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TRACKSTARSL
were “an ‘3‘“ W
1: son, uare , r .
Chicago This Evening—Jo. Compete , in
New York Again Tomorrow
‘ .
arden—Wiil, Run in
Other Stars Shine
' N SQUARE GARDEN.
I ' York. Jen. int—no flying root
hove Nurmi showed their heels
' to time last night when the
torn Finn ran away from Wil-
',1\ihls {pad three other rivals in
[£600 metre race and shattered
' fworld's records.
Two‘heurs later Nurmi was on his
to Chicago. to run tomorrow
hikht. then speed hack to New York
tor histhird race in as many nights
. of an unprecedented endurance test.
'" Shows Real Form.
r' Displaying even more spectacular
form that when he made his Ameri-
can debut last week and seemingly
noxious not to take any chance 0!
pissing _his train for the West. Nur-
mi lapped three of his tour oppons
but... iinished 65 yards ahead of
’ ill-itch. and set. new indoor standards
tor one mile and three-quarters. 3.-
000 metres and one mile and seven-
'cighihs.
V The dazzling display or speed
in king the sixth world,record Nur-
,ini has toppled in three noes. all
‘btesktng former marks at Joie Ray.
_ he the tenture ot the Municipal A.
' it. games and national indoor cham-
bionships. which were won by the
New York Athletic club in a bat-
- s no marked by the setting of three
new championship iecords and tie-
fins 0: One other.
I_ Ritols. and Verne Booth.
" Bonus Hopkins star. clung to Run
‘ bill's heels tor-six laps but after that
they dropped steadily behind.
‘1‘ -Nurmi added steadily to his ad-
..ivantuge on every turn of the wooden
' runway. and the crowd burst into
' hoisy acclaim as he lapped the other
two entrants. Gunnar Nilson and
111m” Prim. in quick succession.
{Booth was passed two laps from the
finish and Ritola was trailing by u
gird o! a. lap when Nurmi broke the
n P00
W Scores.
' § ‘Goorge Liarslers. Georgetown
flier. took the measure of Jimmy
Connolly. former Georgetown star
letters spirited duel between this
hair in a special half-mile race»
Karate". trailing until a halt a. lap.
' v Item the finished. micorked a _whirl-
mind burst of speed to nip Connol—
' :y a few strides from the tape. The
yetersn Abel Kiviat set the early
doc and finished third.
i The first Junior championship re-
36rd to £31! came in the final of the
to yard hurdles when Raymond Wou.
former
a v
University of Pennsylvania. star.
broke the tape in nine seconds.
bnefltth of a second faster than
the former record set by another
pennsylvanian. E. F. Smalley. in
11530.
; 1Willie Goodwin. New York A. C..
octet! a brilliant victory in the
unior two mile run and clipped
early thirteen seconds off the for-
' record when he broke the tape
ii the remarkable good time or 9
hflnutes 20 2-5 seconds. Geodwiu
[not the lead. crossing the iinish
is the second man. Schmidt of Col-
ptnbls. was starting his last lap.
a {.20me Kinnaliy. Georgetown
‘ Juiddie distance crack. captured the
Inior 000 yard title in a. thrilling:
, ice in which he breasted the tape
Jbtily tour’inches in front of R. Roy
lit the Newark A. C.. after a. driv-
n_g tinish. Josselyn Shore of the
llrooe A. A. was a close third.
dflnenon Norton. Georgetown all-
llnd star and runner-up to Hal'-
. ,Osborn in the Olympics decath-
‘ . tailed to win any oi the three
unior title events in which he start-
He did his best work in the
haunt. finishing second. but also
inked up points by landing tdiirth
. ‘the running high jump and third
. the pole vault.
world light-heavyweight
.plon will visit the State Ath-
. Commission within a few days
' ' ’ . "to offer to defend his title
4 either Gene Tunney. Tom
or Paul Berienbaeh. as the
. ion directs, according to an
-t by the Irish boxer
i m Y0 . Jan. 16.~—Mike Mc-
, . explained that he is'now
, -- , to'e contract with Promoter
‘ Rickardvvhereby he is bound
' would his title against Berleu-
“this contract was signed. Mo-
MSat a time when Rickard
.to stage two light-heavy-
.,bouts of importance the oth-
test being between Tunney and
a; with the understanding that
-l ‘ would meet in a. chain-
Inissioner's insistence that
Maine a challenge trons
' upset these olans‘and. since
, ’ “ denied thisjriveleso 0!.
