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o] @he Foen WASHINGTON, L 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D9l ny Star. TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1931. PAGE C-1 Intensive Batting Drills Are Ordered as Griffmen Again Slump in Attack DISPLAY NO PUNCH IN TIE WITH BIRDS Nats Pass Many Chances to| Score—Lead Goes When Griffith Falters. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 24 —The era of bigger and better hitwolumn’ totals presaged by the field day both squads of Naticnals blew themselves to Sunday when the regulars col- lected 14 smackers in downing Louisville here, while the reserves ran their bingles into double fig- ures in conquering the Marines at Mobile, was extremely short-lived. So short, in fact, there was Lttle evidence 24 hours later that anything of the sort had been acccmplished, and a8 a result the troupers from the Cap- ital had to be content with a 5-all \deadlock against the Baltimore Orloles at their training base in Gulfport. As a result of the reappearance of ©Old Man Slump the three open days on the calendar this week are to be given over largely to batting practice and then more batting practice, in the hope the boys will get their optics prop- erly attuned and make more music with their bludgeons. SIDE from an abbreviated tussle scheduled for today between the reserves, with Al Schacht repre- senting them on the mound, and the varsity outfit, for which Walter John- . son will do the pitching, there is only one tilt on the calendar until Saturday to interfere with the schedule for in- tensive sticking drills, that being the battle listed with the Orioles here to- morTow. ‘The field leader still is confident his henchmen will snap out of the bingle doldrums in due time, but is becoming a little impatient because of the un- usual delay, hence the determination to impress practically all the flingers in camp into service to provide targets for the wand-wielding exercises. N this latest Baltimore game the far from impressive total of seven swats was evcked by the bats of the Griff- men. Dave Harris alone got more than a single safety and in only one frame did they put as many as two together. As s t of eight free tickets issued by the boxmen Fritz Maisel sent to the slab n‘::i:n;( a Wl!:lh err';m against support, the Na- mdm );’l::xt{he of ‘oveort:xmugdm: runmaking, act they dozen stranded cn the base lines speaks eloquently for what was done As a matter of fact, the Washington- {ans falled to record a single msrker alien pitching deficiency or bob- bles afield didn’t figure ir, the chief offender in the latter respect being the | veteran Heinie Sand, forrrer star short- | stopper of the Phillies, Who erred no fewer than five times. fracas, from wh.h Sam Rice, West, Manush and Judge were excused because %r' the fear their underpinning might on that bush league field at Gulf] was played in weather decidedly de- s bright sun and attracted some- like off 25 if to be the tightest kind battle and was till mid- the pastime, with Carl Ficher shut-out ball for the Nationals and Montie Weaver doing likewise for | the Birds. | The break came in the fifth inning | ‘when one of Sand's numerous bobbles paved the way for a productive poke by Buddy Myer. Two more tallies were | added in the seventh when a real single | by Lynn Griffith and a Texas leaguer rris surrounded a couple of passes and another brace of markers sccrued in the eighth from Harris' second safety, which followed three straight walks issued by Lute Roy, . blow left Harry Rice on third and when the double-steal sign was flashed Harris lumbered toward the midway as Rice cantered plateward. The ball reached second ahead of Dave, who stopped and doubled on his tracks, | finally being run down. Whether Rice’s tally should have been recorded remained a moot ques- | tion until the last half of the frzme, when the Birds collected five runs, | whereupon Umps Vangraflan announced that as Harris had been called out for | running out of line before Rice reached | the rhu no sixth run had been| INTIL that eighth it