The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1937, Page 8

ic Old-Timers of Minor and Major ‘Leagues Monopolize Spots on Brown Roster ' ‘Start Season at His Former Second Base Post By HARRY GRAYSON St, Louis, Mo., Apr. 15—(NEA)— { Baseballers formerly went to the @g Southern and Pacific Coast Leagues * to prolong playing careers. Now they ® go to the Browns, ‘ The Browns may well be called + the Old Gentlemen of St. Louis this | season, with standbys crowding 40 }, and well along in their 30s—Jim Bot- | tomley, Sheriff Blake, Alphonse Lou ‘Koupal, Earl Caldwell, Bion Hogsett, Jack Knott, Russ Van Atte, Ethan Allen, and Sam West. Inspired by his veterans, the great Rogers Hornsby, who will be 41 on April 27, actually -has returned to second base and-thréatens to start the campaign atthe position where he became famous. traded himself into quite ball club’by culminating a long series of swaps with one which brought Joe Vosmik, Bill Knicker- ‘bocker, and Oral Hildebrand from Cleveland in exchange for Julius Sol- ters, Lyn Lary and Ivy Paul Andrews. Because the 37-year-old Alphonse ‘Thomas baggéd 11" games in 1936 and on the theory that a pitcher doesn’t learn how to pitch until he is 30, Hornsby. dragged in the 37-year-old Blake from Baltimore and the 34- year-old Koupel from. Seattle. Blake, who toiled for the Cubs for eight yeats, dropped 17 engagements, or hese “more than he won for the Orioles, but his curve caught Horns- ‘by’s eye. Koupal,'who has had whirls ‘| bout with Louis in Chicago June 22, LANDIS RULES HENDRICH, YOUNG BREWER SLUGGER, FREE AGENT has compiled in exhibitions, covers &@ multitude of shortcomings in the field. Ready to spell Hornsby. at second are Nig Lipscomb, touted.as the best second sacker in the Southern League in 1936, and Tommy Carey. Davis Replaces Bottomley Harry Davis, a Fancy Dan in the field; appears to have crowded the ancient and honorable Bottomley. off first' base. “Davis returns to the American League on the strength of @ 298 batting mark established in Toledo. Hank Greenberg hit too long @ ball for him in Detroit. The left side of the infield com- Pares quite favorably with any in oe Knickerbocker game. Shortstop 317-in 1934, .298 in 35, and ..204. last, term. Third Baseman Harland Clift turned in a mark of .302 in 1986, Hornsby failed to land Clif Bolton, who bolted the Nationals for. the sec- ond time, but has one of the finest | catchers in the land in: Rolly .Hems- ley. Tommy Heath was recalled from Toronto. Angelo Guiliani is. still around, and Benny Huffman, whom Hornsby taught at Ray Doan’s Hot Springs school, has shown ‘sufficient 1 8s TRER # i dim Walkup, who came up from San Antonio last fall, is the talk of the cam iP. ies Tietje has been a disappoint- ment to date, but Hornsby hasn’t lost; NOISIANAGNS 1.A09 NVIGYNVD BzGNA GQNO@NI-GATLLIOG AaNSIHM NOGUNOG LHOIVaLS Giants, Athletics, Senators Seek Services of Minor League Batting Star Chicago, Apr. 15.—(?)—A half dozen major league baseball clubs waved checkbook ait Thursday at Tom’ Henrich, a . husky young outfielder whose current stock in trade was a 346 minor league batting average and promise ‘of: future greatness. Henrich was freed from the Mil- waukee club of the American Associ- ation by Baseball Commisioner Kene- saw Mountain Landis Wednesday, in a ruling that carried an implied re- ‘buke to the Cleveland Indians for at- tempting to “cover up” the player to prevent his advancement to major league surroundings under the draft! diate tuk. The youngster, a big, 22-year-old slugger, had not asked the commis- sioner for free agency, but had peti- tioned for clarification of his status following his sale last fall‘by New Or- leans of the Southern Association, a Cleveland farm, to Milwaukee. Landis, however, decided Henrich’s contract rights had violated and declared him at lUberty to sell him- self to the strongest pidder. At the head:of the list of Henrich’s trail’ were the New York Giants, ‘whose Manager Bill Terry, was on record as saying he would offer $20,- 000 to sign the outfielder. Connie Mack had made an offer of an undisclosed sum to Henrich, and Clerk Griffith, owner of the Wash- ington , declared he was in- loner Landis ordered Hen- rich; who has played with Milwaukee only in spring training games, to withhold consideration of offers until Friday. - He also stipulated that Hen- rich could not become a member of the Milwaukee club after he has signed ‘with some other team Eight Aniateurs Win National Fistic Titles Boston, Mass., , Apr. 15.—()—Eight youths, survivors of ‘a field of 196 contestants ‘from 26 states, the Dis- trict of Columbia, and Hawaii, held national amateur ‘boxing champion- Heavyweight. — James Robinson, Philadelphia, ‘ 175-pound—Timmie “Hill, Detroit. 160-pound—Ted | Cerwise, Detroit. 147-pound—Johnny . Marquez, San 135-pound—Joseph Kelly, Philadel- phia. 126-pound—Edgar Waling, Detroit. ae Parker, Newark, 112-pound—William Speary, Phila delphia. ‘Foxy Ned’ Hanlon Dies in Baltimore VERDICT WILL HINGE UPON 3 CONTRACTS INVOLVING BRADDOCK Court Refuses to Consider An- nounced Boycott of Schmel- ing Bout as Issue . Newark, N. J., Apr. 15.