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B—8 SPORTS. Travis Reveals Worth in Special Test Directed by Griff Board of Strategy Benge Has Prize Alibi of Season By the Assoclated Press. ORAL GABLES, Fla,, March 4.— Ray Benge finally his turned up in the Brooklyn Dodgers training camp and escaped censure by offering the prize alibi of the sea~ son. Due here a week ago, Benge, who was traded to the Dodgers by the Phillies during the Winter, explained he had started out from his home in Texas by automobile. Somewhere en route he became a trifle absent- minded, forgot that he was working for a new club this year and went to Winter Haven, Fla., where the Phil- lies have trained for several seasons. He came on to Coral Gables yester- CRONIN GIVES ROOK - POINTERS AT THIRD Corrects Cecil’s Throwing Stance—Martin Opens War on Heavy Diets. B some inaugurating them- G selves these days to sort of | keep in tune with the fever and LONDOS, U DsoN TOP spirit of the moment. | For instance, the Washington| MAT CARD THURSDAY Ball Club’s Board of Strategy— which this year consists of Uncle Clark Grifiith, Joe Cronin, Mike |[Former Harvard Wrestling Tutor | Martin and the coaches, Nick Earns Return Match—Pesek, Altrock and Al Schacht—ordered i a good third-basing view of their Duseks, Steinke to Show. elongated recruit infielder, Cecil BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 4— Your Nationals are doing THE EVENING STAR, WASHI COLLEGIATE MEET HAS 300 ENTRANTS New York U. Team Favored to Retain Title—Mark§ Likely to Fall. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, March 4.—The in- door intercollegiates, annually one of the East's major thrill- producers, draws more than 300 track and field athletes and a ca- pacity crowd of 10,000 spectators to the Kingsbridge Armory tonight. The meet, twelfth indoor champion- ship of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America, of- fers competition in 12 events among representatives of 26 Eastern schools and William and Mary College of Willlamsburg, Va. Although press notices have singled out such stellar individual performers as Joe McCluskey of Fordham, George Spitz of New York University, Keith Brown of Yale and Bill Bonthron of Princeton, the real emphasis will be "D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1933, NIGHT LIFE AT THE NATIONALS’ BASE., MOE BERG 1S FORCED 0 BNTERTAIN NIGHTLY WITH STORIES OF UAPAN - SCHACKT (S BEGINNING TO SQUAT, Travis, late of Chattanooga, but later of no other place when it IM LONDOS, leading claimant to the J and Frank Judson, former Harvard world heavyweight championship, | 214 on the team championship for which . the defending titleholder, New ‘York University, is strongly favored. JAP FASHION comes to tossing a pair of spindly, sturdy legs around the place made famous by Ossie Bluege, the peer | f them all hi er which o hem a8 lescomn A supporting card, which probably | 18 rated as warm. | will include John Pesek, still another Travis obliged by working in an in- | championship claimant; Hans Steink fleld that also included Moe Berg at ro(:atrdfd by!rrlmny as one 0& tgfidcyar;l;: O . most powerful matmen, an first base, the boss man himsell, Joe| gryje Dugek, is being composed by the | Cronin, at the post where he scintillates | veteran matchmaker. | and Johnny Kerr at second base. Earl Judmr;]gll";v;dy hal; had c}ne crack!:’t‘ i i | Londos t! nter, losing after & match | Whitehill, Jack Russell and Al Schacht | Loncos {hls BFRAR 10008 B B fUehs | were on the mound to pitch to the recent victories over Gino Garibaldi and betters, who Jaid the balls down in|Fred Grobmier earned him the return | Cecil's territory. In that way the troupe | bout. according to Turner. mat instructor, will headline the weekly | wrestling show next Thursday in the| Washington Auditorium, it was an-| nounced yesterday by Promoter Joe | ‘Turner. | anced than any of its majr chal- The Violet array, headed by Spitz in the high jump and Pete Zaremba and Mortimer znick in the~” 35- pound weight throw, seems better bal- lengers—Harvard, Yale or Pennsyl- vania. E association’s famous six-lap