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NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The National
league at its annual meeting today
extended for three years the term of
Jhn A. Heydler, president, and
.granted him a substantial increase in
salary. President Heydler's present
ealary is $10,000 a year and the in
crease, while it was not officially
stated, i3 said to have been 50 per
cent. The additional yeats will make
his present term expire December 31.
1924.
The new agreement with "the Amer
ican league which is to run for 25
years was adopted and ' formally
signed by each of the eight clubs and
President Heydler. The agreement
was adopted without even the sug
gestion of an amendment.
Annnal Report Is Made.
"Baseball as an institution has re
sponded quickly and courageously to
meet an unprecedented situation
growing out of the discovery of
crookedness," said President Heydler
in submitting his annual report. "The
whole governmental structure of the
same has been changed to meet this
issue of dishonesty within the ranks
and to cope with the gamblers' attack
from without. No one need have
fear of the outcome.
"Prior to the 1920 season our New
Tork club barred two players for
the best interests of the game, there
by practically destroying its pen
nant chances. The Chicago club
dropped another undesirable and suc
cessfully defended a damage suit
nrought by this player. The trial
was a public one, the evidence pre
fcented by the league being of such
relentless force as to warrant a find
ing against the player by a jury of
his own townspeople. This verdict
for clean baseball proved of far
reaching value.
10-0 Season Successful.
"At this time there persist in cir
culation rumors having to do with
the probity of several other players.
Tour president has followed up each
and every tangible report of this
character to the end of calling play
ers concerned before hira for exam
ination and preserving records of
testimony."
The 1920 season, the president said,
proved the most successful in the
history of the National league, the
paid attendance being more than
1,000,000 in excess of the previous
season.
During the season the clubs used
27,924 baseballs, an increase over
1920 of 10.248. This increase was
due mainly to the enforcement of the
new pitching rules, Mr. Heydler said.
Amendment 1s Adopted.
A constitutional amendment was
adopted which provides that when
waivers are asked on players, the
waivers may be withdrawn. Under
the present rule when waivers are
asked and a club puts in a claim for
the player, the transfer must be con
summated. The league voted to recommend to
the new advisory council created un
der the new agreement that spitball
players now playing in the league be
permitted to use that delivery unti:
the end of their careers in the league.
This action was taken as a resuli
of a communication from Pitcher Bill
Doak of the St. Louis club and af
fects besides himself, his teammates
Goodwin, Fillingim and Rudolph o;
Boston. Douglas of New York, Grimes
and Mitchell of Brooklyn; Fisher o;
Cincinnati and Hendrix of Chicago.
Doak, in his communication, declared
that if the spitball were barred it
would deprive those pitchers of their
earning power as players.
Pennant Given ' Brooklyn.
President Dreyfuss of Pittsburg
was named to act with President
Heydler as a committee to lraft the
schedule for next season. The 1920
pennant was awarded officially to
Brooklyn.
The new board of directors elected
includes August Herrmann. Cincin
nati; C. H. iibbets, Brooklyn; Will
iam F. Baker, Philadelphia, and Sam
uel Breadon, St. Louis.
When asked if anything had been
clone in the Herzog-Bentor. contro
versy. President Heydler said the mat
ter did not come up before the meet
ing. He said, however, that the league
as a league had nothing against Her
zog. He said he had investigated to
the limit the charge made by Benton
that Herzog had offered a bribe, bui
was unable to get substantiation.
Personally, Mr. Heydler said, he did
not see how the league could permit
the career of a player like Herzog to
be ruined by an unsupported state
h inent. He said the whole matter rela
tive to both players would be settled
before the opening of the season.
UEAGCE KEEPS OLD XAME
Proposed Change Stopped AVlien
Copyright Is Discovered.
