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| L Sports News i @hg ;lfngn Griffs Massacre WIN 7 OF S GAMES FROM PUSHOVERS - Fall Before Only Bigtime Foe. Improve at Bat to Trim Birmingham. BY JOHN B. KELLER. | IRMINGHAM, Ala, March| 29.— Through with Barons following this after- | noon’s tussle, the Nationals | i Will move on to Atlanta to resume | i, relations with the Crackers started in Mobile nearly three weeks ago. As they already have routed Robby's round-up three times in four starts, Cronin's charges hould not find the going rough & the trio of tilts beginning | MOITOW. i Beating minor league clubs seems no | for Washington's big leaguers. | ey have overcome the lesser lights seven of eight games, running the g to eight yesterday with a third ccessive triumph over the Birming- bunch at Richwood Field. But the Nationals have been licked eatly in their brace of battles with he Indians, an outfit of their own However, that does not count— oW, 'O buffet the Barons, 6 to 3, in the third clash of the series here, the Nationals yesterday perked up a bit Bt bat. They helped themselves to 1 safeties, which, as they have been ting recently, was a sweet sum. At that, they waited until the fifth inning to begin banging the ball earn- pstly. In that period. Cronin's charges gnixed four hits with a Birmingham error to amass three runs and thereby overhaul the Barons. Half a dozen pmore raps came in the next four in- nings and only in the firs! tring did the Natlonals fail to find | me plate. The Washington club did its wallop- g at the expense of Jimmy Walkup. | eft-hander, and Billy Hughes, a rook | ght-hander. Walkup was solved for ly & line single up to the fifth. when e blew to be charged with the Barons' efeat. Hughes, besides having little | th which to fool the big leaguers, as wild. D LINKE and Bud Thomas graced the hill for the Nationals, with Linke getting credit for the win. p was his second of the training series. | Linke started and went well for three ds. His overhand curve was work- nicely and his control was of high gder. Over this stretch he yielded 1y one hit. In the fourth, though, he as nicked safely twice before two ters had beens iy seemed he was atout to get ouf ol ifficulty, along.came Cortazzo. a half- | t batter, to single over two tallies.| came back well, though, and gave | only one more hit the remainder of | Bhis term. | Two hits were made off Thomas. a| ngle and a double, after two were out | E the eighth session, and they meant | # Baron run his three other in-| ®ings Bud checked the home side in| order. He was plenty fast and ap-| red as fresh at the finish as when started. , ANAGER CRONIN apened the NI-‘ tionals’ big fifth inning by beat- ing out a bunt down the third e stripe. He was snared, though, | hen he attempted to make second on | Bn overthrow of the initial sack. But Goslin doubled and after Schulte went | ut an error gave Bluege a life and| llied the Goose. A two-bagger was pped by Sewell, following which inke stepped into the ball for a single ghat rolled over two runs. | It was a single by Goslin that blazed | the way to the next Washington marker the seventh. Schulte came through | vith & one-baser and when Bluege was Ked By - pitch the sacks were | (he Cincinnati Reds at Tampa yester- d only a base on balls to Thomas got em a score. | homer accounted for an e in] firwded‘ Then the Nationals folded up | Manush's ighth-inning run and singles by Blueg d Myer with Sewell's out sandwiched | ween hung up the ninth-round tally. | 'OST pleasing in the tilt to those in charge of the Nationals was Goose Goslin's effective swinging of the | t. After a prolonged period of few | ts—and most cf those of the handle d—the Goose really caught hold of | he ball yesterday in his first three trips | Each of the two singles he socked to center was as hard as the | ¢wo-bagger he rifted to right. He was | #n his old hitting form, swinging freely | gnd meeting the ball squarely. il Manush’s home run made off the yight-hand hurler used by Birmingham | would have been a home run in any Americon League ball vard. It was a| werins drive to right that landed high the bleachers. | | %0 the plate. BARRY LISTS WINSTON. HOLYOKE. Mass., March 29.—Donald | {(Red) Barry, Washingten (D. C)| heavyweight boxer, has been matched | o meet Eddie (Unknown) Winston, | Eurt!ord (Conn.) colored battler, here | ext Monday night. | l Mat Results By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Fred Meyers, 208, Chicago. threw Joe Komar, 232, Lith- uania, 2425. ALBANY.