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New Britain herald., 1924-12-26
EEDDICK TO FIGHT PAPkE.

Winnipeg, Man, Dee. 2G,-Jacl; EcIdick, Canadian mi1dlcweigNt champion, will meet Johnny Papkc Cleveland light-hoavyweight, horo on January 7 it was announced laet night.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-26

Tn. ra'n~ of 1itra1lo. .-" wi. I.c ,hl.s. 'o yellow ish gr n ly tho lys KtorosceiH.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
JIMMY MORRIS
MUST ARISE
EARLY
Quaker City Runner Will Serve
Milk Route and Catch
4:35 A. M. Train

They need arise early, indeed, to
get the jump on Jimmy Morris.
cross country runner Of Philadel-
rhia, and more important than
that, they must step a fast pace
to keep ahead of him or with him.
Norris is remembered by Wash
ington sport fans as the winner
of The Washington Post mara
thon. He galloped easily along
ten miles of streets and trimmed
q large field with little effort.
Tomorrow Jimmy comes back to
the Nations Capital, this time to
strut in the first annual New Year
Day run of the Aloysius Club, over
a seven-mile route. Morris will
represent the Nativity Catholic Club.
About Morris get-up-early virtue
-he is q milkman. And before he
boards a train for Washington to-
morrow, Jimmy must first serve
his milk customers.
This means that Jimmy win hit
the deck when the New Year Eve
jewellers are preparing to hit the
hay. He will catch the 4:35 a. m.
train for Washington.
All of the leading cross country
runners in this section. Of the
land are entered in the race. Fifty
entries have been received and the
lists are still open. All post entries
will be accepted. The blanks may
be obtained at Spalding's, 1888 G
street northwest, or from Thomas
Smith, at Al / street northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
P { n n ELEVEN
TAKES OUT
KINKS
Players Also Have Excess
Weight to Cut off Follow
ing Long Trip

BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. S1-Coach
Lou Young was faced today with
the problem Of getting rid of some
excess poundage picked up By his
University of Pennsylvania football
squad and taking out divers travel
qulrks picked up en- route west in
the short period of twenty four
hours. The scales revealed his men
had picked up from five to twelS Q
pounds each on the long ride west.
He planned a stiff workout this
afternoon in an effort to round the
squad into shape for their clash to.
morrow with University of Cali.
fornia.
1t was announced today that
should there be indications of heavy
rain tomorrow the game might he
postponed until Saturday. An at.
tendance of about $4,000 was fore
cast by announcement today Of an
advance seat sale of 10000.
California finished practice ses.
sions yesterday and the squad
rested today.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
YDE AND VANCE
LEAD MOUND
! EXPERTS
Pittsburgh TWirIer Had Best
Average. But Dodger Star
Won Most Games
Rx DAVIS j. WALSH.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Emil Yde,
the left-handed young man from
Pittsburgh, outstepped the National
League field In two departments OF
pitching last season, according to
an official communique made pub
tic today. 1t was Yde's first year
on the big time, yet he topped the
National League in the matter OF
actual percentage in games won
and lost and elaborated upon this
performance by uncovering a per-
feet average for completed games.
In all, Yde won fourteen complete
games. with not a single defeat.
Art Nehf, Of the% Giants, also had
a perfect average in this respect,
but won only eleven complete
games. Arthur 'Dazzy" Vance,
actually the leagues leading pitcher
and voted its most valuable player
by a jury Of baseball writer's, won
twenty-seven complete games and
lost three.
In the actual standing of pitchers
yde won sixteen games and lost
three; Vance won twenty-eight and
lost six. In short, the only times
Yde met defeat came in games
when he relieved another pitcher
or was himself replaced.
Vance. of course, deserves the
highest rating, even though Yde's
average was ..842 against Dazzy's
1924. The latter established a sea,
sons record and all but nipped the
modern major league mark by win
ming fifteen consecutive games
Yde's best effort was eight con
secutive victories.
A comparison of the two records
shows that Vance didn't lose a
single series during the campaign
while Yde was beaten in his lone
start against the Giants. This
same club gave Vance the most
trouble, losing four games and
winning three.
Jack Bentley, Of the Giants, and
! Carl Mays, Of the Reds. were tied
/ for the most victories without de
feat from one club, Bentley beating
the Dodgers six times and Mays
repeating the performance against
the Phillies. Whitley Glazner lost
the most games without victory
against a single club, the Giants
beating Whitley five times. Vance
was the only pitcher to win every
series. Jim Yeargin, Of the Braves
went to the opposite extreme, los
ing eleven straight games,' a sea
sons record.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
DENIES
OAKSlDEAL IS
REOPENED
Owner Disputes Word That
Walter Johnson May Still
Buy Coast Club

OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 31.-"The
Oakland club is not for sale, at
least for another year." was the
answer of j. Cal Ewing, owner of
the Oaks. today to reports from
the East that Walter Johnson. vet.
eran American League pitcher,
would reopen negotiations dropped
a month ago.
I'VE have made all our plans
for the 1925 campaign" continued
Ewing. 1--WE have heard nothing
from johnson or from anybody else.
Anyway. the club is not for sale
now"
In Reno, New. Walter johnson
is reported as saying that he has
received an offer of support in the
purchase Of the Oakland club, but
he declines to make any definite
statement of his plans.
Derrill Pratt. veteran big league
second baseman, is quoted as saw.
ing that two Ann Arbor. Mich.
business men would interest them.
selves in assisting Johnson in the
purchase of the Oaks"
President Ewing insists that he
has heard nothing from any OF the
men mentioned.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

mustache. It was a fine-looking
mustache, and Peter was proud
of it.
an the very first round I
thought it was all oyer for Maher.
The milling was fierce, for Fitz-
simmons was after a quick knock
out. In the middle of the round
he caught Maher on the chin, and
down went the Irishman. Fitz
turned toward his corner.
Professor John Duffy started
counting Maher out, but to the
surprise of every one the Irish
man got to his feet. Moving over
toward Fitz, he extended his left
hand as if to tilt back the Aus
, tralian's head. Then he let go a
beautiful straight right that
caught Fitz square on the button.
"Fitzsimmons crumpled up and
draped himself over the ropes.
He was out, clean as ever a man
was out. Duffy began the count
and had reached about eight
when the gong ended the round.
THAT round was cut thirty Sec
onds and the man who changed
the bell was George Clark, for
merly a big cafe owner of Chi.
cago, who later acted as Fitz-
simmons manager. He knew
that Fitzsimmons was dead out,
SO he reached over and banged the
bell with his cane.
Joe Choynski has been credited
with ringing the bell and saving
Fitz that night. That's wrong.
Choynski was one of Fitz' seconds,
and as soon as the bell rang he
jumped into the ring with the
other second to carry Fitz to his
corner. Even Maher was so near
gone in that round that his seconds
had to help him to his seat.
"Fitz always recuperated quick
ly, and when he came up for the
second round he was all right. 1t
was a wicked battle for round
after round. with the Australian
steadily getting the upper hand.
Just as / thought, Makers
mustache helped his defeat. He
was badly cut about the mouth,
and his second could do nothing to
help him. Fitz conferred his at
tack on that mouth. Maher fl
nally realized that it was hope
less and in the twelfth round de.
cided he was through.
Many branded Maher a gutter
at that time, but subsequent
fights proved him one of the
gamest men that ever drew on q
glove. Any doubt of his game
ness was dispelled in his fight
with Gus Rubin, in New York,
There was test Of gameness and
Maher proved there was nothing
yellow nj his makeup"
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
WARD WILL GET
CHANGE At
SHORT
Aaron Has Improved So Much
at Second He Will Be
Moved Over

Instead Of going out for a new
ohortstop to succeed Everett Scots
In case the, old warhorse slips next
spring, Miller Higgins has decided
to give Aaron Ward a chance.
Ward has improved SO remark.
ably as q second baseman," says
Higgins, that z think he could
play shortstop just as well. He
has learned the knack. OF covering
q runner and his arm has strength.
ened SO that he can make the long
throw. }a1
n I'VE won't be in trouble about a
shortstop In any event. There are
several prospects for second base
We can. never ten. 1 don't mean
to say that I am going to shift
Ward, but l. do insist that IL II
were necessary believe he could
go in there and give a good &C.
count OF himself" ,
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
RUNS
IN BUFFALO
TOMORROW
Dedoubtable Jimmy VIII Com
pete Against Nurmi on
January s

Jimmy Connolly, former inter-
collegiate mile champion, LEFT today
for Buffalo, N. X, where he will
compete tomorrow in special mile
race featuring the 10th infantry
indoor games. Among his rivals
viii be Walter Higgins, Harold
Maunzs, and Bill Cox, all Of them
stars.
From Buffalo Connolly win 60
to New YORK city where, on Janu-
airy 6, he will run against Paavo
Nurmi Willie Ritola, Joie Ray, ana
other famous distance men.
Connolly has been training fer
weeks on the board track at George
town University, and has declared
himself to be in splendid condition.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
MT. RAINIER JUNIORS WIN
FROM PECK FIVE

