Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1932, Page 41

Che Zn = — ening Sfar, WITH SUNDAY MORNING: EDITION Radio and Classified WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1932. PAGE D-—1 Nationals Hire Berg as Manush Signs : Dean, Card Rookie, Lacks Pitching Poise MAPLE AND BOYLE T0 G0, ARERUNORS Deal Involving Judge and Harris Reported in Con- flicting Camp Gossip. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 10.— Camp Griffith bristled with news and rumor today, an even mixture of both, the news serving to add foundation and credulity to the vapory re- ports. News happenings were: The signing of Heinie Manush, the balky outfielder, who came in not balky, but back-slapping, and | as ruddy as a Norwegian sailor. The hiring of Moe Berg, veteran catcher, a star with the White Sox and a failure with the Cleveland In- dians more recently. The second visit in_two days to Griff and Johnson of H. P. Dawson, general manager of the Baltimore Ori- oles, encamped near here. Clark Griffith’s reticence in talking on the possibility of the young out- fielder, Ralph Boyle, being returned to_Baltimore. His reticence in saying what was going to happen in his catching de- partment, and his reluctance to talk of & rumored trade in which a veteran pitcher was to be acquired. Flock of Rumors, Too. And the rumors which kept the lobby squads buzzing and fanning were: Outfielder Boyle's own belief that he ought to have another year in the minors. A shake-up in the estching depart- ment which would send out a veteran and a youngster or two youngsters, one to_Baltimore and one to Chattanooga. ‘That Joe Judge, the first baseman, and Dave Harris, the outfielder, were to be uaedmn trading material for a pitching deal. And the odd bits of speculative gos- sip which worried the rookie pitchers and made the veterans look around. Manush dipped the pen in ink and asked where the dotted line was lo- after dinner last night. He in just a few minutes before, sun blistered and back slapping, west Palm Beach, Fla., where he had been Wintering. n;‘m nev!rwl?; him in 'I'nt-tz‘; llé:g happiy ! “Feeling great, give me a bat” laughed Heine, wrestling with Ed Gharrity and Walter Johnson and chasing Col. Billy Smith, the business manager, through the hotel lobby. Moe Berg added to Roster. Heine's blustery arrival was interrupt- ed by the news from Griff that he had pairs. matter :u‘re!erred toh()rlfl by club with the understanding that is in shape and can make good. I ve he can,” sald Griff. “He had double pneumonia and was injured with the Indians, and they, of course, let him out. He is a free agent. He believes that he is in shape and that he has fully recovered. We can only wait and see.” Moe is due to report at once. Berg broke into big-time base ball in 1823 with Brooklyn as a shortstop, was optioned to Minneapolis-Toledo in 1924, where he played short, and then ‘was released to Reading. Purchased by White Sox. Purchased by the Chicago White Sox, Berg played the 1926-7 seasons at short and second and then went behind the plate. Last year the Indians took a gamble on him, and the results were not_very encouraging. ‘Whether your Uncle Clark is going to use him as a coach or WMhhe:t‘ih: regular will depend upon Wi big 6-footer has to show him. But his employment has the present catch- I ing staff of the Nationals rather flus- | tered, and it does not take much to nettle players these days of many men | and few jobs. | Just what is taking place in the visits with General Manager Dawson of the Baltimore club is a matter of much speculation. There are more Tumors over this than Andy Mellon had worries. For instance, I hear in breezes from | the Orioles’ camp up the road that Ralph Boyle, Griff’s very young and smart-looming outfielder, is to be sent back to Baltimore for further season- ing. It is also said that the Baltimore flock is anxious to borrow a catcher for a short period. And the catcher would | be Maple. | Here's Griff's reply: “We will not do any business with Baltimore now about players. If they want to borrow a catcher, being in need of one for Spring training, we certainly will favor them. I am going to do nothing about Boyle | :r!h{he moment. I must give him & Judge Showing Fine Form. As to Joe Judge being used as swap- p material, here is something that ought to answer that. Looking upon the young veteran strutting his stuff today, Griffith said Judge had shown him workouts during the last few days that had startled him. ““That fellow hit three of the prettiest blows off those kid pitchers—and they are serving up plenty of stuff now—that I have