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lib" for Defeat Loops Check VALUABLE Player Ballot

a player on a winning team
has an edge in the balloting Last
year Gehrig of the Yankees and Paul
Waner Of the Pirates were elected In
1926. O'Farrell of the pennant-winning
Cardinals won The American League
honor. however, went to a player on a
non winner, George Burns of Cleve-
land. Four of the six winners in the
American have been on champions and
half in the National.
The American League honor roll sys-
tenn was started in 1922, when George
Sisler was named. but 1t was made re-
troactive to include Ty Cobb, Eddie Col
Inns and Iris Speaker. Babe Ruth took
his place with the other distinguished
base ball figures in 1928, and Walter
johnson followed in 1924. when Wash
ington won its first pennant.
Winners to Date.
The National League joined in the
movement in 1924 and Rogers Hornsby
was crowned in 1925 after Vance had
been placed at the top the year before.
The winners in the two leagues:
AMERICAN.
1922, George SisIer. 1B., Browns.
1923. Babe Ruth, Of, Yankees.
1924. Walter Johnson, r, Nationals
1928, Roger Peckinpaugh, S., Ma
tiOnals.
/ 1925. George Burns, 1B., Indians.
1927, Lou Gehrig, 1B., Yankees.
NATIONAL.
1924. Dazzy Vance, p. Dodgers.
1925, Rogers Hornsby, 2B.. Cardinals.
1925, Bob O'Farrell, c., Cardinals.
1927, Paul Waner, OF, Pirates.
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BOYS CLUB COURT LOOPS
HOLD MEETINGS TONIGHT

To .reorganize the various Boys Club
basket ball leagues. a meeting viii be
held tonight at 8 o'clock at the club.
1t is expected that all the loops will
be considerably larger this season than
last. Teams wishing to join any of
the leagues should have representative
at tonight's meeting.
A special meeting will be held. to-
night at 7:30 O'Clock at the home of
Buster Meatyard. 1859 Harvard street,
to reorganize the Speakers basket ball
team, 115-pound class quint. Another
meeting will be held Friday and the
Corinthians will be played Saturday.
The same group plays base ball under
the name OF Iris Speakers.
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Washington Field Hockey Club play
ers are scheduled to meet the Herring
Run Club team of Baltimore on the
Ellipse Field at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning. This will be the first en-
gagement for the locals, as their orig
inal schedule as the opener last Sunday
had been postponed.
On october 20 Washington goes to
Baltimore to play the Independents,
and on October % the CAPABILITIES will
entertain the visiting all-English squad
with a luncheon and a tour of sight
seeing An audience with the Presi-
dent also has been arranged by Mrs.
Virginia Hopkins Russell, president Of
the w. F. H. c., at the special request
Of the visitors. The all-English squad
will play an exhibition match In Balti-
more with a picked squad from the
more-Washington Association.
Girl Scouts interested In joining the
life-saving club being organized at
Scout headquarters are advised that
they should send in their registrations
before Monday, as the lists close at that
time
Membership in the club is open to
any Girl Scout in the District. The
group will meet weekly at the Ada
Thomas Memorial pool in the K street
Y M. C. A., starting Wednesday,
october IT,
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BY the Associated Press.

by bne ASSOClateu FGeSS,
NEW YORK, October 11.-Babe Ruth
and the world champion Yankees are
home again, bringing with them their
unequaled string of records made in
their second successive world series
triumph and the adulation of thousands
of base ball fans, young and old.
After a journey from st. Louis that
was a long series of hero-worshiping
crowds trying to catch a glimpse of the
champions and the champion of chain
pions-the Babe-the athletes arrived
in New York at o'clock last night, to
be met with a demonstration that out
shone all the rest.
A crowd of about 5000 cheering fans
was on hand when the special train
reached the Grand Central Terminal
and the players had to fight their way
through the mob to the Hotel Fillmore,
where Gov. Smith was waiting to add
his greeting. Six sturdy policemen were
required to disentangle Ruth from the
crowd, while such unimportant persons
as Col. Jacob Rupert, owner Of the
team. and Miller Higgins. who guided
the Yankees to victory, were swept aside
in the rush.
Gov. Smith, dressing to start on a
campaign tour. held his collar and tie
in his left hand while he grasped Ruths
hand with his right.
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BY ALAN j. GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

