Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1927, Page 40

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, waA SHINGTO., . LAY, | ulni\ Ry idy lusi UK Squad of National Rookie Pitchers Impresses Onslow in First Tampa Workout Horton’s Par Golf Chart TALL AND HUSKY HURLERS DRAW PRAISE OF MENTOR| “Best Looking Bunch I Ever Saw,” Coach Avers as| Young Mound Aspirants Go Through Initial Conditioning Drill in Good Form. BY DENMAN THOM AMPA Fla., February 15.- “Rest looking bunch of rookies 1 ever saw.” That was the verdict of Jack Onslow, new conch of the Nationals. After inspecting the Washington club’s | on the stage at the Capital. squad of youthful candidates for hurl- | In interviews exclusive to ing berths at the initial workout of [ within earshot. Altrock proclaimed the season. As a catcher himself. | “we knacked ‘em off their seats.” and then as manager, and more rece | Schacht added *‘we broke the house a tutor of twirle Onslow has seen | attendance record. Qquite a bit of ivory. Both polished undg In announcing his probable batting in the rough. | order for the Spring exhibition games He knows whercof he speak his enthusiastic comment, on_the = | pirants for mound jobs with the Griff- men may be regarded as having weight | | arrival of Rill Morrell. accompanied by Uncle Nichg Altrock and Cousin | Alexander Schacht. who think they're | pretty clever cut-ups on the ball field nd who must be good actors, hecau: they admit it, after spending a we ok those when the championship season opens, Bucky Harris did the obvious thing in placing Tris Speaker in third place ., | and Goose Goslin in the clean-up hole. “So far as is apparent, there isn't | That's where these two have appeared a single member of the squad who is | for years and just where they belong, ailing in any way and that’s gratify- | considering their poling propensities. ing in itself, for as a rule several of [ " Giving Buddy Myer the lead-off as the youngsters who report for Spring [ signment seems logical enough training with the average big league | gins'too in view of the newly wed's ball club are under par as regards | piiing prowess and fine turn of speed, health. toting bad feet, or overweight |, canging Rice up second will occa or something. But this gang is an ex- | n some mild surprise. i ception, and it we “fail to whin to- | o 20 e ca crificing hole and Sam’s | gether an efficient staff, judged by . egtionable ability as a bunter is | their appearance here and their rec- | ken to mean either that he will be | ords last season, it just can’t be done. | giineq intensively in the art or that Look at the size of ‘em. There are | gucky js planning a slam-bang mode | only a couple in the lot that dent| ¢ airack 10 the exclusion of the scien- | scale 170 or more and there are a i, yactics that would dictate using few"—as his gaze wandered to where | ¢ e gne at No. 2 who is adept at lay George Murray, Lou McEvoy and Leo |, en)" qown or hitting behind the Mangum were tossing in the lazy | & oM down of UG fashion customary on the first day i 2 e out—"wha wonld give the heam an argument around the 200-pound mark. Seem in Good Condition. “Of course what they've got Apt to Change Order. The tentative list has Judge coming | up fiifth, which is fair_enough, due to | the timeliness and distance of the blows Joe evolves. with Harris him- | way of stuff remains to be seen. | goi sixth and Oss Bluege seventh, fol- | They will take things easy for sev. | S¢if Syth B : 2 e ! e catcher and pitcher. ‘ eral days and it will be a couple of | "y ¢ e ihat if there is a change | weeks at the earliest before they Will| 1,400 this assignment, it will in. | be ready to put anything on the ball- | ¢ojve o shift of places between Rice | You can see for vourself that they're |apg the boss. For one thing the pros. | ell lobbing the ball over in free and| pective batting order involves an un- | easy fashion. Tough there seems 1o {hroken succession of lefthand hitters, | be no lame arms to start with that's | zyer, Rice. Speaker. Goslin and .ludzri something and if they don't et 100 |41l being of that persuasion. This is | frisky and start cutting loose before | not an ideal situation by any means. their wings are seasoned the regulars | With only two orthodox stickers will be in for the toughest introduc- |among the regulars—Bluege and Har- | tion in batting practice they ever had | ris—#% would seem advisable to have | when they get on the job here the first | one of them up somewhere among | of the month. that leading bunch, and it is my hunch | Onslow’s observations anent _the | Bucky ultimately will nominate him- | physical proportions of the squad in-‘ ; in the and | and which probably will be adhered to | HEN vour putts persistently | go slightly to the left of the | cup the indications | that vou are letting your vight hand roll over, for- ward, slightly as you strike the hall When the balis scoot to the right of the cup instead of into it the indica- | tions are 1t you are letting your fright hand collapse just as the ball is ruck. In other words, one putt has agslight hook spin, while the other sliced. One of the best of practi | overcoming these imperfections { putting, imperfections that will creep into your stroke any time and with out your being conscious of it, is to draw the blade back with the left hand and send it forward with the right Letting the hody hlade action also can cause putts to voll slightly off the line, since body action disturbs the straight-line action of the blade in the same way that wrist-rolling will throw it off. The bhody should be absolutely fixed while the putting swing is accomplished. To make sure of the body being still it is a good idea to anchor yourself for | the putt.” You can do this by throwing all your weight onto®one foot or the other. It really makes no difference whether this be right foot or lefi— whichever suits your comfort best Most players go forward onto the left foot, perhaps because this is nearer the hole. With all the weight on one move during the self for the honor. duced reference to the statistical chart of the athletes which disclosed that | Trainer Mike Martin has a ton and a half of ambitious hurling talent to | Jook out for. None is shorter than | Ralph Stewart, the Birmingham | Baron, who stands 5 feet 10 inches. | They range upward to the 6 foot 2 | mark boasted by Dick Coffman and | Lou McEvoy. the Chattanooga twins, and if placed end to end the more than a dozen now on the job would stretch from here to there. Hard Afternoon Drill. Owing to the lack of club house fa- :fl;fies there was no morning practice | of the circuit follow: scheduled yesterday. This was just as well, in view of the fact that a biz | e e~ | dhlow from the northwest brought ‘g.s‘x‘“ 0., ] eluge of molsture shortly before mid- | Brodt's day. It was the first rain Tampa has | %,‘,’,‘.',:",‘ Pictiire Excharise had for seven weeks, or three month: or since back in September. according '\, to which native is telling it. Anyhow, it didn't interfere much with the golfing lesson that Clark. Griffith gave Manager Connie Mac and President Tom Shibe of the Ath letics in the tourney of the Philadél phia seniors on a nearby course. It | made the farmers happy and fitted in nicely with the tardy arrival of Leo | Mangum,. the Portland Coast League | pitcher obtained from the White Sox with Hollis Thurston in exchange for Rog Peck Mangum breezed in from his home at Lima, Ohio. just in time for the noon meal. He adjourned with his new teammates to Plant Field early in the afternoon and as the sandy il of this section absorhs water like & sponge they found conditions under foot very acceptable. The better part of an hour was put in playing catch, as an arm-loosening medium, followed by a similar period of bunt fielding and medicine ball heaving. Under the watchful oyes of Manager Harris and Trainer Martin, | Yo with Benny Tate and a couple of | Bachman home-product catchers, the hurling | Binker candidates were given a rather stren. uous drill and by 4 o'clock were only | too willing to call it a day. | Riston . 3 2 The Washington delegation was fur. | Brill ... .. | ther augmented last evening by thecoonm When Base Ball Was Young Hecht Co. bowlers are going along | well in the Busines Men's League. | They are leading the procession with |an advantage of four and a half games over the runner-up Brodt's aggrega- tion. Statistics 03 IRBEEST ational Elec. Sup. Co. nd_ Biseuit Co.. . Wilkins Coflee Co. | Harry Kaufman Co. High team game—Kann's. 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Wiighe 70 Windham Hones Wise TWO APPETIZER ARE LISTED IN By the Associated Press CHICAGO, February 15. petizers tor the Illinois relay held at Urbana February 2i be offered by the athletes Western Conference schools day night. One a MIDWEST Two ap- to be are to of six Satur- g quadrangular meet at Northwestern University, with Ohio The Origin of “Three Out, All Out.