Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1929, Page 30

Nationals Are Displaying 'Wihl_zing Spirit in “Grape Fruit Le HUSTLE OF RODKIES INSPRES VETERANS Cincinnati Reds Again De- feated by Griffmen by Tally of 8 to 2. I with major league clubs Spring _exhibition games until they pick up the Giants at Birming- ham two weeks from today. Manager Walter Johnson's charges will not idle, though, when not tackling the big fel- lows. Five minor outfits still have dates in the schedule. The series yet to be played at the BY JONN B. KELLER. AMPA, Fla, March 25.— Two more series here and the Na- onals will be through battling Florida training base with the major | Py leaguers are those with the Dodgers and the Cardinals. The former will be encountered here tomorrow and Wednesday, while the National League champions will be the Nationals' guests Friday, Saturday and Sunday Johnson plans to_get another good look 2t his young hurlers in the set with the Dodgers. The tentative slate for the brace of tilts assigns Jim Weaver and Lloyd Brown or Arch Campbell to the first game and Ad Liska and Fred Marberry to the second. All except Marberry are accounted re- cruit slabmen. Of course, this slate is subject to change. Circumstances forced Johnson to alter pitching plans made for the Cincinnati series and they may have to be altered for the battling with the Dodgers. Weaver Has Been Ailing. Weaver has been suffering with a sore back, brought on last week by too hasty cooling off after arduous exer- cise during & morning practice session induced profuse perspiration. Weaver today declared himself fit to resume toll on the firing line, but may not prove so chipper as he now feels when the time comes to start the opening game with the Brooklyn club. The Natlonals thus far have gotten much out of these exhibition mlf!- ments with major leaguers. Team play is being perfected rapidly, the batting against good pitchers who really are “putting something on the ball” is im- proving daily, the Washington hurlers are becoming -better in action on the hill and there is a general pick-up in enthusiasm throughout the squad. ‘There never has been a lack of pep- per in this bunch of Nationals in train- ing here this year, for that matter, but the athletes are more peppery now than ever. Perhaps the youthfulness of the squad is in a large measure responsible for this abundance of fire. For the first et essasssussscal s520355~3" w » @ > @ 10023 0 x—8 20000000 0—2 in—By Kelly, Purdy. Barnes. Haves (2). Goslin. Two- Walker. len base—Swanson. Washington . Cincinnati Hayes. Sac- rifice—Gaslin, Do k out—By Luane. Wild pitch—Luqne. Umpires—Messrs. Van Time of game—1 hour 3 Struel U: S. HOCKEYISTS VIE FOR CANADIAN CUP By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, March 25—It begins to look as if there will be an all-Ameri- can final for Canada's greatest hockey trophy. By a great comeback Satur- day night that brought them a third successive victory in the first-place play-offs, the Boston Bruins already have qualified for the Stanley Cup final, while the New York Rangers, who brought the emblem of the world hockey championship to the United States last year for the first time, are well on their way to a second final. After two 1-0 victories over Les Cana- diens of Montreal in Boston, the Bruins overcame a two-goal lead to win the first-place play-off Saturday. % The Bruins finished first in the American group and the Canadiens led the international section. Although ‘'the Rangers just opened their semi-final series with Toronto Sat- urday night, the victory in the opening game is a long step toward the final play-off. The Rangers made a goal, then fell back on an impenetrable de- fense to take the first game. The Rangers and Toronto will meet agamn in Toronto tonight. If a third game is necessary, they will return to New York Thursday; if not, the first game of the final for the Stanley Cup between Boston and the Rangers will take place in the Madison Square Garden then, time in years youth predominates in the Nationals’ squad in training in Florida and it makes its presence known in no uncertain way. Never before has a Washington club gone into exhibition games with a more burning desire to . Every contest thus far on the Spring apparently has loomed as important to the players as a contest during the mauh!p campaign. 