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Griff Veterans Sense Winning Year : German Fans Back Schmeli L SAY CLUB HAS ALL | ITTAKES TOSTAR Sound Material Is Sized Up| by Five Old Heads—Lary Sweet on Pitchers. BY JOHN B. KELLER, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss.,, March 9.—With- out using mirrors, the Na- | tionals, who finished a sloppy seventh in last season's Amer- {ean League championship chase, may | astound the base ball world with a lot | of good playing that should get them tnto the first division this year. Anyway, that is the belief of such' veterans of the squad in training here as Kuhel, Myer, Bluege, Whitehill and Lary, ball players who take mothing for granted and base their opinions only on the soundness of the material &t hand. Each of these five has told me the Nationals “have it” and will be tough to take and I am inclined to respect their opinions greatly. Brilliancy afield, power at bat and | a sufficiency of experienced pitchers | to round out a curving corps capable of embarassing all rival clubs more often than not are seen in the ranks | of the Washington club by these old heads. Barring accidents such as crushed the club last year, the vets quietly are confident the Harris-led aggregation will have plenty to say as to which outfit will cop the flag. May Be Two Changes. HEY do not see how the Nationals can miss afield or at bat. Here is a club that will take the field at the outset of the pennant cam- | paign organized almost exactly as it ‘was last year and the year before. In each of those seasons it finished at, the top in flelding performance. Year | before last it batted at a great pace. Last year when beset by injury after | injury it hit remarkably well under | the circumstances. There will be at | least onme change in the line-up mls‘ time, perhaps two, Either Bluege or | Lary will have to assume the post | vacated by the sold Cronin. That! certainly will not bring about a de- crease in fielding strength. Powell, the well-groomed minor product, may wrest the center fleld berth from 8chulte. No weakening of defense should this occur. As to the offense, | the vets believe the club will have in its line-up six or seven batters of .300 class right along. 1 Kuhel and Myer modestly decline to predict good batting years for them- | | Bartell and Moore Lead in 3-2v Tilt { for the second straight day when they |3 to 2, in a game cut to five and one- - @ Breadon Unable To Sign Medwick RADENTON, Fla, March 9.— Joe Medwick, hard-hitting holdout, turned up at the Cardinal camp today, talked it over with President Sam dreadon, but did not sign his papers. The left flelder, who has sn- nounced it will be $10,000 or roth- ing, said he wanted a few days to “think it over.” His appearance left Ernie Orsatti the only absentee on tke Card roster. After a brief workout tbis morning, Manager Frankie Frisch gave his squad a haif holi‘ay. GIANTS NIP A’S AGAIN Cut Short by Rain. MIAMI, Fla., March 9 (#).—Led by | Dick Bartell, their new shortstop, and | Joe Moore, the New York Giants turned back the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the American League Club, half innings by rain. Bartell scored two of the Giants’ runs after hitting singles. Each team connected with six hits. Score: Mahaftey, Cain 10 100—2 6 23 o0 d Chagnon and Danning 0_01x—3 8 % Foxx; Fitzsimmons, SPORTS SECTION Che Sunday Shar WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1935 A RAINY EVENING THE EVENING RituaL / ON BILOXI SHORE. SMATTER WITH YOU FELLERS...WE'VE HAD OUR CLEAR DAY = F'THIS YEAR: 5 < 4 4 \ N S\ 7 TUE CAAMBER oF Commence) I1S'IN THE DOGHOUSE " AGAIN / Griffs Become Experts at Parlor Pastimes As Blubbering Biloxi Skies Bathe _Diamond BY JIM BERRYMAN. ILOXI, Miss, March 9—News item in the extreme South Dixie papers says Mississippi and Louisiana rivers are rising rapidly to unheard-of levels—the spir- its of the Washington base ball club are falling proportionately. There is | nothing quite so pitiful