Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1923, Page 28

r.28 __SPORTS. THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1923.° SPORTS. Nationals Ready to Get Down to Real Routines : Ruth Leaves for Yankee Camp e |G. U. TRACK TEAM ENDS TODAY BRINGS WIND-UP | BABE IN GOOD CONDITION ' INDOOR WORK SATURDAY OF PRELIMINARY STAGE [ == T . = DESPITE RECENT ILLNESS i bt s urday night with the running of the Hilltop two-mile relay team at the Meadowbrook games in g , o o . b % & p i Philadelphia. The quartet will in- Strenuous Work Due With Arrival of Practically En- . Is Confident That He Will Regain Home-Run Crown | cluse capt. Jimmy Connolly. Alce o g N - i o 2 R | Brewster, Walter Gegan and Eddie tire Squad Tomorrow—La Motte in Fine . This Year—Various Big League Squads Are | Brooks. Connolly ix competing to- > : ; . | night in the Bixhop mile in the an- Keeping Busy at Their Campn'. nual Western Union games in New York. Following the Meadowhrook car- nival the track men will be given vernl weeks rest hefore enicer- BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ~ ¢ ;s : l 1()1‘ SPRINGS, Ark.. March 7.—Well conditioned by climbing the W atrenuous apring = 9 - 5 P 2 G e g a e a edule. The fleld athietes al- AMPA, Fla, March 7—With reinforcements arriving daily and prac- hilly slopes and golfing over the courses around Hot Springs, Babe | Tendy have censed training tem- tically the entire squad due by tomorrow, spring training for the ; i ¢ : Ruth, king of distance sluggers, is leaving this resort today for| vorarily. Washington players is passing from the preliminary stage and | i - New Orleans, to join his playmates in spring practice. T ing the routine that will obtain until the first of the exhibition ; L 7 Still further reduced in weight by the attack of cold and fever which | district in which i unde act wh forbids entrance 3 i today much nearer playing form than he was Chcley Serg el o Fr e athletes to check in yesterday were Joey Evans, the versatile performer | O ok Was at this time Jast year. Fecl 6o oy otained {rom Cleveland in exchange for Frank Brower, and Bobby this season the home-run crown which tumbled from his brow in 1022, | Jcontract labor’ Huwover: RichiinE it caciitods e 5 = 2 755 | weeks of negotiating the gover: heir arrival was coincidental with the first batting practice of the Shchilling wind carly today lowercdithe temperature perceptiblyandimade | 4 g . & the thought of the southward journey especially welcome. which includes actors wnd musi trip, and was followed by the initial infield drill. Previously the work TR e a By sl Ve e Gt mivenes - part also Me) P r New ant pitcher, who scurrying after bunts with a little shagging of flies to loosen up the legs K oot 3 Inight that both the players werc in: Nationals after he was traded by the Benton to G of the r - y H splendid conditior, having entirely | Glants and refused to report to Bos- CINCINNATI, O) . s mase tots) S ? Bush Shawkey, the Y ing camp! ket % u A 1 (ielding the bat and R 2 3 B ing thefr golf ‘and _Jothi| e astive list from Corsaicmonoe i Hargrave sharing duty at the . 10 ay good-bye to ©the 'highland | {he active om Commissioner o, pitcher, Pr plate a puy half hour of practice | i 3 pastinie. | Landis, as he voluntarily placed him- ! of the club has decided to send Bey ics with the B8ston Braves is played here on Saturday. March 17. The e ; : prostrated him for a day last weck, the stalwart infant found himself | uhder the act . ing that he is fit, despite his recent illness, Ruth is confident of regaining | (o this_ countrs La Matte, for the past two vears utility infielder with the Nationals > put Forward in the special had been confined to merely lobbing the ball in playing catch and to £ s Col. T. I. Huston, who asserted last|was purchased by the St. Louis wrrivals made possible the recovered from tneir illnesses, ton, has arrived at the Cardinal train- r the Cin 4 put n by the makeshift inner Bits who will require attention and | Ala., where the spring training is in | the season. Juck hard work to develop their hoped- | full swing. the St. Paul Ame W for abilities on the diamond. | team, will come to the Red im and trin 1d himself h 5 with the In > S ion 4 § Pirat A ; ability to ‘gauke lin the Government Ease Ball Leagne % 7 ; Speaker Warns Twirlers. S Hothieln Ramite More Quaker Players Start, % a mean |4t the annual meeting of that or- i 4 CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 7.