Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1926, Page 22

22 S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. ¢, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1926. SPOR TS. Griff Rookies Have Their Innings Today : Hauser May Be of Little Use to Macks. YOUNGSTERS PLAY CUBAN OUTFIT AT Bluege Only Regular Listed to Perform Against * This Afternoon—Smith, Lyle “All Star: and Larry Schacht to Do Pitching. Spocial Dispatch to The Star AMPA, | March & a The life camp is not particularly exciting. voungsters are about as necessary as an icicle in Iceland, their only use bein to ta chase the balls which t aver a few when True, they are heing considered as c. are not_taken seriously. v evils, for in the end those who me into their own. flingc toss They might very properly be termed as neces- TAMPA CAMP of the rookie at a big league training As a general proposition the he stars knock or, in the case of the the veterans don’t feel like doing it. andidates for the team, but, as a rule, have anything worth while gencrally Like the scrub foot ball team in college, their main use seems to be | to give the first team some practice, few <tunts on their own account whe This being it i no wonder that thex excited over th afternoon’s with the Cuban for they, and not the regulars, vill he the headliners. Unfortunatel Mike Mar whao ha « #s man ager for the past few vears in thls al frac and who arranged the edition. will he missing The blow which the Nat trainer re. coived, the result of a foul off Muddy Ruel's Saturday, which hit him in the right eye. proved to be painful one, and there remai: whility that ane of his cheek hones The entire side of his face swollen to twice its normal size. and the full extent of the injury will not o known until this swelling has gone down. Mike immediately was put to 1 and has not left it since, Frankie Baxter looking after the clubhouse this mornir the workout of the regular, ~ Bluege Only Regular. With Mike among the missing. Man. ager Harris will take over the job of handling the team this after- n the only regular his insertion being he has no under 1 short, Stewart at sec. first completes the Jeanes. Archdea- will divide up the Neve 1 and Tate spiit the backstop TLyle and Larry getting the eall for whifta It Morrell's he, ton, may the case 8l hroken at rookie Bluege to perform e . while Jones ind MeNeel fiv-chasing Johs, pected to vith Smith hi prohably short pitching rm is feelin it 1o the hill worl Sk e e e e ROUNDING THIRD By Hugh A. Jennings CHAPTE 1E first college plaver to appe to that tin T arrive sandlots in 1880, and by the major McClure, who also took up law after of the western district of Pennsylvania. “Willie Bill" Hutchingon. a pitcher, came from the campus of Yale to the Chicago Cubs in 1882 and was suc- cessful. Christy Mathewson then en- tered the professional game, and the Fucess of Mathewson turned man- agers to the coilege diamonds for m terial. The percentage of colleglans In the major leagues has heen in- creasing ever since Ability Alone Counts. The question ix often asked: “Do college men make better ball players than those from the sand lots?" Many are under the impression that because of an education the collegian’s brain works faster ‘on a ball field than that f the sandiotter who, as a rule, has little education This is the wrong impression, for 1 have seen graduates from great universities pull some of the most stupid plays conceivable and, on the other hand, I have seen the products of the sand lots rise to the situation and deliver brilliantly at the crucial moment. In a discussion of rules involving the finer points of base ball T have time and again seen the sandlotters win the arguments. he handicapped b theories: the sandlotter has no the. His play is mechanical, his knowledge practical; he has learned base ball as a skilled mechanic learns his trade. College players are good bunters— there they have it on the sandlotter and major leaguer, 100, for that mat- ter. While, as a whole, collegians are not good flelders or good hitters, they can b (. The reason is that they practice bunting constantly, while the professionals prefer to slug a ball; laying it down does not ap- peal to them. Therefore college teams all play the old army game. They can play that best, all being able to bunt Ball. omething here about It is an open nher