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4 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POETLAXD, JUNE 18, 1923 BATTERS II MAJORS ARE II CHECKED Big League Pitchers Begin; to Tighten Grip. HOME RUNS ARE FEWER Circuit Smacks, However, Have Not Fallen Away Like Singles, Doubles 'and Triples. . ET GEORGE CHADWICK. (Copyright, 1022, by The Oregonian.) NEW YORK, June 17. (Special.) The hatters are being- held in check. Careful investigation of the work of the pitchers, including the first half of June, just finished, and comparison with the efforts of the pitchers in the first half of June, 1921, unmistakably shows that they have tightened their grip on the batters. There has been a lot of talk In regard to batting. Some have said there was too much of it and the anti-home run brigade has snorted for a season that home runs weren't what the fans wanted to see; yet the home runs have been going on until recently and the fans haven't remained away from the games when there was any big home-run splurge being manifested. The ample-girthed home-run king, who knows all about baseball, golf and "hosses" for he is cultivating a love for the shiny-coated equine drew more folks than have been drawn to any two games this year, and where there are no home runs going on there are not so many sitting in the seats of the curious. 109 Home Rons Made. In the first half of June, 1921, both major leagues made approxi mately 109 home runs, 146 three baggers and 364 two-baggers. Their -hase hits for sirtgle bases totaled accordingly. There were approxi mately 2400 singles In 1921. In the first half of June, 1922, both major leagues made approxi mately 72 home runs, 100 three baggers, 305 two-baggers and 1900 singles. The term "approximately" is used because the official figures are in the possession of the league officials only. However, an ap proximation Is quite as good as the official figures, because the differ ence between the official figures and the unofficial figures In a gen eral total is insignificant. Anybody can see that there Is a nice fat shrinkage in base hits as the years are compared, of some 500 in favor of 1921 if you- prefer quantity. If it were only 200 It would be tough because it would show whither baseball drifts. To find that it is 500 Is a staggering blow to those who have said that batting is increasing so heavily that it is making baseball look absurd. Orgy Expected to End. At the rate the pitchers are again picking up on the batters it Is only a question of time before they will make the Ruths look foolish. Gone will be the days of the home-run orgy. No longer will the sleek and shining athlete sit on his throne in the lobby of the hotel while his subjects make obeisance and give him tips. The much-abused and often-defeated pitchers are picking up again. . The home runs haven't fallen away and lost their substance in the same ratio as the single base hits, yet there is - a difference of more than 25 favoring 1921, a de crease tnat cannot wholly De ac counted for an the theory that Ruth hasn't been hitting as many as he aid. There are others. The three-baggers have lost their opulence, and the two-baggers have dwindled. As singles, two baggers, three-baggers and home runs are all short of what they were one year ago, there is no course left -but to admit that the pitchers are getting their second wind and coming back into their own. I Told You So, Says Gibson, "I knew they would," said George Gibson, manager of the Pittsburg Pirates. When everybody got home run crazy and the baseball writers were saying the game would be home-runned to death, I told them to wait a little. There would be new crop of pitchers coming along before very lone. I sueeested. and there would be a l&t of old players who would not be able to bat as they did. The lively ball was a good alibi for the pitchers who were slip-; ping and they try to use it yat, but any experienced catcher who stood day after day and watched some- of the pitching that- was going up to the plate in 1921 knew mighty well why there was so much batting in the bJg leagues." One afternoon in June, 1921, they made 194 base hits in the major leagues and on three ' afternoons they made over 180. The biggest day they have had this season is 166. On four days only have the batters been able to get over 160. Limit Lower This Year. On four afternoons in 1921 the home runs went into double figures. Fifteen was the highest total. Not a single Instance of double figures in 1922. Once last season when June roses were at their best the batters busted 19- three-baggers, but 14 is their limitj,this year. Game after game was pitched in 