Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1923, Page 12

\ SPORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, BATURDAY APRIL %7, 1923 SPORTS | Gleason Sure of First Division Berth : Nationals Busy Preparing to Leave Camp WHITE SOX A GOOD TEAM AND NOT ON PAPER ALONE Kid Gleason Builds Up Dangerous Club Around Such Stars as Collins, Schalk and Faber in Striving for a Pennant Come-Back. This is the fourth of a series of articles dealing with major lcague teams, end written by experts with the teams representing leading newspopers of the BY RAY E. GARRISON, (Staft Correspondent of the Chicago Daily News.) country. K junior major clrcu 1D GLEASON, manager of the Chicago American League club, the White Sox, is not a braggart nor yet a prophet, but he does make championship claims for Charles A. Comiskey’s 1923 entry in the . The picturesque fittle pilot of the Sox says, unre- servedly, that his team will be a first-division finisher this season, and it would not surprise him if the bunting were tacked to the White Sox flagpole next October. The Sox form a rattling good ball club, and not alone on' paper. Since 1919 and 1920, when the big blow-up of the world’s greatest all club occurred, Gleason has been selecting, sifting, sorting and trying re- cruits. Around such famous players as ddie Collins, captain and second baseman; Catcher Ray Schalk, Red Faber, leading moundman of the big leagues, and Harry Hooper, the great outfield star, he h# attempted to reconstruct the team that was once unbeatable. & In 1921 the Sox finlshed seventh in the race. No one expected anything better than that. It was a wonder they kept out of eighth position, but the reliable Connie Mack and his Ath- letics saw to that. In 1922 the Sox were within an ace of finishing in the first division, but one of those last game spurts on the part of the Cleve- land Indians relegated the Chlcago club to leadership of the second divi- slon. Even so, the showing of the team was considered little short of re- markable, for Faber was the only veteran pitcher on the staff, the rest being raw recruits. But these recruits fortunately were possessed of brains as well as brawn and a desire to do something besides rush for the dining room. New Talent Abundant. New talent has come to the Sox in reater numbers this year than in a alf dozen years. Owner Comisky set the base ball world gossiping some monthe ago when he bought Willie Kamm, the crack third sacker of the San Francisco club in the Coast League. Gleason had never seen the dark Celtic lad work at the hot corner, but Willle soon dispelied any doubt as to his ability when he donned a uniform, pulled on his glove and went to work at Seguin. Kamm looks and acts like a ball player. He is quiet. apparently a thinker, goes to cither side for ground balls or line drives with equal facllity, takes a ®ood batting stance, and runs the bases In clever fashion. It {s apparent that Danny Long, the Sox scout in the coast country, made & ten-strike when he got young Kamm to afix his name to a contract. Last season Kamm batted for .343, led all third basemen in his league and created one mensation after an- other by his wonderful play around the hardest spot on the dlamond. Gleason likes his appearance and de- Qlares if the other young infielders @0 half as well as Kamm he will not be worried about the future. Sheely a Smart Player. Earl Sheely, acquired from the Salt Lake club in the coast league, along with Ernle Johnson, regular short- stop, and Eddie Mulligan, third base- man, in 1920, is the surest receiver of thrown balls in the American League when first-sackers are taken into consideration. Sheely s a glant In eizo and his long legs and arms make him Invaluable to the Sox. The Sox first baseman 1s a slugger and one of the smartest young players in the game. Ray Woodworth, who led the sec- ond baseman in the Three-Eve League last season, has been trying out for the keystone position. He How to Score Paclfic | shapes up as the best young prospect seen in the Chicago camp in several seasons. Woodworth has played third base and shortstop. Johnson has three persistent riva for the shortstop job. The most likely candidate is Leo Thayer, a Butte, Mont., boy. Louls Rosenberg. & sand- lotter from San Francisco, {8 another £0od one. Eddle Taylor is the third who would like to fill the gap. At third base, should anvthing hap- pen to Comiskey's high-priced new- comer, Harvey MecClellan, will be found. “Little Mac,” while he has never been able to crack the ball hard, is too good n flelder to lose. He can play second base and shortstop, and at times has been an outfielder. Sluggers in the Garden. Gleason’s hard-hitting outfield {s his pride. Bib Falk in left, Johnny Mostil in center and Harry Hooper in right probably will perform there as last season and the year before, al- though there are several other. husky candidates for the berths who threaten to do more than take an occasional pinch-hitting role. Howard Pennington, from Grand Rapids, a small outflelder, but =a streak of lightning going after a fly ball or running the bases, is one of the