Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1927, Page 46

46 S Martin Waxes Enthusiastic Over Burke : Draft Situation Puzzles Big PORTS. BUSY GRIFF TRAINER SEES 'POWER IN LEAN SLABMAN Skilled Conditioner of Athletes at Florida Camp A mires Young Southpaw’s Smooth Delivery and Sees Bright BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The AMPA, FI a rule the c camp of the Nation: a veritable beehive of who kept busier in, fmportant post of trainer ever since Clark Griffith became identified with the Washington club in the capacity of manager back in 19 And this ar is no exception= Martin always comes South a couple of weeks ahead of the athletes for the purpos®af laying the foundations for the playing field, which has te he practicaily rebuilt every Spring. This | requires his attention for many hours each day—directing the activities of a squad of laborers placed at hix dis posal by the municipal authorities, who control Plant Field, and his efforts on that score do not cease until the big Jeaguers pull up stakes and start the | hike back northward around the first | of April. But supervising the construction and maintenance of * the diamond | forms but a small part of his multi- farlous duties, for with the arrival of February 18.—As e is no one in the is who has held the | Future for Him. THURSTON GETS TO CA]VIP AFTER LONG TRAIN TRIP TAMPA, Fla 18.— Hollis Thursto ne of the two nals got f the Sox in exchange for Roger eckinpaugh during the Winter, reported to the tralning camp here early today. Thurston, who left his home in Los Angeles, Calif., de- clared he felt none the worse for his long trip on the train. This veteran of several seasons in the American League for some time last year complained of a sore pitching arm, and will be placed under the care of Trainer Mike Martin immediately. February 20 Summers whose leanness led to an_attempt at scientific fattening prescribed by a medical man of the capital, which resulted in the young- ster losing what little surplus weight he had. . Now Miguel has taken him in hand the first squad of players a one-armed | paperhanger with the hives resembles | A loafer in comparison with the genial | and ruddy-faced Mike A Real Trainer. He is a trainer in every sense of the | term and is a combination of doctor, | masseur, chiropodist and confidante as well. He prescribes for the play ers’ minor ailments, rubs the Kinks out of their limbs, deftly operates on hunions and ingrown nails and lends | a sympathetic ear to their troubles, veal or imagined. and alwavs is ready o play the part of the big brother with wholesome advice and timely counsel. For the physical fitness of the per- formers Martin is solely responsible, and when it comes to how much or little exercise a man shall take, his | hours for sleep and what he shall eat and when, he is the absolute dictator of the camp. And the rigidity with which he enforces his edicts has caused some of the boys to wonder whether his name shouldn’t be spelled “Martinet."” If a player is overweight it is upon Martin that devolves the duty of see ing that he goes without luncheon each | day and takes an extra lap or two around the track, swathed in extra heavy clothes, and if a candidate is| underweight, he Is excused, with Mar- tin's sanction, from performing as much toil as the others while par ing at his direction of nourishing dishes designed to put meat on his | bones. i Experienced in Game. Before becoming identified ‘'with the Nationals as trainer Mike acted in a similar capacity under Griff with the New York Highlanders. as the Yan- kees were known In those days, and with the Cincinnati Reds, and prior to that he was connected with the boxing game around New -York as trainer and rubber. He is a splendid judge of physical condition, and in view of this experience he has had, his enthustasm over the bunch of rookies assembled Rere for Pilot Bucky Harris may be regarded as | significant. Mike asserts that the aggregation in camp now' is the finest looking bunch of young athletes he ever has had the ‘privilege of bossing. bar none, and he hus seen quite . few in his quarter of a century of business connection with the national pastime. “Everythiug considered, this is the most upstanding bunch of youngsters T've ever gone South with,” is the way Martin put it. “There isn‘t a weakling in the outfit, and some of the boys could find steady