Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1924, Page 24

SPORTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, C TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1924 SPOR TS - Nationals Getting Ready for Dodgers : Pratt Slated to Play Second for Tygers TIONALS’ YANNIGAN INFIELD QUARTET “STANDING UP” AT TAMPA HARRIS INDICATES TEAM THAT WILL START FRIDAY Work-Out Sees All Veterans in Line-Up, Excepting Prothro at Far Corne r and, Smith in Right. Weather Is Causing Worry. AMPA, T the Tampans or the National chilling drizzle yesterday kept the folk of this burg busy making alibis and the ball players owned by Clar the whole lot of the athletes—the recently arrived Vapor city contingent and thosc recruits who have been- sojourning here for some while—got in one good practice session at the uring the driil that may indicate just how the Nationals will line-up of their interleague contests, that with Friday when they enter the first the Brooklyn Dodgers at Clearwater cky Harris, new manager, in from Hot Springs Sunday, lost no 1 in taking over the reins, and in that probably will be given a thorough trial with the Nationa. League clubs. base, the mana Doc P Rice of the center and Carr The vouthful manager did not de- clare himself, but that he chose this line-up immediately after viewing the entirc squad in action for the first time leads ono to believe that he has carefully considered the possibilitics of the two men new to the lot. Har- 115, of course, has seen Doc Prothro at work at ITot Springs in the past three weeks and may believe the well X nced graduate of the Southern the hot corner, Bluege Not Overlooked. But, then, Ossie Bluege. who did mest of the third-basing for the Na- tionals last year. was not overlooked. lie took his fleiding drill at shortstop alter the veteran Peck had his in- nings. Bluege, it will be recalled, originally cavorted about the short- ficid und was & sensation in that po- Eition in the minors. And though Peck enjoved a most successful sea- son last year, he is getting along, €0 Tar &< base ball is concerned. Groom- ng Bluege or any other likely look- nz National infielder for that impor- tant position certainly seems a wise move As to Carr Smith, a righthand-hit- ting outfielder would be a welcome uddition to the Nationals' regular line-up. If this young fellow, who came from Raleigh at the fag end of last season, can smite the ball in the American League anywhere near as effectively as he did in the Piedmont League he will be a real find. At es it appears that Smith has much learn of the art of fielding, and his batting in practice often is noth- ing to brag about, but if Smith's eye und arm were good enough for an average topping .400 down in Ca'lina, hie ought to show something beyond the ordinary against the big league hurling. But Smith, George Fisher and Lance Richbourg will have to come across with something worth while to oust Nemo Leibold from a garden “job. I.pttle Nemo last vear simply outdid limoelf at the piate. and of course there is no questinn as to his fielding ability. He headed the list in ves- s batting practice. As a lead- Leibold has few equals. He scemingly has an almost uncanny ability at getting on thd bases. Mogridge Is Exception. Of the veteran pitehers who arrived with t squad from Hot Springs unday, George Mogridge was the inly one to toe the rubber. He hreczed a few through, then took to the showers. T southp: , though, had considcrable zip on his few pitche The best of the hurling to the batters was done by Fred Marberry, ihe big fellow -who secems more ad- vanced than any of the other young thurlers, and Leo Moon. Mred Wijng- field, Byron Speece, Joe Martina ‘and {Walter McGrew also took turns on the slab One of the pleasing features of the practice was the hard hitting done by Goose Goslin. The chunky Na- tional outfielder twice connected with the ball hard enough to sail it scross the race track far beyond the right field. Sending a ball over the course generally devoted to the thor- oughbreds is quite a feat, -one ac- complished by few players who have performed on these grounds. Chick Gagnon did not take par§ in o drill vesterday, but it was a severe cold 4nd not his crooked arm hat kep him idle. The recruit in- \der was ordered to his room for the dax by Trainer Miguel Martin. Mike, however, expected to have Chick in the open today, if only for & bit of light exerc Generally the squad is finely con- ditioned for the scries of. inter- jeague engagements which will fol- low the Clearwater battle in rapid succession. The practice today and those of tomorrow and Thursday should afford Manager Harris enough of a linc upon his charges to select without hesitation the aggregation thht will start the ball rolling against the Dodger: HOME RUNS BY ROOKIES BEAT PIRATE REGULARS PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 11.