Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1930, Page 41

he & ben WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ® ny Staf, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930. ¥ PAGE D-1 Mpyer Reports For Training in Splendid Shape : Johnson Optimistic Over Outlook BUSTING INTO BASE BALL ADDS TO HIS SPEED} Buddy Gets Rid of Superfluous Weight by Hiking Hills at Spa. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ILOXI, Miss, March 7—A condition course at Hot Springs, Ark., is helpful to the young player as well as te to participate in the s wwoprl;out o!p:he athletes, but the first on Biloxi "gflw. his who have under the direction ‘Walter Johnson and his of. coaches for a week. - fine,” declared Myer when he bty mmm&o}% nitty “Better, in fact, than period wve I have regained my speed and be able to travel in fine style this season.” News Pleases Johnson. © o wy TriBUE, wme —_— BURN COURSE *? ok (T BURNS. ') 1T'S SUPPOSED To BURN ! T_BURNS BETTER (T 1S fifi AND MARGARET Wi WATE in the sports pages of The Evening Star. ,a._,‘.; Tigers Retain Former Slugging % Power and Improve on Mound; Wfimm.Rogell to Plug Hole at Short 23888 BRIEE _ sEg" : George , recruit outfielder, has penned his signature to a Washington tract. new member of the Nationals after a conference with President Clark Grifith last night found the terms offered acceptable and jumped into line. This was motion picture day at Biloxi Pleld. A crew of movie cameramen with sound machine much footage while the Nationals were their daily drill and ex- | search for from Manager tracted a little speech Johnson. Biloxi’s Chamber of Commerce is ban- queting t Grifith and his official Sacking town, and fish in abundance A Secretary Tony Rgazi of the local or- ganization has informed Griffith. The prexy's_staff includes Manager John- son, Trainer Mike - Anulx.t:-nt “Trainer Prank Baxter, Business - Billy Smith and Rooter-in-Chief Harveycutter. Several of the golfing athletes were ts yesterday of Joe Evans, former jeveland and Washington outfielder, who now is practicing physician at Guif- , Miss., about a dozen miles from mfl. Joe entertained the party at the Great Southern Golf Club. A dance in honor of the Nationals | was held at vhelr hotel last night. Many | of the boys are snappy hoofers and they eertainly showed their wares. It weas a big time especially for Benny Tate and Sam Jones, demon dancers both, Prankie Baxter has been elected chief ecaller at the keno festival. 's o better number mumbler in the hotel. He can make 58 any other caller. Conn.—Jack Britton, Al Bchell, Boston b 'A, Fla grow the f;go : will tarded in the ?pecnon of the clouting circus sound more like 68 than | BY ALAN GOULD, Associaied Press Sports Editor. impreuion htest by an in- gathered under the banner of the o the paimy_days of Cobh an Crawford, Detroit has EHM {tself in maintaining & high busting talent. More crowned American League ‘champions than el the rest AP e, 1 me n;r e answering the clarion “Tigers again the IKIng | call of the clout, for they led the league in batting last year mm finishing sixth. It is distinctly , however, to record that Ma: Staniey Harris is - main thi last year have disappeared. der the diplomatic, forceful leadership of Bucky Harris, the team has devel 1 keen, aggressive and harmonious spirit. Rogell Answers Puzzle. The answer to Detroit's shortstop prun.\‘:l appears h'fi:k have been discovered Geol Uhle, Owen Carroll !ofllal’. all ht-handers. Whitehill, S Bt e A 2008 s e, hes up wi 4 Hz has devel an_efictive slow curve and change of pace. s Uhle reported late but with arm in good shape. Carroll and Sorrell. younger but well seasoned, have a world of stuff, but need better control. Jean Dubue, the old 3 Roger Bresnahan, famous battery mate of Mathewson, have taken over the de- velopment of new pitching talent with apparent success. ‘They have m&ng | ., March 7.—The that bigger and better the line is not of the d | Arthur blazed a trail d | year-old giant, just out of Bronx school- boy ranks. Taken on as a first baseman, Greenl also has possibilities as a third sacker and may be kept in re- serve if he continues to improve. s 't where we will finish this vyear,” declared Manager Harris, “but if we don’t land in the first divi- sion and give nnybw & battle, I will be much disappoint . LEN SHIRES SHRINKS WHERE ART SHRIEKS opposite of his r'ar'in, roarin’ brother the “Great” Shires, is young Len Shires, 0 ‘been accorded a training camp to show his stuff by John Mc- Graw at the Glants’ ball park here. Where Charles Arthur (the Great) ejaculates, declares, asserts and protests with ear-splitting emphasis, Leonard is silent. Where the big brother basks in it of publicity and likes it, the little brother shrinks. Where Arthur lets all the world know that he is the best first baseman the White Sox ever - | isn’t sure that he knows anything about any kind of ball. ‘The kid brother has been playing around in semi-pro ranks for a year or two since leaving college. The Shires family had no idea there was any mon- ey to be made in base ball until Charles last year and the year before, so didn’t take the diamond seriously while at school. But ; | the coaches, like Dave Bancroft and Vic | Irish Meusel, and e: like than ordinary speed. He meets a ball well at the and is determined and earnest. ARMY ENTERS POLO TEAM IN TOURNEY as to plate A. A. U, PLANS HAND BALL SAN ANTONIO, March 7.