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28 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO ., D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1924, SPORTS. Nationals Are Woefully Lacking in Infielders : Deiroit a Team of “Big Boys” ASPIRANTS FOR RIGHT FIELD BERTH WITH GRIFFS COME IN ALL SIZES GAGNON UNCERTAIN, BEAN AND SHIRLEY NOT “RIPE” Fcrmer Holy Cross Play . K., But Arm Has Gone Bad—This Leaves Only Bluege BY DENMAN THOMPSON. March 12—With Chick Gagnon a questionable quantity tiie leg that to date has confined him to class A ball AMPA. Fla because o l rather than fast company, wh status rendered cven more uncertai his throwing arm, the Washington glub is woefu'ly lacking in infielders. So far as can be determined, Gagnon's foot ball kmee has been made the treatment he underwent following the close of last sound again season. This cannot be definitely e on the diamond and thoroughly test But even with t too well supplied with utility Bean nor As matters’ stand now or Prothre depending wins the tle for the third base assignment, wili be available for re- Hef duty in the event one of the reg- rs is injur No team inade- atcly sup with re strength ¢ anywhere in a campaign 4 game Acei- dents and illne not be forseen and the loss of one man can throw tast-traveling . omplete out of gear and cause it to slump mediociity Needs Three Capable Men. 0 be fortified again/t the capr of fortune u club should have three athletes capable of careying on in an acceptable wunner should the need for their services in the infield arise Unless rk luek at- Harris' initi man- agerial wume and moto present an unbroken front through- out the su will be confronted by which answer men nly Bluege upon which of u To properly protect must dig up s coupl players. men who cau step in moment’s o ind deliver #00ds in un weceptuble manner should mishaps foree out of action either himself the men who with hin form the first line of defens Unless Gagnon's injn hich thus far has even Trainer Mike Martin stumped as u dlagnosticiin, soon Yields to the vest treatment now 1 ing given him. it is likely that he will be sent to Youngstown. Ohio, for : mination by Bonesetter Recse ustly tumons mugcle manipu- lator has carned a wonderiul reputa v eliminating all manner thit huve beset hundr id athletes in the last and if he finds that ailment is xomething that is his provinee he will “operat Weather Ix Not So Good. Continued cold weather., with more of the unwelcome high winds prev- alent here winter, greeted the Nationals when they trotted to Plant Ficld for their second wor der the supervision of Harris. How- ever, there was plenty of heat in the rays of the sun, which was on the n u cloudless sky, and the out- was that tmining conditions would gradually improve. With the athletes well bundled ul 10 protect their valuable arms, they were divided into two squads and put through u strenuous session b: the youthful pilot. who plans to drive them at top specd to et them in shape for the clashes with the tional Leaguc clubs. There ure of these on the proxram for week. the first being_scheduled Friday., when the Nationals motor over to tl ining hase the Brooklyn Dodgers at Cleary The following day they will pluy host to the Boston Braves here. Tt is likely that Harris | will spring an _innov %0 far as the Washington club is « cerned by holding two drills a day to the extent, at least. of having his pltchers” out’ in the afternoons to Teach them somet about fielding. Ma i the voung hurlers in camp are total losses so far as anything besides pitching that base ball i concerned, and Bucky proposes to in: erease their cfficiency by tutoring them in the business of fielding their positions. Prothro Not in Shape. player. Bucky cstimate of the by the squad, fis direction himsel? of comp the within thi for Avill tr: of re long v Har- condi- which at Hot The Prothro, the t-veer-oll rookie pur- from Memphis of the South Association. Prothro, who is of verage height and weighs about 170 ounds when in shape. is a peculiar ithicte in that he is somewhat ris tion atiained under n Doc is tends to emphasize his ruther generous girth; to make him @ppear a bit more aldermanic in pro- portions than he really is, but it is his face which tells the tale. In con- trast to the other performers who are bronzed wind and sun, Prothro is pale and flabby looking, his hea 3owls and paunch making him appear Faort | Uniike most of his mates. who keep 4t in the open during the winter unting and fishing, Prothro leads _sedentary life. Now that Joey (vans, the eminent Cleveland, Ohio, aysician, has gone from the Nation- nd caught on with