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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. MEW YORK, SUNDAY, AUGUST. 12, l'J23. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD MUST BE CUT TO MINIMUM THE DUBBVILLE FOURSOME By Brewerton Swimming English Channel Is Useless Effort, but Men Will Keep Trying to Do It Lesson of Inwood Proves That Qualifying Nuisance Should" Be Abated Automatic Disqualification of All but Top-Notch Amateurs and Sectional Preliminary Trials for Professionals Would Help Avoid Present Congestion "Two-Course Plan" an Alter started off, using the double tndgeon stroke, accompanied by the Daystar and two largo Dover rowing boats; the weather was brilliant, the sea calm, and the temperature on shore was 52 degrees Fahrenheit. At 6.15, an hour later, the swimmer was about four miles out, oppn.

site the entrance to Dover ln Admiralty Harbor. After the first twenty minutes. Sullivan chanced to the breast stroke, doing 34 to the minute. At 7:15 he was seven miles out, with South Foreland and Its lighthouse lying to the northwestward. Fifteen minutes later the steamer Glenland passed the party and five minutes later the steamer Jacobus Ramet passed.

At 8:15 Sullivan was nine miles out, opposite the Dover Patrol Memorial, which. Is situated on a. cliff east of St. Margaret's Bay. A as regards length and character of test.

Inwood. located in the very cockpit of golf, was near enough to several circuits to render the "two course" plan feasible With a litle foresight it would have been possible to havx completed the entire qualifying in two days, instead of four, and possibly in one day Only a few miles from Inwood 1s the picturesque Rockaway Hunt Club layout at Cedarhurst which provides a searching test of golf. While Rockaway Hunt lacks 300 yards of Inwood's lately added length, It Is a most sporty layout with Its nerve-shattering water holes constructed along the 7 F0M TRAP To lJlvXE HOW THAT OC flp Dur! 1 haveai't 3rwMMf 0Ii lovt SA! 1 missed on oh the tvso tmb course TwuV LET 1 SMOWt DWK Yet ruse- MSft kiBlick h- rri- TiwM MOOTER! Notre Dame Football Star, Paul Castner, Signed Up as Pitcher for the White Sox By JAMES J. MCRPHY. IN Paul Castner, one of the greatest all-around college athletes developed since the days of Jim Thorpe, the Chicago White Sox have signed an exceptionally promising southpaw pitcher.

In addition to his prowess as a moundsman, Castner is also a capable outfielder. With Notre Dame University this season, the brawny westerner hit well over ihe .300 mark. If an old football Injury does not reappear, Castner has it In him to win a lot of ball games for the Windy, City team. He has a fine mixture of stuff and speed, but above all an abundance of nerve as he displayed on numerous occasions on the athletic field with the "Hoosler Tornado." Castner received hie first baptism under fire In the, American League against the Philadelphia Athletics on Monday, when he held the Connie Mack aggregation, who were ln a slugging mood, to three hits in the last 2 2-3 Innings. He wag called on again for relief work on Tuesday and allowed the Mackmen one hit In the last inning.

On both occasions Castner showed real class. As soon as he becomes acclimated to his new environment Manager Kid Gleason plans to start the young collegian ln a game. Eleven Clubs Wanted Him. 3 WHAT good it Is to humanity to swim the English Channel, climb Mount Everest or find the North Pole is a mystery; still people have been attempting these feats for years and probably will continue until the end ot time. Of course the North Pole Is still to be discovered and some one has yet to plant a flag on top of Mount Everest, but tho English Channel has been conquered, although the number of people who huve succeeded is exceedingly small.

Henry Sullivan of Lowell, is the first American to cross the short but violent strip of water that separates England from France. Officially he is the third man who has' succeeding In accomplishing the feat. Unofficially others have been credited, including Capt. Davis Dalton. Be that as it may, the sporting world only recognizes Sullivan's successful attempt and the successful attempts of Capt.

Matthew Webb and William T. Burgess, both Eng- usnmen. As the crow flies, the English Channel Is 22 1-2 miles wide from Dover to Calais. It took Sullivan 22 1-2 hours to negotiate the distance. In reality, Sullivan swam approximately 56 miles.

Sullivan had made several previous attempts to swim the Channel but had always failed. Neither of tho other two swimmers was any more successful his first attempt. Webb got over on his second attempt, Aug. 24-25, 1876 but Burgess tried eighteen times before he succeeded, in 1911. Strange to say, although these swims took place thirty-six years apart, there was only a few minutes' difference in time Webb making It in 21 and 45 minutes anil Burgess getting across In 22 hours and 15 minutes.

