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WAS WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star, HINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8. 1931. PAGE C—1 Griffs Home, in Fine Trim for Season : Johnson “Most Graceful Ball Club” Pick RABBIT RAMBLES TEAM IS HARDENED TOBRIK WEATHER Burke Shows Ciass on Slab| as Chattanooga Is Given Severe Pasting. BY DENMAN THOMPSO! Sports Editor. The Star. | APPY and hardy were the H Washington ball fore noon today at Union Station, where a small but en-| thusiastic band of fans was on hand to welcome them. They were happy to have behind them more than a month of bush league dia- | monds and meals, and hardy be- cause of the climatic conditions prevailing during the entire period of their training in the Southland. During the ole of the conditioning ,flnd for the Nationals which embraced four full weeks for the last squad to re- port and covered a stretch of more than | six weeks for the early birds there were | only a couple of days when the weaihor | could be ed warm, while most of the time it was decidec"y cool, many of their practice sessions as well as games being conducted under semi-Arciic con- ditions. Cloudy and threatening weather was nothing unusual, stiff, chilling breezes frequently were in ¢ idence and there was plenty of rain to contend with, the lack of snow alone distin- guishing conditions from the better days revailing here during this rather open inter. Team in Trim. But the Griffmen have by no means been handicapped in their training by the absence of consistently high tem- peratures and the burning sun Florida usually provided for them during the decade they annually visited Tampa. On the contrery, their exercising has been done under practically the same uncertain weather conditions likely to obtain during the early days of American League championship cam- which gets under way next Tues- y and so far as physical fitness is concerned it may well be doubted whether any of their seven rival teams is better prepared. Although still a bit backward in the element of hitting the Nationals re- cently have shown ¢ ns of gratifying improvement in tha: .espect and it is reascnable to expect that with five prac- tice tilts remaining as a means for tuning up they will be ready for the issue when the bell rings a week hence. In the first of these polishing-up contests, scheduled for Griffith Stadium today at 3 o'clock, the starting time for all contests in the Capital hereafter, Sam Jones, in facing the Boston Braves ‘was to get his initial shot of the Spring at a_nine-inning tour of duty on the hill. " A test his fellow veteran flingers, Al Crowder, Lioyd Brown, Bump Had- ley, Fred Marberry and Bob Burke al- ready have satisfactorily undergone. Bump to Face Phils. ‘Tomorrow Hadley is to undertake his second marathon assignment, with the Phillies of the National League as his opponents, but thereafter only part- time mound duty is likely to be assigned any of the flingers until the curtain rises on the pennant race. In the exhibition at Baltimore Friday box duties are likely to be split up by Carl Fischer and Walter Tauscher, and the following day, when the Orioles come here for a return engagement, & final workout preparatory to the initial | 5%y combat against the Phi Ath- letics probably will be assigned to Brown and Crowder, one of whom is sure to hurl in the inaugural, with the odds fa- voring the former. For the last of the pre-campaign tilts here on Sunday, when the Rochester Red Wings, Inter- national League champs, will provide | tossers | Burks; who detrained shortly be-|§ BUSH IS LABELED season. the | So far this seasor Reynolds is hitting dition at first hand. He has been 3| oorwwbiearnd 7 55 2| womwscosus® o 1] = Washington .. Chattanooga .. Runs—Hayes (4), Cronin. Judge (2). Burke (3), Treadaway 5 Burns (2), ‘Dashiell, Treadaway. Runs batted in—Hayes (3). S. Rice (2). Manush (3), Cronin (2), Judge_(2), West, Bluege, Spencer, Burke, Kingdon, Boss. Two-base hits—West. Manush, Judge (2). Spencer (2). Three-base hit—Treadaway, Home run—Kingdon. Sac- rifice—Rurke, Double play—Moore to Jilek on. ‘Leit on bases Washington. 