Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1926, Page 31

¥ SPORTS. Fate of Athletics Depends on Pitching : Changes in Grid Ru MACK SURE OF SUCCESS IF MOUNDSMEN DELIVER A’s Well Fortified at First Hauser Cannot Regain Playing Form, But Spirit of Team Must Be Improved. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. 23—Connie Mack admits, in strictest confidence, that he has a team this Spring which verges on cham- ORT MEYERS, Fla, March l pionship form. . ‘he success of the Philadelphia teey it depends primarily on two th statt will :ome through aad whethe: more ginger into the team. A lot of base ball students including no_less than four big league managers who have seen the Athletics in action take the view that the Athletics’ success in the 1926 pennant campaign depends more on Joe Hauser’s injured knee than anything Mack doesn’'t minimize the desir- ablility of getting and keeping his star first baseman back on the job. But | when one remembers that Mack also has Poole for first base it is e sier | to understand why he replies so promptly when he is asked what he needs in order to win a pennant: “Good pitching.” As for the pitchers, they seem to be going better than they did 2ast Spring. And there is a row of them more or less stupyfying when you look them over. | Flock of Left-Handers, \ ‘There _are, among the left-handers, Grove, Walberg, Baumgartner, Hel- mach, Willls (@ promising kid) and Pate, who should be a winner if he doesn't get homesick. And on the| tight-hand side there are Gray, Rom- mel, Quinn, Harris and May, a good- | looking youngster. It is probably the double G team of pitchers which will help the Athletics tarthest along on thelr stride to glory. Grove and Gray may turn out to be us sensational as any palr in base ball. Grove is much better than he was Yast year when he reported to the Athletles in Florida. He has over- come some of his wildness and learned ® great deal by his year of experience in major league company. Speediest of Southpaws. He is presumably the speediest - hand pltcher today in b.‘::eban. ]:rlula he seems to be the only speedy left- hander who throws a perfectly straight fast ball. Almost all pitchers who go to speed either unconsciously curve the ball or put a jump or hop on it. Here is a pitcher who hurls with as much speed, seemingly, as Rube Waddell, and who sends the ball 48 e‘;’tln.l,xht as if 1t had been shot from u rifle Players who cannot bat s are baffled. Those who can like it and lay vor it. If they hit it the ball salls like Scarrity Jane in her parachute. Base With Poole, Even if Athletics as their veteran manager ings: Whether or not the pitching r or not he can inject just a little else. Gray has poise this year, and starts the season thoroughly rested and with- out the worriea that bore down on him in 1925. If the pitching gods are pro- pitious Gray will be fighting it out with Lyons of the Chicago Americans this year for the lead in the American League. Plenty of Pliching in Sight. Add to the presumably successful activities of Groves and Gray a little real pitching by three or four of the other moundsmen, and you will have plenty of pitching to win a pennant. But—the pitchers will have to pep themselves up, and their teammates also will have to learn that the path to glory is not one of sitting under sun- tiowers and counting the seeds. Mack is not the only manager who has commented on the pepless ap- pearance of some of his players. And the writer, after seelng them in ac- tion, also is inclined to think they mosey and mule along too much. It isn't overconfidence. It's a sort of self-satisfaction. Mack has every hope of playing Hauser at first base. But if Joe's knee can’t stand the strain there is Poole. Bishop starts at second. Has Wamby in Reserve. Like other managers, Mack is not anxious to change a winning com- bination. But if Bishop does mnot give satisfaction Mack has Wambs- ganss, and is confident that Wamby is the type of player needed on a team that may find it advisable to make a change every now and then as the players get a little stale or suffer injury. Galloway and Dykes round out a fast and capable infield. And last year's outfleld s good enough for any club. | All in all, Hauser or no Hauser, there can be very little doubt that the Athletics will be thick in the fight for the pennant right up to the close of the season. (Copyrizht, 1026.) OUR CLUB CHAMPIONS Town and Country—Max Wey" outstanding characteristics of G REAT length from the tee and unusually accurate putting are the the game of Max Weyl, champion