Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1930, Page 12

SPORTS. to Retain Flag YANKS ND TIGERS, SEEN AS MENACES Nationals and Chisox Called “Dark Horses” Difficult '~ to Rate at ngnt. LA—12 w SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. C, SATURDAY. MARCH 22, 1930, Johnson Will Test Nationals’ Twirlers : A’s Are Heavy Favori ROOKIE IS PLAGED foul. ot f-‘:é‘ back 11 years. on back to Where Willard e?;'nh‘d_ like some reat oak A right Smash underneath the heart—a left hook to the chin As Demioses caime“on ke the wurt to siug it out—and win. ‘When I watch all these modern mugs collect elr eaxy do By putting ::‘n llcllluh and dance, or else ow. My dn’.u:l ‘E back: alone the roud to one When “shagey Firpo whirled and threw his Tent. s ed ‘out throush the ropes to les -~ PLANSTOUSETWD | | INEACHGAMENOW |3 All Fit Except Jones, Pyle and uatic; Braxton—Team Bows Totals ... to Birmingham. 61 o -1 Fisher, From Toronto, Earns Job—Neun Determined to Land Brave Berth. O N— | 2 230009asmsmmwwn, > > 2l cossssmmsmnosm> 61 o | AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 22 Note: The accompanying summary BY JOHN B. KELLER. Short terms on the hill for the Washington ball club pitchers are ended, if those who have been in training for hard flinging nearly three weeks are able to withstand the strain. Starting with today’s brush with the Lookouts here, Manager Wai- ter Johnson says his moundsmen, | 1 instead of toiling but three in-| nings each in an exhibition en-| gagement, will go at least four. Henceforth Johnson hopes to use but two pitchers a game, sending one through five innings and the other through four, until the first of next month. That several of his slabmen may get thorough tests before the American League champlonship campaign gets under way the pilot during the last two weeks of training will send them through entire games—if they can make the ade. "The four hurlers slated %o get the | four-and-five workouts in the early games of the series with the Chatta- nooga club of the Southern Association are Myles Thomas and Ad Liska. right- | | handers, and Lloyd Brown and Bob | Burke, left-handers. ~Thomas and | Brown were expected to get the call this afternoon, with Liska and Burke picked for the Sunday tilting. Manager Johnson, how}:\'er.mwu apt to change his program, he said. Excepting Garland Braxton, Sam Jones and Herbert Pyle, all members of | the Washington slab corps are in trim | for the longer term toiling. Even Don Savidge, who probably will have littie more to do than pitch in batting drills | and in relief roles in exhibition en- | gagements, is in fine fettle now. ‘Will Prime Hurlers. Hadley and Liska are the hurlers Johnson now plans to send through en- tire games during the last two weeks of the conditioning grind, and he may alto do the same with Fred Marberry and his young left-handers, Burke and Brown. Johnson now looks to the:e five to be Washington's dependables early in the flag race, and he wants them well seasoned before the big show in the National Capital on April 14, Now that the Nationals are estab- lished in their second and last training camp of the Spring, Braxton is to get down to serious work. However, the left-hander is in such poor condition he will have to work easily for at least two weeks, those in charge of the club say. Jones for a fortnight will con- tinue his slow but steady conditioning efforts, but is likely to pitch a few in- nings during this time. Pyle, sent here from Biloxi to undergo dental treat- ment, will endeavor to get back into the mhlwflnz, although it is not certain he fully rid himself of the Practice at the Missisippi campr . at the ippi camp. Manager Johnson sent three pitchers to the hill yesterday in Birmingham, but the Nationals absorbed a 6-to-5 iting. The Washington outfit made 15 hits off the offerings of the venerable Ray Caldwell and Bob Hasty to 10' gleaned off the first two Natlonal hurl- los Moore and Irving Hadley. punch was not there when runners awaited aid, as the total of 13 stranded . Moore was Johnson's pick to open the Barons, but Carlos’ for- ites hopped on him with and abandon in the first inning | ted the attack in the third, | obe: ning and three more in the third. off ted for all the Birmingham Moore was not particularly control, although he had a deal | ' | Called Relief Pitcher. the start of the game is not | for Moore. They said in Bir- where he pitched last year that he was a whale of a relief hurler, erally able to check the op- position when sent into the latter part of a fray. But they also sald that| Whenever Carlos started a game for the T i g £ Fid é ; § Maybe b jpring training. | wing Moore, Hadley pitched four . He yielded a double between the first and second outs of the sixth inning and with two passes filled