Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1931, Page 31

SHATIERSREVEN TO FREE SWINGING Scientific Hitting of Old Army Game Rarely Seen These Days. BY GEORGE CHADWICK. NY comments that Connie A Mack, the dean of major league managers, makes about base ball are always interesting. Just now, as the 68- year-old manager of the cham- pion Philadelphia Athletics pre- pares for the annual training period in Florida, he has some- |y, thing pertinent to say about styles In batting. He has observed them over a period of 50 years spent in active participation in the na- tional game. © “I think,” said Connie, “that one change has taken place in base ball| %t has been more overlooked than any | €. *What is 1t?” he was asked. “Do you refer to the home run epldemlc"' replied the “The style of batting has been turned upside down and we are going back to the days of L don't hear much about they | when Bennie was pitching base balls 't have as many home runs.” Had a Wicked Swing. “What is your life-long experience in “I began to play when I was a boy in Massachusetts. The batters did not but the new way of as beginning to creep in, ’§§§§ was a self-made batter. 't hit much when he e HE pafitihe s g S8 i i it the long distances that those fellow can | 5 Moo, ymmuupuymwm.n" phcementblt-:"m hit?” “Do fill?" “Yes, when they can't hit the pitchers.” Bowling Tonight LUCKY STRIKE. Bowling Tourney Schedule Tonight 5-Man Team—$:00 P.M. Alley ~ 29—Annapolitans, Annapolis, Md., J. Legum, captain. tom B, G, ©. Phitl = ips, caj s Ailey Si—ia nyem_‘yulnmu Wash- gton, D. C., M. S. Watson, captain. Alley SZ—JIIdd & Delwel.ler. Washing- ton, D. €. O, D, Crocke y 33—Sanico, Weahington, D. C. o Britenbender, "Aliey 3¢—Albert Pike-Masonic, Wash- ington, D. C., A. L. Ebersole, 2-Man Team—7:15 P.M. Alley '31—G. Jacobs-H. Douglass, ‘Washington, D. C. Alley 31—-.’ Mcmty-lll Clements, Washington, D. Alley 33-W. ' Singell-C. Sching, Wash- ington. D. C. Alley !G—H Smith-C. Smith, Wash- ingtcn, D. 2-Man Team—10:00 P.M. Alley 35—A Urban-M. S. Watson, Washington, D. Alley :s—P " Harrison-H. Espey, ashington, D. Mixed owlu-—l." PM. Alley 27—C. Fortney-J. McGolrick, ‘Washington, D. C. ington, D. C. WORMERSLEY LEADS EASTERN LEAGUERS Bowling Average of 111. Rees Close Rival. Bennle Wormersley's southpaw wing, which caused some rumpus last summ’enr Northern Virginia section of the Capital City League, is tipping over ::llple;'n ll 111-16 pace, enough to place m No. the & battle with a 110-1 average. b B “Iu sh Lincolns .. High team game—Brave High team set—Isherw individual average — Le Hich indivigua) game—puth. 163, Hish individua] se jomersiey, 380. 7, ish mrn—feuh, 14, Individual Averages. FE SRES - RWIEARWE 238588 8 ol nzsegesy wetitutit, e: 3 GARDNER-STEUART MOTOR COMPANY. . Womersley. et | Allen . SusES District League—Royall Auto Top vs. John | 54 icks. National Capital League—Parkway vs. Rinaidi Tailors. Ladies’ District League King Pin ve. John Biicks. ,‘.fi icky Btrike ve, Conv e° LitiS Posaioss ve. Blow fds: Whis ‘Banss vs. Swiss Navy, Hill lies' vs. - idman 8. Venezky Fitzgerald Salat: BOULEVARD, M Duu-m League—Boulevard vs. QUEEN PIN. wiagles' District League—Queen Pin vs. Bill KING PIN NO. 2. Ladies’ Distriet League—Meyer Davis vs. Wendezvous. CONVENTION HALL. Electrical hl‘:—l\\null Hays vs. Double- ing vs. Polomac Electric vs. Western Electric *Flectrlc' Supply vs 6. R ague Contractors vs. Cen- Armature Works No. 1. Graybar Electric 5. Btone & Webster, Central Armature Works Ko, 2 vs. Exide Battery. unu»?omm-c Canoe vs boudo “Drifters No. Pot. nza g’ Rachor va. Bee “Hive ashington Capoe No. T, Colonial vs. Wash- 2. ights of columbu Lesgue_Marquette ta; De Soto ve, Nioa, Genos vs, ador, La ta' Maris, Balboa vs. 8an Domingo vs. Trinidad. CITY POST OFFICE. City Post Offiee Lea; Independents vs. Beansvivania Avenue, Fatcel Fost va. Money SILVER SPRING. | North of Washington League—Ashton Pive | vs. Red Pronis. J. Carey King va. c11|on\ Laboratories, Bervice Motors vs. Haraware. NORTHEAST TEMPLE. Hebrew League—Iris vs. Junior Mardelle. Rialto vs. Mosean, Regent vs. Reges, Vista ¥s. Pals, Mardelle vs. Les Amis. ARCADIA. Civie _Club untnefiumh!h vs. eata Vi, uu-n “Crmiren Hen ;.,?