Webb. Bureess and Sullivan start ed from Dover, but each landed in a different place. Webb touched at Sangatte, Webb landed at Cape Grls Ne and Sullivan arrived rlaht in front of the Casino at Calais. Webb was twenty-eight years old, and Burgess was over fifty, while Sulli van is thirty-ono years of age. Ail were big, strong men, Sulli van weighs nearly 240 pounds although he lost fifteen pounds in crossing.

It is an accepted theory a roan mat only a fat man can possibly cross the Channel, on ac count of the extreme coldness of the water. Cold Docs Groat Damage. Cold is a great destroyer of vi tality. It is certain that a swimmer of the type of Johnny Weiss-mulleror Charley Daniels would not nave a chance. The greatest obstacles In a swim of this.

kind are the tides. Of course the Channel is very rough, but the swift-flowing tides that run from the North Sea to the ocean and back six hours each way are the nautical nemesis. Every year you read about some rwlmmer who was forcod to abandon his attempt when within a rew miles of his goal. It is the last two miles that are the hardest. Burgess was ten hours making tho last mile and a hair.

Every swimmer hopes to cross it) two tides on twelve hours. If they fall the third tide catches them In a weakened condition and they are rorcea to quit wttn victory apparently within their grasp. However, tides and currents are not the onlv opposition offered tho swimmer. The water is very rough, and very cold, and very salty. Rough water Is fatiguing, cold water Is weakening and salt water Is ex tremely nauseating and injurious to tne eyes.

Glass goggles must be worn and wax and plaster of parts applied to tne eyes, nose ana ears. All the swimmers rub their body with lard, vaseline and fish oil for protection against chill, but unfortunately this rubbs off after a few hours, leaving the swimmer nt the mercy of the cold at the time of his greatest fatigue. Hero Is Sullivan's Log. Here is the official log of Sullivan's Bwlm. It Is worth reading, aj It.

shows what men will do to ac complish something that does no real good. The slart was made at 6:15 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Aug. 6, from Shakespeare Beach, Dover, where Sullivan walked Into tho sea and Corrected Figures Show Yachts Change Places In Block Island Race (Special to The Eaple.) Bayside, L. Aug. 11 There has been a change ln tho position of Several of the craft In the Bayslde-Block Island auxiliary race which onded earlier In the week.

Not that the change alters the victory scored by J. H. Esser's yawl Sakana of the Larchmont Y'jolit Club. It still is the winner. They are all well down ln the list.

The first is In the position of the Sngola, the property of B. A. Hln-ninn. The yacht wns credited wllh being In eighth position. The new figures show that she finished In sixth place.

D. Atwater's Da-maris. which was down as "not timed," finished end on corrected time Is now In eighth place. A. Van-derlaan's Coya, credited with finishing ln sixth place, by the new figures finished In ninth place.

The Norseman, the property of F. H. Wadsworth and A. A. Buchanan.

New York Canoe, was another craft that finally finished the long race and on corrected time is now ln tenth plnce. Tho Wenonah, W. E. Webb Jr, owner, also finished, although she originally was credited as with-drawn. She ends the list in eleventh pi see.

The only boats to withdraw worn F. C. Birch's Dolphin and J. Huke's Ariel. Fourteen boats entered the long contest and all started with the exception of C.

O. Martens' Ips-wlch. Wills Quits Training. fSpcriol fo The Eagle.) Adams, Aug. 11 Word comes from Harry Wills, negro challenger of Jack Dnmpsey for the heavyweight championship, that he will not return to tho training camp In the Berkshlres, owing to the fnct that negotiations for a title battle have fallen through for tho present.

Ho slates, however, that should he be signed up with Dempsey later on, he will come to East Cheshire whero he spent two weeks In light training as the guest of Dan Morey last month. The American Legion post hero regrets that Wills Is not to re. turn as he had promised to hox an exhibition for the benefit of tho organization In the event that he came back to the Berkshlres. HFIN'IE WAGM.R HERE TODAY. Heinle Wngner, former star short-slop of thn Boston Red Sox, will lie seen at Farmer Oval this afternoon, when he brings his New Rochellc nine to clssh with tho Farmers In the opening game at 1:46.

ln the ntghtrnp the local team lakes on the South Philadelphia Hebrew combination. native Measure. By GEORGE TREVOR. JUST as a stone that is thrown into a placid pool starts a series of ripples radiating shoreward in concentric circles, so the tremors caused by that memorable meeting at Inwood arc still pulsating through golfing circles. Amid the gossip which is going the rounds as an outgrowth of the open championship one thought strikes out Hko a sore thumb the qualifying nuisance must be done away with.

