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Evening star., 1925-02-26

There is scarcely n soul between
Chicago and Council Bluffs who has
not not committed to memory all the
present and past history of the trio
that belongs to Iowa. Nebraska and
Kansas. Whenever any base ball fan
dares to assert that they raise big
pitchers in the East, these Middle =.
westerners demand loudly to be
shown, pointing the while to the rec
ords that were turned in last season
by johnson, Alexander and Vance
Alexander, it is said, is coming
back to the season of 1925 better than
he was in 1924. That broken bone
last season interrupted a base ball
year that promised to be the most
successful of his career. Alexander
stands near the top of them all, and
his keenest regret is that his injury
prevented him from pursuing
Throughout the season the sort Of
halo that was attained by johnson
and Vance. The Cubs think part of
their slump last season was attribut-
able to Alexander's injury.
There is another middle-westerne
who may be added to the galaxy Of
corn-fed pitching stars this season
He is Yde. the left-hand kid who
went through the season of 1924 all
most without losing a game. Yde OBJ
tained his experience in Oklahoma
but his games brought him into the
corn belt, and the fans point to him
as another of the pitchers who have
helped to put base ball on the map.
To these pitchers who already have
shown som ething may be added half
dozen young fellows who are to make
their bows in the majors this season,
presumably with a fair chance Of
| making good.
Pitching Is Improving.
The general caliber of minor league
pitchers in the Middle West is higher
than it has been in at least three
years, according to Mike Sexton.
president of the National Association
| 1t is his contention that pitchers are
getting back to the form they dis
| played when they tried to pitch
| curves and did not throw their arms
out at the shoulder fooling with
freak deliveries.
Joe McGinnity, the Giant iron man
| of years ago, who is a product of
| Iowa, is going back to the box this
year and is willing to wager that he
will have as good season as any kid
who starts in minor league company
between the Allegheny Mountains
and the Mississippi River.
The Midwest is eager to have the
Cubs or the White Sox or one of the
| st. Louis clubs win a pennant. There
| has been no world series out this way
| since the affair of 1919, and they
yearn for something to take the taste
of that out of their mouths.
Moreover, there is a resentful atti
tude against any more championships
| being monopolized by the East
While it probably has no basis in fact,
they feel out here that the East is
not much of a sporting center-that
! it wins pennants with a fat purse
rather than by developing young
| ball players.
Evening star., 1925-02-26

''If you have any luck in pulling
games out of the fire you get Ger
tain amount of credit for it, of course,
but NO real star ever was restricted
TO mere relief work. It's the pitchers
who go in there in the beginning
and win a large percentage of their
own games who get the high sala-
ries, and I hope to graduate from
this rescue job for just that reason.
Its the money I'm after.
Get Plenty of Thrills.
You sure get a thrill when you
are able to squeeze out of a tight
situation. by fooling the other fell
lows for a couple of innings or so,
no matter who was responsible for
digging the hole, but thrills don't
buy fertilizer for cotton fields. nor
pay off the hands, continued the
towering twirler. who devotes all his
time during the off season to the
acres he has acquired in the vicinity
of his home, at Streetman, Tex.
Besides, the job l had last year
is mighty hard on a pitchers arm
and probably shortens his base ball
career. Hardly a day passes that you
don't have to work in the bull pen,
and that's real work. too. fully as
hard as pitching in a regular game.
1t wouldn't be so bad If you always
were ready to do yourself justice
when the signal comes, but about
half the time you have to go into
the box before you have had a chance
to properly warm UP. It doesn't
make any difference whether you are
set to pitch or not, you have to gear
down from the minute you get on
the mound, and that's not good on a
fellows arm
"Of course, I'm willing to do what
ever is best for the team, and If I
don't get the chance to start many
games this year 1t will be all right
with me, but you asked how l felt
about 1t, and I'm a tellin' you"
Figures In so Games.
According to the official records for
1924, Marberry took part in exactly
80 contests, more than any other hurl-
er in the circuit. OF these only half
a dozen were complete games and
a vast majority of the A others rep
resented occasions when he was sum
moned to stem the tide that had set
in against a fellow finger, the privi-
lege Of gracing the hill at the outset
of a combat having been afforded
Fred very few times. "Firpo" was
credited with IL victories and II de-
feats, which gave him the rather un-
impressive percentage of AIS, but a
better line on his worth is to be
found in the average of earned runs
allowed per nine-inning game.
This is the only true test of the
effectiveness of a boXman, and of
Evening star., 1925-02-26
RANSDELL BALL TEAM
TO PLAN FOR SEASON

