Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1932, Page 27

[ 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Fpen ny Stat, Comics and Classified | 1 | Griffs Speed BY TOM DOERER. | ILOXI, Miss, March 7—| B With only four members o[i the team now absent, Clark | Griffith ordered the Na-| tional machine geared in high| this morning as the flock went| into the third week of drilling for | the batterymen and the first and second for most of the fielders. While there are but four men now out, three of this outfit were due to ar- | rive today. They are Heinie Manush, | who may or may not be a holdout; Joe | Cronin, said to have agreed to terms | by mail, and Johnny Kerr, late of the | Chicago White Sox, who has fixed his | signature to a coutract and is therefore | just an arrival when he gets here. Last night's train brought in Lhree‘ | | Tegulars and a rookie. The vets ar- riving were Joe Kuhel, the Kansas City boy, who wants to make good once more at the initial sack; Joe Judge, the | old-timer, who hopes to fight it out| with the youngster for his old benh‘i and Ossie Bluege. The fledgling in the | flock was Ralph Boyle, slated to battle | “‘i}h Dave Harris for the outfield utility Tole. | ANUSH'S absence is marked with keen interest. It is believed the | vet, who failed to have one of those big vears at bat lasi season, is holding out for what he wants with a little more than the usual patience However, the feeling prevails that Heinie will be along with the rest of the | boys some time this afternoon and that | he will come down with a pen in hand | and the desire for a big year burning | | Dave Harris is due to arrive some time during the week. no day being set, as the young man is having serious trouble. Mrs. Harris is ill in a hos- | glul, and her condition is such Dave | as promised no date for reporting. 'O days of rain and cold weather failed to hinder the workout of your boy friends from Washing. n this morning, but the ofi-day yesterday was somewhat dismal. Griffith cond Walter Johnson took a day off fiom their golf—Griffith’s first since he ar- rived here—and used some hours wish- ing health and; happiness to your cor- fespondent, who spent the day in the | ko Fiul as the result of a peevish| molar. From now on there will not be an idle moment in the camp, according to Grifith. He wants to see the boys do some of the things they have besn threatening to do when let locse. The boss hopes they will work up to a nice, scrappy mood for the exhibition series, beginning next Sunda SSY)NJE expect to get home this year with more fight than we hav2 had for some time,” said Griffith. “Maybe there is no particular reason for cur being in such a scrap- py mood. It might be just one of those years when the boys start click- ing as a crowd before the bell rings and keep it up after the fight really | starts.” With virtually all his force in camp by tomorrow, Griffth's worries will all be in having the boys reach form as a team. His financial dickerings with the glayprs have been slight. Some smoke ere and there, but Griffith and his charges are on too friendly standing | for_anything serious to happen. This is the greatest family ball club | in the majors and Criffith is making sure he does not spoil the setting. FINE FIELD IS NAMED FOR AMERICAN DERBY | $50,000 Race at Washington Park, | Chicago, in June Draws Star Three-Year-0lds. | | | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, March 7.—Virtually every outstanding 3-year-old of the year has been nominated for Chicago’s oldest FORCES MUSTERED FOR HARDER GRD Only Four Players Missing as Nationals Settle to Team Practice. IMONTGO ' ENTER ANNUAL MEET WASHINGTON, D. @, M ONDAY, MARCH 1932. I | Side Lines | I With the Sports Editor. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. LTHOUGH intercollegiate ring competition here- about has wound up for the season, those who like their fisticuffing unadorned by professional trimmings have a couple of promising programs to_look forward to. In addition to the District A. A. U. champioaships sched- uled to be run off at Ritchie Co m M 36, 31 and Ap:il 2, a program of great piomise will be staged there next Saturday night und- - the direction of the Boxing Com- mittee of the South Atlantic A AU All Divisions Represented. On the card which will pre- sent 10 bouts, including at least one in every recognized division from the 112-pounders up to heavyweights, are listed some of the most capable performers in the Simon-pure ranks of Bos- ton. