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Evening star., 1923-02-24
|2MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL"
BY JOHN J. McGRAW,
Ne1O York Giants, Champions
Chsieassd Exclusively Through the North Aao

ter say. at comes up as big as a
house and Just seems to drift away
when swing-it amt therew
It was really laughable to see a
batter 60 up against Rucker the first
time. As Ill fortune would have 1t.
Rucker never got to pitch on a cham
pionsh!p team. He did come back as
q coach and was allowed to go In for
a few minutes when Brooklyn got in
the world series. But that was after
his usefulness had waned.
Frank Chance q scrapper.
Frank Chance, In my opinion. Is
easily entitled to the place as all
National League first baseman. He
was manager Of the Cubs in the days
OF our great rivalry. Those were
scrapping event. There was no weak
ening or quitting OF 4 team on either
side. Frank Chance least Of them all
He was always there with the goods
as hitter. fielder and base run
ner. Frank Chance knew base ball
from A to Il. There have been
mighty few such combinations as
Evers. Tinker and Chance
Rogers Hornsby is my choice for
second base, because of his many evi-
so much talk about Hornsby as a bat
ter that attention seems to have been
diverted from his second base play
and base running. This wonderful
= SNaa 10 u iIluC!. greater HelOer ana
base stealer than the fans seem 20
appreciate. He has everything-is al
most the perfect ball player. There
is no hesitation on my part In select
Ing Hornsby.
1t Will be noticed that the name %
Jimmy Collins appears on both my
clubs. II will also appear on the all
American league team. to be given
later. This may be puzzling to some
OF the younger fans. who regard
Lacquer. They do not realize. per-
haps. that Jimmy Collins rose to real
greatness while in the National
League. As have said. he really
originated the present style OF de-
tense against the bunt. Later he
went to the American League. where
he was just as great for years.
As ! already have given my reasons
Tor selecting Jimmy on the grand all
American team, will not discuss him
here.
l have selected frankie Frisch as
substitute infielder on the ALMA
tional League team because I regard
him as one OF the greatest young
pail players that has como into the
league in the last twenty years. Com
Ing from Fordham University. where
he was first noticed by Arthur Dew
lin. Frisch almost imm ediately got
the nickname OF "Fordham Flash" He
truly deserves il. In addition TO his
speed, F'risch has the base ball iS-
stinct. That Is difficult TO acqui L.
He seems TO have been born with 1t
So wonderful has been the work OF
this boy in two and a half years that
/ would not be surprised TO sec him
some day selected as a member of the
grand all-American team of all times.
Ny selection OF Ed Delehanty on
the all-National League team for CEN
ter field Is source OF much satisfac-
tion to me. I had considered him for
the grand all-American team Of all
times. but in the last analysis could
not give him the place over Ty Cobb
have no hesitation, though. in list
ing Ed here.
Ed Delehanty was the Babe Ruth
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OF his day. Though he was O right
handed hitter, Ruth did not have a
great deal on him when It came to
smashing the ball out OF the lot. He
was a tall fellow, with broad, power
full shoulders that gave him great
swinging. strength. Delehanty, 1 be-
lieve. holds the record of having hit
four home runs in one game. Ny,
how he could plaster that ball.
Del a Good Fielder, Too.
Not only was Delehanty a marvel
Gus hitter, but he was a great fielder.
Ed was a good-natured. lovable fel-
fow. and naturally was one of the
most popular idols of his day. On
the same team with him-Philadelphia
was Napoleon Lajoie. They were
indeed a grand pair. Talk about your
heavy artillery-well. many an in
fielder had his legs knocked out from
under him by those boys. The other
players on this ail-National League
list are on my grand all-American
team and have been discussed in tho
preceding chapters.
In the next chapter I will present
what ! consider the all-American
League team since the second major
league came into being.
Copyright, 1873, e. s. and Canada, by the
Christy Walsh Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1923-02-24
GRAYSON WINS MUSHING
TITLE FOR THIRD TIME

