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Evening star., 1923-09-24
TALK OF new PILOT
FOR WILLS is BUNK
BY FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK. September 24.-BiIIy
Nolan, now a rancher near San Fran
cisco. has been in town the past few
days. The rumor is that he may take
over the handling of Harry Wills.
That he would like to the writer
has learned from Nolans friends, but
no one close to Wills has any idea
that he wapts to oust Paddy Mullins,
his present manager
Nolan says that If he were Wills
manager he would force Dempsey
into battle with the big negro with
in short time. And maybe he would
Billy is some forcer when he gets
down to work
He will be recalled as the former
manager of Battling Nelson. handling
his affairs in the Goldfield fight when
he compelled Joe Cans to make the
li.gntweisht limit equipped with full
ring paraphernalia. This fact was
generally credited with causing Cans
to develop his fatal tuberculosis.
since Nelson retired Nolan has
been Twink upon his ranch and pay
ing little attention TO the fight game.
II Wills were dissatisfied with Null
Inns, Nolan would have a golden op-
portunty, but underneath the sur
face 1t seems to be the idea that both
Mullins and Wills knowewhere they
are at with respect to future en-
gagements and that neither man has
/ AS to fights leading up to one with
Dempsey, Wills hands are said to be
qualified to last through one more
battle and. if this is the case he
would not be likely to use them up
on small battle
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-24

The players for PlttSpurgn were
Fred J. Clarke, manager; Abstein,
first base: Miller. second base; Byrne,
third base; Leach. third base, center
field; Wagner. shortstop; Clarke. left
field; Wilson. right fisId; Hyatt. right
field; Gibson, catcher Adams, pitcher;
Camnitz, pitcher; Willis, pitcher;
Maddox, pitcher; Leifield, pitcher;
PHILIPPE, pitcher; O'connor, catcher,
and Abbaticchio, substitute.
Players of the Detroits were: Jen-
nings. manager; T. Jones. first base;
J. Delehanty, second base; Moriarty.
third base; O'Leary, third base; Bush,
shortstop; Mcintyre, left field; d.
Jones, center field; Crawford. right
field. first base; Cobb, right field;
Schmidt, catcher; Stanage, catcher;
Muliin, pitcher; Donovan, pitcher;
Summers, pitcher: Works, pitcher,
and Willett. pitcher
This series brought into use the fine
new stand which had been erected in
Pittsburgh, and. it established an at
tendance record on the first day with
its crowd of 2s.577. From this game
in Pittsburgh the popularity of the
world series began to increase, SO
Barney Dreyfuss,, the Pittsburgh
owner, is entitled TO credit for what
he did to make comfort greater for
huge base ball crowds.
Babe" Adams saved the series for
Pittsburgh when 1t became evident
were not to be relied upon. Mullin
won two games in three starts for
Detroit, one shutout. and Donovan
pitched and wcn.a splendid game for
This was the arst series in which
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SC0TTY MAY BOOST
HIS RECORD TO LAO

1t looks now as if Scott would try
to breeze through the season of 1923
without missing a game at shortstop
for the New York Yankees. He al
ready has passed the 1,00o-straight-
games mark and has chance TO
push the figure to LILO II Manager
Huggins let's him ride.
OF course, the talk of benchiHg him
was not started because he is not
playing well, but with the idea of
giving him a rest for the world
series. But Higgins had better not
let Scott or any other player get OFF
edge while they are playing out the
finish and waiting for the National
league championship 10 he decided,
Almost without exception in the
major leagues 1t has been the case
that a player retired for a consider
able period during the season never
came back to first form that year. If
Scott should drop out for a week, the
mere absence or routine might turn
his whole game upside down.
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STAGE STILL HELD p
BY SANDL0T MINES

