Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1927, Page 32

. . “Harris and Onslow Drive Work, Adding Volley Ball to Daily Program. ore Men Accept Terms. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. Sports Editor. The Star. AMPA, F! Februa 16.—The annual epidemic of aching muscles and stiff joints is ram- pant in the camp of the Na- tionals. h year on _their resumption of exercise after a Winter period of comparative idleness the boys have to go through a tortuous teFm of discomfort occasioned by de mands on sectors of their anatomy that have been on vacation for months. It's something that is un . avoldable, like ants at a_picnic. It isn't the veterans alone who suf- fer, however, as the more juvenile of the athletes who are prepping for the base ball season ahead also have their share of twinges and tweaks to bear. If age were the sole gauge for con- tracting the Spring training blues ‘there would be little evidences of sore- ness in the bunch Bucky Harris is “drilling here with the assistance of Triiner Mike Martin and Coaches Jack Onslow, Nick Altrock and Al Schacht, for the average age of the gang now in action is less than 24 years. g Dick Coffman, who is 19, is the baby ©of the bunch, while Bob Burke is Jugt one year older. In the 22-year class are Irving Hadley, Decatur Jones and’ Clarence Thomas, while the 23. vear-old division includes Benny Tate, Horace Lisenbee, Lou McEvoy and Ralph Stewart. Garland Braxton, who arrived only yesterday, will he the only player claiming 24 vears until John Berger gets on the job. - Ogden Oldest of Lot. 0ddly enough the figures, 25, ap- ar opposite the name only of Fred farberry, who is tubbing at Hot Springs with Goslin, Rice and Covey, but Alvin Crowder, Frank Loftus, Leo Mangum, Willard Morrell and Clayton Van Alstyne comprise the 26-year-old brigade with George Mur- listed at 27, and Warren Ogden, ~the 'most ancient of the squad. 28. *Touchy tendons being no more un- usial to a training camp than flasks to_a pocket there is nothing note- wofthy about the condition prevalent here except the earliness with which it arrived. As a rule the better part of a week passes before the boys reach that stage in ordinary locom: tion where every picture tells a story, but here they are on only their third day and yet moving about with a care ‘mpd caution bespeaking an ardent yearning for crutches. . "It has come to be an axiom of the sport that nothing will so quickly galvanize a ball player into action as the prospect of a good feed. Even the most sluggish_and slow of the clan can be depended upon to show a lot of pep with the aroma of food in the air, but today it was notice- able that none of the boys displayed any undue alacrity when the tocsin summoned them to the dining room. The apparent reluctance with which they dragged themselves out of the ®oft, easy chairs in the hotel lobby and their siowly measured gait on the long trek to the refectory were significant to the practiced eye. Squad Hard Driven. There’s a reason and a god one, too, the far advanced prevalence of tender torsos, however, never before has the Washington club footed the bills in this balmy climate for such a large squad of battery candidates and never before has any aggregation been pushed at such high speed. Despite the absence of a diamon@ on which to cavort, the Athletes Mon- day were given an unusually long ses- sion of calisthenics in the afternoon, and yesterday volley ball was added to the program of exercise that start- ed shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning and lasted until well beyond the noon hour. Starting with the customary warm- ing up obtained by playing catch, FAST DRILLS AT TAMPA " TIRE EVEN YOUNGSTERS SPORTS. Recruits in Conditioning mile finale, and they appeared fresher at the wind-up than several of their charges, notably Tate, Thomas, Had- lev, Ogden, Loftus and Muruy, the biggest of the bunch. Ogden particularly, and Loftus, ap- pear to be the softest and are in for a strenuous time of it, for Hadley is hard, for all his bulk, and Murray claims he is in better shape now than ever before in the Spring, due plenty of gymnasium work and hand ball during the Winter, Morrell Yet to Sign. So far as the bunch here is con- cerned the er whose legal status is in any way questionable is Bill Morrell. Horace Lisenbee, Mur- ray and Tate all came to camp with- out actually having signed their con- tracts, but after conferring with the trio, one at a time, last evening Presi- dent Grifith announced that all had accepted terms. So far as Griff knows the figures offered Morrell also were acceptable, but he hasn't had a chance yet to talk with him. Of those due to check in later, Mar- berry, Carroll, Ruel, Cullop and Neis remain to be aligned, but the boss is not anticipating any great degree of trouble with any of them, the only one who is likely to balk sufficiently to be termed a hold-out being Ruel, proves a tough guy to do business with | FIVE ROOKIE HURLERS | ADDED TO CARDS’ LIST ST. LOUIS, February 16 (P).