Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1921, Page 29

SPORTS. THE_EVE NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921. SPORTS. ' Nationals Play Birmingham Club Today in First of Games That Entail Some Long Jumps - PLAYERS PESSIMISTIC [CINTEST AHEAD 0FC. U BABE RUTH 25 POUNDS “"OVER OUTLOOK IN TOUR xuutine zem stae mine st Fear Adverse Weather Conditions and Travel lsi Tiresome — Johnson Uses Speed and Curves in One-Inning Fray. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. B club of the Southern Association. terday at Jacksonville was prevented by rain that started shortly after the game did, and was of such proportions that only one inning could be played. What the weather will be elapse before the Griffmen are due to reach Washington is problematical, but, judged by previous experience, At Chattanooga, where the athletes are billed to perform tomorrow and Sunday, low temperatures and stiff breezes may be looked for, and weath- er conditions from then on, at Jack- sonville, Knoxville, Petersburg and Nor- folk, are a gamble, with the D mistically inclined willing to give odds that their worst fears will ma- terialize. Long Trips Are Nightmares. But chill winds and wretched play- ing fields are nbt the only counts in the indictment against barnstorming trips, such as this. Long railroad jumps, involving_ sleepless nights in Pullmans, are a factor. One of these nightmares was the trip from Jack- sonville here. the squad not being due to arrive until early afternoon, following a sixteen-hour jaunt on a Southern train N ‘Another equally bad hop is in pros pect, from Knoxville to Petersburg. _ next week, it having been necessary to arrange for a special train to get the club out of Knoxville immediate- Iy after the game Tuesday in time to reach the Virginia city for a contest the following afternoon. It is to be hoped that the appre- hensions of the calamity howlers in regard to the weather in the imme- diate future will prove urfounded. It would, indeed, be a shame to have the who attained such excellent | al condition at Tampa, reach with colds, stiff muscles and | aching joints, and for this reason lose | ground which they never could re- cover. by getting off to a poor start IRMINGHAM, Ala., April 1—XIl Fools’ day” finds the Nationals fairly embarked upon a trip of geven games, the first of which is scheduled most appropriately for this afternoon with the local The contest with the Phillies yes- Jor the remainder of the week to no one in the party feels optimistic.' RED SOX 1921 ROSTER 1920 Record— PITCHERS. Bats.Throws.Batting. Pitching. Joe Ruxh . R 245 500 5! test is to get under 500 | expected to sead greatly | “Hilltop Tomorrow—Vermont Meets C. U. Today. Georgetown probably is in for an- lother strenuous base ball contest at the Hilltop tomorrow afternoon. The Blue and Gray will entertain the team of Penn State College apd from what the latter has shown in its early en- gagements, it must be formidable. The Penn Staters have been clouting savagely, averaging nearly ten runs a game. Georgetown may find it diffi- cult to save a pitcher for the fray, as Pordham is at the.Hilltop this after- noon and the New Yorkers are be- lieved to have a good sticking outfit. Catholic University and Gallaudet also will encounter sturdy opposition | tomorrow. Fordham will move to Brookland to face the Maroon and Black, - while Gallaudet will be host to the University of Maryland at Ken- dall Green. The Brooklanders are to play on Killion Field this afternoon, Vermont having remained in the city to dispose of its game originally scheduled for yesteglay. The con- ay at 4 o'clock. Both Maryland and Gallaudet are improved teams into their game. The College | Parkers really were helped by the de- feat at the hands of Catholic Univer- | sity Monday and Gallaudet has made strides during the week. Catholic cot Herb Thormahien L L CATCHERS. Rert Chapl L R Harold Ruel R R Al Walters . r” R INFIELDERS. Clft Brady . L R Eddie Foster . R R Harvey Hiller R R 0 John Melnnis . R R 7 Clarke Pittenger R R 5 rrill Pratt R R 4 Everett Scott . R R B Oscar Vitt ...... R R 220 886 OUTFIELDERS. John Collins R R Tim Hendryx . R R H L R Ernest Neitzk k R est Neitzke Rl B Vi e B2 R E o The Boston Red Sox in 1820 won 72 games, finishi skl fifth with a percentage of and fielded .97: the American League in 1 A in the pennant chase. ‘chances in regard to Walter John- he . the year. Washington entered the cireatt. 