_ a; license here until he
‘ 'm,ne‘coguiso Tunney's chal-
DflANEYMYé .3” a
”have had it tired at us a. thousand
' by Delaney's blows. he can outright
~mm,m=m Willie;- and that ii
Welter
* WITHONESOCK
New York Sport Writ
era. B e l i e v e One
. Well Placed Blow
Will End Fight
"Who do you think .will
Flowers or Delaney ?"
I! we have had that question tired
at us once in the last few days. we
win.
times.
Even those who eidady have
formed a decided opinion button.
hole Ill and query:—
"What do you think?" .-
While triends have been pumping
us we have been pumping them.
Our opinion. however, remains as
was first expressed.
We still believe that tomes-row
night's match is an open one and
hinges on Just how forceful a punch
Tiger Flowers can stand.
Can the Tiger "take
there‘s the rub.
I! we knew just how shock proo:
Tiger's chin ‘is. and Just how he as-
similates punches to heart and wind
picking a. winner in tomorrow
night's shindy would be easy.
Flowers is faster than Delaney
and has a. batter repertoire or pull-
clies than Delaney. and ii strength.
courage and morale are not shaken
it" i Aye.
Delaney.
But 'we don‘t know Just how
Flowers «m not when hit. what a!-
!eot an opponent’s blows will have
on him. /
The only tight we saw Flowers in
was the Garden contest with Johnny
Wilson.
It was impossible to get a good
line on Flowers booeuse Wilson
scarcely laid a glove on him. The
Tiger got the jump at the start and
kept the former middleweight
champion so eternally busy on the
receiving end that Johnny couldn't
start any punches himself.
In the Mlson contest Flowers
with his dynamic attack. his Harry
Greb aggressiveness and his Jack
Dempsey ability to start his punch.
on from almost any position or an-
rlc and send them with the speed
and accuracy or o sherpshooier‘e
bullet straight to the mark. made
the Black Tornado look like a. world
beater. ’
But the sage. experienced. level
headed spectators who werre at the
ringside that night left the building
saying:
"Flowers looks to be the real fistic
‘soods. He's the fastest. snapplest
hitting boxer that has come up m
many a day. But I wonder what
would lids-c happened if Wilson had
landed a. low on him?"
Many a boxer looks like a. cham-
pion until hit.
The first clean punch landed on
some boxers makes them forgot all
the boring they ever knew.
Other boxers can stand a score of
blows and keep their head. heart
and poise. but are easily knocked
out by certain kind or punches to
certain spots. ‘
It is foolhardy to attempt to pass
definite judgment upon a boxer be-
fore seeing him in action against at
least two or three opponents. pne-
ferubly of different styles. and it is
«more toolhardy to attempt to do-
finitely diagnose a boxer's calibre
Without seeing what exect an oppn.
gill}! punch 'or punches have on
m. .
America's Youth
Pave Nurmi and his durable
countrymen had better “keep a
sharp eye on their distance running
records.
Just now America is concentrating
on running. Numi's visit apparently
has tired the imagination oi the
country's youth and embryo track
champions are tuning up by the
thousands.
Them: result or the unusual
activity in the mail received by the
local oflccs or the A. A. U., which _is
deluged with requests tos- registra-
tion blanks. the majority or these re.
quests being accompanied by e. note
saying that the sender intends to
practice running like Nurmi.
ot Mullins. but asserted that his
plans initials direction ate not deg-
inite.
The champion does not intend to
do our boxing. regardless oi the so-
tlon of» the State Athletic. Commis-
sion in his case, to: a. period“ at
last two months. according.“ pres-
ent plans. uc’i‘igue made known me
not that he soon will submit to ‘a
hand operation in which Dr. w. G.
l-‘rslick. noted surgeon. will rename
one tit-the bones in hissi-lsht hand
is an extort to the recurring ceuse<
tor'couiplsint which hos handicap-
ped' llo'lfigu his boxing. the
champion _ . he taint-ed his hand
while, training for his recent match
hour! was aggravated early in u"
hutch. mung hing 1m
WW “(his past torus. The
“05;.“ W10 enable Mo-
. New
Evenins— l
, Jersey . uintet,
Undefeated i no e
1919, One of Best in
Country ~
on; or the few truly sensational
high school basketball teams in the
history oi the sport—that's our ver-
dict ou the Passaic High School live.
