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Evening star., 1923-12-07

forefathers turned to it in the
hope of settling once and for all
the question of professionalism,
which they dep.ored in sport. Al
though profess sional base ball is
heavily patronized by the public
a record day in the recent world
series saw the turning away of
fifty thousand who pounded on
the gates Of the Yankee Stadium,
New York, for entrance--there
has always been feeling against
professionalism i'll the sense of
high finance entering into play.
Foot ball trembled on the edge,
and even now when a college
contest of note is scheduled tick
cts fall into the hands Of specu-
lators. You have the profess
sional golf player, but here again
the game is too individual to
necessitate a business organiza-
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40 PER CENT PRICE
CUT T0FANS URGED
Would Be Possible by Having
Only Winning Clubs and
Players Share.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

n EW YORK, December Z
N President Heydler probably
will be among the vanguard
OF base bali men who start west
Saturday for the big base ball meet
ing in Chicago. While it has been
the custom Of the National League
to hold its annual session in New
York in December, a date and a
policy inaugurated by President
Pulliam. the National has departed
from its procedure of long standing
this winter and joined the clans of
the section which has not had a
championship in three years.
"Of trades that may be contem-
plated by. the clubs Of the league
know nothing" said Heydler today.
That kind of business never comes
Into this ONCE until 1t is over.
know that Boston. Philadelphia.
Brooklyn and st. Louis are anxious
10 increase their strength. Indeed.
all eight clubs are anxious to in
crease their strength but particular
1y these four.
Code Mny He Clarified.
lherc mas Deea no communication
between this office and the commits
sioner OF base ball regarding base
ball matters other than the ordinary
routine. Whatever Judge Landis may
have in mind he has kent to- himself
hnd We shall hear his communica-
tionS in joint session. There have
been changes suggested in The proce-
dure which governs base ball, hut
these are supplementary to the orig
in.i code and clarity some points"
The expense Of the three world
series in New York has been so great
that the plan to take the first cost out
or the gross receipts instead OF max
ting the clubs pay individually may
30 through. although there are some
or the smaller clubs that would not
.sree 20 such a change IL they thought
New York was in for any more vic
tories. This item OF finance shows
now far the world series has departed
from the original idea Of reward
Tor the players to jack pot for the
owners.
Primarily. the intention was to grant
the players the lions share of the re-
celFts Now the advisory council gets
Hrst crack at the gross III company
with the players. Then he players Of
the Cubs finishing second and third
set their percentage. The clubs that
provided the champions and went to all
the expense of maintaining them get
the rest. il there is any. Sometimes
they owe themselves.
Could Cut Prices 40 Per Cent.
The advisory council should be cut
out of the series receipts and be SUP.
ported by mutual club assessments.
The major leagues should stay out Of
II. and perhaps even the second ami
third place clubs should be eliminated.
Then the series would revert to what
1t was intended TO be-a re ward for the
j p!ayerS-and the admission could be
reduced some 40 per cent. too.
The clubs that can provide winners
should have share of the receipts
Tor their skill and ability. Under tho
present rule the New York PLAYERS
divided $1s5,000 in 1929. Admissions
could be cut 10 per cent, and they
would still get that much on the ba sis
or all receipts for the winning club
and not for all base ball And who
pays the freight?
Copyright. 1927
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TEX GIVES CHILEAN
TITLE BOUT CHANCE

NEW YORK. December Luis
Vicentini. Chilean lightweight. has
signed contract with Tex Rickard
for three fights. the third to be
fifty thousand dollar match with
Benny Leonard. lightweight cham
pion. providing the South American
d!sposes OF his other two opponents.
Vicentini will have his first test un-
der the contract in a twelve-round
fight with Johnny Shugrue Of Water
bury. Conn. December IA, at Madison
Square Garden.
If he defeats Shugrue the Chilean's
next opponent probably will be Pal
Moran of New Orleans. who recently
established himself as a title con-
tender by knocking out Charley
White of Chicago.
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FOUR WORLD MARKS
BROKEN IN SWIMMING

