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New-York tribune., 1921-02-25

YankeeRookies
Leave To-day
For Southland
First Detachment Ready for
Trip to Camp; Local
Teams Sign New Catchers

SO far as greater New York is con-
cerned, the preliminary baseball sea-
son will be ushered in to-day with the
departure for the spring training
camp at Shreveport La, of some dozen
or less Yankee rockies. The Giant
cubs will pull out Sunday for San An
tonic, SO that by the middle of next
week the strategical campaign should
be well on.
The manageme of both the Yam
KEGS and Giants intend to spage no ex-
pense In the hunt for pennants which
may possibly confne the next worlds
series to the metropolis. Irrespective
of the new rules, which will include
players sent out on option under
player roster limits, the New York
clubs 60 merrily about their way Of
signing new talent. Each team added
a young catcher to its pay roll yester-
day
The Giants shared Walter B. Hen
line, who lives a. Fort Wayne, Ind,
and who caught for the Indianapolis
club of the American Association last
year. Henline is a right-handed bat
ter. He is twenty-four years old, five
feet eleven inches tall and weighs ITO
pounds. In 135 games last year be
batted .294 and felded $40.
The Yankee catch and catcher is AL
bert Devormer, who will report to
Higgins at Shreveport in time to be-
gin practice with the first squad. De-
vormer belongs to Vernon. of the Pa
cifc Coast League. and if the pans out
to major league specifications will be
retained as third string catcher of the
Yankees. He would come here as boot
with Mitchell for players Shore, Han
nah, McGraw and O'Doul
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Private Corporation
Planning to Build
Another Yale Bowl

AS one of principal reasons for tn,
sudden impetus recently given to tbs
movement for large concrete Stadium
for Columbia, on the banks of tha
Hudson, it became known on Morning.
side Heights yesterday that privata
corporation is actively considering cor.
structing a bowl" and is at present
having plans drawn up toward that
end. The plans call for q structure ao-
spectators and would be built at 4
roughly estimated cost of FIVE to six
millions.
1t calls for a two-tiered stadium in
the shape of an oval, with an average
height of 80 feet above the level Of
the gridiron. The specifca lions differ
somewhat from the plans in favor at
Columbia and would require grant
from the Legislature of from 40 to 50
feet of what is now park property.
Columbia would probably be given
a first lien on dates for its athletic
contests, but would, of course, have to
pay for the use of the amphitheatre.
All sorts of athletic and non-athietic
contests, exhibitions and affairs Of all
kinds could be staged there, and the
whole project would be run on strict
ly business basis.
Blue and White authorities apparent
iy do not look with favor on the plan,
for while it would go a long way
toward solving the present problem Of
accomm odations for its numerous ath.
letic events, it would. not be astricty
Columbia adjunct, and this is what
Columbia men have been striving for
ever since the plan was first mentioned
many years ago.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
New York Golfer
In Final Contest
For Florid Title
From a speciol Cor,csnondeut

ST. AUGUSTINE Fla, Feb. "a
William A. knight, of this city, former
Florida State champion and winner of
the first tournament of the season here
recently, will be one of the fnalists in
the fifth annual spring tournament.
He defeated DR.. r. Whitman, of New
York, in the semi-fnal round to-day, 2
up, and his opponent tomorrow will
be R. S. Biglow, of the Woodway Club,
of New York, who eliminated w. S.
Lawson, Of Summersworth, N. H., by
and 3.
The outcome of the match between
knight and Whitman was a surprise,
as the local player was figured to be
an easy winner. Instead, knight won
cut only after a strenuous struggle.
Up to the sixteenth hole Whitman held
the lead At that point he was two
Eoles to the good and going strongly.
Then knight braced He won the
short sixteenth in Ear figures; also the
seventeenth in par, and then he fin
ished brilliantly by winning the eigh-
teenth hole and the match. At the
turn knight was 2 down. Whitman
gained the lead on the very first hole
and held it until the fatal sixteenth. 80
Biglow had an easier time of it beat
ing Lawson than knight did in earning
his victory. The Metropolitan player
got off to a running start and never
was headed.
The prize in the second division lies
between Chicagoan and g New
Yorker. f. E. Long, of Chicago, worked
his way into the final round to-day by
defeating G. F, Berry, of Frankfort,
KY, by d and 3. A. l.. Levy, who halls
from New York, advanced as result
ct his victory over Audley Clark, of
the Engineers Club, by and s.
l.. j. Adler, of Pittsburgh, and w.
H. Boshart, of Toledo, will fight it out
for the trophy in the third division.
Adler defeated S. w. Doubleday, of
New York, and 5. Boshart's victim,
F. V. Culver, also is g New Yorker. The
score was a and 8.
The summary:
First sxtecn-R. S. D. Bigelow, Wood
way, n. Y, defeated w. S. Lawson, sum
mersworth, N. H, and 3; w. A. knight,
St. Augustine, defeated r. Whitman. New
York, up.
Second sixteen-F. f. Long. Chicago,
defeated G. f. Berry. frankfort, KY,
and g. A. L. Levy, New York, defeated
Audley Clark 6 and 5.
Third sixteen-L. j. Adler, Pittsburgh
defeated S. w Doubleday, 6 and s; w H.
Boshart, Toledo. defeated f. V. Culver
New York, and 3.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
A. +. L. and French Ring
Stars tO Eioht Soon

