Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 41

Sports News Sam Rice HOLDS FAST STRIDE DESPITE 38 YEARS = Veteran Outfielder Long Mainstay of Nationals. A’s Here Today. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HEN picking the wonders of modern base ball, write around the top of your list the name of one Edgar Charles Rice, outflelder, with the Washington club. There’s , ball player for you. In his fif- nth season as a big leaguer— always with the Nationals—Edgar Charles, or if you don’t know him by that name, Sam, not only has since the start of his major ca- reer been a mainstay of the Wash- ington club, but also one of the prominent figures of the game. ‘These days when managers wildly grab at anything that looks as though it may field some and bang the ball more, Rice stands out a marvel. Young- sters come and youngsters go, but Sam still carries on at a pace that keeps him among the elite of the ball park ures. Old Man o' War he was dub- years ago and the name still fits. In comparison with many who have been seen in action in the American League outfields in recent years Rice is a stake horse among selling platers. Rice is starting his fifteenth season, but it is his sixteenth with the Nation- als. He served a greater cause in 1918, going with Uncle Sam’s artillery instead of rifling pitchers offerings. That prob- ably made the hurlers of that year happy, for Sam certainly punished op- posing moundsmen before that time. Nor did his Army service take anything from his batting eye, for he has wal- loped them since, ‘and this year has opened fire on the pitchers in a way that indicates another fine season is in store for him. Hits in Every Game. Rice has not missed getting one hit or more in any of the seven games the Nationals have played up to today. He has socked the bail for a cool average of .355, socking left-handers as well as right-handers. No matter what side they pitch from, the pitchers do not seem to puzzle southpaw swinger to any great extent. And Sam has been shifty in right field, too. He has han- dled 23 chances, an average of more than three per game. That's busy field- ing in right. What a record has this player, who was 38 years old last February 20. His grand major league batting average is 2322 Only in three years has he batted below .300 and his lowest stick average with the Nationals reads .295. That's what he hit in 1922. ‘With major clubs now paying from $5,000 to $20,000 for an ordinary out- field prospect today, just imagine what & youngster as promising as was Rice when he took to outfielding in 1916 would fetch. Yes, it would be well up in five figures. And Sam was bought from the Petersburg club of the old Virginia League for $800. 'OR some time last season second base on the Washington club was something to worry Manager Walter Johnson. Not so now. Buddy Myer, shifted from third to second during the 1929 campaign, was no shining light there for some while, but he has devel- oped into & right good keystone sacker ddy drilled earnestly at handicapped by a sore arm, but even that did not keep him out of play more than a few days. And, having doggedly toiled for weeks, Myer reveals consid- erable class at his position. He has made some remarkable stops in the championship games, thrown well and played heads-up base ball. Buddy seems about to swing into a good batting stride, too. When he does, he'll be a mighty valuable er to his club. EFORE long, Earl Webb, big left- hand swinger, recently procured from the Cincinnati Reds, may be seen at the plate as a pinch-hitter., When Webb joined the club in Boston last had not looked over much good pitching in batting drills and for that reason Manager Johnson hesitated to send him to the plate in emergencies. Webb is a free swinger and free swingers are rather easy to fool when they have not had much stick drill. Now, however, thé