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Evening star., 1925-12-09

orthodox persua sion or grade A
right handed Uniting outfielder be pre-
sented?
1t is doubtful if any official of the
Washington club could be induced 10
admit that the possibility of deal
for Peckinpaugh or Judge for in
stance. would he eten so much as CON
.sidered. but stranger things have hap
pened.
With Joe Harris available for toll
around the initial sack and both Shir-
ley and McGee aching for real
chance there. the Nationals could very
we'll give up title to Judge, who is
stale from many years spent in the
same uniform and whose proverbial
brittleness keeps him on the sidelines
practically third of the time. With
different outfit Judge would hustle
to beat the band-they always do
when given a change of scenery
Suppose the Indians, who have been
f1oundering around for years without
a capable first ba Seman. should accept
Judge in exchange for, say, Shaute or
Uhle. Both are good pitchers and
should be successful ones, but they
can't win for the Tribe, so Speaker
would have much to gain and little to
lose.
Could Use Veterans.
Or suppose the White SoX. who lost
Hervey Mcclellan through death and
sank so rapidly from contendng
position for lack of capable reserves
when Manager Eddie Collins was
forced out of the lineup through
injury. agreed to a deal involving Ted
Lyons or Johnny Mostil for material
like Peck. Scott or both. to bolster an
inner Gordon likely to have gaping
hole in it since Shortstnp Ike Davis
fractured his kneeCap near the close
of the campaign.
Peck's astounding fivver in the
world series. when he set a new high
record for errors with eight, cannot
detract from his real worth during
the entire campaign. as "A result of
which he was voted the most valuable
player TO his club in the league. and
for club as poorly fortified as the
Chisox he would prove a 10 strike
even at the expense of star from
some other department. for they have
several good box men and outfielders
and no shortstop
Retained by the Nationals, Peck
unquestionably will perform regularly
at short, but should it be found ex-
pedient to give him up there is a we'll
defined impression that in Buddy
Myer the Griffmen have worthy
successor to that Rajah, and that
there would be no hesitancy in turn
ing the job over to him.
Whether Griffith. Harris & Co. ac.
complish anything here in the way of
deals remains to be seen, but there is
little harm in conjecturing and the
cnance Is ever present, so stand by
Evening star., 1925-12-09

Local hOrsewOmen. after laying
aside their polo mallets until the
opening of the Spring season. have
cast about for new forms of amuse
menl to keep them in trim through
the Winter. and have hit upon
move. game which they are playing
with much zest at the Riding and
Hunt Club.
Ia asket ball on horseback, II sounds
a bit dangerous-but the da nger only
adds to the thrill of the sport II is
a game which rivals polo in its spec
tacular grace and dash. requiring skill
in hcrsema nship as well as accuracy
as basketer
Five players compose a team
Two forwards. a center and two guards
size of an ordinary basket ball court.
Rules are much the same as those
governing the pedestrian game
Several variations are necessary.
however. Instead of the ball being
tossed up At center. it is placed in
the ring, and the two centers are
lined up at either end of the field
When the whistle blows they dash
in, Gismount and reach for the ball.
The ball goes to the one who touches
II frst. siX-foot lead rein is at
tacheG to each players wrist to allow
her tc dismount. The guide reins are
secured to the saddle, so that both
hards are free for throwing. No
player may throw the ball when dis
mounted, although any one can dis
mount at any time to recover it when
ii falls to the ground. Passing is ac-
complished just as it is in any other
LaSket ball game, and the goals are
thrown from any place on the field.
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FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

VERNON. Calif.-Jimmy McLar-
min. Oakland bantamweight, won on
fowl from Bud Taylor, Terre Haute
Ind. t2 rounds>.
SAN ANTONIO.-Chuck Burns.
San Antonio middleweight, beat Tillie
tkid) Herman of California 1D
roundsb.
SEATTLE.-Ted O'Hara. Oakland
welterweight, knocked out Ted
krache. Houquiam, Wash. e rounds)
Bill Mckenzie won a technical knock :
out from Al Anderson, heavyweight
champion of Alaska q roundp
Johnny Woods. Auburn. Wash. de-
feated Johnny Rose, Kansas City
a rounds).
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla
Baby" Strihling. Atlanta Young
Strihling's kid brother. fought Dick
Barker of Macon, Ga. to a draw 60
rOundSD.
JACKSONVILLE. F'la.-Tony Leto
Havana. gained the referees decision
over Pinkey May of Savannah. G0
roundsD Dick Gore. Macon. won the
decision over Kid Sharkey of Day
tona Beach. Fla. Go rounds).
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MARSHALL FOURTH
IN CHESS TOURNEY
b. thc Associated Press.