5 o0 424 Pulludelphia During their career of twents years in the _President Griffith wisely is taking , his star hurler, “accompanied by American League the Red So: and lost 1523 games, ranking second in the TPorres, Goebel and Marhafka, and inerflned by Fred Harveycutter, ving left Jacksonville 1ast night for capital, where they will be joined Bob La Motte, who was granted & ;riough of one day to spend with his nts at Savannah, Ga. Schacht. gving recovered from his illness, will y with the main squad and take daily work-outs. L Applied to Other Clubs. $1a Motte's injured leg has beem w rounding into shape and he will light work at American e K with the others pending the ival of President Grifith, Man- r McBride and the main squad. It elops that this youngster, who Frank O'Rourke’s -under- lifetime standing with a percentage of .544. Mcers are: H. e, Dresident;, H iraver, secretary. €Copyright, 1921.) * v l Plays That Puzzle ======BY BILLY EVANS: The playing rule says that if a fielder hits a batted ball h his glove the batsman shall beentitled to threg bases and runners on at such time shall be entitled to score. What would you have done on this play? The batter hits a is | drive to left feld, which, it seems, the himself in fast company when develops sufficiently in hitting, unsuccessfully to obtain a trial h two gther big league clubs. n of 1919 he showed up the es camp in Jacksonmville r th the players there il Miller Huggina canned him out the park for “butting in” on the ting pretice of the regulirs and tire moved on to Tampa, where tl Sax were_training, and was ite?y, (but firmly, advised' by Ed e himself scarce. “around Tampa. how- ever, and subsequently taught on ~State League team, from hich he was obtained by tife Na- Before going La | ball that threateped were fired When war was 1 i 'was Foss, and, oddly eby then was a shortstop ) layed third. Just-the. re- rse of the positions they now oc- ¥, hary- te Pitch Today. ‘ecumseh Zachary is books: t of the flinging $3: the Na- nals against the Birmingham out- it today "= southpaw will not be nt the entire route, Erickson or aw being likely nominees for the k of toiling the last three or four un. Wi el ville yesterday the M {, there was of the game In Nationals ¥ A score of 2—1, this being the | Naval Base, unt at the end of the first lnninl.l hen a_ young cloudburst converted e feld info a swamp of oozy sand d cla; Johnson occupied the box r the Nationals. showed a lot of in his brief tenure and used e hooks, and the fact that he was red gn cannot be charged against Ep. nothing . that resembled a hit $eing made by the four Phils who gaced him. © The tally really was a present Frank O'Rourke, who heaved N slow roller over Judge's head, Greasy ®eing sacrificed to third by Rawilngs and scoring on Willlams' fly to Rice. A good throw would have nipped him, fro; al but Sam's return to Picinich was far [ wide of the mark. Walter had diffi- eulty with his control and walkea Meusel. put the latter died stealing on Val's fine peg to Harris. This advantage was wiped out in a Burry by the Nationals. After Judge Bad rolled weakly to Jimmy Ring, Bill Donovan's nominee for mound work, Milan bounced a safety over Wright- stone’s head, as it started to rain. Rice singled to left and Lewis dropped & Texas leaguer im right. Harris worked Ring for a pass, forcing in the tieing run, and Foss delivered with a Jong fly to Williams which scored Milan from third and put Washington In the van. O'Rourke then lofted. to Meusel, by which time the downpour d increased to such proportions that We “Serve” You Properly The service you get in our Tennis Department is one that is to your liking. You'll find it an “advantage” to trade here. for with the right kind of equipment at the start vou will have the edge on your opponent. For every true lover of the game of tennis we have the correct appurtenances that he or she will like—the finest rackets. the best balls and everything that goes with the game. Walford’s 9CS Pa. Ave. NW. left fielder will be able to catch. Back- ing up against the fence, it was evident to him the ball would clear* the fence and be good for a home run. He threw his glove at the bail. It struck the ball, While it retarded the progress of the ball to a certain extent, it did not pre- vent it from clearing the fence. Was the batsman entitled to a home run or only three bases, as the rule stated? Enatitied to Home Raun. While the rules state the batsman is entitled to three if a flelder strikes a batted baJl with his glove, when detached from his person, I would have allowed a home run. The ball cleared the fence, which, according to the