1921 with base hits In double fig ures. They went as high as 25 for one team. This year game after game shows that the players can't get double figures for their total of base hits. There are plenty of sixes and sevens. - The batters were hitting harder in May, 1922, than they have been hitting in June, 1922, and that's an other indication that the pitchers ' are getting their grip not only on the ball, but on the batters. ' . HANDICAP CHAIRMAN NAMED Fred Tlum of Atlantic City Gets Job in Traps Tourney., Fred Plum of Atlantic City, N. J., tas been appointed chairman of the h.an4icappins committee for the grand American handicap trap shooting tournament, which will ba held in Atlantic City in September. Plum will have for aides George K. Mackie of Lawrence, Kan.; Guy Dering of Columbus, Wis.; H. E. Dickerman of Cleveland, O.; Frank D. Stoop of Spokane, Wash.; Frank Etchen. Coffeyvllle, Kan.; George McCarty, Newfleld, N. J.; M. R. Brooks, Columbia, S. C; Sam Fos ter, Mason City, la. All of these are well versed in the art of handicapping from the standpoint of the shoater. Indica tions are that the grand American at Atlantic City will be the greatest trapshooting tournament ever staged,, . For aioothcr Job - TmS IS GETTING mowotowous eyeRV l Hope He Pay4 fAe Ths Tfen BUCKS HE OUUE5 M(5-- CAM VJS IT, EEU6VB' rV6 , GRID MOVIES pmn PROJECT INDORSED BY TRE DAME COACH. NO- Seniors of School Propose to Take Pictures to Defray Ex penses of Graduation. NOTRE DAME, Ind., June 11. (Special.) Movies of all football -games played away from home ,by the Notre Dame football team in 1922 will be taken and exhibited at the end of the season if plans now being formulated by the senior class of next year are developed success fully. The project has the indorse ment of Coach Rockne. The Irish schedule calls for con tests with Georgia Tech at Atlanta, West Point at West Point, Nebras ka at Lincoln, Carnegie Tech at Pittsburg, Purdue at Lafayette and Butler at Indianapolis. A represen tative of the senior class will ac company the team on the trips and superintend the taking of motion pictures. The receipts from the venture will be used by the gradu ating class to reduce the expenses of graduation festivities in the spring. The baseball team has finished the most successful season since 190S. Previous to the contest with the purple the squad had won 18 of 22 games, Including the first victory registered over Michigan in three seasons. Monograms have been awarded to Captain Bllevernicht, Gene Murphy, Paul Castner, Dick Palvey, Hugh Magevney, Bill Shee han, Mike Kane, Dan Foley, George Prokup, Charles Foley, Frank Reese, Ted Kelly and Frank Thomas. A captain will be elected for next year at the Monogram club initiation ceremonies. Track activities will be at a lull here until the national college meet at Chicago, to which Coach Rockne will send 10 men. Captain Murphy, Desch, Hayes, Lieb and Moes are certain to' be included in the local party, and the remaining members of the squad will be picked from the following men, who, with the five previously mentioned, have been awarded monograms for the year: Montague, Walsh, Heffernan, Ken nedy, Baumer, Cameron, Hogan, Flynn and Barber. . Bespectacled Youth Freak of Major Leagues. George Toporcher Upsets Scien tific Theories That Perfect Vialon Is Necessary to Bust Fences. ST. LOUIS, June 17(Special.) Another baseball phenomena has been born. Scientists insist that to solve a flying object measuring but nine inches in circumference there must be perfect vision. The secret of batting success in the books of magnates, managers and scout is found in the eyesight. Yet this 1922 baseball season has a youngster handicapped with weak eyes to such an extent that he is forced to live behind two double-barreled lenses, batting on a par with Babe Ruth. Rogers Hornsby, George Sisler and other distinguished sons of swat. George Toporcer, resident of New York city, American by birth, but of Hungarian parentage, Joined the St. Louis Cardinals in the spring of 1921. His appearance at training- camp caused no more of a sensation than the mere statement of the fact that he was there, for the Very good reason that no member of the club had ever seen him before, nor had any of his various and sundry base bail featB been exploited in the com mon channels where such Informa tion is purveyed. Toporcer was looked upon more as a curiosity than as a rookie for his first trial in-the big leagues. This perspective resulted from the fact that thick-lensed spectacles gave him the appearance of a college student out for a lark,.