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THE ST. LDUI5STAR. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 102S. THE 5T. L0UI9 STAR RIGHT-HAND HITTERS TO FURNISH BROWNSjATTJNGATTACK PI BLADES SAYS US WILL OPPOSE LOCAL SOCCERITES HERE SUNDAY Sammy Mandell Is 7-to-5 Favorite to Win Over Shields DELANEY-HEENEY BOUT NOT EXCITING NEW YORK FANS STEWART IS ONLY SOUTHPAW HURLER LIKELY TO STICK LEG WILL BE SHAPETHISYEII i i Outfielder, Engaging ib ous Drill, States Injury Healiiog Fast.

OA CHICAGO. Feb. 23 it. N.S Sammy Mandeli. lightweight champion of the world, rules a 7-to-5 favorite to beat Jackie Fields of Los Angeles, to the ten-rourid feature even' ai the Coliseum tonight Mandell's title -will net 1 at stake.

Fields will weigh 10 pounds and Sammy four cr five pounds lighter. Return From South Today and May Get Working. No Matter How Howley May Pick Team, Right-Hand Hitters Wfll Predominate. ISHERDEL DONS A UNIFOPj SE FIGHT NOT A 'NATURAL' BENNETT LIKELY TO STAY Dimiifiutive Left-Kander, Altj, ander and Other Battery. men Working Hard.

HORNSBY'S LOSS IS M'GRAW'S WORRY AS TRAINING OPENS Fine Battles Staged by Smaller Men Causes Apathy Toward Hearweight. Coy Sturdy Makes Good Impression in Early Workouts at West Palm Beach. Bi KAl J. UILLESPIL I BY FRANK GETTY. United Press Sports Editor.

NEW YORK. Feb. 23. One week from tonight. Jack Delaney is to Of The Star's Sport SfeM.

i th AVON PARK, FLA, While the present week iras er .1 I 8e nally planned to be devoted to I Bi priming of battery men for Cm- test, du to come with the ga of the sluggers next weet, the gram yesterday was chat I By JAMES M. GOULD. Sports Editor of The SUr. WEST PALM BEACH, FLA, Feb. 23 One thing can be, announced; about the Browns of 1923 after? three days of work in training -camp and that is that the main smash of the attack will com from nght-' Cofcea Will Attempt to Fill Rajah's Shoes Twenty-Three Players on Gob's Roster.

meet Tom Heeney in a resumption of the heavyweight elimination tournament, and for some reason the attitude cf the average fight fan BY GEORGE KIRKSEY, 1 in, cuu United Pre Staff Correspahdent. NEW YORK. Feb. 23. The New seems to be "What of uu for the start the campaign he win have a majority of batmen at the National League pennant this 1 season minus Pagers Homsby, who! ff toe i batted .261 last season and drove In! fitment of tickets for the show.

tii who swing from starboard. Any changes the grey-haired pilot may make at the last minute will still see the proportion the same. out as xar as an me aexnanas 125 runs. i which have been audible are con-j Surely a team which finished third This point may prove cerned. the nromoter might as well as there are several master-south- have spent another week at Miami around somewhat as Ray engaged in a rigorous workout Ti speedy outfielder, whose inj-jrei is kept him on the bench most of season, and the battery men be took part in a gruelling trso session.

These battery folks, hover merely went through their routa work and attracted very little e-ment in the face of Blades' pc. formance. Ray was on hand and stayed late, working practical every minute of the time, and shot, ing the onlookers that when he tg. ncunced he would be ready to total into the lineup as soon as the set son opens, he knew what be tt talking about. Gradually Improving.

