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Deal for Two Leading American League Pitchers Said to Have Been Closed by Yankee? Veach Trade Also Rumored to Have Been Carried Through Miller Hoggins Leaves for Home To-night Apparent? ly Well Pleased with His Extra Week's Stayover; "Babe" Ruth Stops His Warbling for a Few Days By Jack Lawrence A deal which will bring two of the best pitchers in. tho American League to the New York Yankees was closed yestesday, according to advices received here last night from Colonel T. L. Huston, half-owner of the club, who is now at the Dover Hall Club, in Georgia. Colonel Huston would not divulge the names of the two twirlers, but it is expected that they will be given out this afternoon from the executive offices of the Yankees, on West Forty-second Street. Outfielder Bobby Vcach, of the De-<$ troit Tigers, will become the property o? the Yankees -within the next twenty four hours if m de.al now in the final phase of negotiation is carried through ?Qcosgsfully. This was learned last Bigbt on the best authority. Milier Huggins, manager of the team, ha? remained in this city a week longer than he had originally intended in order to put this business through. He announced yesterday afternoon that he wili leave for his home in Cincin? nati to-night, and it is regarded as cer? tain that he will give out the details concerning the transaction before he goes The trade that was designed to bring Vcach to the Yankees has been in the air tor several weeks, and on a number of occasions was rumored to have been closed. If the deal goes through it will probably be one of the most important and farreaching transactions in the history of baseball. It will involve the Yankees, Tigers, Boston Red Sox and possibly one other club. Nig Trade Angles According to the meager informa? tion reaching here from tiio Dover Hall Club there is no connection between the Veach matter and the one which brings the two star pitchers to the Yankees. Huggins has been angling for pitchers, particularly an experienced; left hander, for the last month, while the suspension oi Babe Ruth and Bob Meuse) until May 20 made it absolutely imperative that he secure additional ! material. Bobby *. each would go a long way toward plugging up the jagged gap left in the Yankees' outer defenses by the ? : reed absence of Ruth and Meusel. If he comes here he will un? doubtedly be sent to left field, Ruth's old position, while F.lmer Miller will play center and Bill Fewster right tield. This combination ought to keep the team ift the running until the sentence imposed upon Ruth and Meusel by Commissioner Land i a has expired. According to odds and ends of in formation picked up in baseball circles yesterday and Fist night, it is the Bos? ton angle of the Veach transaction that is gumming the works, so to | speak. The trade is said to involve the transfer of Everet Scott, star j shortstop of the Red Sox, to the Tigers, | and this is reported to have raised | a fine rumpus among Harry Frazee's employees. One story from Boston is to the effect that if Scott is traded a number of the regulars will refuse to sign for next season. On the other hand, Scott is quoted as declaring that if he is not traded he won't sign him? self. Everet is alleged to have re- : marked that he wa* "fed up" with Boston in general and the Red Sox I management in particular. The Rabe Drops In Babe Ruth, wrapped in a swell fur coat, v,h u.i the Yankee offices yester? day afternoon and had a long heart-to- | heart talk with Miller Huggins. Hug ' did most of the talking, as the Babe has such a severe cold he can hardly speak. The Bambino rasped a few lines to reporters, however. "I had to quit the theatrical busi? ness for a few days," he said in a voice that sounded like the distant echo of a subway turnstile. "My voice went on the bum and I couldn't sing any mi 10. Tried to warble a few bars of the Meditation from 'Thais' the other night and it sounded like the docking of a ferryboat in February. If 1 hadn't quit my act when I did 1 guess I would have blew out a tonsil or something. I expect to be in shape to finish out the week in Newark, how? ever, and then we're going West to play in American Association and Three-l towns. My contract expires on February 13. and if 1 don't expire with it I'll be ready to go South with the Yankees on their training trip. "My arm is still a bit tender, but that isn't- bothering me so much as my voice.'' continued the Babe. "Y'see, I don't sing with my arm, and I really think it's my songs that put our act over, although some guy down in Wash? ington -houted from the audience that if I couldn't hit any better than I could sing I'd be traded to Cos Cob or Lodge pole, Neb." The home run king looked to be in fine shape despite his congested vocal machinery, and said that he h-*d taken on very little weight since the close of the season. Giants for Coast In 1923 The (liants will train in California in 102.'