Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1923, Page 19

_'SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, -D. 0. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 71923 . BPORTS. ] 19 Nationals’ Series of Exhibitions Starts : Phillies Will Have a Fighting Team STRUGGLE WITH BRAVES IS FIRST OF 19 TESTS| VFTERAN SANDLOTTERS Seven Players Who Are Battling for Berths With Griff Are Under Fire for Initial Time. Yan- nigd BY DENMAN March 17.—St. Patrick’s day in the morning finds the In the first of nineteen exhibitions ar- President Griffith to condition them for the pennant AMPA, Fla., Bushmen rarin’ to go. T ranged by ns Again Beat Regs. THOMPSON. race they will meet the Boston club of the National League this after- noon at 3 o'clock, and, judged by the form each has attained through preliminary work, the battle should This game will mark the first be well worth seeing. real test to be given seven of the athletes who are sceking berths with the Washington club this year, and their work is sure to be watched with interest by the fans “back to hum” through the medium of their favorite newspapers. Those who are to ma are Chick Gagnon, the Hol top the batting order; Dic appear in center field; Bill Conroy Jorth at third base: George Fisher, ke their debuts in Washington uniforms today v Cross product, who is to play shortstop and Wade, the Minneapolis acquisition, who will another ex-Miller, who will hold ormer Western Leaguer, assigned to the right garden; Bill Hargrave, the peppery backstop from New Haven, and Pitchers Dad Hankins from the Red Sox. Pete Lapan also will see service back of the bat Southern Leaguer was inspected by capital fans last year, The players with whose ability the Georgia avenue bugs already are familiar and who will display their wares today are Bucky Harris, Leon Goslin, Joe Judge and Jay Bee Brillheart Hankins Is Home Talent. Hankins is not the only player well known to base ball enthusiasts here- abouts who will get in action this afternoon, for the Braves have in Gus Felix another Florida State Leaguer who will enlist the vocal support of the home talent. He is an outflelder and is listed to appear for a portion of the contest as an understudy for Ray Powell in the middle garden Although it is doubtful whether Judge Landis will grace the game with his presence to fulflll the time- honored custom of tossing out the first ball, the formal dedication of Tampa’s spiffy new grandstand will not lack for appropriate ceremonies, 85 Mayor Brown of this hustling metropolis is prepared to act as un- derstudy for the august commis- sioner of base ball. And there will be a concert by the Municipal Band and other fixin's customary at an opening game Judged by the advance demand for tickets, some 3,000 spectators should turn out for the affair, and if this proves to be thie case it will 'be the largest crowd that ever witnessed the Nationals in an exhibition game he Hollingsworth in Form. The feature of the intraclub prac- tice game slaged vesterday, in which the Yannikans repeated their 1- vietory of the initial tilt Wednesday was the p hing of Hollingsworth. The Minneapolis recruit was spanked for qus =t of safeties and was in danger in each of the three rounds he officiated on the rubber. This gave him an opportunity and he did that thing by flingin in each instance. wad more speed on tap than en displayed hy any flinger on shington roster thus fa Rice on the midway cu nd three. Hollingsworth dis- the dangerous Goslin, aided on’s ver handling of a bad th rth, with nners on third and second, Hollingsworth buzzed the balls by so fast h Siim couldn’t em and with on the keyston k again in he fifth Hollingsw ade Harris oft hiffed Joe Judge and took care s smart rap himself. on to his mound per- Hollingsworth proved he is h as a hitter by busting one Briilheart's offerings to deep cen- the longest drive youngster looks impressive Holiin hion The i three the day Trim. way through Zuehary in Good hary moseyed his frames in nice style. He slipped third strike over on Gos who t mind fanning, but hates to be ooled into foregoing his cut at the ball, and vielded only one bingle. This went to Hargrave, who will get a 1ot of them before the exhibition season gives way to the regular cam- paiEn. i hacht displayed better form in the o rounds he pitched for the Reg- vlars than he ever showed in & spring