No more limping goes with la running, and while he is not exact paws on other clubs in Amen- caTrDaen ouzht to I Beach. ITthf hSSS thehfavSaS mfbS year-in this very same week tf i it was Hornsby-the man who's sinu2ar appearance by Delaney against the Browns packed Madison Square Garden btrangeiy enougn pari, a I with a $200,000 house and started a with his dynamic leadershin and i iva cjuo uat TnoUSiWi I bat in their last wild ndoua ticket scandal became traded was in the main, composed "'i. deadly of left-hand W-ingers-iIer. Rice fash which almost carried them past OI customers 10 wm.m Miiip. hit the Pirates and Cardinals.

be present. and Williams. Aiii ij'Jiitrii- Li it: ntrLJifrw auiu i nght-handed v. th, 18M who performed sensationally oown badly that night, losing to i for the Buffalo Club in the Interna- i Jimmy ilaioney of Boston, buf light onTr- B'ueTt first Bnon at tonal League last Eeason. may fill fans never have been noted for lon5 K.Zi gap in the rkfense at second memories, and there must be some ly afraid cf the consequences, Ik is starting out slowly in the hope out mere l.

one in tign. ui.iic icu im iiic appaiciii spa nr nt third with Manush. Da-e' thy of the paying public. TLfrKfiir Trpri Rpn-; ho can bat .261 and drive in. 123 The three above soccer players are members of the American-Hungarian eleven of Cleveland, which battles the Ben Millers here Sunday in a that gradually he can take on speed and be his own self at Cf-chaser in the near future.

The Delaney-Heeney bout cannot runs. wrr. rs, fi rnr. Cm ft at th lft i aim fif th tvc Amdian-born members on ne sqoaa. nc 11 nett in the outfield.

In a last-minute effort to i exactly be called a natural, which ward ition and one of the Ohioans' sUrs. Stanley Scot, captain of the team, is in the center. He learned his soccer in ales Only Two Left-IIanders. next in line. He started his kicking career in Can- Of thefe only Brannon and strengthen his pitching staff, Mc-j is what the promoters call those and knows how the berth should be played.

Arnold Burton, youthful fullback, is will hit left-handed against Graw traded 1 Burleigh Grimes to the matches which just naturally ful nn som. lh, stronrest simon-nure clubs r.n..h will hit left-handcfl affainst "Had I remained off my bad when it was injured, this pnlas. inary training would be unnecs. sary," Blades explained after yesterday's practice. "My leg was it a eouthpay.

Blue is a "turn-around" Pirates for Vic Aldridge. Both are the house, but the affair looks like batter, as is Catcher WalLe Schang. vfteran righthanders, but McGraw the most promising of the season so Steve NeUl and Clyde Manion. the counts on Aldridge. a great spring far as heavyweights are concerned.

i pitcher, to help his rlub get awav to TheyTl Hear From Tex. a cast so long that it was prat- tically dead, and new it is ap td a flying start. It Is McGraw's psy- I It may be that Tex re- And if vou think that there aren't i chclogy to get off to a flying start appearance will be the occasion of me to bnn? it back into its cn GERAGHTYS AND ANGELICAS ARE EVENLY MATCJHED seme pretty fair southpaw pitchers I he "lies on Aldridge to help the sounding cf the loud bassoon, I feel that the club needs me I am going to work hard to be to respond when called upon tte year YALE OKUN MAKES JFirpo, Fat and Rich, Still Longs STUDY OF WIGGINS for Plaudits of Prize Ring Crowd FOR LEGION wildBullDeclaresThere Are No Good Heavy- weights Today Says He Knocked Easterner at Ringside When His Opponent Defeated Jimmy Out Dempsey. Byrne. Manager Bill McKechnie tas very enthusiastic with Ray's appearance in the field, and pointed on the seven other clubs, uiail" me cany ore.

me rauccus inuncer 01 the Dally- over his list: Pennock of the Yanks. The Giants will assemble at their hoo. It may be that the promoter Buckeye and Shaut of the In- nevr traininz camp at Augusta. Ga win have a fe-w things to say to dian. Vhitehill of the Tigers, Brax- cn 1.

