Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1925, Page 24

24 S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925. SPORTS. Twenty-Viclory Pitchers Scarce : Hartnett Threatens Ruel’s Catching Supremacy ONLY EIGHT BIG LEAGUERS REACHED GOAL LAST YEAR ationals, Represented Only by Johnson in 1924, Conceded to Have Fiv e Eligibles Now, Covey, Zach, Marberry and Gregg Being Added. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK e maj April 20.—With t league pitche bership in the exclu how be understood difficult he base ball season barely begun, two rs already are on their way to qualify e “Twenty Club.” it is to achieve this distinction s explained that only eight pitchers—four in each league—made hat isn't being do Ty he rem more each, his tea has had as r this Spring whe win 20 games o that no manager s to talk about, and nine major league mar It the among these n other per it turned in 20 or more vict since it could count on its naries for at least 10 victori dition.. The council of man over the list of pitchers in leagues and picked they regarde ship in the ever he writer disc gers, and Co of that Detroit win was consensu nagers team, would had or any nt ries eac wenty Club.” 1 five of the nine managers tional “hers from 19 ected with ague they selected 31 the American League from the older circuit. One-fifth of Total Named. Selectic Dle list ded mo support. sixth of the number gible this season qualified “Twenty Club” last se great are the cl to fall do And those selected the and only merely me that he being n: is re. his club, if given for shows how ed et the number: eligibles are hardly more than one-fifth the total number of pitchers in the two big leagues. Members of the “Twenty Club 1924 and games won wer National League—Vance, Cooper, 20; Grimes, American League Pennock 28; May 20 Johnson, 1; Shaute, 20; Thurston, It will be noted that the New York Giants won the National League pen- it without having one member of company, while Washing- ton carried away the American League flag with only one “Twenty Club” per- na this select former. Brooklyn with two members, had to be content with second place. American League Eligible Here is a list of the eligibles for this season, in the opinion of the nine managers mer ned and the writer American League-—The Yankees have Shocker, Jones, Hoyt, Pennock and Shawkey. Some roll. Any of them likely to come through Washington has Johnson, Zachary, Coveleski, Marberry and Gregg. Mog. ridge wasn’'t put on because they say he can’t work often enough. Reuther didn’t get on because he is too uncer- tain. Detroit has Whitehill, lins, Holloway and Dauss. Every one of them, with the po: ble exception of Leonard, has the endurance of an army n¥le. The Athletics have Rommel, Groves, an unknown quantity, but a pitcher of endurance; Baumgartner, who begins ¥o look like a real thrower, and per- haps Gray. The White Sox have Thurston, Rob- ertson, Cvengros and Faber as candi dates for the roll of honor. Cleveland’s “Twenty Club” appren tices are Shaute, Smith, Edwards—the courcil seemed to think a lot of him— and Uhle. The Browns drew Bush, Danforth and Gaston for their nomination, and that is thinking a lot of Gaston. For the Red only Emhke mamed, although Jack Quinn seems perfectly good for the fray, and so does Ferguson. Leonard, Col- Named for National League. National League—Nearly all the managers were shaky about the Giants’ pitchers, vet all of them are cocksure the Giants will win the pen- nant. The “20 men” named are Nehf, Beptley, Barnes and Scott. It makes oné stop and think a For Brooklyn the o Vance, Grimes and Pettey, and that is £oing to put a lot of work on some- body else Lefore the season is over. For Pittsburgh, Yde, Kremer and Aldridge got the nomination, and that also gives pause for thought. What will the kids have to do for the Pirates to win? Same for the Cubs, where the call is given only to Alexander, Cooper and Kaufmann. In Cincinnati the chosen ones are Donohue, Luque, Mays and Rixey, but Mays has a sore arm and may not get going for some time. For the Cardinals only two are named. One of them is a kid named them and the other is Sothoron. Boston and Philadelphia are not conceded to have any chance to win in the National, and no “20" pitcher is looked for on either of them, al- though Jess Barnes on the Braves and Jimmy Ring on the Phils are not 1o be counted out of it pyright, 1025.) Lt s e iy ON BASE BALL POOLS PITTSBURGH, April 20.