the Browns, iro and Ruel 2re the only pro- fessional men on_the roster of the irifment, Muddy being a full fledged Eowyer in St. Touis and the Tennes- an a doctor of dental surgery. Shows Lack of Exerecise. Prothro enjovs a rather extensive factice at his home in Dyersburg ihd this confining work all winter to- @ther with the fact that his lame sot prevented him from indulging in 45 much exercise as his co-workers 4t Hot Springs. probably accounts for the fact that his present physical dondition is below par. The effects of the fractured foot Which put Prothro out of commission Jakt summer after about two-thirds 4f the season in which he hung up a ratting record of .296 are apparent (fly in a general lessening of speed, there is no perceptible limp in gait. Neither are his movements at plate visibly hampered. EProthro normally is rated as fast an his feet, his fine throwing arm enabling him to knock down torrid taps and nail runners from any part of the far side of the diamond, but he is weak at the business of hand- ling bunts that he has to dash in for. Doc has ruled favorite in the winter Books to start the season at third base for the Nationals, but whether Ne can succeed in winning the berth ‘gver Ossie Bluege remains to be seen. i)m accurate line on their relative i rits probably will be obtainable several weeks—until the crown and bridge expert's tonnage is re- duced and he is able to travel at top speed. Johnson Would Be Mogul. It is more than a mere possibility %hat the coming season may prove the Jast in big league base ball for Walter s D R e BASE BALL UNIFORMS— Put in your order now for uniforms. Special discount-on team orders. In addition to making them to . order, we haye several patterns of stock uniforms. WALFORD’S 909 Penna. Ave. e Holy Cross boy in shape the team would be none obasco Shirley is ripe ior ser ut un- | ater, | er’s Knee Appears to Be and Prothro. ich he otherwise would rate, and his 1 by the recent mysterious injury to stablished until he can romp around it out. for the inuer cordon, as neither Ed e in the big show Johnson. fied the Springs fect that Barney has not only veri-| revort emanating from Hot| ome ten days ago to the ef- | | 1924 would prove his last |with the Washington ball elub, pro- vided he could obtain a franchise i the Pacific Coast League, but as-| serted that President GriMith was |fully aware of the fact. At the tin |the “story of Johnson's contemplated {retirement was published Griff told | this correspondent, “It's me: 1 never have been informed that Johnson had any such plans __“I informed Griff of my intentions in a letter | wrote some time in the latter part of January,” Johnson as serted. “My plans, however, are not now as definite as my intentions Whitt [ propose to do, if possibl {buy into one of the Pacific Coast | League cluls, There are at least two | teams that no one has a chance to ac inow. and a couple of others that are not good paying proposition but there are three or four others that | could be considered, 1 wokx to the Future. uation with me is that L am nearing the end of |strin, where 1 am now and it's up to me to look to the future. 1 prob- Ably could get by for a couple of yea or yet. but what after that? 1 do not intend to do just nothing afte biz league career is ended, and 1 Deen i the game so long, ba nsturally is the only (hing v | know the financial support swinz such a deal ve all t me of nec Sary < 1 all news to | my | 1s who have assured | have i mind. and if my hope renlized there will be some one look after the.bu: o d s pre: dent of the club, whi 1 1 run the team and play some, too. “As things are now 1 huve a_home | in ‘Kunsas, another in Washington #nd spend most of my time in Ne- ada. 1 ave a 1; with two children of school age. and no per- manent place of residence. It is an justice to them to have (o be chas- | ng all around the country. I want to settle down in one place and make it my all-year-round home and 1 hope to do it on the Pacific coast™ | Eddic Foster, former star third| baseman of he Nationals and { eason member of the S Louis | B_lu\\'n.\. from whom he has obtained | his onditional release, will not be | Permitted to completely divorce hime | from professional ba devote his entire attention to busi- | ness in the Capitul If Clyde Afilan's | jreported plans materialize. 