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The Pittsburgh Sporting, Comics and Classified irress Sporting, Comics and Classified 'Always in the Lead PITTSBURGH, PA-, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927 "A Press in Every Home" BP XT WILL TO AVENGE OLD DEFEAT TODAY HERE ARE SOME HUSKY C0RNHUSKERS PITT MEETS TODAY 4ALPH DAVIS SAYS Welch and Presnell Babe and Loo End Profitable Jaunt. Gehrig Not Worrying Abont 1928 Salary. More Homers At Braves Field Next Season. Will Be Compared ENDEAVO HARVEST' EM PITT! Panthers Must Win to Wipe Out Tie With ABE RUTH and Lou Gehrig are back in New York after their transcontinental barnstorming trip. They are going to watch the Army footballers and Notre Dame go at each other today.

Ruth has been invited by Knute Rockne to sit on the Irish bench. BABE AND LOU raked in the shekels at a lively rate on their long trip. Ruth received $3,000 for posing in a new patent pair of overalls at Kansas City. He and Lou together picked up $4,700 of this kind of money. THE BABE intends to put $25,000 of his share of the tour's receipts into his fast growing trust fund.

Gehrig turned his coin over to his mother, who is investing it for him. He's nobody's boob, believe me. BABE AND Lou played 21 games of ball In 20 cities in nine states from Rhode Island to California. The total ticket sale netted $200,000. Thirteen games on the trip were broken up before the ninth inning by enthusiastic kid admirers.

SCHOOLS were closed in San Jose, Marysville, Sacramento and other cities to permit the children to see the home run hitters in action. Ruth pitched 57 innings and played first base the balance of the time. Gehrig pitched 40 innings, played right field in three games, and first the rest of the time. LOU RECEIVED more from the 21 games than his salary for the entire season with the Yankees amounted to. In one game Lou fanned Babe with three men nn hasps Rahp iras nrpsfnfv1 xrit.ri a ll 1 i 1.111 -II I if -nirnrifyfTrfa The Panthers tackle another real foe at the stadium today when they stack up against the University of Nebraska team, strongest in the Missouri valley.

Upper row, left to right Randels, tackle; Holm, guard; Bronson, guard; Ecard Lee, end. Lower row James, center; Capt. Brown, quarterback; Oehlrick, fullback; McMullen, guard. CHANGES IN PRICE OF ROOKIE ARE SHOWN IN CASES OF WILLIE KAMM AND CISSEL nam at Sious City, and a stickpin at Omaha. Lou got a stickpin, but no ham.

Both received silver statues of themselves at Lima, O. NEXT WEEK Gehrig is taking Ruth on a deep sea fishing trip. This Is merely another chapter in the lives of the outstanding drawing cards of balldom. GEHRIG has not yet signed his contract for next season, but he says he is not worrying about that point. He says naturally he expects a goodly raise in pay, but, he adds "I know Colonel Rup-pert will do the right thing by me.

I am through traveling for a time now, and am going to devote the next few weeks to fishing, hunting, and getting my mother established in our new home." GEHRIG, by the way, could spend the entire winter traveling about, and -being entertained. He is a member of the Columbia Michigan and Navy ToJBattle Middies in West for Third Game of Series with Big Ten Foes. Chicago, Nov. 12.t The Chicago White Sox next season will have two of the highest priced players in the history of baseball at shortstop and third base. Willie Kamm, who cost the Chicago management $100,000 some years ago, immediately won a regular berth but he has never quite proved that he was worth the fancy sum paid for his services.

Chalmers Cissel, who Is to play shortstop for the Sox in 1928, according to reports, will cost Charles Comiskey in the neighborhood of $123,000 in players and cash. Just think that the scribes 15 years ago believed they were paying Connie Mack's great infield composed of Mclnnis, Collins, Barry and Baker a real compliment by referring to it as the $100,000 infield! Times do change in baseball as in everything else. University chapter of Phi Delta WHEN HE came here for the world series games, the chapter at the University of Pittsburgh entertained him, and on his tour across the continent, he received invitations from chapters in seven cities to visit them and be guest of honor at testimonial dinners. He was unable to accept any of the bids except at Palo Alto, where he and Babe shared honors at a dinner given them by the Stanford chapter, with Pop Warner as another honor guest. GEHRIG says he doesn't want to talk about his 1928 salary.

