Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1929, Page 75

[ Base Ball, Ring, Golf Duckpins, Lacrosse Part 5-—4 Pages LISKA, BURKE HURL N POTENT FASHON = Yield Total of But Five Hits,| s While Griffmen Fatten Averages. BY JOHN B. KELLER. IRMINGHAM, Ala., April 6.— Raking the offerings of One- Ear Hilton in the seventh in-| ¢ ning for 8 runs, the Nationals this afternoon routed the Bir- mingham Barons the second and Jast of the games/here between the clubs. The big ipAing in which Red |§; Barons, again wal)fped a round tripper a 2-2 deadlock id Walter Johnson's charges went on to a 12 to 2 victory. Birmingham assumed the lead first ‘when Andy Moore, whose homer de- vided Friday's contest in favor of the Barons, again walloped around tripper with a teammate on the runway. This hit was made off Adolph Liska, who ~pitched the first six innings for the Nationals. The Barons made but four other hits, two off Liska and two off Bob Burke, who toiled through three rounds. Birmingham employed four hurlers. “Bill Morrel, former National, started and yielded but one safety in five in- | nings. Hilton was nicked for eleven hits in one and two-thirds frames. ‘Then Carlos Moore pitched through the eighth inning, while Slim Stouten- ‘borough.hurled in the ninth and allowed one swat. There were but three hard drives in the first three innings, and two of them rattled from Washington bats. In the opening round Goslin backed Weis against the right field fence to drag| down a liner and at the outset of the | second session the same Birmingham | fielder went far back to keep a hit from | Barnes. The one solid smash made by ! a Baron proved foul. It was hit by ! Weis in round two. Goslin made a fine | running catch of this hoist. Myer’s Safety Wasted. Buddy Myer. was first to drive the ball to safety. With one gone in the | fourth he lined a one-baser to right. | Again Goslin was checked by the reet Weis who speared the Goose's drive in deep right. Buddy swiped second, but | it meant nothing for Barnes’ best was a | feeble pop to the Birmingham middle | sacker, 1 The next hitting was done in the fifth | and it neeted Birmingham a brace of tallies. One was out of the way when Cronin, who had just gone to shortstop ! for the Nationals, fouled Weis’ slow | grounder. Along came Moore and he | socked the sphere to deep right. Barnes | galloped back for a pick-up, but the ball | bounced into the right field stand for a | homer. With two out, Cooper nicked | Liska for a single. and the fleet ‘Ban- | croft was sent in to run for the catcher. | Abernathy, swinging for Morrel, failed | to aid the runner. ! In their sixth batting turn the Na- | tionals dead-lccked the game and after | two were out, t0o. West began the rally when he got a double with a loft | to deep left center that Moore failed | to hold after a long run. Then Myer | tallied Sammy with a vicious whack | down the left field line and good for | three bases. Goslin drove over the tying marker with a two bagger be-| . tween the Birmingham left and center fielders. The Goose languished on the' runway as Barnes grounded to the pitcher, ; A snappy double' play, Judge Cronin to Judge, snuffed the Barons in | the latter portion of the sixth. Ther | the Nationals indulged in a scoring | orgy and salted the game. H Cronin Starts Something. Cronin began the Washington seventh | by slapping @ single to center. Judge’s | one baser sent Cronin to the far cor-; ner, from where he counted when Stewart hooked a single down the third | base line. Pickering messed Tate’s sacrificial tap and the sacks were crowded. Here Rice swung for Liska and poled a triple to the right field corner, putting the Nationals four runs to_the good. 7 West got a single with a grounder to Sturdy when the first sacker found no one at the base to take a throw. Rice ' clung to third as this happened, but tallied after Bennett caught Myer’s long hoist. Goslin forced out West, but Barnes smashed a homer into center and the sixth and seventh runs of the ‘nning were registered. Cronin,‘up for the second time in the round, singled | and crossed with the eighth run of the inning and the Nationals’ tenth of the . game as Judge tripled. !~ That was enough for Hilton, so Moore was rushed to the hill. The up- rising was ended summarily when Stew- art grounded to the second sacker. t In the ninth the Nationals got to |Shani Stoutenborough for two more mark- l BY WAY OF REVENGE | WASHINGTON. Al E est, ef L] e e 1 PRovaRSpRT: [REPPRRPI— | JUOSRPRIPIN Seson ] o T YT T 4 = ” o > ececommus~masSh tAbernathy Hilto: Smith . Stoutenboro 2 ol seecosscn-sonmson~t iBatted for Costa in seventh inni #Batted for C. M n—M Myer, 2; Stew- 3; Bar 1;_Ges. ne: Ju Two-base hits—West, Goslin, S Three-base hits—Myer, Rice,” Ju Home runs_Moere, Barnes. 