Mem bers of the Ransdell Incorpo-
rated base ball team are meeting at
1915 c street tonight to make plans
for the coming Spring campaign.
Ransdell is considering entering
the Sunday league of the Washington
Rase Ball and Athletic Association.
Last season Ransdell won the title
in Section c of the Potomac League.
Evening star., 1925-02-26


10 reach here" said Griffith after re-
ceiving the telegram. Gregg was
originally slated to report with the
first squad at Hot Springs. The mis-
understanding that for a while
threatened to keep him from joining
the Nationals was smoothed out al
most a week ago. L cannot under
stand what has delayed Gregg.
May Condition Slowly.
After a trip across the country, the
veteran hurler very likely Will not be
in condition to jump right into train
ing. 1t probably will be long after
Vean reaches Tampa before he viii
be of any assistance to the ball club.
Speeding over a fast ball that was
at once the admiration and concern
of Mike Martin and Coach Nick AL
trock, James Mcnamara, the Western
League rookie, again today had the
spotlight focused upon him. McNa-
mara insisted that he is in good
shape. due to his conditioning exer-
cises at his California home, but, just
the same, Martin called a halt on the
speed Jim has been exhibiting and
caused him to resume lobbing the
ball.
Mike Martin is out after revenge.
Last year Mikes ball club, the young
sters who annually cross bats with
the Cuban stars, recruited from this
and neighboring cities, was defeated
by the local aggregation. This not
only was a source of deep chagrm to
the manager-for-a a-day. but the con-
stant shifting up and down the
players bench made it necessary for
Martin to replenish his supply of
trousers "It will be different this
year." AYERS Mike. 'I must maintain
the clubs reputation. The world
champions must not lose to these
Cubans."
Must Use Rockies.
AS Mike must depend almost en-
tirely on the youngsters and substi-
tutes on the National roster, the
Cubans have another good chance to
win. They are all in great shape
even now, having played ball all win
ter. Spencer Adams, Roy Carlyle,
Wild Matthews, Mike McNally, Jim
Mcnamara, Harry Kelly, elise Dud-
ley and J. B. Brillheart, along with
Mule Shirley, Benny Tate, Memo
Liebold and Ossie Bluege, will be the
men from whom the Washington
trainer must select his club.
Muddy Ruel will be ably supported
back of the bat this year if the spirit
displayed by Bennett Tate and Bill
Hargrave gets the two catchers into
the condition they aspire to reach.
Both Tate and Hargrave are work
ing exceptionally hard, not only in
warming up the young pitchers, but
after the twirlers have had their
workout both -catchers keep plug
ging along with medicine ball and
track circling.
The utility catchers were both a
trifie overweight when they reported
Evening star., 1925-02-26

pIete physical ease and relaxation In
the address. They tee of n back
swing as easily AS you would start to
walk because they are in complete
control of the thing to be done and
are possessed of n confidence that
makes the physical action automatic.
If you start the club slowly and di-
rectly back from the ball, keeping 1T
low to the ground, you can make n
lot of mistakes thereafter and still
get AWAY with n good shot.
(Copyright. 1925
Evening star., 1925-02-26
FRED is FREE TO ADMIT
THAT MONEY is HIS COAL
Declares Relief Role Provides Many Thrills But Says
Such Things Don't Buy Fertilizer or Pay
OFF the Hands on Farm
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Sports Editor, The Star.

