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10 SPORTS. MceNALLY’S COLD KEEPS HIM OFF YANNIGAN TEAM Second-String Griffmen Will Face Cubans in Firs Tilt of Season—Catcher Hinkle Joins Squad. Gregg Reports, Completing Squad. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. Sports Baitor, The Star. AMPA, Fla has been necessitated by the T fering from an aggravated case of sniffles, March 7.—Although a last-minute change in the line-up illness of Mike McNally, who is suf- Manager” Mike Martin is confident his aggregation of irregulars will take the 'measure of the Cuban Stars today the first game Last year, on a corresponding sometime trainer of the Nationals, h the Tampa cigar akers in 12 innings of the 1925 Spring training season. date, the Yannigans, bossed by the could do no better than get a draw and’ Miguel is anxious to erase this stigma on his directorial ability with a clean-cut victory this after- noon. Owing to the indisposition of McNal ly, the job of shortstopping will be attended to by Oss Bluege, who probably will follow Centerfielder Wid Matthews, lead-off man in the line-u, Then will come Nemo Leibold, ho will hold forth at third base instead of left field, where he was originally assigned playing right field, will bat in the clean-up position with Rhinehardt, the Sally who reported only a d wio is ticketed 't fleld, next on swatting list irst Baseman AMule Shirley is listed to come up sixth, just ahead of the second base- man, Spencer Adams, with Red Har- srave or Benny Tate, who are to share the catching burden, in the eighth hole. Names Four Pitchers. It was the intention of impresario Martin to use & quartet of pitchers in this inaugural combat, he having nominated Southpaws Jim McNamara and Benson Brillheart to help Harry Kelly and Clise Dudley, righthanders, carry the load. Miguel was a bit hazy as to the order in which they would appear or just how he was Zoing to evenly divide nine innings of toil among four boxmen, and in- dicated that circumstances would govern the exercise of directorial strategy, just as it does with all big league manager The work of the in this array—Carlyle. Namara and Kelly—will #b watched with much interest by the regulars, as all have shown a certain amount of class to date and have indicated by their actions that they may some day fall heir to the jobs of players who will be occupying the roles of spectators today. Adams has shown up well at both short and second in the fielding drills, giving evidence of a fine pair of hands and a strong throwing arm, while Cariyle’s work at bat indicates Tow he came to amass that .368 verage with Memphis last season. Both Kelly and McNamgra have made a good impression in the box during the daily duty of pitching to batters, with the lafter ecspecially well re- garded, bacause of his generous pro- portions and fact that he is lefthander. Using S The stogie rollers have an pitcher in the person of Hernandez. who has worked in the winter league games in and about Havana, and the Cuban population is all smoked up over the possibilities that he may be able to baffle the embryonic big leaguers. Her- ndez is said to be particularly anxious to make & good showing on the hill in the hope that President Griffith and Manager Harris may be sufficiently im- pressed with his pitching prowess to give him a try-out in a Washington uniform. Strenvous efforts have been made to get the diamond in good condition for the tussle this afternoon, considerable work having been done on it by a squad of men employed by the municipality which also intérrupted work in building & new street long enough to donate the services of a huge steam roller, but the infield is a rather sad affair and there is little hope for improving it to any extent, least not this Spring. A spifty new scoreboard has been erected in the vast open spaces of right field, however, and, all in all, with the to- bacco manipulators likely to turn out in full force, a large afternoon is in pros- peét, Roy Carlyle, George League recruit couple of days ago a to hold forth in 1 the brand-new players Adams, Me- 3! ar Slabma: aported” Hinkle With Squad. Phere was another addition to the Washington squad vesterday when it wag joined by Matt Hinkle, a strapping bigtbackstop recommended to President Griffith by Bob Lamotte, former short- stapper of the Nationals, and who this Year is with the St. Louis Cardinals. Lamotte, who spends off seasons here, was impressed with Hinkle's work in the winter league that operated in this seation. Hijnkle, who worked with the Denver club of the Western League last year under & non-reserve contract and now is a free agent, Is paying his own ex- penses at the camp here. He is about s big as Truck Hanna, the old Yankee catgher, and demonstrated in his first workout that