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- ~ elldent Griffin. is
gross in signing up his bail team
33;
not yet on ice.
odfrey Brogan.
her bought fro
club of the~Saily engue in 1922
the left-handed
fig...
was one of the first to send in
signed indentures.
best. pitcher in the South At-
tic in 1922. He failed to report
5 e h' e promptly on account of hold-
i' out for a part of the purchase
p d to Charleston for his release.
tifirn was laid up as a result of s
glcal operation and was placed on
15;: voluntarily retired list. now re-
nqrts himself to be 100 per cent. of-
ngent and ready to carry on.
'qAnother of these signed up is
shortstop lid. licnu. a local boy who
was with llilgt-rstown of the Blue
ltldge League for n time last sca-
oti'l. and has made a good showing
3.34mi amateur and seml‘pro in
‘ \Vhshington for the last three or
' fwr years. lie has worked out at
. the ball park a. great deal and Clyde
Milan had a high idea of his promise
on u. future great. Ed is not. a string
bean. but is quite a sturdy sort of a
pgyer, and will get a. thorough try-
out with the (hills ilt Tampa. As he
had a linn-resv-rve contract with
llixersttm'n he was it free agent
Iii t'tl Signed by the \\';isliington club.
. Krill Uncs All In Linc.
,Zl‘he pirlyr-l‘s signed are Pitchers
aim
“s
Bgogzm, Dudley, Johnson. Joyce.
Martino. Murine. loe “'ingiield and
'litflmiser; (‘sltchers Jinrgrnve and
to: lntivlders lielm. lilurgc. liar-
ri’. Judge. l't‘tfiilllpnllfih. I’rothrop,
and Shirley; nild (lutticlders Goslin
and Rice. The infield in complete
arid Ungnon is the only recruit not
honrd from.
:TTIOSU still unaccounted for are Joe Jlldge_ who has been winter—
Pflchnrs Milli-aw. Mairbt-rry. Mn- ing at his home here. seems all set ,‘suii‘én‘efl by ”mac Who competed
”1‘ Sfltllzv‘. lluxsrll and Zachary: U-llt‘ll- for it good SCUM)". no has taken on ‘U‘Jmu young Loren that be Won
etillnvl. ,lnlit ltil,‘l' (itlrtlnn. .‘lnd Uui- considerable flesh '~ and will have “.108," of the red topped shoes—un-
flflllel‘s livans. l'isher. Ltglbold, something to worktoff at Tampa “I If“ Murchison barred ham 3“ ‘
I“; Rfchbourg and Smith. which has not always been thq‘rl‘tlse SNI‘It of fairness.
”1 I'If hr.- hmi lilil’l and all outfielder with him. and it is easier to el «lin- But the episode of the 33039 first
added to the lifllt'l‘ slunml )ll:l)'ers ate superfluous poundngc than it is 9’0“?!” “‘0 young redhnired 13"
' Griff wmlld lac in condition to start in lnuild up. Into prominence as an athlete. Af-
< tho I'm L' twizli. flint. 1'5. 11' the I.ll(l}~; \\'itll .100 ill his best form: Stanley “'r “13-" he “118 souSht as a mom-
er. were in training, but there‘s this .“Hl‘l‘ls restored to his non-golf but- bvl‘ of the Sequoyall footbnil team,
3 rub. .. Iting power and Peck chipping in his where he played halfback with Le-
.. .fl‘rzllnih: is to be no joke this your
i‘ as”, l’resiliwm t'irii‘t'ith is determined
‘ to have his charges I‘m-(iv to sort
tho cmnpzilun :lt lightning speed. he
squeduh- is "Xp’t‘l"(T to grt'e the low
oil! a lot. of {Link's llt home at the
beginning of the campaign. and an
e} on will he made to use these to
6FllASlllllii'f0NllAVli ,
SIGNED comics ALREADY
1 ,I o Holdouts Reported Among Scooters—~32
ff 'Players in ‘the Fold—Clark Griffith" Has
Great Confidence in Hurlers Recently Ac-
quired—4W1] Bring Large Crew South
GTON. D. 0., Feb. 8.— good position before going on the
making great
the caster stands now there are
players who will be taken south.
enty of these are already in line.
