Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1928, Page 26

26 s? ORTS.® THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, I C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1928, SPORTS. Nationals Must Develop “Team” Spirit : Seattle Would Splurge in Coast League MEN NEED PEPPER OF PENNANT YEARS Marberry of Helpful Type. but Jones Falls Below Standard Set. 1 1 sses the hed on | X I"cl fine | test year in 't prove to I 3 t houldn’t | § bravado. It merely | ce and a Wi BT e of mind. Fred repr type of player the club is | foul line, or between the foul line and | expert and the third baseman must species to which Sad Sam |t something of a ch fact Samu man must W N et B S &\?« WO I AR T 3 L N . as well as some experienced performers, are among this bur Ider Sam West, Catchers Benry Tate and Pete Cooper ack row are hurlers. They are, left to right, Charley Lane, Columbus Cla ary, ton Van Alstyne. Bob Burke and Irving h of Nationals dr nd Pitchers Luther ovd Brow \\l nll|l~ now at T1m|'|| mlxsmg (mm the plfhln‘ are lrrd \hrlmrr\ Irm‘sl \muh Hugh McMull BY JOHN B. FOSTER. | X—The Third Bascman Picks a ! Tough Job. OST boys shun third base when they begin to play base ball, for it is about the hardest jc on the inficld. The position tes problems that puzzle ike those put by an ambitious vo third baseman in the following lette: “I like to play third base, but I do not scem to play third as well as 1 should. T am a member of my school team, but it seems to me that T do not do as well at third base as some of the other players do in their positions. Can you give me any sug- gestions about ~ playing third and about throwing from third?” Youngsters soon re t is to play third be be able to stop batted balls hat shoot over the ground with the peed of a jackrabbit. “He must be ablc | {to run ’ormrd toward home plate and | | pick up ground hits that have been he pxm T. lever batters can make tremendous r r is | trouble for third basemen, and there is|run in to to be rendered even sadder than ROthing that so annoys a third bas(‘-‘\arl.{gf‘ man as to be caught flat-footed and | Gate Closed on Jones. rler last night pursua with a previo Iy offered | | move is up to Jone h teps to get back good c’a"'% he W] find ¥ self short | of a siz that rsued a | Jones' case are mm' Louis last 1 Tecetved | when the shortstop . and | second base, and the t play which had been deliber- ted against him | third ha.seman must also able to cover not a little ground over | he must have his best at first oward shortstop. There are is called hird baseman times | toward | thrown with great speed, then has a double im. Boys are observant enough of base ball to ascertain this. When the team is chosen to play, the boy who shows any willingness to play third gets ce. The boy who is named to v third without volunteering some- his toes into the earth and task confronting across the diamond from taxes the arm of the boy If_youngsters play base diamond of the senior di the throw from third to fir: apt to be the hardest that um"‘ spected. It is not quite as lon s the throw from catcher to d base, at times, but the ball must be as the batter off to a flying start as a rule and the object of the third baseman fs to put him out as quickly as possible. ¢ be a return play home, or b d, or something of that kind Some years ago the third basem: was advised always to throw overhan st base. That fs not so necessary The batters have become more be more agile. So if he can snap the ball {underhand when he i compelied to pick it up he has a great ad- | 10 thi | Every third baseman must have a good arm and that means also a strong | arm. The capiain of a team who picks out his players with fhe idea that and sec- ond and short, and that anybody ack up third for him, will lose rame b“(‘: se r)( that foolish ml\‘ can | IN FIGHT ON COAST, == % February expect the battle of the heavywelghts for $10,000. 0 sign, and held knoc He was _prompt- | not edly ring. warned | of P t to go the full 10| ) Paulino Uzcudun, the eorge Godfrey, big negro, ss records bristling with | ctories. Called the “Goliath of the | used his heavy clubbing style | chmg to knock out 30 opponents. | Gfldf'e\ ~?