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WALKER IN RING GO
AT CONGRESSIONAL

Mickey Walker, welterweight box
ing champion of the world, will as
sist in the celebration of New Jersey
night at Congressional Country Club
on February 5. The fistic artist who
makes Newark, y. j., his head
quarters. will appear at the club in
boxing exhibition with Jimmy
Waterman, sailor now stationed at
the gunnery school in the navy yard.
Senator'S Edge and Edwards of New
Jersey and members of that Stats
delegation in the House will be spe-
cial guests of the club the night
Walker shows there. Government
notables also will be invited to at
tend.
The Walker Waterman engage
ment is planned as the first of a
series of athletic entertainments
projected for Congressional Country
Club. Other stars in various sports
are expected to show their wares at
the club in the comprehensive
athletic exhibition schedule.
Walker is to arrive in Washington
February 3 and be a guest at Con-
gressional Country Club for several
days. After his exhibition there he
will proceed to the West Coast to
keep professional engagements.
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The situation was this: Merkle was
on first base. Mccormick was on third
and Bridwell at bat for New York.
Bridwell batted line drive that
went to the left field side of second
base and from there straight to the
outfield. 1t could not be fielded by any
man on the field because it was out of
human reach. Mccormick scored what
was presumed to be the winning run,
Merkle ran more than half way to
second base and then turned off the
field, and Bridwell ran all the way to
first base and touched it.
Hoffman, who was playing center
field for Chicago, discovered what
Merkle had done, and not Evers, as
has been asserted time and again.
Hoffman yelled to Evers to get the
ball and hold it on second base.
Meanwhile an emissary had started
for Merkle to drag him back from
the clubhouse to the field and did.
Merllle touched second. Joe McGin-
nifty suspecting that Hoffman did not
wish the ball for any white mans
purpose, judging by Joe's standpoint,
got hold of it and threw it into the
left field bleachers, where it was ef-
fectually out of play for the remain
der of the season.
Still whoopIng for a ball, the Chi
cago players got one from their own
bench and hurried it out to Evers.
who held the ball on second base and
then O'Day was asked to tell the
world what he thought
While this had been going on the
crowd, which was not overwhelming
ly large had bolted from the stands
to the field to see what was taking
place and to listen to the dialogue
which threatened to become more
and more interesting. O'Day paced
out to the infield and then suddenly
wheeled around and hustled for the
umpire's dressing room at top speed.
The scorers and the reporters
wished to know whether the run
counted, and through an emissary got
word from ODay that it did count
That was all they wished to know, for
if 1t counted New York won. That
night ODay and President Pullian
of the National League consulted and
after their deliberations were finished
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BAT NELSON REGAINS
CONTROL OF FORTUNE