13 ay, Kingdon. Johnston, t game—l hour and 55 minutes. SWAT DEVELOPER Reynolds Is Fine Sample of| His {Teaching and Other | Chisox Get Busy. By the Associated Press. REENVILLE, §. C., April 8— Manager Donie Bush of the White Sox has won profound respect as a developer of hitters. The little Irishman's latest triumph is Carl Reynolds. During the first| part of last season, Reynolds persisted in swinging freely and in batting at curved balls along the outside corner. Bush insisted that he poke at the ball, using the wrist for power. Reynolds did and his batting average soared from around .300 to .359 by the end of the better than ever and the rest of the hitters on the club are trying out the Bushian advice, notably Bill Cissell. PHILADELPHIA, April 8 (#).—Lefty Grove was Connie Mack’s probable starting pitcher in today’s continuation of the Athletics-Phillies city base ball series. Manager Shotton, Phillies’ pilot, inti- mated he might send Ace Elliott back for another shot at the champions, in visw of his success against them last ‘week. “The series stands 2 to 1 in favor of the Phils. ‘The A’s have been without the services of Earnshaw and Simmons, both of whom are still in Hot Springs. Mack has told them to report by Friday, as be is anxious to learn Earnshaw's con- id that the big right hander is in shape, but there have been rumors that Earnshaw had not fully recovered from a recent iliness. ASHEVILLE, N. C., April 8 (#).—The Bambino has returned after six years to make good with Asheville fans. It was just six years ago that the Babe, scheduled to display his home- run technique at the local park, col- lapsed in a big way at the railroad sta- tion and was rushed to the hospital with a stomach ache that was felt around the base ball world. As if to make up for the disappoint- ment he caused on that occasion, Ruth belted & double and single yesterday to hez!p lick the Asheville Tourists, NEW ORLEANS, April 8 (#)—The Cleveland Indians, last of the major camp, were on their KAUFMANN TWIRLS INFORM FOR CARDS |May Force Pilot Street to Re- vise “Big Five”—Lugque of Robins Injured. By the Associated Press. UNTSVILLE, Ala., April 8— | When Manager Gabby Street of the St. Louis Cardinals i sclected his “big five,” Tony | Kaufmann's name was not on the list, but Tony has been doing such notable work of late that he is given a chance to land a starting Job before the sea- son is far advanced. Tony was an outstanding pitcher with the Chicago Cubs several years ago, but his arm failed and he took up outfielding. This year he appears to have regained his former ability. MACON, Ga., April 8 (#)—Manager Wilbert Robinson is in the dumps for fair over the accident that has robbed him of the services of Odolfo Luque, the Cuban ace, for six or eight weeks. The thumb of Luque’s pitching hand is badly smashed. “Just our tough luck to get a wallop where we can least afford to take it,” moaned Robbie. “If I'd lost a catcher, infielder or outfielder it wouldn't have mattered a bit because I have just as good men on the bench. But I need all my pitchers. “I had planned to do a lot of jockey- ing because my pitchers are all old, and now I'll have to jockey more than ever. It's a tough break, that's what it is.” FORT WORTH, Tex., April 8 (#).— Guy Bush’s slow start habits are worrying the Cubs. Ever since the latter part of the 1929 season, the star right-hander of the Cubs has been hit hard in the first few innings, frequently hard enough to lose games despite long stretches of no-hit pitching in the later innings. The “Mississippi mudcat” looks better this year, however, despite his Iate starting tactics. He is heavier and his fast ball looks faster. KANSAS CITY, Mo. April 8 (#)— Any time anybody mentions it, some- body is sure to tap on wood, but the Pittsburgh Pirates a itly have at last tied the can to the injury jinx. The squad is in better shape than it has been at any time this Spring. Not a man is on the hospital list. fear that Mickey Heath, Cincinnati Red first baseman, might not be in the opening day line-up next week, be- cause of an injury to his