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SPORTS. PROMISES 70 AIVAL| JOF JUDGE N CLASS @dded Confidence Also Ap- § parent in Heftier Hitting ! of Firstsacker. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ILOXI, Miss, March 25— ‘Washington fandom, keenly appreciative of fine first basing after watching Joe Judge’s sterling performances so fong, has a great treat in store for this year. In Joe Kuhel the Na- onals have another initial sack guardian who soon should be as highly esteemed by the Griffith dium crowds as was the vet- an Judge. Kuhel has mproved so much that he now deserves recognition as one of the best first sackers in the business. Al- ways a shifty player around the first station since coming up from the Kansas City club in 1930, Kuhel now has few equals at stepping about to take throws and tag the bag. His fielding of grounders is markedly better than it was last year—and then it was good— =nd in training this Spring he has hit fn a way that indicates he will be a far ater factor than before in his club's ensive. A notable improvement in Kuhel's lding is seen in his handling of drives tly at him, Last season and before, lanky lad either overcharged this of grounder or fell back too far check the ball in time for an effec- e play. Now it looks as though Joe acquired the knack of gauging such drives properly. He certainly has taken good care of them in the exhibition games to date. Kuhel also seems to be throwing stronger than formerly and more ac- curately, too. He is getting the ball eway fast in the first-to-second-to-first double play for which Judge was so| famous, and timing his run over to the sack for the return throw in an excellent way. In every way, Kuhel peems to have mastered the mechanics of first-basing. ! and a keen student of the game, Kuhel, now that he has perfected his play to such an extent, should do smuch to make the Nationals' inner ‘cordon one of the best in base ball. The other infield positions already are pecupied by outstanding players and Joe is advancing by leaps and bounds o the point where he will be able to match them in class. Kuhel is pleasing everybody con- fected with the Nationals with his bat- ting. He has been swinging freely and walloping often and his drives have ad plenty of distance. There has n no change in his batting style to mccount for the improvement. It may be Joe has more confidence in his pbility to hit—whatever may. be re- Sponsible for the improvement, though, means nothing to Manager Cronin. The boy field boss sees in Kuhel an up-and-coming batter who ought to be | B great help to the club this year. As a top-notcher ball player, Kuhel 85 no overnight “phenom, for he has been nine years getting to his present high station. Joe has been banged mround from pillar to post, finding it difficult enough to make the grade. Now, when nearly 27 years old, he's ripe enough to reap the reward of the NATURALLY bright young fellow | Three-Eye Leagu Folds Up for °33 By the Assoclated Press. HICAGO, March 25.—The Three- Eye League, cldest class B base ball league in the Nation, after 31 years of operation, will not open its gates this season, due to general business conditions. ‘This was definitely revealed by L. J. Wylle of Decatur, Ill, president of the league, today. He hopes to have the league reorganized for the 1934 season, however. \ERGEZ IS LEADING GIANTS WITH FLAL Third-Sacker, Not Rated as Clouter, Betters .400. Cards Drop Two. | By the Associated Press. | HOENIX, Ariz, March 25— | Third Baseman Johnny Vergez, never considered one of the New York Giants’ outstanding hitters, was leading the club at bat as the Giants came here for the first game of their homeward-bound barn- storming tour. Vergez hit something over 400 in the exhibition games on the Pacific Coast, Me got only one blow against the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday In four attempts, but that was a home run with one mate on base. BRADENTON, Fla, March 25 (®).