— mruLT'(‘{:r-'z‘ ","""(,1.“;'“:""" PHILADELPHIA, March 3 to the dirt | ganization last night and a sixth ¢ 2 ” Manager Tris Speaker of the Cleve- | ot S tsces teoom W e | gocond contingents Phillics nd followed | franchise will be disposed of before 1 land Indians, fearful that his pitch- | ADOther rookic on dte already much-| yipicties their way to the across the dia- g ers will develop sore arms, has issued et o n, o, acconeine: 19 | atning at Leesburg, Fia., and Tanded squarcly in Al |the eircuit begins its champlonship | . orders that none use anvihing but a | fE WIS By otub ometls zonigome b |season. Those now in the fold are| F " fast ball for the remainder of the HObErt Porsind ot Novs || William ' I shettsline. busine Fine Condition, { General Accounting Office, winner of | week at least, according to advices | Tecruit. who 'is expeeted to | IMaNiEer, and six plavers were in the probably is in better;the league flug the organized from Lakeland, Fla., where the squad Hot Springs, Ark, where the DAty A IO > 4 : 7 {is training. es are in training, early next|Pitchers Weinert ehell and e | sandlot title of city last vear:| Riggs Stephenson, utility infielder, ekt o, I aunas. e e Aol : {and Iomer Summa, rightfielder. us only after the clipping | hey, fielde ine Gorps. /City Post O and » the first of the regulars to ce. ed tape that Forward won Those mak ¥ ¢ The others are expected today his first step in his plans to become | Were “U_\l s, chul , 3 a major league hurler, and Hunnifield, «ul Rl WeaaR Toney Reports to Cardinals. His case was peculiar. The United were accompanied by H franchis: 1“"} be reccived by Seere- ST. Louis, March 7.—Fred Toney, | States immigration insp r in the ussistant to Manager Conn 5. Barreti, 1334 stred st A tentative list of tean members must accompany each ap- hug the | tion. Officers will be d at onled o ue meeting to be held March 19, 3 7 , - rarg | 50T on the retired list Orlando, whe o ! The dej ture of the Yankee stars st ton on to riando, St e o of clears Cthe ferd for Frank Chanee M08t of the members of the St.|ciub is in trainin nton : mpite it ishost il | ¢ 2o . ; nd s Tted Sox. The forfler Cub | 1:0uls Americans have arrived at the | clared eligible to play with th t sec p Aitrock on first i 4 4 e e K oies TUll of ve.|club's training quarters at Mobile, | he will b in g Fvans 1y is il fine B i granted franchises | | Government Printing Offies hil Athletic Club, formerly Cleve-) land Athletic Club, that won twenty- two of thirty-four wames list yea is planning a strenuous seasor Churles V. AMuldoon is sceretary ! Otis Athletic Club ix to have e other te. “1d_this vear has irse : Act 3 W. Outeault i ol buetin 1 lis receivi nges at 3510 13th e e A street or over telephone, Columbia Al e b s on hand took a |8008-J, between 5:30 and t offoring argets L ax ¢ and Beach. Zach v to keep out | ULTIMATUM FOR SCHMIDT. PITTSBURGH. Pa., z : Walter Schmidt, catel e . play with Pittsburgh this seing terminat MUKE report. to M KIAH KRONKHEIT BEACH ) f D ‘Vest impression. oF |fOF trainfig at Hot Sy o at this youthful hurler ha’ much to learn about the art of pitching is indicated in picture of him, taken at the [3 ngers who *toed the rubber }jl: '?Hxhr _.‘! ryur Presi Tampa “proving grounds. of these lefthanders wor yfuss. “We have no F e d grace and contented | tract Schmidt,” said Dreyfuss, * ease and g and contented j fract to aid Dreyfu with merely getting the ball get a chance to sign one ST e BTN GENIOR BASKETERS START | g L e bomm | TR SERIES TOMORROW White Owl ion of Griff toned | perr tehe who am ITHACA, N, March 7.