Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1935, Page 13

GRANTED REQUEST TO REPORT EARLY Hadley and Linke Do Well at Hot Springs—Bolton Shows Ambition. BY JOHN B. KELLER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss, February 27— Al Powell, the boy Clark Grifith plucked from the ‘Washington sandlots back in 1930, tried here, then shipped to various minor clubs, is all het up over getting another chance to make the grade with the Nationals. 80 eager is the lad who first gained fame as a slugging outfielder with the Takoma Tigers in and about the Capital to prove his worth that he has asked to be permitted to report at the training camp here 10 days ahead of schedule. “Please let me get started with the pitehing squad that will report next Frid Powell has written the Na- tionals’ prexy. “I want to convince you I am ready to step up this time. And besides, I like to get a little extra training for my legs. They will slow up in the off-season.” And Griffith wired the ambitious Al *Come along early and show me what can do.” If Powell's records of his International League play last season mean anything he should show the boss plenty. All the young out- fielder did with Albany in the last campaign was hit .361 as a lead-off Dbatter, become the second best base stealer in the circuit and roll up the second best total for bases resulting from his hits. Hadley and Linke Shed. F AN early training start can fit Al for similar performances in the big show the Washington club would be well repaid for the dollars spent for the few extra days room and board the player's suggested plan will cost. Griffith also has had pleasing news | of Bump Hadley and Ed Linke, the chubby pitchers sent to Hot Springs for weight-shedding exercise before coming to camp here. A missive from Hadley informs the boss that the ex- tra pounds are rolling off with speed, and that both hurlers will be in the pink so far as weight is concerned when they arrive in Biloxi. Hadley also wrote that Linke's arm that was out of whack the latter part of the 1934 campaign apparently is all right again. Both have been doing some throwing and Bump declares Eddie can really zipp the ball right now. | This news so tickled Griffith he wrote the pair to remain at the Arkansas spa & few more days. S0 Hadley and Linke will not check in | here for continuation of training until next Monday. All others of the vet- eran pitching squad are to come along | Friday. Another pitcher has sent in his signed contract, but wants to delay his arrival at camp. Alex McColl, the thin-thatched veteran of many minor campaigns, sent along the papers bearing his signature late yesterday, but accompanied with a request he be permitted to wait until March 4 to reach Biloxi. He has been informed that his presence is desired here March 1 unless he can give the club some reasonable excuse for delay. Bolton Shows Life, cCOLL'S signing leaves only Bob Burke, Earl Whitehill, Jack Russell and Walter Stewart, pitchers, and Buddy Myer, Lyn Lary and Joe Kuhel, inflelders, on the un- od list. signed list. One of the most enthusiastic at yes- terday’s ice was Clif Bolton, the ‘High Point lad expected to do the bulk of the catching for the Nationals this year. Bolton was all about Biloxi Fleld working with the crowd of re- cruits, working so hard he had to be cautioned by Trainer Mike Martin to wcheck up before you check in.” “Been hunting all Winter,” said Clif, “and as soon &s hunting was over up home I hustled right down here.” He hustled to Biloxi all right, for this is his second week in the place and he couldn’t wait for the camp to open officially before get- ting down to his base ball training. Clif went out with a few of the town boys last week in order to get the jump on all his clubmates. It may Dbe that much of Clif's pep comes from the realization he will be the first-string receiver this year, Present plans call for him to be that. Again, it may come from the contract given him for this year. Grifith is not saying, but it is understood he offered Bolton more, much more, than the High Point lad got last season, when he was a hold-out until late in July. Players were swarming all over Biloxi fleld the second day of camp, but actuslly only Bolton and Hol- brook and Redmond, the other catch- ers, and Armbrust, Cohen, Diggs and Scrivener, pitchers, were the property of the Nationals. Among the score at work were Dick Lanahan, the ‘Washington sandlotter brought