Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1927, Page 39

SPORTS. Phils May Cause Trouble in Old League : Manager Robinson Is Bankmg on Statzl COAST LEAGUER EXPECTED VE NO PENNANT HOPES, UT WILL BE DANGEROUS Stuffy McInnis Brings to Cll.lb as Manager. Experi- “ences Gained in Eighteen Years in Majors, Including Five By the Associated Press. RADENTON, Fla., March 11.— The Phillies may not be able account National League, to cause some trouble for going anywhere so far as the penn race is concerned, but they are likely 10 stir up some dust along the road brings to the club experiences gal in 18 years of major league base ball, including five world series with three yossible of his players and they are under no managerial command to go out and win a championship. great pitcher brought over from last year, the -addition of a tional young infielder, several pitchers who and two recruits who are back from the minors after previous big league successes on occasions. Lafayette Fresco Thompson, young- ster, and with something to learn, will | nevertheless add strength to the in- the jump. Coming to the Phillies from Buffalo via the New York Giants, Thompson has shown Manager Mc- him “a second Kid Elberfeld.” Heinie Sand will again play short and Barney Friberg will take care of third. expects Wrightstone to play first base, essuming that he will show imme- diate improvement in his defensive hitting. Baldwin, a third baseman from Seattle, probably will be kept and Attreau, a first baseman with to stick. McInnis will' play in emer- gencies and pinch hit. 1 M'TIGUE MAY FIGHT NEW YORK, March 11 (#).—Mike ‘McTigue, whose spectacular drive for heavywelght recognition contrib- tures of Tex Rickard's elimination series, may have another chance to regain his lost" light-heavyweight . Announcing tentative plans for an indoor match between Mike and Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia on intention ' of _ pitting .the winner against Jack Delaney. Expectations are that the title battle, if Rickard at Yankee Stadium in June. Loughran for several months has been clamoring for a title chance, a werful rival by his knockout for over Paul Berlenbach and fight against Jack g Rickard to convince 'the State Athletic Commission that next bout At to do a great deal on their own clubs. Meclnnis' men are frankl: Stuffy Mclnnis, the new mana clubs. He has not demanded the im- The threat of the club lies in a should be better than they have shown Thompson Strengthens Infleld. field. He will play second base from innis so much that he has dubbed Manager McInnis, at the moment, _ work. There is no question about his Norfolk, Va., last year, has a chance IN TOURNEY AGAIN uted one of the most colorful fea- laurels. May 13, Rickard today indicated his completes his program, will be held while McTigue uwblllh.d himself as MSensational but losing _figh Bharkey. Monu'- Garden between he Divodi of “New ' York of California should bo Iabeled @ junior welterweight itle it y 'rho“;mmlulnn 's refusal to recog- nize the division may leave Tex with 8 diamond-studded belt costing $2,000 on his hands. Rickard purchased the ft for the winner of the match, hut fulmu to make the presentation in the face of‘the commission’s atti- tude. _—-——?————- EW CLASSIC BRITISH WILL HAVE NEW UMPIRE LONDON, Mnrch 11 (®).—F. L. Pit- fman, who has umpired the Oxfor Cambridge boat race for the last quar- ter of century, has relinquished this ‘He was stroke in the Cambridge icrew in 1884, 1885 and 1886. The new umpire for the race on jApril:2 is Col. G. D. Burnell. Like Pitman, Col. Burnell was associated with the Hépley regatta for many years: He rowed for Oxford from 1895 to 1898, inclusive, and was in the Mag-| dalen College crew in 1895. He nlso‘ yowed in the historic race between Leander and Cornell, when Leander ‘was left at the post. TERRY 0’'DAY IS BEATEN. Tegry O'Day of Washington lost the @ecision to Buster Dundee of Baltimore in the 10-round feature bout of a box- ing ¢ard presented at Annapolis last mxht under auspices of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars. Dundee showed bet- ter inseven rounds. )IATORS, FENDERS IES MADE AND REPAIRED To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F World Series. The outfield i& carried over from the previous campaign Fred Leach, although getting a late start on account of sickness, will play one position, With the other two to be divided between Al Nixon, Cy Wil- liams and John Monan. Dennis Sothern, from