Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1933, Page 39

[ | @he Foening Sfar. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1933. PAGE D-—1 Nationals’ Reserve Squad to Be Finest in American League, Griffith Confends EXTRAS OF CLASS AFIELD, N MOUND Bolton, Russell and Travis Get Special Drills—Rice Reports at Camp. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 2— B Commander in Chief Clark Griffith of the Nationals’ expeditionary force concen- | trated here took a wise and keen peek at his ball club this morning as it spun into third gear—and headed for the curves with a lot of steam. “It will do” said Uncle, league and for any race. “Mark down on your cuff that I will have the best crop of utility players in the American League next season, a better batch of reserves than the Yanks or Athletics will show, if they stay up all night trying to figure out a way to beat my aggregation. “And reserves, Napoleon—or was it Pershing?—said, win the battles.” Uncle was all aglow over the safe ar- rival of young Cecil Travis. the elon- gated Chattamoogo kid who burned up the Southern Association with his bat and snappy fielding last semester. And he was humming tunes of joy when Sam Rice blew in late yesterday after- noon. And Uncle was crooning about the showing of young Clff Bolton and Jack Russell. Also about the change in the ‘weather. This has been for the better within the last 24 hours. Today was a pip, & nice hot sun telegraphing its rays down from over the Gulf right smack on the rookies’ new hair cut. UT Uncle’s original croon was be- | cause of his utility men. He says | they can't be beat and that with them he is going to whip the rest of the American League, “Take Rice and Harris, my utility out- flelders. Harris is the cream of pinch hitters, isn't he? Well, he's as good as the best anyhow. Dave drove in more runs than any other pinch hitter in our | league and he made tlie most hits. | “Rice is the cream of the crop when & dependable is needed. “In our infield we will have either the promising rookie Travis or the American Association _infielder Bob | Boken to help Johnny Kerr. If Travis | or Boken can wield a willow under | fire, we will show the finest pair of | young men on any ball club, “In pitching, we have Jack Russell, who is surprising Joe Cronin with the way he can let them loose; Bill Mc- Afee and the improved Burke to come running in with the fire hats if a fourth alarm is sounded.” A year ago the base ball sh: were saying that Uncle’s ball club—1932 edition—could not stay at the top if it got to the top because it lacked ca- pable reserves. But Uncle @ way figured to stop that gap this’ time, just as he has whipped togéther a better-looking hurling staff for the coming scuffle. FOR the catching department Grif- | fith seems to feel that young CHff | Bolton is going to be the fair- haired boy. To prove that he intends to have CUff stick through the season with the elub, Grifith had his peppery man- ager, Joe Cronin, put Moe Berg and Yuke Sewell to work as a pair of teachers to show CIff the art of fleld- ing bunts and going back after the high fouls. % hour yesterday morning For over an Cronin. Sewell and Berg put the stocky-built former Lookout catcher through the paces. It was a gruelling pace set by the veterans, but the kid | from Chattanooga stood up under it. “Give him some major league experi- enc said Cronin, puffing, after the test “and he is going to make & sweet‘ catcher. - He is a natural, and only needs polishing.” While Cliff was working the bunts from home plate, Cronin and Kerr were tutoring the kid, Travis, in how to come in after the ball and heave it to first for a double play shot. Altrock, bat- ting short and long bunts, kept the two rookles busy every moment. Travis got over to play the ball in & smooth fashion for his opening day. He is rangy and has a sharp-cracking whip, the ball going across to first in a hurry. HILE the prepping of the two kids was the high light of the morn- ing, Russell came in for a good share of attention in throwing the ball to first to get an imaginary man step- ping off for a healthy lead. Cronin tutored Jack in the toss, but said that if any pitcher in the American League breaks any better on the throw to first than Russell he has failed to see him since he has been around. Progress in the prépping of this title- hope battery brigade has been of such nature that Cronin will send hitters up to the plate by Saturday morning to give the twirlers something to throw them past. “This bunch of fellows needs no one to tell it to hustle. It is trying to get ahead of me and my plans,” said Cronin. ‘While the rookie hurlers surely know that getting a berth on this ball club is next to impossible, they do not let that thought prevent them from mak- ing the try. While Cronin says that a ball club can get along nicely with eight hurlers, the Griffs are going to have nine, and the ninth one will come from the rookie squad. 