Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1923, Page 25

- SPORTS." THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, . C., TUESDAY,’ APRIL 10, ‘1923 ." 'SPORTS. s Griff Asserts Local Pitching Staff Is O. K. : Busy Week for Maryland Athletes JOHNSON WILL BE READY ‘FOR OPENING OF SEASON Boss Expects Warmoth to Work With Walter, Mog- ridge and Zach as Regular at the Outset. O’Neill Will Be Retained. BY DENMAN series of the season with the l morrow, the information ollowing his arrival from Florida w was THOMPSON. HAT Walter Johnson probably will be ready to pitch in the opening Mackmen, starting a week from to- imparted by Clark Griffith today ith seven members of the Washing- hon squad—Johnson, Beach, Gharrity, Lapan, O'Neill, McNamara and agnon ) ohnson demonstrated in the fi week that his arm is in splendid condition,” Griff said. but otherwise looked great. fng exactly one month next Wednes hat gam 1 to get into condition. The be: ve innings he pitched at Tampa last “He was wild in Johnson will have been in train- and that is plenty of time for feature about Walter is that he is lown to weight, but he is strong with it, and I think he will show the fans he is about ready when he works agains| Saturda he two exhibition games here next Grift 1 that from th he pitche 2 up now there o club in the le his opinion, which has a b ington with the jof the Yankee reason for the the 1lubious str possible exception he can't see any bear stories about gth of the local corps. He said he believed that | Warmoth would be the flinger to| work with Johnson and Zachary as the “big local | Staff at the sta *“Warmoth loc his workout the ses awfully mpa last Saturday, believe he will be outset nd | a regular at the According to Griff, Jimm former shortstop of the who has been th sons e of oved rapidly that ably will be retained for utility pur- poses, although Bluege will” have first call on a4 job in casa anything | should hapyen “to Peck, Conroy or Harris. The boss asserts that Ghar- rity’s arm unquestionably {8 sound again and thac Lapan will be kept. along with Gharrity, Ruel and grave. He sa able spots a Heach both will t velopment The an tlonals a game with sity team her roneou cording that the practice with the game aga At Annapolis nest team would vrctic Tuesday morr ilines: he prob- that the N: an exhibition town Univer- next Tuesday is e to Griff. He said | tilts would end 18t the Navy nine Monday, that tb thé local lot and entrain t afternoon for Philadelphia, where the son will be opene fol- lowing day. April 18 All but Gagna pilated back to t uniform, going th ti of the squad were on the gh ifr lot in customary KING PINS MAY GET JOLT IN INAUGURAL BALL GAME I nine, a new ING PIN base bal to the brim l : game. Alexandria. one of the most powerf in the Mou from. follov Sun Manager N Blue has some thirty candidates out for the team. Satur- day he will cut his squad down and probably select the line-up that will face the Alexandrians Ralph Benner. lanky i is assured of with Spike Handy at second. Ac cording to Blue, the King Pins are in dire need of a left handed mounds man. Any vouth who would like a| try-out cun reach Blue at 1801 W, ming avenue mnorthwest, or phone | him at Adams 1566 between 6 and 7 o'clock R six-foot first his positio. In a fine exhibition of sandlot base ball the Stag nine defeated the Ar- rows yesterday, 4 to 3. Good batting R.’Snyder and A. Snyder gave the gs their victor: Nat Glasser's York team will meet Robert Etris’ Savoy nine in the fifth e_of the newly organized Cran- League at 4:30 o'clock on the diamond, at 17th street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Games In the fifteen and ixteen d class with the St. Stevens | can be arranged ~through Horne, West 1982 First | practice of the club was held ster- | day. Ianawha Insects had an easy time | defeuting the Scrubs yesterday after- | noon, 17 to 10. Teléphone Manager Tash, Main 5 for games in the Argyle Preps will face the Epip! row afternoon ai 4 nine tomor- | lock. | Completion of ity new fleld at 37th land Reservoir streets north st has [been announced by the Knicker- bocker Club. | Natlonal Midgets won two games | vesterday, defeating the H Street nine, 20 to 0, and Lafayettes, 13 to 0. Shamrocks will pr: hursday and Friday afternoons at o'clock and Sunday morning. ce tomorrow, 5 Interstate Juniors will hold their econd workout today on diamond 7 of the Monument grounds. Can- idates should report to Manager wis at 5 o'clock. | Namara chased flies for a quarter of | wound up with a jog around the park. 