golier of the Town and Country Club. Weyl, even though not yet of age, has developed a game that has won twice for him the cham- pionship of the Bethesda club and promises to carry him a long way in | boys of the office. gol, if its development continues. Weyl was a member of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania golf team while a student at the Philadelphia institution, and acquitted himself well in the intercollegiate matches. He recently has entered business in ‘Washington. Weyl won the championship at the Town and Country Club last year in impressive style, defeating all his opponents in the match-play event sithout trouble and overcoming Dr. Melville B. Fischer in the final round by 3 and 2. The champlonship was played last October. The cham- ROD AND pion also won the qualifying round in the titular tournament. Weyl is the son of Adolph Weyl, a well known business man of Wash- ington, and is noted for long hitting and accurate work around the putt- ing green. He is not as consistent as some of the other ‘players of first rank about the city, but this con- sistency doubtless will come with smoothing out the few rough spots in his game. His scores hover be- tween 78 and 82 quite regularly over the difficult Town and Country Club layout, a course where the finest kind of golf is needed to break 80. STREAM BY PERRY MILLER ing to this column with a requ of local anglers: “The open season for trout at all E LEE COMPTE, State game warden of Maryland, sent the follow-l est that it be printed for the benefit | points above tidewater is April 2 to June 30, inclusive, and the open season for bass and all other species (?f fresh-water fishes (except suckers, carp, catfish, ecls and gudgeon) is July 2 to November 30, inclusive. It tidewater points at any time, except s “The Court of Appeals of Maryland, which declared the compact of 1785 as not applying above tidewater on the ‘Potomac River, has caused many in- Guirfes as to the application of the local laws. In the countles of Gar- rett, Allegany and Carroll, the local law requires all non-residents of the State, and in Washington and Frede- rick countles, all non-residents of the vounty, to procure an angler's license at a cost of §6 to fish In sald waters.” The Attorney General of Maryland was asked for an opinion on this sub- sect, and it is as follows: “Your letter in reference to the effect of the recent decision of the Court of Appeals, upon the exist- ing State laws regulating fishing is received. By the above opinion the Court of Appeals decided that the compact between Maryland and Vir- minia in reference to the jurisdiction over the Potomac Riwer extended only so far as sald river is navigable, and that above that point Maryland has uxclusive jurisdiction. That being the case, chapter 340 of the acts of 1924 will apply to all of the Potomac River that s not navigable. The opinion does mnot decide at what point the navigable part of said river com- ences, that being a matter of fact to te determined by the evidence if the occasion for so doing should ever wrise. “You also ask what force and ef- tect local laws passed by Maryland «ounties bordering on the non-navi- rable part of the Potomac River have in such part of sald non-navigable streamn as lies within thelr respective borders. In view of the above opinion of the Court of Apeals, these local Jaws will apply to that portion of the rviver lying within the limits of the -ounties to the same extent as to other streams lying within their territorial jurisdiction, and such counties can en- force all local legislation which is not inconsistent with the general laws of the State all the way to the West ‘Virginia line. “You will note the Attorney Gen- eral’s ruling is to the effect that the counties herein mentioned having local legislation, requiring an angler’s license, prevails, therefore, persons de- siring to fish in any of the sald waters | Iying in sald eounties including the Potomac River must vurchase an Iunsler'a licens: An appeal to : ! > kil i undersiced Laby L, but den g srow up and you equal battle, s @ade by the 1 MWalton League of is unlawful to use a dip net above ame may be used to take bait fish, America. The appeal is printed on a poster in large type and reads: Do not kill an undersized baby h. fish. Let it grow up to give you equal battle. . Wet your hands and gently re- turn to the water— All bass under 10 inches. All channel cat under 11 inches. All crappie under 8 inches. All trout under 8 inches. All sunfish under 6 inches. Each parent fish taken during the spawning period means the loss of from 2,000 to 20,000 baby fish. Do not fish during the spawning period. Prove yourself a sportsman. CUE MATCH DATE SET. NEW YORK, March 23 (P).