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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-09
GRABS NEARLY
ALL |. HITTING HQNORS

Jack Bentley of Sandy Spring. Md,
first baseman and pitcher of the
Baltimore Orioles and Washington
Sand-lot graduate, carried off most
of the batting honors of his league
during the 1921 campaign. according
to the official averages. which have
just been announced. Taking part in
al games. Bentley batted for the
remarkably high figure of .412, with
no real rival in sight after the early
weeks of the race. Jimmy Walsh of
Newark, who batted 1850 for 153
games. was the nearest to Bentley
among the players who took part in
100 or more games.
Bentley was the leader in other
ways as well. He made more hits
than any other player, and his base
hit total was easily the largest in the
bases on 246 hits. and he had no real
rival for either distinction. The
Oriole star also showed the way in
two-baggers. with AT to his credit,
but he had a hard fight to gain this
honor. as Fred Merkle. former Giant,
two bases on As occasions. Twenty
four home runs were enough to give
Bentley the lead in hitting for the
circuit. His nearest competitors were
Ems of Syracuse and Holden of Balti-
more, with 10 apiece.
lead. Fothergill of Rochester who is
slated to join the Tigers this year,
and Mcmillan of Rochester. who is
owned by the Yankees, cracked out
% triples apiece, and this was the
high mark.
Frank Kane of Jersey City was the
leading base stealer of the league.
with total of IS thefts. Four other
players passed the half-century mark
in base stealing-Gonzales of Toronto,
with 60: Gilhooley of Buffalo, with 55 !;
Dowd of Buffalo. with 81. and Arch
deacon of Rochester, with So
Baltimore led in team batting with
.313, and Rochester was second. with
81. All the other clubs were under
the 300 mark. Baltimore led in
doubles and home runs. while Roches-
ter led In triples. The Buffalo club
was credited with 325 stolen bases. a
total far beyond that of any major
league club.
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In the latter part of January and
the early days of February there Will
be short lapse while the warriors
struggle with midyear examinations,
butonce these hurdles have been taken
the league activities will resume with
a rush and continue until the final
games on Saturday, March IS. When
that date is reached the 1922 cham
pion will have been crowned.
Pennsylvania, three times winner of
the title, is the favorite for the cham
pionship tussle this season. but the
Red and Blue is by no means such a
double-riveted choice as it was in
1921. In the first place. Capt. Danny.
McNichol, foul shooter par excellence,
has been lost, and there is some spec
ulation as to whether Grave. his sue
cessor. will be able to carry on the
burden. Then the rapid rise of Dart
mouth last year and the dangerous
potentialities lying in the Cornell five
are casting a shadow over the Quak-
ers' horizon. From the viewpoint Of
early January the coming league race
should be the closest since the old
days, when two and even three teams
used to come laundering down the
home stretch neck and neck.
IneIieibility Hurts Tigers.
Aside from Penn, Dartmouth and
Cornell the other fives are, at best,
only dark horses and do not figure
heavily in the advance predictions.
Princeton. which almost annually has
been heavily favored only to disap-
point its followers with much medi-
OGRE basket ball. has been hard hit by
the ineligibility of Capt.-elect Dick
inson. This untoward event further
reduced the already meager supply
of veteran material and threw de-
cided burden on the new coach, Zahn,
who is brother of George Zahn, the
floor mentor at Dartmouth.
Columbia has first-rate varsity ma
terial and apparently has found de-
pendable foul shooter in the person
of Bob Pulleyn. Two new forwards
had to be developed. and they have
not yet worked into the general play
of the Deering machine, with the re-
suit that the quint mas been develop
ing but slowly. However, Capt. Wat
son at center has hardly a superio
in the league.
There is not much optimism at Yale
since the Eli five invaded the west
and lost all six of its games. This
showing, when compared with that o
other league teams during the Christ
mas vacation. forecasts another in
different season at New Haven, and
seems now that the Blue is agai,
destined to bring up the rear Of th,
procession, as it did last season.
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HATCHEnTE TOSSERS
POINTING FOR INDIANS

