Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1923, Page 27

SPORTS, TEN ACRES USED TO MAKE BALL PARK IN NEW YORK 116,000 Square Feet of Sod, 30,000 Yards of Con- crete, 3,500 Tons of Steel Required by 500 Work- men to Construct Stadium in 11 Months. EW YORK, April 2—Converting ten acres oif unused land into a modern ball park is an undertaking few persons can appreciate | until brought in contact with figures on the work involved. Even then it is difficult to realize what a stupendous task is involved and what must be expended for labor and material. Maj. T. H. Birmingham, en neer for the New York club, in charge of construction of the Yankee stadium, gave out a few figures during the last week on the amount of work and material required. T Before the first bit of concrete had been poured it was necessary to fill and grade the field. It was necessary to use 45,000 cubic yards of carth as filling to bring the playing field to the required grade. Sod to the amount of 116,000 square feet, was transported from Long Island to cover the diamond and outfield, a special brand of sod being selected as the best obtainable for a ball ficld The excavation of 25.000 cubic yards ¢ earth was required for the founda- ions of the big stand and bleach- | rs. Before the work of putting the | ield {n order was completed an \||'\-l<n1 late drainage system—consisting of | :leven large pipes around the outdeld. | i network of pipes under the infield nd a concrete gutter front of | lie grandstand—was installed Some of the figures on the material equired for the Yankee stadium a s follows Concrete, 50,000 vards iade up from 45,000 bar 30.000 yards of grav | e This s rels of ¢ 1 and A yair of title will be staged tomorrow nig Congress Heights auditorium In the main attraction the Capital A. C. sextet will meet the Hurri- canes fn a game that was urranged after much dickcring on which it would be played District honors in the 130-pound class for bovs will be settled in preliminary which will bring the Mackins into action against the wi {ner of the Epiphuny-Stanton clash | that will be | 8ross Heights. A Victory for row night will puted claim to ship, as it wil With the Hur: twice def:ated sextet, with which their rivals stii have a pair of gamcs. On the other liand, should the Hurricanes win to- morrow they could gain the taking both gumes with the basket ball games in the 500 tons * bleachers and con N ur for grandstand seq 00 lineal feet Piping for ratls in boxes, reserved eats and bleachers. about four miles. Tron in seats, 500 tons. Time spent onstruction, “onths, Workmen naxinum Nearly Halt Mtle Round. Other figures on the plant. best olving material in construc- further to impress one with {ude of work. The plot Dout ten acres. wnd from ts on either side it me@s- Ures about 100 feet. The distance “round the outer edge of stand and ers figures 2,591 feet or about feet less than a half mile. Be-| % fleld and stands twenty-four fe vide and 400 yards raightway of 120 v the thir stand eleven emploved. the Capitals tomor- give them undis- irls' champlc the rubber gam b orn be to-een the pla v the ht will 1 est star inary ton T with T later. 5 an ho Dixabled war vetersns at the intercity basket picked te Laltimo Fa abled men the Amateur At there will be o records & The 1 from _the bieacher ures 1,1 3 deepest of th T front to rear. ar of the stas width ball isles, wide e between row satures which will be appreciated by the fans. There are Ml ixteen toilet rooms within the park, eight for men and efzht for women. There arc stairs between the | reached by ramps. trated n Jm the d FVES FROM 30 STATE ure twenty commodious built. Wide By the Associated Press. CHICA ket ball stars from thirty states are today to compete national invitation interscholastic basket bal tournament which opens at the Uni- versity of Chicago tomorrow, continu- ing until turday uight. Forty teams, most of them state champions, will fight for the national title 1d by the Blue Devils of Lexin, Ky. The taurnament greatest fleld in n the and “and | the upper grandstand lower stand. They are that all can feed any ir deck or all decks at At entrance at d River avenue s while at 161st street he exit, which an entrance, now one duplex and Dought Y oan be converted into is also a duplex ramp. The capaclty of the combined ramps is estimated st a ninir of 3,000 persons per minute. Every major league park in the country was inspected, the style of cach was s i that | the Yankce stadium would combine the best features of each and all. TH ROUTES AVALIBLE FOR AUTOING 0 BOWE Was! to the son | g to- routes, ording by the has attracted the history of the | ot international struggles during the five days of competition The teams are from the four cor- ners of the nation. There i |no second chance. Defeat will mear | elimination, and the loser of the open- {ing game “between Walia Wash.. and Gloversville, morrow will huve had a wasted jour. ney of at least a thousand miles In