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Miss Gott an Easy Victim
In Women 's Net Tourney
Mrs. Humphries Also Proves No Match for Nor?
wegian Star, Who Will Meet Mrs. Waring
in Semi-Final Match This Morning
%? By Fred Hawthorne
Mrs. Samuel E, Waring, Mrs. Franklin I. Mallory, Mrs. De Forest
Ctndee and Miss Eleancr Goss will meet to-day, in the above order, in
the semi-final round of the singles in the women's annual invitation lawn
tennis tournament at the Heights Casino, Montague Street, Brooklyn.
Mrs. Waring will start against great Norse girl at 11 :30 o'clock this
morning, and Mrs. Candee and Miss Goss will begin their match at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
The doubles will also be brought?
down to the final round this afternoon, i
and Harry McNeal, the Casino pro?
fessional in charge of the tourney, has I
scheduled the sir.gles final for - o'clock
to-morrow afternoon and the doubles
to follow. On Saturday there will be a
special team match between the men
players of the Casino and the team of
the Longwood Cricket Club. It is pos?
sible that Mrs. George W. Wightman,
national champion, and Miss Marion
Zinderstein, national doubles champion,
may accompany the Longwood team and
compete in a special mixed doubles
match.
There were not any reversals of form '
yesterday, as had been the case on ths
preceding days of the tourney, unless
we should regard the quick defeat of
Miss Jessie Gott by Mrs. Waring as an
upset- Tbe latter triumphed in unex?
pectedly easy fashion, at 6 1, 6?0,
and the identical scores were made by
Mrs. Maliory against Mrs. Albert
Humphries, and by Mrs. Candee against
Miss Lilian Scharman, the promising
Brooklyn schoolgirl. Miss Goss de?
feated Miss Edith Sigourney, of Bos?
ton, by a score of 6 ? 2, 6 2. playing
with irresistible speed all the way.
Mrs. Waring is a player who has
come along gradually and "sanely," if
I may use the word in this connection.
That is, there has been nothing i^en
sational about her rise from the ranks.
Hers has been a logical development,
the result of unremitting study and
practice. She was always too steady
for Miss Gott yesterday, placing her
drives with fine precision down the
side lines and following in to the net
to volley when the openings had been
made by forcing shots.
Miss Gott, who had created a sensa?
tion on Monday through her successive I
defeats of Mrs. Ingo Hartmann and
Miss Phyllis Walsh, was too nervous to |
do herself justice against Mrs. Waring.
and showed no such control of her
strokes as on her previous appearances.
This is not to be wondered at, under
the circumstances, bt?t she will do much
better the coming summer.
In the match between Mrs. Candee
and Miss Scharman it was another case
of tournament experience and all-j
around strength proving too much for'
ambitious and reckless youth. Miss !
Scharman is almost totally lacking in ,
a knowledge of correct court tactics,!
but she has a natural, free swing of i
the racquet and a daring that will i
carry her far if she sticks to the game. >
Her grip of the racquet is wrong, as ?
she grasps it at the. extreme end, yet,!
oven so, she gets an enomous amount
of "pace" in her forehand drives, and '
with the correction of a few faults will j
develop rapidly.
It was the young girl's misfortune to
meet Mrs, Candee when the former
Casino champion was going her best.
Not only did the latter drive with
splendid depth and speed, but she w;;s
also in a deadly mood overhead and ;
scored on spectacular "kills" of short
lobs.
Mrs. Maliory continued her unin- >
terrupted march of victrry yesterday, !
sweeping Mrs. Albert Humphries from |
her path with the same ease that dis- j
tingulshed her work all through the !
tourney. ? One game was the best that
Mrs. Humphries could do, and this
cama in the first set. Thereafter the
Norse "whirlwind" swept the court in
imperious manner, and her opponent
went down swiftly before the tremen?
dous driving attack.
