Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1931, Page 33

ROOKIE IS STEADY IN SFRAME TRIAL Shows Good Screw Ball and| Fields Well—Schacht Is Hurt Severely. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. b creasing evidence Walter Tauscher may prove ccnsiderable value to the Nationals this season is being fur- nished as the training campaign progresses. The curly - haired draftee from Dallas of the Texas League displayed enough stuff in the hitting drills to warrant the belief he will be a handy man to have around during the cham- plonship campaign, and yesterday at Gulfport, when the Griffimen registered an 11-to-4 verdict over the Orioles, he flashed an assort- ment of shocts and exhibited pose to a degree that entitles him to serious consideration as a usable member of the staff. In the Sabbath encounter, staged in good weather before a crowd of about 500, Tauscher officiated on the hill dur- ing the first five frames and, despite a foot lame from being struck with a batted ball, yielded only four safeties, with never more than one to an inning. Although with a tendency to wildness, evidenced in the fact he walked two and also hit a pair of Birds, which was due in a measure to his injured hcof, he hurled runless ball under circumstances that would have unsettled a less bal- anced performer. Due to the hit batsmen, the passes and the safeties he allowed, in’addi tion to misplays by Harry Rice and Jack Hayes, there wasn't a single round in which the Orioles didn't have one or more men on the runways. With the bases loaded on one occasion with no- body out and the first two men up reaching on another, Tauscher contrived to emerge unscathed. Double piays helped him out twice, one of which he started himself. L SCHACHT, who volunteered to call the balls and strikes in the absence of Umpire Van Graflan and who did a splendid job of it until knocked out by a foul tip from the bat of Second Baseman Byrne James in the seventh, today was enthusiastic over the showing of Tauscher. Being a former pitcher of parts himself and having in- spected the former Texas Leaguer's rep- ertoire from the best possible point of vantage, the coach’s is both euthoritative and ‘Tauscher convinced me he is quite a pitcher,” Schacht aserts. “He couldn’t | get his curve ball to behave, keep- | ing it in too close instead of out- side, where it must break to be effective, but he shcwed plenty otherwise, includ- ing first-class ability at fielding his position. He has a sort of screw ball that is deceptive and a fast ball that will fool some of the best of them. It is speedier than it seems to the bats- man; kind of sneaks up on him, and takes a sharp, althcugh not very wide, break. I think he should be able to l!lv‘ by under the main tent in nice style.” Schacht also had a good word to say for Lynn Griffith, the raw-boned south- | paw who finished up the fracas and yielded the Orioles their quartet cf [LOXI, Miss., March 30.—In-| of | he #Fp WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, 20 YEARS AGO’ IN THE STAR. 'HE base ball game slated yes- 1 terday between Georgetown Uni- Versity and the Maryland Aggies was rained out, but the teams will meet tomorrow, according to plans. The “students at M. A. C. are under strict military discipline and it is not easy for the Farmers' nine to get away from College Park any day except Saturday. Twining City tossers have dropped out of the Independence Base Ball League. Manager Baird of the team has left the city. President Roakes is after a good club to fill the vacancy. McLean is playing well at second base for Tech High. Brunner, crack Commerce and Labor shortstop, has gone to New York. John Paul Jones, 1736 Church street, this city, is proving a stellar half-miler with the Cornell track team. April 26 has been set for the first cross-country run here for colored school athletes under auspices of the Interscholastic League Athletic Asso- ciation. R. N. Mattingly is chair- man of the committee arranging for the run, W. DeCatur and E. B. Hen- derson being other members of the committee. BROWNS STARTING EXHIBITION JAUNT |Have Contest Scheduled in | Atlanta Tomorrow—Tribe Signs Coach. | By the Assoclated Press. EST PALM BEACH, March 30.