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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1921. Tex Rickard In Nelson Hawks, Kid Outfielder, Wins Yank Favor Base Ball Pools Help Put Sport Where Racing Is Magnates Are Waking Up to Gambling Evil Commis sioner Landi3 Heads Movement to Abolish. Bee Sport Album-Ralph Powell Class by Self as a rromoter empsey Fight Just One of iWinnersof Out-State Golf Team Play Huggins Inclines to Calgary Youngster as Days Pass To Parks Despite Bad and Sure in Field. New York, July 4. (Special.) Ease ball favor, so far as the Yan Hie Feats Mammoth Swimming Pool Another Gigantic Task of Tex. VfV Vrl I V, tern Whrre in trie world is there an other man like Tex Rickard? That question was popped at me as I moved on Madison Square Gar den a couple of days ago to visit the man mentioned. It was asked by a New Yorker high in financial circles, who is a keen lover of sport ing events. His favorite sport is horse racing, and he may be seen frequently at the Metropolitan race tracks, but he also goes in strong 4 lot hoxino-. and there isn't a bi? bout staged in the east that doesn't find him a ringsider. " The question naturally made me do considerable thinking while I Hepped the two blocks that sepa rated me from this man and lex Rickard. the promoter de luxe of fistic affairs. And the more I thought, the more Impossible it became for me to think of any man to be favorably compared with Rickard. He is in a class by himself. The man who popped the question is no particular lnend to lex, and therefore had no reason for boosting the man who went ahead with the $1,000,000 Dempsey Carpentier fight when other promo tcrs got 'cold feet" and stepped out. Wandering into the Oarden, 1 tiudged up the steps to the lower of lice and found Rickard at his desk, busy; but not too busy to be cheer ful. Talking a few minutes Rick frt. who is a man built of nerves. nddenly hopped out of his chair and said: ,."Lets go downstairs; I ve got something wonderful to show you." Builds Tank for 1,000 Swimmers. We went downstairs in the Gar f den and there saw the largest and most wonderful swimming pool in the world. Rickard, the man who does things, had constructed that gi gantic tank, which is a thing ot real beauty. Wc caw something like 1,000 individuals, men, women and children, splashing around m the green water, while in the seats which surround the pool there were prob ably another 1,000. From diving platforms expert divers of all ages and of both sexes were performing fancy stunts which brought applause irom the spectators. So much for a description of what we saw. What we heard proved equally interesting. Sitting with Rickard in a "pool side" box, he told us something about haw that great indoor swimming pool happened to be created. Among other things, he told me that it cost him $2S0,000 to build it and get it ready for the public "Do you know that for several years there had been talk of building a swimming pool in Madison Square Garden?'' lie questioned. rWtell, it is true, for the idea isn't mine at all. But no one ever would take the chance of losing more than $250,000. Putting this amount into a swimming pool is something that isn't done very often. But I became convinced that such a pool could bo made to pay and return the money invested, after which a profit would be insured, so I built it, and there it is in front of your eyes." Now, here are a few figures which are interesting. The first day's laun dry bill for the pool amounted to $20,000. The admission fee, with suit and towel, on week days is 75 cents. On Sundays it is raised to $1.25. Need $1,000 a Day to Get Even. Then Rickard explained what get ting even meant. It means that this wonderful pool must take in $1,000 every dav in order to pay off the "nut." , It has been taking in close to an average of $2,000 since it Opened, which is making slow but tire progress. This swimming pool is just one of the nervy plays made by Rickard in the last year. He certainly showed that nothing can stop him, when he staged the great international 6ght between Dempsey and Carpentier yesterday. It will be remembered that when this match was made, Rickard had for partner William J. Brady of New York and , Charles Cochran of London. '. Half a million dollars was offered the two fighters at that time, and when criticism was aimed at the bout and the New York boxing com mission placed a maximum limit of $13 on fight tickets, making it im possible to hold the big champion thiD in the state of New York, Brady and Cochran esperienced cold feet and got out from underneath, i ving Rickard holding the bag. Not Even Annoyed. ." But Rickard wasn't even annoyed. When he starts anything he finishes it, and he