Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1930, Page 43

The Fp eNnit 'WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930. Classified Ad “dyes T G v P PAGE D—1 Nationals Primed for Tilt With New Orleans : McGraw Has Second Base Problem MARBERRY, HADLEY T0 FACE PELICANS Liska and Moore Show Box Skill as Regulars Defeat Rookies, 5-0. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ILOXI, Miss, March 13.— Well primed for the occa- sion, the Nationals are to get their first test of the year under fire tomorrow after- noon in Biloxi Stadium. Fau!l seasoned by more than two weeks of training for the batterymen and more than a week for most of the infielders and outfielders, the club will take the field against | the Pelicans, representatives of| New Orleans in the Southern As- sociation, in a game ushering in a series of 19 exhibitions sched- uled before the American League championship campaign gets un- der way in Washington on April 14. Manager Walter Johnson plans no change in the starting line-up he an- nounced early this week. The infield quattet will comprise Joe Judge at first basej, Buddy Myer at second base and Ossie Bluege at third base, all regulars with the inner defense iast season, and Jimmy McLeod, rookie from Little Rock, at shortstop. In the outfield will be Sam Rice in right, Sammy West in center and Red Barnes in left. | | When a Feller Needs a Fred Marberry and Irving Hadley are to take turns on the hill for the Wash- ington bunch. Lloyd Brown, left- hander, may be the third pitcher, al- though Johnson would like to give Bob Burke, another southpaw, a try at slabbing. Muddy Ruel and Benny Tate are to share the catching burden. Sev- eral others are to get into the fray, in- cluding Jack Hayes, Gordon Phelps and George Loepp. ‘What the Nationals will be called upon to encounter is mot so certain. The game also will be the first of the season for the Pelicans. 'Tis said, though, that Larry Gilbert, who pilots the Pels, has rounded up a good col- lection of minor league talent, most of it handed him by the Indians, who use New Orleans for a farm. Gilbert has some veteran flingers who should give ‘Washington a thorough test if he sends them to the firing line. Regulars Beat Rookies. ‘While the game tomorrow will be the first formal competition of the year, for the Nationals, they already have had a taste of ball playing as it is done under the rules. At Biloxi Stadium yesterday a team of regulars opposed a squad of rookies and walked off with a 5 to 0 victory in four and a half innings. It ‘was red hot base ball, too, all the way. The Regular squad included Judge at first, Myer at second, Hayes at short, Bluege at third, Rice in right, West in center and Brown, the pitcher who is an all around ball played in left. The Rookie bunch included Bill Brad- Jey at first, Nelson Jester at second, Mc- Leod at short, Pat Gharrity at third, Loepp in right, Al Powell in center and Red Barnes in left. Ad Liska hurled five innings for the Regulars and was caught by Ruel. Carlos Moore pitched the first three rounds for the Rookies and 1:;1‘1 Savidge sl;tb:ed P(;;!un inning. ‘This pair was caught by ps. The Regulars easily outhit the Rookies, but they needed a wild chuck over third base by Bradley to get their first three runs, which crossed in the second inning. It was a corking home run smash to the left field corner by Liska with one on in the fourth frame that accounted for the last two tallies. Liska performed with wonderful | smoothness for such an early start. He had his under-hand hock working to | perfection and his control was of high | order. He started briskly and in his last turn struck out two of the three batters to face him. Ad finished ap- parently as fresh as he had started. Moore impressed, too. He displayed @ baffing fast one and had a slow curve that annoyed left-hand swingers considerably. His control was fine also. Moore looked as though he knew what, he is supposed to do under all circum- stances afleld. Twice he rushed across the diamond to back up third base on throws and once he covered the plate in ‘quick order on an,overthrow that sent Ele catcher far ‘from the base. After fwatching many in the big league for & season or two fail to field properly. | it was refreshing to Johnson to see a | recruit pitcher know his stuff in this | Tespect. | Savidge was not particularly -strong in his one round. He was hit easily | and lacked a freedom of motion in his | thrbws. However, Savidge is to get| anolkt:er test dmnu‘nd may show to mugh more advantage. The regular mnelge(uncuoned in fine order. Not a chance was fumbled by it #nd it registered two double plays through the short-to-second-to-first route. For the rookies, McLeod was the outstanding flelder. This ymmfi:x from the Travelers grabbed up ee or