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The Washington times., 1925-07-03
YAIVK RECRUITS
MAY HELP
HUGG|NS
Youngsters 70 Replace Fast
Slipping Veterans Behind
Plate Soon

: These are the days when Miller
Higgins, manager of the Yankees.
Is peering into the future. The
Yankees need rebuilding and Hug
gins is having his scouts scour the
country In search OF new talent.
Higgins realizes he has very little
save q fighting chance TO pull the
Yankees into the money this year
and so he is building with fond
hopes for the future and only
memories for the past.
There are two noticeabIy weak
spots IN the Yankee lineup, Of
course, exclusively Of 4 WORKOUT
pitching staff that has seen better
days. These are second base and
behind the bat, where Schang and
O'NeiIl are fading, and BengOugh
is but q promising prospect.
Martin Aubrey. the apple Of Hug
gins eye, is nearly ready to don
the mask and chest-protector. Hug.
gins farmed Aubrey out to Atlanta
together with Nick" CuIIop, q
hard-hitting outfielder. 10th Of
these players will be In the Yam
KEGS regular lineup next season.
The real tfind" Of the current
year was the acquisition OF Paul
Koenig. the stalwart young short
stop OF the st. Paul club, In the
American Association.
Koenig was q much-sought player
when the Yankees coFTqled him.
He Is big: hits hard, has wonder
Rul pair Of hands and is fast.
Koenig Will not report until 1926.
If he shows well at short, Paul
Wanninger viii be shifted over to
second and the Yankees win have
corking infield. 1t will also BE- q
young infield. Higgins likes
Koenig. He saw him at st. Paul
during the Yankees last swing
through the West.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
GOLF IS GAME
FOR POOR
MAN
Unlike In Early Times, Sport
Knows No Boundaries
of Wealth

Once upon a time, as the broad
casters of radio bedtime stories say,
golf was strictly a rich mans game.
Then Francis Ouimet came along
and knocked tradition into a cooked
hat by beating Vardon and Ray
IN that memorable playoff for The
United. States open at Brooklinel
Mass.
Today golf knows no boundaries
of wealth.
Dominick Donofrio, a telegraph
linesman, won the New York pub
lie links championship last week
He found time to master the game
In the intermissions between patch
ing balky telegraph wires. The
powerful forearms developed climb
ing poles and graphing with heavy
wires aided him in golf.
instance occurred In the playing OF
the annual city championship.
The winner was Joe Kurek, a
twenty three-year-old plumbers cleo.
trician, and the runner-up wac Paul
REM, machinist.
Golf draws from all classes and
appeals to all types That was the
made baseball the national game
and golf is following in the trail
foundation of popularity which
blazed by baseball
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
SWEETSER NOT
ALARMED At
RULE
Reduction of Number OF Ma
tionaI Open QuaIifiers
Meets His Approval

Jess Sweetzer is one Of the few
who express any kind Of enthusiasm
for the National amateur champion.
ship at Oakmont late in August.
The new Metropolitan title holder
Fixes the heavily trapped course at
Pittsburgh and furthermore iSi:'r
alarmed over the new rule that re-.
duced the number Of uualifiers Z ON
thirty-tWo to sixteen.
It is this feature that is caus.nv
many amateurs in this section to
doubt about the ACCESSIBILITY OF send.
ing in their names for the blu s-rik.
Don event. They figure 1t was diff
ftcuIt enough to qualify under the
CID order and now conditions have
leen made more than 100 per cent
tougher,
Findley Douglas. veteran former
champion and one of the shrewdlnsI
OF golf observers. believes that Bt,k.
by Jones, who will defend lis anna.
teur crown at Oalxmont, is about III,
only one who is reasonably ce tain
70 survive the thirty-six hole oua,s.
tying test. In the case of all others
Douglas thinks that the odds are
against their qualifying. because II
the Few places to I'LL and the S,zo
ana strength OF the competing field
Mr.. Douglas holds to the opinion
thet the new. experiment will prove
so satisfactory that the United
States Golf Association will quickly
try out another plan. AS a sugges-
lion, the veteran believes that the
fairest arrangement would be =
thirty.six-hole qualifying round to
make eligible thirty-two for the
championship and then cut this
number down by eighteen hole
matches which not only would keen
the length OF the tournament with
in weeks duration. but would
materially increase interest because
every round would result in a de.
cislon. Under ribs arrangement
semi'final and final matches would
be at thirty-six holes and the short
er tests would require only three
days to bring the field down. to the
semi finals,
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
HUBBARD
HAS HIDDEN
STRENGTH
Michigan Coach Believes
Jumper and Splinter VIII
Better Records.

