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S 14 Moore, NATIONAL ROOKIES [MPRESS JOHNSON Rice, Judge and Bluege Due to Reach Training Camp at Biloxi Today. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ILOXI, Miss, March 1.—| Three of the new Nationals | going through their Spring | course of sprouts here surely have plenty of heft. For general all-around bigness, Carlos Moore, the pitcher purchased from Birmingham; Herbert Pyle, hurler drafted from Chattanooga, and Gordon Phelps, catcher picked up from the sandlots of Washington suburbs, stack up well. Both Moore and Pyle stand well above 6 feet and each weighs i _the neigh- borhood of 185 pounds. Phelps just about reaches the 6-foot mark and car- | ries a lot of weight with him. He modestly admits tipping the beam at 205 pounds, but when the Mike Martin official scales are set up in the club house at the ball park, it is likely Gor- | don’s tonnage will figure higher. | It is too early yet for Johnson to get a line on the two pitchers, although ‘Walter now says their size and action | impress him. Not until they are per- mitted to cut loose with some speed, | which will not be until next week, wili Moore and Pyle really be sized up Both are rather new in pro base ball. ‘This is only the third season for Moore, who broke in with a bang with Pen- sacola of the Southeastern League in | 1928 and last year performed better for | the Birmingham Barons than his rec- ord of five wins and seven losses indi- cates. Pyle started in the pro ranks in 1927 with the Mission team of the Texas Valley circuit and in 1928 was with ‘hattanooga. The Lookouts sold him to the Giants, who returned him to the Southern Association club. Last year he won 9 and lost 17 games for Chat- tanooga. After getting away to a good start, k> was unfortunate to drop a string ¢f contests in which he yielded | few hits, poor support hurting his | cause. | Phelps Good-Natured. ‘This Phelps is a fine-natured fellow, always smiling and willing to carry out orders. He's built along the general lines of a horse and apparently can | work like one, too. Already he’s a great favorite in camp. His general disposition has won him many friend- ships and his willingness to toil has interested Johnson greatly. Of course, Phelps lacks a deal of polish as a catcher, but Johnson de- clares he is ready to gamble with che young fellow, who hails from Odenton, Md., to a great extent “Mark my words,” says the Wash- ington pilot, “Phelps will be a real catcher, I might say a great catcher, before Jong. This doesn’t mean that he is going to jump to the forefront this year, but it won't be long before he is heard from. “I like the way he handles himself, despite his bulk. He's quite agile for such a big fellow. He has a fine pair of legs, not the pudgy kind that usually prop such stout men, and does not lack speed. Phelps can throw well, he seems to have a fine idea of what a catcher should do and above all I believe he will sock that tall. I hope we don’t lose sight of Gordon. ‘He may be ready for the big league this year, but I think Washington would do well in keeping a string on him.” Veterans Check in Today. Some time today Sam Rice, veteran gardener, and Joe Judge and Ossie Bluege, long-time figures in the Wash- ington infield, are due to breeze into Biloxi. Rice notified President Clark Griffith yesterday by wire that he was on his way South from Hot Springs, | Ark., where -he took the baths and tramped the Ogzarks several weeks. Judge and Bluege are expected to check in about supper time this evening. Sam West and his new bride also may reach here today. 'Tis reported they are in New Orleans now. The newlyweds, though, may remain in the Crescent City until after Mardi Gras next week. With the addition of Rice, Judge and Bluege to the squad, Manager Johnson pians to start batting drills Monday. There will be bunting practice—lots of it—for the pitchers, says Walter, while Rice, Judge and Bluege immediately will endeavor to line ‘em out. Johnson especially wants Judge to get an early start to clearing his batting eye this year. Joe's sluggishness in attack in the early part of the 1929 campaign hurt mgr k?Xutlomals no little. ere’s no one working harder to get into trim that Johnson these days. Tghe big fellow came here with a pretty good coating of fat over his frame, but he hopes to rid himself of much of it within a week or two. Walter intends to do a great deal of the pitching to batters in the drills here. In fact, he plans to take the hill Monday when the pitchers open the bunting drill. ‘With such a small mound corps at hand Welter wants to fit, himself for the bulk of the hurling in practice, once the exhibition games get under way. ARISTOTLE BOWLERS LEAD AHEPA LEAGUE Team Standing. Aristotle .. 