—The exact | THE MORE THE ' 0o DARD ¥ oINS In response to many requests, some of the late Clare Briggs’ famous drawings are being reproduced HOPES OF DODGERS GROWING BRIGHTER Wright’s Arm Is 0. K. Again and Bissonette Appears Sure to Be Ready. By the Assoclated Press. LEARWATER, Fla, March 7.— Life for the Brooklyn Dodgers is just one optimistic announce- ment after another. of Wilbert Robinson's infleld problem | was solved, and now comes the news that in all probability Del Bissonette will be in shape to start the season at first base. Bissonette underwent two operations during the Winter, but has recovered s0 swiftly that he is taking daily prac- tice with the rest of the team. “Bissonette will be in there” says Robinson, “and so will Wright. He can cut loose any time he wants to,” AUSTIN, Tex., March 7 (#).—The fact that the New York Giants have put their first exhibition game in the victory column is of less import than the fact that Sam Leslie, young outfielder, seems to have found how to hit a low outside curve. Sam clouted the ball with vim and vigor for the first 10 days of training, but Freddy Fitassimmons discovered tha! the recrult couldn’t hit a low curve on the outside. Sam has been seeing noth- ing but these offerings for several days. The pitcher for the University of ‘Texas in yesterday’s exhibition game gave Sam one and the rookie belted it for a double, driving in two runs. The Glants won the game, 4 to 1. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 7 (#).— President Heydler of the National League, who looked over the Phillies yesterday, figures Shotton's team as one nlm-dnrkhonuortheugug, “Shotton has all the tting he wants,” Heydler said. “Give him some pitching and the other teams will have to move some.” ac- a dosen base ball gz:u which might otherwise be lost season. Each day the 12 hurlers must go through this session before the “real” work begins. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 7 (#).—~Two of those rare errors by “Rab- Maranville and four “snueusi |SIX CUEISTS SELECTED AND SWIMMING EVENTS | With the | return to form of Glenn Wright part | j INFIELD AND SLAB INPROVEMENT DUE Barney Also Expects Goslin to Regain His Normal Slugging Prowess. This is one of @ series of stories on the prospects of the 18 emtries in the American_and National League races, written by the leaders of the rival eams. BY WALTER JOHNSON, Manager Washington. UR showing last season was a disappointment, particu- larly after the semsational play of the Washington club in the Spring exhibiton games. Fandon will no doubt re- call the way we ran rough-shod over National League opposition and against the -stronger minor l“li'n“qfu%::'&'u ¢ showing. in y our grea wi the Spring tended to make our later failures all the more distressing. On Spring form the experts picked us to be up there from the very start, and our fallure to hit our stride until late in t worse it than I did. Base ball is a mighty funny game. The fail- one about Walter Johnson. 3 | Remove Hornsby’s punch from the Cubs, Fonseca's from Cleveland or the sl Simmons from the Athletics and you will imme- diately raise havoc with the offense of those clubs. For several years “Goose) Goslin has played such a role for Washington. was every reason to expect him to continue it last season, but he didn't. Goslin had the worst year of his major league career at the bat. A player who should hit from .340 to .360, his average for last season was only .287. There you have the biggest reason I could offer for the failure of the Washington club last Summer. Extra Base Hits Lacking. Lack of players able to give you drives |for extra base hits, a department in which Goslin usually featured, was a | chief fault of the Natiol last season and one of the best explanations why the club finished in the second division. A pitching weakness was almost as | fatal ‘as the lack of a batting punch. As 1 viewed our pitching s in the Spring, 1 was pretty well satisfied. soon turned out different, Mar- berry to be our only consistent pitcher. is 3 well Known act shat L Joungster a wn a world of stuff. In 1928 he had a ear. We were banking on him victories up. However, from rt things broke badly for A third reason for our poor show- ing can be attributed to the fact that | du much of the year we had a| mi infield, due to iliness and in- | juries. We were fortunate if able to |go a couple of weeks with the same infleld combination. Shortstop was a source of much concern to us all Sum- mer and it is a well known fact that no club gets very far without good work at_that position. 