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THE WEATHER

Alabama and Mississippi; Cloudy Sunday, showers in interior; Monday clearing and cooler.
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sydney J., Bc vie and H. K. Milner, joint chairmen of the state campaign committee. for the ratification of tho seaport amendment to our constitu- tion have made the following state ment
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that the climate will bring them
around all right. The climate and
the present growth of spring onions
are proving beneficial TO the young
athletes and the invited and visiting
guests hope for much.
Wants ROush to Stay Away.
Koush is out in Indiana, and a
Cincinnati man who has tagged the
club around the world ever since 1t
used to play Louisville for key of
beer boldly said outright that he hoped
Roush would stay there, which is the
most solid declaration Of antagOnism
to a high-class ball player that ever
came out of Cincinnati. They have
let many high-class players get away,
but seldom have they chased them
away. Of the rockies, Clark, pitch
er, who was with Cincinnati in the
spring of 1922, pitched some eight or
tea balls in the game Wednesday as
lead-off man. Five Of his pitches hit
the dirt before the ball got to the
plate. Each of those pitches brought
sigh from Pat Moran. Each sigh
lowered a note in the scale and when
the bases were filled twice AMI Clark
sent nearly everybody home by two
more wild pitches, Pat had reached
depths which were under the soles of
his shoes and removed the pitcher. 1t
was also intimated that the pitcher
would speedily be removed TO Joe
Tinker's Orlando club or elsewhere,
Maybe Joe won't stand for that
cricket pitching.
The Reds are not pushing them
selves a bit. They are too old. Lit
orally, that is the truth. Their COM
bined ages will almost equal the COM
bined batting strength of the Detroit
players. Moran knows he can't hurry
them and he is not going to do SO.
He has a team on his hands which
must be brought along slowly, nursed
carefully and pushed hard once 1t
strikes its normal gait.
If the team gets Into full speed
by August it will be a dangerou.
crowd because it has tenacity enough
to keep going, the kind of team that
figures its abilities down to ounces.
II it is crowded early it will strike
a snag, and Moran knows that.
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ALL GIANT REGULARS
IN PRACTICE CLASH
FOR THE FIRST TIME
Johnny Rawlings Hits
Homer First Time Up
This Year.

The New York Giants regular line
up, Shorrtstop Dave Bancroft and all,
played its first nine-inning game We'd
nesday afternoon at League Park
against the Yannigans and succeeded
in winning slugging match by a
score of IL TO s. Youngsters pitched
for both sides. Morrison, johnson and
Lucas for the winners. and Walberg,
FOight and Cvengros for the losers.
George Kelly, giant first sacker,
walloped home run with the bases
full. and Fred johnson also cleaned
populated sacks with n threc-bagger.
Utility lnfielder Rawlings hit home
run on his first appearance at bat in
a game this season.
The Giants are in generally good
shape, except for few minor in
juries and SCOTS bad eye. Sore arms
are comparatively few. Shortstop
Travis Jackson hurt AN ankle and is
taking it easy, and Third Baseman
Wally Mcphee suffered an injury ia
one foot that is keeping him out of
thct hick of things for awhile.
Another day of good weather
pleased the New Workers. According
TO Geographic advices warm and
cloudy weather generally prevailel
over the baseball training belt with
New Orleans the one exception. re-
porting a clear sky. Hot Springs
Montgomery, Mobile and the Florida
camps came in the classification of
cloudy and partly cloudy.
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Blows Up Every Time He Goes Up
Pitcher Walker Wiz" in Minors But Dust Three Major League
Excursions
BY BILLY EVANS.