—Manager Killefer and his St. Louis ! Browns have seen the last of West Palm Beach until next Spring. The entire squad left here last night oft its homeward journey, which will be broken by numerous stops for exhibi- tion games, the first at Atlanta to- morrow. | Killefer has not definitely decided | when he will start swinging the ax. NEW ORLEANS, March 30 (#)—T day inaugurated the Cleveland Indians’ final and toughest week in their Spring training camp. Manager Roger Peckin- paugh, anxious to séttle a number of Fla,, hibition foes every day. ‘The Tribe announced the signing of | Earl Wolgamot, former Terre Haute | manager in the Three-Eye League, as a coach. 'AN. ANTONIO, Mareh-30.().—Some sort of a revision hung over the Chicago White Sox today, deter- mined by the 15-8 trouncing that the Gilants administered yesterday. Smead Jolley, the big give-and-take man, did the usual by presenting the Giants with runs and then taking them back with two homers. LOS ANGELES, March 30 (P).— George Uhle, veteran right-handed pitcher of the Detroit Tigers, may be ready to take his turn on the mound shortly after the season opens. Uhile is having a_sore arm treated by specialists here. It is responding to treatment better than was expected. YANKS “GO ALABAMA” tallies on as many hits and a trio of passes in his first two rounds on the | Tubber, although turning them back in | order in the eighth and ninth innings. “The youngter has a lot of stuff,” spcke Al, “and instead of being ‘two ght to be able to show you something along about September if he gels scme steady work in the mean- | while.to polish off the roughvedges.” TH!RE never was any doubt, after the second inning, when the Na- - ticnals collected five safeties and four runs, how the game was going to terminate, only as to the final totals. ON EXHIBITION TOU Native Sons Being Received as New York Club Shows Wares in Dixie State. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 30.— The New York Yankees expect to get a home town reception nearly every time they play in their exhibition tour indefinite positions, will work the Tribe | at top speed and send it against ex-| R CALEMANN HURLS NEELY FOR CARDS Former Cub’s Arm Appears Strong Again—Mitchell Is Effective. By the Associated Press. | RADENTON, Fla, March 30— Tony Kaufmann, once a star pitcher with the Chicago Cubs, who took up outfielding when his arm went bad several ycars ago, is | showing so much stuff with the St. Louis | Cardinals that he is considered as a | likely member of the throwing corps. | Tony has been consistently good | throughout the training season, and his bat has figured in several Cardinal vic- tories. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 30 (P), —If Clarence Mitchell, ancient left- hander for the New York Giants, gets N0 younger neither does he become any | less eftective. | “Mitchell has been exceptionally effec- | tive in this Spring training season and | hung up nine scoreless innings scattered | over three games before Smead Jolley | of the Chicago White Sox clouted him for |a home run and broke the scoreless spell. AMPA, Fla., March 30 (#).—The Cin- cinnati Reds were breaking camp here today, preparatory to their | trip North, which will require two weeks, | with _exhibitions scheduled en route. | There was no practice session tods \Mlcon, Ga,, is the Reds' first stop. | SAN FRANCISCO, March 30 (P)— | The Cubs find no solace today in a 12- | t0-3 victory over the San Francisco | Missions. They had the memory of & beating earlier in the day, administered Bill | 5 to 3 by the Seals of the Coast League. | Chiefly to blame for the loss, third | with the Cardinals, though he chose | Bucs Instructed To Keep on Toes OS ANGELES, March 30 (#)— Having given an excellent dem- - onstration of how base ball should not be played, the Pittsburgh Pirates tackle the Chicago Cubs to- day with their ears burning. Manager Jewel Ens didn't think much of the Bucs' exhibitions with the Detroit Tigers last week and he has told them so. Ens made it plain that mental lapses will not be tolerated and that heads-up ball must be the order from now on. CARDS LOOK COOD " N FLORIDA TRILS Smart-Appearing Club Is Choice to Win Again in Old League Race. | i BY JOHN B. FOSTER. RADENTON, Fla, March 30— | In whatever way Gabby Street #nay elect to arrange his St. Louis players to begin the sea- | son of 1931, there are many persons in Florida who are at present certain that | the Cardinals again will win the cham- pionship of the National League. The St. Louis team is smart looking, | as smart as any of them. Usually championship team does look smart, if it reports for a succeeding season with most of the experts who won a pen- nant in a previous year. Chick Hafey has not come to terms MONDAY, MARCH straight of their series, was the sIump |4, rige all the way to Florida to tell | in Hack Wilson's batting. He struck | out twice in crucial circumstances. | ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 30 | (). —Manager Bill McKechnie of the Braves is anxious to win his game with | the St. Louis Cards at Bradenton be- cause of a Spring series superstition. | Bill says: “It's just too bad to be cleaned up in a Spring series by a team |in the National League.” gl A 'MACK MIDDLE BASE PAIR IN GOOD SHAPE ;Bishap and Boley Getting Along | Well in Training, Declares ! _Eddie Collins, | By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., March 30.