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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DG SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 192 SPORT S, Permanent Griff Squad About Picked : Yanks Ready With Ruth, Gehrig in Trifg DOUBT SURROUND BATTERIMEN LY Gooch, Cronin, Stewart and| Simons Seem Assured of Reserve Jobs. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. AMPA. Fla., March 9—Although the Nationals of 1929 have not Scen toiling long enough for y definite conclusions to be reached regarding their com- parative individual value a fairly ac- curate rating of them may be made. Today marks the end of a fortnight of training for the younger pitchers and the rounding out of just a week for in- fielders and outfielders. This, of course, is far too shoit a time for any one to formulate sound judgment anent their capabilities, especially in view of the fact that all still are working under wraps. For that matter the squad has not yet been assembled in its entirety, what with one catcher missing and an- other disabled, two pitchers delayed in reporting, one because of illness and the other through disinclination and a couple of regulars not due to check in until tomorrow. Estimating the relative worth of the candidates for the various positions, therefore, would be a hazardous under- taking at such an early date if the squad were a large one and their play- ing prowess had to be determined solely on what they showed in the training camp practices or Spring exhibition contests. 1t so happens, however, that as there were but 32 men on the roster at the outset, with the necessity of lopping off only 7 to attain the legal limit of 25, which goes into effect June 15 and that a good line on the prowess of each athlete was had before Tampa ever was invaded some justification exists for venturing an approximation of the com- plexion of the team after the necessary pruning has been attended to. Simons Apt to Stick. Assuming in advance that the club, as finally settled upon, will consist of five outfielders, seven infielders, three catchers and 10 pitchers, it is possible to draw some conclusions that should prove not far wide of the mark, with due allowance being made, of course, for injuries and other contingencies impossible to anticipate. That the fly-chasing brigade will con- sist of Goslin, West, Rice and Barnes has been known by everybody all along, and that the fifth man will be Mel- burn Simons, the youngster purchased from Birmingham for $10,000, seems likely in view of the fact that he com- pares very favorably in ability with Spencer Harrls, the only other garden- er on the roster, and who, if not re- turned to Minneapolis, would involve an outlay just double that figure. With the regular infield already ten- tatively determined upon as consisting of Judge at first, Hayes at second, Myer on third and Bluege at short and with the necessity of having substitutes available, it may bz ventured that Stew- art will be kept for emergency duty at the keystone and Cronin as Ossie’s un- derstudy at short. In view of the poor health of Harley Boss, and doubt as to when the youth- ful first sacker will be fit for service, there seems to be no question that Gooch will get the call over Yoter as the seventh man. The latter is 27 years old, unlikely for that reason to improve, ana can-piay only at third base, in ad- dition “to_involving the payment to Minneapolis of $15,000 if kept. Gooch, on the other hand, not only is five years Yoter's junior and nominally a basemah, but while on the coast before signing with Little Rock, covered the initial station and in his drills here has indicated he will make an acceptable substitute for Judge. As a clincher, cost. only the draft price of $4,000. Gharrity Seen in Line. As regards the batterymen, the situ- ation is complicated by some “ifs” that cannot be_ side-stepped. CIff Bolton's prospects have been darkened by his missing of two weeks of practice due o fllness, he wired here yesterday, and Al Bool started under the handicap of competing _against receivers already possessed of big league experience. The obvious thing regarding 'the backstopping brigade would be to nom- inate the holdovers, Ruel, Tate and Kenna, and let it go at that, but the ample figure of Ed Gharrity throws a shadow of doubt over that procedure. Brought, back after an absence of five seasons ostensibly as a coach, Gharrity is training faithfully with the object of | ya earning a berth as an active player and, despite the fact that he has passed the 35-year mark, will just about do that thing provided his confidence in the rejuvenation of his throwing arm s not misplaced, for he is a hard and dangerous hitter. 