Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1926, Page 87

Part 4—4 Pages ’ The Sanduy Shar WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 11 1926. Vationals End General Conditioning Work: World 60-Yard Hurdle Mark Smashed GRIFFS NOW ARE FACING BUSY EXHIBITION PERIOD =t Manager Harris Depending on Practice Contests to Put Players on Edge—First of Ten Games With the Giants Set for Next Saturday BY JOHN AMPA, Fla pleted. the training program for the big battlc ahcad— rahibition conte These games he capabilities of egulal now are that does lay Natioual E he not ¢ ct vou 00 Hatris ¢ as W Bucks that base other heve hetter Du by a the 1 ch: Monday t o Kies the Cubaus in 1y will be Vednesday International o de day home tollow, ng here nien going to whit at’ P it Tamps vith the A Phil home-an will the 10 s will be afternos with the ith the 4 Tohn McGraw's team at Surasota. It is in these games avith the Giants nwre than any other, that Manager Harrls hopes to key his club to the highest pitch for the beginning of the Amc ague flag race Series Last Year Helped Spring these scraps with the did much to put the Nutionals fettle for the more serious bhusiness of baitling for their second Jccessive pennant opines his club will derive couside able benefit' from them again. It would oceasfon no surprise should the Nutionals start as slowly against the New Yorkers as they did last year. “Then thev lost five of the firet « zames, but rallied to get even Lreak in the dozen contests Harris stated today that intend to rush his athletes during the more than four weeks remaining be fore the opening of the Americau League campaign. The veteran pitel ers will be brought around to form sradually, and nene of the other play ars wiil be trained so finely that he +ill be in danger of ng stale” b fore April 13. While the Nationals are well ad- vanced in thelr trainir they have heon hampered in their work to some extent by the unusually cool weather { the past week, Of the past six «vorking days not one has been warm enough to enable the athletes to get # veally thorough workout, und with ‘o high winds added to the coolne: of the air there has been the risk of colds that do more thun anything clse to rvetard the proper conditioning of the men. Florida Weather Disuppoints. Florida foll, of cour ihere has been no Winter like thy ent one here for more than 30 3 wnd that good, warm davs are 4lmost any time. fine an e does not uch chatter so lo n that they tak it. Unless the cold spell o veterans of the squad, who need \slderably more heat than the «oungsters to loosen Winter- ishtened hascles, will have to depend upon the ahibition games of the homeward trip to get them into g ta i a {ithough the nouncement fro i+ is apparcnt has about decide of his pitching staff ing campaign. Of question as to the of the hurles son, Joe Bush TRusether, Alec Fer; and Fred Marberry will be among 1hose present at the begin! of the flag fight goes without saving, but 1here has b souie question as to which rookl plete the staff of 10 moundswmen. Most Promising of Roolsies. 1t mow scems that the youngsters 10 be retained are Harry Kelley and Jim Lyle, right-handers, and Clarence ‘Phomag. southpaw. Iurris, of course, knows of Kelley's capability, and has ret troubled to use him in the exhi- bition tilts so far. While Harry has developed little spced as vet, he pos- sosees a knuckle ball that is baffling. and appears udded to ki repertoire 2 g also 18 of the opinl muc that : apon the personn for the impend . therc no ition of seven Walter John Stan Covelesk Dutel n, Curly Ogden thian > to the N 10t afford to 5 therough e Leaguo cacly day | nokC. u ery that from Tast 1l consid wan of the a corking s a fast ball rlendid sider. ¥ past batte tyls, also a curve that he bas not been cslied upon to much in -ames. Above all, Thumas' control has improved to a great exten now is able to et the ball i pite + unable to omething he tion in the 0! do not o lons ago and needed