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Evening star., 1926-12-26
On the SideLines
With the Sporting Editor
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

ASE BALL has taken another sock the chin Due to the
* of the involved the latest
ranscends gravity the Black Sox revelations The
- stunning effect had followers OF the national
it ultimately strengthen rather than confidence
the whole.
organized bali the pless light
enabled Cincinnati win
1910 eventually redounded the credit of the in the
public mind.
they appreciated the
of sordid
hide light of the facts would have
= alenated them, probably for all time
Many Doubt Guilt of Diamond Veterans.
is much the with the scandal with the
been included guilty charged where little
doubt existed the ulpably of Cico Felsch Gand Ris
berg and the others
This has known Cobb and Iris Speaker for many
believe that either conspired throw ball
capable of would theft
have taken obtained betting thing.
In of the assumed by the governing heads of
ball neither of the leading
cerned the inference
and Speaker Be that than the word Of Dutch
Leonard evidence of the he bartered needed
faith the probiy the Georgian and the Texan
Accused Accorded Sympathy. I
be
wish Possibly that also explains the sympathy
the where they best known but throughout
the country.
any base bali has been dealt mortal blow
would the fatal if all that Leonard alleges
The is bigger than group of persons.
beings Base ball simply waop has
been staggered will
Evening star., 1926-12-26
SCANDAL MARS SEASON
OTHERWISE SUCCESSFUL
Accusations against Cobb, Speaker and
Wood Blo,0 to Sport-Hornsby's Trade
to Giants Biggest in History.

/ had won the pennant and Cleveland
had cinched second place.
Last minute developments of the
year also brought forth a trade of
record size and importance between
the ST Louis National League team
and the New York Giants. Rogers
Hornsby. captain, manager and sec
ond baseman. was traded to New York
for Frank Frisch, second baseman,
and Jimmy Ring, a pitcher. Hornsby
had asked st. Louis for a three.year
contract at $4,000 year, although
the club still held a contract calling
| for payment of 100000 for the season
of 1927.
Sam Breadon. president of the ST.
Louis club, would not come to an
agreement with Hornsby. declaring
the club was unable to pay any such
salary Hornsby's playing in 1925 fell
far below his standard, but he had
such success with the team as man.
ager that he has large following not
only in St. Louis but in other cities
of the National League circuit.
The New York club had angled for
the services of Hornsby for a long
time, Whether 1t will prove valu-
able deal depends on Hornsby's ability
to show he still is as good a player as
he has been in the past. The st.
Louis CflamD6r OF commerce dShSu
Judge Landis to intervene. so that
Hornsby might be kept in st. Louis.
but the commissioner has no jurisdic-
tion in the transfer of players be-
tween c1ubs,yreven though he again
will rule base ball for seven years at
the increased salary of $4,000 an
nually.
Cards We're big Noise"
The "big noise" in the 1926 major
league season was provided by the
stanch- hearted St. Louis Cardinals,
who bludgeoned their way to the top
in hotly contested race in their own
league and then toppled those swat
ting goliathS, the New York Yankees,
in the world series.
st. Louis won this year its first Ma
tional League pennant in the life of
that city, Like Cincinnati in 1919,
St. Louis also won it's first world
series in the same year that it an,
nexed its first major league pennant.
There were other surprises in 1926.
The Yankees, regarded as underdogs
in the Spring, never We're headed in
the American League after May /.
The champion Pittsburgh Pirates
Topped ingloriopsly. Rogers Hornsby
lost his crown as batting king while
winning new laurels for st. Louis.
Babe Ruth made another remarkable
showing as home-run clouter. The
casualty list among managers gener-
ally was heavy
Evening star., 1926-12-26

