Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1927, Page 34

SPEAKER WILL JOIN NATS - AT TAMPA LATE IN WEEK| Former Tribe Boss Was to Leave Texas Home Today, While Ruel on Way to Camp is Due Wednesda Neis Wants Job - BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor. The Star AMPA. Fla. February 28.— Today the old familiar sound of bat against base ball echoed over reaches of Plaut, Field, and training by the Na tionals for the 1927 season was on in earnest past two weeks a ‘score re of uniformed athletes have been flitting about in the park for a couple of hours each day intent on| the business of loosening muscles and | improving “wind” as a means of gen-| eral conditioning for the American | League campaign, which is scheduled | to start a month and a half hence.| For the most part, however, they con sisted of. pitchers limbering up their | salary wings 10 have them in such| shape that the players who wield the bats, which make the hits that score | the runs—the fundamental object of the sport—might have beneficial work-| objective has been accom: to a highly satisfactory de so today the infielders and out- fielderd started to reap the henefit of the preliminary work of their box | brethren through the medium of 41 fong wand drill in which all of the regulars on hand participated Infielders Check In. t Baseman Joe Judge and Third Sacker Oswald Bluege, who claim Washington as their home in Win-| ter as well as Summer. were among | the fir arrive vesterday. both ap parent ood shape, and they were accompanied by Oliver Dinwoodie Tucker, the native of nearby Radiant, | Vai, who has spent the warm months commuting hetween the New Orleans Pelicans and the New York Yankees since he received his first big league inspection this camp some seven Springs back In those d school, Tucki his height, but he now than 170, s, a boy just out of r was far too heavy for ling more than™ 18 is trained down to le: nd asserts that as a re- sult his fielding is more on a p with his batting prowess, which al ways has been considerable. . Right on the heels of this trio was Enmmett MeCann, the acquisition from Columbus of the association, Who makes his home at Philadelphia and who, although nominally a short- stop, is scheduled to be drilled to act as understudy for Judge. McCann asserts he hasn't had much exper ence as a vestibule guaurdian, but is confident he can make the grade in that capacity and welcomes the op- | Portunity to try it. Bob Reeves, the speedy youngster plucked from the Georgia Tech campus last Summer, and who is be- lieved destined to make his mark some day on the far side of the dia ‘mond, arrived yesterday from his | home at Chattarooga, Tenn. Infield. | er Grant Gillis of the Rirmingham Club checked in from Grovehill, Ala., and Sam West, his brother baron, Who specializes in outfield roles, de- trained from Rochester, Tex. Bride With Myer. Chafles Solomon Myer, the curly haired successor to the post relin- Quished last season by Roger Peckin- paugh, was another Sunday arrival. Buddy recently took the big plunge | and brought his bride along from Ellisville, Miss., where he is located When not engaged with the Nationals. ,In addition, another rattler this morning deposited Sam Rice, Goose Goelin, Stan Coveleskie and Fred Marberry. This quartet has been bathing, golfing and hiking at Hot Springs, Ark., for the past two or three weeks and all declared them- selves ready to get right down to the business of intensive training for the dia}l:nnnd campaign. arl - MeNeely, the speedy fly chaser, who had to ’;uke',le:e cros: continent hike from Sacramento, Calif., was expected at any time and Stewart, utility infielder, who lives in nearby Lake City, Fla., also was due to make his appearance | today. | Just when Henry Cullop would get mhis- home in far off Madi- . S. D.. was problematical. This gardener, with St. Paul last season and obtained through the Yankees, at last reports had not signed his con. tract and was endeavoring to get the ball club to pay the transportation of his wife to Tampa, a request which Wwas politely but firmly rejected. He is%expected soon, however, Neis ‘Wants Minor Job. Bernie Neis, the former Brooklyn utfielder, who was landed via the raft route from