Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1930, Page 45

-~ @he Foening Star. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1930. Features and Classified PAGE D-—1 Griffs Now Better Trained Than in Years : Three Tilts Open Maryland U. Season PLAYERS ON VIEW HERE WEEK HENCE Team Plays at Birmingham Today on Start of Home- ward Tour. BY JOHN B. KELLER. IRMINGHAM, Ala,, April 4— A week from tomorrow the 1930 edition of the Na- tionals will be seen in Washington for the first time this year, weather permitting. On Saturday, April 12, Walter John- son’s charges are scheduled to tackle the Baltimore Orioles of the International League in an exhibition game in Griffith Sta- dium, and in all likelihood Capi- tal fans will see in uniform 26 of the 31 players whose names were on the roster of the Washington Base Ball Club when training started at Biloxi, Miss, late in February. There has been so little pruning of the Washington squad thus far that it now includes 10 pitchers, only one of them a stranger to followers of the e in the Capital, four catchers, six ifielders and six outfielders. , . Those let go entirely were a pitcher, & catcher and an infielder, all rookies with no professional experience. Paul Daugert, Nelson Jester and Bill Bradley ‘were released as the Biloxi camp was broken. Herbert Pyle, pitcher drafted from Chattanooga, will not see Washington for some time, if ever, because he is being left at Chattanooga to nurse a case of neuritis, and eventually may be returned to the Lookouts. Roy Spencer, catcher, never put in an appearance and has about dropped out of the squad except as possible trading material. So the Washington fans will see virtu- ally the entire lot of players that Man- ager Johnson has had under his com- mand this Spring. They will see few new players, but the few will be pretty good. Carlos Moore, pitcher purchased from Birmingham; Gordon Phelps, catcher drawn from the Prince Georges County, Md., lots; Jim McLeod, infield- er bought from Little Rock, and George Loepp, & purchase from Baltimore and with considerable professional experi- ence, and Jake Powell, Silver Spring, Md., sandlotter, outfielders, wills how their wares as Nationals on their home lot for the first time. ‘Well Conditioned Crew. Barring aceident or epidemic during the few days remaining before the club reaches home, the Washington fans will see a well conditioned crew of veterans and rookies. This has been the club's best training season in years, despite rain and fog at Biloxi where the Na- tionals spent the first three weeks of the conditioning campaign, and the snow, cold and rain that hampered work at Chattanooga a few days. The squad trained faithfully, the players already are well-hardened and capable of withstanding the strain of daily play. Probably the squad of Na- tionals this year will come out of the South in better condition than any Washington squad brought out of Florida in the past four years. ‘There has been a remarkable scarcity of illness in the squad in training this Spring. Not a complaint was heard at Biloxi and at Chattanooga, but three of the squad suffered from colds. Man- r Johnson was first to have such an ailment and he was followed by Joe Judge, veteran first sacker, and Benny ‘Tate, stocky little catcher. Johnson and Judge soon rid themselves of the eolds and Tate should be in good trim again within & day or two. ‘The catchers, inflelders and outfield- ers—with the exception of Goose Goslin in the last-mentioned group—are ready for regular service now. Although they have not been in many exhibition en- gagements they have done a deal. of drilling and have their legs and arms strengthened sufficiently to withstand the grind of steady play. Goslin, of course, having reported late will not be quite fit for duty before another week, at least, but the Goose came to camp in good shape and soon will round into form. The pitchers are particularly well advanced in training, considering the entire corps. Four or five of them are prepared go a full route on the slab now and with another week of condi- tioning the others ought to be fully as strong. Although pitchers always get most of the attention in major league training camps, Washington’s staff this Spring has had more attention than usual. One of the greatest pitchers that ever graced the game, Manager Johnson, knows a deal of pregurlng for & base ball campaign and has given much of his knowledge to the