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he Fy WASHINGTON, D. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION ening Star. €., MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1930. Classified Ads PAGE C—1 Nationals in Better Shape Than Year Ago : Mack Alone Stands Pat on Line-up SNEEZE EPIDEMIC At | Phiiadeiphia (N.), 3. | At Snlrkl:eAtorlE\lll. Fla.—Boston (N.), 4; | At San cisco—San Prancisco, 4; Pitts- At Tami Squad Moves to Chattanooga This Week—Goose Seen as Certain Loser. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ILOXI, Miss, March 17— Three more days of training | here and the Nationals will| be through with Biloxi this ear. This new training camp as been a good one for the Wash- ington ball club, and Manager | Walter Johnson will take out of | here a lot of athletes better con- ditioned than the Washington club usually was at Tampa, where it trained for 10 years, at this stage of the preparatory work. The climate along the North Gulf Coast_seems better for the training of ball clubs than that of Flori ‘There ix not so much heat around this way at this time of the year, but the ball players declare the Fiorida heat proved enervating while the bracing air of this | neighborhood is stimulating. There has bsen a noticeable lack of colds in the squad here, too. This is refreshing, for at Tampa, there was plenty of sneezing. and coughing in the squad generally after a few days’ sojourn, With the exception of Garland Brax- ton, left-handed pitcher, who reported There last week in none too good physical trim after a series of dental operations. the Nationals are in fine fettle now. fThe other pitchers are well advanced in training, especially Fred Marberry, Jrving Hadley, Ad Liska and Lloyd Prown. The catchers, inflelders and joutfielders are about ready for the kind ©of work they will have to do in the championship campaign except so far as batting is concerned. ey need much more practice their war clubs. Cold and Rain Prospective. After stopover in Birmingham, Ala., for a game with the Barons, the Nationals on Saturday will open the second camp of the Spring at Chat- tanooga. This choice of the Tennessee city as a training site is someth: of an ent. Both President CJark Griffith and Manager Johnson attribute the downfall of the Nationals at the putset of the flag race last year after tting into great trim in Florida to F e too sudden change of climates by the club. So this year they decided to gake the club north about the middle of the training period thet it may become gomewhat hardened for the more rigor- cus climate of Washington in early ing. ”’;'hh may prove a good move if the Chattanooga weather is good. Rel of Chattanooga's climate in the latter rt of March are not so favorable, ever, It is rainy and cold there, say those who have been around the Tenneessee town at this time of the year. If the Nationals run into a wet #pell around Lookout Mountain, it will 7ot be so good for them, naturally, but they will leave Biloxi in such dition that they are not likel :l‘l ml])lf' wmmg:slon altogether weather. "This camp still is buzzing with gossip @bout the battle between Goose Goslin and the club, and while no news is from the Salem home of the , enough is coming from Wash- to indicate many there do not | q undersand the case. Goslin sym- pathizers—and there are many—appar- ently have heard but one side of it. And what is to be gathered here they gre hearing the losing side only. | Goose Bound to Lose. | That the Goose is to be licked in his | ttle with the club is virtually certain. lent Griffith 1s most determined in his stand, just as determined as the | Goose is said to be. Any ylelding will | have to be done by Goslin, but Griffith | does not say this. He is saying nothing right now for publication. But one Jearns many things here without being | $old by the Washington president. Nearly two weeks ago it was told in The Star that the real cause for Goslin's refusal to sign with the club for this sea; his dislike for ‘Ma v Johnson and that the Goose had been reported as saying he would not wear a Wahington uniform again as Jong as Johnson piloted the club. This ‘was denied by Washington Club officials @t the time and