Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1930, Page 31

Sports News EARL 70 GET TEST he #p ening Star. 'WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION I Features ‘ FORJBINCENTER | Brown Hurls 3-Hit Game and Cronin Socks Homer as Griffs Rout Red Sox. BY JOHN B. KELLER. OSTON, April 16.—When Joe Engel was promoted from Washington scout to the presidency of the Lookouts and went to Chattanooga, Walter Johnson felt sad. There was none left around the club with which the manager might discuss fox- hounds. But Walter is happy once more and Earl Webb, out- fielder, just procured from Cin- cinnati by the Washington club, is responsible. It seems that Earl—it's really W.| Earl, but he will not tell what the in- | itial stands for—had no sooner landed | at Fenway Park shortly before the Na- | tionals hung a 6-to-1 shiner on the Red Sox in the season opener here and thereby got sweet revenge for their beating in. the home start that he let | it be known his favorite occupation be- | tween base ball seasons is rambling | across the Tennessee Mountains with | his pack of foxhounds. That got to Johnson quickly and was the start of -‘ beautiful friendship. | Webb has had opportunities to see | foxhounds in many sections of the coun- try, for he has roamed some in his pro- fessional carcer. He started in 1921 with Memphis, was shipped to Clarks- dale in the Mississippi State League, went back to Memphis and was sold | to the Giants. In 1923 John McGraw | sent Webb to Pittsfield in the Eastern League and two vears later he landed with Toledo. In 1926 he was with Lou- sville, the next two years with the Cubs and last season he was with Los Angeles. The Reds drafted him from the Angels last Fall | Started Out as a Pitcher. | Webb started his base ball among the | coal flelds of Tennessee. He was born in Bon Air, about a hundred miles from Chattanooga, on September 17,| 1899, and now makes his home at Pleas- ant Hill, a town near his birthplace. He started as a pitcher and went up to pro ranks as such, but says when he was with Pittsfield, in 1924, he decided he was entirely too wild to make any headway as a slabman and turned to outfielding, which decision, it seems, | proved a wise one. | The newcomer to the Nationals is a | stalwart. He is more than 6 feet tall | and weighs 195 pounds. And he has | plenty of power in his shoulders. This | was indicated yesterday as he socked the ball in batting practice. He got this power from working in the Ten- nessee coal fields. He toiled in them for 11 y#ars and liked it, he declares. While' Webb was procured primarily for use as a likely pinch-batter, he may gev a trial in center field. Johnson will look over the new player carefully in fielding and batting- drills Here, and | if he shows much ability, Sam West | will be lifted and Webb sent to the middle garden. | Brown Starts Well. WIN in his first start does not mean a pitcher is in far a big | season any more than a warm day in | April means we will have a scorching | Summer. But that game Lloyd Brown hurled yesterday against the Red Sox | in Fenway Park has Walter Johnson | believing the left-hander is in for a | great year. The pilot of the Nationals | was lavish in his praise of Brown's per- | formance after the contest and declared | he intends to give the sorrel-thatched | southpaw slabman a regular turn here- | after. i There was everything in Brown's | pitching at that to elate Johnsno. Lioyd | showed a splendid assortment of stuff and, more important, he had fine con- trol. In past seasons with the Wash- | ington club Brown frequently found it difficult to locate the plate, even though he had a deal of speed and a curve that was bafling whenever he | got it anywhere near the batter. Brown's | control was so faulty that Manager | Harris virtually gave up trying to make | use of the pitcher, and