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Kauff's Four Hits Send
Five Runs Over; Score 14-8
Benny Gets Triple, Two Doubles and a Single;
Kelly and Burns Contribute Homers; Doug?
las and Benton Display Old Skill in the Box
From ? Special Correspondent K
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., March 22.?In the presence of a number of
the most prominent oil magnates of the country, and quite a few of the
ordinary citizens of this community, the Giants slaughtered the Red Sox
at the new ball park here this afternoon by a score of 14 to 8. The
McGraw men hammered, smashed and crashed the offerings of Ben Karr,
Harry Holborrow and Harry Leasure, three of Barrow's young pitchers,
for a pair of home runs, two three-baggers, four doubles and nine singles.
It was the third game of the series between the league rivals and the
.second victory for the Giants.
Little Benjamin Kauff led the assault on the trio of recruits who
occupied the pitching mound for the American Leaguers. Bashful Benny
helped himself to a triple, two doubles and a single which drove five runs
over the plate. Long George Kelly lifted the ball over the center field
fence, a mighty c?out, with two on in the second inning, while Burns hits*
over the left field wall in the fourth inning.
As a baseball game !t ^'as a ?00(i
circii??. The Giants got away to a three
run lead in the first inning and in the
second took all of the interest out of
the pastime by adding six more runs.
It was not until the fifth, when Shuf
flin* Phil Douglas eased up, that the
Red Sox crossed the plate. In this
round a base on balls, an ir.iield hit,
singles by Hooper and McXally and a
home run by .Mike Menosky gave the
Red Sox five runs.
Rube Bcnton pitched the last four
innings and played with the Sox until
the ninth. Then the Rube just lobbed
the ball over the plate, and the Ameri?
can Leaguers scored three runs before
Fletcher brought the game to a close
by taking Mar.-.ans's fly. Although Ben
ton is suffering from several pet bun?
ions, he looks fit and ready.
The day was anything but favorable
for baseball. A norther was playing the
good folks here a visit, and several of
the New York players wore goggles on
the field.
The playing field is nothing but red
sand, and this made it hard for the
outfields to judge fly balls. Once the
wind carried a short fly ball away out
to right iield.
Frank Frisch, the Fordham lad, in?
serted the lirst big blow for the
Giants. Burns singled in the first and
Statz walked. After Fletcher was re?
tired Doyle also strolled, filling the
bases. Kauff fouled out. Thereupon
Frisch cleared the sacks with a terrific
three-base smash over Harry Hooper's
head. Karr next walked Kelly and
Smith, once more jamming the bases.
Douglas hit under a curve ball and
fouled to Devine.
In the second inning the slaughter
was resumed. Statz singled and Fletch- !
er was safe on Scott's error. Doyle j
again walked. This time Kauff tripled j
down the right foul line, Statz, Fletch
er and Doyle crossing the plate.
Bill Brennan umpired the game
alone because Manager McGraw left
word with Matty not to play if Gus
Rooney, the Boston scribe, worked on
the bases. Ed Barrow, of the Red Sox,
insisted that Rooney be permitted to i
work, but allowed the pastime to start j
with Brennan as the only umpire when
the crowd demanded action. McGraw
is not with the (liants. He left the
players in Dallas Sunday night.
The score:
NEW YOKE | BOSTON
at? r lift) i>- ab r h po a a
Bums, If.. 5 3 2 2 2 JiHimppr. rf.. fill 1 0 0
Statz. rl.. 1 : 1 0 OOJMoXnJly, 2b. 511 3 4 0
K'tt-lier, ss 6 2 2 2 5 ?r.Mcwwky, If. 4 12 :: 0 0
!>?.>.>.?. 2b. 2 3 2 0 10 Marsans, cT. 5 it ?) 1 0 0
fclc-k'g. 2b. 2 I? 1 0 2 1 M.-Imiis. lb. 4U0 & 0 II
KaiJtr. cf. 5 1 4 3 OOHIllpr, 3b... 3 10 2 11
Krlscli. 3b. 4 3 2 1 4 O.Sortt, ss_ 42 2 2 4lj
Kelly, lb.. 3 1 2 16 0 J;l>?-vli.e. 0... 810 0 20:
Smith, c.. 2 0 0 2 0 ft Karr, p. 00 0 o in I
McCarty. a 2 0 0 1 0 0 Holtior'w, p. 210 0 no
Douglas, p 4 0 1 0 0 OJLeasuro, p.. 0 o 0 0 1 o
Bentu:?, p. 2 0 6 0 1 0 ?Jloinlryx .. 0 0 0 0 tl 0
Totali...41 14 17 27 15 3I Totals.35 8 0 27 13 2
?BattM for JL?asum In niglith Inning.