hurlers under his direction. ~When the club gen shape physically and their ould be right, too. told, the Nationals have had a splendid training season thus far. They have in six weeks missed but one day of training—that day at Chattanooga, when a heavy rain kept them to their hotel. And that's more than any other major laegue club in training in the South can say. While many of the sitting around waiting for the clouds to roll by in Florida, Louisi- ana and Texas, the Nationals were go- ing through their paces. d this steady work has brought results. Mates See Goslin Play. After going through their final drill for their 10 exhibition games in as before the champlonship season starts, the Nationals yesterday visited Engel Stadium to watch the Chattanooga team defeat the Baltimore whh‘# by ed ’right e “Lookouts, break into his first tilt Soose had nothing to do_afield ter he be in arms All g5 i E E 2§92 i E' g 3 b ks 3 i il BIEBER, D. C. BIKE RIDER, TO STRIVE FOR RECORD An attempt to break the Wi Baltimore Exhibition Base Ball By the Associated Press. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. At Wichita Falls, Tex.—Wichita Falls (T. L), 9; New York (A), 6. wA con, Ga.—Brooklyn (N.), 7; Bos- n (N.), 4. At Birmingham, Ala.—Birmingham (8. A), 3; Cincinnati (N)), 1. At Houston, Tex.—Pittsburgh (N.), 8; Houston (T. L), 7. At Charlotte, N. C.—Philadelphia (A), 4; Charlotte (S. Atl), 2. At Fort Worth, Tex.—Chicago (A.), 10; Fort Worth (T. L.), 4. At Louisville, Ky.—Louisville (A. A), 15; Boston (A.), 10. At Memphis, Tenn.—St. Louls (A), 1; Memphis (S. A), 0. At Atlants, Ga.—Atlanta (S. A), 8; Detroit (A.), 4. At New Orleans—Cleveland (A), 6; New Orleans (8. A.), 4. At Los Angeles—Chicago (N.), 5; Los Angeles (P. C. L), 4. TODAY’S SCHEDULES. At Fort Worth, Tex—New York (A.) vs. Fort Worth (T. L.). At Macon, Ga—Brooklyn (N.) vs. Boston (N.). At Los Angeles—Chicago (N.) vs. Los Angeles (P. C. L.). At Birmingham, Ala.—Washingtcn (A) vs. Birmingham (8. A). ‘At Richmond, Va—Philadelphia (A.) vs. Reading (I. L.). At Little Rock, Ark.—Chicago (A.) vs. Little Rock (8. A). At Louisville, Ky.—Boston (A) vs. Louisville (A. A). At Atlanta, Ga.—Detroit (A.) vs. At- lanta (S. A). At Kansas City—St. Louls (A) vs. Kansas City (A. A). At Houston—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Hous- ton (T. L.). At Bradenton, Fla.—St. Louis (N.) vs. Rochester (I. L.). ROOKIE PHIL HURLER HAS TEAM GUESSING PHILADELPHIA, April 4 (#).—Man- ager Burt Shotton of the Phillies would like to know the whereabouts of Chester Nichols, right-handed pitcher drafted from Montreal. “He was offered a splendid contract and I want him,” Shotton said today, “but I guess he does mot want us. I don't know where he is.” ‘The Phillies nrrle back from their Southern training trip. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 4 (#).—Man- ager John McGraw of the New York Giants refuses to say who will pitch the opening game of the season, but the boys are guessing that Bill Walker, southpaw, will get the assignment. He is bigger and stronger than he was last year and has plenty of confidence. LOS ANGELES, April 4 (#)—Real concern over the condition of Rogers Hornsby's alling heel was felt in the Chicago Cub camp today as the club faced its final engagement with the Los Angeles Angels. The Rajah drop- ped out of the line-up yesterday under doctor'’s orders and it was feared he might be forced to have another operation. HOUSTON, Tex., April 4 () —Gus Suhr's two home runs in yesterday's exhibition game here was the chief topic of conversation among the Pitts- burgh Pirates today. His hitting has been one of the features of the Bucs’ Spring tour. WELSH WILL DIRECT MONTGOMERY LEAGUE Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, April 4.—The election of officers and the beginning of preparations to have Rockville prop- erly represented on the base ball dia- mond this season marked the annual meeting here of the Rockville Athletic Assoclatic lon. F. Barnard Welsh of the Rockville bar was re-elected president, and the other officers chosen, most of them also re-elected, were: Vice president, Leon- ard L. Nicholson; secretary, Roger Shaw; treasurer, John E. Willson: ex- ecutive committee, F. Barnard Welsh, Roger Shaw, Leonard L. Nicholson, Dr. George L. Edmonds, F. Bache Abert, Joseph N. Starkey, A. B. Bernstein, J. Paul Brunett and Eugene B. Gringell. J. Paul Brunett, chairman; Dr. Bar- rett P. Willson, Eugene