later by Goslin. Now it is generally being nosed about camp that Goslin's feud with Johnson s the true cause of the Goose's hold- out. Gossip here—and there seems good foundation for it—declares Goslin told Griffith at the end of last season that he was through with the Washington club as long as it is headed by John- son, and that in the only letter the player has written Grifith since the contract was sent out this assertion was repeated. No one will verify these assertions here, but they are being made by S0 many 1 close touch with the club that there is little reason to disbelieve them. And, above all, it is evident Griffith repared to carry the fight to the fin- h. Grifith is not without the sup- rt of many fans in the argument, Letters and telegrams are pouring into Biloxi from Washington fans pr: 4ng the prexy for his stand and assuring him of their continued support in the form of attendance at ball games in ashington even though the Goose is ot in the Nationals’ line-up. Griffs Beat Louisville. in the eighth inning yester- day Louisville had deadlocked the ame in the first part of the frame, the | ationals put across a run to bag their second game of the exhibition series. The score was 3 to 2. A pass to Jack Hayes, Jimmy McLeod’s ringing single and a long one-baser by Benny Tate accounted for the decisive marker be- fore a batter was retired. Johnson sent three pitchers to the hill, and they yielded but three hits. One was made off Myles Thomas, who hurled the first three rounds. Two hits were made off Bob Burke, who was somewhat wild and gave up a marker in the second lot of three innings. Ad { | Big League Base Ball By the Assoclated Press. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Winter Haven, Fla.—8t. Louis (N.), T: De- Los 3 Mo- , Fla—Cincinnati (N.), Calit.—Chicago (N), 10; Miss.—Washington (A, Boston (A), 9 Angeles. 5. At Bilo Loutsville, nsacols, bile (8. A.), GAMES TODAY. At St. Petersburg, Fla.—New York (A.) vs. Cineinnati (N.). At West Paim Beach, Fla.—Brookivn (N.) ve, 8t. Louts (A. At Fort Myers, Fin.—Philadeiphia (A) vs. ur v, In- Fla.—Detroit (A.) dianapolis. Then they banged Deberry, a right- hander, for four hits and two runs. Ruel walked as a starter and Burke got a single with a nifty bunt down the third-base line. West's sacrifice moved Muddy to third, from where he scored as Rice lined a one-baser to right. Burke pulled up at second on Sam’s hit, and Barnes' single filled the bases. Myer singled a run over, but Bradley fouled out and Hayes drilled into a forced play. Nationals Erratic. Three errors made by the Nationals in the eighth inning let the Colonels deadlock the game. A wild chuck by McLeod put Simmons on second base with one out, and after Liska struck out Herman another wild heave past first by Myer let Simmons cross with the tying tally. Then Liska fired the ball past first trying to catch Nachand napping, but the Louisville runner tried to make third on the error and was caught easily by Bradley's fine throw. Two former wearers of the Washing- ton uniform were in the Louisville line- up. Foster Ganzel, who was an out- fielder with the Nationals year before last, now is at third base for the Colo- nels and doing well, too. Mel Simons, also an outfielder with Washington at several Spring camps is in right for Louisville. Messrs Griffith, Martin, Smith and Baxter personally attended to the in- field in Biloxi Stadium early Sunday morning. A heavy rain Saturday left the ground well soaked, but by burning much gasoline and raking the base paths they made the field playable. The Washington quartet was ably helped by Groundkeeper Astleford and his gang of swarthy laborers. Manager Johnson started his regular line-up against the Colonels, but before the game was many innings old a flock of tchr:u.l reserves crashed this con- test. gt g LU COWDIN POLO STAR. DEL MONTE, Calif.,, March 17 (#).— Led by J. Cheever Cowdin, noted New York poloist, the Whites defeated the Blues, 13 to 9, game here yes- terday. - Cowdin scored five of the White .