Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1928, Page 26

6 THE TVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY. MARCH 13, 1928, isenbee, Backward in Training, Must Hustle BY JOHN B. KELLER. ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. March 13. as slated to get his first hox duty against the Boston Braves at St. Petersburg today. Br the Aseociated Press, the belief that the New York| Giants are going to get better | pitching this year than they did last Ben Cantwell and Tiny Chaplin stood | : the Jacksonville League club batters edly "tfi other times to complain that | on their heads yesterday and shut out | the world was against him when he Was | the natives, 4 to 0, allowing only five not winning. And that is the spirit pitc hetween them. Manager Harris intends to work out of this young Tennesseean, or perhaps it 'exhinition games should be said he hopes to develop in Lisenbee more of a fighting spirit. score. It will be recalled that along about | "yt the rest of the rookies can do as midseason last vear. Lisenbee slumped | well jt seems John McGraw is going fearfully after blazing a brilliant trail | (5" have a tough time deciding who through the American League. Then |of nis hurlers are to go into the sticks Harris resorted to the extra-toil scheme | f5r further seasoning. end after a couple of weeks that saw | ‘Horace on the frequently the pitcher | egain flashed the form that had made him the sensation of the circuit earlier in the campaign. Perhaps similar treatment again will have a Lisen| Y. eHcm R The first squad will leave then for Hard Drill Tomorrow. Monu‘x;y. whelre ;s;y will play the San The Nationals will have tomorrow to Francisco Seals ay. themselves at Plant Field, in Tampa.' Barnhart, Wright, Grantham. Tray there being no exhibition engagement nor and the Waner boys hit hard and gcheduled. However, there will be much regularly during a snappy batting prac- for the gthietes to do. Regular drills tice yesterday. will be in order as well as the special | cless for recruits. The manager is! ezger to size up to a dot before many | more days pass. The squad will have some work to make up, too. as today’s trip here cut down the usual efforts of | many and on Monday at Tampa a heavy rain prevented the staging of: lnylhxr:fi.m: than pitching and pep- per drills. Irving Hadley, minus jis appendix, e the squad yesterday, but the chubby pitcher was not so chipper. He was fearfully weak. but trainer Martin s of the opinion that the weakness is cue to a lack of food during the past 10 days. As Bump soon will be on full diet once more, the weakness should disappear quickly. He is no siouch in the knife-and-fork league. The persistent lameness in Sam West's leg has Manager Harris as well 25 Bam worried greatly. No one seems 17 know just the nature of the out- fielder's trouble and now fear is being expressed thzt he may not be able 1o yesume serious training for some time The difficulty with his leg is beginning 10 prey on West mentally. an extra Pandicap to retard recovery. Unless Fam is relieved of the injury soon, there’l] be a perplexing outfield prob- | jem for Menager Harris o wre *vh DRIVE FOR OLYMPICS FUND BOOMING HERE | HOREMANS TAKES FIRST | | HARD WURK lS I]UE f BLOCK FROM SCHAEFER | | SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 ().— | A table that did not seem level and a | red ball which apparently did not roll | true at times handicapped Edouard Horemans, challenger, and Jacob Schaefer. title holder, in the opening | i ith Con- | round of their 182 balkline billiard | Harris Dissatisfied With C | mateh for the world's champlonship | 4 , | here last night. { dition of Star—West's | ™Foremans won 1300 to 193, when he W went out in the M‘gh_!v inning with an " | uncompleted run of 37. Case Causes Worry | Horemans also had trouble with the carpet. He sald it slipped under his fool as he was attempting difficult shots. He made a high run of 154 in the fifth inning, while Schaefer's best | —_While touring here today with his total was 59 in the seventh. Nationals. who were h;gl(ng to et 1:::& e at the Braves for the defeat suffered n Tampa ot Saturday. Mansser stanies CONCANNON SCORES Harris, during a :cn;rul base bl;}]l dis- cussion. remarked that yvoung Horace o, e ens or worx onthe | 10 VACATE CELLAR pitching _nill before the American League championship gets under way | S——a i in_Washington on April 10. CHICAGO. March 13 (#).