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Sports News @he Foen ® WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTO D, C, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, ny Star. 1931. PAGE D-—1 Nationals With Season Start Only Two Weeks Away Still Lack Power at Bat CLUB'S RESERVES WEAK WITH FLAIL Regulars, Too, Fail to Show Punch, but Johnson Is Not Worrying. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 31.—But for the fact the hitting slump of the Nationals this Spring has been general, affecting veterans and newcomers alike, there would be cause for pessimism regarding the help to be expected from the second- stringers in an attacking way dur- ing the pennant hunt which opens Just two weeks from today. There has been no consistent batting from any of the reserves and they are saved from looking deplorably weak with the stick only because the regulars have failed to do any better. Of the entire lot Jo= Kuhel has made the sorriest showing. Excluding the game the second stringers won at Mo- | bile a week ago Sunday and which this correspondent did not see because the | Regulars were trimming Louisville here | that afternoon, Kuhel has just one hit | to show for 20 times at bat in eight games. This gives him the pitiful av- erage of .050, and that bingle was reg- dstered against a schoolboy starter in the Spring Hill Collegs game. In every other respect, however, Kuhel has looked fine, despite a few | unds of excess weight due to loafing | grou(h th: Winter at the doctor's or- | ders to rest an injured leg. He is grace itself in shifting his feet to take| throws at the initial corner, has a strong arm and is sure death on foul flies. He looms as valuable first base insurance in ths event Judge is hurt or has to rest his ancient limbs. next weakest sister on the face of the records thus far is Harry has a lifetime batting average of over .300, but who in 14 |said times up in seven es has gotten a ball into safe te: Just twice for an average that any healthy pitcher ‘would lamrn—.lfl. ‘The _ex-Brown, Tiger and Yankee is in good condition, however, lighter than he has been for some time, and on: of th: fastest afoot on the squad. As for Baxter Jordan, who eol]echdi a triple, double and two singles in four | trips to the pan in four games, and the have yet to see him make a hit in 10 n in four games and the Dashiell, but for be | that end, . relieving season until injured, but Myer and Hayes available , the only position Dash- y because of a weak throw- ing , activities with the Griff- men are likely to be confined to run- ning the bases for less speedy mates. of whom more was LIFF BOLTON, expected in a swatting way than any of the others, due to the re| utation which preceded him, is having @ hard time getting started. Prior to the last encounter with the | Orioles at Gulfport Monday, when the ¢mchieved bingles on both of his oppor- "gunities, the youngster had made only three safeties for 17 times up in nine £ battles, but there is no question he can hit, hit hard and hit to any field, which s his test asset. Red Hargrave, in- on | va- with whom he is contesting for the job of first assistant backstopper to . Spencer, also had a big day in the Jast Baltimore game, getting three out | of three, but prior thereto had col- Jected only one bingle in 10 visits to the platter during three tilts. | Tl-m best showing among the reg- ulars is that of Dave Harris, the | amply - proportioned fly chaser, who has an average of .264, with 4 hits | in 11 times up, scattered over a half | 8 dozen contests and all made in the | last 3 tilts, but Jack Hayes has been the most consistent, for his mark of | 350 represents 7 hits in 20 times at | bat in 7 games, and in only 3 of them was he prevented from bingling. With | Hayes, however, it still is a question | whether he is a regular or a reserve, | no decision between him and Buddy Myer for the keystone berth having as yet been made Thus far Buddy, who has not ap- peared In the last three contests, has an edge in the hitting department on Jack, with a mark of .390, represent- ing 7 hits for 18 times at bat in 7 com- bats, which ranks him next to Joe Cronin, who is leading the pack with an even .400. with 10 safeties for his 26 times at bat in 9 games. 'ANAGER JOHNSON is not clined to lay much ‘stress the stickwork shown by his rious charges thus far, however, csuse of the poor conditions which have prevafled both here and in Gulf- port, but what the players accomv!ish, b-ginning mext Fridav, when a string | of contests will b played in sood parks e‘ Birmipgham and Chattancoga, em ¢~ home, will weigh heavily in his ation. | OMORROW afternoon the Nation- a's are to tangle with the Honrse of David nine in the last s*irmish steged for Biloxi this Spripe with S.m Jones and Ad Liska probably coine | the nitching. This game; originallv| scheduled for today, was postponed out of respect for the memorv of President | E. 8. Barnard, whose funeral was to be held in Cleveland today. Says Big Seams Can Be an Asset HATTANOOGA, Tenn, March C 31 (#).