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'Foot Bali,i Duckpms | ‘»Ring, Golf, Base Ball Part 5—4 Pages Infield Only Problem Up io Johnson : New York U. Captures Collegiate Meet BLUEGE AT SECOND MAY SETTLE ISSUE Could Replace Stewart or| Hayes, With Cronin at | Short for Griffs. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. | AMPA, Fla., March 2.—Aside from | the uncertainty which always exists regarding a pitching stafl, no matter how formidable it may loom on paper, Walter | Johnson would appear to have but one major problem to solve in the training here for his big league debut as leader of the Nationals. It has to do with the | infield. With Muddy Ruel apparently headed for a genuine comeback as a result of an active Winter in a St. Louis gym- nasium and a special course of sprouts for his questionable throwing arm here, and with such seasoned receivers ava able as Benny Tate and Ed Kenna, not to mention a pair of promising young- sters like Al Bool and CIliff Bolton, the catching department looks to be ade- quately cared for and this seems to be irue to an even greater degree of the | cutfield. For picket duty. ague champion batsman, Goose Goslin. in Jeft field, the fleet and accurate-pegging Sam West in center and either Sam Rice, the veteran, or Emile Barnes, the voungster, in right—.300 hitters all— the prospect is for one of the best al- anced and most effective garden com- binetions in the circuit. This is with- out even taking into account the qualifi- cations of Spencer Harris, who with Minneapolis proved the 1928 champion | home-run slugger of the American Asso- ciation or Melbern Simons. the younger | and even more agile fiyhawk Tequisi- | tioned {rom the Birmingham Barons. | Only Infield Questionable. This leaves the inner cordon alone as questionable and not all of it, at that, merely the center section, for the flank positions apparently are to be satisfactorily manned. J. Ignatius Judge, on the basis of his showing last year when he failed to participate in but 2 of the 155 games played by the Griffmen, is growing sturdier instead of more brittle with the passing years. In only one other campaign, that of 1921, did he cavort in as many as 153 contests and in several others since he became & regular in 1916 his fragility kept him out of approximately a third of the tilts. Al h he will be 35 years old next May and prior to last season usually was one of Old Man Jinx's favorites in the matter of dealing out injuries, Joe seems to have found a specific for the charleyhorses that formerly put his underpinning on the bum through the simple expedient of “warming up” his legs much as a pitcher does his arm bee fore .oln: into a game. It thus would .h:pll!lll uptlble l"lfll.l in sinn [ yet, especially view R 't that his consistency as a pretty well established by book, which shows him as ailing to exceed that mark but twice nine years and on each of by only a few 3 the event Josephus should experience a slump in effective- ness, there are more than fanciful rea- sons for believing that the youthful Harley Boss, also a southpaw both in hitting and throwing, could produce a | satisfactory job of substituting at the initial station. Boss, who has not yet, attained his majority and has the dis- | tinction of being the youngest player on the roster, displayed marked signs of class in the few games he got into with the Nationals last scason, and al- though his batting mark of .270, com- piled during two complete contests and parts of 10 others, is far from impres- sive, he more than held up his end on attack with the Little Rock club of the Southern Association, from which he was purchased. Myer Seems Strong. Jumping to the other side of the diamond, one is confronted with ihe sturdy figure of C. Solomon Myer, for title to whom five athletes estimatcd 2s having a cash value of $70,000, were shifted to, the Boston club. During Myer's first full season with the Na- tionals, in 1926, he gave unmistakable evidence of ability to hit, as his .304 for 132 games attests, but he left much to be desired in a defensive way at short- stop and it was not until after the Red Sox obtained him in exchange for Top- per Rigney in