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The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
SUBJECT
TO RECALL STAY
ON CLUB ROSTERS
New Rule Adopted Will
Restrict farming"
Habit in Majors.

NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-The new
optional agreement rule adopted to-
day may seriously affect several of
the major league clubs In the COM
ing season.
This rule provides that all players
released under optional agreement
to other clubs and thereby subject
to recall. must be included on a
clubs roster of limited players.
In other words. should the Giants
release eight youngsters to other
clubs in the minor leagues under an
agreement which gives the Giants
the right to recall these players.
these eight players would be count
ed among the twenty-five which u
club is allowed to carry on its pay
roll during the greater part of the
playing season, thus leaving the
club in reality only seventeen regu-
lars.
The result would be that the clubs
will release fewer men under the
optional agreement and. while there
will undoubtedly be no little oppo-
sition to the new law on the part
Of some of the clubs in both leagues,
the old argument of what is fair
for one is fair for all, will be used
to meet the contentious of those
who oppose the rule.
New Laws Drafted.
The new law is one of several
drafted today by the committee ap-
pointed by baseball's new Commis-
sioner. Judge X. NJ. Landis, to pre-
pare a new code to replace the old
National Agreement relative to the
major and minor leagues. The COM
mittee met in the Office of John A.
Heydler. president of the National
League who, together with B. B.
johnson, president of the American
League. and John Fl. Farrell, secre-
tary of the National Association of
Minor Leagues, composed the COM
mittee. All were present
Among the rules which were en-
bodied in the code which the COM
mittee completed were those which
have special reference to the en-
forcement OF the player limit, the
enforcement of the draft. the en-
forcement of the optional agree
ment and the working rules of Judge
Landis' office.
After the meeting Of the commit
tee 1t was announced that five
leagues had rejected the right of
the major to draft players. These
are the Pacific Coast League, the
American Association. the Interna-
tional League, the Western League
and the Three-Eye League The first
four named are of Glass A, the last
of Glass B. None of these leagues
will be allowed. under the new
rules, to draft players from any
other leagues. nor will they be per-
mitted to acquire any drafted player
within a period of one year after his
draft.
No Large Rosters.
Under the optional agreement rule
the number of players which one
club may release subject to recall
are as follows: Major leagues, eight:
CLASS IA, six; Glass A, FIVE; Class
B, four, and Glass c, three.
The player limit of the two big
leagues is now forty. except from
May to September when ii is twen-
ty-five. 1t will. therefore, be read
lily seen that no club in either of
the major leagues will be able to
carry a large roster and at the same
time go the limit in feleasing play
ers to the minors under the optional
agreement.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
LAST CALL FOR
PRESS BOWLERS

All press bowlers who have not
rolled in the first round of the
Newspaper Elimination Tournament
are requested to be on hand at $3.50
o'clock either today or tomorrow
at the Alleys to register their
names and be assigned to an alley.
Tomorrow will bring the first round
to a close. The lower half wifi be
eliminated. while those who quail
fie.! will start rolling in the second
round on Thursday of next week.
Today's schedule is as follows:
Alley No. Whitman, Willhide,
Berrang. Waple. Donald. Alley No.
walker, Roberts. Williams, Ring.
Essex Alley No. 3-J. Ferber. Nc
Fadden, A. Ferber. Holbrook. Aus
tin. Alley No. 4z-Fowler. Meyer.
Reghtstine. Kluge, Feldman.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
CHARGES AGAINST
LANDS WILL FALL
FLAT, IS BELIEVED
Quick Action Expected
When House Commit
tee Meets Tuesday.

