Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1929, Page 45

' Manager Johnson Counting on Lloyd Brown for Effective Service This Season YOUNG SOUTHPAW MAY PROVE STAR Adds Control to a Good Curve—Campbell, Burke Blank Jacksonville. BY JOHN B, KELLER. IRMINGHAM, Ala, - B There is & pitcher with the years' experi- ence in professional base ball and prom- ises to be one of the shining lights of the Johnsonian mound corps this year. He is Lloyd Andrew Brown, native of Beeville, Tex., and base ball habitant f various places in the United States and Mexico. ; After dubbing through the e for more years than many an older player has served in the ranks, Lloyd An- drew appears to have found himself. ‘Walter Johnson, his manager, thinks so. But better than: that the left-handed Lloyd Andrew so, and the abil- ity he has displayed in this Spring, plus confidence, ought to carry - the young fellow far in his chosen pro- fession. At present Brown is idling, for only yesterday Trainer Mike Martin lanced a boil on the pitcher’s leg, and' one does not care to do much just after one has a boil lanced. It was no ordinary boil that Brown carried, but a highly devel- oped one, about as big as a horse- chestnut, so it may be a day or two be- fore he swings into action again. How- ever, he is likely to be seen in one of the games here with the Barons and the Giants. Brown is a determined young man these days—not one to let lanytmnx like a boil keep him idle for long. ‘This is Brown’s second year with the Nationals. The young pitcher who came up from Memphis to the Wash- ington Club didn’t perform so impres- sively last season. He was in 27 games and toiled to a record of 4 victories and as many defeats. He went the route against the Browns. He started against the Indians and beat them in a game stopped by rain in the seventh. In other starts he failed to finish. Handicapped Last Year. In fact, Brown was so ineffective that even he often wondered why Bucky Harris, then manager, kept him on the club. The young left-hander really never was in shape all season. He started with a sore arm, couldn't do much with a curve ball that formerly had been his main asset, and, worst of “all, lacked control. It was simply a poor year all around for Brown. This time it promises to be different. ‘The boil he is getting rid of now is the only physical handicap suffered in training. He reported at the Tampa Camp in pretty good shape, worked faithfully, and when the exhibition schedule began probably was somewhat ahead of all others of the National mound corps in condition. He is throwing his curve better than ever and has mastered control, too, it seems. ably effective. Lately he has been experimenting with the “screw ball” that has made Gar- land Braxton, a fellow left-hander, so effective and soon may be able to add it to his pitching repertoire. Brown already commands considerable respect from opposing batters. If he masters the “screw ball” he should be remark- Manager Johnson, who never saw Brown work until this year, waxes en- thusiastic in discussing Brown’s pros- pects. The pilot thinks the young left-hander now has about all needed to make a fine pitcher and expects to get much from him. Walter looks upon Brown as a capable pitcher mechanical- 1y, with plenty of courage and a shrewd knowledge of his art. And that's how others who have seen the pitcher per- . form this Spring regard him. Brown is what the profession terms 2 “good ball player.” Not only can he pitch, but he can make a good showing in an infield job, and he’s no slouch as an outfielder. And he swings a wicked bat. He apparently is a good player to have around a club. He's been in the pald ranks actually for eight years. After playing town and high school ball around Beeville he went to Tampico, Mexico, at the age of 16 in 1921 and put in two years in the Oil League there as a member of the Freeport Oil Co. nine. Then his friend Curtis Walker, a fellow townsman of Beeville, got Brown 8 chance with the Phillies, Walker, now a Cincinnati outflelder, was with the Quaker City team at that time. Brown trained with the Phillies at Leesburg, Fla., and was farmed to Wil- liamsport of the New York-Pennsyl- vania League. Hewa.svltht.hemlm{ enough to win eight and lose eight games before he fell ill and had to Teturn to his home. That was in July, 1923. The Phillies released him the fol- lowing Winter and he