Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1929, Page 29

SPORTS. | i Brooklyn - BOSS ROBBY FACES - ATOUGH SITUATION Hitless Fielders and Weak- Fielding Hitters Offer Difficult Problem. BY BRIAN BELL. Assoclated Press Sperts Writer. LEARWATER, Fla.,, March 11.— Wilbert Robinson, the “Jolly Robby” of Brooklyn base ball, finds it harder to display his beaming smile as the Robins, established and presumptive, go about their training. Any frowns Robby may be concealing seem justified. His star pitcher is out of the nést, his captain and shortstop, about whom he expects to build his team, is suffering from a sore arm, and he has some fielders who mfi hit and some hitters who can’t eld. Big Dazzy Vance, the speed ball king of the National League, is losing valu- able days of preparations for a busy season while he confines his attention to the business office instead of the ball field. The Dazzler thinks the club offi- cials have underestimated his value by about $2,500, and wants his contract figures revised. Glenn Wright, a great shortstop for Pittsburgh, pulled up with a lame arm in his first day of practice and is under treatment. Until the extent of the hurt is finally determined, Manager Robin- son’s plans for his infield combination must remain uncertain. Co-ordination Is Lacking. Brooklyn lacks co-ordination in some of the players. If Wally Gilbert could hit like either Babe Herman or Harvey Hendrick he would be a third base sen- sation, and if either of the club's star itters could come up with the balls Gilbert gets Robby would worry much less. “Too early,” says the manager ‘when asked if he had made a tentative arrangement of his infield and outfield combinations. The task may be a trifie difficult much later. Two positions seem assigned. Del Bissonette, who can hit and field, will play first base and Herman will take care of right field. Herman is no'ball hawk, but he is the club’s best hitter. - Jake Flowers was given a tentative advantage at second base in the pre- season calculations, but Billy Rhiel, who has had two trials with the club, has complicated the situation by his good playing in practice. Rhiel ap- pears certain to remain with the club as he is a versatile performer. ‘Wright, in shape, is conceded the shortstop position without opposition, but if his arm should be slow in coming around, Dave Bancroft will have to step in. Gilbert is essential at third base from a defensive standpoint, but if he fails to hit, Hendrick may have to be moved in from the outfield for the sake of the offense. Rube Bressler will be an outfielder, at least part of the time. Max Rosen- feld, one of the University of Alabama crop of foot ball and base ball players, John Frederick, a Memphis graduate, , the much traveled Henry Cullop and Hal Lee, a former infielder, furnish an interesting contest for the available outfield openings. Max Carey is listed as an outfielder, but probably he will coach and act as first lieutenant to Robinson much of his time. Seven of last vear’s pitching staff, ex- cluding Vance, are back. Thus far there has been no indication at the training camp that any of the veterans will be |9 displaced. ‘The holdovers are Doug Mc- ‘Weeny, Watson Clark, Big Jim Elliott, !x!;:d!hrhndb. Ray Moss and Louis Win Ballou Trying Again. One of the young pitchers is not so young. Win Ballou, drafted from Mil- ‘waukee, has had much major league + experience. Jim Richardson from New Haven, Clise Dudley, late of Atlanta, and Bill Moore, a Macon product, are working hard to win a place. One, or two at the most, can succeed. The Robins have half a dozen other youngsters around, but probably they will go_to Macon, the Sally League farm. One of them, Buck Newsome, a ‘With Max Carey acting as drill mas- ter the Brooklyn players go through one of the most elaborate programs of exercise in base ball. With military precision the squad falls in, counts off and then executes a series of intricate maneuvers. Batsare used for guns. Manager Robinson yells advice and comments from the club- house porch. Perhaps these are his happiest moments of the day. He is A g:‘tm 50 carefree when the ball playing f 5. - COMPANY F BUOYED AS WRIGHT RETURNS HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 11.