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South Bend news-times., 1917-09-13
Who's Who in the Worlds Series
FRED ANDERSON
=BY JACK NEIOCK.

Fred Anderson. who came 70 the
Giants from the Buffalo Feds, is the
only ex-Federal league pitcher who
viii share in the cutting Of the
worlds series melon this fall.
incidentally. Anderson's rise TO
major league class has been a rapid
one for .rior 20 Joining the Giants.
In 1916, he had only a glimpse Of
big league company. and he probably
has the Federal league 10 thank for
the fact that ne came into notice as
pitcher who possessed big league
class.
Like Rube Benton. one of his
pitching mates, Anderson is native
Of North Carolina. He was ushered
into citizenship at StatesvilIe. y. c.,
some twenty-five odd years ago and.
like Benton. he started pitching in
dependent ball before he was eigh-
teen years old.
Several years ago the Boston
Americans got wind that a young
hurler named Anderson was going
great guns in professional ranks
somewhere below the Mason Dixon
line" and "A scout was sent south to
give him the up and down. AS "A re-
suit Anderson got tryout with Bos-
ton. but was turned over 10 a minor
league club in New England for
more seasoning.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-13
Miss Perfection Winner of
Rich Stake at Fair Meet

Miss Perfection, owned by Dick
Mcmahon. Libertyville. Ill, took the
$4,000 Studebaker stake at the state
fair races yesterday Miss Perfec-
ton took the feature event of the
day in straight heats, trotting the
first mile in 2:1O II. the second in
the same time. and the third in
2:11. The Exposer, Lucille Stately.
Cricket and Onward AIlerton hnsh-
ed IN the order named in each heat
Of the stake.
The 2:O9 pace went to South
Bend Girl in straight heats and the
third event Of the program also
was won in straight heats This was
the 2:2O pace which went 10 Big
Game.
The first heat Of the 2:12 trot for
the Studebaker stake was a close
race between Miss Perfection and
The Exposer. Will Donahue's geld
ing. Entering the home stretch The
ExpOser picked up and started for
the front but the bay mare held
her place.
II looked like The Exposer had a
chance TO land near the end of the
second heat after he had trailed
Miss Perfection for a round and a
half but his threat again failed and
Lee rode under the wire first Miss
Perfection had a bit of hard luck
in the final heat when the wheels Of
Lees sulky locked with those Of The
Exposers' allowing Lucille Stately
70 take the lead. But Miss
Perfection pulled away and took
the outside and then gamely went
around in front and held the lead
The Exposer. as usual. took second
for second money while Lucille
Stately was handed third prize and
Cricket. a local mare. fourth. on
ward Allerton finished fifth place in
all three heats.
Easy for South Bend Girl.
The 2:09 class pace was easy
sailing for South Bend Girl. With
NanVleet on the seat, she stepped
out in the lead in the first heat
and kept il all the way. Canute.
who was entered by G w. Slaugh-
ter. followed her in. Lee Grand. who
ran fifth in the heat. was ruled out
for the rest of the race. South Bend
Girl took the next two heats and
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the race. Canute won second money
and left third for Stilleto Pratt,
while Golden Bell got the leavings.
Against seven other starters in
the 2:20 class pace Big Game, a
local performer. owned by AL
Stevens and driven by Bachelor
pusher his way 10 the front in three
straight heats. Baron Aquilan ran a
good second TO Big Game and
Maytrix. a fine third.
In the third heat OF the 2:2O.
Jack DOrr who belongs 20 Charles
Neidig of Goshen, surprised them
all when he shot into the lead aft
or ne had finished a seventh and
sixth in previous heats But Big
Game soon found his way 10 the
front and took the lead which he
held till the finish at 2:16 IA. land
ing him first money. Archie Dillon
and Baron Aquilan divided second
and third monies. while MaytriX
took fourth.
Twelve horses are booked 10 start
in the Merchants $4,000 stake to-
day There will be ten IN the 2:27
pace and the same number in the
2:17 pace.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-13
TWO MORE
FOR GIANTS
New York Grabs Both Ends of
Double Header From
BrOOkIyniteS.
'eSt in Northern Ind.

