St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri (2024)

bi. LOUIS POaT-DlSpATCH 1'KliliL AliY S. 1AGK 111 Sr. LOUIS POST-DiSPAlUri PEMFSEY TELLS WRAY HE HAS NOT CHANGED MIND ABOUT RETIRING 0 BARD WORK OF TRAINING IS NOT BASKET STANDINGS, THIS WEEK'S GAMES 5-MILE MARK BROKEN 3 TIMES Ban Johnson, Telling of the Mays Case, States That Manager Barrow li NORTH THE REWARD, HE ASSERTS; io. Team.

W. PI O.I ls-onsiii Michigan 7 271 209 5 252 HIS urdiic 7 335 215 ow a and stribling ready Asked That Pitcher Be Suspended Ohio State 5 I 205 27." Illinois 5 5 2H iH orthetern U70 271 Iitd'ana 3 7 Uf7 27t Miuiie.HOta 1 231 Chlcngo I -Jin oil By John E. Wray, Sports Kditor Post-Dispatch. MIAMI BEACH. Feb.

25. The case or Jack Dempsey's ature is interesting fight followers kck, in promoting tre met BAN JOHNSON'S OWN STORY, Substantially as told by him in interviews extending over a period of a year, reported stenographicaliy in many instanoes, and compiled in the present form By John E. Wray and J. Roy Stockton CHAPTER XVIII The Carl Mays Case. Copyright.

by the Pulitztr Publishing (The St. Louis Post D.spatch). fight, is merely stepping in to help out his friend, the late Tex Rickard; whether he is planning to become a serend Rickard in promotion or whether he wiU return uthe ring next summer to fight again for the title, in the hope of finning it aad retiring as champion, are some of the questions being THIS SCHI.IH l.P. Moiiday Purdue at Wixim.sin: Minnesota' nt Michigan; loa at Ohio Stale; Indiana at Xotihwest- crn. i Saturday Miehican at' Ohio State; I'll rd no at Illinois; North western at Iowa; Chicago nt iicsota.

I.KAIHNG lilll lis. rive if! n. its ana HEX Joe Lannin of Boston sold out to Harry Frazee, the way was paved for one of the bitterest controversies baseball had ever known, one which wa3 destined to have far-reaching 9 in Th. I 'jr. I t.

P.l'. Murphy, Purdue 3H 32 108 lh Poster. WiM-oiiMii 30 7 11 How, Illinois ....32 79 IT, Van Hede, (1. S. V.2 II 7H II t.t-l.

Chicago 16 71 It Strickland, Ind. ..33 7 73 '2i effects. Many persons trace the overthrow of the old National Commission form of government to the dispute over the services of Carl Mays, which was made possible by the entry of Frazee into the ranks of baseball owners. the MISSOITU VAI.I.KY. here today ThC Writer UMivu jam auuui 11.

raterday. "Have you changed your mind about retiring?" the greatest hit- -il. I have not not for publication least, was lie reply. 1 tun telieve what I told you several jnonths ago. that the hard work trf training is not worth the re-sard." "Are you expecting to retain wsr connection with the Madison Spare Garden promotions?" "What," was the question Jack pat in reply, "Do you think I tould do with a sal-try? It doesn't interest me." "How did you happen to take this task of putting' over the Surkpy-Striblins contest ll.

lub. W. Pl. lis. Washington 7 217 Crelghton 3 1 111 Ml Drake 3 3 1M ll.S Oklahoma A.M.

1 sr. 192 Grinncll 5 12 173 tiorr lav. him ft; est sportsmen that the game i.E.s ever known, sent that famous telegram to Jacob Ruppert: "Your business acumen I cannot admiie. Your sportsmanship smells to heaven." Ruppert never has forgiven Ball for that telegram. However.

I have come to believe that Ruppert was not to blame entirely. He was badly advised by T. L. Huston, who was the bad influence in he New York American League club. It was a fortunate day for the league and for baseball 'n New York when Huston retired.