— Secretary Clarence Lloyd of the Cardinals has announced that five young batterymen had been added to the Spring training squad of theq world champtons. They are: Walter Nadolson of New+ ark, Ohio: Charles Abbott of Mc- Cauley, Tex., and Frank Chambers of Birmingham, catchers, and Allyn Stout and Ray Quin pitchers, from the St. Louis distric The oun;:flr‘r:: are the property of SUZANNE'S DEMANDS T00 MUCH FOR PYLE By the Associated Press. THE EVENING BOSTON Read 11, 18, 30, Oct BOSTON .. PHILADELPHIA .. BROOKLYN NEW YORK PITTSBURGH v CINCINNATI ), 31 CHICAGO . July 11,1 Aug. 20, May 1n. 19, 20, 21 July 7 13 Saturdays Patriots’ day Decoration day TAR, WASHINGTON, 16. 18, 19.20 D. €, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, riffs Suffer Aching Muscle Epidemic : Hornsby to Be Cautious in OFFICIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE, 1927 1927. (Black figures indicate Sundays and holidays, the latter in brackets.) TAD | May July (4, 41, Aug. Oct. A May | July 5. Sept. (5. May 14, 15, 16, July 12, 13, 14, Aug. 20, July 21 Aug. 12 Saturdays 19 Sundaye July 4 v July 4 AT 7 AT NEW_YORK PITTSBURGH June 15, 16, 17. v 30, Aug. 1.2 .13, 14, 15, 16 Ab June 21 July 3 Sept 8 June 1. 7. 3, Aug. 3.4, 5 Sept. 9, 10, 1 June 7. 8, 9, 10 May 18, 10 July 24, Aug. 16, 17, 18, 19 May 10, 11, 1 July 10, 21 Aug. 26 May 26, July (4, Sept. 2 16 Saturdays Decoration day July 4 Labor day T2 Saturdays 13 Sundays Decoration day Labor day CINCINNATI June 11, 12, July 27, 28, Sept. 9, 10, 11, 12 June 7, 8. 9, 10, 19 18 July 10 Aug. 6. T Sept. 1 | June 15, 16, 17, 18 July 30. 31, Aug. 1,2 Sept. 22, 23, 24 June 7. Aug. 6. 7, 8, 4 Sept. 13, 14, 16 June 11, 12, 19, 12 July 27, 28, 20 Sept. 9, 10, 11, 12 Apr. 10, 17, 18, 10 May 1, 20 June 19, 20 Sept. 25, 26, 27 May 2 ; July (4, 41 Aug. 11, 13, 14 July 24, 25, 26 Sept. 26, 27. 28 Sept. 4, [5. 51 12 Saturaays 14 Sundays July 4 Lavor day 11 Saturdays 18 Sundays By the Associated Press. EW YORK, Jack Delaney, cool boxer with a smash felt on edge today and supremely confident of is ability to whip Jimmy Ma- loney in their 10-round bout Iriday night at Madison Square Garden. The light heavyweight champion plans nothing but light drill now. Meanwhile his thumping rival from Boston, down to 202 pound whaling his sparring partners around the workout ring at lLong Branch N. J. in a last minute drive for per- | | sauve February E fection of attack Maloney hammered away at his mates for 10 rounds te ripp- ing to the hody the particular type | of short left and right h his & visers believe will bend the “Flus ing Blade” of the ring in the middl as “Dynamite Jim” himself expresses it. ‘One of Maloney's sparring part- NEW YORK, February 16.—Plans of C. C. Pyle for conducting Suzanne Lenglen on & tour of European tennis centers have been abandoned. Disagreement over terms for Suzanne's services caused abandon- ment of the jaunt, Willlam C. Pickens, Pyle’s representative, announces. Suzanne demands approximated the smame terms that brought her here last fall as a professional. Pickens sald Mlle. Lenglen received a flat guarantee of $50,000 and 50 per cent of the gate receipts. She received a total of $100,000 for the tour, includ- ing royalties for commercial use of her name. Pyle himself declared he would re- sume tennis activities when an oppor- tunity for profit is visualized. Other members of his professional cast, in- cluding Vincent Richards, Harvey Snodgrass and Mary K. Browne, had signed with him for the European in- vasion, he said, but he had declined to participate in “a bidding contest.” he sald. Suzanne expects to close negotia- tions for a tour with European pro- moters, and probably will be accom- panied by Paul Feret, French profes- sional, and Howard C. Kinsey of California when she sails for home Saturday. The remainder of the troupe has no intention of following her abroad. Miss Browne is to enter business in Cleveland. Pyle said he had no intention of they veered over to the back-breaking business of fielding bunts, slid into a period of perspiration-inducing heav- inz of the heavy medicine ball. fol- lowed by a lengthy stretch of volley balling with a wind-consuming turn or two around the half-mile track to top it all offt. Harrls and Onlsow kept pace with the boys throughout the 4rill. The latter even going in for the seeking Wiililam T. Tilden’s services in the professional fleld at present. He has decided to forego professional tennis “until the players realize they, are not entitled to increases in pay.” e Y Vera Menchik, 16-year-old gir], has been astonishing the chess experts in London. When Base Ball Was Young 'BY JOHN B. FOSTER The Days of a Ten-Man “Nine.”