Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1932, Page 56

2 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 18 1932—PART FIVE. (—— Schulte Highly Rated Fielder, Batter : Burning Tree Course Is Testing Layout NEW NAT CAPABLE . DEFENSIVE PLAYER Bpeedy, Judgment Good and Arm Sound—-Ever Serious Threat at Plate. C Winter conclaves of the major leagues in New York apparently satisfies Washington fandom in all particulars except- ing one. This has to do with the exchange of centerfelders by the | Washington and St. Louis clubs. Sam West’s brilliant defensive | play got him in strong with the| crowd that pays the freight here and many are wondering whether | Fred Schulte will be able to fill the sterling gardener’s shoes ac- ceptably. though Schulte has been with the | Browns the past six seasons, playing | right regularly much of that time, Capital fans either have overlooked him or paid so little attention to him that they seem unable to rate him fairly. About all most of them recall of Schulte is that he is the boy who made & questionable catch in a Sunday game here some years ago and thereby brought up a discussion that resulted in the elimination of the “momentary gatch” from the code of base ball. Few seem to know that for the last two or three seasons Schulte not only has been regarded by base ball men as & dangerous batter, but also a smart base runner, a good ball hawk and gen- erally an outfielder well above the run- | pi-the-mill type. | Schulte certainly has revealed all the | earmarks of a capable gardener in his performances for the Browns against the Nationals. OTH defensively and offensively, Schulte was much of a nuisance to the Washington ball club the past Beason. He was opposed to the Na- tionals in 21 of the 22 games they played with the Browns in the '32 cam- Paign and went through that lot of engagements to & right respectable cord, nl{e batted .294 against the Washing- ton pitching, which is exactly what he batted for the entire season. Oddly, Schulte did his best batting in the tussles with the Nationals in the Browns k in St. Louis. Perhaps that is one | Peason why fans |liere are somewhat tical of his value. ‘klenpswmmnns Park, the rangy Schulte clouted for the neat average of .343, helping himself to a dozen hits in 10 games. In Grifith Stadium here he got 13 hits in 11 games, but his Wash- ington batting record was only .260. Schulte collected off Washington | pitchers 19 singles, 4 doubles, 1 triple, and 1 home-run. He scored 18 runs and his batting was respcnsible for the scoring of 9 other St. Louis tellies. He actually stepped up fo the Plate, 96 n T Tunway at a .375 clip. Not bad. In 12 of the games, Sc! BY JOHN B. KELLER. LARK GRIFFITH'S torrent of trades that flooded the hulte was the Browns' lead-off batter. He was in the d batt! ition in three games T e Al in four. Twice e was sent up as a pinch-batter and each time he singled. OW for some facts about Schulfe's N e sometning . Washington fandom seems hazy about. In 16, of the 21 games Fred played against | the Natlonals this year he patrolled center field. In three he was used at first bace because Irving Burns, lregu}:r initial sack guardian, was nursing in- juries. As Schulte is coming to ‘Wash- ington &s an outfielder, only the figuzes on his center fleld work will be con- sidered. He had 53 chances in the 16 games and accepted 52. That's an average of | | | ¢ 31 chances per game, plenty of work i:y in and wday out for a middle gardner. Of the chances accepted 51 were put-outs and Fred's lone assist in the battling with the Nationals figured n a double play. 4 The conter A6l in Sportsman's Park is a spacious territory and Fred had to roam over much ground to get to his plays. He isn’t the great ball hawk | West is, but few, very few, are. How- ever, he has a deal of natural speed and breaks at the crack of the bat with i een judgment. Schulte has shown ighimself to be a wise “position” player, {ftoo. ‘one who places himeelt carefully {hwith respect to the individual attributes {%of the batter. Such a player makes a ‘vgi h-class outfielder and it appears ulte is of this type. Schulte, who will be 29 years old the | thirteenth day of next month, is a| strongly-built athlete, standing six feet | two and weighing around 180 pounds in | playing trim. He swings a sturdy bat | Irom the right side and has plenty of | power in his right arm to round him | out as a ball player well qualified to|‘ care for the Nationals' center fleld berth. OE JUDGE'S chances to hook up with the Brooklyn club of the Na- tional League were brightened yes- terday with the departure of Manager Terry of the Giants for his Memphis home without making any effort to ship to ,the Dodgers ' the young first baseman, Sam Leslie, who early last weex had been offered in trade. The weteran Washington initial sacker now has a favorable opportunity to “sell” Aimself to Manager Max Carey. Late yesterday Judge said he believed he was nearer a job with the Dodgers than he had been at any time since bq'lnmng negotiations with them early. Jast week. He also expressed his ap- reciation of the leeway to treat with rooklyn given him by Clark Griffith, ‘Washington president. “From the start e has placed no obstacle in my way,” * Judge declared. “He told me to 80 | right ahead and make the best terms I could for myself and that he would | gladly gx;ant me an unconditional re- | Jease when a bargain was struck. Now T am more than hopeful that I may tie up with the Dodgers.” TCKLED pink by the rebuilding of It his Washington club that has been accomplished thus far, Joe Cronin, the boy manager, entrained yesterday for his San_ Francisco home. “I must be there for Christmas” #aid Joe with & smile. “Never miss a Christmas at home. Christmas began | almost a week ago for my ball club, though,” he added, “so I'll simply be gontinuing the merry season.” { YANKS RELEASE WEAVER d Hurler Back to Newark | “Farm” From Whence He Came. NEW YORK, December 17 (#).