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, some months ago, and which resulted in . weight. ® WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1930. PAGE D—1 Fight, Won by Shark FAILURE FROM FINANCIAL AS WELL AS Jack Gains Technical K. Loses Prestige as Scott’s Claim of Foul Is Much- Mooted Question—Risko-Campolo Draw. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Pres: M upon. of a terrific left hook to the pit of the stomach. The spectacle of this third round, the climax to a carnival of clout that was a financial as well as a fistic flop, probably has no pre- cedent in the history of American heavyweight boxing—with Sharkey first warned for hitting low, Scott then sinking with an agonized look and cry of foul, police and handlers in the ring as the referee helped drag Scott to his corner fo rest, Sharkey raging around the ring with tears streaming down his face as he feared disqualification, Scott then limping out to continue the bout with pain written all over his face and, finally, the abrupt ending, with Scott erect, but virtually helpless, on the ropes, protest- ing his inability to continue from the effects of body blows or an alleged foul or both. 3 Sharkey won the decision and as a | result, the right to battle Max Schmel- ing, the German champion, for ut that will be billed for the world m- pionship, in June, at the jul ew York. The Boston sailor, however, in the opinion of most critics, fought an unsatisfactory fight, jeop- ardized his chances of winning from an opponent he obviously outclassed and added nothing to his prestige as the leading American title contender. Leaves Sad Impression. Scott, throughly eliminated from an: further consideration in the heav: weight circus, left a sorrowful impres- sion as a fighter, in spite of his ap- arent show of gameness in deciding E, continue in the third round after a claim of foul. Regardless of the ques- tionable blows struck or the merits of the referee's action, Scott put up a performance that served only to em- phasize his reputation for claiming dis- puted fouls. The argument as to whether or not Scott was fouled, whether it has any ultimate importance or not. may go on | for some time to come without being settled. Experts at the ringside differed sharply on the question, some main- | taining that Scott was hit low at least six times and that Sharkey should have been disqualified; others. equally as em- phatic in asserting that while the American hit low several times on Scott’s thigh, he did deliver any directly foul punches. Referee Magnolia, veteran New York ring arbiter and the sole ruling official of the bout, declared he saw no low punches; but after the fight examina- tion of Scott showed a lump on the right leg several inches below the waist- line. An examining physician described the injury as traumatic sciatica, pro- ducing a partial paralysis, which con- | tributed to Scott’s apparent collapse and the limping manner in which he went out to resume fighting. In the ring. however, at the height of the con- fusion and during thé minute’s armis- tice that Magnolia declared to make his examination both the referee and the official commission physician de- cided Scott was neither fouled nor hurt. | Disagree With Magnolia. Magnolia explained that his extraor- dinary action in stopping the fight for a | full minute was prompted by a desire | t avoid any possible charge of unfair dealing. The referee, in the opinion of some observers, indi- cated at first a motion to disqualify Sharkey, but Magnolia denied he ever entertained this idea. The somewhat | general view, however, was that Ma nolia, instead of playing safe, either should have counted Scott out as he | went down and rolled over on his back, | manifesting agony, or immediately dis- | qualified Sharkey. The opinicn as to where Sharkey's blows landed differed, according to the ringside viewpoint. Even Magnolia ad- mitted he did not have an unobstructed view at all the questionable punches. ‘The blow which sent Scott down, claim-, ing foul, was curiously similar to the one struck by Otto von Porat against the Briton in Madison Square Garden the disqualification of the Norwegian. As on that occasion, however, Scott| acted somewhat uncertain as to just what to do until finally sinking to the canvass. The Englishman, after the minute’s respite, was in no mood to continue, and did so only after the ultimatum of | the referee to go on or be declared the | loser. It took Scott not much longer o decide he had had