— Pirate regulars’ yesterday again bit the dust at the hanés of the Yanni- gans in the fifth game at the Paso Robles, Calif.. training camp, accord- ing to word reaching here. The count was 12 to 5. The series is now three to two in favor of the Yanns Everett Barnes, rookie first base- man, sewed up the game in the sixth with a clean-up circuit wallop. Dan Alley, his teammate, duplicated the feat in the eighth. Wilbur Cooper. on the mound for the victors, allowed four hits in five innings, when he was relieved Morrison, who allowed four hits, one of them a homer by Maranville CLEVELAND WELL FIXED FOR SOUTHPAW HURLERS CLEVELAND, March 11 Joe . Shaute, southpaw hurler, is the first| victim of the in- He devel- team's first intensive workout at Lakeland., Fla. Of five pitchers used in batting practice. three—Shaute, Edwards and Smith—were life-handers. The others were Coveleskie and Metevier. Clevaiand Indian vitable “charley horse.” 7 th LANDIS WILL ATTEND. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 11— Commissioncr of Base Ball Kenesaw Mountain Landis has notified the New Haven management that he will at- Tend the “Wild Bill” Donovan memo- rial day cxercises at Weiss Park April 20. BIKE RIDING PAYS, NEW YORK, March 11.—Alfred Goullet, six-day bicycle race riding champion, earned $35.000 during the last vear, it became known when he received $6,500 for placing fourth in the spring race at Madison Square Garden. Maurice Brocco of the win- ning team is credited with $25,000 ‘within the year. BOUT T0 RAY MITCHELL. PHILADELPHIA, March 11.—Ray Mitcheil of Philadeiphia won the Judges' decision over Sailor Friedman ot Boston “in a ten-round bout last night. Thei weights were an- nounced as 138% pouads each. S R Frank Judson, former wrestling coach of-Harvard University, downed Andraas Castanos, Spanish grappler, in two out of three falls last night at the Celiseam, after losing the first tussle, In fifty minutes. A ia, March 11.—Weather unusual for this town—according to the natives—is bothering every one bere. It's a toss-up whether 2 Its infield included Joe Judge at first ger himself at secofid, Rajah Peckinpaugh at short and rothro at third. Goose Goslin took care of the left pasture, Sam ith of the right. tien deserves a real chance at., Is are doing the most worrying. A k Calvin Griffith idle for a gime, but Fair Grounds. And things happened iday. fielding practice assembled an outfit in the carly engagements P FIRST INTERLEAGUE GAME SLATED TODAY NEW YORK, March 11.—The first game between major league base ball clubs this year is scheduled for to- day at Bradentown, Fla. where the St. Louis Cardinals will take onm Brooklyn at the former's training quarters. Visitors from the Giant camp at Sarasota are expected to big league campaigns. Babe Ruth, accompanied by Bob Shawkey, Joe Bush. Deacon Scott and Wallie Schang, arrived at the Yankes training camp yesterday. Ruth welgh- ed 218 pounds, and eaid that his best playing welght was heavier and not lighter than that figure. He will be hot on the trail of league leader- ship and home-run honors this sea- son, he stated. arl Combs, “the Louisville slug- ger.” who has been holding out for a share of the price paid to Louis- ville by the Yankees, is expected at camp today following a settlement of his claims by the Colonels. [ A high, cold wind put the ( into heavy sweaters and confined | their workout to base running, bunt- | ing and other brisk exercises. Mana- ger McGraw took no chances on en- couraging sore arms. Hank Gowdy. veteran catcher, paid tribute to the work of Dean and Maun, young pitch- ers, who performed against the Uni- versity of Florida Saturda. ants ABSENCE OF CHANCE SLOWING UP CHISOX CHICAGO, March 1l.—Lack of de- finite information on the condition of Manager Frank Chance, under treatment at a California health re- sort, is handicapping Acting Man- agers Johnny Evers and Eddic Walsh at the Chicago American camp at Winter Haven, ¥la. Reports indi- cate Chance's condition will not per- mit him to take charge of the team March 15, as planned. The acting managers are in con- troversy with Bib Falk, former Uni- versity of Texas pitcher, who has refused to co-operate in efforts to make him a major league hurler. Falk declined yesterday to do mound duty and indulged in batting practice instead of warming up and pitch- ing as ordered. Evers and Walsh are virtually without authority to handle the situation and