Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 71

Basket Ball, Bowling | Part 5—4 Pages SPORTS SECTION The Sunday Sta WASHINGTO! World Record Broken in Millrose Meet MARKS FALL IN WOMEN'S DASH, HALF-MILE RELAY American Four Scores in International Event, but| Canadian Girl Wins—Georgetown Beaten in Two Races—Elder Is Defeated. By the Associated Press. rose A. A. games at Madison Square Garden tonight went to two crack Canadians, Leigh Miller and John Fitzpatrick, both of whom beat out Jack Elder, Notre Dame’s famous half back, in the 50-yard final. Miller’s winning time was 5 6-10 seconds. Elder, who in a previous heat at 60 yards had taken the measure of Cy Leland of Texas Christian University’s track and foot ball teams in the Texan's first race on a board floor, was nosed out by the comparatively unheralded thunderbolts from Canada in a EW YORK, February 8.—Sprinting honors in the classic Mill- | blanket finish Jimmy Daley of Holy Cross, national and intercollegiate indoor sprint champ, was fourth, as the Dominion representatives ran one-two. A world record fell in the international half-mile relay between the United States and Canada, the members were New York University students, covering the distance in 1:324-5. was 1:33 2-5. Girl Smashes Mark. feminine find in the person of The old record, set A Stella Walsh of the Cleveland, Ohio, New York Central A. A, gave the United States a share of the glory in the dashes by breaking the 50-yard record for women twice and trimming three Canadian rivals in spectacular style in the final. 2 Pitted alone against three trim, slim red and white garbed Canadian girls, including two Olympic stars, Miss ‘Walsh kept her nerve through a wear- ing succession of no fewer than 11 false starte and one recall to win by three yards from Kay Griffiths, Jane Bell and Myrtle Cook, all of Canada. Miss Walsh ‘was timed at 6 seconds flat in her first attempt and 61-10 in her second, as compared with the listed mark of 6 1-5. Mony Wells, former Dartmouth now running for the Boston A. A., the world indoor record of 6 by a fifth of a second in winning the 70-yard high hurdles final from two University of Pennsylvania timber- toppers. The old mark was set six years ago by Charles Moore of Penn State and Carl Ring, New York A. C. In one of the blue ribbon mile relay Boston Tariing the fnal g, Bt Bernie’ Mc & eg, tnie Mc- Cafferty, Holy Cross sophomore ace, outran Ted Graham to win by four yards. | Notre Dame toppled New York Uni- versity, Holy Cross and Georgetown in a 2-mile intersectional relay. Yale beat Princeton in a_two-mile | match relay by six yards as F. Bryan, | Eli Anchorman closed fast to outfinish | A__S. Mills of Princeton. | ‘The race was fast up to that point. | and the winning Elis were clocked at 8 minutes 20 4-5 seconds. Pred Sturdy's quest for a new world | record above 14 feet in pole vault | failed when the former Yale performer, now wearing the colors of the Los Angeles A. C., fajled after clearing 13 feet. 4 inches. This was enough to win the event, however. beating ey Berlinger. | University of Pennsyl ia_all-around | athlete. by 2 inches and Bill Cone lng F. W. Squires, both of ¥ale, by 10 and 13 _inches, respectively. In as close a finish as ever was seen in these classic games Fred Veif, for- mer New York University star, now | Tunning in the colors of the New York | A C., nipped Dr. Paul Martin. Swiss | Olympic vetenl;. at the tape after a | torilling half mile. | Martin swept into the lead a little | more than a lap from home after pull- ing up from the ruck, sailing past Veit, who had set all the early pace. The Swiss runner, whose fast finishes have | made him an important factor in three O'vmpic games, seemed a sure winner until Veit uncorked a remarkable sprint at. the head of the final home strctch and b-easted th-‘1 !929 ahead by some- thing lie a centimeter. { The *me was 1:57 3-5. C. J. San- #one of the Boston A. A. was third, saveral feet back of the leaders. Conger in Front. The great finishing “kick” that car- sl i 10 victory over Paavo Nurmi in ine Rodman Wanamaker mile lifted Ray Conger of the Illinois A. C. into the Jead on the last lap of the same event tonight and gave him a thrilling vic- tory over Orval Martin of Purdue. The powerful Martin forged into the van after Bob Dalrymple, Boston A. A. voteran, had set the pace for the first two laps. but the slender Conger clung wraith-like to his shoulder. 