—Trnie Dusek, 210, Omaha drew with Kerl Sarpolis, 215, Wilkes- | Barre, 70:00 | BALTIMORE.—Sam Stein, 210, New- | @rk, threw Jack Washburn, 220, Bas-‘ ton, 8:10. the | w: | Birmingham final frames. PICKLING THE ONION M B. 3 4 H 4 4 Ban Kane, ‘b Winetravh, Tt o! 5 g Totals .. shington . W Huzhes, ...34 3 L00003011 18 D000200010-3 Linke (2). omas. Manush. Prerost. Myer. Two-! hits—Bancroft, Goslin. Sewell, Prerost. Home anush * Sacrifice_Bancroft. Left on shingt>: Birmingham, 5. Base Ru ON HITTING SPREE Player, Previously a Light Batter, Setting Pace in Spring Games. By the Associated Press. AKLAND, Calif., March 29.—It may be only Spring hitting, but Minter Hayes, whose bat- ting in previous American Leagu~ carcpaigns was nothing startling, is the Chicago White Sox leading slug- | sistent winners in the Spring training | have dropped nine | - ger to date. Hayes' fielding has been sweet encugh the extent of keeping him out of the minor leagues. So far this Spring, however, his work with the bat has cutranked that of the mighty Al Sim- mons and Manager Lew Fonseca, both of whom have done some valuable clouting. NEW ORLEANS, March 20 (#.— Clint Brown is ready. The Cleveland pitcher demonstrated his ability to go the full route yesterday when he held New Orleans to five scattered hits and | o is becn tihnried fonce: ia single run in seven innings and was | removed only because Manager Roger Peckinpaugh wanted to give the rookie Ralph Winegarner a chance in the two The Indians won the contest, 3 tc 2. EST PALM BEACH, Fla, March -—29- (#).—Double plays may be a specialty of the St. Louis Browns this season. Three were executed by the American Leaguers in their exhibition game yes- terday against the Buffalo Bisons, which ended in a 4-to-1 victory for the St. Louisans. The three double acts were billed: Melillo to Gullic; Scharein to Melillo to Gullic; Gullic to Levey to Gullic. HOUSTON, Tex., March 29 (#).—The Detroit Tigers took up their cudgels to- |day for the second exhibition game | against the New York @iants. _The Tigers won the opening game at Beau- mont yesterday, 7 to 5. Frank Doljack, outfielder, was re- leased late yesterday to the Toledo club, under option. His_release means that Jo-Jo White and Earl Webb are cer- tain of remaining on the club. Har- ris plans to carry five outfielders, and he now has five left. ARASOTA, Fla., March 29 (#).-—The Boston Red Sox will break camp after today’s workout. which will probably be little more than a for- mality, so pleased was Manager Mart; McManus with his team's 10-4 win ovek day. After that game. Ivy Andrews, start- ing pitcher. was given the rest of the week to drive his mother back to their Dora, Ala.. home. He will join the club in New York next Sunday. WESTERN LEAGUE IS 0. K. “Pesitively Will Ceontinue,” serts President Dale Gear. OMAHA, Nebr. March 29 (#).—The country’s oldest class A base ball organ- ization, thc Western League, “positively will continue cperations,” according to President Dale Gear. Gear today said Des Moines, Iowa; St. Joseph, Mo.: Wichita, Kans.; Denver and Puebl As- will be straightened out in time to put a team on the fild. The league has started bankruptcy proceedings against | the Omaha owner, Barney Burch, and | his associates to clear up its financial cendition, Gear said. Wagner Gets Old Kick Out of Game S*T'VE had more fun ‘this Spring than I've had for long time,” Honus Wagner recently con- fided to Grant Rice at the camp of the Pirates on the coast. “Base ball was soaked in me too deeply ever ° to get out of my system “I started in as a kid and I still was in the big leagus when I was 44 years cld. 1t is cne of the world's greates: games and it would be a crime if kid intevest ever feel ofl. I don't think ‘t will. I don't be- lieve as fine a game with such his- tory can ever die.” [ d WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star, Radio and Classified WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1933. “Grapefruit League.” BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, March 29.