four difficult chances that came his WA ‘::d got his man each time. The feature fielding play of the fray came in the first inning when Brown ran far! cross the foul live and get with his! ved hand a fly iofted by Ghar- ¥it; ! Nothing New on Goslin. news from Goslin and Presiden Clark Griffith is not writing the balk- | ing outfielder. Nor is Griffith issuing any statements concerning the mattet now. He stands on that issued I Saturday in which he said Goslin would have to come to the club to talk mat- ters over as the club was through start- ing conversations with the outfielder. Griffith has no idea of suspending Goslin simply because three days have elapsed since the player failed to report @t camp as ordered. The president has || intimated he intends to give the Goose as much leeway at least as Was given | Catcher Roy Spencer, who failed 40 ac. cept the terms offered by Spencer was not suspended until 10 day after the date he had been ordered to show up here. Nor is Griffith giving in to Geslin in | any way in the matter of dealing with the player who has spurned an offer of a $10,000 yearly salary, and if his play during the season warrants, 8 bonus in addition. Griffith has said before that Goslin, provided he signs, can avoid punishment by reporting in time to get into good playing condition by the time the American League campaign starts, Should the Goose accept terms, but fail the club. | BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press ‘Sports Dditor. RADENTOY, Fla., March 13.—On B in 1926 and 1928, the St. Louis Cardinals have had sufficient interval to furnish impetus for another pennant drive, - . Their new manager, Charles (Gabby) Street, has tackled his job with a spirit of enthusiasm, manifesting no concern for the short shrift experienced by his immediate crop of predecessors. “Some people may not think we have a T‘elt club, but I think we have a real chance to win,” remarked Street. Sam Breadon, the club president, was even less conservative. He said: in recent years.” Unfortunately, 3t will take more than this optimism, more than the excellent record of past performances to put the Cardinals in anything approaching a contending position this year. The club’s extensive farm system has failed to produce all the replacements needed to check the decline of the two-time cham- plonship machine. With only a few changes, some of which have not been for the better, the Redbirds are the same flock that Rogers ‘Hornsby piloted to the pennant in 1926 and Bill McKechnie led to the top in 1928. The veteran pitching staff, fea- turing Willie Sherdel, Jess Haines and Clarence Mitchell, has gone somewhat rapidly downhill, with no immediate reinforcements in sight to measure up to_their old standards. If anything is to be accomplished this year by the Cards—in fact, if they are to stick in the first division, they must uncover at least two or three new pitchers capable of carrying on where the veterans weaken or leave off. Gabby SPRING’ F A to get in trim by April 14, he will draw In response to many requests, some of the late in the sports pages Cards Must Bolster Aging Box Corps to Get in Flag Scramble “This is the best club we have had | Friend. —BY BRIGGS. 0000 2SS A s, C1 of The Evening Star. Street, who handled Walter Johnson’s fast ones in the days of the Coffeyville | Cyclone’s prime, knows his pitchers, but thejr record as pennant winners | he has a man-sized job on his hands to \ develop an effective corps out of the material on hand. f the principal veterans, Mitchell is 39, Haines 36 and Sherdel 33. All possess a lot of the old stuff, and their experience counts considerably, but, as Street admits, “They need a lot.of rest between starts.” Sylvester Johnson, right hander, is only 29, and mainstay. Jim Lindsey, who fine record with Houston, one of Cardinal farms, may be the best of newcomers. He is a big right hander with lots of stuff. Street has the task of finding two or three other steady workers from among Herman Bell, Bill | Hallahan, an erratic _southpa Pred Frankhouse, Carman Hill, former Pirate flinger, and Al Grabowski. | Bell has come back after a term with Rochester and Grabowski was with Danville, Ill, most of 3 Charles Flint Rhem, if he fulfills a promise to reform his training habits, may contribute some right-handed ef- fectiveness. Hal Haid is the chief re- lief man. Belhind the bat the veteran Earl Smith and Jimmy Wilson will do most of the work again, with Gus Mancuso ready to step in. When the Cards obtained Sparky Adams from the Pirates, the assump- tion was he would play second and Krankie Frisch would move to third. Street, however, vetoed this plan. He will keep Prisch at second base, because of his double-play skill; work Andy | High, a great Spring performer, at third and hold Adams in