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Evening star., 1925-02-19
PLAYERS BORN, NOT
MADE, SAYS SISLER

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, February 19.-Base
BALI players are born and not made,
and they learn VIRTUALLY nothing" at
the Spring training camps, in the
opinion of George Sisler, playing
manager of the ST.. Louis Browns.
"A training camp is merely place
where the men can acquire physical
condition to prepare them for the
pennant race" Sisler said. "a player
can't learn anything from coach
OF course, pitcher may learn grips,
but even there the knowledge he &C
quires is negligible.
after you're born a ball player you
have to play steadily to develop your
skill. The greatest school is the daily
game"
Sisler said he preferred the college
to the sand lot player, other things
being equal. mot because he knows
any more base ball. but his education
will enable him to learn the little
things about base ball that marks the
difference between the big Lacquer
and the bush Lacquer"
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| He could have been president before
he. agYeed to accept the Office, but de-
clined the position. feeling that he
| could not get unanimous co-opera-
tion If he undertook it. When he was
| made president it was with the un-
derstanding that the league would
indorse his administration in every
way. but he ascertained, like every
man who has undertaken to hold of
flee in base ball, that leagues promise
one minute and forget the next
! Pulliam had men in the National
League who would not live up to
what they agreed upon, and he had
opposition constantly from sources
which came into the league after he
did and which resented the efforts of
the new president to bring about GER
| tain reforms which Pulliam desired
| to put into effect.
| Prior to his election the league had
| gone for a year with it's board of
control, which was wholly unsa tisfac-
| tory and which, it was evident to
those who had to do with the organ
ization, never would succeed in con-
Quoting the affairs of the circuit as
| well as if they were admin stored by
| an individual. 1t was then that a
| plan was being agreed upon by which
| a base ball writer of experience was
\ to have been elected secretary and
the choice of president was to have
fallen upon another who was of many
years of service in base ball All
this felF through when the league
| started upon another of its periodical
| jamborees of politics, and out of the
| confusion that arose Pulliam was
made president because of his friend
ship with every member of the or
| ganization.
1t was his great desire to eliminate
| what was generally known as rowdy
base ball. The roughness of the play
ers and the manner of their play were
| being criticized everywhere. Um-
| pireS were battling with some of the
men most of the time, and while there
might have been an element that
I thought such conduct was enlivening
| because it showed a sort of uncouth
desire to win, there were too many
| enthusiasts who were remaining
away from the games and voicing
their reasons as to why they stayed
out of the parks.
The new president got power from
the league to punish offenders, and
then his campaign began and with 1t
his troubles. which were many and
constant Naturally he was antag-
onized by clubs which thought they
| had been hard hit by some Of the
things that he did and the fight on
him in time became severe
Evening star., 1925-02-19
ck Declares Left Sound Again lcKin Turn Golf Professional
OLD line ATHLETES
SCORE IN BALTIMORE

Local athletic talent scored heavily
in the annual all-Baltimore track and
field games held in the 5th Regiment
Armory in Baltimore last night. Uni
versity of Maryland representatives
were particularly formidable, scoring
% points in the open events to lead
others in that field and II points to
finish second to the 5th Regiment
squad in the South Atlantic A. a. L.
championship totals.
Other local scorers were Washing
ton Canoe Club and Central High
School. The Paddlers got points in
the South Atlantic rating and 1 point
in the open group. Central got l point
in the latter.
Henry Matthews was Maryland's s
leading point scorer. He was second
in the open high jump and 60-yard
dash and in the 60-yard South Allan
tic race. Other Maryland scorers We're:
Ed Pugh, second South Atlantic 300;
, Roger Whiteford, third, South Allan
| tic 800; Joe Endslow. second, South
Atlantic 500; F. A. Middleton, third,
South Atlantic 600; Daniel Fahey,
first, 1,000-yard open; II. Whiteford,
second, 1000 yard open; Charles Pugh,
first, 60-yard open; Smith. second,
440-yard open. Pugh ran the 60 in
6 2-5 seconds.
Jack Alberry of Washington Canoe
Club ran good race to win the two
mile South Atlantic A A. u. cham
pionship, while f. K. Hayden, a team
mate, finished third in the 100-yard
| open run.
Central High Schools lone point was
registered by r. II. Willis with a
| third place in the open high jump.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
YEARS SUSPENSION
FOR MINOR PILOTS

