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Evening star., 1924-02-02
TENNIS BODY TO ACT. ..
ON PLAYER.W WRITING

NEW. YORK, February "a sharp
contest over the proposal to declare
tennis player writer's Ineligible after
January 1, 1926, IS expected today
when 1t comes before the annual
meeting of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association for consideration.
Because it required two-thirds
vote for adoption a year ago, a SIM
liar measure, framed as bylaws.
amendment. was defeated by the as
sociation,. but the new proposal takes
the form of an Interpretation OF the
amateur rule and needs only a ma
jcrity vote To become effective.
Some opposition has been voiced to
the proposal. and William Tilden; the
national champion. who would be
among several stars affected by it's
enforcement, has openly disputed the
rights OF the association to interfere
with his newspaper writing.
Details Of Davis cup and Olympic
tennis plans are expected to be re-
yealed at the meeting. which also will
pass on dates for 1924 championship
tournaments.
George w. Wightn1an of Boston.
nominee for president to succeed
Dwight W. Davis of Washington,
heads the slate of Officers to be elect
ed for 1924. "
Evening star., 1924-02-02
JACKSON'S DUE
TO RUN A WEEK YET

MILWAUKEE, February 2.-Pros-
poets Of another week of testimony
taking in the s1S,5O0 salary suit Of
Joe jackson, former White Sex
player, against the Chicago club of
the American League doomed toda y
as Charles A. Comiakey. owner; of the
club, prepared TO take the stand in
his. own defense. :
Early forecasts OF the line of action
to lie followed by the defendant club
in seeking non-liabiHty for payment
In what jackson: alleges ito !: be a
breach Of three-year contract
signed after the 1919 world series
between the White Sox and the Gin
cinnat Reds appeared to be Justifica-
tlon Tor the severance of contra ctuai
relations of player and club because
or alleged disclosures of misconduct
or the plaintiff in the world series.
The defense. it is said. Will attempt
TO show that Jackson signed his con-
tract. after the close Of the series
with full knowledge of the incor-
porAtion of the tor day release clause.
now in dispute, and that the White
Sox club owner exercised his option
under the clause when Informed. that
the: world series had been thrown.
20 the. Cincinnati Reds and was sat
isled that Jackson had been Involved q
la the alleged throwing" -:
Evening star., 1924-02-02
NO CHANGE TO BE MADE
IN BALLS USED IN 1924

CHICAGO, February 2.-There will
be no change in the kind of base balls
used in the major leagues this season.
President Johnson of the American
League in making. this announcement
said the reason for the erratic be-
havior Of the balls early last season.
which resulted in an epidemic of
home runs, was that their newness
made them unusually lively. When
the umpires were instructed to keep
the spheres In play until they
actually showed wear and tear. he
said, the game slowed down.
we will make no change in the
ball this year." President Johnson
said. There is no need of expert
meHts along this line. It was the
new balls constantly in play which
caused the havoc early. last: season.
After the batters hit the ball a few
times they will slow it up just
enough to make it normal.
although L think the fans want to
see the ball go over the fence at
times, the men who are adept at
making home runs will have to. earn
them" --.-.-
Evening star., 1924-02-02