1t is un- derstood that when he leaves Tampa | Zeb, who manage the New | Haven club this vear, will stop off ithe Capital in company with Owner | corge Weiss and seek Fatima's| rrvices with their stern League loutfit this yvear. Steamboat Al" Demaree, well known as a sports cartoonist® since s career us a big league pitcher | and last season a member of Columbus Club of the American ociution, hus joined the Tampa buse ball colony ar, to| I v laurels on the diamond this mustered a galaxy { joined the Independent League. A meeting will be held by Waverly members tonight in the McGill build- 9th and G streets. These play- are asked to report: D. Hugh W. Hughes, T. Boucher, E. Berley, J McCann, M. Clark, E. Mader, Monk Fraser, G. Shipman. J. Gullich, J. Oli- veti. W. Swope, Bat Tucci. S. Burdine, B. Elwood, icro, Pannella and E. Engle. i i i Officinls of the Washington Base Ball Association will formulate plans for a field day to raise funds for the various _teams, ‘at a meeting tonight in the Y. M. C. A. Base ball eandidates of the Knick- erbockers will hold a meeting tomor- row night in their clubrooms. The Georgetown diamond athletes will offer competition in_ the newly or- ganized Independent League this sea- son. Chullengen to the Momnt Rainier Juniors may be sent to Manager Don Bellman at Hyattsville 379-R. Play- ers of the team are urged to attend Friday night's meeting, as plans for a echedule will be discussed. Argyle Athletic Club will decide whether to join the Washington Base Ball and Athletic Association at a meeting tonight at the home of Wil- liam Mehler, 1506 Meridian street. Base ball will be the topic at a meeting of the Milan Midgets Friday at 313 14th street northeast. The Milans have agreed to join the Wash- ington Base Ball and Athletic Asso- ciation. G. M. Tomlin was elected president of the Terminal Railroad Y. M. C. A. League at a meeting of the circuit 1ast night. Other officers chosen were E. H. Hoyt, vice president; R. B. Machon, secretary-treasurer. An ex: ecutf committee, including H. A. Tonight! AUTO SHOW Convention Hall Everytll.mg New . in Passenger Cars Delivery Cars Motor Trucks Accessories Music “Best show Everybody in years”"— AVERLY ATHLETIC CLUB, which junior base bail sandlot titles last year, hopes to garner more SWATTING AIR SIX TIMES) BY CHICA EW YORK. March 12. connected with a fast N Brooklyn was Bradentown, i The Babe’s fe the ball and with the home run. Hank Gowdy, veteran goune, has been blowing over the Glant camp all week. and nursed a stiff neck in- dours vesterda swathed in sweaters again as they went through a bris! workout of light but snappy work. The regulars were excused early in the afternoon ession, after which Manager Mctiraw gave the voungsters a long hitting practice. Billy Terry from Toledo, s of the Ar. first baseman bought being touted as one of succumbed to the gale which | If McGrav | | McGraw had his men | e S, % . PHOTO 8Y SARLT Left to right: Carr Smith. Lance Richbourg, Ray Fisher and Nemo Leibold. RUTH GETS HOMER AFTER PACEINA.B.C.SET 'GIRL BOWLERS TO PRIME ick in the big leagues even were to let him out WEATHER CHECKS TYGERS. DETROIT. Mich., March weather again interfered with the prac- tice of the Detroit Americans, according to word from th training camp at Augusts the bad weather, the squad, which had been idl for two days, was given u brief work out. If cold and rain do not ‘nterfere again the plaers the hitting finds of the year and cer- | days of practice before the start of their WAVERLYS WILL STRIVE | FOR HONORS ON DIAMOND won both the senior and season. Manager Frank Kersey has of players, and he intends to develop a team that will give the best of the unlimited clubs a battle. Waverly athietes have Burns, M Hanley and C. L. Wil- iams, was appointed to settle dis- putes’ and protests. The teams that will play in the Terminal loop this year are American Railway Express. Southern Railway, Shops, Pullman Company, Black and White and Terminal Y. ‘Tt was de- cided that Walter Hughes of the American Railway Express should manage the picked team of the league which will meet Baitimore in an intercity match later in the sea- son. Dreadnaughts of Alexandria will hold their first practice Sunday at 2:30 o'clock. Games with the V ginians ecan be arranged by commu- nicating with Manager E. R. Allen, at 726 North Washington street, Alexandria, Va Plans for the coming ceason will be discussed by the Ace Midgets, at a meeting tonight at the home of Capt. Everett Simon, 1416 Longfellow street. COVELESKIE IS 0. K. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 12— Stanley Coveleskie, veteran _epit-ball hurler, ceases to worry Manager Tris Speaker, according to advices from the Cleveland training camp. Doubt that he would be able to go to the mound regu- larly has been dispelled. “old weather is interfering with the Indians’ practice, yesterday workouts being limited to loosening up and field- ing bunts. o ek A e chees o wich the Van Heusen Collar mached. Ask the man who’s ‘been there= %" Washington Automotive Trade Association 1 exhibition games, Torento on March 20, CUBS TO TEST ROOKIES. CHICAGO. March 12.