Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1927, Page 30

THREE-DAY JAUNT LOOMS - FOR THEM THIS WEEK END Play Phillies at Bradenton Tomorrow and Meet Giants at Sarasota Friday and Saturday—Get Révenge by Beati BY JOHN B. KELLER. AMPA, Fla, March 9 he no rest for the wear now on in so far as the N tionals are concerned. Until the American League cam- arts in Washington on Apri 1 Ky 4 s and his band athletes wil busy not playing Ji—they will be or jaunting from place to the rails or by motor bus. All told, the Nationals ave sl oppose five more senior leag clubs before the scramble f championship of the junior way. _ Phillies, s and ed to - circuit nts, will var | has | nt Not that he thinks the others he easy marks for his outfit from it Bitter _experience - made the Nationals realize there marks in_thel .ague. So the boss of the | unch is looking for all | Kinds of trouble from the others. | especially the Cards. as the world champs are said to be feeling their oats. But of the scheduled riya Manager Harris and the other N tionals would beat the Giants above all else. Three-Day Jaunt on Tap. | Practically all hands will get a | “ ehance to show just what they can| do against John McGraw's hirelings hefore this week ends. Tomorrow the Nationals will leave their Tampa camp for a three-day journey to points South. Shortly after start- fng, they will delay at Bradenton for the first game of a serles of two listed this Spring with the Phillies. the other engagement being hooked for Tampa on March 24. Imme- diately thereafter, they will proceed to Sarasota, the temporary home of the Giants for Friday and Saturday s with the New York N ashington tional Leaguers. This pretentious week end program means a great deal of work for the ambitious young hurlers striving for permanent berths with the Nationals. Manager Harris has arranged a sl for his mound staff for these frays, but it is subject to change at the last oment, of course. . M or the match with the Phillies to- morrow, he has mominated a couple of southpaws, the somewhat experi- enced Garland Braxton, who was pro: cured from the Yankees in one of base ball's “mystery” deals that sent Duteh Ruether to New York last Fall, and Bob Burke, the elongated and at- tenuated youth drafted from Little Rock of the Southern Assoclation. Braxton To Start Game. While Harris now figures to em.ph»y Braxton as one of the Nationals’ re- MHef hurlers during the American League campaign, he is quite anxious to learn, just how far this left-hander has progressed in training here and probably -will _assign to him the task of starting agaimst the Phils. After Braxton tolls three ‘innings, - Burke very likely will d0 as’mmtny more; Jeaving to Ralph Stewart; ham graduate, mnn{bl)‘z thHe duty ing the engagement. ."?il:::‘ifi has afinbul definitely decided to send against the Giants at Sarasota on Friday the same slab trio that opened fire against the Braves last Saturday In the first exhibition game of the season, Al Crowder, Decatur Jones and Horace Lisenbee. These athletes, who were working under orders that prevented them from “hooking” the ball in any way, may be permitted to show a bit of their real pitching ability against McGraw's clan. For the Saturday clash, George Murray, who performed impressively after joining the Nationals m‘the latter part of the last campaign; Clay- ton Van Alstyle, a promising pur- chase from the Albany club of the Eastern League by way of Bridgeport, and Leo Mangum, late of the White Sox, the three that appeared against the Braves at St. Petersburg vester- day, may go. However, Dick Coffman, a Chattanooga oduct, who is the baby of the rookies’ staff here, may be given an opportunity to show what | he can do. Rookies Display Form. Harris has had these hurlers work- ing at top speed this week that they may be quite fit for the start of the annual brush with the Giants. While the big show is new to most of them, they are showing up much better in training than the average bunch of re- cruit moudsmen found at major league training camps year in and year out, and the Nationals manager has high hopes that some of them will distin- guish themselves in these early trials. There'll be no sharing of the regular infielders and outflelders