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BY II. Ii. SALSINGER.

n OGS have been a hobby with
Ty Cobb for several years.
- 1t is said that the attitude
of dogs toward a man indicate the
kind of man he is. Dogs will shy
from man lacking in good quail
tiles. If this is true test then Cobb
must rank far above par; dogs al
ways take to him. Strange dogs
follow him. Dogs known as vicious
and not TO be trusted will readily
trot up to Cobb. tails wagging and
barking in friendly manner.
He loves dogs, not in the manner
Of the regular dog faAcier, who likes
in dogs the show points. The dogs
for which Cobb has the greatest af-
fection are dogs that would get the
gate" in any show ring; he never
looks for the show points, but the
soul of the dog.
A noted dog judge interviewed
Cobb one day. This man, wise in ken
mel affairs. knowing every breed list
ed by the American Kennel Club (and
there are more than 75) asked for an
interview on dog shows and show
dogs, also on field trials.
His Praise of Dogs.
Il know nothing of show dogs nor
dog shows, but ] have studied dogs"
said Cobb. II believe dogs are among
the greatest things in the world.
Dogs are little understood, but
they are nearer human than any
thing outside of human beings
Il honestly believe that dogs have
souls. You would agree with me il
you studied them as L have. They
really have souls.
"A dog will live with you and he
will die with you-yes, sir. the dog
have followed their masters to the
grave and died there? How many
dogs died soon after they passed out? =?
You will find qualities in a dog
that you cannot find in a human be-
ing No man ever had friend as
honest and faithful as a dog. There
never lived human being as sincere,
frank and honest as a dog.
Il have gone out hunting with my
dogs. The dog on the hunt has not
the advantages that you have. Your
feet are protected by heavy leather
and thick sole. The dog has no such
protection. He will hunt until he
drops, his feet raw from burrs and
thistles and underbrush. and then.
dragging himself home after you, the
dog will wait until you yourself are
comfortable; then he will come and
lie at your side, look up at you and
lick your hands. He is tired, ex-
hausted, bruised and sore, but still
ready to limp out and serve you
A Genuine Emotion.
Cobb, lacking IN sentiment in some
ways, is one of the most sentimental
of men in others. His love for dogs
his admiration. respect and esteem
for them, is deep and sincere.
He has remarkable power over
dogs. Had he himself trained and
handled the pride of his kennels,
America would have had another
champion. This dog, Cobbs Hall,
was a straight-bred Lwellyn English
setter, by Rigolette out of Mouna.
Rigoletteo is by Prince Rodney and
Mouna was litter sister to Mo-
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Base Ball Explosion Hits Ban Johnson Who Repudated and %
BASE BALL IS LOOMING
IN CENTRAL AMERICA

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December
1S.-FOr the first time In Central
American history, base -5alI has
been recognized as an international
sport.
Nicarasua's champion base ball
team has been sent to participate
in the Olympic games i'm Costa
Rica.
This is the first time that n team
has gone outside it's own borders
to play with team of another
country.
In Nicaragua the American ma
tiOnal game has become a favOrfte
sport. Large crowds are attending
the games, which are superseding
cock fighting and gambling in
popularity.
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AHEARN is FIGHT VICTOR
AS RULING is REVERSED