§ i1 l’r— failed to| Tl’ wood chopper of the Pyrenees stop- | s then was giv hen he fajled to | gate was cwscd"»ha'ue records of the two reveal that s to be reipstated, |t only have to a 000 or $3000, but NEW TYPE OF AUTO RACE IS PROPOSED BY BUGATTI BRUNDAGE TO KUN MEET EIGHT COEDS GET LETTER €l B nighest hJ Cu-ed n | ped 25 adversaries in 36 battles. | Ot Peltze As for speed in getting under way in | distinet advantage, al- | s percentage of knock- | rounds s hn a procession of " r Godfrey. He kno d out among them Jimn Mun , the first no has conecentrated on a body | in his training for Godfrey and the Assuciated Press, LOUISVILLE, Fehruury Nowmi- the Kentucky Derby, the ke on the American turf, es- ished a record thils year with 106 of the complete 1ist of by Col. Matt dent of the newly org rean Turt Assoctation director of Churchill Down track, where the fifty- acing spectact ne S been 2 154 colts y ¢ Whitney has imber of candidates for an lwl‘ \ ation, Ho e | sitenders for Iu:lr, i genersl A L Libreds entered Wy Chic whone 4 wnd Anita Pea- are running % in the Wlm ¥ The third Hentz candidate recely) spport from the * nominated, | 1 'H' ‘ durk | Count 3 the Wiiter fa- sorthe, Time Muaker bebiind ta 15 o | viose 1l mude Derby | by “one-two iy Je ppeted | iy, and yenerally ¢ i 1921 represent Pra e turt dnterent € from Wwo by fous thoroughibreds 1n the s, how Thiry-one the condidates bhave | never tuced the starting barrier and 40 e not broken s Ahe money CONGER h INVITED MAGINES, Jowa, Feliwaury 27 (47 er, whio broke ALe world 1000 ard vun recurd dnon iliant upset of sy Mahins, Lolder of pames oy imiddie distance pecords, wun who defented Dy i notend German 1unner | to Rickard's propositions [JAPAN MAY LEVY TAX ot | | ‘WIllhll"n,l - TROUSERS i 'KNOCKOUT EXPECTED | LIGHTWEIGHT SCRAP f PRESENTS A TANGLE By the Assoctated F CHICAGO, February 27— The ble to land the lightwelght ch hip battle for next Summer begins | his week, with the title holder. Sammy Mandell, signed by Promoter Jim Mul-| n of Chicago, and the most Jogieal contender, Jimmy McLarnin, apparently | tied tight to Tex Rickard in New | York. | Mandell's manager, Eddle Kane, fust now is sitting in the middle. He has| signed with Mullen, bLut it is up ‘to Mullen to land Mclarnin's signature. McLarnin has signed with Rickard, who | is now endeavoring to land the match | for New York. Both Kane and Mullen plan to go to New York tomorrow: Kane 1o liste and M rnin and his manager, | to de: ce Stadium in May is sald Rickard plan for the con- . and the Soldier Field Stadium in- | Chicago in June i5 the tentative Mul- len program way. the Jeading figures in the controversy have begun to talk about | a $500,000 gate, which would he by fs the highest in the history of lghtwelght r)uun]xluufm,m Mandell's popularity in | and MclLa impressive | s in New York against Sid : made them sanguine, | perfors Terrls 1 ON BASE BALL GAMES Iy the Associated Pross Attendance base ball games in Japan has attracted the attention of the government authorities and it s expected a tartff of 10 per cent will be levied on all sporting event wdm'ssions of 1 yen or mare There 15 1o professional base ball gue In the empire. The big “world | eries” I8 fought out between the uni ersity nines and the price of admis fon tickets has ranged from 50 sen (o 1 yen (about 25 to 50 cents). At the champlonship teries between Kely and Waseda universities, crowds of 35,000 attended daily. 'FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY IS SWIMMING HERO 1o By the g Drekn, Only 5 yenrs old and yet n swimming wonder and the wearer of two herg medals is. Paim Tippy of Asheville, N CPalm won his medals by rescuing a baby and & boy larger than himself, The youngster was born on a Miss 1ppt housebont, § | mont us oon ws he lear was reading when only the nd by special promit ent Florida when he wis 4 0 B st yen ' futher b i ciarge of a bepch wt Luke Lure, wnd the ad §s the center attiaction for tourkits Bronad by i b bobbicd bair bloachicd L whibte, Falm spends most of i i He made two Santiago Zorvilla, Panama foather welght b proved something of a ring ation__ Auto Bodies, Radiators and I S0 130 1, Black Below Ave RS To Match Your Odd Coats 5 heen dited Lo partictpate fn mn e vace wt fhe Missourd Valley eicnce mneel hicre Maich 9 sud 10 EISEMAN'S, 7th & F ”» | tigl gain ovel | D. Hertz's Relgh C daily on P . Milton Gaston, Ed Wells, I nt Field at Tampa. In the front ket Griffin, Horace Lisenhee and Hopkins, Tom Zach- n, Cr 'ALL OF NEW YORK CLUBS | .