work as piano movers if they had to give up base ball.” Miguel denled that he meant by that remark that he considered some of them better fitted for heaving fur- niture than tossing base balls, for he i t0o old in the game to judge a per- former’s qualifications for pitching by what he shows in preliminary drills before he bas had a chance to dem- rate his prowess in actual battle, his practiced eve has detect- ed what heterms great possibilities in a few of the tyros even at this early period. Thinks Well of Burke. | Mike never has made any secret of | the fact that e expects George Mur- ray and Irving Hadley to give a good account of themselves, and in that a lot of the fans back home who have seen this pair in action will concur. | But he also is encouraged by what | he has seen to date of a few others, | including Horace Lisenbee, the Mem- ph moundsman who has caught Griff's eye: Lou McEvoy. the Chat- tanooga Behemoth: Ralph Stewart from Birmingham, and. Leo Mangum, the acquisition from Portland of the coast league, via the White Sox It is Young Bob Burke, drafted from Little Rock of the Southern ment he has outlined Burke will pick up appreciably in the two months re- maining before the campaign gets under way. weighed only 142 pounds in his street clothes when Martin put scales on his arrival here the first of the week. Has Smooth Delivery. “He is a tough, wirey kid, though, says Mike. “He is right strong even now, and before I get through with nyhody in this bunch. 8o far as ac- tion is concerned there is no member of the squad who looks blue. He re- minds me to a certain extent of an- other lefthander we had several years ago—Harper—although Harry, of course, was much heftier. There is a similarity in the way he throws the ball, all loose-like. It's the bo; with the free and easy deliv make the greatest pitchers, and from what T've sen of this kid 1 belleve he'll prove to be a star some day.” Martin also is rather favorably impressed with the ppearance of John Berger, the 24-year-old uddition to the backstopping department. who was drafted from the New Ilaven club of the Eastern league. Berger 1s bullt along the lines of Ruel and Tate, although about an inch taller, being 5 feet 9, while he ix some 10 pounds heavier with a scale mark of 165. Judged by his .259 average last season, Berger is no wow as a hitter, but he is said to possess a fine throw- ing arm, and that's somethin s both of his brother receiver testify. can | With the NTERCITY duckpinning is on the | program for tomorrow — and | there will be plenty of it, too. No less than four matches are schied- uled, but unfortunately only one will ‘be staged at a local establish- ment. Two select teams of. the Wash- ington Ladlex’ League will oppose a | couple of squads of girls from the | Pennsylvania Railroad’s general offices in Philadelphia on the Coliseum drives in a tilt starting at 3 o'clock. Girls’ teams also will bowl in Balti- more in two of the three other Inter- city contests listed. King Pin bowlers of the Ladies’ District League will be opposed to the State girls, while an all-star quint of the Agriculture Eco- nomics Ladles’ League will encounter the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroud girls. The remaining intercity clash on tomorrow’s card will occur at Roanoke, where the Southern Railway team, drawn from the men’s Southern Rail- way Clerks’ League of this city, will begin its annual engagement with the howlers of the Norfolk & Western Rallway. Two formidable teams have been or- ganized by the Washington Ladies' League to oppose the Philadelphia zirls. The first team includes Lorraine Gulli, Pauline Thomas and Catherine Quigiey of the Beeques, Margaret Milt- ner of the Commercials and Rena Levy of the Columbians. On the sec- ond team are Bronson Quaites and Bertha_Greevy of the Beeques, Mar- garet Boston of the Climbers, Cath- erine Moriarity of the Daughters of Isabella and Marjorie Bradt of the ‘ommerclals. The reserves are Alice Burke of the Daughters of Isabella and Lottia Rhodes of the Commercials. The Washington teams are anxious to roll five-game blocks here, but they may have to be content with three- game blocks, as the visitors will have to make an early getaway for Phila- Association, who has intrigued Mike | most, however. It will be recalled that it was this altitudious lad of | When Base Ball Was Young BY JOH! N the first days