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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
M'MANUS is TRADED
TO DETROIT TIGERS

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. January 15.-Marty
AfcManus, st. Louis Brown star sec
ond baseman since 1920, has been
traded to Detroit with two other play
ers in d three-cornered deal which
viii bring feft.handed pitcher and
three infielders to the Browns. it was
announced tonight.
The pitcher is Walter Stewart who
last year won Is games and lost 10
with Toronto. International League
champions, and the inf1elders are
Otis Miller, shortstop, and Bill Mullen.
third baseman, both of Toronto, and
Frank O'Rourke, Detroit utility In
fielder.
The Browns win send Bob Lamotte,
infialder, and Bill HarSraye, catcher,
to Toronto. No cash was involved
The four players obtained by the
Browns were the property of Detroit,
although Mullen, Miller and Stewart
weio IN Toronto uniforms last season
and helped win the championship
under Dan Howley. now manager OF
the Browns This was the first trade
arranged by Howley since he sue
coeded George Sisler as manager.
McManus, although considered one
of the best second l1asemen In the
game. was put on the market largely
because he bad been at loggerheads
with Owner Phil Ball for several
years@
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
DUNDEE Is SIGNED
TO BATTLE WALKER

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January Is. - Joe
Dundee. Baltimore boxer. who staged a
smashing comeback last night 20 otlt-
point Eddie Roberts. the Tacoma
terror, was signed today to fight
Mickey Walker. middleweight cham
pion. in title bout at Madison Square
Garden some time i'm March.
In making this announcement less
Mcmahon. Garden matchmaker. said
be had wired terms to Jack Kearns.
walkers manager. at Los Angeles.
Dundee has confined his fighting
heretofore to the weller class, but is
fast developing into a middleweight.
Roberts probably has fought his last
engagement at the 147-pound limit.
Although he came within an ace of
Knocking out Dundee in the fourth
round last night, the effort of making
the weight robbed him of needed
stamina and he was badly battered at
the finish
Roberts drew down $4,000 as his
share of last nights purse. He re.
ceived only $407 for knocking out
Dundee in one round in their first
bout at San Francisco last December
4. Dundee collected about $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
MANCAN, MISS MOORHEAD
CAPTURE TENNIS HONORS
Former Defeats Pare i'm Four Sets and Latter Wins
From Miss krucoff in Three-Doubles Final Is
to Be Staged Early This Week.

played rings around the ranking Dis
trict player TO win the second. He
seemed to be just hitting his stride
when he ran to. love in the
third set But here Mangan steadied
| and driving deeply and accurately
pulled UP 10 So. lost game to
Pare's speedy service and then ran
out the set
Pare. with his back to the wall,
again jumped into an early lead. only
to have Mangan win out after the
extended battle.
Miss Moorhead went into an early
. lead In the first set of her match
with Miss krucoff, outpacing and out
driving the District titIehoider to
win. Placing her cut shot deeper in
the court and outsteadying hef oppo-
nent, Miss krucoff annexed the sec
ond set
Miss Krueoff- appeared winner
when she went into a 3to-1 lead in
the final set, but Miss. AToorhead, play
ing the corners accurately, won three
games in a row to go into 4--3 lead
passing and outlanging the ranking
District netwoman. Putting more
power into her drives. Miss Moorhead
won the eighth game at love to lead
and led at 30-40 in the last game on
Miss Krucoff's service, when the lat
ter Melted the final point.
The doubles, to be played early IN
the week, will find Mangan and Pare
opposing Gwynn King and Mitchell
The first pair defeated Burweil and
Howenstein in semi-final yesterday
afternoon, g., I'd, while King and
Mitchell took the measure of Burg
win and Brown. fl. G--3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
QUESTION OF DRAFT
TO BE WELL SIFTED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January 1.-THE major
and minor league committees which
viii debate the ever-recurring base
ball draft problem left tonight for
French Lick Springs, Ind. to hold
series of conferences, starting Mon
day.
Commissioner Lands, his secretary,
Leslie O'Connor.A and William l..
Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs,
comprise the Chicago delegation.
William r. Baker of the Phillies and
Barney Dreyfus of Pittsburgh are the
other National League committeeman.
Clark Griffith, r. s. Barnard and Bob
Quinn are the American League rep.
resentatives.
Three class "AA" clubs are now the
principal objectors to the practice of
allowing the major league teams TO
draft their players at a fixed price
the Coast League, American Associa.-
ton and international League.
The number of players which can
be sent out to minor leagues by the
ma ors on option, subject to recall, is
another angle of the draft discussion
which the committees will thresh out
] In their three.day session and then 70.
port back to their league directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
HALF MILE SPECIAL
Is ANNEXED BY HAHN

