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¢ When Harris doubled to left. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON \ D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925 SPORTS. Johnson Is Far Behind in His Conditioning : Critic of College Athletics Scored MAY BE A MONTH LATE REACHING PEAK OF FORM| Sustained Hard Work Prescribed to Melt Fat Off Walter’s Waist and Chest—Lack of Poise Worrying Gregg—Play Mobile Today. BY JOHN B. KELLER. OBILE, Ala., April 4—Hard M work, and plenty of it, is to be the training program of Walter Johnson for some time, so Stanley Harris, manager of the world champion Nationals, averred this morning. The young pilot is not so optimistic as he was concerning the cteran pitcher’ He now fears Walter v quick conditioning for the 1925 American League cam- not be at the peak of form before May in the meanwhile he intends to put the moundsman through a grueling training routine Johnson gave a bright performance yesterday at New Orleans when the first five innings of the game in which the Nationals beat the Peli- cans 6 to 0, he allowed but two singles and no passes and fanned five »atters, but it was quite apparent the big fellow was exerting himself to utmost every minute he was on the slab. New Orl <s mych h ton » earn ans does not. seem to pos- ting strength, vet it was Johnson toil £trenuously good record he did. An layer of fat about the chest is bothering the 1e pitching King of § rid of most ¢ly handicapped beaving the rs between 1 Walter had completed duty on the hill he was around the park a couple times, Harris plans to keep the teran on his toes in long work- cuts here today and tomorrow, too. Walter Faces Hard Task, Disposing of his superfluous pound- d task _for Johnson nger athléte would drop ds within a few days, finds it di nlt to get rid of pound or two a week. He weighs w runds less after a work- than when he took the field, but ports for drill the next day with more than an ounce or two of of the playe than him last year, g8, aged southpaw from Seattle of the League for a second tri show after a long absence from it, must conquer his nerves be- e he will be really fit for duty, g hurled the last four innings ay, and, although he pitched is control was faulty and too hurried. g% admitted after the contest it he lacks confidence in his pitch- ng ability at the present time, even though his arm feels good and he has the stamina to perform at top speed for - innings or more. The lanky was at a loss to account for his flurried demeanor, but felt certain hat when the big test comes after the championship season opens, he will not be found wanting. ng to do weight to or he the but hased Hitting Continues Light. In disposing of the Pelicans ves- terday, the Nationals did no hitting to boast of. A total of nine bingles were r »red off the collective de- liver of Shovel Hodge, who once led for the White So: nd Frank oussard, both right handers. Three of the wallops were doubles, Walter Johnson, Bucky Harris and Roger Peckinpaugh contributing them. Gen- erally, though, the World Champions did not meet the ball solidly. They still have far to go in a hitting way. A pair of runs were garnered off Hodge in the inaugural session. Mc- Neely, hit by a pitched ball, scored ‘Goslin's Rice’s retirement counted Buc Johnson's two-bag- ger was all the Nationals could get off Modge ‘in the next three rounds, but in the fifth Ruel walked, took cecond on a wild pitch, moved to third when McNeely's grounder was fumbled and tallied when Rice sin- gled after Harris strolled. Hodge was nicked for two more markers in the sixth that Judge start- ed by strolling to first base. He pilfered second and scored when Peck hit a two-bagger to center. Ruel's retirement advanced Peck a notch and he counted when Adams, batting for Johnson, poled a one-baser to left. The t National run was mado off Broussard in the eighth. Judge singled and Bluege walked. Ossie tried to take second when Peck fanned, only to be run down in a double play, but Judge got home as the second out was recorded. Three Pitchers Work Today. Jez Zachary, Warren Ogden and Allen Russell were assigned to the pitching job for the Nationals today, when the Gulls were to be encoun- tored in the first of a series of two games. single following In the second inning vesterday Johnson made only six pitches to re- tire Hoffman and Henry, then hurled two strikes to Carpenter before the latter grounded to Walter on the ninth ball sent up in the session. Lapan's hit made off Johnson in the third inning was a scratchy one pass Bluege, but Hoffman's in the fifth was a clean single to center. Tucked fouled-tipped the ball after taking two strikes in the fourth and ol juggled it, but managed to sp the sphere firmly just before it to the ground. Altrock went to first base for the ninth inning, and had he not per- isted in sitting down to play the position, Gregg probably would not have had a hit recorded against him in that frame, but when Hoffman tapped the ball down the first base with two gone, Nick was un- to get to it and it rolled to & le Batting for Johnson in the sixth Adams socked the first bal pitched o him to left for a smart single. ALOYSIUS ATHLETES T0 HOLD A WORKOUT us Club track and field ath- ill hold their first workout or the South Atlantic championship \cot tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock t the Georgetown University Field. A general invitation to take part in the trial session is extended to all thletes of the city. The champion- “hips are scheduled for June 6 at Central Stadium, A series of four G-mile scratch aces will be held at the Georgetown ¥ield beginning Sunday, April 19, and continuing each week until May 10. These runs are in preparation for the title meet and the special G-mile run to be staged at the “C” Club meet at Central Stadium on May 16. An interesting duel is expected at the Central meet when five of the hest distance runners of this sec- tion—Leach of the Marine Corps, Al- berry of the Washington Canoe Club, Mgee of the Beano Club of Baitimore ,und Healy and Williams of the Aloysius lub-—~meet in the 5-mile grind on the stadium track, SCHOOL TITLE PLAY GETS START TODAY school ball three games base High teams and prep are figuring this afternoon. Western and Tech were booked to open the scholastic title series at the Central Stadium at 1 o'clock, while Business is encountering Mount St. Joseph's at Baltimore, and Devitt is playing Georgetown Prep at Garrett Park. Eastern opened its diamond sched- ule with a victory over the St. Alban’s nine by a score of 5 to 4. Burdine held the St. Alban's team scoreless for five innings, and Madigan allowed them only one run in the three that he occupied the mound. Finney and Quinn, who hurled in the final frame, were knicked for a trio of tallies. Business High and St. John's fought to a 9-t0-9 tie on the Monument Grounds, The game was called in the ninth inning. in THREE-MILE WALKING MARK SET BY PLANT OTTAWA, Ontario, April 4 —Paavo Nurmi won the one-mile-and-a-half international indoor race at the Ottawo police races last night. Jim_Connolly of Washington was second and Lloyd Hahn, Boston, Col- was third. Nurmi's time was Plant, American walking champion, set a three-mile record of 20 _minutes 43 seconds. 3 Phil Granville, Canadian champion, and Ugo Frigerio of Italy, Olympic 10,000-meter title holder, quit the race after walking half the distance. The previous record, 20 minutes 49 4-5 seconds, was made by George Goulding of Canada, in Brooklyn, March 30, 1912 |EASTERN A. A. TEAM STARTS TOMORROW The Eastern Athletic Association base ball nine plays its season opener tomorrow afternoon in a practice game with the Pullman Athletic Club on the Rosedale diamond at 1 o'clock, Players named below are expected to report to the managen not later than 12:30: Treadway, Lucas, Lowe, Mills, Seebodie, Boyd, Toomey, Mon- tague, Warren, Morrison, Patton, Nash, Neldfeldt, Wilson, Bringel, Spiddle and Raines. The Modoc club opens its season this afternoon when the Liberty Ath- letic Club nine is met on the Rose~ dale diamond. Senior teams wishing to book the Modoes should communi- cate with J. G. Markham at Cleveland 2125 Members of the team representing Ransdell, Inc., will practice tomor- vow afternoon at Eighteenth and Newton streets northeast. Players and candidates are requested to re- port at 1315 C street, at 1:30 o'clock. C idates for the Cherrydale team have been asked to report to Lyon Village field tomorrow afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock. Winegarden, former Mohawk hurler, has signed to play with the Cherrydal Manager Usiiton of the Benning Athletic Club nine requests all can- didates to report for practice on the Benning field tomorrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock Columbin Midgets of Clarendon, who are meeting the Ballston Midg- ets this afternoon, have the use of the Arlington diamond tomorrow, and wish to book an opponent. Call Manager Harris at Clarendon 497-X-2. Arlington Athletic Club encounters the Eastern Athletic Association Grays in a practice game tomorrow afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, on the Arlington field. Alexandria Dre: Khts are sched- uled for a practice session tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 on the Dreadnaught fleld. Ten teams will compose the Com- mercial League circult this season. They are: Allen Mitchell Co. Center Market, Chestnut Farms, Chesapeake and Potom: Lansburgh & Bros., Standard Oil, Thompson's Dairy, Eve- ning Star, Williams-Webb Co. and W. B. Moses. The W. B. Moses team is meeting the Yankees this after- noon in a practice game. St. Joseph’s Athletic Club team will practice tomorrow morning at. 11 o'clock on the Union Station Plaza. — . TAKES LEAD AT HOCKEY. PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 4.—Yel- lowjackets defeated Fort Pitt Horn- ets, 2 to 1, in an extra-period con- test last night in the first of a five-game serles to decide the United States amateur hockey league title. 