b. thc Associated Press.
MOSCOW. December a.--The final
round of the international chess tour
nament in progress here for month
was played Yesterday.
f.. Bogoljubow had already been
proclaimed the winner. with Dr..
Emanuel Lasker of Germany second
and Capa blanca of Cuba. the world
champion. third.
Marshall. the United States cham
piOn. won the fourth prize and the
fifth and sixth We're divided between
DIR. Tartakower of Austria and Tore
of Mexico.
Reti of Czechoslovakia and Ro-
manowsky. Russia. shared seventh
and eighth prizes. The other three
prizes remain in doubt until tomor-
row, when two adjourned games will
be played.
Summary of Yesterdays play:
Lasker. Germany drew with Gotthilf Rus
sla: RomanowsEy. Russia. drew with Bogol-
lubow. Russia: Spielmann. Austria. defeated
Rubnstein. Poland: Tartakower. Austria. de-
leated Rahinowitsch. Russia: Loewenfisch
Russia: defeated Genewsky. Russia: Mar
Russia; Werlrnsky. Russia. defeated Choti-
niirsky: Russia: Reti. Czechoslovakia. drew
with Tore. Mexico: Gruenfeld. Austria. and
Saemisch. Germany. adjourned: Yates Eng
land and Subarew. Russia. adjourned Capa-
blanca. Cuba. a hye.
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hold its grip and the other to estah-
lish a grip. AL thought of such A
thing as contract life and decency in
the conduct of the sport was aban.
doned.
There were players in the National
League who had signed with Ameri-
can League clubs and who were ready
to jump their contracts and go to the
American League-and who had ac-
cepted money for doing it and have
never paid it back-whose names have
never been made public to this day
The American League deserted Mil
waukee for ST. Louis, rivaling the Ma
tional League in another city and that
only added fuel to the fire. The fans
were becoming weary Of base ball and
weary of the conduct of the players.
Now and then there would be a big
crowd where one club or the other was
popular, but in the main base ball was
very i'll.
The only thing that saved the mi
nors through this trial was their own
little private national agreement and
their determination of independence
and disposition to stick by each other.
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on top Of it. and that is the secret of
successful batting. Few present day
players keep that in mind; Wagner
always remembered it and practiced
it as well.
There never was batter harder
to dope han Honus. | could never
figure out whether he studied the
pitchers or outguessed them, or
whether he simply stood at bat and
whaled the ball through natural abil-
ity. Sometimes he was fooled on a
curve ball. The pitcher would come
right back with the same kind of
curve and Wagner would smash the
ball into right field. He would be
fooled by a fast one and look foolish
going after il. The same delivery
tried again would find Wagner pulling
the ball past third base for "A double
or triple. What seemed to he his
weakness on one pitched ball was his
strength on exactly the same kind of
pitched ball moment later
Copyright. 1921
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RACE TRACK BETTING
HEAVY IN MARYLAND

BALTIMORE. December 9.-Bet-
ting at the four big race tracks in
Maryland set a new record this year.
unofficial figures acing the total at
approximately 54.200.O00.
That is about 100000 more than
the record made in 1921.
OF the total wagered through the
pari- mutual machines it Is believed
the States revenue will excede $500
600. exclusive of the racing commits
sion's expenses.
The State receives a $4,000 fee for
each of the 92 race days and in addi-
ton gets 15 per cent of the net profits
of the racing associations opera ting
the tracks.
The associa tions receive per cent
of all money bet and in addition there
is "breakage" charge of about |
per cent
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u On1e1S SMestep C Offers League
MRS. MALCOLM ROLLS
RECORD GAME OF 1888

