Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1928, Page 38

SPORTS.” EVENING THE STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928, SPORTS.” Griffs’ Strongest Line-Up to Face Giants : Detroit Is to Depend on Old Guard ' THESE LOOM AS REGULAR OUTFIELD GUARDIANS OF GRIFFMEN THIS YEAR RECRUTS TOIDLE IN ALL BIG GAMES Griffin's Showing Against Robins May Earn Him lJob. Hopkins Is Wild. BY JOHN B. KELLER. PA ~—In the e tomorrow s will have st line- way. Manager anounced this morning ation, with the excep- rv that has been TAM e against the inue in action anless an emerg- week Wil rs and ¢ t prevailed onals took the Dodgers d today i the e clud will be resumed, he clashes with the field and with the am outfits u next and are encountered n on April 2. Har- scheme of keeping ks forwar the final week season as a general Washington championshi not as a trial tour for The pilot will com- plete the scanning of his extras this ‘month. Griffin Impresses Harris. - While his club was taking its drub- bing yesterday, Harris just about de- cided to cling to Clarence Griffin, de- spite the pitcher's lack of height. The Iittle fellow, who is somewhat less than 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 145 pounds, breezed through five innings against the Dodgers in such splendid fashion that he now is virtually as- sured of being carried over into the pennant campaign by the Nationals. For a time it was thought Griffin's| smallness would force him right back to the minors, but the short southpaw has revealed enough of the pitching ty that made him a star at Memphis last year to earn a chance in the big show. In his term on the hill against the Brooklyns, Griffin yielded two hits and @5 many passes without being nicked Jor a run. Both of the hits were made in the first inning after he had fanned Brooklyn lead-off batter, and it only due to Bancroft's failure to a base while darting tow «wrd home ths&kflnmlllhtm‘sdldnat: League 1 10 | Jf i | n the game | Reading Interna- | GOOSE GOSLIN- With training camp developments indicating Rice has found his batting eye and that West's underpinning is sound, this pair is ex pected to team up with the hard-hitting Goslin in forming Bucky Harris' first line of defense in the garden for the campaign due to open April 10. IMPROVEMENT IN VETERAN PITCHERS IS LOOKED FOR Infield Composed of Same Men as Last Year, But Has Been Recast—Manager Moriarty Again to Stress Base Running for Tigers. BY BRIAN BELL. (Associated Press Sports Wri AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 22.-- Detroit_will depend on the o guard In the approaching p lips 1s a jack of all trades and has hesitancy in attempting to | position ‘on the field. Manage; |ty may solve this puzzle by keeping tr [wh{;ln ‘q'mr?r'. k 5 Moriarty came to Detroft as mana nant race. The Tigers will make |1ac¢ voar with a fixed determinat | places for some players Whose | pave’the Tigers run the bases and they | services were gained in trades during|ian s, well they led the league in this the Winter, but none is young as base | gepartment. The manager thinks the ball players go, 5o the sentors Will be | cxporiment in an art regarded as de- called on to bear the brunt, while thelpared from the game was a success and younger generation stands and waits. 1ha will h: the boys running again. Hope of the club for better position at | pics is a promising recruit to the base the close than the fourth place occupied | rygning league and he-will be encourag- |last year lies in the same pitchers With |oq to take ms ¥ s will Neun, | better arms. Earl Whitehill, a Ieft- |who by playing will have hander with a marvelous curve ball, |greater opportunity and Sam Gibson, a big right-hander | * The Jungaleers ssem to get as much fun | with a world of stuff, were in and out | oyt of their preparation periods as any in the last campaign. In the SDring |club in the le They indulge in | tuning up they seem to have definitel; |intraclub track events to an_extent not | returned. Addition of Elam Vangilder. | approached by their fellow players and formerly of the Browns, for relief calis | hefore the seacon opens the club cham- will release Lil Stoner for starting duty | pionship for sprinters will be settled in | with Kenneth Holloway, George