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but heneed no denials whrn of the Vech case is that

mea frt base," said Cobb thatevWnng. C"Bobby Jones Is doing bet-

ter at third bse this year. than heee- has before. Tbother two placeaw open to coSpetton, yea, and so isthird base, for that matter. TheTiurs, to make a real fight for the

must be strengthened in theand in the box. I'm going to

try and work Just that thing beforemls."Howard bmke is a capable pitcher.

though inclined to unsteadiness. Hisat* of smoothness might not be socostly with the slugging Tankees be-hbid him as It has been with theYlgers. He would be a valuable ad-

Ulnto the Tanks' weak staff.Cafel a Wonde.

Johnny Mitchel wasenhned a field-Sng wonder while in the Pacific CoastLeaue. The YankeeS are said tohave turned over seven players to per-rit him to warm the bench alrlastsumumer. Subbing for Roger Peckin-

ouh is a soft snap and Mitchell gotmighty tow bal games at bsort.

He had a brief and unfortunate trialat second base. Though a marvel onthe coast, Mitchell is not needed bythe Tankee. He should welcome afhence to play regulaly tor the D-otrait Tigers.

dals to ompte in NewYknext week, makes no flat

* vtrents. However. -his tans areat . SubMore rumors are run-

lagaround town than ann be num-ome have McBride canned.

Others have him offering himself asa saerifice. Some have Milan man-th and others have Johnson run-

theball club from the benchdaring afternoons when he is not

-uring. Halt the ball club has beensold or traded, according to theserumorp. However, not until he re-turns from New York will the boss

eany official announcements.NIe fans want a whole lot of newTheyr hav. been obtained,

~hmost of them have yet togood. The rooters are also

howinig via the United States mailsfer a new third baseman and a new

O'3os Is CheerfuL.Ser Blackie O'Rourke last night

Into the Ooidental for a realne.He seemed cheerful as ever.

"Pm taking the mssagee and thedstrio bath every day," said he.

Scourse, I'll have to get out theretrow a ball before I'll be cor--ethe effect of the treatment.they tell me I'll be all rightagain and I'm willing to wait."

ORourke is due to remain hereSChristmas, taking daily treat-tfor his weak wing. Then he will

~'at his home until the bugle blowsuighim to Tampa. Down there..dby the warm sun and soft

he will unlimber his throwing.If he finds himself able to get

teball across on a line the Washinig-~eolub wDi not have to search farther

a shortstop. If the arm continuesI, that's different. Then,

somne other player is waitingchanee to play, a mighty roar will~Washington that wDi be

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brook@ no laziness. Given authority,'it to doubtful If he would retain Play-e who spend most oftheir afternoonssleeping In right field or snoozing onthe far end of the bench.Whle inclined to be quiet, Zeb d-

veloped unexpected fighting spiritwhile running the team last summer.it was with a bitof a shock that the

ftanm maw him striding Into the Infildon more than one oocasion to lectureg weak-kneed flinger. That he wasthinking at all times, one has but *0recall that It was Milan who called theturn when Harry Helmannd the De-troit slugger, hit out of turn one after-

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like giving him a spanking and 'aendinfifteen years old, and his name was EdAt the interesting agO of eighteen,.

Hanlon fought such easy marks asAbe Attell, Young Corbett, twice, andBenny Yanger uice. He drew Intwenty-round bouts with Attell andCorbett, and in his first bout withYander, beat Yanger in twenty irounds in the second bout, and lostto Corbett in sixteen rounds.At nineteen, he stopped Kid Brood

Dekr ack O'Nill. Kidught ivanand Tim Callahan, and was stoppedby Battling Nelson in nineteenrounds. He also lost to Terry Mo-Govern in four rounds. At .twentyhe was tossed in eg~at such asHarry Lewis, Abe At Young Cor-bett, Willie Fitsgerald, Aurelia Her-

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President Has Not ResignedFrom Chicago Cubs, He Says,

on Way East.CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-Rumor. that

Bill Killefer would not manage theChicago Cube next season and that

pesiet of the club wer denie byVeeck in a statement lat ngt jut

"Bil Kllefer ha iged hi. 21contt and will manage te Cb,

if I hdpad 6150,000 for Hli eIothere might be some truth to the re-port, but since I did "ot It is ab.

JEWEL ENS IS TRADEDTO PITTSBUROH PIRATES

ST. LOUIS, Dec. l0.-,Jewel Ens.third baseman of Syracuse Interna-tional League club, was traded tothe Pittsburgh Nationals by the Car-dinals, according to word receivedhere today from Manager BranchRickey, who 1s attending the Buffalobaseball meeting. Ens was purchasedfrom the Houston, Texas League, clublast year. He played with Dallasand In the Western League.

