Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1935, Page 12

=g e Foening Shee Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1935. Capztal College Fives in Fine Feltle : Harridge Sees Tough Time for Tigers CAME HICH CLASS EVEN N DEFEATS Major Outfits Encounter Speedy Foes This Week. Boxers to Make Bow. V V part of their basket ball schedules and ready to plunge into the major part of their season, it seems enough already has been shown in the way of ¥playing standards to indicate that George- town, George Washington, Catholic University and Maryland are in shape to duplicate their feats of last Fall in foot ball, which is nothing more or BY H. C. BYRD. ITH the local colleges through the preliminary less .han to have teams strong enough | to enter on pretty close to even terms any games they have scheduled. All four of the larger local uni- versities have been defeated, but only in games in which they played good basket ball and, with the improve- ment bound to take place with the squads working out regularly and without the enticements of the holiday period, there is every reason to feel that they will display about as high a standard of court piay as may be seen anywhere. This does not mean that they should not lose games, but it does mean that in game after game they should be on their toes, carrying the fight to their opponents and giving about as good as they get. The best game here this week prob- ably will be that between George Washington and City College of New York. As a matter of fact, year after year there are not many fives that play better basket ball than C.C. N. Y., and the fact that the Colonials are good seems sufficient to insure a top- notch performance. Two other contests which should | develop excellent play are those in| which Maryland meets Virginia Mili- tary Institute and Duke University. Georgetown and Catholic University | will run into some stiff competition away from home, especially the former against New York U. George Washington's game tonight with Lynchburg ought to be something | of a runaway for the local school. Lynchburg hardly is strong enough to | meet on anything like even terms the group of basketers wearing the Colo- nial colors. Lynchburg remains over after the contest tonight to play American University, which game should be pretty evenly fought. College Boxers Start. HIS week marks the opening of the local intercollegiate boxing season, with Maryland meeting Virginia Military Institute Friday < TODAY. Basket Ball. Lynchburg vs. George Washing- ton, G. W. gym, 8. Armstrong vs. Douglass, at Bal- timore. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. V. M. 1. at Maryland, 8. Lynchburg at American U., 8. Washington College of Law vs. George Washington Freshmen, G. W. gym, 8. St. John’s at Tech, 3:30. Alexnndrin High, at Eastern, Frimds at Western, 3:30. Washington-Lee High at Ta- koma-Silver Spring High, 3:30. St. Albans at Rockville High, 3:30. Damascus Hall. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at Annapolis High. High at Charlotte Boxing. v Washington Auditorium—Main bout, Eddie Burl, Jacksonville, vs. California Joe Rivero, feather- weights; 10 rounds. Show starts 8:30. 5 Billiards. Cro Morningstar, former 18.2 balkline champion, at the Royal, 817 Fourteenth street, 3; Georgas, 143'; B street southeast, 7:30; Arcade, Fourteenth and Park road, 9:30. 'WEDNESDAY. Basket Ball. City College of New York vs. G. W., Tech gym, 8. Western Maryland at Catholic University, 8. Lynchburg College at Wilson Teachers’ College, 8. Lincoln at Howard, 8. Gonzaga at Roosevelt, 3:30. Washington-Lee High at East- ern, 3:30. Tech vs. Gallaudet Reserves, at Gallaudet, 3:30. Takoma-Silver Spring High at Bowie High. Cardozo at Douglass High, Bal- timore. Dunbar vs. Armstrong, 3:30. Wrestling. Washington Auditorium—Main match, Don George, Java, N. Y., vs. George Zaharias, Colorado; heavy- weights. Show starts 8:30. Sports Program in Local Realm L3 THURSDAY. Basket Ball. Roosevelt vs. George Washing- ton Freshmen, G. W. gym, 3:30. Western vs. Maryland Freshmen, College Park, 4. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Elon vs. George Washington, G. W. gym, 8. Duke at Maryland, 8. Maryland State Normal at Gal- laudet, 8. Benedictine High (Richmond) vs. G. U. Freshmen, Ryan gym, 3:30. Eastern vs. Central, at Roosevelt, 3:30 (public high title game). Tech vs. Roosevelt, at Tech, 3:30 (public high title game). ‘Western at Gonzaga, 8. . Landon at Georgetown Prep, :30. Georgetown at New York U. HARLOW ALL-YEAR Cambridge - Precedent Set in Choice of Outsider as Grid Coach. By the Associated Press. AMBRIDGE, Mass., January 7. —Discarding a graduate- coaching policy that dates back 60 years, Harvard has called on Richard Cresson (Dick) Har- low to leave Western Maryland and lead the Crimson back to the grid- iron heights n once held. American U. at Virginia Med- ical College, Richmond. Alexandria High, at Washing- ton-Lee High, Ballston, 8. Damascus at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High, 3:30. Mayfield High (Fredericksburg) at Armstrong, 3:30. Dunbar vs. Cardozo, 3:30. ‘Takoma-Silver Spring at Rock- ville, 3:30. Charlotte Hall at Bowie. Boxing. V. M. 1. at Maryland, 9:15. Tennis. Professional troupe, including Bill | Tilden, Ellsworth Vines, George Lott | and Lester Stoefen, at Catholic U.| gymnasium, 8. Swimming. Baltimore Poly at Central, 3:30. SATURDAY. Boxing. Bucknell at Catholic U., 8. Basket Ball. Trenton State Teachers at Wil- son Teachers, 8. Hampton at Howard, 8. Georgetown at Manhattan. Catholic U. at Loyola, Balti- more. American U. Macon, Ashland. Gallaudet at Baltimore U. Wrestling. St. Paul's Guild at Gallaudet, 8. at Randolph- tion of strength. Navy had a flne | team last season and now has back | the bulk of the strength of that team. | Borries, the star of last year, again 1s carrying on and so are Dornin, Robertshaw and Mandlekorn, other | members of the gridiron squad. | Kentucky Five Sturdy. ENTUCKY came so close to top- pling New York University from | its lofty basket ball perch in a | game at New York Saturday night | that the Gothamites probably haven't | vet got rid of the cold shivers. Ken- tucky led until tne last few seconds, | and finally lost by one point. Colonels apparently have another of | their great teams. It is doubtful if The | night and Catholic University hooking | any other college in the South in re- | up with Bucknell Saturday. The | C. U.-Bucknell meet takes place in the big Brookland gymnasium, while Maryland and V. M. I clash Friday night in Ritchie Coliseum immedi- ately after the Duke basket ball game. Both the Brooklanders and Old Liners expect to have good teams. Both expect at least an even chance against every scheduled. IRGINIA is to open its boxing season this week with Harvard at Charlottesville. The Cavaliers have had Harvard for their first meet the last two years and won both times. The meet with Harvard Satur- | day should give something of a line on the Virginians as to whether or not they are as strong as they have been for several vears. Down at Char- lottesville it generally is believed that the team will be at least as good if | not better. HETHER Nav basket ball team, which generally is ex- pected to be exceptionally good, actually is as strong as reputed is not definitely known, but certainly the way it whaled the University of | ‘Baltimore Saturday shows no diminu- Cornelius McGillicuddy, patri- arch of the diamond and manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, here is shown at the home of his son, Roy Mack, business manager of the Portland, Oreg., club, on re- turn from his tour of Japan. He is holding Connie, 3d, on his lap and Roy is at the right. ‘A. P. Photo. opponent they have | cent years has turned out more con- | | sistently good teams. J | as well as a foot ball player. Gormley repuned late last year as a membgr of | the first-year ring squad and developed rapidly. He has been doing so well this Winter in workouts that Coach | Jack Harmony is considering whether OHNNY GORMLEY of Maryland seems bent on making his way ing one of the other heavies down into | a lighter bracket. Gormley is boxing in the 175-pound class. He formerly | was one of Hap Hardell's foot ball stars at Tech. College Basket Ball North Carolina, 36; Davidson, 26. Syracuse, 57; Dartmouth, 29, Case School of Applied Science, 44; John Carroll U, 31, California, 35; San Francisco, 30. Desserts, 31; Gonzaga, 27. | Montana State, 67, Montana Nor- mal, 41. Toledo U., 25; Kent State, 22. into the line-up as a varsity Doxer | 3o jqeq 4o bench