- .WORRYING
ism .
our BASEBALL
“Purchase Price ——
if oung Giant Pitcher Is Holding Out for Part of
Is Earning Good Salary
All Architect for Dad at the Present Time
-—-Has a Fine Minor League Record
:rf HUNTINGTON. W. Va" Feb. 18.—
‘ Wayland Ogden Dean. McGraw's
. 860.000 hoidout pitcher, is having
. no difficulty keeping the wolf from
1 the door.
He’- working every day in Dad’s
,cm. as an"s.rchitect, and as an ar-
, chltect Wayland is no slouch. lie
' ,wield's'a T-square as well as a base-
: "ball hit. and can manipulate a. drafts
‘ 's pen with as much facility as
g 0 does a stitched horse hide sphere-
- old.
The big six-footer (he weighs 175
pounds in condition) has some dif-
‘ ficulty draping himself on a drawing
' board stool. but with an expansive
.. smile which contained no hint of
1" anxiety, he said today:
"I really am not worried a bit
, It's kinda tough being a. holdout
but the first hundred years are the
'.‘ worst. Its a matter of principle with
‘ me."
"You see, Dad (L. J. Dean. one
i of the organizers and directors of
‘i " the “fest Virginia. State Architectur-
.5 nl Society) wanted me to be an ar-
. chitect anyhow.
"Ever since I was a kid he kept
it druinniin' it into me that architect-
‘ uro is the art of arts. But somehow
I couldn't gvt away from the base-
ball diamond.
Anxious to Play
"My heart's in New York
now. I‘m anxious—awfully anxious
to learn baseball \lnlll‘r McGraw.
A‘ but I want a fair shun: of the pur-
7‘ chase money if it is possible to get
it."
right
*5 Dean keeps physically fine by
it. hiking over the rough mountain
'. roads. There will be no trouble
with his wind when he begins spring
4 work with the Giants at Sarasota
' Jv‘la. Anybody encountering him on
the roads wmild mlstnlioohim for a
lumbcrjdck. llv takcs his hike i very
day after he has done his work in
Ill. his father's nllicn.
Critics who have seen Dean in ac-
tion in the American Association
have no hesitancy in predicting that
he will make good from the start
if he signs with the Giants.
He has everything that l good
pitcher needs including a. sizzing
' fast ball and quick-breaking cirve.
odless 'of gamencss and most of all
-—control. He is notvonly a good
pitcher; but :i great fighter—one who
seems to give 103 per cent. of every.
thing he has to each game he works
Dean's one idea at all timet is to
give all he’s at.
'Starting his career with the Fos-
tcr-Thornberg team in 1921. a. semi—
pro club in the Saturday afternoon
league. Dean's advancement has
been nothing short of phenomena:
At that time he has ranked as
the star pitcher of the city. but no-
body ever dreamed that some day
he would be sold to the New York
Giants as a princely price. It was
while he was still playing sandlot
ball that his work attracted the at-
attention of a Louisville, Ky.. scout
who saw him in an exhibition game
at Winchester Ky.
Makes a Good Start
During the winter of 1921 Dean
was signed by the Colonels and the
following spring he reported to the
Louisville training camp. After sev-
eral weeks the Louisville manage-
ment decided that he was not yet
ripe for class "AA" ball and he was
farmed out to Dayton, Fla.. in the
Florida. State League. Dean was
credited with a no-hit. no-run,.game
in the Florida State League while
facing the Orlando club.
Getting away to a flying start
at Daytona. the rawboned West Vir-
ginian went so well ml: the Colon-
els recalled him and he finished
the season with Louisville in a blaze
of glory, winning five games out of
eight starts.
Dean pitches and bats right hand-
ed a “big leagurer." His chief asset
is a wide sweep curve ball which he
sun-cs with a side-arm ai—vaeiw and
with great speed. Unlike some pit-
chrs who specialize with the curve
ball. I’L'tln has excellent control.
Time after time Dean will curve
our the third strike with the count
standing three to two on the batter.
l'ltchers \viihout conirot and plenty
of nerve rarely ever try that. But
then Dean's nerve or gameness has
never been questioned by anybody
Dean pitches and bats right hand-
ed. He has never played other po-
sitions. lie is married and has
something running around the house
besides the fence.
Baseball fans who have seen
Dean in action are unanimous in
their opinion that lichraw made a
big hit by buying Dean.