NEW YORK. Sept. 13. New
York closed its home National
league season here Wednesday with
two victories over Brooklyn. the
scores being 9 20 0 and to 1. the
second game going IL innings.
In the first game the Giants hit
Smith hard. while loose work by
Brooklyn enabled them TO Pile up
runs. Schupp permitted only two
hits both made by Myers.
Cheney and Tesreau had an ex-
citing pitchers battle in the second
game Brooklyn scored on hits by
Johnston and Miller and an infeld
out in the second, and Robertson's s
home run tied il for New York
in the sixth. The Giants won in the
11th. Kauff and Zimmerman singled
with none out. and the former scor-
ed when Johnston fumbled the lat
ter's hit Scores
First game:
Brooklyn 200 600 600 ,
New York ....1O3 O5O OOs-9 1 o 3
S. Smith. Miljus and NJ Wheat;
Schupp and McCarty. Gibson.
Second game:
Brooklyn .O1O 900 600 OO-1 3 1
New York 900 O01 600 01-2 s 0
Cheney and Miller; Tesreau and
Rariden.
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AT INDIANAPOLIS.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 13.-Mgr.
Cantillon sent Williams. who pitch
ed a winning game on Tuesday.
hack against Indianapolis Wednes-
day and Minneapolis won. to /.
Falkenbels's wildness led 10 two
runs. but the visitors took kindly
10 Kanthlener's curves after Falken-
berg retired in favor OF a pinch
hitter Every member OF the Indian
apolis team got in the game when
Schang ran for Filingim and Mgr.
Hendricks used pitchers as pinch
hltters for regulars in the ninth in
ming The defeat sends indianapolis
into a tie with 81 Paul for first
place. Score
Minneapolis 200 l0l 031-6 g 0
Indiana polls OOO OOi 600 ) 0
Williams and BaChant; FaIken-
berg. Kanthlener. Dawson and
GosSett-
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About that time the Buffalo Feds
were securing the minors for pitch
ing material, and as Anderson was
dissatisfied they had no trouble
getting his name to a contract. Then,
when the Feds busted up, McGraw
picked him from among a host Of
Federal league pitchers and he has
succeeded in making good.
Anderson is a right handler, and
although not the most sensational Of
McGraw's pitchers, is hard worker.
He uses a good assortment of twist
ers and capable Of taking his regular
turn N the box. but because Nc
Graw's three southpaws have been
going great guns this year the eX
Fed Wiggler has not been called
upon 20 do a great amount of work.
When the Giants went south last
spring many Of the sc1ibes who ac-
companied the team thought that
Anderson would be forced TO step
aside for Jimmy Middleton. the
right handler secured by McGraw
from the Louisville club. but when
the weeding-out process came il was
Anderson who stuck, and he's still
there Anderson is valuable man
TO call into the box as a pinch pitch
er, for he has good control and is
steady under fire.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-13
REDSOXM
THRILLER
Tie Washington in Great Six
teen Inning Battle That
Ends in Tie.

WAsHINGTON. Sept 13.-Bos-
ton remained barely possible
American league pennant contend
er Wednesday as the result OF a
great sixteen ihnins 1 To ] tie battle
with Washington. while the leading
ChicasO White Sox were idle The
game was pitching duel between
shore and Ayers. who went the
full route. the former allowing only
six hits.
Both teams gave a fine fielding
exhibition, the work of Shanks and
scott. the opposing shOrtstops,
standing out prominently. Score.
BosE 900 001 600 600 600 0-l f. 1
Wash 900 O1O 600 600 900 O-1 2
Shore and Cady; Ayers and Ain
smith.
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DUNN PROTESTS FORFEIT
OF GAME TO WHITE S0X

CHICAGO. Sept Is. - James g..
Dunn. president Of the Cleveland
Americans Wednesday protested
the game which Umpire owen for
feited 70 Chicago last sunday with
the score tied IN the tenth innine.
owens forfeited the game because
he believed the Cleveland players
were making a bUrlesque out Of the
contest
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.merican Association.
NO ITALIAN SHIPS LOST.

