Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1930, Page 33

he #p WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION ening Star. MARCH 11, 1930. Classified Ads PAGE C—1 -l:i’;zrnes,ficLeod in Line-Up for Game Friday : Pitching Revival Due at Brooklyn LATTER IMPRESSES WITH FINE FIELDING Little Rock Youngster, Billed to Play Short, Appears to Be Real Find. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ILOXI, Miss, March 11— When the Nationals engage the Pelicans of New Orleans next Friday in their first| game of the Spring training series, Manager Walter Johnson | will have in action at the outset| of the contest in Biloxi Stadium a team differing probably in but two | positions from the team that rep- resented Washington a great part of last season in the American | League. This the manager made known this morning. Johnson plans to have Red Barnes in left fleld instead of Goose Goslin, who has yet to accept the salary of- fered him this year by President Clark Griffith, and Jimmy McLeod, just up {from Little Rock of the Southern Asso- ciation, at the shortstop post instead of Joe Cronin, who performed between the second and third bases the greater part of the 1929 campaign. With Goslin holding out in such de- termined manner Barnes soon may recognized a left field fixture. Mc- Leod, however, is starting at shortstop Friday only because Cronin will not have had more than two days of train- ing here, having left his home in San Francisco too late last week to report here as ordered on Sunday. Other Posts the Same. In the other infleld and outfield posts it is certain at this time the same who held forth last year again will be seen. Joe Judge will be at the initial station, Buddy Myer at second and Ossie Bluege, his l&‘ 'lfi:l;:gh{lued him lu: year a| ntly al once more, & zm hn‘:p‘rewmeh Sam Rice will be in his_accustomed position in right field, and Sam West, who patrolled the center garden so brilliantly in 1929, will cover the same position once more. The batting order, too, so far as po- sitions are concerned, will closely re- zemble that of 1929. West, Johnson says, will get the lead-off berth and will be followed by Rice. In the third notch will be Barnes, whu:h ‘fi}fi, Wi _uhnv fourth, Judge draws the position, Bluege mg“slx!h and McLeod the seventh. This order will be top-heavy with lefl-hlndal’\l. m:t tl;n; first five in it swing from the side. Pitchers about definitely selected to get three innings of work each in the opening encounter are Fred Marberry and Irving Hadley. Marberry seems to be in good enough trim right now to o through such a brief session on the ill. Hadley can stand much more tofl, but he ought to be in condition for Friday's test. Either Lloyd Brown | or.Ad Liska also will get a three-inning | term in the tilt. Both are well ad- | vanced in training. | Ruel and Tate to Catch. The catching is to be done, accord- ing to present plans, by Muddy Ruel and Benny Tate. However, Manager Johnson is eager to give Gordon Phelps, the big boy from Bowie, a test under fire 50 he may share with the veter- ans in the receiving end of the game. This line-up as drafted by Johnson— that is, the infield and outfield por- tions of it—will not, in all likelihood, lay throughout the fray. Young Wil- iam Bradley, first sacker taken from | the sandlots of New York; Jack Hnyu.‘ utility inflelder extraordinary, and Cronin are apt to crash the inner de- | fense some tfme, while George Loepd, the gardener purchased from Balti- more of the International League, and | Al Powell, drawn from the Takoma Tigers, a team of youngsters that played well around Washington lots last year, | sre due to see trial in the outer works. Although Cronin would have had only a little work, Manager Johnson | had to use him at the outset of | the en 'ment to be held here Friday, but after watching McLeod perform in the infleld drill yesterday, the Wash- ington club’s field boss decided to send the rookie into action. McLeod, who did a deal of throwing and running be- fore reporting here Sunday, showed up #t the drill with an excellent arm ready to cut loose and a pair of legs pos- sessing speed aplenty. McLeod Sparkles Afield. His work at shortstop was the fea- ture of the practice. For more than & half heur grounders and liners were batted toward his field and the way he handled them was pleasing to all in charge of the training of the club. He appeared equally proficient at going to in t style and leaj liners hl[hy and wide. His throwing left little to be desired, too. He shot the to first base in the same true | | | | | | | Brandt, who pitched the last five in- | yesterday by a_slippery | Basket ball followers Friel Says Final Offers Made to Balking Browns WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. March 11 () —The St. Louis Browns have made their final offer to three hold- outs, Heinle Manush, Ralph Kress and George Blaehoider, Business Manager Bill Friel declared on his arrival here. Friel sald Kress is demanding a salary “all out of reason” while Blaeholder wants only a little more than he was offered. Manush, how- ever, Wil not be given an increase. According to Friel, the word from President Ball is for the drio to sign or stay out of organized ball this season. SINIMONS IN 600D TR, SAYS BISHOP Declares Outfielder Does Not Like to Play in Spring | Training Games. By the Associated Press. ORT MYERS, Fla, March 11.