in these ses- sions with the New Yorkers. Except- ng the pitchers, all of the veterans on the Nationals’ roster are expected 1o be hurled into action during the two- day stay at the training base of Mc- These Giants always provide severe tests for the Nationals in Spring training, and severe tests are what ‘his club needs right now, Harrijs figures. The schedule for today, the last the Nationals will be at home this week. called for plenty of action for all hands. A long batting drill, strenuous infield and outfield practices and a deal of track work was ordered for the athletes. Most of the lot here are very near the conditioning point desirable at this stage of the training season, but Mike Martin, who looks er the physical fitness of the Na- s, sees No reason to allow an of his charges to let down in their preparatory efforts yet. Murray Looks Impressive. In evening thé season set with the Braves by registering an 8-to-4 victory over them in Water Front Park at Petersburg yesterday, the Nation- as impressive as could be ex pected at this time of the training grind. They fielded well, hit in time- 1y manner, and in Murray put forth a pitcher who looked as though he could do much better work if allowed to hand out his whole line of pitching goods. N He was by far the best of the three men sent to the hill by Manager Har- ris. In his session, the three innings of the fray, George gave up four safeties and a pass, the walk oc- curring in the first round, and one of the socks, a double, starting the sec- ond. So effective was Murray in the second stanza after ylelding _that blow, however, that the hitter never passed the middle station. Two dou- bles and a single were gleaned off him in the third to produce a tally with one gone, then he tightened ogain and got two batters. Murray occa- sionally used a_hook, but more oi °n he baffled the i good control of a RADIATORS, e 3 1533 14th St N.W. FENDERS VA & F. WKS. 319 13th N.W. of | - | markers, Dodgers are to be | Dl" ng Braves, 8 to 4. | hare. i station and uncorked two hectic s. At that, he checked crowded with only while a double play got him wut of a tough place in the sixth. In | the fifth, though, a pass, followed by a brace of singles and a choice, netted the opposition two Mangum was in_difficulty | in the seventh, his first round on the | slab, due to a fielding miscue by Bud- | dy Myer. The ex-\White Sox pulled through that e, but was reached for a two-bagger at the outset of the cighth. He fanned the second, batter up; and the best the third could do | was loft to Goose Goslin. Then the fourth batter up sent in a run with « single to left. In the ninth round Mangum issued a pass with two gone but Ham West made a fine running catch to end the fray. Amass 11 Safeties. Ail of the Nationals in ths linéup, excepting Bucky Harrig, Benny Tate and the pitchers contributed to the total of 11 safeties that were made off Joe Genevich, Foster Edwards and Larry Benton, Boston righthanders, Who tofled three innings each in the order mentioned. Myer, Goslin and Ossie Bluege headed the onslaught, whacking two bingles each. Genevich was the main sufferer from the attack, being nicked for six hits and four runs. Myer’s one-baser, Rice's stroll and Goslin's grounder to First Baseman Burrus after Tris Speaker's infield erasure had ad- vance the runners a base accounted for one of the two tallies in the first trame. Judge singled the other & Rice and Spoke and a Goslin were good for two in the third. surprising triple to deep left, Goslin’s two bagger, Judge's s rifice and Bluege's wallop off Ed- wards registered a couple of markers in the fifth. Triples by West and Myer and Rice's retiving roller to Burrus were good for the scores gleaned off Benton in the ninth. Aside from scoring a run and driv- ing three others across, Goslin had a big time in left field. He made nine putouts, just two shy of the major league record for an outfielder in a game, and several of the 'chances were extraordinarily difficult. Speak- er. in the field for the first time as a National, in his three innings of toil executed a deft running catch at Ban- croft's expense and Myer came through with a sensational stop of Burrus' sizzling grounder in the fifth. Altogether, the