—With the arrest of two men, police believe they have broken up the operations of the Fort Erie base ball pool, reputed to have representatives in the leading cities of the United States. Detectives seized lottery tickets having a_face value of $100,000, said 10 have been the week's supply for Pittsburgh. The men arrested gave their names as Edward Meyers and H. A. Dickey. Police said the pool was widely known and that headquarters were maintained in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, and Buffalo, N. Y. MOLINO TO BOX CAFONI IN SHOW AT BARRACKS Count Molino, the Argentine battler, who floored Young Dencio at the Con- gressional Club show last week, is booked to go six rounds with Jack Cafoni of the Washington Barracks in a preliminary to the Gill-Britton bout at the barracks Wednesday night. Kid Groves of the Mohawk Club ap- pears with Jack McCarthy of Balti- more over the six-round route in the seml-windup, and Johnny Conroy, another Mohawk glove artist, mixes it with Billy Evans of Philadelphia in a six-round curtain raiser. SO0CCER TEAMS PLAY TIE. VALENCIA, Spain, April 20.—The Vruguayan soccer foot ball team, champions of last yea Olympic games, played a tie game with the Valencia eleven. Each team scored g0 goals. 20 games in the same season, made no difference. opinion | the four pitchers who r Jumi in ad- ers went the two it 50 men whom as eligible to member- of a pitcher for the eligi- > of winning 20 that less than one- rded as ele- the of of To qualify, a pitcher must win 20 or more games ne so often these day Cobb started a lot of talk about the “Twenty Club” down South ked that if he had four pitchers who could am would win the pennant. The fact 1y as four pitchers who won as many It was something ussed the subject with no less than bb wasn’t one of them. | GRIFFS-MACKS TILT OFF DUE TO COLD WEATHER PHILADELPHIA, April 20.—The second game of the series between the Nationals and Athletics, sched- uled to be played here today, was called off on_account of cold weather. Tt will be disposed of in the form of a double-headed on the occasion of the world champions’ next visit to Philadelphia, May 27. The final of the set will be played here tomorrow, provided improved barometrical conditions are prevail- ing, the Griffmen leaving imme- diately” after the contest for Wash- ington, where they will open their home season against the New York Yankees on Wednesda; RUTH IS PROGRESSING. NEW YORK, April 20.—Babe Ruth “‘progressing satisfactoril; ac- cording to an announcement by his physician, but his recovery will be speeded, they said, if he stops wor- rying over the Yankee base ball club. SPORTS HALT DRINKING. By the Associated Press. Jena Universi among German i is taking the lead stitutions of learn- ing, has made physical training com- pulsory for all students. One of the arguments advanced for athletics is that they discourage drinking. —_— erbert Sutcliffe, Yorkshire bats- man, has created a cricket record by being the first Englishman to com- plete three consecutive centuries in a test match. N big leagues. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS] AMERICAN LEAGUE. —3— W. L. 1.000 .800 883 667 667 500 S 429 2500 333 500 333 .200 333 .167 200 .333 .167 GAMES TOMORROW. Washington at Phila. Boston at New York. Chicago at St. Chicago at St. Lous Cleveland at Detroit. Cleveland at Detrol YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. §t. Louis, 11; Chicago, 4. Boston New York, wet grounds. Cleveland at Detroit, rain. Pet. 1.000 800 600 00 400 400 Cleveland .. Philadelphia . Washington . Chicago Detroit . New Yorl et m D GAMES TODAY. Washington at Phi Boston at New Y NATIONAL LEAGUE. W.L. Pet. 1 .833 800 500 500 500 400 0 400 167 286 GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Bklyn. Pittsburgh at Cincl. Cincinnati New York . Chicago_ ... St. Louis .. Philadelphia . Brooklyn .. Boston . Pittsburg] GAMES TODAY. Phila. n{ Boston. Phila. at Boston. St. Louis at Chicago. St. Louis at Chicago. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. New York, 4; Brooklyn, 3. St. Louls, 6; Chicago, 0. Cincinnati, 6; Pittsburgh, 2. ED McKEEVER NEW HEAD OF BROOKLYN DODGERS NEW YORK, April 20.