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PAIR OF TEAMS ADVANCE
IN SOCCER TITLE SERIES

Pierce School hooters won from the
Gales-Blake team, TO ,, and LenoX
triumphed over Wallach. ) to ., yes
terday in the semi-fnais for the divi
sion championships in the playground
soccer series.
Brightwood Park encounters Jack
son today. LenoX and Pierce Will bat
tie for the eastern division title Mon
day, and on Tuesday Park View en-
cages the winner of todays match.
The city series probably will get
under way next Wednesday.
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claimed title 10 him. but belonged rn
st. Louis Of the American League.
From that moment Barney DreN-
fuss, owner of the Pittsburgh club. be
came an implacable enemy of Herr
mann III base ball. While they could
always get along very Well at dinner
where both Of them happened to ~
guests. the moment base bah was on
Dreyfuss had his knife out Tor Hem
mann and eventually saw him de
throned to his great JOY, but the joy
did not last as long as it might when
Dreyfuss ran afoul Of Commissioner
Lands and had a verbal Setto with
him in 1924
At this Chicago meeting Of lh-
minors il was agreed TO draft a new
national agreement and they drafte
il. That was something original IN
base ball. The little chaps finally had
dared TO put their ore in the pool ana
instead of the major haGues makin@
a national agreement they decided
upon having one of their own, and
letting the jor league IN after
awhile.
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McTIGUE AND FLOWERS
TOP CHARITY RING CARD

NEW YORK. December II 90
Mike McTigue. former light heavy
weight boxing champion. and Tiger
Flowers. Atlanta negro. will meet in
the feature 10-round contest Of I'll"
Christmas fund bouts in Madison
Square Garden December IS
This match was arranged after
Jimmy Goodrich OF Buffalo had los,
his lightweight title 10 his fellow
townsman. Rocky Kansas.
Goodrich has been scheduled 10
meet Lucien NineZ OF France
George Godfrey, negro heavyweighr
Will meet Martin Burke Of New
Orleans on the same card in To-
round tilt.
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HELEN WILLS TO PLAY
TENNIS WHILE ABROAD

BERKELEY. Calf, December II G4)
Helen Wills. national woman tennis
champion. has obtained a six month
leave of absence from the University
of California, where she is "a student
ma joring in art. and will depart early
in January for France.
She plans to continue her art studies
there and will play tennis as a side
line.
She expects to land at Havre about
January 10. accompanied by her
mother.
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The Astoria champion is a much
improved boxer. When he met De
ianey the power of his fists was great
but he had not developed a method of
defense against the sharpshooting tao
tics of the Bridgeport man. Delaney
stands up straight, at times dropping
his arms to his sides. his speed carry
ing him out of danger. His fists seem
to come from nowhere TO reach vul-
nerable points. Berlenbach will need
every defense tactic known 10 the
game.
predictions, but Berlenbacn appears
to be a slight favorite. l. is argued
that Delaney never again will find the
point of the champions jaw. now that
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other offer may be made to him. but
does not know. he says, what IL is to be.
The offer is coming from a Chicago
syndicate anxious to bring the bout
here. says Rob Roy Benton, press
agent and spokesman for Dempsey
Everything is about settled except
some necessary details covering final nc
ing and promotion, he AYERS.
The president of the Chicago syn
dictate will go to Los Angeles next
week. If Fitzsimmons meets the re-
quirements of the proposed contract,
no other promoter has a chance. even
though. Benton continues, some one
has been dickering without authority
with Tex Richard and for the fight
to go to Detroit. t'itzsimmons has
10 days to meet the conditions.
Dempsey wants TO eliminate the
clause in the South Bend contract pre-
venting him from lighting before he
meets Wills. Benton also volunteered
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A new set of financiers. new pro
moter, perhaps Tex Richard. and a
-ew site for the bout will be discussed
in Los Angeles next week at a con
ference of Dempsey. FitZsimmons and
Ray Cannon, Milwaukee attorney
legal adviser to the champion. Boyles
Thirty Acres in New Jersey may be
the battlefield
Richard. who always maintained
that the bout would be financial fail
ure anywhere but in New York, says
it's all news to him. He dropped out
OF the case when Dempsey split with
Jack kearns. his former manager,
with whom Richard had an agreement
that Dempsey would fight for no other
promoter.
The champion, in Los Angeles. ad
hitting that the contract with FitZsim-
mons had been broken. is not greatly
concerned. He understands that an
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U. S. ARMY HORSES SCORE.