Wig do some players who are SEN
sations in the minors fail TO deliver
in the majors?
Why do other players who meet
with only fair success in the bushes
develop into major league stars?
That has been a deep, dark mys-
terry for years to major league scouts
and managers. 1t will probably re-
main so forever.
1t is peculiar, too, for the funda-
mentals of the game are the same in
the minors as in the majors.
Take the case of James Roy Wal
ker, a six-foot right-handed pitcher of
speed, curves and enough pitching
stuff, according to major league ex-
perts, to live a long life as a major
Lacquer.
Walker was given a trial with the
Cleveland Indians about six years ago.
He was noted for control in the
minors. In the American league lie
four balled his way back to the minors.
In the minors again, Walker re-
gained his bearings and once more
pitched himself to q major league
trial. In 1918 he became a member
of the Chicago Cubs. But Walker
failed for the second time.
In looking for pitching strength
for his Cardinals in 1921 Branch
Hickey was tipped off to Walker,
then with the New Orleans Pelicans.
Walker had won ~ games and lost
II with New Orleans.
In the Southern league that year
were Johnny Glazner, Johnny Nor
rison, Clyde Barfoot. Indian Yellow
horse, Thomas Sheehan. Johnny
Suggs and Dazzy Vance, all Of whom
advanced to the majors.
Walker was touted as easily the
best prospect of the bunch, n pitcher
ready TO take his turn as big league
regular. That's what Hickey was
looking for.
A year and n half with the Car
dinals and Walker had failed for
the third time and back to New Or
leans he drifted.
When the 1922 pitching averages
Of the Southern league were issued
it was discovered that Walker was
the prize of the list. He had won
10 of the II games in which he pitch
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JOSKE BROTHERS NINE|
TO PLAY FIRST GAMA
SUNDAY WITH M'DONl
Veltman and Burke Hal
Classy Talent for Van
Dazzle Exhibition.

The Joske Brothers Company bas
ball team will play its first game
the season Sunday afternoon again
MacDona, at the Van Dazzle stadium
the West Side. The game will start
3 o'clock.
Managers Veltman and Burke of Il
Joske nine will pick their team from
fancy array of talent, including Il
following: Griesenbeck, Vcltman j
Schuhardt, Hicks. Shook. Swartzkop
Eberhardt, Gunkel, Kneeler, Bill Phi
lips, John Phillips, Garcia, Simman
Bryan Naylor, Browning and Nixon.
p. 4. Scott will umpire.
MacDona has been practicing Il
some time and is said to have clu
that compares favorably with stroI
MacDona aggregations Of the past.
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WILLIE HOPPE STILL
NVINCIBLE MASTER
AT 1872 BILLIARDS
Retains Title in Thrilling
Match With Son of Man
He Took 1t From.

New York, March 15.-The cue of
Willie Hoppe still is magic wand /;
its wielder still the invincible master
of the worries. Young Jake Schaefer,
son of the "old wizard knows it
now.
Hoppe completed his defense of his
1872 balk line billiard worlds champ,
ionship title last night, amassing 1900
points in the three blocks of his chal.
lenge match while the San Franciscan
was totaling 1341. The defender made
the final 500 he needed while his op-
ponent was collecting 347.
Vivid with drama and color from
the first bank for break on Monday
night, and replete throughout will
displays of emotion and temperament
the three-day tournament came to /:
throbbing finish that swept the 15Ol
spectators from their seats into shout
Of acclaim.
1t was q sorry defeat for the sol
Of the man from whom Hoppe, then tn
boy wonder, won his spurs. At the en-
of the first block be had the chamr
ionship within his grasp; he led so
TO 211. The next night he faltere
where Hoppe was drawing strength
and lost his lead; Hoppe made ~
points TO his 494.
Hoppe came TO the table last nigh
six points ahead. He had the ball
in perfect position to continue his ru
unfinished from the night before. II
was in his best stroke. He counte
43 before he missed an easy draw
Not until his fifth turn at the tab
did Schaefer master himself. Then
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Excursions.

reeled off the longest run of the tourn-
ament, clicking IA points with an
amazing display on the first night
Schaefer had fallen to the rear 1Gi
points. His masterful run brought
him within 20 points of the champion.
Hoppe had just run 1856. He met
the new challenger with u collection
of 1G3. lie never lost the lead, and
though he wavered several times near
the end, as did Schaefer, he main
tanned control
Hoppe never revealed more COM
plete mastery of his game than last
night. He used every conceivable shot
with almost unerring execution and
daring. His .peed control was un'
canny.
Besides holding his title, he won
permanent possession of the $1,000
diamond medal emblematic of the
championship and his side wager of
$1,000 with Schaefer. He will not be
subject to challenge until new tro-
ply is offered.
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RECORD ENTRY LIST
Spain Joins Field for Davis Cup
Running Total to Seventeen.

New York, March 15.-Spain,
which reached the final round of in
ternational tennis play last year
against Australia, Wednesday filed its
1923 Davis Cup challenge with the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton.
This eleventh hour entry became
the seventeenth. the total number OF
challenging nations, three more than
the previous high record, made last
year. Entries closed Thursday NJ
noon and the draw for play in th'
American and European zones vii
take place Friday.
Thirteen nations, including Thu
latest entry, Will participate in tn.
European zone preliminary contests
They are: Belgium, Czecho- Slovakia
Denmark England. Ireland. France
Spain. Roumania, India, Italy, Swift
erland, Holland and Argentina.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-15
MULDOON REFUSES TO
MEET ALL ON CARPET
AS HE DID ON MAT
Impossible to Get Audience
on Status of Greb
Charges.
BY FAIRPLAY.