banked track, generally regarded as the fastest indoor course in the world, may result in a record-breaking carnival in the running events. McCluskey, stand-out choice in the 2-mile run, may clip several seconds off his own meet record of 9:17.6, made last year. Pen Hallowell's mile stand- ard of 4:124 likewise may be threat- of trainers gave the young man—who has to fight it out with Bob Boken from the Kansas City club—a severe test. And Cecil came through. A foot fault, quickly noticed by the peer of infield tutors, Joe Cronin, was quickly corrected. Cecil had been throwing his weight on his left foot in getting the leather onion down to first base. Cronin showed him that in placing his weight upon the other pedal he could get the ball away more quickly and more ac- curately. “I've been throwing in the wrong way for two years,” said Cecil, “and that’s the first time anybody ever has pointed out the defect to me.” Which, Johnnie Kerr told him, “is why Spring training camps were invented. AM RICE, whose bat sent the bat- terymen on a rampage of hitting, fielding and pitching the other day, was kept out of the picture in the latest edition of practice. Manager Cronin feared another outburst of energy as displayed by the men in training when they lamped an outfielder walking to the latter with a war club slung across is shoulder. Sam limited his practice to golf and a walk arcund the park. With the indication of another shot of rainy weather which has skirted the Gulf Coast during the last two days, the boys are practicing on their pinochie and bridge and giving the marble boards the first play they have given them since Camp Griff opened up its 1933 | session. | Having had their usual first week | spree of soda water, ice cream and candy, the rookies are getting the gaze | of Trainer Mike Martin as he plans for his first move in telling them that the | happy days of night Jaunts into town | to_“soda up” are over. When Mike gets the word that the hitters are advancing upon the town he usually begins to ban the eating and | drinking between meals, begins snoop- | ing into platters and generally prepares | to tighten up on the culinary restriction ' that the batters will see some pitching | to make them, too, gel into shape. | O Mike becomes a personage in this | camp—particularly to the rooks. ‘They know, from having heard the veterans talk, that Sir Miguel can spot a young man with a soda under his belt 'way across the lobby. ‘When the vets come into camp, Mike's troubles will not be so many along these lines. The youngsters usually follow the habits of the vets. Seeing the old- timers take care of their diet, the re- cruits realize that the patriarch of trainers has been giving them the real | McCoy. ., | But just now, as in other training | camps, the rooks are mixing their | shrimp, oysters, pickles and ice cream | and Martin fe°ls that the time has come in Camp Griff to take the young men aside, point to their platter of food and discuss a fcw things with them Despite the spirited workout th> other day, when Martin was standing in a corner of the bise ball lot with his| fingers crossed, there are only slight | cases of scre arms or legs in camp. | ‘Three are down with colds. but none bad enough to get under the blankets. S the week comes to a close, and | the boys are hoping that bad weather will not prevent them wearing newly purchased white trous- ers and sport shoes cn Sunday, Uncle Griffith reports that the home folks | may be told that all is well at camp, where in a little over two weeks a pennant-going club will blossom forth to go barnstorming. “And add for me,” rays Manager Cronin, “that if spirit wins a flag for a ball club, to have a nice staff dusted off up there in Washington on which we can loft the 1933 American League pennant, and possibly, the world flag.” Which proves that both Uncle and his boy pilot are feeling rather sweet about the aggregation of championship chasers down here. who have not had the best weather conditions in the world under which to train. | Women with escorts will be taxed half rate. Tickets are available at the | Annapolis Hotel. SWIM