NEW YORK. Dec 14. The National
Association of Professional Baseball
leagues, born yesterday as the sue
cesor of the New International league,
ceased to exist today when the club
owners voted to return to the old
name. The circuit will therefore con
tinue as the New International
league. -
This was agreed upon when it was
learned that the National Association
of Baseball leagues, the organization
of minor leagues, had copyrighted
that title.
BORTOX ASKS PLEA DELAY
Bascball Player Accused of Fraud
Given Week to Answer.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.," Dec 14.
William (Babe) Borton appeared in
the superior court today for arraign
ment on an Indictment charging con
spiracy to determine the winners in
Pacific Coast baseball league games
before they were played. Borton
asked for a week inwhich to plead to
the indictment, and the request was
allowed.
Harl Maggert. former outfielder
for Salt Lake, indicted with Borton,
surrendered to the authorities today.
BtCKETES TO LEAVE DEC. 17
Twenty-Three Football Players to
Be Brought to Pasadena.
COLUMBUS. O., Dec' 14. Twenty
three members of the Ohio State foot
ball equad will leave Columbus Dt-
cember 17 for Pasadena. Cal., where
they will meet the University of Cali
fornia team New Year's day. Ac
companying them will be Athletic
Director St. John, Coach Wilce and
Assistant Coaches Ward and Harley,
former all-American halfback.
Eighty or more Ohio State rooters
also will be on the special train.
The Buckeyes have continued- daily
practice despite inclement weather.
The squad was put through ' a long
session yesterday in a driving rain.
N0T1E DIE STAR DIES
THROAT DISEASE CAUSES
DEATH OF GEORGE GIPP.
Noted Football Player Rallies From
Pneumonia Attack Only to
Be Fatally Stricken.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 14.
George Gipp, Notre Dame football
player, died at 3:23 o'clock this morn
ing from streptococcic throat disease
Gipp. whose splendid playing won
him . countrywide recognition and
mad him a choice for a position on
an Ail-American eleven, had been ill
since the Notre Dame-Northwestern
game Nov. 20.
Pneumonia helped weaken him.
Specialists succeeded in ridding his
system of pneumonia, however, but
he did not have the stamnia left to
ward off the poison resulting from
the throat affection. He rallied sev
eral times, but he quickly weakened
again and died when he relapsed the
fourth time.
During the final hours of his fight
for life, Gipp was rational and was
said to have shown remarkaMe grit,
refusing to give in to the inevitable.
His mother, brother and sister were
at the bedside.
Gipp first jumped Into the spotlight
when Notre Dame clashed with the
Army in 1919. His kicking, forward
passing, field running and generalship
won him the plaudits of eastern foot
ball critics.
One ray of happiness was brought
Into the athlete's few remaining
hours when he was informed that he
had been selected as a player on a
mythical All-American eleven. During
his illness he also was informed that
he had been offered a contract by the
Chicago National league baseball club.
Gipp's ability as a baseball player was
on a par with that in football.
Gipp was 24 years old. His home
was in Laurium, Mich. He was a
senior at Notre Dame, being a law
student.
George Gipp not only was the in
dividual star of the Notre Dame uni
versity football eleven, but was gen
erally conceded to be the most bril
liant halfback of the season.
This was his second season and in
both he was chosen by many writers
for mythical ail-American elevens.
In the opinion of the football ex
perts, Gipp combined all the qualities
necessary In an all-around star. A
brilliant runner and an almost per
fect forward passer, he possessed an
ability to sidestep, dodge and keep
his feet, which frequently carried him
many yards after he had apparently
been brought to the ground. As a
kicker he was one of the best in the
country both at punting and at field
goals While a freshman at Notre
Dame he is credited with a 62-yard
goal kick in a practice scrimmage.
On the defense he seldom missed
his man. In the game against the
Army, Gipp went back despite an In
jured shoulder and won the contest
for Notre Dame, scoring all his
team's 17 points.