'The yor ustle all the time, and the erans have caught the spirit, too. Since the old-timers began crashing into the line-ups of these Spring tilts they have taken new leases on life. ‘This splendid spirit has sent the Na- tionals breezing through their schedule. OfD nine exhibition games played—all but one sgainst major league clubs— but two have been lost. In five of their six tussles with the big timers the Na- tionals have overcome early leads gained by senior circuit rivals and swept on to victory, twice snatching games from the fite with Tousing ninth- inning rallies. Looks as though the club dmny have its best Spring series Tecor ... The the outset of hostilities and - two runs. Johnson's charges “this in their first- w. then carried on to tri- B8 elpiess By {he good. PItEIng of e} e i g O Irving Hadley and Garland Braxton. two-game vigorously Hadley in the first five rounds and as many off , who left-handed his way to ths finish, Two of the blows at Hadley’s expense were bunched in the m’""xfl"hx Cincinnati did all lt: counting. only pass Hadley grant ed also was in that frame. Reds Put Over Two Runs. The Reds put two runs over with only one out,” With Critz gone, Swan- son walked. ‘He scored when ifilyx a triple with & long drive to left that barely escaped Gaose Goslin's clutches. Kelly tallied as Purdy rified a double to center. Purdy third when “Walker was thrown out, but Myer made a nose-diving catch at Pittenger's foul :o end the Reds' run-making for the ay. The only other hit off Hadley came at the start of the second inning. It was a scratchy double by Ford. He hoisted the ball toward short right, and Judge, Hayes and Barnes went tearing after it. Judge stopped, as Hayes seemed in a fair way to make a catch. But Hayes stopped, too, when almost under the ball, as he saw Barnes charg- ing down upon him, So the ball drop- ped safely between the second-sacker and the right fielder. So effective, though, was Hadley that Ford never progressed beyond the mid- dle sack, and following the hit but nine batters faced Irving during the re- mainder of his turn on the slab. Braxton was greeted by Swanson with single, as he started to pitch in the sixth, but the alert Benny Tate nipped the hitter off first base and not until the eighth did another Red get on the runway. Then a fumble by Joe Cronin gave Hugh McMullen, who was with the Nationals a tirhe last season, a life. But Adolfo Luque, the Cuban pitcher, promptly drilled into a double-play and the Cincinnati crowd was quiet until after two were gone in the ninth. Pur- dy then singled and pulled up at third as Walker lifted a Texas League double Braxton, however, of Pittenger's over Cronin's head. handily took care grounder. It was a neat exhibition both pitchers gave. Hadley showed plenty on his fast ball and a baffling change of pace. For the first time in the Spring series Braxton had his “screw” ball going well and when the Reds met it they did not drive it far. Hadley fanned two batters, once disposing of Luque with successive called strikes. Braxton struck out three, each time having a batter swing futilely at a “screw” ball. ‘The Nationals hung up a total of 12 hits, all off Lugue, who went the route for the Reds. The Cuban was quite wild, granting six passes and uncork- ing a wild pitch. Bluege led the Wash- ington attack with three singles in four turns at bat. Myer, Barnes and Hayes each banged two hits, Hayes’ first being good for three bases. Singles by Myer and Goslin, Barnes’ infield retirement and Bluege's one- baser netted the Nationas two runs and a tle in round one. Hayes' three-bagger and Hadley's Texas leaguer put the club ahead in the secong. Passes to Myer and Barnes and a scratchy single by Bluege filled the sacks in the fifth. Judge forced out Myer at the plate, but Hayes' single to short center sent Barnes and Bluege over the counting block. | HECOX TO BE COACH OF VIRGINIA BOATMEN RICHMOND, Va., March 25.—Vir- ginia Boat Club crews again the com- ason will be coached by C. W. of Washington. The veteran h, & member of the 1 High School in that the Virgl se: Fashingto ‘as! n_ COAC) faculty of Central city, started coac! men in 1907 and under his tutelage they have made a fine record. Hecox will report here next Friday to take charge of the squad and until his year's work at Central High is com- vudtfd plans to come here each week en inia oars- ity WO00D TODAY GOES AFTER WORLD SPEED BOAT MARK MIAMA BEACH, Fla., March 25 (®). —Weather permitting, Gar Wood hoped to_break the world speed record today. Wood was set to make his run yes- terday, but postponed the attempt at the request of the city of Miami Beach because the day was Sunday. Miss America VII, the speed boat which holds the record of 92.838 milss an hour, was declared by Wood to be in perfect condition for the trial. MERCHANTS’ DIAMBND LEAGUE TO REORGANIZE To_reorganize the Merchants’' Base Ball League a meeting will be held to- morrow night at French's sports store, 721 Fourteenth street, at 7 o'clock. Representatives of Bergmann's Laundry, which season won the league flag; Chestnut Farms Dairy, Thompson's Dairy, Barber & Ross and Gulf Refining nines are asked to attend. Teams will be permitted to use only mym who actually are employed by respective concerns, CENTRAL’S. DIAMONDERS DUE FOR ACTION TODAY Coach Kimble hoped to have a look at his Central High School ball players in actual competition today when they were to meet the United 'ryemmur team on the American University field. Early weather indications were not prammn&u ‘The other l':li]:h schools had practice sessions scheduled. BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL By the Associated Press. Today's Schedule. can) vs. St. Louls (National). At Bradenton, Fla—Boston (Ameri- can) vs. Indianapolis (American Asso- clation). At. St. Petersburg, Fla.