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Fights Last Night

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. Benny Valger,
France, beat Johnny Ceccoli, Scran-
ton, Pa. Q0). Orlando Reverberi, Italy,
and Jack Monroe, Los Angeles, drew
Q0).
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Jimmy King,
New Orleans, won a technical knock
out over Jimmy Cox, Memphis (one).
BALTIMORE. Md.-CharIey Phil)
Rosenberg, bantam champion, beat
Benny Schwartz, Baltimore, non
title Q2).
MILWAUKEE, Wis.-Joey Sanger,
Milwaukee, and Johnny Hill, Philip
pines, drew Q0). Howard Bentz, Mil
waukee, shaded Emil Baksic, Chi
cago Q0).
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. - Larry
Coleman, st. Paul, stopped Patsy
Pollock, Winnipeg three. Bobby
O'Shea, Minneapolis, scored a techni.
cal knockout over Fred Tilston, Win.
nipeg eight.
FIGHT TONIGHT.
CLEVELAND.-B Billy Wallace vs.
lEuddx pamarcas 10 rounds -
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MANY SPRING GAMES
LISTED FOR RED SOX

LEWISTON. Me-. January Op)
Training season exhibition games for
the Boston American League team
announced by Manager William r
Carrigan, include an opening series
with the New Orleans Club, and a
transforming trip OF seven games
ending at Indianapolis. The dates
At New Orleans-March 10, 10, %
&c, -. fic
AT Birmingham-Mar 81.
Minneapolis at Decatur. Ga. April
!; at Louisville, KY, April 9. and 4
at indianapolis, Ind, April 5 and S.
The Red SoX originally were SEIZED
uled for games at Columbus April s
and but these were cancelled after
the sale Of the Columbus franchise to
the Reds and Indianapolis was sub
Stituted.
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BRITISH POLO TEAM
WOULD REGAIN CUP

NEW YORK, January CP).--Great
Britain Will renew it's attempt to re-
gain the international polo challenge
cup, held here since 1921, in a chal.
lenge series next September. Matches
will be played probably at the Mead
OVERLOOK Club, Westbury, Long Is
land, the best two out of three to
decide possession of the famous
trophy. 80
The United States Polo Association
announces acceptance of an official
challenge from the birmingham Club
of Great Britain, which contained no
mention of plans for assembling tho
invading team. Indication has been
given, however, that q combination
picked from British officers in India
will carry the British coIors.
This years series will be the ninth
between the two countries since 1886.
After being held for 20 years by Eng
land, the trophy was finally brought
here in 1909. when Harry Payne
Whitney organized Americas first
big four" Devereux Milburn, a
member of that team, may again rep
resent America in its defense of the
cup next Fall.
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WOMEN In SPORT
BY CORINNE FRAZIER

~ ALLAUDET tossers are look
ing forward to banner sea-
II son on the basket ball court
with the most ambitious
schedule yet attempted. The
headliner will be q game with the
sextet from Western Maryland, slated
for January 10 at Kendall Green.
1t will be the first time that Gal
laudet's fair basketers have sched-
uled an out-of-town team and they
feel especially elated over the pros
poets of playing hostess to the Mary
landers who book some of the most
prominent seXtets in this section.
According to Elizabeth Benson,
coach, the Kendall Greeners have
been practicing earnestly for some
time and expect to put in many hours
of intensive training during the next
two weeks in preparation for the
opening contest.
Lucille du Bose has been elected
captain of the squad. Marie Parker
is manager. The personnel of the
varsity six has not been announced
yet, but four members of the 1925
team have reported for practice and
are expected to appear in the lineup.
Mary Kannapel, star forward, who
has been the backbone of the team
for several seasons, undoubtedly will
resume her old position under the
basket. Bessie Lawson and Margaret
du Bose will perform again in center
field and Lucille du Bose probably
will fill her Usual guard position.
Among the promising players. Nho
have been training for positions on
the squad, are Misses Eigle, Kelly,
Cywinski, Weldy and Salick.
Miss BeAson reports that alto
RqIhpF fha nrnGnpPfS much bright
er' than at any time in the past.
While her girls are smaller than the
average. and are under a distinct
handicap because of the small student
body from which the team must be
picked, they are working hard to
make up in energy and speed what
they lack in size and numbers.
Among the other teams listed on
the Gallaudet schedule are sextets
from National Park, the leading semi
nary aggregation: George Washing
ton University and Marjorie Webster
School.
The schedule:
January 15-Western Maryland
January 19-National Park Semi
January 2s-Marjorie Webster
School.
February 4-George Washington.
February 19--Marjorie Webster
School at Marjorie Webster.
February 26-National Park Semi
nary at Forest Glen.
March 4-George Washington at
George Washington.
Despite the fact tfat the sun shone
fravely yesterday afternoon the play
ground basket ball courts were SO
muddy that it was impossible 10 play
off any OF the games yet remaining IN
the Elementary School and Inter
playground Leagues. According to
Maula Parke-, director of girls activ.
4ties, the unfinished game in the Co
Aumbia Heights division series of the
CORNER league and the two not yet
played III the city championship
series will he scheduled as soon as the
grounds dry out sufficiently TO make
play possible.
Following the windup OF the basket
ball loops an all.city playground
squad will be selected and announced
through this column. The selection
lxas to have been made on Christmas
,fAv, but the postponement of games
made it impossible as the selection il
TO be based upon performance during
the entire season.
Danish fundamental agSmnasti0a
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Twenty-Five Years
of Base Ball
BY EDDIE COLLINS.
Eddie Plank,

