Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1930, Page 43

Sports News (g he Fpeni SUNDAY MORNING ny Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1930. Classified Ads PAGE D—1 Young Griff Boxmen Face Sox in Hub : King Base Ball Ascends His T hrone Today ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor BROWN TODAY.THEN HADLEY AND BURKE President Heads 23,000 Fans, Who See Marberry and Braxton Fail in Opener. BY JOHN B. KELLER. OSTON, April 15.—Little dis- mayed by the 4-to-3 defeat handed them by the Red Sox yesterday in Washing- ton before some 23,000 fans, in- cluding the President of the Unit- ed States, his cabinet and many Rew other dignitaries of the Federal Government, the Nationals still | Hevis are eager to tussle with Manager | smiin, p. Heinie Wagner's club, firmly be- lieving they can show themselves to be the better bunch. Three chances to topple the Red Sox are offered the Nationals here, and Man- | Ric ager Walter Johnson entered the town hopeful of getting good results from use of the younger pitchers of his staff. Following the left-handed Lloyd Brown's | g, ritt against the left-field stand kept a hit from Cronin at the start of the seventh inning, George Smith, Mac- Fayden'’s successor, also retired the first two Nationals up in the ninth. Then Sammy West, who three successtive times had been fanned by MacFayden when mates were on the runway, sur- prisingly crashed a double against the right-fleld fence. Sam Rice drew a The Goose tried valiantly, knocking some healthy fouls, Then he swung against one of Smith’s pitches and drove the ball to deep center. Oliver, however, reached high above his head for a sparkling catch and Wash- ington was licked in the first cham- pionship game of the year. I A Good Ending, Maybe l cococo~o~noooR swnnsansoull ol eunsuoncersel assessscscacl 5 e Myer, 2b. Cronin, Judge, Bluege, sppearance on the slab this afternoon in | M the Beantown season opener, the Hub horde will look over Irving Hadley and Bob Burke in order, according to Man- ager Johnson. Johnson considers Hadley a fine bet for the second tussle of the set here. | Boston The pilot has great faith in the chunky Lynn hurler, who has trained so faith- fully this Spring, and expects him to go & route tomorrow. In his last exhibition game Hadley was more impressive than the hits against him seem to indicate. True, he ylelded six safeties in five | 90 trames, but these safeties netted Roches- ter but one marker. It was noticeable that Bump generally had enough in re- serve to save himself when danger threatened. Burke, too, made a fine record during Spring training and looks as though he may give the Nationals this season the best pitching he ever has given them. He seems stronger and apparently has more with which to baffle batters. Burke has revealed plenty of speed and pitches th a determination and coolness that senerluy get a pitcher somewhere. johnson regards the youthful southpaw as ready to try for a berth as starter, and there is a great chance that Burke will make the grade. ‘Webb Good Pinch-Hitter. Now that Earl Webb soon will be with the Nationals, they may be some- what stronger in pinches offensively. When the club was training at Chat- tanooga, Wild Bill Rogers, manager of- the Lookouts, declared Webb would make a good pinch-hitter for m{l‘b league club, saying the left-han swinger was one of the few batters able to warm the bench most of the e, et keep his bnmnfueye in trim. For long the Nationals have needed a bat- ter of this type. If the man purchased yesterday from the Cincinnati club is even half as good as touted by Man- ager Rodgers, he would be a great help to the Washington club. N ‘The acquisition of Webb, announced Yeswerday, followed more than two weeks of dickering with the . W Dan Howley, who pilots the Cincinnati outfit, found Earl just so much sum talent, he did not want to let get out of the National League. Even after all the senior circuit clubs waived on the player Dan tried to peddle him. hile | 1y 5 e ed for MacFayde: ted for Braxton in th oo & Runs_batted in—Cronin, Todt (2), Mar- berry (2), Heving, Narlesky. Two-base hits— Todt, Judge, Marberry, Wi arberry, Scarritt (2), Doul pleye—Heving to Miller.’ Miller to’ Regan to e. Todt, Cronin bases—Boston, alls—Off Smit] n, n 6 off Smith, 1 in ;' off Marberry, 5 in 6% nings: off Braxton, 4 in 2 Hit by pitched ball—B; Ruel). Winning pitcher—Smith. pitcher—Braxton. Umpires—Messrs. Graflan, Connolly and McGowan. Time of same—3 hours and 3 minutes. SENIOR BALL TEAMS WILL PLAN TONIGHT Plans for the senior section Capital City Base Ball League race will be made at a meeting of clubs planning to enter the loop tonight at 8 o'clock in the office of the municipal playground department in the District Building. Eight teams applied for franchises in the junior section of the league at a meeting held in the playground office last night. Other nines will be ad- mitted until midnight, May 5, when franchise fees and player contracts must be posted. Y. M. C. A. Flashes, Arlington Juniors, Lionels, Evening Star Juniors, Mardelles, Bethesda A. C., Acme Print- ing Co. and Meridians are teams which ed franchises lasf night. ‘There will be a two-series schedule with ITEhy-ofl should different teams win. e $15 franchise and player contracts must be flled by each team with the league secretary, R. J. At- inson, in the Post sports department MANY CLUBS SHY OF FULL STRENGTH A’s, With Simmons a Hold- out, Handicapped for Start of Campaign. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, April 16.—With the regular season opening in the big leagues today, several teams will go to the barrler without their full strength. The only teams likely to start the season at full strength in the National League are Chicago, St. Louls, Cincinnati, Boston and Brooklyn. Several clubs in the American League will also be handi- capped by late beginners, including the | Athletics, who must start without Al Simmons, who has just been revealed as a hold-out. Pittsburgh will not be much amiss if Pie Traynor can play third base regu- larly. If he must wait awhile, the Pittsburgh team will be less capable in the infield, although the nine is smart enough to put up a good fight anyhow. Speed and good pitching should help Pittsburgh. ‘Whitney’s Loss Hits Phils. The Phillies are hit hard by the loss of Whitney. They have a good man to sub for him but the Philadelphia infleld, ble | with Whitney playing, gave promise of a masterful quartet. being The acquisition of Grimes by the | Boston Nationals may give confidence 4w |to that team because Burleigh 1s loked upon as a nine inning pitcher, in-|and Boston needed a pitcher of that type. Hornsby rested after training at Catalina because he was anxious to be sure about his heel and he ought to be ready, without wincing when he tries to put his foot on the ground. ‘Washington, Boston and New York start with their full strength in the American League, with the Senators about the same team that they had in 1929, and hoping to be better, ‘The Yankees are a rebuilt team that will depend upon persistent belaboring of the ball to help them get away well. Boston is somewhat better, but enough to the liking of the owners, who would like to put props under two positions. They cannot find the props. Indians Miss Fonseca. Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns and Detroit are ready with enough of their regular squads, but not Cleve- land. Without Fonseca, who is recov- ering, Cleveland misses batting strength. In Spring training Cleveland proved that it had pitchers who can be de- pended upon to hold close games and batters must win that kind of game for them. ‘The St. Louis Nationals will feel the loss of Orsatti, due to an accident, especially after they permitted Roett- ger to go to New York, but the Cardi- nals have outfleld men in reserve who play well in the Spring. With the fans thinking that the Ath- before May 5. e TEXAS LEAGUE. Wichita Falls, 3; Fort Worth, 2. Not until he realized there was abso- lutely no chance of holding him in the league did Howley give Washing- ton any consideration. While Roy Spencer, catcher, who signed at the club’s original terms yesterday after holding out for a higher salary for two months, looked in good physical trim when he visited Presi- dent Clark Griffith’'s office in Wash. ington, he will not go on the Nationals’ pay roll before next week at the earliest. Spencer may be in good enough condi- tion to play ball, but he must prove it to the satisfaction of Manager John- son before he gets a chance at the club’s bank roll. As Roy was left be- hind yesterday when the Nationals