Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1929, Page 49

- SRORTS.. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢. FRIDAY. MARCH 15, 1929, SPORTS. Tiska Displays Class in Enabling Griffs to Win by Snuffmg Rally of Cards | | ALSO SHOW FORM Campbell Alone Is Ineffective. Barnes and Bluege Are Batting Stars. VON PARK, Fla. March 15 Adolph Liska, already held the most promising of the recruit pitchers in training with the Nationgls this year, mav de- velop into a sterling relief worker as well | as a fairly dependable starter of games. He certainly revealed possibilities as a Trescuer of A mate in distress when he stepped into the fray here ‘yesterday while the Cardinals were on a rampage that threatened to put into the shade a heavy early advantage gained by the Nationals and stopped Billy South- | enior league champions so | that Walter Johnson's youngsters finished on the better end of a 12-t0-9 count. . In the relief role that helped the Nationals to victory in the opener of the two-game series slated for their stay at | the Cards’ training base Liska showed something he did not show the other day at St. Petersburg in his season debut, control, but above all he showed a steel nerve when one was needed. He had to have the nerve, too. Campbell Is Hammered, ‘The Cards, trailing by 10 runs as they entered the seventh round. suddenly | fell upon the offerings of Arch Camp- | bell, the draftee from St. Paul, and be- | fore Arch was derricked in the eighth they had combed him for eight hits and seven runs. The full extent of the | Card’s onslaught is better realized when recapitulation of the hits they gleaned off Campbell shows a triple, three doubles and four singles. ! When Liska was ordered to the slab in the eighth the National League champions had a two-run count for the | frame and a runner on second base, with only one out. The purchase from | Minneapolis immediately proceeded to check the surging Cardinals. Holm, a | pinch batter, was first to face Adolph. | and the best Holm did was advance his | teammate by grounding to Stuffy Stew- | art at second base. Then Whtkins skied | to Mel Simons to end the inning. | The Cards did nick Liska for two | singles in the ninth, but one was de- | cidedly scratchy and two outs were'| sandwiched between the blows. Selph | began the inning by barely beating out f & bounder to Pete Yoter near the hot | corner, but second was as far as Selph progressed. He did not get that far un- | til Chick Hafey poled a one-baser to short right after Andy High and Jim Bottomley lofted to the outfield. And the game was over when Joe Cronin bagged Roettger's feeble tap to short and beat Hafey to the middle sack: Hadley, Cantrell, 0. K., Too. ‘This young Liska certainly looked the goods in a pitching way yesterday, but he was not the only one of the Na- tionals hurlers working who impressed onlookers favorably. Irving Hadley made his season’s debut and whipped through three good innings even though the Cards did hang up two markers while he was on the hill. It was a fumble by Ossie Bluege, a fumble rather | excusable because of the roughness of the -ground about the shortfield of | the St. Louis training park, followed by | a sbmewhat tainted single to right and a sacrifice fly that helped the Cards toward a score in the second session. ‘With one down in the third, Watkins socked an honest mf.u after one was out and crossed the plate following Sam West's catch of Selph's hoist. ‘Then Guy Cantrell, the big fellow bought from Baltimore, went through three frames and allowed the National League champions but éne hit and two bases on balls. Next to Liska, Cantrell was the best looking pitcher Manager Johnson sent to the box. ‘Guy's control was of high order, he was remarkably cool in his performance and he gave the Cards little good stuff to swing against. was especially pleased by hnson ' ort and intimated he would the M product some more Campbell's record speaks for him. He allowed 8 of the 13 hits and one of the ’w&:lm the Cards got and let loose 2 pitches. Each of the wild pitches helped runners to the plate. Campbell simply had nothing on the ball. He is not beyond hope, however, 80 Johnson remarked after the me. There’s more work ahead for Arch be- for judgement on him is passed. The total of 17 hits amassed by the Nationals at first thought makes them seem powerful pounders of the base ball. but they hit against only one pitcher