. tance is 0.2 1-5 ly saya that a. most thrilling day waa May 11, 1899,|_ Schedules of the Naval Academy | Wright ts the r to appear Riley Grannao pletu: when Sloan rode three winners in @ eens se hagas ag 10 By Loltpbot fags sot an OE the: Raets a resque by follows: imming, Fe! , Syracuse; | less Hal Vollmer row at Newmarket. Grannan w b. 17, Maseachusetts Tech; Feb, 24 eshint 1 fmreer on the Eastern tracks until) $100,000 ahead on the day when Sloa: Geiusoia, settable “itarehs 4, Rutwora} than peek De Wie ounce vert wre day in 1898 at Morris Park he|went to the post on Lord Dunraven's| March 10, open; March 17, Yale; March | Tuesday. A moet with Adelphi Academy T™made a present of $600 to Jockey |Mesmond. Tho latter was a leading} 24, Intercollestates. on Jan. 6 Is the frst the wrest- Sage valde The| candidate for the Derby and heavily] Gymnastics: Feb. 3 Philadelphia | ling team ‘Tera race. weighed io this event. Grannan|Turnverein; Feb. 10, ‘University of] Following are the schedules stewards promptly gave Grannan the | pjunged on Desmond, forcing the odds] Pennaylvania; Feb. 21, Dartmouth; SWIMMING gate. He took the matter to court,{down to 11 to 10. Desmond was un- Moree fee pore Univeraity; idarch bts 14 Witt Clinton a but the Jockey Club accepted his pleads Be or being won by H.} “phe swimming match with Columbia | Townsend : at ¢ @hailenge and he was routed. Gran-| Barnato’s My Boy. Grannan Jost] win take place in New York, tf ar- | Mostelair Acudemy fontela man went to California, but’in the following winter he was reinstated and returned East, He did not tarry Jong, however, but followed Jockey Tod Sloan to England and began there a eensational plunge on the Baglish tracks. Gronnan was somewhat short of funds when he arrived in London. had, however, @ great chance to recoup if fortune had smiled on him. He was well known to the Engiii Pencilers by reputation and was re- evived with open arms by the booktes, ‘Who thought he was worth a million @t two. They tendered him all the @ desired, Ma England bettors who wager on settle with or collect from the ere each Monday, and from to the next they have they went. But if a pay his losses he is time. $150,000 on Desmond. April, 1908, when only set. Up to the last he was a plunger. Three weeks before $52,000 at roulette at Carl Young's final turn of the cards when Young staked his gambling house against Grannan’s “pile.” Copyright, 1924 (New York Evening World) Press Publishing Company: = WEISMULLER SETS WORLD'S RECORD CLEVELAND, Deo, 15.—Two world's swimming records were broken last night tn the tank of the Cleveland Ath- letie Club, Johnny Weismuller, Ilinois Athletic b, established a new record for @ ‘oot tank when he won the 150- backstroke event in 1 minute 5 seconds. The former record of 1,49 4-5 was held by Harry Hebner, also of the I. A. C. In winning the 220-yard breaststroke in 3 minutes 5 seconds, Harold Krueger, Honolulu, broke the former world's record of . Wetsmuller also biished @ new loca! tank record when he won the 109- yard free style handicap in 648-6 seo- am ff the last day of his he was $90,000 to the @ long chance he picked by Lester Reiff, an ‘The books laid 100 Grannan died at Rawhide, Nev., in| probable the gymna‘ years old, a victim of the pace he had| finals of the Intercollesia’ gambling house, but lost tt all on a] PENN F* versity of Pennsylvania Football Com- hold meetings this week to consider the gridiron situation at the Institution. rangements are made, and It {s also ‘training at, Columbia; lea with New Vouk 24, Mercoraburg Acade thirty-eight | University will be contested there. “ihe iT Gymnastie | pranmue iat i. 8. wt Colunihes Ba" and Association will take place at Annapolis | 94. nterce!ienia , Se relme 38: and he died he won| this year. WRESTLIN aha croieens 2 aaa Princeton freshmen at F PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.—The Unt- ~ CUE CHAMPIONS TO MEET inittee and the Counetl on Athletics will - suche Tt was anno sar T. Appleby. tlonal amateur Class champion, and Tadao amateur cl on of w @ 300-point exhibition at 18.3 at the Hoppo-Peterson Billiard Club this ev ning. Willie Topps world fessional chaynpion, will « gon, th faney sh O-point exhibition t which will be follow game of three-cushtons aiid G, ©, STREWANDS? 