Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1933, Page 12

. A—12 SPORTS. Curbing Eager Cha LEG STRAIN FEAR HAS PILOT ON EDGE Cautious With Griffmen as They Speed Drills—Boken Accepts Terms. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.— With a “hey, nonnie, non- nie and a hot-cha-cha” Uncle Clark Griffith saun- tered out to the prepping field this morning as happy as an Irishman on St. Patrick’s day. Many things caused the gray| pilot’s cigar to be tilted at a rak- ish angle, his ruddy cheeks to glow and his black eyes to sparkle. For instance, there isn't a holdout on his club. Young Bob Boken's con- tract—duly signed—is here; Heinie Manush, champ hitter, is packing his trunk in Detroit for a trip to camp, his parchment having arrived two days ago; Moe Berg is winging in this di- rection; the pitchers and catchers are showing up well; everybody is in good health and Al Thomas' arm is hum- ming tunes of victory. hen tnere was yesterday's rest from arduous duties, unless the trade back home wisnes 1o call golf work, which it sn't down here with the blucbiras termg, the palm, swishing and a Mississippi sun playing_crooney lulla- byes ofi the backs of the boys' necks. Doffing thew tall hats and their frock coats, which they go in for down There on a Sunday aftérnoon, the hired hands went out to work today with bats on their shoulders and mean wten- tions, the intentions being to wallop the ball over the fences and far out into the chitling belt of Biloxl. UT there will be no belting of the pineapple around the works for a few days. Manager Cronin, his boss and Mike Martin are watching these young men as though they were a batch " of priceless colts prepping for the Derby. And that's why Martin insists that Cronin take the youngsters along carefully, checking them when they show too much ambition, yet en- | ging them to be active. ; A ball player's legs are much like & coit’s i the Spring,” says Dr. Mar- tin, spy-glass in one hand and liniment in the other. “The underpinning of a player is unsteady at that time, unused 1o quick starts and stops and a mana- ger cannot be too careful with both vets and kids. A twist of a ligament now means trouble later on. That is why a manager closes his eyes when he sees his stars come tearing in for a fly at this time of the year.” In the workout on Saturday, Mike Martin had to check General Crowder, who with sore thumb and all, was try- ing to put something besides the seam on the leather onion. And Earl White- hill, the heavy boy who has a crop of hair resembling Louie the Barber, was persistent in his efforts to curve his initials with the ball. So the task at this time is not to get the boys to tearing in their toil, but, strangely, to discourage them from scorching. But with the arrival of the second crowd here next Monday, legs | will have become strong enough to/ enable the players to chase around for fly balls which Cronin insists will fill the Biloxi air. ITH Bob Boken's parchment safe in uncle's big safe here, Joe Cronin last night leaned back to contemplate and speculate on his in- fleld situation. “We'll carry two utility infielders this year,” said Joe. “We have Johnny Kerr, who proved his worth last year; Cecil Travis, the Riverdale, Ga., boy who made good at Chattanooga last season, and this new fellow, Boken, who ought to give both of them a fight for a chance to horn in on our line-up.” Griffith and Cronin are ‘They have youngster, had varying reports of the but Cronin insisis that a young man who cnly clouts the leather | for .280—which is anemic for the American association—vet belts in 113 Tuns certainly is a timely hitter, or has the goddess of luck perched on his/ shoulder. Joe likes those 113 runms, no matter how Boken did it. Bob is a right-hand batter, who has played all over the infield, but shining at short, where he will get a chance to show how well he is qualified to hold down an auxiliary position with the Nationals, Kerr, getting real competition for the first time since he has worn the livery of the Griffs, is zipping up his drilling, playing golf and generally preparing himself for the war which is to come when the team begins its trek nort! In 51 games last year at short an second base, Johnny batted for .273 an scored 14 runs. Travis, the other entry in the three-man scrap, led the Look- outs in willow wielding with .362 in 152 games. With all the planned efforts to sharpen Travis and Boken for infield roles, it is believed Ossie Bluege's un- derpinning will be given considerable rest next year. However, all will de- pend cn