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Evening star., 1923-10-17
BOWEN AND FINNIGAN
TO FIGHT TOMORROW

If Andy Bowen. local boxer. can
survive Honey Boy Finnigan's ter
rife left hand wallops in the twelve
round feature bout to he staged at
Sportland Heights boxing arena Ber-
wyn. Nd, tomorrow night. he will
establish himself as a real scrapper
FinnIgan annihilated Bobby Garcia
with his left-hand punches.
Finuigan's ability to smash through
his opponents defense has brought
him to the iimelight during the last
several months.
Three six-round bouts, involving
some frst-rate mitt artists. are
slated for the preliminaries. Young
Kid Eagan will exchange swats with
Terry 0'Day. while Johnny ConroY
will mix /: up with Bob Yeonan OF
the Navy. Some lively action Is ex-
pected when Jack Kendrick hook s
UP with Paul Thomas. These fighters
weigh around 10 pounds.
Lefty Hurley of the naval air sta
tion is slated to clash with Willie
Ptomey of Fort Myer in the four
round opener. This will be the last
show to he given at Sportland this
year. Charlie Short of Baltimore will
referee,
Evening star., 1923-10-17
PAL MORAN SEEKING
BOUT WITH LEONARD

NEW YORK. October 17--Pal
Moran is all excited over his recent
crushing victory over Charley White.
Having sent the Chicago left-hooker
to the junk heap-as he puts it-he
wants to corner Benny Leonard.
Back in 1920 Pal hooked up with
the champion. Moran was then a
mere lad, but he put up good bout
for ten rounds against Benny. This
at East Chicago.
ten pleasant rounds against Benny in
which nothing much happened to
either. All Pal wishes is that both
these battles had gone fifteen rounds.
He would have won sure, he writes.
After his fight with Lew Tender
In the Garden Moran was taken i'll
with pneumonia and has been slow
In returning to form. But it looks
now as though he had come back and
is better than ever.
Why not give Pal a chance, Benny?
There is no one else in sight and a
little bit Of battle long about now
would not hurt you a bit. A cham
pion to hold his title has got to bat
tie occasionally.
Benny's weight is still an object of
suspicion to the fans. He gets very
angry if any one questions his abil-
ity to meet the limit of his class. but
the secrecy he maintains about
Weighing in certainly gives color to
the prevailing belief regarding his
ayoirdupois
Evening star., 1923-10-17
GREFF WAS FIRST PILOT
OF THE NEW YORK YANKS

HE New York Yankees club American
this the third and
world champions brought the base
ball when they entered the the 1902 Their place
the league made by the forfeiture of the Baltimore Oriol
chSe
Frank J. Farrell whose established
American New
Washington Heights Clark Griffith who had achieved
Chicago charge aStar
eced
the National Leagues shortly
Players whose down in base balls corridor OF
the Yankee uniforms They included Jack Chebro
Harry Howell Jesse Tanneh Jack OConno John Ganze Jimmy Viii
Herman Long Wild Willie keelcr
Davis Within Jack Powell. Al Orth
Kid Eberfeld and Dougherty we
Evening star., 1923-10-17
LYNCH AND BURMAN
ENTER RING FRIDAY
BY FAIRpLAY.

NEW YORK, October 17.-Barely is
one world championship settled in
this town before another title battle
bobs up TO claim the interest OF the
sporting fraternity. Counting the
base ball classic and the big inter
national boss race next Saturday,
three new champions may be crowned
here this week
For after so long time Joe Lynch
is to risk his claim to the bantam
weight kingship in a match with Joe
Burman OF Chicago, at the Madison
Square Garden Friday night. The
champion sidestepped this so many
times that the state boxing commits
sion suspended him, but he was rein
stated on condition that he would give
the speedy Chicago boxer crack at
his crown.
II Lynch is in form and fights Cne
of his good fights he stands TO retain
his title, but Burman is classy
bantam, although veteran, and is
likely to give a good account Of him
self. IT will be remembered that Joe
once lost his title to Pete Herman of
New Orleans after winning 1t from
him. Then the decrepiL Johnny buH
came along and bowled over the
southerner. Lynch staged come
back by knocking out Buff. giving
him the bantam crown again:
Evening star., 1923-10-17

