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Evening star., 1925-02-27
FIVE WORLD MARKS
BROKEN IN SWIMMING

MIAMI, Fla, February 27.-Five
world swimming records went down
to oblivion under the combined as
sault of Arne Borg of Sweden and
his fair companions of the women's
swimming division, most of whom
are stars of the Olympic team that
represented the United States in the
last Olympics.
Borg lowered the 3o0-meter back
stroke record by nine and four-fifths
seconds, making the new mark
3:35 Is, while the woman swimmers
shattered the S00-yard relay, 22O-yard
free style, 300-meter free style and
the 440-yard breast stroke records
making a total of IL new marks
established in three days at this meet,
another record in itself
Summaries:
sso-yard relay-Team composed OF Gertrude
Helen Wainwright lowered old record of
1885 to 11;22 2-5, a cut of 33 3-5 seconds
Miss Edere. swimming the first lap of the
$50. established the new 220-yard free style
record. The new mark is 2:44 3-5, while the
old mark is 2:55.
clipped 3-5 seconds Off the old record, the
new mark now being 4:12 Is
44o-yard breast stroke-Miss Agnes Geraghty
broke her own record made last February here
In this event, lowering the time by IL as
seconds to new mark of 7:20 Is, which
Is iiseiy to stand for some time.
aOO-meter back stroke-Arne Borg lowered
record by 4-5 seconds; old record, 3:45, made
by Johnny Wessnuller at Honolulu in 1922
New marx, 3.35 1-5.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
GIANT SALE AWAITS
STONEHAM VERDICT

NEW YORK. February 27.-The New
York Worlds sporting department learns
from "a reliable source" that negotia-
tions for the purchase of Charles A.
Stoneham's interest In the New York
club of the National League have been
under way but dependent upon the out
come of the mail fraud case against
the president of the Giants, which is in
the hands of a jury.
Reports that John Ringing headed a
syndicate which was to purchase the
National League champions brought de-
malls from Manager John McGraw, vice
president of the organization, and from
Judge Francis Y. McQuade. Both de-
clared that none of the stock is for sale.
1t is understood, the World says, that
owners of the National League have
private agreement that stock in any
club may be sold at the market price
If anything arises which might reflect
in any way on the good name of base
ball.
Charles A. Stoneham holds a con-
trolling interest in the Giants, the other
leading stockholders being McGraw,
McQuade and Harry NJ. Stevens.
Evening star., 1925-02-27

York today for Florida, leaving only
one regular In the northland-the
left-handed hurler, Herb Pennock,
whose contract awaits signature.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 81
Manager, Jack Hendricks of the Gin
cinnati Reds is enthusiastic about the
prospects of his team, which he be-
lieves will give a good account of it
self in the league race.
we have combination OF veterans
and speedy youngsters that looks
good to me- he said. "1f we have
better luck in the matter OF injuries
than we did last year, I think the
team is going to do excellent work
There will be few idle moments after
we get started next week"
The Cincinnati contingent of the
team Will leave here tomorrow for
the South and arrive at Orlando, Fla,
Sunday evening"
BOSTON, Mass, February 27.-The
arrival of the advance guard of the
Boston Braves at st. Petersburg, Fla,
yesterday was unmarked by a demon
stration of any kind, advices reaching
here indicating that the populace has
become blase because of the fact
that the Yankees also train there.
Manager Dave Bancroft was unable
to make train connections from Miami
and was not expected at the training
camp until today. Pitcher Rube
Marquard, who spent the Winter at
st. Petersburg, reported in good
condition and apparently unhampered
by the effects of the appendicitis
operation he underwent last season.
The only batterymen missing were
Catcher Michael O'Neil and Pitchers
VII
ONei1, who has been holding out for
more money, has been informed an
increase will not be forthcoming and
he is expected in day or two. The
status of the pitchers has not been
announced. The players will have
their first practice at Waterfront
Park today.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
SANDL0TTERS MEET
TO ORGANIZE LOOPS

Half a hundred sandlot base ball
managers are expected to be present
at the meeting of the Washington
Base Ball and Athletic Association, to
be held at Spalding's. 1888 G street.
tonight for the formation of leagues
in the unlimited class.
plan for forming a league, play
ing two days a week and every other
Sunday, already has met with an en-
thusiastic reception, and Sunday and
week day loops also are in the
process of organization. Many in
dependent teams have signified a de
sire to join the ranks of the associa =
ton, and Morton Anderson, the newly
elected president, has hopes of plac-
Ing sandlot ball on a firm foundation
during the coming season.
Government League franchises are
to be awarded tonight at a meeting
of the circuit, to be held at the
recreation rooms of the Government
Printing Ofice.
Evening star., 1925-02-27