—Erwin The performance of this hurler | gudolph of Chicago. one of the two Jatest of the Nationals fo_renounce|ypheaten contenders in the national bachelorhood. ngainst the Beaneaters pocket billiards tourney.: drew Joseph Jast week end was far from what natu- | Copcannon of Washington, a ninth- Tally was expected of one who went place entry. for Rudolph's fifth match through the big show last vear to a/today in the round robin competition winning percentage of .667. Young Ralph Greenleaf of Philadelphia, who Horace was batted all over the lot dur- | jike Rudolph once wore the national ing his brief term on the slab in his (jtle, drew Onofrio Lauri for his oppo- Spring training debut. and the pilot. | nent. Greenleaf has been beaten once. cognizant of the real capabilities of his | Frank Taberski of Schenectady. the hurler. believes that downright hard | present champion, who shares with Ru- work is needed to bring Liscnbee up 10| dolph the undefeated status, was grant- his 1927 standard. od a day off by the draw. The other So. according to plans for the game | fwo matches on today's pairings were to be played against the Dodgers at Harry Wood of Duluth vs. Harry Os- Clearwater on Thursday. Horace will | wald of Pittsburgh. and Pasquale Na- got one of the three pitching assign- talie of Baltimore vs. Andrew Ponzi of ments. Just who the others to adorn | Philadelphia the mound for the Nationals will be is | Lengthy games with lots of safety-play | not so certain at present. Big Ed Wells | were the rule yesterday. Concannon and the diminutive “Cricket” Griffin, | and Oswald played 44 safetics in their left-handers both. may be sent into ac- ' match, in which Concannon broke out tion. But Lisenbee is bound to start, of the cellar place. Even Taberski was says the pilot, and that's not all. extended to win over Oswald, 125 to Must Regain Control. 108, in the last game last night. Horace will be worked repeatedly un- i til he reveals that he has lost the un- steadiness that characterized his ef- forts against the Braves at Tampa. Manager Harris never has been given to_employing his hurlers out of turn. either in Soring training or during a championship season. but he is deter- mined that Lisenbee must buckle down to business quickly and show some snap. It is not that Horace has not been trying to show his stuff or get into con- dition to do so properly. But, unfor- tunately, it appears that he is a voung fellow a trifie slow to realize that in the hig base ball show hustle and hard work are necessary all the time. Horace heretofore has been too con- tent at times to accept reverses resign- the Giants PASO ROBLES, Calif., March 13 () —Final instructions were to be given the Pittsburgh Pirates today by Man- ing camp Thursda: Test for Card Pitchers. AVON PARK, Fla.. March 13 (P). Rained out yesterday, the St. Louls Cardinals and the Phillies had the promise of better weather today for their training season game at Winter Haven. Manager McKechnie of the Cardinals was particularly anxious to observe John Berly, Hal Smith and Al Grabow- ski, recruit pitchers, who have shown well so far. Three innings for each was his program in today's game. Hornsby Outshines Ruth. P).—The season’s first opportunity for comparison between two of base ball's stellar figures resulted in favor of the Boston Braves' peerless Rogers Hornsby to the disadvantage of George Herman Ruth, in the belief of the Rajah’s bat- ting mates here. terday, when the Braves took the Yanks into camp. The Braves' captain scored Babe’s single, base on balls and strike- out, Cubs Strong at Second. AVALON, Catalina Island, Calif., March 13 P).—Until the next competi- tion, with Portland Pacific Coast Leaguers Thursday, the Chicago Cubs will continue their two-a-day workouts to give Manager McCarthy light on his jafield problem Second and third base each has two strong candidates, and all four may be carried for a while, as McCarthy has znnounced he will keep #ix infielders, Grimm at firs. and English at short in- cluded. The work of “Snipe” Hansen pltcher, in the with Coast League trams was a sur- prise to McCarthy. Hansen scemed to like 1o get men on bases and then force e next batter b send up an easy pop Under direction of Maj. Gen. Anton F1ephan, chairman. the drive for $5,000, “vashingten's quota toward expenses of Tnited Etatez athletes in the Olympics 21 Amsterdam next August, I8 now un- Cor vav in earnest. The campaign will closs May 1 Robert V. Fleming. president of Riggs ¥ational Bank. who is treasurer of the committes and is receiving all contitbu- tions, has announced a substantial in hand In urging support of the drive Gen fitephan points out that if the United slaics 38 w be worthily represented in 1he Olympic contests its athletes must be well provided for A meeting of the Olympic committee it to be held tomorrow afterncon at 2 2 ta= Civ Cub when plans 12r pushing the drive will be consid- recruit Reds to Carry Many Men, ORLANDO. Fla, arch 13 (A Jack Hendricks. manager of the Cin- cirnaty Teds. has announced he will keep all six of bis outfielders and also will carry six infielders this season The outfielders are Allen, Purdy, Cal- ) Walker, Zitzmann and Bressler ler has not signed his contract Hendricks said the sixth infield place would rest between Wally Pipp and Johnny White. The other infielders are Kelly, Critz, Ford, Dresser and Pitten- er. Pitcher Carl eontract PRE-SEASON GAMES the Assoriated Prese AL Jarbponiille Mays has signed his Phils Tune Up for Game. WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March 13 ).