CHARLOTTE, n. c., December 1S.-
Goldie Ahearn of Washington, was
given the decision by the Charlotte
Boxing Commission over Lou Gug-
lielmini of New York, as result of
their fight here Monday night
Announcement was made that an
error had been made by the Judges
in checking the tally sheet of Referee
Grant and as result the ringside
decision was given to Guglielmini,
who was unable to come out of his
corner for a minute and a half at
the end Of the fourth round.
The fight was one of the fastest
seen here since boxing was legalized
last Summer.
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In his day he was the best pitch II
living in the United States, and to
this day the record of his achieve
ments when a member of the Ma
tional Association, from which the
National League indirectly sprang, is
one Of the most wonderful in the his
tory of base ball.
Spalding pitched the ball in the
fashioned way 1t was straight
out orthodox pitching. the ball being
delivered exactly as a bowler lets the
ball go when he sends it down a
bowling alley. Although the young
ster of today may think il impossible
to get speed when pitching in that
manner, the truth is quite the other
way. Spalding had speed and plenty
of it.
He did not pitch a curve. The curve
was not known then. He may occa-
sionally have curved the ball. but If
he did he thought it was due to
english" Before the curve was
known there were pitchers who talked
about the english" on the ball, not
realizing that it was the rudiment of
another kind of pitching which they
had not mastered. 1t remained for a
ball player in later years than the
time Of Spalding to discover that the
curve had possibilities and that,
when mastered, they could be of
great advantage to the pitcher.
When Spalding did not pitch he
played centerfield. He could catch
fly balls we'll. Outfielders. however,
in those days were less conspicuous
for their fielding than for their bat
ting. When an outfielder made a
wonderful fly catch it was received
with great enthusiasm, but they did
not have outflelders who could run
100 feet or more and pull the ball
down with one hand, because ball
players had not been trained to that
sort of thing. The outfielder had to
Evening star., 1924-12-18

But il you are one of the MANY fisher
men who enjoy fishing largely because
it gives them an opportunity to fire.
quent beautiful streams and observe the
things-animat and inanimate-around
them, Winter need not seriously inter-
fere with your sport. If you never have
been to your little trout stream in
Winter, you will perhaps be surprised to
find 1t full Of brilliant green water
cress and running along unhampered by
snow or ice. This happens to the small
streams that come out of the bowels of
the earth as springs, or as a series of
springs.
These maintain an even temperature
the year round. In Winter they send
steam into the air, as though they were
boiling. The trout gather in pools,
swimming around like swarm Of big
minnows.
1t is real sport to revisit the stream
in Winter. You will find evidence of
the presence Of many small animals
that you never had seen in Summer,
and all in all. Winter visit will put
you on terms of familiarity with your
stream that you can never experience
any other way
1t is not a cold job to make and eat
a meal in the snow. 1t sounds cold,
that's ALL The reason we feel the Win
ter's bite so easily in town is because
we do not dress for outside work and
because we rush from a steam heated
office to a m-heated car and to a
steam heated house. The periodic
plunges into the outdoor temperature is
what makes us shiyer.
But few hours in the snow, prop
erIy dressed (and the tendency Is to
overdrsss) sSea puts us on good
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:TRAPSHOT CLASSIC
HAS RECORD PURSE

