Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1932, Page 18

B—4 Another Seasoned Hurler Griffs’ Need : Braves Promise to Be Faster, Stronger | S EXTRA SLAB STAR MIGHT MEAN FLAG Present Limited Staff Not Regarded Sufficient to Put Club Across. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 12.—It will take the services of an- other well seasoned hurler to put Clark Grifith’s Washington ball club over the top next season, no matter how well the boys down here appear, eat and flex their muscles for company. That’s what they are saying— the folks of base ball who stop off here to take a squint at the Grif- fith ensemble. And Griffith agrees with them. That 1s, he agrees to the point where he will admit he could very safely use the services of a pitcher who is much more than a thrower. So far as the flag is concerned, Griffith still believes he has as much chance as the next fellow in the league with just what he has on hand. And would you expect your Uncle Clark to figure any other way? | But he needs another seasoned hurler. This morning he announced to those | wha acted as if they were about to present him with the plea for another pitcher for the dear old Nationals, with this offer “I will pay $50,000 immediately for a first-class major league pitcher—a win- ning pitcher who can go get me some ball games.” | No doubt but the gray pilot would do that very thing at an instant. There | are several club owners in Griffith’s | own group who would do that, too. But there are no first-class winning pitch- ers hanging around the corners of | Biloxi these days. In fact, there is hardly any one on the corners down here now because it is both cold and raining. Yesterday morning it hailed by way of variety and tonight it may sno And there are no huriers in the American League, either, who could be procured by Griffith at his figure, or any other, except losing moundsmen. There would hardly be any sense in your Uncle Clark taking in boarders, NYHOW, the rocking chair statis- ticians figure that it will take around 100 ball games to sew up the gonfalon this year in the American League. Giving each of the present stafl a better break than he got last season, it is figured. that, including Monte Weaver, the staff will turn in eighty some combets. And that is being very lenient with them, under- stand. That leaves a gap somewhere and that somewhere is where a seasoned pitcher would come in to make Wash- ington a contender for the flag. So say the experts, as they figure. But at the moment Griffith has six dependable ‘moundsmen—Lloyd Brown, Carl Fischer, Fred Marberry, Alvin Crowder, Bobby Burke and Monte Weaver. It is figured that Weaver will lose no poise in the majors. Yet, he must have nine there still is one more to count and he is Snootn;mund, experts again figure that Grif- fith is holding on to tras material with the idea In mind of ddg)gg a David Harum with gentleman to get Bold down a:e another himself some one to ninth berth. HOW!V!.'R. these are figures and they are boring. Pigures in base ball a nice, back up argu- ments, but & tough fellow with a wick- ed bat ean shoot more holes into fig- ures than there are in Swiss cheese. I don't like spinach or figures. They never impress me, and I am one of the Yisteners at the confabs, who hopes that your Uncle Clark has & few young men ‘on his ball club, who will chase those figger filberts up & pecan tree be- fore the Fourth of July. Even Griffith’s $50,000 does not make me turn around for a second peek. YESTER.DAY was one of those days when ball players catch up with their napping and knitting. It rained towsers all day, except for about two hours in the morning—when the Nats went through their stuff—and movie men did theirs at the same time. It was a ni , cold morning with the entire squad in heavy c! . And it looked for a moment that the Griff record of having never missed a day's training here in the three years they have been cor to town was about to be knocked into Aunt Matilda's lap. So far as I can learn from Manager Walter Johnsoan, the cold westher of the last two days has had no ill effect upon his charges. But if this drizzle continues and the cold hangs around, some cne is going to yell for Mike Martin, the trainer. | Reporters spent the evening staring into ball plavers' faces as if they ex pected a front page