as a herd of | is not as ready-worded about his globe | Neptune's beard. strapping young athletes “raring” to | d lace to go but seas of | Would like him to be. However, he man from the Chamber of Commerce. D id i can be bribed with two shrimp cock- | saturated ground oyster shell. A few good old-fashioned mud puddles vary the monotony here and there, and fog is Biloxi’s constant companion. | At best the Winters quarters of the Nationals is a far cry from Forty= | second street, but when the boys are storm-bound day after day. confined to four walls and half a dozen col- umns, this becomes the forty-ninth state boredom, with the village movie a good 300 strokes—beg pardon, steps —against the current, and the main | selves. Nevertheless, they are poten- tial .300 hitters those who venture opinions point out. And so are Bol- ton behind the bat, Travis at third base, Manush in left field and Stone | drag better than the last Democratic | platform, the lads who will wear the | W’s this year, and those who will | nose-dive back to the bush leagues, in right. Should Powell get the center | 8T€ concentrating on parlor pastimes. field post, the old-timers say, the Of course there are those among | club will have a seventh .300 hitter. | the gathering who take more readily They like the way the Washington | to the delicacies of the drawing room. ! in the batting drills | For instance, Griff's first sacker, Joe | Kuhel, whose deftness with the paste- | boards, makes him an avoided oppon- | ent at bridge, a much-sought partner, ! HITEHILL | in any card game. It is nothing short ! f say about }t‘h.: ;"f;;:’gd:?:“:" | of revolutionary the way he changes | i - tion and so does Lary. White- \n, king to a joker—a 10-spot becomes , hill, being something of a pitcher him- | ® queen, and deuces are unlucky un- self, is & keen student of the flinging 1°55 YOU hold enough of them. = | art and fair enough to offer an un. K2y Prim and Alec McColl dine biased criticlsm of fellow-workmen. | SArlY, for one express purpose—the Lary, new to the club, knows much | Dilliard room boasts one good cur. | of the capabilities of the Washington A Which is not only straight, but has a | tip on it. Then there are the second- :;outgg;m:;zwf:om having faced most }smng Slicki! Which! afe godedl by Whitehill has high praise for an- the number of marcel waves. A grade e | GPORTS copg the string-bean southpaw ready to BY FRANCI. Lary Ought to Know. step out and go places last year and knows no reason why Burke should not make the grade this time. Russell, too, is a pitching master, says the Earl. Then there is Weaver, stronger physically than he was last year. A Weaver flashing his 1932 pitching form when he hurled 22 vic- | tories to become the outstanding hill rookie of the season is well within possibility of stardom according to the | veteran left-hander. our fair city and away from the unappreciative setting of | the furnace and washing ma- | was believed the most unsung, un- glorified and unbelligerent athletes in T 18 Lary who looks to Whitehill . | for & season of great work on the | the world. Washington’s knights of | mound. Lary regards the 22-|the table tennis tables are on the| Veterans Have Conviction. victory season when the Nationals | Warpath in a quest of a mite of glory on Washington's first major and of- ' coming home, were winning their last pennant as|and recognition. | & measure of the Earl's true worth. | Lary says also that Burke and Had- | And unglbrified in Washington, but | ley always have looked good to him , they no longer are meek. Waving and he agrees with Whitehill's esti- | their weapons—wooden flapjack flip- mation of Weaver. And the non- | Pers veneered with anything from pitchers among the veterans who re- | sandpaper and pimply rubber to cork gard the impending championship | —our table tennis incurables declare campaign with optimism heartily agree _ it is high time the game come into its | with Whitehill and Lary on the high ' own. quality of flinging