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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
.GR|FFNEN RANK
LOW IN TEAM
FIELDING
Judge Leads the First Base
men, While Peck Makes Great
Record at Short.

The official fielding averages OF
the American League as announced
today show that the New York Yam
KEGS pulled the butter-finger stunt
less than any other team In the
TohnsOnian circuit. The Yankees
led with a grand average Of .977,
while washington is in fifth place
with mark Of 1865.
IN matter of number Of assists the
Griffith clan topped the league with
q total Of 2,049 made in 155 games.
Their nearest competitor in this re,
spect was Cleveland with 2,O2S.
Joe Judge was the real leader
among those who held down the first
sack. The Washington player had
the excellent average of 1898, he max
ing but eight errors In liz games.
Harris, at second, was well down
he line, although he made more put
outs ct the keystone sack than any
If the others. Ward. Of the Yanks.
finished the season with a mark OF
$50, the best Of all.
Bluege's average Of .937 at the third
orner, with the exception of Hale s
GA, was just about the worst in the
.sague. Joe Dugan performed in
,xcellent defensive style, his .974 Tor
is games placing him at the top.
Scott led the sl1ortstoppers with
961. while Peclktnpaugh was well
Town the list with mark Of .94S.
rhe records show, however, that In
152 games Scott accepted but 659
chances, while Peck in 164 games
accepted 821.
Evans was the nominal leader OF
the outergardeners, he having 1892,
but for only seventy-two games. Witt
was the real leader, as he played IN
IA games and had an average Of
.979. The mark Of the other Wash.
ington outfieIders Is az follows: Lei.
bold, .977; Rice, $40, and GOslin, .957,
Charity was third among the
catchers. and RueI ranked seventh.
Warmoth and johnson were well UP
with the pitchers, the former max.
ing but one error and Walter but
two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
ALL CLUBS WAIVE WHEN
CARL MAYS IS OFFERED

NEW YORK, Dec Carl Mays.
the Yankees veteran pitcher, will
not play In the American League
next year. Miller Huggins. here on
q brief visit, admits that every club
IN the league has waived on him.
mays. guess. Is on his way"
Higgins continued. 'I asked for
waivers on him some time tgo. and
every other club in. the American
League sent in a quit claim. How.
ever, three National League clubs
no. the Giants were not among
fhem-have claimed the pitcher. AS
any men we would get In q trade
with a club in the other league
would have to be waived out of
that circuit IT stands to reason that
the chance OF putting over anything
like a decent deal for Carl is very
slim. Rather than make a poor
deal I would sell him tn a National
League club. Yes. Carl r. on his
way. Am I sorry? Well"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04

Of Metre Dame A third, and per.
haps the best or worst of the lot
as the case may be, would feature
Uteritz, Of Michigan; Stevens, OF
Yale; Martineau. ri Minnesota, and
Kipke, of Michigan.
This done, you Find several dozen
neglected candidates clamoring for
recognition. A few of these are
Darling, of Boston College; Neale
of Yale; Glennon, Of Holy Cross
Wood and Smythe, Of the Army
Nardacci and Simons, Of West Vir-
ginia: H. e. WITT and D. e. Witt
of Nebraska; Movers, Of Stanford
Mcbride and Bowman, Of Syracuse
Pyott, of Chicago; Britton, of I'LL
nois; Ramsey and Cassidy, of Cor.
nell; West, Of w. and j.; Gustafson
and Flanagan, OF Pitt; Griggs, OF
Butler and FIaws. Of Dartmouth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
BULKY SQUADS
REPORT To
COACHES
Wealth Of Material Out for
Eastern. Central, and West
ern Basketball Teams.