Collins. King and McLaren, for
wards: Moser, CENTER; Elliott, Holst
and Stanton. guards, probably Will
play for Epiphany.
AIoysius Props nosed out the I'm
maculate Conception Props, 26 to "a.
Both teams played well.
Interior Department team, that
showed the way TO the st. Paal FIVE,
81 to 16, will tackle the Yosemites
tonight in the Ingram gymnasium.
Gosnell, Roll and Jack Sullivan
played well for Interior yesterday.
Epiphauy church Boys five now is
leading the Sunday School League as
a result OF it's 27-t-o23 victory over the
st. Albans tossers.
Manhattan: Athletic Club will be
the opponent of the AIoysius tossers
tomorrow afternoon In the Gonzaga
Hall gymnasium. Play Will start at
$3.50 o'clock.
Stanton Juniors upset the dope
when they downed the Boys Club
Yankees. 81 to T.; a fast attack. with
dence, won for the Stantons.
dominican Lyceum was forced to
extend itself to show the way to the
Palace Athletic Club, "a to 90. Fitz-
gerald Of the winners and Stain of
Palace performed creditably. 81.
Harry Goodwin of the Elliott Ath-
lotto Club registered ten court goals
against the Argyle five, his team
winning, 33 to g. Games with, the
winning duint can be arranged, by
calling Manager Eddie Pitts at Lin
coin 1944.- s..:--. =.
Grss starred for, the Park View
Juniors when his team took the
measure Of the Petworth Boys Club
FIVE, Is to 4. -. .-F -
st. Andrew Juniors took both ends
Of a double-header. downing the Ma
Arab quint. 33 to 8. Mcdonald. Moser
and Ourand of the winners were tho
outstanding players in both games. :
Columbia Midxets were. ,ofrered
little opposition when. they put the
Argyle tossers to rout, 81 to Is. Car
roll obtained seven baskets for the
winners. ....:,... =. =.
Boys Club Yankees easily disposed
Of the Aurora. Athletic Club, 81 to II.
Barry and Hitch shone for. the WIN
ners. = go - =.
A clever passing game enabled the
Circle Athletic: Club to defeat the
the winners accounted for five. court
goals. =:
A spirited defensive battle was
staged between Che Pero Midgets and
the: Keni1worth Athletic Club. the
former winning. II z. p. Harrison
Gagged three baskets for the winners.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
GRIFF BUYS SPECIE,
OMAHA KID BOXMAN

= A wad of coin. said to have be n
$4,000. and two players was the con.
sideratton involved in tho acquisition
by the Washington: club OF. Pitcher
Byron Speeee. purchased yesterday
from the Omaha club Of tho Western
League. One of the players involved
Is Jimmy O'Neill, former shortstop
Of the Nationals, who was farmed to
the New Haven, Eastern League. club
last season, and the other is q hurler
to be named later
Specie Is a young right-hander of
generous size, with an underhand de-
livery similar to that made famous by
Carl Mays. and whose ability is
highly regarded by Ed Konetchy, for
mer big league ffrst-sacker, the
Omaha pilot in 1923. With q fourth
place club, Specie last season won
tWenty-six and lost fourteen games
for percentage of $50.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
S0x DENY GETTING
NEW COLLINS BIDS

CHICAGO. February "A denial that
any new bids have been. received for
Eddie. Collins, star second basemari of
the Chicago Americans, has been made
by President Comiskey and Secretary
Grabiner Of the club. Both stated that
stories printed In the east that Wash
fngton and the New York Americans
had made offers for Collins were with
out foundation.
NEW YORK, February Both the
New York Yankees and Washington
Senators are negotiating with the
Chicago White So& for Eddie Collins,
star second baseman, it was learned
yesterday. .,-
At Yankee headquarters It was off,
cially announced the management would
include any one of the world champions
in trade except Babe Ruth, joe Dugan.
Aaron Ward and Sam Jones. If Col
Inns came here he would play second
and Ward would replace Everett Scott
at shortStop. .... x: .>-'... .
Owner Comiskey of the Sox was un-
derstocd to have refused to trade Col
lins here unless Ward was given to him
in addition to other players. A year
ago the Yankees offered Ward, Jones
and Bob Meusel for Collins and Bob
Falk.
What material besides Second Base
man Stanley Harris the Sox demanded
from Washington for Collins was not
made known. Washington was under
stood. to. want. Collins to manage the
team.
According to Clark Griffith the Wash
ington CLUB has not reopened negotia-
tfons with the White Sox to obtain Col
Inns, nor has it received any communica-
ton from Chicago on this subject.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
TO0MEY BOWLS HIGH.
FOR WAVERLY TEAM