—Capt. | Eadie Collins, in charge of the Phila- | delphia Athletics on their homeward | trip, said today that the veteran key- | stone pair, Boley and Bishop, never ]‘looked better. Bishop, always slow in | the Spring, is in form and Boley has | gone through the practice games with- | out the pre-geason sore arm. “After years of side-kicking,” said Collins, “they understand each other | like Einstein understands algebra. but | when Boley goes to th: mat for a | double-play you’ll hear Bishop, as he takes the piyot position, say sfow and roothingly, Here, Joe." “Nothing flashy or sensational about | them, but a great pair in a tough spot | when split seconds count.” ' BOOST CHEDULE Hyattsville High Adds Games With j Charlotte Hall, Silver Sprifig. | _HYATTSVILLE, Md. March 30.— Games with Charlotte Hall School and Silver Spring High School have just been added to the Hyattsville High School base ball schedule. Both games will be return engagements, each team e SBALL S For a change the Griffithian gang | through Alabama and so far as Bir- | having been previously listed fo stepped out and amassed safeties in|mingham is concerned it is a real one. J contest, . i oy bunches, an aggregate of 14 being cred- | Sam Byrd of the Yankees, lives in | _ Charlotte Hall has been booked for ited to them, and in commenting on Birmingham, and Ben Chapman in May 6 at Hyattsville, The first game this unusual fact Schacht reminded all | within earshot that “it took my sec- ond-string squad to do it.” "This observation was prompted by | the fact Judge, Myer, Cronin, Manush, Sam Rice and Spencer were excused from making the trip and had nothing more strenuous in the way of exercise | during the day than whacking golf balls | around the course back of the Biloxi| hostelry. The catching department was_espe- | cially prominent with the flail, Pinkie Hargrave collecting a double and two singles for his three trips to the pan While Bolton got a two-bagger as well as a single for his two efforts. Hayes and Bluege also were prominent on at-| tack, Jack getting a double and two | singles in six thnes up, while Ossle registered a two-bagger and single on his two official trips to the tee before Baxter Jordan relleved him of his duties at third base. Fhis win for the Nationals was their fourth in seven contests with the Orioles, with one having been 2 tle Manager Maisel's men will have to grab both of the games remaining in Wash- ington and Baltimore to finish the series on even terms with them. HERE is no question, Schacht had a narrow escape from fatal injury when he was felled in the seventh inning. Griffith put everything he had on the pitch, a fast ball, and it merely | tipned the bat of James and struck Al squarely over the heart, ing the skimpy ca'cher's chest protector he was wearing Schacht recled and then slowly crum- pled. At first it was thought he was clowning, but it soon became apparent he was seriously hurt. Arti- ficial respiration was resort>d to under the direction of Trainer Mike Martin, as Schacht seemingly had ceased to breathe. ' A physician then was located in the stand and after getting a hypo- dermic injection go stimulate heart ac- tion he slowly recovered and finally was able to walk from the field unassisted. Today, aside from being a bit weak and sore, he seemed (o be fully recov- | ered. AL “missed & few,” as the umpires put jt, during the time he was calling them, but in the main hi judgment was good and his decisions pt. He gave the impression of be- m prospect for an arbiter, but after his experience of yesterday may | be expected to pass up the business, volunteer or otherwise, and stick to coaching at third base. Nationals rrow take on th House of Da nine for a skis mish at Biloxi Stadium, their tefore breaking camp. Next Friday ’ nearby Ensley. Paul Andrews of Dora, Ala, pitched for the Birmingham Barons, today's opponents for the Yanks, last year, while Joe Sewell is a fourth native son | on the New York roster. PHILLIES ARE BETTER, THEIR SCOUT SAYS ‘O'Bourke Especially Likes Club's Pitching—Declares Reserves Are Stronger. By the Associated Press. AUBURN, Ala, March 30.