PARIS, Feb. "a Twenty American
boxers from the army of occupation
on The Rhine viii meet twenty promi-
nent French pugilists in gala boxing
exhibition, to be held under the au-
spices of the Paris Post of the Amer
lean Legion in the Cirque de Paris
on the night of March II.
Georges Carpenter, heavyweight
champion of Europe, who now is in
otockholm, has already volunteered his
services and is expected in Paris early
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
May Depict Baseball
Progress at Pageant

=, CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Promoters of
Cnlcago's pageant of progress, pro-
on the Municipal Pier, hsve been urged
by Ban B. Johnson, president of the
American League, to permit an exhibit
d5eplctlng the progress of baseball step
by step from the sand lotters of the
'Ios to the high salaried professionals
of to-day.
Johnson too day wrote letter to di-
rectors Of the pageant urging that they
plan fitting recognition for the big
league teams, saying: "It would be
mistake not to have baseball properly
installed alongside. the'other progress
giving agencies of our citv."
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Horemans and Schaefer
10 Play i'm 400 Block

.oo instead of $500 points in blocks of
SoV, hdouard Horemans and Jake
oehseIer 81 ,en VII play 4,800 points in blocks
Oh 4oo IN their 1872 balkline billiard
match for 81 900 purse, which benins
at paly's next Monday. This announce-
ment was made last night, following
receipt of word from Horemans that 20
was willing to make the change.
1t was agreed originally, when the
match was made two weeks ago, that
the longer sessions would be IN order
but on afterthought this was deemed a
little too much and might string the
play out to unreasonable lengths in
some OF the later days Of the contest
II one man happened to be far behind
and then had big night.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Baseball Notables
Gather to Honor
Old Hans Wagner
By BRIGGS

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24.-Baseball
celebrities, old and young, gathered
around table here tonight. in the
center of which was a large stove, in
commem grafton of the forty-seventh
birthday of John Henry "Honus'
Wagner, who for many years ca
vorted around the mid-section between
third and second base for the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
The celebration in honor of the
grand old man of baseball" was in
charge of an organization known as the
Stove League" whose aim is to keep
the interest IN baseball at a high pitch
the year round.
PROMINENT among the guests were
Jimmy .McAleer, formerly CON
rected with the Boston American
League club; rabbit" Maranville,
neWl y acquired shortstop of the
Plrates,. who it is expected by Pitts
Durgh fans will capably fill the "old
mans shoes; James A. Wakefield,
James Francis Burke, Barney Dreyfuss,
president of the Pittsburgh National
a tltteen round boxing bill and advo-
cate Of Sunday baseball in Pennsyl-
vania, now pending before the Penn
sylvania State Legislature; Joe
Thompson, former captain of Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh football team and
active in the sponsoring of athletics at
that institution; William McCullough
formerly an active worker in the old
Federal League; Patrick Barnes and
members of the Pittsburgh National
League club.
Invitations were extended to Judge
Lands to attend, but he sent letter
to the committee stating that it was
impossible for him to attend. Babe
Ruth also sent a similar letter, in
which he said that he had to go to the
training camp. of the Yankees and ex-
pressed deep regret at not being able
TO attend. Nearly 500 persons at
tended the celebration.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Dartmouth Track Men
Rally for Boston Games

HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 24.-Twenty
seven men will represent Dartmouth
at the triangular meet with Harvard
and Cornell in Boston Saturday. Ac-
cording to an announcement made here
to-day by Head Coach Harry Hillman.
the Green will be led by Captain Earl
Thomson, worlds champion hurdler,
who has been entered in the relays as
we'll as three individual events, in all
OF which he is expected to land high
-, Dartmouth is relying much on John
oheieurne, colored football star, who
won FIRST place in the forty-yard dash
ana the shot-put, and who has again
is the best man in the distances and
VIII again compete In the l,0O0-yard
run, which he won a year ago.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Cubs Vanguard Hits Trail

- CHICAGO, Feb. 24,-The Chicago
CUBS started their migration to their
summer training camp at Catalina Is
land, Calf, to-day, the first contingent
including the teams recruit pitchers.
Only one of the vanguard can be
classed as veteran of the team. He
Is George Tyler. The other hurlers
are James E. York, purchased from the
chattanooga team; James A. Coble,
Alex V. Freeman, Karl S, Fanson,
aarfy Weaver, James D. Kenny Joe
logger and Percy Lee Jones. The Cubs
lnhelders and outfelders will follow
next week
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Professional Boxing
Barred i'm Colorado

nENVER, Col, Feb. 24.-Philip
D Van Cise, newly elected District
Attorney of Denver, clamped the
lid on professional boxing to-day
when he announced he would ar
rest boxers engaging in bout in
Denver for pay.
The District Attorney declared
the state law prohibited prize fight
ing and he interpreted the law to
bar all bouts where any principal
received pay for participating in
ring contest. Boxing has flour
ished in Denver for several years,
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Pesek Would Wrestle
."Zby"; Winner Take ALI

John Pesek, of Chicago, is the latest
wrestler to hurl def in the general
direction of Stanislaus ZbyszEo, the
Polish champion. John is utterly in
different to details, and is even willing
to let the winner take the entire purse.
Zbyszko, it is understood, will ac-
commodate the cheerful Mr.. Pesek, if
the latter is successful in disposing of
Armas Laitinen in bout to the finish
which will take place next Monday
evening at the list Regiment Armory.
"Zby" will take on Charles Peters in
semi-fnal of the same card
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
College Tennis Tourney
Awarded Merton CIuh

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24.-The in
tercolieglate tennis tournament for 1921
has been officially awarded to the Me-
rlon Cricket Club, it was announced
here to-day. Although no date has been
set 1T probably will be staged in June
The change from September to June
was made at the request of the college
players, who argued that they were in
much better shape for hard play at the
END OF the spring season of dual meets
than at the end of the summer yaca-
tion
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Branch Rickev Starts South

NI. LUUIS, Feb 24.-Manager
Branch Hickey, of the st. Louis Ma
1lona!s, leaves tonight for Orange,
lex, where several Of the Cardinals
are are already in training. Hickey win
pc accompanied by Walter Schuk a
pltcher The rest of the team leaves
tion assemblies for practice Tmee5av
about fifty men are expected to be in
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Babe Ruth School
For WoyiUard Boys
Suggested by Gibbons

RABE RUTH, king wielder of the
D baseball war club, may be inn
mortalized in the form of a school
for wayward and dependent boys to
replace st. Mary's Industrial School
at Baltimore, Md, which was de-
stroyed by fire last summer.
1t was at ST. Mary's School that
Babe learned how to pole them over
the fence. The rebuilding of the
school in honor of the King of Swat
is suggested by Cardinal Gibbons
in a letter to the supreme directors
of the Knights of Columbus.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Squash Racguets Team Named

BOSTON, Feb. 24,-The Massachu-
setts Squash Racquet Association to-
day named as the team to represent
this state in the national championship
matches at Philadelphia Charles c.
Peabody, captain; Ralph A. Powers.
DR.. Foster S. Kellogg, Frank w. Bux-
ton and Mark 7. Wendell. The Bay State
representative in the individual cham
pionship event will be Constantine
Hutchins, who regained the Massachu-
eta title recently
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Walker to Box i'm BROOKLYN

The A7th Engineers will stage an
amateur boxing tournament in their
armory, Marcy Avenue and Hayward
street, Brooklyn, tonight, in which a
number of local stars are entered.
Archie Walker, Pastime A. c., the state
lightweight champion, is among those
entered, and the program includes fif-
teen bouts in all.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25

