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Heavyweight Champion Jack
l?empsey Is On Georgian Staff
BY VAI'GER
la Slow Fight Feather Champion
Outpointed—Frenchman, Over
weight, Loses SI,OOO Forfeit.
By JACK VEIOCK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Johnny Kil
bane is still champion of the feather
weights today, but his grip on the
title isn't as firm as it used to be.
The clever Clevelander stood up
Afid.nst Benny Valger, his foremost
challenger, for eight rounds at the
Newark Sportsmen's Club and came
away with a smile and a lot of easy
money,
Valger put forth his best efforts to
uncrown the champion. The only
way he could have won the title was
via the knockout route. He failed.
But Valger outpointed the title
holder. His long left arm and his
willing and tricky right hand puzzled
Kiivane. From the tap of thed first
gong until the bout ended Kilbane
tried to form.a defense for the left
Jab that kept beating a tattoo against
his stomach, but could find none. At
times the champion would show a
flacsh of his old time ability, and
would fly into Valger with a shower
of blows. But he did no harm,
Valger blocked many of Kilbane's
punches and won his shade over the
champion by using his let to the mid
riff.
The champion showed well only in
the clinches.
In open fighting the Frenchman
was far the superior, but he fought
too carefully to please the huge crowd
that jammed the Armory to the doors.
Although the featherweight title
was not involved in the scrap, it
looks as if Kilbane is through as a
big leaguer.
Len Badgerly of Orange, who is just
out of the army, signallized his debut
as a professional by putting Jack
Kendricks to sleep with a right to the
jaw in the fourth round. Badgerly,
who is a 165-pounder, had it all his
ownr way and is likely to be heard
from later.
‘When the principals entered the
ring for the main bout Joe Hum
phries announced that Valger was
three-quarters of a pound overweight
and that Kilbane had claimed the
SI,OOO forfeit. This brought a volley
of hisses for the champion, so that he
started off with the majority of the
caowd against him. It was an
nounced that Vriger weighed 124 3-4,
while Kilbame tipped the beam at
125 }-4.
Tech High Will Try
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Savannah Quintet
Tech High has an off day today,
and will leave Friday evening for
Savannah where the Smithies will
play the Sasannah High School. This
is a return game, Savannah having
played and defeated Tech High here
earlier in the season.
The game played here between the
two was a good exhibition of prep
basketball. The teams were pretty
well matched, and in this second
game as even more so. Tech High
at the time of the first game was
handicapped by several of the varsity
men being sick with the flu. These
plavers and several new men, who
have developed into varsity timber
make the Smithie line-up much
stronger than it has been before this
season.
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Sail for Florida
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The ad
vance guard of the Dodgers sailed
for Jacksonville, Fla., today, aboard
the steamer Arapahoe. At Mamaux,
Chuck Ward and Clarence Mitchell
were the players to head for the
training camp via the water route.
4 The other players . will go from
their homes by rail. Manager Wil
bert Robinson will arrive in Jackson
ville Sunday. Active training will
start on Monday. |
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Racing in Kentucky
Is Given Big Boost
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 26.—Rac
ing in Kentucky received a new lease
on life today, when the State Senate,
by a vote of 21 to 14, defeated a Dbill
to abolish the pari mutuel system of
gambling.
Had the bill passed, turfmen said,
it would have spelled the doom of
racing in Kentucky, as the sport
could not have been carried on with
out betting.
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THE GEORGIAN SPORT PAGE
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Heavyweight Champion Says He
Is Anxious to Appear Before
Court and Clear His‘Name,
(By Universal Ser..ce.)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26,-Jack
Dempsey, world’'s heavyweight
echampion, declared today that he 1s
glad of the opportunity to meet his
accusers in open ecourt to prove false
the charges, which the federal grand
jury in San Franeisco, according to
report, deemed sufficient to war
rant the returning of an indictment
against him. ]
Both Kearns and Dempsey, accord
ing to the San Francisco report, must
face a true-bill on accusations that
théy conspired to enable Dempsey to
lelude the draft. Neither Dempsey
nor his manager has been officially
lnotlfled of the action to be taken
against them, but both were prepar
ing today to fight the charges.
“l have refused to worry,” said
Dempsey. “My conscience is clear
[a.nd there is nothing that can be held
against me. I would rather be taken
into court and have the entire mat
ter cleared up than to sit back, whilc
charges are being hurled around.
