"Mike*’ McNally Still Substitute,
Despite 10 Years of Service in
^ : Major Leagues With Champions
Few Men in National Came
Can Even Approach
’■ V “Mike's” Record.
SfA --
•' By A.toclstrd Pres*.
New York, Jan. 5.—M. J. (Mike)
McNally remains an understudy, a
substitute, despite 10 years of service
in the major leagues, for the most
part with world champion teams.
Few men in the national game can
even approach the record of this play
er, who, bandied about by winter
trades, has again Joined a team of
I tilllsts, this time In Washington.
McNally's presence In the majors
was noted In 1915 as a member of
the Boston Red Sox. He was an in
fielder, a very fast baseman anil an
exceptionally good fielder. His
weakness was hitting.
Ilis first season, McNally partici
pated in 33 games, baited for .151
and fielded for 981, ail unpromising
v record. Tile netft year he saw
service in 87 contests, batted 3(1
points better and gained 73 points
in fielding. Tile year 1917 saw him
reach the .300 class as a hitter, his
name appearing in 43 box scores.
When he returned from the war,
the Red Sox found room for him
and he had some part in 33 games
in 1919, hitting for .363. Ilia long
est season came the next year,
when he participatd in 93 contests,
batted for .356 and fielded for .930.
i McNally again became a substi
i tute when he went to tlie New York
_La^fcinkees as part of a wholesale
ff' trade that inrluded half a dozen
1 stars. Many critics have declared
t that McNally fielded the Yankees,
pi into the pennant. He played cred
|) itabie bail in the world series, but
his hitting was poor.
1 The following season saw him in
only 53 games, but he led the third
basemen of the year with an axver
age of .983.
lA.it year he played 35 games at
second base, hading the keystone
men of the circuit with .985 aver
age, and 14 at third, where he aver
aged 970. He batted .347.
The "eternal substitute" has the
y best opportunity of breaking Into the
’ regular lineup that he ever lias
I known, as Pecklnpaugh, a veteran,
I may be unable to withstand tlie rigors
of i.)e campaign as the result of the
L leg injury he suffered during the
f past season.
Z'lSdys"&u$?m
/aez~:
BOTH FIGHTERS
WEIGH THE SAME
A qu^er feature bf boxing is the
complete lack of boxing Information
possessed collectively and Individual
ly by boxing fans.
This Is especially true of the $10
I ami $15 boys who occupy the steamer
right around the smok'estack.
r It is not true of the BO-centers-In the
gallery who are thoroughly grounded
in the theory of boxing. In fact,
some of those roof tourists-Improve
on th-Hr education by punching their
•'ay in.
The high-powered boys around the
ropes thought that the ‘ Tiger" Flow
ers and Johnny Wilson fight was the
greatest battle ever fought. Their
J cheers Indicated this. Yet, It was
probably the worst, for Wilson was
all In from the jump.
The same thing occurred Jn the
Be rlen bao h -Kst ridge thing. Barry was
whipped by the flashlight. There was
no way of figuring whether Berlen
• bach was better or worse, yet some
' of those expensive customers will sol
emnly swear that Burly fought the
j fight of hie career.
It takes two to make a fight and
only the gallery seems to know It.
Bike all events in life, the hoys who
know the most shout It are the ones
who are compelled td stay the far
thest away. .
One of ths silliest battles ever
fought was between Wilks and Firpo.
This was not Wills’ fault. Klrpo was
so bad that ft was Impossible agahi
to say whether Harry is an Improved
Ivorse fighter. Wills looked lfl£e
jld whip the world twice that
He was like a tiger tearing at
'dust doll and that was JUOT
what It was.
boys In the ringside dhairs are
le surgeons at a clinfc. They
to see an operation and they
care who Is slaughtered. Take
at the fans around a fight,
ally the fat lads who couldn't
up a flight* of steps without
up.
loser In the ring Is staggering
i «i'h blood running qut of
rs, nose and mouth. The fat
re half way out of their chairs
heir eyes shining like stolen
ids. They are drooling at the
and punchlnk each other in
s In joy.
lly, the loser gets a wallop
! stomach that breaks In his
and down he goes. His head
the floor hard enough to ham
ill the nails through all the
i In Persia.
insn't landed one punch during
tile and has taken a thousand.
watch the ringsiders as they
aeh other on the hack anils
"That was a fight.’’
the hoys up tn the gallery
e loser knows that It was not
(Copyright, 1»$S.)
ked Marvel” to Play
VII Comers at Cue Came
ir fl. Spears' original "Masked
I'.' will appear at the Holmes
tlon parlor Monday and Tues
'ternoons and nights, lie will
at 4 and ft.
rs' protege who, since the
f his tour, October 21, J024, has
17 out of 109 games played, will
all comers st ir>0-p'>lnt rack
latches, and will present $10 In
> anyone defeating him.