Mrs. Jennie Malcolm Of the
WashingtOns set a season record
for individual game last night I'm
the Washington Ladies' Duckpin
League and aided her teammates
in reaching new alltime mark
for team set.
Mrs. MalcOlm's game OF 1873 roll
ed on the Coliseum alleys betters
by one pin the mark held by Emily
Nell. She scored four spares and 4
strike, the former coming in the
third. fourth. sixth and eighth
frames and the latter coming i'm
the seventh box.
To set a new all-time mark the
WashingtOns rolled total of 1 ,523,
with games of 40, 547 and SOC.
Marjorie Bradt of the Commercials
also contributed a record. breaking
performance by turning in a fiat
score of 95.
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Beatrice Easterson scored seven
field goals and a free throw for
Georgetown. Anna Wilmer. the other
curacy in finding the basket. was
guarded so effectively by Grace Moo
NAV OF Chevy Chase that she was
able to score only four times.
The GEORGETOWN team will meet Co
lumbia Road. champion of Section III,
tomorrow afternoon on the Plaza play
ground for the Western division title.
The game will be refereed by Maude
Parker.
Lineup and summary:
f9rs' Anns Winner Rlsh, Betty
3 Easssrson Lei, forward Eathfrne hn,S Crane Crane
sadie K,stri. att Side center. Helen Bl,tingeI
G9ssafe RFhs Susrd Gr1Se peyg MoSmsT SThey
~. Free thro@sWB. ' H hartman. B. Easter-
Fhn Mafy Tolma for T. Btnser Referee
Nj auae Parker. Timer-Abnie Green.
For the second time during the
Interjunior High School block ball
series. jefferson and Langley teams
battled tn standstill yesterday after
noon on the Columbia field. The score
was S-S
The game will he repiayed next
Tuesday afternoon on the same court.
From the first 10 the last minute
of play, the game was nip and tuck,
the teams being we'll matched in
every position. AT the end of the
first half. jefferson was leading, 6 to 5.
Early In the second half Langley
tied things up again, and, after that.
when one team scored the other
promptly matched goal for goal. Dur
ing the closing minutes of play, each
Il fought desperately to kick the ad
ditional goal which would have spelt
victory. but the backfield defense at
each end of the field proved invincible
and the final whistle called a halt to
activities with the tie still knotted.
Mabel Fagan. Langley forward and
Margaret Saunders. forward and cap
tain of the jefferson team, each play
ed a stellar game, rarely missing AN
Evening star., 1925-12-09

While the International had is III
tie squa bible. the National. first of the
aJors 10 meet heard it's preeidert
ma ke plea for The return Of rosirs
10 the pitchers palms and il heart
Barney Dreyfus Of the chanlpinr
Pirates argue that postponed game
should he played out from the pojnl
Al which the elements inrevfered
Both matters will come before the
next meeting Of the joint rules cor,
mitree
Heydler argued from the vievpoiJr,
Of ball conservation. 3.S47 dozen a.
the valuable spheres haNing gone on.
NJ circulation during the Natiorar
League sea son. When a pitcher loqn.
control he hlames the smooth surface
o1 the ball and asks for another
Heydler said. He suggests that =
quart Of roSin viii save many a horse
hide
W llbert Robinson. attending the fir
meeting as president of the BrookI,-n
.iup: opened the player market by sign
ing Lawton fWhitevD Witt. former n,-
helder of the Athletics and Yankee
Lawton went to Brooklyn at his own
price. for the Yankees relea sed him
Internationally last Summer white
they were going down the lea que lad.
der.
The addition of Witt to the roster
brought the rumor that lack Whea-
longtime star in the Dodgers let
garden. may be traded and that Pitch.
ef Burieiah Grimes would he sacrificed
Tor an lnflelder and an outfieIder
Art Fletcher. manager IF the PHI
hes. towed the names of Butch Eer.
line, catcher. and Jimmy Ring. pitcher
into the discussions. hut overrigh,
there were no takers.
Iris Speaker of Cleveland is in .
tradlns mood. hut il appears that he
mas no barterinG material. He would
like to strengthen his club in one ~
TWO positions. but not al the expense
of the other positions.
hid Gleason. former Chicago White
Sox ma ma ger. was signed by Connie
Mack to coach the Athletics Glea son
resigned as boss of the White Sox in
1873 after physical brea kdown and
mas been out of the game since
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BUFFALO BOSS QUESTIONS
TOOLE'S BOOST In SALARY
Circuit President, Though, Insists He Got Raise of
50 O8O-First National Session Placid
American Conclave Begins Today.
by the Associated Press


n EW YORK December 9Boh league in
today the American
National continuing started yesterday
developed
everywhere
President John
by $1,000 annually the the
that he did $1,000
aonan
hotel lobby and in
quies o
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LEWIS THROWS MUM.

DENVER. Colo. December Q (P).-
Ed tStra ngler} Lewis. claimant to the
world heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship. defeated WAYNE Big,
Mum here last night two falls out of
three. Lewis took the first fall i'm 81
minutes and 81 seconds with a head
lock. Mum gained the second fall
after a lively session during which he
tossed Lewis out Of the ring twice.
The time was 81 minutes 30 seconds.
Evening star., 1925-12-09
HORSES SELL HIGH.

