Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1932, Page 33

| WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1932. PAGE C—1 Fielders Flocking to Nationals’ Camp : Ruth Begins Workouts With Yankees MANY SEEM EAGFR T0 START TRAINNG Cronin, West, Harris, Rice to Report Early—Myer to Talk Terms Today. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 29.— With ball players winging their way to camp from many sections of the coun- try tc add to the group already here and in splendid physical shape, Walter Johnson, pilot of the Washington base ball club, watched his squad of pitchers and catchers go into a spirited batting, fielding and pitching drill today. Just one month away from the termi- nation of the camp siege, the boys be- gan taking more hearty lunges at the ball and to show extra effort in trying to catch the eye of shrewd Sir Walter as he wended his way from one end of the park to the other. Sheriff Dave Harris, whom many be- lieve to be on the auction block, will start for camp today or tomorrow from his home, in Greensboro, N. C. Clark Griffith, however, will not admit that Dave is up for a price or a deal, indi- cating, rather, that there will be an- other arrangement in the outfield map- ing which will make the Carolina goy's Jjob safe. | A letter from Joe Cronin to the fleld office of the Nationals here indicated that the shortstop is not only feeling in great shape, but really is anxious to get to camp, have his business settled with Griff and get out on the battle- field. Sam West, too, reports he is headed for camp. | = | LL of this sudden flurry of athletes to get to camp before the official reporting date for fielders leads your Uncle Clark to grin happily and remark that the boys are coming to take advantage of his having to pay the board bill. But. seriously, Griffith is all aglow over the way things are breaking, and you may sometimes see him strutting’ around with fingers crossed as the boys flash on the field and letters arrive. | Indications this morning were that Buddy Myer, second baseman, who ar- rived at the Biloxi camp in time ior a seat at the dinner table last night, would go into & conference with Grif- fith some time today upon matters of dollars and cents. When Buddy signs Uncle Clark's worries along contract lines will be reduced to the cases of | West, Manush and Judge. Griffith’s third baseman, Ossie Bluege, is due to arrive tomorrow from Wash- ington, according to camp gossip, and 50 is Sam Rice. With Sam and Mrs, Rice will be Mrs. Marberry, the hurler’s wife. ITH his' cap In his hand and a tired look in his eycs, Lewis Bab- cock, an 18-year-old Detroit boy, arrived in camp late yesterday after- noon, looking for Walter Johnson and & job as an outfielder. Lewis motored here in a partnership arrangement with a tourist motorist, arriving at camp without funds, after having paid his share of the gas and oil money. On the last Detroit trip of the Na- tionals Lewis appeared at the ball field and asked Johnson for a trial A| rainy day spoiled the test, and Lewis then told Johnson that he would pay his own way into Biloxi this Spring for a trial Lewis admits hitting 425 in an inde- pendent league in Michigan. If he can do that for Uncle Clark he has been signed twice and paid in advance. | Johnson will give him his test. ; RIFFITH'S young men spent yester- | day, an off day, in varied fashion. | To 'begin with, it was one of the most perfect days the natives have seen since last Fall. And when the citizens of this community admit that a day is good it has to have everything on the | & calendar stopped. They, heretofore, have only admitted the day to be fair and the good ones just around the corner, no matter how beautiful the ‘weather. So it was some day. A blistering sun scorched down on a party of rookies out on the hotel pier. The boys were crabbing with a fishing pole and getting results by bringing in channel crabs which, Mike Martin insisted, were planted there by the Chamber of Several Griffmen Tardy Reporting ILOXI, Miss, February 20— Bobby Burke, up until a few days ago one of Mr. Clark Grif- fith's hesitant ball players, still was slow in his movements, for up until noon today Bobby had not arrived in camp, overdue at least a day. Carl Reynolds, the big right field- er, who asked to be permitted to come to camp earlier than the time set for his group. was due to arrive yesterday, but failed to get in this morning. Sammy West, coming in from Texas, is said to be due either to- morrow or Wednesda; Griff does not view with alarm, or give even a second thought, the tardiness of Burke in arriving, but Bobby is now a weck beyond the other pitchers in training. BURKE ADDS $T50 T0 GOLF WINNINGS Top Amateurs at Bellair, Blows Up. By the Associated Tress. , Fla, February 20.