9
Ry CHARLES (CHICK) EVANS, JR.,
The Modem Course.
We modern golfers are so accus
tomed to playing over modem
courses of nine or 18 holes that
few players, I dare say, have ever
thought of any course having any
other number of holes.
The smallest course I have ever
been able to find an authentic
record of is the original course at
Musselburgh, which numbered five
holes. The biggest golf course the
world so far has boasted was tho
Montrose links, which at one time
had 25 holes.
I do not know just why the
customary 18 holes came to be de
cided upon as the right length for
(he golf links. As nearly as I can
determine, the choice seems to have
been rather due to an accident.
The Royal Rlaekheath course,
tlie oldest golf club in the world,
has always possessed just seven
holes. Three rounds of the-course
are played on medal play days.
Tlie course is very difficult and the
scores look to he extremely high,
until one recalls tlint the medal
rounds thus require three extra
holes.
The famous Brest wick course
originally liavl 12 lodes and there
were three rounds of play over lids
course to determine championships.
Many 'open championships have
been contested there.
Old St. Andrews course lias gone
through a strange career, a» to
holes. It started with six holes.
Then it added—and ' added still more
—unlll 22 bulbs in'all made up the
course. Then fdlir of the holes some
how were tossed into the discard, and
the famous course became and 18
liole links. Apparently tills process
of adding and eliminating holes at
St. Andrews was really the deciding
factor Jn giving, us, today, ,the reg
ulation, 18-liole eourbe. li have never
been able to find any other begin
ning of, the standard that calls fob
Is holes, and undoubtedly this ac
cidental allotment of, holes at St.
Andrews liad a good deal' to do with
it.
There may be Rolf four*** In the
l ulled States and I'unada of fewer than
nine holed, but I have never heard of
one. There i.-»d to be a course of ID
i holes at Kenosha. AVI a. The full round
was completed by playing the firj»f and
second holes* over again and a slightly
lengthened lath for the 18th hole.
Shorter courses are more comm on In
Knglaud and Scotland than on this side
because land for ynLffng purpose Is not
so scarce he,re pa it Is over there. The
game here, especially In Its earlier de
velopment was also the favorite pastime
of the wealthier people, and they were
able to provide themselves the very tin
t*t and most spacious courses. In
Europe the poorer people have played
golf for 'many years, and that factor
brought Into existence the great number
of small courses. But even as golf aland*
on this side. In Its present development.
It I* never hard for the club to fljnd the
required ground for the extra hine holes,
snd It la the common practice now or
all new clubs starting with nine boles
to plan a1 the outlet for the time when
the second nine will he wanted.
I don;i think it •*» absnlutHv essential
for a club to stick to the nine or 18
hr.le rule *♦. all Thera Is no hard and
f, at rule on th * as far as l can learn.
I see ro reason why a club shouldn’t
have 30 or 40 holes on one course, or,
perhaps, 15 or 20 holen—dependent en
tirely upon the ground available My
Idea Is that the club should put In all the
good hole* the space allows—the more
holes the i nurse has the greater » h**
variety of play. If the club thus found
itself with an odd number of greens—
that Is. odd as reckoned %galn*t nine or
JK holes—the rub* committee could
deagnate just now a full round of I *
holes. h» tournament play, wai to he a<
com pllshed..
If you krtow of any course with an odd
Lumber of holes 1 should like to be>*.
of it.
{Copyright. 1924.)
M’GRAW, COMISKEY
RECEIVE MEDALS
Paris, ran.1 B.—John MrGraw,
Charles Comlskey and Hughey Jen
nings have been awarded silver
medals by the French board federa
tion, while each member of the New
Vork Giants and Chicago White Sox
Who visited Paris la/<t November Is
to receive a biontte medal as a
souvenir.
