Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1932, Page 29

Sports News WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Zoeni ny Stat. | Radio and Classified WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY, eeping Skies POSTPONENENT AID T0 SL1B STUATON Won’t Need to Call on Ailing Southpaws at Boston. McLeod Joins Club. Heydler to Urge Delayed Openings By the Associated Press. INCINNATL April 13—John A Heydler, president of the Na- tional League, today announced his intention of urging that opening base ball games of the season be | advanced “for two weeks at least.” | to avoid the weather jinx o often | interrupting opening schedules | | LACOSTE GIVES (P TENNS FOR LIKS BY JOHN B. KELLER. OSTON, April 13.—That his Nationals have been in ac- | tion but once in the last} five days isn't worrying| Manager Walter Johnson. “We should be handicapped by Won’t Play With Davis Cup the lay-off no more than the Red | 5 Team, Takes Daily Golf Sox,” the manager contends. “And | that’s the club we are to play here . ' Lesson From Wife. Anyway, worrying won't change the weather. “I believe we’ll be ready for ’em | By the Associated P the next time we mee ARIS, April 13—The French With his club on ‘edgs for a good start amateur golf championship and in the American League cta a few international titles now campzign, postponements are the ambitions of Rene La- not so pleesing to the Washington field . p general, but one must expect them here | COSte: forced by ill health to step out of tennis play at this time of the yesr. It began rain- ing hard shortly after the Nationals| Lacoste revealed this recently when landed yesterday and though the sun |Jean Borotra returned from his unsuc- was on the job at 3 o'clock, when play | cessful def in New York, of his was scheduled. enway Park grounds | American oor title and announced Were s0 SORgY A game was out of ques- |he was through with Davis Cup com- tion | petition. Boston fandom was hoping to have its | The placid Lacoste thus was forced seacon opener this af with Gov. |into a sta nt, made in the presence Ely and Lieut. Gov. Youngman of Masszchus-tts and Mayor Curley of this city assisting in the base ball inaugural, Maybe they'll get it Some good came of yesterday's post- porement. It cleared up the pitching situation for Johnson so far as the cur- | on golf. That is my only ambition.” rent series is concerned. Now he has| Mme. de la Chatime Lacoste nodded Marberry, Weaver and Pischer lined up | approval for hill duty here and will not have to| The ex-tennis champion plays @ depend upon either of his supposedly | daily round with his wife, who is show- ailing-arm hurlers as a starter. ing him the fine points of the game. == | He never took the game seriously until OTH Brown and Burke claim the | after his mairiage, a year ago. soreness has left their wings but| He will again captain the French complain that idleness isn't helping | Davis Cup team from the sidelines. In them. Perhaps not. But theyll get|the event that Borotra really intends plenty of bullpen work when weather |to retire, then Lacoste will name Mar- permits. That comes from Manager |cel Bernard to the team. Johnson. He has too few pitchers to | permit any to sit around nursing salary | whips for long. The young left-handers | soon will be on the job. However, there’ll be no batting prac- tice work for Brown and Burke. A brace of rookies, Thomas and Boyle, were brought on the trip to toss during | the wand drills. Ragland, another new- comer, also is to do some of the hurling | in practice. Brown and Burke will be | exercised on the side by the veterans Cha Gharrity and Ainsmith. Tireless toilers are these catching coaches, so all the | kinks ought be out of the southpaws’ arms in short order. 