linbeth. IN. 1.. world's
t champion. Mand Mike
e'ot Ireland. will furnish the
Went in' the main: event of the.
tailing week's pugilistio program
as.» rent. Jan. 3. locker
We!
thermostats-Newark. N.J...
,, .. on -Wednwday night in a 12
round lie-decision: match. '
his match will- be unique in box-
Mhhtoryss it is them-st time that
'ohI-mplon has stepped up two
‘ to meet another champion.
Although :Walker will enter the ring
lighter than Me e there will not
be» my great d erenco in their
weight. .Walker will- scale over the
‘0 snark while Mc‘l‘lguo will like-
h. weigh betweenfido. .and 165.
. , Boxing history reveals that- Stan-
lay Ketchel- when he was the terror.
the world' s mi lew'eights. fought
.«Ia'ok. Johnson. w n the negro was
_ vaorld’s heavyweight champion. and
, Jbo Waleott. when he was "worids
champion. tought several- heavy-
wp'lghts. among them Joe Choynski.
' voral other good! matches are
mod. for the coming week.
oh‘nny Leonard of Allentown. Pa...
will meet Frankie; Ritchie- of New
York. here tonight. In Brooklyn to-
night three ten rounders will head a
program of matches involving Joey
um:- ot New York and Clgidy De.
of Pittsburgh and George La—
vigils of Brooklyn and Paddy Ryan
9! Pittsburgh.
Eddie (Cannonball) Martin of
Brooklyn. who recently ascended to
the world's bantamwelght throne by
outpointing Abe Goldstoin. former
'ohanlpion. will risk his title in a
* « six round match in. Brooklyn Wed-
11osday.niglit when he moots‘Augie
‘Pisano. a local bantam.
Lightweights will meet at Madison
figure Garden Friday night when
Tommy 0' Brien of Milwaukee faces
nck Bernstein of Yonfiers. N. Y..
mar world's Junior lightweight
mpion. in a ten round match. ‘
the amateurs will~tske a swing
t popular attention this week in
the: New York; State Amateur box-
ing championships .at Madison
rm. Garden on Wednesday pnd
Thur-sday nights.
e
PreeOpcrsFOrOneNgbt
new opera housé of the city
illes is the 'ilrst French
~ house to bebuilt of concrete
ughout. At the opening perfor-
mines the director will revive the
ancient custom of inviting the citi-
auror- the town to witness the pro-
duction. One thousand arm will
each receive twotickets, one of
hloh will resumably be sued by
o'rsweetheart or wife of each man.
The Need of Accuracy.
' (Exchange)
I left my money at home. said the
to the conductor.
You will have to trust his. I am
ions at in» director's wiws.
‘ madam. replied the
.wwsd... ,. 4 . ms. .ll*
""Streets. t o 'Attilnd
i3. Opening of Motor
Boat ShOw
“Although transportation _was him-
cult because of streets blocked with
s ow .crowde visited the Motor Boat
at the Grand Central Palace
day at both afternoon and
in t. session. The crowd was as-
turally larger than that of the open-
lng’evening. which was kept down
by the blimrd. All through yest'ero
dily afternoon ' and night visitors
were swarming up lthe gangwayl
that had been constructed clout
siderthe larger boats. Baby booi-
le'gger, the Gold 'Cup winner. again
was a center of interest. as were the
Baby Ga:- and the Belle isle Bear
Chishoth high-speed models. Baby
Gar. a long. racy type. credited
with making sixty miles an hour.
, . Hundreds of yachtsmen. racing on-
thusiasis, and ‘motor boat manufac-
turers from distant points. whose ar-
rival had been delayed by {the storm;
reached the show-and their presence
helped swell the crowd. Some of the
exhibits were unavoidably late in ar-
riving. and these included the Peel»
less marine engines. which were not
uncraled and put lntplace until yes-
terdayvafiernoon. -
Among the visitors at the show
yesterday were Commodore George
Nichols of the New York City Yacht
Club. August Hockscher. Francis
fl’erreshon. nephew of N. G. Bel-ro-
sliol'r. the noted yacht designer of
airplanes: Dr. J. c. Aye-r. marine? ar-
chitect: Groyer C. Loening. ‘dosigner
ofhalrplaues: Dr. J. C. Aver. Paul
Ulrich of Port of Spain. Trinidad;
Guy de Mouriao. Samuel M. Nichol~
son ’of Providence. it. :Charlea F.
