Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1930, Page 23

TRADE FOR ARTHUR WAS PREXY'S HOPE Sale Leaves Griffs With Lit- tle for Barter—Few Spring Dates. BY JOHN B. KELLER. N base ball, player deals are not always pleasing to both sides involved. For instance, that sale of Charles Arthur Shires, first baseman, by the Na- tionals to the Milwaukee club of the American Association prob- ably tickled the buyer, but by no means did it make Clark Griffith, president of the Washington club, | happy. Shires’ departure leaves Griffith little worth while in the way of trading material. Instead, it was a sad blow to Griffith. He had banked heavily on using Arthur the Great as trading matérial this Win- . yet was compelled to_ dispose of the p"lrny:r to the highest bidder in the minors for nothing more than cash. And not so muchdcn.sh, :1‘ that, as ball ers are priced nowadays. p]!l"yhlt all r‘l’njor lesgue clubs waived claim to Shires surprised no one more than Griffith. He had regarded—and still regards—Shires as a much better first-sacker than some holding regular berths in the majors and had no idea the player would be permitted to escape from the big show. isillusioned prexy has noth- b more than $10,000 to show for taman. the player for which the White Sox were given Pitcher Garland Braxton and Catcher Benny Tate last June, and $10,000 isn't likely to buy much in base ball. Griffith made a last effort to use Shires in a major club trade before shipping’ him to the Brewers. He got in communication with L. C. McEvoy, vice president of the Browns, with re- to a deal Involving Art, but could mo business. ln.stfi;ihthe s"th l?ulz official tipped off Griffith to the fac that business might be done with Mil- ‘waukee. Now, Milwaukee is & minor subsidiary of the Browns. Also a major league walver is supposed to be strictly a major league secret until the major club holding the waived player's con- tract is ready to talk tefms outside the big show. Yet Lou Nahin, one of the Brewer executives, was all cet to strike a bargain with Griffith as soon as_the latter telephoned. ‘be garrulous Shires will wear a St. Louis uniform some time next season. NY deals the Nationals may make with the minors henceforth will not be with clubs of the class AA circuits—the American Association, the International League and the Pacific Coast League—unless they toe the mark and accept the major league draft terms. At midnight last night business between these leagues and the big fel- lows were off. Griffiith again has said he does not expect eny Weshing.on deals wiile Joe Engel, Washington scout and presiden’ of the Chatt2nooga club, the Nationals’ farm, and his club manager, Bert Nie- hoff, are at the annual minor league meeuaz in Montreal dt'lemwweek. mfle may have something say, hows ever, after a conference with Engel and Niehoff tomorrow. Wrm Shires gone, every attention will be paid Joe Kuhel at the Biloxi training camp that he may be made a clever understudy to the veteran Joe Judge at first base. Al- though Harley Boss, who served for & time with the Nationals, has been bought back from Kansas City, Kuhel, who was impressive in his brief appear- ance in big time the season, will get_the job as first substitute. ‘Two other flntacal;m on uvxlec kv:‘lah- ington roster, Dick Goldberg, up {from Youngstown, Ohio, semi-pro and Baxter Jordan, drafted from New- ark, may be discounted. UNuss Griffiith rakes up seme more dates for his Washingtoh ball club, the Nationals will all but pass out of the exhibition games business next Spring. Rigit now the prexy has listed but 10 Spring training tilts and just 6 of these are booked for Southern diamonds. Present call for the Nationals to swing into action first at their Biloxi camp on Sunday, March 15, in a game with the Baltimore club of the In- ternational League. Then nothing ap- on the schedule until April 3, encountered at Bir- mingham. Griffiith has announced sev- We- will