1t is apparent that sandlot base
ball players do not intend to give up
the stage until cold weather drives
them from the diamonds. While local
gridiron squads were hard at prac-
tice yesterday, numerous mines took
the field and some good battles re-
suited. Knickerbockers staged one
lof the best games of the season
against the PurcellvilIe team of Vir-
ginia, nosing the latter nine out, 8
to o. with Ross Fisher hurting in
brilliant style.
Rallies In the second and fifth gave
the Knickerbockers their victory.
McDanfels was driven from the mound.
Pfeil of the Virgin3ans relieved him
and halted the Knicks' batting spree
for the remainder. Hamilton of the
losers connected for three bingles in
as many times to the plate, while
Ortell, Goetz, Jenkins. NJ. McDaniels
and James each registered two blows.
Lem Owen of the silver Spring
Tigers again led his team to victory.
this time scoring over the Rockville
nine. winner of the Montgomery
County League; to Q. The veteran
safeties, while his team smacked
thirteen wallops. Bleir. Bordan and
Beall hit heavy.
sShnmr0clSs took the measure OF the
Cherrydale Athletic Club, to l.
Tommy Thompson toed the mound
for the winners, allowing but four
safe drives. Ten bingles were
garnered by the Shamrocks.
Potomac Athletic Club took both
ends of double -header, downing tlfe
Eastern tossers. 6 to 3, and the Alex
andria Tigers, to 0.
Arlington Athletic Club humbled
the Capital Traction team, A to 4
Laycock of the winners was nicked
Tor ten hits, while his opponent, III.
White. allowed eight swats
Mohawks fell before the clever
hurting of Frank Watt of the Dread
naughts OF Alexandria. losing, 6 to 0.
watt held the Indians down to fiye
olngies. Winegardner and Hudson
were found for eight safeties.
Evening star., 1923-09-24

, There is a good deal of hokum in
responsible for the big scores in many
Of the big league games during the
season now drawing to a close. When
players on certain teams were unable
to hit anything except the trail to
the east or to the west there was a
lot of palaver on the subject Of the
Jack rabbit" base ball. The idea was
that this ball, differing radically
from all other balls of recent years,
skipped from peak to peak in gigantic
sides made the batter better in some
miraculous way
Odd Part OF Discovery.
The odd part of the discovery was
that when two teams played with
the same ball and one Of them hit
base hit after base hit 1t was Jack
rabbit" ball for that team. while the
other team that hit nothing much
plain ball.
Another strange thing is that as
the season wanes pitchers are TAX
Ing the same ball and pitching no.
nit games with 1t!
:, There was lively ball. so called.
IN use last season, but 1t was only
this season that the lack rabbit"
oali was heard of. Yet look at the
ngures: In 1922 players in the Ma
tlonal League made a total of 1853
oase' hits; To date this year they
nave nave made about il.0o0. To equal
ias,t iast years record they must work
like the mischief in the few remain
ing days. Then take the American
League. In 1922 the PLAYERS there
nade total of 1891 hits. The total
ms year 10 date is about 10000.
Fewer Hits Made This Year.
Ihe st. Louis Browns made more
i,as Ina tnan any other team in the Amer
Sisler to help. they made a total of
I,osS hits, This year. without Sislor
10 help. they made only a little more
tnan 1900. Pittsburgh led the Ma
Iienai League in 1922 with total of
good many less than that this year
Ihe Giants will make about the same
number they made last season when
they reached 1861
There Is no difference in the ball
thst mas increased batting, as the re-
SUITS or the season will prove easily
enough. Now and then q game has
Deen played in which a team has
ripped some pitcher right through
Tne msdiatsIn maln seam sSn Of the big tent. I'm.
ball has gone through the land.
The lack of rain, creating dry in
helds that were hard enough to be nut
away for Egyptian bricks, has helped
batting tremendously. But poor pitch
ing mas had a good deal to do with
it. too.
Rule Changes Undesirable.
The writer was unable to find any
base ball man of prominence who
was willing to commit himself to a
change In the rules that would deaden
the ball Frequent rule changes
never are good for any sport. There
are times when the rules have to be
changed to meet developments of the
game, but those times are not often.
II hitting has been plentiful this
season, students of the game declare
that 1t is due to the fact that the
pitchers are no better than they weFe
year ago, IL they are as good.
As for the pHblic, there has been no
wild clamor tor any regulation that
would make the ball less lively. The
average fan seems to like hitting
and plenty of II.
iCopyricht, 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-24

