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The Washington times., 1924-12-02
WILL PLAY
ONLY SOUTHERN TEAMS

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2.-For
the first time in many years, Van
derbilt's gridiron schedule fails 20
list a Northern foe. Only two
games are scheduled away from
home with a late October engage
ment still pending. The incomplete
card follows:
September 26, South
ern at Nashville (probable); Octo-
Der 3, Henderson-Brown at Nash
vile; October 10, Texas, at Nash
vile; October II, Tennessee, at
Nashville; October "a, Georgia, at
Athens october 81, pending, at
Nashville; November Z, Georgia
Tech, at Nashville; November Id,
Auburn, at Birmingham; November
26. Sewanee, at Nashville.
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Bill jacobson Grabs
Position AS Best
OutfieIder

"Baby Doll" Bill jacobson,
the Browns mountainous CEN
ter fielder, went out and ousted
Sam Rice from his position Of
accepting the most chances in
the field during one season.
In 1920, playing center field,
Same Rice accepted asa putouts
and "a assists for a total II
478 chances.
In 1924, Jacobson boosted
these totals to 496, handling
ABB putouts and Z assists.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
LEADING
GR|FFNEN
|NF|ELD
Hangs Up Best Average Of All
World Champions During
1924 Season

Joe Judge continues to hold the
highest rank Of all his team mates
when 1t comes to fielding his posi-
ton, as the official averages show
today. Judge is tied with wally
Pipp. the Yankees string bean
firstsacker, with an average Of 1874
for 14O games. The little Griffman
handled 1875 putouts, 10S Of them
in double plays, So assists and was
charged with eight misplays tor the
season.
Playing in 153 games, Pipp had
1447 putouts, LOG assists and nine
errors, taking part in -1O6 double
plays.
Eddie Collins led the second.
sackers with 1877, Bucky Harris
ranking fifth with q mark of .96S,
Willie Kamm led the thirdsackers
with an average Of .9T1. Ossie
Bluege's average Of .943 gives him
sixth place.
Topper Rigney's 1857 was the best
Of all the shortstops, Roger Peck
inpaugh ranking third with 1888.
Memo Leibold's .994 gives him top
place among outfielders playing in
at least seventy games, but Ty Cobb
was the real leader with 1886 for
155 games to the seventy for the
little Grifftman.
Earl McNeely fielded for .973 in
Al games, Rice for .967 in 1854 games
and Goose Goslin for 800 in the
same unrnber.
Hank SEVERED, the Browns vet
eran backstop, led the catchers
with 1889. Muddy Ruel ranked
third with $50. Ruel, incidentally,
caught more games than did any
other man in the league.
Walter Johnson. Jezebel Zachary,
Joe Martina and Curly Ogden went
through the campaign without max
ing an error. Mogridge made two
misplays. giving him mark Of
1858. Marberry also had two boots,
giving him an average Of .959.
AS team the world champions
ran second to the Yankees, having
an average of .s72. The Yankees
led by two points.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
THINK NEBRASKA WILL
PLAY IN LOS ANGELES

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.-Gwynn
Wilson, manager of athletics at
the University of Southern Cali.
fornia, is expected home tomorrow
with a travelling bag full of choice
fOotbll dates for next year.
That the Nebraska Trojan game
is a certainty was declared by en-
thusiasts here.
Wilson, it was said, has offered
the Cornhuskers a huge purse to
meet U. S. G. in Los Angeles and
the game would be figured to draw
q crowd Of $4,000 persons or more.
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WALKER SHOWS
QUALITIES OUT
Of RING
Besides Being Fine Fighter,
WeIter Champion Is Prince
of Fellows

Mickey Walker is not only the
welterweight champion Of the world
and one of the finest fighters in the
ring today, but a prince, if there
ever was one.
When he fought Barrett in Phila.
delphia the promoters faced a stag.
gering loss. Mickey had been guar
anteed $17,500. He voluntarily Of
fered to take $500 less, 80 that
Taylor and Gunnis would not be
such heavy losers. Do you know,
offhand. Of any other fighter who
would do that?
The other night he Travelled to
the Pennsylvania coal regions to box
local pride named frankie Ven.
cheh. The promoters had guaranteed
$4,000. They came to him before
the main bout was scheduled and
told him that there was not enough
money in the house and that they
did not have 1t. They asked him.
very humbly to accept $4,000.
"Ill take it," the champion agreed
ION one condition. Pay the pre-.
liminary boys first, and then give
me my money"
Walker. believed that the pro.
moters intended paying him and
allowing the kids who had fought
in the opening bouts to ''hold the
bag" He wouldn't stand for that.
He knew what 1t meant to be fight.
ing for the small sums these young.
sters were to receive and he would
not take his money at their expense.
His offer was refused and the bout
was Cancelled, but the kids received
their stipends.
This Is spirit that Is sadly
lacking in the fighting class and
Mickey Walker wins, a higher mark
of credit by that simple act than
he ever did by his wonderful fight.
inp
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

