Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1925, Page 31

SPORES. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, 3. 25. Z4 MARCH 19, 19 McKechnie Enthusiastic Over Pirates: Dempsey’s Next Bout May Be With Renault FASTEST CLUB IN LEAGUE, SAYS PITTSBURG’S PILOT Manager Confident Big Trade With Chicago Cubs| Will Strengthen Buccaneers in Chase for Championship in Heydler’s Circuit. ¥ the Associated Press, ASO ROBLES, two new faces in the of the last four seasons,’ discussing the outlook for his team “No other club in the league possesses an equal amount of speed,” he asserted. “and, according to the averages of the various players, it should, a unit, hit well over the .300 mark. Hecaded by Max Carey, who over long course of years has been the leading base stealer and one of the artest outfielders in the league, the line-up contains such fast men as ee, Traynor, Cuyler, Moore, Grantham, Nichaus and Wright “Several important cogs in the machine last season, thrown off their ride by have reported in better physical condition this year. This is especially true of Third Baseman Traynor, who slumped so no- ticeably last season that he had to be taken out of the line-up for a time. Bighee at present gives no sign of the sinus trouble which dimmed his batting eye over the past two years. “Last Winter's trade with the Cubs which brought Grantham. Aldridge and Niehaus to Pittsburgh in change for Maranvi Grimm Cooper, will benefit the club. Eddie Moore, one of the finds of last year Supplant Maranville. He s faster. will hit better and can be de- ponded upon in a pinch. Aldridse will win as many games for Pitts- burgh as Cooper will for Chicago. “Albert Niehaus, first baseman, last | Chattanooga, has shown in camp to satisfy that | first base will be well car and that he s stronger hitter tha Grimm. Grantham will give us the needed punch and will be used as an alternate in the outfield A Tegu lar outfielder. Fr ot tained fre Omaha, will add to the reserve sirength of the infield. The youngster is fast and should develop quickly. “The regular pitching staff of vear has been strengthened by addition of Bernard Cullton, a semi- pro pitcher picked up the middle of last season and who has developed into a dependable hurier. Louis Kou- pal, who won 22 games with Omaha 5 last year, and Don Songer and J¢ I Brown, from Oklahoma City E and others! the “The catching department has been | tht strengthened by the addition of Roy | day Spencer from Birmingham Joe| I Cronin, a sandlot infielder from San | convince Franclsco, has been the going to the ¢ He nceds seasoning and|! believe will ned out for future use,|Son and wi t to the club being a [&ain to make it pay pennant contender from start to fin- | pelicy of developir ish.” When the | Philadelphia Calif., March 19— infield, wi Ma “The Pittsburgh club of 1925, with be a better team than the Pirates ger W. B. McKechnie today, in illness, and AVE the teams in the American me ington Griffmen and the New victories of 19242 This tlook for for coming season. The predictions indicated by the “dope str, of and the Philadelphia Nationals the Finished Seventh in 1924 Lost 96; Pet., .364 never like to make predictions the phils are not half through work of preparation.” said Ar-| Fletcher in Bradentown one last week have seen enough, however, to me that the team of 1925 is be far above that of 1824 re for a good sea- enough to continue our| voungsters.” | es of some of the outfielders and the| { pitching regulars are recalled this cause some surprise, but the| is that Fletcher is working now infleld combination that will be youngest in the big leagues. And all of his hers are sere and veterans. The outfield is about divided between age and ion of that we how BOWEN BEATS 0’DAY; TURNER ALSO SCORES Eddie Bowen, brother Andy staged his second anpearance in this city last night in th b Washington Barracks His opponent was Terry 0'Day. that fast and game lttle battler from the Emeraid Isle. Bowen again made good and ga the Irish iad good pa ctally in the closing roun first six rounds the g tically even, Bowen depend: pon body punchin with sional left jab, while Ter his attack almost exclusively tap to the face. His right | th evenly of youth As 24-year-old | of the| eloped short in his| | stands now, the veter: He has d than everage of errors in Philadelphla | Ford®on the retired | Kimmick of the| infield b. main is Qualke {into a | stop arter first two With Horace list the youthful Vernon Coast League Club, who once 1 with the Reds, wil ase. At first will be len” Hawks, who was once a Yankee | |and a fleet-footed and handy hitting ouzht | outfielder. He has been converted into play only on rare cceasions linto a first baseman and according Beginning with the th. Bow-|to the opinion of those who have seen en’s heavy punches to the body began | him play