CHICAGO, January 2o.-Battling
Nelson. former lightweight boxing
champion, has regained control of the
$4,000 fortune he acquired in the
ring and lost through a combination
of circumstances resulting from his
fathers will, according to his former
manager, Jack Robinson.
Nelson turned his ring earnings
over to his father, who left will pro-
Yiding that none of the estate, con-
sisting of realty at Hegewisch, ILL.,,
could be disposed of. Virtually all the
income has been used to pay debts.
Recently Robinson obtained a court
order permitting sale of three pieces
of property and all debts were paid.
Nelson at Rochester, Mimi, under
going medical treatment, has been in
formed that a substantial monthly in
come has been provided for him for
the remainder of his life.
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of hebetude. Proverfy of courage
and poverty OF intellect go togeth-
er. a stupid fellow is seldom
game, and we would not expect to
find much bravery among our
thick-skuiled old ancestors.
A yellow fighter could not ex-
pect to whip Dempsey.
Goliath, the biblical giant, would
he the easiest opponent of all.
Giants are always rather fragile
creatures and are only formidable
10 the eye. They nre usually
weak mentally and constitutionnI-
Iy. Their enormity IL caused by
n specific deceasej as a result they
are fraiI and stupid and spend
most of their time asleep. They
rarely live to be more than 35
years of age. Dempsey ought to
lay old Goliath MS low as did
DHVid-and about az easily.
Willard was about ms good
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issued a statement that anything
which had been previously presumed
was very bad presumption, and that
the run did not count
That threw the game into the coun-
ellis Of the board of directors New
York claimed it on the ground that
the umpire had said the run counted,
but as the president of the league
was bigger than the umpire his over
ruling decision took precedence.
President Pulliam had not said
prior to this game that he would rule
a force play If the incident ever came
up again, because this, by the way,
was repetition of what had hap
pened in Pittsburgh, where Chicago
had made a similar claim, and when
both umpires had said they had not
seen anything. Emslie did not see in
New York. but ODay did
New York was not given the game,
nor was it taken away, but it was
ordered to be played over because
tie, and then it was lost, because Cy
Seymour forgot to play a deep out
field as he had been instructed to
play. Cy had notions of his own
about the manner in which base ball
should be played and possibly was
thinking of them at the time.
Merkle did not forget to touch sec
ond, because he did not have the
slightest intention of touching sec
ond. When he knew that Bridwell
had touched first and that Mccormick
had touched home plate he considered
the game over, exactly as hundreds
of others had considered the game
over before him. He bolted second
base because he couldn't see the
slightest reason why he should have
touched the base, except for a techni-
cality. Good sport would have given
the Giants the game. If they had
won it they might have won the PEN
nant, but that is only surmise, be-
cause if they had won they might
not have had as much success after
that as they did. They fought like
blazes for the remainder of the sea-
son after Pulliam's ruling.
20 1921
Next-tAn earlier National League
game that WAS the subject of much
discussion Mt the tims.l
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Eed away. What chance would
this braWny old bonehead stand
against the footwOrk and boxing
skill of man like Dempsey: jack
would cut him to ribbonS-and re-
member that TheaGenes was the
hest the ancient Greeks and RO-
mans ever produced.
The Prehistoric Mani
The prehistoric man would be "a
some what harder nut to crack. II
the ''dawn man." as the scientists
call him, IL anything like their re-
constructions of him, he, too, would
be far too stupid to cope with
sLillful boxer of today. True, our
antedeIuyian ancestor was un-
doubtedly n man OF might. He
would i-c wild and ferocIous. He
would be hard TO hurt-but he
would also have yellow streak!
If we are not mistaken, coward
Iiness seems to he n characteristic
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TIE HUGE
SLOM MOVING
GoLlAIH
MOULD BE EASY
For DEMPSEY

just how good is Dempsey, any
way:
Is he the greatest piece of fight
ing flesh the world has ever seen:
The writer Is inclined tn think SO.
! doubt if the man ever lived that
Dempsey could not whip!
Sounds like wild statement, but
think it over.
Maybe you will admit that he is
the greatest of the heavyweight
champions. but still retain "a vague
impression that some of the tough
old boys of antiquity might have
been too much for him.
Were the Old Ones Tough:
That's where you are wrong. The
ancient warriors were not tough at
alI-deSpite the prevalent opinion
to the contrary. If old SSff or Jack
johnson could not whip Dempsey,
then rest assured that no one else
could.
The old. old boys are vastly over
rated. Retrospect maEnifies. And
ancient authorities are awful liars,
as l have had sufficient cause to
believe after looking up material
for the "Beiieve 1t or NOt'' car
toons for five years,
The present-day athlete is bigger,
stronger, smarter and better i'm
every way than any other athlete
of history. This il the golden age
of athletics. The champions of the
ancient Olympic games of the
Greeks and Romans would be mere
children when compared with our
own Olympic winners.
Father Time GIorifies.
Better modes of living, better
food and better training methods
have combined TO make the ath-
leteS of today the superior of any
of all time. Why, do you know
that the much vaunted Roman Ie-
EiOnaries that we read so much
about averaged only ) feet , inches
I'm height: Distance lends en-
chantment and old Father Time
glorifies!
Take TheaCeneS Of Thasos, for
instance. This old warrior was n
mighty man, no doubt. He was the
champion fighter of all the OIym-
piads. He won the Victor's prize
400 times. He stood Hat-fOoted,
with his hands incased in leather
thongs and lead weights, and slug
Evening star., 1925-01-20
PROBE OF DOLAN CASE
ORDERED IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, January 20.-District
Attorney Banton today ordered an
investigat ton of the base ball scan
dal in which "Cozy" Dolan and Out
fielder Jimmy O'Connell of the New
York Giants were alleged to have
attempted to bribe Infielder Heinie
Sand of the Philadelphia Nationals TO
throw a game
Mr.. Banton said the case would be
presented to the grand jury if his
investigation showed procedure to be
warranted under a special New York
state law specifically covering base
ball bribery. The district attorney
said he had received from Base Ball
Commissioner Landis Il transcript Of
all the testimony taken by the latter
IN tks case.
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NEW GOLF BALL PRAISED
BY CROOME, BRITISH PRO