r. Cliff McKimmie. Bannockburn
club champion, established new rec
ord for his course in defeating Tom
Moore, making the second nine in
4, 3, ,. ), 4. 8, s, and for SS. one
under par.
The match summary follows:
Il. s., @i; Karl T. Kellerman. jr.: CD; de-
fsasss + I s.sii e. ssTs.s 5 best t. St 81
Iison q: s. and GeorEe oanhigsham 81.
Harry Kragss CD defeated p. c. Knox q
U slFfs soase s best ssfssssd ss Tiss
II. 81. e-1; Evert L. Bono (B.l defeated A.
D. Y. Burr il. q. 81; ! up; best ball ball: Ban
defeated D. j. Gray II. S., .s-s: best bali,
Bannockburn IS; James A.1rew White (B,)
Harris (B.) defeated H. S. Pope Il. s.,
up; best bail, Bsnnockburn. b-4 Total-Ban-
nockburn. 49, Indian Spring, l.
Columbia Country Clubs team went
to Washington Golf and Country
Club and nosed out e-to-7 win.
The summary follows:
in. B. stsvinson (c.), defeated g. P. Lynde
E. W. freeman Cw.), al; best ball colum.
bia. S-2; George P. James tc.l, defeated J.
Holt Wright Cw.1. s-2; 9; J. Davis, IT, ga
sa saS O. Geamba pa Gsnns ae % D. p.7SsaR aSSa6' s
defeated B., n. Hart to), "a; c. H, chss-
mar (c.),. defeated George Howard Cw.l.
81; best ball, Washington, 4-3; H. E. Doyle
(C.) defeated A. W. Howard (W.l, up;
J. I. Power tW.). defeated-J. T. Brawner
il. (C.l, SIS; best ball, Washington, up;
Hatch ss sc}; Detected &:,t Io < ;; s., MsHuSh
West tw.l, al square; best ball. Columbia
/ up; J. @. Davidson (W.) defeated J. W.
Brawner fC.), 3-2; G. H. Doing, ir. lW.l,
defeated P. z. Brengle (C.). 6--5; best ball,
Washington, 2 up. Totals-columbia, 81
Washington, q
Play In the professional amateur
series will be resumed at Bannock-
burn today with a good field COM
terday finished flrst-rodnd play in
the club championship tournament
with the following results:
CLASS A.
z. G. McKimmie defeated Lee Crandall, jr.,
al; &. Hayes defeated Evert L. Bono, "a;
H Stonier defeated Carl ~Hookstadt ! up
tninsteen holes); George T. Cunningham de.
fsated Charles E. FELTON,, &-3; Harry r.
Krauss defeated Waldo R. Pearee. e--5; E.
j. Doyle defeated Middleton Beaman. l up;
Daniel L; Hazard won from w. Frank Turton
by default; Karl F. Kellermkn defeated Lynn
Haines, up (tventy holess.
CLASS b. >
z. G. Alvord' defeated Thomas Tappy, "a;
Walter Y. Durahd defeated R. G. Dunbar,
s-si H. W. Tweed won from Joseph N; Todd
Robb. 2--l; C. M. Mark defeated Munroe e.
Carey, jr., 1 up; Fred S. Noise defeated Cant,
Clark. l up (twenty holes); William Ullman
defeated H. Griffin, 6-4.
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PRO GOLFERS BEGIN
ANNUAL TITLE PLAY

