Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1929, Page 89

Eockey; Track Base Ball, Ring, Golf Duckpins, Lacrosse WASHINGTON, D. €, P ' Part 5—4 Pages SAM JONES GARLAND BRAXTON S RADIO WILL TUNE IN ON OPENING GAMES NEW YORK, April 13 (#).—~Radie will tune in on the opening game of the American League season in New York next Tuesday afternoon. Play- by-play-descriptions of the game be- tween the Yankees and the' Boston Red Sox will be broadcast by sta tions of two chains. * ° In addition, the Columbia broad- casting system will switch its sta- tions to Washington long enough to pick up the ceremonies attendant on the tossing out of the official ball of the Nation by President Hoover at the game between the Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics, MACKS WIN GAME N AND EVEN SERIES Score Over Phillies, 11 to 6. | Simos: s Ruth Gets Two Homérs as Yanks Trim Robins. By the AssociatedvPress. HILADELPHIA, April 13.—The Athletics closed their Spring series against the Phillies here today with. an 11-to-6 victory ‘which tied “tHe clash’ at’ two games won by each team. Connie Mack worked three first- flight pitchers, Grove, Rommel! and ‘Walberg, to prime them for the opening | at Washington on Tuesday. Charlie Klein reached Waiberg for & home run with two on in the ninth. RHE wSGeRy, COMES" sweetiens. “Pérenoonranni Davis. BROOKLYN, April 13 (#).—Babe Ruth treated ths hardy fans of Brook- lyn to two home Tuns today Yankees and the Robins eintroduced 1929 major league base ball to the gegmpnus. ‘The Hugmen won by 10 Tony Eazzeri also hit for the eircuit while Del Bissonette added a ho‘:n:e run to the Brooklyn scoring collection, New York (A. L).. e Pipgras. Hoyt. H!‘l h Dicke: Glark. MeWeens and Googn 20"k INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 13 {#)— Willie Kamm, third baséman, t;lpled with two men on base in the twelfth inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 7-to-5 victory over the Indianapolis American Assoclation team here today. The Indian: ninth, when Wi r smashed a three- bay “erlnwthelenflzmvlt.hwnon. In'apells (A. A) 01000202000 Chicago (A . 1010130000057 145 Lyons, Walsh, Col g 3 Gergin, lu:n lndnnfi,fli.n‘ A S DETROIT, A 13 (#).—~The Detroit m"'\mder ‘htheir first local ap- pearance e management of Stanley Harris, took a 10-inning 6-to-5 victory from the Toronto Internationals y. The Leafs landed hard on Earl White- hill and togk a four-run lead in the third. The Tigers, however, ded Martin in the seventh and - eighth to tie the count and won out in the tenth, T ay iy Uhie, Barnes, .. 13 Cantrell. 3 . antrell, Martin: and Hungling: vm“w Van Gilder and Shes, Phi TUESDAY’S GAMES A\ AMERICAN LEAGUE. Philadelphis at Washington. Boston at New York. Detroit at Cleveland. Chicago at St. Louis. NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York at Philadelphia, St. Youis at Cincinnati. as the | J s tied the score in the | ' CLAIMS NO FLAG, BUT LIKES TEAM Barney Sure Griffs Will Make - Good Showing in Pen- nant Chase. ‘BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, April 13.—“I have a ball club that will, I believe, make a good run in the Ameri- can race this year. That's what Maniger Walter Johnson thinks of his Nationals. ‘Ths new pilot of the Washington club is predicting no pennant for his outfit, but he is quietly confident it will make a brave bid for a cham . He likes his club because he believes it has s strengt] trength and a will to do its “With -the material at hand - the Wi club ought 'to give every league rival & hard tussle,” Johnson said today. “In the Bprlni'exhihm it has revealed much worth. Only a good club can do what the Washington elub has done in its practice games. “My club has had breaks, true, but only good clubs get breaks. No club gets a break that i:n’t always alert. And this Washington club is alert. It recognizes an. opportunity to advance | 'when one comes its' way and is capable of taking advantage of such an oppor- m?! A club like that is difficuit So it appears that Johnson is right { well satisfied with his club as it stands on the verge of the struggle for the title in the junior major cireuit. with West, despite the youngster's fail- ure to swing into a good hitting stride. so there seems no place in the outfield | for the veteran Sam Rice, even though he cuthit Barnes and West by many points last season. Johnson thinks a great ceal of West. He rates Sammy a wonderful cutflelder ard feels the young fellow wiil improve at bat. Walter-saw nothing of West n the game last year, but he holds that & batter who rallied as West did then, fump from a hitter in the .230s to one in the 300 in the last two months of the campaign must have swatting bility. And he admires West’s splendid spirit, too. Inability to hit has not so de- pressed West that he has slamped in flelding. Sammy is maintaining a great pace in the garden and Johnson will give him a thorough trial in the flag race. Hayes Pleases Manager. “At second base, Hayes has been espe- pleasing to his manager, who paid particular attention to the recruit from the start of the training season. ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor y DENMAN THOMPSON tackle. the Athletics in the opening game of the utae%on‘hhere Tuesday the e rong of mox?; than 20,000 persons will have under inspection two of. four contenders for the 1929 American League champion- ship. : For this reason alone the fans of Washington may be ac- counted more fortunate than those of any other city for the inaugural %’oznm calls for the champion Yankees to entertain the lcwly Boston Red Sox in New York, while the Browns, which round out the quartet of teams likely to be in the pen- nant hunt will play host to the rly regarded Chicago White gg?: at St. Louis. By reason of the fact that President Herbert Clark Hoover, flanked by Vice President Charles Curtis, cabinet officers, Senators, Representatives and other dignitaries high in the councils of the Government, will participate in the cere- monties by performing the time- honored custom of tossing out" the first ball the fans who as- semble in Clark Griffith Sta- dium will-have an additional reason for self congratulation. As at the inclosure here followers of the national pastime who assem- ble in the parks of the other major league cities to see the'base ball curtain iifted will be regaled with snappy tunes from brass -bands, marches to flag staffs for the hoist- ing_of emblems and all the other preliminaries to actual combat on the diamond. “First balls” also will be tossed out elsewhere, but the prominent per- sons_who function in this capacity will be mere governors or mayors, for there is but one Chief Executive. In nominating the Yanks, Griffs, Athletics and Browns to fight it out for world series cash and glory this HEN the Nationals out pretty well we can direct atten- tion to that fact and typea chortiing piece for the paper in an “I told you so” manner. Under Walter Johnson, essaying the role of big leagus pilot for the first time following two decades of stardom on the mound in a Wash- the Nationals have stich a splendid showing in exhibi- tion games that we are eonstrain to give them a bit of an edge on the Athletics as well 8s the Browns for the business of ending New York's reign at the top of the heap. The Yankees, due principally to their tremendous attacking power, hoice of base ball observers to achieve the Jeat unprecedented in the American League of winning jour titles in @ row. In all fairness this must be con- ceded logical, for they have as much assurance of effective pitch- ing as any other entrant, but where with most of the so- called "experts is-in In our humble opinion, the Ath- letics, * despite their paper-stréngth pitching, will be seriously handicap- ped at the outset of the campaign - by the absence of their offensive ace, Outfielder Simmons, and the «questionable - condition of another regular, Shortstop Boley. And in the elements of team play, spirit and courage, they are inferior to the Nationals. x he Browns, under the magnetic leadership of Dan Howley, may be expected to land a berth in the first Jour, but are likel, notch from the thi tained last season largely through the remarkable pitching of Gray and ho between them ac- The Tigers, with the dynamic helm,. were highly rated in the Winter books, but lack of harmony in the tributed to consistent the Spring exhibitions and threat- ens to restrict them to the top of the second division. 3 Manager Blackburne of Chicago also has had dissension among the P! personnel to contend with, for this reason, despite some better than fair mound talent. the~ ‘White Sox may be pressed to finish ahead ofathe Tebuilt Cleveland In- Boston's ed in o th l"v‘a:tmuml. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 19%9. = : ey \ Nats Are Contenders,. Says JOhnsofi : .Uhcer'taintjijdrks Outlook in Big Leagues | the 16 teams been sent away on their | Glants and Chicago Cubs Lave been | to be revised when the returns are ln{ | ships ~ between them and cannot be | may find the Athleties, Browns, Sen | tors or Tigers disputing his high place. | . srpeised | driving his Browns into third place last | hold n | managership, has his Senators hustling ranks has con- . beating Do Sance, ‘probapty will be able to GRIFS ARETOUTED BET “10NG SHOT” Five Clubs in American and?. Four in National League | Given Pennant Chance. BY BRIAN BELL. Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, April 13— leel.inlfi'r:nnnyt.’:!rnl;mm” . w0 ma. W) IN Bl e start season ‘Tuesday. Not in years have| stretch of nearly six months with such 2 prevailing feeling of uncertainty. Although the world champion New York Yankees start their quest for their fourth straight American League championship carrying the “wise money” and majority vote of the ex- perts, three or four clubs may be abie to prove that uneasy lies the head that Wears & crown. | In the senior circuit, the New York nstalled early favorites, the Giants leading by @& narrow margin in the’ex- pert vote, but this calculation may have | next Autumn with the St. Lousi Car- dinals and Pittsburgh Pirates carrying | added threats. The Cards and Pirates | have divided the last thi champion- counted out in advance. | uggins, looking down from | Dan Howley the world by year and his fellow pilois no longer him lightly. B Harris, a leader of the tional type, has plenty of material to inspire at De- troit, and his old teammate, Walter Johnson, succeeding to the Washingto: for the love of Barney, the affectionate nickname of the former pitching ace. Washington seems the favorite “long shot.” The Athletics,” runner-up in the American pi jeally unchanged from the closing front, have had a jrough passag> through Spring training and Connie | Mack’s team still is handicapped by sickness and injuries. In spite of the rush of expert opinion | of the Glants. and Joe McCarthy of the “Cuibs do not_expect & two-team race in | | the” National. | burgh has hitting and pitching, a hard | They know that Pitts- | combination to stop, and St. Louis was | good enough to win last year. The| Cardinals present a new manager in Billy Southworth, who is brave enough | to defy the one-year reign of Cardinal Bosses. 'l'vmbenmmatexpec:t,edmflguremi pennant estimates will present interest- ing experiments. Both deal with dual personalities. Emil E. Fuchs, president- manager of the Braves, has deserted his executive offices to assume active coms mand on the bench. His career will be ‘watched. - ‘The only other president-manager, ‘Wilbert Robinson. has had a dishearten- ing Spring with far more injurie< than he had a right to expect, He will start with a patched-up team, but may with confidence that his capable staff, headed by the great keep him out of the cellar. race of 1928, and | cards LANDIS DODGES VOICING THE “SAME OLD STUFF” CHICAGO, April 13 (#).—Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of base ball, had no ballyhoo to offer tonight anent the opening of the major league season Tuesday. “Anything 1 could say would be the same old stuff, anyhow,” he ex- plained. “The fans don’t want to hear from me. They want to see the s2mes.” So saying, the white-haired com- missioner grabbed his hat, took his cane by the neck and prepared to depart for New York to witness the opener between the Yankees and Boston. CGARDS' TWIRLERS CONDUER BRDH exander, Haines, Sherdel in Fine Form as A. L. Club Is Beaten, 2 to 1. By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, April 13.—Alexander, Haines and Sherdel, the big three of the St. Louis Cardinal pitch- ing staff, were in fine mettle to~ day and the Cards took the first contest of the two-game Spring series from the Browns, 2 to 1. Alexander allowed no hits and no runs and struck out four .men in his three innings. Sherdel, who followed him, allowed three hits but no runs in the next three. “The Browns got their only run in the seyventh off Haines when Manush hit’for the circuit. Crowder, who pitched the first six innings for the Browns, also was in ex- cellent form and allowed only threc hits, one of which was a home run by Hafey. The winning run was scored in the eighth when Frisch doubled and Bottcmley singled. Both had been hit- less up to that inning. RHF. AnnaANTAO—] & 1 00001001x—27 0 Crowder. Coffman and Ferrell: Alexander. Sherdel, Haines and Jonnard, Wilson. Rrowns KANSAS CITY, Aoril 13 (P.—The chilly atmosphére in Muehleback Field hampered the Kansas City Blues more | to their cause, Managers John McGraw | than it did the Chicagn Cubs this after- ::o;,\ and the Nationa! Leaguers won 5 It ‘was their second consecutive voc- tory over the Blues in as many days. R.AE Chicago (N)...003000020—510 2 Kansas City (A)000000000—-0 6 0 and__Gonzales; Clarke. Carlson. Horne Fette, Thomas and Peters, MEMPHIS, - Tenn, April 13 (#.— Mempvhis of the Sonthern Association outhit the Pittsburgh Pirates here to- dav. 10 to 5. but the Nalional Leaguers won, 2 to 1. Errors gave the Pirates their two talies in the seventh. The Buccaneers wind un their exhi- bition program here tomorrow: N Pittsburgh (N)..000000200—3 § | Memphis (8,) ..001000000—110 3 Hill. Prench and Hargreaves; K. May, Chambers and Palm. AMERICAN LEAGUE. NATIONAL LEAGUE. ‘ W. (L