time find the British heretofore ukewa
6815 ball proposed the future standard by "
heartily favor OF the larger
lighter and willing along with America evident iron
the writings golfers recently A c NJ Groom
the rules golf
that responsible
played with
1870
ofrrnnt he
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The play that gave me the great
est thrill of my major league
career occurred I'm Chicago the
Summer of 1874. Walter johnson
was pitching against US and grand
old Walter had n three-run lead
and was breezinR along easily.
The game was in the fifth inning
and we seemed hopelessly beaten.
Then Johnson had one of his rare
wild streaks, something he does not
have twice in whole season. His
curve would not behave, and he walk
ed two men in succession.
The next batter beat out a bunt,
and / came up with the bases filled.
1t was a tough pinch for any ball
player, and even tougher when you
realize that you are up against the
smartest old fox that ever put on a
pitching glove. Walters curve still
was behaving badly. He got into o
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MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT
BY HARRY HOOPER
Right Fielder of the Chicago White Sox

hole on me, and 1 worked the count
to three and two"
Johnson was not throwing nearly
the number of fast balls that he did
10 years ago. If he had kept up
that pace his arm would have given
out long ago. He used curve balls and
his head.
But L figured that in the pinch,
when his curves were failing him,
he would try to slip a fast one by me.
was waiting for 1T and Walter
got it n bit too close to the center
of the plate. i met ii squareIy, and
when the ball came down 1t was in
the top row of the right-field
bIeachers. Those four runs put us
ahead and eventually won the ball
game for us.
had got the greatest thrill of
my life hitting a home run off
johnson with bases full and break
ing up n ball game.
/ wanted that ball to send home tc
my kid for a souvenir, and L took q
new ball from the bench out with me
to try to make a trade with the far
in the bleacher who had captured the
homer that 1 hit. l could not find
any trace of it. but an inning later
when I went out, a fan was waiting
for me behind the screen.
did not realize that the inning
was starting, and while 1 was
making the trade Zachary hit nm
easy fly out my way that L should
have caught easily. L was back by
the bleacher fence, and it went for
a twO-base hit and nearly lost the
game again for us.
But finally got that home-run bal
and sent it home to my kid THAI
homer was, the biggest thrill L evel
got out of any ball game.
Tcmorrow-Jack Kelly.
Copyright. 1881
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MACK'S NEW BACKSTOP
ADMITS HE is HOLDOUT

BY The Associated Press.
Gordon Cochrane, college catcher
purchased by Connie Mack for a re
ported price of $685. from Portland
of the Pacific Coast League, declares
that he is a hodout, but expresses
a desire to appear and do his best
with the Athletics.
The Boston University man seeks
$4,000 of the purchase money from
President Tom Turner of Portland
and claims that he already has re-
ceived a letter informing him that
his proposition meets with disfavor
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besides Jack Scott, 1922 world series
hero, who has been recalled from
Toledo.
Outside Of the batteries the only
major shift in the team as it left the
field in the last world series game
will be the return of Heinie Groh TO
third base in place of Freddy Lind
strom, schoolboy, whose play was a
sensation in the championship battle
with Washington.
McGraw regards Lindstrom al one
Of the greatest finds of recent years.
but believes he needs further ex-
perience before being able to replace
Groh, providing the latter is in con
dition.
Shift Arrangement in Doubt.
McGraw has not yet decided wheth-
er to employ again the reversible in
field and outfield arrangement he
used in the closing part of the 1924
season Under that system he used
George Kelly, regular first sacker, III
centerfield, Bill Terry on the initial
sack and Hack Wilson in left field
in place of Irish Meusel when facing
right handed pitching. Against south
paws Kelly came in TO first, Wilson
shifted to center and Meusel patrol
ed left. Jackson and Frisch in the
infield and Young in rightfield Were
fixtures.
The Giants have another seasoned
outfieIder in Billy Southworth, while
McGraw has high hopes of a number
of recruits. especially Ralph Fraser.
who batted 400 in the Canadian
League last year Crump, obtained
from Portsmouth. Va, and Walkei.
another Virginia League product.
from Rocky Mount, y. C, also a.
looked upon with favor by McGraw.
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man as any one his size could
possibly be. and you all know what
Jack did to him.
Jeffries VS.. Dempsey.
Yes sir. IL anybody lived who
could whip the present champion
1t was either Jcffries or Jack
johnson. Jefrries wns a big, tough
man who could hit. What a battle
a Jefrries-Dempsey match would
have made!
Jack johnson would have proved
formidable on account of HIS size
and remark able defense. There IN
some question as to whether
Dempsey could get to the black
man with enough success to bring
him down
Personally, we feel safe in say
ing that Jack Dempsey can whip
any man who ever lived.
"Belfeve 1t or Not"
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ANKLE INJURY FAILS
TO KEEP BUCKY IDLE
Finishing 1917 Season With Reading
Club, Stan Felt He Had at Last
Made Good as Pro.
Chapter I6-Making Good at Last.
BY STANLEY (BUCKY) HARRIS.

