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Evening star., 1923-12-26

and tie the score. A hit or two
would break up the game.
! never felt surer of winning a
ball game in my life. As | stood
there | would have bet a thou
sand to one that we would win.
King was catching-and, by
the way, there was great
catcher. The whole Chicago in
field suddenly went into a conf
ference. King ran out to the
pitcher. and. after a lot of nod
ding OF heads, he came back be-
hind the bat. Taylor was pitch
ing.
2 | crowded up to the plate, but
the pitch was far out to one
side They had decided on vast
ing one.
In fash King. who had fg-
ured the situation out right.
whipped the ball down TO second
and the runner, who had taken
a big lead, was caught atfooted.
Seeing he couldn't get back to
second, the runner started for
third. At the same moment the
runner on third started for home.
The Cubs then switched the
play and caught the third base.
runner in a chase between third
and home. He finally slid back to
third safely, and the play shifted
again, the second-base runner be-
ing caught going back to second
again. This kept up for fully
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how close a young pitcher has to
be watched.
Fans often think a pitcher is
wonderful, but they do not know
of these little faults. Until they
are corrected the pitcher is not
properly seasoned for fine work.
After a runner thinks he has,
outguessed the pitcher he gets
his lead and starts. Mind you, a
base runner knows that the
pitcher also is studying him to
see what move he makes for a
bluff or real start Therefore.
the runner must watch himself
as we'll as the pitcher. He must
stand exactly the same when he
intends to bluff or to start. His
move is to base ball what a good
poker players face is to poker.
He must meyer tip his mitt.
Once man starts he must go
through. That thing of trying to
get back to the base, if caught, is
foolish. There is more chance of
going through with it. No man
can be good base runner with
out good hook slide, and he
must be able to slide either 10 the
right or TO the left. The direc-
ton in which to slide can nearly
always be determined by the
motion of the infielder who starts
to cover the bag.
Always Finish a Slide.
Let me advise, a young bali
player: Ii you start a slide go
right on through with it, whether
you are caught or not. If you
attempt to check your slide you
are likely to break a leg. Don't
forget that the pitcher is as wor-
ried as you are. The main idea
is to make him do the worrying.
Ty Cobb has the right theory
i'll base running. He always took
the chances and tested the other
fellows nerve instead of letting
the opposition test his. There is
a lot in that. Make them do the
worrying. That is true in. any
business. Instead of letting the
other man keep you worried as
to what he is going to do you
should take the offensive and
make the defense worry as to
what you are doing to do.
Cobb. for instance, never was
worried about being cut by the
baseman's spikes. But they al
ways were worried about being
cut by his. There is just as much
danger one way as the other. but
his aggressive and determined
manner made them feel on the
defensive always. ] don't believe
that Cobb or any other good
base runner ever deliberately cut
into a baseman. No ball player
wants to hurt another. The good
ones, though. always want to win.
That is all they think of.
Tomorrow: The Plays That
Take Base Ball Genius.
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CHAPTER 10.
The Test of a Star Team.
BY HANS WAGNER.

HAVING been asked to give an
opinion as to what depart
ment Of base ball comes nearer
showing the difference between a
star ball club and an ordinary
one my answer is: The running
and stealing OF bases.
There is quite difference be-
tween running bases and stealing
bases. 1t is different art.
Among ball players to run the
bases means to get every posi-
bic advantage out OF hit To
steal bases means to get every
possible advantage on the base
paths without hit.
| notice than fans and even ex-
pert writers often make the mis-
take of referring TO player as d
great base runner when they
really mean great base stealer.
There are many marvellous base
, runners who rarely ever steal
base. On the other hand, there
are some men who seem to have
gift for stealing bases. but who
often fall down in running out
their hits.
To my mind, the art of base
stealing has declined whole lot
i'll the last few years, due mostly
to the lively ball Managers, fig
uring the percentage OF chances,
seem TO have decided that there
is less chance in trying for
steal than i'll waiting for the bat
ter to get a hit. With lively
ball he has more chances OF
knocking grounder through the
inhe,d than formerly. That
makes the hit and run the out
standing play, because it gives
the runner double chance. II
the batter fails 10 hit, the run
ner may have the base stolen
anyway. If the ball is hit through
the infield the runner takes an
extra base. That is why most
smart managers use it ahead OF
all other plays.
The oldest and most amusing
to the spectators-base-running
stunt | ever saw happened with
the Pirates i'll a game in Chicago.
1t was not funny 10 ME.
1t was the beginning OF the
ninth inning and the Cubs had
us four to three. Suddenly there
came break. The first man got
on. Then came couple of lucky
breaks in the inheld, and we got
the bases full with none out.
. was next at bat. This looked
like a cinch. A hit. a fly ball
anything-would score one run
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Lines Are Well Matched.