Chapman. noted racing driver. and
Albert Cook Church of New Bed-
fol-Ii. who for many years made-
specialty of collecting whaleshlp pic-
turcs. Mr. Church brought a num~
beer of old pictures for display at the
show. ’
Not only were the visitors inter-
ested in the speed boats shown. but
in booths adpolping the sections
where Baby Bootiegger .and the
Belle Isle craft were shown portable
motion picture outfits were set up
which showed the contestants in the
lastfiGold Cup race at Detroit movinll
atlg‘reat speed during one of- the
thirty- mile heats. While these mov-
les‘of the race were on there always
.. a crowd watching the photo
,g‘Y‘a hie Gold Cup.
Best: of Stable Also
to Be Put on Block
This Winter ’
Announcement that
stable ol the late Mar Autust Bol-
moot. Chairman at the iocuey Club.
Winter unless disposed ol pronoun.)
by privilto sale, was made yestelua.
by the‘esecutol‘s Bl the slaee. it w..-
sealed. hoprel'rthu no decision he
been? reached regarding the nil...
disposition.“ the nursery stud. a...
Belmout‘s great Kentucky int-eon...
mollshnlent. one of _the great...
.horougpbred u‘useries in the wand.
lhe announcement by the executor.
lullow: '
“lhe racing stable of the late Aug-
ust Belmont. consisting oi the tour-
year olds Aladdin. Ordnance. LUCAs)
l‘iay and Blind Hay and Seventeen
two year olds Will be attend at pub-
410 auction in tnls clty prior to “run
1 on a date yet to be determined.
unless purchased as a -Wl10_le-ptnll.c-
ly prior. to the announce-rm nt Oi dale
ui’. sale."
it ls not at all impossible new i-hli
a ueclslun to sell llnaliy has been
leached. that one at the leaders ol
.he American luri may «won him-
sell at the opportunity to add to his
‘elatne the entire lot ’l‘he seventeen
two your bids have never carrim.
colors.
The stable ye premise of being
one of the m l. lmmulable‘ob the
American luv: the coming year. with
Madam and uruluance Lilo outstand-
.ng stars 'lne lame ol boll: these
.wo is national. and lhal. oi the lor-
lncr is international. because 01 his
tic-cry over 'bpimu‘d in the second
of the lnleruauunal Specials at Ade-
duct. Horsemen place the value ol
.hese two a. $100. 000 each. but only
.or their racmg quallues - but {or
their tuture possibulues in the stud.
Ladkln is. 01‘ course the beltel
.muwn oi the lwunmruilxh ins bril»
haul victory at Aqueduct. which
drought more than $23. 000 to his
owner. in addltlon to the interns-
..onal special no. 3. Ladsin. as a
three year Old, won the Bloadway
stance. the L81 lion 3 aims and Doy-
er stakes and the fidgemcre Hand»
cap. he was thud to wise Counsellor
and Epluard ln lnlelnuuonul Specie.
no. 1 and fourth in the Chicago
mlby at hawlhorue. in stall-a.
alone he won last year a total or
357,100. Ladkln went waoug Just be-
.ore the running of the lhlrd intero
national race and was not a starter
in it. ‘
Urdinanoe is considered by man;
competent authorlues to be even su-
perior to the son of Fair Play and
tailing. Following his three brllllanl
the racial.»
will his sold by public auction this‘
it ‘BLESSIN‘RN DISGI‘JISE
m WW
By new a. unowx
When the Cleveland lndians
swapped the veteran Coveieskie for
Pitcher Byron Speece and Out lder
Cari Smith of the Senators a lie
agothe pros and cons of the deal.
as far as their affecting the playing
strength of the tire clubs was con-
cerned were discussed at some
length.
The fact that Speece found him-
self doing a little involunl
swapping was overlooked. As a
matter of fact. however. the young
pitcher, whether he likes it or not
traded it possible chance“ at a slice
6: another world's series money for
an opportunity to pitch regularly
and win his place in the buebsll
sun.