—Brooklyn (National) vs. Boston (National). Yesterday's Results. At San Antonio, Tex.—New York (National), 4; Chicago (American), 3; 10 innings. At Los Angeles—Chicago (National), 8; Detroit (American), 5. At San Prancisco—San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League), 9; Pitts- burgh (National), 7, morning game; Pittsburgh, 6; Missions (Pacific Coast League), 2, afternoon game. ‘At Miami, Fla.—St. Louis (National), 4; Philadelphia (American), 2. At St. Augustine, Fla.—Philadelphia (American) second team, 8; Newark (International League), 7. At Winterhaven, Fla.—Boston (Amer- ican), 7; Philadelphia (National), 6; 10 innings. At West Palm Beach, Fla.—St. Louis (American), 4; Buffalo (International League), 1. At New Orleans—New Orleans (South- ern Aalsocnntlon), 3; Cleveland (Ameri- can), 1. At Tampa, Fla—Washington (Amer- ican), 8: Cincinnati (National) third as Myer hit for a base. Goslin's loft to Walker was deep enough in right to let West tally. Barnes shot a single to center, and when Swanson fumbled the ball rolled under the fence to give the Red center fielder a three-baser er- ror and let Myer and Barnes reach { home. Muddy Ruel went behind the bat for the Nationals for the first time this year, catching Hadley. The little vet- eran had but one throw to make—that | when Swanson set out to swipe second | base in the opening inning—and then he failed to flag his man. It wasn't a throw by any means, but Muddy ‘The Nationals ended their scoring with & three-run splurge With one. gone, West walked S in the sixth. t.h.rge and took get'on poor still needs more whip in the arm. In l,g.n‘:: at bat, Muddy falled to Three-base hits— | the one the other night seems to indi £t Avon Park, Pla.—New York (Amer- | | imagine their status with the Griffmen already had been made permanent. at the Tampa training camp. Judged by the expressions of Ad Liska, Jim Weaver and Arch Campbell, shown above, from left to right, one might Liska practically is assured of retention, but Manager Johnson has yet to reach a decision regarding the other two, who also are busy with conditioning work —Wide World Photo. SPORTS ague” Exhibitions NEED OF TINKERIN SEEN FOR PIRATES Both Infield and Outfield Likely to Be Revamped | Before Season Opens. Ey the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25—Th scries the Pirates concluded yesterday in the San Francisco district demon- | strated the club is in pretty good phy- | sical condition, but it also indicated | both the infield and outfield will re- quire considerable tinkering before the big show opens. Arrival of Lloyd Waner has improved the outer garden, but there remains a gan which it cannot be hoped to closa until Paul Waner comes to terms. It also appears that Pie Traynor will have to be shifted back to his old post at _t:flrd. Stroner has not been impres- sive. SAN ANTONIO, March 25 (#) —After trenuous week end, which saw them /in two games from*the Chicazo White Sox, the Giants settled down to camp routine today. The next exhibition | | game will be played on Wednesday, | when the New Yorkers meet the Pirates, | making the first leg of their jump back from Paso Robles on the coast. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 25 (#). —George Susce, rookie catcher from Pitts- burgh, is given credit by his teammates for instilling a lot of life and action | into the sometime lowly Phillies. When | he is in the game the entire action is | specded up. | “He can't keep that pep,” said Fred Hunter, the coach, shaking his head. | “It's too good to be true. Theyil| take it out of him, but I'm going to | tell him he can't make this club un- | less he does keep it.” ! LOS ANGELES, March 25 (P).— | Fattcned on five straight victories over | the Detroit Tigers, the Cubs headed Eastward teday for more opposition. Hack Wilson lofted a homer into the right field bleachers with the bases choked yesterday as the Cubs dropped l!;he ‘Tigers, 8 to 5, before 18,000 spec- ators. AVON PARK, Fla, March 25 (P).