story to hop from bebind their ears. It was not a com- fortable evening for the players, for | they mistook those stares as meaning | that, maybe, the news persons had something on them RIFFITH slighted his golf to play pinochle with the card experts. Walter Johnson did not give up his golf ard Fritz Maisel of the Bal- | timore Orioles, as round as an apple, popped in to pay a visit, official or un- official, not being announced b the Beltimere manager or any cne e'se. There is no news worth a line. not even the promised appearance today of Moe Berg, the catcher. or Dave Harris, the outer gardener. But I'll add that Al Schacht says that Thomas and Lyons, Chisox hurlers. told him that Berg was a smert catcher and meant a lot to a pitcher. In tomorrow's ball game with the Baltimore Orioles neither Heine Ma- nush nor Dave Harris will get into ac- tion. Rookie pitchers. Frank Ragland, Johnny Friedrich and Lynn Griffith will do the hurling for our side. MESMER LOS.f TO FRENCH! G. U. Coach, Slated to Face Eagles, to Be Operated On. Ambitions of the French team to avenge a racent defeat at the hands of | Skinker Eagles when the teams meet tontgk in the ‘Washington Uni- | um have received a jolt | through the loss of Freddy Mesmer, Georgetown U. basket ball coach. Mes- | mer was to undergo an operation for | appendicitis today in Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital. | Delaware & Hudson quint will meet | Jewish Community Center tossers in an | attractive preliminary at 7:30. LOOP MEETS WEDNESDAY. A meeting to reorganize the Depart- mental Base Ball Lesgue will be held Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the Government Printing Office, with Vic , president, in charge. Repre- of all teams having fran- scason are asked to be on PORTS. mOn the Side Lines Il wiek the Sports Bdicor. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. NLY one strictly local boxing product will ap- pear in the Eastern A. A. U. championships tonight at Ritchie Coliseum, and it appears he has the toughest assignment of any of the 20 battlers on the card. Danny Pyne, who was ini- tlated in the art of leather- gushlng while a student at onzaga, when he appeared in the shows staged by the Racquet Club, and who is rated as a likely candidate for the Olympic team, is meeting a veritable tartar in Ray Jef- feris. In two years of competition as a member of Eddie La Fond's aggregation at Brookland Pyne has been undefeated, but Jjef- feris not only has a record matching that, but has been more active. Action Aplenty Due. On at least one occasion Pyne stePg;zd out of the light-heavy- g t class to register a win he unlimited division, but S0 has Jefferis, who holds a decision over Jack Moran, fel- low Philadelphian, who tonight tackles Duke Crinkley, inter- collegiate heavyweight champ while at the Nava Academy last year, in what should prove one of several torrid clashes this evenlng. The card is fairly studded with boys representing New England, New York, Philadel- phia, Baltimore and Richmond, who have won city, State and divisional A. A. U. titles, and with the brand of slugging for which the simon pures are noted there should be plenty of action on tap. Too Much Wrestling? A LINE on just how much wrestling Washington can absorb will be furnished at the Strand Theater tonight, where the third show of the week will be staged. Starting last Monday, when the Bowser band made its bow in the Capital with a card at Bolling Field, there have been only two days in six in which sports followers who dote on ring doings have had nothing to attract them, for Tuesday the usual boxing was available at Portner's Arena and Thurs- day the customary mat pro- gram was presented at the Auditorium. Whether this schedule will be continued probably will be determined by the size of the turnout at the Strand this eve- ning, where Joe Turner is of- fering an attractive card at “bargain” rates. Strangler Lewis Deserts. In the meantime, Washing- ton probably has seen the last of Strangler Lewis, for somea time at least. The venerable, but still potent former cham- pion, fyesterday boarded a plane for Detroit, where last night he tossed Frank Bruno- wicz and today continued his journey by air to the Coast, where he is said to be planning to confine his activities for the next few months, at least. Local mat fans won't miss him. He still is good, but very dull. IN THE STAR. ANNY MOELLER, new out- flelder, s impressive at the Nationals’ training camp at Charlottesville, Continentals took two of three games from Virginians in the Co- lonial Bowling League. The win- ning team comprised Barclay, Sher- wood, Sunwould, Ricker and David- son end the loser used Whitney, Gore, Mitchell, Brook and Wenner. Georgetown U. has awarded track letters to Eller, Chapman, Landon, Brewer, Costello, Davis and Manager Kingsley. 