52 to get its “extra Washington was infielder today. For some unknown reason Jimmy McLeod, who was turned | back to the Nationals by the Chat- | tanooga club last week end, failed to | hook up with the big leaguers in time | to accompany them here, but Johnson has been notified Jimmy may be ex- | pected this afternoon | Ml:LEOD probably would do defen- sively in a pinch, but very likely would not be of much help in attack. Farmed to York of the New York-Pennsylvania League last year, Jimmy was a good performer at short- stop, standing high among those cover- ing that position in the circuit. But in | 111 games he batted only .249. Which certainly isn't much hitting in a class B Jeague. It does not appear that McLeod will solve the infield reserve problem that has Owner Clark Griffith and Manager Johnson nettled for some while Up here in Beantown the newspaper critics and the fans generally see the Red Sox greatly improved this year. They have an idea their American League club will do even better than last season, when it ianded in sixth place, out of the cellar for the first time in seven seasons and only the second time in 1G4 of his wife, the former Simone Thion |de la Chau France’s premier femi- nine golfer. “I am not going to play in the chal- | lenge round.” said Rene. “I have given | up tenn: actice. I am concentrating Yanks, 12; Macks,6 At Phllagelphia: New York. ABH > > ] i 0 wérusoccoroon” Byrdef.. .. X Saitze'r.2b. of Ruth.lf.". . B s Cochrané.c. Hevinge .. §immpniif Xx.1b - Brkerss . Willfam: Earnsha SMeNair Deshone Totals .. 381227 5 Totals ... *Batted for Earnshaw in fourth. New York 4015 Philadelphia .. 2 0 1 0 g R Runs—Byrd (3). Saltzeaver Gehrig (3). Lary, Gamt;. Ha Wil Rans vied g 2 ins batted o . Gehrig. Gomez. Byrd . LP— TP, conemarad osoorcsone poruo! 1 ; i 5 8 D4 H 1 1 b5 | 1 cescomnwummms; 8 Sle =i $4 = . Ruth (2), ree an.. Home runs_Ruth 3 . Foxx. Simmons bases—Gehrig. Chapman ul Williems 10 Bishop v liams Left on bases—New York. delphia. 11. Pirst base on balls—Off Go off Earnshaw. 2. off nings shaw in monwosonuenT > Simons,if. . Blue. 1b Cissellss... Grube,c Joces.p == L HE Sox are regarded particularly | g0od on defense and their pitching | pacesiyp, is believed tighter and better settled | 'Bettenc't. than in any of the other years in which | = Bob Quinn has been president of the| Totals..33 club. One Boston scribe goes so far | [Bafted for as to say the pxlrhafi is better than | 1., 01000 any “since the day en paladins like | Chicago .../ 0 0 0313 Ruth, Mays, Jones and Pennock were | Runs—Burns. Gosliin. Anderson. hurling for the Hub Hose.” 1. : hc‘ls”“ [ MacFayden showed in the Washing- e Pochatn, ton opener Monday that he is Hkely | Selph (3), Anderson (2) to upset the opposition often this sea- | b: son. Back of him Manager Collins has | ¢ [STORCRRRNS! cano-uarooud sy o0000080! Totals art in seventh Blaeholder in ninth. 01 0-2 03 x—9 Seiph Cissell (). off 'Stewart, innings: off Losing pitcher 1 and %9 By the Assoclated Press. HILADELPHIA, April 13.—Tt wasn't Kid Gleason's fault that Ruth. Byrd, et al, knoeked George Earnshaw out of the box yesterday. The veteran Athletics coach left his sickbed, donned an old base ball shirt and was on hand to give E haw the pat on the shoulder without which neither he nor Lefty Grove would take the mound. The pat from Gleason is a superstition with the two hurlers. The coach was unable to accom- pany the team to Fort Myers, Fla, Among Leiter's thoj this Soring for the first time in Prince Hotspur, Kentucky vears on account of a stomach ail- ment. He now is recovering. base hits—Perrell, Blue ph IE\ ree-| .fiC(‘h e vor_ ave ce - Hayes. for box. work Russell, who licked the |pliys u\;y’ to, Melilo, t5" Burms ationals five times last year; Durham, | to Blue, Haves to Cissell to Blue said to know much more about pitching | 28t 8t Louis. 7. Chicago, T than he did, and Lisenbee, whose arm | Blacholier. 1 ok out s reported smoother and more free | Hite— il than it has been since the vear he | Dignoder. 3 in 2 wnings 1 pitched so brilliantly for Washington. | Grane And the Boston Club's bosses are hop- | ing old Pete Donohue will be of much| 7, ’ 2 Bep on the il Earnshaw Fails Collinabelieves, the use of Pickering | D ite “Cl at third base will improve his club’s b offensive_power and that Pick will go espite 1arm better afield as the season progresses McManus he figures will fill a long| vacant gap at second base. ‘The Red Sox. of course, could stand move punch President Quinn says, “T'd like to have just a couple of heavy hitters o give us a better thump, but who wouldn't?" LE!TER SALE LIKELY LOUISVILLE, Ky 23 hor quar ed here in the stable Jate. Josk Lelter, Uho disd Te- in Chicago, prcbably will be sold, April 13 (#).