took over the interests of Brady and Cochran and ran the show himself. He got Jersey City to per mit him to hold the contest there, and Tex now emerges with a profit after establishing a new world's record for money taken in for a ring contest. That record probably will stand for a time. - There is another interesting story tliat can be told about Rickard. V-'en a little more than a year ago he leased Madison Square Garden for 10 years, a great number of peo ple in New York thought he was pulling a terriblj boner. They thought he was going to have a white elephant on his hands. ' But wat did Tx do? He staged a lot of fights in the garden last win ter, in many of which champions performed, and the gate for those shows was more than a million iron rnen. We will say Rickard showed 'em. Oxford-Cambridge Team May Meet Californianj The Oxford-Cambridge team of English athletes may meet a team of California collegians at Pasadena after the games with joint Harvard- t ,1V. Aim X 1 HlVtWIl-vv. a .... . . G. D. Rudd, captain of the team, ifind President Robert Weaver of the A. U.. are understood to be corre sponding preliminary to arranging such a meet for early August - The Englishmen have arranged a three-mile run for the distance event in the Princeton-Cornell meet Instead of the two-mile run that will be the longest on the Harvard-Yale program, f Left to Right James Poullos, Heavy Hitting Is Spoiling Base Ball "Makes Life Miserable for In- fielders," Says Manager Johnny Evers. Chicago, July 2. Heavy hitting is spoiling base ball, Manager Evers of the Chicago Cubs, believes. 'fhe hard hitting is making life miserable for the infielders and spoiling the game," said Evers. "The balls come down to the players so fast that there is a great danger of a man getting hurt and the play ers can't afford to take the chances' they used to take on bad hoppers. Unconsciously the infielders are getting in the habit of turning and fielding the ball sideways so as to avoid a possible accident, for they know the balls are hit so hard now that a bad hop into the face would result in a broken jaw. "Half a doren players have been hurt already this season by being hit by batted balls and some of them were injured so badly that they were out of the game for many days. The clean fielding of a few years ago, is impossible. They say the ball isn't any livelier, but it must be or wouldn t travel so fast. "Pulling an infield in to cut off a runner at the plate when a man is on third with none or one out, is almost suicide now. When that close to the batter, the infielder is just trusting to Providence that he doesn't get hurt. "I suppose the fans like to see hitting, but they don't like to see loose fielding and no other kind is possible under present conditions." Boston After 1922 Amateur Golf Meet Massachusetts Players Believe It Is Time Big Event Be Brought There. New York, July 2. (Specials Boston is after the amateur golf championship in 1922, and it is ex pected that the tournament will be staged at the Country club, the scene of the competition in 1910, in which year William C. Fownes, jr., won his national title. This was the only, time that the big event ever went to Massachusetts, and the players in that district believe that it is time to repeat. With the championship at St. Louis in September, it naturally will come east for two years, if prece dent is followed. Jt is also reported that the championship will go to Pine Valley in 1923. It is expected that the committee in charge of the selection ot championship courses will report at tjie July meeting of the executive committee of the United i states uon association wnicn win De held in Washington during the open championship. This committee will select the courses for all of the championship events for several years in advance. Bobbie Imposes His First Fine Life for the big league manager is a "goat-getting" trade, even for such a genial soul as Wilbert Rob" inson, the sunny dispositioned leader of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Uncle Robbie has handed down the first fine in his career of more than seven years as a major league manager. He imposed a discipline of two days' pay on Leon Cadore. Cadore's offense was failure to return to the club in Philadelphia. Chemistry to Aid Pitchers in Stopping Avalanche of Hitting New York, June 25. Chemistry has been enlisted to aid pitchers in their efforts to stop the avalanche of heavy hitting in the big leagues. A Philadelphia scientist has in vented a moist, chalk-like sub stance which, rubbed on a brand new ball, roughens the glossy sur face and gives the twirler a firm grip. The umpires, not the pitchers, rub this unnamed substance on the horsehide. The experiment was rt tried at Shibe suk, Philadel J. R. Smith, John Raeaide, club "pro;" O Here they are, boys! Members ofJ the York, Neb., champ golf team. These club swingers from York won over Norfolk, Wayne and the Blue Valley club of Hebron. Following are the scores: R. WlllUmi 6 Jo Smith 91 L. E. Foiter 63 Jam Poullo tl S3 1IJ- 1 18! 