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' A—10 S OF SOUTHPAN NOW Ex-Tiger, Down to 170, Is Strong, but Wild—Rain Gives Atlanta a Tie. BY JOHN B. KELLER. Whitehill looks fit. He says that at 170 he is down to the lowest weight he has carried in several years and his left arm appears to be good and strong. All this new southpaw slabman with the Nationals now has to work on is control. An improvement in that and White- hill should give the Washington Club some high-grade hurling right from the outset of the flag fracas. Of the sizable group of veteran pitchers with the Nationals Whitehill has been the most earnest in training| in several respects. The portsider picked up from the Tigers in a Win- ter barter is inclined to stoutness and | he let himself get a little too heavy for his own good during the off-season. so after reporting at the Biloxi camp Earl had to set about shedding the extra| undage, and that was no easy task. t meant the rubber shirt for him. ‘The .sweating process brought down the weight nicely, but it weakened Whitehill some, so he had to build up | his underpinning; that was a tedious | business. It weakened him more, then | he had to get the pitching arm in trim | and at the same time so adjust his| training that he might regain that sapped strength. Earl did ngl that and came through in great shape. Strong in limb and body, trim in . But he hadn’t had time for the needed throwing to perfect control. He's attending to that task now. HITEHILL has worked in three games now—not counting that in- formal intraclub affair in which he pitched for the yannigans against the regulars—and has yielded in 14 innings 12 hits, 9 passes and 7 runs. Two runs were of the unearned kind, | though. Earl's passes have figured more than the hits off him in the scor- ing by the opposition. Walks either led to or were mixed in the tallying of 4 runs. That's why the Nationals’ new southpaw is bearing down on the busi- | ness of finding the target. | Earl gave up three passes yesterday and one blazed the way to the Crack- ers’ first tally of the game they dead- locked at 4-4 before darkness and rain ended hostilities while the Cronin crew was up for its seventh batting turn. The other passes didn’t help the At- lanta club, but four of the five hits they gleaned off the left-hander did. One was a homer, driven into the left- field stand in the fourth inning by Freddy Sington, the big boy whose sensational batting and fielding beat the Nationals Thursday. In the sixth the home side hopped on Earl for two doubles and a single before a batter was retired to knot the count. Earl helped the Atlantans to their third-frame score to a greater extent than issuing a pass. He threw wildly when trying to pick off the batter he had franked to first base. The weird chuck let the Cracker reach third from where he count an infleld erasure. Despite the Aitting at his ex- ense, Whitehill looked good on the ill, aside from his wabbly control. He was free enough in action. But he must get down to pitching to a spot. 'T was Cecil Travis day at Ponce de Leon Park, the home of the Crack- ers, “lol:: tne rook infielder, who comes the village of Riverdale, Just 12 miles out of this city, lived up to the occasion. He played at third all the way and fielded flashily. He also drove over two Washington ru and one. Cecil really gave his home | foiks, Who came into town for the game, & great treat. He tripled in the second session tb| score Goslin, who had singled, then tallied as Sewell hit for a base. His long fly to center in the fourth got Gos- ! lin home again. The Goose had doubled | and moved up to third on Schulte’s hoist. The Nationals’ last run—made in the fifth—came from Kuhel's double and | Manush’s one-baser. Cronin's charges got eight hits in all off Bill Blethen, a right-hander, but were not stirring at bat outside thau second inning, when they hung up two runs. Four hits were made by them then, a double by Whitehill that fol-| lowed the tallying attack being wasted | when Kuhel grounded out to leave two Nationals stranded. IMPROVING l ; WASHINGTON. AB. E Kuhel, 1b. 0 a | | 0 0 o 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 04 (] 25 3 wild_pitch— | Umbpires Vangraflan and Brennan TLANTA, Ga., April 1.