—Patsy O'Rourke, scout and huntsman for the Phillies, says the club is better de- fensively than last year. Some of the traveling experts say something eclse, none of it complimentary, but O'Rourke doesn't yleld to argument “We haven't lost anything to speak of in hitting” he says, “and you can bet our pitching will be better have five ready to go—Jumbo Elliott, Ace Elliott, Lil Sto and Frank Watt. “The Phillies have better reserves this year, too, and the team will hit plenty.” CHOCTAW WINS BY NOSE Js Alexander Pantages Sets Pace Most M. of Way at Agua Caliente. | . AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, March | 30 (#).—The Choctaw, fleet gelding from | the Audley Farm Stable, won the re- newal of the $5,000 added Agua Caliente Gonigle, with Alexander Pantages get- ting the show. Alexander Pantages, racing for Rod- ney and Lloyd Pantages, sons of the theater magnate, won the stake the first time it was run at the Agua Caliente a good lead for a mile and one-half. Then The Chocaw, which had been in second place, moved up. they will play the first of two games against the Barons at Birmingham and Sunday open a three-game set at Chat- tanooga, where they will be rejoined by President Clark Griffith, who departed yesterday to attend the rites in Cleve- | land tomorrow for the late President | Barnard of the American League, er, Johnny Milligan Cup here yesterday by a nose from Mc- | Jockey Club track a year ago. He went | out to set the pace yesterday and held | with this team is slated for April 23 at Charlotte Hall. Silver Spring has been scheduled for June 2 at Stlver Spring. The teams also are to face at Hyatts- ville April 28 Manager Arnon L. Mehring, ir., of the Hyattsville team, announces that only a game or two will be added to the card, \!h_lch includes some 15 games. In ad- dition to the contests alrcady arranged, several games will b played in the Prince Georges County championship series. Hyattsville is the defending county champion. WINS FRENCH RACE | Oeil de Boeuf Victor in Grand Prix du Printemps. Ocil de Boeuf, owned by A. Anchorena, yesterday won the Gra Prix du Printemps, a 2!5-mile s«replT-l Largo was second, two and | chase, here. a half lengths behind the winner. Oeil de Boeuf paid 6 to 5 in wi the major share of the $2,500 Ten started. pipis We | Some Socking Wash'ton. Hayes.2b. .. H.Rice.rf.." Harris,If Kuhel.1b’ West.cf, - x 3l onornwoorunSssasd 5 onousmrumumpmace! > Baltimore. Boyle.rf. .. Southern, Gl Solters, 1 Hauser,15 Stroner,3 Sand, Gonzales: Tauscher,p. Grimth,p. Bunassasssal ] *Sigman, Totals... 40142718 Totals.... *Batted for Smythe in second. itimore ., Washington’ Runs—Hayes, Kuhel, Jordan, Montague (2), Hi Sand, Gonzales, James. Rice, southern,” Gil] ol 0000nomsoNmrmoon i i ferave; hits—8: Hargrav Danning. ~Two- Rice, Harris, Blucge, Hai | James. " “Fhree-base | oY Bel: Hauser | Stroner. * Lett on ' bases—Washin; | Baltimore, 10, Bases on balls-off 3: off Tauscher, 1; off Koupal, 2: of 3; oft Bmythe, 1.’ Hits. th innines; off ‘Tauscher, 4 n Walker, 8 in 3 innings; off GriMth, innings; off Koual, 3 in 4 innings. ficher—By Tauscher (Southern; y Walker, 3. | Btrack ou fer. ythe, . Ui rock. utes, Bl Hauser Tts—Boy Bolto and, to ' Wi | Ine pitcherr m it and Time | Schacht and t | “hours and 18 AUTEUIL, France, March 30 (#).— e inning | > | championship match for the them that he would not sign a contract { unless he were given about $3,000 more than St. Louis offered him. Some ob- | servers insist that if the Cardinals do not win the championship in 19831, it | will be for the lack of Hafey. It is a plausible argument, but there is not enough substance to it. Can Do Without Hafey. the Cardinals will still be a fine team. They have Douthit, Orsatti, Watkins and some casual kids and old birds to play the outfield for them, and they have other players who will be in the | They are good behind the bat and they are double extra good on the in- field. They might have been better on the infield if Delker had not been hurt, but at that they have an infleld that can guard second base with more all-around abjlity than any other team, but one, in the National League. The Cardinals will not play this year on their reputation of last season. They |are too much improved for that. Better Than Year Ago. ‘They are & really better ball club in some ways than they were a vear ago. | They have been seen in Florida in |games and in practice, and without as much as asking their owner or their manager what they are likely to do this coming season—as both of them would be cheerfully hopeful that success is probable—credit must be given to this team for what it may do. | | against teams that will probably bat | harder, it will always be so close to the |lead that it can overtake any team | which falters. That has been the his- tory of the St. Louis club in other years | when it has won a pennant, and history can repeat itself this year without the | slightest exertion on history’s part. 