—The ew York Yankees today released Jim eaver, big right-handed pitcher, to the Newark Bears, their International League “farm” club, for which he hurfia Jast season. He was recalled by the Yanks at the end of the campaign. Weaver came to New York from the Baltimore Orioles and remained with the Yankees during the 1931 season. " CARLISLE FIVE PLAYS. ‘Washington Carlisle basketers, a col- | | ! 3 quint, go to Baltimore today to $ gt o Gusigo e, o | = By the Associated Press. INCINNATI, Ohio, December 17. —The Cincinnati Reds today obtained Sunny Jim Bottomley from the St. Louis Cardinals to team with Chic Hafey as the nucleus of the 1933 Redland squad. The Cardinals took Owen Carroll, & pitcher, and Estil Crabtree, an outfielder, for Bottomley in a straight player trade. Bottomley will play first base for the Reds, a position he has held since he started professional base ball 12 years ago. With Hafey also in the line-up, the Reds now have two hard hitters who did much to carry the Cardinals into four world series contests in re- cent years. ; President Sidney Weil's announce- ment of the trade followed months of dickering since Dan Howley ended his Teign as manager of the Reds. Bot- tomley was one of those who sought Howley's job, which subscquently went to Donie Bush. Bottomley has been a mainstay of the Cardinals since 1922, when he started playing big league ball alter two years with Sioux City. His hitting has been heavy and consistent, well above .300 for most of his career. His bat- ting and his fielding brought him the National League “most valuable player” award two years ago. Carroll, former Holy Cross star, was season. He pitched well, but the slump into which his teammates fell chatged him with 19 defeats. He played with the hard-luck pitcher of the Reds last | Reds Get Bottomley in Trade With Cards, Giving Up Carroll, Pitcher; Crabtree, Outfielder Detroit, the Yankees and Toledo be- fore coming to the Reds. Crabtree, tno, is rated weil. Fast and agile afield, he was released by the Reds chiefly because of his weak batting. He started playing base ball with Dubuque in 1926, and subsequently played with Oklahoma City, the Reds and Columbus of the American Association. T. LOUIS, December 17 (#).—Jim Bottomley, first sacker traded today to the Cincinnati Reds, has been one of the mainstays of the St. Louis Cardinals since 1922. He was the league's “most valuable player” in 1930. Never once in his 13 seasons with the club has_Bottomley batted under .300. In 1931, Bottomley, injured early in the season, was forced to the bench. Upon his recovery he was one of the chief cogs in the pennant victory. and in the world series with the Athletics it was his great defensive play which helped the Redbirds to victory. Last season, playing in 90 games, Bottomley batted to an average of .302 and brought in 45 runs. With “Sunny Jim” gone, Manager Gabby Street will place his main reliance on Jim Collins, who starred at first last season, alter- nating with Bottomley, and Pat Craw- ford, who comes to the club from Co- lumbus. “There never was a finer fellow to have on a ball club than Jim Bottom- ley,” was the comment of Manager Street at his home in Joplin, Mo. “Jim stayed in there and plugged for his club and his manager all the time, even when he should have been resting up from injuries. I think it was through Bottomley "that our club won the 1931 pennant.” He's a great ball player and a | great inspiration to a club.” One for the Book hl % BY CHARLIE WHITE HE “runs batted in” record for a single game is 12, and belongs to James L. Bottomley of St. Louis Cardinals, in game September 16, 1924. The American _ League [\\ (%’ record is eight, \ made by Hartzell, Heilmann, _Gehrig (twice), Reynolds and Averill Edward J. Dela- hanty holds the honor of leading both American and National Leagues in batting percent- ages, .408, National League, while member of Philadel- phia Club in 1899, .376, American League, while member of Washing- ton Club in 1902 The American League clubs made 18 home runs in_eight games, on May 30, 1932. Every club except St. Louis, made one or more. The National League record is 16, made in six games, on June 1, 1930. ‘The most base hits, off one pitcher in a single game is 36. The pitcher was John Wadsworth of Louisville, National League, in game August 17, 1894. The' record since 1900 is 26, made off Harley Parker, Cincinnati, National League, June 21, 1901, The American League record is 25, made off Roy Patterson, Chicago, May 5, 1901, and J. Traver, Detroit, May 18, 1912, Gcorge Gibson, with Pittsburgh in 1909, caught 133 consecutive games. Gibson managed Pitisburgh in 1932. For any special best-on-records or major league data, write to Charlie White, care The Star, in- closing self-addressed, stamped en- velope. SOPHOMORE PLAYERS TO FILL V. M. I. QUINT Team Being Built Around Downey, Sensation of Freshman Ranks, Last Season. By the Associated Press. EXINGTON, Va., December 17.