Buffalo of the In. ternational League, is another whose signature is. missing from the official papers. Neis now lives at Clearwater, Fla.. near where he has an inferest in some property. and had a chat with President Clark Griffith here about a weck ago. He is believed to he sat. fsfied to play ball in the South, b ing convinced he can make as much money in the minors as he could fill- | ing a bench-warming role with the Nationals and probably would not be averse to landing with his old friend Milton Stock, who now pilots the Mo- bile cluh. Neis is a veteran athlete who can well be spared by the Harrismen, w ho are plentifully supplied with fiy-chas- ing talent, and it may be that his wishes regarding heing sold will be | concurréd but whether he is dis. posed of to Mobile rather than to Lit tle Rock or Birmingham remains to he seen President Boh Allen of the Rock tea Southern tion s in Tampa mits he is on the hunt for playinz tal- ent. having planned to make the rounds of the 11 hig league clubs that are traiy in this State. He told €lark Gy that he understood Pit 1| who submitted to an operation for the removal of his tonsils 1wo weeks ago today had fully recovercd, hut the \Washington chief- tain rd nothing regarding his ungigned contract or what he propose: 1o do ahout reporting here for train- ing. Litule Associa- and ad- i Ruel on Way to Tampa. | Mud R from there 1 day and Whe offered sior has not been sured hr Whey rive « wired Griff Saturday that he would leave d reach Tampa Wednes- | message got sidetracked received until yesterday. has accepted the terms or has heen given permis- here and talk things-over announced. But it is as-| 1 e on the job. ese tardy players finally heo definitel v | omes estab- | TROUSERS To Match Yeuy €44 Caste EISEMAN'S, 7th & F | made |against a strong team compo: | now Princess Sparkling Waters. | Rembold... i in Dixie Circuit. lished that some disposition is to be of them, will be accounted for with the excep- tion of Tris Speaker, who will show up the latter part of the week. has been spending a few weeks with his mother at her home in Hubbard Tex. He plans to put her on a train today for a visit in California 1l start immediately for Tampa, riving probably Thursday. SARAZEN IS UNABLE TO GET HAGEN’S GOAT By the Associated Pres ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., 28.—Whatever hopes Gene Sarazen has of tying a can to Walter Hagen's zolf goat are d hung a decisive defeat onto his per- 3 vesterday, 8 up and -hole match. Sarazen, starting in a flash of form rapidly. lost his pace and Hagen Ly persistent drives forced his lead to § at the start of the final 18 holes yester day Hagen laid hack and waited for Gene to produce his game. but the on time open champlon could not started. He managed to take the first and fourth, but as they halved the holes were running out. A great gallery, including several major league base ball players, the fairway of the long eleventh as Hagen sent his brassie second 15 feet past the flag and holed the putt for a birdie 4 en, short in 2, chip- the cup. Gene,” said a friendly from the gallery. “Tll have to,” Sarazen replied. missed. Competitive spirits were more in evidence throughout the match than essentially good golf, though Ha had one run of nine.holes in par fig- ures and maintained a precision and suggestion of power. which lacked. Counting the bye-holes plaved out for the benefit of the gallery, Sarazen had a medal score for the last 18 of 81, and Hagen six strokes better. Hagen, well pleased with the result, nevertheless disclaimed any marked supriority. Good fellowship prevailed He | when the amens were said. “I couldn’t beat him this time,” said Gene. The match netted $6.000 in gate re- ceipts, which the professionals di- vided. LUQUE WOULD LIKE TO HURL FOR GIANTS HAVANA, February 28 (#).—Adolfo Luque, star pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds, who says he doés not want to return to the club, apparently is pre- paring himself for base ball some- where this season. He' pitched in Santiago ves Cuban players. He fanned six men, allowed four hits and issued no passes. He hopes John McGraw will be able to make a deal which will carry him to the Giants. He believes he can lead the league if he plays with the Giants. Lugue managed a team that won the pennant in a three-club league this Winter. . MOLENDA BECOMES PRO, .. FLINT, Mich., February 28 (#).