Notre Dame Cancels.SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 10.--

Notre' Dame has canceled the foot-balgames sheduled with Cetre Cl-

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MORE BASEBALLDELS TALKEDINN. . SESSION

Quarter of a Million DolarsChanges and Business Is

Just statedBy JACK VasOC.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-ThoughW0,000 will change hands as aresult of player deals consummatedat the Bufflo meeting t the ns,donal amocios, the magnates arenot yet through reaching into thedoughbags.With the scene of action trane-

trred to New York today in preo-paet of the major league meetingsnext week, talk of further dealsfiled the air.The New York Yankees have sev-

eral deals in prospect, one of whichis -believed to be with Detroit. Rumormyg that Bob Veach and a pitcher,probably Iloward Ehmke. may cometo the Yanks for Johnny Mitchell.an outfielder, and some cash money.The Pittsburgh Pirates and Chi-

cago Cubs are both in the marketfor talent. Gibson and KUlefer arecasting about high and low for somedeal that will strengthen their teamsand hope to put over a deal or twobefore the end of next week."Players were never so scarce."

said Killefer, discussing the prdb-tems that confront him. 'rry andbuy somebody, just tri and do it."The 8t. Louis Browns also' have

money to spend for pitching talentand could use a second baseman, butas Business Manager Quinn eaid atBuffalo:"We're not going to pay radium

prices and I doubt It we could getthe right men even though the skywan made the limit."New York was the objective for

both major and minor league own-ers and managers today.Many came on from Buffalo Thurs-

dat night and others straggled 'Intoday.At the International League meet-

ing Monday the transfer of Syra-cuse's franchise to Montreal Is.peoted to ho ratified.

MATHEWSON GETS CHECKFROM POLO GROUNDS OAMENEW YORK, Dec. 10.-A check

for '$24,673, representing additionalproceeds from a benefit baseballgame played at the Polo Ground.September 20 for Christy Mathewson,former pitching star of the NewYork Giants, was mailed to him to.day at Baranac Lake. where he is Illof tuberculosis. Several weeks agthe was sent hi. first check fow$30,000.

BANCROFT IS PLEASEDWITH HEINE GROH DEAL

SUPERIOR. Wi., Dec. 10.-DaviBancroft, captain of the New YorUGiants, said- he was greatly pleasedwith the deal that transfer. HeniwGroh from Cincinnati to the Giants"I would rather have seen a castdeal." said Bancroft, "because I hatito se Burns and Gonzales leave theclub." Bancroft is spending the wintar at his home here.

*Sier's Team Wing.LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10.-George

Sister's Vernon Club, winner of theWinter League championship. todasopened a post-eeason series of threwgames with the Missions, of BarFrancisco, led by Harry HteilmannThe Missions finished second, 1-ornaby's Loe Angeles team third and T)Cobb's NMen Franisco club last.

Niehoff Will Lead.MOBILE. Ala., Dec. 10.-Bert Nie

hoff, former National League Infielder, has- been named to manatg'the local, Southern Association clutIfor 1923. Last year he was captairand second baseman of the Los An

mets fInhin the Pacific Coas'

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Ward.

By KIR MI.ER.P ohot-water ba, rtpidwas al, to read the bad aew

today through a et cf darkglasses.

"Ieoks like landlord's incomtax," he moaned as he sunk

antiseptic cushions and in-

amfawetoni-0RBy k= n= thrUgh tbeae

wheat straw.

lymnpathetlo bedside calle- ti-mated Judge Landis annul hae

added all thenaubers in CMi-a

todayUkrO~b c&se Of d""rk

book and multi-'plied'by nine.

Inncoclnt by Ittander sug-gested perhap.the numericaludge stoodsonurner of Clark

arn Madison ,strets and wait- Iaed for largestautomobile tagto sloop by andgrabbed fineC Iof that.Colored orderlyin rabid wardgot glimpse of Ipnalty as he

read o'er Ruth's shoulder and al-lowed "them sure Is noble siD-tics."

"When It comes to conjurin upqueer Mathematical hieroglypthat there Jedge Landis am a genti,"Babe further discomfited annghise'f.

Home Run Idol flooded with of-fers from foreign and doenestiqteams to sign for 1922 spasm. Cea-trnct on way from Moose Factoryoffers hundred otter hides a year,Including flop, nose-bag and medio-inal beer.