ROME. Sept. 13.-It is officially
that during the week
ending Sept. 9. no Italian ships were
lost as the result OF submarine at
tacks or by striking mines. One
packet boat was attacked by a sub
marine. but escaped
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WELL WHAT OF 1T?

BOSTON, Sept. 13.-By winning,
10 8. the play off Wednesday of
the successfully protested game of
April Il. Philadelphia broke even
with Boston on the seasons games,
each team winning IL Score:
Philadelphia ..1O1 O40 000-6 s l
Boston 1000 12O OOO-3 I
Mayer and Killifer; Hughes,
Scott and Tragesser.
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World Series?
Times Special Service:

News Times Special Service:
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Sept.
15.-Jim Scott, White Sox pitch
er. was enrolled in the second
reserve officers training camp
at the Preside today Leaving
the Chicago team before the end
of the American league season
Will not deprive Scott of a share
OF the worlds series money. be
cause the pitchers teammates
made that arrangement before
wishing him Godspeed from the
windy city on his trip TO join
Uncle Sans forces
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To OPEN CAMPAIGN.

FORT WAYNE. Ind. Sept Ia
Democrats Of Fort Wayne will open
the city campaign next Saturday
night Maurice -. Meier candidate
for mayor. and Hon Judge John W
Eggeman Will speak
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PIRATES DEFEAT CARDS.

ST. LOUIS. Sept. Il. - Miller
outpitched Watson Wednesday and
Pittsburgh beat St. Louis, , TO l.
Cruise was the only local player TO
get beyond first base. Score;
Pittsburgh ...O2O 600 OOV-z
St Louis 1000 600 lOO-l 1
+. Miller and Schmidt; Watson,
Horstman and Gonzales.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMFRICAN ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

American League.
Cleveland. S-3: Detroit. - tSecond
game IL innings.
New York. 1 Philadelphia. Z
Boston. I /; Washington, /. tSiXteen in
nlngs called darknessl.
No other games scheduled
National League.
Cincinnati q: Chicago. {.
Brooklyn. o.. New York. - Sec
ond game Ii innings.
Pittsburgh. . 81 Louis l.
Philadelphia. q. Boston 2
American Association.
Milwaukee. 0-3. Columbus. 6-12
Kansas city. , Toledo. 10
Minneapolis 8; Indianapolis, 1.
ST Paul. $: Louisville 8
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-13
Divide DOUBLE HEApER.

DETROIT. Mich. Sept. Is. -
Cleveland and Detroit divided a
double header Wednesday. the visi-
tors winning the first game. 8 to
z. and Detroit taking the second.
TO 3. in IL innings. Cleveland
won the tirst game in the third in
ming when Speaker tripled with
two on and scored on Roth's :
single. The winning run in the sec
Ond game was scored on Wits
single. his steal of second. Cobb's
out and Veach's sacrifice fly 10
Speaker. Cobb was up nine times
in the two games without making 4
hit. Score:
First game:
Cleveland .O03 zoo OBS II o
Detroit 80. 900 600 O11-2 8 5
BaSby and O'NeiIl: Dauss, Gun
ninghAm and Stanage
Second same:
Cleveland 100 0O1 100 0O-3 Z 3
Detroit 900 200 600 O1-4 o
Elepfer, Morton and O'Neill;
James and Spencer. Stanage.
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-13
RECORD MADE
BY THE VICTOR
AT SYRACUSE

