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SPORTS. CLASS OF LEAGLE, BOY BOSS CLAIMS Sees Sewell, Berg and Bolton Superior to Any Staff in Cireuit. BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW ORLEANS, March 18.— Washington’s Ball Club will show the rest of the Amer- jcan League plenty of high- class catching this year, accord- ing to Joe Cronin. The boy field boss firmly believes the Nationals have rounded up a great lot of backstopping talent that will out- shine any other squad of catchers in the circuit. Cronin regards his staff, that consists of Luke Sewell, Clif Bolton and Moe Berg a remarkable collection, especially in these days when the minors are sending out so few catchers measuring | up to major league requirements. Sewell and Berg, in Cronin’s opinion, compare favorably as receivers with any others in the American league, and Bol- ton, the manager, declares is the most improved young catcher in the busi- ness. No other club, Cronin contends, will put forth such a sterling crew of backstoppers during the flag campaign. “Look the field over,” argues Joe, “and you won't find any other club with | three high-class receivers. In fact, most of them will have to depend upon | one catcher virtually all the time. The Yanks, A’'s and Tigers really have only one-man staffs. Dickey and Cochrane are clever behind the bat and sturdy hitters. The Tigers have a capable man in Hayworth, Berry means much to the White Sox and Tate is a Red Sox mainstay. But none of these catchers can be expected to carry on at top speed | without help. Where they'll get that| help is something the managers of their clubs still have to worry about. “TH:E Indians and the Browns are the only rivals of the Nationals to | possess better than one-man | catching staffs. Manager Peckinpaugh got a good man in Spencer and he kept one in Myatt. In St. Louis Manager Killefer has a capable performer in Rick Ferrell, and Ruel, picked up dur- ing tbe Winter, should be of valuable assistance. But with a three-man staff and all of its members more than merely good, the Nationals look to me lm better off than any cthers in the 5 league. Sewell is just about the best receiver in the business, in Cronin's opinion. ‘The Washington manager, ever since he has been in the junior major circuit, has thought highly of Luke’s ability behind the bat and the deal transfer- ring the catcher from the Indians to | the Nationals was the first suggested by Cronin after assuming thd club’s helm. “He holds his pitchers up wonder- fully,” says Cronin in speaking of Sewell. “Luke has that happy knack of instilling confidence in the man he works with, lacking which no catcher can hope to be much of a success. He throws well, keeps an eagle eye on the game outside of his department as well as within it and rarely misses anything that might be of help to his club. “Sewell's batting figures for recent years may not look so impressive, but much of a batter’s value often is not revealed in his averages. I always have regarded Luke as one of the mostdan- gerous right-hand hitters in the league in pinches. He poles a long one when he meets the ball and gets many a run across. What's more,” Joe finishes, “he’s & splendid team player, which coupled with his exceptional playing ability makes him a great fellow to have around.” N Berg, the Washington field chief- tain sees a catcher who would be ‘worth plenty to any big league outfit. “Moe showed me enough last year to make me realize he not only knows! the catching business from A to Z, but | also has the stuff in him to handle the job,” is Cronin’s pat on the back for the catcher the Nationals drew from the ranks of free agents last year. “I regard Berg far superior to most of the other second-string catchers to be found in our league. He did plenty for us last season and I really think he is even better now.” Bolton is the lad to draw a big bunch of praise from his boss. “Clif has picked up more in & year than any other youngster I know of.” Cronin says, and he’s ready to tell the world that, too. “He had far to go to get anywhere as a catcher when I saw him last year, but he has surprised me with his work at this camp. Where he was awkward behind the bat. he now shows a lot of polish. Once woefully weak at handling fouls, he gets under them smartly and surely now. Formerly a sluggish and uncertain thrower, he is able to get the “ ball away fast and accurately. And his power at bat—wow. That boy will make plenty of trouble for the pitchers on the other side. “Mark my words. We've one of the best catching staffs assembled for this 1938 flag fight. Watching it work will be a pleasure.” NEW. Oulliber. 