- not of a voune athlete bent upon a baseball career. It chanced that Milton Stock, the Cards' regular third-sacker, w late in reporting. Branch Rickey had placed Hornsby at second, counting on Stock to handle the far corner, but when the latter did not show up the Cardinal manager was compelled to shift his infield. Branch went into consultation with the Cardinal board of strategy. They advised putting Toporcer at third, slmplp to fill the gap until Stock reported. "No -use counting on him to come through.:' they said, "because the fellow with a pair oi eyes like his never will hit in the big leagues. Without his glasses he can't read a newspaper. What ohance will he have to judge curves and speed?" But Toporcer didn't go to third. Hornsby solved the problem by ad- WONDER WHAT- A JAZZ BAND I ooiot " mTmd This PLAYlrJG SO MUCH but HoPPUG ALL oUR Tfte 9 LACE AT Tt-ie Samp "TlN IS GeXT"(fsl6 OrJ Together - xuomdsr WHAT TheVRE TALKIrS vising Rickey to put "the goggled rookie at second and agreeing him self to take over Stock's burdens until the latter reported. Then came the revelation. In the spring training exhibition games Toporcer outhit the mighty Hornsby. The players, along with Rickey and all the wise heads of baseball, mar veled. If he could maintain that gait, how was he to be denied a regular's job? But if he was to play regularly, where? It was unbelievable that lie could supplant Hprnsby at second or Stock at third. Yet when the season opened and Stock ultimately re ported, Rickey was on the verge of benching Topffrcer when Hornsby Interposed with this statement: "Give the kid a chance. Branch. I won't forecast his future, but I'll say tb is that anyone who can hit as he has this spring is entitled to a thorough trial." There was amazement when Rickey opened the 1921 season with Toporcer at second - base and Hornsby in the outfield. The grand stand managers were inclined to pan the Cardinal manager for letting a bloke with glasses dislodge the fa vored Hornsfcy at second base. But they didn't know the switch was made at Hornsby's request, that Toporcer might have a further trial in the big leagues. Hornsby's outfield expedition was not a success. Rickey was compelled, therefore, to bring . Rog back to second base and bench Toporcer. When the time came for pruning to the major league limit, Toporcer was shunted back to Syracuse But this spring he was again or dered to report, and another freak of fortune intervened In his favor. This time Johnny Lavan, the Cards' regular shortstop, became 111 on the training trip and Toporcer was shot into the breach. Again bis hitting was a feature of the preparatory stages of the Cardinals' work, but still the opinion was prevalent that Toporcer would hold down the short field only until Lavan was ready to resume play. What followed in the first two months of the regular season, how ever, served to bring Toporcer to the front as tha most likely looking young player Rickey has brought Into the big leagues since he un covered George Sisler. - In the first 36 games the Cardi nals played, Toporcer hit more than .400, outswatting Rogers Hornsby, the 1921 batting champion of the National league. Trinity college, Oxford, was founded in 1290. England, .4 NEW SHORTSTOP OP ST. LOUIS CARDINALS NEAR-SIGHTED, BUT TERRIFIC HITTER. 'S;1;:fif.:-:-.:-..-?-SS- 4 W-x. L' yTS U4$r ...- :. .-v-- ..v- ib- .v-v..'-.j'i-,iV'K.-Ti a jsw.w.1 ,-.:.. Jroan (.--. ir .::-::-i:. -..v.v. GBOKGU TOPOKCER, WHOSE SPECTACLES DON'T SEMI TO HANDICAP HIM. PLATER THINKS ABOUT? VtorOPER IP ALICE IS HERE ToNlKSHT- SH6 . 6aiD she would Come DOUJNl -AMU -LOOK OS OVER- WOVAJ TVUS (5 HARO WUORK" ! sore Coll Aucrt I I'M GottJC To GlJG. IhaTI SUY A BUS PUroCH liJ Trie wose IP rjeOoesNll CAT SWIMMING ON DECLINE EUROPEAN EVENTS SAID TO INDICATE "BIG SLUMP. Germany and Austria Not Repre sented at Tourneys and All Records Are Secondary. NEW YORK, .June 17. Particular interest among' local followers of swimming has been attracted to the international water carnival held in Brussels and Monte Carlo recently. The results indicate that European swimmers, as a class, have not kept pace with the remarkable -progress made in this country since the Olympic games at Antwerp In '1920. Germany and Austria had no con testants at either meet, anI Great Britain did not send its foremost mermaids to the Monte Carlo fix ture, but otherwise the fields are representative In most events, so that results give an excellent idea of the rating of European leaders of both sexes. Arne Borg, the noted Swedish swimmer, credited with a couple of world's records for the middle dis tances, failed to report at Brussels, but this hardly affected the out come, for he is not at his best in sprinting, andinthe