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The New York herald., 1922-08-13
American Rifle Team Named
After Three Days Shooting

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.--Selection OF
the personnel Of the American rifle team
which Will attempt TO retain the world
championship for the United States In
the international matches TO be held at
Milan, Italy, September 1920, was an
nounced tonight at the close Of three
days OF selective competition.
Major l.. w. 7. Waller, United States
Marine Corps, will be captain OF the
team. which will include w. X. Stokes.
civilian, Washington. d. C.. present
holder OF the world individual cham
pionship; Lieutenant-Command g. I.
Osborn, United States Navy, coach I;
Lawrence Nuesslein, civilian, Washing
ton, d. c.; Major J. X Bolles. United
States Army Sergt. Maurice Fisher,
United States Marine Corps Lieutenant
Commander A. ID. Denny, United States
Navy. and either Capt. Joseph Jackson,
United states Marine Corps. or Marine
Gunner C. A. Lloyd. The last two
named turned In the same scores and
hnal decision as 10 which Will accom-
pany the team was reserved.
The scores OF the men selected for the
team were higher than the scores made
by the United states team last year,
when the world title was wrested from
Switzerland for tho first time In seven
teen years. The competitive shooting
which resulted In the selection OF the
team. was held on the international
match course at tho Marine Corps rifle
range, Quantico. Va. The team will sail
for Europe on the steamship Blue Hen
State August 20.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
.DAUBERT CONTINUES
AS HARDY ANNUAL
Only First Baseman Left OF
Those Who Played Back \
in 1910. F1

II a rollcall were made OF the ffrst
basemen who played regularly in thu
major leagues in 1910. just one player
would answer present" as a major
league saclser of to-day.
And that one is Jake Daubert. captairt
and leading hitter Of the Reds. whof
though getting up around 40 years oe,
age still can show most Of the men plays
ing that position under the big tent how
to be valuable to their teams.
Not another one of the men who
played first base in either major leagua'
in 1910, the year Daubert became a regu.
lar with Brooklyn, has a playing job In
the majors in any capacity. Most Of
them have retired from baseball and
some have passed to the minors where
they still are playing.
But that rs not all Daubert has not
only outlasted those who were playing
first when he became a regular. but he
has also outlasted many a man who
came into prominence as a first sacker
since 1910 and then passed on.
Those who played first regularly In
the big leagues In 1910 are:
National League-Brooklyn Daubert:
New York, Fred Merkle: Boston. Bud
Sharp; Philadelphia. Kitty Bransheld:
Cincinnati, Dick Hoblitzell Pittsburgh,
Jack Flynn Chicago. Frank Chance st.
Louis. Ed Konetchy.
American League - Chicago, Chick
Gandil: Cleveland, George Stovall: st.
Louis, Pat Newman Detroit Tom Jones
Philadelphia. Harry Davis: New York,
Hal Chase; Boston. Jake Stahl; WASH
ington. Bob Unglaub.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13

LIVELY POLO AT
ALEXANDRIA BAY
Myopia Defeats Buffalo and
the Thousand Islands Four
Score Over Montreal.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
ALEXANDRIA BAY, n. Y. Aug. 12-The
first match of the Thousand Islands polo
tournament was played this afternoon
at the Wellesley Island polo fields be-
tween the team representing the Country
Club of Buffalo and the Myopia Hunt
team. and the victory went to Myopia
with score Of 10 to 9. The lineup:
Buffalo. Myopia.
J. Casa Eguia. :. No. 1.......T. r. Mindeli
s: T. Knox. ..,... No. 60. 4; Shaw I'd
IA. 9. Bickford... No. 3......J. II. Whitney
w. Schoellkopf.. .Ba elk. I'D. p. Rogers
Summary-Buffalo--G 2; Bck-
ford, 81 Eguia. ]; earned goals, 8: handi-
cap, 3. Total, 0. Myopia Hunt--Goals-
Whitney, 4; Shaw. 4; Mandel1, 2. Total. 10.
In the second period Quincy Shaw
received a painful whack on the elbow
by a polo ball. but after a few minutes
rest went back into the game and played
excellent polo The match was for the
cups offered by Commodore James H.
Hammond.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Labor Day Will See
Two Polo Features
National Open Tourney Will
Open at Rumson.