| ~Carey Selph. & rookle who has been | playing second for the St. Louis Car- | dinals in several of the exhibition games, will be out of the game for a| week with a pulled tendon, suffered when he collided with Sammy Hale | during a game at Miami yesterday | with the Philadelphia Athletics. | also at Lexington. | nigan, Mudd, May, W. Walsh, Condeigh, E. HOGAN WAS A “BALLOON” | WHEN HE JOINED GIANTS By the Associated Frank (Shanty) Hogan, the hard- hitting catcher of the New York Giants, weighed 265 pounds when he first reported to the club in 1928. Recalling an incident that took place when the Giants were playing in Tampa one day, he told of stand- ing in front of the dugout as he heard a local official ask Manager McGraw how he liked the ball park. “I don’t know,” McGraw replied. “When that balloon goes up in front of me I'll have a look C. U. VARSITY NINE | READY FOR OPENER | Catholic University's base ball team | left today for Lexington, Va., where to- morrow Washington and Lee will be en- | countered in the Cardinals' opening | game. Lou Hurley or Jack Conlon will be the Cardinals’ starting pitcher. A sore arm | has eliminated Gene Murphy from the slab corps. On Wednesday Catholic University will meet Virginia Military Institute, The following players are on the trip: Capt. Mansfield, Rellly, Sweeney, Flan- Conlin, D’'Espo, Giloffre, N. and Cosker, Belfi, McCabe, Hurley, Brennen, Blasi, Joe Waish, Chenworth, Rayhawk, Ogden, Manager Budds and the two coaches. Al Flannigan will catch, with Dyke McCabe at first, Capt. Mansfleld at second, Rocco Blasi third, C. Gioffre, shortstop, and Rayhawk, Bill Sweeney and Hal Ogden in the outfield. Georgetown will meet Penn State Thursday at the Hilltop in the first col- lege game of the season here. On Sat- urday the Blue and Gray will take on Vermont University here. Dorsey Griffith, Catholic University track coach, has named Phillip Harri- gan, David Hamilton, Edmund Mc- Guigan, Stephen Devoe, John Lycns and John Hickey as the material for a freshman relay team that will compete in ():l;l Penn relays at Philadelphia next month. CAPT. G. G. SHONE DEAD. MIAMI, Fla., March 25 (#)—Capt. George Gordon Shene, 43, English sportsman and owner of stables of race horses in Havana and Baltimore, died in a solarium here last night following an illness of a day. ALL SALARIES AukE Wade Killefer collected a lot of kids and couldn't use all of them with the Mission Club, so he assigned 14 to the farm at San Bernardino—each of the fourteen’s salary the same. DOWN THE LINE WITH W. O. McGEEHAN Incurable Customers. NCE a customer always a customer. This was demonstrated at Madison Square Garden the other night when a record crowd paid record prices to see the petting party staged by Jimmy McLarnin and Ray Miller. It was & bout that was quite as languid as the Battle of What of It at Miami Beach if not more languid. It was evident from the start that these two tired young business men cherished no animosity. whatever against each other. For the first two min- utes of the opening round neither gladiator made a hostile gesture at the other. After having watched these things for more than a quarter of a century I do not recall having seen before one bout where not even a slap was exchanged for that length of time. The start of that bout looked, as Mr. Briggs would have it, like the be- ginning of a beautiful friendship. Even in the famous “brother act” of prize- fighting, such es the Leonard-Dundee and the Britton-Lewis acts, the boys at least slapped each other severely at times to add a dash of realism, but McLarnin and Miller never once let their angry passion rise for a second. The ballyhoo for this one guaranteed the customers TNT or dynamite. They did not even get firecrackers for their money. A referee of the old school would have chased the pair of them from the ring. The thing was somewhat reminiscent of the bout between Ovila Chapde- laine and Jimmy Maloney. M. Chapdelaine was billed as the Rapler of the North and Maloney, the fat one, as the Bludgeon of Boston. One investigation showed that some of the customers at this one paid as high as $300 to the scalpers for a $25 ticket. The “Rapier of the North” turned out to be a tin sword and the “Bludgeon of Boston” turned out to be a slapstick. It was quite as terrible as the Battle of What of It. Yet it is my notion that the boys might be rematched, and that, if they were, they would once more fill the Garden with customers. At the conclusion of the bout the other night, when McLarnin was given the decision, which might have gone to either or neither, he turned a couple of handsprings in the ring. Some of the customers felt that he might have used a little of this energy in the course of the fight—or what was it? They [} are Garden with its chain store of d that the Dempsey-Fugazy bank | But they will be back if McLarnin and Miller fight again. are confirmed optimists. Perhaps that is why the customers are always with us. They go because one of these days they expect to see a real fight and they are afraid that if they do not attend all of the shows they might not be present when this miracle does happen. There is nothing that can be done about it. Under the constitution any resident of the United States may be a customer if he wants to. And the ranks of the customers never will be depleted. Rather they will be swelled because of the