Copyright by The San Antonio Light.
New York, March 15.--Time was
when the manager Of William Null
doom was perfectly willing for that
worthy old warrior to meet all Corners
on the mat. The present New York
boxing commissioner barred no OPP
ponent who knew a hammer lock
from Yale lock. But it is not
SO today. Now it is as difficult
to meet Muldoon on the carpet of his
office as it is to get Johnny Kill
bane or Johnny Wilson into the ring.
William Nagle, secretary of the state
boxing commission, refuses point
blank to permit anyone who desires
to make inquiries as to the plans,
opinions and pronunciamentos of the
commission to come face to face with
the chairman across the mahogany
desk from which he issues his de-
crees.
"This way out" is the sign huns
in front of every inquirer about the
status Of the charges alleged ant
denied that Harry Greb was COMPEL
ed to pay $4,000 to New York sport
writer's in order to have interest bull
up for a Greb-Dempsey fight. IL
the meantime, the following questions
are unanswered by the commission
Did Greb, as charged by Pitts
burg sport writer. actually say h
had to bride New York newspapermel
to the extent Of $4,000?
Has the commission taken any step
to investigate such charges?
Does the commission consider con
ditions which might sustain sue
charges even for a moment worthy O
attention?
No one, so far as can be learned
has gotten sufficiently close to tn
commission or commissioners TO az,
cover what that body and its member
think of the Firpo-Brcnnan bout. NJ
body cares much what the commissio
thinks of Firpo-Dempsey battle, fc
such match probably would
staged in Buenos Aires. The trip
that city will cost enthusiasts fro
5000 M and any fight fan who
lucky enough to be able to spend fro
5000 up TO view such a battle is &c
lucky to need any sympathy even
the men are badly mismatched.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-15
THIRTEENTH GAME OF
SEASON GIVES SOUTH
SIDERS LEAGUE TITLE
Breckenridge High School
Romps on Main High in
Deciding Game.

The jinx number thirteen holds no
fears for the Breckenridge High
School basket ball team which today
is in possession of it's second sue
cessive Academic League champion
ship. The game with Main Avenue
High School on the "Y. w" court
Wednesday night was the thirteenth
yet Breckenridge gave Main the most
decisive beating it has received this
year and. in SO doing, copied the
league hOnors. The score was 40 to
II. the winners excelling in all de-
partments of the game.
Breckenridge High is indicated
locally. and has lost only one out of
those thirteen games, that to Ell Paso
High in the semi-finals for the state
high school championship at Austin.
Hilmar Engelbcrt is the "miracle
man" who has coached breckenridge
TO its successive championships. And
only Red" Irby will be missing next
season.
The winners Wednesday night ran
the recognized Main team ragged.
All kinds of fancy basket ball was
exhibited. Whitney took the lead in
points with 1G. Irby scored ten. Hill
eight, Rodriguez -four and Carver two.
McDougal totailed five points for the
winners. while Fricry. McCarley and
Smith scored two each.
The Breckenridge teamwork and
defensive play was unusually good.
Lincups:
Breckenridge High: Whitney and
Hill, forwards; Rodriguez. center !;
Irby and Carver. guards; Newman,
Heye and Daggett. substitutes.
Main Avenue High: Friery and
McDOugal forwrrds: Meyers. center !:
Sager and Smith. guards: McCarley,
McCcbc and Fletcher. substitutes.
\. NJ. Nclnc refereed.
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EIGHT TEAMS LEFT


Kansas City, Mo-, March 15'-Eight
teams will contest Thursday to de
tern.ine the semi-finaists in the Ma
tional A. A. U. basket ball tourna'
menr here.
The four games will bring together
the survivors of the first and second
rounds of play which have eliminated
all but the strongest contenders.
Two of the teams are outstanding
as title contenders-the Kansas City
Athletic Club, champions of 1921, and
the Hillyards of st. Joseph, Mo.
A third team, although its true
quality is not known, looms as n dark
horse. This aggregation, the Two
Harbors All-Stars, Two Harbors
Mimi, has not yet been forced tC
extend itself, playing a calm, easy
game and apparently scoring at will
Few shots seem TO be the rule OF
their game but the shots for gao
usually score.
Southwestern College, Winfield
Kan. runnerup in 1921 and a semi
finalist least year. will test the
strength of the Hillyards tonight
Southwestern has not yet met strong
tournament contender and the team.
comparative strength is not definitely
known.
Tonight's schedule:
Southeastern State Teachers Col
lege. Durant, Okla. vs.. Two Harbors
All-Stars, Two Harbors, Mimi.
Kansas City Tabernacles VS.. Kan
sas City Athletic Club.
Hillyards. st. Joseph, Mo-, VS.
Southwestern College. Winfield, Kan
Fairmont College. Wichita, Kan. VS.
Larry semon A. c.. Hollywood, Cal
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Baseball Field Alongside Golf Course Is Diamond in the Roug
IT'S DALLAS STEERS NOW