—The raised stitches on the new ball won't help many pitchers, said Patsv O'Rourke. scout Yor the Phillies, because very few ip the ball properly.” “If they held the ball the way I tell them.” he said, “the elevated t mean a lot.” He il- placing the first and ager Bill. Killefer told his St. Louis he them to win the Sees Bright Side In Joining Minors OS ANGELES, March 31 (®).— Being sent from th: major leagues to the minors is not so g:ughbe?ln young l:nen with Bill ‘ampbell’s 1:&11!&:547?l y. Campbell, a catcher, today became the property of the Los Angeles Pacific Coast League club, having becn turned over by the Chicago Cubs as part of the deal for Pitcher Ed Baecht, along with Pitchers Lynn Ne'son and Leroy Herrmann. “Not so bad, not so bad,” Camp- bell sald. “Say, us fellows out here will get eight days’ pay before you big league guys draw a dime.” The coast league opens its long season that many days in advance of the big lea opening. Camp- bell, Nelson and Herrmann are out on_option. MMANUS STATU WILL BE DECIDED Veteran’s Bad Leg to Be Put to Test—Yankees Glad to Start North. By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO, March 381.— Whether the Detroit Tigers will have the vaiuable services of the veteran Marty McManus at third base for the full season may be known shortly. McManus has joined the r squad after spending several weeks in and around Sacramento with the so- called Yannigans and is expected to try out his game leg under the eyes of Manager Bucky Harris within the next few days. McManus is recovering from an op- eration undergone last Winter for an injury received last Summer. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 31 (). — The New York Yankees have left poor, ill-kept base ball fields behind them, and “Marse Joe” McCarthy, for one, is glad of it. “The diamond at St. Petersburg had tall grass encroaching on the infleld,” Joe. “I could have played second base there myself. Now we have arrived at a park which approximates that of a major leagus - city. FORT WORTH, Tex., March 31 (#). —No matter how many things go wrong with the Chicago White Sox, Manager Donie Bush manages to find something of cheery nature. The pitching of Southpaw Garland Braxton has been uniformly encour- aging, and with Caraway, Frasier and Moocre, he promised to be a big help until Lyons and Thomas regain form. ATLANTA, Ga., March 31 (#).—Man- Browns expected 10 games remaining their Spring ‘hedule. e scl He said he would bend all efforts' to 'zl‘h:heu when in trouble and shifting line-up to keep a strong attack in operation. NEW ORLEANS, March 31 (#).— Outfielder Dick Porter, who studies pitching from the plate, and Wesley Ferrell, who knows quite a bit how if done, are convinced the Cleveland Ii dians are going to haye some formidable pitching. Both believe Fay Thomas and Clint Brown will come through. Says Ferrell: “I may not win as many games as I did last year, but fel- lows like Hudlin, Brown and Harder are going to win a lot more.” CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 31 (#)—Paddy Creeden, rookie Red Sox infieider and former Boston Coliege star, has been doing some nice work down around second base and Manager Shano Collins plans on giving him plenty of chance to perform during the remainder of the trip North. Training Games By the Associated Press. Yesterday's Results, At Chattanooga. Tenn.—Boston (A.), 5; Chattanooga (S.A.), 2. A At Los Angeles—Chicago (N.), 18; Pittsburgh (N.), 8. At Birmingham, Ala.—New York (A), 14; Birmingham (8.A.), 2. At Atlanta, Ga.—Atlanta (8.A), 5 Philadelphia (&), 2. At Greensboro, N. C.—Philadelphia (A), seconds, 10; Rochester (I.L.), 8. At Auburn, Ala—Philadelphia (N.), | 11; Alabama Poly, 5. At Bradenton, Fla.—St. Louls (N.), 5; Boston (N.), 4. Today's Games. At Macon, Ga.—Brooklyn Cincinnati (N.). At Chattanooga, Tenn.-—P] (N.) vs. Chattanooga (S.A.) At Los Ang:les—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Chicago (N.). At Birmingham, Ala—New York (A.) vs. Birmingham (8.A.). At _San Francisco—Detroit (A) San Francisco (P.C.L). At Nashville, Tenn.