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SP ORTS. THE EVEN NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1933. SPORTS. A—11 Cronin Broadcasts Praise of Nationals : Happier Days Seem Assured for Chisox LAUDS ALL-AROUND - CLASS OF HISCLUB Does Not Claim Flag, but As- serts Team That Beats BY JOHN B. KELLER. Griffmen Will Win It. ILOXI, Miss., March 22— With the American League championship chase only three weeks away, Joe Cro- nin isn't predicting any pennant for his Nationals, but he’s telling the world that “the club beating us will cop the flag.” As the boy fleld boss figures it, the Washington club will have the pitching, the power and the defense to make it a formidable force all the way and should have no alibi to offer if it faiis to make a gallant fight. o 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. YAN was slated to pitch for Catholic University and Hof- fecker for the Maryland Aggies, when the rivals clashed on the dia- mond this afternoon. Holden, former Western High pltcher, yesterday hurled Lafayette to victory over the University of South Carolina nine. ‘Tom Hughes and Joe Engel showed well yesterday in pitching the Colts into submission at the Nationals’ training camp at Charlottesville. Clyde Milan continued his savage batting. CARDINAL BIG FOUR REALLY PACK EET |Slab Dependables Average| 6 Feet 2.56 Inches—Dod- ger Reserves Star. “Talking pennant doesn't pay,” said Cronin this morning. “It's playing pennant base ball that tells. I'm not | saying we're a pennant club, but we're capable of playing a game that will be tough to beat. Any club that beats us over the 154-game stretch should be right at the top at the finish. 1 “We looked great on paper after those | Winter trades were made to build up | a hard-hitting outfield, give us a high- | class veteran pitching staff and bolster our catching department. As we have trained here, we promise to carry that paper greatness on to the playing fleld in the championship campaign. “I'm satisfied the Washington club will be powerful and aggressive and capa- ble of playing smart base ball. We'll go when that bell rings and we'll be going strong after many of the others are out of the running.” HILE Cronin has plenty of respect for all opposition the Nationals Wwill encounter in the American League going this year, he naturally looks to the Yankees. the Indians and the Athletics to give his club the most trouble. Comparatively, he rates these outfits in the order mentioned. the boy field boss gives his club none the worst of it in comparison with this trio that, with the Nationals, made up the first division of the circuit finish | nie intends to give them a punishing white Sox manager a few sleepless | last_season. “T'll say not one of those clubs can | Watch the Yankees go through their | Haas injured his ankle sliding into a offer the class of pitching all the way | exhibition paces with the St. Louis pase. that the Nationals will be able to show.” contended Cronin. “The Yanks, of course, have three fines ones in Gomez, Allen and Ruffing. The Indians have Ferrell, Brown and Hudlin. The A’s can put out Grove and Earnshaw. We'll show ‘em Crowder. Whitehill. Stewart and Weaver. And Al Thomas, too, probably will surprise 'em “Those three Yank pitchers rang up 58 wins last year. Great. The three Clevelanders totaled 50. Pretty good. Grove and Earnshaw turned in 44 wins for the A's. Fine going. But re- call what Crowder and Weaver did. Be- tween them they won 48 games. With clubs not so good, Whitehill and Stew- art totaled 31 wins. And Thomas, after coming to Washington from the White Sox, many more starts. It certainly looks to me the pitching edge is with us. ¢t A 8 to punch in the outfield, I figure we measure up pretty well with these three rivals. We're going in with Manush and Goslin, who've hit well above .300 for their big league careers, and Schulte. who has hit right close to .300. Goslin and Schulte are! long hitters and