there is a sentiment that one or both should be given definite jurisdiction in such matters pending ‘Manager Chance’s arrival. Manager Killifer at the Chicago Nationals camp on Catalina Island, Calif., is polishing off the rough edges that cropped out during the woek end exhibition games at Los Angeles. The Cub pilot is particu- larly pleased with the showing of tto Vogel at short, Bob Barrett in nitting and fielding and Bush's per- formance on the mound. Vic Keen, former University of Maryland star, has recovered from a sore arm and is back in the pnch-l ing sessions, | BOTH ST. LOUIS CLUBS ARE RETARDED BY COLD ST. LOUIS. Mo, March 1L—Cold weather hindered practice session: yesterday on both the St. Louis Na tionals and Americans, training at Bradentown, Fla. and Mobile, Ala. The Carinals olash with the Brook- Iyn club today in the opening game of the exhibition season. Manager 1 Rickey announces that Pitcher Haynes will start the game, with Vick re- ceiving. ¥rom Mobile comes the announoe- ment that with the arrival of Marty MeManus and Wallle Gerber the ‘Browns roster is complete. i | FIVE PLAYERS GIVEN RELEASE BY RED SOX BOSTON, Masg, March 11.—Mana- ger Lee Fohl of the Boston Ameri- cans made his cut yesterday at the training camp at San Antonio, Tex., Pitcher Turner was returned to the { Paris, Tenn.. elub of ' the Kitty League, and relcases were handed to Pitchers Ryan apd Strapp and.In- fielders Schilling and Massey. Cold, rainy weahter held the ! Braves to a short afternoon session jat the St Petersburg, Fla, camp vesterady. In announcing the line- up for the first practice gamen. Man ager Bancroft placed himself second ] in the batting order. He is followed by Mcinnis; Casey Stengel, secured from the Giants last winter: Tierney, former Philadelphia National player, and Kelleher, who hfis the call on third base. - Younger players fill the other places on'the nine. Frank Gibson is the only Braves holdout. He is not asking for more money but more work. He has sald that l::.l'hmvt:tlls;inl"n“ to promise m. e y ig more games than he did last year. TWO MATCHES TONIGHT IN D. C. BILLIARD EVENT Merino will meet Barker and Hughes will be opposed to Harden in the District championship three- :L“t.hh,mk bll-lllzprgnloum;’ment tonight e Roy: ors. Play will start at 7:30 o'clock. by Turpin defeated Dodge, 35 to- 26, and Murray took .the measure of .Tt:‘h:rnn. 35 to 27, in the matches last night. CUEISTS PLAY TONIGHT. Joe Concannon, noted cueist, and V. P. Ahern of Nashville will play a 12 point pocket billiard match at the Flmer parlors, at 1719 Pennsylvania venue tenight, etarting at o'clock. =pRAT ! i LY RS & witness the informal opening of the | (4] L [ BY: Left to right: Oss Bluege, Chick Gagnon, Tabasco Shirley and Ed Bean. CONTRACT-JUMPING EVIL NE of the evils in local sandlot O base ball—players skipping irom one team to another—will be removed this season, if the rules of the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association are carried out. Practically cvery nine in the city now intends to file duplicate player contracts with the association, and in this way keep its athlctes on the “straight and narrow” throughout the scason. With the exception of the Independ- ent Sandlot League, which is not affil- iated with the localbranch of the tional Base Ball Federation, all of the city's leading clubs in the un- limited, senjor, junior and midget di- visions plan l& forward player con- tracts to the Washingion Rase Ball and Athletic Association. The inde- pendent circuit. however, also hopes to profit by the contract method. but will use this system independently of the base ball federation. Entries for membership in the Poto- mac League are to closs April 1, it was decided at a meeting of the cir- cuit last night. Barrett Athletic Club i8 the latest team to join the ranks of the Potomars. Representatives of the Milans, White Havens, Hilltops, YVirginja_ Grays. Comforters Uniog Printers, O'Donnell’s, St. Stephen's an Rialtos agreed to send their player contracts to the District chapter of the federation. Membern of the Knickerbockers are to hold a business meeting tonight in the clubhouse at 3265 N street. Base ball candidates are to report at a meeting_Thursday night at the same place. The Knicks are planning to develop a strong nine thig seasop, and are anxious to muster a large num- ber of prospects. King Pim Juniors are to hold prac- tice on diamond No. 3 of the Monu- ment lot Saturday at 1:30 o'clock, if Athletic represcatatives of the va- rious Sunday schools here are to dis. cuss plans for the organigation of a league at a meeting to be beld Thurs- day, March 20, at 8 