'l‘f‘z: question of pitching naturally is more involved than any other, but to start with one is safe in assuming that Braxton, Hadley, Jones and Marberry are fixtures and there is little question that Ad Liska tops all the lesser lights. There is half the staff and with Paul Hopkins obviously in need of both ex- perience and stuff there remain but half & dozen flingers from which to find the five needed to round out the stafl. Paul McCullough, whom illness has prevented reporting, is rated as a prom- ising prospect on his showing with Minneapolis, which values him at $20,- 000, and Guy Cantrell, the “Iron Man” from Baltimore, will have to display a 1ot of ability to justify the price tag of $30,000 which accompanied him. Campbell Well Liked. Next to Liska, the highest regarded of the new flingers in camp is Archie Campbell, drafted from St. Paul for $5,000. Lloyd Brown, at this writing, must be rated a step in advance of his fellow southpaw, Bob Burke, and due to their greater seasoning both have something of an edge on Jim Weaver, although none of the boxmen possesses greater latent possibilities than the 230- ound giant. i Mnr(‘xhzhl on the entire subject will be shed by what develops in the ex: hibition contests now at hand. For the opener against the Tampa team of the Southeastern League here tomor- row Weaver, Cantrell and Hopkins are expected to divide the pitching, with Bool behind the bat, Gooch, Hayes, Bluege and Yoter comprising the in- field and Simons, Rice and Barnes in the garden. Starting with next Tuesday's game against the Boston Braves, at St Petersburg, the other pitchers will be assigned to three-inning shifts. Tate will do part of the backstopping and Myer will take his place in the infield. Harris also will get a chance to cavort in the garden if his tonsils have suf- ficiently subsided by that time, but West is likely to be kept out of action for & week or two yet as a precaution agajnst injuring the leg which both- ered him last Spring. For a time consideration was given to sending Ed Kenna to Washington to have the healing of his dislocated thumb supervised by the club phy- sician as a precaution against perma- nent stiffening of the joint, but it now has been decided the catcher will re- main with his clubmates and do road work to keep his legs and wind in shape until such time as he is able to throw. CRESCENTS TO MEET. Crescent junior class base ballers are |siar, conquered Glenna Collett, the na- | to meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the tional women's champion, 2 and 1, ini home of Capt. Waldenmaire, 835 Mint- wood place. | | ADOLPH LISKA. This expensive purchase from the Minneapolis club of the American As- sociation is considered one of the best bits of pitching material that has come up to the Washington club in years. He delivers the ball with an underhand motion that is calculated to mystify many batters. ILLINOIS FAVORITE T0 CAPTURE MEET Places 11 Men in Finals and Seems Sure to Win Ninth Conference Title. BY CHARLES W. DUNKLEY, Associated Press Sperts Writer. OWA CITY, Iowa, March 8.—Illi- nois, eight times winner of the ‘Western Conference indoor track and fleld championship, has its ninth title within its grasp. The Illini go into the finals of the Big Ten meet tonight an overwhelming favorite, with Iowa in the position of runner-up. The competition brings together a picked fleld of 261 athletes, one of the largest entries in the history of the event. Illinois served notice of its superiority by qualifying 11 men in the trials last night, placing two men in the 60-yard dash, three in the 70-yard high hurdles and ancther trio in the mile and half mile. The team coached by the gaunt and solemn Harry Gill had an advan- tage of five qualifiers over its nearest competitor. Towa, Indiana Next. Jowa and Indiana each qualified six | men, with Ohio State placing five and Michigan and Chicago four each. Wis- consin qualified three, Northwestern and Minnesota two each and Purdue one. . Indications that records will be smashed in the finals developed in the preliminaries when a new mark was set in the 60-yard dash and a trio of hur- dlers tied the Big Ten record in the 70- yard high-hurdle event. Judd Timm of Illinois, rated as one of the outstanding halfbacks in the West- ern Conference last year, clipped a tenth of a second off the record of the 60-yard dash when he won his quali- fying heat in 0:06 2-10 sec This brilliant performance also equaled the American indoor record for the dis- tance. Tonight Timm will match his stride with the seasoned veteran, George Simpsor of Ohio State, former holder of the conference indoor record for the distance, and Eddie Tolan of the University of Michigan, sophomore Ne- gro flash, holder of the national inter- scholastic record for the 100 and 220 yard dashes. ‘Tolan, making his debut in Big Ten competition last night, won his trial heat by two yards over Burkart of Illi- nois, reeling off the distance in 0:06 3-10 seconds, which equaled the old meet record. Three Tie Record. Crooks of Ohio State, Allison of Towa and Haydon of Chicago each tied the record in winning their heats of the 70-yard high-hurdles event. Each won in 0:088-10 seconds, tying the record made by Frank Cuhel, Iowa’s Olympic star, in 1928. ‘The meet tonight will be robbed of some of its color by the loss of three athletic blue-ribbon championship win- ners of the 1928 meet. George Baird of Towa, holder of the record in the 440- yard run and a member of the Ameri- can Olympic team last year was out of the competition because of a pulled tendon; Robert Carr, the Illinois high jumper and 1928 champion, and Joe Novak, also of Illinois, title holder in the mile, were forced out by injuries. BOWLERS ARE BUSY IN VARIOUS EVENTS Second round competition in the Bill Wood sweepstakes will be held tonight at Lucky Strike. Bill Mor- rissette is leading s> far. The