7 As the bell clanged Conger shifted into high and slowly but steadilv pulled away from the Martin who struggled bravely but in vain to keep up. Conger won by 8 yards with Joe Sivak of Rutler University third in an all Middl Western finish. The time was 4:21 4 considerably slower than Conger was Jorced to travel here a year ago. Sivak was third practically all the way, while J. L. Montgomery of the University of Pennsylvania, and Joszph Hickey of | New York University were distanced. In the Millrose 600, one of the blue ribbom events of the meet. Bernie Mc- Caflerty of Holy Cross College, winner Jast year, was beaten by Eddie Roll of the Newark. A. C.. and Pete Bowen of the University of Pittsburgh. who fin- ished inches apart in that order after a stirring race. | McCaflerty showed the effects of an earlier effort when he ran anchor on . the winning Holy Cross mile relay team , and could not match the furious sprints of Roll and Bowen. The Pittsburgh fiier gaincd several feet on Roll in the | Jast few strides and just failed to nip him at the tape. The time was 1:15 1-5. | Rekers Mile Sensation. | A new two-mile sensation appeared ‘when Paul Rekers of Penn. State, with | a wonderful sprint over the last lap | and a half of the unique two-mile miss and out event beat the Polish invader, | Stanislaw Petkiewicz, by 20 yards. Rekers, a powerfully set-up youth,\ collared ‘the slender Petkiewicz, with | about a lap and a half to go in the two- | mile miss and out and after an inter- | change of elbowing he out-sprinted the | invader from Poland who has beaten Pasvo Nurmi—in a handicap race. | ever slackening speed Rekers breasted the tape in 9:26 1-5 with F. C. Bayley | of the New York A. C. trailing Pet- | kiewicz in third place. | Bert Nelson of Butler University won | the running high jump with a splendid | leap of 6 feet 4 inches, beating Bob King of the Tilinois A. C., the Olympic champion and Leo Sexton of George- town. King won second place in a JumpofT. | Other results: | One-mile college relay—Won by | Harvard (V. L. Hennessey, V. Munro, | E. E. Record, W. C. Rowe); Pennsyl- | v-nbi; second; Columbia third. Time— 3:25%. Jnternational girls’ 440-yard relay— American quartet, three of whose by the Newark A. C. last year, Won by United States (Mabel Gillean, Jesse Cross, Carrie Jensen, Loretta McNeil); Canada second (Myrtle Cook, Jane Beil, Kay Griffiths, Peggy Mathie- son); time—52 seconds. Woman's high jump—Won by Jean Shiley, Meadowbrook Club, Philadel- phia, 5 feet 23, incnes; Eva Dawes, ‘Toronto, second, 5 feet 13, inches; Constance Colston, Toronto, third, 4 feet 73 inches. MRS. POTTER CLIPS 2 SKATING MARKS Toronto Flash Carries Off Woman’s Outdoor Speed Events at Ottawa. By the Associated Press. TTAWA, Ontario, February 8.— Two world’s skating records were shattered today by Mrs. Leila Brooks Potter, as the Toronto flash carried off the honors of the ladies’ North American outdoor speed skating championships held in connection with the Ottawa Winter carnival. Mrs. Potter first clipped 4 3-5 seconds | off the half-mile record held by Loretta Meitzel of Detroit, and a few minutes later lowered her own three-quarter | mile mark by 10'4 seconds. The time for the half-mile dash was 1:30, while she covered the longer route in 2:21 3-5. Win Four Events, Another Torontonian, Ross Robinson, | was enithroned as Canada’s premier man | speed skater, when he won four events. | In a series of sensational performances Robinson