rules, entitled the batsman to make the circuit. If any attention was paid to such a play flelders would be con- stantly throwing their glove, at every | to go over the fence or into the stands, taking a chance that they might prevent aJhome run. $ 2 BASE BALL WEEK OPENS| ml Special Window Displays in b | the sporting goods trade that has be- University also may be in better con- dition for its match with Fordham. as Curran, regular second baseman, probably will be at hand, permitting Coach Moran to hurl his strongest line-up into action. Sporting Goods Dealers Making Prize Contest. Sportsmen always are interested, nat- urally, in sporting goods, and base ball players. as well as fans. will be attract- ed to the special display of base ball goods in the windows of sporting goods dealers here from today through April 10, which period will be designated Na- tional Base Ball week, an institution in come firmly established within the past three years. In practically’ every city and town during the next ten days there will be one or more” window displays trimmed exclusively with base ball equipment. The ‘majority of these displays will be entries in a prize competition, conduct- ed by the publicity committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the Athletic Goods Manufacturers of thé United States, an organization whose purpose is to exploit sporting goods in all their branches. / There is a special incentive this year for dealers to trim their windows, as the prizes offered are larger and more num- erous than before, there being $1.000 worth divided into twenty awards fo. the best window displays of base ball S mediate or very near future. under 225 before the season opens, the middle of the summer. He now t lost an ounce recently. It is no fault of Ruth’s that the too solid flesh with which his giant equipment from anywhere in the United | frame is draped refuses-to waste States. a2way. He is doing all he can to reduce, but to no apparent avail. His Eirth rémains as great as before, ani some of the more pessimistic among his admirers have arrived at the con- clusion that his aldermanic bulge is there to stay. " TRAINING TRIP GAMES [ 3 .% 2 Effectiveness Considered. ! isevep = 2 : e O erictt, Hinton and Vann; Mays, | This thought is causing them great Basterice < concern, for they cannot imagine a Clifford and Hofman. Ruth of 225 or 230 pounds playing At San Antonfo. Tex.— the sort of ball that made the Bab Cleveland Americans . Han Antosio (Texas) - of 200 or 205 the most sensational | They cannot but tteries—Caldwell, ~ Petty figure of his time. et et believe that the added weight will - impair his effectiveness bat and At Fort Worth, Te in the fidd and lessen his value as a | Detroit_ American drawing card . "’Il'he lclham:e-s aré that this will be 3 o Hertiay: e ultimate result of the Babe's R AmtEes natural tendency to put on weight, R. H. E|but the inevitable finish of his great 1} career as a home-run artist is not yet in sight by any manner of means. He should be good for at least three Oldham’ and Manion, Bati Woodall; At Tyler, Tex. Chicago Americans . Fort Worth (Texas) Batteries—Mulrennan, Morris and Yaryan: MISCELLANEOUS BASE BALL' I 2e Spartanburg, 'S. C—Toledo' (A. | oAt OW A, 0. < Chapel Hill, N. C—North Carolina U., 6; North:Carolina Hall, 4. Lexington, Va—Penn State, 18; Washington and Lee, 9. At Charlottesville, Va—Fdrdham, 7; Virginia, At ‘Norfolk, Va—Holy Cross, 3; . = o Killed by Pitched Ball. TIMMONSVILLE, 8. C.. April 1— Kirke White, eighteen years old, of this city, was hit on the head by a pitched ball in a base ball' game be- tween Timmonsville and Florence high schools here Wednesday, and died a5 a result of the Injury.— Superbly old times. minute—absolute faultless fit guaranteed. Styled right ; Spartanburg (South Atlantic), | Chicago Natl 100% All-Wool You'll be astonished at the splen- did 100% all-wool suits we are tai- loring to measure this season at $35 up. They take you back to the good satisfaction years. and when the end does come, it will be because his legs and ankles will no longer be able to support his increasing bulk. . For a man of. his size the Babe has man and O'Farrell. very slender ankles. For the past two years they have been rebelling At Tulsa, Okls. at the load.he puts upon them, and Wachtel, .Whittaker and Moore. (Coast) Batteries—Arlett and Krause. Koehler: Free- HEAVIER THAN IN 1920 HREVEPORT, La., April 1.