—Columbia Athletics in 1921 and Joined an inde defeated Cornell, 2§ to 26, in an in- Batter's Eves Are Dim. pendent here, is on his way to | tercollexiate basket ball league con- At the boxmen were laying | Massillon, Ohio, where he has signed | test here last night. e i for the season with another inde- | Thasket baiiltes 5 R canin e = them stralght as a Ay onas ith another ind IGHT basket ball teams of the 135-140 pound or senior division .irc‘ ROSTON. March 7—Roston College | e e H to begin play tomorrow night at Central Coliseum in a tourna-!hockey team met its first defeat of | if was apparent in gin play " ; st defeat o 5 f the butsmen to con aoEmTT H A S SN ‘1 | the season last night at the hands of oL e e e’h; ! BANCROFT GETS IN LINE. ment for the District ‘dmmpxonshxp: The contending quints ,“'”4“"' Datoth Hoiher Club. THe we_fl_i Q4 Harris, but it was not| SIOUX CITY, Towa, March 7.—Dave | FePresent all sections of the city. At 6:30 o’clock the Georgetown Athletic | erners won a fast contest, 2 to 1. The 1 th Hargrav is sorrel- | Bancroft, captain and shortstop of the | Club Juniors and Yosemites will clash, Western Athletic Club and ‘he | ohiE, ‘pamen © 0251¥ had won 1 Bastern e | o york Nationals, who has been | Cexingtons will take the floor at 7:30. Roamers and Congress Heights - e w . with every ball he | contract sent him. =~ red thel Athletic Club will be opponents at 8:30 and Anacostia Eagles and Mo- |+ WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., March fror t.and gave the garden cus- =5 at 0 | —John Stephenson. of Duiuth, Mi Dl e e [ hawk Preps will G T has been elected captain of the Wi 1 | liams 1921 hockey team, succeeding : 4 i o | Thren games Friday night will — ; 1 e | ners of the first two games of to- | | - / i o ivotheriot Bugene & I nizht will battle in a semi-final | | CHICAGO. March 7.—University of ; ) e B el rting at T:30 o'clock, and winners | Chicago's track team defeated North- | ° Deds s : | western trackmen, 45 1-3 points to | E REds o of the \d pair of games are to | | z et meet at 8:30. °Semi-final survivors , e e i Tidoer Daeettat 4 ! uneRs wiil tike the court in the tourney | I Wil have us successful a big ieague T ke s | : i S i otte { = - | MADISON, Wis., March 7.—It 1s S G ' Perry Preps took tie measure of | practically certain that Jack Ryan, n a the huge hurler who told Griff he Sy tha Powells in a 31-to-18 engage- —_ Rt foat Tall chiene i aidw't ke base ball no how befo IW YORK. March 7.—Two new | ment. botters good pias age assistant foot ball coach at Dart Iack 10 his young bride and | records for class A amateur balkline | Perrys in the van, Ve W, WORE, Maxch 7.—America | FIOUSE NI ibendlis auccesaonito Holu| n Kentucky aiter ing stellar game for the lose | triumphed over England in the open- | uiilerait - MR 1 in sowe minor organ- | by John A. Clinton, of Pittshurgh | Cuthbert Midgets, setting a speedy | N8 international indoor polo match e he can develop. Man defeating Kdgar T. Applel of | pace fr the start, overcame the | for the John R. Townsend cup at the 1»1.1.\;\"].":}\{:':; A‘H*:?j.-‘ ?l"flr:\cc?"nr' = % s try ) locate a elu g . Loy P Washington Orioles, 23 to 16. War- | Squadron A Armory last niht. the | RaIPh 11, Youn ¥sical director or ot far moved from his | YeW York, the defending title holde ren of the losers was the outstand- Kalan , College, has Deen made Rearth. whote 300 to 182, in & final round match for | inz player of the fray, scoring five | SCOTe nding 41z goals to 1. The win- lathletic director at Michigan Agri- Yect him the nafiongl chamatonship goals from serimmag | ners actually outscored the visitors |cultural College. Young also will e ilie oS ol mrnived es Sl Ll 6 goals to 1. but penaltics amounting | serve as head coach of major Sports | t t G rKout, but Totaling his block of 300 in eizht rt Humphreys basketers regis- |10 11z goals brought down their total. |and professor of physical education. | (3 [ r oo late to get a workout, butleyrng at the table, Clinton - made their tenth straight win in al| A Zreat spurt in the latter half - ere on the job this morning, Were!high run of 154, breaking the ma 9 mateh with the Walter|the tussle gave the Americans the BLOOMINGTON, Ind. March 7.