NEW YORK, October 1.-THE boys
were on the last lap of the long jaunt
back from st. Louis with the world
champion Yankees They were still
taking has bail, now passing over the
horizon for the season, when the usually
taciturn Miller Higgins spoke up.
do you know what licked the Car
dinals?" he inquired.
This was enough in itself to produce
an immediate silence. The boys had
their own ideas on the subject, but here
was the silent leader of the champions
ready to give his views.
"Overconfidence from the fact that
they had been made as high as 3-to-1
favorites and the. fact that Alexander
was whipped in = his first start-that's
what beat them" said Hug" He elab-
GRATED:
"They had heard we we're lot Of
cripples, little short of pushovers. They
watched US practice, noticed perhaps
that few of us limped and that Laz-
zert's throwing arm was bad, but. and
this Is important we seemed to be able
to play a little snappy base ball.
we got the Jump at the start, be-
hind Hoyt, and they became even more
convinced that all that had been said
about us in advance wasn't quite true.
This upset them.
Then, to cap the climax, Alex. upon
whom they banked so heavily, didn't
show us thing. He had trimmed us
before, and think the Cardinals count
ed on him more than any other pitcher.
They didn't get over that setback"
We'll, Hug" some one suggested,
your OUTFIT ought to be sitting pretty
well next year after getting through
this tough season."
again the conservative and taciturn,
sidestepping any predictions.
You never can tell what will hap
pen. Maybe we will be all right, and
maybe we won't. A lot can happen.
I'm not going to do any worrying about
that for some time. I've had enough
worries to last me for the Winter"
The little Yankee boss Is known to
be considering some rebuilding never
theless. At least he intends to have
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FRENCH NETMEN CAPTURE
TWO MATCHES, LOSE ONE

KANSAS CITY, october IL CP.--
Middle Western tennis honors enhanced
the championships won in the Pacific
Southwest tennis tournament by the
three visiting French Davis Cup stars
as they sped eastward today to embark
for France.
Headed by Henri Cochet, the French
team annexed two of three singles
matches over Middle Western tennis
stars here yesterday in an officially
sanctioned international team match.
Cochet defeated Wilbur F. Coen, jr.,
member Of the American Davis Cup
squad, 81, 6-3, and Christian Boussus
won from Wray Brown, st. Louis ace,
1--6, 6-6, 6-3.
Pierre Landry failed to make II a
sweep by losing to Harris c6sgeshall
of Des Moines, 6-3, Is, 6s-e.
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Failure of Alex the Great
Whipped Cards, Says Higgins

the second line ready whenever any
of the rgulars slip.
able replacement of one or two OF the
present reserve backstops, Grabowski
and Collins, as we'll as additions to the
pitching corps will be considered
later on.
The Yankees have two young infleld
recruits coming from the Oakland club
of the Pacific Coast League, Lyn Larry
and Jimmy Reese. They have other
talent marked for future delivery.
Anything can happen, as Hug"
points out, but 1t Is quite clear that the
Yankees do not intend to sit back and
enjoy their laurels. When the roll call
is sounded next Spring, Higgins will
demand to be shown before he leads
the boys into another pennant tussle.
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Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
MONTREAL.-Al Foreman, Chicago,
knocked out George Chabot, Mon
treal -.
NEW YORK.-Kid Chocolate. Cuba,
outpointed Eddie ODowd, Columbus,
Ohio (10l
DETROIT.-Lew Kersch, New York.
outpointed Jack Duffy, Toledo C10) !:
Babe Kellar, Cleveland, outpointed Ward
Sparks. Terre Haute, Ind. u0).
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio.--Joe Sekyra,
Dayton. outpointed Emmett Rocco, ELL
wood City, Ohio U0); Jack McTierman,
Pittsburgh, outpointed Walter Dickerson
California, Pa. (6).
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DUKE, OFF FOR BOSTON,
IS TRAVELLING ELEVEN

DURHAM. N. c., october IL CP).-
Fortified with a complete set of hitherto
unrevealed plays, the Duke foot ball
team has left for Boston, where 1t
will meet Boston College tomorrow.
On successive week ends after the
Boston game the Blue Devils will meet
the Navy and Georgetown.
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$4,000 HARNESS HORSE
STEPS TO WORLD RECORD

TOLEDO. Ohio. october IL CP).--
Winnipeg, for which e. ]. Baker Of st.
Charles, ILL.,, paid $4,000 recently. set
a new world record for pacing geldings
at Fort Miami harness races here in
turning the mile against time in 1884.
The former record Of 1:59H, was
held jointly by Winnipeg, Sir Roch and
Frank Bogash.
The quarterly times we're: 30:581a,
1:2812 and 1884.
The last quarter was into stiff head
wind Sep Palm was the driver.
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sTRIBL1NG SIGNS FOR BOUT.