'Stolen ba, ore, s, 25 of game—? he nutes. HOLY CROSS TEAN BEATS HOVAS, 113 |Game Is Real Battie Until Invaders Get Six Runs in Seventh Round. OLY Cross College, loser of less than helf a dozen ball games in the last three years, whipped Georgetown 11 to 3 yesterday and ran its string of victories for this season to six. Attracted by reports of at least five major league vrospects, Clark Griffith, president of the Washington Club; Ed- | s2cretary, and Scout Joe | die Eynon, Engel were present. Several. of the Crusaders, they said, had the characteristics of first-class players. ¢ ‘One was Frank Nekola, southpaw | pitcher, who mixed a yard-wide curve | with considerable smoke and shrewd Jjudgment to win under wraps. He was nicked for five hits, one of which was a prodigious four-base slam by Capt. Ralph Duplin, For six innings the Blue and Gray flinger, Harold Poole, was quite as ef- fective as Nekola. But in the seventh Poole was uncettled by tissue paper support and a wild throw by himself :nd lost not only his stuff but his con- When the smoke of a Georgetown ex- plosion had lifted, Holy Cross was six runs to the good and the battle virtually over. With four runs in and nobody out in the seventh, Poole was relieved by Edmonston. He was slightly more ef- fective, but was handicapped, too, b; holes in the infield. Errors by Second Baseman Scalz, | Third Baseman Leary and Poole and two | bases on balls by Poole were serambled | with two healthy singles in the mak- | ing of six tallies. Maguire succeeded Edmonston after | Lawrence, first up for Holy Cross in the eighth, socked & homer to left. The Irishman struggled through the remain- |ing two innings in which the visitors scored a couple of Tuns without half trying. Nekola fanned 10 and handled him- self generally like a smart pitcher ex- cept for a lapse in the sixth when he balked home a tying run. He accepted Umpire Doc White’s ruling with non- chalance and proceeded to tighten up. A couple of errors, McCarthy’s single and Nekola’s balk, gave Georgetown a brace of runs in the sixth. Johnny Scalzi brightened the day in spots for Georgetown backers with sev- eral sensational fielding bits. Once, on a bunt, he covered first base and fell flat qn his tummy to spear a wild throw for a putout. Holy Cross. ABH.OA. Harreil2b.. 3 0 4 3 Geo.town. ABH.O.A. rrell, b. 4 ! SPORTS SECTION he Sunday Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, Bop FREEMAN- ' - Ist Base i ~ Photes C PerKINS - NX/ORTHINGTON- Quttielder COAST STAR CLAIMS NEW JUMPING MARK By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif, was announced as a new world’s record in the high jump under the standards that went into effect this year was set by Henry Coggeshall of the Olympic Club with a leap of 6 feet 614 inches in the dual track meet between the Olympic Club and the University of California here today. Coggeshall, a former University of Southern California student, was first credited with a jump of 6 feet 6l. inches, but later measurements increased the height by % of an inch. Under the old system of jumping, the | horizontal bar rested on set in the standards, but under the system adopted this year the cross-bar rests on the tops of the uprights, making it moré difficult for the jumper, as the slightest contact will dislodge it. ‘The Olympic Club won the next, 8145 to 49%. ATHENS, TEX., TOSSERS WIN SCHOLASTIC TITLE April 6. —What | ot 4 4 QuINCY OWENS - Catcher By the Associated Press. HIL]ADELPHIA. April 6.—One felding lapse and poor base rinning in the ninth combined t6 send the Phillies to defeat by the Athletics before 20,000 fans at Shibe Park here today in the first of five games to be played for the Spring championship of the city. ‘The only two errors of the National League team gave the Mackmen three unearned the Phillies tossed away at least one marker in the ninth when Davis was runs in the seventh, while Macks Take First From Phils; Yanks Lose to Minor Leaguers| Benton and Kelly held the home team in check. New York (N.L)2014 Memphis (S." A) Benton, Kelly and O'Farrell; heard and Palm. KANSAS CITY, April 6 (®.