Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1931, Page 29

‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. ASHINGTON, D 0 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1931 i Griff Coaches Focus on Clouting Rookie : A’s Spry, No Rust on Main Cogs BOLTON IS TAUGHT BACKSTOP TRICKS Apt Pupil to Face Orioles To- morrow in First of Series of Tests. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 11.—The first of a number of search- ing tests planned for ClLff Bolton will be given tomor-| row when the Nationals tackle the Baltimore Orfoles in their initial exhibition of the Spring training season. The 23-year-old native of High Point, N. C., whose feat of topping at bat all three of the minor leagues he has played with to date, despite glaring deficiencies on de- fense, is being drilled hard and thoroughly by Manager Walter Johnson and his aides in the hope of making an acceptable catcher of him. ¥ Considerable progress has been made in the fundamentals thus far, and it is with the idea of polishing his rough points under the fire of competition that it has been decided to start him back of the bat against the Birds to- morrow and also to assign him plenty of service in other early practice tilts. Bolton's hitting ability is so marked that extraordinary efforts are being made to develop whatever other latent talent he may possess. He already has shown aptitude toward conquering his ‘weakness in catching foul fiies, and al- knack of getting set properly, and now that he h.g:tm practicing shifting his feet upon making the catch he has been getting the ball away in far better | base ball style. TEVER of the game to- morrow that Roy Spencer feels in- tch will be his, other- Kenna will do the receiving that isn’t handled by Bolton. Spencer reason of ly deration, due to a crick in veloped while he was the wand drill yesterday ful last night a to treat him. Har- doubtedly will start the season istant to Spencer on a mitt t will number three, and so it nd on what he shows in the exhibition jousts whether Bolton will win the other berth or be shunted back in favor of Kenna, a ‘workman, but who no longer is @ youth and falls far short of Bol- pounding ‘Marberry, carried in addition to a workman to be used exclusively for batting practice and of all the candidates in camp only these seem entitled to serious con- sideration. IGHT now it would appear Lynn Griffith has the best chance. He already has shown plenty of speed, \ in addition to a pretty good knuckle ball and an encouraging amount of * control, especially for a left-hander. He also has considerable of an edge over his two rivals as regards to age. Tauscher, the eldest of the three, naturally has more polish, due to his greater experience, but is shaded by the others in the matter of sheer stuff and hds about reached the age where further development is not expected. Between these two is Fiscl probably comes closer to filling the bill for an extra pitcher, but he doesn't appear quite as ready to make the big league grade and is too accomplished | to be sentenced to rust on the bench. He is just about ready to do a lot of effective flinging in a fast minor cir- cuit and as the Nationals own a farm in the Southern Association it should occasion little surprise if he ultimately is sent there. It is known that Presi- dent Joe Engel is eager to land Fischer for his Lookouts. ONE of the other pitching candi- dates, who include Art Fidler, Ray McMahon, Grayson, Joe Smith, Melvin Eckfelt and Buck Ek- stine, is ready for fast company and it is doubtful if some of them ever will be, although jobs in the bushes will be sought for those displaying the most promise. 1t is unlikely any of the youthful as- pirants for pitching will be cut loose for | a time, at least, as they are useful in the hitting drills, but one separation already has been effected, Chick Mon- roe. the youthful flelder who paid his own way here, having started back to ‘Watseka, Ill, to resume his job there following a pleasant vacation. Alexandria Notes ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 11.