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Evening star., 1923-01-05
What McGraw Told His Team the
Day Before the Recent World Series
Began---Why Babe Ruth Failed to
Shine---Do College Men Make the
Best Ball Players?

of base ball. would be Of the most
interest. Candidly. l didn't know
where to start.
To get a line. though. we sent out
Questionnaires to fifty men in differ
ent sections of the country-Some
made a point of not asking too many
men of expert knowledge. In these
questionnaireS we asked for sug-
geStionS as to what the public would
be most interested in-whdt ques-
tiOns that particular person would
like to have answered. -=
The first one came in from major
league umpire-a man of imagination
and understanding.
Il They would like to know. he
began, how the Giants won the world
! series.'- -er-
- Tell why you shifted from
waiting out the Yank pitchers TO
swinging at the first ball? Several
times you made this shift"
In the first place, we won the world
series because we thought we could
win. Though we said nothing, we
took advantage of the fact that our
opponents and the public had under
estimated the strength of our pitchers.
Kept Awny From Players.
After the end of the season did not
say one word to our players about
the series until the day before II ac-
tuaily began. / purposely kept away
from them. In the meantime the
newspapers were full of discussions
of the weakness of our pitchers and
of the strength OF the Yank pitchers:
They told of what Ruth and Meusel
would do to us, and so on. This put
the odds up to Z to 5, With the ianks s
as favorites. Not once did l discuss
this with the men.
On the day before the first game ]
went to the clubhouse and had
heart to-heart talk With the play
Crs.
you can beat these fellows" l told
them. II don't think there is ques-
tion about it. We have a big adNan-
| tage in that they are the taVorltes.
Not once since we started on our last
drive have you pitchers failed to come
through when called on, and the rest
of the team has backed you up. You
can do il just as well in this series.
All you've got to do is play ball just
as if you were playing a regular
game in midseason. There is no
difference The team that gets i'm
pressed with the idea that there is
difference will become self conscious
an lose. Now, practically all of you
have played in a big series and II Is
nothing new to you.
"FOrget About the Odds"
I'm way you have observed the
playing of your opponents. A lot Of
people have an idea that because !
frequently changed pitchers in our
last twenty games these pitchers
were not able to stand the pace. You
know better than that. We changed
them for very good reasons. Wen
change them in this series If neces-
sary. but I don't think it will be
necessary All 1 ask of you is forget
about those odds-rhose figures mere
ly represent the opinions Of sporting
writer's. Get out there and play base
ball just as you have all season. III
Evening star., 1923-01-05
DEMPSEY J0BLESS, BUT
HAS A PLACE TO SLEEP

Dempsey. heavyweight boxing
champion, with his manager, Jack
Kenrns, has closed "a deal for an
apartment house in the fashionable
section OF Los Angeles, the price
being &25O.OO1, ID wns announced
here today.
81 am buying this apartment
house purely ns a speculative VEN
ture," said Dempsey.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
SQUASH TITLE TOURNEY
ATTRACTS IA ENTRANTS

NEW YORK. January 5.-SeVenty-
four squash players. sixteen more
than last year and record entry for
the event. will start tomorrow in the
opening round of the annual handicap p
tournament of the National Squash
Tennis Association on the courts of
the Columbia University Club. II will
be the only handicap tournament of
the year.
Thomas r. Coward of the Yale Club,
national amateur squash champion,
and jay Gould of the Columbia Club.
national racquet and court tennis I'll
tleholders. are at the top OF the pair
ings Each is Handicapped the maxi
mum-minus ten aces. The only
prominent player not entered is Fill
more Van S. Hyde of the Harvard
Club. former national champion. who
is abroad.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
ATHLETIC STARS BANNED
BY STANFORD U. FACULTY

SANFORD UNIVERSITY. Calf, jan
uary 5.-The faculty of Stanford Uni
versity has suspended eleven pigskin
stars for scholarship deficiencies
Three trackmen, Glenn Hartranfat
national intercollegiate shot put and
discus winner; Thurman Clarke. quar-
ter miller, and AL Smith, distance man,
also felt the faculty axe. Eighty-five
were suspended all told. and some of
them will have to stay out for year.
The foot ball men, seven in the reg
ular varsity and four in the freshmen
squad, will be ineligible to compete next
fall The varsity men are Murray
Cuddeback, George Houck, Joseph Doug
las, Norman. Dole. Charles Johnston,
Bill Pheney and Thatcher Taylor
Evening star., 1923-01-05
GRAND CIRCUIT DATES
FIXED FOR LEXINGTON

