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Q BUMP AND FIRPO FACE HARD WORK Schedule Planned to Keep Them in Shape—Loepp BY JOHN B. KELLER. May Prove Valuable. HATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 25—Fred Marberry and Irving Hadley, the big boys of the Washington ball clubs’ pitching staff, are to be the heavy duty hurlers in the exhibition series from now on. Manager Walter Johnson regards these pitchers in great trim, con- sidering the amount of training they have had, but he does not intend to let them ease in their conditioning work. Both Marherry and Hadley soften quickly, it seems, and only earnest toil will keep them right. fore Johnson plans to employ exhibition . He intends to send through four or five innings tomorrow, when the Nationals tackie Chattanooga club for the third And Saturday, wr{xen the open a two-game series Wi Chicks at Memphis, the manager send Hadley to the hill to go g Marberry, too, will be for_a nine-inning turn, Pred should be ready days to withstand a full about down to playing | called upon fohnson. a fe e ‘most a lot of kick to get rberry has so often | Efgey Thomas ‘Also in for It. Another pitcher likely to show often for the Nationals hereafter o the Colonels Thomas pitched nine batters only. He but one single and the batter who it later was caught in play. ‘That single was the only pitch of ‘Thomas’ to be driven beyond the infield. Spring than in several grinds somewhat stronger. test under. fire, too. Herbert Pyle, pitcher drafted from Chattanooga last Fall and who was sent from the Biloxi training camp to this city for dental treatment, is work- with the squad again. Pyle had two teeth extracted and underwent other dental surgery, but still suffers 1o some extent with neuritis. How- ever, he is able to throw with more ease than he did at Biloxi and may pe ;Oble to perform impressively before ng. past training and that he believes his arm And he is eager to Loepp May Prove Valuable. ‘There’s an outfielder in the squad wido looks as though he may prove a valuable pick-up. He is George Loepp purchased Irom the Baltimore Internationls last Fall. Loepp is a good fiyhawk, he has a good arm, possesses @ deal of speed and thus far has im- {r&d as a hitter, It has been said hat Loepp is no Spring hitter; that is, he does not do his good batting until the season is well under way. If this be 50, he should be a whale of a slugger in Summer for he certainly socks the bell now. Loepp is thé only right-hand swinger of any experience in the outfield group |2g0 Johnson has in training here, and is virtually sure to hold onto his job for some time. The Nationals long have been looking for a gardener doing his ‘batting from the right side, and Loepp ~fills the bill right now. He seems to |ton know his base ball, too. Johnson re- gards Loepp a very worth-while addition 1o the club and plans to use him fre- quently in the Spring games that the newcomer may get the full benefit of swinging against pitchers who are bearing down on the hiil President Griffith still is trying to find & minor berth for Jake Powell, the 8il- ver Spring boy, who also is a right- hand swinging outfielder. Powell, of course, is quite green, for he has had nothing more than sandlot experience. Both Grifith and Johnson, though, see possibilities in the boy, and the club | prexy very likely will keep Jake around the club if no minor job ¢an be found, and if Jake goes away there will be a &tout string tied to him. There being no game yesterday, many of the athletes went sightseeing in and esround Chattanooga after the morning practice. Historic Lookout Mountain, right beside the city, lured a number of the Nationals. Others visited the shores of the Tennessee, and still more went over to Missionary Ridge, the site of important conflicts in the Civil “var. Last night the Nationals, as guests of Promoter Jim Downey, saw sarmer Lumpkin do his stuff in the prize ring. Like Biloxi, Chattanooga ;% doing its best to make the ball club 5 21 at_hom: CARNERA BIG CHOICE TO DEFEAT TRAFTON, KANSAS CITY, March 25 (#)—A heavy favorite, Primo Carnera, 270- pound mountain from Italy, tonight will enter the ring here for a scheduled 10-round bout with George Trafton, for- mer Chicago foot ball professional. Carnera has surprised fans with the speed and grace shown in preliminary workouts with Jack Dillon, a middle- weight, and Buck Weaver, Kansas ‘heavyweight. Yesterday he twice half pushed, half knocked Weaver through the . pugilistic erstwhile ‘White Sox, with congueror of Art Shires, first baseman of the ambitious training sessions. He has been voluble, however, in his he was “going right “Carnera can't keep me from hitting and if I hit him, down he goes, ?u%eo. The card will include a 10-round tween Meyer Grace, Chicago welterweight. and Ivan Laf- &a, Peapeh chatmpian, has been content| to him, il 1 — he ening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 5 WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930. ' Heavy Toil in Store for Marberry and Hadley : Risko Keeps “Giant-Killer” Title A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND COME pjow RAYMOND - Yoo Know Trus 1S SATURDAY NIGHT - YOUR BATH NIGHT~- COME AND GET UP THe TuB WHILE ITS NICE AND WARM HERE BRIGGS SAYS ¥ Editor’s mote: It is often refresh- ing to get the other fellow’s view. Hench following article by Nor- man Beasley, for years a base ball writer for a x:amm! Detroit and during the past decads a_wri of . Mr. Beasley now contributes to business maya- zines and compiles historics of. huge promir i o s ‘mer organized base ball and today is a keen follower and great admirer of the national pastime. BY NORMAN BEASLEY. A year or two ago Joe Williams, prominent New York sports ter, called Walter Johnson “the finest char- acter in e ball,” and, looking back over what he had written Joe went further and wrote this: “The finest character in sports.” It was a wonderful tribute and a true one. Year in and year out, for many years, Walter Johnson has re- ceived letters and telegrams and mes- sages from all over the world from | persons he did not know in recognition of his great worth to base ball and his ideals as & man. Today he is in the difficult position of trying to manage a_ Washington team to a pennant, whereas a few years back he pitched it to one, and then another. This Washington team, as it stands, is not & pennant winner. Johnson has fine pitching and, as the months go on, he may have great pitching. He has an infleld defense that ranks with the | est in base ball. He has catching, and he has swift outfielders. Fifteen years ne might have won a pennant with such a team; certainly his would have been a team to be reckoned in the pay off. Today base ball is not pitch- ing and flelding: it is pitching and batting, and looking over the Washing- team there is a definite lack of hitting. Maust Seek Run at a Time. It is a team that will have to play for a run or two at a time, piling them up until they reach four or five runs in that many innings and then depené upon its pitching to hold the lead. In these days of slugging, slugging such as is contained in the Philadelphia, New York, Detroit or Cleveland line-ups, four or five runs a game isn't going to win 2 majority of ball games. ‘Washington's punch is confined to Goslin (when he reports), Judge, Rice, Bluege, Barnes and Myer. So far as Goslin is coneerned he is an overrated hitter. A good hitter when a team is far behind or far ahead, but not de- pendable when one or two runs are needed to tie, or win. Washington lacks the wallop. It hasn't a player ‘who is prone to ripping the cover off the ball when men are on bases and runs are needed in the later innings of a game, This year Barnes may furnish that. In the same analysis, he may not. Having two sluggers of the , SaY, of Averill of Cleveland, Was] could be depended upon to give the Athletics a fight through to the finish. Among the pitchers Washington has one who should win, but hasn't. The pitcher's name is Hadley—Bump Had- ley, as you know him. Walter Johnson says this of him: “He is the greatest natural pitcher I have ever seen. He has fine speed, a wonderful curve, a good slow ball and control, but he hasn’t won many ball games.” This year Hadley may clear off all the promises of his ability. In other years he has not been a winning pitcher largely because of a lack of confidence in himself and an unwillingness to pun- ish himself to get into condition and stay that wa; He is a fine boy, of clean habits and clean thinking, and this Spring, instead of encouragement Johnson has adopted the tactics of making him work. ‘The change in the manager's atti- tude came last Summer and includes & story; it was near the end of the season and Philadelphia playing Wasl ington had defeated Hadley