Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1932, Page 53

SPORTS SECTION @(hz gunflag gia Bowling and Golf C., SUNDAY | | WASHINGTON, D. Big League Inaugural Against Red Sox Tomorrow Probable Line-Up for Opening 250,000 FANS DUE Games ig Both Major LeagueS! / ) 0 } AIgflPENING "”S MORNING, APRIL 10, 1932. _Pnrt 5—4 Pages Griffs Get Final Grooming for NEED BISON CLASH AFTER THER LOAF Johnson Is Eager to Stage Workout—Judge to Play at First Base. By the Associated Press OLLOWING are the probable line-ups for the opening major league base ball games Monday and Tuesday. American League, | Washington—Myer, second base; Manush, left field; West | center; Cronin, short; Reynolds, right; Judge, first base; Bluege, third; | Spencer, catcher; Crowder, pitcher. Boston—Rothrock, left; Warstler, short; McManus, second; Webb. | right; Pickering, third; Van Camp, first; Oliver, center; Berry, catch- er; MacFayden or Durham. pitcher. | New York—Byrd, center; Saltzgaver. second; Ruth, right; Gehrig, first; Chapman, left; Crosetti, third; Dickey, catcher; Lary, short; Gomez or Ruffing, pitcher. Philadelphia—Bishop, second; Haas, center; Cochrane, catcher; Simmons, leg: Foxx, first; Miller, right; Dykes, third; Williams, short; Grove, pitcher. St. Louis—Schulte, center; Burns, first; Goslin, left; Mellilo. sec- ond; Kress, right; Storti, third; Levey, short; Ferrell, catcher; Stew- art or Coffman, pitcher. 5 o Chifiagof.\{\derson. c;ntearl: Sl:“m)xtu,slelft}:1 Watwood or IFO;,h"' - gill, right; Appling, second; ue, first; Selph, third; Cissell, short; | noon that they may be well lim- ?Grube.gcatchel:'l,) Lyons or Frasier, pitcher. B bered for tomorrow's major Detroit—Johnson, right; Gehringer, second; Stone, left; Alex- league inaugural clash with the |ander or Davis, first; Rogell, short; G. Walker or Lawrence, center; Red Sox. |Richardson, third; Ruel, catcher; Sorrell, pitcher. lked by col i idav | Cleveland—Kamm, third; Hodapp, second; Averill, center; Mor- = y cold and rain Friday | gan, first; Vosmik, left; Porter, right; Montague, short; Sewell, catch- and yesterday when they had ex- er; Ferrell, pitcher. pected to play the Baltimore club, Johnson's charges sorely need a brisk workout to put them on edge for the big business ahead. m_‘;{‘,’; ’:.“’m:"ff,,‘“‘f?{,‘; ‘P;evgflk’f'f:,’:‘er; Collins or Benge, pitcher. week trained to the minute for their Brooklyn—Cohen or O'Doul, left; Frederick, right: Stripp, third; - plunge into the American League cham- | Wilson, center; Wright, short; Cuccinello, second; Kelly, first; Lopez, plonship struggle. A lgy-off of two days | catcher; Hoyt, pitcher. isn't calculated to help them, however, Boston—Maranville, second; Worthington or Leach, left; Berger, which accounts for their manager's|center; Schulmerich, right; Shires, first; Urbanski, short; Knothe, Sanen 3:! lc‘l,l:n m:dvst this after- | UPird; Spohrer, catcher; Brandt or Sherdel. pitcher. — ';:Wnd;]:"‘,m P Chicago—Hack, third; Herman, second; Cuyler, center; Taylor fleld the line-up, excepting the p‘ubfl,_;g;garte:}.]gghfi;ostepfie%son, left; English, short; Grimm, first; Hart- that will carry the fight to the Boston , catcher; , pitcher. ) band in the season opener. | . Cincinnati—Douthitt, center; High or Gilbert, third; Herman, ‘The infleld will include Joe Judge at (right; Morrisey or Grantham, second; Heath, first; Crabtree or Roett- first base, Buddy Myer at second, Joe|ger, left; Durocher, short; Lombadi, catcher; Lucas or Johnson, at . Heinie Manus n le St. Louis—Adams, third; Watkins, right; Frisch, second; Martin field, Sam West in center and Carl . %5 i Wi i 2 : . Reynolds in right. Roy Spencer will be g?;‘l:g 3 :&rfiggfly' first; Collins, left; Wilson, catcher; Gelbert, short; hind the bat. The pitching toda: . Deooany will pe done by Monte Weaver | Pittsburgh—L. Waner, center; P. Waner, right; Comorosky, left; and Carl Pischer. | Traynor, third; Suhr, first; Piet, second; Thevonow, short; Finney, Tomorrow the all-important box as- |catcher; French or Brame, pitcher. signment will be drawn by Al Crowder, regarded by Manager Johnson as the most advanced of the Washington pitch- ing stafl. 