Dallas, Tex. March Is. = The
Dallas club of the Texas League
will be known henceforth as the
Steers" it was announced today
following a conference between ball
ncgnates and sports writer's of the
four Dallas dailies.
Marine field henceforth is also
4 misnomer; the park will bear a
sign reading ''The Dallas Ball Park
the home of the herd"
The Steers defeated the s. NJ. L.
Mustangs. o to 4, Wednesday.
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MCCOY GETS VERDICT
OVER JOE BERGER IN
FIFTEEN AT Ell PASO
Attendance Small -Pancho
and Russo Fight Next
Monday.

FL Paso, Tex, March 15.-Johnny
Mccoy, forcing the fighting all tn,
way, received the decision here We'd
nesday night in Il fifteen-round batam.
weight bout with Joe Berger.
p phe attendance at the bout was
small, kept down by the chilly
weather.
Next Monday night. Kid Pancho OF
San Antonio and Jimmy Russo OF
Grand Rapids. Mich. will meet here
again for the flyweight championship
of the Southwest. Russo knocked out
Pancho in their last meeting here
when the Kid was just recovering
from an influenza attack.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-15
KNEPPER CAN'T GO
Another Star Crossed OFF List OF
American Golf Invaders.

Princeton. y. j.. March 15.-Ru-
dolph Knepper, captain of the Prince
ton golf team. will not accompany the
American golf team TO England in
MAY. it was announ, d today.
Knepper holds the trans Mississippi
and Iowa state golf titles and was
scm -finalist in the national amateur
tournament last fall.
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AMATEURS MEET WITH
LAMBERT NEXT WEEK
TO DISCUSS FIELDS
City League Organizes
With West at Head
ard Eight Teams.

Amateur baseball enthusiasts. repre-
sentatives of the many leagues which
will operate in San Antonio this sum
mer. will gather at the Chamber Of
Commerce at Z O'Clock next Wednes-
day evening to talk over baseball
diamonds with Park Commissioner
Ray Lambert. Superintendent of
Breckenridge Park Al Hansen and
others. This was announced Wcdnes-
day night at the organization meet
ing of the City League at the Travel
ers hotel, attended by two dozen or
more amateur team managers, Off
Gals and players.
The City Amateur Baseball Com
mission is behind the movement for a
meeting to discuss playing fields. and
the City League readily joined at the
Wednesday session.
Eight teamS We're lined up and a
tentative opening date for the City
League set for Sunday, April 1. 1t is
planned that each team will play six
teen games during session extend
be played on Sunday afternoons.
The eight teams in the league and
their managers are Public Service
Company, X. f. Sivley Eagle Fur
niture Company, Il. w. Hill; Lone
Star Bakery, Is. B. Elan; Telephone
Company, ]. II. Kelly: Chic-Chic Com
pany, J. J. Buck" O'Banion; Pitts
burg Water Heaters, Dewey Reno 7;
San Antonio Light. Joe Newman; San
Antonio Express. Fred Herndon.
Charles n. Wuest. to whose eff
forts the big revival of the City
League in the last two seasons is
largely due, was reelected president
of the league by acclamation. r. l..
Sivley, experienced in secretarial du-
ties, was chosen secretary treasurer,
and the position of assistant secretary
and statistician, the only salaried Of
| flee in the league. was given to G..
Nj. Weber, who will receive S15 n sea
son for keeping records, handling pub
licity and keeping teams and the pub
lie posted on all happenings.
Iron-clad bylaws and a constitu-
ton were adopted at the meeting.
| Features include twenty-dollar cash
forfeit to be posted by each team. in
addition to So annual dues; one dol
| lar dues from every player in the
league; full power placed in the presi-
dent and board of managers: barring
| of any member of the army or navy
fourteen-player limit, exclusive of a
playing manager; cash forfeiture for
use of ineligible players if the board
of managers so DEGREES: fine of SIG
for first offense of tampering with
| players of other clubs and expulsion
from league for second offense: league
sanction of all trades or additions &c
clubs: ruling that an exhibition game
must be played even if d team cannot
place nine men in the field on a day
scheduled: insistence that players il
the league play with no other team
except in benefit games such as tn,
Shriners and Elks, etc.
The Chic-Chic club, the manage
ment of which gave the league mucl
trouble last yd,r. is back this seasoi
under new leadership. Buck" O'Ban
ion has an entirely different array o
talent. including Kelley, Rehmuth. L
Conoly, Farr. Crow, Tucker. Henson
Walton, Wendell and Steffen. TIL
team will hold its first practice a
San Pedro PARK at . 80 next Satur
day afternoon.
/
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Co,Iett-{errigan Pair Wins.