George Washington University toss
ers this afternoon will be sent
through their final drill in prepara-
ton for their basket ball engagement
with the William and Mary College
Quint at the Coliseum tomorrow
night. In their game with the In
dams here last year the Hatchetites
won handily..40 to SO, and are conf
dent of again downing the visitors.
The college contest will follow a
game between the Congress Heights
Yankees and an >all-star Baltimore
team that is to start at o'clock.
Coach Moore will use practically
the same lineup that decisively de-
feated Gallaudet last week. Gosnell,
who was the star of that game, will
be at left forward and either Breck-
low or Annuario at right forward.
Altrup will start at center and Cant.
Daily and Hughes in the guard posi-
tions.
The Indians likely will open play
with Porter and Cook, forwards; Har-
wood. center, and Young and Hicks,
guards. The last named is the only
tosser who did not play with William
and Mary last year. Porter, Cook and
Young were in the game against the
Hatchetites. but injuries kept Har-
wood out of the fray.
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Clubs Ra Ball
busy YANKEES TO PLAY
HARRISBURG TECH CUNT

There's no rest for the Congress
Heights Yankees. District basket ball
champion. Downed 80 to "a by st.
Andrews Athletic Association. Mary
land independent champion, in Balti-
more. Saturday night. the Yanks
again took the floor at the Coliseum
yesterday to beat st. Mary's club of
York, Pa, "a to 81, and tonight will
resume activities on their home court
in a match with the Harrisburg, Pa.
Tech High School, The engagement
will get under way at $3.50 o'clock.
Against st. Mary's yesterday the
Yanks jumped into an early lead. and
at the close of the first half held a
"a to z advantage. The city cham
pions did not exert themselves in the
second part Of the match. Heddens
and Ingley led the Yankee offensive.
while Catlin and Ford were strong
on defense. Eline. substitute for
visitors.
Truxton Athletic Club suffered an
other defeat yesterday, bowling to the
the Palace court. The Northeast quint
was much better at passing and
shooting, and clearly Outplayed the
Truxtons. Outbreaks excellent de-
fensive play frustrated many Trux-
ton attacks. Hutchinson did most of
the scoring for the winners. making
eight baskets from scrimmage and
pocketing five Of six shots from the
foul line.
Mercury tossers continued on their
winning way in a rs to 20 game with
the Navy Yard Marines. The Leather
necks showed much Improvement over
earlier performances. but were weak
at goal shooting. Tabb and Peter
son, former high school stars, led the
Mercury attack.
Warwick Athletic Club romped to
10 to 9 victory over the Congress
Heights Yankee Juniors. Shortly
after play started. the Warwicks went
into the lead and never were headed
thereafter. Bonnie made flve held
goals for the winners.
Kanawha Props. who, as the Epiph-
any Tigers last year, won the city
junior title, want games with 14O-
pound quints. Challenges should be
sent to Manager Joe Blanken, 14Os
9Th street, or telephoned to North
9219.
Y. NJ. H. A. basketers. who will
meet the Capital Silents tomorrow
night at o'clock at the Palace court,
want more engagements. Teams in
terested should write Manager Rich
ard Berlin. Y. NJ. H. A, 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, or tele-
phone North 1880.
MardelIe Athletic Club Is casting
about for contests in the 105-110-
pound class. Send challenges to
Abraham Wolf. 1929 18th street, or
telephone Adams 2116 between $3.50
and pm.
CUNTS representing Fort Myer, Fort
Washington, Boiling Field, Washing
ton barracks and Walter Reed Hos
pital will begin play this week for
the basket ball championship Of the
Army district of Washington. Fort
Washington is to play at Boiling
Field and Walter Reed at Fort Myer
Saturday.
Capital Sflents have three games
scheduled this week. Tonight they
will meet the Rosedales at Noel
House, while tomorrow the Y. NJ. H. A.
will be encountered at the Palace
court and Bliss Electric will be met
at GonZaga Saturday.
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BASE BALL WAR LOOMS
UNLESS DRAFT RETURNS

CHICAGO. January 9.-The major
leagues have made their final con-
cessions to the minors on the much
discussed draft question.
Offering to make the draft price
$500, or $4,000 more than that
named in the proposition outlined by
Judge Lands in New York on De-
cember II. the majors, through Ban
Johnson and John A. Heydler, say
they will go no further.
The minors outside the draft-the
International and Pacific Coast
Leagues and the American Associa-
ton, class IA organizations, and the
Western and Three 1" Leagues,
smaller circuits-refused the Lands
offer. They may refuse the latest
plan.
If they do, major league magnates
here say. there may be a base ball
war, after all, much as Judge Lands
deplores it The majors, it Is hint
ed here, will abandon all business
relations with the minor leaguers
outside the draft, buy no players
from them and sell them none-sim-
ply allow them to ''go 1t alone"
Heydler and Johnson were bitter
ly opposed to the $500 offer, and
stipulated that it should be only for
one year.
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FOUR SOCCER E[EvENS
TO FORM CITY LEAGUE