The diploma accompanying this
tribute, which will he taken to New
York by '•Sparrow" Robert sop. the
federation's special courier, sailing on
January in, contains an allegorical
reference to the big leaguers "sow
ing seed from which the great game
of baseball Is expected to spring In
Kurope.”
AGNF.W TO PILOT
COLLEGE NINE
San Francisco, Jan. 5.- Sum Agnew.
veteran catcher of Ihe San Kruticlsci
Pacific Coast league team, today sign
ed a contract to conch the Santa
Clara university baseball squad. It was.
announced by Vice President Father
McCoy. 0
IdiQiiartl Suffers W illt (lolil.
New Vork, Jan. 5. Itenny l.rnn
ard. Ilghlwelghl champion of thr
world. Is 111 at Ills home here suffer
Ing from a severe cold accompanied
by a high temperature. The boxer
was forced to h-nve ttie stage last
night during a vaudeville skit. Ills
condition Is not considered serious.
r ...
Schlaifer to Meet
Dago Joe Gans
January 23
“Parky” Gaughan, who recently
took over the managerial reina et
Morrie Schlaifer, appear* to be loe
ing no time in -getting the Omaha
battler in action.
According to word going the round*,
Gaughan has arranged for Schlaifer
to meet “Dago” Joe Gan* of St. Pan I
in a 10-round main event to be staged
by the Ameiran Region at Davenport,
ta„ January 23.
Schlaifer has met the Twin City
battler on two former occasion*, beat
ing hint both tifnes. Tiie Omaha bat
tler has been idle since his bout with
Pete Iattzo a couple of months ago at
the Auditorium and at present
weighs- 133 pounds.
Schlaifer intends to get down to
real training immediately in order to
lose three or four more pound* for
hi* proposed engagement with Gan*.
World Champ to
Get First Taste
of Board Track
Lloyd Halin Among Those
Who ^ ill Endeavor to Trim
Olympic Title Holder
in Mile Run.
By DAVIS J. WAI,SH.
EW YORK, Jan. 5.
—Not since ttye day*
JgfSBk °f the Dorando
Johnny Hayes maten
race* of happy
^ memory has New
york become so ex
ercised as It has
over the Impending
American debut of
Paavo Nurmi, the
world's greatest
runner, at Madison
Square Garden to
-morrow night. Nur
mi will start in a:
special mile and a
5,000-meter run at the Flnnlsh-Ameri
can Athletic club games, and his ap
pearance will mark a revival in track
and field athletics auch as followed
the 1908 Olympics at Rondon. where
Dorando was carried across the line
in tiie marathon, ami Haves, finishing
second, subsequently declared the
winner.
That, incident, made, for arch
rivalry and the present instance has
much in comm in with it. After
being beaten four times by Nurmi
at Paris, the American runner, who
would not give his windpipe for a
victory over the Finn, is on Ameri
can runner wilhout tiie ambition of
a second footman. Joie Ray, Rloyd
Hahn. Waller Higgins and Jimmy
Connolly are some of tiie entries
who will essay to take issue with
Nurmi over tiie mile distance.
As far as the writer is concerned,
they might as well try to take issue
with an antelope. It is said that
Nurmi will be handicapped by his lack
of famliiarity with Indoor ruhnlng,
whith is probably the case. My idea
of an adequate handcap for Nurmi Is
to call in Houdinl and let him do
his worst.
Tiie general interest, in fact, is in
Nurinl hlmfcolf and not in the possi
bility of bis defeat. His records have
created an aura around him such as
no American public can resist, and he
has added to his attractiveness with
a personality that runs strongly to
temperament and an Immoderate
sense of tiie theatrical. His self
timing during race* i* only one of
hi* idiosyncrasies.
Kvidence of bad blood between
Nurmi and Willie Ritola, American
ized fellow countrymen, also has had
its popular appeal. Actually they
are as friendly as a pair of hermit
crabs, but much has been said about
tiie case that does not carry a basts
of truth. It lias been declared that
their enmity started when Nurmi
declined to shake hands with Rltola
after tiie fi,000-meter race at Paris,
it also lias been intimated that they
had agreed to *et a moderate pace
In this event and that Ritola at
tempted to double-cross Paavo by
stepping out on him three laps from
home. It is to laugh.
