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Sports News (4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Zpen ny Staf. Manush Yields in Row Over Salary : Tiger Hopes Are Centered in HEINIE DUE TODAY TO SEN CONTRACT Judge Looks Fine in Sharing Fielding Practice With Kuhel at First Base. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 9.—| The great conflict has end- ed—the stupendous tussle of verbs and 10-word tele- grams. The non-resisting twain broke when one faction gave away. Peace, happiness and trarquillity | reign at the training camp today of Mr. Clark Griffith’s Washington Nationals. Heinic Manush, the balky holdout, has signed—meaning, of course, he has practically signed. If one must get very technical with this fuzzy business Mr. Manush has not signed, because he will not arrive at the bat- tle ground until late this evening. But he agreed to sign at Griff's terms in a short, brief and snappy wire re- ceived by the Gray pilot last night, That ends that. And the matter comes to a close with Heinie getting only the original slice off his very fat salary of 1931. He was just on the verge of taking a deeper clip when he took second thought and agreed to come to camp. Ended as Was Expected. There never was much doubt here | that the balky outfielder would be on hend in time to avoid being | plastered with a fine. But while Heinie Joses a chunk of wherewithal, he also gets himsell a few days off from Biloxi’s suashine and fresh air. which, they are saying, is what Heinle did not want, fter all, because he was getling plenty of West Palm Beach sun rays and beach air. Mr. Ragusin of the Biloxi Chamber f Commerce no doubt personally will take up the matter with Heinie and sell him Biloxi's air, giving him plenty of advantage and then showing him why Biloxi is better than West Palm Beach by two sea gulls, nine date palm trees and two cans of shrimp. But the air now is clear of rumors and everybody Is down to the task of making the infielders perspire and the batters hit. Judge Cavorts at First Base. For the second time during this train- 1ing slege the infielders broke into hectic practice today. Out there on first base, just as sure as the chief's prediction, were Joe Judge and Joe Kuhel scrap- ping it out for that initial sack job. Judge displayed plenty of pepper and took a longer turn at the job than his younger rival. A Winter of gym work told its story as Judge galloped, bent, leaped and sidewise tucked in the pellet. Gentlemen, Mr. Judge looks sweet out there and if his legs are aging and a bit rustry Mr. Martin must have filled them full of anti-creak oil before breakfast, for there was not & sound from the underpinning. But Kuhel carried no anchors, No, sir, he did not. Joe from Kansas City tucked in his allotted number. Quietly, business-like and with no more alarm and circus work than did Joe Boley play his position at short for the Athletics. Over on seconud were Johnnie Kerr and Buddy Myer, displaying a lot for Johnson and Griffith, while Bluege, at third, and Cronin, at short, snapped up grounders and took lmers just as you | have seen them do it. | Only the background of palm trees broke up a picture which might have | been Griffith Stadium last year. Tough Day for Rookies. It was another tough day for the rookie pitchers, too. They speed up and seem to sense that it will not be long now before some one gets a little notice to take a ride on a Pullman. These boys are getting on a nervous edge and are beginning to quietly ask observers how they are looking and what chance do they think they have of sticking it out Within a few days Griff will have reached that point where he will have to do some deciding and cut a pitcher or two from his pack. There would be no sense in telling the customers back home just who is going to get the ax un:il the kid gets it. It is easy to speculate and name two or three, but it would be unfair 1 the rooks in question to chop off their ears in J)rin'v before Griff hil to do that unkind job himself. | Lynn Griffith, however, is going nice- ly. Ragland, the big Mississippi boy. who has the State down here pulling for him, is going over pretty smartly. and Bob Priedrich, the Cincinnati youngster, has been slowed up by a| stiff neck. But 50 are the other boys | WA SHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 1932. * PAGE C—1 bn the Side Lines With the Sparts Editor. | BY DENMAN THOMPSON. ITTING at his normal H clip, which is some 40 points above the pace he maintained last year, Manush would grace any ball club, but the Heinie of 1?31, with his 307 average, was just another ball player. Marush has been very good, as well as just plain mediocre, as a hitter since his .334 first year with Detroit back in 1923. He followed that with seasons of .289 and .303 before arriving in '26 with a .377, that gave him the league batting champion- ship and developed his latent talent for contract debating. Skids Under .300 Mark. His subsequent slump below the .300 mark, which was a fac- tor in his trade to St. Louis, was followed by another bid for the title that lacked one point of equaling Goose Goslin's .379, and then came campaigns that netted him .355 and .350. Figures such as those for three years in a row are im- pressive, but the skid he experi- enced last season takes the edge off them and renders his dis- tinction of being the highest Ba:;l man on the club unjusti- e It is no secret that Manush dislikes the rigors of a training camp and his recent attitude probably was as much a means of trying to duck them as it was a protest against a pay cut that was coming to him. Manush didn't get much sym- pathy from the fans in his hold- out role, but they will be all pulling for the good-natured outfielder to stage a rousing comeback this year. R run for their money in Jack Tulloch’s weekly show last night, and the wind- up, although it failed to pro- duce anything resembling a knockout, otherwise J)roved just as torrid as predicted. Barry youngster that he is, entered the ring somewhat ashamed about that enormous pull in the weight he had over Godwin, but he didn't feel so ;:sol:)mence stricken at the fin- Barry Makes Friends. ING fans were given a fine The 190-pound redhead took a sound lacing from the Dixie battler, who, scaling 164, is little more than a middleweight, but he added to his host of friends by trying hard all the way, and gave what Probably was the best exhibition of " his short career. The IMohawk clubman is a courageous lad and a willing mixer, and if he can learn to get heft into his punches may travel far. T rites for whom will be held tomorrow, was famed throughout the world as a bandmaster and composer, but he also had decided talents in at least one branch of sports. E. L. Priest, a reformed news- paper man, now connected with the Commerce Depart- ment, contacts to observe that for many years Sousa actively indulged in the fascinating pastime of trapshooting—and was good at it, too. According to our informant, he competed with Sousa in a Vermont State championship match upward of a score of years ago, and local old-timers, such as Dr. A. B. Stine, assert the “March ™" ng” earned a fair share of honors through his skill as a marksman as a mem- ber of the now defunct Analos- tan Gun Club. Sousa Handy With Gun. HE late John Philip Sousa, moving along. and it will be up to Mr. Griffith to do the choosing for you. Nice Bunch of Kids. 8o far as my unbiased eye can see. this entire outfit of kids would look | nice to have around on anybody's ball club. And as for the rest of the team. outside of the catching department, it | is as about set as any you ever will see and the matter at hand is merely to get them into shape. Of course, there's young Boyle out | in the outfield. Something’s got to be done about a needed pinch-hitting out- fleld When Manush and Dave Harris get here to begin work then more will be known. As for the catching you'll have to wait, also. Maple is down to weight and is fast. ‘Bolton is going well and the veterans Ainsmith and Ghar- ity are in first-clacs shape. Roy Spencer is as sure as last Sunday And cfter all, even tnough there have been weeks of drilling here the aspect of the layout is no differant than it was he pack of plavers arrived to be fafr about th> matter ching back on young Boyle wit bit of ruthority fee's that a year s would b> of greater a teascn on the ors. He feels, it is berth back as far as batter than a cobwebby chair job t the young back in the min benefit to him tr bench with #aid, that a by “D" would be major rocking TURNERV MAY REFEREE Official for