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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
BASEBALL SCANDALS.
OF 1917 COME TO A.
SHOWDOWN this A. NJ.


CHICAGO. Jan. 4.-lP-The baseball
scandals of 1917 will come to defin-
ite showdown when Commissioner K.
NJ Lands opens the most extraordinary
hearing in the history of the sport
here tomorrow morning,
Commissioner Lands, acting as both
judge, jury and inquisitor, will decide
the fate of a score of present day ma
jor league stars involved in the
charges made by Charles A. "Swede"
Risberg that the Chicago White Sox
bought a four-g game series from Detroit
in 1917 so the White Sox could edge
out the Boston Red Sox in the race
for the American league pennant.
Commissioner Lands invited SO men,
one of whom is dead to face Risberg,
their accuser, when he does his talking
tomorrow, and IL of the number had
accepted tonight, Among them are
Ray Schalk, newly. appointed manager
of the White Sox; Eddie Collins, re
Gently signed as second basenan of the
Athletics; DOME Bush, the new man
ager of the Pirates; Clarence Rowland,
now an American league umpire, but
manager Of the White Sox at the time
the games in question were played,
and Tyrus Cobb, involved with Iris
Speaker in charge of throwing
games in 1919.
There was definite feeling stirring
today that unless something is done in
regard to the situa Fon confronting
Cobb and Speaker, who resigned when
the recent game throwing charges in
1919 was threatening, the players in
volved in the newest scandal may be
ousted.
In the Cobb-Speaker scandal, Com
missioner Lands gave out the testi-
mony resulting from his investigation,
burt made no decision as to the guilt
or innocenc eof Speaker or Cobb, since
the two stars had resigned and were
no longer connected with baseball
Now the commissioner has on trial
more than score of players still
shining brilliantly in the major leagues
and must render verdict of innocent
or innocence of Speaker or Cobb, since
by Risberg.
Risbergs story is to the effect that
certain members of the White Sox
pooled $45 each to make $1100 which
was paid to the Detroit pitchers for
sloughing off in the series. 1t was
Rowland whom Risberg alleges insti-
gated the plot and declared in Risberg's
presence that the series had been
fixed.
Rowlends denial of the accusation
has been made in no uncertain terms.
Rowland said he would welcome the
opportunity to confront Risberg, the
banished former shortstop of the Chi
cago White Sox, who was forever bar
red from organized baseball for par
ticipating in the crooked championship
series between Chicago and the Gin
cinnati Reds in 1919.
Landis tonight refused to make any
comment on tomorrows fateful pro-
eeedings. The hearing will open in
the commissioners office at 1880 a. m.
and probably will last two or three
days. Lands wired Risberg to come
prepared to stay three days.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
'FILDEN CANCELS
PROPOSED TRIP
ALONG RIVERA

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (R-sBig Bnf'
TiIden, today cancelled his proposed
invasion of Frances tennis strong
holds along the Riveria for the win
ter season, in preference to visiting
California and Florida, then going
abroad in May and June as the
number one man of an official Amer
lean team which will compete in the
leading French and British tourna-
ments.
Tilden, in a formal statement, ex-
planned that business affairs would
present him from going to the Ri
viera late this month as he originally
planned, and also accepting the in
vitation of the United States Lawn
Tennis association to head it's picked
team later. s7i
AS result, the former national
champion will leave next month for
California for a "rest and a little
tennis, returning to Florida in time
to take part in the Miami cham
pionships, strating February 2S.
Tilden denied any intention of
playing in California in proposed
open championship" sponsored by
CnarleS y rye, manager OF the
Lenglen-R Richards professional troupe.
There's no chance of my enter
ing that" said big Bill" adding
his opinion that any amateur who
did would Immediately professionalize
himself. Tilden's trip to California
and Florida will keep him out of the
national indoor championship in New
York in February, The indoor crown
has been won by Frenchmen for the
past two years, Jean Borotra in 1925
and Rene Lacoste in 1926 Ray
Casey and John Hennesey went over
in 1925, while Vinvent Richards and
Howard Kinsey, now professionals,
were leaders of the 1926 invasion of
Paris and Wimbledon. Tilden's trip
will be his first overseas since 1921
when he won the Wimbledon world S
title" for the second straight year.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
PAGLIACCI IS Al
HIT With BIG
DOUGLAS GROUP

