Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1921, Page 20

SPORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, \Judge’s Acceplance of ZLENGTH OF CONTRACT | © ONLY REMAINING ISSUE BIG LEAGUE PILOTS—XII - First Sacker Will Start South Saturday—Griff and McBride Now Can Give' All Atten- tion to Priming Players. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. AMPA. Fla.. March 9—Acceptance of terms by Joe Judze, following T Judge Landis’ decision awarding Miller and Brottem to the Na- tionals. enables Clark Griffith and George McBride to give their wndivided attention to the task of whipping the players into shape for the coming campaign, with the assurance that the entife array of ath- Tetes they have been figuring on will he available for service. Judge is | not vet under contract. but he has agreed to labor at the figures stipulated by the president. and will 5 after reaching here and threshing out with ;riff the question of for how many years his new agreement is | to be to climb aboard the known : | ¥ rantl wazan Was madel ) in 2| | Browns to Be the Same % telegram rece W Grif t i in which the fi baseman notified | Except for Second Base his boss that he would be in W -1 BOGALI S\, La., March #.— ingten next Saturday morning in time Bt ¢ o IR e rh ji ionmake Lxain fOr ke cley “‘F Chattanooga. and Marty We- 7 is to br Shanks. Harris and El-| | b s oom tata. are putting JOAN MeGRAW. G el up u stronz batde for the xee- He again will be at the head of the | Sl ond-base vacancy of the St Giants, although it ix possible that| bbb s ol ouix Americans. With the ex- | | he will not wear a uniform thix xea- o dobater - L tion of thix positi xon. 1t ix likely that Hughey Jen-| 8 Browns are expected (o ! raw's leutenant, will do ’ Concesnion hy Grifith, ficld for the coming cam 1 the grass-pulling at first and Griff finally semed Jn tha with the same line-up | N he was willing to play the with which they finished last i = s quoted he could come to Tamy sear. out signing his contract = here period it is to cov == i constitutes a concession the stand up at the plate and step in . oices on he: a s ar the plate and step into | ot whe ad mice It an the ball, but he continues to wield h | v L bat with one foot in the bucket. He will have to eliminate this truit if h that he is|€VT expects to zet anywhere on :,,.,iMotor Boat Event for World | = | diamond. : ; greed to accept the afterea| Momridge came Championship May Be Held him. according Judge wants | Brower out of comm on Lake St. Clair. a three-yvear agreement and Griff de-|did in Washington la Shees o Mg i fo8 onel yede (only [ibeanet nim it Ghe Mattiiy; NEW YORK. March 9. —Arrangements This is the only point remaining to! The ball struck less |y 3 th hol . % the intesnational] be settled and the one they will go ! spot, however, and he “shook it off.”|for the holding o o ntennd Sili to the mat on as soon as Judge re-|The blow hurt. howe for almost | motor boat races for th H.«rnxmnrfl\' ceives his land legs after detraining | immediaely afterward Brower lost|trophy in this country during the com-! will be a split . EHeaRIddte ‘1"_"“"“:"‘; The challenge T ed from the Roval | fected on & two o damage was done. By or Yacht Club of England is the first Point is that Judge practic a minute as though the | MO 2 i to hold forth at the in would have some acces- |©0f several expected in an effort to re- | o Nationals again this s-ason, and | $10% gain the trophy won from British motor | ';’ ‘Ar‘"af fans know how much this | Griff Hax Eye on Collegian. boats by Gar Wood of Detroit, off the cans to.the team. = With the excep-| pregident Griffith has his eve on a |Isle of Wight Jast August I Tn the Ahe et to be able to sign for a trial when ! Club of America favor of holding & hitter lnst seasc his school term ends in June. This |the races on Lak i use | up with Tea youngster, whose name is withheld for , Detroit yachtsmen brought the cup | positions they p obvious reasonsat present is touted by | b to