Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1929, Page 41

e RECRUIT BRILLIANT IN LAST 5 EFFORTS &2 Allows Giants One Blow in Six Rounds as Griffs Triumph, 2 to 1, BY JOHN B. KELLER. is supposed. to have given the Minneapolis club of the Amer- ican Association to get this young pitcher for the Nationals. Each time out in the exhibition series this Spring he has performed more impres- sively, concluding his work in the pre- season engagements yesterday by hold- ing the powerful Giants to one hit and one run in six innings of toil. Liska came to the Nationals heralded as a splendid prospect. With the Mill- ers last year he pitched to a record of 20 wins and 4 defeats, a fine record for a hurler in any league, but espe- cially fine for a youngster in a circuit of the class of the association. Since he has been with the Nationals Ad has demonstrated that his 1928 effort was no fluke. He has pitching ability in plenty, and his knowledge of the mound apparently increases with each game. President Griffith saw Liska in action last year before closing a deal with the Minneapolis outfit. According to Grif- fith, the pitcher then showed a great amount of natural hurling ability, but ‘was not 50 long on hurling sense. That is, he was able to throw a ball hard to hit, but was not pitching in a way to get a maximum of result with a min- imum of effort. Liska was making the ¥_dslake of throwing all he had all the | ime. In the little more than six weeks he has been with the Nationals in training this year Liska has improved wonder- fully under. the tutelage of Manager ‘Walter Johnson. No one knows better than Johnson how necessary it is for a pitcher to conserve his strength. “Al- ways save something for the pineh” is the Washington pilot’s slogan. He learn- ed this during his more than two dec- ades of successful slabbing for the Na- tionals. And it seems Johnson has made Liska realize how important is this con- servation of strength. Liska Now Mixes Them. The first few times he hurled for the Nationals in the Spring exhibitions Liska employed almost continually his DOLPH LISKA seems worth the A $20,000 President Clark Griffith | % underhand fast ball. It was bafiing at | first to the batter, but after looking it | over for two or three innings the op- | position managed to sock it savagely. Then Liska began mixing an underhand curve with his fast one. He did not have much of a curve at the start, but it was enough to make the batter realize he might expect anything from this young hurler. In his last five appear- ances on the hill Liska has flashed a better curve and also a good change of pace. and with these and his excel- lent fast ball, has bowled over the foe in startling manner. This assortment he has employed against the Tampa club of the South- eastern_League, the Birmingham club of the Southern Association and the Giants of the National League, and in 21'3 innings of pitching against these uu!flts has yielded but three runs and six hits. That's a marvellous piece of pitch- ing for a young man up for trial in the big show for the first time. In fact, Liska's full Spring training record is fine, despite the pressing he did in his early efforts in Florida. He now can show a 2.62 earned run aver- age per nine innings in the exhibitions. All told, he has been in 34} innings in nine tilts. Off his pitching the oppoci tion has. gleaned 13 runs with but earned, 20 hits and 10 bases on balls He has hit one batter. Has Poise of Veteran. Twice Liska has acted as relief hurler and each time done well. When Wash- ington played St. Louis at Avon Park the National League champions went on a rampage in the latter part of the fray and threatened to overhaul Johnson'’s charges. Liska went into the battle in the eighth with a runner on and: one out and stopped the cnrdlnl cold the remainder of the way. Augusta 'last Tuesday the young fellow ‘was rushed into action when the Giants began shelling Arch Campbell in the eighth. Two were on and one Was out when Ad stepped to the hill. 