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BRITISH AND YANKEE
BOXERS IN DEADLOCK

BOSTON. February l3-Honors were
evenly divided between America and
England in the finals of the interna-
tional amateur boxing bouts staged
here last. night by the New England
division Of the Amateur Athletic
Union, the Britishers Winning in the
l33 and $50 pound classes and the
Americans in the 141 and 175 pound
divisions
one of the features of the tourna-
ment was the defeat by Joe Monte of
brockton of Harry J. Mitchell. British
ght-heavyweight. who won the
championship in his class in the Ia st
Olympic games.
George Gogan of England defeated
ueorse Chadet, Canadian in the 1885,
pound class. Jack Elliott of England
beat Phil Flanagan of Maiden in the
!oo-pound class Anal bout. Eddie
Adonis. New England amateur welter-
weight champion, beat Pat O'Hanra-
nan or England in the 147-pound diyi-
sion.
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Possibly Harris figures that he can
play the Spring contests with the
Giants without thought of victory,
but rather with stress upon the con
ditioning Of the team. Washington
and New York fans who will crowd
the parks for this Second world
SERIES however, will insist on some.
thing more than mere participation
in a base bail contest
Furthermore, followers of the game
contend, club that enters the regu-
lar season after simply going through
the motions of training is not tuned
to the fighting qualities necessary To
a championship combination.
If Harris plays to win, he is likely
to face the Yankees in the first bat
ties of the American League schedule
with a team already tired. In the
Giants he tackles a club that knows
how TO hit in all seasons. training or
otherwise, which will make the go
ing hard for his veteran pitchers,
Johnson, Ruether, Mogridge, Gregg
and Zachary. The National League
champions, on the other hand, have
won four successive pennants with
out relying upon their boxmen, their
offense being concededly better ths n
their defense.
Should he elect to ignore fight and
hazardous play in the preparation for
the arduouS schedule ahead, he NAV
have to rebuild the morale of his club
and explain to the lovers of the game
how he happened to win a world
championship
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Cobb knows in his own heart that
he VIII play the entire 154 games if
by doing SO he can better Detroit S
chances OF winning a pennant. And
who can blame him. in view OF the
fact that 1t is his dearest ambition to
retire from play as manager of a
championship team in the American
League and a competing team in a
world series?
Walter Johnson never made it
noisily public that he wanted to win
a world series, but in his mind there
lurked that little ambition and when
he travelled mile after mile dur
ing his career and seemed to be look
ing out the Pullman window at the
scenery, more than once he was prob
ably pulling for fate to be kind
enough to permit him to finish his
base ball career with a wreath of
laurel about his brow s.
Johnson got his wish. Cobb has
not got his yet, though he is much
more communicative about it than
Johnson ever was. He admits that
he wants to win a pennant. What's
more. he is all stirred up about it,
Ty says he may possibly play in a
few less than 100 games this season
Not if the old pennant is in sight. He
even goes on to say that he feels it
is time to begin getting out OF the
game before he is "eased out" Well
there are players in some quantity in
the game who cannot play any bet
ter than Cobb can, and probably not
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is becoming a sidearm OF the Weste
Austin is a Westerner of the old
school. He pulls mean trigger He
has pulled it on big game, and he
has a peculiar way of sending bull
let tipping past a man as a warning
to leave the country.
But now he uses his dexterity with
the rife on coyotes and other vermin
exclusively-and the only way he
smokes out man is when that
man is a professional game law vio-
lator whom Austin can't get with the
goods.
had talked to Austin about nve
minutes when / observed that he was
a devotee of the camera. And he was.
He has half a dozen cameras. One.
vest-pocket edition. he always carries
with him. Usually he has two or
three others besides. He showed me
some wonderful game pictures he had
secured. One section of his cabin
is fitted up as dark room. He does
all of his own developing and print
ing, and he makes his own enlarge
ments He knows cameras and lenses
Just as he knows rifles and cartridges.
A year or 80 ago Austin set out to 90
what he could to stop the depreda-
tions of some outlaws who were kill
ing elk for their teeth. He was not
paid. but did it simply out of his love
for the elk.
Not many years ago he would have
simply taken his rifle and told the
men to get out, or perhaps done a
little better, with the aid of his
weapon But today he took his camera.
He stalked the tusk hunters until
he found them actually taking the
teeth from an elk. He got close, and
lust as one of the men lifted the tusk
I'D to look at 1t he took the picture.
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YANKEES ARE BUSY
ON SEASONS PLANS