seemed Griffith | wag going to maintain his record | * of pitching runléss ball, but hit- | ting the first batsmen to face him paved the way for & quintet of enemy mark- ers. An infield hit, a walk and two clean singles followed, which, with a wild pitch thrown in for good measure, sccounted for the damage. Griffith | then finished strong by whiffing two of | the three Birds who faced him in the | Why the e was called then is another of mysteries, as plenty of daylight remained, but no one was sorry. o o 5| soommuunosose® PRUTRRON S 3 iton.c ... Fischer.p Grimthp. . Cherry.p Totals ..35 72712 Totals ..3¢ *Batted for Weaver in fifth innire. ‘Washington..... * Baltimore. 0 R 3 ot e S scuisas sebaub euetinmmRinscl % cosoaumsarman: ““Montague. Burns. Solt batted in—Harris (3), Hauser (2), Stroner, Two-base bl Stolen ~ bases—Gill. Jordan, % Fischer. plays—Sand to Hefner to Hauser, Oronin to Kuhel. 8and (unassisted), Poiton” 1o Myer. Lett . e 4i; Baltimore, 5 e it by pitened bail-By : > pliened ba (myir struex auflday Fischer, 2 AP Gty 3 WA piteh it 2 Raver. Uimpires—Messrs. Vanerafs Evans. . HOST TO HIGH TOSSERS. 1In honor of players in the 182! wub'ic high 1 basket bs" hamplonship series were seiiea by newsparers for honors, , the Potomac Boat Club o4 its club entertain ‘at & dance ton mmfi;(nlonb'?i'. | Hafey, -the * | indoor .'mmr{ e | Miss in the 100, | Coach tended to Detroit, % | Cleveland Biloxi Fine Site For Vets’ Haven ILOXI, Miss, March 24.—Aside from the progress of the indi- vidual members of the Washing- ton team in training here, this quaint and historic little city is dis- cussing its probablility of being selected by the authorities in Wash- ington for the location of a soldiers’ home. The citizens are united on getting it. When they are not talking base ball they are talking about Biloxi's chances and advantages in getting *the home. Biloxi_has offered an admirable tract. It is known as the Naval Reserve Park and faces the Back Bay of Biloxi, which was discov- ered by Iberville in sixteenth century. For two miles it stretches along the placid shores of this beau- tiful body of water and the Pll‘k commissioners never have permitted an ax to go into the primeval forests that shade it from one end to_the other. ‘The park is only a stone’s throw from where the Washington team is training daily. It is & location of real beauty. LINDSTROM MAKES GOOD AS GARDENER at Third for Giants. Other N. L. Dope. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 24— John McGraw's ‘“noble experiment” becomes more and more of a success with each passing day. Lindstrom, one of the best third basemen in the game, has been playing the outfleld just as though he'd always been out there, but even more to the point is the fact thet Johnny X‘e:'esmamzud,ubeflnnm;w Vergez's ability to cover the third was the big question mark in the ex- periment. TAMPA, Fla, March 24 (#).—After several weeks of worry over his out- fleld, Manager Dan Howley of the Cincinnati Reds believes his gardeners will give him little cause for concern b Cullop has hitting th e ball again and looks the regular , while Wally Roettger easily has lived up to expectations in left. For the right field, Howley has & promis! rookie, Gene Moore, and ClUff Heathcote, erstwhile Chicago Cub. BRADENTON, - irch 24 ().— With the exception of Holdout Chick St. Louis Cardinals today were at their full strength. Little Andy High, who refused to “re- Cardinals, p, look has fit. ‘Two_infielde: s we:l:‘m depart today, Bill Myers joining Rochester and mOcom, Anderson reporting to Colum- LOS )~ the March 24 ANGELES, Calif., gloom which had hung over and 29 or 31 cash customers. ltd". ‘s slugfe mered out 19 safeties to beat Los An- geles, 13 to 4. Subr and Traynor led the slugging, with three bits apiece. SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 () — It's the legs that have brought Cub regular pitchers along so rapidly this zeason. At least Manager Rogers Hornsby thinks so. Hornsby's flingers_ have been many hours of shagging flies. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 24 (#)—The dopesters at the Braves’ camp say that Vice President Branch Rickey of the Cards has his regrets. They say Rickey watches' Red ‘Worthing’s heavy-hitting performances with a longing gaze and regrets the sale of the brilliant prospect. It is even rumored that Rickey would be willing to hand over a couple of real pitchers in exchange—but what a chance. HAVANA, March 24 (#).—Willlam Watson (Lefty) Clark, who does a lot of high-powered pitching for the Brook- lyn Robins, is all even with the mayor of Havana, Senor Tirso Mesa. Lefty was chatting with the mayor the other day and told him he liked Havana a Jot, but that he couldn’t understand the languege, and that was & drawback. excellent Engush, made no particular reply, but it was perfectly obvious that he couldn’t make head nor tail of | Clark’s Mississippi drawl. LOCAL TEAMS IN SHOOT George Washington and Maryland Seek College Title. | Washington will compete for the na- tional intercollegiate rifle team cham- pl;r‘nlhllp on_Saturday. aryland and George Washington will shoot on the Naval Academ; je al | Annapolis. e The other four ranges on which com- peting teams may fire are West Vir- ginia, Iliinols, Nebraska and the Com- | monwealth Armory range at Boston. The course of fire will be 10 shots | prone,” 10 kneeling and 10 standing for each man of a 5-man team. Naval Academy won the 1930 team | champlonship. | TO DEFEND SWIM TITLES | Helene Madison Enters Despite Re- cent Attack of “Flu.” , has champlonships to be :‘l:d in New York next n’;olfll, :I‘uto\llh is it recovering fi of Influ{:‘-< AON A Tk Madison is to defend her titles 200 and 500 yard free-style Ray Daughters said he in- exhibit Chicago, Minneapolis, Cincinnati and while en route to New York. .- CAVALIER VS. JOHNSON. CHICAGO, March 24 (#).—} - ey (#).—Paul Cava. events. Vergez Also Displays Class| base post left vacant by Lindstrom | Chief among the training chores for | The mayor, who spesks | D University of Maryland. and George | CHISOX CONCERNED OVER THOMAS' ARM 'Has Failed to Show That It ["Is 0. K.—Tigers Have Lots ' of Outfielders. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 24 (P)—There is real concern among Manager Donie Bush and all the Chi- cago White Sox over the condition, or lack of condition, of Tommy Thomas' pitching arm. Thomas suffered with a kink in the arm last season and won few games, after having been a winner in 1929. He reported this Spring with the news that the arm was ok. again, but none of his performances to date indicate he is any better than last season. Yesterday the Giants plastered him out of mction in less than three in- nings. SAN DIEGO, Calif, March 24 (#).— The Detroit Tigers have so many promising young outfielders in training that several class AA clubs are said to be negotiating for the services of those who do not stay in the major loop this year. The list includes Eckhardt, Shiver, Gerald and Harvey Walker, Doljack and Stone. Some of them are sure to be farmed out. Doljack and Harvey Walker appear almost certain to stay with the Tigers. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 24 (). —Young hopefuls with the York Yunkees may breathe freely for a few more days. Manager Joe Mc- Carthy has decided to withhold the ax until after the Yankees break camp ere. “I plan to leave here with the squad just as it 1s,” caid Joe. “I may change my mind about a player or two, but at this time I am planning to take all of them on the tcur north.” ‘WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 24 (#).—Manager Bill Killefer of the St. Louis Browns, usually quite docile, suddenly has become so hard-boiled that an observer in the Browns' training camp here today remarked he threat- ened to make Simon Legree resemble a kindergarten teacher by comparison. Skipper Bill's sweet disp:sition has been utterly ruined by the inability of his players to hit and fleld in the same day. He hos threatened a shakeup, but material on hand is so limited he does ;mt have a very wide selection to choose rom. FORT MYERS, Fla., March 24 (#).