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Evening star., 1923-01-21
Old Days of the T,Uiligltt
Came in Washington
The InUisibIe Ball
Folly of Batting the
Umpire-Joe Kelly and
the 500 Watch.

IN those old days at Washington
when the games almost invari-
ably ran into darkness on ac-
count of starting at 4 o'clock we
had many amusing climaxes.
Recently ] have heard an anecdote
OF game III one OF these so-called
twilight leagues. AS matter of
fact il was told of a Washington
game several years ago.
A game had gone into early twi-
light and it was getting so dark that
II was really almost impossible to
see the ball. The shadow of the
grandstand was on the diamond and
there was danger of some player get
ting hurt. The umpire, though, was
obstinate in refusing to call the game.
1 thlnk there must have been a
league &c W .,, understanding tha; all games
at Washington must be finished even
II II actually got dark enough for the
street lamps to be lighted
On this day the pitcher in despera-
tlon called the catcher into confer
ence.
- Put Up Job ON Umpire.
say. he said. you take the ball
ana mold 1t In yonr glove. 1 will sim
ply wind up and go through the mo-
ttons. It's a cineh that umps cant
see whether there is a ball or not.
A1ter L make the motion Won rive
the the mitt slap and show the ban
Iheres chance he'll call a strike on
this fellow and Wen win" : ;"
III was so arranged. There were
Two strikes on the batter at the time,
he squared himself for a swing The
pitcher wound up and went. through
the motion Of throwing to the plate.
The catcher popped the mitt.
the umpire. though no ball had been
Striker" screamed the batter.
Where do you get that stuff :?
You're as blind as a bat. Anybody
could see that ball was two feet out
Side"
Our Baltimore club had a reputa- =
ton as umpire fighters. l guess we
did make life pretty miserable for
some of them. This was due largely
to the never-die spirit that we had
built. 1t was our second nature to
fight for the smallest point and. as a
consequence. the umpire often had to
take the brunt Of our wrath.
Fans often have said to me: why
do ball players argue SO long with an
very well that he is not going to
change it."
OF course. we know that he is not
going to chaige it, but the ball play
er's motive in arguing SO insistently.
aside from his natural disgruntled
feelings, is to impress upon the UNI
pire that the players are not going
to let anything slip by them. If he
has made a mistake or IL the decision
is very close the chances are he will
be more careful on the next one II he
knows that he will be in for a ride.
Club Often Is Weakened.
I am not u believer in disputing
with umpires until some player gets
put out of the game. IT may be news
to some fans to know that at times /
have announced to my players that l
would fine any one s25 who got put
out Iof game for disputing with the
umpire. There is nothing to be
Evening star., 1923-01-21
PIRATES TO TAKE PART
IN MANY EXHIBITIONS

PITTSBURGH. Pa, January 90
The spring training schedule of the
Pittsburgh Nationals, made public to-
night shows that a series of exhibit
tibn games will be played in the south
and west
The Pirate pitches and catchers will
report to the Hot Springs, Ark. train
ing camp, on March 6. Other players
are due March Ia. The team will leave
Hot Springs on April 8.
games at Hot Springs with the Boston
Americans; Tulsa of the Western
League. at Tulsa: Des Moines at Ponca
City, Okla; Kansas City, American
Association. at Kansas City, Mo. !;
Memphis, Southern League. at Mem
phis; Nashville, Southern. League, at
Nashville; Evansville. Three Eye
League at Evansville, and Indianapolis,
American. Association. at Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1923-01-21