—Earl | PORTS. THE EVENING ] CONTROL SOLE NEED Goose Is Soaring High With Flail Special Dispatch to The Star. TLANTA, Ga.,, April 1.—As a club, the Nationals are not mak- ing any shining record at bat these days, but Goose Goslin is do- ing plenty to get them up to a re- spectable hitting mark. With an average of only .222 last Sunday after his fourth game, the Goose suddenly soared to fine swat- ting form. He has slammed solidly and often in his last five games and by getting a double and a single in his three batting turns against the Crackers yesterday he raised his lévrrnge for the exhibition season to 348 Generally a slow starter at bat, Goslin's recent splurge is the most surprising and pleasing feature of the Washington club's conditioning campaign. TRIBE IS IN RACE, - DISSELL ASSERTS | | | Infielder Is Not Convinced Yanks, Griffs or Macks Indians’ Masters. EW ORLEANS, April 1 (P)— | Chalmer Cissell, the Indians’| second basemen, isn’t convinced New York, Philadelphia or| Washington has a better team than Cleveland. | “Tll tell you why theyre winning | pennants in March,” he shouted. “Be- cause they've got a lot of guys that talk louder than we do. ) ¥Well, from now on, I'm telling the world we're not such a bunch of mugs ourselves. I claims we're good—plenty good.” BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 1 ().— Joe McCarthy still has 12 days in which to decide just who will play shortstop for his New York Yankees, but he ad- mits he’s stumped right now. Bill Werber, former Tech High of ‘Washington and Duke University star, apparently had the job clinched a week ago, but McCarthy has been using Frank Crosetti in recent exhibition games and intimates it's still a wide- | open battle between the two. AN BERNARDINO, Calif, April 1 () —After being shifted around from one position to another it looks as if Red Kress will return to his first love, shortstop, in the Chicago ‘White Sox line-up. Kress had a poor season in 1932 and Manager Lew Fonseca tried him every- where except behind the bat and as | a pitcher. He started as a candldntei for an outfield job this season, but | Luke Appling had a spell of poor field- | ing and the redhead was moved back to short. He appears more at home there than anywhere else. DALLAS, Tex., April 1 (#).—School- boy Rowe and Fred Marberry were slated to share the pitching chore to- | day in the fifth game of the Detroit | Tigers' series with the New York | Giants. Each team has won two games thus far. Vic Sorrell was the chief victim in the sound drubbing the Giants gave | the Bengals yesterday at Fort Wonh,l 7to 0, W= regular second baseman, out of | the lineup, the St. Louis Browns have a clicking combination for double plays. Lin Storti, filling in for Melillo yes- terday in the game against the Buffalo Bisons, figured in three double-quicks made by the Browns’ infielders. The game ended the Browns' season in training camp. GETS NEW SPORT AWARD Washington Canoe Club Captures Title at Water Polo. Holder of numerous trophies for | prowess in aquatics, the Washington Canoe Club has earned a new award. Last night the W. C. C. team won the first D, C. A. A. U. water polo cham- pionship tourney, when it handily van- quished the Colonial six, 18-8, in the final game of the competition, in the Shoreham pool. The match also ended PALM BEACH, Fla, April 1 Even with Oscar Melillo, | ships here tonight. AX IS SOONTO FALL ON DOZEN DODGERS 17 Fighting for Five Places. Judge Among Those Sure to Be Retained. By the Associated Press IAMI, Fla, April 1.