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LEONARD PLANNING
TO DO SOME BOXING

NEW YORK, November 12.-Benny
Leonard plans an active indoor ring
campaign, he said, in confirming re-
ports he had tentatively agreed to
defend his title at Los Angeles in
February. He said no definite ar
rangements had been made. but men
toned Phil Salvador a proba BILE
opponent on the strength of reports
h had defeated Joe Benjamin.
There is no opponent in sight for
me here just now said Leonard, but
| intend to keep in shape this Win
ter with several engagements pre-
paratory to another outdoor season.
With 12-round bouts legaliZed after
the first of the year on the Pacific
Coast, I look for a revival of ring
activity there"
The lightweight champion reiter-
ated his desire to box Mickey Walker
for the latter's welterweight crown,
and expressed the conviction they
would meet in an outdoor match next
year.
Leonard has just finished motion
picture engagement, and plans a
vaudeville tour before resumng &C
tive ring work early in the new year.
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WALTER NOW READY
FOR OAKLAND DEAL

SEATTLE, Wash. November 1o-
RESOLUTIONS were adopted yesterday
at the annual meeting of the Pacific
Coast Base Ball League here setting
forth that no franchise will herea fter
he granted to any one to maintain
ball club within the territory now
controlled by either the Oakland or
san Francisco clubs without the con-
sent of both of these units of the
coast league. The resolution was
adopted, it was said, as an assurance
TO Walter Johnson, pitching phe-
nomenon of the Washington Amer
leans. that should he purchase the
Oakland franchise he would be Sc
cure from territorial encroachment.
At the morning session of the
meeting J. Cal Ewing. owner of the
Oakland club, had announced that
Johnson had virtually agreed to pur-
chase the club, no ding off only for
assurances that following his sue
ccSSlon to ownership he would not be
forced to face unexpected competition
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TY COBB
Rernaker of Base Ball
The Recruit Bullied-
A Youth in Despair
His Only Pinch-Hitter,
The GriddIe

him-the only time in his career that
this has happened because the man
aSer wanted better man at bat.
Detroit was playing Chicago. hit
less wonders" of this period and
world champions that year. Doc
White, smart left-hander. was
pitching. White was the hardes,
man in the league for Cobb to bat
against and he was particularly hard
on this particular afternoon. Cobb
had faced White three times and
struck out each time. When it came
Cobb's turn at bat again Manager
Armour called him back and sent up
instead Freddy Payne, second-string
catcher. And Payne, who went out
of the majors a few years later, won
a distinction that never fell to the
lot of another player.
In later years George Mullin, a
pitcher, batted for Cobb one day, but
that was because Cobb had left be-
fole the game was over. Somebody
had to bat for him.
Tomorrow; Chapter XII-A Star
EvOlves.)
Copyright, 1924. in the United States. Can
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as though Chicago were going to un-
shacllle the old bank roll and 20
forth looking for, some real class al
ready developed.
If the Cubs were to acquire Horns
by for the uuttfcid, they would give
any club Il battle for the 1925 pen
nant He is just the sort of player
needed to round out a team which
includes such players as Grimm,
Maranville, PittenEer and Friberg.
Public Opinion Factor.
st. Louis could get enough for
HurnShy to so far toward the build
ing up OF its team in other direc-
lions. He probably would bring even
more than Ruth of the American
League, because he has a longer play
in + life ahead OF him. The big ques-
tiGn IS whether the st. Louis manage
meat dareS take Il chance on public
opinion and let HoruSby go. 1t is
certain that they will never win any
penuauts in st. Louis operating as
obey have been for the last five or
six years, HornSby or no Horns5y.
Downright, 1921
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1t may possibly wind up in HornSby'S
sale. There are other National League
clubs that would pay handsomely to
set him. There is no doubt about
the good faith of Brooklyu's $215,000
offer. ST. Louis at that time was
unable To accept. because the club
had been built up around Hornsby,
and to part with him would have
meant practically disruption. As it
turned out. st. Louis did not get full
value out Of HnruSby, because he was
injured part of the time. But when
he was in he battrd better than ever.
Used by Cards at Second.
st. Louis uses him at second for
want of a better man for the post
liornsby would make Il crack ing
righttieldtr Tor some ClIb. and it
would not hurt his batting eye ii he
We're transferred to the outticld.
The Chicago Nationals are an%ious
{" get Il hard-hittiuE outf", der.
Hitherto. Chica-o's policy has been
10 build up team Of y"un" blood,
without making any expensive pur-
rhaSeS. but the success Of that policy
has been 50 questionable that il look $
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MAJORS MAY MEET
IN HISTORIC ROOMS

