Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1929, Page 36

NEW CHIEF GIVES COLOR TO BRAVES Copious Notes on Attack and Defense Are Made by Genial Judge. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK, March 26.—A base ball man returning to New York from St. Petersburg, Fla., where the New York Yankees . have been lambasting the Bos- ton Braves in exhibition games in the Grape Pruit League this week, bears an interesting account of what Judge Emil Puchs is doing to infuse new life into the down-trodden Boston club. It seems that Judge Fuchs, president and manager of the Braves, is in & fair ‘way to provide the color scheme for the National League in 1929. For five years the National League has been hunting for “color” to offset the bright splashes found in the Ameri- can League in the persons of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Now it appears that Judge Fuchs is going to try his hand at a little colorful daubing. Judge Takes Notes. On the training field at St. Peters- burg Judge Fuchs sits on the bench and with a certain air of confidence and with & large sheet of white cardboard on which he makes copious notes. Man- agers have various ways of sitting on beriches, George Stallings never “sot.” He slid. Sometimes he was on one end of the bench and sometimes on the other, and during a period of nine in- nings he has been known to slide out one-fln.hl'o{ lm {o&d x;:\lr :t pants at a vulnerable attack. Judge m%ohs is gpt as good a bench slider as Stallings. if they give him room and if the players find that he is as verbally aggressive as Stallings used to be. Stallings, be recalled, managed the Boston Na- tionals and won a championship in 1914 on his twentieth pair of pants. One side of the Judge’s managerial score card contains notes of attack and the other side notes of defense. Lance Richbourg got to first base in & practice game and the Judge con- sulted his notes. He unwittingly picked out the wrong side of the cardboard. Note No. 2 read, “When a batter is on first never let him get farther than than. Put him out before second at He's an Optimist. ©On the other side it very clearly read, “When Richbourg gets to first see that the next batter makes a home run.” That was much more like it, and the Judge signaled for a home run. It didn't come off, but there was conso- lation left even then, for the odds of base ball say that & home run is about a 100-to-1 chance. “There are 99 chances left” quoth the Judge, dispassionately. “We shall get there yet.” ‘Hank Cowdy came in from third base, where he had been coaching. “I'm all husked up,” said Hank. “Judge, gimme a chew.” “What! A chew. A chew of that filthy weed. Evers, take Henry to the town pump and wash out his mouth.” “Like heck I will,” ‘replied Johnny Evers. “I've known that big slob since e year one. Why, say, Judge, he does WHITE BOUGHT BY THE BiLuioN ‘SPORTS. Fuchs Rivals Stallings as Bench Sitter in Making Debut as Big League Pilot THE EVENING STAR, WASHING TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929. SPORTS.” Sorrell’s Loss Blow to Tech; Outfielder Brown May Fill Gap AUL BROWN, Hard-hitting out-i fielder, will be groomed in a hurry to fill in as backstop of the“Tech base ball team, which was bereft of its star catcher, when Julle Sorrell underwent an opera- tion today for mastoid. Sorrell's loss is a blow. His value as a receiver was enhanced by a peppery personality that was contagious. Coach Edwards regarded him as an outstand- ing member of his squad. Edwards is casting about for a cap- able player to plug the new hole in the | outfleld. Business will open its season Friday, opposing the United Typewriter team at American University. Fifteen games have been scheduled with two others Pendm , the latter with St. John's. The ist follows: March American April 3—Swaverly. at Manassas. Va. Frosh. at College ‘Park. eriy, at Monument lot, dia- 0. 4. I5—Devitt, at Monument lot, dia- nited Typewriter Uniteds. at mond N April mond_No pADHiL 17—Washington and Lee Hish, at allston. April 18—Western (interhigh series). April 21—Gonz: at Goneaga. April 2¢—Episc lext andria. April 26—Tech (interhigh series). May 1—Catholic University Frosh, at C. U. M onzaga, at Gonzaa He may be, in time, |}, May 7_Cantral (interhigh series). May 10—Catholic University Frosh. at C. U. Mey 14—Eastern (interhigh series). Devitt Prep hopes for more than 1,000 entries in its second annual track and field meet, to be held April 20, on the Georgetown University field. High and prep schools in the Eastern and South- ern sections have been sent about 1,700 invitations. Central of Washington won the high school championship of the meet last year, and Mercersburg Academy tri- umphed in the prep school section. A trophy will be awarded Devitt's high point scorer, in memory of Dick Kennedy. Devitt athlete who died short- after the 1928 meet. Kennedy's fra- ternity brothers offeer the trophy. Candidates for Western High's tennis team plan to begin practice in the next few days. The b.