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond and this city. Pro boxing at Ritchie Coli- seum started and ended with the card presented a week ago tonight, but it looks as if the Maryland U. field house may become a stronghold for the amateurs. Incidentally, that Frankie Mann-arranged venture, al- though it proved anyihing but an artistic gem, netted its pro- moters more than $1,000. a figure in excess of anything ever cleared on a show in this vicinity. A ‘“dismal flop”? What C. U. Meet Lacked. ROM the siandpoint of en- trants attracted and com- petition provided, the third annual indoor track games at Catholic University clicked in fine fashion. It seems too bad in view of this that Dutch Bergman and Dorsey Griffith should have cund themselves confronted with a deficit when a final check-up of outlay and intake wags completed. But the authorities at Brook- land should not feel discour- aged over this fact in looking forward to another meet next Winter. It is the big names in the track world that prove a mag- net for the cash customers and if the entries had included Venzke or Toppino there would have been no red ink in the final balance. Washington has witnessed several financially successful indoor track meets in the past, but it invariably was due to the preserce of a Paavo Nurmi or a Joie Ray. Opening Game Seats. LTHOUGH the start of the ‘American League campaign still is more than a month away, local headquarters al- ready is busy allotting seats for the inaugural. Judged by the number of requests for tickets already on file at the ball park, there will be little evidence of depression when President Hoover uncorks his customary wild pitch to send the Nationals into action against the Boston Red Sox on April 11, one day ahead of the remainder of the field. Choice reservations for the opener still are available, but are being gobbled up rapidly. “A word to the wise——.' h MERY QUINTS TRIBE SHOWS WEL AGAINST PELICANS Brownies’ Outlook Brightens. Influenza Scare Abates in White Sox Camp. By the Associated Press EW ORLEANS, La., March Manager Roger Peckinpaugh was well pleased today with the Cleveland Indians’ 10-to-5 vic- vesterday over the New Orleans < ns. Earl Averill got a double and two 7- P singles out of the Tribe's 13 hits, while | three Clevcland hurlers held the Peli- cans scoreless except for one inning. Lefty Lee gave just two hits and one walk In the first three innings. Monte | n. right-handed recruit, put over | five strikeouts in the next three, but got wild in the sixth and was touched for | five counters. Belve Bean gave one hit and no walks in the final three innings | EST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 7. —Prospects are looking brighter in the St. Louis Browns' Spring | training camp Goose Goslin, although still un- signed, has arrived from his New Jer- sey home, and apparently is ready for | arother season mn the outfield. Benny | Bengough, catcher, is on his way to camp. Nothing has been heard from Pitchers Rip Collins and Walter Stewart | SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March 7.—Not even interclub games will disturb Man- ager Lew Fonseca's training plans for the Chicago White Sox until all hands are in condition to stand a lot of work Old-fashioned drills on fundamen- | tals will be the athletes’ portion this week and outside competition will be faced until March 19. The influenza scare had abated to- day, although Vic Frasier, young right- hander, and Frank Grube, catcher, wers still in bed. 'T. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 7.— Manacer Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees still is looking for a | right-hander to il in until Henry | | Johnson recovers from his operation for appendicitis The answer to McCarthy's prayer may be John Allen. right-hander ob- tained from the International League. Allen won 21 games and lost 9 for Jer- | | sey City and Toronto last season, ap- peared in 34 games, pitched 250 innings | and .allowed 208 hits. He struck out 140 men and walked 101. He has been the most impressive rookie pitcher in | camp so far. PALO ALTO, Calif, March 7.