Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1932, Page 31

Sports News Early Campaigning Holds Griffs’ Fate : Big League COING T0 BE ROUGH N FRST 8 WEEKS 25 Games With A’s, Yankees| May Make or Break Nats Before Trip West. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ASHINGTON'S base ball club in its quest for high honors in the American League championship chase must move along at top speed from the very outset of the campaign. The schedule for the season to be weather permitting—makes the early going so difficult for the Nationals that any slackening of pace within the first eight weeks of tussling might very easily eliminate them as serious con- tenders for worthwhile laurels. Manager Walter Johnson's band, in fact, should about realize what it is to get out of the pennant race before it begins its first Western invasion of the year early in June. Dates arranged by the league Schedule Committee call for the Nationals to complete before thl; time more than half the number of | engagements they have this year with the Athletics and Yankees, their most dangerous rivals. When_the Nationals make their bow in the West on June 6. they will have played —given favorable weather —12 games_with the league champion A's and 13 with the Yanks, the club that beat them out for second money in the race last year. They aiso will have played—provided their schedule be maintained—14 games with the Red Sox and 13 with the Western clubs, all of the latter block here. The Nationals ought to get much out of these 27 games, but those 25 with the Philadelphia and New York clubs will just about make or break the year for Johnson's jousters. Unless the Nationals get the jump on the A's and the Yanks in the early campaigning, it probably will be just too bad for them. While sturdy at] home, the Washington club for several years has been not so good on foreign fields, particularly those in the West Should the Nationals fail to make much headway in the scrapping with their big Fastern rivals before attacking the inland sector of the American Lea their hope of doing things in this year’s fae ficht might well be blasted before midseason. IOMETHING in the way of a break in t chedule comes to the Nation- als right off the reel, though. It's| sweet for them to be tussling with the Ped Sox the first five days of the cam- P while those old enemies, th Athletics and the Yankees, are ba a~say at one another in their first four e T s HEE 0% “ToF soe Tme have beon plessant pickin's for the Johnson crew, so the early arrangement of game dates may enable it to get a head start cn_its arch rivals. Then again the fact that the schedule | calls for A's and Yanks to fly at one another 14 times before they head | ‘Westward in June may be of some help to the Nationals, It does not seem likely at present that either of these clubs will make s runaway of their Wfl'fl Lioyd Brown returning from Chattanooga yesterday Johnson has all his pitchers under his | wing, but already he is finding it difficult to decide just who to use as starters in the early igning. Late last week he considered both Al Crowder and PFred Marberry for the pitching assignment in the opening game here and did not definitely swing to Crowder until Saturday. That choice apparently indicated the Nationals ‘would have on the hill for the season 1 in Boston tomorrow Marberry. ‘l Now Johnson says Fred may not go at | c. all for he thinks Carl Pischer would be the better selection. Fischer is in excellent trim and the Washington manager feels this speedy | left-hander has about the stuff that Would set the Red Sox on their heads. | Brown comes back to the club declar- ing his portside pitching limb in fine | sh again and says he ought to be | ready to take a turn on the hill in two | or three days. He is confident that | muscle manipulator who treated him down in Chattanooga got all the kinks out of the arm and did the job so | thoroughly that there will be no recur- rence of the allment. NOTHER erstwhile casual was to Teport to the Nationals this after- noon. Joe Cronin, the peppery shortfielder who spent several days in Geargetown Hospital gett a sinus cleared and having unruly tonsils sub- dued, quit the institution yesterday and was to break into the starting line-up today. Cronin may be well enough not to need further hospitalization, but | whether he is in good enough condition to withstand the strain of playing is questionable. For several