of base ball a bat, 1o be attractive to a ball player, had 16 be long and slim. It was much like an enlarged broo stick aid not bulge as bats Lulge now. It did not taper prettily It hegan at the handle end and just slipped along on its own account, gr: uaily getting a little larger toward the tip. At the batting end it was Jargest of all. Nowadays a hat bulges in the center and has a curve to it like that belonging to a well set-up flapper. The wood of which bats were made was hickory when the game hegan. That was why wagon tongues were {ndustriously sought. A fine, old-time wagon tongue which had served its purpose with the cart and had been thrown to one side was, as likely as not, the best piece of timber in the neighborhood for a bat. At least, that was the theory of the ball plavers and they were wont to ko out to the furm country and try to find agon tongues, or try to find other lickory wood which was well seasoned and might make a good bat if it were properly turned on a lathe. Carpenter in thuse days played third base for the Cincinnatis, He was not as showy a8 some of the third basemen who have played since then, but he was very reliable. reliable that the ground keeper could keep the time of day by him because he knew that Carpenter would be there at such an hour and would prob ably leave within 15 minutes after the conclusion of a game. Carpenter had made an_excursion into the country and had found a most elastic section of hickory log \ B. FOSTER Wagon Tongues as Base Ball Bats——————! first | He was s0 | delphia. ' In either event, total pinfall will determine the winner. Some time next month, the Wash- ington Ladies’ League bowlers expect which he had brought back with him und taken to the nearest wood turner and had him shape a bat for him. The first time that Carpenter used the bat he made a_hit. That made a hit with him. . If a ball player makes a hit the first time that he tries out a bat he doesn’t want any one else to use that hat But somebody got away with the prized bat cne afternoon. It Car penter's turn to go to the plate. His | hat couldn’t be found. Usually the ! most tractable of men, he stood near | | the bench of his team and velled: “1f 1 don’t get my hickory, this game will | stop right here for ali of me.” He got it. . Of course, the bat had heen hidden hy the clown of the other (team. But from that time on, Car- I penter w fickory” Carpenter, and {80 he p: on, “Hick” to the last. | One evening many yvears after this | incident, when Carpenter was a Pull- | man conductor running on & train ;lll&l went into the South, his pas- | sengery were bull players, and among | the players waus one who had played |against” Curpenter on that afternoon | when the but disappesred. As Car- {penter was taking up tickets he ran across him “Say, Hick.” shouted the other, “'you know where that bat was? Well, it was too derned heavy for you and I | hid it. 1f you'd used & lighter bat you would bave had a batting average of .40 | They talked about it until the sun | came ‘up in the next morning, and | Carpenter still insisted that it was the | best bat in the history of base ball. and is confident that with the treat- | Burke, despite his 6 feet 115 inches, | him on the | him he will be able to keep pace with | lthe Washington THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 1927. | Martin’s careful attention. This 20.year-old draftee from Tittle Rock of BOB BURKE, Photos by Carl Thoner. the Southern Association, who tips the scales at less than pounds, although 6 feet 1 ineh tall, promises to develop into a sturdy left-hand mound artist, under Tra ner Mike New ratings bowling champion the general tour! for the annual city hips were made by ment_committee of City Duckpin Asso- Bowlers to go to Philadelphia for a return match. Bertha Greevy will not have time tq linger long about Washington after howling against the Philadelphians, as she will shoot with the Aggie girls in Baltimore at night. On the team with ber wil be a quartet drafted from Grace Roblnson, Teresa Adams, elyn Black, Nellle Burkhart, Alice McQuinn, Mary Thompson and Edna Ragan. These girls will meet the B. & O. team in five games. The Baltimoreans will invade Washington February 2¢ for a return match, Plenty of fireworks are expected at the State alleys in Baltimore when the King Pin girls meet the All-Star ate quint. The Baltimoreans are said to be