Representatives of the Washington
Soccer Club, British Embassy Eleven,
Georgetown Harlems and newly
organized Rangers will meet tomor-
row night at 8 o'clock at 1903 F street
to form a District Soccer League.
These clubs are expected to procure
franchises in the proposed circuit,
but should any not join, the Hiber-
mans, now being organized, will be
taken into the fold.
Devotees of the English game Of
foot ball are planning a big season
here. Washington Soccer Club is
negotiating with several prominent
eastern teams for engagements in
Potomac Park. while the Rangers and
Harlems are scheduling a number of
games. Central High Schools new
team has more contests ahead and the
Hibernians, directed by Jimmy Fitz-
gerald, veteran aoccerist, soon will
take the field.
Washington Soccer Club sent an all
star team to Baltimore yesterday that
severly trounced the Carroll Uniteds.
The teams played evenly in the first
half, but in the second the Washing
tonians ran wild and won, 6 to 1.
Hardwood, Gray, Borthwick and
Callily did the scoring for the locals.
Poor weather prevented the Rang
ers-HarlemS match in Potomac Park.
These teams probably will meet in
one of the games of a double-header
here next Sunday.
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MAGNATES WILL AMEND
Transforming" RULE

CHICAGO, January 9-Babe Ruth
is to be indicated. The anti-barn-
storming rules, which cost the horne
run star his share of the world
series cash and suspension of six
weeks next spring, is to be changed.
1t will not be abrogated. There still
will rem:in the prohibition against
clubs which participate in the world
title clash going on the road as or
CARNATIONS; but the paragraph rela-
tive to the individual player will be
amended. giving to Judge Lands,
to grant permission to men who get
lucrative offers for few weeks after
the season is over.
The Transforming rule" as it is
called. was discussed by Judge Ian
dis. Ban Johnson, president of the
american League; and John Heyiller.
pr esident of the National League, at
their conference here on the yeXing
draft question. 1t was agreed to
put through an amendment to the
world series playing rules at the
meetings of the big leagues which
will be held February Is in this city
to adopt the schedules for 1922. 1t
is believed that another joint session
Will be necessary. but as all of the
c!ups are represented at the "sched-
ule meeting" this should be arranged
without difficulty. though none has
been called as yet.
Lands Disapproves Rule.
Although Judge Lands punished
Ruth, the New York Yankees star
hitter; Bob Meusel, another slugger
OF the same team, almost as good:
BIZ Piercy. pitcher, who has since
been traded to Boston, very severely
under the Transforming rule" he
mas made it clear on several occa
sions that he regards the section in
estion as bad one and imposing
hardship on the ball player. He
made 1t clear in the decision he gave
In the case of the Yankee trio a
month ago that it was "mutinous
denance" of the law which caused
him to act so harshly. Ruth ct al.
had been warned specifically of the
existence of the rule, and the home
run king, without attending a con-
terence offered by Judge Lands
openly defied the commissioner
though Carl Mays, Schang and Other
Yankees and several Of the New
I ork Giants gave up their trips. The
base ball commissioner has been
quoted as saying the rule is WA Il
one, put he had no other alterna-
tive than to impose severe. punish
m n after the highest powers in
base ball had been defied.
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DISABLED VETS TO SEE
CUE STARS IN CONTEST