what Travis and Boken show on this prepping trip. Both will get all the leeway possible to make good. RESSED as to just how many games he may have to step out of during the coming season due to the pres- sure of managerial duties and how much the arduous duties of manager might | affect his playing, Cronin said: “I shall not stay out of one game on account of managerial duties, for I will be playing at an important position. T'll have to watch and encourage Bolton, a young catcher. too. Bound to signal and advise by signals the team, I ex- pect to be more alert than ever out at short.” So there you are. Yet the feeling persists among the experts that the kid manager is going to have a tremendous task on his hands trying to do two jobs. DIVING ACCIDENT FATAL A J. Heinzman, Jr., Swimmer Hits Head on Board. PRINCETON. N. J., February 27 (P). —August J. Heinzman, jr., 21-year-old varsity diver on the Rutgers University swimming team, died in Isabelle Mc- Cosh Infirmary as the result of injuries he received prior to a dual meet with Princeton last Wednesday. While practicing before the meet. Heinzman, a spphomore, struck his head on the diving board in attempting a dive. He suffered a fractured vertebra. MORELAND GOLF VICTOR. HOUSTON, Tex., February 27 (®).— Gus Turner Moreland of Dallas, Tex., won the nineteenth annual Houston Country Club invitation golf tourna- ment for the third consecutive year de- feating Ossie Carlton of Houston on a water-logged course, 6 and 5. MADE EXETER CAPTAIN. EXETER, N. H, February 27 (#)— James W. Savage of Deerwood, Minn., has been elected captain of the. 1934 Exeter Academy hockey team. He was 8 ctar forward on this year's team, whigh beat Andover in its .ebjective gam. eagerly | looking forward to a glimpse of Boken. | Rutgers | ° 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, dis- pleased because it has been unable to schedule Georgetown for sports engagements for two years, has decided it will not enter the Georgetown track meet. O'Neil, Chapman, Cullop and Baskette are hold-outs of the Cleve- land ball club. Alva Wiidiams, big catcher of the ‘Washington club, is expected to sign today. Catholic University will end the most successful basket ball season in the school's history with a game tomorrow night against George ‘Washington. Inter-high school championship base ball games will be played the anméng season at American League | Park. Taking part in wrestling prelim- inaries of the District Federation last night were Foley, Goucher, Marshall, Merger, T. Mayhew, J. | Mayhew and Scherer of Maryland | Agricultural College; Matice, Freney and McClarey, National Guard; Andrewjeskey, Gledhill and Deckers, Gallaudet, and Paxton, Brooks and Barrett of the Y. M. C. A. RING GIANTS PROVE " EASY FOR BOB TOW | A | Georgian, Who Meets Super-heavy | in Prante at Portner’s, | Whips Big 'Uns. OB FITZSIMMONS was a confirmed believer, at least so far as his own ability was concerned, that the bigger they came, the harder they fell. Ouer in Alexandria, where he is train- ing for his bout tomorrow at Portner’s Arena with Emile Prante, lanky Bobby ‘Tow, although he is no “Ruby Rob” by a long shot, feels pretty much the same way. Tow's beliefs appear right well founded. About a year ago a huge Greek by the name of George Nerron, built much more like a rassler than a pugilist, was brought to Portner's to fight Tow. Bobby promptly upset the | dope by easily lacing his huge oppo- nent. Then Marty Gallagher, another big boy, was given a chance last Sum- mer at Twin-City to use Tow as a stepping stone to a big match. Bobby won seven of 10 _rounds from Marty, once flooring the Foggy Bottom boy for a nine count. Tow’s next bout was with Joe Xnight, only 175 pounds. Knight kayoed Tow at Twin-City in the fourth round and it was months before Bobby was able to again enter the ring. That oout | convinced Tcw big game was his meat. In Prante, tomorrow, Tow will be| meeting the largest opponent of his career. Prante, standing 6 feet 6 inches | high and weighing close to 220, figures to best Tow, but if the Georgian's suc- cess against big fellows continues, there | may be an upset gcored across the river 'COLUMBIA U. PROBE | DISPROVES CHARGES Committee Finds No Professional-| ism—TUrges Greater | Sports Facilities. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, February 27.