Manush is reckoned one of the most dangerous in_the| league with runmers on. Qf the Yan- kee lot Ruth, of course, always is dan- gerous. But it isn't settled yet, wheth- er he'll be with them this time. Combs doesn’t rate with Manush or Goslin, | and Chapman with none of the Wash- | ington trio. | “The A’s are going in with a new outfield, Cramer, Coleman and Finney, all youngsters. Both Cramer and Cole- man have hit hard, but spasmodically. Finney is untried. the edge on the A's so far as outfield punch is concerned. In Averill, Vosmik and Porter the Indians have three right consistent clouters. Yet, Averill's .314 ‘was the best average among the three last year. I've nothing to worry about Tegarding the punch in our outfield. “When it comes to defensive play, we should set the pace for the league. Our outfield is fast and shifty, our infield I rate the best in the circuit, and our pitchers and catchers are crack. That's a great point about our pitchers. They're all ball players, for they can fleld re- markably well, several are dangerous at bat, and they know the tricks of the game. “Remember, we were outflelded only by a point by the A's last year when they set a record. And we beat the old defensive record, too. Well, the A's ‘won't have the same combination this time while we'll be in there with the same infield and just as good an out- feld defensively. “Mark my words,” admonished Cro- nin. “We'll be tough to beat in every Mat Results By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Jim Brown- ing, 230, Verona, Mo, threw Alfone Getzewich, 218, Manchester, Conn., 36:30. BROCKTON, Mass.—Charles Hanson, 212, Sweden, won two falls out of three from Benny Ginsberg, 210, New York. NEW YORK.—Ed (Strangler) Lewis, 240. Los Angeles, drew Malcewicz, 202, Utica, N. Y. 26:00 Qhalted by 11 o'clock closing law). BALTIMORE.—Fred Grubmier, 200, Towa, threw Abe Colman, 202, Kansas City, 30:20. MINNEAPOLIS.—Abe Kashey. Syria, | the Lee-Jackson High nine of Fairfax |last year, it is felt all shooters, regard- drew with Bronko Nagurski, Minnea- polis, 20:00. scored 8 wins in not so| I think we have with Joe | | By the Associated Press. RADENTON, Fla., March 22.—If the height of pitchers makes for base ball victories the St. Louis Cardinals should cause trouble for other teams in the 1933 pennant race. The “big four” of the Cardinal hurl- ing staff average 6 feet 2.56 inches in height. Paul Derringer is the tallest of | the quartet—6 feet 4 inches. “Dizzy” |Dean is just a quarter of an inch shorter. “Tex" Carleton is 6 feet 1l and Bill Walker is 6 feet 1 inch, | SARASOTA, Fla, March 22 (P — “‘Chlck" Hafey and “Red” Lucas were | ordered to return to the training camp |at Tampa when the Cincinnati Reds |no pains to chocse his successor, and | Marvin Owen is definitely slated for [} RUTH AND RUPPERT TOTRY AGAINTODAY Third Conference May Settle Lengthy Squabble Over Babe’s Salary. By the Associated Press. T. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 22—The third, and perhaps de- cisive, conference between George Herman Ruth and Col. Jacob Ruppert may end in the Babe’s sogning a New York Yankee contract today. Ruth and Ruppert planned to get to- gether here some time this afternoon, and “I hope we can come to an agree- ment this time,” says Ruth. Their last session broke up without result because Ruth insisted on $55,000 and Col. Rupert replied he could not afford to pay any more than $50,000. SARASOTA, Fla, March 22 (#).