Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 63

«by Stree SPORTS Part 4—4 Pages - The Sunday Stae WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1926. British Lacrossemen Bow to Maryland, 11---4: Harris Has Confidence In Nationals OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE TEAM Visitors Display Dextrous Passing. But Lack Speed and Teamwork of Old Liners in Opening Contest of 14-Game Tour in U.'S, BY H. C. BYRD. P by fell befo 11 to 4. At the beginning, and for nearly ¢ of the tour was a splendid struggle between two of the b world, but shortly before the end of the half the team ocean began to slow up and Maryla vas not allowed, and the first haii after the opening of the sccond hali NGLAND failed in the first test of its la ined Oxiord-Cambridge Universities twelve crosse invasion of America nd in the Central High Stadium the entire first half. the opening clash t teams in the om across the and scored two goals, one of which ended. 4 to 3. Within five minutes though, Maryland went the front to ely that it was plain it would be only a question of the score. The game marked the opening of a me trip of the Englishmen, dur. will meet most of the n schools, and rked greeting A Unives: ry me Howard. the nded. The 1 the begin- sent over ofticial Woods or th land, to which British Ambassado ceremonies uttenda ning of the contest the radio, and e itsell also went “on the Many officials | the State of Maryland and the Fed- | eral Government were present. | Spirited Displayed. | ms took the field | introduced to_the zainst. They wd then, in seems pecu- ture compe best When the two t each player was ylayer he was to pld imm;l hands he spirited to nations en: rivairy tha that e t ht out teams and in the It was Beatty the f in gam who of the fir country the first testing each ther itself with the ball 1 trring desperatels Borden, the brilliunt tors. wlly Beatty standing seven or eight in front of the net with Linkous holding the bull just to the ri 1d back of the bnet. " Beatty si stick high the Link . quick toward it. and ore the ball hit Beatty's Lad started its whirl tow he goal on which the English The action | quick for the eye of | not what play ws past Borden 1 flashed for \glishmen in the teams had five minutes | nd found| wround the | get it past | the visi himself After four spent v found e ir, i0: those who knew intended, and dov into the net. the score. Formbly the Ever It was not lon before Formy had p even terms with t He had a left-hand a while was very the ball on just a little center of th dash in got o seemed e igh, team on | landers. | that for | ling. He got | s from Borden | 1 side of the with a quic! hot that h went | ore fact | Mar. throw [ v to stop, but w into the net he got his eyes opened that it was comi And, incidentally, all during fiSst half that same Formy made life | miserable for Maryland's defense by | his quick, sharp dashes and even | sharper thro He made anoth goal shortly after his first before his Spponents began to realize that he | was shooting from his lef: side with & peculiar twisting motion that was difficult to prevent - All through the game Fo sith Adshead. center, and Bowker, s ook 1, yed brilllantly. Both were | sturdy and heavy enoush to| Their way in, on two occasions | e "the Maryland defense. Formby especially < the almost deal type of Big, -*llvf)h[: alert, dexterous he would be formidable in Englishmen Forg #Whe British team sct re \‘ a Mg Maryland on the short 2.go-1 score for s L ous shot the bail ened the cou Eaglishme t ot clever s ollowed o brillizy who had made et his teammate to the the | ive sht d ¢ Ahead. fier o lonz Adshead, which pass from Form-| as if to shoot, but | ingtead have' the, oall aryland ther and to real test effort invading twelve. clever bit en seemed to pull itself tog e realize that it must | put forth its to hold back the tied the score @ work by Linkous, ind then shot another goal to go i lead by 4 to 3 wi Snsor from his man got the ball minute or t 1, Ensor ve the interfe if it was | It o1 ntc | : cut | away goed vo o go to mak ted s disallowec h the goal The ~openi: found Marylar English s¢ o five minu dodge his w second _hal around th \ithout interrup | during the fi Capi Kk F n and out amor Rritish players to score and give hi teani a commanding lead. And thes s about 10 minutes Maryland gav xhibition of lacrosse that would be denied and soon made thr count 11 to 4, the Engli cored once in the meanwhil Visitors Lacking in Team Worlk. 