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Sports News he b WASHINGTON, D. C, 'WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION ening S, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930. Features and Classified PAGE D—1' Burke or Brown to Be Nats’ Leading Southpaw : White Sox Are Hoping to Climb YOUNGER TWIRLERS T0 BATTLE 1T 0UT Have Honor Between Them, as Braxton Will Not Be in BY JOHN B. KELLER. Exh n Base Ball Yesterday's Results, By the Associated Press. At Bradenton, Fla.—St. Louis (N.), 8; New York (A.), 7 (13 innings). At Fort Lauderdale, Fla.—Buffalo (L. L.), 6; Brooklyn Seconds, 5. At St. Petersburg, Fla.—Detroit (A.), 4: Boston (N.), 5 (10 _innings). % Plant City, Fla—Philadelphia (N.), 7; Rochester (I. L.), 4. At Fort Pierce, —St. Louis (A.), 9; Milwaukee (A. A.), 3. "“Pittsburgh (N.), At San Francisc : ), 4. Portland (P. C. L.), 7; Chicago (N.), 6. Trim at Early Date. IRMINGHAM, Ala, March 21—That Bob Burke or| Lloyd Brown is to be the| southpaw mound mainstay of the Nationals this year seems assured. With Garland Braxton. | veteran left-hand pitcher, below | ar in health-and unlikely to get| to proper physical trim at an early date for the big base ball| business .ahead in the American| League campaign, Manager Wal- ter Johnson already is banking| upon his two younger forkhand | flingers to battle for the honor of | becoming the ace of the left-| handed side of the pitching staff. | Right now both Burke and Brown are in fine fettle and there is little to choose between them as to slabbing ability. Burke probably has the better | curve ball of the two, but Brown is showing a deal of speed and excellent control. Control, by the way, is some- thing Brown lacked in former seasons with the Nationals. These young hurlers are getting the benefit of high class coaching at pres- ent, individual coaching. Muddy Ruel has taken particular charge of Burke and the wg catcher has made great progress with his protege. Brown is in | the hands of Pat Gharrity, on the ‘Washin, roster as player, but serv- ing mainly as a coach. These receiv- ers assert their charges will more than make good this season. It certainly would aid the Nationals greatly should this pair of southpaws at last produce ntly. For sev- eral seasons now Burke and Brown have threatened to become god enough to shoulder a big part of the club's pitch- ing burden, but always they have been a trifie shy of being really clever: on the hill. Each has at times flashed a prilliant times virtu: game, but each' also has at ally had his ears knocked | off before getting set on the slab. Possess the Requisites. One gathers from Ruel and Ghar- rity now, however, that this inconsis- tency in Burke and Brown is likely to be over. According to Muddy, Burke has everything necessary to the mak- ing of a baffing left hander. The catcher says Bob has sufficient speed to get them t the batters, a dazuling, ng_curve and, above all, & f the technique of pitching. In to throw the b‘:u.l et many young hurlers in the majors for several yea seem to know. M!fl:&hfi ence of several seasons ington club Bob should be quite effec- tive this year, avers Ruel. For some time those in charge of the | development of players on the ‘Wash- ington club have been to make a winmxlg pitcher of Brown. But arm trouble or wildness heretofore has kept Brown from being of much value to his club. It will be different this year, though, Gharrity believes, Lloyd has the essentials of a fine hurler, uyle};lht‘. surprise He has a and enoug] ht and left handers guessing. mm does not mean that Braxton is being counted out of the picture as a pitcher this year. But it is a fact that Garland is far from being even ready to train for the impending cam- | paign, and though no one in charge of | the conditioning of the players will ad- | mit it, the lanky left-hander is not apt | to be in physical form for heavy duty until long after the championship race | , is under way. Braxton Has His Troubles. thought that Braxton would It was ug] trouble, an since. Several ':)eelh wfiLwflan some more are to come - ton himself does not think he ‘will be able to round into playing form quickly. At first thought it might seem Brax- ton’s inability to ready himself for the campaign would seriously handicap the Nationals, For some seasons since he came to the club from the Yankees Garland has been regarded the pre- mier left-hander of the staff. Not only has he been effective as a starting hurler, but also he has been particu- Jarly valuable in relief roles. ‘Three years ago he was considered as great & rescue hurler as Fred Marberry, ‘who holds the modern record of rushing to the aid of tottering mound mates. ‘With Burke the Nationals will be hurt in the least should Braxton fail to pull himself together. The tutors of the young left-handers are confident their Ccharges will have the goods this year and so is Manager Johnson. S0 no one having to do with the building of the Nationals is worrying over any left- hand pitching problem. Breaking camp at Biloxl late last night, the Nationals pulled into Bir- mingham today for a game with the Barons and tonight will move on to Chattanooga, where they are to com- plete their training on their own farm. Tomorrow they will enguge the Look- outs in battle ground named after Joe Engel, scout of ‘Washington elub and president of Chattanooga organization. Th's doubtful if the the game will begin a series of exhibitions with Southern Association clubs and the Braves of the National League that | is expected to put the Johnson band in great shape for the flag chase. LEESBURG HIGH SEXTET WINS ALL ITS GAMES Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va, March 21.