Scholastic basketball. in and
around the National Capital, has
gotten under way with an earnest
ness and impetus which predicts big
things for the game ere the season
is over.
Reports from Central. Western
and Eastern are to the effect that
large squads reported to Coaches
Coggins, Ahearn and Guyon for the
initial workout of these three
schools.
Technical will not get In its
first licks until tomorrow afternoon
while Business Is expected to start
the ball q rolling within the next
few days.
Western has a most pretentious
schedule, Manager Davidson having
arranged no less than twenty con-
tests, among which are six to be
played on foreign fields.
The complete schedule follows:
Dec. Is, Hyattsville High at Fly
attsville: 81, Georgetown Freshmen
at Coliseum; %, Norfolk (Va.) High
at Coliseum.
January, Hyattsville High at
Coliseum (pending); 5, Central. at
Coliseum; 10, Annapolis Plebes, at
Annapolis Cpendingl; IL Tech, at
Coliseum: 10, Georgetown Prep,
at Coliseum; II. Maryland freshmen
at College Park (pendingD; 10, East
ern. at Coliseum; %, Business, at
Coliseum: "a, Annapolis High at
Annapolis; 26, Central at Coliseum,
20. Tech at Coliseum: 81, c. u.
Freshmen, at Coliseum (pending.)
Feb. 2, Georgetown Freshmen. at
Georgetown; 5, Eastern at Coliseum;
8, Business at Coliseum; II Balti-
more City College at Baltimore City
College, at Baltimore (pending): IL,
GoorOafoyvn Prem at Carrot Park
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
WLADEK ZBYSZKO WINS
FROM GERMAN WRESTLER

NEW YORK, Dec. AFTER hold
ing Wladek Zbyszko on even terms
for more than an hour Richard Shi-
kat, recent importation from Ger
many, gracefully resigned under the
painful influence of toe hold
clamped by the younger libby in
the final bout of the wrestling card
last night at the Seventy-first Regi-
ment Armory. The finish came in
one hour nine minutes and fifty
seconds, and nccasioned great deal
Of surprise, as the German wrestler
rad up ~ thai point shown an ex-
cellent advantage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
VILLA TACKLES
WALLACE IN
PHILLY
World FIyweIght Champion.
Fully Recovered, Faces
Tough Old Rival.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Fully
recovered from the injury 70 his
ankle which prevented him from
meeting Carl Tremaine IN New York
last week, Pancho villa. world n.y.
weight champion, win start training
today for his bout with Patsy Wal
lace at the Arena next Monday
night. The Filipino titleholder will
whip himself into shape at his train
ing base In New York.
Villa expects to have no trouble
reaching his very best fighting form.
Prior to the injury to his ankle last
week, the little dynamo. Of punch
had been printing for more than 3
week for his test against Tremaine.
He win resume today where 10 left
of before hurting his ankle.
Frank Churchill, manager ua thB
slant-eyed lad who dethrOned Jimmy
Wilde, is satisfied that the champion
has plenty of time to reach the peak
Of his form. Herman Taylor and
Robert Gunnis, the new promoters
at the Arena, received the following
message from Churchill yesterday:
villa has fully recovered from his
injury. He will be a. fit ~ ever
when be goes against Wallace. IL Z
were not satisfied that he win sIf-
fer no I'll effects from the slight In
jury surely would not allow him to
go against Wallace. Villa has been
discharged from further treatment
by his physician, who pronounced
him fit TO start training"
It viii be the second meeting be-
tween Villa and Wallace. They
foughtN e sizzling eight-round bout
year ago. So close was the milling
there was difference Of opinion as
to the winner at the finish.
Two judges and referee win de-
eide the winner of the bout should
both fighters be on their feet at the
close Of the tenth round.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04

Meyers is making his first visit
to Washington. If successful to-
night he may linger a bit longer.
II defeated he may hustle back to
Chicago. though it is also possible
that he might ask another match
right here with his conqueror.
cts funny / have never before
had a match with Turner" laughs
Meyers. "of course, have heard
Ia lot about him. / have even
wrestled the same men he has.
But we have never got together
before, though tried to bring him
out to Chicago for a title match in
the Coliseum.
Chicago is a great town for
wrestling. The Coliseum usually
has 5000 or 10000 spectators
when / have wrestled there. The
largest crowd, the night defeat
ed Waino ketonen, was $4,000,
which comes close to being a rec
ord for indoor wrestling among
middleweighths. Frank Gotch
must have drawn bigger attend.
ances, but he was q heavyweight
and immensely popular every
where.
Turner is well known in Chi
cago, largely because of his VIC
tories in the Middle West, and |
think we could attract 10000 If
we were matched to meet at the
Coliseum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04