several Instances so great is lovalty and interest in some of !quintets that { tered throughout { made the tournament an issuc | munity pride. Nashville |sending its state championship team and thirty rooters Starting at noon tomorrow, games | will be played continuously untii late at night. with play all day Wednesday and Thursday and on Friday after roon and evening. The s will be played Saturday and the final at night Among the strongest tives of the east is Fitchburg High of Fitchburg, Mass. winner of the state championehip, and regarded as one of the best teams in New Er land. _Another important team from New England is the crack five from Bangor, Me., winner of the Maine championship. Followers of horse racing ington who plan to motor Bowle t: where the 1923 opens with a two weeks' mee day have the « of two one in very good condition, ac 10 iation furnished American Automobile Association. * The best road, which happens to be the longest, is by way of Baltimore vike, totaling 29, The other route, via Lanham, although rough in spots, is stated to be passable in dry wes uch ails now The mileage fc Taking the F the Laurel i there {5 a sharp turn right at sign-| board marked: “To Bowie thence | on gravel and dirt road to the town | of Bowle, 5.3 miles. Direction sign | “To Race Track,” on large store there | indicates road 2.5 miles long to des- | tination. The A. A. A. recommends | this route. It should be passable re- gardless of weather conditions. Although shorter the Lanham route | requires about the same length to traverse due to its inferior condition. It calls for a half turn, right, at Hiladensburg. 6.5 miles, proceeding through Lanh endale to Bowle, 1 s in other Bouguet 10c strarght " FREE TO BOYS 1 High-grade $5.00 Glove, edges bound apd le¢ed with rawhide, well stitched strap and Buckle-back. 'Pad made by hand, best quality esbestos feit. Deep pocket. . A varn this glove o ane day. Com Eow aud see one of these real gloves. 301 14th St. N.W. Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS -$4.65 A mild and distinctive blend that can’tbeimi- tated. G. H. P. CIGAR CO., Inc. Save the price of an entir mew suit. All colors, sizes, pat- EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. N.W. FLOOR GAMES CARDED s to the floor | s staged tonight at Con- | N SCHOOLBOY TOLRNEY . April 2.—8cliool boy bas- | {sport and will see a record number | towns and citles scat- | representa- | THE Yanks’ New Home a Monster Proposition : Hagen Now Greatest of A RipLeys — RoUY UAIES TWO CORNELL PLAYERS ON ALL-STAR QUINTET Cornell's hasket ball stars eaps turcd two places on the 192223 all-tar intercollegiate quintet formed from the consensus of ne- Icctions trom among league teams made by coaches nand sporting writers in the east. Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale, winner of the tercollegiute titie, lunded the her pinces on the first team. First and second all star teams, based upon the consensus follow: trst team. Second team. Pite, Yale Strom, Colum. Callen, Dart.. Suixmin, Yale Luther, Corneil. C.Fri n, Dart. | Crabtree, Cnell iblitz, Vale Loeb, Princet'n G Bergen, Princet'n YALE NETMEN PLAYING MATCH AT DUNBARTON | Dumbarton Club racketors, de- |teated yesterday by the Columbia University tennis team, four matches to three, were figuring to take out their spite on the Yale netmen, who scheduled to in six 4 three doubl on the town th 30 o'cloc were oppose Leginuing at | However, the chances of the Dum- bartonites to their ledger with a victory were not rosy. On the | Yale team are Lucien Williams, inter- collegiate champion iast vear; Arnold W. Jones, 1922 junior champion, and { four other players of real abill “rank Anderson, former national} indoor champion, and Gerald Emerson were responsible for the triumph of the Columbia team. Anderson al- lowed John Temple Graves, Jr., only {two gumes In the No. 1 match ngles, while rsou Robertson they wor bles from Wait Johnson Tom Mangan, who duel with Jerome Lan doubles team of ¢ balance a y Dwight Davis and won out Maj. = : in a Slott Singles—Frark T, Anderson Tohn Temple Graves. jr.. (D,) Thomas Mangan (D.). ‘defeatod C).'8—6. 87 65: G. B. Emerson | defiated Maj. W. Robertion (D. ) Mai Fllistt (D.), defeatsd Richard Marshall (C). 6—4. 6—4: T. Q. McLonghlin (C.), de- feated Robert Burrell (D.). 5—3, 6—4. 3 Doubles—Andersor:_and Emerson (C.). de- feated Dwight F. Davis and Col. Wait © Johnson (D), 6—3, €—3: Al Gore and John | Temole Graves, ir. (D.). defeated Marshall ! and McLoughlin' (C.), 6—0. 6—1 c EXHIBITION BASE BALL Montgom lelphia_(A.) Cinclnnati (N) . Patteries—Ogden {and Perkins; Hargrave. Kinn Donohue, AY Dailas, Tex.— Chicago (A.) New York (N.) .1l (11 innin Batteries Davenport a: 1d Gaston At Hot Springs, 2 itisburgh (N.) Boston (A.) .. Batterias—Carlson Gooch; Gulnn, mer. Adams erguson and Batteries—Pennock. S| Hoffman: Vance, Schreiber berry, Hungling. kland. Calif. » (X)) land (Coast League) & of Batteries— and. Dumovich el Vitris; Eley and Baker | Forth Worth, Tex Bt Louls (A ). .