CHICAGO, February 19.-Managers
of two clubs in the Mississippi VAL
ley League were suspended today
for year by NJ. H. Sexton. presi
dent of the National Association Of
Professional Base Ball Leagues. as
punishment for entering into secret
side agreements with players.
The managers involved are Cletus
l. Dixon of the 1924 pennant-win-
niEg Waterloo Uowa) club and Jack
Lacy, pilot of the Marshalltown Iowa)
club last season. Both suspensions
are dated March 1, making the men
Ineligible for the 1925 season.
Lacy. President Sexton announced.
was found guilty of paying a bonus
to player for signing. promising
him percentage of his sale or
draft price and also secretly giving
him release from reservation The
player was Phillip Tanner who was
fined 1925.
The Waterloo club was fined $500
and the player involved. Orvid Nc
Cracken, was fined S100. In addi-
tion, he was denied his release and
ordered to report to the Milwaukee
club, which had purchased him.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

COnQltlOHlnR SrlllQ.
OF the members of the world cham
pions that took the field this morning,
Pitchers Tom Zachary. Paul Zahniser
and Allen Russell, Catchers Bennett
Uate and Bill Hargrave, 1nfielder
Ossie Bluege and Coaches Altrock
and Schacht helped gather in the
title last Fall.
elise Dudley was here last Spring,
but did not show enough to warrant
being kept all year. His part in the
classic in October was that OF
spectator. Brillheart, another pitcher
that has been up with the Nationals
before: Harry Kelly, the husky
twirler who won IA games while
losing for Memphis last year, and
Jim Mcnamara, a promising young
southpaw in 1924, completed the
squad. With the exception of Kelly,
who is bothered by a cold, all the
PLAYERS are in good shape.
Kike Martin, the Nationals hustling
trainer, has a two fold job on his
hands. with the starting of the con-
ditioning program inaugurated TINS
morning by the ball players. The
ball field upon which the champions
practice was no later than last Satur-
day the scene of the annual Southern
Florida fair The diamond, as usual,
was used as a site for one of the
exhibitions. and Mike has the task of
entirely making over the infield
Evening star., 1925-02-19
FOSTER TO SIZE UP
BIG LEAGUE TEAMS

John Ii. Foster. one of the OUT
standing authorities on base ball
in the country, will make a COM
piete swing of the spring training
camps of the big league clubs. He
will tell how the teams are shap-
Ing up and what terestinx play
ers are doing in daily telegraph
dispatches to The Star.
Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Rogers
HOrnaby and the other veterans
dear to the fans hearts, as well ms
promising youths from the minors
and sandlOts, will be given atten-
tion.
Foster will visit the Cincinnati
Reds at Orlando, Fla; the New
York Giants at Sarasota, CIeve-
land ut Lakeland, the PHILADELPHIA
Nationals Mt Brade ntown. Brook
Iyn at Clearwater, the ST. Louis
Americans at TarpOn Springs. the
St. Louis Nationals at Stockton,
Calf; Pittsburgh at Paso Robes,
the Chicago Nationals at Cata-
lima Island, Washington at Tam
pa, Fla; the Philadelphia Athletics
MT Fort Myers, Fla; Detroit at Au.
gusta. Ga; the Boston Americans
mt New Orleans, the Chicago Amer
leans ut Shreveport, the Boston
Nationals and New York Amer
leans at ST. Petersburg. Fla, and.
in addition. many Of the important
minor league clubs.
Watch for the Foster series, be-
ginning with his dispatch from
New York Monday.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
BRITISH BOXERS WIN
TWO OF FOUR FINALS

NEW YORK, February 19.-British
amateur boxers last night won two
of their four final bouts at Madison
Square Garden. equaling their record
in the Boston tournament several
days ago.
Jack Elliott. in the 160-pound class,
and Harry j.. Mitchell, at 115 pounds,
had little trouble in defeating Ray
mond Fay and Stanley Simmons of
Pittsburgh. Fay went down four
times in his contest, but managed to
avoid a knockout.
Gogay, 135 pounds, and James
O'Hanrahan. l47. were eliminated in the
semi finals by Tommy Lown. the New
York lightweight champion, and
Hugh Haggerty- of Pittsburgh. The
British quartet displayed clever box
ing in the two-night tournament.
The British Team will compete in
tournament Friday night at the
Citv Athletic Club and Simmons, Hag-
gerty and Fay will be among their
opponents. On Saturday they sail for
home.
Evening star., 1925-02-19