'WHY BENTLEY CUT OUT Pleasant neighborhood. where most of the players hai < of the club who have witnessed the team practice predict that the Cardinals will be given a trimming. \a dance Organization of the Handley A. C., omposed of Petworth lads, has been | the Braves in the first of after a couple of days spent in train riding. Although the temperature in on is many degrees cooler than ch prevailed at Tampa the ath- well bundled up, got In a good out under the eye of their boss, who asserts they will be better able to obtain better results here than if they had s ed with their barnstorming mates on the trip north this week. Johnson indulged in a good warming up with ¢ rrity recelving him, and Lapan handled Beach shoots. O'Neiil put in a period of infleld work and Me- an hour. The batting drill was nec ¢ limited. owing to the scarcity ail hands joined in a per- ucing pepper game and ball headquarters today = an- “kets for the exhibitions n Braves here next Sat- urday Sunday will be placed on sale at Spaldinge at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. THE BABE RUTH SWING CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 10.—Said Jack Bentley today when atting position to uxed to tnke #he long, hard cut at the ball Ruth takes, but found myxelf stepping out too m h. You have to take that kind f 5 xwinz to hit them ax far ax Ruth doex, but I found out that If 1 wanted to strike out lexs and make more hawe hits I'd have to tighten up and 1 did. It seemed to me that by making the change 1w playing more for the ball el | i comer in sandlot ranks and jammed with ginger, may be overambitious in its opening |leys tonight at § o'cl the northwest lads tackleithe Cardinal A. C. of ul teams in this vicinity. Howev il | | | announc Plans now ure being made by the club to form one of the best nines in that neighborhood. Cherrydale A. C. base ball cham- plons of Northern Virginia, will hold Friday night in the Fire- man’s Auditorium. Randle Juniors have the following trying for the nine: Pierce, Hearth, Tamorria, Boyer, Sheppard, Tolbert, ’silton, ~ Myers, Kidwell, Hardy, Shackelford, "Douglass and Charnley. Games can be arranged through Man- ager Carl Tammorria, at 1104 D street southeast. n the junfor division are wanted by the Prospect A. C. J. F.| Keller. Main 5710, branch 151, is | manager. | Sherwood Cubs want to arrange a | game for Saturday with any fourteen- | year-old team, Capt. Stephen Tilley, North 6611 W, has announced. 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A Dutch wife ix the name of an oblong pillow that everybody unex in the tropics as n sort of leg prop while in hed xo that the air may eirculate more freely. ridiculous, but Ix very practical. The sxame mny he true of the llagher and Shean” helmets that firut-clasx pussengers are wearing. 1 am sure they look ridiculons, 1 awoke at the uxunl time—dny- bhreak. Thix time hardly varfes here in thix tropi, equator. The ave, day varies only forty minutes dur- ing the yenr and the temperature iy alwayx the same. The cannls are always vanexe, who are the cle: ple in the world. They bathe five timex n dny. 1 know this to ax they perform thelir ablutions In public. It ix a mys- tery how they mre able to cleanse themselves In such yellow, muddy water, which Ix full of varlous Sounds Batik work w in America, 3 felx informs 5 he Batik bought by e paskengers wax m Java Ix alxe ¢ of the thecantphropus man—one of the st ments in the world. We falled to xee any of hix relatives out, although I think xome of the eggx xerved at hreakfant must have come from hisx barhyard. JAVANESE 0 — A heen awarded to t avenue; street northeast Euclid H. L. H. H nd Miss street mor | ¥ Mary cvenue of the Washing- ague won all three TERMINAL ICE ROLLERS 7 3 and 172 Dorothy White of iers had the high game, 101. Oftice Termina) lce the title in the night when they won all three games from the Royals They had to go some to turn the trick. having games of 570, 561 and 574. for a total of 1.705. Royals' scores were 542, 551 and 556, making 1.652 for the set Muiroe of the Terminals turned high game of 131 and Supp Royals had the best set of 360, duckpinners District League elinched alxo pulled the int. the gistry girls nning with the 1 437. Miss McCor- ners had the high st win e, 108 YALE ALLOWS SWEETSER TO TAKE BRITISH JAUNT W _HAVEN, Conn.. April 10.— tser of Yale, national npion, ~ will he in e of the Lorraine Gulll, regarded as the best feminine bowler in the District Mrs. Beattle (nee “Pat” Patters former champlon th 1y meet in a match at K Dep ast ni night's d as a member an team that will par- inte lonal Walker with Great Britain r's high scholas- from his with his of the ek the W began last to rolling in tournay, which Leaders in were: en’s Team No. 1, 1. Women's Team—Finance, 1181 Men's Doubles—McDonald and Cram, 619: Stockett and Co Men's Singles—Mc Mondn of & box of candy I studies will not interfere raduation, it was declared B — Brookland Juniors had a in its game with Marfeldt . but managed to make hits and won, 7 to 6. 