George Sutton, handless wonder,
and Koji Yamada, Japanese cue
champion, here for a two-day 1872
balk-line billiard engagement at
Sherman's Academy. are to play a
special match for the wounded SOL
diers at Walter Reed Hospital to-
morrow morning at 1880 o'clock.
Both Sutton and Yamada are keenly
interested in the welfare of the vet
Grams and intended to give their eX-
hibition at the hospital this morn
ing. but could not procure a suitable
table in time.
Their match at Sherman's will be
at 1000 points, to be played in four
blocks of ESQ each. They opened
play this afternoon and will meet
again tonight at Sis o'clock. Blocks
also will be played tomorrow at 2:30
and SIS. Special provision for wom-
an spectators will be made at tomor-
rows matinee.
Sutton, although losing both hands
in sawmill accident when a
youngster, has become one of the
worlds greatest billiardists. He has
engaged all the luminaries OF the cue
realm and holds an unofficial high
run record of 799 at the 1872 game.
Yamada is the only player, except
young Jake Schaefer. ever to beat
Willie Hoppe in tournament match.
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out the country, "you could. If you
wished to apply spirit level and a
magnifyfng glass to a foot ball game.
call enough penalties to keep the con-
test going all night. But an official
should use his Judgment. Where a
man is PLAYING off-side consistently.
why OF course he should be called to
account. and in any case of off-side
that affects play in any way the
penalty should be rigidly applied. But
where off-side is palpably harmless
and contributing nothing or taking
away nothing from the play, then 1
think justice is best served by an
official closing his eyes"
Often Matter Of Judgment.
In any event off-side play if often
"a matter of judgment and Of keen
eyesight. A quick charging lineman
often strikes spectators as being off,
side, whereas the official close to the
play knows that he is not But in
the case of the w. and j. penalty it
would be asking pretty much of a
sectional official who has caught an
off side infraction while a score play
was in process to keep the fact to
himself OF course, if there was
really no off-side play then the case
has different aspect. But Heubers
reputation as an official on the west
coast would not justify any such as
sumption.
intercollegiate hockey alternately
wakes and wanes. Some years it is
a Keen sport: other years there Is
little interest taken in the game. But
now with Harvard. Princeton, Yale
whose sevens are hardy ANNALS
equipped with strong outfits, and
Pennsylvania looming formidabIy:
with Cornell. Columbia, Williams, III
L. T.. Amherst and the Massachusetts
Aggies in the field-or rather on the
ice-.the sport should receive a pow
er1ul and permanent impulse.
Copyright. 1927
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Washington and Jefferson, accord
ing to quoted remarks of Greasy"
Neale- the coach. was robbed of vic
tory by the decision Of Heubel, q west
coast official, acting in the game at
Pasadena as head linesman. His Off
side decision converted Brenkerts
thirty-yard run for a touchdown into
a penalty against his team. A deci-
sion of the kind always is heart
breaking. Yet it has deprived more
elevens than Washington and Jeffer-
son OF victories otherwise well won.
Maury Trimble made a beautiful run
for score in the Princeton Colgate
game Of 1919. but was called back be-
cause Of an off-side play. and many
another similar case might be cited,
notably Harvard's touchdown against
Yale this last season, which was rem
dered nugatory because Of Kane being
off side.
Would Overlook InfrnctfOn.
At the Deke Club today group of
men who officiate in games of great
err or less importance were discussing
this very question. The point brought
up was this:
Suppose you are an official sin a
game. A score is made and in the
play that results in a score a member
Of the attacking side is Off side. But
his being off side had not the slight
est influence one way or the other
upon the success of the scoring play
Would you, in such case. call the
penalty and deprive tie eleven of it's
score?"
To a man these officials said they
would overlook the infraction in such
case since obviously a team should
not have its good work vitiated by
the carelessness of some player who
had no part in any activities leading
up to the score.
LAS matter of fact" said one
man. whose services are in great de-
mand in important games through
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FOUR BIG TEN CUNTS
IN CONTESTS TONIGHT

CHICAGO. January 9.-Four west
ern conference basket ball teams are
scheduled to meet tonight, Wisconsin
playing Northwestern, at Evanston,
and Ohio State appearing against
Michigan, at Ann Arbor.
Northwestern is certain to encoun-
ter much opposition in the Badgers.
as the wisconsin quint defeated Iowa,
at Iowa City. Saturday night. IS to
Is. when Northwestern was losing to
Minnesota, % to 10. Ohio State,
downed by Chicago, will tackle Michi-
gan in the first conference game of
the season for the Ann Arbor col
legians.
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COAST NATATORS BREAK
AWAY FROM THE A. A. U

SAN FRANCISCO. January g.
FORMATION OF the western swimming
association. which plans to promote
aquatics on the Pacific coast indepen-
dent of the Amateur Athletic Union,
was announced here today Dissatis-
faction with the jurisdiction of the
A. A. U. over swimming meets is
cation.
Local meets are to be held weekly
in the spring and summer under its
plans and branch organizations are
to be formed in the Y. NJ C. A.
throughout the state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-09
PILLS SALE OF BRUGGY
is SURPRISE TO FANS