The open championship polo matches
to be played at the Rumson Country
Club following the Herbert memorial
matches will begin on Monday, Septem-
Der (Labor Day), and will continue
through the week.
Two matches will be played on Labor
Day-Flamingoe versus Shelburne in
the morning. at IL o'clock, and Orange
Country versus All-Ireiand, at o'clock
in the afternoon. These matches offer
polo enthusiasts the greatest opportu-
nifty in the history of the sport or wit
Messing players OF the highest caliber.
both American and foreign. playing at
the top of their form.
Capt. F. A. Gill of the All-Ireland
team played in this country on the win
ming Ranelagh team in the open cham
pionship at Point Judith in 1910. Capt.
Lingard Goulding and J. A. Trench have
played on the winning Irish team for
the last two years. England versus Ire
land, for the Patriotic cup.
Arrangements have been completed
with the Pennsylvania Railroad to run
special trains daily to Red Bank from
the Pennsylvania Station, leaving at
2 80 p. M. daylight saving tine) and
returning after the conclusion of the
match Special. round trip tickets will
be sold for So and may be secured from
]. c. Auchincloss, G5 Broadway.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
BASEBALL GROWING
SPORT IN FRANCE
Davis Cup Tennis Players
From Paris Tell of Games
Spread.

BOSTON, Aug. 12.-Baseball In Frame
be the national sport. After adults who
tried 1t turned away with broken fingers
and conviction that they were too old TO
learn. the game was introduced into the
public schools in modified form AMI
already has proved popular.
This was the composite general state
ment by members of the French tennis
team which to-day started its quest In
this country of the classic Davis cup
after their visit yesterday to Braves
Field to see the American national game
as played by leading professional teams
1t was no new experience for Allan ii.
Muir. American born, who Is captain OF
the French team. but for Andre Colbert,
veteran member. and Henri Cochet AMI
Jean Borotra, youngsters. 1t was the
first glimpse OF the game.
THE whites are now dangerous"
Borotra remarked as the Braves came
to bat, big Hank Gowdy with two
bludgeons In hand.
THE referee. he stands close to the
receiver. does he not?" Cochet observed
as Gowdy swung within inches OF the
Cardinal catcher's head.
"It is a good one," was Borotra's
exclamation as the ball scared high on
long fly. 1T Is not II Is a bad one,"
he added In a lower voice as 1t dropped
into fielder's hands.
Colbert said he did not understand how
baseball players could work day In and
day out with no chance to ride on the
river or enjoy a rest" But when ne
was told that many played as much golf
in day as they played baseball. and
at the same time received $4,000 or
more for season OF six months, he
shrugged his shoulders as II understand
ing
Baseball In France did not suffer more
than a local and temporary setback by
the experience OF the Frenchmen at
military rest camps who tried the game
and gave II UP. the tennis players said.
At ST. Cyr, where after a week Of base
ball by several hundred convalesctns
soldiers $50 were found to have broken
fingers. II was decided that the game
was one TO begin young.
Accordingly 1t was introduced into the
schools as a game that Is . compromise
between outdoor and indoor baseball, the
balls being softer and larger than the
regulation baseball. The youngsters are
taking to It, and In ten or fifteen years
France should have teams able TO meet
American competition.
The prospective visit Of American pro-
fossional teams next winter, Capt Muir
said, would help to establish the game
He said the teams, probably the Wash
ington Americans and New York Giants,
would be given two dates In or near
Paris. one at least In the new Olympic
Stadium.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
COLUMBIA EXPECTS
Big SPORT SEASON
Managers Rely on Prowess Of
Last Seasons Successful
Freshmen Teams.

