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RUTH FACING
HARD JOB ON
NEW GROUND
King of Swat Not Expected
to Break Old Record of
59 Home Runs.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16.—It's 4 to 1
and your own money L ick th.it Hub
Kut'h never again will bang out
50 four-sackers in a single season ot
effort. And it’s 2 to 1 at this hectic:
moment in the whiz/, an I whirr oi
winter-leaguing that the "Sultan of
Swat” won't cross the 50 mark i:t
1923.
There’s a reason several of 'em.
Foremost is the fact that the
Yankees no more will disport in tin
Polo Grounds where the average
"Texas Leaguer” re tilts in a four
base clout'into the right field bleach
ers. Ruth 'hit homers all around th ■
circuit—but it was in those Pole
Grounds where he created the most
havoc with his mace.
No More for Him
But now—ah, those dear, old Polo
Grounds will be no more for him.
Whatever hitting lie does in Goth
am in future years must be -done In
t.he new Yankee bill park where, sacl
to relate from the Ruthian viewpoint,
t'he arrangement of the standi makes
home-running infinitely more diffi
cult than in ye oidpn tymes.
The distance from home plate t >
the right field stands in the Polo
Grounds, at a point just inside th3
foul Line, is 258 feet. And that's
exactly the same distance from the
rubber to the stand in the New
Yankee stadium. But where the SAIi
STUFF comes un for Rath, and oth
ers who love thoir American League
home runs, is this fact:
The stands In the new’ Yankee
park FALL AWAY rather precipi
tately from the foul line.
At the Polo Grounds the distance
from the plate to the right field
stands just inside the foul line, is
258 feet, but for a distance of per
haps 5b feet the fill away is ex
tremely light, the er.d Of the stand
being no more than 280 ,or 285 feet
from the plate.
New Park Different
But at the new Yankee park—ah,
that's different.
It’s only 258 feet from the plate to
the stands by foul line measurement.
But the stand curves sharply away
from the plate at that point, with
the resiult that at a distance of 50
feet front the foul line. Jhe total dis
tance from the plate to that point in
the stands is well over 300 feet—
perhaps 325.
That means it'll be necessary for a
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fc'low to hit a ball nearly 40 FEET
! FARTHER to accumnlata a he .tier in
'’..lie new park than is no; assary in
| the Polo Grounds.
So. therefore—
In 1023 Mr. Hath will have to
! spank his baseballs considerably
i harder to convert them in:o homers
'than he used to do. Inasmuch its
: Ruth made a: least eight home runs
j in 192! his record year by drop
i ling them into spots in the Polo
stands which will be por.. ous of the
| Yankee playing field in 1923, it is
! rather reasonable to assume that
; Ruth will suffer a shrinkage in home
; run marks In the season to come—
oven If he is m real physical eon L
iiion in 1922.
Yes, r, 40 homers for Ruth in
154 games in 1923 will be a lot—
quite a Jot -unless all signs point
wrong.
BOXING BOUTS
! ARE STOPPED;
j CHICAGO ACTS
WASHi-N'GTON. Fit 16.- •Mayor
Thompson lias ordered lit" t hief o
■ Police to stop boxing vvhlcli has be a
I conducted without publicity at profits
j around $10,000 iter match
'The Chicago Law and Order
• League stttiri I evidence and pre
I sen'ted to the Mayor that matches
had been staged in remote sections
of the tdty and referred to by new
! papers as “at a suburban club."
COBB WORTH WHOLE
TRAINLOAD OF PLAYERS
CHIC AGO. Feb. IB. Sal Sava, for
met- star pitcher of the Oridgep e
1 team of the Eastern League and
j great pal of Ray Grimes, slugging
| first 8acker of the Chicago Cubs, re
lates that when roe old Internation
al League -embrac'd four up-stain
clubs and four in Pennsylvania, th •
“tip-state" clubs, on every “South .i
,'invasion” of the o.reiiit. hired a spi-1
! cia! train to carry the up-state half,
of tit - league into Pennsylvania.
One day when the four teams were!
.Mi parked safely away, one of the
flayers stood out on the platform and
r' Acr giving the train the doublet'.;
pc lied out: “A million dollars wortii :
of baseball players, and Hughey J
• nir.gs wouldn’t swap Toy Cobb for
tin whole trainful.”
He escaped without serious in-,
Ja-.y.
THAT SPARE ROOM- is a cash
asset—it you use the Empire classi
fied. You can rent It to a desirable
tenant at a good price, thus lessen
ing your own rent-burden.
TRACE LIQUOR LEAK TO CUBAN LEGATION.