the sacks, but a force-play helped him out | of difficulty. With two gone in the | seventh Bump was bumped for a triple. | ‘The batter thought his hit good for the circuit only to find Muddy Ruel with the ball barring the way to the plate. Fred Marberry chucked to only three gfig‘r‘:‘ in the eighth and none ohnson changed his infield for the e, sending Jack Hayes instead of ly Myer to the middle sack. A throwing arm has been bothering dy and the manager deemed its to use Hayes and give his hit- second baseman a rest. Bluege led the attack, each get- three hits, Bluege got his in the ge and Ruel batted well, each col- ing two safeties. One of Judge's a lusty two-bagger down the righ'- line. Gordon Phelps, the bouncing ie boy, had his third batting turn the exhibition games when he picked Moore's bat in the fourth inning, he made his third hit, Work Afield Is Good. re was good fielding by both sides, | cially in the outfield.” The only or of the fray was a fumble by Joe nin that came when the Nationals Tistop charged at & grounder in the | rd inning. Joe came back, though, participate in a flashy play before round ended and made two | rkling plays later, ith a double, pass, triple and a rifice off Moore the Barons were to a three-run lead, and after Jack * triple and Judge's single pro- d a run for the Nationals in the d,’ the home side came back with ee more markers made from three s to Judge and Cronin and singles by Ossie Blyege and Ruel two more in the fifth frame, but in their last four batting turns but four Nationals saw the runway. HEALTH, NOT BATTLING, NOW CONCERNS DEMPSEY CHICAGO, March 22 (P).—Health tead of the heavyweight boxing nship is occupying Jack Demp- terest at £, will remain' in Chicago to check sey’s to cl the profits and losses of his “He HATTANOOGA, March 22.— | & BROWNS ARE FIRM |Offer Made Pitcher Is Final, | stay away from the White Sox camp. | Rain has spoiled so many pro- | Bl mmonmenomn® 3 0oomssusunmnmn® ol cosssssssal ul sa35355m000000™ Bl woon s ool 8] s ol coommonmanT o 8] coumnunuus, el nrorononas: Totals .......... *Batted for C. Moore in third tBatted for Marberry in ninth. Washington ....... 001220 Birmingham... 303000 Three-hase hits_Weis, Two-base Pi Hasty. Struck out-—_i 1 off Wash pitche; irmingham, % Pitching_records and 6 runs off. oore in 3 innings: hits and 3 runs off Caldwell in 4 innini 2 hits and no runs off Hadley in 4 innin Losing pitcher- C. Moore. Runs respons for—Weisy 2: Sturdy. Judge, Caldwell, 2 Rice. Barnes. Ruel, 2. —Messrs. Harkin and Van Grafian. of game—1 hour and 42 minutes. 2. 1 10 WITH BLAEHOLDER | | | | Says Ball—Yanks Send Pair to Minors. EST PALM BEACH, Fl March 22 (#).—George Blae- holder, big right-handed | hurler on the St. U)ul!‘ Browns' staff, will not get a nickle more money than has already been offered him, President Phil Ball declared on his arrival by plane from St. Louis. The pitcher is the only remaining holdout, Shoptstop Ralph Kress arriv- ing yesterday and signing up imme- diately. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 22 (#)—The first cut in the New York Yankees' squad has sent two recruits to Albany of the Eastern League. ‘The players, given outright releases, were Lee Craig and Fred Asbeck, the towering pitcher from the University of Michigan. Several more releases are expected to be handed out by Manager Bob Shawkey in the next few days. PENSACOLA, Fla., March 22 (#).— ‘The Red Sox team that will take the fleld in the opening game of the sea- son still is undetermined. President Bob Quinn said: “No one is sure of a regular job as yet, or will be_for several months to come, in all probability.” DeTA?fl::. Fla., Ml;:g bzyzmm.—-rhe troit Tigers, swam) dianapo- lis_yesterday, played Tampa today. Six three NEW ORLEANS, March 22 (#).—The was due to face official opposition today 1 time. The first stringers were to play five innings against New Orleans before giving ‘way to the rookies. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 22 (). —The Texas weather man had better practice plans for Manager Donie Bush that he is threatening reprisals. It poured again yesterday. Exhibition Base Ball By the Assoclated Press. Yesterday’s Results. AT CLEARWATER, Fla.—B! (N.), 12; Philadelphia (N.), 9. AT . PETERSBURG, RT , Fla, phia (A.), 5; Cincinnati (N.), 2. AT TAMPA, Fla—Indianapolis (A. A), 10; Detroft (A.), 4. AT PORT PIERCE, Fla.—St. Louis (A), 22; Milwaukee (A. A, 2. AT LOS ANGELES.—Chicago (N.), 9; Portland (P. C. L.), 0. AT SAN FRANCISCO.—Pittsburgh (N, 4 San Francisco Seals (P. C. Today's Schedule. AT TARPON SPRINGS, Fla.—Brook- | Iyn (N.) vs. Toronto (I L. AT SAN ANTONIO.—New York (N.) vs. Chicago (A.). AT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—New . Boston (N.). ANGELES.—Chicago (N.) vs. Los Angeles. AT FRANCISCO.