Smith |each div! hers, pitchers, in- and Haskell Billings, the collegian Who | fielders, ou and coaches. is up and coming. Owen Carroll, an- | P | other collegiate contribution, may team up with Vangilder in the reser | little room for additions fr ttlxz‘:’g:f 3 BALT'MORE RINGMEN er.) S | elde: crop. Vic Sorrel comes fro with a good chance to stay, and Car | Hubbell, a left-hander from Oklahoma | i, Bl Jewish Community Center boxers d glovemen of Baltimore Cen- Infielders Are Recast. Y O AT T mateha b The infield will be made up of the six last night in the center gym here. same men who played in 1927, but they , The bouts e the high spot of the will be recast. Johnny Neun will play! program of the center's monthly first base on a whole-time instead of a | smoker. part-time basis and Marty McManus| In the best battle of the evening will be assigned to third base. Charley | Jimmy Cohen of the center team out- Gehringer will take care of second and | fought Tom Gresham of Baltimore in Jackle Tavener, completely recovered | three sizzling rounds. _ Other local from his injuries, will play short and | scrappers who won were Jne Stein, who show how hard a little fellow can hit. | knocked out Fred Harmon: Joe Lesser, The infield reserve question presents| Who drubbed Louis Herman in three a problem Manager Moriarty has not | rounds, and Bobby Goldstein, who dis- vet solved. Detroit has grown accus- | Posed of Joe Smith in another three- | tomed to having two first basemen with | Neun and Blue available, and now that | Blue has gone to St. Louls, it is possible that Bill Sweeney, purchased from Fort | ‘Wo;th, will be kept as Neun's under- | | Warner, last year’s third sacker, may | | be traded for a pitcher. Chick Galloway, | 4 formerly of the Athletics, who came to | the Tigers in a trade via the Browns, is | regarded, as a certain utility choice, as | he takes his infield positions as he inds them and can play them all, one | |at a time. This line-up leaves Nolen | | Richardson and Frank Emmer unplaced, TIGERS LIKELY TO KEEP ONLY TRIO allop. i Goslin in left center | or two bases. Hendrick skidded the | oall over second 8t a repid clip and | third, and | sta- | the | the cushions. s | h, was a foul Joft to Bluege. | ~£st, thou, “his 8 fine exhibition by the five frames, the Na-| their ecounting of the | ? y went out fn order in the | three innings while Douglas Me- ! 7eeny was on the hill, but reached the | ! sit-ball pit of the veteran Bill ¢ oak in the next two younds for five | feties and received one pass, while | w Dodgers kicked in with an error, 1.1 of which netted three tallies, In the fourth inning. with Rice out| e way, Harris singled, and so did sler. Hendrick, who fielded the sec- | ¢ bing ed perfectly to Preigau third to b of Harris, but the far- | mmer guardian dropped the sphere, | d_the Nationals’ pilot slid in safely. wlin pushed & run over with & one- s knock; then, after West whiffed, s forced out by Bluege ils r ed & tripie by Hendrick the ffth frame and watched out before Pinch Batter dge walked A single by Rice counted 1is and moved Judge o third. Joe wsed 2s Harris put Gown a sacrifical Bissonette. , Jofting to Tyson. Hopkins Is Very Wild. the next inning Paul Hopkins took | ifin’s place on the siab, and the re- it right-hander prompiy proceeded hand the game 10 the Dodgers on s er platter. He walked the first we men W face him and one scored n Bissonette socked 8 long fiy W t. Then Herman lined a homer field fence 1 chalk three 8, Hopkins passed but a double play the inning | ) the seventh - 3 the plate umbie by Biuege put ed and the third kins braced and uble by rman P ; onde's P ough, when 5. crowded st batter gol n Wes & W w0 Ganzl in Me was much better than in his ance s butted against Waison w thelr last three a4 walked three { > A enna Hat Co. 435 11th Street Bisler cowd not aid | & e first batter | I Associated Press. AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 22.