Bearing the indelible stamp OF
quality and with that enwable dis
tinction of being something different
at least for Douglas, the famous
PaVley Oukrainsky Ballet Russo ap.
peared at the Grand theatre last
evening and was cheered by a large
audience. Startling, dramatic, ar
tistic and graceful as was the bal
let, it yet but served as an intro.
Guetion for the second half of the
evening, which gave to the theatre
going public of Douglas masto'
Interpretation of that great work
Of great composer. The presenta-
ton was Leoncayallos masterpiece,
the opera Pagliacci.
Orvilie Harold, American tenor,
played the leading role, and while
the entire opera was sung in Italian
the booming, deep-throated voice of
the tenor left that impression of
having heard a great singer.
Marie Williams, the Scottish lyric
soprano playing opposite the tenor.
added to the thoroughness of the
piece. Pagliacci is dramatic, grip,
story is built about small company
of strolling players. Their charac-
ters are cast for comedy and the
opera is tragedy. The theme is
unique and offers a wide field for
the true actor and dramatist to
work in.
The Pavley Oukrainsl1y ballet pre-
sented novelties of the dance and
chorus. There was something of
the grotesque in some of the scenes
and much that was interpretive in
q high degree. Altogether the eve>
ming may be termed a success.
That the Douglas public would be
pleased with more of the same qaul
ity of performance was indicated by
the encores given almost every por-
tion of the evenings attraction. The
company was equipped with cos
tunes, scenery and properties suff1-
cient for every occasion and nothing
was lacking in the way of stage
hangings and decorations.
The muse, Well executed and of
the finer sort, affected the listeners
as being worth while, and the opera
while, as before mentioned, in
tongue not familiar to many of the
hearers, was impressive In that tho
different parts seemed to lend
themselves eXtraordinaryily to music
so that there was a very marked
naturalness IN the singing of the
words, The acting accompany the.
verbal dramatics was so well done
that the theme of the opera was
veryeasily followed, while to one
possessed with an ear for music the
entire presentation was to be found
there expressed.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
RICHARD GOES
TO CHICAGO TO
"SICN' TUNNEY

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 F)-Tex Rick
ard left late today for st. Louis to
wrap up Gene TunneysB first match
defense of the worlds heavyweight
championship. The promoter was ac-
companied by Billy Gibson, manager,
and Dudley Field Malone, legal ad-
visor of the champion, together with
a score of newspaper ment most of
them apparently convinced that
Richards conference Thursday with
Tunney will furnish the final flour
ish to negotiations already completed.
Rickard, while silent on details of
his plans before departing, is under
stood to be confident of signing
Fun,ley to a blanket agreement call
ing for a title bout against any
opponent the promoter may select,
the match to take place at the Yam.
kee stadium around September Is.
Included also rim Richards program
an attempted comeback of Jack
Dempsey, the former champion. being
slated to meet either Jack Delaney,
the 175 pound champion, or the
winner of the current elimination
tournament. Jack Sharkey,, Jim Ma
loney and Paolino, the Spaniard, 4, are
other figures regarded by the pro-
moter as top-nDtch contenders. The
best two of the. contending lot are
slated to fight it out for the right
to meet Tunney.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
DOUGLAS TEAM HOLDS
TULSA EAGLES TO y
TO Is SCORE TUESDAY