'NCLUSION of Judge in today's line- up indicates that the tussle between the veteran and the youngster, Joe Kuhel, for the berth at first base is off temporarily. Johnscn has decided that Judge will start the campaign, but by no means has the manager put Kuhel | out of the picture for good. | Johnson feels that with the Nationals | tackling their most dangerous rivals, the Athletics and Yankees, ro often in | the early going, it is better to have the benefit of Judge's greater experience and more robust batting. Kuhel, a superb fielder, but not so formidable at bat, is in excellent trim and ready to go at a moment's notice. ‘The young first-sacker must wait, though, for another shot at the posi- Base Ball’s Prosperity De- pends Chiefly on Hope of Closer Races. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, April 9.—Fea- turing the fanfare and pa- geantry for which it long has been famous, major league base ball’s big show sounds the overture next week for a pro- spective upturn in the big business of American sport. As the traditional backbone of the Nation's athletic enterprise, it has been carefully treated for weak spots and in- jected with new blood for a campaign that will put its vitality and stability to & severe test. The prospects, meanwhile, are for an auspicious as well as gala getaway. The Nation's Chief Executive, Herbert Hoo- ver, will make the first official gesture by throwing out the ball for the prelude, to be played by Boston and Washing- ton clubs at the Capital on Monday afterncon. The tumult and roar will echo all along the major league fronts on Tuesday, when all 16 clubs swing into action to the accompaniment of pa- rades, flag-hoisting and band-playing. & 250,000 Expected at Openings. All told. upward of 250,000 fans are expected to witness the nine opening games listed for the two days. This would compare favorably with the rec- ord turnout of 249,000 for the eight inaugural contests of 1931. The largest of Tuesday's crowds— 40,000—is expected to jam Brooklyn's enlarged park for the Jolly Dodgers’ coming-out party against the Boston Braves. More than 30,000 likely will see the New York Yankees fire their first challenge at the Athletics in Philadel- phia, while as many more watch the St. Louis Cardinals, world champions, make their first home stand against the Pittsburgh Pirates. From 15,000 to 35,000, with a good “break” in the weather, should witness each of the other openers. Washington and Boston, after entertaining the presidential party, journey to the Hub for another ceremonial affair Tuesday. The other American League engage- ments Tuesday are: Cleveland at De- troit, St. Louis at Chicago; National League: Philadelphia at New York, Chi- cago at Cincinnatl. Although the clubs of both leagues have put into force a program of rigid economy, with pay rolls and player limits reduced, they depend for pros- (Continued on Second Page.) BY JOHN B. KELLER. AIR weather and a fast field | F are wanted today for the | Washington base ball club. Manager Walter Johnson is more than eager to send his Na- | tionals against the Buffalo outfit in Grifith Stadium this after- MOUR UACLE'S HURLING STAFF, AS (T STANDS, wiLL HAVE A RUGGED TASK \N ATTEMPTING TO RAISE'A FLAG TS Year.. . National League. New York—Critz, second; Koenecke, left; Lindstrom, center; Ter- | ry, first; Ott, right; Jackson, short; Vergez, third; Hogan, catcher; Walker or Fitzsimmors, pitcher. Philadelphia—Mallon, second; G. Davis, center; Klein, right; | Hurst, first; Lee, left; Whitney, third; Bartell, short; V. Davis, catch- CARL FISCHER HAD 10 CARRY 1HE BURDEN LAST YEAR - AND | 081 CRACKED INNINGS M5 ARERNON e NIN CROWDER. , GRIFFS RIGHTHANDER, GETS OFF YO A FLYING starT TOMORROW, WALTER JONNSON WILL FEEL HE HAS A CHANCE TOo KEEP AS NATS OUT 4N FRONT League Heads See Big Year HEYDLER AND HARRIDGE BOTH CONFIDENT BASE BALL WILL PROSPER THIS SEASON. BY WILL HARRIDGE, President American League. HICAGO, April 9 (#).—The American League should have the tightest race this year since 1926, when the Yankees beat out the Cleveland In- dians by two games. Tradition points to a new cham- pion, as no team has been able to win the American League flag four straight years, a goal which Connie Mack has set for his strengthened BY JOHN A. HEYDLER, President National League. EW YORK, Aprili 9 (®).