Capt. Clara Collegeman and her
hustling Columbians Of the Washing
ton Ladies' League, moved a little
nearer the leaders when they walked
away with all three games from the
War Department qufnt. Billies. team
dropped two games to Mount
Pleasant.
Gladys Lord of last seasons cham
pion Bureau quint has gotten PACK
in the game, rolling with the Mount
Peasants. With the addition of Miss
Lord. who is a consistently good
bowler, the Mount Peasants are about
due to get back in their strides and
since they slipped out of first place.
Mary Ganzhorn of. the Coldmbians.
had high game for the past week,
counting 110, beating Bernardfne Fer
ritter of the War Department oy one
pin. Jennie Malcolm of Mount Pleasant
was next best with a count OF l06.
Others who qualified for free movie
tickets were Miss Chandler of 1nde-
pendents, 102: Catherine Watts of
Western Union. 104, and Della smith
Bertha Loehl has returned to the
Columbians. She continues to hang
up games around the century marx.
Practice games rolled by the WON
ans team that visited Philadelphia
clearly demonstrated that the fair
ones were not enamored with the
rubber-band pins. Miss Gulii, lead
ing woman bowler iof the city, re-
marked: "The noise that goes with
a good crash is as. welcome TO the
ear as the fact that the bowler sees
the ball strike squareiy between tne
one-three pins. Then the exercise is
missing in tossing only two balls IN
stead of three. i believe would give
M the game If I had to face the
rubber-band pins as regular diet.
odd Fellows, League have an inter
estfng week of matches ahead as fol-
lows: Monday, Golden Rule VS.. MT.
Pleasant: Tuesday. Covenant VS..
Brightwood; "Wednesday, Salem VS.. AM n
stuart. FRIDAY, Washington VS.. East
ern: Saturday, Federal City VS.. Har-
Ali the%odd Fellows games are
rolled on the Rathskeller alleys ana
every team has a big following, win
the result that the mighty matsnss
cause no end of enthusiasm. NO mat
fer. hat position the teams occupy IN
the race, they never want for encoVr-
agement. 49,
Games for the week in the Typoth-
a,sa Teap,1e include a double header
and, are as follows: Monday, j. d. Nil
Ian VS.. Washington Monotype Com
pany: Tuesday, Doing Printing Com
pany VS.. National Publishing Com
pany; wednesday, Judd. & Detwefler
VS.. Columbia Printing Company.
Thursday. Maurice Joyce Company VS.
Brothers VS.. National Capital Press;
Friday, Ransdell Company vs.. An
drews Paper Company.
This weeks schedule for the
Evening star., 1923-01-21
TOMMY BURNS DIGS UP
new TITLE POSSIBILITY

Tommy Burns, who once held
the heavywefght title. was the
foremost seeker OF white hopes
after Jack johnson took the title
nwny from him. Tommy never
has censed to search for. good
heasyweight material. None of
the white hopes he dug. :, up
amounted to anything. but he now
thinks he has discovered po.sf-
bic British champion In Robert
Read, an Irish boy who lives ia
Scotland. Read is D feet Az inches
tall. weighs zoo pounds and has
reach OF s1ts Inches. BURNS has
started the younEster out with n
travelling boxing show, meetinx all
comers. In this way Tommy be-
lieves his protege win rapidly ac-
Quire tho necessarZ expertence.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
BILLIARDS NEAR CREST
IN SPORTS POPULARITY

Golf has been trying to nose base
ball out of its place at the head of
popular American sports. But 1t is
kidding itself. 1t is not even good
second to base ball. 81.
Little as one hears of it and reads
about it save when some Hoppe or
Schaefer flashes to the fore, the vari-
Gus forms of billiards have an esti-
mated following of 100000 regular
players. This number has been ar
rived at by striking an estimated
average as to the number of diff
ferent persons who play on each
table and multiplying 1t by the num-
ber of tables.
These are all actual players, and
they pay every time they perform.
instead of paying to watch some
other person do it.
AS compared to this. golf is in a
hopeless minority
Evening star., 1923-01-21