Certainly the public should not be asked to pay its money merely to see player.) qualifying In a preliminary test, nor should the championship proper be relegated to a subordinate position by exhausting popular Interest In four days of qualifying play. This year the 72-hole final test was robbed of its interest by the four-dav pre liminary trials that preceded it. The edge was taken off the champion ship. The writer believes firmly that a Championship should bo fr from Qualifying rounds. Inter est Should lie centered on the mak ing of a champion, rtther than on the ability of certain stars to qualify What other sport would clutter up a championship week with a mess of irrelevant preliminary trials? Automatic Restriction.

Granted that the qualifying nuisance must be abated, the question arlss as to how the tmwieldy golf fields arc to be cut down 1o wortt able proportions. This year 400 as plricg candidates for Sarazen's crovJn presented themselves at In-wood. Out of that army not more than 20 mm had any real chance to Win. At least 300 of them represented the deadest of deadwood. urtly some method of automatically eliminating this deadwood must be devised.

At present the only qualification for admission is the possession of a (5 bill, which same must be turncfl over to the U. S. 6. A. ng an entrance fee.

Even at the risk of losing some revenue, the authorities should eliminate those players whose only motive for entering is to enjoy the privileges of the cluo house, accorded contestants, and to tell the folks back home that thev played in the same tournament as Walter Hagen. Never again should a championship be cluttered up by on army of seml-dubs. Top-Notch Amateurs Only. To begin with, it might be to bar all amateurs save those whoso handicap was arbitrarily set at some low figure. For lnstauet, a mere handful of slmon-pures have any earthly chance to emulate Bobby Jones.

Outside of Ihe first ten fifteen amateurs the rest are hopelessly outclassed In a test that attracts such superlative talent. Bv II means, then, limit the entry of amateurs so that we may not again re treated to the ludicrous spectacle of seeing certain golfers who cannot make the "first sixteen" in their club Invitation tournaments, struggling to qualify against the Hagens, Sarazens and Hutchisons of the links. When the number of amateurs has been limited to the irreducible minimum, attention should be tjrned to cutting down the number of eligible pros. It's rather a pity that no practical method of ranking the pros has ever been devised. One ran imagine the good grace () with which members of Ihe salaried brigade would accept thler official handicap ratings.

A neur riot would doubtless result at any attempt to reflect thus upon a "pro's" earning power. However, In justice to the serious contenders, some plan should be adopted by the P. G. A. to restrict the entry of caddy masters and caddies who are not yot rip for a championship test.

After nil, this Is mainly the professionals' tournament and the "pros" Bhould take the Initiative In cutting down the deadwood among their ranks. Some will argue that the brilliant novice must be given his chance to win his spurs. Granted, but let him win them In some lesser fixture before attenuitln a nntinnm championship. Young players of uupiuvi-n rkiii snould be given trials by a committee of professionals which could then vouch for their proficiency. Many a chap who regularly burns un his linmfl practice conns a fearful cropper I'm me aein ten or a great public meeting, us witness the distressing "nineties" registered at In-wood.

Sectional For the vast army of regularly accredited professionals some equitable plan of preliminary trials must uo adopted. most practical scheme would seem to he the sectional nunMfvin- trials, to be held, one In the Ens', the other In the West, preliminary 10 the national rhamr.lnnDM Tut. tl Cnrs' wus pla" by ii ln" 1 B- A. last run, only to be at 1h last moment in favor of the four-day qualifying hedge podge that mwoori. Apparently Bob Gardner, vice president of the V.

S. hnS a COlnnlex niralnat ing on two or mere courses. Bob firmly believes that the should qualify only on tho links wncreon me cnaiuplonhlp is to be held. His linn of reasoning mlghi bo vnlled If ihn qualifying rounl meant anything which It immhnti. cully doesn't.

In a previous nrtirin since corroborated by "Fnlrpluy" of j. um. urn, vie iminu a out me Tardea! nature of a "nuallfvlng test," so called, which does not accomplish the purpose for which It wos in. tended keep the poorer player uui mm me Doner player In. The -aso of Sarnzen and Barnes at Troon is still rrosh in mind.

Tim Two Links Plan. Despite Gardner's prejudlco against course" qualifying, wo expect to see him over-ruled next season Either the P. O. deferred plan of East and West sectional prcllmin ary trials will be adopted, thus doing nway altogether with the qualifying rounds nt the championship, or elsu said rounds will be limited to ono day miration. The latter alterna tive cans ror simultaneous nuallfyln on two adjacent or neighboring courses.