—Young bloods of the Chicago National squad will have preference over veterans in the exhibi- n games this week end. Manager Bill Killefer has ruled. lina Island. Calif., has been divided into two divisions, on¢ of which will play at Long Beach, Calif., Friday and zt Los Angzeles Saturday and Sunday. while the other engages Seattle at San Bernardino. A cold wave which struck the Chicago Americans' camp at Winter Haven, Fla. confined the White Sox squad's efforts to keeping warm. REDS TO TAKE TRIP. NATI, Ohio. March 12—A ¥ trip into southern Florida s been arranged for the Cincinnati National Leaguers, it was stated in dispatches from the training_camp. Two divisions of the team will play at Fort Pierce on Monday, March £ at Miami Beach on Tuesday and Palm Beach Wednesday. Treasurer L. Widrig, who at- tended the funeral of Pat Moran at Fitchburg, wiil reach Orlando tomor- row night. On the followinz morn- ing he and President Augus: Herr- mann_will have a confercnce with Jack Hendricks with a view to sign- ing him to a contract as manager of the Red ALL PIRATES ON HAND. PITTSBURGH, Pa. March 12.—The Pirate squad in training at Paso ito- bles was made complete Wwith the arrival of Carson Bigbee and the dis- charge of Jewel Ins from the hos- pital, according to advices recefved here, Bigbee explained that he h been unable to report hecause of per- scnal business, while Ens was strick- en with scarlet fever a fow days after the Paso Robles camp cpened. The workout vesterday was suspend- ed out of respect for the memory of Pat Moran and the flag over tie dia- mond was placed at half-mast. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 12— George D. Cameron has been elected captain of the 1925 Ohio State basket ball team. when they weet VAN DORT Bush had encouraged | 12—Cold | 1l have seven more ! The squad at Cata-, ea a! GO ROLLERS 1CAGO, Mareh 12-—Chicago —Aifter swinging empty six times, Babe Ruth | bowlers are holding ten places in all one and made his first “over the garden wall” blow of the year at the Yankee training camp yesterday. the events, except the doubles, of the | American Bowling Congress tourna- ment here and are hopeful of taking mothered by the Cardinals in a 12-2 exhibition game at!grt place 1n some of the competi- la.. the St. Louis camp. t came aiter Fred*Newberry had put all oi his stuff on uccessfully fooled the home-run king. ball and | the rookie, but when Bullet Joe went into the box Ruth revenged himself tions which since 1919 haye gone to other cities. Host eity bowlers possess four | places in the five-men event, two Dplaces in the all-everts and four in the singles. Frank Kair, leading the singles with a world record total of 32, is counted on to weather the ! competition. 5 With Chicagoans in the majority, for today's singles and dou- include men from Rockford and Zurich, T1.; Stgpughton and An- {tigo, Wis.. ' Dyersville, Iowa, and Hammond, Ind. Competition in the five-men event today will be among bowlers from Chillicothe, Waukegan and Rockford, I1l.; Milwaukee, Madison, Wausau, iKeposha and New Holstein, Wis.: | Bucyrus, Ohio; Channing, Mich., and Marion, Ind. The leaders ! Teams—TPollack Caruanas. | Durkee Motors { Firsts, Clicago, Doubles—Dolan-Hill, | Mitu-Miller. Kobler, ‘W tenger, Erie, Pa., 1.7 Louis, 1.2 niles—Kair, Chic . 710: Morbach, ! All-events—Weber, ! Chaleraft, Buffalo. {1927, ORIOLE TRAP SHOTS TO VISIT SATURDAY Washington Gun Club mémbers are to meet the Oriole Gun Club of Bal- timore in the sixth of a_series of seven intercity team matches Saturday over the Benning traps. The clubs have split even in the ten-man team races and the double matches. Washington has won three out of five in the team races, while Baltimore has copped as many matches in the doubles. The grand total of ‘targets broken thus far in both singles and doubles, however, gives the Oriole club the edge, with 4,911 to 4.868. ) Lester German and Slim Worthing- ton will be opponents in a special match for the heavyweight profes slonal championship of Washington and_Baltimore. Worthington of the local clubs tips the scale at 298 pounds, while his rival is but one- fourth of a pound lighter. SETS DATES FOR MEET. CHICAGO, March 12.