with a bar- rage of singles, doubles, triples and e runs. A few days or so later while the pitcher was chasing flies in outfield practice Johnson walked out Shamed Bump Into Action. “Bump,” he said, “I'd be ashamed of myself to take a beating such as you took. I wouldn’t h‘]‘fh over it. I'd be so ashamed of myself that I'd get even with somebody.” Hadley shut out Detroit with two hits at ‘him’ decl going %omln ’n then declared: to give a chance u‘:‘t‘ even, Xou're “today,” NATS LACK ONLY HITTING, | VETERAN EX-SCRIBE/ haaie of | Due to Johnson’s Popularity Team Has More Well | Wishers Than Any in Base Ball, Asserts Detroiter in Analyzing Its Chances. Hadley shut-out Detroit with two hits that afternoon. “Hadley should win 25 games in 8 season,” decln‘red Johnson as I sat a few man than he was last Spring. If he wins that many ball games we are go- ing to have something to say about where the world series -will be played. “In Liska we have a young fellow who is very likely to be a great pitcher not two years from now but this year. We have Sam Jones, Marberry, Burke— and by the way, Burke is a yo left- hander who is getting better all the time—Braxton and a number of others who do not need much to make them rank thn in the percentages. “In Bluege, Cronin, Hayes and Judge we have defense infield, while our outfleld is nothing to be ashamed of. Behind the bat we have Ruel and Tate as regulars and they team into one of the best catching staffs in the American League. All we need to be up there is little more batting strength. Perhaps we will find it. I hope so.” BLOW TO STOMACH IS FATAL TO BOXER By the Associated Press. ‘TACOMA, Wash., March 25.—Counted out by a boxing referee as he slumped to the canvas, Frank Farmer, 39-year- old veteran fighter died in the ring last night from what a deputy coroner said was a blow in the stomach. Police today detained Joe (Spark Plug) Boyd of Aberdeen, Wash., Farm- er's heavyweight opponent, pending an inquest into the death. The victim gol:‘atpsed uring the fifth round of the ight. Farmer, veteran of about 300 ring battles, was counted out by the referee before any one was aware that he was in a serious condition. Efforts to revive the boxer were futile. A physician was called and Farmer was pronounced dead. U. S. Lodge, deputy coroner, said after an examination that death was caused by a blow to the stomach, bring- {’X;l ‘:m what he described as a “heart el FLYING TACKLE TELLS. MANCHESTER, N. H., March 25 (). —Gus Sonnenberg defeated Stanley Penton of this city in two straight falls last night. Gus won both with his fly- ing tackle. Exhibition Base Ball By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s Results. At San Antonio—New York (N.), 3; Ban Antenio (T, L), 1. s o; Onidand B, OTLS, &0 (B Today’s Schedule. At St. Petersburg, Fla.—New York (A.) vs. Boston (N.) At Oskland, Calif.—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Oakland (P. C. L. Fla—Detroit (A) vs. . E. L). An]geluA—CMCIIO (N) vs. Los Angeles (P. C. L.). At West Palm Beach, Fla.—St. Louis (A.) vs. House of David. At Bradenton, Fla.—St. Louis (N.) vs. Indianapolis (A. A). SHIKAT WINS ON MAT. NEW YORK, March 25 (#)—Richard Shikat defeated Ference Holuban of Hungary in 19 minutes 32 seconds in a wrestling match last night. BRUINS REACH FINAL | IF THEY WIN TONIGHT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 25.—The Boston Bruins have a chance tonight to go into the final round in defense of the Stan- le~ Cup. Victors over the Montreal Ma- roons in two games of the first- bruising lace series at Montreal, the Bruins |, ave to win only one of the three on their home ice to reach the final. And the Bruins have a record of 22 victories and 1 defeat on their home ice this seacon. = The Maroons gave them that one defeat. New York Rangers, victors over Ottawa in the third-place series, are so confident that Les lens of Mon- treal will beat their second-place rivals. the Chicago Blackhawks, that they al- ready have gone to Montreal to prac- tice. The Canadiens go into the second and deciding e of the series tomor- row night with a one-goal advantage. After this is decided the second and third place winners will play a series of the best two out of three games for the right to enter the finals, THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. Spring Song of the Average Golfer You take the fairway, and I'll take the traps, I