Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1930, Page 34

o2 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1930. SPORTS. Histotic Orioles May Change Ownership : Uzcudun and Von Porat Fight Tonight . RUMOR OF SALE RECALLS TRICKS OF McGRAW’S DAY Worked Lost Ball Ruse in Tall Grass, Altered Pitcher’s Box to Handicap Enemy and Sidelines to Keep Bunts Fair. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. League, is said to be forming a stock company to buy the GEORGE WEISS, owner of the New Haven club in the Eastern Baltimore club from the estate of Jack Dunn. If Weiss puts this deal over, he will come into possession of one of the most historic franchises in base ball. Just stop for & moment and consider what Baltimore has given to the game. It was there that the famous old Orioles first perfected what is known as “inside base ball,” something which has more or less vanished with the advent of the rabbit sphere. The art of sci- entific batting, fielding and base running never has been carried to a higher peak than by those originators of strategy and tricks. Some of the devices used by those old Orioles would not be fa- vored today. Base ball has grown stricter in its ideas of what con- stitutes sharp practice. It is, for example, no longer considered good form to permit the grass in the outfield to ball, which could be thrown in when a critical moment an extra base arrived. Even in the ancient days this bit of strategy once went wrong, when one fielder threw in the lanted ball and another returned he ball which had been hit. With the old Orioles the ground- keeper played an important part, be- cause the board of strategy met every evening, and the diamond then was changed to meet expected conditions. If it was decided that the opposition was likely to use a tall pitcher, a hol was dug where the pitcher’'s’ mound should have been. This cut the gppos. ing hurler down to size and the Orioles pitched a short man, so that batters on the other team found the ball coming up at them out of a cellar. This was a bit confusing. On the Other Hand—. If, on the other hand, the opposing team had a short pitcher, ready for the fray, the box was built like Pikes Peak and a tall hurler selected to work for Baltimore. He practically threw straignt down at opposing batters, which also ‘was annoying. ‘These Orloles also were the first to develop the bunt in all its phases, and, to assist them in this, the base lines were fashioned on a gentle slope, so that 'a bunt would not roll foul. Mec- Qraw to this day can bunt far better than any player on this team. ‘There have been only a few teams in base ball which have come and gone but left the names of the phyeg bm: n through . the rust of years. Oriole. team, led by Ned Hanlon, were McGraw, Robinson, Keeler, Jel , Kelley, Brodie, Doyle, Reitz, McGinnity and others, whose names still are house- held words in base ball families. Not all of these players were brilliant, grow long enough to hide but all of them loved the game and col- lectively they furnished a mixture of brains and brawn never surpassed. Mc- Graw will tell you a story to this day of how the Orioles once lost an important game, with the bases loaded and none out, by having three runners caught off base. Not a ball was delivered to the plate by the pitcher and a triple play resulted. There was one for the book. Robble Was Pacifist? ‘Wilbert Robinson was the peacemaker for that team. Whenever McGraw and Jennings, breathing flame, came dash- ing in, Robby would beg the umpire to pay no attention to them, assure him that he was umpiring a great game, and, if possible, tread on his feet in the excitement. But Baltimore’s fame didn't stop with the old Orioles. Jack Dunn took the club and made it one of the greatest in the game for the development of young- sters into major league stars. George Herman Ruth was strictly a Baltimore product. The Babe was even born in Baltimore and appears to have added some luster to the base ball fame of the town since he left. Ruth will be in there losing base balls for several more seasons. Don't worry about any controversy between the Babe and Col. Ruppert. They understand each other. Baltimore was represented on the champion Athletics this season by two important members of the team. Connie Mu:kgt Bob Groves and Joe Boley from the Orioles. Dunn was a great developer of ball players. He sent Jack Bentley and many another to the big league. ‘Whoever buys the Baltimore Club is also buying history. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE Base Ball into a cold, rainy Spring just for 1930. when general interest was keener, and later on the two big leagues turned into a pair of runaway LABT seasori base ball bumped against two tough breaks. It ran pennant races which muzzled most of the interest by the 1st of September. In spite of .these two handicaps both big leagues had good years, with attendance figures that were not far away from the top of all time. This was Qg‘lmxh to prove that general interest in the game is not waning in the and two fairly close pennant races, easily set a fiw attendance mark Athletics an both races flattened out, with over a mont! teams usually-slide’off a trifle, and b A muynmxu good th | which slightest. Given a good break in Spring weather and the two leagues in 1930 might . It is hardly probable that the dbs will open any such gaps next Summer and leave to go. Pennant-winning there will be others to come along Thu:r. is no trick about Bflm; Smith's swing, or any other good .ouvlmhtounded 1 tals, in balance plays & leading role and in which 95 per cent of all golfers are ks. | far astray. along at better speed. If Boston, one of the best of all ball towns, can only be given a chance’ to get somewhere out of the muck and mire, the outlook will be brighter than it has ever been at any time in base ball history. Quite a Difference. UST a few years.back—not so many —each big league carried about 10 ;..J.“’,“‘”‘é:‘:.','ea"‘ 430 o0 navers: es -8 T8, including those who played in 30 or more games. > * The 300 crop has jumped about 500 per cent in the last 15 years, whith quite & leap. Fifteen years ago any ball club with @ team batting average around .275 usu- ally led the league. In 1930 the lowest team, Boston, in the way of a batting average, finished at .280, while several finished above .300. The offense is be- ¥lnrunl to crowd the defense side too ar back in the picture. There must be at least a fair ce.. What H. Smith Has. CAMP follower of golf wants to know just what Horton Smith has in the way of golf that carries him 80 far against so many seasoned com- petitors. The argument is advanced that any golfer of 21 .who can win 11 big open tournaments in & Z:.n must. have something worth closer inspection. Smith has two strong- foundations to stand on. One i§ a fine golf swing—a sounder golf swing than most of the l:ading pros have—and also an ideal temperament for tournament play. He has less tension to fight and he has an easier swing to meet the strain of a 72-hole parade. The young Joplin star has a lon’. loose body, with a fine lateral hip 't that has almost no body torsion around the waist. Few golfers match his play when it comes to the correct transfer- ence of weight—from left to right on the back swing, from right to left on the down swing. His play is based upon the soundest fundamentals, and the soundest fundamentals still mean more than anything else in golf or any other game. There are no lion hearts game enough to force faulty swings through 2 72-hole test that averages under even 4s. A fine golf swing is like oil to the golfing system. As & result he can play mdefinitely without tiring or getting ‘The greatest fault most golfers have— at least one of the greatest—is pivoting with a lot of weight still left on the left fwot, which means merely a body wrench, not a transference of weight. “Did it ever occur to you,” asks G. H., “that & smart, unscrupulous fighter can make the other man foul by stepping in quickly on an uppercut to the body Qr by starting in half crouched and then suddenly straightening up?” Probably the best correction, after all, is the guillotine. 1| CONTESTS AT LAUREL PROMISE WARM ACTION LAUREL, Md., Janu 10, — Two. ‘Tri-County Basket Ball games that promise to produce fine Dlul.\n: are listed for the Natlonal Guar Armory floor here tonight. Laurel Independents and Jessup A. C. are to clash at 7:45 o'clock, while Headquarters Company, National Guard, and Berwyn A. C. are to face in the nightcap. S A, GALLAGHER TO BATTLE GROSSO AGAIN TONIGHT Gmmyo%nnum fig‘—ml allagher, ington vyweight boxer, will face Johnny Grosso for the third time in the 10-round semi-final of the program at Madison Square Garden tonight. It will be the chiet supplementary attraction to the Von Porat-Paulino heavyweight bout. SMALLING OF STANFORD TO AID AT MISSISSIPPI STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif. January 10 (#).