—The American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, York. 12: Philadelphia, 6. Chleasor : 80, Douns. 2 i Washington st Boston. Tain. Cincinhati, 5: Chicago, 4 Cleveland at Detroit, cold 8t Louis.’ 10: Pittsbureh, 2 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ____ STANDING OF THE CLUBS. v ———— National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadeiphta, 13. New York, §. Bos (} 3 Hom neaupuD oavoru0 140X AN yaangsyfa puTAND | asmuaniag VIUAPPRIYd Philadeipbia T ton . - Blodeinhia | 0 Detroit ... b= Cleveland Lost L..l0 00T GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. hington ut Boston. Washington st Boston st Chicago St. Louls at Chicago. velant trojt. Cleveland st t ‘ork at Phila. New York at lgsssss Phils Boston Chicag | Pittb'sb Phils. ETFEPTTY| Two- | Double | Struck out—By Jones, 4. | Van | GAMES TOMORROW. | JALLOS' LONG RANGE FIGHTING AFFORDED THE CUSTOMERS THE OALY BIT OF ACTION IN THE comearT. APRIL 13, 1932. * WITH TOM DOERER AT THE ALEXANDRIA BOXING SHOW uP KEsof\(y& { L Atexanoria- THE ONE sSPOT WHERE A SECOND STILL CAN YODEL N ALL OCtavEs KEN OVERLIN THREW ‘EMm WILD -BuT WHEN THEY Hir h LS C_.H ’ / Tootsie BASHARA HAS A MUSTACHE — THATS RARE IN PUGILISM...... BUODY GRIMES MissED ENOUGH 10 START A FoLL~ GROWN TORNADS.... MR. PATsYy Hooks Wi DonovAN HY LEFT, YABS WITH 1T AND CRoSSES WITH A SMART RIGHT ! Success Transforms Rookie | Selph, Who for Time Spurned Big Time, Finds City Life Okay as White Sox Hero. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 13 —Carey Selph, who wanted to be Just a country boy, thought the city was a pretty good place after all today. | When the White Sox exercised | their option as the last-place team | in the American League last Fall to step in and draft the lonesome Texan, Selph calmly announced that he preferred to be just a country boy and stay away from the big leagues and big cities. He returned to his insurance business in Texas, but soon heard the call of base ball and joined the White Sox in training at Mineral Wells, Tex. Yesterday, he made his debut at Comiskey Park and stole the in- augural home show. All he did was to drive out three doubles, blast three runs home and score another him- self as Sam Jones pitched the White Sox to a 9-to-2 victory over the St. Louis Browns, their first home inaugural victory since way back when “I'm glad I came,” Selph said with & grin as he rushed back to the club house with his happy mates. At Brooklyn Brooklyn, Conen.if “Thompson AB. ) Boone.if Ereder it Wright.ss C nello.zb Kelly.1b Lopez.c Hoyt.p Thurston.p iPicinich Heimach.p.. At New York Al 0 &l cooronoanorcon? 5l coconinewnmoon— K { Hurst,1b L bt 0 e onocoommoNeDos, Totals .. 361227 1 Totals .. 33 52 | ‘Batted for Cohen in seventh inning rkeslie | 4Batted for Thurston in seventh inning e Boston L0003 31 o N }BY;""UDB LR ) Is ..441727 6 Totals . | . Runs_Berger «2), Schulmeric “Batted for Bel ourt G 1. Spohrer.’ Brandt. Stripp. e T e Cuccinello. ~ Errors—Berger, Wright el s At Runs oatted in—Urbanski (3), Spo S ¥ Shires, Worthington, ~Cuccinello, Friverz. G, | @), " Two-base ‘hits—Urbanski (%), W Whitney (2). V. Picinich. _Double plays-Stripp Jackson. nello o Kelly, Stripp to Kelly, Wright to Kelly, Cuccinello Wiight. Left on bases—Boston, lyn. 5 First base on balls 0! Thurston. 2. off Brandt, 2 Brandt v Thurston. 1 Hits 3t 7 In 4% ton 3 in 2% inmings. off Heimach. | innings. ~ Wild pitch-Brandt. Losing pitch- | er—Hoyt. ~ Umpires—Messrs. Klem. Mager- | kurth and Stark ‘ l CARDS, 10; BUCS, 2 l At St. Louls: Pittsbeh L Waner.cf. 2| coororcumonmonz 8 soosomonmumanel Home _run st Double plays . Whitney o Friberg to O'Farrell to Juckson. Left on bases— ew York, 7. Philadelphia, 13. First base on balls—Off Walker. 