Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1929, Page 69

| Foot Ball, _Duckpi'ns l E__Ring, Golf,_ Base Ball' Part 5—4 Pages ~ SPORTS SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1929. Basket Ball, Soccer Turf, Hockey,. Polo Johnson Wants Base Stealing Club : Georgetown Relay Four Beaten in Boston GRIFFMEN T0 GET PILFERING DRILLS Pilot Wants Full Use Made of Players’ Speed—Milan to Teach Art. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ASE stealing, almost a lost art in the majors, will be revived this year by the Washington ball club, says Walter Johnson. The new pilot of the Nationals recalls how: much they got from fleet- ness of foot in the days when he was doing his wonderful pitching and he hopes to use to advantage the great amount of speed on the hoof possessed by his presént lot of players. So Walter plans to turn over to Clyde Milan, who set base stealing records when he was a regular performer with the Nationals, more than a decade ago, the task of impariing to the Washing- ton talent the knack of pilfering the sacks.'He will have his coach tutor the players during the drills at th¢ Tampa training base and if necessary will have Milan continue the lessons at the morn- ing practice sessions the Nationals will Kg (:rm the championship campaign starts. The modern hit-and-run game is good at times, Johnson holds, and so is the sacrifice. However, the new pilot be- lieves a gogd base stealing club can get more from 'its efforts than the aggre- gation content to try to pound its way around the circuit. So look for the Na- tionals to burn up the runways this year. 3 Fine Material to Work Upon. Milan will have much fine material to work upon when he begins his in- structions m the all-but-forgotten art of swiping the sacks. The Washington club last year was no slouch in this re- spect in sa far as clubs are rated in base stealing these days. It pilfered a total of 110 bases to place among the eight American League outfits in this line. And now there are among the National rookies some clever base runners, according to the statistics of the past campaign. At present, it appears the Wi n team other than the battery will show Joe Judge at first base, Jack Hayes or Stufly Stewart at second base, Ossie Bluege at shortstop, Buddy Myer at third base, Goose Goslin in left fleld, Sam West in center feld and Sam Rice or Red Barnes in right fleld. Look this bunch over and about the only slow- footed man in it is Hayes. The others shake a mean foot on the runway and two or three of them are exceptionally fast runners. Myer, who comes back to. the . Nationals from the Red Sox, stole 30 bases for the Boston club last season and was the American League leader in this respect. Buddy has speed in abun- dance and:in addition possesses a fair knowledge . of the knack of swipini Tu ore su vancing on: the runway by this method than other, known much speedier play~ ers West and Barnes Good Prospects. For instance, West and Barnes are bou? very fast runners, yet neither was The wtr‘li:dmv:mwbe their wm ‘The; 8 the %imuit. but just did not know how to start properly. ‘They were fooled by the pitcher of the opposition more often thmmeyd!!!d:.hnfoonn"(e}'nutm i 0, et fovee Mian il B year. ' Judge, though, knows how to get lxcundfthe b:’:@s and so do Bluege and Goslin. Judge swiped 16 bases last . Bluege got away With 18 thefts and Goslin with 16, These fellows along with Myer ought to make after- noons rough {:r the catchers of the ationals’ rivals. N'I‘hen there is Rice, who knows 8 thing or two about the pilfering art. Sam may get the right-field call over Barnes and if so the Nationals will be all the more stronger on the paths. Rice is growing no younger, but age hadn't slowed his legs much last season and probably he still can show speed nty. apl‘;oug;dmg out the group of National speedsters is Stewart, who may manage o nose out Hayes for the second base ob. If Stewart does, the Nationals will i1b\'e in their line-up just about the fastest man in the major leagues and one of the best base stealers in the business. He pilfered 56 bases with the Birmingham club in the Southern ‘Association last season, which is a great Tecord in these dsys of the slugging game, Can Get on Runway. Some might argue that to steal bases players must first get on the runway. Quite true. But here also, the Nationals scem well fortified