: The Mt. Rainier juniors turned
in their second straight win of the
season in the Peck gym when they
defeated the Cuthbert juniors by
the score Of 20 to IS.
Walter Spittle, guard on the Mt.
Rainier combination, rushed down
the court in the last minute Of
play and tossed the ball in for a
two pointer. Bert Thompson, star
guard on the champion Eastern
high quint last season, was much
In the limelight with his brilliant
passing and three field goals from
difficult angles.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
t'(N75..||NS TO
SWEEP
CLEAN
Central Coach Has Big House
Renovating Job on His
Hands
By. ROSS L. CONKLI b


Something not dissimilar to on
earthquake has occurred in thesC Gen.
trail High School basketball team.
The sounds of a genuine house
cleaning have been heard, and
Bert Coggins, the contractor
coach, is still wearing q busting
apron and sporting a broom. He
will carry those adornments until
the house cleaning, incidental to
an upheaval is concluded.
At the start Of the basketball
campaign young Mr.. Coggins had
three veterans on hand. All were
on that team which waded through
to the final round Of the University
o. Pennsylvania tournament. The
three were nucleus, Coggins
thought, and so did the three.
But, alas and aIack, into the
.cranlal recesSeS of two of the
three came the idea that q nucleus
Is Indispensable. Hale and Dozen.
dOrf were the two who got the idea.
They were starters In the first
few games, and i'm the practice
sessions they were always on the
starting varsity aggregation. Can.
tain Dean, the only other veteran,
was also . starter in preseason
games.
Then Bert Coggins began the old
Ratchet work. Messrs. Hale and
Dezendorf were chopped cleanly
from their posts. Dean was rele.
gated to a guardship, and .McDon-
aid and Banta, two Woodworking
youths with no reps and normal
skulls, were chosen to complete the
varsity five,
1t will take more than Hale and
Dezendorf have to GUST Mcdonald
and Banta from the positions. 1t
must be said in all fairness that
Hale and Dezendorf can play basket.
oal, and maybe before the year ,iss
out they will. But their various
egoisms will have shrunk some
what.
Coggins has shifted Dean to a
rowing guard position. The lanky
chap has played basketball with
Epiphany teams for several season.
and he is well versed in the deeper
AAASA ANesSASS "a Tic S1LI1Os
Ever since Coggins shook up
the team, the Central star had
continued to climb. Previously,
Eastern and Business were
thought to have the best chances
at the high school title, but any
one who counts Central out now
Is taking a wicked cut at his own
fate. = e
1t is doubtful If there is any
scholastic team in the city that
could beat Central on it's own floor.
The large gym at the Clifton street
school is bewildering to most teams,
and 1T is one of Central's most
Yalued assets. The boys We're only
able to go into the finals of the
Pennsylvania tournament last year
because they were used to a big
;ym, and the other schools were
not,
Eastern has a large gym also,
and Business has a gym that is not
quite SO large. Neither Tech nor
Western have any kind of a gym.
And they're out in the cold, this
season. Next year Western will
have a gym, and will cope with
the rest of them. It seems that a
large gym is necessary to develop
. good team. as witness Eastern s
two bask1/%lll championships in the
last two campaigns.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

Many have said that the trip
across the continent has sapped the
strength of the fasteners. Such is
not the case. The climatic condi-
tions out in California are not so
far different from those that an
Eastern or Middle Western team
would encounter in late October or
early November.
The excuses of climatic conditions
may be passed over lightly. Out
side the Inconvenience Of a long
train ride the conditions are about
the same as one would encounter IN
the East.
So far as travelling is concerned
the NOtre Dame team should be
well accustomed to the road. No
team In the country makes SO
many extensive trips to so many
distant points as the players that
perform for Knute ROckne. The
added fact that they make these
trips as annual affairs makes
them the best travelling outfit in
American football.
It must not be lost sight Of that
Pop Warner has to bring his lads
down from Palo Alto to Pasadena
to play.
1t has been demonstrated several
times that Knute Rockne's game
can be stopped. Fred Dawson put
the skids. under Notre Dame two
years running. The Cornhuskers
lost in Syracuse after taking the
measure of their South Bend op-
ponents. Syracuse in turn lost to
Colgate.
Many eastern teams defeated Col
gate that year. All of which seems
to indicate that If the proper de-
Tense Is thrown up against Notre
Dame the famous Four Horsemen
can be stopped.
Those who know Glenn Warner
appreciate the quality Of coach
the Stanford man is. BOcl1ne has
grabbed most of the limelight
during the last season. Warner
has baSked in the full glow of
the calcium for many years. He
Is recognized by experts in all
parts of the country as the
daddy Of them all.
Pop has given the game more
OF its fundamental formation than
any other Individual connected with
the game. He is the pioneer in
the open game, one that developed
plays after much thought and hard
work.
The combination Of Stuhldrehr,
Miller, Crowley and Layden is
going to find its road blocked
up more often tomorrow than has
been the case in most of their
games this season.
We are of the opinion as mas
much as Warner is the greatest de-
fensive coach in the country that
he will have perfected a defense
that will halt the march of the
-Four Horsemen." II he does this
he wiz turn the tables on his Notre
Dame rival.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
0oNZACA BEATEN EASILY
BY PHILADELPHIA CUNT