NEW YORK. November 1.-THE
Joint meeting of the major base ball
leagues may be held here next month
in the rooms where the National
League was organized so years ago.
The National League had planned
several festivities next year to cele-
hrate its golden anniversary. One of
these was to have been a dinner at
the old Broadway Central Hotel,
where the organization was born.
There is a possibility, however, that
the building will be torn down this
Winter, and the base ball officials
are said to be considering favorab1y
the idea of holding their coming joint
meeting there.
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IN common with all other tuna
fishermen, it is Iven's ambition to
lana a diamond button tuna. The big
angling clubs near the tuna grounds
have standing offer of a gold but
ton, silver button and a diamond
button to anglers catching tuna of
various sizes on light tackle. The
diamond button is for a fish weigh
ing more than $50 pounds. and. of
course, very few such fish are caught.
The diamond button, therefore,. is
the prize coveted by all tuna fisher
men.
For five years, season after sea-
son, lven sought this prize. He be-
came known as one of the most per-
sistent tuna fishermen in the country.
He had caught gold button fish and a
sIlVer-button one, and now he was
after the diamond button.
Then one day he hooked a monster
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AUTO TRACK AT LAUREL
MAY BE BUILT IN 1925

y Observation-Disclosures automobile
speedway will be constructed at Lau-
rel Md, if the plans of a group of
Washington and Baltimore men do
not go awry. seating capacity of
$4,000 is planned, as well as parking
space for $4,000 automobiles. Work
on the project is expected to get I'M
der way March l. according to Will
liam c. Thomas of Baltimore
Two race meets will be held yearly.
one in the Spring and the other in the
Fail.
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y. C.. GOLFERS WILL PLAY
IN NORFOLK TOURNAMENT

WASHINGTON to be by quite
wv golfers
Norfolk, Friday and Saturday Roland r. Mackenzie,
ct Champion and his father Albert
Middle Atlantic iteho1der
Norfolk
meyer laYcdt
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ing out of turn and stating that
it was unfortunate that the national
commissioner was not sufficiently in
formed to have enabled him to call
off the 1919 series, Johnson said
1T is easy enough for Mr.. Comiskey
at this time to refer to one of my
statements as .idiotic. but he didn' t
have the same thought of my activi-
ties a couple years ago when his
attorney appealed to me for informa-
ton that formed the basis of de-
Tense with which to combat a threat
ened suit for damages"
In 1922 Comiskey's attorney, John
son said, appealed to him for in
formation with which TO combat a
threatened suit for damages against
Comiskey by Buck Weaver, one of
the White Sox players suspended as
a result of the 1919 world series
scandal Johnson said he gave the
information desired and added:
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FIRPO AND WEINERT
TO BATTLE TONIGHT