—Prof. Max Carey will carry 35 Brooklyn Dodgers north with him, but [ the ax will start swinging | soon. It appears now as if jobs have beem clinched by Pitchers Clark, Beck, Mungo, Benge, Carroll and Thurston; Catchers Lopez and Sukeforth, Infield- ers Wright, Judge, Bissonette, Cucci- nello, Stripp and Flowers and Outfield- ers O'Doul, Wilson, Taylor and Fred- | erick. | ‘That leaves five places for the res maining 17 players to battle for. TAMPA, Fla, April 1 ().—Minus Manager Donie Bush, who left for Cin- cinnati last night for treatment to an infected foot, the Reds headed for St.| Petersburg today to take on the Boston | Braves in an exhibition game. Red Lucas, who has been kept from | the mound because of minor injuries, | will hurl three innings against the Braves tomorrow. FORT WORTH, Tex., Aprll 1 (®).— | Fittingly enough, to Big Fred Fitz- | simmons has fallen the honor of turning in the finest pitching of the New York Glants’ exhibition ecam- paign. The veteran knuckle ball expert pitched seven innings against Detroit yesterday and ted just one single. He struck out six, walked only two and never was in danger of being scored upon. DUBLIN, Ga., April 1 (#) —Manager Gabby Street plans to use his two southpaws, Hallahan and Walker, on | the mound in the St. Louis Cardinals’| game against the Birmingham team this afternoon. As the Redbirds trek back to St. Louis by easy stages, playing games along the route, Street apparently is| still undecided about some of the in- peared at second base in several pre- | vious games, was out of the line-up, except for one trip to bat for Der- ringer, in yesterd game against Oglethorpe. The “Rajah” falled to make a hit. e POLO TEAMS START BATTLE FOR TITLES | Collegiate, Scholastic Honors at | Stake—Others Qualify for National Open. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 1.—Twenty-six teams begin competition in the Eastern and national indoor polo champion- Naticnal titles will be at stake in the intercollegiate and interscholastic divisions, while winners in the open and class B. C. and D will qualify for the national championships tentatively slated to open in Chicago April 12. Elbridge and Robert T. Gerry, jr., and Jimmy Mills, making up the Ak- nusti trio, are favored to romp off with the principal prize, the open, but com- petition in the other divisions promises to be close. Particularly is this true in the intercollegiate class, where Yale, Harvard, Army, Princeton and Penn Military College all have entered strong | squads. ‘The schedule for tonight follows: Open—Los Nanduces vs. Squadren C. Intercollegiate—Harvard vs. Prince- ton, Army vs. Penn Military; semi-final, Yale vs. Harvard-Princeton” winner. Class C—Brooklyn vs. New Jersey. Class D—Brooklyn vs. New York and New Jersey vs. Pennsylvania. SWIMMERS TO CONTEST. Ambassador and Shoreham junior swimming teams mix tonight in a meet in the Ambassador pool, starting at 7:30 o'clock. field positions. Hornsby, who had ap- | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AN EYE ON THE HEIGHTS. 7 GOCSE MAY COME BACK FROM HiS 1928 FORM To Cronin Banks on Goslin’s Bat Doesn’t Expect Goose to Reach 1928 Title Form, But Sees Improvement i HEY'RE saying that the Goose again has his eyes on the heights. A lot of water has swirled under the bridge since 1928, when Goslin embiazoned his name across the base ball horizon as the year's best hitter. He socked for .379 over 135 games. He wore Nationals livery that year, his greatest in a hitting way. Two years later he was shipped off to_the Browns in a swap. With the St. Louis clan, Leon was Jjust so-so. He soared high at times and simmered down to the depths at others. Goose never displayed the same fire and vim, the same interest with the Brownies that he did with the Griffs. Back “home,” the Goose promises to | rekindle the old zip and snap to make n His Swatting. | himself a welcome member of the sock- | ing gang of Cronin, Manush and Goslin. Manager Cronin believes that bald Goose is going to have another good | year. He opines that the change of | scenery is going to pep up the veteran |to such an