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THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922. KINEYED CLUBS MUST BE FOENBER STAR CRBED, HEVDLER INSISTS) “RN ph Finance in Baseball Will Make Leagues Topheavy and the Result Will Be Ruination of Genuine Sporty Competition— First Steps Taken to Readjust Inflated Conditions. State Athletic Commission to Be Served in Suit to Force Payment of Purse Withheld From Mike O’Dowd Bout. By Robert Boyd. “If the major league ownérs exceed $100,000, the price Charles Comis- paid for Willie Kamm, an untried minor league star, then they might ell stop operating organized baseball,” says John A. Heydler, Presidént the National League. “There is a present inflation in the purchasing of players and the sal- that fs all out of proportion,” continues the National League head. can be traced back to the paying of fabulous prices for atta! and minor league stars. he crowds that support the ——S gamé have grown somewhat] proviso then we will boycott them of the high financing of the/ and send thcse players to leagues that or league owners. They look at}do subscribe to the draft. If this ith utmost disgust. league, or any other minor league, By Ed Van Every. AVE ROSENBERG and his manager are to bring action for the recovery of the sum of $1,700 withheld by the boxing com- mission, due Rosenberg for his fight Through the legal firm of Nathan Vidavier, Isaac Schmal, counseler at law, they have arranged to serve the State Athletic Commission to-day or to-morrow, advising that body thet with a spring schedule, When, in this wild spending there| where the draft is still respected, | recovery of the above mentioned sum which they have had in their posses @ few clubs such as the Giants,| sends this player to a league thatlo¢ money withheld by the State sion for the past two seasons, ees and White Sox which share|does not have a working agreement] Athletic Commission. This means|| ~~. ™m " ee ; work harder than ever, so next spring je high bidding—because they are} with us he will still be subject to the] that the Rosenberg case will be a ‘ the team will play nineteen games thy and can pay the high prices} draft. er hile the smaller clubs are forced vhat moved us to pass this new @ background. That does not|resoluticn was the action of the ml-| the boxing commission can withhold tute an even state of conditions| nors at their last meeting a week] the purse due to Rosenberg. it robs the game of its ‘‘fair|ago at Louisville. We have an agree-| a * element, the thing the Ameri-| ment,” continued the National League| Brownsville boy yesterday, and ac- Populace considers so essential in| head, ‘‘with the minors that they] cording to his manager, William Mul- “* continued Heydler, chain is no stronger than Its ‘est link. A league is no stronger its weakest club. If a few clubs ist in this high financing the i@ will be topheavy with a few ong clubs and the rest anaemic will be called on to decide whether See — x P} | in the previous spring. regime of Landis that they would] Commission, ruled that Rosenberg season. agree to meet from time to time and] had forfeited the purse due him from joint major leagues considered essen-| Dave had continued to strike low : df : . i tial for the betterment of baseball. | after being warned by the referee. : i oc al March 30, “Just before the minors went into] It was further explained by Mr. A weak. session, Judge Landis addressed them| Muldoon that as fouling had become ear after year the conditions|and assured them that he would see] altogether too common in the ring of worse. At one time $11,000 was|to it that the agreement they had] late, and in view of the fact that highest price ever paid for a big|signed with his advent into baseball] Rosenberg was a conspicuous figure @ star. In the space of a few| Was lived up to by the majors. Short-]in the ring he was to be the first » that has increased to $100,000, ]!y after that the minors passed a|example of the commission's method ith that, the salartes of the players | resolution not to recognize any of the of dealing with such cases, which the jump on the fleld. By Alex Sullivan. T MAY SEEM like old times for the Giants when they play their long | schedule of nineteen gaines with the White Sox in the spring—that {ts if the Yanks’ deal with the Chicago team goes through, for then the world’s champions will most likely be opposing Aaron Ward, and Waite Hoyt. These three stars are