ATLANTA, Ga. october IL P).-
w. L. (Young) Stribling, contender
for the heavyweight boxing champion
ship, has been signed for a bout here
on october 80 with an opponent yet to
be chosen.
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WOMEN In SPORT

pected to form an equally strong team
paired with Elizabeth
Most of the other teams entered are
recruited from the ranks Of newcomers
at the school. according to Hazel Sayre,
physical education director.
Hockey practice has begun with teams
out every afternoon of the week except
Tuesday In preparation for interclass
and interschool games, to be arranged
later In the season. The Madeira squads
use one Of the Ellipse fields.
Riding and swimming complete the
program of Fall activities, the riding
classes being rather informal, as this is
an elective sport Swimming classes are
held Tuesday afternoon at the Y. w. G.
A. pool from to 80 o'clock. No meets
are planned until Spring
Dodge ball schedules In the Rosedale
and Georgetown playground divisions
OF the elementary school league will
open next Monday, 1t was announced
today at playground headquarters.
jackson and Fillmore School squads
will clash In the Georgetown opener,
while teams from Blow and Webb will
meet on the Rosedale Field.
Other divisions will open their cards
also in the near future.
All games are to be called at 3:45
o'clock and will be refereed by play
ground directors
The schedules:
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BY CORINNE FRAZIER.

n n ADEIRA SCHOOL racketers are
M teamed up for the annual
V doubles net championship of
4 the school to be staged on the
Rock Creek Park courts, with
the first round scheduled to get under
way this week end.
Perhaps the strongest team In the
draw is the Elizabeth Meyer-Janet
Shares combination. Miss Meyer, with
her sister Florence, last year won the
event. Florence has graduated and Miss
Shares. who has taken her place, Is ex-
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Team Standing.

Plans for an interclub circuit will be
made tonight at meeting of South
ern A. c. at the clubhouse at o'clock.
Six teams comprised the loop last Win
ter and it is expected that 10 teams will
compete this year Applications for
membership will be closed at this ses-
sion.
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Veterans Bureau pinmen are setting
haviy,e dpon nr brt one game te date
while Post ONCE team rests in sixth
place with the highest total pinfall.
Internal Revenue, with fourth highest
total pinfall, is far down the list,
with four wins In IL starts.
Swain of Bureau of Engraving has
turned in the most consistent and SEN
sational individual exhibitions to date.
His 1881 average Is the best to date
and his 382 set tops the list. Cordell
of Post ONCE holds high gam with
$50, but Swain is second best with 144.
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Cubs team threw a bolt into the
fast travelling Cards five In The Evening
Star League when they took three
straight from the team which had been
with l24 game, LED the assault for
the victors
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TIP FOR FISHERMEN.

HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, october
1.-THE Potomac and Shenandoah
rivers we're clear this morning.
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All arrangements for the opening Of
John Marshall Church League at Con-
vention Hall on Saturday night have
been completed.
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"Ain't No Such Animal"

If you had permitted the Cardinals
a wish, they would have. desired that
Bottomley and Hafey come to bat with
runners on the bases They got their
wish with little valuable result When
Ruth and Gehrig came to bat plenty
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18

There are any number of good
ball players sitting on the bench
who ought to be out playing regu-
larly. You have to be in there
every day to develop. Look what
happened to Lefty O'Doul and Mike
through whole career. When
Gazella of the Yankees. They sat
those young fellows sit on the bench
day after day they get lazy and lose
ambition. And when they are used
in couple of games in row they
get SO stiff they have to be put back
on the bench again.
1.-THE point that l am trying to
make is that those extra bench
warmers are holding jobs that some
bids in the minors are working up
to and as long as available positions
with major league teams are filled up
with sitters they haven't the chance.
with conditions as they are now
young players come up before they
are ready and they are directed to
seat on the bench. They get better
money. They live In good hotels,
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
REVIEWS HIS FRIENDSHIP
WITH LOREN MURCHISON
Paayo Nurmi Arrives in This COun'
try For Another Sensational
Campaign

