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us. Heading the list of ineligibles in
1901 was Nick Altrock. world series
clown, then a pitcher OF such skill
that more than one team was after
him. Nick left Toronto to go to the
Chicago Sox and went on the bush
league punishable list.
Another was Harry Bemis, a ia
nous catcher for Cleveland in his
day. and there were Claude Elliott.
who became a Giant in his time, and
Roy Evans, also a Giant later. There
is Higgins in the roll-first name
unknown to the wr.ter--chastised by
the Western League, and Harry Lum-
ley, who afterward owned" Brook
lyn, because he could hit the ball SO
hard.
Fred Odwell, who became a big
Lacquer and hard hitter, was on the
list, and here is one, very conspicu-
Gus, Elmer Stricklett, the man who
is credited with inventing the spit
ball. Newark disqualified him. Dan
Shay, who climbed into the ma jor
league, was another, and so was
Homer Smoot. Lee TannehiIl got into
a mess with Colorado Springs and was
disqualified.
The National Association early in
life was beginning to supply talent to
the big clubs, and each Of the players
who has been named-there were
many more of less consequence
started a shindy and news item that
travelled all of the season by shifting
his quarters.
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Your Westerner, however, goes after
his trout with a fly rod and artificial
flies. Now and then he uses a small
spinner. but he never INDUCES in the
cruder methods of capture. This is
largely because trout are easiest
caught on flies. Nevertheless, it is
surprising to the Fastener to see
young lads of the ranches, cowboys
and trappers of the hills, carrying a
fly rod and appropriate light equip
ment to the trout streams.
The man l especially watched was
a real cowboy. He went after his fish
in characteristic fashion: Horseback,
of course. The water of the river was
low. 1t ran in several channels, over
sand bars, around gravel banks. The
fisherman used a nine-foot fly rod and
wet flies. The water was very clear,
and was shallow every place but in the
pools.
Obviously, the proper method of at
tack was to fish pool after pool. This
the angler did in two ways. In the
first place, he rode his horse from pool
to pool, crossing and recrossing the
river. He would fish for a few min
utes, catch a couple of good fish, then
he would leap to his horse, standing
patiently nearby in shallow water, and
splash through the shadows, usually
riding directly down the middle of the
river and often at a good speed until
he came to the next pool.
Another method he used was simply
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COLLINS SAYS COBB
is GREATEST OF ALL
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, December 1S.-
Eddie Collins, manager of the Chicago
White Sox, turning orator at a Poor
Richard Club luncheon, revealed to
the members what star second
baseman thinks of other great ball
players, and paid a tribute to Ty
Cobb. whom he termed "the great
est of all, in my mind"
"Other players can run faster, can
hit better and are better filders, per-
haps, but there are none who is great
all-around man like Cobb" he said.
He is supreme. He has the fire, the
dash and love Of the game that will
always make him a great figure"
Asserting that Ruth is a great
Snowman" and that fans go out to
see him because he is a great star"
Collins said: THAT is all very well,
but / would like to see the fans more
interested in the home team, to see
them win and show little enthus-
iasm. Let's have more of the old
fighting spirit. the local pride, and
less interest in the great individual
stars of the diamond"
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Had any minor league dared to say
such things 10 years previously the
majors would have asked among
themselves, What are these fellows
up to now?" Perhaps they would have
followed that by passing some little
act of legislation which would have
inserted another thorn in the minor
league chaplet and finished by JAM
ming the chaplet over the tender
minor league brow.
Stick to the Fight.
When 1902 was ready to ask for the
roll of those who would be able to
carry on another year. the Eastern
League announced. Here" and SO
did the Western, the Southern, with
Judge Kavanaugh. sturdy fighter
then at the head OF it; the Connect-
cut, Pacific Northwest, Three-Eye,
New England, New York State, then
a considerable factor in base ball; Mis-
souri, Valley, Cotton States, Texas
League, Iowa, South Dakota and
North Carolina. Compare that list
with the present, and some idea may
be had as to the advantages that the
minors have gained because they
dared to organize.
Where the North Carolina operated
then there are four leagues now,
which have not infringed on the ter
ritory Of each other because room has
been found for all Of them by expan-
sion.
In the days in which there was no
protection for the minor leagues, and
when the majors were at swords
points and were pirating here and
there, as they could and wished to do
so, the national association to protect
it's claim upon players had to enroll
those who deserted it as ineligible.
Altrock an Ineligible.
Here's where the modern fun comes