'UST who the fair-haired young man is going to be is a matter of deep speculation at the moment. There are those at camp who will say it will be Ed Linke, the heavy boy who throws & mean fast ball. Others contend that Luther Thomas will get the call. But it is all a gamble and the youngsters are trying so hard that it makes the race more difficult to call. Either one or these boys, however, s ready to go up for a little major league polishing. Linke is confident and strong, Thomas is good and has the physique to stand a lot of work. But neither Griffith nor Cronin will talk cn the prospects of the young pitchers until next week. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA.—Al Ettore, Phila- delphia, stopped James J. Braddock, | Jersey City (4)—Braddock disqualified, | charged with not trying; Fddie Ran,| Poland, outpointed ~young Ketchell, Chester, Pa. (8). | NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Tony Shucco, | mdfiu&d Al Gainor, New Haven, | . GRID STAR NOw FLYER. AUBURN, Ala. (#).—Ellis Shannon, an end on Auburn’s 1928 varsity foot ball team, 18 now an instructor in the viation School at Hanchow, “in any Colonels’ Pitcher Star With Putter 'OUSTON, Tex. (#).—Ken Pen- ner, huskey hurler with Louis- ville in the American Asso- clation, who winters here, has a real golf game to fall back on if his pitching skill should fail him. In a tour of the difficult Houston Country Club layout he turned in & par 71 over wet greens and fair- ways. Deadly puting aids him in keeping his score in the low 70s. CORNELL TRACK LIST SHORT BUT SNAPPY Smallest Squad Ithaca Has Sent to Indoor Title Meet Out for Big Point Total. By the Associated Press. THACA, N. Y, March 2—Cornell's track and field squad, under the new “cash-and-carry” system in vogue| here, will be the smallest the Ithacans | have ever sent to the intercollegiate in- | door champlonships, scheduled this | Saturday night in New York, but Head | Coach Jack Moakley has hopes of seeing | his boys collect a respectable point total. | The list is headed by Joe Mangan, captain and co-holder of the I C. A. A. A A. outdoor mile title, who ex- pects a brisk duel with Bill Bonthron, | Princeton ace, and Frank Nordell of New York University, among others. Dick Hardy, who won the 50-yard dash against Harvard and Dartmouth lest Saturday, and Bob °Kane, who placed fifth in the indoor title event last year, both figure to score for Cornell in the 70-yard sprint. Other prospective place-winners include Beloff, who has cleared 13 feet 4 inches in the pole vault and is one of the few likely to | give Yale's great trio any opposition; | Burns, 1932 scorer in the broad jump. and Merwin, sophomore hurdler, who | has shown sensational form. Cornell won the I. C. A. A. A. A. in- door team title in 1922, 1928 and tied | Pennsylvania for first place in 1930. GAUTREAU KEEPS HELM Signs to Manage and Play With | Montreal Ball Club. MONTREAL, March 2 (#)—Walter P. | (Doc) Gautrezu again will pilot the Montreal Royals through the 1933 In- ternational League bise ball campaign. Gautreau, who became playing man- | ager late list season when ill health | forced Bddie Holley out, signed his con- tract yesterday. The Royals go into training at Orlando, Fla., March 12. PRESENTS TRIPLE CARD 12th Street “¥” Books Wrestling, Boxing and Basket Ball. Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. will en- tertain the Druid Hill Avenue ** of Baltimore tonight in a wrestling and boxing tourney, starting at 7:30 o’clock. A basket ball game between the “Y” Big Five and the local Elks is sched- | uled for 9:30 o'clock. COLLEGE FIGHTERS, TOSSERS IN AGTION Much Boxing at Catholic U., Two Basket Ball Games at G. W. Tonight. OXING at Catholic University and basket ball at George ‘Washington will be the offer- ings in collegiate sport circles here tonight. Out at Brookland, Catholic Univer- sity is holding the finals of its intra- mural fistic tourney and meeting Maryland in five or six varsity events on an informal basis. There will be no decisions in the varsity battles. Action starts at 8:15. Burns, 135 pounder; Keener, 145, and Jones, 155, will be the only Maryland regulars in action, as some of the Old Line first-stringers