days Joe had a weakening fever and one doesn't recover from the ravages of sinusitis and tonsilities in a hurry The Washington shortstop has plenty | of spirit and is as game as they are made. Eell be itching to play from the outset. but with Jos it may be a case of the spirit being willing, but the flesh weak. Don't expect this peerless shortstop to be at top form for several days. WASHINGTON now has an extra infielder it did not expect to get He is Jimmy McLeod, who blew in yesterday Leod, it was thought from Chattanooga. Mc- was making a place for himself with the Lookouts. to which he had been optioned this year. but President Joe Engle of the Washington farm surprised President Clark Griffith of the Nationals by shipping the plaver to this town Griffith says McLeod now will stick around with the Nationals instead of being moved on to a minor outfit. The Washington prexy thinks highly of Jimmy as & fielder and as the young fellow can get along at second, short or third i is figured he would be a handy player in a pinch. 'ONIGHT the Nationals hustle out of here not to return until next Sunday. They have four games in & row with the Red Sox in Boston, are slated to tackle the A's in Phila- delphia Saturdav then jump to their home lot for a Sunday tussle with the league champions. Too damp vesterday for that exhibi- tion with the Buffalo Club so the Nationals are hopving into the cham- plonship season with three days of idle- ness behind them. COAST LEAGUE RESULTS. San Francisco. 5-3; Seattle, 4-1. Hollywood, 7-1: Oakiand. 5-2. Sacramento. Missions, 4-2. : Los Angeles, 13-3, opened today— | * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen ng %iaf. i Comics and Classified WASHINGTON, D, G, MONDAY, APRIL 11, PROBABLE OPENING GAME BATTERIES By the Associated Press American League. TODAY. Boston at Washington Macfayden and Berry; Crowder and Spencer. TOMORROW. American League. New York at Philadelphia Gomez or Ruffing and Dickey shaw and Cochrane Cleveland at D Ferrell £nd Sewell: Sorrell and Ruel St. Louis at Chicago. Stewart and Ferrell | ster and Grube | National League. | Philadelphia at New York | Coilins and Davis: Walker | simmons and Hogan | Boston at Brocklyn Earn- | Hadley or Fra- or Fitz- | Brandt and Spohrer | Pittsburgh at St. I | French or Harris and Finney; Rhem and Wilson. Chicago at Cincinanti | Root and Hartnett; Johnson or Lucas and Lombardi ANATELR MATEN AN TILE WEET | Eliminations on Tonight at Boys’ Club for A. A. U. | Championships. | IGHT District A. A. U. wrestling | championships tonight will be the goal of nearly two-score | simon-pure matmen, ranging | from 115-pounders to grapplers of near-professional size, when the pre- | iminaries of the annual title affair | are held in the Boys' Club, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Tonight's pairings will eliminate all except two entrants in each class, who | will meet tomorrow in the finals. Some of the pre-tourney favorites are slated to oppose tonight. The opener, in the 115-pound class, is ex- pected to be well-contested as it calls for Dell Shockley of the Y. M. C. A.. defending champion and undefeated at Oklahoma A. and M., to meet Iskow of the J. C. C.. rated a standout chal- lenger. Achille Buzzelli, one of Gallaudet’s two entrants, will face stern competi- tion when he tackies J. Kosowsky of the J. C. C., defending titleholder in the 125-pound class. S. M. Wisooker of the Y. M. C. A, 145-pound class champton, will oppese John Broaddus, another feared contender. Harry Goldman,” who has been de- seribed by Joe Turner as “Washington's standout amateur wrestler,” will begin defense of his 155-pound crown against P. Brothers, unattached. R. J. Whitworth of the Y. M. C. A, 165-pound champ, will tackle another “Y" grappler in D. W. Armstrong, while Joseph Paul, also of the Y. M. C. A. and a former Boston Tech star, will encounter his chief 175-pound thrert, Alan Cohen of the J. C. C. In the heavyweight class, sans a de- fending champion, J. €. Ballard, No. 2 heavyweight last year, and Silverman of the J. C. C. will oppose. Gallaudet, which had planned to enter four in the tourney, will only have two representatives, Achille Bruz- zelli, 125-pounder, and Kennth Mantz 145-pounder. Bob Greenmun, 135, and Art Ells, 175, will be unable to compete. Tonight's feature pairings 115-pound_class—C. D, Shockley (Y. M C.A) vs. Iskow (J. C. C.) 125-pound class—J. 8. Kosowsky (J. C. A. Bruzzelli (Gallaudet) 135-pound ~class—W. McGrath A) vs. F. Sargent (Y. M. C 145-pound class—S M.’ Wisooker (Y. ) ve. J. Broaddus (Ambassador) 155-pound ciass—H. Goldman (J. C. vs., P. M. Brothers (unattached) 165-pound class—R. J. Whitworth .- C. A) .va. D. W. (¥. y Paul A 175-pound _class—Joseph x. C. C.). C."'Bailard" (Y . C.). . A vs. Alan Cohen (J. Unis . A.) vs. Sllverman J. C. Vs, (Y. A) . ‘Armstrong imited _ class—J. Base Ball Scores By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s results At St. Louis—Cardinals, At Bosten—Red Sox. 4: Braves, 1 At Kansas City—Chicago (N.), 8 Kansas City (A A), 3 At Little Rock, Ark.—St. Paul (A. A.) 8: Little Rock (S. A), 3 At Knoxville, Tenn. — Milwaukee (A. A), 11: Knoxville (8. A) At Norfolk, Va.—Williamsport (N.Y.- P), 6; Norfolk (E. L), 2 6: Browns, 2 Hoyt and Lopez. | YANKEES ARE DUE TOPUSH NACKNEN New York Expected to Make Bold Pennant Bid—Cleve- land Also Hopeful. | BY PAUL MICKELSON, | Associated Press Sports Writer HICAGO, April 11.—Connie Mack and his Philadel- phia Athletics hit the long trail for a record-breaking American League pennant con- | quest tomorrow with a well founded suspicion that they are |in for a rocky journey. | They were slight favorites to win, and thereby become the first Ameri- can League team to capture four | straight flags, but tradition and at least three improved clubs, shaken out of their apparent inferiority complex by a National League victory in the 1931 world series, were a little more cocksure and confident of halting their victory march. | S the managers, players and bat boys finished their usual predic- | tions before the big push starts | tomorrow, Joe McCarthy’s New York Yankees, packing a dangerous punch. | better fielding and a good-looking pitch- | ing staff, were labeled as the one team | to chase the A's from their corner on | pennants, while Washington and Cleve- |land received the rating as possible | giant killers None of the other four | entries was bold enough to promise flag, but wanted it understood that | Connie Mack’s southpaw ace, Robert Moses Grove, together with George Earnshaw, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane, wouldn't promote any pre-game panics among their ranks. A ‘defeat in the world series always leads to a littlé less fear of a league champion, but none in years had a more stimulating effect than that ad- ministered the Athletics last Fall by Pepper Martin and his St. Louis Car- | dinal mates. They proved that even the Athletic machine was stopable, | and Philadelphia’s seven rivals in the | circuit the late Ban Johnson built seem | to have learned the lesson well in Spring training, training for daring base run- ning a la Martin and gaining confi- dence at every turn CAREFUL sifting of the pennant chances of the A's and Yankees indicated that two left-handed pitchers held the key to the riddle, “Lefty” Grove and Vernon “Lefty” Comez of the Yankees. Grove won 30 while losing but four for the A's last | year, while Gomez captured 21 and dropped but 9 for the McCarthy | crew. But Grove is 32 years old and | hardly can be expected to pile up an- | other similar impressive record, whereas | Gomez, only 22, is tossing his smoke | ball faster and faster and promises to (improve with a tighter defense and thguhtiun rest afforded by & good | pitching staff. Then there was the | uncertainey of the Athletic machine as |a whole going at its top speed and the | almost certainty that the Yanks would do at least as well as a year ago, when | they finished fast for second place. 'ONNIE MACK realized the pennant path was a rocky one but he wasn't worried. Throughout the Winter and Spring he has strengthened his reserves, a weak unit in his 1931 ma- chine, and felt confident that his boys had lost their superiority complex. He was ready to shoot his full strength against the Yankees in the opener tomorrow at Shibe Park, probably starting Big George Earnshaw on the mound Gomez or Charlie Ruffing were primed to pitch the opener for the Yanks, who had the league interested in their two | rookies of the infield—Jack Saltzgaver | at second and Frank Crosetti at short or third. Sammy Byrd, in the midst of a long-range hitting streak, may re- lieve Earl Combs in centerfield as a starter. ESLEY FERRELL'S big right arm and a tighter infield buoyed Cleve- land’s hopes of providing some excitement in the title chase. ~Ferrell | was reported to be in even better con- | dition