Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1929, Page 31

OPENING GAME TICKETS EXP[R‘I’ Pl[:Ks N A'l's i s A my against NATIONALS, MACKS | ™ cooo ror rooay onw.v EEOisaE HUI]KlNS LONGING READY FOR OPENER) &5 =i e | ANDCUBSTOWINEEEE s TOFIGHT WALKER much waste paper. The mm full strength. Quinn, who won 17.games. T e e o e, R e A age. Earnshaw will B only and are good for no other 5 £ A mmhb‘m L] "u‘hr:pmu:tm ruzlgégt Veteran, Recruit Managers n.’.".’.. i check fasued with » ticket Lieb Places Yarkees and agiio Is uncertain. - He has Jost his old Asserts He Should Have Had 5 Thrilled on Verge of fiarien (his haliod by Teim o afian Giants Second; Mackmen | - A Big Assigument for Summa. Decision in Their Bout ircumstances is played. Under no ci " . -Simmons’ punch will be sorely missed. Season Inaugural. Is it redeemable if 1 contest that goea and Pirates Third. LB e Tha ly mis Last Summer. ‘h;flc.h:mlr‘ldcn unable : (ll.“:.;: t;xmh'ir team ‘:mt.g! !m u:xlfld By the Associated Press. - e place . BY JOHN B. KELLER. bl B el e ey BotaaThe oIl s Bumma must Took after Sim- | | O3 ANGLES: April 17_The ring’s TERAN and recruit managers as| 2nd get refunds at the base ball ufi This year ma bew ters in he |mons’ job until the sh Al re- Thatched, . two- o = well as clubs were to clash in| Park office. 'lm':'u reprintea from the New | {orS lugging wo-fisted ~_middle- # i Yew” exthustasts . phenom from Nebraska— Ame) season A few pick the Browns, : ke e s, 5% IRORRIE . T, okt years thisdoptats st Tiomies | nopes 22 e claed to bils the boring oy, hekding the” Athietita of BIG LEAGUE STATIS’HCS {from th in 1927 to third | cisco heavyweight, today snarlingly sur- MeGillicuddy, heading the Athletics of s8vent Thiladelphia, has seen more continuous ashing- 1928 and his admirers believe he | yeyeq other fistic domains to conquer. ton Nationals to win. That's hoW | can make the t in another big| "He gazed truculently toward Rumson, service as a big league manager than AMERICAN LEAGUE. * mlanhmt&'mémc‘llab.m 1.hz h°5~l His club an “n"hlm“’ In’l.!_:lg N. J., where the middleweight kln. any ‘um%r‘! man tin 1th:h game. nl-'l!e‘ a’? AN w. Jpet National League I in - nunt‘:‘lnm o wf,k.zvéflx“h’: '”’°“;"“‘f..‘ nrl:thw o ' ~nin . Lonic . 3 ould & The helm of the Athletics. naving been c""‘{,',':’k e e e ophty ol masority of|* B brings us down to Washington, |like to do battle. Hudkins claims he the only manager the club has had in | Washin the junior major circuit, Walter John- | Phiia son, as chief of the Nationals, is getting his first test 1m big snme. but wib? an . v abundance of experience as a player t 0t Dehind him, For Johnson has| s, prCoTERDAT'S RESULTS. | been associated With the Amerlcan | Olvelvnd. 8 Dejeaits & (11 invings). League only seven years less than Con- 52:'.‘;',',":?';.:‘ b ool mm Washington se the Aier- g:&mwu club of last season.|was *jobbed” out of the decision in the - vy the Senators have pitch- title bout with Walker in Chicago last July, and that when they meet again 1 did three years ago. when the seventh- | Irving Hadley, Fred Marberry, Garland :he Y Yty Wlieg w1 2ok 2e o place Yankees of 1025 were picked 10| Braxton and Ad Liska can come closer ’nutwdnriswflnnztalecommo- ®33933mm: 383508 000 e ® ‘noa Detroit 000 win .in 1926. That proved & g0od|{o winning 95 games than the staffs|date Hudkins in his desire was made known here by Jack Kearns, his mana- hunch; this may be another. Ten days ago it was my intention o v e Wi gton played fast, snappy ball iger. Kearns said the match undoubt- nie Mack. MO ARG A to pick the old combination of “Mac”|a) through the training belt. They | edly would be made, and “before long.” Mack is sending into action this sca- | . TO oo and Mack—the Giants vs.the Athletics | won the so-called “Grapefruit League” | He stated that he had received offers son a team composed in the main of Boxton ¢ h_' rof veteran performers, some with especial . as the likely world serles contenders | championship of Florida and have just | from promoters in New York, Chicago - nve! for next Fall. But the terrific punch|given the Glants some merry after-|and this city for the fight. 