—Boston (A.) vs. Nashville (S.A). At Atlanta, Ga—8t. Louls (A) vs. Atlanta (8.A). | | ™) vs| hiladelphia | vs. vs. TRADE MAYHELP MARTIN OF CARDS In Line for Regular Berth if Deal With Phillies Is Completed. RADENTON, Fla,, March 31 (#). —Writers with the St. Louls Cardinafs are giving much at- tention to “Pepper” Martin, up from Rochester, who will inherit the center-fleld job if Taylor Douthit goes to the Philadelphia Phillies in a pro- spective deal for Chuck Klein. Critics say Martin is not in Douthit's class as a finished player, although he is fleet of foot and can go a long way for a fly ball. Several oiher players have been mentioned as likely to figure in any deal the Cardinals might make, but Chick Hafey, a stubborn holdout, is the only certainty. MACON, Ga., March 31 () .—Time was, they do say, when Freddy Heimach, the big left-handed pitcher, found training rules a trifle irksome, but Wil- Lert Robinson of the Brooklyn Robins is counting on him to turn in a lot of winning games this year. “I am not overlooking Heimach,” said Robby. “If he does not observe our training rules, he will go, no matter how much we need him. But I think Heimach realizes what he must do and will do it. There is no finer fellow on the squad, and when he is in shape he is a good man.” FORT WORTH, Tex., March 31 (#). —Doc Knowles, trainer for the New York Giants, now comes to the front with confirmation of a previous sus- picion that the Giants have been af-| flicted with fewer injuries this yasr“ than ever before. “Why, I've used less tape and lini- | ment_than in any year I've been with | the Giants,” sald Knowles, and had his fingers crossed while he said it. LOS ANGELES, March 31 (P).—A couple of Pittsburgh Pirates went to Manager Jewel Ens today and said they guessed they'd fly over to San Francisco after tomorrow's game. Ens sald he guessed they wouldn't. And while on the subject of aviation, the Pirate skipper remarked too many of his men were “up in the air” while the Chicago Cubs were drubbing them yesterday. He added there will be no plane rides during the National League season. LOS ANGELES, March 31 (#).—Riggs Stephenson, the “Old Hoss from Alabam’,” apparently is anything but all washed up as a major league out- fielder and he will start the season in left Tield for the Cubs. Stephenson had & tough season last year, running into a series of injuries that indicated age was catching up with him. He has lived them down, however, and his hitting in training has been just as good as ever, while his flelding is even better. BRAVES WILL MISS HIM Man Who Gives Shoes to Players Going Back to Bay State. BRADENTON, Fla., March 31 (#).— Oscar Horton is going home to Athol, Mass., and the Braves are going to miss him a whole lot. He is a leather merchant who an- nually_gives shoes to the Braves who make homers. BASE BALL NOTABLES AT BARNARD FUNERAL After Cleveland Services Today Party Will Attend Johnson Rites in Indiana. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March 31.—More than 40 leaders of base ball gathered today for the funeral of Ernest S. Barnard, president of the American League, who died Friday. Prom here the sorrowers will go on to Spencer, Ind., for the last rites tomorrow for Byron Bancroft Johnson, who preceded Barnard in office and outlived him but 16 hours. The services for Barnard, who was president of the Cleveland Indians be- fore his elevation to the league presi- dency, were in charge of the Knights Templar. Honorary pallbearers were Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, Harry Grabiner, secretary of the Chicago White Sox; John A. Heydler, president of the Na- tional League; Frank J. Navin, presi- dent of the Detroit Tigers; Col. Jacob Ruppert, president of the New York Yankees; Phil Ball, president of the St. Louis Browns; Robert J. Quinn, president of the Boston Red Sox: Con- nie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics; Clark Griffith, president of the Washington Nationals, and William Evans, Walter McNichols and Alva Bradley, general manager, secretary and | president, respectively, of the Cleveland Indians. Rev. Miles H. Krumbine, pastor of Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights and a close friend of Barnard, partici- pated in the rites. Former Cornell Grid S By the Assoclated Press. game of rugby, but George player at Oxford for two years, Pfann, now a lawyer and right intramural, inter{raternity sport, and He doesn’t think it will take the it does in Am 3 50 different and they both are ttle in interference, no forward s Rugby Fine Game, Says Pfann tar Believes Sport Will Flourish Here, but Not Rival Foot Ball. “The main difference, however, is this: Any 30 men who had ever played rugby could go out on the fleld, choose up sides and play a creditable and enjoyable game of rugby. You couldn't get 22-odd old foot ball men together, pick 2 teams and play much of a foot ball game.” Pfann