seen him do in many years. He is surprising me, and when I tell you it is going to be fight for the initial sack, I mean every word of it." Judge is in marvelous condition. A Winter at the Jewish Community Cen- ter gym, in Washington, has put the veteran en a keen edge. He is hopping around as spry as a 2-year-old and punching with the bat as he has not done in years. Joe Kuhel is in for a test, as sure as gun is iron. Wil yd Brown out with an injured el- bow, Joe Kuhel slowed up with a severe sty on his right eye and Johnnie Kerr complaining of stiff legs. Golf Gets the Go-by. | Brown has tossed aside his golf cjubs | for the training period, because of the army injury. It is his right arm, not his flipping mitt. Johnson, too, put aside hh;olrcmh-.!:;thzflubmmol [ ITH a lot of smoke emanating from the camp of the Nationals in regard to projected trades, one designed to add a veteran pitcher to a staff none too strong numerically, it may be assumed there is some fire. The answer probably is that Owner Clark Griffith still is busy sounding out rival mag- nates in regard to deals cal- culated to strengthen his entry, but what they will involve if, and when any are completed, is a matter of conjecture. Griff’s reiteration of his as- sertion that Judge is to get an even chance with Kuhel for the first-basing job is likely to pan out only in the event the club is unsuccessful in its efforts to get_some worthwhile talent in exchange for him. Joe’'s Age a Handicap. HERE is no s?uestlon the veteran physically is ca- able of satisfactorily guarding the initial sack for another season or two, but he obviously is not the type to build up with, and that is a matter the management is principally concerned with. We have had a hunch right along that Judge will be found in a Detroit uniform when the campaign gets under way, and still have it, but that would not necessarily mean the acquisi- tion of a Tiger pitcher. It is morely likely to be a catcher, and the news that Moe Berg has just been added to the roster does not alter the situa- o I is erg no longer & young- ster, being in his 31st year, and his physical condition recently has been such that his ability to help a big le: team is extremely doubtful, The Jewish player came up with the Brooklyn just 10 years ago as shortstop and after roaming around in the minors for a couple of years landed with the White Sox, who converted him into a catcher. Only One Good Year. N his nine years as a pro- l fessional Berg has had just one good one, and one in which he played more than a third of the scheduled games That was in 1928, when, in 107 conucslu bwtitt‘hn‘ the Hos: 2?'7’ carved a bal average of .287, Berg is a big man and smart —he is credited with being able to speak half a dozen tongues—but they didn’t in- clude the language of base ball last year, when he drew his unconditional release " from Manager Peckinpaugh after getting into only 10 games with the Cleveland Indians. The Nationals admittedly are in need of some one to help out Roy Spencer back of the bat, but it is difficult to see how Moe's linguistic talents will aid in this re: t. Judge wants to join Bucky Harris at Detroit, where he is assured of playing regularly and a salary satisfactory to him, and Ray Hayworth would fit in nicely here as under- study to Spencer. Let’'s hope Griff can land the Bengal backstopper, if Judge has to go. ARMOUR AND DUDLEY COLLECT $750 EACH Tommy’s Birdie Clinches Victory Over Burke and Golden in Four-Ball Final. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., March 10.—Tommy Ar- mour and Ed Dudley have won victory and chief spoils in Miami's $5,000 in- ternational four-ball tournament over Billy Burke, national open champion, and Johnny Golden of Noroton, Conn. Armour sank a birdie 4 on the thirty- fourth hole yesterday to end a 3-and-2 match that the locker room dopesters figured for Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell, who were defeated in the semi- finals Tuesday by the champions. Golden, with three birdies and four one-putt greens to the seventeenth, gained help from Burke on the eight- eenth when the latter sank a birdie 4 to square the match. Dudley dropped a birdie 3 on the twentieth and sent his team 1 up, holding the advantage until the twen- ty-eighth, when Armour came back to win with a pretty 6-foot putt. They halved the twenty-ninth, thirtieth and thirty-first, and Golden took a balf at the thirty-second as both Armour and Dudley sank approach shots in figures. All took 3s on the thirty-third. Armour went into the rough on the thirty-fourth, but recovered with his iron shot and two-putted for & 4 to win the match and tournament, 3 and 2. his eyebrows. But you can't help them cropping up and “sometimes out of these rumors come a puff of flame. Then you are sorry that, maybe, you never brought them up. Any how, life down here is at last| getting worth while. Rumors blow, Griff snorts, news pops, players look quizzled, and the war correspondents i are disturbed in their afternoon siestas. | I'm going down on the beach and punnhnprzlunmf.henm.mufllh licans”—Miss Parker, manager Biloxi.) ‘Tell nflm&.