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-excellent receiver—Muddy he #oen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, [ 4 MARCH ny Star. 20, 1930. l_ Classified Ads PAGE D—1 Ruel Is Now in Best Condition for Years : Giants Are Behind in Training Schedule MUDDY TO SHARE WORK WITH TATE Johnson Values Veteran’s Steadying Influence on Younger Moundsmen. BY JOHN B. KELLER. this year as catcher for the Nationals. Walter Johnson, manager of the Washington Ball Club, says Muddy Ruel, up until last season generally recognized as first-string receiver of the out- fit, will in the impending Ameri- can League campaign get as much work behind the bat as Benny Tate, who did the bulk of the backstopping in the 1929 flag race. Ruel looks better muebv:try wa) v.ex;.: di to Johnson ter in e y "?;Ym“-’: last year, and when the bell rings for the opening of the cham- plonship season ought to be quite fit to take care of the post he assumcd when he came to the Nationals from the Red Sox at the commencement of the 1923 battling in the circuit. That Ruel is to get a better shot at working behind the bat than he did last year doss not mean that Johnson figures that chubby Tate not equal to the task of handling the Washington pitching corps. Far from this, indeed. For Tate is a clever catcher and a nifty hitter, too. But Johnson always has liked 'Muddy's catching, always has thought him one of the best in the business when in the right frame of mind and proper physical trim, and is abso- lutely confident now that the St. Louls chap is ready to give everything he has to his club. On Job Early This Year. This is the first in many years that Muddy has been wearing a Washington uniform that he has not been among the last to accept terms offered by the club. Instead of balking this year, as usual, Muddy readily agreed to sign the contract sent to him by President Clark Grifith and was among the early re- porters at the training camp here. No one has toiled more faithfully in Biloxi Stadium than Ruel, and no one has re- vealed more improvement as a result of his toil than the little catcher. Muddy came to camp this year in probably the best frame of mind in his term of service with the Nationals. He came as a player well satisfied with the pay he is to receive during the cham- plonship season, and assured that if he carried on as asked he would be given every opportunity to show why he has long been regarded one of the best catchers in the majors, despite short- comings of other seasons. ‘There is no doubt that Muddy was ILOXI, Miss., March 20.—An B old timer is coming back| . He was not hitting well and he was not throwing He was an has been | that from the time he stepped into the American ‘League—but being an excel- lent receiver was not enough to make TLOXI, Miss, March 20.—William Harrison Bradley, a six-footer weighing about 170 pounds, who has been showing Manager Walter Johnson his first basing wares at the Nationals' training camp here and who is to be farmed out if a berth can be found for him with some minor a really valuable asset of the club. Different This Season. league club, was “discovered” by Nick Altrock. Last Summer while clowning at an exhibition game in Jersey City, : | Nick saw Bradley do some fine first tting much more strength | than he did in 1'2" leads one to believe he may be a more | important factor in attack in the 1930 race than in recent years. that has is especially arbu young pitchers of the . as Irving Liske and Bob Burke like Muddy. These pitchers ‘Tate's receiving qi ‘tis true, but Mm pa “loel m’f:‘n.:;. B e ety when Singing the ball 1o the little fellow from St. Louls. Johnson looks upon Ruel as a tutor- tog catcher as well as sn all-around former behind the bat when a game . He is confident Muddy will as- ho are counted on to out of the ruck. And this Johnson intends use of 7 P least an even choice to make Ruel at with Tate in the Washington catc] corps. Grift en Scouting Trip. i President Clark Griffith last nig] Birmingham _that he entrained for i e ol % B3 “iMiiap. former Wi o anagr ‘and '?6‘&;- fi';d he Birming club, - o i o 5 Bt oo Auburn athletes, so Griffith decided to invade the steel, coal and iron town a day ahead of his club. amp here will be broken after to- dn(y:'l practice and the Athletes will en- train tonight for Birmingham, where they are to engage with the Barons to- morrow afternoon. Following the Birm- ingham