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THE BEST SPORTS PAGES IN BUFFALO * BUFFALO, N. Y., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1. 1927 ACCURATE, FAIR, COM? *ETE

GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE BASEBALL CONTROL RISBERG TO TELL STORY TO LANDIS-STANFORD AND ALABAMA PLAY TODAY

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tf NEW SCANDAL Kifbcrg coming to Chicago earli­

est possible moment to nar­rate information

SEE NEW DEVELOPMENTS Unknown player may also appear

in role of informer at bearing

Chicago, EL, Dec. 31 (IF)—Arrange­ments are/How complete for another baseball scandal.

Charles (Swede) Risberg, one of the Chicago Black Sox of the 1918 world's series, accepted today the in-1 vitation of Commissioner Landls to come here and tell some more of baseball's secrets, of which he claims knowledge.

Risberg Coming Soon Risberg has said -his '"inside Infor­

mation" would make the Cobb-Speaker expose "look ailly" and he promised Landls today to come as soon as he could get away from his farm near Rochester, Minn. Landls offered him expenses and a "fair compensation" for his trip.

The Cobb-Spbaker embers were quiescent here, but gave off a few more sparks at Detroit today. The two stars and their lawyer announced they had agreed to join forces in eome contemplated action which will be made public later.

The purpose of the secret visit of Prank Navtn. president of the De­troit baseball club, to Landls and President Johnson of the American League yesterday remained a mys­tery today. LandU admitted that they talked about the Cobb-Speaker charges of throwing a game seven years ago, but declined to give out any information.

Plenty Squawkers Around Still another family skeleton In the ;

baseball closet may be disclosed if Landis accepts another offer to in­vestigate supposed crookedness. A player whose name was not revealed, told the Chicago Tribune that he could tell a lot if he thought It would do any good, and added that he had lold Landis of a dozen cases where baseball players were involved much worse than Cobb or Speaker.

MOON MULUNS—HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Stanford Cannot Afford to Be Careless in Game With Alabama Says, Warner

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and Ty to Defer Next Move

(By Coach Glenn Warner) Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 31—Coach

Bob Zuppke, the little Napoleon of big ten conference gridiron warfare,

I saw Stanford run through practice I ' today. He said it was his first peek t : at a coast football team and he ex- j

pressed surprise that the Stanford J I outfit were not a team of giants. Ha , I said that nearly all the big ten con- • j ference teams were considerably I heavier than the coast champions j and that the red shirts would look ; about the size of a good high school

team lined up against Coach Yost's Michigan Giants.

It is a fact that the Stanford team I Is one of the lightest if not the light­est of the coast conference tea«as,

! but the players are heavy enough to combat the heavier teams because

! there is no surplus weight on any of the players and all of them have a good, strong, pair of legs. Last week Coach Wade took his team 10

j see Ernie Nevers's pro team try to give a demonstration of the Stanford plays and of course they saw some­thing somewhat like Stanford uses, but, it is not. probable that Nevers's man mountains, most of whom weigh

ALABAMA IS UNDER DOG IN COAST CLASSIC

Mythical football championship of country at stake on

coast today

STMWllTfflLD CHOICE

O'Farrell Makes Double Play

Ali Alabama-Stanford warriors shipshape for crucial

grid test

Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 31 (JP)— The warring football factions of the East and West rested in camp here to­night after a week of intensive drill-

wen j>ver 200 pounds, could execute j i n g awaiting the zero hour of 2.15 p. m. tomorrow when a swirling tide

Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 31 (£»)—Attor­neys for Tyrus Cobb and Tris Speak­er, former managers of the Detroit and Cleveland (American League) baseball teams, in a brief statement *redshlrts, Issued late today announced that though definite action would be taken to light charges brought against their clients in baseball's latest scan dal, the form of that action would not be announced for several days. Speaker, Cobb and their attorneys, of defensive play. William H. Hoyd of Cleveland and • to the old adage Jalnes O. Murfin of Detroit, con­ferred together for several "hours to­day.

the Stanford plays as well as lighter and cleverer players. It takes much drill and nifty backs to work so many double and triple passes and get all the plays timed Just right. Stanford is credited with being rath er weak defensively, because so many teams have scored upon the

but in most cases these scores were the result of fumbles and mlaplays, due to a considerable extent to the difficulty the team has had in mastering the plays and not so much due to any general weak I ness in the conception and execution i

Stanford plays up J nothing ventured

nothing gained," and In taking more | chances than most teams do.