He shifted to Cleveland in his sec
ond year in the majors, and his real
career as hitter started after Pat
Tebcau gave up the idea of making
high-grade southpaw out of Burkett
and used him solely as an outfielder.
He bit over 300 in his first year with
the Giants. dropped out for two years
in Cleveland and then hit over 800
for the next ten years. Only once in
those ten years was Jesse under .345.
Burkett was 4 grand, all-around
player. dangerous on the bases and
Il ,splehdiT run-getter. He always
knew how TO fit around the bases
and scored over 100 runs in nine sea-
sons, eight of them being in success
sion. He reached the high total Of
I59 runs in 1896. one of the highest
marks in big league ball. 1t is the
best National League scoring record
in twenty-seven years.
Jesse collected over 200 hits in six
years, ranking next to Keeler' and
Cobb in this department. He drove
out over 200 hts in 1895 and 1895.
and then drove out over 200 hits for
the next four years. just missing
seven 200-hit years in succession.
Burkett led the National League
three times. with Cleveland in 1895
and 1895 and with, St Louis in 1901.
Rurkett and Hornsby are the only
Cardinals to lead the National League
in batting
Evening star., 1923-01-21
EDDIE R0USH ABANDONS
HIS HOLD.OUT TACTICS

Eddie Roush, champion hold-out of
the world, is credited with saying that
he will not be q member of the hold
out army next spring. and that he
will report to Manager Pat Moran at
the Reds training camp. Roush says
he will report for work without hay-
ing any quarrels with President Herr
mann over finances ''-''''
Perhaps there is a method in Roush's
madness. The player did not report to
the Reds last year until the race was
we'll under way. Although without
Roush's services for many weeks. the
team managed to finish in second
place. Now the Giants and Cubs do
not want the players service, and he
is ready to report to the Reds without
baking. President Hermann has
Roush would sign a contract calling
for terms offered by the Reds. not
dictated by the perpetual hold-out.
Evening star., 1923-01-21

Like Willie Keeler. our subject of a
week ago. Burkett began his major
tague career with the Giants. but
lie did not linger long In the big
Jwn. He played his first big league
game with the Giants on April -,
1890, pitching against the Phillies.
The aggressive little Kid Gleason
was Jesse's twirling rival on the
Phillies. while Orator Jim" O'Rourke
handled Burkett's offerings.
As Il pitcher. it. hardly can be said
that Jesse broke in with a blaze of
glcry. st the end of five innings
he had yielded six hits and six bases
Il balls and the Phillies had amassed
seven runs, so Jim Murtrie. Giant man.
ager. yanlked the youngster and put
IL John Sharrot.
1t was not until May 81. 1890. that
Burkett lasted through complete
Zig league game. He started the
game in right field. but when the
Giants piled up big lead for Amos
1tusie. Jesse was brought in from the
outficld and finished the game in the
box.
They used to call Burkett The
~'!'ab,''' and he did his share OF crab
bing. However. he didn't get his
big averages through his inclination
:" crab, hut from real batting in
stinct. Burkett's lifetime average
ior sixteen years in the majors is
.342 one of the highest compiled by
any player in the historS OF the game.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
CALANTHE DUCKP|NNERS
LEAD K. OF P..LEAGUE

There is quite an interesting strug-
gle going on in the Knights of
Pythias League between the Caian-
the quint and the Webster team, the
former now leading with twenty-six
games won and four lost, while the
latter's record is twenty-seven won
and six lost. Columbia is in third
place and in a position to cause
worry to the leaders by little con-
sistent winning.
The Columbia boys carry the top
honors for team game and set. with
,545 and 1,495, respectively. Warner
and Motyka are tiled with the high
game of 13S, and the best set belongs
to Mayer, 347. In averages, Kessler
leads with 101, with Warner second
at 99.
Following are the averages Of the
league to date.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Tia Juana Results