engagement the club will pro- ceed to Chattanooga, which will be its base until after the exhibition game of April . Carlos Moore, purchased from the last Fall, will be one of the itchers used by Johnson at Birming- Pam " tomorrow. Fred Marberry and Irving Hadley also may get tests. A heavy rain here Tuesday put the field | Biloxi Stadium in such shape ‘heduled game | — | that early yesterday the sc Samf| Games are sought by Comet Peewse with the Spring Hill College nine of Mobile. was eanceled. As it turned out. the game could easily have been played | on the field. for a warm sun and drying reeze popped out before 10 o'clock and notn the grounds were in fine con- tion. The Nationals went through their dally drill and later an effort was made to mln;;ul game with Spring Hill for today, but the collegians could not get away, SOCCER TITLE IS SHARED AFTER FIVE TIED GAMES One of the most remarkable battles in the history of Washingion sport is ended without a decision. The Gage and Peabody teams, after playing five james without & score and two previous these with vach winning one with a score of 2-0, will share the soccer cham- plonship of elemmu&y schools. ‘They Bhycd the fifth tie yesterday on the Playgraund, and it was decided o{am each to have pos- session championship trophy ® given D& T bringing around these | son. Barons | for | basket basing and hitting for the New York Independents, a semi-pro outfit, and tipped President Griffith to the young- | P! ster’s possibilities. S0 did George Halpin, manager of the New York Independents. And that's why Bradley is with the athletes here. Blll is a New Yorker all the way. He was born in the big city October 8 1910, and has lived there since. He has played virtually all of his base ball in New York, too. Bill says he started the game when he was 6 or 7 yéars old and kept at it. He's a left-hander both at throwing and hitting. He steps around the bases well and swings a 5% TWO SANDLOT NINES |FRENCH AND CELTIC MERGE THEIR FORCES Virginia White George Harrison, and College Parl A. C, piloted by Louis Boshman, will | combine forces in base ball this sea- . The new team will use the Vir- ginia White Sox field at Baileys Cross Roads. The field has been put in good shape. Members of both teams last season, Sox, managed hing | as well as other candidates wishing to try for the new team, are asked to turn out for first practice Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at Baileys Cross Roads. Monroe base ballers will begin prep- aration for another season Sunday, at | and Otis streets northeast. Several ex- perienced players are needed. Edward D. Coleman is schedul! strong unlim- ited class teams of the city and vicinity at North 6238. Burroughs A. C.. Insect nine will gather tonight at the club’s headquar- ters at 11803 Monroe street northeast, at 8 o'clock. The squad will practice Saturday, at 1:30, at Eighteenth and Otis streets northeast. Manager Motley is booking games at North 7031. Dick Bedell is manager and Willlam Shine captain of The Evening Star base ball team, which is drilling hard for the campaign. Caplitol Heights nine is seeking games with teams having diamonds. Call George Miles at Capitol Heights 244. | Rambler Pro base ballers will meet tonight at 3222 Prospect avenue. | nine at Georgia 1289. PFirst practice will be held by _the Acme Printing Co. diamond squad Sun- day afternoon at 2 o'clock on Fairlawn field No. 1. ‘Texaco Midgets will be the new name of the nine which last season Wwas known as the Nehi Insects. Hess A. C. nine will ize at & meeting Saturday night at 8 o'clock at 7 Eighteenth street southeast. Hess plans to enter the Capital City League. Department of Commerce unlimited nine is after a Sunday game. Call Lincoln 1388-W/. 19 QUINTS IN LINE. CHICAGO, March 20 (#).