Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1931, Page 13

FISCHER, TAUSCHER T0 GET SLAB JOBS wi® share Twirling Wit Seven Vets—Griffith to Go to Chattanooga. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Bports Editor, The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 28—Al- B though Walter Johnson has not committed himself defi- n’tely on the subject, there is good reason for believing he will carry an even two dozen play- ers with which to strive for the American League pennant during the season which gets under way two weeks from next Tuesday— nine ' pitchers, three catchers, seven infielders and five outfleld- ers. Prom the present outlook the staff of seven flingers who wore big league uni- forms from the start to the finish of the 1930 campaign—Brown, Burke, Crowder, Hadley, Jones, Liska and Mar- berry—will be augmented by the addi- tion of Carl Pischer, acquired by pur- chase from the Newark Inuml!ionlhi last July, and Walter Tauscher, drafted | during the off season from Dallas of the Texas e. ‘This _would mean the farming of | Lynn Griffith, the sizable southpaw, purchased from Joplin of the Western OMINATING Fischer for retention over Griffith is dictated by the former's ter experience, for T years. ice angle also is a factor Tauscher, who, at 28, can- ‘ted to improve mu: but pting in the way of stuff, where in cutting loose too soon he would have run the risk of injury to his arm, IT is belleved Griffith can make the # grade in the fast Southern Asso- ciation and will be sent, with a st attached, to President Joe Engel’s farm has ly & score of players from urns, the oul Joe Cronin, who, it de'vemml! was signed t:‘ a Chattanooga con- ‘originally, - although coming to here supposedly as a National flelder'l!nnnrmfl curving corps two- of its extent, Brown, Burke and er being the only southpaws. TH‘ backstopping brigade will, of course, consist of Spencer, Bolton and Hargrave, with Manush, West, the two Rices and Harris care of the outer stretches, As for the inner cordon, in addition te Capt. Judge, Cronin, Blueg® and Myer cr Hayes, it now seems the only extra men likely to be retained are Joe Kuhel, for emer- gency work at first, and Waily Dashiell second basing ‘specialist and pinck With Hayes capable of filling in sat- 'mmc'wrny at both third and short, as as second, however, this gives the club adequate inflel mlfim & ; T %gé » cl doul iy -3 = H E i gE 4 ; g i tial corner, where no additional help is needed. He to be a good hitter, but his at third, where h: has been practicing, is not on a par with his zmchln. prowess, and unless it finally udecldedp‘. ‘:ennl the mll’numlfir of yers from June on he will be turned back to Newark, where a warm welcome awaits him. ’IVHJB rings in all the athletés now in camp with the exceptiofi of Milton Pradat, the most recent ad- dition, and Charlie Montague, the who came here under the of Cronin. | itague, who is only & kid and of it stature, is a niity enough in- flel to, hold his own a defensive wa in a low-classification league, but ap- pears too weak at bat to go far in t! pro_game. Pradat, a 23-year-old right-hander, ‘who got his start with the Gulf Coas Military Academy and pitched a season each for the Gulf, and Meridian teams of the Cotton States League, was idle most of last season due to & broken leg. He is somewhat undersized, but good control and may be taken k to the Capital to serve on the mound for batting practice. ' ALTHOUGH confined to their quar- ters all yesterday afternoon by heavy rains which caused the boat- ing and fishing trip out into the Gulf to be postponed until next Monday, the squad contrived to get in & ‘work- out before the threatening skies began to leak and if the weather permits the Baltimore Orioles will be encountered For the final tiit with the Birds in this section tomorrow udt ;hll: mt‘m Gulfport, Tauscher and Burke tenta- mellf;n have been s:lected to divide the box toil. ROBINS LET SEVEN GO Earl Mattingly Is Among Rookies Sent to Hartford Club. MIAMI, Fla., March 27 (#).—Wilbert | Robinson, manager of the Brooklyn Robins, has swung the well known ax and lopped off the heads of seven rookies. Pitchers Van Mungo, Earl Mattingly, former Washington sandlotter, and John Krider; Catcher Paul Richards, Infielder Bob Rels and Outfielders Bob Parham and Murray Howell all have been sent to the Hartford club of the e. %n« Gene Pisher and Outfielder Cheo Ramos, property of Hartford, also will be sent back to that club, BOY PATROL NINE WINS. Brent School base ballers were no Easter | | sually could be found chatting in the | g Nats Not Likely To Share Camp Special Dispatch to The Star. ILOXI, Miss, March 27.