Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1929, Page 33

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1929. SPORTS. Roy Spencer, Former Pirate Catcher, Reports for Duty to Manager Johnson 1U S. and Canadian Hockeyists Split in Opening Title Play HIS SIGNING REVIVES THTE TRADE TALK Weaver and Brown to Split {DRAWINGS ARE MADE FOR HOYA BOXERS Georgetown University boxers will be pitted against leather pushers from Western Maryland in the 135, 145 and unlimited classes in the preliminary {round of the annual championships of the Intercollegiate Boxing Association, |to be held at Penn State College Fri- day night, according to drawings just announced. Nine Innings of Box Toil Hoya battlers have been listed as WASHINGTON’S NEW CATCHER l Against Dodgers. ' follows in the other classes: ULTIMATUM ISSUED TO CHAMP DUNDEE| By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 20.—Joe Dundee’s reign as the world welterweight cham- plon ceases tomorrow as far as the National Boxing Association is con- | cerned, unless he meets the association’s demands. | The N. B. A, through its prrsldont.l Paul Prehn, has ruled that Dundee must | ign contr: before March 21 calling or a bout By the Associated Press EW YORK, March 20.—The American ' and _international groups of the National Hockey Teague are all square after the | first night's play in the pre-| liminary series of the play-offs for | series of the play-offs, meeting the winner of ‘the eliminations between the second and third place teams. New York's Rangers and Americans, which finished second in the American and international divisions, staged their the Stanley Cup and the world cham- | hottest encounter of the year in the 115-pound class, New York Univer- | sity; 125-pound class, Penn State; 160- | pound class, Syracuse, and 175-pound | BY JOHN B. KELLER. class, Massachusetts Institute of Tech-i h a logical contender and | that he must post a_certified check | for $10,000. The commission has named | Jackie Fields and Young Jack Thomp- | |son as the two logical contenders. | | plonship. The three hard fought games last night brought one victory for each division and a scoreless tie between | the New York teams, who are fighting it out for second place honors. | At Boston the bludgeon of the Bruins % | nology. | AMPA, Fla, March 20.—After |"‘Navy and Penn are other schools that | tionals' pitchers are ready 1o ships. attempt as much as five in-| — Catholic University base ball team nings of work, Manager Walter | Jehnson believes, so during the re- | will entertain Wake Forest at Brook- mainder of the exhibition engagements |land, May 2. arrangements for the ha hopes to employ no more than two | game having been completed yesterday. hurlers over the nine-inning route. | The Cardinal squad, which opens its The first pair {o get the longer tricks season next Tuesday against Washing- of duty will be big Jim Weaver, thp‘;on“n:d Lee, at Lexington, is being hustle three weeks of training the Na-|are to be represented in the champion- | |N. B. A. Max Waxman, Dundees man- right-hander from the Kentucky hills, | along by Coaches McAuliffe and the left-handed Lioyd Brown. | These have been named for the slabbing temorrow at Clearwater, when the Na- licnals will stack up against the Dodgers. In all likelihood, Weaver will get the five-inning portion of the con- tost. Tomorrow’s game is to be the first of | the year for Goose Goslin, champion batsman of the American League, who has been training under wraps to avoid injuring his throwing arm, which was out of commission virtually all of last season. The Goose today declared him- self in trim to tpke over the job in left field, and Johnson announced he would start the veteran against the Brooklyn club. Goslin, however, does not expect | to do any hard throwing in tomorrow's tilt, and says that he may not attempt any long heaves until the championship race begins on April 16. Roy Spencer Joins Club. Roy Spencer, newest of the Nationals, Joined the club today, t ing over from Sarasota, where the In- dianapolis outfit, with which he trained before declared a free agent Saturday by Judge Landis, has its camp. _ Spencer “sold himself” to the Na- tionals late yesterday. He is an expe- rienced catcher, having been with the Pirates twice. It was because the Pirates and the Indianepolis club jug- gled Spencer about that he was declared a free agent Saturday, when the b ball commissioner dissolved the co tracts of several other players sup-‘ posedly in “cover-up” deals. ‘With Spencer at hand, the Nationals again have five catchers and are in posi- tion to dicker with the Yankees, who are casting about for a receiver. Presi- dent Clark Griffith still insists he is not negotiating with the New Yorkers, but reports from St. Petersburg, where the Yankee camp is located. intimate that Miller Huggins is mcre than willing to give