final sets will be rolled at King Pin No. 1 a week from tonight. Several other interesting duckpin events are carded hereahout tenight. At_Convention Hall North Washing- ton Church League and East Washing- ton Church Leegue all-star teams are to clash in the final block of their annual series at 7:30 o'clock. Washington and Alexandria Southern Railway teams will face in the first block of a home-and-home 10-game match at the Coliseum, starting at 8 o'clock. The second block will be rolled at_Alexandria next week. University of Maryland sweepstakes | will end ton¥ht at College Park. Italian | sweepstakes will open at the Arcadia | with' the second block games set for | Convention Hall next week. | “Annual tournament of Bankers' League was to be held this afternoon at Convention Hall. YATES WINS GOLF EVENT. PALM BEACH, Fla., March 9 (#)— Arthur Yates, Rochester, N. Y., star, | won the Palm Beach golf championship by a sweeping victory over Hugh | Willoughby, Philadelphia, 10 and 9, over | the 36-hole route. GIRI; BEATS CHAMPION. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 9 (#). —Helen Hicks, 18-year-old Lond Island the semi-final match of the Florida East t women's championships, MOST PROMISING OF RECRUIT HURLERS AT GRIFF CAMP By the Associated Press. EST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 9.—Frank O'Rourke, last year’s third sacker for the St. Louls Browns, ar- rived yesterday and without getting any instructions immediately took over the keystone sack. Eddie Grimes, recruit from Tulsa, is being groomed for the hot corner, which O'Rourke handled last year. Heinie Manush, Frank McGowan and Lu Blue are still absent. Blue has writ- ten he'll be here shortly, but Manush and McGowan have not been heard from. DALLAS, Tex., March 9 (#.—The Chicago White Sox have started their Spring exhibition series with a victory. With George and Leslie Cox turning in four-hit pitching, the White Sox easily defeated the Dallas. Steers, 7 to 2, in the opener yesterday. Manager Blackburn's men made 13 hits and committed no errors, Acting Capt. Art Shifes starred at bat for Chicago, getting a double and two singles. PHOENIX, Ariz, March 9 (#).— Manager Bucky Harris of the Detroit Tigers today was to direct his new charges through their first practice game of the season. His pitching selections for the regu- lars were to be Owen Carroll, Earl ‘Whitehill, Johnny Prudhomme and Lil Stoner. The second squad hurlers named were Emil Yde, Lefty Barnes, Elam Van Glider, Sam Gibson and George Smith. FORT MYERS, Fla., March 9 (#).— After losing two straight to the 8t. Louis Nationals, the Philadelphia Athletics said farewell for the present to the ram- paging Cardinals and today turned their motor busses toward Miami to tackle the Cincinnati Reds. The Nationals took yesterday's game, 11 to 6, after scoring a 2-to-0 victory the day before. NEW ORLEANS, March 9 (#).—The Smith Makes a Full Pivot With Shoulder BY SOL METZGER. There are two pivots used for the long shots of golf. (1) The full pivot employed by players like Tol- ley, who hit for prodigious distances and not always too straight. (2) The half-pivot used by Mac Smith, Jones, Hagen, Farrell and most stars. It permits of better control. When properly timed it will give distances as great. The defining line is the hips. The hips do the turning or pivoting within their own limits, following the taking back of the club with the straight left to the point where the left can no longer move it back. CYRIL AOLLEY . Then, as the weight is automatically shifted to the right leg, the hips are turned. Tolley turns them until the iine through them points at the ball. Smith until the line through them points ahead of the ball. His hips turn about half the distance that Tolley’s do. But notice this point about the half-pivot. Smith's shoulders, like Tolley’s, point to the ball. In other words Smith turns the shoulders also to get- his final leverage. This half hip and full shoulder pivot is | less of a strain, insures better balance | and results in more of a whip at contact. The full pivot depends on physical force for distance, a punch of body and arms at contact, (Copyright, 1920 O’Rourke Selects Second Base For His Job With the Browns BIG HITTERS MAKE WORLD CHANPIONS Huggins, Though, Must Take Risks With Infielq and Hurlers This Year. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Sports Writer. T. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 9. —Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are enjoying their usual robust health and the New York Yankees are ready to start another quest for base ball supremacy. It matters little in the camp of the world champions that an untried third baseman will protect a corner of the in- field, the throwing of the pivot man at second may lack snap and precision, and two pitchers are trying to regain their misplaced cunning. Ruth and Gehrig are in good health and spirits. The Yankees believe that when longer hits are made Babe and Lou will make them. The athletes of Miller Huggins find their position as stellar figures a mixed blessing. Every man's hand in base ball js against them, but as champions the burden of proof in eviction proceed- ings is on the opposition. Mark Koenig, who has been a short- stop during most of his