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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
27O RACES RUN OFF
IN GRAND CIRCUIT
OF That Number 66 Were for Troters and 04 for PAGERS
McGregor the Great Proves Leading Money Winner of
the Campaign.

Two hundreA and seventy races We're
run off in 1919 In the IS meetings Of
the forty-siXth renewal Of the Grand
circuit series
or that number l6G were Tor lrot-
tors, IN which there were IT, G3 starters.
pnd l04 for racer9, In which the start
rrs ran up to 727 making "A total Of
1880 for the season
The premiums for trottcrs amounted
70 $3.50, 064 40 and for pacnrs to Slbd,-
2TSl0. making a grand total for tn"
ar of SiSG,4t2,5p Rainy days Kept
the amount from running over half u
million Daring the first five meet
tngs the weather was very favorable for
rncing, but after tho horses arrived at
l'hi'aaelphia someone upset the rain
tirr2l and it=never got back into posi- 81
tlcN during the rest Of the scason
Two daNR were checked off the list
n Belmont Park as well as at pough-
k"epsie md Hartford, while Boston lost
plmos' three and Syracuse almost two.
The ColuNhus Senten,bcr meeting also
Nao fampcred nv the weather bat
n'anaued to avoid cancellations A colt
taco was all that was skipped AT Lex
'rgtun, At Atlanta the curtain fell on
the sorios IN the rain with the loss NJ
ere uuS's DpNprnn
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
McGregor Leads in Money.

McGreEor the Great proved the lead
lhG money winner Of 1919 lie won ~
81 his " races. Mariondale defeated
Ian at The first Cleveland meeting and
IN the Massachusetts purse NJ Bog-
ION but he more than offset those SLIPS
w MS hflliant race at Syracuse, where
We Won IN atn3A and followed II by a
sweep from that point to Atlanta
Direct 6. burnett leads the PAGERS in
we dpUar column He won eleven OF
lils fifteen races After his first start
~ cleveland. where he was drawn. he
looked to be unbeatable until Grace Di-
rect caught him on his second appear
ance at Lexington, This was followed.
ny Two more losing performances at At
ANITA, where Frank Dewey. after "A ruu
- the field for ~ Wecky. flashed ont
'a front In 2O'l9 while in his pccond
.aee he lost 10 Sanardo. his stable com
MtEnoIa and Sanardo each won nlne
s'alca, the former started In 10 events
WNll" The San Francisco PAGER took thr
Noiu IN -, bis fastest performance he
lHE at Lexington. where he defeated
Adloo Guy in 2,0oA after the latter had
won heat IN 2002 Royal Mack
ma lie the most remarkable campaign
ever placed to the credit of "A horse NJ
his age During the rs weeks he was
started IN "A races. OF which he won
e'ght finished second in -four, third in
one and was unplaced in one. In his
last race at Lexington this rugged geld
ing looked as though he was good for
another season or two in the fastest
company.
The Laurel Han filly Natalie the
Great made one of the most prolonged
and most successful campaigns ever
credited TO 2-year- ord trotter. She
took the word in 10 races, of which She
won seven and finished SECOND In three
None OF her rivals could catch her untll
Dudley won Al Boston sh won In
40 while Dudctte defeat,h her al
Hartford and Daystar at I.exilgton, Mr..
Dudley dropped dead after Winning a
heat In 2:0a&, the race rejord fol- a
2-year-old this year, and klso in an
event which proved the Il Etest four
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27

Christmas with friends and expects to
get ousE ana line up a few more
matches, lie is not worried over hav-
ing been stopped by the lightweight
cfin1mplon ana says that some day he
WIN nave another opportunity which
may nave different ending.
-
8, Herring made several mistakes in his
..,,ent win Leonard, chief Of which was
that ne permitted the champion TO enter
the RING with his hands taped with
sueh volume Of tape that made them
vertable bIackIacka. Especially was
leonard's right hand covered with a
mountain OF tape.
Herring could have forced the cham
pton to take some Of II off, but he was
content to 90 on with conditions as he
tound them, with the we'll known result
Herring listened to few advisers TO
wnom he should have turned a deaf
ear, and who were out there to see him
stopped and who bet their money that
way,
! FED should have learned quite A hit
in his fight with Leonard.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
HAD IT, BUT LOST 1T.