De Hart Hubbard. famous colored
athlete, who closed his college ca.
reer by broad juhmping to new
world record of 20 feet 1913 inches.
has not reached the limit of his
ability, in the opinion of his Uni.
versity of Michigan coach, Steve
Farrell.
at have handled a lot Of cham.
pions," Farrell is quoted as saying,
but Hubbard is the greatest
jumper and sprinter 1 have ever
handled. He could have done 26
feet in the running broad jump in
the national intercollegiate if he
had to. What is more, II he spe-
cialized on the century and forgot
all about jumping he would Iun
2-5 seconds for the distance"
This may sound bit fantastic,
but when you examine Hubbard's
record it seems altogether possible.
No athlete has developed with
greater rapidity than the dusky
Michigan star within the past year
or two.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
ON
IN OHIO NET
TOURNEY
Lott Meets oster, and Sagow-
sky Plays Wirthewin in
Mems Singles

COLUMBUS, Ohio. July Semi
finals were scheduled today in the
Ohio State Tennis Championships
on the courts Of the East End
Tennis Club here. Finals will be
played off Saturday afternoon.
George Lott, jr., Chicago cham
pion, was slated to meet Ralph
Oster, Cleveland. in the first semi.
final in the mems singles event
this afternoon. Julius Sagowsky,
Indianapolis, was carded against
Walter Wirthewin. Columbus.
In the women's singles, Miss
Marion Leighton, Chicago, was to
meet Mrs. Thornton Emmons,
Columbus, and Miss Clara Zincke,
Cincinnati, to meet Miss Virginia
Thompson, Columbus.
Four teams will fight to enter
the finals in the mems doubles.
Lott and Tom McGlynn, Columbus;
Walter and Herman Wirthwein.
Columbus; Sagalowsky and George
Amhyrst, Columbus; and Oster and
Bud Track, Columbus.
The semi-finalists in the women's
doubles will be: Miss Leighton,
and Mrs. Emmons: Miss Wilson and
Miss Thompson; Miss Zincke and
Mrs. Fulton and Mrs. Pressy and
Mrs, Slatmeyer.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
JACKSON BOON
To GIANT
TEAM
Travis Is Only InfieIder OF
Team to Refrain From Any
and All Hurts

NEW YORK, July 3.-Fate has
been kind to Travis Jackson this
year. OF all the Giant infielders,
regulars or utility men alike, he
alone has escaped injury. 1t may
be. that he has been spiked once or
twice and had a finger or two pain
fully bruised, but at least he has
not been hurt so badly as to have
to withdraw from the lineup. He
is thee only Giant to play in every
game. g..
Meantime the young man has
made great progress in his work
A year ago at this time it was the
opinion Of most players and man.
ayers in the league that the Giants
had suffered by reason of the trade
that sent Dave Bancroft to Boston.
The weak spot on the Giant team
Of 1924, they insisted, was short
stop. They admitted that for his
years and meager experience Jack
son was a splendid player, but
added that he fell so far short Of
Bancroft that he pulled the Giants
below their 1923 strength.
One dissenter was Bancroft, and
modesty was not the motive that
impelled him to lodge a verdict in
Jackson's favor when his attention
was called to what other managers
were saying.
1T is unfair to Jackson to say
that the Giants are weaker with
him at shortstop," he said. Fur
Their, it is not true. Jackson, to
my mind, is the greatest ball player
for his age the league has seen IN
many a year. He's great help to
the Giants and he'll be a greater
one from year to year"
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