2. off B ns. 2. off _Mitchell By Collins, 2 m 2 Hite—0 Ring (none out in sec innings: off Mitche Parmalee. 1 1 1 in all By C llins. innings: by pitched Gmpices— . Time of game 2o o > wwoscoscor” Minor Leagues Com Traynor,3b. Suhr,ib Pletb . Theve'w.ss Grace.c French.p Swi Y “Duga Totals.. “Batted for Pittsburgh 8t. Lous Belberic T fameryee. Southern Association. Nashville, 6; Atlanta, 3. Chattanooga, 6; Knoxville, 4. Birmingham, 12; New Orleans, 8. Memphis, 10; Little Rock, 2. American Association. EEREENES | comommmmmron | coommmemsend | oonmrummne~o e s el PSR 1 cowsohinons 2 Prench 00 0 78,8, 050 8§ ¥ Bl R Tty A, | Lol 5 . Puul 4 . “Collins. Martin. Wilson. : :z;'.iaem) Error Traynor | Rurs batied imlg‘:;:"m“'- 4 Minneapolis, 3 (12 | Adams, Goliiris, ~Watkins ' Piec (3). Two-| Milwaukee-Toledo, postponed; snow. base hits—P. Waner. Blades, Prisch, Aa-‘n‘u.‘ Kansas City at Columbus, postponed; Pacifie Coast League. Hollywood, 6: Los Angeles, 3. . Seattle, 11: Oakland, 6. Aowma WITH HIS RIGHT, AND WHIP-SAWING WITH HIS LEFT, JACK PORTNEY MADE LOUIE JALLO LooK BAD, PORTAEY WILL MAKE THE BEST FIGHTERS APPEAR OFF FORM BY HIS PECULIAR FIGHTING TECHAANIQUE- ..... ALEXANDRA VA ... Portney Displeases in Victory Trregular Technique Mars Feature at Portner’'s—Prelims Register With Crowded House. BY TOM DOERER. T a disadvantage because| of Jack Portney's irregular ring technique, Louis Jallos, | Jimmy Bronson's good wel- terweight, lost the bay leaves of victory to the rugged Baltimorean last night at Portner's Alexan- dria Arena, in an eight-round final bout before a houseful of paying patrons. It was the least interesting of five carded contests, all of which went the | distances allotted them with the excep- tion of the second dish on the fistic menu, when Young Van, very promising local middleweight, toppled his oppon- ent to ring up his fifth consecutive vic- tory since his initiation into ringdom. | Fighting Frankie Rice's welter- weight, Portney, is a task for any fighter, and Jalios, like most of the East Baltimore boy’s rivals, found no means of preventing Jack’s short left hook from registering. Portney, as he fought last night, would make any fighter appear as a patch on your full-dress suit. Locking Jallos’ Jeft hand under his right, Portney whipsawed his left hand into the Clevelander’s right side until it be- came crimson with a lattice-effect series of welts. But even in victory, Rice’s smart scrapper is not a crowd pleaser, He never will be unil | he shuns his pres- | ent ring tactics, all | perfectly legal, un- derstand, but not pleasant upon which to gaze. Alexandria and Washington fight customers, no dif- ferent from those in Kalamazoo and Whoozis Falls, like open rirg warfare. And that's exactly what Jackie does not furnish. His tactics so befuddle and confuse a rival that the opponent, too, must bear a lot of the customer wrath. UT there was no question that Ref- eree Charlie Short called the right number when he gave the Balti more boy the contest. There was noth- ing much else to do, even though the Rice entry persisted in holding to an extent it was impossible for Jallos to cut loose. But Loule, too, did not ap- pear to be some one whom you would want to write home about in his work against Jackie. His right hand, held back only for defensive purposes against Portney's wicked left, rarely ever went into offensive play, and as a result it was a slow-going display of pugilism. D. ALESSANDRO — Tootsie Bashara of the famed ring family of Norfolk Basharas lost an eight-round decision to Ray Bowen of the famed ring family of Bowens in the | efght-round semi-final. Ray, said to be the best boxer in the Bowen family, displayed a well tutored left hook against the rugged, inside-punching Bashara. Tootsie's efforts toward victory were confined to lowering his head during the in- fighting and bringing up a right- hand uppercut which very frequently teetered Bowen. But the latter’s long-range boxing and the snap in his left-hand jabs won the fight for him. Bowen, weighing 141 pounds, outweighed his rival by eight pounds and was many inches taller. Despite the difference in weight and height the boy from Norfolk made the scarp one which kept the cash customers sitting on cactus. 