Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1929, Page 33

'S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCE 26, 1925 SPORTS." 33 Manager Johnson Preparing to Wield Pruning Knife on His Washington Squad INFIELD ALONE DUE TOBE KEPT INTACT Pitchers May Be Reduced to Eight—Talk of Trade With Yanks Revived. TAMPA, Fia., March 26 (Special).— President Clark Grifith of the Na- tionals announced this morning that Cateher Al Beol has been sold outright to the Baltimore club of the Interna- tional League and Catcher Cliff Bolton has.been sent, under option, to the New Haven club of the Eastern League. George Weiss, who is general mana- | ger of the Orioles and controls the New Haven club, was here this morning to close the deals. Bath plavers leave here today, Bool for Augusta, Ga, where the Baltimore club is training, and Bolton for Nor- folk, Va., the conditioning base of the New Haven club. BY JOHN B. KELLER. AMPA, Fla from tomorrcw the Nationals will have ended their training here for this year and perhaps for years unless a more satis- factory arrangement with the city of ‘Tampa than has been in effect can be | made by their president—but before camp is brcken .the squad may be £maller even than it is now when it in- cludes only 27 active players. The time for pruning has come and during the past few days President Clark Griffith has been in communica- tion with several minor league organ- izatiops that are ready to absorb the material not deemed strong enough for work in big time. The only group in the squad not like- 1y to be cut is the infield group. It in- cludes but seven players now and Man- ager Walter Johnson has said he is not willing to part with any of them at present. Capt. Joe Judge at first, Jack Hayes at second, Ossie Bluege at short- stop and Buddy Myer at third already arg accounted fixtures. The manager fee®® ii would be unwise to part with Charley Gooch, youngster who could be sent to any position in the inner ¢or- don in an emergency; Stuffy Stewart, a veteran who can perform cleverly around the middle sack and help as a pinch-runner, and Joe Cronin, youthful rookie, always good for the shortfield berth should he be needed. There’s no one to go from the infield, 1t seems, but, surprisingly, cuts are prob- able in the outfield array and in the pitching staff, which at present has but 10 actives. Johnson is not at all cer- tain he will need more than one emer- gency outfielder. Within a few days he is apt to decide definitely that four gardeners will be sufficient for his uad, and very probably these four 1l be Goose Goslin, Sam West, Red Barnes and Sam Rice. Trade Talk Up Again. The make-up of the lot, though, will depend upon the outcome of negotia- tions between the New York and Wash- clubs concerning & trade that would send a catcher and possibly an outfielder to the Yankees in exchange for a righthand swinging outfielder, something sorely needed by the Na- tionals, and whether Goslin's throwing arm proves sound. From the time the rumor of a deal ‘between the Yankees and Nationals first ‘was_broadcast this President Grifith has emphauullh such a arris, outfielder, and ‘Roy Spe! signed only last week by the Washing- ton_club, are to go to the Hugmen in exchange for Sam Byrd, a gardener who does his batting from the right side, and does it very well, too. Should this deal go through, the Na- tionals might dispose of Red Barnes or Sam West, both left-hand hitters, with Barnes more likely to go than West, be- cause Sammy now is looked upon as the most promising young outfielder inthe game. Should the Goose's arm ‘not come elong speedily Manager Johnson might decide to carry five outfielders for a time as a matter of protection, for naturally the pilot will give Goslin much more time to get into throwing trim than if the Goose were only an average hitter instead of American League bat- ting chamnion. Should there be no deal consummat- ed, Harris likely will stick around until Goslin proves his defensive worth. How- ever, the purchase from Minneapolis is slated for departure from the Nationals at the earliest opportunity. It doesn’t seem reasonable to rate him a $20,000 ouifielder with such as Barnes ‘West at hand. And to retain Harris, the ‘Washington club would have to pay ‘Minneapolis $18,000 in addition to $2,- 000 already turned over to the Millers’ treasury. The Pitching Situation. Tt now looks as though Johnson will be content to carry into the American League season as few as eight pitchers. Of the 10 actives—Paul McCullough, too ill ‘to report for training and not apt to be of much service to the club this year, is not considered in the make- up of the mound staff—Garland Brax- ton, Irving Hadley, Fred Marberry, Sam Jones and Adolph Liska are held staff fixtures. The left-handers, Llovd Brown and Bob Burke, have fine chances to stick around. Arch Campbell. Paul Hop- kins and Jim Weaver