—Lees- burg High School girls’ basket ball team has finished a long schedule with- out losing a game. The team was :lo:::m by Mrs. Roderlcl; and was every encouragement by Princi) "",;:,"‘;,', agem y pal rs in the line-up were Compher, Estelle Deck? forwar Nancy Rogers, jumping center; Helen Jackson, side center; Ada Perry Gibson and Dorothy Myers, guards. 78 SCHOOLS IN CARNIVAL. EVANSTON, I, March 21 (#).— ‘Track, swimming and wrestling stars from 73 high schools in eight States tuned up their strides, overhand strokes hea today for Northwestern | vs. Seals (P. C. L. At A and Brown progressing so favorably in_training, however, it is | ¥ on Engel Field, the At Austin, Tex.—Chicago (A), 5; University of Texas, 1. Today's Schedule. t St. Petersburg, Fla—New York (A.) vs. St. Louis (N | At Clearwater, Fla.—Brooklyn (N.) vs.| Philadelphia (N.). At Fort Myers, Fla—Philadelphia (A.) vs. Cincinnati (N. i & San Francisco—Pittsburgh (N.) ) Los _Angeles—Chicago (N.) Vvs. Portland (P. C. L.). At Sarasota, Fla—Detroit (A.) V8. Indianapolis (A. A.). At Pensacola, Fla—Boston (A) Vs. Mobile (S. A.). At Fort Pierce, Fla.—St. Louis (A.) vs. Milwaukee (A. A.). SHIRES NOW PLANS CALL ON COMISKEY By the Acsociated Press. CHICAGO, March 21.—No little wor- ried and somewhat remorseful Charles Arthur Shires is expected to change his mind about forgetting the White Sox and make a final, personal appeal for reinstatement to Charles A. Comiskey. After recelving Comiskey's demand that he first explain his difficulties in the prize ring before he would be re- instated, Shires explosively announced he would glly scmi-pro base ball this season anhd ask to be placed on the voluntarily retired list. A chat with some older and wiser heads of the game, however, is believed to have changed his mind. He is com- ing here from Texas with his younger brother, Russell. COUNTY BALL SERIES BRINGS CONTROVERSY UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 21. —Upper Marlboro High has, over the objection of mlurrlnclpl.l, Forrest P. Blunt, been placed in the upper county group for competition in the Prince Georges County base ball championship series. Upper Marlboro, according to the schedule drawn, is to battle it out with ttsville, Laurel and Maryland Park th _Schools. Brandywine, Baden, Oxon Hill and Surrattsville High have been grouped in the lower county com- petition. The plan is to have sec- tion winners meet for the county title. The series starts April 16. . Blunt has voiced opposition to Upper Marlboro being placed in the upper county series on the ground that it would involve much_traveling. He contends that Upper Marlboro more logically should play in the lower county series. Upper Marlboro officials let it be known that they would try to make an arrangement with Oxon Hill where- line on his pl'o:recl! as the result of a ractice game with Brandywine h at that place Wednesday. Upper Marlboro won the game, which went only five innings, 17 to 3. Today the Upper Marl- | horo boys were to meet Millersville, | Anne Arundel County. This line-up was used by Upper Marl- | boro in the Brandywine game® i Fred Sasscer and George Deck, pitch- | Robert Gaither, catcher; Tom Anderson_and —e BROTHERS TOP SCORING FOR HYATTSVILLE HIGH HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 21.— Stanley Lewis, guard, led the Hyatts- ville High basket ball team in scoring during the past season, registering 132. Statistics were compiled by Chester Venemann. manager. His brother, Marvin (Mink) Lewis, who also played guard, was second with 106 _points. ‘The team scoring: Stanley Lewis . senary corcoaauwsntilS! b e MARYLAND PARK HIGH STARTS WORK MONDAY MARYLAND PARK, Md., March 21. | —Maryland Park High School's base ball squad will drill for the first time Monday. Erwin L. Clark of the faculty has been named coach of the team. It will be his first season in this capacity. With a rather good nucleus from last season’s sturdy team, together with sev- eral newcomers, Maryland Park is look- ing to the season with optimism. Maryland Park is slated to cempete in | the upper county group of the Prince | Georges County title series along with Upper Marlboro, Hyattsville and Laurel. PIERCE A. C. DIAMONDERS STAGE DRILL TOMORROW HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 21— | Pierce A. C. base ballers will hold their first drill tomorrow afternoon at o'clock on the Riverdale diamond under direction of their new coach,- Bill Mc- Loughlin, former pro player. The team plans to enter the senior loop of the Capital City League. These players are asked to report: Frank Jarboe, William Robinson, Lioyd Miller, Harry Herity, Bob Gorman, Bucky Wunder, Charles Kitchin, Payne Slinkman, Harold Burrhus, Ed_Fowler, Moore Fauntleroy, Stanley O'Donnell, Charles Reed, Blair Hammel, Francis Peffer, John Haney, Jeff Small, John Troy and Eddie Donaldson. ROCHESTER FIVE WINS. ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 21 (®) | —Rochester won the first game in the play-off series for the American Basket champions] here last s | fessional hockey championship have FONSECA NOT SURE T0 PLAY AT START Reports to Indians in Good Condition—Manush Signs Brown Contract. By the Associated Press EW ORLEANS, La., March 21— Lew Fonseca, star first sacker and king pin in the Indians’ attack, was in camp today, re- porting himself in good condi- tion, but unable to say whether he will be ready for the league's opener. Fonseca nursed a case of scarlet féver during the Winter. Zeke Bonura is slated to take Fon- seca’s place, for a time at least. The rest of the Tribe's opening line-up will find Porter, Averill and Falk in the outfield, Hodapp at second, Lind or possibly Goldman, at short; Joe Sewell at third and Luke Sewell at the plate. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. March 21 (#)—Heinie Manush, leading hit maker of the St. Louis Browns, joined the stay-at-homes today after signing a contract yesterday. | Manush, who wintered here, has had almost daily conversations regarding the possibilities of his signing up, but wanted an_increase over last year, which the Browns were reported un- willing to give. BRADENTON, Fla., March 21 (#).— The New York Yankees are worried about wasting hits. In recent exhibition games they have been hitting with all their customary power, but they've been losing because they have been unable to come through in the pinches. SARASOTA, Fla, March 21 ().— The Detroit Tigers came here today g for revenge on the Indianapo- 1is. erican Assoclation team, which last werk held them to two hits. _Yesterday's contest with the Boston Braves at St. Petersburg was lost in the tenth inning. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 21 (. —Manager Donie Bush has about de- cided on his White Sox line-up for the first game of the 1930 American League campaign. It is: Hunnefield, shortstop; Cissell, second base; Reynolds, center field: Jolley, right field; Watwood, left field; Kamm, third base; Clancy, first base; Riddle, catcher, and Thomas, pitcher. PENSACOLA, Fla, March 21 (#).— Heinie Wagner, new manager of the Red Sox, highly approves President Bob 's refusal to schedule any games with major league teams while in train- ing_camp. “It's bad enough to meet the Yan- kees, Athletics and Senators in the first dozen and a half games each year,” he said yesterday, “without handicaj the development of the team so the training segson.” Wn g FORT MYERS, Fla., March 21 ).~ Manager Connie Mack is a bit worried about the world champion Athletics’ pitching staff. “I'm satisfied that T've pitciring,” he said today, worries me is not enough good pitch- ing. I've got no worries about Grove, Earnshaw and Walberg, but they need help.” y e got -good “but what gt EASY CARNERA WIN IS FINANCIAL FLOP By the Assoclated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 21— In a fight which promoters said was a financial flop, Primo Carnera, Italian pugilist, 1ast night disposed of Frank IRMINGHAM, Ala., March 21.— Big brother Herman of the Loepp family, in Detroit, put little brother George in organ- ized base ball. That was six years ago, 'and little brother George got along s0 ' well that now he is with the Nationals getting his second chance at the major game. George was born September 11, 1903. in Detroit and 10 years later he wi active on the sand lots of the Automo- bile City. He played much in and around the city and finally went into industrial base ball. 1t was in 1920 that he began outfield- ing for the Morgan & Wright nine, and later he mxmn&:e.gmfl ;lrt:lmthl team represen! m ers Truck Co. This industrial base ball paid right well, but George wanted to enter organized ranks and at last got the chance in 1924. Tt was then big brother Herman gave the helping hand. Herman had been infielding for a year with Muskegon of the Michigan-Ontario League when he Jet the manager of the club know what a clever outfielder the younger brother Zavita, Newark heavyweight, in one minute and 51 seconds. It was Car- nera’s eleventh stralght knock-out .vic: g;t l:,l'ne with a left uppercut. - and ended the fight with a left to the' head and a right to the body. Zavita nervous and did not land & solid punch during the bout. Several thousand saw the fight, but the promoters, without an- nouncirig_any d the crowd weighed 275, Zavita 235. ACTION PROVES BEST IN HOCKEY PLAY-OFF By the Associated Press. NEW YORK., March 21.