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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-01

When the Boston National League
Club bought the right from the Chi
cago National League Club to the serv-
ices of Mike Kelly, paying for that
privilege the sum of $4,000, the fans
In Boston buzzed as noisily about the
transaction as other fans had buzzed
about a certain tea party of prior date.
In Boston the base ball enthusiasts
were startled. There were two rea-
sons for that. One of them was be-
cause Of the magnitude of the sum in
volved, which was something all out
of the ordinary in base ball, and the
other was because the Boston owners
had r1sked any amount at all.
There had been an impression in
Boston from the time that the "trium-
virate" acquired possession of almost
all of the stock of. the club that the
three gentlemen were SO thrifty they
never would be induced to speculate in
base ball. They took care of their
routine business, even to the matter
of selling their own tickets at the gate.
They did that not only when they first
began, but after the club had become
well established. They were very well
to do, all three of them, and only re-
Gently the last of them has passed
away. But being New Englanders,
they were not afraid to work.
Base Ball Their Hobby.
Base ball was their hobby, even if
they did play it very closely to their
ives cuts" but they were not of tn Z
type who thought because they owned
a base ball club 1t was incumbent upon
them to purchase soda water for the
proIetariat and the Dorchester bugs.
Their policy in time came to be re-
spected and when they had finished
with the game they had left behind
them reputation for solid business
integrity not surpassed by any men
who ever have had to do with base
ball. More than that, they proved to
be very good sportsmen. In fact, they
were much better sportsmen than most
of their critics.
After the sum of $4,000 had been
invested in Kelly the three owners de-
cided to purchase Clarkson, the ia
nous pitcher, from the Chicago club
for the same amount. Then wonder
did fiutter around. The Boston fans
said the three owners had gone mad
II they had it was the finest and best
paying exhibition of lunacy in years,
because they got back their money
so many times over and won cham
pionships in such an accomplished
fashion that they were the envy of all
base ball.
Out in Chicago the fans blew the
business management sky
high, and editorials were printed in
the newspapers criticizing the owners
for letting Kelly and Clarkson go to
Boston. But the Chicago management
had been running wild with pennants
for long term of years, and the mat
ter of winning had become such set.
tied fact that 1t had little effect on
Chicago.
Kelly became known as the 1910, 900
beauty" and had a following in New
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Virginia League, viii get the call.
Heinle Sand will be back at shortstop
with F'riberg, or the much-sought
newcomer, on third General utility
work will fall to Russ Wrightstone, a
holdover, and possibly Joe Buskey, a
recruit from Cumberland.
McInnfs has a quartet of smuggling
veterans in the outfield with Cy vii
hams in right, Fred Leach in center
and Johnny Mokan and AL Nixon al.
ternating in left. Denny Sothern. who
joined the club late last season, dis.
played enough prowess with his war
club to warrant retention this year.
Three Catchers on List.
The Pills have three backstops.
The veteran Jimmy Wilson will bear
the brunt of the catching burden, with
the aid of Clarence Jonnard. a hold.
over, and Harry O'Donnell. IN from
the international League.
The pitching staff has been strength.
ened by the addition of Alex Ferguson.
one-time hurler for the Boston Red
Sox and Washington Senators In the
American League, and Jack Scott. OBJ.
tanned from the Giants. Hal Carlson.
right-hand ace, again leads the staff
which includes Ulrich, Willoughby,
Decatur, Dean and Baecht, all right
handlers. Two .southpaws, Mitchell, a
veteran, and Herb Pruett, brought
back to the majors from the Pacific
Coast League, will be among the pitch.
ers who leave February 81 for the
Spring training camp at Bradenton,
Fla
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GIANTS ARE CERTAIN
OF KEEPING HORNSBY

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February 1.-The
statement of President Sam Breadon
in st. Louis that the deal which
brought Rogers Hornsby, former Car
dina1 manager, to the New York
Giants in trade for Frankie Frisch
and Jimmy Ring, might be called off,
was scoffed at today by Secretary Jim
Tierney of the Giants Breadon said
yesterday that his refusal to buy l ,167
shares of stock in the Cardinals at the
price Hornsby had set might force
cancellation of the deal.
THE stock matter does not change
HornSby'S status as ball player
Tierney said. HE is still the prop
erty Of the Giants. If he should be
unable to sell his ST. Louis stock that
would be our problem. We would have
to find ways and means to sell the
stock for him.
The worst that could happen
would be that Hornsby would be I'M
able to play with the Giants The deal
never could be called Off All the de-
tails Of his transfer have been carried
out in a legal manner"
Secretary Tierney said he had re-
ceived letter from the former Car
dinal second baSeman stating that the
stock matter would be adjusted
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IRIS ASSURED OF BERTH
AS A REGULAR In CENTER
Thanked by Goose Coslin and Sam Rice, Veteran
Texan Rounds Out as Formidable Trio of
Flychasers as Any Team Boasts.