THE PAS, Manitoba, February "a
Completing the 200-nile course in Is
hours and % minutes, William Gray
son. driving the team OF seven huskT
dogs owned by {. B. Morgan of Tn"
Pas, yesterday won the worlds chan
pionship for long distance "mushiag"
for the third conse cutivo year, and
with it permanent possession Of tn"
Burns trophy and $1,200 in priz"
money.
Tho winning dogs were tired. but,
with ono exception. were in excellent
condition. The exception finished The
race on its feet. but had to be carrie
on the sleigh for a considerable part
of the journey, but was replaced IL
the harness when about three mile
from tho finish line.
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Why Haley. veteran that he Is, ard
courageous as he is. didn't stop the
fight before the fifth round ard dis
qualify Greb is beyond the ken Of
man. That would have been the tech
nically legal way Of giving the deci.
sion and the title to Tunney and -
would have been eminently fair
Again. in the twelfth. Haley had every
right, moral and legal, to order Greb
from the ring, not only four foul tao
tics, but also for his unsportsman-
like manner toward Haley when the
latter warned him and then literall,
pried him loose from Tunney. Some
of us at the ringside thought for q
moment Greb was going TO paste
Haley.
OF course, there is much argumer'
floating about today as to whethe:
Greb actually fouled Tunney. These
arguments can be settled by glance
at several photographs taken during
the fight. They plainly show GreH
violating the rules of the ring.
However, speaking Of sonethirE
pleasant, there will be a real scrap q
the Garden March l, when Franki"
Genaro and Pancho Villa eXchang.
Copyright, 1872
Evening star., 1923-02-24
MACK NOW is ANGLING
FOR RETURN OF M'INNiS

PHILADELPHIA February "a
Manager Connie Mack of the Phil
adefphta American League base
ball club announced that he Is
negotiating with John (Stuff }
McInnis, recently Internationally
released by Cleveland. and that he
hoped to obtain the services of his
once famous first bnseman. Mack
safd thnt he had made McInnis
liberal offer and expected to hear
from him within n few days.
McInnfs, who was a member of
the Athletics' famous "hundred-
thousand dollar fnheId, was sold
by the local club to tine Boston
Red sOx, and later went to Cieye-
land In q trade.
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The AH-NaionaI League
Team of Thirty Years.
Rucker Vas First to
Pitch ''FlOater''-
har,ty Was the Babe
Ruth of His Day.

IT will be noticed that my seiec-
tion of players to make up a
team of All-National League
stars of the past thirty years in
clues most of those on my grand
All-American team of all times. The
reason for that is obvious. Most of
the great players of the past had
to play in the National League at
some time or other, because it was
the only major league up to 1900.
Here is my list:
Catchers-Buck Ewing and Roger
BreAnahan.
Pitehers-Chr1sty Mathewson, John
Mcmahon, John Clarkson and Nnpo-
leon Rucker.
First base-Frank Chance.
Second base-RoEers Hornsby.
ShOrtst0p-Hnns Wagner.
Third base--Jimmy Collins.
Left Aeld-Hugh Duffy.
Center neld-Ed DeIehanty.
Right held-Wlliie Keller,
Substitute Outhelder-Joe Kelley.
Substitute lnfielder-Frank Frisch.
Already ! have explained my choice
or many OF these players In the grand
all li-American team. With the excep-
tiol OF nap ROcker, the pitchers and
the catchers are the same
have included Rucker because Of
his greatness in the National League
during the period OF it's greatest
growth. He never played in any other
league.
Rucker was easily the greatest
sloW-ball pitcher that I ever have
seen. He relied on that tantalizing
foater almost solely in critical mo-
ments Occasionally he would serve
a sWifter ball, but even that was only
half-speed delivery-just enough to
be foil for his teasers.
Was Master of "SaiIer.-
OF course. you know that Rucker
was southpaw. Originally he used
considerable speed. but as his arm be-
came weaker he was wise enough 10
appreciate that he could not last
much longer unless he conserved his
strength. Thereupon he shifted to
his slow ball. and. with perfect con-
troll. was better pitcher than ever
Rucker utilized a "sailer" that seemed
to hang In the air as IL he had tied
a string to IL. Many a batter almost
broke his back swinging at that ball
before IL got 10 him. He felt sure
that he could knock It out of tho lot,
1t appeared SO big and so easy.
There have been other w-ball
pitchers OF note. but Rucker had the
most aggravating delivery OF them ell.
Why. Rucker can make that ball
talk" / heard one dumbfounded bat
Evening star., 1923-02-24
CARTER WINS HIS FIRST
GOLF TOURNEY IN U. S.