he has an arm of steel, regardless of what his ability may prove o be in other respects. Hinkle ralses thaytotal of catchers in the squad to six,~for, in_addition to Ruel, Tate and Hargrave, Raymond Jones,.a Washing- ton; sandlot leaguer, and Guenea Quinn, al boy, have been helping out. Most of the Washington players last night attended an open-air boxing show, conducted by local promote: and were furnished as much enter- tainment by Altrock and Schacht as b: the leather pushers themselves. Nick put on phantom wrestling match with “Strangler” Lewis and wound up by heaving his imaginary ppponent from the ring in the fashion fade famous by “Big” Munn, while Al demonstrated his skill as a box Ighter by kayoing the shade of Benny Leonard, after a furious battle. Thelr stunts went over big with the capac- ity crowd. Gregg Reaches Tampa. |Sylvanus Gregg, veteran portside pitcher, who for & time threatened to spurn the Nationals unless given some of the money with which he was bought from Seattle, got to camp this morning. His arrival completed ihe squad regularly enrolled as Griff- mcen, and probably saved Vean a deal of trouble. President Griflith was about ready to take summary action in Gregg's case because of the latter's dilatory tactics in so far as reporting at the tralning base was concerned. WOMEN IN GOLF FINAL. PELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla., March 74—Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Philadelphia, national champion, and Miss Bernice Wall of Oshkosh, Wis. With victories in the Belleair seml- fimals, will meet today in the final. Mrs. Hurd eliminated the Philadelphia ckampion, Mrs. G. Henry Stetson, 2 and 1, while Miss Wall defeated Miss ¥rances Hadfield of Milwaukee, 3 and 2. /MOLLA WINS TENNIS CUP. PALM BEACH, Fla, March 7.—Mrs. Molla B. Mallory, former national tennis champion, won permanent pos- sgesion of the Flagler trophy with her third victory in the annual wom- an's Florida event, defeating Mrs. Bernard F. Stenz of New York in e fnals, —4 5. 1 | told the New af p. DEMPSEY UNSHAKEN BY FIGHT ULTIMATUM NEW YORK, March 7.—Jack Demp- and the New York State Ath- | letic Commission are sparring for an opening in an unheralded match, with the solons of the Empire State broad- casting their punches across the con- tinent. The boxing public is referee- ing the mateh. From out of the Atlantic seaboard yesterday came a jab at Dempsey's crown which carried a message to | the heavywelght king from the New York commission that he would stand right up and say within 24 hours whether he would like: to accept a chal- lenge from Harry Wills, giant negro heavyweight. At the same time a right hook fol- lowed explaining that after he had carefully considered the Wills mat- ter he might take cognizance of the fact that Tommy Gibbons has also mailed a challenge which he wouwl like the titleholder to look over with a view of making a bargaln after he has disposed of the Wills' chal- lenge. Jack Kearns, who guides the cham- pion’s business destinies, parried. the two blows with another that flatly York commission that it should play in its own vard and not trespass. as Dempsey would not be dominated by any body of men, unless they wanted to promote a fight for him The dictum to Dempsey was the first officlal act taken by the com- mission after its reorganization meet- | sev |ing today in which James A. Farley of Stony Point, Y., was elected chairman to succeed George E. Brow- er, who has held the office since last January. Commissioner Brower did not attend the meeting and in a state- ment, made later, claimed the elec- tion was illegal NURMI RUNS SLOW RACE; IN MEET AGAIN TONIGHT TORONTO, March 7.—Paavo Nurmi, Finland's speed marvel, negotiated a mile and a half in eight minutes and two fifths of a second in winning he event on the Coliseum last night. This {s more than a full minute slow- er than the time chalked up by him at Hamilton the night before, when he ran the distance in §:55 1-5. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 7.—Paavo Nurmi and Willie Ritola will make their second appearance In Buffalo at the 174th Infantry games’ tonight. Nurmi, competing in his fourth meet in as many days on both sides of the Canadian border, will run a special mile and a half. Chief among his op- ponents will be Jimmy Connolly of Washington. Ritola will run three miles against time. —_— RENAULT BATTERS SMITH. DETROILT, March 7.—Jack Renault, Canadian heavyweight champion, all but knocked out Homer Smith, Kala- mazoo, in a 10-round bout here. Smith's gameness and ability to ab- sorb punishment was all that saved him. CHICAGO, March 7.