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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
A RIPE
OLD AGE

C|LARK MILLIKAN Of Sher-
idan, Ind, observed his
III hundred and first birth
day recently. A few days before
Greensburg publicly honored a
centenarian. Last week New
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14

Who was the nurse shot by the
Germans during the World War?
Edith Cavell, a British nurse, Yves
shot on Oct. II. 1915, at Tir National,
Brussels.
How should u flowers be fixed
for mailing?
Keep them in zoo water and a
cool place for eight hours before
shipment, then pack between papers
with water sprinkled over them. Do
not crowd them.
What was the first book written
by Kathleen Norris and what is
her latest work?
Her first book was Mother" pub
lished in 1911. Her latest one, pub
lished in 1924, is 1.-THE Galatians and
Murphys."
How many children did Presi-
dent Cleveland have?
Four; one son and three daugh-
tiers.
What is the ffirence between
red and pink salmon?
Red salmon comes from the red or
sockeye species of salmon. while
pink salmon is of the pink or hump
back salmon. The difference is
chiefly in the color-the food value
being practically the same. except
that red salmon contains more oil.
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Sims Says

Few men ire heroes in their own
home. Coolidge's son, in filling out
a form. gave his fathers occupation
as lawyer"
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Eight years
g the United
States entered
the war. Wen
let you know
when we get
out.
Navy flyers
will map the
arctic. Useless
expense. They
should nave
done 1t recent
ly when the
arctic was here.
Man in Italy
jumped 100 feet
with an egg
without break
ing it. They
think he is
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a BANJO AND MELODIES
WIN FIRST PLACE AT LYRIC

Crinoline and old lace, a banjo and
old melodies, and all that sort Of
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Life. is a problem; mortal man was made
70 solve the solemn problem, right OF wrong
J. @. Adams.
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He that loveth his life shall lose 1T; and ne
that hateth his life in this world shall keep IL
unto life eternal.-John IL 20.
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Sowing Silence and
Reaping TumuIt

7 7 is human nature to be interested in for
l hidden fruit.
Evening star., 1925-02-05
JACK AND ESTELLE
KEEP SCRIBES BUSY

Los ANGELES. February 5.-Re-
portorial agitation over the marriage
plans of Jack Dempsey. heavyweight
ring champion, bubbled up anew when
Dempsey's motor car paused in front
of Estelle Taylor's home long enough
late yesterday to permit the actress
her maid. and a heap of baggage to
be transferred from sidewalk to tom
neau.
After the car had vanished, the
excitement in screen and sporting
circles grew by leaps and bounds,
until Jack Kearns and Teddy HAYES.
manager and trainer of the champion
respectively, revealed that Dempsey
was going to San Diego to second
one of his pugilistic friends in box
ing bout. Hayes added that Demp-
sey's mother went along too.
The explanation gave investigators
chance to get their second wind,
after which they took up the chase
again with the remark that one
doesn't usually take ones mother and
fancee to see a second rate fight,
even if one is interested in that sort
of thing.
Evening star., 1925-02-05

olItT udy Itu VINO was
an old Chicago pitcher of a cham
pionship team. stated that he could
pitch the curve before Cummings is
claimed to have discovered 1t. Very
likely he could. Lnquestionably many
pitchers could pitch, or rather throw.
curve ball before 1861, but there
is no doubt that Cummings was the
first pitcher to utilize. 1t, because he
practiced with it until he had con-
troll Of it. That is why he is given
credit for the discovery" of the
curve.
Side arm and so called underhand
pitching were legalized by the league
in 1888. The old way of throwing
the ball from below tie knee had to
give way. The curve forced it out
In 1888 the National League permitted
a pitcher to throw the ball, but the
throw was limited to the height of
the shoulder. In the same year the
National League abolished the foul
out on first bound catch.
That move put an end to some of
the most spectacular plays that were
made by the professionals. The
swifter outfielders often sprinted from
their positions far beyond the foul
line and made excellent first bound
catches of fouls, but these plays were
considered to have been outgrown
ana as long as the third strike could
no longer be caught out of the first
bound, the league made a clean sweep
from the rules OF all of the first bound
plays. The boys of those days did
not like 1T bit and for many years
after the foul out on bound was
legislated out of the rules, the play
stlil was permitted in the Midwest
ana IN the games on the prairies. where
they liked to take them on the bound
Copyright. 1879
Next-When pitching really was
pitching
Evening star., 1925-02-05
THREE GOLFERS TIE
FOR TOURNEY LEAD