—Many leams which lost close games in the finals of their respective State cham- plonship tournaments have been in- p vited, al ith their to S o Bt T L twel mul national mnle'holll teams have entered (o datorg- y - Bill Bradley, Griffs’ Farmhand, Is(a “Discovery” of Uncle Nick by, 1 o'clock, on the diamond at Eighteenth | Ra | Cleveland Indians are willing to trade BILL BRADLEY. sturdy bat. He always has played first base. Each Spring while attending high school Bill unfortunately became ill and was unable to make school nine. But he always recovered in time to do a deal of base ball playing in the Summer. ¥ Two years ago he hooked up with the New York Independents, about the fastest semi-pro club in the Metro- politan. district; in fact the Independ- ents rank with clubs to be found in class C minors. Bill made good at the outset with this team and says he e’l‘ckedhnn a nice piece of change while ith i ‘The Independents do much of thef laying on Jasper Oval, the field for- merly used by M: New York and 'tis repo: not with the Independents long before he attracted the attention of a number of big league scouts who step arounc to the Oval to look over the semi-pros. but Washington got the jump or the other clubs who were scanning Bil' when Altrock reported his find to Presi- dent Griffith. Bill has played other sports than base ball. He likes foot ball right well anc infoor games. But with him base el mes. Bul ball is ahead of the others. TOSSERS TO CLASH ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 20— Two of the leading teams in the Wash- ington Independent Basket Ball League | will clash here tonight, when the league - | leading French A. C. meets the third- !glllge:’%l Mary’s Celtics in Armory Hall The Clover A. C. of this city will bat- tle the Hyattsville Juniors of Hyatts- ville, Md., in the preliminary, ‘Whitestones five clinched third place in the Alexandria Gazette Basket Ball League and made a second-place tie a possibility last night when it scored a 2&-&062! triumph over the Del y A. C. The league standing: w. Celtics . [ | Knight's 3 The athletic smoker to be held by Potomac Truck and Engine Company. | No. 2, of the Alexandria Fire Depart- | ment has been set for March 31. Capt. Jim Armstrong led his Rotary | | Club bowlers to their second triumph |over the Kiwanis Club pinspillers at the | Health Center alleys last night, 2,424 | pins to 2,419. The Rotarians have a 100-pin lead. Alpha Delta Omega will hold a dance in. Elks’ Hall tomorrow night from 9 o'clock until midnight to ralse funds for athletics. L. » 0 Whitestone' 2 Del Ray.... The Potomac Rifle Club voted last night to again join the National Rifle | Association. This club plans to start range shortly.- | dates will begin dally workouts this afternoon at Baggett's. Practice ses- sions will be held each week day at 5:30 and each Sunday at 1 o'clock un- til the season gets under way. Alexandria High School Girls and Alexandria High Teachers will meet in a second game tomorrow night on the Armory Hall court at 7:30. Knights Store five will play a benefit Comntul” supporiers, Who. 15 suering youthful suj , Wl er from an eye trouble which threatens his sight. The contest is set for Sat- urday night at the armory, with the op- ponent to be announced. Albert Hurshman will be host to the St. Mary's Celtics basket ball team at a banquet next week. Gold basket balls will be awarded the players. > Wonder Boy Club will meet, tonight at 7:15 o'clock. ~Games | Marvland) vs. tin Sidhna outdoor shooting on the Beverly Hllls} St. Mary's Celtics base ball candi-| CONFERENCE FAILS TO PACIFY MANUSH Player and Killefer Debate for an Hour—Blaeholder Also Still Balking. By the Associated Press. ST PALM BEACH, F.| March 20.—Heinie Manush, | holdout outfielder of the St. | Louis Browns, was huddled | with Manager Bill Killefer for an hour | or more yesterday, but neither reported developments toward settling the dif- ferences keeping the gardener from taking part in the Brownie limbering- up exercises. Red Kress, whose attack of hold- outitis was cured recently, was expected | to arrive today and assume the short- stop’s burdens. There was no news of George Blae- holder, also unsigned to a contract. PENSACOLA, Fla. March 20 (P).— Milt Gaston, hit on the head by a slip- pery bat from the hands of Bill Nar- lesky Iast week, was back in the Red Sox camp today, ready to resume mound duty. He took a vacation at St. Louis. Natives today still talked over the | prodigious wallop by Bob Asbjornson in yesterday's scrub game. The ball sailed 25 feet over the left field fence near the foul line, which is 516 feet from home plate, SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 20 (#).— | Outfielder Alex Metzler, the last of the Chicago White Sox holdouts, has agreed to his contract terms and is on his way to_camp. The White Sox today ho) for a break in the rain so they could play off their postponed game with the Univer- sity of Texas at Austin. FORT MEYERS, Fla, March 20 (®)—Jimmy Foxx, slugging first base- man of the Philadelphia Athletics, is pulling hard for First Bascman Keesey's injured hand to heal. Foxx is the only regular who has | been unable to get & rest. He had to | go the full route in every exhibition game since Keesey hurt his hand more than a week ago. NEW ORLEANS, March 20 (#).