Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1931, Page 32

K SPORTS Max Baer Comes of a Family of Giants : One-Yedr Success Fools Major Rookies THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RI fleet-footed outfielder wno could get the / jump on any pitcher or catcher he ever - worked against. And there has been DAD 246-POUNDER: MATER HEFTY, T00 Boxer’s Grandmother Weigh- ed 300—Has Brother, 15, Who Stands 6 Feet 2. BY ALAN GOULD, Assoclated Press Sports Editor. ER MAXIE-B aer, not D Schmeling—scales over 200 pounds ringside for the heavyweight battle these depressing fistic days but he is just a “leedle fella” as Baers come and go. My San Francisco associate, Russ Newland, after considerable research into the situation, has bobbed up with some very startling statistics, tending to show there is the possibility of the Baers chasing the Carnera right out of the country. Russ writes: “Muax’s father, Jacob Baer, weighs 246 pounds and was a fair amateur boxer, His mother weighs 230 pounds. One of her cousins weighs 395 pounds (I hope Russ’ typewriter played him no tricks on these figures). On his father's side of the family, Max's grandmother weighed 300 pounds and his grand- father weighed a mere 280. 's 15-year-old brother, Jacob, §r., weighs 200 pounds and stands 6 feet 2 Inches. 'Max's No. 1113 shoes are a little tight for Jacob, jr. who goes to school, but is being trained on the e for a fighting career. “The family is German-Jewish and all are 6-footers.” US WILSON, the genial Alsatian who has trained Carpentier, Demp- sey and now runs the caulifiower camp at Orangeburgh, thinks Max Baer has the st t0 make a first-class heavy- weight. Colorful, rangy and a fair socker, Baer has an unfortunate tendency to clown and expose himself to needless clouting in the region of his molars. Ernie_Schaaf softened him up and old Tom Heeney belted him lustily for two rounds before the Briton was handed a short-count knockout. “Baer is &_hard worker and will im- prove,” said Wilson, “but the big lights along Broadway got a little the better of him when he first came East. He is willing to admit he is not a smart box- er, which is something, even if we knew that, anyway. But he has unbounded confidence. and .will learn fast from ex- perience.” LTHOUGH we recall no specific re- quest fog it, the 1930 financial re- port of Jack Sharkey, Inc., is at hand, showing gross fncome last year of §218,- 000 for two ring:eppearances. This was made up of $4 for the Battle of Phil Scott's Minute Rest at Miami and $178,000 for the flasco with Max Schmeling at the Yankee Stadium. The_statisticians of Jack Sharkey, Inc., figure that this firm has helped draw a total of more than $3,000,000 to the turnstiles in 11 bouts promoted by the Madison Square Garden Corpora- tion in five years. This includes the ’tale.l(l-,!.m gate for the bout with Jack in 1927 j the financial secre- tary of says “he ‘Intends to keep boxing for five more years, which would send him into retirement at the age of 32. By that time he feels he will have dragn $10,000,000 at the gate, which would ‘make him es good a gate attraction as Dempsey.” Heigh ho. The last five years should be the hardest. DEMON PUNCHER IN TEST Retzlaff, With 25 Kayoes in 28 Bouts, to Meet Risko. CHICAGO, January 30 ().—Charlie Retzlaft, the big knockout heavyweight from Duluth, Minn., has been signed to meet the veteran “trial horse,” Johnny Risko & Cleyeland. in a 10-round gl:bch at ‘!he Olympia Arena, Detroit, ‘The Duluth heavyweight, principally because of his habit of stopping his op- nents, never has fought 10 rounds in career. In 28 fights he has won 25 by knockouts. He weighs 195 pounds Md.u a terrific puncher with either GROCERS WANT GAME. Grocer basketers want to District book & game for tomorrow night with a team having & gym. Call West 2013, T PALM BEACH, Fha, January 30.