—Little credence may be placed in the report that another ball club is to share Biloxi Stadium for training purposes with the Nationals next ., ye‘Plrut the New York Giants and then the Louisville Colonels have been mentioned as likely to do their training here as well as the Grifl- men. However, attendance at the Na- tionals’ games this year has been so light it is difficult to figure how crowds to support two teams could be procured. LOUGHRAN MASTER OF SLUGGING TUFFY Scores Seventh Victory in Drive for Heavyweight Boxing Crown. By the Associated Press. i HICAGO, March 28.—Tommy Loughran, the master of boxing from Philadelphia, is still at Jarge on his ambitious raid through the ranks of the heavyweights and his latest victim is Tough Gerald Ambrose Griffiths of Sfoux City, Towa. Loughran, with 11 years of cam- paigning behind him, last night gave the youthful Griffiths a boxing lesson in 10 rounds, in the feature event of the Chicago Stadium's second anni- versary Jowan to & Tora? soven siralghy. conquests, which included Max Baer, Ernie Schaaf, Dick Danilels and King Levinsky. The task '::‘ a little more difficult than usual, however, for the weaving, bobbing Griffiths offered a poor target during than | the first four rounds, and the decision was not uganimous. The judges cast their votes for the former light-heavy- weight champion, while Referee Dave Barry called it a draw. Crowd Is Satisfied. ‘The customers, of whom there were 13,124 who pald, leaving $36,155 at the gates, were satisfled with the decision, and ringside observers believed that Loughran had built up a substantial margin. Griffiths made a great start, plaster- ing Loughran about the ring in the first round and gaining a distinct edge. ‘The second was evep, and from there on Loughran continued to move out in front. The tough cne made the fight and did everything he could to reach Loughran. He tried to get around that long left hand and attempted to get under it without success. He finally tried to pile through it and took a neat leatherfng for his efforts. ‘Tommy used his right hand more frequently than usual, employing a right uppercut that served to bring Griffiths’ rushes up short on several oc- casions. Griffiths never was in danger and kept plling in, even in the closing rounds when Loughran's ringeraft made him look rather awkward. Griffiths had a slight weight advan- tage, scaling 187 pounds afternoon to 183 for the expert Phila- delphian. LA BARBA REVENGES DEFEAT BY FRANCIS Him in France and Now Looks to Shot at Title, NEW YORK, March 28 (#).—Fidel La Barba, Los Angeles vete has evened his score with Kid Francis of Italy and is steaming ahead at full toward a “shot” at the world's featherweight championship. The one-time flyweight champion of the world fought a well planned, cagey battle to whip Pranecis decisively in 10-round bout in Madison Square Gar- den last night, though the 7.800 cash customers didn’t like it. About two years ago in Paris FPrancis punched out a decision over La Barba in 16 rounds. La Barba popped a jarring left into the Kid's features in annoying fashion all evening, pounded him a bit as they came to close quarters and then tied him up firmly or held on when Francis attempted to get in a f°w socks at | the body. The crowd hooted, but the verdict of the referee and two judges | was unanimous. ‘The Associated Press scorecard gave La Barba six rounds and Francis two, with two even. La Barba scaled 125 pounds; Fran- T ols, 122%. PING PONGERS T0O MEET. A meeting to consider a District ping n! championship tournament will be 1d_Tuesday night at the home of A. 'T. Reed, captain of 'h!c:.“btlrl.c Parks ping po team, 1414 pin street. D. C. C?l'ln has let it be known that he will offer a trophy. | BOWL AT HYATTSVILLE. | _HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 28.