CHICAGO. December -Four world
swimming records and two scholastic
marks were broken in the seventeenth
annual Cook county interscholastic
tank meet last night at the Illinois
Athletic Club.
Johnny Weissmuller. John Farley and
Miss Sybil Bauer OF the I. A. G. and
Miss Peggy Williamson OF the Mil
waukee A. C. were the experts who
navigated to new records.
Weissmuller. swimming without com.
petition, went 100 meters in .5S 3-5
clipping .02 2-5 from the old world mark
held by Normas Ross
Miss Williamson after what appeared
10 be poor start. clipped four scconrs
from, the world record for womens
220-yard breast stroke. finishing -.
3.35 4-5. Agnes Gerahty OF the New
York Women's Swimming Associati ton
held the previous record.
Miss Bauer slashed 8 2-5 seconds from
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tion to finance it, When polo
matches are scheduled money is
needed to see them through, but
on two counts polo has escaped
ultra professionalism. The horse
is involved, and the horse has be-
come a professional sport on the
race track; the ball is involved,
and professionalism has its base
ball. But still polo is hardly at
home in this country.
Professionalism has helped to
make of base ball a fascinating,
scientific machine. Its long sea-
son has aided in making of the
game a national institution. 1t
is an open game, easily followed
from a distant sight line; its play
ers arc so arranged as to dis
tribute the points Of interest over
a wide area, so that the blcachers
feel in it as well as the grand
Evening star., 1923-12-07
.TACK BURKE TELLS:
The Best Played Hole | Ever Saw.

$
dr
~ lag our great bred
exhibition in the
hard luck will
a that fairy
"a barrel visible
notH
He pucked niblck of
and shot
th he shor of the
and sank Corking chip O N"0@'
Playing golf of
iCnpig
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the old mark of LA for the 100neter
back stroke. but failed to realize an am
bition to reduce her own world record
of 1.15 AS for 100 yards when only one
timer caught her at that distance. Since
only one watch timed her the referee
refused to cite the l00-yard swim time
as q record.
Farley reduced his own world mark OF
10 3-5 for the 100-yard breast stroke
by one second.
Miss Ethel Lacke of the |. A. c. tried
hard to reduce her world mark Of ! l.05 2-5
in the lo0-yard sprint. but could only
equal 1t.
The scholastic marks 20 fall were
the 100yard breast stroke and the med
ley relay records. Basking Of Engle-
wood which won the meet, took the
first event in LIS and the second went
to his school In 2.I2 3-5.
Wetssmuller ran his string Of world
records to an even half hundred by
his effort in the 100-meter event.
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RUTGERS GIVES LETTERS
TOTWO WHO DIDN'T PLAY

NEW BRUNSWICK. n. J., Decem-
Der 1.-Two men who never played
on a Rutgers foot ball team were
awarded varsity letters last night at
a dinner attended by $50 students and
alumni.
The recipients were George Foster
Sanford, who has ended a ten-year
period Of gratuitous service to Rut-
gers as foot ball coach. and L. +.
Loree. president Of the Delaware and
Hudson railroad, member of the
Rutgers class of II and a prominent
benefactor of the college and sup
porter Of foot ball.
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TWO CHANGES MADE
IN PITTS GRID LIST

PITTSBURGH. Pa, December =
Games with Pennsylvania and Buck
nell were dropped from the 1924 foot
ball schedule of the University of
Pittsburgh, announced today.
Johns Hopkins and Geneva Col
lege were added TO the schedule,
which follows:
September q. Grove City, at Grove
october 4, Lafayette: II. West Vir-
gfnia; Is. Johns Hopkins, at Balti-
more; 25. Carnegie Tech.
November |, Syracuse. at Syracuse:
8. Geneva; 10. Washington and Jeffer-
son; u, Penn State
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SPALLA PLANNING BOUTS
WITH CARP AND FIRPO

MILAN, December Eminio
Spalla, the heavyweight champion of
Europe, Is negotiating for matches
with Georges Carpenter. former
light-heavyweight champion Of the
world. and Luis Firpo. the South
American heavyweight title holder.
Spalla has received an offer Of 50,-
600 pesos for a match in Buenos Aires
with Firpo and has virtually decided
to accept.
He Is undecided. however, whether
to meet Carpenter first. In case he
does he expects to go to Argentina
in March or April, otherwise around
the first of the year.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
JACK JOHNSON REFUSED
LICENSE TO DO BATTLE