expected to be members of the Windy City team before the robins start to fly Northward—and by that time it {s believed that the deal for Eddie Collins will have gone through. Starting March 17—which date means much to those scrappy Irish leaders, John McGraw and Kid Gleason, who were at one time members aN 5 Dose i of the same team, the Orioles—for on that day, St. Patrick’s, the Giants MN tug Speed ane: TellT a Sos and the White Sox lock horns in the first battle of their long schedule . . ‘ Secretary Tierney of the Glants [5% an early bird, for he Is the first out Bob Meuse! the entire squad will daily, with a few exhibition games sandwiched in before they fold their tents on the last day of the month. The fans at San Antonio will have a treat In not only seeing the World's Champions every day but seeing such high-priced = recruit » Who cost the club $75,000. When the Sox line up against them there will be another high-priced new- comer in Willlam Kamm, the Sox $100,000, It should be a big occasion when the Giants and Sox meet at the Polo Grounds on Saturday, April: 14, and The next day, the Manager McGraw figures that the] Worked out twice legal action has been brought for the me test way to hold on to a world’s title, threshed out in court and that a jury ab : Pores wi] | with the Sox, instead of thirteen, as Although the regular season doesn't ‘ ' open until April 17, a week later than rehearing was granted the] |’ te Bis" t LBivie cs usual, the Giants will report for train- : : ; ; ing as early as last season—March 1 . ’ which will give the boys a week Ee Oe tear thee erate eee cnuman of tie Beate Atiletie 7 es coat ; longer to get Into condition than last a . x The Giants broke camp at San An- amend or revise the rules that the] the O'Dowd fight on the ground that ns % beer : 4 ¥ 4 bY tonio last year on March 26, but next spring they will not leave there until Sunday, April 16. day before the season opens, play West Point at West Point. McGraw expects to arrange thirty preliminary games before through and he hopes to have his men In such tiptop form they will get Chance’s main business since be- Roston manager signing up coaches, tained the services of Orval Overall, Jimmy Archer, who used to catch Overall, and Mike Don- , ex-Glant outflelder, To date he has old Cub pitcher; A small delegation of Giants will leave here Feb. 26, arriving at increased and brought about un-|new amendments to the Rules Com-| punishes the fighter guilty of fouling] West side boxer and dissatisfaction by the play-|mittee of the majors, reservations or| With the loss of his purse. who came into the leagues and|resolutions for another year, when] Just how, the ruling of the com- jose who were in the leagues for|the minors would again come to-| mission in this instance bears on the ny years. They saw the owners} sether, rights of Dave Rosenberg is some- y big money to the minors, That That was what led us at the joint| thing the commission will be called on joved them to make great demands| meeting of the majors to pass the] to explain in court. om the clubs they were signed with, | resolution forcing the players re- Under the date of Dec. 6 the boxing hat caused much of the holding out|turned to these non-draft leagues to] Commission issued a bulletin letter mong the stars of the game such as|accept them subject to draft or we| ‘© Various clubs as follow: cases of Roush, Groh, Schmidt] Would refuse to send them to their “Your attention is called to the : leagues. following rule EFFECTIVE THIS “This will not affect any of DATE: said Heydler, “that “All boxers who are disqualified prior to Jan. 15. It will for fouling will forfeit the com- cover the Bently, O'Connell, Kamm] pensation for the contest in which and Hale deals, for they were made| they have been disqualified. Clubs previous to this resolution. are directed in case of disquali- ‘It is the first step we have taken| fication of a boxer for fouling to jot only to bring about a readjust-|to bring about a readjustment of the| send the amount of money due ent of conditions but to protect the| inflated financial conditions existing] the boxer to the commission, the layer who is desirous of going as far|in the majors to-day, thus imposing] heck to be drawn to the order of he can in his calling. new draft rules on players we return] the commission.” “In the future,’’ sald Heydler,]to the minors. It will no doubt ulti-| Rosenberg fought O'Dowd five days er Jan. 15, all players sent back | mately bring about a better working | before this ruling the minors will have an agreement} agreement with the minors and the] The commission now tn their rep! writing that they are subject to}ubolition of this high financing. If] to Rosenberg’s lawyer that they can- in the five non-draft minor] not, we might just as well stop try-|0t withhold the fighter's money on If they refuse to accept that] ing to operate basoball."