| day, added to the Wolverine record for TWO ROOKIES WIN JOBS WITH YANKS 3Cooke Earns Left Field Posi- tian and Chapman Is Assigned to Third. By the Associated Press. T. PETERSBURG, March 17— Manager Bob Shawkey of the New York Yankees announces | that the Yankee line-up for the | opening game of the season against the Athletics at Philadelphia April 15 will be: Combs, Ruth and Cooke in the outfield, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Koenig and Chapman in the infield, Dickey catch- ing and either Hoyt or Pipgras pitching. ‘This line-up departs from last year’s in only two instances, Cooke and C! man being minor league stars who seem to have made the big league grade. ONLY ILLINOIS WINS By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, March 17.—The Western Conference indoor athletic season has closed—with Tllinois the only institu- tion to win more than one of the seven team titles. The Illinl won championships in fencing and wrestling, both minor sports, while Purdue, Wisconsin, Chicago, Northwestern and Michigan each gained one. Purdue's triumph was the basket ball title, while Wisconsin replaced Iowa as indoor track champion. Northwestern broke Michigan's string of swimming championships at three straight, outscoring the Wolverines, 45 to 31, in the annual title meet at Evans- ton Saturday night. The meet was al- most & duel between Northwestern and the Wolverines, other schools finishing far behind. Chicago Saturday won the gymnastics title largely through the work of Jack Menzies, national collegiate all-around champion, who finished first in three events and second in two others. ‘The hockey championship went to Michigan, which produced a better rec- ord than its only Big Ten rivals, Wi consin and Minnesota. Four individual wrestling championships, won Satur- the indoor season. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. MILAN, Italy—Turiello, Italy, out- g:im.ed Benny Valger, New York (10); Ty Gains, in a polo goals. GORDON This is one of a series of sketches of the rookies being tested with the Na= tionals in their Spring training. ILOXI, Miss, March 17.—Tots Long used to dig 'em up on the Washington sandlots, and it seems he's still doing so. Of course, years ago it was the hard smash. that Tots was digging up. Now it's the hard smasher. All of which means Tots Long, erstwhile ball player in amateur leagues about Washington and minof | pro leagues about the country, is re- | sponsible for the presence on the Wash- | ington base ball club of Ernest Gordon Phelps of Odenton, Anne Arundel Coun- Liska, Who finished, did not let the | ¥y Md Colonels find him for a safety, but three errors in the eighth round were respon- | sible for a score against him, Louisville pitched Earl Brown, a left- hander. gave the Nationals but one hit. Then Joe Deberry, a right-hander, was socked | for seven hits the remainder of the Toul te. Sam Rice, Red Barnes and Buddy )g:l‘ each grabbed two hits. The r Nationals were not ;lrllcularl)' impressive at bat. Ossie Bluege con- tributed the flelding feature of the e with a spectacular catch of a foul down the left-field line in the sec- ond inning. ‘Toledo picked up a run in the fourth Burke's first on the hill. After g of the first man to face him, became wild and walked a batter. He hit another, then was reached for & single by Brannon that scored Her- man. ‘The- Nationals waited until the fifth 0ing to break into the Fun column. For the first four rounds he | ‘This Phelps is some buster in size and also with the bat. According to | stories coming from his neighborhood, he was born big on April 19, 1908, at Odenton, and now in his twenty-second yeer he still is big. Phelps lacks but half an inch of being six feet tall, and he weighs about 10 pounds above the 200 mark. That's size. Yet with all his heft Phelps never had a liking for farm work down in Anne Arundel County. He tried it on an out-and-out agricultural basis once and stuck at the task but four days. Then he took a shot at tobacco farm- | ing, which is something almost every- body does in his neighborhood. One day on the tobacco farm convinced Phelps it was not the business for him. ‘These stabs at farming were in his younger days, of course. One must not gather from this that Phelps is disin- clined to work. te the reverse, for he is a regular toller in a lumber yard | at Glenburnie, Md., when not eu-filfl 1 But