—Lou Talaber, world middleweight wrestling cham- pion, defeated Jce Kilonis, Greek, with a double Nelson, in 44 minutes, in a one-fall match here. team as a high-class pitcher. effective. A The ideal physical type of catcher is one of stocky build. This Is be- cause the nature of the position J mands @ man who can stand hard work and plenty of it. Not only is a backstop more actlve than any other Player, except the pitcher, but he has more equipment to carry. When a catcher dons his armor of mask, chest protector and shin guards he is clothed In some weighty togs. He also has a heavier glove than any other player. All this extra welght is pretty certain to tire any one biit a sturdy, rugged player even under normal weather conditfons. On an excessively hot day a catcher is certain to lose weight. A frail back- stop’ can't stand the pace. Not all great catchers are big men physically. Take Ray Schalk, long the star backstop of the White Sox, and Muddy Ruel, who did such effective work behind the plate when the Washington club won the American League pennant and world champion- ship last year. Nelther comes in the class of the big, rugged, type of athlete. But they both have a knack of conserving their strength and so have been able to stand the pace better than many bigger men and do more eflicient work. In base ball, as in everything else, it is the exception which proves the rule. It is impossible to set up an absolutely arbitrary physical qualifi- cation for any position on a team. I am pointing out what qualities will be the greatest asset to a youngster seeking a given position, and the ones which are more or less essential to his success. But boys should bear in mind that if they have the will to do a certain thing it will go a long way toward overcoming many handicaps. The successful catcher must be a man who can inspire confidence in his pitchers and inflelders. It is a hard task for a twirler to work with a backstop who doesn't think fast. It is difficult for infielders to do their THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925. Martin to Use Bluege at Short Today : Killefer Makes Changes in Cub Infield TWO ROOKIE PITCHERS WHO ARE MAKING GOOD IMPRESSION AT TAMPA Kelly won 14 and lost 7 games for Memphis of the Southern League last year. He is.a right-hander. McNamara is a southpaw, who was obtained from Wichita of the Western League. DEPARTMENTAL LOOP TO MEET ON MONDAY A meeting of the Departmental Base Ball League has been called for Mon- day night at Spalding's store, 1338 G street, by President Louis P. Cook. Representatives of teams that held franchises in the league last season are requested to attend to consider the applications of teams that wish to join the circuit this Spring. Sev- eral other important business matters are to be taken up. Coach Hip Canvin of the Mount Rainier Junior base ball team has re- ceived contracts signed by Bob Shanklin, former Hyattsville High southpaw hurler, and George Honey, Elliot Junior outfielder, and is calling his first practice tomorrow morning at the Mount Rainier field at 10 o'clock. Donald Bellman, recently re- elected president of the Mount Rainier Junior Athletic Club, wants all play ers’ contracts turned in by next Thursday. Members of the Corinthian Athletic Club will hold their initial base ball practice at the Sixteenth street roser- voir grounds tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.e Liberty Athletic Club base ballers are plannjng to hold a practice se sion on the Rosedale diamond tomor- row afternoon at 3 o'clock. Members of the Peck Memorial nine have scheduled an organization meet- ing for Tuesday night at Peck gym nastum. Games may be arranged with the Nationals, a recently organized mid- et team, by calling the manager at Lincoln 9614. LANDIS WILL PRESENT EMBLEMS TO GRIFFMEN CHICAGO, March 7.—Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baxe ball com- missionsr, has left for a three- weck swing around the major league training camps In the South. He will first look the White Sox over at Shrevepart, La. The commixsioner will present the world serics emblems to the ‘Washington players at Tampa mext Saturday. HOW TO PLAY BASE BALL By Stanley (Bucky) Harris. CATCHER 1—PHYSICAL NEEDS. GOOD catcher is almost as important to a successful base ball He will make an able twirler more Catchers who know their business can be depended upon to help even an ordinary pitcher show to great advantage on many occasions. A team with a real workmanlike pitcher and an efficient backstop has a big advantage over less fortunate rivals. The youngster who decides he wants to be a catcher should realize beforehand that he has picked out a difficult position to fill. have to stand many hard knocks, work at top speed all the time the | opposition is at bat and keep everlastingly on the alert. He will best with a wild-throwing and erratic catcher in the game. Real backstops should be of the type able. to handle all