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Show . T1IE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10 BEJflLUME L Willard ence Hagen, Mackey, guard; 2, Walt Hall, guard; center; 8, Chick Mitchell, forward. 3, 18, 1920. Tapping, forward; 4, Dick Williams, guard; 5, John Gregory, guard; 6, Vern Funk, forward; 7, Clar- Coffroth Arranging Program That Will Provide Many Feature. Terrific Babe Ruth Popular Idol of Fans. SAN DIEGO, Jan 17 S'x vaiuibl take will be run during the course of the meeting at Tijuana. This announcement came from the of- flees of James W Coffroth, where ltwaa stated the purses for these events would range from $1200 to $3000. It wn Intimated that the establisned features, the t offroth handicap, tha Spreckels handicap and the Inaugural handicap, mv be n among the standard features provided and that they will remain as fixtures as long as the thoroughbred will continue to gallop at Tijuana The Coffroth handicap, run In 1517, a as one of the brightest turf attractions In the annals of the western turf. Clarence Buxton'a buaan came down In front to win tinder a snug ride from Jockey Willie Kelsay. It was a great race and one that will be long remembered This race called for the mile and an eighth distance In the previous meeting The Mpreckele handicap sat a sprint of six furlongs and Vtas non hv the Nevada htabes swift Scariet Oaks In Its first running Conditions for the stakes will bs sn Lnt-inounied before long will cose for them February 1. Clouter Could Have Added to Record by Greater Daring. Big 100-da- y ' By BILLY EVANS. half-dose- ' Now ws will get some action, Bate Ruth ie t bat The appearance of the famoua Boston slugger never failed to drew forth such comment from the fane. A certain tanse-nea- a alwajs exlfted when Ruth Wee up. The epectetore looked for the big fellow to give them a thrill, and, believa me, he gave them many a one lest summer There Is no denving the fact that baseball enthuitasts like batter who can hit em a mil Ability to do that made Babe Ruth the moot talked afoul man tn baee-ba- ll the last jear From the middle of over season to the close, fans the country would not he or were wondering whether be able to break the major league record for home rune In my fifteen jeers connection with the American letgue tt aeema Ruth hae g hits then ait made more th other mighty aluggera put together. 1 always got a certain sense of satisfaction In seeing Ruth hirithe bell end then following with my eye the cowrie of tne sphere, which, In many instances, seemed to travel 'impossible distances es Overnight Handicaps. Then there will he a large number of The value of these overnight handicaps will range from $o00 to $1000 These sort of race have proved most popular on the eastern course this season They get larger fields than tha fixtures and provide close contests because thev give a chance to the horse tnat s been raced to top form, For the fixtures, horses are nomlraled and generally prepared for these certain races only A horse developed during the coursa of the meeting would, therefore, be Ineligible unless his owner had been farsighted enough to plate hi, name among those desirous of going to the post The important offices of the track will be filled by aome of the most capable men on the American turf, t ws staged - at 'JoWiey club headquarters Coffroth la Jamming the Wires with telegrams to easte-- n officials Many of these were interviewed wnen Coffroth was east, and several pos s are known to be filled though tne Jockey ciuh president has not nade publlu the names of the offlcla s Had Tijuana been able to open sooner Francis Nelsota the famous ( anadlan turf official, would have filled the post of presiding Judge Coffroth had this famous Judge signed up for the Tijuana meeting and it was onlv a month ago l he local promoter waived claim to Nelsons services that the latter might take crown the of presiding judge at tne Jef ferson park meeting In New Orleans Nel son Is considered one of the ablest race stewards In America His work on the Canadian courses and at Hot Springs made him extremely popular with the raring public and his acquisition bv the local management wouli lie a tenstrike Coffroth states the names of officials vvl'l be made known In a few days As starter, Harry Morriesev of Kenwas wired tucky has first call Morrt-se- y terms, and If the duties of running a large stock farm in lcentuckv will permit he will come we- -t to flip the started In the first TIJuena meeting and has filled the box at practically all big eastern racing plants Eddie Tribe the popu'ar barrier breaker who y sent the fields away during the meet