— | Bowlers whose average is 110 or under | will compete in the weekly sweepstakes | tonight on the Arcade drives here, start- | 4 ing at 8 o'clock. Prizes will be awarded | Los Angeles, outpointed Chato Laredo, an“ mnm“%?::mmgm.umfn:"“:l those finishing first, second and third. Juarez, Mexico (10). Outpoints Boxer Who Trimmed WHITE SOX HURLING AGE HAS WING KINK [Bush Up Against It Shaping His Mound Staff—Reeves Shines for Boston. By the Assoclated Press. AN ANTONIO, Tex., March 28— Pitching, a department in which the Chicago White Sox have boasted strength heretofore, has been added to the numerous problems of Manager Donie Bush, The latest casualty is the ace of the staff, Ted Lyons, whose right arm has developed an annoying kink. Tommy Thomas does not seem to have regained form and Red Faber has reached the age where early starts are not to be thought of. Hal McKain, Pat Caraway, Vic Fra- | sier and Jim Moore are Bush's only starting dependables now. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 28 (#).— Long Tom Winsett and Bobby Reeves are the shining lights of the Red Sox squad these days. ‘The work of the left flelder and sec- ond baseman has got Manager Shano Collins wearing a perpetual grin. ORLANDO, Fla., March 28 (#).—The | Philadelphia Athletics were glad to get away from Orlando today, not alone be- cause Cincinnati handed them a defeat | yesterday, but also because the game | placed two more Mackmen on the in- jured list. Foxx, already alling, was forced to leave the game when a swift pitch caught him on the elbow, and Dykes wes floored by a hot bounder that struck him in the mouth. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 27 (#)—The New York Yankees have com- pleted the first and hardest stage of the Spring training program and found themselves today just a bunch of ques- | tion merks. ‘There’s still' considerable doubt about | who is to play second, third and left, and then nobody knows whether Jor- gens or Padden is to get the third- string catching job. Most of the young pitchers will have to bz ripened a bit more in the minors. LOS ANGELES, March 28 () .—The Detroit Tigers were weak at bat in early exhibition games against Pacific Coast League teams, but they appear to have found their eyes against Pittsburgh. ‘The team batting average against the | Pirates yesterday was .400, with rookies | | leading "the assault. Detroit won, 10 | |to 8. NEW ORLEANS, March 28 (#).— | None of the Cleveland Indians hope for the rapid recovery of Hodapp’s bad leg more than Johnny Burnett, who has been thrown into the gap at second base. Burnett’s bosses think he’d make a capable second baseman, but he is anxious to go back to third, where he has the inside track over George Detore. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 28 (#).—Despite four sound lickings ministered his hirelings since his ar- rival here, Phil De Cutesby Ball likes the looks of his St. Louis Browns. Manager Bill Killefer's view of the team is decidedly different. He fis frankly disgusted with several players, CENTRAL TANKWCTOR ! Defeats Washington Collegiates in Thriling Meet, 38-37. Central High's swimming team ended its season with a 38-37 triumph over an all-star combination, known as the Washington Collegiates, in thrilling :gmkpenflon yesterday in the Central nk. Summaries: 150-yard relay—Washington Colle (8grauss, Burnside, Mullens and Ko, " Fancy divin tral (Lyman); Wash- ington Collegiates (Strauss); Central (Hod- son). 50-yard free style—Washington_Collegiates | {(Mullens):" Central (Taylor); Wi | Collewiates (Burnside). - Time, 0:37 " "F4OR 1 ntral (Buras): back * stroke—or (Rote); Centisl Collegiates frec" styiE™ Central _ (Carter) ree styleCentral (Carter): ton Collegiates (Burnside); Central orthy). Time, 2:51%, -yard breast stroke—Washington Colle- giates (Kane); Central (Bate ashington im %5, Collegiates (Strauss). 12335, 100-yard style—Washington _Colle- | 4%, Geniral (Dueld); Central | me, 300-yard mediey—Central (Burns, Mamer and Gastin). —Cen yar Washington (Nickerson). 20-yar Washing (Kenw Fistic Battles By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK.—Fidel La Barba, Los| Angeles, outpointed Kid Prancis, Italy | (10); Ralph Lenny, Union City, N. J., |outpointed Jimmy McNamara, New York (10); Tony Herrera, El Paso, Tex., outpointed Hector McDonald, Vancou- ver, British Columbia (10). CHICAGO.—Tommy Loughran, Phil- adelphia, outpointed Tuffy QGriffiths, Sloux City, Towa (10); Larry Johnson, | Chicago, outpointed Paul Cavalier, Bos. ton (8); Roger Bernard, Detroit, out- pointed Barney Ross, Chicago (8). CLEVELAND,—Pierre Charles, Bel- glum, outpointed Frankie Simms, Cleve- land (10). WELCH, W. Va.