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The Washington times., 1925-12-03
DOWNEY WINS
SPEEDY BOUT
FROM BASS
why Don't You Fight?" Asks
Joe, and Nick Does
Just That
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
sports Editor. The Times

Joe Downey,. navy middleweight
champion, showed too much class
for Nick Bass, Baltimore slugger, at
the December smoker of the Alloy
sius Club and was easily entitled to
the victory. 1t was a fast, clean
eight-round bout featuring a bang
up program arranged by that vet
eran matchmaker, frankie Mann.
Bass, substituting for the injured
Tex Stovall, started slowly and for
couple of rounds seemed out
cIassed. As the third round ended
Downey barked, ''Why don't you
fight?" as they broke away, and in
the third session Bass opened up
with a right to the jaw. Two in
succession found their mark and
Downey began backing up, dizzy
under that wallop.
The fourth round saw Bass again
out in front, taking a punch. or
two to put over that right to the
head and jaw. The sailor was
plainly in trouble as the bell ended
the session and the club members
were enthusiastic over the speedy
going.
Bass came out for the fifth in
tending to rest up. DoWney quickly
took advantage and, with a left Jab
and right uppercut, went ahead and
never let his man catch him again.
The fifth and sixth were even, but
the sailor was all over Bass in the
seventh and maintained his margin
in the eighth.
Referee Heinie Miller. masquer'
aiding as an emblem of purity"
gave no decision, but he would have
been justified in awarding the vic
tory to Downey At that, Bass
looked good and the club members
wanted to see more of him.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
GIANTS READY
FOR ORANGES .
CHARGES
New York Pros Have Plan to
Prevent Red from Run
ming Wild

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The,
Giants, admitting all respect for
Red" Grange, insist that he will
not run wild at the Polo Grounds
Sunday when he makes his metro
politan debut with the Chicago
Bears.
THE Giants have special plan
for stopping Red Grange, but we
will be careful not to make the
mistake of guarding Grange so
closely that the other stars in the
Bear backfield will have q chance
to get loose, said Bob FolWell to-
day. ut was my privilege to see
Grange perform in the illinois,
Pennsylvania game at Franklin
Field and / want to say at this
time that in my opinion the former
Illinois captain is one Of the moss
dangerous ball carriers the game
has ever produced. as
81 can recall few players who
possessed stronger all-round strength
than Grange, but none who could
carry the ball with greater speed
and skill.
1T will be the duty of the Giants
to stop Grange short of the scrim,
mage line. Two strong, aggressive
tackles win consistently stop the
greatest runner before he reaches
the line. and we are confident that
our team possesses two tackles Of
this type in Milstead and ParneH.
1--WE are confident that Milstead
and ParneI will crash through so
quickly tlsat Grange will be stopped
before he can get under wax. We
have been told by our opponents
that the Giants have the strongest
line in the league, and surely no
center is more aggressive ana re-
sourceful than Joe Alexander, VINO
not only plays his own position sput
roams all over the field making
tackles.
Carney, Williams and Ton1lin
are powerful, high class guards who
will make things very interesting
for tile Bears. Modern foothaH Is
placing increasing duties on the
ends, especially when a runner OF
Oranges skill must be met. With
Bomar, the greatest end the South
ever turned out, and Jappe, former
ly of Syracuse, who is now playing
the best game Of his career, botn
in tiptop condition, we are not
worrying about Grange running
wild around our wings.
Our secondary defense viii be
changed to the extent OF bringing
Haines close to the line, where his
great speed viii be invaluable IN
holding Grange to short gains. y
I'VE are quite familiar with
Oranges methods of letting the ball
strike and roll along the ground on
kicks, and i am quite sure that the
Giants will not fan victims to the
trick of diving to the air, only to
find that Grange has anticipate
just such a move and sidestepped
the tackler. &
1--WE are looking forward to a
very spectacular and hard-fought
battle with Grange and his new
teammates next Sunday, but not
one member of our squad is worry
ing over the outcome
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
NJ GRAVV DENIES
DEAL WITH
REDS
Luque and Hargrave Too Old
to Fit in Play for Young
Team

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Just prior
to his scheduled departure for
Florida today, John McGraw denied
the rumored Giant-Red deal, in
volving Luquea and Hragrave, OF
Cincinnati, and Meusel, Terry and
Synder, of New York.
"Luque must be thirty-five years
old and Hargrave about thirty-two,
he said. "I'm trying to build up a
young team, not an old one. There
is nothing in the report as far as
we are concerned"
McGraw was in town only a few
days, after several weeks spent at
Sarasota, Fla. He will return here
next week in time for the annual
major league meetings.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
RED MAY GAIN
FORTUNE IN
ONE CAME
Promised SeII-out OF Polo
Grounds Would Net Him
$4,000 or More

