Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1922, Page 20

“ 20 ‘Milan Takes Charge 0 SPORTS. 'NO CHANGES IN ROUTINE WILL BE MADE BY PILOT Intends to Follow Same His Boss—Zachary. Mode As Inaugurated by Signs Contract After - Long Confab—Johnson Reports. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. b1 TAMPA. Fla.,, March 6—Spring ~Milan arrived last night from Hot training for the Nationals assumed a new phase today with the arrival of a number of regulars to aug- ment the ranks of rookies who have been here for a week, and with brand-new director on the job in the person of Jesse Clyde Milan, who ,"hails from Tennessee, works in Washington and makes his home in Texas. Springs, Ark., looking trim in figure from his two weeks’ course of treatment at the spa and particularly youth- =1-25th of this month. No radical departures from the routine of preparation usually pre- vailing for the Griffmen are planned by Milan. He has no new-fangled notions or theories on the condition- | ~ng of athlefes to try out, or, if he has, he is Keeping his own counsel about them, for the initial drill this morning was in no respect different from those which have been held here daily for the past week, with the ex- ception that the batting practice was necessarily lengthened by the fact that there are more performers on hand now to participate in it. Agree on All High Point~. Having spent the last ten of the sixteen seasons he has been a big league performer—all with Washing- ton, by the way—under the direction of Clark Griffith and been for man t of ex-officio member rd of s it _is only that Milan Griff's views on all major points and to a great extent follow the Griffith- ian system of training. In only one respect do they differ regarding preliminary work, and that is the amount of daily toil ad for the athlet®s. i morning, and - afternoon, and until George ‘McBride took charge last spring this was the regular schedule. Milan believes one a day is_sufficient #nd an evidence that Zeb is to be the isure enough boss may be found in the fact that the order for if already has {been promulgated. Z 'wo workouts a day may be al- fright for camps xituated farth han Tampa,” Milan said in di he subject at breakfast today J believe one is sufficient here. Bir_in this section is heavier, due to oisture in it, than at Augusta, for instance. and, as a rule, the sun is so hot by midafternoon that it takes a lot of gimp‘out of you. My own ex- perience here has been that if 1 jump- ed in and worked hard in the morning I'd be pretty well fagged out if I attempted a second session, and if Id take it easy in the morning the early drill would do me little good and’ still_would deprive me of zest for the afternoon work, with the re- sult that I would get a maximum of benefit from neither. We'll practice in the mornings only, at least for a while, until 1 see how the boys are coming along., If they seem to need more work they will get it.” Milan said he was highly gratified to find all members of the early squad in such apparent good condition and congratulated Trainer e Martin on the fact that there are no sore arms in camp. Johnson and Family Arrive. ‘Walter Johnson arrived this morn- ing, accompanied by Mrs. Johnson and their three sons. Bob LaMotte also got In from his winter headquar- ters at Savannah, Ga. Johnson as- serts he if in good shape physlcally and expects to have no trouble get- ting into condifigh:to pich, although he has done aBe ball work since last fall. Barney corrected the im- pression that | » had sold all his prop- erty in Kansas and intended to lo- ate permanently. in. either Nevada or ‘ashington. He said he had dis- osed of one of his farms and the tock on it. but that he would con- nue to make Coffeyville his home 1 the off-season. LaMotte allows as how he is pre- ared to put up a fight for the berth f utility -infielder. He admitted he ad loafed all winter, but said he ad plenty of company in that re- pect in Savannah, which has been ard hit by the industrial depression s is indicated by the fact that sev- ral banks there failed in the period f a few months. Sam Rice, who came 'here a week . with the me between a nearby orange grove, wned by a relative, and fishing ex- ditions, had his plans altered by nager Milan, who has_decreed daily batting practice for Rice and Harris, too. They will have their _afterncons free, however, Sam for _4the use of rod and reel and Stanley *or the employment of brassie and putter. Zaeh Likes Griffs Cigars. R ez chary, who got in ight, gave Griffith quite a le before hi salary for ason was agreed upon. They were closeted in the president's room for! Eoth