Moore had punch when he started
boxing several years ago and when he
lifted the lid on hiss career, supporters
and friends believed that he would be
a knockout champion and that he would
win many victories by way of the kayo,
In the first few bouts OF his career
Pal showed kick and one or two
boys he met went into the resin,
On the occasion OF Pals meeting with
Kid Williams, at that time bantam
champion, Moore knocked Williams
down twice during the eight rounds
Of the mill But since that time Pal
has shown nothing resembling a hard
wallop. He has no trouble in landing
at any spot he chooses, but his punches
lack steam,
Moore has worked faithfully to over.
come this handicap.
Tommy Walsh. who formerly was
PATS manager was telling how hard
Moore worked to acquire punch.
pal would work out and get before
the mirror and look at his right arm
and say. I know ! can hit hard enough
TO knock anybody out, and I'm going to
do it,
Tom says Pal especially before his
bout in London Friday night took
pains to Sec that his right hand was
tn workiuE order Pal was going to
trv-out his new system ON the French
man That Il worked is evident from
the A. t. reports showing that Pal
stopped Crtqui in the fourteenth.
Moore viii return to the lnited states
at once and will launch mn active cam
pat~n fora meeting with Jimmy Wilde,
British tlywejght, in case thu bloody
Britou cares to- meet any more of
l'uCle SAINTS Nantics,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
COMISKEY DECLARES
SOX PLAYED TO WIN

CHICAGO, Dec. 27~~Charley Comis.
Key owner of the White Sox BAH team.
has again declared that he investigated
,he reports that some of his players
series games with the Cincinnati Rods
ana that he found the rumors ground
less, The wild stories now being cir
cunted about gamblers having con.
trGled the result Of the series are not
being taken seriously here. No move
has been made to start another in
Nestlgauon, tomi9key aud his associ-
ates being satisfied that the games
were on the up and up
, However, the owner of the White
SoN says he has an open mind in the
matter and will spend his last cent TO
punish the guilty II II can he proved
mat any of his players are not ON the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
ROUSH BELIEVES
IN WINTER WORK
Red 0utfielder Hates Spring
Training and Avoids Grind
by Staying Fit.

NEW YORK, Dec 2I-Major league
ball players who dislike the work of
training in the spring to diminish adj
pose tissue-and there are dozens of
them-might find something of interest
IN the program mapped out by Eddie
Roush, of the Cincinnati Reds.
Eddie dislikes spring work like a
doughboy dislikes coolies so in order
to escape that terrible" season, the
Reds star outfielder ana hitter has de-
cided to do some work every day this
winter and not permit his weight to get
beyond five pounds more than it is in
midseasOn.
Roush lives on a big farm in South
ern Indiana. Each day he arises early
and does the chores. These are not
of strenuous nature in the winter
season, but they tend to keep muscles
timber Later in the day Roush takes
a walk, If opportunity presents, he
runs a couple of miles. He does not
believe in dieting, otner than that ne
does exercise a little care about con-
Stunning fat -nrOduCinp foods
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
Give 400 Meetings.

The serios OF 1914 runs the number
- meetings given BY members OF The
Grand circuit IN iG years up 20 l02 ut
which tho premiums amounted to $l&-
Seb303 80 Hartford nov is the senior
tmemher and Toledo the iunior, white
cleveland which obtained another
franchise after dropping from the Clr-
cult Is the only present city that was
member of the original circuit IA
iS12 At the start ttS meetings were
held over the golden OVAL NJ Chenille
hut in 500 were transferred to North
Randall when the present course made
sits bow to the racing world,
White the average rate " speed was
faster In 1918 than In the rast, there
have been very tow scnsatloua, per-
tCrmances except among the agedi some
might call them old horses Single G 81
heat In | 5SA at Toledo was the only
oTr recorded below two minutes. white
lH Princeton leads the trotters with a
Zine record Of 2,oi and a mile In 2,o2
In dash race
An Of these are triflc short of the
returns IN 1918, when Single q. and
Miss Harris NJ pluCaG the three-heal
race record for naCerS below the two
minute limo, while hgth Mabel Trasl
and St Frisco won fhent9 IN 2;Ol&, The
Injury sustained by Ante Guy IN nor
second race no doubt kept the trotters
from making a new mark, but all that
can he said for the pneers Is that they
could not step Up to the new standard
OF the old trOttors, Heir Reaper FAY
~ Dreams, Royal Mack and MiRnola
were the leaders The FIRST named. nov
q l2-year-old, won in G'04h aI kaR-
m8zoo. Royal Mack, II years old made
his third trim through the circuit and
won in 2.o3& at Toledo and LICKING
ton, where Early Dreams made new
record for horses Of that age when he
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
Pal Moore Stops CriQui.
n Fourteenth Round
Memphis Bantam Gives Frenchman Severe Trouncng and
Then Scores Technical Observation-Disclosures Also Wins
Over His Opponent

