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Evening star., 1925-02-18
QUINN OF RED SOx
ISA DAVID HARUM
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated ffess
CHICAGO, February 1s.-Bob
Quinn, president OF the Boston Red
Sox, rates the title as the David
Harum of base ball. Quinn, regarded
as one of the shrewdest judges of
players in the major leagues. made
three deals to obtain two stars he
particularly wanted to make Boston a
pennant contender for 1925.
Homer EzZell and Doc Prothro are
the ones involved and they will bat
tie it out for a permanent berth at
third base.
Ezzell was obtained by Quinn in a
trade with the st. Louis Browns for
Norman Mcmillan. Ezzell was a re-
cruit .infielder. Quinn, who had been
connected with the st. Louis club,
saw the possibilities in EzZell and the
trade followed. Mcmillan has been
sent to ST. Paul in a deal which
brought Catcher Leo Dixon to the
Browns.
The deal, whereby Boston obtained
Prothro was a three-club affair.
Quinn first traded Howard Shanks to
the Yankees for Mike McNally. Wash
ington wanted McNally, so Quinn swap
ped him for Prothro. Shanks and
McNally are veterans, while Prothro
is youngster, a tremendous hitter
and a fast fielder. Washington had
sent Prothro to Memphis because of
a broken leg, which was slow in
mending. The injured member fully
recovered and he was recalled by the
Senators, only to go to the Red Sox,
where he is expected to blossom out
as a star,
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BRITISH AND YANKEE
BOXERS BREAK even

NEW YORK, February 1s.-Eng-
land triumphed twice in the in
ternational intercity amateur boxing
matches in Madison Square Garden
last night. when George Gogay, light
weight champion of England, and
James O'Hanrahan, welterweight
champion, won the matches against
New York opponents.
New York won one and Pittsburgh
the other in the four matches staged
All won point verdicts.
The middleweight and heavyweight
boxers get into action tonight
Summaries:
135-pound class - George Gogay,
England defeated Murray Israel, New
York, and Tommy Lown, New York
defeated William Linden, Pittsburgh
147-pound class-Hugh Haggerty
Pittsburgh, defeated Joe Littman
New York, and James O'Hanrahan
England. defeated Edward Tiernan,
New York.
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Pitchers Providing Difficulty for G1J Wfestoxer Bout Proposed
HELEN WAINWRIGHT
WINS DIVING TITLE

WINTER PARK, Fla, February Is.
Helen Wainwright. the girl who
holds the national all around
woman's swimming championship,
and who will attempt to swim the
Channel next Summer, es-
tablished herself as no less a diver
than swimmer when she won the ma
tional low board diving events in the
Amateur Athletic Union Women's
Swimming Meet held along the Rol-
Inns College course here.
Miss Wainwright took first place
over divers OF national and interna-
tional recognition. Following her in
order were: Helen Meany and Aileen
Riggin Of New York; Lizette Her
mann OF Philadelphia; Carol Fletch er
of Pasadena, Calf. and Olive r.
Filler of Atlantic City. N. ].
Gertrude Ederle. who holds all the
world records for free-styIe swim
ming from 100 up to and including &
1000 yards. yesterday established an
other world record for the $50 yards
free style in 1 minute SO 2-5 seconds
Miss Ederle. who comes from New
York, suffered a leg injury in the
Olympic games in Paris last Sum-
mer, but her showing in yesterday
events indicated that she has COM
pletely recovered and is In as good
form as ever.
In the State events Tampa swep,
away from all competition. winning
the meet with rs points. while Or
lando followed a close second, with
20 points. st. Petersburg was third
with IA points and the Tomoka Ath-
letic Club brought up the rear with
2 points.
Four world records were establish.
ed during the afternoon. Four New
York girls set all Of the records and
won for themselves place in the
Hall of Fame Of swimming. This
was the first time such events have
been run over 110-yard open
course.
The winners and their time:
Gertrude Ederle, who negotiated
150 yards free style in L minute so 2-5
second: Doris O'Mara, who dashed
through $50 yards Of water doing the
back stroke in I minute 26h seconds;
Ethel McGary, who travelled SOC
meters in minutes 9 As seconds
and Agnes Geraghty. who swept along
100 yards at the breast stroke in
minute 81 seconds.
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CARDS TO SURPRISE
THEM, SAYS RICKEY