1 ced yesterday tlonal A balkit that Ed- and ne je billiard Suganume, the ld play Prior to the meetings members of both bodies declined to discuss reports that changes in the management were con- templated. Among the suggestions that havo been offered is the creation of a ‘football director,” whose duties it would be to maintain the closest relations and in- terest between the alumni and under- graduates. It is not known how the authorities view this suggestion. The three-year contract of Head Coach John W. Heisman expires thi year, No intimation has been given to whether he would be retained, Some of those who have criticised his methods are urging the appointment either of Dr, John Keogh, coach of the freshman team, or Lou Young, former captain of the varsity eleven. will t p business before the meeting. thi Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) Press Publishing Compan: R AT WIND-UP OF LEAGUE MEETINGS “KD” GLEASOM OF THE WHITE Sox WHEN Cou. HUSTON HOVE TD: JON HANDLER PRES Horne rf | i NATL LEAGUE: Giga |SHORTENED FINGER WON’T KEEP TILDEN OUT OF CUP PLAY Comm eno Here White and Mitchell to Meet In 15-Round Bout To-Night wees EAS Johnny Shugrue and Elino Flores to Clash in 12- Round Battle. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. overing from the third operation cted finger, Willlam T. Til- den 2d is reasonably cheerful. Another portion of the middle finger of his right hand has been removed, y &n inch or more of bone being J joint. is physi- cian, now belleves the end of the in- fection has been reached and that further operations will not be neces- sary. A small portion of bone re- the second joint, and the 1ys there is a good chance will be movement in the 15.— Bulger. title in due time. “They'll all get a chance at the A match has f: twee By John Pollock. Madison Square Garden will likely be packed again to its capacity to-night, as the stars of the evening will be Charlie White, the Chicago battler, and Ritchie Mitchell of Mil- most $ nbov will be fought to-night permitting: Frank Bag’ , manager of Willie Hermen lightweight, of : Paterson has | J Waukee. Both men are in perfect shape| won many” fights in. = “It probably \elp me a great for the contest and a knockout is ex-| } ie deal," said hampion, “but tt pected. ‘The twelve-round go will | Ch’ SHEE Oana eS : A bring together Johnny Shugrue of] Monday Pilden says the Davia Cup will be Jersey City and Elino Fiores, the} jin, ston rte a eeatantlar ase poles year lightweight champion of the Philip-| taid, and. Herman, thy ir: § — ; pines. Frankie Pitcher of Brooklyn] figiier who ts now under th ~! THOS. F. RYAN JOINS meets Red Mack for six rounds, while] to inst in the star bout of ten rounds at Pedro Camp, another Filtpino, fights) the boxing, thew fo be brought off ut 4) THE JOCKEY CLUB Jimmy Hutchinson for four rounds. | hig | SPoruns Club on neat Monds ee Ryan wna elected a mem- The Jockey C sles Pa monthly meeting of that AC thé tho offices, No. 70 West 4 font estul and. the} erday afternoon perce hat Augio's. arms Ryan for a number of years has 4 under the name of the Fay eoked up for two om more contests, “tile fiat will be with } table, and has been identi- Bhade of Ci fornia, for *welve rou! breeding In Knickerbocker, A.C: of Albany, N.Y". on pa Tuesday night, while on the afternoon o ud | 1 Jan. 1 he will meet Jeff Smith at Dayton, | gtey As propored by A G1; to twelve) reuhas 2,000 pounds tn England before no smi aniof Th Leo Fiynn will be the manage Is. Kr Jack Bulger mays. the champion, Mickey | @ephenson y Bei theman Walker, who hasn't fought since he'too:. the oe welter title from Jack Britton, wili be ready | pnit Bloom, the veteran lightweight of ve meeting were: to give all the contenders @ chance after | Brooklyn, and Morris Sehlaifer, the Omaha August Th eorge H, Bull, Jona he gets through with his twive-round bout | fighter, have beon. st Ecorse, Joacoh