base ball life, for the time being at least has suc- ceeded Joe Dugan at third base, with shortstop falling to Lyn Lary, sensa- tional Pacific Coast gueard. Lary promises to join the small class of play- ers able to live up to advance notices and big price tags. In his introduction to Manager Huggins he has displayed fewer weaknesses than most youngsters breaking into fast company. Lazzeri Nursing Arm. In the limited scope permitted by “Hug,” Tony Lazzeri, who suffered from a lame arm last season, has thrown well enough, although no occasion has ap- peared calling for him to “bear down” on his repaired arm. Leo Durocher, & great fielder in any league, and Gene Robertson, better as a hitter than a fielder, stand subject to call without notice. Lou Gehrlg has a first base assistant in the person of the veteran George Burns. The Yankees, always well fortified in the outfield, have now an even greater surplus of talent, which may prove em- barrassing when the time comes to clear the decks to a working basis. Ruth, Combs and Meusel, of course, will get first call and Durst and Paschal, able reserves, have been joined by Sam Byrd and Slias Funk, good enough to qualify as understudies. Outen, the North Caro- lina State collegian, can hit, but the Yanks will not be able to take ad- Cleveland Indians had their last hours | of solo workouts today. Tomorrow the sackmen, he shortstops and the uot- | fielders arrive, and Monday sees the | entire team in uniform and at work. | ‘The _problem _bothering Manager Roger Peckinpaugh is whether three of | the pitchers in camp, all old-timers but | regarded as dark horses, will pull| through as permanent performers to| supplement his regular staff, compris- ing Shaute, Miller and Hudlin, Kenneth Holloway’s work has been | spotty, as has that of Jovo Miljus, and Jimmy Zinn's most consistent work has been in the minors. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 9 () —Babe Ruth's New York Yankees’ scrub team finally has beaten the regu- lars. Most of the credit is due to Gor- don Rhodes, Pacific Coast League re- cruit. Rhodes, pitching the last three in- nings of a seven-inning game, allowed the regulars only one hit and no runs. George Pipgras pitched the first four innings for the rookies and was touched for two runs. The scrubs, however, got to Roy Sherid and Fay Thomas for three runs and the game, Babe Ruth got one sin- gle, but Gehrig went hitless. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 9 ().— John McGraw Is beginning to fear that his New York Glants’ regulars are get- ting into condition too quickly. The weather has been fine here ever since the training season began and with two workouts daily the players have rounded into great form. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 9 ()—The Boston Braves may sport a pair of brothers in the coming season. Sam Jones, brother of Percy, the pitcher, is working out with the Tribe and if he makes good efforts are ex- pected to be made to persuade the New Haven Club of the Eastern League to part with the outfielder. The Red Sox have the Gaston boy Alex and Miiton, who make a batte! in themselves. CLEARWATER, Fla., March 9 (#).— Rumors have it that Wilbert Robinson, resident-manager of the Brooklyn bins, is making overtures to Emil Fuchs of the Boston Braves to obtain Dr. Eddie Farrdl. the dentist-infielder. Robinson was seen talking with Fuchs in St. Petersburg yesterday. Uncle Wilbert has considerable respect for Farrell's ball-playing ability, but Eddie, primarily a shortstop, would have trou- ble trying to find a regular berth with Glenn Wright, Dave Bancroft and Billy Rhiel to beat out. AVON PARK, Fla, March 9 (B).— With an open date today, Manager Billy Southworth expected to put his St. Louis Cardinals through their paces to eliminate weak spots revealed during the series with the Philadelphia A’ which resulted in two Red Bird victorie Tomorrow the Red Birds will clash with the Indianapolis American Asso- ciation squad at Sarasota. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 9 (). —Tommy Thevenow's apparent tiptop condition was the subject of much com- ment at the Phillles’ camp today. The former St. Louis shortstop was sold to the Philadelphia club last year because it was feared a broken ankle would interfere with his play. He had his first workout here vesterday and all hands were pleased with the manner in which he covered the short field. He declared his leg was as good as ever. The Phillies are all on deck now, with the exception of O'Doul, outfielder, and Bob McGraw, pitcher. PASO ROBLES, Calif,, March 9 (®). —Earl Sheeley has won the approba- |1 tion of Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, in so far as his form in the field is concerned. “If the big boy hits half as well as he flelds he will be the star of the National League 1929 race,” Dreyfuss says. Jess Petty and Burleigh Grimes are considering a wager as to who will win the most games for the team this year. When Grimes came to the Pirates last year he stepped out and won 25 and jost 14. Petty believes he can better | this feat. AVALON, Catalina Island, Calif, March 9 (#).