Gifith piloted the club until late in
the season of 1908 when he resigned
in favor of Elberfeld. George Stall
lings took charge in 1909 and held
on until late in 1910 when Hal Chase
became manager. Chase was succeed
cd in 1912 by Harry Wolverton, then
came Frank Chance. who led until
September, 1914, when he resigned
tender of the club. Roger FeckIn-
paugh finished the 1914 season, the
last of the Farrell regime. In 1915
Coils. Jacob Rupert and T. l.. Huston
purchased the club. paying something
around half million dollars for the
franchise. players and other property.
Were .In and Outers."
Until this time the Yankees had
been lin and cutters" Rupert and
Huston Immediately began building
up with new players. Bill Donovan
was employed as manager. His club
in three seasons could do no. better
than fourth. however, and Miller Hug
gins was placed in charge. Huston
and Rupert continued their generous
outlay of money for stars. Babe
Ruth. who had won fame AS pitcher
and hitter with the Boston Ped SoX,
came to New York.
With Babe came luck. In 1921 the
Yankees won their first pennant. Ruth
set a new all-time record ior home
runs with fifty-nine that year. The
Yankees started the world series inn
pressiyely, but cracked and the
Giants won the championship after
eight contests. In 1922 the Yankees
again won their race, but failed to
take a game from the Giants in the
worlds series. They tied one game
and lost four.
After their lease on the grounds in
Washington Heights expired in 1913,
the Yankees shared the use of the
Polo Grounds with the Giants for
nine years, but after their unusually
successful seasons of 1921 and 1922
the Yankee owners decided to build
their own park. The Yankee Stadium,
greatest base ball plant in the world,
Evening star., 1923-10-17
DUNDEE WILL FIGHT
MASON In ENGLAND

NEW YORK, October 17.-Johnny
Dundee. featherweight champion OF
the world. has been matched to fight
Harry Mason. English lightweight
champion, in London. next January.
Jimmy Johnston, Dundee's mana
ger. declared that there Sas also
possibility of arranging in France
return match between Dundee and
Eugene Criqui French boxer, who
won the featherweight crown here
this season from Johnny Kilbane.
only TO lose il two months later To
the New York Italian.
Dundee has gone to Hot Springs.
Ark, where he will train for several
weeks He plans to depart for Eng
land in December. While abroad. he
also will visit his native land. Italy.
and give several exhibitions there.
Evening star., 1923-10-17

" us HOliiI iil L L u.
Should his resignation be accepted.
Eddie Collins. Harry Hooper. Frank
Chance and Ed Walsh are spoken of
as possibly the next White Sox's man
ager.
The talk" also includes the possi-
bility of Gleason going to the Detroit
or st. Louis Americans. Gleason oace
was offered the managership of the
Detroit club, and Ty Cobb. the present
manager. is said TO have enough" of
handling the reins.
Since 1920. when the formidable
White SoX machine was wreck ed
after the world series scandal" Glca-
son has tried hard to build up an
other winning combination. Last
spring he thought ne had accomplish
ed something toward that desire, but
Subsequent injuries and failure to live
up to expectations shunted the Sox
into the seventh place berth. although
at the seasons halfway point the
club returned to Chicago after a hard
road iaunt within one-half game OF
second place.
broke us up" said Gleason in the
clubhouse yesterday as he pointed to
q locker bearing tn" name of Eddie
Collins, stellar second basemaa.
The team was never right after
that"
Collins was injured at 81. Louis,
July .. and was out for two weeks.
After that in order, came the enforced
absence of Mcclellan. and William
Kamm. the third baseman purchased
for $Il6.0 600.
In some quarters it is believed that
Comiskey will refuse to accept the
Kids resignation. although in others
il is said that the old Roman believes
that despite it's reverSeS, the team
should have been fighting for the
penpant.
Evening star., 1923-10-17