are battling for a place, with the battle mainly between Campbell _and Hopkins. At present, Manager Johnson is devoting more at- tention to Campbell than Hopkins so the fate of the St. Paul draftee soon may be determined. Of the five catchers, three are to be retained. It already is certain that the veteran Muddy Ruel will remain with the club and that the rookie, Cliff Bol- ton, will draw his pay elsewhere. As in the case of the outfield group, the make-up of the remainder of the re- ceiving group depends upon the out- come of the Washington-New York trace negotiations. Should Spencer go to the Yanks, Benny Tate and Al Bool will be Ruel's catching department mates. Should Tate be the player trad- ed, the trio would be Ruel. Spencer and Bool. Only a trade, it seems will assure the big Bool a chance to remain on the Washington roster. Much of this may be settled befors | the Nationals pull up stakes here next week. MODERN HURLING SOFT, SAYS LD PIRATE STAR By the Associated Press. The one and only Hans Wagner, de- clared by many to be the greatest short- stop of all time, is strong for the old- timers of the diamond sport. Speaking of the lively ball, Wagner | says it isn't the only advantage accord- ed present-day batters. He says the pitching sn't so good as it was when he | - was in his heyday. “Hit .300 against the pitchers of those | days and you could hit 400 against the pitching of today,” he avers. “Mathew- March 26.—A week | EACH 1S | | These seven college boxing champio | day. pounds, and Julius Epstein, Penn State, RULER OF HIS Left to right: Stephen V. Hamas, Penn State, unlimited ck: 160-pound crown; Charles Fish, Georgetown, 145 pounds; Douglass Crosby, Western Maryland, 135 pounds; J. A. Fitzgerald, CLASS ns were crowned in the fin. 115 pounds. IN INTERCOLLEGIATE BOXING " RANKS als of the annual Intarcollegiate Boxing Association tournament at the Penn State hall Satur- s; Ted Klepac, Western Maryland, 175 pounds; Alfred B. Wolff, Penn State, who retained the United States Naval Academy, 125 DEFET OF YANKS STEANS P CARDS Signing of Orsatti Adds to Encouragement of Big Series Losers. AVON PARK, Fla.,, March 26 (#).— Just a season too late came the St. Louis Cardinals’ decisive triumph, 14 to 8, over the world champion Yankees yesterday, but according to Redbird followers, it had an overwhelming ef- fect .on the morale of the October losers for the coming campaign. On_the heels of victory came word that Ernie Orsatti, fleet gardener, had signed' and would appear in uniform before the week is out. SANTA ANA, Calif, March 26 (). —Dick Bartel, playing second base for the Pirates, continues to show impres- sively in the training games. It was Dick’s homer that featured yesterday's April winds or April rains, April's Where the road winds on again to Gray and soggy marsh and plain Somewhere into open drifts where Headed for the outdoor roads that Just so long. as there are lanes in “I don't agree with the arguments and I also beligve they can improve the been away from college 10 or 20 years. badly overorganized and is directed from game, which the Bucs lost to Portland, 41 3. g ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 26 (#)—Bob James, rookie. infielder from good for two has shown a batting eye. Maranville and Farrell, on the other hand, have been erratic. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 26 (#).—Fhe Brookiyn Robins have just about decided Dazzy Vance is worth the $25,000 salary they are paying him. his first real appearance of the year yesterday the Dazzler pitched only three innings against she Braves, but he made the Robins lock like a real ball club while he -was doing it. He gave only hits and one run and got great support. As soon as he was taken out the Brooklyn defense cracked, and they lost the game. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 26 (). —The New York Giants have discov- ered a new way for & beaten ball team to get revenge, learned from the avi- ators. After the Giants had swamped the flyers in a practice game yesterday the local boys evened things up by taking them up in their planes and threatening to do - stunts. The Giants liked all but the threats. They aiso claimed that Bill Brennan, the umpire who was with the sky-riding crowd, had had the experience of being up in the air before without leaving the ground. WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March 26 (). —Base hits have been so few and far between recently that Manager Shotton of the Phillies is worried. “When it isn't one thing in base ball, it's another,” he sad. “We've been walling about our pitching all Spring, but how that is coming around all right, we can’t hit a ball out of the infield.” COUNTY BOYS’, GIRLS’ SPORTS DATES FIXED HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 26.