Held down to four field goals,
Gonzaga High School had but
small chance to win against the
st. Joseph Quint from Philadelphia.
The game eventually went the
way OF the visitors by the score
of 81 to II.
The fast passing game of the
Philadelphians had Gonzaga dizzy.
The street boys, with green
team, had too much to cope with.
They held the score fairly decently
In the first half, which ended Is
TO 10 for the visitors. O'Donoghuf
was the high scorer for Gonzaga.
his eye and arm netting points.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
PRELIMINARY BOYS WILL
GET TEN DOLLARS ROUND

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. - Boxing
fans here are assured of prelimi-
naries Costing at least $40 round,
the State commission being on rec.
ord to that effect today after a
lengthy discussion Of the provi.
sion. The rule is protection for
fans and boxers alike. it was
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
FAMOUS.
| BOX SCORES.
Johnny McGrGuO Shines
in First Game With
Bnltimoreen1s.

AT COLUMBUS, OHIO, Aug. rs.
1S91.-Healy had the best Of Knel
in q closely fought game and Bal
timore beat Columbus by a score
of to S. Both teams made three
errors, those made by Columbus
being more costly. McGraw, for
merly of Cedar Rapids, played his
first game for the Orioles and per
formed in a brilliant manner. The
score:
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
PAYNE WHITNEY SUCCEEDS
BELMONT ON JOCKEY CLUB

NEW YORK. Dec. S1.-Payne
Whitney, widely known sportsman.
today. held the place on the board
of stewards Of the Jockey Club
left vacant by the death of Major
August Belmont. Frank Sturgis,
former vice chairman, was elected
chairman to succeed Major Bel
mont.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
WARNER AND ROCKNE TRY
COACHING SYSTEMS
By WILLIAM Lesser.

LOS ANGELES Dec. 31-Two of Americas creative
coaches will directors of opposing
football clash Pasadena Glenn
Stanford has contributed fundamentals which positively
the style of American football but he leads Knue Rocne
Dame in this respect perhaps because he has been longer
the task
In the old masterpup battle will be
Pasadena Rocn first began game with
used Warner foundation
has built his o. line of grid
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Passaic Still Wins

Ernest Blood is no longer its
coach, but the Passaic High School
basketball team is still winning.
having hung up it's 149th consecu.
tive victory. The Passaic bows.
however, are still employing Blood's
system and ascribe their continued
success to him.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Times Have Changed

Yale, Harvard and Princeton play.
ers predominated on Walter Camps
early all-American elevens. The
most striking thing about his myth.
ical team Of this year is that none
of the Big Three is represented
on II.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Got His Dope Mixed

A New York writer, rolling an.
other pill, picked Wally Pipp as a
possible shortstopper for the Yanks.
Pipp is a southpaw. Miller Hug.
gins Is most conservative. That's
of
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
- 1THD,S
T'IDDfI5
ALL REFEREES MAKE MISTAKES.

long writer remember there have been bum deci
ring course, the result Of the
- betting and quite intentional
George Se the greatest Of third men, made his mis-
takes, too
At Golded New when Bat Nelson fought Cans the first time
er undoubtedly made Most of those at the rngsde that
bitter their talk regarding Billy Nolan who managed Nelson
This should not have affected Sler, but it did,
Ser could possibly have Nelson foul Cans such
thing happen, he the fight to Cans foul
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
NOTRED DAME HASOLD JINX
TO BEAT ON COAST
~ TQM THORP.

new YORK Dec SGenn Warmers Stanford University pupils
stop the Notre Dame
dena Caf The Pacific oegans have not been
given credit for much football they failed
understand that Harvard
the continent for the Tournament and win
Bob Fishers lads from Oregon battle
Since then team that has travelled the
game has lost 1t would not be surprising Notre
The Washington times., 1924-12-31