"That is A NEW POLICY is to govern the Boston National league ball club the coming season. Judge Emil Fuchs is making a number of changes. He believes the time has come for the Braves to get a genuine share of balldom's prosperity. HE HAS reached out into the college ranks for a manager, and now he is going into the ranks of the carpenters and wood workers in his next move. In other words, he is going to erect a new right field bleacher, which will materially cut down the playing surface in that outer garden NEBRASKA.

PITT Wt. wt. 170 Le I. Donchfw 166 205 Richarda L.T Kern 178 180 Hoim L. Fox 174 195 Jame Cntlrr 193 210 'Roberta 180 RandaJs R.

Waemuth 190 175 Lawson R. Guanno 1C9 166 Brown (cacU -VI. Edwards ICS or Pu-kmson 101 1P5 Howell L. Rich. (i ih) ltVt ISO Presnell R.

Uaon 165 or nacan 16? 185 Oelnch Booth 180 Offioiais Referee. Ed Thorpe. la Sail Institute: umpire. Prank Birch, Eat lb am; head linesman. H.

1. HetUes. Dartmouth; field jucUe. M. J.

Thompson. Georgetown. Averag-e of Nebraska Line 190.7 baekll field. 178 pounds. Averare weight of Pitt line 178 pounds: baektieid.

168 or 17b pounds. Time of kickoff 2 p. m. Pitt-Penn State Presuman ium at IS o'clock. Irish Set For Army Encounter Record Throng of 76,000 to See Annual Clash at New York.

By GEORGE KJRKSEY, United Press Staff Correspondent-Yankee Stadium, New York, Nov. 12. The Army had its mightiest guns ready for the charge of Notre Dame's little brigade today. Before 76,000 persons the largest crowd that ever wit nessed a football game in New York City the Army and Notre Dame were prepared for their fifth annual intersectional game. Captain "Lighthorse" Harry Wilson.

Chris Cagle'and Eddie Murrell three of the best offensive weapons on any team in the country were primed for their final shot at the fightin' Irish. BRILLIANT BACKFIELD. Wilson, ail-American back at Penn State, Cagle, a star at Louisiana, and Murrell, a great player from Minnesota operating behind a fierce, driving line carried the hopes of Army into this battle. And this is the football game Army wanted to win more than any other, IRISH HAVE EDGE By United Press. New York, Nov.

12. Notre Dame has an edge on the Army in their 13 football games played since the first game in 1913. The Irish have won nine games, lost three and one was a scoreless tie. The Army won in 1914. 1916 and in 1925.

No game was played in 1918. except, of course, the Navy game. Army came down here last year with a great team only to go away smarting under a 7-0 defeat inflicted by a cunning Notre Dame eleven. One play won the game. It was a perfect play in which every man on the Notre Dame team performed his assignments flawlessly and Christy Flanagan, the Texas terror, shot through a momentary gap tn the Army line and sped 62 yards for the only touchdown of the game.

Army swung into action today seeking revenge. But the Army faced a tremendous task the size of which may be realized by the record of the Notre Dame team under Rockne 's regime. The Irish have lost only eight games tn 106 played in eleven years. Ninety-four were" victories and four ties. TYPICAL ROCKNE TEAM.

Notre Dame's 1927 eleven is a typical Rockne team. A squad of 35 high class football players, finely conditioned by the old master himself, any cne of whom is capable of going into any stage of any game without loss of strength to Notre Dame. Rockne had two complete teams lined up for action today and he preferred to wait until the last minute to decide whether to start his first team or a combination of the two. The probable lineup: Notre ame Harbold IR Hurlburt S-prasrue L.T Mahoney Hanxmack Law Hall C. Moynihan E-eecnan Mamn Hcrrr g- IX, ran Born R.

Colleriek jCif MoKinney j'10 i era i fv 5-3- Cheviirny Murrell F. Collins Officials Referee. Brien (Tuits Umpire. Eckeraall I Ch i i TTort tv yatt field Judre, (Princeton) Tyier PENN FIVE CHAMPS IN CENTRAL LOOP Perm Five of Sharpsburg, winners of the Allegheny Mountain Association A. A.