the future. The salary of President
Johnson is continuing as though he
were in active control of the leagues
affairs.
The league would far prefer to have
Johnson state his intention for the
future than to take action in any
other manner. There is as much sen
timent for him in the circuit now
as ever, perhaps more in some WAYS.
a leave of absence was granted to
him to see whether there might not
be possibility of his restoration to
health. Johnson realizes that he is
Ill, ana very i'll, but he thinks he can
make a successful fight for recovery
of his health.
In some respects the American
League Is a closer corporation than
the National. From the beginning of
its organization the National League
mas had its club owners and as many
posses, almost, as there have been
fans. Profiting by the vicissitudes Of
| the National League, which took the
senior outfit from nothing to pros
perlty and back again to nothing. and
once more to prosperity. then to lean
times and after that to fat times. the
American League has been aecus.
toned to do its business and tell about
1t afterward. Much was done by
agreement before meetings were held.
Players Chief Consideration.
The American League always has
permitted Johnson to be it's spokes.
man. Sometimes the National
League has had spokesman from one
end OF the circuit TO the other. The
American League would like to get
a leader, If Johnson must go, of the
fXnQ Nhn could Ii 4
who would know base ball well
enough to formulate laws backward
and forward and get players. The
league is more interested in players
than anything else.
Copyright 1927
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Acqson Speaker Giue Washington Finest Ouied Leqgu
When Base Ball Was Young
BY JOHN B. FOSTER
The First $4,000 Beauty

York that was as great as that in
Boston, because New York liked his
$4,000 decoration. Anything with a
money value hitched to it appealed to
the metropolis in those days, as 1t al
ways does.
Rival League Decries Deal.
A rival major league was in exist
ence then, and it voiced an opinion of
the sale of Kelly as follows 1.-THE
latest sensation in the circles of pro-
fessional base ball was the transfer to
Boston from the Chicago club of that
bright, particular star of the diamond
field, M. j. Kelly. The large sum of
money which was named as the price
of the transfer and the salary which
he is to get caused a nine-day wonder
and great deal of comment. The
event has no doubt undone a great
deal of the good that has grown out of
the reserve rule and the limit rule. A
few more Kelly deals and the pros
perity of professional base ball will be
jeopardized."
Wonder what that chap would think,
If alive, about the sale of Babe Ruth
for something like $4,000, or what
ever 1t may have been-and by Bos-
ton, too.
Next--"The First Base Ball Uni.
fOrm.''
Copyright. 1927
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BY the Associated Press.
TRIS SPEAKER, gray-haired
veteran of 20 major league
base ball campaigns, who still
packs a powerful punch in his
war club, has turned in his
11-year old Cleveland Indian uniform
for the toys of a Washington Senator.
Word that the stocky Spoke had
agreed to play centerfield for clark
Griffith this coming season was re-
oeived here last night by long dis
lance telephone from Tampa, Fla,
where the Washington club president
is taking a brief rest. Griffith later
amplif1ed his statement at Tampa,
while Speaker. at New York, an
nounced he would report to the Wash
ington training camp March /.
While neither Griffith nor Speaker,
who reached the agreement in a tele-
phone conversation between Tampa
and New York, would divulge the sal
airy to be stipulated in the contract, it
was understood to be a fancy one.
Griff Had to Bid High.
II was determined to get iris, T"
Griffith said, land it would have taken
q neat pile to get him from me-"
An indication that there was more
given by Miller Higgins, manager of
the New York Yankees, who. in MAX
ing a bid for Speakers services, adj
mitted he had very strong opposition
from two other clubs which had gone
sky high in their offers"
Speaker, recently exonerated by
Bas Ball Commissioner Lands along
with Ty Cobb of charges of fixing a
game played several years ago, said
he had talked with Higgins and Con-
ME Mack, manager of the PhiladeI-
phia Athletics, but mot with an idea
of creating any bidding"
Farley Opened Week Ago.
He said negotiations leading UP to
his acceptance of the Washington of.
fer began in Chicago a week ago
when Griffith came up to him before
Lands announced his decision and
said:
Iris. when Lands clears you, /
would like to be the first to do bust
ness with you"
THAT suits me-" iris replied.
He added that Griffith called him on
the telephone last night ana said he
had decided to accept my proposition,
and 1 closed with him at once"
I'm mighty glad to get the business
off my mind and be with Griffith" he
said.
GriR Emissions Pennant.
AS for Griffith, he already has
visions Of another American League
pennant for the club piloted by the
youthful Bucky Harris He said he did
not want to see Speaker go to the
Yankees because he had ga real de.
sire to beat them this year and
thought that acquisition of Speaker
was a chance to do it."
Speaker. he added, will add just the
strength we needed to give the Wash
tngton Club the finest outfield in the
league this season.
The former Cleveland and Boston
player will be used in his favorite
position of centerfield. with Goslin in
left and Rice in right.
No club in the country" Griffith
says, twill have an outfield equal to ii
In the combination of hitting, fielding
running and throwing"
How They Batted Last Year.
Goslin hit for 1854 last year; Rice
1897, and Speaker, .304. McNeeIy, who
played center for Washington last
season has signed a 1927 contract
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BY JOHN Il. FOSTER.

