Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1935, Page 13

Faith in Harris Inspires Griffmen : Colleges OPTIMISH OF '3 RULES ATBILOK Batterymen Believe Club Will Have Great Year. All Axes Buried. BY JOHN B. KELLER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 6.—There B is a spirit of optimism about this Washington ball club that is strongly reminiscent of the training camp here in 1933, the last year that the Nationals won the championship in the American League. Of course, other than Al Powell, the outfielder, all the players in the squad conditioning at present are batterymen. But among these bat- terymen, especially the veteran pitchers, there seems to be a feeling that this will be a great ball club. The old timers in the ranks are not predicting any pennant for their out- fit. They are cagey enough to steer shy of any such expression. That usually is the way with veteran ball players, but deep down in their hearts they are convinced of their pitching goodness and are firm in their con- victions that the Washington ball club this year will be something far better than was the aggregation that finished seventh in last year's race. Talking with seven oldsters of the mound staff, one immediately gets this impression of stability, of poten- tial strength. The seven include the right-handed Monte Weaver, Bump Hadley, Ed Linke, Jack Russell and Al Thomas, and Earl Whitehill and Bob Burke, left-handers. To a man these pitchers see a fine year for the Na- tionals. Think Harris Best Pilot. N THE first place, each and every one of these seven pitchers is per- fectly satisfied with the salary agreement reached with Clark Grif- fith, president of the ball club. Some had their arguments with the prexy, but all were amicably settled. And, in the second place, each and every one of these seven pitchers regards Bucky Harris as the finest manager in | the big leagues. Some of them have had their differ- ences with Harris. the Tigers, the left-handed Whitehill at times found it difficult to get along with Bucky, who then was in charge of the Detroit club. And Burke in his early days with Washington found Harris troublesome, he thought. did Hadley when he first came up to the big show. It’s all different now. Each and every one of these pitchers is thor- oughly loyal. Each and every one will tell you that Bucky is the best man in the business. And each and every one is confident he will give the Washing- ton ball club a great lot of pitching this year. They have caught the op- timistic spirit of their manager. WHITEHILL is firm in his belief that he will have a successful year. to the Orient after last season. I did a lot of pitching over there and kept myzelf in splendid shape. I have come to camp knowing I don’t have to battle to take off a bunch of spare tires. That's been my trouble for several years, you know. “I came down here with the pros- pect of having a bit of an argument with Mr. Griffith about the salary proposition. Well, that was settled quickly. You know, Griff is a pretty fair guy. After talking with him I realized I might have been wrong after all in my attitude and it wasn't diffi- cult for us to get together. “And as for those troubles I had with Harris when he was managing the Detroit club while I played with it, well, you can forget about that. I'm older now, and so is Harris. And I always have considered Bucky the brainiest menager in the game. We aren't going to have any difficulties.” Burke Has Same Views. URKE is the same way about his ideas of the situation. “When T first came up from Little Rock to the Washington club I was a per- fect greenie, of course. I didn't know what it was all about. And then I thought Harris e harsh task- master. Well, I have learned since that he's a regular fellow. Since I found him to be a thorough base ball man in every way and as I have learned how big league clubs must be run I elso have found that Bucky knows how to run one. I am confident he will give me a chance to make & starting pitcher of myself— the chance I have waited for so long.” ‘The way Whitehill and Burke re- gard this new manager and their club this time is the way the other pitchers who have been around the league three years or more consider the situation. To them Harris is without an equal. They like the way he conducts a training camp. They think highly of his methods of deal- ing with players. They are strong for their field general and as & con- sequence strong for their club. ‘There is a spirit pervading the pitching squad that smacks of the 1933 training season here. It cer- tainly appears that the Washington