Capt. Jimmy Howell | THREE MAKE DEBUT AS G. W. REGULARS | Noonan, Ruley and Berg to Face Lynchburg on Colonial Court Tonight. HREE new regulars will perform for George Washington's basket ball team tonight against the Lynchburg College quint at 8 o'clock in the Colonial gym. Bill Noonan, Henry Ruley and Clarence Berg are | the trio slated to hold forth as first- | | stringers for the first time this sea- | son. Irked by the poor defensive work of | his proteges, Coach Roland Logan has | and Ben Goldfaden, forwards, and Walter Bakum, guard, Howell, one of the leading college scorers hereabout for two years, has counted 68 points | | in six games this season. Goldfaden, | he can make a place for him by shov- | - a sophomore, has scored 63 also in six tilts. Noonan, who was a regular center last season, will hold forth as a for- | ward; Berg, a sophomore, will replace | | Bakum, and Ruley will be at the other | forward post. ———— WHISTLE TOOTERS MEET. A meeting of the Approved Board of D. C. Basket Ball officials will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at Gonzaga School. FORM BOXING TEAM. Takoma Boys' Club plan to organ- ize a boxing team tonight in the Ta- koma fire house at 8 o'clock. SCORE AT PING PONG CHICAGO, January 7 (#).—Viktor Barna and Sandor Glancz, Hungarian table tennis gfars, made a clean sweep of their matches with American players. Barna, holder of the world singles title, defeated William Condy of Chi- cago, 21-17, 21-13, and paired with Glancz, won a doubles match from Paul Pearson and Edwin Lewis, Chi- cago, 21-19, 21-17. Glancz beat James McClure of Indianapolis, United States singles champion, 21-10, 21-15, after defeating Edward Dugan, Chi- cago, 21-10, 21-4. Barna outpointed Glancz in an ex- hibition, 21-18, 21-15, 22-20, and Coleman Clark of Chicago, defeated the Japanese star, Joshio Fushimi, 21-17, 21-18. x LEAGUE MAY STEP UP HAGERSTOWN, Md., January 7 (/). —Enthusiasm for entering organ- ized base ball was expressed by rep- resentatives of clubs in the Blue Ridge League, meeting here yesterday. All clubs were represemted except ‘Winchester, Va. The clubs decided to contact fans to see whether their support could be counteg on. Plans for the circuit to enter organized ball will be dis- cussed at the annual meeting Jan- uary 27 in Frederick by Joe Carr, promotional director of the minor Park Association will be sounded out on}olmumlumlnmmu season, . : In calling an outsider, Harvard is following the example of Princeton, one of its “Big Three” mates, which has met with great success since it engaged Fritz Crisler to handle its Tigers. Harlow's &p- pointment as successor of the resigned Eddie Casey, one of the Dick Harlow. Crimson’s bright- | est stars, was announced last night by Athletic Director Bill Bingham, who has been combing the foot ball highways for more than a month. The committee on the regulation of Harvard athletic sports evidently confirmed it at a special session, for "this group, which represents the alum- ni, faculty and student bodies, was not scheduled to hold a*regular meet- ing until tonight. Salary Not Revealed. 'UST what arrangements Bingham has made with Harlow were not disclosed. He probably will serve | without a contract, for only one of | Harvard's many coaches, Frank Mitchell, varsity base ball director, holds one. It is believed, however, Harlow will receive more than the $8,500, less a general 10 per cent cut, salary given Casey. Harlow’s position in Cambridge will be an all-year affair and only a few days ago he rejected a $10,000 offer to coach the Boston Redskins profes- sional tlub. Every other coach in Harvard's history has worked on a seasonal schedule, although Casey and | his predecessor, Arnold Horween, also | directed Spring practice. Harlow, 44 years old, married and | a World War veteran, played foot ball at Pennsylvania State from 1908 to 1911 before entering the coaching field there in 1912. In 1918, while in the Army, he coached a championship team at Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute. He moved to Colgate in 1922 |and after five seasons went on to Western Maryland, where he also served as athletic director. Studies Birds, Botany. E WAS born in Philadelphia and prepared for college at Epis- copal Academy. He was gradu- ated from Penn