—Pot- terfield’s Store nine is rcorganizing for the season under the name >: the Na- tion-Wide Grocery Stores, with Theodore Beach as manager. assistant manager. “Buddy” Zimm<rman, captain of the Cardinal Athletic Club jast season, and “Bill” Langford, St. Mary's leader, will coach the squad. Other acquisitions are Jack Hudson, American Legion Juniors pitcher; Roy Jenaler and Harold Chilcotte, infielders. Other candidates are Detty Mankin, Jack Moore, George Moore, Jake Men- delson, Joe Garvey, Jimmy Simpson, Harry Sperling, Sames Embrey, Gene zm«ré.:n, “Shorty” Howard and phers quint of Wash- the Richmond, Fred- irg & Potomac Rallroad Co. five will play some team in a prelimivary at 1:30, Jefl Willlams, coac of the Del Ray Athletic Club nine, will put his charges through their first workout on Sunday at Duncan Field at 1:30. Del Ray Athletic Clun cagers have a Sk of Weshington o, tomres amt of n for tomorros it ¢ 8:30, in Armory Hal, b Griffith’s Consumers will be played there Priday night by the St. Mary’s Ly- ceum five at Armory Hall, .z HARMAN APPOINTED her, who | His Davis Simpson is | Celtics | Indians to Train On Coast in 1932 OS ANGELES, March 11.—Billy Evans, for the Cleveland club, has confirmed the fact that he has an option on Pasadena and San Diego as a training camp in 1932. The Californians think he will find San Diego better. There are other cities in this huge State that would gladly entertain major league clubs in 1932, and as many years there- after as possible. It appears that California has entered into rivalry with Florida with a rush. The weather in California this Spring has been so well adapted to base ball training that it seems that nature has entered a special dis- pensation for major league clubs. Undoubtedly there are three very strong ball clubs training in Cali- fornia. All of them are not settled, but all three, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago Natiorfals, can be put down as having contending material of a superior order. TIGERS WILL TEST ROOKIE GARDENERS Will Make Up Outfield for| Clashes With Seals—Red Sox Drop Marshall. (#).— Three recruit outflelders will be in the Detroit Tiger line- up in the opening exhibition game with the San Francisco Seals Friday. They are Frank Doljack and Harvey and Gerald Walker. SACRAMENTO. Calif,, March 11 PENSACOLA, Fla., March 11 (P.— | The first break in the Boston Red Sox | squad will come today when Billy Marshall, infleld candidate, departs for | Nashville on option. | He is a graduate of Boston semi-pro | NEW ORLEANS, March 11 (®).—Wes Ferrell is one star who isn't afraid of | work. In fact, he’s the hardest worker in the Cleveland Indians camp. Reporting half an hour early, his pro- gram runs like this: A sprint around the park, s balls in the outfield for an hour, another jaunt around the park, 10 minutes warming up, 10 min- utes pitching to batters, more outfield work and a final dash around the park. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 11 (#).— Johnny Watwood, White Sox outfielder and first baseman, apparently has be- come more vicious, rather than plate- shy. since being beaned by Pat Malone | ip the Chicago city series last Fall. | Watwood yesterday produced two | doubles for the Yannigans in an inter- | camp game yesterday and hasn't shown | any ;.um of being afraid of being struck | again. GRID PROF AT PENN Sewanee Releases Young Athletic Head—Learned Game Under Warner at Pitt. | By the Associated Press. . | _PHILADELPHIA, M:rch 11.—Harvey | | J. Harman, director of athletics at the | University of the South, Scwanee, Tenn, is the University of Pennsyl- vania’s new foot ball coach. An announcement by Dr. Leroy Mer- cer, new dean cf physical education, that Harman had been chosen head coach and named a member of the fac- ulty in accordance with Penn’s revised athletics policy was published today. Harman, 30 years old, learned his foot ball at the University of Pittsburgh 10 years ago the tutorship of Glenn Warner. He coached at Haver- ford College for eight years and went to the University of the South last year. contract there two more years to run, but he was released at Penn- sylvania’s request. The faculty-coach idea 1s a part of an athletic plan announced several | months ago President Thomas S. | Gates, after dismissal of Coach Lud ‘Wray. Under the new prcgram foot ball | teams will omit Spring and Summer | practice and there will be no training table