new National has had considerable practice at bat and Johnson declares he will not hesitate to use him in a pinch. AMMY WEST has not hit often for the Nationals to date, but what little hitting he has done has been sound hitting. All told, West has clouted safely ol five es, yet the five safeties netted 11 bases. Among Sammy’s gvfi were a homer, a triple and a uble, URING the three-game series with the Athletics that was to open in GriMth Stadium this afternoon, Benny ‘Tate may get a chance to show his ‘wares behind the bat for the first time in the championship season. Tate, in good trim, caught well during the train- ing period, but has been held back be- cause Ruel's batting eye was clearer at the outset of the flag race. the A's likely to show the Nationals much left-handed pitch- ing during their stay, George Loepp probably will have plenty of center- flelding to do for the Johnson band. Loepp covers glenty of territory in the pastures and he swings a pretty effec- tive bat from the right side. '00 cold again yesterday for Na- tionals and Red Sox to play, so there'll be some double-heading at the ball May 21 and 22, when the Hub team is here again. It wasn't too cold for morning practice, though. Manager Johnson had his charges out for a two-hour batting drill that gave every one a fine workout. week, he By the Assoclated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Gehringer, Tigers .. ‘McManus, Tigers .. ‘The Leaders. Simmons, Athletics . - e Grand total ..eesessesesnsacecees 49 The Zne WASHINGTON, D. C, ] ting Stk FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1930. Classified - Ads PAGE D—1 Marvel of Modern Base Ball : Base Ball Offers Big Future for Youths HOW THEY STAND AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Teams. w. Pct Philadelphia New York . YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. St. Louis, 12; Detroit, 4. Other games postponed. GAMES TODAY. Philadelphia at Washington. Chic: opu St. Louis. Detl‘:igt at Cleveland. Boston at New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Standing of the Teams. W. L. New York . Pittsburgh Chicago ... Philadelphia Boston . St. Louis Cincinnati Brooklyn YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. St. Louis, 9; Chicago, 2. Other games postponed. 'GAMES TODAY. Brooklyn at Boston. New York at Philadelphia. WEATHER STORING UP DOUBLE BILLS Only Two Games Staged in Majors Yesterday—Cold Keeps Fans Away. By the Assoclated Press. HE present chills and dampness of Spring appear to be storing up trouble for major league base ball teams almost @8 fast as they are piling up double-headers. | Only one club so far has played all its games, the Chicago Cubs gaining this honor, while the St. Louls Cardinals and Detroit Tigers have escaped serious consequences Wwith but one postpone- ment apiece. s e ore cold weather yesterday cau thr ‘postponement of all but two major league games and mneither of these proved very profitable to the club own- ers. Only about 1,000 St. Louis fans turned out to see the Browns beat De- troit, 12 to 4, while about three Ml‘nesl that number appeared at the Cubs' park in Chicago to see the St. Louis St. Louis at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at Chicago. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Montreal, 13; Baltimore, 4. Other games offi—cold. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City, 1. Indianapolis.’ 3. Toledo, 8t. Paul, 9: & Minneapolis, 1. ‘Louisville Dallas, 12; San Antonio, 2. Bes t, 4; Fort Worth, 1. Waco, 11 Wichita Fails, Shreveport, 7; Houston, 4. WESTERN LEAGUE. ka, 3. Fenien, ), 8: 8t. Jo . Bas Motnes, 1; Oklahoma Cit, 4. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Montgomery, 10; Pensacols, 4. Columbus, ‘Tamp: Jacksonville, SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Augusta, 4. Macon, 0. Columbisa, 3. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Hiehaeraon, 8 (12 tnnings). Denver, 9 Omah B Los Anseles, 8. bortiand, 1. SHIKAT MAT VICTOR. T. LOUIS, April 25 (#)—Dick Shika tossed Fred Grobemeler of Tows in 1 hour 5 minutes and 22 seconds to wind uj wrestling card last night. Cardinals down the National League champlons, 9 to 2. Pbrpt.he rest, the cold was piling up more grief. The Boston Braves, for example, seem headed for something like the slaughter of September, 1928, when they played four successive dou- ble-] ers against the New York Giants and lost all eight games. The Braves now have five twin bills to play e Yonk et Jor ot Giante the cts for the ) vhom!;‘:x less need to conserve thelr strength. ng‘}lew York Yankees are in similar difficulties. Out of six games scheduled inst Philadelphia, they succeeded in ;flylng only the opener in each city. And the Yankees have a rather smal staff of starting pitchers, ill fitted to en- bills, while 2 pion ef o as far as they like with The Chicago White Sox also seem headed for trouble with six double headers scheduled against the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Brown, both of whom have more pitching strength to Although St. Louis gained all the glory in the two games that did sur- vive yesterday, the teams owe it to a select few players. George Fisher, slug- ging young outfielder, played the leading role as the Cuflnfllddm flxlenc;lb!, scoring one run an g four with & single, two doubles and & sacri- fice in four trips to the plate. Chick Hafey followed in the previous inning when he tripled with the bases loaded to bring in three of the five runs St. Louis scored in that Sylvester led the entire game for the Cards. nerves Fred Schulte and Chad Kimsey di- vided the honors in the Browns' tri- umph over Detroit. Schulte did most of the heavy hil , while Kimsey step) in as a relief pitcher when Herman Holshauser began to wabble and f | sionals playing in the British open and the example Fisher set | At Fish Oil Put On Water Helps Angler Find Bass By the Assoclated Press. Bass anglers should carry a can of fish oil with them. ‘The Bureau of Fisheries has found that a small amount of this oil in- troduced to the surface of bass ponds on the windward side soon will allay wave action and bring to view bass schools. The ofl is not harmful to the fish and it is effective for about 30 minutes. SCHMELING ON WAY FOR SHARKEY BOU BY WALTER TRUMBULL. NEW YORK, April 25.—Joe Jacobs, wearing a German haircut, secured on his recent European trip, said today that he was more than delighted with the training quarters at Endicott, N. ¥, which he has selected for Max Schmeling. Endicott is nine miles from Bing- hamton, where Jack Sharkey was born and spent his early years under the name of John Cuccoskey, so Max should hear more or less of the history of his coming opponent. Jacobs says that Endicott is just the prettiest place he ever saw. Coming from such a widely traveled man as Joe, that is high praise. Schmeling sailed for New York yes- terday. On his arrival he will be photo- graphed and interviewed, then visit Madison Square Garden and afterward Jjourney to his training camp. He will have from May 5 until June 12 to get into condition. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) LINKS ARE CHOSEN FOR OPEN TRYOUTS By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 25.