only free style race slated was at 100 meters. Von Schelle of Belgium won the dash in 1:03 2-5, and Borg has never beaten 1:04, so the latter's chances would not have been of the best. It Is worthy of note, for the purpose of comparison, that John Weismuller of Chicago lowered the international standard to 0:59 2-6 a short while ago. Miss Hilda James of Great Britain, Europe's greatest alNaround girl swimmer, took the 100-meter free style swim for women in 1:18 4-5, missing Miss . Ethelda Bllebtrey's world's record by 5 1-5 seconds, yet she defeated by nearly 15 yards her closest opponent. Miss J. Van Dlvoet of Belgium. , The other title test on the Brus sels programme, a 200-meter breast stroke race for men, went to Som mer of France in the slow time of 3:11 1-5, but here results are mis leading, for German, Swedish and British champions who were absent have beaten the figures by good it . r ' TP t Think .v see her But Gee.' twoMDER. who The guv is That!; (AtTH HER I Xo Bene we it's HSRrArMU fBOTTSWINE WHAT A iwenwe. ,.. V . -. it.'-) '- ' TffEY DOIO'Tr HVErJ LOOK This WAT AH-H-H UJHAT CHAfJCT HAS A duY so;r WHAT HASTA (AOR fJtfiHTS ?&!? MOT A CHAUCTj NOTTA chawct. . , margins. The world's mark is reg istered at 2:56 3-5. .' At Monte Carlo the competition was exclusively for women, and among the contenders were the star mermaids of Sweden, Belgium, Hol land, France, Czechoslovakia and Italy, as well as some well-known British swimmers. - Miss A. Berg of Sweden won the j 100-imeter free-style sprint in 1:22 2-5, or S 4-5 seconds behind world's record time, with her teammate. Miss G. Nilson, a close second. The latter took the 400-meter swim in 7:05. leading home by more than 20 yards Miss E. Lebrun of France, who obtained second place. The interna tional figures-for 400 meters stand at :1S S-5. The 200-meter relay event was captured easily by the. Swedish team, made up of the Misses H. Topel, M. Bratt, A. Berg and G. Nilson. They covered the course In 2:25 2-5, or at an average pace of 0:3(5 and a fraction for 50 meters (54 2-3 yards). - . . Miss D. Hart of Great Britain scored a clean-cut victory In the 200 meter breast stroke test, doiag the distance in 3:35 and leading home by five yards her nearest rival. Miss H. Topel of Sweden. The 100-meter back stroke swim brought virtually a dead heat, Miss G. Klapwick of Holland earning the verdict by a mere touch over Miss Hart in 1:43 2-5. No international marks are recorded for these two events, but the 200-yard breast stroke rec ord Is listed at 3:06, which means around 3:25 tor 200 meters. Miss Sybil Bauer beat Miss Klapwicks" time for the back stroke by no less than 20 seconds on the way to 150 yards last winter. In high diving premier honors were garnered by Miss E. Ollinier of Sweden, a prominent figure at the Olympics in Antwerp, but in stirinsr- uua.ru rancy diving the latter had to be satisfied with second place, first place going to Miss Klapwick, winner of the back stroke swim. . FISH AND GAME DAT4 GIVEN Idaho Warden Compiles First An- nual Report for Sportsmen. BOISE, Idaho, JUne 17. (Special.) The first annual report issued in the history of the state fish and game department has been compiled by Otto M. Jones, state game ward en. The law requiresi that this' der partment shall issue a biennial re port, but Warden Jones holds the sportsmen of the state are entitled to au (possible information, and he believes in giving them an annual accounting of their stewardship. ilia report snows tnat the gross receipts or the department for 1921 amounted to (13,53-6.1S and that J14T.455.60 of this was from the sale of licenses. The department had a balance, January i. 1921 . of , Jsfl - 873.48, so, that for the year the total money available was ?214. 409.84. . .. Disbursements - for the year amounted to 168, 507.25, so that be ginning the first of the year, the department had a balance of $45, 902.59. In the classification of dis bursements the report shows that $85,003.21 was paid in salaries: The transportation charges against the department amounted to $24,2"4.42 and fines collected amounted to $12. 