Evening Star Newspaper, March 29, 1926, Page 20

20 Weak Batting Explains Nats’ Poor Record : Huggins Is Molding a Form BIG LEAGUE RIVALS OUTHIT SPORTS. GRIFFS BY A WIDE MARGIN Explanation of Champions’ Failure to Win More Than Three of .269 Mark a ine Gam Found in Their Against .323 for Opponents BY JOHN B. KELLER. AMPA, jonals with those of opposing clubs of major league caliber in ¢ Spring exhibition games pla American League Champs have been to their big- the iit circuit. s Bucky Harris and his henchmen have swatted | combined attack of the five clubs encountered is | Iy seems that the Nationals are far below par in |into the scramble, | ¢ flail or in the pitching department. e in effectiveness of offensives shows that the N ved through last Saturday re Or they may be def ation ny better record than they have for the nine games league outfits—a record of three v And it will be impossible for them ampa training camp winning percentage exceedin as they have scheduled here but more gam with big timers, the ( s today and to: two those morr Figu - the the nine it ’ Against th record: At bat, 3 Nationals' batting ad: At s opposi: hits, n Nationals have outbatted only their five opponents. In gumes with the Gian made 19 hits in ing of .266. outclassed the 1 trials he Braves far wals at clubbing in the two ayed between these teams. roft’s men pasted the ball Davey r an Harrismen'’s 14 hits in 65 times at bat for In two games the Phillies, although getting only an even break in vi tories, outswatted the National 64 poin tcher's club hit for with 30 bingles in §5 trials, bunch registered .289, with 2! in 76 efforts Outhit by Robins and Reds. ing their 50-50 break in a mes, Dodgers outhit ican League champions by They made 26 hits in times at bat for a .342 rating, while the Nationals made 20 hits in 67 times at bat for 9 ratin There wa: in the Reds' nati crowd pl opposition smacks In pair of the Ame 43 points. A favor when the Cincin- )t 10 hits in 31 tim bat, for .323, while the Nationals got § hits in 33 times at bat, for .242. Odaly e members of the tenta tiv gular National line-up, ex- clusive of batterymen, are whacking the ball e clip better than .300. They are Ro; Peckinpaugh, Joe Har Bucky Har Joe Judge, and they rank in batting prowess in the order mentioned. It seems at first consideration that the work of these swatting stalwarts should give the team a higher bat- ting percentage for the nine games but it must be recalled that Johnny Tobin, whose flailing mark is of low order, wa of the games in- stead of Joe Harris, and that ose Goslin and Ossie Bluege have made an unusually low number of safeties. Their w ess with club, as well as the failure of batterymen o hit, has held down the team ting 1 Peck is batting King of the club on the returns of the nine games, but ke participated in only three of them 10 get his average of .500, with 4 hits § times up. Joe Harris participated even games, going the route in a v of them, to get a rating of .421, with 8 safeties in 19 times at bat. Bucky H ind Rice, who were Sn all the game, made 13 hits each, but Bucky batted only 35 times and got an average of .371, while Rice batted 38 tin for an average of .342. Judge in eight games made 10 bingles in 30 turns, for .333. Goslin and Bluege Shy. Goslin well and Bluege did not do so although the latter hit the ball the mnose frequently. A deal of tional fielding held down his per- age figur In the nine games lin got 7 hits in 33 times up, for Bluege got 6 hits in 32 times at 158 substitutes, Buddy Myer did work. He was played regu- Jarly for a time, and hit at a fast clip, but faltered when used in only a few inning ifter Peck resumed his short- stopping job. Myer managed to get into each of the nine frays, and made ® hits times at bat for an aver- age of .333. Tohin, who cavorted about the right garden before the management switched to Joe Harris, did little while a regular anu little as’a pinch batter, Ife was in the lineup elght time: ;:;;-;"'u hits in 30 times at bat, for Other the best outfielders to break into the were Mauri Archdeacon, McNeely und Tex Jeanes, and ¢ne of them got a bingle. Arch- iled in three batting turn in tw. Jeanes on by ¢ ng a pass in to the plate. Johnny titute second sacker, Tarl not the pace for the )t catche He was in the line- times and got 5 hits in 15 for Muddy Ruel, who in 6 of the games, got 2 efforts for .133." Hank Severeid in two of the con- tes v at bat three times