Rltola had all he could do to *l*y
on Nurmi's heels through the.
greater portion of this race. There
w-as no “understanding,’’ no brother
act, about it. Nurmi went out to
win, and he did. They say that
Rltola was less than two yards
hark at. the finish, which Is true.
Rut they neglect to state that Nurmi
was cake wulking, while he l->oked
back over his shoulder, when the
incident In question occurred. He
could have steppe^ five seconds
faster while Rltola wns all “run
Out.’’
Aa a mailer of fact, their unfriend
lines* antedated the incident by sev
eral day*. . It liegau when Nurmi
■’propositioned” Rltola on the 10,000
meter race, which he wished to con
duct as a two man handshaking af
fuir.
Ritola refused to be a party to the
proceedings, and Nurmi withdrew
frern the race. Which wns won by
Rltola, some 12 seconds under tb*
world's record. If It was possible to
have beaten Nurmi nl I’arls Rltola
would have done It In (his race
They will meet tomorrow night at
5,000 meters, and Nurmi, unfamiliar
witli hoard floor running and having
finished a hard mile earlier In the
evening, will lie at something of •
disadvantage. Rut. he Is u better
I runner than Rltola, the best day the
latter ever knew, and the writer, for
one, entertains but slight doubt of
Nurmi’s ultimate victory.
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Landis to Promote
Baseball in
Cuba
f'lllengo, .Trii. ft Kenesuw Monti
lain Landie, baseball commissioner,
tonight • 'oirt|i)etn| arrangement* f »r a
tt|p to t'uha In thr Interest of pro
moting baseball on the Island. After
a sojourn In f’ubn, the commissioner
will take an airplane flight to I’an
nmn, where baseball has taken a firm
foothold.
<'oinmissloner Landis. with bis
party, will sail from New Orleans on
January 21,
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Managerial Duties Will Shorten Playing Days of Collins
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... 111 iMiii»uiiiiii."-.j>M»w«»nr««;jajoaoaoagwwiiiKaaB!e»TOr5?y
It Is generally believed that the managerial duties, finally thrust upon the hands of Kddie Collins, will
shorten the playing days of the great second baseman. Collins has but few rivals at second base in the game's
history. Photos above form an interesting study of Collins In action afield.
Dawson Wins
Practice Shoot
Jos Dawion led th* field In the
Omaha Gtin club practice shoot held
Sunday at Ak-Sar-Ben field with 96
out of a possible 100 birds, while Ken
Beegle, professional, was second with
95. and Hayes third with 94.
Secretary Fauble announces a spe
cial meeting of the club at the
Chamber of Commerce, JOiuary 7,
at 8 p. m.
Sunday's scones; Joe Dawson, 96x
100; Beegle, 95x100; Hayes, 94x100;
"Sweringer, 92x100; William*, 70x100;
Qoffeth, 62x75; Taggart. 54x75;
Adams, 42x50; Carter. 42x50; Ehler,
37x50; Randall, 39x50; McCaffery,
37x50. r
By Associated Tress.
Harass, captain of the Vnlvewlty of
Pennsylvsnia basket ball team, lead* the
scorers of the eastern intercollegiate
league, In which one < ontest has been
played. He made 10 point* sgslnst Yale
at Philadelphia Saturday night.
Clirlstr Muthewaon, president of the
Boston Braves, would like to sign "Red"
Grange, gridiron wonder of the Univer
sity of Illinois, If the football star can
play baseball. During the recent minor
longue conclave at Hartford, i he former
Giant pitcher a*|*ed several western mag
nate* about Grange "One of the games
greatest pinch hitters was made into h
baseball star on Tits football reputation."
Matty said. 'T refer to Harry (Moose)
McCormick, former Giant player, mho
was a gridiron athr at Buckncll when I
matriculated there.”
Tommy Griffith, wlio Journeyed to the
Brooklyn Dodgers from the old New Eng
land league, is beset by a rival in the
Giant Dick Cox from Portland of the
Pacific Coast league With Eddie Brown
and Za«"k Wheat doing well, the new
comer will find only on« vulnerable spot
in the outfield whers Griffith Is or was
wont to wander. Jf th* argument be
comes torrid, Cox is a favorite, as he
was a boxing Instructor In ths army.