BELLEAIR HEIGHTS. Fla, Feb
ruary 24.-1n the defeat OF Richard
Lounsbury OF the Westchester Bilt-
more Club by Capt. Z. F. Carter. Irish
champion golfer, in the finals of the
Washington's birthday tournament on
the Belleair links, the British player
won his first tournament in this
country
The score was Z and s. the match
being played over two courses. Car
ter finished with a lead of four holes
over the short course in the morning.
Tho New Yorker was handicapped
against Carter's ability IN the after
noon by the fact that at the thir-
teenth hole his second shot hit a tree
and bounded into the palmettoes.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
VANGUARD OF CARDS
STARTS FOR THE SOUTH

ST. LOUIS. February 24.-The van
guard OF the st. Louis Cardinals. COM
posed OF thirteen recruits and three
regulars. will depart late today for
the training camp at Bradentown.
Fla Burt Shotten will have charge.
Manager Branch Hickey, convalescing
from an operation for apendicitis.
said he expected to be at the camp
soon.
Hickey said the Cardinals expert
euced no differences over salary with
the players this year.
While the Cardinals were pre-.
pairing to leave members of the st.
Louis Browns were arriving for de-
parture with the Browns first squad
Monday morning.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
Eastern and Central Meet for South Atlantic Title 7unney
TRACK STARS ARE SET
FOR BALTIMORE MEET

Athletes from universities through
out the east, middle west and south
VIII compete in Baltimore tonight at
the seventeenth annual indoor games
run Jointly by Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and the 9Th Regiment. The
intercollegiate medley relay cham
pionship. In which are entered Ford
ham. University Of Pittsburgh. Naval
Academy, Johns Hopkins and Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, will be the
feature event.
Other prominent events will be the
South Atlantic one-mile champion
ship relay. and dual relay races be-
tween several universities. J. Alfred
Leconey, crack Lafayette sprinter,
will run from scratch in the 100-yard
dash. Vernon Booth, who, given d
handicap of 70 yards. defeated Joie
Ray In the Georgetown games here
recently. is entered in the one-mile
open.
Officials Of the meet are confident
that records will be broken. as the
track. which has 100-yard straight
away, and which Is eight laps to tho
mile. generally is regarded as one Of
the fastest in the country.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
BY ROBERT l.. RIPLEY.

ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI,
December i9-This spot must be as
near to heaven as Kilauea was to
hell
A wide stretch Of paradise Is this
beach Of coral with beautiful blue
pillows rolling up in 1ace-edged lazi-
ness under eternal summer skies. A
coral reef mile or so out stills the
anger of the ocean and only allows
the wel-behaved waves to roll over
gently to the shore. There is no
undertow or any sharks inside this
reef
Duke Kahanomoku and keloha- two
Hawaiian swimming champions whom
met at the Olmypic games in Ant
werp, greeted Jack and me at the
famous Moana Hotel on the beach.
Doc Adams, the sporting authority of
the islands, lives next door, where he
steps forth into the warm waters of
Waikiki every morning Of the year.
Evening star., 1923-02-24