to be expected of the Washington slab staff, | The general opinion is that an in- spiring leadership—they all hold Har- ris in high esteem—will have a bene- ficial effect on the oldsters of the They have tired of perennial battles with brother-in-laws, little sisters, mothers and aunts. Besides, it is ne fun chasing a side-court shot and skinning your shin against a wash tub. Hence the revolt. The rebels are pitching corps, something that will bring out of them a far better brand of pitching than they produced last year. The veterans are convinced Washington will have a corking good ball club. WILL KEEP FANS POSTED Address System Will Be Placed in Sportsman Park. | 8T, LOUIS, March 9 (#).—A public address system will be installed at Sportsman Park here for use in all major league games this year. Everything of an official nature will %e broadcast and unusual rulings or plays will be explained. Root Gives More Signs He Is Okay By the Assoclated Press. VALON, Calif, March 9— Charley. Root, Cub pitching veteran, again demonstrated serious signs of a big comeback today as the regulars beat the yannigans, 5 to 0, in a nine-inning struck out five men and allowed only one hit. i very official and campaign under the name of the District of Columbia Table Tennis Association. This body is affiliated with the United States Table Tennis Association, which, in turn, is afiliated with 20 other nations in the International Table Tennis As- sociation. This makes it practically unanimous. T NO longer is safe to refer to table tennis as ping-pong. To a con- scientious member of the D. C. T. T. A. this is a major crime and in| direct violation of a five-point pro-f gram, which follows: 1. Squelch all people who call table tennis ping-pong. 2. Hold tournaments in fitting set- tings, such as swanky hotel ball| rooms, etc. 3. Start the tournament on time. 4. Charge admission. Make the cus- tomers pay and like it. 5. Make the game worth while to the player. 6& The leader in this movement is President Morris B. Bassford of the double twist, and so on. Jake Powell was seen Friday night standing in the barber shop sighting on the eight ball with a J class stick. But it's great training for a lad who may have to wield a much heavier club against some real curving in the American League this season. The much-traveled Mr. Whitehill trotting as many willing listeners talls and a promise of 5 strokes on the eighteenth, when and if the skies cease their eternal blubbering. The slot machine is getting very little play for a change, or should we say—the change. nothing-for-something contraption is so glutted with, nickels that it would take two Mike Martins to force an- other jitney into it. Ping pong was going along nicely until Ed Linke caressed the little cellu- loid sphere with too much fondness and it burst with emotion. Now the Nats' little fat boy just sits and moons, hearing ghostly taps Tickets on Sale For Ball Opener ICKETS for Washington's open- ing American League base ball game between the Nationals and Athletics on April 16 will go on sale tomorrow at 9 a.m. at Grif- fith Stadium, it was announced yesterday by Secretary Edward B. Eynon, jr. Reservations already made may be called for or will be mailed upon receipt of check or money order. “It’s Table Tennis, Not Ping Pong, and It’s No Sissy Sport.” S E. STAN. distributes & printed “friendly warn- ing.” which really is an appeal to stop calling table tennis by “the proprietary chine are emerging what commonly | name of ping-pong” and to use the |Jean Bauer of Providence, R.I., 4 and | “historical, correct, non-commercial name of table tennis, which has been developed into a modern, scientific sport.” Secondly, Mr. Bassford is working ficial tournament, which will be They still are pretty much unsung | staged in the Shoreham late this month. Thirdly, he proposes to start th tournament on time so that “half the contestants will not become tired of waiting and ieave the premises along with all of the spectators.” Fourth, an