Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1922, Page 30

B A 0} e T R ¥ Sl - " 30 SPORTS. BRILLHEART, COLLEGIAN MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION McGrew, Digges and Francis Have Much to ‘Learn. Brower Is Ordered to Camp Monday to Be Ready in Case Judge Holds Out. = BY DENMAN THOMPSON. MPA, Fla, March 1L.—Although it is yet far too early to obtain a T line on the pitching prowess of any of the Nationals’ rookies, an - inkling of what they may be expected to show later on is obtain- able from watching them in their daily workouts at Plant Field under the supervision of Trainer Mike Martin. Iu base ball, as in every other branch of athletic endeavor, form is a weighty factor, and this probably is true to a greater extent with pitchers than players any other posi- tion. At present the athletes are required only to engage in such activities as are calculated to loosen their joints and make their muscles supple, and it will be ten days or so yet before they will be asked to attempt any- thing in the way of hooks or to demonstrate their ability to hold runners on the bases and still make effective use of their s:utt. .{only after he stopped the Cincinnati “WEE" HONORS OF KERR | ARE TAKEN BY ACOSTA Dicky Kerr, for several years noted as the White Sox “midget” hurler, and promoted from “deuce” to “ace” Reds in two games of the memorable world series of 1919, aftex Eddle C cotte and Lefty Willlams, then the “aces,” fell down on the job, bids fair to lose one of his distinctions—smail- est man on the team. According to statisties on the thirty-three members of the Sox club now “doing spring training in Texas, Kerr still will be the toam’'s shortest player by an even inch, but his fifteen pounds more avoirdupois probably lose to the former National, Jose Acosta, young Cuban hurler, his honor of - Kerr stauds five feet six &3 "d Acosta flve feet seven inches, but Dicky scales 166 pounds. ACusla’'s 140, iest individual trying for a on the club is J. D. Thompson, recrult hurler from Victoria, B. C., who has 205 pounds distributed over six feet one inch of frame. “Shovel” Hodge, who came up a! > TO GRIFFITH HOME. WHITE SOX AND GIANTS SPORTS. Woodward and Phillips Show Best of Nationals’ Rookie Hurlers : Ruth Is Ready to Sign SEAT SALE TO OPEN. Tickets for the opening game of ~the American League here, April 13, will be placed on male tomor- row morning at 9 oclock at Spald- ing’s store, 613 14th street. Those who haye made reservations may procure their tickets at the sale, BABE AND HUSTON AGREE BUT RUPPERT MUST O. K. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 1.—After a'conference with the Sultan of Swat which lasted almost three hours, Col. T. L. Huston of the Yankees announced last night that a tentative agrecment with George Herman Ruth had been reached, subject only to the approval of Col. Jacob Ruppert. It is expected that Col. Ruppert's O. K. will put a final binder on the mauler within the next few days. “The Babe was not unreasonable ém|son, pitchers, and Samade and Brown, \his demands,” said Col. Huston, “and | cathers. 1 think it is safe to assume that he WILL CLASH 15 TIMES “Dixie” D: CHICAGO, ~March 1.—Practice | js almost as good as signed. The .. games for the Chicago Americans, | amount involved is so gizal. how- BILE, Ala. March 1-—“Dixie"” announced today, include fifteen with | ayer, that Col. Ruppert 15 entitled to | DAViS. one of the regular pitchers of the St. Louis Browns, has signed a contract, Davis was late in re- porting 1o the training camp and was regarded as a Lold-out Goes to Join Pirates. NASHVILLE. Tenn, March 1.-— Johnny Gooch of Smyrnal Tenn., catcher for the Pittsburgh Nationals, has left for the training camp at Hot Springs. Stock Leaves for Camp. the New York Nationals, a game with | 4 vgice in the final decision, and 8o the University of Texas, of which| the matter has been referred to Bib_ Falk, brilllant young Sox .out- | him.” flelder, is an alumnus, and a half | dozen games with minor league clubs. | Except for a pair of contests at the | Col. Huston would not divulge the Polo Grounds with the Giants on|terms of the agreement, neither April 8 and 9, all the pre-season set- | would he say whether the Babe had tos will be in the south. demanded & long-term contract. The scifedule folldws: Neither the colonel nor Manager With the Giants—March 11,12, 18 and 19, at| Huggins saw_Carl Mays yesterday, San Antonio, Tex.: M; but the little field