—Th2 Outfielder Eddie Morgan, but not fof Nat Spencer, Washington's holdout catcher, as was rumored in the Nats' camp. Cleveland would like to have Irving Hadley, Washington right- hander, or Ralph Kress, St. Louis short- stop, but admits there isn't much chance to get either. TAMPA, Fla, March 20 (#).—The Detroit Tigers' headquarters here has become little more than a place to spend the night between trips. The team was off again today for another exhibition game, this time at St. Petersburg, with the Boston Braves as opponents. ‘Two young pitchers, Hogsett and Her- ring, had a good day yesterday at Winter Haven, holding the Phillies to 7 hits and 2 runs whileTiger batsmen were piling up 14 hits, of which 9 were made good for runs. BOXERS ARE PAIRED FOR COLLEGE EVENT PHILADELPHIA, March 20—Com- | plete pairings for the intercollegiate boxing tourney, in which Georgetown 'is entered, and which starts tomorrow, have been made as follows: 115-pound _class—J. C. Dempsey vs. McAllister (Georgetown): {Western Maryland) vs. E. U): M. E. Houdina (Penn) (Syracuse): Orleman (M. I Julius (Penn State) 125-pound class—Tardugno (Georgetown) vs Kaiman M1 T Fitzgerald (Navy) g Tt e a acuse) vs. D. Pinsky (N. Y. U.): Mike Bhadel (Penn) vs. W. R. Hastings (Western Maryiand). 135-pound cla: Maryland) v (Navy) 1) Vs, 45 [{ {(Georgetown); T Benjamin J. Cason] 145-pound’ class—Le Alfred E. (N._¥. U): Charl A.'B. Boichers (Western class—Oliver Horne (Penn) va. 10T Thiel (Byracuse) vs. Alex ai ‘Penn_Statey: P, Moret Ve, Tlerney (Georpatow): M. Huts | U vs. Ted Kispac (Western 175-pound _ class—William Struble Siate) vs. Donald MacLean (Penn): Bourndeat _(Georgetown) vs. M. ntry: G. Stautz (N. Y. U.) vs. N.' P. ‘Bar- | nett (Western Maryiand): Raymond (Syra- cuse) vs. B. F. Swan (Navy) Heavywelght ciass—Frank Merrick (Penn) s. M. I T.. no entry: H. T. Johnson (Na Pincura (Western Maryland): rews (Penn State) vs. W. Sirut (Georgetown) vs. vs. J. ‘Gold (Georgetown) vs. Maryland). -poun Barker B Chi (Penn | Leroy "o | v . Y. U.): Donaldson Giad (8yracuse). L PAIR OF GIANT RECRUITS FARMED TO BRIDGEPORT| By the Associated Press. | SAN ANTONIO, Mharch 20.— John McGraw, New York Glant manager, is rapidly cutting his squad down to the size required for the regular season. Two more rookies have received word that they are slated to spend the season on the Giant farm at Bridgeport, Conn. | Joe Visotski, the much desired pitch- | er, and Lou Allen, shortstop, will @o to | Bridgeport under optional agreements after they help the Giant second team win a few exhibition games on its northward journey. Exhibition Base Ball By the Associated Press. Yesterday's Results. At West Palm Beach, Fla—Brook (N, 10; St. Louis (A.), 2 (12 innings). At St. Petersburg, 'Fla.—8St. Louis | (N), 7; New York B 3. [ At Orlando, Fla—Philadelphia (A.), Wit Havon, Haven, Fla.—! A), 9; Philadelphia (N’.‘),'z’l.. — At New Orleans—Cleveland (A.), 11; NeAv‘ (Enenmh:s A), 10. inc) (N.), 1 o (l}u;oT'lehugh (N.). At B d.':"' re radenton, =1 ve. 8t Louis (N » " York At St. Petersburg—] Bomtor by e tersburg—Detrolt (A) vs. At Fort Lauder o (N.) vs. Buffalo uz)m" Pl oo At Plant City, Fia —; I"-ARMM“" 3[ )Aa Philadelphia (N) t Fort Pier va. Milwaukee, (&, Ay " Lous (A) At Pensacola, —Boston Mobile (8, Ay T r . At san Francisco—Pittsburgh (N.) are being listed at Lincoln 5684 after 3 pam vs. Missions (P. C.), Los o At An P d (P, gzl.u—flhlcllo (N) wvs. vs. | Steeplechase, THE GAMEST ACT I EVER SAW Shot Eight Times in Neck, Bear Still Charges Human Foe. BY JACK FANNING (Ex-World’s Champion Rifle Shot) As Told to J. P. Glass. AEN it comes to gameness,” said Jack Fanning, “hu- man beings have nothing on animals.” The former champion rifle shot of the world, who once broke 175 clay pigeons in a row and five times killed 100 consecutive live pigeons, leaned back in his chair in a Manhat- tan office building contemplatively. In times past he had been a professional hunter. He had slain seals in Bering Sea, kangaroos in Australia, birds of paradise in the South Sea Island: | walrus on the Alaskan coast, and wha not, where-else, But the day for that sort of thing was gone. s,” he