mp when he was on the roster of the Washington club, which he is not 1his vear. Not a man reached first on Albertus, who flashed plenty of smoke and excellent control. ew was the fa for the »un A double the third proved threat he was nicked in ceeding frame when Fisher walloped @ liner over Wade's head in center for three bases and tallled when Evans skipped a safety over the middle sack. Spiendid work afield by Goslin saved MeGrew from further damage in this session. McGrew was literally knocked out of the box in the fifth, when a torrid lner from the bat of Pate Lapan landed athwart the forearm of his pitching wing. The Texan was not seriously injured. but was glad to call it a day, for he is not yet strong physically and his exertions were be- ginning to tell on him, Martin Tries Umpiring. Mike Martin essayed to umpire, a Job he is very fond of, although few of the piavers enthuse when Miguel handles the indicator. He gave a good exhibition of guessing, but had to give way to Schacht when the injury to McGrew necessitated some pro onal attention from the trainer U, was the bright ve standpoint. He to_the foul line xas leaguer from Gaguon the fourth and later in the frame sprinted over and back a one-handed stab that robbed MeNuwara of a bingle. . The only other bit of noteworthy fielding was performed by Gagnon when he dashed to his left and grab- bed a smoky paste from Goslin's bludgeon in the third. The ball came to him at a low, difficult angle, but Chick caught it faultlessly ped it with an off-balance heave that nailed the Goose by several steps. It prevented the Regulars from scoring, .as there was a runner at second, with two out, at the time. EDWARDS JOINS THE INDIANS. LAKELAND, Fla., March 17.—Pitch- er Jim Edwards, who has been coach- ing Mississippi College for six weeks, has joined the Cleveland Indians. His arrival makes the team complete with the exception of Pitcher Phil Bed- good, who has asked for another week at Hot Springs. MAY OPERATE ON SISLER. ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 17.—George sler, star first baseman of the St. Touis Americans, may be compelled 1o undergo a nasal operation, it was announced today. If this is found nec- essary he probably will not partici- pate in the opening game of the sea- son with Detroit here, April 18. ANOTHER TO PASSAIC. PRINCETON, N. J., March 17— The Passajc High School basket ball team won its 117th consecutive vic- tory in four vears by defeating Cam- den High last night, 40 to 21, in one of the semi-final matches for the state champlonship. The Passaic five i defending the title. joslin’s fielding spot from a defe chased far in clo, 1o sua a in sume to_pul! to show his mettle | and cap- | a local prodigy, and Allen Russell, obtained but the erstwhile THE BATTLE ARRAY TAMPA, March 17.—Here's the way the Bushmen and Braves will line-up in the opening game of their exhibi- tion season here today, WASHINGTON— Gagnon, ss. Harris, 2b. Judge, 1b. Goslin, If. Wade, cf. Fisher, rf Conroy, 3b Hargrave, c. Lapan, p, Hankins, p. Brillheart, p. Russel, p. BOSTON— Powell or Felix, cf. Coulon or Kopf, ss. Southworth or Bagwell. 1f. Boeckel, 3b. Ciuise or Dixon, If. Henry or _ Mclunis, 1b, Ford or Padgett, 2b. Gowdy, c. 9/ Neli, o atso Morquard, Miller, p. BROWNS USE MMANUS AND RICE AT FIRST BASE MOBILE, Ala, March 17.—Heavy rains that lasted throughout the en- tire day prevented the St. Louis American League club from staging an exhibition game yesterday. Marty McManus, the sensational second- sacker of the Browns last year, has been covering first base in the ab- sence of George Sisler, but Manager Fohl is also breaking in Rice, a youngster from Paris, Tenn. Rain Halts the Athietics. MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 17.— The scheduled game yesterday be- tween the Philadelphia” Athletics and the Birmingham Barons was called off because of rain. The teams will play today and Sunday. Two Red Sox Slam Ball. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 17.— Long drives by Johnny Mitchell, shortstop, and McMillan, third base: man of the regulars, featured the tory of the Boston Americans’ sity” over the second-string esterday, 9 to 2. Mitchell a homer, a double and a single. Mc- Millan crashed out a triple, double and single. var- line-up Cubs Sent Ten Innings. At Los Angeles (10 innings) Chicago Nationals............ Los Angeles (Coast League).2 § 4 Batteries—Hodges, Kaufman, Weiss and O'Farrell, Hartnett; Wallace, Robertson, McQuaid and Baldwin, Tyrell. s Cards Win in Overtime, At Bradentown, Fla, (10 inning: St. Louls Nationals.........4 11 Boston Nationals ..... 3 B Batteries—Pfeffer, Toney, Sherdel and Clemens, Ainsmith, MecCurd Genewltz, Marquard, Oeschger and O'Neil, Gowdy. THREEARHS AR ST N BIGTEN TANK MEET CHICAGO, March 17.—Northwestern University won the western confer- ence swimming meet last night, de- feating Minnesota, 32 to 30 points. The other teams finished in the fol- lowing order: Wisconsin, 16; Illinois, 10; Indiana, 8; Michigan, 6; Chicago, 4, and Jowa, 3. Three new conference records were established and another tied. The first record to fall was in the 160-yard relay, which was captured by Northwestern in 1.19 1-10. In the 440-yard event, R. Breyer of Northwestern broke another record with a mark of 5.24 3- Breyer also was the individual star, making 15 points. L. S. Hubbard of Michigan set a new mark in_the 150-vard back stroke, taking 12-5 seconds off the old record, made six vears ago by Tavlicek of Chicago. Hubbard's time was 151, Tn the 100-yard free style, the con- ference record was tied by Johnson Bennett of Wisconsin at .56 2-5. Ben- nett tied his own record. delivered | | tion of Manager C. SHAMROCK NINE SIS | J. W. Glascoe, who directs the ac- tivities of the Shamrock base ball club, has corraled a number of vet- eran sandlotters for that thriving utheast Washington organization. Smithson, Steele, Sweeney, Robey, Frazier, ' Roudabush, the Kuhnert brothers, Miller and Long, all well known in base ball here, have been signed for the Big Green nine. Glas- coe also has brought into the fold a number of younger players who gave promise last year of developing into worth while athlete The Shamrocks will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at 1316 L street southeast. Officers will be elected and, practice plans arranged. Hilltop Athletic Club has elected Skip Alsop field manager, and Amon Davis captain. Games are wanted with unlimited teams. Send chal- lenges to A. W. Allen, 633 Orleans place northeast. Independent Athletic Club will meet Monday night at § o'clock at 729 K street northeast. The club ‘will be represented by two teams this year. Arlington Athletic Club will prac- ce tomorrow afternoon ut 2 o'clock at Fort Berry, Va. For games with the Arlingto write Manager Leo F. Wise, Arlington, Va., or telephone Clarendon 80; between 6 and 7 p.m. Corinthian Midgets will pract morrow afternoon. to report a to- All candidates are 3 o'clock. Biack Athletic Club will hold a re- organization meeting tonight at 7 o'clock at 1620 1st street. Walter Hyde kas been clected cap- tain of Renroc Athletic Club. The management of the nine has been en- trusted to Frank Hollard. GETS THREE PLAYERS. ROCKY MOUNT, N. €., March 17. Dwight Dowell, catcher, and J. B. Keller, outflelder, last year with Newport News, and Sandy Woods, who played with Richmond, have been purchased by the local club, CHICAGO BOWLING TEAM TAKES LEAD WITH 2,889 MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 17 ig scores in five man teams from Chicago featured last night's play in the American Howling tournament, the Windy city bowlers taking four of the five leading po- sitions The Weisener-Peterson team was the leader. It turned in games of 990, 962 and 937, for a total of 2,889, which put them far ahead of the field J. Freer and E. Zajac of Chicago rolled into first place in the doubles event with 1,230, a record score for the opening week of the national tournament. 5. Johnson of Milwaukee rolled the splendid total of 640 for the lead in the singles event Among the cities that will be rep- resented today are Chicago. Detroit, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, =t Louis, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Mason City, Towa; Cedar and Jane. ville, The leaders FIVE-MAN TEAMS Weisener.Peterson. Chicago. .. Portage Parks. Chicago O'Henry, Chiczgo L DOUBLES. J. Ereer and E. Zajac, Chicago 1,250 E.J. Fritche and W. Sievert, Milwaukaa. 1,228 F. Allison and F. Nessinger, Chicago.... 1203 SINGLES. Johnson. Milwaukae. . Cheverton, Milwaukes... Schaitz, Milwaukes. . 