recruits. Roy Elsh, a Western Leaguer, and Eddie Rafferty, who played with Buffalo in the Interna- tional League last year, both give promise of being more than bloomers. Plenty of Young Pitchers. There is no better looking staff of young pitchers In the American League than Gleason’s. Dixle Lever- ett, former Western Association fling. er: the Blankenship brothers, Ted and Homer, of Atoka, Okla.; Frank Mack, who made a name for himself with Seattle; George Conmally of the To- ronto International League club and Cecil Duff. along with the mighty Faber, will doubtless compose* the staff. Leverstt, Mack and Ted Blanken- ship 160k ke regular turn hurlers, while a recruit named Frank Wood- ward of New Haven promises to be a wonder {f he gets his legs in_shape Woodward ig a late starter, but he has had plenty of experiencs, having led the Eastern League on the mound for two years. One of the greatest assets the Sox will have this year is “Big Ed” Walsh, renowned spitball pitcher for the Ch cago club in other days. Walsh has been hired as coach and he has direct- ed most of his attention to the young hurlers on the spring trip. The big fellow Is physically able, never looked better and is overjoyed, after a year of umpiring in the American League, to be back with his oid boss, Comiskey. a Ball Game BY JOHN B. FOSTER ARTICLE 6—THE TEXAS LEAGUER. I other and grin sheepishly. Sometimes they are disposed to be critical of each other, but inasmuch as one is about as badly at fault as another it doesn’t pay to scold the other one or two. When this happens there are times | that it Is'the fault of the player glv- ing the signals. It is very dangerous for men to run together in the out- fleld, and when they see that there is danger of colllsion many times the ball fs permitted to drop to the ground rather than take a chance of 2 broken leg or a spiit head. Most young scorers are prone to| put this down as an error on the part of & flelder and then they are puz- aled as to which flelder should be charged with the error. They want to give It to the shortstop if it 1ogks as if he could have got the ball, or to the left fielder if the ball went far- ther out than the limit of the Infleld. The play should be scored as a base’ hit, and not us an error, and if the batter actually can run it our and make two bases on it he should be given two bases. -That has happened under unusual conditions when the ball bounded badly and to one side. Tt is quite true that many such files should be caught and could be caught if @ mix-up in signals did not happen. It Is not always because of a mix-up that the players Zail to get the ball, as high wind may take it away from @ player just when it seems as if he is bound to reach it It also is true that a ficlder will misjudge such a hit, and misjudge it badly, because the wind has twisted the bail around while the fielder was trying to Eauge it No matter what may have happéned, the short fly which is the equivalent of a Texas leaguer should be entered in the score as a base hit. A sun hit {s the same thing. T¢ the flalder runs squarely into the sun as he fs trying to cateh the ball he loses eight of it and he is not to be pun- ished for some natural cause which he_could not avold. A real Texas leaguer is a short fly GALT'S BOWLING TEAM TAKES LEAGUE HONORS Galt & Bros. bowling team won the champlonship of the Commercial Duckpin League, which ended its sea- son last night. Carry Ice Cream was socond. Galts wound up thelr suc- cessful campaign by taking all three games from the Young Men's Shop ‘with scores of 487, 489 and 516. Preller was the leader with & set of 330 and game of 120. Loans and Curremcy of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing League won two games out of three from the Machine quint, its scores being 534, 440 and 494. Relff of the winners had the best set, 334, and Davis of the losers nad high game, 136. Internal Revenue’s elimination to) ney ends tonight, after an {nteré ing series of bowling on the Recres- tion alleys. Last night J. A. Redmond, captain of the Sales Tax team, moved into first place by rolling & set of 339, bringing his total to €53. Siicox end Davis also got high sets that laced them of Sommers, who ;u the leader opening nlgits T IS often the case that the ball is ba_ned over the shortstop’s head, or the second baseman’s head, and three fielders will run for it and the ball fall to the ground between them while they look blankly at each over the infleld which no one can catch—outflelder or infielder. There are some of that kind every season, and there have been some Hitters who could place hits for Texas leaguers. It would be manifestly unjust to punish them by trying to figure thet such a fly should be caught. It may be extremely annoying to the scoror to see one of his home team become mixed up on one of these bona fide or near Texa: leaguers, and he may feel so indl nant that he would like to punish some player for not catohing the ball, but the scorer is not operating the game on the theory by which he thinks it should be played, but as a ma ter of record. When there is any contusion on