the Summer of 1927 and he was tried in several positions, includ- ing the outfield, that it was determined his natural position was at the ml corner. ‘Then, given the benefit of pointers | from Bill Carrigan and that master | coach of infielders, Heinie Wagner, | Myer developed rapidly as a third base- man until at the close of last season he ‘ was rated as being one of the best | three in the circuit, everything con- | sidered. And that the original estimate of his punching proclivities was accu- rate, despite his slump to .281 while be- ing shifted about between clubs as well | as positions in 1927, is shown by the fact that he achieved a .310 rating last season, when he also distinguished him- celf by topping all American League rivals in the matter of stealing bases. ‘This brings us down to the middle of the infield, where it is found that Oss Bluege is scheduled to perform as a shortstopper, which he was before he entered the big show and was converted into a third baseman, with Stuffy Stew- art and Jack Hayes, both familiar figures to patrons of the pastime in the Capital, slated to fight it out for the job of second base left vacant by the departure of Bucky Harris to man- age the Detroit Tigers. Second Base Doubtful. Stewart is fast, a demon on the base Unes and an average hitter, but in-| clined to be erratic defensively, and Hayes, while possessing the proverbial “fine pair of hands,” is handicapped by slowness afoot in covering ground and is about 50 percentage points shy of desirable class as an attacking force. Of course, it is within the realm of possibility that either Pete Yoter or Charley Gooch may demonstrate their right to consideration as keystone can- with the league's| , | that none of this quartet looms as a {en full rights and title to the position he Sunday Star. \ Basliat Boll » : | Soccer Tuyf, Hockey, Polo WASHINGTON, THERE IS PLEN el Bosses of Washington and Tampa clubs conferring with city official on improvements at ball park where Griffs train. Left to right, they are: Wallace Davis, assistant mayor; W. L. Cobb, Clark Griffith, prexy of the Nats, and J. L. Cone. Cobb and Cone are owners of the Tampa club. BIG LEAGUERS SPEED WORK IN FAR WEST By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.—Train- ing routine in the three big league camps in the far West gathered momen- tum today as the star boarders, rookies and base ball driftwood continued to respond to daily increases in the work- out program. At Pass Robles the Pittsburgh Pirates livened up a morning turnout with brisk batting practice. Manager Donie Bush had the pitchers lobbying the ball around for an hour and a half. Car- men Hill, spectacled twirler, was on the shelf today. He was suffering from a recurrence of lame back, a chronic trou- ble which he had during his best sea- son two years ago. Manager Bucky Harris hustled his Detroit Tigers through a brief but bristling workout at Phoenix. Several more infielders and outfielders drifted in today and the American League squad will get into full swing next Monday. ‘The Chicago Cubs, off to the earliest start of the big time trio out here, made their Santa Catalina Island stronghold ring with the crack of potential base hits. Manager Joe McCarthy feels justified in wearing a broad grin, for his boys are shaping up in fine style. PITTSBURGH CLUB SUED BY DISCHARGED TRAINER PITTSEURGH, Pa., March 2 (#).— The engaging of Mike Chambers, for-| mer Ohio State and Olympic squad | trainer, in a like capacity by the Pitts- burgh Pirate Base Ball Club was the basis for a suit instituted in Federal Court against the Pittsburg Athletic Club, owners, An alleged breach of oral contract is claimed by the former club trainer, William Humphreys of Pitts- burgh. Federal Court suit was necessary, it was explained, the Pittsburgh Athletic TY OF CON D o, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1929. Club being chartered under New Jersey laws, Al Schacht and Nick Altrock, at a decide that the Griffmen conference, could hit a volley ball easier than they could swat a base ball. Major Leaguers Put in a Busy Day in Camps in Gulf States By the Associated Press. TLANTA, Ga. March 2—Long sighs of relief that