There is general surprise in Phila-
delphia base ball circles over the fact
that Frank L. Bruggy. catcher Of the
Phillies, has been sold to Portland of
the Pacific Coast League for S6,500
Bruggy caught the majority of the
PhillieS' games last season and bat
ted $40 in ninety-six contests, which
mark was surpassed by very few
catchers in the National League. 1t
was Bruggy's first year in the big
circuit.
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WILSON'S MANAGER ASKS
HEARING ON SUSPENSION

~ BOSTON. January 9.-Marty Kill
i II, "a manager of Johnny Wilson.
tb1i e New champion. has asked
a nearing in connection with his own
ana Wilson's suspension. Ki,liiea
sad that he expected that the hear-
ing would be granted and would he
neid some time this week.
wilson ana his manager were sus-
penoed after the announcement that
the champion would not fulfil, he
contract to meet Harry Greb of Pitts
burgh next month in New York.
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ICE TITLE TO JEWTRAW;
FOUL COSTLY TO MOORE

BINGHAMPTON, n. Y, January g.
Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid, ma
tionai amateur champion. won the New
York state ice skating championship at
Ideal Park ring, Endicott, yesterday
from a field of the fastest skaters in
the country. He tailed 80 points.
Joe Moore of New York, interna-
tional titleholder, finished second,
with so points. a foul in the 220-yard
dash costing him the championship.
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EXPERTS AGREE W. AND J.
FAIRLY EARNED A VICTORY
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

EW YORK. January 9-Accordng dispatch
Lawrence Washington touring party
the eleven and retaine will college Washington
Pa Friday Undoubtedly the the will leave
nothing undone presidents valiant
which they the supposedly unbeatable Gold
and on 10 At this
the starry will be scoped and the skies explored for
whereby
this little of learning
immemoaly sigpazed For while
factory actual trumphs they better nothing apa
tlcularly when endowment drive
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INDIANA U. BALL TEAM
is INVITED TO JAPAN

Athletic authorities Mt Indiana
University have received m invi-
tatiOn from Waseda University to
send a bnse ball tenn to Japan for
series Of games during the
spring. The Indiana athletic COM
mtttee will meet within n short
time to determine whether the
team will be allowed to make the
journey. Waseda has guaranteed
the Crimson athletic authorities
100000. Director Stiehm, Coach
George Lewis and several members
Of the faculty have exprexsed
themselves ms favOring the trip.
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DUKE KAHANAMOKU PLANS
TO ENTER MOVIE "SWIM"

SAN FRANCISCO. January o.
What seems to be n definite end
to various contradictory stories
about the future plans of Duke
kahnnamOku. Hnyvaiia'S world
champion swimmer. has been put
by the arrival here Of the swim
mer's manager to arrange for his
entry into motion pictures.
II satisfnctOry arrangements are
made the Duke In to move over
into professional ranks next
month.
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WILL PLAY FOR SOCCER TITLE

Elevens of Pierce School, eastern
S SS champion, and Monroe
ocnool' winner of the western dis
vision title, will meet. as soon as
ground conditions permit, in the des
cisive match of their three-ean..
series for the city elementary schnnI
soccer championship. A soeev f;eid
prevented game between these
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BARNES SETS GOLF MARK
AS HE AND "HUTCH" WIN

STOCKTON, Calf, January 9.-Jock
Hutchinson and Jim Barnes had no
difficulty defeating a trio of local
golfers in an eighteen-hole best ball
match yesterday. Sc to rs.
Barnes shot a new course record, 70,
and Hutchinson equaled the former
one of 72
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D. c. SHOTS WIN MEDALS.

Margaret Neubaugh. John N. Nc
Dill and Theodore Gatchell of this
city were. among the medal winners
in the last Winchester Junior Rife
Corps match. More than 500 marks
men of the country were awarded
prizes.
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COLUMBIA FIVE TO VISIT
DARTMOUTH FOR OPENER
Princeton, Cornell, Yale and Penn to Get Into Action
During Week-Quakers, Green and "
Ithacans Favorites i'm Race.

EW YORK. January 9Another
Ball League will begin Hanover H. tonight when
and Dartmouth and before every
the six the will have
sons play On Friday evening Dartmouth will again host
this Princeton
Saturday evening and the Yale
against the three-tme champion Pennsylvania quint.
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Thomas Back in National League.

fielder. returns to the National
League as coach of the st. Louis
Cardinals, after being out of the cir
cult for ten years. Of late Thomas
has been coaching college teams