'ROBINS SCORE MANY | TRAINING GAME WINS Manager Robinson Is Satisfied With Record—Vance to Come to Terms Soon. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., March 30.—The Brook- lyn Robins have completed the Florida end of their Spring training program and Manager Wilbert Robinson seems | pretty well satisfied with their record. Of 14 exhibition games the Robins | won 11, al without the services of the | ace right-hander, Dazzy Vance. | The “Dazzler” is one of the most de- | termined holdouts in the big leagues, | but is expected to come to terms within a few days. i GORDON TRIES AGAIN | Riverdale Infielder Leaves Next | Week to Join Norfolk. | RIVERDALE, Md., March 30.—Mike | Gordon, Riverdale boy, who has signed a contract to play with the Norfolk team of the Eastern Base Ball League the coming season, will leave for Nor- folk to begin training early next week. Gordon has been signed by Norfolk son, former New York Giant outficider. | Gordon, an infielder who plaved with the Scranton team of the New York- | Pennsylvania League last year, will start his sixth season in professional base ball this year. With Norfolk he will be tak- ing his second fling in the class A whirl. At one time he held forth with the Wichita Falls team of the Texas League. Another Riverdale boy, Hal Chase, will Jeave April 15 to play again with Cumberland of the Middle Atlantic League. Pritz Werber, son of W. Werber of Berwyn, plans to leave April 10 to re- join the Elmira team of the New York- Pennsylvania League. He is a brother of Bill Werber, property of the New York Yankees, who has been sent to Toledo on option. POLO STAR GOLF LOSER | Milburn Swamped by Bourne in Southern Cross Cup Final. By the Associated Press. AIKEN, 8. C, March 30.—Deve- reaux Milburn, Westbury (Long Island) polo star, putting aside the mallet tem- porarily and g up his golf clubs, did well until he met Alfred H. Bourne of New York and Augusta, Ga., in the Southern Cross cup 4t the Palmetto Golf Club. Bourne defeated Milburn 10 up to win the cup, most coveted of the golf trophies, for the second time. ‘Winthrop Rutherford of Allamuchy, N. J. captured the Aiken cup by de- :elfira‘z& B. W. Townsend, New York, ang 1f Hafzy does not report to St. Louls | | lead all of the year in their positions. | upon recommendation of Dave Robert- | If it is unable to take the lead itself Y. | Charley Corbett, m: 30, * BeAT JEAN BoroTea HE NEWLY Ceowneo' NATIONAL INDOOR SINGLES CHAMPION, 1N THE RECENT INTERANATIONAL—~ INpoor MATCHES / 'BOUNDING BASQuE® OWN N THZE & STRAIGHT seTs // BELL BEAT SWiELDS, BOROTRA BEAT By AND SUIELDS SgaT ! ening Stas. 1931. v oo - THE EXPERTS ARE- GOING CRAZY TRYING To PoPe ouT [Ny — Meclntire Lost, Ten Mounds;nen Ready to Fling for Celtics| ALEXANDRIA, Vi March 30— ager of the St. Mary’s Celtics, is taking every possible precaution to guard against any weak- ening of his Green and Gold pitching staff as a result of the loss of “Lefty” MclIntire of Washington, former Blue Ridge League and American por tion twirler. ‘Ten pitching aspirants well known to | performers hereabouts reported to Coach | Art Ludlow at yesterday’s drill in Bag- | gett's Park. The newcomers gathered by Corbett include David . Armstrong, | Northwestern University ace two year: back; Bill Houser, Hagerstown, Blue Ridge League; Phil Needle, Prederick, Blue Ridge League; Colin Brady. Hazel- ton (Pa.) Pros; “Le Kingman, Skinker Bros. Eagle: hout” Taylor, Columbia Heights; Kitty Curtis, Hume Springs; Bobby Dove, Virginia White Sox; “Lefty” Ciarke, Shenandoah Valley | Lel:;e. and “Buck” Struder, Potomac ards. “Doc” Dreifus, Pete Ball and “Lefty” Hamilton of last year's staff are also to be on hand this season. Samuel B. DeVaughan, manager of the Cardinal A. C., has scheduled the first workcut of his diamond stars for Sunday. The impending campaign | will be the twenty-fifth for “the oldest | sandlot club in America.” Nation-Wide