— The annual back-to-the-minor-league parade has started at the St. Louls Cardinal training camp. Two pitchers, Albert Fisher and Ted Nobriga, were released yesterday to the Houston club of the Texas League after tryouts with the Redbirds. Man- ager Gabby Street sald he believed Fisher, who won 14 games and lost 8 with the Elmira, N. ¥., club last year, would be ready for big loop service after a year with Houston. Ncbriga, an importation from Hawali, had his first professional tryout with the Cardinals. IAMI, Fla, March 25 (#).—The two best rookie pitching prospects in the Brooklyn Dodger camp, says Manager Max Carey, are ‘Walter | Beck and Thornton Schwenk. | Beck is the right-hander {from Mem- phis who has pitched so well in exhi- bition games so far. Schwenk is a left-hander from Dayton with lots of stuff on the ball. | “As runner-up to these two,” said | carey, “I would name Ray Lucas, who can pitch side-arm, overhand and un- derhand. Beck thinks he can win 15 games for me. So does Ray Benge. I these two produce, we're in.” ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 25 (#).—The hitless Boston Braves, who have dropped six straight games to the New York Vankees, will get another crack at the world champions here today. The Braves are now in one of their | worst batting slumps and even Man- |ager Bill McKechnie's best swatters I have been acting like pitchers at the i plate. grueling battle. | J'AMPA, Fla., March 25 (#).—Grati- EFORE he was 18 years old Kuhel jumped from the sandlots of Cleve- land—that was his old home town, put he lives in Kansas City now—to Flint of the Michigan-Ontario League. That was in 1924. He stuck with Flint through the '25 campaign, then spent the next year with Springfield of the hree Eye circuit. Joe did some heavy tting for Springfield, so Lincoln of gg;_\veslcm League took him on for 7 2 year with Lincoln and Kuhel Imoved on to class AA base ball, getting the call from Kansas City of the American association. Biues that Washington bought Kuhel #n 1930. For a while in 1931, Balti- more used him, but he came back to the Nationals when Judge got that ease of appendicitis at Boston in May of that year. That stomach ache was Judge’s finish and Kuhel's real start with the Washington ball club. All three seasons with Kansas City, F\‘hr: was a .300 hitter. In 30, be- 3.5 or the Blues, He it 291 for tionals last vear. And he's apt o strenger batter this time. he the Nationals will have a | cer who will be the envy of | other American Leegue clubs. | Ac hitting to his fielding ability and ® manager would have to hunt long | and far for 'a_better all-around first | baseman than Kuhel. FINNEY OF .A’S SPEEDY Btcals Two Bags, Gets Double Out of Ordinary Single. CLEARWATER, Fla, March 25 ) —Philadelphia Athletics fans are convinced the rookie, Loz Finney, is B flash on the bases. Yesterday he stole two bags in the mleflcs-fi’hfllles contest —but that Wwasn't all. the sixth. Chick Fullis handled the horsehide cleanly, but not fast enough o stop the recruit outfielder from Btretching the hit to a double. [ LOCAi. “Y"” FENCERS LOSE. I Fencers of the Baltimore Y. M. C. A. flefeated swordsmen of the Central Y of this city, 12-5, last night at the ¥ here. Washington was represented by Morrill, Naiman, Dyer, Coulter and fudlow. Margaret Montgomery gave an pxhibition. I HABIT-FORMING i rier, cf (R 0 Bpencer, ¢ . Twogood. b . Draghead, » Totals +... WASHINGTON. AB. 20 Sz aeabi il | el s ol cozrarn omoaEIkRO al srmcuna *Batted for Linke In ninth. e 0laa 1500118 2N PR 01021385658 atted in—Kamm, Bluege (3). Knick- TR 459 Beorood, Sewell: Voshik (2): ._Two-base hits—Averill run—Knickerbocker. Stolen o1 cl(lil’l‘\l’n| Ki“;‘efimxuh'tl' le - plavs—Cistel o Knickerbocker o <s. Knickerbocker to Boss. Left on bases leveland. 10; Washington, 13, off “Tho Kuhel, (Manush). Vinsrafan - and JARTock. wame—3 hours 11 minutes.!’ It was from the | e he came to Washington, he swatted | In addition, he bounced | Bn ordinary single to short center in| fled with the hitting of his Red- legs in the five games they have played with major league clubs, Donie Bush, Cincinnati manager, today de- voted his attention to the mound staff. He canceled an intra-club game in |the hope a workout would prove of greater benefit, especially to Hafey, Morrissey, Lucas and Rixey, just off | the hospital list. | Sidney Weil, Cincinnati president, an- nounced he was “just about ready to | send pitcher Dutch Henry back to Min- {neapolis.” Henry, last Red holdout, has | been negotiating with Weil by mail. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 25 (). —Worried over failure of some of the younger pitchers to show major- league ability. the Chicago Cubs today were after Curt Davis, a big right- hander, the property of the San Fran- cisco Pacific Coast League club. The Cub veterans, with the excep- tion of Burleigh Grimes, who hasn’t tried much heavy work, have come | along, but the newcomers have not dazzled Manager Charlie Grimm. Cur- tis. 6 fect 3 inches tall and 26 years old, won more than 20 games last| scasen. ERNIE DUSEK SCORES REVENGE ON STEELE| Wins in 67 Minutes Over Rival to Whom He Lost a Two-Hour Struggle Recently. ILADELPHIA, March 25.—Ernie Dusek, one of four wrestling broth- ers, avenged a previous defeat on a decision from Ray Steele by defeating the California star here last night after 67 minutes and 44 seconds of grappling. The 23-year-old Ernie recently trav- eled over two hours with Steele, only to have the bout stopped and a de- cision awarded Steele. The young Ne- braskan’s victory last night came after he had tossed Steele out of the ring. The so-called “crown prince” of the mat was counted out before he was able to return to the ring. Other results: Hans Kampfer, 221. Germany, and Rudy Dusek, 217, Omaha, drew, 30 minutes; Fred Grob- mier, 200, Towa, threw Karl Davis, 205, Ohio, 21:04; Everett Marshall, 217, La Junta, Col, threw Marshall Black- stock, 210, Chattanooga, 4:38; Hans Steinke, 245, New York, threw John Maxos, 208, St. Louls, 10:43. | By the Associated Press. THE EVENING RUTH PROVES FANS FLOCK 70 SEE HIM With Babe Playing, Yankees Triple Crowd Over Pre- vious Camp Game. By the Associated Press. T PETERSBURG, Fla, March 25.—Babe Ruth is one ball player whose drawing power at the “gate” can be calculated rather accurately. A crowd of 1,581, the biggest by far this season at the local park, turned out yesterday to see the New York Yankees' slugger pound out a home Tun in his first exhibition game of the . On Thursday, when Ruth had not settled his salary differences and did not , only 500 fans came out for the Yankees' exhibition. SARASOTA, Fla, March 25 (P).— Heartened by their success against the Newark Bears, Manager Marty Mc- Manus and his Boston Red Sox will move on to Clearwater today, with high hopes of evening their exhibition strug- gles with the Philadelphia Nationals. The Sox slammed the International League pitching for the handsome total of 17 safeties, Dale Alexander and Roy Johnson each getting a pair of homers. ILOXI, Miss., March 25 (#).—Cleve- land’s Indians may go into the 1933 American League campaign with a southpaw pitcher to bolster a twirling staff of five capable right- ‘handers. Forrest Twogood, the former Univer. sity of Towa twirling ace, onstrated potential big league e b o e g Ll nine bases on balls, hawevzr Howard Craghead, another rookie, pitched the other three innings and gave up but one hit, but, like Twogood, got himself in several jams with walks. Cleveland won the game, 8 to 5. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March | 25 (#).—Russell White, youthful south- paw, who had experience in camps last year, will have his chance today to show whether he has in that left arm enough magic to rate 2 1933 berth with the St. Louis Browns. . Manager Bill Killefer said White an another newcomer, Jack Knott, would pitch for the Browns in this afternoon’s exhibition game against the Buffalo team of the International League. White, Wwho is 22 and an_ex-ccllegian, was with the Giants in their training camp last year, then went with the Bridge- port Conn, club and wound up with the Jersey City, N. J., team. 'AN FRANCISCO, March 25 (#).—If Lew Fonseca job as manager of the Chicago White Sox depends on his ability to play first base and hit the base ball, it looks as though he will keep the job. In great shape after a Winter of hand ball, Fonseca, as soon as he had a chance to look over the new Sox tal- ent, got into the line-up and has been belting the ball hard. He has more than his share of home runs, and yes- terday smacked out a homer and a double against the Portland Beavers. HOUSTON, Tex., March 25 (#).