New York .3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 tv-14
Boston .0 OOO5000 8? S
Home runs?Kolly. Bum?, Mmosky. Three-ba??<?
hit???Jfyjst-h, KaiL T-.ro base hi"; novio. Kann*
(2). KletcJier (2), ?ar-rlfl? hit?Monosky. Hits?
Off Karr, 6 tri 12-3 Innings: off llollxwrmv, 1) In
5 1-3; off rwiuglas, 5 In 5; off Bcnton, 1 In 4: off
t?amin?, 2 In. 2. lirst bato on errors?New York,
2; Bort?n, 2. I*Tl on bisns?Now York. 12;
Boston. 5. Bases on balls?Off Karr. 7; off Holl>?>r
row. 8; off Douglas, 1; off l-rasm-o, 2; off BcnU'ii.
3, Btu'-t? o-i?. By ITolborrow, 2; by Douglas, 1.
IJnublo plays?Si-ot.t, MfcNaUy ami Mclnnls (21.
Bit by ptti-htxl ball?By llolborruw, 1 (Frisch).
Umplix?? Brenjian. Time?2:03.
Budding Giants to Play
San Antonio To-day
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 22. -
The fifteen rookies of the New York
Giants encamped here under the care
of Catcher Mike Gonzales will omit
their daily pitcher-knocker-catcher
practice to-morrow and engage the lo?
cal team of the Texas League in a real
game.
"Manager"' Gonzales will use Virgil
Barnes and Reynolds Kelly, both of
whom have brothers with the Giants'
regulars, on the mound against Bill
Fincher, formerly of the St. Louis
Browns and now mainstay of the San
Antonio pitching staff. Gonzales's
batting order will be as follows: Kin
sella, rf.; Bowen, If.; King, cf.; Arm?
strong, 8b.; Gonzales, c.j Bates, 2b.;
Moyer, ss.; Horie, lb.; V. Barnes and
R. Keily, pitchers.
Pirates? Sign Collegian
MORGANTOWN, W. Va., March 22.
-aAndrew V. King, former University
of West Virginia football and base?
ball player, to-day signed a Pittsburgh
National League contract as catcher.
He will report to the club at Hot
Springs, Ark., immediately.
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Walker Boxing Bill
?s Ready for Final
Passage in Senate
From it Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, March 22.?The Walker
boxing bill was advanced to the
order of final passage in the Senate
to-night without objection.
The final amendments to it, as it
came from the finance committee,
provided that it take effect July 1
instead of at once, and it appro?
priated $40,000 instead of $10,000
for the first year's expenses of the
proposed State Athletic Com?
mission.
While there will be a debate on
the bill on the third reading order,
its sponsors predicted its passage
in both houses and its enactment
into law.
Three Columbia ,
Crews Schedule
Thirteen Contests
Schedules for the varsity, junior
varsity and freshman crews at Colum?
bia were made public yesterday. Thir?
teen races are booked for the three
eights, four for the varsity, an equal
number for the junior eight and five
for the freshmen. The season will end i
for all three with the Poughkeepsie !
regatta July 1.
The four contests for the first eight '
includes dual meets with Yale at New
Haven and the Naval Academy at An?
napolis. The other two varsity events
will be the Childs cup race on the
SchuylkHl on May 29 and the Pough?
keepsie classic.
The juni<)r boat will open its season
with Yale at New Haven on April 21,
the same date as the clash between the
two varsities. The Columbia-Navy
tussle on May 8 will also have a junior.
race as a preliminary and the third i
contest for the second shell will be in
either the Childs cup race or the Har?
lem River regatta on May 31.