went on, “I've seen a lot of in my day, both human and The animals don’t suffer by comparison. “There was that big bear on the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska coast. We were in Cooks Inlet, seal hunting, and my partner and I went ashore to get some fresh meat. That was how we met him. He was a Kadiak, the big- gest of the brown bears, weighing around 1,400 pounds. We hunters called his kind grizzlies up there. “Once ashore, we struck for the mountains. Little knolls rose on the slopes, flanked by ravines. In those were the only vegetation, scrub alder bushes that grew shorter and shorter the higher we went. “We got fairly well up the mountain side without seeing any game. Then my partner said, as we came to a knoll, ‘Let’s separate. I'll go to the right, you to the left.” “I struck off to the left. T hadn’t gone 200 yards before I saw a big bear running toward me. “That was puzzling. When bears see human beings they usually leave them alo; unless cornered. raised my Winchester—a 45-90—and _fired. He was onlyhzflg y‘n::h:wny. but, to my surprise, ep! on. E‘I) threw eight bullets at him. He continued to plunge toward me with that peculiar rolling motion bears have. I felt certain I had hit him; but he gave no sign that any of the bullets had taken effect. “He was now 20 feet away from me. 'nAm:w SIOLT BULLETE . e TINUED TO__PLUNGE TOwaaD mef 1 didn’t have another shot in my rife. Let me tell you 20 feet is no distance when a 1400-pound bear is charging you and there is no tree to climb. I still had my 45-Colt revolver and hunt- ing knife. I dropped my rifle, drew them and prepared to fight to the end. “And then, just as unexpectedly as he had attacked, the big beast went down on all fours, blood streaming from his mouth and nose, and died. “At this point my partner came rush- ing around the knoll. “ ‘What were you shooting at, Jack?’ he yelled. pointed to the dead bear. “‘Where'd he come from?' he asked. ‘*When I first saw him he was run- ning toward me!’ “‘Running—at first?” “Yes, right at me.’ “‘“That's funny,’ sald my partner, ‘I never saw anything like that before.’ ‘We skinned the carcass to find out why death hadn't come sooner. Every bullet had taken effect in the big beast’s neck. But he was so massive, was so thick and he was so heavily muscled, that none had got through to his vitals, Of course, we had no metal- jacket bullets in those days nor such P Ehe biiets had spread in his néck cutting the arteries, and finally blood had choked him. I was glad that I had seen him first at 100 yards and not 75. I think he would have taken me into the next world with him. “When I thought of this, I sat down suddenly. My hand instinctively found a pint flask of Medford rum in my pocket. I drank the whole pint with- out taking a breath. “It was after we finished skinning him that we found out why he had been running toward me when I first saw him. a nearby arroya we came on a little caribou. It had a broken leg. The bear had been chasing this trembling little animal when I crossed his path. to_chase me. “But_a I put the first bullet in him why didn’t he follow bear custom and depart? He was a game fellow, I guess. Certainly, the way he took those euhtbufleu-mmonlwmr::: was a8 courageous as ever seen. It was the most ing experi- ente I ever had.” (Copyyisht. 1930.) A’s and Yankees Rated Even by Pilot Shawkey ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 20 (#).—Bob Shawkey, manager of the New York Yankees, agrees with most base ball fans that the Ameri- can League pennant lies between his team and the Philadelphia Athletics. And Bob the Gob is not inclined to rate his team second. He rates the Yanks and A's even, adding: “My club is every bit as good as the Athletics.” He placed Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Chicago, Washington and Boston behind them in that order as his idea of how the American League clubs will finish. BOBBIES IN LONDON GUARD RACE CHOICE By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 20—The amazing . |train of events which has marked the preparations for the Grand National to be run at Aintree March 28, have reached their culmina- tion in police protection for Gregalach, last year’s winner and former favorite, which now is fourth in the betting. Due to rumors of foul play and a poor showing in a trial race Saturday, Mrs, M. A. Gemmell, Gregalach’s owner, invoked police protection, and the