admission charge of two- bits a head will be levied and the customer will get his eves opened and his money’s worth. Finally, the winner will get a free trip to Chicago for the na- tional championships and pol- ishing rights on a loving cup. o ABLE TENNIS,” asserted Mr. Bassford, “must achieve the recognition it is due. Too long has it been mistaken for a dining room game. Other cities have offi- cial organizations, official tourna- ments and official teams, just like Wasl has a big league base ball club. That is another of our aims, by the way. “Table tennis is not a sissy sport. In fact, some of our toughest boxers and foot ball players have been known | to be injured playing table tennis. When properly plaved, it is fast and a real show. In fact, it is amazing. “A group of boys have been staging tournaments here in the past and, while they meant well, the tourna- ments didn't help table tennis. The | same contestants competed again and | - OFFER BAER 3256,0(” again reached the semi-finals over and over again, and even played off the final several times. People were beginning to wonder if they were the only players in town. “As a matter of fact, if all the ping-pong tables could be brought out of the cellars and placed end to end—well, any- way, we are sure there are more table tennis players than reg- ular tennis players in Wash- ington. “We can't go into the cellars after them, but we can do our best to lure them out and into tournaments and sanctioned matches. Mark my words, table tennis is coming into its own. A The hotel’s only | | A cue has only a single warp; B, & on the table—the ball is gone but the memory lingers on. | The first four days Griff kept say- ing, “Just a shower—be over in a minute or two.” Now he comes out | | quite plainly and remarks about the rain. And through it all the steady | whispering rush of water slanting | against the windows, the soggy palm | | fronds cling in bedraggled masses like And nowhere—no- | where can we find the little sunshine WHITE SOX T0 PRUNE | Dykes Gets Out Ax for 7 of 16 Moundsmen. ; PASADENA, Calif., March 9 (#).— | Manager Jimmy Dykes will start prun- ing his overloaded pitching staff Mon- day. The White Sox have 16 hurlers and Dykes plans to get rid of 7. His hopes are centered on George Earn- shaw, Sad Sam Jones, Ted Lyons. Leslie Tietje. Lee Stine, Joe Vance, Johnny Whitehead, Vernon Kennedy | and Babe Phelps. ORCUTT RETIRES FLORIDA TROPHY {Downs Mrs. Kenan for Third Victory in East Coast Golf Tournament. | By the Associated Press. | T. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,, March 9.— Playing in a drenching rain squall, Maureen Orcutt of | Englewood, N. J., today won P FROM the musty cellars of, D. C. T. T. A., who is wasting no time her third Florida East Coast ‘women's | | carrying out all five points. First he | golf championship and took perma- | ! nent possession of the Mrs. William | |R. Kenan Trophy as she defeated | 2, in the final round. | | 'Miss Bauer's putter pulled her out ! | of several difficult spots on the out- | | going nine and she went to the tenth 1 up. The putting touch left her however, and she missed several short ones. Miss Orcutt evened the match on | the eleventh when her tee shot struck a woman spectator and fell dead for an easy chip to the green. The drive ' was headed for a deep ditch when it ' i hit the woman. The champion won the twelfth and | thirteenth in par, they halved the | fourteenth and Miss Orcutt won the fifteenth and sixteenth to take the | match, | Miss Orcutt would have had a card of 77 had she played the last two holes in par, while Miss Bauer would have marked up 81. They quit on the six- teenth, however. HANGS UP TANK MARK Macionis of Yale Beats College Record for Quarter. | NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 9 (#).