™ Shenr SRS ik n yOBENE, of 1 ile i Gat, A VECT w0 bpe-§ hearing the other kids shout just be:|ested the writer that he sought for a | fore the ball game began, “Three out, long time to find some first use of the | all out?" Undoubtedly you did. Then | phrase, and at last discovered that 4id it ever occur 1o you to try to trace the very rules themselves were re-| the origin of that phrase, to ascertain | sponsible for it. Away back in 1845 } why boys velled. “Three out, all out,” | when the Knickerbockers played base | &0 loudly that vou could hear it in the | ball in New York City and long-before next block? they had any of the modern delights | The supposition, of course, would of base hall—even before the dayx| be that. “Three out, all out,” origi- of hoop skirts and bustles—section 10} nated because three out did put a side |of the rules of hase ball read: “Three out for the inning. But that wasn't|hands out. all out.” all of the reason: in faci, it was little | And there you have the of it. In the days when base ball first | which has fitted into the mouths of was played, sometimes there would be | small boys when they wish especially two out hecause the players wanted | to make all of the players of both to get through an inning during one | sides know they are going to play school recess, which lasted about 15|&rown-up base hall and that each in- minutes, and sometimes one side | NINE must go to its limit of three out would put out four because it was |before the team in the field may take e e end. | enough to make a shift in the bat 4 e -l ter and the fielder, but it has been ardized as it is today, when the smaller n 3 boy would resent the fact that he was,found by the writer that away back unable to put out three in each inning, When tw .omf n\;_\ lhe said On[ha\e exactiy as his big brother Tom put | first £prung from the base ball feline, out three in his games. The smaller |More than one batter often had to he hoy wants to be correct and ac ..r.u“g"‘;x“‘r';“d in order that the players could 10 rule even if hLe annot play base |8 . o v Sall With the strength smd Soxterity | Probably that was derived in some of his elders. He is offended when |\Way from the game of base ball and Yome one intimates that he plays a|it would seem for that reason that S e % baso ball gave something to twe old Sometimes it is hard to get the| ¢t and one old cat and all other smaller players to play with a base|Cats. instead of the game of base ball ball that is smaller than the one used | Peing derived in some way or other T e amen for larger hovs. 1t|from some primitive game which pre- would be better if they did use the | ceded it. - smaller ball, because their fingers are town ball, | prior e ball, not long enough to get around the| standard base ball. They really hurt|$Pme resemblance to town ball, \there is nothing, despite the asser- their play by trying to do too much. It 15 never pleasant to see a small boy (UIONS of some who never agree. to try to swing a bat thres or four sizes| iy et game | too heavy” for him, aithough he| 8% veslly played as bese ball prior bravely undertakes to do so because | o0, (he, (ine wWhen Abner Doubleday| he doesn’t want any one to believe PEEOwLL, that he can't swing it. (Next—The Days of a Ten-Man 'Ine) =, TROUSERS “Don’t Go Thru Another Winter To Match Your Odd Coats Without a Stromberg Carburetor | EISEMAN'S, 7th & F \ of course, On Your Car CREEL BROS. Distributors 181117 14th 8t. N.W. Pot. 473 | talent phrase | and base ball has | but | State, Wisconsin, Chicago . and Northwestern participating. The other is a dual meet at Urbana he- tween Tlinois and lowa Just as the Tlinois relays indi- cate the caliber of competition that | may be expected at the hig 10 indoor meet which follows it in two weeks the quadrangular and dual meets are looked upon as indicators of the that will be present at the linols relays |NOTRE DAME PICKS COACHES. SOUTH BEND, Ind., February 15 ().—John Wendland. for two seasons | as assistant track and field coach, has | been named head coach for track ath- letics at Notre Dame. Tommy Mill assistant foot ball coach, has been ap’ pointed base hall coach. i | | HOCKEY CLUB IS SOLD. TORONTO, Ontario, February 15 (P).—The St. Patrick Hockey Club in the National League has been sold to the Toronto Maple Leaf Hocke: Ltd., for $160,000 The pur price included the franchise, play {and all assets of the club. INASH i Leads the World in Motor Car Value ‘ Built in i Ranging in Price From $925t0 $2,090 Wallace Motor Co. Distributor i 1709 L Street Main 7612 are | || l 7 ame ARY foot the other foot provides the an- chor. The one predom: ing is this: the blade go and out ter how he, if the blade throuzgh the ball off the line in mos| [ ion | ber of years (Conyris Always be sure clear somewhat after perfect everything else may inant thing in putt to make the hall No mat through it. doesn’t hit your putts will t exasperating clear run fash ht. 192 "ot | LINDAMAN AND GONDING, | Harry | the | Detroit, |ing | donated VETERAN PLAYERS, DEAD| CHARLES (A).