3 McGuire, at North 7571, ix secking games for the Brookland- ht bowling Adjutant General's OF South hard fight at the King 0 EISEMAN’S 605-607 7tll S{- Please Note That We Are Located Bet. F and G Sts. STYLISH SPRING SUITS That Give Good Sturdy Wear s 2 u Eiseman’s for $20. Our $20 Suits are guaranteed to give g satisfactory wear. They are made of all- wool materials and are finely tailored to \\\\\W//// \\\\/—\ \/// SWESNZ insure durability as well as style. Always MEN’S WEAR The whole aim of this store is always to excel in ‘quality and never to exceed in price. We have the clothes and the prices to prove it! Investigate the Stein-Bloch Suits and Topcoats $45.00 SIDNEY WEST Incorporated 14th and G Streets Sole Washington Representatives of Danlap Hats and Stein-Bloch Clothes OWSLEY PRESENTS CUP FOR LEGION MEET HERE Natlonal Commander Alvin M. Ows- ley of the American Legion has pre- sented a handsome silver cup to De- partment Commander John Lewis Smith, for competition in the third annual meet of the leglon, which will be held Saturday, April 21, at the Central Stad:um, “The national commander,” said Capt. Smith, “is keenly interested in the promotion of sports, not only among Leglon posts, but among the youngsters. The cup will be award- ed to the American Legion post scor- ing the greatest number of points in our meet. Post Pepartment Com- mander Drain presented a cup last year, which must be won three times before it becomes permanent prop- erty."” A special half-mile relay, for scho- lastic treshmen, will be included in the program. This makes four relay | numbers for the local high schools. Entries will close Thursday of this week. They may be filled at Spald- s Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will be the honorary referee of the games. Col. Roosevelt said he would be glad to assist. TWOD. C. NETMEN FALL IN PINEHURST TOURNEY PINEHURST, N. C.. April 10.—Two of the three Washington tennis play- ers who entered the North-South title events were on the side lines when the second day's play was begun today Mrs. Winifred Ellis, former Dis- trict of Columbia champion, was the survivor, und she went into the sec- | ond round through a default pt. A. J. Gore and T. J. Mangan | ot by the first round. the former through a default, and the latter by | ry over H. Stadel, Stam- . Conn., 6—4, but both were eliminated in the next stage. Gore gave Josiah Wheelwright of Vew York a real battle before suc- sumbing. 6-—4, 97, but Mangan was no match for 8. Howard Voshell of | Brooklyn, one of the ranking ten, being beaten, 6—3, 6— | Vincent Ricbards of Yonkers, hold- er of the national indoor singles and national turf and indoor doubles ti- tles, and G. Carlton Shaffer of Phila- delphia, present holder of the north and south and southern Florida champion, playing in the upper brack- | et. permitted their respective oppo- | of thelr matches. Voshell, who is former indoor cham- plon und runner-up to Shaffer in the | north and south last year, and Dr. | P’hillip B. Hawk of Philadelphia, na- | tional veterans champion and winner | of the recent Florida state and south- eastern tournaments, are the favor- ites in the lower frame. | hentx to win only one game in each |take part in any scholastic or interschol- INSIDE GOLF —By George O'Neil, The golfer must get one idea everlastingly fixed in his mind, and that fs—Adon’t be forever changing your styl The player cam progress if he determines upon ome stance, and and then wticks to it. He will be- come better and bettep—don't get sore. I'm not going to say “day by y”—if he adopts one grip and ways uses it. There ia one par- | THINK 'M IMPROVIN ticular grip which ix best for you, and one stance; find out what they are and then uwe them alwayw. It is the repetition that counts; ever changing and experimenting keeps you alwnys in the changing nd experimenting claxs without much progre You fafl to pro- &ress when you xo about the game that way becauxe you fall to stick to one atyle long enough to de- velop it. If you could observe Chick Evans, Jock Hutchinson, George Duncan, Rudy Knepper, Jexs Sweetner and many otherx of the first rank, and you observed criti- cally, you would not fail to note that they always make their xhots in the same old way, with never any varfation. The more nenrly they do this, the more nearly per- fect are their results. (Copyright, John F. Dille Company.) “HEH COURT TOSETLE SCHODL SPORTIPUTES | Maryl. Disputes arising over the eligibil- |1ty of high school athletes hereafter settled by an “athletics court | of appeals,” which will be guided by three new rules. This action has been announced by the board of education. The new rules provide that any dis- pute arising in any branch of high school athletic competition will first be heard by the board of principals In the event a satisfactory decision is not reached, an appeal may be made to the “high court,” whose say will be final. Rules adopted are 1 Any pupil participating in ath-| letlc contests of a club or organiza- tion outslde of school is ineligible to lastic contests. 