94 18 69181 WOODS and WATERS By LARRY ST. JOHN. The X Y Z of Bait Casting. ITH the bass season opening later than ever before in most States, the present day early season caster gets less easy, open water fishing and fewer bass from the spawning beds. It's a good thing for the bass and for the casting game in general. It puts a premium on skill; makes accurate casting more necessary. How accurately can you cast? There is nothing on which an an gler will deceive himself as readily as on this question. I think it is safe to say that no one casts as ac curately as he thinks he can. Can you. for instance, cast every shot in a 30-inch pocket in the weed bed at average casting distances say from 60 to 80 feet? Manv casters will be tempted to say, "Can do." Perhaps they can, but it's a mighty big order. By actual measurements with a tape line I have discovered that what many casters estimate as a 30-inth pocket in the weeds is nearly al ways closer to four feet in diameter, and often five feet. I found this true even of experienced guides who can estimate distances in a straight line with marve ous accuracy. Extreme, bull s-eye accuracy is not always necessary to successful bass and nickerel fishing. Occasionally a lure that hits within a tew incnes ot the fish's hiding place will be struck immediately it touches the water, the fish striking instinctively in self de fense. Under ordinary conditions, how ever, a cast that drops within thr?e feet of the fish will turn the trick. providing the lure is retrieved quick ly, for a feeding fish can travel three feet in the fraction of a second. It takes accuracy and quite a bit of judgment to drop a lure in exactly the right olace. In cluttered up places the caster must often estimate in advance his chances of landing a fish, if he hooks one, and make his cast accordingly. I once witnessed an incident where the angler used no judgment in such a case. A bass leaped near the shore. There were two big logs lying between the caster and the fish, but without waiting to get in a favorable position, the angler made his cast and hooked the fish. The fish leaped, struck the log and dropped into the open water. To make a good story the line should have snapped at the last mo ment and the bass made his getaway, but it didn't and he didn't. After ward the caster had the good sports manship to admit that he did not deserve that fish. Next to accurate casting and to dropping it "where thev is," we would place the quick retrieve. The bait should start back toward the caster immediately, or before, it hits the water. Some experienced casters have not mastered this important detail, al though it is easily learned. It is ac complished by clamping the thumb firmly on the reel at the end of the east and bringing the rod back to the left to meet the partially ex tended left hand. The A B C of successful bait cast ing may be put down this way: (a) Proper outfit. (b) Proper thuming of the reel. (c) Laying the line level on the reel in the retrieve. Using a similar formula the X Y Z of successful casting may be stated as follows (x) Accurate casting. (y) Jud dgment in picking the irght spot. (z) The quick retrieve. phia, a few days ago. It was tried again at the Yankee-Washington game yesterday and Carl Mays, the New York pitcher, said: "It'a fine. It gives a pitcher a chance to throw a curve ball. I would have won five more games this year if we'd had it all along." Walter Johnson of Washington also likes it. Lmpires Nallin, Chill and Owens, who have coated the balls, said they would recom mend its approval to the heads of the major leagues. ' Russell Williams, Leslie Foster, Fans Flock to A. A. Ball Games Exciting Race Draws Crowds Parks Despite Bad Weather. Chicago, July 2. The American association is facing" another record breaking year, according to Presi dent T. J. Hickey.. Mr. Hickey de clares that the attendance will be the largest in the organization's history and that the race will be one of the closest. In discussing the clubs' work thus far, he said: "Oar race is the best that the as sociation has ever had and notwith standing the first six weeks of our season was very bad weather. When our season was one-third played we had played six less games than was played in the same period last vear, yet the attendance to date is 53,000 over that of 1920. "The race is such that from now on we should break all records as was done