When Gipp first entered Notre
Dame, he had little football exper
ience. He did not even go out for
the team, desiring only to make the
baseball nine. One day, s& the s'ory
goe, he was watching the team prac
tice when a ball rolled over toward
him. Gipp picked it up and drop
kicked it between the goal posts from
a distance of 50 yards. He imme
diately was "drafted"' for the foot
ball team and since then has been a
star.
PCIX.MAX NEGOTIATIONS EXD
Xotre Dame Calls Off Proposed
Game in Northwest.
PULLMAN, Wash., Dec. 14. Nego
tiations for a football game New
Year's day between Notre Dame and
Washington State college were defi
nitely terminated today on account of
the death of George Gipp, Notre Dame
star.
Notification to this effect was re
ceived here by Athletic Director
Bohler from Notre Dame.
Telegram of Sympathy Sent.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, Dec 14. (Special.) Tht
patched a telegram of sympathy to
isotre jjame on uie aeainor. us scar,
George Gipp. Negotiations between
the two colleges for a game are off.
JUDGE M'CREDIE DEPARTS
SOUTH FOR BALL SESSION
Portland President to Introduce Measure for Protection of Game
Front Gamblers at San Francisco Meeting.
BY L. H. GREGORY.
JUDGE McCREDIE decided yester
day that a little change of air
and scenery wouldn't hurt him
and. that he would attend the. Pa
c.'fic Coast league meeting at Sac
ramento Thursday in person. Ac
cordingly he packed up his grip in
a hurry, told Walt not to take any
wooden money and grabbed the 4
o'clock rattler for the south.
The old judge has been sticking
rather close to his home for the past
several months. He hasn't attended a
Coast league meeting in so long he
will almost have to be introduced to
the boys. In fact, he had everything
arranged for Walt to go to this one
for him. But just at the last moment
the spirit of the thing got in the
judge's blood and he concluded to run
along to the meeting and swap hand
shakes with his fellow-magnates.
Not a great deal of work is before
the meeting. For one thins, a presi
dent is to be elected, as Bill McCar
thy's first term as prexy was for one
year only. But McCarthy has come
through so well and made such a hit
in baseball circles that not only is he
sure to be re-elected, but his salary
probably will be increased and he will
be named this time for a period of
years.
"McCarthy has made a good presi
dent for the Pacific coast league and
deserves re-election," commented the
judge. "He showed his nerve when
he went after the crooks and gam
blers. The Los Angeles grand jury
has indicted every man he accused,
which shows he knew exactly what
he was talking - about. His stand
against the gamblers and crooked ball
players preceded action in the big
leagues and had a lot to do with
breaking things wide open every-
"With McCarthy as president, un
remitting war will be made against
the gamblers in all the Coast league
cities next season. The Coast league
has been cleaned up. The next thing
is to keep it clean. McCarthy will
do It."
The Judge is taking along with
him to the meeting the draft of his
measure, published in this Volumn
about a month ago, making it a penal
offense for a ball player to accept
money for "throwing" a game, or for
any person to offer money or other
consideration for that purpose. The
penalty is a little matter of five
years in the penitentiary. At first the
judge overlooked his kind friends, the
umpires, in this bill, but he has now
included them.
He will propose at the league meet
ing that the league have this bill or
something covering the same ground,
introduced in the state legislatures of
California, Utah and Washngton. He
will see that it also U introduced in
the Oregon legislature.
With the four Coast league states
having a uniform law on the subject
the judge thinks the gamblers will
back and fill a long time before they
venture to slip a ball piayer a piece
of change for crooked work, even if
they could get the ball player. These
gambling aces do hate to go to Jail.
Another thing to come before the
Coast league directors will be formal
ratification of the new national agree
ment adopted at a session of base
ball powers with Judge Landis the
other day. The agreement isn't bind
ing on a minor league until it accepts
it, but it seems to suit most of the
minors and all are expected to come
in under it. There's little doubt that
the Coast league will ratify promptly.
A change in the length of the play
ing season also is a possibility, though
not a probability. The present Coast
league season is 28 weeks long, which
gives each club 14 weeks at home and
two weeks in each other town of the
circuit.