§| objective, as usual, will be the public high title, which was won by Central last Spring. Incidental- 1y, the victory of the Columbia Heights racketers over Western was quite an up- set, as the latter was generally looked upon as the favorite. e——————————————— good to tobaceo by eating it. Let him alone, Don't you remember how he helped to beat the Athletics four straight in the 1914 world series by walking past the bench and telling all of them where to get off, and what they really were if they would let him write their biographies? Then he went cver to Prance and after he had talked awhile to the German army the whole doggoned outfit was ready to quit, and did. Tobacco ain’t going to hurt that boy.” “The court will remit the sentence,” sald the Judge. Then addressing Rab- bit Maranville, he continued, ‘Walter, don't you think it would be better if our pitcher put more on the ball and stopped fooling with this desultory and hesitant curve he is using?” “Huh?” “I mean, shouldn't our pitcher pitch faster, now that we are nearing home; just like a race, you know, faster as you get closer?” “Judge, for pity's sake, don't make it any harder !o§ that boy. He can't pitch fast enough to dent the dimple in a girl's cheek.” “What's he out there for, then?” “His salary.” Despite the loss of such cracks as Don Garber and Jimmy Lowe, Western's | chances for putting a formidable com- | bination on the court are bright. Morris Goubeau and Anthony Latona | are the only letter winners at hand, but | in Jack Lynham. Billy Gibbons, Dick | Fletcher, John Woods, Dave Welsh and | | John Battle, the Red and White has a | formidable group of netmen. BRITISH CADDIES ARE HIT BY NON-GOLFING WINTER By the Associated Press. Golf caddies attached to English clubs have suffered heavy loss from the stverity of the past Winter. Hundreds of ex-service men are the caddies who for the last few monghs have earned almost nothing because of frozen or snow-covered fairways and Arctic winds which have driven golfers indoors. One sportsman has suggested that secretaries of clubs post notices in their clubhouses inviting members to contribute to a fund for the relief of caddies whose income has been frozen out. Fredericksburg"High Faces Alexandria LEXANDRIA, Va, March 26— Alexandria High School and Fredericksburg High School will pry the lid off the third athletic district base ball series here to- morrow afternoon at 3:15 o'clock on Haydon field, their gnme for ‘riday having been advanced because of the Easter holidays. Coach Willis H. Edmund expects to starte Francls Gorman, former St. Mary's Juniors’ pitching star, with El- more Mudd behind the bat, Both will be making their first appearance on a high school diamond. Paul Travers, outfielder, was elected captain of the Alexandria High team following a stiff workout on Haydon field. Travers is a versatile athlete and is a brilliant performer in foot ball, base ball and basket ball. % Columbia_Engine Company of the Alexandria Fire Department is expected to present one of the strongest base ball teams in its history this year with a wealth of material striving to earn each of the regular positions. Coach Harvey Lunceford has put his candidates through a series of practice sessions and the fights for the various berths appear to be among the follow- ing: Hewitt, Lunceford, Vance, Harris, pitchers; Darley, Elliott, Roland, Pey- ton, catchers; Ross and Brenner, first base; Scrivener and Bennett, second base; Gallagher and Robertson, short- stop; Shapiro and Scott, third base; Latham, Padgett, Cabell, Hoy, Sutton, White, Hull and Wingfield, outfield. The Fire Fighters will open their season April 7 on Haydon fleld and are anxious to schedule some fast unlimited team from Washington or vicinity. Phone Manager Billy Padgett at Alex- andria 1774, between 6 and 7 p.m. Jeff Williams, former star outfielder for the Eagle A. C., Alexandria's fore- most semi-professional team prior to the organization of the' Dreadnaught A. A. has been named coach of the St. Mary's Celtics base ball team. Gerard Edwards has been elected business man- ager and Bll} Langford, second base- man, was named captain. Willlams has made the first cut in his squad and the following candidates in Series Start named base ball coach of the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. While at William and Mary Saffell ‘was one of the outstanding mound stars in college circles and turned in many notable victories, among them shut- outs over Harvard and Navy. Alexandria High School will entertain Washington-Lee High School of Ball- ston, Va., in a dual track meet Friday afternoon on Haydon Field, opening the locals’ schedule. Sidney Hancock, weight man, will not be available. Hancock stepped on & nail yesterday and received a wound that has forced him to use crutches. Old Dominion Boat Club oarsmen have started light work. Real toil will begin April 1, after the appointment of a coach. It is expected that Walter Thrall of VOIGT, HELD BUCK GLITTERING FIELD Amateur Stars Are Far in| Background as North and Soush Open Starts. By the Associated Press. INEHURST, N. C, March 26— The cream of