when he wes in in base ball, Lastiy- eons,. | Catcher Phelps Is a Buster In Size as Well as With Bat/s , Toronto, Ontario, out- pointed Roberto Robert! Italy (10). TWO INDOOR TITLES| ABOUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. CAN YoU BEAT TS FOR WEATHER_FOR TS Time oF 'rws/ YEAR ) THe 7 SHORT. CUTTING OVER 12T FAIRWAY AVD CLUS HOUSE IN DISTANCE “7 ARRWAL AT OT) AY.TRIBME. B AT THE FARTHEST POINT FROM N _TH g | LETS BEAT (T FoR THE CLi WELL W N FIVE ANYWAY cLus LOCKER ROOMS In response to many requests, some of the late Clare Briggs’ fameus dra wings are being reproduced in the sports pages of The Evening Star. E_CLUB_HOUSE ~— uB € GoT HOLES | TRIPLE SPORT MEET DRAWS SCHOOLBOYS By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, March 17.—Twenty- one high schools from seven States have entered 203 athletes in Northwestern University’s annual interscholastic track, swimming and wrestling meets Friday and Saturday in Patton gymnasium. States represented are Michigan, Illi- nois, Oklahoma, Indiana, Iowa, Wiscon- sin and Minnesota, and it is expected others will be in by Wednesday, when entries close. Tulsa, Okla., winner of the wrestling meet last year, will send its team, but Highland High of De- t, winner of the swimming title, not be in because of a Detroit school rule forbidding out-of-the-State com- petition. Froebel High of Gary, Ind,, 1929 track winner, will be back after another title. GOTHAM MERMAIDS LEADINA. A. U. MEET By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI BEACH, Fla, March 17.—The ‘Women's Swimming Association of New York team led the field by a margin of 13!, points prior to today's final events of the National A. A. U. indoor swimming championship meet. The New Yorkers had 28!, points. ‘The Crystal -Swimming Club of Se- attle, represented by a lone contestant, 16-year-old Helene Madison, was sec- ond, with 15. The Illinois Athletic Club of Chicago followed with 13, while the ‘| Los Angeles Athletic Club had 12. PHELPS. away from base ball in seasonable weather long enough to do other things. After playing for a time on lots about Odenton, Phelps became a member of the town school's team. At first he pitched for the nine and went through a full season as a slabman. But Phelps could sock too hard even at that time to be used solely as a pitcher. So the captain of the Odenton School aggre- bat, where he was used morz than on the’ pitching hill. Right off the reel Phelps made good as a catcher, it seems. He could snare the wild ones by inexperienced pitchers, threw out the would-be base stealers with remarkable ease and, being a big fellow for his age, block the boys trying to slip across the plate. He looked a first-rate catcher for a school team. It was not long before some of the bigger teams in the county sat up and took notice. The neighboring town of Gambrill yanked from Odenton its star catcher and shortly thereafter Bowie, in adjoining Prince Georges County, sought and procured Phelps’ services. From that time on—this was in 1928—Phelps” fame as a sandlot catcher spread throughout Southern Maryland and into Washington. Last year he played nearer the National Capital with Mount Rainier and Silver Spring and it was not long before he attracted the attention of Tots Long. ‘There’s nothing Long likes to do more than help a young fellow who seems to have a cganee to make headway in base ball. So told Clark Griffith, presi- dent of the Nationals, about Phelps and the young Marylander was given a chance to show his wares in practice at the Washington ball field last August. ‘What Phelps sho Highboard diving, the 100-yard breast stroke and the 400-yard relay made up the program for the day. ‘Two world records went by the board yesterday, with Miss Madison placing the Seattle Club in second notch with her third world mark in as many days. She clipped 153-5 seconds from the 500-yard free style record when she splashed through the distance in 6 min- utes 162-5 seconds. Eleanor Holm of New York, in the 100-yard back stroke event, cut three- fifths of a second from the former mark. Her time was 1 minute 12 seconds. LAST HOCKEY TILTS DECIDE RUNNERS-UP By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 17.