Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1932, Page 39

Sports News ——” Che 1 [ 4 Foening Star. WASHINGTON, B ¢ THU! RSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, Radio and C lassified 1932. m——— PAGE D—1 All Serene at Nationals’ Spring Camp : Rookie Sensation Girds for “Comeback UNSIENED PLAYERS CALSING N0 WORRY Athletes Carry on Quietly as Griffith Golfs—Squad in Fine Trim. | | | | BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 25.— As serene as the lazy, loll- ing Gulf of Mexico, idling| along the coast line here,| Is the atmosphere at the Nationals’ preping plant as a half week of| spirited morning drills came to a conclusion. Not even the fact that five con- tracts still are devoid of the fine Spencerian flourishes of Bob i Burke, pitcher, and the fielders—; Joe Judge, Buddy Myer, Heine Manush and Sammy West—per- turbs the angelic countenance and the pinkish glow upon the face of your Uncle Clark Griffith. Griffith smiles at the intimation that | he should be pertubed at the lack of | documents from a few of the tardy | young men. For it is Griffith’s very business- like contention that a player can do| Wwhat he may with the contract up| until the time that he is due to re- port here in this haven of sunshine, tranquillity and very comfortable beach chairs. Then and here Griffith waggles those silver gray eye brows until they as- sume a slight bristle—and then, he will have something to say. Job With Griffs Up to Burke. And he is having his say in matter of Bobby Burke right at moment. Your Uncle Clark has had a telegram from Joliet, Ill, and it was signed by the young man who | touched a monetary high spot in base ! ball last year. Burke wants to jog along to Biloxi, have a joust with a few portions of this very juicy grapefruit down here and sort of spar his way into a con- versation which would lead on to mat- ters of the money. . “He will be here,” says Griffith, strut- ting hither and yon upon Biloxi's play- ing field, “when he agrees to my terms. You may write the folks back home that the air here is balmy, my golf is getting better and that I have some nice looking pitching prospects. About Burke I have nothing much to report.” And just to prove that the shrewd little man is taking things very quietly as regards communications with his peevish ball players, there sits none other than the very petite Mildred Rob- inson, secretary to Uncle Clark, sun- ning herself outside of my window, dis- cussing the affairs of the day with Mrs. Lloyd Brown and Mrs. Carl Fischer be- cause uncle’s business has slumped so that there is no need for her to be writing snappy letters to tardy ball playing persons. So far as the status of First Baseman Joe Judge is concerned, according to reliable front-office information, he is due to arrive here on March 6 to make a battle for his old birth. The De- troit deal, kept simmering by Bucky Harris and Griffith for days, has faded out into misty nothing. But is there something else in the off- ing for Joe? Now, don't be foolish. Griffith keeps & lot of things under that old golf cap and just what business is going on between the Nationals and another club anent Joe is still under Griffith’'s chapeau. Just how well conditioned were the young men of this ball club when they | arrived is_attested by time upon the hands of Michael Martin, the trainer. Not a sore arm, not a kink or an ache has beset the outfit, though the training is days ahead of what Griffith and his austere board of strategy had planned. ‘This board has suffered much from the photogs since big Eddie Ainsmith’s arrival Tuesday. They have been herded together, shoved hither, yon and sideways to oblige the camera hounds who wish to show the folks back home how & great gathering of brains look when grouped. Nick Altrock may be made captain of the coaching guards, having suddenly taken on a very im- rtant and dignified air, fitting him ?:r the job. Fischer's Blister Only Hurt. However, there is nothing more seri- | ous after the few days of training than | & blister upon the 'foot of Cliff Bolton, the grinning grapber of fouls, and Carl Fischer, the bean shooter, But you cannot count Carl a real honest-to- goodness base ball casualty. Not by the farthest stretgh of the imagina- tion, because he gathered a blister on his heel while trying to dig up the turf with a number 2 iron. It is causing him to frolic about in baby-blue house slippers, which match his curly hair and pink complexion. “Does it not, Mrs. Fischer?” It