Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1926, Page 28

SPORTS. FORMER BROWN TO START FOR GRIF FMEN SATURDAY Johnny in Right Expected to Share Garden Duties With Rice and Goslin During Flag Chase. Ruel Is En Route to Camp. DENMAN THOMPSON, Svorts Editor Star. BY weeks remain beiore race it already is possible the line-up of the M Athletics at the Georgia Av tip-off is found in the announce- will s the March 3—Although six the bar- | prung on the American League k air degree field ag 13, Griff of accuracy ist the The nen tionals whe . Stadiun \pril ck up against the Boston t Saturday in opening clash of the Spring alone excepted, in addition, of course, to the bat-| pions probably will be aligned just as they are to be | s week end. As heretofore intimated in iny the former Brownie, obtained with Joe Bush Zachary and Ballou to St. Louis, is slated for the top | 1d to cavort in right field on defense. condition by any place with the exception the E Tobin has | world series and the big league meet- | Harris 1} d with 10 of the 16 major preferen « aining in Florida now should the v chasing | provide record turnout Goslin and_Sam S, Job of | vard relays, |ana 2 | other HELEN WILLS EASILY DEFEATS GERMAN STAR By the Associated Pre MENTONE, France, Mars Helen Wills defeated the German tennis champion, Frau Nellie Nep- pach, decisively in the third round of the Mentone tournament today. The score was 6—0, 6—3. MARKS ARE BROKEN BY YALE SWIMMERS 3 NEW HAVEN, Conn, March (P).—Three world relay records we broken by the Yale swimming team in a meet with Old Eli freshmen. The record to fall were in the 200, 250 and 800 yard team relay events. The Blue team, which already held the world record in the 250 and 300 was out o regain the record forthe 200 , which it held last year with a time of 1 minute and 87 seconds until lowered by the Cincinnati Y. M. C Last night the pleted the distance in 1 The team lowered: its own rec wrd event from 2 minutes nds to 2:00 45 and fts 300 yards from 2 minutes com record for and 27 seconds to 2 Capt. J. D. Bronson led off, the members of the team, being James A. House, Edwin D. Peterson, William S. Stage, William Meany and Phillip Bunnell, captain-elect’ the foot ball team. SPORTS. By the Associated Press. N “Resin for the pitchers? ably is the batter’s training thought. What Brooklyn did at *Clearwater and the Giants at Sarasota yesterda; mattered little in face of the Babe's impersonation ‘of Miss Wills. Both teams went through routine workouts The Babe also is wearing a rubber shirt to reduce poundage. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 3 (#). —With two and in some instances three aspirants for each infield and outfield position, Manager Tris Speak- er of the Cleveland Indians is giving his players every opportunity to | prove their right to be the regular { man for the several positions. With | the exception of Catcher Luke Sewell, who has not come to term is rounding into playing 1 nd, Fla. ¥ Barnard, president of the team, will be in Lakeland next Tues- day and will confer with Sewell Sewell is not participating in Sp practice with his fellows, becaus base ball law requires a contract to be signed before that is permitted. ‘'WITH MAJOR LEAGUERS IN THEIR SPRING CAMPS EW YORK, March 3—Shades of Helen Wills, ringside fight en thusiasts and newspaper copy desks. Babe Ruth has appeared on the New York Yankees' training | held at St. Petersburg with a green sun-protector adorning his forehead. All right, eyeshades for the hitters,” prob NT. LOUIS, March 3 UP), — With ie arrival of the second squad of ayers at the Brown's training camp at Tarpon Springs, Fla., yesterday. the outfit is now complete, with the exception of Cedric Durst, outflelder He will arrive In a few days. Among the arrivals yesterday was Joe Giard, the high'ranking left nder, who signed his contract last weel. Manager Hornsby of the Cardinals put his athletes through a hard prac tice while the sun beat down at San Antonio yesterday. The manner ir which the new manager is handling the training camp drew praise from: President ireadon, who watched ye terday’s workout PHILADELPHIA, March ). Joe Hau regular first baseman whose knee injury prevented him from playing all last season, 1 now on the Athletics' first team at Fort Myers, Fla. From Bradentown comes word that the Phillies are considered week trainin )t right-handed pitcher | obtained from Brooklyn, seems to e | one of the mainstays. membe Tobin wing arm, which s freer thi casons, and condition t 1 ted severa been spread- | and Am’éncan Basket Ba]! League tribute fact that he had ex teeth which he 1 through his s is to Bat Second. If, covering the e of kevstone sack, clusive duty Interna el where ne can | s i ort Wa; joints i Fort Wa Cleveland roit. 10 . Bucky ToRlxtiEs Ohie. Puoto By CarTTHoMEs > Buffalo at Fort Wayne. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER he TGUER Dy ,‘l;';“";flj:l\:j;; G REAT advantages which would be derived by Washington children ' sl | from a 12-month playground program was stressed by Mrs. Susie | Root Rhodes in her talk before the meeting of playground direc- tors, held in the boardroom of the District Building yesterday Washington is practically the only large city of this part of the coun- ry which does not promote a 12-month recreation program, and, as Mrs. i 5 " | ‘Rhodes indicated in her remarks, the need for year-round play iters 1ur1‘ young right-hand pitcher, who was bought fr Augusta last year, | 1 1ims terrain | he ted from the the Buffalo place tional Lea will contint his abili hest be ¢ signed to the middle pasture, will ap- pear in the third le, a job s last season Gioslin in foh patrolling Ju Nrstsackers In the game inste injury on the bench jpear in fifth place, where his usual ily quota of extra-base blows will come in handiest. He will be followed Oswald Bluege, now the only bona > third baseman on the rc longs has shown sizns of developing into a swatter of parts and gives indi ations this year of fultilling the prom- | Buddy Myer around short week, and is the foregoing v v the clean-up field, and the niftfest me, when he is d of nursing some | ¢ will continue to is cast fc ¢ s . SR e was somewhat late in reporting at training camp, but he is expected to puf District children is equally as great as that of any other city up a good battle for a permanent job with "w champions, Hope was expressed that the Capital |over their respective opponents in the would not lag behind another year in|opening matches of the annual inter- this respect, but would be enabled, basket ball tourney through an increased appropriation, to he feature match was rather lt t e Ow ers M League keep the local grounds open through-|sided until the final quarter. out next January and February. sophomvres, who opposed the vic “If we had the grounds open all|torious juniors, were playing in their vear,” said Mrs. Rhodes, “we could first tournament and scemed affected promote Winter sports for the chil-|by stage fright. The juniors ran up a dren. Pools could be used for skating |heavy score in the first three qguar ponds when frozen over. Snow forts|ters, but in the fourth t sophs could be built and the popular g | found themselv nd collected a few £ of cowboys and Ind staged W tallies on their own account, while |by their genial manager, Bill Wood | the Venetian room at Le Paradis. The King Pin outfit has made quite record for ftself. It is setting the vace for the other teams of the Dis rict League, holds a good lead in the | National Capital and in inter-city matches has socked the maples for several Washington marks. 50 hen there is the shortstop position The Cubs must have an infield if the pect to edge gently out of last place this and they don't look as if they ‘will have an infleld unless they fortify that gap between second and | the outside corner. At short is where MecCarthy needs one who is good, and he knows it. It MeCarthy could get Boley of Bal | timore, the best shortstop in sight outside the majors, he would make hit. Boley isn't the grandest short- stop that ever played ball, but he is better than any one on the Cub roll, Shannon of Louisville is hacking aw at the job, and so, t0o, Is Beck of Los | fielder. “If he had a little m but Beck doesn't loc if | fidence in his make-ufy, he into the major cir- | Yor amy i loawie: of the St Louls | girector. much as been plaved | yayhe Ko will stick this year, but thy is permitting him | (he jnfield problem of the Cubs begins mself at second, for |y, jook different now that the s to have a yearn- | hirds are talking of Boley. hav'nt got Boley yet, and maybe nev will get him, but if he started with Chi its a good bet the Cubs | would fill their fine North Side park | opening and another that he third most of the time. Naturally he | would carry them farther along at is a shortstop. He