without producing. Of all the pitchers employed in the nine engagements, only got a hit. That distinction went to recruit Willard Morrell. His single in the tenth inning that beat the Phillies at Hradenton was the loné wallop made by hurlers in 18 trials. Pilot Bucky Is Optimistic. Manager Harris, optimistic despite the showing of the team to date, was looking for bettel pitching and batting by his club today and tomorrow. He had planned to send Dutch Ruether, Curly Ogden and Fred Marberry against the Giants this afternoon, while the task of pitching to the Na- tional leaguers in the I game of the season here between big league out- fits will be handled by Stan Cove- Jeskle, Joe Bush and one of the young moundsmen. Hark Severeid will accompany the club on its barnstorming tour instead of returning to Washington with Walter Johnson next Thursday. Man- ager Harris now figures he will need three recelvers for the battles with the Glants. The only other change in the plans for the trip has to do with the last stage of the journey from Norfolk to Washington. Na- tionals and Gilants will cover that art of the route by boat instead of Ey train. trio up 7 18 100k blows in Portland, Oreg., is to have a modern stadium in which to stage foot ball and other athletic events. The Multnomah As C. is sponsoring the prodect. | Indians is another record | @ difference of 81 points | ved the Harrismen. The | am Rice and | bat- | ctorics and six March 29.—Comparison of the batting statistics of the | THE EVENI WASHINGTON, D. C.,, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1926. 'HOPPE AND SCHAEFER START MATCH TODAY e By the Associated Press NEW YORK, March Hoppe, bereft his 1 almost forgotten crown, to defend it of a wizard is head nd today forth st the wizard son | tather, Jake Schaefer, A dozen years in Paris long enot 18.1 title, and ediately laid it |aside. Only recently he r lled that | such ‘a_championship remained in his | possession after all others had | taken away haef without a title as the re | of Eric Hagenlacher's surprising conquest in, Philadelphia recently, bethought himself of the last, Hoppe ind llenged. Others went it Schaeter gained an goes stopped to capture the Hoppe o ent | the match. cl et in in_a Today Hoppe and | two blocks of 300 1 | match which: will last through the week. The challenger rules favor Hoppe has only recently recovered from an illness By the Associated Press. G training camps. Northward from their F world sit up and take notice of his just chalked up their twenty-se Manager Speaker of the Cleveland pilot satistied with the condition of his men. The Indians leave Lakeland, Fla., Tuesday for New Orleans with virtually every man in shape for the season’s opening. The Boston Braves also continue to show improvement the training period nears the end at St. Petersburg The team is elated over its victor and spectators say the outfit looks strong. Although the St. Louis Browns have made a poor show in the South Manager : aged. Critics see great ibilities in the team, and believe that it has hitting ability, although not much of it has been displayed so far. . Mackmen Are Below Par. The Philadelphia pilots make no bones about telling of the shortcom- ings of their team Connie Mack of the Athletics ys the American Leaguers are far below “the standard we must have.” The tecord of th Phillies seems to speak for itself. They have lo all their exhibition games. Hornsby believes his team will offer al | far more formidable competition in the tional pennant race than a , when it finished fourth. The success of our club depends on pitching, and I believe our pitching staff will be vastly superior to what it has been,” says Hornshy, who add: that he believes his infield compared favorabl. in base ball. McGraw's Gia resume their and-ball controversy with the ¢ men at Tampa today. Ring 3 pected to do some flinging for the New Yorkers, while Washington will send Ruether, Ogden and Marberry to the mound. McGraw believes th Griffs will be a fomidable contender in the American League pennant fight this on if their pitchers hold up. Vance of the Brookiyn showed up well against the Yankees vesterday at Montgomery, Ala., al- jowing the New Yorkers one hit and fanning six in the four innings he pitched. The Chicago Cubs divided a set of games on the coast, losing to the Oaks at Oakland, 3 to 1, in the morn- ing, and trimming the San Franclsco Seals in the afternoon, 8 to 2. Their fellow