de- rted for Boston, he'll have no oppor- gu‘nny to show his manager just how good he is before Sunday. Best Start in Years. ‘With weather good on the occasion for the first time in several years, the teams un:ell“n&:ched l‘r'Avd the nune‘ in- teres! al ‘Way, lan- dom yesterday was treated to its best base ball start in seasons. There was e fly in the ointment, true, for the Nationals were unable to overcome their rivals. All in all, though, it was a big afternoon for all who were fortu- nate enough to be at hand. So keen ‘was the battling that President Hoover, who is suffering with a heavy cold an had announced he was not likely to re- main long at the pastiming after tossin a new base ball to Umpire-in-Chie! Roy Van Graflan to start proceedings formally, stuck to the finish of the eighth inning. Seemingly the President enjoyed thoroughly all he saw of the engage- ment, but probably got his greatest thrill of the afternoon when he made the ceremonial toss to the umpire. There was plenty on the presidential throw, too, for it proved too hot for Van Graflon to handle and the ball ‘went soaring into the ranks of the Red Sox aligned before the presidential X. At the outset of the game Fred Mar- berry, ace of the Washington mound corps last year, and Danny MacFay- den, bespectacled hurler, who for sev- eral seasons has been one of the Red Sox best, were slab rivals. For a time Marberry had much the better of the tussling as MacFayden was lifted by Manager Wagner after going six Innings in which he was tapped for nine safe- ties and three runs. It was Marberry who put the finishing touch to Mac- Fayden by looping a double to left that shoved over two mates in the sixth session. But this two-bagger seeming was Marberry’s undoing, too. It was notice- able he was fagged after running out hus hit and in the seventh session the Red Sox, who before had nicked him for only three hits and a marker, fell upon him for two singles, two and & with only one out before the len—hlrl;lged Garland Braxton was rushed to rTescue. Braxton, to the slab with the ‘bases full, the Hubmen from the going dnnnk:ptt.he remainder of the late ?vund, but in the eighth they ham- mered him for three singles and these all counted in the making of two tal- lies that spilled the beans for the Nationals. «The turning point of the game came when Ossie Bluege, after picking up Russell Scarritt’s bunt, elected to try for a forced out at second of Tom Oliver, who had opened the seventh in- ning for the Red Sox with With his throw to Cronin, Ossie los. K a whisker decision, so when Phil Todt sigled after Bill Regan fanned, Oliver crossed with a tying marker and Bill Narlesky came along with a one-baser over the decisive run. e Nationals outhit the Red Sox, 10 safeties to nine, the tenth being made in their last turn when they made & llas, 4; Shreveport, 2. Beaumont, 9;-San Antonio, 3. ‘Waco, 17; Houston, 6. letics will win the championship again, expecting Simmons to sign up, it is interesting to note that most of them believe the Yankees will be the princi- pal force against the pennant-holders. That is not as likely to be the est will also make a case. The Wi fight against the Athletics. strong Jenkins’ Red Sox Nine to Again Make Bid for ILL JENKINS' Washington Red B Sox team, which has cut a wide swath i unlimited base ball ranks hereabout the past few years is going strong again. Victorious over & team at Richmond, 19 to 5, Sunday, the Sox will travel to Bryantown, Md., next Sunday to engage the nine of that place. Monroe A. C. base ballers were to drill this evening at 5 o'clock and will practice again at the same time Thurs- day on their diamond in preparation for their game Sunday with the Vir- ginia White Sox. District Grocery Store nine, which meets Walter Reed Hospital tossers to- d | morrow on the latter’s diamond, was to drill this evening at 5 o'clock on Monu- ment diamond No. 1. Games with insect, midget and junior teams are wanted by nines representing the blez'ell Athletic St‘;‘bl lNlnel "lg nearby Virginia are particularly wan! as opponents. Charles Suter is booking at Clarendon 788-W-1 between 6 and 7 p.m. Colmar Manor Insects are hot on the trail of the Burroughs, St. Paul's and other nines in their class. Colmar Manor players include Manager Buck White, Capt. Van Pelt, Etter, Laymond, Redman, Ferguson, Jackson, Dove, Rob- inson, Hudgins and Vincent. Games for Sundays and holidays may be arranged through Etter at Hyattsville BIG LEAGUE PROGRAM By the Assoclated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. ‘Today's games, with probable pitch- ers and weather. ‘Washington at Boston, fair; Hadley vs. Morrison. New York at Philadelphia, unsettled; Pipgras vs. Grove. St. Louis at Detroit, fair and warm; Gray vs. Uhle. Cleveland at Chicago, cloudy, warm. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, cloudy; Meine vs. Lucas. Chicago at St. Louis, cloudy, warm; Blake vs. Johnson. Boston at New York, cloudy, cool: Seibold vs. Walker. Philadelphia at Brooklyn, cloudy, cool; d ve. Clark, o ; a ¢ = cocorccoorn L EARR Prr—s ] S ©ooococoeocco? easessccency Siessesseaill sesescescnsl T m— e d rate bid for victory. R T s - ®of wof' Sandlot Honors 1199. A contest for next Sunday to be | played at Colmar Manor is wanted. MacKay Juniors will gather tonight at 8 o'clock in room 1170 of the Na- tional Press Building and will drill Fri- day and Saturday mornings on the North Ellipse for games Sunday. Corinthian Juniors, who have a dia- mond, are after a game for Sunday. Call Columbia 4574-W. Hornet Peewees, 21-to-16 victors over Colonial are after more opposi- tion at Georgia 2012. Sunday games are wanted by Indian Head Cardinals. Len Groves is booking at Indian Head 101-K-3. St. Joseph's and Terminal “Y” nines have booked a game for Thursday at 5:15 o'clock on the Terminal diamond. Victory Post tossers will assemble to- night at 8 o'clock at 1336 D street northeast. A game for tomorrow is sought. Call Lincoln 3667-J after 6 p.m. Comet diamonders will meet tonight at 1434 North Carolina avenue north- east at 7:30 o'clock. May is listing games at Lincoln 3275. A meeting of the Moose Insects, who have signed a couple of new players, will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Buddy Shane. Roamer A. C. seniors will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 at 343 Tennes- see avenue northeast. Astecs have reorganized and will meet the Army Medical Center tossers in a practice game tomorrow afternoon. A game for Saturday is wanted by Asteca. They have a diamond. -Call Miihall at West 1284. ‘Washington Irving Peewees, 16-to-7 victors over Kennedys, are listing mgh Manager. Batten, 1305 Tenth Games are wanted by teams hereaboui, as 1;o]lluv‘:: oly Name (1 ts), Manager Mil- ford, Lincoln IGTI"I?‘. 4 5 Nelghborhood House Se - polltl‘f'lh 1573 SR Bauserman Motor Co. (unlimited), %l;nuer Deuterman, Clarendon 1280- Southern Preps, Manager Buckley, Lincoln 2868, between. 4 and 6 p.m. e Central Council, Junior Order, No. 64 (unlimited), Metropolitan 7042. Potomac (insects), Cleveland 3063. Wiy A. C. (unlimited), Cleveland golckville A A (unlimited). urday anc un H veland 3051-M after 7pm. . = g BRUINS AND VANCOUVER EVEN IN HOCKEY SERIES VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 15 (A)—The Boston Bruins, National Hockey League champlons, and the Vancouver Lions, Coast League titleholders, today each held a victory in a post-season exhibition series. The %r:'.mm will be played Thursday Wright, as Sparkplug, May Put Brooklyn in Old League Race BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, April 15 (#).—On the shoulders of 'shy, capable, likeable Glenn Wright rest the hopes of all Brooklyn today for a base ball miracle. ‘Those powerful Dodgers, not particu- larly smart or resourceful, but big, rangy clouters, feel that all they ever have needed to wrest the National League title was a smart fleld leader who could set them a hitting and flelding pace and keep it through the long grind of the 154-game season. Jolly Wilbert Robinson, the round robin of the dugouts, could master mind with any one from the manager's seat, but, unfortunately for the Dodgers, he had to leave them alone on the playing fleld. ‘Then along came Wright, the smiling, soft-spoken Missourian, from the Pirates, a ‘great shortstop, and Brook- lyn at last had its fleld leader. But along with him came disaster the form of a dead throwing arm. Brook- lost its enthusiasm and went nowhere. Now Wright 1s back with a horseshoe scar on his shoulder and a thin red line down one thigh, where surgeons borrowed muscle fiber to tie the bones of his shoulder together. The captain