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, February S.
The closing Sc holes of the South
Central open golf tournament here
today found only about one-half of
the 100 golfers entered with a chance
to get in the money. In the first 36
holes yesterday a confident crowd of
professionals and amateurs came and
saw. but the course of the Hot
Springs Country Club conquered in
many instances.
The halfway mark in the tourna-
ment left John Black, Wichita, Kan.
Harry Cooper, Dallas, Tex. and AL
Watrous, Grand Rapids. Mich, pro-
fessionals, tied for first place with
143. Macdonald Smith, San Francisco;
John Golden, Paterson, n. J., and
George Christ, Rochester, n. Y, fol-
lowed within four strokes of the
leaders.
Black, in establishing a new course
record of 6s yesterday afternoon ne
gotiated six brides, giving him nine
for the day. Cooper also rang up nine
brides and Watrous and Golden were
credited with eight each. Smith had
two eagles to add to collection of
five brides and Christ accounted for
one eagle and six brides.
Crack amateurs found the going
rough. but Charles ]. Hardy. jr., of
New Orleans and Charles Cullum of
Hot Springs retained a good chance
to finish among the prize winners.
Evening star., 1925-02-05

~ tcil lHc lTutfl, III the very early
days of base ball the spectators were
more fond of sitting back of third
base and first base than they were
of sitting behind the catcher. That
was due to the fact that the curve
ball had not begun to be used ef-
fectively by the pitcher and there
was not the same fascination in
watching the ball break and twist as
there has been since scientific pitch
ing has developed from curve pitch
ing.
The backstop could as well have
been put at 80 feet as 80 feet, and it
might even have gone to 100 feet,
but when the old fellows were think
ing about what the proper distance
should be. it occurred to one of them
that the backstop should be the same
distance away from home plate as
there is distance between bases. 1t
is 80 feet from home to first and 80
feet from first to second, and so on,
and the rule makers said II should
therefore be 80 feet from home plate
to the backstop. in order that the
runner might have the same distance
to go as If he were speeding around
the bases.
Ninety feet 1t has remained since,
although in the parks of the large
cities the backstop often is less than
80 feet from home plate, because the
owners wish to economic their out
field room. Whenever it is less than
90 feet there must be a ground rule
by which the runner is entitled to
single base on a passed ball, pro-
viding the ball rolls to the backstop
and touches it.
The curve ball began to loom up
after 1867. when Cummings found
that he could master it, and then the
science of pitching changed COM
pletely and the pitcher became a
greater individual factor in the game
than ever he had been before. The
Evening star., 1925-02-05

Ruel to help me. work was made
easy. Mike Martin, the trainer, was
also of great assistance. I made him
ton of the players. He had full au-
thority to do as he saw fit in getting
them ready to play ball and keeping
them fit once the season got under
way. He succeeded so well that we
went through the pennant race with
out a serious break in the ranks of
the regulars. Our victory can be laid
largely to the fine condition of the
men. No man or group of men can
do a hard job well unless physically
fit.
Martin and / roomed together He
told me things about athletes that
were new to me. Many night we
sat UP late discussing the physical
condition of one player or another.
Then Mike would tell me his plans
to get better results. I always told
him the job was up to him, that if he
put the men on the field in good
shape would try to do the rest.
I've Heard That Before.
All these things made for good
spirit We did well in the exhibition
series. The club caught the winning
, habit before the campaign. We
fought for everyt thing. The players
were working, well with me. 1 didn't
want them to feel they were working
for me-
There was no Interference from
Griffith. He never Questioned. de-
| clslon L made. / was really boss of
the club. 1t was up to me to succeed
or fail
Base ball experts who watched US
In training camp and in exhibition
games didn't think much of our pen
nant chances. We were generally
rated as a second division club. T
hadn't much confidence then that we
would lead the league. But did be-
lieve we would surely finish in the
first division. Weehad practically the
same club which had finished fourth
in 1928. Anyhow, 1 knew we would
be fighting hard all the way. You've
always got chance as long as you
fight for it.
When we reached Washington for
the opening of the league season
Frank P. Morse, a newspaperman
turned banker, asked me: "How does
the club look, Bucky? Got any chance"
"Well, we'll be hustling all the
time" 1 answered. Amy one who
plays us will know they've been in a
battle"
He smiled I've heard that before"
he said, but along in midsummer
Washington clubs are generally only
playing the schedule out. So there
you are"
1 didn't blame him for his views.
They were shared by nearly every
one. Washington had never had a
pennant winner.
p Copyright. 1925.
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Evening star., 1925-02-05
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Evening star., 1925-02-05

