Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1927, Page 39

._THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1927. ‘Pirates Regarded As Having Better Pennant Prospects This Year Than STRENGTHENED OUTFIELD || NEW YORK Giats Bowling Shoes Treat for Rats, INCREASES BUCS’ CHANCES y2 s But Meant Nothing to Bowler | Bentley, John » | Clarkson ,William A S N — | Courtney, Harry . in 1926 With the Bowlers | ROSTER FOR 1927 | | Played with in 1926. G. W. Pet. | 31 8 29 12 No record Thr. L. R 381 | 706 | SO intercity competition for Wash- | 2 to win. ington bowlers, matches being Cheeves, Virgll .. Fitzsimmons, Fred | Greenfield, Kent . | Grimes, Burleigh A Henry, k. | Holland, Howard , Edward | McQuillan, Hugh A Porter, Ned 8. . | Stryker, Joseph V Hurling Staff Improved and Players Are in Finer Condition This Season—Bush’s Fiery Spirit Expected to Aid Club Considerably. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. mie B it's in evidence ASO ROBLES, (' 4 ! hs his s a different man’s Pittsbul W better tes ) 4 rds the hoss than th ich ted Perpendicularly, ther no more of season_of and it sh th when he played shortstop seem, therefore, that the Torizontally, he hasn't have a better chance to w rown so much. Under Donie’'s base pennant than they had last ball cap there is an aggressive per They have, unless there are te sonality that has given heart to these 8 National League which have im-| Pittsburgh players, who like a proved”their personnel in like ratio. ;:nul no' manag There are three reasons why Pitts.; Nothing but a deluge or :u'alnnth"l urgh is better. will prevent this Plttsburgh team |, it b’n‘::t, the outfield is hetier | from being better in its pitching de- |P|""'|', hfl"(urd . pitching staff has partment. better in the outfield, wunr“'"“l" -V~“ ogers Young men are availa s {in museele and more formidable in '“.';("P ,‘5"5: burgh's catfield who will play attack than it was last s n. | Jackson, Travis ball than Max Of course, there may happen to it strom, Fred € Spring. One of 1 Qiveralty of 15 Such 68 now and|Terry, Wilisn 3, .. Catchers. De Vormer, Hamby, S: LeSe | Infielders. ¥¢8| Cohen, Andrew ... Cote, Warren P. hase can Harper, George Jeanes, Ernest L. Le Bourveau, De Witt. Mo Albert J. Mueller, Clarer Ott, Melvin .. Reese, Andrew Roush, Edd J. .. Smith, Elwood H... Tyson, Albert . Youngs, Ross this morning from blood poisoning, | resulting from an injured arm sus- " o . (harles A. Stoneham, Jimmy Delaney, 28, £t Paul "lh!-lx. Mfa““" treasurer; Jflilfl J. , coach, s and record—Finished fifth in the Natf losing 77 games for a percentage of .490. Semi-pro. Wheeling (Mid-Atlan L T TR Louisville (Am. Asso.). Norfolk (Virginia). ... . Giants .. N Giants ... ‘Toledo (An Giants Glants Cardinals ... Free agent . Giants (Aants Giants Newark (Inter.). . Giants £ Phillies Birmingham (8 Nationals Toledo (Am. Assn.). Jersey City (Inter.).... (iants R PR Lo Cardinals-Giants .. Giants .. 35 Memphis (Sou. Assn.). 144 Reds 144 As.) R e president; James J. St. Augustine, Fla., Fldg. 95 815 963 000 958 962 962 " ‘963 | chanse? 5| 600 BY JOHN A. FERRALL. HE Old Timer regarded the Kid thoughtfully. “Do you krow,” he suggest. ed, as the Kid came back to the bench after taking his shot at the duckpins, “T think vouw'd d it you wore your bowling | do better | shoes.” | ““May admitted the Kid, “but | 'm not looking for an alibi. If I | were,. I would play up this cold or whatever it is I have in my head.” | “It must be a cold,” agreed the OId | “I don't think anything else | | could be there. But forget it! Just | put it out of your mind. If vou have | strong enough will you can put every unpleasant thing out of your head.” “Yes?" asked the Kid. “How about an aching tooth?" “Let's change thé subject,” sald the Old Timer, promptly. ‘“What about your bowling shoes” Do you think it's too much trouble to | H 5| Timer. “It fsn't that explained the Kid. | {fy bowling shoes are ruined; the | | rats chewed 'em up last Summer.” | “Rats?” asked the Old Timer. “Are | you troubled with rats at vour place?” Terrfbly,” admitted the Kid You ought to get some rat bis- | cuits for them,” suggested the OId | mer, meaning that the Kid should 955 | poison the rodents. 