Arthur T. Meeker. vice president oc
Chicago packing company, was
elected president OF the club; Stan
ley Field was chosen vice president,
Maj. Frederic Mclaughlin secretary
and John Borden treasurer. Bradley
Wilson~prominent thoroughbred rae
ing official. was named manager. and
will be In charge Of preliminary or
ganization.
1t Is said the sixteen members of
the board of directors constitute a
governing body as powerful as that
OF any corporation in Illinois. Five
others will be named to complete the
boards membership of twenty-one.
The Chicago Washington Park Club
Is not-for-profit corporation, and
hackers say the citizens supporting
the organization are in themselves a
guarantee that high-c class racing alone
is the objective sought
An effort was made to restore rae
Ing in Illinois last fall, when q short
meeting was held at the old Haw-
thorne puant. Financially. 1t was re-
ported successful, with the oral bet
ting system in vogue. The proposed
law would permit the parti-mutuel
method.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
U. S. AND CANADA DIVIDE
FANCY SKATING H0N0RS

OTTAWA. February "a. - Honors
were divided by the United States and
Canada in the International fancy
skating championship, representa-
tives Of each nation taking two
held.
The American skaters took the
mems singles and the women's sin
giles. and the Canadians the fours,
thereby winning the Connaught cup,
and the pairs.
Sherwin Badger OF Boston won tho
mems singles, and Mrs. c. L. Blanch-
ard of Boston, the women's singles.
The New York Skating Club finished
second to the Mimic Skating Club OF
Ottawa in the fours, the Boston Skat-
ing Club winning third place
Miss Dorothy Jenkins and A. G. Nc
Lehman, Ottawa, won the pairs; Mrs.
Blanchard and Nat ". Niles, Boston,
being second.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
DEADLOCK IN BARNYARD
COLE TOURNEY BROKEN

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. February
24.-With the big four deadlock
broken, Frank Lundin of New London,
Iowa; G. c. Davis Of Columbus Ohio.
and Harold Falor. Akron, Ohio, were
In the lead with clean states for the
finals today In the world champion
ship horseshoe pitching tournament.
The fourth clean slater, Frank
Jackson Of Keilerton. Iowa, was de-
feated IN yesterdays matches by
Ralph Spencer, Oklahoma champion,
Spencer winning, $40.
Spencer will meet each OF the lead
ers In today's schedules, and he has
a chance of winning the championship
title himself.
Evening star., 1923-02-24


In former campaigns. Baltimore
schools always have walked away
With the South Atlantic !aureis. Bal.
-tnore City College pointed the way
% the other contenders in 1921, the
frst year Of the tournament con-
Quoted under the auspices of George
Washington University. while Loyola
High School turned the trick last
year. Neither of these quints entered
thc fray this time. Members Of the
championship team Will be presented
With gold basket ball charms while
silver trophies will go to the boys of
the runner-up squad.
The Central Episcopal game yeSter-
lay WAS the third between the teams
thts winter. Central twice had
rerday was outscored by them from
scrimmage, 9 goals u t, but the
strenuous tactics OF the latter re-
suited in IS fouls being called against
hem, and this proved their undoing.
capt. Dey of Central made good with
8 tosses from the charity line, and
Turther contributed TO his teams sue
cess with three floor goals.
OmcIaIs Enforce Rules.
Officiating better than any hereto
fore shown IN scholastic games here
this winter helped to upset the West
ern tosserS. Referee Brennan of Bal
ilmore was particularly observant of
violations OF the rules forbidding run
ming with the ball, portion Of the
lode not carefully obeyed by the Red
and White. Frequently forced to re-
llnquish the ball because Of this ard
harassed by Eastern's close guard
ing, Westerns usually good passing
game was shattered. and II refused
10 resort to long shots
IN the meanwhile. Eastern repeat
edly carried its attack deep into
Western territory. It gained a slight
advantage in the first quarter and
smothered its opponent In the second.
From then on, the teams played on
fairly even terms. Every Eastern
player broke into the scoring column,
O'Dea leading with ten points. West
ern scored only twice from scrim-
mage. Dulin making the goals in the
first and last quarters. CARRIERS free
tosSeS accounted for the other points.
Central High schools swimming
team is at Annapolis today for a brush
with the natators Of the Naval Acad-
.3my fourth class.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
JOHNNY FARRELL WINS
MIAMI GOLF TOURNEY