were smil- | #mearly four hours. in when they emerged shortly before _ midnight; but all Jezebel would say W that he had smoked a lot of HGrif's good cigars during the confer- nce. Rice, Erickson and Bluege, the only luyers who entrained at Washington aturday morning, arrived late yes- .ierday afternoon and they were ac- ‘companied by Carl Thoner, the demon Taste is a matter of tobacco quality . ‘We state it as our honest belief that the tobaccos used in Chesterfield are of finer quality (and hence of better taste) than in any other cigarette at the price. Liggets & Myers Tobacco Con ful considering the fact he will be thirity-five (or is it thirty-seven?) the {MOGRIDGE IS SIGNED; ALL REGULARS IN LINE TAMPA, Fla., March S8—George Mogridge, the last of the regulars of the Washington ball club, is in line. The southpaw hurler, who led the Nationnls’ staff last season, came to termx today after a short mesxion with President al- vin Griffith. Only Plcinich and Bush are unsigned and they are second-stringers. photographer, who plans to spend a | week “shooting™ the athletes in ac- tion in his inimitable fashion and making a survey of the Volstead en- { forcement act situation in this sec- | tion. Milan boarded their train at 1 Jacksonville. Mogridge and Goebel, who left Washington Saturday after- i noon, checked in sheortly before mid- night. After church in tle morning Sun- day was spent by the athletes accord- ing to their various inclinations. Some went fishing, others played golf or motored to points of interest in the vicinity. The sarcease from work had no adverse effect on their appetites, | however. —_— RUTH SIGNS CONTRACT AT A BANKER'S SALARY HOT SPRINGS, ' Ark., March Babe Ruth, home run king. has sign- ed a contract for five years calling for “a bank president’s salary,” Col. Huston of the New York Americans has announced. The flip of a coin is said to have decided the salary dis- | pute in Ruth's favor. The agreement was reached when Col. Huston received word from his partner, Col. Jake Ruppert, to go ahead and close the transaction. During the conversations between Ruth and Huston there was a wide | difference of opinion. Both made compromises, but despite repeated arguments they still were far from a settlement. “Then we'll match a penny to see | whether T get it, or whether I don’t.” was Ruth's proposal, and they match- ed. Ruth won. Ruth has requested the Yankees' owners to keep the salary agreed upon a secret, it was declared today by Col. Iuston. 5.— Between $30,000 and $75,000. NEW YORK, February 6.—The contract which Babe Ruth signed with Col. Huston at Hot Springs was reported here as calling for a salary of $50,000 to $75,000 a year, and a bonus of $500 for each home run. It is understood among bmse ball men here that Ruth's salary last year 00, and that he got $15,000 in_bonuses. Fifteen years ago Ruth, who i now to receive such a munificient stipend, was the despair of his teacher: at a school in Baltimore. be, the: said, couldn’t do any one thing one ‘I,mll 80 good as he could play base all. They were trving to son in filling and wrapping was to be given Babe was out somewhere batting flies to the bo Now he is, potentially, the wealt player of a1l and admits he doesn’t know the difference between a Ha. vana and a domestic cigar. HURLER QUITS MINING TO PITCH FOR BRAVES BOSTON, March 6.—Base ball is more profitable than coal mining, and so Charley Paul of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, has put away his pick and is_now hustling to St. burg, Fl in the hope that he may pitch for Fred Mitchell's Braves during the coming season. Paul is twenty-three vears old. Stowed away in hi ase is a _record of siteen games won and four lost as a twirler for the Waterford, N. S., team in a three- cornered professional league last season. Date Set for Regatta. The annual regatta of the Pacific International Yachting Association will be held at Seattle, Wash.,, July 24 to 31 Chesterfield ~ CIGARETTES teach him | cigar making and every time a les- | st base ball | with the Boston Nationals THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1922. -~ SPORTS f Augmented Squad at Tampa : Phenoms Lacking at Training Camps The Duel of Man. DUEL OF THE MIDPLE AGES ' I The GLADIATORS OF ANCIENT ROME. OWLS BEAT HAWKS, 1-0. INATIONALS HAVE CHANCE AT AS TRANNG (| - DO BEAG ARGUT, INFIELD 6.