— Preparing to break camp here today and start homeward with the Philadelphia Athletics’ second-string squad, Manager Mack said his cnly worry was about & pitching staff. He hopes to dig Il(g an- of ace somewhere to go with Grove and Earnshaw, but admitted he hadn't found one. Grove is ready now to go the nine- ng Toute and Earnshaw has written from Hot Springs, where he is working out, that he is. in shape. Walberg, Shores and Mahaffey, whom Mack has counted upon to do consistent ;mrllnl, have not rounded into winning orm. ' INDIANS NOT TO CHANGE [EW ORLEANS, March 24 (#).—The OCpveland Indians will come back to .. The Indians have gone North from here the last four years in fine condition, but haven't been able to schedule many major league exhibitione. SHIELDS’ TENNIS WIN EVENS FRENCH CLASH U. 8. Star Scores an Unexpected Victory Over Borotra—Bell Bows to Boussus. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 24 —Thanks to an unexpected victory for young Frank Shields over the veteran Jean Borotra, America’s tennis youngsters were all even with France today in their inter- | national team series, with three more matches yet to be played. Borotra, generally regarded as the world’s foremost indoor player, fell be- fore Shields in straight sets last night, but the evening’s progran ended in a | stalemate when Christian Boussus came |from far behind to defeat the slightly- | built Texan, Berkeley Bell. Borotra, who added the American jn- | door title on Saturday to those he holds | England and Prance, was off form | against Shields and after the first set | the battle wasn't even close. The scores | were 7—5, 6—1, 6—3. | " Bell, after winning the first two sets of his match with Boussus at 7—5, 7—S5, then faded and went down in the next three and match, 6—3, 9—17, 6—4. Tonight the doubles match will be rlayed, with George Lott and John Van | Ryn, Davis Cup stars, meeting Borotra ard either Boussus or Pierre Landry. ‘Tomorrow night the final two singles matches will be played, with Borotra ma2tched ageinst Bell and Boussus against Shields. Training Games By the Assoclated Press. Yesterday's Results. At Bradenton, Fla.—S8t. Louis (N.), 9; Philadelphia (N.), 7. At San Antonio, (), 6; Chicago (A), 2. At Fort Myers, Pla—Philadelphia (A,), 3; Boston (N.), 2. 4; New York (A.), 3 (11 innings). At Los Angeles—Pittsburgh (N.), 13; Los Angeles (P. C. L.), 4. At Oakland. Celif.—Oakland (P.C.L.), 4; Chicago (N)), 3. . At Tampa, Fla.—Columbus (A. A), Cincinnat{ (N.), 3. At Bfloxi, ‘Washington (A.), §5; Baltimore (I. L.), 5 (tle, nine innings). At San Diego, Calif. — Hollywood (P. C. L), 11; Detroit (A.), 8. Today's Games. At Winter Haven, Fla—Philadelphia (N.) vs. Cincinnati (N.). At Los Angeles—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Los Angeles (P. C. L.). At San Francisco—Chicago (N.) vs. San Francisco (P, C. L). At St. Petersburg, Fla—New York (A) vs. Indi*napolis (A. A.). At Fort Lauderdale, Fla.—8St. Louis (A) vs. Buffalo (I L.). At San Diego, Calif.—Detroit (A.) vs. nl R T Cheatopen (42 Baltimore (L. L.). Q # At, San_Antonio—New York (N.) vs. San Antonio (T. L., New | ‘Tex.—New York | At'Sarzsota, Fla—Indianapolis (A. A.), | “Canned” Rookies Accommodating PENSACOLA, Fla, March 24 (®), —Jimmy Galvin _and_Andy Mul- Ianey, whom the Red Sox have sent to Richmond, Va., for a little sea- soning, are the greatest little ac- commodators in eamp. They're not only driving Jack Rothrock's _automobile home for | him, but they've taken as passen- gers a couple of stranded Boston youngsters whose aspirations to be- come ball players began and ended with the first day out. ARINES SUPPORT HAGEN N MAT G0 {Will Be on Hand as Former Devil Dog Meets Londos Thursday Night. RSN TEE T EORGE HAGEN, former Marine who helped train Gene ‘Tunney when the ex-Devil Dog was casting eyes on the coveted boxing title and then saw him win the crown and retire, also wants | to be a champion. Only Hagen wants | to be the rassling champion and in view of reports of the doughty Champ Jimmy Londos, McMillen, Shikat et al. | of the Eastern elite are earning, George won't retire right away—if he wins. | George gets a