Belleair Heights. Fla. March To-
Miss Glenna Collett, national womcn's
champion. and Tommy Kerrigan. ST.
wanoy. defeated Miss Bernice Wall,
of Oshkosh. Wis. and Johnny Farrell.
Quaker Ridge. 10 UP and . to play
on the Belleair links Wednesday. Miss
Collett made II and equalled the
record of the course for women play
ers. which was established by Miss
Edith Cummings.
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RiXeY Signs Contract.

Cincinnati. Ohio. March 15.-Pitch-
er EDpa Rixey has agreed to terms
and is on his way to join the Gin
cinnati National League team at the
Orlando. Fla, training camp. dis
patches received here stated. When
he arrives the Red piching staff will
BE- complete with fifteen hurlers, nine
Of whom will be retained. The Gin
cinnatians will have their first real
test of the season today when they
meet the Cleveland Indians at Or
lando. This will be the first of q
series Of four games between the two
teams while they are in the South.
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Illinois to Tour South.

Champaign, III, March 1o.-It was
announced today that the University
of Illinois tennis team will tour the
South, meeting the University Of the
South at Sewanee. April . and 3, for
its first matches. Captain NJ. X.
Dubach, of Kansas City, will be one
of the players.
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Bow,iny Scores Low,

MiIWnukee. WIS, March 15.-ScOr-
ing i'll last nights play in the Amer
lean Bowling Congress tournament was
low and no team was successful in
its attempt to Gust the leaders. Spon-
tano team No. I led the scoring with
261S which was 81 pins shy of fifth
place. The Plankinton Globe team
No. l still leads all with 2I60.
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MICKEY BEATS FITZ
Welter Champion Walker Seats Lanky
Oklahoman i'm Twelve.

Buffalo. March t5.-Mickey Walker
of Elizabeth n. J. welterweight champ
ion, won the judges decision in a
twelye-round bout here Wednesday
night with Charlie Fitzsimmons of
Oklahoma. The bout was slow and
uninteresting. Fitzsimmons weighed
153 pounds, Walker lao IL.
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Baseball Briefs

Hot Springs, Ark, March 15.-Mc-
Millan's home-run drive enabled the
regulars of the Boston Red Sox to
defea' the second team by score of
3 to ., in the first practice game
of the season acre Wednesday. Lefty
O'Dcul, pitcher for the seconds, also
hit a long one over the fence.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-15
Corsicana Settles Claim.

COrsicana, March ia check for
$1,000 has been mailed TO the Hous-
ton Bluffs in settlement for the claim
beld against the Corsicana franchise
from last season. Dude Ransom, presi-
dent of the Corsicana baseball associa-
ton said today. Ransom said Cor
sicnna will receive Lacy. Ferguson,
Argulgo, Sengatta and Osborne.
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Both st. Louis Teams Win.

st. Louis, Mo-, March 15.--Both
st. Louis major league baseball teams
training in the South began the last
stages of their slap at the camps,
only week remaining before they
break camp and start on their north
ward tours. The Cardinals defeated
the Philadelphia National, o to 3,
at Lcesburg, Fla, yesterday, while the
Americans nsed out the Mobile,
Southern Association, team, Z to q.
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NIaranyiIle i'm Camp.

Hot Springs, Ark, March 15.-
rabbit" Maranville arrived here to-
day to join the Pittsburg Pirates.
Heavy stick-work of Reb Russell, Pr
rate fcnce-buster, in practice. and cir
cult drives by Mcmillan and O'Doul of
the Boston Red Sox featured the prac-
tice sessions of the two major leagus.