—A BY JOHN B. FOSTER. plitchers’ battle, In which six twirlers . figured, featurcd the opening exhibi- . . : gg: z!flrunednlwlhe Athletes yesterday. F anything out of the ordinary in the way of young payers has been qua ds _divided into. two drafted into the training camps to help out in the pennant fight, no manager has seen fit to go into ecstasies about it. From the training camps no bursts of praise are mounting skyward about any of the little innocents who are taking their first degree in big league base ball. former winning, 1 to oo oYK tho ‘Washington has got more to brag A. L. To PRESENT MEXIco about than any of them. At least, it WITH BASE BALL STATUE Eckert, Loftus and Naylor pitched for the victors, and Sullivan, Hetmach and Harris for the Hawks. Galloway scored the lone run in the second inning on his double off Sullivan and an infleld out. certainly has more to which to look forward. The Griffmen are likely to . develop the fastest infield in the Amer- EAGLE PASS, Tex., March 6— B maony president of the | lcan League. Peck, to Harris, to Judge American League, who has been |Will be a trio of sweet song. Shanks at the Athleties’ eamp for two |at third e e et e a rd is no Bill Bradley, but he is league plans to present to the City GOOD CONTROL SHOWN BY INDIANS’ TWIRLERS & stellar performer. of Mexico a bronze siatue “sym- Speaker Hax n Prospect. bolical of base ball relations be- CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 6.—Re- markable control was displayed by the five pitchers used by Manager flnenkerf :l;l;ulnkl Dallas in the first game of the season yesterday, which + : Clovelaind wom 0 oo 30 iinoich 1 Tris Speaker is going to take a lot Zgi;u: fnr(‘:d {‘o practice indoors every }‘:t::"":; ::‘1;:';:'.:;:'&_“:'”*:‘: of looking at Hammond, a young player exc % 3 5 day except three, the Indiuns played | Be €Sried I A 20 Wil rep- | Who was pulled in from Pittsfield, Mass. Covejesicie, Bagby, Morton, Pott| resent n rummer wlidingd to the | Sooner or later the infield at Cleveland and Keidel worked ’hl the nl’lchers' plate. Rav Schalk the Chicago will be in the same condition as a sand box, the latter two showing the only |. White Sox will poxe (for e e St wildness. Pott passed one man and| Cateher part of the statuary ai B e Y Sinl for the sliding #, . e e e ns Kiedel hit one. Coveleskie was hit rEreT Sty and Doc Johnston. Hammond is sup- — poted to be able to play second basa and Wambsganss can play third with no mean skill. The day has got to come when Cleveland must show mor. speed, and no one knows it better than the hardest, ylelding three hits in the Speaker. If Hammond shows speed ho inning he pitched. Stuffy Mclnnis got two hits on his sticks and if he doesnt he will go else- where. two appearances at the bat, one of which sent in a run. The Giants have a little outfield com- petition which would be settled all- fired qaick and disadvantageously to evervbody in Texas if Roush could ba fished out of the Cincinnati lagoon. A lot of boosting is being done for Groh and hc doesn’t need it. He will be Heinie Groh, becoming a little slower and slower, but always the same stylo of player. St. Louis Clubs Are Bi Both of the St. Louis clubs are try- ing to educate young pitchers. Lee Fohl is mostly interested in what Danforth can show for him. Dan- forth is the missing link to which Louis has been looking to couple itself to a~pennant. Fohl cracks up Davis as a possibility for the next campaign. Anybody should figure as a possibility for St. Louis who can win twenty-five games—in fact, even a score would go a long way toward estabiishing St. Louis on a firm basis. Rickey is devoting his attention to a pair of novice pitchers who may be future greats. All base ball in St. Louis is futuristic. He has a catcher named Gooch who is to be Clemo! running mate, and the Tex., March 6.—The Chicago Nationals are making rapid progress. Yesterday two tcams of Cubs played ten innings to a 3-to. tie and then were forced to stop. Only gix hits were made and Manager lefer was pleased with the pitching of the five hurlers who took part in the fray. Ward Is Persistent. 3 NEW ORLEANS, March 6.—With the signing of Babe Ruth, Manager Miller Huggins of the Yankees has only one worry left—Aaron Ward and his sal- ary complaints. Yesterday Ward and Huggins talked over their difference: but failed to come to terms. Ward is reported to be holding out for a sal- ary of $10,000 a year. Friend of Comiskey’ arch 6.—John Conahan of Charles Comis Sox, died at his home here late last White Sox Stars Missing. night. SEQUIN, Tex., March 6.—Belief that Third Baseman Mulligan and Out- fielder Johnny Mostil of the g0 Americans are hold-outs fs expressed at the camp here. They were expect- ed several days ago, but did not ap- Lear. Roush In Standing Pat CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 6.