SERIES STARTED First 'Part of Pentathlon Is De- cided at Dunbar High. A swimming Eemath]on opened yes- terday in Dunbar High School pool under auspices,of the Dunbar Com- munity Center. A long-distance swim was held yesterday. A general program will be held next Priday. A speed test will be in order March 17 and life-sav- ing races will take place March 24. A relay and medley will be staged as a part of each mest. Points will be posted and checked each week after the contest closes. Team and individual entries are being received by Peéndleton on Friday nights at the Dunbar Community Center. Shadows of the Past BY I C. BRENNER, HARRY HEILMAN. HE'RE'S one of the greatest bat- ters of all time. And he's out of the game, a tragic figure— because he really should be in there yet, and playing in the big leagues, too. But Harry Heilman is done, back in Detroit, where he achieved the heights as a member of the slug- ging Tiger: After Detroit had let him out, man _joined the Cin- cinnati Reds, He had a big year in 1931, but developed an arm injury which kept him on the shelf in 1932. It was believed that he might come back for 1933, but Cincinnati has released Handsome Harry, and it looks as if he has sung his swan song in base ball, Heflman won his first American league batting championship _in 1921, when he succeeded George Sis- ler as leader, with .394. In 1922 Sisler regained the crown, but Harry got it back in 1923 with .403. Babe Ruth displaced him in 1924, and then Heilman made another come- back, taking the title with .393. His scheme of winning in odd years | ened by any one of four middle-dis- made him champion again in 1927, with an average of .398. (Copyright, 1933.) tance aces—Bonthron, Joe Mangan, Cornell; Frank Nordell, New York Uni- and Frank Crowley, Man- hattan Penn's 1-mile relay quartet, an- chored by Bill Carr, will set out to eclipse the meet and world indoor standard of 3:17.8, set by Penn in 1931 and equaled by N. Y. U. last year. In the fleld events, Spitz seems a virtual certainty to eclipse Leroy Brown’s meet record of 6 feet 47y inches and the pole vault mark of 13 feet 8% inches, set by Ted Lee of Yale last March, may fall before any one of a trio of Eli vaulters, Keith | Frank | Brown, Pierce. Wirt Thompson or VEGETABLES FOB TICKETS. TOOELE, Utah (#)—The local post of the American Legion accepted veg- etables for admission to a boxing pro- an it sponsored to aid in financing ts free lunch room for children. MGHTLY CONFABS ARE HELD BY GR(FF AND CRONIN .. Prexy Veeck of Cubs Is Hailed As Contract-Signing Champion; Cards BY PAUL MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, March 4—If Col Jacob Ruppert really strikes a bad snag in his salary debate with Babe Ruth this year, he should send for Willlam L. Veeck. Veeck, a sport writer who made good as president of the Chicago Cubs, is the contract-signing champion of the major leagues, nized base ball. Contract trouble? He never heard of it in his office. Por several years now, the hot stove league has been looking for contract trouble in Bill's office with nary an important development. After the Cubs won the National League pen- nant in 1929, the Cub president sur- prised the base ball world by signing up every player in record-breaking time. Even Hack Wilson, who caused a stir from his Martinsburg, W. Va. retreat with holdout talk, left the Cub front office with a happy smile and a contract stuffed in his pocket five min- utes after he entered. This year hasn't been an exception. As Veeck arrived back in Chicago after a business trip to the Pacific Coast, he had every important contract signed. Fears |He called on Babe Herman, a cele- | brated member of the holdout brigade while at Brooklyn, and said he got the Babe’s name on the dotted line long before pey)nfi‘ he said he had everybody signed and happy with a few exceptions, and that the remainder were expected to line up within a few days or as soon they could come to town. “I never saw such an enthusiastic bunch of players in my life,” as he assorted the contracts and filed them away. “They're all satisfied, full of spirit and anxious to play