townsmen, the White took the measure of the Dallas, Tex. League club, 13 to 6, in the Texads city, with Lyons and Cox in the box. Rain Handicaps Red Sox. The climate at New Orleans has not been very Kind to the Boston Red Sox. They have only been able to work 13 of 28 days in the Louisi- ana cliy, rain yesterday causing a postponement of a tilt with New Orleans. They moved to Gulfport, Miss., today. i The Pittsburgh Pirates, after trim- ming Los Angeles, 14 to 6, left the California city last night with every member of the squad accounted for and will resume base ball operations at Wichita, Kans, Wednesday and ‘hursday. T'l'he Browns will be idle for a few days, while the Cardinals take on the White Sox at Dallas tomorrow. The Detroit Tygers rested at Au- gusta, Ga., Sunday. before 2 fl}'_\:\l strenuous week of training. The Cin- cinnati Reds still are limbering up. Luque, who pitched two innings in a coltregular game yesterday, said he felt no ill effects from his appendi- citis operation. He left the team last night for the bedside of his dying mother at Havana. year Dodgers CARLARIS MUST DO UNUSUAL IN DERBY By the Associated Press. 7 NEW YORK, March 29.—Carlaris, W. T. Anderson’s 3-year-old, which captured the Croffroth Handicap yes- te;)d:\y at Tijuana by eight lengths, faces a severe task in the Kentucky Derby if racing precedent is to be re- lied upon. Thepcol! was imported from Eng- land and only once in history has an imported horse been in the money in the Churchill Downs classic. Thn'.t was in 1916 when A. K. Macomber’s Star Hawk ran second to George Smith. Despite this Carlaris, said to have been purchasedby Anderson for $6,500, undoubtedly will start as one of the favorites in the Derby after winning the Tijuana handicap, the Cof‘troth preliminary and the rich event of yes- terday, all in time that erased track records. The time yesterday, 2:02 2-5 for the 11, miles, was a full second better than any Derby winner ever has done. the best mark in the Derby having been registered by Old Rosebud in 914, 5 Carlaris, with Munden astride, ran away with the Coffroth and finished pulled up, far ahead of the second place horse, Roycrofter. Cherry Tree, three-time éntrant in the event, was third and Princess Doreen, ridden by Earl Sande, seventh. Carlaris paid $4, $4.20 and $3.20. The race was worth $70,700 to the winner. TR ROLLER HOCKEY TONIGHT. The five-game roller hockey series between the Washingtons and the Bearcats opens tonight on the Ar- cade rink. The game will be called at 9:0. GLOOM RIVALS OPTIMISM IN MAJOR LEAGUE CAMPS 1 ond straight | Worth club of the Texas League, 7 to 4. | pit LOOM and optimism are running neck and neck in The Philadelphia Athletics and the orida retreats next Wednes managers of both teams pretty well discouraged | But the gloom registered from the Quake by an aggressive optimism expressed by Ro: City ¢ Horn Cardinals, win by ¢ anced ds have Lou EXHIBITION BASE BALL. By ‘the Associa At Montgomery | New A.) Bro Pennick, Petty 1 Press. Ala MeQuaid and” 0'Neil, Hargraves At Fort Worth Louts (N Tex st | Fort Worth " (Tex Mails, Huntz Howard and Md At Los N.) Los o Meadows. rison, Pl iid Hannal Dallas, Te By on (AL Dallas (Texas At x At Oakland. Calif. > (N.} Oakland Welsh Bool At San Francisco (afternoon)— o N.) o San Francisco Alexander. P ary and Ye At Norfolk wark (Int.y Norfolk (Va.) nux. Smallwood Va | Farrell yes 1 the Cuba open golf champion on the links of Havana Country Club. He made 1 | for the 36 holes Rufino Gonzal was second, with 151, and Compston third, with 152, broke the course record on 18 with a 79. Pitcher Alexander Blake, dohn F Bush, Guy T... | A, Wilbur. Authony Bats. Throw: R R L R R R R L R R L L R R R R R R « . Russell | Williar | Root, S | Pouchston Welch, John V | Catehers. : Churry, Jol ( C | | Adams, Bec | Coon | Freizau, | Grimm, | Holman, K | Michaels, Ralph annon, M | Tolson, Chu « I Outfielders. | Brooks, John J..,....... ¢ | Fitzgerald, Ho | Heatheote, Clifte Jahn, Arthur € Jarrett, William t Joseph . Munson, Joseph M D. O'Doul, Frank , Floyd J.... Wilson, Lewis R T it and treasu hael camp. and ' 68 'ubs oo Dallas, Texas . Salt Lake, P. C. L.. ‘olumbus, CHICAGO CUBS’ ROSTER FOR 1926 =z z xSE=nmTaSh Ottumwa, Miss. Val. L. ‘ubs It bs ‘ubs ‘ubs 05 Angeles, P, als cuse, 'exarlana, ubs isv 1.000 ubs 937 Wichita Falls, , M. and 000 exia, Texas oronto, Intes 1.000 969 iants oledo, A. AL e president; oseph V. James Burke, ¢ nished last in the National a percentage of 112, W. M. Walker, v Joh 2. and The @Zhgninfi étdr BOYS CLUB Conducted by ROBERT C. McCLELLAN Speaker for s to hand to the boys who base ball season | the | To- ting the e took nterviewer s in their rightful order. 