Miss Goss brought to bear a splen?
didly diversified game in taking the
measure of Miss Sigourney, alternat?
ing between powerful driving off fore
and back hand and brilliant low vol?
leying from Inside the service court
lines. She Bhowpd no hesitation in I
?losing in at the net at every oppor?
tunity, something she was either un
able to do or fearful of doing against
Mra. Mallorv last week.
Two matches were played in the dou?
bles, Miss Caroms Winn and Misa
Walsh defeating Mi8s Scharman and
Mrs. E. C. Sohst in the first round by
a score of 4?6, 9?7, 6?1. In the
Second round Mrs. Waring and Mrs.
Hartmann defeated Miss Adele Cragin
and Mrs. Percy Wilbourn at 6-2, f> 2
and thereby advanced into the semi?
final brackets.
The summary;
Women'? championship singles (third
round)?Mrs. Hamusl E. Warln? defeated
Miss Jessie Gott. 8?1, 8?0; Mrs. Franklin
J. Maliory defeated Mrs. Albert Humphries,
6?1, 6?0; Mr? I>e Forest Candee defeated
Miss Lilian ?Scharman. C, l. 6?0; Misa
?leanor Ooss defeated Misa Edith Slgour
??y, 6?2. 6?2.
Women's championship doubles (first
tound)?Miss Caro ma Wlnn ami Miss Phyl
is Walsh defeated Miss Scharman and
Jrs. E. C. Sohst, 4 ?fi, 9?7. 6?1.
Second round- Mrs. Wailng and Mrs.
trigo Hartmann defeated Miss Adele Cru
Kln and rMs. l'erc.y Wilbourn, 6--'?, 6?2;
Mrs. Humphries and Miss Kessle Holden
won fiom Miss .Sigourney and partner, by
?tetault.
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Mrs. Stetson in Golf
Final With Mrs. Fox
BELLEAIR HEIGHTS. Fla.. Feb. 4.??
Mrs. G. Henry Stetson, and Mrs. Caleb
F. Fox, of Philadelphia, will meet in
the final of the women's annual Feb?
ruary golf tournament to-morrow. Both
\von their matches to-day with stroked
frj spare.
It was rather a surprise for the gal?
lery when Mrs. Stetson beat Mrs. G. K.
Morrow, of the Engineers' Club, by the
wide margin of 7 and 6. Mrs. Stetson,
however, was playing one of her very
best games and was well below 90. Mrs,
Fox defeated Mrs. C. G. Alexander, of
Chicago, by 5 and 4. She was around
in 87 again.
In the second sixteen Mrs. H. F.
Tledmann, of New York, will meet Miss
Merion Schcrer, of Detroit. Mrs. Tled?
mann to-day defeated Mrs. Sewall Ford,
of New York, by 4 and 3. Miss Scherer
won from Miss Evelyn Alvord, of New
York, by 2 and 1.
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Yacht Club Elects
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 4.?The an?
nual meeting of the Stamford Yacht
Club was held at the Suburban Club
te-nlght. The meeting was preceded
by a dinner. The following officers
were elected: Irving E. Raymond,
commodore; Ernest G. Draper, vice
commodore; Edward E. Scoville, rear
commodore. A board of directors to
serve until the annual meeting in 1923
waa elected as follows: Walter C. Al?
len, William H. Martin. Edward L.
Hatch and Edward Y. Weber.
"Flu** Stops Stevens Athletics
AH athletic activities at Stevens In?
stitute have been suspended until Feb?
ruary 11 on account of the influenza
epidemic. A basketball game with
Princeton 1? one of the events can?
celed.
Trinity Football
Team Gets Place
On Columbia Card
Football relations between Columbia
and Trinity, which were broken off in
1916 because of a dispute over the
amateur status of George Brinckley,
Trinity h.%?fback and brother of the
famous Charlie Brickley, will be re?
sumed next fall, when the Hartford
eleven plays at South Field on October
2. This game will fill the only vacant
place on the Columbia schedule and
will be the opening contest of the 1920
season.