Some of the battery his subordinates who have failed ton and Zachary of the Senators, men are already at work with Roger so lamentably to start the tom-Wiltse of the Red Sox. and Grove, Bresnahan at Hot Springs, Ark. toms and the trumpets. Ossie Orwoll and Rube Walberg i Twenty-three new players are on one explanation cf the lack of of the Athletics. It will be inter- the Giants' roster.

interest in the fight is the unusual- esiing to watch the change in at- Forgetting Homsby. the other high run of bouts among the out that his return to action Interesting Soccer Game Is Anticipated in Many Soccer Finals. lack from last year, for a right- wjre-uuaners 01 ine.uianis- lniieia Emailer fellows at Madison Square add a bit to the Cards' ms2i-needed batting punch. Last yai Ray, in a few games in which lie played, hit .316, but his Eeidiai mark of J14. shoe's conclusiwlj that he found considerable dilS-culty in ambling after fly balii hander ia.

Garden. ii hit almost anything while few ti any manager could wish for. BY ED EAGAN. Ceprright. 1928.

Untver.al Serrice. BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 23. In a Chuck Wiggins, the colorful In-diana heavyweight, will encounter That an interesting soccer game will very likely take place Sunday at Fairground when the Geraghtys At the same time, another crippk The Canzoneri-Bass affair was a rattling good bout, and the Hud-kins-Baker affray which followed was so desperately waged that old Joe Humphries, the veteran announcer, begged an opponent who has made a care- very smart automobile store here I ful study of his Hailing ring tactics nset the Wild Bull of the Pampas. wh.n sonar nff with Yale Okun He did not look wild any more.

any) left-handed batsmen siar lsrr at Iirsi- vis Jacsson against southpaws just a little at 6hort and Frdy Lindstrom at point, perhaps, tut une that may "iird. are all capable, if not great, prove important especially in the baJ1 players. early stages of the race. i Jackson Is rated the peer of Na- tional League shortstops. A fin- and Angelicas battle in the first cf the past season.

Tommy Thtve-setto of their three game duel to 1 now, whose broken ankle In midsa- Dempsey, the man.1 really licked. Look at him get the money! I knocked him out once, even though the refere forgot to count when he went over the ropes, and I can do it again. "But what about your prosperous business, wouldn't that go on the rocks if you resumed your profession as a pugilist?" I queried. "No," re replied, I have two -uonc maKe me jock at any of New York in the feature event of three ten-round contests on the Legion fistic card at the New Coliseum arena next Tuesday night. but more like one of those fat old solitary bulls that has been horned out of the herd by the younger bulls.

He had a bay window that would make a beer drinker green decide the Municipal Soccer League son practically threw the Cards eat championship for the 1927-23 cam- cf the race, gave great promise jes-paign is indicated by a comparison terday of being ready for the pas of records of the two elevens. in April. "Don't worry about Both the Undertakers and the i Tern told the pitchers, who Okun was at the ringside to study with envy. Witrortnc 1 onH tt retain ftrf- Auto Supplys found the going rough pesred rather curious to leant brothers working for me as well The farther this chap, Fred Ben- Jed fielder and a timely hitter, more ii hts nke that pett, goes in the training course "erry is one of the best first base- brutaj the more convinced is this writer in fWth is spinal tcmorrow rdshL there is that he is "up here" to stay. He well Lm dstrom should de- McLarnm.Terris match, which has doesn say much, but attends strict- lno a star this season.

-annarks of -ratura, UL? ta 8 "favoS doubt he has impressed Manager cnd. Andy batted 53 at Buf- excect that Howley. With two outfield positions fal lt year and proved an all- lL more rnonv out for him pen. ifs a 20-1 shot young Bennett und star. Andy Rees, the young- MCmin The SS lands.

tster who subbed at third for Lind- 4tT tuat.oii vance information on the Indiana i Firpo has adopted domestic hab- as many otners that can trust whether or not they were to be blessed with good support at short in their respective division and as a result they were in the best cl condition for the titular elimination frays. The Geraghtys had to bat this season. "Just get those pitch- mg arms in shape and IH show iob tle with the Yellow Cabs and Fin an how well I can get around in about battler's condition when Wiggins us ana now ieaas 01 a uei 1 My business would continue in battled his way to a popular decision I business man, having the agency for good shape." ever Jimmv Byme at Kansas City an American car an Buenos Aires, But aren-t you happy hm lead. last Tuesday night. Matchmaker He married the senonta that wa a normai life away from the Jack Tippett, who was advised yes- rejected by the U.