—Holly Allen, Charles- ton, W. Va., stopped Tony Mack, Miami, | Fla (4). | _SAN FRANCISCO.— Meyer Grace, | Philadelphia, and Battling Dozier, | | Wichita, Kans,, drew (10). | HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Speedy Dado, | ‘Barnard’s Death Casts Pall Over Griff Soecial Dispatch to The Star. ILOXI, Miss, March 28.—The cudden death yestorday at Rockester, Minn,, of President | Ernest 8. Barnard of the Amer- | fean League threw a pall over the camp of the Nationals, which he had visited | within the pist week. Although cb- viously in pcor health during the three days he was here last weck end, Bar- nard played golf and in the evenings | hotel lobby with a group cf players, with whom he always mixed freely. Clark Griffith, a close friend of Bar- nard since the latter entered base ball as secretary of the Cleveland club more than 20 rs ago, was obviously af- fected Wi apprised of the news. “Base ball has suffreed an irreparable loss in - the death of Mr. Barpard” Griffith said. “He was tl;c:en::t lha‘l;- ough and painstakingly ef execu- 1 ever knew, as well as a loyal Camp at Biloxi sloner of base ball remarked to Grif- fith that he had seen Barnard in| | Florida and was alarmed by the lat- ter's sickly appearance. “Try and ln-; | duce him to go to the Mayos' cllnlc."l Griffith was frged by the judge, “base | | ball cannot afford to lose a man like | Barnard.” | Since he resigned from the presi- dency of the Cleveland club in 1927 to | succeed to the $40,000 a year job of Ban Johnson, Barnard had taken a leading fnrt in the councils not only of his | league, but that of all organized base | and was regarded as one of the ablest men the sport ever produced. The duties of the presidency auto- matically will devolve upon Vice Presi- dent Frank J. Navin, owner of the De- troit club, until such time as a suc- | cessor to Barnard is elected by the league's eight club owners, It is be: lieved the most ical candidate is Willlam Harridge, the league's secre- tary during the administrations of both Johnson and Barnard. President and Mrs, Griffith, intimate friends of Mr. Barnard and his wife for man; entrain to- of the Nationals robab} [ awal thouli'flvfl | more, 7—5, 6—3, Chattansog to| Flovd Berlenbach Tries Boxing Comeback EW YORK, March 28 (A)— “Oom" Paul Berlenbach is try- ing to make a comeback. He is the black-haired, black- browed, swarthy German kid who climbed down from the driver's seat of a taxicab to win an Olympic wrestling championship, turned to the ring and in 16 months was the light-heavyweight champion of the world. He all but tore the bodies out of his foes with a savage left hook, piled up a string of 23 k- outs, 17 of them in a round apiece, and crowned his colorful career by coming back, after being knocked out by Jack Delaney, to win the 175- pound crown from Mike M . “I must start at the bottom four-rounders—and work up,” he said as he rubbed himself briskly after a workout in a gym. “Fighting I love. I can't keep away from boxing. I need money, Sa0.8 During his ring career Berlenbach earned close to $500,000. He'll get $40 'll;uesday night for fighting Eddie Clark, TURNESA DEFIES RAIN TO LEAD BY STROKE Has 73 in Third Round of North and South Open, With Ag- gregate of 215. By the Assoclated Press. PINEHURST, N. C, March 28.— An 18-hole score of 73 shot in a drenching rain enabled Joe Turnesa, Elmsford, N. Y., professional, to have a one-stroke lead tccay with three- fourths of the 72-hole North and South open golf tournament behind him. ‘Turnesa, whose 142 for the first 36 holes Thursday put him one stroke ahead at the half way mark, added a 73 in the rain yesterday for a 54-hole count of 215. In face of the downpour, tournament officials postponed 18 holes of the final 36, scheduled for yesterday, until today. Pirst prize is $1,500 with the rest of the $5,600 going to the 14 players with the next lowest scores. Dogging Turnesa’s steps in the money chase at the end of the 54 holes was Johnny Golden, sturdy Noroton, Conn., Fpro, who hammered out three consecu- tive 725 for a 216 aggregate. Billy Burke, Greenwich, Conn., and Wiffy Cox, Brooklyn, were mext with 217s, while Bobby Cruickshank, Pur- chase, N. Y., had 218. Henry Cuici, Bridgeport, Conn., sixth, took 219 strokes on the 54 holes; Willie MacFarlane, Tuckahoe, N. Y, and Harry Cooper, Detroit, 220 each, while Paul Bunyan, White Plains, N. Y., de- fending champion, was in a group of five with 221 