down by the club for a once-over, fledg- lings from the Albany club and its farms sent here by Griffith's base ball pal, Jge Cambria, and a host of local and nearby talent. ‘Whether any of these young pitch- ers have it or not can’t be learned for some time. But they are all good-siged boys who look good fh their uniforms anyway. — MOUNTS LOOK TO SERIES Set for State Play After Easy ‘Win Over Bowie Quint. Mount Rainier High basketers, Prince Georges County (Md.) scho- lastic champs, today were looking to annual Playground Athletic League tourney for the State title. B | waived to the other majot circut, and | certainly does not express the views of Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Basket Ball. Washington-Lee High at CGon- 2aga. 3:30. | a-zwo town Prep at Western, “George Washington vs. Geneva at Beaver Falls, Pa. Mayfleld High, Fredericksburg, at Dunbar, 3:30. TOMORROW. Wrestling. ‘Washington Auditorium — Main match, two out of three falls, Gino' Garibaldi, St. Louis, .s. Fred Grob- mier, Iowa. Show starts 8:30. ‘Basket Ball. Landon at St. Albans, 3:30. American U. at St. John's, Ane napolis. Swimming. George Washington vs. Dela- ware at Shoreham, 8. Georgetown, Catholic U. and Maryland in extra mural cham- pionships at C. U, 7:30. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Mount St. Mary's vs. George- town at Tech, 8:30. Virginia Medical College at Wil son Teachers, 8. Gonzaga at St. John’s, 8. Georgetown Freshman vs. Washe ington College of Law at Tech, 7:30. Preliminary to G. U. Varsity- Mount St. Mary's game. Georgetown Prep at Western, 3 :30. Rockville High sportmanship tourney. Vocational High, Baltimore, at Dunbar, 3:30. SATURDAY. Boxing. Army vs. Maryland at College Park, 9:30. All-university night. Carnegie Tech at Catholic U, 8:15. Basket Ball. Virginia Medical Colle®y at American U, 8. St. John's, Annapolis, vs. Mary- land at College Park, 7:30. All- university night. St. James at St. Albans, 3:30. Miner Teachers vs. Delaware State at Cardozo, 3:30. Episcopal at Woodberry Forest. Swimming. Central in South Atlantic cham- plonships at Baltimore. Wrestling. New York West Side ¥. M. C. A. at Central Y. Rifle. V. M. 1. at George Washington. CELTS DEFEAT ACACIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 37— St. Mary's Celtics downed the Acacia basketers, 28-25, last night in Armory Hall. In senior league games, the Temple quint downed Alexandria Light Infantry tossers, 35-23, and the | De Molays scored over the Centrals, 21-18, SPORTS copE ILOXI, Miss, February 37.— After 21 seasons with Amer- ican League clubs base ball's most colorful character is none regrets more than Clark Grifith that this had to happen to George Herman Ruth. Yet in his comment that “the Amer- ican League owed Ruth nothing when it let him go,” the Nationals’ president a vast majority of the country's To many close followers of the na- tional pastime the Babe was just about the whole American League in the years immediately after the Black Sox scandal of 1919, and thereafter through many seasons he was regarded as the one man providing base ball with its appeal to the public fancy. To these faithful, whe, afier all, pay the freight in the big “leagues, the Babe, whether he - knocked the apple out of the parks or whether he swung futilely but with zest, was “base ball.” You can't convince them “the American League owed Ruth nothing ‘when it let him go.” It was with this comment concern- ing the balance of the American League’s account with Ruth that the Nationals’ president qualified his ex- pression of regret at the transfer of the veteran to the Boston club of the rival circuit, Babe Was Indulged. RIFFITH went on to State that he was not referring merely to the great amount of pay re- celved by Ruth while the big fellow was in the American League. He added that the Babe was accorded consideration at times far greater than was warranted. That the Babe at times was carried along after sins against organized base ball—sins only techni ‘would have expulsion cal, of course—that brought about the virtual of a lesser light in the game. “The American League was more than fair to Ruth in every way, I'd say,” the Nationaly big boss observed. But they can’t say that the Babe ever committed base ball's greatest sin—failure to give his best in every game played. The Babe, ever a boy at heart, early in his big league o B gy WO N ol of . nly getting into big money, the man with the exuberance