crack at Londos | (Shikat wants one, too) Thursday in | the Washington Auditorium rassle pro- | duction. Hagen, with s mob of his | well-wishers from Quantico and some of the home-town rooters sure to lend their encouragement, is expected to give Londos a tussle, though the cham- pion reigns a top-heavy favorite. Ernest Roeber, New York Athletic Commission referee, will be the third man in the ring. As usual, there is an obliging lot of grunt and grimace men who will per- form in the preliminaries. There will | be & rousing reception for Chief White | Feather, who returns after a long lay- off, Rudy Dusek having absorbed the razzberry chorus rendered by local ng. The _chief _tackles George Tragos. Then Paul Jones, who had the same | chance a couple of weeks ago that Hagen . will have Thursday, meets Nazzarine Poggi, a talented chap from Pennsylvania. Babe Caddock, one of the few consistent winners here of late, meets Ernie Stephens, a newcomer. Ghafoor Khan, who still refuses to shave off the hirsute decoration from his upper lip when he knows doggone well it is going to be pulled in every match, tackles Mike Romano to round out the bill. Mike, like Chief White Feather, s returning to his old stamp- ing grounds. Promoter Joe Turner, who hopes to fill the big hall, is disposing of tickets at his Annapolis Hotel office. LONDOS MAT VICTOR AFTER EARLY TUSSLE . {Worried for a Time by Freeman, Jim Upsets Husky Youngster With Airplane Spin. NEW YORK, March 24.—Herb Free- man, young wrestler from the Bronx, | made his bid for championship honors | & trifle too soon. Meeting Jim Londos, | the present title holder, before a crowd | of 18,000 at Madison Square Garden last night, Freeman finally wilted in 43 minutes and 40 sedonds after holding his own for a half hour with the cham- plon, . It was simply a case of experience triumphing over youth, and had Londos not essayed a cautious role he might have won his match in short"esder. But before Freeman's tremendous strength he was content to go along with the youngster c-nful]# Realizing that he could not hope to match Londos in skill, Freeman used his elbows with abandon, dazing the champion and increasing the trouble with stout headlocks. But Londos, in superb condition, weathered this, and aside from running into a full nelson he had matters his own way during the re- mainder of the bout. Following the full nelson he secured iwo toe holds, and with Freeman stag- gering from the effects of these he launched an attack of flylng headiocks. Two of these sent Freeman beck on him further. Then, with Preem groggy, Londos jumped in with & head- lock and, after an airplane spin, sunk all hopes the Bronx youngster had of winning the title. NO KLEIN-HAFEY DEAL WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March 24 (#).—Reports that Chuck Klein might be traded for Chick Hafey of the St. Louls Cardinals were laughed off today by Burt Shotton, pilot of the Phillies. He said if any deal was on it was news to him. “I wouldn't trade even up, two for | one, or even three for one,” Shotton said. “Klein won't be traded.” Both Klein and Hafey are holdouts and both are hlrd-hlt;l.n!f outfielders. Hafey is one of the few players who wears spectacles. Fistic Battles By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. — Tony Canzoneri, world lightweight champion, outpointed Tommy Grogan, Omaha (10), non-title; Tcmmy Peul, Buffalo, outpointed Maurice Heltzer, France (10). PITTSBURGH —Joe Sekyra, Dayton, Ohio, outpointed Benny Touchstone, Detroit (10); Dominick Petrone, Pitts- burgh, ocutpointed Steve Nugent, Cleve- land (8). les, Mich., outpo! ers, Pocatello, Idaho (10). s FLINT, Mich—Battling Bozo, Bir- mingham, Al outpointed Frankie Wine, Billings, Mont. (10); Mel Tipton, Flint, knocked out Joe Adams, Okla- homa City (2). CHICAGO.—Edgar Norman, Norway, and Harry Robarts, Chicago, drew (1 DES MOINES, Iowa.