3b Pitzgerald, cf Moore. 2b Harrington, Rose. 1t Fleming, Tt Windle. '1b N e 1 230300~0052m1 PPNUOT: SOHUDIS-AAD SHO5aSSHuHR> S55~25550m52M PO AN e Burrows, p Totals New Orleans . 01000000 1— Washington 02014004x—11 Runs _batted in—Bellande, Harris (2), Sewell, Boken. Manush Y?). 'Rice, Schulte, Bolton, Kerr. Travis, Fleming. hits—Harris, Travis (2). Rice, Three-base ' hits—Schuite, Boiton. lays—Lee to Bellande to Windle. R arris, Moore to Bellande to Windle. Harris 0 Harris. Left on bases—New | s2msomeemeng © | somommsmzant B 5 193] ©393=335m25M 1 e, 4 7 off Bryan, by Burrows, ussell, 5 in 5 in 5 innings (7 runs). Umpires—Van Graflan and_Altroc of game—1 hour 52 minutes. . HIf nnings (1 run): off Lee, Wild pitch—Burrows. k. Timé le | ter, Ruth Now Looms Loser in Pay War By the Associated Press. T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 18. —Thé great $5,000 argument between Babe Ruth and Col. Jacob Ruppert over the Babe's 1933 salary appeared to be a little closer to a settlement today, with the signs pointing to Ruppert as the probable ‘winner. Ruth, who recently admitted he would consider $55,000, just $5.000 more than the Yanks were offering, telephored Ruppert last night asking for a conference at Miller Huggins fleld today. Observers figured that since he had made the first move, ;.h‘: Babe was about ready to capitu- ate. DUNDEE JARS JEBY BUT MISSES TITLE Welter Champion, Apparently Beaten, Gets Draw When Officials Disagree. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, March 18.—Vince Dundee’s bid for a share in the world’s middleweight cham- pionship has failed in the light of official decisions but not otherwise. ‘The Newark star, a leading con- tender for several years, belted out what appeared to ringside experts to be a decisive victory over Ben Jeby in a 15-round bout in Madison Square Garden last night but got no better than a draw when the official verdict was read. Jeby, defending the title for the first time since he received New York State recognition through a technical knock- out victory over Frankie Battaglia here in January, was on the receiving end most of the way. He took three of the first four rounds but thereafter Dun- dee dominated the battling and clearly seemed entitled to the decision and the championship. New Jersey fighter, once he got his bearings, assumed full com- mand of the battling. He staggered Jeby in the 3d, 13th and 14th rounds, battered his face badly and had him bleeding from the nose and lips in the closing rounds. The crowd of 11,000 remained at the finish to boo the decision for 15 minutes. The Associated Press score card gave Dundee nine rounds, Jeby four, and two even. The judges and the referee differed widely in their findings, with Referee Ed Forbes voting for a draw, Edward Farrell for Jeby, and Charlie Lynch for Dundee. Forbes_ credited Jeby with seven rounds, Dundee with seven, and one even; Farrell saw Jeby winning nine rounds, Dundee three, with three even; Lynch gave Dundee nine rounds, Jeby five, with one even. Jeby weighed 159% pounds; Dun- dee, 159%. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, OFFER TO GAMBLE WITH WES FERRELL Indians Will Pay Box Ace $15,000 Asked Provided He Wins 25 Games. By the Associated Press. Wesley Ferrell, Cleveland’s ace pitcher and only re- the $15,000 he wants for this year’s work if he wins 25 games. asked $18,000, but came down three notches when President Alva Bradley offer. Whereupon General Manager Billy Evans countered with this prop- ., “He must sign a $12,000 contract, but if he wins 20 games he will receive an number he says he can and will win, he wiil be paid aenother $1,000, or Ferrell has won at least 20 games each of his four years with the Indians. Willis Hudlin, the other pitcher who didn't like the first contract offered, identical with the original. Perhaps one reason was the bank situation at report as soon as they reopened. EST PALM BEACH, Fla . March 18 tends to give Sam West, center fielder, plenty of space in which to ex- St. Louis Browns this year. Killefer's outfleld defense plans is to “leaning” toward the right-field line and Reynolds playing a natural left great part of right center open for West. A similar style of defense was West was their center fielder. BEAUMONT, Tex., March 18 (#).