or training house for athletes. Dean Mercer succeeds the former coun- cil on athletics. Harman is to receive a salary in line with those paid to professors—anywhere from $5.000 to $10,000. He will wcrk on & full-time basis and his title probably will be that of professor of foot ball. SEEKS PING PONG MATCHES. Matches with the Racquet Club, Uni- | versity Club and any other ping pong teams here are sought by the ping pong combination which has been formed among a group of public parks tennis | | players by Manager A. Thurston Reed. |Maurice " O'Neill, George Considine, | Charles Sperry, Muscoe Garn-tt, Mur- ray Gould and Reed make up h's team. Reed’s address is 1415 Chapin street. | IFGRAW TURNIG T0“NSOE" BALL Prepares to Make Most of| New Sphere—Phils Not Offered Terry. AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 11 (F) ~#Whether or not the new ball leads to the return of “inside base ball,” John- McGraw's New York Giants will be prepared. | The boys still swing from their heels at times, but McGraw also is devoting plenty of time to the sacrifice, the hit- and-run, and, in the pitcher's case, to| the art of holding runners close to the base. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 11 (P). —A report that Bill Terry, New York Giants’ holdout first baseman, would be “sold down the river” to the Phillies was_denied today by Burt Shottomr| Quaker manager. “Terry hasn't been offered to the Phillfes,” Shotton said, “and the talk of selling or trading him to us appears to be just an effort to whip him into line. We hLave plenty of first basemen, with Don Hurst, the regular attendant, and Buzz Arlett, outfielder, a capable first sacker if needed there.” BRADENTON, Fla.. March 11 (#)— Frankie Prisch and “Chick” Hafey still were missing from the Cardinals’ train- ing camp here today. But President Sam RBreadon and| Maaager Gabby Street felt confident both would be on hand soon. Hafey is understood to be en route from Cali- fornia to St. Louls for a salary confer- ence. Frisch still is unsigned, but in the past he has brought his signed con- tract to camp with him. PASO ROBLES, Calif., March 11 (#). —Eddie Phillips, hustling catcher ob- tained by the Pittsburgh Pi-ates from the champion Athletics duding t)? ‘Win- ter, has just about cinched a Yegluar Jjob for himself. Manager. Jewel Ens is pleased with Phillips’ work. His throw- ingd to second has been particularly good. TAMPA, Fla, March 11 (#)—Al- though Sidney Weil, president of the Cincinnati Reds, said there was no talk of a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals, after he had spent a day in the Red Birds’ camp, he immediately went into a huddle with Scout Jimmy Williams. The impression was given that if Scout Williams disappears from the Red Camp here within the next few days he will be on the fleld at Bradenton sizing up Cardinal athletes. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 11 (#)—Manager Bill McKechnie has one less worry today. ‘The Boston Braves’ pilot feared that Freddy Maguire’s lumbago would keep | the second baseman idle for some time. | But Freddy insisted yesterday that he| had recovered and proved it by playing a bang-up Fme afield and smashing | out a double and a single in an exhi- | bition tilt, which' the New York Yan- kees won, 6-5. AVALON, Calif., March 11 (#).—To- day was the Chicago Cubs’ last day of training on Catalina, and the final contest of the intercamp series was up for decision. !rRo(eummubymmno"l announcements, but appeared to be planning on shifts in line-up that will open its exhibition season on the mainland with Los Angeles Priday. English may be moved to third, with Bill Jurges at short. Either Taylor or Moore wiil be in Stephenson's place in left and Wilson will be switched to right| fleld and Cuyler to center. WILL GRAPPLE SATURDAY | Gallaudet Team to Visit Y. M. C. A. . for Seven Contests. Central Y. M. C. A. and Gallaudet wrestling teams will hook up in a meet Saturday night in the men’s gym- nasium at the “Y.” Competition will start at 8 o'clock. Gallaudet will be represented by Clark, 115 pounds; Hyler, 125; Crabrill, 135; Carlson, 145; Marts and Smith, 150, and Davis or Barnes, 165. The *pr grzplers will include Shock- ley, 115 pounds; Payne, 125; Broaddus, 