popular axiom that there is one born every minute. The loser of the petting party already has been signed to meet Sammy Mandell, the lightweight champion, for one of the “big bouts” of the Summer. By that time probably every customer who saw Mr, Miller lose the waltz of the other evening by a few steps will be fretting to go to the Mandell-Miller bout along with some thousands of others who could not prevail upon the speculators to sell them tickets for the McLarnin-Miller thing. Business Rivalry. “ T is announced that Mr. Jack Dempsey will go in the fight-promoting business in partnership with Signor Umberto Fugazy. For the last few years Signor Fugazy has been announcing that he is going to build an arena 1o rival the one controlled by the Madison Square Garden Corporation, a sort f iflow stle in Spain. 3 ”"l“l}‘\eroe“::ec:ome of (‘}‘w conservative !tm“ whg {e:krleth%t éh:r: D:i’::':}:‘lt ‘nnodt vo of these traps. Bu affal be enough customers to fill two o P e pthlt the k:upp‘ly lihme:hh.“nl‘:lfii 3 h hries introduced Dempsey in the ring the other n! Xghikx:ehga:oigga "‘i:{‘:‘:’i ‘;he fight at Miami” the customers present cheered him for that valorous act. In anticipation of the formation of the new firm of Dempsey and Fugazy the Mll,d(son Square Garden Corporation cornered both of the base ball parks to prevent the new firm from staging any I?l[ bouts in Man- hattan. One would think that there were no “big bouts” to be had, but it seems that any bout sufficiently ballyhooed automatically becomes a big outdoor show. 1t does look as though the Madison Squ: arenas would be a hard combination to buck an roll would have to be a long, fat one. Fighting trust seems about as hard a task as the starting of a third major league. A number of millionaires tried that a while back and when the smoke cleared away they did not have quite as many millions as when they went in. Still, the other day a gentleman with considerable knowledge of profes- sional base ball insisted that a third league might go. This is because of the abnormal increase of customers. Only Half Right. R. F. B. GLEASON, JR., of Yale doubts my statement that Frank Gotch, M the wrestler of toe-hold fame, was placed in a horizontal position by a socond-rate boxer, In the same mail I received the following note frem | Mr. H. U. Fisher: “If my memory serves me correctly, the match mentioned by you in the Herald-Tribune in which Frank Gotch was & principal was not a ‘boxer versus wrestler contest.’ “Gotch, early in his career, conceived the idea of discontinuing his wrestling and becoming a boxer. His first match was with Frank P. Slavin—then a brokendown veteran—in Alaska. Gotch was knocked out, after which he said: ‘Every man to his trade. I am a wrestler, not a boxer.” So it would seem that I was at least half right. Gotch was knocked hori- zontal by a second-rate boxer, I was wrong in insisting that Mr. Gotch was seeking an opening for his toe hold when he passed ouf. He was restricted no little because the bout was under the Marquis of Queensberry rules, which bar the tactics of Greco-Roman or catch-as-catch-can. An Ominous Sign. ERE Is an Associated Press dispatch which might give base ball magnates H cause to view with alarm: “The Susquehanna Valley Interscholastic League, l comprising high schools in Bradford County, Pa., and Waverly, N. Y., has | dropped base ball from its sports calendar because of heavy losses incurred in recent years and because of lack of interest among the pupils and townspeople.” ‘That's bad. The youthful base ball player of today becomes the customer for professional base ball in the future. It looks as though the future supply of base ball customers is being blocked at the source, (Capyright, 1920.) what amounts to a caulifiower | * BUFFALO PLAYERS INJURED IN CRASH PALMETTO, Fla, March 25 (#).— Five members of the traveling party of the Buffalo base ball team, train- ing here were injured early this morn- ing in a bus and truck collision on the Arcadia-Bradenton road, 5 miles out of Palmetto. The bus in which 25 were riding sideswiped a truck and ran off the road into 3 feet of water. Frank J. Offerman, president of the club, was thrown through the windshield into the water and cut and bruised. Bill Kelly, first baseman; Art Mills, pitcher, and Buck Elliott, second base- man, riding on top of the bus were hurled 30 feet, and considerably shaken up. Al Moore, outfielder, also was in- jured. Jimmy Hipeh, club trainer, ad- ministered first ald and a fleet of cars left here this morning to bring the players to Palmetto. The team was returning to Palmetto from West Palm Beach. It has a game scheduled at Tampa today with the Smokers. STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE HOLE in one rarely is made without the ball touching the green. This feat, recorded only was accomplished yesterday at the Washington Golf and Country Club by