base ball again, The world series? I've told them to forget about that. They'll be back again!” Veeck fears the 8t. Louis Cardinals, as well as the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the 1933 National ILeague pennant figh ore those Cardinals,” it. “You can't “They are bound to be he reflected. dangerous because of their The Pirates are g to be tough, too, because of the increased hitting they are bound to get from Lindstrom. But we should be a greatly improved club, too. We have a sounder club and bet- perhaps of all orga-| the dinner check. Today, | 1 pitching. | Sathour as Well as Bues ter reserves. You can't beat our out- field of Herman, Cuyler, Stephenson and Demaree, who should be greatly | improved. We'll stand pat on our | pitching and infield, and why not? | Harvey Hendrick should help, too, as | he can play and the outficld well and give Manager Grimm a rest now and then, if necessary.” PIN STAKES DATE SET | Arcadia Blind Pig Mixed Doubles | Tourney for March 18. | The second annual blind pig mixed doubles sweepstakes, sponsored by the Arcadia bowlng plant, will be held Sat- urday, March 18, it has been announced | 1 by Monk Fraser, manager of the Ar- | cadia alleys. | .. Total pins for three games will decide \,the winners. The entry fee will be '$1.60 each, including the cost of games. | Women will draw the second game. COLLINS IS RIFLE STAR |Leads Georgetown U. to Victory Over V. P. I, 1,312-1,283. Led by William 1930 na- | tional scholastic ! who shot 1272 out of a pas: | University’s rifie team y Virginia Polytechnic I shoulder-to-shoulder match at the Hill- |top, 1,312 to 1,283, | It was the second consecutive victory | for the Hoyas over Old Dominion oppo- sition, Georgetown having beaten Vir- ginia Military Institute last week by 2 points, 1,296 to 1,294. Geergetown has | dropped only one man-to-man match, Navy turning the trick. Next Saturday the Hoyas will meet New York Univer- sity in Gotham. ALUMNI QUINT VICTIM. Hyattsville High's fast-traveling bas- ket ball team conquered an alumni quint, 25-23, in interesting battling. Hyattsville 25, Alumn (23) 4 Spicknall, 1. Morris. ... d; ’f ywhst Burrhus, Cohan. & Bealor, Cronin, Modest Managér, Glad to Get Tips on Task Griffmen’s Boy Boss Quizzical, But Also Diplomatic and Decisive in Action. BY TOM DOERER. ILOXI, Miss, March 4.—Joe Cronin, the infant among the managers of the American League ball clubs, is a quiz- zer—not a sizzler or a fizzler, gentle- * “men, but a quizzer. By that I mean that when Joe is interviewed on base ball topics by the news scouts the scuffle becomes one which the interviewer finds him- self being interviewed. Cronin wants to know things, and he, above all, wants it to be known that he is not the last word in base ball brains. He will say, for instanca: “If there is anything you know which you think will help me in my new Tole, don’t forget to tip me cff. I appreciate it “I thitk Whitehill, Ru Stewart are in great shap>. do you think of their conciticn? 8o he is a quizzer and a diplemat, a mighty smart young men who, on experience to be gained in next Summer’s games, is going to get mighty far. mcrmln 'gos tngt‘ believe he t‘l':mh ve q out of any games season use of manggerial duties, W“hflbflflwfltfinhflm * - and hitting averages wil shrink in 1933 under last year's marks. Nor does Moe Berg figure his pilot will not_be able to keep going. “He'll be better,” contends Berg. “Cronin was a sick boy most of last year. He's in better shape now, stronger and more ambitious. 