153.84: - During the year the fishery sec tion of the bureau handledil3, 603,120 fish of all kinds, of which 4,500,500 were eastern brook trout and A 4, 747.000 were rainbow trout. - YALE WINS- TRAPS TITLE Intercollegiate Championship Is Taken for 13th Time. Yale, for . the 13th consecutive year, hag won the interoollegiate trapshootlng championship. Prince ton, Harvard and Pennsylvania were the other contestants. The Indi vidual honors were taken by A. B. Turner of Princeton. It has been so long since Yale lost a match with the shot gurf that we can't re member. - Last fall Chief Bender, the Indian ball player and , shot, coached the. New Haven boys an he got then? away to a good start. Following the tournament the Intercollegiate asoclatlon affiliated with the Amer ican Trapshootlng association and elected R. D. Peck of Princeton, president: C. P. Williams of Yale, vice-president, and Bernard M. Baruch of Harvard, secretary, - Many Golfers Lightning Victims. Injury of four golfers by light ning at Calumet Country club re cently and the injury of a spec tator in one of the matches of the British amateur championship at Prestwick brought from a veteran follower of golf an estimation of the casualties of the links. While no exact statistics had been kept, reports showed that moBt of the fatalities in golfing were due to lightning and heart disease, while injuries were largely due to .Im pacts from flying golf hnllci nl. though broken clubs at times had hit frequenters of the links, WAR-TORN FRENCH BOXER IS CHUG Eugene-Criquj Plans Trip to United States. . KNOCKOUT IS SPECIALTY Recent Battle With English Champ "Won After Taking , Terrific Beating Gamely. v BY SPARROW McGANN. ' x (Copyright. 1922, by The Oregontan.) NEW YORK, June 17. (Special.) Here Is good news for every red blooded man in this country who holds a brief for" gameness, cour age and real fighting ability Eu Eene CriauV the pale-faced, war- torn DUgllist, who fights with gassed lungs and the side of his face built up to replace bones crushed Dy a piece of" ehell, Is coming; to this country. Criqut Is that wonderful sort of fighter who at the proper moment sends for his right and stakes his opponent to a trip to ' dreamland. When the boy comes over here, ready to do battle. Kilbane will want J160.000. For Criqui, battle-scarred and a hero,of the field of war, is a real battling wiffingzak. The writer has just received from England details of the French lad's fight against Joe Fox, the English champion red-headed, thlck-earea, cruel and clever. Englishmen were strong for their man and bet small fortune upon the chances of Fox. Each'man, too, had confidence in his own prowess, as witness that each put. down 500 more than $2000 as a side bet. Fox Scores t First. For ten rounds the British fans had the loveliest time of their lives. Fx piled up points all the way. Criqui's body was marked by the red blotches made by wholesome punches. His mouth was bleeding and his thin hair was all mussed up. Upon his face was a look of pain and perplexity. Ten rounds of un i alloyed happiness for Fox and his frfends. He stopped the alleged deadly right of Criqui and himself chopped or stabbed lefts and rights to the Frenchman's head and. body. Then toward the end of the litn, with Fox stepping so deftly and con fidently -blam! Criqui's right had gone across and landed not quite on the button, but near enough to send Fox to the floor. He rose at the count of nine and stood wab bling. The bell saved him. Up came Fox for the 12th, his head cleared, but by no means the fighter he had been before he received the clip. Knockout Is Scored. Criqui immediately slashed out with his right and missed. Fox clinched. Criqui beat him about the body. They broke. Suddenly the Frenchman hooked Joe with his left to the chin. It was all over. Cur tain! Lights!" Taps! The English, who had hoped a lot about Fox, were down 7000 feet over the unexpected outcome of all of Fox's good work, but they said anyway that Joe put up a good fight and had the frog beaten 40 ways until he got into that wallop. Dempsey, is now going through what every champion experiences when he has held the crown for more than a year. So-called experts among the old-timers are bringing up lists of names of ex-champions who in their day were so much bet ter than Jack that they make the present title-holder look sick by comparison. One guy says, for In stance, that John L. Sullivan would have faded Jack in two rounds. Yet. no one has laughed. Where has all the alleged American sense of hu mor gone? Speed Held Main Need in Low Hurdles. High Hnrdlea Very Much Differ ent. Says Earl Thompson. BY EARL J. THOMSON. Olympic ChamDton Hurdler. ARTICLE IV. I N THIS article let me take up the the low hurdles and show how they differ from the high hurdles. Here is where any man who has sufficient speed can shine, as speed is practically all that is necessary. Many men think the two races are exactly the same, but that Is a big mistake. There 'is considerable re semblance so far as the "stepping" is concerned, but that is about all. The distance is 100 yards further and therefore necesitates more ex tensive work along the sprint line after