8sm Edmonston or Johnny Beall will coach the Maryland Agricul- tural College base b1l squad Charlie Moran has been selecte to coach the Catholic U. b-se ball team. Harry Collfiower also was backed for the job. Capt. Austin” end Cantwell give Tech High a good pitching neucleus. Austin was a letter winner last sea- eon. Others who won T's were Hardy. Burley, McLean, Simpson, Flynn, Bennett, Delahunt, Ecken- dorf, Dohlman, Peacock. Steed, Heal, Bresnzhan, McKinney, Perry, Willis, Geliiher and Tanzier Leading candidates Georgetown U._base ball te:m in- clude Magner, Fury, Lynch, Mallany, Taylor, Hefferman, White, O'Her- ron, O'Connor, Lambertson, Cass, Dowd. M. O'Connor, Mulcahey, Barrett, O'Boyle, Dailey, Murrzy, Capt. Cogan, Connelly, Hevia, Gib- son, Flick, Beaty, McCauley, Mc- Laughlin, Blake, Sitterding, Wy- mard, Ryan and Landon. Western High's relay team in- cludes Jones, Lascola, Fuller, Dar- for the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, RED SOX POSSESS ROOKIE SLAB STAR |Saalien Flashes Speed, Hop on Fast One—Alexander Slugs for Tigers. By the Associated Press. AVANNAH, Ga., March 12—The regular moundsmen of the Red Sox had better look to their laurels. This rookie from Butterfield, Minn., Syver Saalien, has got something on the ball and he's a hard nut for even the team’s heavy hitters to crack. He has a peculiar delivery, is extra fast and has a real hop on his fast one. There's talk of a regular berth for | the Minnesotan if he can develop & curve within the next few weeks. | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 12. | —Things are looking brighter for the St. Louis Browns now that Goose Gos- lin and Fred Schulte, outfielders, are in Spring training camp. Follot in the footsteps of Goslin, who signed Thursday, Schulte signed his contract and was in uniform yes- terday. With them on the fleld, the Browns are under full headway with their Spring training. | JRORT MYERS, Fla, March 12.—Roy | Mahaffey is looking forward to a bigger and better season of twirling for the Philadelphia Athletics. Roy had a sore pitching arm the first month of last season and in spite of this he hurled 15 winning games. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, March 12, —Dele Alexander, the Detroit Tigers' glant first baseman, has served notice that if it takes hitting prowess to hold down that job he's right there. He pounded out three singles in as many times at bat yesterday. 'T. PETERSBURG Fla.,, March 12— | The New York "Yankees, who have | hcpes of capturing the American League pennant and perhaps the world championship, start today in quest of their first title of 1932. That is the “championship of St. Pete,” for which they annually battle the Boston Braves. The Yanks will have to play at least part of the series without Babe Ruth, who must stay out of exhibitions until his salary dispute with Col. Jacob Rup- pert, owner of the Yanks, is settled. NEW ORLEANS, La, March 12— ‘The Cleveland Indians again are con- sidering Pasadena, Calif,, for their next Spring training camp. Negotiations have been reopened. Y GRAPPLERS IN SWEEP Capture All Seven Matches in a Meet With Gallaudet. Central Y. M. C. A. wrestlers won all seven matches against Gallaudet in a meet last night at Kendall Green. Summaries: 115-pound _ class — Anderson defeated O'Brien. 17 7 minutes 37 seconds, time ad- vant ‘n])n!;v"olvlmd class—Shockley defeated Bus- i1, fall. 4 minutes Mx.{svn:mi\fud‘nélu;sTPA:netcud’:d!elleu Green- Tl 4 minutes 4 seconds ml;:‘;-nound class—Sargent defeated Patne, u 183-pound class—Wisooker defeated Man- ey, 6 minutes 7 seconds, time ldvlnll!r class—Afmstrong defeated | stonfifl"6 minutes 45 seconds; time & 165-pound “Tf5-pound class—Paul defeated Ells, fall, 1 minute 31 seconds. 