pitchers equally well. In other words, to get the best results they should be able to work nearly every day. That is one of the principal reasons a catcher, with few exoceptions, has to be a sturdy, rugged athlete and a glutton for hard, tiresome work. A good catcher needs plenty of brains. He should train himself to think fast and cultlvate his powers of observation. He has to be every bit as alert mentally as the pitcher and able to call plays equally fast. He should make a close study of batters and train himself to judge a hitter's points of strength and weakness. He can be of great aid to his pitcher in figuring what sort of ball to give the man at bat. A real quick-thinging, smart catcher, even if he is comparatively small, will often be of great value to a team. He won't be able to work as often as a huskier player, but he will be a handy man to have around. Two small, quick- witted catchers are of more value than one ideally equipped physically, but under par mentally. In such a case the smaller men can split the catching duties and so be able to go through a season. Base ball is no game for the mentally deficient. But because they are match- ing wits with the batters and are the biggest combination in preventing an opponent from getting his attack under ‘way, pitchers and catchers must be of the quick-thinking type to be really successful. Keep that in mind if you are set on becoming a battery man. You should be sturdy and strong. Perhaps you can overcome a physical handicap. You can never hope to get far ahead without the proper mental equipment. Tomorrow: How a Catcher Should Train. (opyright, 1025, by Cusrent News Features; ne. YANKEE YANNIGANS DOWN REGULARS IN SIX INNINGS By the Assoclated Press N pearance of the 1925 season, yesterday by a makeshift combination of rookies, Miller Huggins is paying board under the non-de-plume It was only six innings of pastiming, EW YORK, March 7—The New York Yankees, in their maiden ap- met defeat at St. Petersburg, Fla, for which y he Yannigans.” but _the recruits chalked up a 5-to-2 verdict and Babe Ruth didn’t get in a four-base punch, although Chief Levi was forced to commit a larceny Things in the Dodgers’ camp of the Brooklyn team are going along daz- zlly without “Dazzy” Vance, although reports from the South are that Eb- bets and Vance have agreed on salary. It seems that somebody took a half- hitch in the negotiations and Vance didn’t sign, as was previously broad- cast, but now Vance has called “sig- nals” and Ebbets is chattering the arithmetic. All three clubs report good weather and plenty of exercise under typical Southern “skies. The first sign of Spring, the base ball box score, is carded to appear today. Sisler to Test Hurlers. ST. LOUIS, March 7.—The majority of his pitchers having been in har- ness eight working days, Manager George Stsler of the St. Louis Browns has deemed the time ripe to find out just what the recruits can do. The young bhurlers faced the first test in a practice game at Tarpon Springs, Fla., today. The Cardinals have six games on tap for two days. The White sult unine under Capt. Bert Shotton was billed for Sacramento today, while Manager Branch Eickey handled the Greys at Stockton, Callf., opposing San Francisco. Morning and afternoon games to- morrow between the same teams fill out the half doszen tests. Tygers Advancing Rapidly. DETROIT, March 7.—With a week's training under a Georgia sun already behind them, the Detroit Tygers grad- ually are gathering epeed, and mus- cles dormant all Winter are loosening up. Routine work thus far engaged in is beginning to show results, and Manager Ty Cobb is expected to give the word for his pitchers to put some “stuff” on the ball soon. The Winter base ball played by Edwin Wells on the Pacific coast has been serving to keep the Tyger twirler in good stead since his ap- pearance at Augusta this season. He looks ready to “go the route” at any time. Kenneth Holloway, Bill Moore, Jessie Doyle and Johnny Walker— the last three recruits—were sent to the mound for short turns yesterday. Speaker Tutors Fewster. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 7.—The Cleveland Indians went through their first batting drill at the Spring train- ing camp yesterday. Manager Tris Speaker devoted much time to cor- recting Chick Fewster's faults in bunting, giving rise to the belief that Fewster would bat second, should he land the regular berth at second base. C. S. (Buddy) Myers, Mississippi Aggie's second sacker, arrived at Lakeland for a tryout. Quaker City Teams Busy. PHILADELPHIA, March 7.—The Phillles and Athletics are getting plenty of practice in batting and base running at their Florida training camps, even though their opponents do not furnish much opportunity for work in the field. Advices from Fort Myers show that the American League representatives gathered 33 hits for a total of 36 runs in a nine-inning game yesterday with the Everglades Athletic Assoclation, while the Nationals collected. 