— Max Bishop, convalescent second baseman of the Athletics, who checked in here several days late, confided to his teammates today that the mystery of Al Simmons’ swollen ankles is no mystery at all. Bishop, who remained an extra week at the resort because of blood poison- ing, sald Simmons’ legs were in fine condition and that the hard-hitting outfielder would remain away until| most of the A’s exhibition games were gvler, as he dislikes Southern playing elds. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 11 (®). | —Manager Donie Bush of the Chicago ‘White Sox today was more steamed up over the showing of his charges against the New York Giants, and the non- appearance of Smead Jolley, than he was concerned over the goings and comings of Art Shires and Alex Metz- ler, his hold-outs. Bush wants Jolley, the big outfielder from San Francisco, to get to Work, but the latter still is in San Francisco trying to get part of his purchase price from the Seals’ management. The showings of the other recruit outfielders have been so that Metzler is not missed. Bush does not talk about Shires. S8T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 11 (#)—The New York Yankees have ab- sorbed a lesson on the relative value of lots of singles as compared with a few home runs, triples and doubles. The Yanks got two home runs, & triple, a double and a single against Bruce Cunningham and Ed Brandt of the Boston Braves yesterday, but lost | the game, 7—5, because the Braves got | 13 singles. > Only one man got to first base on nings. PENSACOLA, Fia., March 11 (#)— ‘The epidemic of pitchers around the Sox training camp was somewhat relieved today with the release of four, ! bringing their number down to 17. Two | of them, Eldon Hallamore and Felix Nowaske, probably will join the Pitts- {“t‘d' Mass., club of the Eastern League ater. Milt Gaston, a regular pitcher, also nearly was removed from the picture bat from the hands of Bill Harlesky, which hit him in the head. One stitch was taken at a hospital. John Winsett, Tennessee student outfielder, has arrived. NEW ORLEANS, March 11 (#).— Johan Goldman can stick as the Cleve- land Indians’ shortstop if he can only bring his batting to the 270 mark, and Manager Roger Peckinpaugh thinks he knows how to accomplish that. “With _fellows like Fonseca, Falk, | Averill, Hodapp and Porter in there | every day, it won't hurt us any to have | a lighter hitter at one position, especial. ly if he can field as that kid can,” said | Peckinpaugh. | SIFTING OUT THE CHAFF. KANSAS CITY, March 11 () ve a defl- | medical | | nite check on possible, national champions after all se d games have been completed ht in the | annual national A. A. U. basket ball tournament. A further sifting of the weaker clubs today will leave only 16 quintets in the running for third round games tomorrow. | Perfect Swing and | WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND HURTCHA wittls- ouT IN A HAD 1T DIDN'T ONE SPECK ! Z 2z e In response to many requests, some of the late Clare Briggs’ famous drawings are being reproduced in the sports pages of The Evening Star. ITWw BE HAD A LOOSE TooTH ONCE AND 1T JERKED OUT THIS WAY AND —By BRIGGS. MUCH JIFFY . HURT McKechnie, New Braves’ Boss, Will Lay Stress on Slugging By the Assoclated Press. T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 11.