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Evening star., 1933-12-15
BY CY PERTERMAN.

HICAGO, ILL.,, December 15-A
new movement is afoot in Bos-
ton. The public spirited citi-
zens are thinking Of erecting
another monument. Something must
be done to honor Thomas Yawkey
Mr.. Yawkey is the smiling young man
with the million-dollar check book. He
took over the Red Sox when they were
both out at the heel and through at
the toes, and not content with mere
mending, has gone to great expense in
providing a complete and fancy line
of new Sox for Boston's Christmas
Indeed, the row of Red sox that Mr.
Yawkey can now hang out will quite
outdo anything by Santa Claus. To
Boston Mr. Yawkey becomes fair
haired Sanity himself.
I cornered Eddie Collins, dragging
him from hand-shaking confreres, and
demanded to know just what percent
age of the American League he had
under control and how many more hct
shots he expected to land.
Well" beamed Eddie, we're almost
through for the moment. No. not all
through. We still want a catcher. We
hope to get Hinkle of Rochester, one
OF the Card farm products. Then"
he winked-"I think we are SET"
Yes, the Red Sox are set. They are
setting so well that just about all
American Leaguers are willing to con-
cede them 1934's pennant. AL save
one. The Old Fox of Washington,
Clark Griffith, is not so sure. He
thinks Boston is the contention, but
not the winner.
And Boston is contention now So
much so that all the base ball boys
are revising vocabularies for Boston
No more are they the "Lowly Red
Sox" or the "Celler-Dwelling Hose"
The Rampant Red Sox" now, or the
"Yawkey Million-Buck Boys"
EOR Boston is laying it on thick.
II Not only have Yawkey-C Collins
Inc, spent for players. Eddie told
me that it will cost the new combine
$500.000 before they are through re-
modelling Fenway Field.
II you think these new HubSters are
fooling, consider this: The entire lay
out Of their park is changed. Old
wooden stands are torn down and a
new double-decked stadium is rising,
capable of seating $1,000 fans. It pre-
sents all the modern improvements Of
public recreational centers, and by next
Spring will glitter in verdant, inviting
luster that fairly shouts "class."
OF course, a new ball club and a new
program were idle without new stars.
And when Collins -Yawkey said stars,
once more they didn't fool
The sudden eminence of the Red Sox
comes at the expense Of Philadelphia
Now. indeed, may the Philadelphia folk
hear their team once more labeled
"Pathetics"
On that score, only future acquisi-
tions by Connie Mack will decide. The
Athletics, like the Browns, 60 into 1894
with little hope for first division
chances. Unlike the. Yankees, they
Grove and Cochrane and Bishop. So
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Yawkey Dollars Darn Red Sox,
But League Remains Lopsided
AS Ever After Various Swaps

the AS become nondescript with a
champion slugger, some fine young
prospects. but practically no pitching
and catching
The effect of Boston's rise is there
fore without gain for the league. While
the Red Sox assume power, the Ath-
letics lose it, and the lopsided American
League still remains. The Nationals,
Yankees and Red Sox will dominate,
while the West which for years has
been trailing, continues little improved.
Cleveland goes into the 1884 season
the same as last year. Only much
league park surroundings can help
them.
Chicago, still needing pitching, added
Earnshaw, an uncertainty. The White
Sox look no better of.
Detroit may improve under Cochrane.
Goslin will drive in some runs. Mickey
will add spark to colorless, apathetic
crew. But Detroit doesn't figure better
than fourth.
A FOR the Browns, Rogers Hornsby
n told me that he may have to play
third. The Rajah is ousting such
as Levey, Storti, Hebert and others who
have done little to boost their own for
tunes. Gaining little in the deal he
made, he will add certain scrap to
his team, but hardly enough to make
its a threat.
The Yankees must always be re-
spected, although Babe Ruth more than
likely will be there for ornamental pur-
poses only. They have very fine farm
system which develops a batch Of likely
youngsters each Fall, and so Col Rup-
pert has little to fear.
Thus, it looks as if the strength was
merely shifted from Philadelphia to
Boston, which consequently takes over
the contending position.
It's nice for Boston, of course. That's
why they're thinking of monuments for
Yawkey, but crepe for shibe Park.
What base ball needed was series of
league, making the Browns as good q
pennant prospect as Boston, the Ma
tionals no more likely than the Tigers.
Such a field would have drawn the fans
in those towns where championships
have long been forgotten-places like
Detroit and Chicago, where fans still
knock down gates to get in when their
team makes half a showing.
But the stupidity that rules the
major leagues continued. All moves
were controlled by the loud-speaking
dollar; all magnates disregarded the
hopes and wishes of that public which
has grown somewhat aloof. Still they
cannot understand the slump in base
ball. They cannot fathom the apathy
Of the fans.
It's a pity. It's a shame. Because
base ball is good game Too bad all
our major league cities won't have it.
(Copyright. 1898, by North American News
paper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1933-12-15
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December Is
nj The principal major league
Y player trades since the close
Of the 1888 season:
Chuck Klein of the Phillies to the
Cubs for Mark Koenig, Harvey
Hendrick, Ted Kleinhans and cash.
Tony Piet and Adam Comorosky
of the Pirates to the Reds for Red
Lucas, Wally Goettger and cash.
Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg and
Max Bishop of the Athletics to the
Red Sox for Bob Kline, Hal War
stler and cash.
George Earnshaw of the Ath-
letics to the White Sox for Charley
Berry and cash.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Publishes Two Letters,