has been taking [some sort of a speedy pace than they them on the long bound at sho would go without him. one. he. b some field in the clash this the only athlete among who is likely to be miss {ng from the picture when President Toolidge formally inaugurates the cam paign on the second Tue: sday in April. The New Orleans youngster is to be used, first, because Harris welcomes the opportunity of seeing him under fire and cont his showing with that he made last Fall, when he re ported to the club a very sick lad, and gecondly, because Ro who lingered on in H have been in camp here only a couple of days and therefore not be prepped for any strenuous efforts. Three Rookies to Hurl. It 1s assumed, of course, thut Ruel will be back of the bat to receive hnson when the curtain is 8nd as Muddy has vet to pear on the scenc. 1,!\\] ¥ izes hi: ncient flipper e riv In the year, the battery hence will be in- second-string talent. Bucky’s intention to use Souple of receivers, which means fhat Tate and Severeld will share the backstopping chores, while the pitch- ing burden will be split among trio. Tlarris has not definitely picked his moundsmen for this clash, but has in timated he will call on Southp wce Thomas and Right-hander Joyce and Willard Morrell, eac vel three innings. Aside from Harris himself and Buddy Myer, it is doubtful whether any of the starting still_will be on d t the finish of Satur- duy's embroglio, as the pilot will be P e o of the | oups together at the earliest date afiecas tag mach, eaxly i | o intorm them of the league opening S SERnE | B 08 D i M |and to collect the annual dues, which Gee will finish out the string at first | ghoyid be in the hands of the secre- Saoe after Judse has had enough and | TBSVIE be I8 TR bORCS OL TUR Stuffy Scewart will | succeed | "y y team without a leader should atthe far corner, while Earl | %, (ol NEREST 3 0000 ot eans, Leroy Jones and | jecting one at least two weeks in e likely 0 |,qvance of the opening date. :| " Another important date was decided upon. The league tournament which has been held in the Fall for the past few "years, will begin May this season. This date will give r a8 of daylight and asonable weather. May 30 will be e R EMBERS of the King Pin bowling squad that has done much fine ( ng this Winter in the District League, National Capital and special matches, will be banqueted tomorrow nigh The bowlers will be entertained in new material is the desire of Man BY JOHN B. FOSTER. McCarthy is esp ally interested in mighty sure to see that he does. And there is a tall, easy-moving athlete [ Word that Bill Hunnefield and Ray f ks . - »a the nd workout of the training Probably it will be Grimm. He couldn’t be waived out of the National one of the surest and widest ranging | a handicap to a persevering young voiced the opinion that in him the is pint size, but with two-gallon abil- |clever buy if he can induce the ican Association, and Jimmy Hud and the Cubs would not have an ex ager Jack Hendricks. {until the end of the season. hoo shoc to camp, d Luque. The latter ix would put a lot of p 1to the team, CUBS ARE BADLY IN NEED OF A CAPABLE SHORTSTOP cRICAGO, Napen 3 5 ager Joe McCarthy of the Chicago | Cubs, say reports here from Catalina nd, where the Bruins are training. VALON, CATALINA ISLAND, Calif, March Y Grimm | ; 5 3 [ doesn't sing as freely as he did when the Rabbit was with Chicago | Stei\E "0 %aid 1 b o the narient in 1925. Yet he is happy. Grimm catches 'em at first base and he’s| From Shreveport, La., comes the at first on the other team who also catches "em. His name is Tolson. | orjhart, the former a shortstop and Grimm wonders somctimes whether he or Tolson will be catching 'em in | Mapnwer Fddie Colling vect erm e, the big show. : ] period for the Chicago White Sox. 1t League unless Chicago wanted him to be is understood that Morehart will serve Probably also Adams will play sec- | so long that he can't get them on the | @8 @ relief for the veteran Collins. ond. This little stump of a player is | short bound at third base, and that is CINCINNATI, Ohio, players at second in major league | man After watching Frank base ball ew of the fans seem to Maybe McCarthy will go after | tion yesterday, Coach Bobb know this, but the managers do. He for shortstop. It will be a Cineinnati Reds had uncovered a star ity | Chi ubs to take him. Boley | shortstop. L would steady the team because he| Walter Christensen, from