enough for the evening, as he slumped against the ropes | from a vicious left hook to the stomach. | There was no question of the fairness | of this blow. On Floor Three Times. The third round lasted three minutes and 34 seconds, including the minute devoted to debate and rest. All told, Scott was on the floor three times for a count, once in the second round after being rushed to his corner and flipped by a left to the head. He took a count of six and lasted out the round without much trouble. Another wild rush by ! Sharkey, early in the third round, put | Scott down for a_count of three along | the ropes. The Briton was down for another count of six before the blow | that aroused the big controversy. British sports writers at the ring- | side gave it as their opinion that Sharkey | used unnecessarily unfair tactics and struck Scott more than a few obviously foul punches. They believed that after the bout was stopped, Sharkey deserved disqualification, but that the final blow to the stomach was fair. They were as. disappointed in the unsatisfactory outcome as American critics, and con- | ceded Sharkey had his opponent beaten | without questionable blows being neces- | sary. | To sum it up. Scott refused to fight | and Sharkey failed to fight, at least ‘"l‘\ a manner calculated to enhdnce his| championship prospects. The Boston sailor was extremely wild in his over- anxiety to land a killing punch, fairly raging as he came out of his corner. He was outboxed and outsmarted by Scott in a good portion of the first two rounds, though there was never any question of which was the harder hit- Scott’s only advantage was in He scaled 205 to Sharkey’s 197. Fans Think Risko Won. | The result of the semi-final between Johnny Risko of Cleveland and Vic- | torio Campolo of the Argentine, de- clared a draw by Referee Kid McPhart- land of New York, also was unsatisfac- tory to the majority of spectators and experts. who considered Risko held a winning edge. Campolo finished spec- tacularly, staggering Risko in the tenth round solid smashes. ‘This, in the refd™Sa’s opinion, entitled the South IAMI, Fla., February 28.—The cry of “fair or foul” was raised again today amidst the chaos of the heavyweight fistic realm, wafted out upon the balmy Southern breezes as a result of Jack Sharkey’s technical knockout victory over Phil Scott in the third round of the weirdest contest any tropical moon has shone In a finish that was as balmy as the weather, Sharkey was de- clared the winner by Referee Lou Magnolia last night after the .lnnky British champion had claimed a foul, taken a complete minute’s rest to recuperate as the claim was disallowed and then refused alto- gether to continue as he swayed against the ropes from the effects | and possibly the fifth session. Chief American Correspondent | Ne d | M | with Sharkey would definitely p]ue; FISTIC ANGLE 0. in Third Round, but s Sports Editor. r an examination and a minute’s American giant to a draw, but most critics scored at least six rounds in Risko’s favor. Johnny, though conceding 31 pounds in weight and big advantages in height and reach, flayed his lanky opponent with a characteristic two-fisted attack, forcing the fight from the second through the ninth round and piling up points. ‘Campolo seemed baffled by Risko’s tactics and landed effectively only in the first and tenth rounds, though he had a shade in the seventh Financially, the second annual batile of the cocoanut palms was apparently as big a fallure as it was disappoint- ing in a competitive way. The paid attendance was estimated at only 25,000, half the arena's capacity, and the re- ceipts at $200,000 or less. On this basis the Madison Square Garden Corpora- tion faced a possible loss of $50,000. Last year'’s show drew a ‘“gate” of $407,000, with Sharkey and Young Stribling in the main event. In the three others on the card, Jimmy Maloney of Boston outpointed | Moise Bouquillon of France, Tommy | Loughran of Philadelphia gained the referee’s decision over Pierre Charles of Belgium, and Raul Bianchi, youthful Argentine, knocked out Billy Daring of Falm Beach in the first round. ENGLISH REPORTER TERMS IT “PITIFUL” Declares Outcome of Bout! Lamentable From British Point of View. BY BERNARD RICKATSON-HATT, of Reuter's | ws Asency of London. IAMI, Fla, February 28 (#)— From the British point of view last night's fight was a most pitiful and lamentable affair. The English public had high hopes of their champion, and many believed, rightly or wrongly, that Scott's