in the game at Milwaukee, June 19, where they turned people away and when the eastern clubs move west on the Sth of July, where the western clubs will be at home with them for 16 days, I look for the largest attendance for this num ber of games that the association has ever had. Only two and a half games separate the first four clubs and eight and a half separate the eight clubs. Columbus is now play ing good ball and may within a short time be bunched with the other seven clubs. Already five clubs have been in first place during the season and Milwaukee is today one game behind Louisville." Ewen of Academy Eleven Is Presented With Coveted Sword Midshipman Edward C. Ewen of Vermont, for two years captain of the Naval academy foot ball team and a strong lacrosse player, has been awarded the Navy Athletic as sociation sword as the academy's best athlete of the year. Midshipman Edward P. Moore of Virginia will have his name en graved on the Thompson trophy cup i'or having done the most to promote athletics. He rowed on the academj crew of last year which won th world's championship in the Olympic games and is captain of the eight this season. For two years he has played a good game at guard on the foot ball team. ' Northwestern Tennis Meet At Minnetonka Lake From July 23-29 Minneapolis, Minn., July 2. The annual Northwestern Tennis tourna ment to be held at Dcephaven, Lake Minnetonka, July 23 to 29, will draw a stronger field than ever before, according to announcement by offi cials of the tourney. Joe Armstrong, northwest cham pion, recently was defeated by By ron Hutchinson of St. Paul in straight sets in a tournament at the St. Paul Tennis club. Henry Norton, 22-year-old Minne apolis tennis enthusiast, and Vincent Richards, also of this city, are be lieved to be vthe most likely chal lengers. WTTHTHE Chlcnyo Tribune-Omaha Bee Vta&td Wire. micago, July 2. Jo Gorman, Portland bantamweight, whs haa shown promise of developing into a high-class performer with the padded mitt a. Is after a bout with Jimmy Kelly. Gorman la a tough, rugged youngster and knows tha game from A to Z. Jimmy Hanlon. Denver liehtweieht. a favorite locally on account of hla slashing style or lighting, baa been matched to box Willie Herman of Jersey City in a 12-rounil no-rtcclsion hout. Hanlon re cently gave Willie Jackson the toughest fight of his career and Is now making New York hla headquarters. Blllle Coatea, local heaywelght Is match ed to box Harry William 10 rounda Mon day afternoon at Mellan, Wia. Coatea is under the management of Art Winch, who ao has his featherweight costender, Harry Mulleor. taking on Willie Green in 10 rounda at Escanaba, llich., the same date. Mike Gibbons. St. PauF middlelght, who haa a good chance of meeting Champion Johnny Wilson noon, will battle Al Bum mers In a lC-round dectsioa match at Sookana, Monday afternoon. . , poo: kees may be concerned, is swinging toward Nelson Hawks, the kid out fielder from Calgary, Canada. Hawks is regarded by fans, and by members of the Yankees also, as the man who will solve the problem of the New York outfield. Some one is needed out there, for all one has to do is watch the Hugmen stagger through a couple of games to realize that those games not lost in the pitcher's box are lost in the outer gardens. One need not lose the diamond look ing at the flaw, but the flaw in this case is large enough to kill the value of the diamond. No Good Outfielder. At this moment, the Yankees havq not one outfielder who really fills the bill. Babe Ruth can make good catches, but Babe is far from perfect in fielding ground balls, and he fails to come up with the rollers with that precision one expects of a major league star. Meusel is playing fine ball, but now and then his old trouble in going back on a ball crops up. Roth and Bendie, who play from time to time, are certainly not up to the standard, and the brilliant but brittle Chick rewster is not now in the running. Manager Huggins is inclining to Hawks as the days pass. He has clearly established the fact that he can do everything that the fans may well ask of him. A Born Hitter. He is a born hitter, and never has fallen below the .300 notch since he started playing professional ball sev eral years ago. He is soaring above that charmed notch right now, with every indication of holding his place He can hit all kinds of hurling to all fields, and his tremendous speed is aiding him beyond measure. Defensively he is a great asset, for he can travel over a greater distance to get a ball than any of the other men, and he is a sure catch, and here is something else to be considered with Hawks. That arm of his, which was supposed to be brittle, has sud denly tapped a source of power. He is