Open Champions Victory
overshadoWed by Trip to
OccuIist's

Through the national open
championship that I won at Wor-
ceSter last MONTH" said Willie
MacFar!ane. was the biggest tour
nament and title that ever came
to me, it wasn't the biggest victory.
That sound enigmatical, but it's
true.
MY greatest victory has been
over my eyes. For long time
they were steadily going back on
me, but didn't realize it until
the championship at Skokle three
years ago. when Gene Sarazen
won the title.
II played sixty-one holes, never
off the fairway, but when was
around one hundred and fifty
yards from the hole / didn't know
whether it was a mashie shot or
a Inidiron. could never see it
properly and the result was that
tried to play a shot in between
the two. but wasn't very successful.
After that / didn't bother much
with tournament golf until I was
fixed up with a pair of glasses
that made me judge distances all
right. And, / think, too" said VIII,
with canny smile, "that my
glasses make the bunkers look
bigger and the holes smaller"
Maybe that is true. but you
can't make any one who was at
Worcester believe it. MacFarlane
was seldom in traps, and sank
many long puts from the edge of
the green.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
YANK GOLFERS
GIVE BRITISH
HARD RUN
Just Getting Even for Set
backs Administered Ameri-
cans Year Ago

The matter Of depriving John
Bull OF his most coveted golf prize,
the open championship, seems to
have become an American habit,
even with Walter Hagen out Of the
competition. The Beau Brummel Of
the American links did not defend
the title he won last year abroad.
but Long JIM Barnes finally
broke through to the top.
Thus the historic trophy stays in
the United States for tho fourth
time in the past five years, record
which more than squares accounts
fo.' the setbacks administered to
American talent in days gone by.
The record Of American contend
ers for the British open title has
been remarkably consistent in this
five-year span. Here are how the
leading invaders have placed In
that time:
l921-Jock Hutchinson, first; Tom
HerYiRan, third.
1a22-Waiter Hagen, first: jim
Barnes tied for second with George
Duncan. -
l923-Walter Hagen, second 20
11GVSAS0 Va 4SA9SS~AAASf $780,
Smith, third.
1924-Walter Hagen, first; MAJ
Smith, third.
1925-Jim Barnes. first; Mac
Smith, fourth.
Smith has missed three golden
opportunities to break through in
as many successive years. He has
shattered course records twice IN
the competition but lacked the con-
sistency to reach the top. He had
the title in his grasp yesterday uh.
til he "blew" the last round.
However. the fact that both
Barnes and Smith are Brttish-born
and learned their games on the
ancient isle somewhat softens the
shock abroad, though the trophy
goes overseas just the same. -
Barnes' best previous chance to
win was in 1922, when he finished
right behind Hagen. He was sixth
in 1921, failed to qualify in 1923
ami landed in ninth place last year.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
IS SLOW,
BUT BEATS
R|SKO
Too Much Fighting HAS Gut
Down Speed Of Georgia
Ring Star

EAST CHICAGO, July 3.-Al-
though Young Stribling won the
popular decision over Johnny Risko,
the Cleveland battler, in a ten.round
bout last night, fistic fans believe
that the Georgia peach is getting
Il little stale" They believe Strih-
ling should take a rest for a while.
Stribling took many smashes that
slowed him up. He knocked down
Risko in the second round and it
was several rounds before the Cleve-
land battler was himself again.
The knockdown kept Risko from
going after Stribling but towards
the end of the bout he was going
after the Georgia boy hanlner ard
tongs, but could not overcome the
advantage Stribling gained in the
earlier rounds.
Stribling looked a little tired dur
ing the bout and displayed little of
the speed a prospective champion
should have. TOO much fighting"
was the verdict of the fans, who
declared Stribling should rest a
while before engaging in any other
bouts.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Ban johnson Given
Bachelor Degree
By Marietta