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. January l5.--Lloyd
Hahn of the. Boston A.. A., national
If FIVE rivals in the feature invitation
half-mile race of Fordham University
athletic games tonight, fighting off a
closing sprint by Alan Helfrich of the
New York A c. to win in 1857 1-5.
Helfrch had a fiye-yardp advantage
over George Marsters OF the New
York A. c. who finished third.
Making his first indoor appearance
i'm this country. James b. Sangster,
member of the 1924 British Olympic
team. romped home first tonight9in a
five-mile handicap run,
Starting with a 50-yard handicap,
Sangster led the two scratch entrants.
Frank Titterton of Millrose A. A. and
Dave Fagerlund Of Finnish American
A. c., by half a lap. the latter pair
finishing second and third. respect
lively.
Sangster. Tho carried the colors OF
the Holy Name Club, covered the
route in $500 t.5
Bob McAllister, former national
sprint champion, failed by inches to
outstep j. Mercandino of the New
York STOCK EXcflanSa III iou-S di u
lash handicap. The latter made good
use of a seven-yard handicap t.
break the tape first in 10 is seconds.
j. Tauss of the Bronx Y. Nj. c. A.
was third.
Leo Lermond, Boston a. A., running
the first scratch race of his career.
won a special Emile invitation run
with a 50-yard lead over Bill Cox OF
Penn state, intercollegiate cross
country champion.
Facing seven of the fastest distance
men of the East, Lermond brother
of George Lermond, former national
smile champion, finished first in
9:23 2-5 Cox barely clinched second
place, and Owe Anderson, Finnish
Intercollegiate distance champion, was
third.
Michael Picora of Hazleton, Penna.,
national junior 3-mile champion liked
to victory in emile walk, finishing
in front of Joe Pearman of the New
York A. c., the only other scratch
starter j. Diviney of the New York
A. c., with l5-second start, landed
third place. Picora was clicked
1902 10.
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N atsses HOLLIS THURSTON :
COLLEGE BASKET BALL.

American University, 80; LynenDufg
College. 81.
Gallaudet, 46; St. Johns of Annapo-
lis, "a.
Georgetown, %; Mount St Mary's,
Fl.
Navy, 80; University Of Maryland.
80.
V. NJ. |. Freshmen. 20; Virginia
Freshmen. IL.
Princeton, 20; Yale. rs.
Pennsylvania, 81; Dartmouth, ~.
Wesleyan. %: Amherst. IS.
Purdue, 81; Minnesota, 20.
Ohio State, -: Illinois, 20.
Wisconsin, %: Northwestern, Ia.
Mercer. 81: OgietllOrpe, 81.
Cornell College, 81; Monmouth, 90.
Ohio Wesleyan, Al; Ohio University,
~.
Vanderbilt, 48: Kentucky. 39.
Nebraska, IS; Missouri, %.
Louisiana State. %; Mississippi, 81.
Oakland City College 30: Louisville,
20 (extra period.
Eariham, 26; Hanover, %.
Iowa State. l5; Kansas IL.
South Carolina. 80; Tennessee. "a.
North Carolina State. SO: Duke, %.
West Virginia. 81: West Virginia
Wesleyan. 20.
Case. 38; Baldwin Wallace, 81.
Western Reserve. "a: Wooster, 25.
Dayton, %; Bowling Green, IS.
Columbia, rs; Cornell, 10.
Carleton, 20: COe, IL.
North Dakota Aggies, SO; South Da-
kOfa University, 20.
Drake, "a: Washington IT,, 10.
Washington and jefferson, Is; Grove
City, IL.
Westminster, -: Thiel, 10.
: kalamozoo College, Al; IJillsdale
Georgia Tech, SO; Georgia, IS extra
period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
THIJRSTON AND MANCUM
OBTAINED FROM CHICAGO
Seasoned Performer and Promising Rookie, Both
20, Given by White Sox for Veteran Short
stopper Twelve Years Their Senior.