1t was a happy aggregation of ath-
leteS that trotted out on the running
track of. Plant Field. Gone was that
bored attitude that hitherto has
marked the beginning of Spring
training by the regulars. Only from
the rockies usually is expected any
thing approaching enthusiasm at the
prospect of a hard drive at a south
ern training camp. The oldest mem
ber of the squad here We'd with the
youngsters in the following program
as laid down by Mike Martin, the
Nationals trainer, and who in the
absence of aMnager Harris collabo-
rates with Nick Altrock as acting
manager.
Tossing the ball, a session with the
medicine ball and slow jog around
the half-mile track, which circles
the ball field was the order of the
day. This procedure will be fol-
lowed the rest of the week.
After the hurlers have loosened
their salary whips to the point of
being sore-arm proof, Sir Miguel
will instruct Catchers Hargrave and
Tate to permit greater liberties.
But one member of the early squad
which had been ordered here for
this mornings practice was missing.
Joe Martina, The New Orleans oyster
merchant, has run afoul of his clubs
president, and unless he shows up
today and satisfactorily explains his
delay he will stand suspended.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

McKimmie is the third amateur of
the Bannockburn Club to go into the
professional ranks within few
years William Mackie of that club
accepted professional job in the
Midwest several years ago; George
7. Cunningham, a former club cham
pion, went with Mackie as assistant
pro two years ago, and McKimmie,
has been looking for a professional
berth for several months.
With splendid tournament record
over the past five years, McKimmie' S
game improved so much last year
that he won two major events, and
was classed by most observers as sec
ond only to Roland r. Mackenzie for
the season.
He won the Middle Atlantic cham
pionship at Richmond last June, de-
feating in turn Albert r. Mackenzie,
the champion, Roland Mackenzie and
finally Walter r. Tuckerman, a for
mer champion.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

This is an indication of public opiu-
ion, than which nothing is stronger
in determining national or local poll
cies. The spread OF this subject to all
corners Of America and its position
as a matter of news value is signif-
cant. Newspaper editors have their
hands on the pulse Of the people and
they print what they know the peo-.
pie are interested in. +,
Struthers Burt has recently writer
and published The Diary of a Dude
Wrangler." 1t looks like a best
seller. Certainly it is very popular up
to date. 1t created wide attention
when ii ran serially in the SATURDAY,
Evening Post. l read it and found a
good part of il was devoted to va
rious phases of conservation.
Imagine a book in which conserva-
ton plays an important part becom-
ing a best seller few years ago,
But it has happened, and it proves
that public opinion will soon estab-
lish conservation and the preserva
tion of wild life and the outdoors
generally as a distinct part of Coz
temporary economics.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
MARYLAND RACING DATES
TO BE APPROVED TODAY

BALTIMORE, February 19.-Racing
dates for Maryland are due to be ap-
proved by the State commission to-
day as follows:
Spring.
Bowie-April 1-1S-11 days.
Havre De Grace-April 1o-29-13
days.
Pimlico-May 113-11 days.
Fall.
Havre De Grace-September 23Oc-
tober 80 days.
Laurel-October 6-31-23 days.
Pimlico-November 2-14-l2 days.
Bowie-November l6-2S-l2 days.
Fair Meets.
Timonium-Septemb 7-12-5 days
Marlboro-Septembe 15-19-5 days
Evening star., 1925-02-19
MADRID'S STAR GOLFER
WILL PLAY IN AMERICA

MADRID, February 19.-The royal
golf club of Madrid has decided to
send its instructor, Angel de La
Tore, to the United States this
Spring to compete in American cham
pionship contests.
De La Tore last year tied for sec
ond place in the first round of the
Glasgow thousand guineas tourna-
ment and was defeated in the semi
finals in the Gleneagles tournament
by Abe Mitchell.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

The eliminating difficulty of his
adminlstra ton was the. famous ball
game in New York, in which Merkle
failed to touch second base PulIiam
thought he decided the case on it's
merits. He did decide ! 1t according
to the technical reading of the rules.
but there were many persons who
thought he could have passed the
game along, inasmuch as other play
ers had been accustomed to do ex-
actly what Merkle did, and not make
direct issue until another season.
Their criticisms were based on sports
manship more than on the literal
wording of the rules, and Phlliam un-
doubtedly worried himself to condi-
ton of dependency over the mat
ter.
He did succeed in putting. an end
to rowdy base ball, and that was one
of the greatest achievements that
any executive of the National League
ever accomplished.
Un his next article Foster will tell
of Thomas j. Lynch, the National
Leagues sixth presfdentD
Evening star., 1925-02-19
BRADY AND ARMOUR WIN
$4,000 MATCH ON LINKS

PALM BEACH, Fla, February 10
Mike Brady and Tommy Armour
Miami. Fla, professionals, won ~
hole match and a $4,000 purse MADE
up by Miami and Palm Beach sports
men by defeating Gene Sarazen ana
Leo Diegel. Hollywood. Fla, profes-
sionals, up in the second SO holes
of the match play.
The first half Of the match was
played at Miami Sunday, Brading and
Armour standing up at the end
of the first So.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
CORNELL HEADS LIST
IN ENTRIES FOR MEET