last year John- | son was somewhat doubtful about the left-hander’s chance to make the grade in big time. There’s no doubt in the pilot’s mind now. Brown can go for him. The Red Sox are not the hitters in the game, but several in their line-up_always are dangerous at the plate. Holding them to three safeties is no mean feat for a pitcher. Brown hurled to only 31 batters. He struck out but one, throwing a third one by Jack Rothrock at the outset of the home side’s first batting turn. He issued but one-pass, that to Charley Berry at | the beginning of the third inning. On | other occasions Brown wasted little time | with a batter. | ® But seven of Brown's pitches other than the hits were driven beyond the | infield and five of the Red Sox got on | the runway. Russell Scarritt dropped a | single in right at the start of the second | session and never progressed beyond | first base. Charley Ruffing got on by | forcing out Berry in the third inning. |} Ruffing got on again by doubling at the | outset of the sixth and he crossed with | the lone home tally as Otis Miller singled with one out. That was all. Displays Superb Poise, Brown's poise was superb throughout. | Two difficuit fielding plays he was called | upon to essay ruffled him not at all. He had to dart to the right for Ruffing's grounder in the third, then wheel for his throw to force out Berry, nothing easy for a left-hander to do. In the sixth after the Red Sox had twice hit him safely Tom Oliver sent a hot one that Brown cuffed down, but as b gid S0 he fell,. The pitcher tecoveed the ball quickly, however, and throwing | from a sitting position flagged his man at first. ¥ Brown was impressive in every way as | a pitcher yesterday and it does not seem his exhibition was a flash in the pan. He looked very good during the .Sprig | training serfes. Then Manager Johnson | predicted Brown would pitch some sur- prising base ball in the ehampionship season. And yesterday Brown made Johnson look mighty right. In turning the tables on the Red Sox, the Nationals effectively clustered their nine safeties made off puffing in the first eight innings. They bunched two with a pass in the opening session for a three- Tun getaway, got a brace in the third for two markers and a hit and sacrifice accounted for the final run in the eighth. ‘The big wallop of the initial inning was a homer driven over the clock on top of the left-fleld fence by Joe Cronin after two were out. Sam Rice, who had singled, and Buddy Myer, who had walked, scored ahead of Joe. Sammy West singled at the start of the third and continued to second when Rothrock kicked the ball. Rice's double tallied West, and a balk and passed ball B hardest | het sent in a new Red | field of the Eastern League. Mulrooney | S L EARL WEBB. WA SHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1930. PAGE C—1 West in Outfield : Bad Weather Limits Opening Day Crowds HICHEVER team wins the senior sandlot, championship | of Washington this season | will have fought like blazes for it, in the opinion of those who have in charge the Capital City League. They have gathered no less than 13 senior | clubs, and most of them believe they | have a real chance for the title. \ | ? HOW THEY STAND AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Teams. Won. Lost. Philadelphia Detroit .. Washington . Boston . Cleveland Chicago .. ash Detroit, 8; St. Louis, 3. Cleveland-Chicago, rain. Games Today. Washington at Boston. New York at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis at_ Detroit. . NATIONAL LEAGUE. Standing of the Teams. ‘Won. Lost. Pet. Pittsburgh . Philadeiphia . New York Chicago Cincinnaf Brooklyn . Boston . St. Louis . Yesterday’s Results. hicago, 9; St. Louls, 8. Pittsburgh, 7; Cincinnati, 6. Philadelphia, 1. Brooklyn, 0. New York, 3; Boston, 2. Games Today. Chicago at St."Louis. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Boston at New York. e o WA SHINGTON. West, cf.. ot Totals BOSTON. Rothrock. Miller, 3b, M o] cocoscossl? s o Sweeney. Narlesky. Berry. 1Cicero Connolk uffing Mulroney, Totals g *Batted for Scarriit in ninth nning. "Batted for Berry'in 'Siehth Tnning. Washington .. 30200001 Boston 308808840 Runs batied in—Cronin (4). Rice, Miller. | Rice, Rufing. T) 8l corosumasuism! | cocconssscoroy Bl wsucarsses wl onossssssssssd O T rrs— wl oncoscssoraren ington. 4; Boston, s Off Rufing, 1; off Brown, 1 Brown. 1. by Ruffing. 3: by Hits—Off 'Rufing, 9 In 8 in; Struck out—By vy Mulroney, 1. nines: off Mul: Balks—Brown, Losing pitcher res—Messrs. Owens, Moriar- Time of game—1 hour and | —Ruffing. Umpi i and Campbel. 38 minutes. COLMAR INSECTS MEET. Colmar Manor Insects will hold a base ball meeting tonight at 7 o'clock, at 200 Marshall avenue, Colmar Manor, | | lone. Md. All players are requested to re- port. giving him a record of driving over four runs in the game. ’ For the ninth inning Manager Wag- Sox battery, Frank Mulrooney, pitcher, and Ed Con- folly, cateher, both plucked from Pitts- threw a third one by Ruel, then handily disposed of the next two batters. IR Both Ruffing and Brown had balks | called against them by Umpire Brick | Owens. In each instance the pitcher. after bringing his hands down in front of him, failed to hesitate before pitching fo the batter while a runner was on rst. Plenty of ceremony at the season opener, with Gov. Frank G. Allen of Massachusetts and Maj. Willlam Lynch, | president of the Boston City Council, acting as the opening battery. Th governor's th was high and wide the major leaped to grab it. Same teams meet again today and to- morrow. Irving Hadley and Milt Gas- ton, former National, were expected (o be mound rivals this afternoon. For e e, but New York Philadelphia Simmons_(2) MACKS, 6; YANKEES, 2. At Philadelphi New York. AB.H mbs I Phi Bis} o > suoonoosa la. hop.2b. . ¥ > wonnsaund Comnermmsmil Grove.p.... coostmwuawond | sccnouvonsoss 30 82710 Totals... 33 62411 “Batted for Pipgras ted for Johnson in ninth. 0020000 2020101 Ruth, Bishop (3). Haas, ors—Lazseri, Dickey, Poxx. ted in—Gehrig., Coghir: Totals.... in seventh. 0 0—2 0 x Runs—Koen! . Err s Dbat Foxx, Run; ‘Simmons as, uble p Bishop . to Boley to Foxx. Left on bases—New York, 7 Ehiledelphia, o First base on balls-Of by Grove, 9. Hits off Jjohnson, 3 in 2 inbings, Losing _pitcher—Pipgras. | Messis. McGowan, Connolly and Time of game—1 hour and 53 minutes. o TIGERS, 6; At Detroit— Detroit Johnson,rf unk, BROWNS, 3. > ] i o > PO Uhlep..... WyatLp. .. Qs an no PSSO oroumostos Gray.p. Holsh'ser.p. Kimsey.p.. tHale Totals....331227 6 Tot *Batted for Gray i sixth. +Batted for Holshouser in seventh. 00000120 2001001 Punk (2), Rogell, PRGN 2l socscasnonscad ol cocorrrroncos® 2| mroonmsvwsnas 5l 0—3 x—6 Hay- Louis troit . Runs—Johnson, base hits—{ress, Manush.' Rice. Rogell. Home runs—Uhle, Gullic, 5 Schulte. Sacrifices—Schulte, Manion, Wyatt. Double play—-Gullic to Blue. Left on bases— St Louis. 13; Detroit, 8. First base on balls— Oft Unle. 5; off Gray, 3: off Holshouser, 1 Struck o1 y_Uhle. '3 Holshouser, 1; Ly Wyatt, 4 8 in 5 inninsg; off Holshouser, 1 in off ‘Kimsey, 3 in 2 innings: off Ul 8 innings (none out in seventh): off 'Wyatt. innings. _ Winning' pitcher—Gray. Messrs. Dinneen, Nallin and Geisel. by Gray. . Hits—Off Gray, 1 inning hle, 12 in CUBS, 9; CARDS, 8. AT ST. LOUIS. ROA 8t L A 2 Douthitiet .. ] 0 5l cosomnasssnosmus® Chicago. AB. y.2b.. 4 » PO coonivenwos! occwwocooma 8| rooommusmnessswi 5! cooocoommmmmton 1 3! cocososarrrnrua Totals ...371532718 *Batted for Hill in seventh, 1Batted for Haid in elghth. Chicago 09" 1 1908 t. Louis 010000 Runs—Blair, Cuyler, Stephenson (3, Grimm (2), Hartnett (2), Blake, Frisch, Ha- fey. Fisher (2), Gelbert' (2), J. Wilson (2) Errors—Blair, uhs, batted n;- 0 4 0—9 33 1-8 | are asked to attend and bring birth cer- It has been decided to put seven of | the teams in one section and six in the other, unless more enter before the deadline falls May 1, and have the winners meet in a three-game play-off. | Competition will start Sunday, May 18. | The clubs now in line are: Potomac | A. C, Famlawn A. C.. Pierce A. C.