— The first battles of the National Hockey League titans in the series to decide the winner of the Stanley cup and the world's pro- brought a continuation of record-break- ing activities. Fha Boston Bruins, defending cham- pions, who made records in their climb to the top of the American group, and the Canadian leaders, the Montreal Marocns, set another new mark by struggling through the longest over- time game the big league has ever seen before Boston won, 2 to 1. The game at Montreal. first of a series of the best | three out of five between the first-place | teams, went ‘through the regular 60 n;lnulu and 45 minutes of overtime play. At Ottawa the New York Rangers, third-place holders in the American di- vision, held the Ottawa Senators to a 1-1 tie in the first game of the third- place play-offs. This series is decided by the total score for the two games, 50 the teams did not play overtime, ‘The second-place teams, Les Can- adiens of Montreal and the Chicago | two-game series until Sunday, the same night that the Rangers and Ottawa clash in_their deciding contest. The second Boston-Maroon clash will be played in Mcntreal tomorrow, and the rest of the series in Boston, BOXER IS SUSPENDED. PHILADELPHIA, March 21 (®).— The State athletic commission has in- definitely suspended Mart; clevelm{',o boxer. B s Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Primo Car- nera, Italy, knocked out Frank Zavita, Newark (1). WILSON, N. C.~Ad Warren. Raleigh, N. C, outpointed Sid Terris, Big Me- bane, N. C. (10), MIAMI, , Fla—Babe Hunt, City, Okla., knocked out Knute : Ponca Han- Blackhawks, are not due to start their | was, so in 192¢ up went George to Muskegon, And he lasted just ore 'GEORGE LOEPP. George Loepp, Rookie Griffman, A Product of Detroit Sandlots weeks after, George took up_semi-pro ball and played at Spencer, Iowa, the remainder of the season. But George was not discouraged. The next Spring found him sgain in the Michigan-Ontario League, and this time he made . He stuck with the Kitchener team the entire season ard in the Fall was sold to Mobile of the Southern Assoctation. ‘While the property of the Mobile Club George saw something of Dixie. The Cotton States League in 1926 and the next year they sent fiim to Meridian of the same circuit. He did not go through the season at Meridian, playing the last six weeks with Selma of the Southeast- ern Circuit. But he had done so well that the Red Sox bought his contract from Mobile late in the year. In the Spring of 1928 George went to the Red Sox tralning camp at Bradenton, Fla, but before the big leaguers moved north they farmed him to Pittsfleld, in the Eastern Association, but he spent the last month of the campaign with the Boston bunch and reported to it again in the Spring. He did not stick, however, for the Red Sox sold him to Baltimore, from which club the Nationals bought him last Summer. George is a married man and 1ow makes his home in Spencer, Iowa. in- stead of Detroit. He is quite a fisher- month, Then he had a trial with Sioux Falls of the Tri-State Circuit &nd was in the South Dakota when, only two ANGLERS ASSURED Indications Point to a Fine Season of Sport for Fish- ermen in U. S. BY SOL TAISHOFF. is the greatest fish story ever told. More than 11 billion baby fish or fish eggs have been planted in streams throughout the country in recent months, for the pleasure of those having piscatorial inclin- ations and to keep the fish busi- ness from going the way of the dodo bird. And those devotees of Izaak Walton, led by President Hoover, by and large, should have the best season ever. The distribution of fish fry, finge:lings and fish eggs last year set a new record. Reared and propagated in Uncle Sam’s hatcheries throughout the coun- try, these baby fish cover 45 of the choicest varities, from Atlantic sal- mon to the zebra-striped bass. They were distributed, in co-operation with the various State and private agencies, among more than 12,000 applicants for the w;mcking of streams and coastal wal 3 “Kingfish Is Optimistic.” The “kingfish” of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, Henry O'Malley, commissioner, asserts that the fish busi- ness is looking up as a direct result of the co-operative activities of the Fed- eral and State agencies. He points to the analysis of last years activities just completed by his lieutenant, Glen C. Leach, in charge of fish culture, show- ing that the aggregate output was 30,- 000,000 more than any previous year from the 37 main fish cultural stations and 40 substations maintained in every part of the United States. The census of Federal fsh nurbing activities for 1920, according to Dr. Leach, shows that approximately 2,861,- anc TI0135.908 firgerings were. pro- ,135, er were pro- duced in the hatcheries o’i‘th& bureau Supplementing this, State fish-cultural agencles produced more than 3,947,000, 000 fish, while 5,009,000 were rescucc from overflow areas' and restored t« open waters. All these fish and ege were introduced in streams suited for the various and reproduce sen, New York (2). ETROIT.