There has been some talk in the
south of trying to lengthen the sea
son, but the judge said yesterday
that if there is any change it will be
to shorten it, so far as he is con
cerned. Except for difficulty in open
ing and closing the season, the pres
ent schedule is just about right. Eut
the judge says there really should be
one other good California city in the
league, so as to obviate the necessity
of opening and closing the seasori in
Salt Lake, where the early and late
season games are as likely to run
into bad weather as in Portland.
"What I'd like to see done," ex
plained the judge, "is for Salt Lake
to sell half its franchise to Fresno
or San Diego. The Salt Lake club
then could open and close in which
ever of these towns got the other
half of Its schedule, and we'd be as
sured of good climatic conditions.
This would give San Diego, say, seven
weeks of baseball and Salt Lake City
seven weeks. I think it would work
eut fine.
"We need this additional California
&ity because, thougn at present there
are five California teams, four cf
them really come from two cities. The
Vernon and Los Angeles tearria boih
represent Los Angeles, and the San
Francisco and Oakland teams botn
represent San Francisco. The experi
ment of playing ames in Oakland
during the week never has beea suc
cessful. Most people living in Oak
land work in San Francisco.
"The ideal arrangement would he
for the Sacramento team also to seii
half its franchise to Tacoma or Van
couver here in the northwest. Sacra
mento isn't quite a Coast league town
and 14 weeks of home baseball are
too much for it. What a pipp of a
league it would be if we could trans
fer seven of those weeks to Tacoma."
This brings to mind that there was
a lot of talk for a time of transfer
ring the Salt Lake franchise to Van
couver, B. C, all of which is now
definitely off for next year, at least.
Bob Brown, at Vancouver, was wild
to get into the Coast league and did
try to raise the $75,000 necessary to
swing the deal.
But right away he ran into the
exchange rate against Canadian
money in the United States. To pay
the Salt Lake owners J75.000 and take
the 'franchise would have cost the
Vancouver men In the deal about
J12.000 more to make up the deficiency
in exchange against Canadian money.
Some of the California magnates
are reagitating the spitball issue. In
common with the majors and most
other leagues, the Coasters last sea
son prohibited use of the spitball ex
cept by men known and registered as
spitball flingers. The big leagues
have now decided to let such pitchers
as Grimes of Brooklyn and Coveleskie
of Cleveland continue with the spit
ter as long as they are in the big
leagues, but to continue the prohibi
tion against its use by new pitchers.
Walt McCredie favors making the
same rule in the Coast league, with
the proviso that recognized spitball
pitchers from other leagues who come
hereby trade or purchase be permit
ted also to use the spitter here. One
of these days Coveleskie and Grimes
et al. will be through in the majors
and will have to retire or drop back
to the minors. Under Walt's plan
they would be permitted to use the
spitter here.
"In short," explains Mac, "it would
be an injustice to prohibit a man who
can only pitch- effectively with the
spitball from using it until he is
through with baseball. But I wouldn't
let any youngsters use it. As the old
timers drop away there will be fewer
and fewer spitball hurlers until
finally, as the last of them passes,
it will automatically go out of exist
ence." LAYTON WINS CUE TITLE
ROBERT CAXXEFAX DEFEATED
75-64 IX 99 INNINGS.
Contest Is Final One In Play-Orf
of Three-Cornered Tie In
Three-Cushion Tourney.
CHICAGO, Dec 14. John Layton
of St. Louis last night won the na
tional three-cushion billiard cham
pionship by defeating Robert Canne
fax of New York, 75 to 64, in 99 in
nings. The contest was the final one In
the playoff of the three-cornered tie
which resulted in the final round of
play. The victory gave Layton a rec
ord of 14 games won and two lost.
Cannefax won the title a year ago.