accounted for the 3-mile, the 440-yard, the 1-mile and 880-yard events. Throughout the meet Robin- son'’s chief threat was Irving Jaffee, New York City speedster. Time and time again Jaffee dashed out in front of Robinson only to be forced out of his lead in the closing stages. The senior ladies’ %-mile race, in which Mrs. Potter carved one of her records, saw the disqualification of Hattie Donaldson, also of Toronto, after she had been awarded second place. She was disqualified for pushing Jean Wilson, another Toronto entry, as the final dash for the wire started. Miss | Wilson was placed third. with Sybil | Beatteay of St. John, New Brunswick. getting second. Honor Chester Cole. The crowd of 4,000, including the governor general, paid tribute to the | memory of Chester “King” Cole, former | world’s junior speed skating champion, who died in New York City last night. | The program activities were halted, men | stood with bared heads and what a few minutes before had been a throng cheering wildly over a close finish, was turned into one minute of silent homage for the former 17-year-old Sackville, New Brunswick champion. The United States broke through for only one victory of the day, Elizabeth Dubois of Chicago winning the 220- yard event for senior women. She also placed third in the 880-yard race. IN 13TH NET C" ASH By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February 8.— Berkeley Bell, who holds the inter- collegiate singles title, outplayed Bruce Barnes, fellow University of Texas stu- dent, in a five-set match this after- noon in the semi-finals of the San An- tonio Country Club’s first annual invi- tation tennis tournament, to win, 6—1, 6—4, 2—6. 1—6, 6—4. ‘The match took 2 hours and 35 min- utes and saw the game of both youngsters go from one extreme to the | other. Only by a great effort did Bell | finally manage to win from his ancient | rival.” It was their thirteenth tourna- | ment meeting. ‘The intercollegiate _champion will meet Wilmer Allison, Davis Cup team player, in the final tomorrow. Allison defeated Ben Gorchakoff, Los Angeles netter, in four sets, 6—0, 6—3, U. S. SQUASH RACKETERS | DEFEAT CANADIAN TEAM | BALTIMORE, February 8 (#).—The United States Squash racket team de- feated Canada in international matches played today at the Maryland Club, tak- ing three contests in three straight games, four in an extra game and one in five games. The victory was the first in which a Canadian team was turned back with- out an earned victory. PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Boston Tigers, 0; Springfield In- dians, 0. (Ont.) 1‘: Cleveland, 0. London Buffalo, 3; ton, 0. New York Rangers, 2 (tie). Duluth, 4; St. Paul, 2. e Ottawa, 2; PRO BASKET BALL. Rochester, 23; Brooklyn, 13. Ohlfl‘o".“"’;‘nm 1. EETIRUITS THE MAN WHO D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3 WHY WLLL? You ToLD ME You WERe Goiwe To SI\T UP A WHILE AND READ — 2N 1’\‘\ ToLD HIS WIFE THERE WOULD BE NO MORE GoOLF Wit SPRING BUT WOULD TAKE HER 'ON A TRIP To SOME LoveLy WINTER RESO RED HANDED - @926 vrTRIBUIE WC In response to many requests, T == 1S CAUGHT some of the late Clare Briggs’ 9, 1930. ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON EMEMBER Hawkshaw, the R detective? He could name your favorite breakfast dish by observ- ing how you parted your hair and make all manner of canny deductions from incidents so trival they escaped the attention of a layman, as for ingtance his mystifying conclusion anent the Scotch ancestry of the.chap that used a change urse. Being in receipt of the numbers assigned the Nationals for next season and suspecting some interesting dope to be gathered therefrom might not be readily discernible we appealed to the world-famous investigator to apply his talents. We patiently enumerated that this is to. be the first season Washington players have borne numerals and that only two of the other seven clubs in the American League—New York and