scores. Bunched with Bunyan were Johnny Farrell, Denny Shute, Horton Smith and Tcmmy Armour. ARGENTINE NET WINNER Shuts Out Paraguay in Davis Cup Play in South America. ASUNCION, Paraguay, March 28 (). —Argentine’s tennis team eliminated Paraguay, three matches to none, in their first round Davis Cup tie in the South American zone. Argentina, which had won the first two singles matches, clinched the series by winning the doubles, Guillermo Rob- son and Andres Sissener defeatf Augustin_Guemanich and Lirio 6—0, 6—3, 6—0. —— YOUNG D. C. NETMEN IN TOURNEY FINALS Shore Meets Miller for Junior Title, Hunt Plays Shapiro for Boys’ Honors. BALTIMORE, Md., March 28 —Wash- ington racketers will appear in final matches against Baltimore opponents in the Maryland juniors’ and boys’ tennis championships tomorrow afternoon on the 5th Regiment Armory courts. Frank Shore, Washington junior champlon and joint holder of the na- tional junior indoor doubles title, won his way to the final yesterday when he triumphed over Henry Barclay of Balti- Shore, seeded No. 2, will face Aaron Miller, seeded No. 1, for the champlonship. Miller yesterday downed Herman Goldberg of Baltimore, 6—3, 3—6, 6—1. Gilbert Hunt, Washington Eastern High School student, will engage Albert Shapiro in the boys' final. The boys’ final will start at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and immediately upon its completion the junior title match will be staged. TWENTY MORE TILTS FOR MARINES’ NINE Leatherneck All-Star Team Will Be Disbanded—Keady to Coach Grid Pros. QUANTICO, Va, March 28.—The all-Marine base ball team, which was to open its season this afternoon against the University of Vermont nine here, will play 20 more games during the campaign with colleges in various parts | of the country. Georgetown, to be met here May 15 and 16( is the lone nine of the Washington area the Leathernecks will face, This will be the last season for the all-Marine nine, which, under orders of Maj. Gen. Ben H, Fuller, will pass out of existence with the close of this sea- son, Hereafter the major marine posts will have teams, J. T. (Tom) Keady will wind up his coaching career with the all-Marines with the close of the current base ball season. Keady, who came to Quantico from the University of Vermont, will become coach of the New York Giants, professional foot ball team, next Fall. — LONDOS WINS ANOTHER Grapplers Have Busy Evening in Boston and Philly. BOSTON, March 28 (#).—Jim Londos tossed Gino Garibaldi in 34 minutes and 4 seconds at the Boston Garden last night. Jim McMillen and Dick Daviscourt wrestled 30 minutes without a decision. Rudy Dusek wrestled twice. He de- feated Willie Davis and lost to Matros Kirlenko. Kirlenko's original opponent, George Hagen, failed to appear. PHILADELPHIA, March 28 (®)— |tal Tiny Roebuck threw Milo Steinborn in the feature bout at the Arena last ni with a crotch hold and body slam. after 15 minutes and 27 sec- Earl McCready threw Jim Clinstock, Marshall tossed Tom Marvin & . Ralph id Billy Bartusch Viesiad 1o & Gadl b street dates are invited. IGRANS STARTG LNELP 15 SETLED Giants’ Chief Sure of All Ex- cept Pitcher—Jinx Stays With Bucs. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 28— John McGraw has gone into an in- tensive huddle with himself and come up with what he says will be the New York Gilants’ starting line-up. Terry, Critz, Jackson and Vergez will take care of the infleld, says John, and Otlta Lindstrom and Leach of the out- field. ‘The cafchers are Frank Hogan and Bob O'Farrell. McGraw doesn’t know who'll pitch the first game, but he has a hunch it will be Bill Walker. LOS ANGELES, March 28 (#).—The injury jinx, that pesky phantom that did so much to yank the Pittsburgh Pirates out of the pennant race last season, seems determined to stick with the club. Paul Waner, outfield slugger, who suffered from an infected foot until a week or so ago, complains that the foot is bothering him again, SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 () —It appears that all of the Chicago Cubs’ lack of success against minor league teams in exhibition games is not chargeable to the pitchers. ‘The members of “murderers’ row” |have not done much hitting and have been especially weak against curves. TAMPA, Fla, March 28 (#)—The acquisition of Eddie Roush by the Cin- cinnati Reds has brought a new align- ment in the outfield, which probably will shape up like this when the sea- son opens: Nick Cullop in left, Roush in center, with Clff Heathcote and Wally Roettger alternal in right, dnpendlnhupon the brand of pitch- ing the Reds face. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 28 (#). —Some players transferred from a pen- nant-contender club to a possible tail- ender might be disappointed, but Jim Elzott, shipped to the Phillies by Brooklyn isn’t. He has a secret ambi- tion for the Phillles to beat out the ins, and thinks they may. ve a lot to top Brooklyn this yea e said, “and maybe we will. Brooklyn has plenty of power, but it's | a big, slow team.” TOURNEY BASKETERS IDLE UNTIL TUESDAY Five Teams Reach Finals During One Night—Montrose Girls Victors in Thriller. The echoes of flying footsteps and basket swishes died away last night in the Tech High gymnasium, not to be resumed again until Tuesday, but the few remaining basket ball teams in the District A. A. U. tournament are wel- coming the rest with the c! ips dangling before their eyes. Five division finalists were developed last night, but the feature tussle was the only one that did not produce a finalist. After a bitter fight, the St. Martin's five bowed to Potomac Boat Club Scholastics. Onalene Lawrence flipped in a two- pointer in the last 20 seconds to win for the Montrose girls, 38 to 36, over Hyattsville High sextet. Boys' Club Optimists hung up a 28- t0-22 victory over Olmsted Grill to ad- vance into the 130-pound semi-final round. o Sam Farhood’s scoring rampage, which netted 16 points, was the victory margin of the Colonials over the Cres- cehn‘t: in & semi-final in the 145-pound class. Mount Rainler’s basketers were no match for Charlottesville fives and dre a 38-to-13 game, while the Rockville girls upset the Alexandria Buddies, 38 to 23 . Because of the A. A. U. boxing cham- plonships, play will be postponed until Tuesday. J. C. C. Arrows scored over Nativity, 36 to 30. SEMI-FINALS TONIGHT IN D. C. BOXING MEET Four Bouts on A. A. U. Program at “ Rockville—Exhibitions Also Are Scheduled. A battle between Jocko Miller of the Jewish Community Center and Leo Coveleski of the Knights of Columbus, old rivals, in the 147-pound division is figured as the high spot of the semi- final battling in the District A. A. U. boxing championship tournament to- night at the Rockville, Md., High School gymnasium. ‘The card, opening at 8 o'clock, will comprise four champion- ship matches, two exhibition ring en- counters and a wrestling match. Miller, undisputed District title holder last year, will be making his debut in the 147-pound ranks. He has met Co- veleski four times, and on each occasion extra rounds have been necessary to de- cide the winner, though Miller has won three of the battles. Other championship semi-final bouts are scheduled as follows: Light-heavyweight class— LeRoy {J. C.°C) vs. Henry Irving Leglon). Featherwelght cla ©.) vs. Paul Bogikes (American Legion). Lightweight class—Robert Bovie (unat- tached) vs. Bob Coleman (Rockville A. A.), Exhibition matches are listed among Boys' Club members in the 75- pound class between Angelo Pappas and Bill Colomaris, and in the 100-pound Bordeau (American ss—Mike Tardugno (J, C. Thompson. C. Barrett of the Central Y. M. C. A. and C. Silverman of the J. C. C. are listed to have it out in a wrestling match. Tickets may be bought at Spalding’s, 1338 G street. All seats are $1. . GERMAN CHAMP IS VICTOR Mueller Outboxes Griselle, Holder of French Heavy Title. HAMBURG, Germany, March (®)—The German heavyweight cham- plon, Hein Mueller, defeated the French title holder, Maurice Griselle, last night in 10 rounds on points. OLMSTED GRILL TO MEET. Members of the Olmsted Grill nine, entrants in the senior class of the Capi- Cit , are to meet tonight Snitz Nau, 2814 ity at the home of Manager 3 ‘Twelfth northeast. New candi- PLAY TIE AT PING PONG. makch &b tae division between Willle Seay and Harry | 10 BY W. 0. McGEEHAN- Some Outlines of Sport. business and was organized PROMSIONAL base ball eventually assed into the class of big 0se lin Out of all the along trade that ensued for the control of what might be called the ivory industry there were evolved the two major leagues, the National and the American, and minor professional leagues the smallest. This sgstem ‘was administered b; sion, which was made up of the and one neutral. At least, it was Eventually the control passed Johnson, who