Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1927, Page 33

S PORTS B ' McCarthy Believes Addition of Two Youngsters Will Put Cubs In Pennant Race ENGLISH, WEBB EXPECTED TO BOOST CHICAGO CLUB Windy City Pilot Would Rebuild Team With Young| Blood—Balk Following Hit by Player Bat- ting Out of Turn Is New Problem. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. HICAGO, February 23.—Connie Mack has been complimented because he signed Ty Cobb 4 to play with the Philadelphia Athletics and Clark Griffith been extolled because he has taken on Tris Speaker with the Washington team. Joe McCarthy, manager of the Chicago Cubs, is hacking his judgment against of Mack and Griffith by signing two kids whom he thinks will do more zood for him than the two veterans will do for their teams. The Cubs are now mobilizing for the trip to Catalina Island in the Pacific and with them will go the kid vers upon whom Mc- lot of hopes. One lish, a young man shortstop for Toledo the other the outfield for of them i who plaved n 1926, and the Webb, who played Touisville. McCarthy is fig hlood team that may win pionship soon—perhaps this and that will be a thorn in the big e of the National League for sev- cral years to come. He played the ~ame game at Louisville when he was nanager of the club in that city. He mixed up his old timers with his vounger players and began to win nd since that time Loui: ays in the pennant fight Once there was a_time when Louis. ville never seemed likely to emerge from the cellar of a cellar team yegime. McCarthy Shrewd Pilot. With what McCarthy had in 1926 T made a bid for the National league pennant. When his players were in training a y o0 at Cata lina most folks di them except the ers. There was under the new pitchers and catch- reason enough for that. Yet Mot aroused that zroup of merely average ball players 10 such a pitch of enthusiasm and coached them to such good purpose in sound base ball that at one time Chicago was within two or three xames of being an actual pennant contender and at no time loomed as & hopeless ball club. This year McCarthy has been able to provide better material for his infield and outfield and he may lly _into 1he pennant race with a rush. There is no base ball manager in the Na- tional League who will play the Cubs cheaply in 1927, hecause all have dis- that | is 1| It hasn't been much | it think much of | covered that McCarthy is a compact bunch of Iive wires and sparks. | | I English is a better ball player | than €ooney on the infleld and if | | Webb can do as well for the Cubs as | | they think he can do and will bolster |the outfield, the Cubs and the St. Louls Cardinals, aided by, the more | mature Pittsburgh and ‘Cincinnati teams, will lead the Giants a merry race. | The new year in base ball starts ! with a rule problem that seems never | to have arisen before. Out in Arizona a game of importance hinges on it. The problem fs this: “B bats out of turn and makes a three-bagger. C | goes to bat without a protest being | | made. The pitcher balks when C is | lat bat and the man on third scor | before the ball has been pitched. Pro | test is made on the run as B jor home on the balk. Is B out for bat- ting out of turn?' i Is Balk a Pitch? The decision rests on whether the! ball was delivered to the bat, by the | pitcher. The rule savs that if the ball has been delivered to the bat after the wrong batter has got on the bases the penalty of out against the right | batter cannot be enforced. Although | the ball is dead on a balk, runners | advance on such a misplay. So the run would score unless the correct batter would be the third out. In that case no run_could score because C never reached first and was third out. The run is questioned on the ground | that the pitcher did not deliver the, ball to the batter, although he balked. | If the pitcher did not deliver the ball to the batter the man who made the three-bagger would simply retive to| the bench and wait his proper turn! at bat, because no run can be scor | or bases be run by any act of an im- proper batsman if the penalty is en- | forced against him before the ball is { delivered by the pitcher. It all reverts to whether the balk | lis a delivery of the ball io the bats-| man, no matter whether the pitcher actually throws it. The theory of a! balk is an attempt to deceive the run- { ner or an attempt to deliver the bail | illegally to the batter. Any balk| traces k to some effort of the pitcher or some act by him, and the | ruling would be if the pitcher balked that he did deliver the ball to the| batter before a protest was made | against the runner. Hence the run| scored because the team in the field | wasn't quick-witted enough. [ (Copsright. 