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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
POPULAR
CATCH Err
MANIAC
O'FarreII Appointed Pilot of
st. Louis Cardinals
Succeeds 'Rajah.'
BY Clark Il. Kelsey

intel Press staff COrrcsDondent
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Cast off from
a second division team less than two
years ago, Robert Arthur bob
O'Farrell today finds himself the
manager Of a worlds champion club.
OFarrell, appointed yesterday to
manage the st. Louis Cardinals
during the coming year. was
struggling along as second string
catcher with the Chicago Cubs in
the middle of the 1925 season.
At that time Gabby Hartnett was
in his heyday and there seemed
little need for OFarrell. SO the Cubs
consummated a deal which sent
O'Farrell to the Cardinals and
brought the veteran Mike Gonzales
and a youngster, Howard Freigau TO
the Cubs.
Immediately OFarrell, with regular
work, became one of the best catch
ers in the senior circuit. His brilliant
catching continued through the 1928
the 1926 season with his being
voted the most valuable man to his
team" in the National League.
Hits .292
During the past season the new
Cardinal manager batted .292. AS
an evidence of his reliability, he
caught in 143 Of the seasons 154
games and played every inning Of
the 1894 worlds series. His worlds
series batting average was better
than 800.
Many times during the year,
Rogers Hornsby the former Cardinal
manager, referred to O'Farrell as
1.-The most valuable man 10 any
body's team"
O'Farrell was born at Waukegan,
ILL.,, Oct. 10, 1896, and started his
baseball career with the Waukegan
"Semi-Pros" in 1915. His first APP
pearance in the majors was made as
cub in 1918
The first official act of the new
Card manager was a request that
Bill McKechnie, former manager of
the Pittsburgh Pirates, be signed as
coach.
FavOrite of Fans
O'Farrell is looked upon here as
one of the most popular players the
league has ever had, and fans here
think Sam Breadon, president Of the
Cardinals, made a smart move in
signing him. According to the opin-
ions, OFarrell's popularity will do
much toward ironing out the diff
culties that have arisen between the
fans and Breadon over the recent
deal which sent Hornsby to New
York in exchange for Frank Frisch
and Jimmy Ring.
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DISCUS
POSSIBLE
CHANG ES
Grid Coaches Meet in New
York May Attack
"Shift" Play.
By Paul w. White,

OntIed i'reSS StGn COrreSD0Hdcut
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Football's
growing pains" will occupy follow
ers of the gridiron sport this week
as the American Football Coaches
Association and the National Col
legiate Athletic Association hold
their annual meetings here.
During the past year football has
taken an increasingly important po-
sition in public interest. More than
fifteen million spectators are esti-
mated to have paid more than TWEEN
ty million dollars to see high school
and college games in 1926.
The record for a single football
crowd was broken when 10000
spectators watched the Army Navy
spectacle in Chicago.
Rules Altered Annually
But with this advancing popular
ity, the game still is unsatisfactory
to many coaches and athletic direc-
tors. Changes in the rules have
been advocated and adopted every
year until the technical side of foot
ball today no more resembles that
OF 1910 than 1927 model limousine
resembles a fiivver OF two decades
ago.
The coaches association is power
less to change the rules, that author
ity being vested in the inter
collegiate football rules committee.
but the recommendations which
arise from this weeks meeting prob
ably will be influential
Here are some of the present foot
ball features which will be attacked:
The prevalence of the forward
pass.
The shift play.
The point following touchdown.
The so many minutes per
quarter" SYSTEM
The huddle signal system.
Those who guide gridiron destinies
attempted to restrict the forward
pass this year by imposing a five
yard penalty for each incomplete
pass after the first in a series OF
downs. But the rule did not act as
a deterrent and the coaches may at
tempt to find another method to
curtail the overhead game.
Shift Plays
Western Conference officials, who
recently adopted a rule calling for
two.second interval in shift for
nations between the shift and start
Of play, probably will attempt TO
have this regulation adopted ma.
tionally. Sucl coaches as Knute
Rockne and Bin" Jones will,oppose
it, however.
Discontinuance OF the point after
touchdown has been advocated by
several football mentors, with the
claim that one-point victories are too
much the indication of luck rather
than skill, but the try for the addi-
tional point probably will be re-
tanned.
Reggie Brown will be on hand to
further his perennial campaign for
the forty-plays-a game, elimi-
mating the stopwatch. But there is
no reason to believe his arguments
will have any more effect this year
than usual.
Despite the belief among many
coaches and referees that the huddle
play should be abolished, no such rec.
ommendation is expected. It prob.
ably will be left to the individual
team.
Brig. Gen. Palmer B. Pierce, presi-
dent OF the N. c. A. A, announced
that he would favor the formation
OF an Eastern conference along the
lines Of the Big Ten.
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ALMOST RUINED MANUSH

