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BY FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK, December ll-TI.
hot dope is that Jack Dempsey and
Tommy Gibbons will meet in the
Madison Square Garden this WHITE
in the first Of the seasons milk funr
bouts
Dempsey is said to have fnanciat =
interest in the garden, and even =
he has not he will go in on a suit
able guarantee. He is indebted q.
many ways TO the promoters OF thu
milk shows and II will be his turn
to come through with d fight in be
half Of the cause.
Dempsey has not fought in SO long
a time that the general belief is tbs.
Tommy will make him step quit
some.
one ting is certain. Tommy Glib
bons Is no longr a true light-hesvy
weight. He looked very drawn the
night he met Kid Norfolk at 775
pounds and the chances are he would
not wish TO hazard making this di-
vision against d strong natural Iigh,
heavy like Gene Tunney.
The fact Is that Tommy looks to BE-
right up in Dempsey's class, I60-1so
pounds, right now-that is TO say
he gave evidence that between these
weights he will be at his best HIS
ferocity against Norfolk gave thu
fans a better idea OF him than eve,
before they have had, and there Is
no doubt he would be an attraction
against the champion.
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at the top OF the back swing, with
all muscles "reIaxed under control -
then starting the cIubhead forward
easiIy-as you would start to throw
a stone or a base baII-yOu will find
the cIubhead Will naturally accelerate
itself. But having started fl easily,
you will have increasing muscle pres
sure to apply TO the cIubhead, where
az IL yOu use all your muscle strength
in starting the clubhead down with
lunEfng jerk. there viii he no
strength remaining with which to
speed up it's downward fight.
Copyright, 1924
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CARDINALS ROOKIE
COMMITS SUICIDE

MEMPHIS. Tenn, December IL
Jack Wakefield. who was graduate ed
from a brilliant preparatory school
athletic record to the St. Louis Ma
tional League base ball team. shot
and killed himself here last night.
He left the home OF his fiancee after
a quarrel and went to the home Of a
friend. saying. as he entered the
door Look out, I'm going to shoot
Pulling a pistol from his pocket, he
fired a bullet into his head.
HEX Wakefield. fullback on the
Vanderbilt University foot ball team
and rated the best foot ball player
in the South. is a surviving brother
During preliminary work with the
st. Louis Cardinals, early this year,
Jack broke his leg. He was out for
some time and when fit again was
sent by the Cardinals to Danville of
the Three ] League, where he again
broke his leg. rendering him inactive
for the remainder Of the season.
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CORNELL TO RECEIVE
RECORD MAkING OAR

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
ITHACA, n. Y, December. 1.-THE
oar lie pulled in the fastest four-mile
crew in American rowing history
soon will be presented to the Cornell
Athletic Association by Charles A.
Lueder and placed among the 1tha-
cans cherished athletic trophies in
Schoelkof Hall.
This oar was used by Lueder when
he rowed in the famous 1901 Cornell
varsity eight, which set world rec
ord of 1858 10 for the four-mile
course on the Hudson, a mark that
still stands.
on a recent visit to Nanticoke, Pa,
Lueder found this oar in the attic of
his boyhood home. On the blade are
the figures 1858 1-5, scratched on by
the hand of Charles L. Courtn ey,
coach of this and many other famous
Cornell Fights.
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MARJORIE WEBSTER
HOCKEY TEAM WINS

Girl hockey players of George
Washington University proved no
match for the Marjorie Webster
School, the latter winning, to l.
The Hatchetites scored their lone
tally in the first period
Mary F. Morscher of the losers and
Elizabeth Wolf of Marjorie Webster
played we'll.
Lineup and Summary.
Marjorie Webster-Margaret wooten, cap
tain; Elizabeth Wolf. Gertrude Boyer, Sue
Moycry, beatrice Ziegler. Marjorie Trick,
Elizabeth Halgenfeld, Nell Gibbons, Marion
Iovino. Mary Lee and Polly Arnold.
George Washington-Mary Florence Nor
scher. manager; Peggy Hunt. assistant man
ager Frieda May Dayey. assistant manag ger;
Mary Jackson, Isabel Bunten, Helen Day. Mae
Huntzbergh, Louise Omwake, Vivian Robb,
Helen Robb. Frances Cook, Margaret Maize,
Mary Ewing, Mary Eunice Chisholm, Marie
Kroell. Anna Kennedy, Ruth Peters, Eliza
beth Jamison and Emily Grey.
Goals: Marjorie Webster-Elizabeth Wolf
C2), Margaret Wooten, Gertrude Boyer.
Beatrice Ziegler. George Washington-Mary
Florence Morsrher.
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PENN STATE SOCCERISTS
KEEP UP GREAT RECORD