—Cowboy Eddie Anderson, Wyo., _outpcinted eport, Conn. Mike Dundee, Island, I, out- E}Inkd Billy Vaughn, Omaha (10). ‘ewspaper decisions. MAIONTREAL, Quebec_—Pete Sanstol, Montreal (10), o fandom while the chief was vacation- | iL;lte Start by Sandlot Nines May Upset Veteran Pitchers his heels, and a facelock disconcerted | n | A errBox HAMSELF™ -HE KEEPS THE ReST OF He ATHLETIcs ON i it i !»fmm -~THE BEST i ; )M‘\‘?U L M ”?‘i{'h | . | ) !!‘ i . CATCHER. IN THE "\ AMERICAN LEAGUE - OR ANY' OTHER. LEAGULE ) / e ATusTics' © ! THE HoP /] A Sl HIGH BALL ZB B, ONThE NS sive Sundays to begin Spring training, has some of the sand- lot managers downright worrled, .- Especially worried are those who point with pardonable pride along about the months of July and August to such sterling performers as Heinle Webb, Johnny Bleler, Lefty Kuhnert and Reese Halr on -their rosters, = “Old folks” like these usually don't dare ven- ture pre-season activities until the youngsters have blazed the way, leav- ing in their wake a flock of sore arms, pulled tendons, etc. Now with a late start assured and the time for the regular league and in- dependent season almost ripe, these old-timer will have to risk their antique limbs and get out and practice with the youngsters. If they continue their usual practice of “youth first,” their team'’s managers will be hard put until they can round into top form. Lefty McIntyre, who refused to play | ball for Milwaukee of the American Assoclation for 200 bucks a month, finally has agreed to the Brewer terms. He will be farmed out to a class A or B league, the Milwaukee management advises. No doubt Mac's departure will cause those five or six aspiring sand- lot managers who counted on signing the stormy southpaw for-toll this season to scurry around for a. pitcher or two. Fee Colliere, as Bill Flester puts it, “has trained up to 195 pounds now.” Fee, about 5 feet or less tall, is a pretty swift fellah for a “brief” carrying that much avoirdupols. Bill Flester, who thinks (like Vic Guazza and the rest of the week-day league prexys) that his loop will prove the class of the sandlots this season, will call a meeting of the Industrial 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. AIN, which twice had thwarted R sandlottess’ efforts on succes- IMMIE KERR again will pitch for the Post Office nine this year and also will play either with Amer- ican Security & Trust Co. or Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Georgetown University has been awarded the South Atlantic track and fleld championships, May 5 and 6. Manager Wymard of the G. U. track team already has arranged to hold schoolboy and grade school championship events at the same time at the Hilltop, which will make the affair the biggest outdoor track meet ever held here. > Capt. Smith, Carrigan, Gibbs, Martin, Davis, Sprowles and Man- | ager Wymard have been awarded the “G” in track at G. U. and Assistant Manager John M. Kingsley has been presented numerals. In basket ball the insignia has been awarded Capt. Schlosser, Martin, Heiskell, Monarch, Barriscello, King, Waldron and Man- ager Fertune. Dixie Walker, big right-hand pitch- er of the Washington ball team, is showing unusually good form in the training camp at Atlanta. Joe Giebel, who caught in the Dis- trict and Independent Leagues last season, is exhibiting promise in a tryout with the Savannah team. ‘With Frank A. Murphy manager, the Greenwich Club, after a few years’ absence from the diamond, again has organized. -Players in- clude Grady, E. Miller, D. Murphy, J. Young, J. Miller, Lycetta, J. Grady, W. Miller, C. Young and F. Murphy. Dixie Athletic Club and Tenley- town are teams most likely to join the Marquette Base Ball League. The inds on Thirty-fifth street improved. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & Fl RS RS 2 League for Saturday at the French sport store at 7 o'clock. ‘With all of last year's clubs back and reputedly sf er and Washington Gas Light and the Constructioneers request- ing , the Industrial League figures this, its fourth season, will be its greatest year. ARMSTRONG FIVE FAILS Put Out in Semi-Final Round in National Tourney. Armstrong High basketers of this city, 1930 colored national interscholas- tic champions, reached the sem!