!, according to an announce? ment made last night in San Fraucisco by Dr. Charles B. Strub, president of the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast League. Strub recently stopped off here on his way to attend the minor League meeting in BufTaio. The. dis? patch from San Francisco states: "B fore Dr. ^trub left New York he wa:; authorized by Manager McGraw and President Stoneham, of the Giants, to solee? a California site for the world's champions in the spring of 1923. The Giants while in the West will probably play the Coast league ci.:! s training in California." No announcement of this has been made at the local offices of the Giants. Manager McGraw yesterday an? nounced t!io color scheme of the Giants' 1921; uniforms, and if you are a futur? ist landscape artist it will take you right bark to Maedougal Street and the paint pots of Greenwich Village. Some Champion Sox Tie SAiiU in which the world cham? pions will ?oiter ?bout the Polo Grounds next summer are to be white with a ni-je longitudinal stripe of purple run? ning north and south" at frequent in? tervals. Tho **aps will be white with a Yanks Sign KiUinger To Vlfiy in Infield npIIE YANKEES, champions of the American League, hope to prove that a football star can be made to shin? just aa brightly on the dia? mond as on the gridiron. With this end in view, they yesterday signed Glenn KiUinger, Quarterback of tho Penn State eleven and named unani? mously for that position on prac? tically all of this year's All-Ameri? can teams. Killinger has played his last game for Penn State and will henceforth devote himself to a career in the big leagues. He played third base for Penn State and was a heavy hit? ter, a good fielder and a fleet base runner. I_,_,_,_f blue peak, and the box?let the national anthem peal forth! -will be red, white and blue. Charley Stoneham is said to have wanted a Yellow Hand thrown in somewhere, but the architect couldn't see it. The brave but somewhat jinxy legend "World's Champions" will not spread itself across the pneumatic bosoms of these Keystone uniforms. Folks who wish to discover the identity of the team will only have to look on the left sleeve, where the initials "N. Y." will be found. The traveling uniforms will be a trifle calmer. Those will have broad blue stripes rampant on a field of bat? tleship gray, but they will surmount the same Old Giory hosiery that set off the home disguise. Out-of-town fans will have no trouble ascertaining what team they are watching, as the well known word "Giants" appears on the shirts. N. Y. U. Basketball Team Ready for Columbia Contest New York University's basketbnll team will be severely tested to-morrow '. night when it clashes with its old rival, j Columbia, at the letter's gymnasium. This is an annual affair between these two colleges, and as great rivalry ex ists a good game is on tap. Coach Ed Thorpe put his charges through a stiff scrimmage against the scrubs yesterday in the Violet gym. This is the first work-out since the Yale game. The Violet mentor and the team's followers are well satisfied with the showing that it made against Yale ' last Friday. The varsity outplayed Old Eli from every standpoint of the game. Its passing completely bewildered its op? ponents, and were it not for the fact that so many foul shots were missed the Violet machine probably would have run up 40 point.