In the recent British champion ship the qualifying rounds were dls posed or In a single day without, even cutting a divot Inhe championship or "Old Troon" luyoui. The British utilized the adjoining Troon munic ipal links and the new Troon course for tho preliminary tests. There i precedent for the "two course plan" in our own country, Inn nunllfylntr field In the amateur championship having been divided between the North Shoie links and the Engineers layout. It Is well lo select two courses that approximate each other Eleven major clubs were nfter Castner, but the White Sox beat the others to his services. Manager Frank Chance of the Boston Red Sox had him In uniform at the White Sox park one afternoon several weeks ago, but failed to sign him to a contract.

Castner so Impressed Manager Kid Gleason thai he quietly talked tho Notre Dame star Into joining his club. President Charles A. Comlskey came across with an offer that ap pealed 10 castner and he affixed his name to the necessary papers last Saturday. He Joined the team In Boston a few days ago. The portslder is 23 years old, 5 feet 11 Inches tall and weighs 180 pounds.

Castner Is not onlv the most popular but one of the best athletes ever developed at Notre Dame. He gained nation-wide recognition by nis sensational rootbaii playing with the South Bend, Institution. Knute Rockne, coach of the eleven, declared at the close of the season last fall that Castner was the nearest approach to the late. Glpp and the socona pest grldder ever Broduced in this country. A Star Football Player.

Castner was a tower of strength on th offensive and defensive with the Notre Dame eleven last fall. He was out of the Nebraska and Car negie Tech games as a result of a broken hip sustained In the gnme with Butler. He had recovered a fumble behind his own line and ran 80 yards before he was downed by Ferry, the bulky fullback of the Butler eleven. He was rendered unconscious and spent several weeks In th" hospital before he recovered. But for his Injury Castner would hove made a place on the first All-American team.

As it was, a number of experts selected him for their second backfleld. An Idea of his popularity can be gleanod from the fact that his room In tho hospital was constantly filled Cedarhurst coulee would have offered a very attractive diversion after Inwood while the character of golf would have been in keiplng with the championship links. Gardner Veto Idea. We understand that the matter was broached to Robert Gardner. Rockaway Hunt being willing to help Inwood share the burden, but the Chicago slugger vetoed the suggestion on the ground that the of competitors from one course ti.

another by motorcar would tend to distract them and raise havoc with their game. Gardner's objection may have some merit but, as i' turned out, the groans that arose from the helpless players who suffered the ghastly "three day waits" at Inwood were doubtless a', loud as any squawkes that might have arisen from the Rockaway Hunt "double up." Golfers are still beefing about the injustice Inherent ln those four days of qualifying. Consider first the ease of the players who were drawn to qualify on Monday or Tuesday. This meant that a three or two day period of Inaction was Imposed upon the successful candidates. These nerve-wracking waits were decidedly wearing on the players c.t high-strum? tcmpenamem who chafed under the necessity of stagnating ln the locker room.

Such a wait breaks the rythmic sequence of one's game most effectively. One is apt to "get cold" or lose that Indefinable something called, for want of a better name, "the touch." Players complained bitterly of being all keyed up for action and then, Just when they were coming onto their game nicely, Ilka a dash of Icy water, came this hearl-slckening wait. Alibis Failed to Hold. Those who were drawn to qualify on Thursday were prone to complain that It was unfair to be asked to play three day's running without a let up or breathins spell. However thejr alibis don't hold much water, for it is perhaps significant that Jones and Cruikshank, the two heroes of Inwood, both qualified on the last day.

Their co-ordlnatlcn was not interrupted by the necessity of waiting. Variable weather is another argument against the "muitl-quallfytng-day certainly It Is not entirely fair for some competitors to pacis Iko teeth nf a wind wieir way im-v while others enjoy tranquil conditions. Even granting that heavy wind affects all who qualify on that day alike ana mai me n.tnri am not Dlttea agains. those made on succeeding days, still wo feel that, adverse weainer keeps a good golfer from qualifying. One day at Inwood the heat become more oppressive than the wind had ever been.

A certain competitor, who haa a the three-day wait, remarked to a bunch pf pros in tho locker rooms; they're going to retain this four-day i 1091 ail nrest that the nuiiBens -qualifying teat be Increased from 36 to 72 holes, ana mav rut be allowed to shoot one round daily. Under my system we'd all play under approximately the same weather conditions, ana no mai tm without playing for a stretch of days, as was the case this Arc Grandstands Coming? Dnnbiless the time Is coming when more sirlngent provision will have to be made for nanaung ine galleries in open championships. The crowds at Inwood never grew to unruly proportions, the altcnd-Hnee falllntr short of what had been anticipated. Inwood's marshals han dled the galleries exceeumgiy wen, particularly when one realizes the iturrnnnm nf TnWOOd'S fairWUVS und the prevalence of parallel holes. But the llmll nas auoui own rettcneu with what can be done using "the moving rope" method of handling galleries.