B. Gingell and Geot Boice, named by the executive board, were placed in charge of the association’s bese ball activities of the year, and they at once got down to business by naming Robert M. Cole manager of the team, which will repre- sent Rockville in the Montgomery County Base Ball League, now in pro- cess of formation. President Welsh reported that 15 business establishments of Rockville had donated as many base ball uni- forms, and also stated that the grand- stand has been re-located and other changes made in the base ball fleld to meet objections of nearby property owners and improve playing conditions generally. Donations of cash by the Montgom- ery County National Bank of Rock- ville, the Farmers’ Banking ‘Trusf Co. of Rockville and A. B. were reported, but the urgent need of more funds was stressed and it was de- cided to at once inaugurate a member- ship drive as one means of providing the money necessary to get base ball off to a good start in the county seat. The campaign for new members will be in charge of a committee consisting of J. Paul Brunett, Roger Shaw and Joseph N. Starkey, named by President Welsh. The members of the commmit- tee signified its purpose to begin work promptly, and expressed confidence that a large enrollment and more than usual interest would result. LOTT, DOEG EXTENDED. =- TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN’S, 7th & F "BOWIE RACES April 1st to April 12th Special trains on W. B. A. Sl leave White House Station 112:30, 12:55, lxt 35 p.m. Direct to G -~ T Basap S8 XM COLONIAL A. C. OPENS CAMPAIGN ON SUNDAY nial A. C. has scheduled the Miller Furniture Co. of Washington for the opening game of its season Sunday afternoon at Guckert’s o’clock. “Curley” Dolph against the invaders. o'clock tomorrow afternoon. E!Ie:;ed president of the Potomac Rifle lub. R. Johnson secretary and Max 8. Snow executive officer. in shape its range at Beverley Hills, lot base ball player, who performs on the mound and in the outfleld, has been signed to play with the Bauserman j, Motor Co. of Arlington. ball campaign at home today, when it entertains the Hyattsville High. Vi i i FRED HETZEL~ Ourti relder ALBERT HEAGY~ frst Defense Bob QUINN-Sprirter Park ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 4—Colo- fleld at 3 Manager Bill Hammond will pitch A practice has been called for 2 Aubrey Wilkerson has been re- Ernest D. Pile is treasurer, John The club appropriated funds to place Bennie Wormsley, Washington sand- Ball Alexandria High will open its base St. Mary’s Celtics were to resume team. team. and the Taylor twins, veterans, are lead- ing in the race. Indian Head Cardinals of Indian Head, Md., will play the Del Ray at Edward Duncan fleld April 13. ‘Three games were to be played in the Fairfax County High School A. A. Base League today. ackson, Clifton at Falls Church and Franklin-Sherman at Herndon. PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. Montreal Canadiens, 4; Bruins, 3. their drills for the exhibition game with Cleveland, the Reading Keys Sunday at Baggett's today. Ellett Cabell, a local youth, is play- | ing in the outfield and batting “clean- up” for the Emerson Institute nine in ‘Washington. * Episcopal High School's nine opens its season against St. Albans in Wash- ington today. Plans are now being made by Albert Hurshman to stage a banquet in honor of the St. Mary's Celtics basket ball | Fls The feast will be held at| m: ! Hurshy's Salon, 400 King street, within the next few days. Haysnuth, Swift and Elliott, new- comers, places on the Episcopal High tennis are making strong bids for Capt. Morgan, Jimmy Shuford A. C. Floris was at Lee- Boston Buffalo, 0. Our Popular 9th Anniversary Drive in and get your car equipped with our sturdy, fresh, new, first quality Michelin Tires. “NO MONEY DOWN”—pay later to suit your income. QUR 1930 PRICES CUT 259, to 309 Our 1930 program calls for the GREATEST TIRE VAL- UES in our history. 