Cumberls and Dick Spaulding, a Philadelp emi-pro, are fighting it out for the fifth berth. The Phillies say they have nothing to be ashamed of in their catching staff, Jimmy Wilson has shown no loss of power in the Spring training grind, and Clarence Jonnard has worked harder than usual. The trio is completed by Harry O'Donnel, a Philadelphia semi-pro. Three new pitchers certain to be re- tained are here—Pruett, John Scott and Alex Ferguson. Pruett was brought back to the majors from Oakland, and Ferguson was with Buf- falo last year. Scott, who has not yet reported, was taken on from the Giants and will find a place waiting for him when he comes. Ferguson Has Broken Thumb, Pruett, apparently with more sci- ence than he displayed when he was with the Browns, won a place on the staff early in the.game, as did Fergu- son, who is working with the handi- cap of a broken thumb. » Carlson,’ the star of last' year's staff, has four of his co-workers with him, Ulrich, Willoughby, Dean and Mitchell, Decatur, a former Phillle, .also has . been brought back from ‘'Newark. The staff will be completed *by a choice from Baecht, with the club for a time last year; O'Neill, from Springfield, and Taber, a semi-pro. Manager MclInnis observes that at least four of the clubs have too much strength for him, but he hopes to have a battle for position with the others. ARMOUR BRILLIANT IN LINKS TRIUMPH MIAMI, Fla.,, March 11.—Tommy Armour of Congressional and Bob Cruickshank of New York, stood out today as the leading professional com- bination touring the South this Win- ter, with victories over the outstanding pro combinations in the last four days to win the international best ball tour- ney which ended here yesterday. Armour and Cruickshank over- whelmed Walter Hagen and Jock Hutchison in an extra 36-hole final yes- terday to win by 9 and 8, after they had tied on Wednesday. Uncovering the most spectacular streak of golf seen in the matches, with the Congressional Country Club star again 'shining with the brilllancy of his iron play, Armour and Cruick- shank were 4 up at the end of the first 9 holes of the play-off and 7 up at the luncheon interval. They found Hut- chison far off his game and Hagen un- able to stave thé rush of the younger team. Armour secured birdies on the third, fourth and sixth in the morning and Armour won two' more holes on the R Mardale Athletic Club's soccer team of Baltimore is after Sunday games with Washingtoh teams. Grover L. Butschky, who may be reached by ad- dressing the Mardale Club, will receive challenges. MOBII.OIL B-GAL CAN Clear Vision Celluloid Keep your auto stormbroof. For cur: faing on' sutos, size your 1 v hewing machine .. Front Springs for Fords p——— Guaranteed 30x3% 30x3% THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Philadelphia Phillies’ Roster for 1927 Pitchers. Bats, Throws. Baecht, Edward Carlson, Harold ¢ Dean, Wayland ( Decatur, Arthur Ferguson, Alexander Mitchell, Clarence E 0 Neal, Oran H. uett, Hubert S Mo!l John W Taber, Edward. Ulrich, Frank... Villoughby, Claude tchers. Jonnard, Clarenc O'Donnell, Harry. Wilson, Jame Infielders. Attreau, Richard. Baldwin, H. C.... Dunham, Leland H. Friberg, Bernard A McInnis, John P Rice, Robert . Sand, John H.. Thompson, Lafayette F. Wrightstone, Russell G. Outfielders. Leach, Fred M.. Mokan, John L. Nixon, Albert Sothern, Dennis Williams, Fred C L. William F. Baker, president; Stuffy Bradenton, Fla., training camp. 1926 /384, winning 58 and losing 93 games. \r-wark, Int. Phillies. Buffalo, Int...... .. Senators. l’lllllllp:‘ & 4 Springfield, Oakland, P. l L. Giants. Phillies, Phillies, Phillies. Phillies. Played with in 1926. 13 .400 . Bat. Fldg. 19 118 .949 N ord. 305 Phillies. Buffalo, In Giants. . Phillies. Phillies Phillie: Phillie: Cumberland, M. A. L. Phillies. Phillies. McInnis, manager; Joe Sugden, coach; record—Finishes COCHRAN APPEARS LIKELY TO TAKE BILLIARD CROWN day stood on the threshhold of the world 18,2 balkline billiard championship. He meets Willie Hoppe, the fading title-holder, tonight at the Arcadia, in a match that may go far toward deter- mining the world title. His érdtwhile rival, “Young Jake” Schaefer of Chi- cago, knacked out of a tie for the lead in the tourney last night by Erich Hagenlacher, German champjon, was to oppose Edouard Horemans of Bel- gium this afternoon. Earlier in the afternoon Hoppe was to match skill with Hagenlacher. All kinds of possibilities may come out of the triple-header listed in the tourney today. If