5 oo gl s o B o i e R, club has a mixture of moter, hol a_ contract with Walke of Bimmons and Boley, Athletic l'-lm and veterans. Gm s hitting hy;;“der calling for a $150,000 purse !er.u:: 1y long service in the league, while John- Chicaro st ‘st Iy 8 NATIONAL LEAGUE. son is depending to a great extent upon a number of fledgling playerss. How- ever, these fledglings appear to have & for an indefinite period and the lease | champion Face ball abiiy aplenty and. Washing: | Bk certain state of the Athietic pitching 3‘2‘{1::".’.;«"{;‘15’«?’:: e e R Lo Do -t i chie -in ton’s newest manager has mixed them ;m av| § stafl make it doubtful whether Connie|at short. The club 'Ifl see plenty of | _After his decisive triumph over with veterans in such good proportion ,,,,'“'v,'.' Mack can duplicate his 98 victories kfl»hnnded hitting, as all five outfield- | Emanuel at Wrigley Field here Monday that a team with great possibilities has | Bes of lm season. Goslin, Rice, Barnes, West and |night, Hudkins draws no weight line. ‘been ' developed. E'h';::"'.’;"_‘ After fretting in idleness for a day, 5 i 3 when the Gapital's heaviest April rain’ e 'm“““‘[‘:"lz: oo e fall in years prevented play, the clubs | fichons;, 3 Cincinnati, were to open Washington's season for-| New York at Pllhlfln mally this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock—if | Brookivn at Boston (raln). rain did not descend again. TODAY’S GAMES. And the Capital was to have its tra-| New York at_Phil ditional base ball inaugural, too. The| Breokiyn at "" President of the United States was to be | 81 Lot Clomioassi, at hand to tcss an offcially stamped ‘Thé American League race this sea- Ham and Infielders Myer and Ju His brother-manager Clyde said that he son is made to order for a dark horse.|gare jeft-handed hitters. 3 ge already had offers for a match between When crack teams in the past have Tommy Loughran, light-h tried for four straight a rank outsider| ¥anks Have OWl Driving Power. champion, and the “Wildea usually al 'm out. i . o v- | Paddy Harmon and Jim Mullens, C! “That happened in 1914, when Mec. |, The: Yanks with their terrife driv. | ool vival bromoters, are trying io a Graw was aiming for_four straight.| ("% ROWeR SToUIG €17 The, SERSlors & | range such a bout. he seid. Tnat B gine year the Draves hot UD|be s contender. With strengthened 2 : T (Rrougn tne Ma e | Tove | teams in Boston and Washington, the How Lieb Picks Clubs caught the Glants in a never-to-be- | JARLS SEANOY fet off Lo the same kind to Finish This Year (rain). X American League base x;.u to Manager forgotten Labor day series. 1 trl.:m;mmfi 191109“:.«}’-:11 v;nd m;gn e Johnson, many dignitaries of the Gov- 4 -Jinx Tossed Huggins in 1924. as n when Washington | | Nation: " ernment, civil and milltary, were to bs BROWNS, 3; CHISOX, 1 5 nosed out Huggins. The Senators won .,‘r?:c:‘g:'"'"' A"’Gx’a‘ffif}.’;fif ¥ resent to root for their favorite club, | In 1924, when Huggins had his first| 92 games that year and the Yankees New York ds were to blare and the Secretary i # e chance to be the first American League | were two and a half games behind. Pittsburgh Philadelphia cf War was to officlate at the flag- AT ST. LOuIs. ¢ ¥ F —— to bunch four pennant win-| The Yanks have been picked second St. Louis St. Louis Taising in center fleld shortly before the | chicago. AB.H.O.A. ABHOA. 5 5 ; - 1 : o it was the surprising spurt of the | for this year and the Athletics third, Cincinnati Detroit two outfits heralded as prominent COn-|Metll!m:t BB 4212 0 'ashington club, then led by Stanlev| with the Browns rounding out the | Boston Beston tenders for the circuit championship | 5’" e 8 $13 Harris, which sank the Yankees. first_division. Detroit should advance Brooklyn Chicago battle. . 