DAYTON. Ohio, December 1s.-The
Grand American Handicap for 1925
Will carry a guarantee of 50, 900 in
prizes to the four hi sh men and an
additional 5000 to be divided equally
among the next ten high shooters, di-
rectors of the Amateur Trapshooting
Association decided at their annual
meeting here.
The directors also stated that the
entrance fee next year would be
raised to $50.
The 50 900 purse would be distrib-
uted as follows:
First place in the grand handicap
$1,000: second place, $500; third, s4OO,
and fourth, 500.
The next ten high shooters will re-
ceive $50 apiece
This purse is the highest that has
ever been offered at a grand handi-
cap meet.
The board adopted system of cash
purses for the preliminary events,
proposed by o. y. Ford of Portland
Ore, director from the Pacific zone.
Under this system 30 purses will be
shot for during the tournament, the
winner in each to receive $50 in gold
making a grand total of $1,000 to be
offered in gold. The entrance fee
was fixed at sums ranging from 25
cents to 81, according to the rating
of the entrants.
The director adopted a resolution
condemning the proposed game re-
serve-public' shooting grounds bill,
now pending before Congress. The
bill provides for a Federal commits
sion. composed of the Postmaster
General, Secretary of Agriculture,
Secretary of Commerce and two SEN
ators to handle and regulate game
affairs in the country.
The directors of the association
claim that the bill will break down
the efficiency of State game commits
sions. divide responsibility between
the State and Federal governments
and create hostility between them.
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terms with Jack Frost, and we find
ourselves able to go about our busi-
ness of cooking and eating just as we
did in the Summer time
And there is no beauty in nature, it
seems, comparable to the beauty of
the pine forests in Winter aspect. The
| brilliant green's and the pure snow
make wonderful combinations-es-
pecially early in the morning. when
the needles of the trees are covered
| with frozen mist, and sparkle in the
sunlight.
The supervisor of the'Superior Ma
tional Forest seldom takes trips
| through the preserve. but when he
does, he goes by snowshoes, not by
canoe. He is very reticent, and the
only time he ever was known to
rave" about scenery was on the oc-
casion of a return from one of these
| Winter jaunts.
Winter vacations have their ad-
vantage as well as their disad-
| vantages, 1t is merely necessary to
regard the snow as a friend, not an
enemy, and to go about trying to get
along with it, instead of fighting it.
and things will work out all right.
Resort bureaus say that Winter va
cationing in the North woods is in
creasing in popularity so fast that II
promises to become a major phase OF
outdoor life in America
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with visit of the pacification COM
| mlttee appointed in New York to
| High Commissioner Lands. They
conferred with him at length, pre-
senting resolution which deplored
Johnson's criticisms of the judge and
| promising to see that it did not hap
| pen again. The commissioner told
them fatty that it was not strong
| enough to meet with his ideas of
what was necessary, and the commit
tee returned to the caucus of Amer
ican I>eague owners to draft a
stronger resolution.
Is Painful Task.
Johnson was in consultation with
them 1t that time. 1t was apparent
to the members present that he was
dwelling in the old days of base ball
when he was a force in the game that
had made the American League a
powerful rival to the old National,
and after they had >heard his state
ments and heard what they must do
| to meet the demands of the highest
power in base ball, they drafted
another resolution which eventually
was adopted by the joint session.
1t was the most painful task the
| American League ever had under
! taken. The members were frank to
| confess that it meant humiliation for
| them. But they knew they had TO
go ahead with it or precipitate war
that would throw base ball in chaos.
| Moreover, they knew that just as
Johnson had one unshakable friend
in the American League, he also had
one implacabIe enemy who would
vote with the National League and
provide a majority against Johnson
against Johnson that resided in Judge
| Lands The implacable foe was
Comiskey Of Chicago. The unshak-
| able friend was Phil Ball, owner of
| the ST. Louis club. Ball refused to tha
| last to approve the resolution shear
| ing his old friend of power, and the
resolution, as finally adopted, bore the
| signature of only seven of the eight
American League moguls.
Swallow Bitter Pill.
They have made US swallow ou1
medicine" said one of the American
| League leaders after the meeting
| 1T was a bitter dose, but we shall
| have to digest it the best we can
] We are going ahead on the next
| Spring Campaign and we shall try to
forget our bitter memories of the
moment by playing better base ball
next year"
Johnson still is power in the
American League-but he is a power
with his hands tied. When he left
| the caucus meeting of the league
saying he presumed it would be best
| for him to retire so as not to en-
| barrass his fellows, he left benin =
some sad faces and some who Lad
not forgotten what he had done for
| his organization. His greatest crime
| was that he lived in the past" that
he had become a victim of his pursui,
Of dishonesty in base ball, which had
Evening star., 1924-12-18

The closing of the deal with the
Browns recalls the fact that the first
official move made by Miller Huggins
when he took over the Yankees in
1918 was to trade Shocker and some
other players to st. Louis in the deal
that brought Derrill Pratt to New
York. Huggins did not want to let
Shocker go at that time and has made
more than one offer since then for his
return.
The st. Louis adherents are now
claiming that they got the better of
the bargain in acquiring Bush, Gas
ton and Giard in exchange for the
spitball finger. Bush may be more
of a big league veteran than Urban,
but Bullet Joe is five days younger,
according to the calendar. Both were
born in 1892.
Snocker went to the Yankees in
1916, was sent to the International
League for further schooling that
same season and was recalled in
1917. He was traded to the Browns
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GET OF MAN O. WAR
CAPTURE 13 RACES