* a retroactive ruling contends that they have withheld the fighter’s who won world’s title from Pete Herman, lost it, and then rs- gained it from John- ny Buff last summer, “We have taken our first steps to all this spending, At the last point meeting of the major league lubs we imposed upon the minors the inforcement of their recognizing the draft on players that we returned to em from the majors. We do this defends his rewly re- won laurels for first time against his old rival, Midget Smith, in the Garden, Fri- day night, in fifteen- pi ae : Byer i rr 'fighte, hus b round bout. x : . 5 ey ‘dectal next Although Midget Smith lost to Johnny )I decided to to Gas original card Curtin in Jersey City Monday night. the only way out of the dilemma services should it be determined by the judges and referee that such con- testant did not give an honest exhibi- Smith-Curtin ers he sought as a substitute card. ‘ that Smith the first time since the Walker law went haven't put your number up. They've put up Blink Bunny nusual Bet, Made on Re- ) tion of his skill ” nee effect $5 will be the top price pf a {to resume training | A | etaon toe dans . erby, of $5,006 Blink Bunny had won by a nose] Roe tere staime he w icket for a champlonship fk en|the reports of the sult of Derby, of $5,( from Black Tommy. “I payer saw] _ Rosenberg claims he was forced to}Lynch defends the bantamweight crown [which he was subjecte fight O'Dowd with a fractured hand, ]asainst Smith. It 1s not so lc so it will be pretty hard té prove that|they ¥ he was not giving his best services ]™MoSst bouts, under the conditions. tal If t commission is forfeiting Rosenberg’s purse for fouling they cannot very well make a strong cas: inhurt I see no reason why t 1 ‘ asking §11 for tle ‘or}not have his chance at the title. WI on Monday night, » let alone champ! -|such a hard workout as he recetved| Morris In the fourth rou trom Curtin, 1 » Smith will] ably through with th benefit and be in shape to give Lynch a tough bout,” & man turn such a sickly color," te Hodgman in describing the in- “His swarthy cheeks seemed blanched, and he gasped as if he had received ‘a heavy punch under the heart.’ Against Hat and Coat. The following is tne ninth of a 2 of articles on Big Bets made on the turf. A story on Smith emerged from his bout with Curtin without any serfous injury and For the boxing sho th matched Danny L how th blic lost $1,000,000 of A few feet away stood Harry Hill | in view of the fact that thet: ing Pay imate Ban Dacor aaViehar will be printed | ''@ bookmaker, Like Mr. Drinkald view fof the fact that thelr ruling /)WILLANOVA FIVE BEATS |TO RANK NATIONAL pout of twelve foun affect.ng this case was made after the date of the fight. Conceding that Rosenberg did strike low, It is patent that he did he thought Black Tommy had won, in these pages to-morrow. He saw twenty thousand pound# van- One of the most remarkable bets]ish with the victory of the despised MANHATTAN COLLEGE AMATEUR BILLIARDISTS | to hook up with sen west alde in aen-round Jullan Rice, the national amateur tile Franke. Ghure VILLANOVA, Pa., Dec, 20.—Villa-] i : naw no : er made on a horge was laid on an| hc But whea the numbers went] not foul O'Dowd deliberately. Me nova was for aah eee vieng{ Clas® B. 18.2. balkiine champton, has] Pancho vilin haa ot oe ot try in the greatest of ail turt|UP he Joined in the cheers of the] was ti apped by a useless lect a eae a MB ate been appointed! tovact as chalriman.ofa/) CMSURCREA Neng ei crowd, He to beat the basketball quintet fro ad won a coat, a waist-| hand. \ ¢ loss of the fight cost him si ¢ a minittee that will 4 ranking of Nm, the Indie Atle sic, the Engitsh Derby. In our} coat and u hat from the owner of| his title, so why also take his money | Mattan College, 29 to 31 he players of the Nu 1 Aasontation | Sil! de dettal the Derby has been won by three] Black Tommy a fom. hin. The first half ended with the apnea gollaes tial va Thy per- | ha fifteen tou 0 to 1 chances and there