of collexe Nearly all of v playing, although that _they are paid For years good heen given op- in the Summer whether a boy is whether he rides to Pierce-Arrow or his way through hing dishes, e is going nmer ball if he gets a 1 of the money he Summer ball, but for pl 11 play them under assumed done for vears inue 1o be done, re- t rules are passed are placed on and university he habit persisis, + suggestion made is applicable to- then that the col- ind agree on Sum- collegian is Summer 1 war Summer tha men play Them get mones Low ever ®hich college 1l Tar secret n wimit natural playere have poriunities to play Now, 1 care wealthy or paor his classes in a whether he makes by wi s don % plas n zet for Lecause o Once why to W no ) ke it possible tor estly nam ! 1 will N as been plv with ball. Let them practice and develop the monex that are willing Will zet It anvway ditticult to find has played the them and get also le pay It whether base ball. 1 1 he received here is a mark college and p for they hoy oui money for playing 0 difference between sfessional base ball, col- Jegiang making plavs in one way and professioniis in another. I have seen eollegians return to the diamond and show the results of a Summer spent in professional company: There is no mistaking it. Their sivie will always be different from that of the previous season. od Thing to Mix. 1t is & good thing to have collegians mixing with non-collegians. The col- legians have added a certain amount of dignity to the prefession. They make the non-collegians careful about their conduct. They help them. The collegians have sociat graces that the n off the sand lot lacks. Players ve improved in deportment and habits since the eoming of the ol S| in this respect, but all are brimful of be | base ball material had been taken by the minors irom One of them was John M. Ward, who afterward became a successful lawyer in New York City, and the other one was William play | Summer | ix most difficult to prove | and they only get around to doing a | n every one else is through. | As the Cubans have been playing | [off and on throughout the Winter. | | they are in fairly good shape. The | cigar factories here have declared a half holiday and the day undoubtedly | will be the biggest of the training sea- | son in the lives of the would-be Alfonso Lopez, working out with the Nats and being considered as | prospect for them, will be hehind the | plate for the Stars. with Alvarez, said [to be @ shifty right-handed flinger, on | the mound. As the rookies have | faced no curve-ball pitehing to date they will be at quite a disadvantage EARL MNEELY an_League cha big leagues, confidence that they the bacon. Bag Punching Helps Catcher Bennie Tate, whose arm | rounded to form quicker than that | of any other Nat player this Spring, has been using a punching bag all Winter. and this daily exercise. he claims, kept his wing muscles in creat shape and made his work here easy The Nats make another out-of-town | trip Thursday, when they play the Buffalo Bisons at Palmetto. Biz do- ings have been promised there. A half holiday has been declared by the mayor and a parade will precede the | diamond battle, with the plavers be- | ing given the honor place in it | Only the rezulars did any work at this morning’s session and they were Tet off lightl Manager Harris did not want to ruin the diamond for the afternoon game, a warming-up by the pltchers, some pepper games and an abbreviated batting drill completing | the program will bring home | | | ‘ate. LOOMS AS A P to, make if 8 ROBLES, ¢ March National League for 1926 ) the has but to five up to wha the Ruth of the W abe circnit Name is fiash.” That gocs for Waner. point for it Waner from San Ada, Okla an interesting life Paul Waner. He will word “fash If he 2l comes t the Pirate mp Francisco. His home is in where he has been leading during the Winter of the time with a shotgun. . who handles the ad y part of the Pittshurgh team out i this Waner boy is some he shotzun, which he expert shoots a pistol cing It against his v expert with shoots as an without i shoulder Waner and vear and this R LXXVIL ar in the majors arrived in 1880, mmates last ave almost of the same eight, but Ithyne's head is set closer ::“‘:ly',l«» ouldsrs than Waner's Waner will make yvou think of Willie Keeler in his street clothes, and vet he is of a different type