215-T0-1 SHOT WINS. S, April 4—Les Rameaux, a three-year-old maiden colt, yesterday won the second race at the Maisons Lafitte track at the record odds of 215 to one. PHILS AND MACKS START SERIES FOR P ball championship. CITY HONORS HILADELPHIA, April 4—Fresh from their Florida training camps, the Phillies and Athletics today open their series for the city base Two games of the series were played in the South and five will be played here. Each team won one of the contests in Florida. Ring, for the Nationals, and Rom- mel, for the Americans, were an- nounced as the opposing pitchers to- day with first siring men at all the other positions. Maneger Mack and his squad ar- rived hers early today from Ports- mouth, Va., whers the Athletics yes- terday defeated the Portsmouth team, 9 to 5, in a hard-hitting contest. Cochrane, Hauger and Simmons each made circuit drives. Browns Would Call Halt. ST. LOUTS, April 4—Opening & three- game series in - Nashville, Tenn, against the Southern Assoclation club there, the St. Louis Browns today hoped to overcome a losing streak that has followed them the last four games. The second successive shutout for the Browns this year came from the Barons at Birmingham yesterday, a 1-to-0 defeat. Three more games remained on the Cardinal’ schedule, including today's contest with the San Francisco seals, before the St. Louis National club leaves the coast. Both the Cardi practice and pocketbook Show the effects of the five-day rest period, Manager Branch Rickey sald. Indians at New Orleans. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 4—The Cleveland Indians were at New Or- leans today for their final stand in the South. Games are scheduled there today and tomorrow, the Indians starting North the middle of next week. Commissioner Landis airplaned to Montgomery from Augusts, Ga., yes- terday with Gov. W. W. Brandon to witness a game between the Indians and Mobile, which the former won, 7 to 3. Chisox Drflling Hard. CHICAGO, April 4—The end of their training camp practice in sight, the Chicags White Sox yesterday went through an Intensive batting and fielding -arill under the watchful eve of Manager Eddie Collins, prepara- tory to the closing games with the Shreveport Gassers at the camp. Early next week the squad departs for the North, Stopping for a game at Little Rook, Ark.; another iIn Asheville, two in Evansville, one In Terre Haute and two in Indianapolis before facing the Detroit Tigers on opening day. So far the team has not been beaten. Rain and wet grounds for the sixth time in a fortnight ‘kept Manager Killefer's Cubs idle in Oakland, Calif. Games today and tomorrow with Oakland end their Western practice sessions. En route to Chicago the team will stop over in Kangas City for a series. — . Rufing Is Red Sox Star. BOSTON, April 4—Exosllent pitoh- ing by Ruffing was a feature of the Red Sox game against the oclub of Nashville, Tenn., where they stopped yesterday on their way to Louisville and beat their hosts, 8 to 8. Ruffing pitched the last three in- nings, striking out five men, four of them in a row. Nashville's runs were scored off Wingfield, who shared ths hurling with Ross in the earlier part of the game. Bill Rogell of the Boston team hit a homer. At St. Petersburg the Boston Na- tional nine put the St. Peter Saints away to the tune of 11 to 6. Joe Batchelder, thy Wenbam SouthnaNe held the Saints hitless for the last four imnings. Tygers Play Reds Again. DETROIT, April 4—With a 9-to-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Augusta, Ga, yesterday the Detroit Tygers were scheduled to face Jack Hendricks’ team thers again today in the second round of a three-gam. series. The third game will be play Monday at Atlanta, Ga. “Dutch” Leonard opened the game on the mound for the Tygers and went six innings. He was relieved by Sylvester Johnson, who hurled the remaining three. Heinle Manush played centerfield in place of Cobb. Fifteen Hits Fail to Win. NEW YORK, April 4.—Fifteen hits failed to win the ninth game of the serfes with the Yankees for the Brooklyn Dodgers yesterday at At- lanta, Ga. The Huggins clan collected only seven, but got them within the two closing innings, thus winning, 7 to 5. For six innings company failed to score. Petty, a newcomer from JIndianapolls, had them missing his curves until the sixth, when Schwartz took up the mound assignment. He went along nicely for one inning, but Manager Robinson removed him in the seventh when the Yankee bats started work- ing. ‘With the score 4 to 3 agalnst the Dodgers, Johnston dropped one over the outfield wall, scoring two runs and forcing the Yankees to grind out another batch of tallies in the eighth to give them a one-game advantage in the series, § to 4. A welcome rajn gave the Gilants a rest in the series with the Memphis team of the Southern League. Man- ager McGraw announced that he plans to carry 10 pitchers into the National League race for his fifth pennant. In addition to.Bentley, Nehf, McQuillan, Ryan, Barnes, Scott, Dean and Maun, he expects to retain two out of & string of several recruit: Babe Ruth and Reds Trall A, L. Teams. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, April 4 —Yester- day's 9-to-1 victory of the Detrolt Tygers over Cincinnat! gave the American e teams an edge of one game over the Reds this Spring, the count being' four to three ‘The Reds have beaten Washington, New York and St Louis and lost to Wasbington, Cleveland twice and De- rolt. The Tygers and Reds meet again at Augusta today, with Pete Donohue and Rip Collins slated to do the pitching. Pirates Busy With Bats. 