—The spe- | cial committee of five has com- pleted its study of Columbia Uni- | versity athletics and discovered little to criticize. Appointed to the task after charges | of professionalism had been printed by the Spectator, school paper, the commit- tee, in its formal report to Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler yesterday, declared its| investigation had revealed no evidence of favoritism toward athletes nor of recruiting and subsidizing. As a matter of fact, the investigating body recommended that greater facili- tes for athletic participation be pro- i ed. “We find that the facilities at Co- lumbia for games, play and outdoor sports are meager,” the report said. “The facilities for healthful outdoor exercise are not only insufficient for the entire university body, but are in- adequate for the undergraduate body of 1.800 students in Columbia College.” The committee recommended more practice fields, a new gymnasium, de- velopment of junior varsity and 150- pound foot ball teams, appointment of coaches by the trustees and handling of athletic funds by the university | treasurer and the cutting down of schedules and training hours to the minimum required for safe play. | BOB CAREY AUTO VICTOR |Sets Track Record in 6214-Mile 1 Race at Legion Ascot. LOS ANGELES, February 27 (A)— | Boo Carey of Anderson, Ind., won the | 621;-mile” feature automobile race at | the Legion Ascot Speedway in 45 min- utes 41.81 seconds, a new track record. He bettered the old mark by 1 minute | 22.22 seconds. { Ernie Triplett of Los Angeles was second; Chester Gardner of Long Beach, Calif, third; William Cantlon | of Detroit, fourth; Babe Stapp of San Joe, Calif., fifth, and Al Gordon of Los | Angeles, sixth. | FEATHERS REMATCHED | Milling and Pena, Who Fought Draw Meet Again March 6. CHICAGO, February 27 (#).—Varias | Milling of Los Angeles, and Johnny |Pena of New York, featherweight championship contenders, will meet in a 10-round bout at the Washington Boulevard Auditorium March 6. They | fought a sensational draw at the Chi- cago Stacium January 13. ‘WINS HOCKEY TITLE. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, February 27 (#).—The Boston Olympie Club, Tepresenting the United States, defeat- ed Canada, 2 to 1, in a brisk overtime struggle to win the world amateur | hockey championship. ~ Canada was | represented by the Toronto Nationals. Burke, Now BY TOM DOERER. TLOXI, Miss., February 27.— Bobby Burke, the enigma; Bobby, the boy who liked to loll in & beach® chair; the young man who stretched legs in the lobby to earn for himself the title of champion “lobby sitter,” is disap- pointing his public down here, where Mardi Gras are national holidays. Some one must have told him there is a sales tax on lobby sitting. Anyhow, the champion chair-user peac ley looking bored. He does not stretch long legs out on the veranda, doze complacently and then startle crowd by saying: | at Newark last season, and Russell Van | didates for their first drill today, or- | day. THE EV. NEHF 15 TUTORING GIANTS'FRESHMEN Yankees Start South—White Sox Open Drills—Dodgers Reach Camp. —The New York Giants have acquired a freshman base ball class in addition to their squad of regulars and rookigs who are in training here. Art Nehf, the old-time Giant pitcher, who suctessfully intro- duced Hank Leiber last season, has brought a pitcher, Arthur Hale, from Phoenix, Ariz, for a §y-out; Leiber has persuaded Manager: Bill Terry to inspect three players, Walter Carson, outfielder; Russell Painter, infielder, and Jack Hile, pitcher, and. Irving (Red) Patron, who also pitches, hitch-hiked all the way ifrom Brooklyn for a try-out. i NEW YORK, February, 871 (P).—The New York Yankees prepared to start the 1933 campaign for ther world championship today with ‘the departure of the first squad of players for the training camp at St. Petes , Fla. Only three players, all pitchers, were listed to depart from New York this morning under the guidance of Road Secretary Mark Roth. They were Charles “Hasty” Devens, Harvard's only contribution to major league base ball; Pete Jablonowski, who performed well I 08 ANGELES, February 21 (P). Atta, from St. Paul. All the battery- men except Herb Pennock are due Wed- nesday. The infielders and outfielders 1l not start work until March 8. )ASADENA, Calif., February 27 (#). —Manager Lew Fonseca called the roll of his Chicago White Sox can- dering the recruits out an hour ahead of the more experienced hands. He said for the first week at least, he would concentrate on the youngsters for an hour each morning, then would Join the rest of the squad in toiling. Only one sesson a day 1s scheduled and that one will keep the athletes busy through the lunch hour, an arrange- ment made with an eye to the over- weight candidates. MIAMI, Fla., February 27 (#).