Columbia has had no athletic rela?
tions with Trinity since the Brickley
rase. In the middle of the 1916 season
charges of professionalism were brought
against George Brickley, who had then
played several games in the Trinity
bcckfield. New York University and
Columbia investigated the charges,
which finally received an airing before
the A. A. U. This body recommended
to the local colleges that the amateur
standing of their own players would
be endangered if Brickley played
against them. The games were then
canceled.
The Trinity game on October 2 will
be the earliest start for a Columbia
football team since the restoration of
the game in 1915. The season will also
end earlier, on November 20, instead of
Thanksgiving Day. Of the eight games
scheduled only one will be p.ayed away
from home, the Cornell game at Ithaca
on November 13. The Penn game will
take place at the. Polo Grounds this
year, and next season at Franklin Field.
In 1921 Cornell will be the attraction
at the Polo 'Grounds.
A similar reciprocal arrangement, for
freshman football was also approved
by the Columbia Athletic Committee at
a meeting yesterday. On November 13.
when the Columbia and Cornell varsity
elevens are meeting at Ithaca, the two
freshman teams will clash at New York,
the arrangement to be reversed n< xt
year. The Columbia freshmen will a so
play the Dartmouth first-year team
at Hanover in 1920, and at South Field
in 1921.
"Buck" O'Neill, the new Columbia
pridiron coach, will have his first of?
ficial conference with the football com?
mittee next week, at which time he
will probabiy select his first assistant
and possibiy the other members of the
coaching staff.
The complete varsity schedule fol?
lows:
Oeto!>er 2. Trinity; ft. New Tork TrnlTOrslty; 16
'Ainliprst: 23. Wesloyan; 30, Williams.
.V'vrmbor (j. Swarthmore; 13. Cornell, at Ithaca
20, Pennsylvania, at the I'olo Grounds.
Danforth Annexes
Qualifying Medal
In Pinehurst Goli
Special Corrc9jx>ndenc?
PINEHURST, N. C, Feb. 4 F. S
Danforth, Northfork, led the field b;
a marpin of eight strokes at the em
of the thirty-six-hole qualifying roum
in the St. Valentine golf tournamen
hero to-day. His round of 84 this af
ternoon over the No. 3 course gave hir
a total of 163.
The best scores made to-day over th
No. 2 course were: J. D. Chapmar
Greenwich, 83; L. G. Spindler, Fo
Hills, 85; C. L. Becker, Philadelphli
85. The best over No. 8?J\ S. Dan
? forth. 84; G. W. Statzell, Aronlminl
80;^ C. K. Teter, Quaker Heights, 88.
Six divisions of sixteen each quail
fied for match play. A card of 185 fo
the thirty-.six holes was the highest t
get into the first division.
Summary of tho first sixteen fo
thirty-six holes:
F. S. Danforth, North Fork, 163; J. I
Charman, Cr.^enwich, 171 ; L. G. Spindle
Fox Hills, 173; C. F. Watson jr., Nations
176; H G. Phillips,' Moon- County, 179; <
L. Becker, Philadelphia, 180; C. B. Fowne
Oakmont. 180; I,. A. Hamilton, Garden Clt
180; Allan I.add. Chevy Chase. 180; F. 1
Gatea, Moore County, 181 ; C. K. Tele
Quaker Heights, 182; G. H. Howard, Hal
fax, N. S. 183: J. D. Arm-tronp, Buffal
181; A. R. Ashforth. Garden City. 18i
Samuel Allison. St. Albans, 185; J. 1
Buchjyian, Weeburn, 185.
Tennis Rules Committee
Asks for Trial of Chances
Proposal Will Be Taken
Up at Annual Meeting
of Body To-morrow
If the recommendation of the com?
mittee on the revision of rules is
adopted to-morrow afternoon, at the
annual meeting of the United States
National Lawn Tennis Association, nt
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the players
of the United States will be able to
determine for themselves as to tho
value of the changes in the scoring of
handicap matches, as proposed by tho
rules committee.