Cleveland—will use them. Knowing how much seem- ingly small things mean to a trained operative on the scent of facts we added as an after- thought that whereas the Yankees’ numbers are nearly a foot long those of the Nationals and Indians are but seven inches in height, a result of exhaustive visibility tests; that they are to be attached to the backs of the athletes’ shirts and—this was an inspirational flash—that their purpose was to help spectators identify the players. Hawkshaw, now an old man, but with keenness of intellect undimmed by the years, at first balked, probably divining there was no fee involved, but final- ly capitulated when we subtly appealed to his vanity by pointing out the sad state of ignorance that would engulf the fans unless an operator of his attainments would enlight- en them. Ahem, Sez He, and —, Thus flattered he scanned the list handed him, elevated one eyebrow in his best pro- fessional manner and after clearing his throat with the contents of a bottle we had been saving for the janitor, n;oke as follows, viz and to wi “Luckily for the fans as an agent of Scotland Yard I once made an intensive study of the symbolic meanings of these numerals while investigating the strong attraction desert in- habitants of Northern Africa have for fleas. “From the knowledge I ac- quired through these friendly Ayrabs (the pronunciation is Hawkshaw’s) I am able to state that Johnson will be the man- ager of this team, Schacht will coach at third base and Altrock will clown on the side lines for the amusement of cash cus- tomers in every town except Washington. “I can perceive that No. 26 will have a Pyle of trouble landing a permanent job and No. 25 even Moore, while the figures assigned to Boss mean he will be recalled quickly from Chattanooga if something hap- pens to the regular first base- man, while the last three on the list indicate there is a pos- sibility they will not be farmed out before the teams gets back to town from its Spring train- ing down South. “Numbers 20, 23 and 24 are going to pitch base balls with their left hands, being dis- tinguished in that respect from 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22, while the 1 followed immediately by | the 6 stands for an arrange- ment of letters which in Eng- lish spells b-u-1-1-p-e-n. Superstition Is Suspected. “It also occurs to me, judg- ing from the conspicuous ab- . sence of No. 13, that super- stition may be a factor in the way this game is played, and there are certain indications Numbers the Nationals Will Wear This Season 1 West 18 Hadley 2 Rice 19 Jones 3 Goslin 20 Braxton 4 Myer 21 Thomas 5 Judge 22 Liska 6 Cronin 23 Brown 7 Bluege 24 Burke 8 Hayes 25 Moore 9 McLeod 26 Pyle 10 Barnes 27 Johnson 11 Loepp 28 Altrock 12 Ruel 29 Schacht 14 Tate 30 Boss 15 Spencer 31 Powell 16 Gharrity 32 Phelps 17 Marberry 33 Jester that this talk to the effect Hayes is on an even footing with Myer for the second base job and Barnes stands an equal chance with West to patrol center field is a lot of hooey. “Furthermore” — and here Hawkshaw's good eye gleamed in triumph as with a fine sense of the dramatic he reserved his most telling disclosure to the last—“although no plans have as yet been made; in fact, the player in question isn‘t even signed—1I can decipher from the number awarded him that the clean-up batsman of the club will be Goslin.” Here and There With The Griffs This Year D CH Cleveland " Phi Boston COLLEGE BOXING. Army, 5; tute, 2. Navy, 6; Massachusetts Tech, 1. Western Maryland, 5; New York University, 2. Virginia Military Insti- Penn Wins Third in Row In Basket Ball League ITHACA, N. Y., February 8 (#)— Pennsylvania's crack basket ball team took undisputed possession of first place in the Eastern Intercol- legiate League today by defeating Cornell, 37 to 34, in_an overtime game. It marked Pennsylvania's third straight league victory without a defeat and Cornell's third loss in four games. Penn and Columbia | now are in a tie for the lead in per- centage, but Penn has three victories against Columbia's two. At the end of regular playing time the were deadlocked at 32 points all, a foul shot giving the Quakers a tie a few seconds before | the whistle blew. In the extra five | minutes Pennsylvania scored 5 points, while a fleld goal was the | best Cornell could do. HUNTER CAPTURES INDOOR NET TITLE Veteran Turns Back Young| Seligson Decisively for Championship. BY TED VOSBURGH, Associsted Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, February 8.