Only one of the nine players that have been mentioned batted below the . ‘Bluege and he socl average of .207. Not poor, by any means. Goslin slammed at the startling rate of .379 to win the American League batting championship. Rice hit for .328, Judge for .306, Barnes for .305 and ‘West, for .301. With the Red Sox, Myer clouted the ball for an average of .313. These fellows are Teally big leagug ‘batters. Hayes did most of his playing with Minneapolis of the American Associa- tion and Stewart did all his with Bir- mingham. For the Millers, Jack banged the ball at a .332 clip, while Stufly helped the Barons with his neat .316 average. Good hitting, any way you consider it. Yes, it seems the Nationals will have the batting power to put themselves on the bases and the speed with which to progress after they once dent the run- way, And many of them already sess the knack of timing the oppos- g pitcher's motion which is so neces- sary if one would become a clever base stealer, ‘Those who are not proficient in this respect probably will glean much from Coach Milan's instruction. They'll get plenty of it. | It looks as though the Nationals may bring base stealing back to the game in earnest. PRO RACQUETS SINGLES TILT WON BY WILLIAMS CHICAGO, February 2 (#).—Charlie Williams of Chicago today won the world professional of Philadelphia, 9—15, 15—3, 15—4, 15—8. The doubles final was postponed to- is wme'lng slow | day, when C. C. Pell of New York, who 15 teamed with S. C. Mortimer, injured his leg. The New York duo had won one set and lost one to their opponents, Bob Gardner and Howard Linn of Chi- c2go, when the postponement was made. The play-off probably will be held tomorrow at the Chicago Racquets Club, PROMINENT CANDIDATES FOR TRACK HONORS AT EASTERN HIGH THIS SEASON GROVER- EVERETT FRED Ei1SINGER, ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor y DENMAN THOMPSON: that no American League club faces a tougher task this year than Cleveland. And in support thereof they cite the fact that in only one depart- ment—catching—is the team set. The truth of the matter is that exactly eight pilots will have plenty to occupy their minds next season and that goes for the Yankees and Athletics, too, despite any ap- parent advantage they may be figured on possessing through }lxgzvmg finished one-two in 8. Name a team that is so well fortified that the identity of the athletes for all the various posi- tions already is known and which merely has to await the opening bell to trot on the field just as it was constituted last year! It can’t be done. The Indians, with their capa- ble staff of Luke Sewell, Chick Autry and Glenn Myatt, are simng pretty so far as back- stopping is concerned, but there are other teams primed in some one particular sector. OME of the pre-season dopesters have it figured There are the Yankees, for. instance, with Ruth, Combs and Meusel in the garden. And, for that matter, the Nationals, with Goslin, West and Rise, or Barnes, who with their com- bined batting average of .329 topped all outfield combinations in the loop. Hug Must Experiment. But—Huggins’ loss of Dugan means he will have to experi- ment with Shortstop Koenig at third and with Busher Lary or Jockey Durocher at short, and, possibly, some one else in place of the questionable-armed Laz- zeri. Also the receiving corps of the Yanks is none too well bolstered. Then, as the fans are well aware, a figure familiar but new to the league in a mana- gerial capacity—W. P. Johnson racquets singles ) —will have to do a little tinker- championship by defeating Jock Soutar | ing on his own hook with Third- sacker Bluege shoved over a notch to make room for Buddy Myer and with second base a wide open proposition. Carrigan at Boston, still in the cellar two seasons after his come-back, may be figured to have worries’ enough on that score; Mack at Philadelphia, despite landing as runner-up in ’28, apparently has no very de- finite idea as to just where he will employ some of his very best ~ men, including Foxx, Dykes-and Orwoll, and Howley of St. Louis, although a third- lacer last season, was there so ar behind the top team that he is taking some 35 athletes into training at West Palm Beach. The Chisox and Tigers. . Chicago, with more than one gaping hole in its defenses, starts out with no vast amount of promising material under a leader new on the job in