him a place on the Braves staff last
Spring, will go South again.
The Braves will depend on the
regulars, George O'Neill and Frank
Gibson, for most of the catching.
Edward Phillips, Boston College
catcher in 1923; Edward Cousineau,
recalled from Worcester; Fred Schill-
err from Hutchinson, Kans., and
Oscar Siemer, will be given try
outs.
Among the new infield prospects
are Morris Burrus, a hard-hitting
first baseman from Atlanta: Hunter
Lane, shortstop, recalled from Pitts
field in the Eastern League; Harry
Snyder, from the Rocky Mountain
League, and William Marriott, who
starred for Mobile last season.
OF the regular infield of last year,
McInnis will be on first. Manager
Bancroft at shortstop, with Ernest
Padgett and Bob Smith, alternating
at third Bancroft is again well
after serious operation, made
necessary by an early season injury.
that kept him out of the game for
the greater part of the year.
Jim Tierney, veteran second sack
er, has been traded to Brooklyn for
Outfielder Bernie Neis, leaving new
gap to fill at the keystone post.
Evening star., 1925-02-05
eeng 7ouud Ban Johnson Outlook Bgens Boston Nationals
RUETHER, IN LINE, BEGINS
TRAINING AT HOT SPRINGS

At least one of the 18 athletes
ON the roster Of the world cham
piOn Nationals shown by the books
to date to be unsigned hes ceased
to be n source of wOrriment for
Clark Griffith. He iS Walter
("DUtch") Ruether, veteran south
paw, obtained from the Brooklyn
Dodgers, who arrived mt Hot
Springs, Ark. yesterday and inn
mediateiy Joined his new team
mates, GOslfn, Rice and Judge, i'm
preliminary training stunts for the
coming campaign.
Adviees from the Spa today were
that Huether is in fine physical
condition, md has obtained per-
mission to defer actually signing
his contract until he c0nfcrs with
the club president after moving
on to Tampa. .Ruether's presence
at Hot Springs is regarded as
tgntamOunt to an acceptance of
terms.
Evening star., 1925-02-05
HAGEN OUTCLASSES
WALKER, II AND Is

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, February
5.-By scoring the most overwhe'm-
ing victory ever recorded in a match
of its kind. Walter Hagen, Rochester
homebred, yesterday became the un-
official world golf champion" when
he defeated Cyril walkUf of Engle-
wood. n. j.. American open champion.
by II and Is.
The match was started last SUNDAY
on the Miami links when the British
open champion established a lead 90
| / up, and the concluding half of the
72-hole test was completed here
yesterday.
Walker never had chance to re-
cover the ground he had lost in the
first half of the match. The Ameri-
can champion was playing quite ae
poorly yesterday as he was in the first
half of the match. Although Walker
had 80 for his first 18 holes. Hagen
was unable to clinch the victory in
the third round. Hagen himself had
IS for the 18 holes. but he seemed
willing to prolong the match, on
several occasions conceding puts to
his rival.
The match came to n close on the
third green of the afternoon. or the
fifty seventh hole Of the contest.
when Hagen registered a par 5,
while Walker was vainly trying to
extricate himself from a sand pit.
Walker was credited with at
this hole, although he was still short
of the green after four strokes in the
sand.
Hagen increased his margin to IL
up early in the morning when he
won the second hole after the first
had been halved in 6s. Hagen's s
was good for another victory at the
third. but the fourth was halved in
3s and the British open champion
thereupon started to play a better
brand of go'f. although Walker took
the fifth. As it was. Walker won
only 3 of the 81 holes played yesterday.
Hagen scored the only birdie of the
day at the twelfth hole yesterday morn
ing when he registered a 2 for the short
hole to Walkers 3.
The cards:
Evening star., 1925-02-05
WALKER IN RING GO
AT CONGRESSIONAL