Less than year ago Wills ex-
pressed desire to scuffle with Firpo,
but there was no response to his
suggestion. Immediately after Senior
Luis made his first big stride toward
fame by defeating Jack McAuliffe
at the Yankee stadium, Wills again
offered to fight him.
Tex Richard, however, had no
thought of exposing Firpo to Wills
after the beginning of the build
up" for Jack Dempsey.
It Is not q matter Of record that
Richard Ia deeply interested In q
Firpo-W Wills bout. From the pro-
moter's standpoint two big fights
are better than one. Should Wills
eliminate Firpo. Richard might not
promote the Dempsey-Wills thing
When FirpO was establ shing
himself, he was not so anxious
to encounter Wills. He now
seems to have achieved q certain
measure of independence from
RicEard, for his offer to box
Wills i'm New York, his terms,
and even the naming Of q date,
indicate that the senior Is man.
aging himself.
He would exchange thumps with
the black man for minimum OF
100000 and the privilege of the
next waltz with Dempsey.
The champion and his manager
Jack Kearns, are not roofing
for a Wills-Firpo fight. They Go
not wish to see either of the two
foremost challengers eliminated ex-
cept by Dempsey himself nj SO
much per elimination.
Dempsey would meet both men
next summer and naturally ne
wants Firpo first. A return match
in the spring would draw mil
lion dollar gate" Dempsey mas
q little grudge 70 settle with Flrpo
and he is absolutely confident that
he will stop the Argentine perso. !
in a round the next time ana tna'
Firpo won't land one good biow'
That fight and one with wills IN
the fall would make q million LOT
Dempsey. He has IneVer fought
Wills, and II he should happen TO
10 e he could retire q wealthy man.
Those are the reasons why Demp-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
LYNCH HANGS KAYO
ON COULON IN THIRD

NEWARK, N. j.. Dec. 4.--Joe
Lynch, bantamweight champion and
the greatest in-and-outer in pugilism,
flashed some of the, stuff that
gained him his title in scoring a
knockout over Eddie Coulon, of
New Orleans, in the third round
last night. Coulon carried the
opening round. staggering Lynch
with a left to the jaw, but there.
after the champion was master.
He dropped Coulon with Q right
to the jaw in the third.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
GEORGES CARPENTER
READY TO COME HERE

NEW YORK, Dec. "A cable
gram was received yesterday by
Tex Richard from Georges Carpen-
tier, French light heavyweight. say
ing he was ready to come here
now. Carpenter said he would
meet either Mike McTigue, worlds
champion in Carpenters division;
Gene Tunney, holder of the ATneri-
can title; Harry Greb, from whom
Tunney regained It, or Battling
Sikh, who wrested the world crown
from Carpenter and lost It to Nc
Tie5ie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
do You Remember

The night Count Get trolled
into the old Palace and took all
of the sharpshooters' money?
When Gray Kennedy was
making football history at East
ern High School?
When the Miller brothers
greeted their customers with,
You're looking good"
When Jimmy Field was doing
the bulk of, the mound work
for the Agriculture team?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04

cure 70 play 1ulIback, the
coach told him.
'.All right said Al. And he
did. Before that season was done.
Schneider's name was known 20
every 135-pound team on the Wash.
ington sandlots. The Navajos won
the championship to their class.
Nov, before this happened. An
had learned something about
baseball. He was working ia
the Navy Yard. The Navy Yard
players were having spring prac-
tice. AL thought he might be
able 60 play baseball. He tried.
He succeeded. "A strong throwing
arm got him place as catcher.
No, he wasn't d star right from
the start. But he learned quickly.
Later IN the season AZ q mem.
Der Of the Friendship A. C. team,
in the senior class Of sandIot ath.
letes, that IL, players tWenty-one
years old and under.
A split occurred I'm the Friend.
ship ranks and SCHNEIDER, the fol
lowing year, found a place In the
Kanawha clubs baclfieid. The
Kanawhas had q first-class middle.
weight team. Schneider became the
star although there was plenty Of
competition.
Vincent Martini, former George,
town University gridder, was coach
ing the Kanawhas and doing q
good Job. He spotted Schneider AZ a
conner. Martini left the KanawIal
to coach the big Mercury eleven
and he took Schneider with him.
Mercury won the champion.
ship, Schneider did little 20 help,
being . substitute, but the move
enhanced his record for being q
member Of championship teams.
Schneider halls from Southeast
Washington. The MolaaWIks, who
hold forth there. thought Schneider
ought to be theirs By right Of
locality. AL, an agreeable sort,
joined the Mohawk baseball squad
last year. The MohaWIks won the
championship. Al led the team az
bat with an average Of over 400.
He caught most Of the Mohawk
games.
He became known as the fastest
runner on the sandIots Many Of
his hits were hunts.
And now he Is performing with
the newly crowned Mohawk foot
bail team.
But merely being q member Of =
champion team does not make an
athlete star. Schneider u neither
baseball nor football player Of
outstanding ability He is trffle
raw on the finer points.
Nobody viii agree to this quicker
than Schneider. No athlete is more
modestly outspoken: none more
ready to learn. Schneider weighs
165 pounds with not an ounce mis-
placed. He. has youth. strength,
speed, sense and enthusiasm. With
another years experience he ought
to be wonder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
WANTS FORTUNE
TO MEET WILLS
By SID MERCER.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4-Luis Angel Firpo, weIknown South
American capitalist has expressed desire to take up few thou
weight deficit, fixing 100000 fee for
his the matter he has pinned back his ears and is
listening for bids
This generosity part Frpo deeply appreciated
by Mr. Wills good health almost total loss fnan
cay Wills has been boxing for several years. yet his total
ptifuly small cleaned these
United States last Harry therefore favora inclined
toward economics Firpo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
Princeton One Eleven
Which Hasn't Made
Easier Schedule