Chance is too blunt to be likely To
agree with Mathewson. Rumor has
it that George Burns might go from
Cincinnati TO Boston. but whether
Mathewson, who has been a manager,
would take another player Of the
McGraW school remains to be seen.
Chance also has been nominated 10
manage the St. Louis Browns and
the Washington Americans, but the
dogmatic Ball is hanging on there
evidently with the impression that
Sisler will make as good a manager
as he did player.
Some Safely Anchored.
or the National League managers.
McGraw, Hickey, Robinson, Fletcher.
hfllefer and McKechnie are anchored
safely enough for the coming cam
pafgn, while Moran and Mitchell are in
doubt In the American League, Hug
gins, Connie Mack and Ty Cobb are.
hitched up again: Speaker is safe as
long as the present management holdsR
in Cleveland; Sisler is wish; Wash
ington has vacancy to be filled:
t'ohl is probable for Boston, and Glea6
son is not quite certain where ht,
stands in Chicago. Chance has even
been suggested for manager of the
White Sox.
Efforts have been made to convince
American League leaders that Chance
would turn the fans from the North
Side to the South Side in Chicago.
But that is just talk. The North Side
fan in Chicago will stick He is
covered with hair like a bear. 1t
would be especially hard TO pry him
away now that visions of pennant
have been raised by the Giants de-
feat in the world series
Rumors are flying that a. D. L>asker,
former chairman of the United States
Shipping Board, and who has an in
tereSt in the Chicago National club IS
trying 10 buy the Giants away from
Charles A. Stoneham. But there are
influences in the league which are
opposed to him. and there is little
reason to believe that Stoneham viii
let 20. Every hint that has been eX-
tended to him to retire from base ball
has been received with a grin, and
that probably is the way he will take
future suggestions.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-10-17
COMPETENT MANAGERS
ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND
Chance, Peck, Gibson and Mitchell Among Those to
Be Mentioned-Local Club Must Have Had
Good Reason for Making Change.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

EW YORK, October 1Announcement by Clark Griffith that
Owen Bush through OF the Nationals wide
the field of speculation both
the identity of his No information subject
'ousad by the club president passing
out.
stands to that Gri had good deposng the
than its and also reasonable that the boss has
we'll defined who handle
subject
The passing OF Bush undoubtedly
who probably
well in landing the Nationals the DIVISION though
the considering caber
Evening star., 1923-10-17
CHRISTIAN WOULD
LIKE TO BUY TRIBE

George B. Christian, jr. secretary
to the late President Harding, dis
cussing reports that he might pur-
chase the Cleveland American League
Base Ball Club, said that he had en-
tered into no negotiations for the
purchase. but had considered 4.
Christian. while the guest of r. II.
Johnson. president OF the American
League, at the world series games in
New York. is understood to have dis
cussed Informally the question of
whether the Cleveland club might be
purchased from the widow Of James
c. Dunn, who was its owner for a
number of years.
Since returning to Washing ton.
however, Christian has taken no fur
ther steps in the matter and said that
1t had gone no farther than mere
consideration Of what ~ regarded as
an attractive proposition.
Evening star., 1923-10-17
ORIOLES AND BLUES PLAN
TO RESUME TITLE SERIES

KANSAS CITY, Mo. October 17.--Af-
ter an enforced rest of two days the
Kansas City Blues. pennant winners
of the American Association, and the
Baltimore Orioles, champions of the
International League. hope to clash
today in the fourth game of the Junior
world series.
Unless more rain falls before game
time the contest will be held this af-
ternooH, It was announced, although
Muehle bach Field is soggy from the
doWnpour of the last few days.
The opening game of the Baltimore
end of the series is scheduled for
FRIDAY
Evening star., 1923-10-17
LOSING DOUBLE-HEAOERS
IS COSTLY TO INDIANS