—The Detroit Tigers were to meet the Houston Buffs of the Texas League here today in the initial exhibition game cf their swing through the South and East. They broke camp at San Antonio yes- terday. STAR, WASHINGTO LUKE |S ONE OF THE MOST HARD WORKING CATCHERS (N THE LBAGUE HE'sS FIRST OuT AT THE PARK. USSEN, CUEBBALL, TUSNEXT GUY \S JUST ®WO-FOR ~A-NICKLE; HES A [ 3 LUKE 1S VALUABLE FOR H(S HANDLING - OF WOBBLING PCHERS.... BY TOM DOERER. ITHOUT resorting to figures, which both prove and dis- | prove most anything in| base ball, Luke Sewell, the veteran catcher, who was swapped for Roy Spencer, another time-tested re- ceiver, during the Winter trades, ought to prove of more value to the Nationals than did his predecessor. In the first place, it is a change of scenery and harness for the Alabama boy, which is the the greatest stimulus | in the world to some athletes. And | Luke appears to me to be that type of | player. With the Indians, he had be- | come track-wcrn. Under a new banner, | he will flash some of that fire he used | to display while playing for Tris | Speaker. | And, of course, the same thing goes | for Spencer. Billy Evans probably is| saying the same thing about Roy- change of scenery will make him a bet- ter catcher. | 'ROM another angle, Sewell can be | rated as a much headier catcher than Roy. His particular forte is steadying down the hurlers, something D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1933 New Environment Peps Sewell Veteran Catcher Likely to Be More Valuable to Griffs Than Was Spencer. which Spencer seemed to lack or, at Ieast, did not show on the surface. Down in Biloxi, the Alabama boy gave every appearance of a thinking catcher in his first week’s workout. He | said little, but showed plenty of ginger and action without having to sing about it. At Cleveland, Luke did the greater part of the backstopping for years. Last year, however, he divided the work with Pytlak and Myatt. But he has al- ways said that he would rather work every day than watch the other fellow do his job, from the bench. S¢)F course, catching every day, with all of the responsibilities now thrust upon the man behind | the bat. is no cinch.” says Sewell. “But | I believe I prefer it to sitting on the ‘bench every other day as was the case a few years ago. I know I can losc weight faster on the bench than be- hind the bat. Guess I worry too much and fear the other catcher will not call for the right stuff, when, perhaps, he 1s using his head better than I would.” Luke will not be asked to go behind the bat every day next season, with a hard-hitting young catcher in Bolton ready to step in, and the veteran Moe Berg standing by. Fights Last Night NEW YORK.—Maxie Rosenbloom, New York, stopped Bob Godwin, Day- tona Beach, Fla., N. B. A. light-heavy- weight champion (4), won recognition as world light-heavyweight champion; Tony Shucco, Boston, outpointed Billy Jones. Philadelphia (8); Al Rossi, New= ark, N. J., and Chick Devlin, San Fran-, cisco, drew (5); Marty Fox, New York, msnpointcd Juamito Olaguibel, Spain ). . | EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—Otto Von Porat, Norway, knocked out Biff Bennett, Fort | Sheridan, Il (4); Wallie McElwaine, Eau Claire, and Dannie Ncenan, Chi- cago, drew (8). ANDERSON, Ind.—Pee Wee Jarrell, Fort Wayne, Ind.. outpointed Jack O'Brien, Chicago (10). HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Eddie Trujillo, Denver, outpointed little Dempsey, Ma- nila (10). SAN DIEGO, Calif —Ceferino Garcia, Los Angeles, and Mike Payan, $an Diego, drew (10). Russell and M’A ILOXI, Miss., March 25.