In a statement Issued last night thy
committee declared that It would
recommend to the executive committee
of the national association that the
preposed scoring and handicapping
systems be made operative in handi?
cap tournaments during 1920 and give
them a trial for a year.
There is bound to be a furore among
the delegates to the national meeting
to morrow when they start to discuss
the proposed changes. From outward
appearances, the general trend of opin?
ion among players and close followers
of the game seems to be against the
new system. Not only is this true of
the tennis p'.a; ers in this country, but
also in England and Europe, as was
shown yestcrda\ in a letter received
by the associ?tior^^f im H. Anthony
Sabelli, secretary Jff he English Lawn
Tennis Associate n, to which copies
of the proposed changes had been sent.
According to Mr. Sabelli, his associa
Mc And less Sets
New World Record,
Winning Cue Title
TOTAL STANDING OF THK PI.AYF.lts
Name. W. I. il.lt. II. Av.
David McAndless jr... 5 0 14S 27 3-11
Francis S. Appleby. 1 1 114 12 12-24
13. W. Gar ner.3 2 R] 1110-20
r If. Clarltson.2 3 77 15
I'M Ear T. Appleby..... l 4 ,.;? li 3-27
L' T. Trump.? 5 47 8 11-27
David Mc\ndloss jr. of Chi:::>go, na?
tional amateur IS 2 balkline billiard
champion, won the Eastern amateur
championship title 'ast night at the
Amateur Billiard C ub of New York, and
incidentally .et a new woild s high-run
record for amateurs by clicking oiT a
total of 148 points in an unfinished run.
The new Eastern champion performed
in ibis ser sa' ion-i manner in the final
?ame of the tournament, with Francis
. App'.eby. the Colun bia student, as
his opponent. He ?an out his string of
300 points in twelve innings, for an
average of 25, while Appieby could
gather a total of only 12(5 for an aver?
age of 11 5-11 and high runs of o2, 23
and 20.
In the ooinion of competent critics
the work of McAndless in compiling his
record run was equal to that of the
greatest professionals. Only twice was
he compelled* to drive the balls the
length of the table, all tho other points
being earned by marvellous close bill?
iards and half a dozen dazzling mass?
shots, all at the upper end of the table.
He had the balls in excellent position
after his last shot.
The score bv innings:
David McAndless jr.?0, 23, 34, 0, Z; 2, 23,
34, 2, 7, 21. 148?300.
Francia S. Appleby?0. 6, 32. 16. 2, 20. 0,
23. 2, 5. 20?126.
Oxford and Cambridge
Invite U. S. Athletes
LONDON, Feb. 4.-The Oxford and
Cambridge university athletic clubs an
holding meetings in connection with
the invitation extended to them by tht
University of Pennsylvania to entei
teams in the events at Philadelphia
May 1. It Is believed that they wil
send a team for the mile relay cham
pionship, and also a team fur the four
mile relay championship. Details, how
ever, have :> t yet been settled.
The combined clubs have invited thi
University of Pennsylvania to send i
team to England, and also Harvan
and Yale to send a joint team in Jul;
for a ten-event sports meet, similar t<
the meet of 1911. In view of the fac
that the Olympic games will be held a
Antwerp in August, Harvard and Yal
men may find it convenient to do par
of their training in England.
j tion does not believe any such changes
should be made until the United States
| association has denitely decided
! whether or not it will join the Inter
? national Federation. If this country
: should become a member of that body,
it. would have an equal voice in any
j changes made, and as all the other
tennis playing countries have practi
I cally decided to entrust the making of
! the laws of the game to this federa
| tion, it is recommended that the United
j States postpone action until further
I notice.
j Mr. Sabelli also pointed out, in detail.
! the objection of the English body t>>
I the changes proposed, advancing about
i the same objections as have been
i r.iHpd on this s:de of the Atlantic
With reference to the foregoing, S.
I Wallis Merrihew, chairman of the
! rules committee, said:
"The emphasis placed upon uniform
rules for international play by Mr.