More than 600 members and guests
of Congressional Country Club are to
be entertained by Mickey Walker,
world welterweight boxing champion,
tonight in the palatial clubhouse in
the hills of Montgomery County. Md.
The stocky Jersey scrapper, a guest
of the club since last night, assisted
by Jimmy Waterman, Mayfiower sail
or, will give a four-round exhibition,
starting about s O'Clock.
Walker arrived In Washington
about 8 O'clock last night and was
motored to the club where, at sup
per, he was introduced to local news
paper men and prominent Washington
sportsmen. Accompanying Walker
were Mrs. Walker, his manager. Jo-
seph Degnan; his trainer, Bill Blox-
ham, and Babe Culnan. Newark box
ing promoter.
The champion was to take a sight
seeing tour of the city this morning,
and tomorrow plans to stage a box
ing exhibition at Walter Reed Hos
pital for the benefit of the disabled
veterans. Walker will go from here
to the Pacific coast to keep several
professional engagements.
Evening star., 1925-02-05

We were up every morning at 7.
After breakfast we went over the
hills on six or seven mile 1aunt.
When we returned we limbered up
our arms and took the baths. By this
time everyone was ready for a nap.
We played golf or loafed in the after
noon. / don't believe golf is good
for a ball player during the playing
season. His job is base ball. His
mind should not be diverted by an
other game. But as means of re-
taxation in the off season golf can
hardly be improved upon. We were
in bed every night at 10 o'clock
Walter Johnson was in wonderful
physical condition at Hot Springs. He
had been hunting most of the Winter.
His legs and lungs seemed equal to
almost any task. He was on the eve
of starting his eighteenth season in
the American League and yet he was
in far better shape than the rest of
u.s. There can be no better argument
for a. mans taking care of his body
than the career of the king of the
big league pitchers.
johnson acted as our hike master.
He soon earned the title of The
Mountain Goat" He set a fast pace
and had most of us staggering until
we got accustomed to the uphill
going. 1 was groggy many time.
But 1 kept on. l made up my mind 1
wouldn't expect any player to do what
I wouldn't do myself. We worked
and we played together. Right there
we laid the foundation for the club
spirit which carried us to the top.
We returned to Tampa in fine con-
dition. There I issued new training
rules. Big league veterans seldom
need orders to keep in condition. They
know what a serious business 1t is
getting in shape for the grind OF 154
championship games. Now and then
a, youngster has to be cautioned. He
may eat too much. He may stay up
too late. He may loaf too often. His
ignorance alone is to blame. / took
our recruits aside and pointed out
what was expected of them.
Iwork Out a System.
believe a manager should cater to
the youngsters on his squad. The
older players can take care of them
selves pretty well. They are also
known quantity. Everything should
be done to discover the strength and
weakness of the youngsters. Such
trouble will pay for itself many times
over.
Soon the squad was working well
together. We had no dissension. l
did my best to set an example In
hustling to everybody. Before the
Spring exhibition games started /
preached that We must fight for vic
tory in every one of them. 1 wanted
to instill the winning habit in the
club. / know that when you get off
on the wrong foot you're apt to be
so far out in the ocean before you
realize it, you can't get back to shore.
decided before we left Tampa how
I would handle the club through the
season. don't know whether
copied any other managers system
or not. Certainly had no big league
leader especially in mind when 1 made
my plans These called for turning
over details to trusted lieutenants and
seeking advice from men who had
been longer in the game. / knew
I would need help in handling 25 or
more men. l would follow the sys-
tenn of the head coach of a big COL
lege foot ball team. 1 would listen
to my advisors, make the final de-
cisions myself and take all the
responsibility.
With such men as Grifiith, John
son, Peckinpaugh. Judge. Rice and
Evening star., 1925-02-05
FOUR POLO PLAYERS
RATED AT 10 GOALS