| Lionel A. C., Majestic Radio, Try-Me Aces, Vic's Sport Shop, Neighborhood House Senators, Roamer A. C. Miller | Furniture Co., Olmstead Grill, C. A.| O'Brien’s and Metropolitan A. C. | No changes in the rosters will be permitted after June 30, it was decided | at a meeting last night at the play- ground department, attended by G. W Trving, Potomacs; H. W. Ricker, Fair- jawn A. C; Willlam Walton, Pierce A. | C.; J. P. Koerner, Lionel A. C.; H. B. Wyche, Majestic Radio; O. M. Brown. Try-Me A C. E. Curtin, Vic's Sport Shop; M. ‘Burton, Neighborhood House Senators; George Wood, Roamer A. C.: J. W. Miller, Miller Furniture Co; George Nau, Olmstead Grill; J. Wiles, C. A. O'Brien’s, and C. Medler, Metropolitans. Individual gold base trophy will go to the Franchise money m by May 1. Arlington fans will have for an at- trlc!lcm! Sunday a battle between the Bacterman Motor and Manhattan | teams, starting at 3 o'clock. A big righthander named Reed will pitch for the Manhattans and Dave Harrison will | be his rival. A championship series for Charles| County, Maryland, is planned by the Capital City League. Clubs interested | should communicate with Secretary Rollie Atkinson at the Post. | Chevy Chase Grays will meet the| District Repair Shop team tomorrow at 5 pm. on the Chevy Chase diamond. | On Saturday they will play the Anacos- tia Eagles at 3 p.m. on the Playground field and on Sunday will tackle Rock- ville Athletic Association at Rockville at 3 pm. | Tiger Insects and Western Athletic Club will clash Friday at 11:30 a.m. on Diamond No. 5, Monument Lot. Satur- day and Sunday games are the Tigers. Phone 6:30 p.m., Manager Eslin. | In an unlimited class game, the St Joseph’s and Terminal “¥” teams will | meet tomorrow. on the Terminal field. Members of the Eastern Midget team | will meet tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. at the home of Manager Lawrence, 305 Ten- | nessee avenue northeast. The following | balls and a team victorious club. ust be presented tificates: B. Divver, B. Robertson, W. Robinson, E. Robinson, V. Divver, K. Winters, Miller, Pearce, Hall, Bowman, Eschinger, Pohl, James, Hollls and Italiano, Monroe A. C. players will drill to- morrow on the Monroe diamond in | preparation for a clash Sunday with | the Virginia White Sox. by a sandlot team hereabout was dealt Company D by the Central Hi-Y's on the Monument lot, 41-8. The Hi-Y's scored two or more runs in every in- ning, and in three made seven. M. Sonen, Hoover and Gough each cracked out six hits, two of Hoover's being | homers, one & triple and another a double. 'Thirteen Senior_Clubs Ready For Hot Championship Series, ught by | &b Lincoln 2575 after One of the worst beatings ever taken | F Georgetown Midgets and Insects will | L Keefer, Wiltshire, Rup- pert, Rhodes, Lewis, L. Singman, Smith, Ready. Story, Wynkoop, Toomey. Rea, Goodman, Newman, Fraser, C. Shapiro, Ansley and Ryan. Other games to be played soon in- clude the following: Columbia Insects vs. Lindy's, today, 30, Tenth and Evart streets. Neighborhood House Senators vs. Alexandria Cardinals, today, 5:30, dia- mond No. 3, Monument Lot. Aztecs vs. W. B. Hibbs, today, 5:30, Monument Lot, diamond No. 4. | District Grocery vs. Walter Reed, to- day, 5, at Walter Reed. | Aztecs vs. Interstate Commerce, Fri- day, 5:30, diamond No. 4, Monument Lot. Georgia Whirlwinds vs. Corinthian Juniors, Saturday, 3, South Ellipse dia- | mond. | Tile Helpers vs. Western Electric, to- | morrow, 5, West Ellipse. Sam