U. light first-class championship and also Metropolitan league champions are back as Central league members this year. With Arture, Tress, Car bone as forwards; Kinzel at center; Veltri, Fer-raro, Jaronski and Poary, guards, Penn Five presents the same team which brought the first amateur championship to Sharpsburg. Library Tigers Open. Sunday Library plays Roscoe Moose at Roscoe and Nov.

20 they meet Coraopolis Ind. at Groveton. Library has Thanksgiving open abroad with such clubs as Bradley Eagles. Mcr gantown, Mingo Indians, McKeesport Olympics, Carrick Odds, Mt. Pleasant or any other team in this class.

Ca2 Library 517 after 6 p. m. and ask for Munson, or write C. Munsos. P.

Q. Box No. 364, Library. Pa. THE BRAVES field now is the big gest and most extensive playing area In either league.

The outfields are bH deep, and the barriers far removed from the diamond and home plate. FEW HOME runs are made there, and any that are clouted are real ones. But Judge Fuchs has imbibed the popular idea that home runs VISITORS POW RFUL Cornhuskers Possess Eleven of Ail-Around Power and Ability. Bt max e. hanntjm.

With a six-year old defeat to wiDe out as well as an unbeaten record to maintain, the Pitt Pan thers tackle the Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Pitt stadium this afternoon in next to their last game of the Following today's contest, the Golden-jer-seyed boys will not be publicly seen until their annual Thanksgiving day fracas with Penn State. They go into today's battle knowing full well the strength of their foes, whereas half a dozen years ago, the westerners came here comparatively unknown to the rank and file of this district, and returned to the region of corn fields and big men boasting the most decisive victory of that season over the Blue and Gold. A lineup that is impressive and powerfu. throughout with every position capably filled, and an in- dividual star who is fast working himself into national prominence will be presented by the visitors today. To oppose them, Pitt will show her best team in years, an eleven that still holds the confidence of the local fans, despite the disappointing deadlock with W.

J. last Saturday. BIG CHANCE FOR PITT. Today's game will give the Panthers an opportunity to regain any prestige they may have lost in their tussle with the Presidents. And they undoubtedly lost some.

With so many teams boasting perfect or near-perfect records, those who take it upon themselves to select the sectional champions are only too eager to count a club out if it is tied by a powerful opponent in an important game. But if Pitt should happen to score a decisive triumph over an eleven of such recognized class as Nebraska, there will be no denying Panther clamorings for some recognition, in case State should also bow in the season's finale. Dr. Sutherland, however, is frankly pessimistic for the first time this season. His pessimism should carry some weight, for he has not broken out with any lamentations previously this year.

He has claimed right along that Nebraska would be as tough as any team on his schedule, and with the game right upon us, it would appear that the doctor knows what he has been talking about. PRESNELL IS FEARED. This Glenn Presnell, who has raced madly up and down almost every field he has played upon this season, is 180 pounds of the finest piece of football humanity imaginable. With all that beef, he possesses speed far out of the ordinary, and is equally at home battering his way through a line or cutting around in an open field. And he isn't the entire works by any means.

"Blue" Howell is regarded as one of the best line plungers in the business, and with Capt. "Jug" Brown and Oehlrichs to round out the backfield, and the entire quartet working behind a fool-proof line, it is hard to see how Pitt is going to get anywhere without a much better performance than last Saturday's. W. offense didn't give the Panthers much to worr about. Nebraska's will.

The nhusker line will be just as hard dent as was the Presidents'. How er, it is doubtful whether Welch can be held down two Saturdays consecutively. The records show that whenever Gibby has been fairly well stopped he comes back with an amazing display in his next contest. STARS TO BE WATCHED. Today's game may even decide one place on the Ail-American team, if that means anything.

Critics all over the country will compare closely the work of Presnell and Welch today, for both are seldom forgotten when likely candidates are mentioned. Both Nebraska and Pitt have been thoroughly scouted. A pair of Corn-husker spotters watched the Panther down Drake in Des Moines, and were greatly impressed by their showing on that day. Consequently, the clubs will go into action with a vast mutual respect, and they may be extremely wary until they are thoroughly warmed up. News from the Pitt camp indicated that Charley Edwards might be used today at quarterback.