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The prom
ised sell-out to a crowd of more
than $4,000 for Red Oranges New
York debut on Sunday meant that
the worlds most famous football
player would draw down a fortune
for his single appearance here, it
was estimated today. A capacity
crowd, under current prices, would
bring in a gate of 100000, it was
said, and OF this. it was estimated
that Grange would receive between
$4,000 and 100000.
Mike Palm, former Penn Slater,
will replace Dutch" Hendrian, ex-
Pittsburgh star, at quarterback. for
the game with Grange and his Chi
cago Bears, it was reported today.
Hendrian is nursing a pair OF
broken ribs.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
WAR LOOMING
FOR WELTER
CHAMP
Walker Takes 1t Easy With
Friedman, But Ward
Looks Formidable

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Mickey
Walker came through his brush
with Sailor Friedman on schedule
time and without too great dit
ficulty. The welterweight king was
bounced around bit IN the closing
sessions, but never was IN difficulty
Serious opposition looms for Walk
Err as the indoor season advances.
Several 147-pound boys are clamor-
ing for a shot at his title, and
any one of them Is likely to Cause
him serious embarrassment.
Chief among his challengers is
George Ward, fellow-citiZen of
New Jersey. Ward is one of the
outstanding welterweights of the
day. He has fought Walker twice
and thinks that if he ever gets the
title holder into the ring, there will
be a new champion crowned.
At this time Ward is boxing bet
ter than ever before in his life. In
the last year he has won twenty
two consecutive victories and looks
for no reverse when he crosses
gloves with Tim Droney at the
American Legion show in Elizabeth
tonight.
In addition to fighting Mickey
Walker twice and giving him a
very strenuous evening on each &C.
casion, Ward has fenced with Dave
Shade on five different occasions.
Moreover, Ward whipped Sailor
Friedman by a convincing margin,
his admirers will tell you. Bobby
Barrett, Harry Martone. Pete Hart
ley, and Harry Dudley are included
in his victims. He knocked out
Eddie Burnbrook in seven rounds
and put the crusher on Alex Hart
in seven rounds. 1t was the first
knockout. for Hart, who Is a very
fair fighter.
Ward is another Of the top notch
fighters who is willing to give his
services to the Christmas fund for
little money. If Walker will drop
from his high horse and take what
his boxing is worth for charatty
Ward will accommodate him. 1e In
entirely urG to Walker.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
LEWIS BEATS ROMANO
IN TITLE MAT BOUT

CHICAGO, Dec. ed "Strarg-
Ter" Lewis, claimant of the worlds
heavyweight wrestling champion
ship, successfully defended his rat
ing against Mike Romano, giant
Italian, by winning the first and
bird falls of their match here last
light with head locks.
Romano won the second fall in
24:1O with similar hold. Lewis
clamped the deadly grasp on the
italian in 1925 the first time and
pinned him to the mat for the
match in 9:18. Attendance approx.
mated 5000.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
Slqgle s Run
Not So Good
As That of
Poe
By DAVIS ]. WALSH
International News Service Sports
R1IitOr


Jake SIagle's recent run of
eighty-one yards for touchdown
against Yale was sensationalism
itself, but, great as it was, it is
forced into second place by an
other that happened as far back
as the Yale-Princeton game OF
1898, with Arthur Poe as the BALI
runner.
SlagIe's effort merely started the
Tigers on their way to victory.
Poe's brought victory itself, and IN
the closing moments of play, at
that. 1t carried over a distance OF
100 yards, the exact length OF the
gridiron.
And it happened thus: Yale, out
played in the early stages OF the
game, managed to keep the Tigers
away from the goal line and Went
into the second half with score
less tie to it's credit. Then Yale be-
gan to come, as Yale's teams have
since time imTnemorial.
Blasting away at the Tiger
line, it crashed ON down to within
V16 SEduOW Oh the BOdA POoOo WAUA
only a minute to play. Less than
a half yard separated Yale from
touchdown and victory, so the
ball was given to its best plunE-
ing back, identity unknown merc1-
fully, to carry over. He was just
on the goal line when he was
struck heavy blow with blunt
instrument, as they say in police
courts. The instrument was
Arthur POe's shoulder.
Then several things happened.
The Yale back suddenly found him.
self divorced from the football.
Next, he found himself separated
from Arthur Poe. The latter lost
no time in picking up the ball and
going right away from there.
He went with much seemly haste,
leaving twenty-one men behind
him. One hundred yards away was
the Yale goal line. The watch left
him approximately thirty seconds
in which to reach his destination,
He did it with almost twenty sec
Onds to spare, impartial observers
declaring that Poe almost did even
time for the hundred in a football
suit, thanks to his flying start.
No wonder Princeton revers the
POeSi
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
Ex-WEsTERN FOoTBALLER
TO LEAD VIRGINIA TEAM