Impeachment charges against
Judge X. NJ. Lands. fiied in the
House by Representative Welty, of
Ohio, are expected to be disposed
of next Tuesday by. the House Ju-
dietary Committee.
Chairman volstead, of the COM
mittee, yesterday issued a call for
the committee to meet on that day
to consider the charges and the
evidence presented by Welty.
1t is probable that an immediate
decision in the case will be reached
by the committee, as many MEM
bers of the House are insisting that
there be no delay In exonerating
Judge Lands from charges Of high
crimes and misdemeanors" in ONCE,
or the presentation of fact upon
which such charges can be based.
The prevailing sentiment in the
House and among members Of the
committee is that Judge Lands will
be cleared Of any violation of law
in his acceptance of the duties and
pay as arbiter of professional base
ball. 1t is doubted whether the
committee will go so far as to bring
forth a report censuring the Judge
for accepting the position while
still holding his position as Federal
Judge. ,
VoIstead called the special meet
ing of the Committee to consider
the Lands charges following an in
formal conference held yesterday
by several members of the Judi
ciary Committee. The chairman OF
the committee has not been in
clined to hasten proceedings in the
case. He had indicated that he did
not think the charges were sus-
tCined by Welty in his appearance
before the Judiciary Committee. or
in his Indictment resolution.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Representa-
tive Benjamin F. WeIty, Of Ohio,
who led the attack in Congress
against Federal Judge X. NJ. Landis,
today was pictured by implication
as a tool of the vets. in a state
ment by Z. J. Davis. District. super
intendent for the Anti-Saloon
League.
I'VE have authentic information
concerning Representative welty's
connections. direct from his home
in Lima, Ohio" Mr.. Davis states.
"A message from a reliable source
contains the following:
Mr.. Weltys nomination and
election were brought about by the
wet interests Before going to
Washington, he and his law partner
had a considerable clientage among
the vets. The notorious Cavitz. rum
seller and Gangstcr. and Harrison.
negro rum seller and diyekeeper,
were his clients. welty was over
whelmingly defeated last fall in a
strong Democratic district and will
never be strong enough to come
back
Judge Lansis Is recognized as
one of the hardest working judges
on the bench, frequently holding
Eight sessions. He IS one OF the
leading personalities of the genera
tion and is the kind and character
| of a man and judge who give some
| hope for the perpetuity of Ameri-
| can institutions"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Enlarge Tennis Schedule.

Manager George Wright of the
tennis team at Central High School.
has added three more matches to
the already large schedule. making
thirteen contests for the Blue and
White racqueters this season. The
recent matches listed are with the
University of Pennsylvania Fresh
men in Philadelphia: Emerson In
stitute. and st. Johns College, both
Of this city, here. 1t is expected
that more boys than usual will earn
their "C's' this season.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Cadets Trim Brown.

WEST POINT, N. Y, Fes. 23.--
Army wound up its home season by
an easy victory over Brown today,
the Cadets winning a to Is. At
half time Army led "a to 6. The
West Pointers left their big team
In for ten minutes at the outset.
the Varsity running up a 23-to-2
score, when they were withdrawn
In favor of the substitutes. II was
the final contest prior to the Army
meeting the Navy in Annapolis on
Saturday next
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
ALOYSIUS ENTERED
IN HOPKINS GAMES

The Aloysius Club has entered
five men and a relay team in the
track events at the Johns Hopkins
Fifth Regiment games at Baltimore
next Saturday. The team has been
practicinE at the Catholic Univer-
sity gymnasium and the men are in
excellent condition.
The following runners will repre-
sent the Aloysius Saturday: Grif-
fifth, former Georgetown star. in the
100-yard dash; Bland and McDon-
ough, another former Georgetown
pair, in the half-mile run; Heaiy
and Montague in the mile. The re-
lay team will be picked from the
following men: Kienle. Meyers,
Sullivan. McDonough and Griffith.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