started as a base down the National Commis- residents of the two major leagues at way in the be; 3 into the hands of Byron Bancroft ball writer, but who showed such talent for the business end and for organization that he was taken in by Charles Comiskey. He became “czar” of organized base ball and ook the title very seriously. Unquestionably Ban Johnson was a good The success of the as a_business is due largely to his ability along those lines. But it began to appear that working at the job of “czar” destroyed his sense of balance. The magnates began to seek publicity for themselves rather than for the athletes and for the game. Now no base ball magnate is a glamorous figure and I rather think the custome\™ wearled of reading edicts and such from mmmdummo{!helvmm- ry. Mr. Ban Johnson was “czar” of base ball when the magnates of the organ- ized professional game were thrown into panic. There was good reason. Harry clair, the ofl man; the Wards, bakers of Brooklyn, and some other capitalists started to laurich a third big league. They would “buck the base ball trust,” as the say was in those days. They would get some of this gravy which was in professional ball. It was a costly trade war for magnates of professional base [ To keep the best of their players they had to give them new contracts and to bid them up, because the Sinclair and Ward millions were thrown into the new professional base ball enterprise. It was a great time for even mediocre big league players. All that they had to do to get better pay was to announce that they would jump to the Federals. The organized base ball magnates got and held the break from the start. For no particular reason the newspapers stood by organized base ball and treated the independents with derision. Now it always has been my contention that base ball writers of the Charles Dryden and Ring Lardner class did more toward making professional base ball interest- ing than even the players—certainly more than the dull-witted base bail magnates. And so the independents started with an impossible handicap. It became a question as to just how long their bank roll would stretch. Harry Sinclair in- sisted that his bank roll was endless. But the organized base ball magnates talked too much. At that time the Sherman act still was being taken seriously. ‘The old line magnates started to talk like a “trust” which was anathema at the time. The Federal Leaguers filed a suit accusing the organized base ball magnates of violating the Sherman act and they seemed to have a good case. The suit was brought before Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who was on the Fed- eral bench. No decision ever was rendered be- cause the magnates of organized base ball and the Federal Leaguers reached a compromise and the monopoly of pro- fessional base ball went back to the first monopolts. The “Black Sox.” AWAY back in the early days of pro- fessional base ball there had been & scandal. Players were wxg:: “throwing” base ball games, But had been forgotten and the general be- lief was that base ball was the only professional sport that was beyond sus- fiy "l e insegrity” of the “nekionai ly e y of national pastime. Then came the world serles of 1919 INDUPS of the Maryland- Virginia Suburban Sweep- stakes and the Espey- Whalen duckpin duel head- line & clicky bowling program tonight, but no less than three other sweep- stakes and a kid ’stake match also are on the card. With Joe Freschi riding out in front with a 1,196 total, the eryhnd-vll'f ginia Sweepstakes finishes at the Iyn drives with the rolling of flv? more strings. Joe's margin is not a safe one, Bill Kessler and the Howard Campbell sweepstake champ, Astor Clarke, riding him hard with totals of 1,187 and 1,181. The battle starts at 7:30 o’clock. Up at the Arcadia they’re not looking for the low scores that marked the first five-game block of the Espey-Whalen match and Manager Monk Fraser has made arrangements for a large gallery. Espey has a 10-pin lead. Bill Wood’s “Dub” Sweepstakes en- ters the home stretch tonight with 108 of the 153 contestants finishing up their third five-game blocks at the King Pin and Lucky Strike. Amon Davis is out in front with a score of 1,180, while Arthur Darling and W. Hayes trail with 1,177 and 1,149 mpectlveli’.c ‘The split field will start at 7:30 o'clock. Old-timers will have a sweepstakes all their own tonight over at George- town