1orm-IlCClng laurel wreath, size ~
Thus the modern evolution of the
ancient plot. whereby the son of
poor but strangely honest parents
returns to the scene Of his failures
and scores a belated triumph to
the everlasting discontinue OF
those who would connive to defeat
his ambition. Vance was once the
property OF the New York Yankees,
but they would have none OF him.
However, the Yankees have been
wrong before and today eight ex.
perts united to declare them at
fault again. They. the experts, ten
oered Vance a vote totaling "a
points, naming him on all eight
ballots taken. Frank Frisch, of
the New York Giants, was the only
other player similarly honored, but
Frisch was staked to only 43 points
and finished in third position be.
hind Rogers Hornsby, Of the st.
Louis Cardinals.
HOrnsby's name appeared on
seven Of the eight ballots, but his
81 points gave him q rating far
above that Of Frisch.
Listed in fourth position is Zach
Wheat, OF the Brooklyn Dodgers,
with 30 points. while Ross Young
and George Kelly. Of the Giants.
with 50 and "a points, respectively:
Rabbit Maranville and Hagen Guy.
Ter, OF the Pittsburgh Pirates, with
80 and 20 points, respectively; Jack
Fournier, OF the Dodgers, 81 points;
Ed Roush, OF the Cincinnati Reds,
IL points, and Glen Wright, the
young Pirate shortstop. 10 points,
follow in the order named
Vance had a spectacular year Ia
leading the pitchers of both leagues
In games won and compiling the
longest winning streak OF the cam
paign. yet the committees decision
to rate him beyond Hornsby may
occasion some surprise. The latter
broke all records in leading the Ma
tional League hitters for the fifth
consecutive season and stepped nlt
with the highest batting average OF
modern years with a mark of .i23.
Vance was the only pitcher in the
first ten players named, receiving
six firsts, one second and one sixth.
Hornsby got two firsts, three
seconds, one third and one fourth:
Frisch was named for third place
on three ballots, Kelly was rated
second on two ballots and Maran.
VILE got the. same position on an.
other. Roush. the best outfie!der
in the league, appeared ON only
TWO ballots. getting seven votes on
che and five on another.
The complete list of players,
named follows;
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
KNUTE RocKNE TO HAVE
SUMNER GRID COURSE

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. a.
Knute Rockne, football coach at
Notre Dame, plans to conduct a
summer coaching course at the
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor.
Wallis, Ore, next year.
The session is scheduled for June
% to July 2. In addition to the
Western school, Rockne will hold a
school at William and Mary Col.
lege, Williamsburg, Va. and one at
Notre Dame.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
FAMOUS
| BOX SCORES
Doc White Shuts Out
BToUOns in Second
Triumph.

CHICAGO AT ST. LOUIS SEP
TEMPER is. 1904.-Doc White
came through with his second l-to-0
game ia as many starts, banking
the st. Louis Browns this time,
The lone hit made off the Doctor
was triple by Tom Jones, The
Brownies first baseman, in the
eighth inning. but that was as far
az he got. Dundon's double, fol.
lowed by Whites infield out ard
Green's single, produced the only
tally of the game. This made the
second time in a row that Green
was responsible for the Sox lone
run The score:
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
BRAVES AND PILLS FAIL
TO LAND A PLACE
By DAVIS J. WALSH


NEW YORK. Dec 2Loaned semioffica countenanc by the
fact that it is the brain child Of
ball experts the National League today called
mkw ds and named astar players basel
upon their performances during the deceased 1924
Lieb, of New York. " =
With more than modicum Of diplomacy comrlee allotted
overlooked The champion Giants nominees George Kelv
Frank Frsch and Ross Young did Reds namely
Eddie Roush Eupa Rxey and RUDE
Dodgc with lack Wheat Buegh Grimes Dazzy Vance The
PICtsDnrgh Prates with Rabbit Meanwhile Yde the
Ccag" Cubs with ab6y Hartne and Grover Alexander get two
eacn wnle the St Louis Cardinals string along
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
FARRELL OFF FOR SOUTH
TO TAKE ON SARAzEN