tomorrow, the Sabbath, would bring them surcease from training, went up tonight from the majority of major league ball players in Spring iraining camps in the Gulf Coast States. In most camps, Sunday will be a day of rest in preparation for increased | work next week as tardy arrivals fill out | the roster. John McGraw, who took his New | York Glants to San Antonio this year, rewarded early arrivals with a holiday tomorrow, but newcomers to the camp were ordered to take light workouts. With the exception of those arriving in to the infield puzzle Johnson will have to_work out. How? Well, as the situation stands now, Cronin will be gis stand when he reports for Spring pra tice Monday that, although Bluege is| slated to play short this year, Joe is regarded as having a bright future in that job; that it is only a question of time until he will earn the assignment | as a regular and that in view of his youth, he can afford to act as first- string substitute for a term. Then, if Hayes or Stewart, or either | Yoter or Gooch, for that matter, should | fill the bill at second base, the infield would be all set. But in the event| capable successor to Harris, what then? Our suggestion is that Cronin be giv- as shortstopper, which he demonstrated | to our saiisfaction last season that he | can handle capably, and that Bluege be shifted over to second base. Bluege a Ball Player. ‘To our mind, there is no more reason why Oss shouldn't make as bang-up didates, particularly the latter, who, at 22, is five years the junior of Yoter and whose batting average of i Little Rock of the Southern Association | is accorded more respect than the .322 figure compiled by | apolis in the highe 2 Association. 1t is likely, the chances of these minor both of whom are coming up smen, properly should be of the “outside” variety. | There 1s only one other infielder on the roster of the club, Joe Cronin, a lad of 22 years, who, over a stretch of about half the season at short, made 2 highly favorabie impression on fol- | Jowers of the Nationals last year and it oceurs to this observer that he may be the means of furnishing the answ |tion his_ ability to get away with his a second baseman as a third sacker or a shortstop. Few there are who ques- projected transfer to the latter position, | ind we can’t see why there should be | any doubt about his success as a middle- | cushion guardian. He has every qualification for the k. including adaptability, and as| nin, next to Bluege, unquestionably | the ‘best potential shortstop on the roster and the two of them figure to| co-operate around the keystone cushion to far better advantage than any other combination, it seems to us that if Johnson gets stymied with his infield problem he might find as the best so- lution obtainable writing his infield & ticket to read: Judge, 1b.; Bluege, 2b.; Croniy, 85, and Myef, 30, . b wasion the past two or three days, McGraw said his squad was in good shape. Terry, first baseman, will arrive tomorrow and Eddie Roush, outfielder, is to start South Friday, completing the Giant squad. Chisox Feel Grind. Sore muscles from their first two days’ work caused Lena Backburne to declare tomorrow a holiday for his Chi- | cago American players, who arrived at | Dallas yesterday and today. The White Sox engaged in a pepper game today Only six absentees were recorded in Blackburne’s camp today and they arc expected to answer present Monday. Beneath a broiling sun in Florida, several score of major league veterans and rookies have rounded in shape rapidly and the lid will be pried off the grapefruit season during the coming week. Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Ameri- can entry showed batting punch in a regular-yannigan game today, with “Bing” Miller, hard-hitting outfielder, and “Mule” Haas, showing the way. Miller gathered in two singles and a double and Haas the first home run for the season here and a single. The regulars won, 5 to 1. Mack had Ossle Orwoll at first,| Jimmy Dykes filling Max Bishop's place at second, Joe Boley at short and Sammy Hale at third, with Miller, Haas and Al Simmons as his outfield combination. | Homer Summa, former Cleveland out- fielder, was in the outfield for the rookies at Fort Myers. ‘The Philadelphia National League entry, under the leadership of Bert Shotten, settled down to training at Winter Haven after a royal welcome from the citizens of the town on their arrival late yesterday. Shotten had 17 players in uniform for the first work- out and expected his entire squad to arrive next Thursday. Resounding cracks of bats against fast balls gave notice at West Palm Beach that Dan Howley had his squad of St.