Charlie Mackall, formerly of the
Western High School, will be the
captain of the University of Vir-
ginia eleven next year. Mackal1
wasf one of the dependahles on thia
years eleven, which was captained
by Carter Diffey.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
GIL DOBIE WILL STICK
TO HIS CORNELL BERTH

ITHACA, N. Y, Dec. Sill
Dobie has no intention of retiring
as coach Of Cornell football teams.
He so announced when questioned
regarding a report that he had
been approached to become head
coach at the University of Oregon.
"As far as know, 1 am going to
continue here until the expiration
of my contract, seven years hence"
was Dobie's comment.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
PRINCETON GUARD WILL
LEAD TEAM NEXT SEASON

PRINCETON N. j., Dec. 3.-John
w. Davis. jr., of Brooklyn, n. Y,
was today elected captain OF the
1926 Princeton football eleven. His
election completed decade during
which linesmen have held the ex-
elusive rights as leaders of Prince
ton football teams.
Davis won his letter during his
sophomore year. He played guard
regularly on Princeton's champion
shin team this fall.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
Suburbans Challenge

The basketball team of the Sub
urban A. c., of Baltimore, which
plays in the 130-pound class, will
engage any team in the District
of that weight. Harry Dalinsky,
2410 Presbery street, is arranging
their schedule.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03

Higgins, Rupert and Barrow
Due for Conference
Today
BY DAVIS j. WALSH
international News Service Sports
Editor.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The bust
ness Of attempting to make q vest
out of an arm hole and Il champion
ship contender out of what remains
of the New York Yankees was SEIZED.
uled to begin TO-DAY. The first step
in the transaction involved the
scheduled arrival in town of Miller
Higgins, who managers the ball
club from the region of the average
mans knees.
He will confer with Jacob Rup-
pert, president of the outfit, and
Ed Barrow, its business manager,
and when the boys get through It
is said to be presumed that they will
have Joe Sewell playing shortstop
and AL Simons in centerfield. 1t
is surprising what one can accom-
plish in a conference.
However, what is expected to be
discussed is a trade or so that will
give the Yankees a pitcher or SO
and a workable combination at
second base, these items being con-
spiciously absent at the moment.
Mr.. Barrow has bIandIy re-
marked that the Yankees will
start the season with Mark
KOenig and Tony LaZerre, q pair
of minor Ieaguers, at second and
shOrtstop, respectively. This re-
mark only goes to prove that
bedtime stories haven't lost their
vogue yet.
However, the statement has been
taken to mean that Aaron Ward is
soon to go on a long journey, with
h fe
Ty Cobb opened his mouth some
time ago and someone heard him re-
mark that four American League
clubs, including the Yanks, were In
the market for Emery Rigney. The
Yanks may not be so keen on Rig
ney, but they have ceased to like
Ward at all. So there one is.
Cobb once told the writer that
Ward was one of the few Yankee
infielders he could see at twenty
PAGES, but that was in another and,
perhaps, a better day.
A New York Cleveland deal has
been rumored and denied by all
concerned. Yet it persists. Origi-
nally, Ward and Wally Pipp, ex.
first baseman, were named from
this end and Charley Jameson from
the other. This one didn't add up
right, however. in view of the fact
that the Yanks have plenty of out
fielders. or whatever they are.
/ But Cleveland undoubtedly could
and would use Ward and Pipp on
the right side of its infield, this
sector being the weakest in the bail
club.
From a source within the
Yanks, it has been whispered
that Urban ShOcIer and another,
as yet unnamed, are to go to
Boston for Howard Ehmlxe. just
why this should be SO has not
been made clear, except that
Bobby Quinn still is said to be
somewhat enamOred of the un-
certain ShOcker.
In any case, something is due to
happen to the Yankees. Higgins
can't stand pat. 1t just isn't being
done behind a three-card flush
when the rest of the boys are
sitting tight with covey Of aces.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
KEN SHROYER RESIGNS
FROM COACHING DUTIES

