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Creighton and Kansas University * * * ##* *** Cagers Open Season Here Tonight By RALPH WAGNER. Basket ball—that sport which is played by nearly every university, col lege and high school in the country—will be ushered in at Creighton univer sity tonight when the Creighton quintet and the Kansas basketeers crack open the season at the Blue and White gymnasium. The contest is scheduled to start a 8 p. m. Just what is in store tor the basket ball fans in the line of exciting play 1" not known Both teams have been practicing on the Creighton floor for the past week or so and are thoroughly acquainted with the surroundings. The Jayhawkers are known for their smooth working teamwork and it would not l>e at ail surprising to see the Kansas basketeers uncork some dazzling teamwork this evening. The fivc-ryan defense of the visitors, judg ing from their practice, will keep the Blue and White tessera on their toes. Coarh Schahinger of Creighton has spent the last week in developing a pair of guards for his team. The return of Lew man Lane, guard.'to the' squad has put new hopes in the Creighton camp. Lane is a good man on the team and is a speedy guard. With Paynter doing the jumping and Captain Lovely and Trautman at forwards and Lane and Speieher at the guard jgisitions. Schahinger believes he has a combination that will turn out a victory for Creighton in its first game <;>f the season and the first contest under his career as a basket ball coach at Creighton. East Takes Major Share of Honors Pan Francisco, Jan. 2.—The Uni versity of Southern California, which defeated Penn State college, 14 to 3, yesterday at Pasadena, was the only Pacific coast Institution to win In three New Year's day games, which closed the 1922 football season. Kxcept for the first quarter, when Mike Palm, Pennsylvania State quar terback. drop kicked a field goal from the 19-yard line, the University of Southern California gained consistent ly through the Nittany Lions' line. Scott High school of Toledo, which already held the high school cham pionship of the east, south and mid dlewest, completed Its conquest of the country hv winning, 32 to 0, from the Corvallis (Ore) High school, the far-western champion. The game was played at Corvalis. 75-Milc Boat Race. I,os Angeles, Jan. 2.—The 73-mile speed boat race around Santa Cata lina Island will be staged tomorrow with Miss Detroit VI, owned by Gar field A- Wood of Detroit, Mich., the favorite to win. The race will start off Los Angel s harbor and end there. 2>o you know that Frank Chance, newly appointed manager of the Boston Red Sox, is enthusiastic over the prospects of landing a prize catch in Floyd Her man, the slugging Omaha first liaseman of last season. Chance's cause for rejoicing is a tip from George Stallings that Herman is a regular slugger nnd that the new Beantown pilot will not have to look farther for a first saeker. Herman, however, who was a rookie with the Buffaloes last Rea son, will have a lot. of competitlotv it seems, as Chance says he has, in Harris and Burns, a couple of good stockers to compete for the first base Job. An American Legion smoker in Ontaha January 11 will feature a •‘double windup,” with heavy weights and welterweights. Billy Mislte, St. Paul heavyweight, will tangle with Harry Foley, southern light-heavyweight champion, in one bout; Morris Srhluifer of Omaha will inert Mamie Smith of Tulsa in the other go. Louis Newman, the Tulsa tight promoter, is managing Smith and accompanied him to Omaha to prepare for the inatcli. JefT Smith's next bout will he with Fddie Tremblay in Portland, Me. Herb Steger, lutlfback on this year's University of Michigan foot ball team, is in a critical condition in a Chicago hospital, where lie was operated on far appendicitis. The Yanks recently recalled Pitcher Gormer Wilson from the Sioux City club, then released the southpaw to Bridgeport of the Kustern league. They also released Infielder Glen Killinger to Atlanta of the Southern association, after recalling him front Jersey City. Killinger formerly was a. Penn State gridiron star and all-Ameri can huckfield choice in 1921. Ray Reinstated j as an Amateur i _ New York, Jan. 2.