this country. | Sawad ¥ 3 : ball fans among the tourists | | ad Is Progreasing. | the hotel here who have seen hi - 8o eatistactory e rogress | in action as anotner sack marrs he | RUTH IN MANY ROLES; | Wade Dby _the nitchers | present season is the fourth in which | | Toward metting into thape for ihe|he has represented nis aima mater! ENDS DAY AS BAT BOY | £ 7 dutics of the campaier that lon the diamond. He is describe - S PORT I March | ager McBride today lifted the an excellent fielder at short, w Ll st s, March = again sing curves, strictly ke has done most of his playing Versati Babe forc-d until the present time, strong arm, and is =aid 1o be a par- | erably vesterday the rookie praeti permitied several of those more ad- | rly fine hitter of the right hand During v d to throw hooks in the batting persuasion. Griff has directed one of | forenoon he qualified as a s practice. Schacht, ickson and| hix scouts in the section in which | comedian, then spent an hour coach- | Acosta were the flingers allowed to| this varsity team pl to look him | ing left-handed pitchers In the dally with benders for a short period, | over and offer him a contract if he|afternoon he played first base. pitched and it was noticeable as a result the | looks half as good as he is cracked |a while. worked in center field, then terrific cannonading of the hickory | up to be. went ito_ bat. gelting one homa tun wielders, fell off « bit Brower has been experimenting With curve balls to some extent for a | couple of days. but has not yet been Eiven permission to serve them up in the hitting drills. Mogridge to date has confined himself to mixing slow nd two singles. He brought the day the Nationals do their exerci; }to a close by relieving the bat boy of | sented a much improved appearance | his burden. today. due to the rolling given them BROTTEM, WITH MILLER, The grounds at Plant Field, for the first time by a heavy steam i | roller. This machine is the property ! | balls wi Slow | of the city of Tampa, and is being , Cantinan D speeders. and probably will | {oandd ‘for the purpose pursuant 1o| AT THE PIRATES’ CAMP der of the week. while Courtney's|ihe earnest appeals of Mike Marlin. | (o, icner Toney Brotiem, as well as ame shoulder will not vet allow of Stter Delre e e Outfielder Bing Miller, has been work- Rim taking his turn on the rubber. ELEE IRESIE LW Eie Yestergey en) ing o the Pirates' training ramp' ing, and today the wrinkles are taken out of ing the garden stretches, This treatment is to be continued da S0 that by the time the regu- lars get into action next week the grounds should be in tiptop condition. Tough onm Little Rock. Judge Landis’ decision in the Miller- Brottem case means not only that the players are the property of Washing- ton, and that Little Rock must return received ! With Picinich donning his mask and Protector for the first time and get- ting back of the bat to receiva the offerings of the hurlers. they showed better control than when working Wwith no one to aim at and with only the batting cage to stop the missed by the batsmen. Val adopte safety first tactice. and used only Eis| big mitt in catching the balls, his free hand being employed exclusively for throwing. st Baden, Ind., dispatches from point tell hey are the Little Rock players Judge Landis awarded to the Na- tionals in the dispute with Pitts- burih. 'GARDNER ONLY ABSENTEE | FROM CLEVELAND CAMP Tony Marhakfka's name has been| 10 Pittsburgh the money mnc)(en“:r{h;‘vfcfkflx'm:a:lml -M:m? he| When they were “sold” to the Pirates, | DALLAS, Tex, March 9 —Larry| was back at second buse in the fisld. | DUt also ‘that Little Rock must pay | Gardner, veteran third baseman, was | ing drill. seemingly none tha worss | both Calvo and Carlson their salaries | the only absentce when the Champion | for his lay-off. but Nick Altrock's re.|in full from the time they reported | Cleveland Indians donned their uniforms covery has been delayed and he really | until the close of the season, even |today. 