PELHAM MANOR, n. Y. September
24.-Professional golfers from all over
the United States are entered in the
annual tournament for the American
professional golf title. which opens
today at the Pelham Country Club.
Sixty-four professionals won their
entry right in sectional tournaments
and most OF the leaders in the coun-
try are listed to start, except Bobby
Cruickshank, who carried Bobby
Jones TO the thirty sixth hole at In
wood. He failed to qualify in the
sectional trial.
The defending champion, Gene Sara
zen. is matched against Lloyd Gull
dickson of Columbus, Ohio, today.
Tne tournament viii be match play
at thirty-six holes throughout
Fred Mcleod of Columbia Country
Club and Robert Barnett of Chevy
Chase are representing the National
capital in the tournament. The form
er was to play William II. Cox, Marine
and Field Club, while Barnett was
to encounter Pat Doyle. Champlain
Club, today.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
FOUR RECORDS MADE
BY BALTIMORE CLUB

BALTIMORE. Md. September "a
In winning both games from Jersey
City yesterday. Baltimore closed Its
season in the International League.
the holder OF four modern base ball
records.
Parnham pitched both games. bring
ing his total number of successive
victories to twenty. breaking the
record held jointly by Rube Marquard
and O'Keefe. who were tied with
nineteen in a, row.
Parnham also broke the Interna-
tional League record for successive
victories held by Jack Ogden. a team :
mate. who turned In eighteen last
season Parnham won thirty-three
games this season, breaking the
league record held by Rube Vickers.
The fourth record was made by the
Oriole team. the winning of the fifth
successive pennant.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
BABE AND CY STILL
ON PAR IN HOMERS

Babe Ruth of the New York Amer
leans and Cy Williams of the Phila-
delphia Nationals, each with thirty
seven home runs for the season, went
through last week without. >clouting
a four base hit.
Kenneth Williams of the st. Louis
Browns is in third position in the
two major leagues with twenty-e eight
homers, and Fournier 'of Brooklyn
was fourth with twenty-one.
Players in the two leagues who
have cracked out twelve or more
home runs follow:
Evening star., 1923-09-24
TOM TURNER ENRICHING :
PORTLAND BY HIS SALES

Tom. Turner, who acted as agent
for the sale of Portland players to
Brooklyn, is the best little agent the
northwest has. He 1t was who made
the deal for Portland which landed
Sam Hale at third base in Philadel-
phia. If they give him time, Turner
will land Portland bank account
that will carry them through the
next five years in base ball.
Jones. the Portland shortstop, is
one of the players Brooklyn NEEDED
worst. He should hit the ball in the
National League for about 2f5,
and he may be the man to put up
the bars that have been down so long
hat cattle stray all over the Brooklyn
infield. 80 tssvn
Evening star., 1923-09-24

Sweetser. had not, however, given
over condemnation of the stymle.
which aided Marston in bringing
about a victory. although it was to
the same. widely condemned golf
obstacle that he owed some of his
victories in gaining the title last year
at Brookline.
with five stymies in thirty-ei ight
holes, three of them on the last four
holes, it was not conclusive that ne
could have holed all or even any of
the puts that were stymied., except
which he did curve around to stall
off defeat. The first stymie was one
of eight feet, which he had partly
created by being short on the seventh
hole, and eight-foot puts are not
always holed by even so good putt
er as Sweetser. The next was on
the twenty-seventh green, where
Sweetser was twelve feet away and
twelve foot puts are even more trcach-
erous. Again. on the thirty-hfth mole,
Sweetser was woefully short on MS
run-up and had dozen feet 10 putt
for a half and that, too, in the face
of a bright. low sun.
for 1t meant defeat il not negotlateo1 q
and the play was OH hillside IL
was the slope that made the five-toot
putt possible.
The last impediment that ended the
match on the second extra hole was
Impossible, but as Sweetser was eight
feet from the cup it probably was
an even chance that he would not
have holed even If unstymied.
But Sweetser might handiiy nave
won against Marston's game, despite
the stymies, had he not gone stale
with his short iron shots in the after
noon round, for he threw away no
fewer than four holes by missing
approaches after having been deadly
in that department in the morning.
Marston played good golf whenever
he met good golf. When he ran into
Bobby Jones and the open champion
shot the first 70 ever made on the
Flossmoor links, Marston not only
hung on with fine 73, but in the
afternoon went out and duplicated
the super-excellent golf of Jones'
forenoon round.
He was good enough on Friday to
defeat Francis Ouimet, who was above
80 to the Is most of the way, as was
Marston, and then on the last day,
when Sweetser was shooting a good
75 for so late in the long grind, the
Pennsylvania champion frightened and
shot IS in the morning with Z on
one hole and went out in par Sc in
the afternoon.
Marston never before reached the
finals, but he outplayed his every
opponent this year and his victory
was no accident,
Evening star., 1923-09-24
WORLD MARK LOWERED
IN GIRLS TRACK MEET