CHICAGO. December II (P).-While
France is leading the United States
and Cana ia. which are tied for second
place, and Belgium. in the interna-
tional team competitions of the first
annual horse show here. American
Army horsemen made clean sweep
yesterday. In the officers chargers
class. the United States Cavalry
School of Fort Riley. kans.. took
first, second, third and fourth. and
first in the open jumping class.
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none can take from hin-he is the
Ruth drives a ball long way ever
sluggers OF the cary era of base ball
Adrian G. Arson. whom everybody
called Cap" was the first OF the
great sluggers He was what the old
school called a natural hitter. He was
slow on his feet and like LajoiA he
had to get his hits clean. so he stood
I'D and slugged the ball. Men with
little speed cannot indulge in much
science but must do what Arson did
and what La joie did later on. They
ca mot use finesse: they have 10 swing.
Crawford Great Stugger.
"Wahoo Samuel Crawford must be
included among the leading slugger:
of all time. Had he been in his prime
when the lively ball entered the game.
he probably would have been the
home run king OF base ball. Certainly
he would have given Ruth a mighty
close chase for the first position
among the home run hitters. Many
| fly balls were caught off Crawford
| bat that would clear the outfield
| fences If driven with as much force
TODAY Crawford could have improved
his average and obtained many more
/ hits had he shortened his swing. but
il wasn't natural for him and you
| could never get him TO do it. Once OF
| twice he tried chop hitting and be
| cause he didn't get immediate results
| he abandoned the effort. He always
| went back TO his long swing. which
was the way he learned to bat in his
youth, out in Nebras ska.
While Hal Chase played first base
he was Crawfords nemesis, for when
Sam came to bat Chase would play
deep, after instructing the pitcher to
cover first base Chase went so deep
| that he was able to snag drives
that got by any other first baseman
| Crawford being dead right field
| hitter and he would throw to the
| pitcher and retire Sam, who was not
| fast on his feet.
Sisler Crafty Player.
| George Sisler is one of the finest eX
| amples of the scientific school that
have ever seen. Had Sisler escaped
eye trouble. which forced him into re
| tirement for year, he might have be
come the greatest batsman of all time
He had remarkable record up to the
| time that he was compelled to toss
aside his uniform for full season
| Sisler was sharp hitter. He had d
| short chop stroke that enabled hin
| to follow a curve ball through and cut
| II out of the catcher's glove. 1t was
| almost impossible to fool him. If hi
was not on top of the ball, getting il
before II broke, he got it after i
broke, something that few batsmen are
able to do and something that no bat
| ter can do unless he is a chop hitter
| Ed Delahanty was natural bats
man like Arson. LANCE and Lajoie
He was not fast and he earned his
hits honestly.
Harry Heilnann. one of the best
right handed hatters developed ir
the last tive decades, is also one OF
the hardest hitters in the game
Heilmann's batting average repre-
sents outfe!d hits, because he Is no,
fast and there is no chance for him
to get hits on infie1d grounders as
Cobb, Sisler and other fast men
! have.
/ lack Wheat is a straightaWay hit
ter. a slugger. He does not try t.
hunt and he seldom tries to place hi:
hits; he just whales the ball.
Joe Jackson was the same kind O
hitter. Jackson used to give Cobb {
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The first half of the schedule runs
from January IL to February u. The
second series begins on February Il
and continues through March 10. The
one-officer rule applies to games play
ed in the circuit.
Regulars of the Hyattsville Ma
tional Guard Basket Ball Club bowed
to the st. Martins quint last night
by the score of % to %, while the
Militiamens reserves defeated the Ell
lott Athletic Club, 50 to %
st. Peters and fremont teams will
lay plans for their campaigns tonight
The Saints, who will compete in the
135-pound class, will gather in st.