We saw what Pas-ale calls its Won-
der Team in action Wednesday, when
it overwhelmed the Clii'iside High
School live by as to :1. In four per-
iods or ten minutes each the Pasaeic
team worked like a. well-oiled ma.-
chine. with system and teamwork
standing out at every angle of en es-
vhibition which was highly interoab
ing in spite oi the tact. that it lacked
tool competitive flavor. ’
o
team since 1918. This record is the
most remarkably ever made in any
sport and is particularly noteworthy
because it has been chalked up by
high school lads. It lot-speaks won.
derrul material. the last word in
rhythm and cohesion. the height oi
discipline. the subordination of per-
sonal achievement .0 team work and
above all, the some of coaching and
a. well thought out system of play,
filter analyzing the Pascale sys.
torn in yesterday's contest we find
that its remarkable team work con-
sists 0! these ingredients:—
1. Passing. 2. Getting rid of the
bell test. 3. Working out a series at
formations in which the scissors is
predominant. d. Playing the ball all
the time 5. Uniailing follow up of the
shooter. 6. Utilisation of the telut at
shooting and the quick pass to a
man uncovered for the basket.
The Passaic system. which was
developed by Ernest A. Blood. who
retired as adult this season in tuvor
of Amino Marks. hitherto his assist-
ant. ignores the dribble. it leatum
macervation or energy and is built
on the sound principle that the finest
game of basketball is the cleanest.
The "Wonder Team" stresses get-
ting rid o the ball as quackly us
possible—a neck whlch is the mark
or the great basketball and baseball
player and is especially dirilcultw
develop in. the young idea. Passaic
keeps away as much as possible from
body contact. It destroys the old im-
pression that high school basketball
is a wild scramble lull 0: hard incit-
ling and rugged imitation of team
work. with the referee's whistle con-
stantly cutting in on a “held halL"
The Pascale system makes the long
shot taboo. The team invariably gets
the beneiit or the tap, for Nelson
Rohrbacll. the centre. dlu outjumped
every opponent he has laced this
season. As the reteree throws up the
ball Rohrbach signals as to where
the up will go. Either Milton
Pullman. the captain. or Stealey
Adams gets the bail in forward ter-
ritory or it is tapped to Sam Gold-
atein or Meyer Karkovitch. the
guards. in a trice the leaiher is on u
zigzag course toward t‘he.besket.
There is nothing haphazard about
the passing. It describes a. series of
geometric designs. plays which cut
the defense as a. pair ct shears Cute
:1 .paper patter . In and out the ball
weaves stencil working forwerd un-
til it gets close to the boob. Then
the shot, and invariably the goal.
Every one of the five regulars has
a. keen eye. The shooting is done
with that wrist motion which is
directed by the Original Celtics.
to the Blood system.
stands out so prominently because
of the fact that system in high
school basketball is so rare. Method
is more easily developed with high
school players than it is with col.
have got into. Blood knows the game
as law others know it. and he knows
that constant drilling backed up by
absolute discipline and throttling of
star idea. will work wonders with a
high school live.
STAMFORD illul
DEFEATS RlVAls
FROMPARK cm
STAMFORD. Jan. '16.—-Pia.yo
ing one of their best. games
or the session staintord High School
rode rough shod to victory'in' the
local school gym last night. over its
ancient rivals .troln Bridgeport by a.
“'3! score. Thevgune was hotly
00an trout the Mart and alt
though a number or halts had to, be
called. because of the continued on-
atory o! the Bridgeport players. the
contest proved interesting.
The one bad point of the game
was the unipiring o: Pietrano. a
product of Bridgeport. who like the
proverbial Main Street rounden is.
voted his home town at every angle.