640 LT o6 Down the Alleys E. x V. A team made up from the Southern Railway League is in Roanoke today to roll & quint from the general offices of the Norfolk and Western railroad Five games will be rolled tonight, and a’ like number in this city at future date as yet undecided. match will be for the total pins. Washington squad, under the direc- T. Parker, is com- posed of F. H. Surgeny, F. Stanley, F. S. Blaisdell, T. H. Spencer. J. Mulroe, W. B. Folger, H. Sole and D. A Yait. some The The of the Commercial League won two out of three games from the Peoples Drug Store,” with scores of 477, 466 and 480. Miller had the high set of 208, and Windsor the top game of 113, Hecht & American Legion of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing_ League grabbed two games out of three from the Printing quint with scores of 468, 515 and 503. Holloran had high set of 339 and best game of 126. Machinists of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. League captured the odd game from the Union Transfer team, with the scores 373, 422 and 345. Neider had high set of 302 and top game of 110. In the Washington Ladies’ League the Internal Revenue girls won two out of three from Sales Tax, with scores of 433, 436 and 438. Sales Tax won the first game on the roll-off Miss Chandler had the top game of 105. Natlonals of the District League downed the King Pins two out of three, their scores being 445, 611 and 557. Wolstenholme had the high set of 337 and Pantos the best game of 135, Coloninls of the District League sprang a surprise on the Royals last night when they won two out of three games with the scores 507, 538 and 542. Goddard had high set of 365 and best game of 142, BY ROBERT L. RIPLEY. THE INLAND SEA, January 6.— ‘We are now crossing the famous Inland Sea of Japam, one of the reputed beautiful jourmeys of the world. We were acheduled origi- ¥ to sail through it, but Capt. Brown discovered that the Laconia was too big to pass out of it through Shimoneseki. So around Kyushu we go, sailing south on a lakelike sea of limpid blue, dotted with the square sails D. C. SPORTS RATE HIGH, INTER-CITY GAME PROVES V'V day's of the Windy city and the local East for comparison. of the District, South At gave the Chicago scholastic the way. CAPTAINS ARE ELECTED FOR TWO TEAMS AT G. W. Captains of mext year's athletic teamn were elected yesterday at George Washington University. The foot ball leadership went to Charles S. Mulligan of New Vork, who hax played at guard for the Hatchetites through two seasons, while Clarence W. Gosnell of thix city was made basket ball cnp- tain. Gownell hax sturred at for- ward In {wo campnigns. Mulligan _succeeds V. Jamen Ptak, and Gosnell is successor to John' Dally. WELL MATCHED QUINTS INTITLE GAME TONGHT Aloysius and Yankee quints, that are to meet at Central Coliseum to- night in what may be the final game of the three-cornered fight for the District basket ball champlonship, are remarkably well matched. Both are speedy and versatile in play, each has a couple of sharpshooters from scrimmage and a dependable free sser. They have met twice this »n. with each scoring a win. uld the Aloysians triumph tonight they will be in as champions. A Yankee victory would give that teanr a tie for the lead with Aloysius. The American Leglon team has lost three games and is out of the running for the title The blg game will start at $:15 o'clock. At 7:15_ Western High School will_take the floor agalnst an all- scholastic aggregation, Rosedale Boyw' Club ended its sea- <on with x 35-10-23 win over the Holy Names of Alexandria. Y. M A. teams took two games in the Junior Sunday School League, the first team beating the Mount Vernon Midgets, 12 to 10, and the day school downing Western Presby- terian, 10 to 7. Boyw Club Midgets trounced the Cantons, 50 to 12. Vita and Lucas scored heavily for the winners. Sterling basketers pointed the way to the Lamont team in a 36-to-14 en- gagement. March and Willett played well for the victors. Aloysius Midgets beat the Im- maculate Conception Midgets, 35 to 16. McGowan of the winners made seven floor goals and pocketed five of six free tosses. SIKI AND McTIGUE FIT FOR CONTEST TONIGHT LONDON, March 17.—The bout be- tween Battling Siki, the congueror of Georges Carpentier, and Mike Mec- Tigue, the Irish boxer, who claims the middleweight championship of Can- ada, scheduled to start in Scala Theater, Dublin, at 8 o'clock this eve- ning. The trainers of both men declare that their charges are in fine fettle for the meeting. MUTT AND JEFF—A Bit of Typical London Conversation. I THINK T'UL CALL UP MY TAILOR AND AsSK Him TO HAvE TEA WITH M€ €, wo! ™MING: IRREGULAR: -~ ==-JAS, E€XTRAORDINARY. 