Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1923, Page 63

Part 4—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1023. Only Three of Nationals’ Squad To Be Cut Loose : G. U. Relay Team Beats Yale OTHER PLAYERS WILL BE CARRIED THROUGH SEASON Brogan, Who Is I1l, and Potter, “Deserter,”” Are Not . Considered—McNamara and Probably Beach And McGrew Will Lose Out. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. AMPA, Fla.. March 10.—With three exceptions every player on the roster of the Nationals will be carried through the coming sea- This at least is the indication at the present writiig and there every reason to believe that developments will bear out the prediction. Care exercised in the selection of candidates for-the team his year has resulted in the assembling of a small squad, nearly every member of which entitled to serious consideration for a berth and as a result there will be little necessity for pruning. 4 E he usual spring policy for big league clubs is to load up with all the material that can be corralled, some of them taking as many as fifty meun south, and then by a process of elimination gradually reducing this number to the leg: nit, which is twaenty-five with June 15 the date on which it must be accomplished this year. With Godfrey Brogan out of base | has been confined to semi-pro ball in ball for t being due to physi- | Chicago, has nothing but size to rec- o botter eiim. | ommend him and really has too much ation because he | of that, He is too heavy in the legs bridegroom to |10 possess the speed .required of a . there are only | plcket man and has displayed no in- S onit Wash- | dication of unusual abllity to gauge neither Nick Altrock | drives. He might merit further con- heing offically listed | sideration, at that, if his prowess i g with the bat was sufficient to offset | these handicaps, but he appears to be only an ordinary hitter, - ‘With nothing of a puzzling nature served to him to date McNamara has en able to meet only balls pitched in- .with any force. On deliveries out- his swings are totally devold of | power. Although no announcement of intentions has been forthcoming from the management. and none will be_till near the close of the training trip, Mc- Namara can be scratched off the list right now. An effort probably will be made to find & berth for him fn some | minor league in due tithe. Two Pitchers 1o Lose Out. Considering the class of .the candi- dates remaining, grouped by positions, it is likely that the other two to be plucked will be pitchers. Johnson, Zachary, Moeridge and . Briilheart are, (Continued on Second Page.) son. is + time prefers tie Lor Hack « as plaver oo Early for Judgmen | e little cutting will be re- | and the ¢ of performers uniformly high- there is no | many possible will be in the quired is so doubt as N ¢ qualifications of the who aspire to jo th The hurlers b ot | atficiently in the pro ning to display all there are strong es in the meth- infielders and fiy- | ned only in there is sters stuff and their points and bds of catehers, chasers that can’ be actuual competition ¢ something it siak Sven so. it alres one member of th to get the gate. Phis hofty chap, On the SideLines With the Sporting Editor BY DENMAN THOMPSON. AMPA, Lia. March 10.—Where the Washington clib for <easons past has been handicapped by a lack of suitable talent jor one or more positions, the outlook for this year is that there will be more material of a generally high-grade than can be used in at lcast two departments, back of the bat and in the infield. Th_vs is due o the fact that the class of the performers who specialize in these lines is such that the management will be loath to turn any of it loose. As a consequence there will be as merry a battle staged for at least three positions as capital fandom has witnessed in a decade. Unfortunately the number and caliber of the pitchers is not such as to justify any great degree of enthusiasm and in quantity alonc the club is none too well fixed for gardeners, but in the two remaining sectors its different. This should not be taken to mean that the slab staff is foredoomed fo flivver, for if the holdovers deliver in the measure only reasonable to cxpect of them and the newcomers live up to carly indications_and their last year’s records, the Na(!onAasl will have a thoroughly competent corps of curve g 3 sparent that is doomed MeNamara | experience | I whose many The caliber of the outfield must remain a matter of doubt until the acid test of performance in battle is applied. ‘With Joey Evans assigned to the infield exclusively, at least for the present, and voung McNamara eliminated from consideration, there are only four flychasers on the roster. Goslin’s established batting ability and the improvement he showed in fielding and base running last scason make him a certainty for the sun field in left and there is no ques- tion that Rice will deliver