at Tijuana, is tied up to contract, it Is understood, with New Orleans and Bowie The posts of clerk of the course, racing secretary and handlcapper associate lodges timekeeper, patrol Judge an nouncer, etc, will be filled with proml men on turf Coffroth states the pent The mutuel mat hines have been ordered bv telegraph There will be twelve of them the battery consisting of five of t e $2 denomination, three of the $5 type, two $10 klnl and two for $20 betbe Others ordered before the may ting meeting opens (of froth is greatlv pleased with the teceptlon his opening day announcement Is receiving On every hand he Is being congratulated and Informed that the lacing resumption will "make" San Diego It Is predicted at the Jockey rlub offices tnat the meet wil far surpass in excellence and patronage Coffroth s fondest barrle-Morriss- 12fi-da- record-breakin- Beats All Record?. In 191 Ruth succeeded In dedng whet everv fen hoped he would be ebie to acof th major complish, the breaking league record He first beat tbs record of held by Buck Freeman. After twenty-fiv- e irtrhad VrtUsed that tnsrk and had IWentv-ai- x to his credit, some of the statisticians crossed Babe and discovered a new record home run made someof twenty-seve- n thing like thlrtj-fiv- e years ago Such a happening would have discouraged most hitters, but notII Ruth. He "Weil, I have to go simply remarked out and whale a couple more over the fence." And in a anort time he added three more home runs to his credit. It reailv is too bud that tne major of 191 didn t consist of the league usual achedul of 154 garnet. If Ruth had plaj ed fourteen more games I feel he would surely have passed the thlfty meric In the matter of home rune. Hsd he done so he would have set a record at which the leading hitters would have been shooting a long time Had the Boston players known that Ruth was to eclipse the major league record. his total would have been Increased by three or four home runs at least, even though such a course would have involved the plajing of what la regarded as bad baseball Several timea last summer I saw Ruth lead off with a terrific wallop that staved inside the park, but managed to net him three bases, despite the faot that Ruth hasn t the speed of Cobb. F JRhNLAOV form oc unt, for should not the Panthers anything, have much diffnultv in winning the title m section one of the Salt Lake division. Homer Christensen has assembled the best bum h of basketball warriors to be seen at the West high school for a number of ears, and be lieves thev should have no trouble in cleaning up this part of the division This is Christensens first hoop seaI or the past son at the West high. four or five vears he has been coaching at the Bingham high school. Last sea son he turned out a team that swept everything before it in the -- alt Lake division and finished second in the Could Have Slade Store. state tournv. t the beginning of the football ea son he took H. G Richardsons place, who had resigned the coaching job at the Panther school to go into business. The grid team ranted second in the halt Lake league. Might Rule That Records of Players in Incompleted Games Shall Count. Immediately alter the final football game with the Kast high school, Chris He tensen got basketball under wav had more than a hundred fellows par ticipating in the indoor spoit .At the dreams present time the roach has four full squads in suits every afternoon when school is dismissed. Timely Gossip Christensen recently took about a dozen players with him on a trip through tlie southern part ot the state. 4 In spite of the fact that the squad CHICAGO Jan 17 San Antonio w Ishes to behold the White Sox this spring was divided, the Panthers managed to President Benson of the lame Star club win a majority of their games. has aaked for an exhibition game and Secretary Harry Crahlner of the Sox Beaten by Bingham. sav a one will be arranged, If possible Last Friday evening the Panther San Antonio la within easy distance of coach took his first string men to Bing Waco, where the Sox will train " ham, where thev were beaten bv the a of Outfielder Will Fox will return to the high school team there bv a score An unusually slipperv floor W ichlta club of the Western league next 28 to 26 aeaaon He has been out of pro baseball had the local fellows off thoir game in for a few years thj first period, but thev came back strong in the second half and cleat lv ' Maltv Matthews, who learned to p'av the Binghamite-hall on the Chicago lots. Is going to outplayed Captain Walt Hall He will pilot aroJohn Gregory and branch out as a manager undoubtedly two of tho best: guards the Charleston, 