Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1926, Page 12

RESULTS BEING ACHIEVED ARE TRIBUTE TO MARTIN Mike lj(‘muns!raling Hi Value as Trainer of Dia- mond Athletes by Manner in Which He Is Hand- ling Bu('l\\ lhrrh Squad in Florida. BY JOHN B. KELLER. -This i: Harr wil . March 13 but Bucky can Lea 1 the lot of athletes re been written, this National squad is about just what men are to be considered | 20 1la ng in tabulating his reserve seems, 1 now, ot the that is not rs, however, Jant repeate s won two suc igue riaces i and requires training is men and let the his new talent. ortunately the fortitied with have to be told about the proper pilot And in N ike nnJ Martin i@ the seasor n s but lue as a trainer of b much more appre of the di g of a pam- - \lvun has be - venrs is that best under all con- e no quitters In the »ws of that stripe eould not elimb so hi PBut many of the men are of the temperamental tipe of talented folk found in other . Their ailments, often imaginary, reduce their effectiveness consider: these men especially arefully tended by who the Feel Fit. b Makes Sartin, it appears, 4 experia ien believe s the guessing scason for big league in capacity 1 have to do little guessing in select- training in the coolness of Tampa. Hset.” his as manager of the at least. But he must strength. Excepting oing to be such a difficult job. they are fit for the battle of lives on the @iumond. They r him in the morning appurently fied they cannot go onto the field and indulge in the somewl training routine required of the 1 {players. But a few minutes laver and some minor physi - ment by Mike has them feeling fit as ampaign ort to sutis sm and | 3 iner can hand & athletes to the 1 And this Mike Martin just the qualities needed to famond athletes forr the big Il club tr | 1ot of peppe In so far ailments erned th als have especially fortunate in this tr camp. Injuries have heen of niture, the 1 rious being thumb by hape, and Stewart soon will be taking his place with the active whilctes. Has Kept Full Force Out. Martin, however. has had many other alments to treat, mainly The weather in Florida this tr: season has been out of the ordinary. Days unusually cool have been the order, and colds have been frequent, but no matter how stubborn these affections, Martin has been able to have all the Nats' force on the field for daily drills. Some of the men have been Kept out of contests with other clubs, but not . unles suffering from a mechani ment of his physique, has failed to participate in the practice grind. This fine physical form is a splen- did testimoniul to the efliciency of Trainer Martin. He probably has done as much as any other man connected with tie Nats to get them their two succs e pennants, and this season he is fitting them to fight valiantly for their third flag. EASTERN QUINT PUT OUT OF PHILLY ASTERN HIGH SCHOOL'S ba: E picture at the University of P of Philadelphia, defending champion, TOURNAMENT sket ball hopes took a sudden drop last night and the Washington team faded from the tournament ennsylvania. when St. Joseph's Prep again went into the final of the an- event at the expense of the District schoolboys. Eastern went down to defeat under re after trafling the am from the end of the cpening period. Allentown de ttstown, 30 to and d Po ‘semi-tinal clash, stern's conquerors championship e and White mped Reno 4 had little dificulty in elim ong Waite High team in the ounds of the tourney, failed to half without , both of whom 1 called out on fouls, Capt. Jiadice led the losers in scoring, with 4 court goals and 1 free tos | from team is playing Salisbury in the semi- fi round of the St. John's tourna- ment at Annapolis today, fter hav- ing de High last night in the ope’ A to 17. Devitt to I t Park of Balfl- more, 2 maining St. John's lightweight asketers struck _tou going yesterday and lost out in two starts. The Central Lights took the Saints' while the St. ‘\I-Av.i Central'’s swimming team is meet- i nkmen of Forest Park High a dual meect in the Kuights us pool at Baltimore, Capi Clifford Sanford is not with the team, | however, but is taking part scholastic meet being staged by Y: ew Haven. The Forest swimmers are coached by George Bahlke, holder of the South Atlantic le k Central's makeshift basket ‘hall mile recort With the FTER a diligent search. Lonnie the tally Perse Ellett last Wednesday. games. Here they nd 126 for a tot that it wa urés just top his by one pin. had a gallery of hing them roll. nd Kra wdred W rolled in u t | knowingly fall into the e: just the samne the high snan of 131. the Linwoud: ame team had st work for Stanford Paper Co. rollers were given shock last night when Ter- sheet on which was recorde: Bowlers Krause of the Coliseum finally found Inside Golf By Chester Horton goifers who un- v habit of There are many f the peculiarities that a pen more freedom, s the player discovers this nat- i urally drifts into a | wider open still thelr | the big games rolled hyi ey proved to be record beaters for | apq "penge, held the Reds to_elght h minal Tee knocked them off in Lwo out | Stanford rolled 601! McPhilomy had | game of 151. ! stance until, seek- ing more swing !n-edum he gets wing out of lel with his lirection line. Then trouble be and he may a time getti Kk to ght line again If he doesn't know is wrong. The swing in allel with the direction line is in the sketch. How it can get slightly out of parallel is indicated in the dotted lines, This shows how the swing out of parallel cuts the club- head slightly across the ball. This doesn't produce a slice so much as it does a ball badly and persistently off direction—to the right. CAPITAL SQUASH TEAM PLAYING IN BALTIMORE i- plovers have Deen the team that will repre. sent the Racquet Club in 2 Yeturn match with Green Spring Valley Hunt Club today at Baltimore. E. M. Hinkle, club champion No. 1. The others are Da DOTTED LINE SHOWS SWING ouT OF was done in! | PARALLEL match in the grab. losers | Some pood bowling Amity wut hav N win Amity of volled 44 and game of 1 A notable s v the class he is in, was rolled by Shantz of the Delta quint in the Delta Sigma Phi League. | lie got 367. National Bank of Washington was hitting cn all sixes when it swept the inst Metropolitan, getting u set of 1,709, In the Masonic League Nautional bbhed all three zames n ;h. and Mount Pleasant took | Pight sq named for went d place with -xfl pins ort of the hizh mark of 2880 set v, I"loyd G. Blair, Henri de Vv the Gasiorwski brothers of Toledv C. . Stone, jr.: Maj. W. A. last Sunday. A. Biock and Al Howard, & the | par- | shown | | at the hands of the Braves and were in all who | | | Coump, Arthur E. . | Meusel, | Southworth, William 1. T, Albert .. . R I¢ Pitchers. Barnes, Virgil J. Clarkson, W] llllam i - Davies, Lloy Fitzsimmons, Fred L.. eenfield, Kent . Lindberg, Walter E. Med ra, Timothy AR R iian \urfolk "(Virginia Teag.)’ w lh \-w llaven (Memi ]g 6 3 . 8 No record. 0 L300 667 000 393 uillan, Hugh A, Phillies Giants Giants Btg. Fldg Giants 6971 Wichita (Western) 2 Giants Giants rile | Me \lulh n, Ilu‘.h Snyder, Frank . _Infielders. Waco (Texas League) . l,fllliu\lllt E. 900 | l'ruul( I*. . fenry K. ... , Travis €. .p;ut.mlmrr: [ ally) Norfolk (\lrghflu lma;.) 107 Giants 33 Cart 97 KK cky Mount (Va. Leag.) hlinger, Jose |l I.Arkal.vur: (Mid. :\'Innl ) ¥ Moore, Albert Secretary. ancis X. McQuade, treasurer. John 4, MeGraw, Manager and Vice President! Hugh J. Jennings and Roger Bresnahan, € 1925 record—Finished second in the National League race, winning 86 games and losing 66 for a percentage of .566. By the Associated Press. NICE, France, March 13.—Helen Wills, American tennis champion, added another tournament victory to her growing Riviera list today. She defeated Isabella Lee Mumford of Boston in the singles final of the Nice tournament by the overwhelming score of 6-—-0, 6 Miss Wills and Charles 8. advanced to the finals douhles by defeating and Charles T, —1, Kingsley in the mixed Miss Mitchell Aeschlimann, 6—3, They will meet Henri” Coch MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEAGUE TO REMAIN ROCKVILLE, Md., March 13.