SYRACUSE. n. Y. Sept 10 -
Little Frank ID. won the chamber
of commerce $1,000 stake for 2:O5
PAGERS. the feature event Of We'd
nesday's grand circuit program, in
straight heats and established a
record for the new state fair track,
negotiating the mile In 2:04 IA.
The Savoy and General Todd fur
nished the thrills by pretty fight
for place in two of the three heats.
while Peter Pointer gave COXs en-
try a tussle in the final heat sum
maries:
-rhn chnrnher % cnnrnnrca . 90 nace.
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MACKs BEAT YANKs.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. Is. -
Philadelphia hit Caldwelrs delivery
hard Wednesday and easily defeat
ed New York. z 10 1. Score:
New YORK =. zoe 600 OOO-1 9 S
philadelphia 400 100 Ill 10 0
Caldwell and Nunamaker. John
son and Meyer.
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MAYBE HE'LL HELP THEM

COLUMBUS. o.. Sept 13.-Grover
Lowdermilk pitched his last game
for Columbus Wednesday before
joining the 81 Louis Browns. and
won IL from Milwaukee i'm three
hit shutout Tire score was 6 10 @.
Mordecai Brown had am easy time
OF il ln the second game. Columbus
making rs hits amt winnins. u to
3. scores
First game
Milwaukee 600 600 GOO &
Columbus .o2- o1O 0Is-s 1s ?
Sherdeu and Murphy. Low0er-
milk and Coleman.
Second same.
Milwaukee zoe 1o1 olC- ?
Columbus 100 0t- ao-12 rs /
North and Livingston. Brown
and Blackburn. Coleman.
TOLEDO. sept l1 Toledo
pounded Southpav Georse Pierce
for seventeen hits wednesday after
noon and Toledo won from Kansas
civ. 10 TO The locals scored
eight runs iD the eiehth inning on
eight bits and two errors. score.
Kansas city .2IU 0Q0 00C- q .
Toledo 200 GOO 0Ss-10 Il j
Pierce ana Hargrave. Brady and
Crosstn-
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REDS DEFEAT CUBS.

CHICAGO. Sept 13. - Cincinnati
hit Douglas opportunely Wednesday,
and won, 10 ! The feature Of the
game was the home runs by Schnei-
der and Williams. Chase's single in
the seventh inning sent two men
home and gave the visitors the
game. Score:
South Bend news-times., 1917-09-13

Time-2.14 21Gis. 2.f1I,
To beat > .tSA trottiu-. first Nirginian
tDtckerSonl. Time .lt
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clans have advised him not to plan
on pitching any more this year. He
may be available, however, for next
season. .s.-..
Minneapolis, Mimi, May 25.-Gus
Vogel or "Sharkey," as he is known
in the ring, is the first Minneapolis
boxer to respond to the call of the
coiors. He has enlisted in the cav
airy of the regular army.
Chicago, May 25.-Steve Ketchel,
Chicago lightweight boxer, is a men,
Der of the Northwestern University
hospital unit, which has been ordered
to France. ketchel enlisted as an am.
bulance driver.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 25.-Altho
Marquette university is going ahead
with plans for football next fall, it
is considered doubtful thar the insti-
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HE CAN TAKE UP MORE
ROOM THAN ANY TEN MEN
IN THE lCB61

pull laugh out of them Pm salts
fed ..
IF can find q man in the stands
uglicr than I am it's worth weeks
work."
Nick has made a study Of being a
funny man. He was funny before he
began doing this. When he was
pitching regularly with the Chicago
White Sox he always had the crowd
with him, even when he was losing
hard games. t9G
How much is Altrock worth to the
Washington club?
That's pretty hard to figure, but
there's lots Of wise baseball men who
admit that he's worth lot more than
| many fairly good ball players, al.
though his OLD salary arm is gone and
! he has no batting eye.
| Ills good humor keeps his team
mates in good hulnor He attracts
many paid admissions to the bali park
which otherwise would not get there.
He furnishes g VIE show all !, Of his
own. &st". @2t IN ~ n i.''F
20 think Altrock is mighty big
asset to our ball sclnb," Clark Griffith
declares. q don't know just how
much he worthsto US, but he's more
valuable than the man outside might
think.
Don't be surprised if Nick appears
in the movies some OF these days.
He's thinking about it seriously and
he should be scream.
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II 2kx A kE4ss:s