— Billy Burke, the national open golf champion, has added an- other links title to his list. Burke, who is the Bellair home pro, clicked off cards of 70-70-72-76—288 to take first money of $750 in the Florida West Coast open from a field of celebrated golfers. Johnny Farrell of St. Augustine took second prize of $500 and Gene Sarazen of Newport Richey, Fla., won third of $350. Paul Runyon of White Plains, N. Y., finished fourth and collected $200 for his play. Babe Ruth, the Yankee home run slugger, was in a fair way to gather the amateur trophy at the end of 36 holes of the 72-hole tourney, but he blew up on the final 18 and saw Bayard Mitchell of Tampa come through to capture the prize. Mitchell scored 317 to the Babe's 339. Ruth had a card of 95 for the last round, which is about 20 strokes above his usual game. TWO VICTORIES GIVE TIGERS BASKET LEAD Columbia, Defending Champ, Trails by Half Game After Loss to Pacesetters. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 29.—Prince- ton's two victories last week, the first over Yale at New Haven, 26-25, and the second over Columbia at Princeton last night, 29-27, have tossed the Tigers right on top of the heap with six vic- tories and two defeats in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basket Ball League. Co- lumbia, champion for the last two years, is only a half step behind with five wins in seven starts. Princeton has two more games on the schedule and Columbia three. The Tigers' two wins furnished the big features of the week, but Penn astonished the experts by whipping Dartmouth at Hanover, 32-22. Dart- enough to trounce Cornell at Hanover, 40-29. The standings: Princeton SETS BILLIARD RECORD Lindrum Runs 1,321 English Style for North American Mark, MONTREAL, February 29 (P).— Walter Lindrum of Australia, world champion at English billiards, has re- Commerce. Another party went to Back Bay and | returned with red fish. Mike Delaney, | the Chi rookie, pulled home a 14-inch | fish, while his partner, Bob Friederichs, | got nothing more important than an- | other coat of sun tan. Carl Fischer, the pitcher, Eddie Ain-| smith, the coach, and Lynn Griffith, | rookie hurler, spent the day on the pier catching fish as big as a pitcher's bat- ting average and returning them to their habitat. Players, with the better halves here, sunned themselves on the lawn under the supervision of the “Missus." Lloyd Brown, the fisherman from Texas, how- ever, took the afternoon away from the lawn slesta to play a good game of golf with Marberry, Crowder and Bpencer. | Walter Johnson and Eddie Gharrity went out on a fishing trip, while Grif- fith, Dr. Furster and Nick _Altrock formed part of a foursome which turned in medal scores in the 80s. T was one of those days in camp when your correspondent wonders why the society department of The Star has not a_representative here instead of a sport-hardened young man who thinks in terms of base hits and home runs. However, all of this golfing, fishing and lolling on the front lJawn has a part in training: and if you think not, keep it to yourself, for those athletes here know it today, when Johnson ordered all brakes removed and full steam ahead From now on it appears as if camp social life is going to get a setback. BUSH LEAGUE REVIVED Six Clubs Post Forfeit Bonds for Play in Central Circuit. CANTON, Ohio, February 29 (#)— Revival of the Central Base Ball League for the season of 1932 has become a certainty following a meeung of club owners, six of whom posted their for- feit bonds. The six-club circuit will consist of | Dayton, Canton and Akron, Ohio; Erie, Pa.; Fort Wayne, Ind, and a sixth city, the