His leg injury has responded to treatment, and although he is still far from the effective player he was before he was injured he win be needed if he can be used at alL The preliminary game brings the Pitt freshmen and the Penn State yearlings together at noon. The dope gives the young Panthers a slight edge dope meaning comparative scores against the same opponents. Win School Title. Grove City, Nov. 11.

Their defeat yesterday by a 46-0 score of Greenville High gave Grove City High the Mercer county high school foot-bal championship. Lineup: OroTe City 46. Greenville 0. Brirsa L. Tuttle Realty L.

(C.) Frampton McGarr L. M-C'lelian Smith Meakintr Coyer Montgomery Disht R. AJJen Catlin B. McKay Foxker 3. Cole Cameron Henderson Dunn Sely Camahan F.

M. Cole Touchdowns -Carnahan 2. Forr S. Smith. Catlin.

Dunn. Goals from touttidown Grove City 4 out of 7. Referee S-Bders. Cmpire Rush. Linesman iietn JJ of TOMMY RYAN MEETS ANDY TOMASKEY IN TUBE CITY FINALE An old favorite is to return to familiar scenes next Thursday evening at the Palisades rink of McKeesport, on the occasion of the Majestic club's weekly fistic show.

Tommy Ryan, who has been a resident of Buffalo some time, but who formerly claimed the Tube City as his home, is to meet Andy Tomaskey of Wilmerding, in the 10-round main bout. The battle is billed as being for the bantamweight championship of Western Pennsylvania. It brings together a pair of well matched lads, both of whom are wellknown to the fans, and is expected to prove a thriller all the way. Tomaskey has appeared six or seven times in McKeesport, and on each occasion has given a good account of himself. His last bout there brought him a victory over Jack Benton of Braddock.

Matchmaker McGirr is arranging three good six-round bouts tS complete a card which he believes will make a decided hit with his patrons. DEMPSEY SCORES MINOR POINT IN KEARNS'. SUIT Trenton, N. Nov. 12 Jack Demp-sey scored a minor victory yesterday in defense of the suit for $333,333.33 brought against him by his former manager, Jack Kearns, when Federal Judge Rellstab ordered transfer of the case from the equity to the law division of United States district court.

Counsel for Kearns had opposed the transfer because trials in the law division are by jury and the claim was advanced that Dempsey's popularity might serve to influence jurors. Expect Hard Battle. Rox A. A. expect to have a hard job on their hands when they tackle Northside C.

M. C. tomorrow on Bradley field. Due to the number of injuries received in the game at Steu-benville, Rox will be somewhat handicapped. Micholace, Simon Smith and Banish will not start the game.

Arrangements have been made to take care of one of the largest crowds at Bradley field, due to the fact that this game determines the intersectional championships, and has" created quite a lot of interest. RUTGERS AND LEHIGH FACE ANNUAL CLASH By United Press. New Brunswick, N. Nov. 12.

Rutgers and Lehigh meet this afternoon in the twenty-fourth game of the series between the two universities which began in 1884. A running and forward passing offensive is expected to feature the contest between the two teams. Coaches have shifted the lineups of the two teams in an effort to accomplish a better showing rne probable lineup: Ru ts-ers Position L. G. Lorenz Kearney Gasbocker Fox Digney Davis Burkhardt Rosen Gree.nberg- Lehigh.

Wilson Miller Waldman Ayera B. Levitz Bruning-Brennan Kiynn J. Levitz Raleigh T. E. .0.

Itoberta tt vri! a Lehr iveieree, aenesay (Brown); ura-5'Ss linesman, Coryell: (U. of field judee. Carm IN. Y. PLAN FLOOR LOOP FOR ARTILLERYMEN With the memory of the close struggle for honors of ast season between Service Battery and Battery still fresh in their minds the members of the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth field artillery are laying plans for another strong Press league this year.

The interest is at a fever heat not only with last leaders but the baseball champion "Medicos" and Second Combat Train are also out with strong teams. At a meeting called by -the regimental commander. Col. William R. Dunlop, distinguished commander, it was announced that Lieut.