up Sam Byrd, hard-hitting and fleet outfielder, for Benny Tate, back- | stopper, who has been with the Na- | tionals since 1923. The club certainly does not need more than three catchers during the | championship season. Cliff Bolton, one of the five now in camp, will be. let out soon, perhaps farmed instead of being sold outright. He reported at camp late ‘with little chance of sticking. In drillsf here he seems a likely prospect, but too far from big league caliber to keep around. Muddy Ruel, of course, is Jestined to be first-string catcher again, while Johnson thinks much of Al Bool, the big fellow who was bought from Nashville late last season. So it seems | that Spengér or Tate will go from the | staff, and the Yankees certainly do | want Tate. Grift May Shift Camp. Griffith today conferred with the mayor of Tampa about getting a clear field for the Nationals here next year. ‘The ent with the Tampa Club of the Southeastern League is not prov- ing as satisfactory as expected and the i ‘Washington prexy appears ready to choose another training site for his club unless city officials protect his interest | more, Grifith, in getfing the Tempa Club's | permission to use this Florida west coast | town as a base this year, had to break his exhibition cchedule so that the | ‘Tampans could play training games at Plant Field, too. In making this ar- rangement, though, Griffith did not be- E team would slate games | lieve the local with major league outfits. But that was done and the Washington chief declares these contests are hurting the attendance at the Nationals’ games. To date the attendances have been very disappointing to Griffith, and un- less he can be assured of more & ness next season he very likely will look elsewhere for a training camp. ‘The mayor was to let Griffith know some time today just how much support the Washington club may expect from the city of Tampa and the various civic | organizations here next year. TOURNEY ENTRIES GROW. CHICAGO, March 20 (#).—Entries | for the University of Chicago’s national basket ball interscholastic have reached { 16 with the acceptance of five more | State champions. Vienna, Ga.; St.| Paul, Nebr.; Warren, Ark.; Yankton, | 8. Dak., and Classen High of Oklahoma City, Okla. | catcher com- | and Clark. (GROTTO STAG NITE | LIST IS COMPLETED | Matchmaker Frankie Mann has com- | pleted the card of nine boxing bouts |10 be offered as the principal feature |of the Kallipolis Grotto Stag Nite and Cold Foot Ceremonial to be held tomor- |row night at the Jewish Community Center. The bouts will start at 9:15 o'clock. Young Firpo, all-service lightweight | champion, and Billy Harris of Fort Myer | will clash in a four-round lightweight encounter that promises plenty of in- teresting action. Walter MacFeely wilt face Allan Smallwood, also of this city, in a four- rounder at catchweights that doubt- less will prove interesting. An exhibition match between Tony | Uraine and Greasy Melington, 13-year- | old boys, will open the program. Uraine | weights 85 pounds and Melington, 90. | The complete card: . Exbibition—Toney Uraine. 85 pounds, vs. Greasy Melington, 90 pounds. | “"Three rounds. ‘light heavywelght class— Dick Steel vs. Johnny Catrif. | _ Three rounds, 160-pound | Swartz vs. ree class—Billy Finor. ) heavyweight class—Earl | Yeatm Delacey. Four clas Lumsford v: Four rounds, 135-1 v dier Zih rtin ‘our rounds. Sailor Oden. Four rounds. vs, Billy Harris Walier. MacFeely vs. Allan Smi | vs, catchweights—Young Firpo liwood. 'TAKOMA TIGERS MAP DIAMOND CAMPAIGN Takoma Tigers will plan their base ball season tonight at a meeting at the home of Manager Waters, 5903 Fifth | street, at 8 o'clock. Candidates for Petworth-Yorkes nine cre to -gather tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the home of Jerry Richards, 4118 Third street. Eastern All Stars will hold a diamond | meeting. at French's Sports Store, 721 | Fourteenth street, Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. Games with unlimited teams are sought by Manager W. H. Mills, 1503 Gales street northeast. Aspicants for {he senior and junior | |class teams to be placed on the dia- mond by Columbia Heights A. C. will gather tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Bill Whalen, 1014 Spring road. Games with both senior and junior teams are being booked at Adams 6205. A coach and players are sought by Muddy Ruel peewee class diamonders. The club will meet Monday night at 319 Seventh street northeast. Manager | Joe Fritts, at 726 Maryland avenue Northeast is listing games. ROY SPENCER. WITH W. 0. McGEEHAN. That Foreign Menace. HE prospect of the heavyweight championship leaving these shores does | not seem so dim. There are three foreign heavyweights who seem eligible for the eliminations—Schmeling, the German: Uzcudun, the | | Basque, and possibly Von Porat, the Norwegian. Only Jack Sharkey | | seems to stand between these and the title, unless, of course, Jack Demp- i | sey should decide to cmerge from his retircment. | | They could raise a fine high-sounding slogan for the return of Dempsey. | It would be, “Keep the heavyweight championship safe for the United States.” | | They got Jefiries out of his retirement to “bring back the title to the white r‘nce.”