Jim John* ton. former umpire In the
National league, believes that the Giant*
end Whit© Sox have found more reape< t
for baeebsll In Germany than In Eng
lend and Franc*. According to Johnston,
the boy* across the Rhine have taken up
the American game.
Atave Donoghue, English Jockey, who
came to America and rode Papyrus to
defeat by Zev, under Karl Pandc fin
ished third in victories on the British
tracks this season. K C Elliott was the
leader uniting the little fellows.
The release of Plt« her Arthur Decatur
to the Portland club of the Pacific Coast
league Is said to forsttll 'he coming to
ths Brooklyn Dodgers of First Baseman
.1 iirt Poole. ths "Babe Ruih” of the coast,
and Second Baseman Emmett McCann. It
is understood that John Hollingsworth,
a pit- her, will he sunt to Portland In
i he deal.
/ -— — w
Ed (Heck) Garvey of Holvoke, Mess.,
for met football lineman at Notre Dame,
appears In his third professional pugilist
Ic contest In NeVr York tonight facing
Hen Smith of New Jersey, heavy weight.
Ifollt wood. Da.—Gen* Aam/en lowered
I be 18 hole course record at Holly wood
by scoring 6?
Chicago.—The wedding of Ifnrrv Greb.
world * middleweight pugilistic champion,
and Mias Louise Walton of Boston, set res*,
v* a a postponed Indefinitely when Father
Malloy of St Thomas of Canterbury
ilmnh declined to officiate because
neither had obtained permission of their
diocesan authorities *«» marry.
At. I/Oiils—Manager George Alsler of
ths St I .outs Americans will add another
pitcher and a right hand hitting out
fielder to hi* team, he announced * He
I* anxious to get Jnhnnv Most'! of Chi
• ago nod Emit Metiael of New York.
If I,onto Kiiptiin, Mrrhlrit (Cntiti.)
Iinl, run Ilium In llir nil of llir linv
lllg World III grnrml Hull III' I* king
of llir fdallii rwrlgliU Itr will noun hr
• wnrilrd hv poplilur voir llir irnwn
phn I'd no llir nlirll hv Johnny lliindrr
wlirn hr i-rllri'd iliiilrfrnli d IvHplun
won Ihr frHlhrrw right lournry Hinged
linilrr llir niinphr* of llir Nrw York
i miliiiisiihiil In drlri iiiinv n vlinnildnii.
Rickard Wanted a Fighter; Gibbons
Agreed; Contenders Not So Anxious
Tommy Gib
L J bone hasn't be
come possessed of
a. vicious tempera
ment— the killer
instinct that New
York critics say
he displayed In his
fight with Kid Nor
ton at Madison
Square garden—he
might have had
some big money
bouts lined up for
the next six
months.
But it seems
that Gibbons al
ways has some Jinx pursuing him.
The earliest reason given out for not
matching Tom with the big ones was
that Gibbons wasn't a card. Then
Torn got that historic fight with
Dempsey at Shelby and the promot
ers went bankrupt. The Bloomfield
fight in England was a bloomer from
a financial viewpoint, but at last Tom
has established himself as a "card.”
Having arrived as a publir favorite,
he became a popular fighter wth the
promoters who are always ready to
give tiie public what it wants. But.
alas, tiie promoters couldn't get any
one Id fight him.
Christmas time was draivilng near
and New York wanted itw annual
Christmas fund sliow with two
worthy individuals fighting In the
main event. Tex Rickard sent out
a rail for talent, and Gibbons was
signed to feature the card. And then
Rickard started looking for his oppo
nent.
Jack Renault and Harry Wills were
eager to do their bit—at a handsome
profit for the poor of New York—but
they didn't want to collaborate with
Tom Gibbons in doing it.
Renault appeared before Rickard
and said that he would like to l«ox
Tommy on the Christmas rard, but
that a strained ligament in his left
leg would prevent him from doing
any tioxing for at least two months
Once out of the fight, Renault picked
an "easy one’ for a bout in Boston
Just a few days tiefore tiie Christmas
card. Tiie "ease one" Qulntin Rom
ero Rojas of the Argentine—wasn't
so easy and Renault lost ttie decision.
Perhaps bis "strained" ligament had
something to do with it.
Harry Wills was too smart to he
coaxial into the Ving with Tommy.