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This is the Cuban Legation n Washington, where a Iris; "liquor i
leak is reported to have been unearthed by "dry” enforcement of
ficers. It is alleged Washington bootleggers have reaped Immense
prolits from the sale of liquors obtained front servants there. The
Legation, as in tlie case of all foreign legations, is considered for- !
etgn territory and can import as much liquor as it wishes. The .
C uban C harge (l’Affairs was called to the State Department in
connection with the charge. I
PRODUCTION OF
ALASKA PICTURE
TO START SOON
Manager Lewis Will Bring
Company North March 7
—Big Scenes Be Filmed
To Him l.io flret motion ptcture|
over produced In Alaska, for which
five directors will he used, and!
which will i ■•! 1250,000, George 10.
Low is, production manager for the!
Alaska Mi tian Pictures Corporation,
will !i ive Seattle March 7, on tliej
steamer Alameda, with a company1
of Id aCtor . for the north. The
picture' k kn wn under the shooting1
title, "The (In it White Silence."
II is the story of Alaitka from the I
time of the tir-t gold rush up to the
pre nt day. Scenes will be taken
n Ihe coact and in the Interior and
nearly all the largo towns will be
photographed In the picture. Six
tical r !., spectacular and true to^
title period they will represent, will
be featured, in which over 1,000^
Alaskans will take part.
This it; according to Mr. I.iwis.
who parsed through Juneau on the
•learner Alameda, fiom Ihe Westward
and Interii r. when- lie lias lieen on a1
hurtled bui i net a ti ip in ihe into real j
of tlie picture, lie will go to Holly-’
wi d and other motion picture cen
ter.- on bin Inc; connected with hittl
ccm pany.
Hug: Studio.
The construction of tlie aliidlo at
Anchorage is practically completed,
the last equipment being chipped
north on the last trip of the Ala-1
meda. The studio building is 150xj
50 feet, making the largest floor sei
III the motion picture business and1
will he lighted by 1,250,000 cand4ejv
power, Mr. Lewi; ; aid. Tlie most i,
perfected system of lighting will be’
in d, which does away with all;
shadows, G. W. ITayes, superin
l■ ndenl of construction and W. H. .
Kngberg, stage carpenter are now!
at Anchorage. Mrs. Hayes, assistant
costumer is also at that place. The
ec. turner, who will come from New ,
Vcik has been hired for 10 weeks.
Tlie loads have been hired for 14 ,
weeks.
I.ewis H. Moomaw will be director
general for the production. He la
well known in tlie motion picture;.
Imiiness and wrote and directed the ,
picture, "Tlie Golden Trail.”
The reason tlie production of Ihe
picture will cost only $250,000 is he-)
cause of the assistance and dona-;
lions which have been promised by,
individuals in A!a“ka, private in-' ,
erects, transportation companies and.
the government, according to Mr. '
Lewis. The cost of tlie production'
to outside interests would amount to
$500,000, lie said.
trover Large rieia.
“Wo plan to lake the company!'
direct to McKinley Park, with dog 1
teams and paraphernalia, tc secure '
necessary snow sets." r aid .Mr. Lewis.,;0
“The company will then he taken to:
Seward Where a Ida gold rush scene' 1
will be filmed. Following this scene '
the interior sets will be filmed at '
the studio in Anchorage, among
which will be the famous dance hall
'■>t, in which 50 famous old time 1
Alaskans and 200 other Alaskans 1
will appear. The gamblers and other
characters of the early north will be .
played by real Alaskans, with evefv !
attention to detail. The scene will
b decorated with several famous big ,
game collections, including that of .
Ni Hie Neal of Curry, and tlie gam
bling tables and other equipment ,
will be donated by oldtimers in the
country, who have kept them from '
, ho early days. |!
Spectacular Scenes.
“From Anchorage the company ,
will go to Ncnrfha where a scene ,
featuring the big break-up on the
Tanuna will he taken. The next !
move will be to Golds! ream, ten J
rnllcH out of Fairbanks, where min-i
ing scenes will be portrayed, show-'
ing the auriferous metal being wash- '
ed from the earth by old sourdoughs.!
The company will then return to t
the coast and a big spectacular ship c
wreck scene will lie filmed on the
beach near Seward. From Seward a:
jump will be taken to Valdez and',
sets will be made in the famous i
Keytsone canyon. A boat will be'
chartered to take the company to j
Columbia Glacier, whore other scenes
will be filmed. From here the com-!
pan.v will go to Cordova I and sets
will be construolpd on the banks of!
ijyuk lake. Ono of the big sccnesj
KU KLUX KLANSMEN HELD IN BROOKLYN.