—Acting on the theory gain and nothing to lose, gray-haired Bill McKechnie has begun his four-year term as man- ager of the Boston Braves by putting a premium on the old- fashioned wallop. ‘The harder and longer the Braves sock 'em in the Spring training the better are their chances of landing a berth. “You know I have never favored the development, of defense in any club at the expense of attack,” said McKechnie, “In this day and age of base ball I am a firm believer that the punch is the thing. Ball games are won by the club scor- ing the most runs. We may be out- scored a lot, but we will do consider- able scoring on our own account if I can find the boys with the wallop.” As a result of this policy of brute force in practice, the natives and tour- ists on the outskirts of Waterfront Park have daily been sent scurrying to cov- er by the long-distance clouts of the 1930 crop of Braves. The club uni- form, with the flaring emblem of an Indlan in war feathers in front as well as on the back of the shirt, con- tributes to the terrifying effect of the boys from Boston, Beaverton, Oreg.; Beaumont, Tex., and Crestview, Fla. Position Switching Looms. Neither is McKechnie particular what position his players occupy so long as they can hit. The star recruit in camp, big, rangy Walter Berger, who hit 40 home runs for Los Angeles in the Pa- that he has everything to | or the burly Pat Flaherty, a llulltl“ who played end with the New Ymk‘ foot ball giants last year. | Richbourg Is a Fixture. | Lance Richbourg, one of the best out- flelders in the league, would be a star| on most any team. He is a super-star | with the Braves and a fixture in right | field. Earl Clark, who also did well in | 1929, is a certainty in center field, with Joe Bratcher from Denver and Randy | Moore, a heavy hitter from Dallas, as | candidates for left field, even if Jimmy | | Welsh reports ready for action. Berger | will get the call in left if not placed on | third. The club lost a good prospect | when Bill Dunlap, who came up from | Providence, was operated on for ap-| pendicitis February 28, soon after ar- riving for practice. The pitching staff is well equipped with experienced talent of the right- handed variety in Bob Smith, Bruce Cunningham, Percy Jones, Ben Cant- well and Johnny Cooney. Cantwell has looked especially good. Two of the best new prospects are Bob Brown of Hull, Mass.,, who came up from semi-pro ranks, and Alonzo Smith of Steuben, Me., purchased from Providence. The only seasoned southpaw on hand is Ed Brandt, but Tracy Hart, who pitch- ed against the Yanks Saturday, may stick as a port sider. STRAIGHT O NY doubt that may have existed | previously as to whether the Business to Interfere With Nuthall’s Tennis LONDON, March 11 (#)—The Daily News today says that Betty Nuthall, English tennis star, will miss several of the important Spring tournaments because she is taking lessons in business management and cookery, with the object of running a restaurant in London. “She is becoming a capable busi- ness woman,” Betty's mother said to the Daily News, “and she can cook a steak nicely. She also is taking lessons in typewriting. The Nuthall family has been in the restaurant business for years and Betty has the advantage of family tradition.” Several other morning papers car- ried storfes similar to that in the News. - EXHIBITION BASE BALL. By the Associated Press. Yesterday's Results. At St. Petersburg, Fla.—Boston (N.), 7; New York (A, 5. At _Fort Myers, Fla.—St. Louls (N.), 16; Philadelphia (A.), 9. Games Today. At 8an Antonio, Tex.—New York (N.) vs. Chicago (A.). At St. Petersburg, Fla.—New York (UBS WILL REPEAT | SHOTTON BELIEVES Sees Giants and Pirates in Battle for Second and Phillies Fourth. By the Associated Press. INTER HAVEN, Fla, March the Cubs, with the Giants| and Pirates fighting it out | Phillies in a first division berth, is the | way Burt Shotton, Phillie manager, | “Barring accidents or unusual hap-| penings, there's no way to beat the year with a great pitching staff and| the punch. This season they are AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND, Calif., March 11 (#)—Recruit pitchers | to worry about releases for at least three weeks. axe until the squad arrives at Kansas City, on the way home and apparently a New York Yankee, who was obtained | from St. Paul. 4 Later on Manager Jewel Ens expects to be talking about the base hits rifling | Pirate_outfielder, but right now he is; thankful for three pounds of flesh. to his weight in the past week, a mat- ter of no little importance in view of to gain following a recent appendicitis ration. bt at the lead-off position in bating, s restricted to light exercises as the SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 11 (®). —The New York Giants are in for one find their hitting eyes. McGraw is peeved over the weak stickwork his team The Giants got only nine hits in their first game wit®the University of Texas a kid pitcher, and made only 12 in two games with the Chicago White ngi a o 1¢ 11.