31,946 Hercules H 29,186 28.845 | 20.956 | Panos Zaharou| Papas Arthur’ e Placos ... Mantzouris Chaconas .. 6 Caparell Scarlis oz 123 294 HERMES. Poulos Tompros Chipouris Pascales Drakos ovran 6 139 350 65 138 343 63 139 363 SOCRATES. 358 324 328 309 309 Versts . o 4 Skiados .. . Valliotis . 12 13 K Valliotis "1} 53 145 360 12 V. Drakos ... 65 128 331 14 SONS OF PERICLES. .42 123 329 60 118 329 5 57 .48 57 9 98-48 9429 12 97-31 13 95-16 H 38:3¢ 94-5 3 86-45 115 307 91-24 Records. Hish average_Gus Placos (Hercules), 208-15! Andrew Panos (Aristotle). 106-33; ]l'fllh llgl:fllvlfll)ll same—Mantzouris (Her- CUiek {ndividual set—Lefty Poulos (Hermes), i High team game—Plato. 580, High team ‘set—Hercules. 1.854. p TEh sirikes—Gus Placos (Hercules), 34; ; os (Socrates). THigh spares—Gus Blacos (Hercules), 141: Andrew Panos (Aristctle), 123. wrmtsrlise Night base ball is planned by the Des Moines Western League Club next season, . Ginaris . PORTS ‘Robbie’s Strategy Fails As Wright Hits Homer CLEARWATER, Fla., March 1 (). —The boys will be careful here- after in making bets with Wilbert Robinson, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In a game between the Wets and Drys yesterday Robbie bet $1 on the . As the Wets rallied and threatened to tie the score Robbie went to the coaching lines and or- dered Clise Dudley, pitcher for the Wets, to steal second base. ‘Dudley was put out by the customary mile and Robbie went back to the bench satisfied that he had won his bet. A moment later, however, Glenn Wright slugged the ball over the left-field fence, 350 feet away, to deadlock the score at 6-6, and there it remained. YANKS MUST SLIDE, SHAWKEY ASSERTS To Be Given Rigorous Drills in That Line for First Time. Other News. T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 1 (#)—For the first time in the history of the club, the New York Yankees will have to go through with a rigorous program designed to bring about an improvement in their sliding ability. Bob Shawkey, new manager of the club, is a firm believer in the efficacy of the sliding pit and one has been constructed at the Yankees’ training camp here. All of the club’s previous managers have been opposed to the sliding pit. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 1 (#).— Manager Donie Bush of the Chicago White Sox has made another change in the old order—the Sox this season will have no field captain. Yesterday's arrivals included Johnny ‘Watwood, Johnny Kerr, Bill Hunnefield and John Clancy, leaving only Smead Jolley, Bill Kamm, Alex Metzler, Dave Harris, Carl Reynolds and Art Shires yet to appear. PENSACOLA, Fla, March 1 (®).— Heinie Wagner, Red Sox manager, has ordered his 22 or more pitchers to slow down for a few days. With the infielders and outfielders ar- riving Tuesday, he says he doesn’t want them to be baffled Ly too good pitching or the hurlers to get the idea that they're world beaters. TAMPA, Fla, March 1 (#)—Elon Hogsett, left-handed pitcher who came up from Montreal last Fall, appears to be certain to have a regular berth with the Detroit Tigers this year. Hogsett has been showing excellent form and has an edge on the two other youngsters. It is certain that one southpaw will be used by Manager Bucky Harris to back up Earl Whitehill, the team's only crooked-arm veteran. ‘The others, Frank Barnes and Phil Page, also are tuning up well. NEW ORLEANS, March 1 (#).—Lew Fonseca, leading batsman of the Amer- ican League last season and the chle(i cog in the Cleveland Indians’ attack, appears fully recovered from the at- tack of scarlet fever which besieged him during the Winter. Further cheerful events included the reporting of Ken Holloway in fine con- dition after a recent iliness and the capitulation of Willis Hudlin, star hurl- er, who had been listed as a holdout. FORT MYERS, Fla, March 1 (#).— Manager Connie Mack has created a new job for Howard Ehmke, veteran righthander, who pitched the Athletics to victory mn the first world series game last year. ‘The inventor of the “hesitation” pitch ball will have complete coaching charge of the rookie boxmen, eight of whom are now working out here. Ehmke will fill the post of coach and at the same time continue his own preparations to pitch during the season. GIANTS ADD MOSTIL AS A SAFETY MOVE By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 1.— John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, already has swung the ax. Lou Winer, right-handed pitcher, and Jack Gallagher, burly catcher, have been unconditionally released. At the same time McGraw announced the purchase of Johnny Mostil, former White Sox outfielder, who was with To- ledo last year. Mostil was bought to give the Giants an acceptable substi- cline to come to terms. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 1 (#). —With the veteran Grover Cleyeland Alexander as headmaster, the lies’ pitching staff is going to school. Man- pitchers this season, three of whom will be_coaches and two relief workers. Shotton said he would build his staff around Alexander and two other vet- erans, Bryon Speece and Earl Collard. PASO ROBLES, Calif., March 1 (#). —There is going to be a battle royal for the job of shortstop for the Pitts- burgh Pirates. With announcement that Dick Bar- tell, holdout, had refused to come to 5 | camp, Stuart Clarke, Charley Engle and Ben Sankey prepared today to fight it out for the t. Vice President Sam Dreyfuss said no further effort would be made to induce Bartell to report here. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 1 (®)—The only malcontent on the Braves’ roster is Jimmy Welch, tall cen- terfielder from California. A substan- tial salary cut remains to be accepted ? | or a compromise reached. 1 ST. LOUIS, March 1 (#).—Whether the month of March makes it lion or lamb, the St. Louis Cardinals will en- 24 | train’ this evening for Bradenton, Fla. GAGE, PEABODY SOCCER TEAMS GO SCORELESS Gage and Peabody School soccer | teams will meet again Monday after- | noon on the Plaza Playground in the | series for the municipal playground de- | partment’s junior elementary school | title. | "'The teams battled yesterday to a|'0 24 scoreless tie in a struggle that included four extra periods. Gage won the first game of the series, 2 to 0. |KILLEFER SAYS BROWNS WILL BE FLAG FACTORS WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., (#P).—The lobster red, which has the faces of the St. Louis Browns since they started Spring training Tuesday, was lessened slightly yesterday by rain. Manager Killefer is elated over the prospects his charges show. “St. Louis can look forward to a team which will play ball to the limit,” he de- arch 1 col clared, “and they’ll be very much in thh‘ da) year's pennant | The choice of young bowlers of Wash- tute for Ed Roush, should Roush de- | ager Burt Shotton plans to carry 10 | PACINI 1S BOWLING WIZARD OF MONTH |Shoots Three “400” League| Sets and Pair of “600s” in Sweepstakes. BY R. D. THOMAS. LLIE PACINI may always look back upon February, 1930, as the brightest month of a sparkling bowling career. To- day Ollie’s right pants pocket was well | filled with greenbacks and a yellow or | two, his reward for winning the class A champlonship of the Italian sweep- | stakes. To do this the Grand Palace Valet | star shot two consecutive five-game sets of better than 600 and totaled 1,248. In the final set, rolled at Tad Howard’s new Rendezvous, he collected 305 sticks in the last two games for as sensational a finish as ever marked a Washington | duckpin tournament. His scores were 103, 127, 97, 163, 142—632. He shot 616 in the the opening set a week pre- vious at the Northeast Temple. A week or so before the sweepstakes opened Pacini achieved the unprece- dented by rolling two league sets of better than 400 on one night. With the Bearcat team of the Recreation League in a double-header he scored 405 and 6. Several nights ago he shot 406 ‘rith Grand Palace Valet in the National Capital, and the three “400” sets in one month may constitute another record. Keepers of the archives are not sure about it. In his five best performances of the month Pacini gathered 2,4¢5 in 19 games for an average of a small frac- tion less than 130, ! Second money in class A of the sweepstakes went to Frank Maley, with a score of 1,155, and N. Bonbrest was third, with 1,130. Class B was won by Frank's brother, Tony, with 1,032. Louis Scagnelll was second, with 1,029, and Scogna, third, with 1,028. ‘Tonight's most interesting match will bring together the District League Colts | and the Baltimore Recreation Juniors | at the Lucky Strike at 7:30 o'clock. ington and Baltimore make up the teams. Washington won a 138-pin ad- vantage in the opening set of a series rolled in Baltimore. ‘Washington and Annapolis will clash tonight in the Moose Intercity League at the Coliseum. ~Annapolis leads the league. Washington is next to last in the six-team circuit, having won only 15 of its 48 games. Regular Saturday night sweepstakes for men are listed at many establish- r:;:u and one for women at the BY BATTLING LEVINSKY, DDIE McGOORTY, who put Osh- kosh, Wis., on the boxing map, soaked me the hardest I ever was hit. That was in Phila- delphia in 1913, in