Following are the schedules:
VARSITY?-April 24, Yalo at New Ha
v. n ; May 8, Naval Academy Ht Annapolis;
May 2'j, Child? cup race at Philadelphia;
July 1, roughker.pal. regatta,
JUNIOR VARSITY?April 24, Yale at
Now Haven; May 8, Naval Academy at
Annapolis; May 29, Child, cup race at
Philadelphia, it May 31, Harlem River
regatta: July 1, Poughkeepsie regatta.
FRESHMEN?May 1, open; May 8, Na?
val Academy at Annapolis; May 15,
Choate School at Walllngford; Mav 2.,
Childs l"p race at Philadelphia, or May
31, Harlem Rivor regatta; July 1, Pough?
keepsie regatta.
Boyd Adds Indoor Crown
To Laurels in Skating
Leslie Boyd, of the Tremont Ice Skat
; ing Club, present outdoor ice skating
champion of the Metropolitan Asso?
ciation, won the "Met" indoor title in
th-e annual competition held in the
181st Street Ice Palace last night. The
title is awarded on the basis of a point
competition. Boyd finished first in tho
half-mile and second in both the 440
yard and one-mile races, giving him
a total of 70 points. Donald Baker,
Brooklyn Ice Palace, was second, with
60 points.
One of the surprises of the cham?
pionship races was the victory of Don?
ald Robinson, 181st Street Palace, a
comparative novice,, in the one-mile
chase. Later he won a three-mile
scratch race with Boyd, again in sec?
ond place.
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Spengler in 'Comeback';
To Box for Police Club
William Spengler, the "fighting cop,"
will attempt a "comeback" as an ama?
teur boxer in th? hope that he may be
chosen to represent this country in the
Olympic games at Antwerp. Spengler
1918, following his return from a tour
of Norway, Denmark and Sweden with
a team of American boxers.
In announcing his decision, Spengler
stated that he would represent the New
York Athletic Club to-morrow, Thurs?
day and Saturday. Spengler will be the
tirst athlete of the denartment to ac
quiesca^to the wishes of Commissioner
Enrighrto snort the policeman's shield.
Prior to his retirement in 1918, when
ho answered the cal for service with
the A. E. F. in France, Spengler was
one of the best heavy weight boxers
in the amateur ranks. *
Tufts Coach at Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 22 ? The
Harvard Athletic Association an?
nounced to-night the appointment of
Dr. Charles \Vhalen as supervisor of
track athletics and instructor in the
department of hygiene. Dr. Whalen
was football coach at Tufts College for
eleven years.
Levinsky Easy Winner
Battling Levinsky had matters his
own way in defeating Al Benedict in
the main bout of eight rounds at the
West Hoboken A. C. last night, Bene?
dict was the target of much punish?
ment, but was not floored.
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Greb Beats Williams
PITTSBURGH, March 22. -- Harry
Greb, Pittsburgh, won on points from
Larry Williams, Bridgeport, Conn., in
their ten-round bout here to-night.
Greb won nine rounds, while one was j
even.
McAvov in Steel League
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club of the Bethlehem St?el League, to?
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(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
Song of the Stalwart
Behind us rest the rose-sweet years
Of soft content and fame;
For we now take the way of those
Who play the braver game;
Who drive head-on against red Fate
Along the storm-sivept shore;
Who drive, red-hearted, down the field
Regardless of the score.
And Love shall meet us with a rose
And necklucing our dreams
Soft arms shall seek to hold us back
Along the1 singing streams;
And Failure's legions sweep our lines
From front and fiank and rear,
Through sunless days of bitterness?
Through starless nights of fear.
And few there be to credit us
With clean intent or faith,
Where Fame is but a memory
And Love is but a wraith;
Content to know when each stark soul
Has passed the outpost stars
The Scorer counts-no medals there?
He only counts the scars.
The Double-Grab
There are five cities from this nation's roster that carry two major
league ball clubs.
These five, in a pennant way, enjoy what is known as the Double
Grab.
Which is to say they have two shots at a pennant where the other
six major league towns have only one.
The word "enjoy," however, applies to only four of the five cities.
You may get the idea in bulk from the pennant achievements of the five
towns in the last twenty years.
Chicago?9 pennants.
Philadelphia?7 pennants.
Boston?7 pennants.
Siew York?6 pennants.
St. Louis?0 pennants.
The Desert
This record shows that St. Louis, with a double barrel to fire, hasn't
nipped a pennant in well over twenty years.