—The tonight for S8an Francisco to engage In |the first game of the training season with the Seals tomorrow. Tommy Bridges was to have started the opener for the Tigers, but he has influenza and Manager Bucky Harris has named Hog- seit, Goldstein and Collier as his hurl- ing talent. | Detroit Tigers' No. 1 team leaves here | BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. HREE years ago, when the boom times were having their last fling, the world thought something approaching the ultimate had been reached in the way human beings were annihilating space by one means or another. But the pace is now dizzier than ever. In fact, there is a giddy effect from merely turning to the speed records that topped the list in 1929 and noting the dazzling changes brought about up to this Spring. Since 19290 man has traveled faster by seaplane, automobile, motor boat and cn foot than ever before. As Sir Malcolm Campbell will tell you, the end is not yet in sight. This Scottish speed king among auto drivers expressed something that sounded like disgust when recently Fastest Miles Ever Traveled. man has had a hand: Method. Seaplane . Automobile . Motor boat.. ... Motor cycle. Bicycle ....... Horse (running) Horse (trotting) - Horse (pacing) Ice skating Running Walking Swimming 0:08.8 he rolled up to the judges’ stand in his Bluebird car to find out that he had “only” done the measured mile at Daytona Beach, Fla. at an aver- age speed of 253.968 miles per hour. Imagine the discomfiture of a man | who has just projected himself over | BUCS ARF LODMING AS SLUGGING CREW Pirates Show Penchant for Fill-Pounding in Three Games to Date. | By the Associated Press. | ASO ROBLES, Calif, March 1. | Three practice games indicate | to the management of the Pitts- | burgh Pirates that heavy hitting | will be in order in the 1932 season. | Adam Comorosky, veteran’ outfielder, has kit 8 in 14 times for .571, Gus Suhr, | first baseman, and “Butch” Simas, for- |mer St. Mary's quarterback, are tied | with 345 | A yannigan third baseman, Simas, | yesterday got two triples as the regu- lars beat the yannigans, 16 to 9. Floyd Vaugha bstitute shortstop; Johnny Rice. 17-year-old former Pasadena | schoolboy, and Catcher Hal Finney are among others hitting over .300. TAMPA. Fla, March 7.—More bat- Time for mile. Here follows a list of the fastest officially recorded miles in which Performer. . Stainforth, 1931. . Campbell, 1932. . Wood, 1932. . Davis, 1922 . Murphy. 1899. .3 Engiich, 1925-27. . Uhlan, 1913. . Dan Patch. 1906. - Robinson, 1931. . Ladcumegue, 1931. . Goulding, 1910. #5 o o BOrg, 1925. the ground at the rate of better than four miles a minute when he figures he should have been closer to five! But, for that matier, imagine hur- tling through the air at nearly seven miles per minute, as Flight Lieut Stainforth of the British nava! Canipbell’s Auto Mark Climaxes 3-Year Era of High Speed Above are flashes of record shattering performrs in the last three years over the mile route. forces did in achieving a new world seaplane record of 408.8 miles per hour. Since 1929 Jules Ladoumegue has run the mile faster than any man before him, with our own Gene Venzke ready to go him a few sec- onds better. The fastest indoor mile ever walked, 6:271-5, has just been 1egisiered by Miize Pecora after the cld mark had stood 20 years, but the outdoor pedestrian record of 6:25.8 still stands to the credit of George Goulding cf Canada. Pepper Martin, the “wild horse of the Osage,” and Ben Chapmean are two of the fastest performers big li:ngue base ball has known for some time. If you care for a few other facts along the speed route, it has been determined that a falling body, weighing 180 pounds, attains a maxi- mum speed of 118 miles per hour. This is about two miles a minute, which is also the top speed for the fectest carrier pigeons ever clocked. THE SPORTLIGHT | BY GRANTLAND RICE. Tales of a Wayside Tee. | NE great fallacy, which the | average golfer steps into, is | that “most of the stars have | different swings and different | methods. Few of them hit the ball the same way. So why bother with any set of definite style or form.” | The fact is that while many of the | stars may have