—The vanguard of the Brooklyn base ball team was on hand today, ready for the first workout of the Spring train- ing season. Nine pitchers and one catcher had arrived last night. More batterymen and First Baseman Del Bissonette, who has been visiting Dazzy Vance at Homosassa, were expected to- Bobby Reis, young third baseman, and Outfielder Max Rosenfeld arrive some time ago for preliminary work- outs. AVALON, Calif.,, February 27 (®).— Babe Herman, who is expected to do & lot of hitting for the Cubs this vear, today was credited with his first train- ing camp home run—even though it was made off the pitching eftorts of a catcher. In the first training siege contest of the season, Pat Malone's team had piled up a huge lead, largely at the expense of Guy Bush, pilot of the other club. Figuring the game.safe, Malone sent Catcher Zack Taylor in to pitch. Zack got by one inning. but loaded the bases in the next and Herman sent everybody in with his home: ‘The Malones won the game, 17 to 1 PASO ROBLES, Calf, February 27 (). —Pit'sburgh Pirate pitchers in Spring tzaining here, today were ordered | by Manager George Gibscn “to put something on the ball.” Gibson said he felt the pitchers were rotnding into shape and were ready to hurl the equivalent of three innings each in practice. —_— DISTRICT BOWLERS WIN Simon Stars in Insurance Team's Victory Over Baltimore. | Paced by Simon, who rolled a set of 336, a bowling team representing the | ‘Washington branch of the New York | Life Insurance Co., turned back a team | from the Baltimore branch, 1,573 to | 1,388. The local pinners took a command- ing lead in the first game. Their team | games were 514, 489 and 570. One for the Book wmad BY CHARLIE WHITE, OTH major leagues made new records in times at bat in a season in 1932, The National had 43,763; American, 43,430. The best earned-run average for 8 pitcher in a season in the official records is .90 given to Ferd Schupp, New York, Na- tional League, 30 games, 140 innings, 1916, and' 1.01 by Hubert Leonard, Boston, American League, 35 games, 222 innings, 1914. They are consid- ered the nominal leaders. The actual leaders are 1.09, Walter Johnson, Washington, Amer- ican League, 47 games, 346 innings, | 1913, and 1.22, Grover Alexander, Philadelphie, National League, 49 games, 376 innings, 1915. ‘The fewest number of base hits made by a major league in a season is 9,566, by the National in 1907. The American had 9,719 in 1908. ‘The record for most base hits is 13,260, by the National in 1930. The American had 12,525 in 1921. The most consecutive games lost by & pitcher in & season is 19, by John Nabors, Philadelphia, Ameri- can League, May 9 to September 28, 1916. By a strange coincidence, the consecutive games won record also is 19, made by Tim Keefe and Rube Marquard, both pitching for New York Giants in 1828 and 1912, re- spectively. Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, has the distinction of making four home runs in three consecutive games, October 5 (1), 7 (2), 9 (1), world series, 1928. G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. rges Croni E OF THE RAWEST ROOKS —By TOM DOERER SULSWORTH AASELARD Wko BRWNGS A LOT OF SOUTH S\DE(CHICAGO) CONFIDENCE AND PEP DOWN 16 CAVSE GRIFF To BE PLEASED.... HE IS A 60T RIGHTHANDER-.... HERE AMONG THE PALMS A DoERER. BlLoxt, MISS. A. Z. A. QUINT MAKES EXCELLENT RECORD Trims Moseans for Tenth Victory in Row in Jewish League. Started Season Poorly. ARLY this basket ball season A. Z. A. tossers droped a 1-point victory | to the crack Sholl's Cafe five and promptly were forgotten by the ma- Jority of independent basket ball fol- lowers, But the A. Z. A. quint today can point proudly to a record equaled by few amateur teams in this vicinity. A 35-to-17 victory yesterday over the Moseans gave the A. Z. A. cagers their tenth victory in as many starts in the Jewish Community Center League. It was their twenty-first triumph over Dis- trict quints and their twenty-fourth win of the season all told, three having been attained during an Eastern tourney which was annexed by the local A. Z. A. Koonin, Mintzer and Freedenberg starred in yesterday's victory, account- ing for 25 of the team’s 35 points. Scores Yesterday. Saranacs, 20; Giants, 15. St. Joseph's, 35; Brooks, A. C., 26. Company F, 27; Riggs Bank, 11. Atlas, 32; Company F, 21. J. C. C. 130-pounders, 34; Merrick's Boys’ Club, 30. K. of C. 145-pounders, 27; Santa Maria, 35. St. Martin’s, 27; Times-Herald, 22. Immaculate Conception, 33; St. John's, 18. Altonia, 27; Post Exchange, 22. Altonia, 82; Silver Spring. 