of any repute. He is Grover Alexander, and off the veteran in the first three rounds of the fray they were unable to hit when hitting meant gcores. Six safeties off Alex meant just & safeties, nothing more. In the third session they had the bases filled with one out, but neither Buddy Myer or Ossie Bluege could drive over a marker. Rookie Hurlers Follow. Then came a procession of rookie . hurlers, some of them just hanging around the Cardinal camp hoping to pick up a job somewhere, and the Na- tionals enjoyed three big innings. Those following Alexander on the mound were Chester Martin. Dominic Ryba, James Winford, Clarence Heise and Roma Boykin. Martin, a left hander, hit two batters, walked as many and vielded three hits before he gave way to Ryba in the fourth, The attack was good for six runs. Ryba stuck through the sixth when a pass and three more safeties netted the Nationals two more tallies. In the seventh Winford hit a batter, walked four and gave up one bingle, all of which accounted for four runs. Heise left-handed his way through a good eighth and_Cronin's triple was all gleaned off Boykin in the final fling. Red Barnes and Bluege were the big batting noises of the Nationals, each socking three singles. Bluege drove three runs across the plate and so did West with a triple in the fourth frame. Myer in his first exhibition engagement got but one hit, a single, yet he continued to be responsible for the plate-crossing of three teammates. Buddy' did not| have a chance come his way in the six innings he worked afield. STUDEBAKER ing under compiled a batting ayerage of .344 last season. and is expeef Muddy Ruel. MAKING BID FOR BACKSTOPPING BERTH WITH NATIONALS This 26-year-old six-footer, who tips the beam at 185 pounds, is one of the huskiest members of the squad now train- Manager Walter Johnson at Tampa. He was purchased from Nashville of the Southern Association, where he In the practice sessions to date he has displayed a sturdy throwing arm ted to give Tate, Kenna and Bolton a battle to be named as one of the two assistants to Catcher-in-Chief | two singles, his first hits of the exhibi- | | tion season. | | _ NEW ORLEANS, La.. March 15 #.— | Rain was the refrain at the Clevflland‘ | soaked. The Indians are to play the New Orleans Pelicans tomorrow. | Narlesky Makes Some Great' rort MyERS, Fia, March 15 (#).— - % | The Philadelphia Athletics were with- Stops—Ruth’s Wild Toss | out the services of Jimmy Dykes, vet- Helps Beat Yanks. | eran second baseman, today. | Indian camp today. | | "The weather has begun to worry | | Manager Roger Peckinpaugh. There | | was little practice yesterday or the day | before, and Heinaman Field today was l | Dykes was injured in yesterday's tilt | with the Phillies at Winter Haven when | Lefty O'Doul slid into second. One of | | his fingers was cut. badly. | His_place proba will be taken by Max Bishop. who has been a holdout. FORT WORTH, Tex., March 15 (#). | By the Associated Press. BRADENTON, Fla, March 15.—The | | Red Sox may have a shortstop find.| . / " —Boas strai exhibition vie- Rookie Bill Narlesky yesterday demon- | joct A o Dulias Steers. the White, | strated against Cincinnati Reds that he | Sox moved upon the Fort Worth Cats would have to be given serious consid- | for & threc.game serics today. = i A5 Most of the ox_ are ieatic (0= e xeguIAL (el jobs condition. except Outfielder Johnny | He relieved Hal Rhyne, who was Mostil, whose infected toe i causing | playing well, half way through the | him some trouble. |game and handled four seemingly im- | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. March | possible chances perfectly. |15 (4]’).~The same infield k]:/lanner Dfan P | Howley expects to open the season for | ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. March 15| st Louis get, the call for the in- | | . —The New York Yankee outfielders | jtjal exhibition struggle tomorrow. It | have plenty of power. What they need | will be Lu Blue af first: O'Rourke, |18 & Hittle direction. | second; Kress at short, and Grimes, | | It was some wild throwing by the | one and only Babe Ruth and_ the rookie Sam Byrd that forced the Yan- | kees to accept a 6-to-4 lacing from the | Boston Braves in a 10-inning battle here yesterday. abled the Braves to tie the game in the tional Leaguers the break they needed | to win in the tenth. The Babe, however, kicked in with A {wo-base wild throw by Byrd -en- | eighth. Ruth's toss in the general di- | | rection of the grandstand gave the Na- | | third. ! R PHOENIX. Ariz, March 15 ffi\_-—‘ Manager Bucky Harris sent the Detroit | Tiger squad through another long rou- | | tine drill yesterday, giving his candi- | dates a little of everything from “one | ol' cat” to volley ball and shagging | fiies. . Harris has not yet decided which 24 men of the 35 on the squad will make the trip to the Coast for the exhibition series. the Associated Press | INTER HAVEN. March 15.