's interview is on the grip of the a bat just right is almost boy.” said peaker, wwkward. A wron wnd the wrists and fore- up by the awkward grip. nder grips the hand above the . &rip it with left hand This probably comes from v's decision as to whether he (0 bat from the t side of the plate, * left handed, if the arms pushes For the right-hand- eft hand above right 1 is twisted and re- push of the right. frec-swinging hitter grips the the end with hands close er. e has a long reach and ves to hit the ball far away. This | discour; Too often he | at bad ones, for he has a long ich and_thinks that he can hit m all. Tle often hits fouls. with the Some try ahove the n th LTHOUGH the day might have Club athletic carnival There will be more events, A enty-two medals were carrie had a chance to break into real cc gained, hope to do better the next ti The club takes this means of thank- ing those who aided in conducting the affair, particularly the Washington Boys’ Independent Band, Dan Has- sett of the Aloysius Club, who acted as starter; Dick Connor and his son Vincent, Ken Smith, Central ; Bill Conw Jefferson : Ridgely Axt of Langley, John and Ted Hass of Georgetown, and George Simpson. Among the interested spectators sat Dick Dear, a noted sprinter of some years back, who still holds the local scholastic records. He commented fa- vorably on the club’s activities and purpose. He watched his son strug- gle gamely for a place in the unlim- ited 100-yard dash. A list of new applicants for mem- bership follows: John A. Dietel street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Daniel Whelan, 1001 Quebec place; Carlton P. Rothgeb, 5 S street; Bernard Reichardt, 6924 Ninth street; William S. Guerraut, jr., 421 Sixteenth southeast; Martin Wilburt, street northeast; George Smith, 1342 D street northeast. Bernard W. Silby, 714 Minnesota avenue _southeast; Howard Clarke, 2125 Fifteenth street southeast ch, 3073 Joyce Club self to: Keep myself always in Play fair. Members of S_tarAboys Club Now Looking last Saturday, and applications for membership econ- tinue to pour in as the boys get in line for the n Saturday, and those who were not am The Evening WANT to be a member of The Evening Star Beys Club, and if accepted to membership, I pledge my- been warmer, The Evening Star Boys nevertheless, was a success. ext affair, d away by as many lucky boys last y them were satisfied to know they ympetition, and, with the expcrience me Charles H. Addis, Carlton, Md.; Steve Laut, 627 G street southwest; 3. Mitchell, jr., 3806 Militar, Robert Grigsby, 2264 Mount View place southeast, and Harold Owens Bernard Raum, S southeast; Lewls W. t, Mount ard Bradley, street north Henry Clay Brooks, 1015 E _street southeast; Joseph E. Wells, 3702 Fenwick street, Mount Rainier, Md., and John Wells, 16 Rhode Island avenue. Calvin Burket, 33 U street north- ; Leo McGahye, 41 Seaton place; Tisher, 1301 C street mnorth- Sidney Neal Bailey, 4719 Ninth treet; Benjamin Ratuer, 1404 Park road; Thomas Guillot, Cabin John, Md., and Albert Sacks, 1219 H street northeast. Stanley street 2013 Srieve, Miller, Pendleton, 3014 Sixteenth northeast; Herbert Hayghe, Fourth_street northeast; Jack 808 Decatur street; Maurice 710 Varnum street: Norman | A. Kessler, 2615 P street; George haefer, 1693 Thirty-second street: Paul Russell Price, Kensington, Md Alvin Himelfarb, 4715 Sixteenth street, and Northrup Church, Falls “hurch, Va. Star Boys Pledge good physical condition. 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 either classes. home duties or school I am——years old ; attend————————school, I would like to have a and The Evening Membership Certificate Star Boys’ Club button, which I will wear. Cl ip this blank application, fill it out and mail it today addressed: Chief, Boys Club, Eveping Star, Washington, D. “The best position is to grip the bat with the left hand a few inches m the end and right hand two or above left. For left- wders the reverse, of course. The right hand then guides the bat and the left steadies it. The force comgs from both right and left forearms. “When the grip is right the muscles respond correctly and the body co- operates naturally. You don’t need to brace the