ner of the fifth. All he has to do is
beat Mayor House. From where I
sit 1t looks like the latter is a.
mighty good take-a-chance play.
Sweep Clean will go well. Stiletto
Is the whispered good thing in the
sixth. Has not raced to best work
of late and may come TO life here.
Constantine is fair. The last looks
like a set-up for old Jellison. The
balance is between Attorney Muir
and Voorin.
One Best Bet of the Day,
GEN. MENOCAL.
Best Take-a-Chance Bet,
MAYOR HOUSE.
Best ParIay,
JACOBEAN. DIFFERENT EYES,
CONSTANTINE. TO SHOW.
HAVANA SELECTIONS.
First Race-Gen. MenocaI, Haran,
Swan Entry.
Second Race-Honest George, Ja.
cobean, Swirl
Third Race-slippery. Silver, Coca
Cola. Prince OF Como.
Fourth Race-Vic Munox, Differ
ent Eyes. Out the Way.
Fifth Race - GoIdbIatt Entry.
Mayor House, Sweep Clean.
Sixth Race-Stiletto, Constantine,
Boher-ha-B Breena.
sevehth Race-Jeliison, Attorney
Muir, Voorfn.
SHREVEPORT SELECTIONS.
First Race - Belle wrack, Baby
Evelyp, Muxxy.
second Race - Dinty, Oriental
Dress, sporting Chance.
Third Rnee - Catania, Echoland,
Hand sweep.
Fourth Race-Mickey Moore, Mad
ras GinGham, Valerie West.
Fifth Race - Back bay, Donna
Roma, Van Sylvia.
sixth Race-Harvey smarr, Thun.
derbird, Counterbalance.
BEST Bet-Belle Wrack.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
BURIAL SEYTET
BEATS G.. w. GIRLS

The Burial Sunday School Glass
sextet defeated the George Wash
ington University Reserves last
night in the Epiphany gymnasium
by the score of 81 to IL. The uni
versity girls started off like sure
winners, getting a double pointer
and one from foul. but the Burial
team soon got going and evened
things up and then taking the lead
never TO be headed. The Misses Flat
equal. Flagg and Harrison were in
the limelight for the Sunday School
girls. while Miss Brewer and Miss
NJ. Mathews did the best for George
Washington. The lineup and sum-
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
ELLERBE IS AMBITIOUS.

Here is an interesting bit of news
for Howard Shanks. who is still
among the unsigned Griffmen.
Frank Ellerbe, better known as
the governor, has come to terms
with President Grifith over the
question of salary and is firmly
convinced that he is going to be
the regular third sacker this season.
From Latta. s. c., the college
youth has forwarded his contract
with an accompanying letter which
leads to the belief that he has no
idea of playing second fiddle to any,
body around the hot corner.
81 think / am capable of landing
the job" he informs President Grif-
fifth. "and ought to be able to do
better than last season.
All OF which Is encouraging. Ell
lerbe is a sweet hitter. He main
tanned a healthy average last year
against the best beavers in the
league. He can also NOW 'em down
around the bag in handy style. His
throw Is a trifle slow. however, for
a third baseman, but he may be able
to speed that up a little. II he gets
of to the right kind of start the
youth may realize his ambition to
be the regular at the last infield sta
tion.
Hank Shanks, who did great work
last season. has also been haggling
over salary this winter. But it's a
safe bet that Handy Hank will be
right on the job when the regulars
hit the trail for Tampa.
With Jimmy O'Neill handicapped
hv III health, Ellerbe and Shanks
will be the hot favorites in the COM
petition for the third base role.
LaMotte. Foss and Marhafka, how
ever, will also have a chance to
show their wares. leaving Frank
O'Rourke in sole possession of the
short field.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
NAVY MEETS ARMY
IN FINAL BATTLE

The Navy basketball tossers will
clash with their ancient rivals. the
West Point Cadets, at the Annapo-
lis gym on saturday night. This
battle will mark the close of the
season for both service fives. The
Mildly squad has made an enviable
record this season. winning seven
teen out Of eighteen games, and a
victory over the army will add a
crowning triumph to a most sue
Cessful season.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