It will soon be necessary tn r.no nff all fnlrwnvs rrftm ten to green, in my opinion, compelling enonf tn follow the mutch tlV walking along the side lines. It may not ne reanzen mai gon is ine oniy sport in which the field of play Is not kept clear of spectators. Wouldn't It be ludicrous If racetrack wjtn r.ut.mlttr.,1 tn IVPfn in upon the track in the wake of the ponies or if football throngs acquired the habit of following be hind a team as it marched down the field! Perhaps, ax one war has sug- II vol r.nm tn nnco. ble stands erected around tho "crucial greens." They would, as the same suggested, bo handy places wnerein to parK inenn wire: it 'Monkey Golf" At Lake Clear Lake Clear, N. Aug.

11 A lively competition for the prizes offered took place over the links of the Lake Clear Inn recently, when a "monkey tournament" was thn stellar attraction. This Interpretation of tho game which mado the hcot famous Is unique In th-it each player Is required, under the ln. flexibl) rules, to use only that partlc. inar ciuo arawn ny lot and the plav Is In the order c' th-i linportaner of said clubs, driver, hrossle, mid-Iron, miishle, niblick nn putter Ten teams of six blaver3 entere.l the lists for the committee's offeringsfirst, second, third and bonbv prizes. The entrants Included tlre Abel Blaekmar, Brooklyn; Oley Speaks, author, New York; Justice Charles Kelby, Brooklyn; J.

Downey, Bronx; Charles Plisrce, Put erson, N. Lewis P. Hmltii, Syracuse; Foster Smith, iiankei, Brooklyn; F. M. Itrlnkerhoff.

Brook, lyn; Robert ('. Cookmnn, I'lilladel-phla; l)e Witt Vim Rtmklrk, vice chairman Port of New York Authority, Buyonne, N. Walter Hmlln, Hiickensack. N. J.

Henderson consulting engineer, Hartford; S. p. Danmg, Assistant Corpora' Ion Counsel, New York; W. F. Wilcox, son of Wllllnm K.

Wilcox, chairman nf the New York and New Jersey port und Harbor Development ommls-slnn which prwded the Port of New York Authority; A. Mlddleton. formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Company. 4iu up niiuriiy after the start, died away and the water was very calm. Half an hour later the steamer Sheridan passed and thn captain hailed tho swimming wishing Sullivan the best of luck.

Five minutes later Sullivan partook ot egg and milk. At 9:15 the Calais Light, bearing east southeast of Dover Pier was lying southwest to the party. At 11:15 he continued to swim wllh the breast Btroke, maintaining the wonderful regularity of 84 to the minute. Asked how he felt, Sullivan said he fancied his chances If he could get a good tide ln the morning. At fifteen minutes after midnight, Monday morning, the swimmer's progress still was good.

The party In the boat sang songs, led by John Conlon, Sullivan joining in tome of the American nnd English ditties. At 1:16 an airplane Was seen overhead flying from Calais. The swimmer still was plodding at his task and tho weather wns becoming rather chilly. At 2:16 Sullivan wns very cheerful. FJfty minutes later lie was getting Hlonjr finely, though the wind had freshened a little.

At 3:60, when dawn broke, Sullivan was going strong and told the men ln the boats that ho welcomed daylight. At 4:15 thi swimmer still was going ahead like a machine. At 6:15 he was eight miles from the French const nnd drank some hot water to alleviate a slight sickness. Sullivan Still Going At 6:15 a cross-Channel steamer from Calais passed Sullivan, who was going very strong. The morning broke beautifully, and after the fllKArtnen reH th ITrnnoh nnuut came clearly into view, the swimmer's position at the time being off Cape Blancnez.

At 7:15 Sullivan was swimming, well and appeared to be quite fresh. An alrplahe passed overhead. Sullivan changed his skullcap for a cap with a peak to keep the sun from his as he had not worn goglcs, his head being well clear of the water be-causo of the buoyancy of his breast stroke. At 11:15 Sullivan was two and a half miles from the French shore, and was edging slowly across the tide. At 3:16 he was off the Patrol Memorial of Sangatte Cliff, the water was choppy and the tide dead against the swimmer.

At 4:15 Sullivan was drifting westward and his position was' considered to bo unfavorable and an hour later he was still two miles off tho But ho and the men ln the boat took up a song. The tide changed at 6:15 and Sullivan's progress was faster. At 6:30 he expressed confidence in himself and maintained a stroke of 32 to the minute. At 7:15 he was swimming very strongly with the Calais Lighthouse dead south and the tide flowing from H.n.l In 1. I I ntav iv CM, i ii till inrii 1111: 1 en i-ii his stroke and made the landing at 8:05.