Lewis-Roebuck Mat Bout Will Be Named Today. Selection of the referee for tomorrow’s big wrestling match at the Washington | Auditorium between Strangler Lewis, claimant of the world heavyweight title, and Tiny Roebuck was expected to be made some time this afternoon by Pro- | moter Joe Turner Cyclone Burns, No. 1 ranking National Boxing Association, is said to definitely “out” this week because of the objections made by Roebuck, who pre- viously was defeated here by Lewiz on & questionable fall. ‘There is a possibility that Turner Bimself might handle the match in the évent a suitable official is not found, be | PYNE IN OLYMPIC TESTS Catholic U. Boxer to Compete at Penn State Next Month. Danny Pyne, Catholic University's clever light-heavyweight, will compete i the Olvmpic tryouts at Penn State Colicge next month. His entry was made yesterday. the Brookland school officials announced Payne now is working with Frank Fullmer, former middleweight star at Catholic U., and will be on the amateur program to be staged at Ritchie Coli- seum. at College Park, Saturday night. He will fight Ray Jefferies, Philadel- phia, 175-pound champi LEAGUE CUT IN HALF. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 9.—Indi- cations are that neither Wheeling nor Youngstown will be in the Middle At- lantic’ League this season, which would mean that the circuit would drop to six teams. half the number that functioned last year. Griffs May Lo:;n Maple to Birds Special Dispatch to The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 9—A grape- vine route story today is that Rookie Catcher Howard Maple, getting into top shape here, will be loaned to Baltimore to help them get their pitchers and batters into shape. Another is that Outfielder Ralph Boyle will go back to the Baltimore outfit for further seasoning. Neither matter would be discussed by Clark Griffith or Walter Johnson. Johnson and President Dawson of Baltimore were in discussion here yesterday and Dawson and Griff talked the matter over the phone the other evening. Baltimore has three seasoned catchers, but only one has shown up at Gulfport, MFAYDEN SETS 18 VIGTORES AS GOAL Red Sox Pitcher Hopes for| 20—Goslin Unsigned, but Boss Is Unworried. | | By the Associated Press | AVANNAH, Ga.. March 9—Danny | McFayden, versatile Red Sox i pitcher, has set his mark at 18 | victories for the season and he | has hopes of ‘“possibly winning 20 games” for his teammates. Bob Quinn, Sox owner, says the Somerville, Mass., deacen is at his prime and “may burn up the American League.” (®).—With only four players missing now, officials of the St. Louis Browns expected today to have the squad play- ing :2 concert pitch by the end of this week. Goose Goslin and Benny Bengough haven't signed yet, but as they are in camp the club officlals apparently are worrying little about the possibility that wage negotiations might fail. Only absentees now are Walter Stewart, southpaw; “Rip" Collins, right-hander: | Ralph Kress, inflelder, and Rick Fer- rell, first-string backstop. LOS ANGELES, March 9 (#)—John McGraw of the New York Giants has | room for two utility inflelders to fill in for his regulars, Terry, Critz, Vergez and Jackson, and there ‘are four aspirants for the vacancies. burgh Pirates and Boston Braves, is a rookie only in that he comes up from the minors, and Eddie Marshall and Sam Leslie have been around with the Giants for several seasons. The only | real rookie in the group is Gilbert Eng- | lish. Moore and Leslie right now seem most likely to stick. _CLEARWATER, Fla, March 9 (#) — Young Bobby Reis, a native of New York, is giving the veteran Wally Gil- | bert a great battle for the third base job_in the Brooklyn Dodgers' infield. “I have an idea the boy will come | through this season.” Manager Max Carey says of Reis, “but I would like to see more of him before I commit my- self definitely on that point. Just now I feel safe in saying that he can do everything, but we will learn more about that when we meet other teams in exhibition games.” o MIKE GIBBONS’ BOY ON METTLE IN RING Tourney—Pro Career Banned Un- til School Is Finished. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, March 9 —Only time will tell whether the old saw “like father, like son.” was right. But boxing fans will get a rough idea of its worth when young Jack Gib- bons climbs through the ropes at a golden gloves tournament here. No one knows, except his father, just how good the 19-year-old Detroit University student is, but his perform- ance during the tournament was ex- pected by friends of Mike to give them & line on the boy's latent ability. His father was reluctant to permit the youngster (he's 6 feet tall and weighs 157 pounds) to enter the tourna- ment in a game at which he had won fame and fortune. But he acceded to Jack’s pleadings and this week a batch of amateur middleweights will test young Gibbons' prowess as a fighter. “Jack boxes fairly well,” said Mike “But he’s green and inexperienced.” If he shows well, his father may grant a further concession and let him | become a professional if he wills. But not until the youth's university work is completed WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.. March 9 | Six-Foot 157-Pounder Entered in | REANOLDS GRIFFS ' RIGHT-MAND ‘;OFM:I{* WHO CAN LY RUN —AN SLI0E Y o Eddie Moore, formerly with the Pitts- i BATIALNOFACES BARRYISDEFENTED DYNAMITE N RAN Petrolle’'s Sub Packs Big | Wallop in Right Mitt. 1 Clash Friday. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, March 9—Billy { Petrolle has a stiff neck and won't be able to fight this Pri- day night, but Christopher (Bat) Battalino is doing no cheering because of that. When Petrolle told Madison Square | Garden officlals he wouldn't be able to | ga through with his 12-round match with the former featherweight cham- pion, Promoter Jimmy Johnston got | busy and dug up Billy Ran of Poland | as a substitute. | There's no saying Ran is as danger- ous an opponent as Petrolle, but the | Polish youngster can knock them kick- | ing with that right hand of his and | Battalino would do well to be extreme- {1y cautious. Ran’s last two fights have ended in knockouts. He put away Billy at the Garden a couple of weeks ago and put Marty Goldman on the floor for the full count in 45 seconds of fight- ing at the St. Nicholas Club Monday | night, Battalino has jumped two divisions | since he abandoned the featherweight | champlonship because of increasing weight. Among_the knocked out Al Singer and Billy Shaw. | among the welterweights. Although Ran scales the class limit of 147 pounds, he will have very little | edge on Battalino. and may come in a pound or two heav- ier then that now that he knows he must meet Ran instead of the lighter | Petrolie. | | Spectal Dispatch to The Star. Weaver, the silent collegian, is as e of being a regular on as—well on Mike Martin's forehead whispered about the tall boy by both Walter Johnson and Clark Griffith. said of him by the Baltimore Orioles, in camp just around the corner, in Those who know the North Carolina young man say Weaver a dead- They argue that Monte is not as robust ‘BILOM‘ Miss, March 9.—Monte Griff's Nationals' hurling staff There are some nice things being And there are some nicer things being Gulfport five day rest between games will make as his looks might indicate and that Biloxi Bunts ILOXI, Miss, March 9.—Rags Rag- land, the pride of Mississippi, and | the Washington base club’s sweet-ap] ing hurling rookie, swing into few rounds of action against the Baltimore club here Sunday to strut his stuff before the folk here- about and to give Walter Johnson and Clari Gri; @ better squint at the former Chattanooga star ball tre Ragman's neighbors and [riends will come trekking in points on the peninsula from Buddy Myer was a little sore in the | underpinning this morning as the result of the strenuous workout. Buddy has not spared any steam in digging dovn ‘ for them and aching pins are the result. Fred Marberry took a turn out at | second base this morning, but still | thinks pitching the hardest job on the | ball field. However, Buddy Myer Te- | minded him when he came into | the club house “that second-base job | cure does down you." | Marberry, West, Myer, Weaver and | Boyle took a spin over to Gulfport yes- ilerdl)‘ take a peep at the Baltimore International League club unkink i arms and legs. When West walked on the field all of the boys who know Sam with thelr left arms. Sam - ing yes. It meant that he Was saying that his arm again was okeh. as surely as there are freckles that with a four to| rtain winning