leg, suffered in an exhibition game in Florida, has been dispelled by an X-ray picture. An examination showed no serious injury. Heath will take prescribed exercises to speed his recovery. ATLANTA, Ga., April 8 (P —It's a time like this when John McGraw really appreciates young Eddie Marshall, With Travis Jackson on the shel gruh.hly until opening day, Marshall as stepped in again to show McGraw that he has a mighty good sl in reserve when he needs one. Marshal has been fielding as brilliantly at short as he did last year at second when given the opportunity. Jackson’s alling arm is being given will be ready to go when the flag drops next week. ahas GBS TAKES HOCKEY TITLE. FORT ERIE, Ontario, April 8 (f).— Playing strictly defensive hockey with the exception of 10 minutes in the sec- ond period, the Windsor Bulldogs last night won the champlonship of leaguers to break homeward jaunt today, jubilant that they finally found their batting eyes in their finale with New Orleans yesterday. They were due at Birmingham today the opposition, Marberry, Hadley and |for a two-day stand. Bleier, Still Agile, Prepares Jones all are likely to do a bit of box work by way of keeping their flippers loosened up. So' 1ar as results are concerned the | Nationals have acquitted themselves | creditably in exhibitions to - date, winning 10 of the 15 played and losing three in addition to victories over the House of David and Spring Hill College teams, while two of their battles have resulted in ties, one with Baltimore and another with Birmingham. They | have licked the Orioles four times, | while losing twice, beaten Mobile and | Birmingham each once and Louisville | twice, whils their three-day sojourn at | Chattarocga produced two wins and | one se g Burke Pitches Well. 13 international hockey as they held the | Buffalo Bisons to a scoreless tie in an | overtime game. The Bulldogs needed either victory or tie to capture the | Teddy. For Twentie BY FRANCIS E. STAN. 00D night! Is he still play- ing ball?” is a perennial sandlot ejaculation. It undoubtedly will be heard | again in little more than a couple of | weeks when Navy Yard and Naval Hos- The final combat with the Washing- | pital play in the opening Government ton club’s farm hands at Chattanooga | League game. yesterday saw Burke hurling in fine | style through nine rounds, in which he | limited the Lookout to seven lrits an two Tuns while fanning five and issuing | only a pair of free tickets. | And salubrious weather they have enjoyed they left Biloxi, the Nationals The person referred to is Johnny | Bleler, veteran Navy Yard outflelder. But Johnny doesn't mind. He's rather proud of his many years' service, and taking advantage of the most| o= 41y he is getting sharp for | his twentieth season on the local sand- mered Harry Child and Carlos | Jots, re, both of whom formerly wore | thian toggery, for 25 safeties and liies, by far their biggest day on | k this Spring. | nin, Bluege and Burke : cack Hayes and Sam Rice each col- Heinie M2nush led the entire pack at were | “babbling brook.” ed to one bingle ¢ iece, but none | the more consistent. e others got less thin three, while | oted five | the business cf driving in runs, his|est fielders, a dangerous base runner | base. o singles chasing four double and 1 counting block. mates across HYATTSVILLE POSTPONES Game With Terp Frosh Off Until Coach Can Shape Team. HYATTSVILLE, Md, April 8— Hyattsville High School’s base ball team will pe unable to meet Maryland Fresh- men tomorrow at College Park. Coach Leland G. Worthington said to- day that the Hyattsville boys, because of the weather and ground conditions, have been able to get in little work. Hyattsville's next scheduled game is with Alexandria High here April 8. —Cuhs to %Continue With Ladies’ Day EICAGO, April 8 (#).