Peters parish hall at 1870 o'clock,
while the Tremonts. 125-pound quint,
will meet at the same hour at 4527
Illinois avenue.
The newly organized Memorial Club,
although without the use of a floor
at present. is booking games with
senior and unlimited teams. The
clubs roster contains the names OF
Wade koontz. Mick Dyer. Del Zahn,
Carl Tate Henry Murray and Arthur
De Marco.
Fenton was high scorer for the Du
Points when the Mardfeldt five was de-
feated. 81 to 90 He accounted for
six baskets from the floor
st. Johns Midgets, who met de-
feat only twice last, season. have en-
tered the 115-pound race. For games
call Manager Farley at North 500.
W. I. Verts is booking games for
the Peerless Athletic Club, at Lincoln
1870. The Peerless won from the
Capital Props, IS to "a.
Games with the Epiphany Big Five
may he booked through Manager
Ourand at Franklin 1882. The
Churchmen have scored impressive
victories this season and have been
charged with only one defeat.
Columbia Juniors won their fifth
straight by trouncing the Warwick
Props, rs to D.
Royal Athletic Club dribblers wish
to book teams having the use Of
courts. Call Joe Holman, at Adams
6436, between 6 and I.
Glover Juniors are booked for A
game with Company & of the District
National Guard tonight at 9 o'clock
on the Armory floor. Reserves of
Company f, Hyattsville Guard, will be
encountered tomorrow night.
ShaPffer scored ten field goals for
the Atlantics. when the Montrose
uuint was defeated. 81 to 4.
Chris Hutchinson. organizer of the
Manhattan five. hopes to have Al
Reed, Sam Boyd Norman Hutchinson,
Eddie Swan. Eddie Wood, Tony Cuff
freda Denny Sothern. Sam Harris,
Benny Wormsley, W. koonts and CT
Acton on his roster.
Ace Juniors and Eastern Props meet
tonight at 7:i5 in the Boys Y. NJ. &.
A. gymnasium.
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The national agreement, which was
the basis of cooperation in base ball.
was abrogated and the minors found
themselves without protection against
the outside or the inside. either. That
is why they declared their movement
to be one OF independence and relief
from thralldom when they first as
sembled at Chicago. In many ways
they were right.
Plenty of Conniving.
There were club members Of the
minors who were conniving with the
members Of the National League and
other members of the minors who
were meeting the American League
men in secret and between this plot.
and the other, il looked al one time
as if a minor league owner who pre-
Sumed he had a club in reality had
nothing but empty promises and sig
| natures to a bit OF paper which would
get nowhere except in the waste
ba Sket
In those days there was a national
board pretending TO govern base ball
affairs. 1t passed on all cases of al
legged right to pla yerS and violations
OF agreement. and when that board an
nounced one day that protection had
ceased the minors swallowed hard
and in their minds saw their ball
| teams gone to the four winds because
| they expected to be pirated on. So
| they were. some of them.
At the Chicago meeting they gave
| the national board shot from their
musket when they declared the board
an unjust old body for SuSpending
| protection to them. when the proteC-
ton had been paid for in good hard
| cash.
| So it will be observed that While the
| minors wanted their organization to
1 help themselves against each other.
| they also wished il TO make common
| battle against the big leagues which
| have been a sort of big boy bugaboo
TO the minors ever since base ball be
| gan, and although there is compare
| tive quiet now there never is any
| telling in base ball when clubs will
| break out again and start another
| Shindy. Almost always they arise be
| cause some ball player has been
| awarded TO some club against the
| wish of some other ball club that
thought ii had a right to have him.
| Decision Makes Enemies.
Some years ago. after the national
commission came into existence.
Garry Hermann of Cincinnati. who
| was chairman of the national COM
mission, voted that George Sisler was
not the property of Pittsburgh. which
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YANKEE TOSSERS PLAY
TWO CONTESTS IN ROW