—Wiilie Hoppe will defend his world 18.1 balk- line Dbilliard title in a 3,600-point match against Jake Schaefer, former world 18.2 champlon, at Dwyer's Broadway Academy in New York, during the week of March 29. R Lo TILDEN BEATS CHAPIN. ATLANTA, March 23 (®).—Willlam ‘Tilden, 2d, playing in an exhibition tennis match at the Georgia Military Academy, defeated Alfred H. Chapin of Springfield, Mass., 6—3, 7--§. Paired with Mrs. Charlotte Chapin in the doubles, Tilden was defeated, 6—4, 6—1,. by Chapln and “Hop” Owens of Atlanta. S SETS BILLIARD MARK. NEW YORK, March 23 (#).—Kinrey Matsuyama of Japan set a new high record of 141 in defeating Joseph Mayer of Philadelphia in a junior 18.2 balkline billiard championship match. HELEN GOING TO ITALY. CANNES, France, March 23 (P).— Helen Wills has decided not to enter the Beausite tennis tournament this week, going instead to Italy. She meets Joan Ridley of England in the final of the Cannes singles this after- noon. 4 i American Basket Ball I_agne. | “leveland Washingto E Tio: hoste E Seevklu. ¢ 81 ' _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO TWO SPORT SQUADS TOILING AT EASTERN Foot ball and base ball candidates were to work side by side today in the Eastern High School Stadium at the inauguration of Coach Guyon's annual Spring gridiron practice. The dlamond squad was called out yesterday, but will be unable to get down to hard work for some time vet, as the Eastern field has recently been worked over and is in no con- ditfon for plaving. ‘While the tossers are taking things easy and walting for the April show- ers to make the gruss grow “u the ball fleld, the coach will give most of his attention to getting the foot ball players in shape for the next cham- plonship fight. Practice will continue as long as the weather remains cool. Eastern's taking to the diamond leaves Baumwass as the ouly one of the flve public high schools yet to make a start toward the base ball campaign. The Stenographers are facing their usuul problem ot locating a suitable field and consequently are not lkely to get going until the pub- Hles diumonds at the Monument grounds are thrown open next month. Central's nine was to play its first practice game.today with a combi- nation of former high school stars rounded up by, Earle Moser. BOWLER IN TOURNEY NEAR PERFECT SCORE By the Assoclated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, March 23.—A sin- gle pin that refused to fall deprived R. Meier of Newport, Ky., of a per- fect score and first place in the indi- viduals in the American Bowling Con- gress tournament here. Meler's score for his three games was 710, which gave him second place, just four pins below the mark set by J. Rehor of Cleveland. The A. B. C. gallery also nearly saw a new first-place pair in the two-men event, when K. Meder and A. Vidmar of Cleveland shot into second place with a 1,288. TRACK SECRETS Sol Metzger. ‘When Breathing. ,-o/ AR D0 THIS NOTTHIS Nearly everybody who goes in for athletics has the erroneous opinion that he must breathe only throughk his nose when running. This is absolutely incorrect. There {s not an athlete today, ! and there never has been one, who | did not open his mouth when dolng anything strenuous. He needs all the air he can breathe, and it s fmpossible for him to have the nec- essary endurance if he tries to run with his mouth closed. Ted Meredith, perhaps the great- est middle-distance runnér of all time, once told the writer that he wished he had other openings to his lungs thun his nostrils and mouth, as hLe could hardly get €enough alr through them as it was. TWO LIBERTY A. C. NINES WILL PLAY ON SUNDAY Members of the Liberty Athletic Club nine will hold thelr next worl out Saturday at Plaza diamond to pr pare for a practice game Sunday L tween the Regulars und the Yannigans. Pop Kremb, m: ager of the team, reports that his play! roster is well yet put in their appearance. Joseph Smith, Freddy Nau and Buddy Nau are requested to call him at Columbla 4165-J after § o'clock. TRACK TEAMS INVITED. Midget and junior track teams are | invited to take part in the track and field meet to be staged by the Hilltop Juniors on April 10. Manager Willler, at North 8712-J, is In charge of the entry lists. BOWLING DECLARED GREAT PROMOTER OF DEMOCRACY | his gaze. SURE getta kick outa that,” said the Old Timer. “Outawot:” asked the Kid, trying to follow the direction of | | “Why, that messenger boy over there razzin Gersdorff of the So-Kems for blowing that one-pin spare break,” said the Old Timer. “It sure doesn't takk much to give you a kick does it?” inquired the Kid. sarcastically. “But look how good-naturedly Charley is taking it,” insisted the Oid ‘Timer. “Say, elther you are drunk or I am; and I'm not,” said the Kid. “Does a blueprint go with that remark; and does it really mean anything?” “I'm not sure I can explain it in language simple enough for vour un-| sophisticated understanding,” said the Old Timer, “but the thought that scene brings to a tralned mind such as I have is that bowling is one of the greatest little promoters of democracy in the world. Here's Gersdorff, a dignified gentleman of mature years and looking both to some extent, chaffing with one of the kid messenger A Great Bowling Fan. | Remember, C. E. F. Cersdorft 1s a chemist of high standing in his pro- fesssion, respected by his co-workers as a man of unusual ability in his technical field. As an avocation, which, I may say, means that as u sort of relaxation and pastime, he is Interested in flowers and s one of the | leading authorities of the country on roses and gladioll and gladioluses— | x whichever it is that means more than one gladiolus. generally credited with being the man that put the ‘glad’ in gladiolus. His writings are welcomed by sclentific and popular magazines, and he's a real human being, too.” “I hadn't thought about that,” ad- mitted the Kid. ‘“But as for his stand- ing for razzing, mebbe you orta here | him hand out some hot shots him-| gelf. Please add to his lists of quali- fications and attainments—hows’ that? | —a high-claas skill in handing out | comebacks.” Overcomes Handlcap. “Is that 80?" inquired the old-timer. | “Then, maybe it's just as well that ) I've never been able to hear him. Also add that. he is considerable of a bowler, and the habit he has of throwing a game around 125 every now and then is just disgusting—to the guys rolling against his- team. You know it is really some stunt for Charley to hover around the 100 mark. He has a waist line about like mine and hasn't been able to stoop and lace his shoes since 1907. We heavy guys, you understand, have a real problem in bending down far enough to put the ball on the alleys. And, of course, we can't even see the fou! line when we get close to it, so in order to avold fouling we have to stop and shoot the ball about G-feet from the line, handicapping ourselves a lot.” ¥ “One thing I'll tell the world,” said the kid, “C. E. F. is sure one hard loser.” “Any man who isn’t should be put in a museum,” contended the Old Timer, “because he isn't a real human being; he's a freak. The big thing about Gersdoff's enthusiasm and be- | ing a hard loser is that he is able | to impart that spirit to his teammates. They always show up for the game." “Thassa fact,” admitted the Kid. “I don't belleve the So-Kems have had a “Dummy” score this year.” 2 Keeps Them in Line. “No,” agreed the Old-Timer,” and it any So-Kem bowler failed to show up for a match and was' later found cruelly battered to death with some large blunt instrument, such as a knotted club, the circumstantial evi- dence would go a long way toward convieting C. E. F. of the crime. Believe me, so long as he keeps up his interest in the team the men had beter be on hand every Thursday.” “I guess that explains the So-Kems' | horseshoe,” sald the Kid. “That team ought to be down around sev- enth instead of fighting for the lead. There are at least six teams in the league that figure to be stronger— on paper. On the alleys it works out | differently—as you found out last week. How'd they get the name— Bo-Kems?” “I guess we'll have to credit that to Gersdorff, too,” aid the Old-Timer. “The team i{s made up from bowlers of the Bureaus of Soils and Chemis- try—So-Chem, you see. I'll tell the world I'm willing to admit that So- Kems is a good name—yes, sir; Soak Em’s {s right!” X RETAIN HOCKEY TITLE. ! VANCOUVER. British - Columbfa, | arch 28 #).—The Victoria Cougars | are champlons of the Western Canada Hoclioy Leaguc for the cecond year in succession und Un will repre- | st the weel ine the play for t Stanley cup, emblematic of the world professional hockey, title, In fact, he is|5imer BANKERS’ LOOP HEAD ROLLS GAME OF 157 Four teams rolled in the Bankers' League annual Spring tourney at the Coiivention Hall alleys last night, Riggs Natonal turned in a score of 1,564, Second Natlonal was the best of Class B, hitting the maples for a total of 1,501. President ' Pollock of the league emashed the maples for 157 in his third game with National Savings and Trust. It came within one pin of tieing the league record. The scores: Commcédn Bank. 4P o 58 8840 89 881 - 39,8288 ST 91127 84 Totals. 