—Another pennant for for runner-up position and the| sizes up the National League campaign. Cubs,” Shotton said. “They won last | stronger in both departments.” with the Chicago Cubs have no cause McCarthy does not plan to use the does not figure to drop Al Shealy, once | PASO ROBLES, Calif,, March 11—(#) off the bat of Lloyd Waner, Pittsburgh | “Little Poison” has added that much the fact that he had previously failed Lloyd, an almost certainty till was Pirates trotted out today for practice. batting session after another until they has displayed. and were blanked for seven innings by deplorable record at this time h: o year, when the pitchers throw curves or slants of any sort. The absence of Freddy Lindstrom and Bill Terry has been a big factor in the team’s lack of punch. BRADENTON, Fla., March 11 (#).— With the St. Louis Cardinals holding one-game edge, the fourth and last contest between the Red Birds and the Philadelphia Athletics will be played today. Yesterday's contest at For Myers proved another slugfest, wi Cards on the long end of a 16: count. Errors proved costly to squads. both CLEARWATER, Fla, March 11 (). ness keeping him on even terms with | rtly manager of the Harlem Harlequin, whose ability to | the Brroklyn Dodgers, never used to set | throw punches from any angle have | ed nearly every boxer he ever —Wilbur Robinson, p much store by exhibition game victories, but he's changed his viewpoint slightly this year. Robby really is eager to win as many Spring training games as possible, be- cause of the effect on his team’s morale. With Glenn Wright in shape and fur- where this year, and he is anxious to bolster their confidence with victories over other major league clubs. ORLANDO, Fla., March 11 (#).—Sid- | ney Weil, the rookie magnate of the majors, knows what it is to be a rookie on his Cincinnati Reds. Well, who came here yesterday to look over his club, donned a uniform himself, but gave up groaning in short order. Joe Stripp, who expects to play third base, took a bounding ball on the eye to become the Reds’ first casualty. “SKID SHOT” EFFECTIVE, BUT IS NOT ARTISTIC Have you seen the Murphy kid shot” played daintily with the mashic niblick? 'If not, you have something to learn about the game from J. B. Murphy, the big Columbia player, who has earned himself an enviable reputa- tion as a putter of parts. He showed the shot to Miller B. Stevinson and Albert R. MacKenzie of Columbia yesterday on Columbia’s sec- ond hole, where he had knocked his second shot the magnificent distance of 10 feet, and had to get down in two | more for a half. So he took that trusty niblick in hand again and, aiming care- fully for a two-foot bank across the ditch, he topped the ball in such mas- terly fashion that it almost holed out for a 3. He got his 4 and therewith became the inventor of what will hereafter be known as the “Murphy skid shot” with D LONDON NOT TO WE GIRL, CARNERA SAYS —Primo Carnera, huge Italian fighter, is all wrapped up in his boxing tour of the United States and hasn’t time to be bothered with any matrimonial ns. He let this be known today, through his manager, Leon Cie, in denying re- ports from London that he (Carnera) intended to return to England to marry Emelia Tersini, a British subject. Miss Tersini told a London news- paper that she and Carnera are to be wed when he comes back to England. Manager Cle said that Carnera had met Miss Tersini in England but he characterized the affair as merely a “flirtation.” Carnera is scheduled to meet Sully | Montgomery, Fort Work, Tex., in a | 10-round bout here tonight. LONDON, March 11 (#)—Story of | | Emelia Tersini, 19-year-old British sub- | ject, was told in the Daily News today. ‘The paper said the boxer would re- | turn to England this year to marry her | and settle here. Miss Tersini is described as of pale complexion with black eyes and black curly hair. with her mother and her Uncle Nani, who keeps a restaurant in the west end of London. A sister Ines Tersini, is a member of the Carl Rosa Opera Co. The girls are British subjects, al- though of Italian family. ROSENBLOOM FOULED IN GO WITH JOHNSON | | | NEW YORK, March 11 swinging_left, palpably foul, | spectacular battle _between ended a Rosenbloom and Larry Johnson in the | a ten-reund bout at | Madison Square Garden last night, left | d ith the | Rosenbloom stretched on the canvas, | 0.0 | helpless, and Johnson, the loser, by | sixth round of | disaualification. | The first five rounds had been evenly fought with Johnson's aggressive- | bewilder rmet. Rosenbloom weighed 173 Johnson 17413, Rosenbloom has signed to meet Jimmy Slattery, light | champion in the eyes of the New York State Athletic Commission, at Buffalo, %5 | nishing the spark for the infield, Robby April 1. | thinks the Robins really will go some- GAGE, PEABODY SOCCER TEAMS MUST TRY AGAIN Gage and Peabody school soccer teams will take the field once more tomorrow in an effort to settle the District junior | title in the playground department's | elementary school series. | Yesterday for the fourth time the teams fought to a tie. Gage won the first game, 1 to 0, all the other matches having ended in deadlocks. Changing Clubs Overcome S (A.) vs. Boston (N. At Clearwater, Fla.