—St. Louis Browns evened their exhibition serie€"with Kansas City today by taking | a l4-inning game, 5 to 2. Kress’ triple with two down and the bases loaded gave St. Louls the game. E SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1929, -1 l | CAPT. GEORGE LETCHER - Pitcher HERBIE THOMPsON Base SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor y DENMAN THOMPSON: Griffs? Fans anxious to get a real line on the capabili- ties of the Washington club are advised to_follow the series with the Giants starting to- morrow for the answer. The unprecedented success enjoyed to date by the Na- tionals in their Spring training exhibitions has led many to be- lieve Walter Johnson is making his bi league managerial debut with a potential pennant contender. Their feat of vanquishing all major_ opposition ~embracing the Braves, Cardinals, Reds and Dodgers with the loss of but 3 decisions in 13 games pla%ed has served not only to enthuse their followers, but to convince the players themselves that they are pretty good, and we are inclined to agree with JUST how strong are the just one objeci—to win. The Na- tionals, to a greater degree than in several seasons, at least, are func- tioning on the same general prin- ciple. ‘This means both teams will be “shooting” with all they've got in the seven skirmishes starting tomor- row, and if either has any serious structural weaknesses they will be disclosed in the acid test now at hand. It won't be necessary for the Na- tionals to clean up with the Giants to prove they have the class entitl- ing them to be ranked as contenders. It they compare favorably in the main essentials of pitching, hitting, fielding, speed and spirit with a team of New York’s caliber they may be adjudged ready for the gquestion when the American League barrier is sprung a week from next Tuesday. The Johnson Boosters. EVIDENCE that the efforts of Nationals Swamp Birmihgham, 1210 2: Start Final Week of Training Tomorrow | gnus WITH GIANTS WILL PRIME GRIFFS lohnson Planning to Work | Rough Edges Off Team in New York Series. BY JOHN B. KELLER. IRMINGHAM, Ala, April 6.— Monday will mark the begin- ning of the end of the Na- tionals’ training for the Ameri- ican League championship cam- paign of 1929. On that day will be started a series which Manager Walter Johnson expects will round off what- ever rough edges his team may have and leave it in tiptop trim for the big business ahead. The seven-game set with the Giants will, it is hoped, prime the Nationals for a great fight in their circuit. These Spring series with the Giants, which began in 1925, always have been regarded the best bit of training the ‘Washington club can get in preparation for the flag race. There's nothing “soft” about the tilts with the New Yorkers. Any team John McGraw sends to the field plays base ball— smart base ball, up and at ’em base ball—and any team playing a series with a McGraw aggregation ought to | get much from it. Unfortunately, in several recent train- ing seasons the Nationals did not seem to take their early exhibition games seriously. They loafed through many of them and no winning spirit had been developed by the time the Giants were encountered. The Nationals fought valiantly enough once they were against the McGraw men, but they lacked the poise and confidence that comes from victory and consequently took many lickings. It’s Different This Time. It's different this time. Johnson's charges have been accustomed to win- ning from the start of their exhibition playing. The few defeats they have suffered have been something to mull over, to discuss frankly and place the blame for the losses where it seems it should be placed. There has been no | bitterness resulting from defeat, but | rather a strengthened determination to remedy mistakes and do better next time. That's how the Nationals are going into this set with the Giants and they ought to give these New Yorkers, now the pick of many to cop the Na- | tional League championship, a mighty | tussle. Manager Johnson plans to start against the Giants the same line-up he has had in the field for more than }two weeks and the one he expects to | send i‘l;': t;; memm’ League ;‘me campaign. For opening game here | Monday the starting battery more than | likely will be Garland Braxton on the | slab and Muddy Ruel behind the bat. | The left-hander will have had four days’ rest following his appearance | against the Montreal team at Daytona Beach. Irving Hadley, who seems fully Irecovered from the stomach indisposi- | tion that annoyed him the last two | days of the Tampa training camp, also may do some hurling against the Mc- Grawmen Monday. Other road games with the