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. Play in the Sunday school circuit probably will get-under way the latter part of April. Presl- dent James Johnson of the loop ex- peets all Sunday school managers to attend the mecting. Base ball will be discussed at a meeting of Benning Athletic Club to- morrow night at 8 o'clock at the home of Elmer Carrigan, in Benning. Manager Usilton expects all members of the team to report. will be elected by Glen a meeting in ‘The A manage: Echo Athletic Club_at Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock, Community Hall, Glen Echo club is to discuss tbe possibility of joining the Montgomery County League of Maryland. Players of last year' forter Club are to attend a meeting Thursday night at § o'clock in_the Holy Comforter Hall, 15th and East Capitol streets northeast. 1. How- der, J. McCarthy, Hough. Allman, F. C. Manses, D. Mansev. Mal- 1. Gerardi, K. McCor- , 1 MoCormick, A _ O'Neil, P. Shackleford, H. Baily, B. Hardesty Holy Com- and G. Rosseau are expected to re- weather conditions permit. SCHOOL ATHLETIC FANS HAVE PLENTY TO WATCH OLLOWERS of high school ath: this summer. There will be ¢ F league, 4 who follow aquatic: crew is primed to meet some worthy 1f weight and height count for any- thing, Central's crew this year will be quite formidsble. It is unusual f high school to boast & pair o youngsters who tower six feet and five inches heavenward, but such is the case of Coleman Jones and Rich- ard Nash, two huskies in the crew at Central. The farmer tips the scales at 198 pounds, while Nask weighs nd 160. 4 ¥ork has been begun in earnest by the Central crew candidates. Two rowing machines, one with five oars 1o develop teamwork and the other with a single blade to promote the finer arts of the water sport, are being used by approximately twenty aspirants. Coach Hecox s rather Teticent . n the showing his crew will make this year, but he declares the materlal is capable of some real feats this summer. Cranferl Head of Crew. Cranford, who icaptained the Biylloa. and White foot ball eleven last year, is at the head of the crew this Jeason. Two diminutive coxswai pril and Blakesiee, . have demon strated abliity in prictice the last veral weeks. seAmordinl to Manager Harrison Somerville, the crew will take to the Potomac river in the next moath, if weather conditions permit. In addi- tion to Jones and Nash, Hecox and Crawford are counting upon Wilson, Brown, Durkee, Spencer, McNeil, Dickinson, Reithmeyer and Dennison. Although the Rlus and White crew mentor has not definitely decided on the water events in which Central will compete, he has his eye on sev- ral notable aquatic affairs. It is his pian to enter an eight-oared shell in fhe scholastic American Henley mile, to be staged at Philadelphia the lat- ter part of May. There is some talk, too, of Central ‘blclllt rtpruenled in shman mile even: e Inetitutions that rank high in ort probably will meet ‘entral in a Henley mile this summer. ™ tne “with- John Mafshall High School, to be heid either on the James or Potomac river, is pending, al- though no date has been set as yet. Then there is the special match be- tween Central and the Annapolis plebes. Manager Somerville also ex- pects to challenge St Jehn's Military ‘Academy of Wisconsin for a one-mile tace on the Potomac. Considerably vested since they dis- continued practice February 21, Tech High's track squad was to resume its activities this afternoon. Coach Hardell is pointing his youngsters for the triangular meet "for Western, Episcopal and Tech, to be held at the dris School on April 12. From then on it will be one.meet after another for the Manual Tramm- ers. University of Maryland fresh- ardent fan, track and field meets galore and a proposed tennis these being the outstanding features of the sport program, ‘nwo’e s will be gencrously treated, too, for Central High's port. letics will have plenty of attractions nough base ball to satisfy the most opposition. P men will entertain Tech April 19. at College Park. The Maroon and Gray runners also plan to compete in the Penn relays at Philadelppia, April 25 and 26. By this time, the Tech coach expects to get his squad into fine shape for the C Club track and fleld meet on May 24. Washington high scheel fans are speculating whether three local sprinters can outrun Frank Hussey, & New York schoolboy, who is re- ported to have done the 100 in the world record time of 9 3-5 seconds. Charley Pugh of Tech and Zieglerand Palmer of Central are considered the l.!sn:Lb-( high school dash men here- 0 Battery candidates who reported in the Business High gymnasium yes- terday included Haae, Brown