in, showing, as it does, what took
place in earlier days in regard to
some Of the players who are still with
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The competitive instinct that you
hear and read SO much about was high
ly developed in McGinnity. He loved to
pitch and he loved to win. He liked
the tight going, and he was always
willing to work. Brooklyn won the
championship in 1899, and in 1900 we
seemed on our way to second con-
secutive title. Late in the season the
Pittsburgh team, as was its habit
even then, suddenly spurted and began
sweeping toward first place.
McGinnity on Job.
Pittsburgh went through the East
like a prairie fire and finally came
to Brooklyn for the series that was
pitched the first game and won it
for Brooklyn. Jerry Nops started the
second game and was knocked out
III the seventh inning. McGinnity went
TO his relief, finished the game and
held Pittsburgh helpless while Brook
lyn pounded out victory.
McGinnity' took day off the next
day and we lost, but in the fourth
and deciding game Of the series Nc
Ginnity started again and pitched
Brooklyn to her third victory in four
days. BY winning that series Brook
lyn cinched the championship.
McGinnity was the first pitcher who
tried to make batters sacrifice. He
had worked out a defense for this
play. McGinnity instructed his first
baseman to come in and cover the
right side of the diamond while Nc
Ginnity would cover the left. AS soon
as he delivered the ball he was out
of the box and moving.
Have Trick Play.
If there was Il runner on second
and the situation called for a bunt,
McGinmty had another play worked
out, in which the shortStop partici-
pated. McGinnity would stand in the
box ready to deliver the ball. The
shortstop would yell a signal and
dash for second. The runner, nat
urally, would scramble back, sliding to
the bag to prevent the shortstop tag
ging him out. But McGinnity would
not make the throw to second. He
pitched to the batter instead, sending
up half-speed ball right through the
heart of the plate.
The batter bunted. Either McGinnity
or the first baseman~ would field the
ball. The runner on second, having
slid back into the bag as McGinnity
pitched was scrambling to his feet
when the ball was tielded. If he
started for third he was certain to be
thrown out, and if he did not start
then the play would be made at first
and the batter retired without the
runner advancing. 1t never failed to
work, and is a play so simple and so
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The head should ''go with the
swing" at the moment the ball is hit
and while the clubhead is passing
through. There is an important dis
tinction here, though. with which the
player must acquaint himself 1t is
this: Letting the head go with the
swing does not mean letting the body
go, too.
In Figure l the golfer in the forward
swing Is at the moment OF impact.
In Figure we see how the clubhead
has gone through and how the head
has rolled forward so that the right
side of the head Is under. In Figure
we see the head held rigidly to its
fixed position after the clubhead has
passed through the ball. This latter
position is usually pictured as correct.
1t is wrong.
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t h r o u 6 h. The
clubhead does go
straight through
the ball, but what
/ wish to distin-
guish is the differ
ence between the
clubhead & OF n &
straight through
and the player
consciously trying
to make it go
straight through.
The difference is
that If you hit
down on the ball
as the clubhead
takes it-as If you
were to hit direct
ly into the ground
- =
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Compston, who is known in his
home country as the Manchester
Giant, has made himself a great golf
er in the last few years through dint
of hard practice. 1t is said that for
more than a year during the golf sea
son he has been out on the course at
his practice with the break of dawn.
On occasions he has put in entire days
at it.
Conrpston enjoys the best season
this year that any British pro has had
in years. Last June he finished as
runner-up in the British open one
stroke back of Jim Barnes. He was
also runner-up in the French open
championship held this Fall. In this
tournament he was beaten in a play
off by Massey.
During the year Compston defeated
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When the head is held rigidly fixed
while the clubhead passes through the
ball the result is an arresting Of
shoulder-turning action. because the
shoulders will not turn freely with the
fixed head restraining them. This
restraint causes a stiffness about the
shoulders and so checks the forward
swing that often the arms pull directly
across the ball, causing a slice.
The head is heavy. Let 1t roll for
ward with the shoulders just as the
ball is taken. Be careful, however. not
to start this head roll before the ball
Is hit. The knack of letting the head
"go with the clubhead" will loosen
up your swing at the bah and yield
the residence through the ball that
you often feel somehow is lacking.
Copyright. 1920
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CUBS WILL GIVE TRIAL
TO 20 ROCKIES AT CAMP