Mangtlm's first recorded connection
! with ORGANIZED ball WIS with NJ nne
7polis in 1923 when he won 3 and los
| games With the same American AS.
ISOLATION team in 1924, he won II and
lost Z. and on the strength of this was
acquired by Chicago, In 'a2S. he was
farmed to the Reading Club of the
International League. where he had
a mark of wins and losses.
Last season. when sent 10 Portland
of the Pacific Coast League he Just
about approXimated the gait of hi
club by winning 10 and losing 20. The
fact that Mangum participated IN nc
fewer than SO contests with the ore
gon outfit indicates he is strong and
willing worker.
What use Ray Schalk, new pilot of
the White SoX. plans to make OF
Peck is conjectural, but it is ventured
he viii be held In reserve for emer
gency work at short as 1t was conclu-
sively demonstrated here last sea-
son, when young Buddy Myer ousted
him as a regular, that Rajah no longer
can stand the strain of everyday
service.
Peck's Career Checkered.
Peck has had a rather checkered ca
reer. but since he won regular berth
with Cleveland in 1912 has ranked
with the best defensive shortstops of
the game while his lifetime batting
average of 25S fails to do him credit
as the native of Wooster. Ohio, always
has been a timely hitter--dangerous
In the pinches.
Originally picked up by Cleveland
in 1910, Peck served apprentice terms
on opposite sides of the continent
at New Haven and Portland--before
clinching his job with the Indians.
and in 1913 was traded to New York
for Stumpf and Lelivelt, He performed
with the Yankees then through 1921.
when an error he made In the world
series generally was held largely ac.
countable for the fact that the Giants
won the title
Peck then came to the Nationals in
a trade that cost them $4,000 in adj
dition to Blackie O'Rourke and Bing
Miller and also involved the shifting
of Quinn, Collins, Piercy. Scott, Bush,
Jones and Dugan with the Red Sex.
Yankees, Athletics and Griffmen par
ticipating.
Two of Peek's best seasons were
those of 1924 and 1925, when his stel-
lar fielding and timely hitting proved
an important factor in Washington s
successful pennant bids, and In the
latter of which he was named the most
valuable player TO his club in the
league.
In the 1925 series for the world
title. however, his record-shatter-
ing mark of eight errors gave
Pfttsburgh's Pirates the champion.
ship, and last season here his aging
limbs had SO slowed him UP that he
occupied shortfield in less than one.
third of the Nationals games.
Getting two players for one In this
trade boosted Washington's total to
Al and in order to observe the legal
limit local headquarters last night an
nounced that Leroy Cowboy Jones
the outfielder obtained from Mobile
and who last year saw service with
Birmingham, Hartford and Peoria
had been sold to the Little Rock Club
of the Southern Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
U. S. GOLFERS DON'T KNOW
STUFF ASSERTS DUNCAN

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, January l5.--
American golfers play instinc-
lively and do not know their
stuff" George Duncan. former
British open champion. declared
today before sailing for home on
the Paris
His remark recalled the parting
shot of Walter Hagen, who, on
leaving England last Summer
after America had swept the big
tournament abroad declared Brit
ish golfers were 'st0o lazy"
1T took me 20 years to learn
the right swing" Duncan said
Duncan declared he had tut0red
George Won Elm, American anna.
teur champion, while on the Pa
/. cific Coast, adding that Won Elm
gave the Duncan system" credit
for winning the title from Bobby
JONES'.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
NEW COLLEGE BODY
REMAINS UNCERTAIN
BY the Assoeiated Press.