TIJIS WI.KIv'S S. I-vadiiig s-orT: res-cut on the "Merely in the interest of Tex Koau Rickard's widow. It looked to me! ne hoars nluch of ll(nv Dem-m. need some heh. so needs the money and that this I stepped in." I And that is tiie surface of the littiatioii.

I Not I riendly With Orfkials. Actually there seems something (lite different hack of it all. close Wends of the champion tell. These ay that Dempsey, far from being! Club. FG.

KT.Pts. IT. Saturday Crelghton vs. Drake. I Meyer.

Washington 45 21 111 Jensen. Crelghton. 11 39 12 I Van Koten, Drake .15 II King. Drake 17 1 35 li Moiiohan, Drake ..10 2 31 II Coggeshall, lined 11 II 33 5 II. Traut man, Crelghton II 2S kifinpf, Creighton 12 1 2S 12 W'eintge, Washington 0 27 Washington 2l 12 Honrs, Drake 12 1 25 5 IiOlirdlng, Washington 9 f.

21 L. Trautmaii, Creighton 10 I 21 will throughout the country. Whether that Sharkey was at last induced to come into the fight picture at all. Jempsey offered to make up half Hie deficit between the Garden's bid and Sharkey's demand, and is taking a chance of a. considerable loss if the gate does not come through.

It said that the Garden was fearful of the success of this bout and actually expected it to prove a losing venture. If Pempsey sal-vases it and takes it out of the red ink with a $300,000 gate, as expected, it will be a surprise to the Garden officials. Most of the contracts for the fight aside from those with the principals are signed by Dempsey and the inference is that Madison Square Garden, fearful of a flop, let Jack go to the front and make be ihe influence that will drive him back to the ring to ac- cept a S.VMi.OOO offer. Nothing at all to this. Dempsey has real motn-y.

Two major life insurance companies have issued policies to i him which will net him a big an- nual return, if his active fortune should fail. Banks in 27 states hold accounts in hig r.amc. He throws money around lavishly and in putting over this promotion a few thousands have not at any time stood in his. way. The Gar- den authorities have not been able i to follow him, and that, perhaps, is where the line of cleavage be- them comes.

It also may i explain why the contracts are in Dempsey's Sharkey Sitting Pretty. Sihn rkrv sittinr TirtMtv' in i fiffht waiving hSs right to 25 J(0r cnt of the Rr0FS he has agreed to tak(J J100i000 for his Fhare. As tho capacity of the arena i3 on)v 40 000i he oannot possibly lose nnvthir, Whereas, if the gate flM tini, stribling was fairer with a3 to the referee. Naturally they kicked when it was proposed to put in a friend of Sharkey to of- riciate. I The sympathies of almost every- one h.ere appears to be with Strib-j ling, but there is a great distrust of fighting heart.

Had I the public confidence in his morale he would be favorite today over yesterday's workouts wound up. the hard practice of both men and henceforth they will do little untd the day of tho fight. Sharkey plans to box tomorrow but it hardly will be a serious effort. The men are fit and look the part. HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE STANDINGS, SCHEDULES CITY There had been an agreement among the club owners that no one owner would dispose of his stock without consulting the other club owners in the league Baseball is primarily a partnership business and the purpose of this agreement was to keep out men who as partner owners would be objectionable to others in the league.

In justice to Frazee it must be said that he was not entirely to blame. Lannin had signed the agreement along with the other owners, but the ink was hardly dry when he sold out his holdings to Frazee. Frazee at that time tried to arrange a conference with the other American League owners, to see if he would be acceptable, but Lannin advised against such action and the deal was consummated. A Wise Agreement. There is no question about the wisdom of the agreement.

The first fundamental requisite in any business is harmony. Without peaceful co-operation no great organization can prosper and progress and the agreement, designed to exclude owners who would prostitute the best interests of baseball and the league in general for their own personal gain, therefore was a most praiseworthy one. However, the league could not enforce it. It would have been folly to take such an agreement to court and so we decided to make the best of a bad situation and we permitted Frazee to trudge along. Frazee had many personal troubles, but they did not interfere with the smooth operation of the league machinery until the Carl Mays case disturbed the tranquility of affairs during the season of 1919.