ST. LOUIS. February 1s.-The st
Louis Cardinals this season will b
as great a surprise as were the mer
who made such a great finish In 1921
and who nearly won the pennant fr
1922" Manager Branch Hickey said
His team starts Friday for Stockton
Calf, on the Spring training trip.
Nobody picks us to finish any
where high this year, / notice.
strength than we are generally credit
ed with having.
Our catching is strong again. even
stronger than in 1921. We have Con
zales and Schmidt. We have ex-
perience and ability behind the bat.
We've fine looking infield, power and
experience and still an inf1eld of
young men.
'Tn the outfield each position ap-
parently win be capably filled for
the first time since 1921. In fact, our
outfleld looks better than 1t did that
year. Blades, Douthit, SINNERS and
Hafey are fine looking right-handers
and we have Mueller, Smith and
Flack, left-handers. Then a recruit.
Walter Roettger, captain Of the H.
linois University nine. may surprise
US.
Our pitching staff does not appear
to have the strength that 1t promised
in 1921 and 1922, but then there is
enough potential power there.
Il can say without being optimistic
that our team certainly has pennant
possibilities"
Hickey will take 33 men to Cali
fornia, an unusually small squad for
the Cardinals. Among them will be
Rogers Hornsby, second baseman and
National League batting champion,
whose performance last year was one
Of the few attractions the Cardinals
had to offer.
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ZACH TO "TALK TURKEY
WITH GRIFF AT TAMPA

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, February
1S-That Jez Zachary. star south
paw of the world champions, does
not consider himself seriously as
n hOldOut was evidenced late last
night when Mt Fayetteville, n. c.,
the Tarheel swung onto the train
bearing the hrxt Tampa-bound
squad of Nationals. Zach will re-
port to Grimth at Tampa as per
his orders, but intends to stage
u hard battle for an iHcrense over
the terms that were Incorporated
I'm the document forwarded him by
the club, but not yet signed By
him.
The rugged pOrtsider II In won
derful physical condition after
Winter spent mostly outdoors Mt
his North Carolina home.
Allen Russell and Bill Hargrave
are with the party en- route to
Tampa. Both have wfntered well.
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| bers, who were endeavoring to con-
duct championship race.
As Youngs term was about to ex-
pire an attempt to foist syndicate
base ball on the league was discov-
cred. The late Albert G. Spalding dis
covered it and by skillful politics
broke the league apart temporarily
and had himself declared elected
president. He was well aware that
he was not president, but he got hold
of the league records and other prop
erty' and by shrewd pulling of wires
managed to hold over most of the
Winter, preventing the attempt at
syndication.
That was what he aimed at and
when he was told by the courts that
he was not president he stepped out.
calmly stating to his friends that he
was quite well satisfied he never had
beens spresident, but that base ball
would go along without a process of
syndication which he abhorred. In
the meantime, "Uncle Nick" was in
retirement in Washington, but he
went out Of office with the love and
respect of every man who knew him
and especially with the deepest ad
miration from all base ball writer's.
(Foster will next tell about Harry
Clay Pulliam.)
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He was tho first secretary Of the
league, and in addition to being sec
retary, and being a careful secretary,
he was a ball player, and so fond of
the game that nothing could keep
him from it. He was elected in 1885
and served through 1902, when he
found successor.
fractional Fight Develops.
The trouble with the National
Uncle Nick" was president was a
factional division which brought
about strife between club owners. and
as each faction accused the president
of the league of trying to carry water
on both shoulders, the man who had
given his conscientious attention to
the game. and to the interests Of the
organization of which he was the
executive, was superseded because
there were club owners who would
not vote to retain him. Some of them
said that the president had been so
long in Office that he needed a relax
alton from all work. That was true.
Any man who had undertaken to
guide the National League through
the years to which the work was al
lotted to n. E. Young needed vaca-
ton in which to relax.
Not only did he have to placate the
West against the East, but he had to
shoulder the cares of trying to keep
the East in alignment. and eventually
he had to bear up under the quarrel
that originated when Freedman was
owner of the New York club, the lat
ter refusing to strengthen his team
because he insisted that the other
owners of the league were in con-
spiracy to make trouble for him.
The great difficulty with Freedman
was that he thought the other clubs
Of the league should be contributors
to the success of New York. because
1t was the largest city in the East and
might make more profit for the league
than any other city of the eight. His
opinion at that time was secuted by
other club owners, and it should have
been. A league that would contribute
to the success of any one club Of its
circuit manifestly would not be deal
ing fair with it's patrons. This was
repeated time and again to Freedman,
but he still persisted that all efforts
were being made to deprive him from
putting together a championship team,
and in the quarrels that broke out afresh
every other week, Uncle Nick" had
to shoulder the correspondence and all
of the abuse.
Theory Is Exploded.
The theory that was held by Freed
man has been held by others in the
league. There always has been a SEN
timent that New York is the back
bone of the organization, when, as a
matter of fact, the league survived
for years when the New York club
was a dead weight and did not bring
one ounce of help to the other mem
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So cautious-or perhaps clever
were most of the boxers that not
even knockdown was scored during
the 40 rounds of milling. In only
one of tho engagements were both
the principals seemingly ready to
mix It" all the way. That was in
the final match that brought together
Martin Burke Of New Orleans and
Sully Montgomery. Forth Worth, Tex,
boy, who used to do foot ball stunts
for Centre College.
These heavyweights went at one
another earnestly enough, but Burke's
left, although 1t landed frequently,
had not enough power to finish Sully
and Montgomery's fairly good right
landed so infrequently that it did not
disturb Martin much. Burke is a
fighter Of considerable experience and
he showed 1t in his bout. He OUT
pointed Montgomery by wide
margin.
The showiest bout of the evening
was the second on the card, a clash
between Goldie Ahearn and Luis
Guglimini, local feathers. These boys
have done deal of battling through
the South recently and seemingly
know one another's styles perfectly.
For five rounds they did much hashy
mixing that probably would have
gone over better had they not in
dulged in SO much sidetalk In the
ring. But friendship was cast aside
in the last few rounds and Ahearn
worked vigorously enough to have
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PRINCETON Nine BOOKS
22 GAMES FOR SEASON