— ‘Whatever else may be tem- porarily out of gear in our national life, I believe I am safe in saying there is no slowing up in base ball interest. Reports which come in to me from all over the country indicate more boys already are out on the lots playing the game than ever before and that the off- season trades have stimulated an CROWDER WAS (M SucH FINE SHAPE IN BILOX| HE APPEARED TO BE WALTER. JOHNSON'S PITCHING PROBLEM ANSWERED W ONE FLASK ... Opener April 20 tion he cared for quite acceptably the | greater part of last season. Wl-lnx Cronin and Spencer are | slated to start tomorrow they are | not to play throughout today’s ex- | hibition tilt, according to Johnson. Just recovered from & sinus affection and a mild tonsllitis attack following a | cold contracted down South, Cronin was to quit a hospital bed only this | morning and could not be expected to be in condition to withstand the strain of an entire rnme today. Spencer still worked hard in a mere practice game. It may be that Cronin will not go through tomorrow’s season inaugural But he will start. The peppery short- stop still is the sparkplug of the Wash- | ington machine and his presence in the line-up is deemed an inspiration to his fellow Nationals. Johnny Kerr, the little infielder ac- | quired from the White Sox during the Winter, will stand by ready to take uj the shoristopping should Cronin show | the strain of toil ASHINGTON may turn to its Chat- | tanooga farm for that extra in- | has a sore left leg. the result of an injury sustained in train- ing not so long ago, and is not to be Philadelphia Athletics. However, you can be assured that the A's will be a hard team to beat, tradition or no tradition. Connie Mack, who I feel sure is sincere in saying the A's have two or three clubs to worry about this year, has strengthened his reserves con- siderably. The Yankees, picked as the most dangerous team in the race, have improved both pitching and de- fense, while Washington has added power to its attack. Cleveland, weak in flelding and pitching in 1931, ap- pears to have strengthened both these departments. St. Louis will start with virtually the same team that finished last season, but the management is con- fident of finishing as high or higher than a year ago. The Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox have shown more improvement, possibly, than any other teams in the league with the exception of New York. Despite a rather unsatisfactory training trip, Detroit has made great efforts to strengthen its team and looks stronger. ‘We should have a good season and a good race, and, I hope, the next world champion. enormous amount of interest in the coming seascn. Our players should toe the mark next Tuesday in excellent physical condition. Fortunately, injuries and illness are not so pronounced as in recent years ‘To me there are several reasons why the National League's fifty- seventh season promises unusual in- terest: Amcng them, the restoration to sound limb of great players like Lindstrom, Wright, Critz and Haines, as well as the newcomer, Heath. The come-backs of Hack Wilson, Waite Hoyt and Art Shires. The switch of many well known players to cther “home” towns. The addition cf a number of promising _youngsters. who have made impressive showing in training games The test of leadership qualities of two new managers, Max Carey and George Gibson, both stars in their playing days The keen interest in what “Pep- per” Martin will do over the 154- ame route, and in the question of ow long “Rabbit” Maranville will keep up his sterling play. flelder it needs. With the Look- | outs again is Wes Kingcon, recently turned back to the Southern Association Club after a trial with the Browns. Manager Bill Killefer had infielders of much class and experience in the big show s0 Wes did not have a chance to | horn in, it seems. ‘ Johnson, however, thinks well of Kingdon and believes he would be Eastman Runs Half in 1.51.3 To Add Another World Record ‘HE Nationals’ pennant prospects were just about as gloomy as the weather prevailing when this piece was typed yesterday, but in the opinion of this col- umn they still can win; they have as good a chance for sec- ond place as the Yankees and they practically are a cinch to finish no worse than third. Philadelphia has been our