than Keeler He is delicate in appearance. with the refined, clearly features of a woman. He drawls slightly in a soft voice, there is n wistful expres sion about his mouth which relapses into a smile when engaged in conver- sation. He is the least demonstrative on a team not particularly exuberin except perhaps for Earl Smith. Has Powerful Wrists. . Rhyne, te Up 3 4 from the minors rs Two collegians quitting base hall and became a judge hiseled nd legians in large numbers. Whether 1 this improvement is due to the col legians or not. they are entitied to the benefit of doubt as to the influence underlying the improvement. Looking over the rosters various major league clubs, I find a | large percentage of men that received college education. Among the prod- ucts of colleges that saw the major | leagues I may mention offhand: John M. Ward, William McClure, Bill Hutchinson, Christy Mathewson, Harry L. Taylor, Eddie Collins, Jack | Barry. “Moose'” McCormick, Jack Coombs, George Sisler, the Sewell brothers, Frankie Frisch, Travis Jack son, Arthur Nehf, Harry Heilmann, Tom McNamara, Heathcote, Arnold Statz, Ed Wells, Eppa Jeppa Rixey, Pete Donohue, Cy Williams, Ford, imory Rigney, Derill Pratt, Riggs Stephenson, Joe Dugan, “Mudds el, Vic Keen, Joe Birmingham, Billy Lauder, Dave Fultz, Mike Lynch, Fred McGuire, Walter Huntzinger. Clint Blume, Mike Powers, Johnr Lavan, Frnie Koob, Ray Kolp. “Bib" Falk, “Rip” Collins, Larry Woodall, of the small. yet not small in the way that Adams of the Cubs is. Hiz physique is modeled on finer and more graceful lines than is that of “Spark." | In playing togs he is a bal player all over. The first thing to attract your attention is a pair of Wrists as large as the arm of a good s hose wrists are like steel, You marvel ot them. ' His hands are well shaped, the rers long, with 4 grip in them “"])-(“! s)l\n'v‘l:\] his bat # Beaumont was wont to do in old day burgh. Beaumont carried a bat his left collar bone as a_soldier his gun. Old Pittsburghers noted im- mediately that this new ball plaver resembled Beaumont He hits wickedly from his wrists with a smash that takes the hall on A line. He is strictly a line-and-wrist He is npions possess in s said to be a marvel on the path WANER, PIRATES’ RECRUIT, | BY JOHN B. FOSTER. he has done in the Pacifi not so much in home-run capacity, but in arousing interest has been overworked in isn't a flash he is a flailer, and t JORNNY STEWART MeNeely, Archdeacon and Stewart fleetest staff of pinch-runners PLENTY OF SPEED ON HOOF IN THIS TRIO OF GRIFFMEN ARCHDEACON In base ball. The last named, little Inside Golf By Chester Horton REAL FLASH | Hiere is a goifer who, using a square sta dliced every ball he hit. He | |has a rapid back swing. He now r-!.n('\ his left foot forward about Pittsburgh has won the magnet of 5 A human magnet, very much so. He Coast lLeague tter the inches, using the closed ‘stance, and he hits a straight tee shot of about 200 yards consist- ently, and is well | satisfied. What fs | with this | Another | plainty, of | adopting a second | error to cure a first one. His 200 vards tee shots are 23 1o 50 yards | Short of what they | should be if he would go back to hix square stance, | and take up the| fundamental of rhythm This| plaver's slices did not result from his nee, which was They came from that quick b swin which lacked rhythm. Start the club slowly from the ball, then let | it take its natural conrse in the back swing, Give it time to turn, Let it start forw 1 naturallyv—give time. Then snap it through the with the hands Hit down. WOMEN 1 F will be shot next Monday Last year the Centralites nosed Pirates, and, for that of the “Oklahoma respects, hut it to the known many he bhetter 1< is maore they it time, This have been aiming at it for some SHOW NG ACTION] OF CLUBHEAD CAUSING SLICE RESULTING FROM QUICK JERKY BACK SWING ¢ Oklahoman not hig Arthur Shafer, once with the Giants, but in build and refinement of face there is much which suggests Shafer. Waner is one of three brothers, all ball players. A vounger brother will be with San Francisco, and Califor nians he is faster than Paul though his batting is not so certain. | The story goes that the third brother, at home, is better than either, but will not succumb to the national weakness “Dad didn’t want me at first.” said Waner “but when he found I success at it he