Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1926, Page 27

SPORTS. HAUSER SHOWS NO SIGNS OF INJURY TO HIS KNEE Joe Now Playing as Well as He Ever Did and With Poole Also Available the Athletics Appear to Have No Infield Problem This Year. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ORT MY P he was before he suffered his injury man. With in the I ome of the critics RS, Fla, March 24—The writer has seen Joe Hauser of the Athletics play through a game on his famous knee, and is able to report that, for the present at least, he appears to be just what last season—a crackerjack first base- insisting that the entire fate of the Athletics 6 race hinges on Hauser’s knee, and with everybody agreed that his presence or absence in the linc-up makes a deal of differences, the writer regarded it as a lucky chance that gave him an opportunity to check up so thoroughly on Hauser's form. Tauser, be it known, has a sewed-up kriee. can have. ailments that a ball player That is one of the worst There are two of them this year, Hauser on the Athletics and Davis on the White Sox, but it is doubtful if Davis plays a game. The surgeon who has him charge savs that IHauser might n good conditioh #1l of this ses and that there might be times whe: ha would hecome tired. The lowever, is mot so extraordinary <ince there are a great many ball without split kneecaps who i between May and Septem- In the latter part of the season very active because their contracts are then under advisement for the year following. Playing Now as Well as Ever. in be s first base as That may be hopeful for the future and it may not, but the fact is that he batted the bail on the proboscis and plaved around the bag as it he never had any thought of quitting, and it could not be observed that he favored the knee very much. Onee he jumped away from the plate to avoid being Nit and he jamped in such a manner that if he had tried to wrench the knee Lo conld not have evecuted the maneuver mora handsomely, and vet ha did not seem to have felt it. ‘After the game was over and he had run bases in and out and slid and done everything that a ball play- can hope to do he was asked hether his knee pained him, and ne said it did not. T ful for Mack and the Athletics. The tiknee may break down again, but theee who know Hauser hope it will not The Hanser man. the Joe pla he did. Itight now well as ever ignificance this _about is that four major league rs have said this Spring that urn of Hauser in perfect con- dition will mean a pennant for the Athletics. Two of those managers are National League men. situation Is Overemphasized. may be a wish which is father hought, or something like that, hut it does show how much impor- tanco 1s attached to Hauser. The principal fact which intrudes itself is that the Athletics are considered to he a very dangerous pennant factor with Hauser and not quite so danger- ous without Hauser. Yet, as the writer has pointed out. they have Poole, and for the life of the prophet it can’t be noted that they - suffered complete extinction lust year with Poole. A little too much’ importance seems 1o be attached to this first base ques “ tion so far as the Athletles are con cerped. They csn win a pennant if they have Poole and good pitching. and that is not the opinion of this particular commentator alone, but of Connie Muck. In any event. Connie is more in- lined to think the knee will stand by ihe teamn than to think it won't. When Tiauser first tried to play ball on it he was delighted because it stood up. 1ie played a little more and discov- ared that It was ylelding and weak. That discouraged him a little and worrled Mack more. Then Hauser began again after three or four days’ rest, and this time he has found that he manages to get along pretty well. Poole Sure to Be Retained. So for the moment everybody is hopeful that Hauser will play first base in 1926, aithough there is not 1hés remotest danger that Poole will he released or traded. Like other teams, this sturdy bunch of the Ath- letics finds the first base situation nlmost as acute as the real estate situation seems to be to a lot of per- <ons in Florida. With a good first baseman the firm of Bishop, Galloway and Dykes is at its very best. Without a good first baseman the Athletics always appear to be a little stunned. Connie has been asked why he did not take Pipp from the Yankees and play the game safe for the Athletics. e thought he was quite sure of having Hauser and he knew he had Poole, and he did not want to clut- ter his team up with first basemen. Pipp is in such good condition at the moment that naturally it looks as if any team getting him would have picked up quite, a bargain for the Spring marketing. (Copyright. 