-finals in the 1931 wumzmt Hampton Insti- tute, Va. Wendell lips High of Chi- R Pmstro loped Joh: City rony johnson High of Smithteld. N. C, 35 t 5, i the first round, but fell before its old foe, Douglas High of Baltimore, in a 20-to-16 battle. In a consolation tournament Arm- strong was eliminated by Kelly Miller High of Clarksburg, W. Va., in a 27-to- 26 siruggle. SANDLO’i’ NINES MEET TO PLAN FOR SEASON Capital City Unlimiteds' Are to|t Gather Tonight—Takoma Club Calls Session. Managers of all teams wishing to com- pete in the Distriet section, unlimited class of the Capital City Base Ball CARDS ESPECIALLY STRONG ON MOUND Street Rates His Pitchinq' Staff Most Powerful im National League. Note—This is another of a series of stories on major league base dali prospects. BY ALAN GOULD, Assoctated Press Sports Editor. RADENTON, Fla., March 24—t pitching, as a number of the expert witness's maintain, is anywhere from 50 to 75 per cent of the battle, the St. Louis Cardi- nals will start the defense of their Natlonal League crown without much to worry about. ‘The strong impression mad: the Red Birds in their month of l.rblyl.nlnl here has been due largely to the wealth of twirling talent parad>d by Manager Gabby Street for all and sundry to nn; at and admire. “Sur:, we've got lots of good pitchers,” smiled Gabby. “So many, in fput, that Wwe con’t accommodat: them all on the club this year.” Two Youngsters Good. ‘The freshman class in Cardinal curv- ing will be distributed among the “chain store” teams for additional seasoning. The varsity looks good enough to keep th- Red Birds in full flight all the way. Sirect has two weather-beaten vet- erans in Burligh Grimes and Jesse Haines, each 38 years old this year, but showing few, if any, signs of weakening. H: hes one of the game’s fastest south- paws in Wild William Hallahan and a powerful right-hander in Flint Rhem, the erstwhile bad boy. He has two sensat'onal newcomers in Jerome | (Dizzy) Dean and Paul Derringer. “Imagine,” remarked a rival manager, picking up pitch'rs like Dean and Der- ringer to add to one of the finest ing fifllc:n either - rdinals won the it without them last year. If u’lmmn:'no youngsters deliver, as Street has every reason to expect they will, it is concelv- .able that St. Louis will make a runaway of the race. It isn't likely, with so much strength 2mong the other con- tenders, but is possible.” ‘Wealth of Reserves. ‘The Ccrdinals have a wealth of fine reserves in other departments of play. To make doublz sure about the infield help, they have recalled the diminutive Andy High, whose pinch hitting had a lot to do with the team’s strong finish zales, the lanky 38- catching aervlg, ST Gabby Street, if he continues to pro- duce results, may set a new record for Sgeke” Ta Bl DI i o6 moAny Jencs as , Mme himse'f solid with the 8t. !fl!:ll "lr:.nt. olm:t"' "lul season. His methods have won full a; leadership has won fllfimm League, are to meet tonight in Room 2, | the players. District Building, at 8 o'clock. League officials will distribute player contracts to managers. Aspirants for the Takoma Cardinals nine will gather Priday night at 8 o'clock in the Takoma fire house. District Grocery Stores base ballers, who will enter District section of the Capital City League, are booking games th Manager Carl Denison at West ‘To discuss plans for merging Roamer C. and Miller Furniture Co. base ball | time patting ourselves on the This tough league. “Sure we expect to win in,” Gal remarked, “But we won"tnlpend m 2 e back. A right-handed and southpaw pitcher Imkmtrk for a t-lrunfi.:b en: find it on Manager Carl s Palace- D. G. S. nine. can NOLAN MOTOR CO. Sales Service teams, a meeting will be held tomorrow night at the home of Manager George | Thompson, 343 Tennessee avenue | northeast at 7:30. Value Plus. .. that's what Florsheims bring youl All that you expect of finer shoes . . . styles that are right, day by day comfort . . . greater ‘10 Listen In! Florsheim Shoe Frolics Station WRC Tonight NEVER 1111 Eighteenth St. N.W. Decatur 0216 L economy through longer wear per dollas Men’s Shops 14that G Tth& K 3212 14th