—Joie W. Ray of Chicago, crack distance runner, has been restored to good standing in amateur ranks as a result of refund ing $100 which, It was charged, he received through exorbitant expense claims, it was announced today by Frederick W. Rubien, secretary-treas urer of the Amateur Athletic union. Ray was suspended in November by the A. A. U. for the remainder of 1922. llis reinstatement became ef fective yesterday. Joe Loomis, who, with his brother, Frank, was temporarily banned for reasons similar to those in Hay's case, has gained reinstatement by paying $5. Frank Loomis, who was charged with receiving $20 excessively, has been permanently suspended because of failure to make any refund. It is pointed out, however, that he already | iiad forfeited his amateur status by being engaged as a professional coach. Firpo-Willard Bout May Be Next Big Figlit New York, Jan. 1.—Luis Angel Fir ; po against Jess Willard for 15 rounds. There is a match which Tex Rickard ' is working on and Tex will know in ! the next few days whether he can put it over or not. Willard sent word today to Rickard that he would be in New York before the 12th of the month, prepared to talk turkey in the hope that it will lead to a match with Jack Dempsey. However. Rickard is going to insist that the big Kansas farmer re-establish himself and prove j to the public that he has enough left I to warrant another crack at the champion. Villa Laces Murray. Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—Puncho Villa, l flyweight champion, easily defeated ! '•Battling" Murray of this city yester I day in the principal bout of a New ! Year's day card. In the last three of 1 the eight rounds the Filipino made a punching bag of the Philadelphian. Each weighed in at 110 pounds. Carl Treiuain of Cleveland beat Jubez White of Albany in eight rounds of swift fighting. Victoria Hockey Team Wins Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 1.—A shot ! from the blue line by Clem I.ough I hn after eight minutes and 20 sec onds of overtime play gave Victoria a win, two goals to one, over Van couver hero tonight in the Pacific Coast Hockey association race. i Fight Tickets Go on Sale. I Tickets for the American Legion I boxing show, to be held January 12, will be placed on rale this afternoon at the Baseball Headquarters, The Sportsman. Johnny Dennison's cigar store. Merritt's drug store and the Auditorium. Omaha Horseman Will Motor to Hip Race Meet at Tijuana Ed Peterson, P. Shirley, Herman (inienther, Tom Dennison and several oilier Omaha horsemen, will leave January 10 for Tijuana, Mex., where they will spend the winter “taking in” the annual Tijuana race meeting. The parly will motor to Tijuana. It Happened^ in Baseball The lowest percentage in victories a pennant winning team registered was .588. In 1908 the Detroit club raptured the flag with this remarkably low per centage in games won. In the race for the pennant in the National league in 3 917. tho Philadelphia club won with k percentage of .591'. The remarkable fea ture of the race that season was the fact that the New York club graced the tall end position with the splendid percentage in games won of .454. A difference of 138 points separated the leaders and the cel lar outfit. This Is the closest race, when including all teams, that ever took place lit major league baseball. The most one sided race took place In the first season the present National league was organ ized. lti 187b the Chicago club won the | pennant with a percentage of .788 Cln- t rinnati. the tall-ender, finished the sea son with a perct Uago of .138—a differ ence of 650 points. In 1908 Christy Mathew son had one of his best seasons and that is saying much for that grand hurler had many of them. Of the 37 games Matty won that season, in 33 of them he didn't permit more than two runs in any game or. put it this way: In 3 4 games no runs were scored. c»£ course, all thee© games didn’t go the full route. In 10 games one one run was •'•ored in each contest and In eight games the opposition scored only two runs in each game. Matty, like Walter Johnson, always gave his team an opportunity to win if they managed to put over three runs. The team behind Matty, as a rule, took advantage of his superb hurling. Johnson, on the other hand, pitched many, many games wherein the opposi tion scored but one. two or three runs per game, in fact. Walter was the