1If he was the best fielding shortstop of* the loop last year, he's going to be the Mikado’s kimono next ‘semester.” Joe himself believes he'll top his hitting mark of .318 for last year by quite a few points, and looks for- ward to an_ interesting chase to reach the high mark of .346, the fig- ures he touched in 1930 when, he says, he felt as good as he now feels, 8o far, this young man whose best friends admitted he would make managericl mistakes d here in Poneland. has diseppointed them badly. He has mede none for the simple reason that he is & quick young man who moves slowly. His actions are sp2edy, but his decisions on the ebility of players come only after careful consideration. As to his rookie pitchers, he seems to have picked no favorite, none of the onlookers could say he is playing particular attention. Yet he prob- ably has decided in his tly con- fabs with Uncle Clark Griffith, upon zwg“ or three of the boys he will wal | S It may be he will pick the wrong rookie, but up until that time Cronin will have made no surface mistakes, according to those who are peering at him here. Helping himself as well as the rookie from Chattanooga, Cronin is iving Cecil Travis a lot of tutoring gx handling double plays. Having taken part in 157 of them last year when the Nationals led the loop in two-way killings, Joe is making a great teacher for the ambitious Southerner. The Nationals’ ability to show well on double plays is something of which the kid manager is very proud. The young man chosen for the infield utility role will have to show adeptness in this art if he wants to gain the eye of his boss. Earl Whitehill, the pitcher, when with Detroit a few years ago, was marked as being a temperazmenial young man, a player who snarled at the umpires and kicked when his fielders ted, but he shows no signs of temperament “down here. Earl is an extremely amiable fel- low, friendly with every one of the :l,:b. lngfl ‘mp“le kick out of bat- practice pitching. “He is more advanced in condi- tion than any other hurler here,” who has been eatching & regulars, E “Earl might have had & touch of temperament, as they call it,” Moe tells, “but he has not displayed any sign of it in recent years. In 1930 Earl's streak of 11 straight wins was marked by 20 boots by his team mates in’‘the games. He never kicked once, the boys tell me. In one of the late games of the streak he stopped the Yanks in their tracks and forced 11 of them to fan.” Monte Weaver, the erudite hurler from North Carolina, is taking his time getting into shape. Monte is moving slowly, but thoroughly, knowing what is best for him in training protedure. Monte wastes no energy, makes no UNnecessary steps out there in practice, and gets something out of every motion he uses in drilling. With Sam Rice swinging his driver and Earl Whitehill, Walter Stewart and Jack Ruscell playing a smart game, Uncle Clark and Billy Smith find the office staff hard pressed to take golf honors away from the fleld representatives. ,Griffith has shot a pair of 74's in the last two days as a result of the pressure from Ricéand Whitehill Bob Priedrichs was added.to_the sick list yesterday, the former Holy Cross star being bitten by s cold helr partners after | PROMISE SOLUTION OF JERSEY TANGLE | International League Directors Meet Again—Walter Johnson Still May Get Club. By the Associated Press. i YORK, March 4—For the | twenty-first time in 15 months. the | Jersey City muddle brought direc- | tors of the International Base Ball League into special session here today. This time definite solution of the problem was virtually promised by the Committee of Three—President Charles Knapp of Baltimore, George Welss of Newark and Warren Giles of Rochester —appointed some time ago to handle | the tangle. Just what form the final action would take could not be learned. Untll a couple of days ago, the committee ap- | parently had succeeded in clearing the way for the purchase of the franchise by a syndicate headed by Walter John- son, former manager of the Washing- ton Senators. A hitch developed. how- | ever, and Johnson returned to Wash- | ington without completing the deal. As the directors prepared to grapple with the puzzle again today, there still was a possibility that Johnson could line up the necessary capital to com- plete the deal. and thus make certain | that the league will start the 1933 | campaign on April 12 at full strength. If this fails, it was understood the league was prepared to transfer the franchise to Providence, R. I, where { Johnny Cooney, big pitcher, was reported interested. 46 QUINTS IN TOURNEY anficnal A. A. U. Event Is Extend- ed From Six to Eight Days. | KANSAS CITY, March 4 (#.