And yet St. Louis is one of the best towns?or would be?in base?
ball. For over two decades it has had to suffer two failures every year,
which is double the burden that Cleveland, Washington and others have
had to carry. In a pennant way it has been a desert since the days of
the old Browns, who existed when Pop Anson was a rookie and Wagner
had never swung a bat.
This season St. Louis has two fair ball clubs, but so far no one is
picking either club to go out and snag the pennant. But if there is any
such things as being overdue, this is the year.
Merely a Suggestion t
While the Carpentier-Dempscy engagement is under a cloud and
beset by a tangle, here is a suggestion that might be worth consideration :
1. Carpentier is the champion boxer of the armies of Europe. He is
not only French champion, but the superior of anything Great Britain
has to offer. He stands as the representative of the European artpies.
2. Bob Martin, Gene Tuney and Ray Smith are the three leading
representatives of the A. E. F. Why not let this trio have an elimination
contest wherein the ultimate champion of the A. E. F. is at last crowned.
This elimination process could take place while Carpentier is fulfilling
his moving picture and vaudeville engagement.
3. Then match Carpentier, representing the French and British
armies, against the selected representative of the A. E. F.
Here you have the basis of one of the greatest boxing matches in all
history?ah engagement that would draw as great a crowd as an areaa
could accommodate.
Later on, if Dempsey wiggles out of his present tangle, he can then
meet the survivor.
This program would boom general interest in boxing beyond any- I
thing yet known. The A. E. F. elimination contest alone would bo one of
the great sporting events of the year. If Carpentier should beat the j
winner he would still have Dempsey or Fulton to take care of. But the j
preliminary would in many ways overshadow the main event.
If it were necessary to have a championship setting in case Dempsey
is eliminated, Fulton could be used in an emergency r?le. The big
Plasterer took no particular interest in the war, bu? f?r fll that he is
no easy bird to pluck, with Dempsey out o? reach.
Ouimet-Gilbert
Score Last Four
Holes for Victory
From a Special Correspondent
PINEHURST, N. C, March 22 ?
Francis Ouimet, of Woodland, with
Percy Gilbert, of Brookline, as part?
ner, defeated S. J. Graham, of Green?
wich, and F. C. Newton, of Broojdine,
1 up In a four-ball match to-day over
the No. 3 course. Ouimet and Gilbert
were 3 down and 4 to go, but won the
last four holes straight. The former
champion's medal was 40?38?78.
The Tin Whistles had out their rec?
ord field In their four-ball match
against par. The forty pairs were di?
vided into four classes. Regular club
handicaps were used. G. T. Gregg,
Oakmont, and J. S. Brown, Montclair,
were winners in Class A with 1 up.
W. B. Merrill, Brae Burn, and G. W\
Statzell, Aronimink, tied at 1 down,
with C. F. Watson jr., National, paired
with J. R. Bowker, Woodland, and H. B.
Lewis, Tedesco, paired with G. W.
Mead, Glenridge, in Class B. Class C
went to A. S. Higgins, St. Andrews,
and P. S. McLaughlin, Scarsdale, who
were even with par. A. D. Fisher,
Tedesco, and B. V. Covert, Lockport,
were winners in Class D with 1 up.
J. D. Chapman, Greenwich, made the
140-yard ninth hole of the No. 2 course
in 1 to-day, holing a mashie shot from
the tee.
Leslie and Teschner
Quit Club Affiliations
Sidney Leslie and Fred C. Teschner
filed applications yesterday with the
registration committee of the Metro?
politan Association A. A. U. that they
be registered as "unattached." After !
a year the two champion runners will !
represent the Guaranty Club in open
competition.
Leslie returned to competition about
six months ago, after being in retire?
ment for three years, and joined the
Millrose A. A. He showed his old
speed and won many special races, in?
cluding the one-mile senior "Met"
championship. Teschner won *he
iunior indoor sprint championship
last year, running in the colors of the
! Glencoo A. C.
Jimmy O'Brien, the Loughlin
Lyceum star, has also announced his
intention to join the Guaranty Club,
but as yet has not severed his mem- i
bership with the Loughlin organiza- \
tion.
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Columbia's Ball Squad
In First Outdoor Drill
Coach Andy Coakley held the first '?