— Company F Regulars of Hyattsville will present a stronger team against Remsens in their first-round ~South Atlantic i tournament match tonight in Washing- ton than was originally expected. Wilbur Wright, who it was thought might not be able to take part in the ent because of an eye injury, is . again in shape. Should Company F survive the early tournament play it probably will be strengthened further by Sam Crosthwait, guard, who is due to return from a business trip the lat- ter part of this week. Frank (Hal) Chase, Riverdale boy, who last season played with the Scott- dale team of the Middle Atlantic Base Ball League, has been ordered to report to that club at Danville, Ill, March 20 for training. ¢ Company F basketers won and lost in games here yesterday. The Guard regulars fell before St. Mary’s Celtics of Alexandria in a 22-19 thriller, and in a preliminary the Company F Re- serves scored over Hyattsville Preps, 15 to 7. ? ; It was the work of Wilbur Wright, forward, that stood out for Company F. Entering the game at the start of the second quarter with his team trailing, 3 to 9, it was largely through his bas- ket-snipping that Company F tied the score at 12-all at the half. It was nip and tuck the remainder of the game, OUIMET OPERATED UPON; MAY NOT PLAY THIS. YEAR BOSTON, March 11 (#).—Francis Ouimet, former national amateur and open golf champion, may be out of golf the entire season because of a serious abdominal operation. The operation was performed Satur- day. A recent fall had aggravated an old injury. Ouimet’s condition today was described as distressing, but was not necessarily serious. Ouimet was anxious to play frequent- ly the coming season in preparation for the amateur championship, chiefly to = THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. ¢, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1929, Club Has Somebody Always Is Taking the Joy Out of Life. “WOULD BE OFTEN 13! MY TooTh HU R)E/ ~AS HE HOPED THE HOMECOMING - HORACE -MY DEAR - SO, HAPPY | You ARE HOME AGAIN - YoU'RE LOOKING SO WELE Too~YoL MUST RELATE To ME (N DETAIL ALL ABOUT YoUR GAME AND ¥ THE LOVELY HAVE HAD- - WELL THAT YOU HAD A FAML SO You DECIDED To LAST ! SOMEBODY MUST HAVE Ly ! You EVERYTHING HAS GONE TIME YouU MUST. EVERY THING WAS FINE HERE /""( ¢ & 3 Nl COME HOMG AT ° REMINDED You LooK TERRIBLE ! BUT ROT EVEN A WIRE To PoT QERE~ < LT TLE DO YoL CARE FRoM You - ,—By BRIGGS. IVE boys’ games and one girls’ encounter are listed tomorrow night in second night's play in the South Atlantic basket ball tournament in George Washing- ton University gymnasium. ~All promise spirited competition. ‘There will be one match in the 100- pound class, two in the 130-pound division, one in the 145-pound group and two in the unlimited class. The program will start at 5 o'clock when Boys’ Club Flashes and Arcadian- Frenchys will meet. Jewish Community Center and Company C, District Guards, will face at 9 o'clock in the final match of the evening. The game between Eagles and Capitol A. C. at 8 will be the first tourney clash for the girls. ‘Tomorrow night's card: 100-pound class—Boys’ Club Flashes vs. Arcadian-Frenchys, 5 o/clock. 115-pound elass_-Boys' ‘Club Optimists vs. cl Noel House. 6 o'clock. —Jewish Community Cen- 130-pound_class ter vd. St. Martin's, 7_o'clock. Girle', senior clasi—Eagles vs. Capitol A. “145-pound class—Woodside vs. St. Peter's, class—Jewish Community Cen- Unlimiied ter vi. ‘Company G, District Guards, 10 loc} o'cl Skinker Eagles, victorious yesterday over St. Hedwig's Cubs of Wilmington, Del;, 36 to 20, will meet Silver Spring Service Co. tomorrow night at 8 o’clock. in the Armory at Silver Spring and Sunday will engage United Typewriter Grays in Congress Heights Auditorium in the rubber game between the teams. With Sweeney, Faber and Bennie again heading their attack, the Eagles yesterday gained an early lead and held Women In EN local girls’ basket ball teams I will compete for the South At- lantic Athletic A. A. U, cham- pionship in the tournament, the women’s division of which opens on the George Washington University floor tomorrow night at 8 o'clock with a meeting between the Eagles and Capitol Athletic Club in a senior class tilt. Seven of the teams slated are in the senior class and three in the junior division. Senior contestants include, in addition to the Capitolites and Eagles, the Als, Jewish Community BOBBY JONES PARTIAL TO OVERLAPPING GRIP BY SOL METZGER. Golf grips bother the average play- er. If he follows the stars he sees splendid shots and record-breaking rounds ensue from about every