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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09
CARPENT|ERNOT
SURE Of NEXT
OPPONENT

NEW YORK, June 9.-Althougk
Georges Carpenter, Francois DeB.
camps and Jack Curley were re-
ported to have departed from Chi
cago on Wednesday, they did not
arrive here until this morning.
The French wayfarers were close,
ly guarded by Mons. Curley, who
took them to his home in Great
Neck. There Carpenter will rest
until he fully RECEIVERS from the in;
jury to his ankle sustained in the
Gibbons fight. .
Billy Gibson and Jimmy John,
ston will seek an early conferences
with Descamps to arrange a date
for Carpenter and Tunney. Gibson
has been rather puzzled by Carpe1.
tiers recent attitude. William ex.
ercised every effort to have Georges
keep his June date with Tunney ne.
fore meeting Gibbons. Nov. tl,a
French invaders are acting as IL
they intend to hold Gibson to. that
contract, although Tunney has
since been made a principle in the
Milk Fund show lare this month.
There isn't a chance for Carp"
to hold Gibson to the terms Of that
contract now. The Frenchman,s
market value slumped away off
after his poor stand against Glib.
bons.
A Carpentier-Tunney match now
seems certain for a July date at
the. Polo Grounds with a Tunney.
Gibbons match to ro1low IL Gene
gets by his opponent on the Mix
Fund card and Carpenter. i
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AMERICANS DESERVE TO
GATHER THE FAT PURSES

Followers Of the ring, in this
country are growing tired of foreign
boxers. Big. money has been paid
to Carpenter, Firpo, Criqui, Wilde
and others for sustaining unmerci
full defeats. Firpo, alone, has
shown enough fighting ability to
warrant his return to this country
Though stopped by Dempsey in two
rounds, he furnished nearly 100, 600
spectators. with thrills that never
will be forgotten. ..,
Carpenter received more than
100000 for losing fights with
Dempsey and Gibbons. Firpo car
ried off $3.50, 900 for going to sleer
at the Polo Grounds. Criqui and
Wilde were handsomely rewarded
for being knocked out. Romero
the Chilean, was stopped by Floyd
Johnson, before he could gather a
bundle of American coin. Spalla
the Italian heavyweight, who re
Gently was put away by Firpo, Is
here, waiting to clean up. But his
prospects are dubious.
Why not side track the foreign
false alarms and let Americans bat
tie for the fat purses?
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Rochester club for more seas0I1.
ing. So Pep got the job on the
Giants.
The result was that both Young
and Southworth have shown i'm.
mense Improvement in their batting.
1t was a place where Pep knew he
had done well, and Billy was con.
WINGED that he could regain his
punch if shifted. Both players
being satisfied. success was assured
Pep was for awhile among the
first five leading batters in the
National League, and will by his
most recent batting squirt be up
there again. Southworth in third
place has been increasing his bat
ting percentage with most en-
couraging rush.
Changes of the same sort have
worked wonderfully well many,
many times.
There are George Kelly and
Frank Snyder, both of whom have
climbed into the select circle Of the
five leading batters of the National
League, Snyder having, in fact.
gone up ahead of Rogers Hornsby.
early this week. They would be
much dissatisfied if they were
shifted from .heir present places in
the batting order, and yet Snyder
Is eighth.
Would Mc(iraw ever think Of
changing those two SIuggers while
they are doing such grand and
winning work? Not on your life,
even IL some other player at the
top, Of the list might get into
hitting slump. It would not be
good policy.
Baseball players are supersti.
tious to a degree. McGraw knows
that full well, having ben a player
himself-and superstitious. too. He
caters to that temperamental streak.
He does not laugh at it nor deride
1t. Baseball players always con-
slider that if they see a wagon load
of empty barrels pass them on the
morning Of game, the victory IL
already won.
Well, what did McGraw do in
Cincinnati quite recently, on the
morning of an important series
with the Reds, but hire a half
dozen big trucks, have them loaded
with empty barrels and parade past
the hotel the players were stopping
at. The players just shouted with
gleeful anticipation. They won not
only the first game of the series
but made it three out. of four
against the Reds.
Managerial concentrating else.
Psychologically proper, and on ths
dot. ~.
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McGraw hesitated for a long
time before making the shift, but
finally consented, knowing and ap.
preciating the mental handicaps
baseball players are under when.
ever they get the notion that they
can do better work in some other
position. The manager looked on
the case as psychological one,
as 1t really was, ana made the
change.
One of the most difficult prob.
lens a manager has to solve is the
selection Of the best man for the
lead.off place. McGraw had lost
Dave Bancroft, and when he made
the trade that gave MIN South
worth he felt he. had the right man
in the right place. His mind was at
ease. But Southworth In his own
mind thought he was a detriment
to the team and said so to Captain
Frisch ana other players.
When Young was with the
Rochester club, he was Iead-Off
man. He did splendidIy as such.
He batted so well that Larry
LajOie alone beat him out for the
premier hitting hOnOrs of the In
teFnatiOnaI League. McGraw re-
membered that full well, for he
had farmed out Ross to the
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THREE MINORS
. FOOL MAJOR -.
E. SCOUTS
HARRISON, Jones and Strand
Cost Plenty But Fall Be-
low Expectations