to assure his ret Six Others May Be Farmed. The wix oth are slated for Southern Western Leaguc berth has a bit more spee urve than forme caled enough fo win 1 cuit position. Willard 1hough his flinging wing has been re- lieved of voreness, rccmingly i e the pitcher he promised to be whe overcamo the 1051 stvingers in Martford lasi all Irving. Hadley, ton twilight caguer and mound star of the fresh- man pine at Brown University, prob ably will be a worthwhile burler with more séasoning. He will have to xet 1hat seasoning oufside of the Amer- wan League, though. Arthur Hum- reys, drawn from the Universi Maryland: Larry Schacht. Al's brother $ ‘vho did college pitching in New York wd Hal Smith. forimer- fowa State Arler. v as taken on by Che Ggh rcf Morrell, March 13.—Genera e management to got arned better and Boss Bucky | |at bat in that he {hard each time he will be retzined to com- | plate, but gencrally drove it dire !to some Brave He | not re- | 1| ican v of | B. KELLER. conditioning work practically ready to engagce w .that part of theis ore than anything clse it them upied str cotmn of an almost uninte uc liuc on reiained, but 't hip campaig firmly - be- use ball of whom are to be d of the champio ad of the diamond and wen fitted ny others meaus \merican League reafter will play heduled to show their ampions d mdst every day wares in Clark Lite last year liber yot nager Harr not bad 1o all of these fellows into =ames to de termine their worth He d hic have looked them over care in the daily drills and the capa ies of the youngsters have lLecu uged to the fullest extent. It is un likely that anv of the half dozen me: s far as Washington Lope are not Sor Cuban cateber sting in the condi inz of the Nats’ pitchers. is to 1 | signed, Clark Grifiith & Co. probally will have to give the Tampa club of the Florids State League 2 neat bun dle of kale. It seems that the local | outfit values highly th: of the | reciever. President G ims he | has made no direct offer for Lopez 21though he and Manager Harris con sider the Cuban u good prospect o e “Bullet Joe” i~ cypected to round FOUR TIE FOR TITLE. out the champions’ top quartet of MINNEAPOLIS, Mareh 12 —Iows | twirlers, which has Johnson, Coveles went inty tour-cornered tie with | hie and Ruether as hold-ovor members, Purdue. Indiana and Miciuzan {and _Johnny is slated to fit in with | the Western Conferer bagher 1,11 Goslin and Rice as the regular garden { title by defeating Minn + tonight, | trio in the struggle for a third straight 17 to 15 Washington pennapt this year. BRAVES NICK GRIFFS, 9-6. AS MARBERRY BLOWS UP AMPA, Fla., )[an‘h 15.-B _;on'z Braves played like big leaguc cham- pions at Plant Field this atternoon. while Washington's American circuit title helders found the going very rough. As a result, the second time in this Alfonso Leen fhotas By CARLT TuoweR. ] T | Beantown bunch scored over the Nationals for the [ training scason, the count this time being 9 to 6 | The American League champs countered to get a scant lead with the ! { game two-thirds goue., but after failing to fathom the deliverics of the | veteran Alec Ferguson and the recruit Jim Lyle to any considerable extent. { the Braves gave Fred Marberry the sBmming of bis life in the seventh | and eighth sessions and added to their collection of runs at the expense | of Clarence Thomas in the ninth. The Nuztionals flashed rally i the ninth, but all it did w it it the Boston lead at the sturt of | i halfframe. ationals were held to by the trie of Brave ers, avho teiled three im Henry Wiz, young r | expected o du great thin in the National League, W for a couple of blows. So Hern outhpaw, _ who Wertz. Johuny ~ Coorey portsider, Zive up three bl last round Only Fi All of ie b in PASSED IN THE STRETCH PR zht-hunde this vea nicked Eimer followey anotive | ssiacimeanzn | es08smau: Totals & 5 N ASHINGTON. Tolin, vt S M, e of Griifs 1 the ¢ et vrned mto the vas given the g3 on in the second brief bit ot repariee imd_arbiter, zettin, single in_tour tack. Johuny T of hits, ,while . et Rice and Goose Goslin helpes sclves to one each Bucky was somewhat unfortunate socked the. ball stepped to the - followi veen “ple doub Taie, e, se1ereld. Ferzuson, . n.. Marberry. p. fhomas. p. MeXeols 3 th o[Sosrssseviesiniin Totals .. : Braves. ..... 