—Entries for the national open golf championship will close May 27. The championship will be played July 10-12 at the Inter- lachen Country Club, Hopkins, Minn. ‘The qualifying round of the open will be played in 20 districts on June 16. Exemptions include those who finished in the first 30 in the previous open, Walker Cup players, American profes- 10 or fewer foreign players who may be visiting in the United States at the time. Courses selected ‘for the qualifying round follow: District. Course. n Kernwood C. P ace. Salem, Mais. .Richmond ord, Pa. Richmond, Va.Lakeside C. C, East tlanta t1; Lal . C. DIIT:II. ke C. C. Pittsb Westwosd G. C. The connh;‘. Ci Briergete G, o Town and € Detrolt Chieas St shut out the Tigers without a hit for | Omah four innings. Harrison, Virginia White Sox Manager, Proves He’s Live Wire NE of the livest managers of sandlot base ball teams in this section is George Harrison, who 1s at the helm for the Vir- ginia White Sox. George, as usual, has got his team off to an early start and plans to give the fans around Bafleys Cross Roads, Va., where his team holds forth, Sunday after Sunday a full season of good com- | ;. petition. He has booked & game with the Hume Spring team, another Virginia nine, for Sunday, starting at 3 o'clock. Charlie Brown is slated to open fire on the mound for the Sox. ‘Manager Harrison is listing oppon :z Clarendon 495, between 7 a.m. pm. ents and Phoenix diamonders, Who engage Foxall A. C. Sunday at 3 o'clock, on the latter’s fleld, are on the lookout for games with 1ading the vicinity, L. C. Risler is booking at 240 Tenth street southeast, telephonc Lincoln 8433-J, between 4:30 and 6:30 pm. Samuel B. DeVaughan fs listing games for the Del Ray A. C. nine to be played on Edward Duncan fleld in Alexandria. He was formerly business manager of the Cardinal A. C. team of Alexandria. May 4 is the first date on the Del Ray schedule and the team is book- ing for every Sunday thereafter. DeVaughan may be reached at Metro- politan 3687, branch 331, between 9 and 4:30 o'clock on week days only and at Alexandria 202-J after 5:30 p.m. and on Sundays between 9 am. and 9 p.m. Challenges also will be received by mail at No. 6 Grove avenue, Mount Ida, Alex- andria, Va. Sam West, Insects are after a left and a right-hand pitcher. Call Manager Tait at Atlantic 1578-W. Garrett Waters' Takoma Tigers is priming for its battle with St. Mary's Celtics Sunday in Alexandria. The Tigers defeated French A. C, 8 to 6, last Sunday and is hopeful of also tak- ing the Celts, which have their usual strong team. Chanconas, Robbins and Hargett are asked to phone Manager Henry Hiser of the Hiser -Stars ball team, at Bradley 671, after 6 o'clock tonight. The All-Stars will practice tomorrow on the Riverdale diamond in prepara- tion for their game Sunday with the Red Sox, at Riverdale, at 3 o'clock. It has been decided by Berwyn A. C Fights Last Night By the Assoctated Press. DENVER.—Eddie Mack, Denver, out- pointed Maurice Holtzer, France (10); George Manley, Denver, knocked out Oscar Baker, California (1). | Yesterday’s Stars | By the Associated Press. Chad Kimsey, Browns—Went in as relief pitcher with score 4-1 against him; held Tigers hitless the rest of the way as Browns slugged out 12-4 victory. George r, Cardinals—Hit two. doubles, single and sacrifice fi to drive in four runs as c-.m'u 9-2. teams in and around |, - to again put an unlimited ball nine in the field. A game is sought for Sunday with an unlimited team at Berwyn. Call Berwyn 108. Allen A. C. peewee tossers will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock, at 305 Todd place northeast. Jack Jolley is sched- uling, at Potomac 1245-J. Results of games yesterday: Langdon Insects, 10; Good Humors, 6. Corinthians, 21; D. 8. N. Fraternity, 3. Earl Clark Insects, 10; Young Cardi- nals, 5. Games scheduled for the next few days include: Burroughs Insects vs. Good Humors, tomorrow, 2 o'clock, Bolling Field. Easf ts vs. St. Joseph's Mid- gets, Sunday, 1 Potomac A. C. o'clock, Plaza Field. . Senlors vs. Fairlawns, Sunday, Fairlawn diamond No. 3, 1 o'clock. Mackay Juniors vs. General Account- Office, Sunday, North Ellipse, 11 o'clock. Tile Helpers, Local 31, vs. Chevy Chase Grays, Sunday, Chevy Chase Field, 3 o'clock. St. Joseph’s A. C. vs. Mount Rainier A. C,, Sunday, Mount Rainier, 3 o’clock. ‘Woodmen of the World (Oak Camp, No. 