Nationals seemed to have the makings of a real good ball club in their second exhibition effort of the year. SCALPING THE BRAVES ‘] | conco-mcoomnos® 4 Gibson, ¢ Genewieh, 'p. Edwards, o nton, High* ' .. Gatreant " Totals 31 2715 *Batted for Genewich in third inning, +Batted for Kawards in sixth inning. HINGTON., AB.R. H. 0. A. 52 2 6% LT TR RN D e | S LT P | ceseses - g IO WO Ses~c0000mm=wy P et SOBEmNAmETH D Pr—— cssosccocssse~ e, Mangum, p... Totals Boston . Washington " wo-bage hi wich, Van =8, B Wi “Gonline Gibgon, = 2 =) 3, 3 iy’ 3 tyne, 1. Wild " Ditches—Yas Genewien, 6 in 3 innings: off Murray, 4 in 3 in 3 innings; Time of ires—Messrs, Wi ————t EXHIBITION BASE BALL. At Orlando, Fla.— Cleveland (A.) . Cincinnati (N.) . Batteries—Hudline, Karr, Buckeye and Autry, Myer; Rixey, Donohue, Jablonowski, Picinich and Sukeforth. At Palmetto, Fla.— St. Louls (A, 810 Buffalo (I.) .2 8 Batteries—Wingard, Falk and Dix- on; Crawford, Pearce, Owens and Col- 1 R.H.E. At Sarasota, Fla.— ) R.H.E. Philadelphia (A} . 610 0 New_ York (N ..... 711 0 Batteries—Gray, Quinn, Walberg and Cochrane, Perkins; Fitzsimmons, Greenfield, Holland and Devormer, Hamby. At Avon Park, F R.H.E. St. Louis (N.) 610 2 Florida U. 5 e | Batteri Stout, Smith and Snyder, | Abbott; Bonsy and Sarra | MORGAN TO MEET FOLEY IN CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT SEATTLE, March 9 (®).—The world championship in thé junfor light- weight division will be at stake in a 12round battle between Tod Mor- gan, Seattle, titleholder, and Vie Ioley, Vancouver, British Columbia, in_the latter city March 24, The fight will be staged in the Van- couver ice arena, which has a capacity f 15,000 persons. . 1 | Van Alstyne, who pitched the next | three innings, was as wild as a March He franked five batters to the the | Braves in the fourth, when they had [ one fielder’s 3= 3 | different system. I think they know NING SKILL TWICE TODAY Erich Hagenlacher, rman cham- plon, and for a decade a prominent contender for the world 18.2 balk line billiard crown, is listed for two games today in the world title matches under way at the Arcadia. Hagenlacher was to play Felix Grange of France, European champion, this afternoon and will meet Edouard Horemans of Belgium tonight. With the defeat of Willie Hoppe by Schaefer last night by the over- whelming margin of 400 to 90, the third defeat of the tourney for the de- fending champion, Interest now turns to the coming contests involving Horemans, Schaefer and Welker Coch- ran, none of whom has lost a match. Hoppe was outclassed by the son of the cue wizard last night, faltering at crucial stages of the match, while the superiority of Schaefer shone all through the contest. Schaefer had a run of 211, while the best the title holder could cluster was 70 in his sixth inning. Schaefer had an average of 571-7, while Hoppe's average was 12 In the afternoon contest yesterday Cochran maintained his winning streak, downing (irange 400 to 273. Cochran was pushed to the limit to win from the Frenchman. Cochran got away to a good start and at the end of three innings was in front, 234 to 1. But here Grange collected groups of 58, 129, 44 and 43, and en- tering the seventh frame the Cali- fornian led by but two points. A miss by Grange enabled Cochran to run into a commanding lead and he ran out his string with a cluster of 68. Horemans, Schaefer and Cochran were leading in the percentages as the tournament swung into its eighth day. ARMOUR-CRUICKSHANK CONTESTING IN FINAL Tom Armour, crack Congressional Country Club pro, and his partner, Bob Cruickshank of New York, were playing Walter Hagen, king pin of the professionals, and Jock Hutchison of Chicago, in the final round of the Miami four-ball championship today. Armour and Cruickshank downed Al Espinosa and Gene Sarazen yester- day, 3 and 2, while Hagen and Hutchison trounced Bill Mehlhorn and Willlam Burke, 1 up, in a sénsational | match, Again Armour’s accurate iron shots were the decisive factor in the com- bat, the sharp shooting of the Con- gressional pro winning several holes for his side. A substantial money prize will go to the victorious combi- nation. SOCCER LOOP LEADERS HOLD MEETING TONIGHT An important meeting of executives of the Washington Soccer League will be held tonight in Room 2, District Bullding, at 8 o’clock. President Birch has asked.each club to send a representative. Plans for the banquet and dance of the league at the Raleigh Hotel, STAR, WASHINGTON, |HAGENLACHER SHOWS/, . JOHNNY Brilliant gardener of the (‘hk-a’ Training Camp as result of self-inflicted March 26, will be discussed. ed to despondency over poor health. D. C EDNESDAY MOSTIL, 0 White Sox, who is near death at Shre veron gashes with razor. His act is attribut- BY JOHN B. FOSTER. VALON, Catalina Island, Calif., March 9.