'outdoor workout of the season for his I
squad of Columbia ball tossers yester- j
! day. Early in the afternoon the coach
assembled his charges on South Field I
i and sent them through a light practice !
in throwing. All activities were con?
fined to tossing the ball around.
Forty-six players reported yesterday.
Johnny Ackerman, the varsity receiver,
j was on hand and told Coakley that he
I would probably arrange his outdoor
work so as to play again this spring.
j Coakley's bunch of veterans is now
complete.
A practice game between the varsity
and the 1916 All Stars, an aggregation
headed by Bobby Watt, captain of the
'16 champions, was booked yesterday
for the near future.
Veteran Walker Dies
GARY, Ind., March 22.?Charles \
Johnson, of New York, a professional
walker, is dead here to-day. He waa '
found exhausted in a woods near here.
He was identified by medals pinned to
his tattered clothing and by papers j
which indicated he had competed in
walking contests in numerous foreign
countr.es in the last twenty years. He j
was about forty years old.
Chicagoan High Scorer
PEOR?A, 111., March 22.?High scores
in the two-men events and individuals
were made on late shifts to-day at the
American Bowling Congress. ?. Wins?
d?rfer and W. Schroder, Chicago,
reached fourth place in the two-men,
scoring 1,247. L. Levine, of Chicago, !
was high for the day in the all-events, <?
getting a score of 1,841 in nine games
and seventh place in the standings.
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Amateur Fives Play Final
Four Metropolitan Association bas
ketball championship tournament
games will be played in the City Col- j
lege gymnasium this evening. In the
final game of the 145-pound series the
Clark House A. A. will oppose the Mad?
ison Square Boys' Club. Three semi?
final round matches in the 185-pound
class are scheduled.
English Eights
Renew Rivalry
After 5 Years
Dark Blues Expected to
1 Beat the Light Blues in
! Thames Race Saturday
By Frank Getty
From The Tribune's European Bureau
(Copyright, i920, New York Tribun. Inc.)
LONDON, March 22.?There is per?
haps no sporting event in the world
around which hang such venerable tra?
ditions and historic associations, and
upon which is focused so keenly the
interest of an entire nation, as the
Oxford-Cambridge boat race. Interest,
in the event, now a hardy sporting an?
nual of seventy-one springs, is more
than national.
Next Saturday the crews of Oxford
and Cambridge will meet for. the first
time in six years on the historic four
and-a-quarter-mile Thames course from
Putney to Mortlake. Officer crews com?
peted in the Henley Regatta last June,
but the coming race is, in effect, the
first test of university aquatic suprem?
acy since 1914.
Seventy-one times in the last ninety
one years the Dark Blue and Light
Blue oarsmen met over the Thames
tidewaters. Oxford has won thirty-nine
of these contests, Cambridge thirty-one
and there was a famous and thrilling
dead heat in 1877.
This year finds Oxford favorite in
so many races ofthe past, again picked
to win, although the closest of finishes
is looked for by the rowing experts.
Cambridge ha3 the heavier crew, an
unusually heavy set of bow oarsmen in
the Light Blue boat having necessitated
rerigging the shell. From No. 1 to No.
4, inclusive, the Cambridge oarsmen
average more than 180 pounds, . a
weighty average even for the waist or
stern of a racing shell.
A feature thi3 year has been the
sporting spirit of the president of the
Oxford crew, whose position is vastly
superior to that of a Harvard or Yale
crew captain. He is virtually dictator,
having authority over the coaches. Yet
this year he has given up his seat in
the boat to another undergraduate who
is considered by coaches and by the
president himself to be the better man. !
Only three times in the entire history |
of Oxford-Cambridge races has the
president been missing from either j
boat, and on each occasion he was in- i
capacitatd through accident.
Lewis Flashes Old Form
In First Drill in South
Veteran Outfielder Ready to Fight It Out for Reg?
ular Position in the Sun Field
By W. J. Macbeth
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 22.?Duffy Lewis, left fielder of the
Yankees, was out this morning for his first practice of the year, and
though he took matters somewhat easily, because of an infected arm that
j has not entirely healed, he proved conclusively to the board of scouts and
! coaches, who had charge of the workout of the colts, that he will soon
j be ready to dispute the issue of any one for a regular billet in the sun field.