Yankee tossers are booked for eX
Inhibition games tonight and tomor
row night at Walter Reed HoSpita
and Silver Spring National Guard
Armory, respectively.
Eddie Bratburd has been named
manager of the quint TO replace Bud
dy Dean. who will continue With. the
team in the capacity of assistante!lan-
ager.
Games may be booked through tho
new pilot by phone at Adams 7475-J
or by writing to 5716 Thirteenth
street.
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McGINNITY DENIES IT.

DECATUR, H.. December II P).-
Iron Mar" Joe McGinnity. former
New York Giant star. has denied that
he was to go to the Brooklyn Dodgers
as coach. He is employed by IA
manufacturing company here.
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man. to Portland of the Pacific Coast
League for Infielder Mccain, once on
the Athletics roster.
The Cubs obtained Maurice Shan.
non, Louisville Shortstop, and Joe I\el-
ley. Toronto outfielder. The Pitts
bur9h Pirates released F'resco Thomp-
son. second baseman. to Buffalo Hub
Pruett. once Babe Ruth's Nemesis
was sold to Oakland of the Coast
League by the Browns. The Cincin-
natl Reds sold Neal Brady. pitcher. to
Buffalo. and released Harry Topel first
baseman. TO GreenvilIe. S. c.
Minor leagues had some deals of
their own. Toronto bought Dye. Buff
falo outfielder. and Rochester pur-
chased Jack Sheehan. shortstop. and
Silvers, outfielder. from Reading.
Bucly Harris told the assembled
magnates that he eXpecter Everett
Scott to retire from base ball any time
and also that Roger Peckinpaugh
would play shortstop for the Ma
tionals next season.
George NJ. Weiss. owner of the New
Haven club Of the Eastern League, an
nounces Eugene Martin. veteran out.
fielder of New Haven. will go to the
Birmingham club of the Southern AS
Sociatio
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The bag of resin for use of the
pitcher hurled into the National
League meeting by President Heydler
was not opened. but will be inspected
at the meeting of the rules committee
early next year. The National favors
the move 10 save base balls: the
American opposes. no matter what
the reason. Barney Dreyfuss OF Pitts
burgh, William l.. Neeck of Chicago
and Sam Breadon of st. Louis have
been named National representative
on the committee. The American s
will be announced later
Miller Higgins of the New York
Yankees smiled as the annual sessions
ended. The word was passed about
that HugginS had succeeded in obtain
ing Bob E,hmke. Red SoX pitcher. who
formerly worked for Detroit. Rumors
have Aaron Ward, second baseman
and Waite Hoyt. pitcher. going TO
the Red SoX in exchange. Hoyt
formerly pitched in Boston.
Lee Foil. manager of the Red SoX,
was the busiest man in New York
for time. He obtained Alex Castor.
catcher, from Toledo. turning over
HevinE. catcher, and Connolly. third
Ia seman. in the deal. Then he sold
Bill Wambsganss TO the Athletics for
the draft price of $4,000 and gave the
money and Doe Prothro. third base
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DELANEY DANGEROUS FOE
FOR LICHT-HEAVY CHAMP
Titleholder Is Expected Flash Better Defense To-
night / han in Last Fight With Jack When Lat
Handed Paul X. 0.


YORK. December llPau Y
heavyweight world
known when Jack Delaney Bridgeport,
Madison
the sport
More than persons greater tlong
indoor this
in Jour rounds at the old Garden in March 1924
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ARMY CUNTS PREPARING
FOR SERVICE TITLE PLAY

RMY basket ball OF the Capital and surrounding
the
starting -
through
without Other the
Humphreys Boiling Fled Washington Barracks and
the Army edicalC a Walter Reed Hospital
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The teams competing in yester.
days game were we'll matched and
every point was holly contested. At
the end of the first period the score
stood 80 in favor of Langley. Early
in the second period Powell scored
again. but Langley soon resumed the
lead.
Mabel Fagar and Louise woodward
booted the goals for the winners.
Ellen barron and Virginia Jordan
kicked the ball across the line for
PowelIs tallies.
Esther Humtherson played a stellar
backfeld game for Langley, repea Nd:
ly checking the attempts of the Powell
forwards to rush the ball through for
a score.
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LYNCHBURG COLLEGE
0UINT Will BE BUSY

LYNCHBURG.- Va. October II. 49,
LynchburS College Basket ball team
will have the heaviest schedule during
the coming season that il ever ha :
undertaken. OF the games away
there are contests with all of the
States big four. Virginia. Washins
ton and Lee, V. Il. l. and V. NJ. |.
y new team on the schedule is the
Duke University. which will visit
February IL.
The schedule:
January J3-Ha mpden ~ dnry.
January I6-virginia. at Cha rlOttesville.
Jaruary Decentralization and Lee. at
Lexington.
January I9-V. VI. l.. at Lexington.
IaEuary 2.-RichmoBd.
February ". r. i.
February emory and Henry. at En-
February 4-Milligan College. at Mil
ligan.
February j-Carson- Newman College. at
Jefferson
February II-puke.
February I3-Rando ph- Macon.
February 2O-<iuiIford.
February 22-N. VI. !.
February 24-HamDden-Sidne at Hamp-
der Sidney.
February ?I-RichmOnd. at Richmond.
February .6-Ra ndelph Macon. at Ash
land.
February ?1-MedicaI College OF Virginia.
at Richmond.
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ROUNDING 1A(R0
BY Hugh A. Jenninss
CHAPTER XII.