135; Wisooker, 145; 8. M. Whitworth, 150; A. J. Whitworth, 165: J. Heusch- kel, 175, and J. C. Ballard, heavy- weight. Jack Kosowsky of the University of Nebraska will referee the matches, | which will be under A. A. rules. | “Kicked Upstairs,” Todt of A’s Says I FORT MYERS, Fla., March 11 (). —Thumbnail sketch of the base ball career of Philip Julius Todt, Philadelphia Athletics’ emergency first baseman, as submitted by him- self reads like this: Born in St. Louis near the hotel where the big league players stop. Attended boarding school and at 18 decided I was a ball player, with no desire to enter college for an engi- neering degree. It was natural for me to ask the Browns to sign me as & pitcher and perfectly natural for them to tell me I was a better out- flelder. “So I wandered away to Tulsa, where I played the outfleld and first base. I moved to Columbus, then San Antonio. The Browns, fearing they had made a mistake, recalled me but within two months decided they were right in the first place and I was let out to the Boston Red Sox in 1924. I played in Bcston seven long years, Then I was released to the Athletics, which is just the same as being kicKed up stairs.” ST. JOHN'S TOSSERS MAKE G0OD RECORD Starts Badly, but Gains Twelfth Win in 19 Contests by Victory Over Landon Five. St. John's, which closed its regular basket ball schedule yesterday by rout- ing Landon, 46 to 6, has reason to feel pretty chesty about its season's record. The Kaydets started slowly but steadly improved until they reached the point where! they were re- garded as the best club in prep school ranks here. St. John’s won 12 and lost 7 games. Before calling it quits, though, St. John’s may play one more game, against Georgetown Prep, which slipped over an unexpected defeat on the Kaydets a few days ago. The Garrett Parkers thereby got back for an earlier defeat this Winter at the hands of St. John’s. ‘The proposed game, which may be staged Friday night in the St. John's gymnasium, is planned to de- termine the best club. It was St. John's all the way over Landon. The Kaydets gained an early Dbig lead. Line-ups: 8t. John's (46). August'fer, 1. Bruton, 1, Scheele. Hartne Smith, McCarthy, ¢.. Scanion, Breen, Quigley, Tota Totals. Letters will be awarded members of the Eastern High basket ball squad, which with Central tied for the public | high title this Winter, at a banquet | tomorrow night at the 'school. Arthur . Bergman, director of athletics at Catholic University, will be among the speakers. A last-half drive carried United Typewriter tossers to a 31-24 victory over Central High on the latter’s court. Line-ups 0 Crandall, Boucher, Hop) 3 oy | monmmoamoiy = | coms aprons! 10 42 Totals. ALS GIRLS WIN ANOTHER. Als A. C. girls’ basket ball team con- | tinued its strong pace by downing Jew- | ish Community Center's sextet, 33 to 14, last night. Training Games By the Assoclated Press. Yesterday’s Resulis. FORT MYERS, Fla—Philadelphia (A.), 4; House of David, 2. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla—New York (A.), 8; Boston (N.), 5. Today’s Games. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—New York (A.) vs. Boston (N.). NEW ORLEANS—Cleveland (A.) vs. New Orleans. CLEARWATER, Fla.—Brooklyn (N.) vs..Cincinnati (N)). SAN ANTONIO, Tex.— New York (N.) vs. University of Texas. Loan limd Got I;)wa in Dutch, It Is Revealed at New Probe By the Associated Press. HICAGO, March 11.—Adminis- trative affairs of the University of Towa were up for further investigation today. The Legislative Committee conduct- | ing the inquiry planned to cross- examine Maj. John L. Griffith, Western | Conferende athletic commissioner, re- garding the reasons for the Big Ten's | BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ECENTLY Lewis Hightman, | president of the ‘Terminal | League, termed reports of the | loop’s. finis as “bunk” and| added, “We'll move over to a diamond at the end of New York avenue, near Ivy City.” ‘The other day one of the Terminal crew got a hankering for a glimpse of the fleld. He rode over and came back apparently dissatisfled and was queried. “I parked in the middle of the dia- mond,” he said. “How'd you like it?” “It's okay except part of New York avenue runs through it now.” HAT makes the second street