fight | their chosen representative in the most | exclusive of all circles in the realm of fistiana, the Valhalla of heavyweight champions. But in Valhalla there must be_no fouls. Even now the gods must be sitting on high sniffing, as the odor of sacrifice, the foul miasma wafted up to high heaven from that hard steel ring with | the blood-red ropes. “The tragedy of Phil Scott” was| staged in a fittingly tragic setting of | impending dicaster—an oppressive over- heated atmosphere. To an Englishman it was a heart- | rending spectacle to see the British heavyweight champion groping his | feeble way along those red ropes like a partridge fluttering on the ground with a_ broken wing. Beneath the horrid glare of 40 arc lamps his face was con- torted like that of a man undergoing | the delicate ministrations of a profes- | sional torturer. But what mortal man can say what the recording angel was writing in his book? Did he write down this fight as a travesty of sportsman- ship or as the action of one who cried wolf? In other words, should Sharkey have been instantly disqualified for hit- ting low or was Phil not hurt at all and just a quitter? Different Codes. Scott told me in his dressing room afterward, where he lay stretched on a grimy cheerless bench, he had been fouled six times at least. Certainly Phil appeared to be in agony when a doctor tried to raise his right leg from the thigh. But this, I venture to submit, may | be urged on Scott's behalf. Phil has been brought up from boyhood on the | English tradition (and after all it was in England, was it not, that modern | boxing had its birth?) that a foul is a | foul and should be treated as such. In America another philosophy has grown up born of the intensity and enthusiasm in all athletic pursuits. It seems to be the general belief that it is not sporting for a fighter to claim a foul, even if he is hit low, unless he is really serfously hurt and cannot | possibly continue. He must, in short, expect to encounter such things in his day's work as part of the game and take them as it were in his stride. Far be it from me to say that this is not & most excellent view and in every way | as good as the English one, but Scott, | remember, has not been fed on this| doctrine. His tastes are simple and to him a foul is a foul. MARTY FIGHTS TONIGHT IN GARDEN HEAVY SHOW | NEW YORK, February 28 (#).—An | all-heavyweight show will entertain the | cash customers and others at Madison | Square Garden tonight. ‘Ted Sandwina, German-American, who recently flattened Knute Hansen in a round, will be seen.in the head- liner against Ricardo Bertazzolo of | Italy. Another 10-rounder will bring together Marty Gallagher of Washing- ton, D, C., and Harold Mays of Bayonne, N. J. Arthur Dekuh swa unches with Charley Smith of England in the first 10, THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT L W . ] M [ A \\\\\\\ Cevens ., A7) SR PHOTO GRAY FEDORA ON — OVERCOAT AND GLONES (IN HAND) YouR 7 FIRST CABINET —By BRIGGS WITH You R PEARL Teorriaht . ¥. Scott Not Struck To Call It Foul, Sayys Referee BY LOU MAGNOLIA, Referee Sharkey-Scott Fight. IAM. BEACH, Fla,, February 28. —I stopped the fight between Jack Sharkey and Phil Scott here last night and awarded it to Sharkey on a technical knockout in the third round because Scott would not go on fighting. There was no foul punch that dropped Scott at any time during the nearly three rounds that the affair lasted. Every blow with which Sharkey dropped the English champion was landed in fair territory. = . ‘Twice Sharkey did land punches that were a bit low, but they were not low enough to be classed as foul blows. ‘When that their knockdown came, about the middle of the round, and Scott went down writhing and squirm- ing and the cry of foul was hurled from his corner, I waved Sharkey to his own corner and motioned for Scott's seconds to enter the ring and get him to his corner, where he could be examined by the Boxing Commission's physician, "Englishman Speechless. In the corner they decided that Scott could go on. This coincided with my judgment and I ordered the seconds out | of the ring and the fight to go on. It was only a few seconds after that that Sharkey hooked a hard punch to the stomach in a neutral corner and Scott went into a fainting spell, hanging on the ropes. I waved Sharkey away and looked at Phil. I asked him if he wanted to go on, and he merely hung there. ‘We had asked Scott 1f he thought he | could_continue, and he said he would try. This was when he was taking the rest in his own corner. His manager agreed that he could go on. I told him | he must go on or he would lose the fight. He said he could no go on. I decided that he did not intend to fight any more and =o I stopped the bout and gave the decision to Sharkey. ‘When I called for the intermission in | that third round I knew that Scott had | not been fouled, but I wanted to give Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla.—Jack Sharkey, Boston, stopped Phil Scott, England (3) ; Johnny Risko, Cleveland, and Victorio Cam- polo, Argentine, drew (10); Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia, outpointed Pierre Charles, Belgium (10); Jimmy Maloney, Boston, outpointed Moise Bougquillon, France (10); Raul Bianchi, Argentine, knocked out Bill Daring, Miami (1). OMAHA, Nebr.—Tony Herrera, Chi- | cago, stopped Eddie (Kid) Wagner, Philadelphia (4); Bearcat Wright, Omaha, outpointed =King Solomon, Panama (10). INDIANAPOLIS—Chuck Wiggins, In~ dianapolis, and George Cook, Sydney. Australia, drew (10). TACOMA, Wash.—Dave Shade, New York, outpointed George Dixon, Port- land (6). EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill—Ray Alfano, East St. Louis, and Tommy Bambroug! Springfield, 111, drew (10); Fred Culle; Los Angeles, stopped Russell Cross, Quincy, Ill. (5). “‘Scott Quit,’ Says Gene; ‘He’s a Bum,’ Stribling MIAMI, Fla., February 28 (#).— ‘Two big, broad-shouldered men looked at at the skirmish of the tropics last night with expert eyes. One would not have climbed into the ring to box for any amount of money, al- though he could have beaten any of the 10 men in it. ‘The other refused an offer of $15000 to take part in the second show when he had been a principal in the first one year ago. ‘The first was Gene Tunney and the second Young Stribling. “Scott quit,” said Tunney. ‘Scott’s a bum,” said Stribling. Watching boxing bouts from seats among the spectators was a novelty for both Gene and “W. L.” Tunney was looking at his first big boxing bout since he left the ring forever after nis defeat of Tom Heeney a year and a half ago. Stribling ;uul:ly is In a corner as a partic- pant. The former heavyweight champion, polite as always, said that the card as a whole was “very interesting.” Tunney, who attended with Mrs, Tunney and a group of friends, ar- rived just before the opening six- rounder and remained until the close. 1 saw exactly where it Janded. Low Eneugh him every chance to continue, especially because I did not want any howl or | squawk from Jimmy Johnston, his man- | ager, in view of all the talk about fouls | | and whether the fight should be stopped | | with either man on his feet. Final Punch Clean. T even asked Scott if he was physi- | | cally fit to continue, and he said to me | that he was. An examination was made | and the bout resumed. |, That final punch was high and fair. | I_watched particularly for foul blows, and, as everybody could see, I was on top of the fighters at all times and in a position to see every punch landed. I did see every punch landed* and I In my opinion Sharkey was giving Scott quite a lacing and would have knocked him cold if I had allowed the | fight to go further. I think Scott real- ized that it was only a matter of time— and a short time—when he would go down under Sharkey's blows, and that's | all there is to it. { I realize that there will be those friends of Scott who will say He was fouled, but any man who sav' the fight and is fair at all knows that Scott was beaten fairly. Whether he could have gone on or not is something that only Mr, Scott can-say. He said he couldn't. We all can have our own opinions. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alllance.) RIGHT ABOUT SCOTT, ASSERTS SCHMELING By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 28.—Max Schmel- | ing, German boxer, slept_through the | fight last night between Jack Sharkey | of Boston and Phil Scott of Peacehaven, England. He was given the first news | of its outcome as he stepped off the train here this morning “That's the best and biggest news of | my whole career,” he declared. “What happened in Miami proves I was right | all along in not wanting to fight Scott. Now let me get at Sharkey."” Herr Schmeling, who has been skiing and climbing mountains in the Bava- mnymm looked the picture of athletic or. | He immediately cabled congratula- | tions to Sharkey and then announced | he would begin training forthwith at | Siesenthal. As an afterthought he wig- gled his thumb briskly, with the re- mark, “There is nothing wrong with that, is there?” apparently referring to & rumor heard here that an injured thumb would keep him fr - pionship fight. 