4 In figuring the chances of Washing- ton for 1930, I am content to cast the records of 1929 into the discard, believ- ing they are worthless and do not give one a real idea of the club’s strength. Reasons for Optimism. Getting down to definite facts, I de- sire to offer these three reasons why we will have a much better ball club in 1930: 1. We have three or four good young pitchers and I feel positive one, pos- | winners this Summer, 2. Infielder Bluege will be a much better player, due to the operation on his trick knee, which for several years has been a t handicap. With Bluege in the line-up every day Wash- ington will be a far better team. A look for Goslin to come back and have & big year. His slump at the ?l:tn:.‘ that impossible of la are of explana- tion. He is still a great batter, even he didn't look the part last Summer. (Copyright, 1 PLANS BEING MADE Plans for the ofganization of five base ball teams, senior, junior, midget, insect and pewee, will be made at & meeting of the Lionel Athletic Club tonight in PFisher Hall, Wisconsin avenue and N street, at 8 o'clock. Practice for all the teams will start: about March 15. All aspirants are urged to attend tonight. Only members Isherwood A. C. base ballers are ar- ranging their schedule through Mana- g:. at Atlantic 1408-W. ipdelaine, the team's pitching ace last season, will again be on the job. thian base ballers are to meet man wants insect, midget and junior tossers to attend. FOR 3-CUSHION TOURNEY OHICAGO, March 7 (#).—Six of the eight players who will compete for the national amateur three- n billiard cham) p at PFrench Lick, Ind., March 17 have been named by the Na- tional Billlard Association of America. BY DIAMOND SQUADS ¥ :‘fuflu club will be permitted to try for ey “How 1 Broke Into the Major Leagues.” BY MELVINN OTT, As told to John F. McCann. T was in September, 1926, that I first arrived in the great city of New York, carrying my base ball bats and a sult case, the biggest part of which was taken up by my spiked shoes and a catcher’s mitt, on my way to report to Manager McGraw of the New York Nationals. How ex- cited I was! I was headed for the Polo Grounds, a place I had read of so often, but little thought that the day would come when I myself would g0 there as a candidate for a place with | the far-famed New York Giants. Here T was, however, and was only 16 years old. I had never before played any pro- fessicnal base ball, having only grad- uated from the high school in my home town of Gretna, La. That Summer I In August, Mr. Williams made a busi- ness trip to New York, and, much to my :‘uurnyrue, I received a postal card from “Report to the Polo Grounds, Sep- Mr. friend 3 McGraw and already had sent up sev- eral players, but I surely had no idea of the jor league, being then only 16 years old. I packed up, however, and went to New York, going direct to the Polo Grounds. I worked out with the Giants the temainder of the season and shortly be. fore time to go back to Louisiana, Man- MELVIN OTT OUTFIELDER . NY, GIANTS— ager McGraw tsked me to sign & con- m for the rext year. I immediately - It was during the next season that I 17 years of age, and it was Phillies that Manager McGraw sent me in as a pinch hitter. I struck out. Manager McGraw, however, gave me mucmea-nndw\mhhhelplm e with the major to get out there ers and feel the | same as I did when at school. (Copyright, 1930, by Morth American News RUTH AND RUPPERT TALK TERMS TODAY i By the Associated Press. ST. Fla., March 7.— The q whether Babe Ruth will be paid $7! or $85,000 for this 1930 e transcended camp activities of the New York Yt to- day, with the club's president and sole owner, Col. Jacob Ruj here with his lawyer for a conference with the ™ speer:.:t:)m tred upon these twe n cenf o possible eventualities: (1) ‘That Ruth and Ruppert will compromise on & one-year it, caling for the record salary of $85,000. & (2‘)’"‘“!& R\I::d will (ml?l:‘,lll:‘;fe ‘:Illh up) agree 'S mulg%'fm a year for 1930 and 1931, re] ting an increase of $5,000 over his salary for the past three seasons. On the basis of Ruppert’s remarks upon arriving here, there was not the slightest. chance of Ruth's demand of ,000 a year for each of the next three years being granted. The colonel made it emphatic that he would con- cede no three-year contract on any ‘The Babe has worked hard to get in the best of condition and signalized the first game yesterday by hitting a times at bat. PLAY-OFF CH.ANCE IS LOST BY DETRIOT HOCKEYMEN NEW YORK, March 7 (fl.me Dc; troit Cougars have lost math: chance of offs 1 the. Amerisen division | Be the of the National Hockey League. night they lost the J’flruen: game of the | 44-game season Americans, 1 to 0. Detroit can get cnly 40 points by win- ning its remaining four games, while the New York Rangers and