1927.) YOUTHFUL LINKSMAN | WINS FLORIDA TITLE By the Associated Press. 1] CLEARWATER, Fla.. February 23. —William Burke of Danville, K vouthful caddy master at the Clear- water Country Club, is the champion rolfer of Florida. | Burke ran a 30-foot putt to the lip of the cup on the eighteenth green yesterday and Bobby Cruick- | shank and Wild Bill Mehlhorn, who had crept to within two strokes of his medal score in the two da play, smilingly conceded the boy the | Florida open title. It carried $1,000 as first prize. - The winner's card of one round of 69, the course. Cruickshank took the £750 second prize with 200 and Mehlhorn, with 291, gathered in $500. The two Chicago veterans and not Burke weakened in the stretch. The voungster, after dropping three strokes of a S-point advantage in the first 15 holes of the final round, called on a superior steadiness to nose out his experienced opponents. The sixteenth and seventeenth holes were halved in par 4 and from the last tee each had a good drive. Burke, sighting the last flag, lent himself to an iron shot that slipped to the green’s edge. Cruickshank and Mehlhorn, needing miraculous shots now to win, sliced to sand pits. Each pitched to within 12 feet of the pin ud Burke calmly rolled his long putt on its $1,000 ride. The mnext five finishers in order \ere Willie Klein, Garden City, N. Y. 288 showed | 2gainst Oklahoma A. and M., and the 4 under par for)ming, water polo, boxing, fencing and | | NAVY FIVE ANNEXES | 14 OF 16 CONTESTS; ANNAPOLIS, February 23.—Suc- cess of the Navy in foot ball, basket ball and a number of Winter sports has given it a big start for a banner year. The basket ball season, which has just been completed with a victory over the Army, the Navy won 14 of 16 games. It was defeated by Penn- sylvania and Fordham. Navy teams have done great work against their collegiate opponents in the Winter branches. The only con- test lost was the wrestling match records of the Navy teams in swim- gymnastics are clean. All three of the boxing matches held | this season have been won by the! Nayy, thus keeping clear its remark- | | able record of not having lost a dual | meet during its eight seasons of inter- collegiate competition. The Navy is laying its lines to secure the leadership in some Spring pastimes, particularly rowing, lacrosse and rifle shooting, in all of which it was at the top or near it last season. Rowing is a sport in which the Navy is particularly anxious to excel. At present it appears as if the Navy crew will be unusually strong. i PTOMEY TO BOX NOLAN | IN ANNAPOLIS TONIGHT ‘Willie Ptomey, all-service middle- | 44, won $350; Tommy Armour, v 295. won $300; Jim Car- 7, yvon $275; Mike 298, and- Laurie \yton, Chicago, 8, divided $3 larry H. B. Davis of Los Angeles was low amateur with a rd of 312. — e HYATTSVILLE GUARDS TO RUN IN BALTIMORE A relay team representing Company F. National Guard of Hyattsville, will appear in the race for First Regiment companies in the . Fifth Regiment mes Saturday night in Baltimore Those seeking places on ihe combina: tion are Kenneth (Egg® _Watts, Charles Rose. Alfred Weirich, Bernard Troy, Rufu Vincent and Lieut. Samuel Crosthwait, who is coaching the group and will select the team. Most of the men are former Hyatts- ville High School luminaries. Lieut. Crosthwait is prepping them al the Hyattsville High gym. TIGERS ADD TO LEAD. PRINCETON, N. J., ). —Princeton’s basket made its lead in the Int i.eague more secure by defating Yale, 3 to 19. Johnny Gartner, Tiger for- ward, became high individual scorer in the league with 51 points. February 22 ball team collegiate MRS. HURD SETS RECORD. ORMOND BEACH, Fla., F 23 (#P).