—Brooklyn (N.) vs. Detroit (A.). At Bradenton, Fla.—8t. Louls (N.) vs. Philadelphia A.). doubt as to whether his club would hold its usual tourney this year and asked the association to reserve the BY ABE ESPINOSA, Western Open Champion in 1928. This is one of a series of articles written by famous amateur and pro- fessional ~golfers, telling how they overcame outstanding faults in their play. OLF is essentially a game of the mind. In boxing and base ball and other competitive sports Often Helps lump in Putting other putter has little to do with the mechanics of the stroke. But I do know that it has a beneficial effect on me—and that is the necessary thing. If I start missing putts I'm like every one else, inclined to blame the tool rather than the workman. If I use an- other club I regain some of my confi- dence. This is all that's ngeded most of the time. It may not work with-others, but it has for me. If you run into a bad a romance between Primo Carnera, | Italian heavyweight boxing giant, and | She was born in England and lives | A | able showing. Maxey | ‘heavyweight NOBBE BANKS ON " VANGE, IFWEENY More Help Also Due From | Wright at Short—Rookies Are Promising. This is one of a series of stories on_the prospects of the 16 clubs in the American and National League races, written by the leaders of the rival teams. BY WILBERT ROBINSON, Manager Brooklyn Dodgers. GLANCE at the National | League averages will ex- plain the failure of the Brooklyn club in 1929 bet- |ter than any so-called expert opinion that I might offer. The averages are concrete evidence of our failure. A perusal will show that we finished sixth in team batting, seventh in team | fielding, and on the whole our pitch- ing was ineffective. We got help from unexpected sources, while the pitchers on whom we banked failed us. That is the sad story of last year, a season that 1 ’;lzl_hler to forget. ree players, Herman, Hendrick and Prederick, carried much of the punch of the club and on the whole did a pretty good job. How- ever, our club had a habit most of the season of spot- ting the opposi- tion two or three runs by faulty fielding, which means | that considerable batting power was wasted. For a first-year man, Out- fielder Frederick had a mighty fine sea- son and should be a much improved player this year. At the start of the 1929 season 1 banked strongly on Dazzy Vance and Doug McWeeny. These two pitchers were my aces, so to speak, hurlers who, with a break, might win you anywhere from 15 to 25 ball games. Vance's ability is too well known to need comment, yet on the season the | best he could do was only to break one | game better than even, winning 14 and | losing 13. | Wilbert Robinson. Sad Blow to Brooklyn. ‘That., of course, was a sad blow to Brooklyn's hopes of making a respect- It was one of the worst | years of Vance's long and highly cred- |itable career. The showing of McWeeny was even a greater disappointment. The best he cn;“d'.sdo was win four against nine efeats. | Thus, between these two pitchers, the |aces of my staff, I was able to get only 18 victories, whereas expecting twice that many would not have been unrea- sonable. It is hard to believe that either will be so ineffective this year. At least that is the viewpoint T am tak- ing, reasoning that to every player {there comes a bad year in his career |and that McWeeny and Vance had ithell’s in 1929. On the other hand, Moss turned in | 11 wins against 6 defeats and gives promise of being very helpful to the Brooklyn cause this year. Morrison, secured from Kansas City as a bit of protection when the staff was sagging as a result of the failure of Vance and | McWeeny to win, did a good job of it | by winning 13 against 8 defeats. | “since an optimistic outlook is far | more interesting than a pessimistic one, I am going to offer a few reasons why I think Brooklyn will be a better ball club than it was last year. First and very important, Vance and | McWeeny are certain to be far more effective and will turn in better than | a total of 18 victories between them. ‘Wright Should Help. Second, Glen Wright, who was a total loss to us last season, may be very helpful this year. Wright has spent the Winter trying to get his arm in | shape. If it has recovered its strength | and he is just 75 per cent of the old Wright, then our infleld will be much benefited. As a bit of reserve strength in the infield we have Jackie-Warner, secured from Toledo. He is not new to the majors, having spent several years with the Detroit Tigers, In the outfield, our scouts ak highly of Robert Parham, secured from Atlanta. He