1t is rather strange that the
Portland, Ore, and Salt Lake clubs
of the Pacific Coast League should
have been able to sell to. the major
leagues in a twelve month three
men for huge prices, and all three
have failed to come up to expecta.
tons.
Brooklyn last winter bought
Pitcher RUDE Harrison and Short
stop Johnny Jones from Portland.
The reputed price was $25 900, bur
the story is that only $4,000 was
paid down, the remaining five to be
paid If the players stuck. Harrison
was returned to Portland ten days
ago, through Thomas Turner. the
clubs Eastern representative, Brook.
lyn to receive at the end Of this
season Dick Cox, an outfielder, who
Is going strong, Jones is still with
the Superbas but Is mentioned as
part OF a trade to the Indianapolis
club for Eddie Brown, outffelder.
Even more unexpected than the
disappointment furnished by Yarri.
son and Jones to Brooklyn was the
case OF Paul Strand, whom Salt
Lake sold to the Athletics for money
and players totaling in the neigh.
borhood of 500, 900. Strand made
more hits than any other man lin
professional baseball I, in 1922, and
again in 1928, but tibet record was
made in the minors, and his hitting
this year for the Athletics became
so weak that Connie Mack had to
bench him.
Mack Is said to retain his faith
In Strand and to count upon him
coming through, but having that
money tied up in player on the
bench must grieve him vastly far
more than the New York Giants
officials have grieved him over hav.
ing $4,000 tied up in, Jimmy O'Con.
nell, the Coast League outfielder
who has hit nowhere near specifica.
lions.
That so many men bought at
huge prices from clubs in the same
league should fail to hit in the
majors Is remarkable, to say the
least. Sand, the Phillies' sH1ortstop,
Is another, and half dozen others
could be mentioned. III
The climate in the big leagues, or
possibly the scoring in the Coast
League, must have something to do
with the disparity in the batting of
the costly purchases. In older DAYS
1t was a sort of axiom thats'a man
would hit in the majors what he
nit on the coast, but that no longer
holds. :,~..: - a., -,
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SEE.S PADDOCK
AS READY TO
Do BEST
Boyd comstock. YaIe's For
mer Coach, Helps Put
Comet in Condition

That Charley Paddock, world e
record smasher in the sprints, is
fit and ready to show his best gait
In the coming Olympic races. is the
opinion of Boyd Comstock, the track
coach who is generally credited with
starting the Yale University team
on its sensational climb from the
ruck to the top Of the Intercolle.
giate A. A. A. A. heap.
Comstock, who has given up
coaching for the time being, at
least, is now located in Los An.
geles, the home of the California
Comet. He has spent many Of his
spare hours recently in aiding Pad.
dock regain the speed that enabled
the Comet to slaughter the sprint.
record list three years ago.
Comstock writes regarding Pad
docks present condition.: Paddock
Is all that his friends say he is.
At the recent try-outs here he
loafed through the last fifty yards
Of the 2O0-meter race, yet came
home within tenth Of his record.
I have worked with him for two
weeks and find that he has world
Of stuff and a real start, too. His
getaway compares favorably with
Murchison's. He'll he with the
bunch at the ten-yafd mark.
There have. been lots of hard
luck tales going around about Char.
ley's condition, but take it from
me, Paddock is in great shape right
now. He lacks little general sta
nina, perhaps, but he has the speed
and stuff to carry him through
heats and semi-finals. This impress.
sion have formed. after watching
Paddock train for two weeks and
seeing him in action at the try.
outs. He looks much better than
any sprinter that have seen In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09
Slim Brennan Most
Licensed Man
!. At Large