37. Alexandria Pirates, 28; St. Aloysius, 25. Bethesda Firemen, 47; Cumberland | Y. M. C. A, 29. PROS OPEN GRID RULES Liberalize Forward Pass, Bring Goal Posts Back to Line. PITTSBURGH, February 27 (®).— Rule changes designed to pep up the game bave been made by the National Professional Foot Ball League. Club owners made the forward pass legal ‘from any point behind the line crimmage and moved the goal posts oal line in an effort to in- and reduce the number of st up to the crease t] of tie games. LANDON BASKET HOST. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High basketers come to town tomorrow to face the Landon School five in the Epiphany Church gymnasium. Washington-Lee tossers travel to Hyattsville for a brush in the armory there with the Hyatts- ville High quint. Peppery, Likely Griff Help “I think I'll go to bed.” Instead, Mr. Burke, sporting any- where from 5 to 10 pounds of weight over last years figures—his new weight has not been definitely agreed upon—throws a bag of golf clubs over his shoulders after morning practice and beats the ears off a little ball all afternoon. * As a result of his new exercise schedule, time to your correspondent’s knowl- uy:ukmx keen intercst in Hurler, Huskier, Gives Up Lobby-Lounging and Threatens to Get Places. came along to it. “Burke is going i ] E i i i £ i 3 %gzfi g § ' Moe Berg Finally ' Reports at Camp Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.—Moe Berg, last of the batterymen due here with the Nationals, arrived this morning. Berg report- ed in good shape and went out for today’s exercise. He completes the catching group. Berg has not signed his 1933 con- tract, but the formality probably will take place this afternoon. Varied Sports BASKET BALL. | Akron, 18; ‘Toledo, 13. (National | | League play-off series.) Niagara College, 45; Canisius, 43. | _Tulsa Diamond Oilers, 32; Oklahoma | | City Boosters, 29. | Arizona State Teachers, 31; New Mex- |1co Aggies, 29. | Idaho, Southern Branch, 38; Mon- tana Normal, 36. 1 Idaho, 40; Washington State, 38. New Mexico, 49; Flagstafl (Ariz) | Teachers, 31. § Whittier, 31; Pomona, 24. ‘Washington, 34; Oregon, 28. California, 41; Stanford, 23. Nevada, 28; California Aggies, 26. Southern California, 44; California at | Los Angeles, 18. HOCKEY. National League. New York Rangers, 4; Chicago, 1. New York Americans, 1; Detroit, 1. (Tie.) International League. Syracus, 8; Windsor, 3. Cleveland, 1; Buffalo, Canadian-American League. New Haven, 4; Quebec, 1. Providence, 3; Boston, 2. American Association. Tulsa, 2; St. Louis, 1. e Tri-State League. Atlantic City Sea Gulls, more, 3. SOCCER. Chicago Sparta, 1; Cleveland Slav- ias, 0. St. Louis Andersons, 2; St. Louls Stix, 1. (Pro.) ROMMEL BACK WITH A’'S Recently Released Pitcher, and Blackburne, to Be Coaches. 'HILADELPHIA, February 27 (®).— A 'new corps of assistants made up of Bing Miller, Eddie Rommel and Lena Blackburne are announced by Mack, manager of the Athletics, as a result of the tion of Eddie Col- lins, captain and first coach of the team. / Balti- ONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1933 n’s Big Job : Filling Mound-Relief Squad Is Problem HE WON THREE BASE BALL LETTERS AT V.0F LLINOIS... SPORTS.’ AAZZARDS 'WEIGHT AND ELLSWORTA Too Ik TWO SPINS ARDUND THE PARK THE SECONO DAY out To SHow NE HAD THE OLD STAMINA ... THATS WY { DIDN'T 60 TO THE A\ % BRAVES .- Hand Ball Toughens Hazzard Big Griffl Rookie as Y Coach Also Picks Up Fine Points of Volley Ball—Has Smoke on Fast One. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.— Here is a young man who is likely to be hanging around with Uncle Clark Griffith’s flag chasers when the ball club comes marching home on Wednesday, April 5. He is Ellsworth Hazzard, a rugged, knotty-built hight-hand hurler who comes from the South Side of Chicago, where young men have to be rugged to walk up the street. But Hazzard can walk up any street without being molested. He's that sturdy-looking. He walked into a volley ball game down here the other day and | when he finished playing these boys knew they had met a fellow who knows the game from any angle they could | think of at the moment. Now if he can do thinks like that with a base ball, Uncle Clark has found himself another good pitcher. Hazzard stands out in a group of | young pitchers who have more bulk than any batch of rookie moundsmen the Griffs have brought to camp in many years. All in the flock run to height with the exception of Lines and Burrows, the two Westerners. | . Hazzard tells me he played ball with | the Boilermakers, a