He was going around the
fighters at the moment of the
alleged foul and the back of Cans
was all the referee could see.
Here's what Bat Nelson himself
had to say about that decision:
There was a clause in the ar
ticles of agreement that we were
to break at the order of tho
referee, and he was not to lay
hands upon us. George Silel
evidently forgot about such q
clause or else didn't care. Sew.
eral times during the fight, wheI
/ was in close doing effective
work Furnishing Cans in the body
Siler deliberately took hold of my
hair and pulled me back, allowing
Cans to thump me on the jaw.
"At the forty-second round i
was getting dark, and it woult
have been impossible for the fight
to have continued over three more
rounds at the outside. During
the latter part of the contest Gan!
went back to his corner severa
times vomiting. As he reached
his corner at the end of the forty
first round, he heaved violently
and l could tell by his condition
that his finish was very near.
"As the gong sounded for thu
forty-second round, ! sailed ovel
to Cans corner and met hin
within yard of his chair. wen
after him hammer and tdhgs, de
termined to knock him out. / haC
backed him about half way across
the ring, when delivered tht
final punch, a hard left half
scissors hook to the liver, tina
travelled less than q foot.
"This is the punch that top
pied the black champion over
Referee Siler commenced to coun'
and had recalled the count o.
"four," when Cans second jump
ing up on the edge of the ring
and began yelling, "Foul" ''Foull'
"The referee then stopped count
ing, and, thrusting me aside
waited almost a minute, when h
declared that Cans had won on ,
foul.
81 made a vigorous protest
claiming that ! had not dealt 1
foul blow, but it was all to nj
avail. said then, and still de
clare, that Cans deliberately qui
under punishment, for fear o.
being knocked out legitimately b!
me.
"Gans either put one over oil
Siler, claiming to have been hur
by a foul blow, or else wa
beaten by jobbery.
1.-TWO years later / knocked Gam
out twice with the same identica
punch. The referees, Jack Welsl
and Eddie Smith, declared no fou
blows were struck"
Maher Robbed in Fitz Fight.
PIDER KELLY told us som,
~ years ago that the creates
~ hitter the heavyweight class
ever had was Peter Maher. Kell!
declared that he had seen then
all from Sullivan to Dempsey, bu
there was none who could hold {
candle to the man from Ireland.
Tommy Ryan, who is at presen
in Los Angeles, recently told Bill
Smith, Of the Los Angeles Her
aid, about the Fitzsimmons-Ma
fight at New Orleans, in which
Peter was robbed of a clean-cu
X. o.
His story follows:
"Maher won that fight will
Fitzsimmons as fair as any mar
ever won a fight, but he didn'
get it," said Ryan.
''It was the first time I'd evel
seen Maher. He was a fine, bis
fellow, one of the grandest speci
mems of a man I've ever seen
He was a typical Irish youth
bubbling, over with good health
and cheeks that would have mad.
a girl envious.
81 was dumbfounded, though
when saw his heavy black mus
tache. The idea of q fighter bat
ting q man like Fitzsimmons ant
handicapping himself by wearing
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Neat Sum, At That

Big purses were not as frequent
In his day as they are now, but
Tommy Burns got $4,000 for the
bout in which he lost the heavy.
weight title to Jack johnson.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31

Two-base hit--O'Connell. Sacrifice hits
--McGraw, Robinson, Twitchell. Sneed.
Stolen bases--Baltimore. 5; Colum bus,
1. Earned runs-Baltimore. 1; coIunfA
bus 2. Double play--Whselock, Crooks
and Leblanc. Left on bases-BaltimOre
s; Columbus. s. Struck out-By Healy.
HeaIy. i; off Khell, l. Wild pitches
Kneli q; Healy. L. Passed balls--DOn-
ohue, 2. Umpire-Ferguson. Time Of
game hours.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Won Only Start

Jack Hollingsworth, former Griff.
man, won his only start on the
rubber for the Brooklyn club last
fall. He will be given thorough
trial at Clearwater, Fla, this spring.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Nursni May Remain

Paavo Nurmi is thinking serious.
Of making America his home.
l1Ankeeland appeals to the tastes OF
the great Finnish runner.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
They're Holding Up

''Isaak walton" says a fisholo
gist, sis no longer considered an
authority on the art Of angling. /"
But Ananias and Baron Muncheus.
en- are still holding their own. :
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
Tomorrow: Bill Wambsganns makes
unassisted triple play i'm world
series.)
Praise for Ekbere

Chick Harlow, Colgate football
coach, says the best .backfield play
err his team faced all season was
Gus Ekberg, Of West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1924-12-31
GUESTS Post Forfeit

Willie Hoppe and Robert Canine
fax have posted $4,000 each to bind
their three-cushion match January
10 in New York.