1928.) to th it COLLEGIANS WILL PLAY GOOSE GOSLINS SUNDAY Collegians, a newly organized base ball team, will play its first game Sunday at 12:30 against the Goose Gos- 1ins of Northeast. A fast game is ex- pected, as both teams are in fairly =ood form. Don Grist, an outstanding figure as a pitcher in the junior ranks, prob- ably will twirl for the Collegians. Colleglans are anxious for games with Midget teams in the city. Call Lincoln 8618 after 6 o'clock. —_—— The ‘American people spend no less than $50,000,000 annually for equip- ment in all sports. That {3 very hope-|S PAOLINO WINS FIGHT INLESS THAN ROUND By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 23.—The heart of Harry Drake, English heavywelght boxer, was the subject of jocular com- ment today. Henrl Bernstein, noted referee, de- clined to officiate at a fight between Drake apd Paolino Uzcudun, the “Ti of the Pyrenees on the the Englishman had a bad heeart and might be killed. Some folks who saw the fight last night said Drake had no heart at & In the Cirque de Parls the Spaniard polished off the Englishman in 1 min ute and 25 seconds of fighting. The 5,000 spectators otherwise gave vent to their indignation by pelting the ring with ail kinds of missiles. Tn excuse for Drake it was ex plained that he had never recovered from the effects of numerous knock outs by Jack Dempsey during iwo weeks of exhibition in Germany last when Drake appeared as Demp- Sparring partner. When the men shook hands at the clang of the gong for the start Drake was shaking like an aspen le Physlclans who examined him prior to the bout declared him to be fit. Drake himself announced that he was all right, saying “I'll show them who has got a weak heart when they see Paolino on the floor.” The Lnglishman hardly laid a glove on his opponent, and Paolino went about his work in masterful style and with great deifberation the blow which sent Drake into dreamland. ALCO TOSSERS ANNEX GAME WITH CARLISLES Alco Athletic Club basketers took the second game of their series with the Carlisles last night and annexed the colored unlimited championship. The final count was 26 to 25. the Alco five coming from behind in the second half after the score stood 14 to 11 for the Caslisles at intermission. Harris of the winners led in the scoring with four court goals and the same number from the free throw tine. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. PARIS.—Paolino Uzcudun of Spain knocked out Harry Drake of England (one). WILKES-BARRE, Pa.—Pete Latzo, Scranton, scored a technical knock- out over Georgie Russell (nine). KANSAS CITY, Kans.—Joe Rivers, Kansas City, knocked out Bobby Hig- gins, New Orleans (six). VERNON, Callif.—Eddle Huffman knocked out Tony Fuente (five). PORTLAND, Oreg.—Harry Dillon, St. Paul, won a technical knockout over Nig Yeager, Portland (eight). Inside Golf y Chester Horton. Golfers who have obtained from the game a pastime, consisting merely of hitting the ball around, can change the whole pursult of golf into & sport of surpassing charm by learning to forget the ball, s0 to speak, and undertaking to find out just how the fundamentals of golf are to be applied by them- selves. This can be done, too, just as well in the ‘so- called off season as during the ac- tual playing sea- son. Here is how to begin what per- haps may be a wholly new career in golf: The first thing to acquire in golf is the swing. There are sev- eral fundamental swings, beginning with the upright. Variations are the medium upright and the flat swing. If you are an average business man golf- er, adopt the medjum upright swing as your goal and begin to master it. Work entirely with the swing. You can practice it better without.a ball than with one. In tomorrow’s article I will describe this swing, also picture it, and you can gb about mastering it. (Copyright. 1026.) et et B The American welterweight fighting limit is 145 pounds; the British fs 147. ! LOCATION « omor*” ORDER YOUR Tailors Who Make Good Clothes New Spring Woolens!! Await Your Inspection Satisfaction—Fit—Or No Pay 719 13th St. NW. Above G St. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, -Macks Well Fortified at First Base: College Base Ball Starts Here Tomorrow MARYLAND NINE TO MEET 'With the RICHMOND U. IN INAUGURAL Old Liners to Put Fairly Well Experienced Team on Field—College Parkers to Stage Spring Foot girls are permitted to participate. petition. The championship will be dectded in & oneround serfes of six matches, an extra round to be fired in case of a tie. The schedule as announced last night after a meeting of the faculty directors with J. W. Crockett, rifle instructor for all high schools, will open May 3 and will close May 20. The title series will be followed by a match to decide the holders of in- dividual honors. The latter event will be staged on the Jastern range, May 26 and 27. The conditions of the inter-high event require teams of six, the five high scores counting at each meet- ing. Both prone and offhand posi tions will he fired. No coaching, ex- cept by team members, will be allow- ed. All matches will start at 8 o'clock and be concluded not later than 6. The complete schedule follows: May 3—Tech-Central, at Central. May 5—Eastern-Westorn, at Eastern. May 10—Tech-Eastern, at Eastern. May 12—Western-Central, at Central. May 19—Tech-Western, at Central. May 20—Eastern-Central, at Central. Roberta Wright was chosen by the Central High School markswomen to captain thefr tbam this year at = recent meeting of the Rifle Club. No caplain had been selected previously as no letter girls were back on the range and it was thought advisable to become familiar with the performance of the club members before making a decision. The ction of Miss Wright was based not only upon her popularity with her teammates but upon her ex cellent performance on the firing line. Her averuge in the offhand matches has been 47 out of 50. She ranked first in the Minneapolis match with a possible. In_addition to this she is among the half dozen girls in her class leadinggin scholarship, and is a member of Yhe National ITonor So- ciety. - For the first time during their lonyg season on the court, Good Shepherd tossers bowed to an opponent when Princess Athletle Club Juniors earned a. 24-10-16 victory over them last night at Wilson Normal School. The game WOMEN IN SPORT ————BY CORINNE FRAZIER UNIOR sharpshooters in the District already are priming themselves for the interhigh school rifle tourney to decide the city championship, which constitutes the only interscholastic event in which high school Eastern, Western, Central and Tech each will have a team in the field this Spring. Lack of range facilities prevents Business irom entering com- was one of the regular Recreation League schedule. Good Shepherd had the misfortune to lose ome of its strongest players in the fist half minute of play. Miss Bayliss, forward, wrenched her ankle, and had to be withdrawn, thus break- ing up the forward-fleld combination which had proved a Waterloo to $o many rivals, The Princess’ win Ilast night con- cluded thelr schedule with only one defeat chalked up against them and brought them even with the Good Shepherd combination in the race for league honors. If Good Shepherd wins the two re maining games carded these two teams will be tied and an extra match wiil be necessary to decide the winner. Princess A. C. was represented by Misses Totten, Burke, Ruzike, Sa- waya, Miller, Baum and Pyle in last night's contest. Good Shepherd's squad _included Misses Smith, Bayliss, Hawkins, Flournoy, Payne, Courtney, Bailey and Cauliflowers. One of the most interesting and spectacular games of the club seasun is promised basket ball fans Friday night, when the Metropolitan forces meet for a return game with the Prin- ess Athletic Clth sextet, the only combination which has humbled the champions {n seven seasons. The game i8 scheduled for 8:15 in St. Martin’s gymnasium. It will be the closing game of the season for the Colliflowers. A miniature dodge-ball series was staged at Virginia avenue during the past week between two picked teams, one coached by Thelma Smith, direc tor, and the other by Elizabeth Moss, assistant director of the ground. The “Smithites” won the serles in threa straight games, blanking their opponents, 11 to 0, in the opener, and nosing them out in the other two con. tests by narrow margins. The score of the sccond gamo was 3—2 and of the third, 7—5. Miss Moss and her squad will enter- tain the winners at a party Saturday morning at 11 o'clock on the play- ground. 'TRI-CITY LEAGUE BURIED WITH ONLY FEW PRESENT P ing’s ba LLANS for organizing Sunday sandlot base ball received a decided jolt last night when the new Tri-City League was buried in Spald- kyard, with only three of the managers, the president and a delegation from Herndon, Va. on hand to witness the ceremony. Fourteen teams had signified their intention of joining the circuit, but since Sunday when the drawings for the two div ions of the loop were published, hali of the clubs had announced their withdrawals through the newspapers and those who attended last night’s gathering had no alterna- tive but to disband. The difficulty appears to lie in the fact that the large number of teams seeking entry in the