— Although the Bosion Red Sox have no engagements for today and tomorrow, they will probably find them to be the | busiest on the Spring season. Dis- | gusted by yesterday's 10-to-1 defeat by | the Cincinati Reds, Manager Marty McManus intends to work them ragged before taking them to Bradenton Thursday for a return clash with the St. Louis Cardinals. L AN ANTONIO, Tex, March 22 (). —Seven innings of base ball were | on the program today for the De- troit Tiger squad. Two teams were to perform while Bucky Harris scratches his head in an effort to decide which youngsters will be given the nod that keeps them in the big-time circuit. Having decided not to keep big Hank Greenberg at third base, Harris is at the job. PASADENA, Calif, March 22 (#)— About all “Mule” Haas and Al Sim- | moved to Fort Myers today for a tw game stand with the Athletics. Hafey is suffering a badly swollen jaw caused by a sore tooth. Lucas has | en having trouble with his elbow. |~ The Reds handed the Boston Red Sox | 8 10-to-1 beating here yesterday. | | QT. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 22 | (#).—The Boston Braves, who have But | dropped four games in a_row to the time they came to bat. New York Yankees, as well as an odd | one here and there, will have a half | holiday today. Manager Bill McKech- | morning workout and take them to | Cardinals. LOS ANGELES, March 22 (A).—| Manager Bill Terry of the New York | | Giants has had a glance at one minor | league pitcher he'd like to get and can't. | He' is Frank Shellenback, big right- | handed spitball pitcher of the Holly- wood club. He held the Giants to two hits in five Innings yesterday and drove | in two runs with ‘a home-run clout. | Skellenback, however. is doomed to stay | in the minors. Under the legislation | against spitballers, Shellenback, who happened to be in the minors when | the rule was passed, cannot advance to | the major league: | QAN FRANCISCO, March 22 (#).— Kiki Cuyler is bringing smiles to | Menager Charlie Grimm's face this Spring with his batting punch. In great condition at the start of the training grind, Cuyler has been giving the bell a merry ride and lead- ing the Cub attack along with Babe Herman. Against San Francisco yes- terday, all he did was to bang out & home run, triple and a single, driving in seven runs before being retired after four innings. MIAMI, Fla., March 22 () —It looks | as if the Brooklyn Dodgers’ second | string line-up might be a trifle more | powerful at the plate than the regu- iars. The Dodgers were taking a trim-| ming from the St. Louis Browns y terday when Manager Max Y | called on his reserves. They responded | with a four-run rally in the eighth that won the ball game, 5-4. A single | by Seibert, a double by Sheerin and | a triple by Jordan were high spots of | the rally. 'ROOSEVELT DIAMOND MATERIAL PROMISING Coach Is Pleased With Squad in Indoor Practice—Veterans Form Nucleus. | | OOSEVELT HIGH, which hesitated | some time before deciding to have | & base ball team, will be repre- sented, it now appears, by a first-rate | nine in the public high school cham- plonship series, opening April 25, when | the Rough Riders engage Eastern. While the weather has not permitted | | outdoor work. Roosevelt's battery candi- dates have been working in the big gym. and Coach Lynn Woodworth has been rather encouraged by the manner in which the boys have performed. In addition to Garner, Grimm and Curtin of last season’s squad, Raiford, a southpaw product of the sandlots, and Bornie, another newcomer, are mound‘ mons have been doing in their major league careers is to scare Manager Lew Fonseca of the White Sox. As members of the Philadelphia Ath- letics, they scared Fonseca almost every Now they're members of the White | Sox and are stil scaring Lew. Al turned up with a sore wrist to give the | nights. No sooner had it healed than| Today Fonseca was scared lest | Haas' ankle was broken. Haas will be out of the White Sox line-up for & week or more. EW ORLEANS, March 22 (®).