SEATTLE. December 26.-Cniver-
sity of Washington and Navy elevens'
which meet at Pasadena on New
Year day. should be pretty evenly
matched. so far as forwards are con-
cerned.
Washington will have a slight edge
in the matter of weight. with line
averaging IS6 pounds, or 1872 pounds
from tackle to tackle; but otherwise
the two lines stack up pfett! much
alike.
The Seattle institution has a quar-
tet of regular ends-Capt. Hall. Du-
bois Cole and Westrom-any two OF
whom make an ideal c3mplnatIon. n.
Hall and Cole are particularly alept
at snagging forward passe Hall
because of his ''iypaper' fingers;
cole, a. long, rangy youth, because
of his high jumping ability DUBOIS,
last years fullback. with his $50
nomnds of beef, is a demon at smash
ing interference. Coach BagshaW is
long on good ends. But. for that
matter. Folwell is we'll equipped
with Taylor. Brown and Stolz-
a slight edge on the Middies in the
matter of tackles. Capt.-elect Ed
Kuhn u93) and Roy Petrie t20O) are
veritable giants in weight. speed ahu
ability In eastern company kuhn
would be a sensation. Petrfe, a 10 l-3
shifted from end to tackle because OF
his weight. Both are hard men 70
stop from breaking through Navy
tackles have not been rated above
the average by eastern critics, al
though Clyde's return to the line
M will strengthen the sailors.
Formidable Center Trio.
Nayy,s guard-to- guard combination
has been noted this season for its
stone-wall defense. In fact. capt:
Carney at left guard has stood head
and shoulders above the whole Mlddie
line. Oddly, enough, MaShlng.oh >
central trio has been looked on niucn
i'm the SAME way. Jimmy Bryan
l92), who will Theoretically oppose
Carney, has developed into one OF the
greatest guards turned out at Wash
ington. His mate is Vern Bellman
I19s9. last years sensation. And
chalmers Walters ISD, the Husky
center. is ranked with Babe Horrel of
California at the top of western
ball-passers.
interference on off-tackle plays in the
approved Dobie style. Walters backs
up the linet of defense and has proved
an expert at iutercepting or knock
ing down passes.
With the exception of Bryan and
Hall, Washingto is a junior line.
Last year Bagshaw started to rebuild
the Husky forward line, inserting
sophomores at all the positions except
those two. The new men have now
completed two years play in varsity
company and are right at their prime.
In fact, Pacific coast experts rank
Washington's line this year with the
best that Gilmour Dobie produced
there during his nine years of sue
cessfulcoaching of Husky teams and
with the famous forwards of Califor-
MAS wonder eleven" of two years
ago.
Navy's forwards will not find it an
easy thing to sift through this line,
and on the defense the Middle ends
will have their hands full trying to
turn in Washington's crushing off
tackle slants.
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If the Giants had not been doing
we'll in 1922 and 1923 it is conceded
| that the eastern half Of the league
would not have shown anything very
fiattering so far as spot cash Is con-
cerned. Boston,. Philadelphia and
patronage, the two former more than
the latter.
Help, But That Is All.
The games between the Giants and
second division teams on the Polo
Grounds have been literally patron
lied as a whole. and as there have
/ been some Sunday games when the
attendance was unusually good, the
share, of the visiting clubs has been
| very welcome. but it has not been
in any such aggregate that it could
be called ample to cover salary ac-
count.
THE old idea that the pay roll of
a second division team is about
100000 is valid no more said a
second diviGion owner. Ten players
now are likely to cost you $4,000.
and as you surely will have twenty
five players on your pay roll, and
perhaps more, you can see where you
come out.
II believe my club has been reputed
to rely upon New York receipts to
pay my players. Never have i received
enough from the New York club in
any one year to do anything of the
kind. The generous receipts in New
York usually have made up for what
my club failed in elsewhere. But the
intimation that second division clubs
are willing to let things go along
so that New York may win is not
true. They have been getting the
players and we have not, but il is.
long lane. that won't turn somewhere.
/ The statement that the National
League depends on the club in New
York for it's existence is not true"
Against Strengthening Giants.
Back of all this is said to be an
unwritten agreement between certain
Of the clubs that they will not make
a trade with the Giants. and that
they will not consent to a trade
which will transfer any player to
the Giants-presumably any player
who is a star or would be expected to
sire engthen the Giants where they
need it. Brooklyn's refusal to let
Ruether leave by transfer that would
land him in New York is part Of the
agreement.
Ruether it is reported, has made
cracks to certain players that he
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Midshirmen Speeding West.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, December 20
The Navy foot ball warriors are
speeding westward on the journey
that win terminate at Pasadena,
Calf, December so. where on New
Year day they will clash with the
.Huskies" of the University of Wash
ington.
The team substitutes. coaches and
attendants. making up party OF
thirty-two, left Annapolis yesterday.
The Navy players are trained 10
the minute, as a result of three weeks
of strenuous work. and there is con-
fidence at the academy that the Mid
dies will be returned winners.
The lineup OF the team Will de-
pend upon the general condition or
the players after the long Jaunt, the
coaches said. but If the combination
were being announced for a game To-
morrow il would be: =,
Taylor and Brown, ends: SheWell
and Walker, tackles; Carney and
Levensky. guards: Mathews. center:
Mckee, quarterback: Cullen and
Devens, halfbacks; Barchet or Shap-
ley. fullback.
The substitutes are: Caldwell and
Bernet. ends: Vieweg and Clyde,
tackles: Zuber. center or guard j.;
Powell, guard: Chillingworth. guard
or tackle; Hutchins. center or guard ;
Rallenger. Wellings. FHppen. Fors-
berg and Handy, backfeid men.
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HoRNSRY
Totals. ............. 564 1928 ss6 a