'The first batter facing him hit to fill the bases. Then came a double play and in the ninth the Giants went down in order. In both emergencies Liska had the poise of a ;eurln th Mhia Liska gave a smooth pes yesterday when the Nationals, playing on their home lot for the first time this season, scored their third victory in four starts against the Giants, win- ning, 2 to 1. But 19 batters faced him mthpslxlnmn he was on the mound and only one mc him safely, yet that hit meant a run. It was a triple socked by Andy Reese, second Giant to step to the plate in the opening inning. Reese counted as Jack Hayes threw | out Freddy Lindstrom, the next batter. ‘Theréafter the Ohnu drove but six balls beyond the infield. Liloyd Brown Tollowed Lisks for three innings, and he, too, pitched well, llhelt he was somewhat wild in his first in ning. Then the left-hander walked the first two men to face him, but a double play got him out of ‘truble, and he threw 2 third strike by s Giant for the last out of the round. He st the Giants in one-two-three fashion in the eighth, and in the ninth was nicked for a ‘sin- gle only. Again Reese was the success- ful batter. A Spirited Contest. The contest was = spirited one throughout for the Nationals, despite the six hits made off the veteran un- der-hlnder, Carl Mays, in the first five innings and the three safeties gleaned from the offerings of Joe Genewich in the last three frames, found reaching the plate difficult. Two were out in the nlntg when the big run crossed. Not until the fourth did the Washington club match the run made by the Giants in the first session, and then three sin- gles were needed to turn the trick. With one gone, Goose Goslin singled, and went to third when Sam Rice poked a one-baser to short right. Lind- strom took Ossie Bluege's bounder and the Goose was caught at the plate, but Rlu. who checked in at the sack this play, tallied when Joe Judge lov&ed 2 5l le to left. TInE 'YANKS ARE SHOWING SPORTS. A ‘FEW, OF ST. sesepiel lsasahaoniobott io counsitnbueuud Bl aerisvunibsel . -I sssss. essss~snsesh 2 Brown, o Totals New York Washington Runs batted in—Lindstrom, Two-base hil—Myer. - Three-base Sacrifices—Lindstrom, Liska. Double pla; Reese to Terry, Lindstrom Brown to Judge. bases—New York, 3: Washingto base on balls—Off Brown, 2; off cich 3 Struck” out—By_ Liska 3" by Mazs. 1; its—Off Mavs. 6 in 5 inni ol eormonsmnnll 2l ommslnnasund Bl s b Uaaisse Jackson to Reese to Terry, wich. Ui Gratian. Fimme of Feme—1 hour and 30 min: utes. were two out, and Rice gave leftfielder Frank Welsh an easy chance. It was different in the ninth. Bluege fouled out, but Judge drew a pass. This walk proved the turning point. Capt. Joe took second as the pitcher tossed out Hayes, then Benny Tate lifted a single to left to send the field leader in with the decisive counter. ‘With one exception the regular Wash- ington line-up took the field and played to the finish. Rice was the second- stringer to participate in the fray. Al- though nursing a spike-wounded foot, the veteran gardener assumed the right- field position of Red Barnes, who is idling that his sore knee may be well healed before the flag campaign starts next Tuesday. Handicapped by his sore foot Rice did well afield nevertheless, and at bat gof (wo singles in four trials. Following a game scheduled for this afternoon the Nationals and Giants will entrain for New York, where tomorrow and Sunday the teams will clash at the Polo Grounds. Sunday night Johnson's charges will return to Washington to await the opening of the American League season. Fhotos E/ BAKER. / i A REAL HITTING POWER ATLANTA, Ga., April 12 (#).—With only one more game on their exhibition schedule before they return home, the ‘Yankees still are romping through their zames apparently without caring wheth- er they win or lose. They beat the Atlanta Crackers yes- terday, but only because their hits were a little harder and came at the right times. The locals outhit the World’s Cham- pions, 21 to. 17, but they could get only 12 runs, while the Yanks accumulated 15. It was one of the few times on the Yankee barnstorming tour that they have not drawn a capacity crowd. A morning rain held down attend- ance. SCHLEGEL- |st Base / DaN DEROSA- QOF v-ncewmukethemoundmr JOHN’S COLLEGE DIAMOND M-.HOPEFULS THIS SEASON WALTER HURLEY- P- ASHRlNG BANTAMS. T0 BATTLE TONIGHT Kid Chocolate-Bushy