ball club will have plenty of pitching this year. COURT RESULTS Woodward School, 23; Friends 8chool, 15. Duquesne, 46; Carnegie Tech, 34. ‘Waynesburg, 46; Washington and Jefferson, 36. St. John's, 35; Western Mary- land, 34. g Huntington, 52; Adrian (Mich.), 52. Game called by mutual consent at the end of three overtime periods. Beloit, 28; Ripon, 22. Doane, 41; Hastings, 32. Salem, 52; Bethany, 46. Davis and Elkins, 56; West Virginia Wesleyan, 45. St. Viator, 30; Valparaiso, 14. Rio Grande (Ohio), 39; Mountain Btate College (W. Va.), 23. Upper Iowa, 28; Simpson, 22. Mount Union, 52; Muskingum, 32. Wallace, 50; John Car- b While he was with | So | “In the first place,” | says Earl, “I was helped by my trip | Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Basket Ball. Hopkins at Maryland, 8. Georgetown at Pittsburgh | Armstrong Night vs. Leesburg Athletics at Armstrong, 9:15. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Georgetown vs. West Virginia at Morgantown. Douglass High at Armstrong High, 3:30. Eastern High in Washington and Lee tourney at Lexington. Armstrong Night vs. Douglass Evening High (Baltimore) at Arm= strong, 9. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Newark State Normal at Wilson Teachers, 8. . Swimming. George Washington in intercol- legiates at U. of Pittsburgh. SATURDAY. Wrestling. York (Pa.) Y. M. C. A at Cen- tral Y. M. C. A, 8. Rifle. Coast Guard Academy at George Washington. : Maryland vs. Navy, at Annapolis, :30. Western vs, Navy Plebes, at An- napolis, 1:30. George Washington girls vs. Drexel and Northwestern. Tele- graphic match, Swimming. George Washington in intercol- legiates at U. of Pittsburgh. Basket Ball. Poolesville (Md.) Junior High School tourney, at Poolesville, 7:30. R TERRAPINS HOSTS: HOYAS VT PIT {Game With Jays Tonight Is Maryland’s Last Before Meeting Georgetown. » v ball quints, Georgetown and Maryland, swing back into aetion fonight with the Terra- pins entertaffiing Johns Hopkins ‘at College Park and the Hoyas facing Pittsburgh in the 8moky City. For Maryland, tonight's tilt will be the last prior to the meeting next Monday with Georgetown. The Hoyas have one more game on the docket after tonight. West Virginia will be encountered tomorrow at Morgan- town. Both of Georgetown's games are in the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference. ‘The Terrapins’ hopes have been boosted by the return of Bernie Buscher, star forward, who has been out for some time with an injured ASHINGTON'S two remain- ing active college basket Old Liners expect to score their sec- ond triumph of the year over Hop- kins, which bowed previously in Balti- more. Georgetown is conceded little chance against Pitt and West Vir- ginia. Both handily whipped the Hoyas in previous games. Copyright, A. leg. With Buscher in the line-up, the | Boss Bucky Looks ’Em Over The Foening Shat Sporels WA TAYLOR DEFENDING JOB WITH DODGERS Left Fielder, Facing Fight With Rookie, Joins Squad at Playing Weight. RLANDO, Fla.—Danny Taylor has reported to training camp in top condition and the Brooklyn Dodgers have Stan- ley Borgadary to thank for it. Taylor, who weighed over 200 pounds at this time last year, scales a neat 185 today, chiefly because he knows he has a battle on his hands to keep his left-fleld job out of the hands of Borgadary, highly-touted recruit the Dodgers bought during the Winter. IAMI BEACH, Fla—To Gus Mancuso, apparently, it was an idle question. The New York Giants’ first-string catcher was asked which of the Giants’ pitchers had reached the best early-season form. “Hubbell,” said Gus, astonished ap- parently by the query. “He’s the bast any time.” RADENTON, Fla.—Manager Frank Frisch planned only a routine practice today for his St. Louis Cardinals pending the arrival of the remainder of the squad tomorrow. Joe Medwick, stubborn holdout, is due to arrive then for a conference with President Sam Breadon. Joe is reported to have demanded $10,000, away and beyond the Cards’ offer. VALON, Calif.—Lonnie Warneke, ace of the Chicago Cub pitching SHINGTON, D. C., staff, will make his first start of the year tomorrow by pitching a few innings for the yannigans against the regulars in the first camp game. ‘Warneke reports he is in the best shape of his short but brilliant career. | BY JIM BERRYMAN. | ILOXI, . Miss, March 6—A | {@eorgia Cracker with a dash | of local flavoring is causing | some raised eyebrows and few | elbow prods down here along the Guif shore. The young man hails from Augusta, where he did his daily dia- | mond chores in the outfield for his home town’s high school nine. Two years ago Arch Scrivener traveled northward and dropped anchor at Alexandria, Va. Immedi- ately his nostrils sniffed sensitively, | through and beyond the unperfumed acrid wisps along the Memorial High- way, to a college ball club in the Na- tion’s Capital. A short time later found him working out in the Buff and Blue uniform of George Wash- | ington University. | Merely a Volunteer. | Arch volunteered to aid the insuf- ficient hurling corps in its work of tossing to the batters during practice one afternoon, but the trouble was the | P. Wirephoto. BILOXI, Miss., March 6.