. N the rules of base ball for 1876 there was no specification as to the number of players who were to be permitted to take part on each team. For anything that the code said, there might be 50 play- ers on a team, and for a long time base ball went on without specifying the number of players on a team, be- cause everybody took it for granted that only ningmen were to be allowed on_each side. Now in 1 the year in which the United States celebrated its Centen- nial with a lot more enthusiasm than it celebrated its Sesquicentenial— the name dampened that because no one knew what “sesqui” meant, and most were t00 lazy to look it up—any- how, in 1876 the Base Ball Guide came out with a statement in reference to a new position in base ball. But the new position did not last long. The title of the suggestion in the base ball book was “The Right Short- stop,” and the book went on to sa “This is the new position in the game, and as it will certainly become a rule of play to have 10 men, we give a paragraph on the duties of the new position. The right short will be the utility man of the 10—that is, & play- er available for any other position on the field, or to occupy a new one. The right short should be occupied by the captain, as it is just the position to enable him to fully review the field— besides ore in which he will have less work to do than in any other. “The tenth man, for an extra can be made avaflable for an extra out- flelder when slow pitching is tried, or a backstop for the catcher in cases where extreme speed is put on By the pitcher, thereby giving the catcher opportunities to take sharp fiy tips, while the line high fouls and tip bounds are left for the tenth man. Having the right short in position it will enable the second baseman to play partly at shortstop and the shortstop near third base, leaving the third baseman free tend to fair fouls. In fact, this tenth man is ab- solutely required to make a full base ball fleld and complete my thi 1 to fully TR Or vy SRR T MOVED TO 33 14th St. N.W. Wardman Motor Oa Front and — ufu 13th 8t. fl = the | Then when they tried the tenth man, who was so absolutely needed to complete the layout of players, the other players began to find the tenth man in the way 8o often that they rebelled and asked the rule makers to tell them why a tenth man had been sent in to clutter up the scenery and get in the way of other ball players, who knew what they wanted and how to go after it. Anyhow, the game was for nine men and they were darned if they wanted any cricket notions foisted on it by a man who had played cricket all his life and whose head was full of tea and family reunions—for, you see, this proposal for the tenth man really had its origin with a man who was a cricketer and who had some no- tion that base ball needed something like cricket 8o that the game would begin to count for a lot in foul ground as it might in fair. The American spirit would not have the tenth man novelty intro- duced {nto a sport that had pleased United States citizens fairly well, Even in those early days, when base ball was not played with the dexterity that it is now and with the positive assurance that hits will bo stopped as now, they could see that if the tenth man got in and got busy, by and by the batter would never have a chance, because there would be fielders on all sides of him to get everything he batted. So the tenth man. who was to make base ball all over and who was “ab- solutely needed,” as the English historifan put it, faded out like a chocolate caramel in the mouth of a irl. Back Talk' From a Deaf-Mute HAWKINS CO. Cenveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 | P MOTOR ners, a large negro named Leonard Neblett, was knocked out in the second round of his scrimmage with Boston's former fish merchant. A right to the head crumpled him to the canvas and added a massive caulifiower ear to his features. It was the second time Maloney has finished Neblett with a single punch during the training period. Maloney's speed and punching power brings the following procla- mation from Dan Morgan, boxXing authority at his ecamp: “Delaney wiil be no match for Maloney because of the latter’s straight hitting with his left, his short right hand punches | to the body, natural fighting spirit, ability, speed and yvouth.” Maloney is confident that the end of the match Friday night will find him a full stride closer to a title match with Gene Tunney. “T’ll just dle trying in there if neces- sary,” he sald. “I know Delaney is a good fighter, but I have two hard fists and that makes it even. I've got the best of it with a 25-pound-weight advantage and the man never lived who could spot me that much weight and make me say uncle.” Delaney impressed spectators at his Bridgeport camp with his perfect con- dition and ability. He boxed seven rounds, two with George Ward, New Jersey welterweight; three with Eddie Clarke, a Baltimore negro \\‘9"(‘]“‘ weight, and two with Jack Warren, negro heavyweight. He was on defense, rehearsing his blocking catechism as his partners cut loose and rained blows from all angles. Ward bounced around like a rubber ball, but Delaney caught him in mid-air with a stabbing left, and his agile feet even outpaced the fast ‘welterweight. Warren roughed it, but could do no damage in the face of Delaney’s lightning left hand, ham- mereéd ‘constantly dead to the mark through the slightest of openings. 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The Delaney who meets the charge of the Boston strong boy Friday night emed more resourceful than ever W bigger. guard equipped because, as he 70 QUINTS ARE ENTERED. CHICAGO, More than 70 applic s have been received from high schools seeking to have their basket ball teams en- tered in the national Catholic_inter- ic tournament at Loyola v, Chicago, March 17-20. BUELL SCORES RING Spunky Eddie Buell outboxed and outpointed Maney Sharkey of Balti- more, to win by a wid the feature bout of the ¢ g in the ring of the Arcadia Sporting Club. Sailor McKenna, fighting under the colors of Mohawk Athletic Club, lost a close decision to George Leslio, & Baltimore mit pusher, in the semi- final. Bud Havens, former amateur wrest- ling_champion, broke two ribs of Lar- ry McCormick of the Mohawk Club, before their bout was stopped by TReferee Sullivan. Nick Rapoli los decision to Joe | Weinert. Bud Nolan, Baltimore welterweight. fought Jack Turner of | Mohawk Club to a draw. [ on the pro- | & rtlen and Kid Aves ‘al Rogers losing n to Shaw and Scotty ald and Art Rogers fighting to a draw. battling to SWIMMING HERO OFFERED TRIAL BY CHICAGO CUBS By the Associated Press. HICAGO, February 16.—If he cares to, George Young, the Catalina’ channel _ swim- mer, may try out for the Chicago tional _ League base ball team this Spring. The team traing at Catalina Island from which Young started his successful swim to the California mainland and the Wil- liam Wrigley, jr:, purse of §: 000. AWilliam Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs, met Young yesterday while the Toronto swimmer was look- ing over Chicago from the Wrigley building tower. “Can’t you use George as a substi- tute this year?” Veeck was asked by William Wrigley. Veeck turned to Young. “Do you play ball?” “I played ball in the high school,” George answered. “We will try you out, sure,” Veeck said. “Were you a hitter?” “I hit pretty well,” the conqueror replied. Tennis, however, is You according to his trainer, o’ rne, Young stopped channel g's game, Harry in Chicago on h way to Toronto, Ont., where a home- | coming celebration has been aranged to honor him. After the homecoming Young will resume his vandeville en- gagements, probably in Buffalo, N. Y. Later he will return to California, where, according to Mr. Wrigley, the boy's mother has purchased a home. Mrs. Young remalned in the West while her son journeyed back to To- ronto to recelve the plaudits his home city has arranged for him. Young’s stopover here made Chica- go host to two famous channel swim- le, who swam the English channel. She is appearing at a loop theater. Young and his entourage showed Miss Ederle’s press representative marked interest in the statement on that she is makinz $5.000 a week out of swimming. The Young's said that after the Toronto homcoming they will lose no time in getting to the theaters. Wrigley announced shortly before leaving for Catalina I d last night that he will back Young against any swimmer in the world for a match race of 20 to 30 miles in any body of water Young's opponent may select. Wrigley said he would post $25,000 with the understanding that a similar amount e added to provide a $50,000 purse for the winner. ey ASTIER D. C. SHOOTERS TO VISIT BALTIMORE FOR MATCH Sharpshooters of Washington Gun Club will journey to Baltimore Satur- day to engage Oriole Gun Club marks- men in a registered shoot. The team | race will be the high spot. It will be ourth of a series of seven contests. The Washington gunners have won two of the three shot thus far. Saturday’s tournament is to be held at the Oriole Club's traps, at Balti- more Highlands, starting at 1:30 o'clock, ptoniia b, TO DRIVE “MYSTERY CAR.” NEW YORK, February 16 (#).