— a two-game series with the Beaumont Texas League club, which is a Tiger Manager Bucky Harris was much elated over the performance of his an 11 to 8 victory from the University of Texas nine at Austin. Gerald | while Greenberg and Reiber each poled out a home run. Jimmy Dykes not only is expected to play a lot of third base for the | presence promises to be a big help to Luke Appling. NEW ORLEANS, March 18— maining holdout, can earn The temperamental twirler originally showed no sign of raising his $12,000 osition: additional $2,000. For 25 games, the $15.000.” He won 25 one season. yesterday met terms Evans said were Hot Springs, Ark. Hudlin said he would (#)—Manager Bill Killefer in- hibit his jackrabbit fleetness with the have Bruce Campbell, his right fielder, fleld, leaving center, left center and a used by the Washington Senators while The Detroit Tigers were here today for farm. squad yesterday, when the Tigers tock Walker got a triple and two singles, ASADENA, Calif., March 18 (f).— Chicago White Sox this year, but his Appling is slated to do the bulk of the work at shortstop, and with Dykes handy to steady him, figures to become a star at the job. Appling, a voung- ster, has shown signs of being a hitter, but has experienced spells of the jitters afield. SOPH LEAD SCORERS. AUSTIN, Tex. (#).—Jack Gray, star University of Texas sophomore, led the Southwest Conference basket ball race in scoring this season with 157 points in 12 games. MOORE OF REDS DUE TO REPLACE DOUTHIT Once Star Outfielder Slated for TUtility Role—Bluege Making Real Fight for Job. 'AYLOR DOUTHIT, one of the best middle gardeners in the National League a couple of seasons ago, probably will be filling utility roles for the Cincinnati Reds in the coming sea- son. In his place will be Johnny Moore, who was obtained by Cincinnati in the deal that sent Babe Herman to Chicago. Donie Bush, manager of the Reds, has his mind made up on his outfleld. Chick Hafey, of course, will be in left field. He is hitting hard and covering his old share of land. Right field will be patroled either by Wally Roettger or Harry Rice, for- mer American League player. The goct will be a shift proposition, depending on whether a left or right hander pitcher operates for the enemy. Roett- ger will work against southpaws. The Reds infield is shaping up, too. Ossie Bluege’s brother is surprising the onlookers at Tampa with his polished fielding. If he can deliver a batting average of .265 he will hold down the hot corner for the season. Durocher is playing around short and Blair and Grantham are fighting it out for second base. At first, of course, will be Jim Bottomley, happy he says, in his new surroundings and eager to ])hy against his old mates, the Cardinals. BIRDIE FOLLOWS EAGLE Armour “Rubs It In” on McCarron in Congressional Feud. Sandy Armour of Congressional de- lights in doing unusual golf stunts at the expense of John F. McCarron, one of the “regulars” at the Congressional Club. Sandy’s latest contribution to the McCarron gloom was an eagle deuce accomplished on the 375-yard sixth hole by the simple medtum of gollng out a lengthy drive and then holing a half-iron shot. But to make matters worse, Sandy followed up the eagle with a birdie 3 on the tough seventh. YANKS TIE UP BIKE RACE ‘Walthour-Ritter, Letourner - De- baets Even as Stretch Reached. CHICAGO, March 18 () —Jimmy Walthour, New York, and Charley Rit- Newark, the metropolitan team, and Gerard Debaets, Belgium, and Al- fred Letourner, France, the “Red Devil” team, were tied for first place in the F: | six-day bicycle race at the end of the 127th hour here today. ‘The race ends at midnight tonight and will be marked by an hour of sprinting between 11 and 12 o'clock. Griffithian Trainer's Worrie: Foreign Fields fo ITH Uncle Clark’s Nationals hitting the road, bumpy ball fields, change of diet and tougher playing coming along with it, “Doctor” Mike Martin, the ace of all American League train- ers goes into real action. For the past two weeks the good doctor has had nothing much to worry about down in Biloxi but colds, pains in the tummy and to get a line on those who were mixing up their shrimp, ple, ice cream and salads. Varied Sports EXHIBITION BASE BALL. Yesterday’s Results. ‘Washington (A. L.), 11; New Orleans (8. A), 2. New York (A. L), 16; 8t. Louis (N. L), 6. Philadelphia (N. L), 5; Boston (N. L), 1. Philadelphia (A. L.), 9; Montreal (I L), 8. Detroit (A. ‘Texas, 6. New York (N. L.), 6; Hollywood (P. C. L), 5. Cl’gcaco (N. L), 4; Pittsburgh (N. L), Today’s Schedule. ‘Washington (A. L.) vs. Cleveland (A. L.) at New Orleans. Phiadelphia (A. L.) vs. Cincinnati (N. L.) at Tampa. Boston (A. L.) vs. Philadelphia (N. L.) at Sarasota. Chicago (A. L) vs. Philadelphia (N. L.) at Los Angeles. Detroit (A. L.) vs. Beaumont (T. L.) at_Beaumont. New York (A. L) vs. Newark (I. L) at Clearwater. Chicago (N. L.) vs. Pittsburgh (N. L.) at San Francisco. St. Louis (N. L) vs. Boston (N. L) at St. Petersburg. Brooklyn (N. L) vs. Buffalo (I. L.) at Miami. PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING PHILADELPHIA —Ray Steele, Glen- dale, Calif,, threw Ernie Dusek, Omaha (2:05:57). PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. American Association. Wichita, 6; Tulsa, 1. BASKET BALL. Pittsburgh, 38; Carnegie Tech, 21. SWIMMING. Central High, 43; Massanutten Mili- tary Academy, 32. L), 11; University of Qualifies as Understudy to Kubhel DAVE PROVES ABILITY AS EMERGENCY MAN FOR GRIFFS AT FIRST BASE. = . Harris EW ORLEANS, March 18.