Sullivan weighed 220 pounds when he went Into the. water and though he did not weigh later his trainer figured, he lost 15 pounds In tho long grind, as he was 13 pounds lighter after his attempt In 1920 than before he started out that year. Contrary to some reports, Sullivan was not worn out.when ho landed. Ho got to a seat, staggered for the first few steps, owing to poor circulation, then straightened up and walked Into the beach at Calais. Special Hurdle Event At Wilco A.

A. Games At tho request of Carl Anderson, coach of the Newark A. a special 400-meter hurdle race has been added, to the program of the Wllco A. A. games at the Yankee Stadium on Sept.

8. Coach Anderson is pointing Carl Christlcrnson, the Swedish champion and record holder, who la now In this country, for the 440-yard hurdle raco at the national championships at Chicago on Sept. 1, and while he Is ln good form, he Is anxious to have him go after a record. He believes that ho is capable of breaking the present world's record for 400 meters, which was established by Frank Loom Is of Chicago in winning the Olympic championship at Antworp three' years ago. John Norton of the Olymplo Club of San Francisco, the present world's record holder for the 440-yard hurdles, has been extended an invlttltlnn tn nnmc Vn A strides with the Swedish champion- Lea rn SWIM? Special $2) Ril.TkiWkt $5 DKrOIT FOR COt KHK RsImiw nf 20 you wntn muiy in Mart.

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Kainer Cuilom Tailori since 1904, 352 Living.lon Brooklyn. RVHRTTIIINO 101 Billiards Bowling Price snd Tnrma a Suit REPAIRS BY EXPERT MECHANICS t't Manush Family Numbers Seven Ball Players Ty Cobb, believed by many to be the greatest of modern ball players, after nineteen of hectic campaigning has began to show signs of wear and tear. His great pair of legs, which have brought him almost as much fame as his mighty war club, will no longer stand the strain of these hard drives, so Cobb is looking around for his successor; that is, he was until he picked up Henry Emmett (Heinle) Manush, recruit outfielder. Cobb, besides trying to keep the Tigers ln the race. Is also trying to make a hitter and an outfielder out of Manush.

Cobb says Manush Is a natural hitter who, Inside of a couple of years, should be one of the most talked of batters ln the major leagues, If he continues to improve and learn as rapidly as he has since the opening of the season. Manush while not a finished outfielder is a natural slugger. He stands well over 8 feet and weighs 190 pounds. The big fellow takes a cut at the ball as Lajole and Wagner did In the old days. American League pitchers are having a lot of trouble with Manush.

They find it mighty hard to pitch to him. Eddie Rommel, the pitching ace of the Athletics, believes that Manush Is one of the best batters in the league because he has the pitcher guessing all the time, Rommel says he threw everything he had In his bag of tricks and Manush hit each and every one, even going so frr as to step out and clout a waste pitch. Under Cobb's tutelage Manush has improved in his fielding and in his base-running. There are six other members of the Manush fam ily playing ball, but Cobb believes he has the ace In Heinle. Tho Delehanty and families have been famous In base ball and the Grimeses and others have won moro or less distinction, but the most remarkable Instance of baseball running in families is furnished by that clan from Alabama that bears the name, of Manush.

No less than seven sons of Pa and Ma Manush have been or are ball play ers of recognized merit, with all but two of thorn in the game professionally, while the other two had offers that they turned down, ine Manusn tamtly halls from Tuscumbia, and all the seven sons were born that Southern town and learned the game on the town lots or ln college there. The seven brothers are Harrison, George, Will, Frank, Ernest. Henry and Charles. All have or are still playing ball, the majority of them being minor league stars for n.any years. Charles and Will aro the ones who have not taken tne game up professionally, but they spurned many tempting offers.

Charles is nn empioyce of the Southern Rullway. Will has won considerable fame as a member of a trm In the Panama Canal zone, where ho Is employed by the Government as a canal lock operator. All In all the seven Man-ushes are probably the most remarkable baseball fnmlly on record. The Detroit recruit, who Is 22 years old. has i'ned out to be tne most famous of the celebrated lam.

llv. A brother Frink had trials with Itie Philadelphia Athletics. New York (Hants and Cleveland Indians, hut never could make tho grade. Heinle seems to be ln for a long relun as Cobb's successor In the out field and he Is easily the best player of the lot. The youngster throws and bats let't-linniled.

His tlr.it professional engagement was rith Edmonton of the Western Canada League In 1921. He advanced to Omaha of the Western League last Ills best feats with that club wera hitting In 33 conacnutlve go.mcs and hnm eun with tild full. He had a batting average ot .676 In games, making 44 doubles. 30 triples und 20 home runr. Wlh Detroit he Ic hitting .318 for 01 games.