—The Cubs throw weekly to prevent riots for free ducats by the ladies last Summer, they are not only back With the same free’offers, but ad- ing the news to the vertisi X “Write for them and well :‘l; | ing overseas. Si Johnny and his teammate, Lefty Kuhnert, are running a close race for the honor of being Washington’s prize Johnny, though, is LEIER is 37 years old and has been a star sandlotter for 19 years. He still s one of Washington's fleet- and a crack hitter. His career has been a colorful one. Back in 1912 Johnny was playing ball with Army Engineers. He went with the Nationals in 1914. When the war broke he rejoined the Army, play- ince then he has been a crack player with Washington Bar- racks, the famous Rex team, the un- defeated District Elks and Navy Yard, among others. of the Navy Yard team in the Gov- ernment League since the Yarders have been in the loop. He has withstood onslaughts of heralded youngsters and always has kept his job, being equally tile in the outfield, on first base Joe SBewell. He rarely strikes out. 1929 Johnny went through the entire season without letting three go by. Last year he fanned once, Si Simons turning the trick. His record of one strikeout in two years rarely, if ever, has been led Johnny has been the standout player | th Sandlot Year vided the assignment for the subur- banites. The following Sunday Silver 8pring beat the Knicks. Reminiscing that 1923 season brings to mind one of the funniest plays we have seen on the sandlots. A catcher gct credit for a putout on a two-bagger. The Elks and Mohawks were staging a great battle on the Fifteenth and H street field. Bernie Pitzgerald was play- ing first base for the Mohawks. - Squirrel Charles was on third, Monk Fraser was catching, Shorty Hughes was umpiring and Ping Purdy was the batter. Finney Kelly was pitching, and on his firs. trip to the plate Purdy had his cap knocked off by a close one. Kelly, in his heyday, had a wicked curve. On h's second trip Ping dodged a close one. As he fell to the ground the ball struck his bat and went salling over Fitzgerald's head into right field. The impact of the ball against the bat made the stick crash | up against Purdy’s head. Ping thought he wes hit on the head {by the ball, 50 he laid on the ground, | Everybody howled “run,” but Ping | wasn't in a hurry. The right flelder | retrieved the ball and overthrew first Squirrel Charles picked it up and Ping then started running. So did Monk Fraser, the catcher, and he reached first base ahead of Ping, took the throw from Charles and tagged Ping out. Ping avers today he should have had | a two-bagger. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 8 (/).—The | the a dally baking and prospects are he bac Pair of Pitchers Give Browns Joy ICHITA, Kans, April 8 (®).— Out of a maze of uncertainty about the St. Louis Browns, two certainties appeared today. Walter Stewart will open the season against the Detroit Tigers at St. Louis next ‘Tuesday and Wallace (Lefty) He- bertd, recrult pitcher, has made the grade. Stewart, in essaying the apening role, is cast instead of Sam Gray, to whom the assignment has been given for the past three years. Hebert, only 19 years old, was a semi-pro at Lake Charles, La., two years ago, and last year pitched for Springfield, Mo., in the Western Association. WAR GLOUDS LOOM OVER AMBLING ALP Garden Would Go to Court toE Prevent Primo From Meet- ing Sharkey. BY WILBUR WOOD. EW YORK, April 8 (CPA)— | The sock market, already | groaning under an accumula- | tion of ills, is faced with an- | other affliction during the v:omlnrI Summer. The portents point to what | is loosely defined as a boxing war, with | the Madison Square Garden Corpora- | tion on one side and the State Athletic | Commission on the other. The role of | bone of contention will be played, if there is a war, by the hulking figure of Primo Carnera. ‘The fistic fathers state that Carnera, suspended not quite a year ago for ir- ties in connection with his bout | with Maurice (Bombo) Chevalier in Oakland, Calif., shortly will be restored to good standing. That is as far as the official statement goes. Garden Will Fight. Unofficially, it may be stated positively that Carnera is being reinstated so that he may box Jack Sharkey, the com- mission's little Rollo, at Ebbets Field, June 10, in a match which will be recognized by the board as involving the heavyweight champlionship. Half of the proceeds of this affair are to be