the goods in right field, where he w: first placed when he graduated to the garden from the box, but a good line on the prowess of Dick Wad® and George Fisher has yet to-be obtained. - ' An idea of the high csfimate placed on the ability of Wade may be gathered from the fact that Clark Griffith is figuring on using the Min- neapolis recruit in center, the most difficult of the three fields, in place of Rice, his judgment being based on what he saw of Wade’s work with the Millers last season. According to Griff, Wade combines an ability to go and get 'em with flleetness of foot, a sturdy arm and dependable hitting prowess. topped off by well-geared cogs in his thinking machinery: Very fine, if just as represented, but in the event that any of this trio was incapacitated there would be only Fisher to fall back on, unless vans were drafted from the infield, and Fisher is green. For pure hatting prowess the Western League rookie probably is superior to [Wade right now. He may be expected to get more hits and greater distance on them, but in the other essentials of outfielding he falls short of the rating attributed to Wade, so much so that if the latter were nable to play, Rice probably would be switched back to center field and Fisher installed in right. ~ 5 . ‘With every indication that Gharrity’s arm will be sound this year, Bush has a fine quartet of receivers, rounded out by Ruel, Lapin and Hargrave. Both of the latter, like Patsy, have a penchant for slugging and should prove valuable as pinch hitters if unable to regularly horn into the line-up, particularly in view of the fact that with Judge, Rice, Goslin, Wade and Fisher all batting from the portside of the platter, right-hand hitters will be welcome. Unless a couple of the juvenile hurlers show something startling it's a | moral cinch all four of the mittmen will be retained. Judge and Harris, of course, have a mortgage on their. positions at first and second, respectively, but the other two infield jobs are open for bids, and this is where the keenest competition is expected. ‘With [Peckinpaugh in prime shape he naturally will have the inside track for the shortstopping assignment. Rajah now is at Hot Springs trying to avoid the mistake he made,last spring when he reported heavy and slow, but he is not getting any younger and it should occasion no surprise if he is kept worried as to his final disposition by the activities of Bluege, Gagnon and Lamotte. Bluege unquestionably is the outstand ing figure of this trio, even allowing for Lamotte’s admitted great im- provement and for the fact that Gagnon has not yet had an opportunity to fully demonstrate his worth. Lamotte is qualified to handle the posi- tion in a creditable manner without any further schooling, but he is not destined to ever be the player that Bluege will The Chicago youth seems headed for stardom. As a fielder he is possessed of skilfequaled [by few and has demonstrated enough progress in the art of hitting to warrant the belief that he is ripe for fast company. Peck cannot keep [Bluege on the bench if this proves to be the year that the latter really “arrives.” Neither Lamotte nor Gagnon is being considered for third base, nor is Bluege, for that matter, aithough the latter undoubtedly couwd make good at any of the infield jobs. The contest for the far corner assignment lies between Evans and Conroy and smay be considered a toss-up at this time. The former Indian, of course, has. the advantage of greater experience and vastly more speed, but Cantillon’s pupil is a superior hitter and is “ while Evans is “going.” A stubborn scrap is in prospect between these two and it ;fi: be well worth watching. - A e i CARLTTHONER— Brooklyn National .Lcaiue club is EW YORK, March 10.—The N not for ‘sale, Stephen McKeever, part owner, ‘déclared today in a statement in which he also denied the “existence. of “several { offers reported to have been made for the Dodgers within the past few days. “So much las been published lately about alleged -offers.to pur- chase the Brooklyn club,” McKeever's statement said, “that we wish to state the club is not for sale. We know nothing about these alleged offers-and- were- they, in fact, made, they would be refused..-We have never considered a sale, nor is it our-desire to sell.” R “In order to .correct any impression which may have been created through the circulation’ of reports that the club is for sale,'we beg to, make this announcement.”” McKeever, with his brother, Edward J. McKeever, owas a half interest In the club. "It was not revealed, how- ever, whether his statement also re- flected the attitude of President Charles H.