Joe Mccarthy, former Louisville
Club manager and new pilot of the
Chicago Cubs, has 90 hopefuls among
the 80 athletes he will take to Cata-
lima Island. Calf, February IL.
During the training period games
will be played in Los Angeles and
vicinity. and on the return a series in
Kansas City will be the only pre-sea-
son contests.
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

KLAMATH FALLS, Oreg.-W Lille
Keeler. Cour d'Alene, Idaho, heavy
weight, knocked out Sam McCreef
two rounds
PITTSBURGH Pa-Nick Perlick,
Charlton. Pa. heavyweight, beat Ho-
mer Smith. Kalamazoo, Mich Q0).
MILWAUKEE, Visibility Bort
field, Milwaukee, won from Clonie
TAFT by a technical knockout "a. Rus
sell Whelen, Chicago, defeated Harry
Kahn, Milwaukee (8).
DES MONIES, Iowa.-Jackie Con-
way, st. Paul welterweight, outpoint-
ed Shuttle" Callahan, Chicago 8).
Harold White. Minneapolis, shaded
Phil Ongo, Des Moines.
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COMPSTON AND MASSEY
TO COMPETE in FLORIDA
British Champion and Winner of French Open Title
Colorful Players-Intend to Prove They
Are Equal of Linksmen Here.
BY THE SPORTSMAN.

EW YORK. December 18rhur Compston British professional
champion. and Arnud Massey French title holder who
this colortul
golfers who Both stand than feet tai
Both
and extremely serious about this Of golf
They the United with the OF
world the and
they furnishing this proof striking the
matches and they will play Florida the three
months
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Abe Mitchell twice in match play, and
in addition he won the Glen Eagle
$4,000 tournament and the Daily Mail
competition, also d match play tourna
ment.
Massey, who IS more than so year
old. has been one OF the foremoS-
golfers of Europe nearly 20 years. lie
IS the only F'renchnan who has eyer
won the British open title, taking
that event in 1907 at Hoylake.
Massey is one Of the most tempeIa
mental stars who ever played the
game. If things are not breaking
right for him he is apt to throw his
clubs into the trees or to hurl his ball
into the bullpushes. Often he has
started well IN a tournament, only
to run into a streak of poor luck,
when he would suddenly abandon the
tournament and stalk off the links.
Copyright. l925.l
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CHAMP In BEST OF FORM
FOR ENCOUNTER TONIGHT
Meriden Boxer Has Attained Physical Perfection Dis
played When He Won Title-New Round
Rule May Help Challenger.
By the Associated Press.

EW YORK 18-Lous kid Meriden
York, Madison
Garde tonight in their seventh bout
slight he
physical championship
according followers
In their previous meetings Herman has gained decision that
in
there claim Herman defeated Kapn Waterbury,
although officials ruled the
Tonight Herman expected have advantage under the recent
Athletic all
this shall decided by the number Of rounds
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TURNER THROWS BASH.