con- ceivable form of grip. Palm grips are not de trop, for such a star as Cecil Leitch in Britain and Jimmy YOU AKE. 1T IN THIS MANNE.R =1 Hivkigy e— Johnstone in America employ them. Sarazen and Ouimet are fine ex- amples of the interlock. Jones, Far- rel and Armour, to cite a few, use the overlapping grip pictured above. It is the most common. The main thing about the over- lapping grip is to have the end joint of the little finger of the right hand | At snugly over the middle joint of the first finger of the left. The method of securing it is shown. In gripping for the loug shots the stars get the thumb of the left down the shaft for a very good purpose. i Six Court Games Are Carded’ Tonight to Open S. A. Tourney it. At the half Bernie Peacock's boys were in the van, 18 to 6. Joe Sweeney, with 12 points, was the ace of the win- ners’ attack, while Jack Faber rang up 8 points. Hollahan, with five goals from the floor, was the visitors’ top scorer. French A. C. squeezed out an extra period 26-to-24 triumph over Comets in the preliminary. Anderson for the winners and Marstella for the losers shone on offense. Abramson, Goldblatt and Hirsch scored consistently for the winners as the Jewish Community Center basketers took the measure of Washington A. C. last night in the center gym. Andrews for the losers was the game's highest scorer, coming through with 15 points. Harriman & Co. basketers bowed to silver Spring Service Co. quint in a 36-20 tussle that featured the Sabbath floor program yesterday afternoon in the Silver Spring Armory. In preliminaries Kennedy Red Stars scored over Tremont A. C,, 35 to 12, and gxflln ‘Wonders drubbed , Aztecs, 32 to With Kish heading their drive on the basket, War College basketers yesterday rang up their second straight win over Company E, District Guards, 47 to 26. Sawyer registered eight points to lead the losers’ attack. - Tremont A. C. tossers who will face ‘Twin Oaks tonight at 9 o’clock in Cen- tral High gym, are after more matches ‘with 145-pound class teams. Call Man- ager Pete Ciango at Columbia 9214-W between 6 and 7 p.m. By CORINNE FRAZIER. Sport Center, Basketeer, Roxie and Gypsy Athletic Clubs. The three teams entered in the junior class are Columbia A. C. Alexandria High School and Hyattsville High School. Quite a little interest will center about the possible meeting of several of the local souads, two of whom have a straight record of victories behind them, and a third with 13 triumphs recorded. None of the three has met either of the others to date. Eagles and Jewish Community Center, although playing in the same section of the Washington Recreation League, have not clashed as the J. C. C. squad defaulted their first date with the Eagles and ‘was asked to withdraw from the league last week as an alternative to replacing their man coach with a woman. Their withdrawal left the Eagles in the lead for senior league honors with no defeats registered, while J. C. C. was forced to take losses by default both to Eagles and Washington Field Hockey Club, because the Center six had postponed the games with both these teams when scheduled without giving sufficient notice in advance and had not arranged a new date up to the time of their withdrawal from the loop. This ruling, announced Saturday by league officials, eliminates J. C. C. from the undefeated class, but they still have an enviable record of 13 victories, Aloysians will play the Washington Field Hockey Club tonight at 7:30 on St. Martin’s floor in a senior division, Washinglon Recreation League contest. Four junior division teams will see action tonight in the Recreation League circuit. Rocie will face Columbia A. C. at 8 o’clock at Hine Junior Figh School, while Eaglets and St. Paul's passers will have it out on the Business High School | floor also at 8 p.m. Columbia A. C. still leads in this loop. Capitol Athletic Club basketers dropped one to the Indian Head six yesterday by a 54-to-18 count on the latter’s floor. Both teams are entered in the South Atlantic A. A, U. cham- plonship. The game was an independent affair arranged as a final workout . for the squads before the opening of the title tournament tomorrow night. Score: Indian Head. G. F. P. | Beamer, Quinn, 's¢ Wheatley, ig.. 0 Hudson, ... 