-Ebbets,-who controls the other half interest and is now at the team’s training camp at Clearwater, Fla., the source of reports concern- ing offers for' the purchase of the club. Ebbets has on several occasions ex- pressed a desire to dishose of his holdings and retire from base ball, but it is understood.that the McKeevers, under an agréement with their part- ner, have first ‘option on the Ebbets stock. Offers which Ebbefs Was quoted as having ‘admitted recelving at Clear- water included one of $500,000 from a representative of Edward F. Simms, Kentucky turfman and ofl operator. and another declared to have been sponsored by an unnanfed millionaire resident of Fondulac, Wis., described as a formef owner of the Milwaukee club of the*American: Association. > - “Hot Atr Says Ebbets. ARWATER, Fla, March ‘10— o8 . ' Ebbets, who controls a half linterest in the Brooklyn National League base ball club, for which sev- eral offers are repofted to-have been made recently, tonight. characterized the alleged offers as “hot air” and said there was “nothing to. them. “The whole thing,”. he said, ridiculous.” DUKE IS INTERRUPTED IN.YACHT RACE PLANS NEW ' YORK, ‘ March - 10~The Duke of Leinster, who came to the United States ' to arrange for a two-man ketch ‘race, mcress ‘the Atlantic against Wallnee Nutting, American salling enfiusiast, safled home on the steamship Cedrie to- ay to straighten _out: domestic and financial - affsirs whick have become “complicated alsice’ he Teft. Among the things Ke has to_at- tend to are a divoree suit filed By the Duchess of Leinster, a former salety actress, and “a_bankruptey action started by creditérw, “I shall return By the end of May,” xaid the duke, “a®d.be ready “ig |Louts American League club, CUBS GARNER 17 TS IN DEFATIG VERNON LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 10.— Staging their first real gane of the tralning season, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Vernon FPacific Coast League team here this after- noon, 4 to 3. The Cubs. clouted the ball, making seventeen hits, The score: Chic 4 17 Veroon 3% 3 : ueland © and Hartnett; Schellenbach, Jolly and 1 Batterie O'Farrell, Murphy. Athletics to Play Today. MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 10.— The Athletics will open the spring training exhibition season here to- morrow in a game with Milwaukee, which is training at Troy. Connie Mack put his players’through their first hard grind today. “Tilly” Walker scured his first home run of the season. : - Red Sox Recruit Attracts. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 10.— Between -showers today members of the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Nationals got their daily work-outs. Floya rman, joining the Red Sox, was the center-of the attention, tow- ering six feet three and a half inches. and with the halo of u .416 batting average with Omaha last year about his lofty head. He plays first base and bats and throws lefthanded. Williams Hits Home Run. MOBILE, Ala., March 10.—The Sit. n training here, won its first exhi- bition game from the Mobile South- can_Association this afteynoon, 11 to $._ The game was featured by a ter- rific home-run .drive by Ken Hanis, leading home-ruri hitter of the American; League last year,, Ruel will be called upén to bear the burden of the backstopping unless Pat Gharrity's arm proves-to have recovered its full strength. Evans is pretty sure to hold forth either at third or in the outfield. DODGERS NOT FOR SALE, Outruns Douglas of Old Connolly showing a burst of s l Yale in the two-mile intercal Meadowbrook games here tonight. | Mal Douglas, the nipped him at the tape. The time, record held by the University of P It was an up-and-tyck affair all] the way, not more than five yards | sepurating the teams at any juncture. | But, runner for runner, the Capital | City combination excelled, in each case, showing superior stamina on | the home stretch. When “Tommy” | Campbell started the decisive lap of | ho race, five ¥ards in front of Capt. ‘Jimmy’ Connolly, it looked as though the New Haven team had the | race well in hand. But Philadelphians knew of Connolly’'s unusual rve. They stood up and cheered as he tore around the track nd gave him n ovation when he broke the tape a winner, lex” Brewster opposed Hilles in the first tilt he Yale man jumped out for the pole and held a two-yard advantage for two laps. The men iged positions 1 times, but ster's spurt finish abled him to Brook: vantage over Brooks held th y. Gegans, ard ad adversary fol- perform- Syracuse Univers | ¥ won the inter- collegtate mile after a spirited | struggle with Princcton. Alan Wood- {ring. Olympic 20b-meter champion, nning anchor for the Orange, had @ z lead over Taylor, outdoor inter legiate hurdle . chanip in the inal quarter. Princeton star, was unoflicially clocked i seconds in the intercollegiate e t Saturday, almost overtook | the “Syracus. liarvard was a poor third. Ray Easily Wins Mile. 1 | Joie Raw, world 5.000-meter record i holder of the Hlinois A. (%, defeated three starters in Johu W. Overton memorfal mile, winning by 130 yards. He coveged the mile in 4.19 1-10, ter Higgins. Columbia second, o Wilco A. ¢ Meadowbr Walter ity, defeated surth. mbia by, ampion, Uni- nations Tourth s well behind Loren Murchison, New tle trouble winning dash from seratch in 5 . Carol of Lehigh was second. and Hamer of Fennsvlvauia third Murchison also won dash special in 10 Lt the Al ard Leconey, | Georgetown CONNOLLY WINS VERDICT BY FINE BURST OF SPEED Eli in Last Fifty Yards. Ray,Has,s an Easy Time in Taking Overton— ""Mile-Sprints to Murchison. HILADELPHIA, March 10.