—The |long grind of the A. A. U. national | besket ball tournament, extended from | six to eight days in order to accommo- date a near-record entry list of 46 teams, starts in Convention Hall here tonight. Seventeen college teams and 29 - dependents, representing 17 States, had entered when Dr. Joseph A. Reilly, | manager of the tournament for the | sponsoring Rockhurst College, departed for Omaha, Nebr., last night to confer with A. A. Schabinger, chairman of the F'%|A. A. U. Basket Bail Committee, on first-round pairings. . SUTTER TWICE VICTOR Pairs With Lott and Miss Hilleary to Win in Bermuda. HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 4 (). —CHIff Sutter of New Orleans, newly crowned singles chempion, and his part- ner, George M. Lott, jr., of Chicago, to- day boasted the men’s doubles title in the Bermuda tennis championships. They defeated Gregory Mangin of New- ark, N. J, runner-up to Sutter, and Berkeley Bell of New York, 6—2, 6—3, 5—17, 6—4. Sutter added a third crown to his collection wheff; with Virginia Helleary of Philadelphia, he won the mixed doubles title, defeating Gladys Hutch- ings of Bermuda and Mangin, 7—5, 6—3. EOE s Ty WILTON WATER POLO STAR Shoreham Swimming Club water polo- ists, with Wilton &“m a rugged game, defeated the ‘Washington University team last night in the Shoreham pool, 14 to 6. Mat Results By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Rudy Dusek, 214, Omaha, defeated Dick Daviscourt, 220, California, 13:24. (Daviscourt counted out after both had fallen out of ring.) BUFFALO.—Earl McCready, 236, Am- ulet, Saskatchewan, oumnted Ed “Strangler” Lewls, 245, Angeles, 52:00. t stopped by 11 o'clock rule.) CINCINNATI.—John Pesek, Ravenna, —By TOM DOERER league | RAGLAND AND LYNN GRIFFTH AALSSING THiS veak , THE RADIO dets Ao PLax. . ... JOKANY BURROWS 1S A TOUGH PING PONS PLAYER..... ' Pounds Make Burke Peppery Heavier, Huskier, Showing More Spirit, Promises | to Be Helpful to Griffs This Year. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. \ ILOXI, Miss., March 4.— De- spite Bobby Burke's indiffer- ent showing in the last two | years as a National, Joe Cro- nin and Uncle Clark Griffith, his bosses, believe he will come through this time to make the anti-Burke customers toss him a few cheers. Burke, says Griffith, “is an im- proved bsll player this Spring in the two things, which have held him back from becoming a really worth-while pitcher. “First, he has a better attitude toward practice and playing, the other reason is that he is in better health. “Bobby has been handicapped by lack of weight in recent y " Grif; COMET A. C. IN UPSET | ' VICTORY IN TOURNEY Puts Out Favored Boys' Club. Grays, Crop Production, North- ern Preps Advance. | LITTLE band of 130-pound basket ball tossers, playing under the name of Comet A. C., today had the distinction of being the first “up- | setter” to be unearthed in the current District A. A. U. tournament. The Comets, underdogs against the clever Boys' Club quint, blasted the clubbers frem the tourney with a de-| cisive 23-to-11 victory. It was the first | upset of the young tourney. United Typewriter Grays had a close shave in its tilt with Saranac quint, which bowed, 29 to 20, only after a bitter fight. Not until the closing minutes was Grays' superiority mani- fest. The Typewriters are regarded as | among the favorites in the unlimited section. In other games yesterday Crop Pro- | duction conquered the Atlas five in an | unlimited class contest, 46 to 29, and | the Northern Preps, 145-pounders, de-| feated the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, 58 to 29. No games are scheduled for the tour- ney tonight but play will be resumed | Monday, when four more games Will be played. Tuesday, however, is another off day. Mercury A. C. downed the Knights of Columbus, 41 to 26, last night in an in- dependent battle. A game for tomorrow is wanted by the Crop Production quint, which has| the use of a gymnasium. Call Manager | Brown at North 2306. any F, National Guard, bas- ktfiol":wn!yflyatuvflle are after two games tomorrow on the armory court. Call Lieut. Hugh McClay, Hyattsville. — VISITING STAR LIKES U. S. Gon, Japanese Olympic Marathon Runner, Remains to Study. LOS ANGELES (#).