He needed money and was selling his star players right and left. Edward Barrow was manager of the Boston Red Sox and the team was playing in Chicago when Mays, taken out of a game because he was being hit rather hard, became angry and quit the club. He caught a train for Boston, where he told Burt 'Whitman, sports editor of the Boston Herald, that he was through with the Boston team and never would play in a Boston uniform again. Two or three days later the Eos-ton tlub was playing in Dotroit nu in ui ifie xeiroic Interested in the Madison Square Garden Corporation, is very much interested in William Harrison Dempsey and in his future. Dempsey was interested in putting over the venture for Miami, in which be is heavily interested in the dog! track and other ways.

It was felt hat Miami could net afford an- ler big failure and so Jack went bat to see that Mrs. Richard and the City of Miami received jhat was coining to them. A new angle to the affair is that: and the Madison Square iarden management are none too Mendly and that, far from work- si? with that organization, Demp- yii.tends to enter the promoting teiness himself with Detroit as; i scene. His connections there BIG SIX. Opp.

When the Kiel-Miller factions have settled the question of who is the father of Munipipal Opera in St. Louis will they kindly take time out to tell us who put the sv.lt in the ocean. Tliis is one of those "You're right. Paddy I know dom well I'm right." campaigns. If they keep on we'll find out who put tiie lights on the water tower.

L. (Young) Stribling or Young (W. Stribling, as the case may be, says in part that he is going to knock Jack Sharkey so flat that a pancake will look like a football in comparison. Sharkey says in rebuttal that he is going to hit the Georgia Clingstone so hard it will kayo tlie whole Stribling family, from Pa and Ma down to the baby. Looks like a good draw.

"Ilcflin Calls Xewspajier Men 'Squirrel Cheer up. boys: that's not as bad as a Kleagle head. Johnny Farrcll thinks the new golf ball will aid the duffer. So it will simply be a question of supplying the demand. Anything in the shape of first aid to the duffer whom he always have with will be duly appreciate.

TStanl.s. Your hen or. McBHde Opposes St. Louis U. High McBri.Je will attempt to keep its record clean and tighten its hold on first place when the five meets St.

Louis at o'clock this evening in a Prep League contest at the St. Louis U. Gym. The Colonnad-ers have a perfect record in league competition thus far, having won six games and lost none. Coach Kamp will start the same lineup that has begun every game since the opening of tne league season, while Coach Stanton's starters will include Cullen and Minette at forwards.

Shea and Tad- berg, two new men, at guards, and either Vollmer or Dilsehneider at center. By winning tonight, the t'olonnaders will be assured of a tie for the league title, while a defeat will require them to trounce C. B. C. in order to win the championship.

St. Louis 1. High, to remain in the running, must win over McBride this evening, and Ho two re rr. ai i ir contests with C. B.

The probabl Country lineups: Fos. Weil K.I- Stephens L.l Gorman St. L. V. 11.

If) inette Volmer or Dilsehneider Shea Padberg I urbin Ruff. KREMS AND NELSON DEFEATED IN MATCH Freddie Krfins and Roy Nelson, of the Major City and Washington scratch leagues, lost a fie- game total pin bowling match to W. Glaul and J. M. Wilson, of the St.

Louis Scratch league, on the Saratoga olb-ys. Mapb-vvood. yes terday afternoon. 1902 lson shot 957 for th to 1ST five games while the best reins could do was 917. Glaub counted 972 and Wilson 930.

Nelson had a high single count of 217. Glaub also had a 217 game. After the doubles match, Krems and Wilson rolled a three-game match with the latter winning by 2S pins. Krems could not get his ball working ar.d connected for only 526. Wilson got 554.

I Day -nd W. It. P. OP. Pennsylvania ..7 211 lf.5 Dartmouth 4 3 211 205 Yale 4 4 20S 2IH Columbia 2 4 1S2 201 Cornell 2 4 1C1 155 1 Princeton 1 5 111 173 I LEADING SCOIUiKS phoned to me that Barrow was Interest in Three Clubs.

in the room with him. I I SPEAK of Charley Somers. one of the big factors in the wants von to take some i sion of the American League. Player College. I'D.