—The time may come’ when G. Herman Ruth will again weigh in at 205 or thereabouts, but not in the im- scale down to what has been considered his best playing weight before | base and strengthened his stomach | muscles without reducing his weight. NS ternal League Elks. Bill Rapp's Knickerbocker team 8 o'clock. grooming his players carefully, a stepping outfit to hurl against Elks of the Fratetnal League in 2 number of sandlot stars, so a | Field. will settle all arguments, try: Frazier, Giovannetti and | catchers; Owen, Pfeil, Brvant, son and Richmond, pitchers: Gill, Parsons, Purdy and Bolen, outficlders, former outfleld star at Holy Cross the Packard Motor Company eran District pitcher. more games. er. W. P. | northeast. Love, cate with Manager McDonald, ‘Wisconsin avenue. Alexandrin Athletic Company trict teans. urdays. Manager R. E. be found at 1119 King andria, Tenleytown Boy Scouts are meet the Linworth Midgets Sunday ernoon at 3 o'clock on the Monument lot. { Scout players are to report at Crandall's Sunday at 1:30. Perry Athletic Club the Brookland Indians in a 5-to-4 en- gagement. Stanton’s pitching baffled the. losers. Representatives of A. B. a commercial league. circuit. Carl_Nalley, 385 northeast. Members of the nine to report at 7 o'clock. It is doubtful, indeed, if he can get and highly improbable that he will April BRIDGEWATER, Va., ips the beam at about 230, and hasn’t will cease to function as a ball play- er's ankles should function. His comparatively fragile under- pinning s handicapping him in his present efforts to reduce. He cannot run about the outfield as a lighter man could, or even as he could in years gone by, and the natural con- sequence is that he cannot take off S0 much weight each day that ohe hearty meal will not put it again. He tried working out around first Academy at Staunton. 17. the paths, third base for Staunton. back | . SKATER STAFF HURT; Then he tried the outfield and the result was the same. His brittle ankles would not permit him to gal- lop around the field with any fre dom of abandon, and what little run- ning Ite did do had no other effect than to make his feet sore. Though s0 much heavier than he was at any time last vear, Ruth is playing bet- ter base ball than he was at a cor- responding period last-spring. He is covering at least as much ground in the field and hitting to better ad- vantage. He is swinging better, more freely and with greater power, and making more hits. He proved. while working at first, that he still can “go down” for a ball as well as he ever could, one certain indication that his “corporation” has not yet assumed such proportions that it in- BOSTON, April 1—Art Staff Pittsburgh, a turn in & Everett McGowan of St. night. 220-yard race, onds, and in an minute 154-5 seconds. HARTTFO! aggregating circuit _races September & to nounced. The Stakes, with a purse of $20,000, Pittabprgh Nationals . > 0 R he n ! P restern) . . e is bound to come when' they ries—Yellowhorse, Eberhard and Vil- -n'..lll‘k,lfl: M:- Harris, Hier and Enais. At Galveston, Te: R. Boston Nationals = Galveston (Texas) Batteries—Cooney, Oescl son; Cerniglia, Shaefer a © At Little Rock, Ark.— £, Tk Niiale 8 team) Latt! (Called end 12th inning, ) Batterjes—Benton and Henline: onnard, Fields and Land, Kohlbacker. % Tailoréd r and O'Nell, Gib- 0'Brien,” Wiley. Second Floor to the and terferes with his flelding. attract the leading trotters. 10th and F Sts. N.W. IMPORTANT Men’s New Spring UITS s We have taken from our higher priced lines sev- eral hundred new Spring Suits, in solid blue, brown, gray and the new pencil stripes, also the new popular mixtures, and have so priced them that we defy com- petition to match them at anywhere near the price. It is an established fact that we can undersell, account of our upstairs location, cash prices, no free delivery and economical methods generally. At the price our clothing is better than any of- fered in this city, and we do not except ~the high- priced advertised brands. - Coach Rapp Has Groomed Players * for Opening Contest With Fra- be up and at 'em Sunday afternoon at The wily coach has been and has first game of the season for both nines. The B. P. O. E. bunch @lso will include | contest may be expected at Olympia | Shorty Hughes, veteran arbiter, | The Elks have signed the following players for their Fraternal League en-| v Lynn, Patter- | Dieste, | Degnan, | flelders, and Bleier, Marino, Koogle | ““The Knicks have been strengthened iby the acquisition of several mew ath- letes, among them being Wigglesworth, i last scason with the Jersey City Inter-| national Leaguers:; Strawn, member of irfe of Detroit last year, and Ted Sullivan, vet- Langdon