4) vs. Seamen Gunners, Sunday, Navy Yard, 2:30 o'clock. ‘Wolverines vs. Bond Bread Co., Sun- day, Fairlawn Field No. 2, 11 o'clock. ‘Wolverines vs. Lionel Seniors, Sunday, Fairlawn Pield No. 1, 1 o'clock. Georgetown Midgets vs. Sam Wests, Sunday, Sixteenth Street Reservoir Field, 11 o’clock. These teams are seeking games: Columbian Insects, Manager Rinaldi, North 1600. Lionel Seniors, North Ellipse, Sunday, Dick Murdock, Lincoln 5120. Spengler Post, midget or junior teams slél‘lslenzed; Milton Warren, Decatur Metropolitan unlimiteds, _ District and out-of-town opposition, Wisconsin 3357-W, after 7 p.m. Interstate Commerce, Sunday, Wesley MacDonald, National 3120, branch 189, after 1 p.m. Montrose Peewees, Adams 8941. Brentwood Hawks, unlimiteds, Sun- day; opponent must have field. Lyles, Atlantic 2151, after 5 p.m. ‘ashington Peewees; Manusco, Frank- lin 7677-J. “?:orgewwn Midgets, tomorrow, North SONNENBERG EXTENDED. - BOSTON, April 25 (#).—Gus Son- nenbeig went through one of the hard- est matches of his career to down Count George z-rm:fl of Russia two out of three falls last night. o PILOTS TO NAME FIELDS, Each team manager will be permitted to name a fleld as his team’s home play- ing diamond, it has been decided by nines entered in the District of Colum- bia section of the unlimited class of the Capital City League. ORIENTAL PILOT SOUGHT. Incarnation A. C. will meet Para- . diamonders Sunday at street and Washington place northeast. The manager of the Orientals is asked to call the Incarna. tion pilot at Lincoln 4521-J after 6 p.m. —_— Hockey matches are now played on synthetic ice in Germany. JONES DUE TO SPEND TWO DAYS IN CAPITAL . An Associated Press dispatch from Atlanta today revealed that Bobby Jones, national open champion, is to arrive in Washington tomorrow, to re- main in the Capital for two days, ac- companied by Mrs. Jones, A check-up at the clubs about Wash- ington did not show that Jones intends to play here over the week end. A fortnight ago C. C. Carlin, presi- dent of the Belle Haven Country Club, announced he was attempting to induce Jones to play & match over the Alexan- dria course. DOUBLES PARTNERS MEET IN NET FINAL By the Assoclated Press. 'HITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Va., April 25.—Those dashing doubles partners of Davis Cup fame — Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex., and John Van Ryn of Orange, N. J—were in today’s final round of singles in the Mason nnd Dixon tennis tournament through upset victories over the second and third ranking players of the country. Allison snatched his semi-final round | 8t match with George Lott, No. 3 in the ranking, out of the fire with a sensa- tional rally yesterday to win by scores of 4—6, 6—8, 6—3, 6—3, 6—4. Even more astonishing was the victory of Van Ryn over Frank Hunter of New Rochelle, N. Y., ranked second only to Big Bill Tilden, by a count of 6—2, , 6—2, 3—8, Y In the finals of the women’s singles, Marjorie Morrill of Dedham, Mass., was matched against Virginia Hilleary of Philadelphia. Miss Morrill easily elimi- nated Virginia Rice of Boston, 8—6, 6—1, while Miss Hilleary was scoring an up- set triumph over Mrs. Marion Zinder- stein Jessup of Wilmington, Del., 4—8, DERBY CANDIDATES IN ACTION YESTERDAY By the Assoclated Press. K Meltelian, Black Dot Stable—Sixth in field of seven in Pathfinder purse, run over six furlongs at Havre de Grace. Race won by Phillip, which is not eligible for Derby, in 1:13. % i Fourtunate Youth, S. W. Labrot— lé‘ol.lrth in Pathfinder purse at Havre de race. Skid, Mrs. J. Simpson Dean—Fifth in Pathfinder purse at Havre de Grace. Henriette Hardles, H. P. Gardner— Out of money in Dripping Springs purse at Lexington. Race won by Monnie over Futurity course (170 feet less than six furlongs) in 1:10. MOE AND WILLING START TO JOIN CUP LINKSMEN PORTLAND, Oreg., April 25 (®)— Dr. O. F. Willing, veteran Portlanc golfer, and Don Moe, University of Ore- gon student, today were en route tc New York to join eight other member: of the American Walker Cup team. ‘Willing was & member of the Walke: Cup team in 1923 and 1924, while Moe, ho holds several golf titlec ¢ nong them the Western amateur-- will com- Euuflmmamxwmnnt - HQHUEHEHAIQLE MO KB FANS TRAVELING FAR | Bowlers Shoot at Easy Marks In City Tournament Tonight FOR TITLE MAT BOUT BY ARTHUR BELL. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 25.—Such tremendous interest is being taken in the scheduled meeting of Walter Miller of St. Paul, Minn, and Ben Sherman of Canada in the city hall here for the world middleweight wrestling title that sportsmen are travel- ing from as far away as Angolan (Portuguese West Africa), Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia, as well as Cape Town, to see the bout. ‘This wide attraction is explained by the fact that the encounter will be the first world’s championship wrestling match to be held in South Africa. That neither contestant is a South African seems hardly to affect the enthusiasm. Miller, who won the title in Austrialia from Harry Irslinger of England, is a narrow favorite in the contest, with odds of 5 to 4 in his favor. (Copyright, 1930, by the C. D. N. Forelgn Service.) SINGLES. CLASS A. oM haconas .. Armiger.. WS RACOFE> PRotEOnEE A g ! 3 g 4 w2 IHOOR ZH TP 2, S E ¢ S1mg; 2y g, 8} 202> 0gh # s Q! waRg (Bl SzECamr gl BOF M gsiEeen P BpnadiiziaRanne R EiemgaEn g ‘ A | Thomason Groft . Koblents Nieder Barthelmess Thompson .. P. Kral Vic Kral Prettyman Meany O'Neil Neib McProuty Jacobs Flanery Wannan Strickosh Lauxmann Sechrest . Updike . Britton Little .. Rothgeb Miles Hasselbu: Hughes Clements . Douglas Whaley Thorp Gleagon ... Allen ... Chamberlin Van Fossen Schlosser . Douglass Jentifr Destin . 21 HE BY R. D. THOMAS. HIRTY teams and many doubles and singles will molest the maples tonight in the city championship at Convention Hall and all have reason to be confident of topping the current high scores. Three nights of competition has failed to produce a single score difficult to beat. ‘This is no reflection on the Conven- tion Hall drivers, either. They have been kept in prime shape, Chester Lilley is on top in Class A singles with a set of 363 which isn't likely to get him a nickle. Chester’s best count was 135. Plant Bureau shot a set of 1,643 to take the lead in Class C teams, Lind- strom’s total of 351 being & big help, Scores in Men’s Pin Tourney Matthews Hess ... McClary 389 | George . Herndon Harbin Lynn .. Tavenner 1 Robey Bohar Stale: Bishop Roche Pletela E. Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick. 5 Brid 7 | Smith . CLASS A TEAMS. D, L. Gar. (1.599) . Lee. 1 RinalaEet” EREES = §| 23353 o sgsle” otals.. 554 555 528 555 CLASS B TEAMS. 35) i 12: lg! gu'l,’l':glnflvl ( i otite 569) 8 1 Ba288 Lo 8588 Phillips.. Stocking. ..... tH| ESess EEe=83 Totals.. 561 514 527 ASS B. Pops (1.} zereye. b6 Shiliane: Totals.. Sl 828%; Driver..”” Totals.. 481 b Plant Bur. McCarty. g 1i3" Holme ‘Totals.. 472 487 506 Stroll R 1 H. Tayle 2 11 7 & Bime: o hoa 4 B. Barnes 00 104 83 Totals.. 450 510 457 Buick Motor (1.483) gl 38 H.A Kulze J.C.Watts 1 Silcox. 1 C‘l‘l ke g Homiller. Kidwell 100 ln Totals.. 138 484 8 . 454) gon. T Uit 9 lgo .: She 96 96 RI 95 109 103 10 153 496 Totals.. 484 488 514 ¥'g Priends (1480) an 116 83 12 -4 S55as | g2 2. 3l Totals.. 503 4 Pentalpha, (1.487) Miltner 123 104 01 28 9 . 