In 14! Urn-, at bat he has mado 47 hits and scored 23 runs. Mis cxira-imoe blows Include 11 doubles, 2 triples and 1 home runs. Trap Shooting Records Getting a Few Bumps TUAPSHOOTING records are getting quite a few bumps this seoaon. Early In Juno Fred Tomlln of Glaasboro, N. broke 248 straight shooting from 23 yurdH, missing his first and last target In .50.

The best previous record was 108 by Mark Arte. On July 4 at Atlur.tu, It. D. Freeman, former champion of that Slate, and runner-up this year, broke loO slraWht from 23 ynrds. This Is a world's ruc-onl for an amateur.

Charley Young, shooting as a professional, broke loo from 23 yards at Peru, In 1916, but the recoid hoc': does not contain any for an amuleur from 23 yards. Three days afler this performance Mr. Freeman shot at 26 more targets from Zt ynrds and broke 20 straight, missing his twenty. first, and finishing wllh 24 brenltii tn 2fi. This iraliy riivc blm a strnlght run of 120 targets ir.im 23 yards a most remarkable Boxers After Eugene Criqui On Other Side When Eugene Crioul, French champion and ex-champlon feather weight of the world, returns home he will' find Emile Mascart, French challenger, waiting for him with a defl for a try at the French title.

Mascart has been defeating tho best lads ln Europe with a regularity that is a little surprising. His laieat vic tim M. Glunchl, Italian champion lasted leas than a round. Mick McAdam, the Scotch champion, Is after Mascart for a match and so is Danny Frush of London, formerly of Baltimore, Md. It is likely that Criqui will meet cither Frush or Joey Fox for MaJ.

Wilson of Londoji before taking on Mascart, as the French champion was under contract to Wilson to box Frush before he left for the States to box Johnny xiiiuane. Johnny Brown. New York hnn. tamwelght, made his bow to a London crowd of fans when hn met tho British ex-champlon Jim Hlggins at the Ring arena. Johnny won In four rounds by a K.

and followed this by stopping Albert Colcombe in two rounds at the same club a few nights later. Maurice Prunlcr, French middleweight, scored a victory over Al nogers rour rounds, the latter having little chance. Prunler has been matched with Fred Aicher for a 20-round battlo. Ermlno Spalla, the Italian heavyweight champion, who wanted to meet Jack Dempsey, has been challenged by H. Humbeck, Belgian heavy, and also by VandeiVeer of Holland.

The International Union has given Spalla 30 days to accept the challenge of Humbeck or forfeit his alleged title. G. Carpentler takej exception to the action of Ihe Union In naming Spalla as champion. So does Joe Beckett, either one of whom could defeat the Italian without trouble. The battle between Bartley Madden of New York and now of Ire-land, and George Christian, a colored fighter of Columbus, Ohio, proved a farce In Dublin recently.

Christian quit In the first round and the crowd of fans howled thsir disapproval. It will hurt the game In Dublin, although Madden tried to fight. The colored man refused to even try, although he claims to have boxed Sam Langford. Jock Johnson and others In the States, LITTLE LESSONS IN Big Sports TOP VIEW ARM ACTION OF BREAST STROKE SIDE VltW Posed by JOHNNY WElSSMOj. LER, World's Champion speed swim mor.

Sketch by Peg Murray. What Is the arm action in the breat itrokct Answered by BIMi RACHHACH HIliK.ls Athletic Club; most famous and succpssf ul nil cnaclit; lias turned out chamuloiu Mich as Johnny Welssmuller, world's fu.tet NwlnuiK-r; Norman Rons, Sibyl Iluuer, Perry MeKSIIIIvray, Harry Hcbner, Arthur Knlthcl, Rob Skel-ton, and Mike McDormott, From a position with tho body lying flat on tho water with arms extended forward and feet extended to tho rcur, tho arniB start a full swoop to the rear. Tho notion of tho arms is simultaneous. The palms of the hands are turned outward with thumbs down. Tho sweep ends when the arms are even with tho shoulders.

At this point the muscles are roluxed, the elbows bent and tho hands brought together In front of the fice. With the palms horizontal, thumbs together, they are shot forward to the extended position, The fingers ore -tilted upward to skim over the surfurs of the water. The head In held ahovii the water ot all times, thn nrms nre kept under the water, tho shoulders parallel to tho water line, nnd thn feet deep. (Copyright, 1113, Ataooltted Editors.) When Muzzey Ran Out with banks of flowers, the gift of friends from all over the country. He also received more than 100,000 last-minute cards wishin him a speedy recovery from friends and admirers throughout Uncle Sam's domain.