~ NE of the most successful and
interesting years base bal
ever has known was Smircheo
and blacllened just before its
close by an expose of gam
bling by players which followed an
Investigation of a 7-year-old story by
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands. as
commissioner of base ball. There Is
every indication that Judge Lands,
as result of his probe, will take dras-
tic steps to stamp out gambling or
betting of any sort by players in or
ganized base ball.
The men concerned in the alleged
gambling incident were among the
most prominent players in the game.
They included Ty Cobb, one of the
most famous players of all time and
former manager of the Detroit team;
Iris, Speaker, great center fielder and
bat.er and former manager at Cleve-
land: Joe Wood. who had pitched for
the Boston Americans. played outfield
for Cleveland and in recent years has
coached the Yale base ball team, and
Hubert Leonard, a pitcher, better
known as Dutch who had been un-
popular with fellow ball players.
Charges Made by Leonard.
Leonard held possession of two let
tiers relating to the presumable laying
of bets, or attempts to lay them, by
Cobb and Wood Leonard also stated
in his testimony to Judge Lands that
Wood. Cobb, Speaker and himself had
agreed to wager on the game of Seps
tenber 25, 1919, between Detroit and
Cleveland, betting on DETROIT to win.
There has been no proof that Cobb
made a wager, although letter Leon
a"d received from him would indicate
Cobb mad considered the matter.
mere MAS nothing to show Speaker
made A wager. the evidence against
hIm being mostly confined to Leon
ards statements. A letter sent by
: Mood contained check returning
funds to Leonard.
Cubb asserted he had not bet and
that he always played ball to win.
Speaker protested his innocence.
Judge Landis in making public the
evidence said Leonard was afraid to
come East and face Cobb, Speaker
and Wood. Leonard was said to have
been angered because of delay in
settling claim against the Detroit
club. AS all concerned had retired
from base ball. there was no action
Commissioner Lands could take ex-
cept to state that any future attempt
on their part to play base ball would
provoke action from his Office. The
alleged attempt to fix or throw
game had no motive except individual
speculation, since Chicago at that time
Evening star., 1926-12-26

Startling new sprint records to the
credit of Charley Paddock and Roland
Locke on American cinder paths, the
adventurous invasion of .Norway's
super athlete, Charley Hoff, and the
rise of q new German track star, DIR,
Otto PeltZer, were high lights of track
and field athletics this year.
Paddock's '100' In 95-10 seconds
and Locke's "220" in 20 5-10, both con-
stituting world records, gained Official
A. Al. u. recognition. The Califor-
mans time grasses the. 8 3-5 mark set
20 years ago by Dan Kelly.
On feoreign tracks. Peltzer's per-
forinances emphasized Germany's
athletic comeback. The young Ger
man runner first startled the track
world by winning the British half-naile
championship in the world record time
of Isl 3-5, displacing Ted Meredith $
IO.year-old standard. Peitzer conquer
ed Douglas Lowe. the Olympic S00s
nleter title holder, at the saplel time.
20 prove this was no fiuke he took
the measure of the great Scandina-
Wan pair. Paavo Nurrni and Edwin
Wide. in record-breaking 1.500-meter
race at Berlin. On the following day
Nurnni tratled Wide In a 2-mile race
which resulted u = new world record
Evening star., 1926-12-26
SOCCER PLAY TODAY
MAY DECIDE TITLES

1t is likely that titles. in both Sec
tions and 2 of the Washington Soc
Ger League will be decided this after
noon, when the final scheduled games
are carded.
In section Walford Club booters.
defending league champions, will en-
gage the formidable Monroe team. A
triumph for Walford, that Is topping
the section, will just about assure the
champions first hohors.
Concord and Rosedale kickers will
clash at Rosedale playground. and IL
Rosedale is victorious Concord's pen
nant hopes will be dashed Both
games are set for 2.30 o'clock.
Other tilts slated today will bring
together British Uniteds and Fort
Myer at Fort Myer. Clan MacLennan
and Rockville at Walter Reed, Army
Medicos and Marlboro at Marlboro
and German-Anerican and German
American reserves.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
STARTLING NEW Marks
FEATURE TRICK SEASON

of 9:01 2-5 for the Swedish school
master.
Hoff started his American tour in
a blaze eof glory, shattering pole vault
records with ridiculous ease and ex-
hibiting all-around prowess in defeat
ing Harold Osborn and Emerson Nor
ton in an indoor seven-event test.
Subsequent allegations OF irregulari-
ties in his expense money, however,
resulted in the A. A. U. ruling him
out Of the amateur competition. Hoff
turned professional himself later. but
brought suit against the A. A. u.
charging conspiracy against him.
Southern CALIFORNIA; s Trojans, led
by the Olympic champion, weight
tosser. Bud Houser, romped off with
the intercollegiate A. A. A. A. cham
pionship for the second straight year.
The Illinois a. G. captured the ma.
tional senior5A A. IT. team prize In a
meet which produced a remarkable
relay half mile in f.51 5-f0 by Lloyd
Hahn and flock of new champions.
The latter included an Indian distance
running star, Philip Osif of Haskell
Institute. and new sprinting kings in
Charley Borah of southern California
and George Sharkey Of Miami, Ohio,
University.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
SAMMY
l-iqh4we'qat
MARYLAND TOSSERS
TO BATTLE FOR TRIP