was asked his opinion of the merits of the Bnglish and Amer- ican styles of play. “You have a lot more fun playing games in England, I believe,” he said. “You take things much more casually. But you miss a lot, toc, And 1 don’t believe their system cf making the captain the supreme ruler of a sports team is a good idea. It’s too much to put on a 19 or 20 year-old ‘youngster. I like the American system. “You remember the case of the Oxford crew captain who fired all the coaching staff because they thought he wasn't good enough for the boat and were foolish enough to say so. Over on side if a cap- isn't the best man he doesn't an old English custom, the terback at Cornell in 1923 and rugby this country. Rugby Club, says rugby is an ideal as widely played as, say, basket ball. competitive spirlt burns as h'gh as rugby.” Pfann continued. “They are Tugby as we know it in foot ball; no and the 'yh.y is more Nsw YORK, March 31—It's Pfann, All-America quar- thinks it is bound to catch on in wing on the scrum of the New York he believes that some day it will be place of foct ball “as long as the “You can’t compare foot ball and games., ‘There is I lots of Kicking, with any man liable to be doing it, and continuous. onuuu:m. 1 think that's the | right system. | 15 president. Girl Signs With Minor Club SLATED TO PITCH AGAINST YANKS TOMORROW. JACKIE MITCHELL, Seventeen-year-old member of fair sex, has become member of Chattanoog~ club of the Southern Association, of which Joe Engle, former Washington scout, DOWN T 'W. O. Nevertheless, Mr. Tildren did regarded the game of lawn tennis But now they realize that Mr. Wil- liam T. Tilden, 2d, is a much hardier athlete than Bab> Ruth. As a matter of fact, Mr. Ruth himself would be inclined to admit that t:nnis was too tough a racket for him and too hard on the wind and the dogs. I remember that some of the sporting fraternity of the old school were shocked and pained ‘when Mr. Benjamin Leonard, the priz:- fighter, took up tennis as a training stunt. This was taken as a sign that the fighters were softening up. ‘Tilden held the men’s singles cham- plonship for seven ycars running. Some of his predecessors held it for the same length of time. It happened to Richard Sears of Boston, first national singles champion, in 1881. Willilam A. Larned also was a seven-year singles champion. Of cours: the ancients of the courts will remember the elder players fondly, but it is my inexpert notion that Tilden was the greatest of them all, because the game in this country has gained con- | sidcrable speed in the period of half a | century, Game Is Much Faster. F course, this is like insisting that Jack Dempsey or Gene Tunney | were greater ring men than John | L. Sullivan. There is no way of prov- | ing anything here. But c'rtain reliable | theorists on tennis insist that the | greatest of the woman tennis players of | today play a faster game than the men | played 50 years ago or more. Sue m>, |if you want to, because I cannot prove it. The personalities in a game are responsible mainly for the popularity of the game. In addition to Tilden, tennis in the United States owes a great deal to William Johnston (Little Bill) and Maurice McLoughlin | (the Comet). | In the women's tennis there have been some striking figures. First, of course, was Mrs. Sutton Bundy. Later cams Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, Suzanne Lenglen and Mrs. Helen Wills Moody. Gradually persons who knew nothing of tennis were made aware of the fact that some remarkable sports drama was being staged on the t:nnis | courts, until some of the conservative | hzads of the Unit>d States Lawn Tennis | Association began to fear that the game was becoming too popular. | Players like th-se established the | game so thoroughly that it lures the crowds even when they are not with it. When Tilden and Mrs, Moody re- mained out of the show at Forest Hills last year, experts were predicting that there would be empty courts for the American championships. But the tennis association reported that there was no falling off, but rather an increase in attendanc: and interest. Which is proof enough that the popular interest has become quite permanent. The Davis Cup. HE Davis Cup stimulated the inter- national interest in tennic, and the tennis battles over its possession brought abcut some of the finest con- | tests staged on any courts. With Tilden |at his oest, the Davis Cup came into | the possession of the United States, and | it began to look as though it would be | the permanent_property of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, like the America's Cup is of the New York Yacht Club. But the French began to develop ten- nis