SPRINGS Ark February 26Being
the leaves
be desired. This, Fred Marbery
his should
that title
to
how he habors ambition become regular
tircly practical having do with finances
Its be able games, said
participated in close onehrd of the played by the
That's the bench,
hook instead of merely finishing
Evening star., 1925-02-26

SO easily ana so
gracefully that 1t
Is almost invisi-
BILE to any but the
I inc eye.
With others, like
Abe Mitchell and
George Duncan,
this shift iS very
easily observed.
Because they do
1t easily a N d
gracefully d o e n
not indicate that
they do It too
quickly. II h e q e
players have n
perfect pOise, also
Evening star., 1925-02-26
YALE DEFEATS HARVARD
AND WINS HOCKEY TITLE

BOSTON. February 26.-Yale's hockey
team defeated Harvard. l to o, last
night in a game which carried the two
teams through three extra periods and
a total of 90 minutes of play.
The victory gave Yale the Big Three
hockey championship for the second
successive year.
Evening star., 1925-02-26
MRS. JESSUP TO PLAY.

BOSTON, February 26.-Mrs. John B.
Jessup Of Wilmington, Del, will de-
fend her title as national women's in
door singles champion at the Longwood
covered courts, Chestnut Hill, starting
March IS. Mrs. Jessup won fame on
local courts as Miss Marion Zinderstein
of Brookline.
Evening star., 1925-02-26

with walrus thongs. They put thes
in balls of fat and placed them
where the bears would find them.
Once inside the bear the thongs
would disintegrate, the rolled up
whalehone spring out and puncture
the stomachs, thus killing the bears.
Evening star., 1925-02-26
s.PEPPER" AND THUNDER"
TO MARK MACKS' PLAYING

@HCAGO February 26Peppe thunder" will supplan
of the Connie Mack when the Philadelphia Ath-
- 1etics take the field this
Pepper will be personhed by Earl Mack the leader
who has been appointed captain.
Thunder"
of the players ball
reiev Duffy OF
Evening star., 1925-02-26
CORN BELT CLAIMS VANCE.
JOHNSON AND. ALEXANDER
Ace of Cubs Said to Be in Better Trim Than He Was
Last Season-Yde, Another From Section, May
Be Added to List of Famous
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

IN ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA February 26Out here the line OF
railroad that leads
the base bah Goliath everybody pulling
OF the plains and the paes lead the
when the 1925 pitching honors handed around
Johnson Alexander and all
and tall They started early in life ham and they
diet which
base ball players %
Evening star., 1925-02-26
HENLINE NOT SIGNED.

BLOOMINGTON, H., February 90
Walter Butch Henfine. star catcher
for the Philadelphia Nationals for the
past four years, has not yet signed a
1925 contract.
Evening star., 1925-02-26
PENN TO PLAY ARMY.
BY the Associated Pres,

By the Associate ted Press.
Announcement has been made that
Pennsylvania and the Army would meet
in basket ball next year for the first
time since 1920. A home and home series
has been arranged.
Evening star., 1925-02-26

PITTSBURGH, Pa, February 26.-
The California Amateur Hockey As
sociation has issued a challenge to the
United States Amateur Hockey As
sociation whereby the winners of the
two divisions would meet in Los
Angeles this Spring
Evening star., 1925-02-26

TN playing hockey one gets a world
of thrills. for 1t is one of those
fast games which offer many oppor-
tunities for the spectacular. 1t is
Evening star., 1925-02-26

match and excitement in the gallery
was intense as we reeled off hole
after hole in championship style.
Many holes were halved and seldom
was either of us more than one up
on the other. Coming down the
home stretch, we were all square as
we played from the seventeenth tee,
and it was any mans match.
The seventeenth was a 250-yard
hole, par 4. 1 was first to drive and
tore off a screamer that bore
straight down on the pin with a long
carry and a roll that took the ball
right into the cup.
Watt played the hole { in a birdie
3. but my 250-yard hole in l gave
me an edge 1 didn't reliHquish. We
halved the last hole and 1 was winner,
l up.
Evening star., 1925-02-26
GREGG ON WAY TO TAMPA:
Is DUE AT CAMP TUESDAY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

0
TAMPA Fla, February 26Vean Gregg, pitcher obtained
his Western home for the Tampa
the world champions until late last night This
President Griffith the form of telegram from the
ball club
involved Griffith promptly wired back his
make the
about the the
Hot reaches Tampa next tuesday
Evening star., 1925-02-26
THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS
BY WILL III. DIG,
President 7zaak Walton League OF America.