—Frank | Hunter, 35 years old, but play- ing better than ever, turned back Julius Seligson, one of the | best of the country’s younger play- ers, by the decisive scores of 6—3, 6—2, 6—2, today to win the national indoor tennis championship. Forced to play. the runner-up role | three times since he captured the title eight years ago, the courageous Hunter came into his own with a smashing exhibition of hard hitting and heavy tennis which indicated he is not yet ready to abdicate his position as sec- | M ond only to Bill Tilden among Amer- | ica’s stars. Cutler-Rockafellow Team Wins, The doubles championship won last year by Tilden and Hunter went to the | He New York tombination of Merritt Cut- ler and Perrine Rockafellow, who de- feated Harris Coggeshall of Des Moines, Jowa, and Richard Murphy of Utica, N. Y. students at Harvard, by scores of 6—2, 6—3, 2—6, 6—4, in the final. Rockafellow, former Colgate player, shared the same championship in 1928 | with a fellow New Yorker, Bill | Aydelotte. Nearly a thousand fans, constituting the only good sized gallery of the week, saw Hunter win by his well known base ball they ain't. In the three sets Hunter tallled total of 32 placements—clean bull's- eyes that Seligson could not touch— while the former intercollegiate cham- | pion’s placement total was 13. Breaks Through for Service, ‘The whirlwind service that helped Seligson gain his present ranking of No. 9 in_the national and brought him to the final round of the tournament | without the loss of a set proved no | great puzzle for the sturdy interna- tionalist. He broke through the socky collegian’s delivery once in the first set | and twice in each of the next two for the games that gave him the winning edge. His own service was never broken. | Hunter said he planned a full sea- son of play in the United States and Hi might appear at Wimbledon, but would | not under any circumstances be avail- able for the Davis Cup team. COLLEGE SWIMMING. Virginia, 42; Duke, 24. Cclumb i Army, 24. Purdue, 54; Illinois, 21. Tllinois, 54; Purdue, 21, COLLEGE TRACK. Indiana, 4612: Ohio State, 39'5. | Chicago, 57’ Purdue, 26'3. COLLEGE HOCKEY. Marquette, 5; Army 1. | to u‘grlu'y of “hitting 'em where tl MARYLAND DOWNS TARHEEL TOSSERS Spurts in Last Half to Win Over Conference Rivals by 34-t0:26 Count. NIVERSITY OF MARYLAND defeated North Carolina, one of its leading Southern Confer- ence rivals, in a hotly contest- ed basket ball game at College Park last night, 34 %o 26.° ‘The Old Liners stepped on the gas in the second half to gain the victory, as the Tarheels had the edge by a sin- gle point, 15 to 14, at intermission. !u't;hflem:r! 'l:':m‘?l‘w'.cx:flerancehfid.nu North Carolina down to a 2-4 rating. Maryland's complete record is eight wins and three reverses. tmlbtmemuunulT ‘The gam midway of the second half, the Tar- heels once leading 19 to 15, and the score was deadlocked at 19-all and 21-21 before the Old Liners forged to the front. Then a couple of baskets in a row gave Maryland a 25-21 edge, and it kept in the van to the finish. A ngel;nd wcud‘ l«}o n;relnns‘:to the ray before it ga. upper hand, the IIMI{?;:I of Chalmers and Ronkin being telling factors, although Berger and Radice of the Old Liners played the best basket ball of the eve- ning, with the former being high scorer, with 11 points. Gaylor also shot well, but his r work was not as good as that of Radice and Berger. Berger made the flashiest play of the game, when he took the ball away from a Tarheel tosser who was about " shoot and dribbled the ball the length of the floor to cage a 2-pointer. North Carolina’s scoring was well dis- tributed, but Harper, the altitudinous center, was well subdued, getting a lone point, and the effective checking of the pivot man had much to do with Mary- land’s victory. ‘The line-uj oe-n-o—’ 2 Bogoruaa® ] | ceBotouncn! GALLAUDET WINNER OVER TOWSON FIVE BALTIMORE, February 8.