.wavorly ouaint Of tie Nationial Cap.
ital Duckpin League won two OF
three games from the. Belmonts last
night, Toomey of. the winners 'bowled
high set, 262. Philltps of the losers
rolled the best game. 1S2.
In the Massnir League Hiram cap
tured the odd game, fEom. Dawson
Motyka or the losers was high maa
with a-set. Of s4s.andtgame Of 127.
~ -l-++S' - -.
Sioux of the Red Mems. League
grabbed three gaines from the Hay
makers. Grudd of tic Sioux hit $50
Sci, and H. game. - r>-z.-
Electricians of the Terminal. Y
League won two Of three from the
being top man with set OF s21 and
game OF 129.s -. -
Two matches were rolled in the' In
terstates Commerce League, Directors
winning tllrre games from. Valuation
from Traffic. Bayliss of Traffic was
high with set of. $50 and game Of
133.
Capital stock OF Internal Revenue
League swept. its match with 3c-
counts and Collections. Field Of
Capital Stock had S94 set. and Lud-
veg of the. same quint a game of -122.
M. A. JeeSe. Of ths Business Mems
League won the odd from Fashion
Shop. = -,
McGroaty-O.ConnelI Of the Ameri-'
can Legion League won two or three
from Quentin Roosevelt.
In the Washington Ladies', League.
Mount Pleasant won three games
from City Post Office.
Federal American of the Bankers
League pulled the. cleanup act on
Metropolitan. Lyddane of the win
ners was best with Il set of SO.
Lanman Engraving of the Typoth-
etae League won two of three from
Ramsdell, Judd & Detweiler took
three games from Andrews and Stand
ard Engraving won over Joyce En-
craving Saunders of Lanman was
the star of the matches with u game
of 141 and set OF 353.
Evening star., 1924-02-02

From the standpoint of resisting
enlargement upon. their range for
securing players, the minors were
quite right in their opposition. The
neld Is narrow enough, and the right
OF the majors to- add some ninety
more players to their holdings. would
the colleges.
The purpose Of the proposed "fu-
lures" seems 10 be just now dawning
on tne colleges, but now college au-
thoritfes who are trying to maintain
the amateur standard are launching
severe criticism against the plan.
ihey contend that professional base
ball can get along very well and that
1t is too Abig, and takes too much
money from the public, to indulge in
the practice of going to the colleges
and by making cash offers: inducing
college men to tie themselves up 10
professional base ball at the end O.
their college courses.
Here's a Typical Case.
.!Ope case is cited of major league
CLUB that had a prominent COLLEGE
halfback under salary for three.
years. The player took part both in
college base ball and foot ball, de-
spite the fact that he was bound by
contract to. become a professional
when he, quit school, If. indeed, his
contract didn't make him one the
minute he signed it.
Tnis is not isolated instance. Many
ball players in college have been signed
to contracts in April of their senior
year, with. the stipulation that the fact
should. not be made public until after
graduation. SO that they might retain
their amateur. standing. They used
money advanced them as professionals
to pay their college bills They werc
professionals: but they got away wiFfi
It." There are some ball players now
in the ajors who did this before they
Went from college to professional base
ball
Cultures" Really Are Pros.
1t is held that the task of attempti.f.y
to maintain the amateur standing =;
college is difficult enough without hav.
ing the major league cubs snoopine
around and by getting players in their
junior year to sign agreements to play
Professional ban. enter them on some
sort of "futare"-iist, by which they
cannot be claimed by any other club in
organized base, ball. 90 II is certain that
players 'woo'd not agree TO pledge their
services unless there. was an exchange
of financial ra:ue: and a future" play
er, therefore. uaq Iestionably would be-
come a profess ienal as soon as he
signed contract--------
(C;opyriphf IQ21l
Evening star., 1924-02-02
CINCINNATI PASSES UP S: ].
COLUMBUS. ASA FARM

CINCINNATI. Ohio. February. q =:
The proposed purchase Of the Column
club. by the. Cincinnati Nationals has
been called of. according to August
Hermann. president of the local club.
Jack Hendricks. former manager of
the Indianapolis team, who has been
conducting the negotiations, has adj
vised against the purchase, Mr.. Herr
mann said. Cincinnati has made sew
eral attempts to acquire a minor
league club to be used as q farm for
Red players. but so far has been un-
able to secure suitable teruk
Evening star., 1924-02-02
M0RAN'S RING HOPES
Spoiled BY DUNDEE
-