Johnson Heartily Favors Movement

Sometimes Go Wrong It Is logical that some of the ven­

tures go wrong and result in scores for the other team. Against Alabama

' Stanford will try not to be careless

from the University of Alabama will lash out in an effort to engulf the red-shirted standard bearers of the West from Stanford University.

When the whistle sounds for the opening kickoff of the annual sports classic which carries with it the mythical football championship of the country, Coach Glen (Pop) War­ner, foxy mentor from Palo Alto, will send in the same team which faced Stanford's principal opponents during the last season.v

Holmee O. K. to Start Coach Wallace Wade of the Crim­

son tide likewise will send his first line, built around Gordon (Sherlock) Holmes, whose prowess as a pivot man is celebrated in the South. Homes apparently had completely re­covered from an appendix aliment.

The Western team will have Ell Post directing the attack from the backfield, Warner indicated. Walker

Federal Commission May Be Named to Supervise

Baseball Teams, Player's By ARTHUR HACHTEN

Washington, D. C, Dec. 31—Crea­tion of a federal commission to reg­ulate organized baseball, deal pun­ishment to gamblers and throw the spotlight of publicity on all features of the national pastime is called for in a joint bill to be introduced next week in Congress. It Is the purpose of the sponsors to hold public hear­ings for a thorough investigation of the latest baseball scandal, involving Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and other notables of the game.

This was the outgrowth of a con­ference today between Senator Cap per and Representative Kelly.

The public is entitled to a search­ing investigation of the scandal kick­ed up by the sensational charges of Hubert (Dutch) Leonard, former De troit pitcher, Kelly said.

The bill provides that the Presi-

[ stltute a federal baseball commls-j sion. The appointments would be I subject to confirmation by the Ben-ate.

The commission would have broad power to license all clubs and play­ers engaged in baseball leagues thafc cover two or more states.

Any attempt to fix a game through connivance of players would result In forfeiture of licenses.

Particular emphasis will oe given in the bill to gambling by ball play­ers or club owners, Kelly declared. Pools selling tickets on baseball games would be barred to all players under the eye of the federal com­mission.

Public hearings would be held by the federal commission on all cases Involving the reputation of players, decisions would be made public, and the commission would be required to

dent shall appoint three men to con submit its reasons for action taken.

SOME STREAKS IN ATHLETIC

WORLD STOOD New York, Dec. t l (#)—-Several of

the most celebrated winning streaks on record in sports—those of Demp-sey, Hornsby and Tilden—were checked by the deflating Instance of 1926, but at least a half dozen re­main to add Interest.

Now that Baltimore's International League pennant streak has been broken after seven straight victori­ous years, the foremost existing win. nlng streak is that of America in Davis cup tennis. But the United Statee must beat back a formidable French threat .to make it eight straight next summer.

Johnny Weissmuller, the lanky Chicago&n, who lifted the swimming mantle of Duke Kahanamoku in 1921, has been king of the aquatic sprinters for six straight years. He yielded one of his titles to the famous Swedish star, Arne Borg. last summer, but retained the 50 and 100-yard championships and seems likely to make it seven years in front

Yale (n Rowing

Yale, \a varsity rowing, and Wal ter Hagen in American professional golf ranks, have three-year winning streaks to their credit. Both will have a fight on their hands before making it four years in a row, but both, likewise, have a habit of being at their best when the going is hottest.

Ban Johnson, American Leagu* president, already has approved the general proposition of having a fed­eral commission to supervise oV ganlzed baseball. *

In a letter to Joseph A. Collier ot Chicago, Johnson said: "Your posi­tion relative to the regulation of out national ge.ne is correct. It is my firm com let!on we can only secure adequate and satisfactory results through the medium of a eommU sion created by the government"

The letter was attached to a peii tion now being circulated by Collier and others for a federal commission It was received today by Representa­tive Kelly.

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Bob O'Farrell, just named manager of t a in t Louie Cardinals. In suc­cession to Roger Hornsby, is getting a manager of his own. His engage­ment to Arline Edwards (above,) Chicago, is announced.