LONDON. Dec 1.-Two American
fighters, Pal Moore, bantamweight, and
Johnny Griffiths, welterweight, deeis-
lyely defeated Franch opponents in the
ring az Albert hall last night.
In what was to have been a 20-round
hout. Moore made Eugene Cridui quit
IN the fourteenth round, while Griffiths
scored technical knockout over Fran
co.'s Charles in the third round. Both
Griqui and Charles declared that they
had been bit low.
Ted Kid Lewis administered a bad
beating to Matt Wells in II rounds.
cutting his face to ribbons and break
ing his nose Wells gave up the un-
equal struggle in the twelfth round
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
SPORTING WRITER HAS
BOOK OF CRISP VERSES

J T. McEvoy the Chicago sporting
writer, has Just inflicted upon the sui,
tering pubic collection Of verses. un
der the title OF Slams of Life" Writ
ten IN MclGvOy's breezy style, Slams
of Life takes succeeding cracks MT
various forms of humanity in a manner
tanning,
Most Of the rhymes have originally
appeared in Chiaago dailies and, there
fore, deal with the topics Of the day.
from Theda Rara, the Namn to Young
Dorothy May McEvoy, the authors baby
daughter
From cover to cover tho book is snan-
py and crisp, with a laugh in every
line
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
HARVARD AND
OREGON READY
Both Machines Work Out and
Hard Game Is An
ticipated.

PASADENA Cal, Dec. 27.-Ihrvard' 8
football machine reached Pasadena yes
terday and was seen in action So was
the team OF the University Of Oregon.
end football followers hepe for the first
time had opportunity of'comparing by
actual observance the work of the two
teams that WITH clash at Tournament
park on New Years day.
The Eastern squad arrived about
noon Three hours later the players
were at the park practicing The day
was warm but Fisher and "Pooch''
Donovan Harvard's energetic trainer.
had no mercy.
The Oregon players took the field at
4;45 O'Clock and went through a similar
workout until dark
" was understood that announcement
viii be made today Of the officials for
the game.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
Offered 10000
Francs For Horse
Which Cost 500

PARIS. Dec. IA race horse which
was purchased for 500 francs and which
proved a rank failure at fiat racing,
has won for his owner 10000 francs in
six races this season oyer steeplechase
courses of France Tue horse is NJ,
Guihot's Huisclose. AT Auteuil the
timber toppNr' achieved his sixth con-
Secutive victory and brought to his
owner purse of To- 600 francs. NJ Gull
bot has refused an offer of 10000
francs Tor the animal
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
HERRING RECEIVERS

Red Herring has almost recovered
from the terrific lacing administered by
Berry Leonard. lightweight champion,
a week from Friday night Red has
been unable to eat anything solid for
the past week on account Of the walop
that Locuard landed on ueujng's law
AT the close of the firth round ana
which Staggered the local hoy. Rel
carried arognd q large lump ON his Jaw
and his chewing apparatus was almost
put out Of commission
Red has been IL p,.ducah spending
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27

Moore severely trounced Criqui In
the fourteenth round the American
sailed into the Frenchman and with q
lard right hook TO the stomach doubled
him up. Criqui quit He claimed that
Moore had fouled him. nut he made no
formal protest 1t was also a right
hook to the stohnacn that caused
Charles to refuse to continue with Crit,
fiths, He likewise. claimed the Ame1
leans blow was low
During the evening George Carpen-
tier, the European heavyweight cham
pion. boxed a three-round exhibition
bout. Joe Beckett who recently was
Knocked out by Carpenter. entered The
ring and requested another fight with
the FrenChman
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
MORAN SETS. RECORD