| Louis Browns tuning un their batting eyes. Rip Collins was in uniform for the first time. Howley crew here early next w A soggy field kept Jack Hendricks and | his Cincinnati Reds out of uniform at Orlando, Fla., during the forencon, but later when a sun had dried cut the field, the Red Legs were at work with some indication of Hendricks' line up appar- ent. He had Victor Schiell, a rookie, .t first base, Critz at second, Ford at short and Walter Lutzke, formerly with Cleve- land, but drafted from Newark of the International League, at third. Curt Walker, outfielder, at odds with the management over his pay, was in Xpeets his full | k. | WALTER JOHNSON, | Nationals' new manager, is conferring with himself on some of the problems he is facing to give Washington a flag contender. camp today and it was believed the | matter had been settled. Roy Meeker, list with a lame pitching arm. With the squad growing at New | hour workout and declared tomorrow | a holiday. George A. Grant and Ken- neth Holloway, right-handed pitchers, | joined the squad today and Joe Shaute, veteran left-hander, and Catcher Glenn Myatt, are expected in a day or so. President A. S. Barnard of the American League and former prexy of the Indians, is_expected here tomorrow for an un- official visit. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Michigan, 23: Ohio State, 26, Purdue, 37; Illinois, 23. Cornell, 30; Princeton, 16. Pittsburgh, 41; West Virginia, 19, Oklahoma, 36; Missouri, 35. Chicago, 27 Creighton, 40; Drake, 53, Notre Dame, 19: Marquette, 10. Dartmouth, 31; Pennsylvania, 22. e PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Detroit Cougars, 4; Pittsburg Pirates, 3 (overtime). Chicago Blackhawks, 2; Montreal Ma- roons, 1, Canadians, 3; Boston Montreal | “Toronte, 1; Ottawa, 1 (overtime), | Bruins, 0, | southpaw pitcher, went on the injured | Orleans, Roger Peckinpaugh sent his | | Cleveland Indians through a brisk two- | FERRING GOING ON AT CAMP OF NATIONAL WORLD RECORD EQUALED BY ILLINOIS U. HURDLER CHAMPAIGN, IIl., March 2 (#).— Led by Bob Rodgers, who equaled the world dirt course indoor record in the 35-yard high hurdles, the GEORGETOWN GET Less Than 3 Points Back of "Sodtes {ime in the nurdte evet Winning Team That Has a Total of 25. | jointly by Thomson of Dartmouth, Kinsey and Werner of Illinois and Guthrie of Ohio State. | fending champion, was second by {one inch. Sexton of Georgetown, Ber. |linger of Penn and Levy of Cornell | took the next three places. EW YORK, March 2—For the 3 first, time in the history of the | Wildermuth Is Second. | Intercollogiate Assoclation of | Jimmy Daley successfully defended his Amateur Athletics in America title for Holy Cross in the 70 yard dash. v track and fleld team econd: while 5_'.!!\'!‘1!5 of Dartmouth :,f;‘m;fins’)’,‘,%‘?m g | was third. The time was 7 3-10 seconds. A check of the points showed N. Y. | hJOhr“ COIHQ; of Bl‘x‘:l‘n. was another | . 4 o | champion to keep his crown, swooping U, Jfrst jwith 25 Doints: Gcorgela¥n | over the 70 yvard high hurdles in 8 8-10 | st , 22V ylvania third, 215, g e hamalon., | seconds to beat out Sol Furth of N. Y. U. fourth, 191, |and Mardulier of Harvard. | N. Y. U. had three firsts, two seconds | [Frederick Sturdy of Yale, sensational | and a fourth. | pole vaulting successor to Sabin Carr | ""N."Y."U. gained its supremacy in a |8t Yale. accounted for the first inter- blue-ribbon field of 27 colleges through | Collegiate record of the meet, soaring | the sheer grit and courage of a small |10 2 height of 13 feet, 43; inches. BY TED VOSBURGH, Associeted Press Sports Writer. New York University tonight | Karl Wildermuth of Georgetown, was | FRENCHMAN STOPS GENARD IN A HURRY Fladner Gains Sensational