—Two places are left to be decided tomorrow night in the four final games of the Natfonal Hockey League season. The Ottawa Senators are in second place in the International Group, bu! Les Canadiens of Montreal have a chance to regain second place. In the American group, New York's Rangers have a _chance to regain sec- ond place from Chicago. ‘The standing: AMERICAN w. 8 32 . 53 313 INTERNATIONAL GROUP. gation decided to put Phelps behind the | 53 TRIUMPH MARK ARIE IN SACRAMENTO SHOOT SACRAMENTO, Calif,, March 17 (#). —Mark _Arle, amateur trapshoot ace from Champaign, Ill, today held the title in the 16-yard 100-bird event of the first annual Sacramento handicap ’trapst';ool, having broken 99 out of 100 rgets. The only perfect score of the meet was made by E. L. Prindle of Stockton, Calif,, who won the class “B” 16-yard event with 100 out of 100. The three- day meet ended yesterday. COLONIAL RIFLEWOMEN BEAT DREXEL AND PENN Led by Arline i | lins, each of whsmmmxe" anldME.t‘ln 0&01'. Co.le Washington girl rifle team defeated xP’;:::ly lmt;ufi;;d University of . annual shoulder- Phila- del 492 out of a pos- 3 ‘was second with 480 and Drexe! third with 473, It was the fifth straf : wed them was enough to cause Grifith to have him at this £BIBD ¢ year the Colonial girls have won g Y HE ruling of the United States Golf Association raising the age limit of caddies from 16 to 18 years before they will become professional golfers will permit the in- terscholastic champion of the District of Columbia to pick up pin money this it was learned today. ncis Horton of Central High School during his spare hours last year caddied at the Washington Golf and Country Club, as some high school youngsters do to earn a bit of spare . He won the title of inter- ion last year in a tourney played at East Potomac Park, outscoring a brilliant fleld of youngsters. He had just reached the age of 16 years, and thereupon he stopped toting golf bags, for he did not intend to be- come a golf professional and to have continued bag toting would have jeop- ardized his amateur status. For a year Horton has not caddied. A short time ago the United States Golf Association raised the age limit for caddles to 18 years, which automatically allows Hor- ton and all other youngsters who have not reached the age of 18 to carry bags for hire, if they wish. Henry D. Nicholson, the youthful champion of the Washington Golf and Country Club, is knocking the ball so close to the hole with a mongrel mashie niblick that it makes putting quite easy. Nicholson has a mashie niblick that he plays in place of a spade and on three consecutive holes at Washington yester- day he was within 8 feet of the pin from distances back to 160 yards. At the eleventh he laid the ball so close he holed & 2. At the twelfth he laid his second shot within 4 feet and missed STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE the putt for a birdie on the sloping green and on the thirteenth he put the ball 6 feet from the hole and sank the putt for & second birdie. With the ald of these birdies he was around in 74, coming back in 35 after getting out in A. D. Porter uncorked a “hat trick” at the eighteenth hole yesterday when everything seemed set for a halved match, holding a short pitch shot for a par 4 to win & golf match and bring walls of surprise from 8. E. Godden and J. H. Davidson. And in the afterncon, on the same hole, Tommy Webb, the stalwart West- l"l'ld. holed a chip shot 3 uare a match in which he and his fa Henry Nicholson and D. C. Gruver. The latter pair won on_the nineteenth hole, how- ever, after Tommy Webb had hooked his tee shot out of bounds and his father's second shot failed to stay on the green. And another miracle happened at Washington yesterday, which we should like to tell the world. Gene Godden, whose handicap is 18 strokes, and who plays to that handicap, played the first nine holes in 39 strokes. Appalled by his low scoring, however, Godden came back in 52. The day before he had scored an 84 for the course, the best mark he ever has made. The Women’s District Golf Associa- | tion will meet this afternoon at the Na- tional Women's Golf and Country Club to choose officers and map out a sched- ule of tournaments for the coming sea- son. Mrs. Frank R. Keefer of Chevy Chase is to be chosen president to suc- ceed Mrs. William S. Corby of Columbia. 