—Stanley Raymond Harris, new-old manager of the Senators, here is seen in characteristic attitude behind the batting cage at the ball park here inspecting the deliveries of the Washington pitching candidates. Harris terms his fledglings the “best looking bunch of young pltchers he ever has seen in a training camp.” g [J COLONIALS STAR IN THE SOUTH. BUCKY HARRIS SAYS THIS YOUNG SOUTHPAW HAS HIS BACK BEHIND EVERY ONE HE Harris Rates Arch Scrivener, Griffs’ Young Mound Hopeful, As “Another Tommy Bridges” stickmen weren't getting much prac- tice except in swinging. Coach Mor- ris sauntered over to see just what ailed the boys with the willow wands, | and suddenly he saw—and how and what he saw. A half-pint southpaw | with a Jo-jah accent and a wicked | curve. And he saw even more—this pee-wee pitcher was mixing that surve up with fast ones and slow ones; some cut the inside corners and some dz:ted elusively over the outside mar- gins. The coach went back and took a nice big glass of cold water—gulped down twin aspirins and returned. ‘The phenomena still was in progress. He called little Arch over to the side- lines, surveyed him carefully from head to foot, which was not a very extensive survey at that, and duly in- formed him that he was, from that moment, on the G. W. U. pitching staff. And he was exactly that. H's sud- den rise to hurling fame in collegiate ball and Virginia League competition has passed beyond the realm of news. He tossed for the highly successful American Legion team of Alexandria and put the Charlottesville delega- tion on the map of the Old Dominion State. When the Nationals’ boss man, Mr. Griffith, witnessed a two-hit victory against the strong University of Rich- mond outfit, he thereupon homestead- ed a claim upon Mrs. Scrivener's little boy—and that's the story of how he happens to be teething on shrimp down in the land of high taxes and low bridge. Taking on Weight. RIFF was somewhat dismayed by the youngster’s undersized phys- ique, so he launched him on a fattening-up campaign. In one year he has gained 18 pounds and stretched an inch, but now Arch himself has become feverish over the “get-big- and-go-places” idea, and bogs himself with gallons of cream, tons of butter and acres of potatoes. He has one slogan ever in his mind—"It's stamina I'm after.” And if you knew Arch, you'd know he will achieve that stamina in large hunks. He seems to have the heart, head and will to be- come a big leaguer. But best of all right now, he has something on the horsehide and a great natural tossing style. There is no jerk in his delivery, just a smooth combination of muscle and timing and a complete follow-through. Griff and Bucky stand and watch the young rook go through his paces. The former says little, but there is a tell- tale twinkle back of the white bushy canopy under the brim of his hat. The new manager nods to a nearby scribe and says: “Another Tommy Bridges—well, I'll be doggoned.” PLAY FOR WORMESLEY Benefit Basket Card On Tonight. Olmsted Buys 100 Tickets. For the benefit of Benny Wormes- ley, ill former sandlot base ball player basket ball and at 9 8t. Mary’s Celtics and Olm- sted Grill face. Bert Olmsted has bought 100 tickets and distributed them among mem- bers of the Boys’ Club of Washington. ‘The admission charge is 25 cents. AWAITING NAVY QUINTET. Fans at Duke and Willlam and Mary are awaiting the invasion of the Navy basket ball team led by Buzz Borries and Dusty Dornin. The Middies play at Durham Friday night and Williamsburg Saturday evening in their first post-season trip to any sector. 3 FIORE HIGH ROLLER. Houston Piore took the in Petworth Singles Bowling League, and 331 set, en: Tosses..! BiLox)= Miss. Proposed Basket Changes Popular 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. NNAPOLIS, Md., March 6.