Princeton Is one college that
Is not reducing III strength the
early games on her schedule.
She has dropped Georgetown and
added Lehigh. Lehigh defeated
Brown, the cOnquerOr Of Har-
ward, 126. Princeton has on
her list Of opponents for next
year five games we believe as
hard as those Of any other col
lege in the country. Within d
period Of five weeks she Is %
play LehiRh, Navy, NotFe Dame,
Yale and Harvard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
SEASON PRODUCES CROP
OF BACKFIELD STARS
Ry DAVIS J. WALSH.

YORK. Mot the unpeasanness In Europe
collegiate football produced such supeuty Of accepted back
every section Of the and
will find that have enough to make the bread line
look silly.
Mallory Stevens, Of Ya its Wilson, Of
States Tryon Colgae of Corne its Kop
pih Of Columbia and ad fintum One might pick an all
American the section Aeghenles
At that do not begin to skim the cream
the mill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
DintY Hughes a Star.

When Dinty Hughes joined the
Mohawks to play right end the Mo-
hawks became a much stronger
team. Hughes brilliance in the Mer.
curry game is still subject Of com.
ment. He was in all plays. a thorn
in the Mercury side. His field goal
from placement was only an incident
in q great all-afternoon performances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
ELLloTTs GET GYM
FOR THURSDAY GAMES

The Elliott A. c.. having obtained
Use Of the Immaculate Conception
gym for Thursday nights, will stage
weekly double-headers there, with
games In the 12O-pound and no
pound divisions.
Teams in the 140-pound class de-
string games should phone Captain
Goodwin at Lincoln 74S4. between 4:30
and D. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
GEORGETOWN A. IA. HOLDS
ELECTION AND SMOKER

A smoker for its football players
and an election Of club officers win
be held tonight by the Georgetown
A. A. Plans for basketball viii be
discussed. It is likely the club Will
have a stronger team than laat sea
announces that several new players
will be with the quint. All OF the
gridders are to report at 7:30 o'clock
to turn In their equipment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04

The middle West, If anything, has
the edge in backfield strength with
Grange, of Illinois, topping the
entire country and Kipke and
Uteritz. of Michigan; Miller, Layden
and EtuhldrehF, of Notre Dame;
Noble, of Nebraska; Martineau, Of
Minnesota; Taft, Of Wisconsin; John
Thomas, Of Chicago; Workman, Of
Ohio state, and others trailing
hardly q stride to the rear.
These are names that cannot be
excluded from all-star consideration
without the aid of a bombproof
shelter, being that brick bats were
ever more handy than bouquets.
In the far West, Nichols. Of
California; Wilson, Of Washing
ton, and Fitzke, Of Idaho, are
fairly shouting for attention and
down below where they say IL
with nanny songs, Reese, Of
Vanderbilt; WyckOff, Of Georgia
Tech, and COvingtOn, Of Centre
College, are q representative trio
Of region so far removed from
the professional exporters that
little has been heard Of players
from Texas, Baylor and other
first class teams.
A fair enough guess for a first
team backfield might include
Ffann, OF Cornell: Grange, Of I'LL.
nois: Miller. Of Metre Dame, and
Mallory. of Yale. One just as good
perhaps better, would name Richie.
son, OF Yale; Noble. Of Nebraska:
Wilson, OF Penn State, and Layden
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
~ LOUIS A.DoUGHER
JOHNNY METERS SHOWS TONIGHT