hooked up with Paris in the East Texas League. He won 16 games and lost 12 with this seventh place club and was sold to ‘Wichita Falls of the Texas League. Purchased by Dodgers. He finished the season with this team, but in the Spring of 1925 he developed a sore arm and was shipped to Ard- more of the Western Association. For Ardmore he won 17 games and lost 1, and on July 4 was sold to the Dodgers for $18,000. He remained with Brook- Iyn to the end of the season. He went to the Dodgers’ 1926 train- ing camp at Clearwater, Fla., & after he had his tonsils removed and was in such a run-down condition he could make no headway. Brooklyn sent him to Memphis, but while playing the outfleld for the on June 15 he broke an ankle. After the break healed he found himself with Knoxv!!leefl:lm Knoxville he batted .309 games. At the end of the 1926 season Brook- lyn recalled him, only to sell him to Memphis, where, in 1927, he pitched rashington pil dicated by performances yesterday they may be quite helpful to the American THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RIC! ‘You Figure It Out. HE ways of the “heathen Chinee” may be peculiar, but they have nothing on the modern fight is paid $10,000 for bowling over a party who has to be wakened from & refreshing sleep at the moment when he is supposed to be at ringside. Mickey ‘Walker is guaranteed $50,000 for losing a fight and $10,000 for winning one. One pretty good looking fighter by the name of Max Schmeling comes along and every one has & contract with him or his manager except President Hoo- ver, Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison and Mussolini, There must be an answer, but what is it? The Amateur Tangle Again. EAR MR. RICE: Wil you be so *kind as to tell us where the first of your three types of athletics can be found? I have a profound interest in amateur sport and in those who are entitled to engage therein, but cannot conceive of amateurs without money or Testrictions or organization being the foundation of amateur sport. In fact, I do not believe they can engage in sport. Some one must furnish the funds to provide the equipments that are neces- sary to every form of public sport today. To include in your second class or- ganized amateur athletics: and déclare it in toto “a necessary evil” is to con- that -organised ‘amateur | PAUL WANER TO REPORT" were & necessary evil m_ % 7 il A 4 BEY £ idea was to suggest that organized ath- letics, carrying a matter of gate re- ceipts, had to be accompanied by a number of evils, necesary or not. Gate receipts are necessary to carry out a complete sport program of equipment | j, and playing fields, These must be paid for, and there is no other way to handle the matter, since so many millions are ledo, required to take care of the needs of such a vast army. But gate receipts, one way or another, are always accom- panied by certain evils which in this case are possibly the lesser evils, Mr. White says that “an amateur does not get financial reward for his sport ability or reputation.” Pos- sibly not. But a lot of them do who live and play under the mame of amateur and who are recognized as such in every form of sport. The amateur situation is far from perfect and it is also far from hope- less. But it will always be in some form of trouble when the gate receipts run as high as they do now, no matter to what good use most of these gate re- ceipts may be put nor how necessary they may be for the general good of the public at large. That Weight Matter. ¢}/ OU are all wrong,” writes L. P., “about the weight starting on the left foot in addressing the ball. Any good pro will tell you that the weight must be evenly distributed on both feet.” Any good pro won't, although some may like this method. Ever hear of the “forward ,press” so often ad- vocated as the back swing is started? Starting with a majority of the weight on the left foot merely gives a better leverage to pass it along to the right foot as the back swing gets under way. It is merely a trifle easier to let most of the weight swing to the right foot, if one starts it from the left. Try it out “some day and you'll find out for yourself. —_— TIGERS BEATEN BY BUCS FLANAGAN- Catcher BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL By the Associated Press. TODAY'S SCHEDULE. wAt Houston—Chicago (N.) vs. Hous- n. At Atlanta—St. Louis (N.) vs. Atlanta. At Fort