that has been cut through the Terminal League parks this Winter, accord- ing to Secretary John Provo. Original Terminal Park has been plowed up and now the Ivy City prospective battlefield. All of which makes things look dark for the Terminal . Provo de- clares th¢ New York avenue diamond is out for keeps and unless the circuit Terminal League Plowed Off Of Two Base Ball Diamonds gets hold of a Government field it's go- ing to be tough sledding. Frank Watts, another local sandlot “grad in the big show. is putting up a real battle for a pitching job wit the Phillies. Washingion now is represented by four local boys in the majors in Earl Clark, Earl Mattingly, Watts and Lu Blue. Of the group, Blue is the only American Leaguer. 'DDIE EDWARDS was spled taking a third strike up in the Y. M.C. A. gymnasium the other day. “If he can't hit that big ball,” pipes Charley Holbrook, Edwards’ typo team- mate, “what's he gonna do when he gets outside?” ‘There's a strong possibility Edwards won’t be a tcammate of Holbrook this season. Benny Schneider, fleet Union Printer outfielder, is going to cavort | with G. P, O. and Edwards is expected to do the same. Charley Dofflemeyer, rated second only to Fee Colliere in the catching business last season, has his heart set on being a wrestler. He's confided Bill Flester that when he gets his nerve up he's going to ask Joe Turner for & prelim crack. s severance of athletic relations with the Hawkeyes nearly two years ago. Grifith and Amos Alonzo Stagg, director of athletics at the University of Chicago, after six hours of testimony yesterday, were agreed the operation of an alumni loan fund, existence of a merchants’ work fund and failure of the registrar to sign eligibility lists were the principal reasons for the dis- ciplinary action. These funds were operated, Stagg and Griffith contended, with the knowl- edge of university authorities, Also there was a fear that the athletic situa- tion at Towa was passing into the hands of the alumni. ‘The so-called “belting fund,” deposit- ed in the First National Bank of Iowa City, so athletes could obtain loans, was criticized by Stagg and Griffith. Cross- examination of Stagg revealed that strict interpretation of conference sules would demand that athletes deriving benefits from the fund be declared ineligible even if they did not have knowledge of the fund's source. Maj. Griffith told the committee that he understood that the money was taken from athletic receipts and deposited only as security for such notes as cer- tain students might sign. The under- standing, he said, was that the money was never to be used. Demanding that the students nego- tiate loans at the bank, insured collec- tions from athletes who might feel no m&omlbflny to pay notes given to authorize students’ loan funds, Griffith said. He said the bank could have de- manded payment, whereas the univer- sity might find it difficult to obtain pay- ment. Stagg was firm in declaring that he would not have played athletic con- tests with the Hawkeyes until the ath- letes who had benefited the Belting fund had been disqualified. Stagg said that Dr. Paul Belting, the former director of athletics at Towa, was in no way responsible for the situation j A “ALL-AMERICA" CENTER ¢ LARRY LANDS A JOB N\' LARRY wAs AN B ’/ AT ST MARYS . . GHTTENURT -ROOKIE OUTFIELOER WHO 15 LKeLlY To WIN A DOST‘WITH YHE ST Lous BROWNS o <% HE DROVE OuT 43 AOME RUNS Wi WICHITA FALLS LAST SzasoN ’/ Offers Four ITTLE in the way of basket ball is on the program for local fan- dom outside of the District A. A. U. tournament, but if the bat- tles waged thus far in the tourney can be taken as criterion, four sizzling court contests are on tap tonight. The final game on tonight's prograwm, Boys' Club vs. Richard’s Colonials, in the unlimited class, looms as the head- liner, albeit any of the others are ca- pable of stealing the show. The Boys’ Club quintet is the Dis- trict of Columbia League champion and victor over Eastern, Business, Tech and Central High Schools. The Colonials were runners-up to Griffith-Consumers in the Prince Georges County League and figure to give the B. C. tossers a real game, Another unlimited section game brings together Company E, District National Guard, and Reckyille A. C. cagers. starting at 7 o'clock, between Peck and Boys' Club Optimisis, and_tne second, at 8, between Aztecs and Y. M. C. A Flashes, complete the program. 