‘ It was this clarion cry and $101,000 that brought Jeffries back to the | ring. On the chance of saving the title from the European invasion from Schmeling or Uzcuden they might be able to offer Dempsey something like half a million. In addition, they could point out that it would be his patriotic duty to repell the invader. He could get patriotic for half a million. The boys forget that the title was twice held by aliens since the time of John L. Sullivan. There was Ruby Robert Fitzsimmons, a Cornishman, who won the title from James J. Corbett only a short time after John L. Sullivan piously said something to the effect that he thanked God that his conqueror was an American. When James J. Jeffries retired the title fell into the hands of Noah Brusso, | better known as Tommy Burns, a Canadian. Jack Johnson, an American of very brunette hue, brcught it back to the United States after the bout in Aus- tralia, but there did not seem to be any particular rejoicing over that. It is my notion that the business men behind the caulifiower industry do not view the foreign menace, as the boys call it, with alarm. On the contrary, they watch. it with considerable complacency. The only chance of building up | another Battle of the Century is to have a very immediate foreign menace and & national defender. ~ Especially after the Battle of What of It at Miami Beach, there will have to be something of a distinctly novel nature to attract any large number of customers. I doubt if they would flock to see Mr. Sharkey again after the languid exhibition he put up in Florida. Neither will the bout between Schmel- | ing’ and Uzcudun require the reserves to keep them from breaking down the box offices. 1 It Schmeling should beat the Basque, they might turn out for a battle between the German champion and Sharkey. But if Uzcudun should beat Schmeiing it would be bad for the business. It would leave only a_bout between Uzcudun and Sharkey for possibly the heavyweight championship. The customers have seen something of this sort before, Fields and Thompson meet at the Coliseum March 28, with the possibil- ity the winner will be declared the holder of the welterweight title by the ' ager, wired President Prehn yesterday | that the champion would sign before ‘Thursday, but Prehn said the contracts and checks must be placed in the hands of Edward C. Foster of Providence, R. I, | chairman of the championship com- | mittee, by that date. | Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. | INDIANAPOLIS.—Chuck Wiggins, In- | dinapolis, outpointed Sandy Seifert, | Pittsburgh (10); Howard Jones, Louis- ville, outpointed Lon Lovelace, Terre Haute (8). ST. LOUIS—Davey Abad, Panama, outpointed Benny Bass, Philadelphia (10); Johnny (Pee Wee) Kaiser, St. Louis, stopped Mike Esposito, New York (6). | FRENSO.—Johnny Lamar, Los An- geles, outpointed Charley Lupica, To- ledo, Ohio (10). LOS ANGELES.—Rene de Vos, Bel- gium, scored a technical knockout over Johnny Gill, York, Pa. (7). SONNENBERG IS VICTOR | AGAINST DAVE SHANNON | GREENSBORO, N. C., March 20 (®). | —Gus Sonnenberg, world heavyweight wrestling champion, successfully de- | fended his title here last night, winning | over Dave Shannon, St. Louis, in| straight falls, The former Dartmouth | foot ball star won both falls with his famous flying tackle, taking the first in 13 minutes and 40 seconds; the sec- ond in 6 minutes 30 seconds. Sonnenberg will meet' Tom O'Rourke in Charlotte tonight. BROWNS-BREWERS ALLIED. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, March 20 (®).— | Recent_action of Base Ball Commis- sioner Landis in declaring Claude Jon- | nard, rookie pitcher, with the St. Louls Browns, a free agent, has revealed that Phil Ball, owner of the Browns, also is half owner of the Milwaukee club of the American Association. WOMAN NET STAR DYING. DETROIT, March 20 (#).