8
and when the usual medicine ball
y a sprint around the track, Mike
ed with the days results.
Rice does not look forward to the
approach Of the base ball season with
dread. not by any manner of means.
One could very well imagine Sam,
waxing poetic turn to-his golf sticks
and murmur, II could not love thee,
golf, SO much, loved 1 not base ball
more"
Rice Keen About Base Ban.
For when next Tuesday afternoon
arrives the scintillating outfelder of
the world champions will be out at
Plant Field with the rest of the regu-
lars, ready and willing to begin anew
the grind for condition, which enables
him each year to rank high In the
favor Of the base ball writers and
players, high in the esteem of the
fans, in Washington and elsewhere.
Just as soon as I start to practice,
handling bat and ball, 1 lose all the
golf feeling I have" Rice says, "and
/ become almost overnight a base ball
player altogether. By golf feeling
1 mean that intuitive sense of grips
and club swing. which register the
direction message from the brain to
the arms. In driving, a big difference
becomes Immediately noticeable, al
though 1t Is not to be wondered at
Swinging a ball club calls into use
different muscles than those required
for properly propelling a driver into
a golf ball.
Il recall a prominent pro, who took
a few days workout with our club
here two years ago. He told me later
on, UP North, that his game suffered
for six months afterward. Yes, I'll
still play golf, off and on after the
practice starts, but 1 will have scant
thought for anything else except
doing my bit toward bringing another
pennant to Washington"
Evening star., 1925-02-27


Paul Strand is one of the outstand-
ing examples of what Salt Lake City
can do for a batter. He hit so won
derfully that Connie Mack travelled
all the way from Philadelphia to see
him perform. and then signed him up
for the Athletics. The cautious Mack
has been lamenting ever since the
impulse that led him to surrender
railroad fare to come out and to see
no sooner hit the American League
than the canny pitchers of that cir
cult got his number and began to
pitch them where Strand could not
see them. His batting average
dwindled away to a shadow.
There was a time in the latter part
of 1924 when 1t looked as IL Salt Lake
City would have no coast league team
this season to turn out hitting Won
ders. Bill Lane, owner of the Salt
Lake club, said that while the climate
made batting averages go up, it made
turnstile averages go down. Unable
to stand-or understand-such a
queer concatenation of events, he
felt it incumbent upon him to go
over to California and buy a club
nearer the ocean level.
The citizens told him to mosey
along, for they would take care of
the old ball club themselves-and so
they have. Vernon will open the sea-
son at Salt Lake City April 7, while
Stalt Lake City will finish at Sacra-
mento October 1s. In between the
base hit factory of the Rockies will
operate at 100 per cent of capacity,
and that is a good thing. The coast
league would not have seemed the
same without ii.
A Tat Of AfrT hnI
adorned the East last season have
come-or are coming-over the grea I
divide not to return. At least not for
the season of 1925.
Sterling Stricken, the huge pitcher
of the Boston Nationals, is one of
them. He is plodding toward Seattle,
where he will pay part of the price
Philadelphia catcher, says Stricken
has the widest curve of any kid
pitcher he ever saw. It certainly is
wide enough, but its Wilderness is ex-
ceeded by its wildness, and so he is
going back to the minors for the sec
ond time. New York had him and let
hm go. Then Boston grabbed him
and let him go. But If ever Strick er
gets control of that curve OF his,
watch out.
Yeargin is another Boston National
who has been given a one-way ticket
to the coast. A clever kid, who seemed
always on the point OF breaking into
the elite, but never quite made it. He
has q good chance to grow up out
here in the West.
Brooklyn has sent Pitcher Decatur
to Portland, Greg. Uncle Robbie tried
him several times last season, but the
final verdict was that he was too wild
and needed the air. Jones, the former
Portland shortstop. also goes back to
Portland from Brooklyn. His holdout
on Brooklyn was not a good invest
ment, even If he did get quite a little
vacation out of 1t.
The Cubs have placed Elliott, the
first baseman, with Seattle. Cincin-
natl has landed Sanberg, the catcher,
in Los Angeles. Branch hickey has
sent a trio of players to Oakland in
exchange for old Duster Mails. II
Duster shows anything like his old
time form IT will prove to have been
a good investment for Hickey.
Evening star., 1925-02-27