Black- burne, and Detroit, although it has corralled a bunch of ex- pensive young aspirants, has no proved shortstop and will be functioning under its current pilot for the first time. Yeh, we recall that Harris won a pennant and a world title in his initial season.as helmsman here, but he was not a newcomer to the club nor a stranger to the performers who were taking orders from him. A period of close relationship is required to get the human gears in a base ball machine properly lubricated for team work. But, if there be a fan who harbors the notion that one or more of the entries can afford to stand pat with no concern for what the approaching cam- aign may bring forth we chal- enge him to find a single manager who will admit he couldn’t make good use of a couple of first-class pitchers. * % Xk X The friends of Dave Ban- croft, former play-boy of the national pastime, are bemoan- ing the fact that the trade which sent Glenn Wright to the Robins will cost Banny $7,000 in salary next season. A sizeable sum. But the average bug won’t feel much sympathy is due when he learns that Dave’s 1928 salary was $19,000 and that he'is due to get $12,- 000 for warming the Brooklyn bench. * %k Kk % Major league magnates may be working under a secret agreement to control players who make unreasonable de- mands, as Joe Vila insists, but it is difficult to recognize proof of it in the case of Jumping J. Dugan, who was sold gy the Yanks to the Braves for the waiver price of $7,500. When Dugan balked and in- sisted on his unconditional re- lease under the 10-year rule the Braves’ management told him he could go to any big league BOXERS IN FLORIDA SIDESTEP TRAINING Sharkey Plays Golf, While Stribling Splashes in Ocean for Hours. By the Assoclated Press. \ IAMI BEACH, Fla., February 2. —There may be a fight sched- uled here between Sharkey and Stribling on February 27, but neither of them seemed to be aware of the fact today. Sharkey after a noisy welcome here last night, proved a disappointment today to those who had expected that he would have plenty to say after arriving on the scene of the prospective encounter. He would make no predictions re- garding the fight and played golf through the day with every indication of wanting to get in as much pleasure as possible before going to work. The Boston sailor said he would start his training the first of the week, but was indefinite as to the time. The other principal of Madison Square Garden’s elimination bout, Young Stribling, devoted his attention today to the ocean, and swam for several hours this morning and this afternoon. He also refrained from work-outs or any training aside from that he received in the sun in his pre- viousuly announced plan to get a sub- stantial seaside tan before he goes into active but light training, for the fight. Even Jack Dempsey, promoter of the fight, declared most of the day a holi- day and he, too, spent some time swim- ming at the beach. Dempsey placed all medium priced tickets to the Flamingo Park arena on sale before he began his holiday, how- ever, both in the Miami Beach and the Miami headquarters. MISS LOUISE FORDYCE BEATS MRS. CLEMSON' PINEHURST, N. C., February 2 (®). —Miss Louise Fordyce, Younntown.i Ohlo, today won the second annual woman’s’ open golf tournament of Pine | Needles' Country Club here when she defeated Mrs. Richard Clemson, Mld-l dletown, N. Y., 4 and 3. Miss Fordyce succeeds to a title won last year by Miss Virginia Van wle,‘“. Chicago_ who did not take part in this Lu.r's tourney. Miss Fordyce went out 46 to be 3 up at the turn, Mrs. Clemson using 50, and after two bad holes starting the way in she steadied ’ and turned in a medal score of 88, with Mrs. Clemson tallying 94. 1 club that wanted him for the {rlce paid. It was to the fact hat none of the other majors were interested that the under- cover pact is attributed, but it looks to us as though Dugan l merely is regardeg as through. STAR STAFF ~PHOTOS ~ CHESTE Auprey MART N N S : MILES Eastern High Has Much Talent For Track and Field Contests probably will get their first competitive | test February 22, in- the University of Virginia indoor games at Charlottes- In this meet Clow and Swope probably will compete in the sprints and quarter mile; Holmes and Stein- kuller in the distance events; the Miles mile; McCullough and Eisinger, Mar- tin and Tolson in the sprints, and ing | Everett in the hurdles. ITH most of the leading mem- bers of last season’s team at hand, along with a group who promise to develop into first-rate _performers, Coach Mike Kelley of the Eastern High track squad is hopeful of turning out a ca- pable team the coming season. He has had candidates at training for some time, but the squad will not reach full strength until basket ball is over, sev- eral “of the floor performers bel tracksters of ability. ‘Ted Entwisle, last season’s captain and clever quarter and half miler, and Bill Rogerson, quarter-miler,. are the main losses from the last campaign. Both were members of the mile relay team. Leading members of the Eastern squad are Capt. Frank Miles and his twin brother, Chester Miles, distance performers; Kenny Clow, quarter-miler; Fred Eisinger, who runs the dashes; Albert Tolson and Aubrey Martin, sprinters; Donald Swope, quarter-miler; rover Everett, high hurdler; George Shorb and - Ben McCullough, _half- milers; Billy Wood, javelin thrower; Frank (Possum) Holland, shotputter; Bob Slye, both a track and field per- former; Fred Hutchinson, shotputter: Bob Winn, pole vaulter, and nald Holmes and Paul Steinkuller, who pre- fer the distance events. Coach Kelley says that the Easterners COLLEGE RESULTS | Basket Ball. Virginia, 40; Catholic U., 21. Navy, 46; American U, 21. . Galiaudet, 39; George Washington, 29. Washington and Lee, 47; Maryland, 22. Maryland Freshmen, 42; C. U. Fresh- men, 35. _Ohio State, 44; Army, 30. Pittsburgh, 39; Temple, 28.. V. M. 1, 32; William and Mary, 19. Geneva, 42; West Virginia, 24, Davidson, 27; V. P. I, 12. Towa, 23; Chicago, 21. Defiance College, 32; Elton, 14, Duke, 26; North Carolina, 20. Michigan State Normal, 38; John Marshall, 27, Syracuse, 24; Michigan State, 17, Notre Dame, 26; Wabash, 23. Davidson Freshmen, 24; V. P. L| Freshmen, | Woftord, Nebraska, 45; , 39, Duke Freshmen, 40; North Carolina ! Frosh, 36 (extra period). Castle Heighis M. A., 20; Army Plebes, Wrestling. V. M. L, 17; Army, 11. North Carolina, 22; V. P. I, 8. Minnesota, 17; Chicago, 13. Towa, 22; 6. Nebraska, 6. lowa State, 19; Purdue, 13. Boxing. North (shrollnn, 6; V. ia, 4; Virginia, 3, Swimming. Navy, 5; Massachusetts 1. T., 2. Virginia, 36; ‘Catholic U, 24. Michigan, 49; Indiana, 22. PL 1 L ville. twins in the Shorb in the half mile; G. U. ELEVEN HONORED BY VETERAN ATHLETES PHILADELPHIA, February 2 (®). —Six hundred guests tonight at- tended the annual dinner of the vet- eran athletes. They came from all parts of the country and most of them had carved their names promi- nently in the records of athletic en- deavor—foot ball, base ball, box- ing, tennis, rowing, basket ball or the cinder path, - Departing from the usual custom, the Jolley trophy conferred upon the year's championship foot ball team was not awarded, the veterans feel- ing that to select one team for 1928 would be doing an injustice to sev- eral outstanding elevens in the East. Accordingly they picked out seven teams—Carnegie Tech, Georgetown, Georgie Tech, Army, New York Uni- versity, Boston Coliege and Pennsyl- :llnh—lnl saluted their representa- ives. WIDE WOULD RACE NURMI AT 2 MILES {Swede Challenges Finn by Entering A. A. U. Indoor Championships. BY TED VOSBURGH. Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, February 2.—With- out ostentation, but _with plenty of confidence, Edvin Wide, the visiting school teacher from Stockholm, tossed a quiet challenge to his old rival, Paavo Nurmi, today. In the most matter-of-fact manner in the world the great Swedish runner, who has matched strides with Nurmi & dozen times and beaten him twice, re- vealed that he intends to enter the 2-mile race in the National A. A. U. ghnm&mmpsfit:‘fion Squ:’re Gar- len ary hope of trying conclusions with the famous Finn. ‘The match appears as good as made, as Paavo never was one to pass up a worthy foe, and has previously an- nounced his intention of running in the title games. Only the particular event to be chosen was withheld, and Nurmi’s American itinerary were at 2 miles it is only logical to suj he will pick this distance for his title bid. Nurmi Apt to Enter Race. If Nurmi were uncertain before as to ‘whe!.her he should tackle the 2-mile or the mile, the gauntlet thus thrown down by Wide can hardly help but de- cide the matter for him. When an athlete is so far ahead of the field as Paavo, real challenges