—Edward J. McKeever automatically succeeds to the presidency of the Brooklyn Na- tional League base ball club as a re- sult of the death of Charles H. Eb- bets, it has been announced. Mr. Eb- bets held a half interest in tie club, the other 50 per cent being shared by Edward and Stephen McKeever. A7 600 500 0200000 R OS ANGELES, Cali L will very likely rout little Dan Cupid in the heart of Jack Dempsey as soon as the fighter completes a belated honeymoon with his film star star bride, Estelle Taylor. Dempsey emphasizes that his man- ager still has authority to sign up con- {tenders for the heavyweight belt, and Kearns declares he expects the cham- pion to defend his title before Autumn. It is evident, however, that Kearns and Miss Taylor have plans for Depmsey which do not coincide. Kearns is eager for Dempsey to enter the ring, rout all contenders for the title and apply himself entirely to the | fighting game. Miss Taylor, who co- stars with her battling husband in a film enterprise, is desirous of having him amass another fortune as an actor and save himself the scars and bruises of the ring. Miss Taylor is eager to have her name emblazened on Broadway as BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Cot TIGHT FLAG RACE LOOMS IN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION EW YORK, April 20.—The race in the American Association is shaping toward a right royal contest for the championship, simi- lar to the battle of 1924, and perhaps even better. The majors may brag about their good base ball and their stars— more about tfeir stars some of the time than about their good base ball —but when it comes to active competition and something worth'a visit all the time, the American Association seems able to put together cham- pionship contests that are as deserving of patronage as anything in the MRS. JACK AND KEARNS HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS , April 20—The dove of peace hovers over the Dempsey camp and Jack Kearns is still the pal of the champion heavyweight pugilist. The old mule’s heels encased in boxing gloves Mrs. Jack Dempsey, leading cinema luminary, close friends of the couple #declare. Some say the vehicle in b 4 Re~ A CHINESE NTORTioN PLANT Singapore CHARLEY GOLDMAN FougdT GEORGE KiTson ON |2 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS 1904 Already the customary shifting of positions in the double A has taken place. Louisville ran out in front, to be succeeded by Indiznapolis, and St. Paul has smashed an upward way into the first division. But such is the equalization of strength in the league that the holding of first place doesn’t seem to amount to much, ex- cept as some club holds it last of all at the finish of the season. The batting on the whole has been rather free, and the pitchers are not showing much for their training in the South. The Milwaukee club, which appeared to be a fairly strong team in Sanford, seems to have the hard luck of the circuit, because it has run into a l4-inning game with Indianapolis and a 13-inning game with Louisville in succession, both of which it lost. Milwaukee is riot much of a slugging outfit, but with fits speed will be a trouble maker if it gets any pitching. On the Pacific coast they are run- ning afoul of an upset which has all the managers guessing. Salt Lake ix running away for the moment and that brings no joy to the circuit. Per- haps it will prove a good thing for the league, however, as it will wake the Salt Lake fans up and provide better support. Seattle, champions of 1924, is hav- ing a hard time getting under way. Los, Angeles, which swung into sec- ond place in the memorable fight last season, is about as strong as it was, although it has had its share of hard luck. It is probable that Salt Lake will come back to the other clubs in circuit, but a little more balancd is needed in the second division to keep the race from getting too one-sided. Little can be said about the possi- bitilities of the International League so far. Offhand, it looks as if Balti- more will have more of a fight than last season. Buffalo and Toronto have not yet settled to their stride, but both should provide some stiff competition. Rochester has shown ability to get out in front. It is anything but a weakling team. Forth Worth is streaking cut in the Texas League, just as it has been do- ing. They will have to go hard to keep Jake Atz out of it. which the two are now being starred is not suitable for them, and believe their cinematic careers are in jeop- ardy. Dempsey probably will abandon the contemplated trip to Europe, and hints at changes in his plans for the immediate future. Kearns says an early fight for the champion is most likely. “I haven’'t seen much of Jack late- ly,” Kearns said the other day. “I have insisted that he get ready for a fight and give the fans what they want in the way of a championship battle. He must either get into the ring or retire. My contract with Jack hoius good until September. Jack is not through fighting. He is in excel- lent condition, and we will sign hi up with some likely e Fall.” MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore, 8: Rochester. 