—The Montgomery County Base Bull League, which has been tottering for the last two vears, will again be in evidence < bogrd of governors Mlle. Vlasto and in the final. Lm‘k\ Hl\ on and D Bethesda, Glen FEeho, vds, members of Hln will be the sixth team. The season will start May games ever: nd two on rach holiday until and including Labor liy, - In order to improve ball, it has been decided to county the grade of lift the player; <on ha lows: President Dickerson: vice | P zel Cashell of Rock- \|llc. and secretary-treasurer, William It Durst of Glen Ticho. WITH MAJOR LEAGUERS IN THEIR SPRING CAMPS By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, March 13—Ernie Nevers of foot ball fame will face his first niajor league opposition in base ball today, when he goes onto the mound for the Browns in an exhibition game with Brooklyn at| Clearwater, Fla. he Brownie rookie, whom Manager Sisler says he will keep all sca- son, is slated to pitch three innings. The Cardin 1 squad, divided into ™ exhibition games yes- terday ut 1 Antonio and Houston, came through with a pair of wins, one team beating Houston, 6 to 1 and the other winning from San Antonlo, 6 to 3. Chick Hafey, out- fielder, ot his second homer of the exhibition season at Houston. and gave his team v. The Cubs played a defensive game, except tnnin; Alexander, veteran Cub has thrown aw his | crutches, the doctors having discov- ered his right ankle was sprainued, not broken. In preparation for a game with the Shreveport, La., ciub of the Texas League, Manager Fddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox sent his wmen through a three-hour drill and prac tice tilt yesterd: vesterday to-6 victol isfactory the third Grover pitcher, PHILADELPHIA, March 13 (®).— Ed Baecht, recruit Phillie twirler, transferred from the second team to the regular nine, helped mow down his erstwhile teammates at Paden- town, Fla., yesterday, the Seniors winning a seven-inning battle, 7 to 0. In four innings Baecht pitched to men. Mitchell then relleved him. Al Simmons, the Babe Ruth of the Athletics, made u home run and three singles—a hit each time at bat—at Fort Myers, Fla. The Athletics de- feated Baltimore, 13 to b. NEW YORK, March 13 ().—Greet- ed by a long stretch of disagreeable weather, base ball players in the Florida training camps of three metropolitan teams claim they will staxt North far from condition to enter the long Summer campaign. George Kelly, lanky first sacker of the Giants, is one star apparently un- affected. e banged out four hits one & triple, which cleared es and started the McGraw mnfil on the w to a 9-to-2 victory over the Ruffalo Internationals Palmetto, Yankee regulars, however, fuiled to recover from their massacre NATI. Ohlo, March 13 (®). pp, playing his first gume as a National Leaguer, furnished the outstanding feature of the game 1 tween Cleveland and Cineinnati at Orlando vesterduy by knocking out a triple and two singles in three times at bat. The Reds evened the count, with the Indians winnin; to Three Cincinnat! backs s are on the ailing list. Hargrave is recovering from an attack of lumbago; Rangnow was out yesterday for the first time following an attack of influenza, and Sukeworth, another “flu” victim, still is confined to his room. BOSTON, March 13 (), —Oscar F trada, Cuban outfielder-pitche was obtained from Tampa last year, was selected to pi(nh for lht‘ Braves today a; In New Orleans Manager Lee Fohl is wrestling with the problem of picl ing a regular team. With few excep- tions, most of the berths o PITTSBURGH, March 1 i Pirates this r have or dx-umuun among ma league clube world champlons, trounced at St. Petersburg, 3 to ¢ by the second team, Ruth and Meusel being helpless before the pitching of Pipgras. Del Bisonnette, Brooklyn recruit first baseman, batted his way into the limelight with a single, double and home run in a practice contest at Clearwater. DETROIT, Mich, March 13 (#).— at the Detroit Tigers' train- anp Ga., were dl- 1o two squads yesterday, one forenoon and the other son. It was one of the s thus far and was the out given the infield- equally pairs of brothers at the 1% Calif., training camp, and eac brothers consists of one regular, v the other trying to fit him lon lhn "lm! corner” and Pitcher John- ny Morrison's Lrother Phil is one o the recruit hurlers being glven a test. in vided toiling in the | ROSENBLUMS GET ELY. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13 (®). —Purchase of Gilbert y, former Michigan University basket ball star, by the Cleveland Rosenblums has been announced today. He will replace Hwusta, forward, who has been order- ed to report to the Milwaukee base ball club. MISS COLLETT BEATEN. BELLAIR, Fla., March 13 (#).— Glenna Collett, national women's golf champion, met_ defeat here in the finals of the Bellair championship, ng to Helen Payson of Portland, 2 un. American Basket Ball League. 45emnd Series.) W.L. P T 917 Buffalo. Jack of Vernon, Calif., and Bill Mullen of Fort Worth, who are candidates for the third base po- sition, were watched with special in- terest as they began their battle for the regular place on the team. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13 (#). —Remarkable control for this time ¢ the year featured yesterday's game between the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians at Orlando, which Cineinnati won, 2 to 1. Three youngsters, Levsen, Miller while Donohue and Mays al- only seven, three of which were obtained by the Cleveland pitchers. Two bases on balls and a hit batsman were the only franks of the game. Mike Sexton, president of the Na- tional Assoclation of Professional Base Ball Leagues, saw the game. (‘HICAI"O March 13 (®).—Howard lowed . P Cleveland. ll Washingtc Ft. Wi Last Nieht's Reoult. Buffalo, flo (hll s Washington 4t fwohemr Chicago 4t Brookls flllu‘ mnm;,v of the }'rull’h game with the Hollywood Stars at Los Angeles Club Pledge WANT to be a member of The Evuun; Star Boys Cl\l;b and if accepted to membership, I pledge my- self to: Keep myself always in good physical condition. Play fair. i Be a modest winner and an uncomplaining loser. Abide by the rules of all sports I engage in and respect officials. Follow the activities of the Club through The Evening Star. Never neglect cither home duties or school classes. 1 am——years old; attend———————school, I would f'ke to have a Meinbership Certificate and The Evening Star Boys’ Club button, which I will wear. Name of Boy. | on the winning | tures, RICHARDS BEATS HARADA PALM BEACH, Fla., March 13 1;9) —Vincent Richards of Yonkers, b won the Florida tennis Ahnm]\(nnfih(n when he defeated Takeichi Harada of Japan, 4—8, 6—1, 6—1, 6—3. HARTFORDS TO GATHER. Members of the Hartford Midgets will talk base ball tonight at 304 I treet. SPORT Qflbe @hzning Star BOYS CLUB Conducted by R BY BUD HOBAN, Athletic Director of Gilman Country School. OYS who want to star on the B foot ball field next Fall should improve each shining hour. Red Grange has passed on among the men of history and some lad of about your age is likely tobe the next Red Grange a few y=ars from now. Jut remember, Red Grange didn't practice all his foot ball in the Fall. He learned to throw forward passes in the Spring and-he worked during the Summnicr to become strong. He 1l an all-year sport. are several things vou might tako up this Spring and attain some form in—drop-kicking, place-kicking, punting, forward passing, dodging, et 0 make it more interesting let's group the boys and have contests in the various stunts I have mentioned. Take u. drop and place kicks— each 1 s for the goal 20 yards, 25 30 yards and 3) yards. lumllllz for distance—stand on rd line and punt down the without any wind with or t you ry forward passing for distance. Practice dodging by going through a string of sticks five yards apart at full speed. Carry a ball and keep shifting it from arm to arm as if a man were about to tackle you. 