950 913 972 Tierney, secretary; wmm McGraw, vice president and manager; camps. lonal League race, winning 74 g: lrnes and 80 | eat what the rest of us do they can Running No Rats’ Cafeteria. “Rat blscui exclaimed the Kid. | “What sort of a dumb-bell do you | think I am? I'm running no rats' cafeteria. If the darned mutts can't go hungry.” “Har, har, har!” laughed the 014 g | Timer, catching the Kid's sarcasm. “That's pretty good. But, belleve me, it's some job clearing out rats; | they're smart.” | heavywelght boxer, dfed here earls" The old and I Maxie Rosen- Nig buvas Bave et here | tained in a fight with Maxie Rosen ILLIARD tonight in billiard progress at {lie sport emporium. ‘Willie Hoppe, world nd afternoon A win for Carey on his way to Paso Robles in the fight th a hetter 28 sapped his strensth to a fa 1ast greater degree than he or his by an outflelder of more fitness, but MoKechnie clung to Carey, because as manager he lacked the firmness to thinks the old ball plavers with Whom |z 0 agcociated Pross. }ip hadl been 80 lons assoclated threw | ~niNNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 4— thing they showed in 1926 at their S| trajning_camp. the ball camps, the pltchers have worked | extent of the injury until after he | faithfully—severely, it could be said— | had fought Benny Ross at Buffalo and are almost fit right now o start|10 davs later. Infection developed strength by fattening its players. | slonal, Delaney engaged in 67 major There's something new in base ball, | bouts, some of which were with the Usually, players arrive at training | leading men of his class. He won | crows. The excitement of trying to Delaney met the late llarry Greb, win again and the internal dissension | middleweight champion three times woré upon them. When they were|and twice met Gene Tunney, when | ¢ to get n th 4 train for his famous fight with Jack ;L’x:‘g up. 9ukIn the open and | nsey at Shelby: Mont. He alsé Pie Traynor, who will captatn the|Served as chief sparring partner for e whom such gloon Delaney was born In St. Paul, June o o such €100y | 35, 1901, the 4on of Mr. and M a“"“f the ter, never has ap-| Patrick J. Delaney. He was m oyl A takes of McKechnie was then hit hall teams and upset 1o Carey when the hopes. but scan them closely and you | . Outfield 1y not fit. The illness that seized up rest assured that Donie Bush is | Carter, Otis 1 club manager realized (Coprrisht. 102 Fred Clark was right when he ad . vised that Carey should he relieved ”M DELANEY DlEs ank Carey to retire temporarity: Wit (JF BLOOD POISONING | happened after that is history. Clarke never has recovered from it. He r—— Pitchers Much Stronger. Taken generally, the Pirato pitches are 26 per cent in advance of an: for some time and except for ‘who succumbed to 1 | or whatever it is that ravages base | left elbow, but fafled to realize the a seéason. That's unusual for Cali-|and two operations and blood trans- fornia-trained team fusions failed 1o check it. Sscond, Pittsburgh has gained| During his six years as a profes B camps overweight, but the Pittsburgh | 29 and lost 9, with no decision in the | team quit the season last year with| others. Nineteen of his victories | i, its young men run down to scare-|Were knockouts. through and the bitterness of disap.|the latter was working his way to- | U ointment had been aweetenisd just a | Ward the heavyweight title. clash ittle, all of them Who could were ad-| _Jimmy helped Tommy Gibbons | team this year, went to Wisconsin to | Gene Tunney in the latfer’s success- hunt and i hére 20 pounds heavier|ful drive for the heavyweight crown | than when-he quit base ball last Fall. | last Fall well in his life, He is mors | it 1923 to Rose Firnette of St. Paul, | AImA.. rpomh Neavy and more than | Who, With a gon, Jimmy, Jr., age 2| inds cheerfu years, survivé him. Earl MeNeely, outflelder for the|8hooting in his ‘Washington base ball club, scored an ace yesterday on the 150-yard eighth hole of the Temple Terrace links at Tampa, Fla. He was playing fn a able to thrée-ball match with Muddy Ruel and August and fill that Bat of his with mg:’lw 18 the ploture of h Ll ‘aner 4 . 86, is his mg. . 100, , who enough 1ké Paul $6 bé mmistaken for champions ef. two continents will meet on the gréen tables at the Arcadia the fourth dav's play of the world champlon- tournament Fourteenth puted American titleholde with Felix Grange of Fri champion of Europé, at $:15 Bdouard Horemans, glan titleholder, and Kinrey Matsu- yama, the diminutive Japanese hold- er of the national junior champion- ship, were to match skill. Hoppe tonight over | Grange will place him at the head | g c. . jof the standings. in a tie with Hore- | : ‘ried | mans, it the latter annexes his match Young Jake Schaefer of Chicago, son of the old master, made hi !appearance in the tourney la |and overwhelmed Grange, 400 to 287, customary spectacu lar style, the son of the wiz other days exhibited his well known ability at line nursing, but was un- | Jaganiacher cluster. the balls for a spec- | Schaefer. .. tacular run. His first turn at the|Hopee, hampion and highest of the match. 