—(#)—Madl- son Square Garden's —— ‘of stop- | Wri! ping Jim Braddock tangling with Joe Louis in June ‘hinged ‘Thurs- day on federal court interpretation of a mixed-up contractual mess. Hottest argument of the Garden’s day in court Wednesday, in which it sought to prevent the titleholder’s revolved around three contracts he- tween it and Braddock, deting back to the fight in which Braddock won the crown from Maxie Baer two years ago. In chronological order, these con- tracts were: 1—April 10, 1935, signed by Brad- dock to meet Baer for the champion- ship. Braddock agreed that, if he won, his first title defense would be for the Garden, before Sept. 30, 1936. Contract Included =~ 2—The contract for the original Braddock-Max Schmeling fight last summer, which failed to come off when the champion developed arthri- tis in his hand and the New York Athletic commission ordered post- ponement. 3—The contract of last December for a Braddock-Schmeling fight in New York this June 3. It stated that Braddock shall not fight Louis “until after June 3, 1937.” Federal Judge Guy L. Fake listened to argument by counsel for both the Garden and Braddock over the rele- tive merits of each and all of these contracts, and then reserved decision on the Garden's suit for an Galea tion to prevent the Chicago Louis go, meantime directing Garden attorneys to file briefs within a week. Ignores Boycott Threat case, and took no official notice of a statement by George W. Whiteside, | Garden counsel, that promoters of a Braddock-Louis fight are “a bunch of outlaws” who should be made “to explain why they pay boxers to repu- their contracts.” The Garden suit was filed efter Braddock signed to meet Louis. Wed- nesday’s hearing was on the court order for Braddock to show why the| ing ostensibly training for the Louis fight. Training Camp Shorts (By the Associated Press) Baltimore, Apr. 15—The Boston Red Sox tossed Jack Wilson, the Seattle strong man, against the Baltimore Orioles ‘Thursday, while waiting the return of Manager Joe Cronin. Cronin has been eway a week with Mrs. Cronin, now recovering at the ‘Washington home of her foster fath- er, Clark Griffith, after loss of two children in child birth in Fiorida. He reported her condition was satis- factory. ‘Washington—A final rubber game with the Senators faced the Boston Bees Thursday before they hop trains Hutchinson. to the mound to pitch. Richmond, Ve.—Manager Burleigh Grimes named . three righthanders and two southpaws as his Brooklyn Dodger pitching staff for the National League season. The righthanders are Van Mungo, Fred Frankhouse, end Luke Hamlin, the latter e rookie, and the lefthanders, Max Butcher and Roy Henshaw. Norfolk, Va.—If Charlie Ruffing doesn’t sign, the New York Yanke>s may. have his successor as a pinch- hitter in another pitcher. Big Wa'ter Brown hammered e triple, double and "| single in his last start and has hit well in other exhibitions. Columbia, 8. C—The New York Apostoli Stops Solly Krieger, in 5 in 5th Round New York, Abe 15.—(#)—The belt- and net solly|s batter h Scholarly St. Louis Outfielder Writes Book on Ins and Browns outfield and his portable type- The. 33-year-old University of Cin- cinnati and Columbia graduate is writing a book, explaining baseball's ins and outs as told to him by sters wi of today and of other years. Allen is primarily . interested in teaching baseball to youngsters through his book. A Boston publisher is waiting for its completion, expected. by Allen in the late winter or early spring of ’38, Allen, something of a: fencebuster in his better moments, isn’t @ regular fixture in the Brownie outfield but he keeps Manager Rogers Hornsby’s first- string gardeners’ wondering how long they will be in the lineup. Strangely, he always seems to just miss 8 World Series pot. He was with the Giants in ‘32 and moved on to the Cards next season—the year the Giants bagged s pennant, After one year with the Cards, he was shipped on to the Phillies and from there watched the Redbirds hoist the Na- tional league flag: He arrived at Chi- cago in '36, just a year too late to share in the Cubs’ series pool. Katy Rawls Swims To 22nd Victory Breaks Tie for Crowns Won With Triumph in Medley " at Chicago A. C. Meet Chicago, Apr. 15—(7)—From now on, every time little Katy Rawl of Miami Beach, Fla., wins an A. A. U. swimming title, it will be a recor. She may not shatter time marks, but each victory in championship competition will enhance her record for crowns won. Wednesday night she successfully defended the 300- yard individual medley title for her twenty-second triumph, in the open- program of the annual indoor title meet at the Lake Shore A. C., break- ing a tle with Mrs. Eleanor Holm Jarrett, and Helen Madison. Tonight she will try to make it 23 victories when she defends her 