Fn7UT to get back to Heinie
81 Manush..
~ Il almost ruined that fellow
as a batsman," remarked Ty to me
as he pointed in the direction of
Manush. 1t was in batting practice
at the Yankee Stadium and Heinie
had just sent two long drives we'll up
into the right field bleachers.
There is one of the greatest
natural hitters in the history of base.
ball." continued Ty, ''but he has
certain weaknesses like all of us and
[ thought if 1 could correct them he
might boost his average perhaps 90
points, possibly more.
Taking Manush aside for several
days worked with him as to several
changes 1 had in mind, particularly
as to his stance.
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DOG DERBY
Eastern Sled Event Carded
Feb. Fl, ~, %.

BB United Press
QUEBEC, uebec, Dec. 28.-The re.
cent heavy snowfalls have directed
attention earlier than usual, to the
coming Dog-Derby-the 1927 Eastern
international Dog-Sled Derby-which
is to be run off Feb. 21-22-23.
Six entries have been received so
far: II. Chevrolet, who will carry
the colors Of the Paquet Co., Ltd;
an Ontario Paper Co. entry; H. I.
Sutton of Chicago; two Price Broth
ers entries, and P. j. Molloy, of Ber-
lin. N. H. Such is the lineup to
date, with more to follow.
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watching a batter for five minutes
Cobb could dissect his faults and Of
Ter remedy for each and every one
Of them.
1t was not unusual for Cobb to
take visiting player off to one side
and point out how he believed that
player might improve his batting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
BRAVES SIGN FOURNIER

BIZ United Press
BOSTON, Dec. 28.-The Boston
Braves have signed the hard-htting
Jacques Fourier. former Brooklyn
first baseman at a reputed salary of
$4,000.
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BE NATURAL
lAVING made up my mind
III that science should not enter
into MaOuSh SstUle 7 mt him

T 7 EAVlNG made up my mind
III that science should not enter
S into Manpsh' sstyle, put him
back in the lineup and my only
suggestion was that he be natural,
take his healthy swing.
Immediately be began to show
improvement. In 1925 he finished
with a mark OF 1903 after avery bad
start. At the start of the 1926 sea-
son l told Manush it wasn't how you
hit them but where and stressed the
point that he be natural.
Improving his average by seven
ty-four points over 1925, Manush
reached the goal of every great
batsman, the winning of batting
championship by capturing the
American League title"
There is a moral to this story of
Heinie Manush, champion batsman
of the American League for 1926
BE NATURAL, ALWAYS.
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LEADS TOURNEY

BIZ United, Press
PINEHURST, N. c., Dec. 28.-Eu-
gene Romans, Englewood, n. j., led
in the qualifying round Of the Pine
hurst midwinter golf tournament
with a IA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

n z z ~ l IL b Ills
head above a
200 average.
T h e r e b y
hangs an inter
esting tale that
Ty Cobb I'M
folded to me
last summer.
AS the world
knows t h e r e
never was a
greater b a t S.
man than Cobb.
He was the
master of tech
niuue, Afte +
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Monday Basketball
HIGH SCHOOLS

Warren Central, A: Hammond, IA
Froebel Gary. 80; Washington Cedar
Kokomo. 4b; North High columbus,
Jefferson (Lafayette) 81; Montmorenci,
st. Xavier LouisvilleJ A; Gibault
(Vincennes), 20.
Decatur. %. Columbia City. 20.
COLLEGES
Cornell Jowa). 26: Minnesota. FL,
Wittenberg 40; Georgia Tech. 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

WASHINGTON Dec 2S-Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker
left here last night for Cleveland following mys-
FERROUS series of conferences here Monday their
with Judge Lands baseball commissioner W. H. Boyd
land Speakers attorney with them and Speaker said
leaving that his affairs were in Boyd hands
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