FINISHED OF 1917 with Reading played Is
20 hits 28O times bat OF IS bases
250 l light then seldom able do
than slap the ball the hed My fielding wasn't
Yet work had
9
fielding second basemen the league
The successfully placed a hit
had the Merle
hand With Wile ordered hit
dragged the
with Mashington Cleveland. plaEing for
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CHANEY CHALLENGES
FOR LEONARD'S TITLE

BALTIMORE, January 20.-George
OK. o. Clancy has posted $4,000
with Latrobe Cogswell, president of
the National Association of Boxing
Clubs, as an earnest of his desire to
meet any contender for Benny Leon
ards championship crown at the
lightweight limit of 135 pounds.
Chaney is credited with 90 knock
outs in his career, losing only 10 of
about $50 bouts.
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ITAL IAN HEAVYWEIGHT
TO FIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 2O.-Marlo
Giglio, regarded as light heavyweight
champion of Italy, arrived here yes
terday, and is scheduled to make his
American debut against Jack Lester
of Grand Rapids in 10-round bout
at Englewood, n. J., Friday night.
Giglio was pointed toward the
United States by Johnny Dundee be-
fore the retired featherweight cham
pion left France.
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some of the great
deeds of the past
have faded away
into only va que
memories.
In such a long
period of years
any ball player
figures in a lot of
great plays and
sees a lot more
: great ones. But
playing 154 games
a year for twenty
years dulls almost
any man a bit to
the thrills of the
pa me
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1t differs from "a
turning of the
whole body in the
back swing, the
next point is, how
far to the right
should this shoul-
der turning BIC
carried. er
the golfer has be-
gun to get into
something Ifk e
good golf, say I'm
the SOS, he dis
covers that this
pivot il In reality
much shorter than
he previously had
supposed it to he.
The $ h o u I d e RS
turn. in fact. only
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L.OCKHART Is REINSTATED
THREE A AUTO RACES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
Frank Lockhart, youthful racing
driver. who left the ranks of the
American Automobile Association last
year to participate in dirt track com
petition, has been reinstated in the
A. A. A, and will take part in the
Was shington's birthday race at Gull
yer City, Calf.
He was assessed a nominal fine for
his dirt-track deeds, the last of which
was a victory in the Thanksgiving g
day race at Ascot Park, at Los An
geles.
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DECISION TO DELANEY.

WILKES BARRE, January 20
Jack Delaney of Bridgeport, Conn,
was given the decision over Joe Cans
Allentown, Pa, in a fast 10-round
contest here last night. Delaney
forced the fight from the start and
in the seventh fioored Cans with
right to the jaw.
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to a point that leaves the left shOul-
der almost on n line between tho eye
and the ball, at the top of the back
swing. This isn't very much of Il
twist. When the golfer gets onto
this he finds that his back swing il
greatly shortened down and kept
more compact, which is the way 1t
invariably is with good golfers.
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BASE BALL MAN DIES.