Many honors have been con-
ferred on Ban B. johnson, the
energetic head of the American
League, but the one he prizes
the most was the degree of
bachelor of arts granted him by
Marietta College, of Marietta,
Ohio. AS far as known, this is
the first time a college gave a
degree to the president of
baseball league.
At its recent commencement
Mr.. Johnson appeared in mortar
board and gown and the B. A.
was duly conferred on him.
Marietta is the first town
settled in the State of Ohio and
it's college is one Of the pioneer
educational institutions Of the
Central West.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

Jock Hutchinson visited Jim dur.
ing the year, and the two men dis
cussed golf champs
I'd be discouraged II were
you. Jim," Hutchison said. Seems
as though luck il always against
you. Why don't you stop competi.
ton for awhile and. see il that
don't help"
Barnes smiled and chewed the
stem of the shamrock he held
between his teeth.
Some day I'm going to win
the British open," he said quiet
". I'll never quit until / do.
Some day Il want to 90 back
to Cornwall to see my mother.
And when / do / want TO be
champion"
That was eight years ago. Last
week Jim Barnes went home to
Cornwall to see his mother. And.
true to his word, he took the Brit.
Ism open championship with him.
Persistence did that-persistence
ana absolute confidence In personal
ability.
A lot Of folks didn't ike Jim
N~N@- $3.50 44G was AOuE Gt1U QuI9St
and sullen at times. He had little
to say. He was a hard man. to
talk to. This writer thought 90,
too-and told him so frankly, even
as he admired the persistence
which kept him in there trying for
the attainment of his greatest ideal.
Yesterday a new picture Of
Barnes came through from Eng.
land. The leathery, sun-stained
face was wreathed in a smile that
stretched almost from ear to ear.
The eyes tWinkled youthfulIy. Be
tween the teeth there hung that
little. shamrock harbinger Of good
luck that was never absent when
Barnes started play.
No sullenness In that face; no
sombreness. Only joy.
For persistence had won. Jim
Barnes is the British champion.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
WALLY PIPP IMPROVED,
PHYSICIANS REPORT

NEW YORK, July 3s-Attending
physicians at st. Vincert's Hospital
today reported a slight improve.
ment in the condition of Wally Pipp,
veteran first baseman Of the New
York Yankees, who was taken TO
the institution YESTERDAY after being
hit by pitched bail in batting prac-
tice. Pipp was said to he suffering
froLI a slight brain conclusion but
that his chances OF a IN Did re. overy
WAS excellent.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
70 Homers II Day
Said To Be Big
League Mark

NEW YORK, July Bel noffi-
cial statisticians today claimed
that q new record had been es-
tabIished yesterday when twenty
home runs were made IN the
major leagues in spite Of the
fact that Cincinnati, st. Louis,
Washington and Philadelphia
did not play. Meusel, Of the
Giants, made three homers, and
Ruth, Of the Yankees; Il. VIII
son, OF the Giants, and Neis, OF
the Braves, two each.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
FORMER PRINCETON
FOOTBALLER INJURED

OIL CITY, Pa, July SACK
Cleaves, former Princeton football
player, was severly injured in the
Oklahoma oil fields, according to a
telegram received today by his
parents here. The injury occurred
near Tulsa, when tubing block
fell and struck him on the head.
Advices received here said Cleaves
suffered q fracture Of the skull.
but that he would recover. Cleaves
was assistant coach Of the Prince
ton freshmen last year and mem
Der of Coach Roper's famous eleven
of 1922.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
FORMER HARVARD STAR
WILL COACH TRINITY

HARTFORD, Conn.,, July B.
Henry W. Clark. former Harvard
varsity football center, will coach
the Trinity College football team
next fall. President Remsen B.
Ogilby announced today. He will
become a member Of the Trinity
faculty as instructor in English.
Clark was graduated from Harvard
in 1928. He recently has been in
business in Seattle.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
HOOVER IS DEFEATED
IN DIAMOND SOULS