The suggestion made by The
Times Monday that baseball fans ex-
press their opinion by straw vote in
the Cobb-Speaker-La Lands big league
scandal controversy met with a
hearty reception and by noon today
all answers submitted were favora-
BILE to the famous stars.
Get OH the band wagon, fans,
fill out the straw vote ballot on
this page and mail or bring it to
the sports department of The
Times.
The Times, as a newspaper, is not
backing either side in this matter.
but is permitting diamond rooters of
city and State to make known their
stand on the question which involves
two Of the greatest players of all
time.
Accusations by Leonard
Cobb and Speaker resigned from
baseball under fire of charges made
by Dutch Leonard, or if they did not
resign they were asked to leave. OF
SOuA &c ~ 10 hilOWn
baseball commissioner, did not give
an official verdict, but his decision
was obvious when Cobb resigned
the managerial reins at Detroit and
Speaker did likewise at Cleveland.
Furthermore, it is said when
two other big league clubs reported
they would seek the services of
the famous performers, they were
told to "lay off,"
Letters Cause Changes
Leonard confessed he was in on
an understanding" that the Cleve-
land-Detroit game of Set. rs, 1919,
was to be won by Detroit, and he &C.
cused Cobb, Speaker and Joe Wood
of having guilty knowledge. Leon.
ard and Cobb were Detroit players.
and Speaker and Wood were with
Cleveland.
Letters written by Cobb to Leon.
ard and by Wood to Leonard were
sold as evidence by Leonard for a
big price, it is said and charges
against Cobb, Speaker and Wood fol-
lowed. Lands took the attitude the
letters convicted Ty Iris and Joe.
But enough has been published to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
With BILLY EVANS

EINIE MANUSH led the
IH American League in batting
last season with the hand
some average Of 1877.
Two years ago Manush was re-
moved from the Detroit lineup be-
cause of a batting slump that caused
his average to drop well below the
300 mark.
During the spring of the year
Heinie had his troubles for time in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
EINIE tried his best to
III execute my ideas, but al
IL most immediately his aver

III execute my ideas, but al
IL most Immediately his aver
age began to shrink. In attempting
80 alter his style, he lost confidence
in his great natural ability and
slumped so badly that 1 had to re-
move him from the lineup.
while Manush sat on the bench
for couple Of weeks, brooding over
his failure to hit, 1 reached the de-
cision that he was a natural bats
man, not a scientific one that his
batting power was great enough to
dwarf one Of his minor faults.
1T has been my experience that
a majority of batters can improve
their style and averages by making
a study Of the business of base hits.
Then there are others who are just
natural hitters and it is a mistake
to try to change them. Babe Ruth
is such q batsman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28

LoUISYILLE-Midget Mike O'Dowd, Co.
itumnus. defeated Pal Moore. Memphis. in
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WASHINGTON STILL EXCITED OVER COBB SPEAKER up
Fans Among Congressman Discuss
What Action Is Possible in Cases of
Accused Diamond Stars.
CObb-Speaker Straw Vote

QUESTIONOn basis evidence published think
Ty Cobb and Iris Speaker guilty of scandal charges?
ANSWEfS-(Yes or MOI
QUESTIONABLE do believe they should be excluded from
ANSWER-(Yes
address
Sports Department
danapois TmesD
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-, ATLANTIC CITY. N. Joe Kurp.
Smith. Battle Creek Mich.
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MOTION PICTURES
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MnWAUKEE-Tony Zill, Toledo, out
eight rounds.
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TRENTON. N. J-Blas Rodrigiez, Mex
lco defeated Tommy Dundee. Camden, in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-28
Fights and Fighters

NEW YORK = Andre Routis French
featherweight. defeated Eddie Anderson,
wyoming; ten rounds. decision.
NEWARK-Ray Miller. .131. Chicago.
defeated Mickey Chaplin. 1876, Scranton /:
nine rounds. by technical knockout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31
Four hundred

Four hundred
thousand dollars
worth of conhs-
Gated liquors de-
stroyed at Will
mington, N. c. The
Coast Guard cutter
Manning captured
1000 c as e S of
whisky by running
d o w n the S. S.
Elma of the coast
of Virginia, and
the phi
shows what be-
came of the cargo.
Q Underwood 4 Underwood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31

Tom Thorp (center). well known football referee
WHILE HEAD COACH AT LARGE UNI
VERSITY the members of the football squad
taken down with bos. l tried every known remedy
no results. A trainer of another university team
recommended Fleischmanns Yeast. Soon after giving
my players Yeast the boils began to disappear.
Tom Thorp Rockville Center, L. I.
my ENERGY BEGAN TO FLAG. became
Gus and irritable Then I discovered Fleschmann's
Yeast three cakes day and IN SIX weeks marvel
of marvels l found not tired was no longer
nervous and irritable"
Ethel Y Ginz. indianapolis. Ind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31