8 C, rlub He was recn the high school league tins season ommended for the position bv Blllv Hamilton Matthews was In the Western Gregory plavod under Christensen at some time for league Binghari in 1918 1!), and was one of About Big Leaguers tho most consistent players mi that Pres. dent William I, eerk of the Cub, team in the state tourney. Hall has will return to Chicago Tuesday ot next at the Panther school for three week with full detaila of the Cub's spring plavecl and knows how to play his po vears, training trip He has been on tne coast sition in n first class manner. weeks men after There are three ' fharenre Rowland, foimer manager of the center position.promising Thev are Clarence the White Sox and later owner of the Milton Rossiter and Ralph Jen Milwaukee dub, is undecldel as to Is Hagen en. Hagen has the bilge on the other future Prohgblv he will manage some two candidates at tlo present, largely minor league club4. due to his ability to plav the floor well 0 rid of the ball quickly. He m A1 Baiid a voung Infielder, is been and getshort for a pivot man, however, rather sent to Rochester by the Giants and cannot be relied irpon to get the Davis Cup Play Postponed. jump. Rossiter rs a good man on the jump, SYDNEY, Auatralia, Jan. 17 Rain heie had difficulty in playtnia afternoon caused a postponement of but so far haswell. With a little more the second days play in the Davla cup ing tho floor Tennis matchea It had been sdanned to snap in his passing he no idouht would but a hold the doubles contest, heavy make an excellent center. Jensens downpour deadened the turf courts and onlv drawback is his lack of speed in made play impossible piaving the floor, but with a little more praStice Christensen believes he ran overcome this difficulty. At the forward positions are Vern CbiMitchell and Grant Funk. Thekl, Robert latter, because of lack of experience under fire, has not as yet VUCSVMUNC won a place on the first five Funk is good on floorwork, and THIS IS THE to shoot wrm aexceptionally accurate basket shooter. fairly 'ONLY-PLA- CE 'MtTcbeTTis "playing af forward for the been has first time, but showing up in TO PLAY!! fine style. He formerly played the guard position. AP1C TRY A IOT OF ROOM NO WAITING of the national commission I d give a great deal to see buih an oxen balance of strength as there was last year and ho lose a Ptnmt? tbit both pentusiHs would be won In the final dash of the I hope to see reason season For this some deals made and tradea completed that will help the weaker teams I would be $k lighted to see fifty young stars come up irom the minor leagues, and have all of t u rn make good Manager la Moran does not contemplate nuking any ibangei in the ciub, affording to Ffcs.dent Herrmann Some of tne plavers already have Bigned contracts for tne 39.0 season, but their namer wil i ot be announced until short- Some ly before the spring training trjp of the plavers Herrmann aimit ed, have Ulvu- in reaswr hi aalarica. BASEBALL NOT CHli'VsD .fan aici . 17 1 njpal 'ears m or baseusually are oomauiere ball, but August Hon maun, president of NaPtmlnniM the worlds champion tionals, believes the g me In 1920 null enjoy the same prosperity which attended the reyhal cf the sport last season West High Schedule. The Internal rows whith haearukcn the Panther schedule in Ameri'an league will be settled be'ore Following is the Herrth spring tra Llrsr teai n the local section- and ll oth r uUic beieyt, January 21 West vs.,1fl University mann n and the National West vs. between will hiveAmfit Preps at West. January Ten ironed KoRsfull) leatje East at Fast. February 6 West vs. out to the tenefit of Rime L. D. S. F. at West. to 'odoer the February 11 do nit ex,et West vs. I'piversitv Preps at Frep. rule nn iL.ardN pr njentlal ear when w afFebruary 2b West vs. East nt West. baaeball attendance id marsrahy On the con Herrmann mi February 27 West vs. L. 1). H. L at fected, after t 0 games ity e ul d rome-haii- c L. P. H. U. trary, 4r rrVrirr laet . It isquile bkelv that 8he-twgames to count on a gcU campion for the between the hast and West high tominc season school will be played at the Peserct Cincinnati "Saturn iy 1 Imnt to win But, speaking as a member again gymnasium. I r. 4 n HIGH PRICES FOR BASEBALL STARS aaa-MH- i George H (Babe) Ruth, Poston Red Fox, bought bv 0 New York Yankees, . Price over Carl Was, Boston Red So, bought by New York Yankees 1919 Price over Trim Speaker, Bom ton Rd Sox, bought by (eveiattd Price over . Pbulel-phiGrover Alexander, Chb ago by bought Price over Cubs, 191 Col ins, Eddie Philadephia Atnleties. Nm it "Lv Chicah e box, 11 go Bakeu I hdedetpic-- a .Frank Athletic bought by New York Yankees l16 I Benuv KauC bought by New ok . Giants 1916 Joe Jackson Cleeand bought by (Tdcago WMe Sox )J15 der-al- s Lee Magee Brooklvn bought bv New York 1916 Yankees, Joe Tinker, Cincinnati P.edn bought bv Brookljn Robin', . . (never renorted) St OToole Martv Paul, latlon bought American 1912 Pirate bv Pittshu Milwaukee ( happens Larr Ameoan aso' ation bought bv Chi'seo While Sox. 11 Leftv Ruscel Ba t more oral league, bought bv plnladep.na Athletics, 19-- I t Man Who Tried to Popularize Game in Great Brit- ain T ells Why. BARTHOLEMY SIGNS WITH LOS ANGELES 1 aucnv A ho store that never hae been made putilk H that of the name of Sunday. the between June 13. at .'mrinnatl, l.ravea amt the Reds, Jupiter Fluvtue of It fifth In the lion eei the last stopping inning and starting some tuny that wont oe settled until the meeting of the National learue. When the storm king horned In aach team had one run, tne Uaioans making their taliv In tne fifth on Kopf s triple The Rube and Brassier s sacrifice flj was the first Red retired, for the rain then became so violent that Cliar'es Rig-le- r, had to call time umpu Plaj never was resumed and it never has been decided whether this was game and v. iiether the Boston Braves should get thth share of the gate receipts amounting to about $2M0 It s the little tilings that count in baseball, as in other sports and Industries, and it was a kick bv Russel Black' bume that brought tip the ques-t.o- n that the National league magnates will answer when thev assemb'e in New Russ was covering dork rexl month third for the Braves and he Insisted that lie had tagged Kopf with the ball In illiam L. had t) e fifth frame after smote said ball to center He had quite an argument with Moran the umpire on the bases, over the matter and was canred after a long delay If BWckhurne had attended strict lv to business anl not argued with the umpire the game pro ablv would have gone five full Innings, and fans after next month still woud wonder whether a team placing t home can make a contest of five innings legal hv knotting up hings in the fifth before the third man Some National leaguers think is retired nu on", others think you cant Walter Kc other and Arthur Nehf 10o 000 soutlqaw", were the pitchers in the most peculiar battle of 1915 for to date no one knows whether or not this was a game 000 George Washington Grant of the Braves and demanded hts share thought it was on the ground that four of the ret eipts C0.0O0 and a half innings had been played August Herrmann of the Reds took the other v.ev that it was not a legal game 50 Qo0 as five innings had not been completed ead shot pisy anti Uce Reds, we'. not ta Garry told the crowd ot s,opp'vd 50 0ro 12 no that it wti no gam- - and that rain checks woud he ho Pored tor any subnet cent game 35 000 O'fu ial btorer Jack R'der said it was no game and did not turn In a score to President Hevdler sni Hevdler said It 3u 0Q was no game hut told George Washington Grant he could appeal to the board 000 o' directors. 3, G W G did so and what they have to sav on the subject wi he revealed at the next meeting of the National league 25,fK)0 It is known that some members of the board incline to the belef tnat the contest of June lo at Cincinnati was legal 25,000 and should be included in the reiords as a tie gime, their jio'nt being that If the home team can t'e the eoore In the sixth, 22 300 reventh, eighth or ninth innings before three men ar- - retired t ley tertalnly con do so in the f fth IS.Onr) wav the matter lx decided Wh'ch-vit la going to start aroihir argument as to w lether the perfoi mance of the able wiped out bv tain 12.CC0 atheles thatbe are forwarded to headuiiarie-- x should rot and jjic .Jed In u the- - ojlt -- U recorder The want to get red.t Ipimfoiers ivi-i.iK ami blunters fhev make, j for all the blow s of the fact that Jupiter irrespeitive is on hand to stop tne garnet bbfore UPftO become games. reai.y they V I ON OUR BRAND MW TABLES Make Smashes i j a. ls Y and PortUnd I arthoemv A! boy cite1 tv of no mean abihtv, has signed le mailed club Eos Angeles w,th the his Mgned ontra t to Made Kll efer several divs ago and will leave for the soutn in Mart h Partholenu has plated with numerous minor league flubs and was at one time1 wlh the Heavers He L ratd as one of the tost men behind the tat tn the past wthenever he bus neN but in A leagues up to the clans he, sten toiled to hr tht old apple for a health) , pert ent vget d In A1 sci the armv during the war. rn pavei tn the windaid ujcu his reidere of the shipbu! league He ht t e up and turned dwn ball for a fare thee-wc- il an