Athletic Club will play the! Winstons at Rosedale playground Sun- | day afternoon at 2 o'clock, and wants Send challenges to Man- 1920 Irving street; Tenleytown Athletic Club desi Saturday and Sunday engagements with first-class nines. For dates communi- 4306 Asxociation, which will open its season Sunday, when | it faces the Rosslyn Steel and Cement would book matches with Dis- { The Alexandrians can pla. in Washington Wcdnesdays and Sat McDonald ma street, Alex: . Telephone Alexandria 479-J. whitewashed | Graham, Judd & Detweiler, C. and P. Telephone Company, Woodward & Lothrop, R. P. Andrews ‘and Western Union Telegraph Company have been invited to attend a meeting for the purpose of brganizing A two-games-a- week schedule has been proflosed for the Warwick Midgets will hold a base ball meeting tonight at the home of Tennessee avenue CENTRAL HURLERS EASY FOR STAUNTON BATTERS Central High School of Washington, here for a base ball engagement with Bridgewater College, met defeat for the fifth consecutive time yesterday in a game with Staunton Military The Staunton batters pummeled Walker and Kitchin for thirteen base hits and won, 13 to Central showed plenty of speed on stealing fourteen bases, but made only five safeties off Burke. McMahon, Washington boy, starred at DEFEATED BY McGOWAN all-round skating cham- i red when he slipped on pion. was I recomile race with Paul last s Race Carries $20,000 Purse. RD, Conn., April 1.—Purses 529,000 for the grand at Charter Oak Park, have been an- Greater Charter Oak will will the | the real | in- and | and are 1 of —— SET FOR STARTIWHITE SOX HAVE FOUND NEWPITCHING “REGULAR” ORT WORTH, Tex. April 1.—Three days of practice here, begin- ning today, will finish off the Texas training of the White Sox, and the team then will start north. A new pitcher, capable of taking his regular turn on the mound for the reorganized Sox, has been discov- ered, Manager Gleason believes, in Dominick Mulrennan. He held the Fort Worth team to three hits and one run for six innings vesterday, w"t‘é‘hch:;e Sox sluggers hit three doubles and eleven singles against strong pi 2 alveston team got fifteen hits, vesterday the Billy South- Indian Sluggers Checked. | Soaian ot worth gathered two home runs, one AN ANTONIO, Tex., April 1.—The | with two on the bases and the other with the sacks filled Cleveland Indians finally ran against | a pitcher who could stop their slug- . ging. Olin Voight, & New York Giant Phils to Play Rochester. recruit, loaned to the local Texas| DARLINGTON. S C. April 1 —The Siea xricieximi for by on. had the| Philadelphia Nationals arrived here champions at his mercy during the|today 1o open a four-game serics four inpings he worked yesterday.|With the Rochester Internationals The Indians won, 8 to 6. scoring their | runs - before Voight went to the Cub Recruit Pitches Well. mound. OAKLAND, Calif., April 1.—The Yanks Break Camp Today. | first_extra-inning game of the Cubs® SRV EPORT LAl Apil i 7Thr‘lr¢|mm: trip brought Alec Freeman, New York Americans will break their | Fecruit pitcher. into the limelight. #pring training camp today and pro- | He allowed only seven hits in the ceed to 0 Jjoin the| thirteen-inning same against the Brooldyn, s an_exhibition | jpcal Pacific Coast League team, a our northw Ruth, who|gingle in the thirteenth scoring the has been suffering from a sprained | wrist for several days, played part of | " "ning run for Oakland, 3 to 2. the game vesterday against the| St E Shreveport team. Dodgers Play Indianapolis. o NEW ORLEANS, April 1—The Cardinals Reach Home. | Brooklyns were scheduled to play . o= = 5 the Indianapolis Ametican Associa- _ST. LOUIS, April 1.—The St. Louis | tion team here today. “Buster” Ca- Nationals arrived home this morning |ton, Dodger infielder. has been sent from their spring training cambp. 44 his Zanesville Oh ready to mect the local American | eer Ha has peer sufering Toom League entry in a series starting to- morrow. The Browns returned home | Wednesday. { Macks Go to Play Giants. LAKE CHARLES, La. April 1— The Philadelphia Amerjcans have broken camp, the first team having left for Mobile, Al where two rheumatism. Giants Release Twirler. MOBILE. Ala, April 1.—Jame. ton, left-handed pitcher, obtained the New York Nationals from Shreve. port of the Texas League, has been released to the New Orleans Southern games will be played with the New | Association team. York Nationals i - B Are Cl Printers Form *“Big League.” raves Are Clouters. CINCINNATIL. 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