the part of the fielders as described he {5 not to be permitted to say that this or the other fielder should be charged with a flelding error because he made a mistake “in the head.” For quite some time there was & disposition on the part of scorers in some cities to put plays down as they thought they should have been made, but that isn't scoring. It is simply a biased and personal record- ing of the various moves that have been made by the flelders and the batters, and it is at variance with that which actually took place. (Copyright, 1023.) INDIANS FIRST-DIVISION CLUB, BARNARD THINKS OLEVELAND, Okio, April 7~The belief that the Cleveland Indians will fiaish in the first division of the American League this season xpressed by President E. S. Barnard of the club today. Bar- nard has just returned from a visit with the Indians at Lakeland, Fla., and announced that the club will return there mext year for spring tratning. Barnard was particularly im- preased with Catoher Myatt, First Baseman Guisto, Third Baseman Lutske Outfielder Summa, his mew regulars. $200,000 FOR DEMPSEY IF HE MEETS GIBBONS By the Associated Press. MILW AUKEE, April 7.—Jack Demp- soy, world ochamplon heavywelght Dugllist, has been made a bona fide offer of $200,000 to meet Tommy Gib- bons of St. Paul, in a fifteen-round bout to a dectslon at Shelby, Mont., on July 4, according to Mtke Collins, Minneapolis boxing promoter, and Eddle Kane, Gibobns' manager, who are in Milwaukes. According to Collins, $150,000 is al- ready in & bank in Montana. Demp- sey has been informed. Collina said, that $50,000 will be turned over to him upon his signature on the arti- cles: another $50,000 will be deposit- n o Montana bank to be pald Dempsey in case the fight does not go through, and that the champlon would be paid $100.000 twenty-four hours prior to his entering the ring for the contest. Jack Kearns. Dempsey's manager. has asked Collins to grant him a fow days to consider the proposition, ac- cording to the promoter. “If Demp- sey really wants to fight, here is his opportunity,” Collins said. *"He either will have to mccept this offer or else orawl in his shell” the promoter addcd. D. C. WOMEN NATATORS T0 COMPETE FOR TITLES ‘Washington is expected to send its leading feminine acquatic devotees to compete in the indoor championship swimming races for women under the auspices of the South Atlantic A. A. U., to be held in the Baltimore Y. W. C. A. April 14 An entrance fee of 50 cents will be charged for each event. The entry list closes today. They can be made here to Mrs. Lochler, Metropolitan.| Theater building. The champlonship events include §0- yard swim, 100-yard swim, fancy diving, G0-yard breast stroke and plunge for distance. Reguiation A. A. U. championship medals will be awarded to the first, second and third in these events. To the girl scoring the greatest number of points a sllver cup will be awarded. WASHINGTON TOSSERS DOWN BALTIMOREANS Superior passing and the ability to continuously upset their opponent' desperate goal attempts swept the Washington All-star basket ball team to a 34-t0-20 victory over the Baltimore picked combination last night at the Arcade. Several hundred fans saw the game, which was play- ed for the benefit of the disabled war veterana. Neither side showed its advantage until the last half. It was then that Farley of the locals brightened the | game by working his way from the middie of the floor through a line | of husky Baltimore oppdsition to the cage for five goals. The only long, beautiful shot came from his hands, when, blocked at every side, he cut loose for the cage and made one of those rare goals. Then there was McNaney, who was in every play. He shot seven fleld goals, the majority of which w-re not “birdies.” Tommy Ford, too, with all his speed and dribbling, proved a thorn in the side of the visitors. Nu- merous times when the Baltimore 1ads were in reach of the basket Tommy by sheer, clean force man- aged to get hold of the ball and take it out of the danger zone. Baltimore, baffled by the local's clever defense, tried many long shots. Line-Up Menton for Hartuag, Tants, Ledts for Lyons. Fleld 7). tagley, Fariey (). Fi g & Histung, eats Free : Joia 15 Hatreh @ » 3, Melney, ¥ 2t half time—Washingtea, 11; Balt: more, 7. Refervo—ir. F. Menton (Baltimore). Umpire—Mr. B. Morse., Time of hal minutes each. —_— Lodge No. 1, of the Elks, of New York city contributed $5,936 to the fund being raised to equip play- grounds throughout the metropolis. MAJOR LEAGUE ROSTERS CHICAGO Pitchers. Bats.Throws. Aldridge, Vietor .... Alexander, Grover C. Cheeves, Virgil ... Dumovich, Martin J. Dumovich, Nick LERLEEEEOREL ] Catehers. Hartmett, Charles L. O'Farrell,” Robert A. Wirts, Eiwood V... Infielders. Adams, Earl J...... Barrett, Robert 8. Cotter, Harvey L. Grantham, George Grimes, Oscar R. Hollocker, Charles Kel er, John P. Terry, Zeb A.. De Viveiros, Beranle. Outfielders. Callaghan, Martin ¥'. Fitsgerald, Howard Friberg, Bernard Grigsby, Denver C Heathcote, Clifton E.. Miller, Lawrence E. Stats, Arnold . ‘Wels, Arthur J. ‘William L. Veeck, President. John O. Seys, Secretary., Oncar Dugey, Conch. ELELELLEE ] EEEEEEDE L ELEEE L Games played at Cubs’ Park. Capacity, 35,000, tOgtgnt, 1) fuci b 1] Cubs Cubs Cubs Los Augeles (P.C. L.) Cubs Joplin (Western Assa) 34 Cubs 37 Cubs Cubs “ Meriden (Cotton States) 30 g:flmfi!