FIRST RACE, three furlongs-Al Hotfoot
won; Battle Shot, second; wiki Jack, third.
Ts sEcoSD SSS s SAcTmEss csTSr-EssSsd.msyn.rd m L:
longs-old Homestead won; Miss Dunbar, sec.
ond; Review. third. Time. 1.0s 3-5. Scra tched
High Heels. -
THIRD RACE. Eve. and half furioprs-
Gold Bryan won; Delaney, second; Rosa At.
FoWRTH RHcE; $40 one @ o1lilinfd%Ssms miisMHsoSsm a:
won; ,Slunger. second; Tho venseance, third,
Time u. 42. All started. -
Allcdeu won; Carlbosse, second; Fairway,
third. Time. I. g. All started,
SIXTH RACE, five furleaGs--Notor Cor
won; Krewer, second; Dr.. corbett, third,
Tims; 0. % 3-S. .scratchsd-Fsyiance.
SEVENTH RACE, ono mile and seventy
yards--Huckhorn u, won; She Devil, second
furl third. Time, 1.4s. scratched-Procla.
nation, Ring Rose and LavAga.
EIGHTH RACE, one mile and seventy yards
worth, third. , Time, LIS 3-5. Scratehsd-Fau
aje Nail. '-.s'1.s .-~sy,a9 g =. - , -.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
New Orleans Results

FIRST RACE, six furlonxs. for +b-..
olds-KirA Lexington won; Navourneen. sec.
ond; Chss., j. cratsmile.; third. Time. lis IS.
SECOND RACE. six furlonxs; for .brs.-
yesr-olds-Blue Nose won; John O. Ksilv.
second; Jupiter, third. Time, i.1s. Scratched
-Shamroek. Poor Sport, Calcutta Amole,
THIRD RACE. six furlonEs; four.ycsr-olds
-Marvin May won; .L'Efare. second; Hidden
Jewell. third. Time, LIE 2.5. Scratched
Fame and Ny Reyerie
FOURTH RACE, one mile: for three-year.
olds-Vomic Song won; Best Pal second: Max.
imsc; third. Time, 1.3s IS. All started.
FIFTH RACE. one mile and q sixteenth; for
ur-year-olds-American Boy won; servitor,
second; olynthus, third. Time. l.47 l-5.
scratched-4arine Corps, Slippery Elm, Valor.
SIXTH RACE, one mile and three sixteenth
for four-year-olds-Fantoehs won; Tanson, Sec
ond; Sagamook. third. Time, 2. co. All sts rted.
SEVENTH RACE. one mile and eighth; for
our-year-olds-Natursls won; Carmencia, sec.
ond; Nay Roberts, third. Time, 1.64 2-5. For.
nova and Kebo scratched
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Havana Results

FIRST RACE, Ave and q half furlonGs-au.
ron ~ woni Big Son, second; Ruth Wehle
third: Time. 1.07 4-5. Scratched-old Pop,
SECOND RACE, five and . half furlongs-
baIy New won; Memphis. second; Arrah Go
On; third. Time. l.o7 Is. scratched-Mary
THIRD RACE, Eve and a half furlones-
AarSlret Ware won: Turbulent, second; Hs.
vana Electric. third. Time, LOT les. Scratched
=. FOURTH RACE, six furlonss-Carrie
third. Time. Liza Is. All started, - -
FHTA RACE. one mile and one-sixtsenth---
rum. third Time. ,i.5o Is. All stsrtsd
SIXTH RACE. one mile and fifty yards
Guelph won; Dad, second; Lucky Kate, third
Time. l.40 Is. All started.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
GRID BAN is REMOVED
AS ACCIDENTS DECREASE

LapOrte High School of LapOrte,
Ind, an institution that has ab-
sOluteIy prohibited amy form of
gridirOn activity ever since 1910,
has decided to permit the estab-
1ixhment OF an eleven next seasOn.
The high school faculty rescinded
the old ban because Of the decrease
I'm serious accidents In amateur
foot ball during the past few
years.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
IRIS SPEAKER TO LIMIT
RECRUITS AT HIS CAMP

Manager iris Speaker of the
Cleveland Indians will try out n
new plan this year. The pilot of
the Indians does not intend to
tnke an army of untried rookie.
to the teams trimming camp in
Lakeland, Fla. Only young pIay-
ers who. have royal chances of
winning regular places ON the
team will be taken south. In pre-
v1ous years the Indians took large
squads of players without exneri-
ence to, the training camp and
seldom did any of. them make
good. Developments were so few
tEat the exPenseS were not justi-
fled. There will he about twenty-
seven men in the Indians camp
this year.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
PRlZE-F0R SUPERSTITION
GOES TO BILLY MURRAY