14 hits for nine runs in a nine-inning contest with a Yannigan combination at Bradentown. The defense of Manager Fletcher's regulars was so good that not a Yannigan reached first base. The Athletics garnered eight two-base hits, four triples and two home-runs against the Everglades. Red Sox Stage Game. BOSTON, March 7.—Advices from St. Petersburg say that the Boston Nationals yesterday put in the most strenuous session since going South. Today & six-inning game will ba played, which will give Dave Ban- croft, the Braves' manager, an op- portunity to get a line on some of his new recruits. A dispatch for New Orleans sald that the Boston Americans played a fast seven-inning game yesterday, the regulars defeating the Yanni- gans, 7 to 4. According to Manager Lee Fohl, it was an ideal day, and his men played midseason ball, Tommy Connolly, a Berkeley, Calif, rookle, continued making talk by sluggihg out a double and a triple. Chicago Players Afling. CHICAGO, March 7.—Moundsmen and maladies hold the limelight in the Catalina Island, Calif, camp of the Chicago Cubs, and the Shreve- to keep the Bambino back. port, La, practice quarters of the White Sox. i The maladies were those of Arnold Statz of the Cubs, threatened with pneumonia after a touch of tonsilitis, and Pitcher Lefty Joe Westnedge of Charlotte, N. C., who was taken from the Cub camp to the hospital with chills and fever. Westnedge, who played with Danville in the Virginla League, will be sent home on his recovery. Manager Bill Killefer derived soms consolation from the performances of his pitchers, who were permitted to cut loose. He expressed satisfaction with the condition of their arms. Hollis Thurston, one of the four American League hurlers who turned in 20 or more victories last season, made his debut at the White Sox camp. Joubert Lum Davenport, during batting practice, between tho eyes by from John Grabowski's knocked unconsclous. casualty in camp. pitching was struck a line drive bat and It was the first Weather Hits Pirates. PITTSBURGH, March 7. — The weather at the Plrates’ training camp at Paso Robles yesterday was any- thing but typically Californian, and the Corsairs’ activities were curtalled by showers and chilly breezes. Despite Jupiter Pluvius' perversity, Manager Bill McKechnie ordered his pitchers and catchers through 30 minutes of flinging exercises, but the outflelders and infielders spent the afternoon indoors at “penny ante” and other diversions. The Yan- nigans were measured during the day for new uniforms. Vic Aldridge, pitcher, is the only Buccaneer not now in camp. When he will arrive is a matter of conjec- ture, as it is understood the mau agement thinks his price too high. Absentees Do Not Worry Reds. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 7.—Just as Manager Jack Hendricks of the Reds was becoming worried over the absence of Carl Mays and the two Cubans, Luque and Dibut, from the training camp President August Herr- mann announced here that Mays was on his way from Portland, Oreg.. and would arrive at Orlando Monday or Tuesday. The Cuban pitchers, who have been playing ball all Winter, also will report early next week, Herrmann stated. Hendricks said yesterday he would use three of his veteran hurlers— Donohue, Rixey and Sheehan—in the first important exhibition game of the season with the world champions next Thursday. Today being the first anniversary of the death of Pat Moran, for five years manager of the Reds and only leader to bring a pennant and a world cham- pionship to Cincinnati, most of the players attended a commemorative requiem high mass, held at St. James' Cathedral, Orlando, this morning. GOLFERS T0 ELECT AND AWARD EVENT Officers for 1925 will be elected, and a place and date for the holding of the Individual championship of the assoclation set at the annual meeting of the MMdle Atlantic Golf Assocla- tion to be held at the New Willard Hotel tonight at 8 o'clock. The championship tournament fs scheduled to be played at the Mary- land Country Club of Baltimore this year, and R. Lee Slingluff of that club is slated to become president of the association, More than two score delegates from the 22 member clubs of the associa- tion are expected to attend the meet- in ¥ J. D. Mackay of Richmond, presi- dent for 1924, will be In the chair. —_— PALACE BASKETERS BEAT WARREN’S BUCKEYE QUINT WARREN, Ohio, March 7.