I Schnaf. Penn 30 1H 7 90 Hall, Cornell 21 13 5 55 Nassau, Yale 15 19 17 4 9 Cheney, Dartmoiithl 7 9 5 43 Gregory, Columbia 13 15 10 41 Lewis, Cornell 15 10 II 40 BAN JOHNSON ers had financial interest in three clubs, but only in the interest of the league as a whole. Before the present century was inaugurated. I sold Somers the Grand Rapids franchise of the old Western League and he was in the league two years before we expanded. We had changed our name two years before the big movement, as we had teams in Buffalo, Cleveland and Chicago and were no longer a strictly Western league and could not live up to that name.

We became the American League and Somers was with us heart and soul. Somers was young and enthusiastic, progressive and he had the money. He and his father had been in the coal business and were mine owners. When his father died he inherited all his money. When we went to Cleveland he made McAleer manager the first year on my recommendation.

I did not know McAleer very well then, but he seemed to me to be the most logical man. Somers sent for McAleer to come to Cleveland. Jim was running a haberdasher's store at Youngstown. McAleer "knocked" the proposal. He said to Somers: "You don't want to buy this franchise, you will lose your pants.

You are a fool for going into it." Somers, however, went ahead and installed McAleer as manager, despite the fact that he had discouraged him. McAleer was with Cleveland for two or three years then Somers dropped him and I sent him to St. Louis. Made Expansion Possible. It was Somers' money that pulled us through our expansion move- iiK-nt.

He financed tho entry into Boston and he loaned Connie Mack and two others enough money to finance half the Philadelphia stock. That, of course, sounds like "svndicate" baseball. But Somers was permitted to put in his mony on the understanding that as soon as the clubs were on their feet, his interest would be retired and that I is what happened. Somers was a world of help to us. lie put the money into Boston and signed the great club that eventually won the first real world's championship in 193.

It was his money that built the old Huntington avenue- plant. About three months after the season opened he got into a temporary jam on the stock market and had to sell the club. Somers built the stand and park in Philadelphia, too. He leased the grounds there and took Mack In. After we were ready to start the ball rolling.

Shibe decided to come in and took a 50 per cent interest. Somers, of course, was connected with the Cleveland club all this time. When he got into financial difficulties later the bankers took over his business affairs, including the Cleveland club. Charles Co-miskey and I then financed the club for a while to get It out of the hands of the bankers and later gave Jim Dunn a chance to organize and take the property over. Held Bag for Two Years.

Comiskey and I held the bag for two years. We were not interested in running the club and took Dunne's stock for collateral. Still we invested a considerable amount and we were not relieved until 1920, when the club had if big vear and paid a 50 P'r rci.t divi dend. That was when Dunn bought 1 us out. This connection was brought up against me in the Mays case by I the New York club.

As for Somers. he got rid of is Philadelphia, connection as soon the club was on its ter t. His oi ly rea! interest in the matter was the welfare of the ague, which o(s him a debt of gratitude. Eventually Frozen Out. eventually was frozen of the bague because lue other club members would cot come to the rescue.

But he recov- ci-ed firancially. the bankers! eventually turnh.g over to Into 11.50.000. ar.d a half interest in 1 the coal properties that had been Jeopardized. Somers did more for the leagw- than ar.y other individual rich; owner and was a real "angel- to Ihe organization. Tomorrow I rom Commission to i Commissioner.

I I I The opposition party made much of what it called the victory in the Carl Mays case and that incident has been referred to as the first indication of strength in the camp of those aligned against my presidency. "The Angel'' of the American League. During the trial of the Mays case, the New York American League club delved into the affairs of the Cleveland club and endeuv-orcd to establish an unsavory connection between myself and that organization. The inference they tried to bring out was that I was violating the league constitution by-owning stock in tlse club lml profiting by my position as president to fatten my pocketbook. Very few charges of "syndicate" baseball have been made against the American League owners and officers and all were unjust, my own instance included.