8. immigration hard knocks of the ring and the terday that Okun dropped off in officials when she posed as his pIaudits of the crowdr When Kansas City to see the Wiggins- stenographer. The boxer also has Eaid .3. of the crovd aw Byrne affair while he was en route any filling stations in different a bright light come mU fais Utrorm last season, may be shifted YCL 1, Just as they will not be over- i econd if Cohen prives a failure. ZZnZZ Vl burdened with, southpaw hitters this The outfield prospects are good.

YZ throughout the sea- three weeks. I haven't shown fx son and it was only a sensational any speed yet. Just give me time. spurt at the windup that Under- Bill Sherdel took possession of taker kickers gained the right to a uniform for the first time yester-represent Sherman Park. day and was one of the first to It is true the Angelicas won with grace the field.

The little south-ample room to spare in the strone I paw worked harder than any maa from Denver to St. Louis. Pa" f1 Jpe "But business is business." he de- new seajon. the Browns won't have i Ed Roush is almost certain to play many left-handed pitchers to shoot, center and George Harper right, at the opposition. Lefty ODoul.

the most valuable player in the Pacific Coast League. murred. "ar.rt vrailH nir Ki-rcr Kalsrr Rattle InoW duus rupu AS SOOn as he found OUt that I rhmninnhln in Star Boxers on I -w wiv is the premier attraction on the i rcpresentea uimersai service ne oe- Then how the people would like me coming mitt program because of the San talkw about third-rate why might even become a mem- As a matter cf fact, they wCl prob- Welsh are apt to fight it cut i ably have only one Waiter Stew- i for the left field berth. ODoul hit A PrnflT art who did so well in 1927. Ralph -373 with San Francisco last year, 1 US 1 am eminent position the principals oc-jability ot present-day crop of Hill, one of the semi-pro recruits, and Welsh hit .237 with the Braves.

is of the port persuasion, but hard- i Melvin Ott. a youngster who was ly figures to make the grade. with the Giants last year, and Art Matchmaker Willie Miller cupy in the pugilistic world, local neavyweignis. interest seems to center upon thej "Do you intend to return to the featherweight ten-rounder between ring?" I asked him. Johnny "Pee wee" Kaiser and Paul "There are no good heavyweights Steadman.

who will renew their de- i today." he answered, evading my Fairground division but they had to on the squad throughout the dir. contend with the powerful Si. Matt- He pitched, plaved with the medi-hews, whose lineup was bolstered cine talL chased fungo drives froa with numerous former professional i Al Sothoron and participated stars. In fact, several of the bunting games on the sidelines nnti Saints' boosters are now enjoying big beads of perspiration dripped success in the big show, so it proves from his brow that the Angelicas must have -How do you feel today?" Afcx-or they wouldn't be competing the ander was ssked as he strutted formal round for the city's amateur to the clubhouse and wiped" fcs forehead with a towel. tJfv announced "Just a dav older than yesier-today that they will rely on 1 Seeking Beat Talent ber of Firpo's voice trailed off and his eyes gleamed as his imagination pictured himself as a member of some select club of Buenos Aires.

The Wild Bull still remembers the wild reception he received after hu-fight with Dempsey. He feels he coldness shown him by the young bloods of the Argentine. These say that he is no sport because he is bate over city championship honors, question. in District. I Kaiser defeated Steadman in their "But do you think you could lick previous setto, contested at the New the present crop of contenders who Outstanding local candidates for Coliseum about ten months ago, but want matches with Gene Tunney?" district championship honors in the 1 steadman 's handlers claim he has I queried.