‘fin:&m-m-l - PYTLAK SPARKLES AS TRIBE CATCHER ||Buffalo Rookie Apt to Be Regular—Koenig Making Progress as Hurler. By the Associated Press, EW ORLEANS, La,, March 10— They are making big predic- tlons for Frank Pytlak, rookie | catcher with the Cleveland Indians. Pytlak, who was purchased from the Buffalo Internationals last Winter, has been showing so much ability with bat and glove that he may be a regular in the line-up this Summer, instead of third-stringer behind Luke Sewell and Glenn Myatt. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 10.— Manager Lew Fonseca of the Chicago White Sox intends to be a playing pilot, at least at the start of the 1932 American League campaign. Fonseca worked in left field yester- day, and indicated he would be there when the grand opening comes off. Hal Anderson, the recruit from St. Paul, | is his present choice for center, with Bruce Campbell, a Chicago youth, the leading candidate for right field. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 10. —Mark Koenig, veteran infielder of the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers, may yet realize his ambition to become a pitcher. T Bucky Harris let him pitch the first three innings of yesterday's game against the Pacific Coast League Seals, whom the Tigers trounced 5 to 3 to make it two in a row. Koenig allowed two hits, one run and two bases on balls. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 10— On top of two rainy days in the last four, the failure of Goose Goslin to sign and the absence of four other players, the St. Louls Browns are dogged by more bad luck in the form of sickness. Jimmy McLaughlin, base, is in bed trying to fight off an attack of the grippe and Coach Jimmy Austin has a stomach aflment. recruit for third Varied Sports Basket Ball W.“;mmdm{- shall, College Hockey. Harvard, 4; Yale, 4; overtime—two overtime periods. Pro Hockey. New Haven, 3; Philadelphia, 1. Windsor, 7; Pittsburgh, 3. Young Infield, (This is the fourth of g series of fir hand Associated Press stories om maj league prospects.) BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN. VALON, Santa Catalina Island, ( Calif, March 10. — Generous quantities of speed have been instilled in the Cubs this Spring in an effort to thrust Chicago boldly into the front ranks of the National League base ball race. To be sure, Manager Rogers Hornsby has done much to strengthen his pitch- ing, but the chief result of tralning activities is an infield rejuvenated by youthful replacements. Hornsby Gives Way to Herman. The Rajah is enthusiastically bench- ing himself in favor of Bill Herman, the 22-year-old lad who moved in from Louisville last Fall to finish the season with & 327 batting average and a field- ing mark of .939 at second base. Sensational work of Stanley Hack, a fledgling at third, appears to have furthered the cause. Like Herman a 22-year old, Hack has forced out the veteran Lester Bell with the same smil- ing confidence with which he was checking deposits and withdrawals as a bogkkeeger in a Sacramento, Callf., counting house a year ago. Hack's career has been short but sweet. He made a long jump from the bank to class AA ball with Sacramento last Spring. ‘Then a batting sverage of 352 and flelding mark of .942 caused Chicago to post a fancy sum. Hack Stars at Outset. “How good is Hack?” was the Rajah's first question when he arrived broad - shouldered for here. The 3 & blond youth gave a most convincing answer In the first exhibition with the New York Giants, hitting two triples and flelding well. Hornsby has not worried about first base or shortstop. ‘The veteran Charles Grimm, at the age of 32, still 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. ASINOS have increased their lead over the second-place Palace team in the National Capital Duckpin League race. Sam Hawksworth of Casinos, through sensational work, has dispiaced Har- Ty Krauss in the battle for individual honors, Other leaders include Thye, berts, J. Eiker, Harley, Halley, Oehler, Michaud, Goodman, Pear- son, Fowler, Everett, Lewis, Lemmon, Farrow, Carroll, Loveday, Morris