—Led by the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, the American League has increased its advi tage over the National in the annual Spring competition in the “Grapefruit League.” Of the 37 interleague games so far played, the junior circuit has captured 21, the Yankees and Red Sox account- ing for 12 of them. The world cham- plons have won eight and lost four | while the Red Sox record shows four | victories and two defeats. Only the New York Giants, with two victories and one defeat, have been able to get better than ah even break against American League opposition nlthoush the Brooklyn . St. Louis Cardinals and Ciflc&co Cubs each boasts a .500 average. The Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics have been the principal losers, with six de- feats each. A ‘TABULATION of all intra-major league games, regardless of whether they involved teams from rival leagues, shows the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers both undefeated. Cleveland has beaten Washington twice in its two major league starts, while Detroit’s only game against a ‘major team resulted in a Tiger victory over the Glants. The real leaders, however, are the Yankees and Giants, each of | which have won 8 games out of 12. | The Braves, usually the most con- | exhibition series, | decisions to major league teams, while | Pittsburgh's highly touted Pirates and t of this| to offset his lack of batting power to the Athletics have lost six apiece. In games of all descriptions, regard- less of whether against major, minor or semi-pro opposition, the Detroit | Tigers lead the parade. Bucky Harris' | crew has won six successive games and | is the only undefeated team in the list | of 16 major league outfits. Cleveland has won 8 and lost 2 and the Phillies have captured 9 out of 12. YANKS KEEP BYRD, COOKE Walker Likely to Follow Hoag to Newark Before Season Opens. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 29 () —Sam Byrd and Dusty Cooke, it Ffi%r:k Yankees' reserve outfielders for Myril Hoag was sent to Newark on option yesterday and rnuirwmer probably will follow before the season opens. Walker has been a brilliant B:flarmzr all Spring but he still can sent out on option while Byrd and Cooke can not. They've already been farmed out the maximum number of | times under base ball rutes. [ JIM FINCH ELECTED. Finch, 215-pound guard and three-let- ter man, whose home is in Twin Falls, | Idaho, has been elected captain of the | Pennsylvania Military College basket ball team. ITH the first base job tucked Firet-Base Job Clinched, He W in his hip pocket, Joe Kuhel, the Nationals' energetic youngster, now is sharpen- ing up his batting eye in an effort to | fill & role that Joe Judge held against all competition ior 17 years. Not since 1929, when Judge Wwas | downed by an attack of appendicitis, | has the boy frcm Kansas City been able to get a clear claim to the berth. Judge gave him so much of a battle at Camp | Biloxi last Spring that the veteran was on the hassock at the start of the season and kept the berth more or less | his own for the entire year. | But Kuhel's physical condition was | as much responsible for Judge taking the lead on him as was the veteran's fine performance. The boy from Kansas City reported at camp last semester with a bad sty on his right eye, an injured thumb, and feeling below par, | generally. | JTHIS season, Kuhel reached Camp | Griff full of snap and pep, and sans any of the handicaps which proved barriers to him last year. Only Joe's batting needed polishing. Aware that he would have to be up on his toes at bat now that he was assured plenty of leeway at first base, Kuhel spent many extra hours at the Biloxi ball park tuning up in_his hit- ting. He would report at the ball feld an hour ahead of the rest of the flock, with one of the kid pitchers. The pair would be in the midst of a lather when the squad arrived to go through the extensive batting drill which Cronin insisted upcn each day at the Gulf site. According to the veterans who watched the young first sacker at his batting drills, Joe has patterned his punching stance much after Cronin's. He takes a free, shoulder-swing at the ball and. as a result, is getting to be & good place hitter. UHEL'S batting so improved in the citrus be't that Griffith and Cronin decided to move him-up to second place in the hitting order, his punches Goslin, All Smiles, Radiates Confidence Goose, Happy to Be Back “Home,” Even Grins at Futile Efforts at Bat. | B BY TOM DOERER. INGING homeward tomor- row now with the rest of | the Griffs is L. Allen Goslin, who landed at Camp Griff in Biicxi a few weeks ago Fv‘,o embrace Uncle Clark in a father-and-son scene. Upon Goslin’s bat will be placed more than a little of the Nationals' hope of attaining American League supremacy beginning April 12. And the Goose knows it. Yet the responsibility is not rest- ing sufficiently heavy enough on the broad shoulders of the one-time bat- king of the American League to interfere with the constant grin that adorns his