His work on_ the court was beyond
a doubt one of the worst exhibitions
o! calcining that has ever been wit»
km. on a looai basketball . court
sud the chances are it was his last
appearance. Such work u‘Pletrano
did last night. showing a. atrocities:
in a V e. is unsportsmuiike. '
"c mull" O’Connell owed one of.
his best, gainemgettin gum is on
ileum of thorns tr em‘
number or titles ‘ ‘
toggle; (oriengunusueliyfac-
The “story was the 168d succesp'
. sive triumph scored by a. Passeic
Passaio owes its success to its ma- .>
terisl and the hard work out in by?
the boys. but. above all. it owes iti
ills method '
legions. who come to their vanities
with the game already learned and;
cannot unicorn the bad habits they '
.5, . ’7 i ,
boner
“‘ Toél‘oétch’
I
I
‘.
By saunas: Bf BROW .
“The Hoosier Schooimaster" ex-
pects to have a good year this year.
binning Vic Aldridge.
Few persons know that the pitch-
er the Chicago Cubs traded to the
Pittsburg Pirates over the winter
canted lite as a. school teacher in
the rural districts of Indiana. it
was his week-end pitching that won
him the attention which ultimately
altered his whole life. Aldridge
was born in Indian Springs. Ind.
The Indianapolis American" Asso-
ciation club gave 'Vic his first real
chance in baseball. It also gave him
his first long train rides.
‘Declding that Vic haw the duel:-
lugs but was a bit green .the .ln-
dians sent him to Denver undel- op-
tion.‘ only to recoil hint and (arm
him to Eric. Pa. The following sea.
son. however. he produced. Ailer he
had won 16 and lost it games for
the Hoosier team the Chicago club
bought him. The Cub bosses. de-
cided alter two years that ihc,"
didn‘t need him in their pennant
plans so Vic was neat to the Lee
Angels: club soon after the start or
the 1915 campeisn. He spent the
next three seasons convincinE the‘
Cub owners that they needed him.
in iT-L‘: the club paid a fairly big
prim» for him. , ‘ / .
Aldridge won 16 and lost 18‘
games {or the Cuhiets in 1923 lug
collected the some number or vie.
tux-ice while losing but nine games
two 39!“! ago. Last season he won
1.3 and lost 13.
\Vl:l~ the Pirate outfit the corn-
ing season Aldridge should it” a
bigger year than any he has on.
303131 todate. Lost season Bill Kli-
lcl‘or had Alexander. Jacobs. Keen
and Keui‘mun. all going good“ AJ-
drldge did not receive as many
chances to work as he wUl at Pitts-
burg where Bill McKechnie bl!
ch. Kremer and Morrison as his
main hopes. in addition to W4...
We should have a. chance to work
ovrry fourth day.
BI . “3° .... v
Benny Leonard. l
0 0
Has passed up
0 0
His and
O
Now that Benny Leonard has re-
bounced his lightweight title. we
suppose that the New York State
Boll“ Commission will step in and
select a new lightweight champion
oi the world.
Leonard has held his present title
for the past seven years and during
that time has engaged in battle with
about all oi the challengers that have
come along. .
-- O O 0
It will take a mighty good man to
make as good ‘3 champion as Ben-
nylonurltorinonrmindshels
one of the heather-uppers tllat eves-
holrl thelightweigiit championship
of thedworld.
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Johnny Dundee. who is old and is
slipping fast. will do doubt make a.’
bid for the crown vacated by Leo-
nard. but we don't think that John-
ny has quite enough steam left , to
make the grade. .
.. ,,
Pnavo Nurmi demonstrated inst.
' Sport Barrage"
Gist; and Comment of Special Interest >b7
iNorwalk Fans . .’
D. Downs
’estiittlernnningmtmm’
“MIMI-freshmen".
O O
The Flying Finn after running in
New‘ York lest night. harden a
train and started tor Chicago where
he will clash with Joie Bay. as will
return to New York and compete iii
ning.
O O 0
All Conndzticuv t will mm' M} I
e)‘es toward Madison Square dam
gels evening where Jack Del-naps!
I‘idgrport will s, .4: Me; “1“.
O I 0
Flowers will be the favorite datu-
ing the ring. but that doesn‘t moon
anything. Berlenbach was hv‘osid
to put Jack away. but the Bridge-
port lad surprised their: and not
"Sock ’Ern Paul" out of the picture.
hitflbdnneymmom-
previous hostesses-syncs} the
birdiessinzthisetull. .n‘.
We shall see.
a
\
points.