II OUR celebrated pitchers formed
the core of the Mack machine
when 7 made my bow. Two
Il were southpaws and this story
concerns one of them, Eddie
Plank of Gettysburg.
Unlike Rube Waddell, the other half
of this left-handed pair. Eddie was
not as famous for his eccentricities as
for his pitching skill. But though Il
college graduate. a man of fine char
acter and intelligence. he had many
peculiarities attributed only to left
handlers On the slab he was nervous,
irritable. superstitions: off the field
restless and capricious.
Plank's style of pitching was
unique. To watch his preparations for
delivering the ball amused us and
aggravated opposing players beyond
words. To get his feet properly placed
was a task. Then came numerous
poses, gyrations and other motions
and a change of mind and he would
start over. The umpires fused. the
players raved but Eddie ignored them
all. He pitched as he pleased-and
won.
Liked TO Oppose Detroit.
Plank liked to pitch against Detroit.
He didn't bother Crawford and Nc
Intyre much, but he made ii tough
for Cobb, Bush. and Rossman, and
with these three out of the picture
we usually won. / recall a game he
saved by pitching a splitter, the first
and last he ever threw.
There were two out and runners on
second and third when Cobb came up,
and we were one run TO the good.
Plank and Catcher Jack Lapp held a
1t wasn't much of a con-
ference. but il deceived Tyrus. Cobb
thought he was to be passed. but there
was Crawford waiting, and Sam liked
10 hit against Eddie
This was the dialogue: If | get two
strikes on Ty l am going TO throw
splitter" Plank calmly announced
I.app nearly laughed out loud. Being
assured that Eddie was in earnest,
Jack whispered: Il will be looking for
it, and went back to his position.
The first two pitches were balls.
with Ty tense and anxious. Then
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OFFICIAL PLAYING RULES
LEWIS TOSSES MUM
IN STRAIGHT FALLS

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, January 4.-Ed tStran-
gIer) Lewis settled his two-year-old
dispute with Wayne Mum over the
heavyweight wrestling title last night,
taking two straight falls with a sue
cession of crushing headlocks.
Mum, who two years ago tossed
Lewis out of a Kansas City ring and
claimed the championship when Lewis
did not appear for the third and de-
Gliding fall. had Lewis in danger only
once. He made Lewis tussle for al
most an hour for the first fall. but
appeared hurt and lost the second in
1212 minutes.
The match, in which Lewis $4,000
diamond championship belt was at
stake, drew record Chicago wrestling
crowd of 10000 fans, and a gate of
$4,000.
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AMATEUR MATMEN
IN D. C. TEAM TRIALS

dozen grapplers will wrestle To-.
night for the right TO represent Wash
iDgtOn ia intercity matches with "a
Baltimore team later in the Winter
The bouts will be staged at the Al
cadiA. with the winners i'm each d
vision 10 go oil the Capital City team
Matches have been arranged as
follows Clarence Bruce VS.. John Ber-
zOski. ils pounds; Ernest Rice vs.
II. Anderson. 125 pounds: Sol Wisook
er -. Sam Jones. 147 pounds: Jack
Turner vs- Thompson Clayton. 16o
1ounds; Claude Grigsby VS.. Bill Ravens
I75 pounds; Bud Haven, heavyweight
rs. Bill Ravens. heavyweight.
George Bruce will be one of the.
referees, with another to be chosen
tonight.
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ROSENBERG Is AN EASY
WINNER OVER SCHWARTZ