7 ASHINGTON'S public scholastics are not one step behind those of Chicago so far as athletic prowess is concerned, if yester- basket ball game at Central Coliseum between Tilden Tech The Easterners were defeated, 25 to 18, but the winners ntic and Washington-Baltimore school title champion team practicall In no department of play was the Tilden team greatly superior to the local aggregation, even though the latter failed to perform up to the standard it set in the race for the school laurels here T-——-. CAWNCY, 00 - YAS, RAWMER pans. We leave our top- oft for the first time since ing Japan and think of the swanboats on Central Park lake Wwe pass many beautiful islands, and a smoking volcano as well, which made me think again of the flery pit of Kilaue: The blinking lights of Kobe have long since flickered out and by morning Japan will be but a memory as we turn north across the Yellow sea to Manchuria. 1 liked Japan. I never thought I would—being born and reared in California and holding the western fdea of the Jap. ern quint may be accepted as a basis an even battle all Never a flashy team in astern was even more sluggish than ual in this respect against the Chi- cagoans, but it was just as good as ever in defense, a branch of the game in which it sparkled in the District ti s. This sturdy brand of play under the basket forced the visitors to shift from a driving goal attack to z take-a-chance offensive and at this they were more apt than the Capitol Hill clan In Pearlman and Vaskoysky, Tilden had an excellent pair of long tossers, boys who seemed able to locate the mark from ivwhere in midfield. | Eastern. too, had chances to count from distances, but generally it re- fused to abandon its in-play, and when it did attempt to score from near the center of the court its shots vent wide stern attack, had more opportunities to tally from scrimmage than did the Chicago lot. but most of their losses either rimnied the basket or were too strong. Had the W h ton boys been more careful at following up shots, they might have been more successful. Instead, they played a trifle wide, permitting the visitors to get every rebound from an Eastern o The Chicago boys wera more dis- posed to close in on the player in possession of the ball than were the Easterners, peciall in the second half, and ‘this frequently shattered {the attacks of the locals In Vaskovsky, forward, and Pearlman, a guard, Tilden had play- ers that would have been of all-high school caliber here. The remainder of the quint were no better than the average Washington school basket- [ These bovs led the Chicago at- ack and were mainstays in defense Hook and Smith were the only East- erners who plased to the form they had shown through the champion- ship season here. The game was hard fought all the | way. Had O'Dea been able to locate the basket with his free tosses, East- ern would have emerged from the first half well in the lead. As it was, the teams were deadlocked at 10 Vaskovsky and Pearlman got busy | right at the start of the second halt and quickly put Tilden far ahead. Iastern made a game fight, but it could not check the long-shooting Chicagoans in the final quarter of the fray. i i 1 Tine-Up and Summary. Tilden (25). _ Position. Eastern (18). Foster. .. .Left forward. ... Right forward. oetee s L ety guard Peariman....... Right guard ... Score by periods Tilden 75 Eastern E 6 4 5 318 Substitutions—Tilden, Carney for Foster, Foster for Carney, Gentilly for Weiss, Mohi for Foster. Gourt goals—Foster, Pearlman (@), Barry (2), Vaskovsky (4), O'Des (2), Hook (2). Smith (2), Free goali—Vaskovsky, 5 in 6; O'Des, 6 in 11. Referce—Mr. Th Umpire—Mr. Reynolds. Time of periods—8% minutes. LASKER WINS AT CHESS IN EIGHTY-ONE MOVES NEW YORK, March 17.