—University of Chicago's twentieth annual inter- scholastic track and field meet, open to high schools of the nation, will be held at Stagg Field May 31. Sp Baffalo St. z0. % Chi- Chicago. Elizabeth, Owen, Esping, bl 3., 1975 Loutsville, | | | | dn be prevented; but not cared; B s ay. Why wait for it? Failure to recognize the importance of giving proper rtiention to the scalp at the firet sy -npiom of trouble, is re- ! { { fered by FOR INTERCITY CONTEST H for the opening intercity mate | I Washington Ladies’ Lcague banded pins will be used and only tw three, the same method employed in A special car has been placed at! the dispos of the party going to| Philadelphia Saturday by the Penn- sylvania railroad. It will be weil lled when the trafn pulls out. 1 A team represemting the Young Women’s Hebrew Association of Bal- timore rolled a team from the same organization in this city last night at the Recreation. The match was for total pins and the local te 1,247 to 1,210, na Le quint recorded the high set of 278 and Alice Greenberg of the same team had the high game of 103. * The visiting girls appeared to en- joy the trip immensely. They were served with a buffet supper before taking the train for home A return match will be rolled Baltimore March 25. i . Employes of the Areade Laundry | bave orzanized a bowling team and jere anxious to meet any other lau dry team in the cit The game ar- ranged for last Friday night with the Elite Laundry did not take place, as | the chullengers asked for a post- | ponement. i i in ! Joweph Phillipx ‘quint of the Na- | tional Capital League won two out of {three from the leading Rathskellers. | Benson of the Rathskellers was the high, with a set of 364 and 4 game { of 141. Four matches were rolled in the Masonic League. New Jerusalem took the odd from Pentalpha: George C. i Whiting did the same to Harmony; { Columbia captured two from Ar- minius. and King David won a pair from Dawson. Kreiger of Columbia shot the best set of 367 and Heinz- man of Arminius the best game of 141 | | Billie's Team won all three gamés from Columbian, in the Wasnington Ladies’ League, and the City Post Office captured the odd from the Commercials. Miss Quaites of Bi lie's “Team had the high set of 275 and Miss Franklin of Columbian the best game of 108. Indians of The Evening Star League won two out of three from the Cow- boys and Warriors did the same to the Scouts. Emery Ellett of the In- dians shot the high set of 322 and Whitford of the Warriors the best game of 126, Firestone of the Mount Pleasant | League snatched two out of three games away from the Hilltoppers. Riggles of Hilltoppers was the star | with a set of 350 and game of 119. Gemeral Office of the Interstate Commerce League won two out of three from Installers, losing the last game by one pin. Crossen of the losers had the high set of 321 and of i | present I( nha ENTHUSIASM IS RAMPANT - _ AT CAMP OF THE TYGERS Team Is Counting on Whitehill, Cole and Stoner to Pitch Many Victories—Last Named Hurled Fort Worth to Flag Last Year. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. UGUSTA, Ga.. March 12—Det been gathered he roit has a team of big boys. Look them over, one ziter another, and the impression oi boyishness Age has not yet set in upon these men, who have : to get ready for their annual fight against the New York Yankees—ior it is the New York team that is again the target of the opposition, as it has been for the The enthusiasm of vouth oozes move they make. is none of the * they enter a dining room, begin to way to their seats, ready to say, “brir and they mean it, too. OPENING GAME TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW Tickets for the opening Ameri- «an League game, on April 15. be- tween Washington nnd Philadel- phia, in the Griflith Stadium, will he placed on sale tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock at Spalding's. BOXING TO FEATURE SHOW AT BARRACKS of boxing between ced and e. will d Men's nizht in Juck ddie be of- Service rounds main bout Walter R Baltin the Enlis next Tues hington barracks Local fistic flingers are the show. Arransements Leing made to thre preliminary matehes Considerable ifested in the These midget by at Baltimore. the decision Thirty-two cluding Cafoni Leonard of of Club the v 3 to figure in Stage ar four < being man- onard mill ently fought cas uwarded ttlers reo Leonard woman's bowling team selected to go to Philadelphia Saturday h will roll a picked quint from the t the Recrcation alleys. Rubber- ‘o balls thro Philadelphia. Vaden of the game of 120. same quint the best 1 Suns high game odd game f Pippel of Sunset had the ors with his teammate, with 346. Wi pany from ¥ ers’ L rolled game of 144, Meany, Con thr nk loser xhington Lean and o. won two deral-American. in the eeley of the st with a set of 33 ust out of rd & Lothrop of the Busi- League cleaned up on the hop quint. Hiram