wag a xea- reser first at ihe suctematul 100 to 1] Rosenherg's left han nove sist te at Pia aera el Seal Sacha dae cae aa Pipy | the Garden on the nis chances i e Derb: odd evidence of the fra re os SF oN A he Go -| One hundred and + n in which a 200 to 1 chance only | Sy, A h rby was Jeddah, in] eviden the fractur half the « Blue and Whit wnela Drag it of thy 12Ms, hundred | ma D} j 98, und to add to the unexpected na-| so cos braced, partic viarl kre « Mody ludes Jacob Klin rip ¥ st failed to do the trick. The Derby xf the result, Dunlop, who ran ess: When the whistle b V Charles P. Matthews, Gus Gardner and 1857 ond a horse named Black figured at exactly the same for-] FOUR “MET” GOLFERS} nova was working » Rt. Joh q r lat: whisk j ; a 5 } ve. Then came the victory of points with more ea t commit in preparation 1 i my provided unexampled thrill ce ory © i anaes ay ed ta ten years iter. The) REACH SEMI-FINALS] ot tie contest ane classes ¢ piiny) tbh Md cxine within a nose of causing the ward piny mujority of the onloo in the history of racing [not recognize the ( id, owner of Bilaci| trellis colors as th VILLANOVA (39) MANIIATTA Mon earom and ‘'s did evalie innis- y flushed past at sh, ‘Then there came a shout, Gint's won,"’ that another h, ‘The only ut crowd who west Upse Mr. Drin fomny, was almost sanguine that ' Dee. 20.—Fon Iitan Yistrict trop aria | NATALIE AND CHURCH ta PLAY FOR STATE TITLE ould win despite the long price luid gainst his horse. He had taken sucn ets as 1,000 to £20 from Da man in the seemed not in the 8 try Club's 4 yho was known as the ‘Leviathan’ | least Clubbergasted was the Chevalier} terday Gharise Harmon, News ot 7 Ne dent of the New Y« himself, who, Hke Mr. Drinkald, had] Scofeld playe F Jonal pocket billlard champion, who : pookmaker, and a number of smail/reon a lone backer of his entry, He} of New Yor eit hag uh. out of the running for the Utle he d James J. Tier te with other layers, The horse} was bubbling over with excitement, | °%! of the - yw holds, received his final setback tary and Assistant as considered to have such a sn for his beloved Signorina had at last} oOo! HARVARD HONORS night tn the © tournament at of the New York G ablo to] br e that Mr, Drinkuld was a Derby winner. ; aD. ¢ 6 ich, slefeated , Brothers bad se esterday and agreed ¢ his own ticket third 100 to 1 Derby winner ‘ “ Be ITS FOOTBALL TEAM) vii he tost to Lex er by @ score of y ee vied a A $00 jt one of the spring meetings the| was Aboyour, Wwaua, won from —_——_ to 64 tribution of the $60 mer of Black Tor met Harry Ne ee ote er : ‘ The final match tp this, tournament a0 tcnal Wakeoiiien ill, one okmakers me ball dinner in ce dine ut fataar te wi ween Pi $120,554 in gate He f y|J. BLOUIN RETAINS Reese, Gate sen Fave: ¥ sie wae DE 8 isle Natalie and Arthur Chureh, both aka: femme, ite ‘Tommy »ston last nigh ae on AVS aan ‘a loat i Cir tehinene: Olek HIS BOWLING TITLE f ishom have won five games an thay waridla aavien \ir, defeated W waistcoat CHICAGO, Dee said Mr. Drinkald ma, psom course never held cn oF more picturesque throng |tained his title yesterday when The club offic reveal the bene 20.~Jimmy Blouin of ae 0, world's champion bowler, re- | R.*Bow players and. the Jinry el sssten) (>| OFFERS $350,000 FOR H and Tr'Tiunt, Woreesier, defeated . H.1 Dean kwanok, 8 and 4 Fisher, Capt Charley Buell and Cavc-| DEMPSEY-WILLARD BOUT P. . defeated J 1 thelr agreement that eventful Derby Day defoxted Jimmy Smith of Milwaukee tn rom H, Bradfor¢ FN tant a egal a — nent to Chicage, where Bihe big field Black Tommy was neg-|the sixth block of their ixty-game atch the slow ‘motion pict LAND, Ore., Dec %.—W. H Ge 'ginda laine ay dcar sted by ail save his owner, Mt |match, Biowin's total points being 278] ; taken of the game in the Yale bow}. i principal owner of the F Landis, Bas Eprinkaid yiood in Tattersall's enctos [for the six blocks while Smith was|§ cliealey,. 5, as Dean Briggs was toustmuster. Pacifie Coast Langue Baseball Landis, Bas re. After the start the great crowd] creatted with 27 y ! ao has telegraphed Juck Kearns, sioner, when hoered one horse after the other. But |” : ‘5 ‘ CANNEFAX-LOOKABAUGH |" deck: Darnpaey, Bu. attsE of 7 what soldier ore Lie ca lt asad Jae Ay rate JOLIE RAY TO TRAIN FOR OLYMPIC | Ofer Tenor at won, IN TWO LEAGUE GAMES hampionship of 'h to come in f pied down ne PRQUENT OF: F800 AMES OF 112 y lyn, by default y and Jesa Willard which he ts to dist h Mr, Drinkald saw his ck Tom CHICAGO, Nec. 29.