— So long as Dave Harris is around the Washington ball club, Manager Joe ©ronin won't have to worry should Joe Kuhel, his regular first base- man, spring an injury. Fai.ils stepped out to play first bas> for the team composed of reg- ula: and second string Naticnals that licked the New Orleans club prise- all hands wz ity game at the intial ‘The North Carolina sheriff didn't display the shiftiness of a Kuhel nor the grace of a Judge, but he never missed a play. He d high throws, dug ’em out of the dirt and scooped up sharp drives to be credited with 11 put-outs and 3 assists. ‘Twice Dave gathered in sharp grounders and timed his throws to Jack Russell, the pitcher who scampered over to cover first, in perfect manner for retirements. He took towering tosses from Third Baseman Travis and Second Base- man Kerr, landing squarely on the bag after each leaping catch, Harris made his greatest play in frame when there were to cover first for Shortstop Boken's return that completed a side-retir- ing double-play. Looks as though the Nationals’ utility outflelder knew what he was about when in addition to his finger glove he brought s first baseman’s mitt to camps i LEADER IN HIS LINE (S 10 Keep ARTAR yQu PlAavers i THe BiG goB 15 WATCHING THe CAMP: Aveetise, " MK AMARTIN QR(FFs! VETERAN Rus AND PlLL AAn Whose g sy SON. IS NOW- AT HAND D. C. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1933. Pilot Cronin Lauds His Catching Corps : Pirates’ Fate Appears Up to Pilchers SPORTS. —By TOM DOERER oo EXTRA Founofon advels AMmLe AMY.‘J' Busy Days Here for Miguel s Increase as Team Invades r Practice Battles. And he has had little trouble from this source, other than a few minor cases, like Bob Burke's lame flipper, Gen. Crowder's sore thumb and Uncle Clark's lumbago. But now his real woes begin. . For instance, the boys will play on dia- monds not as carefully manicured as | the one at Biloxi. There will be mounds and humps which will cause the young men to develop kinks in their legs. Then there will be the one-night stands, in- volving the hazards of sightseeing, and changes in “vittles” and aqua to send them toward home feeling a little achy. But the rotund, gray trainer of the Griffs will watch the boys with care. question some of the youngsters who believe it a crime to have a sore arm, and in general, nurse the flock with the skill years of training have given him. Just where the Grand Nationals will land this year in the American League race will depend much on Doc Mike, his soothing syrups, liniments and his knowledge of how young men with title aspirations should conduct themselves off the playing field during the active cl.mpalfin. Of all the bugbears which nettled a trainer is the gathering of weight by the veterans during the off season. Sir Miguel has been on the job as coach for three decades. He joined the 'Yanks, while Griff was manager of the club, to become the first professional trainer in the loop. Previously he had been at Columbia University. He will continue to eye them each day. | Beer to Find No | Stymie at Manor | E'S the big news of the Spring golf season. The board of governors of the Manor Club has adopted a reso- lution “approving the sgle of beer at the club as and when legislation | will permit.” Boy, have a seidel ready for us at the ninth hole. | TOO HOT FOR HOUGHTON Al Bhoots 73 on Own Course, but, Pays “Red” Cunningham. i Leave it to “Red” Cunningham to| make things unpleasant for Al Hough- ton of Kenwood if he can. These two inseparable links buddies played around {\ Kenwood a few days ago and “Red”| was so hot that he not only gave Al| a sound trouncing on his own course, | but caused the Kenwood pro to abandon a new set of wooden clubs and go back | to his old weapons. Cunningham scored a gaudy 71, causing Houghton a conniption fit, for the home pro had & 73 and paid money to the red head. Immediately after that round Hough- ton abandoned the shiny new wooden clubs which he had put in his bag for a trial and stuck the old ones in their places. Houghton, Fred McLeod, Mel Shorey, Sandy Armour and George Dif- fenbaugh are planning to go to Pine- hurst for the North<South open. And Carroll, IAMI, Fla.,, March 18 (#).