— As the period approaches when the weeding-out process is to! Cissell, the expensive shortstop, did the , Moriarty is re- ported to have decided definitely on retention of only three of the army of tiger recruits who reported at the opening of the training season. They are Paul Easterling, outfielder, and Frank Emmer and Bill Sweeney, infielders. Moriarty described Easterling player of rare + Emmer, was obtained from yea: as a X . who Minneapolis last besides ranking high as a hitter i aggressive fielder. “Sweéeney, ob- tained from Fort Worth of the Texas| League, probably will act as an under- | study to Johnny Neun, regular first baseman. | | Boley at Short for A’s. i PORT MYERS, Fla, March 22 (®).| —Joe Hassler, rookie shortstop, will guardian, says bx‘«‘uldh is a highly acceptable under- study. | showing e vm’mhteh.llnd M‘ great 3 P! he would be “quite a ball player before very long.” The youthful 6-| footer is making a tour of northern| Florida with the regular Athletic team, | while Boley remains at the training| base here with the second string out- | fit due to a sore arm. Hassler halls from Fort Smith, Ark. Chisox Hitting Tells. WICHITA FALLS, Tex, March 22 victory over Wichita Falls, the Texas champions, 11 to 9, yesterday. in spite of some weird pitching and worst fielding. Loer, Henline. {lots of San Francisco, blew up hope-| | Pittsfield team at the start of the minor | world champions rose in their wrath | | yesterday and gave the Braves an 8-to-2 OF RECRUITS “Speed” Luque, fresh from the sand-| lessly in the fourth inning, and Chalmer | same. ' Luque worked fine the first three | innings and then forgot where the | plate was. Eventually, by rolling up 16 | | safeties, the Sox won. Tribe Hurlers Do Well. CLEVELAND, March 22 (#).—The Cleveland Indians were back at thetr New Orleans camp today enthusing over the "Brand of pitching displayed in downing another Ohio team, the Co- lumbus American Association club. Buckeye, Underhill and Brown work- ed for the Tribe at Guifport, Miss, yesterday and gave the Senators only 6 hits in a 7-to-5 victory. Three of Columbus’ runs were trace- able to flelding sins of Buckeye, who played first baseé after his four-inning stunt on the mound. McNeely Is on Shelf. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 22 (#)—Gloom prevailed around the St. Louis Browns' camp when it was learn- ed that Earl McNeely, one of the three | seasoned major league outfielders, was | on the shelf with a lame back. Buck Preeman, on a scouting trip to the Athletics' camp at Fort Muyers, | returned with the bad news that Con- | nie Mack had no more outfielders to | turn over to the Browns. Red Sox Rookies Sent Home. BRADENTON, Fla, March 22 (®).— Seven Red Sox youngsters will start | north Priday under direction of Johnny | Collins to work out on the home grounds instead of accompanying the squad on its upward swing. They probably will land with the league season. Hoyt Wins for Yankees. ST. 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Conveniently Located in Our New Home _ |lted to any Yankee this season. sence of any hitting at all by Babe Ruth and Buster Gehrig, “Jumping Joe" Dugan hit & home run, & double and a single in three official trips to the platter., The homer was the first cred- | Gallagher, Washington, D. C., BOXING BOUTS WILL MARK GROTTO FETE Five boxing bouts will be an attrac- tive feature of the program arranged by Kallipolis Grotto of Washington for Master Masons in connection with a “stag nite” program tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Arcadia. There will be a quartet of four-round matches topped off with a battle royal bouts will be sandwiched in a program marked by a variety of attractions. The boxing card follows: 130-pound class—Gypsy Smith vs. Jessie Belt. 155-pound class—Billy Kid Woody. Bailor Oden 135-pound class—Ray Bowen vs. Paul Bruen Battle royal. GALLAGHER VANQUISHES NEW YORK FOE QUICKLY NORFOLK, Va., March 22.—Show- ing aggressiveness and speed Marty heavy- weight, last night knocked out Jack O'Connell of New York, after one min- ute of fighting. Gallagher is to show his wares at Madison Square Garden, New York on May 4, but has two more fights before then. CHALLENGES TUNNEY. LOS ANGELES, March 22 (#).— George Godfrey, negro fighter, through his manager, Jim Dougherty, has chal- lenged Gene Tunney for a heavywelght championship battle, to be fought this Summer. HARRIS IS IDLE TODAY FROM INJURED ANKLE TAMPA, Fla, March 22.