—Jole Ray, m —>———- Robert Cannefax, former professional i ny on tie upper am Susi peat i GREENFIELD DEFEATS O'nT hampion, and Earl Look Willard, who Jn here, nid ne was The commissioner oking all over 4 winner. The great] TUnner, whose suspension from amateur AT BILLIARDS. Pittsburgh, former amateur eeable to the proposal when he was } rowd was stunned in silen athletics terminates Jan. 1, plans tol frank Greenfleld defeated Edward va Bier ae ore eterno Hote . —- presiding at ¢t ; fe stake nis poe rain for the 1924 Olympic Game mo: ¢ ning at the Strand ant Aca AIAMS ‘ Bhloking the. stake in’ his pocket} train for the 194 /Olyinpie Clames, O'Brien by a score of 100 to 77 lastlewo matches in the Interstate ‘Chir WUATAMS FINE ball meetin att r. Drinkald shoute out, “Thank| Eck, trainer at the University of Chi- STATE ' Washington Helghts ama-|Cushion Biillard League's tourn - id ament tn -|for the national champtonship, In ad-| WILLIAMSTOWN, My rd Academy. [dition, there will be exhibitions of far Villlags swamped the New night in the teur pocket billiard tour Will] ress at the Canfield Bi wen! I've the Derby and] o, @ soul {s on but myself.” R uid be made annoynced after a conference with would be made by Ray's reappenr he s Fistic New Midget Smith who will fight Lynch in a fifteen-round bout for the bantamwelght championship ttle at Madison Square Garden on night, drew down $945 for his end for his twelve-round go with Irish Johnny Curtin at the Arena A, C. City on Monday night, The gross re- ceipts amounted to $4,600 and the net receipts $3,780, of which each fighter received 26 per cent., which gave them the above mentioned sum, $ potrock and Gossip Battling Anton, They will be ready to box Inside of thre Garden is Bern . who ts sald to be m great lub performer. Johnson has started training at fi battle Jan. 12 5 King out with Buddy J) je wants a# many additional spar- and radio iving set should look up Floyd at the Garden. Diamond are both on und quarrel at Lee Anderson, the colored heavyweight from Phoenix, Ariz, who has Just arrived and Goorgie Bush Norfolk, the colored .yons are also in fine ‘in the feature bout of Arena A. a on Friday JOE LYNCH Jess a completed his at Ith Spe Club tate lightweight; ey and Johnny Green, the brightest prospect he ever yt whiie on an been reinstated, 5 one. under 4 Claube Covered in Sec- | Tex Rickard, Garden promoter, returned Pena al To atrerdl neater naieeoa Ye on Harry. Gord . . z . ths *hupter (14 i the State aw [to bis original card of Joe iynch vs.|Dundee-Tiplitz match. A hitch de ke of don, on boxing. The section foliowe: ‘ : fe -DundescTipiits nea ry Grob, who fighis Jimmy Delaney of istoric Bets on American Tracks Stal sha AN aban to | Miaset_ Smith for Friday ntght because {Ped Im the Dundee-Tiplitz nexottations| | Marry Groby who tl mn ‘ieetaton : ‘ 8} e pa Of the extortionate demands of th Brae MAT Baler cone © Weat on Ja Who has been resting up 2 WI meee Irth J fh, Hogimieat Armory of Jersey 4 Javk Sharkey, — KNOCKOUTS FEATURE CRESCENT A. C. BOUTS kley at the Pioneer orting. Cli fe t rue ay night, mntehtnaker Stn Bu Summaries of the preliminartes of the pent Athletle Club's amateur poxing ament last night follow: Willie, Moskowits, defeated Tony Allicino, Cln LOCAL cLuBS AGREE ON BENEFICIARIES OF CHARITY GAME MONEY Col, Jacob Ruppert NOBLE’S MANAGER POSTS als woul ares ne List was so that @ statement from him ip ; c nllege 0 paaketball garme Wait a minute, Drinky,"’ said his be under the colors of the Milnois Ath-!Greenfeld completed his string in ab aking by Jean Bruno of Cavchy f Albany in a bas! 2 ona’ ti 7 George Hodgman, ‘‘they letic Club. innings. slovakia. . 4, may be expected to-day, 100,000 STARS WILL IN TIME STOP BASEBALL, SAYS LEAGUE BOSS — World’s Champion Bantamweight |HARDEST TRAINING SIEGE Who Defends Title Friday Night) ij THEIR HISTORY PLANNED : tie FOR WORLD'S CHAMPIONS Club to Work Out a Week Longer Than Last Spring and Play Nineteen Games With White Sox, HERE IS GIANTS’ SPRING SCHEDULE March 17 and 18, White Sox at San Antonio; 21, White Sox at Seguin, Texas; 24 and 25, White Sox at Antonio; 31, White Sox at Texns April 1, White ox at Dallas, 2 and 3, W t Worth; 4, W port, La.; 5, V burg; 6, White Sox at Jackson, Mise.; 7 and 8, Memphis at Mem- phis; 9, White Sox at Chatta- nooga, Tenn.; 10 and 11, White Sox at Johnson City. 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