—Max Carey, manager of the Brook- 1yn Dodgers, is showing quite a burst of optimism sbout his club's pitching prospects, with Babe Phelps, Owen Carroll and Hollis Thurston coming in for particular praise. “Phelps was a big disappointment to me last year,” Max said. “I was none too optimistic that he would make a comeback, but now that I have been watching him for two weeks I am ready zoah,mc: my mind. He really looks LOS ANGELES, March 18 (P).—A couple of times this Spring it _looked as if Bill Terry, New York Giants’ man- ager, might have to bench himself in favor of Sam Leslie, but Bill has shown that he can combine playing ball and leading his team through the tight spots. Terry lifted the Giants out of a spell of listlessness yesterday by clouting a home run when they were two runs behind the Hollywood Stars and pro- viding the inspiration for a three-run rally in the next inning that won-the game. [ QARASOTA, Fla,, March 18 (®—Burt Shotton will lead his Phillies into today to ‘Boston and Johnny Welch against the hard hitting National Leaguers. who upeet the Braves yesterday at St. Peters- Doc A. A. Woods of St. Louis, Who, der Miller Huggins’ regime, trained the New York Yankees for 10 years, has Dodger Pitching Stirs Carey As Phelps Stages Comeback Thurston Shine been signed on in that capacity by Gen- eral Manager Eddie Collins. 8T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 18| (#)—Although Manager Bill McKechnie | is getting plenty of hitting from his Boston Braves, he is far from satisfied. ‘The Braves outhit the Phillies, 9 to 8, yesterday while going down to a 5-1 defeat. McKechnie was more a bit disgusted at the idea of nine hits scoring but one run and he pointed out that, at the rate they were going, it would have taken 54 hits to have edged the Phillies, 6-5. ‘The Braves take on the St. Louis Cardinals today and McKechnie has put in his order for some hitting be- hind the runners. AN FRANCISCO. March 18 (P)— ‘There are plenty of odds against him, but Roy Henshaw, former University of Chicago lefthander, is making such a tremendous bid for a job with the Chicago Cubs that Man- ager Charlie Grimm has just about de- cided to keep him. Grimm has felt that Henshaw needed | more experience. Besides that, he is a midget as pitchers go. But he has stood out above more experienced southpaws, Carroll Yerkes and Beryl Richmond, in Cubs, rivals of the National League, to- day continue their Spring exhibition series here. In yesterday’s contest, the first of three scheduled, the Cubs took a 4-to- stickwork got three singles trips to the plate. 'rheexhlmlnngfl-mmvw. Nationals Face Indians in Pair Of Contests With Same Line-Up They’ll Use in Title Campaign By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. EW ORLEANS, March 18— Here for their first tusgling with a big league foe this season, the Nationals will swing into action just as Manager Joe Cronin plans to send them into the pennant chase in ‘Washington on April 12. In the games with the Cleveland In- dians slated for today and tomorrow, the boy fleld boss will start his regular infield and outfield combinations and very likely they will go the route in each of the engagements. Excepting Heinie Manush and Fred Schulte, the regulars were given some- thing of a rest yesterday. part of the task of beating the New Orleans Club, 11 to 2, in the game at Biloxi was turned over to the reserves. The big timers were excused from duty after going through an hour of bat- ting practice in the forenoon. Cronin feared his first stringers might go a bit stale from overtraining. The crew had been working strenuously at Camp Griff and appeared to have a right fine edge. So the boss let most of his regulars taper off for a day and may ease up their work a day or two next week. ‘The Nationals’ field chief and his assistants aim to get the club at the campaign starting line right in the pink. Making every inning in which they hit a scoring one and with their pitch- ers clicking despite a tendency toward wildness, the Nationals disposed of the Pelicans rather easily in Biloxi. The minor leaguers checked in with & run in the second session for a brief lead that was immediately overhauled, then took a sound thumping until their final batting turn, when they tallied again. Jack Russell and Johnny Burrows did the flinging for the big .Jeaguers and aside from