gave me T had little luck after then some more until along and took me to And now T am bound new to me. It veads Ii don't know how far 1 I am going as far as I o say to play bail the writer, conld make his hlessing that, and man came Frane it a hall San [ can an (Canyright HAGEN EASY VICTOR OVER BOBBY JONES By the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG —Walter Hagen sional champion unofficially called of the United States when he d feated Bobby Jones, 12 up and 11 to go, in their 72-hole match 50 quit the match some $6,800 it being his re of the gate receipts The first 36-holes were played at sota, last Sunday, and by steady ing Hagen emerzed 8 up. Fla.. March 8 national profes- won the right to be the golf champion |At the Clifton street school the form of a St. Patrick’s contest, and shamrocks and the “green derby" | will probably be the victors' spoils. | This will be the third niatch in this | | | "N series. The Juniors won the opener and the Senfors retailiated by winning decisively in the second contest Friday night has heen chosen as the date for the All-Star ¢ ches' bhasket batter. which means a batter of the | most dangerous type. Such a batter | was Willie Keeler and other small | men who ¢ o the hall with a vieious wris Has No Known Weakness. Mayhe in / the tional league will get hold of ner's weakness. There always is a persevering veteran determined upon \a search of that kind. but his weak ness isn't known in California, where Glen’ Killinger. “*Hinkey | Thorpe. Hogze Workman Walter Pipp, Larry Gardner. Arlie Pond, Ted Lewis. Fred Tenney, Sexton, Tommy Cahill, Tommy Dowd, Arthur Devlin, Eddie Grant, Harry White, “locke” Conlon, Outfielder Wilson, Lou Gehrig. Herb Pennock. Louis Sockalexis, Max Carey, Mike Doolan, Vogel. Ralph Shinners, Bill tyan And this list is by no means com plete. Na Wa- some pitcher (Copsright. 1926.1 Wifh the BoWlers Another hetter than the score of Harry Dixon, who has heretofore held the honor | Gill's" figures there is no end to record-making in duckpins this sea has been set up by Howard Gilbert, hetter known as | He toppled the maples in three games for a total of 450, five n nothing fortheom- ipital League far there has be ing from the onal « Like Dixon's mark, were made up in a pot game and are not official. His first game, 148, car |as to a Spring tourney ried with it three strikes and four spares: hie second, 141, had one strike and five spares, and his third, 161, in ALY WALFORD SOCCERISTS e g s done ' RETAIN CLEAN SLATE The rolling was done at the Recrea- | tion alleys. i 31" does not belong to any team | on ccount of and e P he only rolls for hiishne exercise P S reasons, and German-American clubs gained the decisions in yester day's Washington Soccer League matches, the Walfords chalking up their ninth win at the expense of the German-American reserve eleven, 11 to 1, and the German regulars trim ming Monroe, & to 2 Both the Waltord booters and their opponents in the game at Washington acks completed their schedules of gue games. The German-Ameri- cans and Monroes each are listed for another contest, and the Rritish Km bassy team. now in fourth place in the standings, is carded to make two rdditional stirts hefore ending its gn in the new eirenit. erlin and Iteilly were the heav scorers for the Germun-American club in the fight with Monroe. Hach ac- counted for two goals. Walford’s high The proposed team match bhetween | scorers were Hodge and Watts, the the Lafayette quint of the Masonic | former getting four counters and the League and one picked from the Odd | latter five. Fellows' League, may die aborning, as| Standing of the teams: there are pin spillers in the former | organization who also belong with |jtalford the latter, notably Wolstenholme and | Serman: American Megaw. and this duo certainly can |British Embassy make or unmake a team. Walford Members of the Washington Ladies’ | team and their friends returned home | yesterday, and evervbody reported a | splendid time. The bowling of the Is was a good object lesson for some of our male stars, who apparent Iy suffered stage fright when the Miah Murray team confronted them. The Quaker lassies were supposed to have an advantage, as they were used to aiming at the rubber-banded ma ! ples. but from developments Saturday | night there is no telling what would happen once the Washington