—The Phillies were ordered o re- porL \nday for & Morning workout pre- paratory 1o engaging the Bt Zardinals in the afternoon Manager Shotton adopted this plan because his charges have been idle for two days. ‘There was no work Sunday, ¥la nohngnnt Ganon660 Qur Used Car Dept. Was at 1605 14th Street N.W. IT IS NOW at 1733 14th St. NW 30 Cars on the Floor ALL READY TO GO | and yesterday ACKSONVILLE, Fla.. March 13.— | Avon Park to meet the Cardinals, but There seems to be some basis for | rain forced a postponement. GIANTS’ TWIRLING LIKELY TO BE BETTE the tedn motored to Lots of Toil for Robins. CLEARWATER, Fla.. March 13 (#). —Brooklyn's Robins now are convinced that Wilbert Robinson was in earnest when he said he was going to do every [}V\ADBEQRV— o R THIS YEAR LYONS, SCHOOL TWIRLER, thing he could to put a winning team | in the National League race this season. | Nothing daunted by a heavy rain| Two NORTHERN JUNIORS It marked the second of the three | that left the Robins' park a quagmire, | have | Robinson put his charges through a played in which the opposition failed t0 | hard three-hour drill yesterday. hours of batting practice were followed by another 60 minutes of work afield. FRED Photes s/ CARLT Tuontm, MAY LAND JOB WITH A’S —Johnny Lyons, high school athlete, probably apiece either in Philadelphia | Ted Lyons, were ready for three innings this game or tomor- FORT MYERS, Fla, March 13 (#).|two Sox mound aces, Al Thomas and has won a berth oa the pitching | staff of Connie Mack's Athletics. | Manager Mack plans to carry 10| pltchers through the season. ready has definitely selected eight. row's. A 10-day starts Thursday. Floyd Daugherty, invasion of Texas former University He al- of Illinois catcher, and Charles Keller, | Corpus Christi receiver, have been re- KELLYISLEADER OF VOCAL CHORUS Cincinnati Club Rated Likely ! to Talk Itself Into ‘[ Place Near Top. | ORLANDO, Fla, March 13 | Cincinnatl Reds may talk them into a position somewhere near the front of the National League stage. If their Jungs hold out the Redlegs train- ing at Orlando will be the chatter- hoxes of the circuit when serious play begins, Tall George Kelly, scampering about first base like a gay gazelle, is the mag- ple of the infield, with heavy vocal sup- port from Critz, Ford and Dressen, and Roy Kolp is not called “Windy" because he is a pitcher with fair stuff and a lot of courage. ‘The Reds think they will be in the pennant hunt and do not mind saying s0. No drastic changes have been made in the personnel sinece last season. but ‘sdication that the team will get a Letist sizrt 3:an was the case a year ago. Hughie Critz was nnt & present at the training camjy ias. son, and Kelly, of whom much was expected, reported with an appendix acting up, which finally threw him down in Philadelphia and sent him to a hos- pital the day Lindbergh landed in Paris. Adolfo Luque, the Cuban veteran, another late-comer of the 1927 season, reported early in 1923 and soon rounded | into shape. Infield Jobs Assigned. The infield will start with Kelly at first. Critz playing second, Ford sta- tioned at short and Dressen assigned to third. Wally Pipp will play arst base on occasion and Pittenger and | Jack White, the former Fordham in- | fielder, probably will make up the re- serves, although Emmett McCann, who |had trials with the Athletics and Washington, has played well in the Spring. Manager Hendricks does not know what he will do about the outfield, al: though two of the positions are almost sure to go to the tried Curtis Walker | and sensational young Ethan Allen, | who joined the Reds last season with- out ‘minor league experience and showed that he did not need it “Kid" Purdy, who reported to the Reds from Seattle last vear and made a deep impression before he was in- jured. is fighting for a place. as is his former Seattle teammate, Marty Gal- laghan. Rube Bressler, the converted pitcher, who 1s a dangerous right- handed batsman, found himself at odds with the management and probably will see one of the youngsters take his place in left field, “according to Manager Hendricks, who will do the assigning Bill Zitzmann, of last year's outfit, is BY BRIAN BELL Asenvinted Press Sporte W “The selves | pleased, he says, that the “experts” are lutary ager Donie Bush before breaking train- ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 11{ ‘The two met on the diamond yes- | a singie, a bunt and a strikeout to offset | further | two week end games |10 Louts | “Lyons has & very good chance’ | WOULD MERGE NINES Mack said today. “He has the stuff.