especially capable bowler: but the Washington duckpinners are sharpshooters of much ability. Capt. Lucile Preble will head the King Pin squad, including KEdna Bailey, Thelma Lohnes, Helena Kohler, Mabel Wil lams and Millie Caldwell The match is a homeand-home affalr, the State crew being due to visit the King Pin_alleys February 26. Five-game blocks will be bowled in each city, total pinfall to decide. A sturdy squad is leaving for Roanol onight to lattle for the Southern Railway against tife N. and W. crowd tomorrow. It will include Tom Spencer, Fred Surgey, Fred Balisdell, A. B. Gleason and Frank Stanley as regulars and L. F. Terry and L. Howder as reserves. This also will be a match of two 5-game bloc with the final block to be bowled here probably March 19, After battling through four games to a deadlock, the King Pin All-Stars were beaten 53 pins by the Cashmeyer Stars in Baltimore last night in the opening five-game block of a match that is to be concluded at the King Pin alleys here on March 5. With John Rupple and George Lang of the Baltimoreans each finishing with five marks in the last game, the Cash- meyers swept to a 2,933 to 2,880 Vi tory. “The scores of the first block follow: PIN ALL-STARS, 120 590 Weidman Logan Campbel . Wolstenholnie. R ALL-STAR 27104 12 128 116 Rupple .. Totals , 1. It's tough to hit a set of 1,740, vet |lose two of the three games. That's what happened to the Recreation team |When it met the Smithfields in an |Athletic Club League match at Con- | vention Hall. After hitting for 597 {and dropping the first game, the Hams went into high and finished with a | string of 1,780. Anchor Jack Whalen with 125, 132 and 132 Jed the Smith- field attack, while Henderson with 107, 1111 and 152 was high man for the | Recreations. [WASHINGTON TRAI;GUNS IN BALTIMORE TOURNEY Scatter-gun artists of Washington Gun Club will engage Orlole Gun Club marksmen tomorrow! afternoon over the latter's range in Baltimore in a tournament starting at 1:30 o'clock. A team race, the fourth of u series of seven such affairs, will be the high spot of the meetin Two of three races shot thus far 'hl e beétn won by the Washington eam. An_ expert dietician has been en- gaged by the New York Giants to Next: A Twelve-Game Season. take full command over the Spring i training table. BOWLING RATINGS FIXED FOR W. C. D. A. TOURNEY tion last night in its meeting at Convention Hall In the vearly fixture that will start on the Convention Hall drives April 18, teams with averages of 520 and above will be in class A, those with ratings ranging from 490 to 519 in cl B and those under 490 in class C. The doubles ratings call for pairs averaging 208 and above to compete in clhss A, those from 196 to 207 to enter class B and those below 196 to strive for prizes in class (' Class A singles will be for duck- pinners with averages of 104 or bet- ter, while those with averages from 98 to 103 will. be grouped in class B and those under 98 in class C. President Isemann has arranged for a special class that will make its own prize list. It will include teams not affilfated with leagues, and no picked or all-star teams will be permitted to enter in this class. Entries for all clasags will close at midnight April 2. lmmediately after the tournament the W. €. D."A, will conduct a sweep- stakes. Plans for this will be com- pleted later. Schedule, classification, prize, audit- ing and reception committees were pointed by President George Isemann. The rosters of the new committees follow: Schedule—Jack Williams, chair- nan; A. L. Ebersole, Lonnie Krauss, e Stocking and A. W. Allen. Classification—W. H. Wright, chair- man; Ben McAlwee and Glenn Wol- stenholme. Pr corge Isemann, chairman; Roy Whitford and Jack Willlams, Auditing—Albert Gardner, chair- man; Raymond Cross, Roy Houser and A. W. Bryan. Reception—John S. Blick, chairman, and the presidents of all leagues. WOMAN GOLF STARS PLAYING SEMI-FINALS By the Associated Press. DEL MONTE, Calif., February 18.