defeated team had a wet of game of 135. LAST RITES FOR MORAN ARE HELD IN FITCHBURG FITCHBURG, Mass, March 12. The funeral of Patrick Moran, manager of the Cincinnati Nati was held vesterday in the Heart Church, with a solemn 1nass of requi Burial s in St tery. Ivy Winzo and George Harper were honnorary bearers Among the other were Presi Heydler of the tional Treasurer Louis Widrig of “1 Club, Thamas Connolly, Am=r- Leazue umpire, and rataty of the Boston Brav s. sral tributes were received “rom i ague clubs and trom in the base b high Be-rard’s ceme- ball John League the Cin- men < e POTOMACS SIGN FOUR. Your diamond athletes have been signed by Manager Ben Taylor of the Washington Potomacs of the Bast- ern, Colored Base Ball League. They are Dick Fels, form the Philadelphia ants: Bland and Jones, who have had con- siderable experience on the sandiots here. Escepcionales 3 Jor s0¢ They eat with enthusiasm, but not with greed. ing it all to.me” al 1 instead of the usual| El Dorado of the Nuutical League | | grabbed the of 141 and divided the best set hon- | and ast three years. out_of the Detroit players at every There bout them. Some ball players, when form their lips, before they get hali 1g me everything you've got, George, Ty Cobb savs ball players of thar “re not 0 common since tne Ball piayers have changed ince then, aceording to the manager. Some, who wen! to the other side and returned had the finishing touches of travel put upon them, he says. They appreciate the difference between meal on the table and a meal in tl trenches, type war. Tot Tyge over have In a Cory Cormer Team. The Detroits are a cozy corner team. That is the kind of tear over which old managers never grow weary of talking. A cozy corner team’ is one that gets down In one corner of the lobby of a hotel, lizhte up pipes and begins 1o talk base ball e manager who has that sort of team can permit himself night off now and then. He knows that his players are dreaming of the Gays when they will set the fans of thelr home city rubhing for the home-bound cars cher and say- ing “thev've won again” When you don't gh that way for them the to get out the old tin throw raspber- ries into OF the pitchers Detroit has taken on, i one of whom the ctfully thus early is 1. a southpaw. who findg himself higher up than he ex d 1o be <o eariy in life, White the massiveness of a right in his upper chest notes many left handers are Whitehill i< like Dauss in Luild, and Daunss and his shoulders 1ave done a great deal in their way to_uphold Detry The Detroit players Whitehill has a Tuive When a left-hander can he right-handed Dauss | broaching a condition of perfection from the Detroit viewpoint There is another piteher of whon the also speak respectfull; His name is Cole “He may be the lest in the American Leagu. vight. tha Dauss rve like he is ap- say like i yger: he “Mayhe he T will b Tyger: pitchers, Loys as the infi said of is right now noted that clannish with runs er*u Sheahan Boosts Stoner. Don't averlook Stomer, Arthur Sheahan, who travels w Detr looks after the fort. “Stoner is back with us again You ask Fort Worth what they think {of Stomer. He pitched them to the championship last year.” Detroit sent Stoner o jence lust vear. “I'm tr ou Cobb in “whether Stoner got the experience rwe did. Anyhow, he g If we had known he was pitch a team like Fort | Worth into the pennant. maybe we | would have Kept him to piteh a_team {like Detroit into the pennant.” i o0d, a left-hander who was picked up in Bay City and who was the minor league pitching wonder o Michigan last season. pitehed himself e somewhere in his lumbar region All winter he has been trying to find out what was loose. He savs he thinks the doctors have tagged it Good won eleven zames in succession for Bay City last season. and al together he won twenty, while losini jonly a handful | AMATEUR BILLIARDISTS ¢ TIED FOR TOURNEY LEAD 2 —The tie be- - A ow of Baltimore and Dr. Andrew Harris of Chicago for leadership in the national ama- teur three-cushion championship ma be broken today when they meet separate opponents.. Dr. Roscow pla; Otto Spielman, Chicago, and Dr. Harris meets Tobert Lord of { Chicago, present national champion | Tonight's matches will be between Louis Vogler, Indianapolis, and E. R Wainwright, Pittsburgh, and F. 1 Fleming, Chicago, and Earl Patter- son, Chicago. terday’s game Lord to 43, in 70 innings over Spielman, 50 to 38. in : Flaming beat Wainwright, in §6 innings, and Lord de- feated T'atterson, 50 to 42, in 80 in- i nings. the thie the for experi ng to figure speaking of it March tween Dr. 1. N. 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