their wabbly control made a fine job of it. The veteran, Russell, figured to become a handy relief hurler for the Washington club this year, went the first five frames, in which he al- lowed five hits and two walks. Two singles backing a& walk meant a run for the Pels in the second round, but after that Russell always tightened to check the minor leaguers when they threatened to go places. In four innings, the youthful Bur- rows walked seven. But he yielded only two hits and struck out four, one of the strike-outs ending the eighth inning | is when the Pelicans had the bases crowd- ed. In the ninth, the Pels with a single and two passes loaded the sacks with none out and the last run crossed as the second retirement was made. ‘The Nationals collected a dozen hits. Eight were made off Thornton Lee, left-hander, who toiled the first five in- nings. The others came off Clay Bry- ant. Seven of the blows were of the Socked tiples and Travi hetgey Himeeit ples an vis hel to two doubles, i = Successive singles by Rice and Schulte backed by Harris’ two-bagger in the second, put over the tieing tally. Then Schulte counted as Sewell went out to send the Nationals ahead before th~ in- ning ended. Travis’ first double, Ma- nush’s ~ single, Rice's Schulte’s and of four hits, all for extra bases, back of a pass brought f o rought four more runs in the ‘Washington’s m-d-nnnl infleld of | Harris, Kerr, Boken and Travis put up four | a sparkling game with Boken, at short, starring. He fiawlessly handled six nmcultdnn:u. stdly.hhlmom The main | | came on the easiest chance offered him. It did no damage. from the Washington squad | here are Travis, Burke, Burrows, Fried- richs and McAfee. They'll not be idle at Biloxi, however, for Manager Cronin | left orders for them to drill today and | tomorrow. Bill Johnson, catcher, who had been helping in the Nationals' drills at Biloxi, has been separated from the squad. He and Ellsworth Hazzard, pitcher, who has been sticking around since his release last week, were to leave Biloxi today. “Y” SWIMMERS IN MEET Washington and Baltimore Teams Oppose Here Tonight. Headlining an squatic program to- night at the Central Y. M. C. A. will be a swimming meet between the host or- ganization and the Baltimore “Y.” The team from the Maryland metropolis de- feated the Washington “¥” natators last month in Baltimore and the latter will be seeking revenge. The meet starts at 8:15 o'clock. Any new marks made will be recorded as pool records. A meet between junior swimmers of the “Y” and the Shoreham Club at 7:30 o'clock opens the program, and the closing attraction will be a water polo game between the “Y” team and the “Y” instructors. The public is invited. —— LIST TITLE HAND BALL District A. A. U. Championship to Be Held at “Y” April 8-15. April 8-15, inclusive, have been selected as dates for the annual Dis- trict A. A. U. four-wall hand ball cham- pionships at the Central Y. M. C. A. Singles and doubles titles will be de- cided. Entry blanks may be had at the Y. The entry fee is 50 cents. Entries will ter at the Y. Gold medals will be awarded the winners and silver medals will go to the runners-up. ‘Third-place bronze medals wil! go to the victors in rpecial matches between defeated semi-final- ts. close Monday, April 3, with Ralph Fos- | WEAK GARDEN SPOT Inflold Same as Last Year, When Club Surprised by Biwishing Second. ——— pondent of The Btar, CISCO, Calit., March 18.—What the near future holds in store for Pittsburgh’s National League entry depends largely on pitch- ling. Experts picked the Pirates to finish sixth or worse, yet this forgotten team came close to cap- turing a pennant in 1932, finish- 4ng second. ince the season closed, an outfield weakness has been solved by the deal which brings Freddy Lindsirom from the Waner ihr on first base, Tony Piet on second, Floyd Vaughan in short and Capt. Ple Traynor guarding the hot corner, the inner garden will remain intact. The Pirates this Spring were first of all major league outfits to pitch their tents. Their advance squad, composed exclusively of batterymen, held its earliest workout on February 23. In the opening days of practice, Manager George Gibson expressed his delight over the enthusiastic manner in which his men plunged into the job of get- ting into shape, especially the veterans, Heinie Meine, Remy Kremer, Steve Swetonic and, Waite Hoyt. When Hoyl was signed recently, it was figured the former Yankee star would be used solely for relief duty, but it now appears that he has a chance to perform regular work. Not another hurler in camp is training harder than the former