3. (First game called in 8th, darkness; second game, rain.) Toronto_ai Reading, rain. Jersey City, 5: Syracuse, 3. New 7! Buffalo, 5.« AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St Paul 6 Toledo, 3 Indiana Louisville, 10: Kansas Ci 3. Columbus, 11 Minneapolis, 9. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Nashville, 6; Birmingham, 1. Atlanta. 8: Chattanooga, 4. New Orleans. 15: Mobile, 8 Memphis, 13: Liitle Rock, 11 AL CORBETT GIVEN RING FAME CHANCE BY FAIR PLAY. NEW YORK, April 20.—No young- ster ever had a better. chance to spring at one bound to the dizzy heights of fame than has Al Corbett, the Cleveland featherweight, who will meet the European champion at the public auditorium in Cleveland on Wednesday night. Mascart will receive $7,500 for the bout and he seems to think it is a nice way to earn a piece of change. Corbett may convince him otherwise. Good judges of fighting form in the Middle West, who have seen Jerry Sachs’ protege in action, say that this may happen. Of course, the Frenchman, who has fought his way up to the top in Europe and in January turned in a two-round knockout over Danny Frush—well known in_Cleveland—is not underestimated. But, even so, the Corbett lad has a lot of backers. He is just 21, lives in Cleveland and bhas been boxing for five years. He has had 50 fights and has won over half of them by knockouts. Corbett was mafched to meet Kid Kaplan, but the featherweight king is sick at his home in Meriden, Conn., and so the boxing commission let the titleholder off and gave Mascart the chance to.take his place. CARDINALS REGISTER THREE WINS IN DAY Cardinal base ball teams turned in a trio of victories in Sunday games, the Juniors winning twice and the Midgets scoring an easy trlumph in their contest. Aetnas went down before the bat- ting of the Juniors, 24 to 2, while the Crescents were nosed out, 9 to 8. The Midgets outclassed the Hartford Midgets, 12 to 4. Bolstered considerably by ineligible Eastern High School players, the ‘Warwicks invaded the home grounds of the Shenandoah Military Academy and nosed out the Cadets, 6 to 5. Mount Rainiers handed a 7-to-4 setback to the Berwyn nine. Smithfleld Midgets showed consid- erable class in the victory over the Aloysius Midgets, 14 to 8. Peerless Midgets showed the way to the Central Midgets, 11 to 7. Lefty Styles struck out 21 batters when the York Athletic Club defeated the Ashburn Athletic Club, 2 to 0. ‘While Shamrock Seniors battled the Park Athletic Club to an 8-to-8 draw, the Midgets defeated the Auth club, 4 to 0, and the Insects won from the Dodge Insects, 9 to 8. Bates fanned 18 Alta Vista batters when the Cleveland Park Juniors ran up a 33-to-2 score. Holding the Mount Pleasants score- less until the ninth frame, Crescent Seniors triumphed, 3 to 2. ‘While Dozier was allowing the Agri- cultural Juniors but two hits, the Peerless Junior batters slugged three agricultural pitchers to win, 5 to 2. Call Lincoln 5137 for a game with the Peerless next Sunday. ROUEN, France, April 20.—The zilian soccer foot ball team con- d its Furopean tour by defeat- pe Rouen eleven, 3t0 2., - —BY RIPLEY GLENNA COLLETT DROVE 310 YARDS 9 Tee Ormond. Beach Florida 925 “25.000 WAS PAID FOR A SEALED ENVELOPE ATAUCTION Tre Mart - London Itconfaned a recipe tora pill- PAIR OF WORLD AUTO | CUB IS MOST FORMIDABLE RIVAL OF LOCAL BACKSTOP Killefer’s Accurate Throwing and Hard Hitting Mitt- MARKS ARE SMASHED CULVER CITY, Calif., April 20— Leon Duray made a world record when he drove his automobile 25 miles in 11 minutes 10 seconds to win the first event on the program of sprints at the Speedway here yes- terday. He made an average speed of 2 miles an hour. v Milton finished Earl Cooper third. Another world secord was smashed in the 50-mile sprint, which Harry Hartz won in 22 minutes 11 seconds, with an average speed of 