NEW YORK. December 9 R.-
Thirty-one horses. at an average price
of S1.01S. were sold at the opening of
the annual Old Glory horse sale.
Penny Bros. of North Carolina paid
$4,000 for Symphonic. a bay filly by
Guy Axworthy, and A. H. Cosden of
Southold. n. Y. purchased the brown
colt Lucky Volo, son of Peter Volo,
for s5 900
Evening star., 1925-12-09

Paavo Nurmi. Finnish track mar
vel who swept all Americans except
Alan Helffrich before him last Winter
and Spring, will return to America
for another indoor campaign next
Winter. according to a late arrival
from Finland
Evening star., 1925-12-09
NATIONALS'"DAVIDHARUM''
FINDS TRADING DIFFICULT
ise Base Ball Barerer, However, Still Hopes to Ef-
feet Deals That Will Help League Champs
Veterans May Figure in Swaps.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
sports Editor. The Star.

EW lORk December 9-Clark ean
being proficient.
OF club make but
Ioohah OF the Nationals
handicap
Here primarily the attending balls
carnival with stated
American
small bolserng but
alent him in
the he will them the bvoulds
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DELANEY IN GOOD TRIM.

The New York State Athletic Com
investigators report that
Jack Delaney of Bridgeport. Conn.
is in perfect shape for his battle with
the light heavyweight champion. Paul
Berlenbach. in New York Friday
night.
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WOMEN IN SPORT
CORINNE FRAZIER

ponhp OF the nterp League yesterday when they
~ Chevy Chase % L. the latters home field
justic to the
considerab weakened the OF OF its teA payerMa
Frazier Grace Myers
Eeatric
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ROUNDING TH(RO
BY Hugh A. JENNINGS
CHAPTER TX.

ball Raymond Cobb the head of the Suf
hen of his be found in the books No
able hit like Cobb
1onged period.
Next Cobb would place handed Honus Wagner,
third the would place still another
Evening star., 1925-12-09
KANSAS DECLINES BOUT.

Rocky Kansas of Buffalo. newly
crowned lightweight champion. has
refused to meet Lucien Ninez of
France in the Christmas fund bouts
in New York December %. The Jim.
my Goodrich-Ninez bout was called off
when Kansas defeated Goodrich.
Evening star., 1925-12-09
GUESTS PLAY TONIGHT.

Give Richmond opposes William
Reynolds tonight at Grand Central in
the District pocket billiard tourna-
ment. Morris Dent won from Chick
Lappeine. 100 to -. last night.
Evening star., 1925-12-09
SINCLAIR SIGNS HILDRETH.

Harry Sinclair has signed Sam Hill
dreth as trainer and Laverne F'ator as
jockey for his Rancocas Stable for
six years
Evening star., 1925-12-09

They lost men in the sea son of 1901
and they had to sit idly and take their
medicine. Some of them had invested
all they had in minor league clubs.
and minor leagues in those days had
no such future before them as they
have now. They saw their capital
going out to sea when a ma jor league
manager raided one of their teams.
and they were subject to raid fore and
aft because the American League,
which must have strength to fight
against the National Leauge. cared
little from whence players came SO
they got them.
Save the Situation.
This desperate situation resulted i'll
conferences here and there in which
Pat Powers, Mike Sexton, John Far
rell and others were party. The out
look was so dubious that the wiser
men in the minor circuits knew an
other sea son meant hopeless surrender
and general forfeiture to all that the
minors called their own, leaving the
territory open to the first picking that
should come along when the quarrel
finally might bankrupt both ma jors
and minors.
So one evening after long talk it
was decided to call conference and
declare base ball independence, and
later on these articles will tell how all
this was done and what effect 1t had
Prior to 1902 the American League
assumed the aggressive. Furnished with
funds which the National did not he
leve that it was possible for their
rivals to command. the Junior ma ior
league. as it had come to be known.
invaded one city after another and
took many players whom it most de-
sired from the teams of the National
League and from those of the minor
leagues. At that particular time as
one minor league man put it. ne re-
tired in the evening with ball team
and woke up in the morning to find
that he had a few lumber stats in "A
big piece of ground about two miles
from the center of the town in which
he was located
Some teams were so effectually strip
ped of their players that they had
nothing much with which to take the
field for the pennant race and worse
than that was the practice of taking
players after the season started and
completely upsetting what chance
some club might have of winning a
race.
Players Are Denounced.
The players were denounced for
Evening star., 1925-12-09
SOCCER MANAGERS MEET.