WESTMINSTER, Md, Dec. a
Ken Shroyer has resigned as foot,
ball coach at Western, Maryland
University, it became known today.
His successor is yet 'tor ba an
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
Grange Attracts EN-

The advance sale for tickets II
the game next Sunday between tt e
Chicago Bears, with Red Grange.
and the New York Giants is SD
great that a sell-out Of the Polo
Grounds is being talked about.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
GU B CHIEF TAIN
PREDICTS PRO
GRID SUCCESS
William Veeck Points to Five
Years of Growing At
tendance

CHICAGO, Dec. Bred" Grange
is only an incident in the progress
of professional football, President
William Veeck, of the Cubs, be-
lieves. The Cub management has
no share in the direction Of the
Bears, which has Grange under con-
tract, but is interested in the pro-
fessional game to the extent that
it's park is used for games.
Veeck has been in touch with the
professional football game for five
years or so, ever since the Ham
mond team first leased the park.
After Hammond came the Staleys
and finally the Bears and the pro-
fessional league as it is known to-
day.
There is no question in my
mind that professional football
would have made great progress as
an attraction, even without Grange"
yaid Veeck.
The attendance has been i'm.
creasing rapidly each year since
professional clubs first used our
- park. Professional football was
well established at 5000 average
attendance before Grange came
along, and it is my belief that the
crowds, under normal circum-
stances, would increase at a rapid
rate.
Grange, of course, is unusual. in
the way that he has hit the public
between the eyes. He has tenn
uorarily, at least, brought profess
sional football into the So 900 class,
but to my mind he will neither
make nor break professional foot
ball. The game, as a game, is too
we'll established for one individual
to alter it's course for long"
When, it became apparent that
Grange would be a great drawing
card, it was Veeck who advised the
Bear owners. not to raise prices.
He pointed out that there were
other years coming, and that the
good will of the patrons was a
much more valuable commodity
than the extra money that an in
creased rate would bring.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
Goetz Is Busy

Johnny Goetz is looking after the
affairs of the Hartford Collegians
and he can be reached at lO11 II
street northeast, North lO4S2. They
are seniors.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
BurweII Is Stingy

Seven of Bill Burwell's victories
this year at Indianapolis were
games in which he allowed five
hits or less. He shut out Louis
vile, the champions, three times.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03

On August IT Joe Bush held the
Griffs to a lone hit, Walter John
son hitting a double in the sixth
frame of their tussle in st. Louis.
On September 10 Ted Lyons had
two out in the ninth inning when
Bob Veach crashed a single to
right, spelling an apparent no-hit
victory for the young Chicago star.
Lyons led with five shut-outs,
with Giard, of the Browns, and
Gray, of the AS, tied for second
place with four apiece.
Walter johnson held his enemies
to two hits on two occasions, while
Pennock, of the Yanks; Harriss
and Rommel, of the Mackmen:
Whitehill, of the Tigers, and Jones'
of the Yanks, each accomplished
this feat once.
Fred Marberry was the great
finisher. ending thirty-nine games
during the season. He was taken
out of sixteen games, usually to
let a real batsman do some work.
Though pitching ninety-three in
nings, the big Texan did not pitch
one complete game.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03
STAR
|SN|QJND
CHAMP
Pennock Yields FeWest Earn
ed Runs, With Cove
Ieskie Second
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Sports Editor. The Times

Though with losing team, Herb
Pennock, of the New York Yam
KEGS. was the most effective pitch
er in the American League. He
was charged with seventeen de-
feats as against only sixteen wins
for an average of .465, but when
it came down TO real classy fling
ing. he delivered the real stuff, per-
hitting but Psi. earned runs per
game while he was officiating on
the slab.
The slender Yankee southpaw
took part in forty-seven games,
pitching twenty-one complete con:
tests in 292 innings. He faced
1.O5O batsmen for the top figure
and was found for 267 safeties. He
walked seventy-one batsmen ana
tanned lightweight. Ninety-one
earned runs were checked against
him.
Stanley Covelesl1ie, the Grtffs'
veteran spitball pitcher, was a close
second to Pennock with a mark OF
2.84 earned runs per game OFT his
delivery. Taking part in 81 games
Covey pitched fifteen complete con-
tests and was charged with put
five defeats as against twenty
tfiumphs. His winning percentage
was the best in the league.
In 241 innings Coveleskie raced
9O2 batsmen. He allowed 23O h1ts.
walked 73 batters and famed % OF
them. Seventy-six earned runs
were cha1ked against him.
Waller johnson feu off serious
" I'M effectiveness during 1875.
He led his circuit with an effec.
tiveness mark Of 2.4 in 1924, but
fIlis last season saw his mark
20 up to 800 per game. This
was good enough to give him
third place in tire ranking.
johnson won twenty games and
lost seven, pitching sixteen COM
plete games and 229 innings. He
faced S67 batsmen, yielding I'll hits
for Is earned runs. He walked IS
and famed 10S batters.
George Dauss, the Tigers vet
cram. and Ted Blankenship, the
youthful White Sox star, were tied
for fourth place with effectiveness
marks of 316. Dauss won sixteen
and lost eleven games, pitching six
teen complete games, though ap-
pearing in thirty-five contests.
Blankenship took part in forty
games, pitching sixteen full COM
bats and was charged with seven
defeats against seventeen wins.
In addition to Convey and john
son, here are the complete records
Of the Washington pitchers in the
official averages made public today:
The Washington times., 1925-12-03