and Lester, pitching aspirants, and Stew- art, prospective receiver. With the high school championship base ball series opening March 22, Coach Mike Kelly of the 9th street institution has a job on his hands to develop a first- rate combination. Fastern was to call out its candi- dates yesterday, but practice was postponied until today. Tribute to the Light Rlue and White basket ball team, which closed its season Baltimore City College Satui , was to be paid at a special school assem- bly this morning in the Eastern audi- torium. Interclass basket ball games were to start at the East Capitol Sohool today. HENDRICKS IS SURE T0 PILOT THE REDS — CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 11.—Jack Hendricks will be officially named Manager of the Cincinnat! Reds with- | in a few days, special dispatches from the training camp state. President Avgust Herrmann. on his Arrlval.| at Orlando last @ight, said Hendricks was, the choice of the direc- tors and himself, and that a_contract would be signed as soon as Treasurer L. C. Widrig arrives from Fitchburg, ‘where he went to ll‘gtzdmtha funeral late Manager oran. ’tl'?d‘:drTckl announced that Jake Dau- bert would be retained as field captain. The first game of the season will be :"h!'d by the Reds on Thursday, when a%»qu- team of the Ameriean Asso- clation 'SANDLOT NINES TO CHECK (C g0 to Plant City to meet the In- |18, ‘ l ! ANADIANS BOWLING IN'A. B. C. TOURNEY CHICAGO, March 11. — Canada Is represented for the first time since the opening of the American Bowling Congress tournament here in today’s schedules. Toronto and Hamilton, Ontaro, teams are carded for compe- tition, along with bowlers from New York, Buffalo and Syracuse, N. Y. Washington and Bradford, Pa.; New- ark and Elizabeth, N. J.: Milwaukee Oshkosh and Wa H nati; San Jose. Grand Rapids. Mich.; Huntington, W. Va. and Brasil, ind. = The San Jose, Calif., team, first from the Pacific coast to compete, moved yesterday into sixth place among the ten leaders in the five-man event. 200-MILE DOG RACE 1S UNDERWAY TODAY THE PAS, Manitoba, March 11— Ten teams, composed of the pick of the dog world, start on a 200-mile non-stop The Pas dog derby today, with $2,500 in cash prizes and the Walter Goyne-Grant Rice trophy at stake. The race starts on the Saskatche- wan river at the Hudson Baf rail- way bridge and the teams will travel over The Pas Lumber Company’s trasl s far-as Camp Eleven, where they will turn. The winding course is in excellent condition and competitors who re- cently have gone over it are confi- dent that the record of 24 hours and 52 minutes, established in 1921, will be_broken. Schoogel has been chosen the first driver to start on the long run, with Lavalee second and B. L. Baker of St. Paul, Minn., third. They will be followed by Russick, Pranteau, Isaac rt Lambert, Allan McDon- Creighton ' and Solomon FOR WORLD TITLE PLAY NEW YORK, March 1L—Five En- ropean obess experts bave arrived to participate in an international tour- nament here March 15, when they will be pitted against Jose Capa- blanca of Havana. world champion, and .other internationally known players. Those arriving were Dr. Emanuel Lasker of Germany. Eldfin Bogol- jubow of Ukrainia. an attache of the fheological department of the Un versity of Kief, Russia; Geza Ma roczy of the Hungarian department of finance. Richard Reti. professor ot philosophy at the University of Vienna, and Dr. Savielly Tartakower of Russia. —— e WALKER MUST SOON MEET REAL FIGHTER BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK. March 11.— While | Mickey Walker i going through a list of five or six setups, the fact re- mains that by virtue of a decision by the New York athletic commis- sion the welter champion must fight a real contender before May 5 Leo Fiynn eays that Dave Shad€) the man for him. This would be an attractive fight if Shade could make the weight. without weakening him seif. At the same time insiders be- lieve there would not be a whole lot of_doubt as to the outcome. Frank Flournoy. the Madison Square Garden matchmaker, has asked | Bert Finch, manager of Frankie Schoell, If he would sign his man for the projected Masy bout with Walker. Finch eame back quickly with an enthusiastic assent. Since then he has heard nothing. But it looks as though ‘no mistake | ! { VETERAN 'BEING PRIMED FOR KEYSTONE SACK JOB Much Traveled Player in Fine Trim After a Siege at Hot Springs—Burke, Newcomer, Is Second in Line fo! BY JOHN A York Yankecs and the Bosto r Position. B. FOSTER. UGUSTA, Ga., March 11.