Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1928, Page 24

-~ SPORTS? JONES AND BRAXTON DUE TO FACE THE McGRAWMEN Hadley Resumes Training After Two Weeks’ Idle- ness—West Goes Into Action to Test His Ailing Leg—Schacht Is in Hospital. jclash are Sam Jones and the left- | |handed Garland Braxton, the latter the premier relief hurler of the Ameri- | can League last year. It will be the | irst time out in a real game this year for both. . who began toil on the 3 | hill in bat pr'itd"c last week after a prolonged period of careful training, > appears in fine fettle now and should | BY JOHN B. KELLER. 19.—This week is ready to go any time he | Hopkins Is on the List. ‘Three youngsters and two veterans are to twirl in the games to be played Wednesday and Thursday. Paul Hop- kins, rangy right hander, and Clarence | le left hander, will test their against the Dodgers, while three | outhpaws, Ed Wells, Tom Zachary and t, Lioyd Brown, will be sent Reading crew. ning drills will not be abandone: nals because of the full les this week. for field- | slated to partic: ternoon engagements get- | adance of drilling with the | far th inst the ! for the drill ng Hadler, leading uh last _year, who a d und vay when stoci itcher can take his place on the hdl Ultimatum for Sam West. Sam West, who has been nur his trick leg for some time. was 10 be sent into the game this afternoon. Harris has an idea that e time to dis- | field>r, who has ince "le WRSs the uss.z i his manager, | v T casual in the | L A_ Schacht, coach, after suf- o fering for t%o days with what may be a | kidney affection. yesterday was re- mo"ed from the Nationals' Hotel to me m‘vuwbcdngrmmdavz nd it is likely he will be out of commission at least for 2 week. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK TEAWS IN SOCCER FINAL 0Tk dan..g engage- buriers are o be West in the final pkyofls of the Na- tional Chalienge Cup soccer competits have brought the New York Nationa. and the Chicago Bricklayers into the grand final ¥ determine lhe champion- :hm of the United States. { The Nationals were crowned Eastern | champions yesterday by s 5-t0-3 tri-| umph over the J. & P. Coat eleven of | Pawtuc] 1. while the Bricklayers | captured the Middle West laureis by éowning the Ben Millers in Bt. Louls by 2 t0 0. WORK OF HURLER ORWOLL BRINGS CONNIE MACK JOY| , March 19 (@) —| todzy had &) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 'Most Elabotrate Chain Syst'emA Bev clope Stars for Cardinals CHAIN ' ‘STORE Branch Rickey (upper) is supervisory head of the St. Louis Nationals great sysiem for minor league “chain’ the race this year are Chick house (inse: left,) pitcher, farms at Houston and Syracuse. BY BRIAN BELL. Asso Press Sp AVON The St. is proprietor s!s:em of chan stores, of bzseball's ‘greatest ‘The Cardi- s and the ers for next year, the year after, a 10 years hence, are developed for the Cards are located at Rochester in the In- ternational League, Houston in the Texas League, Dayton in the Central, Danville in the Three I, Topeka in the Western Association and Laurel, way down South in States League. Danville is also the scene of the Cards’ base ball school or warehouse for uuem Young players ate sent T late Spring and with d Cotton nd has t! ntire chain \.rdc his general supervision. Start Them Early. Young pia; teens, are sent there for by the Cardinals’ expert of talent. Boys from cf industrial circuits and borhood 2 given a ticket to Danv Some may go home and come back ff)r further lr‘_".ruc'fl)n next ¥ear, in thefr inspection appraisers Ieagues, * will be given a long ride ppl to foin Laurel. Still will win a chance in one ses. Compara- of these bu) A one essential. The rel must feel that he Have Been Through Mill. ny of the team's present stars d thelr w up to the ite, the num- Fred Jim Bottomley and w. Pully half of spurs Internatiogal League link ear when the Card fn-- months’ job t Sam PBrea- 5. “The close season stmply for we must Now—the ability to get from zero miles per hour o whatever speed you want far faster than many cars—even in 