South Side high school tezm. He played for four years. | He won three letters in base ball at the University of Illinois and turned down a i‘l]ob]vdlh the Boston Braves to finish school. | His_team won the Big Ten championship in 1930, while he was a member, and came second in his last two s at college. During the Sumi the big boy play- ed ball with Chicago semi-pro teams. when scouts from several big leagues began peeking at him. But Sam Rob- erts of Chicago, a friend of Uncle | Clark’s. beat them to the punch by get- | Griffith. Ellsworth explains his ability to play volley ball so well when he admits hav- ing been a member of a titular volley team during the Winter, having coached the sport at & Y. M. C. A. Hazzard played basket ball and hand ball, also, claiming the latter sport is what caused him to come to camp in such superb shape. He is 6 feet tall. weighs 184 pounds and throws a terrific fast ball. Shadows of the Past BY I C. BRENNER. PING BODIE. ERE'S a base ball classic—an ancient picture of Ping Bodie, before _he was sold to - the Yankees, Born Francisco Pizzola, Bodie made a great reputation as a hitter with the San Prancisco Seals and brought a big price when Miller ‘1:% brought him to New York Now Bodie is back in his native San Prancisco, in business around Cow Hollow, from which he made his rise into base ball. Bodie brought a lot of publicity to the Yankees, as he was a colorful figure who always was saying things that appealed to the base ball writers. And he was a marvelous batsman. But when it came to chasing flies the ponderous Ping was not what you would call a Speaker. As Huggins kept rebuilding the Yankees into the organization which began winning pennants in 1921, Bodie and others like him were sent away. Ping played around the American League for a while and then went back to the coast. He made a comeback with San Prancisco’s Missions a few years ago, but his weight got the better of him and Prancisco Pizzola had to call it all off. (Copyright, 1933.) CLARIFY TITLE MUDDLE Arizmendi and Miller, Will Scrap Tomorrow. NEW morrow nfit bout “on week's national schedule. Their 10-round engagement should Cruetion Torced. upos. the 12 division when ch%a (Bat talino found be no longer could the weight, Feathers, 3 YORK, February 37 (P— Ind., | Baby Arizmendi of Mexico and Fred- die Miller of Cincinnati—two of the three claimants of the featherweight championship—meet at Los Angeles to- p_inthemolmundlnt Tog pound )’ Bat- make 'BATTLE WITH ARMY - TOPS MIDDIES’ CARD Basket Natural Slated Saturday. Navy Boxes W. and L., Meets Mountaineers on Mat. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | NNAPOLIS, February 27.—The bas- | ket ball game against the West | Point Cadets stands out as by far | the most notable event on the sport pro- | gram at the Naval Academy next Satur- day. Boxing against Washington and Lee, wrestling against West Virginia and fencing with Hamilton are the other varsity events at Annapolis, while the swimming and water polo teams con- test against City College of New York in New York City. While the Naval Academy basket ball team will have the advantages of play- ing on its home court and of a far bet- ter record for the season, no one looks upon the outcome of a service school | same in any sport with confidence. Of the nine games played in the se- ries, the Naval Academy has wor: five and lost four and has a margin in total points, 243 to 222, Seats for 5000 have been arranged, but nearly all of them have already been ed to members of the Navy Athletic Association. The boxing match against Washington and Lee in the eve- ning also will take place in the armory instead of the gymnasium, where they always have been held previously. [ WAFEE, RUSSELL BURKE N RESERVE Rookies Likely to Produce Sturdy Fourth Member of Rescue Corps. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.— B With Bobby Burke sporting a school girl complexion and a happy smile, Joe Cronin today began figuring on !115 hill relief corps for the com- ing season. Washington's flag-scampering outfit, tearing at the leash down here, is expected to be helped thig year when pitching explosions and expulsions take place by Burke, Bill McAfee, Jack Russell and a fourth hurler to be picked from Bob Friedrichs, Ed Linke, Bud Thomas and Ellsworth Hazzard. Cronin is set on the big three, plac- ing McAfe: at the head of the troupe because ol the big fellow’s record of three victories without a loss in a re- ting Ellsworth to agree to talk with | lief role last season. In Burke and Rus- sell he expects two rescue