does, because Mrs. Fischer, sitting , shiny sedan here at the hotel walk, agrees quickly. And I've given you the tip-off to what a dogs life these poor athletes are leading down here. Rooks, once teetering with fatigue into camp, now roar up to the hotel in smart cars. There's Howard Maple pulling in now with Oregon tags on his nifty Spitz- Doodle streamline eight-cylinder. These smart, well dressed, polished Tookies are taking all the kick out of training life. You can't make 'em bite on fake telegrams from Judge Landis— or anything. They are serious young men out to outsmart tne other fellow o get a job. the | this just Biloxi Bunts Howard Maple did not keep in shape during the Winter because he under- stood that it burned ou: an athlete too | quickly to keep in constant training. | Howard says that when he playe!i‘ foot ball against California in ‘27 and '28 he lost as many as seven pounds during conflict. A player in the Rose Bowl or the U. 8. C. Stadium at Cali- fornia often loses from five to twelve pounds during a game. The Split Lips are whipping the Tin Ears in volley ball in the morning games. “Volley ball is the best con- | ditioning pastime of which I know,” say Griffith and Mike Martin If you do not think that Griffith's| young men are anxious to get into and stay in top shape let me tell you that | they walk two miles back to the hotel after the morning workouts, through a cemetery, over a golf course and along a hard road. “That's a trick to make ‘em eat.more,” says Al Schacht. On the Sidelines With the Sports Editor ! By Denman Thompson. ITH the training sea- son hardly under way one of the Nationals’ chief rivals already has suffered what promises to be a costly setback in the pen- nant scramble. Henry Johnson’s appendicitis attack, which necessitated an operation before the team had gotten well settled in camp at St. Petersburg, is likely to weaken the Yankees no little in the early stages of the cham- pionship season. Unless Johnson displays un- usual recuperative powers, no effective pitching can be ex- pected from him until June, and depriving a club of a sea- soned and dependable flinger for the first six weeks of the race is a severe handicap. Although Johnson never has attained the status of a star the records for last season disclose that next to Vernon Gomez he was the most valu- able flinger on the Yankee roster. The slender southpaw, with 21 wins against only 9 defeats, was outstanding, but Johnson’s mark of 13 and 8 entitles him to second place. By using Tony Lazzeri as bait for a trade, Manager McCarthy may be able to land a usable flinger to fill in for Johnson until the lean righthander is able to get back on the job, but this is doubtful in view of the tenacity with which all pilots are clinging to box material showing any talent at all. It is on the mound that the Yankees are most vulnerable, for aside from Johnson and Gomez they have only Pipgras and Ruffing for starters, unless the aged Pennock preves he can carry on, and if he is handi- eapped with a scarcity of fling- ers at the outset McCarthy may never be able to catch the A’s and Griffs. All four of the agencies han- dling tickets for the boxing show in the new field house at the University of Maryland next Monday night report a brisk demand. This is not to be wondered at, considering the attractive- ness of the card, the unexcelled facilities offered by the brand- new Ritchie Coliseum, includ- ing unlimited Farklng space, and the scale of prices fixed— unusually low for a program of such promise. The tickets are being dis- posed of on the customary first- come, first-served basis, but late agg]lmmh need have no fears about the locations they may draw, for a fine shot at the ring is provided from any int. Rl?:{:fie Col‘l‘insetum is so well laid out there isn't a poor seat in it. Meanwhile the promoters are just a wee bit a.;;?rehenslve Te- arding Antol Koesis, who is ked to meet Dick Welsh in the feature bout. The Hun- arian clashes at Madison uare Garden tomorrow night with Emil Pladner, a real tough bozo, and a stray kayo sock al- ways is a possibility. son, arguing that the atmosphere is warm but does not take the snap from the men. That makes the Biloxi Cham- ber of Commerce, Tony Ragusin, its secretary, and yours truly just a trio of great pals. Several ball players and the newspaper men here were guests of the American Legion the other night at a boxing show. The boys in the ring threw punches like those at Alexandria. ‘Walter Johnson