players, and at the same time Wil- liam Tilden, who bore the bruft of battle for the defense, began to get—well, no ;ounneh Still, the American tennis ans scarcely were prepared for_the shock when the Four French Rac- HE LINE McGEEHAN- Some Outlines of Sport. OOKING back very casually over the amazing growth of the pop- ularity of tennis in the United States one reaches the conclusion that this growth was accelerated considerably through the ef- forts of Mr. William T. Tilden, 2d. ‘Mr. Til | actively in commercializing the sport, as some of the hoys maintain. uite as much, relatively, for tennis as | Babe Ruth did for the national pastime. | Time was when there wculd be some loud snickering at the idea | of mentioning a tennis player in the same breath with a base ball player. For many years the rugged followers of the national pastime den is now engaged as being effeminate and not to be classed as a game for the more virile, queteers, Cochet, Lacoste, Borotra and Brugnom, finally took that trophy to | France after some of the most dramatic | tennis I have ever seen. As a matter of fact, the American n ‘When it was all over and the Prench had won, there was a somber silence over the courts of Germantown. There was nothing of the “good loser” spirit about the crowd. During that match Tilden undertook the two singles and was paired for the doubles in defense of the cup. It was too much even for an athlete of his caliber. Little Bill Johnston seemed to age minute by minute as he fought a losing battle in that last tournament. The Woman Players. 'N sketching even so inadequately the development of lawn tennis in the United States, one must not forget some of the radiant woman tennis play- ers, There was Mrs. Sutton Bundy, then Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and Helen ‘Wills, the greatest of the woman tennis players of today. But it always will be my conviction that the greatest woman player of them all was Mlle. Susanne Lenglen of France. If this be treason—— I suppose that it was the well known overemphasis, which is being discussed so frequently in connection with foot ball, that made the clash to a finish between Helen Wills and Suzanne Lenglen appear to be the greatest sports event in the world at the time. I am one of those who these meetings only to arrive about the time Miss Wills was stricken by appendicitis. To me that impending clash seemed a more glamorous prospect for excite- ment than any of the various “Battles | of the Century” I traveled miles to see. Of course, Mlle. Lenglen scarcely could come back for competitive tennis now, but, like the old-timers who maintain that there never was and never will be another fighter as great as John L. Sullivan, I maintain that Mlle. Lenglen was the greatest of the woman tennis players. But_now, it will be some time before Mrs. Helen Wills Moody will find her match anywhere. Perhaps she has not yet reached the peak of her game, for since Mlle. Lenglen left it there has been nobody who really could force the pace with her. Reds Worst Club, Howley Asserts ACON, Ga., March 31 (#).—Dan Howley maneger of the Cin- cinnati Reds, says he i3 willing to admit that “the team at present is- the worst-looking major league outfit I have ever seen, but I am positive there are better times coming. “We have practically no punch and the defense has faltered, but I be- lieve the team has the worst of its efforts out of its system and wil show steady improvement now on* SCHOOLBOYS HERE ENJOY BASE BALL Many Nines Organiizng for Season Show Game Still Is Popular. B schools in some parts of the country but apparently it is at least holding its own in the District area. Except St. John’s, which has not been represented on the diamond the last couple of years, all the schools here- about which generally have nines again will have them. Devitt, though, as in the last few years, Will be represented only informally. Competition this year promises to be more interesting than last, particularly the high school series in which most of the games were decided by decisive margins. Each of the public high teams has a group of seasoned players. In the prep school group it is hard Jjust now to figure how the teams will compare, but plenty of pep is being shown by the various squads and all are looking enthusiastically to the season. ' TERN HIGH'S base ball team, which will open its season tomo: row afternoon against Alexan- dria High's nine in the Virginia city, will put a more experienced squad on the fleld than that which began the 1930 campaign for the Georgetowners. The game, starting at 3:30 o'clock, will mark the opening of the diamond sea- son for schoolboy teams. It is likely that