— Maybe Ponce de Leon was right about locating a land of eternal youth. George Wright celebrated his eighty- fourth birthday anniversary at Palm Beach yesterday and traveled around the Palm Beach Country Club course in 93 strokes. If you don't happen to recall George Wright at the moment, he was captain of the Cincinnati Reds of 1869. The one major league ball club that went through an entire season without losing & game. A little further up the coast John D. Rockefeller, sr., is playing golf every day and he is eight or nine years older than George Wright. Both expect to be playing golf when they are around 100. Any game that can extend a play- ing period into the age of 90 years or longer is sure to keep its hold. A Student Hitter. Paul Waner, big poison of the Pitts- burgh Pirates, is one of base ball's keenest students. Paul and Max Carey me up golf and fishing at Miami every ay. 1 asked Waner if he thought most good hitters were natural batsmen or develop:d through the study of correct form. T suppose one has to have a cer- tain knack to start with,” he sad, “but the study of fundamentals is also nec- essary . There never was & keentr stu- dent of form than Ty Cobb, who kept some old timer on the bench to watch any mistakes he was making during & slump. I believe the big part of base ball and golf is a matter of waiting on the blow or swing. I know when I am hitting well I seem to be hitting late, never in a hurry.” Which recalls the statement Frank Schulte that hs hit most of his home runs out of the catcher's glove. The Way It Goes. AREY has drawn one of the tough- est breaks in base ball. Two years ago Carey was appointed base running coach of the Dodgers. No one before had ever accused the Brooklyn team of setting the league on fire around the bases. Yet in 1029, under Carey's direction, the Dodgers led the Natfonal League in_stolen bases. Last year he went to Pittsburgh, taking over the same job. And last year the Pirates led the National League in stolen basss. With a record of two years of league leadership in his chosen field, Carey is now out of base ball. There have been no smarter base runners than the from | no finer character in the game. The wonder is that some ball club doesn't rab off an expert who is an expert, unless they all figure that only home runs are now important. It would be dificult to find a better all-around instructor for young talent heading South in the next few weeks. Down in this section they believe to a certainty that Stribling is going to beat Max Schmeling and that his first opponent as heavyweight champion will be Primo Carnera, the two-ply masto- don. For that reason the Carn‘ra- Maloney fight will draw a larger crowd than one might first expect. Just how much Carnera can fight will have to be tested, but there has never becn any doubt as to how much he can draw in at the gate. He can draw plenty and in this drab era of pugilistic cards even a fair attraction is like an oasis in a desert. The fact that both Stribling and Schmeling will be on the same card will at least give the Winter caravan something to look at. Stribling at last is all steamed up about the title and has already started light training for the big shot of his career. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) HARPER HAS CUE LEAD Amateur 3-Cushion Up {16 Points on Dr. Harris. CHICAGO, January 30 (P)—Robert Harper of Denver, the defending title holder, held a 16-point lead over Dr. Andrew Harris of Chicago as their bat- tle for the national amateur three- cushicn billiard championship extend- ;;i 1’:‘&7 the second of three 50-point onks. The champion opened defense of his | title yesterday by winning the first block, 50 tn 34. in 61 innings. 0il May Spurt On Golf Course AN FRANCISCO, January 30 (®). —Memberships_in the California Golf Club, at Baden, near here, were selling above par. ‘Traces of oil have been discovered on the club's property. Fifty-nine acres of the land have been sed by a local syndicate. A test well in the vicinity of the sixth fairway is planned. Ball Players’ Sports Limited Mike Martin Holds Bowling and Basket Ball Are Not Good for Diamonders. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HAT may sound strange to the gverage base ball addict is an assertion by Prof. Mike Martin, vet- eran trainer of the Nats, that basket ball and bowling ‘are out with him, as far as ball players are concerned. Mike already has begun Spring training by getting off his chest a load to 'some of thé boys. Joe Cppnin; dn obeyance to & request by Sir it work in Joe Judge is doing his stuff at the Jew- ish Community Center. So is Harry Child. The writer missed a third stuke *by “I guess some of the boys play quite a bit of basket ball and bowl some in the Winter, don't they?” “I hope not, I hope not,” came an instantaneous response. “I don’t like either of those games for a ball player. Basket ball and base ball don't click so well. Too many stops and jerks to that game. It tightens up