1 ioann. v. no was wun ims Angeies Dick Coffman. the young pitcher in the Pacific Coast League last obtained with Earl McNeely in the year, and formerly with the Chi-J deal by which Milt Gaston passed i cago Cubs, may offer strong bids I to Washington, has been under for a regular outfield berth. Wraps thus far and no one can at- Hojan.

the husky kid from the tempt to correctly measure his abil- Braves. Jack Cummings and Zach ity. He is only a kid, tall, blond Taylor are expected to form the end thin. catching staff. I The Giants have seventeen Even this early, it is apparent that pitchers who will try for berths.

western A. A. U. title meet and sec- recently acouired the knack of Dut- I "Why not? he exclaimed. 1 am oiesaea wun- a body that hould same combinations which solved the kV -n iw.

-m-littU i bring the boxing chamoionshin to I attack cf thfir I am Diessea with' a body that hould tional Olympic tryouts at the New ting all his weight behind his punch- only 31 years old. I may be a Coliseum. March 8, are sought by and they confidently predict that! fat. but in six months I can get the Argentine and he is too lazy to After winning their groun title tb tenance- And thc. 0ld vetera" Matchmaker Willie Miller for three he will square accounts with Kaiser that off and get in good shape, use it.

He also read how the crowd Geraghtys journeyed to CarondpVt USt 1 CaiJ'' happy-go-lucky P-special bouts on the bi-monthly in dscisive fashion when they meet Thirty-one is not old for a fighter, cheered and went wild over ivmn- Park and tnmpH tho -kIZ i Farance cn the ball field aa went wild over Demo- i Park and tamed thp Pwtnb'c xt- ouy s' summer aaaress wui Virgil Barnes, Fred Fitzsimmons, pumped the tall in time and apa i Fitzsimmons was not heard of until til be -St. Louis. Mi" sturdv i not tt program 01 interclub boxing con-i again. sey when he beat Sharkey. Perhaps i bus kickers on their own grcrunds at i another has-been could come hfir I and in th.

mi.nv Look the ereatest fieldinir first sacker k- V-. tests to be held at the South Broad- I In one of his most recent battles he was older than that. 77 v. wicy inauiea i ha nITAmAJ way A. March 1.

arcn J- to Bob OTarrell who caught it. Three New Pitchers. John Berly and Harold Haii. newcomers to the Red Birds caffiP-took their drills seriously, eo though the enthusiasm might hart i ton Manguano. southern feather-; land.

The battle is to be ntaviM I Club, 5-2. A bye enabled the An Miller announced today that he weight title claimant, at Little Rock, OieV rlCKS 1 WO Sportsman's Park Silicas to survive the initial rn, trie worm has ever seen, but he can jed the league in games won and hit that old American apple, is a lost last season with fifteen victories fine fellow to have on a bail field and four defeats, and an all-around player of major i is trying to match Jerry Hoffman and. though Manguano was league ability. It appears as though fll 1 ine two goal-getters are Mickey 11 oeragntys they liter- MlllerS OrWarClS and Tal Mulroy. O'Hare 1 a buried tne Palermo soccerites, is a youngster who reecntlv youngstr who reecntlv eradu- easily been dampened during tin of the Motorbus club, with John awarded the decision on points, he Schwake fthe South Broadway had to resort to dancing tactics in i i squad for a return engagement to the second and tenth rounds to G-jy had made his last trip to Tulsa.

A goodly crowd is antirinat f- morning session by the dnEUEf ated from the Munv ranks. ai. i the comlnsr attnin rain. This Dair will bf cosbm provide the heavyweight feature of avoid being knocked out after next week's show and that George Steadman had staggered him with jO'Hare and Mulroy BEAR RIFLEMEN LOSE TWO DUAL CONTESTS Members of the Washington University rifle team were outscored by representatives of Kansas Univer- Only 5 aieVan for hhaVli fl "und 8.0obwere Aandand hea Mana It rained a bit yesterday and thtn the un shone. The workout wa? not interrupted a minute and the ir.cn pranced through their three officials of th.