whacked up among 15 charities, not in- cluding the milk fund, to be named by commissiol n. ‘The Madison Square Garden Corpora. tion of Illinois, subsidiary of the New York corporation, has Carnera signed to a contract specifying he will not box any one without its permission until he has met the winner of the Schmeling- Stribling fight for the title. Where the trouble comes in is that the Garden intends, or says it intends, to go to court, if necessary, to vent Carnera from boxing any one New York for another promoter. James J. Johnston, Ebbets Field impresario, with the commission backing him up, expects to disregard the Garden con- tract and use Carnera against Sharkey. It may be stated thal if Leon See, Carnera’s manager of record, declines wnf'fl for tl;l:"!dh;rk% brawl, Carnera w perm y the ‘board to sy tfor himself. s ‘That is the line-up. Unless somebody ks down, a costly and far-reaching conflict is bound to result. Training Games By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s Results. At_Atlanta, Ga.—Chicago (A), T; New York (N.), 3. At Columbus, Ohio—Boston (A.), 20; Columbus (A. A), 5. At Louisville, Ky.—Cincinnati 5; Louisville (A. A), 2. At Kansas City—St. Louis (A), 4; Kansas City (A. A.), 2. At Greensboro, N. C—Rochester (1), 9; Boston, (N.), At Chattanooga, Tenn—Washington (A.), 17; Chattanooga (8. A.), 2. At Birmingham, Ala—Birmingham (8. A), 9; St. Louis (N.), 7. At New Orleans, La. 11; New Orleans (S. A), 3. At Fort Worth, Tex.—Fort Worth 6. rooklyn (N.), 6; Hartford (E.), 1. At Asheville, N, C.—New York (A), 5; Asheville, (P.), 2. Today's Games. At Greenville, 8. C.—New York (N.) vs. Chicago (A.). At Philadelphia—Philadelphia (A.) ‘Washington (N), ;e\'relnnd (A), against Philadelphia (N. At Washington, D. (A.) vs. Boston (N.). At Kansas City—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Detroit (A.) At Columbus, Ohio—Boston (A) vs. Columbus (A. A). At Louisville, Ky —Cincinnati (N.) vs. Louisville (A. A). At Forth Worth, Tex.—Chicago (N.) vs. Fort Worth (Tex.). At Wichita, Kans.—St. Louls (A) vs. ‘Wichita (W. L.). At Birmingham, Ala—Cleveland (A.) ). At Macon, rooklyn (N.) vs. Hartford (E.). At Asheville, N. C.—New York (A) vs. Asheville (P.. COAST LEAGUE. Oakland, 2; Missions, 0. Seattle 3; Los Angeles, 1. San Francisco, 8; Portland, 0. Hollywood, 6; Sacramento, 1. | BY WALTER TRUMBULL. HE newcomer most talked about is Jerome H. Dean, the 6 foot 4 inch pitcher the St. Louis Cardinals secured from the Texas League. Dizzy Dean is said to have about as much color as Rube Waddell and almost as much stuff on the ball, He is drawing crowds, even in practice games, Several managers and & number of ball players have told me that he is the greatest pjtching pros- pect, young or old, they ever saw. When Dean first reported he walked into the rather dignified Branch Dickey's - and intro- duced himself to vice president of the elub by Dean “Dizzy,” But He Can Hurl Cardinal Recruit Eccentric, Yet Is Rated Most Promising Prospect in Base Ball. il £g H AKA 20 OF NVILLE~ ~OF THE BOSTON BRAVKS — 15 STARTING HIS RABBIT HAS WORN TE UMFORM OF BosloN PTTEBURGH, CHICAGO, BROOKLYA) / AND ST LOUIS., THE NATIONAL LEAGUE SHORT- ™ SEASON MAJOR_~ LEAGUE BAssgALL & SToPS LAST SEASOL WTH A FIELDING AVERAGE oF 965 OAp’-—*—a © 1951 The & PLAB Rights Remrved Itls Nice to Takefi:;l Snooze When It Keeps Bad Man From Taking Your Life With Gun BY W. 0. McGEEHAN. RUTH, occasicnally, is so mueh stranger than fiction that it is dangerous to tell a true story in skeptical company. The San Franciscan who was transplated to Chicago told one the other night, and he has won for himself the reputation of being an international liar. I know his story Is true, but I am not rising have my own reputation for veracity to maintain. to his defense. I 1 was going to write the story once myself, but an editor said, “Better write it as fiction.” Then he reconsidered. “On seccnd thought, you better not write it at all, because it is too fantastic.” 