—They're hauling down the flag at Camp Griff today, but not until after Indians and Nationals engage in ) their third tilt of the training campaign. The Tribesmen immediately after the game will return to New Orleans, where they will remain encamped another week. The Nationals, though, leave here late tonight for Birmingham, Ala. for a four-day stop on the way home. Two more recruit pitchers were to be used by the Tribe in this afternoon’s game. Bill Perrin, picked up from New Orleans, and Ralph Winegarner, the Toledo club product who was a third baseman before it was decided he might do better on the hill, were Manager In Finale at Camp Biloxi Today fee Face Tribe ‘The Nationals also were to employ second-string hurlers. Bill McAfee, who came to the club late last season, and Jack Russell, obtained from the In- dians in a Winter trade, were Cronin’s choices. Johnny Burrows, 19-year-old port- side pitcher from the Phoenix, Ariz., sandlots, left here early this morning for Montgomery, Ala., where he will join the Chattanooga club with which Presi- dent Clark Griffith of the Nationals placed him. Burrows may pitch against the men he has trained with when the Washington club plays the Lookouts later on. Excepting Frank Baxter, assistant trainer, others of the Washington club party here will go to Birmingham. Baxter is to proceed directly to Wash- ington that he may have everything at Grifith Stadium in for the Peckinpaugh’s overnight selections. Both are right-handers. club’s return on April & FOUR ACES IN HAND FOR NEXT MAT CARD Duseks, Marshall and Kampfer to Figure in Headline Bouts Thursday Night. 'OUR of the game's current stand- outs, Hans Kampfer, Everett Mar- shall and Ernie and Rudy Dusek, will be the headline figures next Thurs- day at the Washington Auditorium, where Promoter Joe Turner will pre- sent one of the most impressive wrest- ling shows of the last year. Kampfer and Ernie Dusek, at g Dres- ent running neck-and-neck with”Mar- shall for the runner-up berth to Jim Londos, will meet Rudy Dusek and Fred Grobmier, respectively, and Promoter Turner announced this morning both will be finish matches. In Kampfer the elder Dusek will be meeting the grappler who started him in a slump which nearly knocked Rudy from his pinnacle as ranking matman. Early last Spring Kampfer, recent im- portation from Germany, downed Rudy in St. Louis after he had rassled fr~ several months without defeat. sav~ - the hands of Londos. He lost freT: ly after that. Ernie Dusek. who conquered Rav Steele last night in Philadelphia, will ‘n’gp?se Grobmier in the scheduled semi- a) Everett Marshall, who neither is re- lated to Floyd Marshall nor rassles as he does, will meet Jean Le Doux of Cenada in the main preliminary. Women as usual will be admitted free if accompanied by paying escorts. 'gt:':eu are available at the Annapolis G. W. SWIMMERS FAIL. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 25— Neither Rote nor Ghormley of George Washington University qualified in the annual Intercqllegiate S As- scciation trials yedard:ivy Rote failed in the 100-yard free style event and Ghormley in the 200-yard | EASTERN HIGH NINE HAS SHORT SEASON Not More Than 20 Games Will Be Played—Opens on April 19 Against Episcopal. | NE of the shortest base ball sched- | ules arranged for an Eastern High nine in several years has been listed for the campaign soon to open, | it was announced today by J. W. Suber, faculty member in charge of making up sports cards at the Lincoln Park school. Several other encounters may be booked, but it is not likely that more than 20 games will be played. Fastern’s first tilt will be against Eplscorll at Alexandria, April 19. The annua April 22, at Annapolis, is the second on the list. Roosevelt to be met April 25 is the first public high opponent on | the Indians’ schedule. Besides the other championship games and single engagements with other nines, home- and-home series have been arranged with Charlotte Hall, Lee-Jackson High and Georgetown Prep. The Eastern schedule: April 19—Episcopal at Alexandria. April 22—Navy Plebes at Annapolis. April 24—Emerson. April 25—Roosevelt. April 26—Charlotte Hall. May 2—Central. May 3—Lee-Jackson at Alexandria. May 8—Alexandria High. May 10—Charlotte Hall at Charlotte Hall. 11—Lee-Jackson. May 13—Tech. M‘;y 13 — Georgetown Freshmen at May 17—Georgetown Prep. May 18— Bethesda-Chevy Chase High. May 23—Western. May 24—Georgetown Prep at Gar- rett Park. — SUNDAY GAMES