I Sabelli is approved here, for we feel
j much t;he same. It is my understand
; ing, however, that membership in the
International Federation is a remote
possibility, so far as the United States
is concerned, and therefore it seems
a waste of time to delay action on that
account. Ilia objection to the foot
fault is well taken and has already
been corrected in a revised draft of
that mle to be submitted by the com?
mittee.
"The desirability of the new scoring
and handicapping systems, of course
depends largely on personal opinion as
to what is best for the game. The
rules committee has declared for thes?
changes and it is for the players ol
the country to say whether or not thej
i shall b? made."
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With Many Apologies
(In line with Coi'bett, Jeffries, Johnson, Willard, Dempsey, Gotcha
Stecher, Caddock, etc.)
Out where the punch is a little rougher
Out where the jawbone's a trifle tougher,
"That's where the West begins";
Out where the wallop has more precision,
Leading the way into fields Elysian
(I mean in the heavyweight division),
"That's where the West begins."
Out where Got eh was the lion-hearted,
Out where the famous toe-hold started,
"Thai's where tlie West begins";
Out where Stecher and Caddock nailed 'em,
Out where the Scissors Hold impaled 'em,
Out where the Nelson never failed 'ein,
"That's where the West begins."
More of It
"Some time ago," comments an observer, "you lined up an all-star
baseball team. Did it ever occur to you that on that team Killifer, Schalk,
Johnson, Alexander, Cicotte, Sisler, Peckinpaugh, Hornsby and Speaker
came from the West, while, only Collins, Groh, Cobb and Ruth came* from
tho East? This leaves the margin 9 to 4 for the West, even in a baseball
way. I am referring to the locations of their birthplaces, not the cities
they now represent."
Maybe the East has been too busy making money with which to pur?
chase Western talent to develop very much of its own.
The New Twist
If Walter Hagen and Mike Brady, the two golf proa, who fought out
the last open championship, had come along ten years earlier they would
both have entered baseball in place of the profession they finally picked.
Hagen was a first class ballplayer, and one of the freak turns about
his game was that he could throw equally well with the right or left arm.
He could also wallop the ball.
Hagen was undecided for some time as to which game he would
pick, but finally veered over to golf.
Brady as a kid was a coming young pitcher. He had a one-hit and *
two-hit game to his credit in fairly fast company, but when the showdown
blew in his choice also went to golf, as the game was then beginning to
boom. Both last season cleaned up over $10,000, so in a financial way
their choice was no blow at the bank roll.
As to Pay in Sport
If Dempsey draws $300,000 for his next fight he will make more in
thirty minutes than Cobb and Wagner together ever made in over 2,000
ball games. Dempsey will collect more for thirty minutes than Wagner
collected for twenty years.
He will collect more for four or five wallops than Wagner took in
for over 2,000. What of it? Not a thing.
For that matter, Earl Caddock drew down twenty times more money
for wrestling two hours with Joe Stecher than he received for a year in
France. The proof of the pudding is not always in the gate receipts.
Which no promoter will ever believe.
"Ball clubs start South in two weeks." The Athletics started South
six years ago. When last seen they were trying to pass the South Pole
without heading North.
According to the Hon. H. B. Martin, < $ of the best ways to catch
fish when you are out of tack'.e is to driv?- ?? -?ol? ball with a little hook on
it across the water. The next case will be: tailed on Thursday.
Considering the fact that he has been out of mat competition for over
two years, Earl Caddock's showing with Stecher was extraordinarily
good. With another grapple or two filed away under his belt there may j
be another tale to unfold.
Ban Johnson's favorite line from poetry?"Lo, it is not always Mays." i
The stymie in golf was not so bad when there was a nineteenth hole,
at hand where one could soon forget. But the stymie and prohibition
together are not to be endured by mere human flesh. There is a border
line to every known limit
Every now and then a day of serenity and bliss arrives. And it is at
the end of this day that one suddenly realises no new spot has been
selected or mentioned for the Dempsey-Carpentier fight.