PHILADELPHIA, June g.
"Slim" Brennan, the lank jurist
of swat who officiated in the
Walker-T Tender bout, is one of
the most licensed men now at
large. l"Slim" carries with him
licenses to referee in every State
in the Union where there's a
boxing. commission; he has an
automobile license, a drivers IL
cense, dog license, a marriage
license and q license to conduct
a cafe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09
LESLIE. MANN BECOMES :.
ONE OF BOSTON BRAVES

BOSTON, June 9.-Outfielder
Leslie Mann has been purchased
from Cincinnati by the Braves,
whom he served in 1918, 1871, 1912.
and 1920. and will join the Boston
club on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Secretary Eddie Riley, of the
Graves, announced. = &.
He was released to st. Louis in
the winter OF 1920 and played with
the Cardinals until the middle OF
the 1923 season, when he went 20
Cincinnati under waiver claim.
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REDS FAIL, TO GET HIT.
oFRoM SILK SOx HURLER

CLIFTON, N. j., June 9.-Cincin.
nRti and Doherty Silk Sox battlei
for four and one-third innings here
yesterday when rain stopped the
game, with neither club being able
to score.
James opposed Rube Benton and
did not allow the semblance of a
hit, not a bill being hit out of the
infield. Howard Lohr, the Soy
star, was out Of the game owing to
injuries.
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STAR QUAKER sHoRTsToP
MAY sign WITH GIANTS

Eddie, Farrell, star shortstop of
the University Of Pennsylvania base.
ball team, is expected to sign with
the New York Giants in a week
or so. ~
Farrell's all.around play has at.
tracted big league scouts from all
over the country this spring. They
have followed him from town to
town, watching him closely. He Is
said,.to need only experience to take
his place in a big league lineup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09
WESTERN NETMEN, TO MEET
INTERSCHOLASTlc CHAMPS

Western High School champions
OF the High School Tennis League.
VIII meet the winner of the Inter.
scholastic Tennis League to deter
mine which of the leagues shall
have the honor Of being the habitat
Of the champion.
The meeting of Western with
either st. Johns or st. Adams Is
the first time in many years that a
District intersecholastc title has
been officially settled. In past
years the high schools have ignored
the other schools and have kept
their laurels intact. -.
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FOURNIER is CATS WHISPERS.

MTSlEU JACQUES FOURNIER of Ausabe Mich. real
eats wiskers this when hitting
Much being written about Babe Ruth the Sultan of
the Bambno of Bust mighty three
more home yesterday than he had year ago
record with Ruth collecting fourteen home
yesterday Msieu but behind him. showing
likely to be serious contender for the home championship
leagues 1874 AND the good joke in all this that Mu
was supposed be all in down
with the White Sox then and had give up job Chick Gand
he was released Angeles and the big
hear anything of him. That's laugh light
what he DONE. " -
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PEP YOUNG Is PROVING
GREAT LEAD-OFF MAN
By SAM CRANE.

NEW YORK. June 9Ross Young has made himself
best ado men At bat the Giants have had He is most
at third place the batting order the start the cham
plonsnp season. with Bill Southworth first the daily lineup
Both good walters and good hes we'll
what speeder than the
eadoff established
reputation there Still Bill could to into his batting
stride this For days at time he would fail his
starting bng He became discouraged and asked Manager MG
to be lower the ist I
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at the plate, that he forgot oil
about advancing at all.
Now, You Tell One.

Now, You Tell One.
THERE'S the latest story Eugene
III CORR, the famous English
referee, tells:
When the boxing game was at
it's infancy in France, the judg-
ing of contests on the other side
of the English Channel left much
to be desired, and it may be said
that the average Frenchman's
idea of craftsmanship was slightly
one-eyed. He could only see one
man win, and that had to be q
Frenchman. e..
One of our boys, a Welshman,
was going across to box the
French champion at his weight,
and as / wished him luck, he said
eth be all right, Mr.. CORR.
You know the crowd over there
only cheer when their man is
getting in some punches. Well,
| can tell you it will be all silence
when / am boring. I'll never
leave the blighter."
He was right in a way. It was
all silence until the finish, when
the crowd cheered themselves
hoarse. The Welshman was dis
qualified.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09
Held Sacrifice Mark