— John (Bo) Molenda, star fullback on the University of Michigan foot ball team during the past two years and a membher of the 1926 basket ball squad, has turned professional and signed a season contract with a local | quint. S nne Lenglen, the tennis star, is She was adopied into the Pueblo tribe. the entire personnel | spoke | | ebruary shed, for a time. Hagen | get | lined | n| G Stenographers. 1.353. JACK | HERE are so many bowling impossible to present all week statistics in The Sunday Star's pink sheet. Dope on circuits held over follows: i ATHLETIC CLUB LEAGUE. | Team Standing. | Smithfleld A. C ATlineton Reereation Aheva .- | Citon. Printers Coll m A .. Co.. ! fame—Naflonaie. 8 igh indi set—Paccini. 3 igh 'individual® game—J. Wolsienholme (Ariinetont. 160, ~romoros (Ahepa). 34 THER Aafer—Clark 'and ‘Manajes (Arling- ton) Hieh ™ Mevage—Mandiey (Arlifigton), 11538, Leading Smithfields and the Recrea- tions were handed a trimming in the | Athletic Club League last week, the | former losing two games to the crack Ahepa club and the latter three games to the lowly Georgetowners. These de feats enabled the Arlington club to gain second place and close in on the leaders. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS LADIES' LEAGUE. Team Standing. w. Stenogranhers f’% Information . . 3 Fruits and Vegetables Farm® Management. Econo 13 Stock. i «—Information. team | set games—Information. 484: B s sets—Greevy. 323: Greevy and e ituai #pmes—Robinson _and High _indi average—Greevy. 95: igh team 24 Greey ST et Robinson. 88. Stenographers took the measure of the Fruit and Vegetable quint in three games last week in the Aggie girls' circuit. Alice ‘McQuin led the winning attack. Information captured two games from Farm Mahagement and lost the third by two_ pins, after giving a three-pin handicap. Bertha Greevy and Marietta Thomas performed well for Information, while Mary B. Thompson and Kdna Ragan did the best scoring for Farm Management. Live Stock registered a two-game win ovi Land Economics. Emily Clark, as anchor for«the winners, hit her stride with games of 95, 92 and 112, Madeline Tippett, also of the PUBLIC DEBT GIRLS SLAM DUCKPINS IN GOOD STYLE Bowlers of the Public Debt Girls’ League are improving considerably in their efforts as their championship race progresses. There now are 17 duckpinners with averages bettering 90 in the circuit. Edna Bailey of thé Registered Accounts team is virtual leader of the league, with a rating of 96-15 for 27 games, although the ac- tual top average bowler is Florence Rembold of Accounts, with 101-1 for 6 games, Individual records of the league fol- REGISTERS. = e i, L. Preble . Wil Rigsell A William. . Do, Xichol Thomnson V. Preble.. como_enon S e SoERRBRTe 1 5255000 3 aREEL 223 Franklin Head. Klein Griffis Sydenstrickes Crowley. . Zahniser Carr 3o toi=] 32325 33 . Kohler. Searlett. [ Black Newhold. Mulroe Le Gendre. Stoffel. 23 2 CORRESPONDEN( . B4 14 b3 12 P78 278 105 ] 5 6% B8 1 03 101 30 98 28 05 9 10+ 260 ACCOUNTS, 120 311 BIR Grant Southern. Stern.. Patrie Finn Doyle. Greene. Hervey ax2xnD0D S A 1 . 1 8 SRR REGISTER Batley - Meitzier . . Smith Bosley . Danelis. Burton Gough w1“r'rS'rA11;s 1533 14th St. | & R. & F. WKS. Your OLD FELT MADE NEW Again Tleaning, Miocking . and Vienna Hat Co. 135 Iith Street CLAIMS. . Q [T TCEYeR = JENPRNERY Blendman . Barbour . Wakefield 10 MAILS AND [Tt | Leonberger. Gibbon.. . A, S9zscaon BBRBAE Rt L TG > z @ RERR3 ipzass SZx 300 SE33233 2nPEB2RS 55305000 = 4 S (BRI P oI B, 7 > 1 e e namide o EStitrt whiskig «a835%8 25553 R232B25R 3o Machlan. . Iwamer . "' sEcvRITH 48 5 | s. Stansfield . 