— Charles “Chucl !m&flol?s. star fullback of last year's Stanfc foot ball team, has accepted the position of assistant grid coach at the University of Mississippi. He will take up his duties either this Spring or at the start of next season, he_announced. " FREEZEPROOF Radiators for all makes. Damaged Radi repaired. WlT'lS‘l‘A"s’l’S RADIATOR, FENDER stale. Sure Way to Get There is one sure way that never fails to remove dandruff completely and that is to dissolve it. Then you destroy it_entirely, ‘To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more applications will com- pletely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how mmch dandruff you may have. You and - di instantly, and” your hair will lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, i ill find, foo, that all itching the scalp will stop|drug store and Rt " z K::"m need. This and | has never been known i Took and feel a hundred times better. You can get liquid arvon at as ounces is all ROUTIS CAREER ENDED: | BY OPERATION ON EYES BY G. HAM ARCHAMBAULT. Special Cable Dispatch to The Star. PARIS, January 10 (C.P.A) —Andre Routis, former world featherweight champion, is undergoing an operation on his eyes at Bordeaux, it was learned today. His sight may be saved, but his bo: career is ended. » (Copyright, 1930, by the New York. Sun Forelgn Bervice.) AMATEUR NET STARS FAVOR OPEN TOURNEY NEW YORK, January 10 (#).—Na- tional open tennis champlonships, as proposed by the United States Lawn Tennis Association, are favored by & substantial majority of the top-rank- ing amateur players of the country. The results of an official question- naire, made public in the magazine ‘Tennis, showed 36 out of 42 replies in favor of establishing a new title tour- nament, open to amateurs and profes. sionals alike. All 36 expressed willing: ness to compete. Five replies wer noncommittal and only one ne&:uv 3 ‘The list of those indorsing the of champlonship plan includes George Lott and Wilmer Allison, members of the 19290 Davis Cup team; Bell, intercolle Richard N. Willlams, former national mlmplon and former Davis Cup cap- n Williams not only expressed the be- lief it “would be a very definite step forward,” but said he could be counted upon as a_competitor. ‘The replies indicated a divi- sion of opinion as to whether an open tournament should be held before or after the national amateur turf court championships, ordinarily played the second week in September. BISSONETTE kECOVERING FROM SECOND OPERATION NEW YORK, January 10 (#).—Del Bissonette, clouting first baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is recovering in St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, from a mas- toid operation performed there New Year day. It was the second operation Bissonette had undergone since the close of the 1929 season. He was operated upon re- cently for sinus trouble, which badly handicapped his batting last season. He will not be able to go South with the club next month and may not be in shape to start the season. 1f Bissonette is out of the lineup-when the pennant race gets under way, Har- vey Hendrick probably will be used at first base. RUTH, FIRM ON $85,000, ALL SET TO START SOUTH NEW YORK, January 10.—“There's the trunk. It's all packed. Say, I have some nifty golf suits and ties in that trunk and I'm going to give the folks in Florida a real treat. And there's the golf bag over there.” It was the Hon. George Herman Ruth “Well, how about your contract for next year?” ’ “Haven't seen or talked with Col. Ruppert since the other day. I'mi leav- ng for Miami on Satuay night at 10 o'clock. I have no engagement with him before I leave. I haven't weakened on my three-year contract for. $85,000 a year el;.hn."h The colonel had nothing to say about the Babe and his contract yesterday, LOYOLA FIVE SEEKING" 29TH VICTORY IN ROW CHICAGO, January 10 (#).