'PITTSBURGH, April 4—Pirate bats wers full of bass hits yesterday aft- ernoon, and the Buccaneers took their second game with the Angels of the Pacific Coast Leagus at Los Angeles by the score of 10 to 6. It was the first contest of the year in which a Pirate pitcher went the full route. The Bux twirler was Lee Meadows, whose curves and spec- tacles proved quite puszling to the Coast Leaguers, Whitey Glazner, a former Pirate, was on the mound for the Seraphs, and his former teammates touched him for 16 hits. Glazner had poor support and saw flve Pirates cross the plate in the first inning. In the sec- ond he saw four more Corsalirs soore. The Pirates garnered eight two- tase hits, two of which were made bx, Radiq Maoren PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS’ ROSTER FOR 1925 COMPILED BY AL MUNRO ELIAS. Throws. R L Pitchers. Andrews, E. D, Baumgartner, St Glass, Thom: Gray, Samuel Groves, Robert ) Harris, Bryan . Helmach, Fred A. Meeker, Roy . Reits, Al J.. 4 Rommel, Edwin A. Stokes, Arthur Walberg, George . ‘Willis, Charles Catchers. Cochrane, Gordon S.... Perkins, Ralph J.. Infielders. Bishop, Max F.... Dykes, James J..... Galloway, Clarence E e, Samuel .. Hauser, Joxeph J. Hipps, Robert . Smi Zigafoos, Francis Outfielders. Bagwell, William M...... French, Walter E........ Lamar, Willlam H.. Miller, Edmund . ... R Thomas S. Shibe, presiden Connie Mack, treasurer and m: Fort Myers, Fla., training camp. 1924 record: Fini, losing 81 for a percentage of .407. Played with in 1924, Martinsburg, E. S. L. Athletices . Cambridge, B. §. L Athletics Athleties . Portsmouth, Athletics . Des Moines, Milwaukee, A. A. Martinsburg, E. Portland, P. C. Athleties . Athleties ... Athletics . Athletiex . Athletics . Athletics . Furman U, Evansville, Ind Independent 276 318 149 288 Nb record. 137 289 No record. Galveston, Tex. Shreveport, Tex. Athletics Toledo, 65 Athletics 13 A e 152 Athletics . 94 145 17 87 367 350 330 357 342 hibe, vice president and secretary; Mack and ira Thomas, conches; ed fifth in the Americun League race, winning 7 TYGERS AND PIRATES DUE FOR BOLD PENNANT BIDS £ HE Detroit Tygers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, who haven't won a pennant since they battled for the world championship in 1909, are the subjects of today’s review of the base ball training camps. Both had good teams last season, both promise to have better ones this year.. Both always have been contenders over a period of many years of cracking stars and evil fortune, This is the sixth of a series of articles on th hopes of the various clubs now pennant chances and closing training. Next four more teams will be considered, and on April 12 will come the final round-up and forecast. Detroit Tygers Won 56, Lost 68, in 1924, Finished Third. This i3 Detroit's year, if the enth siastic young men who work for T: rus Raymond Cobb are to be believed. They see visions of a pennant floating over Navin Field after a season of struggling with the Yankees, Nation- I!! and Athletics, and a world cham- pionship after that in a battle with the National League. Cobb is a dynamic leader. In two years he has brought his team from sixth place to a position as a sharp contender, a club mightily fesred and respected all around the circuit. If he can tighten up one spot in his in- field the enthusiasm of the boys may not be misplaced. That spot is second base. With an airtight defense over the keystome last Spring and Summer, the Tygers might have held off the Yankees and stopped the rush of the Griffmen. Cobb had no less than four candi- dates for the place this Winter, but has put his faith in Frank O'Rourke, & veteran, up in the big leagues for his second trip. He may not be an Aaron Ward or a Stanley Harris or an Eddle Collins, but if he does his share in the defense Cobb believes that the rest of his flerce attack can carry along with one weak man. The big asset lles in the attack. Starting with Cobb, they have Blue and Heflmann, Manush and Bassler, Rigney and Haney—all .300 hitters and poison to all but the best pitch- ers. Theirs is a line-up that carries dynamite all along the line. Manush, Cobb, Heilmann, Fothergill and Wingo in the outfleld measure up to the best big league standards. The infleld will be made up of Blue, O'Rourke, Rigney and Jones. The sec- ond baseman is the only one in ques- tion. The catchers, Bassler and Wood- all, are as good as any in the leaguo and hard hitters to boot. There is an abundance of good reserve material. The Detroit pitching staff is well fixed in left-handers. If the Yankees, Nationals and Browns can be fooled by southpaws, the Tygers are well fixed. In Earl Whitehill they have about as good a southpaw as there is in the American League, and Eddie Wells is only a step behind him. “Dutch” Leonard is a dependable vet- eran and Bert Cole may be of use. The right-handers are “Rip” Collins, who has done well for Detroit since escaping from the Bosten Red Sox, where he was sent by the Yankees in 1922; George Dauss, a veteran; Ken- neth Holloway, Sylvester Johnson, Herman Pillette, a sensation two years ago, and Lil Stoner. Cobb believes in quality, not quan- tity. He took the smallest squad to his training camp of any big lcague club in recent years. Well balanced with_hard hitting and apparently for- tified with good pitching, the Tygers should be a menace the season through. SWIMMERS COMPETE - IN TITLE MEET HERE Making their final appearance of the season, Catholic University swim- mers will make a strong bid for hon- ors in the South Atlantic champion- ship meet being held at the Brook- land pool this afternoon and tonight. Fitzgerald, credited with being the best performer on the squad, will meet Ben Mitchell of the