Have you seen his burles1uc golf
game-his tight wire performance?
Have you seen him mimic some
hard boiled" umpire who would have
sent any other player to the club
house long before for the same kind
of antics?
If not you have missed the most
refreshing thing in baseball.
Nick is one Of baseball's biggest
assets. He can make the irate fan
forget bum decision, bad error or
even that unforgivable baseball mis-
hap, a boner. -... =, ~,
Nick is natural born comedian.
His comedy isn't forced, but ! Won
dered whether day in, day out, wheth.
or it wouldn't begin to pall-Whether
being a funny man wouldn't pc hard
er than being most anything else, and
T asked. Nick about it. ",.-
81 never get tired of it," was the
answer, as Nick sprawled out over a
hotel divan, taking up room enough
for 10 men. Il get more fun out OF
seeing the crowds laugh than they do
laughing at me. Just as long as ! can
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May -. They are: B. F. johnson.
Splinter; Claude Williams, hurdles:
Joe Sprafka. weights; Ira Davis, ham,
mer; John Murray, jumps; Ernest
Bros, vault; Carl Wallace, distance
runs. and George Hauser, weights.
Cleveland, o., May 25.-Johnny Kill
bane, the featherweight champion,
who outpointed Freddie Welsh, the
lightweight title holder, in their New
York contest, believes he can knock
out Welsh in return match.
1t is Kilbane's ambition to become
champion of both classes.
Il do not expect to engage in many
more bouts,' kilbane said. 81 have
a few minor ones under consideration
and when those are disposed of I'm
simply going to linger around until
can win the lightweight champion.
ship from Welsh
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MOST MEN NEGLECT ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, SAYS
i'm RICE WHO TELLS HOW TO DEVELOP THEN

One of the best exercises know
TO strengthen the horizontal bands Or
layers of muscle across the abdomen
is to lay fiat on the back on the floor
and raise the legs to an upright posi-
ton. If the effort be found too much
at first raise one leg at time. When
strength has been developed brace
the feet under something and prac'
tee raising the body instead of the
feet. Dig -"
q, After some weeks of this try sit
ting on pillow or a hassock some
six inches from the floor and practice
raising the body to an upright posi-
ton, using the legs as leverage When
you can do this fifty times without
getting tired you will know that there
is nothing much wrong with your
stomach muscles. 4@'
The navy uses these exercises and
similar ones for developing its re-
cruits before they 60 aboard the fight
ing vessels.
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GENERAL SPORT NOTES

Columbus, O., May 25.-Baseball
coaches at Ohio State university are
casting about for new catcher 70
I'LL the gap left by Bart Jones, VINO
has entered the officers reserve corps.
Jones, senior in the engineering de-
partment, was regarded as one or the
mainstays Of the Ohio team.
Cleveland. May 25.-Boxing IS IN
danger here as result of the death
of Luke Ginley in preliminary pout
few weeks ago.
Clergymen are opposed to boxing
and have set forth their views 10
committee of the city council, ap-
pointed to investigate the sport.
St Louis Mo-, May 25.-Carl 'Weil-
man, left-handed pitcher with the 81
Louis Americans, is to- undergo an
operation that will keep him out OF
the game for the remainder OF the
season. Weilman will have tuDer-
cular kidney removed, and his pnysi'
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tuition will be represented on TIE
gridiron unless the war situation be-
comes less tense.
Athletics at the university are on
good financial basis, the Athletic
association having $607 on the credit
side of the ledger as against $273
a year ago. s~
Lawrence, Kan, May 25-The track
team of the University of Kansas has
been depleted by the designation Of
Richard L.. Treweeke to attend the
officers reserve training camp at FIT.
Riley, Kan. He was usually counted
upon as a sure winner in both the
high and broad jumps. Welsh, quar-
ter miller and relay runner, also has
entered the military service.
*
Minneapolis, Mimi, May 25.-Eight
University of Minnesota track men
won letters for the season which
closed with the Nebraska meet on
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By JIM RICE.