3 British team did not seem to be time mbination of rather fine indi- vidual performers. They seemed able to handle the ball even more dex- Qeriously than the Marylanders, and id more long passing. They did not Jlay anything like the running game <hown by the Maryland twelve, how- lok am, but rather | ing spirit of his unc bodied in him. He mendous bombardm hots all afternoon, and during the first half, especially, performed brilliantly Maryland must have pted 25 shots in the opening haif and nearl all were stopped by Borden. Some times he used his stick, but more often he used his arms, Lis legs, his hips, and once his head to deflect the ball so it would not go into the net The game was a good exhibition lacrosse. The British team was not in as good physical condition as Maryland and did not have the team- work. However, throughout the whole contest, though it was hard- fought, a splendid spirit of sports- manship on the part of each twelve was displayed. Such games play their le must be em- ithstood a tre- part in between England and lost nothing cementing the friendship countries and yestel the United st thirough their contacts. up and Summary Positions, Oxford-Camb. : “Horden Ozliville Maryland, Street. . Clevelund . Triplett. MeDonaid Allen . Moz Beading Ensor. " Croswaite ber Beatty ., Linkous'". 0 home cor Referee—Mr, Collins (Crescent A Umpire—Mr. Goldsmith (University of Penn. s¥ivania) . Goals— Faber inkous, ead, - Bowker, Time of hulves—i0 minutes JFirst defense’ ond defense’ hird defense . NAVY LACROSSEMEN BEATN.Y.U,4T00 ANNAPOLIS, opened fts lucrosse b winning from versity, 4 to 0. All shot in the first half As in the game last vear, New York put up a strong defense. and gave the Midshipmen opposition at all times. The Navy won largely through the fleetness of Albertson, its captain and first attack. and the general speed and fine stick work of the forward line. Md., April 3.—Na season here today New York Uni- e goals were vy was fighting in New York's tervitory nearly all the time. SOME SCENES AT INTERNATIONAL LACROSSE CONTEST HERE YESTERDA rovs s Ry €y PERKING tUpper: Maryland players bombarding Oxford-Cambridge goal, but they were checked this time by a great stop by Henry Borden the Britons’ goal- keeper. \ Lower left: Henry Matthews of Maryland winning 440-yard dash, one of events in dual meet with Virginia Military Institute, which was held prior to the lacrosse game. Lower right: The British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, addressing the teams before they took the field for battle. - BY DENMAN LARK GRIFFITH believes the When C resented the Capital. cent editions of the National disappointing showing it has made Just back irom Florida, where Griff’s angle on the increased effec. tiveness of his team is that it should be better equipped for the business at hand over o longer period than in either of the preceding two campaigns, where some of the talent that proved helpful was quired after the races d goiten under way. “We will have the best team we cver started with,” was his obser- vation yesterday, affer casting an approving eye over the results at- tained by Groundiceper Emil Hai man since he reported for duty a month ago, and noting with satis- faction_the progress made on the : ticket booths at the main entrance. There is no department in which we should prove any weaker than we have been,” he continued, “arid in several respects we are much better fortified, due to greater re- serve strength.” Says Veterans Are 0. K. Ciriff went on to say that he saw no reason for feeling apprehensive in re- gard to any of the veterans in the bunch—the numerous old-timers whose ability to produce