victim of more i to 0 contests than any hurler In the game. Attention. Mr. Vranclst Yoi are going to Join a baseball club next spring that will give you a swell chance to shine a* a great hurler. In the ia*t lf» season* the Waahitfgton club scored 8,569 run* in 2.29b games, an a\erjgc of 3 73 per game. The team led by Ty Cobb possibly leads all teams in run getting. In the last 10 seasons the Tigers scored It*.588 rune m 2.307 games, an average of 4.51 per game. ‘ IX the great Waiter JoUuaou had these i extra runs to work on during his career he would have a record that would doubly discount any that the greatest pitchers ever produced. In the olilen days a first saeker couldn't hold a place on a big league team unless he knocked the ball over th* fence every so often, and surely, he must be a boni fide .300 hitter. Anson, Roger Conner, Dun Brothers. A1 McKinnon, otto Shorn* berg, Dave Orr, Ted I.arkln. Perry Wer den, .Tack Doyle and Jake Beckley were the popular type of first sackers during •he '80s. All were powerful batsmen but rather slow on the paths, barring Roger Conner, who, for a large man, was fust on the base lines. In 1887 every first baseman In the National league batted .300 or better. This la the only Instaneo In major league baseball where all the guardians of the Initial sack registered as .800 hitters. Last season the first baso n an working in the circuit ruled over by Baa Johnson came within one man, cr five points, of producing eight of the tegular first basemen who hit .300 in dividually nr collectively. Sisler. Pipp, I auser, Sheely, Mclnnis, Burns and lilac came under the wire at a .300 clip. Judge of Washington was the only one who lagged, and he had a mark of .295 Too bad he slipped. In the old National last season only three of the regular first sackers hit as first sackers are supposed to hit. Jake Danbcrt. Kelly and Crimes v.-ere the only regulars to live up to tra ditions. Rookie Bottemly of the Carls was well within the .300 circle in the 30 odd games ho played In. Addle Joss was one of the great hurlers of the game and about tha best hurler the Cleveland club ever had. During the 10 seasons he did duty for that organiza t-f n he was a terror to the Chicago and Detroit teams and held those outfits in thrall until the end. Pitching 33 gam-»a against the Tigers, he lost hut 10. Joss shut them out eight times, also pitched eight onc-run and six two-run games. Against the White Sox he pitched ID shutout games, also six or^-run and six two-rui games. Joes pitched two no-ini games aguinst the White Sox. «!ho won 22 out of the 30 games ho hurled against ihs "hiilcss wonders.'* RR 1113 F ATHFR R'8iil««l SEE jiggs AND MAGGIE in full Drawn for The Omaha Bee by McManuii LUMll VilllVJ V/Jr X X X XJ-gXX u. s patent Oflice TAGE OF COLORS IN THE SUNDAY BEE (Copyright 1922) IT MUt>T BE ACIN - THE LAW rER ' MEN TO WORK IN { INDi\i0r1' DEAR I JO'oT OOOCHT ( A OCAOTIEIJL. VA'bE • I I HIREO A BOX TO ? IbRlNC, IT HOME. FOR I MC LET ME HAVE ( • ‘bOME CHANCE TO ^ E.IVE. HIM- J 0--Mra L,0 IN AMD LOOK AT j IT DEAR lT't> ON KJ THE. TAOLL r--> ' AM *bHE t \AO* to i iire ^>ome OrsE io Carrt that home: '—>ri-1 © 1923 Tt INT'L FBATURC SCRVIC*. INC. Napoleon Lajoie the Most Graceful * «■» * •>:•* * * # Baseball Player of Game’s History Year Ci. A.B. It. II. SB. 3H. II.K. T.B. KB. Pet. 1896 39 174 37 57 II 16 4 HMt 6 .328 1897 126 545 107 108 36 23 7 301 22 .363 1898 147 610 113 200 43 9 5 275 33 .328 1899 72 308 70 117 17 II 6 174 14 .379 1900 102 451 95 156 33 13 7 233 25 .346 1901 131 543 145 220 48 13 13 333 27 .405 1902 87 852 81 129 34 5 7 194 19 .369 1903 \ 126 188 90 173 40 9 7 252 22 .355 19(44 110 554 92 211 60 14 5 304 31 .381 1905 65 249 29 82 13 2 3 105 II .329 1906 152 602 88 214 49 7 0 277 20 .355 1907 137 509 53 158 S3 6 2 202 24 .299 1908 137 581 7 7 168 32 6 3 218 15 .289 1909 128 469 56 152 33 7 I 208 13 .324 1910 159 591 92 227 51 7 4 304 27 .384 1911 90 315 36 115 20 1 2 143 13 .365 1912 117 448 66 165 34 4 0 207 18 .368 1913 137 465 66* 156 25 3 I 188 17 .335 1914 121 419 37 108 14 2 1 129 14 .258 1915 129 190 -10 137 24 5 1 174 10 .280 1916 113 426 33 105 14 4 2 183 15 .246 Total 2475 9589 1503 3243 651 159 79 4448 396 .338 In I.ajnie's 21 years In major* lie play ed from 196 to 1901 with Phils, 1901 with Athletics. 