and Griffith have not missed an afternoon of golf. “Show me a better way for a ball player to spend his afternoon and I'll have ’em quit golf to do it,” says Walter. The camp's champion fisherman, Lloyd Brown, the Texas terror to fish, reported that he caught an 81,-pound bluefish before he started for Biloxi It is a half pound over the prize fish caught in Texas during the season, according to Lloyd, but he forgot to report it. These fishermen! Monte Weaver, the silent, studious boy from No'th Ca’lina, is going to be roomed with the equally silent Bluege, when the latter arrives to enable the ball players to make a little side money in betting who is going to say more than two words at one time TICK ON RATED HEH INKENTUCKY DERBY iMay Supersede Top Flight in Winter Book Dsspite Inferior Record. | By the Associated Press. [ EW YORK, February 25— Mrs. | | * Louis G. Kaufman's Tick On cannot boast of the brilliant | juvenile record of C. V. Whit- | | ney’s Top Flight, but he rates the co- | | favorite with the Whitney filly to lead | the field down the stretch in the Ken- | Itu(‘k)‘ Derby May 7. | Max Hirsch, trainer of the son of | | On Watch, has announced he is point- ing Tick On for the Louisville blue rib- {bon event. And it would not be sur- | prising to see Mrs. Kaufman's color | the favorite before many weeks. | Tick On ran some bang-up races last season and was regarded by many critics as second only to Top Flight Although winning only 3 of his 10 starts, he was out of the money only three times and improved as the sea- son progressed. 8 the third largest 2-year-old money winner of the year, Tick On, with earnings totaling $57.- 350, accounted for the $50.000 Hopeful stakes at Saratoga, placed second in the Pimlico Futurity, the Richard Johnson and Spalding Lowe Jenkins stakes at Laurel and ran third in the United States Hotel stakes at Sara- toga. His other two triumphs were in overnight affairs. In comparison with the records of Top Flight and even Burning Blaze, the Midwest speedster Tick On, was none toc impressive. But it was the manner in which he won his races that placed him the co-favorite with Top Flight. came from far back to win the hopeful and in the Pimlico Futur- ity finished a fast going second. Many competent judges who saw the race run contend Tick On would have won with better racing luck. He cer- tainly straightened the famous Whit- ney fllly out for the first time in her brief career. Reports from Tick On's Winter Reports from Tick On’s Winter quar- ters says he has wintered well, taken on Although his major victory was in a sprint race, he showed he could go the route in the one and one-sixteenth mile $50,000 Pimlico feature. SEMI-PRO NINE MEETS Washington White Sox, New Team, Is Headed by Vanderlip. A meeting of the Washington White Sox, a new base ball team, which plans to play semi-pro ball, will be Held to- night at 8 o'clock at 812 Van Buren street. Eddie Vanderlip, president of the club, is booking games at Georgia 4746-W after 6 pm. Varied Sports Creighton, .39; Army, 32. Carnegie Tech, 30; Princeton, 15. Colgate, 26; Lafayette, 21. ”Eyncuse. 43; Massachusetts Aggies, Harvard, 32; Brown, 19. Pennsylvania, 32; Dartmouth, 22. Gettysburg, 28; Albright, 25. Villanova, 30: Lehigh, 29 (overtime). Lebanon Velley, 29; Franklin and Marshall, 28 (overtime). Union, 45: Hamilton, 32. Yale, Williams, 18. Rochester, 24. Hobart, 17. City College of Néw York, 27; Rut- gers, 18, Western Reserve, 43; Pittsburgh, 39. Howard Payne, 31; Southwestern (Georgetown), 20! Kansas Wesleyan, 28; Bethel, 20. Southwestern Teachers, 31; Central Oklahoma Teachers, 26. East Central Oklahoma Teachers, 34; Northeastern Teachers, 26. Concordia, 38; St. Thomas, 36 (over- time). Beloit, 23; Lake Forest, 19. Wooster, 50; Kent, 37. Xavier, 26. Wittenberg, 21 Ohio Weslevan, 58; Denison, 34. Oklahoma Aggies, 33; Oklahoma, 31 Texas, 26; Rice, 19. Fort Hays State College, 32; College of Emporia, 28 Sioux Falls College, 41; Huron Col- lege, 23. St. Ambrose, 38; Augustana, 18. Hockey. Philadelphia, 2; Providence, 2 (over- time) Chicago Blackhawks, 3; Maroons, 1. Cleveland, 6; Windsor, 1. Kansas City, 3; Tulsa, 0. Montreal Coach-Comedian’s this Summer is here. Al Schacht, Griff coach and comedian, spread both joy and con- sternation among natives last eve- ning when he took to the center of town in what still may be the smartest dash of toggery in the Bronx, N. Y.