— Rookies did plenty of work in Cleveland's 6-10-5 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans yesterday. Belve Bean, Monte Pearson and Lefty Perrin allowed but five hits among them, but Pearson’s wildness gave seven men free tickets to first. Each twirled three innings. Bill Knickerbocker, at short, handled nine chances faultlessly and made two hits in four tries. Harley Boss handled first in fine style and Frank Pytlak strengthened his chance of staying on as a reserve catcher. | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March 22 () —Tedd Gullic, recailed by the St. | Louis Browns during the Winter to fill | in as an outfielder, may see some action nearer the grandstand this season. Gullic, as understudy for Jack Burns, | first baseman, who is down with & cold, | demonstrated in the exhibition game against the Brogklyn Dodgers yesterday THE BOSS’ UNDERSTUDY. HE LOOKS LIKE CRONIN = THAT TickLes GRIFEL FRANKIE BAXTER HAD A JOB FINDING SHOES %-«A‘E\GE ENOUGH FOR [ “WHICH IS P that the Browns are well fortified at ! the initial corner. i HE, Arts wimi'em ON, SAYS CRONIN conswsz:LENw - BOB BELTED IN |I3 RUNS LAST YEAR. FOR KANSAS CIiTY.. o Sam West Likely to Lead Off for Browns Team Punchless, The tentative line-up of the Browns would not strike terror to the heart of many rival mound mechanics. ‘The lead-off man in all probability will be Sammy West, a mighty fast man on the sacks. Jack Burns, who is improving in his batting, has been placed at spot No. 2. Bruce Campbell will be used at No. 3 spot, and Carl Reynolds will be assigned to duty as clean- up operator. Next in line will be Rick Ferrell, then Melillo, Scharein, Levey and the pitcher. Campbell is in about the best shape of his career. He is hitting hard in camp and if he keeps it up may be assigned to the clean-up post before the first day of the season rolls around. Killefer Concentrates on Speed and Tight Pitching; Muddy Ruel Helpful. Killefer is being assisted this year by Muddy Ruel, and the former Washington backstop seems to have a pretty clear idea of what is being planned for the starting pitchers. It is interesting to note that the veteran Sam Gray, who has more curves than any man in the league, is not one of those named as a start- ing pitcher. Gray goes to the bull pen for mop-up work, leaving the task of starting games to George Blaeholder, Lloyd Brown, Bump Hadley, Dick Coffman and Jack Knott, the recruit from the Mil- waukee club, the Browns' chain farm team. Helping Gray as second stringer will be Cooney, Hebert and Stiles. BY EDWARD T. MURPHY. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,, 7 March 22.—Speed, a strong defense and tight pitching are being stressed by the St. Louis Browns as they prepare for the 1933 campaign in the American League. This just about sets the Browns in a class by themselves, in so far as all the other clubs seem to be making special efforts to add batting strength for the coming season. Manager Bill Killefer apparently acknowledges he hasn't got a lot of batting power as he lays his plans to build a strong defensive team. N. R. A. AGAIN BACKS Continues Sectional Pistol and Rifle Events to Supplant Camp Perry Matches. ECTIONAL tournaments for rifle and pistol trophies again will be held aspirants. Frayden, first-string catcher | last Spring; Hallett and Clapp are doing the receiving. Sherman, first base, and Giovanetti, second base, an all-high selection, are available, Curtin probably will play | third base when not pitching. but just who will hold forth at the hot cornér | when Curtin is hurling is not certain. | | A shortstop, too, must be found. In the outfield Ahearn, a youngster | of experience, is available, as are Scher, | Hayman and Spicok. Manager Jessie Black is arranging an | attractive schedule for the Bears, who will play their first game April 4 against | County, Va., probably on the Monument Grounds. this year by the National Rifle As- sociation, in lieu of the Camp Perry national matches. The 27 State asso- ciations aligned with the N. R. A. will be authorized to arrange shoots for the riflemen of their States and nearby States, ‘Winners of trophies, except those who gain small-bore rifie awards, will be decided on the basis of scores fired by competitors at all meets this year, instead of assigning certain trophies particular meets. Under this plan, which is different from that followed less of where they