1902 including 1914 with the Indians ami 1915 and 1916 with the Athletics. By FREDERICK <>. LIKB. ASEBALL'S most graceful * player of all time was “King harry," t li e larruping Nap Eajoie. With I he grace of a — tiger the Woon socket French man would glide over the in Held, making the most spectacular stops without an appar ent effort, while the slightest twist of his powerful wrists would send the ball hounding oft' the outiield fences. The famous Napoleon lasted 21 years as a big leaguer and smacked the ball for an average of .338. He might have lasted several years longer had he not expressed a desire to serve as a minor league manager. After leaving the Athletics in 1916, Larry managed the Toronto Interna tionals and finished in front. It was the only pennant winner Lajoie ever was associated with. He led the In ternational league in batting, and Charley Kbbets offered $9,000 to the Toronto club for his release. Lajoie then was 42 and still in de mand as a big leaguer. However, the sale was set aside so that the former "King" might try his luck as manager of the Indianapolis club. During Lajole's 21 years in big league baseball, he faced 21 major league clubs, and made the amazing record of hitting .300 or better against the entire 21. Ills batting averages against these clubs follows: Baltimore Americans, .513; New York. Nationals, .422; Milwaukee Americans, .411; St. Louis Nationals, .377; Cincinnati Na tionals. .359; Brooklyn Nationals, .349; Chicago Nationals, .349; Pitts burgh Nationals, .340; Chicago Ameri cans, .344; St. Louis Americans, .338; Detroit Americans, .334; Washington Americans, .334; Cleveland Nationals, .331; New York Americans, .325; Phila delphia Americans, .322; Boston Amer icans, .321; Baltimore Nationals, .314; Boston Nationals, .313; Cleveland Americans, .311; Louisville Nationals, .308; Washington Nationals, .300. Though Larry was a robust hitter in the old National league, he did not ! win a batting leadership until he 1 hopped to the American league, lie led Ban Johnson's new organization in 1901, with an -average of .405, and repeated in 1903, 1904 and 1905. Oddly enough in 1905, Lajoio and Wagner, Larry’s most famous contemporary, each led his respectivo league with the same average, .355. Lajoie broke into the National league on August 12, 1896, the Phillies playing Washington. Nap followed Ed Delehanty and Sam Thompson in the Philadelphia batting order and scored one run, made a lilt and stole a base. On May 10. 1897, Lajoie held his greatest batting carnival, socking "Red" Donohue for a single, double and two homers in live tries, a mighty good day’s work. Nap hit .300 his first 11 straight years. —- I Par Score Is a False Ideal, Crack British Golfer Asserts (Hy International News Senior.) London. Jan. 2.—Bogey in golf is a false ideal and the banc of British golfers, in tho opinion of George Duncan, tho British star, who has recently returned from an American tour. Young British players, Duncan believes, will have difficulty in matching tho pace sot by the Americans until they get away from the idea that par scores are the proper standard. The* difference between the Anieri-• can and the British amateur, Duncan asserts, is one of ideals—the one plays for par figures and the other for a scratch score. Duncan is not apprehensive for the future of British golf, however. He believes that the younger players of England are as good as the younger American players, once the Britishers get away from the "par golf" idea. "The Americans work at the game and that is the main secret of their success," Duncan said. "In fact, there are six or seven Americans who do nothing all the year around but prac tice and play championships." The proneness of Americans to seek information through persistent ques tioning was another attribute that impressed the British star. The thou sands of queries he had to answer as to why ho did this and that—why he preferred a square to an open stance, etc., convinced Duncan that, the Amer ican golfer is an earnest seeker after information To Open Golf School. Art Saunders, assistant "pro" at the Omaha’Field cjub, will open an indoor golf school at Burgess-Xash department store late this month. Saunders had charge of the school last winter and was kept busy throughout the winter months in structing