3 ILLY ROBERTS stole the individual spotlight last night by scoring 19 of Trinity’s 21 points, as Potomac Boat Club, a finalist last year, was turned back, 21 to 15. ‘The result was the biggest upset of the tourney to date. Mount Vernon's dribblers are get- ting the glad hand today after staging 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. ALTER JOHNSON, Clyde Milan and Doc Gessler have not yet signed with the Washington base ball team in training at At- lanta. There is believed to be every probability of Johnson and Milan soon coming to ugreemen'. with the club, but it is not thought the club will concede much to Gessler. ‘Washington was to play its first game of the training season today against Georgia Tech, and planned to start with Gray or Bussey, pitch- ers; Street, catcher; Lelivelt, first baseman; Cunningham, second base- man; McBride, shortstop; Bunting, third baseman, and Milan, Corbin and Miller, outfielders. ‘Tech and Central have 90 and 70 candidates for base ball. Eastern and Western have only about 20 each. Business has a large squad, but few seasoned players. Maryland Aggies have started dia- mond drills and have high hopes of having the best team in years. Hof- fecker, pitcher, and Munnickheuysen, catcher, are two big reasons for the Farmers' optimism. Cogan, Connelly, Gibson, Donnelly, Quinlan and Davis are fighting for the shortstop and third base jobs on the Georgetown University nine. Pat Dempsey, former G. U. rowing coach, has complef his boat house Jjust above Aqueduct Bridge. QGolden of _Georgetown Prep cleaned up in the dash and hurdle events in the scholastic class last night in the National Guard meet. Basket Results American League. Fort Wayne, 24; Brooklyn, 20 (pro.). National A. A. U. Tourney. De Paul University, Chicago, 14; Rock- hurst, Kansas City, 13. A!.?:wes-sl:nmpbell, St. Louis, 42; Dallas "Big 4 A. A, Cincinnati, 24; Kansas City Life, 21, Northwest Missouri Teachers, Mary- ville, 36; Hatton-Turner-Strieby, Kansas City, 11. East Central Teachors, Ada, Okla., 33; Dakota Wesleyan, 27. Northwestern Teachers, Alva, Okla., 34; Haskell Indians, 20. Young Men’s Institute, San Fran- cisco. 30; Union Fuel, St. Louis, 22. that existed at the time of the blow-up. to| He sald that Belting had inherited a “bad situation” when he became di- rector in 1924. Griffith also absolved Belting from causing Towa’s athletic ills. [} South Side Turners, Indianapolis, 25; Simone Clothiers, Welr, Kans., 12, Henry's, Wichita, Kans., 31; Paper Mill, Monroe, La., 23. Los Angeles A. C., 41; Nebraska leyan, Lincoln, Nebr., 13. Brown Wes- Two 130-poundp class tilts, the first | A. A. U. Championship Tourney Promising Tilts one of the greatest uphill battles ever witnessed in the tournament. ‘Trailing, 15 to 4, at the end of the first quarter and 23 to 9 at half time, the Church League runners-up rallled to eke out a 38-t0-37 victory over Y. M. {C. A. Ford Young's flelder just before | the Mnal blast won ths decision. Palace-D. G. S. found the Mercury | quintet weak snd won a 28-to-10 vic- tory in a dull game. e protest fiied by Dick Mothers- head, Saks’ manager, in connec- tion with two. decisions of the ref- over Boys' Club Celtics last night. Clovers defeated Montrose, 50 to 35. De Molay, after trailing throughout the first three quarters, came from be- | hind to down Charlotte Hall, 36 to 33. 20 QUINTS ARE LISTED Field for Loyola Tournament in Chicago Is Growing. CHICAGO, March 11 (#).—Catholic high schools from the South, Midwest and East have sent their entries for Loyola University’s annual ohampion- ship tournament, March 18-22. Tenn.; Campion of Chien, Wis., and Duquesne Academy of Pittsburgh, all State champions, have signed to bring the total to 20. WAYNESBORO HIGH WINS. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 11— Waynesboro, Pa., High School’s basket ball team defeated Hagerstown, Md., High, 37 to 28, for the Cumberland Valley Athletic League championship on a neutral floor here. It was a play-off, each team having defeated the other once. Basket Tourney Pairings, Results TONIGHT'S GAMES. (Tech High Gym.) 7 p.m.