Davin, BRakere Le at the Ninth Avenue Armory Monday night, | main go of ten roun : caer Fh eave Weare Ge date to be a ra Sanford, F. K. er, Joseph Bi, Wide- n yoodward. Mr. Ryan was so tmpressed by the performance of Morvich as a two-year old, and his race in the Kentucky Derby led him to pay $25,000 for his two-year-old sister, Runilse, early this season. The filly proved a disappoint- ment as a two-year-old. SAILOR PACILIO SCORES ANOTHER RING VICTORY SCRANTON, _ Dee Again did Sailor Pacilio of Utica stamped himself as one of the most promising lads in the Hghtweixht ranks last night by beating ep ag cent Pep O'Brien, local star, all the way SMITA WESIMYAN TEAM CAPTAIN | here in a ten-round bout. Pacillo out- MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Dec. 15.—| classed his rival all the way despite the Monroe W. Smith of South Glens Falls,| fact that Pep came in elght pounds N. ¥., has been elected Captain of the overweight. Pactlio scored a knockout ‘Wesleyan University cross-country team, here last week. Kruj “We don’t care how tough they are," says NEW TRACK DATES FOR YALE AND HARVARD NEW HAVEN, Conn., Deo. 16.—Yalo and Harvard have decided upon a new experiment for their track athletic schedule. They have listed their anfua! dual meet as a feature of the Yale com- mencement week exercises next June and, if the experiment {s successful, they will make {t a permanent arrange- ment. These will be the first Yale-Harvard track and field games to be held on the new Yale track. They are scheduled for Saturday, June 16. In previous years the Yale nine has furnished the curtain- raiser for the commencement week fea- tures, but of-town season, MATURO DEFEATS NATALIE, 125 TO 106 Pasquale Natalle suffered his first de- feat last night fn the pocket billtara tournament at Lawler Brothers’ A emy, Brooklyn, for the New York State professtonal championship. He lost a warmly contested game to James Ma- turo by a score of 128 to 106. The re- sult places Natalie in a tle with Arthur Chureh, both g five victories and one defeat. 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ORC By Thornton Fisher|YAlF'S SCHEDULE OF FOOTBALL IS REDUCED 10 ElGhT Pactice Next Year Won’t Start Until Week ‘Before Col- lege Opens. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 15.—The Yale football achedule for next year has been announced. Owing to the recommendation of the Presidents ot Yale, Harvard and Princeton, the football practice next year will not start until the week previous to the opening of the college, and, as a result, the schedule fas been ehortened to eight games. ‘AS Was announced some time ago, the Jowa team declined the invitation to come Hast again, and no Western teen appears on the schedule, Other teams which were played this year which do not appear are Carnegie Tech, Williams and Bates. The Brown game, which, until last , was played the week before the on game, has been moved up still another week and will be played on ) This puts the Army gs a week to Nov. 3, holds its old place on Princeton on Nov at Cambridge on iececceallpeeiacecatees Cc. C.N. Y. ELEVEN TO PLAY FORDHAM; FIVE HOME GAMES A schedule of seven games was an nounced for the 1923 season City Col- iege football team by Prof. Walter Williamson of the faculty Athletic Com- mittee yesterday ‘The feature of the program, which is an unusually dificult one for a second season team, is a contest with the strong Fordham eleven on Nov. 17. The encounter with the Maroon will be the first between the Lavender and that Institution since 1907, when football was abolished at C. CN. Y. The list includes Institute, St. Stephens, es ith Drexel Ho! ‘. art and N Y U., all of which were met this re; son, Newcomers in addition to For are Delaware and the Connecticut ha Aggi How’s the list coming, Santa? At the “four corners’ you can do in an hour what elsewhere would take you a day! Broad aisles! Quick and __ intelligent service. Ample stocks. Right quality. Fair prices. Everything exchangeable after Christmas, too, if you’ve guessed wrong. 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