our second fight. Eddie had knocked me down with a left hook to the nose in a previous meeting in Pittsburgh. It was in the second round, and I pulled myself to- gether after taking all the law allowed me on the floor and won the newspaper decision. When we were matched in Philadel- phia I was going good. I had just beaten “Kid” Wagner and Dave Smith. McGoorty had stopped Smith in a round, a big improvement over my per- formance with the Englishman. Mc- Goorty was the type who would knock your head clean off your shoulders if you tried to box. If you had the com- bination and knew how to work it, forcing him was the best attack. Eddie had a peculiar feinting style. He would wave and spin his left glove like an old-time bartender mmnf a cocktail. He would shake his glove to your body and raise it. All the time he was trying to pave the way for an opening for his dreaded left hook. Although I knew this he surprised me. After the bell we walked to the center of the ring. McGoorty feinted and I dropped my guard. He landed what I thought was a brick on my nose, breaking every bone in it. That was 17 years ago, but I still can feel that punch. I was dazed the entire round. I stalled. Eddie tried to tag me again with his left, as he realized I was in bad shaj The blood was pouring ipe. from my nose. I kept my right glove up. Every time Eddie punched I fell into his crashing left glove. It was my only salvation. I stalled through the sec- ond. In the third I began to come back, My seconds couldn’t stop the blood. I was going better in the fifth and sixth than in the second and third. Some of the newspapers said I won, but I think they were consoling me for my busted schnozzola. I certainly had to drink plenty of milk to make up for | the blood I lost in that fight. (Next: Pete Latzo). (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) CUMBERLAND K. C. QUINT WILL PLAY C. U. FROSH Knights of Columbus quint of Cum- berland, Md., led by Johnny Long, for- mer crack Catholic University basketer, will invade the C. U, gym tonight to engage the Cardinal Yearlings at 8 o'clock. ‘The Casey team has a fine record. Long now is coaching at La Salle School at Cumberland. DEMAR IN TITLE RACE. HOUSTON, Tex., March 1 - Clarence Demar of Boston, national champion, and a half dozen other dis- tance stars will take part in the Na- tional A. A. U. 20-mile marathon here Sunday. COLORADO U. FIVE WINS. BOULDER, Colo, March 1 (P).— Colorado University’s team today was the basket ball champion of the east- ern division of the Rocky Mountain Conference after its victory last night over the Colorado College cagers, 27 | A GALLAGHER IS BEATEN. NEW YORK, March 1.—Harold Mays, Bayonne, N. J., husky, won the decision over Marty Gallagher, Washington heavyweight boxer, at Madison Square Garden last night in the 10-round semi- final to the Sandwina-Bertazzolo bout. The veteran’s experience told. SR BIKE CARD ARRANGED. NEW YORK, March 1 (#).—Pro- BUSTING INTO BASE BALL “How I Broke Into the Major Leagues.” BY JIMMY DYKES, As told to John F. McCann. HEN I first started out as a base ball player my biggest fight was to overcome home- sickness, and the “call of the fireside” was so strong that it almost blasted my career on the diamond. It's pretty tough to be out battling | away from home when only a kid in years, and many a promising youngster | never reaches the top because he is un- able to fight down the urge to get back | home. My first break away from home was in the Spring of 1915, when Jack Hay- | den, the former American League out- fileder, got me a chance to play with the Portland, Me., team, then man- aged by Hughie Duffy, and I went will- ingly enough, strong in the belief that I'd make good. got so violently homesick that I packed up my belongings and took a night train for my home in Bryn Mawr, Pa., | where I again started playing semi-pro ball 1 The next Spring, however, I tried it again and this time I won out in the big scrap, but only after a terrific battle. I went to Seaford, in the Eastern Shore League, and here Mike. Drennen, scout for Connie Mack, found me and de- cided I was worth a trial in the majors. I didn’t get there so quickly, however, but spent the year 1917 with Gettys- burg in the Blue Ridge League before I came to the A's, to remain ever since, with the exception of several months with the Atlanta team in the Southern League. It was against the Boston Red Sox that I obtained my actual start in the Things went well | | enough for me, but after two weeks I TICS American League and “Sad Sam” Jones ‘was pitching that day. I singled to left on my first trip and the realization of many years of hard work was fulfilled. All my major league days have been with Connie Mack, and I never have had a single regret since entering Shibe Park, but I can still remember the day when homesickness drove me back to Bryn Mawr back in 1915. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) Watch Your Hands If Long Iron Shots Bother Y ou, Says Espinosa This is the nineteenth one of a series of articles written by famous amateur and - professional _golfers. telling how they overcame outstanding jaults in their play. BY AL ESPINOSA. Runner-up National Open, 1929. "VE golfed in the fastest company for a good many years. I have played with or against . virtually every American star, and have had the | chance of observing them under the best and their worst conditions. I have come to the conclusion that this game is essentially like any other competitive sport. No matter how ex- pert a man may be he has his weak- nesses and his bad days, when those weaknesses are sharply emphasized. Babe Ruth has a lot of strike-outs to balance against his home runs, and the best golfers in the world find times when they simply can't do anything right. Bad days are due to mental or physi- cal causes. In the last National Open at Winged Foot I had to play really good golf to gain a tie with Bobby Jones for the lead at the end of the regulation 72 holes. Then, in the play- off, the relaxation of the terrific strain as well as complete physical weariness caused me to play very badly. I realize as well as any one that nobody could have beaten Bobby the way he was going—but all my bad shots seemed to lump themselves together, Al Espinosa. I pushed a lot of my iron shots dur- ing those 36 trying holes, and pushed shots on as tough a course as Winged Foot bring such extreme woe that even the greatest ability at recovering won't altogether wipe it out. No matter what you do the extra strokes pile up. Pushing my ball to the right on iron shots has given me more worry than any other single fault in my game. It is no longer a habit, for I have con- quered it to the point where it comes to trouble me only occasionally. But even occasionally is too much for any golfer who engages in tournament play 10_months in the year. I found that the basic cause for my difficulty was that my right hand was too much on top of the shaft. The right hand should be a little under rather than too far on top of the shaft. This not only lends an added punch, but gives one a better chance to fire ;he club head through on the proper ine. But there are times when my hand slips around into the old faulty position. Habit is hard to overcome. The sub- conscious mind holds tenaciously to any habit—good or bad. When I push I know the reason, and correct it by practice. As I have said, this fault of mine occurs seldom now, but I have to fight it just as you have to fight any bad habit you have contracted in your grip, pivoting, ete. Under modern conditions the long iron shot probably is the most impor- tant in golf. It cannot .be made to function to your advantage if there is a push or a hook. Look to your hands | if 'you are pushing your number twos to the green. (Next: Gus Novotny.) (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE Wishing to save the regular putting greens from heels which cut into the soft ground, Arthur B. Thorn, profes- slonal and greenkeeper at the Wood- mont Country Club, has installed temporary greens on all the holes of the fine nine-hole layout of the club. Thorn now is located in his recon- structed and admirably arranged golf shop, which has been rebuilt during the Winter through the generosity of a member of the club. The Woodmont pro still is suffering from a fall early in the Winter in which his back was severely wrenched, but hopes to be able to play golf again within a few weeks. Announcement of the new profes- sional at the Annapolis Roads Golf and Country Club is expected to be made within a few weeks. The club golf committee has had a number of ap- plications for the post pending for two months. Walter F. Hall was profes- sional at Annapolis Roads last year. The East Potomac Park public golf Brace Left Leg On Downswing BY SOL METZGER. ‘The downstroke exerts two forces upon the body when it is played properly, with the hands swinging the club down and through. The first tends to pull one forward, due to the initial pull down of the club with the left hand. To balance one’s self against this force you'll find most golfers are well back on their heels at the top of the back- swing. They preserve balance dur- ing the start of the downswing by resisting with the balls of the feet. The second pull is to the left in the direction you