OWN the Philippines they fish crocodies The islands, of
| j infested with these reptiles
- They the small aEgators, such
gulf but things
ticin0i !
Evening star., 1925-02-26
WRESTLE AT MUTUAL.

Joe Turner is scheduled to meet
wiano Ketonen in a return match at
the Mutual Theater> tonight.
Evening star., 1925-02-26
Inside Golf
BY Chester Horton.

The reason 1t often is difficuIt to
to his right leg Is because he does it
Evening star., 1925-02-26

But when ID
| C O m G = to my
greatest thrill,
II am quite sure
the spot was
the { rn I n R
point of a game
W n 4 C h finally
led the team
with which L
Evening star., 1925-02-26

have competed in many ice skat-
ing speed events and in national and
international hockey matches, but
the latter is my favorite sport, and
that from which 1 got my big thrill.
Back of the thrill was an interesting
battle for the organization of club
and entry into the Manitoba Amateur
Hockey League. 1t was the Falcon
Hockey Club with which l played In
1919 and 1920. Our application for
entry in the league was turned down
several times because older clubs
wanted our men, who were mostly
former juniors and others who had
played in 1915 until the war broke
up the crowd.
Finally we were admitted to mem
bership in the league, many newspa-
pers knocking us and boosting the
champions, the Selkirks. But that
made US all the more determined.
and we went after the league title
with all our wills.
Our f1rst game was with these
champions, and the odds were
greatly against us. We won, to
q Frank Frich and I scoring all
Evening star., 1925-02-26
MY GREATEST THRILL IN SPORT
By MIKE GOODMAN
OF the Olympic Champion Hockey Team.

the goals. We lost our next game,
but won he third. Then came my
big game. A win, for the OppOsi-
tinn meant n tie for first place and
loss the practical elimination
from the championship. So they
went for us on the dO-Or-die plan,
ending the first period to D In
the lead.
In the second period they scored
, again right off the face-off. We
scored our first goal, but they got
two more. We gotSanother and ended
the period on the short end of a
5-to-2 score. Things looked mighty
blue for us, and during the rest pc
riod we had council of war, during
which our coach managed to get us
into such a frenzy of fighting spirit
that we were a new team.
We started off by getting two goals
inside of 10 minutes. But that still
left us one behind, and time was
flying fast In the last period / had
no rest, but fought as / had never
fought before. All of us did, but /
began to weaken. AS the timing clock
neared the 60-minute mark and end
of the game, people in the stands
started away. The puck was down
at our net.
Into my corner 1t came. l did
not know whether or not i had
strength to carry IL the length of
the floor, but determined TO try. 1
got n start, and then came upon the
OppOsitfon's defense. L tried to get
them, but one bOdy-ch ecked me.
i began falling. hut as i did so L
ha1f shot and half slapped the
puck. 1 could not see it's desff-
nation, but the cries of the crowd
told me 1 had succeeded. Only 40
seconds of play was left.
That play gave me my greatest
thrill, for ii tied the game, which we
eventually won. Then we went on
to win the Canadian championship.
with the right to represent Canada
in the Olympic games. where we won
the Olympic championship. They still
talk of that winning play in Canada,
and ! know 1t will always live with
me.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1925-02-26

{ IT e SpUI ldCUIdI
that affords the
most thrills. : So
1 may say that
Il have had many,
I'M a n y thrilling S
moments.
Evening star., 1925-02-26

but each has reduced enough to make
it almost a certainty they will be
down to playing weight by the time
the exhibition games get under way.
In these practice games both catchers
will get most of the assignments,
Harris probably electing to save Ruel
for the more important contest,
which start in New York April IA.
Evening star., 1925-02-26