Graham Bout May Help Clarify Title Situation. By the Associated Press. EW YORK Apfll fl-— -Eligio night. They clash at Jess McMahon's* New York Coliseum in a 15-round bout which should see one or the other elim- inated from the bantamweight picture. Indications are that neither will at- tempt to make the class limit of 118 poun t there seems little reason to doubt uui both could get down to if if necessary. Chocolate, undefeated in his Ahm career, rules the betting favorite af 7 to 5, but the experts, almost to a expect the Cuban negro to find Orfi-.hnm the toughest man he has ever met. Graham, who hails from Utica, N. Y., has been rated at or near the top of the bantamweight heap for more than two years. e of the edge of his phenomenal speed may have disappears ed, but he still is a foeman worthy of any 118-pounder in the business. Chocolate is much the harder hitter of the two and can box to boot. But nhdflubtf\lll!thecuhnwfllbelble to stop Utica “Spider™ hnbmknoendwv.onlyonumhis seven-year professional career. Spike Sullivan turned the trick in 1922, Grl- ham'’s nm year in the pro ring. ‘The bout is the first ot a' tentative series duimd to produce a king for the now vacant bantamweight throne. ‘There has been no generally recognized chm since early in 1927. when Phil Rosenberg forfeited his title bc. former “flyweight champion, and Brown, the Panama negro. l BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL I By the Associated Press. Today's Schedule. At .Charlotte—New York (A) lotte. 3 At lndhnlpofll—chiu[o A) va Indiana At lzntuhm—Clevehnd (A) vs ham. At Detroit—Detroit (A) vs. Toronte. At Greensboro—Brooklyn (N) vs. N) reensboro. At Memphis—Pittsburgh N va vs. Memphis. At Kansas City—Chicago Kansas City. At Wuhmmn—flew York (N) va Washington ( nnml.y'- Results. At Indianapolis—Indianapolis, Vs 10; Pitts- ACH 5 CZ:OUBE SULLIVAN- New York (N), Borrelli Farmed by Athletics; Two Players By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, April 12.—Prun- | ning start in the ing has started in the ranks of the Phillies and the Athletics. Manager Shotton of the Phil- lies, announced todly thlt he had sent & rookie battery, Bill Der- ham, left-handed pitcher, -nd George Sheflott. catcher, to the Scranton club of the New York-Pennsylvania Leuue on option. Nick Borrelli, formerly of Muhien- berg College, has been sent on option by the Athletics to the Portland club of U‘l:flmfln Coast League, also for sea- sonin, Homer Peel, young outfielder obtained Dby the Phillies from Waco of the Texas League, is il at hls hotel and may not be able to play in the opening game of the National League season next ‘week. Physicians nld there were indi- cations of appendicitis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 12 (#).— Alphonse Thomas, the Baltimore blond curve artist, has been picked by Man- agér “Lena” Blackburne to hurl for the wmu Sox in their season’s opener at St. Louis Tuesday. ‘Thomas has been hnpro nnldly under Texas sunshine and Blackburne Let Go by Phils believes he will give cam mates a run- Indianapolis was to try conclusions | The with the White Sox today. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., ‘A The worst base ball ‘the dians have furnished this hind them today in yesterday. 8 to 5, in a weird exhibluon which went ‘along at s fast rate on errors, bad pitching and freak DETROIT, April 12 (#).— Lacking Marty Mcmmu. who was forced to remain at his home in St. Louis be- cause of illness, the Tigers returned hne today to make their initial appear- of the season before home fans |n t.he first game of a series with the Toronto Club of the International %mm is suff rlnl 1 isoning uffe: rom contracted after u?i.hd Hazen Cuyler durhu I. game with the Chicago Cubs at Bnnmonz. Tex., Jast 12, P).— veland In- week. ‘TULSA, Okda., April 12 (#).—Mana- ger Dan Howley 'worked a pair of hurl- ers whc &‘yed with the Tulsa Oilers ir former team yesterday md the St. Louis Browns scored their first shutout of the season, poumlhu three pitchers for 15 hits and 14 runs, inclue 2 homers. it Outfielder Tom Jenkins got his second homer in two days as well as a single and a double. CINCINNATI, “Ohio, April 12 (P).