NEW YORK. February 2.-Besides
holding the fratherweight and junior
lightweight titles Johnny Dundee.
veteran OF more than 800 battles, still
retains recognition as the leading
bl5ster of fistic championship hopes.
The scalp Of Pal Moran, New Or
leans. lightweight. was added to the
bounding Italians belt last night at
Madison Square Garden, where, John
ny won the Judges decision II, a fu-
rious fifteen-rQund match, and abb.
ruptly checked the upward climb Of
the .seurherperc whose sensational
knockout victories over Charley
had pointed him toward a title match
with Benny Leonard.
But Dundee. battle SCARED and dur
able. has spoiled the aspira tions Of
more than one title contender in the
past decade. or more. and Moran. de-
spite expectations, proved no excep-
ton.
To Moran's credit it should be said
he was not badly beaten. In fact. a
spectaCL Tar rally in the last five
tered and bloody, almost turned the
tide. which was overwhelmingly III
Johnny's favor for the first two
thirds of the battle:' ..
Dundee was clearly the master
throughout the. early stages. From
the, te11th to- the finish. it was ii toe
to-toe struegley. with Moran holding
tine. upper hand most Of the time.
Dundees genersiship saved him from
defeat and q threatened knockout at
one stage of the fourteenth round
when he tortered under a wicked
drive: At :the= final bell. Dundee, was
bleeding from cuts. about the ears,
eyes and Lips, while his ribs We're
biotched. with red. Moran bled from
gasiaes, ander- one eye and about the
mouth.
Nefthea of. Qundee's titles. was at
stake. for. Doth were, over the junior.
,lghtWefgh ht- Dundee weighing 13s and
Moran 1St e..
Evening star., 1924-02-02
Inside Golf.
Horton

Whatever tilt OF the body you
employ In your stance position
nust be maintained throughout
the entire swing.
The tilt Of your body Axes the
Oblique plane of your swing, with
the head and your shoulders fixed
~ it's center. You are told. in golf,
to keep your head still. The real
purpose OF keeping the head still.
In reality. Is to maintain through
out the swing this ohIique plane.
since moving the head up and
down Immediately changes this
plane. The golfer need mot COM
cern his mind. during his swing,
with all the twists and turns his
shoulders. arms, wrists and 30 on
must make, but he must concern
himself crbOut this oblique plane,
or, in other words, holding the
head still and keeping his body
tilt constant. 1unginE forward
toward the ball Immediately
throws out the plane of the swing.
That Is why we point out that body
force adds little IL anything to
the swing when IT is employed
merely a. brute force. - -.
Copyright. John +. Ollie Coz
Evening star., 1924-02-02

the purse going to the winner. John
son felt the same way about it.. If
there had been any thought of john
son laying down they would have
split the purse nearer even. You
can go and bet that Jim Jeffries
thought himself sure of winning.
$4,000 Jcff'x Film Profit.
In justice to Jeffries. by the way,
1t is a fact that the sudden change
Of climate from San Francisco to
Reno affected him very seriously. He
contracted stomach trouble and diar-
rhoea. That made him slow and logy
and he could not entirely eradicate 1t
by training.
A big item in that fight, apparently
overlooked by many at the start. was
the moving picture rights. Johnson
and Jefferfes were TO divide their
share of this equally. johnson made
bad mistake of selling out his en-
tire picture interest for s50.000. JET.
ferries held on to his and IL netted
him s66.660. -
At Reno the preliminary arrange
Evening star., 1924-02-02
HELEN AGAIN HEADS
TENNIS ASSOCIATION