New York, Dec. IS LP)-A strange
friendship between two athletes who
do MT even know one another's
language and who have little more
in common than exceptional running
ability has been renewed with the
arrival of Paavo Nurmi in this
country.
One Of the first to ferret out the
secretive Finn and probably the only
American to bring anything like a
smile of pleasure to Paavo's fiat and
stoical features was Loren Murchi-
son, the Illinois A. G. Splinter, who
was stricken with cerebral spinal
meningitis year ago and recovered
after being unconsc rs for p days.
Murchison and Nurlni first met on
the field of friendly contest at Paris
in 1924. Their friendship was re-
newed when Nurmi made his famous
tour of American tracks in 1925.
often running on the same bill with
Murchison.
Il remember over in Newark in
1925" said Hugo Quist. Finnish
American friend of both, when
some girl wanted to have her picture
taken with Paavo and he would not
permit it until Loren got into the
picture too
Murchison, who is 80. about Nur-
MRS age. says he hopes to stage
comeback, and if Nurmi stays until
spring these two again may be seen
fhp track tho Eiprie G
Damon providing the distance run
ming fireworks and the American
PythiaS the sprinting sparks.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
LEWIS WALKS OUT OF
RING IN FIRST ROUND
Eighteen Years Of Fistic Activity
Have Failed to Cure Him
of Temperament.

Toronto, Ont, Dec. Is R)-Eigh-
teen years of fistic activity apparent
ly have not sufficed to cure Ted
(Kid) Lewis, former welterweight
champion, of Temperament"
The veteran English boxer walked
out of the ring in the first round of
a 10 round bout with Charley Be-
LANCER, Canadian light heavyweight
champion, here last night when he
became "peeved" at Referee Lou
Marsh.
The men had hardly squared of
when Marsh ordered Lewis to re-
move a rubber mouthpiece. After
some dispute the Briton obeyed.
Then Marsh was forced to warn
Lewis for holding. The veteran of
$50 or more ring encounters paid
little or no attention and when
Marsh broke up several clinches by
main strength, Lewis held up his
hands, hoped through the ropes
and stalked away to his dressing
room. Belanger was awarded the
decision and the boxing commission
announced Lewis end of the purse
would be turned over to charity.
So unexpected was Lewis action
that the fans failed to recover from
the shock in time to give vent to
their protests while the Briton still
was within hearing range.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
SOUTH CHURCH TO PLAY
S0U1HING10N QUINTET
Locals Invade Home OF Leaders Of
Hartford County Y Basket
ball League.

The South Church basketball team
will invade the territory OF the
County 'Y" league leaders tomorrow
night, when it will meet the South
ington Y. NJ. C. A. quintet at the
Southington town hall. The local
five has broken even in its two starts
to date. while Southington has won
10th of the games played SO far and
is considered one of the strongest
aggregations in the league. With
three former Pexto and Kacey play
ers in the lineup. Southington had
visions of an easy sweep OF the
league. but influenza has shattered
its ranks in the past week and it Is
reported that two of its stars. Cush-
ing and Connors, will be unable to
play tomorrow night. The local
team is expected to be at full strength
and plans to give the leaders a bat
tie.
The game is scheduled to start at
5 o'clock. The Pexto Office club is
having a special night, and efforts
will be made to get the game going
on time in order that there may be
as long a period for dancing Vas il
possible The South church team
will meet at the Y. NJ. c. A. at Z
o'clock.
Plainville, the other indicated
team in the league. will be here to-
night to meet the climbing Kensing-
ton Boys club at the Senior High
school,
On Thursday afternoon at s
o'clock the South Church Juniors
will Aleet the Cardinals at the Boys
club.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
ROCKIES SHOULD
Be GIVEN Chance
Rules Are All Right as They
Stand, According to Opinions
BY HENRY l.. FARRELL
NEA Service Shorts Writer

The suggestion of John A. Heyd-
Ter that a pinch hitter be sent up
every time for the pitcher hardly will
he written into an amendment to the
rules soon. The National league ac-
cepted it politely as a suggestion
coming from its dignified and ret
spected president but the American
league laughed it right out of the
meeting.
Baseball men. taking lesson from
the meanderings of the football rule
makers think the game is pretty
good as 1t stands and If the sport
needs improvement it could be best
improved by improving the breed of
the player and not writing down the
rules to fit inferior mechanics.
The old-timers never will stop
talking about the terrific blunder
that was pulled when the rabbit ball
was introduced and in the Heydler
suggestion they see another attempt
to satisfy demand for hitting that
the players can't meet without more
tinkering with the rules or the i'm
plements in use.
Every man in baseball and every
customer who takes the trouble to
think about it knows what is the
matter with baseball-if there really
is anything wrong" Jack McAllister,
former manager of the Cleveland In
dians and a smart baseball man, said
recently. His opinion is that of any
one of dozen or more authorities
who have discussed the same subject
tor number of years.
"Baseball's only serious deficiency
Is not one that can be corrected by
change in the playing rules. The de-
ficiency Is the shortage OF first class
players and 1t might be corrected
by change in the regulations OF
the game. think it could be-" Nc
Allister said.
There is no doubt that the pro-
duction of good young ball players
was entirely stopped during the Pc
riod in which we were at war. But
10 years have passed and the pro-
duction hasn't caught up with the
demand. There is no reason why we
end so many veterans in the major
leagues other than that no young
players have come along to take
their places. And the young players
who do come up don't get the chance
to develop.
Il would think it would he worth
the experiment to change the regu-
lations so that a major league club
could carry only 20 men during the
playing season. There certainly is
nothing crazy in the suggestion. /
believe that a team should be able
to go through an ordinary season
with 20 players just as well as with
25.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18