the Amer s been through a lot of hard wos gens, who played first base In two periment both at short and third. If | workouts, were other newcomers thi | they enter the season guessing on |caught the eves of Wallace and M both positions they will be guessing The Reds' pitching staff is con McCarthy says Shannon can play | plete with the exception of Rixey, | third base, and if he can as well as | holdout; Donohue, who is on his wa: | McCarthy ‘thinks then Boley at short due to arrive next week. With Adams will go better at second if | catchers on the ground, the squad no gets a good shortstop to come to | numbers 21. he his —— PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 3 (#) Johnny wlin, the second bas man, who w t out of the worle serjes last yeur because of a fracture ankle bone, joined his mates the Paso Robles, Calif., *trai mp o fthe champion Pirates able to jump about as nimbly ore the accident and sald on 1 that the leg had given him n trouble for some time. Carson Bigbee, outfielder, is also new arrival at the conditioning grounds. The bala field, now on the way acros: nent, is scheduled to rea morrow in the “fortifications.” All of these|holding the juniors almost scoreles things are being done in other cities, | The final count s 29 to 11. Kath and more. Skilng is taught on the |erine Kiefner captained the winners, playgrounds in New England and the [ Ruth Shau led the sopho: West. Of course, we do not often have [ mores. ; enough snow for this sport, but there | The second te; tled hard "1”‘1”“ have been at least two occasions this | long for every goal d. The past Winter when skiing would have | juniors no: d out their youthful rivals | fatec W snpervised. In|d to 4. Margaret Hutchinson is the | ll.::ix:_umng“;‘zu, it well supervised. In|p fo f HarERnt L, Tone | the children them: : ey B St e Bk te ik i Whaler is captain of the second and th manufactiired 900 last year for thelf| "oy, ‘cocond round of the event e e the lacHon] i yinAstor Mo {)}fk:lmt;‘rrx‘gn:ms:: ';‘(P}:un’l‘ athletics and | Senior Reds will clash with the Senior presented the programs to be used by | Blucs the school and municipal playground directors this year. Miss Parker re- minded each director that all names of schools entering the various pla ground leagues must be received at playground headquarters by March 15. Tennis Plans Made. Racketers in the District Women's Tennis League will swing into action on Monday, April 19, when the annual pring round robin schedule will open, according to the program outlined at the meeting of team leaders held at the home of Marjorie Wooden, retiring secretary of the organization. Eight teams will compete for the District team title: Liberty, Mid-City Departmental, Columbia Country Club, Wardman k, Bureau of Standards, Racqueters and Mount Pleasant. All team leaders are urged to get their 15 CAPITAL TEAMS IN COURT TOURNEY Fifteen teams, much better third baseman t “ards hasn't t short. Me to indulge which Cooney seer ing. Almost all ball players are sure they can play another position better than that which they usually hold down. Howard Frigau has been playing Dramatic Club put a into the efforts of the Holy Rosary Band last night by cop. i second set of the bowling match between the two organizations, | thereby evening the score at l-all. The decisive set will be rolled at Conven- Couneil | tion Hall next Tue couted the| In last night's bowling the Actors St Martin's sextet last night, register. | beat the Tooters, 1,455 to 1,409. Start- ing 49 points to their le perienced [ing with a rush, the Dramatic Club opponents’ 9 in a challenge ame | Erabbed the first game, 471 to 459. which was not on the regular league | The second game was won by the schedule. The St. Martin's squad, a|Actors, 494 to 471. To sweep the set, new combination, put up an interest- | the Actors took the third game, 490 ing fight, but could not match the|to 474. older team's skillful teamwork and accuracy in every department of play. including two gir sextets, will carry District colors in the South Atlantic basket ball cham pionship tournament starting Monday in Baltimore. Entries for the six classes, in which titles will be decided, total 72 clubs. The Epiphany Big Five, Epiphany Scholastics, Roamers, Terminal Y. M C. A. basketers, and Calvary Metho dists will try for the unlimited crown, the prize which is attracting the greatest number of local teams. The 