0 0 1.0 0 Natienals .../ 0 0 1 0 @ #Archdeacon batted for Ferguson in third. Nels ba i . | ) #MeNeely batted for Thomas " Tvobuse hite—Burrus. Goslin, Estrada, Neis. Gibson, J. Harris. Three-base Ricohda; Harris, Wilsou' (3 ore Double vlas—Gautreau to Burrus. b Nutionats, o ider. ' That Bur could hit the bat at all was surpris- ing, tor during the morning p zame, in which the Univers | lorida team ¥ beaten, 5 to | seven innings, he was hit by | pitched ball and carried a badly swollen first finzer on hiseright hand {into the afternoon fray. The | bruised digit made it difficult | for bhim to grip his bat prop- {erly. | Fergy and Lyle Effective. The Braves zot three hits and run off Ferguson in the first thro Alec appeared to prett Brown, Rie Left on in 2 off Thomas, uone in #it "y «d hali—By Hearn (Bluege) . Struck out—By Ferguson, 1; by Wer: Lyte, Marherry, 1. Wild. niteh— . Winnin pitcher—Cooney. witcher~—Marbes Tmol Messrs. Gowan and Wilson. a | Burrus opened tl T vantage I his first start of | ¢ichth with a triple and was singlen e A " a<|Dome by Riconda. Wilson sacrificed, ! season, working as smoothly as 3 C s 3'\.1]: dia i m;‘k s with the Na.| then followed Bancroft's one-base | tionals last ve: Lale. who succeeded {\'?I'}'S°f! two-ba ooney’s singl | Ferguson on was_inclived to| ) | registerinz it ie hill but Bstrada’s third bit of the same. BOSS BUCKY IS BANKING HEAVILY ON THIS | about. | EXPENSIVE ROOKIES OPENING GAME TICKETS GO ON SALE THURSDAY Tickets for the opening game the season between the Nationals and Athletics at Clark Griffith Stadium will go on saje at the ball |;k 'nml Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Holders of reservations way call the club effices, Seventh street and Florida avenue, ot auy time thercafter, or may remit chechs and have the pasteboards mailed to_them. Reservations in the grandstand are §1, except for the first five rows, which are S1.25 apiece. Boy scats i are §1.50 each. 685 TOPS SINGLES IN A. B. C. TOURNEY' Dy the orated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, Mareh 13.— swlers lived up to their reputation fu the American bere today and wrecked standings in minor divisions of the tournament. When the last squad was off the alleys there were four new occupants of the first four places in the individ uals. headed by O. R. Haff of New, | York, with 685. a score that finished eighth place in the event last year R. Frers of New York sailed into Brooklyn parted with a. half dozen |second place with 641, Giekas of New players. valued at around $75,000, to | York landed in third with 641 and MAY PROVE BUSTS unes O tu then inz vver the South: at . are wonderin v will realize on pensive investment. \Vher costly rookie has succeded despite the handicaps of publicity and high ex pectations, the base ball woods have heen full of “busts uch as Marty O'Toole, Paul Strand, Jimmy O'Con nell and “Letty” Russell. Connie Mack, for instance, has his $100,000 couthpaw, Groves, to worry Groves was a blg disappolnt- | ment lIgst season, but Muck belicves he will come through this year to| Justify his purchase price. Miller Huggins, diminutive pilot of the Yankees, has two high-priced but uncertain inficld candidates in_ Tony Lizerrl, homo run king of the Pacitic “vast. League. and Mark Koenig. quired frem 8t. Paul. Pitcher Myles Thomis, whose rclease from Torentd was said to have cost the Yankees around 000, is another highly tout ed rock! hosc ce is not yet se cure. wueh 't ¥ be a, trifle_wi he allowed | |ono hit. Whenever he ot the ball in the zroove Braves were unable | ! | to get hold of it solidly | Marberry. though. plainly that he was not