1t all happened back when “Ruby Robert” Fitzsimmons was fight- ing Tom Sharkey, the sailor man, !date yourself, because I have no record books handy, and it was in San Francisco. Look up the longer ago than I care to stretch my memory. Fer this fight they imported & ref- eree of parts—none other than Mr. Wyatt Earp, former sheriff of Dodge City in the days when Dodge City would have made Chicago look like a Y. M. C. A. suditorium. Mr. Earp had so many notches in his blue-barreled frontier 458 that the grips felt like corrugated fron. Mr. Earp’s reputation preceded him to San Francisco, where they shot only on compulsion or when highly irritated. THE record books will show that a foul entered into that particular heavyweight_ prize fight. At any rate, Mr. Earp said it was a foul, and in those days the referee was the sole judge of such and all matters in the ring, particularly when the referee was Mr. Wyatt Earp. When Mr. Earp stopped the conflict and announced that there had been a fuol there was considerable protest from. the customers. Some dissenting cus- tomer threw his bowle knife into the ring and it almost pinned one of Mr. Earp's feet to the canvas. Another gentleman threw Mr. Earp a drink, but | it still was in the bottle, and the bottle | grazed Mr. Earp's head, breaking against | the head of a customer on the other side of the ring. Mr. Earp gathered that his verdict was not unanimously pleasing. He made @ quick motion, and his hands emerged, each of them holding a Frontier forty- five, with blue barrels. Pointing these in all directions as a plea for silence, Mr. Earp announced: “Gentlemen, that is my verdict. If anybody wants to at- | tempt to convince me that I have been | in error, I will be very glad to take up the matter with him at my hotel.” The referee then stepped quietiy out of the ring and walked toward the exit. Nobody started a debate with him for the time being. The customers wished a little time to reconsider the matter. So much money had been bet on this particular fight that there were storms of indignation over it for at least a week. San Francisco sports writers de- nounced the Earp family and they de- nounced the gladiators. There was more literature written concerning it than there was over the fouling of Phil Scott. Eventually it got into the courts in some way or other, and Col. Kowalsky, a lawyer of the old San Francisco days, took upon himself to denounce Wyatt Earp as nobody ever was denounced in San Prancisco before. There were some eloquent denouncers in San Francisco, but when Col. Kowalsky denounced them it was real denunciation. They stayed denounced for the remainder of their days. T have seen Col. Kowalsky in a court room in the midst of an to sleep nu":'&{i."m'“” TG on In, defect was known sEEEE £ 28 | verdiet, city in the days when eloquence was plentiful. Especially when it came to denunciatory eloquence was Col. Kowal- sky really great, so that when he under- took to denounce Wyatt Earp of Dodge City he produced a masterpiece. He sald that Geronimo, the Apache, was a Christian gentleman compared to Wyatt Earp, who, he maintained, was a direct descendant and heir to all of the cruelty of Cain. Col. Kowalsky must have had a good bet on the fight and lost it by Earp's because the colonel certainly shot his entire vocabulary and let it explode over the gentleman from Dodge City, who had to take it because all weppons were collected before court opened. T night, as was his custom, Col. Kowalsky was dining alone in an| alcove of the grill in the old Bald- win Hotel. He was chewing his steak and sipping his burgundy when a quiet little man slipped up to the table, “Col. Kowalsky, I believe?” interro- gated the stranger. “The same,” said Col. Kowalsky. “My name is Earp,” said the stranger, “as probably you know. I have come here to kill you.” The dialogue was audible to some of the diners at nearby tables. There was a hush over the grill room, and Earp stood there alert. You could have heard a feather rustle. Suddenly the silence was broken by a distinct snore. Wyatt Earp’s hand flew to a holster and it emerged holding a frontier 45. Earp bent forward and looked closely at Col. Kowalsky. The colonel's eyes were closed and he was snoring gently. Earp stood there fascinated. At first he seemed incredulous. It might be a ruse, Col. Kowalsky would try to draw at any instant, then he would plug him between the eyes. But the snoring be- came more audible and more regular. Wyatt Earp swore softly, as if not to awaken a sleeping babe. He put His gun back in the holster and turned on his heel. “Speaking of ccol men,” said the be- wildered Wyatt Earp. “I come to kill him and he sleeps right in front of my gun. When he wakes up will you please give him the message that Mr. Wyatt Earp wished him pleasant dreams. ‘Now Thinks 1-Hit Pitcher Is Dream MAHA, April 8 (#).