— Inflelder Oswald Bluege and Outfield- [ £ 143 set by his opponent in winning ! Reed auint, The winners are to face | Winning margin. The tish, aft Roscoe Minton, who played foot ball | or George MeNama Sluege 1ooks| the honors last vear and averaging the Navy Yard Marines tonight. going scoreless for two periods, had |at Indiana during 1917, 1919 and 1920 | »nsiderably better than when he res /371 against the previous record S P cut down their rivals’ advantage with | and caught on the 1920 base ball | ported lust spring. He was ailing all 3-11 held by nearly half a dozen American Legion and Yankee toss- | the aid of a beautiful zoal by F team. has been appointed coach of | hrough the early portion of the 19227 (opntestants, ers will meet in the second game of | and two penalties against the U the Hoosier nine. He succeeds Leslie | ampaign and it was not until after| “Clinton, having been defeated a|their serics next Tuesday night in- | States poloists wand threatened seri- Mann, major league player. who will | he was shipped to Minneapolis that| pew hours pretiously by Percy N. stead of a week from tonight, as siy, only to have the home team |report to St. Louis Cardinals April 1. | Lie really struck his stride. Wash-| Collins of Chicago, 300 to 234, played | originally scheduled. The change | most brilliant form and draw | - | ngton fans saw enough of the younig- remarkable game. His score by was made to give the Legionnaires a | CHAMPAIGN, 11, March 7.—Gil- | to appreciate his wonderful field- | fnnings was: 36 154, 20, 4, 42, | day’s rest hefore their tilt with the| In the wide area of the Squad more Dobie, foot ball coach of Cor- | ability. however, and he proved | 19-_300, Alovsians a’ week from tomorrow |tanbark the goals were not ne; nell University, has accepted an in- | 4 " Zuppke, | billiards were established last night University of Wisconsi thei .3 record he compiled inl| 1 the third contest Franeis S. Ap- | night. numerous as in the smaller riding ' vitation from Robert four mames with the Millers| pleby of New York, brother of “the | academies where the B had been | coach of the University of Illinofs | ; 4 there is hope for him as a hit-| champion, defeated Emil A. Renner Dom cemms and Knights | engaging in practice matches. The | team. to share with him the teaching | of Youngstown, Ohio, 300 to 16 of Colu were victors in District | visitors showed decided improvement | of foot ball in the summer school Bluege apparently is most in need League ma the former beating | over their form in other contests. ror athletic coaches here *from June o0f ngeressiveness and if his health is anhattans, 45 to 28, while the | Their defense particularly left little |18 to July proved this quality may be in evi- sevs disposed of the American |to be desired. and their Donics we e e year. y ll ilway Express, 37 to 21. the equal if not the superior of those ARBOR. Mich.. March 7.— 7 i . MeNamara, who alse hails from | Down the A eys : of the rival team. The Americans,|Coach Fielding 1L Yost will renew ago and made the trip here with | Dixie Aghletic Club will play the | however, were on the top of the ball ' his acquaintance with members of / o e Nationals instead of the Candinals |from start to finish, followed it keen- | the 1801 championship Stanford foot L] ndlots of Whose ability 1itthe 15| president Ineman hax issued a call | L0PIZNt in St Kilzabeth’s gymnasium, |1y and swung their mallets With more | ball eleven, whien he coached, during | Lnown as yet. He will Ilwl L'i\] for the annual meeting of the Wash tarting at 7:30 o'clock. L(\l“nfi elfh-rli. ?;}(le”::.)r i:‘x ‘Tlr\\"m!z trip the Michigan athietic director plenty of