shooting the leather in from the fences now and it is moving with true power. Hawks thinks he can hit southpaw pitching and he is cer tainly deserving of a trial. Palm Beach for j Yanks Next Spring Are Negotiating to Have Team Spend March There, Says Florida Man. New York, July 2. (Special.) The New York Yankees have almost decided to train at Palm Beach next spring. This fact was learned today from a Florida man, who declares that he knows that the Yanks are negotiating with persons interested in having the team spend the month of March in the resort of the mil lionaires, and this man avers that he knows whereof he speaks. His statements caused little sur prise. Last year wnen tne riugmen visited Palm Beach to play the Reds on March 17 it was said they might spend their training period there that season. However, because of the agreement entered into with the Brooklyn Robins, who trained at New Orleans, the Yankees did their work at Shreveport, La. Brooklyn failed to thrive in New Orleans. The pitchers had one sore arm after an other until Wilbert Robinson was nearly distracted. It is well under stood that the Robins will seek an other nest for 1922. Team Golf Becoming Popular In Chicago Chicago, July 2. Team golf popu lar in England, but almost unknown on most American links, is becoming popular on the Chicago courses. Each player on a team carries a dif ferent club, one doing all the driving, another all the brassie work, another all the putting, and so on. Only one ball is used by each team, and with each player using only the chil at which he is most adept. Remarkable scores are being made. Englishmen Win Tennis Championship Honors Winbledon, July 2. (By The As sociated Press.) Randolph Lycett and Max Woosnam, English players, won the final match in the men s doubles of the British turf tennis championship here today, defeating A. H. and F. G. Lowe, England, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5. "Speed" Martin Pitches to One Man But Loses Game Detroit, July 2. "Red" Oldham of the Detroit Americans and "Speed" Martin of the Chicago Na tionals claim to be the hard luck pitchers of their respective circuits. Oldham recently pitched to only two batters in a game, but was charged with the loss of the contest, while Martin's luck was even worse.. He pitched only one ball and lost a game. Martin went in as relief hurler in the ninth inning in an eastern game with the score tied. The first ball he twirled was knocked into the bleachers for a home run, winning the srame. With Detroit leading Cleveland 7 to 4, and the bases full in a recent game, Manager Speaker of Cleve land sent Graney, a left-handed hit ter, to bat for Nunamaker, who swings from the other side of the plate. Seeing this, Manager Cobb Winning championship titles is Ralph Powell's hobby. "Duke," as he is known to his followers at the Field club, adds one or two cham pionships to his credit every time Old father Time adds his regular nicks to his statt of years. When one speaks of tennis in local circles, he speaks of Ralph Powell, a youngster in his early twenties. Ralph has been playing on Omaha tennis courts ever since he has been old enough to hold a raquct. He received recognition as a ten nis player when he played in the Central High school tournament and later in the junior tourney. It wasn't long before he entered the city tournament, which he resolved to win. He was one of the youngest players in either of the brackets, but that didn't court for anything. He fought his way through each round and at the end of the week received the title of city champion. Is State Champ. The state tournament was held a few weeks later. No one thought the youngster had a chance to cop the tourney cup, but "Duke" was a determined player, and he began to practice in earnest. He began to learn the fine points of the game. When the veteran local and otitstate players gathered at the Field club for the tourney, Ralph was there. He has won two city and state tour neys now, and it out to win the tournaments this year, Ralph went out to gather mere Is the Bunt a Last Resort or A Play of Scientific Base Ball By FRANK G. MENKE. (Copyright, 1921. by Kin Features Syn dicate, Jnc.) i What is the ranking of a bunt in base ball? Some of the noble athletes think that bunting is a last resort of those who found it impossible to hit over the hills and far away; others ac claim it the most difficult and the most scientific part of offensive base ball play. So there you are! One finds that Babe Ruth, might; icst bludgeon wielder of any era, never bunts. Ana, at me smic moment, one discovers that a bunt ing attack mixed p with straight away drives made Ty Cobb the most remarkable batter of all time. Once upon a