either have quit training or are ailing. Basket ball at George Washington will be for the entertainment of the G. W. Varsity Club and two games will be staged. In one tilt the Freshman Bonecrushers will oppose the Varsity Steamrollers and in the other the Var- sity Senfors will tackle the Varsity Underclassmen. Because some of the quints are shy on numbers it was de- cided to dispense with the personal foul rule. Play ‘begins at 8 o'clock. Al Kelly, sprinter, will be George- town'’s lone entry in the intercollegiate title meet, in New York Saturday. Kelly and possibly a relay team will be sent to the Knights of Columbus games in Gotham March 15. His entry and probably a couple of quartets will be made in the Penn relays the latter part of April. Gallaudet will stage the big evert of its indoor season tomorrow night at Kendall Green when it entertains the Johns Hopokins wrestling team. Gal- laudet is the only college here support- ing the mat pastime. GONZAGA QUITS DIAMOND Increased Attention to Be Given Intramural Program. Gonzaga will not have a base ball team the coming season, it was an- nounced today. Father Brown, athletic director at the I street school, said that lack of interest in the diamond sport among the students and other considegations were weighed in making the ision. He declal increased attention would be given intramural athletics, and in this way, it is felt, the money to be spent will be of benefit to more stu- dents than if it were spent altogether on base ball. Tennis and golf activity are planned. This year will be the first in a dec- ade that the Purple has not been rep- resented on the diamond. Father Brown said the sport is being dropped only for the coming season. \Grill Quint, Defending Title, | Shows in One of Three Games As A. A.U. Play Opens Tonight LMSTED GRILL'S quint, one| of the seven District A. A. U. | champions of 1932, tonight will | begin its defense of the 145- pound title when the Virginia Black | Hawks are encountered in the opening | game of the annual tournament on the Tech High School floor. Play will begin at 8 o'clock and two other games, one in the unlimited section, are scheduled to follow the Olmsted-Black Hawk clash. ‘The Grill tossers reign favorites over their almost-unknown foes tonight, but the title chances of the Olmsted quint are rated none too bright. The 145- pound section ever produces just about the keenest competition of any class and this season has been no exoeption. ‘Two hours after Olmsted faces the Black Hawks, another crack contender | for 145-pound honors will take the floor. It is the Crescent five, which has won a title in varled classes for | five straight years and in this tourney hopes to lift the 145-pound crown from the brows of the Grillmen. The week’s schedule in the tourney follows: Tonight. Eight o'clock—Olmsted Grill vs. Vir- ginia Black Hawks, 145-pound class, first round. Nine o'clock—Colonial Canoe Club vs. Higble, Richardson and Franklin, un- limited class, first round. Ten o'clock—Crescents vs. District Cleaners, 145-pound class, first round. Tomorrow Night. Seven o'clock—Comit Club vs. Boys' Club of Washington, 130-pound class, first round. Eight o'clock—Interstate Commerce vs. Northern Preps, 145-pound class, first round. Nine o'clock — United Typewriter | Grays vs. Saranac A. C., unlimitefl class, first round. Ten o'clock—Crop Production _vs. Atlnsd Sport Shop, unlimited class, first round. DELA‘ \WARE & HUDSON tossers, needing only victory last night to clinch the District Amateur League champlonship, went down to & 29-to-19 defeat at the hands of the Griffith Con- sumers. The loss enabled the Boys’ Club quint to go into_a first-place deadlock with the D. & H. quint. Scores yesterday: Washington Grove, 35; Gaithers- State, 16. Argols, 42; Ramblers, 31. Columbia Engine Company, 43; Alex- andria Fraters, 25. Atlas Sport Shop, 24; Tremonts, 22. Standards, 24; Crescents, 22. Northeast Boys' Club, 35; Foxx A. ., 25. Whirlwinds, 36; P. E.P. Co, 18. “Y” Flashes, 52; Dixie Polish, 23. Sholl's Cafe tossers would like to ar- range a game for tonight in the Cen- tral High gymnasium. Call Decatur 0032 at 6 pm. Ballston A. C. will play the Lambdi Phi Upsilon five tonight at 8 o'clock at Fort Myer. A_game for Sunday is wanted by the Ballston tossers. Man- ager Deuterman may be reached at Columbia 6941 before 5 o'¢lock. A game with a 130-pound team is wanted for tonight by the Ennis Tire quint. Call North 6583. . Whirlwind A. C., which has the use of a gymnastum, is on the lookout for games. Call Lincoln 1944 between and 7 pm. - C IT ALL HINGES ON HIS ELBOW. —By TOM DOERER ~ “ToMMY WENT To PITCH ouT MANY TIMES LAST YEAR— WI(TH HIS FIN HOWLING...... “TmMmy's IDEA OF AN EXCITING TIME Tammys SIDE~ ARM TOSSES ARE WORKING WELL | !