compete, will have a chance for all the trophies. Varied Sports PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. National League. Ottawa, 3; Montreal Maroons, 0. New York Americans, 4; Toronto, 3. Boston Bruins, 3; New York Rangers, 2. International League. Buffalo, 6; Windsor, 1. (Playoff). Woman’s A.A.U. Basket Ball Tourney. Lucas (Fort Worth, Tex.), 60; Ash- down (Ark.), 20. Oklahoma Presbyterian, 52; Lenora (Kans.) Blue Diamonds, 11. Dallas (Tex.), 46; Chandler Cement (Okla.), 18. Steuben Club (Kansas City), 47; Canadian (Tex.) Crazy Cats, 17. Shreveport, 42; Jacksonville; 16. . RED BARRY EXHIBITS. Donald _(Red) Barry, Washington to | heavyweight boxer, and Mickey O’Con- nor will put on a four-round exhibition as a feature of an American Legion program tonight at Carpenters’ Hall. Bowen and Roma LaBoma will mix in another four-round exhibition. Nationals Face 20 Consecutive Exhibition Games Schulte Pounding Ball in Practice—Myer Regains Eye—Catchers All Throwing Well By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss, March 22— There'll be no rest for the weary—if there are any weary ones among the Na- tionals. Tomorrow was left game- Jess when the Nationals’ exhibition schedule was made, but Manager Cronin has ordered & contest be- tween regulars and yannigans. This means that including this after- | noom's tilt here with the Atlanta | Crackers there’ll -be a string of 20 | tussels on successive days before the Nationals hop into the champion- ship melee. In the intra-camp clash, the regul- lar Nationals will face two of their | top-notch pitcners. Cronin has or- dered Earl Whitehill and Monte Weaver to be ready to fire ’em at the lboysA ‘That means the regulars see plenty of pitching for ‘Whitehill in fine fettle and Weaver vows he'll show 'em he is far better right now than he looked over in New Orleans last Saturflay. ‘The second string squad will swing their bats against Johnny Burrows, the kid left hander, who soon is to Jjoin the Lookouts, and Specs Fried- richs, right-hander, who has rid his salary wing of the kink that bother- ed it for niore than a week. though the Yannigans will have a makeshift outfleld, they'll put forth a sparkling infield with Harris, Kerr, Boken and Travis on the job. They arz boasting that the regulars will have to hit high and handsome to get by this inner cordon. Harry Conn, a Biloxi boy who has been helping the Nationals in batting practice, may get a regular job out of it. He's a rangy pitcher with & lot of speed and a good curve, and Clark Griffith expects to land & minor berth for him. After today's game—the fourth of the series—the Crackers will.not be met again until the Nationals breeze are to break camp at Mobile the end of this week. Now that he is to hook with the Chattanooga club, chunky Jéhnny Burrows is working harder than ever. The youthful Arizona mound artist not only takes his regular turn on. the hill to pitch to batters in prac- tice, but he also grabs off one of the Washington catchers daily that he may be taught more inside pitch- ing stuff. Burrows came & long way at his own expense for a chance to make good and there's nothing he overlooks. Hardest of the hitters in batting ‘Winter trade. slamming everything the pitchers serve to him, and slamming to the reaches of Biloxi Park, too. Myer also is getting hold of the ball nicely. For g time Buddy had that old habit of slicing his wallops into Atlanta on March 30 for a two- tilt stay. Robinson toward left fleld, but since he altered his stance at the. plate this left-hand batter is pulling his blows to right in the most approved style. All three of the Washington catch- ers are getting the ball to second base in fin AINTREE FAVORITES HEAVILY SUPPORTED Golden Miller, Gregalach Share 9-1 0dds in Grand National. Treiners Confident. By the Associated Press. ONDON, March 22.