LEXINGTON. KY, January 5.-Octo-
Der l to 13, inclusive. has been fixed as
the time for the 1923 holding OF the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders AS
ISOLATION grand circuit meeting here.
The date was determined at the annual
meeting Of stockholders here yesterday.
The Kentucky Futurfty, valued at S21,-
600, will be renewed for foals OF 1923
Directors elected at the meeting were:
A. b. Coke, Paoli. Pa; David NJ. Look.
New York: Harry Burgoyne. Donerail
Ky; J. D. Grover, George own. KY. and
r. c. Estill, DIR. J. r. Hagyard. Judge
p c. Stoll and z. A. Upton. all of Lex
ington.
E. A Upton was reelected president.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
n ACk GUARD.-There are two
= types, the running guard and
- the back guard. The back

types, the running gudrd dHu
- the back guard. The back
guard should be big, rugged fell
low. If the team is a good offensive
one his work will be light For this
reason when the ball does threaten
the goal he should be fresh and
strong to fight hard to get it out
and on its way. He should be par
ticularly good in taking the ball off
the blackboard. The guard should
be we'll trained in catching, pass
ing. picking up rolling balls and
taking balls out of scrimmages.
Mistakes in the fundamentals made
by guards are very costly. The
back guard needs to be a cool
player. for he is usually intrusted
with the direction Of the defense.
1t is not necessary for him to be
an especially good shot, In all easy
games. the other guard should make
it a point to insist on his going up
the floor and scoring. Otherwise a
team you are to meet later will
know he does not score and will
never bother covering him. This
gives such opponents a too great
ADVANTAGE.
Evening star., 1923-01-05

IA IHILE arranging the memo
wv randa for backtracking
over thirty years Of my
base ball life. an old friend, a man
now high in world affairs, dropped
i'll to see me. He saw what | was
doing.
Say, Mac" he said, tell ME who,
i'll your opinion. makes the best ball
player, the college boy or the igno-
rant young fellow who comes in
from the town lots?"
| looked up at him in downright
gratitude for the suggestion. 1t
gives me Start-a keynote that I
would like TO sound throughout
these memoirs.
The college boy, of course" / told
him He has at the start the very
thing the less fortunate young fell
low has to acquire. He steps right
in with the advantage of mental
training. With the. same amount of
natural common sense behind him,
the college boy has full two-ye
jump on the town-lot uoy
The o o;!terence is simply thiS--the
college boy, or any one with even a
partially trained mind. Immediately
tries to find his faults; the unschooled
fellow usually tries TO hide his. The
moment a man locates his faults he
can quickly correct them. The man
who thinks he is keeping his mis-
takes under cover will never advance
single step until he sees the light"
That. in d nutshell. is the differ
ence. and it may explain why l have
with natural ability on my many hall
clubs. Usually they arrive quicker
and last longer.
Many Stars handicapped.
Some of our greatest stars have
not mean that they were better off
without such aiming. 1t means that
they had brains enough to see the
handicap. and through persistence
and determination overcame it. Men
of this type are Hans Wagner, Iris
Speaker. Napoleon Lajoie. Delehanty
oh. "A lot of them. ! might add that
Hughey Jennings and myself also
were of that type. but we were quick
30 see the need of what other young
fellows had been given by their par
ents. AS to how we did it 1 will tell
later on.
1t is not my purpose to mora1ize.
even If l am at the age where men
beSln TO get philosophical ana point
out things to the youngsters. In the
first place. it is hard to make the
youngsters listen. l do think, though,
that all successful endeavors in life
are based on that idea of being able
to find faults and of being just as
quick to correct them.
That is largely the way we won
the last world series.
Sent Out QuestiOnnnireA
I have been somewhat at lc ss TO
know just wat. in my thirty years
Evening star., 1923-01-05
BRITTON WILL ATTEMPT
TO COME BACK IN RING

NEW YORK, January 5.--Jack Brit
ton, former holder of the world vel
terweight boxing title, mas started
training for a come back.
The veteran ring general plans a
campaign which he hopes will lead. to.
a return match with Mickey W;A'ker
of Elizabeth. y. j., who captured the
title from him in a bout at Madison
Square Garden He Is tentatively
matched to box Bobby Barrett OF
Clifton Heights, Pa, in Philadelphia
in two " eCkS
Evening star., 1923-01-05
THREE A. A. STARS
COME Up IN 1928
Advance of Myatt, Mathews
and Lutzke Shows How
Scarce Talent 1t.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