Ad Open to 6:30 P. M. daily—Saturday, 9:30 P. M.

and the men running the team will , be Instructed not to take too many \ ̂ i p k e v w i l l ^ o n t n e e n d s

Chicago. 111., Dec. Ji (*v-Ban John- chances because the players and •on. prudent of the American League coaches remember the Notre Dame is heartily tn favor of any legislation which wll make oar national game game two years ago in which Stan-«aeaB and free from crookedness.* ford's mistakes and carelessness re-

l ie so declared today tn connection su i t ed in 21 p o i n t s be ing s co red by with report* from Washington that Rep- t V | | J TH«h nn tha*i» <?«m« mfntate<M

?Btatlve Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania i I ? * J, . . , , m i s t a k e n considering the proposal of a federal j T h e S t a n f o r d p l a y e r s a l s o k n o w t h a t

and baseball commission to Congress.

Johnson said he "s tands raadv willing I T all time* to go before anv federal commit tee" t o help them in ironing; ou; the, aubject.

Me explained that some time ago a Cleveland, O,, ran had writ ten t> him regarding federal control of baseball and that he had answered saying that ha heartily approved aueh a move if it were possible. v

Bison Skaters in Meet Today

Newbnrgh. N . Y. Jan . 1. 192^—Buf­falo's contingent of speed ska te rs a r ­rived here late last night of confidence. Huth Bergen, w k> the hapuiest one of the bunch for ahe learned tha t Leila Brooks Pot te r . International women's sxa t lng champion, would also compete la the races . I t may be recalled t ha t Miss Rergen forced Leila to break the world"s record for the mile In the On­tar io races last year. Miss Bergen has C e a t hopes of avenging tha t defeat

3ay. F rank Goeti . MtHon Fur tmai r , 1 * rold

Rol tsberer and Sam Sellgxrjan a r^ -he ether Buffalo ska te rs who will match their speed against other leading- ska t ­ers from the United States and Canada. Thesd boys also have confidence of winning.

St Joe ^sf eats

the Alabama boys are a .smart and an alert team and that rf their fast backs intercepted any of the Stan­ford passes they will be hard to pre­vent from getting away Just as Ley-den did two years ago.

It Is a cinch that Stanford will play safe If the team can win in that way, but if the going is so tough that running plays do not result In

' gains Stanford will take to the air and to her most intricate plays. It is realized that the coast team will go up against the best line encounter­ed this year and no team plays look good when they are being worked be­

h ind a line that is being outplayed j so that the team with the inferior [line is going to have pretty hard sledding. I believe that the Stanford forwards, while being greatly out-

; weighed will be able to hold their own with the Southerners. If that does not prove to be the case then

I Stanford's chances are not very good. Uor it is a well-known fact that backs | can gain ground behind a superior • line, while the best of ball carriers ; are helpless when their line is not ; giving them protection.

What Dobie Did I remember several years ago

when Gil Doble first went to Cornell. He had a rather weak team his first

Poulson and Harris at tackles, Robe-sky and Capt. Swan at guard and Hal McCreery.. at center. Biff Hoff­man, the Pentalumna giant, will be the big push in the backfield at the fullback position, with Dogus and Hyland alternating in carrying the ball from the halves.

Captain Emlle Barnes will call sig­nals for the tide, unless Wade changes his mind before game time, with Red Brown and Melville Vines at the half position and Rosy Cald­well at fulL

Alabama I t Underdog Alabama* was rated as the under­

dog in the betting, but that probably won't nip any roses, for with that handicap last year the same outfit beat Washington University, 20 to 10. Stanford was out to avenge its defeat by Notre Dame when the Rockne men representing the East two years ago galloped over the Red behind their four horsemen.

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JF ALL the leads now bobbing up in tie baseball scandal are run down to actual stories and revelation^ those in the racket will be

lined up either as square or squawkers, • • • • • •

J± H A P P Y a n d Prosperous New Year, s incerely our wish t o al l our readers .