—Warren Buckeyes suffered their second defeat of the season on thelr home floor last night, the Palace Laundry Club of Washington, downing the locals, 38 to 33. The contest easily ‘was the best seen here this season, with Red Conaty featuring for the Washington team and Vogel for the locals. The visitors went into the lead early in the fray and were never headed, although the Buckeyes were behind by only one pointeat the end of the first hal?, when the score stood, 20 to 19. G. U. PICKED TO WIN COLLEGIATE GAMES NEW YORK, March 7.—The fourth annual indoor track and field games of the L C. A. A. A. will be held { In the 1024 Regiment Armory tonight when more than 800 entries from 22 colleges will strive for honors won last season by Pennsylvania. Georgetown's outfit of Washington will enter the lists tonight as the | favorite, with Harvard, Yale and| Princeton as the leading opponents. | Georgetown's main strength ap- | pears to be on the boards, especially | in the relay events, where its world | championship 2-mile relay team is| expected to shipe. { Yale is looked upon as Georgetown's | leading rival in the tracks events | with Princeton llkely furnishing plenty of competition in the field Pennsylvania, shattered by injuries, is not expected to cause any trouble | among the leaders. Harvard is figured as a strong con- tender, due to a victory in a tri- angular meet with Cornell and Dart- mouth. Cornell with 111 entries has the largest representation. A squad of 22 Hilltoppers will com- pote in the intercollegiates. It will be strong in all departments of the meet except in the sprints. George- town's 2-mile team twice has set world records this vear, while the mile quartst has been a consistent winner. The middle-distance runners also have counted heavily. In the field events, Georgetown expects to gather points through the efforts of Emerson Norton and Tony Plansky. D. C. SWIMMING TEAMS IN BALTIMORE MEETS Washington Canos Club and Capital Athletic Club swimmers are par- ticipating in dual meets in Baltimore tanks tonight, the paddiers meeting the Baltimore Athletic Club squad in a preliminary to the South Atlantic championships to be held at Catholic University on April 4, and the Capitol &lrls competing with a team from the Chautauqua Swimming Club at the Y. W. C. A. pool. Winkjer, Shear, Eliason, Ansley, Kelley, McMullan ‘and Ahlenfeld wili carry the Canoe Club colors, while Florence Skadding, Ena Pettingill, Tillie Raine, Thelma Winkjer, Wini- fred Faunce and tlfe three Whaler| sisters make up the Capital squad, . BOWLERS T0 COMPLETE THEIR INTERCITY TILT With a lead of five pins, the Herzl quint of the Hebrew “¥" League takes on the Baltimore team, from the same organization, tonight at the Recreation alleys, for the final round of their 10-game match. TANTON ATHLETIC CLUB, M will represent local basket ball of the senior division of the So the Fifth Regiment Armory, in Bal Athletic Club plays in the girls’ divisi Meeting the St. Joseph's Com- munity Club five at 8 o'clock, the Mount Vernons are expected to ad- vance to the second round without serious opposition, but in Baltimore Athletic Club quint the Stantons will have a strong opponent. The Stanton game will be played at 9 o'clock. The Bryn Mawr six that opposes Wash- ington Athletic Club girls on the Baltimore Y. W. C. A. court is the defending champion in the girls’ di- vision and is likely to prove a tough assignment. Company F. Hyattsville Guards, s matched with the unlimited quint of the G5th Regiment, Epiphany Junior and Senior teams and the Met- ropolitan Sextet are entered in the tournament, but do not get into action until early next week. Coach George Collifiower is putting the Aloysius Big Five through a stiff practice session today in preparation for the second game of the Corby- Aloy series at the Arcade tomorrow night. Another win will make the Purple dribblers undisputed masters jof the Bakery five, while a victory for Corby will tie the series at one- all and make a play-off necessary. Stantons and Anacostia Eagles will meet in the preliminary tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. While the Boys Club-Tremont game scheduled for the third round of the 126-pound champlonship series at Georgetown University tonight has been postponed, Epiphany Juniors and Cardinals will play at 7 o'clock, as formerly announced. Mount Ver- non Athletic Assoclation basketers qualified for the fourth round by SPORTS. ADAMS IS SECOND-SACKER IN REORGANIZED DEFENSE Marany: lle, at Middle Station With Pirates Last Year, Returned to Shortfield—Camp Ideal for Conditioning of Ball Club. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. A table carpet of emerald velvet. luxuriant growth, is like a for the first time. DIEGEL AND SARAZEN MIAMI, Fla, March 7.