4 i MRS. SCOTT COLLAPSES || ON HEARING BAD NEWS LONDON, February 28 (#).—There J was one house in England to which news of Phil Scott's defeat in Miemi | came as a nerve-wracking shock. | It was a little dwelling at Thronton Heath where Mrs. Scott, in a pale blue | dressing gown sat anxiously waiting | through the early morning hours by the | embers of a dying fire for word from Miami. When finally the unwelcome *idings | Were ;eiel'\;d.ml\;rs, Stott collapsed and ul by fri L G waited up with here o o g octor was called and several hou later Mrs. Scott was better, al'hlouzrl: she was still abed unable to see visitors. HESS A. C. T0 ENTER SEMI-PRO BASE BALL | ESS A. C. base ballers, who are | planning to play in semi-pro | ranks the coming season, will | meet tonight at 8 o'clock at 312 Thirteenth street southeast. All candidates, new and old, are asked to attend. Burroughs Insect diamonders are to gather tonight at club headquarters, 1803 Monroe street northeast at 8 o'clock. All members of last season’s Shapiro A. C. nine and other candidates are requested to be on hand. George Motley is manager, Aspirants for the Eastern nine arc |to meet tonight at 8 o'clock at 1503 Gales street northeast. A meeting of the Eastern Insects diamond team will be held tonight at the home of Manager Millard Mills, 140 iElevemh street southeast at 7:30 jo'clock. All candidates are urged to turn out. § Taking It on the Chin! The Hardest Sock 1 Ever Got, | | | | | BY MIKE McTIGUE. EFF SMITH, globe trotter, high- class fellow and a great fighter, hit me my hardest punch and gave me a nice licking in the| bargain. ‘That happened in 1920 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. I was defending| the Canadian middleweight title. The | distance was 15 rounds. I had won the championship of the north a year before by knocking out Eugene Brosseau, French Canadian then- considered a contender for Mike O'Dowd's crown. Beating Brosseau put the kibosh on plans for an inter- national match. Brosseau was the best box office bet in_Canada. I had boxed him in Halifax, and they wanted to see me again. - Smith and I had met in close fights in New York. Jeff had a big reputation. He had beaten them all, and stood at the head of the line for a chance at the 160-pound cham- pionship. I have no good excuse for what hng- pened. I knew Smith could hit. Right smack out of the box he let fly a left hook. It was his first offering. If it had been the last it was enough to win the fight. It was a lulu! It cut a deep | gash on my cheek bone. If it had reached my chin my relatives in Coun- ty Clare, Ireland, would have gone into mourning. I think the punch paralyzed my optic nerve, For three rounds I couldn’t see clearly out of my right eye. To make it worse my left eye wanted to sympathize with the right just when I needed it most. I stalled as I never had stalled before. Jeff never again reached me with a left hook. Not that night. In gym- nasium bouts with my tutor, Jack Brit- ton, I had developed several ways of blocking a left hook. From the common kindergarten block of holding up your right glove and elbow, to the side-step, step~in, step away, ducking, pulling away—I used them all. I was Mike the fox. It wasn't my night to be a lion! I was lucky to be on my feet at the last bell. (Next: Battling Levinsky.) (Copyright. 1930, by North American News- paper Alllance.) INDIAN SPRING CLUB T0 ELECT TONIGHT Mike McTigue. Members of the Indian Spring Golf | Club will gather tonight at the club- house near Four Corners, Md., to elect officers and governors of the club for | 1930 and to transact other club busi- | ness. A nominating committee has drawn | up a slate of officers and governors to be voted on, with H. A. Mihills, presi- dent of the club, again heading the ticket. The slate to be voted on fol- lows: For president, Herbert A. Mihills; for vice president, Ralph A. Davis; for secretary, H. H. Shinnick: for treas- urer, Frank L. Hudson. For members of the board, three-year term, William F. Dubols, Beryl R. English, Webster N. Jackson, Harry H. Kidwell, Willilam N. Schaefer, J. 'Robert Sherrod, Briggs Simpich, John C. Wineman, W. R. Winslow. For the board for a one- year term, Harry A. Grant. | Chairmen of the various committees | will be chosen by the president of the club following the annual meeting. The club today will wind up a highly suc~ cessful year, during which various im- provements have been made on the course and in the clubhouse. SHIKAT WINS ON FOUL. NEW YORK, February 28 (#).