—V. A. Lindan Nationals, died at OMAHA, Nebr. John Gonding, League catcher, heart disease. Brown, later Chica club pitcher, and among the pitchers CITY pite Towa, February 15 man, 49, for a her with the Boston his farm near here. February 15 () veteran Western died last night of “Threc-fingered™ ago National League Jack Pfeister were he helped develop. PAIR OF REDS SIGN. CINCIN ). —. NATI, akie May, and Charles Dressen, have signed Cinci tracts for the col Ohio, February left-handed third baseman, nnati National con- ming season. The Reds unsigned are Catcher Hargrave, First Baseman Pipp | and Second Baseman C'rit: CARLSON SIGNS WITE PHILS. Pitcher Donohue, ROCKFORD, (#).—Harold Carlson, Philadelphia Nationals, two-year contract contract tendered (222 .. February 15 pitcher for the has signed a after declining a him early this year. . Reynolds Tobacco /inston-Selem, N, G 15 | pitcher, | i | | | played | he netted not a single defeat at either | game. | ments made | he said here on his | fornia num- | |SHARKEY ASSERTS BOUT THREE ARE IN A TIE FOR SKATING HONORS ¥ the Associated Press. LAKE PLACID, February | -With apparently no arrange. | to break the deadlock, Charles Gorman of St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canadian champion, and | Wilson of Chicago today were | in a tie for the national outdoor speed | skating championship. Each had 80 points Racing in events program originally Gorman added 50 points to his total by winning the 400-yard dash in world record time and finish second in the mile at Saranac Lake yesterday. Nelson gathered 2 points by placing third in the 430 and ! 4 TN T s s Gsshas haa tion's handicap. Barbettes and F points won at Detroit and Nelson | 1S suffered similarly, the former | had 60 ing before the District Engineers P Goilmania: e dnktie the latter hefore the Armys. bettered his old world record mark of | Topos are heading the 16-team cir: 1924, was 35 85 seconds. - The former | cuit, but only with a game advantage Peanial e 06 1 seaaHEs. | over the Quartermasters, which in | Valentine Bialis of Lake Placid, | turn are but a game ahead of Hob former international champion, won | bies, Statistics, Frankies and Brandeis the mile race, outstripping Gorman in | tied for third place. One game back | th the stretch. He was.next to the|of this quartet are Barbettes, Auditors Wonder fives clash. The \\..n.m\ leaders in points, with 70. and Engineers deadlocked in seventh | will replace the Smithfields position. A game farther back are | originally scheduled to meet the Holy Medicos and Air Service in a tenth [ Rosary boys YOUNG MAY ATTEMPT IRISH CHANNEL SWIM place tie. These tenth place outfits are three By the Associated Press, OMAHA. Nein February 13 games ahead of District Enginers and Army, bunched in twelfth position Construction is fourteenth, Howitzers fifteenth and Reproduction sixteenth George Yo T-vear-old conqueror of the Catalina Channel, may try swimming tho Irish Channel some day, way to Chicago to nd last. with William = Wrigley, who tne Catalina priz Young believed the English nel “cald never he as tough Catalina,” and that the Irish therefore, seemed the higger The Canadian will return to Cali- shortly to hegin work on a motion picture depicting the typlcal boy of 17. | With the Bowlers looked for tonight when the tons, *still struggling desperately overhaul the leading Smithfields on the Nationals. NABILITY of the leading teams to overcome limit handicaps com- bined with hectic bowling by these same leaders during the | past two weeks has brought | about some radical changes in the | | to take Joln Blick's rival aggregations will fight it out tomorrow night in Ladies’ District League setto at the Arcadia. Convention Hall and Ar adia girls will ho opponents standings in the War Department Bowling League. Barbettes, Frankies and Statistics have heen the greatest sufferers to date in this upheaval and the Tojpus even theugh still in the van, have fared poorly. Statistics’ losing streak ed to six games when it dropped a set to the Construction outfit last week. Five of the six losses were due to inability to overcome the opposi which completed il o Representatives of the Columbus, Elks, Junior Odd Fellows and Royal meeting at the King Pin last night proposed the organization of a Fra terna Duckpin league. Another meeting will be held next week at which is expected the Masons, Modern Woodmen, Red Men. Wood men of the World, Knights of Pythias, { Moose and R'na Brith will rep rsented in addition to those having legates at hand last night pilling is due at Con Friday night Dramatic Club Knights of Order, Ahepas s extend- Arcanum in a 440, which he Soms neat pi vention Hall on the Holy Rosary s. is leading the race for the Giov ernment Printing Office League title. Slectrical is in second place, only a game back. Linotype. Apprentice, \<semblers, Patents, Joh Press, Rind ery, Construction and