The students at Columbia University
are wondering II tho new freshman class
or any to come In the next few years
Will do as wen in athletics as tho last
first year group. for no one will deny
that 1t was one OF the finest classes
that has come to the Morningside col
lege for some years. That the class OF
1925 may be the beginning of a new
Columbia in the sporting world is at.
tested by the enviable record built I'D
by the cub teams.
1t is true that all the yearling teams
were not all star, as were the basket
ball and fencing outfits, but II is just
as correct to state that every team OF
freshmen included some who bid fair to
Dust members of the last years varsity
teams. Thus Columbia hopes to stage a
comeback In the athletic world and re-
gain some OF her former prestige that
she had around the year 1900.
Displaying variety OF play which
should make several OF the 1928 men
strong contenders for positions on the
varsity, the basketball team made the
best record for o frosh five in years.
The lineup for the majority OF the
gamss included strom and Barber at the
forward posts Donaldson. center
Dockerill and Wilson. guards. Sam
Strom, the captain. was the individual
star and was during his high school
days rated one OF the best forwards In
tho State. As a matter OF fact he was
all metropolitan forward while playing
as a member of the championship Com
merce High School five. After Donald
son and Strom were declared ineligible
toward the close of the season Dockerili
was moved to the pivot post and Van
Brocklin was sent to fill the vacated
guard position.
With six victories and no defeats, and
having in its lineup the amateur novice
champion Of America, the freshman
fencing team was the only team at
Columbia that suffered no setbacks
Juan Fuertes was the individual star OF
the team and accounted for three bouts
In every meet in which the freshmen
participated, coming through the season
with a clean record. He was elected
captain OF the team and is also the
novice champion OF the Amateur
Fencers' League OF America He was
the victor I'm the Mouquin medal tourney
for tho gold medal presented by Mr.
Louis Mouquin. nm old Lion fencing cap
tain. Ernest and Block were the other
two regulars on the team and did adj
mirable work throughout the season.
Ernest being runner up to Fuertes In the
tournament.
In the meets and workouts which act
as preliminary events for next years
for the varsity swimming
team, the fresh mermen brought to light
Some excellent nDterial.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Junior Polo Title Play
Halted Two Days by Rain

Special Dispatch to The New York HERALD.
NARRAGANsET PIER, r. l., Aug. ia
There has been no polo for two days
owing to rain. The semi-finals for the
junior championship will be played Mon
day afternoon, when the United States
Army players meet the Meadow
brook Ramblers and Averill Harri-
mans Meadowbrook side opposes Phila-
delphia.
The four ponies that were auctioned
for Julian b. Huff of Philadelphia
brought S4,75o.
Raymond Belmont's position on the
F1amingo team will be filled by Harry
East In the big matches to be played
this month at Rumson. Philadelphia and
Meadowbrook-
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
CENTER HAS TASK TO
REPLACE M'MILLAN
Colonels' Line to Remain Al
most Intact, but sBo' Left
Big Hole In Backfield.

It is very probable that when the
Center College football team lines UP
against Harvard at Cambridge on Octo-
ber 21 the line Of the Kentucky Colonels
will be the same as last year. with one
exception. However. c. B. Moran, the
Southerners' mentor, will have only one
backfield man who started in the game
with the Crimson.
OF Center's famous ends. James will
be missing. but the more prominent of
the two. Red" Roberts. captain elect
and all American end last year on
Walter Camps team. will be on hand.
Roberts Is one OF the heaviest men on
the team and will enter fall training at
weight Of about 80 pounds. James's
boots at the other wing position prob
ably will be filled by George Chinn or
Terry snewday, IT'S FOUNDER, who has
proved himself a good end and vaiu-
able backfield man.
Both Ben Cregor. q veteran OF four
years, and Minos Gordy, q freshman
last year. who gained q place on the
varsity, will hold down the tackle po-
sitions again with Frank Rubarth In re-
serve.
Bill Shadoan and Buck Jones, who
filled the herths at guard on the varsity
last year, although new, showed up very
we'll and will likely occupy the same
places this fall. Both players are husky.
shadoans weight being 1902 pounds and
that of Jones 213 The other powerful
defensive men who will make strong
bids for varsity positions are Dick Glib
son, an old man at guard. and Donald
Beane.
For the pivot job the logical choice
is Edwin Hubal. tho new but powerful
center man.
As for the backfield, the only man still
available who started against Harvard
Is Tom Bartlett, q veteran Of several
years at full and half back IL ne takes
the place OF either Snoddy or Armstrong
at half, Hump" Tanner. the smashing
fulib Ick, probably will all Bartlett's
hrogans. Should this be the case. Her
bert Covington, the fast half that
Of the season and made such an impress
sive showing In the game with Har-
ward after replacing Armstrong, prob
ably will be Bartlett's mate.
Clifton Lemon, q new man, and
speedy Jimmy Green will be tho reserve
men for the halfback jobs. Bob Thomas-
son, 10 FOUNDER and new man, wiik
emulate Tanner for the position at full.
Coach Moran's greatest problem is 10
find some one to take the place of the
great "Bo" Mcmillan, the Texan who led
the Praying Colonels last fall. II was
Center's famous quarterback who scored
the lone touchdown Of the Center -Har-
ward game
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Sewell Of Cleveland Club
Is a Superstiticus Player