hurler. | will | Rags i1s a favorite down here, and | plenty | Weaver Due to Ciick in Box If Given Proper Rest Periods to send him in any oftener will spoil | his chances of piling up victories But I happen to know that Johnson already is prepared for this and has been tipping off the big fellow to take his time down here, get plenty of rest and to ease up in his pitchin Monte is & splendid, loyal type of fellow and would go on 'the hill as often as he was asked without a pro- test. But that will not happen with the Nationals. Weaver has not fully re- covered from an appendicitis opera- on back in 1930, when he lost a lot of weight. the quiet, studious young man. Stricken while the Baltimore club was at Buf- falo, Monte refused to have the opera- tion performed until it finally was de- cided the Baltimore club could not take the race. He was sent to a Balti- more hospital, his appendix frozen, and permitted to finish out the season. The operation then took place in the Winter of 1930. And another little incident in the life of the player of which little is known is that he missed becoming a Rhodes scholar by inches. His name was overlooked accidentally, and base ball snared him as a result. Those who know him tell me that when his playing days are over, Monte plans to return to teaching mathe- matics, his study, and the one in which he still indulges when Harry the waiter is putting away the dinner dishes, and the ramp cat is being put out for the night. Fistic Battles NEW YORK —Vincent Hambright, Rizzo, New Jersey (2). DENVER.—Mickey Walker, Rumson, N. J, knocked out Jackie Willlams, Chicago (2): Jackie Fields, world wel- terweight champion, knocked out Patsy Pollock, Chicago (2), non-title. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla—Ray Tramlie, Rockford, IIl, knocked out Clyde Chastain, Dallas, Tex. (3); Prankie Gierke, Indianapolis, and Red Hooks, West Palm Beach, drew (8). Indianapolis—Yale Okun, New York, ts | outpointed Chuck Wiggins, Indianapo- lis (10). LOS ANGELES.—Armando Santiago, Cuba, drew with Bobby Pacho, Los Angeles (10); Sj y Dago. Los Angeles, stopped Rudolfo Teglia, Argentina (7) < | Townsend of Vancouver in two rounds | lightweights he | | His bout with Ran is the first essay | The Hartford slug- | ger scaled 142 pounds the other day | practice. | That incident proved the courage of | Cincinnati, knocked out Tommy (Twin) | BILORI, MISS BT SHARESELORY Godwin Forced to Limit to Vanquish 17-Year-0ld in Torrid Bout. BY R. D. THOMAS. EDS BARRY, 17-year-old heavy- weight of the Mohawk Ath- Jdetic Club, bad another defeat on his record, but many more friends to his credit today following an 8-round battle with Bob Godwin of Daytona Beach, Fla., at Portner's Arena in Alexandria last night. With a 26-pound ad/antage—Barry | | weighed 190 and Godwin 164—the youngster whaled away from start to | finish _and his willingness, combined with Godwin's experience that offset the weight disparity, made it an ex- citing affair. Godwin won by just enough margin to eliminate doubt, but gave all he had and, against an opponent who recently held the world light-heavyweight champion to a draw, there was glory and prestige for the youthful Barry in defeat. ODWIN'S edge was gained mostly with close-in body punches. He wasted few blows. Barry was more effective at long range and sev- eral times with fierce rallies drove God- win to the ropes. In these instances, | the youngster lost opportunities by | swinging wildly and with open gloves. In the fourth round, Barry caught his man with a powerful blow on the chest and Godwin sat down. He was up, however, before Referee Heinie Miller could start a count. Some spec- tators held that Godwin was off bal- | ance when the wallop landed This reporter gave Barry the first fourth and eighth rounds and Godwin the second, third, fifth and seventh, with the sixth even. NEWCOMER to Portner’s, Bob Turner, middleweight, put himself in line for another engagement by knocking out Henry Irving in the first round. It was an unusual finish. The sleep producer was a left swung while Irving's back was turned, the blow landing on the side of Henry's jaw. Young Van's one-round knockout of Fighting Dick featured the preliminaries. It was the third straight kayo victory for the young Washington heavy, who