and Baum. Eddle Foster now is the only Na- tlonal who has not yet arrived here Mound Strengt Developments at Cub Camp| to join the party which will to cn.nmemu%f, train fig younger mem of the Wi squad. ?:Ol'fle McBride, shortstop, 4 Nicholson, Pete Bennett, John Becker, Becker, Willlam Engel, Tommy Crooks, Tom Cantwell, Dutch Sterzer, Herman Walz, Lew Newmeyer and oglct;lxg;mund. T, center of the Georgetown U. basket ball team, played THE MAN BEHIND THE SCENES AT BILOXL “Tom DOERER., BlLOYI-miSS . A ROOK \S AFRAID TO LOOK INTO A DRUG STORE WINDOW WHEN HE GOES INTO TQWA ... MIKE MARTIN * THE CALORY King © AW, Ane A Heper - I [SN'F Us 115 THE WAY THOSE Boys PEVOUR 0s / Additional h and Speed can move around with at first, and Elwood Eng] the reg- ular shortstop, who hit .314 and flelded 964 in 1931, need cause no sleepless nights for the Rajah. Burleigh Grimes, so prominent a member of the world championship St. Louis Cardinals last Fall, probably is the outstanding new asset of the pitching staff. Good Pitching Prospects. Lyle Tinning, & big Nebraskan with a record of 24 wins as against 2 dsfeats with Des Moines of the Western League, along with Ed Baecht and Lon Warneke, two sturdy right-handers of a years urv‘lhoe, give promise of furnishing to spare tep] ready has forgotten about his broken leg of last season to simplify Hornsby's problem. Hazen Cuyler is certain to have one of the other outer garden spots, leaving Lance Richbourg, former Brave, to'.q\u::gu over what is left with youth. No change is expected in the catching corps, which the Rajah terms the best in the league, for Charles (Gabby) Hartnett is pegging second in great form. His supporting cast will be Ral Hemsley and James (Zach) Taylor, SWIM MEET HERE Women’s National A. A. U. Title Event Awarded Capital. ‘Washington was assured a -time Bicentennial sports’ programn’ yesterdsy Bicen! when the National A. A. U. :uumud ruled that the women's national indoor swimming championships will be held KAPPA ALPHAS TRIUMPH Krajcovic Leads in Victory Over|Ch Tower Club at Maryland. Led by Jess Krajcovic, foot ball and track Kappa Al ) pha Frater- nity won the basket ball hip of the University of Maryland last night by defeating the Tower Club tossers, 22 to 10, in Ritchie Coliseum. Krajco- vic scored eight points. Last night’s game was the final of a8 round-robin series between the Tower Club, general intramural champion; Company B, R. O. T. C., title holder, and Kappa Alpha, fraternity champ. Hoyt’s Diet Plan ST. ALBANS LOOKS FOR STRONE NINE Tilt With Alumni March 26 Will Open an Attractive 13-Game Schedule. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, Jr. TTH most, of last year's team available, St. Albans School is Jooking to a good season in base ball Preliminary work already has been started by the Cathedral school candi- dates and they hope to get down to serious drills next week, when there will be no classes, following Spring exami- nations this week. Dick Fletcher, second baseman, and Bob Freeman, shortstop, are ahout the only important losses by graduation. EADING members of the squad in- clude Raymond Patton, pitcher; Conway Thom and Bayne Castle, catchers; Bits Chesley, first baseman; Bob Lorton, third baseman, tain, and Ned Shippen, and Frank Sterrett, outflelders. Castle probably will be used in the outfield when not pitching, as he is a capable fly-chaser and a rather good hitter. Fletcher, who attended Wi year, is among new candidates to make a stout bid for a berth. Just what may be e from the other new aspirants not be known until Rev. James Henderson and A. J. id, the coaches, have had ot:pm-- st the tunity of getting a good look squad In action. ANAGER MARSHALL HOLCOMBE has completed an attractive 13- game schedule for the St. Alban’s nine. The first tilt will be with the alumni March 26 on the Cathedral school diamond and the card also will some years; Eastern, the District defending public high plon; Western and Episcopal spot. Here’s the complete 8t. schedule: March 26—Alumni. April 2—Mercersburg Academy. April 12—Episcopal. April 16—Woodberry Forest at Orange. April 19—Eastern. April 22—Camp Chesapeake School at Gloucester, Va. April Alban’s Va. HApfll 25—Charlotte Hall at Charlotte all, April 30—Navy Plebes at Annapolis. May 2—Swavely at Manassas, May 9—Shenandoah Valley Military lemy. May 14—Episcopal Academy. Training Tilts By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s scores: At Bradenton, Fla.