Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1926, Page 47

NING STAR, WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY, MARCH Boston National Leaguers a Frisky Lot : Optimism Is Rampant Among Managers: SPEED AND COHESIVENESS BEING ADDED TO POWER| Bancroft and Gautreau Make Strong Second-Base | Combination, Brown Has Bolstered the Out- field and Veteran Pitchers Look Good. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. . PETERSRURG, Fla.. March 3. -The Boston Nationals, who shared St. Petersburg as a traini und with the New York Americans give an impression of great power, to which is slowly being added S speed and cohesiveness The Braves are the personsification of energy. that for them. He has heen a dynamo to & team that can hard'y he reck oned upon as heing a pennant winner, but what it will do until after the ninth inning of any ba'l game is completed will take some high-class seer to foretell accurately I there were to he a series of games right now, a presumably last series of a season, in which a championship was to be decided. and the Bostons. not heing probable pennant winners themselves, were one of the clubs of that series. the team playing against Boston might lose a cham- pionship against this tireless hunch The Braves don't knoew when to stop when they get going and they keep right on digging in whether the same is hreaking their way or not That's why no one can tell what the | tween them and Brown-the Braves outcome of any contest is likely to be can hold any team beiter than the when the Bostonese are one of the |Braves held them a yvea parties. Renton, Genewich, 3 A\ mighty good lieutenant to Ran-|and Ryan. all pitchers of croft is Gautrean. the Holy Cross sec. | <on, are hetter than they . and ond haseman. who is a disciple of the | George Mosrid, with his old left school of Jack Rarry, Pretty much all ) arm. is likely to help the Rravea of the good base hall that Gautreau | vhen the weather heats up. outside of the young man's | With Jimmy Johnston and High to natural ability, he acquired through (A1l in for the infield and with the coaching of Barry. whe has turn. | 0f voungsters who look protty o4 sut some mighty good college base | (or infislders some day, it is no won- ball players at Worcester, Mass der that the minor league owners Z | hang around Boston to try to get Where Pros Don't Prosper. some of the material that Bancroft 1t is the only city or town in the puts out, but practically all of it will TUnited States. where the playing of | Davy Bancroft did hatted his way and he will make the Boston pitchers look a 1ot better, o nre Welsh and Mann 1o pl the other outfield positions, and sea- knows be. WHO WILL DISPLAY SKILL HERE BRITISH LACROSSE STAR! | | Trio of Cambridge players who will be in line-up of combined Oxford-Cambridge team, when it takes the fleld against the University of Maryland twelve, at Central High School Stadium, Saturday afternoon. They are, left to ). Adshead, who plays center; F. Greenwood, cover point, and C. W. Bowker, second attack. | Western « BIG TEN TAKES FIRM STAND AS TO A. A. U. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 31.—Murray Hurlbert, president of the Amateur Athletic Unlon, contends that manv colleges maintain a different attitude toward his organization than that in dicated by the Western Conference in demanding that the A. A. U. adopt a “hands-off” policy in regard to the undergraduate college athletic atare. Willlam J. Bingham, dicector of Harvard athletics, says Harvard has no objections to its athletex taking A. U, competitions. ment at Chieago §n- John 1. Criffith of the nference said that Confer 4 much =cmpetition thistic programs of their the coaches helieve good p missione ance aih in the schools as for them He praised big Bill Edwards, recently named president of i Professional Foot Ball forbidding any club to sign college students prior to their graduation. COLLEGE BASE BALL. At Georgetown — Georgetown, Temple, 4 (12 innings). At Brookland—Catholic University, 4 Bucknell, At Raleigh—! 4; Elon, 2. At Wake Forest—Wake Foi Greenshoro (Piedmont Leagu At Baton Rouge—Mississippi gies, 12; Louisiana State, 1. MANDELL TO FIGHT BROWN. CHICAGO, March 31 (@) —Sammy Mandell, Rock Island. TIL, lightweight, has besn matehed to box Harry (Kid) Brown of New Vork in a 16.round bout at t O April 9, 5 orth Carolina State, rest, 4; LN Ag- TARHEELS ANNEX MEET. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., March 81, —North Carolina defeatad Duke Uni- versity in a dual track meet here yesterday, 94 2.3 to 3113, 20 to Providence and that's Provi- college base ball keeps the profes. |dence's providential gain. sionals from getting anywhere. Pro Covvright. 1026.) fessional zames went begging there | = G 1 i while the college games drew as many 20,000 spectators. Gantreau. in addition to his manual werk in the game, is one of the sound sst Kids in the business in backing up A in plaving the hall to the right “pet. Take Baneroft and Gautrean on iay when bhoth are going well and (here is little chance for anything ta | M through second hase unless it hy, | torpedo behind it for propellin power Rurrus, veur ne ASKET sporting world for the past at: Akt shadisuch & #9608 morrow night after a last act, last xeason that it put him in line fo, thin yeAr. and at third it is Pratty sure that Riconda will he elect A1 1o plav. 1t (an’t new for Riconda 10 vt Into the majors. It is probable | this e (hat he Will stick. He is| heA e and fa hatting better, and it | WAS hia wenknews With the bat that Kept Wi out in other yvears When (o fnaves were down here last seas,, ney plaved many games and won most of them, and they have | heen repeating that little performance | this year with much success. But| there ja A difference hetween this yvear | and last. In 1925 each manager after heing licked went away and said the | Rraves were the worst-looking team he_ever snw. This ysar when the Braves won the | managers didn't say anything about the Bostons being bad. They talk ahout the briskness of the team and | its rapid-fire work on the field, and | suggest that if the Braves had a little more power with their hats they would be fighting for first division in | ational this vear, although fight first division In 1926 won't be task that it was in 1923 Brown Has Added Strength. | Rrown has added a barrel of strength to the Boston outfield, even | if he can't throw. Phe Braves had no one to go back for lonk flies last | vear, although their field has all the | in_the universe for wer- | This vear Brown can go back as far as any ball that teams all will have leading parts The fnal performance of the laudet sextets will meet. High school basket ball will be ushered out this afternoon with the deciding games of the Central High School interclass series the Juniors scored twice. squad romped over the 31 15 1d the nd the measure of the Soph se hard-fought battle endi their favor This afternoon the undefeated Senior Blues are to face the Senior Reds While the wearers of the Blue already are assured of first place in the series, they will put forth their best efforts today in order to retain their un- broken record of victories, The first phmores, am took onds in a 15 to 8 in to s Washington and Acacia Athletic Clubs will figure in the closing scene of the final game the League appear for | Women's Council tomorrow night. This contest origi- | nally was slated for tonight, but a | postponement was found necessary. It will be played on the Eastern High School court at $:30 instead of the Ipiphany Eym, ax wax announced previousl This gam an epilogue the ea 1l be in the nature of s the league champion ship alveady has been decided. It was conceded last night at the meet- ing of the leaders of the three rank | teams with Marjorie Webster, SHAMROCKS WILL ‘PLAY l,,.wmm of the council, that the OPENING GAME SUNDAY | Metropolitan team had won first place, the Washingtonians second and the Willie Glascos's Shamrocks. who meet tomorrow night at 1316 1. stree: Princess A. C. third. Should Acacia win tomorrow night, this might pos- southeast, get their first test on the hase bhall diamond Sundayr when they sibly affect the standing of the sec. ond and third place teams, as Wash- tackle Reds Fletcher's Bearcals in a » tice game. ington weuld then have three losses chalked up to two losses and one tie marked against Princess. However, <uch an upset is not anticipated, as e Harps are working out daily on he field at Fifth and L, streets soutu- east, preparing for the opening en counter of their schedule on April 11. tatlon Convent court tourney . was reached vesterday when.the Posts won the championship, scoring decisively sver the Third Seniors by a count qu the superior experience of the college squad asserted itself and it jumped into & substantial lead. The Seniors fought gamely, but were un proved skillful in finding the basket