NEW YORK. February 13.--The
New York American League club has
announced that Pitchers Samuel
Jones and Urban Shocker, Catchers
Walter Schang and Steve O'Neill and
Shortstop Everett Scott had left their
homes for Hot Springs. Ark, where
they will join Babe Ruth in prelimi-
nary training.
Signed contracts were received from
Pitcher Jones, Third Baseman Joe
Dugan, Infielder Lew Malone and Ben
Bedford. a new outfielder from the
Austin, Tex, club.
The club also announced it had add
ed two young pitchers to it's roster
Alton B. Blodgett, left-hander from
the Oneonta team of the New York
Pennsylvania League, and John Gates.
young right-hander, recently Of the
United States Army. Blodgett and
Gates have received instructions to
report to ST. Petersburg with the
first squad on February %.
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GOLF-DRIvING EVENT
Is WON BY MITCHELL

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, February 10
Abe Mitchell, noted British golfer
known as the longest driver in the
world. livedup to his reputation when
he hacked out a trio of balls that
netted him first place in the driving
contest. ushering in the fourth annual
Texas open golf championship
The contest was run off by points
and all three of Mitcheirs drives
counted
He cracked down on the first ba III
that stopped at the 27o-yard mark in
the right lane. His next drive was
30o yards and he poIed the last tee
shot for 80 yards The three drives
gave the veteran pro AZ points. which
insured him first place and the $50
prize. Charles Hall of Birmingham,
Ala, was second with 43 points
Macdonald Smith. the Pacific star.
who has won the California open twice
in as many years. hit his first drive 305
yards, but it rolled out. The second
shot covered 2S0 yards. while his third
was 315 yards. the longest drive of
the day. Had the first ball STAYED in
the path he would have Won His
total for the two drives that stayed
in bounds was 30.
Henri Cicui of White Plains. n Y.
and Walter Loeffier of Pittsburgh
were next in line with % points each.
In the 1S-hole amateur r-profe ssional |
best ball tournament, Tom Lally. San
Antonio Country Club professional,
with Jack Speer, Houston. Tex, mu-
nicipal golf king, as his partner, came
through with SO to tie with John
Black. veteran Wichita, Kans.. pro,
and w. A. Matlock of Denver for
first honors.
Medal play will begin tomorrow.
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so well, who are regarded as indis-
pensable to their clubs and who will
play all through the coming season
unless they break a leg.
Cobb is as much indispensable to
the American League in general as
those players are to their individual
teams. And 1t must be taken into
consideration that 1t is somewhat
Impractical, to say the least, to talk
about easing out man who can bat
above $50 and has batted over 400.
AS long as Ty Cobbs legs will
hold him up no one is going to put
him out of a ball game until he has
won pennant And there is very
little likelihood that he will be eased
out unless he himself acts as the
easer.
The veteran youth says he NAV
play in as many as 1S1 more games
before he quits for good. That would
be enough to beat the record Of 1885
set by Hans Wagner. But he follows
that up by asserting that he is not
after Wagner's record. Nor has he
been particularly after other records.
but he has piled them up tust the
same
Ty further says that his standing
orer for good second baseman will
never abate until he wins a pennant
And IN the meantime he is getting
ready to tackle the season. of 1925
with but one goal in View-the pen
nant.
tCopyricht lQo5
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Ser Fo1eees Open Race in A. L. Wisdom Of Gs Spring Tour
GRIFFMEN ARE ACTIVE
IN. TRAINING COLONY