—Bud Taylor. Uriversity's sigh iversity’s eighteenth annual inter- scholastic carnival. the Clevel Rosen- ; s DI ‘Terre Haute. Ind., outpointed Bat Battalino, Hart- ford, Conn. (10); title not at stake, which they may mature and There 45 & real sclence in baby fish, for they require lmled buttermilk, for example, is a regular articles of diet for trout, while ’ OF BANNER YEAR man and a hunter, too, and spends much of his time in the open between ‘seasons. . Taking It on the Chinl. ™ s s 4 I Ever Got. BY JIMMY SLATTERY, World Light-He orld Light-Heayyweight Champion in New AUL BERLENBACH, then cham- plon of the class, hit me the hardest punch I ever felt. They made no mistake calling him the Belting Beauty. We met in New York September 11, 1925. I weighed only 161%;, 10 pounds less than Paul, and my experience had been limited mostly to short six-round rumpuses. If I live to a hundred I'll never forget how Berly swarmed all over me in the first round. He charged like a mad bull and nearly broke me in two with his clubbing left rips to my side. But worse was to come. It .ame in_the second round. Berlenbach backed me into the ropes and as I was trving to get out of the danger zone ne smashed me on the side of the head with his left. I saw a sky full of stars and felt myself slipping. The ring begin to whirl. I grabbed Paul and have a hazy recollection of swirling around us 1 hung on tight. I managed to weather the storm and last out the round, much to the surprise of the crowd and my handlers. Every one who saw the fight will re- member what happened. From the third to the ninth I gave Berly a lacing. At least three times I had him on the verge of a trip to the canvas. In the tenth the tide went out for me. I was all in and Berly dropped me three times. The Jast time the bell came to my rescue. In the eleventh I went up and dowr like an elevator. Three times I heard Patsy Haley, the referee, reach the count of nine. Each time I just maaaged to get to my feet. On my fourth down, Carr, my handler, threw in the towel. (Next: Jimmy tioodrich.) (Copyright. 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) lately excellent results have been ob- tained in feeding the fry and finger- lings dried liver meal. It is in the interior of the country that the streams need replenishing. Anglers with their rods and reels have serfously depleted the numbers of poor fish who would bite at anything. A= cial propagation is not able to over- >ome the reduction in all cases, but the iiuation this year is said to be better han for several years 3 And so it is, at this season of the sear, that anglers who relish the old- lumane:h p|umme, ‘:‘r; :. g out of stora eir rods ckle, g(-rhln- rmn‘&l the words of Herbert Hoover: «“pishing is good for the soul of man.” Gulls farmed him to Hattiesburg of the | BUCS NAME TEAM FOR OPENING TILT Traynor to Hit in Clean-up Position—McGraw Reads Law to Roush. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (#).— The probable batting order of the Pitts- burgh Pirates in the opening game with Cincimnati, April 15 at Cincinnati, was rzn;de known today by Maneger Jewel s. Lloyd Waner will lead off, followed by Grantham, Paul Waner, Traynor in the clean-up position, Suhr, Comorosky, Bartell and the battery. Manager Ens predicts that Suhr’s bludgeon will be particularly dangerous in the parks at Philadelphia and New York and in rifling hits toward the right field walls at St. Louis, Chicago and Brooklyn. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 21 (#).— Manager John McGraw has lost pa- tience with tha* perennial holdout, Ed Roush, veteran outfielder of the New York Giants. Due in camp on March 14, Roush has yet to put in an appearance and the club has had no word from him to explain his delay. McGraw has sent a wire to Roush's home ordering the outfielder to appear here by Sunday night or suffer the con- sequences. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 21 (@).—If Adolf Luque doesn't start a game this season he still will have provx;d himself invaluable to Wilhert Robinson, manager m}':“n&n, ger of the Brookiyn uque has done wonders this Spri coaching the young T pml::e'r‘g Day after day the veteran Cuban right- hander takes the young fellows in hand. LOS ANGELES, Calif.,, March 21 (#). —Manager Joe McCarthy of the Cubs was somewhat worrled over his recruit pitchers today as the Cubs prepared for their second game with Portland. He employed three of his best pros- pects, Malcolm Moss, Al Shealy and Lynn Nelson, against the Pacific Coast Ticked tor 17 s, Tetng the mame afise I g T e T ORLANDO, Fla.,, March 21 (#).