body and take a foot- hold. The poise is sy and you're dy to meet the ball ‘or the choke grip grasp the bat six inches or more from the handle with the left hand, with right hand above left. Hold it firmly but not too tight. And on a bunt or slow hit be sure to loosen the grip. The firmer the grip the farther the ball Koes. “On a hot day the bat slippery. Stop and dry rub dust in them becomes hands or This is a correct grip of hands on bat for the right-handed hitter. We're going to have some real good | base ball articles for awhile. Tris Speaker will write for the club column for a few days more. Clip these base ball articles, boys. Elsewhere on this page will be found an application for membership. Fill it in today and mail it addressed, Chiefy Boys Club, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. GOLDEN RULES. A boy who can_ forget his own possible rewards and think about_the best interests of his team is a good sport. (Copyright. 1826.) aches. | DEMPSEY-TUNNEY GO AGAIN IS DISCUSSED By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March —Pros- pects of Jack Dempsey fighting Gene Tunney in New York this Summer were being discussed today and there were reports that Tex Rickard would have an announcement shortl: Harry Wills, negro, so far has been regarded by the State Athletic Com- on as the logical challenger for Dempsey’s crown, but there are some | indications that the commission will decide that Wills brought upon him- self some sort of pe for sign- !ing to meet Dempsey the cham- pion had drawn the commission's ire. Tunney is in New York, having ar- rived from Miami Saturday night, and he vs he stands re one, but would pr Wills. The Times friend had received telegraphic word from Dempsey reiterating the c | pion’s intention of defending hi against Tunney in August under direction of Rickard : JUNIOR NINES PLAY SOME CLOSE GAMES Arrow, Southern, rose junior nines erday in their openin e base ball campaign Moc shortstop on the Arrow team, connected for two homers and double, when the nees were ded o trimm 10 to 7. he Southern Jun outclassed Freers in a practice game, 13 to iile the Smithfields earned a 10- cision r the Thistles. The Ballston Junjors bowed to the Penrose ers by a score of 11 to 7 Smithfield istered ; games of Sw of the St. e on their Members will pris Peter's nine home field to- morrow 4 o'clock, and will meet Thursday night at the home of R. Appins to discuss business matters. The C; were defeated yester- day, 17 05, Wilson Zambreny and William | Brown have been elected captain and nager of the East End Juniors. American Basket Ball League. (Second Series.) 1 Pet Night's Result. Washington, 48: Detroit, 21. 3rooklyn. BY JOHN on letters he has received from ¢¢ ] AM a boy in the ‘troubled with weak ankle times when I years old. world. jus quickly, over I go. Pleas get over this.—Grand Rapids, Mict Weak ankles bother many boys. ball, but they spoil their fun in ska not inven were incl Of course, the hoy of this d capes much of th use he > fine s attached h fine skates on shoes. , the boy who had a pair of c skates tes that went on with a heelplate and key to lock them—was a mighty lucky boy. More of the sters had nothing better than at which | wadays would be inclined to | turn” up his independent little nose. | These skates screwed into the heel. In the old days boys did not like to skate with straps over their ankles. They thought when they put the | straps around the instep that they | retarded their speed, and if they | strapped them up too tightly they surely did not add to their speed This skating remedy is being brought forward to suggest to this boy out in Michizan that if he would wear ankle braces they might help him quite a little, Perhaps it would not be best to wear the very strong ankle braces that the professionals wear, because when a professional TRIO OF COURT BATTLES ON ONE CARD TOMORROW TRIPLE bill, headed by a mat A Aloysius Seniors and Kan ch between the Wonder Five and the Stantons, is listed for the Arcade basket ball court tomorrow night. awhas are scheduled to stage thg pre- liminary contest, starting at 7 o'clock. An hour later the Calvary Collegians, isame line-up as the Calvary Methodist five Sunday School League series, meets The final, bringing the Wonders the first time, is listed for 9 o’clock. The Wonders were handed their second setback since beginning their campaign against the unlimited teams of the city when the Anacostia