— A new intercollegiate record for the 440-yard free style swim was set today | by Johnny Macionis, Yale freshman | star, as his team beat the Princeton | yearlings, 38-31. | | Macionis swam the distance in 4 minutes 4225 seconds to shatter the previous mark of 4 minutes 468/10 seconds made last year by Jack Med- ica of the University of Washington. | —_— Amount Holds for Schmeling Go if German Beats Hamas. SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 (#).— An offer of $250,000 for Max Baer to risk his heavyweight boxing crown in 2 bout with Max Schmeling, former champion, in Berlin next July or Au- gust, was announced today by Baer's manager, Ancil Hoffman. Hoffman said the offer was received in a cablegram from the German pro- moter of tomorrow’s fight in Hamburg 0 would heid iy i Schimeling wins an it WHATS TH' BoLoNey? ’ How 'BouT GOIN' TO TH'MERVIES ?-- THEY'VE GOT A RED-HOT WEsTERN TNIGHT / e Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Pro Basket Ball. Heurich Brewers vs. Rinaldi Tai- lors, Heurich gym, 3:30. Two pre- liminaries, starting at 1:30. Soccer. Recreation League. Sun Radio vs. Itallan A C. Mounment field, No. 2, 2:30. Vir- ginia Avenue vs. Sherwood, Oc- coquan vs. Miller Furniture, Mounment fields, No. 1. Southeastern League. German-American Club vs Diamond Cab Rangers (Balti- more), Benning field, 2:30. TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Georgetown vs. Maryland, College Park, 8. Boxing. Catholic University vs. land, at, College Park, 9.30 TUESDAY. ‘Water Polo. Ambassador vs. Washington Canoe Club, at Ambessador pocl, 8. Volley Ball. Extramural preliminaries, Georgc- town vs. Catholic University, at University of Meryland, 7:30 Basket Ball. Extramural preliminaries, George- town vs. Catholic University, at the University of Maryland, 8:20. WEDNESDAY. Boxing. Catholic U., preliminaries in Golden Gloves A. A. U. touizey, 8:30. Extramural tourney prelimin- aries, at University of Maryland, 7:30. Draw for contests. THURSDAY. * Wtestling. Washington Auditorium. Dan O'Mahoney, Ireland, vs. Fred Grob- mier, Towa, two falls out of three. Show starts 8:30. Boxing. Catholic U, semi-finals in Golden Gloves A. A. U. tourney, 8:30. at Mary- Volley Ball. Extramural final, Maryland vs. winner on Tuesday, at University of Maryland, 7:30. Basket Ball, Extramural tourney, Maryland vs. winner on Tuesday, at Uni- versity of Maryland, 8:30. SATURDAY. Swimming. Shoreham pool. South Atlantic high school championships. Boxing. Catholic U., finals in Golden Gloves A. A. U. tourney, 8:30. Extramural Finals. Volley ball, 7:30; baske: ball, 8; boxing, 9, University of Mary- land. Rifle. George Washington vs. Navy, at Annapolis, 1:30 (shoulder-to- shoulder). Tech vs. Navy plebes, at Annapolis, 1:30 (shoulder-to- shoulder). George Washingtlor. girls vs. Carnegie Tech girls. Bike Dean Quits In Six-Day Race By the Assoctated Press. EW YORK, March 9.—Reggie McNamara, dean of the six- day bike riders, withdrew from the six-day grind at 8 o'clock tonight after he and his g Dave Lands, had completed 143 hours. McNamara, riding in his 114th six-day grind, was unable to keep up with the pace set by younger wheelmen. His team had fallen 16 laps behind, JAP WORD FER -By JIM BERRYMAN ~-+AN' THE EMPEROR SAYS, WHERE wERE GO AHEAD EARL,LES'SEE YUH FAN TH' BRITISH CONSUL -~ SO 1 DUSTS HIS MONACLE OFF AN'SENDS HIM TO TH' PAGODAS /5., ’y ! S ~ ‘G RECORDCUT T06.1 BY OWENS | 'Performs Startling Feat as Michigan Captures Big Ten Honors. March 9 (#).—The flashing spikes of Jesse Owens, spectacular Ohio State sophomore negro sprin- ter, cut down one of the most stub- born of records—for 60 yards—as Michigan scored an overwhelming team triumph in the silver anniver- sary Western Conference indoor track meet tonight in the University of + Chicago Field House. Owen clipped 1-10 of a second | from the mark in flashing across the finish line in 6.1. The Buckeye sprinter ran a great race. As fast as he was off his mark, he found Sam Stoller and Willis Ward | of Michigan right with him until 10 vards of the finish. A blinding burst of speed in his final strides carried him across the line about a yard in front of Stoller, with Ward a