—Technically, the Chicago * Cubs, in Spring training here, are not quite o ~so far ahead as the Pitts> burgh Pirates, who nre taking the Winter kinks out of their systems up at Paso Robles on the same sun® basked Pacific shore, but both of these National League teams will emerge from California ere long in the best of condition. The Pirates are a little farther along, simply because they had an earlier start than the Cubs. Last year when the Cubs tralned| on this base ball paradise, there was question in the mind of Joe Mec- Carthy, then in his first year as boss of ' this Chicago club, as to which would be worth retaining. Joe admits that he was then about as blue as he ever was in his life, and that the first three or four weeks of the Cubs’ work in 1926 was more like a school course than work on ball fields. “This vear,” says Joe, -“I don’t need to go.through all that and I am starting the players out under a what to do on the ball fleld now and we will try to absorb a little team work.” No Regrets Over Alex. McCarthy has no regrets about having left Grover Alexander go. “I know that what I did brought no harm to the Chicago club,” he says. “We finished in the first. division in and we will try hard in 1927 to finish on top. If Alexander can do the S8t. Louis club any good or can do himself good; T hope he does, but he didn’t treat the Chicago base ball club right.”- That's the McCarthy slant of that incident. For - batteries, Chicago is better equipped than are two-thirds of the tearns of the National League. A sterling young pitching staff is ably supported by catchers who are better than the backstops of some other teams. The infleld will be made up of Charlie Grimm, as much a rubber man as ever, Sparky Adams, English or Cooney, and Freigau. McCarthy is non committal about English. If that young man has as much ambition as he has base ball skill, McCarthy wil have to put him on the field. It's useles to waste time arguing the point because theré is no doubt that English has enough in him to make a major league team if his | mental force is on a par with his | physical dexterity. ! i Tolsen is Much Improved. | Then there is Tolsen at first, if Grimm happens to be temporarily in- capacited by some left handed pitcher. The fans won't know Tolsen this vear. He is a different ball player and he can hit ag hard or harder than he batted when he knew a lot less about playing first. Last Spring all he knew of first base was to stand on the sawdust or near it and gatch the ball. Sometimes he didn’'t even stoop quickly enough to grab the ball. ' e AV MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 | i | CHICUBS WELL EQUIPPED Mike Doolan began ‘) throw at his|_ knees and for the first time in his life Tolsen found out why knees are hung on hinges. Now he is a first baseman of parts and one of these days the bleachers may be yelling at hirh to “bust the ball” as they yelled years ago at old Cap Anson. McCarthy has a leaning toward Kelly in the outfleld. Manhattanités | please note. “That boy can' hit be-| tween the seams of the ball” says| Joe. - Should Kelly play it will be a division between him and Webb. The latter is downright good. Maybe Scott will determine to be great.this year. He always has been on the edge of be- ing that. Hack Wilson will play ball uptil the cows ¢ome home if he can STECHER THROWS HANSON. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 9 (). Joe Stecher used his powerful legs to successfully defend his claim In the world wrestling championship last night when he conquered Charlie Hanson, Swedish star, with scissors holds. ' Btecher won the first fall, dropped the second, but gained the third in less than four minutes, show what he did in 1926. Chicago al- ways will have a fondnes: for Hack, for what he did last year, both in the | way of painfully removing surplus flesh and playing base ball. (Copyright. 