choice all along to repeat and set an American League record by copping four titles in a row and nothing has developed during the exhibition schedule to alter that view. Only Cochrane of their “Big Six” seems likely to fall off ap- preciably in effectiveness, but Grove, Earnshaw, Walberg, Simmons and Foxx still are standouts, and while the ma- chine as a whole may sag a bit, as long-reigning monarchs are prone to, it could slip 50 points and still top an im- proved contender coming up, ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON ing the return of Henry John- son, an appendicitis victim, they are no better fixed for boxmen than the Nationals. To offset the extra-base swatting of such clouters as Ruth and Gehrig the Griffs will display more combined speed and a tighter defense. It is our notion the Yanks are leaning too heavily on an un- tried keystone duet—Saltz- gaver and Crosetti—brilliant as the latter appears. Cleveland appears too un- certalr defensively to threaten the leaders, but with its healthy hammering should hang onto fourth place, with plenty to spare. Almost any- thing can happen with the quartet consigned to the sec- ond division, but we think the Browns ought to top it, fol- lowed by the White Sax under their smart new leader, Lew Fonseca, with Boston and De- Yron battling to avoid the cel- ar. If Not Tomorrow 'HOULD rain prevent a clash be- tween Nationals and Red Sox tomorrow, Washington will have its formal base ball opening on Wednesday, April 20, when the Red Sox are to visit in and not next Sunday when the Athletics will play here. In the event of a postponement the ceremony arranged for tomor- row will be followed April 20, for President Hoover has said he would attend then should the opening be delayed. The Washington bese ball club has announced that couponed tick- ets for tomorrow's game would be good for the later opening should there be & postponement. TOURNAMENT TYRO Plays Like Veteran to Beat WINS NORTH-SOUTH Warner, Student at Yale, Crowder’s euchered the Senators out of a (form caused the Nats to during the final quarter of the season. The General Carries a Load FATF OF GRIFFMEN RESTS LARGELY UPON EARLY SEASON FORM DISPLAYED BY HURLING VET. BY TOM DOERER. O Gen. Alvin Crowder’s slug- | gish start last year is at- tributed the Nationals’ fail- ure to do better than land third in the 1931 American League race. It may or may not be true that lethargic getaway nnant, but it is conceded that is tardiness in at'.almng tkolp uckle ‘Winston-Salem's most prominent ball player realizes that his bad start hurt. He now knows that another stumblin, break from the barrier again will checl his playmates, and at a time when the hurling staff is year's, too. not so strong as last Down there in Biloxi, Miss., the General talked about his poor start, gave the reasons for the slip and announced things would be different this year. If Crowder can flash a winning ef-| fort tomorrow in the inaugural against | the Red Sox, Carl Fischer can take his gllnnlu for a good way this pring. If T fall it not be be- cause I did not try to lick my old slow-starting habit.” that he was under his Southern form. Crowder, like Fischer, is gunning for 20 victories this year. Last sea- son he rang up 18 against 11 losses, most of his wins coming after the southpaw had cracked trying 1o make up for the right-hander’s bad getaway. ‘Walter Johnson, aplece, would be very disappointed. at the moment, Big Fred Marberry is recovering from a cold, Carl Fischer is just reaching tops after a siege with an achey arm, Lloyd Brown's fin still is Crowder was in splendid condition in the South. He hurled 15 innings before the team reached Washington, three against Baltimore, three against Louis- ville and nine against Chattanooga. Here he went four innings against the Braves, but in a fashion that indicated looking _over his hurling squad as it moved North last week, sald that he expected both Crow- der and Pischer to bring him in 20 wins and that if they did not he Crowder’s condition warrants him be- ing chosen to get the opening day as- signment tomorrow. In fact, the Gen- eral is the only fellow who seems right handy to have around until something Ryerson, 5 Up. better turns up. The Lookout infielder, | in