you have once gotten Into shape. The first two weeks of pre liminary training should be the same, however. The third week dashes of 230 aiid 300 yards should be taken,, moderately at first, but along towards the end oi tne ween at full sbeed. One of these dashes at the end of each day's workout is very good. About , the middle ot tne week it would be advisable t J go through a quarter at a fast thvee quarter speed. Remember that, the low hurdles take almost as much stuff to get you through two or three flights as does a 440-yard dash and you -must be in the oest shape possible before attempting the race. - ' ' Now for the form. AsI have said, the form is something like that of the highs in as much as both are done by "stepping" over the barrier. The low hurdles are 20 yards apart, and 20 yards from the starting line to the first hurdle calls for nine strides in which to cover tnat dis tance, that Is, nine strides to the hurdle and the tenth stride over. If ten strides are taken to the hurdle and the 11th over, the start lias been made with the wrong foot forward and the starting position should be changed. Now the hurdle 'should be approached in much the same way as the high hurdle. As 'the right foot starts over the hurdle, both arms are extended as. in the highs, and much the same action takes place, but just as the back foot leaves the ground there is an impor tant difference. In the lows there is what is known to hurdlers as the "shoot" over the hurdle aiid this Is where it comes In. Every one who has ever tried to top a low hurdle has tha; shoot, but the trouble is that most new men at the game use the shoot to get them up and above the barrier. Instead of letting that shoot :hrow the runner up In the air, it should be used In shooting him forward. Therefore as the ground is .oft, an extra push straight ahead shou'd be gotten from the back las. The idei of it is -to help you to continue the running speed and momentum ac- quired in getting to the hurdle The distance covered in topping o lnw Tiurrile' ffi ahnut the nam. fnr j all men. Of course a real short man must cover a little more ground than does a tall man. A short man should practice .striding in order to lengthen his step. Little success can be had by using nine strides between the hurdles. Eight can be used, but that calls for alternating when going over the hurdle, and It takes much practice to get any where using this method, although It has been used by some fairly good low hurdlers. Seven strides Is the proper number to use. A quick, snapover is required in the "lows' just as in the "highs," and the body should ba'kept at the usual running angle. The head should never bob up and down as you go over a hurdle. It means that you're losing time because your head bobs only when you jump the hurdle. One very Important thing in the low hurdles is that they are not cleared so closely as are the high hurdles. There is no crouching over the lows as in the highs, and the back leg is over at an angle of about 45 degrees, which is about half way between the position of the highs and the regular running posi tion. This position will better en able you to maintain your speed. This is a very Important point, to remember, as you are liable to start in by clearing the hurdle too closely and in that case will be slowed up because you we not in the proper running position when you land. After the third week longer dis tances in the hurdles can be worked. I advise never to run through a whole flight more than twice a week. Including a race. If there is a race during the week, run through one flight about Wednes day or Thursday. Put all the speed possible into it and find out where the faults lie. A good thing is to get some competition when running through whatever distance is tried, but If there is no one to accompany you over the flight, have a fast man run alongside on the flat. A low hurdler should frequently practice starts and should be able to run a 220-yard dash as fast as 23 seconds. At the crack of the gun you' should be away at full speed as tne rirst hundred yards Is what counts in a low hurdle race, besides,. or course, enough stamina to carry you on through the race. Very well do' I remember the last two low hurdle races I ran. In both there was a man who had beaten me the year before and had come very close to the record In doing so. My coach told me that he thought I could beat him this year, and to go out right from the gun and keep going. His philosophy was that if I could lead the field for the first hundred yards. T could win th rapa . : . - . . s, it turned out tnat he w right. I got a good start and was the first one to