Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1930, Page 49

Sports News J WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foenin WASHINGTON, D. C, ny Staf. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930. Cronin Should Prove Big Factor in Helping Nats to Do Better Than in 1929 e o JOE NOW NEARING STARDOM CLASS Greatest Young Shortstop in Majors—Griffs Again Defeat Red Sox. BY JOHN B. KELLER. OSTON, April 17.—Any one looking for a reason why the Nationals are likely to do better this year than last would do well to consider Joe Cronin. This young fellow, who comes from the vicinity of Tele- graph Hill, in San Francisco, is of the type of ball player helpful to any club, and every one closely associated with the Nationals is gr‘:zty sure Joe will do more than share toward boosting them in the American League’s 1930 campaign. ‘What's more, not only those closely associated with the Nationals, but base ball men in general who have seen the ‘Washington Club in action in exhibi~ tion games or its few championship en- | &! ments, are convinced that stardom is just around the corner from Joe. dy. he is regarded the outstanding | pic. young shortstop of the majors, and in another season is likely to be halled as the leader at his position. Cronin's advancement has been fast. ‘While he was held a fine prospect, \-hen the Pirates him out of his San dragged 11 Prancisco high school in 1925, when he | Qliver. « b came up whh the sphere nestling in his gloved hand. Not to be outdone, Jack Rothrock sprang into the umeulht in the pinth. He made his catch at the expense of Sammy West, who poled a screamer h for the stands with Bluege on second. From the stands it did not ap- possible for the rightfielder to ell.h the ball, but he did, it down ’Iut as it was about to whistle Eut him et arms’ length above his Joe Judge, who has been a slow starter in recent Springs, seems to be having g the ball to safety. In the eighth, he met one right on the nose, but it happened to be headed directly toward Rothrock. It would have been good for two bases at least had it been varied a few feet one side or the other, for it was hit so hard that the fly-chaser had no time to do any moving for it. Great pegging by both West and Crenin heiped Kndley out of what might have been a tight hole in the second. When Todt doubled Scarritt home on a drive all the way to the center-field fence, West's return peg te Cronin went like a rifie shot and the short- stop's relay was just as speedy and ac- curate, Todt, trying to stretch the blow into a triple, being caught by a big margin. 3 wmcoanensh oo SR rawral R YRS, PR ‘was in his seventeenth year, Joe did lit- | Re, Y Mgf that the Pirates’ management At that, Pittsburgh kept a | Fashir on Joe until early in 1928, when him to Kansas City. Learns While on Bench. It was with the Bucs that Cronin showed he had profited by observation ‘while sitting on the Pittsburgh bench. Given a chance to reluhrly. Joe quickly demonst it EE§:§.§§; & 8 & commanding lead early in the flag race, when they lost 13 of 15 games pl':yl’eg with Mack’s maulers before This time the Nationals likely will €0 into battle with the world champions somewhat stronger than they were last gu‘l‘ however, at least, to date they ave more impressive than they ‘were elrb in the 1929 campaign. Hadley Displays Form. In giving the Nationals their sec- ond straight victory in the 5-4 game y, Irving H-dley showed enough h) warrant that may be counted pon to have a 'ood year. True, he hlm'ed slightly, due, Derhnpl. to over- nce, after his mates gave him ‘what red to be a commanding early le: but he was always in there down, and was unfortunate in that ‘)mucully all of the seven hits | he allowed came at inopportune mo- ments for him. He kept the Sox hits fairly well scattered, appeared to have plenty at -u times and was never actually hit hard, two safeties being the most he ted in any one inning. He fanned ve during the contest and walked but one, but it so happened that his solitary P‘“ cost him a run in one frame, a ong sacrifice fly netted a second Sox marker in another, while an excusable error by Bluege played its part in the final n rally in the fifth. From then on but one alien was able to get on the sacks, Rothrock singling in the eighth only to become a double-play victim after he had been sacrificed to second. Milton Gaston, former wearer of Washington livery, also tightened after & rable start. He allowed five