/I&M\y ‘ “WiomssS ~ AND THE REJUVENATED RIGAT ARM FROM WHICH UNCLE CLARK NOPES VICTORIES AND A FLAG = WILL POP NEXT SUMMER “AES A GREAT PITCHER SAYS GRIFF-"MIS MENDED ARM SHOULD MAKE HIM A VALUABLE HURLE AT CAMP Y HE'S AN IDEAL FELLOW OFF THE FIELD,TO0", SAYS CRONIN - NAVY TAKES IT EASY DRILLING FOR ARMY Coach Wilson Strives to Condition Ailing Regulars—Seats for 7,500 Arranged. NNAPOLIS, March 2.—Navy's great but ailing basket ball team is being given only light drills in prepara- tion for Saturday’s game with West Point, the tenth of the court series be- tween the service rivals. By virtue of having won the last two games, 1927 and 1928, Navy leads in the series, five games to four. Thomas Again Hurls “in High Elbow Gear in Good Trim, Vet is Hailed as One of Best Griff Mound Bets for "33 Campaign. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 2.—Upon the mended right arm of Alphonse Thomas, the blond and broad-shouldered pitcher from Baltimore, Who came to the Grifts last July from the White Sox, Joe Cronin is placing & lot of his pennant hopes for this year. “With Tommy’s arm in working or- der,” says Cronin, “he should be just Coach John W. Wilson hopes to get| the man the doctor ordered when the Capt. Bedell and Dornin, forward, in hting trim for the fracas with the greylegs Saturday afternoon. The 31-to-29 reverse at the hands of Pitt, the first in 20 home games for the Middies, is attributed to the allments suffered by these two regulars. A total of 5,700 seats have been placed for the game, while 300 others will be admitted to standing space. Boxing Saturday night between Spike Webb's gufzun and Washington and Lee will be eld in the Armory instead of the usual site in the gymnasium. Spectators at the basket ball game Saturday will be able to view wrestlers in the gymnasium directly afterward. BASKET SCORE OF 164-8. STANLEY, N. Dak, March 2 (#).—A basket ball score of 164 to 8 was made here when a local independent team de- 6 | feated a quint from Belden. Cliff John- son, local forward, tossed in 43 baskets. going gets to moving swiftly in- the warm months of next season.” Tommy is one of the cured patients of the famous base ball surgeon, Dr. Phillip Kreuscher of Chi- cago, the man who removed 13 bone chips from Sammy West's left arm in 1931 to return him to the game;. who removed bone chips from the arms of Red Faber, the hurler, and a number of other veteran ball players. These chips which lodge in the joints of players’ legs and arms are Base Ball Makes Prof. Weaver Cut All Math Study Finds Slab Science Requires Full Attention—Travis Loses Tonsils—Golf Fits Rice. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss, March 2— Monte Weaver, the tall mathematician, put aside teaching, his favorite subject during the Winter, to be in shape for this year’s grapple for the bunt- ing. “I was burning out in mathe- matics,” sald Monte. “Getting to & point where it was tiring me. I figured that if I forgot it for a sea- son, I would get back to it with a new interest—and in ‘the meanwhile feel keener for base ball.” | Cecil Travis, the smart-appearing infield prospect, has been hunting in Georgia during the cold months. Travis believes that a good year is due him this coming semester. “I started off last year with a banaaged right leg, due to a charley- horse. I bungled a few balls as a result and those things do not help nphgflwntm;mywom- forgot to bring along his playing togs. All vets get out for first day practice that way.” But Cecil had not forgot his par- aphernalia. No, sir. The pol led in a few minutes after prac- ice started to say that his st in by another route. And into his togs to get he has had since the operation.” President Clark Griffith of the Na- tionals would like to see Babe Ruth at the helm of the Boston Red Sox spinn a game in years. Which means that Uncle's ex- che'ger, along with the rest of those in loop, would be favored by the move. Grifith looks for splendid things to happen for the league’s benefit with 's new lease of life. Sam Rice and the missus motored down to camp. Sam wants to be in trim to go when the bell tinkles March 11. The Orfl'll: then will ke 1 by fl:iéig 88828 i : i EE : : B i i g § i g £ ] e % il B= E Egé -3 | s # & H i ] H j %_ ] : ] i i E‘gg 5 g 3sf i § - b ) EE § E}I’EE ¥ s§ g i i i g ; E particles of bones which break away through constant use, and pass into the bends of limbs