face. The Goose still is the Goose. Everything seems to tickle Gos- lin, he laughs at any one’s jokes, cemes into the dining room with a bustle, pats backs and grins his way througa the meal. On the ball field during the first few days cf practice he grinned at his futile efforts to connect with the ball, grinned an apo'ogy about never taking training camp hitting serious- ly and then hustled into civvies to watch the other boys take their cuts. In back of this grin and happiness is the Goose's appreciation of the opportunity again to be playing with the Senators. b “Sure, I am happy to be back ‘home,’” says the Goose. ‘“‘Wash- ington was my entrance into the majors. It was the scene of my greatest base ball successes. If you want to term them that. St. Louis was a swell city, and the folks there treated me righ ‘heme’ is the And if there is a man on the ball club which now is preparing to fight for a flag who has faith in what the team will do in 1933, it is the Goose. Uncle Clark ought to have Goslin's optimistic smile copyrighted and presented to the chambers of com- merce of ‘the eountry, seems now, will be retained as the New | CHESTER, Pa., March 29 (#.—Jim | Kubel’s Toil Betters Hitting “IT’S ALL MINE.” KUKEL WENT OUT 0 BATTING PRACTICE AT BILOX! BEFORE RIS MaTES.... AS THE NATIONALS MOVE OAN TOWARD WASHINGTON - L AST é%kgé J :\_D(_iri HAD THE > E = START...... SE“ONV | | | Vorked Overtime to Show Great Stick Improvement. | to right field being just the thing the doctor ordered to send Buddy Myer | galloping down to third. Only an improvement in his hitting will make Kuhel one of the best young | first baseman in the American League. | He is full of fire and fits in splendidly | with the new Cronin scheme of zip and pep. ‘That he cannot be benched for any pinch-hitting last year. Joc must be at work regularly to shine at his best. This cught to be his year. LEGION BOXERS TRAVEL Costello Post Team Will Oppose Richmond “¥”- Saturday. Costello American Legion Post boxers will travel t> Richmond, Va., Saturday to engage the Central Y. M. C. A. ringsters there. Jack’ Whiteley, Costello coach, will take along Joe Green and Franklin Howard. 118 pounders; Sanford Car- rier and Lou Jamison, 135; Wilbur White -and George Bells, 145; Jack Baxter, 165, and Russell Wolfgram; heavyweight. By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s Results. St. Louis (N.), 7; Brooklyn (N.), 4. Phfl.d’elpmn [¢ 10; Montreal I. L), 3. New York (A), 10; Newark (I. L), 8. St. Louis (A.). 4; Buffalo (I. L), 1. Boston (A.), 10: Cincinnati (N.), 4. Detroit (A.), 7; New York (N.), 5. Cleveland (A), 3; New Orleans (A), 6; Birmingham Stars, 1. Seattle (P. C. (N), 6. Colum’;:ux L), 7 (A. A), 8 Toronto (I.L), T Toledo (A. A), 7; Knoxville (8. A), 6. Today’s 'Schedule. Chicago (A) vs. Oakland (P. C. L) at Oakland. Detroit (A.) vs. New York (N.) at Houston. Washington (A.) vs. Birmingham (S. A) at Bi tham irming] E St. Louis (A.) vs. Buffalo (I. L) at Fort Lauderdale. Cleveland St. Petersburg. . Chicago (Pllé; Vve. Hollywood (P. C. L) it Los . Cincinnati (N) vs. Philadelphia (N.) at Winter Haven. Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Seattle (P. C.'L) Barba at Santa ra. St. Louis (N.) vs. Boston (N) at L length of time is attested by his poor |1 Phunldelphh (A), 16; Fort Meyers | Pittsburgh V. P. I. NINE FACING SLABBING PROBLEMS Has Lone Veteran and Number of Recruits Must Produce to Insure Success. Special Dispatch to The Star. LACKSBURG, Va., March 29.—Can one veteran pitcher and a raft of untried recruits make a winning base ball combination? This is the question that V. P. 1. followers are ask- Portner is a big right hander Whose burning speed and clever change of pace carried Tech to victory over sev- eral streng foes last year, Nine other pitching candidates are zooming the horsehide into the big mitts of half a dozen catchers, but i not one can boast of even one inning in varsity ball. Ralph Mitchell, Leroy Jennings and Sid Sutherland bagged nine victories as freshmen in ‘31, but were not available for varsity ball last year. Lindsay, who turned back the ‘Washington and Lee freshmen nine and a strong team from Oak Ridge Insti- tute with three scattered hits in plebe ball a year ago, also is on hand. Left Gregory, who did not get in a varsity game last vear. will be ready to help them, as will Emory Minnich and Bob Pamplin, who baffled intramural batters last year. ng. ‘The veteran pitcher is Hobart Portner. | —By TOM DOERER IA SoRRY FIGURE LAST YEAR —\| AT camp... MEAN PLENTY OF FISAT