—Derrill B. Pratt of Walhalia, . C, also of the University of Alabama, the St. Louis Americans, the New n Red Sox, will play second base for the Detroit Tygers with the start of the 1924 season. With the rain pelting on the r oof and the wind singing 2 dolorous chantey, Manager Ty Cobb made this announcement, scttling the problem which has been agitating Detroit all agitating most of the remainder of t winter and which has probably been he base ball world, too. , “No one realizes more than 1 do,” Cobb told the writer, “the impor- tance of sccond base to a championship team. Pratt is going to have all the chan ball world to play second for Detroit This explains why Pratt was sent [to Hot Springs to get into condition at the expense of the Detroit Club. He arrived here with the fat all picked off, and he, like Heilmann. is as clean and stripped of winter baggage as a pointer that has been running in the fields. The Tygers. not having been able to acquire that eecond baseman who might make the team, have de- cided to take that second baseman who is on (he team, who has had ex- periences who knows what to do with- out being coached. and who may have a year in 1924 that will bring Detroit up to the standard. Burke Is Second Cholee. But if Pratt should fail? Pratt says he won't. Apparently be knows why he has been picked. But if he should fail, if that arm that has thrown the ball since he left the University of Alabama and the band that has picked them up with definite purpose since he began to travel the major league path should lag, why, then, it _may be that a litds chap named Burke, formerly of Boston, will be the next selection. Burke was with Detroit in 1923. He was sent out to the minors for cultivation in the art of living here and there as the day found him. He went to Richmond, where he played a Jot of ball, but did not begin to chew it up until late in the season, and when he did begin to show some- DISTRICT AND BALTIMORE BOWLERS FACE THURSDAY T alle: A committee representing the Wash- ington Duckpin Association. consist- ing of Halley, Howard, Wood and L Krause, selected ten bowlers who in their opinion, are Washington's best. These ten men are McPhilomy, Camp bell, Illett, Wolstenholme, 'Rosen- berg. Toomey, Mulroe, Works, Cha- conas and Harry Krause. Krause was selected as captain and he pick- ed McPhilomy. Campbell, Ellett, Wolstenholme, Rosenberg, with Too. mey as substitute. If a member of the team should drop out one of the others will take his place. The party, including the committ and newspaper men. will take the o'clock train over the Baltimore hio Thursday. President ocking of the local association wants it clearly understood that there is no money bet on the matches and that it is strictly a sportsmanship event. Seats will be provided in Baitimore and this city for about 300 spectators and a charge of fifty cents will be made, the receipts going to pay the expenses of the teams. 1f there is any surplus, it is to be turned into the treasury of the Washington asso- ciation to augment the prizes of the big tournament this spring. Prekibition, of Internal Revenue League, won two out of three from Sales Estate last night. Staubler of the losers had a set of 330 and game of 133. : Mount Pleagant of the Mount Pleas- ant League cleaned up with the Sen- ccas, counting 615 the last set. Ma- gee of the victors shot a set of 375 and game of 1 Post Ofice Department of the Wash- ington Ladies’ League sprang a sur- prise_on the Hilltoppers, capturing the odd game. gThe Commercials pull- ed the clean-up act on the Colum- bians. The bowling of Miss Watts g the Commercials stood out. She d 2 set of 331 and a game of 126. In the Agriemitaral Ladies’ League Information won ail .three games from Interdivision; ¥ruits and Vege- tables turncd the same trick against Eagl | WO matches are to be rolled between the teams representing Balti- more and the Washington Duckpin Association, the first of which is scheduled for the Oriole city Thursday afternoo and the second here at the same hour, March 19, on the at 4 o'clock and Central Crop Estimates, and Stenographers captured the odd from Live Stock. Peoples Drug Store of the Commer- cjal League won two out of three from Carry's Ice Cream quint, and Hechts swept the boards agatnst Wil- kins. Walker of Peoples had a set of 342 and a game of 12 Berberichs of the Business Men's League won all three from King's Palace and Herzogs picked up three when Schwartz forfeited. Two matches were shot in the Knights of Pythias League. Mount Vernon won the odd from Calanthe and Webster garnered two out of threefrom Columbia. Engraving and Machine quints, of the Bureau of Engraving League had a battle, the latter winning two out of three. Fisher of Engraving was utu“s;-.r, with a set of 352 and game o E — GIRL RACKETER FORCED TO TAKE INDOOR TITLE 1 > S— - | NEW YORK. March 11.