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: THE EVEXNING Inside Golf By Chester Horton STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1926. : MAINTAINS GYM RECORD. | The Naval Academy maintained l"l! Talks to Boys on Base Ball P remarkable record in gymnastics by BY JOHN B. FOSTER going through the past season with [out the loss of a mateh, the ninth consecutive year this has been ac- e i complished, COLLEGE TRAINING NOT ESSENT'AL. DESIRE to be a major league ball player. 1 want to know how to | train to be one. I cannot go to college, so I am coming to you | for help. I am 18 years old, weigh 160 pounds and am 5 feet 9| inches tall. 1 have a good arm, good eyes and have never had a bone in | {my body broken. I do not use tobacco or liquor. I am a catcher and | | played Class A in our town last Summer, but | don't think that I shall ever be a major league player with one game a week, and I do not have | MAJOR CLUBS MAKE MANY SHIFTS IN BATTING ORDERS LR It is fine practice to try to hit the > o . o) 3 1t ball ot spot. Th Y:rtually Every Team in the Big Leagues Will Have| £t hall on an esict spot. The trade & . i 5 5 . | target. but an even keener one is to a Combination of Hitters Differing From That e ‘elect a particular Presented During Season Last Year. 5. AUTOMOBILE SALES MANAGER For a man with a pot in the mesh o dimple mark ng and_aim for hat. This pro notes concentra- : e fon_and enables | the benefit of college base ball to help me.—Lorain, Ohic s have heen decided upon ver to hold | "y do not need Kind. Your and your spirit seems to By the Associated Press N EW YORK Batting order chan by virtually every club in the major leagues for the opening gaines Harry Z on than any and he must April & iining of any ing his When has vo trained| | himself that he e i : Hi i e an make the lia must lodk clubhead hit g v come up b varticular spot on | he ball he has a areat | alzo. are | jege sometimes be hots when you | hepefit of | not only tak watch the by Sus- next Tuesday. if line-ups during exhibition play are final judgments, Braves, has heen hitting fifth, Manager Bancroit moves from Johnston is clean-up hitter in place of Burrus. Brown has succeedgd Welsh as No. 3 hitter, the latter moving up | und runners and all that h his own players playing right 0 hird baseman of th cessful record as a real go- tion filled last season by Gus Felix | e getter salesman, we have a place to sev _‘.]-Ivvul |:.- TRY TO MIT THE it most attractive opening as BALL on AN EXACT SPOT. You do not need a es manager, 1 an or- ing Your condition g . w fine diamond [ If you into the open and run | . wish the ball to | und fine if you should field when you have |] tionally popular automo- stay low and roll, or get up and float. | o to college to pls e ball and not fou will et as good train SR b Hitting above the center or below it | to wet alone with your studies I am Vous il o Ay giHec Wiy bile. This car is one of the the ball at will is an ability that | afraid that the coliege would do vou | Don't throw teo much it vou wish || fast little good, because the moment you [ to he a catcher, and never try to| failed in your examinations your | if you have a'f§ mnat career as a ball player would be over. worst thi t No. 4 and Lee at No. 7, the Red Sox sh Langford, an outficlder obtained from Des Moines, i< lead-off man. Haney. third sacker with Detroit last year, fol- | at No. 2. and Si Rosenthal, formerly in the Eastern and Texas 1 the exception of Todt ow a new batting order ation handling a na- selling automobiles ally top locally. ves the player well on such oc- asions. Hitting the ball this way makes exceptionally good practice for and is near the A FRIIND K(ISSING s mever to be indulged in promiscuously. It is permitted (circumspectly) to relatives and old friends. In every close contact the breath is something to consider Violee Life Savers, kept handy in pocket or handbag, enable one, with delicacy, to keep the breath sweet. One of these breath mints instantly sweeten the breath and keep it swee for hours after. Always good taste The man we want must have personality and be able to han- dle men. We prefer that he have a successful record selling avtomobiles; but if his record m some similar line is