—Pittsburgh @) vs. San Prancisco. HA ester (I, L.). AT M , ~Philadelphia (A.) vs. Cincinnati (N. AT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Wash- ington (A.) vs. Chattanooga (8. A.). AT TAMPA, Fla—Detroit (A.) vs. Tampa (8. E. L). AT NEW ORLEANS.—Cleveland (A.) vs. New Orleans (8. A.). York (A.) vs. AT LOS Louis (A.) vs. Buffalo (I L.). GALLAGHER, FRIEDMAN A Followers of both Marty Gallagher, Was! ton heavyweight, and Al Fried- man, W) will meet Monday night at more, are predicting knockouts for their boys. (yilllllhlr recently defeated Johnuy Grosso and Freidman furnished Tuffy Grifith a spirited fight. The match will be preceded by three six-round encounters. Sharkey, Schmeling Best | Of Poor Lot, Says Kearns i BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. CHICAGO, March 22 (CP.A).— Jack Kearns believes the present regular line-up of the Cleveland Indians | Pun: AT WEST PALM BEACH, PIA‘—SL1 | PICKED TO WIN BOUT| i Here are ‘the Washington lads who will go to Charlottesville, Va., next Thursday (March 27) to box the leather pushers representing the Five Club of that city. They are, left to right, front row: Billy Vermiilion, Alde Pieri, Joseph Amin and Nick Varrella. Back row: Gerald Clark, Charles Burrows, Paul Gresso and George Colameris. —Star Staft Photo. (#).—George Fisher, slugging out- fielder from Buffalo of the Inter- national League, has won a place with the New York Giants. Pisher, who clouted 36 home runs with Buffalo last year, will be carried for a utility role all year, Manager John McGraw announces. He may be first- string understudy for Fred Leach in left field, while Ott will play right and Chick Fullis and Johnny Mostil divide center-field duty. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. March 22 (#).—The 18 pounds that Johnny Neun, Detroit first baseman, added during the Winter are slowly coming off. Although he stole 22 bases while with the Baltimore team in the International League last year, he is concentrating now on batting practice. No one has yet discovered how to steal first base, he says and he is try- ing to replace George Sisler, the team’s leading hitter last year. CLEARWATER, Fla., March 22 (#).— Eight home runs figured in the 12-9 score by which the Robins beat the Phillies _yesterday. Five of them were by the Phillies. FORT MYERS, Fla., March 22 (#).— The Cincinnati Reds, though making anything but an impressive showing in their exhibition contests, are in excel- lent physical condition, “just a shade or two south of the pink,” according to Dan Howley, manager. BRADENTON, Fla., March 22 (#).— Pitchers of the St. Louis Cardinals, held to three innings’ performance. in the 10 exhibition games, are expected to be @ven longer turns. ‘The Red Birds stand 500 fn per- centage, breaking even in four games with the Athletics, winning two out of three from the Yankees, and one from the Phillies, while dropping one each to the Braves and the Tigers. WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March 22 (#).—Despite a mediocre showing thus Any number of modern heavyweig] with 14 per cent of Dempsey's ring spifit could go a long way. But where he thought in terms of offense the present crop considers only the defensive side. It isn’t 50 much a matter of nailing the other fellow’s chin, but of protecting their own to have it ready for another gate. impolo, who meets Risko Monday ht, has it all over the Cleveland baker in height, weight, reach, speed, iching power and, possibly. boxing. Yet he let Risko take the play away from him at Miami because Risko is one of the few yet willing to fight. He | will still let you have a rap at his chin | provided he can crowd in and take a | Fap at yours. y putting on an offensive campaign | Monday night and shooting his stuff, | Campolo has the chance to flop right into the middle of this heavyweight tangle and possibly get somewhere. But you don’t take any hostile trenches cov- ered up in your own dugout. is now starting his seventeenth sea- | son. He has 27 exhibition games to play and 154 regular matinees.. This makes 181 games through which he must carr a tremendous body upon rather siender underpinning. As the irrepressible years amble by the body F“ no lighter, and the legs begin to_lose some of their old-time spring. The rubber loses some of its early snap. The old ping turns into pung. With 181 games to play Ruth's main goblem will be legs. They are saying 'mpsey can't step through 45 minutes of a 15-round fight because his trans- rtation won't carry him along. But mpsey s & year and a half younger than Babe, and the Babe's transporta- tion must take him from March into October. And you can't play the out- fleld or run bases on a motor cycle. A lat depends on how carefully Ruth nurses the somewhat creaking props that have been