A. Manager new plans shape 1
up now he will have available for
regular mound duty next solemn
ley Covnleskie, Joe Martina and
Fred Marbury. Johnson. Martina
and-Marbury delivered as regular-
last season. Gregg and Covolakh- .
were obtained in recent months with
the one idea of strengthening the
pitching staff. for immediate results
at the start of the season. (Their
acquisition made it clear that Harris
wants to start the year with a pitch-
ing stat! ready made.
With this condition existing-
Speece's activities with the club pro-
bably would‘have been confined to'
refit pitching—his i'orie last year.
Now. it's great to step into the
breach once in a while and save a
1
Rogers Hornsby. star of the Cardin-
als. has made a wonderful batting
record. and the 1924 campaign has
W been. the most remarkable during
his brilliant major league career.
The official
ugea which were released recently.
showed that he had the phenomenal
batting average of .435.
new modern major league record.
The mark for all time is
was, established by Hugh Duffy of
1893.
which has stood as a modern major!
Waiter Johnson. Venn Gregg. Btsn- W reeordmp to the past season.
is .030 and is held Jointly by Ty
Cobb of the Tigers and George Sis-
ler ot the Browns. Cobb baited
and surpassed this bye small mar-
gin in 1922, when be compiled a
percentage of .41979.
a row Horhshy shattered the pre-
vious National League record. “huh
he had held Joinliy with Hans W ag-
.ner or
the league tor the first time in 1920.
when he finished the season with a
batting average of .370.
m. ‘ mm mms‘ m 'ueolo
ROGER HORNSBY
LED BIGTIME
’BATTERS FOR FIVE SEASONS
During the past five seasons
National League aver-
This is a
.438. This
he Boston National “League Club in
The American Uranus record
41962 in 1911 and Bisier came along:
”:By leading the batsmen of his
egaue in ”)4 for the fifth year in
the Pirates. Hornsby led
In the fol-
league record. of fifty-nine two-base
hits in one season was made. by Tris
Speaker of the indians in 1923..
Hornsby and Frank Fri-oh of the
Giants tied for the run scoring hon-
ors during the 1924 pennant race
with s iolal or 121 each. The Na-
tionai League record for scoring
runs in one scion is 193 and was
made by “I R. Hamilton of the-
Philadelphia club in 1894. This ai-
so slands as a major league mark.
The American League record of 177
was established by Ruth in 1021.
Zack Wheat of the Robins. who
finishrd second to Homsby among
the rcgu'ar batsmen. with an aver-
age of .375. led the league in making
singles with a total of 140. This ll
exactly fifty below the National Lea-
gue record made by Willie Keeler
of the Baltimore club in 1807. The
American League record is 179. and
was hung up 'by Johnny Tobin of the
Browns in 1921.
Eddie Bunch of the Reds led the
league last year in making
buggers. with a total of 31. This is
fifteen below the National League
record ,made by J. O. Wilson of the
Pittsburghvciub in 1912. The Amer-
ican League record is 26.. It was
made by_.loe Jackson of the indiane
in 1912 and equalled by Sun Crsw~
three; ,
Best in Hint--
000101"
; (muss. thirt!‘ ether-ticker the
series which John 3. Foster is
Writing ”(communism the fiftieth
anniversary or the National League
whlehrwill be celebrated the coming
season.)
i
NATIONAL [mm 6mm
* 's
33:03:13.de.
3:me A.
(Wilm) ‘
beet modernlb'sllrplayer of National
League vintage audiothers do. not.
Everybody thinks "°‘.h has . and
if you disagree with a Texas opinion
you, are .Iikely -to=hear something
snappy and stirring. Texans have
notions about the. quality of bail
players producedby the Lone Star
State that are not conductive .03 con-
tradidflbm‘upeclally‘ in Texas.
,Hornsby hssAepent all or his bese-
bell lite in st. Louis. with a m on
which he has shown. but never with
a team . all could help to bring
out hh . veao'cts. He started to
play thi’lulibds‘but. the throw was
notedofidto a man of his phy-
sique. so he tried his hand at short.
but hp was not a shortstop. Then
he wenttaseoond base..an there he
has played since. doing\a great deal
with very‘little fuss. but not able Ulo
coverthe"1 ground that some seoo. nd
bassinet: can-cover and never likely
to hef able *to do. so.