—Gallaudet Collegz of Washington triumphed over he State Normal School basket ball team at Towson today 40 to 34, but the home quint gave the visitors a busy afternoon. The game was nip and tuck through- |out and the outcome was uncertain ntil the final whistle. With three minutes to play and the scorz 32 to 30, Gallaudet started to freeze the ball, pulling the locals out of their zone defense. Within one minute Cosgrove, versatile Gallaudet flash, looped in three successive baskets. Denaburg, Towson luminary, and Davidson pulled the teachers into the running again with a field goal apiece, but the whistle halted the ruily. Cosgrove and Ringle made 30 points between them Jor the visitors. T ljtne-upa. et. u PP Pts. _S. Normal. Davidson, 1 "d'm’nn. B. Bradley, s. Brown, P OO 2] omoFaol m; Referee—Mr. ‘Hamiiton. COLLEGE WRESTLING. Iliinois, 28; Minnesota, 0. Wiscensin, 17: Chicago, 11. Navy, 25: Duke, 3. wens Virginia, * 24; Western Re- sarve, 6. Harvard, 25; West Point, 11, V. P. I, 19; Davidson, 13, Indiana, 30; Purdue, 20. Golf and General Miss MolavBquals Conaids 220 Breast-Stroke Mark OTTAWA, Ontario, February 8 (#).—Equaling the Canadian record of 3:27, Miss Eleanor Holm of New York tonight won the 220-yard breast-stroke championship of Dan- ada. Dot Prior, 1929 title holder, finished second, 8 yards back of the 16-year-old New York Women's Swimming Association star. AMERICAN U, QUINT EVENS WITH G, . Takes Exciting 25-19 Battle to Atone for a Defeat Earlier in Season. A t0-29 defeat by beating George Washington University last night, 25 to 19, in the Eagles’ gymna- sium. It was a fast game, with plenty of action. Until the last few minutes neither team was able to gather more than & few points’ lead, and the advantage shifted from one quint to the other five times during the battle. At the intermission the Colonials held a nar- row edge, at 14-12. With the count knotted at 16-all and about 7 minutes to ‘plny, ‘Warren Coli- son, Eagle forward, found the cords for two baskets just outside the 15-foot line and, with Red Olsen, contributing another from the side, American found itself with a substantial lead, which it held successfully for the remaining minutes. Eagles Take Lead. ‘The les got off to a three-point lead in the first 20 seconds of play, when Woods dribbled in from the sidc for a floor goal, on which he was fouled, and on one of his two free throws. Fine scored two its for the Colonials with successful foul tosses, but Targee dribbled in for another E.t%uz two-pointer, to make the count George Washin, then s to | the front at 7-6 when Castell found the | cords with a long-range shot and Fine 5c0! a_floor_goal on a neat out-of- bounds play. Targee dribbled in again to give the Eagles a l-point lead, but Castell retailated by counting two dou- ble-deckers, and the Colonials were ahead, 10 to 7. Sells made on a free toss, but Harris got a shot under the basket to give George Washington a 4-point lead. First Half Tight. American forged to the front in the next few minutes to. land a 2-point edge at the half when Olsen connected with a long toss, Targee shot two fouls and Woods got a floor goal from just outside the 15-foot mark. After the second half started Sells added to the Eagles’ lead with a free throw. Harris, however, put the Col- onials in the van at 16-15 with & 2- pointer. and two fouls. Woods tied it up with another free toss, and American then winni rally. MERICAN UNIVERSITY basket- ers avenged an early-season 22- Sl eeaisa «l cwooomnmn® 5l oucocama® Totals ... RefereeNir. 