First-Round Triumph P Frankie Genaro of New York ia the first round of their bout here ionight. ‘The Frenchman's sensational victory | practically clinched for him the world flyweight title. Genaro has been recog- nized as the king of the 112-pounders | by the National Boxing Association, and |1zzy Schwartz, another New Yorker, | nomince of the New Yoik State Boxing Commission for the same title, was de- | cisively beaten by Pladner at Paris sev- | eral months ago. The Frenchman also holds_a knockout victory over Johnny ' Hill, English and European title holder. | Planned to Turn Bantam. ARIS, March (Spider) Pladuner driving flyweight, but well balanced team that made its big bid in the running events and fur- nished the lion's share of the evening thrills by taking firsts in the 1-mile Sturdy shattered the standard set by | | Carr here a year ago by 1 inch. | As a matter of fact, Pladner an- PBarney Berlinger, Penn's versatile nounced after tonight's bout that, hav- | performer, then added sensation to|ing no more flyweight worlds to conquer, run and the 2-mile relay as well as the | Sensation by clearing the same height. | he would campaign in the future among running broad jump. | . Continuing his thrilling vaulting ex- | Joe Hickey played the major role for | hibition, Sturdy, on his next attempt. | the hard-running boys in Violet by | sailed over the 13 feet, 73 inch level | coming up from obsurity in a great | for a new and even better record. This | flash of brilliance to win the mile. Phil | Was good enough to win the pole vault | Edwards of Canadian Olympic fame |for Yale, and Berlinger's vault 4 and Sol Furth, happy-go-lucky all- | inches less gave Penn second place. around performer, were the other big| There was a three-cornered tie for the point winners for the New York title other place. winners. The dusky, smooth-striding New York U. Wins Relay. Fdwards finished second to Hickey in! New York University crashed into the mile race and ran the crucial | the victory column again by taking the anchor _leg on the 2-mile relay team,|2-mile relay. Phil Edwards, with an while Furth not only was second to | inspiring effort sprinted the final lap John Collier of Brown in the 70-yard | with the speed of a quarter-miler teeth high hurdles, but captured the running clenched, to ward off the great bid of | broad jump title for his team. ‘su{scll Chnpmdun ;fG Ba'pts Cul'l‘v.;z;. ” | Bates was second and Georgetown third. Two New Records. IN. Y. Us winning time was 7:52, Two new intercollegiate records set, | Princeton and Penn took the other two and one world record equalled comprised | Places. the net results of the concentrated at- | The championship in the 1-mile tack upon time and distance. | run went to a “dark horse,” Joe Hickey | Pred Sturdy of Yale pole-vaulted 13 | 0f New York University. feet 73, inches to beat the old record | In the last quarter mile he beat out by 4 inches for one of the new col- | Phil Edwards, his more heavily favored lege marks, while Penn's fine fresh- | tcammate and George Offenhausser of man mediey relay team accounted for | Penn State, who were second and third, the other with Bill McKniff running a | respectively. The time was 4 minutes brilliant anchor mile. |and 20 seconds. John Collier of Brown in the very first | A champion was dethroned in this heat of the 70-yard high hurdles, in event, Bill Cox of Penn State, winner which he retained his championship, equalled the world mark of 83-5.sec- standard., Dartmout won ‘*he 1l-mile relay champlonship with Harvard, Syracuse, | Yale and Colgate next in that order. | The time of 3:22 was fast. Sexton Wins First Event. In the first event of the meet, run off in the afternoon, Leo Sexton of | Georgetown won the 35-pound weight throw. . The 220-pound Hoya star | heaved the weight 49 feet 6'2 inches, winning by a margin of almost a foot over his nearest competitor. Weiss of Cornell tossed the weight 48 feet 81, inches for second place, while a team- fect 8'5 inches, Cornell collected 5 points from this pair. Steiner of Pennsylvania was _third, | with a mark of 47 feet 7 inches. Crozi |of Dartmouth took fourth place, his heave measuring 47 feet 2 inches. | _Sexton’s winning toss was the first ! that he essayed. | Dave Adelman of Georgetown also | competed in this event, but was handi- | caped by fouling. | Cornell won the championship in the | 16 pound shot put when John Ander- | son, track and foot ball captain, cap- |tured the event with a heave of 47 eret‘ 7% inches. favorite and record holder and de- | ON THE SIDE LINES AMPA, fla, March 2.