—"The Cinclnnati club must meet my de- mands or 1 _will not plav ball this Vear,” said Roush, who paid a visit here. “I am planning to see Presi; = dent Herrmann in a few days, when Phillies Take a Rest. Iwm find out whether we can come to LEESBURG, Fla., March 6.—Yester- | an agreement. day was a day of rest for the Phila- deiphia Nationals, Manager Wilhelm Red Sox Rookle Attracts. planned a stiff work-out for them to- | T EIRIVES Ack, Maren day. No exhibition games will be 00T Sigran of Woodstock, Min played for at least a week. Business! J*UUG o Pirnding six feet. two Manager Shettsline is in Tampa try-[{, hes in ‘his stocks, is a subject of ing to arrange for a serles of games | iovuor at the Red Sox camp here. with the Washington Americans. jtaisnes iz McGraw Scanning Rookles. Tygers Get Down to Work. SAN ANTONIO, March 6.—John Me- | AUGUSTA, Ga. March 6_Light ANAGER McGRAW, who has M ing the 1921 campaign, is co: he has just filled will win easily. The Giants were the last of the Na- | tional League champlonship winners | to repeat a victory from one season to anotther. They won the pennant of thetr organization in 1911, 1912 and 3 In 1914 the champlonship was won by Boston, in 1915 by Philadelphia, in 1916 by Brooklyn, in 1917 by New York, in 1918 by Chicago, in 1919 by Cincinnati, &nd in 1920 by Brooklyn. It the Giants can win in 1922 they will retain the honor which they now hold of being successive annual win- \ners. _ Twice since 1913 the Brooklyns ihave been champions of the National League, but the winning of the first pennant was separated from that of The second by four years. Since 1909 Chicago, New York and Brooklyn ve been the only National League teams to win a championship more than once. McGraw Is Near Record. If the Giants can win the pennant |in 1922 their manager will have a rec- ord in base ball which is unsurpassed. Tn 1904 and 1905 the Giants won pen- nants in succession under his guid- They won in 1911, 1912 and F191% They also won in 1917, but were un~ able to repeat in 1918, although they | were first much of the latter year. 1f they can win in 1922 they will have as }a club a record of three pennants in succession, two records of two pen- nants in succession and a record of one lone pennant in 1917. It would not displease the manager of the team if he eould retire with that record, al- though it is not his intention to retire until he has acquired all the cham- pionships that he can and retain his activity. While he is not directing on {the fleld in uniform as he has been {in the past, he Is an alert and active figure on the bench in civilian garb. - With the strength which he has ! established around him and willing to | go as far as any other club or farther to better his team, the manager of the Giants now has a chance to make a championship record in the National League, not only better than that which he has—and it is the best—but so much better than that of any other team that for years to come the Giants will predominate as recordholders iand it may be added that result will not in the least be distasteful to the manager. McGRAW NEARS RECORD FOR SUCCESSIVE TITLES team that won the National League flag and the world title dur- carry him over the same path in the coming season. He thinks the “hand” added considerable strength to the nfident that he has the material to GLENN KILLINGER SEEMS TO BE GETTING SMALLER NEW ORLEANS, March 6—Phil Schenck, the Yankee groundkeepe refused to recognize Glenn Killin- ser when ke presented himwelf at the b: park here, “No, siree. You can’t kid me that way,” Phil chanted when Fred Hofmann pointed out the Pe: State star. 3 threw a whole o for a loss, and that little fellow ain’t the same bird.” “Yes, it is,” asserted Hofmann. “Then who cut him in half?” queried Phil. BERRY, GIANT RECRUIT, HERO AT TEXAS FIRE pal SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 6— |Col Howard Berry, former all-around star athlete at the Unliversity of Pennsylvania and now one of Me- Graw's squad of inflelders, staged a movie thriller of his own here. He was on his way to the Giants' hotel when he saw flames attacking a two- story boarding house near the center of the city. The firemen had not ar- man Gunner: than, and Standard Oil nines. TURNER-DALLAS CONTEST HEADS WRESTLING CARD Four wrestling matches. between Joe Turner of thi Pete Dallax 6f Cleveland, contenders for middleweight laurels, the princi- be offered by Promoter Joe ¥Freeman tonight at the Turner and Dallas are ‘o wrestle catch- to determine a winner. The man were 158 pounds or under al to weigh in a at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The opening match, between Leo Frene and Dick Faber, lightweights, will begin at 8 