is throwing as well as he ever did, flelding beautifully and hitting at a fashionable clip even for Brooklyn, happy hunting ground of clouters. -FE, result is inspiration for a nnauol belting fools, leadership for a team t has slowly rounded up fine pitching strength to go with it, and grave dan- ger of humiliation for the rest of the league and kept the Dodgers in sixth- place subjection last season. The team that at times resembled a wagon load Big League BASE BALL Guy Bush’s Fast Ball BY AL DEMAREE, Guy Bush delivers his fast ball with an overhand delivery, the ball shooting down from the highest point of his swing. Always remember that in develop- ing_a fast ball comparable to that of Bush it should be delivered with the easiest swing possible in order to get all the body and the added “follow through” into it. Be sure when the ball leaves the Yoo Dhpars 3 deciiea sap o ou & dec sna| t!hnr. starts the ball rouung back- ward toward the fingers slightly as it approaches the batter, until 8 few feet from him, where it straightens out, due to back- rd and upward spin, and shoots ight to the catcher parallel to the ground, instead of continuing a downward course, Save this Big League Base Ball series, another will appear tomorrow. In a free illustrated leaflet on “Pitching,” Al Demaree reveals how big league pitchers pitch. He will send this leaflet to any reader send- ing him a stam ddressed en- velope. Address Al Demaree in care of The Star. (Copyright. 1930.) L] L] a TER of dynamite running away down hill now has a clever, thinking ball player in the driver’s seat. From lanky, lo&u:clwl Babe Herman, the 400 hitter; Dazzy Vance, the fire- ball hurler; Del Bissonette, the mauling Frencl , and Harvey Hendrick, soft- s Bl s, o it e players wl rookie, the Dodgers are “for” Wright and keen to the bilities his game come-back offers 3 After their last exhibition game, the team gathered around Wright in the dressing room. “We're not hitting as we should,” Wright told them as he draped a towel about his nakedness. “Maybe we're sav- ing it. We’ve got plenty of .300 hitting in our line-up and we're bound to go.” Babe Herman, blonde, tall and equally naked, perched at Wright's feet and gueg upon him as though he were an oracle. figure we're one, two three” he said. “I'll hit. We'll all hit. We got pltchers, t0o.” ‘Wright in his leisure moments in the South has worked out a chart that is the amazemennt of the entire club. It shows that the team is 20 per cent bet- ter defensively and twice as strong the box with pitchers such as Vance, Jumbo Jim Elliott, Bill Clark, Ray Moss, Adolfo Luque, Jughandle Johnny Mor- rison and the rookie, Babe Phelps, in fine form. “We can win the pennant with 90 games,” he told his mates. “Every time we win one we would have lost last year that counts double for us. We're bound to finish one-two.” And the best part of it all—for Brook- lyn—is that the club believes him ab- solutely. KANSAS CITY CLUB PICKED TO REPEAT BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Assoclated Press Sports Editor. HICAGO, April 15.—The full- sized opening of major league base ball seasons today was business of secondary impor- tance to eight Middle Western cities whose entrants face the campaign for the twenty-ninth anual championship of the American Association and a spot in the “little world series.” 1929 pennant and conqueror of Roches- ter of the International League in the minor league championship series, was scheduled to open up at Indianapolis, picked by experts to finish second season. Edward (Dutch) Zwilling, pi- lot of the Blues, entered ‘he battle with a club little damaged by losses and apparently strengthened in reserve power. Indianapolis headed into the cam- paign under a new manager, Johnny (Red) Corriden, successor to Albert (Bruno) Betzel. The Indians, improved last year, deals which sent seven stars up for major league trials, was at Columbus for the inaugural day. The Saints, like Indianapoiis, will work under new management, Eugene Hargrave having been replaced by Lefty Leifield. Columbus is stronger than last sea- son, but is without several stars of last season. r Nemo Leibold again has plenty of hitting power, but is hopeful of picking up another infielder and a couple of capable pitchers. at Louisville, season as Ginger Shinault, a who worked