135.2 miles an_hour. The former record was made by Tommy Milton at Beverly Hills, Calif., September 2, 1922. Peter de Paolo was second, Fred second, | Comer third, Bennett Hill fourth. of the 25-mile 11 The second event was won De Paolo in minutes 5 seconds. His aver- age was 135.001 miles an hour. Hartz was second and Comer third. The third heat for this distance was won by Pietro Bordino in 11 minutes 14 seconds, an aver- age of 133.49 miles an hour. Hill was second, Jerry Wonderlich third. Robert McDonough took the fourth heat in 11.29.4, with an aver- age of 130.47. Dr. Willlam E. Shat- tue was second, Frank Elliott third. heat by 10,0007 SfATS AVAILABLE FOR OPENING GAME HERE Washington fans, who are bemoan- ing their inability to purchase re- served accommodations of the open- ing game of the American League sea- son here Wednesday, all of which were disposed of many weeks ago, are not necessarily doomed to miss the clash between Griffs and Yankees on that account. For the benefit of those who have overlooked the fact, there are more than 10,000 seats in unreserved sec- tions of the capacious Clark Griffith stadium now on sale at the park, as well as at Spaldings, from any one of which a fine view of the entire pro- ceedings may be obtained. These will be disposed of on the first come, first served basis right up until game time, 3:30 o'clock Wednesday TAKES TIA JUANA STAKE. SAN DIEGO, April 20.—General Thatcher, the Nevada Stock Farm stable's crack campalgner, won the Au Revoir Handicap, of a mile and a sixteenth, feature event of the final day’s program at Tia Juana. Fablan, from the McGill stable, was second, with Dr. Clark, owned by Baron Long, third. General Thatcher equal- ed the track record of 1:44 3-5. PARIS, April 20.—The Austrian national soccer foot ball team de- feated the French national team, 4 to 0 PILOT OF ALMAS TEMPLE CALLS OUT BALL PLAYERS A Grounds. NDREW J. WALKER, manager-captain of the Almas Temple base ball team, has issued the call for candidates to report for practice tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, on diamond No. 2, Monument George F. Green and Buck Sterzer have drawn the coaching assign- ments, and are planning an intensive training campaign with a view to whipping their players into shape for the big Masonic and Eastern Star benefit game on June 27. Rain put an end to a good many sandlot contests vesterday. Playing at Alexandria, the champion Sham- rocks had the Alexandria Dread naughts on the short end of an §-to-5 score at the end of the sixth, when the downpour came. The Alexan- drians shoved all of their tallles across in the opening frame when Wromsley had the mound assignment, but in the second Thompson took up the work and prevented the Dreadnaughts from reaching first base. Mohawks defeated the Chesapeake and Potomac tossers, 6 to 5, in a seven-inning fray. Goodwin and Bond were on the mound for the In- dians, while George Tew hurled for the phonemen. Georgetown Knickerbockers showed plenty of class in handing the Tenley- town nine a 10-to-1 setback at the Georgetown Hollow. Ross Fisher al- lowed but three hits. Iroquois Athletic Club, which was deadlocked with the Bennings Athletic Club, 7 to 7, when the game was called, will attempt to take the meas- ure of the Seabrook team next Sun- day. Practice will be held every eve- ning this week. Coming from behind in the ninth inning, the Aloysius Club nine turned back the Fort Washington soldiers on' the latter’'s field, 9 to 7. Hook, Tucci and McCormick hit heavily for the Aloys. Standard Oil and Silver Spring dia- monders battled for seven innings, the final count being 6 to 0 in.favor of Silver Spring. In three times at bat, Barber pf the winners got a triple, a double and'a single. Hamilton, Mattingly and Beall hurled the Northern team to an 8-to4 victory over the Rialtos at the Monu- ment grounds. Mount Rainier Seniors outclassed the Texan Athletic Club, 7 to 1. Hess Seniors won from the Seneca Athletic Club, 7 to 1, while the Jum- jors chalked up a 13-to-2 win at the expense of the Hyattsville Comets. Eastern Athletic Association base ballers battled the Alexandria Cardi- nals to adto-4 draw on the Alexan- dria field. ) After scoring twice in the first inning, the Earle Theater tossers were swamped by the Kanawhas, 22 to 2. ‘Weinberger hurled for the winners. Mount' Rainier Athletic Club and Annex No. 1 of the Internal Revenue RACES