“l have tried to play the game
square and am sorry 1 have become
the target for attacks, but since the
attacks were made, an open court,
where all sides can be heard, will
be welcomed by me.
“I have done no wrong and will go
into court confident that my name
will be cleared.” i 0
Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager,
said: “There’s nothing to it, but if
the. ‘reports are true, we will have
to go to court and prove our side of
the story. We can do this without
trouble. I want to say, however,
that enemies of mine and of Jack
have brought this thing about. I
do not mean that the grand jury has
been unfair, but it has been misled
by false information.
“We will welcome any step that
will give us a chance to prove that
we are innocent. lam ®ure that
there is nothing that can be held
against either of us in any way. If
Dempsey is guilty, then I am guilty.”
Two Battles
In Girls’ Prep
Fulton High wiil play Woodberry,
at Fulton, and Marietta is matched
with De Kalb High, at Marietta, in
Friday's games in the Girls’ Prep
League. Fulten is leading the league,
while Woodberry is the last team in
the race, so this game should easily
go to Fulton.
In the first meeting of the two
teams, however, Woodberry played
far above form, and Fulton had an
off day. The result in the first two
thirds was rather discouraging for
the league leaders, but in the last
period they delivered and got away
with the game, but the margin should
have been far larger than it was.
Marietta and De Kalb present a
far better attraction. The teams are
more evenly matched in size, ability
and the like. The game being played
at Marietta will allow only a few o!‘
the local fans to see the game, but
the outcome will have much t 6 do
with the final standing of the teams.
The present season has only a few
more games to go, and the teams are
fighting their best at present. Ful
ton is leading the league and setting
a pace that none of the others have
yet been able to equal. The flnal‘
outcome will probably be as in for
mer years, with Fulton winning the
pennant, and Decatur and Marietta
i running a clese second.
Tech’s Track
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Tilt in East
&pt. “Skinny” Pollard, George
Griffin- and J. M. McCleskey, the
three track stars of Georgia Tech,
left Thursday morning for Baltimore,
where they will take part in the
South Atlantic indoor field meet, to
ibe held Saturday night under the
auspices of Johns Hopkins Unli
versity,
A number of large colleges are en
tered in this meet. fleorgnmwn.‘
Johns Hopkins, Washington-Lee,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, V. P. 1..‘
North Carolina and others will en
ter teams, 1
Tech does not expect to win the
meet, but has entered a team merely
as an experiment, and next year will
go into several of the big Eastern
meets,
Pollard will handle the jumps;
Griffin the dashes, and McCleskey
the distanee runs.
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Boys' High will play Gordon ln-‘
stitute here Saturday at the Audl
torfum, This is a return game, as
Boys' High played Gordon in Barnes- |
ville earlfer in the season, and won.
This will be an interesting game as
both teams are members of the newly |
formed G. 1. A, A. . |
The game is not one of the con
tests scheduled by the new league,
howeevr, as baseball is the first sport
that the league will undertake this
year, Boy#' High should again m-t‘
away with a victory,
The loeal team will put its strong
est array against the vigitors, as play
ing the scrubs the first part of the |
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By JAMES J. CORBETT.
The smart baseball scout is the one
wihio peers into the so-called “hick
towns” for big league talent. For
there is where the real stars of the
baseball world have come from.
The natural assumption i 8 that city
boys, having the advantage of seeing
big légguers or top notch minors in
aotion, can learn more about the
scientific features of baseball. But
this theory is shattered by facts. For
the kids in small towns, where ma
jor leaguers never have been seen
in action, are the ones who have
made baseball history in the later
‘yeam.
| Of all the big leaguers in the game
today, only two truly greats—Heinia
Zimmerman and Dick Rudolph—were
‘born and raised in New York City.
‘Cleveland has several stars in the
‘big league sky, including Jimmy Aus
tin and Dick Rudolph. St. Louis has
'a pair of representatives; so has
Chicago. And Detroit, Cincinnati and
‘Philadelphla. also have one, two or
three sons playing in one or the
‘other of the big leagues. Babe Ruth
is a Baltimorean. . -«
COBB FROM ROYSTON. =«
‘ But the greatest player of all time
—Ty Cobb—comes from Royston, Ga.,
‘atown unheard of outside that State,
until Cobb made it famous. Tris
Speaker is from Hubbard City, Tex.:
Joe Jackson from Brandon Mills, S.