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, February 13.-
Mountain hikes in the morning, fol-
lowed by dip in the. hot radioactive
waters and rundown. with golf in
the afternoon, is the conditioning sys-
tenn of the major league base ball
colony doing preliminary work here
prior to reporting to the various
training camps throughout the South
Babe Ruth Of the New York Yam
KEGS, Sam Rice, Goose" Goslin Joe
Judge and Dutch" Reuther, all OF
Washington club, and Urban Red
Faber of the Chicago White Sox are
the most prominent names listed
among those here.
Additional Yankees and Indians are
to report within the next few days.
and a more strenuous and rigid form
of training will be instituted.
Within the next week a number OF
the players are expected to take to
local diamonds to get the feel of the
ball for the first time since the 1924
season ended.
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TWO GAMES ADDED
TO CENTRAL'S TOUR

In addition to a game in Lanca ster.
Pa, this afternoon, and meetings with
Tome Institute and Loyola tomorrow
Central High Schools champion bas-
ket ball team has a pair of out-of-
town games scheduled for next week
end.
On February 20 Reading. Pa will
be invaded for a game with Reading
High. and on the following day the
Washington title winners will be en-
tertained by York Institute for the
Deaf at York, Pa.
Copying their older brothers, the
Central Lightweights have been run
ming up a winning streak among
junior teams of the city and other
schoolboy quints of their class.
Fifteen straight wins have been reg
istered. the Mount Pleasant Au-Stars
being the latest to succumb to Cen
trails whirlwind attack in a 36-to-l4
game. Burnett and Birthright are
the star performers of the Lights"
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ONE COURSE OPENS:
OTHERS TO FOLLOW

Although practically all the snow
has disappeared from fai-way and
greens. majority of the golf courses
about Washington remained closed
The course of the Washington Coz
and Country Club was open yester-
day and will be open today.
Columbia, Chevy Chase and Ban
nockburn are still closed, but prob
ably all three of these courses Will
be opened tomorrow
Newspaper golfers belonging to II :.
Washington Newspaper Golf Club wiS
meet at the National Press Club tho.
evening of February "a to talk over
the tournament schedule for 1925 and
to discuss other matters
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DELANEY is AFTER
REVENGE IN FIGHT
By the Associated Press

By the Assoc ia ted Press
NEW YORK. February l3-Jack
Delaney of Bridgeport. Conn. sterling
'sharpshooter," who has knocked out
Paul BerIenbach of Astoria. n Y. and
Tiger Flowers OF Atlanta in Madison
Square Garden, tonight will face
Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo, who out
pointed Delaney some months ago
Slattery is whirlwind boxer
driving from the hips in the manner
of Pal Moran. while Delaney main
tains an upright position at all times,
guards exceptionally well and looses
a crashing right hand whenever op-
portunity offers.
Opinion on the outcome seems to be
about evenly divided among boxing
followers
Under the laws OF New York State
Slattery. who' is only 20 years old
can box no more than six rounds in
contest, so the bout has been limit
ed to that distance.
Larry Estridge, negro middle
weight. who made a dismal showing
against Berlenbach several weeks
ago. will meet Barnie Smith of Chi
cago. who is appearing in New York
for the first time. The Middle West
reports that Smith is hard man for
any boxer to handle.
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BORG AND SHELTON
SET WATER MARKS