—Mrss Dorothy Campbell tormer holder of the British, cang Canadian, Boston phia women's golf titles, set a.new wurse record of 78 on the revamped ormond Beach Golf Club links here. bruary Hurd, Ameri- Sure Way to Get Rid of Dan There is one sur¢ “*uy that never fails to remove dandruff completely and that is to dissolve it. Then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night w i enough to moi ing, most, if f will be gone, 2 or three more applications will com- pletely dissolve and cntirely destroy ngle sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff vou may haye. You will find, toos that all itching d digging of the scalp will stop v, and your ‘hairr will be lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and ind Philadel. | ‘weight champion, fac Bud Nolan, | San Francisco, in a 10-rounder at the { Veterans of Foreign Wars' hoxing show in Annapolis tonight. i Other bouts on the card are: Joe | | Piscatelli, Washington, vs. Jose Villez, Filipino; Joe Black. Washington, vs. Manuel Carrazo, Filipino; Walter Mus. |terman, Annapolis police force, vs. | Heinfe Gottesman, Marine Corps; Bllly Di Angelo, Washington, vs. Babe Di Leon, Filipino; Willie Stevens vs. | Sidney Colburn. | & | ARAGON WINS NET HONOES. | MANILA, February 23 (#).—Fran. | cisco Aragon, member of the Philip- { pine Davit Cup team which visited | the United States last vear, won the | Island amateur athletic federation | tennis ;singles championship. Aragon | defeated Mnnuel Barrado, the title- | holder, 61, 1-6, 6-3, 6.2. NEW HOCKEY LEADER. MONTREAL, February 23 (#).—A | new figure, Frank Frederickson of the Boston Bruins, perched at the head of |the sharpshooters in the National | Hockey League today. The Boston | center counted points, made up of | 16 goals and 12 assists, in games up to | February 21. | 1 Gus Lowenstein scored a unique hole-in-one at Hyde Park, Jackson: | ville, ¥la., when he teed off No. 1 badly, the ball landing in No. 7 cup. | RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED | NEW_ RADIATO! FOR AUTOS i [Wll TSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. | 1533 14th % N.W. 319 13th N.W. ———— look and feel a hundred times better. You can get liquid arvon at an drug store and four ounces is all you will need. This simple remedy has never been known to fail | annual indoor track meet of the Amer- | | of Boston C | start by his southpaw rival and was | M. Lott, jr., Chicago; Herbert L. Bow- WIDE EASY WINNER IN MEET AT BOSTON| i By the Associated Press. | BOSTON, February 23.—An exhibi- tion of how to run 3,000 meters with- | out apparent effort by Edvin Wide, Swedish running marvel, and the | crowning of three New England A. A. champions featured the eighth | ican Legion here yesterday. Wide, who has twice conquered Paavo Nurmi, made no attempt t shatter Nurmi's 3,000-meter mark o 8:26 2- - Instead he was contented with ex erting himsalf only enough to pass the last of his opponents more than a quarter of a mile from the fihish. James Higgins of Boston College won the New England A. A. U. 600- vard title in a fighting finish against | Ray Robertson of the Boston A. A. | Higgins unleashed a sprint that car- ied him through a winner by inches in 1:18 2.5. ! Leo Lermond ran away with the | New England A. A. U. two-mile run | in the last two laps, opening a final lead of approximately 30 yards on Ed O'Brien of Boston College, who had stuck fast to the B. A. A. star for most of the distance. The time was rd title race had a field | Francis H. McCloskey | lege won in 2:24, with | T. J. Clausen of the B. A. A. and | seph Orpen of Boston College sec- | ond and third, respectively. { Led by Frank Burns of Holy Cross, | Pincus Sober of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Holy Name Club and Vincent Lally of Columbus Council, Knights of Ci lumbus, of New York in that orde: Bill McKillop of Boston College un- corked a terrific last-lap sprint that carried him past all three opponents to win the Colonel Gaston invitation 600-yard in 1:18 2-5 The other invitation event, the American Legion mile, brought out a neck-and'neck race between Gus Moore of St. Bonaventure College and Allison Wills of Bates, New England intercolleglate one-mile champion. Moore won by inches. | The final of the 50-yvard open handi. | cap saw Francis Hussey of Boston | College, running from scratch, regis- ter a hairbreadth victory other Ernest | A. Taylor, Tufts negro sprinter, who | started two feet out. The time was 0:05 3-5. of 29 starter: NS "»NE2EE RS e \ A =a =~ T 5 P s R —— LT IO TP NP ) | HEEMY OLF form implies the use of the most scientific methods | for the making of the golf | style indicates the particular player's way of swinging his_clubs. Form and style are not synonymous terms at all. A player's form might be very gooll and his style