VXIHHE many communications have
" been received from graduates
concerning next years regime,
the weekly Yale Alumni today published
only two.
DR.. Ellsworth Eliot, jr., of New York
City, a Yale graduate of the class of
"a, pointed out that Yale has had
outside professional coaches in hockey,
with Clarence Wanamaker, a Dart
mouth graduate; in base ball, with Joe
Wood, a former major Lacquer, and in
rowing with Ed Leader. He declares
there seems no reason why the same
policy should not be adopted in foot
ball.
william G. Wood, 81, said that
criticism of Yale coaching should best
come from persons close, to Yale foot
ball. His communication deplored the
turn which discussion of the problem
has taken In newspapers.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
LOOKS TO OLYMPIAD
Hitler Orders Huge Expansion of
Berlin Stadium for Games.

BERLIN, December is R-Chan-
cellor Adolf Hitler has signed orders
for the immediate beginning of work
on a huge extension to the Berlin
Stadium in preparation for the 1886
Olympic games.
In a communique Hitler stated that
it would be the finest stadium in the
world and would seat 5000 spectators.
He also said the best men would be
selected from all parts Of Germany to
uphold the Reich's prestige in sports
and it was necessary therefore to pay
unremitting attention to national
physical training.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
YALE TO CONDUCT
FOOT BALL INQUIRY
Director Farmer Will Select
Alumni Advisory Body to
Study Situation.

n YEW HAVEN, Conn, Decem-
M ber 15.-Omcial announce
/ Y ment that Malcolm Farmer,
director of Yale athletics,
will appoint a committee of
alumni of the university to frame
recommendations for next years
foot ball program, including a
coaching staff, has been made.
Farmer had informally promised sew
eral Yale graduates in New York City
that this would be DONE
The announcement of his plans con-
tanned no intimation as to the member
ship Of the committee, Just when it will
be named, the number of members or
its exact score Its recommendations
may determine next years coaching
staff.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Eleven Big Trades Are Made
By Majors Since Seasons End


Mickey Cochrane of the Athletics
sold to Detroit, Catcher Johnny
Pasek Of the Tigers figuring in the
4 transaction and winding up with
the White Sox in the Earnshaw
deal.
Carl Reynolds of the Browns to
the Red Sox for. Smead Jolley and
Ivy Paul Andrews.
Jonathan Stone Of the Tigers to
Washington for Goose Goslin.
George Grantham Of the Reds to
the Giants for Glenn Spencer.
Spud Davis and Eddie ,Delker OF
the Phillies to the Cardinals for
Jimmy Wilson.
Gordon Slade of the Cardinals
sold to Cincinnati.
Bill Cissen Of the Indians to the
Red Sox for Lloyd Brown.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Record Trades Keep Fans Talking Neu York Fight Ring Blocking Dempsey
On the
Side Lines
With the Sports Editor
BY DENMAN THOMPSON
THO WHAT extent Johnny
Stone, the outfielding
i acquisition from Detroit,

