Show MATCHES 1 TRADED FOR CORD WOOD Heinie Manush lYl in an Exchange Exchange Exchange Ex Ex- Ex- Ex change for Goose Goslin It Is not yet apparent whether any uny of the big league mO moguls had nn any se SL secrets crets concealed when the they engaged In their recent free for trade sessions Suspicion naturally was arous aroused d by bythe bythe bythe the reckless fashion In which they juggled talent from place to place The magnates as us Is well known have ha havea haen a n habit of slipping broken matches to their n In business In exchange exchange ex ex- change for solid cord wood This isn't always s 's th the case but It occurs frequently enough to warrant mention J Of the transfers made Just before the limit on trades was reached none had so so sided one an appearance as that which moved Heinle h and Alvin j Crowder from St St. Louis to Washing Washing- ington in a swap for tor the services of Goose Goslin Barring Harring the possibility that hat the Browns might have passed on ona ona ona a couple of ot men not ph physically sound It t would seem as if tf Clark Griffith Inthis in inthis this his Instance justified the name of Old Fox rox ox by which he has been known tor for or years A new electrical watch which records records records re re- re- re cords one-hundredth one of a second has hus been een officially adopted by the International lonal Amateur Athletic t federation for forthe forthe the he Olympic games which will be held In n Los Angeles in 1932 The new deIce device de de- vice Ice Is connected with the starting pistol pistol pis- pis tol ol which puts it in operation It records records re reo re- re cords the time times for Interval and full distances for tor eight runners and the order In which the competitors finish can be Instantly read from It However However How How- ever eyer for the present It will wUl be used specially to time only the first man home homeDale Dale Gear Western estern league president announces atte attendance dance so far this season season sea sea- son had doubled at Omaha and Des DesMoines DesMoines Moines where night baseball Is being pla played ed He said Raid the entire league had shown a substantial attendance In crease Chuck Klein ot of of the slugging but errant Phillies Is the first major league eague pla player er to hang up hits In Inthe inthe the he 1930 campaign Klein got three hits for tor his Ina Ina in ina a losing header double with Pit Pittsburgh while Terry ferry of ot the Giants fell tell short by one when he got only one blow In Ina Ina Inn a n winning game against St. St Louis of Cleveland has bas the most tilts hits In the American league yet neither neith er he nor Kl Klein ln lead their leagues in hitting The Gonzaga Gonzagn bl high h school of Wash Wash- WashIngton Ington D D. D C. C has started construction of ot a stadium In the Virginia state stute library at Richmond Rich Rich- mond woud there Is a notice of a horse race racen In n Henrico count county in October 1678 1618 There were five race courses along the James river two and a half hult centuries ago A prediction that In the future basketball bas bas- floors will be larger and that seven or nine men will be used on each side has been heen made by Dr Forrest C. C Allen director of ot athletics and basketball coach at the University of ot Kansas The demand of spectators for tor more space and more competitors will force torce the he enlargement of the present playIng playing play- play Ing ng floor from 90 by 50 feet to by 50 SO feet he believes The uThe basket can be raised to 12 feet teet above the floor Allen Aen says thus solving the trouble caused by the hue and cry over tall centers It Isn't the tall tull center but the tall man under the basket who makes sided one-sided contests J oJ |