for Columbus last season, patched up one big weak spot, but only uime will tell how the pitching will be. Rosy Ryan was to start against the Colonels. Manager Al Sothoron has shifted things about at Loulsville and starts & team which appears considerably faster, but still shy of batting strength. At Minneapolis Mike Kelley has made sharp revision in his battle front, hav- speedy much higher '.hl.glflu bottom of the list, where it finished last seasom. Ruth Sets 50 Homers As Minimum for Year NEW YORK, April 15 (#)—If Babe Ruth hits less than 50 home runs this season he will be tempted not to count them. Just before he left for Philadel- phia for the opening game against the Athletics, the Yankee slugger said his minimum goal was an even 50 round-trip clouts. “Maybe more if they pitch to me,” he added. timely SPECIAL! Shamrock TWEED Many Good Looking Patterns to Choose From SUITS ask about our BUDGET Many Well-Dressed Men Are Using Our System to Buy Good Stylish Clothes 1joh Ghop The Kansas City Blues, winner of the | Jah 250,000 MAY SEE START IN 8 CITIES White Sox, Robins and Phils Rated Dark Horses as Major Leagues Open. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. LD KING BASE BALL, whose adventurous career offers one of the best il- lustrations of the difficul- ty of keeping a good man down, returned to the sport throne to- day to rule for the next six months. His reign may be threatened, now and then, by the rival rulers of golfdom and other sports, but he still will be holding the reins as October makes its bow and in | Pigskins begin to fly through the air to herald the approach of his successor, his majesty College Foot Ball. Representing the nobles of the base ball realm, the 16 clubs of the major leagues all faced the opening of the with hope and a few with confidence. So far as two clubs in the American League are concerned, the official open- ing already is a thing of the })..ll. ‘The Boston Red Sox, slated for last place in the advance dope, gained the honor of leading the league for at least one day by beating Washington, 4 to 3, at the National Capital yesterday as Presi- dent Hoover, Government officials and 23,000 fans looked on. A’s and Cubs Favored. ‘The Red Sox’s triumph, however, was not enough to make the experts alter thelr forecasts that the Philadelphia Athletics again would win the American League_title and battle the Chicago Cubs, National League champions, in the world series next Fall. Granted fair weather, a total of a quarter of a million spectators planned to see the eight games on today's schedule. In the American League the New York Yankees were to open against the Athletics at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Detroit, Cleveland at Chicago and ington at Boston. In the National League_the Cubs were to play at St. Louis, Boston at New York, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at Brooklyn. In the American League the Athletics e to find their greatest opposition in the Yankees, with Cleveland and De- troit also to be feared. The Yankees still have Babe Ruth, at $80,000 a year, but must experiment with two rookies, Chapman at third base and Cooke in left fleld where Bob Meusel used to roam. In the National League the fight seems to lie among the Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants. Pirates, however, rimes are have a big question ‘Three “dark horses” add the spice of uncertainty to the major league races. In the American, the Chicago White Sox, under Donie Bush's leadership, have shown great strength this Spring and may make it uncomfortable for clubs rated above them. In the tional, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Phils delphia Nationals have rounded up so By DENMAN NE thing conclusively dem- onstrated by the big league base ball inaugural yesterday is that there is no lack of interest here in the na- tional pastime. Favored by salubrious weather nearly 25000 customers, repre- senting every strata of society, thronged Clark Griffith Stadium to see the curtain lifted and they were treated to a good show, al- though tHe great majority natur- ally were somewhat disappointed that Dame Fortune should see fit to frown on the Nationals, while smiling at the Red Sox. From the time President Hoover set such a bad example for the athletes by uncorking his second