like the thrill of the thickets and rough; Give me my hundred and seventeen raps, Out in the wilds where the going is tough; I like to joust in the sand-filled abysses, 1 get a kick from the Outer-Bounds wham, I am the bloke who can Oh, what a liar I am! cheer when_he misses— You make the green, but the bunkers suit me; 1 like to battle where heel prints are thick; ‘What do I care if 1 hook from the tee? Even the waterholes give me a kick. Give me the sun and the blue of the heavens, Out where a fellow can get in his slam; I never growl at the “eights” or O, what a liar I am. The Years Keep On. \HE VETERAN base ball fan, turning possibly for the first time to news of training camps and exhibition games, saw where Walsh worked out a few innings. In fact, he read where two Walshes worked out. This semed toF be reasonable, be- cause Walsh used to do the work of two or three pitchers. One year he worked in 66 games and either won or saved 55 of them. But it wasn't the old Mer- iden marvel the veteran fan read about. It was Ed's two sons. Further on the veteran fan read where Glen Liebhardt of the Athletics won his game. “When did Cleveland trade Liebhardt?” he began to wonder. Then he suddenly discovered that the Athletic pitcher was young Glen, not the old-timer, The veteran fan began to feel a trifie old. For the first time he noticed the increasing pressure of the years. “Are all these ball players” he Death of Eckersall Mourned By American By the Associated Press. Sport Followers the death of one of its greatest figures, Walter Herbert Eckersall. CHICAGO. March 25.—American amateur sport mourned today The heart which powered his 145-pound body through four years of foot ball on Amos Alonzo Stagg’s 1903-4-5-6 University of Chicago teams yesterday gave up a several months' struggle against illness and sadness caused by the death of his mother, last Fall while he was serving as an official in the Army-Notre Dame foot ball game in New York. ‘Within a few hours after his death in ) cordially invited to return to work some his rooms at the Chicago Athletic Asso- ciation, telegrams expressing sorrow and paying tribute to his ability as an ath- lete, and his fairness as an official and | sall sports writer, began to arrive at the Chicago Tribune, where, for more than of its . While his fame as a fleld general, kicker and runner outshone his other achievements as a eolle!:o-thlew, Ecker- le records in track, 20 years, he had been boxing and foot | base ball expert. Every telegram recalled some instance of his fame as a foot ball player back in the days when it was “three downs for five ydrds,” and the forward pass had yet to become a feature of the game. Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan remembered “Eckie’'s” play, which caused the Wolverines' first de- feat in five years, during the 1905 se: son, and George Huff recalled his great Degomnxe‘esk n&t{ut TIllinois. P arry Kipke, ic] 's young lootbcunow\.wmhll’gndinnmum which Eckersall officiated, staff of the University of nt its dz?m. lmm upon learning of the death of an of it once barred fxom its flel, but later characterized th-hedyoflchnnehemnm.md Etta in the 100-yard As a foot: ball official he ruthlessly inflicted fenalties for flagrant fouls, but was slow to declare penalties on techni- active work was the golden gloves amateur n:‘nln:mtgu‘ml- ment last week. A task done while he was ill enough to have remained in bed. 1t was not until three days ago that he :voould “:fldmll‘:‘l ge vz-lau not feeling “tip- could no %c l“h ve his bed. A Elnte o eyt The funeral wilibe held Thiesdey morning at- Holy Church, “elevens thought, “the sons of the fellows I used to watch? Have I got that far along?” And then once more the old Hflht; came back in his eyes and his chin popped up again. Here were the lines that wiped away at least a few of the years: “Jack Quinn looks as as ever, rover Cleveland Alexander al- lows one hit in three innings” and neither of these was the son of Jack Quinn or the son of Grover Cleveland Alexander. They were the same who were hanging around from 20 to 25 _years ago. So the light came back to the hills again, Today's Golf Lesson. NE great mistake the average golfer makes is to figure that he has to glare at the ball as if it were the head of a rattlesn: or cobra. It has been shown that it isn't neces- sary to see the ball in order to make a good shot. But it is