‘ntlng “falter Johnson. who has
opted terms, although his con-
ct, which may arrive in any mail
the Charles-
been reinstated by Judge Lnndlst
Godfrey was
road.
weeks more. as they will get. both
tlon while at Hot Springs. in addi-
tion to the usual boiling out and
taking the waters. Special attention
will be given to Mogridgo and Zach-
ary. with a. view to having them
ready at the start, although Griffith
talks as if he is uncertain whether
Zach will be a member-Alf the team.
\V'hether this is based on the unusuul
quality of pitching recruits or
on any delay on chhnry‘s part in
accepting terms is not yet clear.
Faith In Young Pitchers.
Griffith is full of confidence in
his young pitchers and is particular-
ly sweet on \Vingiield though he
only pitched one inning in an acthal
championship contest here. He
showed a lot of nut! in practice. and.
though loss was expected of him
than of R00 when the two were
bought. from Chattanooga, he now
has the call. Joyce and Martina are
two others who are held in extrlfi
ordinary esteem. while Marbo'rry and
Znhniser. who .showed their worth
in unmerous games last year. are
regarded as already established fa-
vorites.
Allan Russell has'been allowed to
omit. the sojourn at Hot Springs that
\vns originally planned for him. for
the. sufficient reason that ill all of
the three years when he visited the
Ozark Spit as a member of the Bos-
ton Red Sox it got him nothing but
:1 sore nrm. \Vlmt is best for some
is worst for others. and. as Allan’s
famous rubber arm is one of the
club's best assets, he will not be
allowed to expose it to further dalm-
ag'c. Al says he is willing to go to
Tampa and start \vork now. 110 hild
a busy reason last year. but may
get. a. little more rest this time if
some of the new talent comes
through as touted.
usual timely blnglso and innumer—
uble sacrifice hits and walks. the in-
field shoutd'eontrthute Well to the
team's defensive strength if lluege
(:lll get hill-k the batting ability he
showed the first two months of last
year's race. assuming that he will be
the regular third-baseman. which of
get the Jump (ill-1m}! rivals who are
not fit. :m-‘l to fortify the tenth in a
course is not assured as long as such
:i player as I’rotlirop is on the team.
TEAM LEADERS
FORSAKE LINES
Many Pilots Prefer to
It Direct Major League
:i Teams from the Dug-
tout
l
.l
he time is not for distant in ma-
jot league husubull when only the
1' lunatic :lntt perservuriug Inns will
c on a. glimpse of the team manag-
on the coaching lines. The coach-
g manager will follow the playing
m nager it) the bunch. At this time
ai League Robbie gets out there
quite often. Fletcher of the I’liillles
argues with the wide world from the
box behind third. and so do the rest
of the men. Fohl this year. however
intends to sit on the bench most of
the time.
Bobby Quinn president of the nos-
ton lied Sox. advanced an interest-
The new pitchers will have about
three weeks more practice than he!
been usual and the vets nearly two
their arms and their legs in condi-
WILD coosE
MUSKOGEE. Okla... Feb. 6—-
Cbnslng a goose revealed, if it. did
not develop. the sprinting abilities
of Loron’ Murchison. ‘fnmmu dash
man. who next to Charles Paddock.
The: California. finish. is considered
the Olympic games at Paris this
summer .
The story of how Murchison. then
a lad of 13. first became famed for
his sprinting ability. is being told
around here by former scgool mates
of the lad who remember him as he
went to Sequoyah ward school here
111.1912 and .1813.
It seems that in those days Mur-
chison's father was a. salesman for
a "Blue Goose" make of shoe. which
featured the well known led top-
ped boots which formerly were the
pride and joy of ali‘ tow headed
youngsters. And the favorite od-
vertising stunt of the old man was
to tie a. blue ribbon around a.
goosa's neck. turn him loose in fl out
of n flock of kids and give the one
who caught him a pair of the afore-
siid red topped shoes ..