With a record untarnished by de-
Feat for six consecutive seasons, dur
ing which time they have rolled up
a total of 80 points to 20 for oppos-
ing teams, the Penn State soccer team
has brought to q. close it's most sue
cessful campaign.
Six straight victories were regis
tered over Syracuse, Toronto, La
Fayette, Swarthmore, Lehigh and
Navy.
Only two points were scored
against the Nittany hooters,
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WARREN WOOD TELLS:
Most Courageous Play | Ever Saw

HAVE heard playing golf ball and from other
don't believe such
uniqueness which l witnessed
1906 the D. E Sawyer
Western championship The incident
ing
Lake Wis.
Tuscumba Indian word meaning baefed And indeed
battlefield DeMoss,
several times Wisconsin State champion and the hna
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Johnson criticized the commits
S'oncr's ruling in the O'Conuel-DOlan
bribery case and he charged that
Gambling prevailed in the Pacific
Coast League. The American League
Yesterday joined the National in sup
porting Lands handling Of the
bribery case and also found charges
or gambling as presented by John
son apparently insufficient.
GriT Initiates Action.
The resolutions passed by the
american were introduced by Clark
Griffith. Washington magnate, ac-
yording 70 authoritative information,
and he IS reported to have been sup
ported 10y col Jacob Rupert of the
Yankees. both Of whom criticized
those who would jeopardize the inter
ests of the men they worked for. The
result was that Johnson sat in the
executives chair while his league
passed a measure demanding base
ball harmony and let it be known
That its own president was the center
o. all troubles.
Meanwhile. The National League
accepted the proposal OF Charles II.
Ehbcts Of brooklyn to alternate the
final world series contests in the
future. SO that such a stampede for
tickets as occurred 2t,er the sixth game
in Washington this year will be
avoided The National League win
Her viii b. awarded the first. second
sixth and seventh games. In 1926
the American League winner will
have them. Hereafter, Il base ball
accepts the scheme. there will be no
sn>SiuS OF coius. After appointing sey-
craI standing committees, the Ma
tional left all other business for
schedule meeting in February.
several Deals COnsummated.
With skies clearing, managers and
owners once again rushed into the
player mart. the Red SoX and Yankees
exchanging Howard Shapks. former
Washington infelder. and Nike Nc
NalIy. iufielder undeIstudy Of the New
York team Manager Arthur Fletcher
Of the Phillies acquired FIVE players
IL an effort to strengthen club
hat has been in the rucl. for sew
,ral seasons. Walter Kimmick, in
f,Ider. will come from the Pacific
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SALE OF 70 RACERS
NETS ONLY $4,000

NEW YORK, December l1.--Attend-
ed by many turf notables, 80 thor
oughbreds from the Xalapa Farm of
Bourbon County, Kentucky, were sold
at auction last night for a total of
S143, 900.
The price on Furbelow in the rather
low bidding was the highest of the
opening season, the Audley farms
paying $1,000.
]. S. Cosden paid $4,000 for the i'm
ported Aquamarine, a bay mare foaled
in 1917, sired by Verdun, and like
amount for Lagironde.
Broom Straw. an 11-year old chest
nut mare sired by Broomstick, went
for 100.
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NURMI TRIES BOARD
TRACK FIRST TIME

NEW YORK, December II.-Paavo
Nurmf, phenomenal Finnish runner,
who surprised the track world at the
Olympic games in Paris last Summer,
has felt boards under his expert feet
for the first time.
He INDUCED in a brief workout a.
the 9th Coast Artillery Armory last
night, following a feeling out" can
ter at Van Cortlandt Park in the aft
ernoon.
Nurmi will work outdoors in the
afternoon and indoors at night until
his first competition, January :, when
he will meet Willie Ritola in the Fin
nish- American games
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WOMAN TO PLOT BOAT
IN SPEED TITLE EVENT

NEW YORK, December 1l.--Nirs. Del
phine Cromwell sister of Horace L.
Dodge, automobile manufacturer, will
drive one of the motor speed
boats in the races for the gold cup
off Manhasset next August.
She will be the first woman TO COM
pete for the blue ribbon trophy of
speed boat racing
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Vectin FIGHT With Ban Johnson Gibbons Ring
BLOW ENTERS FINAL
FOR SOCCER HONORS