2 £e53358 S5en HES |5 | = @ s P H s =8 HEEE 34 in the fleld for extra scoring jobs. Dr. Webb’s Whizbangs and Dr. Rice’s Ripsnorters, otherwise known as Rodier's Thursday Nighters, neither whizzed nor snorted to any profitable effect. They did most of their bowling verbally at a feast spread by r. The Whiz- bangs shot 1,392 in Class E and the Ripsnorters got 1,461 in Class D. Buck Harley, once the king of south- paw_duckpinners, got off to a fair start in class A singles with a game of 117, but from there on it was a struggle. He totaled 303, a score that Buck could have rolled in the old days right-handed and possibly blind-folded. ‘Two other veterans who disappointed were Nick Chaconas and Harry Armiger. Nick was & pin over 300 and Harry shot 309. The Patent Attorneys, who rolled 1,637 in class A, would have been in class B had their averages summed up ope pin less. Virtually the same line-up represents King's Palace and uhder this name rolled a league game this season that Mort King has passed along to the cartoonists who specialize in freaks. Each member had a score of 111 and the game of 555 exactly equaled the team'’s average. l 1,037 to lead in class C all-events. Beeques for a feature performance in the girls’ tournament at the Arcadia. The Beeques were nosed out on total pins by the Columbians for the pennant in the Washington Ladies’ League, which they had won the three preced- ing seasons. Margaret Miltner is in & fair way to take the class A all-events cham- pionship. She has 662 for six games, z}:l‘i 350 in the doubles and 312 in the gles. Mrs. Payne rolled 308 for second high score in the class B singles. Phil Heffelfinger, the newspa champion, will shoot singles tonight. Heffelfinger is the only bowler to win the news title twice. His two triumphs in succession constituted an under- rated feat. Phil rolled through many rounds in elimination play without en- countering a poor set. Ben McAlwee’s District League Cubs have a lock on their series with the Recreation Juniors of Baltimore, it ap- ars. ‘The Cubs shot 2,838 ,728 to gain a margin of 110 sticks in the opening set at the Lucky Strike. Jack Wolstenholme shot 613 for high score. The figures: BALTIMORE. Welnbe; sk i 10 09 w1 1% 'WASHINGTON. o o a0 1 1 Totals .. 560 ‘The Washington All-Star girls team take on the Neumyer Motor Co. quint in a special cadia. Tomorrow night will stage sweepstakes tourn men and women. aments for scorer, bowler f only He's Ray Cross, the Masonic League declares he's all washed up as a and henceforth will ally himsel with the arithmetic of the game. One of the season’s best sets in the ‘War Department League was rolled by the Fort Humphreys team to white- wash the Quartermasters. No individual lgg.xle ‘was under 100, the team totaling — ALEXANDRIA ROLLERS GUESTS AT BANQUET LEXANDRIA, Va., April 25.—The second annual banquet of the ©Old Dominion Boat Club Duck- pin Bowling League was held in the George Mason Hotel here last night ‘with members of the Sculls, the team which won the league championship, guests of honor. Police Judge William S. Snow, s mem- ber of the board of governors, and E. E. Carver, persident of the club, were the principal speakers, while J. Earle Ross was toastmaster. was composed of Lewis Bell, John Russell Nicholson, Charles Arthur Rector and Jack ‘The Sculls team Capt. Bill Winstead, Hughes, O’Daniel, Robinson. The Yankee A. C. will swing ' into o Sraer e gl e bies Field at 8 o'clock. sk Samuel B, DeVaughan has been elected manager of the Del Ray A. C. nine. He is g games at Alexan- g{h 202-J or Metropolitan 3687, branch Another mixed-doubles bowling tour- nament is to be held at the Health Center Alleys tomorrow night at 8 3 o'clock. Episcopal High will engage Staunton Military Academy in base ball Pishburne Military Academy in unnu.nd :gmomw on Hoxton at 3:30 . ckglg:rlzndg- H’lch'l nine is in Freder- , Va., for a gam it] - ericksburg High today. Citids LONDOS MEETS ROLLER IN MAT CARD FEATURE Giglio in other matches Monday. George Taylor downed Roughhouse Nelson in the main bout of the weekly wrestling card at the Gayety last night. Joe Turner and g:lht.nnay fought to EPISCOPAL NETMEN WIN. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 25.—Epis- copal H!