intend playing the ball. It is the opposite force to the one felt at the start of the back- swing. So you preserve balance here and give yourself a base to swing from by straightening the left leg and locking the left hip. The sketch of Kirkwood starting his downswing with an iron shows the balls of his feet resis the :]m pull l‘ml:':d t:ndh“u l‘it leg iready straightening to resist the force that is about to pull him to- ward the left. Why waste the years trying to lower your score by ding in- structions? Sol Metzger has pre- pared a free leaflet on “The Pivot” fessional, motor-paced and amateur bi- cycle sprints will be held in Madison ‘Bqu-re Garden as an appetizer for New York’s forty-eighth international six- yh r:oe, starting at 9 o'clock tomorrow Which he will send to any reader Trequesting it. Address Sol Metzger, in care of this paper, and inclose a stamped, addressed envelope, (Copyright, 1930.) l H.,'d'l&h the course will not open before March 15, even though good weather puts the layout in exceptional condition, accord-~ ing to an announcement by the man- agement. Much repair and maintenance work remains to be done at East Potomac Park, and the course is too soft to permit heavy play. Meanwhile the management of the public courses believes that with the k Creek Park and West Potomac Park courses open for play, there is not & need for East Potomac Park to open until early Spring. The course in West Potomac Park is befinfil heavily - atronized, and prob- ;:l); Wwill employ two professionals this Horton Smith, the Missourl pro, who was the sensation of the Winter season last year, is chipping and putting like 2 man inspired, according to Fred Mc- Leod, the Columbia pro, who accom- panied the touring professionals on their trek through the West and South- west. Smith has not so far been the impeccable scoring machine he was last year, but his uncanny ability around the putting greens has kept him well up In the money during the Winter events. :‘.; lr;nmlmunce ?i! ;gznt ?flm is ac- cor ng aroun putting greens, McLeod tells of the Catalina zIl-:llm‘l open, where Smith’s second shot to the first green was not on the green on a drive and pitch hole, and he holed a chip shot for a birdie 3. His tee shot to the next hole was in a bunker near the green and he holed his bunker shot fm't;n elgée h:‘;'l sggrl&ge another birdie on the nex e same chi) and putting skill. S Densmore Shute has been the real | Con: sensation of the Winter season, accord- ing to McLeod, who looks for the taci- turn Ohio lad to win the national open in the near future. Shute is the cool- est youngster McLeod ever has seen, the Columbia mentor says, and is certain to improve in skill as his experience in- creases. Shute already has won two of the biggest tournaments of the Winter season, and is not wearing himself out | Davi by too much competition, McLeod says. Shute did not play in the Savannah open. McLeod never was able to hit his stride during his travels with the tour~ ing pros, and altogether was quite dis- gusted with his game. says the scoring pace has become so swift that if 290 is not broken in a 72-hole event, it is almost impossible to get in the money. Only a few of the tourning pros will break even from a financial standpoint, over the Winter season, he adds, these being the lads who have copped the big purses, Shute and Sarazen, winners of the Los tngeles and Agua Caliente open championships, will be among the big winners, while Horton Smith also will have a balance on the right side of the ledger, for even though the Joplin lad has not won one of the big money af- fairs, he has been consistently in the pay roll at most of the tournaments. ‘The groposu to eliminate the lengthy tenth hole at Congressional and the short sixteenth and divide the tenth into two holes by construction of one new green and two new tees; now is be- fore the finance committee of the club. Sandy Armour and Peter Jackson, drew up the estimates for the work, believe it will cost about $1,500 to make the changes. - A new hole will be built for the tenth, while the present tenth green will be used for the eleventh and the sixteenth will beclhn . present sixteenth green for the new seventeenth tee. doned entire- | Dol ni mfl-’“u‘ EXPECTS HEILMANN ANDMEUSEL TOAD Former Pilot of Browns Goes | to Rival League to Help Cincinnati. This is one of a series of 16 stories | on_prospects of the American and | National League races written by the | leaders of the rival clubs. BY DAN HOWLEY, Manager Cincinnati Reds. O club can hope to get very | far in the major leagues a punch. The dangerous| or four good hitters following| each other in the