hits, including homers by West and mue‘a and a double by Cronin and three walks in the first three I'IM ‘This netted the Nationals all their runs. Then he stopped them dead in their tracks. He set down the Na- tionals in order in the fourth, fifth and sixth frames, and one man was the most they were able to get on base in each of the last three, although it took a fine catch by Rothrock to rob West of a hit and the Nationals of a run in the ninth after Bluege had singled and stolen, 'rommy Onm, {n\muur who middle nrden for he Sox, fllrnllbzd ! fea- ture of the game i in the {ounh inning. Ruel met one Gaston's offerings squarely, and it looked as though the b-ll would fall safely just back of second. Oliver was after it at the crack of the bat, and just as it was about to hit the ground, made a diving catch. Following a complete somersault, he | with BAD WEATHER HITS BIG LEAGUE TEAMS Cubs Doubtless Sorry That Rain Failed to Prevent Game at St. Louis. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer. LD Man Weather, who has & habit of disrupting early-sea- son schedules and causing base ball magnates to mutter ts of delaying the start of gh‘:kneglfir el:!.lon. has delivered his first severe blow of the base ball year. Mr, Weather, in the form of rain and cold, wiped off five games from yester- day’s major league program, leaving but two contests in '.hc Nullonl\ ul%“hg and one in the American. And Chicago White Sox and Cleveland In- dians still l;’le Lryi.nh wfull e‘eglg ning at Chicago, hope! &pedmeg today before the Indians have to_move on. It might have been better for the National League champions, the Chi- cago Cubs, if the rainy area had ex- tended as far as St. Louis. Playing their second game there, the Cubs took & 13-to-3 beating from the ram- pant Cardinals. Starting in the fl.l‘lt inning, the Cards collected 20 hits, six of them doubles and one a home run by Jim Bottomley. eorge Fisher, slugger recently obulned from 9| the New York Giants, led the parade with four hits, giying him a record of in nine times at bat for games. The_other National League game gave Cincinnati an even break in two games against the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-to-1 triumph. P!'e Dono- hue of Cincinnati engaged in a duel of right-handers against Ervin Brame and came out ahead because of the fine support he received. Donohue kept 10 hits scattered and Critz, Ford and l6 | Kelly put & quick stop to Pirate threats by completing three dcuble lays. The t their seven Red‘ bunched a F:o nm. and Walker deflntmrdmahmmm seventh. Johnson Due to “Call Hand” Of Pitcher Sam Jones Today OSTON, Mass, April 17.—An is-|at the hotel where the Nationals are Johnson's orders as to pitchers in yes- terday's batting practice, claiming a young semi-pro pitcher whose name Vance’s Drop Ball (Former Pitcher New York Glants). Almost every schoolboy can throw an “out” or “round-house” curve. Daszy Vance's drop curve or “downer,” as he calls it, is delivered with the ball held in the same posi- tion as for the outcurve. In fact, the straight drop or out drop is merely an outcurve thrown overhand. The arm is brought AND BALL \ RELEASED straight down from its top g:&lmon the ball rolls out over t! first finger as in the outcurve, the t imparting a downward snap to the rotation, just as the ball leaves the hand, about opposite the shoulders or a little below. The ball when it leaves the hand is rotating away from the pitcher on an axis parallel to the ground. The pitcher’s “follow through” finds his hand continuing almost directly forward and to the ground. How would you like to throw a drop curve like Dazzy Vance? Al repared an {llustrated leaflet on “ itching” whlch he will und to one it. Ad- dress him in care of inclose stamped, addrgssed envelope. (Copyriaht. 1980.) | Bros had broadcast his re- Johnson according to i figuring that Jones was long enough in the mnwflowmmtmywmnm Now Johnson aéeel.l there is thresh it AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Teams. W. L coooHNMM] YESTERDAY’S RESULTS: Washington, §; Boston,*4. Philadelphia-New York, rain. Cleveland-Chicago, rain, St. Louis-Detroit, rain. GAMES TODAY. ‘Washington at Boston. New York at Philadelphia. Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis at Detroit. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Standing of the Teams. Philadelphia New York.... YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Ctnclnnnl. 