Manager Miller Huggins had intended?
| both morning and afternoon practices
| daily throughout the remaining two
weeks here for his regulars, but the
morning was coo'/ and tnreatening, and
. he excused his high-priced men for the
I forenoon. Huggins himself did not
go to the ball lot. As a consequence
of the indulgence, the first team was
cheated for an opportunity to exercise
at all. Rain set in shortly after lunch?
eon, so the proposed afternoon, practice
had to be called off.
The weather was anything but pro?
pitious to-night. The oldest inhabitant
opines a week of bad weather is now
due. Such a condition would prove a
big handicap, not to say calamity, for
the Yankees.
Yankees Not in Shape
The New York team is in no physi?
cal condition to withstand a long inter
i ruption in training, and even to-day's
lay-off, following the rest of Sunday,
is likely to show some evil effect on
the men generally. The men are not
nearly so far advanced physically as
they should be after three weeks. They
are just about where the Dodgers were
after two weeks.
If a stretch of bad weather inter?
venes, in view of the limited time re?
maining, the Yankees are likely to
face the gun unprepared to take ad?
vantage of the line opportunities pre?
sented by the schedule for the Hug
men to get away to a running start, j
No schedule was ever more advanta
geously framed than the one of this I
year, which givef the Yankees some-1
thing like twenty-nine games against!
Eastern clubs before they are asked
to compete with the strong Western
clubs.
Sammy Vick is one regular who
seems bent upon improving his oppor- !
tunities. Perhaps Sammy has figured
himself a second string man against j
that day when Duffy Lewis would re- j
port. At any rate, he has been out
every morning working with the colts, I
and working to such advantage that he j
has improved into a first class out-1
fielder. He is in much better shape j
than any. of the other regulars, and as !
a result is likely to hold his post for
some time after the opening of tho !
championship season, if not for all !
time.
Lewis's right forearm is still dis
figured by a long, unhealed scar, where !
an incision was made to drain the in- j
fection. Duffy admits he was a lucky j
young man to escape amputation. How- j
ever, he fears no ill effects from the
poisoning. The wing is still a bit
weak and sore, but otherwise fit as |
can be.
Lewis is sure that he can be in much j
better shape within three weeks than
he has ever been at the start of a cam- ?
paign, as he is down .below weight now. ;
Reducing has always been a terror and j
a bore to the sun fielder.
Ruth Insured for $150,000
Word was received to-day from j
President Jacob Ruppert, of the Yan?
kees, that an insurance policy for
$150,000 covering the death, illness and
accident, had been taken out on Babe
Ruth in favor of the club. Colonel
Ruppert will arrive in Jacksonville in j
time to be in on the big jubilee day i
next Monday when the Yankees are to !
play the world's champion Cincinnati !
Reds and Brooklyn is to take a fling !
at Clark Griffith's Senators.
If weather permits, the Yankees and
Dodgers will stage the fourth game of I
their spring series at South Side Tark '
to-morrow afternoon. The Doggers j
are a cocky lot as a result of having
beaten Ruth and his pals three !
straight games.
Sheriff W. H. Dowling, one of the i
bell cow rooters Of the city, is to be
the guest of honor at Saturday's games
between Brooklyn and New York. The
occasion will be known as Sheriff Dow?
ling Day. The Sheriff will have the
Privileg? of eaUrtainln? whomever he
may please. It is his wish to have, all
[ rhe amateur teams of a local league in
attendance in uniform. For '.lese play
; ers a baseball field clay will be held
prior to the major league game.
Bill Dineen, the American League
umpire attached to the Yankees as an
official for the long series of spring ex?
hibition games, went into heavy train?
ing this morning. He was in uniform
and pitched a while to the rookies in
batting practice. He showed a flash of
his oldtime form that helped make the
Red Sox famous in the John I. Taylor
r?gime. Dineen wishes to reduce fif
? teen or twenty pounds within the next
j three weeks.
An anonuncement of the fact that
: Duffy Lewis has been added to the Yan
' kee eligibles is likely'to develop at any
moment. A conference among Lewis,
Huggins and Colonel Huston was sched?
uled for to-night. Lewis ?3 the only un?
signed player in camp.