most pecu- ltar. Expert golfers use varving styles of play, but they uniformly have good form. The golfer can have any style that best suits him, but he should never compromise with golf form. This compromising is what keeps many players in the duffer ranks so lons. To compromise with golf form is that common act of abandoning the known correct principle for doing a thing and going back to “your own way of doing it regardless of what the ex-| perts say. % The player who thus compromises with golf form can at least dispose of one question in his mind—he can be sure that he is never going to be much of a golfer. Kor golf is much like i there. anything else, and improvement comes only after right principles are adopted. Golf form requir head be started back from the in a slow, natu manner, Fig. 1; that the club be allowed sufficient time to swing with rhythem to the top of the back swing, so ti it will wind up the body like a spring. There it pauses long enough for its direction to be reversed: then it is swung for- ward in its own naturally increasing pace, without pressing and without body lunging at the ball, Fig. 3. The first few times you try this the thing may naturally’ go all wrong. But the player should not be so am- bitious as to expect fine results with the first trial of a thing. With the temptation to abandon good form be- cause of a few bad shots, one of the hurdles of golf must be taken right The player who can take this hurdle by making up his mind to stick to form will likely get somewhere. The one who abandons form fs all through with golf improvement. (Covsright. 1827.) that the club- ball BOWEN GIVEN SLEEP PUNCH BY RAYMOND | | Youth conquered the veteran Andy || Bowen last night, and the local light- weight battler, was carried to his cor- ner after taking a punch from Phili Raymond of Baltimore. 4 Raymond, substituting for Sallor | McKenna, landed one to Bowen's stomach in the fifth session of their/ scheduled 10-round go at the Arcadia last night that put the veteran away. Bowen was outclassed from the sent down for the nine count in the fourth. Jack Cafoni ran himself ragged chasing Pete Lacik of Baltimore around the ring in the. six-round semi-final to win a decision. Marty Gallagher, pride of Foggy Bottom, took Tim Daley of Baltimore in short order, knocking out the Bal- timore heavyweight aspirant in the first round. Chick Holden, local flyweight, won from Billy Dixon in the opener, and Rohma Halsall of New York beat Chick Simmons of Washington. Four Central High School boys furnished the prelims, with Mel Cox| winning over Carl Rodgers, and Carl ‘Werner trouncing Gene Stevens. e g | TIES SWIMMING MARK. | NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 23 (#).—J. A. House of Cleveland, a miem- ber of the Yale varsity swimming team, covered the 160-yard back stroke in 1 minute 43 3-5 seconds in a race with J. B. Wohl of the New York Boys' Club in Carnegie pool. House equaled the world record held by Johnny Welsmuller of the Illinois Athletic Club and lowered the inter- collegiate mark of 1 minute 44 45 seconds. ctipisagi ot L | U. 8. RACKETERS SCORE. | HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 23 (P).—In ‘the first day of the Ber- muda champlonship tennis tourna- ment the American players, George man and Ned Herndon of New York and Frederick Mercer of Bethlehem, Pa., won their matches without difficulty. Cadillac’s Make Room Sale of : USED continues through THIS WEEK Many new trades have a wide selection at prices that save. Most of the cars have been thoroughly recon- ditioned and have new tires and paint. gou will also find a number of other good used cars. YOUR PRESENT CAR AS PART PAYMENT. . On the automobile of your choice your present.automobile will be ac- cepted as part payment. LIBERAL TERMS. In our stock | and Warsaw. L. .8 0 1 1 PRO COURT LEAGUE. | . 0 1 NIGHT'S RESULTS. 35; Baltimore, 25. icago, 18. : Philadelphia. 22 GAMES TONIGHT Cleveland at Fort Wayne. Philadelphia at Baltimore. Washington at New York GAME TOMORROW Cleveland at Chicago. GAME FRIDAY. New York at Cleveland. GAME SATURDAY New York at Rochester. GAMES SUNDAY. t_Baltimore. at Washington. WONDERS ISSUE A CALL FOR BASE BALL CONFAB A base ball meeting will be held Friday night by the Wonder nine at ‘Wilson Normal School at 8 o'clock. The following players are asked to re- port: Baker, Clark, Wolf, Spigel, Nail, Monroe, Foley, Sykes, Mahoney, Atchi- | son, Crown, Kelly, Jaffry, Ensor, Long, | Cinnotti, Fisher, Corbin, Hill, Harris| Jolly Antlers are to be represented by a baseball team. Manager Di| SB;}.