—Dorothy Paget's Golden Miller and the big Irish jumper, Gregalach, continued joint favorites today for the Grand National Steeplechase, to be run at Aintree on Friday. Both were held at 9 to 1 in the over- night odds with plenty of support from the punters and no end of confidence from their trainers. Little support has developed for Mrs. ‘T. H. Somerville’s Trouble Maker, the only American-bred and owned entry in the race. Trouble Maker remained at 66 to 1. J. H. Whitney’s Dusty Foot, which will be ridden by G. H. (Pete) Bostwick, remained the sicond choice among the American-owned contenders. Interest in the-Grand National suf- fered somewhat as turf fans turned to the Lincolnshire Handicap, event of the flat racing season today. Victor Emanuel’s Totaig was one of the favorites. Once this classic has been Tun, however, the Grand National again will become the sole topic of conversa- tion among racing followers. STAYS CLOSE TO HOME Georgetown Prep Ball Team Books Lone Out-of-Town Game. and prep school teams of the ares have been given places on May a 3 5:1 ‘7—%‘:"} at Eastern. . May 19—Emerson. . PR May 24—Charlotte Hall at Charlotte Hall. b g n. -8t Central, Big Paws and Feet Aid Boken || Lanky Rookie and Berg Give Nationals Great Pair of Infield —By TOM DOERER FIELDING AsseT IS°A PAR OF BlG HANDS — LARGER THAN JOE Boiey's ~ AND A Wow OF A SHORT- S0P wWAS JOE ! Reserves, BY TOM DOERER. EAPING from the barrier as would a sleck stake horse, Bob Boken, Kansas City's offering to Wash- ington, is so far out in front in the Nationals’ infleld sweepstakes, being held down in the shrimp belt, that an- other classy entry, Cecil Travis, the Chattanooga terror, is out of the race. In the money with Boken, of course, | is Johnny Kerr, the diminutive flash of tabasco, who satisfactorily and suc- cessfully filled an infleld assignment with the Griffs last semester. Which makes them the two best bets to hold down the only two infield utility roles available this year. | | | | 'OW this is all too bad for the am- bitious boy whose bat scorched the Scuthern ‘Association last year. He | stuck out on the Biloxi horizon as a| million gilders before the elongated Mr. | Boken stepped out onto the praetice | green and began spelling Uncle Clark’s full name with a snap to first, anether | to_home. | Travis was weak at this angle of the game, owing to a faulty throwing stance, but was a handful of jazz bands in smacking the leather onion on the snozzle at the home platter. On the other fing: young Mr. Boken | WAS No gasp-provok: h the war wil- | low at a curve ball, but was as pretty as your Aunt Mathilda’s new bonnet | at_fielding. How he zoomed that ball down the line. And how he reached up for them! When he sighted his pals hanging out there on the bags fluttering distress | | signals, and a homing gaze in their | orbs, he smacked line drives as sharp as vou would want to see in any ball | orchard. HAT was the situation as I saw it | in Biloxi, and a&s it is this very day, according to the prints. Anyhow, long Bob Boken, the boy with the strong, slanty shoulders, is a good two-to-one to become a member of what Uncle Clark told me was the “finest set of reserves in the American | League.” And his manager, Battling Joe, added was the ‘“greatest in any league.” And we all know, gentlemen, that it is more than frequently that the atxil- laries win the gonfalon in any setto. And if this boy from Kansas cannot make the grade with Uncle's flag-bound express next Summer he ought to go in for necking in a large and serious way. ‘What a necker he would make! He has the largest pair of hands, outside of a royal flush and four aces. As large as Joe Boley's, that peer of | shortstops a few years back. | T have seen base ball men stand and weep with admiration when Boley dis- played his fists. What hams! The late Jack Dunn used to brag about them | and Connie Mack had them photo- | graphed to represent his elephant trade mark. But_those hands are making Cronin and Grifith rub their own In.glee. Exhibition Base Ball By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s Results. Cleveland (A.), 6; New Orleans (8. A), 5. Philadelphia (N.), 13; St. Louis (N, 9. Philadelphia (A.). 