State in 1912 and re- ceived a Master of Science degree there the following year. His hobby is ornothology (a branch of zoology which treats of birds) and he is also a distinguished botanist. Harlow started his coaching career as an ardent member of the Warner school, but he has modified that standard attack with many of his own touches. He has been highly suc- eight seasons his Green Terrors lost | but 13 out of 81 games and averaged 22 points per conflict. The greatest stars developed by him were Eddie Tryon of Colgate and Bill Shepherd, now at Western Maryland. TWO CHAMPS TOP WEEK'S RING CARD Baer, Olin Are Slated for Tiffs—Ex-Title Holders Also Have Bouts. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 7.—The fight business picks up this week, with two champions, Max Baer and Bob Olin, and two former title holders, Tony Can- zoneri and Maxey Rosenbloom, the outstanding figures on the cards. Baer will resume his four-round ex- hibitions at Boston Thursday night against Dick Madden, but the heavy- weight champion is likely to do more clowning than fighting, unless Mad- den should get fresh with him as did King Levinsky 10 days ago. Olin, newly crowned light-heavy- weight champion, also has picked Bos- ton to show his wares, meeting Fanis ‘Tzanatopolous of Lynn, Mass, in a 10-rounder at the Boston Garden Fri- day night. Rosenbloom, from whose head Olin knocked the 175-pound crown, will take on Al Stillman of Detroit at St. Joseph, Mo.,, tonight. Canzoneri, for- mer featherweight and lightweight title holder, is to mix it with Eddie Ran, the hard-punching Pole, at New- ark tonight. Madison Square Garden's Friday night show will be topped by a 10- round duel between Lew Ambers of Herkimer, N. Y., and Harry Dublin- skey of Chicago. Ambers is rated by the New York State Athletic Com- mission the No. 1 challenger for Bar- ney Ross’ lightweight championship, but Friday's battle will be at 140 pounds. e HAVANA RACING HALTED Director Won’t Seek U. 8. Entries Until Promoters Get Property. HAVANA, January 7 (#).—Oriental Park’s Winter race meeflnc. in difi- culties from the start, had run into another snag today. Al Sabath of Chicago, director of racing, announced last night the meet- ing would be lulpmded “for a few days” because of a shortage of suitable HARVARD MENTOR cessful at Western Maryland, for in | < ts your wagon to a star. l cided to turn professional. Vines. Of course, Lott felt that the money the Old Master. has played with Tilden. lose. championship five times. Tilden. activity. The surest way to improve is to meet the finest performer in tiat ficient. No athlete is tested to the until he is faced with certain defeat. and experts are inclined to withhold F YOU want to go places in an athletic way—hitch That's just what George Lott did when he de- He forgot his personal feud with Bill Tilden and signed up to play tennis under the O'Brien banner with Stars Tilden and hopes to net something like $20,000 this coming year, but more than that—he knew that his own game was certain to improve as the result of his matches with He cites the amazing strides Ells- worth Vines has made with his tenis in the time he Lott told of a wager he made with a friend—he bet that after the first three matches with Tilden, he would win from “Big Bill” more often than he would A champion himself, he shared the national doubles Lott welcomes the oppor- tunity to help his own game by frequent matches with Lott's reasoning applies to every field of athletic Playing with easy-marks and set-ups may please your vanity but it isn't likely to make you more pro- boxer until they have seen him “get up off the floor” SEEKING COURT CASH. Reserved by The Ass-iated Preas and fight back. LUGKY TO ESCAPE INJURIES N 1334 Thinks Tribe, Red Sox, A’s. | Yanks Dangerous, Griffs Stronger at Bat, TOUBLES TEAM INTE WORLD MAKES 1Ts 7Ro"Bow (This is anotherof an exclusive series written for the Associated Press by national sports leaders and dealing with 1935 prospects) BY WILL HARRIDGE, President. American Leas | HICAGO, January —They say even a weather man hits it right in his predictions now and then. I certainly | sympathize with him. For three years I predicted a close race in the Amer- ican League and I finally made good in 1934 when Cleveland, New York |and Detroit