— Brilliant playing on the part of Johnny Farrell enabled the Quaker Ridge pro and his partner, Bobby Cruickshank of Shackamaxon, to defeat Gene Sarazen of New York and Leo Diegel of Washington in the final match of the professional best ball golf tourna- ment here. Farrell and Cruikshank triumphed by 1 up, the match being won at the final hole when Farrell registered a birdie 4 Farfrell made a good drive, but next was still 50 yards short of the sreen. He measured the distance carefully and hit the flag with his third. It was then a simple matter to sink a short putt for a birdie 4 for the victory. Farrell was brilliant and was the 1 throughout main factor in his team's victory. Diegel was deadly on his approach shots, but Sarazen's game was far from his best. Each team had a best ball of 68 in the morning, but the winners had a 69 in the afternoon for 70 for their rivals. The card: FIRST ROUND. 44 3 Out— Diegel Sarazen | Cruikshank. waor o 5 1 4 4 H 4 4 4 4 4 Sarazen’ Cruikshank. Farrell .. Diegel Sarazen . Cruiksnsn Farreil maon O aaa METROPOLITAN SEXTET FINISHES WITH VICTORY Defeating St s Business Col- Athletic Club sextet closed their sea- son in the Washington Women's Bas- ket Ball League with but a loss registered against them. Washington Athletic Club tossers, who encounter the Bryn Mawr team at Baltimore tonight in the South Atlantic championship tourney, de- feated the Capitol Athletic Club team, 38 to §, In Calvary Gymnasium was downed by the Princess Athletic Club six by a score of 32 to 17. Good Shepherd basketers trounced the Company F. Auxiltary team, 22 to 16. GIRL SKATER LOWERS RECORD FOR A MILE PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 7.—More than one world skating record is ex- pected to be broken when some of the foremost ice artists compete tonight at Duquesne Garden here in the second night's program of the international in- door skating championships. One indoor record went into the dis- when, after the last cvent, steps were taken to put the ice in better condition and give the skaters a better field on which to try their blades tonight. Miss Flsie Mueller of New York broke a record by gliding 1 miles in 3:19 3 bettering the record established by Mis: Gladys Robinson in_ Milwaukee (hree years ago of 3:51 2-5. Charlie Gorman of New Brunswick equaled Bobby Me- Lean's record by covering 440 yards in 37 3-5 seconds. Despite Gorman's pefformance, Moore, present holder of the interna- tional speed champlonships, took top honors by fintshing first in one and sec- ond in two events. Joe DISTRICT TOSSERS SHOOT IN S. A. TOURNEY TODAY! | snip. ount Vernon M. E. and Company F circles tonight in the opening games uth Atlantic A. A. U. tournament at timore. The sextet of Washington on tonight. defeating the Nationals, 34 to 18, While the St. Patrick’s five nosed out the Army Boys' Club, 18 to 17. The Kanawhas eliminated the Rainbow quint with a 32-to-19 victory. Boys’ Club Superiars vs. Rosedales at 6 o'clock, Boys' Club Celtics vs. | Aloysius Junlors at 7 o'clock, Ana- costia FPagles vs. Woodside at § o'clock and Youngbloods vs. Mount Vernons at 9 o'clock are the contests LOSE ON FINAL HOLE| card and another was equaled last night | | | | | | lege, 52 to 1, girls of the Metropolitan | 5 single | fidgence to Friberg at | | | | | Californta outg | ship of the second VALON, Sauta Catalina Island, Calif., March 7.—Florida, in her sun- niest ‘moods, and California, at her best, would be hard pressed to provide a site to compare with the island playground in which the Chicago Cubs are making ready for the coming base ball season. Three hours across the blue water from Los Angeles, at Avalon i located a diamond which has no peer in the United States. It is a veri- The turf, mowed each day to restrain its d glove to the hand. from the cruel ravages of base ball spikes. comparable, and the Cubs romp. upon it like kids who are sccing grass It recovers in one night It is a base ball field Mountains more than 2,200 feet high aio the background of the Cubs playground. They surround it com- pletely, save for one pass, which gives on the bounding Pacific. Up the sida of one of these mountains, where he can it on his veranda and ook down on the base ball team at play, stands the house of William Wrigley, mon- arch of all he surveys, base ball team and island included. The background of the Cubs' parl in Chicago once was a coal yard Imagine that as against these huge verdure-clad mountainsides that climb into the air and form a running course for wild goats galo: perhaps descend ants of the goats that Robinson Cruso: found in Southern seas Rabbit Maranville, irrepress! vivacious, abounding with says it makes him feel almost like a goat himself when he looks at thos=e mountains. “But I'm nobody’s gol-darned goat this year,” he hastens to add. “I have trained.” the Rabbit said n everything from canebrake to one of those brush-filled cornflelds to which Walter Hapgcod used to take us, but this thing is so big in the background and so fine in the foreground that