read) re as vet. He was fortunate to escape with but one run against~him in his | starting inning. the seventh, when the ABg\esg;oz a coupls of wallops. In fret when hiv drive was manhandled | | Sighth they hopped ot his de |bY Riconda. Tobin's single put Easl | e Yol omache and ae|@t third, from where Lo tallied when | i many tall Thomas was greeted | Ducky Harrls hit for a base. Rice | | warmly at the outset of the ninth,|flied to Brown and Goslin fanned vig- but quickly settled into pleasing pitch- | ovously, but Moon Hairis knocked in | ng form [ two runs with a. lusty double to left. | Each club seored in the third Tound. | Bluege's strilkicout ended hostilities. | ibsor cingle and Estrada’s long fdouble did the counting for the { Braves. 1y the Nationals® balf. with SCHACHT HURLS ROOKIES! ove gone, ' Archdeacon, batting for 70 i Terguson, drew a pass and was sent to third by Tobin's single. Maurice, WIN OVER FLORIDA U'i romped_home ‘after Lstrada dropped, T March 13 ~With Al} { Bucky Harris' loft. D | and * comedian, | 92 e starrin pitcher and batter, the Giile Busy in Sisth. utional recruits this morning _de. | A couple of National markers werc €d the University of Tlorida base | ! bung up in the sixth, when the Amer- 1l team, 5 to 2, in 4 “seven-inning Leugue champlons twice filled | game. Schacht toiled on the mound Rice began the round with | through five innings, holding the | Goslin walked | Gators to five hits, and in the third while Rice tallied | round drove in the run that proved =le to | necessary for vietory. Arthur a | Humphreys, who followed Schacht | {ov the. bill was wild, He walked | five batters, and was relieved by Ray |10 crowd the stations. ~Goslin scored : Joyee, who finished the game. Score: {after Brown caught Severeifl's lonz | RHE 0y. Then Jeanes, pinch batting for 201200 3w 4 'LIyle, walked to jam the hassock: ;“’;;f:n A m‘uflg 0H0 l‘: 2 onee’ more. but Tobin ended the! erios—, cht, Humphre; e ud Tate. Lobez: Porier. Booey and The Braves reached Marberry for PGS @ marker in the seventh. Pinch- hitter Neis' two-bagger. Gautreau el epsnre - amd Lotrada’s sinzle single, and Bro\vu's sacrifice 11 ur up for the second timo in fon, ended it with u Whiff.. | conda’s triple at the outset of the | ninth and Wilson's sacrifice fly netted | | the run oft Thomas. | Tben the Nationals came to life. | MeNeely, Latiing for Thomas, made | th showed al work | the bases {a double to cent {and took second vhen Moon Ilarris Lelted a sin i left. and Moon negotiated dual theft and following Blue; pop to Riconda Buddy Alyer & Washington *. 1 STATE COLLEGE, Pa., March 13 | (.- Penn “State wrestlers defeated ©hio University hore foday. 10 o 9. | Max Carey. 471 6 0 get Johnny Butler, inflelder. {rom'| Lutz of Chicago drew up in fourth Minneapolis. but illness has prevented | with a 640. ¢ an accurate gauge on bis major | In the doubles the bLonlers found lcaguo worth £o far the 1.218 mark sct by a Toledo palr On the other hand, glowins accounts | tuo high, The pair to approach near- | have come cast about Paul Waner, | est that tigure was Kiuskin and 1 obtained by Pitteburgh from Sau |hkenbers of Brooklyn with 1.192. Ca Francisco along with] Hal Rhyne, an |orwskis of Toledo, with 2.880, lead tre infielder, in a deal involving about!five best teams. Coca-Colas of Chi- | $100,000] Waner. the criti is | cago are second with 2,845, G et B 7 JOSERHYS QUINT WINS PENN TOURNEY;‘ Other recruite whose reputations have put the spotlight on their wain ing tests incluae 5 ville outfielder. with the Giants, Ummer, Seattle infielder, and Chri n, St. Paul outfielder. now with the Cincin- | By the Associated Preee. vati Reds: Joo Kelly, slug To- PHILADELPHIA, March 13—t | routo outfielder, d. Joe Mudson, | John's Manlius basket ball teamn of | leading hitter in the New York-Feun- anling, N. Y., today won the pre-| eylvania’circuit, last year, with a .400 jparatory school division basket ball | mark. both candidates for berths with pionship by defeating Wenonah, | the Chicago Cubs. N. J., Military Academy, 32 to 25, in | he ftinal round of the annual inter-! ccholastic ‘tournament conducted by | 1the University of Pennsylvania. St. Joseph's High, Philadelphia, won ! the high school division championship by dfieleatlns Allentown, Pa., High, 85 | to 29, | pa chamy e ABSORBED IN BASE BALL, | LANDIS FOREGOES FISHING TAMPS), Fla., March 13 (®).