University Of Maryland's varsity
members of the collegiate group
here to toll during the holidays,
will get together tomorrow Afternoon
at College Park for a week of prac-
Midwest.
The Old Liners will leave Wash
ington next Sunday night for Ann
Arbor. Mich, where the University
of Michigan will, be engaged in the
first contest of the trip on Tuesday
night. January A. Michigan State
will be played the next evening at
Lansing and the University of Ken
lucky is booked for Saturday night
at Lexington. It is hoped that
another game may be added for
January z. Virginia will be met at
Charlottesville on January 10 on the
way home.
There will be merry fight this
week at College Park for the privi-
lege of making the trip. Capt.
Artie BOYD, forward Jack Faber,
guard and Fred Linkous, center.
or forward. Z are sure Of being
selected and Donald Adams, center,
also is certain to go If he rounds
into shape for competition.
Adams has not practiced this sea-
son. AS he was hurt in the johns
Hopkins foot ball game on Thanks
giving day. However, he appears TO
be O. *. again and if week of
strenuous practice proves sufilclent
to get him into trim he will be taken
along. He is very important figure
In Coach Burton Ship1eys scheme
of things and If he should not be
available Maryland's chances OF max
ing a good showing on the jaunt,
would be greatly hurt.
AS the chances are that only eight
men will be taken on the trip, Walker.
Hale, Mike Stevens and Wilbur
Snyder. forwards, and Thurston
Dean, Sam Crosthwait and Delbert
zahn, guards, are sure to be on their
toes in the drills this week, as none
of them wants to be eliminated.
Sessions lasting about two hours
will be held each afternoon for the
next six days.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
ANACOSTIA EAGLE QUINT
TO FACE A STAR ARRAY

y attractive court contest is
" scheduled this afternoon at 3
"A. o'clock at Congress Heights
A Auditorium between Anacostia
Eagles, District unlimited
champions, and the Wonder Five.
A formidable group of tossers who
formerly scintillated on scholastic
floors hereabouts or who have had ex
perience in Independent ranks has
been cQrralled to represent the Won
ders
In a preliminary, starting at 2
O'Clock, Independents and Park View
will come to grips 1t will be a Wash
ington Senior Basket Ball League tilt.
Washington Basket Ball Senior
League teams are listed for five games
this week. Tomorrow night Arrows
and Washington Collegiates will face
at 7:15 o'clock at the Arcadia in the
preliminary to the Washington-Ne New
York professional game; Wednesday
Clovers and Elliotts will meet at z
o'clock and Arrows and Independents
at 8, and Friday night Epiphany
Roses will engage Columbia A. C. at
o'clock, followed by an encounter an
hour later between Auths and Calvary
M. E.
Strong opposition has been listed by
Olympic senior basketers for tomor-
row and Tuesday nights. Company
F, National Guard, Reserve tossers
will be encountered tomorrow night
on the floor Of their ar'rnory In Hyatts.
vile and the y. NJ c. A. seniors will
be tackled Tuesday in the Y gym.
Both bames will start at 7:30 O'clock
and these Olympic players are To re.
port for each at Z. Burnett, Schaffert,
Shaeffer, Freeman. Golfer, /Galotta,
Lombard, Brodsky and Birthright.
Following the holidays, ST. Patrick
junior passers, claimants of the Dis,
Evening star., 1926-12-26
U. QUINT
BOOKS HIGH POINT

American University basketers. who
have chalked up six victories in as
many starts this campaign, will meet
High Point College of North Carolina
in the Methodists' gym on January S,
It was announced last night by Coach
G. Baillie Springston.
The Tarheels also may meet George
Washington dribbiers whi.s kssx,kins
city. 81.
Spr'ingston stated that hesEexpecfs
within a few days TO complete neaUh
tiations for a couple other games.
Catholic University may be added To
the Methodistss schedule.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
BELLEFONTE ELEVEN
BEATS TEXANS, $50

BY the Associated Press.
CISCO. Tex, December 25.--Belle-
fonte Academy of Pennsylvania
strengthened its claim to the. nation.
al prep school foot ball championship
here today by snothering the Ran
dolph College eleven of Cisco under
a score of 55 to O.
The Texans held the Fasteners to
one touchdown in the first quarter,
but after that Hood began to get his
long passes working. the score mount
ed steadily in the remaining periods,
with Randolph's defense impotent.
Hood shot passes accurately any
where from Is to 40 yards. p. Smith,
in the Bellefonte backfield. made sew
eral sensational runs.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