—Dick Shikat, world heavyweight wrestling champion in the eyes of the New York and Pennsylvania Athletic Commissions, defeated Gino Garibaldi of Italy, on a n:u;“ in 37 minutes 52 seconds last night. VOGEL TOSSES MARTIN. After losing the first fall, Carl Vogel came back to win the next two and his | wrestling match with Bull Martin last night in the weekly mat show at the Strand. Joe Turner, veteran, downed Rough House in two straight falls and | Sailor Knight took the measure of ex- Sailor Burke in other encounters. | | was recommended to John McGraw by BROTHER-OF SHIRES JOINS GIANT SQUAD By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February 28.— Len Shires, younger brother of “The Great” Shires, Chicago White Sox first baseman, has reported to the New York Giants for trial. Len is a second baseman and is not so garrulous as his elder brother. He the White Sox Shires. He has played with semi-pro teams in Waco, Muskogee, Springfield and other towns. AVALON, Catalina Island, Calif, February 28 (#).—A full-sized workout | with all hands engaging was on the | program of Manager Joe McCarthy of the Cubs today. ‘The. ;instaliment. of athletes, including last ‘year's regular infielders and outfielders, was due shortly after noon. PASO ROBLES, Calif., Pebruary 28 (#).—All the veterans on the Pittsburgh Pirate ph.chlnla d were slated for brief workouts ay. Manager Ens said he was satisfled with the progress the team is making. PETERSBURG, Fla., February 28 “Rabbit” Maranville, the inimita- ST. ().~ as full of “pep” as ever. rookies is by no means his smallest accomplishment. John Clough, a pitcher from Blue Hill, Me., couldn't hit the ball until “Rabbit” walked out to the mound. “Where's the boy who couldn’t hit?" he called. Clough stepped to the plate and nearly cut the legs out from under “Rabbit” with a line drive. CITY CLUB SCRAPPERS BEAT PENN A. C. TEAM ‘When Penn A. C. of Philadelphia for- feited in the heavyweight class, City Club boxers defeated the visitors, 4 to 3, last night at the City Club. The summaries: d class—Doug Swetman (C. C.) d Jim Golden: 3 rounds. decision. 55— -pound.class—Jt feated Whitey Granam; 3 Joe Karlan (Penn) defeated 3 rounds. decision. 147-pound cl BIIL feated Jimmy ; 60. d ounds, o Jack De Lacey: Miller (C. C) ; 3 rounds. decision. | pound clags “Eddie Loughran (Penn) | defeated Henry Irving; 3 rounds, decision. Heavywelghi —Russeil * Wolgram (C." € won by i Referee—Ted Mitchell. Judges—Col. Kenyon and J. Mooney. de- EA WILL WIN 10 GAMES, ALEXANDER ASSERTS By the Assoclated Press. WINTER HAVEN, Fla,, February 28 —Grover Cleveland Alexander planned to don a uniform of the Philadelphia Nationals today for the first time in 13 years to start his twentieth season In The veteran pitcher arrived at the Phillies’ training camp yesterday. Hi declared he is ne physical condi- tion, and his appearance bears out the | statement. He celebrated his forty- fourth birthday anniversary Wednesday. | Manager Shotton expects to use | Alexander largely to coach his other pitchers, but he also will take a turn | in the box occasionally. “With the runch this ball club has,” Alexander said, “we ought to finish in the first division, and the way I feel now you can count me in the win column with about 10 games.” IMPROVING FAIRWAYS AT ANNAPOLIS ROADS ‘Topsobiling and reseeding all the fair- ways and installation of a watering de- vice for the fairways is under way at Annapolis Roads, Talbot T. Speer, golf committee chairman of the Annapols | Roads Golf Club has announced. “Last year' our greens were fine,” Rudolph Ge The course probably wg‘ be opened 'lllr'.h.dln ;. ‘month l.ndh already have made such improvement that Winter rules will not be necessary. There has been great improvement in the beach at the Beach Club, the llfoon to the south of it having becn filled with sand. The club is planning a cmm’ course on the beach for those ing to practice putting in | their bathing suits. PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. | New York Rangers, 1; Chicago Black- hawks, l1t lourtlme)‘. e Detroit Cougars, 1; Of Senal 1 (overtime). o g fairways the major . | e | ble, is out on the lot with the Braves | be | the diamond which the Red Five of Youngsters Stand, Six Feet or More—Other A. L._ Camp News. By the Associated Press. PALM BEACH, Fla, February 28.