Eagles took the long end of a 23-to-19 count yesterday at Congress Heights, The combination of high school . stars played well, but could not stave off the well timed attack of the Eagles. Fancy shooting was common on both sides, the tight defense displayed by the two teams causing a majority of the baskets to be made from a dis- tance. Moser of the Wonders and Radice of the Fagles led the scorers, with totals of 11 and 10 points, re- spectively. The Stanton-Aloysius game sched- uled as the preliminary to the Palace- Detroit tilt last night at the Arcade failed to materialize. The I Streeters protested one of the Stanton players, and the latter team was unable to put a full team on the floor. The deciding match of the three- game series between the Anacostia Eagles and the Aloysius Big Five is tentatively scheduled for Sunday at the Arcade. 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Foster based boys who seek his advice as to how to train so as to fit themselves to become good ball players.) STRENGTHENING WEAK ANKLES. 1 love base ball better than all the sports But every year when I begin to play base ball I am am running the bases one of my feet gives out from under me and sometimes when I am playing in the field my ankle turns over t when I am grabbing for the ball. tell me if there is anything that I can do to ot ball and in skating. ngs up the way they used to have, ed, of buckling a strap over the ankle for support when ankles ed to wabble badly on the ice. SPORTS. idable Club YANKS NOW ARE LOOMING ' AS REAL PENNANT THREAT With Koenig Filling Gap at Short and Lizerri Find- ing Himself at Second, New Yorkers Start Trip Home a Much-Improved Machine. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. T. PETERSBURG, Fla.,, March 29.—Miller Huggins has put to; S a team of ball players to represent New York in the Americar League race of 1926 that is capable of giving any team in the or ganization a fight to the last week. Not only does he possess the material, but he has brought the playe to a fine, workmanlike basis, and when they started barnstorming the: way North they were playing as smooth and as polished base ball as an American League team which the writer has seen on his swing around the training camps. g The only limit to this ball team is the personal limitation which players put on themselves. They have astonishingly good alertness on th field and resourcefulness at bat. They have a chance to win the champion p with their fine pitching staff, a chance that may to be lessened because they have young players on the infield, but if it is lessened not because the players lack in physical ability, but only in the experi of 'major league campaigns. Without any hesitancy, Koenig, who will play short for the Yankees, can be labeled the best infield find of the American League this year. If he holds up and avoids accident good- ness only knows how many games he will turn into the hopper that escaped last year because the Yankees had no real shortstop. Koenig is tall, to begin with. The taller the inflelders the better, if they are adapted in other ways, to what is needed. This new shortstop goes to his right very well. That means he 1 get over ground toward third base. He goes to his left equally well. It is essential that he go to his left because there is a new player like himself at the second base job. Fine, Growing Ball Player. Koenig is a graceful, roving, easy shortstop, who does things with hands which are broad and ample and with buoyant air suggestive of the man whose joints are greased with olive oil. He can throw, too. He is a fine, growing ball player, not too far along in years to be worth anything to the Yanks only briefly, and capable of putting the team into the mid-ribs of the American League race. He has closed a gap which was of much con- | cern to the Yankees. Having said this much about Koe- nig, let us turn for a moment to Li Zerri, who was knocked off his ped- estal almost before the poor chap had a chance to step up to it on arrival here. Little by little he is the general order of thin Yanks, and while it has b task he has been big enough to try for it. In the first place he was asked tc play on a hard diamond one da in the sand the next, and he } playing out in the Coast ou turf. That upset him a bit and then when he played with clubs other t the coast clubs, he got diamo of which w i ter than son An Angular Athlete. He isn't the type of ball player