The goose chases were famous
throughout the city, and became
the biggest sporting event of the
day. School was turned out regul~
arly every Friday afternoon and the
youngsters would shed their stock-
rings and shoes and prepare to chase
the goose.
,4 it “as not known whether or not
Murchison. p‘ere. found out. his son
nus the ileol’cst lad in town before
he started his stunt or not. but it
my Deck. now 8. our w‘ih South-
ern Methodist University. champions
of the southwestern conference last
BARROW WILL "
NOT MANAGE
WASHINGTON
Nlitv YORK. Feb. S.—-Edwnrd
Barrow. busintss’nlnrmgcr of the
Yankees. has turned doWn all offer
tendered him by Clark Griffith. Pres
ing theory the other evening. "1
don't. believe that the manager of a
ball club should be out on the coach-
ing lilies at all." declared Quinn.
"lie is the field general. and should
be on the bench where he can study
the game from every angle. The
general of an army is seldom in the
front line tre‘nchcs, Neither Is
he dig the trenches. lint he es
the maneuvres for the men who oc-
cupy the positions. Same thing with
the manager of the club.
"There is another thing in con-
nection with the manager on the.
l'dent of the \Vushington Club. to
manage the Senators for the coming
season. to succeed Donnie Bush. new
with the Indianapolis Club of the
American Association. This was the
third offer Griffith made to Barrow
within the last two years. .
Barrow recommends Fred MIC-
chell. formerly of the Boston Braves
and new coach fer Harvard. He said
of him: “A good level-headed fellfiw
who knows ball players and how to
bundle them. The sort of fellow who
might fit in anywhere."
It is understood Griffith offered
CHASE V MAI ’ : PROVEW
the best entrant America. has for.
aim mny appear on the playing
lb o (in: only four playing manag-
e in the major Jgngues. We raise
th old qth-stlon uncerning George
‘er of St. Louis and do not in-
llnes." continued Quinn, "\Vhen he
is on the bench he has his team in
hand all the time. He can show the
mistakes of the enemy and also
cl do the once peerless first stick-
or: 'l‘yrus Raymond Cobb of the
Detroit Tigers and Tris Speaker of
the Indians are the playing leaders
of the Ami-riciin League. while Duve
Bancroft of the Braves and Bill Kill-
lfer of the Cubs are the active load-
ers in the National League.
Connie Mack and John J. McGraw
who set the pace in winning major
league pennants. do not get into util
wears civilian attire on the bench.
while “'ilbert Robinson of the Bob-
ins very frequently omits the form-
silty of donning flannels. Miller
Huggins. too, when his health is not
some one who will try to show up
the manager.
a Job when the manager is close to
form at. all. Brunch Rickey generally ‘the lender can well be disseminated
when he is right. on the bench. An-
other thing. there are comparatively
fe wtimcs when
really needed on the lines.
A.
point out th blunders of his own
men. Also .liis presence on the
bench precludes the possibility of
some malcontents second guessing
him. This is one of the most vicious
practices of baseball. and one that
is all too prevalent. There is always
"The club house lawyer is out of
No propaganda against
his team.
the manager is
the berth to \Valter Johnson. The
Kansas farmer rejected it. It is said
Griffith may offer the job to Roger
Pccklnpnugh. former Yankee cap-
tain.
Burrow is getting more money
from the Yanks than Clark Griffith
could pay him as manager of the
Senators. .He had a. career as a man-
nger before coming to the Yankees.
waas field manager at Detroit. He
at one time managed Montreal in
the old Eastern League. He later
managed the Red 80: and it was
through his expert advice that Bush
Jones. Scott. Dugnn ’Pennock nnd
Hoyt wear the liveryiof the Yanks.
Eddie Collin's chance of coming
to the Yankees is dubious. Comlsky
known pitching brothers. is looking
forward to a good year with the re-
vamped Braves under Davey Ban-
croft.
better one if,the.durned Pittsburg
..,,
I
Loren Murchison in action.
year. Vand he also'won more glory
as shortstop on the school bombs”
nine and naturally was the leading
representative on the track..wlierc
he never found his match for short
distances. .