Ross Young of New York led in
runs scored with III, one more than
Max Carey of the Pirates. Frank
Frisch led in hits with 223. and in
total bases with 81. Tierney of the
Phillies and Pirates tied Grantham
of the Cubs for two-base hit honors
with Sc. Traynor and Carey of Pitts
burgh led in triples. each with 10. Cy
Williams of the Phi1lies topped the
home-run hitters with Al. Carey led
the base stealers with 81 thefts, and
McInnis of Boston was the leading
sacrifice hitter with 81.
! Two hundred and fifty-seren pla-
ers took part in games with the eighs
National League clubs, as follows:
Cincinnati. % players; Pittsburgh. y !:
Boston. Brooklyn and Chicago. 33
each: New York, "a. and Philadelphia
and St Louis. 81 players each.
Ten players engaged in games FOR
two clubs-Lee Meadows with Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh. James Tier
ney and Charles GlaZner with Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia. Jesse Barnes
and Earl Smith with New York and
Boston, Henry Gowdy and John Wat
son with Boston and New York. Leslie
Mann with st. Louis and Cincinnati.
John Couch with Cincinnati and Phil
adelphia. and Edward Afnsmith with
st. Louis and Brooklyn.
Players who did not miss game
during the season were Statz of Chi
cago and Burns of Cincinnati.
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The consequence was that he devel-
oFed more than a fair knowledge of
boxing, and in the gym he looked to
be as clever as any OF them. In fact.
as a gymnasium battler he came TO
he quite impre ssive. 1t was when he
went into the ring against rugged
third Haters that he did not appear
so good.
The best fight the writer saw him
go through was one with Italian Jack
Herman two years ago, when he
stopped his fellow Neapolitan in nine
rounds. But. of course Herman is
by no means good heavyweight
He rates well in the third class as
Firpo and other men who. have met
him have demonstrated
As for Spa1la. he showed signs of
being able to develop into a good
hitter. and, if he had been in this
country in the past fifteen months
instead Of Europe, he might have
been sized up by now as a good sec
ond-rat That is, he would have,
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WEST HASLOST ONLY ONE
OF CLASHES AT PASADENA
Has Wor Four and Gotten Tie in Six Contests That
Have Been Staged-Middies on Way for
Game With Washington U. Gridders.