AbSe ting himself only from the
jog around the half-mile track, Allen
Russell, wounded athlete, went
through the usual conditioning prac-
tice with the others. Russell slipped
while walking in the clubhouse yes
terday and discovered at supper time
that the middle toe OF his right foot
had swollen a bit, and was much
discolored.
1t did not pain him so much, nor did
1t interfere with his nightly pilgrim
age to the shrine of Izaak Walton.
Rubber Arm Allen bows low before
this shrine, going every night to the
sea wall, there to spend all his leisure
time seeking to lure the poor fish
from its native haunts.
Where Are the Fishf
admits that he Is good at the game.
Red Hargrave, his companion each
night, also lays claim to being a true
disciple of the renowned IZaak, but as
he is quite taciturn, is at disad-
vantage in competing with Russell
for leadership. No one has seen the
fish they catch, but OF course, one
could not with politeness ask to have
fish brought into a hotel lobby.
These are sad days for Samuel Rice.
Each time the hour hand circles the
clocks face marks another 12-hour
approach of the day when Sam must
put away his golf clubs and don his
base ball uniform to pay scant atten-
tion to the popular links game until
Fall.
Indeed each 12-hour revolution of
the pesky hour hand means a whole
24-hour step toward the dread day,
for, sad TO relate, golf cannot be play
ed in the night in this land of sun
shine and flowers even, as darkness
padlocks the golf courses every
where.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
INDIAN, ALL AROUND STAR,
TO JOIN NEW YORK YANKS
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LAWRENCE, Kans., February ct
John Levi, Haskelrs widely famed
all-around athlete, has left the Indian
school for his home in Oklahoma, to
prepare to report at the Spring
training camp Of the New York
Yankees early in March
The big Indian has left numerous
records behind him at the Indian in
stitution. He won letters In all four
matches of major athletics. For three
years he was high point scorer for
the Haskell foot ball team and for
two years was national high point
scorer on the grid.ron.
He plays first base or in the outfield
and led in batting averages for two
seasons. Levi bats and throws right
handed. He is "a years old and a
full-blood Arapahoe
Evening star., 1925-02-27


measures are being taken in behalf
of tho quail. The quail are gathering
around the farmhouses in some sec
tionA
In an effort to prevent the death
OF thousands of Chinese pheasants
and other upland game birds, the
game department of Oregon has
issued blanket appeal for farmers
and sportsmen to provide and dis
tribute grain, and this appeal has met
with excellent response
Grain and feed companies in sew
eral regions have offered feed free
of charge to sportsmen's bodies pro-
vided II was taken care Of
1t is pointed out that quail will not
forage for feed, but will die If it
does not come fairly easy.
The work of the sportsmen in this
respect Is laudable. 1t shows for
Evening star., 1925-02-27
PHILLY COUNCIL VOTES
FOR 100000 STADIUM

PHILADELPHIA, February 27.-
Final approval of the erection of a
100000 municipal athletic stadium
in South Philadelphia adjacent to the
Philadelphia navy yard has been
given by city council as part of the
plans for the sesqui-centennial cele-
bration in 1926 commemorating the
1bOth anniversary of the signing Of
the Declaration of independence.
The stadium will have a seating
capacity of 100000 and standing room
for 10000.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
WANTS TWIRLERS READY
FOR EXHIBITION CLASHES
Realizes There Will Be Little Let-Up Once Games
Start-Team Has Task of Upholding Its
Prestige as World Champion.
BY DENIM AN THOMPSON.
Sports Editor, The Star.

SPRINGS Ark February 7iaving made reasonably
shortening OF the players his
Nationals will be adequately
tackng the Giants nauguad Palm
Harris devoing considerable thought
pitching and applying
his plans accordingly.
Today scanning the list of dates arranged for the Grmen the
SPELL he has
the
that
their share OF the pitching burden the
Evening star., 1925-02-27
RUGBY PLAYER
PLACED ON WORLD TEAM

PARIS, February 27.-Jack Patrick
of Palo Alto, Calf, a member of the
American Olympic rugby foot ball
team is named by CASTOR Benac,
Frances noted foot ball expert, as one
of the forwards in his selection of a
team, picked throughout the world.
to beat the New Zealand "All Blacks"
In choosing Is players and 10 sub
stitutes, NJ. Benac names nine Eng
lishmen, nine Frenchmen, two Welsh
men, two Scotchmen, two Irishmen
and one American
Evening star., 1925-02-27
Attention Hurting Staff Salt Lake Is Paradise for Baes
NOBLE-FINNEGAN GO
ON CLUB BOXING BILL