I may say that the New York club itself has not been entirely free from suggestions of the sort and I can equally give them a clean bill of health, under the American League laws. Because the story of the Cleveland Club involves in part the story of a man who was of vital importance to this league in its trying years, I will refer to my own connection with the Cleveland team. I believe we owe more to this man than to any other individual that I can name, for the reason that his spirit and aggressiveness, and more than all, his money, was at our service when we needed it. When circ*mstances beat him temporarily to his finan- 11.1. A I dill .1 I'lUl i the league as a whole did not con-sent to come to his rescue.

Early in the league's history Som- Wickern Leader In Pin Tourney New leaders came in both the singles and doubles competition of the City Scratch bowling tournament on the Gravois Recreation alleys yesterday afternoon. In the individuals, C. Wickern is the pacemaker with a total of 665, gained as a result of games of 215 and 214. The total is one pin more than that rolled by J. Heibe, who put together games of 245, 197 and 224.

In the two-man, R. llosenfeld and H. May with 1261 shot into first place. The team had games of 435. 3S5 and 441.

May had a total of C52. with a high game of 25S. while his partner totaled 609. F. Kopp and E.

Hasten with 123 5 went into second, while W. Zipf and L. Klein, 1253. took third. C.

Schaffnit and H. Yollmar rolled to fourth with 1 233. ST. LOUIS PIN TEAMS LEAD IN TOURNAMENT ON EAST SIDE DRIVES St. Louis teams hold the first three places in the seventh annual Southern Illinois bowling tournament on the St.

Clair alleys as a result of competition over the week-end. The Washington alleys! five is showing the way with followed by the Wooster 276S. and the Southwest Greeting Cards, 2753. In the doubles. Tom Ilefton and C.

Per.ser.eau of Fast St. Louis are the pacemakers with the score of 1317. with G. Heekman and C. Kraessig next with 123S.

J. Kuhl-man Is high in singles with 639. Competition Saturday and Sunday will complete the tournament. Retains Golf Title. HOUSTON.

Feb. 2 5. O. Carlton of Houston yesterday de- feated Reuben Albaugh of San An-j tonio, 3 and 2. in the finals of the Houston Country Club invitation: tournament.

champion. Carlton was the i I SOLTHI.P.N CON I IP.I.NC W. Washington and Lee 7 North Carolina Georgia Tech G-orgia Tu In ne Kentucky Tennoss-e Alabama Clemsoii Duke North Carolina Stale 12 .10 .13 9 IO A action about Mays' insubordination," Navin told me. "He feels that Mays ought to be suspended and fears that if he is not suspended. Frazee will sell him to New York." I agreed that Mays should be disciplined for willfully deserting his team and I announced his suspension.

Barrow was right in his fears. Immediately Frazee did seil the pitcher to the New York club and there was a great hullaballoo Jn New York, and all because I had uspendt an insubordinate player I at the request of that player's man- ager. The New York club flouted of tne American League president and obtained a temporary injunction restraining me from interfering with the purchase of Carl Mays or the use of his services. The New York club found itself in a tight place. There was only one "out" that was the one taken.

Ed Barrow male an affidavit that Mays had not been in- "I feel like it will do me a lot of to limber up again," Jack aid. i Jack feels, his friends fny, iat 1" couM push over Stribiir: ir without much trouble. it terror? bmg conuil ii-ning Mtded r.re ten great for him. In-i Nation ol" show. Dfinney been the insnirn-I tien of the sliew he re.

His tin less I energy, his unfailing good nature Vi his willingness to die: into his! pocket rather than argue have on him the leadership in the en terprise over the Madison Square larderi representative, Carey. Dempsey doey the real work and as through Dempsey's efforts LIKEN QUINT READY FOR GAME WITH BEAR FIVE Tiie St. Louis Cnivcrsity chances against Washington Valley cham- c-tifhip basketball team in the local eelleKiate game of the "son tomorrow night are much tins morning because of good f. in th Paturdn tmwing of two substi-e victory over Concor- iV. l.yli- Drviry, tlie job of liter po.sition was no rrobleti to' Lir.tz.