of & kid indulged freely in affairs frowned upon by the base ball disciplinarians. Yet he never hurt his club. He was the only victim of _his misbehavior. The Mounts ended their regular season yesterday, drubbing Bowie High, 52-13. Led by Tillie Scott, who had 16 points, the winners piled up a 20-1 lead at the end of the first SO el srenr 8 oAl Bl cosuscssseh | owt T318 \ B 5& It wasn’t long, however, before the Babe realized the error of his ways and buckled down to work. And National League—Boston, 5; 8t. Louis, 0. New York 3; Detroit, 2. Montreal Maroons, 3; New York 1. International League—Buffalo, 1; Cleveland, 0. Inter - league—Oklahoma City (American Association), 2; Minne- apolis (Central), 0. (3 W ASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1935. New Trial With Griffs Peps Al Powell : Ruth Enthusiastic Over H TARAELIRGERS |Tropsdusion Butes W6l Joy as Managers Contemplate Bambino as National Leaguer DUE T0 SET PACE Univeysity, State and Duke Picked in First Round of Tournament. ALEIGH, February 27.—~By to- night all but two of the eight teams entered in the South- ern Conference basket ball tournament—which opens here to- morrow in Memorial Auditorium— will be on the scene. The five out-of-State teams—Wash- ington and Lee, Virginia, V. M. I, Bouth Carolina and Clemson—are due to reach Raleigh during the day. The local State College team is host, and North Carolina and Duke players will not come over until tomorrow. ‘Tomorrow’s pi will begin at 12 o'clock, at which time there will be a street parade which will be par- ticipated in by Gov. Ehringhaus, Mayor George Iseley, competing teams and coaches, civic club leaders, girl sponsors of the teams, and the State College band. Start at 3 O’Clock. IRST-ROUND games will begin at 38 o'clock, with quints from State and V. M. I. meeting in the first game. Then Duke and Virginia will g0 on. State and Duke are expected to come through. ‘Tomorrow night's program will open at 8 o'clock with the “battle of the Carolinas,” North Carolina meeting South Carolina. Just as soon as this game is completed teams from Wash- ington and Lee and Clemson will take the court. North Carolina and Clemson are picked. CHOICE OF OLYMPIC SITE IS POSTPONED International Committee Likely to Act on Bids for 1940 Games Next Friday. By the Associated Press. SLO, Norway, February 27.—The selection of the site for the 1940 Olympic games has been de- ferred until later in the week, probably Friday, by the International Olympic Committee in session here. Because the Itallan delegate said Italy's position had been misunder- stood and that his country still wanted the games, the committee decided to | postpone final decision. Japan and Finland also want the games, the latter having stepped in when it appeared there would be & deadlock. League Is Not Indebted to Ruth, Says Griff; Gets Argument, BY JOHN B. KELLER when this happened Ruth became the game's greatest attraction. No other player ever connected with base ball was able to draw hundreds of thou- sands through the turnstiles as did this most appealing of stars. His Color Hard to Match. HERE may come along another hitter soon as mighty as Ruth. | His season home run record might well be challenged by Gehrig or Foxx or some youngster coming up. But it will be many a year before another with his color as well as prowess will show in the big leagues. In his heyday the Babe was one of the finest flelders in the game as well 8s its greatest home-run buster. He not only was capable on defense me- ted | face Bovello Plumbers tonight at 9:15 ball or retrieving a hit. He naturally lost that mechanical defense play when his legs went back. But he never lost that shrewdness. In passing from the Ambeenmc;: League the great Ruth leaves a colossal monument to himself—the Yankee Stadium. It was the Babe's home runs that enabled Col. Jacob Ruppert, president of the American League's New York Club, to erect the vast plant in the Bronx. He goes to the National League with every fan wishing him well in his career as vice president and as- PICKS GOLF COMMITTEE. Members of the Women’s Golf Com- ced to- 8imcoe, Mrs, Carroll Rhodes, Mrs. L. G. Pray, Mrs. E. C. Scott and Mrs. Harold Beck. Old Friends See Break for Ruth By the Associated Press. BOS'!’ON. February 27.—Two men who probably had more to do with Ruth’s success than BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Bports Writer, RLANDO, Fa., February 27.