Neither man played consistent bil
liards last night, Cannefax resorting
to safety play which held Layton's
score down near the middle of the
game when the new champion broke
through and ran 11 points, giving him
the lead, 46 to 42, in the 64th inning.
1c this run Laytonamade three diffi
cult shots but left himself naturals
on the other eight.
While Cannefax held Layton safe
in the early innings, he was unable
to take advantage of his opponent's
lapses, several times missing naturals
when he seemed certain of making a
run. At one time Layton was held
scoreless for 13 innings, but Canne
fax counted only a few points in that
period.
Layton formerly held the world's
pocket billiard championship, but only
in recent years has he contested for
the Angle championship. His play iu
the preliminaries broke all world's
records for speed. De Oro was the
only man to beat him and he then
won 10 straight, finishing first.
The victory brought a J1500 cash
prize to Layton and a salary of S200
a month for the next year. Cannefax,
while losing his title, received a
$1000 cash prize for second place and
will get tlOO a month for the next
year.
The score every 10 Innings:
Cannefax
9 13 18 28 33 38 45 CO 61 64
Layton
11 12 23 28 SO S3 43 68 64 75
Cannefax Innings, 89; average, .63; high
ran, 4.
layton Innings, 99: average, .85; high
run, 11.
B THUS PLAY TONIGHT
S GAMES ARE SCHEDCU3D BY
BASKETBALL, LEAGUE.
Four League Leaders Will Go Into
Action Against Each Other
for Top Places.
Three games will be played in the
Portland Basketball league tonight.
On the Neighborhood house floor the
Oregon Institute of Technology will
meet the fast South Parkway quintet.
At the Washington high school gym
nasium two games will be played. In
the first game, to start at 7:30, the
Arleta Athletic club will clash with
the St. Johns Bachelor club. The sec
ond contest will see the St. Johns
Lumber company squad in action
against the Y. M. C. A. Swastikas.
The game scheduled for tomorrow
night between the Alameda club and
the Peninsula Park Cadets has been
postponed until January 8. These
two teams will be idle until next
week as far as the league is con
cerned. Tonight's games will bring the four
league leaders in action against each
other. Manager Turple of the Oregon
Institute of Technology will depend
largely on Beckwith, formerly a
Washington high school player, and
Robinson to be the point makers for
his quad against the South Parkway
team. Mr. Lee, who was president of
the league last season, will act as
reteree in this contest.
The Arleta Athletic club-St. Johns
Bachelor game will see the heaviest
and lightest teams in . the league to
gether. The Bachelors are large, good
passers and fairly good shots. Man
ager Bugbee's team will average
about 180 pounds, while the Arleta
aggregation will tip the scales at
about 140 pounds. Manager Brooks
axpects his clubmen to make up this
disadvantage by their teamwork.
From Pftmnarativp EcnrPQ tha Arl.tn
boys appear to have one of the strong-
est teams in the league.'
The Swastikas and the St. Johns
Lumbermen both lost their- first
league games, but both are confident
of winning tonight. President Mc
Cracken has signed Plluso, formerly
a Honeyman Hardware player, to play
one of the guard positions on his
Swastika quintet. Piluso is considered
one of the best guards in the state.
Last season he played with the Y. M.
C. A. Acorns, who won the city title.
At Monday night's meeting Presi
dent McCracken appointed Ray Brooks
to officiate in the Swastika-St. Johns
Lumber company game, while Ed
Bartlett will referee the ArletaiSt.
Johns Bachelor game.
Next Saturday night Manager
Brooks will take his Arleta club ag
gregation to Forest Grove, Or., where
they will meet the Forest Grove club
team. The Forest Grove boys have
organized for the season and, from
all reports, will have one of the
strongest squads in the state. Arleta
players who will make the trip are
Charles King. Winnie Scott, "Hoby"
Hobson, "Babe" Thomas, H. Johnson,
Captain Kolkano, C. Johnson, Jerry
Miller and MacKenzie.