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NEW YORK, April 4 (#)—“Sunny Jim” Pitzsimmons, trainer for Willlam Woodward's Belair stud, showed his Kentucky Derby hand, when he sent Gallant Fox and FI; Gal over the six furlong course Aqueduct in the fast time of 1.16. Track, Base Ball, Lacrosse Aggregations Will See Action Tomorrow. BY H. C. BYRD. only collegiate competi- tion on local fields tomor- row will be that in which three University of Mary- land*teams—base ball, track and lacrosse—open their schedules at College Park. The nine meets Cornell at 2 o’'clock, the track squad has Washington and Lee as its opponent at the same hour, while the lacrosse twe've faces Randolph-Macon at 4. Maryland has seen enough of its squads, although none has bien in competition, to know that it sho.ld be considerably stronger in both base ball and track than it was last year and hopeful that its lacrosse squad may measure up to the high standard of the last two seasons. It is in base ball, though, that the Old Liners ought to show greater superiority over their 1929 performances than in any other sport. The material for the team js so much better than a year ago that there is hardly any comparison, while the pitching staff, the real heart of a college nine, also seems much more capable. Hauver, Milburn and Phipps are likely to carry the bulk of the pitching burden and all are good men. Hauver was the star of the Freshman nine last season. It is likely that Rosen will do the catching, with Gaylor at third, Chalmers at short, Berger at second, Radice at first and Cronin, Hetzel, and either Sterling, Tansil or May in the outfield. In meeting Washington and Lee, despite the improvement in the local squad, Maryland probably should be considered as having the short end of any prediction as to the outcome. Washington and Lee also has & much better squad than last year and then it whipped the Marylanders easily. Coach Eppley thinks that his team has an outside chance to win what is the first track meet of the year in this section as well as the opening of his own schedule. The lacrosse team, facing the sea- son with the loss of half of last year's 12, expects to beat Randolph-Macon. The team has been coming along much better than expected, though, in some positions not as much strength has been developed as had been hoped for. Of course, Maryland knows nothing of the strength of Randolph-Macon and it may be that more of a battle than is anticipated may be in store. Anyway, the e competitions to- morrow will give Maryland people a chance to look at their Spring teams in action, and should give them some- thing of & line on what to expect during the months of April and May, Two base ball games are scheduled for local nines today, Cornell being at Georgetown and Vermont at Catholic University. The Ithacans had some success in their games in North Caro- lina, but probably will be against at Georgetown a stronger nine than they have yet faced. Vermont will have to play much better ball than it has yet indicated it is capable of if it expects to beat Catholic University. Both games begin at 3:30 p.m. the George- town-Cornell game at Weshington Bar- racks’ diamond and Catholic University- Vermont at Brookland. What was to have been Gallaudet’s opening game yesterday with the Uni- versity of Vermont was prevented by rain. The Kendall Greeners open to- morrow with the Maryland State Nor- mal School at Towson, Md. The Oxford-Cambridge lacrosse team, playing Washington College yesterday at Chestertown, won by 18 to 0. The Eastern Shore school apparently was so weak that it failed to accomplish much of anything against the invading twelve. The Englishmen are due to take a whipping tomorrow at the Naval Academy, but in turn will probably de- !eualz Virginia on Monday at Charlottes- ville, *Oned;;‘l the It.:ndo g on th&”s‘pnng probabl; do much of anything land has been lot of pitching will not be able to long that line. Batson, who made quite a reputation last year and year before that on local amateur diamonds during the Summer months, hurt his arm in a game late last season and so far this Spring has not been able to get in shape. Right now 1t seems that his whip is ailing so much that he will be lucky if he does anything more than some relief work, and possibly he may-not be able to do that much, Gavin Haddin ef New York, probably the best stadium and fleld house archi- tect in the country, spent yesterday at College Park going over plans for the development of these athletic features at Maryland. In planning for the enlargement of its stadium and the building of a fleld house, the Mary- landers want structures that will harmonize with the general campus buildings. e CANADIENS REGAIN PRIZED HOCKEY CUP By the Assoclated Press. MONTREAL, April 4—The Stanley Cup, for 37 years Canada’s most coveted sports trophy and the present emblem of the world hockey supremacy, has come back to the Dominion after two years in the