fact. is regarded as far better than any other utility player the Nationals judged by their 1931 margin of superiority. Incidentally, it should not be overlooked that in Pitcher Joe bothersome, Monte Weaver had a bad time of it in his last start, and Bobby Burke's arm is just recovering from a prolonged soreness. regular turn and Fred Marberry can have the chance to show some of the form he displayed in the early exhibition games. To His Recent One in Quarter Cards Should Top Giants. By the Associated Press. could get hold of at present Kingdon was with the Newark Club when Walter managed it in 1928, and. according to the Washington pilot, was | Last year with the Lookouts, Kingdon was at short He fielded well Although employed | mainly in the shortfield since starting Kingdon can | give a good account of himself at second a good shortstop then throughout the season. and hit for 277 his professional career, or third, 'tis said. LOYD BROWN, left-hand pitcher, who has been thinking—in a left- handed way, it is rus to rejoin the Nationals todav the club left Knoxville ton last Wednesdav to Chattanooga for treatment by his manipulator. additional favorite Nothing has been heard from him since he departed from the club, but Browntie toiled for | four innings against the Smokies in the good In all likelthood Brown will feel the season gets under way and forget a!l about only last Tuesday Knoxville and Johnson declares southpaw's erm seemed pretty then. the urge once championship any arm allment—If there is one. nored—some- thing was wrong with his arm, is due When for Washing- Brown wrent over arm muscle 'ASHINGTON to finish third in the American Lesgue race That's going on record. What's more, the | A's to cop again and the Yankees to| get second money. Simply can't see where the A's have | slipped at all after taking their lick- in the last Fall's world series. They have great pitching and that dan- gerous attack that should carry them to the heights again. And the Yanks, | who were playing the test ball in the league all last September, are as pow- erful as ever. They may be short on hurling, but how they can wallop! The Nationals have more offensive ought to get much good pitch- | the few moundsmen they = have and quite likely will prove the B from BY RUSSELL J. NEWLAND, Associated Press Sports Writer. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif,, April 9 —Four thousand fans cheer- ed Big Ben Eastman, Stanfords greatest track star, on to a new world’s record in the 880-yard run, here today. On the same track where two weeks ago he chattered the 16-year-old quarter-mile mark, the gangling blonde speedster doubled the distance and ran two perfectly timed laps to finish in 1:513. This is three- tenths of a second faster than the accepted record made in 1926 by Dr. Otto Peltzer of Germany Enormous strides carried him over the ground in almost effortless fashion. He held the pole position and was off to a perfect start. At 220 yards he was clocked in 24 seconds flat. The timers caught him at 533-10 seconds for the quarter At 660 yards he was unofficially timed at 1183 ‘The American record & this distance is 1204, made by Homer Baker. Four timers. representatives of the Amateur Athletic Union, agreed on h's record-breaking run today. Tre corps of clockers were Dr. Frank Angell, Merri!l Ardrus, Al Katchin- ski and Frank Geis. The usual pre- cautions were taken and a wind gauge on the field indicated a breeze of 2.7 miles per hour during the first quarter and one of 2.1 for the second qusrter. Nine started in the race. but after the first 50 yards the bespectacled youth might just as well have been running alone. He drew away from the opposition steadily and broke the tape a full 40 yards ahead of the second place man. Eastman’s record-shattering run was the result of a perfectly exe- cuted plan In practice runs up to 660 yards he had been easing up too much on the third 220 yards. | [ | i He watched his pace carefully to- day and as a result had some 33 seconds in which to run the last furlong A fortnight ago Big Ben whizzed around the old Stanford oval in 46.4 seconds to better by one full Kmnd the mark Ted Meredith set 1918, Bowman, First Baseman Oscar Roettger and Outfielder Ed Coleman, Manager Mack