bouncing around under 200 pounds for 17 years. NE frequent comment is that golf is only a rich man's game. Only a few years ago there was a young iron puddler in Bridgeport, Conn. by the name of Willlam Burkowski, Iron pud- dling is quite & profession? but it is no THE SPORTLIGHT, BY GRANTLAND RICE. The Depressing Influence. HOSE who are wondering why no sensational or high-class heavyweights are coming along with all the important money to be collected from the game have the answer right there. There is a general feeling among those who have a chance that they can no longer afford to be hit on the chin. It might cost too much. The old high cost of living is nothing in comparison with the high cost of being rapped on the jaw. {and Turnesa, who started with an iron ABE RUTH was 36 In February. He T) Y |in a lateral motion to the right. playing golf to round out a full day's exercise. He is now the professional at the Round Hill Club, Greenwich, Conn., one of the best in the country, and in the first day's rush in the $15,000 La Gorce open the same William Burkow- ski, now Bill Burke, led the parade with a 68, out in front of such stars as Hor- ton Smith, Sarazen, Parrell and Armour. It will take the country’s most impas- sioned orator to convince Bill Burke, ex-iron puddler, that golf is only a fich | man’s game. The same goes for a bunch of ex-caddies such as Sarazen, Farrell that had no resemblence to a silver spoon. “JUST what,” John J. Duffer often asks, “is meant by transferring or shifting weight, and how is it brought about?"” With the average golfer the back swing usually starts with a sudden or violent twist around the middle of the body while most of the weight is still on the left leg at the top of the swing. his is precisely the opposite of what | should happen. As the back swing starts the left an- kle should turn in and the left hip move ‘This starts the bulk of the weight for the right foot and right leg. As the back swing continues the body then turns naturally to let the hands and the club head get around. If this has been done the weight will shift from left to right as the back swing is under way. You will notice in all slow-motion pictures of the stars that as the hands start the club head down the left heel drops almost immediately. It is back in place right after the start of the down swing, ready to catch the weight again before the ball is hit. The main point here is a hip-rocking | Totion, first from left to right and then from right to left. You will see in the swing of every champion how far the left hip extends beyond the head at the moment of impact, and hew they all hit against this left hip. Which can’t be done, not even by a cortortionist, if the upper part of the body goes spinning around with the right side in control. The flow of body weight goes with the swinging of the club head. This isn't any more intricate than walking when tension is eliminated—or any more intricate than throwing a ball. set-up. Young William Burkowski began (Copyright, 1930, by North Amerl . aper Alllances oo New it be only a golf ball or twi From time immemorial i that there is more interest in the even it be only a “nickel Nassau.” the 104th Regiment Armory in Balti- | differs materially at the clubs arou | Over at the Washington Golf ana | Country Club, a time-honored custom | has it that the game shall be for what Jack Hoffman once called “three fish and the help.” The “fish” referred to by Hoffman were dollars, and the “help” was caddie fees. That custom of wager- ing is almost as old as the club itself, and few foursomes start from the first tee without that type of wager, which flo:: not hurt any one, even if he loses. wager is a golf ball, or two, a golf ball standing for either 75 cents or a dol- At Columbia, however, the regu- cre of heavyweights is the worst sm’& the years immediately follow- ing the Johnson-Jeffries fight, when the entire world was busy trying discover a white hore caj gaining the championship Galveston stevedore. Kearns thinks Jack Sharkey and Max Schmeling are the best of the lot, the others being too small for good heayyweights or else lacking the punching ability needed for a real champion of the class. The old doctor has not seen Primn Carnera and has no definite opinions about the big Itallan, but would like to see him tossed in with George Godfrey or some one who coul prove his iching and receiving | | | ble of re- from the i | | activities and then go to Roches! tion ter Minn,, for a medical tnlwt- After that he will take a long Calif o abilities before he 1s acclaimed & | heavyweight contender, la) e a different system, and one | which also is used at Chevy Chase. This |is the “match and bye” system, in | which & small wager is placed on the | match, with half the sum placed on | the “bye” holes left to be played after the match is over. And how they strug- | gle over those “bye” holes aiter the | mateh has been won and lost. At C | lumbia also some of the golfers have | fondness for “birdies” and “bobbies. Everyone knows that a “birdle” is a hole played In one stroke less than [par, but ‘@ “bobbie” is & different mat- ter. The “bob” comes in on tife short | holes, where every man who is on the | green from tee collects from the men who are not so successful. Any hole which can be reached from the tee i5 & potential “bobby” hole. The ime-honored syndicate game goes on ’ 4 Golfers Bet a Bit as of Yore, A Nickel, a Ball, or Even More S long as golfers play golf, they must have something, even if toh hinging on the result of the match, . have a little something ridin, ticular difference whether the stakes be hi game if a small wager goes with it, Chevy Chase the time-honored |4 |in the common meaning of the term. |f! s been the custom for golfers to g on the game. It makes no par- gh or low, but it is true The manner of wagering on golf nd Washington, however, at all the clubs and probably is the one type of game most used gverywhere. Over at Washington a certain foursome used to play dollar pars, two-dollar birdies and five-dollar eagles, until Ray Wiss broke up the game by scoring eagle 3s on tn: eighth and seventeenth holes, when the eighth was rated a par 5. So now they confine themselves to ‘pln and birdies. At Washington also J G Corcoran introduced the appy” game which has found some or with the members. In this game | 8l the men who go into a trap pay | some small amount for going into the |trap, and the same amount to each | other man in the game for each stroke | played in the trap. That game can run into ‘money if the initial stakes are | high enough, and we recall a jame at Annapolis Roads last Fall where J. Logan Hopkins successfully steered his ball around all the traps, while ‘the others were getting in them. Even while Hopkins did not score well, he was on the long end of the pay-off because he kept out of the traps. Over at Con= gressional and at Manor, the Nassau game, I which a small stipend i placed on the result of each nine holes and on the match, is the popular way of wage: As long as nlrlm on. there will wagers, even thou may inveigh aj t it and new-found custom deride the time-honored tradi- tion of “three fish and the help. gh law | of the pi Hartnett’s Arm Is O. K., Cub Mound Vets Shine LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 22 (#).—Two of the big question marks of the Chicago Cubs’ pitching staff for 1930, Hal Carlson and Sheriff Blake, have been given their sea- sonal baptism under fire with cheer- ing results for Manager Joe Mc~ Carthy. ‘The pair of veterans limited the Portland Beavers to five scattered hits yesterday and the Cubs blanked the Beavers, 9 to 0. Catcher “Gabby” Hartnett also gave a demonstration with his re- far in exhibition games, Manager Shot- ton of the Phillies said today he thought his pitching staff would be 30 per cent stronger than last year. ‘“The Phillles will be right up with the leaders when the season ehds,” he sald. SAN FRANCISCO, March 22 (P).— Manager Jewelens expressed himself today as being pleased with the suc- cesses of the weakened Pittsburgh Pirates. Although the yanking of two ab- scessed teeth is believed to have re- moved the cause of Traynor's sore eye, the third baseman and clean-up batter likely will not enter the line-up until the team moves into Texas. Lloyd Waner, who will replace Bartell as lead-off man, still is out while re- covering strength sapped by an appen- jmu::mud arm and laced out three ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLER. TO guide the anglers this season after trout we are giving some of the best streams to be Pennsylvania. The trout s question is, whether the trout will anglers fool the trout on April Fool day. tainable in regard to trout fishing in Virginia gives the angler a choice of a wid of all, the best trout streams are to be fi The best information toward the West Virginia line. Some of the best known trout streams are Little River near Staunton, Buffalo Branch, Back Creek, Branch and Tumbling Run, all of which are located between Har- risonburg and Staunton. Directly west of Harrisonburg a dis- tance of about 15 miles is the Dry River, sald to be a very good trout stream, and farther down nearer Hog Springs are located Bull, Cow and Calf Pastures, all good trout streams. A short distance from Luray good trout fishing is to be found. Some of the streams have been stocked and others have not. The American Automobile Associa- tion reports that trout streams are to be found in the Shenandoah National Park, also in the Natural Bridge' and Shenandoah National Forest regions. The American