—Peck vs. Boys Club Opti- mists (130-pound class, preliminary round). 8 p.m.—Aztecs vs. Y. M. C. A. Flashes (130-pound class, first round). 9 p.m.—Company E, D. C. Na- tional Guard vs. Rockville A. A. (unlimited class, first round). 10 p.m.—Boys Club vs. Richard's Colonjals (unlimited class, first Tound). LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS. (Unlirhited Class.) Trinity M. E., 21; Potomac Boat Club, 15 (first round). Mount Vernon, 38; Y. M. C. A, 37_(first round). Palace-D. G. ., 28; Mercury, 10 preliminary round). Father Ryan High of Nashville, | Cof8] Prairie du MACK WILL START LASTYEAR'S TEAM Champions’ Six Bright Stars in Shape—Have Crop of Ambitious Rookies. Note-—This is one of leasue base ball Brospecter o oB mAler BY ALAN GOULD, Assoclated Press Sports Editor. IORT MYERS, Fla.,, March 11. -—Age has begun to creep into the joints of the Ath- letics. The mahine that has steam-rollered its major league base ball opposition for two straight seasons shows some signs of wear and tear, but the six main reasons for the rulership of the Philadelphians remain sound in body and spirit. ‘These reasons are the 68-year-old but exceedingly alert. pilot, Connie Mack; Aloysius Harry Simmons, proba- bly the greatest of present-day out- fielders; James Foxx, the flogging first baseman; Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane, No. 1 backstop of the major leagues; Robert Mcses Grove and George Living- ston, Earnshaw, the two-man pitching staff. In the absence of some of these vital cogs, such as Simmons and Earnshaw, who are training at Hot Springs, Ark., and to relieve some of the others, am- bitious youngsters have been caverting in the light blue of the A’s. They may as well cavort to their heart’s content now, for when the race starts next month, Mr. Mack will send out to the umpires the same line-up that finished the 1930 world series triumphant, ex- cept that Grove may be on the mound instead of Earnshaw. Veterans Are Spry. Aged though some of his other athletes may be, Mack’s stars retain the spryness of yputh. He is content to stand pat for 1931 and make a bid for three successive pennants. Indeed, there is no reason for him to plan otherwise. Joe Boley's arm has come along slowly in Spring training and Max Bishop has been laid ‘up temporarily with a leg bruise, caused by a ball thrown from the outfleld. The HYATTSVILLE HIGH'S QUINTET ADVANCES Reaches w:eltem Shore Final in State Series by Win Over Ellicott City, 44-17. HYATTSVILLE, March 11.—Hyatts- ville High School's basket ball team today has achieved the final round in the Western Shore series of the State championship competition as the result of its 44-to-17 rout of Ellicott City High _high school gymnasium Hagerstown The winner of Monday's encounter will face Eastern Shore finalist for the State crown. Salisbury High and Cris- fleld High are the lone survivors in the Eastern Shore race. Shortly after the game started Hyattsville took the lead over Ellicott City and stayed ahead, The score at the half was 22 to 10. Hyattsville out- classed Ellicott City im every depart- ment. Line-ups: Hyattsville High (44). F.Pis. Kidwell, f....% mlllnlx th, 1 4 Chi lnelv. 14 Stevens, Eicott City_(T), yser, Byrd, Totals .....20 . Juniors and seniors will meet in one of the games in the annual Hyattsville High School girls’ interclass basket ball tournament in the school gymnasium tomorrow afternoon. Freshmen and sophomore teams postponed their en- gagement scheduled yesterday to avoid conflict with the Hyattsville High-Elli- cott City State title game. Candidates for the Hyattsville High nine assembled for the first time yes- terday at the call of Leland G. Worth- ington, member of the facuity, cos of the squad for the past several years. Serious practice will not get under way until the temperature rises. Aspirants for the Hyattsville South- ern Methodist Church base ball team held their first meeting last night. An- o:h‘e‘r meeting - will be held Tuesday night. » - 2l onsaoven A movement to reorganize a Sunday | p, School League in_this section is being sponsored by the Hyattsville Methodists and representatives of all church teams in Laurel, Mount Rainicr and nearby communities interested in such a loop are asked to attend the meeting Tues- day. PRIMES FOR.?OMETHING ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 11 () —The eminent Arthur (Dazzy) Vance, still a hold-out, is getting a lot of work done in the Brooklyn Robins’ training camp, but not necessarily to put him in shape for the coming season. “I'm just getting in shape for what turns up,” says the dazzler. “Maybe it will be only the Spring plowing up at Homosassa.” NNAPOLIS, March 11.