Fat Moran, manager Of the worlds
most remarkable Irishman, After the
Reds had copped the worlds title, Pat
never even batted an eye when he was
offered contracts to appear on the stage
md to write articles for the news
papers.
I'm baseball man, not an actor %
Pat told those who would make an
actor or writer out OF him. I'm being
raid for my services and GO not care tC
go into something | know nothing about.
| never saw a baseball man or a fighter
who made good actor and I'm inclined
to stick to my bush"
And Pat did
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
Adams To Get
10000 Lire For
Part In Games

ROME Dee 97.--Platt Adams, the
American athlete engaged 10 train the
Italians who will participate in tine Ant
Werp Olympic games will receive II. 600
lire from the Italian olympic committee,
It was announced today.
John Middleton, an American Y. NJ
{, A trainer, hos been engaged TO coach
the Rome athletes entered for the
games, Tho expense viii be betrayed
by the athletic societies of Rome.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
MITCHELL DUEFOR
monday BATTLE
At SOUTHERN A. C..
Tackles Battling Gahee, of
Memphis, in Eight-RoundI
Bout mitchell Claims Three
KnOCkdoWnS in Last Meet.

Jack Mitchell, the st. Louis heavy
weight, was due in Memphis Saturday
to supply the finishing touches to his
training for Monday nights eight round
battle at the S. A. c. with Battling
Gahee, the Memphis favorite.
rms VIII be the second meeting be-
tween the pair, but their first whirl in
the southern arena. Their first battle
was held with much pomp in st. Louis
and Mllchell claims the victory-based
mainly upon three knockdowns alleged
TO nave been scored in the scrap.
JACK was signed for Gahee, after he
mad bee;l thoroughly inspected by Pro
moter Hack two weeks ago in the
scouting trip to line up capable on
ponents for Memphis entries Mitchell
was his first choice for Gahee and if
the latter can get by this test he will
weeks N~i
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
Mitchell Is Husky.

The invading heavy is strong and
husky last on his pins and good
puncher. His lmockdowns of Gahee arc.
proof sufficient of his power to deliver
the wallop More than that, he is
tipped off as a clever boy with the
gloves.
At the same time Mitchell will find
that Gahee has improved marvelously
since they last met, The Memphis
flash has picked up the finer points OF
the game in a manner that is amazing
Today he isn't the best colored heavy
weight in the ring, but he is fast reach
ing the top. y
When he twice defeated Cyclone VIII
son he showed that he gould handle OPP
ponents of any size and disposition In
Wilson Gahee tackled a rough and ready
entry with every advantage on his side.
Nevertheless he was trimmed within an
inch of his life,
In the semiwindub Shifty Logan will
step out against Johnny Heiderer. Of
Milwaukee. This will be Heiderer's
first start in Memphis.
Several other bouts will complete the
card
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27

The big league scouts have practically
finished their worl, for the season
after one of the busiest ivory hunting
in the games history This
story isnt about the second Ty Cobhs
and lIod Ellers they round--for the dope
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27

81 81 RFEN PAL MOORE Memphis bantam stopped Eugene
Nn\U [diul french bantam in the fourteenth OF
\W\W schedued 2Oround mill in London il
WV marked the first knockout Pal pre-
urinary days Moore has always been a with
out punch and while recognized
nents P ~ 10Y Ms 'pP'~
For the past several months Moore work perfectng
puch a would work havoc with his
criticism OF boxing experts who said that he punch to speak
OIL ana mat he only got by on his ability
acquire the waop that he carried when Williams ehan
tam champion Memphis
and dispatch with which he polished Frday
is headNa night
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
YALE DENIES REPORT

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Dec. 27.-Pub
lshed reports that DIR. w. l.. Williams,
football coach at the University of Min
nesota, has been offered the post of
head coach of football at Yale were
authoritatVely denied last night
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27

Cutting out the try for goal has a
legion Of hackers and almost an equal
humber who are opposed to such a
measure. There are some mighty good
arguments on both Sides
Certain it is that such step, would
cause many more games to end in a
lie score The fact that it is almost
impossible to have teams meet more
than once during the season makes it
imperative that the result should not
be tie, for neither side is ever salts
ned in such n case and it always leads
to long drawn out wrangHng as to
which eleven was the better.
Without the kick for goal every game
that ends 7-G, 14-l3 etc, would be a
no-decision affair. Pitt would not have
beaten Wash jeff Brown would not
have been returned victor over Dart
mouth; in fact one has but to consult
the weekly results to SCI how many
contests would have ended in a draw,
That is the one big disadvantage of
elm i'm TING tho CnaI link
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27