~ OXING saw the greatest IL
- months in 1926 that the sport
ever has known, not only in
D point of popular support and
public interest but in the
ability of contestants generally and
| the thrilling bouts they staged
There never was a similar period in
| the history of boxing which witnessed
so many champions toppled from their
thrones-men in many cases who
seemed securely established.
| OF those who held world titles At
| this time In 1925, only three now re-
main, and no one can say how long
| they will endure.
Gate receipts far exceeded the sums
accruing from the sport in any pre-
| vious year, and an interesting and
| significant phase of the year was the
number of fight clubs throughout the
country which not only paid expenses,
but prospered as never before
The Dempsey-Tunney Fight.
The elimination of the boxing boom
came at Philadelphia in September.
when in the Sesquicentennial stadium
before a record breaking throng of
| 132, 900 spectators, Gene Tunney won
| the world heavyweight title from
| Jack Dempsey in a 10-round bout
which went to a decision.
The gate receipts amounted to $2,
| 100000. a testimonial to the high
esteem as a knocker-out which Demp-
sey enjoyed.
Even though Dempsey did not live
up to his reputation and Tunney took
| the bout on points, the majority of
the spectators regarded the battle as
satisfactory. Betters who had given
odds on the champion grumbled, as
men of their stripe always do, and
stories to the effect that Tunney was
due" to win the battle have been
arising ever since the fight.
Dempsey Hopes for Comeback.
Dempsey himself accepted the de-
cision with good grace. and neither
by word nor deed has he ever ques-
| toned the decision, or attempted TO
| launch an alibi. In this stand he has
made host of new friends, and when
he enters the ring again-as he hopes
| TO do with Tunney as an opponent
| there is no doubt that he will attract
another bumner crowd. For 1t is
commonly accepted that Dempsey
still packs wallop, one sufficient to
put Gene to sleep If he can land it.
A valuable impression was made on
those who attended the Dempsey
| Tunney fight as their first ring con
| test The orderliness of the mann,
moth crowd, the complete absence of
any evidence of violation of the Vol.
| stead act, as we'll as the absence OF
open betting, were duly registered
Evening star., 1926-12-26
CARDS EDGE ON YANKS
DUE TO TIGHTER DEFENSE

The 1925 world series was won by
the st. Louis National League club
primarily becadse it was better
! fielding team than the New York
American League team.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, vet
eran pitcher, played an important
part in the series for st. Louis, pitch
ing winning base bali in two games
and assisting at the finish OF the last
and deciding game. which he entered
in the seventh inning with the bases
filed and two out. He struck out
I.azzari, retiring the side, and in the
next two innings only one batter
reached first. He was Ruth. who was
purposely given a base on balls in the
ninth inning, and was thrown out try
Ing to steal second, the series ending
on that play.
BY far the best work of the series
by a player on the winning team was
that of Thevnow, at shortStop. He
was the best infielder. of all. In the
last game a sensational one-hand
catch which he made when extended
his full length in the air above the
base line, saved a certain run. That
run would have tied the score.
SEVERED batted the ball. which was
one of the hardest hit of the series.
Ruth's Batting Sensational.
The best outfield work was that of
Ruth. In every way he played better
base ball in the world series than he
had played in any series in which he
had participated. His fielding was
fine, his throwing accurate and well
judged, Nand his batting was the sem
sation of the series. 1t well might be.
considering that he made four home
runs, and three of them in one game
in succession at st. Louis.
These home runs always will be his
toric. The first was far into the deep
corner of the rightfield stand, the
second over the stand into the street
at right center, and the third into the
centerfield stand, the first home run
ever TO be batted into that stand, and
the longest home run that ever was
batted ir any world series. The ball
f. was estimated to have carried 500
feet.
The st. Louis players batted better
as a team. ran bases about as well, and
fielded better. Notwithstanding this.
they won the series because they We're
given the final game ny two errors
Of play which cost three runs, all of
them unearned, and not one of which
should have scored. These were all
the runs they made. There is no rec:
ord OF any WORLD series DeinE won ny
a similar succession of happenings.
Receipts Set Record.
The receipts were larger than those
of any other world series, going higher
above the 81 900 900 mark than they
had ever gone before. The attend
ance was up to capacity at st. Louis
for three games. At New York the
first two games drew ground capacity
hut there We're vacant seats at the
sixth game, and more at the seventh
game. The weather for the seventh
game was very depressing, although
Evening star., 1926-12-26
YOUNG HINES SHINES
FOR WEST POINT FOUR