NEW YORK, December 1S.-Seven
of the twoyear- olds sired by the re-
doubtable Man o. War won 13 races
on the American turf during the sea-
son, First Mate being the only one
of the progeny in training that failed
to finish first.
American Flag. by his record, Is
the best of the lot, while many prefer
BY Hisself, winner of two stakes.
Others in the first crop of the great
horse are Maid at Arms. Flagship,
Lightship. Gunboat and Florence
Nightingale.
Thirteen colts and fillies were
foaled to Man O. War in his first year
in the stud One died and four failed
to train or were injured.
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be a good batter if he was to sue
ceed. Captains of base ball teams
thought the outfielders had so little
to do that at least they should hit
the ball we'll. Spalding could bat
well in addition to his other abilities.
He took base ball teams around
the world and played game in the
shadow of the pyramids in Egypt.
He was the first man who made a
determined effort to standardize the
base ball and it was largely through
his persistence that the game was
transformed from contest played
with any old bunch of rubber and
yarn to specified materials with GER
tanned fixed dimensions and weight
Base ball became another game un-
der that treatment.
He could have been president of
the National League had he desired,
but he would have none of it, In
the later years of the leagues his
tory it was this old time player who
by his diplomacy, continued the life
of the National League by twice set
tling a war with its rivals in such a
way that the organization remained
intact and in control of professional
base ball.
Copyright, 1924.)
Next-The second of the National
Leagues Fifteen Greatest Players"
George Wright)
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AMERICAN LEAGUE HEAD
is REPLACED ON COUNCIL
Letter Denouncing Man Who Has Been Leader of
Junior Circuit for Twenty-Three Years
Pledges Support to Lands.
BY the Associated Press.

~HICAGO lS-Oganized base ball. eehing
exploded night after hectic
meetings major league club
Byron Bancroft Johnson still
NJ
OF base ball
O fell Johnson who. after %
which he founded repudated and
tised by lis own
They replaced balls advisory council with Frank
would adopted limiting his activities the internal
threatened
might be
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FOUR BOUTS CARDED
FOR BARRACKS SHOW

Young Dencio and Indian Russell
will supply the action in the 12-round
feature bout of the boxing show to
be held tonight at the Washington
Barracks.
Russell is one of the hardest hitting
hyweights in the business. Dencio
has been promised a return bout with
Corp. Izzy Schwartz if he disposes of
the Indian Scrapper.
There should be much action in the
three SiX-round bouts. Willie Nor
rison of Fort Myer will tackle Kid
Hogan of the Naval Reserve, Eddie
Collins of the Maryland National
Guard will face Kid Hess of Fort
Bragg and Bill Cody of Fort Myer
will be the opponent of Kid Grooves
of the Mohawk Athletic Club
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the following Winter and has pas
tured on the st. Louis diamond ever
since.
Bush, a former member Of Connie
Mack's Philadelphia world cham
pions, saw service in Boston after
his years with the Athletics, going to
the Yankees in 1922. He departed
from Philadelphia when Mack broke
up his team in the deal which sent
Schang and Strunk. with him, to Bos-
ton for Thomas, Kopp and Gregg and
a reported price of 100000.
Bush went to the Yankees in 1922
with Sam Jones and Everett Scott in
exchange for Rober Peckinpaugh
Bill Piercy. Jack Quinn and rip
Collins.
According to the averages, Bush
was slightly more effective last sea
son than Shocker. Bush won II and
lost 16 games and allowed 3.57 earned
runs per game, as compared with
Shocker's mark of 4.18 runs per
game. although he won 16 and lost
13 games.
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Sd CORPS BOXING FINALS
TO BE HELD IN RICHMOND

RICHMOND, Va, December 18.-
Finals in the Sd Army Corps
annual boxing tournament, in which
seven professional and eight amateur
bouts are to be carded, will be staged
in Richmond next March.
Elimination contests will be held
throughout the area, which embraces
Virginia, Maryland, the District Of
Columbia and part of Pennsylvania
end the winners of such contests
will then come to this city to fight
for championships in the various
WEIGHTS
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TITLE GAMES cARDED
IN TWO SPORTS TODAY

Girl tossers of the Rosedale and
Iowa avenue playground teams were
to meet in the deciding champion
ship game today at 3:45 o'clock on
the Plaza Fairgrounds. The Blow
soccer eleven expected to tackle the
Park View schoolboys at the same
place, starting at $3.50 o'clock in the
third game of the elementary school
titular series.
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SUES PITTSBURGH CLUB.