PHILADEI PHIA. December 7.-The
state athletic commission has refused
but unanimously agreed that he could
have a trainers license in order not
to deprive him Of living at the box
ers' game.
Johnson's age--forty-five years
was given by the commission as the
principal objection to a boxers per-
NIT.
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PENN STATE PICKS GRAY.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. December 7.
Basil g. Gray, center, has been
elected to lead the Pennsylvania
State college foot ball eleven next
year. His selection broke prece-
dent of many years standing, for he
is only sophomore and has played
on the varsity but one year. He
made the unusual record of inter-
cepting a forward pass or recovering
a tumble in every game played dur
ing the past season.
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COLLEGE BANS CAPTAIN
AND ANOTHER GRID STAR

LANSING Mich, December -
Maurice *. Taylor of East Cleveland,
Aggies foot ball team, and Richard
Pemerel, Lansing. a member of the
team, have been suspended Indefinite
ly from the college by order of Presi-
dent r. s. Shaw
The presidents action was taken
following that of the Hesperian So
ciety in expelling Taylor and Demerel
from membership as a result Of a
liquor row at dancing party which,
1t was charged, tho two. foot bali
players broke up" e"'
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FIVE YALE GRIDMEN
ON ALL.EAST eleven

NEW YORK. December 7AFive
Yale stars gained places on the myth.
fcal all-Eastern foot ball team, ac-
cording to consensus of more than a
score of selections made by eastern
observers. Two other wearers of the
Eiue won recognition on the second
team.
cornell placed two men on the first
eleven, while Syracuse, Harvard Cot
gate and Penn. State landed the other
positions.
= Mallory. Yale captain, and George
Pfann. Cornell leader. were unanimous
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S0PH-FR0SH GRID GAME
AT HILLTOP TOMORROW

Georgetown University annual
sophomore-freshm gridiron battle.
TO be. staged at the Hilltop tol. rrow
judging from the way both teams
have prepared for the game.
Coach Bill Kenyon OF the yearlings
Is counting heavily upon Charlie
aaughton. a 2G3-pound tackle, also
will display his wares for the frosh.
eastman. Breslin, Metzger and
O'Leary probably will comprise the
sqphcmors's baekaeld.
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YANKEE WINS BRITISH
College BOXING TITLE

LONDON. December 7.-Edward
Eagan Of Denver, formerly of Yale.
won for oxford last night the heavy
weight boxing championship Of the
English universities by defeating A.
w. Jeffries of the University of Lon
don.
minute and a half of fighting in
which time Jeffries was fIoored twice.
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OPEN GOLF TOURNEY
AWARDED TO DETROIT

DETROIT. Mich, December T.
Wcrd has been received here. from
Robert A. Gardner, chairman of the
tournan.ent-site committee of the
U. S. G. A.. that the national open
golf tournament for 1924 had been
awarded to the Oakland Hills Club
of this city.
Gardner said the tournament next
summer Will be two-day affair,
Qualifying tournaments being held in
cast and west sections prior to the
play in Detroit
Eighty players will be qualified
from the two sections and will come
to Detroit.
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NOTRE DAME TO DECIDE.

CHICAGO, December 7.-Prospects
oe Wisconsin, -Notre Dame foot ball
game next fall will be settled DIT
meeting of the Notre Dame faculty
committee today, Rockne said here.
Wisconsin. without a big home at.
traction for next season, is attempt
Ing to arrange an important game
for Homecoming.
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CUE STARS TO CLASH.

District cue champion, George
Wheatley,- will be opposed to Charles
Bartelmes. former title holder. in
the pocket billiard tournament at
Grand Central Academy tonight,
starting play at 7:45 o'clock. A vic
tory for Bartelmes would tie him
with Thomas Hewitt, who Is leading
the tourney.
Evening star., 1923-12-07

Midget Smith, well known to metro
poiitan fans, wa engaged to meet
Rosy Stoy. Now Rosy is a southpaw
and when the match was made for
Midget he did not know this.
When information came to him that
his prospective opponent fought left
handed Smith went a mile in the air
He went to the athletic commission
with his tale of woe, saying he had
not trained to meet a portside bat
tier and begged to be excused. And
ne was excused. Can you imagine
wEat one Muldoon would have said
to the Midget2
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GIVES O. K. TO WRESTLING.

CHARLESTON, w. Va December z.
Wrestling as q college sport at
West Virginia University was author
ized by the state board OF education
yesterday. The decision was reached
after a report of last years wrestling
season. showing a slight. profit, which
was read to the board.
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VIRGINIA BOOKS
CENTRE: KEEPS SPEARS

MORGANToWN, w. Va. December
Z. - West Virginia University will
meet the Centre College foot ball
team at the Polo Grounds, New York,
next October Is. H. A. Stansbury, di-
rector OF athletics. has announce1.
The reappointment Of DR.. c. w.
Spears as the mountaineer coach for
1924 was also announced.
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AWARDED GRID TITLE.