Wests ._St. Joseph's Midgets. Saturday, 10:30, Plaza. Sam Wests vs. Northwesterns, Sun- | day, 11, Sixteenth Street Reservoir. Phoenix A. C. vs. Seaman Gunners, tomorrow, Seaman Gunners’ field, Phoenix A. C. vs. Mount Rainier, Sunday, at Mount Rainier. Challenges are issued by: Ty Cobb Insects, Manager W. Gor- | don, Adams 7320. | Washington Irving Peewees, Manager | Batten, 1305 Tenth street northwest Indian Head Cardinals (unlimited), game for Sunday; Manager Sprague, Indian Head 101-K-3. West End A. C. 16-year-old cham- pions of Baltimore; Manager Raymond | Crocetti, 2764 Kinsey avenue, Baltimore. | Tile Helpers (unlimited), game for Saturday, Manager Joe Demma, Frank- | lin 8999 Corinthian Junijors, Sunday game, | Columbia 4574-W. ! Lincoln ~ Post (midgets), Sunday | game, 2:30 o'clock. 3: on diamond No. 2 Monument lot, between 1 and 3 p.m.; Adams 0485. | Colmar Manor Insects, games with wonder Boys, Burroughs and St. Paul's, | Manager_Etter, Hyattsville 1199, Allen Insets, Manager Millard Hiner- man, Potomac 1245-J. Metropolitan Seniors, Wisconsin 3357-W. PIRATES, 7; REDS, 6. AT CINCINNATL Cincl. ABH.O.A _ Pitts Critz.2b... . 23 cf, nict. 0 Meusel.1f. Heilm'n.rf Kelly.1b. SOoWRoaAmaman CooNoSmIs-mm Soonssuuaros: POREIE._| Orcavorsae® msmmssoue” ..40172715 for Gooch in seventh, d for Campbell in seventh. 0389 1133 ha e a . Bartell,' Hemsley, Brickeil. “Hemsley, Runs" b . Bartell (2), Hemsley. P. Kelly (2), ' Comorosky (2). Gooch, -base hits—Engel, Hellmann .. Gooch. Home runs— Bartell s Stolen base—Meusel. Sacrific Callaghan. Critz, Bartell (2). Double plays— Bartell to Grantham to Subr; Engel to Grantham to Suhr. ~Left on bases—Pitts- Burgh, 10: Cincinnati, 10. First base on balls Off Licas, 3: off Swetonic, 2; off Campbell 1. Struck out—By Lucas, 3: by S 2 6 | s—Off Lucas, 13 in 533 in- T Campbell, none in 1ia innings: off in 2 innings; off Kremer, 11 in 33 innings; off Swetonic. 6 in 5% inni wild pitch—Swetonic. Winning pitcher- Losing _ pitcher—Lucas. Kiem, Stark and Clarke. hours and 19 minutes. GIANTS, 3; BRAVES, 2. AT NEW YORK. Totals e W Engel (2 by Frey. nings; o rey, 2 pires—Messrs Time of game—3 w?® 0 meet tomorrow, a street northwest, to talk plans. The Midgets want a -game for Saturday with | the Lionels. On Sunday the Insects will play the Burroughs Insects on the latter's field. The Evening Star team will meet to- | | night, at 8 o'clock, in the record de- | partment. Sunday the club will take | on the Lionel Juniors in a practice | game on the north Ellipse diamond, starting at 3 o'clock. The Columbia Heights team will ope: y | its campaign Sunday, meeting the Arm! y | War College club on_the latter's dia- mond at 3 o'clock. The following Co- lumbia players are asked to report at 1215 Thirteenth | ¥ Orwiia o OFarreli.c *Reese Walker,p. Totals ...35 92 Totals ..36 11126 14 *Ran for O'Farrell in ninth TW0 out when winning run scored. Boston ... 0002000 New Yotk 1010000 o Runs—Marshall, Lindstrom. Terr bourg, Neun. . Erro o N Soawwanoow® ] Brmnomson® Seibold.p. 0 02 0 1—3 y, Rich- Welsh, on b Off Seibold. 2 Struck out—By Seibold. 1 by Umpires—Messrs. Rigler, Meger- Donohue. Time of game—2 hours off er, Walker. 6. kurth and Hartnett (3) Wilson. High, Adams, Stephenson. J. (2), Watkins, Hafey. 'Two-base hits—L. som, Cuyler, Grimm, Hartnett, Blair, Engli Three-bage’ hits_Clyler, J, off Grabowski, 2 in no inning: off 1 inning: off Sherdel, nong, in 1 ¢ Blake. 7 in 6 innings (none"out in seventh): oft Bush. 4 in 213 innings: off Malone, 1 in 2, inning. Wil pitches—Bush (2). Win- ning pitcher—Blake. Losing pitcher—Rhem. PHILS, 1; ROBINS, 0. Phila, _ABH.O Al A e w wl ccconccoor® B commummstions? A, _Bklyn. Frederick Gilbert,3b. Herman., Hendric] ‘Wright. vis.c Sweetland PR — 8l omnuwupuauss | sorcumorom-> Totals ...31 82715 “Batted for Clark in eighth. Philadelphia 000 Brookiyn . 