the first hurdle, and from then on the race was mine. So I say to practice sprinting and getting out of the holes fast. I will give more aata on that in my next ar tide. . (Copyrighted. Ajax Syndicate, 1922.) TBI TIES TB TENNIS MIDDLESBROUGH, EJTGLAJfD, HAS 95 COURTS. Blgr Plajfield Originated by Head of Rotary Club, Who Is Believer In Sports. Middlesbrough, England, has the largest number of tennis courts in a single group in the world. At present there are 95 and more will be built.. They are located on 12 acres of property, about two miles out of the city, and were recently opened. This big playfield for tennis fans was originated and financed by T. Dormand Stewart, president of the Rotary club of Middlesbrough. Stew art is interested in a home for crip pled ' children, located about 40 miles fronv Middlesbrough, and also Is a firm believer In sport. Stewart's first venture in the pro motional line was donating a Rugby football field and he specified that part of the profits must go to the home for crippled children. Later he was asked to provide tennis courts, and he agreed to do so under similar conditions. Eighteen months ago he bought the 12 acres and started construction work. He provided for the rolling, cutting, and marking of the courts, the players furnishing the nets and balls. The outlay was $25,000 and after taking 5 per cent interest on this, the rest of the money goes to the cripples. A charge of $45 is made ior tne season lor each court and as the organizations renting them av erage aoout 20 players to a court the cost per player is a little over $2 each. Courts are leased by firms, ohurches and clubs. The only specifications are no play Sundays, no drinks, and no play In boots. A clubhouse has been built and the caterer's contract specifies he must charge less than city prices. un a busy afternoon the attendance runs from lsOfl to 2000. Mr. Stewart believes that similar courses can be established in many towns so that the game can be played at a nominal cost. TWIRLERS NOT SO YOUNG Average Age of Big Leaguers Well Toward 28. The old chatter about youth be Iny served Is still in the air. Yet out of the 70 leading pitchers of the big leagues, 33 are over the 30 year mark and 28 will never see their 25th birthday. Only nine are under 25 summers. Their average age scales well on toward 28, with Babe Adams, Walter Johnson and Grover Alexander . leading the old age parade. In length of service Adams leads, with 19 seasons In professional baseball; Johnson and Marquard have seen 17 and Alex ander, Coveleskle, Toney and Tyler have played for IS years. Of the 70 pitchers included in this survey, 48 have played for more than ten seasons, the average span of service being a bit over ten years. A young arm and a jfoung head are hardly as good as an old arm and an old head, provided the arm is not too old. COMRADA CHOSEX AS COACH Whitman Star to TakeJPlace With University of Idaho. WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla, Wash., June 17. (Special.) Ben Comrada, star tackle and cap tain of Whitman's championship football ' eleven last fall, who re ceived honorable mention from Walter Camp, has been elected to succeed Rhea Butler as athletic coach at Moscow, Idaho. Comrada will coaoh football, bas ketbafl and baseball. At Whitman he was one of the Missionaries' best all-around athletes, having earned a total of ten letters in three sports and captained . both football arid baseball teamB. Last fall the Royal F. Niles football trophy for the player who contributed most to the team was awarded him. Argonaut Club 50 Years Old. Argonaut Rowing club of Toronto Is 50 years old. It is one of tHe big sporting organizations of the do minion of Canada and annually its crews try for United States rowing honors. ICES WILL Rll KEIUUCK Gret Events Scheduled for Latonia June 24-July 1. $50,000 PURSE HUNG UP Efforts Will Be Made to Take Away Crown From Morvich, Unbeaten King of Turf. CINCINNATI. June 17. A race that is expected to rival in importance and enthusiasm the Kentucky derby and the Preakness stakes will be run at Latonia Saturday, June 24. It will be known as the Kentucky special and the Kentucky Jockey club will hang up a purse of $50,- uuu. The equine aristocrats of America will compete for this rich prize. The race will be for 3-year-olds exclu sively and each horse will carry 126 pounds over the mlla and one quarter journey. The race Is a spe cial, event put on the Latonia racing programme by General Manager Matt J. Winn in order to Insure the presence of the unbeaten Morvich at the Latonia meeting. After the victory of Morvich In the Kentucky derby Colonel Winn offered