— With 10 days of practice, the var- sity basket ball squad at V. M. L. is rapidly taking shape. The quint again is being coached by Bill Raftery, veteran mentor of cadet teams, The quint will be built around the Sophomore sensation from last year. Bill Downey. He led the 1932 freshmen to a State championshio. monds and Stumpy Travers, only mono- gram men on the squad, will experience Charlie Hancock, 6-foot 3 center. and Downey’s running mate at guard, Char- lie Millar, will help round out a fast- stepping outfit. Charlie Farrara, the fourth sopho- more on the squad, appears a comer and two rangy secomd classmen, Herdt and _ Scott, contenders. ~_Irvin Smith from the 1931 freshmen, inelig- ible last season, probably will be at one of the former posts and Louis Seigel and Johnnie Goodwin are fighting for guard berths. ACTS AS TO RACING. TAMPA, Fla., December 17 (#).—The Florida Racing Commission, meeting here today, canceled the Winter meet at Tampa Shores, scheduled to begin December 30, issued a permit for a Spring meet. from March 11-31 and re- fused a request by the Tropical Park track at Miami to Tevise its dates so as to avold concurrent meetings with Hialeah. Capt. Paul Ed- | {¢ difficulty in making the team. with the | T sophomore_group coming at top speed. | ¥ GIANTS CUT TRAINING PERIOD NEARLY WEEK All to Report at Los Angeles by March 1—Scheduled to Play 32 Exhibitions. By the Associated Press. EW YORK. December 17.—The New York Giants today dis- closed their 1933 Spring train- ing schedule, calling for the playing of 32 games from Catalina Island to West Point, 21 of them with such major league opposition as De- troit, the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh and Chicago White Sox. In the direction of economy the Giants cut nearly a week off the train- ing period. The first squad will leave for Los Angeles, where the camp will be located, on February 19, and the second squad on February 24. All hands will report to Manager Bill Terry by March 1 to orgarize for an early series with the Cubs. On the way back from the West Coast with the Detroit Tigers as sparring partners, the Giants will stop off at Phoenix, Ariz, to play a game in honor of Art Nehf. their famous southpaw star of championship days. They will also visit Memphis, the home of Man- ager Terry. The schedule, announced by Secre- y, follows: . Catalina Tsland: 1. T cubs, @t Los Anceles. Hollywood (P.' C. L.1. at Long | March 14. Cubs. at Los_Anzeles. | 16, Los ~Angelcs. s. March March, 10, March' 13, Beach | 21 . Detra troit, at Housto: Houston; Marcn 31 April 2. De- Memphis. at ir- | at April ¢ Chatta- April 6. 3 cville. 'N. C: April 5. 9. Detroit, at Polo Grounds; April 10, Army, at West' Point. HOWARD BE.ATS ALUMNI | | Takes First Game of Campaign by | Count of 33 to 25. ! Howard University's basket ball team | opened its season with a 32-25 victory | over its alumni last night in the Howard gymnasium. Battlipg was brisk all the way, with | the varsity leading at half time, 19| to 12 Tinn, Ware, a freshman, and Mc- | Carther showed particularly well for the | winners. waile Syphax, Hall and Harris, captain of the 1930 championship team, played well for the alumni. | | Ware Wallace.g. Walker.g .. McCarther. Halliman.g. Honesty,f GAME TO AID NEEDY Clothing or Food to Be Admission Charge at 12th Street Y. Shoes or other clothing or food to be given the needy will be_the admission charge for a basket ball game Tues- day night at the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. between the “Y” Big Five and an all-star colored quint. < ‘The all-star team will be picked from Covington, Sewell, Brown, Jackson, Barnes, Hill. Turner, Johnson and Lacy and the “Y” will depend upon .Briscoe, Thomas, Glymph, Jeffries, Tibbs, Mar- tin, Gross, Bobby and Sonny Haw] Bowling and Boone. By the Associated Press. TLANTA, December 17.—William (“Sflver Bill") Stickney, the base ball patriarch who made histcry on the diamond before today's crop of stars was born, has been called cut by the unrelenting um- pire—death. Thg luminary of days when young stalwarts played without gloves died in his hotel room here last night at the age of 72. He had lived there several years on a pension furnished by the Southern Base Ball Association. Silver Bill had tasted extravagantly of the fame, the fortune and the fun offered by a career as a Toving base ball player and race horse owner. That career paid off in assists and errors, and Silver Bill took both with a grin. In the assists column were listed: Admiration of base ball's great for |a fellow whose dash and coler helped iirag the game from disrepute to popu- A inding friendship with sportsmen from coast to coast. A store of memories, such as driving three base runners home and following them as the grandstands roared. A sweatling horse racing undet the Bill Stickney, Pioneer Ball Player, Passes on, Aged 72 ahead of the others, turnstiles clicking a tune of his showmanship after he tock up the business end of the game. The errors: Legs that failed him early in life because of the fast pace. Ten fingers broken and twisted by base balls without gloves of the mod- ern era for protection. An empty purse in old age—all be- cause Silver Bill wes too generous and loved fun. Bill learned base ball on the sand- lots of his home, Montgomery, Als. His first professionalism was with Jack- son, Mich., in the old Tri-State League. He was one of the first paid players. Then he moved to the Pacific Coast and played with San Francisco, land and many other cities pioneering in bese ball. After that came “big league” play with Chicago and Cin- cinnati. b i After his legs failed he was associ- ated with the late Charlie Frank in operating Southern association clubs in Memphis, New Orleans and At- lanta. In 1916 he became secretary of the Atianta club and held that job until his retirement three years go. GOAST LOOP SPLIT ON NIGHT PLAYING League Head Optimistic for 1933—Touts Davis as Ripe for Majors. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 17—A two-year trial of night base ball on the Pacific Coast has resulted in differing opinions as to its merits, said H. H. Baggerly, president of the Pacific Coast League, today, and next year probably will see part of the league playing at night and the rest in the daytime. “Sacramento is strong for night base ball,” Baggerly said, “and Portland and Seattle also like it during the hot spells, but it didn't go so well at San Fran- cisco, and I hear Los Angeles also may go back to playing in tHe after- noons next year. All of San Fran- cisco's games this coming year prob- ably will be played in daylight.” President Baggerly said he expected to see Clint Davis, star San Francisco pitcher, come East to some major league team before the Spring training season starts. The New York Yankees were after him at one time, Baggerly said, and perhaps still are. Baggerly said Davis was an experienced pitcher and, he believed, ready for major league competition. Attendance was spotty in the league towns in 1932. and Baggerly expects it to be better this coming year. lieves the Coast is out of the worst of the depression and that a good, close race in the league will bring the fans flocking back to the parks. Baggerly and Mrs. Baggerly, who ac- companied him ,East for the minor league conclave at Columbus last week and then on to New York, planned to leave for home tomorrow, stopping off at Washington for a day or two. HEADS EASTERN NETMEN and Mangin Top Doubles. NEW_ YORK, December 17 States Davis Cup player, today was ranked No. 1 on the Eastern Lawn Ten- nis_ Association list for 1932, ahead of Sidney B. Wood. jr.; John Van Ryn and Gregory Mangin, indoor United States title holder. Mrs. Dorothy Andrus Burke of Green- wich, Conn., was ranked first among the women for the second straight year, followed by Baroness Maud Levi of ¥ewk York and Norma Taubele of New ork. Berkeley Bell and Mangin he: doubles players and Mareus H:cd;tg :g: Juniors, . |ST. JOHN’S PLANNING T0 JOIN NEW GROUP| Smaller Colleges Are Working on Organization—Annapolitans to Play A, U., Gallaudet. NNAPOLIS, Md. December St. John's Coilege is only mildl interested now in the Southern Conference. Speaking of the confer- ence, M. Telbot Riggs, director ath- letics, said: “We have not applied for admission and I don't think that we are interested at this time. We are not large enough an institution to compete | on equal terms with most of the teams mc!he co:‘lfierencv," ontinuing, he said: “Charley Ber- nier of Hampden-Sydney lnd'; have been working for some time regarding the formation of a conference involving the smaller college teams of this sec- tion. We have been meeting with con. siderable encouragement from such teams as Haverford and Swarthmore. Next year St. John's has scheduled games with Maryland, Hopkins, Swarth- mere and Hampden-Sydney. Rutgers may be met, but other teams such as Lafayette, West Point and Colgate, which have approached the locals, will not be listed, as St. John's plans to compete mainly against about its own size. Games wiih American University and Gallaudet are practically certain, while: two other contests are pending. Twelve teams were named as possibili- ties for membership in the new group, whose territory will include Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Caro- ! 1tna. ‘These are: Maryland—St. John's (Annapolis). Virginia—Hampden - Sydney, Lynch- burg, Roanoke, Randolph-Macon, Bridge- water and Emory and Henry. Pennsylvania—Haverford and Swarth- more. District of Columbla—American Uni- versity. North Carolina—Elon and Guilford. AMPDEN SYDNEY, Va. December 17 (#).—Coach Charles A. Bernier of Hampden Sydney Coliege said tonight that the contemplated con- ference of smaller colleges in the Middle Atldntic States would have an initial membership 8f six or seven. Tentative plans, the Hampden Sydney mentor said, would band to- gether Hampden Sydney, St. John's of Annapolis, Johns Hopkins, Randolph- Macon, Haverford, Swarthmore and American University. At a !fiye'n s glba.e:& ey Henry, chburg, , Bfldfi- water, Elon and Guilford would be In- vited to join. GREENLEAF SETS PACE Beats Ponzi, 125 to 33; to Be Alone in Cue Title Play. NEW YORK, December 17 (#).