Those! who competed against
Murchison while he was in grade
school here declsre that catching a
greased pig is an easy task com-
pared to lai‘lng hands on a. fright-
ened goose——especinlly one with a
long running gear. and especially
trained for his racing abilities. no
was the one possessed by Murchi-
son. Sr. While the noble bird had
his wings clipped so he couldn't
leave the ground. the gait “'llh
which he moved could not by any
stretch of imagination be called a.
waddle.
After leaving here. Murchison
went to St. Louis and ls.er to Chi-
cago. and his intent. sprinting abil-
ity was developed in nth‘ctic club
competition there. Then for several
years he was not heard from until
the lost Olympic games. when he
was en the American team.
Recently word has been received
by Fi’ed Murchison. his cousin here
that Loren is to receive a. large sun;
REP mm” ‘10 FAME
for a. series of articles telling how
he developed into n great runner
and dope stories on the Olympics.
But local friends of the fie?! young
man are betting he doesn't include
the episode of the goose.
ALL STARS T0 '
BOWL NORWALK
After winning the Inter-City Bowl-
ing Championship. The Stamford All
Stars will go to South Norwnlk to-
night to bowl the Norwslk Big Five
in the latter's alloys.
The All Stars have one of the best
bowling teams Stamford ever boast-
ed of. and by all reports should give
the Norwalk Quintet a busy time
while in action. The line-up for
Stamford follows:
At. Blots. Swanson.
Abrams and Cal.
Bahlon.
An electric lighting plant has been
installed in the ancient Indian city of
Agra.
Jess Barnes. older of the Well
But he'd look forward to n
wants too much for the former Col-
iumbia. Student.
Pirates would decide
American
to play in the
league or the National
J. BARNES WOULD BE MUCH HAPPIER .
IF PIRATES SHIFTED TO THE A. L.
s\
“2‘.
JéaBarnes.
Baseball
time he met them last season they
slipped the outlaws ac '
pipe.
in five games. That inability to halt
the Pittsburgers may have been one
of the contributing causes of his de-
parture from the .G
’23 campaign? ' ‘ ‘
a
Federation. For every
ross his wind~
He failed to win one victory
iants during the
Choose Men’s Doubles
May Quit
:
mall . .
NEW YORK. Feb. .-—Wllltam
Muldoon may or may not be elected
chairman of the reorganized New
York State Athletic Commission s:
the postponed meeting this If-
ternoon. but his conferers on the
*piatn member. if is safe to predict
that. the famous Duke will walk on
them. ._ ,
From an authoritative source yea-
terday the information was gleaned
that Muldoon when he accepted Gov
crnor Smith's reappointment though
that all he had to do was to walk
in the Flatiron Building sanctum
and grab the reins he formerly held.
At the informal meeting. the same
. informant said. a. bit of a quarrel
arose between Muldoon and his con-
freres over the naming of the cllalr~
man. Farley voted in favor of Brow-
er. and. of course. Brewer put. in the
deciding vote in his own favor.
Muldoon did not rolls lithe idea of
playing second fiddle to any man or
set of men. so he made for the near-
est exit.
gcbtogether conclave it was an-
nounced that the election of chair~
man had been left off until tomor-
I'OKV.
Efforts to communicate with
Muldoon at his home in Purchase. N
Y., early today were unsuccessful
It was said that the reappointed Com
missioner was not at home. but was
spending the day in the city. No
trace/of Muldoon could be had here
Efforts also Were made to communi-
cate with George 1-). Brewer. hold-
over members of the commission.
and “Falter G. Iiooke. chief of the
commission deputies. but without
success.
’ When the Governor asked Mul-
docn to continue where he, left off.
it was generally understood that he
would accept on condition that he
be made boss again. in the last two
days however. the tide has changed
in favor of Brower.
It is hoped that the deadlock is
broken tomorrow. Muldoou will be
in attendance but should the same
situation arise as did Tuesday he
will absolutely refuse to remain
as a member.
\Vhen the new commission sits in
Boxing
Commission ,if He .‘Is
Not _ Elected Chan'-
board. George Brewer and James
Farley, vote to make him Just a.