—With mingled emotions—about equal portions of glee and trepidation—National League managers scat- “tered about Florida welcomed into their circle today the one and only Babe Ruth, the portly gentle- man who has had them tearing out their hair and groaning aloud at various world series times in his 20 years a8 an American Leaguer. The glee came with the acquisition by the Boston Braves of the greatest drawing card in base ball's history, and no one questions that, regardless of his 40 years, his bowed tendons and spavins, his balloon belt- line and wheezing bellows, the Bambino still is the greatest turnstile lure of them all. hit with the Yankees in the American and again he's a hitter and always wi fully on a divan in his hotel lobby doesn’t he? Chicago in 1932. Hit? He can slip plenty far and still be of the right flelders in our league.” Giants, were “tickled to death” about attraction. “I'm only too happy to welcome him he said. “I sat in on the discussions Braves, but for the league. I have a here and I have a talk with him. I tomorrow, when he plans to report.” A. A. U. COURT LIST - T0 CLOSE TONIGHT Tourney Entries Must Be Filed by Midnight—Pairings Will Be Made Friday. IDNIGHT tonight is the dead- line for flling entries in the annual D. C. A. A. U. basket ball tourney which opens Monday at Tech High and Langley Junior High | | School. Entries are being received |at the Boys’ Clut of Washington, 1230 C street. Girl teams should get their entrizs in with Miss Maude Park- | er at the playground office in the District Building up to 6 o'clock this | evening and after that at the Boys' Club. Pairings for first-round games ln‘ the 100, 115, 130 and 1485 pound men’s classes and the girls’ unlimited | division will be made Priday. Heurich Flashes conquered the Twin Oaks Black Hawks. in an overtime | thriller, 26-25, last night to win the Roosevelt Community Center loop title. Tommy Folliard’s sensational shot in the final second of the extra period decided. 4 Jewish Community Center tossers at Eastern. Other results: [19. Invi Flying Eagles, 34; Standards, 21. Army War College Juniors, 51; Boys’ Band, 13. Renrocs, 43; Navy, 20. H. 0. L. C, girls, 20; Marvin South- ern Methodists, 6. Flying Eagles are after games with %tm}wd class teams. Call North ‘Washington Grays, 130-pounders, have & gym, but want a game for tomorrow night. North 2654, A game for Sunday with a team having a floor is sought by the New- ton Market 130-pounders. Columbia FOUR END CAREERS AS G. W. DRIBBLERS Howell, Noonan, Ruley and Shir- ley Play Tonight Against Geneva at Beaver Falls. OUR George Washington court- men will play their final basket ball game for the Colonials to- night when G. W. closes its season against the Geneva College quint at Beaver Falls, Pa. They are Jimmy Howell, captain; Bill Noonan, Reds uley and Dallas Bxl;lrley Only Howell In @ pre-Christmas contest Colonials defeated Geneva, 60-38, but the latter has since improved markedly and is figured to furnish G. W. plenty of argument tonight. PERKINS’ HOME ROBBED. The trepidation came with the realization that now they've got to face him for a large part of 154 games & year instead of a few now and then in annual poste season duels. The Babe may not be good enough to League any more, but to the National Leaguers he’s shell-shocked time ill be. “Too old to hit?” muttered Casey Stengel, manager of the Dodgers, as he chewed the situation over thought- here. “Say, we haven't ever gotten him completely out yet, have we? He hits National League pitching like he owned, it, “I've got just one hope. He shouldn’t go 'round our league calling his shots like he did against the Cubs in He'll always be able to hit. better than most Bill McKechnie, whom Ruth will assist in the man- agement of the club, and Bill Terry, manager of the the whole thing. They told the Associated Press by long-distance phone. McKechnie, in St. Petersburg, said the Babe was just what the Braves need—a distance driver and a good McKechnie quickly dissipated any idea that might be lingering around that Ruth is to replace him as manager. as my assistant,” over the last six weeks and it's & wonderful thing, not only for the complete under- standing with the club. I know the Babe will play his full share of games. He may play right fleld regularly or I may give him the chance he has always wanted—to play first base. We'll decide that when he gets down won't know until base ball fame. Harridge Sorry To See Ruth