marshal is expected Terms Not Divulged. to have a talk with the master of | MOBILE, Ala. March 1—Milton the submarine ball today. Stock, third baseman of the St. Louis Ruth Is down to 217 pounds. A rdinals, has left for Orange, Tcx. ivear ago from the Southern Associa- | year 2g0 when the big slugger was|to report for training. Now plain throwing alone is in-| Sibly. for several to come, und it i8)tion, is by three Inches the longest | here he tipped the scales at the| Youngsters on Their Way. dulged in, except that each man uses| in I that the fans are expecting |man on the team, although his six ety 235 mark. Ruth spends a great part| gNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 1 his accustomed wind-up and pitching | the Nationals to accomplish some- | feet six inches towers but little over e T of each day on the goif links, wear- miis oD ewori L St s car it motion from the regulation distance,| thing really worth while. It was the 'the entire pitching staff, eleven of | i ing a heavy sweat shirt under his|\\‘ienia Fa “f»"d She uu’r Bty but significant things are discernible ; cquisition of Peckinpaugh to bridge | whose seventeen members are six feet | ——— other clothing. . favsas _"..;_u.. BEt ke et l‘én' T even in merely lobbing the ball. & gap filled by a player who made |or more tall. 1 DENVER GETS FRANCHISE “Bullet Joe” Bush, J. F. “Home B A salied s Taete e ! more errors than any other shortstop | The statistics also indicate the Sox = " | Run” Buker and Walily Schang have|3oin e Firates. =Frank Callaway. Show Thelr Experience. | In'the league that has served o en- | this year Wil have only one s DENVER, Col., March 1.—Denver Is 3 Who late last season was sold by joined the Yankee squad. . himself could possibly m e hm;] for a movice. Pnillips is another | whose movements indicative of | much experience and competent coach- ing. The New Orleans scquisition looks every inch a pitcher, having a | well though hefty {rume and; unusually long anns, bespeaking | his method of delivery is Brillheart, the collegian, who, though compara- tively short of stature, is chunkily built and seems to have mastered the knack of getting the full weight u(l his body back of his left arm. The others are not so impress .+ in the elementary movements. Digges very wisely is proceeding in a most cautious manner, contenting himself with merely inbowing the ball, he and the even more elongated M Grew have much to learn to reap the full benefit of their height. With lezs as long as stilts, these towering athletes take but an ordinary step in throwing. and Martin had them in charge today teaching them to ve ch lines. Judge without playing ball and Griff's attitude is that the Nationals can get aolng without Judg: correct, but that's all. Judge can earn three or four times as much on the diamond as i ory coj a PO hother, and the youngest of tne|sreat many thousands more than the lot. who displays ‘approved form in |difference as repr. ed and an glso-ran without him. It's the old ganfe of bluff, and if both refuse | to surrender completely there alw: remains the possibility of promise. OQur guess is that Judge will be the first Griffman to face Sam ain is raised at; ida avenue on April Leon Goslin Is getting in a good | quarter of an hour of batting pra tice daily. with Courtney serving ‘cm up and Torres catching. Courtney is using nearly everything in his repertoire, including benders. The control he claimed to have acquired Both contentions literally are | and Griff faces | the prospect of winning or losing a] | the alacrity with which he responded | a club that is a contender with Judge ! 1and breadth, and now ranks as one of | | the big men of the squad. he crashed Into a fence while chas- ing a fly in left field after he had | finished his tour of duty with wind | pad and wmusk, but he was able to | navigate to the clubhours unassisted, and any apprehensions regarding the | extent of his hurts were dispelled by | to the first call for luncheon. Ralph Miller blew in from his home, at Vinton, Iowa, in time for the even- ing meal yesterda His explanation for being two days late was that he was held #s a witness in an auto a cident. It was uccepted. Miller has nsiderably since he was with | ationals last fall, both in height | He is in good physical shape and says his pill- propelling left arm never felt better. The youngster asserts that thus far aped having uny trouble with his wing and that it never even gets sore when he starts to work in the spring. He was among the first Nationals’ President and His Niece and Nephew Whom He and Mrs. Griffith Have Adopted. They Are Thelma and Calvin Robertson. | Virginia League to Meet. RICHMOND, Va. March 1.