n EW YORK, January 5.-Noth-
VI ing shows better the raven
Gus appetite of the major
league teams for ball players today
than the way the three most prom
lsing youngsters were picked off
the American Association limb al
most before they were ripe Com
parison of their figures with those
Of players in the association who
have had the major league fire test
indicate just about how good the
three selections arc
Myatt, who goes to Cleveland
from Milwaukee for a consideration
somewhere around $4,000, led the
league in batting. He hit just bit
better than Beals Becker and Sher-
~ Magee, which is good.
Lutzke. who goes to Cleveland
from Kansas City TO play third base,
battted at exactly the same figure as
Ernest Kruger who formerly caught
for both the Giants and Brooklyn.
Kruger proved he could hit some
| in major league company but his
! lack Of speed Handicapped him.
Mathews. picked from Milwaukee
! by Connie Mack, batted better than
! Kruger and at much the same gait
! as Russell. who went to Pittsburgh
( from the American Association Math-
eWs is fine lead-oH man and thar
! is one of the reasons Connie took
! him.
The figures show how to compare
| Myatt. Lutzke and Mathews. Knock
! 90 per cent off the best figure you
| can allow them on that comparison
! and possibly you will be somewhere
near right about their ability for next
season.
Illusions "Return" a Surprise.
Col T L. Huston's return--if il
can DC called that since his sale 10
| Col Rupert never was finally con
mated-surprised every one, OF
course. Huston unquestionably want
ed the near million and half for
his half share in the Yankees a
right. but it can also be as truly
said that he very much wants TO Of
ticiate when the grand new stadium
of the Yanks is opened in the spring.
What differences there have been be-
tween Rupert and Huston were not
in any way unfriendly. There isn't
any reason to expect anything but
the same sort of management that
the New York Americans had this
past season.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-01-05
LEONARD CHALLENGED
BY SAILOR FREEDMAN

NEW YORK. January :. Sailor
Freedman. Chicago lightweight, has
filed with the New York state boxing
commission IN official challenge for
bout with Benny Leonard for the
championship of the world and posted
a forfeit of So 500 as evidence of his
good faith
Under the commissions rules. if it
accepts the challenge. Leonard must
answer il within a specified time or
lose claim TO the title in New York
state, as Johnny Wilson. world mid
dleweight champion. and Johnny Kill
Lane. world feathcrweight champion,
have done.
Freedman. who has been boxing
only four years. has met Leonard be-
fore
Evening star., 1923-01-05
WOOD SEEKS TO LOWER
MARK FOR SPEEDBOATS

Los ANGELES, Calf. January
5.-Gar6eld A. Wood of Detroit.
Mich, owner of the speed bonts
hfss America and Miss Detroit
VI. which defeated Pacific coast
crnft In a series of races here,
Will attempt TO break the interna-
tiOnal mile record for dual-mOtor-
ed boats with the Miss America 1
in the channel of Long Beach to-
morrow. The record is seyenty-six
miles, established by Commodore
Wood In the Miss America at
Algonac, Mich. The admiralty sys-
tenn, calling for six trsals over a
mile course, will be used.
Wood said the speed boats made
better time in salt water than in
fresh water,
Evening star., 1923-01-05