'wo boys, if no more: are available, Keep it up at intervals af through the Spring and Summer, 100, and you'll be surprised at vour gen- cral improvement by next Fall. Quickening Games. Try this program when you have! the crowd together once a week: Se lect a leader who yells, “Out of my hit,” counts 10, and looks to see if very one is hidden; then he yells “At | vour places,” and each one speeds \Nearly 80 Medals Will Go Club Meet Victors Star Boys Club in the <mdmm at Central High Schoo! number of par- -xpected, the chief would ence more on the| absolute mnecessity of | entries in early, right| The advantage of | In the first| wr entry now, | the con- it you to members the sending their way if possit it you send in y 1l Start preparing for test at once, wher | be represented). ! ning broad jump, running high jump, tion. Then, again, it will minimize the danger of a -minute jaii. Will Add Features. the intention of those in to inelude in the afternvon's m egome other features. the 4 1 relay in the 113- nd cl one team may rep- nt each of the grade school v must be the officlal representa- tives of thelr school, and regar the members may any one of them must not esceed 115 pounds. In *haol the physical need only to eater There is no weight or age limit. st-place medals will o AW te The second and t will be treated likewise Other things will be announced from day to du pecially some new fea- s0 read your column and kee up with whit sing on |1..- e teams itors in athletic carnival, be held I on the afternoon of March 27. List of events: 70-pound class—50-yurd dash, run- ning broad jump. K5-pound class—50-yard dash, run- ning broad jump, running high jump. 100-pound class—60-yard dash, run ning_broud jump, running high jump. | 115-pound class—30-yard dash, run- ning broad jump, running high jump, H0-yard relay (grade schools only to U nlimited class—100-yard dash, run- half-mile run. The bovs of The Star Club of Lan- dover, Md., have organized their team for the coming season. The want Sunday games only in the year-old class, Francis Peffer is ca tain and Ralph Carrick manager. His | addr is TLandover, Md. Phone Hyattsville §02 riscoe was elected 1 Joseph H. Willlam: the Southwest All-St: vears, and K streets aser's address southwest cap games in the &7 nd Insects Spring Tigers is this team. aul Durrer n. The manage ary Sellinan, can be reached at 1108 Hard- IPK strect, Sflver Spring, 1. The T the name of h LOYSIUS BIG FIVE basketer A main attraction of tomorrow’s the scalps of the Stantons to t! last night at Gonzaga gymnaeium. T The courtmen from Northeast bat- tled on even terms with the T Street- ers for three periods, but dropped be- hind in the last three minutes of pla when a penalty left them with only four player: The removal of Sally Hanback, when the count was knotted it 23-all, paved the way for the Aloy the Stantons led 1 gistering points. His 11, while Tom Hook and Lee Fitzgerald of the Aloysius Club tied for second honors with 8 eac In the preliminary the Epiphany Junjors turned in a 23-to-12 win over the Barry Laundry quint. Six District basket ball teams are scheduled to play tonight at Baltimore | in the South Atlantic tournament. Epiphany Juniors are meeting Park ENTRY The Evening Star Boys Club Athletic Carnivql Central High School Stadium, March 27, 1926 Please enter me in the following events: S TOMORROW | matched with the Yankees for the court program at the Arcade, added heir collection of trophies in a thriller e count”was 27 to 25. View in an all-Washington clash, while the Epiphany Scholastics are tackling t. Wenceslaus yuint of Baltimore. Club Celtics and Flashes meet teid Memorial and Reliance Club, re spectively. Washington Athletie Club girls are booked to encounter the girl basketers of Catonsville. Ace tossers took the measure of the Dominicans by & score of 25 to Rover bukclenu trimmed the Royce five, 34 to 26. Single men of the Peck Memorial squad gnficd out the married tossers, 31 to 29, Renrocs won both ends of a double- header, defeating the Auroras, 24 to 17, and the Royces, 40 to 30. BLANK OBERT C McCLELLAN back to his post; then he off ground,” and every b a quick posltion in wiich b off the ground; he then yells tree,” which me ells “Feet must climb a tree, a fence, a s something to get off the ground; to your positi * and the gets the laugh, of cour game caleulated to increas which is desirable in all sports, Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded the successful competi tors at the Boys Club carnival. Send in an entry blank and be ready. day of real good sport and entertain- ment is promised all who attend. Elsew! found an s BOY BUILDERS. Stand on one fbot with other straight out ahead; bend as far as possible to ground; repeat on on