Wash December 2Snce 1916 six ball have
Pasadena
- west winning and losing
the United States Naval Academy will
the University Washington
gridion
this Harvard
Washington
opened the l9lo
with a 14-to-0v victory Brown University -
in between The
defeated the Mare Island marines to
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FIVE minutes. Again the man
was caught off third. By this
time every man on both clubs,
including substitutes, was out on
the lines telling the runners what
TO do. The spectators also were
shouting advice. | was simply
standing there with the bat in
my hand.
They ran those players up aud
down the lines for fully ten min
utcs, with everybody confused,
the whole game i'll a jam.
Finally they nailed the man at
the plate, whereupon King
turned and again caught the run
ner between third and second.
After long chase they ran him
down. Just as he slid into second
to be touched out. the Cubs
looked up and there was the
other runner tearing down from
first to second. In time they got
him.
All this time the crowd didn't
know what was going on.
Neither did we. for that matter.
All was confusion. Finally Um-
pire O'Day walked up to the
plate.
They're all OUT" he yelled.
waving his arms to include the
whole diamond4
Then for the first time we
realized that three men were out.
In other words, / walked up to
the bat with the bases full and
none out. On one pitched ball
the entire side was put out and
| was left standing there Not a
ball had been hit. :
| don't believe such a play ever
was duplicated in all base ball
You can we'll imagine how we
sat and looked at each other as
we rode back to the hotel.
Get the Lead in Stealing.
The art of base stealing and
base running does not necessarily
rely on speed. The main thing i'll
stealing a base is to get the lead.
Without a lead a runner is mere
ly wasting his time, no matter
how fast he is. The important
thing is to study the pitcher
closely and find out Just what
kind of a move he makes in
throwing to first base and to the
plate. Nearly every one OF them
has some little mannerism that is
noticeable to a close student.
Louis Drucke of the Giants had
a fault of lifting his right heel
off the ground just before he
turned to throw to first. If he
didn't do that we knew he would
throw to the plate. That gave
US a chance 20 take a lead.
Drucke had great luck in beating
our club in the old days, notwith-
standing this weakness. 1t took
McGraw a long time to discover
how we knew when to take
lead, but he finally got it. Then
he made Drucke change his
habits. That is an illustration OF
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WAGNER'S BATTING
IS TIED BY HORNSBY

The official batting records of Ma
tional League players for the season
of 1923 show that Rogers Hornsby Of
st. Louis. for the fourth successive
year, won the individual batting
championship with a percentage of
1884. This equals the National League
consecutive batting championship
record created by John II. Wagner
Of Pittsburgh. from 1906 to 1909, in
elusive.
The marks Of Hornsby and Wagner
follow.
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STONE STOPS O'DOWD
IN THE EIGHTH ROUND

PHILADELPHIA, December IS
Ad Stone, Philadelphia light heavy
weight, stopped Dan O'Dowd, Boston,
in the eighth of their scheduled ten
round bout yesterday.
O'Dowd's seconds tossed a towel
into the ring to save him from fur
ther punishment.
Stone led from the start and gave
the Boston boxer a bad beating
O'Dowd weighed $50 pounds and
Stone III,
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GREB WHIPS LAUGHRAN

PITTSBURGH, Pa. December 26.-
Harry Greb of Pittsburgh. middle
weight champion, was awarded the
decision over Tommy Laughran -
Philadelphia at the end of their ten
round match yesterday. Laughran
used a left jab to Greb's jaw very eff
fectively, but Greb was too fast for
him and outfought him all the way.
Greb weighed 16S pounds and Lough-
Ian 16S .,
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SKATERS. PRACTICE.

SARANAC LAKE, December 26.-
The American Olympic skating team
had a light workout yesterday. Ice at
the famous rink. where the worlds
skating stars have contested for
years was in no condition for speed
ing and the team worked under
wraps.
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BETLESS RACING STARTS.

LOS ANGELES, Calf. December %.
-Betless horse racing got away to
an auSpicious start at the Culver City
track yesterday. with more than t5,-
900 fans witnessing the opening of a
100-day program. J. e. McCinns Sam
Reh. ridden by Jockey Hay, won the
$1,000 Christmas handicap, the six
furlong feature.
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GIBBONS TO BOX FULTON.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, December &c.
Tommy Gibbons has agreed to meet
Fred Fulton in a ten-rOund bout in
ST. Paul in February. IT will be Glib
bons' first match since his bout with
Jack Dempsey at Shelby, Mont, and
part of a program which he believe :
will lead to a return match with the
heavyweight champion.
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SKI IS DEFEATED.

+. PHILADELPHIA, December 26-
Jack Taylor, Omaha, Neb., negr"
heavyweight, was given the decision
over Battling Sikh. the Senegalese
pugilist, in ten-round bout yes
terday. Sikh did not appear in the
best of condition. He weighed III =
and TaYlnr 40
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URGES MULDOON TO STICK.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. December 26.-
Secretary W. F. Sailor of the Mime
sofa boxing commission has tele-
graphed Gov. Alfred Smith of New
York. asking the executive to urge
william Muldoon, chairman of the
New York state boxing commission,
to remain on the job.
Evening star., 1923-12-26
JEFF TO PILOT FIRPO.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calf. December
26.-James J. Jeffries. former heavy
weight champion prize fighter. will
go east after the first of the year to
manage Luis Firpo for Tex Rickard,
according to word he has sent here.
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POLO GROUNDS RECEIPTS
NOT DOMINATING FACTOR
IntimatiOn That Other Clubs Are Willing to Help.
New York Has Winner Because of Drawing
Power Meets With Denial.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK December 26Tha club III the National League
other than the
New York its salary roll is denied
older circles 1t has been asserted that opposition the
has dwinded proportion games
There nothing bear this further than the natural sectional
the
receive when they play in New York.
The salary division club held
proportion what such club the New York
when the Giants going good and in the thick of hard fight
the Giants had would be with better club thar
Evening star., 1923-12-26