Tll; for Coach Mike Nyi-h didn't have the. a good bid for 1 "P-o'f a ae H.u, n.l that f.iet gave of keii' recent opponents a Tiinsr lf. linm.i st a rt m- Acain.st. oncoi iiia. his Kob- a line ar.d was ka.j.-r rat'y that cut bad.

His per-wiiieh was creditable in rf-'pf-f ts, is likely to result, in arism half the job with Ainlerson at a running r'! looked too good or. li.i to bo kept on i ''leii and ither Joyce or l.au to make room or I Louis gae Wash- a beating earlier the Bears' line rc-V -e iii gives them an Hi the Billlk- PS. "STRANGLER" LEWIS MFrTC I'll I'llADUIVI i -1 innj rv win.ii MJ Feb. Ed i- I.ewW metis Kola Ku.svtan. at Ihe r.ty-'t'vimir.t Aimorv her-, to- i i I I I I W.

l'et. Soldan 1 IlooMvelt Ileaiiiiiont Central 2 6 .000 I'ra i'AitAToitv W. Ii. Pet. Mcllri.le i 1.000 C.

It. St. I.oul tt -2 .600 Western M. A .000 W. Pet.

(Ol.NTY I.KACilT".. 1 laplevoKl 5 I I City 5 2 Normandy 7 .700 4 hi) ion 1 .1 1 1 i juirWw.HHl 2 .100 llaiMiM-k 2 4 .33:1 1 Kitenoiir 3 0 .3:13 IKton 2 7 .222 St. Charles 1 .1 1 1 this Tomorrow tlerlaml at 'Vorinandy nt Vnlcrsltj Clly; ltitenour at Prlnefpia Acad- emv. Wilnoslay Soldan vs. Central nt ltKMM-lt; l'erguson at WelN- I'he ai lay.

ceJ pot ed- i "'--1 ger of the Boston Red Sox had given the player permission to leave STICKNEY-HOELSCHER CIGAR CO. Distributor St. Louis A THREE DAYS' COUGH IS YOUR DANGER SIGNAL the team at Chicago and to return I to Boston. The case dragged on for three weeks and tlie testimony was to conflicting that the Court refused to give a verdict. Mays, by virtue of tiie temporary injunction, was playing with the Yankees and in absence of any definite decision by the Court lifting the restraining order, he continued to play.

A Necessary Rule. It appears to me that there an i be r.o question as to which side was rigiit and union slue was wrong in this Car! Mays case. The right of a club to retiin i plavers from vear to vear Is one i of the bulwarks of baseball pros perity. If players were permined to quit teams at will, knowing that desertion would followed by a I sale to another club ther oon I would be chaos. Teams could not build and the poorer clubs wo llu soon be bankrupt.

It was during the hectic days of th trial of the Carl Mars ease that I'hil Ball, owner of the- ft. Louis Browns, and one of the fair- 1 Congas from roMs may Ial to serious troublr. Von can stop thra now with Creorauliiion. an creosote tii.it is plrant tu tA-. is Rirdiral divotery ilth twofold action; it and li'alu the in fla aw mTabrane and inhibit stTia foih.

Of all known drufs rroote is r-e fpnurd Lr hi-h laeJical aulltoritir one of the fresteM healing for coughs from colds and bronchial irritations, Creomuiaiun contain, in addition to crroKrte. othrr heaiioff ton; Western Military Academy at i hrMinn HnMliers College. I rhlay Christian Ilrotliers "ol- lege at St. Iiuis Vnierily High school 1'ergu-on at Kilenoiir at KirkKl: Clayton nt iiiervit Wellston at llan-etH'k: Welwter at Normanti.v. Salunlay Sohlftn at Ileaunioiit 4 lclanl at Kcoseclt; Country Day at Western Military Academy.

Auirre Wins on Points. I'-y Irem. LOS ANGELES. C.U.. Feb.

2 4. Sammy Aguirre. Los Angeles wel-: term islit. won a six-round decision over Johnny Biair of Utica, N. here hist night.

CREOMULSIOM rOR THE COUCH FROM COLDS THA THANG ON.