Chicago Blackhawks, tied for second place, have * Bnotoer stutout last er shutout ht left the Montreal Maroons safe llékthe head of the Canadian division. The victims were the Montreal Canadiens, holders of sec- ond place in the division, who went down by a 4-to-0 count. Before the game the Canadiens had a chance to tie for the lead, but'afterward they were 4 points behind. New York 195 MILES AN HOUR MADE BY WOOD IN SPEEDBOAT MIAMI, Fla, March 7 (#)—Gar sibly two, of them should be consistent | Wood, speedboat king of America, be- | lieved he had attained a speed of 95 miles an hour with his America VIII, glant water racer, on the ‘waters of Biscayne Bay in trials pre- liminary to his record attempt during the Miami Beach Regatta, March 25 and 26. The trial was not officially player of his ability does much to | timed. an infleld. On the Drives Tonight District League—Co Tem- o 7T i Mezer Davis, at Lucky o S oS0 Pin Business Men's League — Open North ot Washington Men's Lessue — va. B lue (%“d' witt’s Kin R ratuthns Vi 3 un T Proféssionsl Ladies' League — Oolesville of g Daushiers vs. Wynnewood Park, at on rban League—! A T o et s vs. iy Runspiety vk V2 Capitol Hill League—0 : Bufiding Contratiors’ Leamiefudoloh & West vs. George A. Puller t, John P. Vs, James Baird, D. s ule, O. H. I i vs. Travel- ©. Butcher vi . W. e, Stk v 2 e, Foundry ve. Sight at 1e—O) 'k ST S E h, ors’ v, Water Department, s vs, Sewers No. 3, Corporation vs. Fublic Utilities, at Arcadia, Lloyd Waner Will Not Start Season for Bucs BY SAM MURPHY. NEW YORK, March 7 (CP.A)— Lioyd Waner probably won't start the season in the outfield for the Pirates, it was learned from Paso Robles, Calif. Little Poison has not Tecovered sufficlently from the oper- ation he underwent for appendicitis practicing at Paso 'nmhwuh after he left J:: gained a pound. He re- with the regulars just the same, but lacks the pep so vital to the big league pace. Counge] For the present Brickell is being for the outfield post made her two contestants will come | the Eastern and New England |- practice triple and single in three | las into | Vas Last ot - Lucky FORMER OLD LINERS BALTIMORE, March 7.— Jimmy John’s, and Johnny 'Stinson, from Princeton, are among the newcomers on the Mount Washington Club ia- crosse squad. Indications are that the Hillmen will have their usual high-class 12 this year, An attractive schedule of nine matches has been arranged for the team, of which Doug Turnbull, veteran first attack and an All-American tion in his college captain, The Mount Washington card: April 5—Poly and Priends, at Mount | washington. April 12—Hopkins, at Homewood. April 19—Princeton, at Homewood. April 26—Hopkins Olympic Club, at Homewood. |~ May 3—Washington College, at Mount ‘Washington. May 10—Western Maryland, at Mount | Washington. May 17—Crescent Athletic Club, at Brooklyn. May 31—Western Maryland, at West- minster. —— {LOSSES BY ONE POINT GIVE COACH NICKNAME ball the last two s | ably ‘has lost more Syl e | point than any mentor in the country. Last year the point decisions during their Southwest Conference campaign. Their most pain- ful setback this | periods. SWIMMING DATES SET. | MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 7 (P— Officials of the National Amateur Ath- letic Union have announced that the | champ! swimming meet be held in the Roman | women would pools here March 13, 15, 16 and 17 and that the diving contests would be con- ducted in the Deauville pools nearby March 14. - frgedas St YOUNG NETMAN SCORES. NEW YORK, March 7 (#)—Frank P, ;'nn&r. youthful ition rom Dignity-Refinement Most Styles games by a single | CHISOX HOLDOUTS UPSET PLOT BUSH Now Unable to Muster Two Teams—Yanks’ Hospital List Alarming. S of Willie Kamm, Alex Metzler and Art Shires, and the delay of Smead Jolley in getting to camp, Man- ager Donje Bush today faced the task of revamping the White Sox infleld. Bush must have two teams to send against the Giants in the week end’s two exhibition games and at present, there simply aren’t enough men to go AN ANTONIO, Texas, March 7 (#)—Due to the holdout tactics " | first broke into a bt leu\unm,":: or less WITH CLUB TWELVE 2o S e e e the jump ‘TAMPA, Fla, March 7 (#)—Mana- ger Bucky Harris’ outfleld worrles seem about over. ‘The men available for the three gar- have ted selec- | and days at Hopkins, is | WP selected. Punk, recruit from Hollywood, is re- garded as a certainty, however., WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 7 (#).—Another applicant for the right- | field post of the St. Louis Browns, made | vacant when Prank McGowan was re- leased, appeared in Earl McNeely yes- Killefer likes the appearance of Gullic, husky Ozark Mountaineer. Owls dropped five one- | tion D. C. REPAIR SHOP TEAM IN DEPARTMENTAL LOOP A team representing the District Repair Shop will compete in the De- tal Base Ball A " Nunn-Bush Ankle-Fashioned Oxfords THE BUCKINGHAM You Can SEE and FEEL the difference