— Mrs, Lee Mida, Chlcago, and Miss Marion Hollins, New York, were paired today in the semi-finals of the annual Pebble Beach championship for women here. Miss Hollins has won the champion- ship four times, and in the qualifying round, when she was also paired with Mrs. Mida, she made the course in 96, while Mrs, Mida negotiated it in 101. Miss Alice Hanchett, San Francisco, and Mrs. Melvin Jones, Chicago, were in_the other half of the semi-finals. Miss Hanchett elfminated Mrs. Brent Potter, San Francisco, by beat- ing her 2 and 1 yesterday. The Vi tory left Miss Hanchett sole standard ihearer for California in the tourna- ment. BOWEN-M;KENflA SCRAP ARCADIA SHOW LEADER Nearly 30 rounds of boxing have heen arranged for the Arcadla Sport- ing Club next Tuesday night. The final bout will find Andy Bowen, a fa- vorfte with Washington fight fans, mixing it with Sailor McKenna of the Naval Air Station, Two six-round bouts will find Jack Cafoni meeting Soldier Tullick of Camp Holabird and Marty Gallagher meet- ing Billy Anderson of Baltimore. Sev- eral shorter bouts will be arranged. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F RADIATORS, FENDERS ittt R MOVED TO llllw!lth St. N.W. ardman Motor Co. e at Front Rear . Also at 319 190 8o mer SOUTHERN REGATTA TO BE PRETENTIOUS BALTIMORF Changes in the program of th fern Regatta, to | pices of the A which will July 2 rank with the rowing events were announced 2. Md.. February 18— South under the aus- g Club here ke the event Middle States and other of highest importance, erday. The tenta- ) be held riel Row tive plans. as disclosed on the author- ity of Capt. ClI Ariels, who committee, not only from but from all over the and lengthening the clude almost all In sweep events an Crews As the big featur his s with o faltimore be tried. oared shell ington, delphia formin ra s ¢ include rles T. Howard of the airman of the regatta inviting oarsmen Southern di stern seaho: gram to of competition noe rac the I cla w Feature, a new event is to n intercity eight smen from Wash- and probably Phila- & picked crews for the The local entry would he boated from the best varsm Ciub and the year ago this would h any stretch of feeling between high for muny to put member shell would ha an equity mee en in the Ariel Rowing Avundel Boat Club. . A « been beyond imagination, for the two had run so vears that any attempt of both into the same ve swamped it. Since ting has bheen held to the prepare the path for revival of the Pa- tapsco Navy, t ng to a rom Washin Club and_ Old would send a shell, while material in th sure a Philadel finally adopted. Several In addition t be junior, events in eights, as well mediate and single, dou tentative acted upon when the re tee holds its 1 on the Ist of Roat Club, in intermediate singles, squad, he clubs have been co- marked degree ngton the Potomac Boat Dominion Boat Club 1 wealth of e Schuylkill would in- phia entry if the idea is Events Planned. o this race there would wd - seni enior doubl Jjunior quarter- ble and four. as nd inter- le singles man canoe e list of events will be ta commit- next meeting, probably May, at the Potomac Washington. The cap- tains of the other clubs in the a tion form the committee, together with Chairman How: 1. Haslup of t . . Boat Club, Dominion E. Lawler McKimmie Boat Crawford of the Virginia ard. The re Charles he Arundel Boat Club, of the Potomac E. Lawler of the Old Club, and W. E. Boat Club, president of the Southern Rowing Assoctation. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press CHICAGO—Tom Milton, New York, defeated Pal Moore, Memphis (10). Fights Tonight. NEW Jimmy Jake Warren ( BOSTON—Ti vs. Lew MID Minne YORK EAPOI polis, Vs, K—Jac Maloney (10), 10). ger Flowers, Atlanta, Bogash (10). S nie Fliegel, Sarmiento, Philippines (10). CUE TILT AT SCANLON'S. | J. D. Moye and tin will meet tonight in a continuation of th pocket billiard Bert Watt last Hissey, 100 to mateh night ™. at defen ranlon’ ed Frank Leads the World in Motor Car Ranging Value Built in 23 Models n Price From $925to0 $2,090 Di 1709 L Street @ Wallace Motor Co. || i Hstridutor Main 7612 | tion that is kick MORE SANDLOT NINES | | WILL MEET TONIGHT Two ba tonight. Central A. C. will put a team on the diamond this vear to be known as Harvard A. C., and the team candi- dates will meet tonight at 7:30 at 307 street. The following players are expected report: R. Hagan, M. Eagan, Got dt, Deason, Moore, Fisch, Kopp/ Simpson, Pope, Curry, Jenkins, Caif { roll, Martin, Kloeber and Guy. Coca Colas are to meet at 139t of Manager (Ben e ball meetings will be held Katzman, Members and candidates for; the | Shamrock base ball team are tof meet next Thursday night at 1316 L, street | southeast. Tom Sweeney captains the team, which is managed by Willie | Clasco. S 3,201 SET BOWLED BY MILWAUKEE FIVE RACINE, Wis., February 18.