1 GODWIN AND LAWSON IN FEATURE CONTEST Signed When Jacobs Is Unable to Meet Portney on Account of Injured Lip. an- Bob Godwin, Southern light-heavy- | weight champion, and Eric Lawson, Newport News, have been signed for the feature bout on Tuesday night's boxing card at Portner's Arena, Alex- andria. They will replace Jackie Port- ney and Stumpy Jacobs, whose meeting was abandoned when the latter with- drew because of a lip Injury received in training. | Godwin won a decision over Reds Barry, Washington's leading light-heavy, at_Portner's last Tuesday night Lawson will be out to wvenge a ue- feat by Godwin last SBummer at Nor- folk when the latter won a decision. Godwin welghs 164, and Lawson 168. Neither has been defeated jn this sec- tion. AMERICANS VIE ABROAD Five Represent Oxford and Two Cambridge in Track Meet. LONDON, March 12 (#).—Seven American athletics competed in the an- | nual Oxford-Cambridge athletic contest | this afternoon, the first time the con- test has been held on the new track at |the White City stadium, Shepherds Bush | The Oxford varsity team included five | Americans, J. P. Scott of Wyoming, 100~ ¥ dash; 6. K. Kurtz, Yale, pole vault; J. Byles, Princeton, shotput; C. W. Lowry. Washington and Lee, high jump; J. W. Fellowes, Wisconsin, 3-m! run | Two Americans turned out for Cam- bridge, W. D. Behnker, Yale, pole vault, | and V. Munroe, Harvard, i -mile run. " NATATORS TO GO WEST National Woman's Meet Tenta- tively Awarded to Los Angeles. The national indoor women's swim- ming championships, which were sought by Washington, have been awarded Los | Angeles upon condition that it meet certein requirements, which it is be- lieved virtually certain to do. However, should the California city ¢+ fulfill all the canditions, there is thought to be still a remote chance of ‘Washington getting the championships. Lawrence Hitting for Tigers Big Boy and Fast, Rookie From Seattle Promises to Give Deiroit Club Power. HE Detroit team harbors a young player from the North- west, Willlam Lawrence of Seattle, an outfielder. He is tall, rangy, fast of foot for a big boy and can hit hard. Harris has taken a liking to him and the fans may be hearing much more of this boy. ‘That probable find might help bring Detroit back some cf the it once c{l’l‘d in the outfield iwford, Mclntire, and Manush in terror for all itchers. Last year the Tiger out- | Reld was very ordinary both in hit- ting_and flelding. Only one of the old line-up, Jonathan Stone, is sure of a place this season. So Harris is paying attention to Lawrence, Ken- | neth Strong and Joyner White, new men. | Lawrence was a mighty batter in | the Pacific Coast League and has | handled himself sufficiently wel at twm,)or leagu in his ability to e g. He flelds well and there ubt he will improve. Vl? , La ce covers much b it it remains to be seen if he has | base ball sense. ~ THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME.—By WEBSTER GREW ON TREES How ‘BouT A PAIR OF ANNIE OAKLEYS FOR T'NIGHT? ANNTHING LEFT? THE DAYS WHEN THEATRE TICKETS Yup, SOTHERN AN MANSFIELD AN MAUDE ADAMS AN' FRANK DANIELS AN WILLIE coLLIER AN DEWOLF HOPPER AN WEBER AN' NOT MUCH LEFT. LOOK ‘Er OVER AN HELP MOURSELF MARCH 12, 1932. FIELDS, BATTALING PROVES CLASS AS WELTER Victory Over Ran Makes Him Feared in Two Classes. Pole Nearly Kayoed. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, March 12.—Chris- topher (Bat) Battalino of Hart- ford, Conn,, may turn out to be another Billy Petrolle—light enough to worry the lightweights and welterweights. After a brief career among the 135- pounders, during which he knocked out Al Singer and Billy 8aw in two rounds aplece, Battalino went after bigger game in Madison Square Garden last night and proceeded to give Eddle Ran, the Polish thunderbolt, an artistic trouncing in 10 rounds. Outweighed eight pounds, the former featherweight champlon took rounds to find out what made Ran tick and then waded into the Pole to win the unanimous decision of the two Jjudges and the referee. At 138 pounds, Battalino ap) be in great shape. It should be no Herculean task for him to shave off three pounds and mix with the light- when he has a elterwelght to face. The cagey Hartford battler never gave Ran an opening for the Pole's vaunted ht hand—the punch that stretched Billy Townsend and other welters on the canvas for the full count. Battalino kept his chin weil ed until he came in close and then belted Ran with savage lefts and rights to face and body. A left opened a cut over Ran’s eye in the fifth round, and it bled steadily thereafter. Through the last two rounds Battalino had Ran hanging on desperately to save himself from a knockout. Ran took the bout on three days' notice when Billy Petrolle was forced to withdraw be- | cause of a stiff neck, but it was not | that that beat him. 