Schaefer wins and Cochran loses, they will play, probably tomorrow night, for the world title. If both lose the situation will be the same, while if Schaefer loses again, N 7ELKER COCHRAN, real es- tate dealer of California, to- while Cochran wins, the chance of the Chicagoan will have gone glimmering. Cochran has won four straight vic- tories. Schaefer had won three and lost one, while Hagenlacher and Hore- mans have won three and lost two. Hoppe has won but one and lost three. Cochran secintillated last night against Horemans, crushing the Bel- ‘glan, 400 to 28, Cochran average 80 points, turning in a run of 233. The Californian now ‘has an average of 64 points per inning for the tournament, elght points above the best previous world record., He also has high run, with a string of 299. The big upset of the day came in the afternoon, when Hagenlacher van- quished Schaefer, 400 to 156. The Ger- man ran out his string in six innings, for an average of 66 4-6. Schaefer av- eraged but 311-5. Hagenlacher’s high run was 106, while the best cluster Schaefer gathered was 141. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION WILL FIGHT IN AMERICA WELLINGTON, N. Z, March' 1 ®.—Billy Grime, the holder of th Australian featherweight, light- weight and welterweight boxing championships, defeated Charlie Purdy, New Zealand lightweight champlon, on points in a 15-round bout . today. Grime pians to leave for the United States next week in hopes of annex- ing a world title. - TILDEN PLAYS ALONSO IN FLORIDA NET FINAL PALM BEACH, Fla.,, March 11 4P, —America’s two first-ranking. net stars are in the final of the Florida State champlonship. 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With a year or so of active outdoor work on the Pacific slope, in a climate luxuriously warm in the sun, ball players who seemed to have run down like grandfather’s clock have found that the mainspring was clogged with dirt instead of being rusty and limp. 7 entered major league base ball through the portals of the Giants. He slipped and fell and passed on. Last | season he twas the sensation of the Pacific Coast League, doing a goodly share toward helping Los Angeles win the championship. Outfield a McGraw Worry. It would be just Uncle Robby's luck to have him trlumph this year while the Glants may find it hard to put together. an outfleld that will hold its own. The task of getting an outfield that suited him has tried McGraw more than once and even when he has had men who could bat and were good run-getters, they have been inclined to slip in some important game and throw the cogs out of gear., “Statz wm make good for Brooklyn this year,” sald J. H. Patrick, who represents a good deal of the Los Angeles ball club, Oscar Reichow, president of that nistitution, thinks the same, and the fans of Los Angeles are sure they never had a better out- flelder. Good Race Due on Coast. Harry Williams, president of the Pacific Coast League, has great ex- pectations for a successful season. Since the reorganization of the circuit in 1926 there is a better arrangement all around, and when the fun begins, Willlams is sure the ball crowd will start out in earnest anticipation of a season which may turn out to be an body's so far as the pennant is con- cerned. In San Francisco there exists an opinfon that Los Angeles will have its angelic hands full trying to cap- ture a second pennant in succession and in Los Angeles itself they are more wary of the Northern clubs than they were a year ago. When fans in southern California make predictions about the season to come,” they brag a little about the home club first and then begin to tell you that Uncle Chl Ewing, in Oak- land, a bulk' k in coast base ball since gold was discovered, as likely as not will win the pennant in 1927. The boys seem to be afraid of Uncle Cal's collection. Uncle Cal himself FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1927. TO BOLSTER THE DODGERS o | Outfielder Who Entered Big Show With New York ¢ Giants and Slipped Back, Due to Stick This Time—Hot Race Is Predicted. . figures he has several very promising young players and- that many an Eastern scout will be on their trail in a month or two. But if you get a little farther North, Jook out for the Oregon fan. He is a product of the big timber, and he thinks in big words. It is his opinion that Tom Turner has put together a combination that will knock out the eyes of the boys when it comes to the finish. Play Game Early and Late. They play base