0 Totals......26 254 - Totals...... Referees—Mr. Wright and Mr. Welch. SCHAAF LEADS SCORERS SECOND SEASON IN ROW Capital. Staples, Q 2l cooomsS L cocoa ol coooms™ & D. C. MAN TO OFFICIATE IN BOXING TOURNAMENT Capt. Harvey L. Miller, U. S. M. C. R., has been selected as one of three who will act as alternate referees and judges at the South Atlantic A. A. U. boxing championships to be held in the 4th Regiment Armory, in Baltimore, early next month. Dr. O. U, Singer of the City Club has been named one of the timers. ‘The dates were expected to be fixed today by the South Atlantic boxing committee. HJERTBERG WILL COACH RICE TRACKMEN AGAIN NEW YORK, March 11 (#).—Ernie Hjertberg, former head coach of track at Rice Institute, Houston, Tex., has been engaged to return there to serve in the same capacity for the remainder of the college year. The -veteran coach, one-time mentor of the Swedish and .Dutch Olympic teams, said he would return here in June to take charge of the unique school devoted exclusively to instruction in track and field coaching methods, which he will inaugurate. JIV COMING BACK AFTER LONG REST To Battle Braddock Tonight. Tom Must Whip Von Porat to Stay in “Race.” By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, March 11.—Jimmy N land blacksmith, are the big uestion marks on the national the light-heavy weights, comes back to Madison Square Garden tonight to meet has not appeared in New York since December, 1927, when he dropped a As a matter of fact, he has fought very little anywhere else since that ranked among the light - heavyweight contenders. Braddock has developed in Sioux City, Jowa, in two rounds, Brad- dock came a cropper before the superior Von Porat Favored. Heeney, trounced by Gene Tunney in Maloney about 10 days ago in the first start of his second American tour, en- cago Coliseum tomorrow night. ‘This bout may, or may not, decide scarcely appeared to advantage, and it may be that Tom is out of the heavy- figures to win. Incidentally if the Norwegian can tively the Madison Square Garden Cor- poration plans to pit him against the Stadium June 27, but only if Von Porat beats Heeney in decisive fashion. The big outdoor show in September, Some Other Shows. importance. At the Garden on Friday night, Al Singer, rising young New York Slattery, Buffalo 175-pounder, and Tom Heeney, the New Zea~ qt pugilistic horizon this week. Slattery, possibly the fastest- of ali the stiff-punching Jersey City counter- fighter, James J. Braddock, Slattery close decision to Champion Tommy Loughran. night. His match with Braddock should indicate whethed Jimmy still is to be sensational fashion in recent months. After knocking out Tuffy Griffith of stamina of Leo Lomski, to whom he lost a decision on points, a championship battle here last Sum- mer, and decisively beaten by Jimmy gages Otto von Porat, Norwegian slug- ger, in a 10-round match at the Chi- Heeney's fistic future once and for all. Against Maloney the New Zealander wieght picture for good. Von Porat, as hard a puncher as the division knows, knock out Heeney he may get one of the outdoor “shots” this Summer. Tenta~ winner of a projected Max Schme]ling- Paolino Uzcudum bout at the Yankee ultimate winner of these bouts then would meet Jack Sharkey in another New York will have two other boxing shows this week of more than ordinary featherweight, meets Bud Taylor of ‘Terre Hi 10-round return bout. ePORTSST L 05 T Taylor lost to Singer on a foul in four rounds at the Garden recently. On Sat- urday night, Young Jack Thompson, Negro conqueror of Welterweight Cham- pion Joe Dundee, makes his New York debut in a 10-round bout with Nick Testo of Troy, N. Y., at the Olympia Athletic Club. Other matches on the week’s schedule include: Monday—Jackie Dugan, Louisville junior lightweight, vs. Ehrman Clark, Indianapolis, 10 rounds, at Louisvi Arnold Blondi Dayi Mobile heavy- weight, vs. John Bell, McComb, Miss., at Memphis. ‘Tuesday—Pedro ‘Amader, San Blas Indian, vs. Billy Townsend; Vancouver, British. Columbia, 10 rounds, at Port- land, Oreg.. Earl Mastra, Chicago, vs Young Nationalista, Filipino bantam, at Los Angeles. Friday—Young Corbett, Fresno wel- terweight, vs. Dummy Mahan, El Paso, 10 rounds, at San Francisco; Jimmy Owens, Oklahoma City welterweight, vs. Duke Trammel, Fort Worth, 10 rounds, at Fort Worth, Tex.; Phil McGraw, De- troit lightweight, Eddie (Kid) Wolfe, Memphis, at New Orleans. V.M.L WELL FIXED IN THO PASTINES Has an Array of Letter Men for Its Base Ball and Track Outfits. both varsity and freshman, are working out in the Virginia Mili- tary