CLEVELAND. Ohio. October II
When the Cleveland American League
team lost a double-header to the
White Sox here on Saturday, October
6. the second last day of the season,
the Indian players dropped the sum
of s9.219.58.
Winning one of the games they
would have finished in second place
and divided s27,658.73 as their share
of the world series money, instead of
finishing three points behind Detroit
and dividing S18,439.
Evening star., 1923-10-17
WILLS-TATE BATTLE
IS BEING ARRANGED

NEW YORK. October 17.--Arrange-
ments fol a match between Harry
Wills. champion negro heavyweight,
and Bill Tate. a veteran contender
for Wills honors. arc being made by
Tex RieIard, promoter.
Battling Sikh the Senegaiese. has
asked Rickard to POSTPONE the date
Of his corning match with Kid Nor
folk. American negro, but the pro-
moter refused.
Georges Carpenter has cabled
Rickard that the terms offered him
for a bout either with Gene Tunney,
American light heavyweight cham
pion, or Tom Gibbons, light heavy
weight, are satisfactory.
Evening star., 1923-10-17
C Quiet Bh Successor Chance Likely Pilot Some Club
CHISOX AGAIN HOLD
WINDY CITY HONORS

CHICAGO, October 17.-Major league
base ball honors for the Windy city rest
with the White Sox. They clinched the
city title by defeating the Cubs yester-
day, to 3, to take four games ont of
the six played. Here are the financial
results:
Yesterdays paid attendance, 1926;
$1,S75.5S: each clubs share, $5,597.51;
total paid attendance for six games.
141.791. Total receipts. $3.50, 36425; COM
missions share, $19,554.65; each clubs
share. S2e.6l6.21; players pool -four
games). $51,577.1S; winning teams pool.
$50. .94631; losing teams pool, $50, ,630.S7.
Yesterdays score:
Evening star., 1923-10-17
GLEASON MAY BE URGED
BY SOX TO RECONSIDER

October l7-Wiliam kid" Chi
will the weeks of talk speculation
- about what he will will happen him when walks
the Office of Charles A. Comsky the
resignation.
The Kid
after
straight
the
White
Gleason
Evening star., 1923-10-17
HEILMANN INsUREs RUTH.

NEW YORK, October II - Babe
Ruth today took out a $4,000 life
insurance policy with his greatest
American League rival for batting
honors, Harry Heilmann of the De-
troit Tigers. who is an insurance
agent during the off season.
Heilmann and Ruth are the kceneSt
of rivals on the diamond. the former
winning out by narrow margin
this year in the race for hitting
supremacy, but also warm friends.
Evening star., 1923-10-17
FIRPo REACHES HAVANA,

HAVANA. October 17.-Luis Angel
F'irpo has arrived here on his way
to Lima, Peru. where on November
4. he expects to give boxing ex-
hibition before proceeding to his
home city, Buenos Aires. He said
that he would return to Havana
next April and go to the United
States in Nav
Evening star., 1923-10-17
EFFORT is BEING MADE
TO LAND BERTH FOR HIM
Name of ''Peerless" Leader Mentioned in Connection
With Clubs in Both Big Circuits-Number
of Changes in Leadership.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK, October H-Now that
VI has been laid the shelf with other
much effort being exerted toward landing
managerial job for 1924 He through Boston of course where
will be uppaned by Lee Fohl though the latter
National people
blunt mentality when they let Chance
Cincinnati 1t looks Moran the Reds
There has talk
Mitchell probably will
will land there -
Evening star., 1923-10-17
ARMY POLO TOURNEY
NOW I'M SEMI-FINALS