than a year ago and was Man- ager Peckinpaugh's pitching selection for the inaugural against Detroit. The Tigers refused to talk in championship language. Vic Sorrell was their prob- able Jid-lifter from the mound. C YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL’S HOLIDAY. YPENI GRIFF (3 TAD (L) NORTH-SOUTH TENNIS TOURNEY UNDER WAY Vines, Seeded No. 1, Meets Camp- bell in First Round—75 in Pinehurst Fields. By the Associated Press INEHURST, N. C, April 11— Seventy players, including the United States Davis Cup squad, were paired for opening round play today in the North and South tennis tournament. The drawings gave B. Campbell of Houston, Tex., the honor of being the first to try to stop Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena,” Calif, the national singles champion. Vines was seeded No. 1 with his Davis Cup teammate, Frank X. Shields of New York, No. 2. Shields’ first Chicago’s White Sox, a mystery team as never before, with a new manager | in Lew Fonseza and a Spring training tour without one major league oppo- nent, worried over batting punch and another dependable catcher as they | awaited the invasion of the St. Louis Browns. Manager Fonseca refused to name his starting pitcher, but his choice seemed to lay between Al Thomas and | Vic Frasler | The Browns. another team which re- | fuses to broadcast pennant hopes, were expected to place their first-day pitch- ing hopes on either Walter Stewart or | Dick Coffman Capital City League Midgets Will FIRST meeting to reorganize the midget division of the Capital City Base Ball League will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the Playground Department office in the District Building. Important changes in rules will be discussed, an opening date for play and a tentative schedule decided upon, and other important mat- ters given consideration. Representa- tives of all teams wishing to compete are asked to be on hand Spengler Post nine won the midget title last season, defeating the Wonder Boys in the third game of a series Other Capital City League meetings scheduled this week include one for the | unlimited division, its secon?, Wednes- day night and one for the insect group, |its first, Friday night. Both will be held in the Playground Department of- fice, starting at 8 o'clock. AIN made diamond action hereabout impossible yesterday, but several squads got together indoors and furthered plans for the season. Majestic Radio nine managed to get |in & game when it traveled to Rich- mond and in its first contest of the campaign bowed to the Everett-Waddy nine in an 8-2 tilt. Majestics were able | to get only five hits, two of them being credited to Heflin, while the winners pounded out 14. Columbia Heights Business Men's As- sociation diamond squad will tonight at 8 o'clock at the Arcadia bowling alleys. A meeting of the Swann Service junior diamond squad will be held to- ap Ca mpaign Tonight | gather | morrow night et at 8 o'clock at 1443 Girard s A new entry in the American Legion | series this year will be the Bunker | Hill Post team. Candidates for the | nine will hold their first drill Thursday evening on Mounment diamond No. 1. Koontz Service seniors are after games for Pairlawn Field this month. A practice tilt for Sunday is particu- larly sought. Call Manager Ricker-at Lincoln 9217-J. St. Joseph's A. C. diamonders are to visit Front al,’ Va, Thursday to open their season against the uine there. Eddie Cinotti has been chosen captain of the squad, to which Cody Shapiro and Shout Taylor are the latest additions. The Saints will play in the Capital City League on Sundays and in the Georgetown Church League during the week. Aspirants for the midget nine being formed by Zip Poole to represent Won- der Bread and Costello Post are to practice Saturday and Sunday_after- noons at 1 o'clock on the South Ellipse. Poole has listed some 40 candidates. |SESSION AT MOUNT RAINIER. | MOUNT RAINIER, April 11.—Mount Rainler junior and midget base ball | squads will meet tomorrow night in the | Town Hall at 7:30 o'clock. All candi- dates, new and old, are asked to report. TENNIS TILT LISTED. Bt. John's tennis team has listed en- gagements with Eastern High for Mal 16 at Eastern and May 23 at St. John's. round opponent was Harvey Harris of the University of North Carolina. John Van Ryn of Philadelphia, an- other Davis Cup entry and the defend- | ing title holder, was paired against H.