C., and Grover Alexander’'s boyhood
home was Elba, Nebr.
Oakland City, Ind., housed Eddie
Roush while Hal Chase is a product
of lL.os Gatos, Cal. And Millerton,
N. Y., is the former home of Eddie
Collins. Jake Daubert came from
Shamokin, Pz., Heinie Groh from
Rochester, N. ¥.; Rogers Hornsby
from Winters, Tex.; Benny Kauft
from Middlesport, Ohlo; Stuffy Mec-
Innis from Gloucester, Mass,, and
Ray Schalk from Harvel, Il
George Eisler calls Nimlsila, Ohio,
his birthplace. Walter Schang was
born in Wales, N. Y.; Bobby Veach
in St. Charles, Ky.; Buck Weaver in
Stowe, Pa.; Zach wheat in Hamil
ton, Mo.; Walter Johnson in Hum
;ynlt. Kans., and Hod Eller in Muncle,
nd.
Here 18 a list of the most prom
nent big leaxuerg of the present
time-—a list that shows the prepon
[derance of those who were born In
villages and hamlets almost unheard
of before they began to make big
league history:
James Austin, Swansea Wales.
Dave Bancroft, Sioux City, lowa.
Jack Barry, Meriden, Conn.
George Burns, Utica, N. Y.
Owen Bush, Indianapolis.
Max Carey, Terre Haute, Ind.
Hal Chase, Los Gatos, Cal
Ty Cobb, Royston, Ga.
¥ddie Colling, Millerton, N. Y.
Clifford Cravath, San Diego, Cal.
Walton Cruise, Childsburg, Ala.
Jake Daubert, Shamokin, Pa.
Larry Doyle, Caseyville, Tl
Osgcar Felsch, Milwaukee,
Arthur Fletcher, Collinsville, 111, |
Armold Gandil, Bt. Paul, Minn. |
William Gardner, Enosburg Falls,
Vermont. ‘
Hank Gowdy, Columbus, Ohlo,
Jack Graney, St. Thomas, Ont, ‘
Heinie Groh, Rochester, N, Y.
Harry Heilman, San Francisco,
Charles Herzog, Baltimore,
Oharles Hollocher, St, Louls,
Walter Holke, St. Louis |
Harry Hooper, Smmr(‘lnrn‘ Cal, ‘
Rogers Hornsby, Winters, Tex. }
Joseph Jackson, Brandon Mills,
South Carolina,
Ben Kauff, Middlesport, Ohlo, |
Bill Killifer, Paw Paw, Mich |
4 Konetehy, La Crosse, Wis, |
Harry Liebold, Bentler, Ind. ‘
Sherry Wagner, Clarendon, Pa. ‘
Walter Maranville, Springfield,
Massachusetts |
lew MceCarty Milton, Pa. !
John Melnnis, Gloucesteor, Mass,
Fred MerklegWatertown, Wis, ‘
Clyde Milan, Linden, Tenn, |
Pred Mallwitz, Kahtberg, Germany.
Harry Myers, E. Liverpool, ()hhx‘
Ivan Olgon, Kansas City |
Steve O'Nell, Minookas, Pa ‘
Roger Peckinpaugh, Wooster, Ohlo,
Derril® Pratt, Walhalla, 8, C |
Wilham Rariden, Bedford, Ind |
Sam Rice, Watseka, 111 !
Bddie Rowsh, Oakland City, Ind
Ray Rchalk, Harvel, 111 |
Walter Scharg, Wuales, N, Y
ONTHE LEVEL
By HENRY VANCE
' Joe Stecher is one lad who knows
how to cash in on a championship.
Joe has been booked solid ever since
‘he pinned Caddocks shoulders to the
‘mat.
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WRESTLES EVERY NIGHT.
1 One night Joe meets Ham-«fat
Ooglooey, the Scandinavian champ, in
Oshkosh. The next nig}:} he's en
gaged in a match with Olaff Atlas
ercules, the Echo-Slovakian terror,
nd the next night its some other fall
guy. &
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The Nebraska farmer boy is wrestl|-
ing every night'except Sunday night
now, and may even plan to put on a
bout after church if he can buy the
Doxology rights.