HILL MILITARY IS VICTOR
Cadets Trim Club Intermediates
in Basketball Contest.
The Hill Military academy basket
ball team got off to a good start in
its first game of the season Monday
night by downing the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic club intermediates.
18 to 17. It was a closely contested
game from start to finish, but the
Cadets, by a whirlwind finish, man
aged to nose out their opponents in
the last minute of play.'
Goodrich, captain; Thompson and
Homer Heyden put up a great game
for the Hill team.
t
Alameda Team Beats Shaver.
In the first game of the grammar
school basketball league yesterday
afternoon the Alameda quintet took a
close contest from the Shaver five, 9
to 6. The game was a hard-fought
affair from start to finish.
Holgate Defeats Lents.
The Holgate football eleven won
another decisive victory Sunday, when
it defeated the Lents Juniors, IS to 0.
Goetz, Peake and Thorpe starred for
the winners, while Simmons showed
to advantage for Lents.
TONIGHT'S BOXING PRO
GRAMME AT HEILICi
THEATER.
Stain event, ten rounds Joe
Gorman vs. Al Grunan.
Semi-final, eight rounds
Roy Sutherland vs. Willie St.
Clair.
Special event, six rounds
Sammy Gordon vs. Baby Blue.
Six-round preliminary Tex
Vernon vs. Eddie Gorman.
Curtain-raiser, four rounds
Freddie Lough vs. Johnny Fu-gate.
Joe Gorman and Al Grunan, the two
principals in tonight's main event at
the Hellig theater, are down to the
required weight limit of 133 pounds.
The two boxers took things easy yes
terday for the first time after a
strenuous training period of several
days.
Gorman, under the direction of Sam
Langford, has trained hard and faith
fully and will not carry an extra
ounce of flesh when he climbs
through the ropes tonight. In A
Grunan Joe will face a lad who knows
the finer points of the game. Gor
man will need everything Langford
may have been able to teach him in
the short space of time they have
been working together to stand the
fast pace the Los Angeles boy is ex
pected to set.
Grunan came here from Los An
geles some months ago for the ex
press purpose of enticing Gorman
into the ring. He kept forcing the
issue so. consistently that the public
demanded the contest to be staged.
A victory for Grunan over the rugged
local battler, will mean he can have
anything in the way of a bout that
he wants in this sector.
The main event is backed by a good
programme of bouts. The semi-final
will find Roy Sutherland and Willie
St. Clair swapping punches. Suther
land is a new comer here and in his
previous bouts has shown a lot of
class. A six-round special event will
be furnished by Sammy Gordon, whe
has returned here after a successful
invasion of California, and Baby Blue,
a great little colored scrapper from
Seattle.
Another six-round bout between
Eddie Gorman and Tex Vernon and a
four-round curtain raiser between
Freddie Lough and Johnny Fugate
round out the bill.
The much heralded news about that
invasion of Portland by San Fran
cisco boxers is more or less of the
well-known bunk. Since the game
went haywire in the seal rocka city
there hasn't been one arrival from
there. Of course now and then as in
the past a boxer will trek here from
San-Francisco, but as for them coming
up here in carload lots or anything,
that is the pure and unadulterated.
Good, clean boxers will always be
welcome here as new faces are the
life of the game. The Portland box
ing commission will keep a wary eye
out for any of those who are not of
that caliber and they might hail
from KaIamazooas well as San Fran
cisco. Because men with criminal
instincts happened to pick on the box
ing game as a profession is no reason
that the whole mass of boys In the
game are of the same caliber and no
sound thinking person entertains that
thought.
When it comes down to brass tacks
and brass knuckles the promoters in
San Francisco are themselves to blame
for the whole rotten layout there.
They encouraged K. O. Kruvosky and
Spud Murphy to box and used their
Influence to show them after they
had been previously barred for being
in shady mixups. Dolph Thomas, one
of those In on Dreamland rink, man
aged Kruvosky, while Frank Lawler,
one of the other two partners, looked
after Murphy. Nice business.