is the former Georgia | Tech star, who did so well in the South- ern League last season. Max West is nlg back {gr another shot, low much our pitching will be hel; by the addition of new men remlr;:g | to be seen. 1t is logical to believe that | Hollis Thurston, secured over the waiver G putting streak try the idea. If you have | route from San Francisco, and Luther Details Will Follow T patrons at Grifith Stadium local golf clubs will hold their | gates June 24-27, inclusive. Manor season, came ave been accustomed to see Bluege get 'em across. And that's throwing “strikes.” | McLeod had only a few turns at the | plate in batting drill, but he did not offer at the ball weakly at any time. He has rather a full swing and on several | occasions struck the sphere .soundly.‘ He showed enough in the swatting drill | to lead observers to think he may de- velop into an average hitter as m-‘ fielders go. Pluldsx’lt Griffith and Manager John- ; son both declare McLeod the best 100k~ ing young prospect the Washington Club has picked up in some time. They greatly ed his performances and think they have a “find.” His general action impressed them and also the veteran members of the club, who are to be accounted no mean judges of base ball material in the rough. Bradley and Powell, other rookies who crashed the drills for the first time yesterday, were not allowed to do very much, as they did no preliminary work at all before reporting here Bradley, though, stung the ball well in batting practice, hllflnr much harder than seemed possible for a youngster of his slight build. | Garland Braxton, southpaw pitcher, | now in good standing, as he signed a | contract early yesterday, is to train during the remainder of the club’s sojourn here, but will swing into hard work when the club ru u; Clnt tanooga the latter part of next week. Braxton still feels the strain of a tonsil ion and a series of dental treat- ments he underwent the past few weeks. Purthermore, he still has more tooth- pulling to undergo, so he is not quite ready for the heavy conditioning grind. . | MOUNT RAINIERS TO PLAN. | Mount Rainjer bse ballers will gather Thursday night at 7 o'clock at the home ; of James Dewhurst and all candidates, | mew and old, are asked to turn out. it TS /MAJESTICS GET SUITS. . Msjestic Radio are to re- | gori temignt at 7 o'clock at Frenchis < to be measured for uniforms. Ma- BY SOL METZGER. That the perplexing problem of the pivot, of wrists promotion, action and of foot action, are automatically cared for when the arm swing is correctly executed, can easily and quickly be proven by any player. Merely stand up in your room, imagine yourself addressing a golf ball, place the hands together as you would in holding the club. Then try swing- ing through. If you concentrate upon SWING WITHOUT CLUB AS ILLUSTRATE D —~ THRM FEGT AUTOMATICALLY AGSUME. * CORRECT POSITIONS AT ALk STAGES OF sWING ol DRy 3-¢ making the clubhead lead you'll find that your feet automatically move with of itself and that balance is maintained throughout, if you keep the head still. Here is proof that the golf stroke is |an arm swing and that when it is so made those perplexing problems of de- tail automatically take care of them- selves. That s why those seeking to describe the golf stroke, when they play well, find the task almost impos- sible. They deal with details, instead of | with the main idea—swing through with the arms with the idea uppermost that the clubhead leads, Auew free illustzated leaflet on “The Art of Pumn‘; has been prepared by Sol Metager. Write for it. Address 8ol k"B Wyche st "zmu':im:?.' r, in care of this , and in. self-addressed, »f the swing, that your plvot takes care | | cific Coast League last | East as an outfielder, but may start t the seafon at third base. Russell (Red) | Rollings, third baseman drafted from | Hollywood of the coast circuit, is hit- | ting hard enough to warrant the pre- diction he may replace the acrobatic- | fielding but ‘light-hitting Freddy Ma- guire at the keystone sack. If Mc- | Kechnie flm?.s any potential Babe Ruths | or Lefty O'Douls in his collection of | pitchers he will not hestiate in the | least to shove him into an outfield. No doubt McKechnie has in mind k{,hll the Yanks clubbed their way to }- number of championships and that even: the Phillies by sheer force slug- | ged their way into fifth position in | the National League last year. The | veteran manager has not the slightest illusion about where his team is going, if anywhere, for 1930. He knows, as do all the critics, that it will take a | “1914 miracle” even to get the Braves \(};u" of Ll:’e l;ll}llcr.u&y far as that goes, e regards himself as a “cheerf % | simist.” el | But with time (and he has at | tour years of it at his disposal) l;::g': | Kechnie thinks something can be done about the situation. The man who led | Pittsburgh d St. Louls to pennants, losing his job after each victorious ace. complishment, hardly could be im- mediately discouraged, even by the out- mwh’n“ ‘tfile Braves. it the club needs more than - thing else at present is a nmt-at:t.;.y‘ capable catcher. Al Spohrer, a k"‘?"k: out victim of Art Shires during’the Winter, is wil but still ‘h | little Dunch-drm R can do a better ‘job behind the bal than any backstop in camp, but Hank's future is behind him. ' McKechnie to land another mask man when rival clubs begin cutting down. With Berger slated for third and Rollings for second, McKechnie two war horses to complete his regular infield—the ubiquitous Rabbit Maran- ville at short and George Sisler, still ld Maranville first. The 37-year-ol James finishes them. though 36, is hot lm)! almm&y‘kmlnl Hank Gowdy, nearing 40, probably has a great hitter and in fine condition, at will start most of the games, even if Bob ta_experienoe ' Seplembe his job in competition ol Gleves-Belding Jobuoy Neun al golf invitation tournaments this year in vanished today into the limbo of forgotten things. Four clubs stand on record today op- posed to any restrictive measures by any golf organization which would tend to put & check on the number of tour- naments about the Capital, in 5o far as it applies to the right of the club to hold them. Purthermore, the District Golf Asso- ciation is not in favor of a change in the method of playing the District champlonship, by substituting for the present medal play tourney the “one big event” plan submitted last year by G. W. McCarter of Indian Spring and proposed in much the same form last night by Dr. Bruce L. Taylor of Con- | gressional. ; All these things were done Jast night at the annual meeting of the District Golf - Assoclation _at the Racquet Club, which chose Dr. Taylor president, awarded the District amateur cham- pionship to the Burning Tree Club on September 4 and 5 and ratified almost in toto a tournament schedule proposed two weeks ago by the executive commit- tee of the organization. In addition to Dr. Taylor, the follow- ing officers were chosen: First vice president, D. L. Thomson, Manor; sec- ond vice president, Clyde B. Asher, Co- lumbia; secretary-treasurer, Dr. W. C. Barr (re-elected). Members of the ex- ecutive committee, Middleton Beaman, Bannockburn; Albert E. Steinem, Wood- mont; Dr. James T. McClenahan, | Washington, The tournaments follows: Washington—April 29, 30; and 2. ‘Woodmont—May 6, 7, 8, Chevy Chase—May 14, 15, 16. Indian Spring—May 20, 21, 32, 23. Columbia—June 10, 11, 13, 13. :anockbum—equmber 10, 11, 12, Junior championship, Washington— Begl‘:mbfl glmp 8 it m‘glfi Burning Tree— ‘hairman llnq‘.ol the COnlruswn-. committee spdd there were assigned as May 1 Was some will not hold its event, according 'oL Chairman _Garrity of the golf commit- tee. President E. S. Brashears of | Beaver Dam did not make a statement as to whether his club will hold a tour- | ney this year. Mrs. PFrank R. Keefer of Chevy| Chase is slated to be chosen president | of the Women's District Golf Associa- | tion at the annual meeting, scheduled | to be held next Monday at the Na- tional Women's Golf and Country Club. Mrs. William S. Corby, the retiring president, is to entertain the women at luncheon and then they will attend the annual meeting, at which tournament dates will be set and other officers chosen. Mrs. Corby has been president for the past two years and has estab- lished an enviable record during her two terms in office. ; ¥ ME SEVEN BRITISH NA | FOR CUP GOLF PLAY ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, March 11 (#)—The championship committee of the Royal and Anclent Golf Club of St. Andrews today announced the names of seven players who have been definitely chosen to play in the Walker Cup match at Sandwich May 15 and May 16. Roger Wethered, veteran golfer, will captain the team. ‘The seven whose names were made public today were R. W. Hartley, Sir E. W. E. Holderness, J. N. Smith, J. A. Stout, C. J. H. Tolley, T. A. Torrance and R. H. Wethered. This leaves three still to be chosen. “It is to be regrettes adds the club's statement, “that Dr. W. T. Tweddell and Mr. John Wilson will not be avail- able.” RACE FAVORITE IS 0. K, London, March 11 (#).