The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
Brooklyn Buzz Saw Refuses
to Stand for Referee O'Con-
nor at Ardmore Tuesday.
Stove League Dopester Has Chick
Gandil Sold to Comiskey's Chi
cago White Sox.
By WILLIAM PEET.

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Willie Jones. the Brooklyn Buzz Saw"
who is slated for a return match with
Tommy Lowe, the pride of Seventh street
and washington's only real lightweight
scrapper, refuses to enter the ring at
ArdmoreS next Tuesday night il Pat
O'Connor is the referee
It appears that the last time Jones and
Lowe boxed. the decision was given TO
Lowe after fifteen furious rounds when
O'Connor declared the local boy had out
pointed the Brooklyn Buzz Saw.
Jones has been bowling, for a return
match ever since. and will appear at Ard
more next Tuesday night.
A good sport and game loser does not
go around "beefing" about getting a raw
deal from the referee. and in order to
vindicate O'Connor II is hoped that
Handsome Tommy Lowe puts over a
slumber punch Tuesday night
The writer has often disagreed with
O'Connor's decisions at Ardmore. but has
never questioned OConnor's honesty.
Pat gives EN- as he sees EN-, and it looks
like the wall of a bad loser for Willie
Jones to claim he was robbed by the
third man in the ring.
If the Ardmore club officials want to
make a departure from the present sys-
tenn and curtail Pat O'Connor's power,
the club might appoint two judges to sit
at the rihgside when Jones and Lowe
come together. and Immediately after the
fight let Referee O'Connor and each of
the Judges write on a slip of paper the
man each considers is entitled to the YER
dict. A majority vote would OF course
settle things This system has been tried
with success at the boxing bouts for ANA
teurs held annually under the auspices Of
the Boston (Mass) Athletic Association.
Football has thus far failed to put
much of a crimp in the Stove League
season despite the fact that sport pages
Of the various major league cities are
carrying column after column of grid
iron dope.
Baseball rs not shunted off entirely,
and the open season for diamond dope
promises to be more lively than ever
before.
Grifrs team here in Washington will
be given plenty of publicity. for it is
known that several changes in the
lineup for 1915 are contemplated. AL
ready one sport writer in a neighbor-
ing city has it all settled that Chick
Gandil will be sold to the Chicago
White SoX and speculates how Gandil
will get along with Eddie Collins, for
mer Athletic star for whom Gandil has
no love, on account of a little incident
which occurred during a game three
years ago when Collins was accused
of unnecessary roughness.
If Griffith has any intentions of dis
posing of GandiI he has given no Inti=
nation to the writer or any other
Washington sport editor and the Old
Fox usually informs the Washington
press before letting outsiders into his
confidence.
Gandil had a poor season this sum-
mer and hit way below his normal
o ~ fufr cha %
come back" and he certainly will not
be traded or sold until Joe Judge
makes good, and Judge has only had
a short trial with the club.
There is story going the rounds that
''Rube" Oldring has decided to retire
from baseball and devote his time to his
farm down in New Jersey. This will
probably be news to Oldring. "Rybe's"
contract with the Athletics has another
year TO run. He is probably just as
anxious to fill it as he ever was. ".Rube"
did not have a wonderfully successful
season in 1916. but the fact that Mana
ger Mack held on to him indicates that
Oldring's days as a major Lacquer are
far from being over.
Instead of retiring from baseball. the
chances are that Oldring is more worried
fore fear that Messrs. Shibe and Mack
will retire.
During the 1915 season Detroit had LII |
men left on bases; but did not lead the |
league in hitting. That explains why the 4,
Tigers failed to win the pennant, despite |
the superiority OF the Red @Sox pitching |
staff. Boston had go fewer left on bases, |
while the PhilIies were more than 800 |
behind the Tigers. No team got more
out of their hits and number of men on
bases than the Phillies, which is proof
that the team played the game.
Saye Purvius Knox in the New York |
Telegram:
Speedy Rush has introduced a |
feature which keeps the side line players |
as much in the game as the actual con- !
testants. 1t serves a twofold purpose |
first, of keeping the attention of the |
side liners centered in the play more |
second, it is an effective way of spot |
ting mistakes and permanently eliminat-
ing them.
Throughout the daily practices, as well /
as the weekly games. each of the blanket |
draped figures on the side line is playing |
a part in Princeton football. Rush insists |
that the ends watch the play OF the Tiger |
and opposing ends; that the tackles
watch the tackles; that the guards watch |
the guards; that the backs watch the
backs; that cenrSrs watch the centers.
and each day these players are called
upon to make their reports to Rush.
They are asked to explain the mistakes,
IL any, that were, made In detail he
explains how these mistakes are TO be
avoided.
In this respect his personality has stood
him in good stead. He has success
fully battered down the barrier which
might silence the tongues OF second and
third string players when 1t comes to
criticising first string men, lest the i'm
preston be gained that they were pur-
posely finding fault with the play or
the regulars in the hope that they might
be given a place on the varsity. 1t was
no simple task to accomplish.
In short, each member of the Prince
ton football team takes a part in the
coaching of the team Every member is i
a cog-more than playing cog-in the