n EW YORK, February 1.-As-
IN sured Of a position as a regu-
VI lar in the Senator'S outfield.
4 iris Speaker has made terms
with Clark Griffith and will go
to the Washington club, as most OBJ
servers expected him to do.
While the former Cleveland man.
ager, recently eXonerated with Ty
Cobb in the Dutch" Leonard scandal
affair, was virtually a free agent and
could deal with any club in the Ameri-
can League, it was the general opinion
that he would go to Washington, in
spite of flattering offers from New
York and Philadelphia Griffith got
the first chance at Speaker at the
Chicago meeting of American League
owners, and he made 1t clear to the
former Cleveland star that he would
be a. regular and not sit on the bench
as an ornament.
There was a. better place for Speaker
on the Washington team than with
either the Yankees or the Athletics.
If he turns up at Spring training with
a good pair of knees, Washington VIII
have a formidable batting trio in Cos
lin, Rice and Speaker-an outfield
combination which Griffith believes
will beat anything in base ball next
season.
HOrnsby Is I'm Again.
Rogers Hornsby is back In the lime
light again. too. The Ra,jah now Is
involved in difficulties arising over his
possession of stock in the st. Louis
Cardinals, while being signed mem
Der of the New York Giants. On the
best of authority, it can be stated that
so far as HoTnsby is concerned, there
is absolutely no chance that he ever
will play base ball with the New York
Giants until he sells his stock In the
ST. Louis club to the satisfaction or
the National League. That is final.
So long as Ban Johnson remains in
office as president Of the American
League. even while inactive, no one
else will be elected to succeed him as
the leagues leader. There will be no
effort to remove Johnson from Office
until such time as it appears that a
change is positively necessary.
There never has been any intention
to approach Senator Pepper of Penn
sylvania with a proposition to make
him president of the American
League. The intimation that he might
be requested to take the Office came
from Chicago, but not from the Office
of the American League or from the
Chicago American Club.
Huge Salary Not Contemplated.
The league is not inclined to run
wild paying salary to an executive for
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Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, n. Y.-Art Weigand,
Buffalo, knocked out Mike Wallace,
Cleveland (2). Fred Muller, Buffalo,
beat Pete Petrolle, North Dakota (1O).
Frank Garcia, Utica, defeated frankie
Van, Cleveland (6).
CLEVELAND, Ohio.--Chuck Wig
gins. indianapolis, and Johnny Risko,
Cleveland, drew az. Pal Reed.
Cleveland, defeated Joe Lehman, To
ledo 81. Wilson Yareo, Cleveland,
knocked out Jack Pry, Buffalo ~.
MOBILE, Ala.-Tom Winn, New Or
leans, knocked out Midget" Mike
Arnold, Denver ~.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. HI owa q
Bentz, Milwaukee, knocked out Buzz
Griffith, Sioux City, Iowa (2l. Harry
Kahn, Milwaukee, outpointed Johnny
Rinni, Cleveland go.
| TAMPA, F'la.--Sammy Mandell
| lightweight champion, outpointed Am
mando Shekels, Belgium Q0).
PHILADELPHIA O. Phil Kap
| Ian, New York, defeated Joe Simonich
Butte, Mont. Q0). Eddie Dempsey,
Philadelphia, beat Al Webster, Bill
ing, Mont. 10. Sailor Larson
Moline, ILL.,, knocked out Freddy Tino
co, New York (2).
WINNIPEG, Manitoba a C X l G
Conway, Minneapolis, scored a techni
cal knockout over Ernie Headley
ottawa 90. Pat SWEENEY, Minneap.
oils, knocked out Percy Buzzer,
Winnipeg 90.
CANTON, Ohio.-Al Corbett, Cleve.
land, defeated Tommy Crowley, Pitts
burgh Q0). Carl Cavelli, Canton,
knocked out Mike Goldman, Acron (6).
LOUISVILLE.-Chu Burns, San
Antonio, knocked out Soldier Buck,
Louisville (5).
NEWARK, N. Carl Tremain,
Cleveland, defeated Spark Plug
Russell, Newark (10).
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Johnny Franks,
Marked Tree, Ark, and Pal Moore,
Memphis, drew (8).
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TWO SANDL0T MINES
PLANNING CAMPAIGNS