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Joe was raised on a farm, but from
the way he is making money he has
no intention of returning to the R.
F. D. districts. It looks like Joe has
sworn off of Slzov.me; for life.
Joe’s jmnisu of doing a whole
lot of leg but his earning power
is very much more than that of a
messenger boy. Joe slaps in his or
der for another mess J" government
‘bonds every time he clamps his scis
sors on a rassler. -
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The Terrible Turk, the Swanky
Swede, the Rugsian Roarer all look
alike to Joseph. They are set-ups in
the truest sense of the word, but
each cash regiseter in the family box
office ru a hot-box every time
Stecher u%eam. He'll probably make
more money out of wrestling this year
than any ring champion does out of
fighting. .
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Uncle Wilburt Robinson has ship
ped his Robins to Florida. If rail
road fare was paid by the pound‘
Robb{ wouldn't get any further than
Hoboken.
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Connie Mack's Athletics are train
ing at Lake Charles, And there are
times that Cornelius feels like dump
ing said chu‘e.s l:x s.uld lake.
The only successful one-man top
is the Kelly on your .roof.
O'DOWD WAS REAL SOLDIER. |
Mike O'Dowd, middleweight cham
pidn, who meets Stockyards Tommy
Murphy here March 5, is the only
pugilistic champion who got to the
front line trenches during the war,
Doughboy Mike should prove a popu
lar card.
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MEAT COSTS FORTUNE.
Johnny Kilbane, the falteping
champ of the feathers, didn't improve
his popularity in Newark the other
night. Benny Vayger had posted a
SI,OOO forfeit that he’'d make 124
pounds. He was three-quarters of a
pound overweight, and for these few
Everett Soott, Bluffton, Ind,
Burt Shelton, Brownhelm, Ohlo,
George Sisler, Nimisila, Ohio,
Frank Snyder, San Antonlo, Tex.
Tris Speaker, Hubbard City, Tex.
Oscar Stanage, San Diego, Cal,
Terry Turner, Sandy Lake, Pa,
Robert Veach, St. Charles, Ky,
Oscar Vitt, San Francisco,
Al Walters, SBan Franclsco,
Buck Weavery Stowe, Pa,
Zach Wheat, Hamilton, Mo.
George Whitted, Durham, N, C,
Fred Willlams, Wadena, Ipd,
Ivy Wingo, Noreross, Ga.
Henry Zimmerman, New York City.
PITCHERS.
Bddie Clootte, Detroit,
Stanley Coveleskie, Shamokin, Pa.
Dave Davenport, Alexandpia, La.
Philip Douglass, Rome, Ga,
Hod Eller, Muncle, Ind.
Burleigh Grimes, Clear ILake, Wis
Claude Hendrix, Olathe, Kans,
Walter Johnson, Humboldt, Kans.
Hub Leonard, Birminghwm, Ohlo,
Rube Marquard, Cleveland, Ohjo,
Carl Mays, Louisellle, Ky,
Lee Meadows, Oxford.
George Mogridge, Rochester, N, Y,
Guy Morton, Vernon, Ala,
Elmer Myers, York Springs, Pa.
Art Nehf, Terre Haute, Ind,
William Perritt, Arcadia. La
Scoott Perry. Corslcana, Tex,
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ounces Killy collec.:teg 1,000 berries.
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The salary going with the chair
manship of the national commission
is $20,000 per year. And about all
the chairman has to do is look” wise
at the periodical meetings.
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Minor league magnates would like
to sigr up some good dollar-a-year
‘men for their b.all.clrbo.
VALGER MAY BOX HERE.
It is understood that Promotor Mec-
Donald will make an effort go match
Banny Valger with Jack Lawler.
Benny won on points over Johnny
Kilbane the other night, while a ma
jority of the sport scribes gave Law
ler a victory over Dundee here. A
g 0 bétween these two boys should be
a thriller.
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’ New York is a great place to get
baseball into the courts. Even Ben
ny Kauff has been in the toils of the
law the past few days in connection
with a dlnppea.rlng .aut.omoblle.
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When asked why he didn't bring
Kid Elberfeld to the Southern League
meeting here Prexy Bob Aleen of
the Little Rock elub rorliod that rail
road fare was too costly, Looks like
he could have used a little diplomacy
and smuggled the kid through on half
fare. ;
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SMITH GETS GOOD OFFER.