the legs—that is, real, hard games. Practice is O.K. but tough games are out. It slow: m up. “Bowling doesn’t help the ball player as much as some might think. In the first place, it tests the same muscles all the time. Furthermore, instead of strengthening the arm, it does just the opposite. In bowling, the is kept straight, isn't it? There's a snap to a ball player's throw. “Remember Eddie Foster, the ‘Washington third baseman? Eddie was a crackerjack bowler and bowled quite & bit. His arm went on him. “Stanley Harris was ond baseman. I think & great he'd be pla; During the Week of Jan. 29th to Feb. 5th ASK FOR A FREE LUBRICATION CARD TO INTRODUCE FORD STANDARD LUBRICATION Come In— Look at Our New Service Equipment Car Owners Get Quick, Satisfactory Service Here—Day or Night - NOLAN MOTOR CO0., INC. WILLIAM J. NOLAN, President 1111 Eighteenth Street Northwest . 24-Hour Ford Service—DEcatur 0216 ing now if he hadn't played so much basket ball. It slowed-him up. But what a sweet basket ball player he was, t00.” Golf is approved by Mike during the Winter, but frowned on in the Summer. “I hear Bump Hadley is working out in a gym,” vouchsafed Mike. “That's what'll save him a lot of work in Biloxi. Bump and Fred Marberry are tough boys to get ready. They put on weight so fast dm'll:g the Wlntue)r Lh:kt 1t takes & month or.more to work: X g B L «Bobby Burke hasn't much:trouble, has he?” > “About as much as Marl and Hadley. You see, where e two put on weight in the Winter, Bobby, though slender, loses. Every Spring hle'::hlot to to be ready. to pitch. . “I don't care how you trfy it, no ball player can get ready to play base bali—real base ball, mind yop— in less than a ‘month, at least. * “And basket ball and bowling only make it worse.” Chevrolet Motor Co. Snounces the MANDELL-CHEVROLET was awthorivzed, CHEVROLET DEALERS ANACOSTIA, D. Champ Picks Sales-Service 13th and Good Hope Road S. E. Atlantic 4400 THURNBLAD CLIMBS Victory Over Hall Is One of Biggest Upsets Since Hoppe’s Early Days. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, January 30.—Arthur Thurnblad of Chicago, who thought he could play billiards because he was a good geom- etry student, is the new three-cushion champion of the world. The' lanky Swede captured the title, worth between $20,000 and $30,000, by upsetting another Chicagoan, Allen Hall, 50 to 43 in 53 exciting innings last night in the final match of the 1931 champlonship tournament. His victory was one of the most surprising triumphs since the days when the fa- mous Willie Hoppe hitched up his short trousers and toppled over the gray- thatched masters of yesteryear. Thurnblad, a draughtsman by pro- fession, played a consistently brilliant game against Hall as he did-in brush- ing through to the finals, Shaky and erratic at the start of the champion- ship match, he made mistakes that en- abled Hall to gain a 25-to-18 lead at the end of the twenty-third inning. Then he found himself and his steady stroke, ti2d up the count and then took the lead at 30-to-29 in the twenty-ninth aning. After that it was a close up and down match until Hall was stopped by three consecu‘ive k'sses in the forty-sixth. forty-seventh end forty-eighth innings that gave the new champion a lead of four points and shattsred Hall's nerves The hard match ended with Thurnblad running out with a cluster of four s. Hall had given him a perfect on after missing a long, treacher- ous bank shot. Play for Second Place. More than $50,000 was wager=d on the match, it was estimated, and the Thurn- blad backers reaped a bumper harvest as their man entered the match on the short end of 7 to 5 odds. ‘Thurnblad's record in his sweep to the title was a remarkable one. He scored the maximum of 400 points to win the northern sectional championship and 349 out of a possible 350 in the world tournament. A grand total of 749 out of a possible 750 points. His only de- feat in seven matches came at the hands of Johnny Layton of Sedalia, Mo., the dethroned champion, who bested him, 50 to 49, in the closest match of the 10-day tournament. He is the only sectional champion ever to win the world title. Hall and Layton, who won five matches and lost two in the regulation tournament play, will meet tonight in a 50-point match to decide second place, which is worth $4.200 in cash plus a higher share of the gate receipts. SUN BEAU AT CALIENTE R oS 1 Ten Trainers, Choice Feed, Water, Accompany Thoroughbred. AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, January 30 (#).