A couple of Washington clubs an
nounced today the start of prepare
tons for the base ball season.
Addison tossers are to gather to
night at 8 o'clock at the home OF
Manager Roy Ingram in the Plymouth
Apartments. The nine, it is an,
nounced, will represent the Mayfiower
Publishing Co. in the Commercial
League this season.
Coca Cola Midget base ballers, who
this year viii perform in junior ranks,
again will be managed by Ed Hart
man. Members of the team are to
communicate with Bonnie Kaufman
at 403 Seventh street southwest.
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Disappointed in Losing Speaker,
Mack Still Hopes to Get Cobb
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, February L.
Disappointed at not having obtained
iris Speaker for the Philadelphia
Athletics Manager Connie Mack said
today that he would continue his eff
forts to get Ty Cobb who, with
Speaker, was recently exonerated of
base ball scandal charges.
II admire Speaker today more than
I ever did" said Mack. II have found
him a square shooter. Some weeks
ago he told me he would not sign any
contract without first seeing me. He
was true to his word. He gave me
the impression that he would like to
play here, and / thought we had an
even chance Of obtaining him."
Mack said reports that he had Of
fered Speaker $4,000 to sign a 1927
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LOCALS OUTBID SEVERAL
CLUBS TO LAND VETERAN
Extent of Fancy Salary for Former Cleveland Pilot
Agreed Upon in Long Distance Phone Nego-
tiations for Star Not Divulged.

and probably will be used in utility
roles.
Speaker, who will visit his mother
in Hubbard, Tex, before reporting at
Tampa for Spring training, has a Xix
ing for the local bail orchard. He bat
ted 1868 here in 1926, getting Id hits
out of So times at bat and scoring IL
runs.
Celebrating on his 1927 predictions,
Griffith said his team would "be in
there all the way and it is my firm
conviction that the flag will fly again
over the home grounds of the Wash
ington Senators"
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LA BARBA Is PLANNING
FIGHT TRIP TO BRITAIN

NEW YORK, February CAD.-F1del
La Barba, world f1yweight champion
from Los Angeles, is planning trip
abroad to show Great Britain how he
conquered Elky Clark of Scotland.
A meeting has been arranged be-
tween the champion and Teddy Bal
dock, British bantam, for is rounds
IN London in May. La Barbas title
will not be at stake.
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BAGENBAGGAGE TOPS LIST.

BALTIMORE, February / R.-
Bagenbaggage, Col. E. r. Bradley's
famous four-year-old, will carry top.
weight of 128 pounds in the $25, 00O
Dixie Handicap, to be run at Pimlico,
May 2. The race is at a mile and
three-sixteenths. Mrs. w. K. Wander.
bits Sarazen, and Espino, owned by
William Zeigler, jr., are rated next
with I27 hounds.
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ARGENTINE FIGHTER
MAY RETURN TO U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, February L.
Miguel Ferrara, Argentine heavy
weight, who made good impression
when he fought on several occasions
in New York in 1924, is planning to re-
turn to the United States, where he
hopes to fight his way into the ranks
of contenders for Gene Tunney's
crown. Ferrara at one time was the
sparring partner OF Luis Firpo.
Argentine fight fans are looking for
ward eagerly to Ferrara's fight with
Victor Campolo, former amateur South
American heavyweight champion, Sat
urday night. Although Campolo has
the advantage in weight, height and
reach, ring followers believe that Fer
rara's experience will Offset this.
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contract with the Athletics were with
out foundation. He declined. how.
ever, to state the amount he had Of
fered <f
He said he had not yet made Cobb
an offer, but that he would like very
much to have him. Maybe I'll have
better luck with TY." he added.
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INDIANAPOLIS.-Bud Taylor Terre
Haute, VS.. Howard Mayberry, Duluth
Q0).
DIES MONIES, Iowa.-Lou Rollinger,
Waterloo, Iowa, VS.. Carl Augustine,
st. Paul Q0).
TOLEDO, Ohio.-Jimmy Mendo, To-
ledo, VS.. Chick Suggs, Bedford, Mass.
(10l
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FLOWERS IS MATCHED.