other foot. |Parks, sch ably | house April 23, 2 | S. MUNICIPAL COURSES OPENING IS DELAYED Opening of the public golf course: Fast Potomac ard TFwoch COree luied for today, has been late next week, prob tanager S. G. Loefflor at il postpemed unt Saturday, pmounc The 1»~~Vnm.mu-nt the manager de clared, wa made nec T becat the wet condition of the courses ror. bade rolling of and greenm sod condition fo work will he required o cou hefore they are fit fo Rock "|4\ has suffer from . weather flat Layout At t Potoma Toth ro than the Park, ) . ot G n and Coun 3 ileges of are extend 1 BASKET BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger — When Passing. (Copsright, 1926.) FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. Dy the Associated Fre TAMPA Fl King wplon of technical knock Toledo, Ohio Solomon, Panam ut York, fought HOLLYWOOD, D 3y cht technical knockout Australia . —— SOCCERISTS PLAYING. German-American reserve soc nter eleven tod SETS BOWLING MARK. VELAND, Ohio, March 15 (P . Mao Russell et a2 world Tow he game d avorite 1 \\v- J‘LN’ (' h: e | bombard: the ball ov SHIeE. treatols n workin mselves work. used to get to carly steaudil nd w I I We same kind of trouble. Conduct Generally Good. Thero were infractions of training rules by players during my time, but on the whole the conduct of players has great and gradually improved. Some still break training and soue s will, but the ereat maj not be done without a s the playing career. The lively ball has changes in the game. eliminated the bunt, the squeeze play o It has created swinger: chop hitters and removed muc selenca that helped the ¢ com= popular. There is no finer play fro m the play ing standpoint than vin T er bunt and testing his running ‘thlitv against the flelding and throwing ' ability of the third baseman. It is battle of wits between the batter and the fielder. It was also thoroughly enjoved by those Sp(‘(‘(-l((\l‘ who had a ! knowledse of the g The hit-and-run, \\hlch means hav |ing the batter give the runner the signal when he intends to hit the | pitched ball and the runner starting h the pitch is a play that demands hrewd base ball intelligence. The purpose is to advance the base runner and to give the batsman an added chance to hit safely. The batter must decide whether the second baseman or the shortstop will cover the bac. | He will try to hit the ball through the spot made vacant when the fielder goes over to cover on the catcher’s made var It aln bunt instead of the e 1o be . | o not. sw | call the is the ca complete ROUNDING THIRD By Hugh A. Jennings—~———— CHAPTER LXXXIL McGr: Kee!s on hit-and-run Detroit ving a game in CL With Cobb on first and Craw ford at bat, Crawford gave Cobb the | hitand-run sign. Cobb went down ln th the pitch and Crawford smashed o bail over Hahn's head in right | for a three-bagger. The next day the { newspapers gave Crawford credit for executing a fine hitandrun, Lut ally was not a hitand-run. You % on the ball when hittin ning, but instead vou chop to give the ball enough im it through the open 1 exhibitio > Spring, In or Crawford fhis Ros: and-run sign. C » pitch and Ross: ¢ the 1 asked Ros: [ pets 1 \ Va | inninz Land Imum n oy ve Cobb the h was off | hit the That ni {he had run s sht 1 not e a hit n. H n “Did you " 1 asked ; “Hit and un? ertainl as a hit and run it only the best hit | run I ever pmlw-l in my life. 1 didnt alone advance Cobb, but 1 scored him When T ex I = had. nd-run play? | Rossm n {man he was ver I NASH MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street {1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 RADIATORS, FENDERS M RE oW x.uu\u»u "ron \l,'m» WITTSTA S R. El: [ 219 1uth ST. N.W. throw. If the batter bits through, then the runner will advance at least | two bases on the hit, due to his fivins | start. Even if the grounder i : then the runnor will still advance a | base and prevent @ double play giving this detailed explanation be- cause T havo “esn asked & number of times to explain :ue hitandrun play. Is Battle of Wits. The hitandrun is a battle of wits between the catcher and the bats- man. 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