Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1931, Page 23

' SPORTS. D EVELAND FEARED WITHOUT CHANGES [Pitcher Ferrell Makes Club Dangerous Contender in 1931 Pennant Race. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. LEVELAND has found it al- " most impossible to make any trades during the hot stove league season. The owners of the club had it in mind o shift a little here and there, and probably would jump with joy if they could be certain that they had the left side of their infield stanch enough to face anything| in the league. , When they suggested trades, they heard nothing but Ferrell. Not that clubs proposed a trade for Ferrell— lnowmg m was wasting their breath —but they told Cleveland that it was t00 ‘promising as it is with a splendid young man like Ferrell to pitch for them next season. In other words, there was a very open confession that Cleveland as a team is feared before the first game of 1931 has been played in the American race. A Fighting Club. The last pennant won by Cleveland was in 1920, when Edward S. Barnard, now the head of the American League, was in business control of the team and Tris Speaker was manager. Cleveland Mmade a good fight the next year, but ‘was unable to finish better than second, Josing the pennant to New York, but not without giving the Yankees a strug- down to the end of the season. 1922 Cleveland was fourth; 3 ; in 1924, ; in 192! 3 4n 1926, second; in 1927, sixth: in 1928, seventh; in 1929, third, and last year, Cléveland has been in the second four times since 1t won lge pennant—its only pennant, y the way—but it has been a fighting team the other years and once when it finished in the second division it made ted battle for a while. has taken the place that once had in the Western sec- the American League. There was a time when Chicago led the West- rn end of league, and in its early the great factor in the IN SUBURBAN LEAGUE [ Figures in All Bowling Records in Section B, Mount Rainier the Mount Rainier League, Sec- with a 110-26 average. Goebel holds high game with 143, high set with 356, greatest number of 92, and is tied with Bell with each having 13. %% sumy. & mean T v, an 1001 tore.. . & Coun. .0 1917 Horses. .. Season Records. Bigh averase_H, Goebel. 110-26. same—H. Goebel. '143. Goebel h set—H. 1 356. gh strikes—H. Goebel and Bell, 13. h spares—H. Goebel. 92. ) Mayor, Dark ish team same—8Scoofers, 374. h team set—8coofers, 1,604. Individual Averages. 26 344 33 1T 3 BRENTWOOD MARKE' 3 ctassn oonsoscl | of five cases, through the hand of fate. Sandwina, Boxer, Circus Trained TED SANDWINA, heavyweight fighter, inherited his great strength. His mother, a circus performer, was the strongest woman in the world. She could life 20 men. Ted was a youngster with a circus education. John Ringling wanted to adopt him. He was named after Roosevelt. In Europe at the age of 16, he having gone over with his parents, whg were with a circus, his first boxing was done. Max Schmeling once was his sparring partner. Shadwina scored 38 knockouts in his first 55 bouts as a professional. STRIB RATED FIRST, DEMPSEY PANS GOB Says Sharkey One Man He’s Sure He Could Kayo—Max Ranked No. 2. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, January 12.—W. L. (Young) Stribling of Macon, Ga., is the best of the current crop of heavyweights, in the opinion of Jack Dempsey. Making his annual selections of world fistic stars for the Ring, boxing maga- zine, Dempsey places Stribling at the top of the heap, with Max Schmeling second and Jack Sharkey third. “To Stribling, I think, we must look to regain American supremacy in the hea eight ranks,” said Dempsey, “for it {:y::y opinion that if Sharkey has 10 more opportunities to win the crown he still will fall short of the mark. Were 1 to attempt a comeback, which I am certain I will not, poor as I might be, there is one heavyweight I am sge I can knock out—none other than Jatk Sharkey.” R Here's the way Dempsey ranked the leaders in the various fistic divisions: Heavyweights—Young Stribling, Max Schmeling, Jack Sharkey, Primo Car- nera, Tuffy Griffiths, George Godfrey. Light-heavyweights — Maxie _Rosen- bloom, Jimmy Slattery, Larry Johnson, Lew Scozza, Tait Littman, Pete Latzo, George Courtney. Middleweights—Mickey Walker, Len Harvey, Dave Shade, Harry Smith, Angel Cliville, Vince Dundee, Jack