J. M. Moser, one of the great class Hugh Davis, Moser hit his tee shot at the 145-yard eleventh hole with a mashie. The ball rose high in the air, cup and the pin, and stayed there. Several years ago A, W. Gilliam made the old sixth hole at Rock Creek Park wedging itself between pin and cup. In both cases, when the pin was removed, the ball dropped into the hole. at this interesting short hole, which is really a tough proposition if the tee shot is mot hit correctly. Four ton put his tee shot on the green and holed out in 11 strokes. His ball was above the hole, on a fast putting green, into the water hazard. —Completely upset, he then proceeded to knock ball after ball into the water and finally a score competition, too. Just the other day one of the club members played his tee shot short of & bunker behind the green and holed out with his third from the bunker. Nearly every short hole with pronounc- It romance woven around fit, but 5: believe the eleventh at Washington has been productive of the maximum is only seven years old. The annual meeting of the Dis- trict Women's Golf Association s to be the New Willard Hotel, when the wom- en will set dates for their series of tournaments held throughout the year playing The Evening Star cup compe- tition and the District women's cham- plonship. Mrs. W. Corby is the ably will be re-elected. ‘Washington golfers are turning a weather eye toward Pinehurst today as scattering of amateurs brush up their games for the playing of the North and South open, which will start over the morning. trouping professionals who have starred in golf events in the West, Southwest and South during the cluding all t‘\‘e members of the Ryder Cup team and many golfers who were not chosen for this international event. Tommy Armour, lately of Congressional, and now attached to a Detroit club; Alex Armour, who succeeded him as Leod, diminutive Columbia mentor, who won the North and South in 1920, and has always been a prominent factor in particularly effective at Pinehurst, where his_accurate chipping and put- ting save him many strokes. tourney was played in a gale of wind, throi which Billy Burke—born Bur- kowsk! e his way to victory. If BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. once before around Washington, of golfing duffers. Playing with Dr. struck squarely between the edge of the in one in similar manner, his ball also Many curious things have happened or five years ago & guest at Washing- and heputted down the hill past the pin got down in 11. He was playing in the water hazard, put his second into ed features of difficulty has tales of number during its short life, for it held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at and fix on the time and places for president of the organization and prob- a stellar field of professionals and a plcturesquem‘)!&.e 2 course tomorrow Winter are gathered at Pinehurst, in- Local interest centers in the entry of pro at Congressional, and Pred Mc- succeeding tournaments. McLeod Last year, it will be recalled, the the same conditions prevail this year the professionals are hopeful the Bang-Up Games NE semi-finel and two quarter- final matches are booked to- night in the South Atlantic basket ball championship tour- nament in George Washington University gymnasium. All are expected to prove bang-up struggles. Jewish Community Center and St. Mary's Celtics of Alexandria will face in one of the quarter-final encounters in the unlimited class, starting at 9 o'clock. This game is the last on the night's card. Jewish Community Cen- | ter ald Gypsies, girls' teams, will meet in the lone semi-final clash at 7 o'clock in the opening tilt. It will be a senior class _engagement. Brentwood Hawks and Montrose basketers will try con-| clusions in a 145-pound quarter final ! tilt at 8 o'clock to complete the pro+ gram., | Keen battling is expected to mark | the J. C. C.-St. Mary's Celtic match, the winner of which will hook up with | Woltz A. C. in a semi-final encounter | | tourney will be postponed, because golf at Pinehurst is hard enough at best. and particularly so when a ball lifted off the ground is driven by the wind. | Pitch shots to the greens cannot be | employed at Pinchurst where all the greens are of sand. W. R. Little and D. C. Gruver of the Washington club, are at Pinehurst for a stay of a few days, to watch the North and South open. Capacity crowds thronged all the lo- cal golf courses yesterday, enjoying the Summer-like weather ~which made sweaters superfluous and enabled the courses to recover quickly from the rain of Saturday. The two public courses handled the largest Spring throng they have had in many years, both of them being crowded from daylight to dark. More than 700 tickets were sold at Rock Creek Park, while many more than that were sold for the three courses in use at East Potomac Park. Rock Creek Park officials plan to con- struct _a bunker entirely around the short fifth hole, a 92-yard affair, which is not by any means the easiest on the course. In front of the green and at the left runs a water hazard, while the green itself is fairly small. A bunker now placed at the back of the green ;vfll :;e pulled around the right side and ront. DE LA SALLE MAGIC BASKET BALL NAME CHICAGO, March 25 (#).