— | Spring training and exhibitiou mes have divorced Commissioner | Kenesaw Mountain Landis from ) his rod. 4 1" He declined to accompany Con- nie Mack on a fishing frip at Fort " Myers today, with the assertion that his mind was on base ball alone. Commissioner Landis is visiting | the Philadelphia Athletics’ camp at Fort Myers, after hay ohied in ~n 1% other big leaguy coups, ed Eastern High in the gemi-finals| after the Washington quint had elim- | inated Waite High, the favorite, in one | of the carlier rounde. — i WOMAN BOWLER DIES. | CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 13 (.| old, only woman bowler in'Cleveland 140" roll ‘a_ perfect ecore in a mate | @ame, disd today of scarlet fever Shie had been {1 1 e, PAIR OF ATHLETES FROM ST. LOUIS Bowling Congress | i ton st. Joseph's is the team that)defeat- ' Py rad wey B, e Clips Off Tenth of s C | the tapc in the 60-yard high lurdlc 'WERNER OF ILLINOIS SETS RECORD IN BIG TEN GAMES ond in Beating Gutbric of Ohio State in Great Race=—Number of Mark- for Conference Meet Bettered. Dy the Associated Press HICAGO, March 13.—Chick We Ohio State, who ran a dead heat in 7 llineis relays two weeks ago, settied their controve: the Western Conference micet. v he IMlineis athlete beat Gut race, world indoo hen st lishing a n {record of 0:07 5:10 MINNESOTA WINNER OF SWIMMING TITLE| Areociated Pr ARDOR, Mich, 1926 & By t Minnesota won the West March 15— nfercnce here to- of 41 clght competitor, Micii n re points d in all but one erines placed,in Dlices 1 to the Gop! maries SO0 YARD RELAY Mo Rieht i, fime. 1503 ARD Fin cota LA nbett | S lowy Won by Wiscon. fourth. CAPITAL RACQUETERS BALTIMORI. Md.. March 13 quets players the ‘alley Hunt Club downed the representatives of the Washington Racquets Club on the Valley courts today, iaking five ot the cight matches. The big surprise defeat of Baugher by Key of Wash- ngton. The local luminavy turned out to be one of tbe two players of the day who was unable to win at least one game from his opponent. ey downed him, 3-0. Whitman was the cother lecal light to be snuffed out in straight sets, §-0, by Hinkle. Thus, although the vis ~The itors lost, they at least had the satis- | faction of scoring the only shutouts. Carey and Hopkins had fast opposi- tion to overcome in their fests with Blair and Green, the locals forcing their way through the District. bat- ers tor 3-2 victories. & Summaries. Vi , Yinklo. Washiugton. deteated Whitman, G. had UJ_v."nI S. V.. deteated Blair, Washing- Goldshorouzh. 3 od . o Wbt o il De Symington. G, £. V.. defeated Stone, Wath- inzton Greep. Washinglon, defeated Hopling. G. | defeated Block, Washing- . defeated Cary, Waeh- McNAMARA-GEORGETTI WIN 6-DAY BIKE RACE New York, March 13 (/). —Reggie McNamara, rigged veteran from ~Mrs. Goldle Greenwald, 35 years| Newark, N. J., and Franco Georgeiti, | for opening the Juarez race mocet hay | Wales defeated Irclund in their an- youthful sprinter from Italy, won the six-day bicrcle race, which ended to. night in Madisou Square Corden, Ly twn lane | slightly to the front. e widened thi | | | 'HELEN WILLS ADDS mming honors | reen | the day was the | (}Tuhmnon‘ defeated Bausher. G. § l The former record of 0:07 . made by Carl Christie | Newark (N. 1) A. C, ¢ | month. The Buckeye hurdle heels of the flect-footed 3 taneously and rau side b when We i 19 Kennedy, stor R HURDLE MARK BROKéN ‘BY COAST SCHOOLBOY A, Calif., March 13 (@) —The interscholastic record of 15 1-10 seconds for th: 120-yard bigh hurdles was unofficially bot- tered during a dual meet her Jeddy Welsh, Pasadena High chool hurdler, cleared fhe sticks in 15 3-10 seconds. | the cone 172 t three tg fir the cqualed th ANOTHER NET TITLE, - the i NICE, Frane Wills, the American tenni, ! added the women ¢ tournament to her tories. In the final 15.