- i - ol 3 ¢ *American neurve 2 ok e Kbneticen R J.nnlnn Cokinos H. Prye Hann Kin me- snoueRNzey ALS GIRLS TAKE GAME 1| Prove Much Superior to Sextet From Annapolis. Als A. C. drubbed Annapolis Vaga- bonds, 26 to 6, last night in a girls’ basket ball game at Wilson Normal scmlmmnu H ve booked a Hagers- town A. C. for acmrdl"my'nuhs on’ the Wilson Normal court. NINE PICKS LEADERS. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., February 25.—Charles Nicewarner was named manager-player of the 1931 Moose base ball team, one of the active amateur nines. He is a catcher. Elwood Young | was named his assistant. R. G. Harper was elected business manager, Charles Rohrer secretary and Robert Clohan assistant business manager. VAN WIE IS MEDALIST. ORMOND BEACH, Fla., February 25 (®)—Virginia Van Wie, Chicago, won medal in the annual Southpaw Base Ball Pitcher Has, KLEISATH AND ISAACS LEAD MAIL BOWLERS Average 109, 108 in Post Office League—R. M. 8. First, Though Trailing in Pinfall. Two bowlers of the second-place Mailing team are hogging individual honors in_the Post Office Duckpin League. Klelsath is hammering the aples for 109-26 to lead in individual averagé, while Isaacs, a teammate, is second with 108-7. Jacobs of the Independents is third nigh wit 107:5. R. M. S.. though trailing the third- place Parcel Post outfit and the ninth- place Central team in total pins, holds 3 five-game lead over Malling. R M S. Mailing Parcel Post Cast Alley 2s—xv Gude-E. Espey, Wash- | Lo Bartnelmess ... Johnson ... Murphy Taylor 2 EunansssN0 Kleisath . in the Eastern Duckpin | w/ League. Rees of the Nomads is giving Bennie | D8 rardi lley gEgEEEE’ . Miller. ndefur Risriehe - 8RR Tourngy Scores MEN'S Diamond Cab, Was TEAMS. Hyattsville- Bethesda. 331 350 492 Crana “otal. Lot Libby, McNeil & ington. Libby, . McAlwoerr o8 n"u Keauee, g1 Simi 1 7 92 106 101 8 8¢ 108 i Krauss. 94 13¢ 11 Totals . Totals .. 501 449 Ol’l.nd 'An‘l.“l‘.fll. Grand total. 1553, Gvand ‘o Priendship Church, Washing Linkins. Bell Tota Crina total. abn WOMEN'S H. Kohler . Goodall . WOMEN'S SINGLES. E Bro'n ceee.. 99 8T 103—289 Lw-DANnulw CONN. Zuringy 1 Lucus Dunieav: Peck Tierney Gulliver ebert Tavertue ini A>T RN Chips From the Mapleways CRISIS is at hand in the hectic District Leagué pennant strug- gle. Important battles will be fought tonight, tomorrow night and Friday. The leading King Pin team tonight will invade Hyattsville. If the subur- banites manage to get lwly with mru games they would uum m an_advantage of half a ‘Tomorrow night H.ntuvllla will_in- vade the Northeast Temple, suvn'- hold of the present runher-up, and on Friday the King Pins will visit the Rendezvous. Here's how the leadérs sfand: King Pin...... Temple Hyattsville YATTSVILLE has done well to be near the top. Throughout the first series Henry Hiser's team fought to keep out cf the cellar. On mmdlnflfl\tmlm! it made a steady clifb, most of the matches being rouad At Hyattsville, Once helote the lubul' ites had op- portunity to knock the King oft the top perch, but took & beating. Scores are picking u| championships at ivention Hall. Astor Clarke and Joe Harrison assured themselves of & slice of prize money by shooting 739 in the doubles last night. It was one stick short of the score made last year by Harrison and Al Fischer o finish fourteenth. rke was unable to get hot until the second game. He totaled 357 and Harrison 382. The Lee Stars of Danbury, conn hung up the first 1,700 set of tournament, 1,743, which probably '1ll Luntmo-Nlcllolson Motor Co. Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Co., Inc. in the national | Was be worth a prize. Rickey Ragaini was the Danbury ace. He contributed 373 pins to the team count, rolled 344 In the doubles and 349 in the singles and took the lead in all-events with 1,066. HILINA MEYER of the Convention Hall team and Edith Brown, King Pinner, totaled 630 to top the llrlll doubles, both rolling consistently well. The Grifith-Consumers team rolled into second place, with an_even 1,700, Ringer being high, with 357. ‘Those famous Krauss boys, Harry and Lon, annoyed by the presence of Fritz Oppenheimer, struggled for 578 in dou- bles. Pritz had 'em on his Libby, Mc- ) [Nell & Libby team along with Walter Mulr and Chick Heltman. These five have rolled some duckpin scores in their day, night, ouch! (1,495). Ben McAlwee trotted out a team he called the National Pale Dry Stars. The line-up included besides Simi, S8am Rubinton, Len Collins and mll fenmaler. s ‘TURING tonight will be the Con- vention xuu lnd Lafayette teams of 'ashington the Annapolitans, champlons of Annlpolu All three have the potential ability to shoot a big set. They will start firing at 8 o'clock. Two formidable two-man teams will perform at 10 o'clock, Arthur Urban pairing with Malcolm Watson and Paul Harrison with Eddie Espey. Urban and Watson for many years hsve been leading tournament perform- e o'clock npey will roll mixed doubles with Eva Gude. werful ut last 5 ‘They were very pale charming new de luxe sport mode ¥ Chevrolet convertible cabriolet SHOE LEADERS SCORE Midwesterns Easily Down Plaza in Metropolitan Loop. The league-leading Midwesterns downed Plaza, 420 to 292, yesterday in & Metropolitan Horseshoe League match at the Greenway. Carl Vonder Lacken was the night's outstanding performer, winning three games and scoring 150 points while holdlnf his Plaza foes to 46. Pairings will be announced tnmorrow for the second-round mlu:hn in American shoe-tossers be(l himself, Gino | Fort GOES SECOND IN LEAGUE Western Electric Advances by De- feating Black Pirates. LAUREL, Md., February 25.—West- ern Electric tossers of Washington today are in secend place in the Intercity Basket Ball League following their 69- 19 win last night over Black Pirates at the Armory. In another league match De Molay bowed to Laurel Independents, 12 !c 30. De Molay, however, already has clinched the pennant. SPORTS. Sandlot Diamond Leaders Get Busy ni'boyl in sandlot base ball cir- cles hereabout are beginning to chatter about the coming uml:l.l'n Candidates for the Kensington, Md, A. C. team have been asked to attend & meeting March 2 at the barber shop the: Te. Auth wsnw rs held their second g: -season_session last nl;m. at the of Manager Headley. They wfll meet there again next Tuesday ni FIGHTERS WI_LL INVADE_ Four From Philippines to Sail for America on March 27. MANILA, February 25 (#).—Four leading Pllipino boxers will leave here March 27 for an invasion of the United ey ¥ 'y are Young Tommy, fly-ekm and bantamweight champion Orient; Varias Miling, enherwelcht and junior lightweight champion; Young Uzcudun, light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion, and Young Fir- po, outstanding contender for Young Tommy’'s two crowns. ‘The boxers will be under the man- agement of Pepin Javellana, a local promoter, and will make Los Angeles their first stop. HEENEY IS MATCHED. DETROIT, Fel 25 (M.—Tom Heeney and Charlie whom have had for a1 mm“fi&?z e - at Olym; a here March v DOEG IS-TWICE VICTOR Advances to Third Round in Nej Tourney in Bermuda. HAMILTON, Bermuda, February 28 (P).—Johnny Doeg, No. 1 in the national nnxlnl. Mvmeed to the third round in Bermuda lawn tennis champion- Ahlu by deuntlu H. B. Kirkpatrick of Brunswick, 6—1, 6—0 lnd lro'nlov Eve of Hamilton, 6—1, 6—1. 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