Title Relay at 22d Regiment

The metropolitan one mile relay
championship will be one of the fea-
ture events atthe Samaciar a. A. games
in the 22d Regiment Armory next Tues
day night. Some of the teams entered
are: New York A. c., Loughlin Lyceum,
knights of st. Anthony, Princeton
University, st. Anselnl's A. c., St.
Christopher Club, Morningside A. C.
and Mohawk A. C..
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Baird Joins Title Hunt

Sam Wallach. brother of Leach Cross,
thinks he has the coming featherweight
champion in Earl Baird, the Seattle
lad, who boxes Lew Snyder at the Pio-
neer Sporting Club tomorrow. He
has beaten Joe Mooney and fought a
draw with Freddie Jacks, the English
boxer, who held Billy De Foe to a
draw. This is II return engagement
between Baird and Snyder.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Dempsey Boxes Dalton Brother,

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. "a
Jack Dempsey, recalled boyhood tussles
to-day when he boxed with Mack and
Mark Dalton, of Manassa, Col. where
the champion was born. Ira Dern, a
middleweight wrestler, also boxed with
Dempsey and later wrestled with the
champion.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25

stepped in on Jimmy Johnston again
1t has forbidden Billy De Foe to meet
Packey Hommey in one of the Boy
Bandits three-ply features at the re-
opening of Manhattan Casino next
Monday night. A commission doctor
examined De Foes hand, which he in
iured in a recent bout with Sammy
Sicger, and pronounced it unfit for
service. Johnston is looking for a
good substitute match.
Jeems Joy, however. is assured of
two corkng featherweight matches
Sammy Sicger VS.. Charlie Hayes and
The welterweight bout between Marty
Summers and Morris Lux is still very
much on.
Captain Chandler, heavyweight cham
pion of the British Army, who will meet
William Spengler, champion of the
New York police force in the main
bout of the international Sporting
Clubs show in the ballroom of the Ho-
tel Commodore next Tuesday evening
is training at the New York A. c.
Chandler is boxing daily with Young
Mike Donovan, son of the late pro-
fessor of boxing at that club.
Ihere Will be two ten-round features
at the Commonwealth Sporting Club to-
morrow night. Gene belmont, Mem
phls lightweight, is to meet Kid Dia-
mond; Red Monroe, of Yonkers will
box Jack Gritz
More in Kearns's Stable
Jack kearns, manager of Jack Demp-
sey, Is fast accumulating a stable.
Three reputed western cracks are on
the way. Babe Herman, bantam who
has just outpointed Bud Ridgelv. q
tough feather, in Portland, Ore: Jimmy
Darcy, a middleweight, and Alex Tram
oitas, welter, will be in our midst to-
morrow. hearns is also handling the
interests of Joe Benjamin, a light
weight, who will appear in Madison
square Garden on the night Of March
-. At that time Benz jamn will box
Rocky Kansas, Lew Tender or the
winner of the Dundee jackson bout
of tonight. '0''
Benny Valger, the French feather
weight, has put himself under the
managerial wing of Billy Gibson.
The New York State Boxing Com
mlsion yesterday issued total of &c
LICENSES. Of these 49 were for boxers.
90 Tor seconds; for managers; 2
each for referees and judges and
Tor tlmekeeper The new referees are
aSoraham a Goldgerg, of Brooklyn, and
George M. Hepburn, of New York. The
ipuioRes pio are Joseph A: Brady, of White
pla1ns, and Charles J. Meegan. of New
York City. ' - I'VE"
Four twelve-round bouts will he
ohered at popular prices at the Garden
next Wednesday night The boxers ara
pared as follows: Midget Smith vs.
n n. Z; Joe ODonnell; Johnny Buff We s'
frankie DAILY; Charley Beecher VS., D;cL
Loadman; Phil Bloom VS.. jimmy Kali
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
kickord Expected to announce
Location Before Ne.xt Tuesday
Garden Promoter Receives Word That Cochran Is
Willing to Withdraw in Tex's Favor i'm
Handling Championship Bout Set for July 2
BY w. ]. Macbeth

Georges Carpenter, heavyweight Europe
JACK dempsey heavyweight champion the world title
July planned months
Madison likely
development
pared paddle his
moral and financial Cochran English
William A Brady this While
Brady all along has acted
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Bouts Hereabouts
TONIGHT