—The little Korean runner, Taika Gon, who finished ninth for Japan in the Olympic marathon, liked the way fans treated him so well that he has enrolled as & student at the University of Southern California. Gon, 26, is studying physical educa- tion so he may take up track coaching| in his native-land. He is a graduate of Meiji University, Tokio, where he| specialized in law. 3 | Not many of the 100,000 persons who | crowded the stadium to see the finish of the m;;rtamlx‘,. mo;t %mns Gox‘:” ;{11‘ Ol ic &) ve forge . He | wzm&e runner who fell flat 10 yards m:onlmd i teet and mmeéé fort he st across the line to fall in & state of fith continued, “and because of this has been charged with being listless. But with the extra 10 pounds he now carries have come more vigor and the changed view of playing.” Which is very cheering news to Burke and to those who felt he was being labeled for the Kansas City Club of the Americen Association as part payment for Bob Boken, the new candidate for an infield utility role. Burke, now cut of an arm chair and on the golf links ev after- noon, when told of Cron and Griffith’s new views said that he wanted to give his answer next Sum- mer by winning a few ball games for the Nationals. “I am confident of being in better shape this year,” he added, “but I want to win some battles before talking.” Which certainly would please the new boss. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—Wesley Ramey, Grand _ Rapids, outpointed Johnny Jadick, Philadelphia (10). PITTSBURGH.—Mose Butch. Pitts-| burgh, outpointed Vidal Gregorio, Spain (10); Jimmy Thomas, Pitte- burgh. outpointed Jimmy Maci:. Phil- adelphia (10): Jackie Wilson outpoint- ed Ross Fields, Cleveland (10). PHILADELPHIA. — Johnny New Jersey, outpointed Bobby Burns, Baltimore (10). BASKETERS UNBEATEN Tulsa Quint Scores Its 19th Win in Row in League. TULSA, Okla, March 4 (#).—Tulsa’s Diamond Oilers finished their basket ball season undefeated, winning the final Missouri Valley A. A. U. League game frem tho St. Louls Sugar Creeks, 14 to 11. It was the Diamonds’ nineteenth | straight victory over league and non- league opponents in a campaign which won for Bill Miller's squad the 1933 valley loop championship. The final league standing: Team. Tulsa .. Kansas Ci Oklahoma D. C. BOYS IN TITLE MEET. UNIVERSITY, Va., March 4 —Grover Everett, Milton Abramson and Bob St. John, Washington boys, are among the 13 University of Virginia entrants in the Southern Conference indoor track title meet tonight -t the University of North Carolina at Raleigh. Lucas, SPORTS. CRIMM ON BENCH ATCUBGINTTIT - Bruin Manager-First Base- man Has Lumbago—Ted Lyons Shows Pep. By the Assoclated Press, VALON, Calif.,, March 4.—All the Chicago Cubs, with the notice- able exception of their fleld leader, Charley Grimm, today were ready for their first serious test- ing of the season against the New York Glants, Grimm, who has been suffering with lumbago, decided to watch his men, leaving the first base playing to Harvey Hendrick and Harry Taylor. His pitch- ing selections were Pat Malone, Leroy Herrmann and possibly Roy Henshaw. ‘The latter, a former University of Chis cago southpaw star, was to be used if the National League champions had & sizeable lead. LOS ANGELES, March 4 (#).—Bill Terry, manager of the New York Giants, probebly is the leasi optimistic member of his club when the subject is the exhibition games against the Chicago Cubs today and tomorrow. “It’s really too bad these two games had to be scheduled so early,” Bill said. “The boys are in very fine shape, and if we'd had just a little more time t® get ready for the first game there Wwouldn't be a sore muscle on the fleld.” ASADENA, Calif,, March 4 (®).