BALTIMORE, Md, January R).-
Charley Phil Rosenberg bantam
champion, was given the judges de-
cision over Benny Schwartz of Balti-
more after II fast rounds here last
night.
The local boxer was Outclassed all
the way.
The men fought at catch weights,
with Rosenberg's title not at stake.
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w WHILE the leagues are swing
ing into line again Wash
wv irgton bowlers are looking
forward to Saturday nights

Y n ing into line again Wash
wv irgton bowlers are looking
forward to Saturday night s
clash In Brooklyn that will
end the battle between the local all
star aggregation and the Spinellas.
OrpheumS and wondering whether
little Barney Spinella will continue
his phenomenal pin shooting.
The remarkable converted tenpin-
ner who socked the naples for such
startling counts here, probably would
swing the match to his club should
he bowl in anything like the form
he exhibited at Convention Hall last
Wednesday night. Although the
Washington squad came out of the
first block ahead in all three divisions
Of the contest, it holds no comman nd
ing leads in the doubles and singles.
A. couple of extraordinary efforts in
these divisions by the little Spinella
and Brooklyn might walk off with
two victories to Washington's one in
the intercity struggle.
In all likelihood the complete
Washington squad will make the trip
to Brooklyn sfor the final block. AL
though Harry BURNER and Perce
Elicit, reserves, failed to get into the
bowling last Wednesday,, they are ex-
pected to accompany Glenn Wolsten-
holme, Howard Campbell, All Work,
Walter Megaw and Jack Whelan to
the Orpheum drives in Brooklyn.
In the Georgetown Church League
Peck No. l holds a firstplace advan-
tage of five games, after taking two
Of three games from Calvary Method
isr, although the second-place West
Washington BaptiSts swept their set
with Covenant. Arlington Methodists
are in third position and Grace Epis-
copal is fourth. In the second di
vision of the league the team rank
ing is Christ Episcopal, Calvary Meth
odist, Peck No. . and Covenant.
With the exception of high team
set of 1872, held by West Washing
ton Baptist, all of the seasons rec
ords in the circuit are in the posses
sion of the fifth-place Christ Epis-
copal team. This quint has rolled d
500 game and De Lashmutt, one Of its
members, has hit a set of 361 and has
averaged 104.31 Bergfeld, another
Christ Episcopal roller, has socked
game of 142 for a seasons mark.
Arlington failed 10 show much
strength against Mount Nebo in the
Odd Fellows League, and the latter
walked away with two of three games
and did not need IT'S handicap in
either of the victories.
COrnell's Lunch cooked the Meyer
Davis five in a District League tilt
in all three games. Cornell's victories
were decisive in each game.
PackwOOd and National Capital
Press teams triumphed in the Ty-
pothetae League, the former trim
ming r. p. Andrews in three games
and the latter handing Stanford Pa
peg ca a similar liekings Kline Of
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BN JOHN Il. FOSTER.