Grocery Stores. Inc., after two weeks of intensive drilling, are ready for play and senior teams want- ing games are requested to telephone Manager Theodore Beach at Alexandria 1580, or Assistant Manager Davis Simp- son at Alexandria 1539 “Shorty"” | Cubs in"the junior playground series last year, will perform with the Stor men. Others are: Roy Jennier, - old Chilcotte, Detty Mankin, Jack Moore, George Moore, Jake Mendelson, Joe Garvey, Jimmy Simpson, Harry Sperling, James Embrey, Gene Zim- merman, Reds Carey and Davis Simp- son. Methodist Protestant Church Sunday school will be represented by a fast diamond outfit in the Methodist Prot- | estant Scouts, who will be coached by Ralph Scrivener. Scrivener has a squad which includes a number of the fastest junior players in Alexandria. Among them are: P. Wells, J. Wells, J. Parker, L. Hall, L. Arnold S. Carter, F. Payne, H. Payne, G. Enoch, R. Herrell, W. Moriarity, L. De: Moll, L. Robinson, W. Dobson and W. Cook, Delayed somewhat by inclement weather, St. Mary'’s Lyceum will start practice’ within the next few days. Among its players will be: Franels Training Games By the Associated Press. Results Yester: At Jacksonville, (A.), 12; King Edward, 2. At San Antonio, Tex.—New York (N.), 15; Chicago (A.) At Montgomery, Ala.—Atlanta (S.A), 1; New York (A.), 0. At Miami, Fla—Brooklyn (N.), 12; Toledo (A. A), 11 (10 innings). At West Palm Beach, Fla.—St. Louls (A.), 10; Buffalo (I. L.), 5. At Sarasota, Fla—Indianapolis (A. A.), day. | 12; St. Louis (N.), 3. At New Orleans, La.—Cleveland (A.), 7; Louisville (A, A.), 1. At San Prancisco— San Francisco (P. C. L), 5; Chicago (N.), 3_(morn- ing). Chicago 12; Missions (P. C. L), 3 (afternoon). At Tampa, Fla.—Boston (N.), 9; Cin- cinnatt (N.), 3. At Los Angeles—Pittsburgh (N.), 4; Detroit (A.), 3. At Gulfport, Miss—Washington (A.), 11; Baltimore (I. L.), 4. At Chattanooga, Tenn—Boston (A.), 6; Chattanooga (S. A.), 2. Games Today. At Bradenton, Fla.—St. Louls (N.) vs. Boston (N.). st Selma, Ala.—Philadelphia (N.) vs. ima, At Los Angeles—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Chicago (N.). At Fort Worth, Tex.—New York (N.) vs. Chicago (A.). At _Cha ‘Tenn.—Boston (A.) vs. Chattanooga (8. A.). Al , Ala—New York (A.) (8. A). , Ga.—Philadelphis (A.) vs. Atlanta (8. A.). Fla. — Philadelphia | | Gorman, John Abrahams, Tommy Lu- | | cas, Bernard Vance, Vincent Bradley, pitchers; “Hoodla” Elliott, Elmore | Mudd, catchers; “Ham” Nugent, Dave | Henderson, Ralph Scrivener, “Jinx" Newton, Kenneth Mumford, Lester Scott, “Bottles” West, infielders; Jim. I'my ‘Bradley, Dave Bayliss, “Hardy” Gensmere, Arthur Wingfield. Wilsen inclair and Ellett. Cabell, outfielders. Some Outlines of Sport. F course, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis deserves all credit for the reform of the administration of professional base ball. He has shown good judg- ment and common sense in his admin- istration in contrast to the administra- tion of the National Commission, espe- cially in the last days of that tri- | umvirate, which really was dominated | by cne man. | But judge Landis alone did not save | base ball. It would have been very| much slower in coming back into pop- | ular faith and popular esteem if it had | not been for another figure which rose | when base ball was in the doldrums. This figure was that of Babe Ruth, who, to my mind, is not only the great- est box office attraction, but the great- est base ball player since the game originated. ‘The skepties were still writing in and denouncing base ball for going crooked when Babe Ruth, as a member of the New York Yankees, started out to break all home run records for all time. The threatened decrease in the gate receipts did not materialize. Instead, the game seemed to have taken a new lease of life. This was due only in a small way to the pledge of good faith that was | made in the appointment of Judge Landis. It was 90 per cent due to Babe Ruth. The customers crowded not only the games of the Yankees, but the interest in base ball was revived all along the line, even in the smallest of the leagues. ‘The sincere swing of Babe Ruth made the customers feel that there still was honor in the game. Shortly after his appointment to czardom the first man that Commis- sioner Landis had to discipline was the same Babe Ruth. At that time the judge spoke with some heat as he referred to Ruth, saying, “No man bigger than base ball.” This might have sounded all right from the Jjudicial point of view, but certainly developments indicated that Babe