—Joe McCarthy's Cubs al- ready have demonstrated ~that they have a “murderers’ row” of their own for 1929. Eighteen hits rattled off Cubs’ bats yesterday 8s they defeated Los Angeles, 11 to 6, in their first exhibition game. Rogers Hornsby got & home run and two doubles in five attempts, while Riggs Stephenson got five safeties. Clyde Beck, whose gflmng has been worrying Manager McCarthy, came through with three hits. Lautenbacher, Holley and Horne, rookles, pitched for the Cubs and held | the Angels to nine hits. The Cubs were back for more conditioning here P vantage of his ability at this time. The catching staff also presents a contest with Arndt Jorgens, an Okla- homa City recruit, fighting energetically for a place. Bengough, Dickey and Grabowski are wearers of service stripes. Herb Pennock and Wiley Moore, pitching casualties of 1928, look all right and feel all right, but the extent to which their alling arms have been rejuvenated can be told only under fire. Hoyt, Pipgras in Trim. Waite Hoyt and George Pipgras will take up just where they left off last year, and Tom Zachary, a bulwark in the closing days of the campaign, seems to grow younger with the passing of the years. ‘Ed Wells, a left-hander with an abundance of ammunition, who has been a major leaguer before, has an excellent chance to be one again after a tour of duty in the Southern Association. Henry Johnson, Fred Heimach and Myles Thomas are back again, as is Al Shealy, who started with the Yanks and finished with St. Paul. =Fay Thomas, the former Giant, is bidding for a place. If they start playing foot ball the Californian cannot be kept out. Of the younger candidates Roy Sherid, Albright's bid for major league repre- sentation, seems to have a slight ad- vantage. He prepped at Montreal with conspicuous_success. Babe Ruth continues to pack the cus- tomers in, with or without tickets of admission. The practice of the Yankees is followed twice daily by great crowds, with a definite suspicion that a ma- jority come to see the big fellow with the little legs hit the ball. Before Ruth deserted the golf course for the base ball field the attendance was rated no better than fair. It jumped overnight. To the base ball railbirds the Yanks ar; only & ball club, but Babe Ruth is a hero. These Yale Pole Vaulters. OMETHING over 20 years ago Gil- bert of Yale set a new pole vauit record. There may have been a S Yale man before him holding the mark. Anyway, Gilbert was Olympic champion. Then Bob Gdrdner came along and lifted the mark to higher figures. Gardner was intercol- legiate champion and world record holder for some years. There were other star pole vaulters from Yale in the interim, and then Sabin Carr ar- rived in time to beat 14 feet and win an Olympic championship. Now, as Carr passes on from college, Yale has a young entry, named Sturdy, who may set a mark that won't be equaled for a few years before he is through. Yale has had more good pole vaulters than any two universities combined, and this pole-vaulting habit has been a big part |of the Blue program for more than 25 vears.. ‘What About the Yankees? to say about the Yankees than any other ball-club. And their league outfit. | The Yankees have been different | from any other team in base ball his- tory. They won pennants in 1922, 1923 and 1924. A three-year is about all | that any club can hope for. As pre- dicted, they fell away in 1925 and 1926, when Washington paddled its way to the top. But where it usually takes vears to rebuild a pennant winner, the Yankees fell heir to three such young- sters as Gehrig, Lazzeri and Koenig, and in 1927 they were on their way again, leading the match. Now they have three more pennant years to add to the other string, making a total of six pen- nants in eight years, well beyond the mark of any other ball club. Last season a series of injuries and accidents almost blocked the road, but they rallied in time to win out and then beat the Cardinals four straight. More than a few ball players be- lieve they are due again to find their way to the soapy chute, with Pen- nock, Lazzeri and others still uncer- tain quantities. Others are waiting to see just how Babe Ruth is feeling about the matter | when the season opens. If Ruth is in | for another year the Yankees will have Ino great amount of bother ahead. | The “old Ruth-Gehrig combination is still the big artillery of the game, and it will take a bad pitching collapse to | bring them down. But the Yankees, ALL players down South had more | | opinions were more varied than the | |opinions offered about any other big | RTLIGHT with eight straight world serfes victories [in as many starts, are one of those ball | | clubs who can travel at top speed in | | either direction. If they ever start| detonating, the noise won't be muffled. | The Strongest Field. 