i nie to at it oualifr as ress Gallagher cf Kirkwood, has been smashing right hooks to the head Men Certain to Start h' ur me past iour sea- 7 -v lWKjriK mi forward to a bigger attendance inihurlers to existing vacancies on -r; V. sons. os. invited to meet Frank Chervanek and Dody. of the south side team, in a light Manjuano the Victor.

on Front Wall. hours in fine fashion. From now the club. "U1 Vl me games in the finals. on.

as heretofore, the "business Slt and Kemper Military Academy heavyweight feature Mancuano also holds a decision in matches this week. The Jay- FV-h'x-aV ninnDr-nn in, nvpr Kaispr n.1 is the onlv hcurs" will be from 11 to 2. hawkers won. 1.837-1.694. while n.yp Knmt in th hpai-vu-P-uht titio 5 fiihtpr thp local nuncher has failed Minnesota Defeats Chicago.

MINNEAPOLIS. MINN, Feb. 23 tBy U. P. Minnesota won its of Maanger Foley, mite manager of the Bei: Millers.

St. Louis final survivor in the United States Football Kemper's margin The first "release" of the spn training season was announced last night Charley Brown, volunteered opening day to "maie the team, was disposed of by beard of strategy McKecfca Sothoron and OnsIuW. victory was finals lart year, earned a decision 1 to defeat in his last twenty bouts. over Hoffman in a stubbornly ccn- Newspaper clippings Steadman HANDBALL FINALS AT Y. M.

C. A. TOMORROW Mike Cunningham and Jack srenco will oppose Mi'tnn Scores Pom present form. Blaeholder. Crcwder and JL-n Wright are leading pitching candidates for the lirst game with the Cincinnati Reds here, cn March 10.

tOiCU UUUb Will CTT ltrc XiL i i W.UUfciiV iova Association cup competition, an- second victory of the Big Ten Con i V-Nw, man. who holds district title hon- i it him with a more impressive show- season by de- and I. N. Kessler in the finals of! so. 3J: p.

3ro. crs in the 175-pound class, floored hi5 than Kaiser made against the bers of his forward line are sure Tony Kaufmann. who is go starters for Sunday's game aeainst ata ChS 30 to 18, here last tournament of the St. I tn r7 baiW oT- his oPPonf-t twice in the first i -southern champ. is- j.m.; I round, but Schwake rallied stronelv Frankie Monahan the Montana tne American-Hungarians of Cleve- night.

andbaU Association tomor- been tn recently been sent to Rochester recenJ rnr 1 ok me uoTmriim tr. school n.j9. c. i in the next session and niled un a mauler, is due here today and ar HALL LOSES GROUND IN BILLIARD TOURNEY l. 17; C.

A. Py.wr. ransements have been made for him lead in the final round. C. A courts Thoc (...

WU1 arrive in camp SrnfafmS -rding to word reaching here ENTRY BLANK ST TMlic easy fashion. 135: A Zirr.n-.'rman 1M: Bolloch. 1S4- D. Bar. 181: E.

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1.W- A 1T7- Knion lit: A Edmendnm. s- i Dr- Weaver, the clubs traic. Srenco out- i vaa tw? FOR Cunningham and NEW YORK. Feb. 23 Bv I.

N. S. Willie Hoppe's lead over Allen Hall in the American Three-Cush- Lee Rossi, the National A. A. featherweight star and fistic protege of Johnny "Peewee" Kaiser, has been offered a special engagement with George West of the i "Vt1 vjasi- score inrnmi nitj, ion Billiard League stood at a T.

r. "1 ana bmim Lon v. to train at the National Gymnasium i 1 for his ten-round light-heavyweight fracas with Jimmy Mahoney of Chi- I cago. Monahan floored Leo Lom- i ski twice in the final session of a i ten-round go at Hoquiam, several months ago. and he is ex- pected to provide an interesting bat- tie for the hard-hitting Mahoney, who won a host of local admirers by The St.

Louis Star's Greater St. Louis Basket Ball Free Throw Tournament March 1-13, 1928 ieS; W. defeated Jackson 21-18, 21.14. and Waldman, goes a treateRt under the p. e.