Ruth was bigger than any man or group of men in the nmational. pastime. He was the real savior of the game. The fans who had written in swear- ing that they never would see another base ball game as long as they lived stood in line for their tickets to see the' Babe hoist one into the dim dis- tance or to strike out with great vim and vehemence. Either way, they felt that they got their money's worth. I happened to be traveling with the ‘Yankees when Ruth started on his first big home Tun spree. Some big business men with whom I talked along the cir- cuit told me that they had to close down their plants for half days while the Yankees were in town. “The men to see this Ruth anyhow,” they said, “and disrupf things. It's a madness,” And then the employers in- dicated that they were going out to the bnlll parks to see Bajge “bust one” them- selves. Instead of a financial depression in the national pastime as a result of the revelations concerning the “Black Sox,” there w1 a boom. All professional base ball felt it, The scandal was forgotten he enthusiasm, that you think that Babe ‘ovarpaid, remember that to professional base ball at a ‘when professional base ball stood to lose ions, He saved Abner Doubleday’s game. Enter Babe Ruth. T was announced that the Yankee owners had paid the hitherto un- h of sum of $150,000 for Babe Rauth. ! 1t tumed out that he was worth more than a‘b- that figure. Ruth he brought Reeves Playing Well at Second HATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 30 (/) —Gene Rye, diminutive Red Sox fielder, is glad to get his hand on & bat again. The bandage is off his broken hand. A couple of native Tennesseans, Earl Webb and Bobby Reeves, are making things hot for the Chatta- nooga hoys. Reeves, & son of Chat- tanooga, looks like another Johnny Evers the way he's fielding around the keystone sack. HE LINE McGEEHAN ward they called the new Yankee Sta- dium the “Park That Ruth Built.” Naturally, the fact that the Yankees had this greatest drawing card of all time excited no little envy among the other magnates. Babe Ruth broke the home-run record while the official league base ball was of the same quality as the ball used by his predecessors. He simply demonstrated that he was the greatest batter of all time as well as bi:’n[ the greatest all-around base ball player. The magnates started to figure that more home runs would mean greater gate receipts. So the theory is that they contrived to make home- run hitting more general. Gradu- ally it appeared that the type of base balls became more and more lively and would travel for greater distance. There was a_general in- crease in the number of home runs until the conservative base ball cus- began to clamor that they were making the game a joke. But_ through all of this Babe Ruth held the home-run leadership until last season, when he was beaten out in this department by Hack Wilson of the Chi- cago Cubs. It may be that Ruth may be beaten again for the home-run lead- ership of the season, but his record of 60 still stands and probably will for years to come. He is a veteran now with not so many seasons to go, but whatever happens in the national pastime, it must be remem- bered that Babe Ruth pulled profes- sional base ball from depths out of which it otherwise might not have ascended. \ Revival of Interest. HERE was a time when it seemed that the game was losing its hold | th, outside of the by leagues. Several of the colleges abandoned base ball al- together and in some of the big ones which supported it the interest seemed to be dying. THen, too, there was a falling off in the sand-lot base ball, which is the backbone of the national pastime. The growth of interest in golf took on the youngsters out of the sand lots and some of the customers out of the grandstands. The magnates had some- thing to brood over again. They were losing customers and no new ones were being made. Also, it was getting diffi- cult to get recruits for the teams. The sand lots were not developing them and the colleges were losing interest. But year base ball business started to pick up. It seems that the national time flourishes best in periods financial depression. “It is a poor man's game,” as one of n came to the rescue with a plan to encourage young- sters to play the ’flmt and the mag- nates, not ordinarily- generous, had the business sense, if not the enthu- siasm, to lend financial backing. At the same time the colleges appeared to re- gain interest in base ball, as shown by the organization of a college league in the East. At the current writing the outlook is roseate for the base ball magnates just at the time it is darkest for other busi- ness men. The ‘nationak e will remain with us for a long time to come. METHODISTS ORGANIZE. HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 30.