—They make 'em big where the St. Louis Browns’ scouts hunt ivory, Three of this year's recruits scale 6 feet or more, while two of the yearlings also are behemoths, with Chad Kimsey towering 6 feet 3 inches, Dick Coffman and Rolland Stiles 6 feet 2 inches, Earl Caldwell 6 feet 1 inch and Herman Holhouser an even two yards. AJl of them will get a chance to stick, Manager Killefer declares, FORT MYERS, Fla, February 28 (#)—The first casualties of the Phil- adelphia Athletics’ Spring training sea- son put Eddie Rommel, veteran pitcher, and Glen Liebhardt, jr, a rooky, out of action today. Rommel was laid up with a heavy cold and Liebhardt sprained an ankle in fielding a ball- yesterday during bunting practice. Manager Connie Mack said today his squad would be in condition to play a regulation game by next Wednesday. TAMPA, Fla, FPebruary 28 (#). Batterymen of the Detroit team ap- proached the end of the first week of the training grind today in better gon- dition than usual for early in the season. Infielders and outfielders have been arriving daily, ahead of schedule. The rookie pitchers look an several of them are almost sure to stick. Elon Hogsett, a deceptive left hander, and Art Herring, right hander from Oklahoma City, both of whom were with the Tigers during the final days of the 1929 season, are leading prospects. NEW ORLEANS, February 28 (#).— ivened aiiing” camp proceedings or ivene g camp proceedings for the Cleveland lndmup today. Joe Shaute, Mel Harder, Lefty Shoff- ner and John Macdonald, the latter a newcomer, all cut loose with thein fast ones for the first time of the season yesterday. Wes Ferrell and Willis Hudlin, hold- a ,outs of the mound staff, still are miss- ing. PENSACOLA, Fla., Pehnllz —A quarter-mile cinder pat 28 (®). using for their Spring training - here and before and after practice e morning the casual visttor would thin he had h-pgened u a track meet. Manager Heinle Wagner believes that running .aeu the oul and the squad of 32 pitchers now tossing them up here do a couple of turns on the track daily. SAN ANTONIO, Tex, February 28 (P).—The Chicago White Sox probably will do all of their training right in San Antonio, until the exhibition tour with the New York Giants opens. It has been decided that no Mexican trip would be taken by the Sox and Giants, although it was possible a set of games at Laredo and Monterey might arranged. BOWMAN PL‘AYS BARNES IN BERMUDA NET FINAL HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 28 () —Herbert L. Bowman of New York and Bruce Barnes of Austin, Tex., have reached the final round of the men's singles in the Bermuda tennis cham- plonships. Bowman, the defending champion, upset Berkeley Bell of Austin, Tex., in the semi- , 6—3, 2—6, 6—1, while Barnes was eliminating the New York veteran, Dean Mathey, 6—3, 6—32. Cock Your Wrists At Top of Swing BY SOL METZGER. ‘The big idea for cutting down one's golf score is to hit through with the hands. “Keep the blooming body behind the hands as you hit through,” is the way Ted Ray used to express it. To do this, visualize the action of the hands. Then prac- tice to make them function correct- ly. The body will take care of itself ‘when that is done. They are cocked at the wrists. This cocking of the hands is the final movement of the backswing. In other words, it puts one’s hands in a position to sling the clubhead through the ball. Let us see how a great player like Johnny Farrell actually A Start the club down slowly with the straight left arm, the left hand HERE W& THE WAY THE NANDS CocK AT TP~ WISTS DO IT . pulling it smlg.ht down the right side. The hands remain cocked as at the top. What Farrell is doing is merely getting the clubhead under way and gradually increasing its 8} b.‘fio that the final thi h e get ini through the ball. ‘movement. The action of the knees, the hips, the arms on the backswing and at time of impact is well described in Sol Metzger’s leaflet on “The Pivot.” He will send it to any reader re- que it. Address Sol Metzger, in a by hitting It’s all a hand BostopApigers, 5; Springfield Indians, 1. care of this paper, and stamped, addressed envelope. (Copyright, 1690.) | 28.—Henry Johnson, | est ball among New York Yankee pitch- ey, Is Fiasco : Nationals’ Pitchers Tackle Training Seriously SOME TALL IVBER ONES AND HADLEY ONBROWNS'SQUAD. SETTING THE PACE Veterans Setting Example for Rookies at the Spring Camp at Biloxi. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ILOXI, Miss., February 28.