00 Run—8weetland. _Run_ b Two-bage hits—Davis. Sweetland bases—Southern, Klein. _Sacrifices—Hurst, Thompson. Double plays—Frederick to Flow- owers to_Bissonette. = Left phis, 5; Brooklyn, 4 First 1i off Bw , 1 by Morrison, Hits—Off Clark, 8 in ni orrison, none in 1 inning. ing Clark, Umpires—Messrs. Moran. Reardon ‘and McGrew. Time of game—) hour and 30 minutes. s e PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. ilbert to Fl on bases—Philadelphi base on balls—Off C| truck out—By Clark, s the series final Bob Burke will left-hand B O it & st yrr began the a triple for the Johnson band. He may be op- ! md by Horace Lisenbee, also & one- ‘Washington hurler, | 4; Hollywood, 3. buy them at low prices. be bought Spalding Underwear is pat- terned afier the famous Spald- ing Track Suit. $1.50 the ser. Sweater and stocking combinations The latest small patterns and the popular plain colors. And there's no magic about our low prices. We sell so many of these combinations that we can . Sweaters of the finest; softest imported woolens. Many of the stockings in the light weights. Stockings and sweaters may et Gdiog vrbers 1338 G Street N.W. separately. Spalding Neckties in & wide variety of colors, patterns and materials, $1.50 ro $2.50 SEVEN CITES DRAW TOTAL OF 200000 Champion Macks and Cubs Resume Where They Left Off at End of 1929. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr, Associated Press Sports Writer. ITH the flagpole parades and other opening-day cere- monies out of the way for another year, major league base ball players now are ready to | settle down to the serious business of trying to keep runners parading across the plate during the next 153 games of the season. Only one opening is left for today. The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians were stop- ped by rain at Chicago yesterday. Cold and rainy weather held down the size of some of the opening-day crowds, but the 200,000 fans who wit- nessed yesterday’s games found no rea- son for disappointment. There was & | little bit of everything, including the unexpected, taking place. The two champions of 1929, the Phila- | delphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs, re- sumed their places at the top of the standings with victories over the New York Yankees and St. Louls Cardinals, respectively. The Athletics, behind the brilliant pitching of Lefty Grove, gained a 6-to-2 victory over the Yankees with com- parative ease. Grove yielded only six hits and fanned nine while Al Sim- mons and Max Bishop collected the runs. Simmons, a holdout until noon yesterday, hit a home .run his first time at bat. Bishop crossed the plate three | times. Babe Ruth missed getting his first homer of the year when the ball struck a radio amplifier on top of the outfield wall and dropped back for a double. The Cubs engaged in a clouting duel at St. Louis and barely outlasted a Cardinal rally which netted seven runs in the last three innings to pull out a | 9-t0-8 triumph. Detroit’s Tigers joined the Athletics at the top of the American League | standing with a 6-to-3 victory over the St. Louis Browns in a game that pro- duced four homers, half the day's total. Washington, playing its second game, beat the Boston Red Sox, 6 to 1, place both teams at the .500 mark. Brooklyn and Philadelphia, rated as the, heavy slugging teams of the Na- tional League, engaged in the day's tightest duel, the Phillies winning, 1| 10.0. = Lester Sweetland, a Brookiyn jinx, outpitched his rival: southpaw, Bill Clarke, granting the Robins but three’ hits and setting down 18 men | ' order in the last six ‘innings. A record —opening-day ctowd for Ebbets Field, 27,000, was present. Pittsburgh's Pirates: broke another jinx to beat out the Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 6. “Red” Lucas, who had lost but one game to Pittsburgh since 1927, ave up 13 