extent that he wiil have | his eyes on the height. Cronin does not feel that the Goose will reach his 1928 mark, but he does contend that | Goslin, with plenty of optimism and fighting spirit around him, will arise to | meet it by smacking out plenty of extra base hits. | _Uncle Clark, too, argues that all the | Goose needs is some one to get out in | front of him in batting on the team to | inspire him to swing the willow in the | old-time fashion. But the Goose may set the pace, himself, when the gong hits. He is be- ginning to hit down in Dixie. an active season for the sport here. Summary: W. C. C. 18). Center. Buscher Herbslab Shadows of the Past BY L C. BRENNER. Scribner Florence A. snell. Young . Score by per! w0 o Colonials v Touch goals, Hervslap (2}, . “Throw Foa o o € Bl Setifites . | H._ Snel i nenfeldt: Co- | . Agee. Hain. —Hawthorxe. | ire—Newby | NCE holder of the world fly- weight and bantamweight championship, ~Johnny Buff, New Jersey's fighting pride a few years ago, recently returned from California, a wiser but a poor man. When he was reaping the coin he was a pal to every cne. No friend of Buff's ever had to go hungry. After he had lost the bantam crown to Joe Lynch in July, 1922, in Madi- son Square Garden by a knockout in the fourteenth round, Johnny re- tized and opened a haberdashery store. But Johnny was no business man and bis investment proved a failure. o . Rote . ‘Ghormley | 518 3— 8 tods W. C. C. Scribner: Coion! Buscher ioni n goals—W als, Herbert, | C.'C.. Snelll | c Iania Ump} e CHESTERTOWN, Md, April 1 (#).| —Most of the home games scheduled | for the Washington College base ball | team will be canceled, according to| Coach J. Tom Kibler, because the ath- | letic funds are tied up in a bank not open for withdrawals. | A three-day jaunt into Pennsyl- vania, playing Dickinson, Susquehanna | and Juniata beginning May 4 will be | abandoned, but a two-day trip to Col-| lege Park and Washington to play| Maryland and George Washington will be kept on the schedule. | D. C VBOVXERS TRAVEL. Seven local amateur boxers, under the guidance of Jack Whitely, tonight will show in Richmond in an amateur boxing program. They are Nay Palm- cr, Sanford Carrier, Jack Baxter, Lou | Jamison, Wilbur White, George Bell and Joe Green. Back With Griffs, Minus Infected Teeth, Hurler Is Determined y a Staff Correspondent of The Star TLANTA, Ga, April 1.—Back on the club without as many teeth as he had, but with a more determined spirit, Bob Burke is out to show Manager Joe Cronin and all others concerned that he should be retained by the Na- tionals this year. “So they're counting me out of the running,” said the string-bean south- aw after reading reports of his Yikely demotion to the minors. “Well, I haven't given up. I be- leve more than ever that I can pitch in this company. If I get the chggce, I'm confident T'll shpw 'em T orth keeping. And I'mijust as W' Cronin will give me the A8 He's been gxeat o me Burk_efi P;igili:ing 7to Keep Job JOHNNY BUFF. Then came the market crash and Buff lost the rest ot his savings, with the result that he re-enlisted in the Navy, where he had started his boxing career. He served his time, was again mustered out of service and today he ranks among the unemployed. The sturdy little fellow who made ring history 10 years ago has aged considerably. Only a few weeks ago he visited Madiscn Square Garden and tried to sell the solid gold belt that Tex Rickard had awarded to him when he won the bantam crown from Pete Herman on September 23, 1921, but met with a rebuff. He then tried to peddle it to several sportsmen, but again failed. That belt is the last of Johnny's famous relics of the days when he ruled as the kingpin of two fistic classes. A’ king cre day; a has-been the nextl (Gapyright. 