— Dates for the Prince Georges County high school boys' base ball and girls’ volley ball championship games have been determined by Leland G. Worth- ington of Hyattsville High School and W. D. Himes of Maryland Park High School, who were appointed at a re- cent meeting of high school principals of the county to draft the schedule. Twenty-eight games in all are listed ¥ for each series. Each team will play the other once, competition opening April 5 and continuing through May 10. Engagements are scheduled both April 5 and 9, but thereafter there will be matches only on Friday. Heretofore the county has been di- vided into upper and lower sections with the winners in each meeting for the county title. Eight schools will compete in the ‘series: Laurel, Brandywine, Maryland | Park, Baden, Hyattsville, Surrattsville, Oxon Hill and Upper Marlboro. Upper Marlboro won the base ball title last season and then went on to gain the State crown. Surrattsville | captured the county girls’ volley ball | | ) \ title. The schedule: _Laurel at Brandywine, I:‘S—B‘len. Hyattsville at Sur Hill at Upper Marlboro. pril_9—Upper Marlboro at randywine, ©Oxon Hill at Maryland Park. urrattsville L den at Hyattsville urel at Oxon Hill, Maryland tisville, H’l‘”‘vfllnz at Brandy- e Apri Park | Oxen A 1 26—-La pri Upper Marlboro at Marsland P: t ur- control their own undergraduate sports,” writes F. H. B. THE SPORTLIGHT y GRANTLAND RICE Beating the Gun, 1 can’t wait till April comes to sing of April days, foggy haze, the green outdoors, Hills and valleys, streams and plains, gray and misty moors. Green and gold and skyline blue, or black and shadowed glens, Just so long as there are trees in place of shut-in dens. I can’t wait till April comes to sing of April's.call, where dead vines crown the wall, For I know the road at last has passed through Winter's snow softer winds will blow, Marching armies, mass on mass, millions on the wing, lead again to Spring. Green and gold and skyline blue, rains and sudden squalls, place of doors and walls. Undergraduate Control. advanced that the student bodies can't “I beileve they can, present situation. I believe the college captains should be above the coaches, that college managers should arrange their own schedules, and that all alumni authority should be done away with. The students know more about their own wishes and desires than those who have College sport is a great thing, but it is the wrong sources of power. Give sport back to the students and let them handle their own affairs.” No reforms are brought about by a direct jump from mediocrity to perfection. It is my belief that the presen t athletic program in the larger universities is more than any group of students can handle alone. “This program means something more than winning foot ball teams, which happen to get all the publicity. It means the development and equipment to meet the needs of from 4,000 to 7,000 students who never reach the headlines. I have always thought the students control and direction than they have today—that they should be represented to | should have more to say about athletic a greater extent on all committees and in all conferences, The undergraduate point of view should have greater representation. Conference Committees. There is no Eastern university confer- ence and no Eastern university unity. The Middle West happens to have this. There is a great chance for student con- ferences from the Big Ten to meet and express the undergraduate point of view. Thete is at least no other way to find out just what.the undergraduate point of view is in regard to competitive sport. If the students think it is being over- played they can in this way at least express their opinions, and these opin- jons are bound to carry a lot of weight. If there are any changes to be made they will have to be made gradually. There can be no sudden wrenching apart of the present sys- *tem, which may be good, bad or in- ' difterent. There is no student or- ganization that can carry any force or present its point of view. College sport k=5 become one of the big features of many games, and as long as the students are furnishing all the raw material they should have some- thing to say about its handling. Or at least should have more to say than the students of most universities have today. It would be an experiment worth trying and might lead to both interesting and instructive results. Certain Complications. 