Joe Turner won from AL Bash on
straight falls in the weekly wrestling
bout at the Mutual Theater. Turner
gained the first fall in "a minutes with
cradle hold. The second came in IA
minutes with a combination hammer
lock and bar-Nelson.
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HERMAN.
kAPJ,A\.
USE OF RESIN IN N. L.
is UP TO COMMITTEE

President Heydler of the National
League says that Garry Hermann of
tincinnati has erred in announcing
that bags of resin for use of pitchers
will be seen in National League parks
next season.
The matter must be passed upon by
the joint rules committee before the
league acts, Heydler says.
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will then pass straight through the
ball without your knowing anything
about it other than that the ball
leaves the tee and flies well. The
same thing happens with an iron.
Hit directly down on the ball. aim
ing at the spot where the ball rests
on the grass. The blade will then
click the ball and bite out a bit Of
turf, as it should.
froovr1bf 10OEl
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ROUNDING THlR0
BY Hugh A.Jenninss
CHAPTER XVII.

McGNNITY,
pitcher probably fielding
defensive ability.
McGnny pitcher style Of strictly
pitching hand above the knee His best delivery the
nickname "Old
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History of Bush Leagues
---By John B. Foster--
CHAPTER XII.


had the made the look they
all deserted by the world, when call
all of
Secretary
Abraham
the
a the minor league base ball people and by the MINOR league
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Kaplan is Il two-fisted ''scrapper.
Herman a true ring general and eN-
ceptional boxer. The boxers are eX
pected to enter the ring about 10
o'clock Eastern standard time.
Bobby Garcia, rugged soldier boy
from Maryland, and the sensational
Honeyboy Finnegan of Boston, feath-
erweights, will clash in the semi-tinal
Here is Il physical comparison of
kaplaD and Herman.
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ROCHESTER GETS McGREW.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, December IS
P).-Walter slim" McGrew, former
pitcher of the Memphis club, has sign
ed with Rochester in the International
League McGrew is said to have been
paid IS 900 to sign.
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The Western outdoor ice skating
tournament will be held in Chicago,
January 8. Four senior championship
events are carded in addition to sew
eral open events.
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CROWLEY PLAYS JACKSON.

Joseph Crowley and John Jackson
meet tonight in the District cham
pionship pocket billiard tourney. Viii.
liam Parsons defeated Henry Roorke,
the titleholder 100 to 95.
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effective golf hold lup
| golfer head
senty that he excusaby believe that his head
the least the stroke will have something the with it, Holding
a
stroke than
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WILL SHOOT TOMORROW,

Turkeys, geese and ducks are Of
fered as prizes in tomorrow shoot at
Washington Gun Club traps. The af-
fair is listed for l 80 o'clock.
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Practice for the New York Yankees
will start at St. Petersburg on March
/, somewhat later than in other years.
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InSideGOlf
BY Chester Horton

Trying to make the clubhead hit
straight through the ball often has
the effect Of causing the clubhead to
lift upward too quickly after it passes
Evening star., 1925-12-18

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, De
cember 1S.-The Potomac and Shen-
andoah rivers both were clear this
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to fish from horseback He would ride
up to a pool, stop his horse. and begin
to cast. Presently he would hook a
trout. and with great deal of skill
would play it out, then horse it. And
once-I suspect he saw me watching
he played the fish out. then wound
the line around his saddle horn, and
turned his horse toward shore, and
hauled that trout out on sand bar
as though it were a calf to be branded
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THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS
BY WILL HI. DIG,
President Isaak Walton League of America