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.--Johnny
Farrell, Quaker Ridge professional
who will team up with Bobby
Cruickshank at Tampa, Fla, this
winter, was to depart for the South
today. His first stop will be Char.
lotte, N. c., where he will play
with Gene Sarazen, ex-national open
champion, in an exhibition match.
Farrell and Cruickshank are
scheduled to meet Duncan and
Mitchell. British professionals, in
Tampa Sunday.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
'GUS" DORAIS IN LINE
FOR THREE MORE YEARS

SPOKANE, Wyo., Dec. a.
Charles e. Gus" Dorais has signed
to coach Gonzaga's football squads
for the next three years, thus kill.
ing all rumors that he would
accept Eastern offers. Dorais play.
ed football at Notre. Dame being
the quarterback hurting forward
passes to Rockne in the famous
"Dorais-to- Rockne" combination that
electrified the country.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
7. TRUxToN HARE, JR.,
FOLLOWS lLLUSTRIOUS DAD

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ,2.-Anoth.
err Hare is playing football, T. Trux-
tun Hare, jr., son Of the famous T..
Truxtun Hare, former All-American
guard of the University OF Pennsyl.
vania, is now playing right tackle
for the st. Marks School, OF Massa.
chusetts. The youthful Mr.. Hare,
from reports, is following in his
fathers footsteps as a wonderful
lineman.
Truxtun Hare, sr., hero Of the
famed guards back" play, was cap.
tain of the Red and Blue in 1898
and 1900. Both Of these teams have
left great records at the Red and
Blue.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
GARCIA FIGHTS DUNDEE
OVER 12-ROUND ROUTE

NEW YORK Dec. Bobby GAR
cha, OF Camp Holabird. Md, feather
weight champion of the army, and
Mike Dundee, Rock Island, III, star,
have signed to meet in a twelve.
round bout which is to be staged
os a semifinal to the featherwefg ut
elimination match between Louis
"Kid" Kaplan, Of Meriden, Conn,
and Jose Lomhardo, Of Panama, at
Madison SQUARE Garden, Decem-
ber 12
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
FRED LUDERUS MANAGER
OF SHREVEPORT OUTFIT

SHREVEPORT, La, Dec. a.
Fred Luderus, former Philadelphia
National League first baseman, to.
day signed to manage the Shreve-
port club OF the Texas League, in
1925, according to, a telegram from
Bob Tarleton, business manager Of
the local team, who is in Hartford,
Conn.
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THoRP AND EcKERsALL
TO oFFIcIATE ON COAST

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Tom Thorp,
head football coach of New York
University and well-known football
writer, has been chosen for the
third time to umpire the East, West
gridiron battle at Los Angeles, in
which the University of Southern
California this year will meet the
Syracuse University eleven. Thorp
Is leaving tonight for Los Angeles,
where the game will be played on
Saturday afternoon, December 6.
The referee will be Walter Ecker
sail, Of the University OF Chicago.
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SEAT TIE HAS
PLAYERS To
TRADE
President Lockard VIII Take
Men or Money, or Both,
for His Stars.

SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. a.
Charles Loclxard, president OF the
Seattle baseball club. has left for
the East, where. according to rella-
BILE reports here. he is to offer sew
eral players for sale or exchange.
Rumors intimated that Lockard
would try to dispose OF James
Welsh, infIelder; Ray Rohwer, out.
fielder. and Ted Baldwin, third base.
man, to major league clubs.
The Indians are after pitchers"
said LociSard before his departure.
We will get four twirlers, IL pos
sible, and then we viii work on our
infield."
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

play Catholic University be-
cause neither team had brought
their pontoons along.
On the same day, Army and
Norwich devoted their sched-
uled matinee to solving cross
word puzzles in the locker room,
because Jupiter Pluvius had a
pre-arranged date in the
stadium.
This is not in accordance with
the original rules for playing
football as written by A. G.
Spalding and approved by the
United States Weather Bureau.
Their code was to commence
play and continue until the
referees whistle blew or the
undertaken arrived.
With precedents like the
above, it will only be a matter
of time until games will be can
celed because Of earthquakes,
tornadoes, cyclones and other
acts of mercy.
It would have been an act of
Providence if something had
waylayed the Princeton-Harvard
wreck as some the players who
started that game don't know
the outcome yet.
Incidents like those two post
ponements take football out of
the robust category where
science has placed it and put it
on the par with weddings, So
cial engagements, funerals and
other things that can be called
off without disappointing any
body but the official niournerS.
But when the alumni gather
to see their alma matters de-
mand q fixed quota Of busted
compilations and astonished frac-
lures, they want action, not
weather signals flying where
college pennants should blow.
Yale beat Harvard in a rough
sea, Washington crossed the
Delaware in a swirling eddy,
Army beat Navy in a nor'wester
and history is better off for all
three. We want men, not mani
kins.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