CHARLOTTE, n. C., January Is
Formation of a new athletic confer
ence for the Southeast remained in the
stage of uncertainty today following
adjournment of a meeting attended by
representatives of nine colleges and
universities. No action is expected
to be taken before Spring
Meanwhile correspond nce will be
Exchanged between institutions inter
ested in the new association.
The meeting was called by the Char
lotte Chamber of Commerce, to which
suggestions had been made that an
athletic organization was needed to
supplement the Southern Intercol-
legiate Athletic Association and the
Southern Conference.
Development of plans are in the
hands of committee. with DIR. w. W.
Wood of Davidson as chairman. other
members are f.. Parker Moseley of
Mercer. DR.. H. e. Sturgeon of Presby-
terrain College and DR. Joseph f..
Rowe of William and Mary
Six Georgia and South Carolina in
situations represented at the meeting
took the position that they did not
wish to withdraw from the Southern
intercollegiate Athletic Association
and urged instead that North Caro-
lima and Virginia institutions shoul1
come into that conference.
Dr. Wood, making clear he was not
speaking for Davidson, said the South
ern Intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
ton was too large and he hoped some
plan could be evolved whereby the
standard recognized colleges of North
Carolina and Virginia might be joined
IN compact and separate organiza-
ton.
Wake Forest declared il would have
to defer action until an arrangement
could be effected with Davidson agree
able to both.
William and Mary felt that the in.
stitution could not forsake the Vir.
ginia Athletic Conference and that flu.
ture action might hinge largely upon
the attitude of it's neighbor colleges.
which are the University of Richmond,
Roanoke College, Hampden-Sydney
and Randolph Macon.
Charles j. Smith, president of Roa.
noke and also president of the Vir.
GINA Conference. sent letter to the
chamber of commerce declaring there
was every reason to believe the Vir.
ginia schools would be interested in
some method tending to link up ia
better advantage the schools of that
State with those of North Carolina
and South Carolina. He said it was
likely that the matter would be sub
mitted to the Virginia Conference in
April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
Traded for Pitchers Lands Demands
JUDGE WILL PROBE STORY
THAT LEAGUE BARS STARS
Commissioners Summons Ban Johnson and Club
Owners to Investigate Published Statement Tkaa
Circuit Has Forever Banned Tv and Iris.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ HICAGO, January IS. - A
showdown involving the
status of Ty Cobb and Iris
~ Speaker was demanded to-
night by kenesaw Mountain
lands. base ball commissioner, Of
President Ban johnson of the Amer
lean League, and the American
League club owners.
Lands requested President johnson
and the club owners to meet him at
the Congress Hotel here January "a.
for the purpose of ascertaining what
basis, if any, there is for the pub.
lication of a story here last Thursday
relative to the former leaders of the
Tigers and Cleveland club.
The story. credited to an unnamed
American League official, said that
neither Speaker nor Cobb ever again
could play ball or manage an Amer
lean League club.
Confers With CObb's Lawyers.
The commissioners request to
Johnson followed conference Lands
held here today with Judge j. O..
Muffin of Detroit. counsel for Cobb
in his fight for vindication of charges
that he was involved, with Speaker,
! in conspiracy to fix a Detroit
| Cleveland series of games in 1919 to
| cleanup a betting coup.
Commissioner Lands in his con-
| ference with Cobb's attorney today.
| said he was unable to advise him as
| to the truth of the stories published
| here that Cobb and Speaker had been
under investigation for two years.
However, he told Judge Murfin that
| it was his understanding that tn
! American League investigation bega n
| about June 90. 1926, and also that
| all the evidence. so far as he wa
concerned had bee published. and that
Lands holds no other data in this
case except a communica ton to which
| the author neglected TO attach his
| signature.
Facts to Be Ascertained.
Beyond that Lands said II
could say nothing regarding the al
! base ball leader who refuses to allow
his name to be used at this time but
| the facts will be ascertained."
| The newspaper article which Judge
| Murfin. brought to the attention of
/ Commissioner Lands today. said that
/ Cobb and Speaker had been given
| positions of trust. that they failed to
/ keep that trust, that they had been
offered public hearings and each had
declined, and that no matter what
Lands ruled. the American League
would not have them.
The article said that the American
Leagues investigation of the conduct
of Cobb and Speaker began two years
ago and that the results of this in
| Nestigation never had been published
I A he Lot
| Dutch Leonard and the statements
which Leonard made to Lands form
only small part of the data held by
orga nized base ball i'm the case
Leader" Withheld His Name.
All this was published quoting "a
Header Of organized base ball. making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
GRIFF OFF TO ATTEND
MAIOR--MIN0R C0NFAB