TO DISLODBE H\M FROM FIRST.... With Bat, Lose RADENTON, Fla, March 29— The Brooklyn Dodgers finally have started hitting only to discover that the pitching has turned sour. Max Carey's charges banged out 10 | hits, including two doubles and a triple, | against the St. Louis Cardinals yester- |day but Sloppy Thurston's med:ocre pitching enabled the Cards to win, 7-4. | 'Pl‘C\'lD'% Carey had been getting ex- | | cellen: g but absolutely no hit- ting at all. BEAUMONT, Tex., March 29 (®)— | | Roy Parmalee, young right-handed fast | | ball pitcher with plenty of stuff on the | ball, still is lacking that vital matter of | | control. | This promising New York Giant's re- | cruit struck out five men in six ir- nings of yesterday's exhibition game agamnst Detroit but walked four, hit two batsmen, loosed one wild pitch and was socked for seven hits and seven runs. i RADENTON, Fla., March 29 (#).— The infield situation for the St. | Louis Cardinals looked consider- ably brighter today. | | " “‘sparky” Adams, apparently fully Te- | covered from a knee injury, returned yesterday to active play at third base | | for the ‘first time since last June 17, | and helped greatly toward beating the | Brooklyn “Dodgers, 7 to 4. He made | two hits' and handled his one chance | in the field perfectly. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. March 29 (). —Manager Bill McKechnie will lead | his Boston Braves to Bradentown today | for another crack at Gabby Street’s St. Lodis Cardinals. With nothing to do during yesterday's | holid: McKechnie started pondering about the staying powers of his pitching | staff. As a result, Fred Frankhouse | will be trotted out to go the full nine- inning distance against the Cards. TAMPA, Fla. March 29 () —His! | broken finger almost mended. Joe Mor- | | rissey was back in action with Cincin- nati’s Reds today. He played his first game at third base yesterday in the exhibition contest with the Boston Red Sox, which his teammates lost, 4 to 10. OS ANGELES, March 29 (R’).-’l'he; roster of the National League cham- | pion Chicago Cubs today had been | pared down to 25 men—only two nfore than the limit. Before leaving for Chicago yesterday President William L. Veeck released Le | Roy (Buck) Newsom and Le Roy Herr- mann, right-handed pitchers, to the Los Angeles Pacific Coast League club. He also decided to give Beryl Rich- mond, southpaw from Baltimore. - a while longer to get into shape. The Cubs were to have decided this week | whether to keep Richmond. but an ex- Chattanooga—No T: By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. IRMINGHAM, Ala, March 29.—Placing young extra players in spots from which they may be yanked quickly if needed is something of a problem this year, Clark Griffith finds., ‘The Washington club president had hoped to farm out a pair of his rooks before camp was broken at Biloxi last week. He still is looking about for berths for them, however. Grifith hadn’t figured on carry- ing Bob Friedrichs, bespeckled pitcher, and Cecil Thavis, rangy hard-hitting inflelder, back _to Washington with the Nationals, but he probably will have to do so. There are no takers for Friedrichs thus far and the prexy doesn't care Varied Sports College Base Ball. uNnr‘th Carolina, 5; Washington and e, 1. Michigan State, 6; Elon, 8. ‘Wisconsin, 6; Northwestern, 2. ' Seeks “Farm” Spot for Travis Grif Wants Him With Higher Rated Club Than akers for Friedrichs. to ship Travis to any of the clubs that would be glad to get him. Some deal for Friedrichs may be made when the Nationals reach Chattanooga on Sunday to open a two-game series with the Lookouts. Griffith is hopeful, anyway. The Lookouts also may get Travis again, but not unless it is impossible to plant him with a club in a league of higher classification than the Southern. “I'l rather have Travis stick around for a time after the season opens to get the hamf big league base ball than send back where he came from right away,” said Griffith today. “Two or three weeks out of regular play wouldn't hurt one so young as Cecil. But we'll have to find a good job for him by May 15." DIVING TO TOP PROGRAM An _exhibition of swimi and div- ing by girls of the Shoreham Club wiil be a feature of the open swim night program Friday night at the Y. W. C. A. Thirty-one entries for the various events have been received. will be competition for children ‘There from 6 to 14 and various novelty af tractions. The program, o'clock, will be of - Skadding Morris, ¥, W. C. A. swimming S JOE 1S5 JUST THE TYPE TO FIT INTO CRONIN'S PLANS ~HE’S FuLL OF PEP.., 'Dodgers, After Coming to Life on Bad Hurlin tension was given by the Baltimor2 club. Richmond has been troubled by a sore arm. SANTA BARBARA, Calif.. March 29 (#).