— | Manager Shotton is well pleased with the condition of the Philadelphia Na- tionals, despite the loss of their first exhibition contest against a major league opponent—the Phila- delphia Athletics. Shotton said the Phillies looked good, even in defeat. He was particularly im- pressed by the work of Tommy Theve- now, former Cardinal, whose base ball career was imperiled by a broken leg. His performance at short against the Athletics left no doubt in Shotton's mind that Thevenow. was as good as ever. LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 15 (#). —Charlie Root, ace of all Cub pitchers in 1927 and one of the big disappoint- ments in 1928, was to receive his first real test of the season today. Manager Joe McCarthy announced he would use Root against the Los Angeles club in the opening game of their 28 game schedule, beginning here today. ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor y DENMAN THOMPSON Sam Jones in the role of a holdout never was dis- cussed except in gener- alities, there is no question that his signing has taken a great load off the mind of Walter Johnson. Along with Hadley, Braxton and Marberry, Jones is a pitcher that the Washington club cannot do without and still hope to prove a contender in, the coming American League race. A veteran of 16 seasons of professional performance, all but two of them spent with the American League, Jones has reached the age where he may not be expected to carry on at a high point of effectiveness much longer. As a matter of fact, being in his thirty-seventh year. which will be rounded out July 26 next, Jones already has far ex- ceeded the average span of service for a big league flinger, but in view of the showing he made last season, there is every reason to hope he again will be listed among the leading fling- ers of the circuit. Has Unusual Record. In some respects Jones has one of the most unusual rec- ords of any hurler now in fast company. One of these is that excepting only his first full sea- son with the Red Sox, back in 1918—11 years ago—when he compiled an average of 2.25 earned runs per nine-inning game allowed opponents, his efforts as a Griffman during the most recent campaign were more effective than any other. Last season Jones etched a mark of 284, which entitled him to fourth place among all the hurlers of the American League in that respect, and his winning - percentage of .708, from 17 games won and 7 lost, was the third highest of his ! 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It was at this point that Clark Griffith, displaying the same acumen that made Stan Coveleskie a National when Cleveland pinned an N. G. tag on him, stepped in. What Covey did when saved from the scrap heap was to lead the en- tire pitching precession and make possible a second Wash- PASO ROBLES, Calif., March 15 (#). —The Pittsburgh Pirates have a tobog- gan ready for a descent to the bushes. Three pitchers, a like number of in and o&mflden and a catcher are to get a ride | Three In a Row AB. ington pennant. Jones last year didn't find as good a team behind him as the ancient Pole did in 1925, but there was only a handful of hurlers who ac- complished more, and if he ap- proximates his work of 1928, will be worth every cent of the salary he receives for the com- ing campaign. " Box Nucleus Assured. It is not known on.what terms Jones bound himself for service this year. He is said to have received $10,000 last sea- son and to have demanded more than the $1,000 increase offered. Whether he exacted what he was contending for, capitulated completely or ac- cepted a compromise is a mat- ter of no moment. His pres- ence in the fold assures the Nationals of a nucleus that would be inadequate otherwise and removes a burden of worry from the shoulders of Johnson. Remaining outside the fold there now is only one National —Goslin. The Goose probably is the most valuable single member of the squad, and nat- urally will try to capitalize to the greatest extent his feat of winning the league batting championship. He will sign, though, that's a certainty. Then Johnson can devote his entire attention to turning out a winning ball club, and it looks to us as though the pros- pects for that are growing brighter daily. ] ° | msomssssmmannsmu-ll wlos~ss2939-3222293" B B e e e 3l ossss335maummmany) the eighth inni d in the seventh i AB. 5 B 2l 2s0mmosssnansssu~> sBajted for Ho tBatted for Wini £l = bl ] PSPPSR, A P PRI 23823 2~33232me ] B ~ls353320933m22022" 7= 40 52 Roettger. 