"Carpentier only wants to fight fifteen rounds." Which is twelve
rounds more than Willard wanted to fight, at that?
America Is Filially
Granted Ten Votes
In Boxing Congress
The Army, Navy and Civilian Board
of Boxing Control has scored a diplo?
matic victory in the matter of Ameri?
can representation at the International
Boxing Congress which is to hold its
first meeting in Paris to-day. It -was
originally proposed to give the Ameri?
cans only one voto at the conference,
putting them on a par with nations
where boxing practically is non-exist?
ent.
It is now almost certain that the
United States will be allowed ten
i votes at the conference. Lord Lons
dale, president of the British Board of
Boxing Control, yesterday cabled the
following to Major A. J. Drexel Biddle,
chairman of the American board:
"Your cablegram received. British
Board of Boxing Control coincides
with your views, but understand that
French board now proposes ten votes
each for America, France and Eng?
land and one or two for other coun
| tries, according to their relative im
! portance. If America cannot be per
| sonally' represented our delegates
I will do everything possible to safe?
guard America's interests as well a3
their own."
Speaking for the American board,
Major Biddle sent word to the confer?
ence some time ago that the United
States, having five world's champions,
certainly deserved a larger represen?
tation than Norway, Holland and other
countries where there was little or no
boxing. He declared that the Ameri?
can boxing fans would not recognize
the international body unless the rep
rcsentation was more quietable. Lord
Lonsda.'fe's reply indicates that the
United States scored a victory in the
matter of the League of Boxers where
it could not score one in the league of
I nations.
"The proposed alteration is a conces?
sion to the protests of this board,"
said Major Biddle last night. "It is
satisfactory in so far as England and
America are concerned, but if other
nations are to be given a voting power
in accordance with their importance,
then France is not entitled to the num.
I ber of votes given to England or Amer?
ica.
-The friendly offer of the British
Board of Boxing Control is a good j
augury for the adoption of the rules
which have been framed by Dr. Ray- !
croft's committee and a harmonious I
working agreement in connection with
boxing matters generally in these two j
countries. The sincerity of Great Brit
ain in this matter is unquestioned, as '
the British Board of Boxing Control :
favors an Anglo-American alliance in
the event of the French association per
sisting in acting in a dictatorial spirit I
entirely unwarranted by the relative i
.mportance of boxing in France as com?
pared to other countries."
Huey, Chicago Cueist,
Wins 3-Cusliion Crown
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.?W. B. Huey, of
Chicago, to-night won the national
amateur three-cushion billiard cham?
pionship by defeating W. O. Campbell,
Chicago, 50 to 35 in 55 innings, in the j
final match of the tournament. Huey's j
nigh run was 6; Campbell's S. Huey. !
who was a former champion, lost his j
1 pening match and then won six I
straight.
Campbell ranked second in the stand?
ing, with five victories and two losses.
*d throe other contestants?L. J. !
^ngels. Boston; W. B. Flyin. New V ' |
"t?te chnmnion. and Arthur New lk*4,
Brooklyn, this year's titleholder?<
won four games and lost three. Enge s
was given third place on the total
points scored.
Boston was tentatively selected for
next year's t<nirrtament. ,
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N. Y. A. C. W*!e- Polo Victor?
The New York AtMeti'c Clnb easily
defeated the Co'umbia Alumni team in
a water polo match in the clubmen's
natatorium last right. The score was
30 to 0. Joe Ruddy and Herbert Voll?
mer each made two goals, and Zimlach
and Curran each contributed one.
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Vaughn and Paskert Sign
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.?James Vaughn,
big southpaw pitcher of the Chicago
Nationals, to-day signed s contract for
1920. "Bode" Paskert, outfielder, also
signed his contract, according to an
announcement by William Veeck, pr?si?
dant of taa ?iub.