—The absence of hitting by the Cincinnati Reds i all but one exhibition encounter is not worrying Manager Dan Howley. He says the pitchers his men have been up against are among the best in the American League and most of them g::tee been training longer than the Red TS, WINTER HAVEN Fla., March 21 . —The Phillies' roster of l'!fluhnm,) complete and Manager Burt Shotton wore a broad smile today. Fresco Thompson, captain and second baseman, signed his contract yesterday l"n;in had his first workout with the BRADENTON,. March 21 (P)— Just when Pres k o feeling pleased over the increased fight and spirit displayed by his St. Louis Cardinals, he had to advise Manager ?‘l?t?ly Street to “keep 'em toned down Commissioner Landis reached Brae- don by phone yesterday and informed the prexy he didn’t want the Red birds to say unkind things to umpires. Brick Owens stopped the game Wed- nesday and chased all the extra players from the bench for talking too much. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 21 () —Blll Rhiel, a newcomer to the Braves’ infield, and Rabbit Maranville, a newcomer back in the days before the war, have been turning in some nifty performances, The Rabbit electrified the gathering with a backhand stab yesterday against | the Detroit Tigers, and his young part- ner around the middle sack accepted 11 | chances without a miss and got hits in five times at bat. t Sam Breadon was | Sonnenberg’s “Tackle” Sends Foe to Hospital BOSTON, March 21 (#).—Henri Diglane, French heavyweight wres- tler, todsy was confined to a hos- pital with concussion of the brain and fractured ribs, injuries suffered last night when he was butted out of the ring during a match with Gus Sonnenberg, recognized as the title holder in most States. Diglane had one fall on Sonnen- berg and then had checked the for- mer foot ball star for almost 20 min- utes befcre the latter launched one of his furious “flying tackles.” The force of the butt swept both through the ropes, Diglane underneath. Son- nenberg landed easily, but Diglane fell head first to the floor. ‘The Frenchman was pushed back into the ring and as he staggered about, bleeding profusely, Sonnen- berg launched another flying tackle and was awarded the fall, which squared the contest. He was award- ed the decision on a default when Diglane failed to continue the match. 'ALEXANDRIA POLICE NINE GETTING READY ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 21.— Sergt. Lawrence E. Padgett, manager of the Alexandria Police Department base ball team, has announced that his charges will go into training on April 1. Sergt. Padgett and Detective Sergt, Ed- gar Sims, captain of the team,® will have charge of the workouts. Manager Padgett will have two new- comers with the “Blues” in Whitney Lipscomb, a former Lynchburg College player, and Wilson Darr, ap independ- ent performer, both of whom are new on_the force. In addition 10 leftovers are available, including Russell Kidwell, . catcher; “Doc” Dreifus, pitcher and first base; George Everly, pitcher; Lester McMena- min, outfielder and first baseman; Bill Langford, second base; Vincent Curtis and Gerard Edwards, shortstops; i gar Sims, third base, and “Buddy” Zimmerman, outflelder. Alexandria High will enter five track and field meets this Spring, Athletic di- rector R. L. Reynolds has announced. The list includes the Maryland and Virginia games, the Central “C” Club meet in Washington, Third Athletic District of Virginia track and field championships and a dual affair with ‘Washington-Lee High. Plans for the organization of a base ball league among the departments comprising _the Arlington - Fairfax Countles Volunteer Firemen's Associa- tion will b2 made March 26 at a meet- ing at the Cherrydale Fire Department’s quarters. A bowling tournament, will be staged at the Alexandria Health Center bowl- ing alleys Saturday night to dete 15| the singles championship of and suburbs. Fort Humphreys Engineer School De- tachment has a number of open dates on its base ball schedule and would like to arrange games with unlimited teams. Telephone Corpl. Michael J. Dewan, manager, at Fort Humphreys 82 or 87. The seeond clash of the season.be- Alexandria High teachers will be st in the season, R. B. Berryman resigned as president elected to succeed him. tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Whisestone. Btre team to estone am for a game settle the controversy over the senior title. | basket ball games with fraternity and 5:30 and 6:30. Bowie Motor Base Ball Squad Will Hold First Drill Sunday OWIE MOTOR CO. base ballers, who last season won the Mont- gomery and Prince Georges County titles, will hold their first drill Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the Bowie diamond. Despite the loss of Gordon Phelps, who is now with the Washington team in the South, the team is hopeful of successtully defending its title. These players are asked to turn out Sunday: G. Bell, J. Bell, S. C. Bell, Baumann, Beasley, Dorsey, A. Smith, W. Smith, 