be played by the Na- between March 15 and April 3, but there is nothing definite about this. The Nationals will be in Birming- ham two days, being scheduled for a game there on April 4 also. Then they will jump to their Chattanooga farm for tussles with the Lookouts on April 5, 6 and 7 Thursday, April 9, will find them in Washington for the only engagement now booked with a major league oppo- nent. That day the Nationals will be hosts to the Phillies in Griffith Stadium, April 10 and 11 will be given over to home-and-home matches with the Orioles, the first game of this hrief series being slated for Baltimore. The exhibition schedule will end with & tilt with Rochester of the Interna- tional League in Griffiith Stadium on Sunday, April 12, Looks as though the Nationals will open the American League season, or very likely the major league campaigning, here on April 13 or T Spring the Nationals will begin their training a little earlier than they did in the last one. Accord- ing to information from the Washing- ton club office the pitchers are to as- semble at Bilox! on February 25. The m‘?lwn‘ training was begun Feb- ‘The outfielders and infielders of the club are to get down to business at the Mississippi camp on March 8, about two weeks after the battery bunch gets gl‘nc. Some of the young pitchers by t time should be far enough ad- vanced in training to chuck some good ones at the boys in batting practice. AST Spring the Nationals' stay at Bilox! was rather brief, but this time they will do most of their training on the Mississippi coast. ‘While the date for leaving Biloxi has not been definitely fixed, the Nationals probably will stick around the Missis- ml camp until April 2, then head for ttan with a two-day stop-over at Blflnmfll on the way. VANCE BUSY FISHING. Dazzy Vance, twirler for the Brook- lyn Nationals, is spending the Winter ot his fishing camp at Homosasss, Pls. Complimentary Adult’s Guest Ticket Cut_out . It will be accept tof n Found free. jeox ‘Washington's Most Beautiful Indoor Golf Course 1016 14th St. Between K and L. AR to Bee the Portadle Golf Nele THE SUNDAY S In Juvenile B \WO new bowling champions were crowned last night at Silver Spring. They were Eddie Espey of this city, cham- plon junior bowler of the United States, and John Hanson, boy champion, who hails from Richmond, Va. Both scored clean-cut victories. Es- pey’s set for five games was 570. Han- son's was 345 for three games. Hanson, 15 years old, hitch-hiked after the automobile bearing him and Vernon Helland broke down about 30 miles outside of Richmond. The young- sters, without furds, arrived at Silver Spring barely in time to compete. Hanson won the ‘boys' title with games of 111, 101 and 133. His com- panion was runner-up to Espey in the junior class with a 546 set. Of the two victorics Hanson's was by | far the more surprising. He was given | only an outside chance after rolling | only 601 for his two three-game sets at_Richmond. Espey’s victory was more or less taken for granted. The Arcadia flash rolled games of 120, 114, 111, 115 and 110 to beat out by 24 pins his nearest rival. Twelve competed in the boys’ class. Tommy Evans, Georgetown Recreation reprecentative, was runner-up in this section with 328. He was in_the van until Hanson tossed in his 133 game. Following Evans were Teddy Glasgow of Hyattsville and Al Bear of the Ren- dezvous. John Blick presented the Naticnal Duckpin Bowling Congress Medal to Hanson as the boy champion. gave him 810, while Frank Proctor, Silver Spring manager, chipped in with $5 to help. the youngster return to Richmond. Lorraine Millikin, Silver Spring con- tender, was the next highest local boy to_finish in the junior class. Millikin, folling 499, took fifth place. Meyer Jacobson of the Baltimore Recreation Center was third. Willis Sensenbach, junior champion of North Carolina, failed to get hot until the third game when he rolled the high game of the tournament, 151. Only on® other game of his, however, ‘was above the 100 mark. His 543 was 1 g‘in behind Jacobson's third-place set. . Z. Greer, president of the Wash- . FRANK A RIDE in the new Franklin airplane-type car —a truly lavis SMART LINES—THE Also he | C SERIES FIFTEEN =~INCLUDING 20 TYPES IN TWO owling Tourney ington City Duckpin Association, the medal presentation to Espey. The scores: Boys' Class. made 133345 111328 7315 8 106—303 08 1 Mooney (Sil, Spr. Blakesley (Q. Pinj. . Shelton (N."C.) 1 Sensenbach (N. C.