— With the Spring train- ing mechanism of the Nationals about to be shifted from low into second, President Clark Calvin Griffith finds that a few of the parts he is depending upon for smooth functioning in the American League pennant chase ahead are missing from the ensemble. In the case of some, replace- ments are available in the stock room, but others are regarded as highly essential cogs without which the machine might be expected to run about as well as a motor minus oil. In the first class are Pitcher 2aul McCullough, Catcher Cliff Bolton and Infielder Charley Gooch. The latter is on the verge of officially being listed as a hold-out, a classification that will be written opposite his name if he isn’t in line and on the job by Monday. The Ventura, Calif,, youngster, it seems, has demanded not only more money than was offered him, but transportation in ad- vance from and to his home across the Continent. He will get neither. McCullough, who was to have been a member of the party that en- trained for Tampa from Washington a week ago today advised at that time he was ill and would be a couple of days late in starting, since which time no word has been re- ceived. Mac is touted by some as being an even more promising box prospect than Ad Liska, with whom he played at Minneapolis last season, and if he is much longer delayed a tracer may be dispatched to his home. at New Castle, Pa. Bolton’s case s even more of @ mystery, for so jar as is known the young man_has been enjoying the best of health and was well enough satisfied with the terms ofiered him to sign his contract with little loss of time. | Some two or three days after he was due {o report a ‘telegraphed in- quiry sent to the address where he had ‘received former communications | from the club elicited the reply that he had started for Tampa last Sun- day. And as he makes his home in the neighboring State of North Caro- lina he has had time enough to make * the journey even with a plough mule as a means of transportation, With the Sports Editor IaBy DENMAN THOMPSON HE players referred to as T eminently necessary in the Griffithian scheme of things and who still are out- side the fold are Leon Allen Goslin, Sam Jones and Fred Marberry and we will consider them in that order as they are expected to prove, respectively, hard, harder and hardest to df:;}twich, reading from left to right. It can be stated authorita- tively that the prexy of the Washington club-has had no arguments, by mail or other- wise, with the Wild Goose of the Potomac. He now is at Hot Springs, Ark. taking the baths in company with Joe Judge, and will discuss terms upon his arrival, which is set for a week from tomorrow. Jones, from whom absolutely nothing was heard for many weeks after his contract was sent out, finally got in touch with the big chief, requested that accommodations at the hotel be arranged for his wife. He was advised that the reserva- tion had been made, was urged to make the delay in checking in=as short as possible and it was sug- gested that he bring his signed papers with him., This leaves only Marberry, and from all indications he is going to prove a tough critter to back into the shafts. For years Firpo has been a chronic last-minute man at the business of accepting terms. He al- ways has had a plentiful supply of words to bandy with the club presi- dent, and doubtless is looking for- ward to another orgy of conversation this Spring, but if the man who writes the figures into the contracts means what he says there will be no Jurther conversation with the big Tezan on this occasion. “Marberry was informed by m: that the club couldn’t afford to raise salaries this year,” Griff asserted to- day. “It had a lean season financial- Iy in 1928 and Marberry had a poor one artistically. I wrote to him more than