-?. The Violet will start the same line- j that it has presented in both gamos, Goeller and Hatterer as for? wards, Bierce at center and fi?tes and Tourrock as guards. Columbia will ? probably use the same team that lost i to Rutgers last Saturday night. up that This is Fordham Basket Team Beats Cathedral Five i Fordham University's basketball team, showing marked improvement over the j form it, displayed i?i the opening game i against City College, defeated the Cathedral College five in a fast game at Manhattan Casino last night by a score of 38 to 2?. The Maroon team rushed through its opponents' defense in the first half by great teamwork, but the playing of Captain Tommy Fall?n and Mike Dunn, forwards, featured. Dunn and Fall?n accounted for six field goals each. Leidenger, at right forward for Cathedral, was the star for the losers. He was especially accurate in foul shooting, making ten goals in thirteen attempts.' The line-up: Position. Fordham (7,9) Cathedral (26) I. I*.Fall?n.Ha> H. F.Dunn.Leidenger C.McMahon.?O'Connor r.. ?i.Healy. . . .Quinn Ft. Q.Kelly.Freey Coals from field?Foll?n (6), Dunn {6), Kelly (2), Healy, Vanderbee.h, Murphy, Quinn (2), Leidenger (2), O'Connor i2), Hayes, Freey, Goals from foul -L'idpnj?er (10), McMahon (3), Fall?n. Substitutions: Fordham?Murphy for Dunn. Crawlcy for Healy, Vanderbech for McMahon. Cathe? dral Richardson for Hayes, Fltzslmrnona tor Freey, McKeown foi- Richardson. Ref ,.,,,, ? O'Shea, West Point. Umpire ? O'Brien, Central Y. M. C. A. Time of halves?2? minutes. Becker Wins Pinehurst Tin Whistle Prize PINEHURST, N. C, Dec. 19.?C. L. Bed.? f Pinehurst. won first prize in the Tu? .'utle ?watfest to-day. Play- | ers were eliminated according to tho highest net scores on each hole, and Mr. Becker lasted through the eigh? teenth hole. Hi? card was 85-8?77. Ii. S. Tufts, who lasted until tho eigh? teenth hole, was second. Harry G. White, Ridgowood, won in Class B; his medal score was PI?IS? TS. J. A. Goodall, Bellcview, was sec? ond. J. I?. Crunisey, Brooklyn, won tho special prize for the best uet in both divisions with 94?73?166. Don't-measure / B-Tweon with / >ther live cent/ ever smoked?[ , n quality. The V ' only four inches ?c wnsy tour inches long?nr.d ft'.i more than four times as good. Try tho in-B-Tween. Wrapped in foil to keep 'em fresh- 5 for 25c. .???old at nil ?"i"*"* "?'->"*?? all good cigar counters' Mho Senior Sise?2 in foil, 25c and lOr Size-?3 in foil, 25c m KKAl/H ?" CO., Inc., ?AXTIMOUE, TTTTilliln i I ill ? . ~ How to Start the Day Wrong By BRIGGS YOU WARBLE A (ilAUJOM! 50rjG AS You IMAH?S Tt-'G mormhOg Toi l erre? How rae au i (?PUL IT ?5 A?siD MOW MOCH IT CO.S~ ETC. CTC*. You A??S PCRC-eCTLY HAPr*Y BECAUSE Your ?HoPPtfsIC? 45 ALU DOME. an? The m You vajomdbr if Ths ^if-t Yovj bought For Your husband is REALLY sSuFFlCiersiT - -AM.P TV*.e**?>* Y?XJ? Friend Calls Yol? jt)M Tue Phomb; You DtJCiDe To Go ??Ni To^JiVJ and Gut *So?m<*?> THt>*>J<? tSLSt". For HlNV To Tpt.^ Ybv^ oP "TV*? SPlFFY PReSGNT .SH*^ is Gw?N<3 i?FR HUSBAND amo So Your E>aY ?S UTTERLY AnO COlMPLETeLY v?me:cKet> - ?^ V 'ff a, w Co?TT|gbt, N, Yv TrilmM I??. f?rt'&tfr Freshman Quintet Is First in Years For Columbia _ For the first time in many years Co-j lumbia will be represented by a fresh- ? man basketball team. Coach Joe Deer-1 ing has about two dozen candidates at work daily and has hopes of finding a : fairly fast five to represent the Morn- j ingside Institution this season. Three of the leading aspirants are' former High School of Commerce basket j tossers. It will be remembered that the quintet representing Commerce has for the past two years won the Greater Manhattan schoolboy basketball cham? pionship. A schedule of fourteen games has been arranged. Yale, N. Y. U. and C. C. ! N. Y. freshmen will be met. The Yale : game is to be played at New Haven. An important game wUI be that with Dean j Academy. Several of the freshmen that were defeated by the Dean eleven are on the Columbia floor team, and this will be an opportunity to turn the j tables on the Massachusetts athletes. The schedule follows: January 4. Stuyvesant High, at Colum- ! bia; 7. Brooklyn Poly, at Columbia; 11, De Witt Clinton, at Columbia; 19, Qeorge Washington, at Columbia; February 8, Hiffh School of Commerce, at Columbia: j 11, New fork University, freshman, at Co-; lumbia; It. Ya)<?, freshman, at New Haven: j 17, Barnard Hoys' School, at Columbia: 21, College of the City of New York, fresh- I man, at Columbia; 25, Dean Academy, Jit Columbia; .March 1, Poly Prep, at. Brook? lyn; 0, Horace Mann, at 246th Street; 11, New York Military Academy, at Cornwall; IS, Irving School, at Tarrytown. New Jamaica Course For Woodland Golfers The Woodland Golf Club, recently formed by some members of the Unity Club of Brooklyn, has purchased