TODAY Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY & ©. train leaves Union Wfi ot ocn. “Fevier ad Car attached. Special Penna. R. R. train leaves Union Station 12:10 p.m—direct to course—Eastern Stan: Admission — Grandstand and Pad- dock, '$1.05, Including Government FIRST RACE AT 2:30 P.M. Department played to a 1-to-1 tie in five innings at the Mount Rainier dia- mond. Halloran for Annex No. 1 and Statz for Mount Rainier pitched ex- cellent ball. St. Ma 's Seniors hold a spe- cial meeting Thursday night at 172 Bryant street. Miles Ryan, at the above address, is booking: games. Manager Griffin of the Cleveland Park Athletic Club Juniors is on the lookout for a game for next Sunday. Call Cleveland 2831 between 10 ea.m. and 1 pan. Rex Athletic Club Insects defeated the Brookland Insects, 17 to 14. For games call Manager Alberf Miller at North 4652. MARSHALL GAINS TIE FOR LEAD AT CHESS BADEN-BADEN, April 20.—At the conclusion of play in the third round here of * the international chess masters’ tournament, the American, Frank J. Marshall, and the Russian expert, Alekhine, by winning their games, tied with the Polish player, Rubinstein. Rubinstein was unable to get better than a draw with the German, Saemisch. Marshall won from Rabinowitch and Alekhine defeated Tarrasch. The other results of today’'s play were: Roselli lost to Mieses, Bogol- jubow defeated Spielmann; Tarta- kower and Thomas, Torre and Reti and Yates and Niemzowitsch drew; Gruenfeld won from Trebyal and Colle defeated Kolste. Carls had a bye. BOXER HELD IN JAIL. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., April 20.—Bobby Allen, welterweight boxer, is being held here in the county jail as a result of the death of Harry Si- mone, 24, who died in a Los Angeles hospital following a 10-round bout here Thursday. No action will be taken until the verdict of a coroner’s jury has been ascertained. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F Wrzorizn SOFT COLLARS 4 for $1.00. Permanent linen-like finish. Won't man Looms as Chief Disputant of Muddy as Premier Receiver of Big Leagues. N EW YORK, April 20—A great BY JOHN B. FOSTER. race appears to be brewing between Muddy Ruel of Washington and Hartnett of the Chicago Nationals for the catching supremacy of the big leagues. Hartnett has been a smart catcher ever since the Cubs got him from the Worcester team. He always is a good Spring player, but this year he looks better than ever, and in the opening week of the season batted around .600. This, of course, is not likely to last, but it makes a player feel good, even though he knows it is only a temporary accomplishment. _ Ruel is the best director behind the bat of any catcher working right now. That is his strong suit. player who receives pitching. REDS HANG ANOTHER DEFEAT ON PIRATES Spring forecasts of the base ball prophets received another jolt yester- day at fthe hands of the revolting Cincinnati Reds when they forced Pittsburgh farther into the cellar, Luque turning in his second victory of the season, 6 to 2. The Pirates made only 4 hits. Cleveland, idle by rain, retained the American League lead. Only one game was played in the junior circuit. St. Louis broke its losing streak of four straight, deluging the White Sox with 19 hits, including 3 homers, to win by 11-4. The Glants kept pace with Cin cinnati by defeating Brooklyn in the second game of the Greater New York series, 4 to 3. The St. Louis Car- dinals accomplished the double feat of trouncing the Chicago Cubs and tying them for third place, as result of a clever pitching performance by Dick erman, who allowed only 4 hits Rogers Hornsby, National League bat- ting champion, failed to connect safely in four attempts, and the new home- run king of the Cubs, Catcher Hart- nett, was unable to turn back one of Dickerman’s curves for a hit. DUNDEE IS PRIMING T0 BATTLE FINNIGAN Johnny Dundee, world featherweight champion, is getting into the best possible shape for his bout with Honey Boy Finnigan before the N tional Capital Sporting Club April 28 according to word received here today from his manager, James J. Johnson. Dundee has started training seri- ously on his farm at Orange, 3 where he has set up an outdoor ring. | He is boxing three rounds each day with Joe Novak, who tackles Tony Cortez in the semi-final before the National Capital Club; three with Tony Vaccarelli, and ends his prac- tice sessions by boxing Mike