19330, to Make Good. and making the grade for him would be the greatest thing I could repay him for his considera- i Burke was to have an oppor- tunity this afternoon to demonstrate whether his recent massage treat- ments and dental operation bene- fitted the arm that was ailing while he was at the Biloxi camp. Cheated of a three-inning term by rain yes- terday, the left-hander’s assignment was carried over that he might fol- low Monte Weaver on the hill in the final of the series here with the Crackers. The Nationals needed victory in today's tussie to take the exhibition series with the Atlanta club. Of the seven games with the Crackers, Manager Cronin's charges have won | three, Jost tko and tied in oog. ST. JOHN’S LACROSSE TEAM IN EARLY TEST fNames Men to Battle Washington College—Navy Also Selects Tentative Varsity. NNAPOLIS, April 1.—This city which, with the Naval Academy | and st. John's, is the only one in| | the country boasting two major college | | lacrosse teams, also will be one of the | { first in the country to offer a game this | | season. St. John's opens the season against | Washington College today and thei | Harvard lacrosse squad arrives here on | | April 3 for a week of practice on the | St. John's grounds. On the 5th, it plays a match game against the John- nies and opposes the Navy on the 8th. Coach Moore of St. John's expects to use the opcning game against Wash- ington as a tryout for a number of | players, and will assign only three to| | regular berths. He expects to use the following: Goal, G. Lamotte; point, La- | mond; cover point, Watts or McRae; | first defense, Donahue; second defense, | Boucher or Wilson; center, Kilmore or a- | Purvis; second attack, Evans or H. Li motte; first attack, Usher or Sheffa- | | nacker; out home, MacCartee or Reese; | in home, Nopper or Ramsey. | Coach’ Findlayson, at the Naval Academy, can name a tentative team | with the exception of goal, where | Reedy, big foot ball guard and captain, |is having a fight with Bird. Others are: Point, Clark; cover point, K. Smith; first defense, Tyler; second de- fense, Buse; center, Seeds; second a tack, Morton; first attack, Howar out home, Ferguson; in home, Condon. After considerable shifting, the sched- | ules seem to b= definitely arranged and | are as follows: St. John's. April 1, Washington College: April 5, | Harvard; April X, Hopkins Varsity Club: | Swarthmore at Swarthmore; April | | Maryland at College Park | Naval Acad Na ém | . April 8_Harvard: April 22, yland; April Pennsylvania Neyiana 6, Penn State at State Colle ‘Washington: May 27, U. & demy at West Point. ENTER BASKET TOURNEY. Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A.. Lake- land (Md.) High, Freedmen's Hospital Nurses and the Baltimore Alerts will compete in the women's section of the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. basket ball 3, | e Mey 57 Ml | Exhibition Base Ball By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s Results. Washington (A.), 4; Atlanta (S. A), 4, tie, six innings, rain. New York (N.), 7; Detroit (A.), 0. St. Louis (A.), 6; Buffalo (I. L.), 3. St. Louis (N.), 4; Oglethorpe Univer- sity, 0. Pittsburgh (N.), 6; Chicago (N.), 5. San Francis¢o (P. C. L.), 5; Chicago (A), 2. Rochester (I. L), 4; Columbus (A. A), 1. Newark (I. L), 13; L), 7. Baltimore (I Today’s Schedule. Cleveland (A.) vs. New Orleans (8. A.) at New Orleans. i Philadelphia (A) vs, Philadelphia (N.) at Philadelphia. New York (A.) vs. Memphis (8. A.) at Memphis. Chicago (A.) vs. Los Angeles (P. C. L.) at San Bernardino. St. Louis (A.) vs. Brooklyn (N.) at Miami. Washington (A.) vs. Atlanta (S. A) at_Atlanta. Detroit (A) vs. New York (N.) at Dallas, Chicago (N.) vs. Pittsburgh (N.) at | Los Angeles. Cincinnati (N.) vs. Boston (N.) at St. Petersburg. St. Louis (N.) vs. Birmingham (8. A.) | at Birmingham. VIENNA CLUB ELECTS Bert Phillips Will Manage Ball Team—Practice Tomorrow. VIENNA, Va., April 1 (Special).— The Vienna base ball team, which will be operated as last year under the auspices of the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, has been organized with the following officers: Manager, Bert Phillips; business manager, Sam Jarman; treasurer, Mrs. Aubrey Phillips. Initial practice is scheduled for to- morrow afternoon on the diamond in Has Racing Rules, But Lacks Tracks EATTLE, April 1 (#).