high-grade service for another season has caused speculation in so many quarters—and scoffed at the idea that the fallure of some to get in shape quickly meant that a general breakdown was immi- wver, und there V ance of texmworl T'he majority of Mary (he result of fine co-operation betw three or four men, while all but one of the four made by the Englishmen resulted from briliiant bits of indi- vidual play. Tt would be difficult to pick from Maryland's line-up. The whole team seemed to be in to turn back the 1inglish twelve, and the concentration of mind on that one purpose seemed to make them a _cohesive unit rather than a number of integers. Probably it was Faber, though, who contributed most to his team's success, although his share of the glory of victory hardly was greater than that of Linkous and Beatty, nor possibly of the other members of the twelve. Borden Stars for British. about their effor land’s goals were s not the appear- | cen | stars | at. He expressed himself as fully itistied with the condition of Peck- | inpaugh, whose flop in the last world | serfes led many to belleve Rajuh was | definitely through and riscounted the | “bear" stories that have been wafted Northward about Muddy Ruel. “I had a long talk with Ruel just before T left Tampa,” Griff said, “and he assured me his arm was just as good as ever. He is merely taking it easy, just as he should, and will cut loose with"ll when the time comes to do so. Tobin's failure to hang on to ihe berth of regular right fielder tentu- tively assigned to him at the outset of ‘training, was explained as being in no respect a reflection on the abil- ity or condition of the veteran from | St. Louis, but merely a wribute to | the athlete named in his stead. While something has been written | % the work of three British player: abIV the finest worl { all was of Borden, goal ke den a nephew of the war premier of wnedi, and saaething of the fight- No team could afford to over- | look Joc Harris, the way he ‘is zoing now,” was Grifl’s observa- tion, “There is no question but fhat Harris belongs ahcad of Tobin * under the present circumstanees, - On the Side Lines With the Sporting Editor | %5 ks prove a more formidable aggregation than any that ever has rep-| those of 1924 and 1925 | to lead the entire American League pack to the wire, the prexy’s estimate | of his team must be rated as a high one, and in view of the may be regarded as unjustifiably optimistic. his views and they sound logical enough. game they played before the jaunt Northward started, the big boss looks with confidence to the pennant chase listed to start a week from next | Tuesda FROM TEXAS UNIVERSITY ] | Princeton, 1. .;jvmn o U A Army, 1; Bowdoin, TIN, Texas, April 3—The Texas Longhorns were only able to take 2 first places out of a possible 14 in the dual track meet with Georgetown University of Washington here today. Georgetown 69 to 60. The Steers’ best bids were made in the pole vault and the high jump. Hammond, high man in the pole vault, leaped 12 feet, while Norton of Georgetown and Brown of Texas were tied for second place. cer, 0. In the high jump Rufus Haggard of | ~—— — - At Spartanburg—Wofford, 6; Ciem- | Texas leaped height of 6 feet COLLEGE LA&:’ROS’SE. : son, 3. 4, inches for first place. Second | At Charlottesville — Virginia, 8; | place was tlen 1 this event also be- | g¢ Central Stadium—Univer: ty of | Maryland, 11; Oxford-Cambridge, 4. | Syracuse, ‘2, tween Norton of Georgetown - and At Amnapolis—Yale, 18; Navy, 10. Shepherd of Texas. i At Athens—Georgia, 5; Alabama, 1.| “After the officials’ records were At Baitimore—Johns Hopkins, 19; At Jackson—Union, ‘;0' “'lsno;_hll;i 3. | completed Shepherd tried for a high- | . John's, 0. ¢ At Eexington—V. M. L, 4 Rut-|er Jeap as an ax‘luhhlun, clearing the | g¢ Baltimore—Mount Washington, 13; Princeton, 3. At Annapolis—Navy, 4; New York | At Brookland—Catholic U | 9; Vermont, 1. At Villanova—Boston College, 2; Villanova, 1. At West Point. | ‘.\t nri|<|o|— H{I‘Izu;ti Il': King, 7. | 9 ; | t Lexington—Washington and Lee, THOMPSON {6; Pennsyivania, 1. At High Point—North Carolina, 11; Lehigh. 