'Nother from 091, Te. offersslugger half interest in three drywell., together with annual pass on

Idefunct stage coach line,

Geegaw, Oregon, of . MountainGoat League, willing to pay Babethree men's salary If he will pathe entire outfield. Must think h'a centipede.

Flattering telegram arrives fromAlpine Archipelag, whaere they runbasei on stilts. itcher wears mnowshops and catcher rattles around onroller skates.

Canal Zone, where every playerwears a motorcycle, thinks Babewould make a home run on an ordi-nary single and three bags off ofmost bases on balls.

HOBLITZEL AND HUMMELQUWT READING CIRCUIT

READING, Pa., Dec. 10.-At a meet-ing of the Reading Baseball and Ath-letic Association Richard ("Diok")Hoblitsell, who managed the ReadingAces lest sasonn tendered his resigna-tion to manage the Charlotte (N. C.JSouth Atlantic League Club next sea-son.

"Silent" John Hummel of this cityteform rok National utilitmanwhofthe 1330 Reading

Int., announced today that hehasigned a contract to manage theSpringfield (Mass.) Eastern LeagueClub in 1322.

Seek Court Came.The Kanawha Prep., which last

year, under the namie of the EpiphanyTigers, won the juylor city title, wouldlike to arrange basketball games wltnlocal 12 5-1851-pound teams. Challengebshould be telephoned to ManagerBlanken, at Noh 310, between 5 andSp. m.

isrUtded by GoldwyailENVSHIh.c.OUT TO IN ITSNINTH STRAIGHTPbatut LihweWgh-t ElevunI*Tackle Kanawhas Tomoirrow

In Tileo ContestAcoding to the claims .1 the twoSams, the 130-1230-pomud sanidit leot-all championship 'Of the city will belidd by the outcoe of tUinisaw!'-i betwee. 40a Yffsiilj A. C.3the KnwaelewemV sa3.Oet . n~me Lot, starting

it 2 eeokFrteniship, with eight straight win.mdno defeats, has scored 103 pointeaminat its opponents 20. and is the

only team in its class to remain un-waten throughout the season. Man-iwba, Its nearest rival, loot to t.,reresa's Props, a heavier seven.Friendship in coached by Frank

Pree, former Mohawk and Naval Ap-rentice player. Although Frieandhl.'resents an unusually light line-up,he majority of' its gains have haveeen made by solid line-plunging Inwhich Its backfield. composed of Riley..chneider, Mattingly and Heath orqewman, excella.

An nest mi ?fs'lss.Schneider, fullback, Is rated as aomer in sandlot circles, playing hisnret game of football lest October.Ie is an iron man, having partici-ated in every minute of play thismeson. .Rilaf, captain and quarter-ik, Is a .plandid runner; Mattingly.ialfback, fresh from two years' serv-es with the marines, and a genialIrishman. ts a young battering rawm the offnse- Klein, but fourteenrears a a, eaviy outweighed in

voryg , has proved steadily that*the come, the harderhey ; t- , diminutive tackle.itarred with the Rex Juniors last year,ad {Wan ecenent player.The team's success is laid to a

narked fighting spirit and fine team-erwl. Among other exoellent play-we on the team are Bernie and AlHeath, Ball, Northredge, Horowits,Molson. Sam Kinnamont, Newman,and Greene.

Has Girl eader.,The eleven represents the Friend-

.kin Athletic Club, with a member-ship of forty boys averaging egteen

ber 1921, ..dhas clb roomat 524 Virginia avenue southeast. MissLsorraine M. Wall is the organiser andeader of the team.Friendship's victories have been

ever Perry A. C., Washington A. C.,Wentworths, Unios Wepaiokes,

Reserves, and LexIngton A. C. TheMoulton. and dt. Teresa juniors for-felted to FriendshIp. Kanawha pre-pent. a worthy opponent for thesoutheast team, having lost only onegame. that to the St. Teresa preys.

WEST VIRGINIA TACKLESCONTEST WITH INDIANA

MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Deo. 10.-One of the most Important Inter-sectional football games In whichWest Virginia has participated wasarranged today with the Universityof Indiana at Bloomington November11. Indiana will play West Virginiaon the same relative date in 1533 atMorgntown

lined her games to Eastern andSouthern teams, and plays a Westernconference team for the first time Inmeeting Indiana. . It was announcedtoday also that the date of the re-turn game. with Cincinnati has beenfixed for November 4 at the QueenCity.,

Play Three Cames.Gonuaga High's basheters will

hook up with the Bliss ElectricalSchool five in the Goneaga gymn to-night at 7:830 in the first game of atriple-header. In the other twogames. the Aloysius Reserv'es willmeet the (artisle quint. and the