1t might be that the students of Cor-y nell might want one system, while the student bodies of Dartmouth and Har- vard wanted another. It might be that some university might want to abolish all intercollege athletics. If they felt that way about it, there is no reason why they should be forced into programs they don’t care for. The present system at least has built up mass athletics for the en- tire group far beyond anything the past had to offer. This must be taken into consideration. The big idea is to get the undergrad- uate point of view and to give the un- dergraduate a chance to cxpress his| side of the situation. The undergrad- uate is the basis and bulwark and main product of competitive sport. He de- serves a louder voice than he has been | given up to date in something that af- | fects him so directly for three or four years of his life. Just Ahead. ‘Withink a week or two we'll be Slicing our drives from every tee— | Topping our irons to sanded ruts, Blowing out three and four foot putts— And yet you hear the welkin ring With “Come on, Spring!” | pion?” asks F. G. This is no assignment for a mere guesser. I. is an under- taking for an astrologer, soothsayer and the Delphic Oracle to handle. And then it wouldn't be worth a bet. (Copyrisht. 1929.) GEORGETOWN A. C. IN THE FIELD AGAIN Despite the loss of a group of last | season’s stalwarts, Georgetown Ath- letic Club’s base ball team, for the past several years regarded as the classiest ndlot nine hereabout, is looking to another successful campaign. The club will hold its first meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at its clubhouse, 1227 Wis- consin_avenue, Warren Hilleary, who has efficiently managed the nine for| the past four seasons, has announced that he will not again pilot the team. Marcus Chaconas has been placed in| charge for the time being. | It is not certain that Chaconas will | remain with the team as he may de- cide to play pro ball. Huckster Hilleary, | Pepco Barry, outfielders; Harry Phipps, | pitcher; Benny April, catcher; Bobby Robbins, shortstop, and Bill Werber, shortstop and second baseman, are 1928 Georgetown dependables, who .are ex- pected to do their ball playing on foreign fields this season. Sturdy players upon whom the team will be counting heavily are Jack Mat- ingly, third baseman; Sammy Haas, | first baseman; George Ortell, second | baseman: Pete Donohue, shortstop, and Gady (Shorty) Hilleary, catcher. An unlimited class base ball team is to be organized by Dick Hughes, erst- while Georgetown A. O. and American Railway Express Co. star, and candi- dates will welcomed at a meeting | tonight at the home of Business Mana- | ger Bill Furr, 1406 B street northeast, Furr, whose telephone is Lincoln 7408, is ready to list games, $ A game with & junior class nine for Sunday at 1 o'clock on the Ellipse is sought by Colonial diamonders. Call Manager Lovejoy at Georgia 3498. FRENCH WOULD RETURN. FORT MYERS, Fla., March 25 (P).— Connie Mack, manager of the Phila- delphia Athletics, announced tonight that Walter French, former college foot ball star and Athletic outfielder, who retired from base ball last Fall, has de- cided to apply for reinstatement and probably will join the team next month. CONNE I HAVI WORRES WITH AS | Makeup of Infield Uncertain, Pitchers Going Poorly, Boley Is Ailing. By the Associated Press. ORT MYERS, Fla., March 26.—The situation is none too alluring so far as the Philadelphia Athletics are_concerned. ‘The regular pitchers are going none too well, the make-up of the in- field is uncertain and George Earnshaw, right-handed pitcher, will not be in shape for several weeks. He is in Hot Springs ' undergoing treatment for an Injured back. Joe Boley, regular shortstop, is un- able to throw to first base because of a sore arm. AUSTIN, Tex., March 26 (#).—Bill Hunnefield is to get a chance at short- stop in Bill Cissell's place for the White Sox. Cissell, who cost the White Sox $123,000 in 1927, has been a disappoint- ment this Spring in fielding and hitting. Manager “Lena” Blackburne believes his trouble is due to an injured leg, but he is going to give Hunnefield a chance anyway. " NEW ORLEANS, La., March 26 (#). | —Bib Falk, who came to the Cleveland | Indians this Spring in a deal with the | Chicago White Sox, is rated the club's best ocutfielder and still faces the season | with_the certainty of sitting on the | bench. ‘The reasons Falk will remain out of the game. for a time anyway, are the years of dependable service which give Jamieson first claim to right field, and two high-priced recruits, Earl Averill and Dick Porter, who cost too much and work tco well to remain idle. PHOENIX, Ariz.. March 26 (#).—Still tasting the bitter flavor of five straight beatings by the Chicago Cubs, Bucky Harris’ Detroit Tigers were today to at- tempt to redeem themselves against an- other National League club, the Pitts- burgh Pirates. If any of the Tiger athletes expected a day of rest yesterday after their re- turn from the disastrous coast trip, they were fooled, for Harris sent all hands through one of the stiffest workouts of the practice season. AVON PARK, Fla., March 26 (#).