reserve. | Charley Gelbert is expected to improve at short and Jim Bottomley still is among the hardest hitting first sackers. Joel Hunt, former Texas A. and M. S NEAR! THE LORSHEIM SHOE shoe that wears longer ...that grows old gracefully and slowly...that maintains its good looks to the end Most Styles HO drawings are being reproduced , has shown ability at third and may land a utility post. Chick Hafey, his eyesight improved, and Taylor Douthit have no serious rivals for their regular jobs, in left and center. With the speedy & .330 punch or better in every outffeld mqvie actor, Ernest Orsatti in right, thu‘é(h roe!, enough to satisfy the most exhct- ny Hoy mer Peel, obtajned from the Phillies, has hit hard enough in train- | ling to job. FGURES ON BENTON STAGING COMEBACK Giants, However, Expected to Be in Thick of the Fighting for flag. John J. McGraw. sistently. Here was one pitcher e Graw belleved had a vegy excel?:flt chance fo win 20 games, yet the best he could do was to win 11 while losing 17. When the ace of your pitching staff, a really great hurler, can turn in only 11 wins in 39 games in which he officiated, then it is just too bad for the manager and in this case it hap- pe::dlva be Joh; McGraw. later events proved, McGraw was right in having his doubts lb‘ol:l‘z the play around second base. Neither Cohen or Reese came up to McGraw’s expectations. Despite the fact that % Cohen ‘hit 30 points better than Ji Reese, he already has been sent to the minors, with the odds in favor of Reese again_ holding down second, "Eodd:; rl{;flhfll]‘ @ rookie, is expected offes e most serious oppos Reese will have to uverco‘;npg. et Views Are Unchanged. McGraw's opinion of the chances to be, ?g?tungo for the pennant in 1930 aboulf e sal e same as they were “The second-base problem m satisfactorily solved,” he says. mlf-r‘:; Benton must return to form and the club show more power at the bat. We were fourth in batting last year, which wasn't bad, but we didn't show quite the power I had hoped. for, particularly In ithe matter of extra base drives, vhich do so much to wi S Sy Tt win in these days owever, no matter what probl McGraw may have, it's a good bet that he will solve all of them and have the Giants in_there as usual, fighting all the way for the pennant. (Copyright, 1930.) . PIERCE A. C. TO HOLD BASE BALL MEETING HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 13— Pierce Athletic Club will meet tomc=- row night at 8 o'clock at the home of President Bob Minges, 6 Cedar street, to discuss plans for the base ball sea- son and for a card party to be given next Monday night at the Hyattsville High School for the benefit of the nine. Members of last season's team and other candidates are asked to attend. The Pierce. tossers hope ‘to use the diamond in Magruder Park, Hyatts- ville’s recreation center, and are plan- ning a benefit early in May to raise funds for putting the grounds in shape. Prospects for a good Plerce team are bright, as a flock of players of proved worth are available. In the group are Charles Peffer, French and Jeff Small, pitchers; Will Rob nson, Lloyd Miller and John Troy, catchers; Stanley O'Donnell, first base- man; Bucky Wonder, Moore Fauntleroy and Ed Fowler, second basemen; Harry Herity, Blair. Hamill, shortstops; Spen- cer Chase, third baseman, and Charlie Reed, Bill Walton, Frank Jarboe and Payne Slinkman, outfielders. Some of these boys are expected to make berths on scholastic or college freshmen teams and will not be avail- able the early part of the season. RACE FAVORITE HURT. (Interview With John McGraw.) NE year ago at this time John McGraw, resourceful manager of the New York Giants, believed his club was strong enough to win. He revealed that information when the Giants came to New Orleans to play a two-game series with Cleveland. The club certainly looked the part,| every inch a champion in those games, which were split, Cleveland winning the second tilt because John Miljus turned in a superb game, far better than any he pitched during the regular season. In the Spring of 1029 McGraw was perfectly satisfied with his pitching He put it this way: “There are no better left-handers i the National League than Hub- bell and Walker. They should win close to 40 games between them. This fellow Hubbell, al most_single hand: ed, nearlg won a ennant for us in §928 ‘and he should be much better as a result of the experience gained. Walker has as much stuff, if not more, than any southpaw I have looked at in years, He hasn't the poise of Hubbell as yet and is inclined to be wild, but 1 am willing to go on record by stating that he should be an oufstanding pitcher within two years, “Then there is my ace, Larry Benton, a great pitcher, and I see no reason why he shouldn't be as good as last | season. When I tell you