—FEdward Lasker, Chicago challenger, last night won from Champion Frank J. Mar- shall, New York, the first of a serles of eighteen games for the American chess championship. The end came after moveg consuming eleven hours. The first our hours were played Thurs day, from which the contest was ad- journed. The challenger won by forcing through’'a passed pawn. eighty-one HAW' RIPPING, BAH Jove! SCRVED THE BLOOMING BOUNDAH QU(TE RIGHT! -- RIGHTD! AT TEAY THUS SUZANNE IS UNLKELY |FLETCHER IS IMPRESSIVE - TOINVADE U. 5. AGAIN] IN HANDLING HIS SQUAD By the Associated Press. NICE, March 17—Mile. Suzanne Lenglen won the final in the wom- an’s singlesof the Nice tennis toure nament today from Miss Elizabeth Ryan, formerly of California, 6—1, 6—o, It was a wonderful exhibition of tennis on the part of the French star, who has never played in bet- ter form than in the last few days. She now is at the top of her game, experts declare, and is practically unbeatable. NICE, March 17.—Following her overwhelming victory over Mrs. Mal- lory here yesterday, . Mile. Lenglen sald it was improbable that she would ever play in the United States again. She has received an offer of £40 for an exhibition match at Durham, Eng- land, and another of 200,000 francs for twelve matches in America. “The Americans,” she said, “must lose sight of the fact that I would forfeit my standing as an amateur {f I accepted their offer. As for Dur- ham, that town must be near the Scotch border.” Suzanne, following her §—0, 6—0 victory over Mrs. Mallory yesterday, is picked as a sure winner over Eliza- beth Ttyan, the former California girl, in the final today. Miss Ryan reached the final by defeating Miss Tropp of England In twenty-two previous meetings with Mlle, Lenglen Miss Ryan always has been beaten in straight sets. Mrs. Mallory, paired with Wallls Myers, was eliminated from the mixed doubles by Miss Ryan and Randolph Lycett, 6—3, 6—2. Mrs. Mallory said the Riviera cam- paign had been of much benefit to her physically. She has entered the tournament beginning on Monday at Cannls, but Mile. Lenglen is to com- pete only in the women's doubles, so there is no chance of another meet- ing between the two. Mrs. Mallory and her husband plan 10 return to the United States on the steamship Homeric, leaving Cher- bourg April 4. In the match yesterday the French star played a careful game, timing every stroke as though her very life depended on it, never giving Mrs, Mallory an opening and showing in every movement of play her de- termination of shutting out the American Both players maintained a quiet, dignified attitude. Molla's good sports- manship and courage against what seemed hopeless odds endeared her to the spectators. The crowd was the largest that ever attended a tennis match on the Ri- viera. AMERICAN IDEAS MET BY TENNIS FEDERATION PARIS, March 17.—The Interna- | tional Tennis Federation has formal- 1y iolished the present world cham- pionships, including those decided heretofore at Wimbledon, England, | thus leaving the way open for the | United sStates to become an active; member of the organization, It also recognized four national championships — those of England, France, the United States and Aus- tralin—and appointed a commission, in compliance with the American re- quest, to organize a Furopean zone for the Davis cup competition, DAVIS CUP TENNIS DRAW GRATIFYING TO OFFICIALS NEW YORK. March 17.—Drawings for the Davis cup play in the Euro- pean and American zones have been as follows: American zone—Canada vs. Ja- pan: Hawall vs. Australia. Curopean zone—Upper half: Argentine drew a bye: Czecho- ovakia vs. Switzerland; India vs. Ireland; France ‘s Denmark. Lower half: Spain vs." Rumania and England vx. Belgium. Italy and Holland drew byes and are paired for the second round. The results of the first sectional draw were regarded by tennis officials as proof of its advantage over the old single system. It was pointed out that, except in a few unavoidable instances, the ne v of extensive traveling, which sulted in past vears in numerous defaults, was prac- tically elfminated. Spain and France, picked by ex- perts as two of the strongest chal- lengers, are in opposite halves of the Yuropean zone. Japan, in view of the reported inability of most of Aus- tralia’s veteran players to take part in this year's contest, looms as the most likely finalist in the American zone. Winners in the respective areas of play will meet in the United States on "August 16, 17 and 18, to_decide the challenge for America's laurels. The challenge round is scheduled for August 31, September 1 and 2, at Forest Hills, X Dates and places for preliminary round play will be left to the rival nations to arrange, although the United States will ask that they be completed with in a cestain time 1imit as yet unfixed. FLORES WHIPS NOBLE; MOORE BEATS JEROME NEW YORK, March 17.