—It seems that the Yankees without Man- ager J. Miller Huggins are not the Yan- kees at all. Last Fall, with Huggins at the helm, they took four straight world sories games from the Cardinals. Yes- terday, when Hug remained in St. Petersburg, while Art Fletcher and Charlie O’Leary guided the world cham- pions through an exhibition game, they lost to those same Cards by a one-sided score, WEST PALM_ BEACH, Fla, March 26 (#)—Third base is Manager Dan Howley's remaining worry for the 1929 American League season. Recruit Eddie Grimes' hitting improves, Howley believes his St. Louis Browns will be pennant contenders all the way. BRADENTON, Fla., March 26 (#).— Among the youngsters with the Red Sox is a pitcher barely out of his teens who has impressed Manager Bill Car- rigan. He comes from South Caroli and is named Edward “Bull” Durham. He was a boy wonder at Chester, his home town, where he started pitching for his high school team at 13 and won m victory after another for four years. 'n he was picked up by Mobile of ridian, Miss., e Cotton States ecir- cuit. There at 17 he won 15 games and Jost 10. Last year he was with Mobile and piled up a record of 18 won and 10 lost with an average club. BASKET ARBITERS DINE. Season’s activities were reviewed and other matters given attention at the annual banquet and smoker of the Dis- trict Board of Approved Basket Ball Officials held at the Occidental Hotel. Various members spoke. Jack Haas was toastmaster. d BUCKY DECLARES CUBS GREATEST BALL CLUB TUSCON, Ariz, March 26 (#).— Manager Bucky Harris calls the 1929 edition of the Cubs the “greatest ball club I have ever seen placed on a field.” Harris said his compliment was not caused entirely by the five straight games the Cubs won over his Detroit Tigers, but because of its balanced pitching staff and heavy hitters. “That includes the New York Yankees, 100,” Harris explained. The Cubs had the University of :rlwn- team as their opponents to- ay. BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL By the Associated Press. ‘Today's schedule: At Tucson, Ariz—Chicago ‘Tucson. Ariz.—Detroit At Phoenix, (A) vs. Pittsburgh (N.). At Waco, Tex.—Chicago (A.) Waco. At Winter Haven, Fla.—St. Louis (N.) vs. Philadelphia (N.). At Tampa, Fla.—Brooklyn Washington (A.). At St. Petersburg, Fla—Boston (N.) vs. Philadelphia (A.). At Orlando, Fla.—Cincinnati (N.) vs. Columbus (A. A.). Yesterday’s results: At Avon Park, Fla—St. Louis (N.), 14; New York (A), 8. At St. Petersburg, Fla—Boston (N.), 8; Brooklyn (N.), 6. At Bradenton, Fla.—Boston (A.), 12; Indianapolis (A. A), 8. At Anaheim, Calif —Portland (P. C.), 4; Pittsburgh (N.), 3. |EASTERN AND WESTERN LOOP VICTORS TO PLAY |, NEW YORK, March 26 (#)—Pro- | longing their schedule meeting into the early hours, Eastern League ciub own- ers voted today to challenge the West- ern League to an annual championship series between the two pennant winners in the rival Class A circuits. The cb- stacle presented by the remoteness of the two leaguers from each other ap- parently was overcome by the sugges- tion of Herman J. Weisman, president of the Eastern League, that the series in its entirety be played in one’ city. (N) vs. vs. (N) vs. MEEKER, REDS, DIES FROM HEART ATTACK By the Associnted Press. ORLANDO, Fla., March 26.—The Cin- | cinnati Reds were idle today, in mourn= | ing for Roy Meeker, 28, stocky little ;Il‘"fihflndfld pitcher, who. succumbed to | a heart attack two hours after working | out with his teammates on Tinker Field yesterday. Meeker had been suffering with neuritis in his pitching arm, but Man- ager Jack Hendricks permitted him a short workout in the belief the sun might help. When he arrived at the hotel Meeker complained of pains in his chest and died after Dr. J. C, Chap- pell had twice administered hypo~ dermics, The game scheduled for today with the Columbus Senators was canceled. Kansas City was Meeker's home. He came to the Reds from the Portlnad | Club of the Coast League, where he | had been sent by the Philadelphia Ath- letics in 1926. The Reds sent him to Columbus for two years and he was re- called last year. Meeker is survived by his widow and an 8-year-old son, who live in Kansas Y. 'TORONTO CANADA’S LAST HOCKEY HOPE TORONTO, March 26 (/).—Canada's hopes of retaining its greatest hockey trophy, the Stanley Cup, hinge on the showing of its last representative, the Toronto Maple Leafs, in tonight's game with the New York Rangers. The Bos- ton Bruins already have qualified for the final serles of play-offs for the world championship emblem and the Leafs must win tonight to stay in the running. The winner of the best two out of three games between the Aangers and Toronto will meet Boston in the last play-off, scheduled for the best three out of five games. DEAN OF BASE BALL. Ccnnie Mack, who at the age of 6 is the oldest big league mnmge‘r in thg history of base ball, began his profes- sional diamond career 45 years ago as catcher of the Meridian team in the Eastern League. Guaranteed 18 Months SOMETHING! BRUISES sJC The sa me fine cigar that enjoyed ]eaderjfip on the Pacific Coast at UNDER- In_Writing! 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