Elmer E. Hope, Jr would act as chairman of basketball for the ensuing year and Lieut. Robert S. Blandf ord would act in the capacity of secretary and treasurer. With this organization under the guidance of Regimental Athletic Officer Capt.

Louis F. Acker, the league is starting to function. The schedule for the season will be announced within a few days. Osceola Club Booking. The Osceola club of McKees Rocks is booking games in the junior class.

Osceola has a record of 75 wins and 5 loses in the past two seasons. The club is composed of players that are under 20 years of age, all of whom have had some fcdgh school experience. Get in touch with the manager by calling Federal 0158-R nnv between 5:15 and 6:30 p. for Kliff. Tom Turner Is Maldng Money.

ONE OF Tom Turner's admirers remarks that Tom's career is beginning to read like one of those success stories you often read in the magazines, and his bank account is showing there's truth in it. TEN YEARS ago, Turner broke in with Connie Mack's Athletics, He was one of the noble six hundred that passed fhrough the famous Mackian sieve. Turner went to war, and while in the army made his baseball plans. He grabbed Freddy Heimach from the army team for Connie Mack. When the strife By United Press.

Ann Arbor, Nov. 12. A record crowd of more than 83,000 persons filed into the new Michigan stadium today to see the intersectional Michigan-Navy football game the third of a series between the two schools. Although Michigan was defeated by Illinois and Navy was humbled by Notre Dame, interest in the game has increased rather than lapsed. In the first game in 1925, Michigan ran wild against the Sailors.

Last season the fighting Middies downed the Wolverines at Baltimore. Probable lineup: Michigan. Navy. Oosterbaan L. Sloane Poaimerine L.

Wilson i'aimeroli G. oerner HarUu G. Burke R. T. GeifiA Smi tn.

Hmneein LUoyd Miller Clifton Si-hoeuleld Baer Poe Nyland Miller Puckelwartz Gilbert Rich Releree Crowell. Swarthmore. Umpire Schoemmer, Chicago. Field judge Hackett, West Point. Head linesman Hollenback.

Peon. NITTANYLI0NS MEET VIOLET ELEVEN TODAY Both Squads in Excellent Condition for Game at State. State College, Nov. 12. Penn State and the undefeated New York University await the opening whistle for their game today on New Beaver field in the outstanding athletic event for the annual Pennsylvania day activities.

Thirty-one members of the Violet squad arrived yesterday and Coach Meehan sent his charges through a light drill on the Lion gridiron. However, the State men did not get into uniform. Both squads are in good condition, and the regulars will be ready to start the game. While neither coaches definitely announced their starting arrays, it is probable that the teams will line up as follws: New York Penn State Barrabee I. Delp Grant L.

Greenshields Myres G. Dunn C. Mahoney Human Rieker Miller Panayion Kiordao H. Lesko Connor Lunirre Hill H. Roepke Strong R.H Wolff Briante Hamas RULES Theta Greek letter fraternity a matter between Col.

Ruppert and myself," he says. "I am not going to make any unreasonable demands, and I know the Colonel is not going to assume any unreasonable attitude." BABE RUTH says-he is all set for an easy winter. He has had numerous offers to go into vaudeville and the movies, but says he is tired, and prefers to loaf. If the big fellow wants any real rest, away from the madding crowd, hell probably have to embark for Senegambia, or some other foreign port of infrequent call, for in this country he will always be beset by admiring fans. mean big business.

He is going to give his sluggers a chance to aim for friendly barriers, not too far away. SOME FOLKS may cry that another good man has gone wrong, with Fuchs joining his colleagues in a move to increase the circuit-clout output, but his rejoinder is that it takes money to run a major league ball club, and that the patrons want home runs, so there you are. valuable scout. hunters, and he shipped him to Cincinnati with a $30,000 tag on him. The Reds paid half in cash and thought they saved $15,000 when they refused to complete the deaL The Whitesox paid $30,000 for him, which brought Turner's profit up to about $45,000.