Grsvet. ooutn Broadway club, to provide Whitlock. 162; J. C. Cox.

1S1;" and a half today. While Hoppe was idle. Hall suffered a 50 to 32 defeat another star bout. lights and accepts to a good rsr at the hands of Alfred de Oro last D.t. ALDRIDGE NOT YET 1 SIGNED BY GIANTS VETERAN GILLETTE the manner in which he siammea maimer ui iic wauiuicu Please eater the cmg.

Likewise the Texan submit to a similar treatment a.i-each work-out. The doctor ins' ing he will bring the arm "back" if he is allowed to low this program. night. The match lasted 55 inning. vi a i v-pd mikjc nm tt- i Hall was decidedlv off form, a thre -t-K WlPi BOUT being his highest run.

FROM JACK WILLIS Clarence Jackson beat Augie Kieckhefer, 50 to 51. in 55 innings. I SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23. (By: The high runs were.

Jackscn u- Mickey Walker demonstrat-' Ktoc of Teas flCCC Tf UADDr 1 MUfft Art Maley around the New Coliseum Organization ring two weeks ago. I NEW YORK. Fta 22. Hv HOT SPRINGS. Feb.

23 By U. the Giants are loath- to admit so officially tvpy are beginning to fear that Vic Aldridge, obtained In a trad wit Pittsburgh for Byrleiah Kieckhefer 5. ed to the approval of San Francisco Street Address City Division in The St. Louis Star Greater Baket Bad Free Throw Tournament The names listed below are reralar piayers of the there mentioned team and art eiifib to compete to the tournament according to the rules loverctas same. esterda T'tha, he has the 'J" th CONNIE MACK MAKES iignt fans yes right to ca: ill himself middleweight I 'lu 'RI flFFFR' FOR mRR CHICAGO CUBS' ACCEPT CHALLENGE OF TARS RtJRT SHOTTON WORVrct a noid-out.

AJrt-ico main urn rr ina iiatv r.vmm v. U1V uu had sufficient time to return hh CATALINA ISLAND. CAL, f' contract, but has net done so. i rGJ Joe M'' FORT MYERS, FLA, Feb. 23.

By U. Connie Mack expects to have Ty Cobb back in the fold for the 1928 season. The Athletics' manager has made Cobb what is W11M yUANLK cf Tas in Trm He va overwhelmed by Willie WINTER HAVEN. FLA, Feb. 23.

Se jSfon bf was a 60 10 in the fiDal bIock of U. workouts, one at non-championship affair WUlis be- handicaP natch. The total 10 a. m. the other at 1:30 p.

Liz overweight score was, Hoppe, 130; Gillette, 93. were ordered for the Phillies today i Walker, although slow to good many minutes of his tisej-4 day in tutoring a couple of ha ising rerruit hurlers. They GranrUIe Bush, brother and il Referee Named. jLf ANGELES. Feb.

By tj of Rdel La Barba. retired and vn-H defeated flyweight champion, has I been selected to referee th- tea! 19. described as a "big offer" and is Wins Golf Event. awaiting Ty's reaction. DEL MONTE, CAL Feb.

23 i Eghteen n'tchers and catchers mcir new p.lut, ouiv iimsned strong and was awarded Seventeen playersare on hand, m- the bcut for his slashing style at the mate of the veteran. Signed V. rounas. b7 u. Jack Nevila.

Los An- have arrived here and will have "Snipe" Hansen, a lanky sou imi wi n.i- Liiiijgs iocsea oaa icr the cftam- geles. Trt the annual Debbie beach their first real todav. sd an tt Trt Drerej, The St, LotU Star. 12th and rv Sr.d mvernauonai tragus iast pion. Willis won them all by season.

wide margin. a geld vase golf tournament here wnth Sammv Hale, third baseman, a I a score of 152 for the 35 holes. holdout. 1 Estnea mtut a la by Pebruary 28th. Iir-e uccaey.

Pennsylvania nt- battleship in th- harbor sent tt i criaiiense aria Mccariny cw".