for the title winners. Rose Treanor made the majority of the goals credifed to the Senior | monograms which will ba awarded ench miember of the Post squad, as well as to the hest individual per- | formers on the other teams. flelder nearly The initial base ball meeting for the Stanley Midgets will be heid tonight at 7:30 o'clock at 608 Kenvon street e club's roster includes Hessl Harris, Curtin, Miller, Wilkan, M. Deniberg, ~B. Deniberg, Herardi, | Baker, Galler and Tamagni | Midget teams wishing to hook the Stanleys should call Adams 251, SCHOOLBOYS IN GAMES. In vesterday's graded school base ball games = Burroughs _defeated Keene, 7 to 3: Jackson won from Fill- . more § to 2; Bdmunds nosed out Car- hery. 6 o 5. Park View swamped ' Cooke. 14 to 1. and Plercé hlanked Kenilworth, 3 to 0. the Acacians are one of the infant teams of the league. The climax of the Georgetown Visi- STANLEY MIDGETS HOLD | « r 39 . 2! FIRST MEETING TONIGHT - Poinis were close throughout the first two but in the third able to overcome the advantage zained by the ultimate champions. Kitty Corbett and Suzanne. Hall The ochallenge cup offered each yvear to the winning team will be pre- sented later in the Spring, ax will the THE MAN'S TAILOR Each creation of Mertz illus- trates the highest degree of the tailoring art and expresses the last word in style. You can get quality and style at a moderate cost. Spring Suits and Topcoats Taiinrfll to Measure as You Want Them 330 1 %60 We have an entire new stock of fabrics. Whatever you desire you will find here. MERTZ & WOMEN IN SPORT| ~—————————BY CORINNE FRAZIER BALL, which has held the center of the stage in the local staged at Kendall Green this afternoon Yesterday | | of the basket ball drama when they | schedule | MERTZ CO., Inc., 1342 G S 7 |MISS FORDYCE WINS OVER MISS COLLETT/ | | | By the Associated Press. | PINBHURST, N. C.. March 3 Louise Fordyce of Youngstown. Ohio, recognized for several years aswne of the greatest shotmakers amone woman Rolfers, today possesses her first_important title in the North and South. Miss Fordyee, {of nerves” in ¢ three months, will make its exit to- in which college, high school and club W bridge stickwiclders. will face a twelve made up : At home these collegiate season is scheduled to be where Wilson Normal and Gal- | the first of which will be the one here. Hewever, England has not fursish- ed all the talent for the invading hitherto a “woman | al matches, gained her crown here yesterday from the three.time champion of this tourna | _Members of the winning sextet are | Kitty Corbett, Suzanne Hall, EMen | | Bates, Marjorle Lynch, Allen Allen | and Mary Ahern Washington-Baltin Club, and will par e Fleld Hockey | icipate in all events | sponsored by the ( F. A. Alice | Nicoll was chosen Washington repre. sentative on the joint executive com- mittee of the new elub, Mrs. John Speel, president of the General Federation of Women's €lubs, will talk on club fellowship at the meeting of the Metropolitan | Athletic Club to be held tomorrow | night at 8 o'clock in the clubrooms, |at 934 F street northwest. | A move to affiliate with the feder | tion will be put before the M [tans tomorrow ght, & Gladys Mills, vice president, hoped that all of the members will be | present to indicate thelr views. Miss Shanahan's two-pointer in the | dving minutes of the Immaculate _|Conception Academy-St. Martin's bas. | ket ball game last evening gave the victory to the former six, by an 18-to- 16 score. after the game had waxed | warm all through the final quarter, tied At 16-all Miss Shanahan also was the high point scorer. She accounted for all of her team’s points, while Miss Gauv- | reau did all the scoring for St. Mar. tin's. The game was plaved in the | ‘\-Irlur’s gym. | The players were Misses | Officials | stated today of the Metropolitan Club that while negotiations [for a game with the Palatka, Fla. champlonship hasket ball team, now en route to.Washington, are under way, no definite arrangements for game have been made. Tha Mets are “ePtion playing under N. A. A. F. standards | Dolan, Burke. now and are not willing 8 participate | Becker. St. Mi in a game asx a championship squad. | P! Whalen, according to Miss Mills, hut will piav | Bepe. thé Florida sqund purely for sport it it | Uoder the name of . the e ey Ae® et | team, the conches hasket ball sextet |the contest. Reserve seats have been | | Intereity or intersectional honors. Miss | Wil