identity of which will be with- held for several days. ‘The opening of the season was set for May 3 and the close on Labor day. ‘The season will be split, the first f ending June 30. The schedule calls for 140 games. A player limit of 14, exclu- decreed, together sive of manager, was with a $2,500 salary Umit. gained the record for the highest break ever registered in North America. In an exhibition match yesterday he made a score of 1.321 in one session at the table. The previous record break, made two days ago by Tom Newman, former English champion, was 1,183. MAJESTIC NINE BACK. Majestic Radio base ballers, again managed by Frank Wyche, are expect- ing a successful season. Charlie Schef- | fel has been elected captain. | [ Babe Ruth, With Chance to| mouth then pulled itself together long | Pl Eastern High Coach Will Handle On Boxing Program Tonight PHILADELPHIA VETERAN MEETS ERIC CARD AT RITCHIE COLISEUM. ‘VINCE FORGIONE, Quaker Cif ht-hea fi!fl ‘who_ tackles the blond in one ot‘}ul:r. dn-y'yfl"l round bouts FINEMILERS RACE " N COLLEGE T Coan of Penn, Champion, Is Expected to Get Great Run for Laurels. By the Associated Press | EW YORK, February 329.—For | | the dyed-in-the-wool track fan | | the indoor season still would | be a great affair if it began and ended with the annual indoor | meet of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America. The intercollegiates next Saturday | can be counted on to provide a full | share of thrills for every one of the | /6,000 fans who are expected at the 258th. Field Artillery Armory. More | than 600 athletes were originally en- tered and about half that number, the pick of the lot, will compete in the 11 regular events and the freshman medley | | relay. | Carl Coan, Pennsylvania miler who created a mark of 4:15 1-5 when he won the crown last year, and has been clocked at more than 2 seconds better than that time, is expected to get the greatest run for his money. He is up against & field of nine 4:20 milers, and the leaders of the pack, Frank Crowley of Manhattan and Frank Nordell of New York University, have done 4:142-5 and 4:153-5 respectively. Penn’s mile relay team, which raced to a world record of 3:17 4-5 in last year's meet, will be back intact. The team championship appears to be an open battle among Pennsylvania, New York University and Harvard. Penn, which won the crown last year and tied with Cornell in 1930, has lost some of its stars. Add Howitzer Giants to List of Basket Ball Victims, 48-27. Vics Beat Frenchies. Barring upsets in the second round of the series now in progress, Skinker Eagles will remain on top of the heap in the battle for the semi-pro basket ball title of the District area. The Birds, who have held sway among the semi-pros here for several seasons, now have beaten all chi lengers. They trimmed Howitzer Giants of Kensington, managed by _Brook Grubb, 48 to 27, last night at Bolling Fleld, holding the whip hand all the way., They previously vanquished Vic Sports Shop and French Company quints. In_another series game Vics downed the French outfit, 34 to 25, at the Sil- ver Spring Armory. It was & fine fight for the first half, but Vics gained a substantial lead in the late going. Tubba Farrell of the winners, with 14 points, was the game's high scorer. Colliflower led the losers with 12. Eagles and Vics will meet next Sun- day at Silver Spring in their second round. Knights of Columbus unlimited tossers registered their second three- point win of the season over Northern Preps last night when they triumphed, 22 to 19, in the curtain-raiser to the Eagle-Howitzers game. | Palace A. C. came through with a 14-13 win over Boys' Club Big Five in the preliminary to the Vic-French tilt. GUYON IN TWIN JOB Base Ball, Grid Squads. Chief Guyon, Eastern High's popular coach, will be unusually busy beginning next Monday, when he will start su- pervising activities of both the base ball and Spring foot ball squads. St. John's flashy basketers, District prep school champs, were to face their old foe, Georgetown Prep, this after- noon at St. John's. The Knlydeu will clash tomorrow night with Calvert Hall, Baltimore’s prep school title holder, on the St. John's court at 8:30 o'clock. Central High's clever swimmers also | will engage Baltimore opposition tomor- | row, being down to meet Poly's natators | in the Central tank at 3:30. | A WHOLESALE WINNER. PARIS, February 29 (#).