necessary to keep the head from popping up, because that upsets the entire balance of the swing. An uplifted head is largely a matter of f that tension and tightness con- d body and arms and that the swing was not smoothly made. Yet it is absolutely important to have the hands and clubhead swing past the chin or the eyes before they turn to the direction of flight—to the left for a right-handed player. If the chin or eyes or head should hap to swing too soon to the left, it be just too bad. For when that happens the down swing breaks up into a number of pieces and neither power nor control is left. The punch goes from the hands and the speed slips away from the club head. ‘Whoever wrote “I Didn't Raise My Head to Be a Golfer” sang one of the most truthful of all tunes. Watch any %:od pro or good amateur and notice w he whips the club head through the ball before the head is raised or the chin is lifted. And when he doesn’t he will flub one also, even as you and I. Try to unlock the neck and body and that may help. the anchor to the an anchor moving with the 3 is merely supposed to keep its place and let the hands and arms swing the clubhead wlmthmt any final and wreck- ing_interruption. sul before this }.:spen there must be body swinging balance smoothness. CAPITAL BOXERS SCORE IN PHILADELPHIA RING PHILADELPHIA, March 25.—Arthur Debeve, former lightweight champion of Prance, and El Kader, welterweight, t | Grissett (©." o). both of Washington, D. C., were easy victors in boxing bouts on the Godfrey- Clark card here last it. Debeve joe Cesar.of Iphia and m’dfi'mm out Lee Duncan of Leiperville, Ps., in the fourth round. PITCHING QUARTET | FOR CHISOX NAMED Faber, Thomas, Henry, Mc- | ks Kain to Be Starters. Tigers Release Four. By the Associated Press. AN ANTONIO, March 25.—Man- ager Donie Bush of the Chicago White Sox has decided who will be his starting pitchers during | the impending American League cam- | paign, and is working on his selection of “extras.” Red Faber, Al Thomas, Ted Lyons, Dutch. Henry and Hal McKain are Bush's first pick, with Pat Caraway, Ed Waish, jr.; Bob Weiland and Ted Blankenship, the most prominent of the other hurling candidates. TAMPA, Fla., -March 25 (#).—Man- ager Stanley Harris of the Detroit Tigers has been taking advantage of the rainy days to study the players he has in camp here and the result is that he has decided to send down four of | them. Frank Barnes, pitcher, will be sent to Toledo; John Prudhomme, pitcher, to Toronto; Willlam Steinecke, catcher, to Beaumont, Tex., and Charles Staples, pitcher, to Evansville, Ind. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 25 ().—The batting order of the St. Louis Browns is already worrying Man- ager Bill Killefer, who is undecided where Melillo will finally land. = Should O'Rourke capture the thicd base job the red-haired Italian will move down the batting order to take ad- vantage of his ability to drive in runs, but should Sammy Hale oust O’Rourke then the Chicago boy will remain sec- | ond up. FORT MYERS, Fla., March 25 (#)— Connie Mack revealed today that the ! Athletics will be without the services of | Al Simmons, outfield ace, until the A’s and Phillies meet in the Philadelphia city series April 5. Simmons has no liking for the sandy ball fields of Florida, claiming they give him swollen ankles. Mack nccordugg gave him permission to remain at Springs, where he is training with minor league clubs. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 25 (/). —Allen (Dusty) Cooke, left field in the New York Yankees out- field, has a strong Americus Polli, recruit pitcher. Cooke has not been hitting lately and Polli, who played with him at St. Paul last year, was asked about it. “He didn't hit at the training camp last year,” said Americus, “and batted about .200 the first month of the season. After that they couldn’t get him out.” NEW ORLEANS, March 25 (#).