Bridgeport. it may be said,’ been
good team but through the use of
such poor oiiicials. their laurels are
sure to slider. Eddie Hunt. as re!-
eree. was good and it may be’ said.
non-partisan. .. .
The “I00”; ,
Stamford High MG. Fl. G. In.
LiVoisi. ........1 o 2
Birming t. ... o 1 1
O'Connell. if. ....-. 7 1 15
Heinic. 2 2 e!
Handel. c. ....... o o o
McCarthy. rg. ‘1 o a
Scalablg. .........i6 1 11
e ‘ ... — "t
16 5 ‘ at
Pd.G..F’l.G.‘Ttl.
.....
score. The score follows: '
Wad end. 13'“. 6. ma. Tl!
Bi nxham. i'l. .... 0 ' o 0
Tree in, rt. o o o
Czecich.lt. ........ 2 1 5
rPhliiipse. e. ....... z 8‘ 'l
Kai-ilk“. rg. ...... a 1 5
Green. rg. . ....... 3 0 .0,
Handel. lg. ........ 1 .0
' .-— ..- ~-
10 6 ‘ 30
Wind. room-Lode.
Murdock. ri.'........ 1
'8“. bummed: work Within the
yawniihathoissbmtbem‘
the Fordham meet tomorrow eve. ‘
ItWouldnot.su;p'i.seuslhelsm ath
nerbya. knockout. m use
beenknooloedoutmug-n he
one. 3“
his trial
pointed by the President is asked in
a petition by as: Jolie-en.
President of g
and circulated in New tork end else-
where throughout the country. It is
sponsoredr by Joseph A. Collier or
Cleveland and-.will be sent to Com
grass.
The petitioniaheadedb’aietur
tron: Johnson incoming the idea. or
Government , "
sets lorth the chic! aims at
the politicos”. Several nova sug-
gestieneeretobetouadauobaathe
W or each . club. manager.
M. cocci: and am: a has on
sales and treacherous the clubs
or a. league without the. M or
the slalom: ot the clubs in such
league; a law against one manor
set at man owning more than one
club is each league: a provision that
all pleasuinsleaguebepeid the
same salary. depending “length oi
service; the prohibiting or “throw-
iag'hgarnso or gambling or micel-
ling .and the sppointmeutol a Fed-
eral wmmiesiou or three men to ads
minister “18 law. but “not to ad-
minister the game.“ ‘
Ben Johnson's letter. adore-ed to
Collier all: ‘
"l have the clipping you sent me-
under a. Washington data line. Your
position relative to the n of
our national. game is correct. .1‘ is
my firm conviction that. we can coir
obtain «equate and satisfactory rs-
suits through the medium of a. coin-
mission created by the Government."
The petition reeds as follows:
To ti! United campaign-I.
Wuhingtou. D. Cr.
“h. the undersigned. oitiaene, on
the United States respectfully petit
lion our legislation to "this,“ PFO‘
lesions! baseball. as follows:
i. No man or set 0! men my own
more than one club in each league.
2. Each club. umpire. manager;
coach and player mutt. secure a li-
cense min the Government each
year. and such licensee may be sus-
pended for the good 0! the some or
for any other moon.
I. No club may carry more than
twenty-live uniformed men alter the
arse month at any season. So am.-
or sales or players between the clubsv
otaioegnerneybeinadestouy
time without the assent of the me.
pority of the clubs at such league.
4. All playerslin a league must
be paid the some amount at salary.
depending on, the length at service
in any league ox that class or better.
tech club rosy odegprisse every
year for the best better. Ioldiir and
pitcher. providing all clubs in the
league do the same.'and that all
prises are unites-m. Each league tree
to make its own schedule at rates
every year.
." Prohibit gambling and pool‘
selling in connection wilds baseball.
and any improper chunglng or try-
ing to‘change the natural and logical
rsdult at a baseball game.
d. A Federal commission cruise. *
honest man. appointed by the Frost.
st of the United Station to admin—
r the law. but not to administer
them. laurealldetaiiaottbe
turns to the baseball men. as at. prey.
limits at this kw. The commission
to pay ell expenses out or the lio
«use less and maintain headquart-
ers et a. mtralpoint.nway tron: the
political ere at Washington.
7. Jail penalties and lines for any
violation of this law.
"ensued Jen. is. weal-lie i.