opportunity to disp s | lngton Glty: Duckpin' Associstion to Ryoe! Atkleticr el by beating | 25, the factor that turned the tide)will take to the Pacific. coast this I sl By ity ve eatin ? -ups: dents, however, as the Nationals) e held Sunday at the Recreation :al-]n‘ Advents, 32 to 25, went into 8 i ”'f;'x““}'i)']':" e MR | T this season are not o ened | joys at 19 a. . Election of officers|tie with the Cardinals for first place | (Grest Britain (1), Position W e With a quantity of fly-chasing talent | and the “bourd of directors will be in the series for the championship of | Gbt: 1 McMullen .1 5% VBiasken held. All interested in the big event|Bloomingdale. Sax (oapt)- . Back . 3 = CARDS TO WEAR NUMBERS, |are reauested to attend. . : S _ Clarendon Baptists nosed out the ST. LOUIS, Mo. March 7.—The St.| Southern quint of the Railroad Y.|Arabs in an 18-to-15 encounter. King RAY AND RITOLA CLASH. Louis Nationals will wear numerals|M. C. A. League won all three games | 0f the winners, five goals from | \pw vORK. o six inches high on their sleeves while ) from the Nuts las ht with the|Scrimmage, was high scorer. e ]llixglfk{lfigén{i‘"c'l vlui:w:q'.‘,d‘.._"(‘ playing 3 yme, Manager Branc cores 427, 393, W. Streite s A o plaving at hom fanager Branch |scores 9 8 Streiter | S inoE Al Clob i | ltickey has announced had |‘,‘c‘,:zhgifz:..:"‘(,r“';z»" and Campbell 48TH SWIMMING MARK { American Club, New York, will meet | lagain on an indoor track tonight. | S ‘, v = i They are d in the 5.000-mete |NT[RNA"[]NAL RlH.E roguns ews enrew Association | MADE BY WEISSMULLER| run 't Shual sames of the wWesi quint last night with scores 597, 506,| NEW HAVEN, Conn. March 7.—|€r? Union Athletic Association. f and 526, Their total of 1.629 was a|Johnny Weissmuller of the Illinois H 4 3 record for the organiza George | Athletic Club last night broke by .. March /. W Dei & . MA‘[[}H A'[ BAMP PERRY' FEieni wast the top i Wi wet | Sleven Seconds S Worll resors fof| 6 Dwser - rasise, fomer Notrs e of 573 and game of 140. he 440-vard swim in a 75-foot pool. | Dame ste. has been appointed | istri et Weissmuller made the distance in = 7 Distributors e < o A EE A e T e director of all athletics at Niagara Snyder-Farmer er Jexion | + ©s 57 seconds, beating his own | University. He will assume his du- - g Post swamped the Cissell-Saxon Post | Tecord of 5 minutes 8 seconds. £ b 414 Tenth St. N.W.. Wachington It has been definitely decided that | in their return match at the Recrea-| It was the 45th record that Weis- / 4 It has boon oeat o N 4L jon last night by over 200 pins, the | Muller has brol the international rifie champlonships | totals being 1.528 to 1. D. Clark will be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, in|of Cissell-Saxon was the best in- Radiators and Fenders connection With the national title | dividual 27,1,‘,?.',‘,.pfo(:,i“lfi(n"..i;n:,,.f.‘[." ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. events, September 1 to Quantico. { ¢, Spyder-Farmer with 123, Snyder- " Cotes. Adwkaced Tooe " Va: had been mentioned as a prob-|Farmer won the first match at| 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS. able place for the international com- | Hyattsville by 65 pin | WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS petition T | 319 1oth . 6410. 1435 P M. 743 Students of the George Washington —— Ail of the international matches | University are going to hold a duck- C each 3 for $1.00 have been | abroad for the past(pin tournament Friday night on the Match Your Odd Coats nt and. exeept for victories | Kingpin drives. Entries from forty- MONTBROOK tes in 1921 and 1922, students have been received, and w'th 0 s . ptured by Swiss rifle experts. [ it is expected that more than fifty 1 ur Special ] 1de stands for style; flex, for o vland plans to seud a team | will compete. e Pt eecy, exbect to be represented. : s Dependable th L stavched look. 1t is ~nid Bill Brennan js a big win- | SEE . 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