HENLEY, England, July 3.-J.
Beresford. holder of the interna-
tional trophy and former Olympic
champion, defeated Walter Hoover,
of America, In the semi-finals of
the historic diamond SOULS today in
a close race on the Thames. Hoover,
former holder of the trophy, tried
gamely to stick with Beresford's
terrific pace, but the Briton's shell
forged slowly but inevitably ahead
in spite Of the Americans series of
spurtS.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

AND AFTER
~ ROSS coNKLIN-

r. Cliff McKimmie used to be-
long to the Bannockburn Golf
Club. He resigned the club to
take up professionalism and when
! he returned to the scene OF his
, former triumphs to play against
| Lionel Walker and w. L. Premier
CAST. his own partner being Lee
Crandall, jr., he gave everything
he had to win.
And Cliff did win. His own card
was 81, and that equaled the pest
ball of the foursome. Cliffs splen.
did shooting got him a up ana
one decision. and considering the
fact that ,he was playing the home
pro and one of the best in the clup,
the victory was sweet.
The match was played as q. spe-
ciaI challenge match. Prender-
CAST and Walker were one down
AZ the turn, and when McKimnlo
drove the next green and hOled
out with q birdie three, they
were two down. 1t all ended on
the seventeenth green, when all
four got par fours to haive the
hole.
Now, Cliff wants the world to
know that he and suitable anna
teur partner can whip anything else
Of like character. He used to pair
with George Voigt, and the two
made very formidable combination.
McKimFnie has a world or conf
dcnce, and he is meeting the ball
better than ever. He socks a long
drive.
McKimmie's long driving recalls
an incident in the matches against
the Maryland professionals last month
at the Rolling Road Club. ClEt
walked up to the tee: walloped the
hall 300 yards and found it in a
trap. He kicked Justify because the
trap was too near the tee. Consider
that.
The best golfing joke Of the year
was pulled out at Rock Creek. 1t
seems that wife was tired Of being
a golf widow. I'm going to pack
my things and go home to mother.
All 2 hear is golf. golf. golf. I'm
going to pack right now and leave
YOU for good" "All right dear:e,
and while you are packing. I'm go.
ing out on the lawn and putt few"
was the rejoinder.
The members Of the Washington
municipal golf team will have to
deferd their Harding Cup trophy.
Last year, the Washington entries
easily captured the cup. and the
hoYs ought to conquer again this
year, as the caliber Of the players
lad gone higher. Jim Preston.
custodian Of the cup. is sick and
tired of Having to polish the thing.
He earnestly hopes the cup will go
10 rome other Washingtonian II
the District team again wins.
The Harding cup is played for
during the qualifying rounds. The
scores of the four lowest are taken,
and the city that has the lowest
foursome gets the cup George
Voigt, Bill MCGUIRE, Charles Agnew.
and Johnny Shorey won it for us
last year.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Simmons NFeII Down

In that terrible flop the Macks
took before the Griffmen in their
~,ve-game series, Al Simmons batted
for an average Of III. The Griff
pitchers stopped the Mack sluggcr
G,Ol6
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Praises Griffmen

Ed Pollock, baseball expert Of a
Philadelphia newspaper. declares to
the world that the Griffmen are the
nearest approach to those old
fashioned teams which played inside
baseball than anv club since the
days of the old Athletics"
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Wants Sunday Game

The Fort Humphreys team will
furnish transportation for any un-
limited class Washington club that
will fill a date at the Fort next
Sunday. Challengers should phone
the Fort Humphreys athletic officer.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Meridians Challenge

The Meridian Midgets desire an
afternoon opponent for July 4.
The managers phone number is
North $3.50. All Meridians are re-
quested to report at 1890 o'clock
Saturday on diamond No. 4, Monu-
ment lot.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Better Than SisIer

In his batting streak Of twenty.
nine games Bill Lamar Of the Ath-
letics made Ali aveAage of a frac.
ton better than two bingles a
game. In a streak Of thirty-four
games, which is the seasons record,
George Sisier made a fraction less
than two nits a game.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Yes, They Fell Hard

In the week just prior to their
five-Pame session with the Griffmen,
the Macks batted for an average
around 400. Against the champions
their team average was about .2l0.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
JIM BARNES IS EXAMPLE
OF TENACIOUS SPIRIT
Ry FORD c. FRICK..