—Alexander A. Alekhine, world chess champion, | matched against 300 opponents in & | benefit. for French War Veterans, play- ing on 60 boards with five players for | each board. won 37 of the games, 17 and lost 6 ew LAWSON IN FLASHY from Norfolk of ‘ounn University in the fleld A GRIFF PROSPECT FROM JACK BARRY. Ais FAST OKE \5 REALLY THE BULLDOGS SAARL... a5 AIS ‘S15ER; ACCORDING TO THE CHATTANCOGA BOYS HERE, LEANES THE BATTER WONDERWG WAICH PAL INTHE STAND HE (5 —By TOM DOERER ~8/'- TRYING TO KT, .. e P I e, ThE SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED /NTO YOUR UANCLE GRIFF READY -6 PIN NE TAG ONTO ONE, OR TWO, A ND LET THE OTHERS GO BACIK FOR RIPENING - American League Clubs Rally Forces for Heavier Training By the Associated Press. T. PETERSBURG, Fla, February 20.—The New York Yankees looked forward today to the “unveiling” of thelr two star rookies. Frank Crosetti and Jack Saltz- gaver, the highly touted recruits, were to make their first appearance on the field at the same time as Babe Ruth went through the annual ceremony of his first, practice session. Crosetti and Saltzgaver, second base- man and shortstop, respectively, are reported to be so good that the Yanks are beginning to count Tony Lazzerl and Lyn Lary out of the running for those positions. MINERAL WELLS, Tex, February 29.—No one had an idea, at this stage of training last year, what combination would start the season as the Chicago White Sox infield, but things look dif- ferent this season. Lu Blue is regarded as a fixture at first base. Jack Hayes, obtained from Washington, is expected to start at second, with Bill Cissell and Carey Selph at shortstop and third, respec- tively. This leaves Luke Appling and Billy Sullivan, among others, to fight for utility positions. Appling had not ap- peared in camp last night and Sullivan will not report until he finishes a term in the Notre Dame Law School. More base ball and less bathing in the mineral springs will become effective this week. ST. LOUIS, February 29.—The ad- vance guard of the St. Louis Browns, en route today to the training camp at West Palm Beach, included only_four players when the train le‘t St. Louis yesterday. Others were to join the contingent at Atlanta and Jacksonville, George Blaeholder and big Chad Kimsey, pitchers; Lin Storti, recruit in- fielder 'of last year, and Jimmy Mc- Laughlin, who is to try out for third base, were the quartet who left with the club’ officials. | however. PALO ALTO, Calif, February 20.— ‘The Detroit Tigers renew their ac- quaintanceships with bats and base balls today in the first workout of the Spring training season. Twenty-three players who hardened their muscles at the Richardson Springs conditioning camp came on here last night, rounding out a squad of 31. The squad will train here until March 7, when the schedule calls for a game at San Francisco with the Seals. FORT MYERS, Fla., February 29 (#). —The Philadelphia Athletics started their second week of Spring training to- day with a squad complete except for Al Simmons and George Earnshaw, who condition at Hot Springs, and Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg, who have not signed their contracts. ‘The arrival of Roger Cramer, out- fielder, and Max Bishop, Eric McNair nn:il Dib Williams completed the aggre- gation. BUCHANAN ADVANCES TO TENNIS SEMI-FINAL Faces Jacobs in Maryland Indoor Tournament After Victory Over Colvin. BALTIMORE, February 29.—Follow- ing his 6—4, 6—3 victory yesterday over Price Colvin of Baltimore, Bill Buchanan of Washington today was in the semi-finals of the singles in the Maryland indoor tennis championships. Buchanan vanquished Colvin after de- feating Ralph Robinson earlier in the day, 6—4, 6—4. Frank Shore, another District entrant, was put out by Eddie Jacobs in the quarter-finals. Jacobs won in straight sets, 6—2, 6—4. Buchanan and Jacobs will face in the semi-final round Thursday. Buchanan and Shore will meet Page Andrews and Edward Griepenkerl in a semi-final doubles match Thursday. The Washingtonians downed Robinson and Walter Taylor, jr., 6—4, 6—4. H. Ritzenberg, another Washing- tonian, was eliminated in the quarter- finals of the consolation singles by Harry Wilson. The scores were 6—4, 8—6, 6—2. BASKET OFFICIALS MEET. A special meeting of the D. C. Board of Approved Basket Ball Officlals will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the office of J. R. Daily, 710 Fourteenth street. - DIRECTS STAUNTON CLUB. . STAUNTON, Va., February 29.