—A meeting to the Hyattsville Southern Methodist Church base ball team will be held tomorrow night at the home of Vernon R. Clarke, business manager of last season’s nine, at 31 Oak street, at 7:30 o'clock. All candidates t. LOOP IN NO HURRY - TOPICK PRESIDENT {Many American League Men Mentioned as Successor to Barnard. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS, HICAGO, March 30.—American League club owners will be in no especial rush to select & president to succeed E, 8, Bar- nard, who will be buried in Cleveland ‘Tuesday. The fleld of candidates for the position is so severely limited that it is probable the magnates will want to do considerable shopping before choosing a new executive. The American League has been gov- erned by only two men during its 31- year history. When Ban B. Johnson, its organizer, resigned after 27 years in the executive chair, Barnard, with an msqm.ledq“‘;‘nnthedu of base ball law a r of a century's g:lcdm service in the business end of game, was the unanimous choice to succeed him. The American League is not again fortunate enough to have a ready-made leader to follow Barnard. ‘The names of Frank Navin and Clark Griffith, owners of the Detroit and Washington clubs; Connie Mack, man- ager of the Philadelphia Athletics; Billy Evans, general manager of Cleveland, and Ed Barrow, secretary of the New York Yankees, have been mentioned. All of those men have the necessary background to fulfill the duties of the office, but it is unlikely any of them would sever their present connections. Harridge Qualified. Will Harridge, secretary and treas- urer of the American Le , is & def- inite possibility. Harridge been con- nected with the league for many years; first as private secretary to Ban John= son, During the interim between Joh:; fiscal base ball year, or the league may elect to function with Vice President Frank Navin and Harridge both in charge. The minors offer no exgcutives likely is w a but not absolutely essential. All of Ami hibition games scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday and all of them will make some expression of respect for the deceased leaders. Careers Parallel. “The clree’ru of Johnson high position and died hours of each other. Johnson always was a great of Barnard and was instrumental who ran a shoestring into a million as | owner of the Chicago Cubs, many years ago. SENIOR BALL CLUBS IN PARLEY TONIGHT Other Prospective Capital Oity League Entrants to Meet Later in Week. Prospective senior entrants in the Capital City Base Ball League will hold an organization meeting at 8 o'clock in room 2, District Building. The seniors follow the lead of the unlimited nines which met last Tuesday. ‘With everything pointing to one of the greatest sandlot seasons of the last decade, officials of the league are ex- pecting an improved loop. Unlimited teams will meet again to- morrow night, the time and place b'fl e same. Thursday junior nines gather, while on Friday and Saturday nights the midgets and insects will have their innings. All will start at 8 o'clock with the exception of Saturday’s insect meeting, which will get under way at 7 o'clock. * Despite a muddy field, Charley Deu- terman herded his Virginia White Sox out for a stiff workout yesterday, but the Bulldog Pecwees went the Sox one better, playing and taking the measure of the Hargrave Peewees, 9 to 7. Knights of Columbus Midgets and In- sects will drill tomorrow at 3 o'clock on the South Ellipse diamond. Man- ager Reynolds is booking at Metropoli- tan 9619 and Clarendon 2207. ‘The Knights of hias Juniors of Fredericksburg, Vl.,Pyltllh games 3 local junior teams. Manager Harold T. Ballard, who is booking at Post Office Box 194, Fredericksburg, Va., wants to arrange the game on a home- and-home basis, either week days o Sundays. e ARGENTINES SCORE Cavanaha Leads Team to Polo Win Over Midwicks. LOS ANGELES, Calif.,, March 30 (). — With red-headed Diego showing the way, Los Pomeros, the Ar- gentine polo team, galloped away with al: last game of the mm”mm- o Boe Miawick Ciub o 1o 7 eront impressively after: spotting mlcl‘let mznyt nolnh.w f Vi anaha, an mlh-hl'l!ng:. scored four times with his wild- dashes toward the goal. MIDGET BOWLERS DEFIL. are being received = age. the Lucky Strike,