- (Eastern) 39 Cubs Cubs Cuba Cubs ‘ Little Rock (Southern) * 63 ::’-:Il'lnll (West. Asso.). Cubs Cubs Cubs ' Cubs Hearyetta (West. Asse.) . Cubs Cabs Cubs- Sapulpa (Southwest A.) Cubs Cubs Cubs ‘Wichita Falls (Texas) Willlam Xillefer, M Catalina Island, Calif., G. 36 33 39 pringfield (West. Asso.) : 3 H Played with in 1922, H 3 3 T B35 RERRMEASE i3 = - " BUkBRERY BRMBRIGE LR " 10 o7 123 110 7 §2 eabasiee HitH camp. 1 I BY ROBERT L. RIPLEY. THE EQUATOR, January 26— Beside me as I write fs a legal parchment signed by Father Nep- e, monarch of the wea, Now grant you license full and free rinl Line meross the brine) And while on my domains you keep I give you freedom of the deep. FATHER NEPTUNE. ‘That testifies that I have crossed the equator. It also means that I have beem daubed and ducked along with a hundred or so other temderfooted travelers of the high seas. It is an age-old custom that all those Wwho have mever stepped across the equatorial line should 1athered with n gigantic brush, dipped in a tub of inky ok giue, shaved with a razor three feet long, poked in the pants with- Neptune's tri- e BY JACK B - MERO OF %00 Benas dent and upset into a tank of water, where walt a few denizens of the deep, who demoniacally duck deck to dry. Purser Cartwright was ms Father Neptune, wi hanging hemp whiskers a of his hand a trident that was sharp at cach end, as I may well judge from where I ait. He clambered aboard at the prow, followed by a retinue of ring-talled rough-necks, who arrested every amateur voy- ager on board, ladies ncluded, and placed them in duramee vile, from Whence they were led forth, one by one, to their bedaubed doom. But I will get even wome day—if I ever cross the equator again. The above license is good for life and privileges the holder to asaist at all future crossings of the line. Some day I am golag to make somebody swallow as much inky- urky as I did. oar: reg- ©. SOUTH PROVES BOXER’S PARADS; HOW HE BEAT A C hit a slump. BANKRUPT CLUB &, HANGES of scenery always seemed to bring good breaks in luck for me, and in the fall of 1908 I decided that I needed a change— rather it was decided for me. Right in the midst of what I thought was a great start in the game [ il 1 was running around quite a lot and doing most of my training at night, and it started to set me back. I was having trouble getting work and finally went to one of the promoters and got a little bit heavy “Your face is stale around here. they don’t know you,” he said. with him. You'd better go some place where 1 suggested battle and he ordered me out of the place. We want hitters; we don't want you lady tappers,” he said. Right about that time I received a letter from & friend, Billy Newman, who was down in New Orleans. He suggested that I come down south, as the game was golng good and there were a lot of openings for lightweights. I nally did go south and I worked around there for three years. Most of my work was no-decision fighting with they were so ecary that I could fight two or three times a wee! have to do much tralning. I hai interesting experlences. A promoter in S with Jack McGaire, usplel cver been tenipted with. 1 made so: best I could learn was that he was ringer, so I accepted. When I arrived in Savannah I policeman, and a ure enough middlewelsht. The town and he sent the chief of police around with & mess “town prides’” and and’ didn't sevcral hard bouts, however, and many nnah wired me an offer of $360 for a fifteen-round I had mever heard of McGuire and I got over the offer because it wi inguirien about McGuire, and the = Savanmah product Getting Even With the Cops. found that he was a middleweight wae greatly excited, e “Tell that bum I'll knock him dead in a round. There was no chance to run out of it and the purse was such a temptation that I decided to take a good beating for it if necessary. McGuire, however. proved swinging fellow, and I jabbed him silly. him out in another round. to be mostly bluff. He was a _Strong, 1 belleve I could have knocked ater I drifted into a small town the name of which I Some time 1. hesitate to mention, because the constables may still be around. oftered 3400 for the bout, and when 1 was 1 went to cash the check the next morning 1 was told that the promoters had only thirty dollars deposited. I took the thirty and started out looking for the law. eace, and he said: The law is on He suggested that I stick around a few da the town justice of the “Young feller, T'll fix ‘em. I was referred to as Yankee Swartz and Joe Mandot were scheduled to fight at the same club and that the treasury might be ralded legally. How He Got the Cotn Due Him. On the night of the fight he summoned two constables, who met me fully armed, and we journeyed to the cli $400, then we descemded on the box The constables pulied their guns, flashed bf They came out with a roll 1 figured that they had