1929, Its the REO " Auto V,udw- Radistors Dnd l‘tndeu ktp‘j'ed w.u;mu 1533 14th, Bet, P & Q 219 4k, ), Blwk Below Apg, [ developing young ball players. Two star products of the ho are counted on to help keep the Cards well up in Hafey (lower right.) outfielder. and Fred Frank- who served their apprenticeship in Cardinal are t0o0 far away to help them in Tent pennant race. or_league managers uctors. In selecting them that feature, for in the scores of ball players on the rosters of our seven clubs, including the mother club, are youngsters who are sure to arrive, aithough they may have to serve many years in the smaller leagues before they are grad- uated to the Cardinals. We insist that they be grounded in the funda- mentals and get experience under competent instruction.” Clubs Are Scattered. ‘The clubs of the St. Louis chain are scattered throughout the coun- try during the training season, al- though pitchers and catchers from several of the clubs are training with the Cardinals at Avon Park. President Breadon left a group in which the talk was of base ball and base ball farming to greet two travel- worn boys. evidently athletes, as they entered the hotel. “Are your players still reporting, Sam?” the president was asked, when he returned to his chair in the lobby. “Yes, those boys are a couple of pitchers who belong to the Danville club. Two of our pitchers devel oped sore arms in the training here, so we sent for four more. These arrivals are half of the order.” St. Louis tends to wholesale rather than retail base ball. So many players are subject to call that ‘lwn two are hurt a hurry summons is sent for four. The order could be made to read 40 instead of four and be filled in as many hours. Kansas City, 1; Minneapolis, 0, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1; gars, 0. New York Rangers, New L Americans, 3. NATIONAL SOCCER. (Sem-finals). St. Louls, 0. Coates of Providence, 3. Established Thirty Years Spring Styles HE arrival of our Spring goods is the reason for this Special Offering Suitings and Topcoatings That Were $45 —NOW— $2 750 | Made to Suit Your Individual| Requirements Heavy and Medium Weight | i Fabrics in This Special FLYING ‘C ]LU]U ]D Merlz & Mertz, Inc. 4342 G Street PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Detroit Cou- York Chicago Bricklayers, 2; Ben Millers, New York Nationals, 5; J. and P. Showing Advance MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1928, DEMPSEY, TILDEN APPEAR AS KINGS OF COMEBACKS Men Who Ruled for Seven-year Stretches in Ring! and on Courts Due ‘Athletic Real EW YORK, March 19.—They don't always come back, but it purple of sport. Take Bill Tilden and Jack Dempsey | particular kingdom of sport for a seven- year stretch. Both began to hit the Bill and Manassa Jack are well past the | peak of their carcers, yet each is slated By the Associated Press. is difficult to keep from trying those who have once worn the as two bright examples. Each has known the satisfaction of ruling his well known chutes in the same season, ‘ 1926. There is no question that Big for a leading role in this year's athletic | drama. | him, as he admits himself, is still the | No. 1 American tennis star by several kilometers, the captain and main hope of America’s Davis Cup campaign. Dempsey, 33, and protestations of h retirement to the contrary, is still ‘hP outstanding challenger for the man who i has twice whipped him, Gene Tunne: ! In fact, the oftener other contende: appear in the ring the more cnn\mcmq‘ it is that the old Manassa Mauler not | only is the logical contender, but the | outstanding gate attraction of them all. | In a year that will see Babe Ruth out for new home run laurels, Helen Wills | campaigning abroad, the Olympics in | ,full “sway at Amsterdam and Bobby | | Jones mectlnz the challenge of the {rest of the golf pack, the performances | {of Tilden and Dempsey will b2 among ‘lhc most entertaining of all. i | In the peculiar fashion of the boxing | business the signs aiready are multiply- |ing that Jack Dempsey will take one Imore fling at Tunney and