NEW YORK, November 12-Luis
Angel Firpo tonight will face Char
ley Weinert, the Newark Adonis.'
in a 12-round no-decision bout at
Newark. inaugurating what the
wild Bull" calls his second cam
paign for the world championship.
Firpo used Weinert as a final step
ping stone to his battle with Demp-
sey last year, bowling the Adonis
into 10-second oblivion in a match in
PhiIadelphia.
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Danny Horgan. assistant pro at
Chevy Chase: Mel Shorey former
Manor Club Instructor; Dave Thorn
son, the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club pro. and a. r. Thorn of the
Town and Country Club also plan
to make the trip.
Roland Mac kenzie and his father
and Thomson will have to make quick
connections after the final round Sat
urday afternoon in order TO make the
boat for Washington to arrive in the
Capital Sunday morning. The younger
Mack enZie is slated to pair with
Dave Thomson in an exhibition match
at the Washington Golf and Country
Club that day. The exhibition will
be at Sc holes, with the first round
starting at $3.50 am. and the second
at / 30 pm Members of clubs about
the city and their friends are invited
What is in store for Gene Sarazen
and Johnny Farrell, who will oppose
Mackenzie and Thomson in the ex-
hibltion, may be judged by the fact
that Thomson shot % Yesterday in
practice with Fred ID. Paxton, chair
man OF the golf committee. MacKen-
zie is playing the course this after
noon with Thomson in preparation
for the match, and it may be safely
SAID that Sarazan and Farrell will
aolHlHS III the OF a
walk Over
Although Sarazen has played three
times in Washington since he won
the open championship in 1922. Far
rel mas not appeared here since the
Spring of that year. Farrell is very
popular here, however. and his game
has come along notably since he was
runner-up to Jock Hutchinson in the
Spring open tourney at Columbia in
1922. Farrell is ranked as the premier
medal player of the East
c. III. Pardoe won first place in the
City Club tournament held yesterday
at the Congressional Country Club
with card Of %. Low net prizes
went to the following:
F.. T Howard. 96-25-71; o. T.
Wright, 97-25-72; F. J. Hurney, 100
25-15. g. T Etz won the consola-
ton with a card of 127-25-102
Walter II. McCaIlum of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club had
a one on the fourth hole at the Chevy.
Chase Club yesterday, playing in q
four-ball match with T P Noyes
Bowie Chapman and j. F. Dryden
McCallum'S mashie shot to the H.
hole struck just short of the pin. tools
one bounce and finished in the boz
tom of the cup.
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while the right arm merely main
tnins position lightly close to the
side. doing very little in the back
swing. The right arm goes to work
IN the latter part of the forward
swing. where 1t delivers the hit, The
player should school himself to take
the time required for this long, ont
ward and upward sweep Of the left
arm In the back swing. DO not hurry.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Col
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CORBY BASKETERS
DRILL TOMORROW

Corby's basket ball team will be
subjected to strenuous drill tomor-
row night. starting at 7:30 o'clock, in
the Gallaudet gymnasium.
The five is ready to book games for
the first of the year, according to
Manager Chris Hutchinson, who may
be telephoned at Lincoln 6902.
Elliott and Trinity Junior teams
will be opponents tonight in a game
starting at ! O'Clock, in the old East
ern High gymnasium. Leon, Ward.
Heany, Roche, Short, Goodwin and
Levy will play for the Elliotts, &C
cording to Manager Chappele
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ilsh, easily weighing more than $50
pounds. He landed it after a fight
lasting more than an hour Now
comes the hard luck; just as he was
landing the fish, along came a shark
and bit off the tunas tail When
weighed the tuna tipped the scales
at 1873 pounds, and it was estimated
that the part bitten off by the shark
weighed about 80 pounds
Of course, Iven will yet catch a
150-pound fish on light tackle. No
body with his persistence will fail.
Some day (when there are no sharks
around) he will bring home the
bacon.
He is confident of his ultimate sue
cess, but, as he says, that was a
hard luck tail, sure enough"
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GETS HOCKEY STAR.