time Zach Wheat, slugger of the Dodgers, parked in the dugout, watched one of his mates make an unsuccessful attempt to bunt safely. "Can't See It." "There's a part of the game I don't like," remarked Wheat, re ferring to the bunt. "Can't see any sense in it. Can't see where a fel low should get up there and hit the ball so that maybe he'll get one base on the hit and maybe none at all while he passes up the chance to hammer the ball out of the lot. "How many times have you bunted the ball in the last five years?" asked Hy Myers, a team mate. "Twice." "That's about right." mused Myers. "And yet, if you had bunted about 200 times your batting aver age would have been at least 25 points fatter each year." "How so?" quizzed Wheat. "Because by bunting you'd be mixing up your attack and that's the thing that confuses the other players," was the answer. "As mat ters stand now, every opposition player knows when you come to the plate you are not going to bunt that you're going to wallop it. So they play back and because they play back rather far you have a tough time, busting the ball past them. "But," added Myers, "if you did 9me bunting occasionally those birds wouldn't know how to play you. They'd be worried. They wouldn't be playing out very far and, therefore, if you decided to paste a fast one through the infield, the chances are it would get past them for a hit, before they could hop over and head it off." Scientific Batsmen. Was Myers right? Willie Keeler, most scientific bats man in base ball's history, was a bunter for excellence. He amassed an amazing batting average because he, unlike Wheat, mixed 'em up. If the infield was out fairly far, he'd replaced Sutherland, a righthanded pitcher, with Oldham. Oldham pitched six consecutive "balls." Four of these placed Graney on first, while the next two were called on Uhle, another pinch-hitter. At this point Cobb sent Jimmy Mid dleton to the box. Graney scored the tying run and Uhle reached first on a fielder's choice. Wambsganss then singled, scoring Uhle with the winning run, and as Oldham was credited with responsibility for plac ing the tying and winning runs on the bases, the loss of the game was charged to Jiim. A. HOSPE CO. PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED All Work buarantatid Vj 1513 DoufU St. Tel. Doug. E588 I honors a few years ago. He won the tri-state open tournament at Sioux City, but lost two doubles cham pionship. Vincent Richards was Ralph's partner. Bill Adams has been Ralph's part ner in the doubles in all local tour neys. The two have worked well to gether, gathering four double titles. Now that the state tourney is to be an open to-urnament, Ralph will receive a national rating, for he will at least enter two national tourneys. Within a season or so he should be considered one oi the leading na tional players. Basket Ball Player. Tennis is not the only game that Ralph excels in. He is regarded as a very good basket ball player. He made the Iowa State cc-llege team two years. While at Ames Ralph was considered a good enough tennis player to be captain of the tennis team. He plays forward on the bas ket ball squad, being a marvelous shot. Po.well played a bit of foot ball at Central High school, but it in terfered with his work and he had to give up the chance of making a place on the eleven. Powell is the kind of chap one ad mires. He is the type that is not liable to be found anywhere in large numbers a quiet, unassuming young man, who looks clean and lives clean. He is a follower of clean sport. Not only athletics, but when it comes to looks, you ve got to aa- i mit that Ralph's just handsome. drop a bunt. If it played in close he'd aim to shoot it just beyond the diamond for a Texas leaguer. He established his hitting repuatation because he was forever "crossing" the enemy. Cobb is the modern Keeler. When ever he steps to the plate no man can forecast his plans. lis may drop the ball in front of the plate; he may try to slash it on a whistling bounder through the pitcher's box; he may aim it for just back of the infic-ld. Or he may try to lace it out of the park "Bunting ability is largely re sponsible for whatever success I have had as a hitter,'' declares Cobb "If there was no such a play as the bunt hit, the business of making safeties would be a whole lot harder thanit is now. But there is such a thing as a bunt and by use of it I can "cross" the opposition very often and fatten my batting average," Ruth doesn't bunt but there's a weighty reason. If he attempted one the chances are that he d be beaten to first bv 20 feet with the throw But why should Ruth bunt and go to almost sure death, when, bv slash ing at the ball, he is quite likely to whane it against the floor