i acquisition from Detroit,
will help the Nationals
in their efforts to repeat as
American League champions in
1884, must remain problemat-
ical until the returns for next
season are in, but it would seem
the five-year advantage in age
possessed by the newcomer is
more than sufficient juStifica-
- ton for giving Goslin to obtain
him.
'Tis said of Stone that he is of
the tractable type which makes for
the harmony SO essential to sue
cess in ball club-a team player
who can be counted on to work for
the common cause as contrasted
with the temperamental and ata-
vistic Goslin, an example OF rugged
individualism on the diamond, if
ever there was one.
This also is important and no
doubt figured prominently in the
calculations of MessrS. Griffith and
Cronin, but it seems to us they had
need to look no farther than the
figures inscribed opposite the names
of the two athletes to reach the
conclusion the swap was advisable.
1t Is extremely doubtful, Stone
will ever be the slugger Goslin was
and he couldn't be better money
player" for they don't exist, but
the was" as it relates to the
Goose seems to be the tip-off that
Is found in the statistics, which dis
close that last season. although he
outbatted Stone by II points, he
trailed the ex-Tiger by a margin of
16 at the all-important business of
batting in runs
NEITHER had a good sea-
IN son this year, Goslin's
.297 and Stones .28O stick
ing percentage being conSid-
erably lyower than their career
marks of 1923 and 1903, respec-
lively, but the discrepancy in
the matter of propelling tallies
plateward must be regarded as
significant.
Stones total of 80 runs batted in
was far from noteworthy, being ex-
celled by Cronin, Kuhel, Manush
and Schultz of the Griffmen in ad-
dition to Is other performers, but
he squeezed into the first 20 in the
circuit in this respect, while Goslin's
81 shunted him down to 33d on the
list
Last year when they batted within
two points of one another, Goslin
having .299 mark as against .297
for Stone, the Goose trailed Johnny
104 to 108 in the runs-responsible-
for column.
These are much better than aver
age figures, but the point is they are
Insignificant compared with the 1873
times Goslin sent mates to the
counting block in 1890, for instance
In other words GoSlin's potency in
attack, as measured by the most ac-
curate of all guides, steadily has de-
clined in the past four campaigns
with total discrepancy of "A runs
batted in shown by his 1880 and
1888 figures.
There can be no doubt about it,
the Goose is skidding-bowing to
the old man with the scythe-
while judged by accepted base ball
standards Stone, at 27. still is sew
eral years short of his athletic prime.
Yep, the trade looks good to us.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
BY JOHN b. FOSTER.

n IEW YORK. December 15.-All
M the big base ball trades now
Y are in. Detroit has its Coch-
rane, Boston its Grove, Wal
berg and Bishop, and the question
naturally arises-how much have they
benefited? The Athletics could not
win a championship with them last
season or in 1882.
Which players are the most valuable?
Grove and Cochrane are head and
shoulders above the others. Grove is
not competent to manage team and
therefore seems less desirable than
Cochrane. OF course he can pitch, but
he probably cannot appear in more
than 40 games in year without stand
ing a chance of incapacitating his arm.
So Eddie Collins, in paying a big
price for him. took risk which is con-
siderably greater than that taken by
Frank Navin Of Detroit, who purchased
COchrane
Evening star., 1933-12-15
D. c. BOYS GET AWARDS
Reeve and Whiting Among 10
Given Randolph-M Macon Letters.

FRONT ROYAL, Va, December 15.-
Nineteen members of the 1888 Ran
dolph-Macon foot ball squad, includ-
ing two Washington. D. c., boys, were
awarded letters. The team won five
games and lost three, defeating the
Bridgewater freshmen, Handley High
of Winchester, Front Royal High,
Strasburg High and Shenandoah VAL
ley Military Academy and losing to
Virginia Episcopal School, Fishburne
Military Academy and Swavely.
Reeve and Whiting were the WASH
ington boys to receive the insignia, the
others being Ault, Ballard, Banks,
Brown, Cook, Reese, Cassell, Franklin,
Gibb, McFall, Payne, Ewing, Guy,
Hauser, Pyre, Snyder and Turnage
Evening star., 1933-12-15
KIPKE WILL REMAIN

ANN ARBOR. Mich, December Is
R.-Harry Kipke, foot ball coach of
the University of Michigan, definitely
disposed of rumors that he might seek
a coaching berth elsewhere, when he
announced that he would direct the
Wolverine eleven again next year.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
JOINS ALL-STAR SQUAD.