Competition in the Army invitation
polo tournament has narrowed down
to three teams Fort Bragg is to en-
counter War Department today. at
o'clock. in the semi-finals, the winner
final tilt Saturday. Prior to today's
hig fray. Fort Humphreys was to
oppose Sd Corps Area in a consola-
tion match, at 2:30.
Fort Myer gave a daring exhibition
of riding and playing when it downed
2d Corps Area Yesterday. I6 to s. 1t
was easily the best match STAGED thus
far i'm the tournament Fort Myer
players were clever in accuracy OF
direction and unleashed great power
in their strokes. Lieut.. Jones. play
ing No. > for Fort Myer. gave a rare
demonstration of expert playing.
while Lieut.. Thayer. playing No. l..
registered the greatest number Of
points. scoring 6 markers.
There was no let-up on the part of
I'd Corps Area players. They played
savageIy to the end, but could do lit
tie against the splendid teamwork
of their opponents. Fort MYer gar
nered one or more goal in each period
Fort Myer .. Positions. I'd Corps Area.
Lieut.. Thayer. ........ No, 3....,... Cant, New
Lieut. Jones .......... No. 2........ Maj. Ssnde
Lieut.. Ki5ts ..........Eo. 5. 3........ Can't. Rsscr
Lieut.. Hamilton mo. z...... .Mej Rudd
Score by periods: Hid. TOT.
Fort Eost Mys... c 9dd311SSdd SSss-'A1ss
Goals scoTed-Fort Myer: Thayer (s), Jones
(4), Kits t3),, HAMILTON az Fort Myer
s% s I iv Sss R for S s.ssd cas 1' AtiI e.
ssfets-Fest N5sr none Second Corps
toH aasa KsferssMs Bassis Siss FaFs TSas' B7sE95
Time-s periods. 7Is minutes each.
Evening star., 1923-10-17

was opened to the public this year.
After some negotiation Col Huston.
half owner of the Yankees. sold his
interest early this year to Col Rup-
pert for about $l.500,000. netting a
gross profit of more than Si,0000G0
IN eight years.
In 1915. the first season pnder
the Rupert Huston ownership, the
Yank kees' attendance was 2S6.G00.
Since the war the attendance has
averaged annually more than 1.000.-
900.
In the twenty-one years of Amar-
lean League base bah in New York.
the Yankees finished as follows:
Evening star., 1923-10-17
PLAY FOR CUE TITLE.

A series Of pocket billiard matches
for the championship of the District
of Columbia will he started at Grand
Central Academy Monday night VII
liam Parsons. former titleholder. and
Thomas Hewitt Will be opponents IN
the first match.
Evening star., 1923-10-17

Totals. SO efs9 Totals. 81 SO IL
1.-TWO ont when winning run scored,
fBatted for Schalk in seventh.
+Batted for Lyons in ninth.
Cubs. Q %
Runs-Grantham, Grimes, Friberg. Barrett
(2), Collins, Mostil. Errors-Statz. Adams
Grantha4n (s), Friberg. Two-bass hits
Adams. Friberg. Sheely. Three-base hits
Adams, Barrett. Homo runs-Grantham. Fri
berg. Stolen baseS-Hcoper (2). Statz. Sac
rifoe hits-Friberg. sheely. Left on bases
Cubs s; White soL: 10. Bases on balls-of
Kaufman, Z; off Fsber, !. Struck out-By
Kaufmsnn. 8; BY Leverett, l. Hits-of
Faber. 6 in innings; of Lyons 8 in q; off
Levcrett. in J.. Passed ball-Crcuse. Win
ming pitcher - Leverett. Umpires - Messrs
Holmes. Quigley. ormsby and KLEIN. Time Of
game hours and 81 minutes.
Evening star., 1923-10-17

The BeSt rigarS Are
Packed in Wooden Boxes-Advertise-
m ant
Evening star., 1923-10-17
TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY. W. Va. October
17-The Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers both were clear this morning.
Evening star., 1923-10-17

1.-TWO out when winning run scored,
fBatted for Schalk in seventh.
-Ba tted for IyonS in ninth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-23
DAILY BUSINESS EDITORIAL
The Age Of Mutual Respect Has Arrived.
 Electricity In Mines
By RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