a tract of 106 acres on the Black Stump Road near Union Turnpike, Jamaica, which will be developed as a modern eighteen-hole course. The tract is within thirty minutes of the Flatbush i Avenue station of the Long Island Railroad and Pennsylvania Station. The course will be at least 6,200 yards in length, including a water hole. Nine holes will be ready for play on Memo? rial Day and the other nine by Labor Day. The clubhouse will be commodious, and special attention given to the locker and shower rooms and restaurant facilities. Benjamin C. Ribman is president and Nathan S. Jonas and Jo? seph J. Baker are members of the board of governors. At a recent meeting of the club $100, 000 was pledged, assuring the success? ful launching of the club. The mem? bership limit is 300, and each member will be required to take $750 in bonds. The dues will be $200 annually. Miss Chicago May Race Against Coast Boats LOS ANGELES, Dec. .19.?Commo? dore Sheldon Clark, of the Chicago Yacht Club, owner of the power boat Miss Chicago, soon will start for Los Angeles, according to announcement by the Los Angeles Athletic Club mo torboat racing association. Commo dore Clark may bring his craft with him, it is said, and arrangements are i being made to race Dustin Farnum's Miss Los Angeles il and A. W. Paden's Hurricane II against Miss Chicago. Officials of tho association state they "have every reason to believe" Gat Wood, of the Detroit Yacht Club, own? er of Miss America and Baby Gar, who is expected to enter Florida races this winter, will race oft" Los Angeles next year. Steinbugler Lose? Twice Charles J. Steinbugler lost two matches last n;ght in the National Class C billiard tournament, which is rapidly approaching the challensre round, at the National Recreation ! Academy. Ho was beaten by Jose"!1. I Neustadt, 150 to 88, and lost'to Louis j A. Servatius, 1-19 to 150 in the closest ? match of tho tournament. Neustadt I had u high run of 27. i ......i....i, . ?, Tommv Gibbons Victor GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 13.?I Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul light heavy? weight, won over Bartley Madden, of New York, in a ten-round no-decision botit here to-night, in the opinion of newspaper men. Gibbons opened cut? over both of Madden's eyes early in the contest and this handicapped the New York tighter. ? - ? ? ? ?. . Pledge Scores Knock-Out Joo Pledge put Fronkie Carpentier away in the tenth round of last night's fistic go at the Freeport Sporting Club of Freeport, L. I. The bout was sched? uled as being for the middleweight title of Long Island. In the ten round semi) final Paddy Philbin went to a t?n round draw with Kid Sullivan. j (Copyright, 1921, Sew York Tribune Inc.) Famous Gifts Any two-foot putt. Dempsey to Willard?Seven knockdowns in one round. Boston to New York?"Babe" Ruth for $125,000. Great Britain to Jock Hutchison?A big silver cup. Judge Lan dip to "Babe" Ruth?Thirty-five days. Why Not? "Do you consider W. and J a strong representative Eastern team:" asks R. L. F., in regard to the coming test with California. Why not? W. and J. played through a first-class schedule without losing a game. In three of its major contests, including Pittsburgh and Detroit Univer? sity, only four first downs were made against Neale's machine. A strong line, two good ends, a first-class backficld, all well coached, make up a representative delegation for any section. W. and J. wasn't as flashy in attack nor as consistently strong as Penn State, but it would have offered an oven battle against any Eastern xival. Considering the team's power on defense, there is hardly a chance that California will run up any score even approaching the Ohio State upset of a year ago. Unless California is easily the strongest team in the country, the game will belong to the nip-and-tuck species, with no romp on either side. Who Is He and Where Is He? Who and where is the man who is ultimately to knock out Jack Dempsey? When John Lawrence Sullivan was at the top of his fame, James J. Corbett was a bank clerk in California. When Bob Fitzsiramons whipped Corbett, Jim Jeffries was a hulky, unknown helper around Corbctt's camp. When Jeffries ruled the game back around 1900, Jack Johnson wag a Texas roustabout. When Johnson stopped Jeffries Willard was an overgrown combina? tion of cowboy and farmer from Kansas. In looking