| Barres of Yale. Van Ryn was seeded | The other seeded players in order of rank were Wilmer Allison of Austin, | Tex.; Berkley Bell of New York, Gil-| bert Hall of East Orange, N. J., and| Bryan Grant of Atlanta. 1932 —By TOM DOERER Indianapolis, Columbus Choices In American Association Race BY CHARLES DUNKLEY, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, April 11.— The lon- gevity league of base ball, the American Association, opens its thirty-first pennant campaign on the Eastern fronts tomorrow, with Indianapolis and Columbus hand-picked favorites to win the flag. If the enthusiasm of a base ball opening is not too optimistic, 42,000 customers will sweep through the turn- stiles to watch the inaugural card. The openers, estimated attendance for each and the probable batteries: St. Paul at Louisville, 15,000. Batter- jes: St. Paul, Harris and Fenner: Lou- isville, Deberry or Penner and Shea. Kansas City at Columbus, 8,000. Bat- teries: Columbus, Grabowski and Rensa; Kansas City, Osborne and Phillips. Milwaukee at Toledo, 9,000. Batter- ies: Milwaukee, Hillen and Crouch; To- ledo, Bean and Henline. Minneapolis at Indianapolis. 10,000. Batteries: Minneapolis, Benton and McMullen; Indianapolis, Campbell or Berly and Riddle or Angley. There are other leagues in better financial condition than Thomas Jef- ferson Hickey's class AA circuit, which | suffered at the gate because of a one-| | sided race and bad weather last year, | but none approaching its size can boast | such a record for longevity. The circuit | is the same as it was when it started. 31 years ago, with its represented citie: within the tight population range o 350,000 to 500.000. | Although St. Paul galioped away with | the pennant last year by a l4-game margin, it was raided of seven star players by the majors, which left it a complete dark horse in the approach- ing campaign. Pitchers and a capable second baseman were needed. Indianapolis, third-place winner last year, was the general favorite because | of good reinforcements, one of the best | pitching staffs in minor league base oall and a splendid record against major league opposition this Spring. Columbus, strengthened by the ac- | quisition of two pitchers in Lee and Miller and more help promised by their guardians, the St. Louis Cardinals, | Tooked strong. Milwaukee. too, was tenefited by trades and help from the | St. Louis Browns. More batting punch and better pitch- ing was needed by Kansas City. Min- | neapolis also needed pitchers, while | Louisville and Toledo needed several | spare parts for a pennant contending team. NAVY WILL REWARD SPRING GRID MERIT| Medals to Be Presented Players Making Best Showings in Fundamentals. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 11.—Mem- | bers of the Spring foot ball squad at| the Naval Academy will have the op-| portunity to win engraved gold, silver | and bronze medals, it was announced today by Edgar “Rip” Miller, head coach. Medals will be presented to those mid- shipmen making the highest scores in foot ball fundamentals during the com- petition to be held from May 9 to 14, the Spring drill period. About 80 mid- shipmen are expected to compete in the tricathlon. Twenty-four will re- ceive prizes. Members of the squad must compete in three of the following events—punt- ing, drop-kicking, place-kicking, kick- off, passing, pass receiving, catching punts and center passing. It is pos- sible for the players tc compete in all eight events. Three medals will be awarded in each division. ‘The tricathlon was carried on exten- sively back in 1907, when Lieut. Comdr. J. L. Hall, jr, Navy's present director of foot ball, won one of the prizes. The plan was revived last year and great enthusiasm was shown by members of the squad. FRED PFEFFER DEAD. CHICAGO, Ill, April 11 (#).