add at least |another half-million to his bank rol The Chicago Tribune prints an i |in which Dempsey is quoted as writing to a friend: | “This retirement talk is just a part {of the old ballyhoo,” adding that he is going to New York around the 1st of April to talk with Rickard and arrange for a third bout with Gene. Meanwhile onte of Dempsey’s “person- lal representatives” returns here from | |the Pacific Coast with the impression that Jack will be in a mood to talk |fight when the proper time come: | _“If there is anything the matter w | Dempsey’s eyes” says this gentleman, was not apparent in the ease with {w | Juana grandstand recently that one of | his thoroughbred horses won his race by |8 nose." It isn't difficult why the experts, or skeptica Dempsey will be ba | September, at the late: Tilden, therefore, overruled on his own plan ‘Tilden, 35, and with his future behind | resjst | America V at 57.87 miles hich he determined from the Tia No to Play Big Parts in m This Year. of Davis Cup campaign, has given the impression_that his leadership of the American team will end with comple- | tion of the Amcrican zone play. Big | Bill's idea is that the United States ust as weil concede defeat abroad as to send a team over in the middle of June with only a month’s time to | prepare for the final matches in Paris. | Nevertheless it is aificult to conceive | of Tilden sidestepping so attractive an | o as the prospect of meeting the | Frenchmen abroad again. Regardless of the merits of his own | contention that the American team needs two or threc months of training and | competition abroad Tilden can hardly the old comeback lure. It is a safe bet at this stage of the game | 3 Bill will be among those bound | Europe when the gangplank is| up. WORLD RECORDS SET | IN SPEEDBOAT RACES MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 19 (#)— Two world records for as many classes of speed boats competing on a mile and a half closed course were c'aimod' vesterday during conciuding events of | the Miami Beach Regatta. Phil Wood of Detroit, driving Miss ! an hou 5 declared to have set a new mar roplanes. he other world mark for the mile | and a half closed distance was set by | Mrs. W. J. Conners of Buffalo. in her | undefeated Miss Okeechobee at 52.17 iles an hour in an exhibition race of the displacement runabout class. CALLAGHER WILL FIGHT AT NORFOLK WEDNESDAY Marty Gallagher, local heavyweight | | battler, Wedresday night will strive for his win at Norfolk whe. | fairl; | fo pu‘if Tal weeks ago. TO TAKE OLYMPIC TESTS. MOBILE, Ala. March 1 (®) —More Johnson’s Illness to Prevent | By the Associ Press. NEWARK, J., March | copyright story from St. Augusti | the Newark Ledger- today friends of Walter Johnson have let it be known that the famous base ball pitcher .and manager bd:the :Rewark team-of ‘the “International League ! be physically unable to pitch t, 2 than that of manager of the Bears. Johnson suffered an at fluenza several mon! | special examination. decided upon because of lack of the newest medical instruments for a thorough examination Walter left last night for Jackson. ADVERTISEMENT. N oUYMEE T TAN OLDTBUD! STRES, T YOU HAVEN' Y] 1~ vEAR I g Fl\Tf,) dime T HANK ‘ 19—In ar t | con This move was |pla — e HELL N YouRr BEEN KEEPCING hYour:.,Ez.F,-u CIGARETGTES ANDGTAE {FIR ST THRERE 4 PUFFS YSTARTAHIMIDANCING FINETHEISTREET S — ¢ PARCREAT ISMOoKE = D AWHAT SIS fiTe _Him From Pitching This Season’ Dr. Kaufman will ass st of that city in mak fore leaving he that he felt the specialist would ur in the findings of Dr. Kaufman thasrthere is no serious consequence of the Influe His hovever, that Jolmmon's more serious than he realizes, basing their conclu- stons on the slowness of A few days to Auz‘h[a_ Ga., exitibition game With the Giants was ayed. He caught cold on the train and was ordered to bed again. His| illness was considered so serious this| time xrat his wife was summoned from | ne at Daytona Beac! ADVERTISEMENT. oyfontrie” SEEN O+ ED VEYou AND You GIVE FceETAway! | Arthur Decatur. .. Plainville, Ohio J. | August Walsh . AND{BEFCREBYoU'VE FOR | prenNTOGETHER A= MINUTE - HE STARTS RAZZING iYou-ABOU T Yy TASTELIN OLD.GOLD: {AND mfi;{A(COUGH‘IN DASHING OFF CAR!