Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1929, Page 34

k) SP 34 Many Clubs Crippled as Season Opens SPORTLIGH BY GRANTLAND RICE ROM now on they have to prove it. The box score breaks out in a series of day-by-day stories that will put The weaker members of the two big tained in the standing of the clubs for a few weeks, but not for long. 1t will soon be & case of chasing the Yankees and the Cubs, if the perforated dope doesn't blow open. They start as the best bets, but they, also, will have to | prove it through the ONLY 7 TEAMS FIT FORFLAG BATTLES Half of American League Unprepared—Washington Ready for Action. RBY JOHN B. FOSTER. S EW YORK, April 16.—Disap- pointments, as well as favor- able conditions, attend the opening_of the major league base ball season. e best fitted physically to start are the Boston American Leaguers, the Giants, “Washington, both St. Louis nines, the Chicago National Leaguers and Cleve- land. Other teams have players on the hos- pital list and some of the teams ha not settled upon their actual batting _order. The teams mentioned above are ready to play right now. Detroit is without a suitable short- stop. The loss of Jack Tavener has not been overcome. To trade away a short- stop always is dangerous in base ball. Nolen Richardson, last year with Fort » Worth, Tex., is trying to play shortstop. He is a young third baseman. And if he is ready for the majors that is where he should be playing. The Tigers are not sure about first base. When Stanley Harris contracted - to take up the job of managing this team he knew that he had many things to do. But he has found the list longer than he thought it was and the task more difficult. The Chicago White Sox began train- ing with a prospective infield that had more _elements of good in it than any the Sox had boasted for some time. untimely hilarity of Art Shires, an assertive ball player, combined with the foolishness of Chalmers Cissell, who is yet to become a great ball player, shat- = tered that combination. Inability of Detroit and Chicago to place on the diamond the teams tha ; they would like to place will affect the immediate jockeying of the American League. The fight in the West should be tense from the start. Cleveland may be a little stronger than had been ex- pected, and whatever is gained by Cleveland's strength will offset the fal- tering of Chicago and Detroit. Macks Need Shortstop. ‘The Athletics are crippled even with- out the loss of Al Simmons. great ball player, as players of the present are rated. Joe Boley is not in the best of condition to play ball for the Athletics. The team must angle for a shortstop, the quicker the better. Boley fits well as he stands when he is right, but he has his limitations, and his leng service is one of them. The evidence of some increased strength on the part of the Philadeiphia club in exhibition games proves how much the loss of Tommy Thevenow means to the club. The infleld possi- bility of this team was underestimated in training and much credit was given to it at that. However, the Phillies may have a sparkling inflield before the Summer is over. Buddy Myer is the most valuable addition on the infield to any major league team this year because, for the moment, he has succeeded in balanc- ‘d'x"%v(he ‘Washington Club and giving it e, Pittsburgh is unable to work out the combination first thought of in Cali- fornia, when Stroner was to play third and Pie Traynor shortstop. Stroner is unable to play and Traynor has de- veloped physical trouble. Inability of Stroner to play sent Traynor back to third. Sparky Adams has been moved to shortstop and Dick Bartell to second base. This infield can be fast, yet it is a_ question whether Adams is not misplaced at_shortstop. play second base. He is one of the best young ball players in the United States. The Boston National Leaguers-will be buried unless the team is better defend- ed in the cutfield. (Copyright, 1929.) WEST POINT NETMEN T0 PLAY 6. W. TEAM ‘West Point racketers who will play the George Washington University tennis team here in Washington on April 27, will include a Washington boy, Millard Lewis, who will play the No. 1 position. Lewis, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ful- ton Lewis of this city, has made an enviable record on the Military Acad- emy team of which he was the back- bone last season. In 12 starts, his squad lost but one match during 1928. He formerly held the Western High School championship and also annexed some junior titles at Chevy Chase Club before entering the Point. LP?:rede!{h J;cstwne‘ c‘:&:ln: ewis will play the No. 1 the doubles, also. i The team as announced by Ma; Thomas I. Finley, officer in charge, No. 1, Lewis; No. 2, Helms; No. 3, Brooks; No. 4, Stone (captain); No. 5, Rothchild, and No. 6, Watson. Doubles: No. 1, Lewis and Stone; No. 2, Helms and Brooks; No. 3, Wat- son and Rothchild. CHICAGO SHOOTERS WIN TITLE WITH REVOLVERS CHICAGO, April 16 (#).