United States, through the amazing efforts of Les Canadiens of Montreal. The flying Frenchmen re- captured the trophy by defeating the Boston Bruins in two successive games of the play-off series between the sur- vivors of the National Hockey League competition. The Bruins were heavy favorites. The Canadiens won the first game, 3 to 0, and took last night's dual, 4 to 3. In the first place play-off of 1929, the | Bruins won three successive victories over the Canadiens and in the regular league season this year the Bruins bes the Canadiens four times. The C: nadiens went through two overtim battles of record duration in defeating Chicago and the New York Rangers to reach the last round of the play-offs. ‘The victory gave the Canadiens pos- session of the Stanley Cup for the fourth time since it was first awarded by Lord Stanley of Preston in 1893. Previous triumphs were in 1916, 1919 and 1924, BEATING GRIFFITHS GETS GAGNON JACK | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 4.—Sailor Jack Gagnon, French-Canadian heavyweight from Boston, stands to make himself around $25.000 for meeting Jerry (Tuffy) Grifiths of Sioux City, Towa, and Chicago in the Chicago Stadium April 30, all because Chicago fight fans refuse to believe his technical knockout of Tuffy at Philadelphia last Monday wasn’t an accident. Gagnon was not a high-priced at- traction before his victory over Grif- fifths, but when Matchmaker Nate Lewis of the stadium tried to sign him up for & return match with Griffiths the Boston puncher demanded a guar- antee of $20,000. The stadium has changed its policy and no longer gives guarantees, but the bout stacks up as a great natural for Chicago and Lewis offered Gagnon 20 per cent of the gate, which in case of a sellout at $4.99 tops would amount to about $20,000." Gagnon, or whoever handles his busi- ness. apparently was not so certain of a sellout, and Lewis finally was author- ized by the stadium directors to make it 30 per cent. RUTH’S 500-FOOT HOMER AND ONE OTHER WASTED WICHITA FALLS, Tex., April 4 (). —The New York Yankees came to Wichita Falls, saw and were conquered, but the real winner was Babe Ruth. ‘While the Yanks were losing to the local entry in the Texas League yes- terday, Ruth clouted two home runs, the second of which was one of the longest drives of his career. The center-field fence here is 405 feet from home plate. Ruth’s second drive cleared this barrier with plenty to spare and landed nearly 500 feet from the batter's box. More than 8,000 fans turned out to watch the Babe and his mates. —_— COLLEGE BASE BALL. Georgia Tech, 2; Florida, 1. vnnderbll':cb Michlnn‘flhw, 4. Indiana, 6; Mississippl, 4. - *3.45 never bought a finer glove! CONNALLY DROPPED AS WHITE SOX TREK Violation of Training Rule Loses Him Job—Foxx of A’s Starts Hitting. By the Assoclated Press. ORT WORTH, Tex., April 4.— The Chicago White Sox, minus Barge Connally, who was drop- ped for lack of adherence to | training regulations, today started on | the homeward trail, ‘The Sox finished their stay in Texas with a 10-to-4 victory over Fort Worth yesterday. Today they faced the open= ing contest of a three-game series with Little Rock. RICHMOND, Va., April 4 (#).— Jimmy Foxx, Athletics' first baseman, finally has found his batting eye. He was in a slump during most of ihe Southern training season, but as the team neared home yesterday he clouted a home run and a double, batting in ;!&( the Athletics 4 runs against Char- lotte. KANSAS CITY, April 4 (#).—The St. | Louis Browns, here for a three-day series which is expected to make or | break many of the rookies, have picked up another infielder. Joe Hassler, the | tall, slender lad from Baltimore, joined the squad at Memphis yesterday in time for a workout. ATLANTA, Ga., April 4 (#).—The Detroit Tigers had a chance today to redeem themselves after being defeated here yesterday by the Atlanta South- ern Association club, 5 to 4. The Tigers are here for a three-day stand. NEW ORLEANS, April 4 (#).—The Cleveland Indians’ squad in training here showed more cuts of the pruning knife today. Business Manager Walter McNicholas announced that two recruits, Roxy Lawson, right-handed pitcher, and Jerry Harris, college catcher, who has been one ot the sensations of the train- ing season, will join the Terre Haute club of the Three-I League. This cut brings the squad within only seven above the limit. 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