“no ‘0?“‘0 “humanize M
“‘3 “MD!“ has a. repertoire o!
”MW......M..ult c ....
PM". His M3,"°“"
in.
d.
muIAOIo-anr'.’3 .
Butlelt. 3......" o‘-
moms-n. c. ......9. or
“m I“. soil-to." o
Lleborn. lg. ......
[nooeue
Alum W...
and than
' a conservative ud‘aound man
I. m in a game oigwhioh the win.
V More place but we. not allowed. ‘
4m 'had an uphill fight alter
Wand
his mother.
9;: renewed her weeding that he
a the ring the condition or
her health anode imperative that in
accede to her wishea._ After a
unity council. «no statement geld.
it was decided that he retire per.
may.
W. who has not been active
in the ring since 1928.’ has held his
pro-so? 7 t title tor marl? seven years.
may Loom. in a signed stato-
taant. gave his “love tor his moth-
er" as the reason for" quitting the
boxing ring- '
DOOM"! revealed in the statement
that his mother for some time had
pleaded with him to give up boxing
because she toured he would be
hurt. -£ho became so insistent that
anally Billy Gibson. Leonard's
manager, advised the boxer to re-
tire. saying that "the shock or an-
other fight will be too much for
her." . >
“The n wspapers were full of
stories ebo t my training—my light-
intl" aid mnlrd in his statement.
“may told how I got my eye split
open. They ld‘ haw I got my
teeth knocked out. They told how
my hands were broken. And my
mother read every line or it. and
their saw me Is I cgme home.
neither would sit crying and trem-
’ to Pleadin
”Boxing 12 Years A“,
as ' ' .. .
new ' flan. Ida-A dosen‘ blillg. ”mg, .m, m = ‘
Mayo a lad named Benjamin “My brothnn and
WW minim to lake the place the injuries. 1...; ”on L
elem-s bexeretthe old Fair-
mmmuahinmmm he! Benny ligh‘ am.
fight he retired trons the ring where with Tendlcr in 19:;
eel-m aslie would the been my last. Mquh \
MMt champi (It tho woi'id. very ill. All of us are Qt I
" “in a mules announcing his re-
finement Menard declared that he
was am solely by the wishes 0!
Always ow to his
fight-ins. loan-rd said. 11!! ”Other
gs of His ‘_
Gloves~fi.
for the Past ~,
then. mother said the "3H
ried over hr {0“ ‘
she called our militia“. ‘1
made me prozziw: hon-1
or fight again.
"313' Milling his CUBE
question of my motion '
have to CllOON'; 1.'(l\l'«n{bu,
love 0! hearing the um;
the non-shoal an ill um;
"I am thankful m iN
what it had our, 9, m
a weak. trail Liv: w . '
ed out- Boxing: hariiimh
stong body. ll his; ‘1‘.“
clean mind. I: ha. 'im
of mourn-'- Ilium
best or all, in").lng"l:::ar
to travel all rm‘l" {ht ‘
where I mi t :. 10' of mi
men whose fili'YNi-‘lllp I“
o! and shall :fll‘rfigs item“
_ "And I ion, will); to:
is a, game n: >1 lvnm “w M
is a game of sir-5.31m“-
duration and ‘~ ~
llkfl to (We hr» ; ' I GO“
to get 8“ :13: 9'03. 1' (mink.
After his 2. ‘ .n 3.,
Leonard used
his mother
coiled and 011.».
Leonard is whiz-.5 30m ,
ll! good financial rzz'cumr .
with u ioundaliou in; a “H
“mm. ‘ _~
cor laid by months 01pm
i'l'lms ho is {Winn-it: inlhz
steps of anothrr rotor! .
James J. Curly".
. 50 Years
CHANCE, llll: “PEERLESSLEAIN-
Other Teams
By JOHN B. $081153.
Correspondent
or no Emailing Sentinel.
(This is the forty-first article of
the series which John B. Foster is
writing to commemorate the fiftieth
ouniversury o! the National Leaguc
which Will be celebrated the coming
noun.)
m 88 GREATESI‘ MANAGERS
O!" miseries“. LEAGUE.
Prank Glance.
It is only recently that Frank
Chalice harnessed on. Like Fred
Clarke ho was a. playing manager
and like Clarke he won tour cham-
pioaohipd in the National League.