o'clock. Louis Zerega and Young Zbyszko, i been matched, while Demon Ellis and Charlie Metropolous, will meet in the semi-final. DOMINICAN CLUB PLANS BUSY SANDLOT SEASON Dominican Lyceums are planning carefully paign this year. for their base ball several new ones, who but are Mohawk, Mercury, with ttraction. will atch-can, two heavies, Manager John W McDermott has signed many of the players who were with the southwest nine last xeason and is about to pro- cure starred with other Dis aggregations. ‘The Dominicans have scheduled a!long hitting. number of games. about for more. casting Teams desiring en- gagements should communicate with Manager McDermott at 349 D street southwest. Potomae League will meet Wed- nesday night at 8 o'clock, at 15th and V streets southeast. the meeting have been extended to St. Teresa, Naval Air Station, Sea. Bolling Field, Levia Manhattan city and middlewetights, Graw of the Giants still is giving at- tention to his youngsters. usual for the veteran leader to gl so much of his time to the rook but he has a promising lot this yea and probably hopes to find material | worthy of development. Trying cam- | similar to Mays, reported to ha Robinson by, base. fielder, h: give the have Invitations to S, ‘W77 A\ 7a /) NSV NNZNNNYY == Y ff' g’."“é \i '/17‘ 7‘;“‘ "d'/‘i ! ? \ b {. ‘% o /| Y N Sme 5 falls have JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Sherrod Smith of the Dodgers is b Geveloping his new pitching delivery, | Carl An, intielder, waus impressed Manager A his work around third | their families. the Yankee High, the new Brookly New Delivery. employed by veteran. Zach Wheat, the veteran out- | s entered training and w oungsters a few lessons in Cubs Making Progress. CATALINA ISLAND, Call It is un- e March 6 March | Victoria, Tex. | bunting practice was on the program ! of the training squad of the Detroit | Americans today. Manager Cobb's program calls for one practice ses- sion @ day and he will follow it out until March 18, when the first of a series of ten games with the Roch- | ester Internationals will be played. | Will Aid Needy Soldiers. The Rochester Internationals will collect a tax on each pass this se: son. The money will be turned over to the American Legion in order to provide for destitute soldiers and The procceds of one league contest also will be donated to 11 | the legion. RSO — 2 The Omaha Western League club | will meet New York Nationals in two | practice games, April 1 and 2, at S-P-R-1- ---and St. Louis manager, with an unusual outburst of optimistic assurance, hi brought himself into a mental state from which he prophesies that he has two near-best catchers. What he needs is resourcefulness on the part of his team. The clawless Cubsout on the Island of Santa Catalina, who are farthest removed from base ball civilization, look as if they have a whale of a task ahead of them to keep out of last place in their race. That has been brought about by Fletcher's de- termination to play ball again. IHe should be,a powerful aid to the Phillies where they were weak. Yankees Are Well Fixed. The_Yankees, of course, are all set with Ruth signed, but the other clubs in both leagues, who have not been mentioned above, certainly have their problems, the Pirates having the brightest outlook in the Natfonal, outside of the Gilants and Cardinals. N-G . rived. second-story room, woman_helpless in upon fifty-six-pound about when he was a student, holst: ed the woman into his arms and car- ried her to safety. burned to the ground. TWO SIGN WITH RICHMOND. LYNCHBURG, Va., deker Layne, outfielder, with the Elks’ team here last year, have signed with the Richmond League. Spring! Berry, making his way to a found an aged her bed. There- who used to toss ‘weights carelessly Howard, billiard The house was March 6.—De- Shaner, catcher, and Jack team of the Virginia So off with the big, bulky winter overcoat and on with a light-weight . topper. And here comes The Hecht Co Grand Central Academy. begin at 7:30 o'clock. Track Captain Injured. Capt. Tracy Pittinger of Ohio State’: track team fractured a bone in his ankle in the Illinois relay meet at Urbana and will be unable to com- pete again this season. a quarter-miler and hurdler. MEET IF CUE MATCH. James Guy and Buck Pumphrey are | to be opponents tonight in the pocket tournament match at Play will | A sale of Society Brand in styles that top the fashion; at prices ‘that are so far below TOPCOATS regular; that you will wonder how we _did lt We'll tell you tomorrow. Sale Wednesday. Base ball tickets sold here Seventh at F the Pittinger is| Sport Wear : . 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