At the canclusion of the‘
GIANTS
. STILL REMAIN .
Most of Players Have Sent ill Their
Snyder and Young Only Re 1...,
are Holding Out—Recruit “a:
mg Part of Purchase Price
may
llll: NEW Yen: *‘
NEW YORK, Feb. s.—.The num-
ber of unsigned Giants has been re- .
duced to five by the receipt of Bill
Terry’s contract with signature ap—’ 'A ‘
pended. at the offices of the club:
Those who have not igned are Frank '
Snyder. Ross Young, Howard Bald-i
win. Wayland Dean and E. G. Mann 1
hr?“ 1. '.
The fact that. Snyder and Young. p.10... . ~
most important members of the 11‘ .1..-
group. both reside in San Anteriti:y_.»j .. .
may mean that the boys ha\'e put I
their heads together and are dew»:
ing means of getting more moneyl
than their contracts call for, but:
i
l
Jolhn McGraw doesn't think so.
g "I haven't heard from either
nyder or Young." said the Giant;
manager yesterday. “but I'm not:
worrying about them. I know that
.Sny r does a. lot. of hunting and
Y0 a. lot of golf playing during
the off season and I imagine they
are away from home and that their
contracts havn't caught up with
them. I guess if they were actually;
holding out they'd let me know
about it."
"Are Dean and Mann holilouts?”
"Yes." he replied "They have the
same idea that Baldwin has. Theyl
want bonuses for signing." ‘
Here McGraw grinned.
"I hope they get them." he con-Q
tinned "Yes. I wish the boys luck.
but I'm afraid they're going to be
disappointed." _
Holdouts All Pitchers .
Dean and Mann are both rigutj;
handed pitchers the former having:
been purchased from the Louisville,
club of the American Association:
and the latter from the Wichita. Kan ‘
club of the “’estern League. Each,
made an excellent record in his res-f
pectivo league last season and as in
the ease of Baldwin. each thinks he
is entitled to a few thousand dollars
before donning a Giant uniform if.
like Baldwin it's a share of their pur-
chase money they seek. they are'
right-but they are looking in-the, ,~
wrong direction for it. 2."
"I've already told these boys they! .
r . z: -
tomorrow~if the chairmanship
matter is settled amicably—Billy Bib
son. manager of Gene Tunney. Will
pay his respects in the formlof a de-
mand that Make McTigue be forced
to keep an engagement with his
charge. made on October 15. last
year. Tex Rickard planned to stage”
the world light heavyweight bat-
tle. December 10.
Since the signing of the coitract
McTiguo has been in trouble with
his manager and absolutely refused
to go through with the, Tunney bout.
Bidson will point out that a contmct
is a contract and there is so such
thing as one man stepping out just -
because‘he has been in some contro-
versy. Right, after he has stated his
case Gibson will leave for New 0r—
ienns in advance of Tunney. who
meets Martin Burke in that. city on
February 15.
PICK FRENCH .
TENNIS TEAM
Teams and Lay Down
Strict Rules for Prac-
tice.‘
PARIS, Feb; 8.—The French rea-
a
t
oration. in an effort to win for lng. quit.
France more Olympic points than t ' ¢ ’
it feels assured of by Suzanne Len- It. is 9‘ ed that recon] crowd . > :2 .~ I
Leanna flay ‘3) the “021°“; “3819* will be on and to witness Lbs con- 1hr . ~‘ :1‘ ,
c each as men’s on es teams to. . , . 3 m 1. 1 3
and has laid down strict instructions 5‘ A large delfi’lmon °f ' mm “ K n ‘ ~11."
for practice.
Rene .Lacosta and Jean Borotra.
scores are turned in when they new f
the ladies.
girls were on the alleys last evening
- and the C & K girls have the alley:
on another eventing.
bowling Icagu e.
,l
circuit.
be good all of the time and that you
must have
awhile.
nights, with Joe
‘ O
ion. at the Armory tomorrow even—
from “15th and Snugatuek “ill iwon't h:
be on hand.
port Barrage
Chat and Comment ‘of Special Intern
Norwalk Fans.