meet the Comets in the Business |piaced on sale at Spalding's, 1338 G | | Milla states that it is possibie that an | HIER School gvm this evening at 8:30. | street. | all.star team will be picked from the ranks of the Washington A. C. and the Metropolitan A. C. to appose the Monday night, would definitely de any misunderstanding as to | the purpose for which the match will be plaved. Washington Field Hockey Club voted to affiliate with the Baltimore associa tion at a meeting held in the Holton | Arms gymnasium last night. The new assoclation will be known as the TROUSERS + To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F ment and national titleholder, Glanna | tPAmM, as tWo of the players are na Collett of Providence, R. 1., 2 and 1.|tives of the United States, a like Rosedale Schiag Ball League opened | Soin, wers handicapped at the last bY | number call Canada thelr home, while Its schedule with a meeting between | It awas Mics Collett's fourth defeat ANOter hails from Australia. Maury and Webb, which resulted In | o the Winter seamon, her other con.| 4. W. Ogliville of New Y who | @ 20 win for the formcr. Nelther |guerors having heen' Dorothy Klotz | attended Hamilton College, and W. D. | combination was in irs best ‘army, as|and Tnth: VRB-AVIAE Ohicss sap b S '. Aok cold weather has prevented much|Helen Payson of Portland, Me. Miss| Cl¢ ©f St. Paul. who went to Har-| practice, but hoth put up a pood| Fordyce defeated MIse Pavson in the | VArd. are the two Uncle S8am’s sub. Dot Rod geve nromiks BE HAVINE semi-finals her Jjeets who will start the game against ®ome excellent material in the line. | Misg Collett e one of the poorest | the Old Liners. RBoth are Rhodes | mfg‘;‘r{‘- 1_::1:(:}1111“‘:"!"{“ "‘\m"’j‘l"fi exhibitions since she came into the |scholars at Oxford. SHoOURbT, Which "“*|'_ N thelr| front rank of woman plavers, & 7 and | Although the British la | $hcounter, which featured yesterday's|(hree 6s showing in her card. arrived in New York yesterday Rosedale program. - Piérce won thix | e hits. Miay Nnek Matentic PRiEy ‘;'1,‘ ,,.v‘ Alvettor ob Rosaie | & will not come South until Thursday | refereed hoth games. dotad night. when they will arrive at Col- | leze Park to he the guests of the University of Maryland until after | the game. | Maryiand’s “Antelopes” will have enjoyed thelr last hard practice bef the Britons reach College Park, as the Old Liners will have their finai| SLrenUOUS &ession tOMOrrow in prepa- | ation for the combat. The invaders | will take the fleld at College Park twice Friday being slated 1o through a hard session in the r {ing, with a light drill in the afternoon he visiting squad will come into Washington early Saturday morning, and, after doing some sight-seeing. wili visit Sir rd, the Bri Ambassador, and wind up by being re- ceived by President and Mrs. Coolidge | at the White House at noon. { With the arrival of the British play- | ers in this country interest in the| game has heen aroused not only here | Immaculate Con- | Shanahan, Fallon, Hopkine, Bontz and tin's—~Gauvreau, Mur- | Sheshy, Hamlet and but in other sections, espec | points where the visitors will |Iater. Many, followers of Blectra | from other places will come here for WHO WHO'S WHO IN The Hundreds of Internationals in Washington—Watch Them Only 20 Inches F rom‘ Ground to Top The Largest, Most Economical, Most Reliable Tailoring Shop Close Daily 6 p.m. Saturday 8:30 p.m. At the Sign of the. 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The boxers Sxbected to be back here about July 1. RUETHER MIDGETS SCORE. With Baer hurling in rare form the Ruether Midgets turned in a 10 to-T victory over the Meridian base ball nine, SOCCERISTS TO MEET. ams in the Washington League will wind up their affairs to night at their final meeting of the season in room 2, District RADIATORS, 'II-'EN BODIES MADE A DERS NEW_RADIATORS FOR AT WITTSTATT'S R. & F. ES W Your Old Hat Made New Again Cleanine. Blockin d Remodeling br Experts Vienna Hat Co. 435 11th Street S35 Work, and Watch Us Grow of the Frame 14 inch. Springs amply FOR m“smmmmmm > The American cham- | the | Soccer | Building. | Bttt ettt b 2 S S S S 5 \\‘“\\.