DALLAS. Tex. December -
Southern Methodist University has
been named foot ball champion of the
Conference In the re-
port Of the award committee. Texas
University claimed it. was tied for
the honors.
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Jimmy DouSherty certainly sticks
by his fighters. Here Bobby Barrett
some time ago resembled a bu~ted
flush. But Dougherty never lost
faith In his hard hitting battler. and
has carried him along to a point
where Bobby bids fair to be d strong
Anal fighter once more. OF course ON
Barrett's behalf il should be said
that his Willingness to mix and his
ability 10 wallop always have made
him an attraction. no matter what
position he has held on the fighting
card.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-07

''ohi i'St' SNhooi III hiS
Philadelphia fans have received
with every degree OF pleasure the
new law which permits decisions to
be rendered in boxing bouts. The
scheme worked beautifully at the
arena the other night and. of courses
Will continue to work as weil-so
long as Judges such as William Ro-
cap. Willie Fitz Gerald and Joe Ger
vino sit at the verdict end Of boxing
shows.
Speaking OF PhiNy, the new state
athletic commission had q curious
decision to render the other night.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
YANKEE BIKEMEN LEAD.

NEW YORK. December THE
American riders. Kockler and Law
renee, who gained a lap over the
field last night in the six-day bicycle
race in Madison Square Garden, still
are leading the f1e1d,
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H0CKEYIsT DECLINES.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, December D.
Speed Holman. selected by President
w. s. Haddock of the United states
Amateur Hockey League as one Of
the players on the United States
Olympic team, will be unable TO go.
He said business prevents his leaving
here,
Evening star., 1923-12-07
WHITE TO BOX BARRETT.

NEW YORK, December 7.--Charley
White. Chicago lightweight, has been
matched to box Bobby Barrett, of
Clifton Heights. Pa, in a ten-round
decision contest at Philadelphia De-
,ember Is.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
WoMEN's GOLF DATES SET.

NEWTON. Mass. December THE
1924 women's eastern golf cham
pionship will be played on the old
course Of the Brae Burn Country Club
Juno 2, and 4 and will be followed
by the annual team matches for the
Frances G. Griscom cup June to z.
Evening star., 1923-12-07

Any new exertiOn of the muscles
when the exertIon involves any
thing like n golf swing at first
seems awkward and incorrect.
This nwkwardness often causes the
golfer to make serious mistakes in
his playing.
The golfer who has been making
his swings with too much right
hand dominance, for instance,
naturally will feel awkward and
or balance the first few times he
undertakes a proper swing. The
one sOlid fact to get hold OF,
though is whether the newly
tried swing fs being made cor
rectIy. If 1t fs, never mind the
awkwardness. Keep mt the right
swing and gradually, and as surely,
the awkwQrdness will wear away.
The muscles then, properly trained
by practice, will accomplish the
task rhythmlcaily md smoothly.
They cnn seldom be trained to do
NO when wrong methOdS-cOm-
promises with the fundamentnls-
are employed.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
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FIGHT FOR CHARITY.

NEW YORK, December Jack
McAuliffe. I'd, of Detroit. and Joe
will meet In a 1o-round boxing bout
tonight for charity.
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WOULD PLAY CORNELL.

MADISON. Wis, December wis
for 1924 with Cornell, Director Of
Athletics T. E. Jones said. No reply
to the proposal has as yet been re-
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World Series Receipts Shblng May Get Real Test Next Week
ROSENBERG SHOULD PUSH YOUNCSTER:
PHILLY FANS LIKE NEW DECISION RULE
BY FAIR PLAY.