Go By the Assoclated Press. RLANDO, Fla., February 27— ‘William Harridge, president of the American League, arrived today with Mrs. Harridge for a short vacation and expressed sor- Tow at the departure of Babe Ruth from the American League. “No one knows how sorry I am to see him go,” he said, “but what could we do? We had nothing to offer him, and he richly deserves the chance he is getting to enter another phase of one of the great- est careers in base ball history. “It's impossible to say in words what Ruth has meant to base ball and the American League. I wish him all the success in the National League that he had with us. Our loss is their gain. Hell mean a great deal to them, both in pla; ing strength and as a gate attrac- tion.” Local Teams, Maryland, 41: Johns Hopkins, Tech High, 48; Charlotte Hal Gonzaga, 26; Alexandria High, 22. Georgetown Prep, 24; Rockville, 21. Friends, 32; Landon, 16. Sherwood High, 16; Woodward, 10, Mount Rainier, 52; Bowle, 13. East. QGrove City, 42; Washington and Jefferson, 25. Glenville, 44; Morris Harvey, 40. Brooklyn College, 39; St. Francis, 26. Loyola (Baltimore), 32; St. John's (Annapolis), 25. Salem, 48; Fairmont State Teach- ers, 37. Davis and Elkins, 67; Kanawha Col- lege, 19. Glenville, 44; Morris Harvey, 40. South. Richmond, 59; William and Mary, 9. Virginia Tech, 25; Virginia Military, 2%, Virginia Tech Frosh, 37: Virginia Military Frosh, 24. Unlngdln-elmmom. 55; St. Edward’s ‘Southern Methodist, 40; Baylor, 23. Texas Christian, 27; Texas, 24. Hampden-Sydney, 35; Lynchburg, 33. Middle West. Baldwin Wallace, 63; Hiram, 26, Bluffton, 44; Findlay, 31, Akron, 34; Heldelberg, 22. Illinois College, 39; Carthage, 29. Marquette, 31; Lawrence, 24. Iowa Wesleyan, 28; Parsons, 22. Grinnell, 33; Coe, 20. Monmouth, 40; Bradley Tech, 27, Oregon State, 35; Idaho, 27. Jamestown College, 21; Teachers, 20. North Dakota State, 46; Moorhead ‘Teachers, 24. Huron College, 35; Eastman Normal, 29. Nebraska Wesleyan, 37; Peru Teachers, 30. St. Olaf, 38; Augsburg, 26. St. John's, 39; Macalester, 43. Ottawa, 37; William Jewell, 31. Oklahoma A. and M., 21; Tulsa, 17. 8t. Louis U, 41; Wi 33. Southern Illinois Teachers, 49; St. Viator, 28. Marshall College, 35; Dayton, 33. Drury, 31; Missouri Valley, 24. Far West. ncw-do College, 28; Greeley State, New Mexico, 38; Arisons, 15. Oregon, 35; Washington, 30. Whitman, 20; Willamette, 28. VAUGHAN IS PACIFIED. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Feb- ruary 27 ()—Arky Vaughan, one of Babe Ruth, as he appeared as a very earnest young man in a Red Sox suit before he clouted his way to Now he is back in the same environ- ment even though he is with another club. . | land’s attack last night by scoring 23 | points between them, but high indi- Mayville | w, Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. TERP QUINTET NOW NEAR 50-50 RECORD | Makes It 7 Wins in 15 Starts| by Beating Hopkins—Has Three More Tilts. i A FTER getting off to a poor start, University of Maryland's basket ball team today envisioned at least an even break for the season as a result of a 41-to-35 victory scored over Johns Hopkins last night in Balti- mere, ‘The triumph in the first of the | annual two-game series between the two schools was Maryland's sevehth win of the campaign, as against eight defeats. Remaining on the slate are St. John's of Annapolis on Saturday, Hopkins in the second tilt on March 6 and Georgetown on March 11. By winning two of this remaining trio the Terps can gain a 50-50 rating. On the basis of last night's perform- ance, St. John's and Hopkins should be | beaten, Vic Willis and Al Waters led Mary- vidual honors went to Herb Siegel of the Blue Jays, who accounted for 17 points. The teams battled on even terms in the first half, which wound up 21-all. Early in the second period Hopkins took & small lead, but the Terps quickly overcame the margin and forged sfeadily ahead. Summary: Maryland (41 GF. ) o | ommtizacks oHmOmECy: Totals.....15 538 ol . s GONZAGA 26-22 VICTOR Improved Five Wins at Expense of Alexandria High. Gonzaga's improved basket ball team came through with & 26-22 vic- tory yesterday over Alexandria High's quint on the Gonzaga court. Roache and Hanley led the attack of the Purple, who were in front at the half, 15-9. Burrell of the Twins, with 12 points, was the game’s high scorer. Summary: Gonzaga (2! Alexandria (22). '%Tfim‘ 87 Totals. Referee—Mr. Simpson. YALE SETS SWIM RECORD H Relay Beats Time for 400-Meter Long Course Event. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 27 {®)—A Yale relay team established & new national long-course record for the 400-meter free style by turning in a time of 4:164%. The former record of 4:17% was set July 14, 1981, by the Hui Nalu Club of Honolulu. Team L CARS Babe’s New Deal Seen at Glance By the Assoclated Press. YORK, February 27.—Here's the six-point program of the offer under which Babe Ruth goes to the Boston Braves: 1. Straight salary contract, re- ported to be $25,000. 2. An official executive position, second vice president of the club. 3. Assistant manager under Bill McKechnie, 4. A share in the profits during the term of contract. 5. An option to purchase stock. 6. An opportunity to become part owner. EXODUS AT HAND FOR NAVY TEAMS Record Will Be Set When Six Play Saturday on Foreign Fields. A Academy, the largest number that ever has contested away from Annapolis on the same day, will be in action at different points next Saturday. It is probable also that the total number of Navy ath- letes will be the greatest that has been away from the Academy on one day. Navy boxers and wrestlers both will contest in their final matches, the former against Pittsburgh at Pitts- burgh and the latter at State Col- lege, against Pennsylvania State. The basket ball team, also playing its final game of the year, will be opposed by William and Mary at Willlamsburg. Militarists at Home. HE swimmers and water poloists of the Navy will meet the aquatic performers of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in Philadel- phia, and the sixth activity of Navy athletes on the road will be the gym meet against Massachusetts Tech at Cambridge. At home the Navy will engage al- most entirely in the sports which NNAPOLIS, February 27.—Six athletic teams of the Naval It will fence with the varsity and freshmen of Columbia, the former being defending intercollegiate cham- plons, and it has two small-bore rifle matches — the varsity against the ashington. Two other plebe matches are on the list—swimming against Mercers- burg Acadamy and gymnastics with Newark State Normal. 6. U. PREP GETS EVEN Defeats Rockville, to Which It Lost Earlier in Year. Georgetown Prep basketers evened yesterday, defeating the latter, 24-21, on the Rockville floor. paign. the half the score was tied at 11-all. Hugh Spalding, guard and captain, gave his team & 15-13 lead early in the final half by sinking a court goal, and the Garrett Parkers managed to keep in front the remainder of the way. Georgetown Prep, which got off to nicely, ends its season Friday against Western High on the Georgetowners’ floor. This tilt will be the final for Lloyd Rice, crack center; Capt. Spalding, guard, and Billy Dettweiler, forward. They are slated to graduate in June. Rice scored 12 points yes- terday. Summary: Geo. Prep. ( 24). k i Rockville P [ETSTIeEY Totals. e TECH TAKES FINAL GAME End a Disappointing Season by Beating Charlotte Hall. Tech High basketers finished & rather disappointing season yesterday in walloping the Charlotte Hall quint, 48-22, on the McKinley court. At the start of the season Tech was the favorite of many to win the public high crown, but the best the Gray could do was to finish third with four wins and as many losses. And ‘the prospects for next season loom even darker for the Gray. Carl Heintell, the new coach, will have to find replacements for all five of this season’s first stringers. Daly, Farrell, Mulits, Billings and Roland all are listed to get their diplomas the coming 8pring. Summary: Charlotte Hall (32). aFFu SHOOTS PERFECT SCORE Young Larry Williams Sets Pace in Skeet Competition. Larry Williams, crack 13-year-old shot of the National Capital Skeet Club, was the lone contestant to have . fect score on 25 birds in the mm latest competition. the 75-bird event McClure, Huseman and Cos tied. each with 65. o 2 AL CARTY 1608 IS have a special military connection. | University of Maryland and the plebes gllml Western High School of | the season's count with Rockville High | i The Preps | bowed to Rockville earlier in the cam- It was a struggle all the way. At | & mediocre start with its green squad | this season, but since has come along | LS. JULLIEN.I2. || 1443 P 5t.N.W. NO.8076 | New Job THINKS HE'S G000 FOR 100 BATILES {Pilot’s Job Due Next Year. Babe Will Get Share of Braves’ Profits. BY ALAN GOULD, (Associated Press Sports Editor.) EW YORK, February 27.