~ TROUBLED BY HOLDOUTS | By the Associatea Preas. EW YORK, February 27.—Mafjor league base ball clubs of New York were still troubled by | pitcher holdouts today. Vic “ Aldridge, traded to the Glants in return for Burleigh Grimes, remains | absent, from the McGraw training camp | at Hot Springs, Ark. Waite Hoyt is still at odds over his | salary arrangement with the Yankees | and has not put in appearance at St. Petersburg, Fla. | The Robins continue to bicker with | Dazzy Vance, the strikeout king, who wants a two-year contract and $20,000 per annum. McGraw served notice on Aldridge yesterday that he would do no more | coaxing to get him into the fold. The Gilants’ manager said he offered Ald- | ridge $1,000 more than he reccived from the Pirates. BOSTON, February 27 (#).—Pitche Charley Ruffing and Infielder Red Hol- lings_have been erased from the Red | Sox_holdout list at the Bradenton, Fla., Spring training camp. They have sent word they will report Wednesday. Other arrivals augmented the Braves' squad at St. Petersburg, Fla. and brought the playing roster up to 32 Dick Burrus, outfielder, said he had re covered from the injury that kept him out of the game the last two months of the 1927 season. | | pHIL ADFIPHIA }r‘b ary "'l I/P D C. INDOOR NETHEN M(-Larnm Had Difficult Tlme SECOND IN LEAGUE | Washington's indoor team successful_season to a clos? in 5th Regiment Armory, by winning 8 of 9 matches men in t} nal ore. e Winter Indoor| M se- »ace. point of e a good from R Simon 7 netmen ma f the tches than was expected at the ott- art of the scason. It was the first indoor play attempled by most of the players, and the ciin of the run- ner-up berth is d more than a moral victory Summarics ENTRY LIST OF 121 FOR THE PREAKNESS BALTIMORE, 21 entries in 69 int | with 85 and 47, respectively, last year, | to be (\wim(i at Pimlico 11, showed a sub point_of fully Ma bers, while the quality is andard of the cla a name for itself included in the the famous § g Tirst to attr: tention ts it. The lar number of entries came from the P. Whitney stable, which named six, including Victorian, the full brother to Whiskery. The gamore hle while the Belair stud, ishment, has four Otto W. Lehman, the Chicago horse- man, Is making his first apy at Pimlico s an owner it Imer lun It a a will select e from Mowlee, Mle two of 1a owned by the Broc », and Vito, belonging to have been entered. supply about 1,000 diplomas for has entered a Maryla H. Cosde Holland must medals and nearly | the Olymple game: 35 Years Designing and Makinog, Fine Clothes At the Sign of the Moon I'eb. Special All SUITS or OVERCOATS That Were 5 Now | gave the | ttanding performers 3,000 | Made as You Want Them needed fon medinm mist o fabric Full Dress Suits, $40 TO ORDER-BILK LINED Mertz & Mertz Inc. 1342 G Street To Get Bouts AKLAND. Calif. February 27 —Jimmy McLarnin, latest sensation of the ring. needed nly two punches to beat Std Terrls and elevate himself to fame Friday night, but the real story of the little Trishman's ring career dates back to this city five vears ago. rlv in 1923 Jimmy and his mana- “oster, could not got a fight isco. The pair came down from Vancouver, British Columbi; cager for ring conquests, but short was flourishing in San it did not mean muc nd compa: “Pop rge to officials of the b. They looked the ~he was about 16 years old shed 110 pounds—and informed manager that they wouldn't put him He looked too young and they fraid he would get hurt Finally Gets Bout. an Oakland promoter. the boy's workouts, The game “rancisco, but McLarnin put rd Jimmy fought Frankie Sands in the | curtain raiser. For defeating Sands he got $35 ster me Jimmy got