Automobile Association also reports that it has Maryland and Virginia fishing licenses for the con- venience of its members, and can secure in a very short time licenses from Penn- sylvania and North Carolina—in fact, almost any State in which the anglers desire a license, Maryland also offers the anglers a wide range of trout fishing. Frederick County offers the nearest streams to Washington. They are Owens Creek, Fishing Creek and Hunting Creek. Around Hagerstown are located Marsh Run, reported to be well stocked; St. James Run and Eckstein Run, Around Cumberiand are to be found Puzzley Run, Big Bear Creek and Salt Black Creek. In Pennsylvania the anglers will find Marsh Creek, both branches; Conewago Creek, Carbaugh Run and Buck Run. We will be glad to print any ad- ditional information regarding trout streams within a radius of 200 miles from Washington that is submitted. A Maryland license costs the anglers of the District of Columbia $5. Virginia has put a fee of $2.50 as the cost of her fishing license. Pennsylvania’s fishing license also g!;sgl the District of Columbia anglers .50. Virginia and Pennsylvania have “fl‘fi- rocal relations regarding fishing Ii- censes. These States charge a non- resident just what the different States charge their residents. For example, Maryland - charges a non-resident $5, and a Marylander getting a license either in Virginia or Pennsylvania is charged the same amount. A Virginian buying & Pennsylvania license is charged $2.50, and & resident from the latter State is charged the same. 'I'O eradicate pollution and safeguard health and acquatic life in and around Washington, the Washington chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, at its meeting last Wednes- day night at the Raleigh Hotel, de- voted the entire evening to discussion of this all important subject, Following an impassioned plea by its president, Dr. D'Arcy Magee, who painted a vivid )&:ture of conditions to k Creek Park, the be found in e wn nnel and Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, Dr. Charles H. McEnerney, chairman of the committee on pollution, announced that his committee was ready to pro- ceed at once to try to remedy some of the existing evils, and asked those present to give him all iniformation they had pertaining to violations of the pr-en't.:lu .gnjpnnufln& The chl'Ir»' u% nex‘ll l;alfuholll. oft L ‘arrol lotzbach offered his boat to the pollution committee to visit many laces along the river front that were brought to their attention. This trip will be made in the very mear fu- ture, possibly within ek, dicitis operation. found in Maryland, Virginia and eason opens on April 1, and the ngoul the anglers or the e range of territory. First ound west of the Valley Pike Christian Creek, Briery Deputy Commissioner Radcliffe of the United States Bureau of Fisheries made a brief address outlining his views on pollution and the best method of pro- cedure. He said that pollution was ibly the worst enemy the bureau d to deal with, and that the work of ?mpunnon and planting fish in dif- erent sections of the country was greatly handicapped on account of the condition of many streams. Other members voiced their protests over con- ditions in and around Washington as they exist today, One member said that the Eastern Branch, once a won- derful fishing place, was today so dirty and polluted that fish could not live in its waters. The committee announced that 1ts first step in the matter of pol- lution would be to get the Public Health Service to survey conditions in the Washington area and submit its report. * The meeting was one of the most enthusiastic ever held, 75 being present. Fifteen new members were voted into the chapter. The membership now is over 200, but is still far short of its objective, '500. The next meeting will be held on April 10, instead of the 16th, owing to the fact that other business will call some of the officers out_ of town on the latter date. At the close of the meeting, Charles Hopkins entertained the members with moving pictures of wild life in Northern Canada and then followed the usual buffet supper. “Did you ever try drowning a fish? Maybe not, but it can be done, accord- ing to Capt. Hugh Willlams of the Freighter Ormes, in port in Baltimore with a cargo of bananas from Jamaica. He says he always drowns his sharks before landing them when fishing’ in Southern waters. Capt. Williams is an ardent fisherman, as might be gathered from his tale. ~Let the line trail over the swern. When the shark bites play him in and out for & time, and when you figure he is playing out, give the line a sudden. ?rtd Jerk, pulling his head from the ater, “As the fish falls back his gills open and water runs in them. Just pull his counted Yes, take hi held When Tunne; into a He sti ese 1 