9; Newark (I.L.), 8. Brooklyn (N.) St. Louls (. : B Boston (N. Cincinnati (N.), 10; Boston (A:), 1! Pittsburgh (N.), 10; Seattle’ ¢P. C. ), 5. Chicago (N.), 17; San Francisco (P. C. L), 11. 1 Hollywood (P. C. L.), 6; New York (N), 4 v Today’s Schedule. 4 ‘Washington (A.), vs. Atlanta (S. A), at_Biloxi. Philadelphia (A.), vs. Cincinnatl (N.), Myers. New York (A.), vs. St. Louis (N.), at St. Petersburg. at, Chicago (N.; (P. C. L), at San Francisco. Pittsburgh (N.), vs. New York (N.), at Los 1 les. Philadelphia (N.), vs. Newark (L L), at Clearwater. Brooklyn (N.), vs. Buffalo (L L.), at See TOMemst Sales st‘ ST NW... | They know that a pair of big mitts is uch. but a great asset to a good shortstop. When a large paw reaches out for one of those sharp, whistling liners that makes a plld;ler duck, the ball usually sticks n it ET Bob has more than big hands| to help him earn his job with Uncle's inspired base ball troup- ers. He has height, speed, experience and. of all things, big feet. another asset, base ball men say. tall boy with big feet can spin around on them without getting top-heavy. And to make him the apple of both of Uncle’s eyes, Bob can play third and first as well as shart, his height making l:n particularly adaptable to first- base play. am keen for tall infielders,” says Uncle. “They can reach for them as well as scoop.” | While Bob only hit for .280 with| Kansas City last season, he smacked in 113 runs, and his 180 hits amounted to 239 bases. Which shows that long Bob is there when he is needed the most. He is no single banger. Bob was discovered by Joe Engel; is 22 years of age; over 6 feet tall, and the story at camp is that Washington beat Detroit to him by a very scant margin. That’s Bob, gentlemen. but we'll see all about it next Summer. BASKET LIST KEPT OPEN Deadline for 12th Street “Y™ Event Prolonged Till Saturday. The deadline for entries in the Twelfth street Y. M. C. A. city colored basket ball championship tourney has been extended to Saturday and the start of play until Monday. | Entries will be received at the Y until Saturday at 6 p.m, and play will | open Monday at 6 pm. Drawings will | be made Saturday night. | HYATTSVILLE FAGES TEST| Meets Allegany in Western s!mx-e< Basket Ball Final Tonight. | CUMBERLAND, Md., March 22— Hyattsville High School and Allegany | High School basket ball teams face | here tonight in the deciding game for | the Western Shore title in the State | championship scholastic tourney. The winner will engage the Eastern s'}:‘ore finalist for the State champion- ship. 1 Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla—Jimmy Reed, Jacksonville, knocked out Eddie Speaks, Louisville (8). | LOUISVILLE —Henry Firpo,. Louis. ville, outpointed Jack Kilbourne, Chicago (10); Frank Palmo, Cincinnati, out- pointed Jackie Flabb, Louisville (8). WEST PALM BEACH, Fla—Dave Barry, St. Louis, stopped Dave Adel- | man, Philadelphia (7); Dick Walsh, Philadelphia, stopped Mario Santana, | Key West, Fla. (4). ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Marty Gallagher, Washington, knocked out Bob Tow, Bir- mingham, Ala. (2); Roddy Davis, Wash- ington, stopped Bucky Taylor, Baltimore (1); Joe Maffei, Philadelphia, stopped Buddy Spencer, Baltimore (3); . Jesse Belt, Washington, knocked out’ “Kid"” Erdman, Baltimore (1); Jack Lamar, Cleveland, outpointed Joe Raspi, Balti- more (4). | yet which ones th LONG DEPRESSION HELD ABLT OVER Simmons, Dykes and Haas Reasons for Prosperity Hoving in Sight. By a Staff Correspond he Star. ASADENA, Calif., March 22.