Ray Chapman. the Cleveland
shortstop star, who was killed by
a pitched ball, left a major league
record. In 1917, he made sixty
seven sacrifice hits. The next best
mark was made by j. Beckley, Of
Pittsburgh, in 1898, with sixty-four.
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Plain Johnson Luck

tDf all the queer breaks baseball
has given Walter Johnson, one Of
the most interesting, perhaps, was
O one-base hit that scored three
runs against him. H. Northern, of
st. Louis, made the hit in game
September a.. 1910.
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1857 up to last Thursday, which
indicates a new lease of life on
his part, even if he does happen
to be one of the real veterans OF
the National League. He is close
to the top in the National League
and seems certain to crowd his
way into the "leading five" be-
fore long.
And yet back in 1916 the Chi
cago White Sox thought M'sieu
Jacques was considered hopeless
as a big Lacquer.
Baseball is an odd game.
Speaking of Home Runs.
NY WILLIAMS, of the Phillies,
I is furnishing the surprise of
the big show. A year ago
yesterday he had clonted twenty
home runs and was leading Babe
Ruth by nine., Yesterday his
total was a lowly six. Yet he has
been playing in the same parks
and facing about the same hurlers.
Ken Williams, another demon
home run slugger' for a couple of
years, is just about holding his
own. He had eight. yesterday to
nine a year ago. >. ~
Rogers Hornsby, with five cir
cult clouts, is one ahead Of his
1923 mark. 81.
Joe Hauser, Connie Mack's
firstsacker, was just even with
his 1923 record with eight homers.
He got sixteen for his 1923 total,
so really may be, running up. a
new mark for himself.
Much is being made of home
runs, but being of. the old school,
we fail to enthuse4 overmuch. A
home run inside the barriers
well and good, that's a home run.
A home run over the wall, too
near in many major league parks,
is not a home RUN. It's a home
WALK. There is nothing excit-
ing about it.
Nevertheless, the fans who sup
port the game like to see the ball
hammered over the wall, so what's
the use of complaining about it?
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Wow, They Could Hit

Not since 1895 has a major Lacquer
hit four homers in one game. In
1895. Ed Delehanty turned the trick
for Philadelphia IN the National
Leagues Rowe got two homers In
one inning.
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Stars in California.


|NK'SIEU JACQUES starred in
wi California, and, when Uncle
Az Sam was taking players out
of the big show in 1918 or driv-
ing them into the <shipyards,
back came Msieu. This time he
went to the New York Yankees.
He hit for $50 in twenty-seven
games with the Yankees toward
the fag end of 1918, but next
year found him. back with Los
Angeles. It. was never thought
be would ever appear in fast COM
pany again. He must grin at
this. sometimes, if he happens to
think Of it. - : ~.
M'sieu Jacques, in 1863 games at
first base. for Los Angeles in 1919,
hit for-.328 and he was grabbed
by the St. Louis Cardinals. Fer
three years he performed for
Branch Hickey; hitting for 1906
in 1920, .343 in 1921 and .294 In
1922. The rapid rise of Sunny
Jim" Bottomley, younger and
faster man and a better batsman,
meant moving for M'sieu Jacques,
but he was not. to get out Of the
big time. Nothing like that!
Uncle Wilbert Robinson decided
that Ray Schmandt wouldn't do
as his firstsacker and so he traded
Hy Myers, a fine all-around
player, for M'sieu Jacques. In
1923 he hit for 1851 with the
Brooklyn Robins and was one Of
the most dangerous batsmen in
the league at. all times, He had
twenty-five home runs to his
credit for the season, just half
of what he had up to- yesterday
for this season. :! : sh,.
M'sieu Jacques was hitting for
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All of a sudden, as the ferocious
Fush sidied along the ropes into
neutral corner, he was seen to
drop as though shot.
No one saw the punch, not
even Doc Bagley, who was the
chief handler of the ferocious one
Frush was counted out and acted
like a man who had been gassed.
What hit this guy?" asked
Bagley, as he looked over the
crowd, expecting to find someone
with a box of bottles or a sling
shot.
II know that Dundee didn't hit
him, so some other guy MUST
HAVE.
Those at the ringside were just
as baffled as Bagley. 1t was a
mystery. Yes, it was the in
visible punch again-the old in
visible punch that Harry Wills
used on Kid Norfolk.
"Well," said Bagley after the
thing was all over, "the next time
l second Frush I'm going to have
a net put over the ring so that
bottles and bricks or whatever it
was that HIT THIS BIRD will
be held off" a.
The ferocious Frush is at pres
ent hurting challenges toward
Dundee again,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09

W. Robinson, of the, Baltimore
Club in the National League in
1892. drove in eleven runs In one
game and this record has withstood
the attack Of sluggers in the major
leagues for thirtY.two wears.
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MADDEN ! MUST BATTLE
OR ST'ARVE, SAYS
HIS MANAGER :.
By SID MERCER.