took turns in leading, | with Detroit finally clinching the pen- nant six days before the campaign ended. Having had American League clubs | help me out in my forecast of a year ago, I see no reason for not predicting at this time that we will have an even more spirited contest for the championship in 1935 Detroit may experience more diffi- culty in capturing the flag than it {did in 1934. The Tigers won their laurels because of the catching and magnetism of Manager Cochrane and | the team’'s immunity from injuries. | They played heads-up base ball from start to finish and Cochrane expects them to repeat. See Change of Tiger Luck. ANAGERS of teams who were runners-up to Detroit claim the Tigers cannot expect to be You are bound to learn a trick or two from the fellow who can beat you. In every popular competitive sport you will find a “bell-cow’—a champion or exceptional performer who shows the way to the other athletes. That is one of the reasons you often see a long line of outstanding performers in one sport at cer- was there. He your own game particular sport. but in the main their styles and In boxing the ultimate degree Fight managers judgment on a tain colleges. For example: Year after year Yale has an abundance of great pole-vaulters. an almost unbroken string of outstanding fullbacks in Joesting, Nagurski, Cross usually has at least one base ball player of major league possibilities on its nine. The New York Athletic Club attracts the best water polo players because Joe Ruddy, the greatest player of them all, holds forth there. Until Paavo Nurmi came over here about 10 vears ago and showed the boys how fast a mile could be run, 4:20 was considered rattlind good time. planted the seea for those amazing records we have been watching since then. Babe Ruth's big bat made major league base ball home run conscious. Eighteen or twenty homers would set the pace for a season before the Babe went on a rampage. Of course, the lively ball helped some, Minnesota had Manders and Kostka. Holy Paavo it was a case of the batters changing swinging from the shoetops. interest in a class is measured by the caliber of the man holding the championship. Golf has never reached the same pitch it touched when Bobby Jones made his grand slam. FIND NEW METHOD OF DOPING HflRSES; |Saliva Test Is Futile as “Slickers” Get Around Narcotic Law. By the Associated Press. IAMI, Fla, January 7.—De- velopment of a stimulant | which contains no narcotics has made ineffective the saliva test with which racing commis- sions seek to stamp out the doping of race horses, reliable sources of infor- mation disclosed today. ‘The new concoction is described as making a horse run just as fast with- out violating the Federal law against narcotics. At the same time, a “wash” is used to take away any signs of a stimulant, with the result that it fails to show in a saliva test taken after the race, Develop New Formula. HEN the saliva test was put into effect at Miami last Winter, causing a short-lived | strike of horsemen who feared they would be ruled off the turf for infrac- tions of the stimulating rule, the ‘slickers” with the aid of chemists and veterinarians developed a formula which is baffling turf authorities. During the first few weeks of the Tropical Park meeting no positive case was found by the State veterinarian, although saliva tests were made of two winners and any horses which acted suspiciously in the paddock or during the running of a race. To say that doping of horses has been eliminated from the daily rou- tine of horsemen brings forth nothing but a laugh from the old timers. No specific case stands out, but there have been instances in which horses have displayed sudden improvement or “run backward.” Hanna Has a Plan, S A result the National Associa- tion of Racing Commissioners is expected to discuss the subject when its representatives meet here later this month to adopt a unified code of rules. Walter Donovan, secretary of the Miami association which pioneered the saliva test, is a strong supporter of the present system of trying to detect the use of stimulants. Mark Hanna of Detroit, president of the national association, would go‘a step farther and establish receiving barns, in which the horses would be in charge of the racing association for several hours