the longest hitter the game has ever
n piling up his home-run totals there
ind whether famous s,uggcrs OF the
on and Lange-could not have pole d
ball had been i'll use at that time.
We made some record drives had he
lat question can never be answered,
ted. There is this about Ruth that
most consistent slugger OF all time.
time he gets hold OF it. while the
drove II out only now and then. not
OF Ruth 5 a smuggling marvel.
hard run for the batting champion
ship each season, but Cobb always
managed TO hit just few points bet
ter. no matter how well Jackson hit.
jackson was one of the fastest men
in the game and especially fast in
going to first.
Collins Also Is Clever.
Eddie Collins is another of the
scientific school. He is a good. intel
ligent, honest batsman. He can bunt
l ball and he can drag one He can
hit to any field. Collins has the
trick Of sizing up his infield and
crossing the feeders. He has been in
the game long time, but he has re
tanned his speed while others, playing
barely half as long as Collins. have
slipped.
frankie F>risch cannot he classed Is
left-handed batter nor as right
handed one. He is a turn around
batter. doing his hating from either
the left or right side of the plate lie
does his most effective work when
batting lefthanded and he manages
TO be one of the major league leaders
in batting each year. Speed is an i'm.
portant factor in Frisch's work
That is about all l want to write
about Nthe batters. Although many
chapters could be written. I have at.
tempted here to cover briefly the chief
features of the subject
Copyright 1925
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WOMEN IN SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

SCHOOL defeated the
Powell speedy yesterday afternoon on
- Field This concluded the regular schedule
Langley week tic which will decide
Jefferson should championship would that
Should
Langley however, triple tic will exist among Langley n and
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TURNER WINS ON MAT.

Joe Turner came from behind to
defeat Young Gotch last night in th'
Mutual Theater's weekly wrestling
match. Gotch got the first fall with
a double jack knife in As seconds
Turner took the second and third in
AZ and Is minutes. respectively.
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PRINCE IS DEFEATED.

LONDON, December II LP.-The
Prince of Wales has been eliminated
from the Army squash racquets
championship tourney, being defeate
by George Scott Chubb in the third
round. 15-9, lo-1l
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Berlenbach,
Story of Bush Leagues
-Bv John b. Foster---
}y John b. Foster
CHAPTER V.

HE ball ball l"l
Without they the
National the
the
which beginning itself broadly the WcS'
which considered b
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FLOWERS WHIPS MOODY.

BOSTON. December II. - TiGer
Flowers. Atlanta negro. Won lie
cision over Frank Moody of Males DO
10 rounds last night
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DEMPSEY-WILLS BATTLE
is HANGING In BALANCE
By the Associated Press.


~HCAGO 1-Fnancial gathering
the heavyweight boxing between
Champion Jack Dempsey and Challenger Harry Wills
Bends time ext
Cnwilngnc
obtained by Floyd Fhzslm
Michigan the withdrawal
he
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sTRIBLING GOING TO GEORGIA

ATLANTA. Ga. December II. tP).-
w. l.. tYoungl Stribling. Georgia :
hard hitting fistic performer, expects
TO enter the University of Georgia
Il freshman in January. He viii be
come Il student in the School Of Com.
merCe.
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VIRGINIA five MEETS
u. or N. TEAM TWICE

By the Associated Press.
UNIVERSITY, Va. December IL
University of Virginia will open its
basket ball season January 8.
Games with Georgia. Y. NJ. L..
V. p. l., Maryland. Navy. Washington
and Lee and North Carolina appear
on the program which ends with the
Southern Conference tournament at
Atlanta.
Capt. Holland. Mccoy and Wrenn
forwa rds: Tyler, center, and Nalp and
| Mackall. guards. are the letter men to
be counted on with the resumption OF
practice following the holidays.
The schedule follows:
January O-RandOlph- Macon.
January I6-LynchburE.
January I8-ieOrxia.
January 2l-RichmGnd.
January 26-v. p. l.. at BlacksburE.
February 2-y. VI. !.
February NORTH Carolina.
February 6-Maryland.
February 16-Maryland. at College Park.
February l5-Ssvy At ANNAPOLIS =.
Lexington.
February ely. NJ L.. at Lexington.
February 23-DickinSon.
February 20 20 and March L. @-SOuth.
ern Conference tournament. at Atlanta.