few inches farther back. The defending champion Wolver- ines, collecting points in every event except the shotput, established a new meet record total of 49': points, 27 | points better than their nearest rival, | Ohio State o | The best previous total was 45 | points by Illinois in 1921. Points were divided as follows: Michigan, 49 Ohio State, 22'3; | | Wisconsin, 18} Iowa, 17; Illino 12'¢; Minnesota, 10; Indiana, 9; | Purdue, 5; Chicago, 3!4; Northwest- | ern, 3. | l Summaries: | 60-YARD DASH—Won by Jesse Owens ond. Sam Stoller (Michi- HICAGO, (Chio State); | Lander (Minnesota) m | (Better world record of 6.2 seconds by Loten Murchison. in 19 and conference record of 6.2 seconds by George Simpson, Ohio _ State, 1929, and frequently equaled) 30-YARD HIGH HURDLE—Won by Robert Osgood (Michigan): second, Francis Cretzmeyer (lowa); third. Dan Caidemeyer (Indiana); fourth,’ Robert Clark (Wiscon- sin), fifth. Willis Ward (Michigan). Time, 8.7 seconds. 110-YARD DASH—Won by Bernie Page | (Town): second, Eugene Skinner (Iowa): third, Claude Eckert (lilinois); fourth, Barton Smnith (Chicago); ffth, Staniey Birleson (Michigan). Time. 51.5 seconds. | B80-YARD RUN—Won by Karl Klein- | schmidt (Wisconsin): second. Howard | Davidson (Michigan): third, Clifford Smith (Ohio State); fourth. Paul Gorman (Michi- | gan); Afth,' Harvey Smith (Michigan)., Time. 1 minute 56.5 ONE-MILE RUN—Won by Clayton Brel- | sord (Michigan): second. Harvey Smith (Michigan): - third.” Cloude ~Moore( Pur- | due): fourth, John Moore (Ohio State): fitth, Harry O'Connell (Michigan), Time, 4 minutes. 25.7 seconds. 1 MILE RUN—Won_by Don Lash (Indiana); second. Wayne Slocum (Minne- third. Neree Alix {Michigan): fourth. fifth, Ed_Rai (Michigan) : XD Time. 9 minute: .3 _seconds. | E-MILE RELAY—Won by Michigan (Fred Stiles. Frank Aikens. Robert Os- good, and Stanley Barleson): second, Wis- consin:_ third, Northwestern: fourth. Illi- nois: fifth, . Indiana. Time. 3 minutes, 227 seconds. % HIGH JUMP—Won by Konrad Moisio, Michigan (6 feet 2 inches): second. Mel Walker, Ohio (6 feet & inches): tied for third. Frank Boucher, Ohio, Prancis Cretz- meyer. lowa. and C. Pollensky. Iliinois (6 feet) POLE VAULT—Won by Irving Seeley. | Illinois (13 feet 4 inches): tied for sec: | ond. David Hunn, Michigan and John Wonosowitz. Ohio State (13 feet); fourth, | Scharfl.” Wisconsin (12 feet 10 inches): tied for fifth. George Abel. Chicago. Halter | and Hirschinger of Wisconsin and Mitzia | of Tilinois (12 feet 4 inches) SHOTPUT—Won by Willlam Preimuth. | | Minnesota (45 feet 27. inches): second. | Irving Rubow, Wisconsin (46 feet 11'a : third. George Neal, Ohio State feet 77a inches): fourth. Ed Skoron- sky. Purdue (45 feet 67 inches): fAfth, Ed Christianson, Wisconsin (45 feet 6 | nches). i DON SAILS FOR HOME. NEW YORK, March 9 (#)—Kaye | Don, veteran British speed pilot, sailed for home today after passing the Winter in Florida, recuperating from injuries suffered last year in a racing- car accident on the Isle of Man, in which his mechanic was killed. He was accompanied by Mrs. Don. —_— REYNOLDS GETS IN LINE. SARASOTA, Fla, March 9 (®).— Every Boston Red Sox player was present and accounted for today when Outfielder Carl Reynolds came to sota): W. Stone (Chicago). ONI a WaiteniL enverrans THE RAINBOUND “LOBBYISTS ‘WITH SToRIES OF HIS CONQUEST OF JAPAN.... ! s PICARD, REVOLTA SHOW COLF CRIT Score Uphill Win to Gain Four-Ball Final With Runyan, McSpaden. By the Associated Press. IAMI, Fla, March 9—Henry Picard and Johnny Revolta played brilliant golf in a driving rain today to come from behind on the last nine holes against Vic Ghezzi and Willie Klein, and win their way into the finals of the international four-ball tourna- ment with a 1-up victory. Not so close was the margin by which Horton Smith and Paul Runyan wedged into tomorrow’s final match. | Playing with deadly precision they ousted Gene Sarazen and Harold Me- Spaden, 5 and 4, and earned a shot ai first money for the second con- secutive year. Revolta