—George Gibson's Pirates still are losing base ball games, but they're giv- ing the pitchers plenty of practice. The Pittsburgh hurlers are being limited to three innings each in their exhibition games because of rain and coolness. Meine Chagnon and Wood pitched against the Seattle Seals yes- terday, and they lost, 7 to 6. The Pirates got 11 hits to the Seals’ {l but they were too far apart. Nick’s Aid to Zeb May Net a Hurler Special Dispatch to The Star. IRMINGHAN, Ala, March 29.— Nick Altrock never forgets an old pal in base ball. Now his lovalty may get the Nationals a promising young southpaw in the near future. Just to please Zeb Milan, Bir- mingham manager. who was one of Nick’s side-kicks on the Nationals for years, the coach took time out from his Washington club duties to instruct Clauson Vines. a local high school product with the Barons. in the finer points of left-hand hurling. Vines proved an adept pupil, Altrock assured Milan. “Be sure to keep him in line for us,” Nick directed Zeb. THE FLORS Minor Leaguers : Cardinals Claim Best Slab Staff in Game AMERIGAN BETTERS INTERLOOP MARGIN » Now Has Won 21 of 37 Tits {| With National Teams in INFIELD PAIR “FS" 10 STREET'S HOPES Flag Chances Depend Upon Adams, Hornsby Showing Old Form, He Says. RADENTON, Fla., March 29. —The Cardinals’ pitching staff appears exceptionally strong this year. Dean, Derringer and Carleton are three great right-handers, each consid- erably over six feet in height. Derringer sets the pace with six feet four inches, with Dean only one-quarter inch shorter. They |fcm a prio of the best young twirlers in either league. They were good last year, but with the season’s experience undoubtedly will be better this Summer. Billy Hallahan, a great southpaw, should be just as effective this season and Bill Walker, obtained from New York, is also a real southpaw, giving Manager “Gabby” Street two left-hand- ers for the coming campaign. The veteran Jess Haines also appears to be O. K. again and while not capable of going to the hill as often &s he did a few years ago, will prove & valuable asset to the club. Behind the bat Jimmy Wilson will be capably assisted by Bob O'Farrell, Whose great catching in 1926 was one of the main .reasons the «Cardinals won the pennant and world series honors. Bob is in good shape and is considered one of the best catchers in the game for young pitchers. There is mo doubt that he will be a big help to Street's aggre- gation. 'AKING all facts into consideration, even with Frankie Frisch starting | late, there is good reason for the | followers to be optimistic. There will have to be plenty of fight ahead if they are to finish one. two. three, but from | present indications there is a world of fight in tl.e 1933 Cardinals. Although not predicting that his team iz 2 cinch to win the 1933 Na- | tional League championship. Manager | Street is far from being downcast and reallv figures that if a couple of “ifs” break right for him, his club will be | in the running all the way. with a good chance of taking first honors. ‘The “ifs” according to the leader of the St. Louis Nationals are whether “Sparky” Adams has fullr recovered from a gprained knee that kept him out virtually all season last year and | whether Rogers Hornsby will regain the form which led him to several National League batting championships in the last dozen years. Both men are showing old-time form in the spring training. camp and apparently are due to make~ - illfe bright for Street and the Cardinal m;n:hk as well as their large following | of fans. 'TREET says he has the greatest vitching staff in base ball. regard- | less of league. and that he owns two of the best catchers in the National | League in Wilson. behind the plate for the Red Birds for the last four sea- sons. and O'Farrell. whose wonderful catching ability still is recognized. Bob is back with the Cardinals after spend- ing four years with the New York | Giants, and the big fellow says he is | glad to be with St. Louis again. | _Street also claims he has just as good | an outfield as any team in the league. No great stars. but every one a good ball plaver. His only worry at present is his | infield_with Gelbert out owing to in- jury, Frisch starting training so late and the uncertainty of Adams and | Hornsby. 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