‘(h defeated St. Christ er's School of Richmond, 4 to 1, in & is match yesterday. ‘The scores: dapi=g, Morep g, Cprigenteg {Episcopal) defeated Grymes, 6—3, 6—1; S. | Ta ab defeated Minor, 61, 63, | 2; S or na "R 1‘3‘ 108 (Epticopals | a-;;l'lhd Minor and Orylllll»":’.( IM?ODII) | COLLEGE LACROSSE. Oxford-Cambridge, 6; Brown, 0. de- ord F. H. Petila of Mount Rainier totaled | tha Bronson Quaites will trot out her |y oreun (Episco- | {1 Stephenson Peaton wn York U, 9; City College ew e New . Blllhe e 3 of N ABILITY, AMBITION CHIEF REQUISITES Opportunity and Financial Rewards Never Greater, Says Howard Ehmke. BY EDWARD J. NEIL. Assoclated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, April 25.—How- ard Ehmke, the lanky blond veteran with the slow smile and the slower curve that confounded experts and Chicago Cubs alike in the last world series, has a reassuring messk:xe for base ball-minded youth. Not only are better young ball players coming into the big leagues all the time, but the caliber of the youths has improved steadily since Howard first wandered out to a big league pitching mound in Detroit 14 years ago. thermore, opportunity and financial re- wards for youngsters never were greater n_today. “They say good young pitchers aren't coming up to the big leagues any more,” SN0} as he warmed up In a hotel lobby, for the chill outside prevented any hope of a ball game. “That’s false. Look at Liebhardt, Mahon and Mahaf- fey, all newcomers to the Athletics this Spring. All fine young pitchers. “All a kid coming in needs is natural ability and ambition today. He'll find all the veterans e: teach him. He'll find clean, wholesome athletes to live and team with. The slack, un- kempt element has gone from base ball. Have Things to Learn. “Young pitchers usually arrive with a lot of speed and stuff and things to learn. Usually they learn rhythm, polse r |and to fleld their position. Experience comes with these and then you have a real pitcher.” anen: Tominder of an-ald. ey, permanen ler of an o jury, climbed to his feet and scratched an imaginary pitching rubber on the rug. He took his stance and, except for his clothes, looked exactly as he did wg:fi to game 1 | of the world series for the A's and pile up 13 strikeouts. “Most new pitchers place the forward part of the right foot on the rubber so that the foot points directly at the bat- ter. During the wind up they must turn the foot so that it points to third throws the body out of line, tonight at the Ar- |Pitch. the lia . 1 advise the new pitchers to study Herb Pennock of the Yanks, Ted Lyons of the White Sox, Jones ot Washingten. ' peliers faen . I believe h“lev O,heh‘blen nyl’zt:n e “Nonchalant, easy-go kids make the best pitchers beumg,‘uuy are cool under fire. They must have experi- ence—sitting on the bench does good. And finally, they must field the position. If a fielding pitcher misses 15 out of 30 balls hit to him, half will drive in runs and maybe four will win ball games. four games can turn an ordinary pitcher, winning 15 and losing 15, into a great pitcher, win- ning 19 and losing 11.” Ehmke likes the youngsters. He is coaching Connie Mack’s rookies this Spring. By the middle of May, when the sun comes out, he hopes to be in ‘winni ball games, He wants opening game of GERMANS LEAD BRITONS IN TENNIS CUP SERIES LONDON, April 25 (#).—Germany’s Davis Cup team, showing surprising strength, took a lead over Great Brit- ain in their first-round encounter yes- terday. The invaders captured the opening singles match and led by 2 sets to 1 in the other when it was called on account of darkness. After a desperate battle Dr. Heinz lm&l;\ul‘m;‘ of Gm:med the ou ustin, 6—s3, 326, 51, 42, 64, 5 Before British su) had recov- from the fall of their prin- cipal standard-| , Germany was well on its way to victory in the second match. 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