hits, including successive Bomers by Bartell and Hemsley, before he was removed in the sixth inning. Paul Waner collected four of the blows. | Before the biggest crowd of them all, | some 40,000 fans, the New York Giants barely nosed out the Boston Brave: 3 to 2, in a game of errors. Mis) | were entirely or partly responsible for | all but the winning run in the battle | between Bill Walker of New York and | ol Big League BASE BALL LOST OPENING TILTS Throwing From Outfield | | It was an inauspicious opening day | for five new managers in the major i leagues. Two others led their clubs to victory, while another, Donie Bush, new leader of the White Sox, was pre- vented by rain from sending his club against the Indians Jewell Ens, manager of the Pirates, and Heinie Wagner, whose Red Sox | defeated the Senators in the Washing- | ton opener on Monday, were the only new pilots to lead their clubs to victory. The Pittsburgh triumph was at the expense of Dan Howley, new manager | of the Reds. Other new pilots who be- gan the season with a reverse t.ere Bob Shawkey of the Yankees, Bill Killefer of the Browns, Charley Street of the | Cardinals and Bill McKechnie of the | Braves. INTERNATIONAL LOOP MAKES START TODAY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 16.—The Inter- national League opens its forty-sixth season today with games at Newark, | Jersey City, Reading and Baltimore. The Rochester Redwings, champions | of the circuit for the last two years, are the opening attractions at Baltimore, Buffalo at Newark, Montreal at Jersey City and Toronto at Reading. Although every team in the league has been strengthened tn one way or nother, the big four, Rochester, Balti- more, Toronto and Buffalo, have stood | out in preseason calculations. Between | them these four teams have won 26 | pennants. BY AL DEMAREE, Former Pitcher, New York Giants. Next to being a sure catch of a fly ball and being able to cover ground, it is most essential for an outfielder to have a good throwing arm. It possible try to catch the ball at the shoulder <o tnere is no lost motion in drawing the arm back in the act of throwing p Throw the ball overhand from the outfield. A ball thrown side arm has a o= AA\S Trrow 77A BALL OVERNAND Record of Griffmen TTING. 2b.3b.H! > orunSenvmnanl arberry tendency to curve and bounce off line | gFonin: | when it hits the ground. Also a ball thrown overhand gains an extra impetus when it hits and does not _die as side arm balls often do. Always throw on a line and bounce the ball to the catcher or infielder to | whom you are throwing, unless the | throw is a very short one. A “rainbow” throw that reaches the | catcher on the “fly” never catches a | base runner. 4 Do not make a useléss throw to the plate when your team is several runs ahead. Let the run score and throw to second base and keep the batter on first where he cannot score on a single. (Save these big league base ball les- sons. Another will appear tomorrow.) | Mathewson's fadeaway and other | great pitchers' styles are analyzed -lnr Al Demaree's illustrated leaflet, “The Art of Pitching.” Send for it, care of | The Star, and inclose a stamped, ad- | dressed envelope. (Copyright, 1930.) " Griffs-Yanks Tickets Placed on Sale Today Washington fans' will get their first look of the season at Babe Ruth and the reorganized Yankees next Sunday when the Griffs return home for the single game, and a crowd rivaling that of opening day is the prospect. Hence, reserved seats went on sale today at the ball park. The boxes and first five rows of the grand- it BA’ H 3 3 3 : 2 2 2 2 i 0 0 0 2000t T ©00008HoDmm-; 0000050000 Birming Memphis, 20 Chattandoga, New Orleans, Little Rocl Atlanta, 5. obile, o. TEXAS LEAGUE. Besumont. 7 -San .Antonio, 1. Houston, 8: Waco, 1. ichlta 'Pailé; 8: Shreveport, 6. 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