Miss Suniko Kurishma. Jap
anese screen star. wearing one
of the elaborate headdresses of
her newest picture. 1t is re-
ported that the Japanese film
will be exhibited in this coun-
try. "''e "'''' '"o''
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Pictures
of Health"
They conquered the common ills
found glorious vital health
by eating one simple food

MOT a "cure- ALL" not a medicine-Fleisch-
IN mann's Yeast is simply a remarkable
fresh food.
The millions Of tiny active yeast plants in
every cake invigorate the whole system They
aid digestion-clear the skin-banish the poisons
of constipation. Where cathartics give only
temporary relief, yeast strengthens the intestinal
muscles and makes them healthy and active,
daily releasing new stores of energy.
Eat two or three cakes regularly every day,
one before each meal on crackers, in fruit juices
water or mlk-or just plain, in small pieces
For constipation dissolve one cake in hot
water mot scaldin6) before meals and at bed
time. Dangerous habit-forn1ine cathartics
will gradually become unnecessary All
grocers have Fleischmanns Yeast. Buy several
cakes at a they will keep fresh in a cool
dry place for two three days.
And let us send you free copy of our latest
booklet on Yeast for Health. Health Research
Dept Nall, The Fleischmann Company, 7Ol
Washington Street. New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-23
Court Rules on
Auto Seizures
By United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3&.-Auto-
mobiles used without the owner :
knowledge for TRANSFORMATION of
liquor can bc confisc;;ed by the
government only ii III, driver Of
~, ear i prosecuted, no. on charges
Of Nols.c,d aci violation, but on
charges If cvaIiuc internal reve-
rnc laws. under 7c"i,ions handed
dcwn hv the United states supreme
court yesterday m dtodav.
Cnnfi>cation of ears under the tax
law i legal. tho court ruled yester-
day in an Alabama case. But when
the driver is prosecuted under the
Volstead law. the government can
not then coufi>"atc the ear under
the tax law, il was held today in the
ease Of the Port Garadncr Invest
mcnt Company. Seattle, Wash,
An automobile sold by that com
panv on the iustallmcnt plan, title
of which remained with the com
panv. was seized after its driver
was convicted on the Nolstead
charge. The supreme court order
cd il returned to the company.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-23
AMENDED
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON

Southern District Of
California. IS:
On this 18th dav Of November.
\. D.. 1926, on reading the Petition
for Discharge Of the above-namcd
Bankrupt, il is
ORDERED BY the Court. that
hearing be had upon the same on III"
3rd day of January. \. r.. 1927.
before the said court. Al Los An
eeles. in said district. Southern Di-
vision, AT 10 q clock in the fore
noon; and that notice thereof be
published in Imperial Valley Press.
newspaper printed in said district.
and. that all known creditors and
other persons IN interest may appear
n; tifa SAID finn and placc and show
cause, If aEY thov have. why the
PRAYER - ia" ~a;a petitioner should
not i~ "s'l,"d.
AH.d If j. tur,l,r ordered bv the
."nrt, t'4t ;hc r'crk shah send. hv
i.a1. =" al lnovu creditors. copies
% said po,;tia1 :"d ihis order. sd
dressed f. fh." - their places Of
residence ~ stated
WITNESS n" Honorable Ed
ward J. IIrpnir-. Judge of tn" Said
court. aud ;bc seal thereof. at LIS
Angeles in said district. oa the 18th
dav Of No,cubtr. \. H.. 1926.
CHNS. \. WILLIAMS. ClcrF
BY Il. Il. Hau.cn. Dcpu'y Cl"rt,
(s>,-,rl OF tine Cuarll ."tl
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-23