WHITE sox sh
. FOR OPENING
Have 33 Players Sign-
ed for Start of Next
Season — Eddie Col-
lins on List
Thirty-three players are new
members of the Chicago White Sex
according to the roster announced
by Secretary llarry Grablner. The
list comprises fourteen pitchers,
three catchers, seven infielders and
nine outfielders, Of these players all
but eight Were the White Box at
some time or other during the
season of 1023, Roy Schaik is the
_oldest player on the router in point
of service with the White Box. He
has now bet-n with the Chicago Am-
erican League club ior thirteen
years Eddie (“011le and Urban Fa-
ber are tied for second place in
this respect. each having been with
Comiskey'n team for ten years.
The list of players and the clubs
they played with last year follow.
Pitchers—Urban C. Faber. Chica-
go; .l. L. eDEVt‘nDOI‘l. Chicago: Ted
Blankenship, Chicago, Charles 110b-
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ertson. Chic George Connolly.
Galveston; G. V. Levercttc. Chic-
ago; Richard Faivery. Notro Dame
Leon Cndore. Brooklyn and Chicago;
lechuel' Cvengros. New York Giants
and Chicago; Hollis Thurston. St.
Louis and Chicago: Douglas Me-
Weeney. Elan Francisco and Chicago:
Harry Courtney San Francisco .nd
Chicago: Theodore Lyons, Chicago:
Milton Steongrafe, Independent.
Catchers—Jilly Schaik. Chicago;
.1. F. Mirna. Shrevenport. La... Clyde
1 Crouse..Chicago and Muskegon.
‘ Infleiders—Eari Sheely. Chicago.
1.18““) Gallagher. Three Rivers.
glands; E. '1‘. Collins, Chicago: J.
v .Bappeny. Chicago; Admiral Mar-
jdilly/Quebec; H. McLollun, Chicago;
‘ llliam. ‘Kamm. Chicago.
.. k-aoutnolders—Harry Hooper. Chic-
ego is. A._Faik. Chicago: John Mostil
We: A. A. Strunk. Chicago.
I“? Etch. Chicago; Maurice Arch-
m. Rochester and Chicago: R.
n W, Galveston; Joe nab-
Hfl, Magoo. Okla.
‘ — f o club's ‘schedule of
’ games during the Spring
m .oeason consists of man
m ourteen of which
“toyed th the Giants. The
twill play their first game
ring season on March 11
,- will meet the Gil-ht! It
4‘"qu They will also play
‘ - - wtth the Boston Braves.
‘ , - .uu Philiios. one with the
I ‘ Reds Ind two, in the
DEFEND ON THE
YANK PITCHERS
If They Fall D o w n
Huggins Crew Will
Have Hard G oi n g
Next Season
It's a standing law in baseball
that pitchers cannot go on forever.
“onion "'1‘" Cy Young. Christy
Mathewson and a few others stand
out in memory as exceptions to the.
fast rule. that the life of a major
league pitcher is limited L0 ten
years. Old Cy kept his foot on the
gas far beyond the time allotted to
the big tent hurlers and gave .‘alue
received year in and yea! out. The
same was true of Matty the Master.
And at the present writing we
might say that llabe Adams is the
exception of the rule.
Right now the New York Yan-
kecs have their hearts set on and
their eyes focused on a. fourth con-
secutive pennant. No club in his-
tory of the American league, or the
National for that matter has ever
turned the trick of winning four
flags in a. row but the Yankees from
Manager .Miller Huggins down to
the verigst recruit opines as how
the 1924 race will be a "pipe" for
their own sweet selves. May be yes
and again maybe no.
It's true the Yanks didn't have
an)? trouble to speak of last. season
winning the A. I... bunting Juii.
about as they pleased and they, also
knocked the Giants in the East. river
for the first time in three attempts.
The answer to the greater part of
their success was A. No. l picking.
They had Herb Pennock. 8am Jones
’Joe Bush, Bob Shawkey and Waite
‘Hoyt to divide the work and th
divided it in such a manner “13"
the hardest Worker of the quintet
didn't work much more than the
pitcher who was sent. to the slab the
least number of times. They were
almost equal in effectiveness. too.
that is Pennock, Jonesand ‘Hoyt.
stood out above the other pal! but
that was to be expected as Bush
and Shawkey are the real vetelnns
of the Yank’s staff.
Notwithstanding their great show-
ing in 1923 it is within the rungs
of possibilities that the .Xsnksburi-
ing corps will begin to disinteufl'e
the coming mason. \Shawki'w shot»
on the marl- "wear ‘ '
many hard ' .
and Bush was a far cry
the lavinctblo'fm 11. Proved in
102:. It masters! that the older
slabbists mew" first and it
is not see-Ills but protests um
up. ”lava.“ measure up In
, they appear to
rice to stand the
:6 Joe it taunt b.
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Military league this evening.