league made it necessary to split it into two sections, a process which was hound to cause dissatisfaction. It was suggested at the meeting that the teams play independent ball until Jate in the Summer and then come together in a championship tourney to be played under the super- vision of the Capital Clty League headed by Capt. J. R. D. Cleland. Commercial League managers are meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the Atlus sporting goods store, 927 street, instead of at their usual gathering place. Menibers of the Knickerbocker nine are meeting tonight at the home of Manager Warren Hilleary, 3249 N street. The Warwick Juniors will meet to- morrow night at 328 Massachusetts avenue northeast to complete the or- ganization of their team. They make their initlal start on Sunday against the Thistles at Fairlawn Field. Glen Echo diamonders will discuss plans for their campaign in the Montgomery County League tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in Community Hall. The playing roster includes Oldfield, Ware, B. De Nell, T. De Nell, Skin- ner, Kaldenbach, Carroll, Stephens, Culiinane, _McAuliffe, ~ Knott, A. Woody, B. Woody, Brown and Allen. Cherrydale base ballers, who hold their initlal practice Sunday, have elected E. H. Burch manager of their team. Mickey Johnson is games. Manager Frank Cinotti of the St. Joseph's nine has ordered daily drills at Plaza field starting at 5 o'clock. He is recelving challenges at 139, D street northeast. Midget players wishing to try out | for the Carlyle Athletic Club team should report at the Garfleld play- grounds Saturday at 11 o'clock. CHICAGO, March 24 (#).—There will be no Central A. A. U, indoor track and field champlonships this year, Charles A. Dean, chairman of the C. A. A. U. tee, has announced. It will be the first time in many years that the competitions have not been held. booking , track and fleld commit- | D. €, WEDNESDAY, Ball Battles MARCH 24, 1926. With Navy BY H. C. BYRD. U UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND meets University of Richmond to- morrow afternoon at College Park in the opening game of the local college base ball season, the earliest date on which an Old Line team has played in years. Both schools are said to be in fairly good shape and both have prospects of good teams. o'clock. The contest is to begin at 3 Maryland is to put on the field practically the same team it had a year ago. hand pitcher; Johnny Moran, second in coaching, Schrider having charge While some changes may be made later, it is practically certain that Coach Shipley has about decided the make-up of his team as it will begin the game with Richmond. Beachley 1s to take the second base job vacated by Moran. Troxell is to be at his old position at first and Murray has no opponent who even has a remote chance of beating him out of his job at third. Davis, freshman inflelder in 1925, seems the best of the short stop candidates. He is brillfant as a fielder, but does not seem to be strong with the stick. Snyder, who played left fleld last season, §s being developed as & pitcher, the position he played in high school Brayton, one of the pitchers for the last two seasons, is to take Snyvder's place in the outfield, but will play center instead of left. Stevens le slated for the right field berth and Burgee the left. Burgee broke his leg in the final game a year ago, bnut seems to have come around all right. Spinney is to hold down the catch ing posttion again. Snyder probably will start on the slab against Rich- mond, as he is in better condition than any of the other hurlers. and Mills, banked on to do the m the pitching, are not yet In shape, is said. England, who did the hurling for the freshman nine last Spring, may get u chance to show his wares against Richmond. Richmond probably will place a strong team against the Marylanders. Tt usually is well represented on the diamond " and probably s in better playing condition right at this time than the Old Line outfit, University of Maryland and Naval Academy are to engage in two p tice foot ball games this Spi first is to take place April 10 second April 17, No classes will be because of the sessions and it is not intended that any speclal emphasis will be Iald on either clash, although as nearly as possible the April 17 practice will be staged as a real gridiron battle. Bl Ingram, new coach of the Navy, is anxious to have such practice in order that he may get a line on his materfal. Ingram Kknows absolutely nothing about the Navy men, but hopes to learn something really worth while after watchig them against a strange squad. Maryland is especially anxious for the ecrimmages