CHALMER CISSELL, whom he sold to the Whitesox for $123,000, brought a record baseball price, according to Turner, and ran his ivory dealing up to the quarter-million mark. He insists that Comiskey wrote a check for that amount and that the two players he got were thrown In and not part of the purchase price. of about tions were extremely bad. Not tn years were there so many unemployed persons in the city. THE TIGERS, off to a poor start, were in a slump most of the time during the first two months.

The scandal of the winter before had cast heavy shadows over Navin field. IT WAS most surprising that the fans came back as they did. JACKETS' LATE ATTACK BEATS DUKE ELEVEN Waynesburg Displays Driving Assault to Upset Bluff-men, 18-0. By PAUL KURTZ. It wasnt' such a pleasant Armistice day afternoon for the Duquesne university partisans who watched their Layden-coached gridders fall before Katy Easterday's powerful driving Waynesburg team yesterday at Duquesne field.

After holding the Yellow-clad gridmen at bay without a score in the first half the Dukes were overpowered, Waynesburg romping to an 18-0 victory-Only the spectacular lone-range booting of "Buff" Donnelli, sterling Ducuesne back, kept the visitors from making a more concerted stand. Several times Donnelli was forced to punt from behind his goal line and always did he succeed in averting disaster. Lineup Waynesbur? 18. Dnauesn 0. Gnerrier Vernon Kelleher Lally Propokowiz Skendor Etwrt McCarthy Velar Barns McDonald Williams McCallum Decker Woixlard Watkins Smith Mi-Ourdy Carlson Frank Toline Klstrom i L.

H. R.H. Touchdowns -Williams, tistrom. Fisher Missed Points alter Touchdown ToUno (2 Fisher. Substitutions: Waynesburg- Boyd for Watkina.

Ford for Frank; Brury for Toline: Fieher for Carlson: Ford for Frank; Wiley for Smith. Duquesne Dufford for Ebert: Clark for Kelleher: Silverstein for I.ally: Murphy for McCarthy; Donnelli for Mr-Donald: Shelton for elar: Benedict for Burns: Pratt for Guerner: Kelleher for Clark: Kirby for Vernon: Lally for Silverstein: Burns for Shelton: Czinky for Pratt: KeniD for Skender; Johnson for Iropokovic. Referee Carl Bolster, rmpire Al Slack. Head Linesman C. B.

Quailey. LESLIES PREPARE FOR BIG SEASON The last two practice sessions of the M. G. Leslie Five of Lawrenceville have about brought out all the basketball ability of the players but there has not ben the slightest hint made in the Lawrenceville camp as to how the starting lineup will read in the inaugural. Until the Central league schedule is definitely drawn up, Manager Art Ri-tenbaugn is arranging his games tentatively, teams desiring to arrange a home and home series with the Leslies write 263 Flsk st Want Floor Games.

Monongahela," Nov. 12. Sterling club basketball team of Monongahela, winners of the championship of the upper Monongahela valley in its class at the Charleroi tournament last spring, is booking games for its fifth season on the floor. The team is composed of former Monongahela high school players, including Fornaciari, Re illy. Cerutti, Thornley, Barkby and others, and is managed by Floyd M.

France, local newspaperman. For games write Manager France, Monongahela, Pa- Bluebirds Practice The Corpus Christ! Lyceum eleven of East Liberty will tackle- the fast lass port gridders Sunday at Lyceum field, Lincoln Eastend. Coaches Walsher and Brown were well pleased with the improvement shown in the Lyceum offensive last Sunday, when they defeated Blawnox. Lyceum players are requested to report for practice tonight at 8 o'clock to prepare for a hard battle with the up river aggregation. Soft for Ohio State.

Columbus, Nov. 12. Ohio State cf the big 10 met Denison of the Buckeye conference in the Ohio stadium today, the first "soft" game in a trying schedule. Grim and Marek were to occupy the Ohio halfback berths, with Roman at fullback and Fouch at quarter. Need Gritl Tilts, Light Artillery of Lawrenceville is without a game for Sunday, Nov.

20, and Thanksgiving day. Any team wishing a good attraction call Fisk 3340 during day and Fisk 2247-R after 6 p. m. May Get Speaker's Job. Sammy West, youngster from the Southern league, may fill Tris Speaker's center field berth with Washington next yeac was over, he proved himself a IF WAR spoils some it fired Turner with ambition.