Following is the statistical record
of the pasadena New Year day foot
ball games:
1916-W Washington State. IA: Brown,
o..
l917-Oregon, IA; Pennsylvania, Q.
1919-Great Lakes, II; Mare Is
land, 0.
192o-Harvard :: Oregon. 6.
Ig21-California. 2S: Ohio State, D
1922-California, 0; W. and j., 0.
l923-Southern California. IA; Penn
State. 3.
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! had he controlled his rapacity when
ever ho saw sign Of food.
Like Firpo, Spalla is an artist with
the knife and fork--that is to say, he
is an artist SO far as making these
implements move rapidly is concern.
ed. These foreigners don't seem to
realize that in this climate one can
not. eat and drink as one does in other
climates
Nick Kline. who probably will man
age Spalla. may be able to make him
cut down on his fish and soup and
spaghetti. stun. and. If so, he may
be carried along until he gets into
the ring against some real perform err
He is likable young man, and al
ways willing to take advice. so per-
haps his manager will not have tough
sailing.
The Best Cigars Are
Packed in Wooden Boxes-Advertise-
Evening star., 1923-12-26

PASO ROBLES, Calf. December
pairing the base ball diamond for the
Pittsburgh Nationals, who will train
here in the spring, virtually has been
completed.
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SPALLA COT HIS START
AS FIGHTER In AMERICA
BY SPARROW McGANN.

EW YORK December 26Now Spala
the Italian heavyweight this country
backing balyhoo, concerning
this alleged champion of Europe will be IN
Spala then, looking who
Newark working
occasionally He
willing to III of he trade
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| in the thick of hard fight.
, would be with a better club than
Brooklyn, but the Dodger manager
has no intention of letting him get
away. Ruether is a principal part OF
what "Robby" says is the strongest
pitching staff in the National League.
Evening star., 1923-12-26

The Best Cigars Are
Packed in Wooden Boxes-Advertise-
ment
The Washington times., 1923-01-12
Hints on the
Home Beautiful

/ First of a new series
of practical, helpful
articles on identifying
and caring for the
home with particular
mention of upholstered
furniture and it's presz
ervation from the
dreaded moth,
The Washington times., 1923-01-12
ADVERTISEMENT.
LOSES 20 LBS.
THEN. GAINS %
Popular Conductor Gives Tam
lac Full Credit for Recovery
From Stomach Trouble
of Long Standing.

What I'm telling you isn't hear.
say for / tried Tanlac, and money
couldn't buy the good it did me"
This emphatic statement was made
by Joseph Williams, Ait Ninth
street southwest, Washington, d. c.
well-known freight conductor for
the r. F. & p, at Potomac yards.
IT suffered for years from stom-
ach trouble, and was always weak
and rundown. My appetite was
so low ! hardly ate enough to keep
going, and lost twenty pounds. I
was in misery from indigestion
sour stomach, splitting headaches
and biliousness for hours after a
meal. I couldn't sleep, just could
drag through my work, and kept
getting worse.
Conductor Tom Allen insisted !
take Tanlac and said a lot of rail-
road men had been helped by it.
That was enough for me, so /
started. Now l have gained TWEEN
ty-nine pounds, never have indiges.
ton, and climb on the engine OF
my train like l was fifteen years
younger. Tanlac gets my 0. K.
every time"
Tanlac is sold in Washington by
Peoples Drug Stores and by all
leading druggists.
Over 35 million bottles sold.
The Washington times., 1923-01-12
JUDGE MOORE,
HORSEMAN,
DEAD
Millionaire Promoted Group OF
Corporations Capitalized
at $1e7,ooo,ooo.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Judge
william H. Moore, financier and
and horsebreeder, died yesterday at
his home here in seventy.fIfth year.
Judge Moore was one of the most
noted exhibitors of horses in the
country and probably the greatest
winner OF blue ribbons in national
shows that ever put horses on
show. He was born in Utica.
With his brothers he formed the
Moore group of corporations cap
italized at 1887 100000 and later
absorbed by the United Slater
Steel Corporation. He also pro.
NOTED the Diamond Match Com
pany, National Biscuit Company,
American Tin Plate Company,
American Hoop Company and the
Delaware and Lackawanna Rail.
way.