the golfing fra- ternity was here this morning for the twenty-seventh North and South open championship and the cash that goes with it. The Ryder Cup team members, the | pick of American professionals, were out en masse and scarcely a look-in was granted amateurs who expected to play. George Voigt and Eddie Held were among those who will attempt to turn back the ouslaught of Capt. Walter Ha- gen, Johnny Farrell, Horton Smith and others, and wrest the title from its cur- rent claimant, Billy Burke of West Point, N. Y. The tournament will go 72 holes over the No. 2 course at Pinehurst Country Club for $2,500 in prizes. Seventy-four pros and amateurs took the fleld, the first pair stepping off at 9 am. The march of champlons included Leo Diegel, P. G. A.; Farrell. national open; Hagen, British open: Ross Somerville, Canadian amateur, and Burke, defender of the North and South crown. Tommy Armour and Al and Henry Clucl also were in the lists. Despite that imposing array, Horton Smith, the Missouri lad, was a heavy favorite at the opening of play. LACROSSE IS POPULAR AMONG BRITISH WOMEN Women of England are taking to lacrosse despite the strenuous nature of the game. There are 98 schools and 57 clubs affiliated with the All-England Ladies’ Lacrosse Assoclation and the number is growing. NOVEL FISHING BANK FOR ATLANTIC CITY ‘The Atlantic City Chamber of Com- merce has asked the War Department for a permit to create an artificial fish- ing bank in the Atlantic Ocean by sink- ing three grain barges and one railroad freight car float at a location about 8 nautical miles from:Absecon Light- house, N, J. It is proposed to have the three con- demned barges and the one car float sunk in such positions that they will occupy the four corners of & square area on the bottom of the ocean, the sides of which will be about 350 feet long. This is a plan novel in fishing, although sunken barges and boats long have been known as good places to fish, especially for larg® channel bass. Potomac shad are being offered for sale by local merchants. The retail price of bucks is 30 cents a pound and roe shad are selling for 45 cents a pound. These fish having entered the Potomac, it stands to reason that the perch are in advance of them. There- 0 . Washington, who coached Old Do- minion last season, will be named again by the regatta committee. i D. &. CHARTER PLEA ON WAY TO A. A. U. Formal application to the ional Amateur Athletic Union for a charter creating a District of Columbia As: ciation of the union was to be f¢ warded today to Daniel J. Ferris, sec- retary-treasurer of the national body, in New York City. Decision to make the application was reached at a meeting of amateur clubs and colleges, held last night at the City Club. It also was decided to notify the South Atlantic Association, which has headquarters in Baltimore and con- trols amateur athletics in the District and Maryland and Virginia, that appli- cation had been made for a_ District association. The opinion has been ex- pressed that the South Atlantic will not stand in the way of creation of the local organization. It is set forth in the application that it is felt -that the National Capital should have an association of its own, governed by its own officers, only be- have been retained: Carl Dreifus, Art Ludlow, Ralph Hamilton, “Two Buck” Struder, Joe Hamilton, Bill Langford, Louis Hicks, Gerard Edwards, “Busy” Brenner, Vincent Curtis, Dave Bayliss, Warren Zimmerman, Bob Darnell, Rus- sell Kidwell, Claude Nixon, Ashby ‘Wood, Johnny Wood and James Brad- ley. The Celtics will open their season Sunday playing the Reading Interna- tional League Club in an exhibition nllnekhere in Dreadnaught Park at 3 o'clock. Robert F. Saffell, former George Mason High School and William and Mary Colege pitching ace, has been No wonder! Unbiased experts tested the tobaceco in many different 10¢ cigars. Dozens proved to be no better than White Ouwl...yet they cost one-third more. And this faet is daily proved by, thousan nd thousands of men who used to think that they had te pay 10¢. Now they smoke White § Owl. a really fine cigar at 3 for 20¢...cool, smooth, sweet-tasting and, in addition, foil-wrapped to seal in its mild, full flaver. cause it is the National Capital. It has no fault to find with the South Atlantic Association, it is pointed out. Organizations applying for the Dis- trict charter, not all of whom are mem- bers of the A. A, U, are: City Club, George Washington Uni- versity, Rialto Club, C Club, Queens- bury Club, Jewish Community Center, Y. M. C. A, Potomac Boat Club, Knights of Columbus, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Catholic University, Municipal Play- Erlo:nd Department and Peck Memorial lub. H. J. Odenthal, temporary chairman of the District athletic association com- mittee, signed the application sent the National Amateur Athletic Union. — $ & q 7 the car too . .. fore, following the warm weather the local anglers may expect to find plenty of white perch around Washington by Easter Sunday. 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