there was no | better pitcher in the National League in 1928, that means considerable. Ben- | ton is @ money pitcher, at his best when the going is toughest. | | Desired More Punch. “True, T would like to have a litle more punch and there is some uncer- tainty as to who will play the second- base position, a most important one, but on the whole I am very well satis- fled with my club and feel that we will be a contender all the way, with a good chance to win. That was one year ago and one has only to glance at the ave to see why the Giants didn’t win. "Fhe reason —several players on whom McGraw banked didn’t run true to form. Hubbell won 18 games and Walker 14, a total of 32 victories, not half ‘bad, | but still eight games short of what | McGraw figured. The real big reason for the pitching | was the failure of Benton to win con- CHELTENHAM, England, March 13 (®)—J: "H." Whitmey's - steeplechaser, Easter Hero, was found to be lame aft r | winning the gold cup here Tuesday and it is extremely doubtful if he will be able insure himself at least a relief | staff to fall below standard, however,|to compete. in the Grand National, in | which he has been a favorite. Ferdinand | Herb Pyle, Rookie Nat Hurler, Was a Star Athlete in School This is one of a series of sketches on the recruits being tested this Spring by the Washington ball club, B Rio Grande Valley, folks never knew much of Herbert Ernest Pyle as a base ball player until after he was out of high school. True, this young fellow who now is striving to earn a place on the Nationals’ pitching staff had fooled around lots in his home town of Karnes City and in Karnes County since he was 12 years old, but he had been so good at other branches of athletics that his base ball playing was all but overlooked. Pyle, born in Helena, Tex., on Janu- ary 31, 1906, became a citizen of Karnes City when only 2 years old, and has been there since except when out with ILOXI, Miss, March 13.—Down in Southwest Texas, close to the HERBERT ERNEST PYLE. the ball clubs in late years. Although it has the term “city” tacked to it, the town in which Pyle was reared was little more than a hamlet in his childhood days and still was a part of the cow country. At a tender age, Herbert Ernest had his first experience at horse- back riding and it was not long before he became a plain and fancy equestrian. Perhaps this gave him the build and stamina | ART OFFERE jumper and broad jumper, pole vaulter, discus heaver, shot putter and javelin thrower. During his high school career he helped his school win many meets and established many records that still stand in his section of Texas. ‘This wasn't all Pyle did in high school. He played on the foot ball team for four seasons and went through as many seasons in basket ball. He was a_halfback on the eleven, and hat plenty of speed and strength, through or ran around for many dazzling gains. But, ‘tis said, he really was better defensively than offensively. He was center on the basket ball team, :fl gonofii place for ‘):un,hu he then was as now, when he was a heigh of 6 feet 2 inches. > It's no wonder Herbert Ernest had no time for base ball while in high school, but he did not neglect this pastime at that. He had taken up the game when he was a dozen years old, playing in the outfield. He was & pretty fair hitter then, but as he pro- gressed in the game his fielding waxed as_ his slugging waned. But he de- veloped a sturdy arm, and when he swung into semi-pro ranks in 1924 it was as a pitcher. A Semi-Pro Three Years. Pyle played semi-pro ball for three tting into clul Pyle had a good year with Mission, buf the circuit, a class D affair, blew after that season and Herbert Ernest was Wnll;mut lhjoh. so happened, though, that Joe Mathes, who had managed a team at Houston, had seen Pyle perform, and when Mathes assumed the management of the Chattanooga team in the South- ern Association in 1928 he grabbed the young fellow. Pyle did so well with the Lookouts then that the Giants picked him up before the season ended and he spent a month with the big leaguers. John MecGraw took Pyle to training camp with the Giants last year, but returned him to Chattanooga before the National League campaign started. 11-1:0 kwex;: thr:u‘h the season with the outs and last Fall was Washington in the draft. gt D $7,500 SANS TEMPERAMENT By the Associated Press. that later helped him become | than the outstanding track and fleld athlete in the high school at Karnes City. Track and Field Star. He was the big star in track and field athletics all his four years in the school. He specialized in the 220-yard dash hurdler and not at ‘all poor at the quarter mile. In the field he did about in track events, but also was a nmy' everything and well, too. 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