ball earlier on the Coast than elsewhere, and they play it longer. In fact, they play it about all the time, A man in San Francisco told the story of George Kelly and his boy friends who put up, “two bits” apiece and played for all 6r none on Christ- mas. “Kel’s” tribe won and took the huge pot to buy a feast of California dain- ties—stone crabs’ or something or like that—in order to finish the day properly. _There is one diamond in San Fran- 's Golden Gate Park which should ve monuments erected to the kids who have gone from it to the East. Every corner of it is historic with the fdme of some player who now js or has Been playing good base ball for that side of the United States where the trees do not grow so big that a man falls In exhaustion trying to circle one and at the same time keep up with the sun. (Covyright. 1027.) BIG TEN MEET TESTS ARE LISTED TONIGHT By the Associated Pree CHICAGO, March 11.—Preliminary heats to reduce the 49 entries in the quarter mile to six, and the 38 in the halt-mile to 8 or 10, will open the seventeenth annual Western Confer- ence indoor track meet tonight at Pat- ten Gymnasium, Northwestern. Last year's winner of the Big Ten indoor championships, Iowa, is back this year with the largest squad of the conference, 41 men. The same Jowans who won the 75-yard hurdles, the pole vault and the mlle relay, with enough seconds and thirds to lead in total points, are with the team, Illinois, holder of four of the con- ference records in the indoor event: has more than 30 men entered and Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohlo State have an equal number. Individual wrestling championships of the Western Conference also will be decided today and tomorrow at the Unlversity of Chicago. Eighty men have been entered by the 10 universities, all but Ohio State having full teams. Some of the best competition is expected in the 175- pound class. Krogh of Chicago, win- ner of the title a year ago, will have difficulty in_disposing of Wilson of In. diana and Voltmet Jf Jowa. Rich of Michigan jand Ritz of Tllinois, also are contenders, SPORTS BY ARTHUR URBAN No. 5—Target for First Ball and Shoot- ing Second at Spare Breaks. shooting the first ball, the ob. l jective should be the head always. directly at this pin, but strive to have the ball hit between the head, or No. 1, pin and the No. 3, or pin immediately to the right of No. 1 as you look down the driv This “right-hand-pocke hit will give more uniform breaks than cross- ing over the headpin into the *left hand pocket,” or the 1-2 pins. It also is an easler target to hit than the left side and unless the left pock: hit full there are apt to remain ing a number of pins in the ba and the No. 6 pin directly back of No. 1, a most unsatisfactory split. In shooting at spare breaks, whether on the right, center or left of the alley, cover the front pin of the break, but at the same tire endeavor to shoot so that the ball will come in between the front pin and the next pin. That's shooting Yor the pocket of the break. Never shoot to the out- side of any break. Consider the 6.9-10 break often at the right-hand eide of the alley. If you hit the right pocket of this break, the ball will get 6 and 10 and 6 will hit 9. Suppose your ball breaks a little more than expected, crossing toward the left pocket and hitting 6. You may get the spare. Had your target been only 69, your spare prob- ably would have been missed. Play all single pins full with just a trifle bearing to the right side to allow for any unexpected break of the ball. If you will follow this method of shooting. your spare breaks, whether one, two or three pin break: you will get the best results. pin | However, do not shoot | seen | LATZO IS DEFEATED, 3 BUT RETAINS CROWN By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 11.—Pete Latzo's welterwelght crown has another dent today, put there by Joe Simonich of Montana, who w the unanimous verdict of the judges and referee in last night's 10-round match. Only the precaution of foreing Simonich to come In over the welter- welght limit of 147 pounds ved Latzo’s title from the Ilinnois jinx. A hard right to the stomach, which Latzo claimed was too low, took all the fight out of the champion in the eighth round. The ref e, Jimmy. Gardner, refused to allow Latzo's protest. Simonich took the first three rounds, forcing the battle, which was fairly even thereafter up to the eighth, ried off the last two. 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