Hood. ‘Welterweights—Young Corbett, Tommy Freeman, Jimmy McLarnin, Jackie Fields, Young Jack Thompson. Junior welterweights—Jack Kid Berg, King Tut, Manuel Quintero, Billy Townsend, Sammy Mandell, Joey Me- dill, Stanislaus Loayza, Herman Perlick, Mickey Cohen. Light hts—Tony Canzoneri, Jack Kid Berg, Billy Petrolle, Justo Suarez, Al Singer, Louis Kid Kaplan. Junior lightweights — Benny Bass, Roger Bernard, Al Foreman, Johnny :‘lrr, Pete Nebo, Freddy Miller, Davey bad. Featherweights — Battling Battalino, Earl Mastro, Fidel La Barba, Kid Choc- olate, Eddie Shea, Tommy Paul, Lew , Bud Taylor. Bantamweights—Al Brown, Kid Fran- cis, Newsboy Brown, Joe Scalfaro, Pete Sanstol, Archie Bell, Vidal Gregorio, Domencio Bernasconi. Genaro, Phil Tobias, Frankie Kid An- gfi- Steve Rocco, Marty Gold, Black —_ LATE GRID FINISHERS Palace-D. G. S. Beats Press Cards, Colonials Trim Centennials. Palace-D. G. 8. and Colonial gridders yesterday closed long post-season sched- ules with victories, the former winning from National Press Club Cardinals and the latter scoring over the Centennial 115-pounders. The scores were 12-6 and 34-0. ‘Two sustained drives brought the Palace victory, after the Cards had counted in the second period, when Joe Buscher intercepted a pass and ran 50 yards for a touchdown. Palace matched this in the third quarter when Reagan went over on a short plunge, and forged to_the front in the final setto on an- other line plunge by Schrivener. Colonials in swamping Centennials claim the 115-pound title. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. P all athletes the wrestler is the least envied. Wrestling is a game people like to watch, but rarely, if ever, has one heard a youngster, watching upward of 400 pounds struggling in a ring, remark, “Gee, I'd like to be a rassler.” Which might lead some to wonder, “Why is & wrestler a wrestler?” Unlike stars of the diamond, gridiron, fairway, tennis court or bowling drives, wrestlers become wrestlers, in four out 'AKE Joe Turner, for instance. When Joe was 15 years old he was playing base ball on the St. Vincent team in the Marquette Church League on the local sandlots. One day St. Vincent’s was playing the St. Martin’s on a Southwest field. Those were the days when the winners had to lick their foes with fists after the game - [T RUVES NBALE Y onEey 8 REBAT 224 wosod BauEayEy or win a dual track meet on a “home Joe's team won—the fight started. Flyweights—Midget Wolgast, Frankie | Beaoh THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, HEAVY TITLE BOUT AGREEMENT NEAR Few Details to Be Ironed Out for Stribling and Schmeling Go. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 12.—If fistic observers have interpreted the signs correctly, all ob- stacles in the path of a heavy- weight - title match between Max Schmeling and Young Stribling have been cleared away and their managers are ready to sign on the dotted line. Some of the more optimistic of the experts voiced the opinion today that the bout would be “made” within 24 hours, but the more conservative were inclined to believe that several minor odds and ends would have to be dis- posed of first. Certainly there were definite indi- cations that “Pa” Stribling, father- manager of the Macon, Ga., heavy- weight, and promoters for the Hearst milk fund were close to an agreement. Schmeling already is under contract to | the milk fund and no trouble is antici- pated from their quarters. According to best available advices, the bout, if all goes well, will be held next June in Detroit, Cleveand, Phila- delphia or Jersey City. Sharkey Bout Big Hitch. ‘The biggest hitch in the milk fund’s negotiations with the elder Stribling has been the demand that Stribling, providing he whips Der Maxie in June, agree to meet Jack Sharkey in Sep- tember in defense of his title. “Pa” has taken the position that the game could not stand two heavyweight title fights in one outdoor season. A compromise may be effected on the basis of an agreement by Stribling to meet Sharkey for the milk fund at| some future date, possibly in the Sum- mer of 1932. This effort of profnoters to include Sharkey in the heavyweight scheme has been viewed as an attempt to placate the New York State Athletic Commis- sion, which has nominated the Boston sailor as the outstanding contender and relieved Schmeling of his crown be- cause he refused to sign immediately for a return match with Sharkey. ONLY TWO MAJOR FOES ON BROWNS’ SPRING LIST Phils and Cards Among 26 Clubs on Training Schedule—Camp at West Palm Beach. ST. LOUIS, January 12 (#).