top- notch he will receive every consideration. The hest references will be required batter in the of ition division of the e Ball League | aturday, with ! action Teams in the inse v's Spost Shop Violet-Flavored for a reason rm to th with If von have successully art on their e s o 1 10 clubs gettin tered by The midgets plan to open hostili former We: U No. 3 A, Leese ties on April 17, Bight teams have | there ar hitter. and . . s waos I for out with P g i 3. ¥ s sti 8 . is Hale at third ha 5 ing to get into the league = 5 Jimmy Dykes wh port at once to headqua as lead-off man ir 3307 Fourteenth street. to have hee ct _schedule for The Br Tobin At will be a A . Bush Ath- Ty Tyson Crandalls vs. Libertys, has been insta 6 post in Mercurys and Colonys Vs. the Giants’ batting order, while either Groh or Lindstrom will lead off, an | honor which usnally fell last season | to Billy Southworth Dot rouds the demonstrated your sales ability et now the Athlet 1i you cannot furnich the i Stunding of Tea rri. newcomers, the former (Copyright. lin a base ball way that cannot be | ame with a lame arm If he tries | Gehrig in the niche, formerly occupied ness Men's League Duckpin League 1 to try | tice for “catching, and especially | is opening gunner in the Austin of Wallace Motor Co. h @ _good ball nce until he stands ot in Lorain. and undoubtedly | japids s, is at No. 3 re found in the revamped s lead-off hitter, and the eye. Many a putt fails to’ sink ‘ . 3 L can do—that of throw e OF DUcKPIN HONORS because the eye has not been trained | Sandlots Good School. | v lame arm. It is exactly Ruth, who hit 3 last vear, has . | ned on the diamonds of your own i it the second time he is pretty sure o | city. The difference hetween colleke {io be ant of bse ball for a long time s p vour base ball is that | baesuee ar st have their Geriderrmend o G » JERRY |NSECTS OPEN base ball and your base ball is that | hacyuse arms must have their b e e has cinched the pennant, having a take Brectice s ftetel i B o ead bie: lead over §. Kann's Sons, in secand | PAIGN AT R »l n the team hec ['tn eaniy G0 e on. have place. in upon it. You h the sman © in about 10 feel The league started with 10 teams | L to make vou go out | 4h f second hase and throw to he 4 as v the highest individual average, 10 that it will not be Ik . 1with Keltler ‘of Mecht's In. oo you to put vourself und h [ Mace with 109.1. Play every time yon have an op since every city has one | j,ne gverhand motion usually misses » to them and ask them for [ hout 1wo out of three | thing to do | 106 e-up for Mark Koenig and to hold its focus on the ball. | ~There is nothing taught at college | haq as a pitcher tryving to pitch a | been. given the clean-up post, with g The M. A. Leese team of the Busi- the college men go out regularly €0 |~ \When yeu are working out in prac No. White and finished with 8. me that if vou are int. gradually in unity. 1f there are old ball |, etails of th > Funners with a hest of references, time save Reply with any information you see fit to furnish to— Address Box 272-C Star Office your and ours. S (Copyright job. They ¢ s a college coac Remember one thing in trying to be | a catcher and that is that you must | IN, Germany. April 8 (#) understand every rule in the book | h, the Danish chess ex and understand each one thoroughly. |pert, h: ssumed the lead in the in-| because the man who stands behind | ternational chess tournament held | the bat in base hall knows more ' here n tell you NEW ?.EADER AT CHESS. A Sweet Breath All Week for Satur outfield find, 0 | Irvings Langleys. A Ae_Store Hours: 8 to 6')IIIIlllIIllIllNIIIIIIIHIIIIJIIIIIIlI|||IlllIIIIII|IIII|I|lllillllIIIllIIIlll|IIIIIllII|I|INIIII!IIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIlII!IlIIIIIIIIIII!IIi.\n|HllliiI|II|llIllllllfllllllllllllllllflflfllflDE. THE NATIONAL N.E. Corner 7th and H Sts. N.W. Springtime Home Needs on The “National’s” Easy Terms Pittsbura FETTARLE CUVLLURURAEN SNNSNUNINASS \\; S PETANEL CRTLECERANNS SRR NSNSy innati chanzed its front to find r Wally Pipp. while V Mo kee castoff. will lead Bri Van sffensive with Mar 2 and Marriott a chs ap. i T Rosenbers ler Nesk | dobn Ulrich Othe | Harrs Rent. . 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