travel on first-class railroads, see
good shows and work in perfect ball
parks. When the time comes that
they have to 60 back to the minors
they are disconnected and they tell
other young ball players that it is a
bum racket.
If there were only 20 jobs on a
hall club every man would have to
hustle for his job and when a Young
fellow came up and landed a job as
regular he would feel that he was
set for a -gu' Job and that the
minors wc';idn't get him until the
old dogs We're gone"
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

BY the Associated Press.
Chicago Tommy Loughran.
Philadelphia. outpointed Big Boy
Peterson. New Orleans GW. Arman-
do Santiago. Cuba, knocked out Joey
Sanger. Milwaukee ~. Ted Ross
Chicago, stopped Shuttle Callahan,
Chicago, 60. Walter Madey, Chi
cago, knocked out Joe Green, Phila-
delphia (2). Hershie Wilson, Dan
Vile, ILL.,, and Danny belmont, Chi
cago, drew 90.
New York - Kid Chocolate, Cuba.
stopped Emil Paluso Salt Lake City
(S). Jose Gonzales, Cuba, and Mock
Carlino, Albany. N. Y, drew 60.
George Daggett, New York, out
pointde Relampago Saguero, Cuba
90. Jack Dessimos, Canada, out
pointed Charley Nepner. Bridgefield.
N. j.. 60. Jack Smith. New York,
outpointed Jerry Pavelc, South
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18

ampton, 90. Joe Click. New York,
outpointed Petey Mack. Jersey City
l0).
Philadelphia - Stanislaus Loyaza,
Chile. stopped Mickey Blair. Cam
den, N. J.. (s).
Holyoke. Mass. - Les Paluso. Salt
Lake City. stopped frankie Lafaye.
Albany. n. Y, (9).
Terre Haute. Ind. - Johnny Mas
ser, Terre Haute. outpointed Young
Dencio. Chicago. IO.
Wichita, kas. - Red Fitzsimmons
Los Angeles. knocked out Sully
Montgomery. Fort Worth. Tex. go.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
CUBAN BEATS PALUSO
Kid Chocolate Has Overcome liR-
gest Obstacle He Has Met on
Road to Ton.

New York, Dec. 10 Up Kid
Chocolate, Easily little Cuban negro,
who has been cutting a wide swath
through the ranks of the lesser
bantamweights. has overcome the
biggest obstacle he has encountered
thus far on his road to the top, Emil
Paluso of Salt Lake City. The Cuban
handed the tough westerner q ter
rife lacing through the eight rounds
OF bout last night and won on a
technical knockout when the referee
decided Paluso no longer could de-
fend himself and stopped the slaugh-
ter, Paluso showed only one flash OF
good form in the fourth when he
got in close and slowed the Cuban
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
RE GOOD THIS TIME

yam" Yaryan, catcher with the
Birmingham, Ala. club was operat-
ed on for appendicitis recently, the
second time he has had this done in
the past year.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
MAY GET A BETTER JOB

of Oregon star, who played with the
Mission club last summer, is due for
d big league trial soon, according to
Pacific coast experts. He is an IN
fielder.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
1T MUST BE NICE

Dwight Blackwood. who played
several years ago with the Cleveland
Indians. Is highway commissioner in
Arkansas now.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18

Seven brothers of the Kruse fam
lily in To. do. Ohio, have organized
their own basketball team this year.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18
Speaking
of S ports

A rumor to the effect that Bou-
cher. last years star with the New
Britain holler hockey club, would
join the team again this year, has
been denied by Manager Frank Nc
Donodgh.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-18

'Blindfold flying" is now part of
the raining at one French airdrome.