3 is not himself vet | though it obtained only about one m;r:llw\‘razt:*glarwfih lhh: z'»wam:.d(ha';" 2 vice fro ch. , wo 3 is teammates for Tucker Lowe Ten Pomnds. | DORULE SCTUICS SO0 40 catnad of | the st time. Dinwoodie Tucker is quite proud of | he decision must have been worth| A thunderstorm handicapbed the In- the fact that he has peeled off ten| going a long way to hear. dians practice vesterday. ~Joe Wood pounds. thanks to his strenuous en- lifted the ball far over the left field deavors on the field and to the table fence. | restrictions imposed by Trainer Mar- 2o i tin. Tucker never will be able to get Cards Defeat Macks. SCOTT RED SOX CAPTAIN n\-r: !‘V;‘—“ng:’:nd\r;’;v a !“(A'\“'!: !;l‘.:”:x‘- ORANGE, Tex, March 9.—The St ever. and his style ¢ tohing 6 r‘.nlu: Cardinals Wwon from the Phila- . is 8 delpl Ame 8 esterd: 9 to 5. balls, with his arms extended directly T Mk yesterl over his head. mieee spiciarore s Named to Succeed Hoaper—Myers The Macks had won threc straight impresion that he i in constant dan- . 5 = o ger of Eopihininioiials and Walters Holdouts—Rus t. Louis (Nationals). -3 91 Fhiladelphia (Americans weloped a decided “pull hat. too. 5 5 3 o e 3 since the hurlers hav ted puttin sell Still IIL Batte Haines, May hupp. i something on the «nd is not| HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 9| (lemon: M‘,flj:”"';’,‘;‘;,. Greasonbeck making so many erett Seott, veteran shortstop of the s So s L McBride is striving teach him to| Boston Red x. will succeed Harry — Hooper as captain of the team = A Additions to the hold-out list are Rain Halts the Dodgers. Pitcher Elmer Myers and Catcher Al| NEW ORLEANS *h 9.—Th Plays That Puzzle || i~ Broonlyn X e Allan Russell, the spitball pitcher, who was out of uniform all last season be cause of illness, but who expected to back with the team this spring still on the sick list. He is in Baltimore. rain from plaving their first practice BY With runners on and two out, the batsm PILLY EVANS==——== nd third | n received ai and 7 wina piien ne rnners o vecona ans| GLEASON IS ENTHUSED ENGLISH third seoring, whie e basman| - QUER PITCHING TALENT The first It basem 3 was thrown to h ed first base. The ump runner out, who was ond. What about had cross the plate? There are runners on second third and two men out. With 4 for th and h h- declared the anding on sec- two runs that| pitching recruits atcher Ray Schalk and McWeeney were favorably it wa id. % cxeAns‘r'rss// Next time you buy cigar- ) and the Bancroft Displays Form. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. March citesigoiin and ask for count three balls and two strikes the | e e . . next pitch at which the hutter siruck. | Do1, PAnoreft e, Yew York Nuot English Ovals. It's a , was a bad ball. It cluded the catcher | [P ontersd the meactice pome et mighty good habit, be- cause English Ovals are and went to the grandstand. The run- ners on second and third crossed the plate and the batsman reached sec- ond. The batsman in going to second day and displayed anything but phys- ical defects. 77 failed to touch first. The ball was Braves Go Swimming. G z £7 thrown fo that base, and the umpire! GALV ON, Tex., March 9.—Rain o mlg}lty gocd cigaretics ruled him out, retiring the side. What | fell here yesterday and the battery Made by Philip Morris & Co.. Ltd. . about the two runs that had crossed men of Fred Mitchell's Boston Na- the plate? | tionals forsook base ball for surf 'zofln-25¢ Firat Twe Score: Others Do Not. | swimming. Dick Rudolph, the last member of the pitching Staff to report has arrived. In the first cas received a base where the batsman on balls and F:.