Recreation, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Doubles teams, the aggregate age of each being over 100 years, will compete for the grand prize of $25. The entry fee is $5 a team. Over at Mount Rainier the father and son tourney will be finished. The Gur- tons, with 689, are showing the way, with the Wolstenholmes second with 673, the Crawleys third with 634, the Pitts fourth with 615 and the Viers fifth with 607. Noble Viers of Silver Spring and Henry Jacobs, Baltimore junior cham- pion, clash tonight on the Silver Spring drives in the first five-game block of a home-and-home stake match, starting at 7:30 o'clock. The winner likely will meet Espey, national junior champion. Lorraine Gulli’s 348 set put the Navy girls across in the all-important battle the Ladies’ Federal League, Navy 20 YEARS AGO "IN THE STAR. ISTRICT COMMISSIONERS base ball team is expected to be unusually strong. , Among members of the ¢lub are Woodward, Murphy, Hessler, Handiboe, Hurley, Lay, Moriarity, Harding and Grant. Bill Handiboe is captain of the team. Ryan, Clancy, Green or Greer will start as pitchers for Catholic Univer- sity against the Swarthmore nine to- y. Sixteenth street and Columbia road will be the scene of Olympia Base Ball League games this year. M Street High School’s basket ball team closed its season yesterday, de- feating Beltimore High, 19 to 10. It was one of the best court cam M Street involying the Cincinnat! Reds Chicago White Sox. It seemed a weird cuddy’s almost perfect Athletics. Yet they lost this series and there were whisperings. again. quality of indignatio most entirely lacking. But w] it de- veloped that the national pastime could be and had been corrupted by a gam- bling ring for a few thousand dollars the base ball fans went mad. They felt as though they had been taken for suckers, as they say. They had lieved so implicitly and they had been double-crossed. Toward other professional they always had been skeptical, but they always had felt that crookedness in base ball was impossible. If g other matters could be there with sn':.'m The tourney wind up next Tues- day at Northeast Temple. MICHIGAN FAVORED TO WIN TANK TITLE Qualifies Largest Delegation for National Collegiate Final at Chicago Tonight. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 28.— ruler of the B isplayin, ance that enabled them to win the ‘Ten title, the Wolverines last night & big lead in the race for the national collegiate crown by l‘u"':ml llc:;n men in six events. TS, Kojac, looked the Wolverines in the final Kojac surrendered his title in the 150~ yard backstroke in naries and stroked Rutgers to best time in both relays—the 400-yard relay and the 300-yard medley—as well as a per- mtlx best time in the 100-yard free style. Minnesota ranked second to the Wol- verines in the preliminaries as far as placing finalists was concerned, but was not granted more than & mnham‘ - chance to upset Michigan Gophers landed its 300- medley team and six men in four events, most e. Princeton placed both its relay teams and five swimmers in four "events; Northwestern, landed -its ing the fancy high board tofm them turning in comparatively slow | w; which Mickey Riley, the sian with an Irish name, appeared s certain winner; Stanford mo Pplaces, as did Towa and Georgia el i CARDS NOT AFTER KLEIN Prospective Deal With Phillies Has Reporters Guessing. INRESERVE POWER Griffith, Johnson Declare Out- fit Bit Better Than That of 1930. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. ILOXI, Miss., March 28.—All, B the way. to this training- camp on the Gulf various' managers have been saying- to me: “Washington can’t be as strong this season. Last year Joe Judge and Sam Rice were miracle men,™ but miracles don’t happen twice in the same place. Those two vet- erans can’t go on forever and can’t be e: ted to have another six- mcaz‘ hitting streak.” indignation | Dish argumen f e ! ] shouldn' & 4 H L5 ’¥ 3 g 2 £ gg;ii LSH i f £ g §E; e i i L g;; g g E B % : i ! { i i §éz 1] i il : i H g i 5E ge ] ] e i : rég i i Y i Egii i El gt H 38 gt H | i E Tt 5: 5 o8 5 i il A1 i £ i : 4 i £ £ i 8 8 - oF g [ 5 i g gé ] s E 7§ i ke : ! g X i i £ £z L ES H iz P SE 8§ e I el ] i E a last e‘l.l- mhl-hmd 'hl{m a ml!l whi an Carl chlur'z’: left-hander, who came to '.h’sn Nationals from Newark s season time to get into a few games. 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