19 i e GREEN TO0 PLAY MARTIN. Green i8 slated to meet Martin to- | night at 8 o'clock in a continuation of the pocket billiard tournament at Scanlon’s. Watt downed Moore last night, 100 to 54. | | Wonder, What Meri Wil %t the Sign of it the Say Today! Moon 21" e of Satisfaction a Silent Salesman Established 1898 Tailoring at Its Best ~we are holding a room-making sale to close out medium and heavy weight fabrics to make room for Spring stock. i ! | Suit or Overcoat Tailored. to Meet Your Individual Requirements Up to Proportionate Reductions in Other Grades .50 Values Full Dress Suits, $45 To Order, Silk Lined Mertz & Mertz Co., lnc. 1342 G St. N.W. MARCH 9, Hase ball, with its call to the out:| dogrs, s rapidly replacing basket ball i the favor of lacal athietes. . Rase ball meetings are being held | almost_every day and some sandlot | teams have already held preliminary | practice. Crandal! Midgets, with the prospect | for a big season in base ball ahead of them, will hold a meeting Satur-| day night at 1213 Michigan avenue northeast. Harry M. Crandall, local theater owner, will confér with man-| agers of the team. i Hess A gather tomorrow night at of Wandy Lovelace to discus: plans for the coming Games are ng - sought by the | rdinal Athletic Club team of Alex ndria. A meeting of the Cardinalz will be held Thursday night at 3| o'clock at the home of SylVester A.| Breen, 1322 King street, Alexandria The opaiing game of the season for | the Cardinals will be played April 10| or diamond candidates will | | Clover A. €. diamond candidates will hold their opening practice s day at 11 o'clock on the Gar playgrounds. A meeting of the 2 held tonight in the offi O'Brien, 719 McGill Building. Two Washing sandlot plavers, | Mariano Mareellino, first baseman. | and George Ehgott, outfielder, haye | been signed by the Martinsburg tean | of the Blue *Ridge League. Dick Streeks, a star of the Govern ment League last season, has sign: with the Petersburg team of the V| ginia League and will leave March 27 for spring training. |CAPABLANCA GAINS | IN CHESS TOURNEY | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 9.-—Jose R.| Capablanca, world chess champion, won his fifth victory of the interna- tional masters’ tournament, defeating Dr. Milan Vidmar of Jugoslavia in 37 moves, i The win added to the Cuban’s lead over Aron Nimzowitsch of Copen- hagen, whe was held to a diaw by Rudolf Spielmann of Vienna, in 43 | plays. A draw also was recorded after 40 moves in the match between Frank J. Marshall, United States champion, and | Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris. The standing: Canablanca | Nimzowitsch Alicnne. Vidmar . Spieimann Marshall sseenes . oo The pairings for the thirteenth round: Capa Blanca and Spielmann, Marshali and Nimzowitech, Alekhine and Vid- | mar. | | | BOW’L;IBS START TONIGHT. PEORIA, Tll., March 9 (P).—The American Bowling Congress will open its 27th annual tournament here to- night, with Mayor Louis Mueller | twirling the first ball. Twenty-four | alleys have been provided for bowlers | seekjng $70,000 in prizes. Entries number more than 7,000 for the 34 days of the meet, | S . Olympic Fields, the world’s largest | golf club, near Chicago, 1., is offering $26.000 in prizes to land the world champienship golf tournament | clared open for the remainder of the| | team, |'college star, is equally at home in the | | dition of Butel Herman A |SANDLOT BASE BALL sROOKLYN TEAM’S INFIELD LEADERS NOW BUSY" N SCRAMBLED CONDITION gned to Initial Station and Butler to Shert, But Second Base and Far Corner Jobs _Remain to 1 l March 9.