\I»d[ when he managed nd, because the fourth ball was a wild pitch, the two runs scored. The batsman was entitled to first base, hence there was no chance to make a force play because h - ed to touch that b second. In the other . two runs scored on a t ike th was a wild pitch. the batsman req tng second. but f. to touch firat, the two runs did not score. Failure | to touch first on the wild third strike simply made a third out, in which the batsman failed to reach first, and no | TUNs can score on =uch a play. e WARM SPRINGTIME WEATHER CALLS FOR A NEW SPRING SUIT Our showing of spring and summer Fabrics are a treat to look at. In fact they are the most attractive we have seen in years. We bought them on the low woolen market. Therefore we can quote you a very special price on your new Spring Suit. Easter is March 27th—why not have your new suit made for the occasion. OMOHUNDRO 818 F Street N.W. ORI at h Use It Freely Best That’s Made ‘Your Favorite Athlete Uses and Recommends It. W, | Guillemot Called Home; May Come to U. S. to Live NEW YORK, Warch 9.—Josef Guillemot, star distance runner of France, who wax defeated here recently in the 3.000-meter event of the Guaranty games, has been recnlled to hix regi- 0. C. QUNTS CRPPLED Tech and Eastern Will Be Minus Stars in South Atlantic Basket Ball Tourmey. | | ment beenuxe of French army Heights Tonight. activities in_Germany. He will District teams facing out-of-town | | xail March 17. Aloysius Club’s Big Five and the quints at the Coliscum tomorrow after- Billcmot sl ne would e 3 <5 Hoights Sanitess Glash tos noon in the opening matches of the| | turm here in November to co | S he skt eheagament of the Eouth Atlantic” setioinstic | pete in the national crosx-co 1L e ATRe eng ARam et O championship tournament prol try e He ndded t e ix | |series for the District independent not be the those that played | considering making hix home in |, et bail championship. The match through _th high school fitle Americn when bis army enlist- | | wi] Id in the big auditorium at 1ok, Tech, winn o eola ment expires. | the home of the title, has been severely crippled I | tarting at & o'clock. Another > loss of three of its regulars ting of the teams i scheduied for Bastern will have to play without one | Siturday night in Aloysius court. ring guards in the lin |Gonzaga gymnasium. Should a_third up. Central plans to start abstitute leame be necessary t play is ended Since the close of the high |, Fach ieam send ite full strength i, Darker. Tech's roving ; ; ichi ) tonight's clash. The Aloysians | s been suffering with an infected arm Wisconsin, Michigan and Purdue ;"' ({555 T ine since defeating e nd cannot get into the South Atlantic . mets la urday. b fes. With Burger, the Manual Train- Each Stands 8 and 4 in vesterday recorded the. nter, still on the easualty list wiih vietory of the season wrenehed knee, this would make mat- Big Ten Race. occasion require. > . Whiting, The first game. that hetween Bast- 3 ern and Raltimore City Colloge. will DS P get under wax at 2 o'clock. The (en- i, R tral-Alexandria clash will start at 2.| owaws tniv Oftawa, Kan and Tech and Annapolis will take th floor at 4 Lisermors New Styles Appear First in This Shop 1319-1321 F Street STORE NEWS Prices Will Be Your chance to make a great big saving on the suit you'll We want that fact to wear this spring will soon be gone. “sink in.” We KNOW—because our regular spring lines must soon be put on sale, and our prices will have to average from $40 to $60. A few months ago manufacturers had a hand. tumbled to actual panic. We bought a tremen then. You've had the advantage of it. But nearly gone, and we're clearing the last of our part of it. get no more to offer—PRICES HAVE GONE UP! Your Spring Suit Quick! $27 .75 No Charge for Necessary Alterations We still have about 1,000 suits of thi most of them are just right for spring wear. made to sell for $60, $70 and some even as original price tags are still on.them. When we can sell you just what you want $40 to $50 for something that is no better? economy. You'll find styles that are correct for the n blue serges and light-weight worsteds in variety, with plenty of light colors. Hundreds have the half or only We don’t claim they were made within the la every particular they’re exactly like the latest. What more could one ask? e oumgFens Shop Men, Wake Up! Clothing Below Actual Manu- facturing Cost Will Be Un- known After a Few More Days People could not pay the prices asked. and the market 1921. 