‘:OAD ! FoR’ A SPORTS.” MANAGER, BURTON E. SHOTTON, Home Address. Helght. Weight. Grafton, TIL. Huntsville, Tex. Thraws. Tere Jared Pittsfield Waco Phillies Pitchers. Edward Baecht . Ray Benge .. Bats. R R R R L L ‘Alex Ferguson . June Green C. Mitchell . ... Russell Miller Robert McGraw Hubert Pruett James Ring .. B L. Sweetland . elbourne, Fla. Edward Taber Rock Island, IIL Frank Ulrich . d. Phillies £ Spartanburgy Pittsfield Phillies Pittsfield Phillies EEELEET ] C. Willoughby Catchers. Harry O'Donnell John Schulte . James Wilson .. Walter Wheat .. Infielders. Richard Attreau. Wm. Deitrick . | Bernard Friberg J. Henry Sand F. Thompson. A. Whitney. R. Wrightstone . Wm. H. Kelley. . Outfielders. . William Hohman. . Baltimore, Md. | Fred Leach .. Jerome, Idaho Beaumont, Tex. Philadelphia, Pa. 175 Three Lakes, Wis. 180 “Where lJl he now?"—Jack Scott, trantlen'rd to Toledo. 'HENRY,SOUTHPAW HURLER, GOING WELL FOR GIA)TS By the Associated Press, uffalo, Kans. Philadelphia, Pa. t. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa. Shenandoah, Pa. Phtllln EEL LI FEREEEEE LR EEL] b hicago, TIL orfolk, Va. wampscott, Mass. San Francisco, Calif. St. Louis, Mo. an Antonio, Tex. Pnrwnnmn l" l Fhitlies New Orleans Phillies Minneapoifs Free Agent Phillies Phillies Pittsfield Phillies Phillies 178 175 130 135 CLE LU EEEEET L] COPELE R EPEEEE L as Beau, is wuzrpaumg his w into prominence with the Giants Left-handers, such as Nooks Wiltse, Rube Marquard and Art Nehf figured in pennant drives of the ) Grawmen in the past and now Henry shapes out as another worthy southpa st the o Athletics yesterda | g Henry contribufed a sparkling fiv inning performance allowing only fi well scattered hits which did not pro- |-duce a run. Sometie has pinne sack. Herman probably w to the outer garden. { ,Garroll Danforth son._young Hugh Wr farmed to Bucs Release a Pair. SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 (#). ax has fallen among Donie Bush's Pittsburgh Pirates and the first mem- bers of the squad to feel its effect were | pitchers Regis Leheny and John Dem-| © | ing, recruits gsters were believed by the makings of ball pl lack experience. Leh sent to Heine Groh's Salisbury n{ the Pirate kindergartens. il & minor league berth g for him. and had it ap«'z’ Thi$ year he Cubs Have Bad Day. IOS ANGELES, March 19 (®#).—A nd two cripples have been wr ten over the week end into the 1928 raining season record of the Chicago | Cubs. Hollywood of the Pacific Coast League accomplished the defeat, 5 to 4, to the delight of 7,000 Sunday spectators after innings of wretched base ball. Dur- ing the encounter Butler, Cubs’ third | base candidate, was spiked in the hand. and Heathcote, outfielder, was rendered | hors de combat by a collision with the outfield wall. He may be out of the game for a day or two. c The hitting of Kiki Cuyler again was ! the bright light of the Cubs’ attack, consisting of a home run and a two- bagger in five trips to the plate. Cards to Test Cripples. AVON PARK, Fla., March 19 (#)— Two of the St. Louis Cardinal main stays, outflelders Chick Hafey and Ray | Blades, whose physical handicaps have worried Manager Bill McKechnie, were slated for introductory appearances in the exhibition game with Indianapolis here today. 1R Blades has been bothered by his left | knee, which he dislocated in 1926, and | which refused to mend. Hafey was ' hampered by sinus trouble, which af- ADVERTISEMENT. ouble reappeared = ar he will Phils’ Batting Weak. !VINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 19 the hitting of the P tionals and he ordered mo: practice today. of their practice g Reds Play?ng Orioles. ORLANDO, Fla. AND ;YouU SLIP HIsma “AN OLD ! GOLD AWONDERING WHAT, Mks.c‘omE BACw WILLY S HmM THE BIG INEWSIASITHE.MAKE S HIS " WHY '\T HAPPENS ALMOST, EVERY DA\" " ED {CARTON " OF =] The Smoother and Better Cigarette ....not a cough in a carload » g a @ P Lositiard Co, Bon I