} Smith (Con. O g 255 93249 74237 ol Espey (Arcad! . C).... 69 89 88 102 Fleshman (Hyatt). 70 94 94 93 REFRIGERATIO Wins Five of 8ix Games on Replac- ing Installation in Gas League. Contrary to its name, the Refrigera- tion team of the Washington Gas Light Co. League has been red hot, winning five out of six games since taking the franchise of the Installation team. Meter Shop still holds a two-and-a- half game lead. Team Standing. w. Geo'town No, ‘2. Season Records. High individual game—Jones (New Busi- ness High individusl set—Olarke (New Busi- team game_New Business, 599. High team set—New Business, 1,611 nes MONNEIT A SPEEDETER. Robert Monnett, Michigan State sophomore halfback, won two games this year with runs of 60 and 65 yards. : o MOSTLY CITY FELLERS. Of the 35 members of the‘Rutgers | foot ball squad, all but eight hail from the New York City metropolitan area. INTRODUCING IN THE TAR, N GETS HOT| WASHI~NGLUN, In Nick of Time JOHN HANSON, | B Fifteen years old, who arrived at the Goodu! silver Spring bowling alley yesterday | | barely in time to take his place in the national boys' duckpin finals _after hitch-hiking from near Richmond, and shot a 345 set to win the cham- | pionship. .Eddie Espey of this city cap- tured the junior title. )+ Waiver of Shires By Clubs of Both Major Leagues Is Espey and Hanson Win Titles NOVEMBER 30, 1930—PARL Onr B—7 Sad Blow to Griffith SMITH STILL LEADS IN GIRL PIN STAKES Shoots 353 in Second Block of Bill Wood Event and Now Has Chance for Record. Marjorie Bradt Smith not un!{ Te- mained in front at the end of the second block of the Bill Wood Sweep- | stakes last night at the Lucky Strike, but put hers:lf in position to knock | down the all-time nine-game record | for gir! duckpinners, 1,029, held by Lorraine Gulli. | Mrs. Smith last nl}ht shot 353, which | gave her a total of 712 for the first| six games and left her with only 318 to | get next Saturday at the King Pin No. | 1 to hang up a new mark | Lorraine Gulli, champion of the last | two years, moved into a challenging | position by rolling 356, which, tacked to her 327 of the first block, pulls the | United States ranking woman duckpin | bowler's total to 683. Billic Butler rolled 334, her six-game | total now reading 859. Doris Goodall, | Margaret Miltner, Mary Cox and Eva | Gude rank next in line with scores of 640, 638, 627 and 626, respectively. 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Margaret totaled 312, with 117 h'gh game, while her teammate shot 304. | TEAM STANDING. ! %4 30 % Queen Pin 0 7 Mever Davi 1710 Kine pin 10 Convention Hail '8 16 C 1113 Boulevard ... 717 John Blick. Rendezvous Bill ucky Stri Wood 141" High individual game—Elis 144 ART MARBLES AT TOP Standard Art Marble rollers dropped |two tilts to James Baird, but are hold- | ing to a six-game lead in the cham- pionship fight in the Bullding Con- tractors’ Beague. It was the first set Standard has lost this season. Fuller Stone Plant No. 1 and D. C. Butchers are tled for second. The former twice downed Columbia Sand & | Gravel and the latter swept its set with Hudson-Dougherty. Team Standing. WL Stand. Art Mar.20 Fuller’ Stone 1. 14 w. Chas. H_Tomp. 1 Hudson-Dough. . I D. C. Bute 8and i Lake Stone Co, James d 8o Asb: John P. Evans. 3 2 1 113 ] 7 L] 4 3 3 3 3 ARLINGTON COUNTY LEAGUE. ars 36 5 man % indry 1§ aliston A. g 1§ 11 Peehies 3 12 A & P. Btore.. 8 Stand. 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