CHICAGO, Aug. 12.--when the White
Sox were In Cleveland on their last trip
several OF the players framed up on In
fielder sewell Of the Indians. 1t seems
that his pet superstition Is 70 touch third
base before the game starts.
IL isn't necessary to run around the
sacks to accomplish this. He is salts
fled Just to rambie over during practice
and give the sack a kick The White
Sox players knew this failing OF his and
when Sewell strolled over to perform his
daily feature number OF the sox gath
cred around the sack and wouldn't let
Sewell through them.
The Cleveland star was quite peeved
about 1t. He refused tQ start the game
until he was permitted finally to lab the
The New York herald., 1922-08-13

clip-he is up there with the best in
the League. He fields gracefully, he
can throw and he can operate on the
bases.
Bert Griffith, who came to Brooklyn
from New Orleans. and Reb Russell
the old White Sox pitcher who came to
the Pirates recently from Minneapolis,
are two other finds. The catching finds
are Gooch Of the Pirates and De Berry,
who landed with the Dodgers from New
Orleans.
clubs got mighty little help from the
minors this season and had to strengthen
by trades with clubs in their own
leagues. 1t also will be seen that these
trades have not exactly hurt the clubs
which traded with the New York teams
and that these deals were made for
tighter races and more interest.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Tigers Sign a Pitcher.

MAUcH CHUNK, Pa. Aug. 12.-
Wayne Snyder. who pitched great ball
for tho Mauch Chunk baseball team the
past few years and who started on.
on 4 professional baseball career last
year. has arrived from Newberry. y. c..
whore he pitched great ball all season.
He has signed contract with the De-
troit Americans and will accompany
that team on it's Southern trip next
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
VI MINOR LEAGUES THIS SEASON
Ball Club Owner Trades
Son-in-Law to Good Club

Johnny sUGGs. who was re-
Gently traded by the Atlanta
- club to the pennant winning
Memphis outfit, married Marguerite
Spiller. daughter OF the boss of the
Atlanta club. Prexy Spiller prob
ably traded John Off because he
didn't want his son-in-law playing
on such a rotten ball club. Then.
too, it is well to keep, as much money
in the family as possible, and the
Memphis club viii probably get in
the minor league world series.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Montreal Beaten.

The second match In to-day's tourna-
ment was between Montreal second and
the Thousand Isles team, played for the
commodore's cups. Victory went to
Thousand Islands by score of Is to 7.
Ambrose Clarke was the star of the
Thousand Islands team and Greening
was close second, while Bostwick did
excellent work.
The ljneiIp was.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13

1OOCu -
DE Berry. ..-......''. ..D'ooniy
1t will be noted that the finds are
not quite as numerous as they used to
be in the old days of the draft. But
they are more numerous than they were
in 1921 and the-year before. Baseball
In the minors seems to be hitting
higher plane and producing more men
eligible for the big show.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
The lineup was
Thousand Islanfia.

Montreal Second. Thousand Islands.
w. w. Ogilvie. No. LIZA. Q. Bostwick
Blair Gordon. ..... No. 2. "A. Graham Miles
Eric McCuaig. -. No. $40. A. Greening
w. Pittfield ......B Back. #. Ambrose Clark
Summary-Thousand Islands-Goals-Green
ing, 6; Clark. 4: Miles, 8; Bostwick, 2.
Total. IS. Montreal Second-Coals-Ogil
vie. 2; Gordon. /; handicap, Z. Total, 7.
Basil NJ. Grant was scorekeeper, Raymond
Ellis timekeeper, A. Z. Ogilvie refereed the
first match and d. p. Rogers the second.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
PILLETTE FOREMOST
OF PITCHING FINDS
Couch, Robertson and Vance
Also Among New Stars
of 1922.
PINELLI TOPS FIELDERS
Harper, Also Of the Reds,
Looks Like Best Outfield Ac-
quisition This Year.
PINELLI TOPS FIELDERs
ny DANIEL.