1. Coflin Greenwell . Shyder. Fox Siegel M Coftin Ssismeammn ~E8585% Limerick, *1 Watkins | Tuohey Doxle. HANKIN OTOR CO. Canve Located on Fuure h Strest Main 5750 4 M 37 14ath St. rly |1333- leagues in town that it seems | BLAIR. contributed Dorothy Corsette proved Live Stock aggregation, good ganes. a worth, substitute for nomic GEORGES (OUNTY LEAGUE. Team Standing. PRINCE 1 Legion Company F...... Arcades ... Stephen A*'C | Mount Rainier Roes AlLS| Chillum Czarra-Constantine Co Independen 3 39 30 42 80 St. ned a game on the league-leading Collegiates last week in the Prince Georges County Duckpin Association race. The pace setters howed to Mount Rainier in two zames, while St. Jerome's was aking two of three from Independents. | COMMERCE LEAGUE. | Team Standin Standards Coast* Survey Mines . & D. Conimere eneis o Patent Office Secretary ...l . a F. & D. Commerce' No. 2. s High team sets—Standards. Office. " 1.593 High team games—Standards. D. Commerce No. 1. Cenans. 554 High individual sets—Watson 5. Parkhurst. Coast Survey. 368. Hieh individual games—diltner, F. & D Commerce No. 1. 156: Watson, Standards, High indi; ards. 109-22 Fugett. A tle exists for top honors in the Commerce League because of Stand- ards’ double win over Coast Survey last week. Mines retain third place, despite the loss of two games to Foreign and Domestic Commerce No. 1. | { 1.649: Patent 578: F. & Standards dnal averages—Watson. Stand- Maize, Coast Survey.” 107-0 Three more tussels have been booked between Washington and Baltimore bowlers, Harry Carroll, managér of the Recreation chain of drives here and Mandger Sapp of the Regent alleys of the Maryland metropolis be- ing the promoters, The Recreation team of the Athletic Club League will be sent against an all-star Reeent team at the Recreation on March 12 and at the Regent alleys in Baltimore on March 26. Stanford Paper Company team of the District League and a select squad of the Washington Ladies’ League will stage double-headers with Regent all-star teams of men and women in the other two contests. These matches will open in Baltimore April 2 and con- clude hera at the Coliseum April 16. Each of these matches will be of 10 games, with five games to be rolled in each city. Total pinfall will determine the winners. Probably 10 teams will be in-the Fra- ternal League when this circuit or- ganized yesterday at the King Pin drives starts its season next Septem- ber. Organizations represented at yes- terday's session were the Masons, Knights of Columbus, Odd Fellows, Elks, Royal Arcanum, National Union, J. 0. U. A. M. and Red Men. Eatadlished 1898 Values That Are Convineing Room-Making SALE Room needed for Spring stock means must go. Suit or QOwvercoat Tailored to Meet Your Individual Requirements $o)m™5 l Values up to $45 Proportionate Reductions in Other Grades Full Dress Suits, $45 To Order, Silk Lined | Mertz&Mertz Co., Inc. 11042 G St. N.W. Former Florida Winter League being looked over as prospective under- Joe Judge by National bosses at Tampa. With the Bowlers Land Eco- "Photos By CARLT-Thowea. RACES FOR LEADS KEEN IN TWO CUE TOURNEYS Races for top positions in pocket billiard tournaments in progress at the King Pin and Scanlon’s are keen. In the handicap event at the King Pin, ‘W. H. Mitchell, Arthur Urban and J. E. Stickney are deadlocked in first place with 4 wins and 1 defeat each. medium and heavyweigh: woalm' FO i | At Scanlon's, H. R. Crosg leads with 5 wins in as_many star but Everett | Crouvh and Bert Watt, tied for second position, have been defeated only once. Carl Green plays J. D. Moye at | Scanlon’s tonight, while the former | will meet Frank Hissey tomorrow. Toboggan is a corruption of the Canadian Indian word for sled. Roush is Lone Giant Other Squads By the Associated Pre EW YORK, Febri day was # work the 19 se by the early hirds of the New York Yankees and Brooklyn | Dodgers gathered at camp in Florida A few familiar names from the ros ter of the 1926 American Lea champions were scrawled on the fster of the Yanks' St | Hotel yesterday hefore mem bers of the first squad hurried to their rooms to doff overcoats and un pack linen knickers In the gang were Lou Gehrig, regu- lar first baseman; Bob Shawkey a Mykes Thomas, pitchers. and Spencer Adams and Mike Gazella, substitute inflelders. The rest were “rookies or promising youths gathered during the trading season. All were due for two practice sessions today under the di rection of Miller Huggins, mitc man ager of the Yanks. At Clearwater, Fla., nine pitcher and four catchers were ready for Wil hert Robinson's first call for practice Heading the hurling talent was Dazzy Vance, who has heen on the scene most of the Winter, and Jess Barnes