PRINCETON, N. j.. February 49,
According to the base ball schedule
announced by the Princeton Univer-
sity Athletic Association, the Tiger
nine will play % regular games,
with the possibility of two extra
games in case of ties in the Harvard
and Yale series:
April L, Bowdoin; 4, villanova; 8, Lebigh;
10, Virginia. ut Charlottesville; IL, George
town, at Washington; 10, Holy Cross; Is,
80, Dartmouth; May 2. williams; 6, Fordham
0. Brown; IS, New York University; 16.
Harvard, at Cambridge: 20, Penn State; %.
Harvard; p, Crescent A. c.; 80, Yale, at New
Haven; June 3, Harvard Tin case of tie): 8,
Colgate: 10. swarthmore; 13, Ysle; 20. Yale
lin case of tie): %, Yale lin case Of tie and
tie in Harvard-Yale series).
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FOUR STILL ON OUTSIDE.
NOT COUNTING JOHNSON
Zachary, Mogridge, Gregg and Ruether Are Among
Recalcitrants and Last Named May Be Hard
Man to Get Into line.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Sports Editor, The Star.

February 18Wth all but handful of
the of the Nationals already bound
the 1925 campaign it would that c. Calvin Crit
sitting pretty concerned but
sderng athletes definitely aligned indications
the Washington club will have consider
of
that Johnson decided his
writing
if the Jezebel
Zachary George Rochester Mogge and Svanus
established and there good believing
will be INDUCED before the classic inscription
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ging college product will be in reg
Now comes the signed contract OF
Lawton (Whitey) Witt; once Of Win
chendon, Mass, but now a dirt farmer
in New Jersey, with the prospect that
the youthful Earl Combs will take away
his Job in the outfeld Base ball, it
seems, had forgotten Wits early days
with the Athletics in Philadelphia, until
Whitley reminded that once he was a
shortstop and a good one.
Witt went to Philadelphia as an in
fielder when Otis Lawry, now with Jer-
sey City was there trying to play second
base. Both had come to the major
leagues with great regulations. Lawry.
captain and second baseman Of the Uni
, yersity Of Maine team, became known
as Macks flash Of lightning" for he
could cover 100 yards in 10 seconds fiat.
Witt went to the Athletics outfeld,
while Lawry was sent to the 1nterna-
tional League.
Whitley smiled when questioned about
the possibility of Combs displacing him,
and mentioned that Everett Scott,
ing the coming season. If anything hap
pens to Scotty the versatile Witt will
be ready to take his place at a moments
notice, he says.
According to an ultra-official roster
issued yesterday, the Yankees will take
40 men into the South for training, in
cluding IA pitchers, s catchers, II out
fielders and 10 inf1elders.
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FIGHT, CLUBS INAUGURAL
NICE, QUIET BOXING SHOW