B; LeRor D. Damn w
' I. '1‘" "KC t: f:
Everybody is bowling.
0 O C
It is a guest sport.
0 f. o
D
The Moniker Caldron Ladies wiil'i
bowl this evening. at the Clifford Al
leys. They have some good lvowll r~ I
Within their ranks and some good:
~lZL<i .
lt TUUL~ at the present tin
, Manager Min-“and and MC
ilitt‘ “it! .‘ft‘ll and m" B}: ‘
would keep it ‘ld‘in: Di on in!
.fkt‘thall M‘l‘ll'~ anti after I
out on the alleys
Bowling has become popular \vith
The Santa“; Tire office,
' deal (it kltiltlliltz. pull of mod!
.0! those >prln: :rrit‘i.
c
L
in
.\'e'.'.'
”.S 511’ l.,
is
“'11); not organize a woman‘s?
There are enong..5
adies who bowl. to organize a good I
Joe Hollywood says that you can‘t
an off night once in
There are very few of!#
on t he alleys ;
O 0
It St‘t'lli~ tn 9-9 one of ii! '-
ll‘Ollhlf‘~. with lwnl ~33ch t" ’
5 They don't know when to ‘1.
their scemn. There is ..-.
branch = of \iiJi'L
descn‘t run :tivllg‘, after maid
other lt‘illll~ about: the 5m!
W'eetport: and local basketball fans '
re all primed for the first game of
he Compo Life Guard-Red lien ser—
In this (‘15-
ialli Will L“
compose one pair. Henri Cochet and
Jacques Brugnon the other. The
pairs have been chosen with a view
of off-setting the weaknesses of each
man. ’I‘hus Boron-s... a slashing.
dashing net player. is paired with
Lacoste. a. steady. hard driving base-
liner.‘ and Brugnon. an extremely
brilliant player but very erratic at
times. will find a remarkably steady-
irig influence in Crochet’s cool clock-
like game. 7
Find Ofl‘ice Boys. fiiiiiifcr
Hoodwink Bosses l ch “30".
forested in. if not always impressed 3 cs SCUTEF w:
by American efficiency, but there ‘5'
nothing but sympathy and praise for
the committee of American efficiency
experts which has tackled the tough
6 their
LONDON. Feb. 7—England is in- i stumps. l. i
pc‘l‘CCllf l
hidden V‘
Hutu
the {in ..
the best. allows Charley O'Lenry to
hurry his messages to the umpires.
U for under the rules only‘those in un~
i
not: during a gsme. ‘
‘ 3:30"; of the managers. however.
out on the ,cooiching lines for
ot‘the game. Especially is this
,flen things are not going well
the, team. There is ptill the
unong fans the: til-”leader
be out there to give his or"-
.ln person. and to protect fully
.host interests of his team. Yet.
we got right 9”?“ .to brass
the manager is of greate't
when shunted right on the
the field and picking
M ”on in the enemy
his own, too.
when with Cleveland
abouts. was in the habit of
on the coaching lines.
It third bug,
of tho White 80! was
that when with Boston
mt on'ru-e occasions.
rarely take the
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hide from if. .
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have bur. put a. ..
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Old Chinese .
PEKING. Feb. T—Folzoggfi‘
example of invest‘mtofoC a;
ly added to thll‘ Emilie!“ ,
l‘enge ly \luwing the 511-; :
the air. (.an Bishop. 0‘ den
- souian lestitution has mad“
iai survey of the remit-155me l
cicn'. cit) located 1168}: 505'
town of IChow, 60 miles
of Peking. .. F ,
The place, accorumf “in
was the site of a cliff: wan" _
importance antedatmfwm .. 1.
history. which laicr ht mm, .
as Yen, capital in the «as M
that name. and WWI-1n" 5.6]
by Chin ShthaJé m a; ’
There are 30 mom-{cs a!
.lich Bishop dtSiEna“ '
Alaces, while others 0:
Vnenslons he believes til ‘
Mala and public 1’“
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