When he gets tired of playing the
indsld hp can go to the outdeid
where he should be a success just as
long as he can bat .280 or better.
Right hold is the best place for him
and he would » play a grand and
glorious right field it he had two
fast men in center and Is“ to keep
him company.
Homsby batted better as the pitch-
ing got worse. In that respect he
kept up with all the other ball play—
ess who had the benefit of the three
years in base -bs.iltin which the 'art
of pitching degenerated into a gentle
toss. about as effective as the ton of
two old cats. but very easy on the.
arms at the bell players who did the
tossing. and likely to. keep them in».
Some think Rogers Born-bx is the -
Never Brou
Ofiered $2.
In 1924 Homsby fielded better
second in. the little time Hill
played there than he did in
other year except 1023.13.s ,
about half way between second
first and is not much more c.
on oils side than on the other
firm- excellently. having al
been posse“ of a good arm
“iv... the strength in his arm
made him a little uncertain ,
third base. because he put so .
on “'the 9!." that when i' got ,
from a first baseman it “a.
to keep going on foreVU
Barnaby always has been
anxious to be with a champlo.
team. Be is still anxlom m, .
he will ever get with a mum.
ship team depends upon me
Louis ball club. Hornshy um
he might go with a champlo.
team when the Giants ogre
hi!“ price for his 8|?”ng but
tighe was not ripe tor \‘m \o'k
get him. I! he had gore m
York under the conditions that
ilted when the offer “as mad-at
would have been more use ,
and plenty of them. that the a
were out‘buying up another
nlnt.
The Brooklyn Basrhaii .
made a bone-tide offer of 82"
tor the services of Homsby
“bod to have to fork over the
it 61. Louis had accepted. but
offer was made with ”it
coming on and St. Louis w! ’
much at anything to 5110“ (new
bow of minor league talent m.
up by Rickey. was afraid to v.,
the otter. It Burnaby had .
to Brooklyn it‘s a dollar in a
ing the ‘Brooklyns would here
the pennant of 1924 because ,
team would have had the punch
it needed in the early para 0:
year and it would not have n .
Milton Stock who did do so we!)
tor I. good start. Horns?“ has
ted 300 or more for (Ligilly
Twice he has got over lh-= 400 .
American League tans do
think that he is as good as some
their stars but that is the wily .
are A.two leagues.
._(In his next article Mr. P-
beglns another sub~scrles on
baseball three or four years longersl
if they could get away with it.
By lat-Bo:
this leading Pitchers or the m
” Bong-us.“ First will be
Cumming- )
Sport Barrage
Chat and Comment of Special Interest
. NorwalkFans a
now
wé'll‘trylt.
Onoe‘lnon.
.ictol'les at Jamalcu. he was hailed
by many as the best of his age. Un-
lortunalely. he went wrong In July
and was not ra'ced again last season.
The bay son of Urmonlaie and Don-
na Boon accounted for 828,195 in
stakes during his two year old ca-
reer. Within seVen days he captured
the‘italnbow Bandlcap. the Stuyve-
sent Handicap and the Long Beach
at Jamaica at Aqueduct and acoouub
ed for the Mount Vernon Handicap
and the Empire City Derby at Emo
pire City
Km KAPLAN 10
snow WARES.
New Featherweight 37mm Mme”...
t' Call _,~ speecq's main slot is a submarine
ngWiil V151
ada Betojre Gems 3:3; 333133.33 3:31? 3332
out West “Wol- bud to moire ants such I
:delivery. a cal: old-tin'l‘er rolling};
Kid “some guys can't pi
. Wmfififl‘mflm 5...}. a over scheme up." . A 1..-
, ”w." Wm “3' mg. “1“". {W m! oppormnlflog with
weight chalipionship by knboi'tiltf ‘ 0“"
out y at of Ph “Fills. land are made an the more glisten-
insduetoulersettllst most or
lathe ninth roundoiatltiennlateh
at i has ‘3 1 llnlght. Speaker‘slikelylooklng youngsters
an southpu’vs and losses gives him"
will Join. the ranks‘ at tb'e active .