before being saddled. WIRTS NAMED PILOT. SACRAMENTO, Calif., January 7 (#)—Elwood “Kettle” Wirts, veteran Sacramento catcher, has been named by President Earl McNeely of Senators as playing manager of the (gD, THE SPORTLIGHT Deans Give Cardinals Tremendous Edge on All Other Clubs in National League. BY GRANTLAND RICE THERE'S A ROAD TO TRAVEL, There’s a road to travel—there’s a road ahead, A road that is none too long— There’s a road that is dark where the fogs are spread And few have the time for song— You can’t turn back—and you can’t turn away As you slog along to the final day. There’s a road to travel—that is full of rocks, A road that the weary know— Where the ghost of failure and defeat still mocks No matter the way you go— There’s a road to travel, where men are made, And God help the quitter who shirks the grade. There’s a road to travel—where storms blow in, A road that will test the A road of failure, defeat and sin, soul— . Where hate and greed block the goal— But never a road where the fighting heart Can’t carry the load from the first rough start. Champs and 1935 Chances. No. 3—The ‘Cardinals. WXNNERS of the National League championship— winners of the world se- the two Deans in 19352 After a slow start, with any num- ber of breaks against them, the Cardi- nals came roaring through in one of the greatest finishes any league ever has known, and from there on they moved along into the base ball cham- pionship of the world. ‘Who is to beat them for the National League pennant this year? The Cubs should be better, but the rest of the lergue is a guess. The Cardinals are no guess with the two Deans on the job. Dizzy and Daffy took care of 49 ball games last season, with Paul, the younger, out of action for some time. This year they should be good for over 50 games, and that is something to shoot against if Frank Frisch can dig up two pitchers who can win 16 or 18 games each. In addition to the two Deans, the Cardinals still have Frisch—a great inflelder—Ducry Wucky Medwick, a star outfielder—Pepper Martin, a greater ball player—no matter where you put him. They still have Collins and several others who can play their share of base ball. But, above all, they have the two Deans—two young stars still short of their prime. To my mind, Dizzy Dean is one of the greatest pitchers I ever saw—and T'll go back to Matty in his prime and work on through Johnson, Walsh, Alexander and any one you can name. He has everything a great pitcher needs—brains, ice water veins, speed, perfect control—a great competitive nature—and, above all, control of a fast curve ball—the one feature that made Rube Waddell one of the stars of all time. . ries—who is going to stop | Hard to Beat. HE Cardinals will be s team to beat this year. Frank Frisch is a winning type—smart, hard- | boiled, gn the job. The Deans are | Typewriter Grags of Washington. winning types. So is Pepper Martin. So is Medwick. So is Collins. They look tc me to be the ball club of the year. This game of sport is hard to guess yin advance. Too many things can| happen. But I like winning types. This is the reason I liked Alabama.| |as outside. In fact, there is more inside than there is outside. A Story on Howell. 'LL tell you another story on Dixie | Howell,” Frank Thomas said just before he started back. “We scrimmaged Dixie 8 minutes | before the first game we played in| late September. That was the last scrimmage he had. I figured he was far too valuable a player to take any his stuff and could come through in a game. “He is the type that doesn’t need the grind—a genius that you seldom see. “I still say that he is the best all- around back that I ever saw, and this includes George Gipp and Red Grange. He never was in a scrim- mage after October, and yet he al- ways was able to play 60 minutes if I needed him. When you com- bine kicking, passing, running, smart- ness, coolness and defensive play—all taken together—I'll take Dixie Howell against any man I ever saw.” And the West Coast will back him up. (Copyright. 1935. by North American Newspaper Alhlnu Inc.) OAKLEY, JR., HEADS LEAFS. TORONTO, January 7 (#).—Clifford Oakley, son of the late George Oak- ley, has been elected to succeed his father as president of the Toronto In- ternational League Base Ball Club. His brother Sidney will be treasurer. WARRENTON TOSSERS BUSY. WARRENTON, Va, January 7.