—“Doc” Smith, manager of the Omaha club of the Western League, didn't know whether he was the victim of a managerial dream or not today. Every manager dreams that some day, somewhere, that a great base ball player, preferably a pitcher, will drop in and stay. So yesterday, stranger strolled into the Omaka camp, announced himself as a pitcher, and was given & chance pitching for the yannigans. All he did was to hold the regulars to one hit for three innings. Manager Smith rTubbed his eyes, enthusias- rushed out to the mound and told the stranger, who gave his name cnl{"’l] ;:ln Earl of a rest and report Rk After the game, a search was in- stituted for “Mr. Earl of Iowa,” who 27 VALUED HORSES VICTIMS OF FLAMES Two Fires Occur in Stables in Ken- tucky—Seventeen Brood Mares Among Those Lost. By the Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Ky., April 8.—W. Weant, turfman, today still had a thor- oughbred 5 bear his colors in the Ken- tucky Derby May 16, but smouldering rulns covered the remains of eight other horses in training, eight brood mares and two foals. Matadi, his only Derby elegible, was left with five other horses at Churchill Downs, Louisville, upon their arrival from St. John's Park, Florida, yesterday. Stall room for eight being unavailable they were sent to his farm, at Oakland Station. Last night they were burnea tq death with the brood mares and foals. Fire, believed caused by defective wir- ing, destroyed his stable eontaining the 18 horses. Mrs. Weant and Anchorage firemen stood helplessly watching the barn burn to the ground, the intense heat preventing active fighting of the flames. Mr. Weant, on his way home from Florida by motor, could not be | reached for an estimate of the loss. By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky, April 8.—Holly- rood Daisy today was the only one left of 10 fine brood mares owned by John L. Dodge, New York trotting horseman. ‘The nine others, valued at almost $100,- 000, were burned to death when fire destroyed a barn on his Hollyrood farm, near here, last night. With the brood mares, five foals and four mules lost their lives. The total damage to barn and contents was esti- mated by the farm overseer at $125,000. Dodge is at present at his stable’s Win- ter training quarters, at Grovestown, Ga. Two of the brood mares destroyed were valued at $20,000 each. They were Hollyrood Pansy, dam of Hollyrood Har- rod, a leading 3-year-old trotting horse, and Jane Dillon. The other mares were valued at from $5,000 to $10,000 each. . ALEXANDRIA TEAMS WILL MEET TONIGHT Use of Haydon Field to Be Allo- cated—St. Mary's Lyceum Tossers to Be Rewarded. ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 8.—A meeting of local amateur base ball teams has been called by Fire Chief James M. Duncan, jr., for 7:30 tonight in the council chamber at city hall. Chief Duncan has been appointed by City Manager Wallace Lawrence to al- locate the use of Richard Haydon Field to local teams for games this Summer. Charley Corbett, manager of the St. Mary's Celtics, is endeavoring to ar- range & practice game with the 12th Infantry nine for Baggett's Park Sunday. > Alexandria High School's nine will inaugurat: its new schedule Friday, playing Washington and Lee High at Ballston. St. Mary's Lyceum five performers will be awarded honor sweaters as a reward for their showing on the court Those '.hkn will re- tain; Kenneth Mumford, Wilson Sin. clair, Joe Hamilton, Charles Collum, Earl’ T Jinx Newton, George Gensmere and Willlam Lyons. STECHER ON MAT HERE To Grapple