'FLOOR TITLE AT STAKE Yanks and Aloysius Open Series for Basket Ball Title at Congress champion it will be ¥ Frederick 1" the s had enough for Coach Apple, but . . T, in a game plaved in to add to his gloom. Gude, star guard | MADISON, Wis., March 8 - Univer s atta s i of the high schools, will not be available, | sity of Wisconsin def zirln scored a 15 This hus fety player has been ke e e Wy sk ¥ too sick to practice during the past H bitter struggie week and. according 1o the Tech 1 game | sm last night. Miss Kelley's| coach. is through for the remainderi vigtory. pl “od shooting gave the Reps an of the season. The Manual Trainers |# with Micl accurate OSSing will have to face Annapolis High toniship. bstitute, sent Ingram chool with a line-up including Mae- s d period. From then | r and McCormick at forwards, s z p-and-tuck affair i Supplee at center and Shanks and | PROVID 2l IOy viatars were unable | Beavan at guards. These boys nter Co won from e e b e zond basketers. individually, but h baskek hll L, 40 to losing 18 to 5 had little time to develop any te Thehwoek o warpen, thejits . former Tech player. put up a WOtk ) lansty cent e pwho) 129 floor zame for the winners, be. Eastern will use either Briggs or | W8S an outs feature ing ten scrimmage baskets. Cardwell as running mate for Mvers,| MeMillin, of foo fame, al ce WMidgets claim the city 115- the flashy guard. Virnstine. regulay Fed for the visitors sionship as a result of zuard, has been ill at_his home for | it vietory over the Peck the past few days. Neither of the| 13 .. V.ml-qu.crl--rlrd ¥ }n:, boys nominated for Virnstine's posi- | Fuwvihu points enabled e to tion is in a class with the latter as Rz . e 7 floor player. The team may be helped, | B A‘:;E.;"'«;\:\;:rd.:yh; el i X gagement. Close gRuarding He ol for awhile, but | Oy | A is ready fo get into the game again, | S ional! <enate Pages wom a_double r According to Coach Guyon, Eastern | ket bal oSt ldefeating Roy Scout Troop to probably will start Faber and Pren-|the round before the semi In'belns | SRTERtNE THOY Soont oo S utbis jer. forw e . and [down for today » : | Athietic Club, 37 to 8. in the second. Priggs and guards, against| The Jorlty of the slght wmames Baltimore City College T were hard resultin Conteal willl endeavar to stop DAILY ELECTED CAPTAIN andria High School with a line-up in- Okla, 3% Younz Men's cluding Mooney and Birthright, for- | : ome ™! OF HATCHETITE QUINTET wards: Dey, center, and Zalzak and s, stys. Dalis, Roberts, guards, Dey and Roberts s R x Iy was. elected captain being the only regulars. Lemon. Chil: | Ga ) Athietic Cinb. 34 Hale (Mo Dasket ball team. of |dress and McFadde: first-string | ston ['niversity at a plavers. will be at hand. however, | lm Hatchetite letter men and will be sent into the fray should in 1ay. Daily played a sturdy 28| game for GGeorge Washington during | the recent campaign, generally work- in a guard position. Other men s Daily to carn letters for their j performances with the team Were Spears, Boteler, kew, Springston, lLochler and Bracklow. Store Hours: Every Day 8 A.M.to 6 P.M, 1319-1321 F St. i believed to be in connection with the affidavit of “H SPORTS. Terms Removes “Load” : Landis Calls Kauff of Giants to Chicago JUDGE BELIEVED SIFTING ZIMMERMAN'S CHARGES C HICAGO, March 9—Benny Kauff, outfielder of the New York (nants. today was on hic way to Chicago in answer to a summons to appear before Judge K. M Landis, base ball arbiter, which 15 mmerman, made public recently. Zimmerman, former third baseman for the Giants, implicated Fred Toney, Rube Benton and Kauff in an alleged attempt to throw a game with the Cubs in 1919. Chis so-called affidavit 18 mercly ed to interven in the Akron franchisa Zim's written confession of the testi- | muddle .