—Elino Flores, Filipino featherweight, de- feated Tom Noble, English boxer, in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden last night. Pal Moore of Memphis outpointed Frankie Jerome of New York in a ten-round semi-final. (Copyright, 1923, by H. C. Fischer, Trade Mark reg. U. 8. Pat. off.) ENGUSHMAN 4 Team Appears to Have Better Infield Than in 1922, Outfield Is Steady and Catching Staff Strong. Pitching Is Problem. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. L EESBURG, Fla., March 17.—If you approach Leesburg from the east by way of Orlando it is necessary to go through acres of orange groves and leap from lake to lake as the mountain goat leaps from crag to crag. The last twenty miles are through a thick jungle, behind which the Philadelphia Phillies are the world. Bill Shettsline, INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil I have played scores of different golf courses, but I recall only a very few of them where the ama- teur and professional records for the links I happened to be on were displayed, and I have observed also that many other things which might adorn the clubhouse rooms were missing. Golf would be made more delight- ful if a gallery of pictures of the prominent players was maintained in the club quarters, These are al- ways Interesting to look at. Photos cLog ECORD of ‘the distinguished members of the club would add a note of charm and friendlines: s well. There is a wenlth of statistical datu about &olf that should be made available in every clubhouse in the country, but by all means the records for the course should be posted. ‘The player of average skill may not hope to equal or beat the club’s course records, but he should at least be well informed as to what they are. The mere shooting at them will operate to improve his gume by some margin, and any- thing that helps golfers is a good thing for the game and a good thing for any club. Golf is a game of percentages. We Improve or fall off in the game by narrow margins. Kvery possible margin for improvement should be put be- fore elub members, (Copyright, John THREE GOLFERS IN TIE ASFINAL PLAY STARTS BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla, March 17.—Tied for the lead in the Florida west coast open champlonship, with a score of 144 for thirty-six holes yes- terday, Johnny Farrell, Quaker Ridge; Walter Hagen, Westchester- Biltmore, and Alex Smith, Shenecos sett, today drove off for the final half in an effort to break the tie VILLA TO FIGHT DARCEY. EW YORK, March 17 Villa former American ve champion, will meet Willie Darce of New York at Waterbury, Conn. March 24, to lift his suspension or- dered by the Connecticut boxing com- mission, for refusal to meet Abe Gold- stein at that place on the same date. MALONE STOPS 0'DOWD IN'LESS THAN MINUTE ST. PAUL, Minn., March 1i.—Jock Malone of St. Paul, recognized in Ohio as the middleweight champion, knocked out Mike O'Dowd, also of St. Paul, former world champion middle- weight, and still recognized as such in New York state, in less than one minute of fighting last night. Jock sank a vicious left into O'Dowd's stomach before the latter was hardly out of his corner, and then, after a few seconds of foot- work, Jock hooked a left to the jaw that sent the former champion sprawling. The “harp” regained his footing with difficulty, only to Eo down immediately from a right to the jaw. Mike made a desperate attempt to stand up several times. After falling twice without being struck the referee raised Malone's right hand as a token of victory. O'Dowd weighed 158% and Malone 152%. Dille Co.) —_—— OMAHA, Neb., March 17.—Billy Wells, English welterweight cham- pion, won_a referee's decision over Frankie Schdell Buffalo, N. Y. in their ten-round bout last nigh! —By BUD FISHER. carefully screened from the rest of world. who supervises the Phillies trave : business in the summer, proudly boasted today that it 1o vone ehotnt since the Ocklawaha river has been turned out of its n reach the club’s camp from Philadelphia by trav It is written all over Leesburg that the brought the Phillies out of last place. Philadelphia Nationals out of eighth place.” which local citizenry make this boast, happen if the club should by some miracl is now possible 0 atural course, to eling an all-water route training there last spring The local slogan is “We got the At the rate of pride