— The Cincinnati Reds out-of-town train- ing season ended in Indianapolis yes- terdsy when the Indians unt them home with a 10-to-4 beating. The Reds had only a workout on their schedule today, but tomorrow:and Sun- day were' to. meet the Cleveland In- dians. Do MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 12 (#).—Be- Tet that Pie Traynor will be able to get into the Pirate-Cub game next need today. The gave his injured hip a thorough tryout in the game m!mt uemphu yesterday and today he re- ported a slight stiffness of the muscles was the only difficulty he experienced. MACON, Ga., April 12 (#)—Since pitchers are the least of ‘Wilbert Robin- son’s worries, he spent a rainly after- noon - yesterday selecting Brooklyn's bY | hurlers for the rest of the Spring train- ing season. McWeeny was the choice for today's game ‘in Greensboro, N. C., and Clark will open the annual Spring series against the Yankees tomorrow. Sunday's ch#‘m the world th-n chflnmonl, season luflut tho anu Wlfll that iltM Robble released Jim Richardson, one of his young pitchers, to Macon on option. ST. LOUIS, Aprll 12 (#).—Back home with a practice schedule for today and the city series opening tomorrow, Man- ager Billy: Southworth - was -confident over the-chances of the St. Louis Car- dinals. He-said he was especially pleased with Jim Bottomley's batting and also that of Bddie Delker. who has been the hitting sensation of the training trip. PRESIDENT E. S. BARNARD WILL SEE OPENER HERE CHICAGO, April 12 (#).—Presi- dent E. S. Barnard of the American League will be among the notables at the season’s opening game be- tween Washington and Philadelphia at_Washington next Tuesday. In accordance with his announced Summer, Barnard will make a swing around the circuit following the . opener. His itinerary calls for New York, P! 5 elphia, 23; Detroit, Aprll ll. mn. Avrll 28, and Chicago, A % Griffmen, Browns Both Touted As Potential Pennant Winners BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, April 12.—Washing: ton and St. Louis will be the lvenm angels of the Ameri- can League in 1929. Add to this the possibility that Detroit may step in to make it a party of three and there will be a better understand- ing of what this race means at present. If Detroit fails, then there is the sibility of either Chicago or Clevel coming into the battle, as there is strength in each of those two teams as well, or at least strength that neither has been credited with. Cmml observers have been inclined to toss them off with the remark, “They're as good as they were last year.” 'nnt is true. They are better. ‘Washington played better base ball during its training trip than any club in either league, except the St. Louis Browns nd the Cubs and Giants of | h: the National League. Better base ball means everything that has to do with buebuL Thetummhumtnl try- thinking tl it well, m ‘defense properly nnd making its at- tack on a sound basis. It looked like a collection of ball players deeply concerned in winning the pennant in 1929, and who ‘were not worrying about the price of Florids orange juice cr a bus trip 15 miles long. Some- ball players who will travel in almost shrivel into ball game. The St. Louis Browns played like W , but not always with as much as Washington. = The Browns never g!ve up. Each team has good pitchers. Each team has a changed in each team 3s an outfield that seems to be worth 1 At Phnndelphln—?hllndelphh ), 3 Philadelphia_(A), 1. At am—Birmingham, & g (A), 5. ta—New York (A), 1% Atlanta, 12. Others cancelled. Ivhfle and each team has good catchers. | . The Washington pitchers are so good that they can be said to be in league form. They are Braxton, Jones, Mar- | berry, Brown, Hadley, Burke and Liska. |all a capital working outfit and not an {ornament among them. The Browns | have Ogden, Crowder, Gray, Blaeholder, | Stewart, Coffman, Collins and Col Which of these working outfits seems to be the better? There’s the thing to dwell upon and a correct answer to it will be welcomed by Manager Walter Johmon and Manager Dan Howley, In reality these are two beaut matched teams so far as matching value goes prior to & season. 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