—Ralph Greenleaf, 10 times holder of the pocket billiard title since 1919, tonight thrust aside the challenge of Andrew Ponzi, defeating. the Philadelphia cue artist 125 to 33 to retain undisputed posses- sion of first place with six consecutive victories in the national tournament. Greenleaf’s victory, coupled with Er- win Rudolph’s defeat by young Jimmy Caras of Wilmington, Del., in the after- noon, left the defending champion alone at the top. Rudolph lost, 125 to 26, in 28 innings. The leaders: Player, HR. BG. Ralph Greenleaf, New York.. Erwin Rudolph, Clevel: P ale lie. Chi NO ACTION AS TO COACH Kentucky Council Fails to Decide on Students’ Demands. LEXINGTON, Ky., December 17 (P). —University of ~Kentucky Athletic Council adjourned a four-hour hearing today without acting upon student de- mands that Harry Gamage, head foot ball coach, be released. ‘The council adopted, however, the student recommendations for various changes in financial policles of the ath- Silver Bill owned several horses at one time or another, but the most famous was Westminstes, letic department, which included regu- lar audits of funds and revision free pass list, He be- | Shields Followed by Wood—Bell | ) —| | Frank X. Shields of New York, United | 17— schools of | of the i BY GEORGE CHADWICK. OLUMBUS, Ohio, December 17. —If you are a base ball fan, remember the name Leland Stanford MacPhail. There is a young man, a& newcomer in profes- slonal base ball, who will go high in the executive end of the game. At present he is president of the St. Louis | Cardinals—owned Columbus Club of American Association, but has come to be the most progressive member of the | big class AA minors. MacPhail brought to base ball a | varied experience, enthusiasm and a willingness to attempt ventures hereto-| fore unknown in the game. He was a foot ball player at Beloit College and a base ball star at Michigan. After gradu- ating in law, he played mjnor league ball for nine years and then retired to| practice his profession and engage in | the automobile and real estate business. In addition he served as secretary to a | United States Senator from Michigan and also dabbled in journalism as a base ball writer. | As an attorney, MacPhail led off by | losing 149 long deferred suits against | railroads, involving the loss of perish- | ables during the rush of relief trains| carrying aid to the sufferers of the San Francisco fire. Decisions against Mac- Phail's clients were based on the “act of God” ruling and the young barrister soon became discouraged with the pro- fession and turned to other flelds. | URING the war MacPhail was as- | sociated with Luke Lea of Nash- ville in the organization of an artillery regiment. He came home from France a colonel and was a member of the expedition that once planned to capture the Kaiser. Returning to the States, MacPhail located at Columbus and engaged first in the motor and then real estate business. He main- | tained his active interest in sports by becoming one of the leading foot ball officials in the Middle West, although base ball never lost its appeal. A few years ago base ball was at low | ebb in Columbus. The town had not had a pennant contender for many years and interest was being killed by HE Potomac River is in prime | concition for the bass anglers. In District waters and below, either on the Maryland or Vir- | ginia side, anglers are permitted to | catch bass all Winter, the season in | Virginia closing March 15, and in | Maryland April 1, 1933. Dyed-in-the-wool bass anglers still are catching a good many along the | sea wall and in the Washington Chan- | nel. Rod and Stream rezeived no re- | ports from the lower Potomac around Piscataway Creek and Gunston Cove | last week, but did get a fine report of bass landed in the Little River. This river flows back of Rocsevelt, formerly Analostan, Island. Last Tuesday, M. C. McKnight in- formed us he and E. P. Dehler, visit- ing some of their favorite holes in this | stream recently, and, fishing four days, | landed 60 bass and many crappie. Mc- | Knight told that with but few excep- tions most of the bass averaged over a pound and a half. Quite a few | weighed between two and three pounds. | This splendid catch was made with live bait, smelt and pike minnows. Telling of his catch, McKnight said | he fished in the deep holes, arouni fallen trees, and had eight feet of line | | between his float and his hooks. He | sald the bass are hungry and that the you have to fish deep to get your strikes. He also said it was useless to | use any artificial lures. | | ‘William Nishwitz and Harry Black, | turning from fishing to hunting, last | Sunday beated across Chesapeake Bay | from Solomons Island to Hoopers Is- | land. There they procured & thorough- | ly capable guide and despite unfavor- ably weather conditions against them, | each got his bag limit of ducks on | Monday and Tuesday. | LEE LECOMPTE. Maryland -State « game warden, asks us to print the following law on the killing of muskrats in Maryland: Section 59 of article 99, public code of general laws of Maryland, provides as follows: “It is unlawful for any person to hunt muskrat within the State of Maryland, or have the meat or pelts in possession if trapped, caught or killed between the 15th day of March and the 1st day of January following in each and every year, both dates inclusive, whether same are trapped, caught or killed with- in the State of Maryland or any other State, territory or country; provided, however, that this shall not prohibit the possession of skins of such animals for business purpoted when dried and cured.” Lecompte said this law is very neces- sary for the protection of the muskrat