—The magic of the name De La Salle has cast its spell again over a national Catholic high school basket ball tour- nament through the victory in the final game last night of De La Salle High of Chicago over St. Stanislaus of Bay 8t. Louls, Miss. ‘The victory of the Chicago team marks the third time in as many years that a De La Salle team has won the national title. The other two cham- plonships, however, were won by De La Salle of Jollet, Il St. Stanislaus, which has had teams !'in most of the Loyola University tour- | naments, led at half time, 14 to 9, but | wasted away under the fire of the Chi- cago team in the second period. VICTORIES A_RE ACHIEVED BY TWO AZTEC QUINTS ‘Two Aztec basket ball teams turned in victories yesterday. The 130-pound- iers vanquished Orioles, 46 to .25, and | the Midgets were 46-35 winners over | Arlingtons. Led by Robey and J. Kane, St. Peter’s quint easily triumphed over Renroc Scholastics, 25 to 7. in the Eastern High gym. It was the winners' fourteenth straight victory. l Q \.'\ Your OLD HAT MADE NEW Again Semodeting™ by Feveris Vienna Hat Co. 435 11th Street In South Atlantic Tourney MDue A'i‘onight tomorrow night. Both the Center and | Celtic teams have shown plenty of class. There also is not expected to be many dull moments in the J. C. C.- Gynpsies girls’ clash, the victor in which will engage Eagles for the senior title. Bulwarks of the sturdy Western High team of the past season will represent Montrose in its battle with Brentwood Hawks, whose outstanding performers are Johnny Wanley, who in his last game broke an all-time tournament record by scoring 21 goals for 42 points, and Ted Capelli, whose brilllant work with Eastern High's basket ball team is well known. 1S]c!wrlules tonight and tomorrow night: TONIGHT. GEGRGE WASHINGTON GYM. Girls' senior class—(District semi. Jewish Community Center vs. Gyps ity o'elo 1 (District quarter-finals) | s vs. Montrose. 8 o'clock. | Unlimited class —(District quarter finals) ! Jewish Community Center vs. St. Marys Celtics, 9 o'clock. | TOMORROW NIGHT. { —(District finals) Hy- | Alexandria High, 6:30 elass—(District st amunity Center vs. Aatecs, class—District _ (semi-finals) ench Co. vs. Stewart Bros., elass—(District _semi-finals) Jewish Community Center—St. Mary's Celt- ics winner vs. Woltz A. C.. 9:30 o'clock. n finals) | Jewish Com 7:30 | elock. 115-pound S | VANKEES $150000 STAR MAY BE IDLE [Lyn Lary Likely to Decorate Bench, While Durocher Plays Shortstop. By the Associated Press. T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 25. ~—AS the Yankee training season draws closer to its close, it be- comes more and more apparent that the customers who patronize the Ruppert Rifles next Summer may | gaze upon & $150,000 ball player sitting upon the bench. Miller Huggins has ail but decided to employ Leo Durocher as his regular shortstop this season, leav- ing the expensive Lyn Lary on the bench. Huggins believes Durocher is a better defensive player than the more famous inflelder from the Pacific Coast. PHOENIX, Ariz, March 25 (). Having failed in five starts to figure out a way of beating the Chicago Cubs, Manager Stanley Harris and the De- troit Tigers returned here today to mect the Pittsburgh Pirates tomorrow. The Cubs made it five straight y terday when George Uhle, in his fir start, allowed four runs in one inning. ‘The Cubs’ margin was 8 to 5. SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March (#)—How to win a base ball ga from the Gilants was stilli an unsolved problem before the White Sox today. ‘The Giants took their second straight victory yesterday, 4 to 3, in 10 in- nings. Misplays by Autry and Cissell were responsible for the defeat. FORT MYERS, Fla., March 25 (#) Eddie Collins, captain of the Athleties said today he didn't expect to see much active service as a player this season. He is entering upon his twenty-fourth year in the American League. “The legs have slowed up and I'm not as spry as I used to be,” he added. “I think Connie Mack has his infleld plans shaped up and is not banking on me, except to carry a bat up to L!;'e late now and then. I can still ORLANDO, Fla., March 25 (#).—The Cincinnati Reds were a serious-faced lot today, back on the home training ground trying to knock off the rougi edges. The Washington Senators humiliated the Reds, 8 to 2, yesterday, thereby running Red losses at the hands of American League clubs to seven in nine starts. The Reds beat the Yankees, took one out of five from the Ath- letics, dropped one to the Red Sox and two to the Senators. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 25 (#).—Errorless flelding, coupled with airtight hurling, gave the St. Louis Browns another exhibition game yes- terday, their fifth out of six starts. Cobb. recruit pitcher from Wichita Falls, did not permit a Buffalo International to reach first base in the sour frames he hurled. NEW ORLEANS, March 25 (®).— The Cleveland Indians lost their first practice game of the year to the New Orleans Pelicans yesterday, 3 to 1. The regulars were unable to score the team’s rookies after they had counted against the Pelicans’ pitchers. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 25 (®). —Manager Bill Carrigan’s policy of giv- ing the Red Sox rookies an equal chance with the regulars during the training season has fired the youngsters with energy and ambition. Yesterday thev did what the regulars failed to do last week—beat the Phillies. There wasn't a regular on the team with the excep- tion of Danny MacFayden, pitcher. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 25 ! (). —Wilbert Robinson, manager of the Brooklyns, announced today that hence- forth the Robin pitching would be hared each day by two men instead of hree. —_——tiee CLEARWATER, Fla., March 25 (#). ~A Boston team and professional Sun- ay base ball came to this town yes- terday—and the Brooklyn Robins won their first game with a major league team this season. The score was 7 to 2, the Braves trailing. Four runs followed an error by Rabbit Maran- ville on a play which had looked to be an easy out. 'Leon Riley, Young Box Star, Celtics’ Pick to Face Reading LEXANDRIA, Va, March 25— Leon Riley, local youngster who is the property of the Hender- son, N. C., team of the Pledmont League, probably will pitch Sun- day for the St. Mary's Celtics against the Reading club of the International League at Dreadnaught Park. Riley will take the mound against the Keystoners unless ordered to Carolina in ‘the meantime. He is in excellent shape. Leon led the Virginia League until it dissolved last year, winning 7 games and losing only 1 for Norfolk. He then pitched well for Raleigh, N. C., in the Piedmont League. Raleigh sold its franchise and players to Henderson. Episcopal High School's track and base ball teams resume practice this afternoon on Hoxton Field after en- joying a week’s vacation. Coach C. V. Tompkins plans to put the trackmen through a hard season with at least one meet each week. The base ball team is being handled by Coach P. H. Calloway, former Univer- sity of Virginia pitching ace. Kermit Smith, former Alexandria High School mound star, will leave here Friday for Norfolk, Va., where he will | go into Spring training with the New : Haven Club of the Eastern League. | Smith might well be termed one of the wanderers of professional base ball. Since graduating from Alexandria's | scholastic diamonds five years ago, he | A has enjoyed short stays with Puksley,| Md,, Eastern Shore League; Washing- | ton, American League; Chambersburg, | Pa., Blue Ridge League; New Haven, Eastern League; Raleigh, Piedmont | League; Richmond, Va., Virginia State League and Lewiston, Me, New Eng- ! land League. | He jolned Washington in 1925 after pitching for Parksley and made the | last Western swing with the Griffs. He | was never called into action, however, | and in 1926 started off with Chambers- | burg. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F “Conveniently Located on 14th Street” 1529 14th St. NW. Dee. 3320 4 et Del Ray A. C. horsehide tossers went through a long session on Edward Dun- can Field yesterday with 25 candidates working under the direction of Coach P. P. Clarke, Manager Bob Martin and Capt. Roland Prink: St. Mary's Celtics were put through a strenuous session at Dreadnaught Park yesterday and today were to meet Alexandria High School in a practice game on Haydon Field at 5 o'clock. An- other practice session will be held with George Mason High School at Potomac tomorrow. Gerard Edwards, shortstop, did not take part in the workout vesterday, be- ing laid up with a bad cold. He is ex- pected to recuperate sufficiently to al. low him to get in trim for Sunday's contest with Reading. Alexandria Police Department’s nine, halted from opening their training sea- son last week by a turn in the weaths are to report to Coach “Slim” Giles at Dreadnaught Park tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Practice sessions are also slated for the park Thursday and Fri- day at the same hour. Columbia Engine Co. diamond stars are ready to book games with leading unlimited and senior class teams. Phone One of the few remaining games of the basket ball season will be played here tonight with the All-American . C. meeting the Wallace Memorial five in the M. E. Church gymnasium. USED TIRES Traded in on General Dual Balloons Most All Sizes General Tire Co. 13th and Eye Sts. National 5075-5076