President Clark Griffith of the
Washington Ball Club could not be
reached for comment on the sum.
mons issued by Commissioner Lam
dis for investigation of the pub
Iished story that the American
League has forever barred Ty Cobb
and Iris Speaker from any con-
nection with the circuit, as he EN-,
trained at 6 o'clock last night for
French Lick Springs. Ind, where
efforts will be made to draft a new
agreement governing relations be-
tween the major and minor leagues.
GrifI is firmly OF the belief that
all minor leagues should subscribe
TO the draft, which assures a play
err opportunity for advancement,
and asserted before his departure
that he would not be party to
any pact that excludes any league
from draft provisions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

the fret statement that has hcep
made of the American League aJb-
tude toward its two ex-manage but
who refused to allow his name to
be used in connection with the article
at this time"
What basis, il any there was for the
foregoing article. will be ascertained,
Lands asserted, at the meeting re-
quested by him.
lands invited Murfn and w. H.
Boyd of Cleveland. an attorney repre-
senting Speaker. to attend the meet
ing.
The commissioner communication
to Johnson and the club owners re.
vealed that a secret meeting Of the
board Of directors of the American
League had been held in Chicago on
September 8 at which time all the
evidence in regard to Cobb and
Speaker had been turned over to
Lands by President Ban Johnson.
Both Speaker and Cobb resigned
their managerial beTths shortly after
the close of the 1926 season. and a
few weeks later clouds of suspicion
enveloped them as a result OF the
letters Dutch Leonard, former TIGER
pitcher. turned over to the American
League for a sum reported TO b.,
| $50 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
IRIS SPEAKER DECLINES
TO COMMENT ON CASE

CLEVELAND. Ohio. January Is
N).-TTis Speaker, former mana ger of
the Cleveland Indians, tonight declin
ed to comment on the announcement
of Kenesaw NJ. Lands. base bali com
missioner. that a hearing is TO be
held to determine the standing of Ty
Cobb and Speaker. accused of "hxing'
a DetrOit-Cieveland game.
want to talk to my attorney.
W. II. Boyd Speaker said, before
l make any statement
Boyd could not be reached tonight
Speaker declined to affirm a pub
lished story that he and Cobb had
been under investigation by American
League officials for some time. or to
comment on who the leader of organ
lied base BALI who declared they
were banned from base ball might be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
COBB THINKS 1T GOOD
TIME TO KEEP SILENT