With q 3-to-o victory over the
Brent-Dent School tucked away,
Blow Schools soccer team won the
right to tackle the Park View eleven
tomorrow on the Plaza Fairgrounds
in the first Of a three-game series
to decide the 1924 elementary school
soccer champion. Play will start at
$3.50 o'clock.
Brent-Dent held its opponent score
less in the first half yesterday, but
the Blow athletes came back strong
in the later stages, with Lilies and
Irving leading the way. The former
player accounted for a pair of goals.
Park View and Blow appear Well
matched. Each eleven has played well
in the divisional games
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the hole. I was on in .. but his
third was close TO the cup and we
halved in 4.
Joe deserved better luck on the
next and final hole, but the best he
could do was to halve It. too. Ny
margin of ! up held good and the
match and the cup were mine.
Poor Joe. He's dead now. But
that shot OF his was the best. the
most unusual and the most cour-
ageous one | ever saw Runner-up
in the national amateur tournament
once. semi-finalist three times. holder
of the Western amateur title and con-
testant in many other tournaments,
I've seen many wonderful shots, too.
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BY III. e.. SALSINGER.

|IY COBB was a good outhelder
/ and an intelligent one, but
never great in the sense that
were such men as Fielder Jones of
Chicago and Iris Speaker of Boston
and Cleveland.
Jones was marvel in several
ways. He was a star outfielder when
Cobb broke into the league. He
PLAYED center field for the Chicago
left fielder, both below the average in
mechanical skill, had little to do.
Ball players used to say that Chicago
was the only team in base ball that
used two fleiders on the foul lines.
They played closer to the chalk
marks than any right or left fielders
since. The Chicago outtield was COM
posed almost literally Of Fielder
Jones--so wide was his range. He
played center, but he also played left
and right.
iris Speaker also covered a wide
range, but not as wide as Jones, be
cause Speaker always had one or two
good men alongside him in the out
field and there was no need to stretch
his area.
Shifted for Bntters.
These outfielders, Jones and Speak
er, always shifted for the batsmen.
They depended upon keen judgment,
plus mechanical ability, To get the
ball on outfield drives.
Cobb was unlike them in the main.
He, too, covered great deal of terri
tory. not quite as much as Speaker
or Jones, but still more than the av
erage outfielder. But where Jones
and Speaker played the batter and
stationed themselves in the spot
where the batsman was likely to hit.
Cobb did not play position; he de-
pended upon his quick break and
speed to get him to the spot where
he could make the play. Jones and
Speaker played the batsman and then
the ball. Cobb played only the ball.
when he began playing for De-
troit as a regular he was the Tigers
right fielder. Sam Crawford played
centerfeld. Later on they were
shifted. Crawford going to right and
Cobb taking Words place in cen
ter because Of Cobb's superior speed.
But most of Cobb'S best outfielding
was done while he played rightfield.
Before Cobb entered the league
outflelders always "rainbowed' the
ball back to the infeld on singles.
In other words. the outflelders lobbed
the ball back. Cobb by turning first
base sharply. forced these rainbow
returns out of existence. Also. he
moved them deeper into the discard
by his defensive play in right field
He introduced some new methods in
outhelding and these were adopted
where the player had the mechanical
ability to accept and use them.
Cobb proved to base ball that a
snap throw from an outtielder to
the infield could produce many outs,
the possibility Of which never had
been suspected.
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COMMISSIONER INDORSED
BY AMERICAN LEACUERS
Resolution Introduced by Clark Griffith Commend
ing Judges Administration Constitutes Repri-
mand for Head of Circuit.
~ the Assoc ated Press.


December
backed by the confidence the American and National Leagues
his fight with president of them
who a
The commissioner the joint meeting OF the
today which undoubtedly will be punctory with
adjournment Chicago January gathering engineered by
the American League.
The of Lands has times the resolutions
adopted by the the last days but that OF Byron Bancroft
Johnson American League head
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WILL BE $4,000 RACE.