do the directing and if anything goes
wrong I'll take the responsibility"
That is all that ! ever said TO them.
IL might surprise many to know that
AT no time did we have the slightest
fear of Ruth. There seemed to be an
impression that I was unfamiliar with
the playing of Ruth and Schang AS
matter or fact ] knew more about
Ruth. Schang and Baker than any
other members OF the Yankee team.
games against Ruth. That naturally
ought to give me a pretty good line
on him.
Caught Ruth in n slump.
might say right here that We
caught Ruth in one of his slumps
and We did everything We could to
make II worse for him He is d ball
payer OF the freak type that is like
y 10 oust up a game at any moment.
NOBODY ever could hit IA ball as far
as he, and IL was my business to see
that he didn't get hold of one. Under
thoSe circumstances the natural thing
TO do was to pitch him slow ones II
is dlficult for a long hitter to brace
himself against d ball that barely
lobs over the plate
signalled for every ball that was
pltched TO Ruth during the last
world series. In fact. l gave the
signals for practically every ball that
was pitched during the series by our
pltcherS They preferred that ! do IT,
| think ball players. as rule. can do
a more workmanlike job when they
teel that some one else is taking the
responsibility. Those who watched
the games may have noticed that the
catcher invariably turned and look ed
at the bench. ] gave him the sign
which he in turn gave to the pitcher.
IhlS was not done in any slishod
or gucssWork manner. To give YOU
an idea of our thOroughness we
pitched but nine curves and three
fast balls TO Ruth throughout the
series. All the rest were slow balls.
OF those twelve-the nine curves
and three fast balls-eleven of them
set the big fellow on his ear. as we
say. He got just one foul off those
twelve strikes. And usually we
crossed him with the curve when
there were men on the bases Our re-
spect for the way he tears into a fast
ball is indicated by our giving him
but three to hit at during the entire
series.
The trick. though. that broke the
YankS in two was a brand new play
that we pulled on them and repeated
on the two occasions when they be-
came the most dangerous. The pub
lie seems to have overlooked this
play in the excitement.
But l am running into my second
chapter.
Copyright. 1923 Cuited States and Canada
By the Christy Walsh Syndicate
Evening star., 1923-01-05
JESS COMING EAST
| YTO TALK BUSINESS
Considers Return Match to
Get Chance for Revenge
Against Dempsey.
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW YORK, January 5.-Don't
N be surprised if you hear of
Jess Willard trekking to
New Jersey in the near future.
Here's the story as told to the
writer today: The promoters of
Jersey had big idea recently and
they proceeded Immediately to act
upon it. First they questioned Jack
lard in Havana.
Would he meet Jess? Would he
In other words, he would.
Word was sent to Jess in Seattle
and Jess said that he would fit east
ward shortly to talk business.
Tex Rickard has advised the Poto-
watamie giant to come east and show
himself TO the experts, not neceS-
endurance tests which will give the
public a line upon his present state
OF health. If less is as fit as he says
he is. he certainly won't object.
Willard has objected to fighting
some opponent other than Dempsey
not because he fears being beaten
hut hecauhe doesn't care a lot for
the ring game. He hates to train
and. while u may seem strange,
he hates to beat opponents up. Be
sides, Jess has got a snug bank bal
anCc
Willard Seeking Revenge.
All Willard wants is to get into the
ring with Dempsey aud pay him back
for the terrible beating Jack gave
him in Toledo. This is the chief de-
sire of the big fellows life. When
he was on here two winters ago his
eyes fairly glistened when it looked
As though Dempsey would give him
return battle. But as every one
AnowS how Dempsey turned Willard
down cold in favor of Carpenter.
Now 1t looks As though jess has
decided that the only way for him
to meet the titleholder is to knock
some other good heavy for a portion
OF Sauer kraut. And. as we have
said. ;hiS shindy probably will take
place in Newark or Jersey city.
tCopyriGlt. 1879
Evening star., 1923-01-05
VETERAN JOCKEY DIES
RIDING PHANTOM HORSE

CARLINVILLE. Ill, January o
Clutching imaginary reins, feebly shout
ing encouragement to a phantom pony
and brandishing to the last his old race
whip, ]. A. Sweeney, eighty-six, veteran
goal, a winner-dying in the role he
had often liSed-leading the field. Up
right in his bed. and staring fiXedly he
fore him, the veteran rode boldly ahead
into another world.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
WHEATLEY CUE LEADER,

George Wheatley, District pocket
billiard champion, and Willie Lewis,
Philadelphia cue expert, will start the
final block of their 300-point match
at Pickwick Academy, at S:15 o'clock
tonight with the former leading. 204
to 179. In last nights 100-point block,
Wheatley outshot Lewis, 102 to 81
Evening star., 1923-01-05
Another Match Looms Majors Grab All Likely Minor Player
IN beginning the signed story of
he North American Newspaper Alliance. }

IN beginning the signed story of
the famous John J. McGraw
today, The Star presents to its
readers what II believes is the
greatest base ball series ever
written. McGraw has no peer in
modern base ball. His depth and
range of experience are equaIed
by few. His phenomenal success
as a player and developer of
champion teams has been equal
ed by none. In his fascinating
narrative is reflected the drama
of McGraw's own life and the
development of the great ma
tionaI game.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
HUSTON CALLS OFF SALE:
RETAINS STOCK In YANKS
BY the Associated Press

EW YORK, January 5n the they
Col Tlmghast Hommedeu Huston
derby chapeau has earned him the
iron hat didn't even and 50 he's still in base ball
Col Huston confirmed last night he
half the New York he
nounced he had the
in
n.tAHnA Anerca Leaque
Evening star., 1923-01-05
ONE, TWO IN DOG EVENT.

GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn. January
5.-Major Kidd and Major Hawks
Ghost, settlers both owned by ". W.
and r. @. Stoner, Courtland. Miss. took
first and second places. respectively. III
the all-age stake of the all-American
field trials here.
Evening star., 1923-01-05
LIBERTY BELL ROLLERS
AHEAD IN LEAGUE RACE

Liberty Bell bowlers are setting the
pace in the Jr. o. L. A. NJ. Duckpin
League, but are making no runaway
race of il, as three other quints are
less than 100 points away. Here are
the figures compiled by c. w. Doug
lass, official scorert
Evening star., 1923-01-05
GREENLEAF EASY WINNER
IN MATCH WITH HUESTON

CHICAGO. January 5.-Ralph Green
leaf world pocket billiard champion.
defeated Tom Hueston of st. Louis
last night in the final block of their
match by 500 to S33. Greenleaf's high
run of the day was II.
Evening star., 1923-01-05

LEAGUE RECORDS.
High individual sverage-van Sickler, Lib
erty Bell. 10S-11.
High individual SETH. Douglas, Bennng.
Ba6.
High individual game-H. Fellinger, Con-
Stellation, 1856.
Greatest number Of strikes %. Douglas,
Benning, 8; Stephenson, J. N. Read, 8.
Greatest number of spares-H. Douglas, Ben
aing, SO.
Hixh team Kame-Idberty Bell, $50.
High team set-Ldberty Bell, 1885.
Greatest number Of strikes-Benning, %.
Greatest number OF gpares-Liberty Bell,
High nat sams-paw, BenninE. 81; Cordell.
-&iberty Bell, o.
Evening star., 1923-01-05

NN THILE arranging the memo
NV randa for backtracking
over thirty wears Of my
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25

States. During the war the United
States added to her quasi-monopoly
Of producing oil fields a merchant
feet.
British commercial and industrial
ascendancy had rested on coal. She
conquered a world empire in order
to circle the world with coaling sta.
tons. AS long. as coal was the fuel
Of commerce q vessel could hardly
sail the seas without her permission.
But coal as compared with oil be-
came a medieval fuel. Oil gives a
vessel a cruising radius so per cent
greater than COAL, uses 30 per cent
less bunker space, and is stocked
automatically. Where there is com.
petition the difference in efficiency
is so great as to drive the coal burn.
er from the ocean.
Snatchins Back the Victory
Everything that is true in com.
merce is doubly true in war. An
oil-burning fleet has already won
the victory, as compared with coal
burning fleet Of comparable size. So
England converted her navy to oil.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Sends Message
Approving No More
War Demonstration

New York. July ga message
from j. Ramsay Macdonald, leader
of the opposition in the British
House of Commons, and chairman Of
the English Labor party urging the
continuance of the struggle against
war as a crime, was received today
by the International No More War
Demonstration Commission. The
message said:
please accept my best wishes for
the success of the No More War
Demonstra ton in America which you
are going to hold next Friday, Sat-
urday and Sunday. Surely the proof
Of the waste. the folly and the in
effectiveness Of war which is star
ing the nations of the world in the
face today. must induce every think
ing man and woman to determine
that they will have no more of it.
Let nothing blind us to the real
things that are happening. France
and Great Britain are drifting apart.
It IL not only that we are in dis
agreement about the Ruhr; we are
growing into disagreement about
ourselves. The feeling between us is
In some respects more strained than
between Germany and it's neighbors
in 1918. General enmity Is rising up.
And while we are busy creating ex
plosive psychology. problems in the
Near East, in the Balkans. in north
ern Africa, keep the matches burn
ing to throw into the gun powder
magazines.
WAS ominous writing on a wall
ever more plain than the events and
the tempers OF today?".
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-25
Miss Farrar to
Finance Purchase
|Of Health Resort

Brattleboro, VT, July 24-Geral-
| dine Farrar, prima donna, Is the
dominating figure in the purchase of
the 300-acre estate of the late Theo-
dore N. Vail at Lyndonville which
will be utilized as a health resort,
Major Frederick De Trafford Craven,
retired English army officer, who
has been conducting negotiations for
the purchase of the place, stated to-
day. He said the deal involved more
than s1,000,O00.
While Major Craven refused to
make public details of the purchase
it was learned from Harold E. Whit
ney. attorney of this city, that
papers were being prepared prepare
tory to the incorporation of Manor
Vail, Inc.," and that representatives
of the proposed corporation had paid
over a substantial sum of money to
bind a contract for the purchase of
the Vail estate. The present owners
Of the property are John B. Manley of
this city and David I. Grapes Of
Lyndonville. who bought the proper
ty in 1921.
Healthful qualities are attributed
to the water Of springs on the es-
tate, 1t Is said. and an elaborate sys-
tenn Of piping was laid by the late
Mr.. Vail.
Major Craven said that among 9TH
ers associated with Miss Farrar in
the deal were Doctors Kendrick
Smith and Owen B. Ames of Boston.
DR.. George r. Anderson and John B.
Manley of Brattleboro and himself.