Bobby
of Ohio 1t eighteen
ball and we fought ou
Evening star., 1925-02-26
PADDY DOYLE TELLS:
Pair That Meets Only One Defeat

WALKER teamed together many match
North East but only occasion have
~ had to bow heads in defeat
Evening star., 1925-02-02
RENT-BUSINEsS PROPERTY

1C1z1S u 0OD1xSz65I = @sOx 11xv@ =
TWO LARGE BASEMENT ROOMS SUITABLE
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$3.50
Evening star., 1925-02-02
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MONEY ALWAYS IN HAND FOR LIBERAL
loans on d. c. real estate; prevailing interest
and commission rates.
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Evening star., 1925-02-02
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WANTED TO BUY AN ACRE OR TWO OF
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Evening star., 1925-02-02
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Evening star., 1925-02-02

NEAR UNION STATION, IN CHOICE y.
section. Semi-detached brick house. large
rooms. with bath and rec. hall. hot-water heat.
IS $50: terms
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Evening star., 1925-02-02
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500 Tth st. S.W.-7 rms. and bath, elec.,
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Evening star., 1925-02-02
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Putnam patriot., 1925-04-17
ABINGTON

Mrs. Joseph King died this week Tuesday.
 Miss Mildred Stone spent Easter with her parents.
 Dorothy Horton has been enjoying weeks vacation.
 Mrs. Charles Smith is critically i'll with i05aT pneumonia.
 Miss Honora Hurley spent the week end with Mrs. Emily Horton.
 Easter music was conducted by Mrs. Erskine last Sunday morning.
 Several families in the community are having a siege of the grip.
 Mrs. Sarah Marcy is seriously i'll at the home of her son, W. E. Marcy.
 Mrs. Daniel Baker returned home from the hospital one day last week.
 Mrs. T. o. Elliott spent Easter Sun day with relatives in Central Falls. K.
 Repairs have been made on the church and more are being contem- plated.
 Mrs. William Gallup has been at her home here during the Easter va cation.
 Ernest Rowley nearly lost ore of his handsome team horses one day last wees with collie.
 Mrs Eva Upton and son Turner of Norwich were guests of Mrs. Fred Bo- tham last Sunday.
 Minola. the oldest daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Fred Thornton. has been quite Ill with the grip.
 The family of Carl M. Sharpe arc quarantined on account of Beatrice having the scarlet fever.
 Everett and Clarence Griggs and John Cruse have gone to work on q new state road in Elmwood.
 Mrs. Clara M Sharpe visited rela. tives in Central Falls, R. l.. over ths weekend. returning Sunday afternoon with Mir Sharpe, who drove down tt 1 pend Easter.
 Miss Ethel Bennett. oldest daughter f Horace Bennett, was taken to tn, Day kimball Hospital last Friday and operated upon for appendicitis. Shs s doing nicely.
 In spite of the weather and also thu carlet fever scare. dozen peoplt adhered in Music Hall. Tuesday eve ing. to play whist First prizes were ] won by Mrs Roy Geossler and San Rich, the others by Mrs. Holbro0k anc George Baker. Next Tuesday evening there will be another party, at th, same time and place. Everybody
Putnam patriot., 1925-04-17
ATTAWAUGAN

James Watson was a recent visitor in Providence.
 Mrs. Charles Blaekmar spent Thursday in Providence.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles Blsckmar spent the week in Nashua, N. II.
 Miss Lorenza Mathieu of Moosur has been a visitor with Mir. and Mrs, John Mathieu.
 Mir. and Mrs. Oliver Tatrault and son and Joseph Tatrault were visitors Sunday in Woonsoeket
 Mir. and Mrs. George Knight and son of Worcester were Sunday yisi. tors with Joseph Heselton and family.
 Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Aubin and son and Mrs. Joseph Tatrauit and daughter spent the weekend in Wo0nsocket.
 Mrs Mary Basley passed away ai her home here Saturday evening af- ter a lingering illness of several months. Mrs. Basley. who was forty