T H E new ar rangement of state bureaus and commissions under depar tmenta l heads is said to call for a one-man rule of boxing,

with J i m Fa r l ey as tha t man. F a r l e y knows the game, has been in office long enough to know everyone in the game, and doesn ' t budge when he thinks he ' s r ight . I l i i choice would provoke few protests, except from fight managers and those seeking special favor.

QH, the night is gay and it's m When eyes are bright ayid chee\

But the morrow's noon you feel lil And you're mre you new v:il$

.Alli*T*r*i 29 tO 9 y e a r *&*** a - i ! Pennsylvania rather severely defeated the Cornellians in the wicdup game of the season. The

f . ^^ J ^5 p h HlM! U ^h i a t ^ I n s t , L? t e , f e " |Po i l ade lph la and New Vo:k critics feated a formidable almr.nl combination , . , . „ „ - . 2v to 3 tn an informal game yesterday i a n J s c r i b e s sa id t h a t Corne l l h a d no tn the Saint Joe gym ^yons and Cody worked a t the forwards on the varsuv, while Coll'ns was a t center, and Lux and Griffin a t guards , Wlelljg also g-layed a forward re- i t ion.

r r a r .k R Pete Hannsell. K : h cf Notre Dame w*re tn the atatmnl l 'neup. Geurjre White of U. B: and J u Not an and Jack DonneOy or Cunistus

-go a > " played with the <• 'her Ambrose, athletic J:.-^'.or a :

feaint, Joe, refereed. '* ni ... _

plays and that the offense Dobie had taught the Ithacans was terrible. The next year Dobie had better ma­terial and a stronger line and his team went down to Phiia.ielphia and handed the Quakers a good hard drubbing and the critics raved about

nt, are aflame, Old Harry,

be the same.

JfflTH bleary eye and a tongue hke a heater We vow that this New Year's §ue thing's a smear

And we swear we never will becwrjp a repeater But it's almost a sure thing wfll be back next year.

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R E N E L A C O S T E , in France , says hajfwiH welcome the coming of Bill Tilden, sure tha t he can make i t interest ing for the great

American. Tilden, -we imasrine. is going across fiih. only one-thought, to make i t interest ing for Ijp_4goste. » J /

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PAET of the New Year day will be happy for both Jimmy Goodrich and Freddie Mueller, but all of it for only

one of the pair. • • • • • •

J F ALL the tales we hear of basebaM are sustained by fact, the wrestling game has been smeared a l h s p i c i o u s saffron, where, by

comparison, it should have shone as theMily. "— I • • • • • •

me he had exactly the same plays that his team had used In this same game the year previous. All plays look terrible if they are used against a superior team and especially against a superior line.

Stanford's plays looked bad against U. S. C. because they were i » . . pretty well broken up before they/ got started and they win look bad i J T D G E L A N D I S made no dec i s ionMnd laid no charjres against against Alabama unless the Stanford j Speaker, Cobb or anyone else. In t | s suit which the over-excited

Tris and Ty are about to s ta r t far

Think Heydler I Opposed to Move

New York, D«c. 31 <JPi—No expression aould be obtained today from John A. Heydler, president of the National League, a? to hie views on the proposed creation of a federal baseball commis­sion. A; his office, however. It was •aid tha ; the National League executive does not took with favor on the sugges-Uoti. regarding it a s unnecessary.

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BUGS BAER gets a kick out of Freddie W--sfs news story that the money figurii^r in the C tb-Speaker-

Leonard was not bet on a ball fame, but Bugs says that if West ever heari of the Gr would have sworn he bet on a yacht race.

horse race, t Lakes he

forwards hold their own his wonderful plays and varied and , h e i r s u p p o s e < j i y superior opponent*, i " " *T" **' T T ~ unstoppable offense and Dobie told' icofumht, i»m *8 J 1" * h e r e a^d now,!

lation, who defamed whom.

Sale January Clearance

KuppenKeimer and Rochester good clothes teg. $35.00 to $50.00 reduced to sell from

$25.00 to $40.00 I and 2 trousm

Wilson Bros. Shirts and Furnishings reduced to where you can afford to stock

for a long time

White Shirts, Broadcloth reduced to $1.45 Best Broadcloth $3.75—3 for $10.5d

All Silk Shirts reduced to $3.00 and $5.50

The Home of Kuppenheimer Good Clothes 736 to 740 Main Street

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