— With the National battery men training this season will be a much more seri- ous business than last if what the pitchers and catchers now work- ing here under the direction of Manager Walter Johnson are say- ing means anything. To a man the veterans of the squad are emphatic in their statements that they intend to whip themselves into condition quicker this Spring than formerly and the fine ex- ample set by them is bound to have its effect on the rookie mem- bers of the outfit. Sam Jones particularly is eager to fit himself for a fine getaway in the Amer- ican League campaign. Now Sam doesn't relish this training grind—never a veteran seems to like it—but he de- clares nothing will be left-undone by him in his effort to be.in splendid pitch- ing condition when the curtain rises on the championship show April 14. Jones for several seasons has been far from the peak of form at the out- set of campaigning. And Sam admits that perhaps his lack of trim might have been due to his failure to toil as strenuously as he might have in the Dixie camps. Last Spring he was es- pecially poor when the bell rang. Not only was his arm weak, but he. also lacked stamina generally. As a result he had the poorest of his seasons since donning a Washington uniform., Bonus May Be Reason, It will be different this year, however, he avers. Sam is working {Alrfl—not too hard, of course, for the wily veteran zihwher knows just how much hé can pun- himself in early training—and aims to be really ready for heavy duty by the time the club moves northward to Chat the latter part of March. It may be that Jones is eager to show the base ball world he is far from being on the downgrade, despite his long serv- ice in the big show, or it may be the bonus clause in his contract is some- what le for the extra kick year than formerly, and this should mean much to him and ‘h’A:cInh : club. ler of the pitchers going about his work more earnestly '-h:: l‘b‘enm 15 Irving Hadley, the chunky Linn boy, who was such a_disappointment last . Perhaps a fatherly lecture given !bv ‘!v’ruldznt Clark Griffith early in inter when the N s over in Washington on his way to & vacation in Florida had some- es his base ball sen:.ull'y; it leetlg:, l.li\ t}m training as aying season. s ey e e erican League cam| but - nll'n. Tow None has it looks : h he a8 t.hcm{ proverbial fiddle t As usual, volley early conditioning ers find it the m the presence of Don Savidge, now holds the edge over the Ruel aggregation. Savidge it appears is a tennis player ot note around his home in Berwyck, Pa., he!n&murechuy proficient at the net | in bles. Mar] has stationed Savidge right at the net in the volle ball cm;el'.!. :;ld f-l’led hm&g - s smashes uently boun uel hencnmenulgr points. 7 Schacht Is First Casual. PFirst casual of the camp is Al Schacht, the generally busy coach. Al lled up with a heavy cold {futfld-v morning and did not don a uniform for mllce. But Old Doctor Martin took in hand and tis said the Bronx bear will be on the job before the end of the week. Schacht has an added task this year. Johnson has made him custodian of the base balls used in prac- tice. a post filled last year by 8lyfl= Milan, now manager of the Birmingham Club. And Al says there will be no heavy losses in base ball stock such as the club suffered in past train: sea- sons. He plans to number the balls and keep a check and double check on those issued to players. Woe to the one not accounting for the numbered spheres, declares Al. It won't be long, though, before Al's plans will be shot to pleces. Base balls at a training camp can dis- lp;elr quicker than ice cream at a kid's party. There was an added starter at drill this morning. Herbert Pyle, the pitcher drafted from Chattanooga, blew into Biloxi late yesterday, all anxious to get on the job. He seems in right fair shape now, so is unlikely to feel the grind to any great extent. JOHNSON OF YANKS SHOWS 1928 FORM ed Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., February Wwho has the fast- ers, apparently has returned to thy that made him a sensation h‘:’ “;'Torm In that season Johnson beat the Ath- L’y"‘;dfl" nm': in Alfnlttatu and there- more Yankees 1o win the peny m!'embu i Last year Johnson suffered injury in July and was on the. b'epnl:lcl the rest of the season. He wore a brace on his spine all through the Win- &e‘ao-'?d reported at camp in fine con- He reports that so far he has fell ;'\Jo' return of the injury that laid him HERMAN OF ROBINS FIRM IN DEMAND FOR $25,000 CLEARWATER, Fla., Februa; —nmmwm:: B A