— ‘Warrenton A. C. boy and girl basket ball teams will play Aldie teams here Wednesday night. On January 16 the Warrenton lassies will engage the | | There is some thing inside—as well | risk. I also knew that he knew all | as free from accidents again. If they are correct in such statements, our | race is sure to be closer. New York will be a strong contender again Possibly, if Combs and Dickey had | not been injured last season, the bat- | tle would not have been decided until the very last day. No club can af- ford to lose such a star as Combs for half a season and such a great | catcher as Dickey for the last month | of the campaign. ‘While it may be bromidic to say that pitching is 70 or 80 per cent of a club’s efficiency, nevertheless it has been shown to be true on numerous occa- sions. New York counted on Allen and Van Atta as half of its pitching | “big four” in '34. Neither was able to help except at brief periods. If they come back in '35 the Yankees cer= | tainly will be more dangerous Cleveland has an excellent chance | of improving its standing. The In- dians are strong especially on the mound and at the bat. Even more batting strength has been added by | the acquisition of Outfielder Bruce | Campbell and Infielder Louis (Bozie) Berger. The latter is said to be one of the greatest infield prospects that has come into the league in many years. He is a product of the Uni- Versity of Maryland. B staff and an infield that was weak in spots, still was able to finish fourth in 1034. It should make a stronger bid for the pennant next | season, with the chance that Grove, | Pipgras*and Walberg will be able to | take regular turns in the box. and | with Joe Cronin, a most capable young manager and an exceptionally fine shortstop, piloting the Red Sox. There is no doubt Boston will have a much better balanced team than in '34 Philadelphia appears to be the dark horse. At the outset of last season, it lacked the pitching, but during the last month Connie Mack had his young hurlers working smoothly and winning many splendidly-pitched con- tests. In fact, these youthful pitchers demonstrated that, with a season’s ex- perience behind them, they are going to keep the Athletics well up in the race from the start. Mack has an- nounced he will use Jimmie Foxx, his most powerful batsman. as a catcher. This move will be watched with great interest. Rogers Hornsby worked wonders in his first full campaign at St. Louis. He will have a stronger team in 1935, one that should win more games. The same may be said of Washington and Chicago, both of which were riddled by accidents throughout the 1934 bat- Hle and never able to present their | full strength. Chicago has done some wise weeding out and added some excellent pros- | pects, while Washington has improved | its batting. Stanley Harris is back as manager at Washington, where he won two pennants and has some capa- ble new material to try out. Jimmy Dykes, at Chicago, has had the bene- ‘fit of a year's experience as manager, and I count on him to place a hus- ‘llmg team on the field. 'D.C. NET FANS LOOK | TO BIG SHOW FRIDAY Lott and Stoefen on Mettle as Doubles Champs in Facing Red Sox Better Balanced. OSTON, with a crippled pitching Tilden and Vines. . WHIL!-: most of the attention of the tennis world is centered on the opening of the pro- fessional tennis matches in New York on Wednesday night, Washing- ton followers of George M. Lott, jr., and Lester R. Stoefen, are looking forward to their appearance here Fri- day evening at Catholic University. Lott and Stoefen will carry the opposition against big Bill Tilden and Ellsworth Vines and there is a ques- tion aes to whether the newcomers to pro ranks, rated the, world’s cham- pion doubles team, can stand up against Tilden and Vines at their specialty. As in New York Lott will oppose ‘Tilden in singles and Stoefen will meet Vines. Seats now are on sale here at Spalding’s. Tomorrow Athletic Di- rector A. J. ‘Bergman will begin in- stalling 2,600 seats for the Friday night engagements. A apecm uaht- ing system will be used. —_ PLAY SCORELESS TIE. ALEXANDRIA, Va. January 7.— Alexandria Yellow Jackets and the West All-Stars fought to a scoreless Ltie in a foot ball game here yesterdaye )