Omahans in the art of club swinging. WTTHTHE PUG^ The third member of Frank (liurrhill’n stable of fighters from the Philippine*. Mike Ballerlno, will make his debut iu Madison Square Garden on Friday night, "hen he tackles Frankey Jerome, ihe Bronx battler for 12 rounds. Baljerluo was born of Kalian parents and has been stationed in the Philippines as a member j of I'ncle Sam's fon-es. '‘Irish'* Johnny Curtin, the hard club bing bantam from Jersey (*|iy is ins kina rapid strides iu his chair after the cham pionship. The last boy t-> get his from I the little Irlsher was Willie spencer and ! now Jack Sharkey is next iu line. Sharkey and Johnny are going to do their stuff !n a 12-round trip in Jersey City next i Monday night. Wins Pinehurst Meet. Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. ii.—Donnld Parsons of the Youngstown Country elub, won the annual midwinter golf tournament at Pinehurst. Mentioned in Baseball Fraternity _ Frank Frisch Zack Wheat Jake Daubcrt George Burns It has been learned that the Baseball Players Fraternity, which is supposed to be well along toward completion, have named several players for the office of president and vice president. Among them are Frankie Frisch, Giants; Jake Daubert and George Burns, Cincinnati, and Zack Wheat, Brooklyn, Report From Big League Camps * x x * -x * * * * Says Tearney “Set” for Drive * x * *x x xxx Against BasebalFs High Mogul II.II.I'll WAUIMJbK. OW comes a report from New York's select circle of baseball men that President A. It. Tearney of the Three llyo and Western minor leagues together with other minor loop moguls are liable to start something in the way of r movement against Judge Landis that may have a far-reaching effect. This report from the east also states, according to reports among baseball men of the big leagues, President Tearney is all “set” for a drive against baseball's high commis sioner over one or two grievances that have cropped up in the past year. The report also has it that Tearney's drive is really the start of a movement to" eliminate Landis from control of base ball. 'Tls funny baseball authorities in New York say this about the presi dent of the Western league. Tearney. in his last visit to Omaha, said a world of nice things about Landis and if the head of the Western has any thing against baseball's high commis sioner then it is a surprise to the club owners in this league. Baseball men in Omaha and other Western league towns believe that the New York moguls would like noth ing better than to see someone oust Landis from his throne, or at least start a movement. They also believe that rather than start the movement themselves they v.ould keep their names clean by hanging it on Tearney or somo other minor league president. One of the complaints to be filed against Landis by Tearney, says this report, is that Judge Landis doesnt’ give as much time to baseball’s affairs as he should, especially among the minor leagues. The minor leagues took care of their business long before. Judge Landis was on the throne and there is no reason to believe that they can't handle their league business just as well at the present. Tho draft has caused considerable trouble between the big leagues and the little fellows and the fact that the judge didn't side in with the major moguls leads nno to believe the ma jority of big league owners would like to see Landis out of his present posi tion. While it is not likely that the entire major league roster of club owners would countenance lus removal, still there is always the chance that Landis, rather than enter into a lengthy squabble with his opponents, would offer his resignation. Here’s Real Story and All Worthy * * * * #* * * * Facts About Cobb’s Disputed Hit Jones-Updike Horses Win at Havana Meet Western horse breeders scored a big victory down in Havana, Cuba, New Year's day, when Seth’s Dream and Randall's Royal, coming 2-year-olds, finished first and sec ond, respectively, in tho annual Havana New Year's day maiden race. Seth's Dream and Randall's Royal are Jones-Updike horses from the B, A. Jones stock farm, Parnell, Mo. Both Seth's Dreum and Randall's Royal will be entered in the annual Ak-Sar-Ben running race meet at Ak track next spring. The Jones-Undike horses that won at Havana New Year's day are sired by Seth and are considered two of the most promising 2-year olds down at Havana. The distance of the annual New Year's day maiden race was a quarter of a mile for a purse of $500. Schmader to Battle Ole Anderson Soon Andy Schmader, Jack Lewis’ light heavyweight tighter, and Ole Ander son, have been matched to travel 10 rounds in a main event bout at Okla homa City January 8, it was an nounced lust night. Manager Lewis and his protege will hop a rattler Saturday evening for Oklahoma City. Taylor Kayoes V ogel. Indianapolis, Jan. 2.