—a checkered topcoat, built around 10 enormous white pearl buttons. “It's the Bronx greeting to Biloxi,” said Mr. Schacht, leaning against the boardwalk rail 1t is hard to discern in the ebbing light of early evening just what Mr. Schacht is representing, as he stands before the Biloxi Hotel, dazzling the passersby. Votes on what Al and his habili- ment are supposed to represent show varied answers. It has been said that he is part of the Bicentennial Celebration, a former Dockstader minstrel, a repeal of the prohibition laws and an advertisement for the Association of Bronx Dealers in Pearl Buttons, Pearl Derbies and Button Shoes. TLOXI, Miss., February 25.— What the well dressed man will wear on the Gulf Coast *This 15 the best training spot I've ever seen in my life,” says Walter John- Nevertheless, Mr. Schacht proves that he can draw the customers off the diamond as well as on it. Al Schacht Dazzles Biloxi Gorgeous Natives at Griff’s Camp Gasp. Raiment Makes A “THERE’S PLENTY OF MR. MAPLE AT BILOXL” BPFT- 62 -170-LB ATALETIC PUNCH - HE 'S DOWN HERE WITH BOTA EVES GLUED ON A CATCHER 'S UOB e WHAT A SPECIMEN FOR MY HANDIWORK WEPT WITH JOY. —By TOM DOERER HOWARD HAS THE WALKING GAIT OF A J(M LONDOS - THAT CAME FROM FooT BALL... ¥ WHAT A TOUGH GAME ", HE SAYS . \'LL PUT THIS GUY, MIKE MARTI, Qut oF Adoe ~ THATS WHAT . 0T WHEN HOWARD TORE ACROSS B PARK" ILOXI BALL FIELD ON TAE FIRST 0 M AY HERE . ARTIN KNEW THERE WAS MORE MustLE THAN BEEF to THE [LLINOIS BOYS MAKE UP. 253-Mile Speed Beats Record, But Campbell Tries for More By the Associated Press. AYTONA BEACH, Fla, Febru- ary 25.—Three new automobile speed records Sir Malcolm Campbell, 47-year-old English- man, established are unsatisfactory to him, and he prepared to try to better them today. Streaking down the beach at low tide yesterday in the face of none too favorable course and wind conditions, Campbell broke his own previous marks by driving the mile at 253.968 miles an hour, the kilometer -at 251.340 and the 5 kilometers at 241,569 miles an hour. His 12-cylinder Blue car was clocked one way over a 5-mile dis- tance at 244200 miles an hour, but timing traps failed to work on his sec- ond run, and he was not allowed a rec- ord for that distance. Regulations re- quire that a driver be timed two ways over a designated course to establish a record. N his first run south over the 12- mile course, Campbell was clocked at 13.46 seconds over the measured mile for the astounding speed of 267.459 miles an hour. His second trial was timed at 14.89 seconds for a speed of the runs was 14.175 seconds for a two- way speed of 253.968 miles an hour. ceeded by 8.235 miles an hour the for- mer mark of 245.733 he established in the same car here last year. He bet- tered his own time over the mile by 0.47 of a second. Campbell's average two-way time over the kilometer, approximately 2,000 feet less than a mile, was 8.90 seconds, an hour. His previous kilometer record was 240.086. HIE average two-way time over the 5 kilometers was 46.30 seconds, for an average speed of 241.569 miles an hour. His old mark for the 5 kilo- meters was 216.045 miles an hour. Because of a strong head wind, Campbell said he was greatly dissatis- fled with his trials yesterday and that if the wind subsides by low tide today he should be able to boost all his rec- ords by & wide margin. He sald he also might try for new records for 5 miles and 10 kilometers. Low tide today occurs at about 4:10 (Eastern standard time), but Camp- bell said he hoped to have his car onto the beach to be ready to run at least an hour or possibly two hours before e. 241.773 miles an hour. The average for | that tim JALLOS AND BURNS BOXING FOES AGAIN Bicentennial Card Revised to Renew Battle Between Clever Ringmen. BIT more zest was in prospect today for boxing followers who will witness Monday's Ting show in Ritchie Coliseum at Col- lege Park following the announcement last night that Bobby Burns of Balti- more, instead of Buster Brown, will op- pose Louis Jallos in one of the four eight-round scraps. Burns is the battler who recently re- ceived the nod from Referee Heinie Miller over Jallos, Cleveland “golden- glove” winner, at Portner’s Arena, at Alexandria. ~So unpopular, however, was the decision that promoters of the Bicentennial show decided a return match would add spice aplenty to Monday's card. Antol Kocsis, Hungary's promising bantamweight challenger, and Dick Welsh, rated even better than Kocsis by many, will clash in the feature eight-rounder for the bantamweight championship of the South. In the other -eight-rounders Eric Lawson and Vince Forgione, light- heavies, and Billy Strickler and Al Treanor, more light-heavyweights, will oppose. Principals for the four-round preliminary will be announced soon. Tickets for the show, which are sell- ing fast, are available at the New Wil- |lard, Vic Sport Shop, Spalding’s and Goldie Ahearn’s. and $2.50. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. Prices are $1.50, $2 LLER of the Georgetown Uni- E versity track squad starred in the Richmond track meet as the Hilltoppers were beaten out for team scoring honors by a lone point by Virginia, 21 to 22. Chapman, Landon and Davis were other G. U. athletes to score. The Virginia relay team beat the George Washington U. four, comprising Hamlin, Flemming, Keats and Balaer. Tremont A. C. relay teem made up of Stokes, Mahoney. Slenz and Rawlings ~conquered Georgetown's reserves, consisting of Eller, McGrath, Golden and Hurley. Georgetown and Catholic Uni- versity will not meet in base ball the coming season, being unable to agree on dates, Catholic U. downed Gallaudet, 38 to 18, at basket ball. C. U. used Horan, McDonnell, Rice, Clancy and comprised ‘Ritas Mtk ‘Rockwell , Miller, Roller, Durian and Keeley. ROEBUCK-S2ABO G0 IS “RUBBER" MATCH Each Principal of Tussle Here Tonight Has Upset Other on Mat. ASHINGTON wrestling fans who contrive to witness the weekly mat offering at the tween Tiny Roebuck, former All-Amer- ican foot baller, erstwhile Budapest butcher boy, are rather certain to have, for a change, no inkling as to the winner until some- body’s shoulders are flat on the canvas. Not since Ray Steele and Dick Shikat were matched here has any bout loomed 50 much a toss-up. Szabo once pinned Roebuck and Tiny turned the tables in New York. Tonight's is a rubber meeting. Neither has been in the habit of |losing with any degree of frequency lately, especially Roebuck who has dropped only two matches, both of the freak variety. Strangler Lewis got a decision here, while Leo Pinetzki won over Tiny in New York earlier this week. Tonight's semi-final will bring to- gether Ralph Wilson and Leon Smith. Three preliminaries will precede the two finish matches. Fred Grobmeier, latest local sensation, will encounter a newcomer here in Paul Favre, French champion, in one of the 30-minute affairs. Another will find Fritz Kley and Wankah Zelesniak opposing, while the third will be a secret until tonight. The show will open at 8:30 p.m. ‘Women will be admitted free if escorted. ANNAPOLIS GUNNERS WILL INVADE BENNING Face Washington Club Team in Return Trapshoot on Range Here Saturday. Washington Gun Club trapshots will be seeking revenge when they meet Spa Gun Club scatter gunners of Annapolis in team competition Saturday afternoon on the Benning range. Am downed Washington in both singles and doulb"l.T last month in the Maryland capital. The District clubmen plan to present their strongest line-up. The Annapolis contingent will include many of the best shots in Maryland. There is no admission charge to the contest and the public is invited. A flock of other attractive matches are &lmned for Bicentennial year by the Washington club. for an average speed of 251.340 miles | Strand Theater tonight be- | and Sandor Szabo, | b The new record for the mile ex- | Tom DOERER BiLOXI, MISS - ILOXI, Miss., February 25.— Howard Maple, the very stout young catching pros- pect from Peoria, Ill., who made good in a very big way in foot ball in 1928, waddled out of his breakfast chair in the dining room at this Washington base ball club’s prepping plot. Mr. Clark Griffith wiggled an eyebrow or two. Mr. Michael Martin shifted his sore foot slightly, exchanged glances with the boss-man and grinned. There was a victim for Mike,|been the trainer. Howard was fat—a vest-pocket edition of Shanty Hogan of the | Giants. “Mr. Martin,” said Mr. Griffith, “cut yourself a few pounds off that 0y.” Mr. Martin rubbed his hands in anticipation. Victims are scarce down here. “But I'll be down to fighting weight in a few days,” Howard told me. “I always weigh around 175 in the Win- ter. I'll be down to 168 very shortly.” Maple is short, reaching not more that 5 feet 7 inches. His shortness accentuates his width. But that girth is deceptive, for, at practice, Howard tears around the park at a sprinter’s pace, and pulls up without puffing. This Maple is the boy whom the ‘Washington reading public thought was twins. He had indulged in too many sports at too many times to be one fel- low. There would be a report