1030 4030 e paa th;um - ‘: OLI‘!‘; g; dfl!g uemoe dm tr‘oubl:; and the Fhiladelphia Cleveland 4003 " h, X, lenders for g . Openers Thrill Johnson, Mack. 4000 §1139 McGraw managed to finish a game and | have been advanced to sixth, ’:f.uii’{fy LIEB'S EIGHT-YEAR RECORD. ¢ " These ceremonials will be nothing | 3141 10380 a half ahead of the Brooklyn crew and | Chicago and Cleveland. Clubs Picked to Win. new to Walter Johnson. During his 21 | 3002 G ;ec"l:‘m. lthe flAnn: mm,nm:;; in em;:r :11;: % g National American seasons of service as pitcher with the | otals 5249 Totals .29 63713 I Sraight B fch ' g S Washington club the new manager saw | Chicago 00 000 1 01 i+ g ankees Selecting Washington to win was Teached by a matter of elimination and mv decision on the Nationals was reach- od 'Eb:m"u:hfm :“‘r'fu"‘m’“‘“u'l By the Associated Press. Giants. MINNEAPOLIS—Charles Belan, *Yankees *Yankees +Yankees *Washington “Yankees TAthletics - o . - . M .L Fights Last thht 4 many campaigns started here wl‘th L}hn:sr.fimun; Sl I s b e | [orselaler. Watwood, Cisse], »Run batied Inihe siark, Notb W pe etzler. ‘Two-base 'hits—MeGowan, Au- ing hererl:e ne{m to coxam: M‘k‘fik 'glxtxfie Three-base hit—Manush. ~Btolen base the American League first achiev: 2 Ible fl,ll‘l Lcfiaiflfl::?:llll’!u){:ll"nb Dou- dignity of & major circuit in 1901 the | Ghi Al 7. Bt Louts. 5. Pizst hase on balls ha ol CORNELIUS_ McGILLICUDDY, The Yankees are confronted with|Winnipes, outpointed Harry iChicago *Yankees e ety g;‘:‘-'rrl‘;’é‘.’! 3 ;_y:“o?{;,’ J :'" “g,"é'r-- Otherwise known as Connie Mack, venerable pllot of the Philadelphia feam, 'who, at the age of 66 years, will direct Jis [ther conditions apart from the o | Wiipeg 10 e 7. gy PRl season-opening engagements. Omene Ormtby e amp ¢ Titne “oi | charges in base ball inaugural against Walter Johnson's Nationals at Clark Grifith Stadium this afternoon. mhrmm & hl;‘hel‘rndn%l;m “ta'-:h; DAy, A kmam—o'l‘lze‘n r.’o’-l!;;l; 4PIINA Seoond. et both Jomson and Jeack long | 1 Qo and"34 minetes e © tne | Bub surely tiring legs. Hugsins is well m;on'. Cincinnati (4). e it ave anticipat e . wuk the beat on. behalf. of the laware of them um counts ‘them of 'YCROSS, Ga.—Charlie Pond, | - d S e Ind Browns, Buccaneers o imporiance then Physcl - Miml Pl kcked cu. Feadie B, It always has been the game's most| | INDIANS, 5; TIGERS, 4 naians N Brospects in the Bast today were that Indumpoua ). e star ‘woul B le to witl lll C. out ommy Mfll‘\'!‘ Tt of other years when he was the central AT CLEVELAND. And Cards Wln Fll'st GameS the rigors of the customary trudge to h‘";,‘,fi.: e f,’,‘f:{:,’:, 80,001y 0 | Philadelphia (2). i BASE BALL 3.,00?,“1;( figure of the show, once the clubs swing o Detroit. ABH.QA. _Cleve. . ABHOA. various fi les and back. Presi- D ETUIRL L ST | - - s — Rice,ci $2°5°0 Tavemerss. 3 03 1 the e the matter of psychology whereby clubs AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK into action. Year after year the big | Ricecl -5 ¢ 3 3 § Tarene: 1011 N dent Hoover stood ready to toss out the | with long runs of success become jaded | ST e s thecloiee of the Weshington | Seursciisr § 1 § § Hndhc, i1 3 H BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, was honestly batted home at the ex-| AT befl for the Senator end e |and sttacked with a certain indescrib- A BASKET SHARESHOOTER. || Washington s, Philadelphia % management to hurl in the first tilt | Fethereliilt & § 2 3 Sewe 3 838 Associated Press Sports Writers. | pense of Charley Root. From ‘that point | Mayer Jimm: g et the b -flkrtm ‘w‘m' h‘%‘,‘, TIOKETS ON SALE AT PARK Behanios o7 the earapaiun i the Cape | Emucies & 4 & £ 14§ Y IGHT rainedrenchied teams Ln the | onward tho Pirales- held-tie-game. o peform e same task =t Qe team 5 gosls out of 50 iries, to win.the fres | AT 9:00 AM. m"nn‘;gg;“:x The great ad- |Shewc.. 