’ manager. announced today. .. alum“ rlsht ma” togmm with
Kaplan. who is generally. credited
with forcing Johnny Dundee. former Shanta and Edwards are 13933!
champion to relinquish his uuorby °‘ ”W “WM“ and spoke has
persisgont'attempls to (mug; into 9009910 01' other good lockers. In
stills M‘wiu takeaio’dayva- , ' " '
cation in Montreal. before embark- is
gumaaourwhichwillukehimu,m _
ornla. He lett today for ori- ‘
con to attend a demonstration in his ’m'h’ “3°31“? 50
honor by fellow. tournament. - .‘ .; ,
Ksplan. who scored two knock-
m
murnaul’ent fostered bx the
a
lowing year he led the league again.
but this time he jumped his average
to .397. He We!“ still higher in
1922. when he finished on top with
the wonderful percentage of .401.
This was the first time that a Nation—
al League player had a batting mark
of more than .400 since Ed Dele-
hanty of the Philadelphia club bat-
ted .408 in 1899.
.In leading the league in 19"3
omsby's average fell of! lo .384.
but during the past season he sur-
passed this mark by almost forty
points. During the past five years
Hornsby has played in 707 games.
He went to bat 2.764 times and
made a. total of 1. 093 hits for the
wonderful average or .395.
Although Barnaby now holds the
National League record of loading
the batsmen or his circuit for the
112th year in a. row. he still has three
years to go in order to tie Wagner's
record of leading the league during
eight diaerent-apennant races. Wag-
ner topped the list of batsmen in
his circuit in 1900. 1903. 19“. 1906.
1307. 1208.100! and 1911. The
major league and American League
Sign? tor ignitingl the batsmen of
eaguo we ve years and is
held by Ty Cobb. wlib won the bat-
ting championship ter. the urn time
In 1907. Cobb also holds the Amer-
lean League record of leading the
batsmen for nine years in succession.
During his WOI‘ league career
Homsby has batted over .400 in two
diflerent season- The record tor
batting .100 or better is three years
and it is held Sointly by Jess Burk-
ott o! the Cleveland and *st. Louis
National League Clubs and by Ty
Cobb. The record tor batting .400
3r better mdcogsecntlve seasons is
we yearn an also held
two .9 by these
. Hornsby led the batsmen of his
league during the past season as
regardsthe total number of hits. He
slammed out 227. This is twenty.
three lower than his own National
League record established in 192:.
tion on the court. Local fans -
sofl'y to see Harry pass from
lineup of the Indians.
302 W has come. back in 1
style this season and is play-lg
[nine [or llle Rod Ma
. O
Indecent look as l: m. pro”-
Fairficld County bushubull le'
would get under way llils 59' v
56313111 of the teams. do 1201mm
enter the circuit.
‘ , e s e
.The Red Men will
m this week. Uil “dim.
e at the Armory. they
‘1“!!! the strati'ord l'im .
1m and on Thursday night '
Pu! I'mtnru game in su-axlarri «
My they “ill jollrncr to~
Gel-sen. where they “iii an Me is
Hogan slid Conlpam
o - :‘
PaaVO Nurml will mum. his A“ "
0gb idebut tomorrow waning.
- ”“1301! Square Garden. in the '
nth-American games. This will
the-21m time lhat the profit -»
haters:- run On an indoor Iml‘k-
.ball game with the plaudits of the
multitude ringing in your cars.
But the average pitcher lines
may more thrills in going into the
box everytourth day or so and
taking his regular crack at the op-
position.
The ladies bosses are not build-
ing for a pennant next year. They
are rebuilding an entire new team
for some years to come. The~prime
requisiie'ot a new team is a good
young pitching stau—one that can
stand the gun for some years. The
youngster who has the stall will .8'91
his chance. ‘
In their efforts to build such _n
start they went after Speece. rec—
ognised as. one of the best looking
youngsters in the 1 last season.
Speaker was partlculs impressed
with Byrom- one; of: ills first
thoughts after the of the 1924
acquisition
llingnees to
lord of the Tigers in 1914.