CHICAGO, December Hilary O..
Reno of Chicago, originator OF the
$4,000 American pacing derby,
which was decided during the grand
circuit meeting at Kalamazoo last
Summer, has announced entries for
the 1925 derby will close January /.
He said the race would carry cash
value Of nearly $4,000 to the win
ner
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Coast; Dana Fillingim and Buck
O'Neal, pitchers, and {. Il. Huber,
third bareman, from Beaumont. of the
Texas League. and Chicken" Hawks,
first haseman, formerly of the
Yankees, from Nashville. Lee Park
inson, who has been in the Phillies'
infeld for some years, goes to Nash
vile as part payment
BUSINESS Manager oscar Reichow
Of the Los Angeles club Of the Pa
Cific Coast League announced that
he had bought Catcher Gus Sand
berg from Cincinnati. Manager Jack
Hendricks Of the Reds signed Grover
Land. veteran Cleveland and Chicago
catcher, as coach.
Miller higgins. insistept upon OBJ
tanning an !nGelder. is said to be
angling for Jimmy Dykes of the
Athletics. Uuggins is known to have
had Conve.sa tions With four man
aeerr III the league during the
meetings.
Text of 4. l.. Resolutions.
The text of the American League
resolutions:
"Resolved That We take this occa-
sion to reafFirm publicly our contin-
ued faith and confidence in the intee-
rity and ability of Judge henesaw NJ.
Lands, who was drafted from a high
and honorable position in the Federal
Government in the Services of base
ball!
And be it resolved further. That,
firmly believing the games greatest
security and safeguard for the future
lies in the fullest cooperation be-
tween the TWO ma jor leagues and
Commissioner Lands, be ii resolve
further that the American League
gives its fullest and unqualified sup
port and Endorsement to Commission
er Lands III his methods of conduct
and leadership in organized base
ball.
And resolved further. That COM
mittee Of three. consisting of Messrs.
Rupert, Barnard and Shibe, is here
by appointed by the American League
to wait upon Judge Lands to the end
that full harmony may be restored
and full cooperation obtained under
the present agree ment under which
major and minor league are now
operating"
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NATIONAL JUNIOR MEET
TO BE HELD JANUARY is

NEW YORK, December 1.-THE
national indoor junior track and field
championships viii be held January
10 at Madison Square Garden in con-
nection with the annual games of
the Municipal A. A
Paavo Nurmi, famous Finnish run
ner, has consented to run in special
race.
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New candidates in the squad this
year include Charley Mansuey. for
mer player of the title winning
Aloysius Club: Swami. a member Of
the 1928 Manhattan team, and Carl
Tate. one Of the former stars of the
Warwicks.
Among the veterans are wilson.
Eslin. Simonds Stevenson. Dyer,
Joynes and Murray.
A-Gyle Athletic Club Of Mount
Pleasant will be the opponent of the
Royal Eve tomorrow night at d.
o'clock in the Wilson Normal School
gymnasium. Bangs, Brooks, Cook,
lesser. Lynch. Robertson, SeintzeL
Sfmonds. Fallon, Ahern and Herr are
IL the Argyle squad.
~. Paul tosSers were forced
throughout to down the Columbia
Athletic Club, so to %. Burke and
walker played in top form for the
winners.
Eaa<et ball of the first ORDER Is eX-
nected in the Crescent-kanawha Re
serve game tonight at O'Clock, on
.he Wilson Normal School court.
The Rovers will be matched against
the Crescents Sunday afternoon
Columbia Athletic 1lus q -4eA@l'
d.ia is hankering for action for games
20 be played Wednesday nights. can
Manager Jack Allen at Alexandra 4Z4.
Bows Club coaches will DE sent
through the PAGES tonight at
O'clock in the Trinity gymnasium.
Goodman. Goldberg, Shaley, Povich'
palmer Settler and Howensteln
should be on hand.
One of the most spirited games OF
the season was played between the
warwick Props and the Trinity Atm
)etic Club, the former winning, IA 10
- The score was tied three times.
The Warwicks put the game on ice IN
the waning minutes.
Royal Athletic Club fell before the
st Mary's Reserves OF Alexandra IN
q 34-to-17 epga cement. Louis Latham
II the victors was high scorer, with
seven field goals.
I.angford of the Woodside NJ. Il.
ouint played well when his team low
cred the coIors of the Peck Athletic
Club, % to IS.
city Club basketers battled all the
way to down the Epiphany Athletic As
ISOLATION five, y to II. Singer Gagged >
goals for the victors.
Royce Athletic Club made 1t three
In a row by taking the measure of the
Aurora Juniors in 2S-to-l3 match
w. Wesson poclleted nine baskets.
Moore and Hayden were best for the
Auroras.
Comforter Juniors will journey TO
Baltimore Saturday night for a game
with the St. Martin Triangles of that
city. Players of the local team should
report at the Holy Comforter School at
y o'clock Games with the five can be
arranged by calling Manager Finne-
yan at Lincoln 22S4-W.
Truxton Athletic Club Seniors Will
be the guests of the Company f qulnt
IF the Hyattsville National Guard to-
night. starting at Sis o'clock. Kip
and Fillius, forwards; Nauts, center;
Phillips and Bangs, guards, is the
probable lineup for the Truxtons.
Uniforms will be issued to the TUX
tons on December 20. Challenges
are being received by Manager Hum
phrey at 314 East Capitol street,
apartment g.
Idle Hour Ave fell before the Yo-
semites, 40 to 20, with Eddie Swami
playing in fine style for the winners.
Vt. Patrick Midgets administered a
HO-to-15 beating to the st. Martins
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ing Oh nPT ualIy
hitting with the
clu b h e a d you
"IOse" the club
head in your sense
of touch, and the
hitting blow, from
that point, inyari-
ably will be mere
ly n body pus h.
You know you
want to hit and,
having lost the
cIu b h e a d, you
merely hit with
everything 20 u
have, and another
spoiled shot calls
for fits alibis. If
you Will cultivate
the knack of pOis-
fn0 the end
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REDS BUY OUTFIELDER