—Wal- | ter Simmons is convincing observers of the Indians that he is on his way to lel’aullu his big brother, Al, of the Ath- etics. Walter has the same stance, the same grip, and in training camp at least, the same knack of crashing the ball. Two years in the minors and the younger Simmons is expected to live up to his brother’s description as “the sec- ond best foot-in-the-bucket hitter in the United States.” PENSACOLA, Fla., March 25 (#)— ‘The Red Sox pitchers are away ahead of the batters in Spring training. Only eight hits were made by both the regulars and Yannigans in a nine- inning game yesterday. Danny McFay- den retired 17 consecutive men to start the game. Leaving the box at the end of the sixth, and Hod Lisenbee was touched for three scratch blows in the same period. PRELIMINARY RING BOUTS ARE CARDED Sixteen preliminary bouts will mark | the opening of the first District A. A. Association championship boxing tour- | nament tonight at the City Club. Action will start at 7:30 o'clock. Semi- finals will be fought Thursday night at | the Knights of Columbus Hail and the | finals Monday night at the Jewish | Community Center. | Three leading Georgetown University boxers, who had entered the tourna- ment as representatives of the Jewish Community Center, will not compete, because Georgetown authorities will not permit any of its athletes to represent another institution. They are Mike Tardugno, Charlie Fish and Larry Bordeau. The program tonight will include no heavyweight or fiyweight bouts, as there are only two entrants in each of these divisions. The entrants will meet in the finals Monday night. Tonight's pairings follow: 118-POUND CLASS. 7:30 p.m.—Myles McLean (K. C.) vs. Doug- o e O N 45 Leon Shub (J. C. C) vs. st (. c. ©) vs Raiph ex’ Sweeney (K. C.) vs. - adyAlex’ Sieeney (K. C) vs. Ansle Tar-| 126-POUND CLASS. 8:15Harry Haas (C. C) vs. Nevin Bar- ber (K. 8:30—Edward Scanlon (K. C.) vs. John '"né" Siafty’ Auen @, c) Mike Tardugno (unattached) drew bye. 5Leo covaleskt (K. G Win valeski (K. C. X P18 g6eko Miller (. 0. € l’:"mmu P50 Moghey Collins (K. ©) vs. Max Kosof (J. C. C.). : Jack De Lacey (C. C.) drew bye. 147-POUND CLASS. 9:45Charles Williams (unattached) Eric Sonnichsen (K. C.). 10—william Millef (6. C) vs. Rauol Mo- lina (K. Fields (unattached) y (K. C.). Fish (unattached) drew bye. 160-POUND CLASS. 10:30—H, Irvi 2 3 3 lll]xu‘!.h Cenlgm“ rving (;C c C.) vs. Bteve B rman (J. C. C) vs. mx'ffia‘nc"";. i (C. €) o:v“ e n' Peruzzi (C. €. vs. Sciver. (unattached). et SNy 11:15—Paul Kelly (K. C.) Ernest va. John_ Gase: bl Charles vs. 18 GAMES SCHEDULED FOR ARMY BALL TEAM WEST POINT, N. Y., March 25— Listing 18 games, including the New York Giants and Yankees, the Army base ball schedule has been announced. ‘The schedule: April 9—Vermont. April 12—Connecticut_Agsies. April 14&—New York Giants. ‘April 16—Weslevan, April 23—Lehigh. April 26—Maryland, at College Park. April York Unive Y. ay 3—Columbia Univer: lew Ha ire. l‘l; 10—Union g0 May v York Yankees. i S Eveting i Moy BB R vewisbure. | answer of Chuck Klein, long- | he be permitted to join the team and ‘| administering a technical knockout to Features and Classified By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Johnny Risko, Cleve- land, outpointed Victorio Campolo, Ar- gentine (10); Harry Smith, New York, and Frenchy Belanger, Wmnim‘ drew (10); Vincent Forgione, Philadelphia, knocked out Doc Conrad, Newark, . J. (4). BALTIMORE. Md.—Marty Gallagher, Washington, outpointed Al Friedman, Boston (10). ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Steve Halaiko, Auburn, N. Y, outpointed Joe Gans, San Francisco (8). CHATTANOOGA, ‘Tenn. — Warren Myers, Ohio, stopped Pather Lumpkin, Florida (5). OMAHA, Nebr.—Tony Herrera, Mex- ,hm' oxtpomted Tommy Grogan, Oma- A (10). RAPID CITY, S. Dak.—Kenny Aus- tin, Rapid City, knocked out Al Vigil, Denver (5). CHICAGO.—Charlie Retzlaff, Duluth, Minn., knocked out Frankie Lennon Cleveland (1); Nisse Ramm, Stockholm. Sweden, outpointed Art Malay, Chicago (5); Paul Swiderski, New York, out-| pointed King Levinsky, Chicago (8). PHILADELPHIA. — George Godfrey, Leiperville, Pa., knocked out Ace Clark, Philadelphia (7). KLFIN SAYS HE'LL HIT 50 HOME RUNS Sets That Number as Goal| This Season—Cardinals Pick Slab Staff. By the Associated Press. INTER HAVEN, Fla, March 25—Fifty or no count is the distance hitter of the Phil- lies, when asked how many home runs he expects to make this season. He led the league last year with 43. “I've set the mark at 50 this year,” he said, “and hope to reach it. I got a poor start last year, was out of the| game for 10 days and still topped the league. With a year's expefience back of me, I should do better.” Eliminati e “ifs ane " Man- ager mm§ Street already has decided on the four hurlers who will deliver a t for the St. Louis Cardinals. Enmnuned Bill Hallahan, Al Grabow- ski, Flint Rhem and Syl Johnson as being capable of delivering 17 victories each, to say nothing of such mounds- men as Sherdel, Haines, Mitchell, Frankhouse and Hill. LOS ANGELES, March 25 (#).