—"Bud” Tay lor of Terre Haute, bantamweight boxer, Knocked out Benny Vogel of Milwaukee in the first round of a scheduled 10-round contest yester day. A right punch to the jaw ended the bout two seconds before the bell. Taylor led from the start. Baseball World Prepares to _Pay Homage to Willie Keeler New York, Jan. 2.—Baseball and other organizations in Greater New York were preparing to pay homage to the memory of "Wee Willie” Kee ler, one of the greatest batsmen of j all time, who died in Brooklyn yes terday of heart disease after a linger ing illness. Officers of the two major league clubs here, the New York Giants and Yankees, and the Brooklyn Nationals, besides John A. lteydler, president of the National league, planned to at tend Keeler's funeral, which will be held Thursday morning. The Order of Elks, of which the former Baltimore Oriole star was a member, announced that ritual ser vices would be held tomorrow night. EDDIE’S FRIENDS a <;a.»c or Fn*« . I DQMT \ VNQR«y!— j i’ll Be HERE) till ike / 6-ftME ReSTt- - I Kal £M Ol .. Q'u.' - i ve I ‘iTILU &OT A Penny 1N My kick1. I_ "Keeler was a remarkable player, and a gentleman, both on the field and ofT," President Heydler said to night in- paying tribute to his mem ory. "He was a credit to the game in every respect and those who knew him feel genuine sorrow that he is gone.” Keeler's good nature was a charac teristic often noted. Asked one day why he smiled so much, he replied: "Because 1 get paid for playing baseball.” Tigers Route Texas Cagers. Columbia, Mo., Jan. 1.—The Uni versity of Missouri basket ball team defeated the Texas university quin tet, 37 to iS, here tonight. Zfestetf‘Dal/fcdy T^ShouldKnoii) By Ld ^horp Q. After referee is ready to toss ball up at renter, has ono of the centers the right to walk way down court and then cutne bark to Jump? No. Till* I* a foul for delating game. Q. What is charging" V Knelling into an opponent anil chuh ing body contact. It often result* in pri ons injury. It i* a foul. 1) A player catches ball with one hand, he dribbles and stops with tho ball in 1 wo hands and again dribbles, is this a foul in amateur game? ,\. No, a violation. Hall goon out of hound* of opponent, <i- Under amateur rules. can n player who tans and then catches ball in .sue* i essive held ball plays, be penalized for delaying game? Thi* I* legal. No foul can he railed. Q In case the timekeepers’ signal is not heard and a basket Is scored after signal, does tho goal count? A. If both timekeeper* agree that time wu* up before *hot was made, the goal doe* not count. flow to Play Basket Ball. Right forward. A forward need not to bo r tall man, but it is well to have at least one tall forward To be a good forward, a player must catch well, piss accurately, dribble smoothly, cut last and above all else, hav. tho ability to seor A forward must 6e able to shoot and ihnot fast from any position on tho floor cos* to tho husk* t when lie has an op portunity to score His are 'ery rarely the set allots with plenty of time tu aim. At the “tapoff” he mint be con stantly maneuvering to reach the ball before hta guard; if tho ball cornea Into hi* section, whether tapped by his own •enter, or opponents, to lose lb* opponent am! be In position to receive tho hall on a pas.