girls be. come familiar with the noise subduel Just think of Miss Levy smashing the pins for a total of 749 in fi games and Miss Bradt fc . while the Quaker women falled fo get near the 600 mark 1 At G 7 1 Monree Serman { Rescrves § 1 10 | In the special match between nl:n GM; P — two telephone teams, Bozos and All-| R Stars, the former captured two out of | ‘B IS AMBITIQUS. three games and also won on total| ITTSBURGH, March R (&) — pina by 29. their totals being 1,615 to | HATEY Greb, who'lost his middleweight 1,586. Joe Foomey, anchor man of the | POXINg title to Tiger Flowers recently, Bozos. was the main factor in the |N#4s three ambitions. The first is to eversad bt B el | win back the championship in the re They completed the match over the Pasadena course here vesterday Jones conceding the match at the twenty-fifth hole. hut they continued to play the 36-holes holes the 2,000 who followed them. Steady plaving by the professional sounted for his victory, While ones’ play was flashy Calmness in the pinch was one of the winner's chief assefs Hagen ran his lead of last Sunday 12 when he gained four holes in the morning round. He took the second, fifth, eleventh, thirteenth, fourteenth and sixteenth hole. while Bobby annesed the eighth and eighteenth. Hagen captured the nineteenth hole. and Jones the twenty-third. then gave up after the twenty-fifth hole. The two will he rrers British open at Lytham and S and the Ame open at this Summe hall game, which will take place in the Marjorie Wehster gymnasium at 8 a'clock Managers of all teams in the Wom en's Council League are urged to send | the names of two of their players who | will try out for the All-Star combina- | tion to Dorothy Greene. in care of the Washington Post hefore tomorrow | night. It would be advisable to specify the position plaved by each candidate, in order to facilitate the committee work in selecting the sqfad. Arrangements will be made for the stars to practice before the big event as soon as the team is named. Coaches will report at Business High Night School tomorrow evening at 8:30 for a final workout. for to Metropolitan Athletic Club tossers re scheduled to meet the Strayver's Rusiness College sextet tonight at Webster School at 915 in the only Council League contest listed. The Mets have not lost a contest so A1 this season, and an upset is not expected tonight, hut the Strayer com- IIIIIIIIIllIIII|IIIIllllIIIIIIIIIII|IIIII|IIIIIIIIIII|III||III||liI|I|||II]I||III||III|IIII|IIII|III|I' At the Sign of the Moon in the Ann's, limbus st i now plaved hy pan. Field hocke: an athletes in wom Our Store at 906 F Street Was Completely Destroyed by Fire wtablished 1593 Announcement of the NEW LOCATION of Our Store Will Be Made on TUESDAY, MARCH 9th All Persons Having Orders Will Please Watch for This Announcement * Mertz & Mertz Co., Inc., 906 F St. [turn bout with Flowers May 21: the April should be a busy one on the | second is to meet and defeat Paul Ber. alleys, as the many leagues will be |lenbach. light’heavyweight title holder, winding up their season and the hiz ' and the third is ta retire after he has fonrnament will get nnder way. So accomplished his first two aims, N AR OO PUTOUT OF TWO MEN One of the unusual piays of 1925 in the American League revealed ) “Stove Leagie” analysis was that in which Arthur Stokes, catcher for the Red Sox, retired Detroit the plate with one sweep of his arm. He pulled it August 25 Johnny was on ‘red llanay was at first, enth inning. when Rigney hit a long fly to the outfield. Ira Flagstead ran it down. hut dropped the ball. Bassler started for home when he saw the hall strike the ground. but Haney, start ing at the crack of the bat, was almost at_second hefore Bassler got away. The two runners were pacing almost as a team when they neared third and two men at Bassler second and in the sev zoing into tha plate Hanes slowed up | | enough to stay only a step behind the slower Bassler In the meantime Flagstead retrieved | the ball and threw to Rothrock, at short, the latter relaying the ball to Stokes. The two Tygers, looking over their shoulders. saw the ball coming and hit the dust simultaneously Stokes stood his ground. and. one sweep of his arm. tagged them both hefore their spikes touched rubber Not to ha autdone hoth arms upward, ble play. N SPORT the umpire shot Indicatinz the dou BY CORINNE FRAZIER