—Loyola Unlversity will try for its twenty-ninth consecutive basket ball victory tonight sgainst South Dakota State College, 1929 champlons of the North Central Dakota State five last night, but used a few minutes, saving them for with the Loyola sharpshooters. PEERLESS PILOT SOUGHT. The manager of the Peerless A. C. basket ball team is asked to call Lieut. Julian B. Anderson of the Laurel Na- tional Guard quint tonight at 7:45 o'clock at Laurel 201. CARLISLES WIN OPENER. Lichtman Carlisle basketers _opened their season with a 47-33 win over Buf- falo A. C. Iast night in Pythian Hall, Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. NEW YORK—Larry Biello, New York, outpointed Jack Murphy, Califor- nia (10). NEW HAVEN.—Bat Battalino, New Haven, knocked out Phil Verde, Roch- ester (3). The test PHILADELPHIA —Mickey - Diamond, outpointed Speedy Culberson, Okla- homa (8). MIAMI.—Eddie 8 Louisville, outpointed Harry Por::%hmcn 10). LAKE WORTH, Fla.—Joe ‘Estrada, Mexico, and Ray Mitchell, Philadelphia, drew (10). HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—Johnny Ma- son, Cincinnati, knocked out Jack Mat- lock, Dallas, Tex. (4). GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Len Darcey, Grand Rapids, outpointed Murray Git- litz, New York. VANCOUVER, B. 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Picking on & thumper like Von Forat at present seems like pugi- listic suicide. Otto still is smarting from the loss he sustained at the hands of Phil Scott via the foul route, the first time Otto has ever lost that way, and now that Scott has been nominated for the lucrative Florida engagement with Sharkey, Von Porat believes he has been shunted aside for a year and means to take it out on Paulino. Made Sharp Finish, Von Porat lost to Paulino last year. ‘The latter climbed into an early lead by scoring & knockdown before Otto knew what it was all about, and the Basque pounded his man all over the ring be- fore the latter adjusted his bearings and set sall after the wild-swinging Paulino. Von Porat brought the ;nn.s to their feet in the last round of the contest as he stunned Paulino with a hefty drive to the jaw. The writer agreed with many at the ringside that Von Porat would have won if the ?ht had been for 15 rounds. on Porat demonstrated two things in that contest. 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Otto has been working out with men who adopt & style similar to the Basque and on the form shown in his work- outs Paulifio ill not puzzle him much. Ap Added Incentive. ‘There is agjother thing the men will be fighting for. It is generally agreed that the Sharkey-Scott contest is not strong enough in ftself to attract the fans in sufficient numbers. For this rea- son a strong supporting card will have to be whipped together, and, according to statements at Madison Square Garden, the winner of the Von Porat-Paulino contest may be put in the semi-final. ‘Tuffy Griffiths is out. There is no chance that the Sioux City lad will ac- cept & minor role to any heavyweight in the game. To attract the Spanish and Cuban element Vittorio Campollo may be ressed into service, and should Paulino ge returned the victor over Von Porat Young 8¢ may be asked to facei| the Basque. . NEW YORK, January 10 (P).—With)| nothing at stake but their fistic reputa- tions, Otto von Porat, heavy-punching| Norwsgian_from Chicago, and Paulino Uzcudun, Basque woodchopper, say it with gloves in Madison Square Garden 0 " ! |1 an tonight. The bout is for 10 rounds. Phil Scott, the London fireman, has clinched the right to meet Jack Sharkey at Miami February 27, so Paulino and Von Porat will have to think of some- thing else about which to . Von Porat perhaps will remember a previous meeting with the Basque, who punched out a decision largely because of the Norwegian slugger's own timidity. As for Paulino. he can get himself worked up over reports that he is going back, headed for the flstic scrap-heap that gets them all in the end. HARVARD LIS.TS VIRGINIA FOR 1931 GRID CONTEST CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 10 (#). —Harvard's foot ball schedule for 1931 has been completed. ‘The list: October 3, Bates; 10, New Hampshire; 17, Army, West Point; 24, University of Texas; 31, University of Virginia; No- ;:m‘?e\{ 7, Dartmouth; 14, Holy Cross; . Yale. Next Fall Harvard will play Vermont, Springfield, Army, Dartmouth, Willilam and Mary, Michigan, Holy Cross and Yale at New Haven. [ I Il i | IIIIII||||||||,'|‘|i|l FIELDS FIGHT TGPS CHICAGO SHOW:CARD CHICAGO, January 10 (#).—The Chicago Stadium will present its open- ing boxing program of the New Year tonight with a world champion and & title contender on the bill. 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