—Fred Pfefler, star second baseman for the Chicago White Sox in the late eighties and early nineties, died of heart disease at his home yesterday. He was 72 Jears old, » - Hopes Go as Girl Is Barred Williamsport High Nine, Is Championship Favorite. HAGERSTOWN. Md., April 11. composed of boys . . .” the Playground Base Ball League cham- tossers are a disconsolate lot, for Doris, 15 years old, was the only girl status of her team from that of a Special Dispatch to The Star, —Until it was noticed in the rules that “teams are to be Williamsport, Md., High School nine was & favorite to win the Maryland pionship this Spring. Now, however, the Williamsport their star player, Doris Chrisman, who plays second base, is ineligible. on the team, but her loss through in- eligibility reduces the pre-title play 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. EDDXE AINSMITH will catch Waiter Johnson in Washing- ton’s opening game with Phila- delphia and not John Henry, as had been expected. Manager Clark Griffith plans to carry Pitchers Joe Engel and Joe Boehling throughout the season. Arthur Devlin, veteran third base- man of the New York Giants, has been released to the Boston Braves. Georgetown tied Cornell at base ball, 3-3. Catholic University drubbed Wil- liam and Mary, 15 to 2, Bethel, Western High second base- man, i & clever player, Bereft of Ace, No Longer favorite to that of just another ball team. “I guess nothing can be done about 1t,” complained Doris, “but it sure is a tough break for me.” Doris, who talks, eats and sleeps base ball, has had a liking for base ball ‘almost since she was able to toddle out with her brothers to the practice field, Last Summer she got her first real chance. She was placed on second base for the Wildcats, semi-pro champions of Williamsport, against the Chicago Bloomer Girls. During the six innings atthe key- stone sack, Doris handled six chances perfectly and figured in a dcuble play. At bat she contributed a dou- ble and a pair of singles and, when sent to the box in the last two in- nings, hurled scoreless ball. Once she was robbed of what looked like a certain home run. Doris has exhibited skill in every position except behind the bat. She can run, throw a ball 200 feet with ease and field and bat with the best boy players in Williamsport. But it seems she’ll have to col her play- ing to semn-pro circles instead of high school. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chrisman. POTSY CLERK SIGNS AGAIN. | PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, April 11 (#).— Potsy Clark of Indianapolis has signed a contract to coach the Portsmouth Spartans of the National Professional Foot Ball League during the wmlnl‘ POTOMAC FACES ARUNDEL. In what is expected to be the last basket ball game of note of the season here, Potomac Boat Club quint will en- gage the crack Arundel Boat Club five of Baltimore tonight at 8 o'clock in the George Wi on University gym- nasium. Stop ———= PAGE C—1 Favorites Face Rocky Road CARDS ARE FACING STERN OPPOSITION Giants Rated Real Pennant Threat—Cubs, Dodgers Also in Picture. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, April 11.—It will to the 1932 National League pennant if shifts in player be a rocky road that leads talent bring about an expected | balancing of strength all down | the line, There is no getting away from the fact that the world champion | St. Louis Cardinals will start the |campaign tomorrow pronounced favorites to wind up in September with their third straight crown. But there is no expectation that they can make such a runaway race of it as they did a year ago, not with such formidable challengers as the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs in the field. Since the Cardinals captured the world series from the Athletics last Fall they have lost the services of a great pitcher, Burleigh Grimes, and an out- flelder, Chick Hafey, who won the | league batting title last season. Grimes went to the Cubs by-trade, and Hafey has refused to sign 8 contract. Tex Carleton and Dizzy Dean may help off- set the loss of Grimes. Jim Collins, & ;;mrsmuu first baseman, is filling in for afey. 'HE Giants, generally picked to fin- ish one-two, will put on the field a well trained, well conditioned and excellently balanced club, Hughie Critz apparently has conquered the arm ail- ment that took him out of the game most of last season; the outfield has been improved by the addition of the hard-hitting recruit Len Koenecke, and Hal Schumacher should prove a help to an already powerful pitching staff. The Cubs’ threat would loom even more dangerous if Rogers Hornsby could bolster an outfield that consists chiefly of Hazen Cuyler. The infield also may be a sore spot now that Shortstop Ell- wood English is out for two weeks or more with a broken finger. The com- paratively inexperienced Biil Jurges will substitute, flanked by two youngsters— Stanley Hack at third and Bill Herman at second. ROOKLYN seems ‘to have great potentialities that may be realized under Max Carey's guidance. 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