10. | At Atlanta—Georgia Tech, 12; Notre | Dame, 4, At Macon—M | won Washington ball club this vear wili| it is considered that the two most | chigan State, 1; Mer- were good enough | somewhat in its Spring exhibitions, Griff also But he has good reasons for he saw his representatives in every | At Baton Rouge—Louisiana State, | 1pe Steers also won 10 second Indiana, 3. (Called end of eighth | jaces, Landa taking one in the 100- lam fairly { American Le: { one whit disappointed | until holde AYCROSS, consistent Ga in its work the itself dr too good a con and loose game it steady g the gar of smart ba ' binatio It sure v That’s what Manager Bt I have been doing a base ball Fi first threatened to be the really sweeping to their two pennant the shifty Irishman of tI the next for them. in so far as play But the Nationals’ fie'd ge club without giving duc of a successful season. flaws, but seemingly found ¢ GIANTS AND A’S CHOICES IN WALL STREET BOOKS By the Adsociated Press NEW YORK, April 3.—The New York Giants and Philadelphia At letics have been installed favorites in the forthcoming major league pennant races by Wall Street. One firm of be i ers reported day at odds of 8,to 5 chances of these tw The world champi Pirates and the Washingt Amer eague titleholders, second choices in wagers Dl by the same firm. The odds 9 to 5 against in each case. The Yankees were quoted at to 1 in the wagering, which was said to be on an unusually heavy scale, with $10,000 placed by one firm ‘alone. GRIFFMEN ARE HELD IDLE BY WEATHER #pecial Dispateh to The Sta WAYCROSS, Ga., April Harris and his s wel to exhibit their ball here today, and the managi champions ot to win m fic He analyzed rythin 1 against the 3.— Bucky unable prow - of the g s no! heavily this morning and the ball yard that any battle with the Rochester tionals may have resulted in to the expehsive Washington At that, Boss Bucky had late in the afternoon to learr that the game was canceled. 1 though he had asked early in the day that it be called off, the Rochester softened 3 claim a_forfeit make trouble for the big leag with the base ball commissioner After using almost ali the av gasoline in Waye dry the field, e seorge Stal lings and Norman Hangood, joint own- ers of the Rochester club, decided no contest was possible. Pitchers Gel in Some Work. The day was not an entire loss to the Nationals, though. Harris had Liis Staff of pitchers at the park in the afternoon and found some of it dry enough for use and sent them through a good warmup. But with the in- fleld recently covered with ciay so soft that the players would have needsd stilts to keep from being mired and the outfield filled with miniature lakes, the other athletes had to idie around their hotel. The Nationals were to leave late tonight for Fprt Benning. where they are scheduled to encounter the Amer ican Assoclation Columbus club to morrow. But they may be forced t do more loafing, for more rain is ex- pected tomorrow, and Fort Benning reports today that jts field is in any thing but good condition because « recent downpours. QUINTS IN FINAL TODAY. Kanawha and Rialto basket ball quints meet today at in the final match of the Jewish Community Cen- ter League series being played on the zers, 2. bar at 6 feet inches. University, 0. to allow visitors to catch train.) vard dash, being nosed out of first by Whalen of Georgetown. new court at 16th and Q streets. Adrian Pullen, the “flying Dutch- man,” put on an exhibition, running arter mile. His time was 50.4 | ch tied Burgess' time in | i filling a utility role for the beiug. A manager has got make the best use of what is avail llhleln( ;\II t'm'.