~ night National Capital Sporting organization
that insists boxing bouts be given the National Capital
despite
spacious
fight fans male and maa members of the club four
10round bouts which the principals chubby
Not the the
could be Washington
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earned a decision had any been given.
Charlie Potash, Marine Corps
product who used to fight hereabouts
under the name of Charlie Burke, and
Wolf Larsen, who is supposed to have
first made a reputation as a fighter
in amateur circles In Boston, pro-
vided the semi-hnal. Potash is a
good heavyweight boxer and Larsen
has an occasional punch. Larsen shot
his punch across in the first two or
three rounds, then watched Potash
dance around him during the re-
mainder of the fray 1t was a pep
less draw.
Young Dencio, Filipino fyweight,
well like around here, appeared with
Harry Farren Of Boston in the open
ing encounter. Farren looked heavy
enough to be in the bantam class, but
his weight and reach advantages
availed him little against the shifty
Dencio The Boston boy seemed to
be too muscle bound to get anywhere.
Dencio lacked a punch hard enough
to upset his opponent. but was a win
ner all the way.
The bouts were staged impressively
Referees Pat O'Connor and Heinie
Miller were attired in formal dress.
So was announcer Jimmy Lake and
even couple of the seconds affected
the tuy edo. Royce Hough, who acted
as timer Of the bouts, effectively
welded the lead pipe. But it was on
la broken gong-not fighters or specta-
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PALACE HAS LISTED
ROSENBLUM TOSSERS

In keeping with his policy of bring.
ing to Washington the best basket
ball teams of the country, Manager
George Marshall OF the Palace C1ut
has booked the famous Rosenblun
team Of Cleveland for the Sunday
night engagement at the Arcade.
The visiting aggregation recently
registered a decisive defeat over the
KingstonS who have downed the
world champion Celtics three times ir
a series of five games and are rated
by court authorities as being ~ a
par with the Gothamites.
Capital fans know little Of the
Cleveland team. but are due for ar
introduction to a fairly rough playing
quint when the visitors take the floor
against the Washington professionals
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HERMAN GOING TO COAST.

By the Associated Press
Babe Herman will depart for Cali
fornia Immediately after his 12-round
bout with Bobby Garcia, soldier
featherweight, in Madison Square
Garden Friday night. Herman has
met the champion, Kid Kaplan, on
several occasions. with draw verdicts
resulting.
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GREB DEFEATS BRITTON

ALLENTOWN, Pa, February IS
of the world, last night easily won
the decision over Billy Britton Of
Pittsburg, Kans. The champion ap-
parently did not extend himself for
five rounds, but had no difficulty in
outpointing his opponent when he cut
loose in the last half OF the 1e-
round battle.
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YALE BOXERS TO STRIVE
FOR COLLEGIATE TITLES

NEW HAVEN, Conn, February IS.
announcement has been made that
tho Yale boxing team had accepted
the invitation to participate in the
intercollegiate tournament to be held
under the auspices of the University
OF Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
March % and 2S
This will be Ya1e's first attempt to
gain the intercollegiate title.
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REDS ELECT OFFICERS.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 49,
Stockholders Of the Cincinnati club
at their annual meeting reelected all
directors and officers for another
year. President August Herrmann'k
report showed the company to be in
highly. prosperous condition. II
was announced that all reserved seats
for the opening game at Redland
Field April IA had been sold before
December l.
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WILLIAMS AND JOHNSON
SIGN THEIR CONTRACTS

SANTA ANA, Calf, February 1s.-
Kenneth Williams slugging outfielder
Of the st. Louis Americans, and Ernie
Johnson, utility man of the New York
Yankees. have affixed their signatures
to contracts for 1925 with their re-
spective clubs.
Williams is prepared to depart for
Tarpon Springs, Fla, the Browns
Spring training camp, Jimmy Austin,
the veteran Brown coach, having left
for that point to arrange for open
ing Of the camp.
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MUM MEETS ROMANO.

CHICAGO, February Is. - Wayne
(Big) Mum, 2S0-pound claimant to
the world heavyweight wrestling
championship, despite the counter
claims Of Ed Stranger" Lewis, will
engage in his second match since he
tossed Lewis out of the ring six
weeks ago, when he meets Michael
Romano, Italian heavyweight in a
finish match here tonight
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BARS ROUGH WRESTLING

By tne ABOclated Press.
New York athletic officials will
have none of this rough wrestling in
which 200-pound humans are cata-
pulled from the mat Wayne Big"
Mum, college boy champion, made
the throw famous when he tossed
Ed "Strangler' Lewis away from his
crown. 1t will be foul in New
York State, according to an edict
from the Athletic Commission
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GIBBONS HAS AGREED
TO BATTLE DEMPSEY

CHICAGO. February Is. Eddie
Kane, manager Of Tom Gibbons, said
here that he has accepted terms for
a match with Jack Dempsey in CAL
ifornia either in May or June.
He would not reveal any other in
formation, but it is reported the pro-
posed match may be staged in the
Rose Bowl, at Pasadena. which has
seating capacity of $4,000
Gibbons, he said, will start train
ing for the match next month
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WILLS CHALLENGES.