Western will find the Virginians stout opponents, as the lat- ter boast a group of tossers of consid- erable experience. Buscher or Poore will be in the pitch- ASE BALL may be losing popu- larity among high and prep game, Coach Moore said today. Yowell or Fletcher will be behind the bat, with Fox, first ;. Cooper, second base; Wilhoite, shortstop, and Clarke, third base, as other probable starters in inner cordon. Hilleary, member of a family which has contributed so many athletes to Western, likely will start in left field, with Oliver, last season’s sec- g‘n‘g‘thlqmm in center and Taylor in Moore is hopeful that he has strength- ened the Westerners by shifting Oliver to center fleld. This clever boy can in the infleld, while Cooper, who has been holding forth at the midway sack, thus far seems able to hold down that | post acceptably. Georgetown Prep’s basket ball team next season will be led by Harry Moore, Deal Beach, N. J., boy, who was elect- ed captain at a meeling of the court squad yesterday. Moore also plays foot ball and base ball. He is a junior. NAVY TO TEST PITCHERS Plans to Use at Least Three in Opener With Vermont. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 31—The Naval Academy will use at least three pitchers in its opening game of base ball against Vermont here Saturday and also try out two players on the recef: end. Schultz, the Navy's leading pitcher last year, will start and Head Coach Mohler expects to use Coombs, Engle- hart and, perhaps, Hitchcock at some stage of the game. Torgerson and Hur- ley will take turns in catching. The infield will be made up of Byng at first, Capt. Ashworth at second, Keene third and Hodgkins at short. A hard-hitting outfield will be formed of Fitzgerald, left; Bunch, center, and Porter, right. It is believed that Navy will have one of the strongest nines that have ever represented it. COLUMBIA NINE ASKS FOR COACH ON BENCH | Oppesition to College League Rule Keeping Tutor Away May Spread Among Teams. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 31.—Opposition to the recent decision of officials of the Eastern Intercollegiate Base Ball League barring coaches from the benches dur- ing the playing of league games has developed among Columbia players and threatened to spread to other teams. Edward Obey of Pittsburgh, captain of the Lion squad, sent a circular let- ter to the leaders of the Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Yale, Princeton and Cor- nell nines, comprising the league op- | position, asking that they sign a less” agreement. tion signed by 12 of Columbia’s 13 letter men. The agreement was adopted at a meeting of officials at the suggestion of Dr. Charles W. Kennedy. Obey said the agreement had been put through without consulting the wishes of the players themselves. Cornell was understood to have op- posed the plan from the outset. COLORED LOOP TO MEET. A meeting of the Cglored Depart- mental League will be held tomorrow at 1742 Seventh street. Teams desiring franchises are requested to attend. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. RESIDENT BAN JOHNSON of the American Base Ball League yesterday turned over to Presi- dent Noyes of the Washington team the annual league passes for Presi- dent Taft and Vice President Sher- man. Johnson will attend the opening game of the season here for Wash- ington, April 12, when the new stands, hurriedly constructed to re- place those recently swept by fire, will be ready. There will be 104 boxes available for the ning day and Treasurer Rapley belleves these will hold more than 600 persons. The total seating capacity of the park will be 14,000. Gallaudet surprised by conquering Catholic University, 5 to 4, at base bzll yesterday. Birck's good pitch- ing for the Kendall Greeners was mainly ruronuble for their win. Green, hurling for C. U, also did well. Georgetown and the Maryland Aggies were to face in a postponed base ball ent this afternoon. ‘The Farmers have never beaten the Hilltoppers in any branch of sport, . | made er's box for Western at the start of the | 5 the | Yibod handle a job in the garden as well as | L. peti- | ited nines here. Addrees base ball man- tion cailing for repeal of the “coach-|ager, U. S. 8. Reina He inclosed a peti-|olis, Md. Cochrane Lauds Young Pitcher A'mmm. Ga., March 31 (#).—In the words of Mickey Cochrane, sparkplug catcher for the Phila- delphia Athletics, Lew Krausse is “the best young pitcher I ever saw.” Krausse, a sorel-topped youth from Media, Pa., is getting his first taste glw big league with the cham- ns. “First,” said Cochrane, “the boy has poise. Then he has fair con- | trol, a nice fast ball, a good curve | and a ‘screw’ ball. Rommel showed | him how to throw the knuckler—two | fingers on the seams and a light | wrist motion. The kid has it down pat. He's on the order of Ted Lyons of the White £ox and is the best. youngster that has come South with the A’s in my time.” MARYLAND TACKLES V. M. I. NINE TODAY Takes First Game of Trip When Washington & Lee Team Is Beaten, 3 to 1. LEXINGTON, Va., March 31.