for the future conqueror of Dempsey one would hardly turn to Carpentier, Brcnnan or Gibbons. The odds are he will be some young? ster, now unknown, but a fast worker on the upward trail after he gets his start. The Durable King Ty Cobb next spring will be starting his eighteenth season under the Big Awning of the game. 4 Yet on the rim of this advanced state of servitude, frolicking under the golden sun of California, he still has enough to lead such competitors as Rogers Hornsby and George Sisler in the post-graduate School of Swat. If one had to name two of the hardest parties in the game to beat, Hornsby and Sisler would be leading choices. If Cobb isn't the durable king of the diamond, we once more pause for a reply. The Mashie and Divot Blues South of the Mashie and Divot line Where the warm suris shining, For the land of the palm and the well known pine, The golf bug's pining; He wants to go from the rain and snow, Down where the baling breezes bloiv, To take his stand in the sun and savd, With a big spade niblick in his hand, Down in the land of the Follow Throughs, Far from the Mashie and Divot Blues. By the skillful use of net and trident Tex Rickard can bag first-class opponents for Benny Leonard and Johnny Wilson in the light and middle? weight ranks. He can arrange all the necessary action for the light heavyweight situation with Tom Gibbons, Greb and Carpentier. But he has no snaring accessories at hand that will round up any dazzling oppo? nent for Jack Dempsey, who still sits upon the top of the fistic world in lonely grandeur, with only the vague, massive shadow of Jess Willard now and then slanting across the road. Rickard knows when to fall back at the right time, and then when the public, yearning for a melee, comes un, suddenly lets fly with both barrels. Before the winter is much further along he will have the air full of flying gloves, with the strong probability that at least one champion will have his crown knocked over the left ear. The. next move on the peace program should bring the United States Golf Association and the Western Golf Association in under one tent, so far as rules aro concerned. The ancient pastime has kinks enough in the way of stance, grip and swing without taking over the complications brought on by two or three sets of rules. Publicity attached to W. and J. this last autumn may have been a bit thin, but Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Detroit are willing to confirm the rumor that California will have one of the busiest afternoons of the campaign when the scramble starts. '? : Wabash Scheduled For Game, Nov. 11, With Presidents! i _ WASHINGTON. Perm., Dec. 19?The : scheduling of Wabush College for a i game in Washington. Pa., on Novem? ber 11, was announced to-day by Man? ager R. M. Murphy, of Washington 1 and Jefferson. The game is tho first between the teams and regarded as one of the best on the home schedule. Wabash has just completed a success? ful season, losing only to the Army and Marquette and it does not lose a single letter man of next year's team. The game fills the Presidents' No? vember schedule, one of the hardest e\er booked lor the team. Starting on November 4, when they play Lafayette at tho Rolo Grounds, the Presidents follow with Wabash at home, then meet Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh on No? vember IK. Detroit at Detroit on No? vember 25, and West Virginia at Morgantown on Thanksgiving. Games at home with Bethany on October 7 and Carnegie Tech on October 14, have also been arranged, leaving September 213, September 30, October 21 and October 28 the only ? open dates. 'Seeded' Draw Ruling Meets j Much Favor . Decision of Tennis Commit? tee Not Sui-prising After: "Blind" Draw F?aseos The meeting of the executive commit- j tee of the United States Lawn Tennis j Association last Saturday. Indicated that constructive legislation has been accomplished since the last annual meeting of the association. The new ruling as to what an amatenr player can and c?nnot do in the way of earn? ing a living seems to be a move In the right direction. The fact that last season saw more than one player of national promi nenco "doubling in brass" Immediately after tho finish of a match was not a wholesome one, in the opinion of many followers of the game, who believe that such things only tend to lower the high standing of the sport