BOSTON November l2-Howell
Eengerbig. former Princeton hockey
ahd foot ball star, will join the Bos-
toni Athletic Association team of the
UPHed States Amateur Hockey
lfague this winter He may play
etther in the forward line or on de-
flnke.
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hanOS TO the top
position, without
attempt to make n
swing. then see
to ii that the
knuckies OF the
left hand point
up. you will have
the correct hand
and wrist position
nt this important
30 mt in the
swing. To make
the left hand ar
rive Mt this posi-
ton Mt the top
the left arm de-
scribeS n very
pronounced sweep
In the back swing
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| FIGHTER EXONERATED.

lST. PAUL, Mimi, November -
WH Minnesota State Boxing Com
nHkion has eXonerated Morrie
Sehlaifer of Omaha from blame for
fdulinS Jock Malone. st. Paul middle
weight, in the third round of their
bfHt here Monday night. The COM
nfi $sion decided that he was in a daze
fsoh punishment inflicted by Malone
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the I-9-pouh" IdureiS.
".nt"n players "eIeEe th"E ca"
loPpIe the 'FtScehtS anu are MUS -,
Wintons will practic" tonight at I 80
clock at the Virginia avenue play
grounds.
lHan;Ico Marines W3I invade fTll-
nth stadium SUNDAY tor a game with
their regular lineup, they probably
will down the local combination.
Corinthian Athletic Clubs ll5 and
9o-pound teams are setting merry
pace. The Southends Will he I'll" OPP
ponents Of the 1l5-pOund outfit sun
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THE appeal for help proved to my
satisfaction that Comiskey's invesu-
cation of his crooked ball players
in the Winter of 1919 and 1920 wasn't
as extensive as he led people to be-
lieve. At least, he didn't get in
formation that my men were able to
run down.
The crooked world series and its
aftermath now is closed chapter
with us and we have to be satisfied
with such results were obtained,
however dkstressful they may have
been to Comiskey.
But l do welcome this as an oc
casion to reiterase that the crimes
of base ball must be handled with a
firm and uncompromising hand and
that the selfappointed custodians
of the game must be brought to a
stern realization that anything SAVIOR
ing of compromising with evil or
condoning of it for the sake of
selfish ends will be combated to the
limit, promptly and severely"
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SLUCCTNG CARDINAL STAR
DEMANDING BIG INCREASE
Manager Branch Hickey, Who, Already, Has Spurn
ed Bona Eide Offer of S275, 900 From Brooklyn,
May Yet Be Forced to Sell Batting Champ.
BY JOHN 3. FOSTER.

EW YORK November l2Manager Branch OF
Nationals having helped Rogers ornsby build
the valuable ball League
OF
himself position where he will have keep his
HornShys with Louis
discussion being carried ample figures Rogers
rned
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JOHNSON RAPS COMISKEY
AS OLD FEUD is REVIVED

~HCAGO November A. omiskey
American Europe, 81" incompetent
~ to testimony
gardng be safety
League declared
last night crticizing the White Sox leader
he had attributed
Comsk Johnsons Of the New
the scandal which
some o involved "dotic.'
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WREsTLE TOMORROW NIGHT

Charley Metro and Joe Turner will
supply the action in a wrestling bout
tomorrow night at the Mutual The
alter.
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TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, No
fmber 1.-THE Potomac and Shen-
ah Aoah rivers both We're clear this
njotnine.
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Shibc Park, home of the Philadel-
phla Athletics, will be enlarged to
seat $4,000 before the opening of the
1925 season.
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Walter Koppisch of Columbia. i:
the only man who has ever capita nee;
a college foot ball team for three
years in succession.
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I1lSideGOIf
BY Chester Horton

At the top of the bnck swing the
knuckIes OF the left hand point
straight up. II you will elevate your
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THE CALL OF THE OJTTDOORS
BY WILL III. DIG.
President, I-aak Halton League of America.

AID luck tales the angling. Without them where
| would the fishing either he 7
Nno" real good hard luck and I'm going it, If
70 know harder me aboutit
Charles j. lven a
enthusiastic
fisherman who knows whe to quit ~ = 'iN'~''
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IN BASKET BALL EVENT.