| BY BRIAN BEL By the Assaciated Press. .SARWATER, Fia., —Although Manager Wilbert Robinson has not 1ost weight 4 worrying about the Brookiyn infield, it is in @ scramble condition as the training pertod moves | into its stride. The rotund manager | of the some time Dodgers admits that | he has “fio idea” who will play second | and third. He has decided on first| base and shortstop, to first base | and the clean-up hitting I)flflllnn‘ Johnny Butler, a great player it he keeps his health, will win shortstop without a struggle. The race is de-| Hermar succeeded infleld selections. | The former Southern Leaguers. Jimmy Partridge from Nashville and Bobby Barrett from Memphis, are bid- | ding for second and third, respective I¥. but-are, encountering opposition | from three members of last Jerry Standaert, Wilson Fe ster and Bill Marriott. If the contest shatild be decided by hitting alone Standaert would win. He is a better batsman than fielder. * Battle Royal Indicated. Rilly Riehl, once « Newberry infield or the outfleld, but with the outfield fairly well populated by more rienced players he probably will belcontent to concentrate on infield endeavor. K Indications early in the game are that the battle royal may be continued in the actual playing season before regular second and third sackers are | assigned. * The outfield presents a much I difficult problem. Captain Max Ca will play center and Arnold Stats fresh from a, great season on the Paci- fic Coast, and with major league ex- perience in’ his equipment, has been conceded left field. Harvey Hendrick, who has tried twice before, seems destined to stick this time. Although | he played first base for Providence and | New Orleans, he has been sent to the | outfield in the Brooklyn camp and| his hitting and speed have made a | quick impression. Gus Felix will hold| on. Mervin Jacobson, of last year’s| team, seems to have been crowded out by the gddition of Statz and Hendrick. Oscar tiger, a pitcher who can hit, also is playing the outfield. .Catehers Are Plentiful. | An experienced catcher will be sent to other flelds as a result of the ad- Henline to the re- geiving staff. Henline, whose acquisi- tion cost the Robins Burleigh Grimes in a roundabout trade, will be the first string performer. Three of last year's catchers, Deberry, O'Neil and Hargreaves make up a surplus. Jim Silver, former Notre Dame receiver, picked a tough spot to display his wares, | The success of the pitching staff will depend in a large measure on the ability of Bill Deak to come back after a period of retirement and im- prevement in the form displayed by last year's staff, brought over intact, with the exception of Grimes. Doak other season, leaving the other | © Be Filled. Petty, McWeeny, Barnee and_ Ehrhardt will start an They will be reinforced of the half dozen recruits Norman Peitt, who has been on the ineligible list. has heen restored to good standing and has an_excellent chance to stick. “Big Jim" Elliott also has made a good early impression, as has Clarence Griffin, « - small, but 5 est left hander It both make good, a triumph will be recorded for two extremes “in_ stature, Elliott i« the giant and Grifin the midget of the pitchers. by three 'TRIALS FOR PUPPIES TO BE HELD APRIL 14 Spring puppy trials for pointers and setters born on or aiter Januar 1, 1926, will be held by the National Capital Field Trial Club on April 11 near the clubhouse at Bradley Hills Puppies entered must be owned and handled by members of the eclub Entries will close April 9 with Matthew *Trimble, secretary of the An entrance fee 5 will he charged and trophies wil] be awarded the first, second and third winners with the first dog also getting a leg on the Kidwell Trophy. Judges will be Maj. R. 8. Thomas { club, at Kensington, A | and Capt. H. M. Dickinson. Drawings will take place at the clubhouse on the day of the trials at 8§ a.m. r Arrangements for the trials were made at a recent wmeeting of the board of governors of the club. KITCHEN WILL PILOT. HIGH POINT, N. C.. March 9 (P Frank Kitchen, former major league catcher, has been purchased from a Taxas League club by Samuel Strang Nicklin, owner of the High Point francii-e, and will be sent here to pilot the Pointers during 1927. MANDELL TO FIGHT. FRESNO, Calif., March 9 (®).- Sammy Mandell, recognized in 17 States as lightwelght champion, has been signed for a 10-round exhibition bout here next Tuesday night. The title holder will meet Joe Chaney Fresno lightweight. CHICAGO, March § (#).—Sale of the Chicago Cardinaly hockey team in the American Association to a synd! cate of Chicagoans headed by Harry Herendeen has been announced. 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