1 'HE strongest field, the best all-| around cast, that will meet for any | | championship in sport this season will | | get together in the next open golf | | championship at Wing Foot in June. | ‘What other field of sport can turn | out as many stars in one big cham- | | plonship test as that offered when you | bring together such talent as Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Bill Melhorn, George Von Elm, Tommy | Armour, Bobby Cruickshank, Mac | Smith, Horton Smith, George Voigt, ! Johnny Farrell, Joe Turnesa, and > on, | indefinitely? There will be around 1,200 entries before the qualifying rounds, and the survivors will gradually work their way along until orly one is left. And that one viil have played his share of golf. Most of the leaders have seasoncd their competitive play from Califor- nia on into Florida, where an all-star group is still hard at it. The Northern march starts soon, with Pinehurst one ef the main centers. Out of the 150 or 160 survivors who qualify for the Winged Foot test there will be 20 capable of winning—combin- ing the necessary qualities of skill and competitive determination and concen- tration. These professional golfe) haven't been playing for any heavy guarantees. For any guarantees. They have had to fight for what they got ‘That makes all the difference you can think about. In the Spring a lover's fancy Often turns upon the rose, In the Spring the young fan’s fancy Quickly turns to four-base blows. Golf, says an e)‘tfie‘rfi is largely a mat- ter of balance. Balance in the bank. ‘The amount of gameness required for {imnt running is rarely given its full ue. ‘The name of the next heavyweight champion still looks to be at least a year away from the headlines. Dartmouth’s skiing team and Stan- | ford, U. D. C. and California’s foot ball | teams are still enjoying Spring practice. You can't keep your head still through | | a golf swing when the back of your | neck is locked to your spine. | Emerson Quint MERSON INSTITUTE'S quint, Washington's lone survivor in the Washington and Lee Uni- versity scholastic basket ball tournament at Lexington, Va., was to engage Augusta Military Acad- emy of Fort Defiance, Va., early today in a semi-final match. John Marshall High of Richmond and Newport News High were to meet in another semi- final encounter today. The survivors will meet in the title game tonight. entry in the tournament, was eliminated in its first game yesterday, bowing to John Marshall High in an extra-period, 25-10-20 battle. To gain the semi-finals Emerson yes- of Lynchburg, 40 to 31, and then_took the measure of Princeton, W. Va., High, 37 to 20. Alton Buscher was the ace of Emer- terday. In the first game he scored 17 points and in the second 20. Nelson Colley also did some notable playing both on attack and defensively. From the outset the Central-John Marshall game was a thriller. John Marshall was ahead, 5 to 4, at the end of the first quarter and at the half was in the van, 11 to 7. Central, however, had gained the edge at the end of the third quarter, 16 to 13, but John Marshall contrived to tie the score at 20-all at the end of regulation time. ‘Two goals from scrimmage and a toss from the foul line while Central was being held scoreless gave the Richmond team victory in the extra period. ‘Augusta Military Academy gained the semi-finals by easily defeating Ran- dolph-Macon Academy and gaining an 11-point win over Staunton Military Academy. Newport News sprang a surprise by winning handily from Oak Ridge In- stitute of North Carolina and from Central High, Washington's only other | terday brushed aside Virginia Episcopal | son’s attack in both its victorles yes-| & | | in Semi-Finals Hagerstown, Md., High to achieve the semi-finals. J. Marshajl 25). Central (20). | i : |1 s 1 | ruorone Stewart, 5. al onmmonon! | ocousoow't Bl omnmono-’? Totals .... 9 Emerson Inst._( | Buscher, £ Davidson Kennedy, Colley, ¢ Gordon, Galotta, Totals .... Virginia Epis 11 Barker, £, 4 8 7 1 Maybank, Luck. g. Harris, 40 Totals .... oS - Bl vsasmonn wlnocoom=12 o Emerson ( 13 Buscher, f. s Gallotta. §... Kenneds, €. Totals .... 7 6320 Totals ....14 937 Twenty-four Central High swimmers | go to Baltimore today to compete in the annual South Atlantic interscholas- | tic championship meet. Heats were to | be staged this afternoon with finals to- night. The events were set for the Baltimore Athletic Club tank. Goals by Dunn in the closing minutes | enabled Gonzaga Reserves to squeeze out a 31-29 basket ball trilumph over Western High Lightweights yesterday afternoen in Gonzaga gym. ‘With 12 seasoned performers at hand, Gonzaga's chances of having & strong base ball team are bright. The Purple tossers will begin work next Friday |in the school gym under direction of | | Coach Orrel Mitchell. —wowoans eronoa ruoceaSY o 0 3 0 |WILLIAM AND MARY SIX WILL PLAY G. W. George Washington University co-eds, with three victories behind them and no defeats, will be keyed to their best efforts tonight when they meet the | William and Mary team of Willlams- burg, Va,, on the H street floor, at 7:30 o’clock. The Colonials have a double incentive —to defeat their old rivals and to make it four straight. Their arguments with the Virginia squad are always close and this year both teams have been playing fast basket, ball. One set-back has been experienced by the locals in the injury of Louise Berryman, forward, who has been filling Alethea Lawton's place so ably. While not serious, her injury, sustained in an automobile accident Thursday night, probably will keep her out of the game. Basketeers scored handily over the Epiphany Church tossers last night in an independent game played in the Sil- ver Spring Armory, registering a 23-to-5 triumph, after blanking their opponents in the opening half due to the skillful guarding of Louise Larrich and F. Myers in the backfield. This is the third victory this season registered by the Calvary Church squad over their G street rivals. Score: Basketeers (23). 