0. Harmon, W. Reilly, T. Walters, E. Johnston, W. Johnston, A. Cullen and D. N. Hoover, jr. New.candidates will be given every chance to make good. Eastern’ Midgets will drill Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock on the Union Station Plaza. Manager Lawrence will announce those .who have made the team Monday. ‘Washington™Red Sox and Seat Pleas- ant Firemen have combined and will be known on the diamond this season as the Seat Pleasant Red Sox. A drill is scheduled for Sunday morning at 11 o'clock —on - the Seat Pleasant fleld. ‘T. M. Jenkins is booking both Wash- :l;llwn and out-of-town nines at Lincoln 1. Potomae A. C. diamonders will hold their first drill Sunday on the Monu- ment grounds. Takoma Tigers will practice base ball this afternoon at 5 o'clock and Sunday at 8 o'clock on the Silver Spring fleld. Holmes Bakery will be represented on | the diamond this season after a sea- son’s lay-off. Comet and Wardman Park Peewee nines will clash tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at Fourth and Rosboro streets “ Metropolitan Seniors will be the new name of the nine which last season was known as the Calhoun Juniors. Metro- politans will meet tonight at the home of Bob Hall, 5620 Daniels road, Chevy Chase. Manager Medler is arranging games at Wisconsin 3357-W prior to the start of the Capital City League. dl’;h:"mtdwn dlAmon&eGrl will durul PBl:n- fternoon on Rosedale 2 ground at 3 o’clock. . Hess A. C. base ballers will gathe: tomorrow night, at 8 o'clock, at thc home of Manager Amidon, 7 Eighteentl. street southeast, apartment 22, to or ganize for the campaign. Department of Commerce base balley will play their first ;ucune game Sun- day afternoon, at 2 o'clock, with the Marble and Tile Setters Union team on the east Seaton diamond. Games_are sought by the Asztec nine with unlimited teams at West 1284. Aztecs will drill Saturday afternoon, at z:sodo‘clocl. on the west Ellipse dia- mond. Rover Junior diamonders will prac- tice Sunday afternoon, at 12:30 o'clock, on Monument diamond No. 3. Lionel A. C., which will put senior, junior, midget, insect and peewee nines on the fleld, will meet tonight, at 8:15 o'clock, at Fisher Hall, Wisconsin ave- nue and N street. St. Paul’s Boys’ Club Juniors want a %nme for a week from Sunday. They ave a fleld. Call Manager Willlam Carr, at Potomac 2321, after 7 p.m. Mackay base ballers will drill Sunday morning at 10 o'clock on the North Ellipse diamond. Former Tremont and T. T. Keane players will make up the newly organ- ized Oak Camp, No. 4, Woodmen of the World, nine. First practice is carded Sunday on the Monument lot. ‘These Phoenix A. C. ball tossers are asked to report tomorrow night at 9 o'clock in the Eastern High gym along with any other candidates for the team: George America, Zahn, F. Farley, H. Groves, K. Fischer, D. Lowe, J. Berlinda, Hamby, B. Wormsley, L. Barnes, D. Gibson, J. Heil, W. Weles, H. Haley, D. Wheeler, J. Perry, F. Clapper and Blackie Adair. Phoenix will meet Seamen Gunners Sunday ina practice game on Gunners’ feld. Phosnix players are to meet at the ;n.lin gate of the Navy Yard Sunday at p.m AMERICA ENTERS YACHT IN INTERNATIONAL RACE GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 21 ().—Great satisfaction has been ex- pressed by the Swedish that the United States finally decided to compete in the Gold Cup six-meter international yacht race this year. Competition for the cup, which will begin June 22, will itd America racing against entries from Holland, France, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and England. | Garden's weekly show tonight. CHOCOLATE VS. RIDGEWAY. NEW YORK, March 21 (#).—A 10- round bout between Kid Chocolate and Al Ridgeway and a somewhat syn- ihetic 15-round champlonship battle between Black Bill and Midget Wolgast are the high spots of Mad: g tween the Alexandria High girls and at the Armory Hall tonight at 7:30 o'clock, with the students anxious to avenge a 25-10-24 defeat suffered earlier of the Del Ray A. C. last night and Roland Frinks, vice president, Was|Kerr, who held down second A business session has been called for the Alpha Delta Omega is still seeking senior teams. Telephcne Manager Ra'ph four | Scrivener at Alexandria 1700 between | gro the flaet Carl Reynolds, John Wat- EYES ARE FOCUSED ON FIRST DIVISION New Pilet and Choice Crop of Recruits Sources of Optimism. This is the sizteenth of a series of first hand Associated Press stories on prospects of major league clul BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR. Associated Press Sports Writer. AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 21.