Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-21
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Ping Bodie, member of the New
| York Yankees. who fractured his
ankle sliding home in an exhibition
game with the Pittsburgh Pirates at
Pittsburgh. may recover from his in
jury SO that he will he able to walk
as good rs ever, but there is now
some doubt whether the veteran will
ever be able to play ball again. Re-
cent reports from New York are to
the effect that Pings ankle is show
ing symptoms of ankylosis and may
be stiff for the remainder of his life.
Clarke Griffith, manager and part
owner of the Washington Senators,
declares iris. Speaker is one of the
luckiest pilots baseball ever had He
refers to the pickup OF Joey Sewell.
the former New Orleans shortstop, to
take the place of Ray Chapman.
~ in several of the world series
games and declared the kid TO he the
best looking short fielder that has
come into the American League in
several seasons. "Of course. he needs
some polishing, but then he is n dia-
mond in the rough. He knows base
ball and he has fairly good control of
his nerves. He handles himself well
at the plate, and l can not think OF
n young shortstop in the circuit to-
day that looked as good when The
started as Sewell looked in the big
series" said Griffith.
There Is no chance for the Pitts
burgh Pirates in their attempts to
get stock from the ST. Louis Card
mails. but there is chance for the
Pirates to deal with the Cards in
some way that will land Outfielder
Nicholson in the Mound City aggre-
cation, according to Branch Hickey.
St Louis had n chance to get Nichol-
son when the Pirates grabbed him,
but Hickey thought the youngstel
was false alarm. The past season
his timely hitting saved number o.
games for the Dreyfuss crew.
There was a rare species of foot
ball PLAYER. present at Washington
University athletic field when the
freshman team went thru its first
official practice of the season. Tween
ty freshies were out, and among them
was Robert Allison, a one armed
athlete, who is q candidate for the
let haifback position. 1t may seem
absurd for fellow with half of his
left arm gone to be football player,
but Allison contends that he can play
us good and even better than many
OF the two armed players. For two
years the new Washingtonian was 4
member of the Blackburn College
eleven at Carbondale Hi. He cap
tanned the football team and was it's
leading player Not only did he make
a reputation on the gridiron, but his
work on the baseball field won many
friends for him. Allison also cap
tanned the Blackburn baseball team.
He lost his arm while working in
steel plant at Pittsburgh. Pa. He is
a law student at the Pikeway.
Baseball has closed the most pros
porous year in it's history. The esti-
mated Cleanup" for the majors is
in the neighborhood of $40 0O0. 600.
Not a club in either circuit lost
money. Every one made huge profits
even the lowly Athletics and Phil
lies. The tail-end clubs didn't draw
so well at. home, but when on the
road and pitted against outfits that
were in the pennant fight the crowds
simply packed in. And the visiting
teams gathered in 80 per cent of the
"spoils." The Yankees, with Babe
Ruth as the magnet, are reported as
having cleared close to S2.000,000 on
theS year-a profit far in. excess of
anything in the long annals of the
game. The Indians garnered in the
vicinity of sS50,00O and the Dodgers
grabbed off nearly $3.50 900. The White
Sox, packing the parks at home and
abroad, are said to have Melted Conn
iskey more than half q million. And
the Giants-tail-en turnout the
early months and peunant warriors
later-earned nearly s1000,O00.
One of the most unusual compile
mants ever paid to q golf profession
a. has been conferred on J. Fl. British
open championship. He has just
heen elected an honorary member Of
the Mid Surrey Golf Club. England,
where he has held the professional
berth for tWenty-One years. TAYLOR
won his first championship back in
1894 and is now fifty years of age.
His other four title victories were in
1895. 1906 1909 and 1913
Not only is Taylor a flint golfer,
but he is also very clever after
dinner speaker, being excelled in this
respect by few. Much of the success
Of the Professional Golfers Associa-