—Gregalach, winner of last year’s grand national steeplechase and favorite to win this year's race, which takes place March 28, has been given a clean bill of health by his trainer, ending persistent rumors that he had been injured and forced to suspend tr your opponent tries by every physical and mental means to ‘prevent vou from achieving your objective. Golt e /K yls different. Your opponent does not beat you. If you lose it is because you beat yourself. If your riv sinks & 40 - foot putt there is noth- ing in the world he can do to prevent you from match- ing his feat—if you get the line and hit the ball straight. But most of the time you don't. JYou’'re thinking about the necessity of getting the bail down, and pretty soon you think yourself right into trouble. Winning golf is virtually impossible without ease of mind and confidence. Those assets may be entirely dependent on some utterly trivial thing. You get the idea, for instance, that you can’t hit a shot with a certain club. There | is no reason in the world why you shouldn’t, but you just can’t because yowve kidded yourself into believing you can't. ‘When I run into trouble it's usually on the putting green. Now I realize as well as any one else that “touch” is elusive. You have it one day and you haven’t the next. Sometimes the cup looks so big you simply can’t miss, and | on other occasions it resembles the head of a pin. Either condition is a mental one. The cup always is the same, and your stroking should be. But you can't look at it the same way. It isn’t human nature to do so. The remedy for an | improper outlook is to get yourself a proper one. 8 | I have found that when I begin run- | ning my putts past the hole and miss them coming back the resultant irri- tation has a decidedly bad effect on the rest of my game. It's bound to. My medicine lies in a change of putters. Let Bobby Jones stick to “Calamity Jane” Tl tch. Now I tand that just using an- been using an aluminum putter take a | putting cleek with you. It may help. | You never can tell, for the mind reacts in peculiar ways—but certainly the change can't hurt you very much. | (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- | paper Alliance.) | | o S |INCOME TAX WILL SLICE $10,246 OFF BABE’S PAY By the Associated Press. | Though Babe Ruth will receive a salary of $80,000 this year and next,| he actually will receive less than $70.- 000 himself each time because $10,246 must go to pay the annual income tax. A person with a salary of $80,000 | who, like Ruth, is married and has two | dependents is allowed an exemption of $4,300. Subtracting the amount ex-| empted, the tax on the remainder under the 1929 tax reduction schedule would amount to $10,668, but the taxpayer | would be allowed a credit of $422 for earned income, making his tax total $10,246. BUSINESS LOSES SINGMAN. | Milton Singman has been lost to the | Business High base ball team and the | Jewish Community Center basket ball team as the result of having chipped : l;o;\:uon his ankle while playing bas- el ! Abe Espinosa. | BASE BALLERS TO MEET. Aspirants for the Georgetown insect | and midget class base ball teams will meet tomorrow night at the home of Manager Oddene, 1217 Thirtieth street, starting at 7:30 o'clock. | LAMAR LOSES ON FOUL. NEW YORK, March 11.—Henry La- mar, former Washington fighter, lost on a foul to Joe Banovic in the first ° ! round of a bout in Madison Square Gar- | den last night. A s B PRO BASKET BALL. Fort Wayne, 37; Paterson, 19. m:vellnd, 25; Brooklyn, 23 | (over- today Meid Roy from Philadelphia may help, (Copyright. 1930.) Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. YORK—Maxie Rosenbloom, New York, defeated Larry Johnson, Chicago, foul (6); Lou Scozza out- pointed Rosy Rosales, Cleveland (10); Joe Banovic, Binghampton, N. Y. o feated Henry Lamar, Washington, D. C., foul (1); Al Keegan, Chicago, knocked out Gene McCue, New York (1). TO} Eddie Anderson, Chicago, and Johnny Farr, Cleveland, drew (10). PHILADELPHIA — George Godfrey, Leiperville, Pa., stopped Jack Gross, Salem, N. (5); Jimmy Herman, Hazelton, outpointed Willle Henry, California (6), ¥ FLINT, Mich.—Roger Bernard, Flint, stopped Pete Zivic, Pittsburgh, Pa. (6). GREEN BAY, Wis.—Jos Azzerella, Milwaukee, stopped Reddy Blanchard, St. Paul (1) LOUISVILLE—Pat_Freeman, Louis- ville, outpointed Joe Brian, Jamestown, Ind. (10); Artie McCann, Philadelphia, outpointed Rip Wilson, Louisville (10). TULSA, Okla—King Tut, Minne- apolis, stopped Wildcat Monte, Drum- right, Okla. (3); Britt Gorman, Minne- lg;‘llll. outpointed Abie Cohen, Tulsa « OKLAHOMA CITY—George Hoff- man, New York, outpointed Joe Packo, Toledo (10); Humberto Curi, Argentine, outpolnted Earl Wise, Oklahoma City @). FORT SCOTT, Kans—Loule Mays, Des Moines, outpointed John Fort Seott a0y ko ST. UIS—Lou Terry, St. Louis, and Marty Fields, Chicago, drew (10). PRO GOLF EVENT NARROWS. MIAMI, Pla. 11 (®).—Four March pairs of professional golfers were quar- today in the international terda yesterday, matched inst Harry Hampton and Neil g 11