and should not be countenanced. Tho action of a player who writes for a magazine, or who publishes books on j the f-ame, is held to be in a different | category, o.wing to its possible con- ? structive character. - The prevailing sentiment among play? ers and followers of tennis in favor of tho "seeded" draw for important tour? naments was not surprising, in view of the near-fiascos that resulted last sea? son in both tho men's and women's na? tional championship tournaments as a result of the "blind" draw. The changes in the assignment of the big tournaments for 1922 were very few, as compared with last year, the West Side again gaining the chief plum when the challenge round matches for the Davis Cup were awarded to the Forest Hills club. Philadelphia takes charge of the men's national singles again, with the Germantown Cricket Club acting as host, while the women's national event goes again to the West Side Tennis Club. The Germantown Cricket Club is surely entitled to the men's national tourney for another year at least. The erection of stands, the special prepa? ration of the courts and the many j otner outlays that are connected with the holding of a big event such as : this till form a considerable financial j strain that cannot be offset by one ? holding of the tournament. It requires | at least two years for a club to come j out even or better. Umpire Brennan Back With Southern League MEMPHIS, Dec. 19.?Bill Bren- i nan, umpire in the National League last season and formerly in the Southern League, will return to the Southern League next season. John D. Martin, president of the South' : *i League, announced to- ' night that he had signed Brennan as a member of his umpire staff. Brennan has been released by the National League. He came to the Southern League in 1918 and um? pired through the 1920 season, re? turning to the National League last season. ?-_? Getting nearer ev^ day! * Only five shopping ^ All the more reason fc** trying the "four corners"!4 Room to breathe! Uncluttered aisles! Pleasant service! Moderate prices! Welcome just to look! Dressing gowns?warm woolly ones for cold morn ings. Silk ones for luxuri? ous lounging by the open fire. House coats that really fit?comfort ! House slippers?slip a pair in his Christmas stock? ing. Leather or felt. Or house moccasins lined with softest, warmest wool?a joy to any man who turns out in the cold gray dawn. Why don't you all chip in and buy Dad a new fur coat? Or a handsome bag? Most important of all? Revisions in Winter suits. Men's, Youths', Boys'. Substantial savings. Rogers Peet Company Broadway Broadway at 13th St. 'Tour at 34th St Convenient Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave. at Warren at 41st St D-eeision for Pal Moore DETROIT, Dec. 19.?Pal Moore, of Merr.phis, won the newspaper decision nver Joey Schwartz, of Detroit, in their ten-round bout here to-night. The Memphis bantam landed on Schwartz; at will, but failed to damage the De? troiter, who pressed the fighting a; some stages. CLOTHIERS ? HABERDASHERS ? HATTERS Do You Buy Evenino: C?otiies? _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_fl_^_^_^_H There are three periods in a man's life when he buys eve? ning clothes. First is the high school and college period. Usu? ally this ?3 a dinner-coat suit. This suit serves until he takes a wife. Then comes the second dress suit. Later on, when his hair is greying at the temples and his chest is slipping down toward his waist line, the dress coat of h?3 younger days seems to have grown smaller, and a third suit is neeessary. Some men buy more than three eve? ning suits. Most men need at least three. Knowing these things, we feel that evening clot lies should have long life. They should ba made of fine quality unfinished wors? ted fabrics of fast black. The tailoring of all models should be in the finest style thought of New York and London, trimmed with silks of superb quality. Such suits as these are never an extravagance. Dinner Clothes Coat and Trousers i i3 aud Full Dress Suits Coat and Trousers and Full Dress or Dinner Coats Sold Separately '95 WEBER AND HEILBRONER STORES St-5 Broadway ''118." Broadway 775 Broadway *--2nd and Madison * Clothing at Iht'ne stored *4+th and Broadway 1368 Broadway 130 Nassau ?0 Cortiandt ?"30 Broad 76 Naseau (cor. John) as I Fulton Street, Borough Hall, Brooklyn *8<>0 Broad Street, Newark