NEW YORK, February 19.-Cornell,
with III entries, leads the list OF
colleges in the fourth annual inter-
collegiate indoor track and field meet
at the 1920 Engineers Armory here
March Z.
Harvard has nominated 81, Yale,
s., and Pennsylvania, last years win
ner. 70.
Othsr entries are:
Princeton, 6S; Penn State. so;
Georgetown, 3S: Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, 80; Boston Col
lege. 90; Syracuse. 26; Maine, 20; Rut-
gers and New York University, II:
Holy Cross, II; Brown, g; Colby, s;
Lafayette, 3. and Fordham, g.
Lists from II other colleges are eX-
pected before the entries close:
Evening star., 1925-02-19
YALE AND PENN FOURS
WILL RENEW RIVALRY

NEW YORK, February 1.-THE
duel between the one mile relay teams
of Yale and Pennsylvania will be
reviewed next Tuesday night in the
track meet at Madison Square Garden
for the benefit of the fund to aid the
Cathedral of st. John the Devine.
Yale was victorious last Saturday
night at the New York A. c. meet
but the Blues margin was narrow.
Pennsylvania's quartet is the same
com bination which will be sent tc
England to meet oxford and Cam
bridge runners in the Spring.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
SANDL0T MAGNATES
TO GATHER TONIGHT

Reorganization Of the Potomac
League will take place tonight at a
meeting of the Washington Base
Ball and Athletic Association to be
held at SpaldinG's, at s o'clock.
Managers of teams in the unlimited
division of the association are re-
quested to be present or to send
representatives, as several important
business matters relative to organ
izing and financing sandlot ball are
to be discussed.
Nominations for officers of the
Washington Base Ball and Athlet tic
Association have been made as fol-
lows:
For president, Morton Anderson
and James r. OMalley: for secretary,
Louis p. Cook and Mrs. Lennie Rock.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

Last Fall he won the tournament
of the Town and Country Club from
good field, and a few days later
went to Indian Spring, where he led
the entire field through 81 holes Of
the 72-hole medal play championship
of the District of Columbia, only to
falter on the final IS and lose by q
single shot to Roland Mackenzie.
McKimmie's consistency in the Dis
trict event, where he finished with a
72-hole total of $40, was a splendid
proof of the improvement in his game
McKimmie had sought the post Of
professional at the Burning Tree Club,
but was informed that 1t had been
promised to Ralph Beach, if the lat
ter wanted it.
McKimmie goes to Indian Spring
with wealth of experience in golf
and in club-making. AS a youngster
he was in the shop of well known
professional.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
BORG LOWERS TANK MARK.

MIAMI. Fla, February 19.-Arne
Borg, Sweden's premier swimmer,
lowered his own half mile world
record for free-style swimming in a
tank here, when he swan the $50
yards in 10 minutes 56-45 seconds.
His new mark was l 4-5 seconds
faster than his mark of 1928 3-5,
made at Stanford, Colo, on May 9,
1924.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

am mistaken the results of my dis
covery will be apparent when the
campaign gets under way. There is
more than one park in our league
with short right field just waiting
to have ball parked over it, and |
thing I've learned the combination to
turn the trick. Any kind of a hit is
good. of course, but the longer they
are the better, and a swat for the
circuit is the best of all. l don't
mean that I'm going to try exclu-
sively for home runs, but simply that
my new system should naturally pro-
duce many more than / have been
getting"
Coming from the athlete who last
season led all his rivals. even the re-
doubtable Babe Ruth, at the business
of driving in runs, the ultimate in
tests of effectiveness on attack, this
evidence of confidence on Goslin' s
part is not only plausible. but may be
regarded a more or less significant.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

the head. The
wrists should be
slightly depressed,
when the address
fs being made, 30
that they are down
rather than np.
The wrists do not
extend from the
arms to the club
in n straight linS
Instead, the wrists
are pressed down.
ward until more
of an angle Is seen
between the arms,
extending DOWN
ward, and the
shaft. e tending
toward the ball.
Having found this
Evening star., 1925-02-19
| RE SUlT OF
lSTOCPIN 6
IClCBAEAD REST
lON ITS HEEL
lHI ADDRESS,.

position. stand more erect with the
body, not changing the wrist posi-
tiOn, until the cIubhend lies fat on
the ground back of the ball. Then
hold the head still and click the club
head through the ball, with a fine
throw to il and the hands holding
firmly clear through the ball. The
ball will then progress toward the
green.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1925-02-19
STECHER MUST EXPLAIN,

NEW YORK, February 19.-Joe
Stecher, wrestler, has been summoned
by the New York State Athletic Com
mission to explain a reported confess
sion in Omaha, Nebr., that he '.faked'
in a recent match with Stanislaus
Zbyszko. Stecher, who has a license
in this State, appeared here against
Jim Londos Monday night
Evening star., 1925-02-19
WOMAN STARS TO PLAY.