I wake up scared at night and pinch myself to find out whether I'm not the hero of one of those stories where you go to sea and get cast away on an island chuck full of wild ducks and griddle cakes and maple syrup.” Bill Killefer, manager, h first intention ab the Chicago eld. That to b the out- standing fact about the Cubs so far. Maranville Again at Short. Instead of y Maranville second base, where he plaved so wel last season fo Pittsburgh, he is re- turning Maranville to shortstop. “Rabbi his old Jjob again,™ in a matter- of-fact manner, training him short. Adams wi play second Grimm first and Eriberg third.” So there is another infield that wi tve cause for cor This new djustment of players, by its great speed and by the manner in which the players are interlinked, may bring a tremendous difference in ths achievements of the Cu before the season Is ended. Maranville is in lay base ball than three years He with Adams and energy, seem al better shape he has been fits in admirably e has given con- third. Grim no less effervescent than he was with Pittsburgh. The change will infield of to n give Chicago an alternated veterans ane youngsters. The oldst tend to steady the youngsters. The plan i working exceilently right now. If it continues this infleld of the Cubs Lackey Figh School of Indian Head | ¥!lL P® much better than it was last year and it will rate of other infields League. upon the heels in the National (Copyright, 1925. {KINSEY FACES WAL‘TERS IN FLORIDA NET FINAL TAMPA, Fla, March the best matches of champlonship 7.—In one of the Dixje tennis obert Kinsey of aled Harris Cog- geschall of Des Moines in the somi- final round to w 0, 6—1 Two other singles matches brought D. S. Watters of Mulberry the final He will play F PREP SCHOOLS IN TIE FOR BASKET LAURELS A 22-10-21 victory scored over the Devitt Prep five by the St J tossers brings about a deadlock among Devitt, St. John's and Gonzago for first honors in prep school basket ball ranks of the District Leading at the haif, 14 to 7, the Devitt team looked like a winner, hut the sensational shooting of John Mor- ris, St. John's forward, who regis- tered a total of 17 ponits, carried the Vermont avenue team to the front. Toler and Collins played best for the losing five. Alexandria High and Charlottes- ville High, basket ball champions of thelr respective districts, are sched- uled to meet in the Alexandria ar- mory tonight to decide the interd trict title. The winmer will enter the competition for the State champion- Pierpont, Houston, Baggett, Knight and Hoeft probably will start for Alexandria. By defeating Section 208-2, 26 to 15 Section 217-2 of Eastern High School has won the basket ball champion- semester and is qualified to compete with teams rep- resenting the other semesters for the champlonship of the school. Folly and Hisle, forwards; Lilly, center: Madigan and Ryan, guards, performed for the winning team. Gannon also took part in the fray, substituting for Polly, Central High appears on the tennis schedules of Baltimore Poly and Sev- ern School. The Poly racketers will entertain Central May 29, and Severn carded for the Aloyslus Club senior|School has booked the Blue and White and junfor championship ments at Gonzaga gymnasi night. With numerous high school stars displaying their wares fn Mount Ver- non uniforms, the churchmen nosed out Dominican Lyceum, 17 to 16, in St. Dominic's gymnasium. Argyle tossers divided a double bill, winning from the Peck Reserves, 30 to 23, but taking a 49-to-13 drub- bing from the Anacostia Eagles five. Columblan Clubmen of Alexandria led the Warwick Preps from the start and took the decision, 24 to 13. Scrivener breught in eight fleld goals for the winners. Elliot Juniors were defeated, 31 to 30, by the Columbia Juniors in an overtime game on the Wilson Normal court. Potter contributed the win- ning point. Virginia Orioles took the short end of a 28-to-21 score in an encounter with ‘the Alexandria Iroquols five. Sherwoods defeated the Northerns, 32 to 25, and the Rovers, 21 to 17. tourna- | team for a home game April 11. Sev- um to- lern comes to Episcopal match on May 9. DISAGREE AS TO FIGHT. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, March 7.—Ed- die (Cannonball) Martin of Brooklyn, world batamwelght champion, and Pete Sarmiento, Filipino feather- weight, engaged in & 10-round, no- deciston contest last night. The opinions of newspaper experts ranged from a shade to Martin to a draw. for a net GOLF TITLE TO DUNPHY. PALM BEACH, Fla, March 7. Chris J. Dunphy of Washington won the Palm Beach golf championship tournament here by defeating E. T. Martin_of Chicago, 9 and 8, in the final. The match ‘was at 36 holes, BASKET BALL RESULTS At Urbana—illineis, 37; Purdu At Washington, Pa—Pittsburgh, 1S; Washington and Jefferson, 18