One of the dependables of the West
Point polo team this season has been
Cadet John L. Hines, jr.. son of Mai.
Gen. John L. Hines of Fort Myers, Va.
In the three games played so far by
the West Pointers he has scored eight
goals.
Cadet Hines, who plays No. on the
polo team, also has been a, member of
the track squad and has qualified as
rifle marksnlan and an expert field
artillery gunner.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

rain did not prevent the playing of
the contest.
One of the most extraordinary in.
cidents of, the series was the pitching
of part of 5ne inning by Reinhart in
st. Louis. He gave four bases on
halls, and was hit for a two-bagger to
right field, and out of that resulted
four earned runs, the first time in any
8 3Ries of the character that four runs
were made on four bases on balls and
one hit. and probably the first time
that anything of the kind had been
done for many years in the major
league races.
The reception given to the winning
st. Louis team by the citizens of st.
Louis has had no counterpart in base
ball.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

trict crown last season, plan to re-
organize and make determined bid
for the 125-pound title. During the
past campaign the Saints won Al
games of as and copied 80 before
meeting defeat. Among their victims
were the sturdy Red Shields, who
were downed, 25 to 81. Boys Club
Flashes. another quint that claimed
midget laurels, were not met by st.
Patrieks.
Representing the Saints this cam
paign will be the same combination as
carried it's colors during the past sea-
son. 1t comprises Harding, Desmond,
Keough, Maloney and O'Keefe.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
MUM GIVEN ANOTHER
CHANCE WITH HANSEN

BY the Associated Press.
Monte Mum is TO have a chance to
turn the tables on Knute Hansen of
Racine, Wis, the heavyweight, who
last Wednesday night put dent in
his l2-bout winning streak. Tex
ftickard has rematched the Mid
western rivals for a semi-final clout.
ing bee to the Sharkey -PaoIino fight
on January 2s.
Evening star., 1926-12-26
FOOT BALL YESTERDAY.

AT CISCO, Tex.--Bellefonte Acade-
my fPennsylvania), So; Randolph Col
lege (Cisc0l 0.
AT TAMPA, Fla.--Hillshorsugh
High School Of Tampa, 80; New
Rochelle High School Of New York, O..
Evening star., 1926-12-26
MCNAMARA GOING ABROAD
Rv the Assoclated Press

By the Associated Press.
Reggie Mcnamara, iron man of the
marathon on wheels, will embark for
his forty-seventh international grind
tomorrow on the Deutschland. Reggie
has paired with Otto Petri for the
forthcoming six-day. race at Berlin.
Evening star., 1926-12-26

A y attractive court contest is
" scheduled this afternoon at 3
~. o'clock at Congress Heights
A Auditorium between Anacostia
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COMMUNITY CLUB

The annual election OF officers
Of the PleasantFille Community
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SALARY APPEAL

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ers employed and reelected for the
coming year receive an increase Of
500 per school var.
Mr.. Sullivan, the Commissioner
found did not receive an increase
in salary for the year of 1924
although he protested TO the secre-
tary OF the Board that his salary
check was not in accord with the
action of the Board of Education.
On May 6, 1924, motion passed
the Board Of Education that teach
ers, including Mr.. Sullivan as the
superintendent be reelected to their
positions at salary increase of
5000 Mr.. Sullivan received $4,000
for the year OF 1924-25. Mr. Sullivan
continued to serve in 1885 with
salary of $4,000.
At meeting July %, 1926 he
made claim for 800 for each of
the school years of 1924. 1924
25; 1886. with interest, total
Of $500 with interest.
Mr.. Sullivan, the Commissioner
found, made no protest to the Board
that the compensation was not in
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Spicy
Notes
SCHOOL PLANS
NOT YET READY
School Board to Complete
Budget at Meeting
Tuesday Night.

Plans for the addition to the Mill
road school have not as yet been
perfected by the architect, II. A.
Stout, is was reported Tuesday
night when the Board of Education
of Mortified met. The budget for
1927 will be competed at the meet
ing next Tuesday night
1t was brought to the attention
Of the Board members that several
local teachers were taking adVan-
tage of the extension work in the
course Of study which is being held
in Atlantic City. In cooperation
with this work, the recess period
was shortened in order that those
taking the course may commute ID
the resort on scheduled tine.
The requisition to furnish SUP
plies for renewing various parts
of the building with paint and other
necessary articles was passed on.
This work will be done during the
Christmas holidays.