2P 1B > 52 ] | coocoouwn” Epiphan: piphany i Alexander, f.. E ¢ [ 1 0 H 0 Dwight. €. Winbush, sc. »| coocomnT »| oo000ms By the Associated Press. DETROIT.—Jackie Fields, Los An- geles, stopped Al Van Ryan, St. Paul (5). ‘Tony Canzoneri, New York, out- pointed Cecil Payne, Louisville (10). BERLIN.—Franz Diener, Germany, outpointed Gipsy Daniels, England (10). BUFFALO, N. Y.—Jack Thompson, Chicago, outpointed Heavy Andrews, Erie (10). Frankie Schoell, Buffalo, outpointed Wilson Yarbo, Chicago (10). ERIE, Pa—Maxie Strub, Erle, knock- ed out Ruby Stein, New York (3). SAN FRANCISCO.—Rene de Vos, Belgian, and Jack Malone, St. Paul, draw, SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Dynamite Jack- r«am outpointed Joe Lohman, Toledo (6). HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Mushy Calla- han, Los Angeles, junior welterweight ig.)nmplon. stopped Arizona Joe Rivers HARRIS HAS TIGERS TRAINING SMARTLY New Pilot, a Keen Observer, Is Developing Powerful Club at Phoenix. l if there are any to be found, that can give the New York ‘Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics & battle. A run-making team is one kind that will give them a fight. Another is a team with an exceptionally strong de- fense, able to Teduce the run-making power of the leaders. Some such com- bination might spring up to make it hard for the Yanks and their Athletic friends. Although the Detroit Tigers are not as far advanced as the Cubs and no farther along than Pittsburgh, neither of whom they meet in the year's race, they are so well along in their body condition that a careful eye cannot help but see that this team has ele- ments in it that can make the Eastern outfits of the American League struggle. Stanley Harris, the new manager, is a factor that cannot be overlooked. Never before has the Detroit Club had a leader of his type. Cobb was domineer- ing even to the point of cruelty now and then. Moriarity was all theory. ‘The domineering tactics of Cobb cowed his men and the theories of Moriarity pained the players mentally and caused them to lose confidence. Harris has another way of handling this Detroit team and one of the most interesting studies of the coming cam- paign will be that of his methods. He has the confidence of the players al- ready and with it their respect. He combines fun with his training, and yet when he says anything the players g0_about doing it with sprightly steps. Harris has been quick to see things that his predecessors did not see. He is not wedded to any particular player, as all are new to him. What he wants is the best combination of team work that this powerful organization can produce. And it's a powerful organization. The Yankees are known as drivers and sluggers. Yet here is a team that is just about as apt to do that sort of thing—except that Detroit and all other teams lack the home-run producing talent of Ruth and Gehrig. | (Copyright, 1929.) BY JOHN B. FOSTER. HOENIX, Ariz,, March 9.—In the American League the problem is to find as many clubs as possible, . [POTOMACS TO MEET OLD DOMINION FIVE| Potomac Boat Club and Old Do- | | minion Boat Club quints of Alexandria, ‘ Va., will meet tonight in Con‘rcss Heights Auditorium in the final game of a three-game series. The game will start at 8:30 o'clock and will be pre- ceded by a preliminary between quints to be announced, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Each team has defeated the other once in an extra-period game. A handsome silver troplty will go to | the winner of the series } Woltz A. C. and Y. M. C. A. quints | will meet tonight in a Washingten City | Basket Ball League game in the Eastern | High gym at 9 o'cloc Last Night's Resulfs. Brentwood Hawks, 32; Boys' Celtics, 10. Curtin Wonders, 27; Optimtsts, 6. | Montrose, 42: Fort Myer Band, 30. | Wallace Memorial, = 35; Wonder | la g, 16 De Luxe, 2 § 1% WISCONSIN QUINT MUST WIN TO TIE FDR TITLE| MADISON, Wis., March 9 (#.—The | Big Ten basket ball campaign ends to- | night with Chicago attempting to topple | Club | Gonzaga, A. Wisconsin from a tie for the champion- | ship with Michigan. | Nothing but a one-sided victory for Wisconsin was anticipated, however. Victory for the Badgers would give | them & tie for the title with Michigan, | the team that defeated them twice. An upset, which would be the most stunning of the entire season, would give Michigan undisputed possession of the title and shove Wisconsin down into a tle for second place with Purdue. PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Newark, 3; Philadelphia, 0. Windsor, 2; Kitchener, 1. St. Paul, 1; Kansas City, 0. Tulsas, 5; St. Louis, 4. Boston, 4; Providence, 1. PRO BASKET BALL. Rochester, 30; Trenton, 21. ! against the D: | was again plenty of action. Of Washington and Lee Event .U BOXNG TEAM. BY GRANTLAND RICE ’ VIS NEW YORK Closes Season Tonight Minus Services of Di Giacomo, One of Regulars. therpus! ‘The Cardinals “im be striving to keep thelr record clean, Harry di Giaeomo, regular feather- \\_r-‘.gm, may not be able io compete for C. U. bec: > of a recent iliness. Man- ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY boxers are in New York, where tonight | ager Ralph Ricciardi wiil replace him i he is unable Others lis to perform. to represent C. U. s are: bantamweight; ight: Blasi, welter- ‘middleweight; Mc- yweight, and Male= Capt. Karl Wildermuth will represent Georgetown University, March 16, in the Knights of Columbus games in New York, along with the Hoyas' tpg'- mile relay team. Wildermuth has Een entered in the special dash series at 50 and 60 yards. Georgetown was to forward today a list of 13 eligibles for the intercollegiat> boxing champions to be held March 22 and 23 at State College, Pa. ‘The list follo! Joe Da Jerry Mc- Allister, 118 ds; Emmet Hagerty, }2% ‘pom;;is J:‘JIc Madden, Henry fulicher, ry Murphy, 135 pounds; Charley Fish, Bob Brennlx‘l’? 