Worth—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Detroit (A.). At Mobile—Brooklyn (N.) vs. Mobile. At Kansas City—St. Louls (A) vs. e Wickiia @ c] Falls—Chicago Vs, Wichita Falls M(gz;flo!k—m (A)) vs. New Ha- ven At ‘hmond—Philadelphia (A.) vs. Boston (N.). Dallas. At Dallas—New York (A.) vs. At Birmingham—Washington L ‘Yesterday’s Results. At Fort Worth—Pittsburgh (N), 3; Detroit (A, 1. At Birmingham—Cincinnati (N.); 3; irmingham, 2. w::oxomn—cw (N.), 10; Hous- At n‘(e(z;xgm )Louh (A), 8; Mem- phis, n; - At Waco—New York (A.), 13; Waco, 3 (8 innings). At Pensacola—Brooklyn (N.), 5; Pen- sacols, 2. At Greensboro—Fhiladelphia (A.), 15; Greensboro, 8. At Jacksonville—Washington (A.), Jackson? At Macon—Macon, 7; St. Louls (N.), 6. At Biloxi—New York (N.), 14; To- ), 6. At Columbia—Boston (N.), 5; Colum- bia, 4 (11 innings). (Af)t %eminole—nea Moines, 6; Chicago SHOTTON EXPECTING THEVENOW TO PLAY By the Assoclated Press. April 5.—~Manager Shotton of the Philadelphia Nationals believes that Tommy Thevenow, his star shortstop, will be back in the game “be- fore long.” ‘Thevenow and Harold Elliott, rookie pitcher, were injured in an automobile saf - IN SPITE OF GOOD PLAY jg&vt:e TO PIRATES TOMORROW BLAKE IS IN TRIM TO'HURL FOR CUBS Convinces Manager Mc- Carthy He’s Ready—Gene- - wich of Giants Goes Route. By the Associated Press. OUSTON, Tex., April 5.—Sheriff I l Blake has convinced his share of hurling in the Ibs' the Na- ANSFIELD 2d. Base TWO DAYS LEFT TO GET OPENING GAME TICKETS Base MORGAN KEEPS TITLE BY EARNING DECISION By the Associated Press. lightweight crown (A.) vs. | service, h B a f % i rally to the one they; got in noudo\ltmean&:m »f The "Winner” is a regular, Sullsised fielder’s glove,made of real horse-hide. It laces at LOS ANGELES, 5.—~The junior rested more se- upon the head of Tod Morgan GRIFF CONFESSES NATS BABERUTH DRANS, BT FALS TO AT Main Attraction of Yankees Letting His Teammates Do Most Clouting. w By the Associated Press, Agoéh";ix" April s.c—nabe uth, it goes without saying, is the New York Yankees' big training camp attractios Dt s (earmmanies ave. Go- in right field, Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig hit three home runs between them to enable the Yankees to down ‘Waco of the Texas League, 13 to 3, yes- terday. Lazzeri hit two home runs, his sec- ond, over the center field wall, bei the -longest hit any Yankee has made this season. Gehrig hit one homer and drove in six runs all told. RICHMOND, Va., A} 5 (#).—Re- turning home from their Florida train- ing camp by easy stages, the Philadel phia Athletics have developed a power- ful punch. ‘They have collected a total of 45 runs in the last three games played on their northward journey. Capt. Eddie Col- lins, who is in charge of the squad, has been revising his line-up daily and g:firly everybody is connecting with the Against the Greensboro team of the Pledmont League yesterday the Athlet- ics unloosed 17 hits, 5 of which were home runs. WICHITA FALLS, Tex., April 5 (P. —A tired and weary White Sox team trooped into Wichita Falls today for a game with the Texas League Spudders. ‘Yesterday they made a hard trip to Seminole, Okla., but were listless and got the short end of a 6-to-4 score with the Des Moines Western Leaguers. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 5 (#)— More work in the sacrifice department occupled the Cleveland Indians today. Manager Roger Peckinpaugh went through the post mortcm of the twoe game series with the Giants and de- cided that a big part of the Sprin drill, learning short knocks to ad- vance base runners, had failed. R o e s tner by as a st er e B Magrasa this time, 1, ot of sprain Memphis yesterday. He?b Cobb, rookie pitcher who has Dirgs nii vesterday, was sapped. ot un y, was slap] for 7 hits and 5 runs in 5 innings. Fights Last Night d | BY the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES.—Tod Morgan, junior lightweight champion, outpointed San- tiago Zorrilla, Panama (10)—cham- pain, | Plonship. HOLDING BIG REGATTA Arrangements for a national regatta lanned here by Potomac Boat Club discussed, new officers will be officers will give semi-annual of tonight at the boat- and | Ke ELAM, Pa—Joe Scholocker, Califor- nia, outpointed Sylvan Bass, Baltimore (8); Leo Claro, New York, won on foul from Georgts Amblard, France (6). BERLIN, Germany.—Ludwig Hay- man outpointed Rudy Wagner (15) (retaining German middleweight title). BUENOS AIRES.