—Cincinnati (N.), 7; St. Louis (N.), 0. At cisco. San PFrancisco—Detrolt (A) ws. San Francisco (P. C). ALReADY Causep (. THIT 15" RAISED OVER GRIFF STADIUM THIS YEAR ~MIKE GETS SOME CREDIT.. . Miguel a Wizard as Trainer Martin Due Much of the Credit for Keeping Griffmen in Fine Physical Condition. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 10.—If the colors of the Washing- ton base ball club are shot to the top of the American Le: e flagpole this year, credit to its hoisting may be attributed to proteins, calories and diet. And with them credit can be placed upon the sun-kissed brow of Trainer Mike Martin, whose advice on diet has been followed by at least three of the members of the Nationals, who felt that a heavy waistline and a sulky disposition to speed up kept them from their best last year. While this whole camp has mar- veled at the athletic fitness of Pitch- of all to their having followed the advice of the veteran trainer dur- ing the off season. Crowder is in the pink, Marberry came in 25 pounds under his old weight and Cronin buzzed into camp under weight and looking the happy picture of the result of a medical “I dow't want any credit for the condition of the three boys” sa Mike, * deserve things they liked and that means something to a player during the off “But, the off season is when all of a DIZZY 15 HEADLESS, WL INH TRILS fFinds Big Leaguers Won't | “Bite” at Bad Ones—Worth Seen in Carleton. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. RADENTON, Fla., March 10. B —The camp followers of the Cardinals, casting about today for the answer to what's wrong with Jerome Her- man (Dizzy) Dean, discovered at least three reasons for the past- ing that the lanky rookie pitching star has absorbed in his first two exhibition starts. was as wild terday, the lowly Cincinnati Reds tapped him for 5 runs in 3 innings, as he was in- effective against the Athletics at Miami Iast Sunday. So far he has not shown 2;1:1;1;55 Pfiefihi 2Iorm expected of him, s yiel hits i 3 & tooi )» and il runs in Not Fooling Batters, Dean blames the bad weather and the fact that he has not yet regained the weight he lost through an attack of “flu.” Some of the players feel that Dizzy is a little upset by the big ers not “biting” at bad balls the way they may be tempted to do in the Texas League. Olbbm Y stfieb. hthe saga- e worl champions, thinks it is just a matter of .g}un- ment and time until Dean settles down. “I agree with Diz on the score that had to work on the two worst lest days we have yet had in season,” remarked the old . _“But that doesn't altogether ex- lack I think it t take a little longer for this settle down. There is no ques- mind he has the real stuff. g EEERER e like that with good hif Carieton Star of Rookies. Meanwhile the sharps have begun to predict that James O. (Tex) Carle- the Texas boy X E i i E i3 i g i : ? il EE; eg,é gk H fe £ | § § i BF i 3 it [ q B LEH 0. . C. JOINS COLORED BASE BALL LEAGUE Seven Other Citfes in East-West Circuit—Frank Warfield to Manage Here. R A _franchise has been obtained by and | Washington in the newly-formed East- do everything but put the covers on them in the evenings. “But when ti need most is coring the o scasan when weitht is collected, which cannot be re- moved except by hard seasonal work, if at all “So, if these boys followed train- Ln?-dvice during the Winter they not only helped themselves but made my Jjob easler for me this Summer.” Mike belleves the Nationals are a better behaved ball club than many. The club is more of a family outfit, he thinks, and this has a tendency to cause the boys to keep in condition. Martin is a student of that great athletic conditioner of many years ago, Mike Murphy. He believes that Jew can ercel the old trainer’s methods, which were only, after all, Jollowing golden rule of athletics. lobby of the court in, 53 -3 43 g § i ; i i1 i g B ; 8 f i i i § i § 5 53; i ; ; ? ! i it i i i & :E £ i i eE o g- B s BE glagdz E : : ] . i i £ §E i T ¥g | West Colored Professional Base Ball League, it has been announced. . J * ti- more, Philadelphia, New York, Pitts- burgh, Cleveland, Detrolt and one other city also will have teams in the loop. Frank erfllz’l&i former second to manage the Washington nine and players now e o v accep an who suggests an t- able name for the club will be given a season’s pass. Proposed names should mflefl to the owners at 1936 Ninth A league meeting wil be held Sunda to make final arrangements for the sen! son. INDEPENDENT QUINTS HOLD SWAY IN MEET Six Reach Quarter-Final Round in National A. A. U. Play at Kansas City. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 10.—Inde- it tes B %, i 5, e rows Shields Satisfied This Ye Could Overcome British or French. By the Associated Press.