3; glmhurlh, 1. , 13; Boawn-NeW York, rain. Philadelphia-Brooklyn, ratn. GAMES TODAY. Chicago at St. Louls. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Boston at New York. WASHINGTON TRAPSHOTS TO INVADE BALTIMORE ‘Washington Gun Club and Oriole Gun Club trapshots will meet Saturday in one of their annual series of matches at the Oriole Gun Club traps, in Gwynns Falls Park, starting at 1 o’clock. ‘The events include 100 16-yard tar- gets and 50 double targets. The 10 high scores in the singles and the 5 high in the doubles will constitute the team races. Record of Griffmen BATTING. > (4 cocomummuel & g cococscoccomnl ronuBEEEEESon] OO SR— PO S TR e e FHATEE PR s orie SRR eoaposcuneul 2D Dt b e 2RO B83saRRlns g svaul EASTERN LEAGUE. Bridgeport. ttafleld, l {10 tnningn). g'nwxa‘ y fl' i 'man for the Phillies. umpires are former major league players who have gone wrong, but it is not true that all umps are former ball players. (You can judge for yourself whether or not they have “gone wrong!") George Moriarty became a mana- ger after formerly (or formally) being an umpire, while Clarence Rowland took up umpiring after having been a manager. But this is about another Clarence—Clarence ard to be can League in 1916, Having stuck around the circuit once ruled by the New But how did any one with so sedate a handle as Clarence Ber- Now, there is’ "‘m&‘.“’“m"". it low, 're nof '.ho ume of Clarence, and plenty real he-men athletes have had mt monicker, but, ork Yankees. sburgh, t.hlt abitof & fight devel- oped and in the melee three bricks were thrown, two of which bounced off our noble hero’s dome. But it's nice to !uve a thick skull the man who Owens Triumph by 1-0 Booms Morale Of Phils, as Shotton Sees It 17—Burt Shotton thinks he has one player on his team, not on the pay roll, but destined to play an important part in the season’s cam- paign. Kid Psychology is the extra “Winning that first game from Brook- lyn, 1 to 0, will do us a lot of good,” said Manager Shotton. “The psychol- ogy of that is great. It will be worth much more to us than if we had won, 10 to 8, or some such score. would be dangerous if they had some pitchers.’ “And then we step out the opening day and show the best pitching per- formance in either league, and mind you, it's a where we have to have umost per’ fect pitching to win. “While we hit Clark harder than Brooklyn hit s'eeflud. we didn't do what you would call hard hitting all , but we did score that one nln'enudedto'lnmnmq'hu: we bunched a couple of hits. “If that doesn't put our side, why not? B too, which makes it all the more re- markable & performance by our pitcher, Sweetland. “I guess that game was the big sur- prise of the opening. Some folks thought, I have no doubt, that we would be out there all the afternoon trying to get each other out, and we crossed everybody by putting on a pitchers’ battle with some of the greatest fleld- ing ever produced in any one game. That's base ball.” Shotton thinks he may enjoy the last Jaugh on his friends, who have sympathized with him because he has no pitchers. “I think the weakness of our plu:hlng staff is very much exag- gerated,” he sald. “We have already dmunnuted under fire that we have mplkhu‘andlnm!muwwme ‘we will show some more.’ “We hustling right at the YOUR FELT'MADE NEW AGAIN Gloaning. Blecking and VIeIIlll Hlt Co. 435 11th St. ' MI wfi‘f‘ A'l'l'l ."I‘ml‘lll sa10. ifi 14 'bur- from 8 St N.W. 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Today they threatened to do likewise, piling np more bargain day doubleheaders and trimming profits which the loop needs so bldly this year to make up for 1929's short- comings. Pruldent ‘Thomas J. Hickey hlln‘t spoken in favor of making a start next season, but has mumm such a move may be considered if better weather isn't forthcoming soon. REDS, 3; PIRATES, 1. At Cineinnati— Pittsburgh. AB. Brickellef.. ham.3b. . g w o sccacccuc™ - isoil o oMo | cucboruancd SumrarawnO |u-ueaacflaA? Totals. Plitsbureh e Walker, Cuceinello. Runl batted ln—Hlmll!y. 3 base hite— Brame, 3. ; off Donohue, By Donohue (Grantham) Piutsburgh, 8 Cincinnatl Messrs, Clark an 1268 57 pitcher Lett 'g " Cmpires— d Klem, 'Time of game— Paid sttendance—i12. " CARDS 13; CUBS, 3. hfllfl‘nunnnl osrmoTomnd AR T | soconBuormund s 2 H Douthil Bei ay Pither, o Runs_batt ted inPrisch @, J. Wilson e gn ot e e In.