three weeks ago that the terms offered would not be revised and never received any answer. Whether he is planning to come here I don't know, but I haven't sent for him and I won't. I have offered him as . much in salary as I think he is worth, He can fake it or leave it. 1t's up to him,” onds, which is also the intercollegiate | Dave Adelman of Georgetown, the | | last year, finishing back in the ruck. Furth Takes Broad Jump. Furth, the N. Y. U. Jack of all trades, despite his participation in the hurdle final. won the running broad jump crown with a leap of 22 feet 5! inches. | Newkirk of Penn was second, while Ber- | | linger, Penn, and Wildermuth, George- town, who also were entered in more | than one event, tied for third. Ben Hedges of Princeton, Olympic team member, and Bill Pump of Col- gate, a comparative unknown, were forced to snare the running high jump | crown when they tied at 6 feet 3 inches. Tom Maynard, Dartmouth’s defend- ing champion, was third, with 6 feet | 1 inch, and Sexton, Georgetown; Ber- Yale, tied for the next place at 6 feet. Little Joe Hagen of Columbia clung | to his two-mile running title with a |race worthy of a& champion. Hagen forced himself around the final lap. | features strained and rigid, to cover the | distance in 9 minutes, 31 seconds. just | one-fifth of a second behind the record. !Sam Levering gave Cornell second honors while Charley Meisinger scored third place points for Penn State. | | Hoya Frosh Nosed Out. | a great final mile reeled off by Bill MCcKniff gave Penn the freshman med- ley relay which did not count in the ‘vamty scoring but produced a flash, contest that shattered the intercolle- |giate record. Georgetown, which had |been in the lead when McKniff took the baton for the final lap, was second. Boston College, third. Princeton, fourth, and Bowdoin fifth. The time for the 17; miles, which | consists of a half-mile. a quarter, a 220- vard and a mile was 7:42 6-10 seconds. The old mark of 7:45 2-10 was made by Penn in 1922, FOR INDOOR SHOT PUT | _ FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, Gétmany, | March 2 (#).—Emil Hirschfeld, German weight event star, tonight established | 3wmz is believed to have been a new | indoor record for the shot put with a | heave of 50 feet 9 inches. the bantamweights. ‘ Genaro was hit only twice. The first | punch, a right to the jaw, staggered | him. The second. a terrific left to the | heart, floored him. The spectators |gasped in intense astonishment as | Genaro, fully conscious, rolled over the {ring vainly attempting to rise. Finally he collapsed face down as Refree Henri | Bernstein completed the count of 10. | The bout lasted 47 seconds. | . Pladner was carried about the velo- | drome on the shoulders of enthusiastic spectators. |+ Genaro rushed out at the first gong {as if he intended to make short work (of the Frenchman. Genaro swung right jand left, but both blows were wild. | Pladner, as usual, was high strung and nervous at the beginning of the battle. | After a short clinch, Genaro landed an overhand right high on Pladner's neck, | but the Spider, inside the American's guard, swung a short uppercut to Ge- | naro’s jaw and then brought his left to | the body, just helow the heart. Genaro's | knees buckled and he sank slowly to i the floor, writhing in pain. He gamely | sought to regain his feet, but was | counted out. | Foul Claim Disallowed. ‘Genaro's managers, Joe Jacobs and Bill McCarney, attempted to claim a foul, but their claim was disallowed. To | ringside spectators, the knockout blow apprared to land at least six inches above the belt. Genaro wa sstill unconscious as he was carried to his dressing room. He opened his eyes a few minutes later and said: “This guy sure can hit like |a mule. | Pladner told the Associated Press he | considered himself “lucky to win so quickly. T feit T would be the winner, {but I didn't think the chance would cov_?; so early.” e “gate” aggregated 1,070,000 lfflncs. & little more than $40,000. mate, Worden, finished fifth, with u'llm’rer. Penn; Russell, Brown, and wmf.le BARBA Wins OVER | | AUSTRALIAN BOXER By the Associated Press. | . MELBOURNE, Australia, March 2.