—Miss Helen Cansfield of Detroit, ranked No. 8 among women tennis players in Western Lawn Tennis Association selections for 1928, was fatally injured last night in a railroad crossing accident, in which another woman was killed and three other persons were injured. THE SPORTLIGHT By GRANTLAND RICE. Controlled or Checked? NY attempt to keep amateur sport under control in this highly commercial age is almost hopeless. The best that can be hoped for is to keep the situa- tion in check—to a degree at least. ‘There are 5o many ways now to make publicity pay, indirectly if not directly, that it is almost impossible to spot the dividing line. I opener of their two-game series, and ended just where they started. Neither team could score or come near it. ‘The series between the second-place teams, like that between Detroit and ‘Toronto, which finished third, is of two games with total goals to count. The | won out over the rapier of the Les! | Canadiens in the first contest of a|prospect now is for a protracted contest | the puzzle of “piecing the Pirates to- five-game series between the first place | tomorrow. A deadlock then after 60 teams. Boston turned in-a victory by minutes of play calls for a “sudden a single goal, scoredj by little Cooney | death” period, which continues until a Weiland, second-strifg center. Lionel | goal is made. Hitchman, burly Bruin captain, fur-| The youthful Toronto Maple Leafs nished the assist. | fulfilled_ the predictions of their su Later in the game, the Canadiens |porters by gathering a two-goal lead in scored, only to have the referee rulethe first game of their series with De- that one of their players was offside | troit. The final score was 3 to 1. This when Patterson caged the rebound from | result leaves the Cougars almost out | a shot by Morenz. of the race. Playing the next game on The teams meet again in Boston | Toronto’s home ice, Detroit must score | tomorrow night, then move to Mon- |three more goals than the hard-shoot- BUSH IS WORRYING OVER HIS INFIELD |Stroner Shows = Poorly at | Third and Traynor Has an Uncertain Hip. | By the Ascociated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.—Every time Donnie Bush thinks he has solved | gether,” he finds he hasn't. | The signing of Jim Stroner appar- | ently has solved the third base problem, | but the rookie, weakened after an oper- | ation, has been unable to show. | " "Pie Traynor, regular third sacker, | was to move over to short. Now the big captain's bad hip is causing more trouble. The outfield, even with Lloyd Waner coming to terms, still needs Paul Waner to give it class. Manager Donald F. Webb, 1602 Tenth | street, is 1ining up opponents for Cardi- nal A. C. diamonders. | Powhatans will hold a base ball meet- ing Priday night at 8 o'clock at 906 over it. managers, and probably they will have ringside seats should be occupied. and it hardly seems probable that there would be any great enthusiasm | The Schmeling-Uzcudun bout is sure to have a fair crowd. Each of the battlers has enough managers to guarantee that. There are so many subterfuges that | can't be unearthed and proved that it | is an impossible job to take amateurism | back to other years where publicity was slighter and the rewards were so much : Iess. If they charge full rates for | to under the circumstances, most of the H_ street. The team needs players, especially pitchers. i Poston midget class base ballers, who | plan to enter the American Legion series, will hold their first drill tomor- row afternoon at 3:30 o'clock on Plaza | playgrounds. TRIANGLE STATE BANK TEAM LEADING BANKERS | CHICAGO. March 20 (#)—The Tri- angle State Bank team of Chicago led | the five-man division of the American ! Eowling Congress tournament today with a score of 2,934. The Chieagoans displaced the Cordes Mets of New York late last night, bowl- {ing over two more pins than the pre- | | vious leaders. The Pressler Welding | team, another Chicago quirttet, went into fourth place with 2,922 points. ‘The ranking 10 scorers in the other divisions held their positions today de- spite determined assaults yesterday by pinsters from Illinois, Michigan, Min- nesota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Women in Sport i l| NAUGURATING the George Wash- ington University co-ed interclass basket bail series yesterday, Sopho- more and Freshman first teams played to a 22-22 standstill in the H street gym. Freshmen were in the | lead '{or the greater part of the game and held a 22-20 edge late in the fourth quarter, but the Sophs tied things up when a last-minute toss by Martha Benenson dropped through the net to fill in the gap. Rosalle Reed in the Freshman center field was one of the outstanding per- formers of the contest. Catherine Palmer played well at center for the Sophs, while Louise Berryman did the heavy scoring for her team. Marian | Lum was the heavy Freshman scorer with eight points to her credit. Thursday afternoon second teams | will get into action. the Snphomore‘\ seconds meeting the Freshman seconds, | The game is called for 2:30 o'clock. Scoring: Freshmen_ (22) Sophomores_(22). 