MIAMI, Fla, February 24.-With q
score OF 145 for the thirty-six holes
John Farrell OF the Quaker Ridge
Golf Club. Manaroneck. y. Y, yes
terday won the first annual profess
sional and amateur $500 golf tour
naent at Hollywood-b -the-Sea, near
here.
Charles Thorn of the Shinnecock
Hills course, New York. was runner
up with a score of 151 and Mike
Brady. western open champion, OF
Detroit was third with 152.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
jumping JOE" SIGNS;
WARD NOT A HOLD0UT

NEW YORK, February 2f.-Joe Du-
gan. third baseman obtained by the
New York Yankees from the Boston
Red Sox toward the CLOSE of last
season, has accepted terms for 1928.
following a conference with Business
Manager Ed Barrow.
Formal denial was issued at the
Yankee Offices that there was any
truth in reports Aaron Ward was a
hold -out because an alleged "volstead
-lause" was inserted in his contract.
Ward was among the first regulars to
accept 1929 terms, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
LEAGUE
WILL OPEN ON MAY 10

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, February
"a. 4.-Appalachian Base Ball League
directors have taken over the fran
chise of the Cleveland club and will
award 1t either to Morristown, Ashe-
vile, n. c., or Maryville: a committee
being named to select the town Of
fering the best proposition.
DR.. S. e. Massengil of Bristol was
elected league president The season
Is to open May 10. with a schedule of
108 games, with q league composed Of
Knoxville, Bristol, Kingsport, Greene
vile, johnson City and a sixth town
to be selected.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
TOP NOTCH ATHLETES
IN GAMES OF N. Y. A. C..

NEW YORK, February 24.-Track
athletes Of national reputation are
entered in the annual indoor meet
Of the New York Athletic Club to-
night.
The most representative field is
entered in the 5oo-yard run. including
Walter koppisch. Columbia: Tom
Campbell. Yale: Earl Eby. Chicago
A. A; ]. Cord Taylor, Princeton, and
Allan Helffrich. Pennsylvania, ma
tional half-nile champion.
Georgetown University will be rep
resented by its medley relay four.
Joie Ray. who has had sensa-
tional record breaking season, did not
enter,
Evening star., 1923-02-24
FORM REVERSALS MARK
e.. W. u. BASKET TOURNEY
Capitol Hill Team Plays Rings Around Western to
Win, % to IL, and Mount Pleasant Five Up
sets Episcopal High Quint, 81 to FL.

since inaugurad in 1921 the South Atlantic
championship be
this winter This assured yesterday
ggregaons triumphed both semfnas Central Coli
o'clock Eastern and Central high
schools floor struggle for leg the
o PLAGUE OF the sectional title
Marked form reveas charace zed yesterdays matches Eastern
whom Public High
School League lead and p l. Then Episcopal High School Of
through
the South Atlantic title doned 81 N by Central we'll beaten
Evening star., 1923-02-24
ARMY TOSSERS FAVORED
TO BEAT NAVY TODAY

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, February 23-
Uncle Sans basket ball tosser,
will play their Anal game Of the
year here this afternoon, when
the Midshipmen play the West
Point Cadets.
Army. BY virtue OF its clean slate
Having won sixteen cOnsecu tive
games-is favored to beat Navy,
which has lost to University OF
Pennsylvania and Catholic Uni
verAit
It will be the NTH meeting OF
the teams.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
MCLEOD LANDS SECOND
IN MACON, GA, TOURNEY

MACON, Ga, February 24.-Willie
Damen of the Selma Golf Club, Selma,
Ala, won the professional golfers
tournament here. the final round OF
which was played this afternoon. His
score for the eighteen holes was "a,
making his total for thirty-six holes
t45
Freddie Mcleod OF the Columbia
Country Club, Washington, D. c., fin
ished second in the tournament, his
total score for the thirty-six holes
being 14s. McLeod's final card was rs.
Mcleod practically lost his chance at
the start Of the final round, opening
with s, 1, l.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
WALKER RETAINS TITLE.