Reilly, the welterweight sensation. Finnigan’s record of 20 knockouts means nothing to Dundee. He has fought all the leading featherweights, lightweights and welterweights in the country, including Benny Leonard 9 times and Willle Jackson 12 times. Finnigan comes to Washington to- morrow to put in a full week of training here before the bout. Both Dundee and Fifnnigan have choice collections of championship belts, which will be shipped here and put on display this week. wop is sending the featherweight belt that he won from Eugene Criqui, the French champion, and the junior lightweight belt, which he was the first boxer to hold. Finnigan is send- ing his United States Navy belts. — o FERRARA WHIPS SPALLA. BUENOS AIRES, April 20.—Miguel Ferrara, the Argentine heavyweight, outpointed the Italian boxer, Jose Spalla, in a 10-round bout. The fight was slow. Ferrara is a former sparring partner of Luis Firpo. Spalla is a brother of the Italian heavyweight champion, Erminio Spalla. S St e There are three directors and 14 coaches of various sports conducted at the Naval Academy. The Scotch | He keeps a game in hand better than any Hartnett is improving in that re spect and in some other ways he is a little better than Muddy. He can outbat him, for one thing. Hartnett, who went to’ school where Capt. Eddie Grant picked up his early base ball, Dean _Academy in Massachuetts threw harder and faster and lower to second base in Spring practice thar any other catcher this year. He could pump the ball into second apparently not more than four feet above the ground and never miss the mark. He did it day after day and Rabbit Mar anville, who has seen his share of them come and go, said he never caught a lighter ball, nor one that came faster. “You've got to what that guy can do, dgelared. Poor Pitching. Pirates’ With the Cubs badly wrenched even though they are not torn wide apart, the excellent work of Hartnett succeeded in turning the Pirates back in the first series, the only game t! Chicago lost being one that was pitched by the former Pittsburgh hurler, Cooper. Unsteady pitching has been the bane of the Pittsburgh outfit again, and McKechnie needs a tonic for his pitching staff. Hartnett had seven assists against Pittsburgh, and that bunch of speed devils, who are expected to stand the National League on its head with their base running, did not have-a stolen base against him. handle them to see * the Rabbit Bane. Cub Park Induces Homers. Hartnett should develop a pretty good homerun record at home this season. The home runs made in Chi- cago are squeegee homers. There are too many short fences, and some owners who have looked over Mr. Wrigley's finely improved ball ground say he sacrificed the most beautif layout in the world to some clums and out-of-place stands in_ the out field. But Mr. Wrigley's Cubs have 77 chances to bat home runs into the aforesald stands as agalnst 11 chances for each of the opposing clubs. Under the circumstances it is highly probable t the stands will remain as they are. When the Cubs were after George Kelly of the Giants they had no greater ambition than to bat long flies into those ‘“clumsy and out-of- place” stands. Had they got him they might have won the pennant. (Copyright, 1925.) . {LOCAL CHESSMEN WIN IN BALTIMORE MATCH Capital City Chess Club members invaded Baltimore last week end and registered- an impres: a match with the Ba “hes 2 sociation, their winning margin being by a score of 11%; to 3. In the checker section W. B. Mundell, the only representative of the local club won nine games and lost but one. The Capital City Chess Club, which now has its headquarters in the Fed eral-American National Bank Build ing, is planning for a tournament to determine the chess championship of Washington. The committee in charge of the event. composed of W. B. Mun- dell, E. B. Adams and Willard Mutch ler, anticipates entries from 6 to eight local masters, each to play two games. The affair is expected to get under way in about a month’s time. R R There must be something in the soil of lowa and Nebraska conducive to the development of wrestlers, as those States have produced the majority of the mat champions for many years past. aremotor car dealers glad to see you when you have a Buick to trade in? made Buick a first choice in the used car market. EMERSON & ORME “Home of the Buick” 1620 M St. N.W. and 1016 Conn. Ave. Never Closed—Franklin 3860