Maryland Swimming Club, holder of the title in the 220-yard free style event, in what should prove to be an interesting duel, while Estevex will attempt tb wrest the 100-yard back stroke cham- plonship from Pmmet Loane, also of the Maryland organization. Other Brookland entries are Sulll- van and Lehrfeld, in the 100 and 200 yard free style; Mangan, in the fancy dive, and Gallagher, in the plunge. Fitzgeraid, Estevex, Lehrfeld and Mangan or Sullivan will carry the C. U. colors in the relay. The Washington Canoe Club, George ‘Washington University, Tidal Basin Swimming Club, Central High and Devitt Prep are other District or- ganizations competing for team hon- ors in the eight event: Pour Baltimore clubs— the Mary- land Swimming Club, the Bay Shore Athletic Club, Y. M. C. A. and Balti- more Athletio Club—are entered. Fin re scheduled to be run off at 8 o’olock. WAR POLO TEAMS HAVE PRACTICE GAME TODAY Poloists of the War Department As- sociation wers scheduled to open their season this afternoon at the Potomac Park fleld with a practice game between two War Department teams. Matches will be arranged for Tues- di and Thursdays at 4:45 and on Pittsburgh Pirates Won 90, Lost 63, in 1924, Finished Third. “The best young team stepped on a ball fleld,” McKechnie, manager of burgh Pirates of 1925. “If the fire of youth, er¥husiasm, willlngness to hustle all the time and skill to carry out all that is asked of them mean anyt g, then my young- sters have a great chance to break the winning streak of the Giants vear. I have just enough old heads on the team to steady things with- out slowing up the attack. For the life of me I can't see any team we need fear.” True enough, the Pirates are young. They developed five first-year men last Summer, and they are all in the regular line-up today. They are go- ing to try out a freshman first base- man this Spring. A couple of their new pitchers are yearlings. All but two of their veterans are middle-aged, as far as players go. Max Carey and Babe Adams are the only real men, and the former, old as he is, is still the speed boy of the outfit on the bases. Boys and all hustlers. Neihaus, ob- tained from the Chicago Cubs in the big Winter deal which sent Maran- ville, Grim and Cooper from the Pirates, is to get a trial at first. He'll stick, say the critics. Eddie Moore is golng strong at second. He was @ shortstop and left fielder last vear, but now will try to fill the place of Rabbit Maranville. Glen Wright that ever says Bill the made good at short on his first leap | to the majors, and Pie Traynor, one of the third-base stars in the Na- tional League, make the left side of the infield as strong as any combi- nation. Hazen Cuyler Carey, Grantham, Blg- bee and Barnhart are good outflelders. Earl Smith and Johnny Gooch will do their part behind the bat. The pitching is even more promis- ing than last year. Emil Yde and Kremer, the voungsters, who made such a meteoric start, seem as good as ever, and Adams, Meadows, Mor- rison and Aldridge are a great quar- tet of right-handers. In Songer the team has another left-hander of promise, and there are two or three newcomers who are seemingly as go0od as Kremer and Yde were at this time a year ago. Dreyfuss and McKechnie always had great luck with their youngsters. By their trade with the Cubs the Pirates gained slightly in batting strength. They may have lost in fielding ekill. Timo will tell in that matter. As it stands now the Bue- caneers seem as good as any club in the league, and if they wear well should be dangerous. —_— D. C. GUNNERS CONTEST FOR PLACES ON TEAM Marksmen of the Washington Gun Club are holding an elimination race at the Benning traps this afternoon to determine the team to compete in the meet with Yale University and the Oriole Gun Club of Baltimore, ar- ranged for next Saturday on the local range. The three-cornered match was held at Baltimore last year, the college men winning over their more experi- enced opponents by a margin of two targets. ALEXANDRIA QUINTS PLAY FINAL GAMES ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 4.—Alex- andria’s junior basket ball tourna- ment closes tonight after one of the most successful series ever staged. In the two games that will com- plete the tournament the Cdlumbias will be seen. opposing the Columbia Athletic Club and the “A” Club meet- ing the Iroquois A. C. The game between the Columbias and Orioles is booked for 8 o'clock with.the final game of the series be tween the Iroquois’ and *“A” Club slated to follow immediately after. St. Christopher School of Richmond, Va., was to oppdse the Eplscopal High School base ball team here this after- noon: —_— Lione! Levvy, coach of the Alex- andria High School, concluded tlie week of active preparation for the Georgetown Freshmen base ball game, which will be played Monday at Georgetown, by sending his charges through & bard workout on Bag- gett's Field today. Cardinals, Drendnnught and Vir- ginia Gray clubmen have called base ball practice for tomorrow afternoon. All candidates are- requested to Te« Pitts- | QUINTS this | ARMOUR TO TUNE UP FOR LINKS’ CONTEST Thomas D. Armour, erstwhile Scot- tish and French amateur champion, who will take the place of Jock Hutchison in an exhibition match at the Washington Golf and Country Club tomorroow, paired with Johnny Farrell, against Roland