Brooklyn schoolboy. Bill Swift, Bill Harris and Southpaw Larry French also have been drilling at a merry pace, and although the team has not been in uniform long, some of the are cutting loose s REMER was of little use last year owing to & touch of rheumatism. After a course of hot baths his sappeared and for more than has felt like a new Two extended hunting trips in the mountains of Northern California appear to have been beneficial. Swe- tonic was stopped by a sore arm just when he was performing sensationa ‘With these two aces disabled, the Buc caneers lost much of r boldness and wobbled just enough to hoist the Cubs out front last Fall Manager Gibson is cl Hoyt, Kremer and Sweto: what it means to have j three battle-scarred Brs y watching He knows come back, would be abo Chagnon, H: handers, Char Birkofer, to berths cn the = with appendu n forced him to loa He was 2 Tulsa and ha Tulsa, is 23 yvears old in blinding fast ones a curves. He 1s 5 chest, broad build. He w ern League, was added to the cat Rec: s a Brenzel wa to comp! | Smith, mad2 | but three catch | the shortage. Co brought Ward h Ward batted | three seasons with | Southern California t little chance of crowd either Earl Grace, Tommy Padden or Hal Finney Three other youngsters complete the list of pitchers, but they lack cxperience and undoubtedly will go back to the sticks. One is Otis Crandall's son Jimmy, 21-year-old coll who was with the Pirates part of last season. | The others are Homer Hurst, 23, and Errol Ston 20, both from the Los Angeles n the las is University of t he stands SVJTVERYTHING points to a stirring champic ce in the Na- tional said Manager Gibson, “and. nows how | any team 1 sure the | Pirates wil hty good account | of themsclves. When we began train- jing I told the veteran pitchers they were exvected to get into condition carlier than usual. owing to the short- ened stand in camp, but they were to be the judges of how much hard work they could do without overtaxing them- selves. | ""“To my surprise, the four oldest men have bren doing more than the rest and | the one who has been setting the pace {is Hoyt. 'The younger hurlers also have | been traveling at a_fast gait. and while it is too early to tell just how they will come out, I am well pleased with all that has been shown me so far. “It locksjms if Hoyt is going to prove helpful as a rescue man, with a chance of becoming a regular. He appears to have gotten rid of his arm trouble. If he is able to take his turn as a starting slabman, he will not be permitted to go into the box without five or six days of rest, for one who has played as many games as he has should nurse his arm carefully. “Wood evidently has improved since his operation and he may make the grade this time. Kremer looks great and his inability to pitch last season, combined with his lay-off this Winter, possibly have retsored him to good health. I'm perfectly content with my catchers and there is ample reason for expectirg plenty of fight when thess boys line up for battle on April 12.” (Tomorrow—Chicago Cubs.) (Copyright, 1933. by North American News= paper All | FULLAM U;ABiEVTO FIGHT. 18.—Stricken with an attack of ptemaine poisoning, Frankie Fullam, Washington, D. C., was prevented frém boxing Solly Kreie ger of B: yn" here last night in & | preliminary to the Ben Jeby-Vince Dun- e bout. | NEW YORK, March HILADELPHIA, March 18 (#), —Bill Carr, the University of Pennsylvania’s modest track star, who flashed to fame in the Olympics last Summer, may have run his last race. ‘The black-thatched Arkansas fiyer, world record-holding 400 meter, Olympic champion, was thrown from the running board of an automobile in s collision last night. Hospital officials announced he suffered a pos- sible fracture of the pelvis, an injury Injury May End Carr’s Running Record-Holding Olympic Champ Suffers Possible Pelvis Fracture in Auto Accident. Car had been ridinz on the cas | only about a block when it collided with another and Carr was thrown to the pavement. “It’s & tough break for Bill" the veteran coach said, “It may—it pos- sibly does—mean the end of his career.” Carr, whose home is in Pine Bluff, Ark., is a senior at Pennsylvania. Last Saturday he won a 300-yard special race at Buffalo in the closing indoor appearance of his collegiate career, His next race was to have been on the cinder paths at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania relay carnival next month. After he graduated, he had plan- ned making a tour of Europe, racing in foreign countries, before retiring from active track competition to take up a business carger, -