Grandovitch in Main Bout at Strand Monday. veteran and former ver Siet- the be STARS OF PASTIME IN RICE SELECTION Critic’s Mythical Team Is All-Time - Affair—Likes Lenglen in Tennis. BY GRANTLAND RICE. PRING revives old arguments S in sport, especially those connected with base ball. One of these recently opened concerns the most graceful club that could be picked from the all- time allotment up to date. This would be my cholce: Catcher—Johnny Kling, Cubs. w:lu:her—wslur Johnson, Washing- First base—Hal Chase, Yankees. Second base—Larry Lajole, Cleve- n Shortstop—Dave Bancroft, Phillles and Giants. Third base—Jimmy Collins, Boston. lC‘en m"’m'm Bgru. Giants. i I—Tris Speaker, Boston and Cleveland. Right fisld—FPrank Schulte, Cubs. ‘This lis. doesn't name any entry from the Athletics, with all their great teams. But they have more than one or two who are close, including Mickey Cochrane, catcher; ‘hief Bender, pitcher; McInnis at first and Collins at second, with Jack at short worth some mention. There isn’t much to choose at third between Jimmy Coi- . Heinie has no superior arcund the plate when it came to a matter of grace in swinging a bat. most graceful of all the star ‘!,'ennlnnhymlnppemwbel the ring Ji perior in this department. Larry Lajole looked easier at the plate than any batter base ball has known. He had less tension in his 200-pound system while waiting for the pitcher to hook one over. His attitude seemed to be careless and half lazy, as he held the bat so loosely it ed as if it might slip from his hands. quickest playing golfer has approach put after & short delay, Duncan hit the putt less than a foot. up in his lean Finnish system. <! ALMA MATER GETS JOHNSON’S FORTUNE Kin Will Receive Annuities From Estate Declared to Be in Excess of $250,000. CHICAGO, April 8 (M. College of ta, Ohio, will receive the bulk of the estate of Ban- croft Johnson, late 3 terms of his will. ‘The size of Johnson's estate was not revealed but it was said to be well over $250,000. Under the terms, his widow, a brother and a sister-in-law are to have annuities from the estate until their deaths when the remainder of the estat: is to be turned over to the college, Johnson's’ alma mater. ‘The widow is to receive $6,000 an- nually; his brother, William R. Johnson of Coronado, Calif., is to rezeive $5,000 . while his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary Hamiiton of le, Md., is to receive an annuity of $600. ‘Two other legatees were named in the document, which was signed by the former American League president last March 3, or 25 days before his death. They are Miss Evelyn O'Connon & cousin who is bequeathed $25,000, and Miss Florence Johnson, another cousin who is left $10,000. D. C. RINGMEN ALL LOSE Tardugno, Miller and Carpenter Out of A. A. U. Tourney. BOSTON, Mass,, April 8.—All three Washington boxers who survived the first round in the annual national A. A U, junior championships were eliminated yesterday when M ‘Tar- dus'n:. 126 r;‘lnl?!h Jg:rk:m Miller, 147- pounder, an pl ter, heavy- weight, lost hard-fought battles. o Joe Pacino of Roxbury, Mass., after being outboxed in the first round, came back in the next two to outpunch Tar- dugno. For two rounds Miller gave Joe Delmont, New England middleweight chnmrrlon‘ & stout fight, but Delmont’s experience gave him the advantage in the third and also the fight. Surrette of Leominster, Mass., quered Carpenter in close battling. BEAT NAVY PLEBES West Virginia Team Gets College Freshman Rifle Title. University of West Virginia freshmen downed 'the Navy plebes in the 1931 freshman _intercillegiate rifie team match, 2,805 to 2,682, according to an announcement of the National Rifle As- sociation. Navy plebes held the fresh- man title in 1928, 1929 and 1930. va{nmh finished second to the 7th U. 8. Infantry of Vancouver, Wash., in :;:u hrf[lmzntu team championship enty con- Fistic Battles By the Assoclated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa.—Mike Rock Island, Ill, and Richie Mack, S DLa el , oul May, Des Moines (10). INDIANAPOLIS, Ind—Walter Pick- knocked out Bud ted Patsy Pollack. ) —Lou Scozza, ),