145-pound competition is draw- the Boys’ Club Rangers, Park v, Epiphany Juniors and Sacred t quints. Cardinal Juniors, Boys’ Club Flashes and Boys' Club Sena- tors are entering the 130, 115 and 90 pound divisions, respectively. Epiph- any also is entering a team in the midget race. Princess and Washington Athletic Club teams will bid for the girls’ title. Pairings for the first round will be made tomorrow night. Games are to be played in the Y. M. C. A., Knights of Columbus Hall, Hollins, Cross Street and Vorwaerts gymmastums. | Holy Rosar; | few sour note w supervisor of girls' nce of the infield and out- the conti h camp to- Princess League, p: trusted to It is ¥ Columbians strengthened their hold on_first *pl in the Washington zue last night by beating runner-up Commercials mes. The scores were A nd 488 to 477, 478 and 443. Rena Levy led the winners with a set of 322, while Edna Parker a new member of the Columbians, totaled 315. The games the last . Recre the n Indian n s Coming from behind last quarter, the Prince ation gue sextet defe Lakey High School tcam f Head, 15 to 6, last night. The score stood I at the end of the half. The opening of the fourth period | found the local team two points be hind their visitors, but Ada Hood, P. A. C. captain, caged four fleld goals in rapid succession to give her team the victory. This evens the count team as the Lakey squ a defeat to the Princ quad at | Indian Head er in the season.| There is a. po! of a rubber game later in the se FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS.—Charley bantamweight c it Hilltoppers took two of three from the Washington and moved into second position in the league. The Bneques, after tying the | ‘limbers in their first game, won in | off. Bronson Quaites’ outfit also ptured the second game, but lost the third by 2 pins, despite a game of 120 bowled by the leader. Inter- state Commerce Commission swept its set with Bethany. Delhis had but three members present at the start of their match with the Daughters of Isabella and forfelted the first game. They recruited a bowler for the next two games, however, and using a {dummy score triumphed twice. any k so GOLFEB.S TIE FOR LEAD. SEBRING, Fla.,, March 3 (#).—Bill Mehlhorn, Texas open champion, over- came the six-stroke lead of Gene Sara- zen and tied the Metropolitan cham- plon for first place with 281 in the south Florida open tournament. The winner will be decided In an 18-hole match today. HAWKINS NASH MOTOR CO. 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TIn their final game the Belmonts totaled 615. . | LOUIS, Mo., March 3 (®).— Max Carey, center fielder and captain of the world champion Pittsburgh Pirates, has entered a hospital here. Half-Price Sale of All Suits Top Coats & Overcoats Final clearance prices all remaining Suits, Overcoats and Top Coats at exactly ONE-HALF of Former Prices, $35 to 375 Medium and Light Weights, tailored by such well known makers as Kincad & Kimball, Langrock, and Griffon Brand, in beautiful weaves, plain colors and mixtures. Schoble Hats, $4.95 Soft Hats and Derbys regularly $6 and $7 HILIP T. HALL Ine. MEN'S WEAR AND SHIRT MAKER 1411 F St. N.W.—Established in 1885 hed Kenos e 7 with he “hap. | President | so far WOMAN NET STARS WIN. PALM BEACH, Fla., March 3 (). Elizabeth Ryan advanced to the semi finals in the annual Florida women's championship tennis matches by de feating Clare Cassell, 6—1, 6—2. Mary K. Browne also went to semi finals when she beat Mrs. B. entz, New York = wrates the cham ST, | are requested to her that he knew | report any change in their line-up to was and that if | the s done he must do | In other word 1R 1de erted | Jul d | High d at Central both the first red victories iff the uncommunicative, but was overh ark that he had been ants at Sarasot that he intends | and is taking the pre- caution to train so that he could not be charged with lack of condition in | the event that he does again line up | with the champions Ruel on Way to Camp. shoration of the report that Ruel is headed for Tampa also has been recelved in the form of a tele- gram Manager Harris, in which | Muddy said he planned to arrive | here tomorrow with Peckinzpaugh, who is en route from Hot Springs. | This is taken to mean that the catcher a compromising moo in which case there is every likel hood contract differences w 111 be straightened out in here. 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