From my long experience i'll han
ding men l have come to the conclu-
sion that the weakest part of the
average mans anatomy are the mus
cles. of bis .ahdomen.s =, ~ 3 H.
Hundreds { d. otherwise promising
looking men l have had to reluctantly
throw out sof #the crew because of
their weakness in this respect. sup
pose most men have neglected this
part of their bodies because it doesn't
show.
A man likes to have a good leg,
a fine pair Of biceps and a broad
chest, but he doesn't worry much
about the muscles of his tummy. But
he should. Strength there is very
important. "a, 1t helps a man to carry
himself we'll and does a great deal
toward giving tone to the stomach
and the other vital organs under his
belt.
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The threatened war between the
two organizations came to a climax
in the invitation of the western body
asking Francis Quimet, set down by
the national body as a professional,
to compete in the western champion
ship as an amateur.
Previously the western association
had repudiated the national rule re-
garding the professionalism of dealers
in sporting goods.
The most recent rule Of the west.
ern body was the abolition of the
stymie in match and medal play, a
rule golfers have asked for for many
years and have never received from
the parent body. ..
That the national body will look
upon these innovations as revo-
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: = = =
by PAUL tPURMAN.

by PAUL PURMAN.
The=Nestern Golf association, one
of the most powerful as well as the
most liberal body in American golf,
has thrown down the gauntlet and is
ready to fight. to the finish for more
liberal construction of golf rules, in
Guiding the definition of the term am.
ateur, obsolete practices in medal and
match play and other reforms many
golfers have been demanding for
years.
The decision of the Western asso.
citation to adopt radical reforms is a
direct thrust at the reactionary Uni
ted States Golf association, the Amer
lean parent body, and may result in
unlocked for complications in the ma
tional tournament this summer.
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Yale for the Cards, because LeGore
had Joined an eastern military unit
for service il France 1t is said Lee
Gore refused record breaking offer
tc p!::y baseball ~
R:ckey's last big deal was the sign
ing Of Scrappy Moore, Vanderbilt IN
fielder, for the Browns before ne
went to the Cards. He was also re-
sp,nsiblr for the signing of George
Sis.er and Ernie kOOb. '5-
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ed with loud cheers by Nickle Nurser

ed with loud cheers by Nickle Nurser
Ebbetts. ~
Gunboat Smith and Jim Flynn
boxed in New York recently. Reports
didn't say whether their grandchil-
Gren were at fingside or not
Now that the stymie has been abol-
ished in golf the amateur who usually
does nine in 90 will be able to do
nine in 80. g.
Our idea of fame doesn't include
the runner.up for the chess champion.
ship.
West Virginia always compels ev'
cry man to work. Which should rid
the state of some rasslers and al
legged boxers.
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lutionary and will not permit
their adoption in the national
championship goes without say
ing.
Members Of both associations are
freely predicting that the independ-
ence of the western association will
lead to open war. between the two
organizations which may eliminate
western golfers from national match
play.
In that case actual national cham.
pionships would be impossible, be-
cause even though Chick Evans. a
member of the western body, should
renounce his association and play un-
der eastern rules championship play
without many of the better western
golfers would not be representative
and would deteriorate into a farce.
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By PAUL PURMAN.

This is a story of clown. " e
How often have you sat along the
first base line in an American league
ball game and forgotten that Walter
Johnson was pitching or that Wash
ington had two on and none out with
the fencebuster at bat while; you
watched the antics OF Nick Altrock
out there on the coaching line?
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R|CKEY STILL
SIGNS COLLEGE
STARS FOR TEAM

Transferring Branch Hickey to the
Cardinals did not stop his operations
designed to send young college stars
tn the major leagues.
E;cfey has just signed Pitcher Ed.
ward Langdon Of Pittsburgh univer.
sity, for the Cardinals, his first oper-
a:jon OF this sort since he accepted
the presidency of that club.
Hickey failed to- sign LeGore Of