You know how George IT. Stall
lings never allows amy small bits
OF paper to lie around in front of
his dug-Out during a game. and
you hive heard how Miller Hug
gins does not wnnt pictures taken
OF his Yankees before any mo-
mentous contest. But did you
ever hear, along this line of base
bail superstition chatter, that Billy
Murray used TO have habit OF
changing his necktlc four or even
five times during a tough game ms
he sat on the bench and directed
his old Philliexf Get TINT i'm your
repertoire of base ball stories.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
COAST LEAGUE CHIEF
IS GIVEN TIP BY McGRAW

John j. McfSrnyv, manager of the
world champion Giants, comes out
with some friendly advice to
President William Mccarthy Of the
Coast League, who In vvranglinE
with Judge Landis over the draft.
"McCarthy better be sure he can
finish vha teyer he starts with the
judEe.~ snid the Giants chief, 81
don't profess to know all the an
giles of the matter, hut I know
TINT Landtk In q poor man to start
trouble with. Ny bet is that he
knows just what he is doing I'm
this draft business"
Evening star., 1923-01-21

knights Of Pythias calls for some
warm games as follows: Monday, Her
mione VS.. Columbia; Tuesday, Rath-
bone-Superior VS.. Century-Decatur
Thursday, Excelsior vs. Amaranth;
Friday, Webster VS.. Calanthe.
Games I'm the District League this
week make 1t easy for the three lead
ing teams. as on the dope, they should
clean up in all their matches. Mon
day, the Nationals and Regulars clash:
Tuesday, the Rathskellers visit the
Shermans; Wednesday, the Goodfei-
lows and Manhattans meet; Thursday,
the King Pins are at home to the
ROYALS, and on Friday the Terminal
Ice rollers visit the Colonials.
Rov,irr in the Masonic League
should prove very interesting, as sew
eral of the top teams will get to-
eether Their schedule for the week
is as follows: Monday-Harmony VS..
G. C. whiting. Columbia vs. Hiram,
Lebanon VS.. king Solomon. Tues
day Washington Centennial VS..
Naval. Mount Pleasant vs.. Pentalpha,
Joseph H Milans VS.. st. Johns. We'd
nesday-Acacia vs.. M. NJ. Parker,
Hope VS.. Joppa. Thursday-DaWson
VS.. Takoma, Lafayette vs: Stansbury,
National VS. Armenius. Friday-New
Jerusalem VS. w, r. Singleton, King
David vs. Albert Pike. Potomac VS..
BIB. French.
Ernie Clancy. former lead off man
for the Colonials, still is out OF a
job and may join the Goodfellows or
SationaIs Ernie is worth much to
any team for his enthusiasm and
gameness.
National Capital League teams are
carded for several warm battles this
week, as per the following schedule:
Monday. Post Office VS., Rathsk el!ers;
Tuesday. Corby Bakery vs. District
Motor Co; Wednesday, Georgetown
A. C. VS.. Nationals: Thursday. Wash
ineton Gas Co. vs.. Curb Cafe; Friday,
Potomac Bankvs Columbia
Mount Pleasant and Internal Reve-
nue. teams open the, week for the
Washington Ladies', League. and on
Tuesday Biilie's team and Sales Tax
clash. "wednesday, Registry and Gem,
trail Post Office teams meet. Thurs
day the independents. and Columbians
are dated. The western Union and
HilitoppeFs- battle on Friday. and
Saturday night war department
team. ~
In the. Athletic club League the
neww team, Exceisiors.' meets the
Georgetown, quint tomorrow night.
and the Hilltop and Lexingtons-
clash. Tuesday it is Keokuk VS..
irish americans; Anothsr Wsdaon5as double
waverly meeting Linworth. and the
-Argonne boys the Rosedales. Thurs
day sAIoysius battles with Arlington.
and on Friday the Dominic Lyceun
and the Anacostia leaders are carded.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
LARGEST. AND SMALLEST
DOGS TO BE SHOWN HERE