invaders. Last year the Tulsa team
won "a out of 81 games played on
two different tours, including mid
die western and Rocky mountain
teams.
Tulsa used all eight men Of the
squad and the team expressed its
confidence that the Douglas high
team was about the fastest school
aggregation they had ever engaged.
A small but enthusiastic crowd wit
messed the game.
w. H. Miller, manager and coach
of the visiting Tulsa Eagles, ex
pressed to the Dispatch and to ]. e.
Carlson, Jr., the appreciation of his
team for the courteous treatment
during the contest and the fine
craftsmanship of the audience, which
was fully on a par with the standard
held UP by the great clubs end uni
versities whom the Tulsa Eagles
have met on the court.
He also stated that the officiating
was fair and competent,
The summary.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
DODGE TOURNEY
PLAY RESULTS.

The results of the Dodge cup tour
rament played on the local golf links
Sunday are as follows:
First flight.-R. S. Williams defeated
e. G. Lewis; J. L. Hastings defeated
j. P. Sexton; J. w. Tardy defeated L.
L. Mcdaniel; S. A. GARDENER defeated
c. L. Stone.
Second flight.-M. L. Hartley defeat
ed L. e. Fortin; r. H. Mills defeated
j. F. Wright; George Drysdale defeat
ed Grady Causey; Alfred Levy defeated
G. w. Granger.
Third flight-H. w. Wylie defeated
L. S. Palmer; w " Mahon defeated
T. G. Davies; j. L. Adams defeated
George Bergfield.
Alex Jolly, professional at the club,
conducted a sweepstakes tournament
Sunday in which Gerald Sherman won
first prize and j. w. Tardy and L. L.
NIcDanield tied for second place.
The next round of the Dodge cup
tournament will be played next Sunday
on the local links, as the Bisbee match
scheduled for that date has been post
poned.
The golf committee has selected very
beautiful and useful prizes for the
Dodge tournament, and the Brannon-
Hoyal jewlery store is giving display
space in one of their attractive win
dows for the prizes. The first prize
in the first flight is silver tea set,
and the first prize in the second flight
is a silver gravy boat, and the other
prizes have been selected accordingly.
The local committee is now endeav-
oring to secure match with the fast
Tucson team for January %. Matches
for next Sundays Dodge tournament
will be announced later.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05

Most of the players named by Ris-
berg assured Lands they would be on
hand to face their accuser s
Schalk, Collins and Harry (Nemo)
Leibold and other members of the 1917
White Sox team admit giving their
$45 contributions to the pool, but they
uphold the innocent version of the
Detroit gift, while Rowland declares
he never heard of it at all. Hughey
Jennings, the Detroit manager in 1917,
says he never heard of the gift and as
his testimony will be of no value he
declined to attend.
Some of the Detroit players Of 1917
admit receiving money from the SoX
as a reward for their success against
Boston, but stoutly deny throwing any
games to the White Sox.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
CHAP MAN Will. !.
MEET BASS IN
N. Y. FEBRUARY 1

NEW YORK, Jan. lP-A return
featherweight match between Red
Chapman Of Boston and Benny Bass
by the state athletic commission. If
present plans go through they will
meet in a 12-round match February
at Madison Square Garden, as the
semi-final of the Bushey Graham
Phil Rosenberg bantamweight cham
pionship bout.
Bass was on foul from Chapman
last Saturday night at Madison Square
Garden in the first round of a bout
that was to- have determined an op
ponent for Honeyboy Finnegan of
Boston, featherweight title claimant
The commission considered this re .
suit SO unsatisfactory, however, that
it ordered a lreturn go, at the same
time waving in chapman's case, the
usual suspension for fouilng.
The commission tabled a request
from Jack Bernstein, YonlIer's junior
lightweight; to replace Babe Herman
of California, as an opponent for Tod
Morgan of Seattle, the titleholder,
in championship match at Madison
Square Garden some time in Feb
ruary. Morgan, who steps out of his
class to fight Phil McGraw of De-
troit, at the garden this Friday, had
agreed to meet Herman. The latter
was defeated. last Saturday by Al
Winkler, of philadelphia, at Madison
Square Garden.
Tommy sLoughran, of Philadelphia.
and Chuck Virgins, Indianapolis
heavyweight, were reinstated after
60-day suspension which was meted
out in Rhode Island and concurred
in by the local solons.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
BOWLING SCORES
ELExS