improves with each bout. Pete Powell, Norfolk bantam, con- ceded about 10 pounds to Tommy Horn and won a close decision in spite of & | knockdown scored against him In the curtain raicer, Soldier Portna finished Billy Reed in round one. WALKER SCORES KAYO | Finishes Williams in Two Rounds. Fields Lands Haymaker. DENVER, March 9 (). —Mickey | Walker, heavyweight title contender, | knocked out Jackie Williams of Chicago, | in the second round of a scheduled 10- round fight here last night. | “In another headline bout Jackie Flelds, welterweight champlon, knocked out Patsy Pollock, in the second round | of a fight set to go 10 rounds. The | bout was a non-title affair. | FRIEBERG OF PHILS SIGNS. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 9 () — | Alabarney Prieberg, utility inflelder |and last of the Phillles holdouts, has | signed. REYNOLDS IS FASTER THAN CRITICS BELIEVE. BUT THE TRUTH \5 HE GOEs AROUND THE SACKS , PULLING up - CARL 15 TALL, AND A7NLEfl<ML7’ BuiLT, ‘Q’-\ T {J_‘f,\ Sy —By TCM DOERER THE THOUGHT WAS THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE Boys WouLd HAVE © CARRY CARL AROUND THE SACKS... CHAPMAN" THE FASTEST MAN IN BASE BALL' BARELY BEAT HM N A RACE (ATE LAST SEASON AND BOTA LEGS WERE BANDAGED. Reynolds Has Athletic “It” Something of a BY TOM DOERER. JLOXI, Miss, March 98— ‘ There was a feeling in Washington among the fans that when Clark Griffith obtained Carl Reynolds he landed | that right-hand hitter he has| been seeking, but that he also had |a young man who was not so very | fast on the hassocks, and a very,| | very poor player going into basesI on a steal. | Down here where the sun sizzles one | day and your feet get cold the next, | Carl is promising to dispel that reputa- | | tion. | _During the last few days the former | | Chisox has been tearing around the | bags at a snappy gait, pulling in with | | his chin up and his breath holding its | own. | While conditions have mot been | right for sliding, Carl wants it known that when they are he also will | show that he is not so bad in that | | department of the game, either. | _ Those leg injuries received last year while sliding, which, by the way, gave the impression that the big Texan was & poor stealer, were due, says Carl, to accidental thrusts at the bags which could have been made by the greatest pilferer, Playing on a club that rarely got ahead in & ball game, Carl never was permitted to do much sliding. And this helped in getting him a reputa- tion as a poor base runner. Not only does the big fellow like to run the bags, but he was & star track- man with Southwestern University dur- ing his college days and, when he went to Palestine of the Lone Star League was noted for his speed on the bags. Carl was a four-letter man at Southwestern. | | In practice: skirmishes here Reynolds | appears to be the man the doctor | ordered for Griff. Reynolds is anxious to prove that he can tear around the | sacks and that he can clout them long and hard. Carl Is an athletically-built 6-footer with plenter of shoulder punch. He is lithe in his actions on the field and a high-class type of ball player. Flag Nationals Credited With Special Dispatch to The Star. ILOXI, Miss,, Marrh group of Baltimore Washington newspaper men, a pair of club officials and few players, seated in the lobby of the Markham hotel at Gulfport last night, agreed that the Washington club’s chances of tak- ing the flag in 1932 were as good as_cream in coffee. It was argued by the opponents of the viewpoint that Washington was too drab, to colorless and lacked a fighting punch to win in the race against what the Yanks were going to offer this year and what the Athletics already packed. It was suggested by pro- gonenh that those drab ball clubs ave been the ones which have Talk Already on Tap Possessing Machine-Like Efficiency That Counts in Pennant Race. been taking pennants. There was a silent punch to the old Athletics in their pennant winning days. There was no color to the Mack machine of the last few years and the White Sox as champlons were not bubbling over with sparkle. And then the Baltimore Orioles as In- ternational league pennant win- ners seven straight times were not a fighting, colorful outfit. The feeling is that the silent, businesslike Nationals are going to