A boxing show having an interna-
tional flavor will be offered by the
National Sporting Club at Washing
ton Auditorium March 16. Tommy
Noble, former holder of the Lord
Lonsdale British featherweight cham
pionship belt, has been matched to
meet Honeyboy Finnegan in a ten
round feature bout
Noble did not do so well when he
first began fighting in this country,
but since he has acquired the style of
boxing prevalent here has been win
ming consistently.
Jackie Feldman, fiyweight, who
scraps around New York and Balti-
more, will be brought here for an
other contest with Young Dencio.
They have met twice.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
LAST YEARS CHAMPION
WILL TALK BASE BALI

Southend Midgets, winners Of the
District base ball championship OF
their class for the past two seasons
are meeting tonight at the home OF
Manager Bill Sanderson to discuss
plans for the coming season.
The Southends are moving UP a
notch this year and intend to enter
the junior division of the Washing
ton Base Ball and Athletic Associa
ton. Tonight's meeting will be
called at z o'clock
Evening star., 1925-02-27
AVERAGES OF MUSHROOM
NATURE DEVELOP THERE
Strand, Who Failed With Athletics, Is Sample of
Products-Utah Capital Came Near Losing
Its Coast League Franchise.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

City, long the storm of the Pacific Coast League is all
to demonstrate again this its speciality of the
batting records of hitherto mediocre
Players who hit anything their lives Salt Lake City
and knock the ball hard that floats and falls
neighboring
about these Salt Lake phnoms that usually their batting
Rockies
Natives of Salt Lake City admit this but they declare they
Evening star., 1925-02-27
MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT
BY BARNEY OLDFIELD
Worlds Greatest Auto Racing Driver

may happen until one is past the fin
ish, and in this case Lewis was forced
to stop. Then I gave my car all she
could stand and fought the others in
what was declared the most dra-
matte and thrilling finish ever seen
in California" winning in the final
moments of that 301-mile grind by
just a few seconds
During the race 1 never switched
my gears nor made a stop, and In
the last few laps finished with
such a ,whirlwind rush that the
gaps OF the leaders were closed
like flames licking paper. And, be-
ing the veteran OF the starters, 1T
gave me my most tremendous
thrill to lick the boys of the day.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1925-02-27
FIVE BROWNS MISSING
AS SQUAD BEGINS WORK

T. LOUIS, Mo, February 2Manager Sis
guard OF Brownie base ball players through their work
- Tarpon Springs, Fla, yesterday.
uniform,
Bush, andD nandP
OF this of
Hot Springs expected
the
Evening star., 1925-02-27
FLOWERS VS.. BOGASH.

BOSTON, February 81. - Tiger
Flowers of Atlanta, Ga, and Lou
Bogash of Bridgeport, Conn., middle
weights, have been matched for a
bout IN Boston on March 20. Boeash
won on foul from Flowers in a
recent contest here.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
RACER BRINGS s25, 900.

NEW ORLEANS, La, February 81.
of the sale Of
Elector, a promising 3-year-old, by
s. n. Holman, owner, to the La Brea
Stables of California, has been made
here. The consideration was given at
$4,000.
Evening star., 1925-02-27

There are only two regular receivers
on hand now, the veteran SEVERED
and the dfminutive Rego, both of last
years staff. Dixon is a known hold
out.
A heavy fog at Stockton, Calf, pre-
vented the Cardinals from practicing
yesterday morning. but they made
good showing at batting practice in
the afternoon.
PHILADELPHIA, February 27.-The
| first group of the Philadelphia Ma
! tionals and the second contingent of
| Connie Mack's Athletics will leave to-
night for their respective training
| quarters at Bradentown and Fort
| Myers. Fla. Only two players, Wilson
and Belts, will be in the Phillies
! party; others will go to Bradentown
direct from their homes. Business
| Manager Shettsline and the club
| trainer will accompany Wilson and
| Belts.
The Athletics party will include
| Dykes, Hale and Zigafoos, the last
named a rookie inflelder. They will
be joined at Baltimore by Bishop and
| at Washington by Lamar.
| CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 81
| With the first squad of Cleveland re-
cruit pitchers preparing today to start
|
at Lakeland, Fla. reports were re-
ceived here from Hot Springs. where
| the veterans started preliminary
| training two weeks ago, that several
are suffering sore arms.
| The Indian pitchers are doing more
| strenuous training than members of
the Yankees and Washington clubs
at Hot Springs, the dispatches state.
| A two-hour session on the ball field
is sandwiched between runs in the
morning and afternoon, with an hour
in the hot bath completing the days
program.
NEW YORK, February 27.-Manager
| John McGraw took charge of practice
in the Giants training camp at Sara
sofa, Fla, yesterday, and came out of
several conferences with the signed
| contracts of Jack Scott, Jack Bent
ley and Arthur Nehf, all pitchers. He
also discussed the financial situation
with Frank Frisch and the captain
and second baseman is expected to
sign his papers today
McGraw let 1t be known that there
are three vacancies in the outfeld
with Pep Young's position the near
est to a certainty. However, he had a
good word for Irish Meusel, who has
driven in many runs for the Giants
and for Hack Wilson and Billy South
| worth. Groh will start at third base
and Kelly is very likely to appear In
centerfield when righthanders are
| working against the team, he said.
The Giants will return to two ses-
sions of practice daily on Saturday.
Over in the Yankees camp in st Pc
tersburg the pitchers unleashed some
| speed and a few curves for the first
time Nick Cullop, who appears to
have made G deep impression with
Manager Miller Huggins, continued
to hit far and wide and drew en-
i thusiastic comments.
Waite Hoyt, Joe Dugan, Lou Gehris
and Whitley Witt will leave New
Evening star., 1925-02-27
POLOISTS TO MEET.