swings that look to be | different, all of them follow certain fundamentals that are necessary to prevent the golfer from wandering all over the landscape, looking for lost balls. | We might offer a few samples: Every good golfer starts the back with his left hand and arm Every good golfer lets the left side turn or pivot Every good golfer uses a left arm that is straight or at least fairly so. Every good golfer cocks the left wrist at_the top of the swing Every good golfer lets the left arm and hand dominate the start of the down swing There is no attempt to uncock the | wrist too soon, or to hit too soon. In the case of every good golfer the | O club left | punch at least 8 or 10 inches on the short side of the ball. | To reach any improvement, the golf- | er must think more in terms of correct swinging and not so much in terms of | results, which leads to steering the ball, or attempting this almost impos- sible job. The correct method of swinging should be attempted, regard- less of bunkers to the right and left or bunkers in front. It is almost im- possible to keep one’s mind on the right way of swinging when one's mind is on a bunker to the right, an out of bounds to the left, or a pond in front. HE mental side of the golf swing is terrifically important, and yet it is given little attention. How many golfers, as they address the ball, | think of the few fundamentals needed —the smooth back swing. starting the | swing with the left hand, wrist and | arm, letting the left side turn, or cock- ing the left wrist? ‘Jet these dcllfls‘ will not take care of themselves. They must be given the necessary thought and care, or they will not take place. No golf swing handles itself auto- matically—not even the golf swing of a Bobby Jones, a Mac Smith or a Tommy Armour. This mental application concerning ting practice for the Cincinnati Reds | head is used as anchor to the swing, | the few essentials is vital, and yet is was planned today after their failure | turf fixture—the $50,000 added Ameri- | Basketers of Four High Schools|vesterday to get more than three hits can Derby at Washington Park June 18. | Top Flight, C. V. Whitney's unbeaten | filly, has been named for the rich event, | and also for the Illinois Oaks, which probably will be decided June 25. Rich- ard and Pat Nash have nominated Burning Blaze, another standout among the 1931 2-year olds, and E. R. Bradley plans to make a bid with Burgoo King. Other good ones named are Tick On, Laughing Queen, Liberty Limited, Oscu- lator, Gallant Sir, Hygro, Barcelona Pete, Evening, winner of the Florida Derby; Monk’s First, Cuban Derby win- ner. anc Sazarac, winner of the Derby | trial at New Orleans. [ Phar Lap, the Australian wonder | horse, has been nominated for the Pea- body and Robert M. Sweitzer Handicaps | at Washington Park as well as for the rlclh stake events at Arlington Park in July. FINALLY BEATS ALLISON | cus—Paul in Sportsmanship Tourney at Rockville. ROCKVILLE, March 7.—The fourth annual sportsmanship tournament of the high schools of Montgomery County, ‘which is one of the leading basket ball evefits of the year among the public schools, will be held in the high school gymnasium here next Fri- day evening. L. Fletcher Schott is in charge of the arrangements. Damascus will play Poolesville and | Rockville and Bethesda-Chevy Chase Will oppose, after which the two win- ners will meet. The teams will be selected from among the following players: Damas- Sheckels. James Hawkins, Herbert Hyait, Clifford Hyatt, Paul Mediary, Perry Burdette, Ellsworth King, Wilfred Watkins, Ellwood Mul- linix, Wilbur Duvall, John Burdette, | Wallace Poole, Chester Pearce, Roger | Lott Scores Over Old Rival in Net D&y and Irving Burdette. Edgar Guy Bingles at Havana. HAVANA, March 7 (#).—For the first time in four years, George Lott, Chi- €ago tennis star, nas taken the meas- ure of Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex., in tournament play. The Chicagoan conquered Allison, 6—4, 3—6, 13—11, 6—2. in the singles final of the Vedado Club's international tournament which ended here yester- day. T doubles, however, Allison and J. Gilbert Hall of South Orange, N. J. defeated Lott and Marcel Rainville of Montreal, 6—4. 