'Strictly a right- 'h:rnd puncher, Ran never found the get. A crowd of 16,000 persons e persons saw the | — -— | BENTLEY NAMED PILOT. ELMIRA, N. Y., March Bentley, former s star for the New delphia National: been named ma. Colonials of the League. —Jack ltcher and first base ork Giants, the Phil. nd Washington has r of the Elmira New York-Penn | | | By the Associated Press. Yesterday's Results. At Los Angeles—Chicy New York (N), 1. o | At San Francisco—8an |¢®. 0, L), ; nings. Training Tilts (N), 3; Francisc 8; Detroit (A), 4, 10 ln? Today's Schedule. At St. Petersburg, Fla.—Boston Ny, | vs. New York (A.). At _San Francisco—Detroit (A.) vs. San Francisco (P. C. L.). | At New Orleans—Cleveland (A), vs. | New Orleans (8. A.). At Tampa, Fla—Philadelphia (N.), | vs. Cincinnatt (N.). At Los Angeles—New York (N.), vs. Chicago (N). At Fort Myers, Fla.— Philadel, (A) vs. Indianapolis (A. A.). o % Sunday’s Games. At Biloxi, Miss—Washington (A.), vs. Baltimore (I. L.). At St. Pourwu'x?. Fla—New York (A), vs. Boston (N.). t_San Francisco—Detrolt (A.), vs. San Francisco (P. C. L), morning and ia it (N.). At Los NAnnh-—Nu York (N.) vs. (N.). At Calif. —Pittsl , (N), vs. Oakland (P. O. L), and afternoon. heavy enough to be dangerous to the | four | | o | wrestter. Fight Fans Pray For Lindy’s Boy NEW YORK, March 12.—A dra- matic scene was enacted in Madison Square Garden last night before the main event between Bat Battalino and Eddie Ran. Joe Humphreys in a short speech re- called to the gathering that on May 20, 1926, at the Yankee Sta- dium 60,000 fight fans had risen in silent prayer for the safety of Charles A. Lindbergh as the Lone Eagle winged his way across the Atlantic on his afrplane flight from New York to Paris. Humphreys then asked the crowd to rise in prayer for the safe return of the kidnaped son of the Lone Eagle, Charles A. Lindbergh, jr. As | the 14,000 men and women stood with heads bowed, Joe offered up a brief spoken prayer, with the hope that it might be answered as was the former prayer for Lindbergh. a professional. ., PHILADELPHIA 1N PING PONG TILT First Intercity Match Ever Held Here on Today and Tonight at Shoreham. weights, nor difficult to build up to 140 | | wasl and Philadelphia teams | will stage the first intercity ping pong match ever held here this afternoon and tonight at the Shoreham. This afternoon’s play, starting at 2:30 o'clock, will be all in singles and tonight, be- ginning at 8:30 o'clock, there will be eight singles and two doubles tilts. | Frank Veal, Eastern States cham- | plon, heads the Philadelphia team. His mates are Corrington Veal, Tom Brad- ley and Carl Zeisberg. Washington will be represented by Eddie Black, G. A. | Brodle, E. K. Morris and W. R. Black. | toward sending the winner of the next District champlonship to the national singles in New York TURNER WRESTLERS IN CLASHES TONIGHT Scheduled for Five Bouts at Strand, Two to Be Finish En- gagements. Wrestling followers will get their second Joe Turner-promoted show of ht at Strand Theater ut card, featuring Fred Grobmeler and Bill Middiekauf in one of the two finish matches, will be staged, starting at 8:30 o'clock. Women with escorts will be admitted fre-. Turner has procured several well known matmen, including Ralph Wil- son, Milo Steinborn, Frank Spears, Earl McCready and George McLeod in addi- tion to Grobmeler and Middlekauf. Wilson and Henry Snyder, a new- comer from the Pacific Coast, will op- pose in the second finish match of t! evening. The thres 30-minute preliminaries &rmmse plenty of action. Steinborn, erman strong man, will engage Spears, former rgla Tech grid lumi- nary. McCready will tackle McLead an erstwhile Bowserite. The curtain- raiser will bring together Nick Nestor and Steve Kasha. Tickets will be available at thé An- napolis Hotel until 6 pm. and at the :fluomce of the Strand Theater there- r. —_— COLORED LOOP TO MEET. Colored ental Base Ball League will hold a reorganization meet- ing tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of G. Mills, 2032 Flagler ice. Teams wishing franchises should Tepresented. DUSEK IS SUSPENDED. PHILADELPHIA, March 12 ().