—Lou Paluso, Salt Lake ' City, Utah, and Julio Mocoroa, Argentina, drew (12). HOT SPRINGS, Ark—Jack Ashton, Chicago, knocked out Jimmy Davenport, Little Rock, Ark. (5). McKEESPORT, Pa—Battling Gizzy, Donora, Pa, and Chet Smallwood, Ak- ron, Ohio, drew (10). Phil Scello, M outpointed Babby Green, Ak- ASEBALL players haven’t seen a value like this since first bounce was out—the Spalding “Big League”, a regular $5 glove, at $2.95! Modeled - - exactly after the gloves with which the snare them. Genuine gréased horsehide. Broken in when you get it. Laced at wrist for adjustment, thumb and finger found in the most NRAFTED PLAYERS ARE MAKING GOOD About a Dozen Overlooked by Scouts Likely to Be Kept in Majors. BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, April 5.—At least & dozen base unif they say “better later than never.” They are drafted athletes who were “selected” last Autumn after they wm;enfly had been passed by the scouts. ‘Twenty-five players were selected from minor league clubs, 15 by the Na- tional and 10 by the American. Two have changed clubs since they were promoted, but a decided majority have retained major league status for the time being, and at least half promise wh[o into the season as big time players. Hal Rhyne was drafted by the Ath- letics from San Francisco and claimed by Boston when Philadelphia decided it could not use his services. He has made ood in the Red Sox infield. Harold El- ot, a_pitcher drafted by the Cardinals from Waco, has landed with the Phil- lies. The Cincinnati Reds have asked waivers on Walter Lutzke, but the in- filder will not go back to Newark until the other clubs have spoken. Perhaps the most sensational Spring performances of the drafted players have been turned in by Earl Sheely, first baseman, late of Sacramento, and Johnny Kerr, Hollywood second base- man. Sheely took over the Pittsburgh first base assignment and was the only Pirate infielder to survive the training trip without injury. Kerr stepped into the second base job without a struggle on the Sox. Pitchers Making Good. More than half of the 10 pitchers in the draft list probably will make the grade. Luther Roy and Phil Collins have done well with the Phillies and Win Ballou seems certain to remain with the Brooklyn Robins. Mike Cven- gros can make himself useful as a left handed Chicago Cub and Cincinnati may be able to find room for Marvin Gudat, former Cardinal. Archie Camp- bell, ex-Yankee, has had some good and bad days with Washington but the good ones have outnumbered the bad. The fate of Leverette and Peery with the Braves and Estrada of the Browns has not been decided. ‘The pitchers bid fair to fare better than the catchers on a percentage basis, but Dick Smith, taken by the Braves from Montreal, and Tom Angly, for- mer Georgia Tech player, who can hit, but has a weakness for foul flies, drafted by the Cubs, have shown promise. The chances of Leo Dixon with the Reds and Harvey Johnson with the Browns have not seemed so bright. Charlie Gooch, infielder, drafted by Washington from Little Rock, has put up a hard fight for a utility assign- ment, and Jerry Standaert, formerly of Memphis, and Bob Barrett, advanced from Buffalo, have had the same ob- jective with the Boston Red Sox. Three prominent major league play- ers, all in the National, found fame af- ter coming up by the avenue of the lowly draft. Hack Wilson, the slugging Chicago Cub outfielder, was drafted in 1925 from Toledo after he had been re- leased to the Mud Hens by the New York Giants. Arthur Whitney, third baseman of the Phillies, who made good with a rush last year and batted in more than 100 runs, was drafted from New Orleans in 1927. He was formerly the property of Cleveland. Hal Carl- son, now a Cub pitcher, broke in with the Phillies by the draft route from Wichita Falls in 1923. VON PORAT IS PICKED TO WIN OVER RISKO By the Assocliated Press. BOSTON, April 5.—Johnny Risko, Cleveland baker, tonight will make & last desperate effort to retrieve his slip- ping ‘fistic fortunes by blocking Otto Von Porat’s road to the select inner circle of heavyweight boxing champion- ship contenders. They will meet in a 10-round bout at the Boston Garden. ‘The Norwegian heavyweight has been promised a bout at Braves Field with Max Schmeling if he can knock out or outpoinht." Risko. Johnny, on the other in boiling oil. $2.50.