that Griff’s catching prospect had played for a Pacific Coast team. And another that he had been given a trial by the White Sox. Still others had him play- i':g on a half dozen college foot ball ams. But here’s the low down on Howard. And he has been just as busy as one athlete can be without being two of himself at that. In 1928 as quarter- back for the Oregon State eleven, which whipped New York University, 25-13, on Thanksgiving day, he starred 0 brilliantly that he was made an all- America choice. Knute Rockne and his board named him. Maple is.a resident of Peoria, Ill. He teaches freshman basket ball, assists in_coaching the varsity foot ball team and is a_teacher of physical education on the faculty of Williamette University, Salem, Oreg. Howard played three years of varsity foot ball with Oregon State and - uated from the school in 1929. He Joined the White Sox for a trial in the Summer of 1929 and was immediately farmed to Springfield of the Three-Eye He was purchased by Bloomington in 1930 and stayed with the club until he was bought by the Griffs in January. He caught 65 games in 1930, batted .296 and caught in 99 games last year and batted .290. Fall of 1929 Howard and Maple Is Sturdy as a Tree Griff’s Recruit Catcher, a Versatile Athlete, Is Fast Afoot, However. / AH,BIT MR. MAPLE WILL . MELT (NTo A 2 v“-‘v > BANTAM WHEN THE BILOXI SUN IS BACK o DUTY~ 50 Savs ToNY RAGOSW, THE C oF C SECRETARY P pre pearance in these games through the East and West that many fans re- membered his name as a pro foot ball player. In many cases his name was spelled “Maples” and not “Maple,” which caused further confusion when Griffith announced he had landed him for the Washington club. Maple has played basket ball, foot ball and base ball, but likes the latter best. He thinks a base ball player can afford to play only the one game. When he had his choice he took the diamond pastime. ‘This Illinois boy is exuding confi- dence and assurance. He is at home down here on the Biloxi practice field. Howard 3 a family man, having married while a freshman at Oregon State. His hobby is fishing. It appears that he and Lloyd Brown soon will clash in a battle of the century when they begin airing their pisca- torial views for the boys. BALL LOOP PLANNED BY COUNTY CHURCHES Representatives Meet Tonight at Hyattsville—High School Quint Seeks Games. HYATTSVILLE, Md., A meeting to organize a ce Georges church base ball league will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the parish hall of Pinkney Memorial Church here. Representatives of all churches inter- ested are urged to attend. Hyattsville High School’s basket ball team will close its regular schedule to- morrow afternoon Leonard Hall School quint of Leonardtown, Md., on fltlealggtiona! Guard Armory court here at 3:30. The Hyattsville team, which will rep- resent Prince Georges County in the State title series, wishes to schedule teams of one or two schools for games to be played within the next few days. Company F courtmen play two games tonight on the armory floor here. The Soldier Regulars will meet Levitans of Washington in the main attraction, which will go on after a game between the Guard Reserves and Maryland City A. C,, scheduled for 7:30 o'clock, Dor-A base ball squad will hold its first, reorganization meeting tonight at 8 o'flock at the home of Allie Bowers on the Washington-Baltimore Boule- vard. All candidates, new and old, are asked to attend. Formation of both senior and junior nines is planned, both of which will enter the Capital City League. Practice will start about March 15, HOWARD QUINT TOILING. Howard University’s basket ball team is prepping for a tilt with North Caro- lina A. and T. tossers, on the Howard court Saturday night. COACH BECOMES AIDE. LATROBE, Pa. February 25 ()— ‘ebruary 25— VOSMIK FEELS HE DONT DO SO WEL Tribe Youngster, in Second Year Up, Hopes to Equal Minor Stick Pace. By the Associated Pr LEVELAND, February 25— | Down on the Louisiana bayous, where the Cleve- land Indians have their Spring camp, the crash of hickory against horsehide is resounding, and Joe Vosmik, the boy hero, is awaiting the opportunity to re- trieve “lost ground.” The young outfielder, who prob- ably sets himself down as the outstanding first-year man of the majors last season, is in just that frame of mind—he feels that he “slipped” last year, and wants to vindicate himself. For the first month of the 1931 sea- son Joe batted about .600. He was & sensation. Joe himself says, however, “Aw, I