BALTIMORE, Md. February g.
The annual" meeting of the middle
Atlantic division Of the United States
Lawn Tennis Association held here
yesterday indorsed the report of the
national committee on amateur rules
disqualifying !" any :. ranking tennis
player who writeu. signed articles on
the. subject of tennis for "pecuniary
gain, after January 1 next;
--Onicers Tor: the ensuingayears were
elected. as follows; President, AR
thur HELEN Of Washington; vice
president. p. F. Mcintyre of.NeFfolk
secretary, j.. A; Magee sof Baltimore;
treasured, Herbert Nickel of Rich
Tnond.
All of these We're reflections. ex-
cept In the case of the treasurer The
meeting also Endorsed the movement
toihave the 1924 national public, parks
tournament held in Baltimore: = :. -
Evening star., 1924-02-02
GALlAUDET AND G: W.. !.
FIvES MEET TONIGHT:

Gallaudet and George Washington
University teams tonight VIII CON
clude a week marked by little ac-;
tiylty among local college .basketers
with a game. at Central Coliseum
Play will get under way at $50
o'clock. The Kendall Greeners are
favored to score over the Hatchetites,
who have yet to win this season. = ~
Coach Hughes fs expected to put the
following Gallaudet team on the floor:
Boatwright and Mccall, forwards;
Riddle, center. and Wallace and Brad
ley, guards. George Washington may
forwards: Nichols. center. and. Dowd
and Reynolds: guards. ::
Capt. George Marsters and: a. mile
relay team composed OF Paul Herlfhy,
Ray Haas, George Kinnaly and J ohnny
Holden Will, represent Georgetown to-
night In the annual meet of the Bps,
ton Athletic Association In the Hub.
Marsters Is to compete In a mile
University ef Maryland trackmen
will be opposed to the Johns Hopkins
teani-tin- q: dual meet at Baltimore
April 1s. The Marylanders. also are
booked f2r--& couple other engage
iHents. ..-~- -. -
George .W;sshinrton. Untversity's
girl basket bali: team left today for
williamsburg. where. the Wi11tam aud
Mary ssextet viii be encountered to-:
night Monday -the fair Hatchetftea
will face the Richmond College six in
Richmond.
!: Candidates for battery positions
with the Catholic University nine
will be- called February Ia About" "A
dosen men, including a trio Of vSxs;
Grams, are expected to report 80.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
Camps.
BY TEX RICHARD.

IT was in the Reno fight between
I Jeffries and Johnson that began
to learn the basic principles OF pro-
noting, of making a big affair like
that successful. q.
An editor in the west has written
to ask me if l ever knew of real
grudge fight. Frankly I never did
Moreover, l don't believe there ever
was one. .... ......
In the old days it used to be ac-
cepted as the proper form for one
fighter to: refuse to speak to his
opponent while training. There
were stories, probably encouraged
by some booster, about the two
fighters meeting accidentally while
doing road work and almost coming
to blows. This was supposed to con-
vince the public that they were bit
ter enemies and, consequently, would
put up harder fight.
That to me is a lot of bosh. I never
believed in 1t. and the more l see Of
the fight game the less 1 believe in II.
The public likes to look on a fight as
poor sportsmanship by being friendly
to his opponent before and after the
fight. That was my theory, and / put
1T into practice with Jeffries and
Johnson.
l used to make a point of going
fishing or hunting with Jeffries and
of visiting him at his headquarters.
On other occasions / would get in
Jack Johnson's big racing car and
ride with him. never tried to keep
Gnvhndy
You ought to have heard the busy
bodies warning me about this.
Why the Fighters HObnob.
IT'S bad dope for you to be seen
out with these fighters" they would
tell me. '"ThereIl be lot OF under
ground talk. Don't forget you are the
promoter and the referee"
adviser. but I'm going out fishing
with Jeffries tomorrow. like to talk
to him.
Often Jeffries would ask me about
Johnson.
What kind of shape is he in. Tex?"
pine" I told him. He'll give you
quite fight
Then Johnson would ask about JEFF
fries. would tell him the same thing.
would never try to flatter one of
them by telling him he had a cinch.
That would be foolish.
In later years ] have gone further
In this line. i have made special ar
rangements for. the two fighters to
be seen together before the fight. The
fans like that e7...-<!: so do the fighters,
for that inter.
took particular pains. for instance.
to see snat Dempsey ana Carpenter
met eafh other in friendly way be-
fore tiS2tr fight. / even arranged for
them to play golf together. To me
that looks like sportsmanship.
While we were getting ready in
Reno there was much whispered talk
to the effect that the fight had been
fixed. That is all ;foolishness. Often
l am asked about 1t to this day.
Jeffries had no idea that johnson
would win that fight. If anything. 1t
was Johnson who lacked the con-
f1dence. He wasn't SO sure. A proof
of this is that Jeffries felt so sure OF
winning he insisted on co per cent OF
Evening star., 1924-02-02