2 UMPIRE QUITS COURT IN ROW WITH TILDEN By the Assoclated Press. CANNES, France, February 8.—Bill Tilden and his partner, Praulein Aus- sem of Germany, won two matches in the Carlton tennis championships to- day, but a dispute between the United States ranking player and Umpire A. Wallis Myers, British writer, nearly broke up the tournament. The conflict between Tilden and Myers arose when the latter disputed the Englishman’s decision on a service ball. Myers resented Tilden's attitude and left the court. Efforts to enlist an- other official failed, so the play con- tinued without an umpire or lineman. The American-German combination defeated Mrs. Satterwhaite and Louis Worms of Denmark, 1—6, 6—0, 6—3, |and then took the measure of Mme. Jung and Baron H. L. de Morpurgo, 3 , 6—4. —e _|ROBINSON IS RENAMED MANAGER OF DODGERS b held 15 frst ub he meeting today and elected Frank B‘ York president; Harry M. Demott, vice e;gidsnt: guAveovgi uaxeever. treas- i Joseph A. leaudeau, secretary. Wilbert Robinson was named ly! manager for two years, but no an- | nouncement was made as to the amount | of his salary, BASKET BALL RESULTS. | Maryland, 34; North Carolina, 26. | American . University, 25; George | Washington, 19. Navy, 55; Virginia, 32. Duke, 33; North Carolina State, 26.| ‘Washington and Lee, 35; Sewanee, 30. gll:l:udez, 40; Maryland State Nor- mal, 34. Witterberg, 24 Dayton, 22. Penn, 37; Cornell, 34 (overtime). Dartmouth, 39; Yale, 35. Wooster, 38; Oberlin, 27. Loyola (Baltimore), 38; - kins, 23, i Indiana, 26; Ohio State, 22. Ohio Northern, 41; Muskingum, 38, Ohilo Wesleyan, 36; Cincinnati, 27. "Wuhlnlwn College, 32; Haverford, ls):mm 3 :xam Xavier, ,g'l. ohn's of Anapolis, 32; Western Maryland, 25, M.Bt.. John's mhme;:. 2¢; Western Hiram, 31; Western Reserve, 27. New York University, 28; West Vir- ginia, 26. Pittsburgh, 25; Notre Dame, 16. William and Mary, 40; V. M. I, 22. Purdue, 37; Chicago, 25. ey Minnesota, 26; Illinois, 21. bcxg College of Detroit, 20; St. Fran- cis, 22, John Carroll, 43; Grove OCity e, 18 Loyol of Chicago, 16 iquesne, 18; Loyol# of icago, 16. Jowa, 33; Onlch'ml?n. -, Princeton, 33; Army, 20. et : Stars Among Nationals’ 11 Holdouts MANY VETS SPURW GRIFFITH'S OFFERS Some Contract Fights to Be Carried to Biloxi—Moore, McLeod Sign. BY JOHN B. KELLER. INING up a ball club that finished as poor as fifth. in the past American League campaign for a new flag chase is no easy job. President Clark Griffith is finding his Na- tionals, who did no better than head the second division of the junior major circuit last season, as finical as the world champion Athletics are so far as contracts are concerned. Shortly before he headed for the South yesterday, the Washington prexy announced the receipt of the signed papers of Carlos Moore, pitcher bought from Birmingham, and James McLeod, infielder, purchased from Little Rock. With these two having accepted terms. 17 of the 28 players on the Nationals’ roster are in line for the impending campaign. At first consideration, a ly number, but not so fin: when it is discovered most of the 11 not yet in line are players expected to put Washington in the flag race this year. , Griffith has signed six of his elsven pitchers, three of his five catchers, four of his six inflelders and four of his six outfielders. The slab holdouts are Fred Mar! g one of the best hurlers of the 53 can circuit last year; Garland Braxton and Sam Jones, veterans, and Burke and Ad Liska, youngsters. Bu:bwggml spurners of terms of- fered are Roy Spencer and Benny Tate. Infielders yet to like the club's figures are Joe Cronin, flashy shortstop, and Jack Hayes, who plays anywhere in the inner defense except at first base. The outfleld balkers are Goose until the past season a demon at bat, and George Loepp, right-hand swinger, purchased from the Orioles. Job for Office Force. Griffith