EVERYTHING III readiness for the of the ninth
dog show OF the Washington Kennel Club Coliseum
- January
being well satisfied with the by the doglovng public
Washington Fully
be Of
noted have
the will
with the big
Evening star., 1923-01-21
HIS RAPID RISE TO RICHES
A ROMANCE OF THE RING
Argentinian Soon to Return for Battle With Bren-
nan, Came to U. S. Year Ago in Steerage,
Poor, Unknown and Inexperienced.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

EW YORK January 2oBuenos dispatches
will leave the Argentine for New York fulfill
y Bill Brennan a Madison Square
Garden received with today
Insiders had the idea that Fpo already
line with the the
he has been the lneigh.
he
replaced
Aires drink at his elbow
Evening star., 1923-01-21
D. C.. MEN MAY NOT BOWL
ROANOKE TEAM THIS YEAR
BY III. III. FRY.

too bad that slowly
Members OF the old Royals
and Shmans nothing taking from
during that has
high probable that
Roanoke will be abandoned this majority
ability roll 800
the Henry Roe who handled
eventually
opassi i he can gett together
Evening star., 1923-01-21
CRAB FIRST TO ACHIEVE
s TRIO OF 400 AVERAGES
New England Irishman, During Sixteen Years in
Majors, Had Mark of .342, One of Highest
Compiled by Player in History of Came.
BY FREDERICK q. LIEB.

IkE Babe Ruth Rice Mike Donn Seymour Speaker
and other sturdy Jesse Bukett his big league
pitcher However wildneSs
6-ndng balls off the oucld developed the
tended Jesse Q be al outheider. a pitcher
Until
compiled three The hit 4
in and in
The disputed hit of May last Polo Grounds Cobb
Burkett
will be
arc in lin nd in
Evening star., 1923-01-21
MAJORITY OF BALL FANS
WANT SLUCCING UNABATED
BY GEORGE CHADWICK.

1EW 1ORk January 20le fans or the
base ball changed inquiry throughout
secons OF the entire country indicated today
hundred Of the like
hundred
he
cities and alterations i'll the playing
Evening star., 1923-01-21
NEW CLUBHOUSE AT YALE.

Yale has begun the erection of a
quarter dollar clubhouse. 1t
will provide 1000 lockers. 1t will be
Of great advantage to>foot ball play
ers and all the variouSNteamS using
tho equipment.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
CENTURY DECATUR,
SYRACUSIANS,
EXCELSIOR

Peter the Great is twenty-eight
years Of age No other trotting pro-
genitor of such outstanding greatness
ever lived SO long. a..5,. 80 49,.
Evening star., 1923-01-21

High individual eame--wasner. .Motyka, lSs.
High individual set--Kayer, 347,
High team game-Columbia. 545.
High team set-Columbia, 1,495.-, -..--. -,--.. =.
High individual aversss-Kessler. 10l.
Evening star., 1923-01-21

Ernic Hjertbcrg will coach Holland
athletes for next years Olympic
Evening star., 1923-01-21
Jesse Bre Starred S1gger Fpo Accuuaes Fortune Re
By JOHN J. McGRAW

Exclusively Through Nswpaper
Evening star., 1923-01-21

Ernie Clancy, former lead off man
for the Colonisls.. still is out of a
job and may join the Goodfellows or
Nationals Ernie is worth much to
any team for his enthusiasm and
gameness.
Evening star., 1923-01-21

knights Of Pythias calls for some
warm games as follows: Monday. Her
mione VS.. Columbia; Tuesday, Rath-
bone Superior VS.. Century-Decatur;
Wednesday, Syracusians VS.. Capital;
Thursday, Excelsior vs. Amaranth;
Friday, Webster VS.. Calanthe..
Evening star., 1923-01-21

His weeks schedule for the
Evening star., 1923-01-21

IN those old days at Washington
| when the games almost invari-
ably ran into darkness on ac-
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