8—6, 6—2. D. C. TENNIS PAIR LOSES Shore, Buchanan Bow in Maryland Indoor Title Match. BALTIMORE, March Prank Shore of Washington played su- bly yesterday, he and Bill Buchanan, of Wuhlnzum.d losl( Lga mie JT- cobs and Elmer Rudy o ore in the doubles emmp‘&gr‘\znp mu:a of the land te r tennis m o the Washington s on the singles title, con won e, - 2 g dfl:‘fiu champion, fi"f—a 7.—Although | eet. | kelsen of the Norge Ski Clul Jewell, coach. Poolesville—Dunbar Darby, Dick Sell- man, Frank Hoyle, Donald White, Dewey Reed. George Orrison, Edgar Grubb., Woolwine Waddle and Baker Nicholson. R. V. Cooney, coach. Rockville—Stokes Moulden, Starkey, Joseph Steinberg, Horace Hersberger, Dorsey Howes, William Gandy, Irvin Brooke, Joseph Starkey. Joseph Fisher, Robert Beall, Carl Darby, Karl Becker, Eugene Gooding, Marshall Mason and William Reading. Allan Vogt, coach. Bethesda-Chevy Chase—Richard Nichols, Bill Guyckerson, Walter John- son, Ray Brown, Hyatt Mossburg, Joe Brown, Steve Fuller, Louis Lozupone, onrad Royer, Lynwood James, Stans- bury Brown, Bucky Morris and John Gussio. Anthony Kupka, coach. MIKKELSEN SKI VICTOR Jumps for Point Total of 217.5 in Seattle Club Tournament. SEATTLE, March 7 (#).—Boyd Mik- b, Chicago, the Se‘"let Ski nt took top honors in Club's international at Summit yese>*day. W4 feet and 175 feet to 21774 oolms total, George | off three Tampa hurlers The Reds won the game, 5 to 0, how- ever, with one of the hits a home run | ward, about the time the down swing | be made a habit, and unless it is made |a habit it will rarely take place. by Mickey Heath, and another a triple by Gene Moore | _ Walter H Young Milis Reds, hits | CLEARWATER, Fla., March 7.—The | Brooklyn Dodgers still ‘are in a trading | mood and they're trying to do business with the Cincinnati Reds. The Dodgers would like to get hold of either Tony Cuccinello or Joe Stripp, | both of whom are Red holdouts. The | Reds need a hard-hitting catcher and | Ernest Lombardi might fll the bill. Negotiations undoubtedly are going on, | although Dodger officials decline to comment on them. | . SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, Calif., | March 7.-Having brogen even with the New York Giants in Yhe first two real contests of the training season, the Chicago Cubs today settled down to trying to learn some more base ball. The pitchers worked well against the Giants, although Abe Miller’s wildness | in the tenth inning of yesterday's geme started the Glants to “6-to-2 e ward & 6-to-2 her, Oliver Eckart and rcokie hurlers for the held the Tampa team to three K. OF C. BOYS T0 BOX | Meet Younx;te\m of Four Clubs in Bouts Tomorrow Night. Knights of Columb ' Club boxers will take on u;;omsx?g'; pi‘c:ked from the National Training School, Georgetown Boys' Club, Washington Boys' Club and Christ Child Society in & nine-bout program tomorrow night in the K. of C. 130 ) Hall, starting at 9 The card MnfoC Erect WSS, Sglle, Mancuso wittle Feary® " p ") Pl wx:mfi-m”';x"f:‘."f 4§“<':°f’. i ol Sty ame Eddie Galvin (K. C) vs. Jobn XK. C) & ©) & C) hite (N iyt unds—Claude Carrier (K. C.) Harry ompson (G. B. ). i 126 inds—Ral . C) i R e Fan o o Popnds—Stantord Sarrier (K. c. Ry e @ @ with the chin pointing at or back of | the ball as it is hit. Every good golfer has the left hip | out of the way, surging slightly for- starts. N the contrary: No good golfer | of golfers, who rarely have any mental overlooked by more than 90 per cent | pattern of what they want to do. This | matter of correct thinking in golf c.n[ It shouldn't be difficult to think of two or three fundamentals in advance, such | fe EAGLES NOW TWO UP ON VIC'S SPORT SHOF Evans’ Hot Hand Factor in Second Straight Win, 41-40, in Semi- Pro Title Series. Skinker Eagles today are two up cn Vic's Sport Shop quint in their five- game series for the semi-pro basket ball championship of the District area, but they bagged second yesterday only after a furious 41-40 struggle. The third | game will be played next Sunday. A free shot and a floor g-al by Moon | Evans, Eagles' outstanding money | player, in the final moments enabled the Birds to overcome the Vics yester- | day and evert a defeat that would have been a decided upset. It also was Evans’ hot hand that was largely re- sp‘onslble for the Birds' first win over Vies. Skinkers led at the half, 23 to 12, yes- terday, but Vies rallied courageously to tie the score at 38 points with six min- utes of play remaining. Then after Bill Banta had sunk a long shot to put Vics ahead, 40 to 38, Evans scored his oul shot, and as Timekeeper Cox grabbed his whistle preparatory to screeching the end of play Moon tossed | in the winning shot, a snowbird. Lester McMenamin for the Vics fired desper- ately for the cords in the last seconds and a heave, a close one, missed as the whistle blew. LURAY HONORS TOSSERS/ LURAY, Va., March 7.