THE people the imaginative They are
 They ducle mind which the samea s receives deep mpressons
 imitation following the war; the American people without much that which desired they discovered that doing without while was the wlth gorgea stonach tiey VI until functions themselves normally
 material building having with construction in form and another supplies what ordered mill factory production but they buying from hand to ability the ultimate stand further rases have been timely shadngs The bonus in the steel
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 that Once the nation learned the under be considered The the learned his lesson also ana ne not loading not afraid of another as they wont to be-
 basis of mutual respect There is no besotted percoae electric the history of the world honesty the best policy, that time is
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 intelligence knowledge than dreamed o Therefore the deception Even diplomacy has yielded points It will yield more before long.
 reappear such follow which affairs The quiet himself and the at himself is with whom to reckon
 anthracite bumnou coal mines utilizing electric for hauage while using electric and another.
 find electric preferable generated at the mne the superior steam power When added that the coal the wealth of bproduct values it, easily that the trend from coal is a decisive
 the will injured By of the byproduct bproducs the values realized These by products finding their into thousands of
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-23
QUIET STRENGTH MARKS TRADING IN
 THE CURB MARKET

NEW YORK. June 22.-Quiet strength characterized the trading in todays curb marke.. The advance in several stocks undoubtedly was due to good inside support which was particularly noticeable in the oil shares.
 Gains of one to two points were registered by Standard oil of Indi- ana, Kentucky and New York, Galena Signal. Imperial of Canada, Vacuum and Ohio Oil. Magnolia Petroleum Jumped 12 poin.s and Prairie oil and Gas 10, each on small turnover. Gulf of Pennsylvania was one of the few stocks to display neavy tone.
 Checker Cab was one of the strong spots in the industrial group, buying being based on reports that earnings of s14.000 for the first quarter would cover the dividend requirements for the year. Cleveland and Peerless Motors snapped back on short cover ing operations.
 New Jersey Zinc touched new 1923 low at 14S in response to q bre:E. sa zinc prices in the Boston market que to increased production coincident with a drop in shipments last month.
 Goldfield stocks were again active.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-23
TESTERS WEEKLY STATEMENT

NEW ORLEANS, June 22.--Comparisons are to actual dates, not to close of corre- spending weeks:
 In sight for week. 6S.000: same seven days last year, 1s,0o0 same seven days year before, l70,0O0; for the month, 2o1.- date year before, 4O7.0oo; for season. 1o,- same date year before. 1o.ss7,ooo.
 Port receipts for season, 5,7ob.oo same date last year, 6,113,00o; same date year before last, 6,499, 900.
 Overland to mills and Canada for sea son. 1,103.Oo0; same date last year. 1,66o.- 900; same date year before. 1.367,ooo:
 Southern mill takings for season; s.s27,- 900; same date last year. 3,304,000 same date year before 2525.00O.
 Interior stocks in excess of August l tdecrease). 2o;ooo; last year tdeerease).
 Foreign exports for week, 45,ooo; same seven days last year. 124.00o: same seven days year before. 1o6.ooo; for season. same date year before. 4.79s.ooo.
 Northern spinners' takings and Canada for week. 2s,ooo; for season, 2.17s,ooo; to
 Statement of spinners' takings of Amer ican cotton throughout the world This week, 12s,oo0 same seven days last year, 900: total since August l. 1l.4os.ooo same Ss.s Ssters' ,4!' s.sss.oco. ssas i-'''''''' '- ' Ts.s Te.s sise h': :.m ws' date ..s ye.r 4.466. 900; same date year before. e.34o.ooo. s.5ss.oco: year before. l,s2looo. Ali other kinds this week, 1.4oo. 900; last week. fore, sols,ooo. Visible in the United States this week, e2e.ooo; this date last year. 1,364,o0o Visible in other countries this week. 1.ss2ooo; this date last year. s.2l1.-