both her and in the Southern to have effect and Terry tired rap- | Association last Summer, he will idly. The tenth and final round found |about rob Wilter Holke of his place, Bowen over his man trying to-land | though Holke will be retained the finishing punch, with O'Da | Another daring experiment of ing on Fletcher's is to place Bill Huber, a Jack star from the Texas League, he ca ht third base. He has made a great opponent 1 impression, shows fine speed, hits Philadelp! and the ball and throws we Russell lad was g terrible lacing Wrightstone is available for third; ner ¢id not attempt a bod but again there is a complica- the seventh round. alt tion, for Fletcher plans to place nany openings. He | Wrightstone in the outfleld for his ermincd to batting ability 1 that ve €y Williame, Laughlin Mokan left jab and signed from the Cincin- | The Thilade teds: Schultz, Henrich and Leach to be an excep all striving for places in the out- took it fi There’s a chance that Fletcher the 10 rounds take up Branch Rickey's “reve Al Foreman sible” outfield idea, using some com- | the foul route bination like Willlams, Harper and | Kid Julian of Wrightstone against against right point Julian reccived a good|handers, and Mokan, Burns and trouncing Schultz against southpaws. There Jimmy Gardner showed great im-|plenty of material, and all of the can- provement over previous starts when | didates can hit. he whipped Jimmy Sullivan in the| Two young catchers, “Butch” Hen- six-round opening event |line and Jack Wilson, and a veteran, A good crowd was in attendance. Lew Wendell, will take care of the It was a first-class card. |catching. Henline, a year ago, was arry Sheehy (Kid Sullivan) kept|rated as one of the best in the Na- the boys on*theJumb ‘fn,the | tional League, but Wilson is coming el Gol offic fast and it will bé hard to keep him out of the game. It's the general opinion that Fletch- ler will have to get some new pitch- | ing blood if he Is going to arise from tha depths. Jimmy Ring. Betts, Carl- son, Johnny Couch, Clarence Mitchell, RAY TO SHOW SPEED TO KEEP HIS DATES |tz ioboei e S | | been around a long Cme w e Joie Ray, midget marvel of Chic [taken beating after beating in the the world Indoor record for the mils, | Peen added Dana Fillingim, turned 4:12, has prepared a schedule ‘| 100se by the Braves and recalled after own for the coming weeks |a vear in Texas. Tomorrow night he expects to par-| . The voungster: promise are ticipate in the Central A. A, U, games Knight and both Texas n Chicago. On March 27 and 28 he | l¢azuers, and Ulrich, last season with will be in Texas, performing at Aus. | Waterbury in the Eastern League. If tin and Houston, and three days later | they can bolster up the pitching staft he plans to be in Boston for a mecet.! the Phils may get somewhere. April 3 will find him back in his| The team hits hard and well and home city for the bankers' games. thera is promise of more speed on the NURMIV ST“.L HOPES | fint seill etp the pitchers. Thers TO TAKE COAST TRIP {m be the improvement in June and July that the energetic and able legd- er hopes for now. NEW YORK, March — Paavo | Nurm! will resume his running sched ‘ ule at a meet here Saturday night according to his friend and ad | Hugo Quist, and will go through with his tour to the F Coast unless | illness agaln overtakes hi | Sven the Olympic champion's great constitution found the eating of meat thres hours before a in New York too much and he faltered at a time when his condition should have been the best Nurmi and spasms ve ars is. ior the ng was prac- & mainly | confined to a left showed i and fight Johnny the McLau that His hlin of Ivania Tur until biow here ough ad e there de- and P the home-run hitter; Johnny George Harper, George Burr nati q wil just ian prov s onally boy hting back d and | hout all throu of Fort My in the fifth Baltimore. had er won by round from Up to that 2 all his of . Joe Turner has been matched with Eddie Pope for the wrestling bout at the Mutual Theater tonight. iser, 1 Willie Ritola may in in outdoor race in ork, according to Quist. He planned to stage a meet at the kee Stadium about the middle April. TIES HOCKEY SERIES. BOSTON, March 19.—Pittsburgh Hernets made it all even in the play for the title of the eastern division of the United States Amateur Hockey Assoclation by defeating the Boston ( A A, 2 to 0 meet has Yan- of HOCKEY GAMES. At Pittsburgh—Pittsburgh, 1; Oleveland, 0. : At Boston—Pittsburgh Hornets, 2 Boston A. A. 0. At Minneapolls—)inneapolls, 2; St. Fauk L jPHILS BANKING ON YOUTH; ~ CHISOX NEED BOLSTERING ing in the South been strengthened enough to prevent the Wash- the second of a series of articles dealing with the base ball reviewed cach week, and on April 12 will come a general summary and the icago Sox of the American League are taken up today. DEMPSEY RESTRICTED BY MOVIE CONTRACT YORK, March 13.— Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight boxing hampion, cannot return to the ring for several months under a contract signed in Los Angeles with motion pleture producers, the exhibitors’ office has announced. Dempsey’s agreement, it was ex- plained, stipulates that a certain time must elapse after the picture is pro- duced before he can fight again. The producers said that the cham- pion will play opposite his wife, the former Estelle Taylor, In & story hav- ing to do with New York life. NEW FIGHTER REACHES U. S. March 19.—Edouard Mascart, French featherweight, has arrived from France for a boxing campaign in this country. which prob- ably will culminate in a championship match with Louis “Kid” Kaplan for he world featherweight title. Mas- cart is champion of Europe in his class. NEW YORK, and National Leagues now in train- York Giants from repeating their chances of four of the clubs will be The Phillies of the National League Chicago W hite Sox Finished Eighth in 1924 Won 66, Lost ST: Pet., .431 “I have thought all along that the White Sox have the ability to win the American League pennant. We weren't a real tall-end team last year. That's all T care to say now.” Thus Edward Trowbridge Collins, new manager of the Comiskey ma- chine which started with such high hopes behind the late Frank Chance year ago, sums up the situation demoralization of the Sox through the training and playing season last year because of the ab- | sence of their leader, he believes to have been the cause of a sorry finish | by a band of men with great latent abilit There will be no lacking in leader- ship this year. Collins has been walt- ing for his chance after a wonderful career as a player. Every meniber of the team is with him, and if there is strength in union and power in cohe- sfon, Chicago may see a ' wonder worked. But—and this is a big but—before the Sox can be contenders they must fill & gap at shortstop and they must find somewhere at least two capable pitchers. These are the contracts Collins now has on his hands. Many a game slipped through the shortstop position in 1924. With Her- vey McClelian out of the line-up Bill Barrett, an outfielder, was tried. There seems the chance that McClel- lan will not be strong enough to go through this season and Collins has five other young men to work and is trying to train one up to the class of a regular. Ike Davis, who has been tried out on other training trips with the Sox and who played last year at Columbia, apparently is the most favored, although Frank Wo- Jack, little Jess Cortazzo, Jack But- ler and Clyde Rentfrew all will be glven an opportunity. With Earl Sheely at first, Collins at second and Willie Kamm at third, all the in- field needs is a shortstop of ability to rate with the best Harry Hooper, Bib Falk, Johnny Mostil. Roy Elsh, Barrett and Maurice | Archdeacon will fight it out for the | outfleld places. They can all hit and fleld and the manager will not have great trouble in choosing a capable trio. Ray Schalk, up to last year the best catcher in base ball, will attempt a comeback this Spring. If he can make it. the Sox will require little help be- hind the bat; Clyde Crouse and Jack Grabowsk! are both of good major league caliber. Hollls Thurston ousted Red Faber as the team's star pitcher last year. Added to this pair are Gorham Leverette, Ted Blankenship and Charlie Robertson, all of whom were disappointments, more or lsss. Ted Lyons didn't quite come up to his minor league promise. Mike Cven- gros did a lot of work, some of it creditable. George Connally was an in-and-outer. Letfy Davenport has been brought back from Minneapolis and Milton Steergrafe from Beau- mont. Collins has half a dozen others. As stated before, two steady regulars must_be found to back up Thurston and Faber, or all the efforts at up- building will be for nothing. Th Next—St. Louls Cardinals and St. Louls Browns | WASHINGTON A. C. SEXTET/ GETS SECOND IN LEAGUE | By downing the Princess sextet, 22| to 17, Washington Athletic Club gir! | basketers have an undisputed claim to second place in the Washington Women's Basket Ball League. The famous Metropolitans are in the lead, and the Princess and Mar- jorie Webster sextets nold third and fourth places In the league standing. Leiin Rickmond is to play host fn July to the annual regatta of the South-| ern Rowing Association. I Presents an ideal in ling ~It fits collar sty neck &knot perfectly. Cluetz,Peabody & Co.Inc Makers DISTRICT FIVES SURPRISE IN BALTIMORE TOURNEY 2 PSETTING the dope by winning, 30 to 22, over the Baltimore Athletic Club team, made up of Loyola College players, and the favorites to win the unlimited title in the South Atlantic basket ball tourney being staged in Baltimore, the Mount Vernon M. E. quint has entered the semi-finals of the elimination series, and now is favored to take the championship when the winner of the Y. M. C. A.