These Spring Bush Lacquer Phenoms
Clso4)
He was q pip in the practice stuff,
A nectarine of the double fluff.
He Cooked like another Lange" to boot
And every scribe had boost to shoot.
He was as fast antelope
On q cinder path with . dovn-hill slope;
But when he came to the Upper Fry
Was he still on deck with the Batting Eye 7
When spring had passed and the big campaign
Brought its test with the crushing strain
Did the coming wonder swing to his job 7
COBB.
Clsos)
Pass it to this cove. for he's THERE"
Each scribe wrote back with daily blare.
He swings like another Cobb at bat
And he has a pipe on an outheld fat"
Hes another Keeler''-and at this crack
The rasberry chorus answered back
A young bush-leasuer who topped the flock.
A year before, down at Little Rock.
But this was spring when the staf was new,
Did the old boost stick when the year was
throughi
Did the big toast 60 with the foamins
beakeri
In case you've forgotten. his name was
The American polo team that will
be selected from such stars as Mil
burn, Hitchcock, Webb, Rumsey and
Stoddard has put in a winter of hard
practice at varying intervals and
has selected the best ponies avail
able for championship competition.
As Great Britain, on her side of it.,
has overlooked no bet, the June
meeting now gives promise of being
one of the hardest and closest ever
fought, one of the spectacular peaks
of the international range.
The Upper Five.
The Fan Club. which is slang for
Pan Club, Is in session again. At
least a screed has arrived signed
Fan Club which requests that we
name the five leading ballplayers,
stars who will be the best drawing
cards for the coming season."
The first three are pick-ups-
Ruth. Cobb and Speaker, or Ruth,
Speaker and Cobb.
Ruth will again be the games
greatest single card. Cobb and
Speaker, as star ballplayers and
managers, will hold their place be-
meath the pink spotlight
And No. will be George Sisler-
400 hitter and the first balIplayer
in fourteen years with one excep-
tion to take Cobb's place at the top
How about No. S? Why not Rogers
Hornsby-National League leader
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
WASHINGTON FANS BANQUET. GEORGE MCBRIDE TONIC
BELGIAN BILLIARD
STAR HERE TODAY

Those who wish to compare
the playing OF. Champion willie
Hoppe with That Of Edouard
Horemans. the famous Belgian
billiard star. win have q chance
10 do so when the foreigner APP.
years MT sherman's this after
noon nj Q O'Clock In the hrst of
his exhibitions here. He will
perform here for three days mt 3
o'clock each afternoon and mt
s,15 at night.
Tom Gallagher. on of the
Oldest men handling . Gus. viii
be his opponent. Gallagher
comes from New York and,
though he Is over 20 years old.
Is still n billiard marvel
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
FACULTY FIVES TO
CLASH ON FRIDAY

The faculty basketball game be-
tween Tech and Central will be
played Friday afternoon. probably
before the doubleheader scholastic
AFFAIR. Coach Green, of Western.
will referee the game. Guyon, OF
Eastern; Kelley. Of Business, and
Metzler. of Central. all coaches in
the floor game, will be seen for Cen
trail with Kimball and Coggins. The
Tech lineup will be Zesrfoss, Set
sin, Hardell, Drummy and Erickson.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Yanks Swamp Marines.

The Congress Heights Yankees
swamped the ouantico Marines. a.
to IL, at the Yankees gym last
night The Devil Dogs offered but
little opposition and the Yanks
were never in danger from the
opening whistle. Ingley ran wild
on or t,h the .las'. floor with twelve baskets
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
FITZGERALD FIVE
DEFEATS COMETS

The Epiphany Comets suffered a
S0-to-l2 defeat at the hands OF the
Fitzgerald Council, X. of c, at the
Alexandria Armory Hall last night.
The Comets, playing their second
game in two nights, were no match
for the Casey" boys. Reaton leo
the winners attack. netting seven
baskets from scrimmage. The line
nm
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Single Point GiUes
st. Johns Victory

st. Johns nosed out St. Albsn'a
IS to "a. in the Carroll gym yestsr-
day afternoon. st. Johns led at the
end of the first half. IL to s. Both
fives set lively pace in the third
quarter. st. Johns assumed a com
manding lead. but three field goals
in rapid succession put st. Adams
again in the running. and the two
teams were neck and neck right up
to the end. Morris counted fifteen
points for the Red and Gray. while
Lindsay played a stellar floor game
for st. Adams. The line-up and
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Junior Highs Win.