41 81 i si H Eastern - haif the hand, but the late ralliés of the Cubs | Stadium. where the ch chlmmmu of the throw basket ball tournament sponsored | R g 1 8 ¢ ] i1id :fi“fi,fl""‘mlff :o.‘,’:‘,"‘.‘l bréught the sssembled cltisenry Into | * John McOraw was esger to get at TaTH xSl Wiy o e P e Athletics of Philadelphia. g I S o e & | ful ery and Al but upset Grimes, The |the Philles at Baker Bowl and th» “I have been in the game as a| Totals ..351092 9 Totals ..41113314 hm! a‘r::; o :g:‘:’;;’; M"“’“‘"f e Chicago waseall the | Braves and the Robins were willing to and official nearly half a century | *Two out when winning run scored. .nl" ve seen it grow from a rough- | {Batted for Richardson in eleventh. hat portion of the base ball front.|more remarkable in view of the chilly | gamble against the piercing cold of a | and-tumble affair ta a well organized | - §Batted for Tavener in eighth. S B 'rnms of the seaboard were still beset | Weather. clear enough, but nevtr above driving inland from the PEERLESS o by cold and the threat of rain, but all |about 55 degrees Fahtenhei sea. ot "'x”:‘fs?’&infi’fl"&?fi'} ?Alg nl:‘e/ De!.?o.ll: mlmd.“ momomh 100 wished to go through the inaugural| Facing only slightly vsrmer condi- tctlx‘:eb :m“"d"m for ‘gu“:":h‘hmfi! elphla mAnager o0y, ety |Cieveisad 1 6 3 388 8 13§ $4| trils scheduled for Jesterday and pre- | tions. at Gnginheit. Grover Clevciend | & ved openings, | ere i~ fhe yer, both amateur and profes- | , Runs—Rice (3), mhnmer Gardner, Ave vented by the storm. Alexander started his nineteenth Na- &'.{'wfia’:.’fi'xf‘.“' A.n;" u::mm 2 <30, the. millions who.attend the H.MPonen ni"fl"r'&'on" m: “B.uf;"'x The Pirates, the Cardinals, the In-| tional League campaign by turning bt D. co A u?c X i Fames annually and a glowing tribute | Lind, Averil Jamieson. L. Sewell, Genr dians and the Browns turned back their | back the nm with five. small hits, to pushed bac! e mm' to its ploneers who had faith in it and | (3. J; Sewell. Heilmann, Alexander. opposition in the four opening battles |win by 5 to 2. Red Lucas also held |and the snap never mmlns r all fed to ratse it to fis present, high | Hame tuheAviril Sopinees. Biclén bug; | Jesterdsy, with the gayest plcture un- '*,",,,=h,,-mv,mg:;,,fl,;;,h:°':,;m Some | O et benodlts, " Georst” Hetuen : . —] , s n b vel hicago. me ans | of ‘were C] In ¢ openi " plge "P %fl, “.so vf:: ’:‘.:e m’d' o i Pt Bodts Blisa stormed the wn.l? citadel for a first | round for two runs and’ Chick Hafey [Ruth, will furnish good entertainment v 2 P! Manus to Gehringer; Lind to Tavener to | peek at the most JEV regarded Cubs | hit for all the bases with one aboard |At Jacob Ruppert's inclosure. whether i mlt n-tlonal pastime we have | Fonseca: J. Sewell (unassisted): J. Sewell to sincé the days of hclp.d o Lind to Fonseca: Hudlin to Gardner to Fon- immortal Frank|in the sixth. Hafey drove in four of (€ hits his first home run our strikes sica._Left on bases—Detroit, 7; Cleveland, | Leroy Chance, the ohe-time peerless th- five St. Louis runs, out. uon lor Good Year. 1o, First base on bells—Of Shaute. 3 off | leader, and sbout 50,000 of these gained | The Indians tallied through the hu- diin, 3. a2 nRE “f% haye ‘ssen many changes ‘i the |§042i, 5 b7 Whitehill 3. it of Spauue, | admission, {o;see’ the Pirates 'win by & | innias to win from the Tigers by 8| TWIN. BOXERS SKINE. h g 'y gs: off 3 in 3% in- | shade, 4 to 3. to 4 in 11 rounds as 15,000 Cleveland game.” the boss of the Athletios con- | gings, Winning sicherHydiiy, UmplesT: | “Te forces' of ‘Joseph V. McCarthy, | {ans watched ‘the battle. - Earl Averill| Patsy and Joe Pacino. amateur box- tinued. *You know, I am in my sixty: e—2 hours and 40 minutes. nevertheless, demonstrated