\Inr< tempt :w\ ‘n. made tn mony given by Toney and Kauff be- |y R e fore the Chicago grand jury when | allure recently of Akron business the world's ser andal was being | men to raise money for retention of the tigated,” Manager MeGiraw of t [ nchise was followed by announce- « s was quoted as saying. in dis- | : that Newark., N. J. sportsmen P 8 received here ’\«nlld take 1t ov Upon r Kauff Leaves San Antonio. | fusaliot o) Sl SAN ANTONIO. Tex. March 9| = 2 i : 1 Outtie r Be e uu o 1 I 5ock Clamts has dione ol tit | Columbas Signs Herzog. }lnL’ quarters here for Chicago in re- } © MRBUS. Ohio, March 9 —Char! £ponse 1o a telegram requesting him | “Buck® Herzog, who played second to appear before Judge Landis. » L ‘ It 1 Manager Johw I MeGraw stated Dase for the Chicago Cubs last t while Kauff himself did not |has signed with the Columbus Ame Know just what led to the summons, it | ican Association team Herzog was might be in released 1ast fall by the Cubs onnection with the re ported affidavits “Heinie” Zimmerman ex-third sacker for the Giants, is 1 : lezed to have filed in New York, pur- Kelleher of Cubs Injured. por to implicate Rube Benton, AR N\ a o Fred Toney and Kauff in an attempt | PASADENA. Calif., March 2.-—John- at bribery in a game with the|ny Kelleher, working out at shortstop Chicago Cubs in 191% for the Cubs. is under care of an ey Upon his arrival in San Antonio | cpecialist. He received a bad blow n last Friday McGraw was told that | pe rom a fast gronnder in prace Zimmerman had made an affidavit in | New York, and the Giant manager is | tice. ” Manager Evers trying out | Tow Whelan of Lynn, Mass, and Roy quoted as saying: Grimes at first by “This so-called affidavit is merely Zim's first written confession of the Lots of Pirate Catchers. WEST BADEN. March 9.—A wealth !nf material for the backstop berth on | the Pittsburgh Nationals is here. In addition to Walter Smith, the regular, three new catchers are training with the Pirates. The work of Mike Wil- | son, who was picked up from the Steel League here, iz reported to be very satisfactory. charges which Toney and Kauff made | against him before the grand jury in Chicago when the world series scandai was _being investigated. Toney and Kauff came to me after Zim made this of bribery and that night [ sent back to New York from Chi- Akron to Press Case. AKRON, Ohio, March 9 —Base Ball Commissioner K. M. Landis will be ask MEN! Make a Saving On Your Easter Suit This Wonderful Saving Event— Is most unusual, coming as it does right before Easter—and most extraordinary as it makes possible a saving that would be considered splendid, even in the “Good Old Days.” All Wool and Worsted Suitings & Blue Serge SUITS = Higher gigantic surplus on dous number of suits the big surplus is We'll ——— s fine surplus, and They were high as $80. The for $27.75, why pay It’s time to study ew season; there are quarter lined coats. st few weeks, but in Spring Woolens Are Becoming Scarcer Every We Were Very Fortunate In Making This Big Purchase MADETO MEASURE Intended to Sell to $60.00 Day— Sounds unusual, but it is true, Mills stop- ped weaving about last July—and they have only started again but recently. And all woo!- ens now being made are for Fall and Win- ter—m a king these lighter weights very scarce in the markets. It is a positive fact that spring woolens are scarcer in the fmarkets today than at any time within the past four years. Intended to Sell From a large mill that had a splendid stock on hand and were willing to sacri- fice profits to realize SPOT CASH! It gave them the means to start their looms going again and it brought to us and the Men of Washing- ton the greatest values in woolens that have to $95.00 been possible in many ;393 Remember when you order a suit here | You get the highest grades of really dependable wool- ens, plus real custom tailoring. . We have our own workshop—the garfnents are not given out to different tailors and made in sweat shops. All in all—you are always assured of sincere CUSTOM WORK when you deal with NEWCORN & GREEN. Newcorn & Green . 1002 F .Street N.W