against another eleven because it will mive its green linemen a chance to learn what it is all about. As o matter of fact, Maryland must begin next Fall with a lot of forwards | whose knowledge of foot hall will be | encompassed by a circle cricumserth- | ing just about what they learn this Spring. Bonnet. Waters, Lanigan. Supples, Bromlev, Beatty and other lnemen it has depended on for three vears are lost. Beatty will be in school but will not be eligible. Anent the comment in this column some time ago about boxing as an intercollegiate =sport, the following opinfon, expressed by a local man closely connected with college sports, Is well worthy of more than passing thought: “I was much interested in your comment on college boxing. Boxing seems to me to be a good sport, but 1 agree with you that some phases of it should be curbed or eliminated ‘before it is given real consideration as a THIS WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO AN ENTIRELY NEW KIND o/ COLLAR C OLLARS " THEY LOOK LIKE LINEN— THEY WEAR TWICE AS LONG AND THEY FEEL LIKE SILK— FLEXIBLE—SMART-——DURABLE 3 Sc each 3 for $1 00 a whole, the nine ought to be a little stronger. the players missing from the 1925 aggregation. now is doing graduate work at the University of Chicago, Besley and Schrider still are at Maryland. but neither is eligible Three men have been lost, all of whom will be missed, but, as . Pete Schrider, star left- base, and Kirck Besley, shortstop, are Moran was graduated and They are assisting of the freshmen. major college pastime. College hoxing is much more brutal than professional boxing, and T helieve that is the real reason why it is taking hold. The college hoxing contests I have seen have aroused greater enthusiasm in audiences than professional fights. The college boxing match actually is real fight. College men go at it ham- mer and tongs and mora blood is spilled and more punishment inflicted and mora knockouts obtained in col- hl-za boxing than in professional bat- tjes “I have seen more blood and more real fighting in one fight between col lege men than in half a dozen profes- stonal matches. There fs aiso a very high percentage of knockouts, and knockouts are just what audienc ke, strange as that may seem. Why, at one college match here recently one of the fights was halled as a brilliant slambang affair and heartily received by everybody, yet as a result of it one of the two participants was knocked 50 cold that after all the spectators had left the building a doctor still was working valiantly to bring him back to consclousness, T had rather sea the intercolleglate championship boxing bouts at the Naval Academy Saturday than to watch any number of profes. slonal fights because I know there will be more real fighting done. - “Tt seems to me that if the colleges really desire to foster a knowledge of sclentific boxing, if they want to promote the science of the sport and keep their students interested in it as 4 manly art of self-defense and as a part of thelr physical education pro- grams, they would use heavy enough gloves to prevent any possibility of cold knockouts and possibly perma- nent injury. But I doubt if that is what is desired by those who watch the bouts, because they care more about seeing & real slambang fight, where the blood flows, than they do about watching two fellows engage in prilliant scientific exhibition. As you indleated some time ago. there is more food for thought in this matter of boxing as an intercolleglate sport than seems to have occurred to most persons. If the same things that occurred here in a recent college match had taken place in a_profes- slonal exhibition downtown the par- ticipants would have been arrested and kept in jail if they had failed to furnish collateral.” = P SHOOT IS SCHEDULED. Scattar gun artists of the Washing- ton Gun Club are staging a practice shoot today In preparation for the trophy shoot of the coming Saturday and to begin rounding into form for the District-Maryland matches to be held here June 4 and SPORTS. ORAINE GULLI turned in a set E){;vle;s of 320 last night in the Washing:o Ladies’ League and Rena Levy rolled 315, the former gaining pins on the latter in the season's individual averages. bowling enabled their teams to win toppers captured the odd game fron did the same to Washington. 