533 487 644 Totals. 443 517 470 Class B Teams. Sav. & Trust, Second Nad. Bank, Pollock. 10§ 88187 Keens... 8% § Tlimer ', 103110 114 Pricdl.’ . 02 8811 0 81 60 VHoewn 08 08107 5 63 Marlow. 110 00 30 89109 88 Scharf... 98114 12! Totals. 466 484 542 Totals. 479 470 543 Tournament Leaders to Date. Teams—Cl National Baok. 1.804° Cinas B & ational Bank. 1,601 Doiibles—Class A. none rol Class B, Cain and Downes. 502 dicoty and, Sheeby 508: Clase S0 AElee—Clads A, Schweinhaut. B. Downe: : Class C, Sheehy, 3 D! Howand! 304. B STEPHENS A. C. TO MEET. The Stephens Athletic Club of East Riverdale will meet Friday night at the home of Manager Pool. Members and candidates for the base bull team will report at 7:30 o’clock. led a8 2 Clasz C. Eo- D. "Jotinson ALCOS.MEET CARLISLE. Alco and Carlisle quints meet to- night at Lincoln Colonnade in the sec- ond match of their three-game series for the colored basket ball champion- | ship of the eity. GOLF FIELD TO BE HUGE. NEW YORK, March 23 (®).—Ex- tension of the qualification test for the open golf champlonship from 3 to 17 sectional tournaments will n double the 1925 entry of ,_golf officials said here. RADIATORS, FENDERS IDIES MADE AND REPAIRED NT"W _RADIATORS FOR AUTOS WITTSTATT’S R. & F. WKS. 319 13th St. N.W. 1423 P, REAR HAWKINS NASH MOTOR CO. Gonveniently Located on Fourteenth Street C., TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1926. COACHES Certain They Took Right Step. By the Associated Press. N the new forward pass rules. S DIFFER GREATLY IN FORWARD PASS VIEWS {Some Well-Known Mentors Regret Restrictions Put on Aerial Offensive—Members of Committee EW YORK, March 23.—Some prominent foot ball coaches disagree with members of the intercollegiate rules committee coaches over SPORTS. uses the forward pass legitimately. ‘There is no penalty for the completed pass. C. W. SAVAGE, OBERLIN—The rule will have a deterrent effect on the indiscriminate throwing of passes near the end of the game. The change is not radical; it is as slight as was possible to make without disturbing the balance of the game. HERMAN J. STEGEMAN, GEOR- GIA—The new forward pass will tend to all around improvement of the game. This sort of recklessness which | accompanied the tendency to hurl wild { passes has long been the bane of many leading foot ball coaches, and the new rule should have a favorable reaction on the gridiron this Fall. g |NEW TRICITY LOOP Last Saturday it was decided that only one incomplete forw | would b allowed in 8 srics of plas without penaiy, and tiat the second| FACES QUICK DEMISE and third unsuccessful efforts would cost the throwing teamn five yards. Arguments of the coaches follow: JESS HAWLEY, DARTMOUTH— The new rule penalizes the use of the forward pass to an extent which will deprive it of its present uses and again relegate it to a last resort. And| a G-yard penalty will mean nothing to a team trying desperately to win in the last § minutes. 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TOURNAMENT The task of bringing a South A! lantic basket ball championship to Washington now rests with the Epiphany Junlors, who are booked to make thelr next start tomorrow nigh' agalnst the Baltimore Bacred Hear' five. p Epiphany Big IMve and the Boys Clug Celtics, the other two District quints remalining in the title matches jat the start of the final week cf play | were eliminated last night. The Big I'ive bowed to the Y. )i H. A. tean of Baltimore in an unlimic ed clase battle, 29 to 13, while the Celtics who were seeking the 140 pm;rgd crown, lost to De Molay, 2% to 18. | Basket ball fans chould have a pret: good {dea of “who's who" In the local court game after tonight's match be | tween the Iolman Wonder Fite and {the Aloyslus Club quint at the Ar cade. ) The Wonders boast of an unbroke: of victorfes, including & 24-to-1 although beaten, 18 to 16, by the Ana costia Eagles, have taken the re !mainder of their local contests an. trimmed the Yankees in two encour '(";b the score being 42 to 33 and 3° to 30. ! ™In adattion to the matn scrap, whicl, starts at 8:30, the Arcade court will b !the scene of u snappy preliminar bringing together of the Epiphan Juniors and Eastern High School™ {five. This engugement is listed fo § o'clock Katzman's Collegla 00k the meas umgof Park View by u score of i to 29. 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