—Helen | “hamplot e thiarin w sints. Michigan w since the with of Mile 4 Wisco Frau Neppach Senorita de Alva mpion. has Wills 1 ompetitors tl ceased to be cont The finzl in th be played Charles & Suzanne German Kingsie: heil the | plare, Summ: and watl emi-fing ain in Helen intends to y ind mixed doubles of the Cann | toury nent beginnil Tonday | is an try list of m than stronzest opbonent in the singles - be_citier Senorita de Alvarez or Mile. | Viasto, one of whom iz expected to | uest | enter ‘tomorrow. Botl alrezds tscon | met defeat at the hands of Mi; . |OKLAHOMA AGGIES WIN HONGRS AT WRESTLING STILLWATER, 1 ‘conference 3 - made arch 5 nd- the ely, in tourni Confer- gics won five tampions F 211 eight eve - OHID STATE AND I0WA SHARE MAT HONORS Jows (Beat! Uizan. secou HAND BALL TOURNEY DRAWS STAR FIELD Br the Associate ST. PAUL. Al former chamy cntered in the 1 LAFAY o &t It 4 man sults of the fin; 7 Lund 2 s under wa pous Wilferd. | beat yaat Athletic Cl champion at. Jos who wo 1025 title, fermer champion uot entered Dr. Car] Haedge of St. Paul champion in 1920 and Ranfr of the Los .Au Club, winner of the first iney of 1919: Dr. Mervyn Friedenbe: of San Francizco: Al Schaufel Mich.: William City: Lane < 1 of Ss McDonagh of New Y cduled to compete. » players who w tiract mu ntion are George Quam, whe b only one arm, but who is city cham pion in Minneapolis, and Erbie Cook | 6-vearold veteran of the St 1 | Younz Men's Christian Association. vorite an Fran the on n. Mo Chicago Whitacre. Ohio Snider o the oulv falt rouch deciaions o won the team title in gyin- | mastics for the fifth time in the past {seven years and Ohio State took the {team fencing ti Purdue was sec ond {n both events. Van Meter, Purdue star, annexed |the club swingiug titie for the third | consceutive time AR 'SENSATION OF RING T0 BATTLE BARRETT By the Aseocigted Prees CHICAGO, Murch 13 -Shufe C lahan, Chic southpay | who graduated from the preliminary ranks nto a sensation within two {MISSOURI VALLEY ks oo @ eneaton i 0 MEET GOES TO 1OWA | 10-round bout at East Chicago March | B¥ the Aseociated Press <6, . £ } _MISSOURI V, Callakian last night scored his sec. | Mérch 13.—Tow ond quick knockout within two weeks | Valley indo: when he flattened Morrie Schlacfer ©of Omaha in less than two rounds. | It was the second time during his long career that Schlaefer has been knocked out. He previousiy had been | stopped by Mickey Walker in five rounds in 1925. . The Chicago. lleights 130-pounder first jumped into the spotlight when he knocked out Johnny Mendlesohn, 1 Milwaukee veteran, in less than | | thiree rounds. kg chinan Milian ar nciseo ar are othe tr 4 tied two indoo conference _recor In the &0-yare h he hit the tape in 5 and 4-1v seconde, tying his own mark. and i the 50-vard low hurdles tied the marl of 6 seconds flat. j2 Weir, all-American foot bal tackle rau bim u close second in the | fatter event RICHARDS-HUNTER SCORE. | : SR PALM BEACH, March 13 @ —vin.| RUGBY MATCHES TAKEN cent Richards and Francis T. Hunter, | ‘BY ENGLAND AND WALES | Olympic doubles champlons, won the men’s doubles championship of lorida “ . . 3 P —Ens foday, ‘defcating Manuel Alonso and | GLASGOW, March 13 P -cErne | IS, Howard Voshell, 2—8, 7—5, 6—4,| 1200 Wob Lhe i 1c e : g > mateh with Scotland today. 2 to 0. Of series, begum in 1392, England | this wen 1%, Scotland 7, whil have peen drawn b SWANSEA, Wal i §—3. I | RACE MEET EL PASO. Tex. ADVANCED. March 13.—Datc, March 12 OP).—- een advanced from April 24 to April| nual rugby foot ball mateh today, 11 17. I. L. Hildenbrandt. manager of thel ta S.. Wales now has won 23 of these JSiareg ov Club annoumeed today. dunual watches, Ireland has won 12 The me A ¢ match haz heen drawn.