78 and 76 now fn| street lacher, German his | tar. Bel- and forth for the les | ponase running 13 ning to nearly ove scored (wo and éd a long bank vous, fell down Hagenla the four first on a night d of chran oremais 0 Yesterday afternoon Erich champion, won His | ra!s her then carefully points he needed to win. RS, 2020 Moot emmienst.«wonen e | HOPPE TO MEET GRANGE | the Old Timer. IN TOURNAMENT TONIGHT %/~ runs of | Hagen- | |and founa each man jockeying back 4, with the Nip in his seventh ‘in- | ake Tagenlacher. | Opening _the fourteenth inning the | two were deadlocked at 396 all. Mat- missed an | easy draw shot and Hagenlacher mi: Then Mafsuyama with victory in sight and plainly ner-| ap, short carom. ran out | e I'll say they are,” agreed the Kid. | “Did 1 ever tell you the story of the |rat that stole the baby's milk?"” “I8 it a decent story?" demanded said the Kid, indig | ““Then I've ne heard it,”” declared | the Ol1d Timer. e “Well,” related th o Kid, “this story Grange, dls- |is told by a man who %avs he once | playing the utmost equanimity and ‘5-" w a mother place her baby in front | refree manner, had high of the house in the sun, putting be-| | side him a bottle of milk with a rub-| ber nipple on it.” | “I thought this was a story about | safd the Old Timer. n coming to that—or, rather, | {first match in the tourney, defeating | the rat is coming.” explatned the Kid. | will | Matsuyama, 400 to 398 in the most | “Just after the mother left, the man e. | apéctacular contest of the tourney so|S&W a rat come out from under the "The match went fifteen innings | house and draw near the baby. He 8 about to pick up a rock and kill he might hit the baby."” “Yes,” said the Old Timer. A Gag in This “Tail 'he rat was after the milk,” wen on the Kid. “He walked around and {around the baby and finally slipped | the nipple out of the baby's mouth {nto his own." “But didn’t the kid set up a howl?"” asked the Old Timer “The rat was too smart for him.” explained the Kid. Just as soon as | he mot the bottle away from the bab: and started to drink the milk, he| seemed to stop and think a moment. Then he placed the end of his tail in _|it. but waited because he was afraid | the baby's mouth to quiet him, a: went on drinking the milk himseit.” “1 believe it, T belleve it,” sald the Old Timer, eatnestly. “And it may be that the rats did not actually chew’ up your bowling shoes. Yes, sir, thoy probably wore,'em out shooting duck pins last Summer while you were on your vacation.” Sweetzer Pitches His Approach Dead GOLF. BY SOL METZGER Jess Sweetser's mastery of iron play, his uncanny ability to lay them dead, carried him to his first big title, the United States Ama- teur, in 1922, In his mateh with Evans, Jess was some 80 yards short of an elevated green and faced the necessity of pitching dead over a mass of deep sand pits. He rolled a 3 on the hole. The pres- ent British amateur champton, who will probably only appear in one major tournament in this coun- try this season and who does not plan to defend his well earned title broad, plays this shot without ible effort and very compactly. ‘There is little body pivot. His feet are not far apart. His wrists turn the trick. He uses & mashie nib- lick in order o get elavation and stop and lets the club face do the work. Note carefully Jiow he swings the face of the club into the ball. The line the ball is to carry evi- dently predominates his thought, for its flight is true all the way. Try to keep this imaginary line in vour mind whén next playing an approach. It adds so much to ac- suracy. Sweetser hits through the ball and takes his divot afterwaras. Thé little drawing of the club face's contact with the ball will show how ke gets backspin or stop. (Cooyright. 