—In an unusual exhibition of team bowling the Rexola Cigars of Milwaukee last night set what bowling experts said was a national record for tournament | competition with a score of 3,201 in the Wisconsin bowling tournament. The total surpasses by 62 pins the Ameri can Bowling Congress ry | made at Milwaukee in 1 Consistent counts of 1,01 1065 gave the Rexolas scor The team:left the drives at the end of the final game acclaiming an 1%- vear-old star, Rolland Heim, as the hero of the strike spree. Ieim, in his second year of league howling, struck and spared through the entire 30 frames without an error and lined up six consecutive strikes to conclude the final game. their vecord OVER 50 T0 CONTEST FOR SKATING HONORS By the Associated Press, PITTSBURGH, Pa., February 18— Mor than 50 skate among them recogni; in both men and women's divisions of the sport in the United States and Canada, will attempt to break existing records at a two-day speed skating tournament, which obens here tonight. Four finul events for ‘or women are on the y Entrants Include ogram. Charles Gorman, outdoor and indoor champion; Charles Jetraw, member of American Olympic teams; Leila Brooks, women's interna- tional indoor champion in 1924 and 1926; Jerry Mackie, Canadian wom- en’s’ junior champion: Willie Logan, O'Neill Fagrell, Eddie Murphy and codotge ol FENGLER TO RETURN TO AUTO RACE MEETS By the Associated Pre CULVER CITY, Calif., Febryary 18.—Harlan Fengler, who retired from automobile racing two vears ago at the behest of his flancee, Shirley Mason, screen star, will retusn to the roaring road” in the 250-mile cham- plonship classic on the Culver City Bowl here March 6. The youthful pilot, who recently an- nounced that his engagement to the motion plcture actress had heen broken, said today that he has entered the race. The entry of Fengler brings to eight the number of drivers entered: others are Harry Hartz, national driving champion ‘last vear: Peter De Paolo, title holder the preceding vear; Eddie Héarne, champion in 1923; TLeon Duray and Earl De Vore, French pilots: Al Melcher, driver of Danish nativity, and Frank Lockhart, Los Angeles youth. [— . SCHAEFER ADDS TO LEAD. NEW YORK, February 18 (#)— Jake Schaefer, 18.1 balkline billlard champion, added to his lead over Willie Hoppe, 18.2 titleholder, in two 300-point blocks of their 3,000-point 18.1 exhibition match yesterday. The totals gave Schaefer 1,800 points to 1,429 for Hoppe. Schaefer took both sesslons by scores of 300 to 253 and 300 to 262 “The Nation’s 2 18 an indefin able elegance to a Suyder & Little Shoe that fits in with a wontleman’s idea of good ¢ Modish Hosiery, der @, Litil | the SPORTS. - agues ALL AA CIRCUITS AGAINST SYSTEM MAJORS DESIRE BY JO FOSTER. " YORK, February 1% draft in base ball is y damental principle ganizat and w shall be continued ande or recent yea ip a ld o w terms rs aue dust in the leagues just AlL of voted Some \A bagues have an unre draft of th gues o tion have i ers will. The T 1 voted for it The majors e of conte e class nst Aricte and ot e we prgzied by wor Ragues as hbld at French Lick which off things concerni draft were agreed upon, and majors then thon t that every was lovely, That's where they rudely jolted y One by one/the class AA beginning with the Pacifie League vnld/lw big fellows tha wouldn't gofalong with any plan like that outlinéd at French Lick y major leaghies are crestfallen for moment. Some move will be undertaken reconcile the various organizatior even if fit is stipulated in the nation: agreempnt, or major-minor agreement that a, minor league is not compelled mit to the draft it does not it. . e trouble lies in the fact that the s have gone into minor league ball too extensively. The control too many minor The major leagues once “farming” of | de the m at 1¢ Wague clubs bilished Avers ma- | ory to tl hey than out” Tha could It o and other b which minor of the vers Six sther nter ts geeration 1 the mine nd then instruet their minor to vote to the major The ind this, league minors say they ean't und The ors alsn asse leagues are tryin rights to too m us restricting the terial for the smaller for them t luries to th the to get prop- hail plavers, supply of ma agues, making ers and CONSOLIDATED CIGAR CORPORATION NEW YORK Distributed by Capital Cignr & 602 Pennuyly s Sty le '!’ll aulfl?sie(y :FF Street Tobaceo €