'ONY D'ALESSANDRO, another of Jim Bronson’s fighters, lost his first professional fight in 15 starts when he took the short end in his encounter with Ken Overlin, the Norfolk sailor- | Phil eight-round contest racked boxer, in an with thrills. Overlin, fighting & delib~ erate, cool contest, rocked the Bronson entry on many occasions, some of the right-hand smashes sending the Italian down on his knees. But the contest sizzled because D'Ales- sandro never backed away from the coolly measured blows of the rugged Ken. The pair of middleweights never let up for an instant during the scrap, neither boy giving much attention to boxing. Young Van, probably the most natural fighter to be developed here since the advent of the Portner shows, dropped Sailor Jack Potter, weighing seven pounds less. to the mat for a 10 count in the second round of a scheduled four-rounder. Van, a light-heavy, possesses what few young fighters, particularly big boys, have, in a short right hook | and a menacing left jab. Not only does the Washington boy have these qualifications, but he knows how to use them under fire. And it was his | fifth straight win, all of them end- | ing via the kayo route. | posture most used by green | youngsters. But when he starts| to stalk his foe there is nothing greefi | about the manner in which Van jabs and hooks. His style, no doubt, will| change with experience, and when it | does, the District is going to see a boy who may bring it pugilistic fame. He | is worth the attention of a big-time manager, and you can lay bets that with a half dozen more scraps regis- tered upon his fighting scroll the im- | presarios of the ring will be sticking | papers in Van's left hand and a foun- tain pen in his right. He's that good. Portner's show opened with a four- rounder between & pair of feather- weights, Buddy Grimes and Harry Groves. Groves took the nod because operandi of Grimes. Buddy's trouble seemed to be in getting the range on his target. He missed enough to create sufficignt_air to get all of the wind- | mills tion prohibits. Jabs and IHooks AN is & “stand-up” fighter, a Ting | Sox—Former of his aggressiveness. Yet there was|W.H nothing lethargic about the ring modus | Holland moving until prohibi- | ' Goslin’s Striped Willow Barred By the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 13.—"Goose” Gos- lin's camouflaged bat was & prisoner of war today. ‘The black striped willow club, de- signed by Secretary Willis Johnson of the St. Louis Browns and en- thusiastically indorsed by Goslin in the belief that it can puzzle pitch- ers and infielders, was banned yes- terday by Umpire Harry Getsel when the Brown outfielder attempt- ed to use it in the first inning of the White Sox game. Goslin insisted he had a right to use it, but lost the argument. So he picked up another bat and re- venged nimself by hammering out 4wo doubles and one single. “I still think the bat is legal and am going to appeal,” he said today. “But that other bat I used—where has that been all Spring? I like that one, too. I got three hits with it for a starter.” THREE-CLUB SCRAP LODMS IINT. LOUP Rochester, Newark, Balti- more Favorites as Season Is Opened Today. By the Associated Press EW YORK, April 13.—A three- club battle right down to the wire was the general forecast for the International League, opening its 1932 base ball season today. The first day's schedule sent the Montreal Royals against the Reading Keys at Reading; the Buffalo Bisons 2gainst the Baltimore Orioles at Balti- more; the champion Rochester Red- wings against Jersey City at Jersey City, and the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Newark Bears at Newark, Unless the “dope sheets” are inaccu- rate, the pennant fight should be among the Redwings, Newark and Bal- timore, /OCHESTER has won the champion- ship for four years in a row, but there are distinct indications