The men, seemingly, were select
ed more for their ability than for
the fact that they occupied turing
the 1924 season the positions for
which they were named. Maran.
ville.s for example, put in all or
most of his time at second base
last season: vet he was named for
shortstop, his former position,
being given precedence over Glenn
Wright, his young team mara.
Travis Jackson, Of the Giants, and
other regulars at the position.
With Hollocher an invalid end
Bancroft slipping, it is altogether
probable that Maranville would be
the leading shortstop of the league,
should he be returned to his old
post. The writer, by the way,
counted Meanwhile as a Pittsburgh
nominee rather than Chicago, for
which he has yet to play game.
Frank Frisch, q second baseman
for two years, also was shifted to
another sector. He was named for
third hase, at which position he
played quite . few games during
his early career as q Giant.
Frisch got the call over such a
PLAUSIBLE young man as Pie Traynor,
who probably has no superior as q
third baseInan, per Sc. Friscn,
however. is the better ball player
and must be given a place on any
National League team. Traynor
was just victim Of circumstances.
Kelly was named for first base,
and rightly SO, in spite of the fact
that he had his whirl at recOnd
base, third base and the Outfield
during the 1924 campaign. Kelly,
however is a first baseman first
aid a catch-as-catch-can utility
player afterward. He served his
purpose in John McGraw's plans,
but still remained the best first
taseman in the National League, il
net in the majors. Grimm, a fine
fielder, ruined any chance he nigh.
have had by hitting under $50,
which Is hardly the proper caper
for an all-star ball player.
There can be no caDtious COM
lnent on the selection of Hornsby
for second base or for any position
the committee cared to name, out
side Of the batteries.
Any man that can lead mis-
league In batting for five straight
seasons and apply the weIl-knOwn
cap to the equally weIl-KnOwn
climax BY hitting .423 his last
time out belongs on the best all
star team ever compiled.
The outfield of Wheat, Roush
and Young Is also a worthy one in
spite Of the fact that, Of necessity,
1t excludes Max Carey and Hazen
Cuyler, of the Pirates; Cy WILL
Jams, Of the Phillies, and a casual
few others.
Cuyler had a wonderful season
for q first year man, but could
hardly hope to break through on
the strength of single campaign.
Ele apparently has lots of years IN
front of him.
The pitchers-Vance, Crimes,
Rixey, Yde and Alexander--need
no comment. They are the best IN
the league without going far be-
yond the records. The same IL true
of Hartnett as catcher. lie has
come along splendidly during the
last twelve months and IS the
logical leader of rather ordinary
field.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
[O0EHG 9EACYFp
81 LOUIS A.DoUGHER
IN LIEU OF AN ALL-AMERICAN.

TIE would be foolish choose aAmeran football eleven
He would be almost foolish who would undertake choose
eleven bst players in the East allowing the East to
from Maine the C9rOlnas and stretching at least far West
stood out during the recent campaign Some successful
eevens but that not their fault yon of Colgate and Taylor
the Navy this Believing football like
more giving
the socaed Winter Baseball this writer offers
collection of of players who prominent for their various
eevens making effort pick and among them
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PLAY at Alexandria

The Liberty A. G. basketballera
will play the st. Mary's team at
Alexandria Thursday night in the
Lyceum hall. The Liberty club
wants basketball candidates. They
should report tonight at the I'm.
maculate Conception gym.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
SHlJN STAR
MEN Of
COAST
Griffith and Harris Fight Shy
Of Proffered Pacific
Phenom Players