—Georgetown University, with Jimmy peed in the last fifty yards, defeated legiate relay in the eleventh annual ale star, forced the final relay, but Connolly 8038-10, broke th cunsylvania, but wa Meadowbrook cight seconds behind the world indoor mark, made by Penn last year. A C indoor record holder of the 5-yard hurdles, stepped to a victory in the 50-yard hurdles in 0.6 3-10. C H. Moore, Penn State, was second ax‘\ll‘ John Norton, Washington Canoe Club, w Carl Christiernsson, Newarl world Summaries. TWO.MILE INTERCOLLEGIATE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP—Won by _University of (Brewster, Brooks, Gegan and Connolly) : second, Yals. Time, 8.038-10. FIFTY-YARD HANDICAP—Won by Loren Murchison. Newark A. C. (soratoh): second Carol. Lehigh, 4 feet: third. sylvania (6 foet). Time, FIFTY-YARD DASH. 5 Loren Murchison, Newark A. C.; second, J. A Leconey, Lafayette; third, C. R. McKim PBrinceton; fourth, ' W. F. Andrews, 5th Regiment. Time, 0.5 3-10, FIFTY.YARD DASH FOR GIRLS—Won by Rose Fisher. Valcour Club. New York; ssoond Marion MoCartie. Valour Club; third, Framces G, Rupert, Faimyra' High ‘School. Time. 6 4 : MEADOWBROOK 660" -Won by Walter F. Koppi Columbia University: second. Earl Eby. unattached. M. A Bevaney, Millrose A fourth, "J. W. Burks, Harvard University. Time, " 1.28 5-10. JOHN W. OVERTON MEMORIAL MILE— Won by Jois W. Ray. Illinois A. C.. Chicago; second, Walter Higgins, Columbia University: third, A, R. Kiviat, Wilco A. C.. New York: fourth, Syamen Kerr, Meadowbrook Club. Time. '4.18 1-10. \ A.C.'McGOWIN 1,000-YARD RUN; HAN- DICAP- Won by U Alvord, Yalo (16 yards); second. F. K. C. Philadelphia (12 var. E n (5 vurds) . 2218 10, ALDYSERT 1,000-YARD_RUN: HANDI- Wou by H. Nturds, Yale (17 vards) second, (. Grorge, Meudowbrook, Philadelphia 0 vards); third, ¥. Me eadowbrook Iphin (16 sards). RUNNING. BROAD JUM : distan Wiite, e . Shuouhsn €. inchiesy, 21 feet 10 inches: Tourth, T'. Cortoius. New York University (4 inches). 21 feet b inches. 50-YARD HIGH HURDLES-Won Christicrosson, Newark A, (. s swemoore, Penu Sfate; third, Washington Ca rel. Newark A, C. ] RUNNING HIGH inelies unattached, 2 jnehy Vortland, Ore fourtb, A. 1) iuchies), © feet = i UARTER-MILE RELAY FOR GIRLS von by Prudential A- AL, New York; second A. A, New Nork; third, Meadow Philudeiphia. Time. 58 reconds ONE-MILE INTERCOLLEGIATE RELAY— Won by Syracuss (Cheslev, Bowman, Momin. Woodring): second, Princeton; third, iarverd Time. 3.31 5-10. ONE-MILE RELAY—Won by Millrose A. A.. New York; second, Meadowbrook Club Time. 3.43. ONE-MILE RELAY—Won by Lafayette; Murphs, 6 feot rd__ outdoor intercollegiate 100-y MeKim of champion, was seco Frinceton’ was third By the Associated P 1IV!:‘\V YORK, March 10.—Takin simplify gridiron regulations created an approved rulings comm | {action of the committee, which, a made but one fundamental change {a feature which was said to have b which has been particularly diflicu! The onside kick from kick-oif format however. Serving as & tration, the tee will intern moot questions and publish_its decisions annually in the form of a supplement to the regular foot ball rules. Its findings, however, | will be subject to final ajiproval by the, rules committee as a whole. The reslit of its work, it is believed, will establish_a series of precedents to guide officials and with the conduct of the game. B, K. Hall, airman of both the CENTRAL AND G. U. SHOTS - GARNER NATIONAL TITLES of arbi- and interscholastic rifle team championships of 1923 recently concluded. Official match results announced late yesterday by the National Rifle Associatioh, under whose auspices the annual events are held, credit' Geor, etown University with first place in the college rifle realm and Central High School with the leading position among the scholastics. George Washington University, Central’s second and third teams, Western High School and Business High School finished right at the heels of the leaders. : 3 Georgetown won with an aggregate score of /3,934, declsively defeating,| the University of.Jowa, which turned in a total of 3,879. George Washing- ton University took the third-place medals with an aggregate of 3,873. There were thirty-two teams, rep- resenting practically all the major colleges and universities entered in this match. ‘ Central High School’s first team won the interscholastic championship with an aggregate score of 3,876, and its second team took second place with 3,841. Modesto, Calif., was third with 3,824, but fourth and fifth places went to Western High School and Central's No. 3 team, respectively, with scores of 3,788 and 3,714. Business High fin- ished seventh with 3,651. There were twenty-two teams entered in this match. In ‘both the interscholastic and in- tercollegiate championships teams were made up of five riflemen, each of whom fired forty shots in the prone position, twenty sitting, ten standing | and ten kneeling. | JAKE DAUBERT IS ILL. POTTSVILLE, Pa., March 10.