Madison Square Garden-Johnny
Dundee VS.. Willie Jackson, Il
rounds.
harrlson' ss. C,;--Tommy Touhey
VS.. Johnny Donnelly, IL rounds.
47th Regiment Armory, BROOKLYN
Amateur bouts.
SATURDAY
Pioneer Sporting Club--Earl Baird
VS.. Lew Snyder, IL rounds; frankie
Carpenter VS.. Tim Kelly, 10 rounds:
frankie Curry VS.. Jimmy Powers, 10
rounds.
Ridgewood Grove s. c. Willie
Ryan VS.. Soldier Lawson, Is rounds.
Woodhaven Sporting Club--Eddie
bhdy VS.. Mickey Brown, IL rounds.
Commonwealth S. C.--Gene Del
mont VS.. Jimmy Kane, Is rounds.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Fight New Optional Rule

The local big league clubs are not
likely to submit to the new rule on
optional agreement without spirited
struggle. 1t was pointed out yester-
day by officials of the Giants and
Yankees that the imposition of the rule
at this time would be q hardship.
One of the local clubs already has ten
more or less mediocre players put out
on option. There is now no way to
undo this work. These were players
so little regarded they were not order
ed to spring training camp. Each club
has ten or dozen young players of
promise who will take spring train
ing. 1t is claimed; if the option rule
is to stand, there will be no way to
protect these players, provided any
show unusual class and merit holding
for further development
1t is said by those on the inside that
it was practically agreed by the two
big leagues some weeks ago that what
ever was done about optional agree
ments the rule should not apply to
the playing season of 1921. The Amer
lean League, indeed, so it is hinted,
had decided to operate without restric-
tion either to roster limit or numbers
of options. The Yankees acted accord
ingly in disposing of ballast.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Iowa WouId Leealize Boxing

DES MONIES, Feb. ga bin TO
legalize boxing and place it under CON
to-day.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Whitted Signs With Pirates

PITTSBURGH, Fsb. 24-Georee
Whltted, in a letter to a friend here,
said he had signed his contract to
play with the Pirates this season
Whltted said the Pittsburgh team
looked like a winner TO him.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Railroads Reject PIavers' Anpeal

CINCINNATI, Feb. 24,-The Cincin-
natl National League baseball club was
Informed to-day by President John A.
Heydler of the League that the rail
reads had rejected the appeal of or
ganized baseball for reduced railroad
rates during the playing season. 1t was
stated that the advanced fares would
apply to all the clubs, no matter how
many would be in the travelling parties.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Giants in Good Shape

Hans Lobert, former third baseman
of the Giants and star infelder with
the st. Louis and Cinclnnarr clubs of
the National League for many years,
is back from Cuba. Lobert is baseball
coach at West Point and has issued a
call for candidates for the Army team
next Monday.
Lobert left John J. McGraw, George
Burns and Miguel Gonzales in the best
health in Havana. He says Burns and
Gonzales are almost down to weight
and are very enthusiastic over the
Giant outlook for 1921. McGraw,
Burns and Gonzales viii fly from Ha-
vana to Key West on their way to San
Antonio.
This party of three was to have left
Havana Sunday. But Secretary Joe
O'Brien, of the Giants, had cable
from McGraw yesterday saying they
would not leave until Monday. In the
mean time, Charles A. Stoneham, presi-
dent of the Giants, hopes to leave for
Havana this evening, SO that he may
arrive in time for conference with
the manager-vice- president before the
latter sets out for Texas.
Infelder Ray Schmidt, of the cham
pion Dodgers, has forwarded his signed
contract from St. Louis. Schmandt will
report to Wilbert Robinson in New
Orleans on March 7. Uncle Robbie in
tends to use Schmandt at first base this
season in case Ed Konetehy falters
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Baseball Rribe Law Passed

SALEM, Ore, Feb. 24.-Brbing, or
attempting to bribe or influence any
player, umpire, manager or director Of
any baseball club is made a crime By
a bill passed by the state Legislatus
and signed to-day by Governor Ben W
Olcott.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Tigers Sign Another Coacl

DETROIT, Feb. 24.-"Paddy" Living
sston has been signed by President
Navin of the Tigers as assistant TO Dan
Howley, coach of pitchers. Livingston
trained Boston Red Sox pitchers last
season. N"''
New-York tribune., 1921-02-25

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