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McGraw May
Not Be Present
At Pow-Wow
If Any Trades Are Made
at Chicago Stoneham
Will Swing Them
By W. J. Macbeth
Secretary Joseph D- O'Brien. ofJ>;
Giants received a cable yesterday at
ternoon from Charles A. Stoneham.
who is in Cuba, stating that the presi?
dent of the Giants would leave to-day
i for Chicago to represent the New YorK
club at the big baseball conference
' next week. Mr. Stoneham made no
' reference to Vice-President-Manager
John J. McGraw in the missive. Mr.
O'Brien is therefore dubious ns to
? whether the Little Napoleon will be in
j the Windy City. He rather inclines to
I the belief that Mac will not and that
the interests of the Giants will be
chaperoned by Messrs. Stoneham and
McQuade. ,
Doubtless keen disappointment will
be experienced in the army of Giant
rooters if McGraw remains in Cuba
during the big basehall powwow. Be?
cause of his racing interests and the
late unpleasant experiences of Man?
ager Curly Brown the pilot of the
Giants ha3 been forced to assume the
management of Oriental Park and may
feel that his business interests there
would suffer if he were forced to quit
at this time. McGraw could scarcely
make a trip back to Cuba after the
| baseball meeting. The lime before the
j start of spring training would bo too
j short.
A Golden Opportunity
But during the absence of McGraw
in Cuba all winter his admirers have
lived on the hope that John was keep?
ing in close touch with major league
affairs, and that he would depend upon
the coming Chicago meetihg as a golden
opportunity to effect certain trades
supposedly in prospect for the bolster?
ing of a veteran infield that cracked in
the pinch during the last drive, sacri?
ficing all pennant prospects ins the
cracking.
It is possible that McGraw may have
gone very thoroughly into the situation
with President Stoneham and that the
latter will be able to engineer the
desired trades. Yet it is to be remem?
bered that Mr. Stoneham is compara?
tively new to the game and that it is
dangerous to leave a lamb in the
custody of lions. If McGraw does not
appear at Chicago?unless Mr. Stone?
ham provea a real David Harum in
disguise?it ?9 to be presumed that
John Joseph has decided to stand pat
on the line-up with which he finished
the 1919 campaign.
It is indeed difficult to reconcile a
8tar.dpat policy for McGraw with last
season's developments. The thing could
scarcely be done without the realign?
ment of Heinle Zimmerman. Nothing
has been heard in weeks from the great
Zim, but McGraw repeatedly has de?
clared that he was through with the
Bronx idol. Both Frisch and Kelly
would be needed sorely for reserve if
the veteran four were assigned to the
infield.
There has been talk for weeks that
Rabbit Maranville would come from
Boston. The Hub scribes have done
most of this predicting. But Stallings
would scarcely swap Maranville for
Zimmerman alone, no matter how much
I cash the Giants might throw in on the
I side. George Washington Grant needs
j players more than cash in his Boston
! venture.
Two Dozen Dodgers Eligible
I Charles H. Ebbets, the genial squire
I of Flatbush. was discovered in his !
snowbound burrow on Bedford Ave- I
nue chuckling over his latest mail, i
I which brought a couple more signed
I contracts to him. Nearly two dozen
j Dodgers, mostly veterans, are now
eligible for 1920'.
"I think." said Mr. Ebbets, "that the
? Brooklyn club is !n as fine shape as any
; club of the two major leagues in regard
? to players under contract. By the time of !
? leaving for Jacksonville I am sure all ?
I will be In the fold. I had a talk with
all of the players at the conclusion of I
the 1919 season and come to a pretty '
! fair general understanding with every- j
i body. As a result no serious differences |
I of opinion as to salary have developed
so far."
Mr. Ebbets has written all his players
giving them the option of going South
either by water or rail. So far five have
volunteered as able seamen. These are |
Al Mamaux, Rube Marquard, Clarence
Mitchell, Chuck Ward and Heltman.
Heitman really is the.property of the
Buffalo club of the New International
League, but one of the conditions of
his recent transfer to the Bisons was
that he was to train with the Dodgers
this spring.