\\\\‘Ma”ss“\m“fim“\ms\\»s ANRRNN MAJORITY OF PILOTS SURE OF A SUCCESSFUL SEASON Manager Joe McCarthy of the Chicago Cubs Says “Pick ’Em as Cellar Champions and Get Badly Fooled”’—Snow May Keep the Pirates Idle. By the Associated Prews ING WINTER momentarily holds the attention of diamond fans K both in the North and South, but the frosty-whiskered ruler has not routed the knights of optimiem in the base ball training camps Exactly 16 teams comprise the twe major leagues, and most of them are going to win leagne championship pennants this year, judgzing from the managerial admissions which have been circulated since the Spring training periods began. The bright prospects are qualified. however, with “ifs,” and 1n the end there will be only one pennant winner in each league. But the athletes are reaching satisfactory form. and both trainers and managers are about ready to exhibit the results of their work before the pone rh"‘.:‘:x"r:(, pilot of the Chicago 2 MARYLAND PROS GET M. A. OPEN TOURNEY | Cubs, who are training in California. |at last has given his genéral opinion of the club. “Pick ‘em as cellar cham { With that the Bruin hosa explained that his plavers were young, that they were just reaching the desired condi- | tion and that they would show the| BALTIMORE, Md. March 31.—The league A thing or two about hittIng.|Middle Atlantic open goif tournament After an idle day, the Cubs will PIAY | will he conducted over a local coursa In Birmingham, Ala., where it was|Afarviand State Professionalt’ Assn too wet yvesterday for another Brook-|siation. it has bheen announced hy Ivn-New York Yankee hattle, Manager | harles Betschler, president of the or Huggins ot the kees let it e ganization known he is pleased with the defen Severml times during the last few sive work of his infleld. véassIocat conirsem Tave: best: hon pro and amateur champions. But Hornshy, manager of the St. Lonis|these stars have alwave staged ex Cardinaig, is leading a elub filled al- | hibitions. But in securing the Middie most to overflowing with ambition | Atlantic open tourney the Maryland this year. The Cards, who will prac-|prox have paved the way for an In tice at Dallas today and tomorrow.|vasion of a majority of the most cele- made the Cardinal-Chicage White 8ox | Cyril Walker, Johnny Farrell. Jen ssible vesterday and the|Diegel, Willis Klein, Joe Turnisa and to Shreveport to study McLeod have already signified their ing, their weakness. [intention of competing in the tourna Philadelphia’s National Leaguers ment here. More than 500 inv ation deserted precedent vesterday by mailed out hy the commitiee at ing season, downing Buffalo. Harper, | . A heldout, is to join the Phillies this week. Two other zames were played EXHIBITION BASE BALL. vesterday, the New York Giants out hitting ana outscoring Washington | At Richmond. Va. R. H. E at Tampa. And the Philadelphia Ath City (International). & 13 ond (Virginia). . 3 8 2. Welch and Frietag: Joliff, Wolfe and Branch plons and get badly fooled.” he =aid the Lox Angeles outfit today. |in the Fall under the auspices of the Cardinals Are Ambitious. ored by the appearance of different promise big things. Unsettied weather | brated golfers in the country ning the first victory of their train-/a meeting held last night. lectics losing to the Baltimore Orioles. | > The Athletics staried home today. The weather governed the two Boston teams vesterday, the Red Box idling while the sky dripped at Mobile and the Braves being hampered in | practice at St. Petersburg because of | Norfolk (Virginia) {wet grounds. Coach Rudolph of the | Zubrie, Schreiber and Braves declares he never saw major | Kennedy: Sherry, Houlihan leaguers in better condition. |and Austin, Hamby. Pittsburgh Pirates may miss their exhibition games at Wichita, Kans., | today and tomor'row, the ground being covered with snow. The Cleveland Indians are going to devote a day or two to studying inside base ball when they land at New | Orleans, Manager Speaker believing elimination of the lively hall calls for | a display of the finer points of the | game. The Reds of Cincinnati land in Paim | Beach today. to play an inter-club game in which Donohue and Mays will go the full route. George Sisler sent his &t. Louis Browna through a stiff workout at Tarpon Springs yesterday. but took out enough time { 1o state his team is coming areund in good shape, | Ty Cobb tried a new one, asking for volunteers to practice at Augusta. Ga., in spite of the steadily falling rain. Every Detroit Tyger dashed forth. maintaining the club’s perfect ! training record M At Nerfolk, Va Newark (International). E. 1 3 3 McCarty, Maitland JACK JOHNSON ARRESTED. CHICAGO. 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