Giants will be played Tuesday and Wednesday at Augusta, nd Charlotte, N. C., respectively. n the athletes will ’ Jjump to Washington for tilts at Griffith | Stadium on Thursday and Friday, to be | followed by a brace of contests at the | Polo Grounds, the Giants’ domicile in | New York. Play Montgomery Today. ‘The Nationals are leaving Birming- 1 ham Sunday for the day, being sched- | uled to tackle the Southeastern League { club at Montgomery, Ala. The first team | will start against the minor club with | Arch Campbell and Paul Hopkins slated im divide the pitching duty. | One great benefit the Nationals ex- | pect to derive from the series with the Giants is improvement in batting. | True, the Washington athletes have | been banging the ball for a fine average |in the exhibitions, even though they fell | down miserably in the first game here, but they have not been swinging against | the class of pitching they are likely ta {find when they encounter the New | Yorkers. Then they will see some fas{ |ones, many curves and “screw balls,” | too, hurled mostly by pitchers who know | how to pitch. Nothing helps the batters | more than looking over such heaving. | Several of the Nationals need ta | brush up in offensive, particularly |Sanuny West, slated to be the club's | regular center fielder. Sammy has nol been swatting with any regularity. He has not been so very strong against right-hand burlers and seems almost a total loss to the club in attack against the southpaws. One watching West the past week would think he never was a hitter and stood little chance to become | | trapped off first base. them. But— Xi Blaeholder and Manio Whla‘:hthey nl;:t'bfi &o o Stewart, Kimsey, older and Manion; | compl agal cGraw’s Nelson, Thomas and Clarke, Peters. : g‘;{‘“’;,“.‘fit’ mm ttlze Syl c?,’fii 7 S g tomorrow City, 25 to 21, in the final| ogrAHOMA april 6 P | oo O, T AP e ia thy| indicate more than the entire Runs batted oly Cross—Nekola (3), ; contest. The Oklahoma ' City 'Indians of the | ninth inning to come from behind and| month of skirmishing preced- Shanahan (2), Fisher, Sheviin, Lawrence (2),| Athens won its way into the cham- | (weciern League outscored the world | defeat Houston, 6 to 4, in their third| ing it Hurley, Ryan. Georgef Duplin. | plonship bracket by disposing of Juk; champion Yankees by 10 to 8 here | exhibition game today. j: | son, Mich., 27 to 13, while Classen s¥eBt | {oday before 12,000 fans. Myers silenced the Cubs’ batters with | To_ startt with, the Giants in- w | aside the threat of the farmer five from | “"py¢n got one single. three scattered blows during the first! variably are a set of well condi- innings. tioned athletes in the Spring. The Joes, Colo., 29 to 23. | eight °:°z McGraw system is to whip them SF Meguice. 3 = S, Ty @3.9%% Hall Millisey Aoadery, 11 fo 1, yesier: | o e Gn Bl COLLEGE BASE BALL. D | goleasn into shape at -the enrliest possible time with the object of getting them e, Pipgras, Wells and D day for its second consecutive victory. ut in seventh; off | | Darrow and Groit. ‘Horn Ed) ton, 2 in 1 inning, with — o~ g B L ol ) .,,,"u?::,m 2 Toninse . Mit by | Holy Cross, 11; Georgetown, 3. NEW ORLEANS, April 6 m<—cl=v=-!‘”‘?"' == off to & fiying start in the cham- e I e o Dyers vinging double. | Eas Pamed Tal- Do Logtas mitengr | Vermont, 4; Catholic University, 3. |jand defeated the Brookiyn Roblns here | ATLANTA, Ga,, April 6 (P).—Atlanta | pionship season. 2 Seven runs were fallied in the fourth,|=Poole. Umbiies_Messrs. White and watt. | Cornell, 33 Maryland, 1. s y, 4 to 1. made six runs in the ninth inning, but Thise: his-boen Ko’ devh o Two were on base when e's sin. | T1me Of §Rme—3 hours and 35 minutes. Boston C’fm. ,:,“""'“"1“"" - Averlll, Cleveland recruit, hit a |it was one short of enough to knot the | ,;0,'C% PO RET B0 “dmm‘f o gle got through Right Pielder Howard b g g Tun. * {count, and the St. Louls Cardinals| gue 0% Chs YO CO0 U000 20 Butler, 2 (13 innifgs). Navy, 9. nd Fred Pelzman, a base ball fan of the first water, to or- ganize support for Washing- ton’s new manager are bearing . H. 00000000100103 15 % { ers. Errors put Goslin and Cronin on B . 5.00001000000100—32 11 4 the runway, then Stewart doubled both | home. That was the finish. GALLAUDET MASTER OF CHARLOTTE HALL Gallaudet’s ball team got hot in only two innings, but swamped Charlotte | on balls—O! St. Louis. E, | Kansas Ci oSosontn, CHICAGO, April 6 (#).