—HInll Jordan, | Jim Bottomley, Cardinals—Home run and two doubles in four times at bat, fioflnza four runs to help defeat Cubs | Frankie Prisch, Cardinals—Two flml-l bles and a single in four times at bat; scored three runs. George Fisher, cn:dlmb—ohnt cast- oft hit doublalnd'.hnann:lu four trips to plate, for total of eight hits out of nine times at bat in two m« Rogers Hornsby, Cubs—Hit single in four times at bat. Critz, Ford and Kelly, Clndnnlfl-— Pinul. -mr, Pirates—Hit into two double pllyl as Reds defeated Pirates. Ossie Bluege, Washington—Hit home run with two on base to aid Nationals in 8-to-4 defeat of Boston Red Sox. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Fort Worth. 4: Dallas, 1. Houston, 10;: Waco, 6. Others, ‘rain. 4-Door—Low Mil 1929 Models Pontiac Sedan ge—at a Big Savi Model A Ford Sport Coupe $375 1929 Oakland 4-Door Sedan Equal to New and a Big Bargain $775 Easy G. M. A. C. Tur-o—‘--.ll Dov- P-y-ub—l.l‘m a Few L.P. STEUART INC. 1325 14th St. N.W. PHONE DECATUR 4803 Open Evenings—Open Sundays y | House, 470 N street southwest, for to- Unlimited Teams to Arrange Details for PENING dates and other details incident to the start of the Capital City Base Ball League unlimited flag races will be settled at meetings tonight of the Vir- [lnh and the District sections. 'he Virginia teams will gather in '.hn Jefferson District Fire House, and the Dl.!tflb'-hclu\n me‘g\l '(.,l;e unic ygrount - e e = eet! s at 8 o mu{nnw A. C., Cherrydale Firemen, ‘District Firemen, Ballston and the Bauserman Motor Co. nines have 80 far applied for berths in the Virginia circuit, and reprasenuuvu of other teams wishing to join will be welcome at the meeting. This invitation lbfl holds for the gathering of Distric teams. Organization of the American Legion series of the Capital City League is scheduled for a meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the playground depart- ment. All teams interested in the Le- glon series are invited to have repre- sentatives present. Capitol Heights Junior Order of American Mechanics base ball team will open its season Sunday on the Triangle diamond at Largo, Md., at 2:30 o'clock, meeting the District Gro- cery Stores nine. Gates and Qulcley are Junlor Order pitching nominees. 'l‘lgen and Prench Co. teams, both D{ whic had outstanding records last season, will clash Sunday at 3 o'clock on the Silver Spring diamond. ‘The game is one of the most attrac- tive scheduled for the early season. Eastern Midgets will meet tonight at the home of Manager Lawrence, 305 Tennessee avenue at o'clock. Brentwood Hawks diamonders gather wnuht -t the home of Man- ager Kaske, 3724 Sedgwick street, at 7:30 o'clock. A second baseman and shortstop are wanted. Start of Season Bundayvat 3 o'clock at Balleys Cross , Va. Here are some other games to be played soon: Clifton Barbers vs. Colonial A. O, Sunday, 2 o'clock, Alexandria. ‘Wolverines vs. Potomac A. C., Sun~ day, 1 oclocl hlrhwn. Saks Army Headquarters, Sunday, 12 80 o'clock, Monument dis~ mond No. 5. ‘Teams wanting games include: ‘Western Insects, games with George- town A. C. Burroughs, Wonder Boys and Medicos, Saturdays and Sundays. Jack Remnley Metropolitan 325 after 4 p. Ju:k Hayes Insects, Adams 8429-W, Chevy Chase, week-day to be layed on chevy Chase leveland 5462. Northwestern Athletic Club, e for Sunday with unlimited team having & dlamond. Hank Duryee, Cleveland 5982 for tomorrow at 3667-J. game for Sunday. cameu have a diamond. im r:l!nl. politan S’I“ between 5 7 pm. CUBS’ TRAINER TOILS WITH MANY CRIPPLES By the Associated Press. will | First Baseman Ch: Lionel Insect and Peewee teams will gneeet mnlxht at 8:15 o'clock at 4418 | tention, Union Mrm will drill Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock on Monument diamond No 1. been arranged between Annn the Majestic and teams for Sun- day at 3 o’'clock on the West Ellipse. ‘West End A. C. Insects, who claim to be the cll.sl of nmr dlvl.llnn in Balti- more, are Manager Raymond Cmcem, 27“ Klmey avenue, Baltimore. Nelehborhood House Senators have listed a meeting for the Neighborhood morrow night. The Senators will meet the Hume By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio. — Joey Medill, Chicago, outpointed Billy Rose, Cincin« nati (10); Al Gahan, Columbus, Ohlo, km:lck(es? out Jimmy Sanzone, Cincin~ nal NORMAN, Okla.—Frank Crider, Nor- Tex. (3) e HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Home runs -West, Bluege, Nationals; Wi ; Bottomley, Harrison's Vi Virginia White Sox | with the Monroe A. C. nine ! Cardinas. 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