-Y. M. H. A. game is met in the deciding contest. Epiphany Junlors also figured in an upset when the Atlas Club of Baltimore was defeated, 26 to 19, and will co pete in the final round of the 130-pdund class with an opponent yet to be de- termined. Calvary M. E. and are scheduled to pi of the 145-pound ¢! Eastern Athletic Ansociation tossers will clash with Company C, 1218t En- gineers, District National Guard, at the National G Army tonight at 8 o'clock. d Leading, 11 to 10, at the half, Sioux Athletlc Club girls defeated the Interior Department sextet, 13 to 10, Miss Hall scored heavily for the win- ners, while Miss Boyer and Miss Crockett starred for the Interior six Epiphany Seniors in the semi-finals ss on Saturday, the former meeting the Locust Point All| Stars and _Epiphany being matched with the Playground Athletic Leaguc champions. Tralling, 13 to 10, at the half, the Mount Vernon tossers came back strong in the final half of their game vn(hv the Baltimore Athletic Club five, and soon crept into the lead, never to be headed. Dulin, with five goals from scrimmage, was high corer for the Washington team, McCartee following closely with four two-counters and one foul shot. The winners scored 14 fleld goals to 7 for the losers. Schloss led the at 'k for the Epiphany Juniors, registering a total of four scrimmage goals and one point from the foul line. Alpha were victorious double-header at Omicron PI in and Kappa Ki the intersorority the University of Maryland. Rallying in the final min- utes, after trailing from the start, Alpha Omicron Pi defeated Sigma Delta, 12 to 10. Kappa Xi won from the non-sorority team, 21 to 12. Teams of Columbus Athletic Club and the Alexandria “A" Club will meet in the Alexandria Armory to- night in the first game of the basket ball tourney for the junior champion- ship of the city First Baptist girl basketers defeat- ed the Bethany Chapel six by a 26- imiors will | to-11 count. Miss Travers and Miss play tomorrow night, probably at Con- | Ruthven g nvily ress Helghts, in the semi-final of the | Victors. 125-pound championship tourney. The e A 5 STOESSEL WHIPS ROMERO. winner will be matched with the War- NEW YORK, March 19.— wick Preps in a game for' the city title With Benzoni jumping center, the [sel, New York heavywelght Palace ‘Luundry five failed to hit its|ed Quintin Romero of Chile sual stride and lost to the Cortland, |round bout last night . Y. quint by a score of 30 {0 27 weighed 213 and Romero 197 Mount Vernon Athletic Association basketers and Epiphany Joe Stoes- outpoint- in a 12- toessel |GAME TODAY DECIDES RIVAL FOR CENTRAL Central High School's opponent the semi-finals of the University of Pennsyivania scholastic basket ball ‘ournament is to be decided when Pottstown and Camden Catholic fives take the floor in Philadelphia to- night. The Blue and White quint, con- querors of the husky Pottsville High five, 37 to 22, have drawn a bye for today, but will meet the winner of the Pottstown-Camden game tomor- row night. Scott High School of Toleday eliminated Upper Darby, Pa., High, 31 to Showing a reversal of form in the third quarter the Central tossers over- came a 16-to-13 lead of their nents and during the final p the Pennsylvanians at their While Pottsville relied on a long #hot game, the Washingtonians em- ployed their usual clevér passing and made most of their goals from be- neath the bLasket. Macdonald anc Hale, forwards, and Ranta, center each found the hoops for four goals | from scrimmage, while Capt. Dean and Moser, guards, also contributed to the score with three and two| baskets, respectively i Dezendorf and Clayton also saw action in the ga Dezendorf tak- ing Mosers place, and Clayton re- | lieving Capt. Dean. | in oppo. od had | merey EARLE THEATER ENTERS UNLIMITED BALL RANKS Fred Hand, manager of the Earle Theater, Is to manage the new Earle Theater unlimited base ball team, and | is receiving challenges at the office on Thirteenth street The line-up of the lows: Smith and Voight, pitchers:| Thompson, catcher; Brinkley Simpson, second; Harlan, third: San ders, shortstop; Demma, McKimmor | and Rosendorf, outfielders | nine is as fol- | first; | CANADIAN GETTING READY FOR BOUT WITH CHAMPION Believed to Have Received Tip From Kearns—Will Fight Sharkey Friday Night and Romero on Monday, a Strenuous Program. BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, March 19.—Jack Renault must have receis And it looks as though Jack Ke way, all the talk among the knowing ones is that the Canadian ed a hot tip rns was the author of it. Any N champion is being steamed up for a Summer match against De Jerseymen are talking as though they think they the bout, but they have not. 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