—Uni- versity of Maryland's base ball team, | which opened its season with a 3-to-1 win over Washington and Lee here yes- Fx s p L g‘l’z "l_l:nm six-day foray Lhmu.oh the Clever pitching by Harry Milburn was largely res&omible for Maryland's triumph over the Generals. He gave up only four hits. The Old Liners five errors, but none proved costly. H; Gorman, first baseman, led ymie Maryland's attack with three hits, one a double. He also scored two runs. A > ABH.OA. Maryland, AB . 4111 Derr, s - ‘9 ol cooocorromm Cramer. Berger,3b.. coommooFue Soumooomm! WaaNAss a0l coucummosH cavunBunond Hocsoswon 8 E] 8l oo B e a = om Runs—Gorman (2), Berger, . Three- base Bt FItagerald. Twg-base Bit ot . _Errors—Ch 3 g ) Coman () B Tett, 8: by Milbwrn, 6. Pirst base on bails— Off* Milburn, 1. Double play—Milburn to Chalmers orman. ~_Stolen R Richardson (2), Wilson (2), Routon, Wil- lams. Berger.' Sacrifices—Cronin (2), dJ. Richardson, Cremin. Umpire—Al Orth, DOZEN SENIOR NINES ENTER CAPITAL LOOP 3 Total Sets Record for Sandlot Cir- Further proof that this season is due to be great for sandlot base ballers was evidenced last night when a record- breaking turnout of 12 senior class 3 enterin, .meei: quk g e Senior League. S The teams planning to enter the loop are Koontz Service Station, Mount Rai- nier, Olmsted Grill, Nolan Motor Co. C. A. O'Briens, Miller-Roamer, Li g':x;tl;l. Axmé Printing cx, De Molay, ng A. C., Potomac A. C. an Lionel A. C. W Play will begin Sunday, May 17, with player contracts and the franchise fees of $18 per club being deposited with the league secretary on or before May 13. A senior player must not have reac! b Rl Capital City League. e Bert Olmsted, who went “sandlot” last year and organized one of the clickiest senior clubs in Washington, announced that each player of the win- ning team would be a recipient of a wrist watch to be awarded by him. ‘The winning team also will be award- alding . Co., as well as gold base balls, the regular Capital City League prizes. Bethesda- diamonders and candidates 5 Eimo. avenue, Betheodo, for & son X venue, , for - cial meeting. v Strong contenders last year in the junior class of the Capital City League, the Bethesda boys hope to make & good showing in the unlimited class this season. Reina Mercedes base ball team, com- posed of sailors from the ship of that name, wants games with strong unlim- Mercedes, Annap- A meeting of the Palace-D. G. S. - fit is slated for tomorrow at lfl;utx street southwest. Base Ball Peace Barnard Victory BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. March 31.—E. 8. Barnard, lats president of the American League, who was buried here today, will be known in base ball history as the conciliator. During his long career in organ- ized base ball he always believed that diplomacy was more potent than war and his unending tact settled many disputes and saved the game from many uneasy moments. When Barnard assumed the presi- dency of the American League in 1927 it was ripped with dissension. Within a few short months he re- stored peace among the club owners and during his three-year tenure of office raised the standing of the league to its highest standard. Barnard was the leading spirit in the settlement of the universal draft disbute between the majors and minors, a questions that had been the source of endless quarreling for many years. Barnard, acting as spokesman for the major leagues, was able to convince the minors of his sincerity of purpos: and their acceptance of his plan alwavs will remain a monument to his skill as an executive. Col e ge, Ball ‘Washi, Nor an N n and ell, 5 Drexel, |t GALLAUDET HAS FEW VETERANS FOR TRACK Squad of 20 Toiling at Kendall Green Contains Six Seasoned Performers. Though only a half dozen or so of the 20 aspirants for the Gallaudet track team who reported are seasoned per- formers, Coach Teddy Hughes is hopeful of turning out a formidable team. plans to him mostly in he field events and perhaps the quarter mile. Paul Zieske and Del Cosgrove are the sprint mainstays, while Chet Dobson, last year's captain, looms as the half- also will run in the quarter. Johnny O'Brien is being counted on in the mile and two-mile runs, with Wurdemann also a mile prospect. Einar Rosenar is a two-mile candidate. 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