see *he Old echoes And T'm not nd I'm Fotind I'm thinking to Mauw tournament By the Assoc strokes. Burke, who made he knocked his typical nity Athle tournament Street Brane and 27 to 24. ground, another tou head out of the water and let it droj back often enought and the fish will drown. Nature made no provision for a fish to xu through the water backwards, and a flash will drown is the same as a person.” Capt. Williams is right. If you don't | believe him, the next time you have a string of fish, no matter what species. Just leave them In the water when' you starte your boat, rowboat or motor, and fsee how quickly they will drown, no matter how lively they were before you started to move. Fights Last Night By the Assoctated Preas. NEW YORK.—Kid Chocolate, Cuba, stopped Al Ridgeway, New Jersey (2); Midget Wolgast, Philadelphia, outpoint- ed Black Bill, Opba (18): Joe Scalfaro, New York, outpoinfed Domenico Ber- nascont, Italy (10), DENVER-—Joe Maveus, Portland, Oreg., outpointed Mickey Cohen, Den- ver (10), © = INFIELOER — CINCINNATI RED SOX . Minneapol BOATON —Johnny Indrisano, Boston, day, in 1924, The in" a erippled condition, to try and hel utpointed Vinee Dundes, Baltimore ' rushed bt them the next day up brawny And as T watch hese m crowd grow 1 see him grip b 1 hear' the bell golfing the “Y” gym. team’s attack in | Georgetown outfit. ve & b 10. hey "Bimiped his left and right a B ttered face odern M doves. {he Toves: 1 see him scowl upon his stool—I feel the “fsts amid the deep 1 hear the roar—as old-time tense: is iron’ fs live. P of the imee Bai here witl ‘Won. Lost. 5 (] iated Press. hampion, garrison finishe tin sponsored by ch, rney match. 140, two llthklel.l under %ll'. R d Wi ‘were Horton kb deten, 71—72, and Billie 5. Tommy Armour had a 145 as & basis for his bid for the $5,000 that will go to p. ered hulk until they m when his fading legs no longer ad heart enoush to charge for one And 1gave The ‘startled champion uvon his Them tue and dap—T mean anassa Ghost glide in across 1 ree him charge’across the rink to take it— % Tool ng st the mugs who push ) *ihting man who came 5. COAST CUEIST NEAR 3-CUSHION HONORS By the Associated Press. FRENCH LICK, Ind., March 22— Joseph Hall of San Francisco needed only an even break in two games to- day to carry back to the Pacific Coast its third national amateur three-cushion billiard chlmplnnsmphlgl t}:r;: rze:;!‘the e e a Hall leads th nvg W"g’ -&g defeats, while tied for second wi ?:ur whuu'lnd two losses are Max Shi- mon of Milwaukee, present champion, and Frank I. Fleming of Champaign, IIl, a former champion. Hall meets I:lelml:‘lm this afternoon and Shimon tonight. for Hall would throw the champion- ship in a three-way tie. The standing A double loss LA GORCE GOLFERS IN HOME STRETCH MIAMI BEACH, Fla, March 22— Sixty-four golfers with scores of 161 or | better for the first half of the Nation's second richest golf tournament, $15,000 La Gorce open, qualified for to- day’s final 36 holes. Bill Mehlhorn led the pack He tacked up a 71 and 69 for Tied for by three history in 1928, when off a 63 round on r 71 layout for & course record to win La Gorce tournament. Gene Sarazen started today's 36 holes with 148 strokes, not too far behind for the diminutive winner of the $25,000 Agua Callente open to develop one of “Y” AND COMMUNITY COLORED FIVES WIN Y. M. C. A, Big Five and Commu- Club won first-ro Y. M. C. A, last night in ‘The Big Five walloped town Community Center, 25 to 9, junity conquered Manchester, Robinson and Jeffries led the its victory over the Community vanquished Manchesters | only after the hardest sort of a fight. Lee of Community climaxed a rally by his team with a on=-han court shot in the last minute to his quint victory. In Juniors han 30 to 11. junior contest, Armstrong ily defeated Cardoza play- Merriweather did the bulk of the winners' scoring, chalking up 14 points. “Y"” Big Five and Community quint | will clash Monday at 7:30 o'clock in | PARE BOWS T0 DOEG. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 22— Emmett Pare, former town versity student, and national clay courts | tennis singles champion, was beaten in & semi-final match yesterday by Johnny Doeg of San Monica, Fla., in the South- | eastern tennis championshi, Uni- | the pa 1l wyn of American e pennant pros- pects is the seventeenth of Associated Press training camp series. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, March 22—The Philadelphia Athletics have proved their case. Th cannot capture the 1930 pennant on their 1929 record, but on past performances alone, re- gardless of the prospect that they will be even better, Connie Mack’s young men will start the American League pennant chase April 15 as overwhelming favorites. S0 far as training camp dope and chatter may point the way, the chief obstacles to a second straight victory by the A's are the revamped New York Yankees d rebuilt Detrolt Tigers, each pm:k:n. nl".?bc:em punch to make an] n| 'T ETOgRY. As‘Tor the others, Gleveland and st. Louis figure principally as threats, in- volving mainly in a fight for a first di- vision berth: Chicago and Washington as “dark horses,” difficult to rate in advance; Boston, improved, but still a rank outsider. No Arguntent in 1929, The Athletics finished the 1029 race 18 games ahead of the Yankees, 24 in front of Cleveland, 26 better than St. Louis, 35 ahead of Washi) n- and 36 beyond Detroit. This left not the slightest room for argument. Since the boys who turned the trick for the veteran Connie Mack are all back on the firing line, many of them improving and all chockful of confidence, there is not the slightest reason to discount the strength of the world’s champions. Mack, with better reserves and at least one fine new pitching prospect in Le Roy Mahafley, is the only manager in the league to stand pat on his regu- lar line-up: ‘The hopes of the Yankees, under the new leadership of Bob Shawkey, de- pend chiefly on how the pitching staff develops and whether two rookies, Ben Chapman at thi and Dusty Cooke in left, measure up to big league as regulars. lormer champions have the punch, with Babe Ruyth ap- parently in shape to earn his $80,000 salary as the club's pace-setter. ‘The Tigers, under Bucky Harris, rely on pitching acquisitions to make a e e i vel 5| and a . fense to go g with its tes c bat- the Yankees and Tigers can match the A’s, hit for hit, but neither has yet developed a twirling staff able to hold its own with Grove, Walberg, Earnshaw, 3 mel, Shores and Lhfi other Mackian curvers and smoke- ballers. % Cleveland, St. Lovs and Chieago, on the other hand, have exceptional pitch- ing strength. This i# especially true of the Browns, who are handicapped by & distinct weakness at bat. The Indians, ;.h!rd last gn- due & mrk-h ble per- S 61 51 4 7 84 7% 26 he te Bush, also have 1d problems, but expect Smead Jolley to help furnish the needed punch. Nats Not Rated High. This Jeaves Washington and Boston for final considerat A of Goose Goslin or its equivalent, and with an uneertain infleld, do not figure as serious contenders. The Red Sox ap- pear improved, but no more than enough tol make a vigorous scrap to escape last place. Four new managers—Donie Bush at Chicago, Heinle Wagner at Boston, Bill Killefer at St. Louis and Bob Shawkey at New York—will join the concerted attempt. to " the ancient Mr. Mack and his A’s. About the best they can hope for, however, is that it won't be so lop-sided as the pennant race of Only the “breaks,” it appears, can upset the house of McGillicuddy. NEW KENNEL CLUB IS ORGANIZED HERE Organization of the National Capital Kennel Club has been effected. It will replace the former Washington Kennel Club. The new club plahs to hold its first dog show in October. Then it must conduct two others before it can obtain a charter. Ernest W. Smoot has been elected president of the organization, with Thomas A. Groom, first vice president; Miss Gretchen Wahl, second vice presi- dent;_James T. Crouch, secfetary, and Mrs. R. C. Birney, treasurer. Another meeting of the club will be held April 15. nt | sid (4 e~ ive BUSTING INTO BASE BALL “How I Broke Into the Major Leagues.” BY HUGH M. CRITZ, As told to John F. McCann. HuGHie Crirz is_sold me on s Decoration ti Reds were and I was \ ALLED on to face one of the greatest pitchers in the history of base ball was the circum- stance which fate held in store for me on the very first day I broke into the majors. and, although I emerged successfully from the ordeal, it is a day T shall remember as long as I live. g‘m. I arriving around noon. Gol to the park, I put on a uniform and slipped dovln to the field. Along about game time, mllfi! Jack Hendricks told me I was playing second base. Inserted in the lum:r on my very first day, put_a shiver down my spine, and when I saw the an- nouncer emerge from the stands with his huge megaphone I listened eagerly for the batteries. From the big horn thun- dered, “Alexander and O'Farrell.” My ' hopes’ sank. The great Grover Alexan- '~ der would be in the box for the Cubs, and me playing my first game! I fig- * ured I had come to the majors just one day too soon. ¢ The first two times I faced the won- derful Alexander, however, I got safe hits. That put me over from the start, | but we lost the game, 4 to 2. Carl Mays ** losing a heart-breaker. Many things | have happened day, but 1 for in the by the North American spaper Alllance.) Foxx Won Flag for A’s, Coach Gleason Discloses FORT MYERS, Fla, March 22 (#).—Kid Gleason, long coach of the Athletics, is telling the world that lt:enkcr. "on the pennant A's year. "