«l. and dihal 'is simply what Stanley is doing in | Phil hia_(N. e regard to his outflel con"Beas and Witson While on the subject of outfielders | Griff took occasion to put in some 200l words for Earl McNeely, 7 ring that the Californian was di playing splendid form and looked to be a better ball player now than ut any time since he joined the team. Griff asserted that the players them- selves felt anything but satisfied over | the showing they have made in the | practice tilts, and voiced the view that they could be expected to “step out” in the remaining contests with the Giants, “Goslin’s failure to hit his stride at bat has been a heavy handicap, but -he gradually is improving. Goose has been a slow starter, and in that respect he Is running true to form, but he will begin to bust ‘em one of these days, and then you will see a difference. Marberry’s poor pitching has been -another factor, too. Fred hasn't been bearing down at all, apparently being afraid of the el- bow he injured last season, and it was due to this fact that at least two of those defeats were chalked up against us. There is nothing the matter with his arm, however, and when he becomes convinced of this and starts cutting loose he will get entirely different results. 'We have a good ball club, plenty | good enough to win, whether | we succeed or fail will depend upon our pitching. We have a snfliw'::lt supply of good ones, and there is no reason why they shouldn’t de- liver, so I'm not worried.” EXHIBITION BASE BALL H. Ft 4 ¥ YR Mitehell. Cari- Philadelphia (4 Philadelphia_( At Philadelphia— 4 the regular event Plansky, the Georgetown champion intercollegiate decathlon titleholder, | was the most outstanding athlete in the field, winning two firet places and | a thivd. Summaries YARD Georgetow noHE 3l sl g Pennock. Jones At Atlanta— Brookiyn (N.) New York (A, Vance, Boel and Collins. At Hot Springs. & ;’i”s!)lln{fh N.) 7 i3 i apolis B e 3 O rison, Yde, Kreier and Smith. Spen: Hill, Reynolds and Florence. IN COLLEGIA By the Associated Press. fi NNAPOLIS, Md.. April 3—Ea crown Versity's steflar splasher. the national championships in He already possessed the W 924 Olympic games he swam O'Connor quite handily won both of his starts. . Stiff competition devel- oped in each for second honors, but the California merman allowed little trifling with the lead. The meet was replete with hair- breadth finishes, one of them in wake of O'Connor in the 440. He, hewever, was two yarde to the good when Capt. John Hawkins of Princeton and George Coale of the Navy slapped the finish almost simultaneously. Six minutes of thought on the part | of the judges gave second place to Hawkins, Coale also lost out for | second honors when he trailed in ‘;()‘l‘onn(lr'fl wake in the , Harry Lewis of Rutgers beating him out. | Coale won the 220 event at the inter- collegiate in the Columbia University pool last week. Lewis,” who is' & former Metropoli- tan and national schoolboy 50 and 100 vards champion, staged a heart- breaking 50-yard dash with Pete Wyckoff of the Navy, Capt. Arthur Rule of the Navy, Herschberger, Wis- consin’s big ten champion, Wiiliams of Standford, and Letcher of Wash- ington and Lee. All six hit the finish with the distancé between the first and the last scarcely calculable in inches, Lewis got the verdict after Jo i ler and O HURDLES — HIGH Georgetown, firsi. Norton ond. Time: 0:16.4 seconds 100.YARD , DASH—Whalen. . Georzetown, nda, Texas, second: Baggett, Texas! 0:10.4 seconds. Mijler. firet; Conner, second: all Tex Time. 4:38.6 o oveni. Georgetown, ond: - Landa. X ¢ teconds. - Vi Georgetown, first: Glass, Texas. Geagan, George' town, third, Time. * 430-YARD DAS| first: Neblett. Tex Gegraetown. third TWO-MILE_RU Tetas, | second: me. 057 6. RD' LOW_ HURDLES — Haas, first: Smith, Texaé, gecond seconds, . K cer: At Dallas Louis allas (Tex.) . Rhem and and Billings. Wicker. At Memphis, Tenn.— RN H. E ";lrw };nrk’sl\“.‘\. LRG0 98 | MG imons. Barnes and Hartley, MeMui- | lins: Brown, Hodge and Cousinean. Tarver. R. H. ¢ 9 Academy tank today and a d N settled on the spacious brow st ) 15583 Pence. Victor | ".