+ PARIS. September "a English
women yesterday in Pershing Stadium
defeated French women In series of
athletic events. The visitors scored
so points against 81 points for the
local athletes.
a French girl, violette Gouraud
Morris, broke the world record for
throwing the eight-pound weight.
making 21.01 meters.
Miss Palmer, England. equaled the
woman's record for the 250-meter
dash, covering the distance in 35 4-5
seconds. Miss Thonpson./ England,
equaled the record for 100 yards In
IL 2-5 seconds.
Evening star., 1923-09-24

Pete Donohue Will pitch the first
game for the Reds. Manager Nc
Graw probably will select either
Nehf. Watson or Barnes. all of whom
have been very effective against the
Cincinnati team this season.
Cincinnati advanced yesterday by
defeating Brooklyn. 8 to /. while the
Giants and Pirates were idle. The
Reds are now the only contenders
for the league pennant, however. as
the Pirates, even If they won all
their games while the Giants lost
all theirs. would still be half a game
behind.
Chicago. defeated Philadelphia in
the National League, 4 to !, Osborne
holding the Phillies to three hits.
The Braves won a double-header from
st. Louis, . to I and to 0. In the
first game st. Louis took nine hits
to Boston's four, but tight fielding
by the Braves won the day. In the
second game the hit score was exact
" reversed, Cooney doing the honors
for Boston.
Evening star., 1923-09-24

The dual bill with the Indians. the
first ever played here on a Sunday
by big league clubs. was lurid affair
especially the first portion of it. There
was much loose base ball in 1T, but
both teams fought tooth and nail
and the outcome was doubtful up to
the final play.
MOgridGe and UhIe Pounded.
Neither George Mogridge of the
Bushmen nor George Uhle of the
the gale. Both were hit freely. but
wildness hastened their departures.
Uhle passed in the fifth after per-
hitting the Griffs to grab q substan-
tial lead. and Mogridge in the sixth,
after the Indians had deadlocked the
fray. Daniel Boone succeeded Uhle
and Allen Russell followed Mogridge.
The Nationals lost little time in
swatting Danl, and Speaker tried
Jim Sullivan, former Washington
of recruits. on the hill before the
game ended Russell kept TO his task
to the finish.
The second encounter was Jimjoe
Edwards all the way. The big Indian
ssouthpaw completely outhurled Wal
ter Johnson. He gave but six safe
ties, half of them made by Roger
Peckinpaugh and a couple by Stanley
Harris, while johnson had three poor
innings. two of them productive of
runs. In the sixth, Bush sent to the
mound Fred Wingfield, a rangy right
handler. recently procured from Chat
tanooga by the Nationals. He did
the little ne had to do well.
4 For Ave and half frames the initial
battle was a seesaw affair. The Ma
tionals sarnered marker in the first
session that was matched by the
Tribe in the second. In their part of
the latter inning, the Bushmen
chalked up two scores, but the In
dians made as many in the third, and
In the fourth took the lead by bat
been retired.
Three singles, a couple of walks
and hit batter accounted for four
National luns and chaaad Uhle in the
erous in the sixth. Two singles and
a pass loaded the bases with Indians
after two were out. Then 'Wamby
knocked out Mogridge and knocked
in trio of points with a healthy
double, and the game again was all
even.
Nationals Win in Sixth.
In their section of the sixth, how
ever, the Nationals went wild. Two
singles and q frank off Boone filled
the sacks before Judge tripled to
right center. RuePs double scored
Judge and drove Boone to the show
err. A run not needed was made off
Sullivan in the seventh The Indians,
helped by some odd fielding, threw a
scare into the Bushman camp in. the
ninth with a rally that was not nipped
until three runs got across.
After the first frame the Bushmen
had no real scoring opportunity in
the second game, while the Tribe had
three. 1t funked in the second in
ming. but combed Johnson for two
singles and a triple and two tallies
in the third. and made four runs in
the NTH when two one-base blows
and a double were mixed with an
error and a pass
From now on the fans may expect
to see some Of the National recruits
IN the lineup. Carr Smith. new out
fielder from Raleigh, who played for
time yesterday, is to be used this
week, as we'll as Jake Prothro, third
sacker from Memphis. and Mike
Riley, ex-Shreveport first baseman.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
MARSTON FAIRLY EARNED
HIS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