—At & of the Staunton Base Ball Club director fohn was named Tepresent the locals in the league. to|in Ruth ‘Railroaded’ Out of Golf Win By the Assoclated Press. BELLAIR, Fla, February 29— Ruth wound up his tournament golf season yesterday at Bellair in any- thing but a blaze of glory. After an excellent start, with 157 for the first 36 holes and the amateur prize in the West Florida Coast open in sight, the Babe wandered all over the premises, lost his putting touch and carded two rounds at 87 and g.;ltor & grand total of 339 for 72 les. “I was going all right until I got mixed up with some railroad tracks,” sald Ruth. A. A. OPENS ON APRIL 12 St. Paul, 1931 Pennant Winner, to Start at Louisville. CHICAGO, February 29 (#)—The American Association will open its 168- game season on April 12, in the East- ern sector, the schedule, released to- day, reveals. St. Paul, the 1931 champion, will be- gin at Louisville, Milwaukee at Toledo, Minneapolis at Indianapolis and Kan- sas City at Columbus. The Western season will start in the West April 28, with Indianapolis at Milwaukee, Louisville at Kansas City, Columbus at Minneapolis and Toledo at St. Paul. TILDEN EASY VICTOR. MILWAUKEE, Wis., February 29 (#). —Big. Bill Tilden, II, of thde.lpm easily defeated Hans Nusslein, Ger- many’s professional tennis ehnmm m.t sets, 8—6, 6—4, 6—2, goB FRIEDERICHS THE. FORMER- AoLY CROSSs CoLLEGIATE WHO HAS MORE PITCHING DAZZLE THAN A HATFUL OF FIREFLIES IN A COAL PILE ..... BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 29.— There’s a feeling down here of the distinguished Mr. Clark Griffith are being fastened upon the training movements of the agile and small Robert Fried- erichs, right-hand hurling rookie from Cattanooga, the Nationals’ preparatory school. Bob is the smallest pitcher at camp, hitting the mark at something like 5 feet 10}z inches. That's a few inches phy of where the maestro of this grape- frult siege likes his twirling beef to reach. But what this kid from Cin- | cinnati has in his bag of | more than atones for his lack of height. Let me have Mr. Grifith himself tell you what he thinks of ome of Jack Barry’s Holy Cross students: “Priederichs? Well, now, they're tell- ing me that this youngster has so much stuff he cannot find the platter. We'll see about that down here. But you know that old Jack Barry never turned out anything but what was not first class. “T'll let you know in a few days how I think the young man is com- ing along.” This youngster is going through his carly training in splendia fashion, and | you' can lay two to one that Griff is | not peering at him from beneath those eyebrows without getting all that a shrewd fellow can get in a good healthy peek. Friederichs Getting Double-O Hurling Graduate of Holy Cross Being Given Careful Inspection at Nationals’ Camp. that the penetrating orbs| itching tricks | Tom Doerer Beon, Miss.. M | BABE WILL CONFER ONCONTRACT SOON No Trouble With Ruppert About Terms Likely—Apt to Play March 12. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. T. PETERSBURG, Fla.,, Feb- ruary 29.—Pepper Martin's quadrennial birthday and Babe Ruth's annual coming- out at the Yankees’ training camp today helped stimulate the major league forces fast gathering all along the Southern fronts. The Babe has swung his bat a few times so far, but he was in gol§ elothes when he did it and he has be@a doing all his training on nearby links. Today, however, the big fellow planned to get into uniform for the first time, report unofficially to Manager Joe McCarthy and work out at Water-Tower Park, even at the great personal sacrifice of cutting his golf diet from 36 to 18 holes for the day. Sees Yanks in World Series. “Wish the Pepper many happy re- turns for me and tell him I