In the Matter of Thomas W. Davies.
Bankrupt.
To The Honorable Benjamin T.
Rledsoe, Judge Of the District
Court of the United States, for
the southern District of Califor-
MIA.
Thomas ". Davies. of RI Centre.
in the County of Imperial. and State
of California. in said District. res
l'artfullv represents that on the Doth
day of November. last past, he WAS
duly adirdgcd bankrupt under the
acts of Congress relating to bank
tpptcv: thai he has duly surrendered
rll his property and rights Of pro-
perry. and has fully complied with
AL the requirements of said acts and
of the orders of the court touching
his bankruptcy.
WHEREFORE. He prays that he
may be decrced by the court "a have
II full discharge from all debts PROV
able against his estate under said
bankrupt acts. except such debts as
are excepted by law from such dis
charge.
Dated this 2sth day of November.
A. D.. 1929.
THOMAS WILLIAM DAVIES.
Bankrupt.
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swells or contracts with varying
conditions OF tmospheric heat and
moisture, which action may change
the dimensions and. cause sticking,
excessive looseness or warping. 1t
is too soft to provide p really good
mounting for a screw or bolt
Wood Construction Fails
Its shortcomings from a produc-
ton standpoint are even more strik-
ing. Nearly every wood part must
be cut from the solid. 1t cannot
be cast, cast. welded. soldered,
brazed. forged, rolled, drawn. drop
forged. stamped or pressed to make
structural forms. although 1t may
be bent within certain limits by
steaming. 1t cannot be machined
with the same accuracy as steel
and the ma aiority OF automatic ma
chinerv used on metal would be
homeless on wood. nor is ii suscep-
tible OF any form OF heat-treating,
nor can different woods be alloyed.
With SO much in favor OF steel,
Il is reasonable to ask: Why has
the adoption OF the steel body been
so slow? For one thing automobile
body building and the oid-time
hand-craft methods OF the carriage
builder were continued in the au-
tomobile body shops. The carriage
builder was brought up on wood.
Did YOU ever see an all-steel buggy?
He knew a lot about bull din
bodies. but his knowledge OF metal
working Was limited to blacksmith
ing. But even his eNpertness at
coach building was Inadequate be-
cause his atwood motor car bodies
failed to stand up under the higher
speeds and more severe service that
the automobile imposed. SO he was
forced to discard his wood panels
and use metal. In this way he
learned a little more about metal
bat lie kept the wood frame ana
remained a wooiworker at heart.
List this statement he nsisUndtr-
STOOD il should Je added that III re-
ceit Nl.rS eE1 III'e.S s"lI!ed :! kht'i
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-23
Want Accounting
OF Quinn Estate
by United Pr-.~ Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. -. -
Heirs of the late John Quinn, re-
clusc who lived in Needles, Cal,
after making n fortune in the Bo-
nan1a days, today sought in SUPER
ior c"urt = tull accounting or the
old miners 100000. given into the
safe Keeping about two wears ago
of Charles l.. McEnerny. former
prominent San Francisco attorney.
McEnelnv now is patirr' in a
santarium. \ group Of Quinn ;
heirs. making inquiries as to the con
dition of the estate. claimed to have
found only $f37 of the original
100000.
Quinn died in San Francisco June
.. 1924.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-23

far as the making OF implements
and machines OF all sorts was con-
cerned. Metal was preferred be-
cause 1t was harder. stronger, had
better wearing qualities and so
forth. In many cases. too. 1t could
be fashioned into forms impossible
or mpractica bic with wood.
But in this Ions development
period metal had also a marked
disa dvantage. 1t was harder to
work and often the problems were
so difficult that metal could not be
used. That is one reason. for eN-
ample. why steel buildings have
only come into use in the past so
years.
Advantage OF Metal
Yet as knowledge OF the metal
working art increased it became
cheaper to make parts OF metal
than OF wood even where the use
OF wood was permissible. This was
a productional advantage which be-
came still further pronounced as
ways were found TO supersede built
up metal parts and castings with
one.p piece die. castings. stampings,
DRESSINGS. drop.corgings and the
like. And all during this latter-day
period the use OF more and more
automatic machinery was cutting
the cost OF finishing these parts as
we'll as parts cut from solid stock.
To understand this development
fully, It is necessary TO mention the
advantages and shortcomings OF
wood. The main points in favor
Of wood are the ease with which ii
can be worked and the fact that 1t
can be cemented together with glue.
Its disadvantages are numerous.
Its strength Is not uniform, fer the
growing OF tree is independent
OF engineering specifications. and
even carefully selected piece 'aaN
not be uniform in strength through
! out its volume. 1t has Il marked
! grain which cuts down its strcnei II
in some directions, the direction de-
pending On the stress involved. 1t
Imperial Valley press., 1926-11-23
Seek Missing Son
OF Millionaire
By United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES. Nov. 23.-Latc
foday 10 trace had been found Of
Edward \. clark. son Of q Chicago
millionaire. missing since last
"Wednesday and for whom detectives
iusticatcd vigorous search last
night.
Clark had been living AT Mrs. +.
Crijpcn home in Arcadia for the
past six weeks. He was last seen
"Wednesday when he informed Mrs.
Crippen that he was going to Long
Beach for the aftcrnoon.