a 520000 for his one- of ‘Terrls, pride of T vmd knockout w Side, Madison York's E Garden beating had no bout v he et when 10-round boxing was in California, Jimmy a couple of years to Sands the young Huble getting om a curtain- ed up to sem: hman wor get a land promoter, letter to a_friend in | Angeles in the same business Beats Pancho Villa, ‘There McLarnin broke into, the,main ss. He returned to Oskland in 1925 and took a ten-round de- n from Pancho Villa, then flyweight nplon The title 3 ned such ring « he Belfast “Irish Wizard” and others Los Angele: ntry with k ond Jackie F Kouts over lds. both out- He also won on a foul and lost a decision to Bud Taylor, taking his worst beating in the latter Joe Firer STar—“They tell me you'll endorse any cigarette for a consideration . SECOND Srar im- | had to} as not at stake, | and stunned | Five Years Ago lat all th 1t looks to Connle Mack as if Ty C(bb will play with the Athletics, President Thomas Shibe and Mnn- ager Mack had an hour’s telephone con- ference from Fort Myers, Fla., with Cobb at his home in Augusta, Ga. yester- | day. At the conclusion of the talk! Manager Mack taid that if Cobb played year he felt almost certain | it would be with the Athletics. “I will get his definite answer in a day or s ald Mack, “but it looks | as if everything will be all right and that we will have Ty with us for an- other year.” Admitting that Tyrus had not ac- cepted the club’s offer definitely, Mack | said he felt reasonably sure he would do so in order to have one more sea- son on the diamond. Just before the | talk ended Cobb asked for two days to | think it r and get his family's opinion. Sammy Hale, holdout third baseman, has surrendered and i5 on his way from Texas by automobile At the Phillies' camp at Winter Haven Manager Shotton sald he would be ready for regular practice games by the end of the week. Most of the in- fielders and outfielders are due Tues- day and Wedne: NEW YORK, y 27 (#).—Babe | Ruth will tfart training for the base | ball grind on the golf links. Between receptions to the Yankees at St. Petersburg yesterday, the Babe | made krown he would devote 10 days to golf before working out on the diamond. | He said he wanted to limber up his legs. | PASO ROBLES. Callf, February 27| (#).—The Pittsburgh Pirates took a day off from training duties vesterday and deserted the camp for hikes and trips over the countryside. Paul and Lloyd Waner got in today, | | having concluded their vaudeville en- | bout. Last year in San Francisco he | lost a decislon to Tommy Cello, light- weight boxer. McLarnin got his first instruction in boxing from his prescnt manager, “Pop” Foster, a ringster of the days of 40 years ago. Foster is an old friend of the fami ESPINOSA GETS 140 T0 TOP GOLF FIELD the ! BELLAIR. Fla. February ~With three strokes between him and. the leader of a fast pursuing field. Al Es- pinosa, Chicago today was in the van- | guard of contenders as the west Florida | open golf tournament entered its second | dav of play. Espinosa’s lead at the end of two rounds. with 14 was challenged vrimarily by Joe Kirkwood of Alban Ga.. who needed 143 for the first holes of the champlonship distance Harry Coover. Buffalo. and B Burke and Bobby CruicKshank. Ne: | York, were tied three fold at the next place with 145, while Tommy Arm national open champion. with 14 a one stroke advantage over composed of Harry Cincl Conn., and Macdonald Smith and Demane of New York. Gene Sarazen, who has been retu the winner in two of this Florida opens, was well down the with 151, | Espinosa’s morning round provided | the principal pyrotechnics of vester- | day's play when he salled over the Bfllnlr course at a clip which sliced 5 strokes from par. He registered a 65 x\nd by that brilifant performance was able to slip 5 over regulation figures | for his afternoon score and still hold a dvantage over the field, which much of the country's best of | Assaciated Prees talent SIX BROTfiERS IN EVENT. CHICAGO, Frh ™ The six Hall brothers of Detroit, all famous a ski jumpers, today made their entry unanimous for the Ogden Dunes Club's tournament Sunday, when Henry, the eldest. withdrew from a Canadian meet to join brothers on the new slide east of Gary, 1 8ure, solong as the comiids gagement yesterday. Both are great boosters for a cousin, Travia Waner, | who is coming Tuesday for a try out.