0XFORD-CAMBRIDGE STICKERS PLAY HERE Central Stadium here will be the | scene of the first of 14 games to be | played this Spring by the Oxford-Cam- bridge lacrosse team, which will arrive in America March 28. St. John's College of Annapolis will be the visitors’ opponent April 1 here. The itinerary has been arranged by R. V. Truitt, former coach at Maryland. A round of social festivities, including a White House reception and one at the British embassy, will make up the athletes’ visit. The squad includes seven Americans, one Canadian, one South American and nine Englishmen. The Americans are Larkin Farinholt, who played with the Johns Hopkins Olympic team of 1928; J. J. McDonough, University of Chi- cago; Malcolm MclIntyre, Yale; Alfred Cornsweet, Brown; M. J. Grove, Yale; Lucien Giddings, Birmingham-South- ern, and C. L. Gleaves, Virginia. Following is the schedule: April 1—St. John's, at Washington, April 3—Washington College, at Chester- own. April 5—Navy, at Annapolis. 7—Virginia. at Chestertown. 8—Swarthmore, at Swarthmore. th Bethlehem. Apri April 19—Hobart, at Gene: April 21_Dartmouth, at Hafover, April |23—Harvard, at Cambridge. April 24—Brow Providence. PIERCE BALL PLAYERS | UNDER WAY SATURDAY HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 17— Under the direction of Coach Bill Mc- Loughlin, former pro ball player, can- didates for the Pierce A. C. nine, will practice for the first time Saturday, at 3 o'clock, on the Riverdale diamond. All aspirants, new and old, are asked to_re) Porp‘:he benefit of the club a card party will be held tonight at the Hyatts- ville High School, starting at 8 o'clock. Dixle Pig A. C. base ball squad will meet Wednesday night at the home of Manager Hugh Waldrop, Edmonston road. Last season the Pigs made a_ strong | showing in .the Capital City League, Washington. They are hoping for an ieven better season this year. | MARLBORO AND BRITISH | PLAY FOR SOCCER TITLE, Marlboro will meet British Uniteds next Sunday in the soccer match that will decide the Wash! n and South- eastern District Association’s cup tie tournament. Marlboro gal ined the final yesterday | the it came through with a surprise i :lcm ‘over Concord, 2 to 1. & In a Capital City League game D. ‘copguered Bockvills, & Clubhead Leads Arms and Body BY SOL METZGER. All recognize the sound golf prin- ciple that the clubhead must lead the arms and body at contact. Otherwise, as we know, dire results follow. Now to make certain this desired order of things will occur in the swing, Vardon starts his club down by a single dropping of the elbows, the initial move of his ad- vocated swing through with the arms. > By this swing through he does not mean a throw through. But an actual swing through of the arms. But what about the braced left leg to give both purchase and balance, one might ask? Just try swing through as Vardon does and you'l find that the left leg automatically braces, You see the Vardon principle of golf concerns the elimination of many of the details we have always concerned ourselves with. It per- mits the” golfer to concentrate on the one big idea—swinging through with the arms, Learn to putt well. Sol Metzger has prepared a new illustrated leaf- let on “Putting” which he will send free to any reader requesting it. Address Sol Metzger, in care of this paper, and inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. 3 (Copyright, 1930.) “SMART” BASE BALL IS PECKINPAUGH'S GOAL NEW ORLEANS, March 17 (®).— Seeking to instill his Cleveland Indians with the “smart” base ball that makes the difference between a mere first divi- sion club_and a pennant contender, Manager Roger Peckinpaugh has been profiting from a review of the 20 games which the Tribe Jost by a lone run last year. Half of these games could have been victories had the outfielders thrown to proper bases or had the base run- ners known when they could safely ad- vance, belleves Peck, and he has mapped out instructions to overcome these > 0 & lanlle Three Golf Aces Mark | Week End at One Club | SEATTLE, March 17 (#).