Titer. are .now .iivlng McGraw.
Clarke and Bunion of those who ac~
quired the maJor share o: manager-
ial tune with the organisation that
II “khan” its {illicit anniversary.
Chance stepped into a managerial
position because Frank Soles stepped
out in Chicago. It was lortuuatc fox
Chance on: he happened to be a
Chicago player at the time and it
was fortunate for Charley Murphy;
bad the good sense to appoint
Chance manager. The team was
alreayoonstructed as has been re-
lated. It needed a-ehanse oi two.
perhaps. but most or all it needed
to
take up its stairs and handle them
on the field utter loom: I. manager
at the high mentality of Frank
Boise. One Prank ”wooded another.
Chance won his first champion-
ship in 1308; e allowed that with
a. in M and a. third.ln
19 I. In that respect his career
was like that otFred Clarke who
ventures pennant hands down. The
tirst pennant won undoi- Chance Was
expected to an, to Chicago and
was given less credit for it
than he deserved. It was predicted
that he would have more trouble in.
100?. and in 1908. ”but be improved
on a We: as he went on. ‘and his
W victory in succession made him
the attire oat popular leaders or
ball " , that Chicago ever had.
in 1 8 he had the famous tussle
with the Giants when’ he won the
pennant because Reside” tailed to
tonehaseond bone. tor the New York
run {or the also to want over
one m mo when he assembled
tween class tealn tor Chicago
w NFOURPENNANTSFORCIH
Captured Three in Row—Had Knack of :
ling Pitchers——Row With Owner h
Him to Quit—Was Not Successful “
Who had bought the club. that llo‘
during his illness.
e s
. stalled on Beebe Lo
of Baseball
Ecluh. Hi. m: w “be: his
‘Woi-e in good (\Ol‘uilllCD and
fairly good in L-c as lo vie
should Di? 1.1an m1: of a
when they should be mam
He won :br; \vnri. ._
Detroit loan: :“l
victory by ll"
1907. whru lll', . ‘
series rczsull-mj l“
iii'elvc innings Vin (and
necessary it r1: livzmlt it: till
ing year and i‘f‘l'fi'igo won
those. The 111'.“ uorlrl sill!
Was played VIII.) tit: Chm!“
icons in 1903 v..;s Earl bl“ ""
his Cubs took mil} two Sm"
series of six. ll was {he
this series that nzsldo rsnl'
Chance's allllm‘ :0.- future
in the National i - sigue billlie
in the (“'0 years 2"il<'“'lfi5'
had all the l‘lIg'lLrill‘s {list i
should lnw in handle 8
league club so skiilz’uilyihiil
win ll. champions-It'll.
(Next: Tl‘q’; Miriam! Lem”
historic game. —- bruinififl
Richmond's Non-H1: Game?
SPORT 9
.____'-—
Nelson Gordan (Hon. “'3‘
clares himsul: 1.. 2‘ ads .
won 0.
General Nailzai
U
Ullonary “‘3: «:1 1‘35, and V“
{110 name of 5..., who mm"
the shin rPii. i.» ”a ill? b.
90(13ch illis :uusfic dele
prove his mv’ni ,\'. G. GM
his portsidc .lrlillwri' wlmn II
and is said in l..'.\e d.
teasing shot “12H: reach“'
88!. passing th- runny I
Ships in its us‘VnQ, ll ‘
the "hesiiatim‘. ' 'Tbi'rf ii .
00 the crew in;- Grren. 3'
Ruciher has hwy, transit!
other Ship, .
Wilbert Rulillixr-n. vctenfl'
1h. Brooklyn Nuionala. :1
along the road lo ”goal!
its effects or several 1'
lions that he will r6130?i ‘
water. Fla. the Ilodccl ,
051mb. late this month. i!”
however, has asked ihe C
01'. "Doc" Hart of C‘lncalm
earl to help put me ' H
condyiiion. The Donnie; .
I'9P0i'ted to have lost ,
70 lend impctus to will“
‘t Cornell ITliivei'siis'. an
. lo 6 “3’ '
1y operated call p k“. the
ground of the universi-Eivlns
of skaters are now K“
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smooth surface to tho 5
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athletic assimilation ”mend ‘
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met. in attendance. do?
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