—Only two major league squads are listed on the Spring exhibition schedule of the St. Louis Browns. The exhibition con- tests total 26, with the Phillies and the Cardinals geiting two games each. The Brownies again will train in West Palm Beach, Fla., the first squad reporting February 24 and the balance a week later. Camp will be broken March 30. The list of games: March 8—House of David at West Palm Beach; 14-35, Columbus at West Palm ach: 16, Phillies at West . 18, Phillies at Winter Haven; . Birmingham at phis at Memphis: 3, City at Kansas Gity: at Wichita; 11, 12, Cardinals CENTRAL SWIMMERS WIN Burns Leads Way in 46-t0-28 Vic- tory Over Baltimore Poly Team. Central High swimmers vanquished the Baltimore Poly team, 46 to 29, in the Central pool. Capt. Funk of Poly and Capt. Burns of Central were the brightest perfor- mers. Funk, after placing two events, overcame a two-yard Central lead in the relay to win that event for his team. ' Burns, following his triumph in the '100-yard event, swam back- stroke on the medley relay team and gained a lead that helped his team to victory. Hand of Fate Points Out Path To Most Who Follow Grunt and Grimace Game for Livelihood IM LONDOS, now recognized as world champion, also became & mat artist through accident. Londos, when only 19 years old, was the “beeg, stronga man” of a vaudeville troupe. Possessed of a magnificent physique, he also posed for sculptures, but_he never wrestled. One day in Butte, Mont., & wrestling exhibition was on the theatrical pro- gram. It followed Londos’ weight- lifting act. Jack O’Connell, then champ of Ireland, was to wrestle Charley Cut- ler. Cutler failed to appear and Jim was prevailed upon to enter the ring. Through sheer strength ~Londos knocked his opponent down, sat on him and started on the road to the heavy- weight throne of matdom. ' ASHINGTON'S “bad man,” Chief ‘White Feather, affords another example. Once upon a time the chief had pugilistic ambitions, cavort- ing under the tag of “Tom Marvin.” | While the Chiel can only say he gave | his best when he fought Young Stribling |and others of high rank, he was per- | fectly satisfied with his profession— {until a rassier named Ross appeared |in the Southern town where White Feather was holding forth. A boxing bout and mat match ap- peared on the same card. Ross was one Ray Schaffer, one of Washington’s best 118-pound amateur wrestlers at ghat | time, hooked up with Joe. “1 finally won,” grinned Turner, we fought for two hours in cinders. I liked my first wrestling match.” Thus, at 15, Joe, finding he could lick a rassler, joined the ranks of tendon- tuggers. NE day a circus stopped near Haskell Institute. A heavyweight wrestler was offering $50 to any one who could stay with him 15 minutes. It hap- pened during a holiday recess and most of the college boys had gone home. Hence no takers. - Finding his ballyhoo in vain, the big wrestler made a disparaging remark t Indlans in general, and step] the soap box. A little Indian heard the remark, cux':‘-;hedu“ his s fists and darted away up a He knocked on the door of a “but But own Tiny! , followed by a little In- dian, ran for the circus grounds. few minutes later the big Indian col- it didn’t take him 15 Tiny's name from Simaoe Fade Roebuck _(our A of the wrestlers. Tom Marvin (the | Chief hisself) was one of the boxers. | Hitting it off like ofl and water, Ross | up and challenged the Chief to a fight, one to rassle, the other to box. | * The Chief never had a chance. But, | while being tossed through the air, he | did a little thinking. | _That's why Tom Marvin, alias Chief | White Feather, joined the ranks of | bone-benders. | {YUS SONNENBERG was playing | semi-pro foot ball before he turned | to the mat game. One day the ex- Sunday Win Day for Win Day Schoolboy, Not Yet 16, Takes m-flole Golf Match for Miami Midwinter Amateur Title. By the Associated Press. IAMI, Fla., January 12.