SCRANTON, Pa. February "a,
Mickey Walker, Elizabeth, y. j., Sue
cessfully defended his world welter-
weight championship last night in "a
ten-round bout with Johnny Grifhths,
Akron. Ohio. 1t was Walkers frs:
fight following an illness of threc
weeks.
Evening star., 1923-02-24

Tonights game between the Hurri-
canas and the Capital Athletic Club
will mark the. beginning Of the fourth
annual championship battle between
these teams, although they played
under other names in former seasons.
The Capitals, no matter what name
they used, always won, but this time
the Hurricanes believe they will turn
the tables.
The Hurricanes probably will begin
play with Carruthers and Geiman,
forwards; Joyce ard Southern, CEN
ters and Cooper and Gully, guards.
For the Capitals. Thomas and Harris,
forwards; O'Hara and Faunce, GEN.
ters, and Jett and Skaddirg. guards,
are expected to start. Evelyn Cas-
The game is to follow one between
the Epiphany Midgets and Wilson
normal Midgets, starting at % clock.
Kinnear Class Of Calvary Baptist
Church and the Mount Pleasant
Methodist Episcopals. now tied for
the lead with Ave wins and one loss
each, are to be opponents In the final
Sunday School League tilt tonight and
10 the victor will go the circuit cham
pionship. They will battle in the sec
ond part OF a double header getting
under way at s o'clock. Metropolitan
Presbyterians and another Mount
Pleasant team will clash in the first
match.
AIOysius Club and the Yankees,
whose scraps for three seasons have
been the high lights of local basket
ball. have arranged for their annual
series and set March 2 and 10 as the
dates for games at Central Coliseum.
Heretofore these teams have had the
District championship field to them
selves, but this season they will have
TO reckon with the new American
Legion team. The Legionaires, win
ners of the first game of a series with
the Yanks, soon are to meet the latter
again: and expect to tackle the
Aloysians within a week or two.
Fort Washington and Washington
Barracks teams, that finished the
regular season in the Army district
OF Washington circuit deadlocked for
the lead, are to meet in Washington
barracks gymnasium Monday night In
q tilt. to determine g. champion. Play
~ to get under way at o'clock.
Seminole Juniors are not in the
series for the lightweight title, but
want games with any teams involved
Or any others in the 125-130-pound
GLASS Telephone all challenges to
Manager Sparks, Lincoln 1884.
81. Mary's Juniors will tackle tho
face other teams Wednesday and
Friday nights. Challenges may be
teiephoned to Manager Latham over
Alexandria l102.
Manhattan Athletic Club will be
host to Georgetown Athletic Club
tonight in g. District League game at
Noel House. Tomorrow, the Manhat-
IauS are to entertain the Yankees.
Loyalty basketers OF Baltimore
will invade Peck gymnasium tonight
for battle with Western Athletic
Club. The game will follow one be-
tween the Clarendon Baptists and
Arabs, starting at 1880 o'clock.
Navy Yafders went to Indian Head
and gave the team OF that town an
S6-to-2S walloping. Swan of the VIC
tors led all at scoring. with twenty
two goals from the fleId.
Aloyafus Midgets took the measure
o4 Boy Scout Troop % in . s6-to-1s
encounter. MCGOWAN and Jarvis gtaf.
Y6d for the winners.
Evening star., 1923-02-24
NEW CHICAGO RACE CLUB
NAMES NOTED OFFICIALS

CAGO February 2Pans thoroughbred
horse racing in Illinois advanced
with the OF the election OF officials Of the Chicago
Washington Park Club newly organized Plans
made proceed with the clubs intention favorable legislation
bill which will combine the Kentucky Maryland
regulating the being the