—Although years was at stake, Spike Webb, coach of the Naval Academy boxing team, threw in the towel that gave Syracuse the fourth and deciding bout Saturday, wiping out chances for a ‘'victory, in order to prevent bne of his boxers from being injured. In the middleweight tussle, Davis, Middy 160-pounder, and Joe Moran, knockout star for the Orange, came together. ‘The count was 3 to 1 against the Navy, and the Tars had to win the remaining bouts to keep their record clean. Davis put up a good scrap dur- Bert | M Navy Yielded Deciding Bout To Prevent Injury to Boxer a record extending over 11(he remote, that Davis would land one of his knockout blows on the chin of the Syracuse man, and win the bout. - But on the other hand, the Orange miti- man might continue to shower the M&:dy with hooks that would injure Rather than see this happen Spike towel, and for the first 0 hlttu’le Navy, e ring the e ended himself “the won- of victories piledup 1 since he began to'teac] them the sport in 1920, veteran keystone ir, however, to start, although b'wmnm::y t d PFrank Higgins, Texas . muovndhluhav:uennvenpmol chmoemdpnlog. Higgins particularly shows promise, in and “?h: infield is well fortified elsewhere reserves, with Phil Todt, ll.fi:‘dflf the league service. season, but Jimmy still dresses, acts and chatters like a collegian. Outfield Is Strong. “They :’rr bymx ing n:rk :lg ‘:ellmn tty hard,” <5 Tem Bmf &rfite{ the vetsran untflflder,&n we can still stand the e if Haas I.ndluml of a return to form, in whicl case Mack’s staff may ed to a “big three” Roy Mahaffey, the big right-hander who came through hand- |1s counted on for a regular turn. Among the rookies, 19-year-old Hank McDonald, Pacific Coast product, has shown the stufi to indicate he may stick. Eddie Rommel and Texas Bill Shores will do any odd pitching chores needed, while Grove, as usual, will be asked to step in and save a lot of games he doesn’t start. “‘Grove likes lots of work,” said Mr. Mack. “Probal we can find it for BENNIES PUT THREE IN ALL-STAR LINE-UP Conference Basket Ball Team Is Selected by Columbus Univer- sity Athletic Director. Three members of the Franklin University basket which won th: Washin, Benjamin ball team, igton Collegiate h | Conference championship race, and two Columbus University players. appear on the all-conference team, selected by Raymond J. Walter, Columbus U.’s ath- letic director. Dick Keefer, forward; Lester Sing- man, center, and Jobn Sherman, guard, are the Ben Franklin players picked by Walter. John Mealy, fogward, and Tommy Connor, guard, are the Colum- us tossers selectad. A second team also has heen picked by Walter. It is made up of Leverton, Strayer, and Rovegno, Bliss Electrical, forwards; Roome, Strayer, center, and Understein, Ben Franklin, and Plant, Columbus, guards. Honorable mention has been given Franklin; Loose, Bartoo Southeastern University; Zirkle, Bliss; Quigley, D. Connor and Harrington, Co- lumbus, and Loving, Gubish and Fergu- son, Strayer. LAWRENCE TEAMS MEET Junior and Midget Ball Players Hold Session Tomorrow. Lawrence junior and midget base ball teams will gather tomorrow night at 156 Tennessee avenue n the home of Manager Lawrence, at 8 o'clock. Lawrence has been g young teams as well as senior ss nines for the last 10 years. 'To make certain that members of the Lawrence teams are eligible, Lawrence will require a birth or baptismal cer- tificate from the players before per- mitting them to perform. BROWNS ARE TRACKMEN Relay Races Made Part of Daily Training at Camp. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 11 (#)—Relay races have become a m- lar part of the St. Louis Browns' |- ing program. Manager Bill Killefer believes the Siiietes. | Sevoral of the piayers pulled al 3 veral pl up lame and others became nf;"mn A but Killefer said the running would continue daily.