147 pounds; Jack Tierney, Gerry Clementd, 160 pounds; Tierney or Clementi, 175 pounds, and Fred Schaffley, unlimited. Catholic University and Georgetown base ball candidates got in good drills yesterday and beginning next week will enter upon serious training. Pitchers turning out at Catholic U. were: Lou Hurley, Jack Conlon, Lou Gioffre, Gene Murphy, Willie Riley, Pete Masi and Buckley. Flanagan and Cosker are the only catching aspirants so far on the job. White, Davis, Edmonston and Poole were hurlers reporting for the Hoys. workout. An infleld consisting of Johns ny Bozek, first base; Ed Scalzi, second - base; Johnny Dunn, shortstop, and Wal ter Morris, third base, was used. In intramural boxing matches yess 3 terday at Georgetown University, there Summaries: 3 118-pound _ semi - final—Schults McDevitt, technical knockout, i pound semi-final—Miller defeated wal- . eclsion. semi-final—Schwartz _defeated > defeated second pound ds. technical knockout, in third round. & D final—Alexander defeated San-\ technical knockout. in third round.: & pound final—Cannon defeated Meaphy, = 160. decision. nound _semi-final—Clementi dy, technical knockcut, third round. pound _ semi-final—Bordeay defeats Hemeak. technical knockout, in first, round, { “Unlimited semi-final—Moriaghan _defeateti Donsldson, technical knockout, in seco round. 'CANZONERI, FIELDS EASILY WIN FIGHTS By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, March 9.—Jackie Fields, foremost, candidate for Joe Dundee welterweight title, and Tony Ca: former featherweight 'champion, night experienced no difficulty in wins ning their first fights here. s Flelds technically knocked out Al Van Ryan, St. Paul, in the fifth round : of a 10-round encounter, but Canzoneri - was forced to travel the whole distance = to_beat Cecil Payne of Louisville, Ky. - Flelds gave Van Ryan a bad beating, driving him through the ropes in the - seccnd round and flattening him with a left hook in the fifth. Van Ryan crawled back into the ring in the sec- * ond and was dropped by another hard . right as the round ended. He also was . down for the count of nine in the third. & His handlers tossed in a towel just as . Referee Elmer McClelland stopped the i Aght. Fields' weight was 1463 an Van Ryan 14315, : Canzoneri did everything but knock . Payne out, but the Louisville fighter displayed gameness and ability to abt sorb punishment and the Italian eased up- in the final rcunds. Payne was knocked down seven times, once for &. nine count and once for eight. : A crowd of 6,000 paid $15,000 to wit= 8 | ness the show. KEEN é[GNS TO TWIRL FOR BALTIMORE TEAM. Vic Keen, Washington boy and former. big league pitcher, has been signed by. the Baltimore Orioles and will report at that club’s training base at Augusta,: Ga., Monday. He was with the Roches- . ter club in_ the International League last season, from which team he bought his release at the end of the campaign. It was Keen's fine pitching for the University of Maryland nine several seasons ago that atiracted attention of big league scoul VETERANS ARE LACKING FOR NINE AT ARMSTRONG: Campbell, & pitcher, and Scott, an. inflelder, were the oniy regulars from last season to report to Coach Cato W. Adams for the start of base ball prac-» tice at Armstrong High yesterday. A3 squad of 82 answered the call. 1t is the battery posts and outfield jcbs that are causing Adams most con-- cern. He is satisfled with infleld pros- pects. % CELTICS AND HOFFMANS WILL BATTLE TONIGHT: ALEXANDRIA, Va,, March 9.—Eight former members of the St. Mary's Cel- tics will play for the Hoffman Clothiefs: tonight at Armory Hall when the Hoff- | man five faces the Celtics in the third® game of the Alexandria Basket Ball: League. < Play will start at 8:30 o'clock. A preliminary game is being arranged: to sfart at 7:30. is MACCARTEE WILL CAPTAIN: ST. JOHN'S 1930 QUINTET: ANNAPOLIS, March 9.—Bob Maet< Cartee of Washington has been electedt captain of the St. John's College basket: ball team for next season. R MacCartee, a forward, was one of six; regular players to be awarded monda grams and sweaters at the anm college basket ball dinner. HUNTER WINS NET CUP. | | PALM BEACH, Fla., March 9 (). Francis T. Hunter, New Rochelle, N. ¥.3 became permanent owner of the Flagl Cup when he defeatéd Johnny Hennet Indianapolis, in the singles finals of COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Butler, 35; Notre Dame, 16. COLLEGE SWIMMING. Northwestern, 37; Michigan, 32, Minnesota, 47; Wisconsin, 24, e annual Florida tennis champlonshipy 6—1, 9—1, T—46% w ind cores in s ittstatts, 1809 14th North 7 | Alse 319 13th, % Block Below Ave.