ATLANTA. Ga, February ! OP).-
Tiger Flowers, former middleweight
champion, has been matched for 10
round bout with Lew Bocash, in Bos-
ton, February IS, Walk Miller, the
Negroes manager, has announced.
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McINNIS HOPES TO BOOST
PHILLIES OUT OF CELLAR
Stuffy Has Battered and Bought New Strength for
Almost Every Department and Now Needs
Only Capable Third Baseman

kAete: This is the fourteenth of
Series OF stories Of 1927 major
tserue club prospectS.)
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n Y EW YORK, February As
sured of position as a. regu-
VI lar in the Senator's outfield,
4 iris Speaker has made terms
with C1a ,.lr Cr-iRfh on1 will orr.
The Washington times., 1927-07-19
BEAUTY TESTS
cOoy4Eht 1897. New YOsk
nvsniag JonrnaI. Ine.
By DIR. Frank Crane

ENORITA MARIE CASSA-JUANA of Spain and Mile Roberto
- Cusey OF Paris were the winners of the prize
the Galveston international Pageant of Puchritud recently
staged at Galveston Tex.
have been other beauty prizes at various
places. - 1890
We have often wondered the psychological of these
OF beauty simply consists conformity your pre-
conceived ideals. = - -
10 one who raised in Africa the negro type
and the flat and thick lips the attractive
apanes babies frightened by because
set eyes Japanese have their surface
of their faces. -
and yellow people a brown and yellow god
But is question whether girl received beauty
prize is fit for anything else but to be beautiful
The object of beauty is undoubtedly to attract
quite much attracted by other charms that
possesses as by her beauty of face.
So often is beauty of accompanied by of other
qualifications that it has become habit to that girl
beautiful but dumb"
Much depends womens intellectual qualifications
their vvaty their capacity entertain and generally upon
that intangible something that Ehnor Glyn calls It"
The right kind of a does aim popular"
beauty but to have that beauty which attracts and holds
is pretty hard for to buckle down anything
useful after she has been known prize beauty"
Mcclure
The Washington times., 1927-07-19
WASH DAY IN TUNIs

This lady living on the northern coast of Africa shows
the hold of old ideas and IMITATION modesty on tens
millions of humans.
She comes probably Of half Arab half Berber stock and
has taught from babyhood that disgrace any
strange face She does washing probably
the brook and hangs her clothes you her here with
her face covered that she scarcely breathe Under the
hot of north Africa you imagine what that be-
Ancient superstitionS powerful you among
highly intellectual people Let ten of them approach
ladder leaning against wall All ten will tell you that they
supersiouS but least eight nine will be
full NOT walk under the ladder And anything should
happen to the that DID walk under such ladder he
would probably say himself was that ladder serves
me right"
Superstons taboos nearly ALL had useful beginning
but they hang on when the use has long disappeared
In the islands Of the Pacific every taboo all
She considers deadly posion touch canoe
mental poison at least That idea invented to keep
women from running away from their husbands other
island and some other man.
Outside barbarians invading China and conquerng that
old civilization compelled young girls and girl babies
squeeze their feet in tight shoes that prevent their
running away They compelled the their grow
Song queues pigtals That for convenience
of the conquerors the pga gave them something to take
hold of when they wanted to cut off the Chinese geneman
head,
squeezed the girls feet and why they let their pig tails grow
and felt dgracd they belonged to the upper classes and
the girls didn't nave squeezed feet the lacked
This Tunsan wash works and lives half suffocated
and sincerely believes that would be crime, mortal Of
1ense Allah whose prophet Mohammed if passing
her face In all probability they wouldn't see very
much in Such feeble superstitiOus morta