line-up. | During the past three years as manager of the St. Louis Browns I have been in a very good posi- tion to appreciate the real value of what a slugger or two means to_a ball club. | In 1928 we finished third and in 1929 | fourth, despite the fact that we had one of the weakest hitting clubs in the ma- a fighting spirit kept us in the first division the last two years. In 1928 if we had had a clean-up batter on the club we would have made plenty of uble and would ve had a chance to cop the pennant. The punch just wasn't there, club I was told My pan Howler, situation was very much like the one I had left in St. Louis. For years great pitching had been wasted because of the need of two or three piayers capable of hitting for extra bases., That has been the situation, I| am told, in Cincinnati for three years | or_more, 1 regret that my pitching will not be as good as it was three years ago, since age takes its toll out of a veteran pitcher and there are several of them on the Reds’ staff. However, I decided not to worry about the pitching angle, hoping that if T was able to get together a team that would give the pitching staff a | working of three or four runs daily, that the pitching would show im- provement with this added punch. Help From Rival League. It has been my experience in major for much help from your own league. | If you are to get major league material, | tried and true, you invariably must go | to the rival league. That is why Presi- dent Weil and myself turned to the American League instead of the Na- tional, when we started our hunt for | | players who could hit, Since the close of the major league season the Cincinnati club has added three players to its roster who should make the Reds a much improved club, | far more interesting. I refer to Harry Heilmann, Yankees, and Inflelder Cuccinello of | Columbus in the American Association. True, Hellmann and Meusel are veterans, and as some of the critics state have passed the peak of their game, but those “babies” can still hit that old apple and that is what in- terests me most for the time being. I feel that Cincinnati must have an im- mediate punch if the club is to please fandom next Summer and I am will ing to gamble that Heilmann and Meusel will supply the much-needed power. Heilmann, many times batting cham- pion of the American League, hit .343 for Detroit last season. His 156 hits included 41 doubles, 7 triples and 15 home runs. Meusel Had Off Season. There comes to every great player a bad year some time in his career. Last year was Bob Meusel's off season. He batted only .259 and he is a .300 hitter if there ever was one. A change of scenery is certain to work wonders for him and I feel sure he will star in the National League. Cuccinello played second and third for Columbus last season, a majority of his games at the first named position. them 56 doubles, 10 triples and 20 home runs. ‘These three players should all hit well over .300 for me. 0, I am sure players like Kelly, Critz and Swanson will be helped and hit better than last season, as they will absorb the spirit of the newcomers. ‘We would like a little more pitching and have several deals in mind that should help the club in this depart- ment if we are able to put them over. (Copyright, 1930.) INTERNAL REVENUE Team Standing. W. Annex No. 1... Miscellanecus ' . .....’.;I! 288~ o rcnenealll SEE28EEED 22282 2 SERSS id_ Res 3 50 206 P hrde Games by tentative Torteit: INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES. For 18 games or more. 129 335 13 MISCELLANEOUS. 17 122 125 353 23 11 ADJUSTMENT. 134 365 27 119 136 345 17 124 363 17 111 X 132 346 24 106 131 354 20 102 CONSOLIDATED RETURNS. 103-16 | 106-55 GENERAL COUNSEL. Manning 48 136 Staubley 141 Dowd Koehler .’ Phillipps these days unless it packs | I clubs are those that have three|? jors. Great pitching, a fine defense and | b league base ball that you cannot look R. He batted .358, making 227 hits, among | D5l BOWLING AVERAGES |1, Frankies Show Way in Stretch i Of War Department Pin Race Team Standin, Prankies ... Air_Corp:s Barbettes . Fort Hum) snssore 2RREREBEREERNRNES Medicos ' Construction Finance Officer. 2 aswesu sy t gets—Frankies, 1,626: Alr BN e games—Frankles. 592 Bar enm ga 582 beties, 874 Pore Humphrers and Statistics, each. High individual averages—Matson (Bar- beites), 110-18; Arey (A. C.) ley (A’ C). 100-34. “hiich Shdividual games—Shipley (A, 50 Starks (A. C.), 156; Lamb (Frankies) 1 sets_Matson (Barbettes), ey A6 35 S Burve (Fort Ham: . 374 Most ' strikes—Lamb _(Frankies), 30: Faunce (Barbettes), 20; Taylor (Finance), 2 3 y ( Corps), 145 Ko korD Hamphrevs). 