of'er to pay kague ball Usi season f'auf Idaho. lub of the and managed Idaho leagje, working be- the Fo tt-lartxoemys success is the hope of every fan In Portland, with whom he Is. 1 here cannot be too j a great favorite man Lke him in baseball j j te trr r asr 1913 FVta I . . Malsel, New Y s. Jn- - Baltimore, org Yankees. I i 6 Rube Martuard lnriJanpo'a American associat on, bought hr New York Gants 1 1 I 1 er Plu-vm- There isn't the slightest doubt In mV mind but that Ruth would have been able to stretch each one of those triples Into a horn run had the coacher dared to play the game contrary to precedent la baseball, with no one out and the first man hits for three bases, it Is alWaya considered wise policy to hold th runner at third unlesa It is absolutely certain he ' can score It is figured that it Is generally po sibl to have such a runner score on the effort of some of the batters who follow' In one game it so turned out that Ruth could hava scored walking, because of the However faulty handling of the re'ev the score wee tied at the time, Boston needed that run to put them in the lead, and the coacher was forced to play tt safe Of course now that the season is oved and Putt) has established a record, it is an easy matter to point out liow the totst eould have been considerably swelled. Had home runs Ruth made only twenty-seve- n last year. I don t believe he would have ever forgiven himself for his failure (o run out a long fly at Boston which It seemed almost certain the fielder would catch. In this game against Philadelphia; 'Ruth hit one of the longest end highest fly balls that you could possibly Imagine, The fielders were playing back against the fence Whiter Witt was playing can. terfleld for Philadelphia He didnt have to move out of hie tracks Babe was rather disgusted that such a long hit should seemingly be wasted and merely jogged along the patus. Witt ntver even got hie hands on the ball. It fell safely to the ground, several feet from him with Ruth between-setonand third Babe managed to get a triple out of it, but he could have easllv scored a home run had he run the bait out. Just another instance of the truth that one should take nothing for granted In baseball, and above all things run out svery hit to the limit. Plenty of Homerfs. . . New York fans who like the home run, clouts, sure had their fill of circuit wallops in a gem played at the Polo grounds last year I was officiating In that game, with Bill Dlneen and after the contest both of us agreed that the performance came close to being a record, in a game, the New York club made five home runs, and, rather strangelv, thev ail came in the first six innings of play. On looking up the records on home rune, we discovered that the making of five home rune in one game by one team, mereiv tied a record made May $0, 1894. In that game nine home rune were made. four by the Cincinnati club and five bv Boston It must be remembered that the Boston club in those days played In a very email park, and a lot of fly bells that went for home runs in those dsy-would be the easiest kind of outs In the , modem park of toilav Duffy Lewie started the home run busithe first ness in the very Inning, hitting It would4 hell into the left field bleachers have been a home run in almost any park In the world. Frank Baker started the second inning with e terrific drive Into the extreme comer of the upper tier of, It was one of the the right field stand longest drives Baker ever made, and durDCS Career the Trappe farmer hae ing made mpy a home run clout. nine-inni- ng a Truck Hits One. Truck Hanna, who hits them hard, kept . up the fusillade in the third by hitting-; Into the left field bleachers. Roger PeckAmerican-leaguInpsugh, then leading th to hitting, sent a tin drive Into the left field bleachers In the fourth. It was a terrific hit thet kept climbing as It traveled and there ie no telling how far it would have gone had it pot been for the' i bleacher obstruction In the sixth Inning Perklnpaugh hit an- It ether line drive Into the bleachers, but-was foul by Inches. Then to show th opposition that he could hit to other' field. Peck drove th ball to th fence In right center, end scored standing up. It was the wildest batting spree I have ever seen a team engage In Before it was over a mere base hit eeegned a piker ' wav to reach first base The base hit fever wae kv identlv ram- of Ed for Gnarrity pant that afternoon, the W ashlngion club tn gam at Bto . made two Lome rune. and e single In five tim-- a up 7 t same dav. Happy Erie h of 1 htcago had elevait putouts in a gam with Cleveland. e ' to (Copyright, 182, ty XT. O. Erang.) |