Maintenance and Joh teams follow. Barnard of the the other teams in the second |Linotype team, with an average of of the schedule of the Junior| 11217 for 34 games, is the leading Order League. Folowing Benning are | bowler of the circuit Liberty Rell No. 1, Reno, Star Span: CUE MATCH TONIGHT WILL DECIDE TITLE gled Banner and E. J. Ross teams in the order mentioned. Capitol Council won in the first half of the schedule. The Junior Order teams are to howl | tonight on the Grand Central alleys. By the Assaciated Press CHICAGO, February 15 The na tional three.cushion billiards cham pionship. which Otto Reiselt of Phila delphia bas held for threa years, will be determined tonight. when he meets his most persistent challenser, Augie Kicckhefer of Chicas The Kieckhefer-Reiselt match is the final game of the 45-gzame champion ship tournament which has been in progress for the last 12 days Yesterday's results Denton. 50: Campanioni. 32 Lookabaugh, 50: Dentor. 18 Kieckhefer. 50 Copulos. Reiselt. 50 Thurnblad Today's matches: Denton ts. Kenne. Kieckhefer ve. Reiselt Main' Press, with 34 wins and setting the pace Benning Councl i half confer han- as the swim, goal. A group of girls was staging a bowl ing party at a downtown establish ment. One of them in particular was quite elaborately dressed for such an occasion, a fact which did not pass | unnoticed by her companions. ‘“‘iee Alice,” remarked one of them, “wouldn't your mother raise the mis- ‘hief if she knew you were wearing lan outfit like that to bowl in?" “T1| say she would.” vvs\mnd' d Alice, | cheerfully. “It’s her dre With the third series bowlers in the District League are | whooping ‘em up these days. There' apt to be plenty of excitement tonight | when Cornell’s Lunch and Arcadias clash on the Grand Central alley LOSER WILL BE LUCKY NEW YORK, February 15 (#).—A] this fuss over the coming Jack | Deianey-Jimmy Maloney fight is sill in the opinion of Jack Sharkey, Bos: ton contender for the heavyweight title. After all, says Jack, it does not mat. ter who wins. “The lucky guy will be the one who gets licked. The other | one will have to fight me. | | _Internal Revenue and Knights of Columbus teams will battle tonight at the King Pin in a National Capital | League match. Charley Quant figures c his Revenuers will have evervthing | geiseit checker playing was given last night | spotted just right. Kieclkhefer at the Capital City Chess Club by | cikes Copulos Newell W. Banks of Detroit, national| Now that all elubs must stand pat | Fhuroblad checker champion. Despite that he|on their line-ups, some redhot fighting | Denton part of the time blindfolded, |is anticipated in the Athletic Club |Lookabaugh League that holds forth on the Con.|Kenney 2 S mpanioni vention Hall drives. A good scrap is | seCoae under way SHOWS CHECKER SKILL. A fine exhibition of chess and The Standings. w Lost THE smokers of America have rewarded Real Quality with Real Leadership. For Camels have always been all quality and no frills. The choicest tobaccos money can buy, superbly blended. 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Collins, 70 to 69, To. | night Youns will play Fobbs and Lar | man will meet Welsh Bert Watt beat Steve Uhlarik | n a pocket billiard match lon's last night won cue 0 to 1t Scan Chick Lappine and George Kelly | won matches in the Areade’s pocket villiard tourney, defeating Fred R and Fred Talbert, respectively. Talbert will meet Joe McCann tonight BASE BALL MEETING | CALLED BY ADDISON Diamond candidates of the Addison Club will meet tonight at the Pl wouth to discuss baseball plans for 1 Leaders of the elub plan to put a £trong nine on the field this vear A dance for the benefit of the team will be given Friday night 3t Masonic Hall 1210 Wisconsin avenne | nold. Franklin Leverton | Park View will lead the Midgets on the diamond this year He w chosen manager at a_meeting of the midgets last night Themas Niles was named captain of {the team and Richard Sargeant was | elected treasurer. GAINS LEAD AT HOCKEY. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Febriary 15 (®).—Winnipeg moved into undis puted possession of first place in the American Hockey League by defeat- ing Chicago last night, 2 to 6 The Maroons had been tied for the lead with St. Paul. SNYDER REINSTATED. CHICAGO, February 15 (#).—Frank Snyder, formerly catcher for the New York Giants, who refused to report to the St. Louis Cardinals “when | transferred last year, has been rein- | stated hy Kenesaw M. Landis, com- missioner of base ball. MALCEWICZ THROWS MUNN. CHICAGO. February ®).—~Joe | Malcewicz, Utica, N. Y., heavyweight wrestler last night defeated Wayne “Big" Munn of Nebraska twa falls ‘MXX of three, \[R]PP\\I z weighed 208 ! pounds, and Munn 257