‘:m 0 oy 1 e T i 0'Brien. Austin Esquival Miller, Karr McCarroll, and Dowie. At Richmond— Newark (L) DT i T ¢ Richmond {Va.j RO I A S 0 i e eriers ‘iu.llw»nd. Lepard, Kenneds Georgeto Time. 0 ON/ RELAY —Georgetown. com- nosed of Geagan. Swinburne, Ascher! and Burgess, first. ~Time, 2 POLE_ VAULT—Hammond. Texas, first: Brown, Texas. second: Norton. Georgetown. third. ' Height: 12 feel. BROAD — JUMP—Dowding, = Georsetown : Smith, Texas. second: Shepher Distance, 32 feet 10 inc " “Noron, _Georgetown. ARG T econd; Plansky; | 134" foet B.H B Schreiber, | and “Wilson: Hgyes. Ledbetier. Bogart and Agnew. Branch! At Portsmouth, V New Haven (E.).. Portemouth (Va.) i Woodward, Woodman_ ‘an Dempster, Dinnegan and Harper. |HOPPE LOSES HIS LAST | CUE TITLE TO SCHAEFER| NEW YORK, April 3 (P.—Wiliie Hoppe, billiard champlon for almost 1wo decades, relinquished the last of his titles tonight to Jake Schaefer of Chicago by losing the final block of a_3,600-point match for the world's 18.1, balk-}ne crown, 300 to 230, The final score read: Schaefer, 8,600; Hoppe, 2,926. . R. H. 13 14 LAz 1e ‘Berger: Green. rd. Wik E | Georgetown, Shepherd. oy thin Norton, Texas, third. Distance, 25,000 BRAVE THE COLD | T0 SEE A'S BEAT PHILS PHILADELPHIA, April 3 (®).— The Philadelphia Americans defeated the. Philadelphia Nationals, 4 to 2, in the first of the city preliminay series second 41 feet 9% inches. WORLD DISCUS HEEORD IS SMASHED BY HOUSER STANFORD STADIUM. Calif., April | 3 UP).—A new world record in the dis- A% FIRPO GAINS DECISION | HONORS ARE DISTRIBUTED TE SWIMMING \ st, Middle West and West vied for national intercollegiate individual swimming honors in the Naval ouble share of the widely scattered v of Wallie O’'Connor, Stanford Uni- O'Connor will take back with him to Palo Alto, the 220-yard .and 440-yard iree style est Coast regional card title, and a record-breaking 800 meters. Mickey Carter of Minnesota, took place in the fancy dive. O'Brien de- feated Carter in conference dual meets, but fell victim to him in the big ten championships. He revenged himself today, and saw Carter land in third place. Cliff Cooper of the Navy, who made a poor showing in quali- fying dives yesterday, rose to second honors in the finals. Dave Fall, second place winner in the Olympies in 1924, slipped badly, and Stanford’s chances of a third national titlc holder went with him. Allan of Navy, had no trouble in annexing the 200-yard breast stroke title and Jim Hill, Minnesota's big ten 150-yard back stroke champion, graduated into the national title ranks with a yard te spare over Capt Rule of the Navy. 50-YARD FREE STYLE—Won by Lewis, Rutgers: Wyekoff. N sccond: Rule, Na third:" " Herschberger. Wisconsin, fourth: ne. 0:35. 0-YARD BREAST STROKE _Won by Alian, Navy: McClellan, City College of De- troit, ‘second; Kratz, Wisconsin, third: Lead- high, fourth.’ Time, 2:45.7. 0-YARD. FREE STYLE—Won by 0'Con- nor, Stanford: Lewis, Rutgers, second: Coale, Nasy, third: “Tarner, Navy, ‘fourth.” Time, 150-YARD BACK STROKE—Won hy Hill, Minnesoid: Rule, Navy, second: Bowren. Princeton. " third: Stanford, fourth. von by O'Brie several minntes of conference by the { judges, with Wyckoff, Rule and | | Herschberger aining. Wyek here today. { | cus throw was established here today | Twenty-five thousand when *“Bud” Houscr of the University fans braved attend the IN BOUT WITH SPALLA BUENOS AIRES, Aprll 3 ) Luis Firpo, South American heay. The mark. set in a meet between U, | weight champion. tonight won th . Cjand Stanford University. decision in a2 12-round bout_ ovel the old necord made by *Tin Erminfo Spalla, the Ttalian cham- ranft, Stanford. of 157 feet. 1 .| plom. amp, chill~ weather to ussle at Shibe Park. 5 During the training season in the South the ,Athletics beat the Phillies twice and they need but one more ! victory to take the city title P of Southern California heaved the plat- | ter 158 feet 1% inches. evened. the score when he handily won | " the 100-yard free third place. A duel 0 Connor Coale. fourth. ANCY DIVING. l : Fall, Stanford, fourth, Sta i third: Stevenson, Staniord. Time. 1:48.1 FANC - 78.6: Cooper. . 