—Nine letters | have been awarded to the Luray High| boys’ basket. ball team. Those receiving | | lifts the club up or back with the | as those mentioned, and then start the | letters were Richard Barrett. Ray and right_hand. | No good golfer swings his right side | around, as so many duffers d No good golfer keeps lifting his head | just as the ball is hit, or just before. | No gocd golfer lets the right hand dominate the down swing from the start. Base ball swings can be almost totally unalike. Take the two contrasting methods of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. Ruth holds the bat at the far end, stands with the back of his right shoul- derfacing the pitcher, and take a full clout at the ball. Ccbb choked up the bat with his | hands well apart, not close together. He had more of a stiff arm punch, 'not a full swing. | In golf the two hands must always | be held together with the overlapping | or interlocking or the old V grip—they are never placed apart. | (YNE great trouble with the average golfer is the absence of flexibility in body, arms, hands and wrists. When he picks up a golf club and takes his stance every muscle in his system seems to tighten up. ‘This prevents any form of smooth- ness in the swing. It is almost certain to start the back swing jerkily or at least stifly—it is almost certain to leave the back swing unfinished as the down swing starts—it is almost certain to prevent any flexible cocking of the left wrist—it is almost certain to bring about a sudden lifting of the head, thereby wrecking the swing. The average golfer, facing a new sea- son in the hope of better scoring, must concentrate on at least a few correc- tions of old faults. He must get it into his head that the golf swing 15 not a mixture of violent heaves—sudden jerks—and body lunges. He must understand that it is what Alex Morrison calls “a smooth, flowing motion,” without being hurried or with- back swing with this picture in yo mind Ik Floyd Baker, Kenneth Campbell, Mau- rice Jenkins. John Dovel, Hudson Price, | ,Exhibition Result D the Associated Press. At Miami, Fla.—Philadelphia 14; St. Louis (N.), 12. At Avalon, Calif. —New York (N.), 6; ( | Chicago (N.), 3—10 innings. At Tampa, Fla—Cincinnati (N.), 5 Tampa All-Stars, 0. At New Orleans—Cleveland (A. New Orleans (S.A), 5. Games today: At Fort Myers, Fla.—Philadelphia (A.) vs. St. Louis (N.). NEW BALL CLUB PLANNED Dennison and Otte Will Handle Reins of Unlimited Team. Carl Dennison and Ted Otte, promi- nent in amateur athletic circles, will handle a new, unlimited base ball team to be organized here. The name of the new club has not been announced. | Dennison will act as business manager and Otte as manager. The squad will have preliminary | training in the Takoma Park Fire De- partment gymnasium, and Otte would u}‘;,v.o hear from candidates at Georgia | —— POLOIST SERIOUSLY HURT DEL MONTE, Calif., March 7 (#).— Capt. C. T. (Pat) Roark, 10-goal in-| ternational polo star of Great Britain, was seriously injured during a match here when his horse fell and rolled over him. He regained consciousness after being removed to a hospital. Attending physicians feared he had (Cobyright, 1932. by the North American | Granville Coffman and John Irwin, suffered a concussion of the brain and Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) COMPETITION STIFF i IN FOUR-BALL EVENT Extra-Hole Matches Mark Inter- national Tourney at Miami. Eight Pairs Remain. | | MIAMI, Fla., March 7.—Eight pairs of golf pros sallied forth today for the sec-nd skirmish in the $5000 inter- | national championship four-ball tour- nament at Miami Country Club, with | none a strong favorite. | Results of the first round, in which | | some of the strongest combinations were pushed to the limit to survive, took all | the cocksureness out of pre-tourney | favorites. Today’s pairings were as follows: MacFarlane-Cox vs. Hampton-McIntyre Burke-Golden vs. Hagen-Runyon, Sara. | zen-Farrell vs. Turnesa-Cooper and | Manero-Clark_vs. Armour-Dudley. The great Hagen and Paul Runyon, |P. G. A. champ, were carried to the | thirty-ninth hole by Ralph Stonehouse of Indianapolis and Walter Bourne of | Princeton, N. J. Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell, | former open champs, also required three | extra holes to defeat Abe Espinosa, Chi- | cago, and Ralph Kingsgrud, Fargo, N. Dak. Wiffy Cax and Willy MacFarlane, de- lendlg(y champs, went to the thirty- manager. internal inju PAGE C—1 Drills With Games Near : Fourth Flag in Row Looks Easy for A’s CHAMPS STRONGER THAN LAST SEASON Stars in Sound Condition, Reserve Power Improved. Only Yanks Feared. (Note—This is the first of a series of frst-hand stories om major league club prospects.) broken up, as some experts predicted, or showing any tendency to disintegrate after three straight years at the top of the American League, as many expected, the Philadelphia Ath- letics now appear stronger than ever. If anything is going to stop them from running up a record streak of four straight pennants it likely will have to be the old-fashioned law of averages. This factor, aided and abet- ted by Grimes, Hallahan and Martin, accomplished the downfall of the Ath- letics last October, but it has damaged neither the class nor the morale of the club. Of its seven rivals it fears only the New York Yankees. ARRING accidents, Connie Mack will stand pat on the line-up that spreadeagled the pennant field last season. The only outside prospect of a shake-up lies in the possibility of big Jimmie Foxx being shifted to third and replaced at first by Oscar Roettger, now trying a comeback after several rides on base ball's familiar shuttle. Unless there is some mishap, however, | the team will start the 1932 season with | Foxx, Bishop, Williams and Dykes again composing the inner defense. The twin factors upon which the A’s pase their confidence in the forth- coming campaign are: Pirst, the ap- parent good health and strength of all | the seasoned stars, most of whom suffered from illness or accidents last year, and, second, the acquisition of several of the best young players the club has had since Grove, Earnshaw, Cochrane and Simmons ablished themselves as the “big four. The A's are rich in reserve power. training siege has revealed un- usual pitching prospects in Lew | Krausse, the 19-year-old Philadel- phia boy, and Joe Bowman, 21-year- old recruit from Portland of the Pacific Coast League. Both are right-handers. They looked good in their exhibition |d!hut nglh’u%\ rorld champions, | allowing the als only three hits |in six innings. Krausse has so im- pressed Mack that the veteran leader | figures to make this youngster a start- 11n| pitcher, to work along with Grove, | Earnshaw, Walberg and Mahaffey. Merrit Cain, from Harrisburg, Pa., 1§ another good right-handed prospect. Grove and Walberg were late in sign- ing contracts.. Grove is understood to have obtained an increase, giving him a $25000 salary and making him the | highest paid pitcher in base ball. Earn- !shaw has been getting into condition at Hot Springs, Ark., along with the mighty Al Simmons. | 'HE “big three” of the pitching staff won nearly 70 games last season and Mack believes they will come close to duplicating this extraordinary achievement. If any one of them | should “crack,” however, the burden | will fall back on the youngsters and Mack’s dream of four straight may be shattered. Outside of the pitchers, the outstand- | ing addition is Ed Coleman, a rangy slugger from Portland, who will und: study Bing Miller in right field. Cole- man swings from the port side, is fairly fast and handles himself well in the field. Simmons and Mule Haas, who seems fully recovered from a broken wrist, have no competition, of course, for the other outfield berths. Simmons, after leading the league in’ batting for two years, not only is the power house of the A’s attack, but is regarded generally ;.:fihe most dangerous batsman in base BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. 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