—Babe Ruth, filled with enthusiasm by the deal which ‘shifts him from the New York Yankees and the American League to the Bos- ton Braves and the rival National League as a player, assistant club man- ager and vice president, talked confi- dently today of another big comeback. “I ought to be able to play at least 100 games for the Braves this year,” he declared. “I never felt better. I'm down to weight now—around 230— and if my legs hold out I hope to do my part toward helping my oid friend, Bill McKechnie, land the Boston club up somewhere in the National League race, “I know it's & tough league right |now. Some of that pitching, like the | Deans and Hubbell, will be plenty | hard to crack, but I will welcome & ! chance to see what I can do. | “I used to like hitting in the Polo Grounds, and from what I've seen or heard, some of the other fences around the National League will look like |home to me again. Maybe we will | have some fun. | “I'm tickled to death with this | chance, not only because it sends me back to an old home town, Boston, but | because it gives me the best chance for a real future in the major leagues. | “I hope to play as long and as often as I can—maybe two or three years more—but I also feel I can look | forward to a happy connection with |the game when my playing days are | over.” Promised Manager's Job. LL this from the man who was supposed to be “all washed up” | after hobbling through the fin- | ishing stages of his last season with | the Yankees: who flatly declared after- | ward that his playing days were over, and who threatened to quit base ball {unless he got a job as a big league manager. Within less than a week after his return from a world tour, during | which he startled the natives of Japan and the Philippines with his long- distance hitting, Ruth was persuaded | to_accept the one opportunity that holds forth prospect of fulfilling his managerial ambitions. He will serve this year as first assist- ant to Willlam D. McKechnie, veteran ! leader of the Braves since 1930, but he has the assurance of Emil E. Fuchs, . president of the Boston club, that he | will be considered as field manager | for 1936—if the circumstances war- | rant and such a chance is “mutually” | satisfactory. McKechnie is slated to become gen- eral manager of the Braves, if and ;wnen he is ready to yield the fleld | reins to the famous slugger. The one-time orphan boy of Balti- more thus moves back under dramatic | circumstances to the town where he first gained major league base ball fame and where, as a figure still idol- ized by American fandom, he will help attempt the financial salvation of a club that, only a month or so ago, was in danger of becoming the orphan on the National League's doorstep. | Signs Two Contracts, THE deal by which Ruth’s Ameri- can League career ends after 21 years climaxes a gallant fight by Fuchs to put the Braves back on their feet. Col. Jacob Ruppert, sole owner of the Yankees, was first approached by Charles F. Adams, vice president of the Braves, last December. A rapid- fire sequence of negotiations closed the deal after Ruth accepted the com- prehensive terms of Fuchs' offer and obtained his unconditional release from Col. Ruppert. Although they were given reluc- tantly in_one or two cases, walvers on Ruth were obtained from the other American League clubs, none of which could offer the Babe any- thing to match his opportunity with the Braves. ‘The Boston club did not pay a cent for Ruth’s release, thereby dis- posing of reports that Ruppert would demand substantial payment if he | let the Babe go for any position | except that of a full-fledged manager. Ruth's agreement with the Braves —for a three-year period—calls for him to sign a straight player con- tract at a flat salary, reported to be $25000. Under a separate contract he will receive a percentage of the club profits. He also has the privilege of be- coming a part owner by purchasing club stock “at a reasonable figure,” but Fuchs remarked he would not advise the Babe to buy Into the Braves until such time as Ruth felt he wanted to cast his future defl- nitely with the organization. League Is Pleased. ATIONAL LEAGUERS without exception hailed the acquisi- tion of Ruth as & ten-strike for the senior circuit as well as for O|the Braves in their struggle for (Continued on Page 14, Column () ONEx Do ON THE FAMOUS Goodrich Ssafety Silvertown No Delay—No Red Tape Use Our Easy Pay Plan Goodrich Silvertown vw Stores i