— The wave of enthusiasm among the Chicago White Sox has caught up with Ted Lyons, who is expected to accomplish not less than 15 pitching victories this season. Lyons, one of the veterans of the staff, has been permitted to set his training pace and usually has taken his time about bearing down. However, with the other members of the squad hustling, Lyons has speeded up, and today was about a week ahead of his 1932 schedule. AGREE INDIAN BALL IS TOUGH PASTIME However, Writers Cannot Decide on What Is Score of Unique Game Staged Here. O of which is blamed upon the Cherokees of South Carolina and the name the very general title of Indian ball, was committed yester= day in the Central Stadium as part | of the pre-iraugural program. Except that one of the teams scored 12 points, a total which is necessary to end the free-for-all, the 1,000 or so spectators knew no more ajout the game at the end than at the beginning. At the conclusion one report said a | team called the “Blues” defeated the | “Whites,” 12 to 3. Another report had it a team called the “Pinks" downed a “Blue” team, composed of the Wolf- town Chapter of the Cherokee tribe, or something, by 12 to 2. Anyway the score was not considered | important. The spectators went to see | sort of action supplied by this unusual . which has no rules. The ; d and rough, with rassling, boxing. sock-on-the head. pile-one, and of run-around-a- | circle-and-get-nowhere plays featuring, One of the tricks used by one of teams (the “Blues, Pinks and | Whites” 'all looked alike, dressed in | NE of the world's few non- overofficiated sports, the origin their Ghandi-like unies), was the in- sertion of the red, rubber bell of the | golf pellet size in 2 player's mouth, | The piayer then walked unmclested to.the goal, spurred now and then by a non-playing reserve, whose job was im- part to his teammates added energy through the medium of a stinging | switch. | 'When play began there were nine ipha_\'ers to a side. At the cor seven were fighting for or against | old Wolttown. or whatever the team | was named. Three players were hurt d whenever one was forced from the his opponent on the other team | also was discarded. | In a prelimnary the up-to-date eaition of Indian ball, lacrosse, was ex- | hibited by Annapolis and Baltimore all-star teams. It finished in a 2-all tie. St GRID LETTERS AWARDED Pixlee Is Speaker as 14 Honored at Friends School. James E. Pixlee, George Washington University director of athletics, was the | principal” speaker yesterday, when 14 members of the Friends School 1932 foot ball team were awarded major “F's™ Others who talked included Thomas Sidwell, principal of the school; | Wilmot Jones, associate principal; W. W. Arbuckle, coach, and C. W. Wan- nan, director of physical education. Those getting the “F” were: Adwell Osborne, Roger Davis, Leroy Eakin, Charles Grant, Robert Perkins, Louis George Elmor o r_Hayes, Kirby Smith, Leonard | May, Henry Clark, William Davis and Gardner Dove, PLEBE GRID LIS'IT SET |Five Games Will Be Played Next Fall, All at Annapolis. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 4 (P).— | The 1933 schedule for the Navy plebe |foot ball team, consisting of five 4 |games, all to be played in Annapolis, follows: September 30—Massanutten of Wood- stock, Va. October 14—Kiskiminetas Springs School, Saltsburg, Pa. October 21—Dean Academy, Frank- lin, Mass. November 11—Cook Academy, Mon- | tour Falls, N. Y. November 18—Oak Ridge Academy, Oak Ridge, N. C. Speed King Looks to Canada Campbell Seeks Suitable Course Over Which to Attempt to Beat His Record. ORONTO, Ontario, March 4 ¢P).—The possibility that Sir Malcolm Campbell might make Mis next attempt en the world automobile speed record in Canada is seen in a letter from the record-holder to Capt. C. D. Browne of Toronto. “I do wish you would endeavor to ascertain whether .it would be possible to find a suitable track somewhere in Canada where an at- tempt at the land speed record could be made,” Bir Malcolm wrote to ® Browne. ‘“The course should be | level and the track should be abso- lutely smooth, and the distance re- quired would be 12 miles. “I would undertake to go out and beat the present record with my car if only a suitable course could k2 found.” Sir Malcolm Campbell has used courses in Wales, South Africa and | Daytona Beach, Fla., for his pre- vious speed trials. His last three | attempts have been on the beach at ‘ the Florida resort where he get the mile Tecord of 272:1 Pt 23, e