—The new State racing commission has an- nounced a set of stringent rules governing horse racing in Washing- ton. Now all the State has to do is find some tracks, owners, horses and Jjockeys regujgte. There are | championships, which open this after- (noon at 3 o'clock. The final will be| played &t 8 o'clock, ! none. o Epckane, Vanccuver, Taccma and Seattle plan 1o sUPPLY. them by June, APRIL 1, Whitehill Nearing Peak Form : National League Flag Race Is Grab CAVALIERS FACE BIG | the rear of the Vienna Public School. | 1933. BE CUT(ING AT 1HE -TOP ALL NEVER REACH IT, BUT HE WILL BE SWINSING AT ,SPURRED BY OTHER GREAT YE SAfs JoE CRONIN.... SPORTS. | —By TOM DOERER OF 1933, HE MAY ARS AS A GRIFF, “Goat” if He Loses Agua BY WILLIAM WARNE, Associated Press Staff Writer. GUA CALIENTE, Mexico, April 1.—In a racing drama here to- morrow, known as the Agua | Caliente Handicap, any one of | nine thoroughbreds may emerge & hero and one, Gallant Sir, may be the goat. Gallant Sir is the shortest priced fa- vorite in the history of racing in Lower California, and if he wins for Norman ‘W. Church it will be just what the crowd expects. But if any one of the other entrants beats Gallant Sir by a whisker in the mile-and-a-quarter gallop he will be Jjust “another goat” to thousands of the fans. Which puts the 1-to-5 favorite in a very tough spot—racing for more than a $25,000 added purse and for his very reputation. Nine times in 13 re- newals of the Coffroth or its successor, the Agua Callente Handicap, favorites were beaten. Sun Beau, almost as heavy a favorite in 1931, was beaten by Mike Hall, the Choctaw and Plucky Play, when the purse was $100,000. HILE the list will not be completed officially until late this afternoon, the probable starters are Bahamas, owned by Bill Hartman; Waylayer and ‘Wirt G. Bowman, belonging to A. A. Barolini; Loversall, owned by #the Meadowbrook Stable; Mad Pursuit, owned by T. C. Worden; the Nut of the Warm Stable; Lemon FHills, belonging to Abe Bartelstein and Harry Unna; Satin Spar of the Bill Bee string, and Whizz James, which will run as an entry with Gallant Sir. Waylayer is second favorite at 8 to 1. Whizz James probably will be used by E. J. Fitzgerald, Church’s trainer, as a pace setter for Gallant Sir. Know- ing that, most of the trainers indicated they would ifistruct the riders of their | horses to “move up with Gallant Sir and let Whizz James do the early | running.” [GALLANT SIR IN TOUGH SPOT, WITH ODDS OF 1.5 Little Glory if Victorious—Favorites Win Only Four Times. Caliente Handicap, Rates Bag Affair AT LEAST 5 CLUBS ENTITLED T0 REACH |0dds on Bues and Cubs Not Convincing—Cards, Phils, Dodgers Strong. BY ALAN GOULD, A ated Préss Sports Bditor. EW YORK, April 1.—There seems to be no harm in try- ing to “dope” the National League pennant race, an open competition indulged in an- nually around this time by the ex- perts, but reservations are at- tached to any calculations aboud what may happen. At least five and possibly seven of the eight clubs figure to offer a wide va- riety of arguments in the 1933 pennant debate. Last Spring the St. Louis Cardinal then on top of the base ball world, an the New York Giants, breezing back East under John Joseph McGraw, wer€ picked by a majority of base ball critics to finish one-two. They wound up in a tie for sixth place. McGraw passed | from the picture while his team was still in Jast place. ‘That's the way things are apt to happen, unexpectedly, in Mr. John Arnold Heydler’s “loop” and it is among the reasons why no great amount of family plate so far has been wagered on the professional odds making the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs joint favorites, (IJ:hs emerged from the last vorld series with very little prestige and their stock