2P 18 2p. 1P. L Berryman,{ M. Benen Q. R. E P l oosoan b. s Yesterday was a red letter day for | ths Capitol Athletic Club basketers, | 1A, C. at Wilsen Normal School, -p, | Crawford, 1 Monday, March 25, Roxie A. C. at Hine Junior High, 8 o'clock; 26, spnrtu& o'clock; 28, Jewish Community Center at J. C. C., 9 o'clock. Scoring: CAPITOL A. C. INDIAN HEAD. 2B 1P T 2P 1 ] 3l cossolion Beamer, ¢.. Higdon,'sc. Wheatley, ig. udson, g Bryant, 18 Totals. . iss Frances Cooper. Staples, g, Totals Referee— ol cocson! St. Paul’'s passers romped on the Eag- lets, 32 to 8, last night in a postponed junior division, Washington Recreation League, contest played on the St. Paui court. Miss Crawford, registering 19 points, and figuring brilliantly in com- bination plays, was the star of the win- ners’ line, while Miss Carr, in the losers’ forward field, played keen ball. St. Peul's 27, 1P. T, 2P, 1P. T, i3 Madden, 11, eenehan. If. gic.s c. s it Strader, r¢... Trowinski, sc. Johnson. ig. Chadwick, 1 Totals Referee —Miss Bixler. Totals ....3 2 8 for they turned the tables on one of their strongest court rivals of the sear son, the sextet from Indian Head, de- feating them, 41 to 26, last night on Nativity tossers bowed to the Aloys- ians, 38 to 21 last night in an inter- esting game staged in the former's gym- nasium. The losers struggled valiantly If Schmeling eventually should acquire the title it might be some time be- fore it came back. The United States seems to be just about out of even pass- | able heavyweights, which was made quite evident at Miami Beach. | No Idle Declaration. HORTLY after Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was taken from the Federal i bench to become commissioner of organized base ball he made some sig- nicant remarks at a dinner given at the minor league meeting at Louisville. | As I recall it, he said something to this effect: “I want the players to know | that I will be square with them. In fact, in all controversies between players | and magnates I will be inclined“to take the side of the players.” | I do not think that this made any particular hit with the magnates present. In fact, some of them looked a little startled and annoyed. But the remark | was forgotten quickly enough. They thought that the commissioner might be | talking for effect. 1t seems now that he meant what he said. Only recently he has ruled a number of players to be free agents with f{ull power to sell themselves for good prices, and he has slapped fines on several of the clubs for vio- latng the rules against “covering ur” players, a rule that was passed by the magnates themselves. But somchow they do not relish being forced to obey their own rules. The feeling among them now is that the commissioner is a bit too literal. Under the old National Commission they had & number of rules that seemed to be made to be broken. The members of the National Commission were prac- tical business and base ball men, and a rule or two never would keep these practical men from reaching an understanding. The commissioner, having | the judicial temperament, pays no heed to the business exigencies of the ivory | industry. It is all very annoying to the magnates. But what to do? The magnates made the rules. | Landis and Ruth. | THE magnates were forced into giving Commissioner Landis arbitrary powers when they appointed him as a guaranty that professional base ball would be kept clean, following the revelation of the Black Sox scandal. This caused such a storm of indignation that the men in the business of base ball were ! willing to promise anything. Immediately after the commissioner took charge, Babe Ruth started a little | rebellion. He went off on a barnstorming tour in defiance of a rule that ex- isted at the time. He repented quickly enough, and the base ball fans were | interested to know if the commissioner would discipline the greatest in the me. e Saying grandiloguently, “No man is bigger than base ball,” the com- missioner suspended the Babe for 30 days. This hurt the owners of the Yankees more than it did the Babe. Col. T. L. Huston, who was then half owner of the club, told me that it cost the organization something like $150,000 in gate receipts, according to a conservative estimate, based on the figures when Ruth was present. : Byron Bancroft Johnson, the old “czar” of base ball, resented the presence | of the commissioner and tried to fight him. Mr. Johnson no longer is con- | nee with the national pastime in any capacity. The magnates appointed | Landis to administer justice. It seems that they are getting too much of it. { A Reasonable Squawk. IF either of the New York hockey teams should figure in the Stanley Cup finals it will be impossible for them to appear in New York, Madison Square Gar- | den will be occupied by the circus at the time. On this score the local hockey fans have a legitimate squawk. It would be as though the Glants won a pennant, then leased the Polo Grounds to & circus and played the homc games at Chicago. That would cause no slight squawk. i (Copyright, 1929.) BASKET LEAGUE TITLE ADVISORY MARKS DUE AT STAKE TOMORROW| FOR HIGH DIAMONDERS The championship of the Washing-| Coaches of public high school base ! ton City Basket Ball League will be|ball teams today are awaiting the ad- | decided tomorrow in the gym of