All the Brooklyn players who elect to
go by boat will sail from this city for
Jacksonville on the steamer Mohawk on
Thursday, February 26. The others will
leave by rail Saturday, February 28.
?
Babe Ruth Demands
Part of Purchase Price
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4.?Outfielder
George H. (Babe) Ruth left to-day for
Boston. Ruth said he would reach
Boston Sunday night and would go to
New York next Tuesday to confer with |
Manager Miller Huggin? of the New '.
York Americans.
Ruth insisted he would not sign a
contract to play with the New York
team until he receives a part of his '
purchase price, reported at $125,000.
harry Heilnan. of Detroit. wl-.o ar
rinved to-day, said he had signed a 1920
contract.
Reinpmen to Retain White
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4.?Indorse?
ment o? the new parent body in har?
ness racing, which was launched at the
recent meeting of Grand Circuit stew
ards at Syracuse, was given by the
Pennsylvania State Association of
County Fairs in annual session hero to?
day. Nomination of officers for 1920
was the only other important business
transacted at the meeting. The elec?
tion wil be held in Harrisburg March 9
Hal White, Indiana, Pa., present head
of the association, was renominated
without opposition.
Swimming Dates Announced
The Women's Swimming Association
of New York yesterday obtained sanc?
tion to conduct the metropolitan 50
yard championship swim for women at
People's Palace Pool, Jersey City. N.J.
on Saturday, February 28. Miss Ethelda
Bleibtrey is the present title bolder
and will defend it on February 28.
?
Former Tiger Hurler Dies
DETROIT, Feb. 4.?Eddie Siever who
a decade ago was the pitching idol of
supporters of the Detro,c American i
League team, died of heart disease here '<
this afternoon. He had lately been em- j
ployed by the Detroit Board of Water '
Commissioners.
? . ...
Ross Wins Swim Title
MELBOURNE Australia, Feb. 4.?
Norman Ross, the American swimmer,
to-day won the 440-yard Victorian
swimming championship, defeating E
E. Beaurepaire by ten yards.
As one man said yester
! day, the one way to get rid
;of J. Frost and his assorted
weather is to buy a nice,
?new, warm Winter over
Icoat, for then it's sure to
jturn Spring.
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I springs, you're that much
| ahead for next Winter, and
;if it doesn't you'll enjoy
?just that more use of your
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A small or large sized
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Take the present Shoe
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?doing to-day for the aver?
age foot, the picking's still
all to the merry in the ex?
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Johnson Prepared
To Serve Prison
Sentence of Year
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-~Jack Johnson
may get his wish and be permitted to
return to the United States. District
i Attorney Charles F. Clyne announced
to-day, after receiving the letter mailed
by the former world's champion in
Mexico City last week, that he would
enter into negotiations with Johnson.
If the former heavyweight champion
returns he faces a sentence of one year
and a day in Leavenworth prison for
violating the Mann act. He jumped
bonds of $13,000 here when he fled
from the country, following his con?
viction in 1913. The letter received by
Mr. Clyne says:
"I am returning to Chicago In Febru?
ary If I can g<-t your approval. I wish
to com? via Cuba and New York 1* you
will arrani?" matters so I may come to
Chicago without being; molested en
route. I am forced to asK you to give
me thirty-six hours to arrange mv se?
curity and other things which will be
necessary to arrange before a warrant
or subpoena Is served by the Department
of Justice after I reach Chicago.
"If you will do this notify embassy
here and telegraph me. ... I h.ipe
you will taite care of this at one- so I
can leave the early part of February.
??JACK JOHNSON."
Mr. Clyne Indicated he was disposed
to grant the negro's requests and per?
mit him to return and serve his sen?
tence. Johnson told The Associated
Press in Mexico City last week that ho
wanted to serve out his prison ferm
and then challenge Jack Dempsey in an
effort to regain the world's heavy?
weight crown.
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