a natural [became one of the very few major |ers of Roxbury, Mass., are twins. De- seventh year. My next birthday will be batting power which all but blasted the | leaguers to make his bow with a home splte the fact that they welah 118 and —ana’ BOY such vahqe! | Decémber 23. And I think cver{ change game ° mm the clutch of surlzgh run by driving one of Earl Whitehill's| 112 pounds, respectively, it is aimost has been for the better. Since the PIRATB 4: CUBS 3 Grimes in the last two innings, W] shoots_over flu right fleld fence in the hnmnlble to tell tiiem apart. They American League arose to major promi- ’ s five of e ten Chicago hits were orenmg inning. Charlie ' Gehringer |are prominent in the ring sport in nenge the game has grown by leaps and e bunched. u‘}'he differéncebetween vic- same barrler two innings{Massachusetts. . bounds, and I expect it to continue its advance. . This year I believe will be an tory and defeat for the Cubs was Rog- | la ers Hornsby's failure in two pinches Whliehl!! went the route for Detroit, R e T e aand am ifng oy tton | E4i L B ] ] § | ooy O, S tovard| B, Sl Gl o0 10 = :l;‘e. Amm'x‘"h !f"t‘;:e when}l:puk g% 2. ,,. 3 g $31 2 ;h;m:::ump]l:n m‘;‘ {,'3; M’fh‘; Rajsh | home the winning ryn in the e.lcnnt: year. That's the one J know. hree force- . LI e o v | oo i e KING e Yankees doing 147 31120 B 1, t. is the running away from the others. But 010 4110 Cubs’, Late Rallies Fail. the elements. T (he gt ; I am not at all certain that the New g 20891 mEwood English's fumble of Adams'|Browns, who aexuud te Sox York club will dominate the race as it ® Carlsor ¢ g [ o° grounder in the first gave the Bucca- by 3 to 1, thanks to Sammy Gny‘s ommm-n :;I%\;lt' xg?:tl ‘:te lfizv ey:t.rr!nu:t'gf m:: nme 9 93 3 neers two unearned runs and another | fine work in the box. ~Alphonse Thomas ened. and are better, prepared to give | 2735 Totals ...36 103714 : the Yankees a sound argument. 7Batted for Roat o seventh. “I'm not picking any aprticular club al S e Th O to make most of the trouble for the |Eltisbursh ..... 3 90 0.0 0 1 0 04 ‘Yankees, understand. I'm not even L e mn,“"n'&x, Civics. "Ervors ~Adarms. Bivish: —___a GRANTLAND RICE . | Buse batted in—Grantham &) unruu an y R Stephenson, Beck, Wi Two-base bl o’ Grant] Fiell, Cuier, Engieh s Bariell (3}, Bbetiey (2): Wileen. Dou- s et s M“x‘u‘ s English alfi:;. by, o Giimm. N 1019, the year after the war closed out, T recall & néfldn wallop !aba ’ Mack has been in the American nnmn Yo “’:&‘8,,,':..,{"& base Ruthdelivered 2gainst the Giants in Spring umpdnm It -cleared 2 rim long enough to know when to )y, Root, 1: es, 1. -Hibt road beyond the field lnd fell into np;umn well past. tlu,mln- of tb!' t year. He assumed the 13’" lake. mone i :‘::.‘:;;‘,‘;".‘aé‘}”‘ bilehed park.’ g HEN you light \%'4 By Root (Shesley). Winning piteher— . 'The Babe had hfln 2 greit mm pitchn up through 101& but TSy 5 EREXTI ¢ "x‘.,‘u,‘“,‘;fi',“,,";:‘m:";,?, mmsxx'e‘?-g"]o s and llmkurlli. Tinis | now they were giving him a ‘chance to Teverse the act by assaulting other S i { SPECIFICATIONS Service as & Siot wiih ) o cae—d Bours sad 8 minuten < 1 pitchers. From a star plece of de(mxlvenmhhmy he was to be'featured on| b Engine—Six-Cylinder, 3% x 4 T . Snly the offensive side. . d L oy Crankshaft hen.n-mm ‘ot the Giants| | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS “Ruth hit 29 hopie' runs that yéar. ‘Ten years later on, with middle age | ca s Ly ks -tneg 1902; beckoning, he hopes’ double this dutput. Perhaps he won't. He may not “". .“ a With A’s, mucm ASSOCIATION. pass or reach the 50-mark. But he will geét his share and s few mare. . m Jed the Athletiss to six i [ o—?x E" oldstimer has maintainéd remarkable agllity when you consider. his sise and his| League fiags and three wcrld 368803888 133 of service, . 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