Now that the major league baseball
season is drawing to a close the finds
of the year stand out-and they are
not exactly the men who were re-
garded as the finds back in April and
May The flowers that bloom in the
spring, tra-la, have fallen by the way
side and the real hardy ANIMALS blare
their fine qualities at US from the
field and the official averages.
In the early weeks OF the campaign
baseball critics regarded Ralph Shin
ners. the Giants center fielder. as one
Of the real finds of the season. But
SINNERS got himself into batting diff
ficulties by trying to change his style
so that he could place them in right
field and then got serious setback
when George Smith of the Phillies
struck him on the head with pitched
ball. They tell us that this has left
a blood >elot which will have to be re-
moved before SINNERS will be eligible
for consideration again as a star with
the Giants.
SINNERS was sent away to Toledo
recently, when Lee King was purchased
from Roger Bresnahan's club. In the
fall Ralph will return for further in
struction, and in the spring he will go
to the Giants training camp again. He
has the makings of a great ball player.
but, like many another promising young
eter, had the misfortune to get off on
the wrong foot.
These Arc tho Finds.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
These Arc the Finds.

r. you ask US who the real finds are
sn all departments we will name the
following:
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
STRIKE LEADERS NOW BELIEVE
NATION WIDE Rail SITUATION
ISNEARINC A PEACE SOLUTION
Policy Committee of Shop Crafts Called to Meet
in Session in Chicago Monday-All Leaders
Guarding Against Indulging in Undue
Publicity Optimism Shown.
(By The United Press)

Chicago ILL.,, Sept 7.-Peace maneuvers covered in
special dispatches of the United Press news service
be moving forward with general favor, though
slowly and cautiously. The situation summed up in
Chicago this morning, from sources that of au
thentic nature appears optimistic than yesterday
afternoon when the sudden trend end the strike began
fill the air with reports of various Sorts all predict
ing that the strike Of the shopmen would be termln
ated and that the who have been out of railway
employment for than two months would be
back their old jobs. But, it is pointed OUT there
hasn't yet been sufficient encouragement in that d-
recton to widespread optimism. There liable
be bitches in the negotiations Only time will reveal
the status of the present situation relates to
peace.
The policy committee of the striking shopmen has
been called meet in Chicago next Monday and,
cording authentic advces upon that occasion the
committee WILL in the language of labor leader, raty
certain agreements tentatively made with Eastern rail-
roads,
union leader declared to correspondent today
that unon officials refusing to be quoted directly
John Scott secretary of the shopmens organization
declared in conversation with the United Press
sentative that the gigantic undertaking. engaging
the minds of both union and rail heads might be totally
wrecked by premature publicity. This statement indi-
Gates that considerable progress of tentative nature has
been made toward peaceful adjustment of the diff
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Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-08
DEMOCRATS IN
SESSION WIRE
EX-PRESIDENl
Woodrow Wilson's Prin.
ciples of Government
Heartily Approved
in Greetings.

Hot Springs, srpc. Corner
President Woodrow Wilson's strength
with the Democrats of Arkansas was
evidenced here when a special com
mittee consisting of Former Gov
ernor Charles Hillman Brough, Gov.
T. C. McRae, Chairman Luther j.
Wilkes of the convention and w.
V. Thompkins, chairman OF the
state central committee, were au-
thorized to send greetings, in the
following;
"The Democratic party of Arkan-
sas in convention assembled extends
to you cordial greeting and felicita-
tions ON your life of continued use
fulness. We believe that the prin-
ciples which you so ably advocated
as president are immortal and we ex-
press the earnest hope that they
will be vindicated in your life time. "
Former Governor Charles Hill
man Brough who had been making
chautauqua addresses in the north
and east, brought forcibly before
the convention the necessity of MAX
ing good the $4,000 pledge from
Arkansas to help the fight for con
grossional increases from the doubt
full states, and on roll call of the
convention by counties, one member
from each county represented stood
up and pledged that the full quota
would be secured promptly and sent
to the chairman of the fund.
The convention adjourned early
in the afternoon and last night were
guests of the Business Mems League
in general reception and ball ten
dored in their honor at the East
man Hotel.