EVANSTON. Ill. December Is R.-
Bradbury Robinson, end on the 1882
Minnesota foot bal lteam, is the latest
Midwest player to join Coach Dick
Hanley's section of the East squad
which meets Western stars at Frisco
New York day in the Shriners' benefit
game for crippled children.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
PONZPS SLATE CLEAR
IN CUE TOURNAMENT
Taberski in Match Today Will Try
to Hand Meet Leader
First Beating.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OHICAGO, December 15.-Frank Ia
berski, veteran Schenectady, N. Y,
cue wielder, will attempt to stop
Andrew Ponzi's drive for the world
pocket billiards title tonight, something
six other entrants in the tournament
failed to do.
Pond, playing at his best last night,
won his sixth straight victory and his
victim was Ralph Greenleaf of New
York, the defending champion. The
stubby Philadelphia italian took the
lead in the fifth inning and went on
to 125-to-30 victory in 10 innings.
Tabersh yesterday lost his third de-
cision. bowling to Pasquale Natalie Of
Chicago, 125 to 81, in q innings.
George Kelly, Philadelphia. and Ben
ME Allen of Kansas City were sched-
uled to open the program today, with
Greenleaf and James Caras of Will
mington, Del, the 1892 runner-up,
meeting in the second matinee match.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
GIFFEN NAMED AT NAVY
Will Succeed . Capt. Wilcox as
Physical Director.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, December 15.-It
became known here yesterday that Capt
Robert c. Giffen, now command
ing the oil tanker Neches, would sue
ceed Capt. John w. Wilcox, jr., as head
of the department of physical training
at the Naval Academy. The change
will be made early in the Summer.
About the same time Lieut. Comdr
John W. Brown, All-America foot ball
guard as a midshipman, will succeed
Lieut.. Comdr Harvey E. Overesch as
graduate manager of athletics. Lieut..
Comdr. Brown now is executive officer
Of the department.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
GRID STARS SEEK GAME
Richmond Eleven Looking Here
for Post-Season Rival.

Richmond (Va) All-Stars, comprising
players from the Arrows, Howitzers and
former college performers, are after q
post-season foot ball game with a
Washington eleven between now and
New Year day or on that day.
Communicate with w. F. Westmore-
land, Central Y. M. G. A., Richmond.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Clubs Making Outright Gamble
In Grabbing Talent From Mack

of some good to the Chicago club and
will be able to win for them IS games,
plus. If not, then the investment is so
much cash thrown away, like in other
Chicago deals in base ball.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Camera Eager for Fight.
Dempsey's Plans Wrecked.

VXTITH Loughran on the verge OF
" signing with the Garden,
Dempsey's Winter plans. involv-
ing two bouts, have been completely
wrecked. Jack was to have been asso-
ciated in the promotion of a Loughran-
Schmeling match either here or in At
lantic City January 81 and planned to
match the winner with Baer in San
Francisco February %.
But Joe Smith, Loughran's manager,
has turned down the Schmeling bout in
favor of a whack at the title, leaving
Dempsey with two heavyweights, but
no match. Since Baer already has
whipped Schmeling, there'd be no par
ticular point to matching them again.
Should Camera beat Loughran,
Dempsey and the Garden might get to-
gether and pool their resources for a
Baer-Carnera bout in the Summer
Evening star., 1933-12-15
GRIP SQUAD TO MEET.

A meeting of the Northeast Boys
Club foot ball squad will be held Satur-
day night at $3.50 o'clock In the club
house. All members are requested to
be present.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Proves Gabfest Only.

"HE closest the National League
came to doing anything was
two-hour huddle participated in
by the Chicago Cubs, ST. Louis Cardi-
mails and Boston Braves just before the
rally broke up last night. The Cubs
offered Pat Malone in a proposed deal
with the Cards, but the latter declined
to part with any first-string material.
Boston wanted Kiki Cuyler. but the
Cubs didn't even give the idea serious
thought
Cincinnati's representatives got away
from the meeting without announcing
the identity of next years manager
Bob OEarrell, veteran catcher of the
Cardinals, had pulled into the lead as
the favored candidate.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Cochrane Has Sore Arm.

~OCHRANE, while managing the
Tigers, can catch part of the time
~ if his arm is thoroughly healed up.
He has had a sore arm and there is
no use to deny it, because it has han
dicapped him behind the bat.
Once one of the good hitters OF the
American League, he is not hitting as
hard now as he did three years ago.
It must be remembered that Coch-
rane hes been catching for Mack
great many years as base ball goes,
and that fact is bound to tell as the
seasons progress. He was chosen by
Detroit as much for his mental ability
as for physical skill.
The sale of Earnshaw to Chicago was
a fifty-fifty problem any way you stop
to figure it. Earnshaw would not play
good ball for the Athletics last season.
He would not behave himself and
finally Connie Mack had to send him
home and suspend him for the re-
n,ainder Of the season.
II he has straightened up he will be
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Nav Pitch 20 Victories.