members who may be able to make a few marks for themselves next Summer. Cronin’s problem is to find a fourth member among the minor-tested young- sters. He has given no sign of pret- erence in _discussing the youngsters here, merely saying that each is far better than he or Griffith expected, and that it will be a task to make a choice in the next few weeks. ENERAL CROWDER, of course, can be used in relief work, as he is & Tescuer par excellence. The gen- eral marched away from every one last season with five wins and no losses in a pick-'em-up role. He beat the White Sox twice and the Yanks, Tigers and Athletics once each. Monte Weaver has proven a poor Te- lief hurler, being of the type that must move along slowly, improving with each | inning. He gets off to an uncertain | start, making him too much of & risk | in a rescue cast, as the four attempts he made last season proved. | However, Joe is set on his five start- ing pitchers, Al Thomas, Weaver, Crow- der, Walter Stewart and Earl Whitehill, and fixed on his relief corps, other than the choosing of the best rookie. OE is getting the pitching problem down to where only injuries can cause him to miss sleep or shoot par | 4 holes in six | _And last ycar at this time Uncle | Clark Griffith was walking around with | a_headache, crying to all and sundry | that he would give $50,000 for & win- | ning pitcher. Another wining pitcher last semester would have meant more than $50,000 to him last Fall when you take a look at the final standings and remember that he had but two dependable all year, | Crowder and Weaver. VIRGINIA AVENUE CHAMP Beats Park View to Clinch Recrea- tion Soccer League Title. Booters representing the Virginia ave- nue playgiound today boast the Rec- reation Soccer League title, following their 4-1 victory over Park View. At the half Virginia Avenue was trailing, 0—1. but it rallied in the late going as Eddie Fitzpatrick rang up three goals and Ward sdded another. | Rosedale conquered Dux A. C. 2—0, in the only other Recreation League match. Columbia Heights Grays, Capital City League champions, were awarded & forfeit victory over Gaithersburg, when the latter failed to appear. COLONIALS IN BENEFIT Seniors to Play Other Classes to Aid Varsity Club Fund. Senior class members of the George Washington University basket ball squad will engage a combination com- posed of members from other classes Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the G. W gym, with the proceeds of the game going to the George Washington Varsity Club entertainment fund. Capt. Arthur Zahn, Johnny Fenlon, Wayne Chambers, Forrest Burgess and Fred Mulvey will play for the seniors, with Hertzler, Carlin, Wray, Howell, Noonan and Parrish making up the other team. BIKE TEAMS BUNCHED Three Tie for Lead After Wild Opening Night in Garden. | NEW YORK, February 27 ().—After a wild first night of jamming, the six- day bicycle race in Madison Square | Garden today settled down to the 101:5 grind with the 14 teams closely bunchs at 8 am., the eleventh hour. A triple tie existed for the lead, shared by Georgetti-Severgnini, Lands- | Thomas and Hill-Binda with the newly- | formed combination of Reggie Mc- Namara, grand old rider, and Harry Horan, and Letourner and Debaets tied for fourth place a lap to the rear. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss., February 27.— It pays to listen. It sho’ does. For instance, here I am worried and wondering just what is going to happen to the goose man, Goslin, out there in the strange confines of right field next ‘Summer. I jump up in my sleep at nights after dreaming of high flies zoom- ing out to Goslin in right field, where® he is a total stranger. I eals, thinking, maybe, being in new terri- tory might think the ball is a toy balloon and pay no attention to it, Goose Knows His Way in Right Became Acquainted With Pasture When He First Joined Nationals, Back in ’21. what he tells me down here—"have you the stomach to try right fleld?” Goslin_did. And he worked for two weeks every morning getting used to the lot. While he played only a half dozen games in that sec- tor, he proved to Griffith that he could handle the job. A change in personnel occurred to shift Goslin to left, where he has been a perma- nent fixture in major league ball for 11 years. So he will know which way is in and which is out in right field next Summer. TAXI Srivers ATTENTION Thousands of our riders have re- quested call boxes; we are now install- ing them with phone service. Get your order in nmow for a— 2047 L Street N.W. “Washington's Smartest Taxicab® -