NEW YORK, February 27.-Repre-
sentatives of nine colleges will meet
here Monday to settle the future of
college polo II is planned at that
time to organize an intercollegiate
polo association.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS
BY WILL III. DIG.
President Izaak Walton League of America.

TITH conditions preventing lot feed
wv clubs all going rescue
these popular birds The in especially
which quail recenv
are scattering grain
along their fol the quail.
Much the situation obtains thing
a 9TH
Evening star., 1925-02-27

CHAKING dice with death and skirt
- ing the rim of eternity has been
my profession for so many years
that l have almost lost count of the
Evening star., 1925-02-27
GENARO SHADES DOWD.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, February 27
frankie Genaro, American 1yweight
champion, decisively outpointed Eddie
O'Dowd, Columbus, in a 10-round bout
last night.
Evening star., 1925-02-27
MALONEY WHIPS ROMERO.

BOSTON. February 27.-Jim Ma
loney of Boston battered his way to
an easy decision over Quintin
Romero, Chilean heavyweight, in
their 10-round bout last night.
Evening star., 1925-02-27

Oarsmen of the q. 8. 9. Arizona
last year won every team rowing
event in the United States battle fleet,
scoring 10 straight victories.
Evening star., 1925-02-27

days when life
W a 8 unevent-
full.
Thrills of
all XII n d 3
have CO me
to m e. L
have crash
ed through
fences q n d
plunged into
groups vfo-
lating rules
for specta-
tors. have
been cut and
bruised and
Evening star., 1925-02-27
RUSSELL AND HARCRAVE
TEASE POOR TAMPA FISH

AMPA F1a February 2The coolest weather experienced by the
ball club this Spring this when the Nationals
Plant Field for their regular session. but
rather than seemed added the
athletes fast perspration nberngup else had
believing medicine ball
followed by around the track Mike
Martin had well satisfied with results
Evening star., 1925-02-27


til death seemed on the Job. Yet
these things have not furnished
my greatest thrill.
Many would think the climax was
reached years ago when the world
was astonished through my being the
first man ever to drive a car faster
than a mile a minute. Or again, years
later, when / hurtled along the Day
tona beach for a new world record
at nearly three miles a minute. Or
again when ] beat the notable Van
derbilt in a match race. Or some of
the other outstanding events of my
younger racing days.
But mot 30. 1t seems to me now
that my greatest thrill came with
n victory I'm the last few years of
my active competition over the
greatest pilots of the modern Jug
gernnut I'm the 301-mile Grand
Prfx race at Los Angeles, for L
had to use all my skill and judE-
ment In this event and ended It
in hrst place by just n few Sec
onds.
Fate was against me at many
stages of this contest, which was wit
messed by nearly 100000 persons. be-
ing run over the famous Venice
course, in southern California 1t was
a. nip-and-tuck race from start to
finish, with thrills piling one upon
another and the crowd being brought
to its feet with an intense display
Of emotion time after time.
Many masters of racing cars
were I'm the struggle and one after
another forged to the front at
times. Always L maintained q
dogEed chase, but never got near
the leadership until the final rush.
Luck snd fate came to me near the
end.
I ran through the gears to high
imm ediately after the getaway and
from that moment until the check
cred flag was waved 1 never touched
the levers of my car. 1 never let my
self get far from the leaders and as
the end came along I shot after those
front with all 1 had. With two laps
to go it seemed that 1 could never
win, for Dave Lewis, at that time a
wonder driver, was leading with
what seemed to be a sure margin.
In racing one can never tell what