| | plays base ball all the time and ecr- ~ | tainly possesses the physique. He looks | better " every time he steps to the Pop Hessler, former manager of the mound.” - | Northern A. C. base goall team, and last | —— | season pilot of Junlor Order diamond- | Yanks Lose Brief Game. ¢rs. plans to combine the outstanding | ST. PETERSBURG, Fia. March 13 talent of ese two teams and put a ' % , i | contender for the unlimited title on the | /7-—The Néw York Yankees were sor | field this Summer. |rowing today over a 3-to-1 trimming | _All players who have performed under | they took from the ferocious Braves of | il’op's guidance are requested to atiend Boston yesterday. but insisting at the |a meeting Priday night at his home, same time that had Jupe Pluvius held | 3004 Park place, at 8 o'clock. |off an inning or so they would have | — started off their exhibition schedule | | Manhattans, one of the leading junior | yth s victory. | teams of the city last season. have | “'The came was halted in the sixth | graduated to senior ranks. All players | wjthy three Yanks cluttering the bases. | will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the |gne out and Gehrig up. | home of Paul Jarman. 1420 C street | Bape Ruth got one hit despite the | northeast. Johnny Wade is anxious 0 | fact that a sunburned neck forced him | |zet in touch with Allen Duval. Man-|io sesort to a pink neckplece for pro- | | hattan's_roster includes Duval. Wad®. | tectjon. | Stone. Reld. Ware, P. Jarman. Rice. R. | | Jarman. Ricfards. Farley, Miller. God- | | dard, Brown, Kelser, Thomas, Hancock |and O'Donnell. | Indian Rookie Undecided. NEW ORLEANS, March 13 (®).— B Glenn Bolton, Cleveland Indian rookie, Bonds' diamond team will have a ca- ' may have to spend this year in the | pable mound staff. includine Babe | minors, because he can't decide what | Clapper, Horace Duffy and Dick Finch. | position he wants to play. He reported | Clapner is attending George Washing- [to the Tribe regarded as a brilliant { ton Universitv. Duffv formerly starred | southpaw pitching prospect, but his for Central Hieh and Finch is well |success with the bat has given him known to unlimited sandlot fans. visions of annexing a berth at first or | in_the outfield | Manager Peckinpaugh has asked Bol- ton to make up his mind which posi- tion he wants to fight for in a final tryout. Peck has given his personal at- | tention in the fine points of playing | shortstop to Jonah Goldman, formerly | of Syracuse University. | T. T. Keane Senfors will welcome anv smateur falent tomorrow nizht, when | they meat at the home of Tonv Bur- ruto, 417 Second street, at 8 o'clock. Lafavettes are scheduled to meet. to- morrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the hame of Manager Ma Cheseldine, 1002 Thirteenth street southeast. Rrowns Play Reds. | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 13 | (®) —Manager Dan’ Howley of the St. | Louts Browns named Walter Beck, the | tall righthand pitcher, and big Jim | Wright to work against the Cincinnati | Reds at Orlando in the first of A two- | game exhibition serles there today. | Howley fook 24 players with him when the squad left for the Reds’ eamp. Followine a meetine at the home of Manager Don Grist Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock. Collegian diamonders will nractice Sundav morning at St. Paul's Academy diamond at 11 o'clock. | Providence A. € plavers and candi- | dates will meet Thursday night at 7 a'clock at 193 E strest southesst, 1 Cravford. Grogan. Ianglev. &mms. | | lughes, O'Dannell, B, Crawford. Crawe, | Day and Keller ave acked to attend | 1 s ", Tiger Hurlers Do Poorly. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 13 (. Detroit's recrult pitchers after tests under fire in two exhibition games with Minneapolts are due for some stff | practice sessions. Billings. Smith, Teachout, Hubbell and Newman worked against the Mill- | ers and did not do so well. In two innings Habbell walked two batters and hit two others, The others performed similarly. White Sox Drop Two. | SHREVEPORT. La, March 13 (9 -y Sergt, “Rubber Arm™ George Connally, who has had much better uck with the | Chicago White Sox as & relief pite than as a starting twirler. was picked | [ tn onen the second training trip game ! of the Box today against the Shreve- | | port Texns Leaguers | | oy Wilsn, San Antonto lefthander was down for the next turn and the Rice Juniors have clected the 1e officars: €. Wenzel, president: | 1 Rafterv, secretary: B. Brav, treasurer ™ Rnbertson, buciness monager; D Thempson, manager, and C. Wond. eap- | tain, | | Marvtand A. €. diamonders are <chad- [nled to mact Bunday. Call Capito) Helghts 300 to book eames | Manager R. A. Walker of Handley | {A. €., at Columhia 3481, would like tn { hear "from the following snd sl nther rondidates: 7. 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Rix Kolp. from v, Red Lucas, Jakie May, Adolfo Luque, Pete Donohue, Carl Mays and Ray joined the team last year, and Jablo- nowski, recalled from Hartford, are bid- Good Pitchers Held Over. ‘The Reds brought over a number of first-string_pitcher: last season, Beckman, who Big Jim Edwards, with several years' experlence in the American League to had to say there will be mighty few help him along, was drafted from Seat- errors chargeable to the Sox in 1928 “Whether ‘it is by popular ac- claim, or by the shrewdest judges of cigar quality in America. . .the verdict is always the same—La Pulina wins, And no mancan o wrong backing a winner, So when you smoke a La Palina, you can bz certain you're right— certain you'll get the greatest pleasure it is possible for a cigar to yield.” iRESS CIGAR CO,, Inc. Philadelphia, Pa. In a large vaviety of popubaer vizes and shapes, from 10¢ to 3 for 50¢ e a e — America's large L. 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Browns Semi-Pro. Semi-Pro. .Chicago, M. - Berkeley, Calif. .Columbus, Ohio Frank O Rourke. . El Paul Richards Guy Sturdy Oliver Sax . EEEE L] " Arlington, N. J. Willlam_Mullen . Ernest Peters . Jack Delp . Outfielders. Fred Schulte Earl McNeely . H. E. Manush Alvin MeCoy . Louis, Mo. Oakland, Calif. Miltonvale, Kans, Brawns Washington . Relvidere. Tl Sacramento, Calif. 5.01 Tuscumbia. Ala. £.00 Detroit ..Oakland, Calif. 6.00 136 Semi-Pro, here is he now’ Ernie Miller, transferred to Philadelphia Athletics; Harry Rice, to Detroit; George Sisler, to Washington; Elam Van Gilder, to Detroit; Ken Williams, transferred to Boston Americans. 'PARE KEEPS TITLE IN WESTERN EVENT 3" =R =r====wrg EEE] E Sxn ®=@w B to stage a comeback. Ken , from the Virginia League, and Alius Sweeney late of the Orlando club, would have a good chance to remain with a club less plentifully supplied with pitching skill. | The catching will be done in greatest bulk by Capt. Bubbles Hargrave, assisi- | cd by Val Picinich and Clyde Sukeforth | ‘ ) 3 08— Manager Jack Hendricks is well | g ol CINNATL Obio. March 1 Emmet Pare of Chicago retained his title as Western indoor tennis champion when he defeated Muir Rogers of Kan- .(azs City in the final match, 7—5, 6—4, 13—11. ’ Pare played steady, consistent tennis and worked with effect against Rogers’ backhand. Clara Louise Zinke, Cincinnati, easily retained the women's title by defeating Ruth Oexman of Cincinnati, 6—2, 6—3. LONDON, March 13 (# —Russell Whalen, American welterweight, oute pointed the Italian champion. F nullini, in 15 rounds here last nigl dismissing his team with scant consid- eration, while looking with more appre- ciative eyes at the prospects of the Pirates, Cardinals. Cubs and Giants. The white-haired manager of the Fiam- ing Reds has convinced himself and his players that Cincinnati will make a big splash in_the National League puddle. All he has to do now is convince the other clubs SIX “MUSHERS” ENTERED IN DERBY CHAMPIONSHIP THE PAS. Manitoba, March 13 (P —Six internationally known “mushers” are seeking the championship in the eleventh annual three-day derby of the Pi:; Dog Derby Association, starting today. Emile St. Goddard of the Pas, with his team of seven hounds, was the fa- vorite to repeat previous victorie- Other entrants were Leo St. Goddard. Earl Brydges and Harry Kleasky. all of the Pas, and Sam Pranteau. and Solo- mon Cook of Grand Rapids. Mich. The race is a 120-mile affair. spread over the three days. Five 8-mile laps will be run each da KENNEL CLUB PLANNING TO REORGANIZE FRIDAY Reorganization of Washington Ken- nel Club is planned at a meeting to be held Friday night at 8 o'clock, at Wardman Park Hotel. The club has been_inactive the past two years. Ofcers will be elected and a new sot of by-laws probably will bs adopted A bench show In May is being con- sidered by the club. 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