horse now is guarded day and night. Grega- lach had three hours of exercise yes- terday, watched by Mrs. Gemmell, who 'will make the final decision as to his fitness to run, and seemed to move easily and freely. Easter Hero, former co-favorite, now third in the betting, due to a strained tendon, is out of the veterinary’s hands after having received violet ray treat- ments. He has resumed full training, but it is doubtful whether he will be in true form for the race. i COUNTY BASE BALL, TRACK DATES SET ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 20— Plans for the Summer sports season have been completed by the Fairfax County High Schools Athletic Associa- tion, it was announced today by Miss Jennie Tomko, secretary of the athletic organization. The base ball league will open its campaign on March 28, and a 21-game schedule, evenly divided over a period of seven weeks, will be played. ‘The annual track and field meet, an all-day affair, will take place on May 24 at the county fair grounds. The base ball schedule: March 28—Clifton at Lee-Jackson, Falls Church at Floris, Oakton at Frank- lin-Sherman. April 4—Floris at Lee-Jackson, Clif- ton at Falls Church, Franklin-Sher- man at Herndon. g Aprii 11—Lee-Jackson at Falls Church, Floris at Clifton, Herndon at . April 18—Oakton at Lee-Jackson, Herndon at Floris, Falls Church at Franklin-Sherman. April 25—Floris at Oakton, McLean at Clifton, Lee-Jackson at Herndon. May 2—Lee-Jackson at Franklin- Sherman, Falls Church at Oakton, Clif- ton at Herndon. May 9—McLean at Floris, Herndon at Falls Church, Oakton at Clifton. — - SWIMS FOR 66 HOURS. BUENOS AIRES, March 20 (#).— What was claimed to be a world record for distance and permanency in water was established here by the Swimmer Pedroa Candiotti, who in 65 hours and 5¢ minutes swam down 390 kilometers (about 240 miles), ROSTER OF PIRATES REDUCED BY THREE By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.—The Pittsburgh Pirate squad was the smaller three today and one regular was recruits, Pitchers Walter Meine and Ivan Green and Catcher Hal Fin. nor, clalist for a sore eye. Big Ray Kremer warmed up for d‘uty against the San Prancisco Mis- sions. ORLANDO, Fla., March 20 (#).—Dan Howley prescribed a short snappy prac- Argentine | will be tice session for the Reds today before is flesh | So: SHIRES DECLARES HE'S DONE AS SO Thinks He Can Make More as Semi-Pro. By the Assochted Press. ALLAS, Tex., March 20.—De- claring he was “sick of being bulldozed” by Charles Co- miskey, Chicago White Sox owner, Art Shires, erstwhile first baseman, has announced that he never again will play with the team. In a telephone conversation last night from his home in Italy, Tex., “Art the Great” admitted he had received a telegram from Comiskey asking him “while participating in the fight ring, who suspended you and who produced the evidence that caused the rein- statement?” “The boxing commissions have rec- ords of this,” Shires declared, “but I'm not a bureau of information for Comiskey or any one else. If Comiskey ts know anything about the wants to fight racket, let him go to the boxing commissions. They have all the dope. I wasn't guiity of any wrong doing.” He said he was going to ask the White Sox to place him on the volun- tarily retired list, then planned to pro- ceed with other plans, probably to play semi-pro ball, in which he believed he could make more money than the Chi- cago club offered him. Shires has been classed as a holdout since he failed to sign the first and only contract tendered him by the X management, s Taking It on the Chin BY FIDEL LA BARBA. Former World's Bantamweight Champion. OHNNY VACCA, New England, fighter, had the hardest wallop my chin ever stopped. He used it in Boston February 14, 1927, I spent the first round finding out sll that Johnny had except the dyna. mite concealed in his right | The Hardest Sock T I Ever Got. learned about that a little 7 but it never landed. cross counter c the winner by a knockout. At seven I got to one knee. th & haze I saw the maze of faces. Ev was .under treatment of a spe- | D! closely. the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. losing these round, though my head was slowly clearing. I opened up and won the eighth, ninth and tenth, but I couldn’t cut leading them off to Fort Myers, where | do they will play a return engagement with the world champions Friday. ‘The veteran hurlers now will be given