Managers of teams in the Wash
ington Soccer League will gather to-
night at S o'clock in room .. District
Building.
Evening star., 1925-12-09
Story of Bush Leagues
BY John B. Foster--
By John B. Foster
CHAPTER Ill.

llH their
w thought
leagues hopeless 1901. so
almost thought they helpless If could
they could
bigger were OF the major
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Players Are Denounced.

The players were denounced for
jumping contracts and the clubs that
took players who were under contract
were belabored for their sharp work,
but 1t went on just the same, beca use
in the intense rivalry between the Ma.
tional and the American. the one to
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Standing of the PLAYERS:
NURMI WILL RETURN.

Adjourned games: Gruenfeld vs. Saen,isch
and Yates v. Subarev
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Wagner was a free hitter. He could
poke them into any field He could
pull ball or place it. He was fast
on his feet and a much harder hitter
than Cobb, but he did not connect so
often. There have been few batters
as awkward as Wagner, but he was
an ideal batter in spite of it. for he
would get the ha II ont in front and he
Evening star., 1925-12-09

Art Fletcher. manager of rn- Phi
les, toWed the names Of Butch Her.
me, catcher. and Jimmy Ring pitcher.
INTO the discussions. but overnight
there We're no takers
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-06-25
{ rage Frve

it. To maintain a first grade high.
Ischool there must be standard in
athletic sports. At present there is
no available ground for holding
same. The base ball club assumed
the past years rent and the rent
for this year on the field. All the
contributors in the way of adver-
tising signs on the fence or any
money contributed in any other
manner, will be spent in fitting up
and beautifying the park. Large
shade trees will be set around the
park this fall and other improve
ments viii be made as soon as same
can be solidly financed. Anyone in
terested is kindly asked to render
what financial assistance they can.
SO we can have an athletic park
that will be a credit and benefit to
cur county.-M Morgan County Ath-
le'ic Association.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-06-25
Reinersville

Harold Hill has bought new
automobile of the roadster type.
The NJ. l., Sunday schooI of this
place visited the Sunday school at
Woodg-cve last Sunday morning.
Mrs.. p2regoy has been in quite
poor health for several days with
heart trouble.
James Wheeler. wl.o has lived on
one Of the Or. Rey farms for a
number of years, has bought the
Henry Shuster farm, east of this
place, in Noble county.
Victor f Wal.ers has bought a
touring car.
p. A. Arrick lad the bcst clip of
wool that was produced in this
community this season, SO far as we
have learned. When it was de-
livered to be pooled, it was all
Graded in the Delaine class.
The Olive Green NJ E. Sunday
school will hold picnic i'll the
Pickinpaugh grove July Fourth.
Reed Moore has bought the Walt
ers school house, and will remove it
onto the eighty acres of the Walters
farm which he owns, and will re-
model it into a dwelling.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-06-25

county. Through the cooperation of
the townspeople, this can be accom-
plished. Do your share-get into the
contributing member class and help
fit the armory up .decently as place
where such meetings can be held with
credit to the community.
Persons eligible to contributing
membership are married men of any
age, boys between the ages of Is and
Is years, men above the age of As
years and men of any age who can not
pass the required physical examina-
tion for active membership. The con-
tributing members have the same priv
ileges in the use of the armory as the
active membership, club room, athletic
equipment, ETC., being at their COM
mand at all times.
If you are not solicited see any
of the officers or members of the Wa
gon Company, give them your name
and $5 bill and secure for yourself
and the towns a place to spend your
evenings in legitimate enjoyment.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-06-25
Freakish

Last week mention was made in
this paper of the damage done by
the storm, out at the HI. G. Ingram
place near Cotton hill, Bristol town
ship, Wednesday afternoon, and of
the freak that the wind played in
blowing his automobile from an
open shed, across field, about
100 yards. Talking with Mr.. Ingram
we learn that it was really more
freakish than we represented last
week. We learn that the auto was
locked; that the wind carried it
around and past a number of trees
such as an experienced driver could
scarcely have done; that leaning up
against the garage was a wheelbar-
row which was not moved by the
wind; neither was small, light
chicken coop, nor two empty bar
rels. next to the garage.
These things are the more re-
markable, since as was stated last
week, in addition to the auto be-
ing blown away, trees-many of
them of good size, were uprooted.