Turns Trick. HINGS looked bad for Picard, long-driving Hershey, Pa., pro- fessional, and Revolta as they rounded the turn on the afternoon round, two down, with Ghezzi play- ing a superb game. Then the tournament “weather luck” broke wide open. Rain fell in sheets and a stiff wind rustled the palm trees dotting the Miami Country Club course. Three down and the greens soaked. Revolta, came through for his team with the best golf he has shown since the $4,000 four-ball event began and he and Picard finally came through. They came to the eighteenth all even. On the green in three, Klein made a gallant bid for a four, but his ball stopped an inch from the cup. Ghezzi also failed. But not Picard. He smacked a beautiful ap- proach and was left with a yard putt. The match ended as he sank it. n g to Hilt CAN'T SEE HAMAS WITH SPYGLASS |Max Offered Shot at Baer if He Kayoes American at Hamburg Today. BY GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Sports Writer, | AMBURG, March 9.—This ice- | crusted shipping city had worked itself into the proper pitch tonight over the im- pending Sabbath duel between Max Schmeling and Steve Hamas, two young men equally determined to sample Champion Max Baer's explo- sive right next June. Twenty-three special trains, includ- ing the famous 120-mile-an-hour “Flying Hamburger” from Berlin, poured fans into Hamburg's biting | air. Government officials were secre- tive, but it was learned seme of the highest officials in the Nazi regime would be on hand when the fighters open their 12-round tussle in the | sprawling sports shed about noon, Eastern standard time It was reported that even Adolph Hitler, a great admirer of Schmeling, would have been at the ringside but for the fact that he developed a cold. Hotels Get Break. RACTICALLY every hotel is filled to capacity and the lobbies over- run like an Elks' convention Promoter Walter Rothenberg believes a capacity crowd of 25,000 is assured. Among other problems on the mind of the smart, cool Rothenberg today was trying to placate Charlie Harvey, manager of Hamas. He continued | hot under the collar because boxing | officials from Berlin failed to keep an | appointment at noon and advise who will serve as judges and referee. Ap- parently every one has been told who is to officiate except Harvey. “All I can find out in this country is what you fellows tell me,” Harvey said. Hamas, accompanied by his wife, spent the day quietly at his hotel and despite all the stories about his dizzy training routine looked fit and said he felt the same way. He will scale about 195 at the weighing-in cere- monies tomorrow. Hamas Goes Unbacked. CHMELING hit exactly 190 when he finished his final workout Germany's hope remained at his camp far from the city and took the first_opportunity he has had to visit the Bismarck Museum, possibly draw- ing his inspiration from the Iron Chancellor’s battle trophies. Neither fighter is willing to make any predictions, each contenting him- self with the demure statement he in- tends to do his dead level best Schmeling remained such a firm fa- vorite that not a single fan in the last two days has been heard to give Hamas even an outside chance of winning. Whether it means anything or not, Joe Jacobs, Schmeling's manager, re- ceived a cable from Ancil Hoffman, manager of Baer, promising the Ger- man a title bout next June provided he knocks out Hamas. “If Schmeling knocks out Steve, will take title fight in June,” read the message from San Francisco. Harvey had not received a similar promisc late tonight. &ff élab Rooks Face Cri;ul; BY JOHN B. KELLER (8taft Correspondent of The Star.) TLOXI, Miss., March 9.