135 Paunce bettes), 132. Individual Records. (For 15 games or more.) FRANKIES. 1.668: Port graphic, 0 19 48 11 54 134 33 AIR CORPS. 57 13 145 145 361 6,261 s 131 0 152 105 #3810 38 488 FORT HUMPHREYS. bert. Franklin . Smi O'Brien Kuster . Alderson’ Conner Wgall Feaster & i H fi 38 114 305 5,382 HYDROGRAPHIC. 57 14 103 129 354 5,836 74 126 335 4,719 8118 85 137 358 81500 160 Motley Bell o Gauzza m! 109-48; Ship- | R e, | Faunce (Bar- | -31 | Denneny 48 31 R 10 63 114 STATISTICS. f il P 'Brien 25090 53 REETIOR Corps and Hydro- | 87 26 107 300 2,088 14 111 307 1632 ENGINEERS, 62 21 119 123 365 6,402 56 100- 369 21 5 20 110 22 1,921 HOWITZERS, Crowell Dabrasky . g% 15 3 AUDITORS. 46 21 83 135 342 4,758 63 24 105 144 360 6,443 54 16 74 134 320 5,272 6112 176 124 312 5,887 96- 49 '8 49 120 317 4,446 FINANCE, 60 23 81 12 3 29 Dabney Sylvester Burrow: Jorgen | Healy Taylor . . D415 27120 272 3,307 MEDICOS. 5716 88 126 3 5215 62 119 3 34 8 26 4 21 110 3 4310 60 124 3 CONSTRUCTION. 5113 58 120 333 4,825 4713 54 122 327 4,410 30 8 20 110 312 2,745 32 132 335 2, 30 118 317 3,314 OFFICERS, Ey .. 2 Gardiner 51 8 85-10 Players competing in less than 15 games are not tabulated in these records. CHARLES E. HAMANN, Ommcial Scor War Department Bowling League. GALT BOWLERS LEAD JEWELERS’ LEAGUE . Schwar Castlebergs . Heller Co. .. Harris, 8r. Eoldsmnion 6o 34 28 ; High average—Pearson (Castleberss). 106, 11':‘%)' ame—van De Koolwyk (Gold- smiths), 550, High ‘set—Preller (Galt & Bro). 398, Hith Sikesbretier (Galt & Bros Southwor sendort "R “Harris, 8r., ahn, ncJ, 26 Hich spares—Preller (Galt & Bro.), 118, grgesesr “Mit- (A. secured from the Detroit | M Tigers; Bob Meusel, from the New York | Fr Alverson Jontiff . Ayres Stanley Geract Ellis Mittendor TN orebIEE T b 228228 = Q o oSGaual Parsons Van De Koolwyk Gable . Sexes mesgees 2222 M . Eemima, She 4 ot P OPPENHEIMER & SHAH. 10 2 B ._N.::; SEe P T 88828828 333333 OVER 12,000 BOWLERS IN A. B. C. TOURNAMENT | gaas Walsh CLEVELAND, March 1 (#)—With the greatest out-of-town entry list in its history, the thirtieth annual re- newal of play for the international tenpin titles, under auspices of the American Bowling , opens here tonight. Some 25 States and Canada, repre~ qu or at_the wood 32 drives. ht of April 6. They oo the second richest fund ongress history, the amount to be split being $100,650. The champion five-man team will re- ceive $1, and gold medals, {he champion two-men, $500 and medals; will vie for a slice rize S 0i-lo 43 | the singles champion, $300 and medal, and the all events champio! n, $200 and g™ 3 8 | Gullt . 4 | Selander FISCHER TOPS GIRLS IN FEDERAL LEAGUE TEAM RECORDS. e Lt o 1 1 1 1 1 1 Interstate 'C. 'C. Gen. Acct. Treasury Govt. P. Com.” Comets 23388 1 1 1 14 *Handlcap included in these figures. RECORD! (These figures do not include the handicap.) Individual averages—Fischer (War), 100-37: Ford (Navy), 00-46; Brown (Nayy). $8-33: Cox(Labor), ‘Bradburn (War), 98-12; PR todadus] Sames—rischer (Wax), ndividual ~games—Fischer _(War), 140: Ford (Navy), $37; “Belley (Freasury): ets), High individual sets—Gulll : Jensen (I C. C.), 350; Scott ). 348 Seeley (Treasury), 343; Fleming (Vets), 343. High team games—War, Interstate - fmerce Commission, 845;" Economics, i avy, 536. High team sets—Veterans’ Bureau, 1,541: {pterstate, Commerce ~ Commision, ' 151 High individual flat games—Minson (La. 1), 94: Preble (Treasury), 94; Guill (Ve 93; Foberti (Governme: 93: 'Seeley (Treasury), trikes—Brown (Navy), .3i: ar). .304; Bradburn (War), .303; ‘Ecoriomics), .300. 's_Ford (Navy), 1.719; Cox_(Labor), 1,515, RECORDS FOR WEEK END FEBRUARY 21, 1930, a INDIVIDUAL ING Edenton 8229230 sa83:3f Fleming Mischou Babeack Clark, T. Kirk 2 2883328 mepmaas 2832, 255 5583288 ‘Amidon kS > o @ Fischer raoenn ghizza szesed -] B I g " ,567 116 295 ,215 123 323 1. 113 320 1 430 113 301 4 4,869 108 293 57 5,014 115 298 AGRICULTURE. 15 1,507 127 326 2228 o 522222 P 832238 2 3 9 8 7 8 B 2 urke, Thompson MacKinnon Ra 2200 bafibills FER23E53 R IR R SLSiie S8R 838 Kirby g:r"u Freute Robero ., Fleharty 28382 P shath St it ok 121 331 Liebermann 138 127 332 Minson . .137 120 311 1n 82 63 5,635 114 306 15 62 63 5,170 114 287 11 40 8§24 COMMERCE COMMISSION. g X SEEEEEEE PESEEsE 2l L GOVERNMENT PRINTING . 39 3711 60 5,317 é T L] RN o2118S | sEEEEEs BEE e i pamaant £ug.882 (=2 115 1,230 . D. C. BOXER WINS. RICHMOND, Va., March 1—K., O, Riley of Washington won a clean: decision over Joey Raymond of Balti- more in an eight-round boxing bout here last night. —— ALS GIRLS VICTORS. Als A. C. girls’ basket ball team con- quered Towson All-Stars of Baltimore, South Atlantic A. 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