ELHLEAS
The ElSs' cup team and also the
shield team will go to Bisbee Saturday
night to bowl the Bisbee " M. c. A.
cup and shield teams. Bisbee at the
present time holds the championship
of the state and good game is ex-
pected Anyone wishing to go can
come to the Elks club and leave their
name and address.
The Elks' cup team lineup and the
average Of each player is:
George Cowden, captain, 174; Otis
Wish, 17S; Joe Cohen, 1863; Archie Poe,
166; Max Lange, 163. Total, S44.
El1s shield team:
Henry Nelson, captain, 1853; James
Abram, 1872; Henry schwantes, 1872;
Oakley Lucas, 1885, Fred Eberhardt,
152. Total, 797
Substitutes: I. B. Ward. ISL; Ed Por-
ter, $50.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
Will Soon Forget

AS I have said before, 1 do not
believe the present baseball scandal
will in any way hurt the game. AS
matter of fact, by next April it
will have been almost forgotten, re-
gardless of the final outcome.
To thousands of sport lovers
throughout the country, baseball is
still and always will be the greatest
game of all.
After being established for more
than half century, it will take
far more than the faults of few
individuals to destroy so great a
sport. The fans at times may be
suspicious of certain individuals, but
not of the sport as a whole
1t doesn't take much to make the
baseball fans forget the unpleasant
things and enthuse over the worth
while.
1t was Babe Ruth who put base
ball on firm footing again after
the scandal of 1919. While the White
Sox scandal was still being discussed,
Ruth was traded by Boston to New
York.
Playing as regular for the Yanks,
Ruth began to startle fandom with
his ability to hit the ball farther
than any other human being ever
did. He literally knocked the 1919
expose over the fence, out of base
ball.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
Much COTTON PLANNED

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4.-(Special to
The Dispateh) Cotton growers in the
Matamoras de la Laguna district are
preparing for large crop next year,
according to the department of agri-
culture. The seed to be planted has
been carefully selected and planting
will begin in February. The planters
are arranging to have gins constructed
near their plantations.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05

MARTINsBURG, w. Va, Jan. 4. Up
Mrs Mary Fitzpatrick, aged 103 years.
was burned to death at her home in
Lineburg today. George Fitzpatrick
a son, returning to the house after
an hours absence found his mother
dead, her clothing burned
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
COLORADO LEGISLATURE
NAMES PRESIDING OFFICERS

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 4.-[P)-John
4. Homberg, of Moragn county, was
selected as speaker of the state
house of representatives at q caucus
of republican members late today
Nate c. Warren was selected as
president pro tenn of the senate
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
GANn1L GOES EAST

Ell PASO. jan 4.-(P)--Changing his
mind early today, Chick Gandil left
Deming, N. M, for Chicago. He hae
announced that he would not go east
and he refused today to say whether
or not he would attend the hearing
called by Commissioner Lands to sift
the alleged payment of money to the
Detroit Tigers in 1917.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
The summary

Score end Of first half: Douglas
Bulldogs, 8; Tulsa Eagles, Z.
Referee: Warren.
Scorer: Seaman.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05

Here is one of the turf's most in
teresting characters, Tom Cheek,
1O2-year-old patriarch and horse
man. Christmas was far from a
happy day for him. 1t marked the
passing of Red" chestnut
eight-year-old, that was the old
mans main source of income for
the past ten years.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
What Will Fans Dor