—Three | golfers crashed the exclusive portals of the hole-in-one club over the week end on the Sand Point golf course here. { =& mashie pitch. Vic Marrison his tee shot Sunday at the eleventh, a short hoist with a mashie niblic. Harry A. Pratt garnered a dodo at the twelfth, a drive of 140 yards. | | | GOLF KING, 28 TODAY, | PLANS BIG CAMPAIGN ATLANTA, March 17 (#).—Bobby Jones' twenty-eighth birthday anniver- sary today finds the golfing king cele- brating the realization of a boyhood am- Tent of ' more Baportant goal borm. of ment of a more nt ™ of his links triumphs, Bobby always wanted to be in base ball. He's in the national pastime now as executive vice president of the At- lanta Club in the Southern Association. His other objective is the British amateur crown—the only major golfing title he has not acquired during his nmntnd g 14-year career on the fairways an greens. ‘The anniversary meant only a huge pile of congratulatory messages and a short day at his law office. Bobby has kept himself in good physical condition throughout the Winter and he is en- grossed in plans for his Spring in- vasion of foreign coursess He will lead the American team in the Walker Cup matches in England in May as his first international com. petition of the season. He also plans to enter the British open, States open and the natit LAUREL HIGH STARTS ACTION ON DIAMOND LAUREL, Md., March 17.—Candidates for the Laurel High School base ball team plan to begin practice this week under the direction of George M. Sul- livan of the school’s faculty, who will coach the squad for the first time. ‘Though Sullivan will know more about the team'’s prospects once he has looked over the aspirants, he is optimistic, and believes that the nine will be sturdy | should it develop pitching strength. No contest outside of the Prince | Georges County championship series will | be arranged until the dates for the title games are announced, Laurel will compete in the upper sec- tion series against Hyattsville, Maryland | Park and Upper Marlboro High nines. | Sullivan also plans to train a squad to represent Laurel in the annual county championship track and field meet to be | held in May. e onal amateur WASHINGTON TEAMS WIN GAMES AT HYATTSVILLE HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 17— Montrose A. C. and Stewart Photogra- phers of Wi {and big George Earnshaw. CHAMPS BUILD UP 'RESERVE STRENGTH | Mahatfey, Rookie Pitcher, Likely to Be Regular From the Start. BY ALAN GOULD, Assoclated Press Sports Editor. ORT MYERS, Fla., March 17. —Although the full cast of world champions, for vari- ous reasons, has not-been completely reassembled in train- ing camp, there appears ample Jjustification for the confidence among the Athletics that they will enjoy another season’s run 1t the top of the American League heap. The benign leader, 67-year-old Con- nie Mack, and his agile men are hold- ing_base ball's highest office with an outfit that seems to be decidedly. on the uygrlde. rather than showing any signs of disintegration. The burden of proof is on the seven other clubs, and so far, ;A‘t:k the excep:‘kwmm:ll the New York ees, no ] iny - dence has begxll ofleredA’ oo The Athletics, barring accidents, will take the fleld to defend their honors this year with the same team that scampered victoriously from the world’s :eerrlu battle with the Cubs last Octo- Max Bishop, the second-sacker, re- ported later; Bing Miller, veteran out- fielder, a week away from camp {:r h{u hontfil:om, mg Al Simmons, e clean-up slugger, has conditioned himself at Hot Springs, rather than run the risk of imperiling his somewhat tender ankles on Florida sand, but all three stars will be at their regular posts when the season opens. Mack Builds Reserve. Mack is the only manager in league able to stand E:t on his: 1929 line-up. As a result and his chief aides, Eddie Collins and Kid Gleason, have concentrated on inspection and development of a wholesale crop of youngsters, many of them to be tagged for future delivery. ¢ ‘The net profits of the training siege are likely to show in better reserve strength and in at least one it addition to the pitching staff is already among the best in either league. The outstanding twirling is Leroy Mahaffey, a big South Carolina