0 0 C
It looks like an all-star card that
has been arranged by the Norwalk
Sporting club for their next boxing
show in' the Armory. In Young
Rocco. they have a fighter, who
will give the fans a run for their
money. -
o e 0
Newport Johnny Brown is s new-
comer in this section. but he will
have to do his stuff in the, ring with
Rocco or be knocked out. Rocco
is an aggressive lighter and is after
his man all or the time.
0 O O
The only thing that is against the
New Rochelle fighter in the fact
that he can't hit very hard and it
takes a number of his punches to
put his opponent away. but for ac-
tion he can't. be beat.
0 O C
Young Mulligan's band is coming
along in line shape and. barring sc-
cldents. be will be in tip top shape
for his bout with Nick Petite of
”Bridgeport.
. O O C
If Mulligan is in the same kind
of condition as he was when he
fought. in Stamford on the last card
then Petite is in for a stormy eve-
nlng.
O O O
The Rom“: Sporting club is
tryi. to give the fans of Norwalk
.R'ANWBOWLERS
BEAT _T_H_l§ HOUR
Hatters Win T h r e e
Straight from N ews-
paper W o r k e r s—
Finnigan Stars
The R. & \V. Bowling team trim-
m’ed the Hour Five three straight
games last night at the Norwalk .1:-
leys. The batters were in good form
and turned out good scores. The
score of 118 was knocked out by
Flnnlgan. ~
The scores follow:
R. 8: W.
Clince ......... 82 87—159
Toth.......... 81 ~81
li‘innigan 88 118 Sl—290
Holden .....-” 97 87 92—270
Howard ....... 81 78 90—249
Montgomery 78 113 85—278
425 478 438 1341
_ HOUR.
J. Brcdicc 76 84 84—444
Lynch ......... 80 85 82-249
Muro ......... 88 87 77—252
Reed.........-70 ~70
D. Bredlce ..... 71 82 71—224
Meade .- . ....... 77 79—156
has 415 393 119;
injunction
ennui cup
Is Scheduled to Strap
Punches vfitfi‘Ne’w-
port Johnny Brown
at '_ Annory — Young‘
Mulligan in Boat '3 .
.Johnny Rocco of New Rochelle.-
and Newport Johnny ,Brown.’ will
hook up in s. 13 round bout. as the
main attraction. on the next card of»
the Namath Sporting Club. at the
Till-agent angina has!" attrac-
uonlnd.;onotlmtshoul§; ease'the
.fsns. immwu some
nwummwaabyham
'wukhsnmeumumm-
10rd. Thawmbohilnrstappear-
mnemh' ..l '.m*
teats-titan andhasfiiieo
tips on. list of winsumlhls m
:bouts. mbmuextendhocdo
Sport “Barrage
Chat and Comment of Special Interest to
Norwalk Fans. . ‘ ,
3!, lakes 0. Downs
' Hollywood 98
W on W’W F“: '
. Will, aflobo a
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the best in boxing. They have had
a great" many bad breaks since‘they
started singing shows. but are de-
scrving of credit for the manor in
“Men they have come back for
more.
C O 0
At the next show it is planned to
change the prices. The new scale
will be one, two and three dollars.
It is thought that this arrangement
will be more suitable to the fans.
0 O O
The Military Bowling league will
hold another session this evening.
:I’hc main match will be between
the Legion and the Spanish “r
\‘cts. The \‘cts hope stop the
list of Victories that Legion-
nalrcs have been pilin p.
0 O O
The trip to Bridgeport on Mon-
day evening of the Schultze bowling
team was a very successful one in
every way. Some of the~locai boys
purses were much fatter coming
back than going over.
0 O 0
Fight fans in this section are all
worked up over the fact that the
Wills-Firm bout my be held in
Stamford. l have yet t3 meet flan
who does not think that it will he
a big boost for boxing in this state.
0 O 0
High school's hockey team seems
to be cutting quite a swath despite
the fact that they are uncoached.
They have played two games this
season and have won both of them.
SCHULTZE TEAM
WINS 0N ALLEYS
Defeat Cudahy Bowl-
ers Two out of Three
Games on Bridgeport
Alleys
'l‘he bowling team representing
the Oscar Schultze Stores. Journeyed
to Bridgeport on Monday evening.
where they took the Cudahy Pack-
ing team into camp. by winning two
games out of three. The Bridge-
port crev won the first game and the
local outfit captured the last two. '
Pimbeli had high single and high
total for the Schultze team. with a
score of 326 for the three stflngs and
12‘!) for the single. Hollywood roll-
ed 305 and Duffy 300. Sherry was
.,
total score of 814.
The scores follow: '
CUDAHY PACKING.