—Win Day, a slender, yellow-haired, slightly stooped lad, nearing . his sixteenth birthday, wore the, man-sized crown of the Miami Midwinter amateur golf tournament to high school today. He sald he was “too tickled” to comment on his victory in a grueling 40-hole championship battle yesterday with Lee Chase of Buffalo, N. Y., for- mer Florida and New York State ama- teur title holder. Day played nine practice holes yesterday before em- barking upon what proved to be 'his third extra-hole match of the tourney. He lives in Chicago six months of the year and goes to school at Miami Beach the other six. After the match was deadlocked at the 36-hole distance the first extra hole was halved. Chase sank a 10- foot putt for a birdie 3 on the next. Day duplicated with a 8-foot putt. Another hole was halved and then on the fortieth Chase drove past the cup in a futiile bid for a birdie 3. Day was 18 inches short. Chase putted and missed. He took a 5. Day calmly sank his ball for a 4 to win. In advancing Day won 19-hole matches Thursday and Friday, re- spectively. He defeated Jimmy West, Miami, defending champion, in 18 holes Saturday. THE LISTENING POST BY WALTER TRUMBU We know one thing {s always true: Achievement knows no bar nor fetter. What man has done, that man can do, And usually a little better. OB JONES and Bill Tilden have re- tired from amateur competition. You and I may not see their like again. But, sooner or later, will come another; better at golf; better at tennis. Why? Because the whole world is speeding up. Frank Hawkes breakfasts in New York and dines in San Fran- cisco. Some day a birdman will break- fast in Paris and dine in New York. ‘You might think that in this age of motors and planes man would lose his legs, but it isn't so. More men can run under 10 seconds today than at any time in the history of the cinder path. More men can jump over 24 feet. More men can putt the shot and skim the discus to new marks. A great college trainer told me that he thought there was a collegian in the United States who, properly trained, might beat Nurmi’s record for the mile. There is a collegian in training whom some consider the fastest quarter-miler that ever lived. I spent much of the Autumn peering at young foot ball players. It seems to me that those boys are taller, faster and stronger, as a class, than their fathers were. Scientists tell us that man has ex- isted only a comparatively few thousand years. He has not yet reached his peak. Those things take time. No college coach, from best to worst, At least, this is the way we view it; Can ever hope to finish first, Unless he has the team to do it. NUTE, ROCKNE, having molded good material into one of the bes foot ball teams in the history o the sport, now plans to recover some of the energy that task expended. Yes, sir, M:kne is going to take a well earned Test. 1 know that this is so, because we had a talk the other day and he told me that all he intended to do in the imme- diate future was to make 19 sales talks to the employes of certain manufactur- mental principles of foot ball. Diplomacy consists in saying “nice doggie” until you can pick up a rock. We got into what we thought was a chess tournament, recently, only to dis- cover it was a wax works. Prosperity will have returned when the dub tées up a new ball to drive the pond. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1931. BY SOL METZGER. We have Towa's basket ball play- ers plaged for a set play with left guard,No. 4, possessing the ball. Note the center, No. 3. He breaks for the left corner of the court as before. But this time he circles as shown, swinging toward the rear as No. 4 feeds him the ball. Instantly he passes it to No. 2, right forward, as 2 drives straight to his left. It's an axiom of basket ball that a pass can best be returned to the player who last handled the ball. So No. 3 keeps running after pass- ing to No. 2, and swings out wide and around 2, there taking a short pass from No. 2 and dribbling down the right of the center line of the court to the basket. He takes a one- hand push shot at the ring, cheered ' to the echo when it hits its mark. (Copyright, 1931, Publishers’ Syndicate.) Sl LINKS IN OPERA HOUSE Historle Auditorium in Chicago Gives Way to Indoor Game. By the Associated Press. e old Auditorium Theater in Chicago, where two genera- tions of opera-goers were entertained, is to become an indoor golf course. In fact, it i3 to become two courses, with a club house on the stage where Mary Garden, Charles Marshall and Charles Hackett sang themselves to ame. The ch!cazr Civic Opera Co. moved to new quarters last year. TEXAS LOOP GRAD CLUSTERS CLOUTS Gets 3 in Inning for Waco. Sets Other League Batting Marks. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. “ ERE comes a’lad who will make Babe Ruth look to his socking,” some of the base ball boys in the East are chirping. The reference is to young Eugene Rye, who has been purchased by the Boston Americans from the Waco Club of the Texas League. The young man has yet to prove that he can hit major league pitching, but he has hung up some home-run records in the minors that are unique. Rye is an outfielder, who began life at Chicago and played base ball around that neighborhood. In the semi-pro teams of Chicago he was good enough to find a game open to him no matter which way he turned, and that led him to believe he might become successful as a professional. He went to Winston- Salem in 1928, and from there to Waco, where he played in 1929 and 1930. Makes Homers in Clusters. His specialty is not in making a home-run record for a season, but in making home runs in clusters. On August 6, 1930, against the Beaumont club he made three home runs in one inning and against three different pitch- ers, Mallott, Green and Newman. That is a masterpiece. Babe Ruth never has been quite that highbrow in home runs. In the opening game of the Texas League season Rve made three home runs off Hargrove, Auer and Giard, who pitched for San Antonio. In each of three other games he made two home runs. He is sixth in the Texas League batters of 1930, with .367 in 128 games. Rye has done other fancy things with the bat. One time he scored five runs in one game and batted in seven runs. The Boston club surely can stand all the batting of that kind that he can pro- duce. He is not likely to charge into the Boston field with as many home runs as he made in Waco, because the Boston outfield reaches much farther THE WATER FRONT HOY, Squadronese! There's & notice out. to the effect that m? annual g, with election of flm and other weighty matters, is to be at the Capitol Club, Monday evening, January 19, at 8 o'clock. The usual— or I should say unusual—oyster roast will be held prior to the meeting, 6:30 being the time. Tickets from H. M. Baxter—and get them ahead of time. The address is 1455 Belmont street northwest, and you may write or phone. 'UST to open the boating season early, open houses were held on New. Year day at most of the clubs, At the Corinthian the boys gathered around a flowing bowl of orange punch and munched heartily on sandwiches and seasonable fruit cake, The mem- bership turned out in good strength and all hands enjoyed a fine time. At the Washington Club the new gal- lery operated smoothly and well, there being plenty of fried oysters. doughnuts, popcorn, beer and coffee, all major op- erations being attended to by Capns Paul Donley, Joe Janicek, Steve Johns- ton, Doc Norton and Gene Allen. ORRY we missed Herbert Stone, editor of Yachting, who visited at the Washington Club last Friday. At the time we were sojourning in so nautical a place as Beltsville, seated in & cold barn viewing the keel and frames of & new and much enlarged Trinket being built by Cap'n Bob Pagan. Never before have we seen such a fine piece of white oak as Bob now so fervently adzes in preparation for more and bet- ter days on the water. BOTTOMLEY HAS RIVAL Jim Bottomley, Card first sacker, was one of the, first products of the chain store systeth. He developed at Syracuse. Now Rochester, succeeding Syracuse, has sent up Jimmy Collins and St. Louis isn’t sure which one will play first in 1931. A few seasons back Don Hurst was developed. There was no room for him and he went to the Phillies. into adjacent territory than the outfield at Waco. The Texas ground is in the center of the city and its deepest outfleld is not as distant from home plate by many a truggling with another young outfielder who can bat in minor league company. His name is Van Camp. He, too, is an Illinois boy. He was born in Moline, played base ball there and then went to Des Moines. He tried the infield as well as the out- field. Cleveland took him on for & first baseman, but ti ht he was not up to snuff and sent him back to the minors. In 1930 he batted .344 for Des Motnes. * “1 Hope You Do Not Abandon the Attack” Amer u ¢ Says . DR. J. C. 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