NEW YORK. February 5.-Milburn,
Hitchcock, Webb and Stevenson
these names stand together at the
head of the polo celebrities of the
United States.
The handicap list for the year. an
nounced by the United States Polo
Association, places the four regulars
who defended the international chal-
lenge cup against Great Britain's
horsemen last Fall at Meadow Brook
in group at the top. each carrying
the maximum handicap rating of 10
goals.
Devereux Milburn, the veteran lead
er of Americas international forces
for more than a decade, and Tommy
Hitchcock, the youthful veteran and
captain of the American Olympic four
last year, already occupied the lofty
position with the maximum rating.
The other two, ]. Watson Webb, the
spectacular left-hander, and Malcolm
Stevenson, who played No. 3 on the
American four Of 1924 until he was
injured, are promoted one goal each.
The 10 leading players follow:
Evening star., 1925-02-05

Most promising of the new players
is Jimmy Welsh. an outfelder obtain
ed from Seattle in the Pacific Coast
League, for players and cash said to
amount to $4,000. Welsh, big, fast
youngster, hit for .342 in 164 games
last season. Other rookie outfielders
are Edwin Sperber, let out to Shreve-
port, La, last year and recalled at the
end of the season: Herbert Thomas,
purchased from Daytona in the Flor
ida League, who reported in the Fall
and showed promise as a lead-off
man; Francis Wilson. star of the Bos-
ton College outfield last year, who
Joined the team after the Holy Cross
game in June and worked his way
into the regular lineup by the end
of the season.
List of Flychasers.
Davis Harris. from Greensboro, s. c..
also will be given a tryout Billy
Cunningham and Casey Stengei. OBJ
tained in the trade last year that sent
Billy Southworth to the Giants; Les
lie Mann, traded from. Cincinnati;
August Felix and Ray Powell are the
men looked to for regular outfield
service.
Among the new pitchers, William
Vargus, a former southpaw member
of the Boston College team, is consid-
cred by Dick Rudolph, pitching coach,
as one OF the teams best prospects
Joseph Ogrodowski, sent to the
Braves by the same man who recon-
mended Joe Genewich, was a semi-pro
star in Elmira- n. Y. last season
1gnatius Mulch, a 6-footer weighing
1S0 pounds, showed promise in the
few games he finished after reporting
late in the season from Dover, Del, in
the Eastern Shore League Edwin
Van Brunt, a semi-pro from East
Orange, N. j.. and George Harts-
grove, who pitched in Maine last Sum-
mer, will be given tryouts.
The regulars on the pitching staff
are Jesse Barnes, Larry Benton, Jo-
seph Genewich. Timothy Mcnamara
John Cooney and Rube Maruuard, who
has entirely recovered from an oper-
alton that forced him to leave the
team last May. Kyle Graham, Fred
Lucas and Ike Kamp saw some serv-
ice last season. Joseph Batchelder
southpaw, who finished the season
with Worcester in the Eastern
League after recovering from an
operation for appendicitis that cost
Evening star., 1925-02-05
AFTERNOON ROUND
AFTERNOON RoUNI

While no attempt has been made
to preserve records for golf matches
such as that between Hagen and
Walker. which was finished yester-
day, the victory of the British open
champion over the American open
titleholder is said, by golf stats
ticians, to be world record
No one could recall any 72-hole
match which ended with the margin
of difference so wide as the Hagen
Walker match, especially a match
between two professionals Of sup
posedly equal caliber. Throughout
the entire 81 holes, Walker succeeded
in winning only and he halved only
rs. He tied Hagen on II holes dur
ing the first half. at the finish of
which Hagen stood IL up, and won
4. Yesterday Walker halved only 8
and won but g.