—Jake Daubert, first baseman of -the Cincin- nati B m:hc s to ‘rll.\ln,lell.‘l_lnday for. training camp, 'rom grippe. D‘ub;:t_‘h oconfined "t: glll’!behd.fmd n" may. Week or efore he wfi.l be able to leave, for the south. WASHINGTON institutions scored heavily in the intercollegiate U.S. TEAM WINS POLO CUP, AGAIN DOWNING BRITONS NEW YORK, Mareh 10.—~By tak- i its third successive victory to- night, 10 to 4, the American indoor polo team won from the chal- lenging British trio the first in- ternational tournament ever’ held in the sport, and will hold, the John R. Townsend cup during 1923, The British did not win n game. SIX-DAY BIKE RACE-WON BY GOULLET-AND GRENDA NEW YORK. March 10.—Goullet and Grenda tonight won®the six-ad bicyele race, sprinting 1o.the lead in the last ten minutgs after they had been loft. 4 1ap in/Ahe rear by Gagt- man . and Lands, Gastman-Lands finished secand and Egg-Van Kempen third. SAN_ANTONIO. Tex., March 10.— Dave Bancroft, shortstop of the New York Giants and field captain, who had been reported as a hold-out, to- day affixed ‘his name to a -contract, comploting the infleld that helped the Gignts’ win. the 1222-world title, tablishing a basis for precedence in disputed issue: This action was characterized D, commit- | others connected | second, Lehigh. Time, 3.36. ONE-MILE RELAY—Won by Meadawbroof Philadelphia: second, Fifth Regimont, Balti- more, Time, 3.38 ONSIDE KICK ABOLISHED; RULINGS BOARD IS NAMED g a far-reaching step calculated to and eliminate misinterpretations of them, the foot ball rules committee, at its annual mecting today. ittee charged with the task of es- arising in the game. members as the most important fter a lengthy discussion of rules. in the regulations for 1923. This | change was the abolishment of the onside kick from scrimmage formation. heen little used in recent years and It to rule upon when it occurred ion was not affected by the decision. s and advisery rulings commit- tees, in pointing out the significance of the work which the new body will accomplish, declared it would en greater simplification of the rules and serve as a basis of cducation for in- creasing competency among officials Interpretations of the type planned have been drawn up previously in connection with the rules, it was said. but at present they either have been discarded or incorporated in rules changes. Most of the rules committec’s de liberations today were devoted to clarifying various scctions of tr ' rules and making & number of minor alterations included: Impo: ing the penalty of fifteen yards fr clipping cither’ from the spot wher the ball was put in play, as the for- mer rule provided. or where the of- fense occurred, whichever will gite the offended side the most ground removal of the flve-yard penalty where an onside man touches a. kick- ed ball; glving the defending team the ball if it intercepts an incom- pleted illegal forward pass, instead of allowing the kicking team.to put it in play again, and imposing for delay in starting the game a penalty of twenty-five yards, the same as that for delay “n beginning the second half, but at the discretion of the referee. As a result of removal of the onside kick, which has been permitted by the rules since its infancy, the comi- mittee eliminated the touchback where a player who is offside and ‘within the opponents’ 10-yard line is touched by the ball kicked by his own side " Formerly the touchback. under tiese circumstaices, resulted in_giving the ball to the defending side on its own 20-yard line. Hereafter time out will be taken during the try for point after touch- down,. as_prevafled under the old goal-kicking attempt, it was decided. © New Koot BallSpurned. The commmittee decided not to put its siamp of approval on a new type qf foot ball, exhibited to them, which differed from the standard typo. in that the valve was on the opposite side from the lacings. It was claimed to be better balanced than the old ty % Hall was re-elected chairman of the rules committee and Walter Camp of Yale re-elected secretary Together with . S.. Langford of Trinity and ¥. W. Moore of Harvard, they also form the new advisory rul- ings pommittee. Ofhers "in attendance included W W.-Roper of Princeton: M. F. Ahearn, Kansas Aggles; J.. A: Babbit Haverford; C. W. Savage, Oberlin: H. & Stegeman, Georgla; D. K. Biblc. Toxas A. and M: Capt. J. J. Mc- Ewen of West Point and A.'A. Stagx > of Chicaga, . SRS .