will see him in the world series next October, if not sooner,” laughed Ruth when told Martin would have his first chance in four years to cut himself a plece of birthday cake today. ‘The fact that the Babe has not yet signed his 1932 contract, owing to & slight difference of opinion with Col. Jacob Ruppert over whether he can get $70,000 for one or two years, will not keep Ruth from working out regularly with the Yankee squad from now on. However, he will not play in any ex- hibition games unless and until he signs. because of the risk involved. He reached the same concluslon two years ago, but put his name on the dotted line Just in time to get into competition, History Apt to Repeat. The first exhibition game for the Yankees is scheduled here March 12. Col. Ruppert is due in camp a few days before that, and the prospects are his- tory will repeat itself, with all the cus- tomary ceremony and ballyhoo attached to the Ruthian affairs of this kind. “Jake and I will get together,” de- clared Ruth. “A $10,000 cut is O.K. with me, but I think I ought to get a two- year contract on that basis, instead of the one year they offered me.” Ruth received $80,000 for each of the past two years, and rejected a one-year offer of $70,000 made to him in Janu- ary. CLUBS RUSH WORK Bob_finished his school work at | Holy Cross in June of last year after having been under the wing of one of the smartest college base coaches in the East in Barry. | Jack, | shortstop, who showed the cash custom- ers how the shortstop sector should be covered in more than one world | series from 1910 to 1915, has turned |over to major and minor league base ball a number of youngsters who have shewn promise. Ownie Carrol, Rosy Ryan, Pete former Athletic and Boston | N NATINA L0 Cubs and Giants to Clash Saturday—Dodgers Buy Smith, Outfielder. By the Assoclated Press. Cote, Frank Nekola, Shevlin, Mor- rissey, Ryan (White Sox), Garrity and McGuire (with the Braves last year) are a few of the boys turned over to the game by Jack. Jack's Holy Cross intercollegiate league nine has won three titles in a row and last year finished second in the tussle, getting off to a bad start. As a pitcher with the Holy Cross team last year, Bob Friederichs nailed down 17 wins against 4 losses. The showing brought him an offer from Chattanooga, where he went into action in August of last season. His sojourn there resulted in his getting into nine games, most of it relief work, and he pulled up at the end of the year with 2 game won and no losses. Bob, who is 23 years of age, is @ keen-looking young man. He has a scrapping profile, a confident air and never misses a hint dropped by Wal- ter Johnson, out there coaching the hurlers. His present wish 15 to get hold of a bat and sock a few. Like most of the rooks at the moment, he wants to hear the rattle of the leather against the | club. NET TITLE TO ALLISON Beats Lott in Straight Sets in Pan- American Final. MIAMI BEACH, Fla, February 29 | (@) —Wilmer Allison, Austin, Tex., won | the singles champlonship of the second annual pan-American tennis tourna- ment here by defeating George Lott. Chicago, defending _champion, | straight ' sets, 6—2, 7—5, 6—4. Lott and Marcel Rainville, Toronto, ors in the tournament by their defeat | of Allison and J. Gilbert Hall, East | Orange, N. J, 7—5, 6—4, 6—1. BO;( IN BALTIMORE Catholic U. Mittmen Favored to Defeat Loyola College Tonight. Catholic University bexers will en- }glge Loyola College leather-pushers to- night in Baltimore. Danny Pyne, 165-pound unbeaten Cardinal battler, is expected to find the going tough against Tony Maraglia, who also has yet to lose. C. U, although it will present a patched line-up, is figured to win be- cause of the inexperience of the Loyola bom‘ This is Loyola’s first year at PLAY FOR SOCCER TITLE Concord, Marlboro Meet Sunday in Capital City Loop Match. Concord and Marlboro teams will face for the Capital City League cham- plonship and Columbja Heights and British Uniteds will meet in the first round of the elimination tourney for the Post Cup in soccer games here next Sunday. Concords gained a notable victory yesterday when they humbled the Ger- man club of Baltimore, 3 to 0, on the Monument« grounds. It