The Mcpherson A. c. five was no
match for the Junior High School
Midgets at the old Central High
School gymnasium yesterday after
noon. The Juniors triumphed lt 70 3.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Kanawha to Meet Warwick.

The kanawha Junior fve VIII
hook up with the Warwick A. c.
tonight at o'clock in the Carroll
Institute gym. Tomorrow night the
Kanawhas will tackle the Yosemite
Dm.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Baseball Shots.
The New Manager of the
Washington Ball Team

CHICAGO. Feb. z3.-Things are
breaking adversely for Fred Mitchell.
Most OF the Braves have become
imbued with an Indifferent spirit.
and as q result less than a dozen
contracts have been received in the
Boston ONCE.
Johnny MostiL the outfielder. who
is expected to grab a regular berth
with the White Sex. can hit any
kind Of pitching. according to Joe
Cantillon. Mostil was always weak
on curve balls, but proved last year
the hook artists could not stop him.
The White Sox will be the last Of
the sixteen clubs to get away for
spring exercise. Some OF the major
league outfits have them beaten at
The start by two weeks.
Interpretation OF the rule book is
about the toughest job in baseball,
according TO Otto Knabe. former Cub
coach, and for many years q baseball
star. Knabe says many decisions
were given wrong during the last
few years.
Veteran ballplayers are none too
optimistic over the chances Of Christy
Mathewson to recover. Big Six is
lucky to ever get out of his bed
again, according to some of his inti-
mate pals who know the circum-
stances.
An infielder named Emerson will
make the trip to the Coast with the
Cubs. He is a friend of some OF
he Evers' athletes and made ar
-angements with the Oakland Club
to travel with the major leaguers.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Paskert Is Hero.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. "a
George "Dode" Paskert, big league
baseball player, distinguished him
self here today by carrying three
children to safety from a burning
apartment building.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
RICE GOES TO SPA.

Sam Rice will go to Hot Springs
after all.
In fact the star center fielder of
the Griffs leaves this afternoon, the
rest Of the team have already re-
ported there
Because of the illness of his wife.
Sam decided not to make the trip,
but her rapid Improvement has
caused him to change his mind. The
speed-boy always keeps in condi-
ton, however. and will not have
70 boil on any surplus nesh.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Win Seventeenth Straight.

The Lafayette A. c. captured fits
seventeenth straight game last
night. taking the measure OF the
Oakland A. c. fve 81 TO z. at the
Carroll Institute gymnasium
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

SubstltutlOns-Goet Tor FIateQuaI,
Rohper for Flagg, Burns for Goetz.
Mills for Maddox. Goals from field
Harrison, =: Flatequal. S; Goetz, g.:
A. Mathews. 4. NJ. Mathews. Goals
from fouls-A. Mathews, 2. Referee
Mr. Haas
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

F1eld goals-Beaton, Z; Dreifus.
a; Hayden, Roberts. >: Daniels. .:
s. Boyd. 2; Morris. .. Free tosses-
Dreifus, in S; Daniels, missed 6.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
TECH HIGH WINS
FROM STEWARDS

Tech Highs quiptet took the
measure of Stewards Business COL
lege yesterday in the Boys "Y"
gym by a score of % to %. Though
the business led by II to at the
end of the first period. the Tech
men came back strong and went
into the lead.
Iine-uD and summary.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for keliher.
Keliher for Caldwell. McEneauy for
Keliher. Davis for MacCartee, Couch
for Nelson. MacCartee for Davis.
Field goals-Morris, 5; Kessler. 2;
O'Connor, 2: Bowling, 1: Lindsay, &:
MacCartee, 3: Chatheld. /; Couch 1.
Free throws-Morris, out OF Is:
Chatfield. 6 out OF 10. Time Of
quarters, 10 minutes.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24
Fight Notes.