—A band of ts from Athens, Tex, tonight WOI ' phiiadelohia (N.) 0000 e eleventh annual University f|Philadelphia (A) 0000 Chicago’s national interscholastic | willoughby, Perguson a tournament by defeating Classen of|and Cochrane. Oklahoma one. However, it will be recalled that young man last year hit for a lit« "i’e A-nore tth:‘l; ,zagwm unlldl ttl;le flrs‘: pt“' E of August, then breezed through twa fruit may be found in @ com- | months at a batting pace fast enough munication. received, today !to make his figures for the entire cam« from Albert C. Jeffries of 4 | paign soar above the coveted .300 mark, Lm‘g av;xxlue, Alexandga, Va. ! So Sammy can hit. His opening paragraphs con- «Pressing” ’ stitute a_penned bouquet for | P T ey Theunle- which acknowledgement here- | It isn't timidity that makes West ca by is made, then he zoes on to | ¥eak against left-handers now. accord- b’ - |ing to Manager Johnson. The pilot commend Pelzman for form: he Walter Johnson Boost- thinks Sammy has overcome the feat ing t| le dr too lm e what | that resulted from a series “beaning" ers’ Club an inquire | done by a southpaw before the young the entrance qualifications are | fellow came up from Birmingham to the and whether he may join. He | Nationals. Rather, Johnson thinky says: { West is overeager at bat. that he is 5 Pt cpinton the sckale { “pressing” too much, and that in doini 50 he is utterly unable to follow th» bal e l";{n"z":;‘:“ the club. | on its course toward the catcher. Johne son is hooeful that West will relax soon possessed du: 1924-25. When the e game got s 4l af Ahe viayers 4ud hegly smacking the hotsehide af did in the latter part of the pasi were up on the dug-out steps pull- | campaign. b i Ing for the base hits thal meant | gy it secms that West will start the e game. season in the line-up even though he “Now it seems to me that an |fafls to get into a good hitting stride organization such as/ this Walter | before April 16, when th> Nationals are Johnson Boosters’ Club would do a |to batfle with the Athletics in Wach- PITREIT. [T SraoHo00! R.H. 0001339 1032 nd Davis; Walberg w= 2| ooumomomamn " ol moomoonson 181 cooamamamn 0140 5001 ckey, Jorgens; Tubbs, E. | made it two straight over the Southern | - “:xo'x:ondm.: ;n::‘g:ld"firlmmfly for | SCHMEUNG THREATE"S | Jound in their formidable record | Leaguers, 0 to 8. inst all rivals, minor and major, o Atlanta batsmen got five hits in the| 9275t & Ty : innings. _ Einer one rivaling that of the Washington Cotenicar. who “zelieved nim, tannea| NOT TO RETURN TO U. S consistent By the Associated Press. ninth before a man retired. the first three batters to face him. ] BERLIN, April 6—~Max Schme- Rillgee Gooria ling, German heavyweight, is slight- - ly irate at the prospect that the 00 020 Clark, McWeeny and Henline. Gooch; Hol- loway, Zinn and L. Sewell, Myatt. FORT WORTH, Tex., April 6 (#) — Nolen Richardson, former Fort Worth player, was the big factor in the defeat of the local club by Detroit here today, Brookivn, (N, ...0 0 veland (A.) ".[0 0 o nd Florida, 1. 4; Michigan, 3 (10 ter Brice aad Saf., Zieske,3b. New York State Athletic Commission St. X)I.Vfi. 14; Michigan State, 2. 6 to Erskine, ! 4; Wofford, 2. —_— 3. His three hits at the plate and some sparkling work afield, including an un- assisted double play, trimmed the Panthers. ‘ 010010 001001 Hargrave; Sullivan, RICHMOND, Va., Ag;fl ing Internationalists defeated the Bos- ton ves, 6 to 5, in a game saw the execution of seven double plays. Five of these were made by the Braves, HE e 0 1039383981530 ington in the American League cur.ain iraiser. He is a remarkable fiy-chaser, | fine at checking grounders and possess~s { 2 powerful arm. Once he hits he will jbe one of the best outfielders in the | business. And, with a number of good hitters in_his line-up, Johnson figures 01 ., Yde and Shea, 734 HaTG and Baker: Lau (D), Charlotte Hall. 0 0 0 Gallaudet ... 4 0 0 Runs—Katz, Zieske. he can afford to carry for a time one somewhat weak with the flail in order to keep the club sturdy defensively. 0 000 Dyer and Murphy; Cantwell, n.‘ j 3 eleh, G Bfl!{!h and NORFOLK, Va., Boston Red Sox COLLEGE TRACK. ‘William and Mary, 712-3; Mary- I(cl‘ll l(;:.ulh-, 79; Virginia Poly, 47. Florida, 85; Clemson, 41. 6 (#)—The it and outfielded of the Eastern Club. Without any obligation what- soever to me, send me a member- Rl s by Burnham, 3. COLLEGE LACROSSE. Nays, 13; Randolgh-Macon, 1 s ) PIRATES FARM PLAYERS. . —Two| MEMPHIS, under | defeated the Portiand ehub of the | il , native 3 Pitcher | the Glant attack with Tun. and her | the G! ma'm" %‘ 2 2 i §¥ 3 ]