NEW YORK, February 1s.-Harry
Wills. negro heavyweight, through
his manager, Paddy Mullins. has filed
challenge with the State Athletic
Commission for match with Jack
Dempsey.
Accompanying the challenge was a
certified check for $500, in accord
ance with the commissions rules.
Mullins said that in the event
Dempsey failed to accept within six
months, Wills would claim the
heavyweight title.
The commission deferred action on
the challenge until next week.
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BOXER IS SUSPENDED.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, February IS
K. o. Jeakle, Toledo lightweight, has
been suspended from participating in
bouts here for one year by the Cleve-
land Boxing Commission. II the ruling
Is recognized by the New York Box
ing Commission Jeakle probably will
be eliminated from the tournament to
decide a successor to Benny Leonard
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BROWNS ADD A GAME.

by tlIt 2abSocIdte Ttss
The ST. Louis Browns have addec
the eighteenth game to their pre-
season exhibition schedule. They
meet the Cincinnati Reds at Jackson.
vile, Fla, April 1. The Reds are
the third Natioral Leaguers slated tc
oppose the Browns, the others being
the ST. Louis Cardinals and the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
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PIRATES WILL TRY OUT
BATTERY OF BROTHERS

PITTSBURGH, Pa, February 1S.-
A battery of brothers of Hays Cath
olic College, Hays. Kan, will be added
to the roster of the Pirates when the
Pittsburgh team leaves for California
for Spring training. Manager William
McKechnie declared, announcing that
try outs would be given Ernest
Lorbeer, catcher, and Adley Lorbeer,
pitcher
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MUM SUGGESTED AS FOE
FOR HEAVYWEICHTNRINC
Rickard Urged to Bring Claimant for Mat Title to
New York for Test-NebraskanLi Likely Would
Be Willing to Stage Such Match.
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW YORK February l8-Tex Rckard being
Wayne Mum of Nebraska, the world champion
New York and let him demonstrate heavyweight
which is the effective in
If Rickd would do this he could permission
the boxing
the roof with eyed spectators
Mum probably would be wiling he has standing gudgc
settle against hgh being
make
old by yJackC lin
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TUNNEY TO MEET GREB.

ORLANDO, Fla, February 1s.-
Gene Tunney, American light heavy
weight champion, in training here, has
announced that he would meet Harry
Greb in ST. Paul on st. Patrick's day
March II. The bout Is to go 10 rounds
and will be a no-decision affair
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FIGHT SLOW DRAW.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. February IS
Ray Mitchell Of Philadelphia and
kid" Lewis of Waterbury, Conn.
fought a slow 10-round draw here
last night. Both men were warned
several times by the referee for
stalltnG.
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DIFFER AS TO RUTH.

By the Associated Press.
Official statistics from the offices
Of the New York Yankees bring the
news that Babe Ruth's weight Is 210
pounds. yet reports from Hot Springs
have had him working hard to get
himself down to about 225.
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GIANT PITCHERS SIGN.

NEW YORK, February 1s-Three
more veterans of the New York
Giants Joined the fold when Pitchers
Bill Ryan and Virgil Barnes and Out
fielder Hack Wilson sent in their
signed contracts.
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TIGERS SIGN LEONARD.

DETROIT, February 18.-Hubert
Dutch" Leonard has signed his 1925
contract to pitch for the Detroit Ty-
gers. He will leave California in time
to arrive at Augusta, Ga, March /.
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ROMMEL GETS INTO LINE.

PHILADELPHIA, February 18.-
Eddie Rommel, star right-hander of
the Philadelphia Athletics pitching
staff, has come to terms with Man
ager Connie Mack. This leaves one
player, Frank Welch, outflelder, un-
signed
Evening star., 1925-02-18
HIGGINS HAS VERSATILE
PLAYERS ON HIS SQUAD

February 8Mile Higgins, of former
VI collection of
athletes ready for the coming campaign
national know that Babe Ruth play first
he right
erg pitcher There possibility that
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What Mum would do to Clifford
were they to meet, Clifford being
bound by boxing rules and Mum by
the rules of wrestling, is too dread
full to think about.
What he would do to any boxer
from Clifford UP to Jack Dempsey,
also fills the mind with frightfuI
pictures. To beat Mum a boxer
would have to knock out his man
with the first clip, which is asking
lot of the hardest walloper in the
world. After that first clip the boxer
would be off his feet, and no one can
hit with any force when he is on
the canvas.
Evening star., 1925-02-18
Fifty Years of Base Ball
Articles by John B. Foster the Fieth
Anniversary OF The National League This Year.
LXV-League Presidents--Nicholas E. Young. F

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