He di'vcliqicd a had llmuih which
couldn't possibly he in shape for &
fight engagement for several mouths
for a bout with Gibbons. And 'Ed
wards received :» shock when lie got
'M answers back. All of the return
wires advised the New Orleans pro
moter that it would lie impossible
for any of the boxprs sought to per
form in the same ring with Gibbons,
and so Edwards sent Toni the tele
grams as souvenirs.
Everywhere a promoter seeks Gib
bons the same story is told. Nobody
wants to fight him. Tom is aide to
get only a few fights with third anil
fourth rate boxers, who are either
finishing up their rareers or just
starting them and don't know any
better than to begin their pngillstir
life with a quirk knockout.
I/Ct it he said for Wills, that he
didn't go out and grt himself beaten
by a third-rater, lie is still waiting
for l>rni|i*ry.
After trying to get some one for
weeks, Rickard threw up his hands
and exclaimed: "They all want to
fight Dempsey, but none of them
cares about meeting Gibbons."
The boxing oommisslon was called
Nurmi Is Champ
to Every One
But Ritola
II)- JOKKI'll (iOKIION.
New 5 nil*. Jan. 5.—Wlllir Ititola is
mil In grt Nurmi in Ihr 5,000-milrr.
Ititola. il was Irarnril today, will
withdraw from Ihr mill' rnrr of Ihr
Finnish - \iuerii an games Tuesday
night and roufinr himsrlf lo Ihr 5,0110
mrlrra lalrr ill Ihr rvr. It)- Hint time
Nurilli will linvr hail a strruumis
inilr to tnlir along with him on (hr
long Jit uni.
II was also Irurnrd that, though hr
was rntrrrd for both rarra, Kitola has
brrn snrrtly training for Ihr longrr
ilislunrr right along. Ilr said lit I is*
about his training lo anyonr. Ilr
has gour about il svalrntnllrallv and
with olir nhjrrt in view: To grl Nur
mi in Ihr 5,0011.
Tims is tin* Niiriul'KItola frud
broken out afresh. H startr<l in Fin
land last Slimmer when Itilnla ar
rlvrd llnrr from Ihr I . S. |o train
for Ihr Olyni|drs. II was rnrrird lo
I'aris The larr Ttirsday night lor
Ihr III) oi|iii s. || w as rarridr |o
l aris. The I ai r Tuesday olghl Is
i rnhahl) Ihr lirgmnlng of n long »r.
ilrs of duel* for Ihr running su|irnn
in ) of fin* Finnish rare, Nurmi is I
Ihr world's rhnui|iion lo rvri) one
rvii-pl Willie Itilola.
laugo Joe lor hills from sniffy LhsI
rooms tfrmr
In and KM Norfolk signed. Norfolk
wa* supposed to be a real tough one,
and his record Indicated he was, but
Tommy beat him into a pulp In six
rounds.
Now Tommy has fought four excel
lent fights in New Orleans where the
fans thrive on heavyweight cards. In
bouts In New Orleans Gibbons has
knocked out Chuck Wiggins, Dan
Dowd, Ted Jamieson and Harry Foley.
A\ ith that record as a background,
Frankie Edwards figured that Gib
bons would attract a good house
against some pretty fair heavyweight.
Accordingly, Edwards sent 24 tele
grams to leading'second ra^ fighters,
asking their terms. „
Signs to Fight Jack Burke.
Tom lias two bouts lined up for
January, but they are little more
tlia.ii exhibitions. Eddie Kune closed
for a bout with Jack Burke at
Grand Rapids, Midi., January 9,
and one with Sailor Maxted at Mi
ami, Fla., on January 11. The Max
ted engagement is not certain.
Kane is seriously thinking of tak
ing Gibbons on an exhibition tour
witli several Canadian cities on the
trip. Rut Gibbons would rather
fight.
Both Gibbons and Mandell have re
ceived several offers to appear in Cali
fornia as soon as the new boxing com
mission starts”to function out there.
Kane plans a trlp'to the Pacific coast
soon (o line up some bouts for both
battlers.
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Injury to Sande Enables Clarence ;
Kummer to Become Leading Jockey j
NEW YORK, Jan. 6—It *a* >
cruel fate that struck down
Earl Sande. In the year that
would have witnessed his greatest
triumphs though he had the dis
tinction of being the leading Amer
ican rider for a number of years.