the | visory marks to learn just what players Y. M. C. A, 1736 G street. they may depend on at least during the | The final game of the season, sched- | first part of the champlonship serles uled to start at 7 pm., will he played | oPening April 12. by the fives of the Woltz Co. and Har- Base ball, track, tennis and golf For example, there are reports and rumors around that certain golfing centers are returning all expenses of ceoftain stars, after said stars have apparently paid their way. There are other stars in both golf and tennis who have been given certain positions where their skill in these games makes them at least fairly valuable additions to a firm’s per- sonnel. But no one can prove this, and if one could, it would be no dif- treal to complete their series. The | winner goes directly into the final ing Leafs can gather to pull out the victory. ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN HE departure, whence o they came—Minneapo- lis—of catcher Ed Ken- | na and Third Baseman | Elmer Yoter, would make it | appear that Commissioner | Landis’ recent punitive action already is having its effect. Kenna, purchased outright from the Millers last year for the announced price of $15,000, goes back to them for a figure not made public, but undoubt- edly less, and the Washington Club stands the loss. Yoter, obtained with a $15,000 tag at- tached, goes without having rendered any service to the club, but has cost it the $2,500 down payment in addition to expenses from and to his Penn- sylvania home as well his meals and room at the Tampa training camp. Before Landis tossed his bomb last week ways and means of avoiding the payment of such an item as $2,500 merely for the privilege of in- specting a player might have been found, but that was then, not now. In view of the situation brought about by the ruling in the case of Guy Cantrell, Mel Simons, et al, it should oc- casion little surprise now if Spencer Harris also is shunted back to Minnecpolis. If this is done the club will be out of champion.” They might consider at the outset that no such claim will stand unless the heavyweight proves his case —and up to date no heavyweight has come even close to championship cal- iber. The claim was recently made for Jack Sharkey—who is about as deserv- ing as any of the rest. But_consider Sharkey's last four more important fights—a draw with Tom Heeney, a defeat by Risko, a bare shade over Christner, a slight margin over Stribling. If that rec- ord moves a fighter up into the championship division the division might as well be abolished. ~ And yet Sharkey’s record is better than most of the others, and be prob- ably would be the hardest man in the division to whip, outside of George God- frey, who is no world-beater either. Schmeling has had a more impres- sive record, but he hasn’t met a suf- clent number of high-class opponents to draw any top rating. Some champion deserving of the name may pop out of the class, but he will have to show a big improvement ferent than the way other stars profit | over the various smears that have taken indirectly through their fame. | place in the last year. | One weakness in attempting to en- | faking i the Wilson Normal School floor after|to overcome their visitors’ 14-to-2 ad« having bowed to them, 51 to 21, last| vantage, gained before half time, but week at Indian Head. were unable to increase their pace suf- Gladys Erwin, C. A. C. forward, was | ficiently to be effective. Play was much on her toes, determined to win, and she | closer in the last two periods than it uncorked a scoring streak which piled | had been in the early stages of the up her team’s entire 41 points on hergame, however. Scoring: side of the margin. The squad rallied | sloysians 2P.1P.T. Nativity around her well, playing a keen of- Mllmn.‘lt 4 412 Gull fensive game throughout. R Capitolites meet the American Se-pyn eurity & Trust Co. tonight at Central | High School at 8 o'clock. Three other | s scheduled by them in the near % are a8-followas . - 2 ] socowsi - ol sooowe! soools Total .. 521 Referee—McNut! riman Co., now tied for first place. Following the game a free-toss tour- nament will be held at 8:15 o'clock be- tween the two leading goal shooters of each team and under the direction of C. E. Beckett, physical director of the Y. M. C. A. Each contestant will be given 15 trials at the basket. Suitable prizes will be awarded. After this exhibition there will be a dance, starting at 9:15 o'clock, under the auspices of the Washington City Basket Ball League, the Y. W. C. A. the Y. M. C. A, (teams of Western and Swavely mlyi | meet in a veritable athletic carnival Memorial day at Manassas, Va. The | program, however, has not yet been; ! g;rmally approved by Western' authori- es. e Defeating Calvary Eagles, 26 to 19, Wallace Memorial basketers last night “ran their straight-win string to 12. The victors