play a machine game this season and gradually work its way into a powerful position before the rest of the realizes that the quiet Griffs have mn B mf:ndka - Anyhow, "s nine certainly adding to its boosters. | 1 Newly Acquired Right-Hand Batting Punch of Nationals Is Sprinter, Too. As conclusive proof of his speed is the result of a sprint with Ben Chapman, base ball's speed king with the Yanks. Carl finished second to the infielder, but close enough to make it a race. And the Chicox player ran with both legs bandaged from an injury. Training Tilts By the Assoclated Press, £ Yesterday's scores: At San PFrancisco—Detroit (A.), San Prancisco (P. C. L), 7. Today’s schedule: 12; At New Orleans—Cleveland (A) vs.| New Orleans (S. A). At _San Prancisco—Detroit San Francisco (P. C. L). At Bradenton, Fla.—St. Louis (N.) Cincinnati (N.). (A) vs. Gehringer ARMINUREDIN 3 *SEEMS RECOVERED ‘Detroit Will Be Surprise Team if Keystoner Is Right, Says Harris. ‘ (Note—This is the third of @ series of | #rst-hand Associated Press stories” on masor league base ball prospects.) BY RUSSELL J. NEWLAND. AN FRANCISCO, March 9.— The big “if” in the base ball plans of the Detroit Tigers this season concerns Char- ley Gehringer and his return to form. The brilliant second sacker, whom Manager Stanley Harris describes as “the best in the league, when right,” injured his throwing arm in the first game of 1931, Illness also handicapped him, but he played 101 games to hit 311, Thus far in training, Gehringer has given every indication he will be ready for the base ball wars. If he is, Skipper Harris says the Tigers may be a “sur= prise team.” And if he lsn't ready the Detroit pilot says “We're sunk!"” “We need Gehringer's punch at the plate and his steadiness at second. The same goes for Dale Alexander. Big ‘Alex' could improve his work around first base, but he doesn't need any lessons in standing up to home plate. Alexander wasn't sound last year. ARRIS believes American League pennant possibilities are too re- mote to discuss, but if the team clicks he expects to make a better showing than the seventh place of last year. A pitching staff fortified with vet- erans and boasting several young pros- pects Is the high spot of the club. Tom Bridges, with the team last season, is ill with the “flu,” but Manager Harris looks to him for help later. Luke Hamlin and Isidore Goldstein, rookie right-handers from the Texas League, have shown promise. “Whit" Wyatt, who divided time between Detroit and Beaumont last year, will be given every chance. Sorrell, Uhl, ‘Whitehill, Hogsett and Herring will handle the heavy work. One experiment may furnish the squad a new moundsman, Mark Koenig, who already has served as an inflelder. Harris says Koenig has everything a pitcher needs, including a fast ball, and that it now is only a matter of control. **T DON'T think it will be a hard job to change him into a pitcher,” = Harris saild. “He had experience as a semi-pro.” 3 Catching duties will be cared for by Harold “Muddy” Ruel and Ray Hay- worth, with Gene Desautels, who joined the club from Columbus last season, Drot;bly holding down the third-string bert] Bill Rogell, acquired from Toronto last year, appears to have clinched the shortstop position. Nolen Richardson, up from Toronto last season, has frst call at present at third base, with 3ill Rhiel, up from Portiand of the Co. st League. and Henry Schuble, from Beaw - mont, furnishing opposition. ‘The fight for outfield positions is a free for all, according to Harris, who | says “nobody on this club needs feel secure.” Roy Johnson and Johnny Stone are regulars. Bill Lawrence, & 6-foot-3- inch-tall youngster up from Seattle, and Joyner White, fleet rookie from Beau- mont, are practically certain to be carried along. Gerald Walker. farmed out to Toronto in 1831, and Kenneth Strong, also up from the Internationesl | League team, are other outfield can- didates. 4 BOWLING TOURNEY LISTED. | _ CUMBERLAND, Md., March 8—The Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad Eastern | Lines bowling tournament will be held here on Saturday. Women and men will compete FLORSHEIM SHOES .ucocmionseion now give greater value per dollar than ever be- fore. See the new styles! *Open Nights Compare what you geti Men’s Shops 14that G 7th & K *3212 14th