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March 15| (#).—Coch Johnny Evers of the Braves was cheerful today for sthe first time | this week.- After days of listless play- ing, marked by sloppy fielding and weak ‘hl',n‘x{\g the Braves yesterday beat the | | Yanks, | | _AVON PARK. Fla., March 15 (P).—| "Bill_\' Southworth’s St. Louis Cardinals were soundly trounced at their home training park yesterday when Walter Johnson's Washington Senators put a | 12-to-9 Indian mark on them. | Prankie Frisch made his 1929 bow as | a pinch hitter in the seventh with a | single. Of the six “tossers used by Southworth, only Grover Cleveland Alexander and the southpaw rookie, Heise, showing anything. | i ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 15 (#).—There are at least two specific reasons why the Cincinnati Reds do not | wish to compete with American League | entries regularly; namely, the Boston | Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics. The Bostonians, cellar champions in the American circuit for many moons, | gave the Reds a 13-to-4 trimming yes- | terday, the worst they have had this season. CLEARWATER, Fla., March 15 (#).— | With Dazzy Vance about to enter the fold and Glen Wright's arm mending rapidly, fortune has smiled on Wilbert | Robinson and the Brooklyn Robins. i Fobinson announced that Vance's demands for a salary of $25.000 had been met by the directors of the Robins. | News from Miami indicated that| Wright's shoulder was responding to treatment and that the shortstop soon would be back in the game. TORO GIVEN TOP WEIGHT | IN THE CLARK HANDICAP LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 15 (P.— | Toro, & 4-year-old owned by E. B. Mc- | Lean, has peen allotted top weight of 126 pounds in the Clark handicap, to be run on the opening day of the Spring meeting at Churchill Downs, Saturday. May 11. Jock, in the same stable, will carry 125 . ‘The Clark handicap, a stake as old as the Kentucky Derby, carries $10,000 added money. It is for 3-year-olds and | upward over the route of 11-16 miles. There were 81 nominations. | | i | DOWN THE LINE WITH W. 0. McGEEHAN. Plutocratic Gladiators. ACK DEMPSEY and Gene Tunney will go down into history as the two and only millionaire gladiators. The caulifiower industry is on the wane, as is indicated by the announcement that the big open-air bout for this year will be the one between Max Schmeling, the German, and Paulino Uzcudun, the Basque. No amount of ballyhoo could make the customers regard this as what the boys would call a million-dollar attraction. Mr. Dempsey was made to realize this himself when he was in a receptive mood as to taking over the managing directorship of the Madison Square Gar- den Corporation. It seems that the former heavyweight champion was offered a salary of a mere $30.000. He sniffed contemptuously at this small offer. It would not permit him to live in the style to which he has become accustomed There is no Bradstreet rating of the various heavyweight champions. Estimates as to what John L. Sullivan made in his time and squandered as rapidly as he made it vary. Old-timers agree that Sullivan gathered in through his fighting and its by-products, something like half a million dollars. His immediate successor. James J. Corbett, while a thriftier gladiator, did not gather in at all anything like what John L. Sullivan collected. The money that Robert Fitzsimmons made out of the caulifiower industry was comparatively insignificant. The biggest purse that James J. Jeffries received was $101,000. The fighting game did not leave him particularly affluent. Jack Johnson never was allowed to make much money as heavyweight champion. All in all, Jess Willard received a little over a quarter of a million. These are guess figures, of course. I merely am trying to show that there was no millionaire gladiator