—The condition of the throwing arm of Lester Bell, who was acquired to repair the Chicago Cubs’ weak spot at third base, is causing Manager Joe McCarthy more than a little concern. Bell's arm was sore when he reported, and the lameness has become so alarm- ing that the former Boston Brave in- fielder may be given a rest. OAKLAND, Calif., March 25 (). The Pittsburgh Pirates are believed by Manager Jewel Ens to be in such good shape for the National League race that he has canceled further morning work- outs. George Grantham’s bat is looking big- ger to the pitchers every time the sec- ond baseman comes up. Yesterday his home run out of the park beat Oakland. CLEARWATER, Fla, March 25 (). —Another week may see the complete surrender of Babe Herman, heavy hit- ting outflelder of the Brooklyn Robins. Por weeks Herman insisted he would not sign his contract until he got 25,000. The club’s top offer was $15.- 000. Later Herman cut his demands to $18,000, but the club remained adamant. Now the outfielder has suggested that get in shape pending settlement of his contract dispute. Manager Wilbert Robinson, however, is known to be op- posed to this procedure. He wants his plnyke‘rs signed before they start to wor ORLANDO, Fla, March 25 (®).— Hughey Critz, the Reds fast little sec. ond baseman, today appeared to be back in shape again after being slowed up by a strained muscle in his shoulder. tz did not make the road trip with the Reds, but worked out here every day during their absence. He expects to be in one or two exhibition en- counters this week. ‘The Columbus Senators will come over from Lakeland for a game with PAGE C—1 SCORES UNPOPULAR N OVER CANPOLS Makes Furious Finish to Gain Decision That Is Booed by Crowd. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, March 25.—Whether or not he ever climbs very high on the heavyweight champion- ship ladder, Johnny Risko still is the giant-killer of the prize ring Nevertheless, in the main event of 2 benefit card at Madison Square Garden last night the pudgy Cleveland baker poy needed some assistance from the charitable spirit of the occasion to take a close decision from his big Argentine rival, Victotio Campolo. Risko, in a somewhat riotous finish to the job he began less than a month ago under the mellow moon of Miami, was given an unpopular victory over Campolo after 10 bruising rounds. The Argentine, to a ¥ast majority of experts as well as spectators, appeared to have a substantial margin on points. But the chunky Cleveland clouter gained the official verdit on a 2-to-1 ballot. Referee Decides It. Referee Arthur Donovan decided the issue by voting for Risko. The two judges were split. Charles F. Mathison voting for Campolo and George Part- rick for Risko. A crowd of 11,000 booed the verdict. even though it appeared a matter poetic justice in behalf of Risko. At Miami Johnny got only a draw, after appearing to have piled up a big lead on points. Last night Campolo mani- fested improvement, took the l=ad at the outset. and ssemed tp have held a com- fortable margin in spite of repeated warnings from the refer-e for illegal backhand chobs or rabbit punches in the region of Risko's ear and neck. A ringside consensus showed Campolo credited with five rounds, Risko with three and two rated as even. Newspaper men were divided in opin- jon as to whether the Miami or the New York decision in the Risko-Cam- polo feud was the worst. but they agreed that both were bad. The Miami ver- dict also was handed down by a New York arbiter, Referee Kid MecPartland. Referee Donovan indicated he was strongly swayed in his decision by the tactics of Campolo. The zawky gaucho of the Argentine. despite his lumbering. flat-footed stanee, was much more ag- gressive than in Miami. but at close range he persisted n Eattering Risko behind the ear with hammerlike blows. Johnny did not appear to obj-ct, nor was he much harmed therehy. But Donovan became so eritieal of the South American’s methods, as the crowd booed. that he finally threatened to disqualify Victorio in the seventh round. There- after Campolo let his right hand hang limp and tame at his side as he met Risko's bull-like rushes. Risko Is Staggered. *In spite of his disagreement with the referee, Campolo