In addition to his great football playlnK, Castner starred" with the Notrj Dame hocke.y team. Throughout tho West lie was known as the fastest man on skates. He accounted for many Important vlctorloi almost single-handed, and was- the main reason why Dotre Dame annexed the Ice championship of the West. Too Much of a Gentleman. Castner camo into prominence while starring ln football and hockey with St.

Thomas a tnilitaiy school of Minneapolis, where he makes his home. He was regarded as the best pigskin chaeer turned out of that city in tbe pi.st decade. Because of his quiet, unassuming disposition, Castner haj a hard time putting himself over as football player at Notre Dame. Conch Rockne and the other players considered him too soft-hearted to be a successful grldder. However, he soon convinced all hands that they had another guess coming.

He ripped the varsity line to pieces ln scrimmages and did likewise to "the opposition when he got Into aeiunl combat, Castner never deliberately Injured an opponent and when he mussed up a would-be tackier with his powerful stiff arm he was always ready with an apology. Consequently his great popularity. Castner took a great liking to Jim Dwyer, formerly of St. John's Prep, this hoVo, right-handed pitcher of the Notre Dame Freshman nine this spring. He Imparted much of his raluable knowledge to the Brooklyn boy, who showed a vast improvement under the expert coaching.

Dwycr shapes up as one of the leading successors to Castner as the first-string varsity pitcher for next season. day, Charles L. wns still first choice. Within an hour all of the money on the raco track was ln tho pool box. As soon as the race got under way Marston marched off and won two heats.

In the seventh heat Kendall managed to squeeze home ln front after Cox made the faworito go the overland route. Mir-e was nil smiles when he saw th as he was ln on the field tickets. A slight cloud an peared when the judges, after placing the horses, said: "All bots on this race declared off." With the cash box under his arm Muzzey walked out In front of the judges stand and asked why they declared tho bets off. After a brief consultation tho starter announced: "Because the favorite did not win." Muzzey replied: "I do not recognize any such rul Ing." Then jumping Into a buggy he started with the cash hox for the junction. Tho backers of tho favorite as soon as they learned what had happened started after him.

There was a merry chase through the dust. When the pursuers arrived thev saw Muzzey standing on the platform of me last car on a train which was pulling out for the north. A few dnys later there was a reunion and Muzzey paid off according to the summary. HARRIHBCRGS MERE TODAY. Tho Harrlsburg Club of Iho Central Pennsylvania League will be tho attraction at thn Dexter Park Oval of the llushwick nine this afternoon, when the local team will meet the Keystone Staters In a dou-bleheader, the first game starling at 1:46.

Tho Kennedy All Stars of Yon-kers, N. Hudson River, Itoek-lund nnd Westchester counties semi-pro baseball champions, have a few (raveling dutes open and would like to hear from learns In and around Brooklyn for games on opponents' fields. Address Walter J. Stern, rare Kennedy All Stars, 118 Elm Yonkers, N. Y.

FRANK MUZZEY Is as well known ln New Hampshire as Daniel Websten While his name does not appear among the Alumni of Dartmouth he has been up there and at every other point In New England where folks get together to worship the Goddess of Chance. As all the world knows, Muzzey specializes on hill side farming, and after dinner speaking. He la also an auctioneer and a pool seller. For over 80 years Frank Muzzey has flitted from place to place following the horses. The records show that ln 1893 he was drafted to preside over the speculation at a new track near Claremont Junction.

The meeting was Into ln the fall. As the days were getting short almost all of tho races were, carried over from day to day. Under this system the owners and drivers had a chance to have a llttlo twilight conversation before going to bed. The free-for-all was shoved back to Saturday. There were six starters.

After four heats had been raced the event was postponed until Monday under the Runcook Valley rules. At thut time Parker had two heats with Kendall und Walter Cox two with Itowdy Knox. Johnny Marston was driving Charles tho favorite. As helpers he had Lambert Robert H. and Annie K.

When the soiling started on Mon Coombs Back at Williams. Wllllamstown, Aug. 11 Jack Coombs, former star hurler of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Brooklyn Dodgers, who aided both teams In winning world's championships, has been re-engaged us baseball coach at Wllllums College for next year. It will be his fourth season In charge of the nine here. Williams recently nriopted a strenuous cumpalgn aimed to restore bnse-hall to the high place It held at college a deende ago when the Purple nine had few superiors among Eastern colleges.

Coombs has made a creditable start toward the goal, developing a nine this past year which madu tho best record In recent years. Hi mo Bl near UroMway, Naw.