76.4. second C: Minnesota, 70 40-YARD SWIM—Won by rd: Hawkins. Princeton. second X YARD FREE STYLE-—Wan by Wyc vy Herschberxer. Wigconsin, _sec third: Willianis, Stan: “Our ball club riuniphs Iyric eral did not deratiop to evervthi officials at that time were obdurate. | BUCKY RATES HIS CHAMPS ASSURE FLAG CONTENDERS |Manager Takes Stock of and Asserts They Will Be Ready When Bell Rings, Despite Poor Training Record. American League Title- BY JOHN B. KELLER. past few da nes we have 1l playe nuch more often tha farr training « aggres the Ar has bec form is co expre rmid 1l depart g genery ) “Let's conside is its | stand or fali Harris said 1 son, Stanle Cov Ruether as re pitching he has made me | prepared to Ithough it we d him or pitchers satis 1 Covey and Ruet in even bette | at_the outset « will recal The additional se | in the scraps w week ought to put | for the pennant | Bush Making Progr | .“Joe Bush has beer | ward in getting arc | he has made. conside: | within the past w control was off, ble o put plenty get it acr two Curl adv in fact, prom thinl der trouble tk season before he was tanooga. Ferguson advantage at much more w | not veach t Giants hem in the the ess. Aley has appeared 1o times he nee ext 'his ‘young husky, maintain his ratine | relief hurler in t |10 be O.K. He cf went trim no little in 8 must be that mo | is menta), that he in his pitching get over it wi start. When e | have to give the | n inder Fr upon then b everythir Young Pitchers Capable. We have a group of ver young _pitchers - in larry Lefty Thomas, Jim I Bill and_ Irving Hadle, of | need much mo have mechanic: { are quite smart in pitching ways All of these boys are not | be carried hy the club this vear | those who s zht to be help, and you nway be sure | @ =ood, tight string on tho to_the minors. “Now el turn it There's been ot Muddy Well, Muddy n 1l wing, but oppo: 0 wild on the ind the bat so_quickly t k in his arm And at that, his i pme seem to think. Benny Tate we have & who is improving rapid: nd at ‘em all the time and 0od man at bat. e ix lie 1y to be in the game often this Hank Severeid is a reliabie ve and a good typé of caicher to ha around a big league ball ciub. 1ic of great stance in many ways and can do a splendid bit of work behind the plate. All in all, I think our catch ing staff compares favorably with any other in the American Leaguc Tnfleld Regulars Are Ready 'he infield is causing me | oncern, if any. Allof the rezu in great form, now that Ra kinpaugh has gotten into splendid | condition, and I think Ossie Blueg [ likely to have a better year at bat than sual. Ossie generally has hi the ball hard, but has been 1 tunate in that most of his drives w. directly to some onposir ielder. This season he has been meeting the ball often and sending it to ungudrded territory And in Stuffy Stewart and Buddy ver, I consider the club has a pair of utility infielders that can not be matched by and rival outfit “And watch our outfield fthis yeur It will have plenty of defensive strength well as offensive power or I'll miss my guess by a wide mar gin. Goose Goslin now is getting around left fleld in his old-time form. dragging down liners that seem cer tain hits when they leave the ba: Sam Rice in cener the me ce I pendable Sam, and Joe Harris is apt to surprise many when he rids hin self of a stomach complaint tha while of a minor nature, has prove aggravating the past week. Joe can cover more ground than he senerull is given credit for being able tu cove, Utility Talent Is High Grade. s trio ought to punish opposing The ( after a slow | st getting hi: € on the ball, and whenever it pitched near enough to be hit he now meets it quently. Rice and Joe have been slamming at a great rate, and they promise to coptinue to hit this way. We have a wealth of utility outelders. too, all men of high grade. Johnny Tobin and Earl McNeely ought to he |heard from often during the regular season. Tex Jeanes has the makings of a good hitter and flelder, and Archie Archdeacon has to be considered. too. | ow you know how this ball club {looks to me. 1 know it will be smart and alert and feel confident it will | have good pitching, a {and a remarkable defense. other clubs full of fight that pennant, but they’ll all have to reckon with us, Kelle Morrell them e'll keep e farmed to the catchi quite a lot Ruel's throwi r had a wor clubs rarely while he w gets ‘the ba what pow e