until the advent of Jack Dempsey, who once entered Philadelphia on his way to New York with six pocket-worn pennies as his entire bank roll. Of all the gladiators, Dempsey probably became the wealthiest. Gene Tunney drew the largest share of gate receipts of any of them. His bit, as the boys say of the Battle of Slightly Less Than Three Millions at Chicago. was very close to a million dollars, which was the largest purse id to any gladiator and which probably will stand as the record purse for all time from present indications. This gives us just two millionaire gladiators out of the line from John L. Sullivan down, with no prospect of any more of them. Herr Schmeling hardly could hope to become a millionaire, even if he could shake off the horde of percentage claimers that are clinging to him and after that could attain the heavyweight championship. Senor Uzcudun, with fewer managers and a slimmer chance at the heavy- weight championship, does not, seem destined to join the very wealthy of the ring. Jack Sharkey, who eventually may fight the winner of the Schmeling-Uzcudun thing and may be named the heavyweight champion, is not headed for the millionaire class. There is every indication that the inflation of the caulifiower market is about ended. You must have glamourous characters and burning issues to make million-dollar gates and millionaire gladiators and you cannot make Schmeling, Uzcudun or Sharkey appear particularly glamourous. After the Battle of What of It at Miami Beach the customers will be par- ticularly hard to please. Nobody will be trampled to death in the rush to sc- Schmeling and Uzcudun in the Battle of Why Hold It. An Amateur “Menace.” 'HE caulifiower industry in this vicinity is being menaced by the amateurs The other night Madison Square Garden had one of the biggest crow in its history for the Golden Gloves Tournament staged by amateur devote: of the manly art of modified murder. E ‘There was round after round of earnest endeavor on the part of the youns men who are supposed to be battling for the pure joy of battle. It was somethins of a contrast to the languid exhibitions put up by the principals, the prelimina: | gladiators and the others at the Battle of What of It at Miami Beach. Another factor is emphasized. For a seat at the walts of Miami Beach one paid $25, car fare to and from that resort and hotel costs. The e of a seat at the Golden Gloves Tournament was 75 cents. It gives cus- tomers something to think about and it is evident that they have sta thinking, for they were turning them away at the Garden as the amateur gladiators battled with intense earnestness. Some of the thoughtful gentlemen engaged in the promotion of the c: flower industry are beginning to wonder if the amateurs do not constitute menace to the pusiness. They emphasize the fact through their intense serious ness that the majority of the professionals have become tired business men Wi give as little as possible for the pay they receive. It may be that the professionals have more “class” and that sort of thinz But those who crowd to the ringside to see exhibitions of the manly art of moc: fied murder want action and earnestness. By comparison the participants . the Golden Gloves Tournament gave them that ten for one to what Sharkey an Stribling exhibited at Miami Beach. L Recreation for Athletes. R. DONIE BUSH of the Pittsburgh Pirates is quite serious about his orde forbidding his athletes to indulge in the great American indoor game of poker. The other day he fined three of them 850 each for breaking thi: rule and a $50 fine is a serious matfer to a modern base ball player. The question remai “What is a base ball player to do the off time>” During the season the players have plenty of this. . You will find them sitting in the hotel lobbies a good part of the time, and sitting, while it is a healthful rec reation, becomes fairly monotonous at times. 5 Mr. Bush should find some substitute for the indoor sport of poker. He ‘might supply his men with chess and checker outfits, with the understand- ing that there would be no betting on these games. To card addicts he might allow the game of solitaire, with the order that no player should make anything but mind bets against himseif. It would be better, of course, if he could induce his athletes to take a less- from Mr. Gene Tunney and go in for reading in a serious way. 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