fak office. the money drawer. We stayed outside until tin badges and seized s and counted out $400 for me. They then whacked up $100 between them, and we beat it. Swartz and Mandot had been guaranteed $250, and they didn't get a cent, as the show blew up and the promoters left town with the stranded club behind them. The south was gettin One of the big events in my 1li pretty well fe: and Britton was getting itchy feet aggin, so fl happened on that trip to the coast. d u; P, on, Britton by that time, I hit out to California. I went into one of the hotels to send a telegram to New York, and I caught sight of a very attractive girl at the stenographer's desk. learned she was Miss Rena Norton On_fnquiry I She later became Mrs. Britton and the mother of my four little Brittons. My difficulty in collecting that 3400 over on me by Ritchie convinced me that rse and the way I had it put needed a manager. In the next B chapter I will tell you how I became associated with Dan Moérgan, who steered me to the champlonship. (Tomorrow Britton tells Row he ager, Mis fights with Eddie Murphy, ersuaded Dan Morgan o act as his mon- Aarley White and Mike O'Dowd, how the REAL TIGER OBTAINED AS PRINCETON MASCOT PRINCETON, N. J., April 7~The ‘Tigers are to have a real tiger for & mascot. In the future, when the Yale bulldog invades the Princeton Jungle for foot ball games, a ma- tive of a real jungle probably will be on the other side line. Word came by cable today that J. F. Howard, a Princeton graduate, had captured a tiger in India and was sending it to the university. DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE HAS G2-GAME SCHEDULE Organisation of the Departmental League was completed yesterday, when L. P. Cook was elected vice presidertt and G. C. Elder secretajy and treasurér. Six teams will com- pose the eircuit, Treasury, Navy, Bu- reau of Engraving, Naval Hospital, Agriculture and Government Printers. Sixty-two games have been listed for the season, which will open April 23, with Navy and Naval Hospital clashing on the White Lot. Regular, contests will be staged each week day, except Saturday, starting at o'clock. Postponements will be played on_Saturdays. Here 1s the complete schedule; April 23, Navy vs. Naval Hospitaly 94, Bu- reau of iture; 85, Prist it i, Treasumy val Hospital; 3, Printers vs. vy 7o Buresy ef Engrev. ital vs. Treasury; as Hospital vs, . . Navy; 18_ Treasury va. Burseu 21, Neval, Hospital ve, Printers . ‘Navy; 23, Naval Hospital ve. i, iculture ~ vs. vi, Navy; . N 30, " Boli ‘m:wv e . Navy; 30. . Naval Hospital. June 1, Printers vi. 18, Tressury vs. Hivl Hospital; | vs. Agriculture Navy vs. Agriculture; 28, Buresu of ing vs. Tressury; 30, Priitars ve, Neval Hos. 77, Navy ve.'Trea 25, Bureau of ngraviag ve. Nuval Hospial; 39, Frinters TueTE Ny ve. Buresu of Eogrine uly 2. Navy v s Naval Hospital ve, Treamicys 4, HE vae Princars; 6, Naval . Hospltal ve: iture: 9, Bureau 10. Agriculture Nawl Hopinal vi, Newy; 12, Bureau of vi 3 fure’ vs. ors; 16, Treasury vs. Bureau of Eagraving; 1 Naval Hospital vs. Printers; 19, ~Tress. 37 v MNavy; 20, Naval Hospital vi. Bureau of Engraving; 23, Agriculture wa Printers; 34, Bureau vs, Navy; 35, Tressury vi. Naval ixa-ylu" 36, Printers ve. Navy; P s of Engraviog: Sh: Troaary . i v 3 81, ury vs. Agriculture. ARLINGTON A . Toaurs; Printery) a1 Agriculture v, Virginia that may interest s T its grandstand, which also will be today, more room being provided along the first-base line. Nine veterans are among the candidates for the team. Practice is being held daily. STEVENS TENNIS TEAM TO VISIT DUMBARTON Stevens Institute temnis team will play the Dumbarton racketers en the latter's courts in George- town tomerrow afterncon at 3:30 o’clock. There 'will be singles and doubles. Stevems, though having outstanding star, is said to have strong combination. SETS BILLIARD MARK. LONDON, April 7.—Thomas New- man established what is clafmed to be a world's record in the semi-finals of the professional billiard champion- |ship of England by scoring three successive breaks of 542, 705 and 850. The break of $50 is described as the highest ever scored in a champion- first big money began to roil in, and why he suddenly decided he must win a titlc.) | ship match. HUNTER AND RICHARDS WIN PAIRED:; NOW FACE NEW YORK, April 7.—Vincent Richards and Francis T. Hunter com- bined tennis forces in winning one national indoor champlonship at the 7th Regiment armory yesterday. To- day they play not as partners, but as opponents in another title match, the final of the singles By all 0dds the most sparkling play of the week marked the program that narrowed the singles field to Rich- ards and Hunter and that ended in & defeat of the doubles winners of last year, 8. Howard Voshell and Frank T. Anderson, 6—3, 7—3, 7—5. ‘There was not one of the quartet of singles and doubles contenders who was not keyed up to his best tennis pitoh. Every one opened the gpoed throttle wide and played with a zest that not only raised the stand- ard of thefr game, but dell large .gallery. In both sin an: doubles there were sustained rallles, seneational