WANTED. Berwyn A. C. base ballers are seeking practice games for Sundays with un- limited teams. The Berwyn nine has a diamond. _ For games call Manager Gates at Berwyn 84. Exhibition Games By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s Results. New York (A), 7; Boston (N), 1. Philadelphia (N.), 6; Philadelphia A), 4. $ B)olmn (A), 12; Newark (I. L), 3. Cleveland (A.), 8; Washington (A. (P.C.L), 1. cago (N.). %; N g‘::l York (N.) Pittsburgh (N.), 5. Chicago (A.), 19; Portland (P. C. L), 5. Baltimore (I L), 12; St. Augus- tine, 5. lumbus (A. A), 9; Toronto, (I L), Today’s Schedule. Cleveland (A.) vs. Washington (A), at_Biloxi. Detroit (A.) vs. Houston (T. L), at Houston. louston. Boston (A.) vs. Philadelphia (N.), at Winter Haven. St. Louis (A) vs. Buffalo (I. L), at Fort Lauderdale. Philadelphia (A.) vs. Newark (I L), at_Clearwater. New York (A.) vs. Boston (N.), at St. Petersburg. Chicago (A) G. New York (N.) vs. Phoenix (A-T), Phoenix. . Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Hollywood (P. C. L), at Los Angeles. (N.) vs, Bt. Louls (N), at at, SPORTS. LUKE TAGS THE RUNNER WITH THE BALL, ANOT W THE GLOVE... EWELL WASHINGTON'S BACKSTOP SMART FIRST=STRING WM@ALEAVES BILOoX| TODAY, READY FOR A BIG YEAR.. t Griffmen Wave ILOXI, Miss, March 25—Right, when they looked ready to drive | bunches of base hits down the throats of any pitchers that might face them, the Nationals sud- denly were bereft of all punch and| power at bat. 'As a result they took a | second beating from the Cleveland In- | dians, the only big league foe they have | encountered during the training grind This time, the trimming at 8-to-5 was dished out before a crowd of 1,000 Biloxians all hopeful of seeing their temporary team make amends for the | defeat suffered in New Orleans last | Saturday. To make the defeat more bitter to, the citizenry—and to the Nationals| too—the punch and power in the bats | of the Cronin crew were made to cur- | | dle by the pitching of two raw recruits. | Manager Peckinpaugh had on the hill the Lefthanded Forest Twogood and the | | Righthanded Howard Craghead and between them they made the game sour for the Washington club by limiting it At Slants of Indian Rookies; Bud Thomas, Ed Linke Soft Impotent Bats Each pitcher started well by retiring the opposition in order. In ev other frame, though, there was tril tally- ing. One of the hits off Thomas was & whale of a wallop by Bill Knicker- bocker, the new Tribe . drove the ball to the fence back of left-center for a home run in the third inning. It might have been held to & triple had the Nationals’ left flank hustled its relay a trifle more. Never- theless it was a sound sock, one of the many sound ones likely to make the recrult Knickerbocker instead of Johnny Burnett regular shortstop for the Tribe this year. Six Nationals got the six hits off the Cleveland hurlers and Bluege was not among them, but he drove over three runs. In each of his first three trips to the pl Ossie hoisted long ones in center to get a runner home from third. '0GOOD couldn't pitch to Schulte, walking the new National three times. Fred hit Craghead for a single the first time he faced the sec- EVEN MINUS HURST First-Sacker Still Balking. Pitching Continues as Shotton’s Bugaboo. BY FRANK GRAHAM. T. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 25.—The Phillies are looking for a chance to go places this year and judging by the way they have been clouting St. Louis Cardinal pitchers in exhi- bition games this week they are going to be in the thick of the National League pennant fight. Don Hurst, the hard-hitting first- sacker, still is a holdout, but that doesn't seem to be worrying Manager Burt Shotton. The Philly pilot is con- fident his two stars, Chuck Klein and Pinkey Whitney, will piay up to their best form this season and hammer out the hits that will keep the team up in_the race. Whitney says he feels much_better this year than last, and his fielding proves it. He covers more ground than any third baseman in the league. Ask ‘Whitney who is the best ball player in _the game and he will point to his pal, Klein, and Chuck says they do not make