He got a job as secretary of the Portland club of the Pacific Coast team and soon ran a pleasing personality into a $250,000 bank roEL FIRST OF all he sold Gordon Cochrane to Mack for something like $50,000. Cochrane cost him $300. NEXT HE disposed of Rube Wal-berg to the Giants for $25,000. Rube cost him about $30 railroad fare. When McGraw turned Walberg back Turner sold him to the Athletics for $30,000.

F.TT.T. HUNNEFEELD was the next piece of ivory he polished up for the TEAM, AFTER MAKING A FAIR CATCH, Ban Johnson's Condition Is Critical BAN JOHNSON, former president of the American league the only ex-president the organization ever had is in a critical condition at Excelsior Springs, Mo, where he went for rest and recuperation after he tendered his resignation as leader of the baseball loop. HIS rHYSICIANS say Ban is in no immediate danger, but that his health has continued to decline ever since he went to the Springs. The chances are that he will never leave his present place of abode. He has been going down hill physically and mentally for a long time.

Detroit Club Had Good Money Year. THE DETROIT ball club drew nearly 50,000 more people to its home games the past season than attended in 1926. The 1927 Tigers got away to a poor start, and at the end of the first two months the attendance was more than 50,000 behind the record for the previous year. Then the fans began to take notice of George Moriarty's team, and the increase during the remainder of the season was about 100,000 more than for the corresponding DISSECTING THE FOOTBALL CAN REST BALL UNTIL PLAY STARTS By E. J.

O'BRIEN, Famous Football Referee. SEVERAL years ago there was a rule tn the book which stated that after a man had made a fair catch the ball should not touch the ground. If it did, it was considered to be in play and could be re kicked by a punt, drop kick or place kick, either from the mark of the catch or some point directly back of it The players on the defense must be behind a line 10 yards in front of the ball until the ball is kicked or has touched the ground. It matters not whether this ball touches the ground by accident or otherwise. Now, after the referee blows his whistle, signifying that play may start, no player shall allow the ball to touch the period in 1926, making a net gain THE SHOW UN Ur IS consweicu xr- markable.

Only one city in tne American circuit did better, and that was New York. Gotham benefited through the home-run hitting of Babe uth and Lou Gehrig. DETROIT WAS under many handicaps. The weather was the worst there that a baseball season has known for 25 years. Industrial condi covered by the defense.

In this instance, the man, to make to protect his rights by holding on to that it did not touch the ground. If of play without immediately there- play by kickinsz it a fair catch, had ground in the field the ball and seeing a team wanted to after putting it in punenb5 goal line. Of course, after The question ground, can the it by falling on the of it in this way. offense does not kick the ground, their to kick from that Now, should one his restrained team is penalized chance to kick from now arises, when the ball touches the defense run up and gain possession of balL They cannot gain possession The ball must be kicked, and if the it immediately upon Its touching team is penalized five yards and forced point. of the defensive team advance beyond line before the whistle blows, his five yards, thus giving the offense a a point five yards nearer the od- kick, or to make a place kick, it had to be held off the ground.

This angle of play a great many people seem to think still exists. If you will take time to read Rule 11, in the Official Guide, you will find that the rule has been changed. Once the player has got the ball he must hold it only until it has been declared dead by the referee's whistle. Then he can lay it on the ground or do what he pleases with it, until after the referee blows his whistle signifying that play may start. From that instant, the ban than not touch the Stories About Mclnnis' Release Vary.

A LOT OF different stories are floating around about the manner in which the Phillies got rid of John J. Mclnnis as manager. One version is that President Baker paid Stuffy next year's salary to gret him to quit. To those who know how much W. F.

B. thinks of a dollar and a quarter, this story sounds a trifle fishy. ANOTHER version is that Mclnnis didn't know a thins about his release until he heard about it through the newspapers. That doesn't sound authentic, either. NO MATTER how it came about, the fact remains that the one-time rirte is out of a Job.

He knows that without any question. a team haa vnnAt a fair th than for If they Choose they may put the of a trrimm ground, for the moment does it is considered in play, do not have to kick, On a free kick after a fair catch the baa shall be hall In play by mwu JL3.