AIR sharpshooters of Central High School wili put in many hours on the range this week, priming themselves for their match with the | Girls' Municipal Rifle Club of Minneapolis. a telegraphic affair, which out this team by a narrow margin, and they know that ii they expect to repeat their victory they will have to give the best possible account of themselves. The next Junior-Senior match slated | bination has will take | been exhibiting some first-class basket ball during the pres ent series and undoubtedly will give the seven times champions an inter- esting battle HELEN WINS SINGLES, BUT LOSES DOUBLES MENTONE, France. March § (). Helen Wills. the American champion. took temporary posession of the Men- one challenge cup hy defeating Senorita de Alvarez, the Spanish cham- pion. in the finals of the 6—4. 6—4, Miss Wills and Brooklyn were defeated by Henri Cochet and Mlle. Vlasto of France, 2, §—2, in the international doubles for_the cup of the nations. The California girl played a some what slow and listless game against Senorita de Alvarez, who made Miss Wills race about the court in an effort to return well placed drives. Helen contented herself with a haseline game. and declined 1o go to the net. J. M. Van AY TONIGHT. Moye and 1. T. Preston meet at & o'clock in the final match of the pocket hilliard tourney being staged at the Southern pariors hy employes of the Southern Railway. CUEISTS PL w. E tonight with | the | singles, | Alen of | PLAYER’S INJURED KNEE STILL IS BOTHERING HIM Poole Will Again Be By the Associated Press HILADELPHIA, March 8Tt P Hauser, injured first baseman ing this season. Jim Poole, who covered the ini Hauser hurt his knee badly late upon last year, and it was thought ceming campaign The A's are training at Fort Myers, Fl Manager Fletcher of the Phillies, training at Bradentown, has received word that Fred Leach, who was be lleved to have been a holdout, will arrive at the camp late this week. NEW YORK. March 8 (#).—The greatest problem facing the managaers of Greater New York's major league hase ball teams in thelr Florida train Ing camps appears to he the Brooklyn Infield. from the American Association, proh. ably will play third base when he re covers from his attack of indigestion, Fournier will he at first, Maranville at short and probahly Standaert at sec. ond. Miller Huggins helieves that his 1926 Yankees will equal his team of 1923, when nothing special was expected and much happened. The plavers all {like the new infielders, Lazerri and Koenig. Development of the Glants awaits the arrival of the California lumi naries, Long George Kelly and Emil (Irish) Meusel BOSTON, March § (. —If the Red Sov can keep the pace they have set the rest of the teams in the American League will have to watch out. The Sox opened their training camp ex hibition series vesterday hy downi New Orleans, 10 1o 4. The Sox made 16 _hits, Commissioner opening ball. In St. Peterst the Braves forgot about base hall and watched Walter Hagen finish Bobhy Jones. CHICAGO. March S () Pilot Kd die Collins of the Chicago White Sox is setting the pace for his team. In an exhibition game vesterday Eddie poled ont a two-hagger that drove two men home and clinched victory for the regula Seribes who watched the set-to -sald the hoss’ footwork was speedy as ever, but they &roaned when he dropped an easy pop fly. The C'ubs mixed with the Hollywood nine at Los Angeles and came out of the affray with the large end of a 10 | to-5 score, while 4,000 pre-season fans looked out the Midwestern visitors. Landis threw the March § (®)—With of the squad scheduled begin arriving today. batterymen of the Detroit Americans who have put in a week at their Auzusta, G training eamp feel in shape to hegin giving their teamn the workouts | necessary to condition them for the coming season. One foursome of golf was all that interrupted the rest of the pitchers and catchers vesterd |10 tes Ohio. March & () Indians were set hatting practice Lakeland today. The batterymen arrived last night from Hot and not a sore arm was re CLEVELAND The Cleveland their first real for at | strong, | Springs, ported. Uhle and Joe Shaute were the only pitchers at Lakeland. The end of the first week finds al of the men in good shape except Out | fielder Homer Summa and Guy Laey. who are colds. suffering with LOUIS, March winning their first games of the season, and Sunday s two (). —After exhibition played with the Waco, Tex.. leaguers at W the Cardinals re turned last nizht to theie San An tonfo training camp v into their third week of training The Cards hagzed the two games 1o the tune of 8 to 3 and 12 to 0. col lecting a total of 30 hits, includinz five homers. five doubles and twe triples. Hafey and Bottomley drove out homers vesterday. The Rrowns' squad of 32 was made complete vesterday at the Tarpon Springs, Fla., camp with the arrival of Cedric Durst, outfielder It was an idle day and many of the players went fishing. golfing or on bus trips. PITTSBURGH. March § (#).