—Virginia | i Woodward, for instance, vlainly | thuse followers of the Nationals. If{hitting reguler in the line o back in the Western League, it is an-| " Dick Rudolph, in c Knoxville to the Athletics and who shows the effects of what he has! uld stay out, the infieid | Johnson shortstop. The two’ othess nounced. Al Tearney of Chichgo, bresi- | eipnt baitervmen of o atonce “won - berty at hort, is Jearned in the eigitt or more years he | ave oune hole plugged only|who n face pitching from either dent of the circuit, eaid the Jepiin fran- | tionals, leads his teammat S| en rolult‘\.lr)k Kagle Pass, Tex., to has devoted to the professional game. | to have another fatal one Sprung. | side of the plate are Bitchers Fabar chise had been transferred here. ton "ot Hot Springs mountain every |90 the Mackmen. No one observing the way he handles | But there really is little reason 10r | and Russell. morning, where the Braves loss the | Brothers With Pirates. ball around for an hour or so. Ginnt Rookies Report. SBORO. Ky.. March 1.—John League magnates will mert in Newport | SAN ANTONIJO, Tex., March 1.— |obtained by the I News this afternoon for the purpose of | Four recruit players of the New jern league, have signed their con- electing a president and drafting a| York Giants e reported to camp |tracts and are en route to Hot schedule for the 1922 season. here. They are Rachac and Albert- | Springs. IEIMI is not all it should be, however. This and the fact that Goslin's lamps are not yet properly adjusted has had the result of making him miss quite a few, but the Goose is taking the same 01d toe hold and swinging from " the end of his bludgeon, and it will er” Having played winter ball on ipe only a question of time before he the coast the Californian is in 2| pe hitting them on the nose and more advanced condition than a ma- | griving them out of the lot. jority of the squad and today uncov- lengthen. their stride to get more on the ball. ’ Francis an “Arm Thrower.” | Judged Ly what he has shown to date, Francis. the Seattle southpa s what is known as an_“arm throv to join the Yankees. It is understood he had come to terms with the club owners. . —_— DALLAS, March 1.—T"nless rain sub- sides today, Manager Speaker of the In- in uniform this morning. WARD TO JOIN YANKS. Another sessiom of infield practice e s for the pitchers has developed evi- |Infielder Is Said to Have Come to dences of protesting backs. Altrock, | - who does the hitting, is an artist at,] Terms With Owners. placing drives around the infield, and | FORT SMITH, Ark., March 1.—Auron dians probably will call off the firat ex- he had the boys hustling first 1o one) Ward, ‘second basem: f the New here Saturda. Stuffy side and then the other. Needless!York Americans, who has been hold- inis_joine ¥ ay. to say, many of the odd-hopping |ing out. has apnounced that he would 7OULDN'’T you pay one dollar to rid your car of those annoying squeaks? Alemite Graphite Penetrating Oil will do that ered” speed closels approximating time that | bounders went through to the out- |depart immedfately for Hot Springs that of Courtney while warming up been injured when ' field, but nobody got hurt. . ’ A with his fellow léft-hander, Dick for (8) Torres being on the receiving end. you. If a nut StICks7 don’t twist FranMs makes his wing do all the S - work, and if he can be taught to * utilize the weight of his body his speed alone should make him _ef- fective, provided his control, which now is faulty, does not suffer corres spondingly. Francis is an exceed- ingly nimble lad on his feet and is an adept at scrambling for bunts, in this respect having something on even Goslin—and the outfielder is fast. ransportation Not Bargains That Is What We Are Selling HURLEYIZING—a new word introduced in the used-car vocabulary in Washington by the Hurley Motor Company.- It is a process that makes old or second- hand machines practically new ears. This means that every automobile which we sell as a “Hurleyized” used car has been put through our shop, completely torn down, every worn part replaced, new tire equipment supplied when needed; top re-covered if necessary; upholstery refurnished; entire car repainted. 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