has made promising additions to a club already well supplied with replacement material. The 6-foot youngster was utter- ly modest about his achievement. After the race, while photographers and motion picture newsreel men surrounded him, he told interview- €rs “it was a_hard run” He said he didn't realize he was breaking the record, no more than he did when he ran his great quarter-mile wwo_weeks ago. 1 was ‘tying up' at the finish," he said. Asked if he got a bigger thrill out of his 880-yard feat than he did from the record-smashing quarter-mile, Ben said he hadn't even thought about it Eastman’s victory helped his team defeat the San Francisco Olympic Club and the University of San Francisco in a triangular meet. Stanford piled up 78 points to 69 for the club and 16 for U. 8. F. Diamond Season Inaugural Card LENTY to see in Griffith Stadium tomorrow before Natonals and Red Sox open the country's major league base ball season. En- tertainment will start at noon and continue up to the beginning of the contest. Details of the opening day program follow: 11:00—Gates to stadium opened. 12:00—Concert by Goldman's Band starts. 2:45—Arrival of President at sta- dium. Parade to flag in center ficld by bcth clubs to be led by Army Band, Sccretary of the Treasury Ogden Mills and Clark Griffith, president of the Washington club. Holsting of the colors. 2:49—President to toss base ball s Mflmflfl starts. best defensive club in the circuit. But | they lack that long range hitting the A's and Yanks have. They probably will have to call uj their pitchers the burden. And woefully they would be in a sad any regular out of The A's have everything the Na-| tionals lack. The Yanks, too, are as| well fixed except in the pitching de- | mmn The National n't rate to out these clubs. Griffs Face Huge Task. OR the Griffmen to return to the heights they last reached in 1925 it would be necessary for them to drill through the entire campaign with all hands functioning to the fullest extent of their capa- bilities, even though the A's slumped appreciably, and the odds against them doing that are overwhelming. The gravity of the Nationals’ most serious weakness—lack of adequate reserves—is striking- ly illustrated in the plight of the club on the eve of the sea- son’s inaugural, due to the ill- ness of Cronin. Joe may be able to start, but it’s a cinch he won't be in con- dition to do himself justice and it is foolish to contend that | Johnny Kerr can offset the loss of the shortstop‘)er or any of the other regular infielders, even for a short period, not- withstanding his impressive Spring batting average. A pitching staff composed of Marberry, Crowder, Brown, Fischer, Weaver and Burke is no world beater, but it com- pares very favorably with any similar number New York can muster. Yanks Versus Nationals. | HE Gothamites present in Gomez an individual edge over any single local twirler, but it is unusual- for nut-{:u phenoms and T Plagtes. Buffing Pea: , g, Pen- nock and md., while awalt- N the National League the Giants are touted to cause the Cardinals considerably more trouble than they had in landing the chahmpionship last year, but St. Louis still looms as the class of the or- ganization, with Chicago and the revamped Brooklyn Dodg- ers, under the guidance of Max Carey, fighting it out for the other two money positions. Pittsburgh's Pirates, with George Gibson back at the helm, probably will meet with some sturdy opposition for fifth place from the improved Cin- cinnati Reds, but about the only thing the Phillies can look forward to is avoiding the basement, to which Boston's Braves seem doomed. Marathoners Are Busy. ITH the District A. A. U. 15-mile open race set for May 8, an Olympic tryout at the full marathon distance down for May 14 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the national A. A. U. championship to be decided here late in August, the leather- lunged lads of this sector never have been more pepped up. Many of them, along with a large delegation from Balti- more and several Olympic- minded runners from the all- Navy squad at Annapolis, are expected to take part in a practice gallop this morning from near Mount Vernon to the Knights of Columbus Hall. If you would see one of the world’s greatest