— Fidel La Barba of Los Angeles, former world flyweight champion, defeated Billy | Grime of Australia on points in a 15~ | round boxing bout here tonight. The fight, which was witnessed by a crowd of 10,000, was disappointing, both | men frequently being “counted out” by . the crowd for continual clinching. | pracicaity theongnoue whlle the. soube practically throughout while the young | Italian-American, who relinquished his | Ayweight honors by retiring undefeated |but is now attempting a comeback, scored at times with lefts to the ribs and body. Both men were unmarked at the fin- <h. La Barba weighed 121'; and Grime 123’5, which makes them feather- weights, BY MARTHA NORELIUS CHICAGO. March 2 (#)—Martha Norelius of New York cracked another one of her world indoor swimming marks tonight as she successfully de- fended her senior women's amateur title {in the 500-yard free style at the Lake | Shore Athletic Club. "Her time was !6:26; her former record was 6:32. | ington and Lee, favorite, and | North Carolina, rated as secon | choice, were put out of the Southern Conference champion- | ship basket ball tourney in play here | today. Mississippl U. routed the Generals, 50 to 28, in a stunning upset, while North Carolina bowed to Duke, the Tarheels being badly beaten, 34 to 17. In the other games, North Carolina | State downed Clemson, 31 to 28, and | Georgia defeated Kentucky, 26 to 24. | _As a result of today's clashes, Missis- | sippi will play North Carolina State and | Duke will oppose Georgia in the semi- | finals Monday. The final will be staged Tuesday. Mabry, slender, not overtall for his | position, furnished the potential fiint |and tinder to start a victory fire for Mississippi in routing Washington and Lee. | " Ole Miss, led by Mabry, the only man not brought over from the 1928 cham- | pionship team, staged a great second | half r;!sly to overwhelm the Virginians, to 28. It was an upset astonishing as Clem- |son’s triumph over Georgia Tech last night and more impressive, as the team from Oxford seemed unable to miss the basket in the final half. The fast- moving, hard-shooting Mabry alone scored 18 points in all, and netted most | of that number in the final half. The Generals, leading 21 to 14 at the intermission, apparently were headed | for th: semi-finals, and Ole Miss, a team which had locked mediocre all | season, was considered running true to | form. But with Mabry's exhibition to | | begin the rally the whole team appar- | |ently caught the spirit and played | Washington and Lee to a standstill. | | The Lexington lads scored but seven !points in the last 20 minutes against | 36 _for Ole Miss. Washington and Lee saw its star cen- | ter, Willlams, go from the game early | in the second half because of four per- ' TLANTA, Ga., March 2.—Wash- fWashingtdn and Lee, Favorite, . Beaten in Dixie Basket Event sonal fouls, but they were trailing then \and never came clcse again. | Mississippi (50). W. and L. (28). | G.F. a. | €. Phillips, ¢ | Setby. 1 Mabr | Strange, ¢ Laird. §....0 A. Phillips, & | Boutwell, s. | Totals ....21 8 50 | North Carolina State flashed su- | periority in every department over Clemson, but after enjoying a comfort- able lead they let down offensively in | the closing minutes and found the South | Carolinians too close for comfort. | The Wolfpack players gave the best | exhibition of the tournament in drib- | bling and passing, their guards, Johnson and Warren, especially standing out. | Clemson q’g\ N. C. State (31). | Odell. 1. 3 % Hewitt. { Thomas. Crain, ¢ Woodru Lester, Jones, Totals . i 5 3 0 3 3 0 ol ormmon- o oy 2] cwmantiy Totals P | moomuwma 3 Duke, with Croson leading the way, with 14 points, had little trouble beat- ing North Carolina. Duke’s win was somewhat of an up- set, and its decisive triumph was a stunning surprise. Duke (34). G Cander. £.... 0 Jankoski, Councilor, Roers, 1. Croson, ¢. Thorn. ¢ .11 628 Totals ....11 North Carolina Satterfield, Hackney, Price arper, Damero) rown. Harpet, & L1 1 sscfenue 1 o 6 0 Farlay, &.... 3 Werber, & Totals Totals Georgia’s big red team Kentucky in a thrilling encounter, fea- tured by a last-minute rally that almost carried the Wildcats of the out in front, ol coomenoc 21