them any faster around third base than Whitney. Phils bave the batting power, even without Hurst, and they gged & weak spot on their in- they are not so well fixed in the pif ing box. It will be recalled that Ray Benge, ace of the Phils’ staff last year, went to Brooklyn in the Finn trade. Among the veterans of last season Who are still on Shotton’s staff are Flint Rhem, Jim Elliott, Roy Hansen, Phil Collins, Clise Dudley, John Berly and Ed_Holley. Of his recruit pitcherg Shotton speaks highly of Frank Pearee, a Nash- ville product, and Charles Butler, who hurled last season for the Durham club. Both are six-footers. Pearce won 20 games for Nashville last year, losing 11, while Butler won 14 and lost 8. Pitching problems are nothing new for Bhotton, however. He has had the same trouble ever since he has been with the Phils. The Phillies’ narrow ball park is & hazard for mound op- erators. More men to the mound in Philadelphia in the course of a year than in any ball yard in the two major circuits. It has been that way for years. CENTRAL DOES WELL IN LACROSSE DEFEAT - | Zoses Dpuuis p 046 o More Bwperienosd Fear ra Rdk made yesterday by ing the Oolunx:h it bowed to the School cunbtnnk? 4-to-0 match. opener for both - W It was the first L of the country to new rules. Little erencé save play was reduced size of the L were bunched so often that the reguc- tion in the number of from 13 . 4 by the The to six safeties. | ond Cleveland slabman, but when there But for a flock of passes handed out | vere three on with two out in the by Twogood and a brace Of eITOIS|aghth he struck -ut. chucked in by the Tribe, the Nationals | s ey never would have found the counting | Biloxi turned out nearly 7 per cent game with the Navy Plebes, | _!8t. Paul, 18, }bloch OOKIES were used on the hill by the Nationals, too, but they Were fancied by the Tribesmen. Bud | Thomas chucked five frames and Ed | | Linke four and the pair yielded 14 hits. | | Ten of these blows were gleaned off | Thomas and he also franked a batter to | first base. Eight of the hits and the | | lone pass figured in the making of four | | Indian markers. | Linke, coming in with the game tied, | | took the beating. Hits accounted for | one of the runs off him, passes for one |and a brace of errors made by Cronin | | at short gave the tribe a ninth- inning | score. Both Thomas and Linke appeared to have plenty on the ball, but just what the Indians lked. The harder they pitched, the harder Peck's papooses hit. of its population for the game, more| than half the crowd paying to get in. The others came over or under the| fence—or entered with the High School | Band that played between innings. Among those present was Joe Evans, who used to outfield for both the Cleve- land and Washington clubs. It's Dr. Joseph Evans of Gulfport, Miss., now. The Doc’s doing well by himself and his patients, the Biloxians reported. Culbertson and Vanderbilt systems took a terrible beating as bridge tables groaned under the weignty hands of ball players last night. Cleveland play ers, stopping at the Nationals’ hotel, and the Cronin card marvels enjoyed an _impromptu tourney. Luke Sewell and Earl Whitehill were smiling at the finish. They know their bidding. BOAT CLUB QUINTETS | CLASH IN ALEXANDRIA| Potomacs to Visit 0ld Dominions Tonight—Baggett to Coach School Trackmen. LEXANDRIA, Va, March 25.—Old Dominion Boat Club and Potomac Boat Club quints clash tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the armory here in one of the series for the nautical club basket ball championship of this section of the country. Early in the season the Potomacs downed the Old Dominion quint, 30-25, in Washington, but the latter tonight will be strengthened by Ellett Cabell and Ecdie Gorman. In a preliminary the Alexandria Buddies and Washington Owls face at 7:30 o'clock. Marshall Baggett, former hurdler and middle distance runner at William and Mary, has been appointed Alexandria High School track coach. He will assume his duties April 1. He formerly was a track lul and also won his Ietter in basket ball at Alexandria High. Methodist Boys' Club basketers con- quered the leading