Jacq, Fournier. veteran first
basem ' of the Robins. led the lea-
gue in making home runs last year
with a total of '27. This is fifteen
below the National League record
made by Hornsby in 1933. The
major league record of 59 was made
by Babe Ruth in 1921. Fournier
andiclenn Wright of the Pirates are
.the only players who took part in
every game played in their respec-
tive clubs during 1924. Fournier. WM ‘0 m soon in the
however. tool.- part in more games “3‘ Wm 5‘" “3.150 ‘0“!!! mt-
than any other player in the league. lug; .
as the Robins played 154 games
against only 153 for the Pirates.
The National League record for play-
ing in the most games in one onset:
is 160. This was made by Helnie
Groh and Tommy Griifith of the .Cln-
cinnati club in 1915. The American
League record of 162 was establish-
ed by J. E. Barret of the- Detroit
club in 1504.
TOM THORPE T0
LEAVEN. Y. U. AS
FOOTBALL m
Well Known Coach Re-
signs Because of
Other work -.- Suc-
cessor? '
Ai'ter being ls. charge or football
at New York University tor three
years. Tom Thor-p. well-known citie-
15.1 and coach. its-Whistles!-
tion there. according to an an-
nouncement made yesterdsiy by
Henry C. Hathaway Chairman“ of
the Athletic Council at this flaiv‘i'o
shy. Thorp's resignation was so-
eeptes last week at a meeting be-
tween the coach and members»! the
O 0 C
O O 0‘
We were just reading. that Fred
Fulton obtained a draw in a court
battle. That is better than being
knocked out. .
Moseoftbebsulesinwhiohr‘bed
flammflthhimlnare-
climbs position. m up. In“
771623613 ‘Footbaledce in 324
( play ...
Johnnie MoGarric the manger of
the Red :Men. had decided to put
some new material into the indiun’s
line up. He has released three play-
, . ,7 T...» 0
Clancy has been playing basket.
ball tor, several years and during
that "has earned a tine reputa-
In anno cing yesterday that N. I.
U. hid lands an loner to Meshes.
Mr. Hathaway Mummies that sever-
al other coaches are being consider-
cm» the position.
Meshes graduated tram Syracuse
University and during the seasons «of
1916. 1216 and 1017 was one of the
leading quarterbacks oi the country.
In 1310 he became assistant coach
toBucliO'NeillitByrsousaAtthe
close or that meson D'Nelil resigned
and lieshan was appointed as his
successor. .
Thorpls reslgnatlon as head toot-
bell had been before the nth.
oil for some time but it
EXPICRITINFT:
The prospecthc maid of all
Wes asserting her terms: “1
”5 a week. paid in ndxancc and
don‘t wash. n01 scrub floo: .\. uc.
"Bl-It—. " began her would-be
Plover. teebly.
“Or work alter G O'tiUCi':
611 the Woman steadih. “and I
."l'y evening all and a 1er
“cos Each"
"But. surely the
Wlit‘ until you inane us.
this mistress. nervously.
8‘0. 1 want the lellnr now.’
tux-nee the domestic firmly-
“194 toning them when l loaxe '
m never got a good out yet
Dos Angeles Times.
___________________.
' Fret Work
Hrs. 'A‘wklnr—Whal 1'. soul h
band'atrade. Mrs 'Arlls si
. , lire. 'Au‘Mh. calls him“
. tutworker. he does One of ‘
' .
lolere'nce
" broke
their.“ was played
New.li.'1'bsellfleesnests-. .
authorities in the Bronx lastly
“assumes-bras.
hung
the pitching
$1: ,, .
“it“
Athletic commission to determine ..
meta Dundee will meet any
mean corners was mm.-'
Athletic council. Iris possible .thfs:
. helm r. ((Chicjt) nestles. who has
, made abellllant record as head
,i ”if know.
that frets all this
works half a alum—14°
(seem Alumnae said. He will leave ' ._ flak]: TalesnDh
rel-the Pacino coast um. witch of the System University
' eleven for the past them”.
Hathaway
m.
‘ W Thor-pane of Enthusisfi
Question
alert got rotbin as!“ ‘
ants to collect what am; .
owes In.” said R3850"
he. firewall. hes lea as em“ I’
~ t’hpnt. saw what he 0WU '
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