with there is no telling what might ¢ win the title this year. They belleve that a happen. Even the children are sav- ing their pennies to travel north to seo the world series next fall, Counting on Fletcher. The man upon whom the: are counting to help this climax to be accomplished is Arthur Fletcher, who is making his debut as a manager He has béen to Leesburg beforo and Is scquainted with the town Fletcher is one of the finest pla ers of the decade. Clean, foreef high-minded and not without know edge of how the game should be plaved professionally, which means that every play should be made 1o the last shylock ounce. Tle doesn't maintain he can do the impossible but he is showing the grandest little performance of doing his, which is & good sign. 1f he huzd any thing like the staff of pitchers some of the other managers have, his task would be many. per cen and the Yanni were put on for the afternoon e tainment and just as the game got under way the rain suddenly bega to fall with a noise like the rattie of machine guns against the hard baked sun-dried earth that has need ed it for quite some time. However before the deluge stopped the show it could be scen that Fletcher has much better infield tha his pred cessor. Holke Leslie. third that the new [Fletcher, is played the miracle will gans is Rap) an improvement made some stop: looked like July. Sand hortstop, according 1o good. and, as Fletcher position, he ought tc know a gocd one from a bad one His batting isn’'t such a much, but his fielding ought to hold him up. In the outfield are three earnest workers. Walker plays left, Wil llams center and Lee right. None 1 sensational, but all are hard, c sistent workers. They should make a steady outfield Three Good Backstops. Henline is a catcher of class. T son is another from whom F! . expects good results. Little O'Bric from Fort Worth is a third who knows what goes on in a ball game and if he doesn't break his wu through the crust simply on his as surance and ability to introducs himself to his surroundinzs, whether on the field or in the diplomat's chair it won't be because he is too shy. He addresses the old birds the familia of a man who gone the route and the first that he gets into umpire he is not Umpire, perhaps What he will say probably will sen him straight to the clublouse, Tt is a thoroughly dome cainp here, simple in its routine and tastes and Fletcher, who handles his mer in good style, is golng to take north ¢ith him a team that will be trving the time (o over his time goin vou n ght, 1923.) MORE AUTD RECORDS SASHED BY DURAV ANGELES, March 17%.—R. « “Cliff” Durant. automobiles race drive who Thursday, on the Los speedway, broke ull world for five and ten miles, yesterday, on the same bettered all times nd non-competitiye LOS Angeles records both competitive for distances from ten to fifty The made under t sanction and supervision of the con- est board of the Durant’s records will stand as of according to members of the bhoard, including George ¥ nson, member of tha technica | committee, who supervised the tim ing by an electric system. Durant made fifteen miles in 7:40.05, lhrm! ing the competitive record of 7:4 held by Jimmy Murphy With an average of 117.8 miles an hour, Durant cut Murphy's competi tive record of 10:23.20 for twenty mile: and his non-competiti record of 12:26.40 for the same distance, to 10:12.54. At the twenty-five-mile distance Durant clipped the world record of 58.20, made by Murphy in the open onship race of 192 tra February tests were o American Autom cial, contest teph to The thirty-mile record, 15:30.20. also held by Murphy. was cut to 15:17.80. The world fifty-mile non-competitive record of 30:57.40, made by Murphy at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., November 18, 1919, and the same driver's com petitive’ record of 50.40 for the same distance, made at the Los Ange les speedway. February 25 last, werc cut to 25:31.01 Durant also drove seventy-five miles n 28:44.92, at an average speed of 1165 miles an hour. This was an- nounced as a new world’s non-competi - tive record, and as falling Jjust three seconds short of a new world competitive mark. TREMAINE BEATS ERTLE. WINDSOR, Ontario, March 17.—Carl Tremaine of Cleveland won _the judge's decision in a ten-round bout here with Johnny Ertle of St. Paul last night. 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