St. Rita’s team, 17-15, last night in a City League game. In other encounters Centrals overcame Sigmas, 19-15, and the Virginians de- feated Mount Ida, 33-25. “Varied Sports Professional Wrestling, 214, PHILADELPHIA —Ernie Dusek, Omaha, defeated Ray Steele, 221, Glen- dale, Calif, 60:07. (Steele unable to return after thrown from ring.) Professional Hockey. Philadel] , 4; Quebec, 3 (Canadian- American e). Basket Ball. National CleT Interscholastic De Paul, 23; Central, Fort Wayne, 14. St. George, Evanston, 27; Trinity, Bloomington, 20. oAueusinian. ‘Carthage, X. Y. ‘Cathedral, Indianapolis,” 42 R. F. C. QUINT WINNER Post Office Also Triumphs in League Play-off. | Reconstruction Finance Corporation quint drubbed the Post Exchange, 38-20, and Post Office licked Interstate, 41-13, in opening games of the play-off for the | Departmental Basket Ball League crown last night at the Central Y. M. C. A. Two defeats will mean elimination | from the competition, the winner of | which will face the Government League victor for all-Government honors. TO END BOWLING MATCH| Recreation All-Stars Leading as Baltimoreans Visit Tonight. Recreation All-Stars will oppose the Lexington bowling team of Baltimore | tonight on the Recreation alleys in the | final five-game block of their home- and-home match. The All-Stars gained a 27-pin_advantage in the first five games, rolled at Baltin:ore last week. Rolling for the local team will be Joe Harrison, Joe Pricci, Dutch Newman, Bradley Mandley and Abe Beavers. ki Pplayers | to 10 was not particularly noticeable. Central. which has been several years to get firmly estal |in lacrosse, means business this year | and plans some eight more games before calling it a season. Better material and experience car- ried Boys' Latin to victory. Lin Central goalie, played well, stoppl many shots. For the first half Central held the host team to a lone-goal lead, but the latter stepped out to land three in the final half. Summary: Boys Lat Randall ). Central 3 ds a] Li Cool Porterfield o e S0 00 sse, C. Kelly. Peter. Boys _Latin—Hammond for for Randall, for Lebrun. for_ Spilman. for Jenifer. Lolzeaux for J. W 1—4 0—0 als—Evans, De ubstitutions furphy. J. K Kelly for Houck. Central | for_Evans, Smith for Cook, Wessel for Por- terfield, E. Wilson for Linton, Edwards for Church, Swift for Brown. Refer 1der Hope. Time of quarters—13 minutes. DUGAS IN HURST SHOES Entrenched at First for Phils as Holdout Leaves Camp. WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March 25 () —With the sreedy Gus Dugas :g- parently definitely entrenched at e Phillies first base post, the Quaker City National Leaguers take on the Boston Red Sox today. Big Don Hurst, veteran at the initial sack, left the training camp yes- terday, unable to come to terms on a 1933 contract. OPTIMISTS ARE WINNERS. Boys’ Club Optimists downed the Boys' Club Varsity last night, 40 to 29, to annex the basket ball championship of the club. Harry Childs, with 9 points, led the winners, while Panells, with 12, was outstanding for the losers. Drive Over Wall Not a Homer Faculty Advisers Rule Two-Base Limit for East- ern’s Short Right-Field Barrier. because some youngster lar- rurs the ball over the right- fleld fence in the Eastern High Stadium in the public high school series, starting next month, it won't the home plate to the right-field fence, at least close to the foul line, is entirely too short for the batter to _rate a homer. number of games they play outside of the series were turned down. The propositions met with such little favor they weren't even voted upon. It was decided to recommend that play open in the court series Jan- unrycu. It started this year Janu- ary 6. Another recommendation is that in the mile relay race in the public high school title meet points be distributed on the five, three, one basis for first, second and third places. Heretofore the winning team has gained five points, with nothing going to the second and third team. The new plan is expected to stim- ulate interest in the event. The meets sometimes are so close that a scheol getting second or even third in the relay might win the point