2. If there is any question as to the eligibility of a student before a contest, that student shall be ineli- | gible to engage in said contest | 3. High school principals shall give to each other lists of all their stu- dents eligible to engage in competi- tion. | | | Lexington for a dual meet with Virginia Military Institute. | Hopkins ‘at lacrosse, as it is the only | more often I THREE GAMES SCHEDULED - FOR THE BASE BALL NINE Tos 2z Gallaudet, St. John’s and Navy on List—Track Teany® in Meets With V. M. I. and W. and L. and Lacrosse Twelve Plays Middies. e 253 noit esly Jud awog a1 BY H. C.-BYRD. LT 3 > 7 . =3 1 NIVERSITY OF MARYLAND athletic team started yesterday, yih. a base ball victory over University of Vermont, what is to besgiis of their busiest weeks of the year. Tomorrow the base ball teaser plays Gallaudet at College Park, Friday St. John's of Annapolis visitefdes the first of its two games with the Old Line team. Friday the track ¢t meets Washington and Lee at Lexington in a dual meet, and SatdrHs$> the base ball and lacrosse teams make the trip to Annapolis to test tlvéir strength against the Navy, while the track and field team remaimddas® n00n Maryland is looking forward to its yesterday. He can do about evaswd lacrosse game with the Navy prob- | thIng in base ball there is to be %5 ably with more interest than to any | &1d Just watch him make good onythgg protessional diamond. Litot other contest. The team in the games cilotb S >mos already played has shown strength| Seldom s any more hitting doneTn beyond anything known in a Mary- (a college ball game than took plae! land lacrosse squad in previous vears, | yvesterday in the setto between Mapps) and supporters of the Old Line school | land and Vermont. Maryland jumneA: are expecting the Navy contest to de- | on Burno in the opening inning 1ois termine whether the twelve is strong | four runs and Vermont in turn landed: enough this #pring to stand a fair | on Nihiser for five runs in the secohdd chance to beat Hopkins. Maryland is |and third periods. Maryland won Ay especlally desirous of winning from (a margin of one run because it hdts when men were on theo Maryland had only six playess! | stranded, while Vermont had ele hase ball the Marvianders feel |left on. they hav an even chance in any game in which they appear and are not worrying much about that sport As far as the track and field squad is concerned, it is very likely to get *wo defeats on the trip to Lexington &port in which the Baltimoreans have | bags. been consistently the stronger. In {from the outfits of 1921-22, and most | hit. | week, | Saturday. | Johnnies at Annapolis last week in a | most at will 19 At College Park—Maryland, 8 Ver- mont, 7. At Charlottes Cornell 10 (calle At Cambrodge—Harvard, necticut, 5. At New York—Dartmouth, lumbia, 4. ‘18 At Davidwon—North Carolina State,d 11 Davidwon, 0. 1ol At Blockahurg—V. P. L. 3; Lynchua hur College, o1 At Lafayette—Notre Dame, 3; Punal | due, 0. At Nashville—Vanderbilt, 14; Michds nd is doing little this year in xcept try to bufld up a squad for next spring. In fact, Maryland is going to et through the current year in athletics far more creditably than it had any thought of at the beginning of it Adoption of the one r rule last kpring left the various teams this year with no new material and only kuch material available as was left track 6 L8] of the comblinations were rather hard Catholic University’s nine is at {Philadelphia today for a game with | Pennsylvania. | have their work cut out for them. The Brooklanders | INDIAN MOTOCYCLE i DISTRIBUTOR Georgetown has only one game this that with Washington College | on Friday. Washington College re- nains here two days, playing Catho- | ¢ University Saturday. After meeting Maryland Fri St John's rema here %o play Gallaudet Gallaudet won from the on HOWARD A. FRENCH & CO. 424 Oth Street N.W. game in which both teams scored al- _ | Radiators and Fenders “Paul Florence In one of the sweet- | ANYT KIND MADE O REPAIRED, est-looking college ball players that| Gores installed in any make. 1 have seen in veurs" was the com-| 10 DIFFERENT MAXES RADIATORS, pliment a former professional ball WITTSTATT'S R. player paid the Georgetown catcher | 9 13th F. 6410. “I know why they sold seven billion”