marathoners, drive along the Mount Vernon Boulevard at any time after 11:30 this morning and single out Billy Agee of Baltimore. He sr.o’htbly be in front all the | game Milton Pierpont Warner of Amateur Gold Tournament here. The sturdy Yale senior fend his title this year. the first 18 with a one-hole lead. made a spectacular birdie 2. today, from watching them play, th last year. succeeds | George T. Dunlap of New York, inter- collegiate champion, who did not de- Starting off nervously this morning, he lost the first two holes to Ryerson, but retrieved them later and wound up It was a different story this after- noon. Ryerson lost his cunning, and repeatedly sent his ball spinning into traps, finally conceding the match on the thirty-third hole, where Warner average spectator would have imagined Ryerson, who won eight tournaments | last year and one this year, was new to | tne game. and Warner the veteran. This was Warner's second tournament. He was eliminated in the second round | of the Connecticut State competition | INEHURST, N. C, April 9.— | Playing a calm, methodical i that totally belied his lack of tournament experience, Pine | Orchard, Conn., gave John B. Ryerson of Cooperstown, N. Y., a 5 and 3 lacing Weaver those long ternational League in winning ball games. Your Uncle Clark Griffith then can afford to be a little lenient with the finnicky fins of Bobby Burke and Lloyd | 8sking for the honor of pitching the Brown, And, too, he can give Monte first conflict of the season rests the former In- | coming North, the topic among the tar needs to turn | hurlers was which one of them would | get the assignment, but Johnson evaded | the issue by announcing that the man Crowder believes he can get off this afternoon to capture the thirty-| on the right pedal. second annual North and South| “'m one month ahead of my- selt this year,” says Crowder. “By that I mean that I am in better shape for pitching right now than I was & month or more after the sea- son started last year. I kept busy hunting, fishing and throwing a base ball during the cold months, And, above all, the General has bee: | in the best shape would be picked. But regardless whether Crowder pitches in the opener it will be nec- essary for the General to prove ef- fective from the outset if the Sem- ators are to be a contender. Uncle Clark cannot afford s single sour spot in his hurling staff to.get anywhere this year. “Center Line” in Basket Ball Is Adopted to Check Stalling Except at the start of the match | | By the Associated Press. EW YORK, April 9—A new “center line” rule to elimi- nate “stalling” was adopted at the meeting here today of the Joint Basket Ball Committee. The committee, in a general effort By the Associsted Press. was caught. Bir Abe Balley's Trinidad wi a h Abbot's Worth Runaway Horsé Bolts a Mile, Comes Back to Win Big Race NEWBUB.Y. England, April 9.—Abbot's Worthy, His unscheduled run did not seem to hurt the son of Brace-Pomsan as he won ea'fll);{ b; o Abbovs Wort hw&‘% threw his jockey, Gord e threw ockey, Gordon but the little fellow was unhurt and climbed back 5 - to speed up the action of the game, also voted to curb the so-called “blocking pivot": cleared up the defi- nition of blocking in general by terming it anything in which “per- sonal contact” occurs, and definitely ruled that “face guarding” is s foul. ‘The new “center line” rule, rec- ommended unanimously by the Na- n For days, tional Basket Ball Coaches' Assoeias ) tion, virtually legislates action into the game. Under it, members of the com- A Thompson's 4-year-old colt, today won the twenty-third running of the Newbury Spring Cup at 1 mile after bolt- ing at the barrier and running away for a mile before he Abbot's a length and a half from e’s Venture in third place into when the horse was caught and rode him‘to victory. mittee said, games will be impossible in which the defensive team clusters under its basket while the op) its dawdle with the ball at the ot} end of the court. J. F Bohler of Portland, Oreg., was named to the Officials’ Commit- tee and F. A. Rowe of Cleveland and Dr. Walter E. Meanwell of the University of Wisconsin were ap- pointed to the Questionnaire Com- mittee. The Joint Committee again in New York next and 10, meet 89 win b i a