n 7 EW YORK. January Base
ball men who knew of the
NJ keen fight in the American
i League for the 1917 pennant,
and who also knew of the
payment of money to certain teams If
they would defeat certain other teams,
take little stock in what. SWede Ris-
berg has had TO say To date
Similarly, no one is getting excited
about Barney Dreyfu5s' story that the
New York Giants offered money to
Brooklyn to beat the Pirates in the
1921 race. This was an established
practice in the old days of base ball
and. as DreyfusS says himself, Judge
Lands has put crimp in that praC-
tice.
Risberg must establish something
more convincing than he has so far
proved regarding the payment Of
money by the Chicago White SOx to
Detroit players az a motive to induce
the Detroit players to throw a series.
Matter of History.
The statement made by the accused
players in reply to- Risberg that the
White SOx paid the Detroit players to
win from Boston-has long been d
matter of base ball history and has
been vigorously criticized by the con
sentative element from the time that
the fact became known.
Onhand il seemed perfectly proper
to show appreciation in that way
Base ball, however. Is not a courtesy
game, but one Of fight. When IL loses
it's fight. 1t is no longer a sport, but
an exercise. That position was taken
by the wiser heads in base bail. IL
was partly because the players were
engaging in this gift" practice that
the conduct of the world series began
to be criticized and the club owners
began 10 he warned that they were
letting skyline finance run away with
them.
The players justified the giving Of
money to other players to- win on the
ground that they had heard that the
major league clubs themselves shared
in the receipts of the world series.
IF they do that sort OF thing, there
is no reason why we can't be square
with each other" was the argument
advanced by some players who were
smarter financially than others.
The system of bonus giving in base
ball was established by some Of the
weather. clubs. AS far back as 1889
the Cleveland club of the National
League was promised a sum of money
by Boston players If it would lick the
New York team IN the Hnal game OF
the year. The championship depended
upon that game.
Boston was playing i'm Pittsburgh
and New York was playing in Cleve-
land. The game was won by New
York Hence the Cleveland players
did not receive any cash.
Long.Standing Habit.
Other circumstances of that game
are interesting. 1t will be seen, how
ever, that the custom of players Of
fering money to teams to thrash other
teams is one of long standing. 1t
may also be added that the Boston
players, in addition to desiring the
honor of winning the pennant, expect.
ed that they would be permitted to
play some exhibition games. They
also expected to share in the gate re-
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Pays HIGH Tribute Plank Latest Scandal Not Taken Seriously
FRlSCH WANTS $50, 900
A SEASON FROM CARDS

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. January 4.-~Sam
Breadon has little financial mat
ter to arrange with Rogers Horns
by'S successor.
frankie F'risch, who became the
property of the Cardinals in the
New York-St. Louis deal which
brought Hornsby here, says that
he will demand two-year contract
from President Breadon at $4,000
IL year He Is asking $4,000 more
than he received as IA Giant.
Breadon traded H0rnsby to New
York when the latter insisted on
a three-year contract at salary
of $4,000 annually.
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BASE BALL MEN DISCOUNT
SWEDE RISBERC'S CHARGES
Confident Money Chisox Gave Went 10 Boston for
Beating Detro-Such Practice Was Common
in Game Not MANY Years Back

ceipts, like the custom that began
regularly with the world series i'm 1905.
The Giants in 1889 also expected a.
be able to play an exhibition series
with Brooklyn. winners of the Ameri-
can Association, and played their
heads off in the stiffest kind of battle
They won against Cleveland largely
because Buck Ewing, with his tire
mendous inspirational force. carried
on. The man seemed almost super
human as he took the Giants along
with him,
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H0FF DROPS A. A. U. SUIT
WHEN HE is PAID $500

NEW YORK, January (P).-The
Amateur Athletic Union announced
that the controversy with Charley
Hoff, involving a 100000 suit for dam
ages against the A. A. u, had been
ended by Il compromise settlement on
expense money claimed by the Nor
wegian pole vault record breaker.
Hoff accepted approximately 5000.
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WHEAT MAY BE A GIANT:
McGRAW LINES UP TERRY

NEW YORK. January 4 P.-Zach
Wheat, veteran outfielder recently
cast adrift by the Brooklyn Robins
may catch a line thrown out by the
New York Giants. Manager McGraw
admits he is interested in Wheat.
He also expresses high satisfaction
over receiving the signed contract of
Innelder Bill Terry. who was the
Giants most obstinate holdout Iast
Spring.
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With the BowLers