- Ft. Worth (Tex.) . Batteries—Shoc Pruett and| severeld: Wachtel, Goodbread and | e. i At i 8 Mo At Terre Hau i Indianapolls and | orrison Skiff: Collins, and Sc E Henderson, Wendell, rreveport, La.— (RSN Batteries- and Hartle & Reed, Foreman and Burns, Vant At Mobile, Ala. Milwauks Mobile (S. A) .. Batterfes—Keefe, hinault; Young, F arin, Bigbee | hr, Lons and | 15¢ straight Many shapes and sizes 10c to 30¢ Distributor Daniel Loughran Co. Inc. EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, IAMATEUI* GOLF STARS | | A AR T T TR ING ON THE SHAMEEN BANK. BY ROBERT L. CANTON, . January 20.—Thix is China—real China. The ports of Txintao, Shanghai and Honzkong are not China. These cities were more or lesx bullt by European na- tions. Real China is inland where “forelgn devils” mever venture. “In all the world mo city like this,” is true. I saw more of China in five minutes vesterday here in Canton than I would see In & year in Wongkonz or Shanghal. It would take a book to tell it. Ellis and | are at the deserted Victoria Hotel on the Shameen—a small ixland set aside for foreizn residents. It ix one-third French and two-thirds English. Modern bulldings been erected here, and trees ted, and it is very pleasant. A bridge over<i muddy canal connects Shameen with Can- ton. An iron barricade ix erected at the Canton entrance with a small door for entrance and exress. Armed guards are walking up and down in front of it and & maxs of barbed wire entanglement in draped across it. We stand on the Shameen bank and watch the soldiers enter the And such soldiers! A clown army—such as Charley Chaplin , razged lot alike. Many d merel wear hands on thelr arms hearing Chinese characters denoting their corps. However, all have guns with fixed bayonets and several ammu- RIPLEY. mition belts draped about them- selves. They certainly look like the bandits they are credited with being. The Chinese ax a claxs huve little patriotic spirit. These sol- diers will fight for elther side— whichever will pay them most. The moment their pay stops a relgn of robbery and thievery be- ginw. Onece more we v ured through the crowded NATTow pAssagewnys of Canton, where a heam of light seems lonesome and fresh air never enters, The wseething mass of chattering humanity scrambled aside an we passed and looked after ux furtively, I thought. What havoc a fire wonid kindle here I wondered, too, If the pl was Infested with vermin—although it seemed not. As a matter of [ . It-respecting louse ad been bullt for thix emergency as @ protection for the people if the woldiers began to loot the city. We were stopped only on we—an he evidently to he alarme; “They strange soldfers.” he sald. no iike stranze soldiers. Can- tonexe all right—Kwangtung no &o0d ! We sailed the Chaluang river, one of most_beautifal riden in the world, and as we left Cante all nizht guards walked up and down deck just outside of our state- room. Huggins Fears Tygers Most | As Yankees’ Pennant Rivals| EW ORLEANS, April 2—Miller Huggins, manager of the Y ankees.i today said that he looks for his chief trouble in the Detroi N quarter this season. “I think it will be a fight all the way between Detroit and New York.” says he. “Just such a fight as it was last year between the| Yankees and Browns. 1 do not think St. Louis, Chicago or Cleveland | have ‘road’ pitching capable of keeping them in the swim all the way. | “Detroit has a wonderful hitting club and with slight improvement | in pitching is bound to be dangerous. Pillette is a corking good man and | Collins is likely to come through with a score or more of victories. Sisler will be of littie use to the Browns in the early running, if at all. 1 am told his case is doubtiul. In addition to his recent iliness the injury to his shoulder last faill was much more serious than suspected at the | time. \ “Of course, Detroit’s cause will rest heavi'y on the shoulders of Ty' Cobb in so far as he can continue that brilliant career as a player. Cobb has been a long time in base ball and by all the rules of percentage is due to slump. But if he can deliver in 1923 as he delivered in 1922, then his Tygers, in my opinion, are likely to prove by far the most dangerous challengers among the American League field.” Monroe Clothes WORN WHERE STYLES ARE BORN Other Nationally Known Brands, $30 to $45 In New York over 500,000 men wear Monroe Clothes You can be as well dressed because the same Monroe Styles are sold at New York prices. Complete Showing of 2-Pts. Suits 10th and F Sts. N. W. | 2d Floor. Open Saturday Evenings D. ¢, MONDAY, APRIL 2 and Hagen and French took only one | stroke more. = 73. 