Arlington County is entered in the
Virginia State basket ball tourna =
ment for county high schools having
boys enrolment below so. Intra-
county games will be held before No
vember % to decide the county win
ners that will meet next month.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the great
est base ball fan in England.
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The American open and amateur
golf championships were established
in 1895.
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Coach Newman has called q meet
ing of the Corinthians tonight at the
home Of y. Bolt. located at Fourth
street and New York avenue
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Palace Athletic Club will strive to
topple the Anacostia Eagles Sunday
at Fair Lawn. a THANKSGIVING day
game is wanted by the Palace team.
Telephone the manager at Franklin
4O29 between and O'clock
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GeOkrict

Geokrick players are dickering
for game Sunday at Atlantic City
with an unlimited class team. The
local eleven viii be sent through
drills tomorrow and Friday nights
at 1:3O o'clock at the Georgetown
Hollow.
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Winton players believe they can
topple the CrescentS and are anxious
to book a game with that team. The
Wintons will practic" tonight at 7:3o
o'clock at the Virginia avenue play
grounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-12
Fight
ArOuses Folks at
Fifth and State

What has become of the man who
was struck down Sunday night short
ly before midnight in an alley be
tween State and Olive streets near
Fifth street?
That is the question which is
arousing much interest among resi-
dents in that neighborhood, who
were awakened by the sounds of a
struggle. that ended when one man
struck the other across the head
with what appeared to be heavy
club, and then went away, leaving
his victim lying on the ground, ap-
parently dead
The story, which is being told
today, is that the police were called.
and that man, claiming to be an
officer, arrived on the scene few
minutes later. The police, however.
disclaim any part or knowledge of
the mysterious struggle. and so do
members of the sheriff s depart
meEt.
At all events, the man who was
said to have been knocked down,
TO di.appear before his
identity was discovered, leaving
those who were aroused by the fight,
in ignorance of its origin and the
names of the principals.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-12
COyle Ans wers
Query on Local
Road Conditions

Secretary James #. Coyle of the
chamber of commerce is in receipt
of request for information and
data relative to highway traffic
problems in this city and county,
the request being sent by James l..
Madden, manager of the insurance
department of the United States
Chamber of Commerce. z.
Mr.. Madden stated that Secretary
Herbert Hoover desires all available
information on the problem all over
the United States for consideration
at the conference of street and high
way safety to be held in the near fu-
ture under the auspices of the de-
partment of commerce at Washing
ton.
The report which Mr.. Coyle sent
out today, included an outline of the
situation in the valley and stated
that the traffic problems were be-
ing handled through state and muni-
cipal traffic officers who were keep
ing accidents and violations reduced
to low average.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-12
PERSHING TO BE
SUCCEEDED BY
JOHN L. HINES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Pres-
ident Coolidge today approved the
appointmert of Major General John
l.. Hines, deputy chief of staff, to
be chief of staff of the army, sue
ceeding General Pershing when he
retires from active service on Sept.
Is.
Brigadier General Dennis Nolan.
now assistant chief of staff, will
become deputy chief of staff, eff,
fective the same date, with the
same rank.
Hines has served as deputy chief
since the resignation of former
Major General Harbard on Dee, g.,
1929. He was adjutant general un-
der General Pershing on the expe-
dition into Mexico and commanded
troops and served with General Per
shing in France.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-08-12
UTLEY OUT OF
CONGRESSIONAL
RACE HE SAYS

District Attorney Ernest r. Ut.
ley has definitely announced that
he will not be candidate for the
Democratic nomination for con.
gresham from this district.
The statement was made this
morning by Mr.. Utlev in response
to request for information as to
who will be the Democratic eandi-
date.
"Former Congressman William
Kettner told me on Sunday that
he would enter the race for election
to congress in earnest if the Dem
ocrats secure his nomination at
the primaries, the district attor-
ncy said.
81 am turning ali my efforts to-
ward the nomination of Mr.. Kett-
ner," Mr.. Utley declared, /" for
have known him for several years,
and his period of service in Congress
has been proved. "
The districts attorney, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Utley, called on the
former congressman at his summer
home at Julian on Sunday.