CINCINNATI, Ohio. December IL
Manager Jack Hendricks of the Gin
cinnati Nationals has purchased Out
fielder Bill Zitzman from the Newark
Club of the International League.
Zitzman batted 1856 last season
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.DEFIES McTICUE, TUNNEY;
I READY TO FACE DEMPSEY
st. Paul Batler Also Willing to Take on WilIs-Ru-
mored He and Champion viii Clash in Milk
Fund Bout This Winter

n EW YORK, December -Wh stroke OF his pen Tommy
Gibbons ST. Paul heavyweight who
Of Baltimore Tuesday night has challenged
Mike McIigue and Gene Tunney has Willingness.
meet Champion Jack Dempsey again challenge to Mcgue and
Iunney in the hands of the State Athletic Commission
Meanwhile Tex Richard
Summer which Gibbons
He said to have changed his staging the battle in a
in hefore
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DEMPSEY TO START WORK.

Los ANGELES, December 11-Jack
Dempsey, world heavyweight cham
pion pugilist. will open light train
ing here next week to be prepared
to defend his title. it was announced
today by Teddy Hayes, trainer
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HINCHMAN RETAINED.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, December Il
Harry Hinchman of Toledo, Ohio
who has piloted the WillIamspor
club to two successive New York
Pennsylvania Base Ball League pen
nants, has signed TO manage the clu
again next year.
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BARTELMES VS.. RICHMOND.

With the pocket billiard match be
tween Palmer Sewers and William
Parsons postponed, interest centers
in the tilt tonight between Charles
Bartelmes and Give Richmond at the
Grand Central parlors.
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Harry Wills. negro, who defeated
Luis Angel Firpo IN Jersey City. is
also on the list Of acceptable oppo-
n"nts, according TO Gibbons man
;.5er, Eddie Kane.
Another title contender came ous
of the Christmas fund clashes when
Tiger Flowers defeated the former
middleweight champion, Johnny vii
son. 1t was the negro's first appesr
ance i'll the garden and he so IN
pressed fans that a match with til.
champion, Harry Greb OF Pittsburgh.
is predicted
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TENNIS STARS TO WED.

BROOKLINE, Mass, December Ii
The engagement of Miss Leslie Ban
croft. one of the leading tennis play
ers of the country, to Charles Fred
eric Aeschliman of Cannes. France,
has been announced. Aeschliman
played on the Swiss Davis Cup team
in 1928.
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BOWLING STARS TO MEET

Jimmy Blouin of Chicago, worIu
champion bowler, and Jimmy Smitl
of Milwaukee have agree to meet iii
a 120-game championship series soor
Sixty games probably will be rolled IL
Chicago and the others in Cleveland
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PARELLI IN MAT BOUT

Joe ParelI, wrestler, who took the
measure of Joe Turner, takes on De-
mon Kid Ellis tonight at the Mutual
Theater.
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InSideGOIf
BY Chester Horiop,

From the top Of the back swing the
golfer should feel a distinct tendency
to hit with the cIubhead all the way
down. The moment you lose this feel
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HARDEN WINS WITH CUE.

Capt Harden disposed of Capt.
Wolfe, 200 to 70, in a billiard exhibi-
ton last night at the Lewis and
Krauss parlors. Wolfe had a high
run of so.
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A new eixht-elub league made up of
towns in northern Kansas and south
ern Nebraska is in prospect.
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HAS "sUNsHINE LEAGUE.

MIAMI. Fla, December 11.-Play
the Sunshine League" Florida's ne
fOur-club base ball circuit, will ope
December IS and continue throug
February.