suddenly to cause them to become useless for indefinite In Thomas' case, the bone pieces began to show up in 1930. He lifted his throwing arm to purchase a news- Eper on the streets of Chicago to d that he could not move the mem- ber. He was out for days. In 1931 the particles seemed to have moved from the joint and lodged in a part of the arm where it did not hinder his pitcl'ng. But again they showed up in “e 1, just as Tommy was walking to tu: mound, and his arm was lame for weeks. During the Winter Tommy's arm was operated upon and two chips were ‘West's was unusual, 13 s S;E?E x BROWN OF YANKEES 263-POUND PITCHER Breaks Up Heavy Monopoly of Hogan of Braves—News From Other Camps. By the Associated Press. T. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 2—In surveying the various bulging waist lines that ap- peared on the opening day of practice, the New York Yankees have discovered at least one candidate for heavyweight honors formerly claimed exclusively for “Shanty” Hogan, the ex-Giant now with the Boston Braves. He is Walter Brown, the big pitcher who did some good work at the close of the 1932 season. When Brown stepped on the scales yesterday the bar balanced at 265 pounds. Don Brennan, from Newark, was runner-up among the Yanks with 225 pounds. LOS ANGELES, March 2 (&) — Melvin Ott is ranked among the real veterans of the New York Giants as he starts his eighth major leagus season, but he is having a hard time convinc- ing the Los Angeles fans who see him for the first time. Ott won't be 24 years old until tomorrow. He was only 16 when he joined the Giants and he never has played with any other pro- fessional team. Only Manager Bill Terry and Travis Jackson have been with the Giants longer than Ott. IAMI, Fla, March 2 (#).—Babe Phelps, who hasn't signed the contract the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him, seems bent on proving his claims that the salary should be some- what higher. Phelps not only has besn “bearing down” more than the other Brooklyn pitchers, throwing a number of curves, but he has rediscovered the sinker ball which made him a highly successful pitcher in 1931 and which was missing last season. PASADENA, Calif., March 2 (#).— Instead of waiting until March 12 to report to the Chicago White Sox. Al Simmons probably will join his new mates by the end of this week. Owner Lou Comiskey has become so eager to see Simmons working in a Sox uniform that he called him last night and urged him to report as quicxly ae possible. The former Athletics sluggey said he needed a couple of days fof treatment of his teeth, but would have, his five replacements installed in Cali- fornia instead of remaining at Hot Springs, Ark., for the job. ASO ROBLES, Calif., March 2 (®) —In good physical condition, members of the Pittsburgh Pirates base ball club work out here today in their second practice period. Manager Gibson, pleased with the, early-season form of his players, an- nounced he expects to start a schedule of games between rookies and regulars this week end. . Jim Crandall, son of Otis Crandall, star of former years, has been showing up well on the mound. He is from the Johnstown, Pa., Athletic Club in the e. ~Tom Doerer. BILOX |, MISS .. Mat Results By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK (Ridgewood).—Jim Browning, 230, Verona, Mo, threw Marin Plestina, 240, Yugoslavia, 23:31. NEW YORK (St. Nicholas).—Ray Steele, 215, Glendale, Calif,, threw Karl Sarpolls, 210, Pennsylvania, 34:28. WILMINGTON, Del—Dick Shikat, 335, Philadelphia, threw Tony Felice, 320, Ttaly, 17:35. INAUGU Mid-Atlantic Leagu AVALON, Calif., March 2 () —Sat= isfied that the recently arrived mem- bers of the second squad can stand the work, Manager Charley Grimm had intraclub games scheduled for the Chi- cago Cubs today and tomorrow, in prep- sration for the invasion of the New York Giants Saturday and Sunday. Grimm had figured on letting the opening games of the exhibition season serve as the first tests, but found his men in such good condition that he decided to let them fight among them- selves a couple of times before tackling the Giants. | _WINTER HAVEN, Fla. March 2 | P).—Manager Burt Shotton had a complete list of batterymen on hand today for the first session of the Phil- lies’ Spring training. Completing the roster of pitchers and catchers to reach the training camp, “Jumbo” Jim Elliott, big southpaw hurler, arrived by car last night. With him was Les Mallon, who declared he is determined to give Mickey Finn, the Phils’ new inflelder, a fight for the second base position on the 1933 team. RATING