wILLIAMSPORT, Pa, January 20
n. Burrows Bubb, president of the
Williamsport club of the New York
Pennsylvania League. died in New
York City last night of pneumonia
after several days illness.
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''At the end of that time" Bronson
said, 81 expect De Forrest to tell me
whether Zivic can make the light
weight limit and still be himself. If
his reply is in the affirmative, then,
with De Forrest as his conditioner, /
shall send him after the lightweight
championship recently vacated by
Benny Leonard"
Zivic, who weighed 144 pounds in
last nights fight. scored technical
knockout over Tender in the fifth
round of scheduled 10-round fight.
Tender dropped to the canvas under
a. shower Of rights and lefts to the
jaw, but arose groggy at the count
of nine. Zivic continued savage at
tack and Tenders seconds ended the
fight by tossing a towel into the ring
when the Philadelphia fighter dropped
again.
BY the Assoca ted Press
NEW YORK, January 2O.-Benny
Leonard has retired from the light
weight boxing championship un-
beaten. His greatest antagonist of
recent years, Lew Tender Of Phila-
delphia, is returning from Pittsburgh,
torn and sore, the victim of a knock
out for the first time inhis life.
Battered down twice at the hands
of the veteran Jack ZlVlc, Iendler
must have undergone a terrible ex-
perience in the realization that time
had conquered a man who little
more than year ago fought the
great Leonard twice, and on each oc-
casion stood firmly on his feet al
the end of 15 rounds.
Leonard and Tender clashed in Jer-
sey City on July 81, 1922, and, in the
opinion of sporting writers, the
champions margin of victory was
very slight in a grueling contest. On
July 20, 1928, they met again at the
Yankee Stadium, in New York, and
again the champion successfully de-
Tended his title.
For the past year and half Tend
Ter has been doing little fighting. He
conquered Joe Tiplitz in 10 rounds
at Philadelphia on December "a o.
last year. From the weight announced
at Pittsburgh-138R pounds-the
Philadelphian is able to make the
lightweight limit, but his defeat a
the hands of Zivic undoubtedly pre-
cludes any possibility of his entering
the tournament for the crown FOL
which in years past he strlved 81
valiantly.
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ZIVIC DEFEATS TENDLER:
SEEKS LEONARD'S CROWN

lTTSBURGH January 20ack Zivic of Pittsburgh
Lew Tender Phidep
the lightweight championship recently
Leonard he make the weight Zvcs
nounced
Bronson in
of OF
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IN the early Gays OF lne game DOS
ton and St Louis clubs each won four
straight pennants, the former in the
National Association and the latter in
the old American Association, a few
years later. These never have been
eclipsed, but McGraw has the best
chance any pilot has had in either
the American or National Leagues.
McGraw has made no radical
changes and cOntemplates none in the
array that won the 1924 flag, but is
concentrating a good share of his eff
forts on bolstering the battery de-
partments, where the clubs outstand-
ing weakness has been for several
seasons To this end the Giants al
ready have collected corps of 10
pitchers for Spring training at Sara
sofa. Fla, in addition to new back
stopping talent, needed to replace or
aid Hank Gowdy and Frank Snyder,
the veterans who did the bulk of work
last year.
Six Pitching Veterans.
McGraw has a half dozen pitching
veterans upon whom he counts heav-
lily for 1925-Art Nehf, Hugh McQuil-
Ian, Bill Ryan, Claude Jonnard, Jack
Bentley and Virgil Barnes. Among
dozen or more others, some of whom
had trials last year, he hopes to OBJ
tain regular talent from such good
prospects as Baldwin, obtained from
Newark: Wisner, Rochester product;
WayIand Dean, Louisville recruit, who
declined after an impressive start a
year ago, and Joe Bradshaw, former
Toledo and Louisville pitcher. Two
stars from college ranks, Hugh Ma
gevney of Notre Dame and Jim Tun-
ney of Holy Cross, are also on the list,
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Harris Success One-Legged Player McGu,v Seeking Mar
g g Managerial Record
COVETS A FIFTH STRAIGHT
PENNANT WITH HIS GIANTS
Crizzled Pilot Contemplates No Radical Changes in
Lineup, But Has Assembled a Dozen
More Candidates for Box Berths.
BY the Associa ted Press.

W YORK, January 20The New York of
base ball. building formdab1y campaign
struggle that the morale of the National
League champions OF the
John McGraw, gayhaired cheftain his
realizes handcaps
a an outgrowth OF he bribery
But McCaws confidence his outfit the less keen he
his 1925 plan The modern
record when fourth
make it straight this thus
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When a ball player has been in the
game as long as I have, very few
plays stand out in his memory. After
90 wears of professional base ball
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Fifty Years of Base Ball
One OF Series of Articles by John b. Foster Com.
menorating the Fittieth Anniversary of the
National League, to Be Celebrated
Next Season.
XLIII-Historic Games-The MerkIe Game
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

IHEN Fred Merke forgot touch second base
wv between New York and Chicago the Polo
1908 base ball world
being That has been mshnded
telling of the that eventuness
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KEEPS UP. K. o. STREAK.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 90
Morris Schlaifer, Omaha. kept up his
winning streak of knOckouts in this
city last night, when he stopped
Frankie Einchel of Wilkes Barre.
Pa, in the eighth round. Referee
Bauman called a halt after Schlaifer
had knocked Vinchell down six times.