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, February 13
-Arne Borg. Swedish champion ano
well known European swimmer yester
day broke the world record for 500
yards formerly held by Johnny
Weissmuller
Borg's time was 5:49 is. which Is
] 1-5 seconds better than the record
formerly held by the Chicago swim
mer.
Weissmuller made his record in Jan
uary, 1923, at Great Lakes, Ill
CLEVELAND, Ohio. February 13.-
Bobby Skelton. Chicago. world breast
stroke champion. established a new
world record for 229 yards here wher
he nosed out Don Molitor, star Cleve-
land swimmer. in 2:4S1-S seconds
The time clips 3 3-5 seconds off the
former mark held by Shelton.
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/, 1t convicted the men and they served
time for it.
There was another tusk hunter whom
Austin wanted to get. He tried for a
long time to catch him with the goods.
but couldn't do it. Then one day he
saw man purchase a new pair of rub
Der boots at store in town He
wondered what the man could want
with rubber boots at that time of the
year. Then suddenly it occurred to
him. He had been getting away by
wading creek beds, thus covering I'D
his trail. This. then, must be the man.
So Austin set out to follow him The
man eluded him. But one day Austin
found newly killed elk carcass with
the teeth gone. The man who did it
had knelt down in the snow beside the
elk. He had left the imprint OF the
trade mark of his new boots in the
snow. Austin took a picture Of the
imprint. The man was convicted.
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Peck Signs Criff Contract,
Leaving Few Outside Fold

TAMPA Fa February I-Roger Pecinpaugh shortstop of
the champion nationals passed from the ranks of hold
and his signed according
to-day en, Clark Grm here Pec contract .rryed on the noon
hand in Hot Springs Monday February l Stanley Harris
today for the No word from Johnson
has been received by Grif
Earl McMeeiy, beauty. having night
outeIde his
accepted tes for 9zs there but few of the champions
outside the fold Only squad due at the
Springs next Monday remains get in line while the only pron
nent athletes later aligned Zach
Mogridge and Rue with the latter already having nnaed
q
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CLUB IN CLEVELAND
TO HAVE BIG PLANT

CLEVELAND. February 1S-An
extensive program has been mapped
out by the Cleveland Chapter of the
National Town and Country Club
Plans call for the expenditure of
s1500,000 on an eleven-story club
house to be erected down town and
$500. 200 on the construction of a club
house and two 1S-hole golf courses
about Is miles east of here
The club has set it's membership
limit at approximately 1000 u
In addition - from 800 to 400
rooms, the downtown clubhouse will
be provided with a swimming pool
and other recreation equipment
The program calls for the country
club and golf courses to be ready for
operation, in 1927.
Evening star., 1925-02-13

|, The Yankees have enough strength
on paper to demand cOnsidera tion. of
course. The stars of the Yankees are
we'll along in years and when team
reaches that stage it Is likely to
crack.
Chances are against the Senators
repeating. I doubt very much If the
champions can come back. If Roger
Peckinpaugh and Earl McNeely are
stars again, of course the Senators
will be dangerous.
Connie Mack has promising
team The Athletics are good hit
ting team and their fielding is good
too. However. Connie Mack has had
many disappointments since he broke
up his pennant-winning combination
Detroit is always formida Bile, but
it is not certain Ty Cobb can play an
other year and when he retires the
team will lose a man hard to re-
place"
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sent is not gov
erned at all by
the force with
which you strive
to hit it-nOt in
accurate pl a y q.
The flight Is gov
erned by the
length of the back
swing entirely.
Stop the shoulder
turn when the
nrms are half way
back, with n
nlashic. and you
Will get about 100
yards, to strike a
fair average. Let
the sh OuIders go
an inch or two
farther around
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MASCART SAILS SOON.

PARIS, February l3.-Edouard
Mascart, French holder of the Euro
pean featherweight championship,
has booked passage with his man
aGer, NJ. Tietard, aboard the liner
France, sailing for New York Feb
ruary IS. This will give sthe French
tighter nearly d month in America TO
get in form for his fight with Kid
kaplan for the world title.
Evening star., 1925-02-13

In passing, l might point to our
record of last year. We had no
trouble beating the good clubs. We
had an edge over the Senator'S and
Tigers and 7 believe we gave the
Yankees an even battle in the sea
sons games.
IF our record against the top three
clubs had been taken alone We would
have been out in front.
But we could not beat the weaker
clubs. Chicago, Cleveland, Boston,
inferior clubs. gave us a great deal of
trouble, which shows how difficult it
Is to forecast the outcome of a pen
nant race. =
There are four teams the Browns
will have to pass to get TO the top.
New York, Washington. Detroit and
Philadelphia appear to have the best
chances I don't figure Boston, Cleve-
land or Chicago will be up there in
the top list.
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BIKEMAN GETS $4,000.