The catchers were Walter Henline Hank De Berry, George O'Neil and Jim Silver. The rest were recruits, with Bill Doak, Rube Ehrhardt and Charley Hargreaves expected to camp today. The absence of Doug McWeeney and Bob MeGraw, vouth ful pitching mainstays last season shreuded in mystery and hoth ported as holdouts, It was easier to count than the present in the Giants' camp at Sarasota today. Arrival of 13 voungsters yesterday raised the total in camp to 35. Of\the absentees— Eddie Roush, Travis Jackson, Heinie Muller, Ross Younz and Bill Ter Roush alone has not yet signed contract. While the players rested over the week end. Manager John McGraw re- ceived word from Commissioner Landis that John Hawkins, baseman from California, was on the ineligible list of the St. Louis Browns and could not be used by the Giants. The Browns have claimed him. ry 28.—To. lay. first of 1 season. for reg Petersburg re- PHILADELPHIA, February 28 (®).—With the arrival of a detach- ment of fielders at the Philadelphia Americans’ training base in Fort Myers, Fla., Manager Mack is to cut the squad in two, one training in the forenoon and the other in the after- noon. will play the first game of the train- ing season. Pitchers and catchers have been at Fort Myers for a week. ‘The first contingent of the Phillie has arrived at Bradenton, Fla. In |the squad were 12 players, mostly | batterymen. ST. LOUIS. February 28 (®).- expected imvasion of infielders outfielders late today spelled the end of the reign of the Cardinal pitching staff at their Avon Park. Fla., camp. ‘Then it will be up to Bob O'Farrell's pitchers to prove to the batters that they have made the past week count. The new arrivals will have six to_condition themselves for the fi exhibition game against the Flo University team March 8. After that the schedule calls for exhibition games nearly every day until the big show opens. In the Browns camp at Tarpon Springs, Fla., five more have answer- ed the roll, among them being Buck Freeman and Guy Sturdy. Freeman, who clouted himself to world's cham- pion honors with Washington in 1899 An t join | is | the missing | a big first | On Thursday two picked teams | and | RECRUIT PLAYERS FLOOD YANKEES’ TRAINING CAMP Only Five of 21 to Take Up Work Today Are Vets. Who Has Not Signed. Getting Busy. Jand was hailed as the home-r in 1903, is scouting and coack the Browne. Sturdy was sacker and star hitter fc team of the Western Leag son un king & with the first e Tulea last AVALON lif., Santa Cat February 28 () Cubs, some 30 in number. were here today for the first workouts of thei: | Spring_conditioning for the 19 tional League campaign. raining of the Cubs will be con- fined to base ball alone, Manager Joe McCarthy has made known. He looks with disfavor upon golf and hiking as a means of putting base ball play- ers in trim. | Uniforms were issued to the Na- | tional Leaguers immediately upon their arrival vesterday from Chicago and they were told to report to the training” field this morning at 10 | o'clock. Two workouts, each of twe hours duration will be held daily hroughout the six weeks' training grind. McCarthy said: There were three absentees when the aggregation arrived yesterday. There were Elwood English, 19-year- old inflelder obtained for $50,000 from the Toledo American Asgociation elub; Percy Lee Jones, southpaw pitcher, and Floyd Scott, outfielde English, McCarthy said, is satisfled with the contract offered him, but wants a part of his purchase price. Jones holding out for a raise in salary. The Cub manager said that as far as he knew Scott has signed hi< 1927 contract. He expects the out- ficlder to report in a day or two. 'ELLIOTT CLUB NINE WILL MEET TONIGHT Elliott Athletic Club will arrange for the start of its base ball season tonight in a meeting at the home of Buddy Farle 372 i street Northeast starting at § o'clock. All former play- ers and new candidates are expected to report. ina Island The Chicago A new junior class nine, the Manhat- |tans, will be organized in the North- east section by Eddie Wood. Players interested may telephone Woed at Lincoln 8625-J. Moose Athletic Club this year will promote a senior class nine to be %(nurhpd by S. 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