HARTFORD, CONN, Dec. g.
President Clark Griffith, Of the
newest world champions, the Wash
fngton Senator'S, and his youthful
manager, Bucky Harris, admit that
the going is rough here at the an
nual session of the minor leagues.
Not that they have no money with
which to do business, but that mo-
guls apparently are rolling iii
money and demand more players
whenever a deal is suggested to
them.
1--WE have completed no deals,
''said President Griffith today, cit
is possible we shall have to wait
for our own meeting in New York
next week. However, we may start
something. That'll help"
Pacific Coast league clubs have
representatives here offering all
kinds Of players, but the majors
are fighting shy Of the Westerners.
The failure OF Willie Kamm to
shine in the American League and
Giants in the case Of Jimmy
O'Connell has caused a certain cool
ness to appear whenever some
Of selling this player or that.
incidentally, the International
League is expected to do quite a
bit of BUSINESS with the majors at
this conclave. It's recent acceptance
- khA haa Lot
open to overtures from the big
timers, and some few Of its
prominent adjunctS may be dis
posed Of.
Baltimore, il is understood, is
ready to part with Joe Boley,
shortstOp, once highly desirable
young man. The demand for
Joseph is not what il was, how
ever. Rube Parnham, pitcher,
once with the Athletics, Is re-
garded as a more logical invest
ment at this stage Of the pro-
ceedings.
doc" Strub, Of San Francisco,
has much business to transact, but
It will not involve Bert Ellison, his
player-manager, at least so far as
the Cincinnati Reds are concerned,
Jack Hendricks, Reds manager,
assured the writer today that he
had abandoned his quest Of Ellison
and would play RUDE Bressler on
first next season.
Hal Rhyme, shortstop, sought by
both Giants and Yankees, and Out
delders Waner and Valla are some
sof Shrubs chattels on the market.
The Yanks are said to be seeking
Valla, although Waner is believed
to be the better prospect. In his
two years Of professional baseball,
he has hit 1854 and 1926, respectively
in the Coast League.
In a legislative way, the tip is
out that the minors will strongly
oppose the Rupert project for in
creasing the off-season major league
player limit from forty to fifty
men, and the number Of years
under which a man may be sent
out on option from two to five.
Opposition also has developed
against Connie Mack's plan to have
the player receive 10 per cent OF
his purchase price. However,
there is a possibility Of a COM
promise whereby the majors and
minors will split the players COM
mission on his purchase price to in
clude the 10 per cent, which will
go to the player.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
Northerns on Ton

The Northern A. C. basketers
trimmed the Argyles, 20 to 16. The
Argyles led at the half by IL to 8.
The Northerns spurted toward the
end and won handily.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
LibertYs PLAY Two

The Liberty basketball team will
play doubleheader basketball
game tonight in the Immaculate
Conception gym, meeting the Ar
gyles at. o'clock and the Naval
Receiving Station Quint In the
second game
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
Chevy Chase Wins

The Chevy Chase basketball team
easily defeated the Idle Horns, 80
to s. Anterior was the best shot,
making SIX field goals for the
Chevy Chasers.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
TRIUMPHS IN CITY
THAT SENT HIM HENCE
By DAVIS J. WALSH


NEW YORK Dec I'm the mature dispasonate Judgment of
committee of eight baseball writer's Arthur Dazzy" Vance right
hand pitcher Of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the valuable ball
player in the National League during the of 1924 The find
ngs Of the committee were made public today by its chairman
absolute definite and Mr. Vance wins the
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
SIugrers Are Tied

Harry Hcilmann and Joe Sewell
were tied for the leadership In slam.
ming opt two-baggers last season.
Each lad had forty.five.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
Want Basket Foes

Games with 1SO-pound teams are
sought by the Liberty A. G.. Pop
Kremb, manager, may be phbned
after 5 p. m. at Columbia 1861.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
The Other League.

TN the National League it is
much the same thing, but
= along this line:
Giants-One outfielder. one CATCH
err, and couple of pitchers able
to go the route.
Brooklyn--A few infielders and
a smuggling gardener.
Pirates--An experienced first
sacker.
Cardinals-A couple of pitchers,
a catcher, a third-sacker and a
whole flock of "outfielders.
Reds-A first-sacker and at
lesst one outfielder.
Cubs-One good pitcher and can
use another infielder of real merit.
Phillies-A new owner, a new
team and a new ball park.
Braves-Unlike the Phillies. the
Braves have a fine ball park. In
all other respects their cases ara
identical.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
Win Nine Straight

The Clarendon Lions have won
nine consecutive gridiron victories,
their latest victim being the Irish
eleven, score, 20 0.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
Got Busy Late

The Rambler A. C. scored two
touchdowns in the last five minutes
Of play to beat the Battery b, Fort
Myer, eleven, IL to 0.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
CHICAGO.

Two-base hit--Dundon. Three base
HIT. Jones. Sacrifice hits--Dundon
ca. = Struck out--By Siever. 8; by
white, 6. Left on bases--St. Louis /;
Chicago, 4. Umpires-Messrs. King and
O'Loughlin. 100. Time
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

or cold. For in
stance, Harvard
not only should
have postponed
its game with
Brown, it should
n ever have
scheduled it in
the first place.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02

TOMORROW-DOc White Adds a
Third Whitewash Victory to His
String.
The Washington times., 1924-12-02
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
What If Washington Had
Waited for Good Weather
to Gross the Delaware?
By KIRK MILLER

THE late football season will
60 down in weather Stats
tics for producing the first
postponements because Of loose
rain, liquid snow or frozen dew.
There are several games that
should have been called off that
weren't. but not because Of heat