seemed to have the situation pretty well in hand. Except for the fourth, seventh and ninth, the | Argentine either held his own or bat- | tered Johnny with vicious right-handed blows to the head. In the third and fifth Campolo staggered Risko with | powerful right-handers. | Johnny kept his feet, however, under | the heaviest of barrages, although in the very first round hne just missed ;bounclng on the floor from a right to the head. Risko was everlastingly game | and aggressive, despite the tremendous | advantages he gave away in height, reach.and weight—scaling 196 to Cam- | polo’s 22515, Risko's victory, for the time being at least, spoiled well laid plans to groom | Campolo for a battle of behemoths with | Primo Carnera. Johnny has done more | to i‘“!’-nsnet xm :‘lreafi much upset heavy- weight situation than any half dozen fighters combined. i L Candidates for the Ku Klux Klan base ball team are to report tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at Fellowship Hall, 1502 Fourteenth street. R. B. Haynie, 315 Douglas street, is president of the club. their “big brothers” tomorrow. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 25 (#). | —At this particular stage of the base ball training campaign Melvin Ott, boy wonder of the New York Giants, has no liking for slow balls. The slugging outfielder struck out twice and was safe once on a fielding error yesterday as canny old George Burns, one-time Giant outfielder, in- structed his San Antonio pitchers to Giants made only eight hits to San Antonio’s 10, but won, 3—1. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 25 (#).—The Braves still are in the market for a catcher and some added pitching strength. Manager Bill McKechnie talked busi- ness with his former employer, Branch Rickey, vice president of the Cardinals, to no effect yesterday. No announce- amnt was made after a long conversa- | jon. WALKER HOLDS TWO TITLES, SAYS KEARNS FLINT, Mich., March 25 (#).—As far as Jack Kearns is concerned, Mickey ‘Walker is light-heavyweight champion of the world as well as middleweight chxn(mplon. - earns, who is Walker’s my T, sald so last night while his profie‘l‘:‘:’ls Charlie Arthurs of Newark, N. J., here. Walker, Kearns asserted, is better than either Jimmy Slattery or Maxie Rosenblum. “I have as much right to claim the title for him as the National Boxlng Association has to ‘recognize Rosenblum and the New York commis- slon to call Slattery champion,” he said. Walker’s victory came in the fourth round of a scheduled 10-round bout here, Arthurs being unable to go on be- cause of a torn cartilage a fourth rib. . LEWIS TOSSES SARPOLIS, SEATTLE, Wash., March 25 (#).—Ed lfi‘llzm Le r world heat give Ott nothing but slow stuff. The |A. Larry Eidsness, former manager of the Aggies team of the Government League has been elected manager of the Burroughs A. C. nine, which will be an entry in the unlimited division of the Capital City League. The Bur- roughs squad will practice Sunday afternoon on the Burroughs Field. ‘The ball team which last season played under the name of the Triangle . C., this season will represent &:e Junior Order United American Me- chanics and will hold its first ctice Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock on the Maryland Park Field. Majestic diamonders have listed a game with the Capital A. C. for Sun- day at 3 o'clock on the West Ellipse. Manager H. B. Wyche is booking for ‘the Majestics at Atlantic 4046-J. Sam West/ Midget base ballers, who have the Sixteenth Street Reservoir diamond from 11 to 1 o'clock Sunday, are seeking games. Call Manager A. M. Raymond at Columbia 4259, Holmes Bakery tossers will drill this evening at 5 o'clock on Plaza field. Texaco Midgets will practice Sunday on Monument diamond No. 7. will meet tonight at 6:30 o'clock. Man- ager Robertson is booking for the Tex- aco team at North 9735. Northern A. C. base ballers will work tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock at Georgia avenue and Upshur street in preparation for Sunday’s game with the genlgcl;unnt team at Seat Pleasant at o'clock. GALLAGHER AND LAMAR ARE SLATED TO FIGHT BALTIMORE, March 25.—Marty Gal- lagher, wuhinn?n heavyweight boxer, victor over Al Friedman of Boston last night in Baltimore, will meet Henry Lamar, formerly of Wi 3 Dr. Sarpolis of chvdmmmhd time in d Australian

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