—The State Athletic Commission has sus- yendod four boxers and two wrestlers or failure to honor contracts and other infrac 1s Ernie Dusek, Proceeds of the competition will go START WEEDING BIG U. 5. TENNIS FIELD Fans Focus on French Trio and Dozen Americans. Champ Is Underdog. By the Associated Press. | EW YORK, March 12.—The business of disposing of some 64 tennis players preliminary to the international fireworks | of the closing rounds of the national | | indoor tennis championships began | today. | Eighty players were accepted as en- | tries for the tournament but in the | eves of the general public only the three invading French stars, Jean Bo- rotra, Christian Boussus and Antoine Gentien, and a dozen or so Americans ‘who hope to bring the title back to the Unitad States, really count. Not until the players get into the round of 16 next week is there any real | sUft competition due. Although Bo- | rotra, now 34 years old and slowing up, | is not expected to win his fifth Ameri- can championship, he faces no real op- | position until he reaches the quarter- finals, Only Eddie Jacobs, the Balti- more boy who is seedéd sixth among | the Americans, stands between the | Basoue and a match with Berkeley | Bell, the little Texan who carried him | to five sets in last year's final. Bo- rotra’s first opsouem is George Hart- ford of Harvard. Boussus, whom many experts regard | as the most dangerous of the French | trio, faces a stiff he is to meet | George Lott in the semi-finals. Starting against Frank Broids of Harvard, the Prench southpaw must first get past | Gregory Mangin, the Newark boy who | i3 seeded fifth, and Sidney Wood of New York, fourth American player on| | first basemen, seems to have put a SPORTS. Seats for Opener Available Monday | | | Spring must be here, for tickets for the opening game of the Ameri- can League season are about ready. Announcement today was made that starting Monday morning at 9 o'clock those who have made reser- vations for the campaign inaugural, to be staged April 11 with the Boston Red Sox, gvill be able to obtain them. The ducats will be avall- able at the offices of the club, at Seventh street and Florida avenue, through either by personal call or the mail via checks. RATES BUCS REAL FLAG CONTENDERS Manager Gibson Has High Regard for Club—Philly Hurlers Shine. By the Associated Press. ASO ROBLES, Calif, March 1w —George Gibson, the new Pittm | burgh Pirate pilot, is convinced his team will be a powerful contender in the National League pen- nant race. He expressed himself as highly satis- fled with the manner in which his players have cavorted in training. Fourteen bay-district exhibition games, the first in Oakland Sunday night, have | been scheduled. LOS ANGELES, March 12.—Three games with the New York Giants have demonstrated that Cub pitchers are rapidly reaching form, but there has been little to indicate that the bats- men are keeping up with the hurlers. | Bill Terry, New York Giants' huaky‘ effective end to Manager John Mc- | Graw's complaints about his lateness in reporti this Spring. He showed midseason form yesterday. TAMPA, Fla, March 12—The Cin- | cinnati Reds awalted the arrival of | holdout Joe Morrisey with interest to- day, to see if he measures up to ad- vance notices of his ability in the in-| fleld. The Red managers are ready to believe what they have been told about the recruit. services have been received. INTER HAVEN, Fla, March 12— Phil Collins' first appearance in the box this season and the sen- sational hurling of two rookes, Red Grabowski and Bob Adams, gave the Philadelphia Nationals something to re- joice over tcday. In an Intramural game yesterday the two youngsters pitched three innings of hitless ball. CLEARWATER, Fla., March 13— Murray Howell, big Brooklyn recruit, may not have much chance of breaking into an outfleld which includes Hack Wilson, Frank O'Doul, Ike Boone, the holdout Babe Herman and the promis- ing recruit Al Cohen, but he may get a regular job with the Dodgers yet. Howell has been making quite an im- pression as a first baseman in practice games. action he probabl! play that post in BOXING LAURELS WON Jack Earns Northwest's Golden Gloves Middle Crown—To Try for Olympic Team. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, March 12.—With his father, Mike Gibbons, the “Phantom,” as his second, Jack Gibbons of St. Paul has climbed a rung up the ladder of boxing fame. Jack won' the middleweight cham- plonship of the Northwest's annual golden gloves tournament, which ended here last night. He polished off Del Styers, Minneapolis, in three rounds, using a cnmum right and a fast left. In doing it Jack accomplished something his father never been able to do despite his greatness in the ring—win a championship. Along with other champions named last night, Jack will go to & sectional golden gloves tournament at Chicage in an effort to qualify for the American Olympics team. SWIMMERS MUST ACT Entries for District A. A. U. Meet to Close on Monday. the list. Lott, who tops the 10 seeded Amer- icans, is drawn in the same quarter as Gentien, Julius Seligson, former inter- | collegiate champion, and Ed Jenkins of New York, tenth seeded playsr. His first opronent is Wilson Rogers of Ntw‘ York. The second of the favored Americans, Prank Shields, faced some | | Stiff opposition after today's match with | | John Pitman of New York with Marcel | Rainville, Canada’s No. 1 player and & | post entry in the tourney, and Eugene | McAuliffe and Frank Bowden, both | | sceded players, in his quarter of the draw. TRACK CHAMPS PALED Irish Qualify Five in Central Meet, Michigan Normal 11, SQUTH BEND, Ind., March 12 (#).— | Notre Dame’s customary supremacy in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic As- | sociation was seriously threatened when ! Michigan Normal College led the quali- tying for the annual indoor track and | field meet. | The Normalites placed 11 finals to be held today. Notre Dame was second with 5. Marquette, Michi- | gan State College each placed 4, But- ler, 3; Kinsas State, 2, and Grinnell, | Detrolt University and Loyola of Chi- 1cl§~r, 1 each. fals were held only in the hurdles, dash and middle distance runs. Capt. Bill MeCormick of Notre Dame was honor man, tieing the world record for 60 yards indoors by doing the dis- tance in 6.2 seconds. men in | Street Not Upset As Stars Hold Out RADENTON, Fla, March 12— Apparen! unperturbed by the absence of Charles Gelbert, who is a holdout along with Chick Hafey, Manager Street is paying & great deal of attention to the work of grooming Eddie Delker to take Gel- bert's place at shoi . Street says, however, that if Gel- bert should show up he would have ht‘ll old1 pmlfib)l; bac! mllv‘l(h the world champions. eanwhile, Gelbert is at his home in Ambler, Pa, and has shown acceding to the a Entries for the District A. A. U. in- door swimming championships, to be held March 18 and 19 in the 8horeham Hotel pool, will clcse Monday with A. Earle Weeks, 3727 T street. Mat Matches | besides Already four offers for his | Bru BY MIKE GIBBONS’ SON > LIKELY TO WORRY PENNANT CHASERS Better Afield, Hurling Good, but Boston Club Lacks Catchers. of & series of This is the Dall es ‘on mafor siztn base dali " stort Prosects.) BY ALAN GOULD, Astociated Press Sports Editor. league T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March S 12—Even if the best they may even hope for s a fourth or fifth place this year, the Boston Braves will go back on the warpath with a faster, stronger club. The power of their pitching staff alone figures to make it extremely unpleasant for any of the National League out- fis listening intently to the buzz of the pennant bee. Manager Bill McKechnie has real lopes of getting more batting punch, lack of which cost the club many & well-pitched ball game last season. It's quite another story when it comes to fortifying the club's one real weak spot —behind the bat. With a Mickey Cochrane or Jimmy ‘Wilson ox:mtehem m;ler‘n"nb‘u.k“ th:' if it ;;e ;'flmmr the grand old veteran, m Gow now head coach, the Braves Would be sure-fre pennant contenders. Catching Stalf Wobbly. The catching staff now consists of Al Spohrer, former knockout vietim and now the roommate of Art Shir and Red Hargrave veteran from Baltimore. Spohrer is the better receiver, Hargrace, the harder hitter, but what McKechnie needs is a combina~ tion of the best features of each. Nt first-ha | only recruit prospect is John