of Heaven? Wheat doesn't bur.t because he thinks it foolish for a man to try to get a one-base hit when he is just as likely to get a two or three baser Who is right the Wheamcs or the men like Cobb and Keeler? Pete Herman to Meet Joe Lynch in Return Match on July 25 New York, July 2 rete Herman has accepted the terms of the Inter national Sporting club to meet Champion Joe Lynch in a return bout at Ebbets field, Brooklyn, on July 25. A syndicate of French sportsmen recently wired Herman an offer to meet Charlie Le Doux, and though Herman wired back his acceptance he stated a few days ago that he had decided to cancel that bout. Pete is to pet a "purse of $15,000 for meeting Higgins, the English bantam king. Grey Eagle, 2:10 Pace, Shot After Breaking Leg in Stall Cleveland, O., July 2. Grey Engle, 2:10 1-4, a pacer owned by Wert Mal low, entered in many grand circuit races and hali-mile tracks this sea son, was shot at North Randall track following an accident in which the horse broke his left hind leg. The pacer's foot became wedged j back of a loose or broken board in his stall, the break resulting from ef forts to release it. ' Five Leading Batters Of Major Leagues American League. ' A. AB. R. H. Pet. Hellman. Detroit ... 6G 2f.8 &8 112 .411 Speaker. Cleveland., ft 31 67 94 .4"5 Cibb, Detroit 7 2SJ 71 111 .3J4 Slsler, St. Louis 01 259 S 9". .387 Ruth, New York 69 Hi 71 S .3G Kodonal League. A. AB. R. H. Pet. Hornabr. St. Louii.. 67 ill 63 107 410 Cruise, Boston 35 119 13 44 .400 Nirholeon. Boston... 3S VK1 S3 47 .3J YounK. New York... 65 1S1 1 7 McHenry, St. Louie.. 67 25i 46 i .361 (Copyright, by Al Slunro El!a.) nnH'ypQAEJ jock No. 44 Gives yon feeling cl real comfort and tha assurance of perfect protection while exer cising or playing gime ox any moo. 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City governments are not likely to lend much assistance, for in Chicago, at least, it is pretty well known that some of the biggest pools are oper ated to the profit of leading politi cians. The city authorities conse quently find their hands tied when it conies to dealing with pools. An instance is recalled during tha first grand jury investigation of base ball gambling, which finally centered on the world's scries of 1919. Sev eral alleged pool operators were ex amined, but none was indicted, be cause there was no proof that any citizen ever had purchased a pool ticket from any of them. It is the simplest thing in the world to get that kind of evidence if the author ities desire it. A Flimsy Excuse. 4 There is no secrecy about the sale J of pool tickets. One does not have to be identified, as is the case if one desires a shot of hootch or a glass of more than near beer. The sale of pool tickets is open, and plenty of evidence can be acquired in one day, if that were all that were necessary to stop their sale. Base ball pools are a greater dan ger than the other kind of gambling, because they rob the purses of those . who are lea? t able to stand the losses. No man will risk $50 or $100 cn the result of a ball game unless he knowa something about base ball, and can afford to lose the coin, as a rule. But the base ball pool is a lottery pure and simple. Odds Against Buyer. It requires no knowledge of the game, for the combinations are picked by the pool seller. Conse quently the lottery feature appeal to thousands who are willing to risk a quarter or half dollar at odds of about 1 to 100 against them, only they don't know it. Legislation against racing was not -the result of the losses of the big gamblers, but because the handbooks robbed the pay envelopes of the poorer classes. The same thing ap plies to base ball pools. Unless tb?. evil is curbed, the promoters of pro fessional base ball will be fighting, in a few years at most, against ad verse legislation, and the nation's rvactim will nronnfr the Same ob stacle now placed in the way of rac ing in so many states. Browns Use Quartet of Second Sackers in Game The Browns have second basemen all right such as they are. Lee Fohl . used four of them in a recent game. He opened with McManus, then tried Lee, next Lamb, and finally Gleason. Here, are four players who looked good in the minors, but can't show a thing in the American league. Fohl says their trouble i not physical, either. Motorics! A lens alone cannot insure A better driving light at night For first of all you must be sure Your headlight lamps are focused right Frst4, see that the ecus is right, a simple matter, Then get the beat lena obtainable PRIMOUTE watdi fo r further announcement Licenied under Girke Patcot Ni.. I.J45.07J FeifU-r Accctaory Corponri cn, Pirttburh Speed! Thrills! Speed! 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