R. MacKenzie and Dave Thomson, arrived in the city today, and immediately went to the Washington club to play in a practice match with Farrell and two members of the cluo. Armour played yesterday in an exhibition match in North Carolina. For several years secretary of "fle Westchester-Biltmore Club, the spleh- did golf project of John McEntee Bowman pear Rye, N. Y. Armour played as an amateur and was re- garded as one of the most finished shot makers in its ranks. He turned professional only last Fall, and has greatly improved his game since he began playing regularly. Armour won a couple of the im- portant tournaments in the South during the Winter, and finished well up in the North and South open cham- pionship. His style is similar to that of most golfers who learned the game on the wind-swept courses of Scotland or England. A swing which looks flat, but which is in reality quite upright, and sends away a long, low flylng ball, which carries an enormous dis- tance, is the feature of the Armour game. But neither Armour or Farrell, long drivers though they are, will be as long off the tee as Roland MacKenzie, provided the younghter is hitting them tomorrow as well as he has hit them all Spring. Roland has length- ened his game 39 yards or more and is probably hitting the longest ball of any player about Washington today. Thirty-six holes will be played in the exhibition tomorrow, the first round starting at 9:30, and the sec- ond round at 1:30. The match is open to members of clubs about Washing- ton and to invited guests of the Washington Golf and Country Club. A luncheon will be served at $1 in the clubhouse. The club may be reached by automobile via the Lee Highway through Cherrydale, and turning to the right three-fourths of a mile be- vond that town. Members of the Women's Golf Asso- ciation of the District will play in the first of a series of regular month- Iy tournaments at the Indian Spring Club on Monday, April 13. The affair will be a miniature tournament, with a qualifying round at six holes, to be followed by nine-hole match play rounds. As many flights will be played as the entries warrant. Woman golfers who use the public courses may play in the event upon application to the executive commi tee of the women's assoclation. Mrs W. E. Ballard is secretary OF MIDWEST AND SOUTH SURVIVE CHIC and AGO, April 4—The Midwest outh remained in the running today in the national interscholastic basket ball tournament at the Uni- versity of Chicago. Witchita, Kans., which has run up a higher total score than any other team of the four semi-finalists, was regarded as likely to go into the final tonight. _The South’s remaining representa- tive, Wheeler, Miss, whose forward, 1. Holliday, tops the scorers, was another possible finalist. El Reno, Okla., its opponent in the semi-finals, hoped to eliminate the Mississipplans while Witchita had an eager antag- onist in Westport High of Kansas city, Mo. STATEMENTS OF PURDUE MAN ARE CHALLENGED Leaders at Ohio State Declare Accusations by Prof. Mahin Based on Misjudgment, Old and in a Large Part “Bunk.” OLUMBU: C , Ohio, April 4—Criticism of intercollegiate athletics ad vanced here yesterday before the Ohio College Association by Prof. E. G. Mahin of Purdue University, were characterized today by Prof. L. W. St. John, head of the department of physical education and director of athletics at Ohio State University, and Dr. J. W. Wilce, pro fessor of physical education and foot ball director at the same institutior as based on misjudgment, antiquated and in a large part “bunk.’ Prof. Mahin’s assertion that intercollegiate athletics have commercialized and professional was declared untrue. out that the Ohio State foot ball schedules for a dozen almost solely confined to members of the big ten or to trad nents in Ohio. FRENCH TENNIS STAR IN U. S. TITLE FINALS NEW YORK, April 4.-A player who has heen knocking door of tennisdom this week mission to the roll of Ameri door champlons, will have ni today. The visitor is Jean Borotra and the host, Fred Anderson, For 25 years the championship has been kept Within the borders of the homeland. But this year Borotra has sifted through tbe field without be- ing extended to the limits of his game. Anderson, who reached the final round after a gruelling three-set matoh with H. €. Bowman, has won many of his tournament matches through sheer fighting pluck. He de- pends on a strong service and hard driving, but in Borotra he will be facing one of the best match players of Europe. The new champion will succeed Vincent Richards, who did not defend his title this year. In the doubles Boretra and Asth- walter will meet Watson M. Wash- burn and E. T. Herndon for the title Yesterday he defeated Jerome Lang in the singles, 6—3, & while he and his__partner scored over Dr. George King and Anderson in the doubles, 6—4, 2—6, 6—4. CHARTER IS SECURED BY NEW TENNIS CLUB French at the | or ad- an answer Seouring of a charter and incor- poration under the law of this Dis- trict is the latest step in the organi zation of the Tennis Club of Wash- ington. Officers who will act for the new corporation until the next annual meeting have been elected as follows B. A. Smythe, president; Hugh Miller, first vice president: C. Stanley Thompson, second vice president; Stanley Carr, treasurer, and Paul Harding, secretary. Miller