wild pitch in as many years un- til the final put-out the contest was jammed full of interest and there were points at which thrills of a world series brand were pro- duced. Although Boston’s new mana- ger, Charles (Heinie) Wagner, put on the field practically the same team that wound up at the bot- tom of the list last season, the man who performed so brilliantly at shortstop for the Hose back in the days when they were winning pennants and world champion- ships demonstrated he has in- jected plenty of fight into his hirelings and they are likely to prove a thorn in the side of more than one aspiring rival this sea- son. Nats Strong Defensively. So far as the Nationals are con- cerned the pre-season dope that they would be effective at the business of holding the other fellows to few runs was fully borne out, if the opener can be taken as a criterion, but so, also, was the fear they would prove deficient on the attacking side. One of the three bingles they grouped in the initial frame to register their first tally, that by Cronin, was a scratchy affair, and so was the two-ply blow by Mar- berry that produced their other brace of tallies in the sixth. On three other occasions the stage was set for them to go into the business of manufacturing runs, but when these opportun- ities were offered the local per- formers were not equal to the task of evolving timely bingles at the expense of MacFayden and Smith, who collaborated in the box for the visitors. Two of the hardest hit balls of The | the battle proved to be just so much effort wasted. One was the clout by Cronin when he led off in the eighth. strength that they may be able to blast themselves into the first division. Brooklyn, in addition. will have Glenn Wright as an infield spark plug and an effective pitching staff headed by Dazzy Vance and Bill Clark. Eight clubs will have new managers much blflln{ and all of them have made changes of one sort or another since the close of the 1929 campaign. THOMPSON tined to land in the stands in deep left field for a homer that would have tied the score, but was corraled by the guardian of that sector backing squarely up against the barrier. ‘The other Herculean wallop was produced by “Pig Punch” Goslin in the ninth when, with West on second, following a double he col- lected after three straight strike- outs, and Rice on first by virtue of a pass, an extra-base blow would have meant triumph for the Griffmen. Goose Does His Part. It was due to no failure of Gos- lin’s eyes and muscles to co- ordinate that a home-town vic- tory didn’'t eventuate then and there, for, after fouling the ball several times he met it squarely and sent it soaring on a line to center, where Oliver, although playing a deep field, barely con- trived to reach it and then was nearly upset by the force of the impact. Until each of the hurlers desig- nated as starters has had chance to display his wares under testing conditions the real condi- tion of the Washington pitching staff will not be known, but judged by what was shown yes- terday the “ace” of the staff has not attained the physical shape essential to hurling winning ball. As early as the sixth inning Marberry displayed signs of weak- ening, and when his control be- gan to falter in the seventh it was a_question of how long he could last. His arm apparently was in fine fettle for a short stretch of duty, but it was patent he lacked the stamina to go the route at full speed. His pitching mates may dem- onstrate in the games to follow at Boston and Philadelphia this week that they are better condi- tloned for the issue, but unless they do the Nationals are in for some frequent early season trim- ming, as they do not possess the power in attack to offset any weakness in defense, of which pitching is by long odds the most important factor. MOVIE FILMS OF SPORT EVENTS WILL BE SHOWN Under the auspices of the “C” Club of Central High School, a program of o e , y rantland Fice Bportlight, Tnes Wl be chown ta It appeared des- | rious gTou] tend. A special invitation is extended junjor high school students. There will be no admission charge. A. A. U. TO HOLD MEETING. A regulsr meeting of managers of the District A. A. U. As- sociation will be held next Monday night, at 8 o'clock, at wish - munity Center. 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