}IL& is booking games at Lincoln | P W MOTOR CO. *| fonship Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 CARS been made, and we have The liberal and sensible GMAC plan enables you to purchase and pay out of income, at very reasonable rates and is available to you through us. Used Car Corner 16th and You Sts. The Washington Cadillac Company Franklin 3901 Open evenings. |LAMAR WILL FIGHT LEVINSKY OR SMITH Henry Lamar, local light-heavy- weight boxer, has signed with the Dis- trict Athletic Club to fight eith Battling Levinsky, former light-heavy- weight title holder, or Jeff Smith, prominent contender for the middle- | welght title. ‘The bout will be held March 21 at { the Washington Auditorium. Lamar should find in either Levinsky or Smith the most formidable op- ponent he has met since he resigned the amateur light-heavyweight cham- to enter the professional ranks. Vince Dundee, welterweight of Balti- more, will fight in the semi-final and Buster Dundee, also of the Monumen- tal City, will appear on the bill. OTHER SPORTS ON PAGE 34. VANITIE AGAIN WILL | RACE THE RESOLUTE| | By the Associated Press k NEW YORK, February 23.—Carry ing a mainmast said to be the longest ever set in a racing schoonmer, the vacht Vanitle will resume her marine | rivalry in June with the Resolute, her conqueror in the match series to de- clde a defender of America's cup |against Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock IV in 1920. The races, under direction of the New York Yacht Club, will be sailed off Newport, R. 1. Changes now being made on the | | vanitie, considered faster than the | Resolute last season when true racing | | breezes prevailed, will give the vessel | |a mainstick of 148.feet, eight longer | | than the old mast. The Vanitie also | | is being fitted with a new set of rac- ing salls. i A new staysail plan will be tried out | on the Resolute this season. Her bow- | {sprit is to be lengthened and main | | boom shortened. 'WOODWARD TOSSERS | WILL PLAY CENTRAL| | | Coach Jerry - Parker's Woodward | | School tossers will play hosts to Cen- | | tral High tomorrow at the Y. M. C. A., | while St. John's will be hooking up | with Georgetown Hilitop ! Woodward has clever five that may offer the Blue and White sturdy | opposition, but the latter should win | rather handily. The Blue and Gray yearlings are expected to turn back St. John's without great difficulty. Two highly attractive tilts were carded this afternoon for local school- boy courts. While Western was en- tertaining Georgetown Freshmen in the former’s gym, Devitt was to in- | vade the City Club for a tilt with | Strayer’s, and Gonzaga was to have | { Georgetown Prep as its guest on the | 1 street court. The Western-George- | town Freshmen and the Devitt-Stray-| er's games should be real battles, while | Gonzaga is glven the edge over| Georgetown Prep. | Central tossers dropped a 32-t0-28 | decision to Massanutten Military Academy yesterday at Woodstock, Va. | Tt was a real battle all the way with the home flve holding a slight advan- tage most of the time. Pete Nee and Forrest Burgess, forwards, as usual, did most of the scoring for Central. Laughlin and Winkle, the winner's front line performers, were chief sharpshooters for their team. Devitt’'s team was third in the prep school division of the University of Virginia_indoor track meet, with 10| points. Woodberry Forest and Fork | Union were first and second, with 33 and 13, respectively. Mickey Harris and Dick Garrett, carrying Devitt’s colors, won events. Harris captured the 50-yard hurdles and Garrett the 50-yard dash. John Teevens ran a fine race to carry the local schoolboys to victory in the relay race, wiping out a 30- yard lead held by the Fork Union anchor man. Freshmen at the | i DUNBAR PASSERS SCORE. Dunbar Night High School basketers defeated Armstrong Night High School, 27 to 18, for the colored night high school championship. Cross of Dunbar and Tabb of Armstrong each cored 10 points. cDonough’s Fake Gains Him Ball BASKET BALL BY SQL METZGER. McDonough, Missouri's around star at both forward a guard, possesses rare ability one department of play that few others have mastered. When an opponent drive fails to score and the ball rebounds, McDonough will rush in, wait for his opponent to alight (Fig. 1), and then fake as though he were going to ma his effort to get the ball at the opponent’s right (Fig. 2). That invariably causes the opponent to turn to the left, which is just what McDonough is waiting for. Imme. diately he is on the ball with both hands. Giving it a quick wrench Fig. 8), he pivots to the rear as he breaks free with it, and is then in a position to start a counter drive for the other basket by passing to. a teammate or dribbling (Fig. 4). (Covyright. 