—In the basket ball game played last night at Annapolis be- tween St. John's and Western Maryland. and won by the former, 35 to 34, the first half was played under the proposed rules, which eliminate the jump after scoring and also the pivot play. The new plan worked smoothly and was voted a success by a large majority of those present. It also was approved by Paul Menton, leading basket ball authority of the State, who was referee. INDIANS INTRIM AS THEY REPORT Their Fitness Is Pleasing | to Johnson—Yankees Try Hoag at Third Base. By the Assoclated Press. | EW ORLEAN S.—Manager | with the way his Cleveland Indians are turning up at near normal. Even the veteran third baseman, better this year than “in several Springs.” these fellows have been thinking seri- ously about our chances during the T. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Myril Hoag has been trying for several years the New York Yankees. Now he’s taking & whirl at third base and may “I'm just experimenting with Hoag,” says Manager Joe McCarthy. “Maybe “I'm going to keep him there for a while, anyway, and see.” casualty of the season in their camp, the Philadelphia Athletics tory to resuming their series with the ‘Yanigans. teams the Yanigans took a 7-5 lacing yesterday from the regulars and suffered a split thumb while backstop. apparently has an eye on the house as well as one on the busi- ness at hand. The Braves training camp was clut- Walter Johnson is pleased training camp, their poundage down Willie Kamm, said he was feeling “It looks,” Johnson said, “as if Winter.” to get a regular outfield job with make the grade. he’ll be all right as an infielder. \ORT MYERS, Fla.—With a first took a day of rest today preparaf In a lively game between the two Charley Moss, Yanigan right fielder, playing ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Babe Ruth tered with spectators—an enviable ‘| number of them. “If we have crowds like that for our exhibition games,” Ruth observed to Secretary Cunningham, “it would give us & nice real start.” He added that he intended playing * | Saturday against the Cincinnati Reds at Tampa. ARASOTA, Fla.—Byron Humphries, rookie pitcher at the Red Sox camp, who spent last season with the Joplin club, has run into a bit of bad luck. Humphries reported his right arm, the throwing member, a little sore, and was ordered to & few days’ rest. Humphries is fearful of losing his place among the ambitious youngsters who are trying to attract favorable attention from Manager Joe Cronin. EST PALM BEACH. Fla.—John- ny Burnett, hard-hitting in- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935. Aiming to Safegua —By JIM BERRYMAN WHAT D'YUH MEAN - HE HASN'T SPEED 2 THAT \ GRIFF (5 WATCHING N HIM CLOSELY © SCRIVENER.... GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY'S LITTLE LEFT-HAND PITCHER 1$ MAKING QUITE A FAVORABLE /MPRESSION AT THE NATIONALS' TRAINING CAMP... HE HAS A SMOOTH STYLE aND SEEMS To HAVE SOMETHING ON THE BaLL.... L3 BASE BALLERS TO MEET. Organization of the newly formed United States Government Base Ball il.ugue will be furthered at a meet- ing tomorrow night, at Room 5232, new Justice Department, at 8 o'clock. | Bureau of Investigation, N. R. A, | Treasury, P. W. A. and Federal Hous- ing Administration have indicated their intention of competing and Io!her Government teams wishing to join should be represented. THE SPORTLIGHT Sports World Is Ever Gay With Color Despite Passing of Glamorous Stars. BY GRANTLAND RICF. HOSE who have been mourn- ing the passing of Dempsey and Ruth—the days of Hagen and Tilden as champions— those who have been asking for more color in sport—have little complaint left for 1935. Ruth is about through as a player, but the Dean family will supply its share for base ball. The two brothers this season should be good for winning 50 games, although many ball players this is too high after their big year in 1934. Dizzy is one of the most color- ful of all ball players, because there is nothing synthetic about his rainbow tinting. Every move he makes is natural—not planned in advance for any effect. There also is plenty in the way of | color connected with Mickey Coch- rane, the high-strung mandarin of the Tigers—to say nothing of School- boy Rowe, Ducky Medwick, Pepper Martin and several others. The same goes for boxing, with Max Baer ruling the top roost. No one ever can complain of Baer's drabness or his somber tones. Few heavyweights ever have stirred up as many arguments or started as much turmoil as Baer has started in his first season as head man. His willingness to fight or clown 4 or 10 rounds against all comers has been something different. Baer will accommodate any oppo- nent who wants to start getting se- rious or rough in his exhibitions. If his opponent doesn’t care about taking llhhnrd punch, then Baer will put on a