IIIISBl RGH Pa, Dec. 2Z (Spl)-Agan we have with
us the yearly agitation to amend change several of the foot
ball rules This the rules committee will be asked to lees
late on number OF rules writes Chester Smith in the Pitts
Dugh Dispatch the most important being the elimination of the
Try or goal alter touchdown and the prohibition Of cinninp
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
ZBYsZKo TO RETURN

Stanislaus Zbyszko, the great wrest
Ter, plans to return shortly to this
country, He is probably one Of tho
most sensational grapplers the world
ever produced During the war he was
a prisoner at Petrograd.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
East West Controversy.

Each year the controversy between
the East and West as to which pro-
duces the best football teams is re-
newed and given a rehashing. This
season is no exception and already the
two sections of the country are hard
at it, each claiming to possess the
champion eleven.
The middle section adherents declare
there is nothing to it, that there are
several outfits in the plains country
that could knock the spots off the best
thing the Fasteners have and could
do it without exerting themselves, at
that
When We take look at the inter
sectional games played this year the
assertion sounds pretty good. 1t Is I'M
fortunate that there are not more meet
irgs arranged between the two dis
tricts. for the bitter rivalry existing
would be certain to produce rare
htd nd If foothul II
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27

"Slick' welsh hardly needs intro
ductiou after having wnn fame with
the Hume Forg and Boys club quu-
tets, and making the Ramblers hast
year
johnson played in lG and ~ un3
spent thC two following years in the
army
Kiycc played in 1916 and enlisted in
is, serving "a ycar or more.
Sharpe's career dates back sQme nine
years ago, when he was first chosen
to captain the Gambcrs. He played
with Nandy in 1913, but did not par
ticpate In the Nandy- Rambler game.
Prisons service covers 1914 rs and
10 win" '''' found him in a Com
modore uniform.
Hugglus pUycd in II and a portion
of last season, lie also saw service
IN 1918
Petway a Veteran.
Petway broke into the Rambler line
up in 1913 he was picked up during
a Nandy Rambler game because Of "A
shortage Of men. was found worth his
weight in gold and has been retained
since, He was couucCeed with athletic
activities at the old Nashville Athletic
club for a number Of years prior to
becoming a Rambler
Emerson has been with the team
since ~, emitting tho years 1913 and
~, when he, too, answered first call
and applied the khaki
puck" Henry makes his second APP
pearancc with the squad this year He
likewise has been In the service two
years
Hughes played in rs and - and was
formerly n member of the Hume FogS
and Boys club teams
Blair. q Montgomery Ben product In
prep days played with the team in
1915. acted as Commodore In n, rs
and ~ and followed this up with two
years In the service.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
Goal From Touchdown
May Be Stricken Out

yearly Agitation Football Rule Changes Finds Authori-
ties Divided ACCESSIBILITY of Measure-West Wins
From the East.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-27
Has Disadvantages.

on the other hand opponents of the
rule claim that very often the weather
conditions (Which really have a lot to
do with the success or failure of the
boot) can change between the time
that one goal is kicked until the next
touchdown is put across. This, they
say places the Anan that must kick
under adverse conditions at a disad.
vantage over which he has no control.
Again, there would be less objection
to the present rule If both teams We're
permitted to kick from" directly in front
of the uprights instead of from diff
ferent angles. As it now stands the
team which Is fortunate enough to put
the bail across the center of the goal
line has all the advantages over the
one that scores touchdown far to one
side, even though the latter tally may
have been made after better display
of generalship that was used to push
the former across The punt-out has
been tried to do away with this dis
advantage, but it is at best poor
remedy.
The clipping rule opponents say that
the only reason the practice is allowed
is that a uniform agreement has never
been made on it, Many games have
been played before which the coaches
got together and declared against IT,
Butt tutors still persist in teaching it
and it is difficult to prohibit a man
from doing something which he has
been taught in IHaCice.