100- got Baugh in the football draft last year... . Sammy turned down their first dffer of $5,000 in favor of @ $2,700 coaching berth at T. C. U., but changed his mind right quick when Washington u the Ae to $7,000, ... The Tien weed supposed to have the inside track on Meyer, a second sacker, but along came. Scout Jack Doyle with a fattter bonus offer and Tiger is Chicago bound. Clara Mortensen, the gal grappler (or 4s it grapplerette) 1s chaperoned| g; around the country by her popper and Stanley Cup Final Is Slated Tonight Neither Team Willing to Venture Prediction on Outcome of Rubber Match pected to return to action tonight. ‘The others will be unable to play. Knox Hats sold exclusively. see ed them at Shark’s Men’s re. mommer, . . . “She's yoost a little girl”| says pop of Clara—who tips the beam at 140 and stands five feet, six. . . .| | Joe can scarcely speak above a whisper because of those mis- behaving tonsils he'll have snagged Friday. . .. Pedro Montanez and Lou Burston, his manager, are feuding in @ mild way because Pedro insists on opening a bar in Harlem. .. Lou votes against it.... Pete Herman, the old bantamweight champion, has joined the army of those advising Tony Can- zoneri to quit. ... Pete, now Sink four days beginning April 16 when 115 big leaguers land in New York. The hotel will play host to Hants, Yankees and Cleveland In- . « « » New Jersey fight citcles are rejoicing over the eppointment of Abé Green, former sports editor of the Paterson News, and long a boxing commis- Landis. . . to sign the youngster... . The Reds need an outfielder and they ee Rhineland yard breast stroke chamiponship. By]... Jimmy the end of the week she aims to add the 220 and 500-yard free style cham- pionship to her record collection. Harry Kelly Will Be A’s Mound Ace 30-Year-Old Rookie of Last Year Is One of League's Smartest Pitchers Philadelphia, Apr..15.—()—Connie Mack counts heavily on Harry Kelley, the big righthander who came up with the 1936 A’s es a 30-year-old rookie and won 15 games for the tail- end Philadelphia team before appen- dicitis cut him down in August. Kelley was a long time getting a thorough test in the big show, but he was one of last season’s sensations. When no other league club wanted to take a chance on Kelley, because of his ege, Connie Mack picked up @ prize. Washington tried Kelley in 1925 and 1926, decided he was not ready. The Giants bought him from Memphis two years later but, after spring train- ing, turned him back. Perhaps the fact that Washington and McGraw had pased him up caused other man- ‘agers and scouts to ignore him. At ny rate, Kelley was buried in the Southern league and it was not until 1985 when the Giants, badly in need of twirling talent at the fag end of the pennant race, made a bid for the burly pitcher. Atlanta also needed him, set such a high figure that New York lost interest. his career. “Kelley has everything a big league pitcher needs,” said the dean of managers. “He may not have the fastest ball or the best curve in the big leagues but he has enough. The reason for. his effectiveness is that he is a smart pitcher. Few big leaguers are smarter. He has a great memory er forgets what sort of pitch hit safely on e previous oc- casion. He rarely makes the mistake twice.” 7 gE : gE id a : iT Hi i i = é g Q F i Fl ; t A 8 f : i | e | : § E [ i i Fe E t : if 3 : i se 4 * top of the standings. Hirsch Jacoos, who set a new- record Boastful Baer, Farr Both Predict Victory oe London, Apr. 15.—(/)—From the pre-battle statements of Maxie (Play- boy): Baer and Tom Farr, it appeared Thursday the referee was the only man who could possibly lose when the two meet for 12 rounds or leas to- night in White Ciity arena. PROF. JIM CRACK PROVES THAT OLD AMERICAN ere WONT MAKE A PLUG-WIN THE DERBY .. Buffalo Springs Ball, Track Teams Work Out Springs, N. D. Apr, 156.— partion Opringe "high. echool. tack team had but three weeks in which to whip itself into shape asit went McKitrick. Four pitchers have reported for spring baseball practice to brighten for the season. catchers; vee a Freymiller, Charles Taylor Ours Boushele are contending ‘for infield. 3 while the outfield willbe cap- probably be played ton, Reeder, Haynes, Rhame, Buffalo, 8. D., and others. SKILL: OFFSETS HIGH BID One Player Is Set Two Tricks on Doubled Contract, While Better Handling of Long Suit Makes Game - By WM. E..McKENNEY (Seorétary, American Bridge League) The manner in which a bridge Some! play proud of his if all because two on the In today’s hand South's failure depended East's double was Today’s Contract Problem South is declarer at four: spades. Should he establish hearts before drawing trumps, or try for a ruff of a losing club, to fulfill his contract? .. ues hearts were. solid enough suit, and there appeared not tie slightest danger in the club suit, FOUR SOME INA GLASS «02 AND ORINK ws Fis dmericen Horses! Horses! Borses! Watch ‘Em Ren! 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