NEW YORK. February 13.-Pete
Moskops, giant Hollander, who holds
the world cycling championship, will
be paid $4,000 to participate in the
six-day race which starts in Madison
Square Garden March l. The highest
amount ever received by Alfred
Goullet known as king of the six
day riders, is said to have been about
$1,000.
Evening star., 1925-02-13
MAY FIGHT ON COAST.

LOS ANGELES. Calf, February I3
Los Angeles or other Pacific coast
cities are looked upon as probable
locations for the next heavyweight
title bout between Jack Dempsey and
amy other man in the world" as well
as New York, despite the construc-
tion of a great arena there, Jack
kearns, the champions manager, has
declared.
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WOMEN ARE ELIGIBLE.

NEW YORK, February 13.-Wom-
an members of every golf club in the
United States and Canada are eligi-
hle for a special national green Sec
tion tournament, under the auspices
of the United States Golf Association
to be held some time in June. 1t is
probable that an entire week will be
set aside for the competition.
Evening star., 1925-02-13

and you get increased distance on
tie ball. II is well to give study to
this principle. The player who thor
OuEhly understands it also combines
with IT the principle of not trying to
force too much the pace OF the club
head I'm the forward swing. Let the
clubhead take it's natural swing is a
great principle in golf. The moment
you force it you go beyond yourself
and lOse control OF the clubhead.
Control IL everything.
ICOpYright. 1927
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BUCKEYE, ONCE A GRIFF,
is SIGNED BY INDIANS

CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 10
Garland NJ. Buckeye, Chicago semi
pro left-handed pitcher, weighing 24o
pounds, has been signed by the Cleve-
land Indians.
Buckeye was with Cleveland few
days last August, and in 1917 was
tried out by the Washington club.
Evening star., 1925-02-13
DOUBTS ABILITY OF CRTFFS
TO REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS
St. Louis Manager Declines Prediction as to Browns
. But Admits Yanks, Mats, Tigers and Macks
Are the Teams to Beat.

q LOUIS February potential
probable the American that the 1925
will the
asked
what thought of the the clubs the
Ban Johnson
Ssler will pick the team that will St Louis but he would
where would He asserted the Browns had
lined all available strength and would the with the
the
nothing
dict all I'll
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WOMAN GOLFER HAS AZ

DEL MONTE. Calf, February 10.
Miss Marion Hollins, defending her
title in the annual Pebble Beach
championship golf tournament here,
turned in card of SO in the qualify
ing round. Miss Louise Fordyce of
Youngstown, Ohio, was next with an
S4
Evening star., 1925-02-13
DEMPSEY OPENS GYM.

Los ANGELES. February 10
another business enterprise has
been added to the list of industries
headed by Jack Dempsey, heavy
weight ring champion and capitalist.
1t was the new Dempsey gymnasium.
a training quarters de luxe for pugil-
lists and pep-seeking business men.
Evening star., 1925-02-13
TILDEN IN VAUDEVILLE.