— Maj. H. O. D. 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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—Bud Taylor, Terre Haute, beat Midget Smith, New York (10). CHICAGO—Charley Lupica, Chica- &0, won from Joe Ortez, Milwaukee (10). SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Johnny (Pe- wee) Kaiser, St. Louis, knocked out Paul Wangley, Minneapolis (7). Tom- my O'Loughlin, Cincinnati, beat Jackie Sanders, Dayton (10). LOS ANGELES.—Ace Hudkins, Ne- braska, won a technical knockout over Billy Atkinson, Los Angeles (5). Jackie Dugan, Louisville, Ky., defeated Babe Folmer, Aberdeen, Wash. (6). PORTLAND, Ore-—Danny Kramer, Philadelphia, defeated Tuffy Wing, Portland (10). SEATTLE—Midget Mike O'Dowd, Columbus, Ohio, beat Alfredo Imperial, Manila (6). OAKLAND, Calif.—Young Harry ‘Wills knocked out Jimmy Duffy, Oak- land (4). Eddie Dampier, San Jose, scored a technical knockout from Billy Fisher, Chicago (4). Jefft Ham- mer, St. Paul, beat Roy Daly, Los Angeles (4). SAN JOSE, Calif.—Young Carmen, California, defeated Ad Cadena, San Antonio, Tex. (10). g SIX BOUTS ARE LISTED FOR ALOY BOXING SHOW Nearly two-score rounds of boxing, bringing together several fast men, will feature the athletic night ar- ranged by Manager C. E. Cornell for the Aloysius Club tomorrow. Billy Franklin of New York will meet Wil- le Ptomey, all-service middleweight champion, in the feature bout. Harry (Kid) Groves is billed to go six rounds with Sylvan Bass of Baltimore, and Benny Toothman of Miami, Fla., is listed to trade wallops for six rounds with Joe Plscatello of Fort Myer. There will be three four-rounders. BALL PLAYER ACQUITTED. February 16 (#).— semf-professional Pa.—Johnny Gill, Darey, base ball player the death of Patrick McTavey, an umpire at a base ball game here last September, was acquitted of first- degree manslaughter. Carroll was accused of striking the umpire on the jaw when McTavey called a runner safe at third base. e e e e e . accused of causing | SPORYTS 1= Saturdays 13 Sundays July 4 at Philadelphia | Labor day at N Y. Tune 1 July 2 Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20 | Decoration day at N.Y. Labor day at B'klm T3 _Saturdays 4 Sundars Decoration day at Bos- ton 13 Saturdass 10 Sundays Patriots’ day at Boston July 4 at Brooklsn June 3, 3. 5, 6 Aug. 3, 4.5 Sept. 9, 10, 11, 12 June 15, 16, 18, 19| July 30. 31, At 2 Sept. 13, 14, 15 Apr. 24, June 26, Aug. 11, 25, 20 27, 28, 20 12,13, 14 10 Saturdays 15 Sundays Apr. 28,20, 50. May 1 0, 301, June 1 14 Satdye. 5 Sundys Decoration day at ¢. L. July 4 at Chicago Labor day at Pitts. 3 Saturdays 8 Sundays Decoration day at Pittsburgh 12 Saturdays 9 Sundays July 4 at Pittsburgh Labor day at Chicago Ball BOSTON BOXING FANS HAVE THREE HEROES By the Associated Press. BOSTON, February 16.—Boxing fans of Boston, home of the late John L. Sulli , are at fever heat these days. Within the last few months three Boston fighters, scarcely known outside of New England, have upset all dope, defeated heavy favorites and entered the national lists. First of these sensations was Jack Sharkey, who calmly turned the tables on Harry Wills, giant negro, and over- night became a contender for the crown Gene Tunney wears. Next came Pat McCarthy's decisive victory over Harry Persson, Swedish heavyweight champion, at Hartford, Conn. Persson had been expected to use that fight only to warm up for a battle with Jim Maloney. Finally, on Monday night, Johnny Vacea of Brighton, who after 30 pro- fessional fights was in his first big one, scored four knockdowns on Fidel Labarba, fiyweight champlon, in a bat- tle which was without title or purse so far as Vacca was concerned. Now the fans have their eyes on an- other local favorite, Jimmy Maloney, newest of the strong boys in the heavyweight ranks. He goes against the redoubtable Jack Delaney on Fri- day night, and the Boston fans have hopes. GREENLEAF MARVEL IN STAGE CUE ACT Wizardry of the billiard cue is shown in all its impressive reality by Ralph Greenleaf, world pocket bil- liard title holder for almost a decade, appearing at Keith!s Theater this week. On a table flanked by mirrors Greenleaf displays the shots which have placed him in the top rank of pocket billiardists and three-cushion artists. Playing with finesse and delicacy, Greenleaf runs rack after rack of balls, displaying a mastery of posi- tion and touch that leaves no doubt as to his post of eminence in the cue world. Greenleaf was to go to Walter Reed Hospital late this afternoon to show his, shots to the soldier patients. Apr. 20, 21, 22, 23 June 21, 22 Sept. 6, 7, 8 Oct. 1. % 13 Saturdays 13 Sundays Decoration day 35 COLONELS IN SQUAD. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 16 (#). —The Louisville Colonels, Americal Association pennant winners in 192, have assembled 35 players for the Spring training at Moblle, Ala. Prac- tically every regular has returned his signed contract. Training ROGERS 10 NURSE HSINURED BACK Hurt Marred Star’s Play in World Series—Cannot Take Any Risk. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NEW YORK, February 18.— Rogers Hornsby will train slowly, with caution and for @ goodly period in the New York Giants' Spring training quarters. There is a reason. The extent of the injury that befell Hornsby in 1926, when Picinich of the Reds collided with him, was un- derestimated during the world serles. Some of the sharpshooters who were after Hornsby sald he was making his injuries appear worse than they were because he was not playing as good base ball as had been expected of him. That was un- just. He was going along doing the best that he could with a backbone which was not in prime condition. Hornsby played through the world serles under disadvantages. He did not play as well as he had been known to play, but he is not the first star who has suffered a partial relapse in a world serles. The most consistent world series player is Eddle Collins. He has been in often and leads in many of things that he has tried to do. It is one of the regrets of Ty Cobb that he has not been more fre- quently in a world serles, for he would like to see it he couldn't do better than he did years ago. Even the mighty Babe Ruth fell down in his time. Against the Giants in 1922 he was awful, Cards May Hold Edge. If Hornsby's body fails to hold up in the season to come, the trade be- tween New York and St. Louis will be all to the advantage of the Cardi- nals, unless Frank Frisch, too, has bad luck physically. Frisch has spent all the Winter in the Adirondacks building up a constitution that was run down by worry and Irritation be- tween him and the New York club. Frisch seems to be in the best of condition. If he starts out well with St. Louls the Cards will have two of the fastest men in base ball on second and at short—the shortstop being none other than Tommy Theve- now. The speed possible in that pair exceeds anything in the Natlonal League. Sand and Thompson of the Phillies will cover a lot of ground also, and there is a problematical pair out in Chicago in Sparky Adams and English of Toledo, A sudden strain to Hornsby might upset a lot of the good intentions with which the Glants are paving the way for the next season. If Rogers should be incapacitated for any length of time this New York team of 1927 might become like that great New York team of 1906 which went forth to conquer the National League and by July 4 appeared like six wards in a hospital. Hornsby Off Form. Hornsby did not bat as well in th 1926 season as he usually had batie He dropped far below that standar. of .400 which he had maintained f so long. There was plenty of reusc: for it. The man could not swing wit his wonted force during the season and in the world series he was nc overfed with good balls to hit. If Hornsby is to be of as much use to the Glants as John J. McGraw counts on this year he must harden himself by degrees to the conditions where he ca nstand everyday base ball that will make him sweat. Those who are counting heavily on the Giants to win a_pennant because of the addition of Hornsby and Roush had better look out, for there are three other teams in the league which can turn a barrage into New York that will take the stoutest defense of which the Giants are capable and per haps a little more. (Copyright. 19" Ly WILL RETAIN HARLOW. Dick Harlow has been signed to a five-year contract to continue as ath- letic director and foot ball coach at ‘Western Maryland College. Up in the clouds! The mountain climbing rec- ord is 28,191 feet,to Sum- mit X-2 on Mt. Everest. ride Peak. lneeo—g:lflen.ric and mellow— that’s what wins men to Piedmont and holds them there. Note. With the sole ex- ception of our celebrated Richmond Straight Cuts, Piedmont is l_!:e only same o™ ol zvm a ufim