December 0 Dave Roenbrg
WnamL in in Newark
gd ii kn tim lever his sDsfne
hdns it
o pre- Iseemst
career no~d 0 pennsh after
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TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY. W, Va, De-
cember THE Potomac river was
very muddy and the Shenandoah was
clear this morning
Evening star., 1923-12-07

. seoond teanl-Hjorkman. Dartmouth, and
6tout; Prinoston, ends; weiderquist, W. & J..
anc Siair. Yale. tackles; Aschenbach, Dart.
SisSh. Army, center; Rioheson, Yale. quarter.
peosi kopPisch. Columbia. and Tryon, ColSate.
naHoaeksi Darling, Boston College. fullbsSk.
Evening star., 1923-12-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-16
SENATOR BRoWER TELLS REALTORS ABOUT Z0NING

Senator Walter Brewer reiterated his explanation of his stand on the repeal of tax exemption statutes in an address before the weekly lunch con. meeting of the Birmingham real estate board at the Tutwiler hotel Thursday. He also reviewed legia- lation affecting real estate dealers which was enacted at the recent session of the legislature.
 The acts validating changes made in unrecorded. maps, which perfect titles to much real estate in Bir- mingham, passed by the law makers and the ''McChesney" act providing for the licensing of real estate deal CTS by the state, which Is pending, were discussed by MT. Brewer.
 The zoning enabling act permit ting the city commission to pass zoning ordinance will be passed at the first day of the adjourned ses- sion. Representative Henry Howze, told the realtors. MT. Howze stated that the zoning enabling act had been rewritten by the committee which had charge of 1t and had been placed on the calendar of the house. He explained the act requiring the federal government to record it's liens against property in order to enforce them against innocent pur- chaserS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-16
BLANCHE RING AND. WINN|NGER, STARS IN JEFFERSON PLAY
AS You Were Bright Musi- cal Comedy in Two Acts, With Good Chorus and
 Many Entertainers

Blanche Ring and Charles Win ninger, musical comedy stars, who come to the Jefferson theatre Mon day Tuesday and Wednesday nights and Wednesday matinee, February 19, 20 and 21, seem assured of success full engagement here as result of the first days box office sale, which opened yesterday. AS You Were" is the name of the new musical play, and everybody who applied for seats yesterday didn't ask for the name of the play, but asked for seats, for the Blanche Ring engagement.
 Plays may come and go, but Blanche Rings popularity never seems to wane. She and MT. Win ninger, her co-star, toured this sec tion of the country last year in "The Broadway Whirl.' and were immense- ly successful. They are credited with having even cleverer entertain CTS this year in AS You Were" This musical play is in two acts and seven scenes, and Miss Ring and MT. Win ninger carry a company of 30 people. They have a particularly good look ing chorus who sing and dance well. Surrounding the two stars are many clever players, including Edgar Atchison Ely. musical comedy comedian, and Elby and St. Leo a dancing team, and a quartet of male singers. who do a clever speciality of their own in the play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-16
LIGHT COMEDY STARS
 DELIGHT AUDIENCE IN LYRICS NEW PROGRAM

By far the best vaudeville bill, from music lover and dancing en- thusiast's point of view, that B. F. Keith has placed on exhibition in Birmingham in many months is the attraction at the Lyric for the TO- mainder of this week. With the ex- ception of the closing act, the entire bill is made up of dancing, singing of musical renditions, each by artists sar-eXcellent in their respective lines.
 Overshadowing all other acts in technique and genuine ability is the star act of the bill, presented by the Deslys Sisters and their company of co-stars. The six actresses appear ing in the act diversity their work from the usual cut and dried music and dancing act, by inserting a few touches of personality, which. com bined with their youth, beauty and talent, held their audience with rap ture throughout the twenty minutes time allotted them. Musical numbers on the saxophone, cornet and piano and much dancing and singing were featured.
 What transpired at the opening game of the world baseball series last year, as presented by Tom Me Rae and Tom Aiken caused much hilarity in the audience and won the actors unstinted applause. McRae' whose impeded speech was feature of their skit. gives an excellent imi- tation of music from a xylophone with his vocal organs. Bob Yates and Evelyn Carson in their comedy skit, while. on an entirely different plane from that of McRae and Aiken, scored distinctive hit with their comedy talk.
 Dancing in every conceivable man. ner, on an especially devised sound ing board. andS revolving chandelier are a few of the high points in the dancing novelty of Louis Stone. Stone is an old vaudeville favorite, but his reception yesterday at the Lyric was one of the most tremendous accorded an actor in a long time.
 The Four Bards held their audi enee breathless with their sensational leaps and dives, the majority or which feats were originated and per feoted by themselves.
 Joseph Bowling. known as the Mir acle Man of the screen. is featured in the screen attraction, "The Ken lucky Colonel."-J. H. T.