1027.) SOTHERN WITH PHILS, One of the recruits with the Phila- delphia National squad is Den One scheduled up to April 16 battle will get under way morrow night in Philadelphia, when duckpinners of the Quentin Roos Post, American Legion, will tack 1l-Philadelphia Amarican m in first half of a home-and-home affair | The conclusion | tween the K | Cashmeyers of Ba schedulec for the King Pin tomorrow night. has been indefinitely postponed hecause the death vesterday of the moth Manager BIll Wood of the upper teenth street establishment. It n be this match will have to be ro on some other than a Saturday niglhit 86 crowded is the schedule now. A week from tomorrow night the Regents of Baltimore will invade the Recreation dtives here to start a hom and-home tilt with the Recreations. On March 19 there will ba two battles at Conventlon Hall. Norfolk & West ern bowlers of Roanoke, who hold a lead over the local Southern Railway | team in thelr annual clash, will end {their match. and the finish of the Philadelphia - Washington Americar Legion contest will be On March 26 two ste the ‘Washing: Ladies o to Philadelphia to fis teams of the Pennsyl Railroad | general offices. The Wasl 1 gained comfortable leads in t itial blocks rolled at the Coliseum las month A double-heéader match, involving teams of men and women, vill be held in April. On Aprll 2 Sfanfora_ Paper Co. and the Washington League All-Stars will go to Baltimore to compets with the Regent All-Stars and the Regent girls. On April 16 the Baltimore teams will invade the Col Iséum drives to compléte the contests. Arcadias grabbed two of the three games they bowled with Young's Stars in the National Capital Teague. Chaconas headed thé witming attack with a set of 3 Parcel Post annexéd the first two games of its match with Distributor: in the Post Office Léague, but jtrounced in the third start. stein’s sharpshooting averted a Dis | tributor shut-out. | Stanford Paper Co. walloped the Convention Hall crew ifi two of three games in the District circuit. The lohe Convention Hall victory came in the third game, when a 608 total was hung up. It was different with the Conven tlon Hall team in the Ladies’ District League. 1t took the measure of the Temples in two of three games. Jen- nle Maleolm was high scorer of Con vention Hall with a set of 293. Georgetown bowlers gave the Ar lingtons an awful walloping in an Athletic Club League engagement, taking all three games. Talbert hit 367 for the winners. In the Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. League the Toppers bagged two of three games from:American Railway Express. Ballard and Tebbs did some heavy hitting for the winning quint. Check Accounting ran roughshod over the I. T. Claims No. team in | the General Accounting Office League v | in the first two games, but fell by the | den City, § - | Ttaly, se Ladfes’ | FROM now on there will be much | dicap proved just enough for I, T. Webster No. 1 was victor in twe | three battles with Columbia No. | the Knights of Pythias cireuit. 4O a0 Pucet r No. 1 were '3 YORK.—Jack_Sharkey, n a technical knockeut McTigue, New York (12). idgeport, Conn Billy James J ted Pierre Decaluwe, | Dean, Chicago (4). | Arthur De Ku chnical knockout ov | Pat Lester, Tucson, Ariz. (2) | ATLANTA, Ga—W, Stribling, Macon, won knockout over Leo Gates (4). I s LOU1 11— Johnr “Peewee” Kaiser, FEast St. Louls, be Battling Morris, Duluth (10), TACOMA, Wash.— Harrs Winnipeg. &k Ray Oaklar ) HC . Ark son, n. defeated | Youngstown, Ohio (10). FIGHTS TONIGHT. CHICAGO—Chuck Burns vs. Georg Courtney (5). Billy Showers, St. Pay | vs. George Fagles (10). | PHILADELPHIA. — Johnny | pard vs. Johnny Jadick (10). | NEW YORK.—Eddie Roberts ve | Sergt. Sammy Baker (10). | 8T. PAUL, Minns—Jock Malone vs | Shuffie Callahan (10). » e |M. A. GOLFERS HOLD MEETING TOMORROW (Youny technical Billy Pete: Al Walthe Shey . The first of two big golf meétings scheduled by the two large sectionat asociations handling golf affairs in the vicinity of Washington will be held to morrow night, when delegates from the 25 member clubs constituting the Middle Atlantic Golf Association gathef at the New Willard Hotel President James T. Mc(‘lenahan of the Washington Golf and Country Club will preside at the meeting. Tournament assignments for the and women's championships for 7 will be made and varibus otheér rs of importance to this section The meeting will start at ‘The District of Columbia Gotf Asso- ciation will meet at the Racquet Cluby’ Monday night at $ o'clock to deolde on the dates for the association cham- plonship and to arrange dates for the {club tournaments in this section. Voigt of Bannoskburn, holder of bo major titles , #round Washington, as playing Harvey: Shaffer of New York today at 36 heles” éor the Palm Beach championship &t > {'the Flor rt. 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