Institute gymnasiums, over 250 athletes being represented on the four squads. Coach Raftery has a nucleus of seven letter men in base ball, and Coach Read has available nine winners of monograms in track. Both varsity teams lost several veterans as a result of academic deficiency during the mid- year examinations, but prospects are fairly bright in both sports. The ball players have a letter man for every position except two outfield posts, and the trackmen are equally favored in every event except the two- mile run, although several compete in two or three events. The letter men are: Base ball—Gillespie, pitcher; Hull, catcher; Hewlett, first base; V. Grow, second base; Capt. Sullivan, third base; Biggs, shortstop; Talman, outfield. Track—Holtzclaw, dashes; Capt. Walker, hurdles and jumps; Upson, 440-yard and broadjump; Winter, 880~ yard; Pettyjohn, Will Haase and A. EXINGTON, Va, March 11— | Large base ball and track squads, Grow, weights and javelin; Read and Swank, pole vault. ' Question Marks : Slattery and Heeney Facing Ring Tests ST. JOAN'S TOEND CAMPAIGN TONIGHT |Hoping to Gain Revenge on Strayers’ Tossers for Previous Defeat. ball teams will clash tonight at 8:30 o'clock in St. John's gym in a match that is apt to produce keen battling. The Cadets will be out to even scores with Strayers for a previous defeat. Schlegel, Gallagher and Morris, who were missing from St. John's line-up in the other match, will be_on the job tonight. It will be the final game of the sea- son for St. John's. Schoolboy base ballers throughout the District area planned to get down to serious outdoor work this afternoon. Unfavorable weather has handicapped the diamonders so far. St. Aiban’s and Tech are scheduled to meet in the first game of the cam- paign March 15, probably on the St. Alban’s diamond. Coach Henderson of St. Alban's feels that he will be able to put a fairly formidable nine on the diamond if he can develop appreciable pitching strength. Not a single experienced hurler remanis from last season’s team. Galliher, outfielder; Crouch, shortstop, and Thompson, second , are players who have shown pitehing abil- ity and Henderson will give them trials at mound duty. These three are the only letter winners back from last sea- son. Dilley, catcher; Weedon, second baseman, and Chesley and Hazard, out- fielders, are second-stringers of a sea- son ago expected to make lively bids for the team. Six games in addition to the Tech match so far have been arranged for St. Alban’s. The schedule as it now stands: March 15—Tech. April _6—Forest Park (Baltimore). scopal. . Christopher (Richmond). Christopher at Richmond. May 4—Shenandoah Military ~Academ: May 11—Christ Church at Richmond. e s g TURNER MEETS GARDINI . IN RETURN MAT MATCH A sizzling wrestling match should re- sult when “Demon” Gardini and Joe Turner. lock arms Thursday night at the Strand Theater in a finish match. The grapplers will take the mat as soon as the regular show has ended. Gardini, no relation to the eloquent Renato, was flipped by Turner several weeks ago. He demanded a return match. ST, JOHN'S and Strayers’ basket ““The only winning fistful I've held tonight . . . a pack of Chesterfields!’’ Something more than mildness . . something that beats mere mildness hands down: They Satisfy, that’s it! Chesterfield ... mild enough for anybody and yet THEY SATISFY It compels them to grip with their fingers. You see the thumb position forces the heel of the left hand away from the leather, compelling the fin- gers to do the gripping. And in overlappinng this thumb with the right hand you, in turn, force the hel of that hand from the leather. This compels the fingers to grip it. A finger grip means not only better contral but more leverage in swing- ing. Leverage adds distance, Nexl —the interlocking gripe 1 (Copyrishts. 1920.) redeem the disappointing showing he | made last September at Brae Burn! whfl:l he was eliminated on the first | round. NET CUP MATCH I?STED. HAVANA, March 9 (#).—The Davis Cup elimination tennis matches be- tween Cuban and Mexican teams will | be played in Mexico early in May, the ' Cuban Lawn Tennis Federation has an- oounced, e NEW YORK, March 11 (#).—Joey Schaaf, captain of Pennsylvania’s East- crn Intercollegiate Basket Ball League , champions, has won the individual | scoring crown for the second successive year, Player and college. Schaaf, Pennsylva Corpell.... Licoery& Myers Tosacco Co.