M ASHINGTONS wrestling fansand there many indeed
wv have their long wished opportunity tonight Of seeing Johnny
though middewegh public years.
they have before tackled each other There when
refused Chicago
the compliment declined absolutely
could that would
Freeman matched masked marvel" with Turner only
understood that neither Ketonen Meyers would
Turner intend taking chances with either Of those
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
And stiII They Play.

The Mercury Mohawk game was
the great climax Of the sandlot sea-
son, but several games are still to Be-
PLAYED. Next Sunday the champion
Mohawlxs will meet the Virginia A. G.
at Union Park.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
ROOKIE ATHLETE LANDS
ON FOUR TITLED TEAMS
81 3. D. THoMAS.

"Tm q luck box, reckon"
Quite modest is the
OF the Mohawk Athletic ClVb who
been member Of
the Mohawk eleven
Three Schneider twenty years old played his
first game OF baseball The became
football So football
placed beside his
A. G. eleven he knew what meant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04
Live Wires Win.

In a tight CONTEXT, the Live Wires
trimmed the Auroras. II to 6. The
Live Wires want games with no.
I25-pound teams having gyms. John
Knapp. phone Main 7156, f. the
manager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-04


Tonight's contest Is expected to
Be one Of the toe hold vs.. the
double wrist lock. Turner's favorite
IS the deadly toe hold. With this
grip he has tortured and tossed
many heavier rival on the mat.
Meyers, while clamping down the
toe hold now and then when OPP
portunity appears by no means
makes q speciality of II. On the
other hand he has perfected the
soluble wrist lock and also uses the
same hold on his opponents leg.
81 have worked hard to make
these holds perfect" explains
Meyers. tWhen / put the grip
On she leg i call il the stopper
for that's generally what hap
pens"
81 can get this hold on an OPP
p0nent when he is on his side,
from underneath him. on top. sit
ting up, in dive or while rolling.
The same thing goes for the double
wrist lock which is the same hold
IS a matter of fact"
Those who have seen Meyers in
action say he is lightning fast, his
style Of work calling for speed and
much moving around. AS Turner
offers a deadly style of graphing
fonight's bout is stirring up the
fans to fever heat and the promise
q for q large attendance.
Tickets have been going fast at
the Atlas Sporting Goods store on
D street, Washington fans not hay.
ing had any wrestling since last
bpring.
Both Meyers and Turner re-
ported to Joe Freeman today in
perfect condition. The Westerner
weighed in at 159 pounds, his
Washington rival three pounds
lighter. Each claimed to be ready
for the hardest kind Of q con-
test, and looked the part.
Meyers worked out in private
yesterday at the Coliseum, spend
ing more than an hour trying out
his various holds. After his shower
he took a brisk run around the
Speedway and called It day.
Turner. who has been spending
. week emulafing Abe Lincoln,
BPAAl4A1tS IdAAS o. 1A<14PA 0OOu -
near Mclean, Va. came to Wash
ington late yesterday He went at
once to the 7. M. C. A. where he
put IN an hours hard work. Step
ping upon the scales after his
workout. the veteran tipped the
beam at 156 pounds.
Meyers and Turner are matched
TO make -15S pounds. give or take
two pounds. Turner does not ex-
pect to move the beam when he
weighs In, while Meyers viii need
the leway and viii probably weigh
Just $50 pounds.
The semi-final between Pinkey
Gardner and Bobby Mainfort makes
fOnight's show really an alI-star
exhibition. Both Mainfort and
Gardner have appeared in feature
contests here In the past and each
Is striving to get match with the
winner Of the Meyers.Turner clash.
Until Turner appeared on the
scene, demanding a chance at
Meyers. Joe Freeman was planning
TO send Mainfort against the West
erner and the Virginia insists on
Freeman coming through with such
q match.
"Let Mainfort beat Gardner"
said Freeman today. "Then well
see. He'll have his troubles with
RawH~aa~