It is understood from an authorita
tive source that Billy Smith® former
Atlanta manager, and now boss of the
Shreyveport club in the Texas League,
was offered the management of the
Washington Senators this year by
Clark Griffith, Old Fox Griffith and
Billy are great friends. And now
that Griffith has a.big block of stock
in the club, he decided that he wanted
to take things easy. Billy, however,
turned down the offer. It was a great
chance for the ex-Cracker chieftain,
but he is strong with the Texas
League fans, has a three-year con
tract, and remlizing the fate of all
minor bosses who have attempted to
manage major league outfits, Sir Wil
liam decided to .DHNH up the chance.
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The South is dryer than ever, now
that the spitter has been ostracised.
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Boss Wilson, of the Cabinet Crew,
seems to be working the pink-slip
idea overtime,
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With such sharp spikes on their
shoes its a wonder runners don’t cut
the base more often than they do.
Rheumatism
is completely washed out of the sys
tem by the celebrated Shivar Mineral
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money-back offer, Tastes fine; cOuts
a trifle, Delivered anywhere by our
Atlanta Agents, Coursey & Munn
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By GUY BUTLER.
In lining up Freddie Boorde, the
classy youngster of Walk Miller's
nstable, and Kid Young, the old local
favorite, for his ten-round semi
windup, Promoter McDonald has add
ed an attraction to his March § card
that is sure to bring in several hun
dred additional fans.
The promoter made this announce
ment Thursday. No Dbetter semi
windup bout could possibly have been
arranged, for since Boorde made his
advent into the ring it has been the
desire of the Atlanta fans that Young
be matched with him. Thaere is little,
if any, difference in their weights,
'and besides, both are clever and fair
‘ly hard punchers, and in Ahddition
possess quite a lot of knowledge of
the sport. It “is in reality a bout
worthy to put on &as a main event,
but McDonald has already booked
Mike O'Dowd, the middleewight
champion of the world, and Stock
yards Tommy Murphy as thegprinvi
pals.
BARNETT IS BACK.
Battling Barnett, another popular
voung battler of Walk Miller's sta
ble, will make his reappearance in
the ring after several months' lay
off. Barnett will be pitted against
some good local boy in one of the
prelims.
The gent named Wilson, who wres
tled at the last show, will perform
again in a one-fall contest against
some man to be gelected later.
That will give the fans something
like thirty rounds of boxing and a
wrestling match, provided the bouts
go the limit, which should be suffi
cient to satisfy the most rabid fight
enthusiast.
ALL-STAR CARD PLANNED,
Promoter McDonald will immadi
ately after the March 5 show get busy
in arranging his next big entertain
ment, which he plans to make an all
star loeal card. He igtends to put
o Fddie Fanlon, Larry Avera, Boorde
and two or three more ponular At
lanta gladiators, with no out-of-town
men appearing,
This should prove a howling suc
cess. Tt has been some time singe a
promoter staged a card with nothing
but local talent., and besides, it will
prove highly entertaining. There is
a large crop of local boxers nowa
days, and this show_ will help to
eliminate some of them from the top
notch ranks,
Judge Pefuses so
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Fine Red Infielder
CINCINNATI, ¥eb, 26.—“ T don't
want to take $2 from you, Tarry. All
T ask is that von sgign up with the
Reds. We fans want to see you in
uniform when the season opens,” sald
Judge Yateman to Larry Kopf, when
the ball player was arraigned before
him in the Municipal Court,
Larry was charged with parking
his automohile too long in a restrict
ed zone. He smiled and thanked the
judge, but did not promise to sign up.
He and HodyEller are holding out for
an increase In salary.
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Ohio Gets Two Big
Golf Tournaments
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Two of the
three leading golf events of the year
have today been awarded to Ohio by
the United States (Golf Aseociation.
The annual tournaments will be held
as follows:
Amateur championship at FEngi
neers’ Club, Roslyn, Long Island, Sep
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(By Universal Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 26.—A clash
between Charles B. Cochran, the
British fight promoter and
Francis Deschamps, manager of
Georges Carpentier, is fore
shadowed by Cochran’s an
nouncement Wednesday that
Deschamps has failed to deposit
with him $5,000 to guarantee
Carpentier’s appearance in the
ring with Dempsey.