assignments, with Red McWeeney the prob- able selections for Friday. BRADENTON, Fla.,, March 20 (#)— Gib Johnson, who has been working out with the St. Louis Cardinals dur- ing Spring training, shows much prom- ise as & moundsman, and was expected to get the initial call today when the Red Birds engage the New York Yan- kees on the local lot. He was expected to oppose his brother, Henry. LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 20 (). —The Cubs settled down in Los Angeles today for a long series of exhibition games, during which Manager Joe Mc- Carthy expects to prove he at least 10_highly effective pitchers. Portland was' lay's ‘opponent and two former American ition hurl- ers of promise, Lynn Nelson and Al Shealy, were named as the moundsmen for the battle. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 20 (#).—Ear] Clark, hustling young Braves center fielder, is hoping he has finally overcome his jinx for injuries. A tonsilitis operation laid him up while with the Providence, R. I, team in the Fall of 1927, and an appendicitis attack broke up his game in 1928 when hitting over .300. Last year he re- ceived concussion of the brain by crashing into the fence in the opening game and later in the season a pitched ball broke his wrist. WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March 20 (). — Presco Thompson, captain and second baseman of the Phillies, was at the training camp today, but he has not yet signed his contract. Arriving late yesterday, he conferred for more than an hour with Manager Shotton. The latter said they were pretty close together and that he believed Thomp- son would accept the terms offered him. 23,000 FANS ATTEND AMATEUR RING SHOW CHICAGO, March 20 (4).—Amateurs competing in the finals of the Golden Gloves tournament have shattered all attendance records for indoor boxing Chicago to watch the Chicago team York’s team, 10 matches to 6. The pre- vious_indoor record was established by the Mickey Walker-Tommy Loughran light-heavyweight championship match a year ago, when more 18,000 fans were present. Recelpts for last night's intercit; finals were estimated at $50,000, whic] over to charit; of the sixteen matches were deeiston affairs. One ended in & knock- out and another in & foul. - TWO A. B. C. TEAMS ROLL HEAVY COUNTS ND, March 20.—Last night’s rolling in the American Bowling Con- gress developed two new leading teams in as many minutes. Hardly had the 2,954 score of the Erie Paint Co., Erie, Pa., been chalked at the top of the five- man standing than _the McGrath Plumbing & Heating five of Liberty- ville, Ill, totaled 2,959 to gain the ‘honor. - The leaders: e FIVE-TEAM EVENT. McGrath Plumbers, Libe: m i¢. Pa J.W. Thorsoil, Mandel Lacauer, Chi Stewart Jewelers, Cleveland. TWO-MAN EVENT. . Gaudreau-F. Deselsky, S Burstrom-§. A Schmitz-T. Corken, Chica Shinn-J. Barrett, Canton, Ohio Locke-L' Paetz, Chicago. . ‘Holts-G. "Anderson, Faver Nelson. Racine, SINGLES EVENT. Gaudreau, Saginaw Wis Diugosz, South Ber Keves. Buflalo. - Bueck, Toledo. ALL EVENTS. > mAv>E | gm0w Qe 1 BLADENSBURG PLANNING TO FORM BOXING CLUB BMDE:“E-;BUM'M:“" March 20.—A movemen! organize an amateur box- ing club in Lhz-chmmunlty is under LOSSES T0 CHISOX IRK PILOT MGRAW {“Tired of Being Bulldozed,” Second Base Continues to Constitute Chief Problem of New York Club. Assoctated Press Sports Writer. S from a series of lusty lick- frame of mind as they prepare to McGraw men are not ready. First, there came capricious and the boys have entry has been taking it on the chin weather, The fact might not be im- they finally achieved a victory over the his club needs practice. as his can go on being & thoroughly healthy organization. They who compiled a .316 batting average most of last year, have waged a lively an improvement over Reese’s .263 and way. A meeting has been called for March 27 at 8 p.m. at Johnnys corner, on the Dete'lr’ue m.h“i'nm form the club, wl se ‘members lined up, it is stated. e Johnny wn are among those tak- B orgutaation " York preliminary Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. ‘TOLEDO, March 20.—Kayo M n, ‘Toledo, outpointed Pewee Wilson, - PITTSEURGH, Pa.—Joey Goodman, g:vehnd. (mwsfl Eddie Brannon, -BARRE, Pa—Charlie Be- langer, Canada, outpointed Joe Bayovic Boland (10). BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR. AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 20.