—Sun Beau, accompanied by 10 trainers, several tons of specially select- ed feed and 10 cyiinders containing South Carolina drinking water, has ar- rived here by train to compete in the Agua Caliente Handicap March 22. Jockey Frank Coltiletti accompanied the thoroughbred from Columbia, 8. C. Victory would make Sun Beau, owned by Willis Sharp: Kilmer, champion money winner of the world racers. The horse has run up total winnings of $265819, compared with purses of $308,275 captured by Gallant Fox. The winner of the Agua Caliente Handicap, | 2 formerly the Coffroth, will receive at least $100,000. C. Used Car Dept. 1312-1318 Good Hope Road S. E. Atlantic 4400 ANACOSTIA, D. C. Signing of Sewell by Yanks Hits Lary, Who Is a Hold-Out OFE SEWELL appears a cinch to perform at least one useful function for the New York Yankees. ‘The club’s acquisition of the little infielder who saw 11 years of service with the Cleveland Indians, most of it in & starring role, should shake somewhat the hold-out de- mands of Lynford Lary, the smiling kid from the West Coast, Lary, whose play around shortstop last season for the Yankees was at times brilliant, at times erratic, de- clined the first offer the club made for his 1931 services. No other shortstop of tested big Jesgue quality was available to the club when Lary first made his de- mands for a ralse in pay. The sign- ing of Sewell changes that. Sewell was secured primarily as a relief inflelder, but unless Lary and the club come to terms before the start of the season Sewell may get a chance at shortstop during the Spring training games. Last season playing third base for the Indiens Sewell had slowed down almost to a walking pace. It was the failure of his legs that caused his release in the teeth of a batting record just one point under .300 in 109 games. Since the close of last season Sewell has had his tonsils removed —and it may be that this favorite “cure-all” of base ball players will help put some spring into & pair of legs that have gone back on him at the age of 32, At any rate, Lary, a kid who has vet to show he is a consistent major league performer, probably gets no great amount of pleasure in looking cver Sewell's batting average for the past 11 years. In only two seasons was Sewell below .300, and then he missed the select circle by just one point. Lary, on the other hand, hit only .289 last season and he found it dif- ficult at times to work into a smooth functioning major league infield. of which should be very dis- couraging indeed to a young man indulging in his first big “hold-out.” BERG FACES PERLICK IN RING THIRD TIME British Lightweight Champion Is 2 Up and 2-to-1 Choice Triumph Again, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 380.—Jack (Kid) Berg, British lightweight ace, and Herman Perlick of Kalamazoo, Mich,, clash in Madison Square Gar-| den tonight for the third time, but it is not a “rubber” match. Berg won both their previous meetings and rules | & heavy favorite to make it three in a | row from the Middle Westerner. At that, Perlick may have some bet- ting support at the current odds of w0 1 st him. The Michigan lightweig ve Berg a stiff argument all the way in their last clash, at the | ington Athletic Club of Ses | built DURING opening week we are exhibiting in our show- rooms the complete line of new 1931 Chevrolet Six models. Queensboro Stadium here last Summer. Berg will be making the second start {of his 1931 American invasiop. He de- feated Goldie Hess at Chicago last week with his somewhat synthetic jun- lor welterweight championship at stake. ‘Three oOther 10-rounders are on the card. Tony Herrerra of El Paso, Tex., battles Sammy Dorfman in the semi- final;. Kid Francis, Italian feather- weight, clashes with Pete De Grasse of New York, and Joe Scalfaro and Lew Feldman, local featherweight rivals, ed in the remaining bout at The new club house for the Wash- le is being it a cost of $1,500,00 GARAGE&ACCESSORY STORES. 1706-7" St. g for Your C THE BEST o qot. 'tv. "““flc SPORTS. - IAPT TO FALL BACK N SECOND SEASON Veterans Easier to Handle in Salary Arrangements. Morgan May Quit. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, January 30— N From now until the major league base ball teams be- gin to report to the training camp$ in February there will be the usual disagreements between players and clubs as to the terms offered for the season of 1931. Younger players are more inclined to be dissatisfied than those who have had experience. The youngsters, with one successful season to their credit, usually have a good opinion of their probabili- ties in the year following. That is at- tributable to enthusiasm and the good showing they have made in the records. Unless a young player is very good he is more apt to fall off in a season following & good one than to maintain his pace of the previous year. Some of this is due to overanxiety and some to the fact that the games do not break as well for him as in the year that first established his skill. Morgan May Quit. Eddie Morgan of Cleveland is a player of the latter kind. He was more of a success in 1930 than any one thought he might be. The Cleveland club of- fered him a fair contract for 1931, but he values his services so highly that he has made public announcement of his intention to quit base ball and enter business if he is not given more salary. If he really is dissatisfied with base ball, the time to quit is immediately, because if he “lays off” for a season there is no likelihood that he will return to the game and do as well as he did last Summer. One season of complete absence from the field can do more to spoil the future of a young ball player than anything else, except injury. Dan Brouthers, who was a great first baseman in his time and whose counsel to young players al- ways has been full of good sense, is a strong believer in the principle of mak- ing & base ball career continuous. Matty Never Argued. “I have seen more hurt done to young players by their foolish ideas,” he said, “than I have seen done by their foolish escapades. The best policy is to go for- ward and make the best terms with a club that can be made and then play the best base ball that can be played, bacause in the Jong run the player will rot suffer much by contact with an owner. “Christy Mathewson was a great pitcher. He never had an argument with the New York club about salary, and he earned the good will of every- body because he had made up his mind that he could pitch more successfully for the Giants than for any other club in the United States, despite the fact that he never got as much money as some others. I know that he felt that way because he talked to me about it. Some of the youngsters would do well to take a leaf from his book.” “ SEWELL SIGNS FOR YEAR. TUSCALOOSA, Ala., January 30 (#), —Joe Sewell, former shortstop for the Cleveland Indlans, sald here that he signed a one-year contract with the New York Yankees, 3035-14”S ar at Cut Prices LIFTS COLORED RING BAIG National Sporting Club Rescinds Rule, Long in Effect. MILWAUKEE, January 30.—Aceord- ing to information just received from abroad the Natlonal Sporting Club of London, one of the oldest boxing clubs on the other side of the big pond, hus decided to lift the bar on colored fight- ers, & ban that has been in existetice ever since Jack Johnson left the Brit- ish Isles to journey to Australia to BSte Tommy Burns. Early in 1908 Johnson went to M- land and won a couple of minor battles and was then matched by the National Sporting Club of London to meet either sSam Langford, Sam McVey or some outstanding heavyweight. According to the officers of the N. §. C., Johnson signed a contract with the club to that effect, but when an offer came from Mr. McIntosh in Sydney, Australia, to fight Tommy Burns for the world title ‘Mistah Jack” packed up and salled for the Antipodes. Officers of the National Sporting Club became incensed at John- son’s actions and put & ban on all gol- ored fighters which has been in vogue up to this time, T0 WORK CHISOX GAMES. CHICAGO, January 30 (#).—William A. McGowan, American League umpire, has been appointed to officiate in ali exhibition games played by the White Sox in their 1931 Spring training tour CKINi‘?SE LIKE BASE BALL. Base ball parks in Cuba and Japan rival the best In America. Now Mexico zcuo‘o “pllns one that will seat around 0,000. Styles 4 Special Sal HATS 3% Regular $5 Value Chi AlL Stores arge Accounts Open Evenings Are Invited FREDERICK'S Men’s Wear W 514 9th St. 724 9th St. 1415 H St. 701 H St. at NATIONAL SHIRT SHOPS Final Clearance SHIRT'S $1.00 White, plain colors and fancies; wonderful values. 2 NECKTIES Beautiful selection come early for best choice. 4Prs. 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