When he was injured, In the
early part of August, at Saratoga
Springs, the leading rider of the
ltancocas stable had in prospect
participation in the great stakes of
autumn and the three Iternational
specials In which Kpinard was
engaged.
Fate Alters Prospects.
But Fate changed all this, and
all he saw of the Epinard races was
from motion pictures set up at the
hospital of which he was an inmate,
showing the races in detail. Sande
Is out of the hospital again, and will
winter In Florida
It seemed unreal to Sande for
races of interntaional importance to
l;e going on without having an active
part in them. When he was Injured
by his mount falling In a jam at Sar
atoga, he had aleady won stakes of
a total value of $102,980. Clarence
Kummer, by the accident suffered by
winner, became the leading stake
winner with a total of $140,905.
Sande the year previous, when
he won $80,000 of the Internation
al stake with Zev, defeating Papy
rns, and also the Kentucky derby
with the same horse, and with oth
er stakes carrying Zev to the top
In winnings as well as the aggre
gate to the Rancocas stable to a
world record, also made a world
record for stake-winning jockeys.
This year there was a slump In
the winnings of the Rancocas'sta
ble from the time he was incapaci
tated.
The principal stakes won by
Sande this year were the Belmont,
with Mad Play, $42,800 net ; the
Withers, $19,000; Kings county
handicap, $5,700: Suburban hand!
cap, $8,900; Tremont stakes, $7,600;
Saratoga sales stakes, $4,850.
Kummer piloted Ladkin to victory t »
over Epinard in the eecond interna
tional race. In which he displayed
unusual horsemanship. This wae^
Epinard’s best race, and had he been'
as wisely ridden as was Major Bel
niont's colt, the result would have
been different.
This is not said in any disparage
ment of l«adkin, but few saw that ^ ,.
memorable race but feel that on that ‘
day the French horse would have i
been unbeatable with a well-judged
even ride, such as Kumtner gavd
Ladkin. Another notable victory of
Rummer’s was the Kentucky Jocko
club stakes, in which he rode Master
Charlie.
While Kummer earned more
money for his employers than did
Johnny Malben, yet Malben won
more stakes than Kummer, but his
stakes were of less value. Maiben'e
score Is $130,290.
His most remarkable winning
was the Lawrence Realization at
Uelmont park, worth $25,120 net.
His next largest stake was the Tia /
Juana cup handicap, $11,600. Kum
mer is a veteran and his succes
thls year was in the nature of a
comeback, while Malben belongs to
the younger division of riders.
George Babin was third in
money winnings with a total of
$126,700. Babin's first notable vie
lory wait in the Hopeful, $48,700
net, which started Master Charlie,
being rather stubborn and inclined
to bear out, was well ridden to win
the Hopeful. He followed up this
by winning the International Nft
3 at Latonia with Sarazen, one of »
the big events of the decade.
Record for Derby Horse.
J. D. Mooney’s $87,750 was due
largely to the $52,775, Black Gold's - *
share of the Kentucky derby, and «.
the victory of the same horse In the
$14,750 Louisiana derby and the
$12,800 of the derby at Chicago.
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WALKER GAINS IN
WEIGHT FOR BOUT
New York, Jan. 5.—Mickey Walker,
world's welterweight champion, will
weigh nearly 155 pounds when he
steps into the ring at Newark on Wed
nesday in an attempt to lift Mike Mc
Tipue's light-heavyweight crown.
Walker is making every effort to
put on weight to offset McTigue's
advantage in avoirdupois which fig
ures to exceed 20 pounds.
The bout is scheduled to go 12
rounds, but the title cannot change
hands unless Walker wins by a
knockout, or a foul or McTigue suf
fers an injury that would prevent
hint continuing to the limit.
FRITSCHER WINS
PIN TOURNAMENT
Kritscher won the sweepstakes
•
tournament staged at the Omaha
Recreation Parlor alleys Sunday. He
not only rolled the high three-game
total with a Bcore of 856 but also car
ried off the honors with the high in
dividual score of 246.
Rathke, with a score of 831 won
second place honors while Dyck took
third honors with a count of 767 for
the three games. Ralph Sciple
rolled into fourth place with 757.
Other scores were: Jensen, 730;
Heplnski. 737; Clark, 721: Knoski,
694: J. Koran, 690; Olson. 623; Hause.
618 and Jltmann, 606.
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