All Of which gives rise to the
Query, what will be the attitude of
the fans toward these many startling
changes when the bell rings?
Tt all depends upon what the
successors of the deposed men are
able to do. Fandom will be guided
by the success or failure of'sthe new
leaders.
Bob O'Farrell will be just as great
an idol as Hornsby if he can step
to the front with the Cardinals and
remain there.
If Jack McCallister can keep the
Indians in the running as did Speaker
all of last season, he will be voted
a worthy successor of the brilliant
Texan.
Baseball fans judge solely on re-
suits. They are keen for winner.
Give it to them and you are firmly
established in their good graces.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
Y. NJ. c. A. rs
POUND TEA MS
MEET TONIGHT

The first game of the Y. NJ. c. A
125-pound basketball league. will be
played tonight in the .'Y" gym. The
first game will be played at p. m
between the Swasts and the Aztecs
the second team between the Hi-Y and
the Lobos. s
The "Y" team will play their secone
game Saturday when they tangle with
the Bisbee "Y" in the local "Y'' gym
and they expect to show Bisbee the
way to the depot, Bisbee will also
bring a 130-pound team that will show
their wares against the 1So-pound 'Y'
team.
The games will start at p. M, and
it is expected that there will be a gooc
crowd to witness the games.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. Especial tc
the Dispatch) del Pozo,
player on a baseball team in the en-
craving plant of the government
here, is dead from being hit on the
head by a pitched ball during re
cent game. The incident is the firs1
of its kind to occur in Mexico ano
the police are making careful in
vestigation, the attending physician
having refused to make a death GER
tificate for natural causes. j. Qui-
jas, the pitcher in the box at the
time. and several ether players, have
been cited to appear in the case.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05
News Of Interest i'm the Realm of Sport "RSS%R7
Billy
F,VAACI

Most Unusual Year

Many unusual things have hap
pened in the world of baseball during
the past year, and strangely enough
most Of them after the close of the
season.
When manager wins a pennant
and follows it with world series,
he is regarded as having cinched
his job for couple of years at
least.
Instead, we have Rogers Hornsby
who led the st, Louis Cardinals to
q world championship in 1926, traded
to the New York Giants for 1927
1t is a case without parallel in
baseball.
In the American league, we have
Iris Speaker, manager of the Cleve-
land club that forced the Yanks to
the limit, not only deposed as man
ager but involved in an alleged
betting scandal.
Then there is Ty Cobb, greatest
player of all time, in exactly the
same boat as Speaker.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-05

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CONN. AVE. GANG
.LOOTS KAFKA'S

Entering the Kafka Shop, at Tenth
and F SITS. N. W., last night or early
this morning, thieves made away
with approximately $4,000 worth of
lingerie and hosiery. The robbery
was apparently the work of the
elusive Connecticut Avenue Gang"
Entering the front of the store
through a transom, the burglars
evidently inspected the entire stock,
before selecting the best on the
shelves. according to Maurice Kafka.
The choice booty was gathered to-
cether. taken to the second floor of
the building removed from the boxes
and wrapped in bundles. Bits of
string and wrapping paper were
found there this morning.
According to Mr.. Kafka, the gang
must have been at work in the store
an hour.
In the basement of the building
was found the ashes of fire, sur
rounded by pile of cloth, appar-
emily used by the intruders to extin-
guish the blaze.
NdLNd WAS also vi Tie opinion LldI
the gang must have worked fast to
avert a conflagration.
Kenneth A. Andrews, the firms
credit manager, was the last to leave
the building last night. He left
about 10 o'clock and opened the store
this morning.
Although police are without a clue,
the robbery bears a similarity to
those committed by the Connecticut
Avenue gang The booty was re-
moved from the shelves in orderly
fashion and nothing strewn about. as
. in most cases of store robberies.
Exit was made through a rear door
Upwards of 100000 has been
taken in similar robberies during the
last six months.
Some years ago the safe in the
Kafka store was cracked and 81 200
stolen from it.