tumbled again this week as a result of a fractured for Kiki Cuyler, fleet outfielder. It p! more responsibility on the bat and ability of Floyd (Babe) Herman, out- standing acquisition by the Cubs since last season. If Herman recovers his Brooklyn slugging form, if Frank Demaree can plug the outfleld gap, and if Cub pitchers like Young Lon Warneke duplicate their 1932 performances, the champions may repeat. Otherwise it looks like a big year for the Pirates or one of the so-called “dark horses” in the race, including the Phillies, heaviest hitting array in either league; oung pitching captivity, and the Brooklyn much improved in two vital spm ing and first Pittsburgh came off with first glmn. Freddie Lindstrom, in one of the - ter's biggest g sessions. The esence in the outfleld ‘Waner boys gives former Giant's E:hnmu:l u&' stron gest outer trio the league. The team, under the guid- ing stimulus of George Gibson and old Honus Wagner, is blessed with a development :l ymxt.hm“ m;“ Jike S e Vaughan and Grace. Hartman, however, said his Bahamas, which won $12,815 on Western tracks last year -5“: 3-year-old, would start “IP they think so much of this Gal- lant Sir,” he sald, “why are they using a pacemaker? My horse is going to tackle Gallant Sir at the | g; three-eights pole. They'd better have some tty Bahamas is not ‘Top weight, 124, and the distance will be to Gallant Sir’s liking. Bahamnas, so far, has not won a mile and a quarter, although he has taken the measure of high-class horses at dis- tances around a mile with 118 pounds, his handicap impost, on his back. trains Lemon Hills, that he did not expect his horse to beat Gallant Sir, that 4-year-old will have some back- ing when the race comes round. Twice Lemon Hills, a made-over &mer. looked Gallant Sir in the eye the stretch run of preparatory races. He was beaten by a nose and by a neck at 6 furlongs and a mile and 20 yards. 'HE most rapidly improving horse of the lot, probably, will be Loversall, California-bred filly. Twice within a week she has shown her heels to handicap starters, once at a mile and 20 yards. However, in the Agua Caliente Derby two weeks ago, she finished sixth. Her impost was 113 pounds then, and it is but 96 in the handicap. She will be the first 3-year-old filly to start in the big race, that no mare has won. Gallant Sir was slow in showing his best form. As a 2-year-old he started eight times and won one maiden race at Tanforan. He hit his stride in an allowance race at Hawthorne late in August last year and since that time in 13 races has not finished out of the money. He has won his last six starts, the Maryland Handicap at Latonia on October 22, the Latonia championship at Latonia November 5, and four prepar- atory races here this Winter. Altogeth- er he has won $52,020. WEEK IN BASE BALL Three Varsity and One Yearling Contest Will Inaugurate Spring Program. NIVERSITY, Va, April 1.—Vir- ginia’s Spring sports schedule opens next week with four base | ball games, three for the varsity, one for the first-year team. None of the| other squads, in track or tennis, get| into competition until week after next.| The Cavalier nine is in a tough spot for the opening. The schedule calls for the Virginians to meet William and Mary in Williamsburg Monday. Later next week the Cavaliers play two home games, against Vermont on Thursday | and Randolph-Macon on Saturday. Fifty varsity and first-year contests have been scheduled for Spring sports by James G. Driver, athletic director. The varsity card includes 16 base ball games, 6 track meets and 11 tennis matches. For first-year teams 8 base ball games, 4 track meets and 4 tennis | matches have been listed. | Roy Randall's first-year base ball | team is to play St. Albans of Wash- | ington, D. C. next Friday for a lead- | off game. | - | TRINITY GIRLS' SIX LOSES. BALTIMORE, April 1. —Trinity School girls of Washington lost a basket ball game to the Mount St. Agnes’ lassies, | 11-38, here yesterday. Summary: Mt. Bt. Agnes (38). Trinity (1 G.F.Pts. ) . F. Totals. Nons players—Mount St altenbach, Healy, Groh, Heldm: K: Lawle rinfty. ' Moore. ' Boker. Lvddane: wier, | Kloss. * King. Referce—Margaret Russell. Umpire—Gwrnetie Willis, { ALEXANDRIA BOXERS WIN Northeast Boys’ Club Beaten, 4-2. | | Previous Defeat Squared. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 1.—Alex- yn and Philadelphia round out the five clubs which figure now to be Jou Dutes ey o Beet ey oe Ju Tea o1 Bissonette fails to recover and zi'é"m- pressive pitching replacements for the colorful Vance in Beck and Benge, look stronger than last year, when they fine li-she”’d dt:ird.d ‘The Phimes.gd !mr'.h' in 3 '‘pend upon oV pitching and a reliable nconjénpunmm. Finn, to move them toward the top, but they have not yet signed their slugging first e v Yo lonal ague e vi lepartment of batting in runs last year. T is difficult to see how the Boston Braves and Giants can be more than troublesome without achieving a major upheaval. The Braves have picked up at least one new infield sen< sation in Dick Gyselman, but they dise tinctly need more power at bat to sup- port a fairly good pitching staff. The Gilants are showing lots of hustle under Bill Terry’s leadership, but their line-up lacks all-around class. They have only two pitchers of known quality, and they need the daily services of Travis Jack- son, now an uncertain factor, to dangerous. Like the Giants, the Cincinnati Reds have only two good pitchers, Lucas ant Johnson, but Donie Bush'’s peppery lead: ership, plus the bats of Hafey, Bottome ley and Lombardi, may produce un< expected results. aried Sports COLLEGE BASE BALL. William and Mary, 3; Washington and Lee, 0. andria Boys’ Club boxers defeated the | Northeast Boys' Club battlers of Wash- | ington, 4-2, in Lyceum Hall, to even scores for a defeat earlier in the sea- | son. In the feature bout Joe Kmeck, Alexandria, downed Harry Donn, in the 140-pound class, but the best fought | clash was the 105-pond struggle in which Battling Pulzone, Alexandria, scored over Vince Boubiri. Harry Cecchini, Northeast, got & technical | knockout over Frank Ramey in the| 128-pound_division. | In the 75-pound class Tony Catella, | (N.) defeated Kid Smith, and Nick Biousious (A.) defeated Sammy Fusco. Roland Tappe, 100-pounder (A.), drew | with Mike Catella, and Bill Aaron (A.) | defeated Whitey France in the 125- pound class. ! Hampden-Sydney, 6; Drexel, 4, SPRING FOOT BALL. Oklahoma City University, 19; Oklaq homa A. and M., 7. Y. M. C. A. BASKET BALL TOURNEY, Port Huron, Mich, 32; Oak Park, 1., 25 M. C. A, 50; Carthage, Denver Y, Mo, 32 PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY. International League, on, 2; Windsor, 1. GAME AT POOLESVILLE. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 1.—Mq Vernon Independents and the For ville A. C. nine square off tomorrow og the Forestville diamond. Four_ Navy Sports G reats Go Graduating Class Includes Loughlin, Courize, Thompson and. Hardman, All-Time Stars, T is conceded that the present graduating class at the Naval Academy has four members who stand at the top ss all- time performers in their line among the students of the institution. | ! i ‘| | ourtze, lvania, tics, and Ward Hardman, Missouri, in distance and middle distance running. Loughlip is the who was, ever name America basket bell team. He was as 3 on the second team last season and as a g:rd on the first team this year. total of 621 points for three varsity sea- sons is by far the highest made by a Navy player. Thompson, holder of intercolle- giate and pool records for the short distance free-style swimming, has scored 215 points for the Navy, not including points scored in "relay races. Courtze was all-round of the Intercollegiate m League last season and a finished performer on the horizontal and parallel bars. Hardman has won in numerous races for the Navy and is holder of the Academy record for the &, 8%, 2 1 and Y2 mile runs.