recoveries and brilliant placements that even the uninitiated among the gathering could not help but appreciate. : Richards came through to the sin- gles final at the expense of Voshell, 1917 and 1918 indoor champion, 9—17, 6—1. At the skme time Hunter dis- posed of ‘Anderson; whom Nhe Geprived of the title in last year’s taurnament. Hunter did not clinch his victory in straight sets, but- the decisivercss with which he placed the final divi- sion of play to his credit left n further room for ment. He won at 6—4, 4—8, 6—1. . ON COLLEGE DIAMONDS At Brookland-—Vermont 3, C. U. & At. Univeranity of 8. C—~Sauth Carow lina 4, Maryland 3 (10 {nnings). At Charlettesville, ' Vas and 17, Virginia & By % itown, ';’. Va—West Vir- SRR s sorme oo lege Fordham : A,L"mehl-,'n‘;" Vl-—llzllml'v of i e Furan At Clemson, S. C—Georgia 6, Clem- :_'i:"nhn.’ Ala—Aubura & Trintty At Afial‘..l‘ Ga~~Georgia Tech 1, At K’—‘E“fi_ y 4 Notre Dame 3. At Newberry, 8. C—Newberry 6, e M:‘M: oS, 8. ComWotlord 4, INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil. The golfer who uses the square stance, and most golters do, must understand why this square atance must begin to epen up as the iron club shots get shorter. For the full shot with any fron club—a full shot being where you want all the df you get with the club—the stays square, but when you get in the neighborhood of the green the left foot must begin to come around to the left. Anything from ek stick %0 the square stance for 150 yards. It is when you get right close to the green you must be very careful with the wide-open stance =——gareful that you use it. You camnot make those small chip shets, or you cannot execute the , abot mocurately. otherwise. The left foot brought far around to the left, with the feet well uj ?‘lh«r\ tlens the back stroke the club, and that automatically ocontrels the power you put on the ball. Open the stance when you are ‘clese to the green and you will your remedy for that ex- asperating chipping from one side of the green.to the other—and back again. (Copyright, Jobn F. Dille Co.) MoGRAW IS 50 TODAY; JENNINGS 51 TOMORROW NEW YORK, April 7.—Manager John J. McGraw of the New York Giants and his first assistant, Hughie Jennings, formerly manager of the Detroit ers, celebrated thelr birth- days today at Memphis, Tenn. en route home with the club, which has been training in the south. McG fifty years old and Jen- nings will'be fifty-one tomorrow. Mc- Graw was born at Truxton, N. Y., in 1873, and Hughie at Scranton, Pa., April 8, 1 — Cincinnati Polo Olub members pur- chased the seven ponies which the in ln{hfllns:ufliwhtcm“un LANSING AND NEWTON IN GOLF TITLE MATCH PINEHURST, N. C, April 7.— Charles T. Lansing of Tenafly, N. J., and Frank C. Newton of Brookline, Mass., will meet today in & thirty-stx- hole match, the final round of the annual tournament for the north and south amateur golf champlonship title. Yesterday in the semi-finals Lan- sing defeated W. C. Hunt, Houstén, by the surprising margin of 5 up and 4. Newton came through with a victory of $ and 2 over J. M. Wells of the East Liverpool Country Club. EXHIBITION GAMES At Duwson Springy, Ky.— Boston (A) ... Zoutaville (AR) Battorios—Fullerton _end Waltars Oulisy et Meyer, Broteem. T At Atlants, Ge.— ° 2 u 1 Qlavaland k) Toronto (Iatl Ooveleskl ; N 3l snd Myatt; ® Batteriee—8mi| Lynch, Taylor At Jeckson, Miss.— Now York (M) . * 1 1 Chicago (A) . 3 10 2 Batteriw—Nehf, V. Barnes and Gaston: Loverstt, Fader and Grabam. At Houston, Texsa— Hourton (Texss) 1.1 Battaries—H. Dumovioh, Ghosves azd Grisith. wu e 5 ¢ . M. Dumovich, Hartnett; Plarret, Goodwin snd At Bichmont, Vo—m Philadelphis (4) - Richmend (Va) Batteries—Opden, MoMlilsn sad Bruggy; Dodson, Btickradt and Woells, | At Shreve, Now Tort ;A')"'. Brooklyn (W) aste Ve e dnd Deverey, wnd T 3 At ‘Portamou 0. e e e ctambee. AL), n A B), 8. '“A‘t:m.. e Zroie (), 17; 8t Paal At Charistts, N. C—Atlsats (8). 8; Chalotts (84), 7. Car De,:r.‘-nt of the Rallroad Y. M C. A gue won all three gam from the Nuts last night with the 421." Doying took all scores 431, 388, ith & set of 309 and the honers gsme of 121, 1, . C. PREPARES FOR A STRENUOUS SEASON HERE'S a dogged determination now being evidenced in nearby Ball players of Washington are going to get the battle of their lives from the Virginia nines this season. Arlington Athletic Club, is getting ready. Additional seating capacity for PLAY THE BRAVES TODAY; FINAL AT BASE IN TAMPA - Rookies Are at Jacksonville to Meet Boston Recruits. President Griffith Still Dickering for Pitcher Frank Reil of Smokers. TAMPA, Fla., April 7.—Manager clothes containers had to be packed collective heels of the clan of Griffith 1 EASTERN NINE TO TRY | FOR ANOTHER VICTORY After its defeat of George Mason High School yesterday, 16 to 5, East- ern High s all primed to meet Cath- olic University freshmen today at | Brookland. The East Capitol lads demonstrated in yesterday's game that they have a | hitting team. Capt. Roudabush, who | pitched for six frames allowed only | a palr of hits and fanned six men. The five runs made by the visitor: were obtained off Madigan and Bu dine. Central had little trouble in defeat- ing Woodberry Forest at Orange, Va. § to 1. Woodberry had the bask: full in the ninth, but failed to score. In a hard-fought game on the Ellipse yesterday, Swaveley defeated St. John's College, 6 to 5. Welss, per- forming on the mound for Swavely, fanned fifteen men and allowed but five hits. RAY FAILS OF RECORD. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 7.—Jole Ray, Illinois A. C. failed last night to ‘lnwer his own record for the mile lin & hendicap race at the 106th Armory. Ray, starting from scratch, |ran third to George Bertsch, 174th | Regiment, and G. Goerse, Buffalo Ce: tral Y. M. C. A. His time was 4.19, a new record for the course. ome of our sandlotters. It is this: One team in particular, the painted, was announced by the club Cherrydale A. C., champions of northern Virginia, will be met April |15. This undoubtedly will be one of | the most hotly contested battles of | the year, as they are warm rivals. Tomorrow, at 1 o'clock, Manager Dube wanty these men to report for a workout. Wise Ufer, Amores, Den- nett, Ferguson, Pound, Pfileger, Har- rison, Beauchamp, Laycock, Deuter- man, Pettitt, Richardson, Snoots, Deléshmut, Watson, Morgan and Wil- ett. District teams can get gamesy through Leo F. Wise, business man- ager, post office, Arlington, Va. | Eplphanys, one of the best junior {nines of last year, plan a heavy sched- |ule. With a newly organized club | and several additional men trying for | positions, the Epiphany Jads now are seeking games. Bruce Kessler Iscap- {tain, and Earle Moser, Franklin 11853-W, Is manager. Among the can- | didates are: Infielders, Holden. O |rand, Bruce, Kessler, Wirl Wirtly, Scruggs, Walker Hale, Alfred Mac- Donald, Edward Elliott; outfielders, Gordon’ Keasler, Carlton Colling, Bur- ton McCann, Harvey Robinson; catch- ers, Earls Mosher, George Hogge, George Lynch; pitchers, Arthur De- zondorf, Laurence Boerner, Angus Heeke and Thurston Dean. Department of Agriculture messen- ger boys have organized a junior base ball league. W. Skinner is president. White Haven A. C. has issued a defl to teams in the unlimited class and Is arranging games through R. J. Kaldenbach at Cleveland 2160. Manager McQueen at Franklin 8611 is booking a heavy schedule for the Powhatan Midgets. He has several dates open for teams in the thirteen- year-old class. Kanawha Midgets open the seasom tomorrow with a game with the champion Linworths, on the Monu- ment grounds, diamond No. 7. Century A. C. meets the fast Park View A. C. tomorrow at 1 o'clock on the Rosedale diamond. Manager Jones wants all the Century players to report on the fleld at 12:30. Ome of the best games of the sea- son s expected to take place when the Superba A. C. faces the Mount Rainier nine tomorrow on the latter's diamond at 3 o'clock. Andy Baldwin, sr., has been elected manager again this year, and Harrie Newman, 3415 Bunker Hill road, is arranging games for the Mount Rainier lads. National A. C. will have the same team it had last year, with the excep- tion of Harris, a pitcher, who left the city. These are the men: Clark, Gar- rett, Young, Taylor and Walker, In- fielders; Flanigan, Hillery and Lydon, outflelders; Schley, Hanley, pitchers: Zumbo, catcher; Pollard, Finnegan and Ritnour, reserves Telephone a;ll:nm to Manager Taylor at West Maurice Wasserman, star pitcher for the City Post Office team last year, is slated to do the mound work for the Rialto nine, in its game with the Herzl team tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, on diamond No. 4, Monument lot. Games can be arranged with Rialtos by phoning Manager Joe Mes- singer, at Main 1509. ‘Wateh the Mohawk’ A. C., last year's independent champlons, when it hooks with the Phil A. C. tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock on”the diamond at Gth and L streets southeast. The follow- ing Mohawk players are requested to report at the clubhouse not later than 10 o'clotk: McDonald, Fridinger, ‘Winegardner, Payne, Keily, -Thomp- son, Smith, Chaconas, Delaney, Mc- Quinn, Simmons, Lynn, O'Nell, Dyer, McCarthy, Willlams, McCann, Mader, Queen, Bjorkland, Hardy, Burns, Co- vert, Fraser, Sothern, Cox, Johnson, Allen, America and Prather. SEXTETS CLASH TONIGHT. Hurricana and Wlilson Normal School _sextets clash tonight at the Central Y. M. C. A. in a game that will end the basket ball season for girls. Both tegms will present their Tegular line-upa’ BY JOHN B. KELLER. Donie Bush and his reduced squad of Nagionals are as busy as a company of one-armed paperhangers suffering with hivu_today‘ Not only were a grueling morning drill and an afternoon game with the Braves scheduled, but trunks and other and everything put in order for the six days’ journey to the Washington stronghold. These activi k the ending of the: fourth annual training session of the N‘;ti;rsu'l:uz! Tampa. After tomorrow morning the dust, or rather the sand, of this fair municipality of the west coast of Florida wi 1 ill be missing from the urém next year. ome now under contract may not be wearing Washington uniforms in 1924, but those due to don them will visit here, for