—Sharp- shooters from the Hamilton Club, Chi- cago, won the 1929 United States Re- volver Association championship, it was announced today. ‘The Chicago marksmen scored 13,- 303 points during the 12 weeks of com- petition. The Anaheim Club of Los An- 70 points, and e} geles was second with 13, Lima, Ohio, took third with 12,131. He is a| Bartell can | try | THE daily returns. They are not going breaking through. to follow. As, for instance: League? . displacing Athletics, This makes the fifteenth lection and started out to build over. | would show up with the Yani : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. facts above theories and opinions. leagues may stall off the moral con- to sing or dance their way through such opposition as the Atheletics, Senators, Browns, Giants, Pirates and Cardinals. “There is always a story of some sort in every box score. Just a few of them hooked together may announce that a veteran is slipping or that some kid is A Few High Spots. ’ Outside of the two pennant races there are several other interesting details How many home Tuns will Babe Ruth crack this season? What chance has Lou Gehrig to beat the Babe to the big punch? What about Herb Pennock’s arm under heavy fire? How will the duel between Hornsby and Waner come out? What sort of & leader will Walter Johnson make? Can Bob Grove stop the Yankees and lead the league in pitching? ‘What chance has Dazzy Vance for another strike-out season? Will the Brown youngsters of 1928 hold up or slip? will Boston or Philadelphia win the tail-end champlonship of the National By Way of Reminder. While the cheering swings on high Here’s to Tris and here’s to Ty; How can there be pennant races With two strangers in their places? One of the darker equines in the American League race will be Bucky Harris at Detroit. Harris is still a fine leader and he has certain possibilities in his material that may work out. But he will have a hard campaign ahead before Browns or Nationals for a first-division landing fleld. Judging by the fan returns in discussing McGraw's all-time Giant outfield, the majority vote seems to be as follows: Donlin, Roush and Pep Young. Pep Young undoubtedly belongs, having been overlooked in the first consensus. Opening Day. You ofice boy, who with age is wise, This is the day that your grandma dies. This is the day when you hear “Play Bell!” But keep sharp watch over one and all Or you'll meet your boss at the funeral, And wouldn’t he think that was comical? Take care when springing the ancient tale, | Just make it sober, but do not wail. | He's good at guessing synthetic tears; He's watched them summoned for years and years. So just remember he, t00, is wise On this the day that your grandma dies. —HARCOURT STRANGE. year since Cnnie Mack disbanded his famous col- Still he couldn’t figure in 1915 that Huggins Kkees in 1927 and 1928, To say nothing of 1929. RYDER CUP. GOLFERS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND ——e By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, England, April 16— Led by the Debonair’ Walter Hagen, America’s Ryder Cup golf squad, ar- rived here today aboard the Maure- tania. Hagen and his fellow profession- als expressed confidence they would de- feat England’s picked team in the Ryder Cup matches at Leeds, April |26 and 27. They don, where officially. greeted them it was the best team America had ever sent to England. “But we have got to play hard to retain the cup,” he said. “I know several of your men and we are going to have a tough job even if we win at_all. Hagen said eight members would be selected to play against Great Britain at Leeds and all would participate in the British open champi p at Muirfield. He added he intended to to fix a series of matches with Archie Compston, one of England's leading professionals, before returning to the United States. Miss Marion Hollins and Miss Marion Turple, who will compete in the Brit- ish woman's championship at St. An- drews, arrived on the same boat. 7 OCKE; CLUiS FRIENDLY. CHICAGO, April 16 (#.—A more friendly working agreement between the Jockey Club of New York and the American National Jockey Club of Chi- A they were to be welcomed The Newest and Best in Tailoring That is what you can expect in the Mertz service. SUIT or OVERCOAT MADE TO MEASURE 197 A Big Value MERTZ & MERTZ 405 11th St. NW. H. J. Froehlich R immediately entrained for Lon- | Hagen told friends who cago was seen today, following an- nouncement that the latter club had appointed Chris Fitzgerald of New York as one of its stewards. (SUN SHOWS ITSELF (g2 INBUTTWO PARKS Chicago, Cincinnati Lucky Cities—Openers Likely to Draw 200,000. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. AIN, cold or cloudy and threat- ening weather was forecast this morning for six of the eight cities w] old King Base Ball was to come into his own after taking a back seat since last October. For the Pittsburgh and Chicago teams, due to clash at Chicago in the feature game of the National League's opening day schedule, the outlook was for clear if somewhat chilly weather. At Cincinnati the Reds St. Louls Cardinals, National League champions, expected fair and somewhat warmer weather. All the other cities, two in the Na- tional and four the American League, have been warned to expect anything but favorable conditions. Assuming that =all eight opemn? games will be played, an outpouring o more than 200,000 fans is expected. Fifty thousand of these should pile into the Yankee Stadium to see whether Miller Huggins’ world champion New York Yankees still pack their dreaded punch. The Boston Red Sox, an im- proved but hardly dangerous crew, are to furnish the opposition to Huggins' maulers. An attendance of 50,000 is a virtual certainty at Chicago, where the Cubs, with Rogers Hornsby at second base and a National League pennant their fond expectation, will battle with one of their foremost rivals, the dangerous Pirates, led by Donie Bush. Cincinnati and St. Louis should perform before some 30,000. , President Hoover is scheduled to help | yth i P | half to win the match, for they played | the last nine first and the eighth hole 25,000 other fans cheer Walter John- son’s “dark horse” Washington club when it takes the field for an e e ment with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics, majority choice to finish sec- ond behind the Yankees in the Amer- ican League this year. Some 25,000 may watch the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland tangle at Cleve- land, and. perhaps, 18,000 attend the Chicago White Sox-St. Louis Browns encounter at St. Louis. Smaller crowds are expected at the other two.National League games, at Philadelphia and Boston. Brooklyn’s crippled Dodgers meet the Braves at Boslon, while the Phils are mhfi what_they can do with the powerf New York Giants at Philadelphia. John A. Heydler, president of the REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. 8! watch the National Alt h the favorites to take their fourth: consec- e Ry ) cl will be threatened by at least four clubs —the Athletics, Browns, Tigers and Nationals, In the National League indications :ro thrn‘:;he Giants and Cubs will b: plenty of opposition and have an ex- cellent chance to win. Straight Off Tee The miniature tournament of the ‘Women's District Golf Association, scheduled to have been played today at the Bannockburn Golf Club, was order- ed postponed by Mrs. Willam 8. Corby, president of the association. The tourney will be played on Priday, starting at 9:30 o'clock, In addition to the amateur champion- !hla of the Middle Atlantic Golf Asso- clation, to be played the first week in June, the Baltimore Country Club is also to hold its regular Spring invita- tion tourney. The club today announced its sixteenth annual invitation event for May 9, 10 and 11, on dates which conflict with the tourney of the Town and Country Club. Inasmuch as both tournaments are among the most popular of the season, it seems to be a poor bit of schedule making that permits a conflict of dates. George J. Voigt won the last invitation tournament of the Baltimore County Club in 1927. No tournament was held 1ast year because the club held the na- tional professional match play cham- plonship. The tourney is to be staged on the new Five Farms course, where the professionals played last Fall. Al Treder of Manor is taking his share of joshing these days about the four putts he took on the eighth n at Manor Sunday in & match against Mel Shorey. It seems that all Treder need- ed fo do on the eighth was to get a was the seventeenth. And to make matters worse, he drove the green on this 225-yard hole, while Shorey din't reach it.” If Treder had gotten down in three putts, which is bad enough, he would have won, but he took four putts, needing three to get the ball in from a distance of three feet. PLAYERS ARE RELEASED. NEW YORK, April 16 (#).—The Glants and the Yankees each have disposed of the services of a right- handed pitcher. The Yankees have sent Fay Thomas to Baltimore on op- tion. The Giants returned Curly Ogden to Buffalo. DUTCH fine as any imported cigar Capitols Foil 2 for 25¢ ., TUESDAY, APRIL ‘16, 1929. : Weather /70 PLAN BENEFIT CONTEST TONIGHT Committee for Game to Aid Crooke Family to Meet at Spalding’s. 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