NEW YORK July S figure the breaks against you and
Il you're discouraged and ready to give then think Of
Jim Barnes-and keep trying!
Springs where Jim the profess
"Unluy Jim" the boys called him in
days For played after
with ability
49, The s0rneh
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Shaffer Comes Back

Art Tillie Shaffer, one of the
greatest third sackers in the game
when he was with the Giants, is
back on the diamond as manager
and third baseman of the Holly
wood. Cal, ball team.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
TYRUS STANDS
BY HIMSELF
As TYPE
Others Outshine Him in Ways,
Yet He Is Incorporate
In Game

= i -
The following is an extract from
story written by John B. Sheri.
dan, who conducts q column head,
ed Observations Of a Veteran
Scribe" in the weekly Sporting
News:
II have seen forty players, fast.
or. stronger, better eyes than Ty
Cobb, but not one of them Cobb.
Suppose Cobb could take George
sfsIer and inspire him with the
Cobb passion for forcing play. steal
ing bases. etc. Why, SisIer would
be equal to ten Cobbs. Sister is a
better hitter than Cobb ever was.
Much faster on his feet. He goes
into base much faster than Cobb
ever did
Mr.. Sheridan knows baseball,
inside and out, from top to bot
tom. His observation regarding
the venerable leader and chief
claw Of the Detroit Tigers Is
worth reading.
Forty players. faster. stronger,
better eyes than Cobb. But not
one OF them Cobb"
What a marvel xl1is man Cobb is.
He is batting .41O in his twenty
first season Of big league baseball.
Everytime Cobb steps up to the
plate he sets a new record. Every
time he bangs out q hit, every time
he brings in q run, he sets new
record.
There have been scores OF play
ers naturally more adapted to
baseball than Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
But there il only one ,Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb. The game never has
seen, probably never win see, an
other like him.
Every now and so often, some
new angle crops up to emphasize
the greatness Of Cobb's career. The
latest may be obtained by a peep
at the American League batting
averages.
Tyrus Raymond Is now In the
middle of the hardest hitting trio
OF outfielders that ever scared an
opposing pitcher half to death. On
his right flank is Harry Heilmann,
e right-handed batsman who has
broken up many a ball game with
his big bat. TO the left we have
AL Wingo, the red-lneaded kid
brother Of Ivy Wingo, star Ma
tionaI League catcher for more
than decade.
Cobb Is hitting 40. WingO's
batting average Of .410 leads the
league. HeiIEnann Is the weak
sister" Of. the trio. But his bat
ting average Of 1856 is not SO
weak.
Ever since 1905. the year tina.
Cobb broke in under the big tent
the Tigers have had a hard-hitting
pair of outfielders. First it was
Cobb and ''Wahoo Sam" Crawl I'd.
whom Walter johnson calls the
faced. After Crawford passed en-
over the ridge, Bob Veach stepped
into his smuggling shoes. After Vcach
it was HeiImann who was CoDSc
partner In what the opposition
might term crime. Heilmann is still
with Us, and Cobb and with the de.
velonment of WinEo the clubinnG
Detroit duet becomes a trio.
Cobb and Crawford. Cobb and
Veach. Cobb ard Heilnann, CO >D,
Heilmann and Wingo. Four grea:
batting combinations, extending over
twenty years-two generations, as
in baseball are recko1e1.
And Cobb Is PLAYING as prominent
part in the Cobb Wingo- Heilmann
wrecking crew as he played in +hc
Cobb Crawford combine Of twantv
years ago.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
Rhees With Fairgrounds

Bill Rhees. who had a big year at
Princeton in basketball and baseball.
is spending his summer as an as.
sistant athletic director on the
Washington Fairgrounds.