most imagined. Ti had be impression that he was « stocky birds who are all she and torso. Perhaps that impressior had been created because of his home rug record last year, but as a matter | of fact, he is ang He couldn stop the ball on the ground very well at first, but he knocks it down now “They,” whoever they may be, look ed to see him step right off the train from the Pacific and stretch like an elastic band as he trampled ruthlesely upon home runs here and there, and because he didn't the mite mana wes charged with having made an The mite manager forg s W some of them wil never know in the next century. Gehrig has picked up a lot in speed and what a massive forearm that former Columbia kid h: Dugan, veteran that he is, has found tha there are three kids on the inf who bid fair to outshine him. It has prodded his complex and reflex, and he is bustin’ to keep up with then All of the foregoing is the reason v the Yankees have a chance. Marquard Manager Another of John McGraw’s pup has stepped to the fore as a manager This time it is Rube Marquard, who is guiding the destinies of the Provi dence club this season. Rube's team faced curve pitchin: for the first time the other day it played the Boston here in the Spring train Providence made a more creditable showing against Boston than the Loufs Browns made and that Rube no end. The high game was the himself was on t Providence. Ther pitchers' rubber, a perfect im the Marquard who pitched game ter game at the Polo ¢ < he was mak 19 straight f splendid face by the Florida sun and his reminiscent of the time when he | ped that fast hook around the coi of the plate to the complete b: ment of his National League oy nents. Rube Is Modest Fellow. “I don't know what success I wi | have managing a ball club” satd Rube. “But I can try. 1'd like tell you just what Providence w have this Ve tern League but I am not quite sure myself until after the Bostons get through weed- ing us out.” (The Providence club is owned by Boston Natio: andserves as a sort of £ club.) “We have contin is Joe Rodri once with the Giants. a bei- ter first baseman and a better batter now than he was then. I think the outfield will be fair and I shall tr to make something of the pitcher that will be worth while. I thin we can do well in Providence this r, but I'm not making any prom- L n ar B. FOSTER. Now. . down How can I get over them? Some- I reach for the ball, and, if T bend The er them in base Speaking of when the modern skates were not only botl s record He | puts on an ankle brace he is sure to have a very bothersome ankle and one that needs something strong to hold his feet in line. They usually are close knit and ‘give” but little. Their intent is to hold_the ankle firmly no matter how much _strain the professional puts upon it, and it must be remembered that when a professional ball player is sliding to bases he throws all his muscular effort into the leap, or slide, and that he must have firm bracing. If he doesn't he is likely to turn an ankle on the base or in catching his spikes in the ground. Some profes- sional players with good ankles wear braces as a safeguard more than be- cause they need them for strengthen- ing purposes. Usually they are the | better base stealers. When a boy's ankles bother him | braces will not come amiss. He may receive so much assistance that after awhile he will not need them. Straps Are Unsatisfactory. Don’t put a strap over the ank! It is a very bad policy to follow. strap and its buckle always are dan- gerous to the wearer and to the base- man if the boy jumps into a base feet foremost. There is not enough sup- port in a strap. Indeed, it is so de- void of the right kind of support that it is likely to do more harm than good. An old trainer of walkers says walking s good for weak ankles— firm, heel-and-toe walking tried every day and not to exces: If I were the boy with weak ankles 1 would not try much sliding to base: It is fraught with mischief. Nor would I give up base ball, although perhaps I would play it moderately, looking for it to bring good results. (Copyright. 1026.) MOTOR CO. Conveniently Locat: on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 "WONDER WHAT MERTZ WILL SAY TODAY! || The Largest, Most Economical and Most Reliable Tailoring Shop Close Daily 6 P. M. Saturday 8:30 P. M. Owr Store at 906 F' Street Was Destroyed by Fire. Not @ Yard of Fabric Was Saved. 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