BY the Associated Press. ~
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd and
Miss Glenna Collett are expected to
participate in the Florida East Coast
golf championship for women, March
3 to s, at st. Augustine. Mrs. Hurd
is the present national champion
and Miss Collett a former titleholder.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
SHELLS SHIPPED EAST.

By the Associated Press.
Four shells designed for the Uni
versity of Washington have left
Seattle aboard the steamship Harry
Luckenbach for the Atlantic coast
They have been consigned to Har-
ward. Syracuse and Princeton univer-
sites and the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis. Shells have
already been shipped to Columbia
University
Evening star., 1925-02-19
PIRATES PLAY GRIFFS.

PITTSBURGH, February 19.-Three
exhibition games this season with
American League clubs have been
scheduled to be played at Forbes Field
with the Pirates. The champion Wash
ington team will appear here on July
6. according to the schedule Phila-
delphia. August II, and Detroit, on Sep
tember 9.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
WILL SHOW RUTH HOW.

BY the Associated Press.
Jock Malone. st. Paul's master box
er, has gone to Hot Springs for three
weeks to show Babe Ruth the easiest
way to take off weight. Malone says
he has taken off about two tons dur
ing training grinds in the last three
years.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
SEEK BOUT WITH MUM.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 10
Ed STRANGER Lewis meets Tom
Draak and Stanislaus ZbysZko takes on
William Demetral in the main matches
of "a wrestling tournament here tonight
to decide who will meet Wayne Mum,
claimant Of the heavyweight champion
ship
Evening star., 1925-02-19
PAGERS IN $4,000 RACE.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
More than so of the best PAGERS in
the country have been nominated for
the $4,000 American Pacing Derby,
which will be decided in Kalamazoo
during the Summer, according to H.
o. Reno. Chicago, it's sponsor. The
race was first run last year.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
LONG TENNIS BATTLE,
By the Associated Press.

Australian doubles teams played a
remarkable tennis match in the Vic
torian championships at Melbourne
recently, when L. f. Baker and j.
'Clemenger of New South Wales de-
feated r. Wertheim and r. E. Schle-
singer of Victoria by scores of 3-6,
ca, Sc. "a, 23-21. The contest
required 4 hours and 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
AUBURN AFTER SIMMONS.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, February 19.-
Roy Simmons, captain of the Syracuse
foot ball team in 1924 and recently
designated for appointment as an as
sistant coach here next Fall, has been
offered proposition to go to Auburn,
Ala, as first assistant in foot ball and
base ball.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
PHILS SELL GLAZNER.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Assoca ted Press -
The outright purchase of Charles
F. Glazner. pitcher, from the Phila-
delphia Nations has been announced
by the Los Angeles club of the Pacific
Coast League. The price was not an
nounced.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
MANDELL IS LAID UP.

BY the AsSocia ted Press.
Sammy Mandell. Rockford. Ill,
lightweight title claimant, will be out
Of the boxing ring a month, accordin g
to Eddie Kane. his manage Mandell
pulled muscle in his left shoulder
while boxing in California. He is TAX
ing treatment in Chicago.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
CLUB TO HOLD DANCE.

Johnny Harris Arcadians have been
engaged to furnish the music for the
initial dance of the Mount Rainier
Junior Athletic Club at the Arcade
ballroom Monday night The proceeds
of the affair will go to the organiza-
tons fund for equipping its athletic
teams.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS
BY WILL III. DIG,
President Isaak HaIton League of America.

~ONSERVATION scenery
places subject
~ afraid, everyday
Recently looked number OF and in large
something with this
Very few issues indeed OF by without
wild
Evening star., 1925-02-19
KAPLAN INJURIES HAND.

Los ANGELES. February 19.-Kid
Kaplan. world featheTweight cham
pioE. bruised his hands so badly in
his recept fight here with Bud Ridley
of Seattle that he will be unfit for
action for another three weeks His
bout with Johnny Farr at Oakland
has been postponed until March IL.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
ALL OF MACKS IN LINE.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February 19
Frank Welch, outflelder, today sent
his signed contract with the Philadel-
phia Americans. Everybody is now
signed up" said Manager Connie
Mack. land we are ready to leave for
Florida on Friday"