“My contract with Carpentier
called for the posting of this
$5,000 appearance money not
later than February 15" said
Cochran, “and | intend to hold
Deschamps to the terms of the
contract. There was no clause
that | should secure Dempsey’s
signature in a given time.”
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By LARRY WOLTZ.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27—Three maljor
league ball players have been quiet
ly dropped by their respective clubs,
According to the unofficial informa
tion, the gambling evil is responsible,
The men behind baseball who are
responsible for the game's cleanli
ness are determined to rid the sport
of any tinge of suspicion. Two years
ago some nasty gambling stories
went \the rounds of the major
leagues. Players, it was alleged,
were in league with certain crooked
gamblers,
One investigation was held. but
there was no evidence to warrant a
suspension. But the powers that be
continued their investigations, ana
now the tip is sent out that three
very prominent ball tossers will be
among the missing when the season
opens. No names have been made
public and none will he mentioned
here. The fans, however, will soon
diecaover the miss‘ng members,
ONE TOP-NOTCHER GONE.
One of the men involved has been
a $7,000 a vear verformer for several
seasons past. His contrget for this
season called for one-third that
amount, It is easv to see that he
will gtep down and out,
A “squealer” is said to have fur
nished the investigatine committere
with its desired information. He
placed his cards upon the table, so
the story goes, an® the Investigators
were satisfied of the comnleteness of
their case. It was decided to make
no hurrah over the matter, but to
quietly drop the players from the re
serve lists of their respective clubs.
There will he no holler from the
discharged athletes. They are well
aware of the evidence against them
and probably will be willing to go
into retirement without a further
fight.
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tember 6-11; open championship at
Iverness Club, Toledo, August 10, 11,
12, 13.
Women's national championship at
Mayfield Club, Cleveland, Ohio, 001
tober 4-9.
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HENRY C. VANCE
| ;
Though No Definite Announce
ment Is Made, Big Bill Is
| Choice for Chairman.
’ (By Universal Servize.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Willlam H,
(“Big Bill”) Edwards is to be the
next chairman of the National Com
mission. It is understood that John
A. Heydler, president of the Nation
al League, and Ban Johnson, presi
dent of the American League, agreed
on Edwards at their conference in
Heydler's office today, although
neither would make any announce
ment after the windup of the con
fab.
The inside information is that Ed
wards can have the post if he wants
it and, inasmuch as it pays $20,000
a year, with a three-year contract,
friends of the big collector of in
ternal revenue are inclined to be=
lieve that he will aceept.
Johnson left for Chicago this after
noon. He is to return shortly when
the appointment will be formally an
nounced. Ban's selection for the
place was Harry Woodruff, of Chi
cago, but most of the magnates were
for either Kdwards or Judge Landis
and when the latter withdrew, his
backers switched their support to
l Edwards.
Judge Says He -
|
- Never Heard of
B Kau ff
| enny au
; (By Universal Service.)
. NEW YORK, Fef. 26.—“ Who is
'this young man, Benny Kauff? T
' have never heard of him and I am
isumpwhut of a baseball fan,” asked
Judge Rosalsky, in the Court of Gen
eral Sessions today. The inquiry was
directed to Emil Fuchs, counsel for
the Giants' centerfielder, when be
‘applied for permission to inspect the
minutes of the grand jury, which in~
' dicted his client in connection with
the theft of an automobile on De
cember 8.
The attorney’'s request was made
with a view to having the indict
‘ment set aside. He pleaded that his
client depended for his livelihood as
a ball player on his ability to retain
‘the gond will of the publie.
The motion of Kauff's attorney
was opposed by Assistant Distriet
Attorney Ryttenberg, who said she
'members of the grand jurv had been
iwrndnimousiy in favor of the indicte
ment. Judge Rosalsky reserved
decisior, ’
Cadets Invade Macon
.
To Take on Lanier Hi
The champion G. M. A, team of the
Atlanta Prep League will make its
last road trip of the present basket
ball season, when the team embarks
for Macon Friday night to play the
Lanier High School. This will be
the second meeting of the two teams
this year, and the Cadets were vic
torious in the first game. That game
was played at College Park, @
. M. A. iz about the strongest
team in North Georgia, while Lanier
has quite a rep in the southern parc
of the State, The game can not be
called a State championship game, as
,‘.. M, . has not been played, after
challenging both teams.
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