the m for the Baltimoreans in 14 | Canadian champion, won doubles hon- | 20 YEARS AGO pATmT OFFICE defeated Navy two out of three games in the Departmental Bowling League. Rolling for the winners were Adams, Pipes, Weldon, Frye and Roepke, and Navy's bowlers were Miller, Crist, Solbach, Fritz and O'Donnell. Frank Davis was elected captain of the Georgetown University track team for next season. Officials for the Georgetown Uni- versity track meet, to be held in Convention Hall, as selected by Manager Kingsley, are M. J. Thomp- son, C. McHugh, B. Osthues, J. V. Mullig: M. Cunniff, ‘Turner, Hawkins, Wilson, Dr. S. . W. C. Thatcher, R Le Mat, F. Oliver, 8. T. Milliken, Thomas Kirby, H. C. Byrd, William Peet, J. T. England, F. Gargan, W. Cogan, V. sitterding, Prof. Joyce, C. R. Zappone, Dr. Larkin and Percy Givens. TOWN GETS NEW DIAMOND | Base Ball Field at Hyattsville Be- ing Reconstructed. HYATTSVILLE, February 29.—Hyatts- fioumumd‘:motmzbuthu of any community in Southern Mary- land in improvements now under :-yy or contemplated in Magruder Park, in the west end of the municipality. ‘The diamond now is being regraded, and after reseeding will be rolled. The | layout has been lengthened approxi- | mately 150 feet in right feld. As soon as funds are available the | first unit of a modern grandstand will | be erected by the town. | Company F scored over its old rival, M of Annapolis, 33 to 26, yes- first | terday at basket ball. In a preliminary Company F Reserves scored over Maryland Aces, 16 fo 11, ANTA CATALINA ISLAND, Calif,, February 29.— With their first game of the exhibition season scheduled for Saturday against | the New York Glants, Rogers Hornsby's | Cubs were due for added tasks this | week, The veterans have had little chance to get into shape for such competition, but are expected to share the action with the youngsters. Hornsby will give a lot of attention to his outfielders this week, especially Riggs Stephenson, who, it is hoped, will be able to start the season in left field. The old hoss from Alabama, however, must show that, his injured ankle has completely healed. BRADENTON, Fla, February 29.— Pat Crawford, infleld recruit for the Cardinals, is one collegian who is in- 'bzl;fsud in his studies as well as base all. Even when offered a chance with the world champions he didn’t throw his text books away. And when the Car- dinals’ training camp officially opened for the entire squad today Crawford was absent. He had asked, and was granted, another week to get his scho- lastic work in shape at Ohio State Uni- versity before reporting for training. LOS ANGELES, February 29.—Leo- nard Koenecke, the high-priced out- fielder the New York Giants bought from Indianapolis, is in camp, and a very confident rookie he's turned out o be. “I ought to make good.” says Koenecke. “I hit .353 in the American Association and had plenty of triples. Nome of these cheap home runs for me.” CLEARWATER, Fla., February 29.— The Brooklyn Dodgers have purchased Carr Smith, an outfielder who played with Norfolk last year, made 192 hits and gave Bruce Caldwell his best run for the league batting championship. Smith probably will go to Hartford of the Eastern League, but he is to come here first. PASO ROBLES, Calif., February 29.— The Pittsburgh Pirates got out of = morning workout yesterday. Manager George Gibson called the squad to- gether and held an informal discussion instead. The regular afternoon batting practice was held, however, with the batters advised to work on timing, rather than distance. WINTER HAVEN, Fla., February 29. —Manager Burt Shotton of the Phila- | delphia Nationals cast a glad eye over. his hopefuls today and told them to take off the wraps. The catchers began to handle fast balls and curves for the first time since training started. WILL PICK SOCCER TEAM. Selection of the team that will rep- resent the club in the soccer elimina- tion tournament slated to start here next Sunday and plans for reorganiza- tion of its base ball team are matters that will engage Columbia Heights’ Business Men’s Athletic Association at a meeting Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at 1434 Monroe street. AUTOMOBILES At WESCHLER'S e fetomarl e | | | | | | | 5