731 SET IS ROLLED IN TENPIN TOURNEY By the Associated Pres TOLEDO, Ohio, March 24 —With 73 as the high mark to shoot at in th individual event of the American Bowling Congress tenpin tournament here and with 1,292 the top figure.in the two-men, bowlers from Bradford Pa., Cleveland, Elmira, N. Y., Detroit and Albany, N. Y., started another day's drive at the pins today. An alley owaer from Braddock, Pa went over the top In the Individua games of 254, 4 for the | second highest singles score ever| bowled in the A. B. C., now in its 26th year. \ Votel's score gave him a lead of 17| pins over Johnny Rehor of Cleveland, | who collected 714 several days ago. The record score for A. B. C. tourna- | ments {8 749, made by Harry Smyers, | of _Pittsburgh in 1924 at Chicago. | Madison, Wis.; Huntington, W. V Chicago, Olean, N. Y.; Rochester, Lorain, Detroit, Pa.; Lexington, Ky.; Brockton, Mass.; Loulsville, and other citles are represented on other | squa A. B. C. officials are predicting new igh scores in the fiveinen event | tonight. One of the big teams on the night schedule is the Thoma Brothers | five of Chicago, with Jimmy Smith the recognized chompion, in action. Another set of former champlons will appear in the Thrlg Washers of | Oshkosh, W on the 1919 championship under the n Athearn Hotel with a score of 2992, The leaders of the various groups are; ve-men—Recreation No. Port Their goo:i two out of three games. The Hil n Commercials and the Columbiai The Beeques continued their sy rush toward the top. winning all three games from Bethany; the Daughters of Isabelle swept the board with th« Innterstate Commerce team, and the Climbers _grabbed tiree from Delhis. Miss Moriarity ef the Daugi ters of Isabelle had a game of 127 In the Commercial League, Dulin & Martin surprised the Times Hes hoys by taking two out of three gaw in tmpressive fashion, and the upward rush of the Carry Ice Cream crev was checked by Galts, who gathered in the odd. Old reliable Jimmy Bo:d of the Times-Herald was the sta bowling both the highest set and gam« 3 and 139, respectively. Only one game was rolled in the M sonic League, Joppe making a killin: by winning all three games from &i gloton. Pratt’s 127 was the best singl- game and Boyd's 335 the high set Ninth No. 1 grabbed all thre games from Eastern in the E: Washington Church League, whi Ingram had to be satisfied with two out of three from Waugh. Ernie Ar derson of Ninth No. 1 was the bes man of the two matches, smashing out a set of 336 and 2 game of 128 Warm games were rolled in The Evening Star League, the tie for tha top beinz broken by the Bucks w ning the odd game from the Glants, while the Reds lost two out of thre to the Pirates and dropped into seconc place. The first round between the | Bucks and Giants was crowded wit | excitement as a tie resulted. In the off White came to life with rike that totaled 19 pins and Day~ McCarthy failed on o spare breal three pits deciding American Business quint., in the Athletic League, battled hard agadnst the Hilltops. finally landing twe e Huron, Mich., 3.053. | Two men—Pekie-Bunning, Chicago, 1,292, Singles—Votel, Braddock, Pa., 731.| All events—Mathes, Chicago, 1,892, HELEN WILLS TAKES HONORS BY FORFEIT| By the Associated Press. CA . France, March Z4.—Joan Ridley of England, who won her way to the singles flnal of the Canne: Club lawn tennis tournament, defaul ed today and the tournament cup was added to the growing collection of ’(ha American champion, Helen Wills. The final had heen deferred by rain for two successive dayvs, Miss Ridley's return to England. Miss Wills is starting on her Italian tour tomorrow, planning to visit Mi- lan, Florence and Rome. She will return to Paris April 10 to begin prac- tice in preparation for the interna- tlonal matches and the French cham plonships scheduled for May and June. Suzanne Lenglen, who returned from Italy yesterday, says her next tournament appearance will be at ‘Wimbledon, England, in June ip the Frankies registerine a | players and Fall work for delayin; ying b of three. The first game was a t and American Business won the ro! off by one pin. Myers of Hilltops hasi a set of 347. h-class pin toppling was the Northeast League total of 1,671, that won them two out of thres from Roame 1I. Newman turned ir a set of 366 for the losers. Temple Ne. 2 captured all three games from [ Luxe Shop and the Olive Cafe grabhe the odd fr Poston. SPRING BASKET BALL STARTED AT NEBRAKA LINCOLN. Nebr., Marc] 2 spring practice i foot then why not Spri P2 S Steve Crothers of Chestnut Hill, Pa.. national amateur trapshooting cham- pion of North America, holds the world record for breaking 426 without a miss. Ile broke 497 * out of 500. [ J - . MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 etter than ever” fied to judge the fine points of a cigar. You'll find golfecs every- where turning from higher priced cigars to White Owls, not because of the price, but because tobacco from the finest crop THE CIGAR WITH MILLIONS OF FRIENDS e .