NEW YORK, February 1S.-Wil-
liam T. Tilden, I'd national tennis
champion has contracted for a six
weeks vaudeville tour with Peggy
Wood well known actress, as part
ner. Tilden is appearing in motion
pictures and for some time has writ
ten articles for various periodicals.
Evening star., 1925-02-13
JOSS TO LEAD YALE.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, February 10
John Hubbard Joss of Indianapolis
Ind, tackle, has been elected cap.
tain of the Yale foot ball team to sue
ceed j. S. Bingham. who resigned
after being dropped from the univer-
sty for failure in his midyear exami-
nations
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DODGER HURLER SIGNS,

NEW YORK, February 13-E P7
Osborne, pitcher, has signed his 1925
contract with Brooklyn. Two changes.
in the Spring exhibition games were,
made public. Brooklyn will meet the
Philadelphia Nationals at BIaden-r
town. Fla, March 16. and at Clear.
water March IS, reversing the dates.
Evening star., 1925-02-13
POINTER DOG SCORES

NEW YORK, February l3.-For the
first time in 35 years a pointer was
chosen the best dog in the West
minister Dog Show in Madison Square
Garden. The winner was Champion
Governor Moscow, owned by Robert
F.. Maloney, Pittsburgh coal man and
sportsman.
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COLLEGIANS SMASH PINS.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. February ia
Yale won from Rensselaer, PoIytech-
mic Institute, 2.40S to 2,21S: University
of Illinoise defeated Syracuse, a,720
to 2,599. and the Michigan team was
victor over de Pauw. 2,756 to 1858,
in the opening ten-pin matches. un-
der the auspices of the intercolle-
giate bowling association.
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HARRIS is PLAYING SEASON
BACKWARD, CRITICS CLAIM
Contend Exhibitions With Giants Will Tire Nationals
If They Fight, or Will Serve to Lower Their
Morale If They Don't.
By the Associated Press.

EW YORK February 13-Stanley base
balls the 1925 opinion
= OF close followers OF the game
Dollars OF
ship club before played it argued vet the Wash
world
bitter the
10 the in the An1erica last Eau
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BARNES AND MCLEOD WIN

TAMPA, Fla, February 13.-Jim
barnes and Fred Mcleod, Temple
Terrace, Tampa, in Florida pro
goif League match, won from Dow
George and Tommy Kerrigan, Winter
park- Orlando, and in an 1s-hole
best ball.
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q. S. GOLFERS WINNERS
BY the Associated Press

Francis Ouimet, leading amateur
golfer, came through the fog from
Bermuda yesterday at the head of.
party of several Americans who have
been participating in tournaments
there. The island of sunshine lacks
several prize cups as a result of the
Americans visit.
Evening star., 1925-02-13
TO COACH WASHINGTON II.

ST. LOUIS, February 1S-Robert A.
Higgins, coach at West Virginia
Wesleyan since 1919, has signed a
three-year contract as foot ball mem
tor at Washington University The
terms of the contract were not an
nounced.
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WINS SKI HON0Rs.

CANTON, S. D., February 13.-
Alfred Orhn, Forest Preserve Ski
Club, Chicago, became national cham
pion with two jumps of 146 feet at
the national tournament here.
Evening star., 1925-02-13

According to recent game census.
the United States national forests
now shelter a total of 100000 deer,
$4,000 elk. 4,S00 moose, 5000 antelope,
$4,000 mountain sheep or bighorn,
and $500 mountain goats.
Evening star., 1925-02-13
ILLINOIS KEEPS LEAD.

CHAMPAIGN, H., February Ia
Illinois basket ball team maintained
it's undisputed hold on first place in
the Big Ten race. defea ting North
western; 80 to 20. The score at the
half was II to in favor of Illinois.
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COBB NOT TO QUIT GAME
UNTIL HE WINS PENNANI
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

n EW YORK February Cobb k. This
| cheering and contained telegram
- received by the from the Georgia
Iy also he He
much before and
dcted himself will 100
Without consulting him further safe that he will
100 demand
Evening star., 1925-02-13
Fifty Years of Base Ball
One Series OF Articles by John B. Foster Commemoraing the Fieh
Anniversary of the National League This Year
A. HUBERT, SECOND.

LXIII-LEAGUE PRESIDENTS-WILLAM A. HUBERT, SECOND.
HE president of the National League William
who from 1877 1882 passed
OF 1882 and he buried that with