have a gym each Priday night and want es with 130-pound- class teams. Call Manager Sargent at '1!1%‘)_ §.and 6 p.m. | force any ironclad law is that in many |cases a star amateur can hardly help from profiting commercially from his skill, even though he makes no attempt in this direction. The name of a win- | ner now goes all over the country and, | as advertising still pays, the name of a | winner is bound to mean something | along financial lines. The best that can | be done is to keep as much check as possible upon any direct violation. It isn't that outright professionalism is wrong in any way, but that amateur s. Spring Foot Ball Practice. ANY coaches still hold to the idea that Spring foot ball practice is largely unimportant. This depends largely on the coaches— and their chance of getting any ma- terial to work with. Pop Warnér and Knute Rockne have proved their Spring foot ball practice is one of the leading features in the development of their Fall teams. It is almost impossible for any coach to get by with the limited time given him after college opens. This is often but little more than an hour for each afternoon. And at certain universities, such as Cornell, most of this working time is after dark. No coach can teach a man to kick or pass or handle passes in a few weeks. Spring practice is a big help along this line, a necessary feature. The Spring is the best time to work on fundamentals and so have the material ready for various forma- | tions later on. | Team play in modern foot ball is far | more complicated than it used to be. And it calls for more expert material, with all the phases of the passing—for- ward and lateral—game to be called on. emphasizing the game might remem- ber that Spring foot ball practice is one sport that calls for no road trips, no outside competition, no f:\lbllclty. no gate receipts. It comes close to being the last and final word in amateur play. For Fight Managers and Promoters. HE day isn't far ahead when cer- tain fight managers and promot- ers will be labeling this entry or that entry as “the next heavyweight “Conveniently Located on llih Street” 1529 14th St. NW. Dec. 3320 The heavyweight championship is still | worth a lot of money, ,even granted | that a large slump has taken place since Dempsey and Tunney cleaned up imost of the loose change in sight. No | one would have begrudged Sharkey and “Stribllng picking up $165,000 for their | 30 minutes along Miami Beach if they had earned 20 per cent of this amount. But the fight public will have to be THOMPSON: pocket just $2,000, plus his ex- penses for training, whereas, if kept, an additional $18,000 would have to be forked over. Small Outfield Likely. With four such capable per- formers as Goslin, Rice, West and Barnes available for fly- chasing chores the club may de- cide a second substitute for the outfield in which no more than three may play at one time is unjustified at a cost of $20,000, to which must be added $5,000 or so in the way of salary. It all depends upon whether Manager Walter Johnson will consider himself sufficiently well fortified against accident in the garden with only one reserve man. The net result of the pruning already effected, voluntary or otherwise, is that Johnson will have precious little to do to re- duce the Washington squad to the minimum of 25 players which goes into effect June 15. With Boss out of commission due to illness and Yoter al- ready disposed of there is noth- infi to be done about the in- field which now finds Judge, Hayes, Bluege and Myer listed as regulars, with Cronin, Stew- art and Gooch as reserves—the smallest number the club can get along with. Down to Limit in Pitchers. As to pitchers, there now are in camp only the number cus- tomary to carry—10. They are Braxton, Jones, Hadley and Marberry, generally regarded as the quartet to be regularly rotated, and Liska, Brown, Burke, Campbell, Weaver and Hopkins, from whom additional game-starters and relief men must be found. Paul McCullough, the only other flinger on the roster, has been prevented by illness from reporting, and it is doubtful if he will figure seriously in Man- ager Johnson’s calculations for this season, at least. This leaves the catchers— Ruel, Tate, Bool and Bolton. Of these, the latter, because of his extreme youth, unquestionably will be farmed out to obtain badly needed experience pro- vided, of course, that nothing develops to interfere with the retention of the other three, such as, for instance, the re- ported and denied. prospective trade of Tate to the Yankees for Outfielder Sam Byrd. Spencer Alters Situation. The acquisition of Roy Spen- cer, one of the players declared a free agent by Judge Landis in his famous ruling of last Satur- day, complicates the catching situation for the Nationals. Spencer has had considerable experience with the Pittsburgh Pirates over a stretch of two or