after stopping off in Chat- tanooga for a few days to look over the Washington farm there will pro- ceed to Biloxi, Miss., -to establish his club’s Spring quarters. He is being ac- companied by Eddie Eynon, club secre- tary, and a personal secretary and if seems likely this office fore: will be kept quite busy corresponding with many of the balky boys, who have fired back contracts or not given the Washington office notice of the receipt of contracts, In some instances it is all but eer- tain the final Mtl;e zgq the contract wilf be fought in club Ixi. In cases of pltrht r on or shortly aft:r Febfuary 26, the day the slabmen are du> to report at P The others are to check in at March 9 and some kicks then will"be registered. From Braxton, Marberry and Jofies, the veterans, Griffith has heard o ing concerning the contracts offered. However,; he has n informed by Braxton that the pitc d-his tonsils removed as he was ordered to do at the end of the last campaign, The pestiferous made Braxton a $ick man much of last year, but following their removal he is éxpected to pick up and prove much more valuable to the club- than he has been. And Braxton certainly has not been a total loss during his service here. Liska has informed President Griffith that the terms offered are quite pleas- ing, but that he would like a us ;l:uu ruary 26 and will hop on the job of training right off the reel. He 'will, however, put in an evening or two try- ing to convince Griffith a bonus propo- sition would be right.in his case. Good Catchers Balking. ‘The holdout cal are pected to do the of the back- stopping for the Natlonals this season, Both Spencer and Tate did well behind the bat for the club'last year and the latter was effective with the flail, too. Very likely they will carry their argu- ments to Biloxi before yielding to Grif- fith. Tate is virtually l‘rerennm hold- out and Spencer is said to have been somet! of this sort when in the National 3 Griffith is not apt to experience much trouble getting Cronin and Hayes into line. Now that the other regulars of the Washington infleld have signed Cronin's papers are likely to be received any day. Joe pla) a pretty good game at shortstop last season, but he still has far to go to become a great big leaguer and probably hasn't much of an argument with the club. Hayes still may give Buddy Myer a m-ge for the sccond base berth, but right now it looks as though Buddy has a strangle-hold on the place. Some trouble is likely to be encoum- tered in the matter of swinging Goslin into the fold. The Goose, even though he batted in the .280s last season after leading the league in 1928, has his own ideas of his worth and 'tis rumored the bonus proposition in the contract . | offered by Griffith does not please Goslin Last Spring, the Goose and the Washington prexy went to the mat over terms and it was not until after he had been at training camp more than two weeks that Goslin capitulated. The battle this year probably will be fully as long. Loepp's stand is somewhat a mystery. He did not set the International League on fire last year, although he batted in the .300 class for the Orioles. But hold- ing out seems to be habitual with Inter national Leaguers. Perhaps Loepp ply feels he must kick a bit before ing on the dotted line. Moore, McLeod Husky. Moore, whose signed contract was re- ceived yesterday, a right-hand slab- man now in his 23d year. He is a husky chap 6 feet 13; inches tall and weighting about 180 pounds. He hails from Cleveland, Tenn. He broke into professional base ball two gus ago by 15 games and losing 9 for in ‘the Southeastern League. s He fanned 45 and 'llkm'ed Bai e o C] L, ye ars old, w lived in Little Rock, nlmyl: a husky., ¥ sim. sign- hortly after his sale to the Nationals was announced in mid-season he was ben , not use he was not filling the bill acceptably afield, but that Little Rock management wanted to :'3. ;:!dop“ other big. league prospect. ft 1