—By to- morrow, perhaps, but surely by Monday, the entire squad of Nationals, excepting Walter Stewart, the balking pitcher, will be assembled at training camp here and the business of conditioning Bucky Harris' ball club for the American League championship chase will be in full blast. In the coming week pitchers, veter- ans and recruits will have to put on extra steam, for not only will the batting drills be heavier with the com- plete outfit at hand and therefore re- quire more to hurl to the hitters, but also the curving corps must make up for the training necessarily curtailed by recent rains. And before the week is over the Nationals will have begun their string of 25 exhibition games to be staged before the flag race gets under way in Washington on April 16. The first of these tilts is scheduled for next Friday afternoon. Then the Albany club, owned and operated by Joe Cambria of Baltimore, but directed to no little extent by his base ball pal, Clark Grif- fith, will travel the 12 miles from their training camp at Gulf Port to Biloxi field for a tussle. Little Rest for Team. | Fy~HEREAFTER the Nationals will | wed out his squad. have six days without exhibi- tions until they jump into the scramble for the pennant. The stretch down to the season start will mean | work and lots of it for all hands | pointing themselves for positions with the Washington club. In the early exhibitions the rookie chuckers with the Nationals will toil | overtime. Not only will they be called upon to do all the throwing for their own club, but also part of that for the opposition. Three games are to be played with Albany in five days and as Cambria’s hurlers, not due to start training until next week, will be far from condition, Griffith has offered to lend the opposing club some of the younrg flock at camp here. According to Trainer Mike Martin, none of the veterans of the Washing- ton curving corps will be available for service in a game until after the series with the Albany club ends. Then Jack Russell, Bob Burke, Al Thomas and Monte Weaver, who have progressed rapidy in their conditioning grind, will A . Some to Be Loaned to Enemy ,be sent into action. Earl Whitehill | and Bump Hadley will be the last to tstart. In the early exhibitions, such young- sters as Arch Scrivener, the left- hander picked up from the George Washington University nine; Reese Diggs. who joined the Nationals late | last season; Frank Petticolas, a fine- looking prospect from the Chicago sandlots; Henry Coppola, sent down by the Albany club for trial, and Or- ville Armbrust, bought from the Chat- tanooga farm last fall, will be given much attention by Manager Harris. The pilot hopes to draw from this lot one pitcher ready to stick along in the big show and two or three others likely to make the grade after a year on a minor farm. Get in Long Session. ACH of these young hurlers has been impressive in training, par- ticularly Diggs and Scrivener. | So have Syd Cohen, brought up from Chattanooga last season; Hugh Mul- | cahy, an Albany-owned chucker be- ing tested here, and Leon Pettit, a | minor veteran purchased from the Lookouts. The last three named will |0 in these early tussles. i In a day or two the squad will be increased by the addition of last year's regular outfielders—Heinie Manush, Fred Schulte and Jackson Stone—and | Red Kress, utility inflelder. It won't be long after these players check in, | however, before Harris will begin to Some of the young pitchers are slated for place- | ment with minor clubs or shipment | home right after the Albany games are over. Although there was a chill in the {air there was no rain here today and ghe Nationals put in‘a session last- ing two and a half hours. Much of it was devoted to batting drill and some of the lads put a deal of power into their punches. There were many ‘long drives off the firing done by Thomas, Russell, Weaver and a flock | of younger flingers. The new outfielders, Al Powell and | Pred Sington, were mightiest of the | batters. Powell specialized on dis- tance. He had the shaggers chasing to the depths of the outfield for his smashes. Sington made a liner-drill of it, repeatedly rifling the ball both ‘u? right and left. He looks a sharp hitter—something along the Manush | order. | _ For Buddy Myer, Ossie Bluege and Lyn Lary it was the first batting drill of the season.