Plant Field s to be the stamping ground of the squad in its pro;season work for four more years ut seventeen of the twenty-eight playing members of the squad were ere today for the tilt with the Bos- ton National Leaguers, the others de- arting for Jacksonville last night hose who left ahead of the main detail wers to encounter the Braves second string aggregation this after- noon. They are accompanied by Coach Nick Altrock and Acting Field Sec- retary Dick Richards. The advance guard will bs over: hauled at Jacksonville tomorrow night for the northward trip. Presi- dent Grifith, who is not to remain with the club to witness the exhibi- tlon engagements, 1 due to arrive in Washington Monday and expects te have with him six members of the squad. Those Due Here Monday. Thoee slated to make the trip to Washington direct are Walter John- son, one of the pitchers in today's contest; Pete Lapan, catcher: Kay Beach, " hurler; Jimmy O'Nelll anl Chick Gagnon, inflelders, and George McNamara, outfielder. Johnson'is to continue his work- outs on the home fleld and may be used in the opening game at Phila- delphia, April 18 So far, the future status of the layers, other than Johnson, Who ar o proceed directly to the National balliwlck has not been determined. The placihg of Beach with some minor league club before the clan of Griffith quit Florida was considered but nothing has developed in the pitcher's case. O'Nelll recently signed a Washington contract, but it was more & matter of form than anything else, for he actually was the property of the club. Unless he can be farmed to & worth-while organization he probably will be retained for utility service. Griith etill is dickering for Frank Rell, right-hand pitcher of the Florida State League Tampa team, whose trial Thursday was so impressive. He has made a cash offer for the slabman, but the Tampa president prefers players. The Nationals' president declares he has_none to leave here at present. Griffith, however, thinks much of the Smoker hurler and it may be that Reil will be seen in Washington soon. La Motte Stul Is Alling. All_of the Natfonals except Bobby La Motte participated in yesterday's long drill on Plant Fleld. La Motte has been unable to rid himself of the severe charleyhorse that has both- ered him for several davs. He hopes to play at third base when the club performs in Savannah Monday after- noon. That {s Bobby's home town and the natives are planning a rousing re- ception for him and the others of Griffith's crew. Roger Peckinpaugh, who has been nursing a mending broken finger while indulging in light fielding and batting practice, had the splints re- moved from the troublesome digit esterday and assumed his regular Derth at short fleld. It seems as though his old jinx was still on his trail, for the first ball hit at Peck took a mean hop and struck the in- fielder in the face. He was not hurt severely, however, and went about hls practice in a brilliant matner. Peck appears in far better physical condition than he was last season and at batting practice met the ball in pleasing style. A lengthy “skull” practice was a feature of yesterday's drill. Plays involving direct, intercepted and re- Jayed throws from the outfield were thoroughly rehearsed. both by regu- lars and recruits. The importance of reinforcing piayers to prevent damage by overthrows was {m- pressed upon the athletes. Shifts 1o meet emergencies in flelding also were carefully planned. It was a most_constructive form of training for the older heads as well a8 the youngsters. LOGAL COLLEGE NNES ENDBLUSY WEEK TODAY Resting on thelr laurels of clever performances In games earlfer in the week, Georgetown and Cathollc Uni- versity base ball squads will hold a light workout today. Only two local oolleges figure in contests this after- noon. Maryland is meeting Buffalo Internationals at Anderson, 8. C., to end its trip, while Gallaudet is visit- ing St. John's at Annapolis, Md. It was a tough game that Csthollo University lost to Vermont yester- day. A ninth-inning rally gave the Granite State outfit .the margin at 3 to 2. Young walked, Dubas sacr- floed, Ready singled and Durgin's fly was missed by Denault for the win- ning runs. In the last half of the ninth the Brooklanders loaded the bases, but failed to deliver the neces- sary punch. May pitched excellent ball for Moran's proteges. Gallaudet has & hard fight on ita hands today if the game St. John's played yesterday with Fordham can be taken as an example. The An- napolis men_won, 5 to 4. Maryland bowed to South Carolina yesterday in a ten-inning struggle, 4 tod. SOX SIGN ROBERTSON. Charles Robertson, one of Manager Gleason's 1923 finds and . pitcher of a no-hit game last vear, who has been a holdout, has come to terms with the White Sox. Radiators and Fenders T 10 DIFFERENT lmmuwn WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS S0 F 6A10. G5 P M TMS. INDIAN it MOTOCYCLE DISTRIBUTOR Used and Rebullt Motocy: B Termeiepaiee HOWARD A. FRENCH & CO. 424 9th Street N.W. Bowie Races April 2d to 14th 1 Trains Lesve on W., B. & A. Ptoreniio, 12:30, 18148, 1:00, 1:30. to Grandstand.