ers, just as it was a great sea-
son for the batSmen. Not q no.
hit game appeared in the league,
while only two One-hit games
went into the records, both with
the Griffment as victims.
The Washington times., 1925-12-03

Four washington hurlers tWlrIed
fewer than forty-five innings, yet
earned decisions. Their records fol-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-08

bear, he would be able to justify
everything-or perish in the fash
ion proper to a Christian knight.
Not that Gervais had any desire
or expectation of death-quite the
reverse. He always saw himself a
conqueror with his foot on the
dead body of the dragon.
Somewhere behind him was the
camp from which he had ridden
out tina. morning-the camp of his
home-returning war companions;
somewhere before him was the
town that he would enter triumph
antly tomorrow morning-his fa-
theirs town. In the meantime he
had spent five or six hours adven-
turing in knight-errantry, and had
only succeeded in disturbing a pair
of lovers. Was the forest as empty
of violence as a sieve of water"
"Helpw A shadowy cry. Urgent
"a woman's cry.
The young man sat petrified
for moment or two, as if incred-
ulous. His heart jumped as it had
done when he laid lance in rest for
the first time to tilt at mailed
opponent in the lists.
With a hand that fumbled
little he lowered his visor. Under
the administrative sprr-prick the
horse blundered heavily forward
again.
"Help"
Gervais Redeemed the spurs in
earnest this time-swept with
flame of his high-strung nervous
Impotence. The horse broke
through thickets, crashed, wal
lowed, charging blindly like a
wounded bull. Was he about to
rescue a woman of more than NOR
tai beauty from a serpent-headed
dragon with the cold, topaz eyes
of a leopard? The horse
stumbled badly over a fallen tree,
nearly unseating him, and he ut
tered a fervent and mechanical
blasphemy. :.
"Help"
4 4
Sidonia was frantic. Andromeda,
manacled to the cliff and face to
face with the creature from the
sea that was approaching to de-
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YOUR her, was in no worse case.
He was standing in front of her,
looking at her with a sort of leer-
ing solemnity. . . Shreds of pic
ture thoughts flickered through
Sidonia's head as if she were a
drowning person. The glow
of charcoal on a makcshift hearth
of bricks. Her wooden shoes. that
she had abandoned to wander
barefoot in the forest that wise
people feared. Her yellow cat.
Oh! Oh! He was going
to touch her!
A sharp, wordless scream broke
from the girl. There was crash
ing sound and a muflled reverbera-
ton like the thud of hoofs. The
testers hand was on Sidonia's
naked shoulder-a soft shoulder,
snldll-boned and of an INN turity
that was in some fashion more
whetting that the full contours Of
a woman. With a violent move.
ment Sidonia shrugged Off the
hand. Instantly and very roughly
the jester caught her by both
shoulders.
"Cowardw The girls voice
was crafty high-pitched. She had
courage and was too furious now
for fear.
"Shut up" said the jester thick
ly, and he struck her across the
face.
Then, like a stroke of light
ming, the flat of a sword caught
him, and he went over, ninepin
fashion, and sprawled on his back,
his few wits knocked to nowhere.
Sidonia saw a knight in armor
upon a foaming horse that looked
black. His bare sword was in his
hand and his visor was down.
Pcrseus posing in midair could
not have been a more astonishing
sight to the rescued Andromcda.
Gervais saw you"g, dark, dis
hevelled girl, pinioned to a sap
ling poplar. He was in a blaze of
fury, having seen the vagabond
jester lift his hand to her But
the whole business was as sordid
as a pot-house brawl. His poets
soul grieved for a serpent-headed
dragon with cold, topaz eyes.