HCAGO September 2Fomoor golf links rested yesterday from
battery sustained during the national amateur champion
~ ship that Saturday after record final contest of thirty eight
gdom Max
Philadelphia who oupyed ouasted and ouuked the defending
although he failed
Tor
had disturbance had
where he fell off
to to The Yale
Evening star., 1923-09-24
NO REAL DEMAND EXISTS
FOR DEADENING SPHEROTD
Records for Current Big League Season Prove Talk
of Big Scores Being Due to Lively Pill
Is Not Justified by Facts.
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

EW YORK September 24-Th Jack Rabbit" ball
In opinions carefully CLEANED from those
destinies of base ball. COM
peted Saturday that there the
leagues players change the ball general
present construction.
when base ball beginning
barely
augured nation interest before became evident
class equitable would played
ards.
So the ball itself through
ball
than the in use
Evening star., 1923-09-24
zaue Chance to Climb Today Jack Rabbit Ball Has Come to Stay
BY Ripley
Babe Ruth has made his choice
and he is sticking to IL.

. Babe Ruth has made his choice
and he is sticking to it.
When the Bambino finished
the 1922 world series in blaze
of ignominy he promised faith.
fully to mend his ways the forth
coming year.
He chose to work hard and be-
have himself.
You all know the answer.
Ruth has played the greatest
game of his life in every way.
No better all.around perform
ance has been seen since Cobb
was in his prime ten years ago.
Babe reported in excellent con-
dition at the start of the season,
and has kept himself that way all
the year. He has been hitting
around 400, and has nearly forty
home runs (he would have more
if the pitchers had given him
chance). The seasons close may
find him leading both leagues in
both batting and home runs.
Ruth received the award for
the most valuable player in the
American League.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
GUlLF0RD SETS COURSE
RECORD AT CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND, Ohio. September "a
Jess Guilford. Boston. established
new amateur record for the West
wood course here yesterday when he
turned in a card of 70. His most
spectacular shot was made on the
| 31T-yard 4-par No. 8. where he made
. an eagle .. Guilford stopped off here
while en- route to his home from the
national amateur golf tournament at
! Chicago.
Evening star., 1923-09-24
VICTORY MEANS FOURTH
Y PLACE If BROWNS LOSE
Encounter White Sox This Afternoon in Inaugural
of Three-Came Series-Griffs Shut Out by
Tribe After Blazing Way in Batfest.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

the first division of the American
by the Nation yesterday when they took
from the Indians sxnnng,
II TO- in the of the double header How
Kid easons White Sok due series this
Red Sox will have lend helping hand the locals make the
fourth position
Should the Nationals take the Of Geaon and the
Browns
with Jimmy Austns The Nationals
would be slight
Evening star., 1923-09-24
GIANTS AND REDS START :.
TELLING 2-CAME SERIES

NNCINNATI Ohio September The New York Giants
cnnat Reds their final this afternoon
the result which will important bearing
result in the National
By winning games pennant
the Reds should their four remaining
natl should games the champions chance
o put itwould be pandt affair