oW What About Golf? OLF has no complaint to make along the line of colorful per- formers. The old Haig is still around, giving a show every now and then, even when he isn't winning. In a recent tournament I saw him turn to a big gallery with this remark, as he faced a 50-foot downhill putt: “I'll have to sink this one because I don’t want to be embarrassed by miss- ing a 2-footer in front of this crowd.” And the putt dropped in, to the gallery’s roar. Bobby Jones will be back in action again at Augusta early in April in one of the main tourncments of the year. And the fleld this time will.be even faster than it was a year ago. As far as color goes, show me a more colorful performer than Tommy Armour, the silver fox. Or Bobby “Did you ever know,” Armour asked me recently, “that Bobby Cruickshank was one of the greatest all-around athletes that Scotland ever had? He was brilliant at several games, espe- clally at boxing, where at 130 pounds he stood at the top.” bt b B &0 TSresting personaliy’ an & quick, keen, biting tongue that spares no one when he has an opinion to offer which he believes is right. Gene Sarazen is another with plenty in the way of color, and the same goes for Lawson Little, the United States and British amateur champion—a slashing hitter who catches the imme- diate fancy of the crowd. Another Entry. N LOOKING for color you can also turn to little Helen Hoerger, the 5-year-old diving star from Coral the crowd at first sight. In the first place, she has all the poise and confidence of & veteran. In a one-piece bathing { tion—and then makes her dive—you | get an eyeful of personality that was | | learning how to walk four years ago. “Helen was swimming when she was 11 months old,” her mother told me. That is what you might call a fairly young start. In about five years the same young diving competition for women. not only has fine form now, but all the confidence of Dizzy Dean or Max Baer., ‘What Is Color? HIS question has been asked many times. There is no answer. It is a personality that registers— that catches the crowd’s interest and holds its attention. A great star may have little color— be mechanically perfect, or close to | perfection—and yet lack that some- | thing which is more on the human side. Many great ball players lack color. | But no one has to ask about it when of the picture and tongues begin chattering. Color may be composed of human frailties as well as human virtues. And often the frailties, or the faults, add more to the color scheme than the virtues do. For the average human being isn't very close to being flawless, or per- fect—and he knows it. (Copyright. 1935, by North American ewspaper Alliance. Inc.) ENGLISH-AMERICAN POLO REVIVAL SEEN Change in Rule Governing Cup Would Permit Yankees to In- vade Next Year. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, March 6.—Polo en- thusiasts foresaw today a revival of interest in international com- petition as a result of a radical amend- ment in the rules governing play for the West Chester Challenge Cup. Announcement was made yesterday that future matches for the cup would be played alternately in England and the United States, disregarding a pro- vision in the deed of gift which speci- fied that the matches should be played in the country holding the trophy. As a result, negotiations are under way for a renewal of the international series between the United States and England in Great Britain next year. If they go through, the matches prob- , | ably will be played in June under the auspices of the Hurlingham Commit- mmm body of the sport in Eng- The United States has held the cup ever since 1921. Great Britain’s last invasion was made in 1930. “Y” SEXTETS IN GAME. Business Girls of the Y. W. C. A. will meet the Baltimore Sports Club sextet in their second basket ball game of the season Saturday at 4 o'¢lock in the Y. W. gym at Seventeenth and K streets. The D. C. girls won the first game played in Baltimore, but ex- pect to encounter a stronger foe Sat- urday. Lucille Clifton is the ace scorer of the Washington combination. NEW AUTO GLASS Not Over $2.00 ‘GLASSER’S Sud snd Plorids Ave. NE. Dis. 3670 r d Boxing Helen will be hard to beat in any | She | | little crowd appeal. Such a star may | a Ruth, a Dempsey, a Hagen, a Baer | or a Dizzy Dean steps into the middle | SOME DANGEROUS FEATURES FEARED Authorities Cognizant of Problems and Likely to Solve Them. ( : successful season, is getting a good deal more criticism among the inner circles that control athletics in the various universities than generally would even be thought possible. Considerable