in his State and positively prohibits possession or sale of the meat during the closed period, namely, March 16 to December 31. NGLERS of the District of Colum- bia and Maryland are working to get a black bass bill enacted into law at the session of the General As- sembly of Maryland, which meets Jan- uary 1. The District of Columbia, Vir- ginia, West Virginia, Pennsylavania and Delaware prohibit the sale of black bass at all times wherever taken. Maryland does not. At the last session of the Maryland Legislature a black bass bill died in_committee. The bill to be presented this session reads: “It shall be unlawful to catch any species of black bass belonging to the genus Micropterus, including the large- mouth black bass (Micropterus sal- omides) and the small-mouth black bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in any of the tidal or non-tidal waters of this State, in any manner whatsoever except that during the months of July, August, Sep- tember, October and November the above mentioned fish may be caught by angling with rod, hook and line, held by the hand. Whenever any of the said fish may be caught in nets, sienes or other devices legally engaged in other fishing, the owner of those engaged in fishing such nets, shall immediately re- turn such fish to the water uninjured, and failure to do so shall be deemed prima facie evidence that the owner or others so engaged in fishing said nets are doing so in violation of this section. “It shall be unlawful for any per- son, firm or corporation to sell or offer to sell, purchase or offer to purchase, at any time, or to have in on, except hereinafter as P black bass mentioned in this act, whether said fish be caught in the tidal or non-tidal waters of this State or the waters of any other State, district, ter- g&ry or country and brought into this €. AUTO REPAIRING HALF PRICE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED hone Lin. 5207-W for Prices GARNER MacPhail Scores As Base Ball Executive After Trying Army, Law, Real Estate, Auto Selling ROD AND STREAM BY PERRY MILLE! | entitled to the | and further previded that nothing in lack of home ownership. So two years ago when Cincinnati was still in pos- session of the Columbus ffanchise, Mac- Phail organized a stock company of Columbus business men and bought the club. He then was faced with the dif- ficulty of procuris players for his new team and major lugu contacts. He called on several of his friends in the majors, but none could offer the needed assistance. As a last resort he called Fielding H. Yost, director of athletics at Michigan University, and placed his troubles before the “hurry-up” man. g Bnngh Rickey of St. Louls,” Yost sug- gested. wrnm! 10 minutes MacPhail had Rickey on the telephone. “When can I see ?” he asked Rickey. “How about 3 o'clock?"” retorted Branch. | thinking of that hour on the following | day. “Fine,” retorted MacPhail. So.| rushing to the Columbus 3 | took a plane for St. Louis and was ir | Rickey's office 10 minutes and 24 hours before the Cardinal executive had anticipated. A deal quickly was made, St. Louis purchased the Columbus Club and MacPhail was made its president. . Immediately base ball began to boom in the Ohio capital, but its development was hindered by the lack of a modern park. Despite adverse economic con- ditions the Cardinal o zation bullt a staduim costing $400, and seating 18,000, adjacent to the downtown busi- ness section. The city's response came in the form of 310,000 patrons for the Red Bird's home games, and Columbus had the second best ‘attendance record of the 1931 season in the minors, being topped only by Newark. The revival of base ball in Columbus, coming as it did during the game's most trying time, is a distinct tribute to MacPhail's ability as an organizer, executive and showman. He has color seldom to be found among base ball men and has climbed to a high position in the far-flung St. Louis Cardinal organization. That he still will progress is evident to all base ball men who know him, for he represents the type of hustling, wide-awake and thoroughly modern business man needed to rehabilitate the game. SSJT shall be unlawful for any per- son, private or common carrier t0 | accept for transportation or for| any person to transport or carry or| cause to be transported, or carried by any means whatsoever, any black bass into or from the State of Mary provided that persons catching said fish with rod, hook and line during the open. season for catching same, shall be session of said fish so caught, and for him or any private or common carrier to transport said fish so caught, provided in either case that the number of said black bass does not exceed ten (10) in number in any cne day for each person catching same, this section shall be so construed as to | prevent the shipment interstate commerce of live bass or for any one to have in possession or to sell live bass for propagating, breeding or stock- ing purposes, in accordance with sec- | tion 73 of this article, or to prevent any | one to catch or to engage in the catch- | ing of black bass under the direction | of the Conservation Department for propagation pu or for restocking | the streams of this State, | “During the open season, it shall be | unlawful for any person to catch, take or kill in any manner, or have in pos- session any black bass less than ten (10) inches in iength. It shall be unlawful, during the open season, for any person to catch by means of rod, any one day, in the aggregate, from any of the waters of the State. “And be it further enacted, shat this act shall take effect June 1, 1933, Longhorn Mascot, Appetite and All, Is Back on Range USTIN, Tex., December 17 (#).— Bevo the Second, pride of the University of Texas campus and official mascot of the Longhorn foot ball team, is back in the ranch country whence he came. Bevo is a Longhorn steer, from a strain of cattle rapidly dwindling on the wide ranges of Texas. Donated to the university at the start of the season, he rambled and charged around the stadium cinder th before each foot ball game and tween the halves. Lariats of two cowboys controlled his vicious lunges. Two occasions when he almost escaped from his keepers led uni- versity authorities to consider what might happen to a crowd if he ever broke loose, 50 he was barred from the stadium fleld. Students, unenthusiastic about & mascot which ate a large hole in the student fund but had to be kept in seclusion. appropriated $20 to ship Bevo back e. RICHMO Golf Analyzed BY JOE GLA F you have thoroughly mastered the use of the left leg during the backswing, made left hand and arm action sutomatic in taking the club back, and learned to keep the clubhead low at the start, you are ready to consider another detail of the backswing. This is right arm action. The left arm is extended as the top of the swipg is reached. It is out and away from the body. It will be loose and inaccurate in its movements, now, if the right arm does not establish a counter-bal- ance, keeping the clubhead on its proper arc and plane. That is, it will do this if it func- tions properly. That is what you must learn to make it do. Study the drawing of Harry Cooper above. You will see that at the top of his backswing his right arm is near his body. The line of this arm about parallels that of the body. The elbow is kept in. Practice the backswing now with the right elbow controlled like Cooper’s. Don't let it break away from the body at the top. Keep {Mnmdng until you have learned 0 keep it in position without thought. (Copyright, 1932) ND U. STILL IS ANXIOUS TO JOIN Expects That a Few Schools Will Be Added to Southern Con- ference Group. By the Associated Press. ICHMOND, Va., December 17— Splitting of the old Southern Conference has not lessened the desire of the University of Richmond to become a member of the group now extending only as far South as the EVERY HOLE THERE DIFFIGULTTO PAR Nos. 1 and 4, in Particular, Have Proved Wreckers te Players’ Hopes. BY W. R. McCALLUM. HAT gr:iet golf ccurse of tie Burning Tre2 Club. laid back in 1921 by Marshall Whitlatch, over which to many men high in official life play their golf, has so | many outstanding holes along its bunk- 1ered length that your ordinary golfer would find himself in a daze as'to which to choose as the best. Burning Tree, regarded by many folks as the | leading golf course of the Capital, | hasn't a weak cpct anywhere, Every hole has been conceived as one of champlonship calibgr and any one would fit nicely into a championship | golf course. There are no loafing spots | at Burning Tree, no holes where a par |is easy to attain. But of all the two-shot holes on the course (and there are 10 of them, all | of high rank) Walter W. Cunningham, the red-thatched lad who holds down the professional job at this most ex- |clusive of Washington's golf clubs, | thinks the fourth takes the cake as | the hardest on the layout. Not so much | from sheer distance, for the fourth hole is not the longest of the two-shotters, and is considerably shorter than one or two holes that can be reached in 2 by the sluggers. But from the mere mat= ter of reaching the green in the re- quired two shots the fourth stands out in Cunningham's cpinion as the tough- est two-shotter cn the layout. Cun- | ningham and his brothers Gilbert and | Frank have played as much golf at Burning Tree as any living men. All |of them agree that the fourth is by |far the toughest two-shotter on the | 1ayout. 'HEY also agree that the eighth stands out as the hardest one- | shotter, and they were perfectly | willing to stack the eighth up against | any other one-shot hole around Wash- | ington as the toughest of the tough. The fourth hole plays 430 yards in length from the back tee. Now a 430- yard hole is not so long from the stand- point of mere yardage. but the trick on that fourth is to keep both shots on the line. In the first place the hole is | uphill all the way from the elevated Carolinas, David Miller, graduate man- | tee &nd just where the normally good ager of athletics, said today. ma. land. | of the alumni who do mot, lk group as well,” Miller said: “I look for | & few of the unattached South Atlan-| Admitting that “there be a few e the new tic sthools to be taken into the South- ern Conference, and then it should be |a great conference. | what we need ce. It should b2 just in this secticn, and Richmond is just as anxious as ever V. M. 1. BOXING SQUAD | Six Monogram Men Among Lot to‘ | to enter.” LIKELY TO BE STRONG Report to Coach—Team Has Hard Schedule. LEXINGTON, Va., December 17.—As | = —ti iutfle River is full of them, but that | line more than ten (10) black bass in | new the Cadets of V. M. I look forward to | Winter sports they point out that the ring team of V. M. I wiJl be a good |one. There are several mofiogram mem- bers in the squared circle and some | men up from the frosh team of last Winter will be out. Six monogram men will be ready to go at the call of Capt. Bob Knox, the new V. M. mentor. About 60 men will answer the coach’s call for practice, and light workouts will be held until after the Christmas holidays, when aspirants will begin in earnest in preparation for the five |meets and the Southern Conierence tournament. The schedule: January 21—Virginia at Lexington. H."fin\llry 28—North Carolina at Chapel February 4—Virginia Poly at Lexing- ton. h!thmlry 11—Maryland at College Tk February 18—Army at West Point. BOY LEADS SHOOTERS Captures Grand Prize. Nine-year-old Larry Williams, jr. stole the show yesterday in the Mont- gomery Skeet Club Christmas turkey shoot when, competing against the club’s best shots, he won the grand prize. The youngster, using a 20-gauge gun, rang ‘up two 195, or 38 out of & possible 50. His opponents used 12-gauge guns. F. B. Russell won in Class A. 20-21 out of 50. Tom K. Randall landed Class B honors with 16-21, and George Hood triumphed in Class C with 17-19. Considering the snow, scores in the shoot, held on the club’s grounds on the East-West highway at Chevy Chase, Md., were regarded highly creditable. Odd Links Has Rules to Fit Par Is High on Short Barrington, IIl., Layout: Can’t Ground Bottle in Trap. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, December 17.—“Els- bert Greens” is the name of s unique private golf course located in suburban Barring- ton, but the course and its name are no more unique than the score card that goes with it. 1t is a nine-hole affair, and in the 2,854 yards are included two holes of 575 and 511 yards each. Despite the shortness, par is 36, for there are plentiful water hazards and woods. The back of the score card cen- tains & map of the course and, among oth=ss, these farcial rules: “An amateur is one who, after at- taining the age of 16, has no means of support. “Penalty for bottle in Ity 1 mmm receiving c or advice from any one but his caddy MOST TOPS—MOST CARS. ACME TOP CO. (Cut This Out) now AT 630 L St. NW. MET. 6838 and his wife—a slap in the molars with a niblick. “Rules of the U. 8. G. A. apply strictly when opponent is looking.” Every brake relining I | tee shot Jards, the fairway slopes to the right. But after 2 scieaming tee shot | 225 yards up the middle, the hole is only half played. In front of the green, which sits on a hiil 1o, there is a deep ravine sloping off to the right, with a bunker tucked just der the right front co i 1he temptaticn ond shot and weatz e B fall short into the ravine. That ravine is no gocl place to go, for th2 shot from below blind. The green slopes down fic back to front and sits in perfect pooit. for a high second shot. But m second shots are short, and therein i the rub. You could put a lot of amate. : championship contenders on_that h- and there would be far more 5s than 4 It is certainly one of the strongest twou- chot holes around Washing.on. h hole is prebabiy the oniy ot hole arcund Washingtor been made one stroke frcm the back tee. Most of the gcliers who play Burning Tree never have used the back tee, but you can take Walter Cunningham's word for it that the eighth is a real one-shotter from that rear tee, tucked up against the fence. Even Dick Lunn, the youngster from Priends School, who is one of the jongest hitters among the amateurs about the Capital, uses a driver on this hole from the back tee. And there are few one-shctters around Washington that take a driver shot by a long hitter. The green is of ample bout 190 yards fi bunker cutting clear acress the fai: This bunker must be carried from the tee, but be- | tween the bunker and the edge of the | green lies some 15 vards of fairway. | At the left side of the green is another | deep bunker. The eighth is not as severely trapped as many _one-shot | holes, but the trapping of that green | belies the meek appearance of the hole. It's as tough a one-chotter as there is anywhere, and one of the merry little features about it is that the wind usually is out of the right, tending to blow the bell into the bunker at the left. UNNINGHAM rates the eighteenth as one of the finest two-shott anywhere, but he does not think i t . | quite comes up to the strength.of the fourth He ranks the eighteenth as among the strongest finishing holes he has seen. This hole, again, has not Dbeen severely trapped as are some fin- | ishing holes on championship golf courses, but the trapping has been done - | with such cleverness that a missed | shot anywhere along the route is pe- nalized ih no_ uncertain fashion On the whole. that Burning Tree golf course is one of strong golf holes. Trap it a little more, put the tees at the second and tenth 3 few yards back and | you would have a golf course as hard |as any on which a championship has been played in recent years. From the first tee shot to the lest putt it is one tanding golf courses. ‘[ of America’s outsf FILLY CAPTURES RACE. NEW ORLEANS, December 17 (M.— W. F. Lutz's Nell Kuhlman, a 3-year-old fllly, easily accounted for the Petite Verchere purse, a_6-furlong claiming affair, which featured Jeflerson Park's mediocre program today. ATHLETES TO PRACTICE. 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