has been placed in charge of membership and Thompson will head the committee on building and construction. Directors of the new organization are leman Jennings, John T Graves, jr.; A. O. White and Thomas J. Mangan, chairman of the tennis committee. = S. M. Stellwagen and Oscar M. Underwood have been placed {n_charge of the legal work. In addition to 200 active stock memberships and 23 life memberships, special arrangement is to be made for school and college players. Woman, junior and non-resident memberships also will be available. |HOW TO PLAY BASE BALL —By Stanley (Bucky) Harri GENERAL HINTS. i ] the shortstop and second baseman. that the signals be of such a nature HERE is no need of young teams having elaborate sets of signals. The more simple the signs used the better. This applies to those between catcher and pitcher and those relayed to the outfield by The main thing to lock out for is that there is no chance they will be misunderstood. If your signs go wrong much confusion is sure to result. The more simple the base ball played by youngsters provided it is funda- mentally sound, the soomer they will reach the stage where they will be able to resort to real dfamond strat- egy when the need arises. Young players should build from the ground up. They should all know their jobs after they have been on them for a portion of a season. It doesn’t follow that they will be letter-perfect in every play they are called upon to make. That would be expesting too much. But they ought to know what should and what should not be done on every play which comes up around their particular po- sitions. You can't always be expected to make a play perfectly. You may not have reached the advanced stage of development necessary to perform mechanically the things demanded of you. Stlll, If you know what you should do, and try to do it, you have the makings of a good player, in the mental sense at least. Then, if you have the natural abil- ity to perform the duties of your po- sitlon, you are in a fair way to be- come a useful and, perhaps, a star player. Try hard to cultivate base ball sense. It is of great help to any youngster. Without it few playe: can expect to get very far. Pick out the position for which you are certain you ars best fitted. I have outlined the needed qualifica- tions, as I see them, for every place on a team; study yourself. There is no reason why yau should attempt to be a pitcher or a catcher if you are better fitted to be an inflelder or an outflelder. The duties which go with every po- sition on a team are clearly defined. No youngster, it he thinks long and serfously enough, will deliberately try for.a place to which he is un- suited by reason of speed, tempera- ment or strength. You may have to work out in one or more positions betore you find your real spot. Once you locate the place in which you feel sure you will'do your best Work, settle down to study hard the duties of that particular position. No matter how difficult the task, or how many the obstacles, stick to your course. Perseverance will earry you & long way. - Youngsters must learn to think all the time in order to make good in base ball. You have to be a step ahead of theé opposition all ‘the way if you are to get the best results. The national pastime is no yame for the mental sluggard. You have to keep on your toes physically and on the alert mentally from the start to the finish of a gam The game is not one for the faint of heart. Courage of a high order is demanded of all those who earn regu- lar places on & team. Base ball will teach you many of the needed lessons of life. It will aid in the mental, moral and physical development of any youth. There is no better school in ‘which to develop the Lpitad t;nm;m b P ——" T If you have a liking for the game play it as hard and as often as you can. You will be a better man and a better citizen for so doing. The sport will teach you discipline, build up your body, sharpen your mental powers and help develop you into a better all- around man. Doh't allow apparent physical hand- icaps to stand in your way. The lad who makes up his mind that he is going to be a base ball player has an advantage over one better physically endowed who doesn’t know his own mind. Set your course and stick to it. Maybe you will fall short of the mark, but at least you will have the satisfaction cf knowing that you did your best to achieve an ambition. Never be discouraged because of your youth. The boys of today are the men of tomorrow, and the lads playing on sandlots, school and col- lege diamonds are the big league stars of tomorrow. Build up your body a8 best you can, keep in good | ed Prof. Ma physical condition, learn the mechan- ical duties of your position and, above all, use your head in playing base ball. Then, if you have the ability, you will have the satisfaction of mak- ing good in the greatest of all sports. (opyright, 1925, by Current News Features, ne. —_—— * COLLEGE BASE BALL. At College Park, Md.—University of Maryland, 9; University of Rich- mond, 6. At Lexington, Va.—Washington and Lee, 16; Lynchburg College, 0. Af Macon, Ga.—Mercer, 12; ana, 2. At Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia Teoh, 7; Dartmouth, 5. R TENPIN TEAM GETS 2,907. - BUFFALO, N. Y., April 4—Barno- Is of Indianapolis, who two years go as the Claman Dairy Lunch team took second in the annual A. B. C. tournament with a 8¢ors of 3,115 pins, came back last night to toll into elghth ‘position with a total of 2,907 pins. Indi- CHAMPION SIX BEATEN. girl’s high sohi 1'1...’ A e school basket team of Guthrie, Okla, nhlnblflub-ll?u 1923-24, last night Wwas elminated in the first round of the national title tournament here for the Westfield cup by the Struthers High School team of Struthers, Ohio, The score was' 24 to 18. WILL BOX IN BOSTON. South America’s amateur boxers will face the American and Canadian foea in the arena, Boston, April 22. Boston, offictals of the A. A. U. said, made the highest bid for the tourna ment, which ‘was -sought by New Yok, Pittaburgh. . become Dr. St. John pointed ears have been onal oppo The charge that foot ball is detri- mental to health of players was de clared by Dr. Wilce to be contrary to facts, pointing out that increased em phasis is being placed on. careful physical preparatio of players. He declared the few major injuries sus tained during & foot ball season were nearly always due to failure to ob serve precautio issued to tean members by train and team phys cians. Prof. Mahin's statement th Western Conference is without “fac ulty control of athletics” was brand ed as utterly false by Director St John. At Ohio State, for example, he explained, intercollegiate athletics are directly controlled by an athletic board of nine members, five of whom are faculty representatives. Reference to Commissioner John 1. Griffith of the Western Conference as an “arbitrator of eligibility. protests also was challenged. Director St John explained that Maj. Griffith was employed by conference athletic di rectors to assist in maintaining high standards in college sports. Concerning salaries paid coaches Dr. Wilce pointed out that Maj. Grif- fith's Study of coaching salaries showed that the average foot ball coach’s salary is approximately $2.000 a year In no other college branch he added, does a professor submit his work to such en competitio: Director St. Jol fla contradict - hin's claim that gambling rease at foot ball games of the Western Confer ars, he said, has beer eliminate gambling, and able success The charge that homecoming foot ball games, while theoretically laud able, had degenerated into debauches, D Wilee nd Director St. John branded as “ridicu . For any one to say.” the latter ted, “that any real proportion, for instance, the 69.000 people at our homecoming game last Fall was guilty of the sort of thing Prof. Mahin describes is surd. Drin s in no sense herent to foot ball, and it is m fectly unfair to condemn intercolle- gia’ foot ball on that ccount.’ YALE FENGERS TAKE MAJORITY OF TITLES NEW YORK. April 4—Yale swords- men won the epee and saber cham pionships of the intercollegiate fenc- ing tournament In Both divisions Yale's two-mar teams emerged without defeat In annexing the epee honors the Eli fencers—E. P. Nengel and H. H Brown—led swordsmen from Penn Harvard, Hamilton, Navy and Corneil Pennsyl!vania, finishing second, lost only one match. G. J. Wolf brought the saber feating swordsmen from Columbia Cornell, West Point and Annapolis Navy was second, with three victories and one defeat. Yale and Navy tied for the ali- around trophy cup, and it was not awarded. Navy's foil team won first place. with flve victories and no defeats Hamilton was second, winning four and loging one. Army, Harvard, Yale and New York University finished in the order named. Daniel Stubbs of Navy won the in- dividual foils championship, with nine victories and two defeats. Levis of M I T was second and Lynch of Army third. Gordon Wolf of Yale won the in- dividual saber championship ith a score of 7 to 1. Mayo of Army was second and Huffman of Yale third. In the epee individual champlonship Joseph Applebaum of Pennsylvania finished first, winning in 2 fence-off over Mengel of Yale. Bennett of Navy was third. EXHIBITION BASE BALL At Portsmouth, V. Philadelphia ( . Portsmouth ( ague).. Reitz, Stokes and Cochrane, Dunegan, Turner and Womack is on the in Every effort ence in recent ve exerted to with cred R. Huffman 10 Yale, de- and J title = At Atlanta, New York (A Brookiyn (N.). Francis, Pennock Schwarts, Rush, At Angusta, Detroit (A.). Cincianati (N.). AT Leonard. Johnson and Woodall, Sheehan, Benton and 1. Wingo. At Nashville, Tenn. on (A.) o BT AV (85100 o g oaesbrions 8 Winfield, Ross, Lucey and Heving: O Fowlkes, Davis and Mackey, Greenburg. b At Birmingham, Ala.— R, H. Birming) (8 o 8t. Louls ( . ~0 & Didier, Beonett and Lerian; Davis, Grant, Wingard and Dickson. At Montgomery, Als.— Mobile (S."A.) Cleveland (A.) Blethin, Long, Atkins and Ducote; Yowell aa L. Sewell. At Los Angeles— Pittsburgh (N.) Los Angeles (C. Meadows and Smith; Glazner, Ramsey, PAil- ipps and Spencer. At St. Petersburg, Fla. Boston (N.). St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bruot, Bathelder and 0'Neil, Cousinean; Hewitt, Knight, Ma d Abell, At Durham, Baitimore (I.) Durham (Piedmont). . Poppen, Henderson and Cobb; Jom ant and Sessious. 3 R. H. . Jersey City (L)% i 48 1 Richmond (Va.). 1.8 Laplant and Freltag: Dodson, Barksdale and [ Abbott. = BOWIE RACES 11'Days April 1 to April 13 Special tralns leave White Station at 12:30, 12:45, 1:00, 1:15, and 1:30 pm. Admission ....$L50 Government Tax PRUSDONE | } sLes Hor First Race 3:30 pm.