HAD the opportunity long how
! go after their Fishing
phasestha INDUCED by anglers who
fishing
fishing grounds such farmers settlers
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rather uneventful. He was born at
Portland, Maine (Which was then a
part OF Massachusetts,, and passed
a happy childhood In this beautiful
town with it's elm-shaded streets
and wide view over the bay. When
he was 10 he was graduated from
Bowdoin College, in the same class
with Hawthorne, and after three
years travel and study in Europe
returned to his alma mater as pro-
lessor OF modern languages. He
remained here until 1876, when he
resigned to accept a similar appoint
ment at Harvard. In the same year
came his first great sorrow, the
death of his young wife while he
was travelling with her in Holland.
In 1S43 he married again, the sec
ond wife being the heroine OF his
prose romance, Hyperion" Eight
cen years OF idyllic happiness, fol-
lowed, and these were also the great
est creative years OF his life. A
tragic break came when his wife
was burned to death. 1t was long
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RI AVE you a favorite poet? If
I'LL it is Longfellow, then IIlawa-
- tina is a friend of yours, and
Kink Olaf, that fine strapping hero
and you know all about the village
blacksmith, and Evangeline with it's
forest primeval makes you feel both
sad and pleasant. If Longfellow is
your favorite poet you will have
made a wise choice, for he is per-
maps the ideal poet for young people.
Afterwards, when you grow older
you may prefer someone else, Keats
or Whitman or Herrick. But Long
fellow understood perhaps better
than anyone else how 10 write for
children.
Longfellow was himself not unlike
a child. big and supplemented and
friendly. He taught young people
for many years as professor of
modern languages at Bowdoin and
at Harvard Colleges, he had children
of his own, he helped and encour-
aged many young poets.
Everybody loved him from the
great men of his day, like Emerson,
Hawthorne and Holmes, to the chill
dren he played with every afternoon
at the "childrens hour"
He did an important service in
opening the eyes of his countrymen
to the beauties of European legends
and literature He knew French and
Italian and German, and his verse
translations-especially Of Dante's
Divine Comedy'-brought many for
eign poems within the reach of the
American people. His own poetry
too was often founded on some
European folk story or legend, as for
instance most of the Tales of a
Wayside Inn," and THE Sagas OF
King Olaf" Others, like Paul Re
vere's Ride" and THE Courtship of
Miles Standish," were founded on
events in American history. Long
fellow himself was a descendant on
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his mothers side Of John Alden and
Priscilla.
In his famous "Hiawatha,' Long
fellow used material found in old In
dian legends. The Iroquois Indians
had stories of a great and wise chief
named Hiawatha, who lived shortly
before the appearance of the white
man in America, and who played an
important part in bringing together
the tribes of the powerful Iroquois
League. There were also numerous
legends among the Algonquian In
dams of the Great Lakes about
another hero known by various
names. Longfellow became inter
ested in these legends, as told by
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, an Ameri-
can ethnologist, and decided to write
a narrative poem founded upon
them. The hero, according to Long
fellow, was "a parsonage Of miracu-
lous birth. who was sent among them
1.-THE Indians) to clear their rivers,
forests and fishing grounds, and to
teach them the arts of peace. He
was KNOWN among the NdIlOuS lIlDeS
by the several names of Michabou,
Chiabo, Manabozo, Tarenyawgon
and Hiawatha." Longfellow thus
united the various legends. and gave
his hero the name of Hiawatha, as
this seemed to him the most musical.
The exploits, however, are those Of
the Algonquian hero. The verse
form and style of the poem were
adopted from the 'Kalevala," the
Finnish epic.
Nobody could write a tale in
verse better than Longfellow. He
also wrote shorter poems that were
very famous-"A Psalm of Life"
Excelsior" 1.-THE Children Hour"
and others that will always be loved
by Americans His poems also wen
recognition abroad and were trans
lated into European languages. He
is one of the most popular poets in
literature.
Longfellow's personal life was
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ID ~ ,.
was 1o4.37. off 70.
ia United 'ress
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-With the
bank rate unchanged at 312 per
cent and the weekly statement OF
the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York displaying no impairment from
the stock markets extraordinary ac-
tivity, the forward movement went
ahead with renewed vigor in the
early dealings today.
General Motors continued IN ur-
gent demand at the best levels that
the stock has attained in It's pres
ent form. 1t opened at 145, against
yesterdays low Of 1411a, while Du
Pont scared 53s to 5H, and Arneri-
can Smelling spurted Ii to a repe-
tito nof it's record high at 1249s
Brooklyn Union Gas was slightly
easier, receding fractionally to 99h,
arefecting profit-taking on news of
" he 81 extra dividend
Undiminished buying power was
in evidence in the late morning and
spirited advances went ahead in
various representative industrials.
General Motors continued to push
ahead, attaining a further record
high at lat up 2A from yesterdays
close.
The urgent buying was based on
the growing belief that the extra
dividend looked for a next weeks
meeting will be large than has gen
orally been expected and may be as
large as S. a SHARE