CHICAGO, Feb. ga party OF
about fifty Chicagoans will go to
st. Louis for Friday nights eight
round bout between Joe yelling.
local lightweight, and Champion
Benny Leonard. It's Joe's second
shot at Benjamin. and he believes
he will pull down the popular YER
dict.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

Field goals-Frawley ~, Nc
Cormick CD. Supplee t5). QuesaGa.
Ghilhardi. Biron ca. Esplrosa C5).
Goetz CD. Foul goals-Shanks, 5
out of 8; Ghilhardi. out of 6; Es-
pinosa. out of 4; Goetz, 0 out of 2
Substitutions-Quesada for Fraw-
ley. Frawley for Shanks.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

Mike Dundee. Rock Island feath-
er-weight, has been added to the
Tendler-Freedman card at Milwau-
kee for next Monday. Dundee will
oppose Jack Elitee. a New Yorker.
The receipts for nineteen boxing
shows in the Madison Square Gar
den this season passed the $1,000
900 mark when close to $4,000 wa
taken in at the recent bout between
Sammy Seiger and Billy De Foe.
In Buffalo the fight fans think
they have a light heavyweight
who has a fair chance OF giving
Tommy Gibbons and Harry Greb a
run. His name is Bob Langdon.
and among his latest victims are
Jack Revault. Canadian champion: I:
Bandsman Rice. Willie K. o. Bren-
nan and Dixie Kid.
Kid Williams. former bantam
weight, will be busy in the next
few weeks. He takes on Marty
Collins at Baltimore Friday night;
Tommy Ryan at McKeesport, Pa
February IS. and probably Joe Bur-
man. March Z. at Philadelphia.
The New York herald., 1921-11-08
ANTI-CANCER MOVEMENT
INDORSED BY HARDING
Praises Work of Society for
Control of Disease.

President Harding has voiced his
hearty sympathy and approval of the
activities of the American Society for
the Control of Cancer, which closed Its
national cancer week on Saturday. A
letter from the President, made public
yesterday, said:
"My attention has been called to the
nationwide movement you were inau-
gurating for the control and prevention
of cancer and / want to record my
hearty sympathy and approval.
Some recent statistics on this sub
ject, indicating how widespread and
fearful Is the devastation caused by this
mysterious disease, have particularly
impressed me- 1t seems that in recent
times no single misfortune OF the race
has so sharply challenged science. In
tensive effort has been devoted through
out the medical and scientific world TO
cope with this fearful disease and l
have faith to believe that 1t will at last
be crowned with success.
1T Is very certain that such earnest
and highly organized efforts as your So
ciety is making will contribute largely
to the consummation which we all so
deyoutly wish, and for that reason l
wish you the largest measure OF en-
couragement and OF ultimate achieve
ment"
The New York herald., 1921-11-08
RORkE MAY BE LET OFF
IN IRISH ARMS SEIZURE
Dismissal Is Threatened by
Commissioner Hitchcock.

Hearing In the case of George Gordon
Rorke. commission agent of Washing
ton. in connection with the alleged at
tempt to violate the neutrality laws by
trying to ship 495 Thompson SUBJ
machine guns to Ireland aboard the
steamship East Side, was adjourned yes
erday by the United States Commits
sioner. Mr. Hitchcock. until Thursday.
In putting the case over Commissioner.
Hitchcock intimated that IL the Govern
ment was not prepared on Thursday to
proceed he would dismiss tho casa
The Federal Grand Jury at Trenton is
still investigating seizure of the arms.
and the authorities here have been hold
ing up action until the New Jersey au-
thorities complete their case.
Government agents say the arms
which were seized aboard ship last
June were purchased by Rorke from the
Auto Ordnance Company of 800 Broad
way. He Is said to have received $10,-
040 as his commission. The ship was
held up by the customs men at the army
base piers at Hoboken and an investi-
cation disclosed the arms aboard the
ship, which was TO proceed to Norfolk,
and Dublin.