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Eight alleged members of the Ku Kluv Klan were arrested in
Brooklyn, New York, alter leaving a meeting of the Knights of the
Invisible Empire held in a COURTROOM there. The men were hold
(ii chargi of powc ssing deadly weapons, two blackjacks being found
In their automobile, and of violating the liquor laws, one of them
having a bottle of perfectly good Scotch liquor. The robe shown
above (worn by Detective Gilbert, one cf Ihe arresting officers—
the cthei’B are shown with him) was raized from one of the men.
ill be the s-,lioot 1 iif< of Abercrombie
lapdds. when 35 scows will bo used.
"There will be six of these great
• I/, at Abercrombie. Cordova, Val
I Seward, Anchorage and Nenana.
la kalis will be ti d in all there
i net*. In 11 lining the big dance hall
roue at Anchorage every trustee,
hureholder and all Alaskans inter
sted in the prodm i m will be in
itrd tc come t<. view Iho Alining of
lie scene. Five < meras will be
ted, order- will be relayed by mega
hones, by the directors, to one an
ther and the work of the prod un
ion will equal the filming of trio
reat scenes of the Four Horsemen
f the Apocalypse." Five came as
ill also be ut d in he Abercrombie
nd geld rush eceni
Star Is Ai iska.
"The star of the picture is AL
SKA. The story is big as Alaska
nd when screened it will leave
very Alaskan will) good taste in
is mouth because it informs all
lie citizens of the United States,
incoming the truth of living Al
ska. For instanc all other pic
ures filmed have left the idea that
laaka was composed almost wholly
f bad men and bad women. The
ndcrlying theme ■ f this picture
roves that tlie bad were in the
tinority and havi long ago been
ceded out by mci and women of
erode mould."
Tlio Alaska Motion Picture Per
oration now has ov r 300 Alaskan
refceslonal and business nten Inter
red in tills great rk, trusties of
he crri«oration In various towns be
ng: Chun. Good all Cordova; John
I. Higgs. Valdez; \V. Oeborne Ken
ecott; Alfred Clark, Latouche; W.
I. Whittlesey. Seward; Aler Mc
tonaid, Anchorage 0. C. Held. Nc
ana. and K. H. Mr k. at Fairbanks,
ill are giving tii r time to the
ompany in order to have everything
n readiness for the company when
comes in Mareli
Capt. A. E. Lnthmp. presldml of
he corporation and Manager Lewis
ave decided that one print of thin
icture will be rr miti In Alar.ka.
nd shown liere In ore the picture
5 released in the S ies, thus giving
iluskana a chance to criticise the
reduction before rubers see it
Redrock Cottage cheese, made py
lie Carnation Milk o., has arrived,
unitary Grocery. --adv.
Old papers ror t* n. The Empire
BALL UNION BRINGS
DOWN ANGER FROM
BROOKLYN OWNER
MEW YORK, Feb. 16 Declaring
the Baseball Flayers’ Union to be a
deliberate attempt to “squeeze” club
iiiviii 1*3 .in salary questions, Charles
Ebbets of the Brooklyn club made
public a statement condemning the
body and Its organizer. Hay Cannon.
“I have a letter from that lawyer
in Milwaukee, who seeks to control
the National League, advising the
players not to sign until they had
accomplished certain u-.ims," Ebbets
rialid in part. “This letter was >nt
out in the fall and fell into my hands
through accident.
“There Is no doubt whatever that
the union, no mat ter what Cannon
may say, has been orgaidz »d to a:
tempt to squeeze the owners, but I,
for on?, will not he squeezed. It's a
fine situation when a lawyer from
the Middle West tells our players to
take part In a holdup for money and
tries to run our affairs.”
Ebbets saiid he understood there
were a number of holdouts among the
Dodgers anal .intimated that he be
lieved z aek Wheat had been with
Brooklyn “too long." He also af
firmed the report that he was willing
to sell iris share in the club.
KILBANE BEGINS WORK
FOR BOUT WITH CRIQUI
CLEVELAND, Feb. 16—Johnny
KMbane, l •aitherwuight champion, hat
opened Training headquarters In n
downtown office building to get !;i
condition for his bout with Eugen
Cniqui dn Now York, probably Memo
rial l)aiy.
ANY REASONABLY - PRICEI
■ouso or apartment may be rented—
through an inexpensive classified ad
'.•ertisement in The Empire. Test tlx
matter. The “risk” involved is sr
Hinall that few people would dlenlfs
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fPLENTY OF BAD WEATHER
|to be expected yet. Old Winter hit
fa habit of “lingering In the Up of
I Spring.” So don’t let your coal aup
' ply become exhausted. Have ua Band
j you a ton or so of flna, clean coal
that will insure you a comfortable
home and save the family from maay
i of those dreaded spring colds.
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