—The building up of a strong secondary defense appears to be the aim of the chieftains at the Spring training mp of the world champien Pirates Paso Robles. Calif. Coaches have heen engaged for sev | eval davs tutoring Hal Rhyne. Cali fornia recruit in an_ effort to im prove his battinz. The voungster is admittedly weak with the stick, but a star at short. and the idea o make him a capable understudy for Glenn Wright. a regular shortstop players Johnny Butler, expensive acquisition | Prior to their arrival George Inflelder satur- Regular First Sacker—Yanks Will Equal Team of 1923, Huggins Thinks. Other Training Camp Gossip. is regarded as improbable that Jee of the Athletics, will do much play- tial sack last year, will again be geen in that position, with Hauser playing a game now and then. in the 1924 season. He was operated that he would be back in trim for the N who is rated as one of the best per- formers in the majors. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March % (@), Manager Jack Hendricks of the Cin- | cinnati Reds announced yesterday { that, barring accident, Pete Donohue would be his chofce to pitch the open ing champlonship game against tha | Chicago Cubs and that Carl Mays would work in the second game of the season. He nlso predicted that Eppa Rixey would join the team in | time to pitch the third game of the series. Rixev has been holding out for an increase in salary, but both | Hendricks and President Herrmann expect him 1o bhe with the eiub shortly, DEMPSEY-WILLS GO HINGING ON BIG IF CHICAGO, March Dempsey will give Harry Wills a lonk awaited chance at the heavvweight boxing title on Labor day, and in Chi cago—if. The principal part of the “if.” Floyd Fitzsimmons indicated before depart ing last night for Los Angeles, is Chi cago’s action In passing or failing 1o pass a measure to legalize the spori here. Fitzsimmons, who pessesses the only documents extant that can bring Wills and the champion together in the im mediate future, said Chicazo pre moters with whom he and Jack con ferred over the week end had offere satisfactory™ proposals and creden tials. Wille is leavy everything 1o the future and Fitzsimmons The offers were from representatives of the Colisenm Athletic Club, a syndi cate in South Bend, Ind., and individ ual sportsmen. The promoter did jefinitely commit himself, | torence was that passage of the box ing bill virtually is all that is neces sary to obtain the match The champlonship battle staged here only if the eity votes fo boxing n the April primaries. The lature legalized the sport in it had been prohibited for but provided for local op Y ] Jdark can he ter deeade tion. If held here rounds to discretion the bout would go 10 decision not. at_the of the State Boxing Com mission. Plans are for the building of a huge arena at Riverview P'ark Dempsey is on his way to California where. rding to Fitzsimmons. the title holder soon will open 4 camp to start traming for the scrap with the necro challenger TWO D. C RACKETERS IN BALTIMORE EVENT BALTIMORE, Md.. March § A. J. Gore and Bobh Burwell, Wash ington's representatives among the 47 tennis plavers entered in the frar | Maryland indoor singles champon ship, play thelr first matches tomor row on the 5th Regiment Armory court Both were seeded in the draw | awarded byes in the first round. Bur well's second.round match fs with s of Baltimore, while Gore en the winner of a first.round match to he played tomorrow herween Sidney Weinberg and George Fher I hard Donhles eams have day night to file entries douhles Cap h Wednes for the until Play starts Thursday TROUSERS o Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F HAWKINS NASH MOTOR CO. 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