1923. IN'NCRTH-SOUTH EVENT PINEHURST,' N, C., April 2— Henry J. Topping, Greenwich, Conn., ‘morth and wouth amateur £olf champlen, hax a formidable fleld against him in the annual title tournament starting today. Among the leading contenders are Willie Hunter, former Britixh amateur champlon; Gardiner W White, 1021 metropolitan titlehold. er, and Warren K. Wood of Pel- ham. HAGEN AND KIRKWOOD WIN BIG GOLF MATCH PINEHURST, April Walter Hagen, who added the north and south open golf championship to Iiis string of titles Saturday, and Joe Kirkwood, his traveling partner, plaved against Emmett French of Youngstown and Alex Ross of De- troit, on the championship course vesterday, and won, 3 and 2. Kirkwood played the round in 69, or two strokes under the par total, Alex Ross finished with Hagen and Kirkwood had six birdies in addition to an eagle 3 negotiated by Hagen on the fifth hole French and Ross dispoked of five holes under the par figures, INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil We shall now go back to the beginning of the drive wtroke and take up the task of imtroducing “touch” and “feel.” retofore our efforts with the have been wholly to the point of getting the club up, down nnd through the ball with rhythm more It you have nccom of rhythm the better off you are, of course. One of (he important | factors in the effort to acquire a rhythmic stroke ix a xenwe of “touch” or “feel” o now I whall try 1o show you how to develop | that. | There fx a point fn the “feel” of the clul in veur hands nt which you mny be satisfied that v grasp of it ix right. You sirive for thix particular point while you waggle the club preparatory to the stroke. Ax you waggle the club buck nnd forth try to met a “feel” of 1t that reminds you of the “fcel” of a xtone on the end of a string and puiling_at your finger muscles. When you have that “feel” of -the golf club in your fingers you are right on your xense " and you will huve started on your way into a “toneh” game of golf. When you (Rt Atart jour. progress derful. The twa-V (he best start. (Copyright. John ¥. D PREPARES FOR CENTRA CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, A 1 ~—TUniversity of Virginia's freshme 3 11 nine has begun inten e @ In preparstion for its open- ng game with Central High School | Thursday. The first-vear squad has een 1 to twenty-five men “oach ert plans to give the Blue White of Waehington strong op- t10m 1 ie Co.) L. | i i Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Oores installed in any make. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 F. 641 1425 P. M. T4 SPORTS. T Il Golfers BRITISH OPEN CHAMPION IS AT TOP OF HIS FORM If Present Pace Is Maintained He Will Occupy Same Position in Golf That Ruth Does in Base Ball and Dempsey in the Ring. BY LAWREN PERRY. EW YORK, April 2—Whatever futurc events of the goif season may show there is no doubt that the outstanding golier in this country, if not in the world, at the present moment is Walter Hagen. Not only was his victory in the famous north and south open tournament at Pinehurst marked by a record-breaking low aggregate for the seventy-two holes (289), but his extraordinary achievements at Belleair Heights, Fla., and at Asheville in preceding tourneys were all of iconoclas- tic merit so far as records go. Unquestionably the British open champion is on his mettle, and the question of most interesting moment is whether his flight will be further sustained in the months to come. If so, we shall be called upon to con- template a golfer who stands out in his profession as Ruth and Demps and Tilden and Lenglen and Jay Gould stand out in theirs. 301 for seve SRBES WILL DISCUSS = at Pinehurst, h place. It Is T Hagen and K ted satisfactory they have been in the money. and high at that, in some one hundred odd matches tourna- the money and | i Jock Hutchison | who were traveling as a pair, albeit not over territory so great and occu- much less time, met the Hagen- wood combination six times and were successful upon two occasions at eighteen holes only by very murg ten three ti < and te, nal p at the future bringe ter predicted, ( e has ssion from the club to y May (Copyright, 19 PENN STATE TRACK TEAM IS WEAKENED BY JAUNT STATE COLLEGE, Pa. April 2- Minusg servi Helffrich an Carter, star half- s. the Pennsy lege track and fleld rg, Va Coll Membere of the Washington paper Golf Club will t Natlonal Press Club hursday ing to discuss the holding of an i el tournament in Washingto summer. Last June near bers of the club were the the New York Newspaper Golf Club at the Engineer's Club at Rosiyn, Long Island. Newspaper golfers from Boston were also guests of the | New York scribes This year it is the in sible, to entertain new from New York, Boston and Baltimore un red for the to the holding of the Shrine co tional public June, is divided. thrashed out Thu FORDHAM NINE IN SOUTH. NEW YORK, April 2—Fordham Universit base ball squad a the first la » he te even- th on of me guests of a score go to Troon ention, if po: aper golfe Phila opinion ventio n links tournament in The matter will be | day night On Saturda, a Poly Helffric d Carter, behind in th scholastic work, are under the ba {of the faculty athietic committee. 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