a purse of $50,000 for Mor vich to meet Pillory, the winner of the Preakness stake at Baltimore. R. T. Wilson, owner of Pillory, de clined the issue, but Mr. Winn ob tained the consent of" Benjamin Block, owner of Morvich, to race him against any 3-year-old. Winn then went to James Rowe, trainer of the Harrj. Payne Whitney stable. and asked" Rowe how he would like to run one or two of the Whitney horses against Morvich at Latonia for $50,000. Winner to Get $16,000. "Bring on Morvich," replied Rowe, "I will be there and have something to run in the race." With this assurance Winn framed the conditions of the Kentucky special. which permits any 3-year-old to compete. Before he left New York and had concluded negotiations, J. S. Cos den told Winn that If he was suc cessful in his effort to purchase Snob II, an English bred horse be longing to John Sanford, he would be more than pleased to make the effort to dethrone the equine king. Cosden a few days later paid San ford $85,000 for Snob II and an nounced he would be shipped to La tonia. H. P. Whitney is expected to enter Bunting and Olympus. Others more than likely to be entered are Harry F. Sinclair's Kai-Sang and. William A.; E. F. Simms' Lucky Hour and My Play; Colonel E. H. Bradley's Bet Mosie and By Gosh; Admiral Carey T. Grayson's Hea; R. H. Shan non's Deadlock and H. H. Hewitt's Washington and Startle. Any other 3-year-old Is eligible, but it Is hardly likely that any more will be entered. The winner will receive about $46,000. second horse $6000, third $3000 and the fourth horse $1000. In . addition a gold trophy costing $5000 will go to the owner of the victori ous horse. I.ntonin Derby Great Event. Eighty-six 3-year-old colts and fillies are entered in the Latonia derby, which will be run Saturday, July 1. It is virtually the Bams list as was named for the Kentucky derby. Morvich, undefeated In 12 races, is a certain starter, according to his owner, Benjamin Block In this event Morvich will be com pelled to shoulder 131 pounds for the 114-mile journey. Others In the race will carry 126 pounds. The distance of this race is 1V4 miles. The distance in the Epsom derby, the great English classic, is 1 mile 900 yards, while that of the Kentucky derby is 1'4 miles. The Latonia derby has been run con tinuously since 1SS3. In that year it was won by Leonatus, running in the colors of Chinn & Morgan. The winner was ridden by Isaac Murphy, accounted by nearly all horsemen as the greatest negro jockey. Murphy In. his career won Ave derbies. In 1855 he rode Bersan to victory, in 1856 Silver Cloud, in 1S87 Libretto and in 1891 Kingman. PnHt Winners Recalled. In 18SS Los Angeles and White ran a dead heat, Los Angeles win ning the run-off. . Two Allies have been successful, Los Angeles in 1888 and Gowell In 1913. Some wonderful race horses have won the Latonia derby. In the list could be mentioned Halma, Ben Burch, Ornament, Olambala, Gov ernor Gray, Free Lance, Johren, Be Frank and Upset- Equally great ones have met defeat in Its running. In this list could be placed Bound less, Free Advice, Plaudit, The Man ager, Great Britain, Cudgel and Ex terminator. If Morvich can carry 131 pounds over the 1-miIe Journey success fully against such horses as Bunt ing, Olympus, Kai-Sang, Bet Mosle, By Gosh, My Play. Lucky Hour and Deadlock he will perhaps have achieved even greater fame than came to Man o'War. WHITMAN ATHLETES ELECT Jack Gurian of Portland Again Is Head of "W" Club. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla, Wash., June 17. (Special.) Jack Gurian, ex-Washington high school star in Portland, again heads the Whitman "W" club, having re cently been re-elected treasurer. Bell Coffee, star first baseman and baseball captain-elect, has been chosen secretary. Gurian is a two year letterman In basketball and also Is president, of the Whitman student body. Sabln Rich, Seattle, three-year letter man in both basketball and baseball, has been chosen president of the "W" club to succeed George Ingraham. How's This for Home-Run Hits? When you are talking about the season's home-run records, what's the matter with this one? In the game between Yale and University of Pittsburg, Aldrich, the All-Amerl-can football star, whom several big league clubs have tried to lure away from the college, hit two home runs with the bases loaded. Clancy Changes Bosses Again. Jim Ciancy, former Swarthmore college pitcher, has changed bosses again. Indianapolis of the Ameri can Association has released him to the Witchita Fails team of the n-nYaa lentil. i tancv wn an a around athlete under the Garnet colors, and like Johnny Opden was signed by the New York Giants.