Andrews was high bowler. however,
with a set of 346.
Nomads took the odd from Ma
tionals in the Athletic Club League,
staging a fine rally in the last game
to score the match victory. With
Schroen hitting for 139 the Nomads
totaled $50 in their last effort.
PIatOs annexed three Arepa League
games at the expense of Leonidas.
Valiotes of the Platos shot 318 at an
Choir to lead all bOWlers.
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IN 4 wv 1oINh, C@A
I'M Richard is leaving tonight for
st. Louis with an offer to
4 Gene Tunney which the
champion is unlikely to re-
fuse The sudden activities of Richard
presumably mean tham the so-called
premier promoter iAKiiot letting the
grass grow under him and means to
beat Humbert .Fuga2y to the prize
plum of the coming outdoor season.
Fugazy has the lease on the Polo
Grounds. Richard comes right back
waving a paper proving he has the
exclusive right to stage boxing shows
at the Yankee Stadium. AS the know
it-alls say, the war is on and merry
time is sure to be had by all.
Now to get down to brass lacks.
Richard is going To the Western city
with an imposing array of legal tai
ent. OF course, he will have a chat
with Tunney--a mere informal chat
on the weather and Genes ability as
an actor That is just about all Rick
ards visit means to Tunney.
ANY one who knows the ways of the
big promoter knows that he is a show
man and believes in publicity. But to
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LAUDS SKILL AND BRAIN
OF GETTYSBURG EDDIE
Asserts Mack's Famous Old Southpaw Was Agra
waiting in Slab Style and Pitched He
Pleased--But Won.

+ after Stalling around extra long, Plank
shot over a strike, catching Cobb off
guard. Cobb was vexed. Next, q nice
tantalizing curve, and the ball was
slammed down the right-tield line,
foul by inches. The next pitch was a
ball. making the count three and two.
AS Lapp returned the ball on that
pitch Plank moistened his fingers and
no one saw him. lie fiddled around.
changed his pose, then changed back,
but at last he pitched.
Strike ParaIyzes Cobb.
That splitter sure broke. 1t would
have been a credit to Walsh, and it
went over the pan for perfect strike.
Though Lapp had given the sign. he
had not anticipated the terrific break,
and the ball knocked him over as he
blocked it. cobb, however, was par
alyzed. and Jack pounced on the ball
and touched him out. The game was
over. 1t was Plank's first and, last
splitter.
One of Eddie'S favorate conceitS was
To- pitch to us in batting practice. One
of the reasons for batting practice is
TO increase the confidence of the bat
ter by throwing straight balls over the
plate. With balls straight over, the
batter can loosen up his swing and
train his eye.
Plank had another idea, radically
different. He insisted batting prac
tice was held for the purpose of as
sisting the pitcher. Therefore. he de-
lighted to pitch to us and we never
had a good ball to hit if he could help
il. 1t did no good to demonstrate.
The more we popped up or missed al
together. the more he was pleased.
The angrier we got, the louder he
laughed, and each session of such a
practice always wound up as fine
stimulant and workout for Pitcher
Plank, which may have been well.
Besides his skill and Willingness to
work, Plank had a third quality with
out which no one can go far. He had
courage. In the final game of the
series with the Giants, in 1913. he
gave an exhibition of loyalty to Con-
ME Mack and the team that required
real nerve.
Caught Cold i'm His Arm.
Eddie had pitched the second game
against Mathewson and lost, to 0.
Connie notified him he was to pitch
the fifth game. Now it happened that
IN MS game against MdLtN he Caught
a cold which developed Immediately
into a severe attack of rheumatism,
settling in his throwing arm.
He never mentioned it to any one
until the evening before he was to
pitch. Then he took Danny Murphy
and the trainer into his confidence,
explained his condition and asked them
to help him.
81 am going to pitch that game to-
morrow if it is played, Connie eX-
poets me to do IT," he said to them.
They worked on his arm all night,
he assured them he could do
without the sleep if they could only
rub out the pain. Before the game
time it came back, but he donned his
suit and went out to the park. He
warmed up carefully. and by hardly
wasting a ball he held the Giants to
two hits and one run, and we had
won our third world series.
Copyright. 1927
Tomorrow-Charles Albert Bender.
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- OUR celebrated pitchers formed
the core of the Mack machine
when 7 made my bow. Two
were southpaws and this story
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n 7 EW YORK. January Base
mi hall men who knew of the
NJ keen fight in the American
League for the 1917 pennant,
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BY FAIR PLAY.

Y EW YORK, January 4.-Tex
Richard is leaving tonight for
Ii St. Louis with an offer to
V Gene TunneV which the
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PackwOOd and National Capital
Press teams triumphed in the Ty-
pothetae League, the former trim
ming r. p. Andrews in three games
and the latter handing Stanford Pa
peg Ga a similar LICKING. Kline Of
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COrnelfs Lunch cooked the Meyer
Davis five in District League tilt
in all three games. Cornells victories
were decisive in each game.
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Danish fundamental gymnastics