that the Redwings face a most formidable challenge this year, especially from Newark, Billy Southworth has put together another strong combination at Roches- ter, but Al Mamaux's Newark outfit, ben- efiting by player material received from the Bears' big-league “parent,” the New York Yankees, looks much stronger than a year ago when Roches- ter won in the closing days of the cam- paign by a two-game margin. If Fritz Maisel can get pitching then Baltimore also figures to be in the thick of the pennant fight all year. F THE other five clubs, the Mon- treal Royals, with a veteran ar- T look the strongest. Buffalo, under the leadership of Ray Schalk, dees Toronto under its new pilot, Tom Daly. Neither, however, looks suffi- | ciently powerful to march into the first division. Hans Lobert, at Jersey City, and Clar- | ence Rowland, at Reading, have no pen- nant illusions. They'll be content if they can keep out of the cellar. Both clubs have sericus weakness in the pitching department and Jersey City has outfield troubles as well. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press Babe Ruth, Yankees—Clouted two home runs against Athletics, account- ing for five runs. Ed Brandt, Braves—Stopped Dodgers with five hits and- won, 8-3. Sam Jones and Carey Selph, White held Browns to eight scattered hits: later drove in three runs with three doubles as White Sox won, 9-2. Taylor Douthit, Reds—His single in ninth drove in tying and winning runs against Cubs. Phil Collins, Phillies—Pitched effec- tively against Giants and collected four singles himself in 13-5 victory. Flint Rhem, Cardinals—Pitched his club to triumph over Pirates, allowing seven scattered hits. At Cincinnati: | ghicaso, ABH.O.A. Cinein'ti. AB. Hack, 3b..5 11 Dou'it, ¢ v. H'n, 'rt. 3b. | Cayler. St'ph'n, If | Moore. "If. . Crab'ee, 1f. M'ssey, 55, ooommoomm ComMOmLA AL s s | cocoommsonEmm—~T 5 - 8l coooossusatunewd ol cccsssmoccconsro™ Totals. 37 825 7 ;Qne out when winning run scored. nth. 5 ANNY FRUSH, once a good feather- weight, conducts a fight club and a gymnasium in Baltimore. Danny fought Johnnie Kilbane, Eugene Crique, Tommy Noble and Andy Chaney. And those boys were the smart_ones of the over from London to show his wares. Vince Dundee, the middleweight, and Bob Godwin of Atlanta are likely to be the headliners at the opening of the Twin City Sporting Club during the early part of May. The Twin City Club’s location is midway between Washington and Baltimore, the site of a former box- ing organization. According to “Fats” Cornell, one of the owners of the new club, the outdoor arena has 2,000 ring side seats and will | accomodate custo- mers to the extent of nearly 10,000. The Dundee- Godwin battle is looked upon here as a natural, one of those bouts which make them- selves, and as a result, several pro- moters have made a bid for it. Max Waxman han Dundee, while Gedwin senior does the business for junior. A brother battle in which the Bash- ara boys, Tootsie and may meet the featherweight class when Danny came | w 20001001 00000100 Herman, Cuyler, Moore, Heath, Durocher. Bluege. Stephens . Grantham, Lucas Hack. Chicago 04 Cincinnati " 45 Runs—Hack, W. Gilgert, Grantham, o) = Root. 1;_off . _Struck out—By Roo! Bush, 1: by Johnson. 6. Hits—Off Root. 8 in 8 innings (nome out in ninth): off Bush, 2 1-3 inning: off Johnson. 7 in 7 innings: . 1 in 2 innings. = Winning pitcher | —Benton. ' Losing _pitcher—Bush. _Umbires —Mr. Rigler. Mr. Quigley and Mr. Donnelly. | Time of game—2 hours 6 minutes, | brothers may be induced to meet an- unique. 'YLVAN BASS, the knotty Baltimore middleweight, may appear on a card here soon. Another Balti- morean, Benny Schwartz, the banty, meets Sailor Billy Landers, next week on the Portner card. Schwartz once was one of the fleetest flyweights in the ring game. The years, it is said, have not slowed him down too much | and the extra poundage he now ucni has made him a harder puncher. “Ike” Rice, Baltimore fight man- ager, now is handling business for Louis Navarro, a Cuban scrapper who has fought, among others, two tough ones in Henrl Deswanke and Tommy Cello. The Cuban may aj pear in this locality before the in- door season closes. Preddie Kline, who handles many fighters from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, is touting his boy, Vince Serio, as a coming lightweight. Preddie enters the race an unknown factor as | other set of brothers to make the card | PAGE C—1 Silver Lined for Griffs : Ruth Dominates Big League Opening | QUTDOFS HIMSELF HITH UNEXPECTED Brandt, Rhem, Jones, Great on Slab, Paled as Bambino Hits Two Homers. Assoclated Press Sports Writer. OR these many years Babe F Ruth has been doing the unexpected, clouting home runs or striking out in his own inimitable fashion, but never before has he so completely domi- nated the major leagues’ “opening ;day" ceremonies. | There was excellent pitching by | Ed Brandt of the Boston Braves, Sam Jones of the Chicago White | Sox and Flint Rhem of the world |champion St. Louis Cardinals, J‘as the National and American Leagues opened the drive that ‘Ieads to the 1932 pennants yester- d ’ BY HERBERT W. BARKER, | | y. There was a rousing ninth-inning rally by the rebuilt Cincinnati Reds and a $triking demonstration of batting power by the long-suffering Phillies, but over and above all these feats was the Babe's spectacular seasonal debut at Philadelphia The kingpin of the New York Yan- kees' devastating attack clouted two home runs and a single against big Geprge Earnshaw and Jimmy Deshong of fthe Philadelphia Athletics and thus contributed five runs to the common cause. SHIVERING crowd of 18,000 saw little to cheer about as the | Yankees, with praiseworthy econ- omy, made 12 hits good for as many runs and beat the A's, 12-6. Ruth, who never before had hit two Tuns in an opening-day game, needed some assistance and got it from Sammy Byrd and Lou Gehyig. Among them this trio collecteds nine hits and ac- counted for 11 runs. Byrd matched |Ruth's feat with two homers and a | single; Gehrig, co-champion with Ruth | of last year's home-run hitters, drove one ball out of the park and kicked in with a triple and single as well. The only other American League game the weather man permitted saw the Chicago White Sox pin a 9-2 beat- ing on the St. Louis Browns. Sam Jones held the Browns to eight hits and won without trouble in back of a 13-hit assault by the Sox. Carey Selph, rookie thirdsacker, drove in three runs with three doubles. OVER in the National League the champion Cardinals turned in an easy victory. Their two chief . the New York Giants and Chi- cago Cubs, were beaten. Flint Rhem, who pitched the Cardi- nals to victory in the pennant-winning years of 1926-'28-'30-'31, held the Pitts- burgh Pirates to seven hits and won, 10-2. The Cardinals manhandled Larry French for 10 hits and eight runs in six innings with Spark Adams and Ray Blades getting tiree hits apiece. The Giants fell victim to the effective pitching of “Pidgety Phil” Collins and a terrific hitting drive by the Phillies. Burt Shotton’s men pounded Bill Walker out of the box with none out in the second inning and piled up a total of 17 hits for the game. Collins himself got four hits and Chuck Klein contributed three, including a double. HE Cubs led Cincinnati, 4-1, going into the last half of the ninth but Charley Root weakened and filled the | bases with none out. Guy Bush came in to stop the attack but Red Lucas, a pinch batsman, doubled to drive in two runs and Douthit later singled to score two more and win the duel, 5-4. Brooklyn’s revamped ball ‘club looked good afield but the Dodgers’ hitters foldeed up against the air-tight pitching of Ed Brandt and the Boston Braves won, 8-3. The Dodgers got only five hits off Brandt, two of them going to “Jersey Joe” Stripp. Bad weather conditions cut down the aggregate attendance for six games to about 117,000, | Indorsed by Leading “Pros” True moceasins that do a good “$10 golf job” for only Soft, imported French Veal — black and white— brown and white —brown and beige — all brown. Spiked or rubber soles. of y. tis wm:m&mmwdmcm Bowen in his growing stable W fighters,