—Possessing little strength that they did not have last year, when they finished just one jump from the American League cellar, the 1930 Chicago White Sox are strangely confident and hopeful for a first division berth. A different mandger and a choice crop of rookies is the only real strength exhibited by the Chicagoans. The nat- ural supposition would be that they are not quite ready to win a pennant. But the 5ox, apparently, never heard of such a line of reasoning. They are whooping it up for the like- able Donie Bush. There is a spirit, & spark in camp you can’t miss. Even the continued absence of Art Shires, who, it appears, might be permanently ab- sent, has failed to diminish their e thusiasm. The players, to a man, lieve they are headed for the first division, and Bush is not the kind of fellow to tell them differently. Bush Likes Rookies. “We've got a fine looking bunch of youngsters,” said Donie. “It’s too early to do any predicting, but I believe the boys are going to play some great base ball for me. I think it's safe to say we’ll finish higher than last year. Im< proved hitting is responsible for the fine morale of the Hose is the manner in .which they have cuffed the Giants about in the exhibition series. Excel- lent pitching by veterans and rookies alike and hard hitting gave the Bush men three victories before the New Yorkers took a verdict. A young team, the Sox rounded into shape early, and are about ready to go now. Except at first, where the veteran Bud Clancy has filled in for Shires during the Great One’s prolonged cor- respondence with headquarters, the team looks at least as strong in every department as last year, and its pitch- ing and hitting should show an im- provement. Although a great Spring batter, Clancy neither can fleld as skillfully nor hit along with Shires for a full season. In shifting Chalmers Cissell from short to second, Bush has solved his keystone problem. The expensive boy from the coast looks like a “natural” on the right side of the diamond and is hitting the ball hard. -His change of scenery, however, left a fine, large vacancy at shortstop, and that is where' the real battle has raged. iy v Trvin Jefiries, a grinning youth from Dallas, and Ernie Smith, up from Bir- mingham. are scrapping it outwith Bill Hunnefield a holdover, with no deeision yet in sight. Both Jeffries and Smith hit over 300 with champlonship clubs last _year, and one of them likely will t ‘the nod, with Hi again * ked for the utility Tole. mm at third eompletes the infiel John in a precas Jolly ¥s Prize Addition, Smead Jolly, a strapping slugger from San Francisco, who has hit around 400 regularly for several years, is the prize addition to the outfield. He re- ported late and has yet to prove that he can do big lsague pitching that way, but Bush expects him to break up a flock of ball games. Between him and a reeuler trick in the pasture patrol wood and Alex Metzler, regulars last year, and Jimmy Moore, George Black- erby and Dave Harris, three -hit- ungeimlv‘co:?m. Moo{.eh who batted at a cl or Dallas year, appears the . ising of the latter trio, though he & broken finger “'nv mnt. ters from lesser leagues 0 are being counted upon to bolster & somewhat - wobbl 3 d staff. They are Vic Frasier, a A oty ey e e , &N Caraway, a southpaw, who compiled & remarkable record with Topeka of the Western e. Forming the backbone of the staff are the aging Urban Faber, Alphonse Thomas and Ted s, who know what it is all about. If they have & good year and Frasier and Caraway live up to their promise, the Sox should be capable of dealing some misery. Other holdovers, none of whom did extensive pitching last vear, are Grady Harold McKain, Ed Walsh, jr.: Blankenship. Bob Weiland and George Connally. Two, maybe three of them, seem due for the tall and uncut. The catching will be in_very capable hands, with Morris Berg. Martin Autry and Johnny Riddle ready to go. Berg again is expected to bear the brunt, with Autry doing first relief. a brilliant prospect from Indianapolis. RIFLE AND FENCING ONLY ON CARD AT ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS, March 21.—With Win- ter sports on the wane and those of the Spring not yet at the match stage, interest in athletics at the Naval Acad- emy this week end are connected lmz wla\ the work of their teams at points. ; ‘The naval boxing team competes to- day and tomorrow in the of the intercollegiate tourney at Phfl-lde:g.hh, while the gymnastic team goes to Cam- bridge, where Massachusetts Tech is the host to the Intercollegiate Gymnas- tic Association, . There are but two events on the sport schedule of the day at Anna] fencing against Pennsylvania, and an indoor rifie match against the of the City of New York. A However, the rifiemen will be busy, as the varsity also has a telegraphic match against Maryland and the Plebes shoot it out in the same way against the freshmen of Massachusetts Tech. ENTRIES CLOSE TONIGHT FOR A. A. U. BOXING EVENT Final arrangements for the District A. A. U. championship - of the Je Community Entries will close tonight with Edward commi , @ L , and Ji Bhivas, Room 11, Printcray Bund: | - K STASIASK BEATS MARTIN. Stanley Stasiask defeated Joe Bull re | Martin in the feature wrestling match last night at the Strand.