Murphy Withdraws Suit
Against National League
CHICAGO, March 22.?Charles Webb
Murphy, former owner of the Cubs,
to-day withdrew the injunction suit in
which he sought to prevent the Na?
tional League from making a schedule
"or the 1920 season until he had ob?
tained an accounting with the Chicago
club for money alleged to be due him.
Murphy alleged that when the Cubs
wore purchased by Charles Weeghman
and his associates a ninety-nine-year
lease oh the old West Side park went
with the. team, but that the new owr- I
ers moved to the North Side Federal
League park and have since failed to
pay rent on.the old grounds.
?
Demetral Starts Work
For Title Bout on Mat
William Demetral, who is scheduled
to wrestle Jim Londo? for the Greek
championship next Monday at the 71st
Regiment Armory, will start training
to-day. Demetral is confident he will
refrain his title and promises to sub?
ject Londos to a harder gruelling than
he was forced to undergo at the hands
of "Strangler" Lewis.
Stanislaus Zbyszko wired Promoter
Jack-Curley yesterday that he will be
fit for his battle with Jonn Olin and re?
establish himself in the favor of wrest?
ling fans hereabouts. Stanislaus is
regarded as a ?stronger, heavier and
more experienced grappler than his
famous brother Wladek.
Exhibiton Games
AT ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.
R. IT. E.
?Cincinnati (National). 4 14 1
Indianapolis 'American Assn) . .. 5 11 3
Ructhfr, Gerner and Rnriden, Allen;
Adams, Crum and Henllne.
Unlike the bare trees
all branches of our clothing
plant are now in full bloom!
Spring overcoats.
Spring suits.
Spring hats.
Spring shoes.
Spring furnishings.
Ready whenever you de
j cide to blossom forth !
Rain or shine *"Scotch
Mists" are fine.
The handsomest sort of
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rainproofed.
?Registered Tradrrr^rk.
Rogers Peet Company
Broadway Broadwa?
at 13th St. "Four at 34th St
Convenient
Broadway Corners" Fifth Avt
at Warren at 41st St
I Carpentier Steps
On American Soil
At 9 A. ML To-day
, Broadway did not lionize, canonize
' or eulogize Georges Carpentier, heavy
.weight champion pugilist of Europe,
yesterday, as had been planned, nor
, did the moving picture, man grind out
thousands of feet of film showing M.
Georges gaping at the high buildings,
or smiling at his bride, or shaking
' hands with this and that, promoter.
Broadway was ready and anxious to
do all these things, but there was a
slight hitch in the arrangements.
Everything was set and everybody was
there?except Carpentier.
La Savoie, of the French line, bear?
ing the conqueror of the Huns and Joe
. Beckett, which was expected at Quaran
: tine about noon yesterday, was still a
goodly number of miles down the
Jersey coast at that hour. It was 7
. o'clock in the evening before she
sighted the Ambrose Channel Light?
ship and quite a stretch after thai
before she reported off Quarantine.
All the various and sundry-craft that
had gone down the bay to great La
Savoie and had bobbed and churned
, in the choppy waters all day long
turned tail (if boats have such things)
toward evening and headed back for
, the Battery. Jack Curley, the pro
, motor, who will present M. Georges
in a ten weeks' stage tour, spent the
grenier part of the day taxicabbing
find boating between his office and the
Lower Bay. So did Tex Rickard,
"Dumb" Dan .Morgan and several hun?
dred French waiter., and chefs. Nota
thing to be seen. Weepings!
However, this . morning, about 9
o'clock, the passengers from La Savoie
will be disembarked at the French line
i pier at the foot of West Fifteenth
] Street, and then, when M. Carpentier
| walks down the gangplank?Oh, la, la!
60 Davs of Kentucky Raring
LEXINGTON, Ky., March 22.~Ken
tucky racing dates for this soring were
announced this afternoon as follows by
the state commission: Lexington,
April 24-May 5; Louisville. May 8-20;
Latonia, June 2-Ju!y, 7. Total, sixty
days,
.?.
'Title for Indiana Bov.
CHICAGO, March 22.?Wingate,
Indiana, won the interscholastic bas?
ketball championship to-night by de?
feating Crawfordsville. Ind., 22 to 15,
at the University of Chicago. Stivers
High, of Dayton, Ohio, took third place
in the tourney, and Central High, of
Minneapolis, fourth.
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