| The brothers insist Travia is the best batter in the Waner family. CHICAGO. Februa: 27 (7 —While | the Cubs at Catalina nd. Calif., were | assembled at full strength for intensive the Chicago White Sox today st completing arrangements for irst Southern movement of their base ball talent Pitchers, rs and a few young- tomorrow for the X Camp at Shreveport, La., | where they will be joined \Iar!‘h 6 by the full strength of the club. There Is not a holdout on the roster, Manager Ray Schalk said The Cub outfielders lnd reached Owner Wrigley's “Magic Isle” | esterday. Batterymen of the Cubs have | been working out there nearly a ron-! night, and most of the pitchers have ex- | pressed eage! to get a chance at the heavy hitt, including the team's Winter trade acquisition, Hazen (Kiki) Cuyler. infielders | — | CHESS NOW T0O EASY, CAPABLANCA AVERS Ass o P Chess has come to be too easy for | players, and unless it is made more ' it will die out se Capablanca, said. “every- thing is known to grra. players. There | are no new moves. no new tactics to consider. If the game is to live and grow popular, it will have to be modi- | fled.” | apablanca said he lost the t‘mm-) ship to Dr. Alexander Alekhine last Decomber because Dr. the better 1 was handicapped.” he said. “by having plaved comparatively little in 1 years, and ch Alekhine played =5 In a fcht pulied off in Canada 1n Dominie Bradley and S. S. Ran- battled 152 rounds before the lat- | experiments calling for KLEPPER HEADING ‘BRAND-NEW" CLUB [Aims 1o Open Season With Bang—Neis Gets Place Callaghan Held. (Jokn B Foster_on h he ng camps, the vircle ot Sorn trair BY JOHN B. FOSTER. SEATTLE, February 28 —Monty Cal- |laghan has gone from the Seattlie cl lof the Pacific Coast League to cinnati; hence, Sea than neighborly inter It i3 the belief of the fan Callaghan will the League more speed and a safer p hands than any other try for a cernment, Butte. is cold outside. It had been 12 preceding _evening, air was <o ball in that Mont better knowledge hearing that a d t first-page news. Teams tr of going a few hundred the hoop gam Turnover at Seattle. But. returning to Ca..az tle, this c turnover i ba ley Lockhart h: Kiepper, who was ball out here, but down for failure to obser : Lockhart was popular and had Killefer to manage the team for Killefer was so good that more ti one major league club thougl hiring him. Killefer was not go East, howe: and is one of the San Francisco ear. He is a brother of Bill Killef of the Browns. Kiepper wants to open the S season with a bang on Ap is making preparations 1o breaking crowd to see his in its first action. The game may played on the field of the Universi of Washington, wher room than on the ground. Hollywood plays Se: | opening day. One of the play per’s Seattle team is Ber knows every major league ball gr | inside and out and up and down. nie is a pretty smart outflelder, who have seen both youn and Neis pla' sa. narter than Ni happens to come out that wa Hendricks, the incinnati xtra 10 ce Battle to Be Watched. There is a younger plaver to his appearance in Seattle from cago White Sox. His name is which is not a bad name for player. and he is good enough a battle for an infield position. than that, if he makes gmd the Sox will have a place for h: Seattle has been a fine feeding ground for the big leagues in the past. It has all the advantages of a clima which has put so many old-timers back in readiness. Klepper is determined to make a go with the team. now that controls it. He will have a hard ¢ in more vays than one. b only manager with a ight on in _the circuit. The Pacific Coast League is going to make a splurge this year, with its radical dev tion from the past. or it is going to an awful licking. judging from e 2 e the Northwe: 8. 1 ACTZ SCIRT © » enisn’t that Lgive up my Chesterfields THEY'RE MILD ovd ot THEY SATISFY @110 LIORTT & MYBRS TOBACCO €O