right-hander, who came to the A’s. via Portland of the Pacific | He has shown sufficient stuff to ey him as a probable starting regular. ‘The tip-off on Mahaffey’s ability is the fact that the players call “Speed” on a club which boasts three of the greatest fast-ball flingers in the game in Lefty Grove, Rube 'x"ha recruit is expected ta round out 8 man starting staff with Texas ‘This would Shores. _This it hold inTreserve, for relief m] i turn, Quinn, who admits to Howard Ehmke, world se) ing also as a pitching coach Boley Keeps Job. Outside the box the only doubt when the camp was , where the youthful recruit, Eric McNair, appea rival for the veteran Joe Boley. This doubt has been removed by Boley’s steady work and evidence that the vet- eran’s arm still can keep the ball ahead of the fleetest runners. McNair, who is only 20, neveytheless will be kept in reserve, along with Dib Williams, a promising second satker up from Little Rock, and Jim Keesey, baseman recalled from Portland. Roger Cramer and Roy Tarr are-two other promising infielders. Robust Jimmy Foxx at first, hitting any and all kinds of pitching out of the park; Bishop at second and the irre- pressible Jimmy Dykes, spark the team, at third base, round field. It may not be the fensive combination in the game, it is a reliable quartet, with twe of team’s most dangerous hitters in and Dykes. Despite his 33 years, appears faster than ever. Otherwise there is not the cause for concern on Mack’s the greatest catcher in the game, iz 2 ‘ ERBes i H igé?i e 34 £z 3 ficd : i i Wfltflfld d‘ng,y and the veteran ang an Perkins can cocannerdfel.uhemodln. e MRS. HELEN MOODY WINS FIRST SET TILT By the Assoclated Pres: PASADENA, Calif., March 17.—Mrs. Helen Wills Moody has opened the tennis season with a characteristic ctory. Making her first public aj since her marriage, Mrs. day won the women's si isco, 1, 5 was played between rain squalls. Josephine Cruickshank of Santa Ana. Calif., furnished the biggest upset of the women's singles tournament by de- feating Mary Greef of Kansas City and Angeles, 6—2, Miss Greef were victors in | Los rashington basket ball games on the National Guard Armory floor here yesterday. Montrose | squeezed through to a 29-25 victory over | Company F, National Guard, of this | place, and the Stewart dribbiers con- | quered Dixie Pig A. C., 17 to 16. Mont- | | rose downed Company P through a late spurt. Buscher's goal from scrimmage gave Stewart its win over the Pigs. | ROOKIE ROGER CRAMER | WINS BERTH WITH A’S FORT MYERS, Fla., March 17 (#).— Connie Mack hasn't spoken officially yet, but he indicated today that Roger Cramer, iwkin, N. J., rookle, may stick with the Athletics. The A.’s sent him to Martinsburg last season for more experience. “Cramer likes to play,” Mack said, “and he always has a bat in his han He can hit, too, and when you have fellow who can hit there is always room for him. Cramer started as a shortstop, Cy Perkins turned him into a pitcher | and in Martinsburg they made him a third baseman. He looks like an out- fielder to me, and a hitter.” PR R R ARGENTINE POLOISTS WIN. RD, Calif., March 17 (#).— The ntine polo team rode to -(‘t?rfl- liant 10-to-4 victory over an all-star California team here yesterday to com- | | plete its California invasion with a rec- 'ord of 10 sigaabt wins, v , ., . is ranked sixth nationally, while Miss Cruickshank is ranked tenth. Miss Cross defeated Miss Cruickshank in a hotly contested second round match, how- ever, 8—6, 3—8, 6—: DEUTERMAN AT HELM OF BAUSERMAN TEAM Charlie Deuterman, former manager of the A, B. & W. Bus Co. base ball team, this season will the Bauserman Motor Co. nine, will play all its games on the Arlington, Va.. diamond. ¢ Deuterman wants candidates for the umtomutmnmfiwut o'clock at his home, in Detroit_street, Ballston, Va. HEINIE WAGNER NURSIN MORRIS, RED SOX ACE PENSACOLA, Fla., March 17 (#).— Big Ed Morris, who, like most pltchers, wants {o win every ball game in which he works, is being restricted in activity :’edls‘:m‘" Heinie Wagner of the X Ed wishes to assume the burden in tomorrow’s mmmmm but his boss does not want to take any chmeuoffllammbw his arm. Heinie knows: perience that when the tall. allows the ..