from a. worthy contender are<all too few to let go by default: ¥ 532wt ith these advance signs indicating that the duel definitely will. take place, the race stands out as one of the great- est natural attractions the indoor track has ever seen. world indoor record for 2 miles at 8 minutes 58Y -seconds, as well as the honor of being the only winner in his- tery to cover distance in less than nine minutes, Wide comes close to matching this performance with his world outdoor record of 9:0135. On that occasion, at Charlottenburg, in September, 1926, he conquered Nurmi himself, beat him at 1,500 meters as well. Wide is one of the two or three men in all the world who have proved it is possible to finish ahead of the wonder man. Wide Soon to Retire. ‘This may be the last opportunity for the great Scandinavian pair to’ battle it out over the classic distance at which other route, as Wide added the in- formation that he plans to retire from | competition at the end of the season. CHICAGO RUNS FIRST. CHICAGO, February 2 (#).—Captur- ing 8 firsts in 10 events, the University of Chicago easily defeated Minnesota, 54 to 26, in a dual track and field meet at Bartlett gymnasium today. The Florsheim Sale is | they hold the rival records, or over any | DUTRUNBY N. Y.L THAT TIES RECORD Wildermuth Just Loses to Canadian Ace—Nurmi Has Easy Victory. By the Associated Press. OSTON, February 2.—Paavo Nur- mi, the “Phantom Pinn,” wi his third 2-mile race in eight days here tonight in the fortieth annual Boston A. A. meet. Nur- mi’s time was 9 minutes 15 4-5 seconds, and he led Ove Anderson, his country- - man, to the tape by three-quarters of a lap. R. A, Dl!yr{m le of the Boston A. A. was third. ere were three otl;'el:'!s;:ncrs. = lew York University mile rela; team equalled Dartmouth’s time oS; 3:31 3-5 seconds when it defeated the Georgetown four in a thrilling baton- Fusmg duel. Eddie Shea, Georgetown'’s lead-off man, gave his teammates an advantage of 5 yards, but Whelan lost this advantage to Howard Warwick. Fred Veeit held the New York lead and ' Edward Hoctor, the Blue and Gray's anchor man, was unable to catch Phil Edwards. Wildermuth Beaten. * Percy Williams of Canada, double Olympic sprint winner, started his American invasion in impressive fash- ion by winning the 40-yard dash from a fast field. His time was 445 seconds. Karl Wildermuth of Georgetown was ° :lcjo:d and Jimmy Daley of Holy Cross Williams' time was a fifth of a sec- ond slower than that of his trial heat. The Canadian finished second to Lin- wood Pattee of Boston University aft- er getting off to a poor start in the | semi-final. The Canadian proved to be an ex- ’ R was abic to gt o the sarting Tine e was al get of line ahead of the fleld, which also in- g“llldedkPxfleé. Ch;t Bowman of the lewark A. C. and George Morin of Holy Cross. At the half-way mark, Wildermuth e Oivsic chatmpion, but be unventkeq cl uncorkeé finishing dris since three of the first four races onm |the content to follow him. for three laps. At the half-mile mark Dairymple spurted past Nurmi apd the flying Finn Nurmi was striding nicely at the mile, e Nurmi holds the | g o7 and at about the same time | 81V BOWLING SCORES GOOD IN COUNTY CONTESTS Some good scores were hung up last night as the Prince Georges and Mont- gomery County bowling sweepstakes got under way on the Arcade alleys at Hyattsville and on the drives at Be- thesda. Five games were rolled and five more will be bowled next Satur- day night to end the competition. R. Ward with a set of 620 led the rollers in class A and Tucker with 541 those in class B at Hyattsville and Joe Harris with 589 topped those at Be- thesda in last night’s block. Over, anfl Now a Sale of Men’s “HAHN SPECIALS” Just as eagerly as men welcome our “Florsheim” Sales, they await followed him about the track once and ° then let out a terrific burst of speed. ° Dalrymple tried to match it but wilted. * the annual reduction of “HAHN SPECIAL” Shoes—which always fol- lows. And tomorrow this big event steps up to the bat. Included, many popular styles of our famous $6.50 ‘“‘Hahn Specials’—young fellows’ black and tan Scotch Grain brogues, business men’s black and tan calf oxfords, also high shoes. These in all sizes. Also included, 250 pairs Manufacturer’s Samples— higher grade shoes—sample sizes, 7 and 74 B. 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