Boxing followers are Inclined to
ecoff at the proposed bout between
Champion Jack Dempsey and Harry
Greb, the Pittsburg light heavy
weight, but Greb is firmly of the
opinion that he will surprise everyone
by the showing he will make.
For nearly' a year Greb has been
trying to close the match, but he al
ways was unable to find a promoter
willing to put it on until Floyd Fitz
simmons of Benton Harbor listened to
his plea. To the average fan it looks
like a joke to match a little fellow
like Greb who Is no wonder in any
particular branch of boxing with the
hard-hitting champion.- But (some of
the best judges of boxing say that
the Pittsburger, with his head bob
bing and punching tactics, is more
likely to go the full distance with
Dempsey than any of the bigger and
more highly considered heavies.
Harry Schuman and Joe Benjamin,
who' are slated to mix in the main
event of the bill to be held at the
Milwaukle arena next Wednesday
night, finally came to terms late last
night.
Matchmaker Kendall of the Mil
waukle commission; had about given
up hope of landing this stellar at
traction when Benjamin yielded and
the go was closed.
The pair were' originally matched
to meet at 135, give or take three
pounds. Hardly had the match been
made when Schuman hurt his hand,
which caused him to postpone the go
until he was able to pi"operly condi
tion himself.
The hand was rather slow In heal
ing, and Schuman, who had been In
the habit until his Injury, of spending
a part of his time in the gymnasium,
found that he was putting on con
siderable weight.
He was of the opinion when he
started training that it was fat and
would roll off. but found after work
ing for a solid week that he would
be unable to make the require?.
weight and do himself justice.
Upon being convinced of this fact,
he called upon Matchmaker Kendall
and told him of his fears and th
latter immediately took the matter
up' with Benjamin, who Insisted upon
seeing Schuman on the scales. To
this Heinle consented, and Joe after
a bit of coaxing finally agreed to the
gc at 140 ringside nude.
Forty Cubs Will Come to Coast.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dec 14 Forty
UJIWUlLll lia.jia "ill 1 ' 111 1 II C aquau
of the Chicago National league club
when it comes to train at Pasadena,. '
Cal., next spring, according to John O.
Seysv club secretary, who. was here
He and his friends will enjoy a box of fine cigars
after that Christmas Dinner.
ason Shrill an ic Co.
Distributors of
The Nation's Finest Cigars
recently. As in the past, the Cubs
will meet Pacific Coast league teams
in their spring training camps.
OHIO STATE TO BE FETED
Former Middle West Residents
Plan Programme for Visitors.
PASADENA,. Cal., Dec 14. Ohio
State university players, when they
arrive here late this month to play the
University of California New Year's
day, will be met and entertained by
the Federation of Ohio State Societies
of Southern California, which repre
sents thousands of former middle
westerners now residing in the south.
A federation delegation, accompa
nied by a band, will meet the players'
train and escort them to their hotel.
Later the organization will banquet
the men.
Ohio State will be supported at the
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Sweaters, as illustrated below, knit from heavy O. D.
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under outer coats for extra warmth.
Slicker coats S5
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New Year's Eve
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game by a rooting section which will
contain approximately 120D people.
Members of the Ohio federation and
alumni of all the Big Ten conference
universities will root for the Ohio
players, it is expected.
President-elect Harding and Mrs.
Harding have been invited to come to
Pasadena to watch their men play.
Invitations also have been wired to
governors of all western states.
Ogden Has Sew Boxing Arena.
OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 14 Ogden haa
a new boxing arena, recently con
structed by the Wasatch Athletic
club. The arena will seat 1600 and
will be used for weekly shows.
Veteran Pacing Champion Dies.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Dec 14 John
R. Gentry. 2:00, once pacing cham
pion of the world, is dead of old age.
Had the horse lived until January 1,
he would have been 32 years old.
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