—An In- jured foot kept Manager and Second Baseman Stanley Harris of the Na- tionals idle today, but he expects it to be healed sufficiently to permit his return to the line-up tomorrow when his club will start its annual Spring exhibition series with the Giants, In the fifth inning of yesterday's engagement with Brooklyn Harrls, while running out a bunt, plowed into soft earth in his siide toward first base and severely twisted his right ankle. The injury was lightly considered at the time, but this morning the foot was palning the manager a great deal. T i Remov Outstanding Values in mobiles of Popular N SEDANS, COUPES, ROADSTE Backed by a Dealer of i UDEBAKER : i] Corner 14th & R Sts. N.W. 1509-11 14th Main 5780 Of Fine Used Cars —Now Going On JOSEPH McREYNOLDS, ine. 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Cantwell and Hogan Commings, ~Spohrer; Morris, Wilson and Hoffman, Berry. 3 n Fra e isco, Calif.— % 010000010—2 8 1 | 8. Francisco 0014002 0x—7 13 & Grimes. Dawson. Peery and Smith, Gooch Jacobs, Ferzuson and Vargas. e At Fradericksbure, Fex — Detroit (A.). ... 000000451—1012 S. Antonio (T}, 000001000— 1 & Sullivan, Hubbell. Sorrell and Shea. Har- rave: Newman, Hinkle. Agricols and Meyers. At Pittsbi ® At Gulfport— Cleveland .. 001401010—7 8 1 Columbus 001000031—5 6 1 Buckeye. Underhill. Brown and Stahlman Autry: Lyons. Meeker. Zumbro and Bird Wagner. . GAMES TODAY. Orlando—Cincinnati (N.) Balti ) ater—Philadelphia (N.) va. Brook | Park—Philadelphia (A) va. S ) v Iyn, i t Loniis (N St. Petersburg—Boston (N.) ve. New York (A.) Bradenton—New York (N.) Bow ) ton (A slis—Chicago (A) ve. Wichita alYichita co—Pittaburgh (N.) i Seala (P, X Kissimmeo—Washingion' (A.) ve. Roches ter (L), va. San Some of the base ball wise ones are already ex;:rmtnf the opinion that the Chicago Cubs will be the club to watch in the National League. this NEW pleasure n smoking! HEY find new smooth- | A& ness—newmildness—in | Admiration’s Havanafillers and expert hand workman. ship.Naturally, Admiration YOUNG MEN are Discovering | but presenting impressive bids for con- |sideration. The club is a bit over- | stocked on_infielders. [ Harry Rice, who came from the {UNLIMITED TOSSERS | Browns, u"lll play center fleld and show PLAN LOOP SESSION [2 fost pajc ot pecls on the bases. e | but hard hitters in Harry Heilmann and Bob Fothergill. Heilmann led the Teams of the District and nearby | league in hitting last year and has been | Maryland and Virginia wishing to en- | pounding the ball hard enough in prac- ter the unlimited class competition of | tice to suggest that he may repeat, 2 the Capital City Base Ball League will|though it has been his custom tc bid| meet Monday night, at 8 o'clock, at only in alternate years for the batting | the Post sports department. Arthur|supremacy. Fothergill has many days| A. Heywood, league secretary, will pre- |of strenuous work and much perspira- | side. _ |tion ahead of him, as he is several Meéetings for teams in other classes (pounds in excess of the best tonnage of the league will be held at later dates | for an outfielder. Red Wingo will fill during the week. | the outfield utility role and he may be | Winners of Capital City League|joined on the bench by Paul Easte chnmfllonshlps again will be presented |iing, recruit from Bloomington in the medals and trophies by the Post. Three Eye League. The league will have five classes— unlimited, senior. junior, midget and O1d Catchers Being Pressed. insect. The midget competition will| Larry Woodall and Merwyn Shea of | receive the support of the District of |last year's catching staff. are set, but | Columbia Department of the American 'are being crowded for first mnsmem:wnl Legion. by two new catchers, Phillips from N: | Base ball wili e fiscussed at the | V€. and Hargrave from Toronto. P | March 1aceting of Petworth A. C. to- | | night, at 8 o'clock. at the home of Manager Carl Minnick, 4114 Third | street. Powhatan A. C. base ballers, com- vrising former players of three teams, Nats, Joe Judges and Corinthians, seeks ames with the best midget class nines f the city. In the Powhatan line-up, | it has been announced. will be Lee. Steinberger. Kessler, Filha, Conner and | others. Charley Quigley is a mound | dependable. Powhatans are receiving challenges at Franklin 9067. CELTICS CAPTURE OPENER. 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