~ROVE should be able to win about
II 20 games for Boston. That is
the maximum amount that can be
estimated, considering that he has to
Join a comparatively new team and
will have only Bishop of his former
team to support him
Bishop Is not second Eddie Collins,
vet he can run back and run over
towards second base. in the ordinary
course of a game, covering with sure
ness all the territory that needs to be
looked after with a left-hander in the
box. Obtaining Bishop to play second
was a shrewd move on the part Of
Collins, for it will result in clever sup
port of Grove and will add much to the
efficiency of the Boston inf1eld.
Walberg appears as If he might have
been thrown IN. His days of usefulness
to a ball club are about finished. He
may win on an average about SO per
cent of his games. He cannot pitch
winner in a world series, for that fact
has been demonstrated. 1t is little
bit too early, however, to speak OF Bos-
ton in connection with the world series.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
GRID OFFICIALS FEAST
District Group Holds Annual Get
sTogether Tonight.

The annual supper and smoker of the
Washington District foot ball officials
will be held tonight at the Hamilton
Hotel, starting at $50 o'clock.
Dutch Eberts, president, is in charge
of ARRANGEMENTS
Evening star., 1933-12-15
L0UGHRAN LIKELY
T0FACE CARNERA
Garden Wrecks Jacks Plan
for Title Bout BuiId.up
for Max Baer.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n 1EW YORK, December 15.-
M Jack Dempsey's efforts to
L y break the monopoly Madi-
son Square Garden long
has held on the heavyweights had
met with decided setback today
as Tommy Loughran continued
negotiations looking to a title
match with Primo Camera at
Miami, February %.
Dempsey still has one leading con-
tender under his wing, Max Baer, and
seems to have the inside track with
another, Max Schmeling, but Lough-
rams return to the Garden fold has lust
about ruined the old champions plans,
Although no contracts have been
signed, the Loughran-Carnera bout was
considered definitely in Camera.
here for flying 48-hour visit, was too
buslly engaged at a bankruptcy hear
ing yesterday to get around to the Gar
den and talk terms, but expected to
make 1t today before returning to Italy
on the same boat that brought him
here yesterday morning.
Carnera Eager for Fight.
CARNERA, interviewed on his ar
rival, made it clear that he was
ready to fight Loughran anywhere.
any time, SO the Garden should nave
no trouble from that quarter, especially
since the champion already is under
contract for title defense under Gar
den promotion.
Loughran wants the fight, too. but
has been holding out for little bigger
cut than the 12la per cent usually
awarded the challenger. The veteran
Philadelphian, however, is not likely to
let few dollars stand in his way. He's
convinced he can whip Camera and
win the heavyweight title. He's never
had much trouble with the oyersized
heavyweights like Victorio Campolo and
Ray Impellitiere
Evening star., 1933-12-15
Shibe to Recruit Team

TOHN B. SHIBE, vice president of
the Philadelphia Athletics, was vot-
u ed permission to recruit an all-star
team from the American League to
make world tour after the 1884 cam
paign. The National League was in
vited to participate, but declined.
A piece of legislation also was passed
Tor the protection of players sold by
major league clubs to minor organiza-
tlons. Under an amendment to the by
laws. major league club must guaran-
tee players salary if he is sent to
minor league team which later disbands.
The trading was an exclusive Ameri-
can League proposition, the older cir
cult falling to come up with a deal.
The bulk of the unusual amount of
business was accomplished by the Bos-
ton Red Sox, who obtained the Ath-
letics' two star lefthanders, Bob Grove
and Rube Walberg, and Infielder Max
Bishop. They also obtained Carl Rey-
nolds from ST. Louis, and promise to
cut quite a figure in next years title
race.
Evening star., 1933-12-15
MAJORS WILL USE
UNIFORM SPHERE
Table Radio Problem for
Year-0kay World Tour
. of AN-Star Team. ~
BY WILLIAM WEEKES,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

)HICAGO, December 15.-
Base ball affairs today
~ were the property of the
hot stove leaguers for
long Winter of discussion as to
who had the better of it in a
record three days of trading.
The annual major league meet
ingS closed last night, with a de-
cision by the magnates to adopt
a uniform ball for both big cir
cults and as many minor organi-
cations as can be brought into
line. The question of radio broad
casting failed to come up for Off
cial consideration and the clubs
will go on for another year,
handling the problem as they see
fit.
discussion Of Sunday doublehead-
ers ended in compromise 1t was de-
cided to ban the synthetic holiday pro-
grams until after June Is. Part of the
owners wanted the question to remain
strictly one for the clubs to decide,
while others favored prohibiting them
until after July 4.