Bullets ...i.... 84 80 118—28:
Shanley “...... 92 90 89—271
Kugler ........ 98 109 80—293
Sherry ...”... 99 104 111—314
Novack ...... 10d 93 ~ 92—291
479 476 498 1461
OSCAR SCHULTZE
Duffy 89 110 101—300
Pimbell 95 120 ‘ 102—326
Schultze . .‘ . . . . .. 96 81 117—494
Christiano . .. 91 94 103—235
97. 110—305
CUTSHAW MAY
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_ L98 ANVGELES,VFeb. 13.—Base-
ball-ans in the East willbe grieved
to learn thatheorge Cutahaw. their
old idol. my never play again. The
informer'Brooklyn infielder is serious-
”iy: didn‘t local hospital.
_Cutshaw. w V§was given his un-
conditional to] so by the Detroit
AJPQW League Club at his own
Faucet n
‘ugop. "lastiuummeri. for acute apnea.
E 'hfinlyesurday snd‘he was run.
ed to the hospital. ‘ .4,
the second round. ‘Hetwill be in
7 . "best ot-condltion loathe Armory
oard‘ " prepared to give the ’z‘
the'bfoigfliat is in him. - m
Charles Stecher of Stamford. will
‘moet Joe Smith of Bridgeport in the
six round bout on the card. There
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tor
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The ,oldfpains cam. 5 back‘
high for the Cudahy team yvith .1:
flit?!" are: was operated ' ’
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ms LEAGUE,
BOWL TGMGHT
Legion Meets Spanish
War Vets and V. F.
W. Clash With Com-
bat‘Trainon Clilford
Alleys
The Military Bowling league wul
hold another session on the Clifford
alleys this evening. The American
Legion will meet the. Spanish War
Veterans and‘the Veterans of For-
eign “’ars will hook up with the
Combat Train.
The Legion-Spanish War Vets
match is attracting considerable at-
tention. as the Legionnaires have
been going like a house s. are of
late. The Spanish War Vets took
three straight games from them at
the start of the season and are con-
fident that they will again take their
measure this evening. On the other
hand the Legion boys are confident
that they will not.
is
. Such
Sport Snap 5
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BY‘JACK amt
Hank DeBcrry. who ins: season
became the first string backstop of
the Brooklyn club. has sent in his
contract signed. to Owner Ebbets
from Savannah, Tenn., where he .iv-
es. and with it was a letter inform-
ing his boss that he is eager to Hart
getting himself into condition for an
other campaign. DeBerry also wrote
that he deserted the bachelor ranks
not long ago and will take his bride
to the training camp.
Last’ season Deirrrry was a very
active member of the Robins' catch-
ing department and handled the le-
liveries of the pitchers intelligently.
As Dazzy Yance's battery mate Hank
was at his best and he caught the
fast shoots sent up by the blond
righthander with rare skill. Dei‘ieriy
before joining the lobim caught
Vance while the two were members
of the New Orleans Pcllca/ns and
the battery was one of the most pow
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erful in the soulhclu .. --
DeBerry's tirstv complete season
in the big show was marred by an
accident before the team went went
for the third and last time. In a
game against the Giants at Ebbets
Field and with Vance pitching. a.
foul tip off Frank Frisch's bat split
DeBcrry's right thumb and a. sa re-
sult of.the painful injury he was
laid up for the remainder of the year
His hand is all right now and he
looks forward to a good season,
In seventy-eight games last year
DelMerry's right thumb and as a re-
a. batting avenge of .285. Although ‘
Hank did not break into the three
hundred close. his average was sev-
eral points higher than that com-
piled by many of the dangerous bat-
ters in the league. In 235 trips ‘u.
the barrier Hank made 67 hits which
netted a total of 93 bases. Among, {‘ ‘_ 1“" .‘j ..
his blows were eleven three-‘baggersi '5 m ‘ "" “
and six home runs.
Next season -the reliable Hank
should be better than last year. He
is an enthusiastic bail player and
possesses plenty of ability. As bat.-
players are judged Hank is not a
youngster. He is 31 years old and be-
fore being obtained from New Or-
‘ his way (his Mar.
.' wish} 2
the edpaid» S'uve O'Neill in
struction in his path.
That \\ .15 f' ‘.r (... fire ya
and since "Len DtBal-ry ha.
grossed rapids. Next season up;
recene an opportunity to do
things for Manager 13051230115
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Sharkcy \Vilnn:; Locked Mu-
\\'hen Tom ...rkey opena :
saloon on 14'2“. St. in New York—
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Sharkey strokw‘l his chin. t
which 12.. i» cklws of some of.
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and r' l"- "You're right I;
you‘re r2:l.:. A c3 afitieiier would“
to the pilice.”
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