nents took on a different air. There
was all sorts OF fun. The newspaper
men really had more TO write about
than If we had stayed in San Fran
cisco. There was more Of the ro-
nance Of the goldfield fight about it.
Johnson kept his admirers and
others constantly amused with his
racing automobile and his big bull
fiddle. Some have an idea that Jack
was not serious about racing that car.
Don't you believe it. He thought
himself the greatest racing driver in
the world and would take any sort Of
chances.
And That Ball Fiddle.
johnson also knew how to play
that big bull fiddle. 1t was his de-
light to get a crowd of white folks
at night or afternoon and make the
old bull snort. He could actually do
tricks with that big fiddle. :: --
Another of his favorite pastimes
was to have chicken dinners. AL
Evening star., 1924-02-02
HAVERS' GREAT GOLF.
WINS AT CHULA VISTA

: SAN DIEGO, Calf. February e
Arthur G. Havers, British open golf
champion. and James Ockenden.
French open titleholder, defeated Joe
Australian trick shot art.
ist. and George Won Elm. Los Angeles
amateur. up In an interesting eight
een-hole match on the San Diego
Country Club course at Chuia Vista.
Havers had the low score. shooting
s73. Par is 72. The British open
champion CAME home in "a; three be-
low par. 80 -. - :.
and .Ockenden, IS each.
Kirkwood and Won Elm were =
UP at the turn, but Havers great
finish soon wiped out this lead:
Evening star., 1924-02-02
NAVY CREWS WILL ROW
IN MANY BIG EVENTS

ANNAPOLIS. Md, February g
Races for varsity and junior crews
with Princeton, Massachusetts Tech
and Syracuse. at home. the American
Henley regatta on the Schuylkill, and
the Olympic tryouts, are included In
the Navy's rowing schedule just an
nounced. 49,
The schedule follows:
April 26-M. I. T., varsity and 15o-
pound crews. the latter to row
against the Annapolis plebes.
May 3-Princcton, varsity, Junior
varsity and possibly freshman.
May 24-Syracuse, varsity, junior
varsity and freshman,
May 31-AInerican Henley, varsity.
second. varsity and pIebes.
June Is and 14-One. and possibly
two, crews to row In Olympic tryouts.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
500. .DUETO COMPETE
IN BOSTON A. A. MEET

BOSTON, February Five hundred
athletes, including many Of the ma
tion's most brilliant performers. Will
compete at tho arena tonight In the
thirty-hfth annual Indoor games of
the Boston Athletic Association.
In the Hunter mile. feature event Of
the program, Joie Ray. holder of two
legs on the trophy. will face stern
competition, with Lloyd Hahn. holder
of two victories over Ray this WIN
ter: Ray Baker of the Illinois A. G,
and Walter Maunz of Syracuse Uni
versity entered.
The Briggs 40-yard dash will bring
together Loren Murchison, Boots"
Lever and Chester Bowman.
In the high jump l.. r Brown and
H. NJ. Osborne are competitors.
Evening star., 1924-02-02
BASKETBALL RESULTS.

At Athens--ts eOrgias 40; North Caro-
'esS At. ess: Dess. nj 1siotne.-okiahoma, 81;
AT: Lafayette-Purdue, 20, Han
AZ East. :Lansing--Iombari. .-13;
Michigan >Asgies, IL.
derbiIt.- 25:: -.. - -.
AT CharIeston-woffor rs; Col
leEe Of Charleston, II. T..