CHICAGO, December 1S.-Suit for
$4,000 was filed against the Pitts
burgh club of the National League,
by l.. S. McKenna of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa. He claims the money is due
him for the services of E. r. Roy
Elsh, outfielder for the Chicago White
Sox, whom he sold to Pittsburgh on
August Is 1922.
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STEP OF JUNIOR CIRCUIT !
is TAKEN TO AVERT WAR
Johnson Not Placed on Skids Until Every Effort
Failed to Save Him-Landis Forced Redraft
of Resolution Making 1t Stronger.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER,

NHlCAOO December l8-Convinced that
base ball
League has clipped the wings
But 1t has not forgotten the debt pugnacious
leader of the Junior big
The very resolution removing him
woded make
was the who had made the American leading
athletic of the United States.
yesterdays negotiations that
And Johnson
made him. ~ -
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YANKS OBTAIN SHOCKER:
GIVE BUSH, TWO OTHERS

|HCAGO, December 18-Urban Shocker the St
Browns the the fold
the Yankees from which club he traded
the Winter of 978 The expected deal closed when
St Louis club finally accepted the New York offer three pitchers for
Shocker Bush Milton Joseph
the Toledo club the players by the Yankees for the
IouiSs
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LEWIS GOING TO EUROPE.

CHICAGO, December 1S.-Ed
"Strangler" Lewis. worlds heavy
weight wrestling champion, will sail
for. Europe January 16 TO meet all
comers, according to Billy Sandow.
his manager.
Evening star., 1924-12-18

George Paris, holder of the Ameri-
can roller skating championship, will
participate in the meet for the world
title 1t Madison Square Garden on
February q.
Evening star., 1924-12-18

Many amateur golfers have taken
up the Scotch game of curling as a
Winter pastime.
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THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS
BY WILL H. DIG.
President. l=aak Walton League of america


Wv speak and wait for what the movies
"the of
Winter fishing Winter hiking
door longing will let them OF fishing
satisfying: You stand there the
science an OF the skill all of the fight
fish bust, it's etter han-bus - r' ~
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WILL WRESTLE TONIGHT.

Joe Parelli and Joe Turner will
meet in wrestling bout tonight at
the Mutual Theater.
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Fifty Years of Base Ball
One Of Series of Articles by John B. Foster Com.
nenorating the Fittieth Anniversary Of the
National League, to Be Celebrated
Next Season.
XVI
GREATEST PLAYERS-ALBERT q. SPALDING.

HIS list is Of
claim all. In he the
OF the league although he would personally
have
been successful all probability getting the league through
Spang that held
throughout the remainder of active base ball life he the
mo n he o
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become an obsession with him. He
was determined to punish the crooks
who had tried to make the national
game foot ball for their profit and
could not be restrained
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n OGS have been hobby with
/ Ty Cobb for several years.
- 1t is said that the attitude
Evening star., 1924-03-02
RESTORED WORKERS
CHEERED AT BUREAU
Jub;lation Breaks Forth With Res
toration of Fourteen to Old
Posts-Morale Improved.

Jubilation broke forth at the
bureau of engraving and printing
yesterday when most Of the restora-
tion program of ousted employees was
completed.
Four moro having gone back yes
terday, in addition to the ten restored
10 their positions several days pre-
riously, the pent-up spirit of the
friends and acquaintances who had
long been hoping for the home
coming found expression in flowers
and song.
During the rest periods employees
gathered from many parts OF the
bureau to congratulate the returned
chiefs. who had been dismissed with
former Director Wilmeth in March,
1922. and to welcome them to the
bureau 1t was u spontaneous out
break Of Joy.
"Han. Hail. the Gangs All Here
was the song that gave expression
to their feelings. and they sang it
all over the bureau.
Flowers We're on the desks of the
returned chiefs, and to Miss Annie
Bealle, who had retired from the
acquaintances sent handsome
bouquet of flowers in celebration.
Having blown off steam,' in the
happy and joyous occasions OF yes
terday, the employees expressed the
determination of getting down to
business next Monday with a greater
VIII and with more heart in their.
work than had been evident at the
bureau for many moons.