—The title of girls' national indoor tennis cham- pion has been forced upon Miss Betty Hilleary of Germantown, Pa. Miss Hilleary advanced to the’ final in the recent tournament, but the other finalist, Miss Alice Francis of Orange, N. J. was forced to default because of iliness. The Pennsylvania girl declined the official verdict in her favor and offer- ed_to meet Miss Francis later. ‘The United Stat sociation decided referee’s decision stand. sterda® that the of default must WRESTLE TOMOREOW. Waino Ketonen and Petc Sturgis ill be opponents in the feature wres- ing attraction tomorrow night at the Coliseum. Two preliminary matches, the first starting at 8 o'clock, will precede the main affair. TwoCincocigars cost you 15 cents. Two ten- cent cigars cost you 20 cents. Yet Cinco actu- ally gives you more in tobacco and smoking quality—because Cinco has the advantage of the famous Eisenlohr Process and over 70 years of knowing how. And the difference in would be made in picking Schoell. The Buffalo welter has been coming along in great style in the past two years and his victory a few months ago over Pete Latzo, in Pete's home town, Scranton, was a real triumph. Any one who can beat Latzo in his home town or anywhere eclse is a real scrapper. 4 REFEREE STOPS FIGHT. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 11,—A scheduled ten-round fight between Mickey Walker, welterweight cham- plon, and Mike Dempsey of Roches- ter, N. Y., was stopped in the fifth round last “night by Referce Joe Keeley. He claimed Dempsey was stalling. Both fighters were over- weight. MASKET BALL RESULTS. B—Wewt Vibgintn, 39; on asd Jcflersen, 25, & Wi eon' is still in your pocket. W. H. WARNER CO. 504 Eleventh 8t. N.W. Exclusive Washington Distributer J. S. BLACKWELL & SON Alsxandria, Va. Northern Virginia Distributors Lawn Tennis As- | Please say for me that ce that a man can have in the base in 1924, | thing he had a sample cace <hat would have made a Lynn ghoe drum- wer dizzy wit§) Detroit this vear er a stranger enters the hotel where the Dctroit plavers are stopping he turns and looks at him rgproach fully. He thinks anothers scout after him, and he is bush shy. Bu! he will stay this year—at least unt Pratt shows what he has got Pratt can bat That point is net to be ovarlooked in the selection of thr econd baseman. The Detroit team 5 pursuing the policy of getting play- ers who can get on base. Cobb has \thought this matter over, and has given it 2o much thought that he has traveled all over the east trying to make other provisions for his team But he has come to the last stop and has chosen the road stralght ahead with Pratt at the sesond station. Make-Up of Infield. The Detroit infield will begin this yvear with Elue at first, Pratt, second Rigney, short, and Jones, third. Some hitters, if not all sprinters. And in the outfield there are some hitters too. ir there are &lso behind the bat Prait says he was never quite his best in 1 e had an accident and was out of sorts, and maybs he never was quite sure that he was expected to step out and play second from tho beginning of the seasbn. No such program this year. }e has been tag- ed .and the tag was made with nowledge aforetiought. 1f_his defensive strength iz equal to what it was in his last year with the Yankees Detroit will hold in check any team that is now super-excellent If he gets into one of his better than 1300 years as a batsman Detroit will play jigs for the other fellows to dance: | (Copyright, 182¢) ANNAPOLIS AWARDED OLYMPIC SWIM TESTS MINNEAPOLIS. March 1L.—The Naval Academy at Annapolis bas been awarded the first national intercol- legiate swimming meet, designed by the American Olympic committec as official preliminary tryouts for the United States swimming team, it was announced by Fred 'W. Luehring. athletic director of the University of Minnesota, and chairman of the na- tional swimming rules committee. The meet will be held Aprif 1] and 12 Frank Sullivan, swimming coach at Princeton University and dean of American tank instructors. has bLeen appointed manager of the meet Point winners at Annapolis will be admitted to the final tryouts at In- dianapolis in June. S R, BERLENBACH-DELANEY BOUT NOW IS ASSURED ‘W YORK, March 11.—A pledge by Tex Rickard that he will reim- | burse the National Sportsmen’'s Club for any loss the club may sustain through the bout between Paul Ber- lenbach and Jack Delaney at Madi- son Square Garden Friday night has removed the danger of the garden matoh being abandoned. 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