— Prosperity in general may or may not be a long way around the corner. But re- gardless of where it is, the big White Sox depression shows un- mistakable signs at last of being alleviated. The big Sox depression, as you may recall, is almost a whitc- veteran ccmpared to the other dep: sion they're tal started about a dozen the late “Old Roman” wrecked a greab ball club and his heart for the good of the game. It has held on tenaciously through all the ir n ingly sinking lower last it appears to be o: Not in a good many have the Sox popp with an outfit th the eye as the ca Spring. So maybe th is going to begin ea: ATURALLY ¢ is one big ) to be s0 1 fact, Jimmy of the A’s. ear be a pretty good one—probably not a first division outfit, considering of the Yanks, the A Indians, but nevertheless one to be strong enough break in luck. to be ma the first division. The addition of the afield, but, more importan great deal more punch at the plate dity in which o South A little would have v t ar. wons and_Haas should hit over .300 for them—they did last sea- son—and that's to be & god- send. Dykes. of c won't hit as he'll plug & glaring and pain- rd base for the Sox that nce Willie Ka d shipped to Cl ful hle at, has existed was_wrapped land. = up an PROBABLY true assumption is that Simmons will be the spark plug of the team. Naturally much will depend on his 1 condition, about which the en consider- able mystery He spent weeks at Hot ing relieved vhich apparently m that settled t hand. reported late to the Sox ca here, but when he did show un there seemed to be little wrong with him physic id the soreness was gone froi ., and the w edness h wh L vths and Manager have to choose be- tween three others for the third gar- dener—“Red” Kress, Evar will be in there most cause of his hitting ab: d seascn 1 ing the ball bett. in camp this S in for one of ime good years he used to have with the Browns. Funk is the best outfielder of three, but the little fellow hit well enough to p! same is true of S both are certain to be retained. since the Sox have only five outfielders on the squad. a gl n_bang- the HE infield seems to be entirely set already. The release of the grace- ful and valuable L that Manager Fonseca w into the game as the regula baseman. Normally Fonseca is a o hitter, so he should add some more punch to the Sox at the plate. Jack Hayes, one of the young fielding mar- vels of the majo) second base. Luke Appling. hitter, will be at his and the youngs pears to be—a plave; Spring. Dykes, e. will be at third without argument and his pres- ence will mean a vast improvement to the Sox infield. Charley Berry are the fil ays a dangerous old spot at short and bette and Frank Grubbe stil string catchers and as Fonseca has one of the ve veteran stafls in the His chief trouble is going to be the task of weeding out that staff and retaining the 9 or 10 hurlers hell need. They include Ted Lyons, “Red” Faber, Sam _Jones, Milt Gaston. Chad Ki sey, Ed Durham, late of the Red Sox; Vic Frasier and Paul Gregory, a young- ster who shows much promise. It'll be hard to oust any of those eight. The others are Clarence Fieber. a kid southpaw who is the only lefthander on the squad and who looks quite good; Joe Heving. Ed Walsh, jr.; Joha Wilson, George Murray, Fabian Ko- walik and Carl Boone. another voung fellow who throws well. Probably two or tiree of the latter assortment will be retained, but it is hard to tell just be. (Cbnyfllhl.; ; th A;—:nerlcnn News- CIGAR SWINGS AXE ON TEN-CENT PRICE One of the Most Successful Price- Reductions in History of Cigars ST. LOUIS.—James J. Braddock, New ||/ Jersey, stopped Al Stillman, St. Louis | (10); Jack Purvis, Indianapolis, knocked out Joe Huff, St. Louis (10); Les Schulte, St. Louis, knocked out Paul Conger, In- dianapolis (3). CLEVELAND.—Patsy Perroni, Clete- land, knocked out Larry Johnson, Chi- cago (1); Frankie Simms, Cleveland, stopped George Pavlik, Cleveland (4); Buck Lawless, Syracuse, N. Y., outpoint- ed Marty McHale, Youngstown, Ohio (6). F. ~ Cosset! 'ARGO, N. y te, Moor- head, N. Dak., outpointed Johnny Mo- ran, Detroit (6). isat1_ Ouspoinied Bpeady. Dador Eiip: cinnati, outpo o, z ?lnel (10) to retain his N. B. A. wor? eatherweight title. 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