-- of Ida teammates, tf tho hall Is tapped by his own center into ono of the r»ther sections. It Is his business to be [jee whenever the ball comes Into pos session of his team'. Ho must be ever on the alert to dnidi into unoccupied sec lions of the floor, ready to receive pass*-1 made to him. or to the spot where ho Is expec ted to he on a act play. If t In ball passes to the othpr side, then the sit uation is reversed. The forward must get on the defense at one©. Madly tearing iround the floor is not pood basket ball, A crafty forward works with h chance of liar*, doing slowly and deliberately at linos, then at other time* petting sway with snsed By FRANK \V. MKNKE. Copyright, 1928.1 VER hearth* real story and all th* facts concerning tha disputed hit oil 1922 which was given Ty Cobb so that his hatting average for th* year went beyond the .too mark? i The explanation ’ ^ comes from Ban Ban Johnson, who makes It with tho thought In mind that the baseball public wants to know ali the conditions Involved in the affair. It may bo recalled that tho unoffi cial scorer credited Ty Cobh with a Hit in tho Tiger-Yankee game of May 15. The official scorer on that par ticular play ruled that it wasn t a hit, but that it was an error for Ev erett Scott, tho Yankee shortstop. In vestlgation already has disclosed th* fact tho unofficial scorer was In th* press box when the play happened, whereas tho official scorer was sit ting somewhere In the grandstand. Johnson “Goes Up. “I have nothing to do with the at* pointment of the official scorers,” de clared Johnson. “They are named by tho baseball clubs. It is the job of these fellows to score the games and send the official scores in to the American league headquarters in Chi cago. When such score sheets tat * received, they ure turned over to in " win llowe. who is official statistician for tho American league. “Naturally, I don’t look at any ol these official scores, but leave the whole matter to Mr. Howe. Tho only time I have anything whatsoever to do with the official scores is when some arguments or disputes arise, at which time Mr. Howe places the en tire matter before mo for Investiga tion and decision. “I was away from Chicago when my attention W'as called to a newspa per article which stated that the question of wdiether or not Ty Cobb would bat .400 or better in 1922 de pended entirely upon a rertain play made by Cobb in New York on May . 15. When I gpt back to Chicago Mr. Howe explained to me that in his com pilations from tlie official scoring 1 records, he found that Cobh had been given one less hit than had tho unofficial scorer—and that the discrepancy had been traced to the game of May 15. Failed to Sign Name. “So 1 asked Mr- Howe to bring tn« tho official score sH't-H fur that game. It was a sad looking document. I found, first of all. that the official scorer had been so careless that be had failed to sign bis name. Second ly, I discovered that this official scor er—Jack Kieran—had made note of the fact that Skinner had hatted for Pitcher Jones in the eighth inning and that Pitcher O'Doul had relieved Pitcher Jones for the Yankees and had pitched tho ninth inning. “However, when I looked at the tabulations of pitching records for that game. T was rather astonished j to find that although this offlc,'^ scorer had put O'Doul’s name in tho lineup, lie had totally ignored tho pitching of O'Doul in tho pitching tabulations. For he credited Jones witli having pitched nine full Innings. That's a blunder that hardly could be excused in a 12-year-old boy. “I learned that the unofficial scots had been sent out by Fred Bleb, president cf the Baseball Writers' as aociation, who had scored officially quite frequently through tho years and is regarded us ono of the best posted baseball men in tho country. I had reason to believe that Blob's Judgment in Vhe matter of what Is a liit and what is an error is excellent. And Lieb gave Cobb a bit on that play. Tough Situation. “So this was tho situation: “Tf I accepted tho scoring of th* official scorer, who was not in the press box when tho play was made, and who was so slovenly that he had failed to sign bis name, and who was glaringly careless in scoring pitching renjrds of that game, it meant that I would deprive Ty Cobb of a .400 batting average for 1922. ^ "On the other band, if I accepted the scoring report of an acknowl edged expert in the matter of scor ing. Ty Cobb would get a hit on the disputed play and would achieve a mark beyond .400. “It didn't take me long to make the decision. I took I.Iph's unoffi cial but otherwise faultless scoring, rather than the official scoring of tl^*^^ careless Kieran." In Turkey. 170,000 persons havi abandoned their homes and departed f-om Constantinople in tho last two months. Tho American colonv h«i decreased from 800 to 880