three seasons, and, judged by the esteem he was held in by Barney Dreyfuss, very likely will earn a rating as next to much sappier than usual if it falls for any heavyweight champion no better than most of those who have been around recently. Muddy Ruel on the Washington backstopping list. It may be that landing Spen- cer will facilitate the reported —and denied—trade of Tate to the Yankees for Outfielder Sam Byrd. If Pat Gharrity, osten- sibly carried as a coach, dem- onstrates his fitness for an oc- casional bit of backstopping, as well as pinch-hitting, he prob- ably will be the third of the 3 ° o One-Five-or a Million THEY’RE all the same—King Ed- ward quality never varies. Five and one-half inches of real smoke satisfaction — a fine, clean, frag- rant smoke wrapped in foil to preserve freshness and sold for a niekel. Get them in the handy break- proof pack five for “two-bits.” Those desiring to slice an iron shot have so many methods to pick from that it is hard to recommend the best. But one of the surest is to throw the hands and body in ahead of the club head, in place of hitting with the club head and letting the body back up the punch. + D . Loughran & Co. Distributors. SAN ANTONIO, X., March 20 (#) _John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, has not yet decided which of his two Andys—Reese or. Cohen— will start the season at second base. McGraw said the only reason he was | sending Cohen on tour with the second | team was because he was popular with Texas_fans. “Cohen will rejoin the first team at Shreveport and I probably will alter- nate him and Reese at second base,” he added. CLEARWATER, Fla., March 20 (#).— Just when Wilbert Robinson, president- manager of the Brooklyn Robins, had decided that Jimmy Pattison, former High School pitcher, would have to 3 to Macon for a little more seasoning, Jimmy turned in a neat pitching per- formance to make Robby change his mind. Pattison pitched the first four ipnings of yesterday's battle between the regu- lars and the Yannigans, allowed three hits and a single run. AVON PARK, Fla., March 20 (#).— Eddie Delker, Danville's infielder, train- ing with St. Louis Cary 1s, was the scintillating spot in the ited Birds’ tri- umph over the Boston Rd Sox yester- day, 5 to 3. He speared two line drives for double plays, saving the e in the ninth. He also hit a double and a single. Delker has been at short while Charley Gelbert, flashy recruit destined for the spot, has been out with an in- jured hand. ORLANDO, Fla., March 20 (#)—The first game of a two-day series with the Athletics found “Pete” Donohue of the Cincinnati Reds announcing his readi- ness to take the mound against Connie Mack’s ball players. Kolp was the re- serve pitcher. ‘The Athletics have a 2-to-1 edge on the Reds in the practice series. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 20 (). Manager Shotten of the Phillies has not called for a regular-yannigan game in the training This is un- usual, but he thinks much more benefit will be derived from intensive drilling on offensive and defensive strategy. To make the plays interesting and get the spirit of contest into them, Shotten puts runners on the bases. ‘Then he drives the ball to the outfield and coaches the fly-chasers and relay men how to make the proper play on the runner. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 20 (®)—If the opposition the Boston Braves will be called upon to face when the National League season opens even approaches the caliber of that offered by the Yanks, the tribe isn't going to have to worry about much of anything except a comfortable cellar berth—that is, unless the Braves find the punch that has been missing for a good many seasons past. They engaged the Yanks in a lugu- brious contest yesterday that went the wrong way, 6-5. The Braves made 10 hits to the Yankees' 5. three catchers to be carried. Otherwise, in the event Tate is disposed of, that job will go to Al Bool, the husky acquistion from Nashville, as Cliff Bolton is slated to be farmed out for some much needed experience. In any event, the question of who to keep and who to discard should not be included among the worries Johnson is bound to have as pilot of the Nation- als. The most annoying of these, assuming Ruel is able to render steady and effective service, will be the assembling of a staff of flingers able to hlolgs its own with those of rival clubs. This weeks UNITED FEATURE | NO’I‘ only are more and more suc- i cessful men today smoking cigars, | but more and morechoose to get thei favorite cigar at United. The new year | started with a 20% increase in our | cigarbusiness. The reason? Nationally advertised cigars in their best con- | dition! So we’re featuring two favor- | ites this week—Marie Antoinette and Girard cigars. Get yours today at the United nearest you. 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