—Behind with their train- ing schedule and smarting ings at the hands of a supposed- ly weaker club, John McGraw and his Giants are not in a happy wind up Spring labors here. Just around the corner, #0 to speak, is a National League campaign, and the was a bumper crop of holdouts, and the big guns straggled in slowly. That made John J. fretful. Then the weather be- taken too many of their workouts on the overstuffed interior furniture, As a fi climax the New York with slarming regularity in _practice bouts with the Chicago White Sox, who apparently have thrived on Texas portant at this stage, but the Gotham- ites received three hearty beatings and were held to an 1l-inning tie before Windy City delegation. Four more scheduled exhibitions with the Sox have been canceled on McGraw's plea that As Strong as Last Year. ‘There is consolation for the veteran pilot, however, in the premise that no team as good bad forever. Except for what has come to be an annual pain in the region of d base, the Giants appear to be had enough to finish third in the last race. The club certainly is no weaker. Eddie Marshall, a rangy youngster with Bridgeport last year, appears ready to plug that gap at second. He and Andy Reese, who essayed the task scrap for a month, with Marshall hold- ing an edge. If the rookie can hit any- thing like last year's mark, it will be alev;: the Giants a fairly explosive in- Big Bill Terry, who whaled the ball :: a .372 clip last year and threw in course, fixtures at short and X Lindstrom hit .319 last season; Jack- son, 295. Melvin Ott, the versatile ~ g:r." vhl:simm.anmhm, 1nb:llldln‘ 42 mers year, may be expected to supply the big ch in the Giant oulfield. He was about the only punch last year, excepting the veteran, Eddie Roush, who hit .32¢ in 115 games. Chick Fullis and Pred Leach, other members of last year’s fly-chasing corps, did no hitting to speak of. A trio of newcomers who may put additional power in the outer works are Johnny til, obtained from the White Sox, and Sam Leslie and George Fisher, alo. Ledleh pped gm M . T8 .376 for Mem- phis in 1929 and bly will stick in the big show. o Pitching Is No Worry. Although his chuckers have been slow to attain top form, McGraw is untrou- bled about that department. In Carl Hubbell and Bill Walker he has a pair of the niftiest southpaws in the busi- ness and Larry Benton, Fred Fitzsim- mons, Joe Genewich and old John Scott are veterans who can be dependad upcn for a bundle of wins if they get a fair ihlf! ‘:X tthe nreak:. Hubb:ll salted 18 way last year and Walker 14; includ- ing his last eight starts. i e Among the most promising of the youngsters seeking a place on the pay roll are Joe Heving, bought from Mem- ; Jim Tennant, a big fire-| York of the Pennsylvania League; Leroy Parmelee, up from Toledo, and Bl v T S Then the: “Hub” fling at the majors after winning 15 out u!‘!! for Newark last season. McGraw has a hunch Pruett will make him a winner. Bob O'Farrell and the large Francis Hogan again will team up to give the Giants a great catching staff. That de- partment is, perhaps, the least of the gl‘u 's wcn’l’lles.t O'Farrell hit for .306 in es last year and H I -297 mark in 102 contests. e THE LISTENING POST BY WALTER TRUMBULL. When you and I see April brin Uncertain, faltering ]eegfl of sp&,.,, With smiles of sun and tears of rain, We know that birds fly North again And soon will come the robins’ call; Also the rooters’ shrill, “Play ball!” When you and I see April pass 42 | Down shimmering lanes, where leaves . and grass armgl out their sweet, new coats and aze With emerald, jade and chrysoprase, We know—when you and lwue that— 08 | The Babe is on his way to bat. (Copyright, 1930, by North American Newse paper Alliance.) NINETY-EIGHT TEE OFF IN RICH LAGORCE EVENT, MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 20 (®). —The difficult 6,995-yard Lagorce course attracted 98 golfers from wide- spread sections of the country today for the 18-hole first-round play in the an- nual $15,000 open tournament. Horton Smith, who came in ahead of the field for first honors last year, was ready to defend his title and Johnny Farrell, who won the tournament in 1928, also was on hand. : A second 18-hole round will be played tomorrow, with the 64 low pla con= tinuing in a 36-hole program flm. DALLAS GETS BROWER. by Weiss the Baltimore Orioles, has - the Dallas club of the Brower once was with Americans. ——— WILL SEEK GOLF LAURELS.