NEW YORK. 9The crowding of too anv hoxn
shows into the metropolitan overurodu
ton OF culowe is profitable
The overhead which png cher
worried. "a f2 - ~ 800 s@ 4Ae"
only two big shows carded for
nd the rs two nights However, they
week. "SS4e 80 1851
The Nostrand A. c. which from every sort of had
oreak possible encounters another
BY following the Wills Madden the Greensboro q
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RuckY Harris. Record

Bucky Harris. the .Griffmen s
manager. established .majo
league season record for second.
basemen by making 479 putouts in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-09
An Undesired Record

The major league record for strike.
outs In one season was made by
q. Williams. of the st. Louis
Birowns. who famed 120 times In
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- Fournier, who will be thirty-two
years old next September, broke
into professional baseball as a
catcher with Aberdeen, in the old
Northwestern League, in 1908.
Not till 1911 did he begin playing
first base. He. was then with
Moose Jaw in the Western Can
ada League, and his .377 batting
average induced Ted Sullivan to
sign him for the Chicago White
Sox.
Fourier, a real Canadian hab-
liant in more ways than one,
played first base for the White
Sox in thirty-five games in 1912,
ten years ago. He was a crude
fielder and the big league pitch
ing, extremely good that year, was
far over his head.
The White Sox sent M'sieu
jacques to Montreal, then in the
International League, where he
finished the season, playing in
sixty games at first base. His
catching days were done. Thence
forward he was to be a first
sacker. He finished that season
with a batting average of 300
and was recalled, to remain with
the White Sox through the 1916
campaign. l.
Fournier's hitting was always
good, especially against such good
pitchers as Walter johnson, but
his fielding was lame. He used
to get all tangled up with his
feet and his batting average Of
.240 in 1916 convinced the White
Sex that he would not do. He was
released to Los Angeles in the
Coast League. :, 49, -,
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Dealt Many Goose Eggs

st. Paul, American Association
leader; shut out opponents fourteen
times last year. leading theAieague
in this respect. =
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young man." said the father,
ITO be success in life, you
should start in at the bottom and
climb to the top -:
"Not me-" replied the flippant
youth. II intend to start at the
top and stay there"
"What do you intend to be-"
asked the parent.
"a barber" answered the son.
A Saskatchewan correspondent
writes that eggs in that section
are hard to get rid of at seven
cents a dozen-Daily Paper. =,
Most of US have come across
eggs of that kind at some time
or other. ~ .,@.r
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A Story About Bob veach.

AA the funniest thing he ever
saw on the diamond happened at
the Polo Grounds a few years
ago. Detroit was playing the
Yanks, Ty Cobb was on first and
Bob Veach was at the bat. Ty
gave the hit-and-run signal, and
as the pitcher wound up he dug
his spikes into the ground and
tore for second. A moment later
the bat cracked against the ball
and the sphere sailed to left field
over Meusel's head. Mister Cobb
tore around the bases as Meusel
chased the pill. As Cobb rounded
third Meusel shot the. ball. toward
the plate, and Cobb, with a mag
nificent slide, just beat the ball
an inch. He scrambled to his feet
in a cloud of dust and, looking
toward third as he brushed him
self off, he appeared rather dis
appointed that Veach wasn't right
at his heels. Continuing his
brushing, he glanced at second
base, expecting to find our hero
safely landed there. Them. in
despair, he looked toward First
and spotted Mr.. Veach, who wore
smile like a 'steeplechase sign.
No one will ever know what Cobb
thought, and no one knows why
Veach didn't get further. The
chances are that Veach was so
elated over his hit, and later on
SO thrilled with the play for Cobb
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Canada Gals Cheerful Chlrps.
aft in the Silly night,
Ere slumber's chains have
~ bound me,
My set brings in the squeals of
neighbors
Tuning in around me. ..-