Bensono, from Binghamton, N. experiment _of outfielder, behind peared to solve the M hnie Y., and the novs Moore, an bat not ap- oy JOR B southpaws e league who :.on 18 and lost 11 with a sixth- place club in 1931, He has another reliable southpaw in old Tom Zachary, i Willle Sherdel, and four sea- itlon. Both are right handers. McKechnie plans to n_elgl 10 pitchers. e Braves' infleld will show at least two new fiy 3 Knothe and Art Shires at first, and e has been working thess play- ers, with Bill Urbanski at shortstop, as his first-string combination, It packs & batting wallop besides looking good on the defense. Knothe May Aid at Third. With Del Bissonette out of | spot. ly wmufit & chance to the exhibitions. self G. U. RIFLEMEN VICTORS Prove Too Strong for New York U. Team in Match Here. Georgetown University rifie team terday downed New York U. shots shoulder-to-shoulder matech, 1, 1314, on the G. U. range. Post of the losers, with 272 out of a possible 300, took individual honors. TR B el o Y??% BLUE COALS TO PLAN. A meeting to Teorganise the Griffith | Blue Coals base ball team will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at th: Phoenix Club. 8 Fourth street northeast. All By the Associated Press. DETROIT.—Ed (Strangler) Lewls, | Los Angeles, threw PFrank Bronowics, New York, 32:07; Hans Kampher, Ger- many, threw Jack Blackstone, 4:16; Gino Garibaldi, Italy, and George Zaharias, Pueblo, Colo., drew, 10:05:; Ray Steele, Glendale, C hl., threw Mike Romano, New York, 18:24: Joe Turner, | Detroit, threw Hussian Seloom, 6:15. Yonkers, N. Y.—Leo Pinetzki, 280, Polend, threw Herb Freeman, 218, New York, 17:12; Pritz Kley, 212, Germany, threw Alois Kausski, 215, Poland, 10:15; Ralph Wilson, 208, Philadelphia, threw Paul Favre, 210, France, 12:50; Renato Gardini. 200, Italy, threw Gins- berg, 209, Chicago, 23:40; Sid Westrick, | 220, Newark, and Tony Rocco, 200, Italy, drew, 30:00. PHILADELPHIA —8am Stein, 200, Newark, threw Tiny Roebuck, 248, Oklahoma, 22:33; Earl McCready, 234, Oklahoma, threw Frank Speers, 234, Atlanta, 29:13; Herman Hickman, Ten- nessee, outpointed Milo Steinborn, Ger- many, 30:00; Hans Steinke, New York, threw George McLeod, Boston, 16:26: George Manich, Providence, outpointed Fred Grubmier, Towa, 30:00. DAYTON, Ohlo—John Pesek, Ne-| braska, defeated Charley Stanton, 19:30, and default (Stanton unable to con- tinue). COLUMBUS, Ohio—Everett Mar- shall, 200, Colorado, threw Abe Coleman, 08, New York, 23:31; Karl Danis, 208, Columbus, threw Ed'Burn, 200, Kansas City, 27:25; Suylemin Bey, 200, threw Joe Banaski, 185, 17:14; Okey Landen, Baltimore, defeated Adolph™ Sandow, Germany; Pat McClary, Los_Anesios threw Julius Strongbow, Oklahoms City. ST. LOUIS—Joe Malcewicz, 202, Utica, N. Y. threw Nick Lutze, 198, Venice, Calif, 48:50; Ed Don George, 210, North Java, N Y., threw Johnny Plummer, 218, Des Moines, Iowa, 10:38; Richard “Bufl” Martin, 222, Trenton, N. 3.,33::040 Pat McGill, gg é;!hnd. drew, 30:00; Fred Myers, icago, and John Frevers, 226, Bweden, drew, | outpointed Archie Bell, B; uel Quintero, O] Omabh: BI TERRE Indiana, Butte, ' Mont. Youngstown, Ohio., Farris, Marshall - (10); Matt Calo, San Francisco, stopped Kenneth <5 Dongvan, Dayton, Ohio (3). "| P, sk Dises. 10y candidates are asked to end. Willie Glascoe in will manage the team. He is ing games at 1316 L street southeast, telephope Atlantie 4953-J. A. B. Nicholson has been re- appointed business manager. Fistic Battles By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK.—Bat Battalino, Hart. ford, Conn., outpointed Eddie Ran, Po- land (10); Johnny Peni, New Yfgk. (10): Ralph Lenny, Jersey City, outpointed Murray Elkins, New York (10). Rimtan, N 3., Hiopoed. Bimmy Mia: . N. J, - ):u?ukh Flelds, world welter-weight champion, 1zay Kline, Philadelphia (1), non-f : Mane mpa. Fla., knocked out Walter Still, Grand Junetion, Oolo. (1), HOLLYWOOD.—Pidel Labara, Los Angeles, outpointed Varias Milling, Philippines (10). SANTA FE, N. Mex—Eddie Mack, | Colorado, stopped Jack Kane, Chicago (6). Nebr.—Tommy Grogasy outpointed Billy Vaughn, Scotte lub, . (10). HAI out] (10); Jimmy Engl hn‘oe!ed out Hi ). Ind.—Nick Ellen- Bud wood, Fort Wayne, oul Jones, South Bend (10). SAN FRAN! CISCO. Tommy, outpointed Rohl&:? "I.daul. Johnson, Tulsa, Okla. Jack Gibbs, Tulsa, stopped Mickey DIEGO, Calif—Young Juj