1927.) FRANGE IS ENTERED FOR DAVIS CUP PLAY ¢ By the Associated Press NEW YORK, February . entry of France in the 19 Davis Cup play was anounced today by the United States Lawn Tennis Assocla- tion. Right to compete in either the American or Eurdpean zone of pre- liminary play was reserved in the entry, with final determination to come before the close of the lists on | March 16. For two years the French squad has won through to the challenge round only to fall before the United States defenders in the final tests. The team this year is expected to he made up cf the same players who faled to lift the cup at Germantown, Pa., after sweeping through William T. Tilden, Vincent Richards, Wil- liam Johnston, and Richard Wil- liams in the national championships in_September. Rene Lacoste, who won the Na- tional singles championship at For- est Hills by defeating Jean Borotra, a teammate, in the first all-foreign final in American tennis history, is again expected to head the invaders. Borotra. i3 scheduled to arrive here in March with Jacques Brugnon to compete in the indoor championships. Henri Cochet, fourth member of the tri-color squad, will remain in Europe for tournament play with Lacoste. The | 'SAUNDERS NEAR TOP IN BASKET SCORING The hot race being waged between {Chick Passon of Philadelphla and Rusty Saunders of Washington fer | the high individual scoring honora e? the American Lessue | grew tighter as 1t of games played during tl ending with last night's cont Today Passon holds first place by a margh of only two points over the husky Washing ton star. Though he was suffering from a bad cold, Saunders last night scored 15 points in Washington's victory over imore. this giving him a total of 3 for games. Passon. in three inore contests, has accounted for 263 points Manager third place. Ray Kennedy still holds with a total of 238 in 27 battles, Hickey and THusta Cleveland remain in the next two po sitions, which they have been clinging to tenaciously for several weeks. Benny Borgemann, Fort Wayne star, who is sixth high scorer, is first |in average points per game, with a | percentage of 10.24 wuinders is sec ond in this respect, with a mark of 9.76, and Kennedy is fourth, followir Passon. Hickey and Husta are fiftl and sixth | The recent spurt of the New York | Celtics saw Nat Holman climb in the |s from fourteenth to tenth | place, his total of points being 193 for | 23 games. Those witl 100 points or more G, Gla 10 60 1 an, - Fort Wagie Chicago Baltimore Barry. Rochester | Holman, New Yorl | Topel. Roch Rusgell. Chicako ick. Fort Wayne ther, Chicako Philadeinhia Baltimiore ork Miller. Dehnert Wwall MANOR CLUB PLANNING FOR ENTERTAINMENTS Thirty-two rounds of boxing will he offered members of the Manor Club at the first of a series of spring enter- tainments to be held at the club Satur day night. Walter McFeeley of Georgetow:n University will take on Frankie Wein- ert of the Mohawk Club at 156 pounds in the final bout. The semi-final will bring together Jack Cafoni of Waslh- ington and Johnny Meyers of Balti- more. The bouts are to start at 8:30 followed by a buffet supper. Two other bouts are on the program. Kid Sullivan will act as third man in the ring. Those in charge of the club enter- tainment program are: Dr. J. W. Bird, F. C. Staley, R, T. Edwards, C. M. Wright and Charles S. Miller. meet this week to put its endorsc. ment on a series of monthly events and to work out a handicap system. Same old quality Same old shape Same old price. Exactly the good mildness. Exactly the old Londres shape. Bxactly the famous 5¢ smokers remember price. Millions of the old Cinco. And that’s why the Cinco Londres has s resumed its of y ship in the 5c field. Look for the old-fashioned Cinco box on top of the counter again. sale ‘Inportant Note:—Cinép Tvincibles, foil EEE=EEE The golf committee is scheduled to *