was just unconscious.” But he couldn't keep it up, of course For several games he dropped down to an average that was more nearly .200 Finally he hit his stride, and finished the season with a nifty .320 mark. That was pretty fair for a first-year man, considering that he batted in 112 runs and that only 10 players in the entire American League knocked in more than 100, HAT should satisfy a young player, but Joe apparently thinks he ought | to hit as well in the majors as he | did in the Three-Eye circuit when he | had an average of .390. Now he has a new year ahead of him | in which to make up “lost ground.” He says he is aiming at an average of .350 this year, or maybe, if he has a lot of bad luck, he will be satisfied with .340. The pitcher who troubled him most last year, he says, was Vic Sorrell of the Detroit Tigers. Sorrell had Joe's number all year and let him get only one base blow. It was Vie, too, who stopped Joe when he was going like a house afire early in the season. OE also has wholesome respect for the slow ball and sinker of Wilcy Moore of the Boston Red Sox, the curve offerings of George Earnshaw of the Athletics and George Uhle of the Tigers and the fast one of “Lefty” Grove. Vosmik kept in condition this Winter on the farm of his cousin, Prank Vos- mik, near Cleveland, where he got plen- tydof‘(fresh aér v]v:ile doing the cgarel an terware nty of o building food. B % i YANKS RACE AROUND BAGS TO OPEN PORES Ferrell of Indians Appears Fit. Vance Just Another Robin. Giant Infield Puzzle. By the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Fel 25.—Joe McCarthy, manager of the New York Yankees, has devised a new train- 1&13 -;:ug, x;h;; has proved highly effec~ ive T g out a free fl - spiration. O ol e McCarthy had his men engage in a series of walking races around the bases, starting one man at the home plate and another at second to make a com- Dblete circuit. When the players thought they had had enough walking, Joe staged another series of races, but this time they ran. NEW ORLEANS, February 25 (#).— Wesley Ferrell, ace of the Cleveland Indians’ moundsmen, freshly arrived at the Spring encampment, looks almost ready for the season’s start. He re- ported yesterday, just two pounds heav- Ipe:_manltt.heelueotmemum- ign. CLEARWATER, Fla., February 25 tl:x'a;’).—l"lg'ul'lng that a lot of his pres- ¢ 85 a manager may depend uj his handling of such v.emg:mmem stars as Dazzy Vance, Max Carey, Brooklyn pilot, says he plans to treat the dazzler “just the same as any other pitcher.” “There will be no stars on our team,” Max explained just after he and Vance had agreed on salary terms, “just ball players.” LOS ANGELES, Calif, Februa: 25 (). —With Eddie Moore in the Iol;y. the camp followers of the New York Giants are trying to figure out just how the Giant infielders will be lned up for the eoming season. The general idea is that there will only be six and that Bill Terry, Travis Jackson and Johnny Vergez are sure bets. Hughie Critz is another if his weak arm comes around, and if not Freddy Lindstrom is due to get his job. That leaves Moore, Sam Leslie, a prob- able first base substitute, and Eddie Marshall. PASO ROBLES, Calif., February 25 (#)—In addition to his other duties, Manager George Gibson of the Pitts- burgh Pirates has taken onto himself a “one-student pitching class,” Charlie Wood, young twirler who started out in sensational fashion last season and fin- ished in a slump. Gibson yesterday put Wood in the box and spent a half hour by his side coaching. The youngster is showing improvement, — MRS. WRIGLEY ELECTED. CHICAGO, February 25 (#).—Mrs. William Wrigley, widow of the late owner of the Chicago Cubs, has been elected a director of the club and & member of the Executive Committee. Star Southpaws Stiff to Connie By the Associated Press. RT , Fla.,, February 25.— Connie Mack has scored one vic- tory in his hold-out war by reaching a salary agreement with Rookie Pitcher Merritt Cain, but has yet to pierce the armor of Rube Walberg and Lefty Grove. Walberg and Mack had a talk at the ball park, but it wasn’t about money, Connie declared before he turned back to supervising the daily drill. Grove still nods to his boss when they meet, but they have not Clem Crowe, foot ball coach at St. Vin cent College, has to become Tesigned assistant coach at Xavier University, in Cincinnati. l yet discussed salary. 3 While the two pitchiérs ‘went for a round of golf Connie gave his rookie battery men a prisk work-out. -