AUGUSTA, Ga, January 10 Opl.
p have no comment to make now
on any new developments or change
in the situation. | think it is time to
remain silent, stated Ty Cobb here
tonight when told of the statement
Of Commissioners Kenesaw Mountain
Lands that a hearing is to be held
to determine, the standing of Iris
Speaker and Cobb. charged with.
betting on a fixed game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
HOM MANGAN, premier local
netman, added the District in
door tennis championship to
his collection last night, de

UOOT tGilIlIS "
4 his collection last night, de-
feating Emmett Pare, brilliant
Young Georgetown tennis star Tor the
championship in the final round at
the Arcadia In one of the finest bits
Of tennis Mangan has shown In his
many wears of competition In Wash.
ington he won in four sets, 81,
Sc. 6--3 and f2-i0.
In the last set Pare led at 3d., only
to have Mangan knot the count at =
all. Game followed service to the
nineteenth game when Mangan broke
through the sturdy service of the
youthful Hilltop star, only 10 have
Pare come back to annex Mangan >
service Mangan again led at lilo
and this time had the stamina to put
across the winning game.
Phoebe Moorhead. former George
Washington University champion, fur
nished the surprise OF the evening de-
feating Frances Krucoff, ranking Dis
trict woman star in the women's final
81, 3-6. 6--3.
The final round in the doubles
championship was postponed, possibly
out OF pity for the small group of ten.
mis- enthusiasts who sat in the frigid
stands and wished for the firesides of
home on the coolest night of the Win.
ter
Mangan and Pare stripped down to
shirt sleeves, but the women tinalist5
played through the ultimate round
clad in sweaters.
Generally expected to defeat Man.
gan. Pare lost the first set and
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BOUTS TO BE STAGED
BY THE ARCADIA CLUB

Sailor MeKenna of the Naval Air
Station at Boiling Field and Andy
Kelly of Baltimore will meet in a
10ronnd lightweight boxing exhibit
ton that VIII feature a card to be
offered Tuesday night by the Arcadia
Sporting Club at the Arcadia Audi.
torium, to which only members of
tho club viii be admitted.
In the semi.windup Walt McFeeley
will take on Nick Repoli in q 6-round
test. They are middleweights.~ Two
four affairs will also be offered. The
first bout starts at $50 o'clock.
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NORTHWESTERN DELAYS
NAMING OF GRID COACH

CHICAGO. January Is UD.--selec
ton of a head foot ball coach al
Northwestern University TO succeed
Glenn Thistlethwaite has been de
ferred pending the consideration Of
additional candidates.
Kenneth l.. Wilson. director Of 18th
letics. said tonight decision probably
will not be reached for at least two
weeks.
Milton Olander. an assistant to Boil
Zuppke at the University of Illinois
is understood to be in line for the
position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
THREE ARMY TEAMS
LOSE AS ONE WINS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
WEST POINT, n, Y. January Is.
Army marshaled its Winter sport
forces in several fields today, but with
little success.
Fordham trimmed the Cadet basket
ball tossers, % to 16; the New York
University boxers cuffed the Army
sluggers, 5 to 2. and the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology swim
mers splashed home ahead of the
soldiers, 3212 to 2915.
The indoor polo team of the Cadets
turned in the only victory of the day
by defeating the officers trio from
Governors Island. N. ". % to 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16

third-sacker. and Murtaugh, catcher
who were lost through graduation.
The schedule:
March 20. Temple; 30, Springfield.
April 4 and 5. Dartmouth; IL, Yale;
Y, Lehlgh; IA, Lafayette; IS, Holy
Cross; 10, Penn State; 10, Boston Col.
lege and Pennsylvania; 20, Princeton;
II, Harvard; %, Fordham: 90, Wake
Forest.
May 3, Duke: Ii, Navy: at AnnapO
lis; n, GuilfOrd; FL, Holy Cross. AZ
Worcester; 20, Boston College, at B0s.
ton; "A, Harvard, ut Cambridge: rs,
Yale, ut New Haven; 20. F'orihann. AZ
New York.