concern has been ex- pressed over certain aspects of boxing, and, while not making any great fan- fare over it, not the least doubt exists that serious efforts are being made to preserve the sport and maintain it on a high plane. One of the serious objections in the colleges is that some colleges seem to be getting an unusual number of boxers who have had a good deal of experience in amateur fight rings. This creates a situation where the college that does not get such good material must either not meet the one that does or subject its men to unfair competition. Another thing, the college boxers apparently are willing to throw eau- tion to the winds and fight with a good deal more abandon than the professionals, thus running greater risk of more injury. ‘The third criticism mentioned rather frequently, but which is never spoken aloud, is that the college bouts are beginning to draw a regular fight crowd, which is very difficult to con- | trol, from a standpoint of behavior while a bout is in progress. It is not known publicly as yet, but at least one university in the Southern Conference territory, Washington and Lee, has about decided to drop boxing. At the recent conference meeting, at which schedules for all sports were arranged, the Generals made no at- tempt to effect boxing meets for next Winter, and said that their Faculty and Athletic Committee were against ‘ boxing, but that the students favored it. Ggpduate Manager of Athletics Dick Smith said, “I'm not authorized to schedule any meets and the way it | scems now we shall not have a team.” | Service Teams Never Meet. T IS rather significant that the Army and Navy never meet in boxing, about the only sport in which they do not compete. No spe- cial reason has been given for this failure to arrange boxing meets. And none ever will be given publicly, but both Army and Navy people say it would not be intelligent to send Cadets and Midshipmen into the ring against one another, not with the high state ‘o{ rivalry between the two schools. BY H. C. BYRD. OLLEGE boxing, while about to wind up an exceptionally If boxing is to survive as a college sport, criticisms as mentioned herein | must be considered seriously and | measures taken to meet them. How- | ever, the very fact that those responsi- ‘ble for college sports are cognizant of the situation and already are work- ! ing among themselves to prevent any | untoward occurrences is a sign of a rather healthy state of affairs in col- lege athletics generally. In other words, the athletic direc- tors themselves are realizing more and more with each passing year that the keeping of intercollegiate athletics on a high plane is their job and their responsibility. As this feeling of re- sponsibility grows the caliber of inter- collegiate sports will be raised ac- cordingly. ILLY CAVANAUGH, Army boxing coach, has no superior anywhere when it comes to building up an aggressive spirit among his boxers. There was never a moment in the meet Saturday night at Maryland when the Army men were not carrying the fight to their opponents to the best of their ability. Even when hit hard and beaten back, they still bored in. Cavanaugh is a fine type of coach. The fact that he is looked upon with real love by all his former team mem- bers, and by present charges as well, is sufficient to prove that. Coach Harmony of Maryland fought for three years at West Point under Cavanaugh, and when the Army men visited here last week the major part of Harmony’s interest was in “I want to see Billy,” which is a real tribute to his old coach. OOT BALL players are tramping the practice fields all over the South right now and will con- tinue until they have worked out cer- tain principles and mechanical necés- sities for next season. In the Far South most of the squads are about ready to quit, but from North Carolina on up the coast the work is just get- ting under way. In the great majority of schools all other sports are giving way to the gridiron, and in some men who could make varsity teams in other sports are being kept at Spring practice for next Fall's teams. HE passing of Jimmie De Hart as the result of an operation takes from Southern foot ball one ef its most colorful figures. De Hart, off the field as fine a chap as one would care to know, on the fleld he threw his whole heart and soul into the game and was hard to get along with. De Hart was a good coach, a splendid fellow, and the game will miss him & good deal. you immediate relief. CLAYTON is sold at all People’s and other good drug stores in Washing- ton, D. C. Distributed by CLAYTON P. O. Box 1538, Washington. D: