Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1935, Page 11

Harris Enthused by Russell’s BOX RESCUE CHIEF MAY BE ASTARTER Whitehil’s Arm Still Ailing. Kress and Schulte in Good Condition. BY JOHN B. KELLER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 11.—Jack Russell, who followed a fine 1933 season with a rather mediocre performance last | year, will be one of the mound main- stays of the Nationals in the im- pending American League campaign, according to Manager Bucky Harris. Listening to the pilot, one learns that Russell is about the most ad- vanced of all the pitchers in training here—and there is at the Washington club's camp the most sizable flock | of fingers in years—and that the smoothness of Jack’s work at present promises much of this lanky right- hand hurler. Russell got his first real workout of the training campaign yesterday when the Nationals took the field for a Sunday session that they might make up for the time lost during the rains of last week. He was assizned | to the hill for fully 15 minutes du~:1g batting practice and Jack cut l(_)osc about everything a pitcher might | show. His throwing was surprising for one who had been at work little more than a week. But Jack’s trim was such that Trainer Mike Martin per- mitted the pitcher to cast aside the wraps under which he had been toiling and really cut loose. That Russell did, and with no great effort, apparently. There was no hint of strain in his delivery. It had the smoothmess, the freedom that characterized his pitching in the pennant-winning season two years back. Jack’s batting practice pitching left one with the impression that another week of training would have the pitcher ready for the more seri- ous business of chucking to the oppo- sition in the exhibition contests. Esteemed by Harris. ARRIS regards Russell as one of the best pitchers in the cir- cuit, even though Jack has no great winning record to show for his several years up. “Of course, you can discount those heavy losing seasons with the Red Sox,” Bucky points out. “The Red Sox were heavy losers in every way then—in league competition and financial. So Russell was stringing along with them, as was to be ex- pected.” 3 5 “It was not until Washington got him from Cleveland in the big trading ‘Winter of 1932-33 that Russell got his first good chance to prove his worth. He certainly did it to my satisfaction the way he pitched for the Nationals the last time they won the pennant.” “Remember, I was with another | club then—the Tigers—and actually saw Jack pitch in only a few games. But I scanned the accounts of his bat- tles with other clubs and talked with a lot of the batters who faced him that year. What they told me about Rus- sell convinced me he was just what I nad an idea he was, a peach of a pitcher,” Harris said today. The pilot was asked if Russell is likely to be employed as a starter in- stead of being held in reserve for re- lief roles. “That's a little difficult to answer now,” he replied. “I'll say that for a time before we got to camp I had expected to keep Jack out of the ranks of regular starters that he might be more helpful as a pitcher to send in there when trouble came along. Now I am not certain that would be the better plan. Time to Settle Question. HE HAS shown me so much in | training here that I feel Jack | might be better employed as | & starter and the relief work left to | some other veteran pitcher. When I | recall how excellent he served as a relief pitcher in 1933, though, I hesi- tate about taking him off the role of relievers.” “Looks as if I'll have to let time settle the matter. Right now some of our veterans are not in the best of trim and do not appear to be progressing as rapidly as they should in their training. Perhaps some of them will not be so hot when the sea- son gets under way,” Harris observed. “If that should be so you can bet all you have Russell will be in there starting games.” One of the pitchers Harris referred to is Earl Whitehill, The southpaw popped up with an ailing arm the second day out, but at the time those in charge .f the Nationals did not regard the trouble as serious. It was attributed to muscles stiffened by the prevailing rain and cold weather. ‘There was no suspicion of strain, The trouble persists, however, and now it is belleved Whitehill might have put a trifle too much vigor into his work at the outset. Anway, his arm now displays all the symptoms of having been put to heavy work too early in the training period, and the way the Earl complains of the sore- Garden Is Sold | On Basket Game ASKET BALL has drawn more spectators to the Madison Square Garden than any other sport in which the company con- trolling this big New York arena has been associated. Thus the indoor court game, so long in obtaining a strong foot- hold on the Atlantic seaboard, proves at last to be a more potent attraction than boxing, hockey, wrestling and other strenuous di- versions. Public reaction to basket ball has been as surprising as gratifying to the management, which promises that next Winter will see an ex- pansion in promotion of the sport. ABSENCE OF OWEN WORRYING TIGERS Operation Delays Infield Ace and Emphasizes Champs’ Lack of Reserves. By the Associated Press. AKELAND, Fla, March 11— The Detroit Tigers, reinforced by the arrival of the remainder of the squad, settled down to practice today with only one worry on their minds. The worry developed when Mickey Cochrane announced Marvin Owen, third baseman, would not, return until Thursday because of an operation he underwent at Hot Springs, Ark., for sinus trouble. While Cochrane said Owen’s illness was of a minor nature it directed attention to the Bengals’ precarious position in reserves. Mickey gave the club a rest Sun- day and watched Cincinnati play an exhibition. PASADENA, Calif.—Marshall Maul- din, a recruit from down in Louisiana, bas shown so much in early drills that Manager Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White Sox has decided to | Los Angeles this week end. Mauldin, from Lafayette of the Evangeline League, joined the Sox | late last season. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Man- ager Rogers Hornsby has chosen An- drews, Coffman and Weiland to take the mound for the St. Louis Browns this afternoon against the New York Giants in the first of & two-game ex- hibition series at Miami Beach. The Brownies will return to camp tomorrow night. NEW ORLEANS.—A diet of batting practice faced the Cleveland Indians today. Most of the tribesmen showed a tendency to swing &t the bad ones in yesterday's game with the New Or- leans Pelicans. Despite the rough spots that croppea out in the play of the Cleveland rockies, Manager Walter Johnson showed more than casual interest in | Bruce Campbell, Charlie George, Roy Hughes, Ab Wright and Minton Mc- Intyre. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jesse Hill, the former University of South- in the current men’s national indoor let him have a try at third against | ern California athlete, already has drawn considerable attention in the Yankees’ camp, although he doesn’t begin work until today with the sec- ond squad. His slugging feats at New=- ark, where he hit 349 last year, com- bined with a .983 flelding mark and plenty of speed on the base paths seem to make him an outstandihg outfield candidate. FORT MYERS, Fla.—Connie Mack swung his Philadelphia Athletics back into vigorous practice today, with the experience of three games with the Giants to guide him in tips to the players. ‘ The team returned yesterday after | their one victory of the three-game | series in Miami Beach, won 5 to 3. | SARASOTA, Fla.—The entire Red Sox squad will make the Miami-West | Palm Beach-Fort Myers trip this week, | and - 12 pitchers will be given the | chance to strut their stuff. | Manager Joe Cronin says three inn- | ings per moundsman will be the maximum in the grapefruit games | with the Giants, the Browns and the A's. ‘The quality of George Pipgras’ arm | 1 and Wes Ferrell's fast ball are the major items Cronin will observe. HAWKEYES DEFY RAIN Prescott and Clark Are High in| Two-Man Team Skeet Meet. In spite of the rain seven two-man teams competed in the Sunday shoot yesterday at the National Capital | Skeet Club. A. F. Prescott and C. C. | Clark were the winners, Summaries: Scores. Hd. Gr.TS. 50m14—19. mess the ailment may not soon be re- | B! teved. Red Kress, utility infielder, ¥red Schulte, regular outfielder last season, reached camp yesterday. Kress got here in time to participate §n the two-hour drill held at Biloxi Field. But Schulte did not arrive uktil after noon. Kress' Thumb Healed. HE cracked thumb that forced ! Kress to go on the voluntarily ‘ retired list late last season is thoroughly healed and Red says he is sound in every way. He came in weighing little more than five pounds nbove his playing avoirdupois. Schulte, too, is almost down to playing weight. He worked out in a gymnasium at his home in Belvi- dere, I, during the Winter, but pur- posely left on about five extra pounds to give him some leeway in training. Schulte reports that business was good at his bowling alleys in Bel- videre in the off season and that he also picked up some coin by refereeing basket ball games. The ankle ligaments that Schulte pulled in a game last September have healed nicely, it seems. “Tried out the leg thoroughly during the Win- ter,” said Fred today, “and it gave me no trouble at all.” Heinie Manush and Jack E’ane. and | J. BASE BALLERS MEET. ‘The newly-formed United States Government Base Ball League hopes to add a fifth team tonight at a meeting_in room 5232 of the new Justice Department Building. outfielders, whose reporting will com- plete the squad of Nationals expected here, were to check in some time to- day. There has been no news of Walter Stewart, the pitcher who spurned the club’s salary offer, since he wired last week negotiations were off. President Clark Griffith says there $8,000. And he won only eight games. That's pretty high per game. He can take the $7,000 or leave it. And, be- sides, he'll have to do a lot of talking to make me take him back.” v Che. Foening Stap Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C, Showing : Cronin Facing Big Task FILM JOB WONT SHELVE SHIELDS Toiling on Diction Course, Shuns U. S. Net Event, but Keeps Hand In. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, March 11.—Frank | Shields has not forsaken | tennis altogether for a movie career and would be playing | championship were it not for the fact he is engrossed In a course in diction. The former first ranking star of the country, who signed a seven-year movie contract last Fall, has passed screen tests and now is in Hollywood learning to “speak up” clearly and with confidence. Shields’ partner in the insurance- selling business, Julius Seligson, a former “first 10" luminary and one of the contenders for the crown in the thirty-eighth annual tournament in the Seventh Regiment Armory, dis- | closed today that the strapping court | star modestly is shy, although his | natural difident manner did not | hamper their business progress. Getting $300 a Week. o N THE tennis court Shields is | known for his courage and the well known ‘killer instinct,’” said Seligson, “but in business it was different. He was the ‘set-up’ man | and I bowled ’em over. “Frank should make a tremendous hit in the movies. He has the looks, the physique and all the natural qualities necessary for stardom, only he’s a little shy and backward when it comes to expressing himself, and that's why he’s taking a speaking course. “After all, I don’t blame him for not coming on for the tournament. He's getting paid—plenty—just _to learn to speak for the movies. His contract calls for $300 a week for the first 40 weeks and an upward revision after that. Of course don't forget some agent is getting a part of fit. He's living like a king in Lew Ayres’ home on Woodrow Wilson drive in Hollywood.” I the grade as a motion picture performer he’ll be ready to re- turn to the tennis courts because hardly a day goes by that he doesn't rlay a few sets with some of the lead- ing stars of the coast, including Gene Mako and Donald Budge. Both are expected to be members of the 1935 Davis Cup squad. “Shields has a private court on his property in Hollyv.ood and plays every day,” said Seligson. “He hasn't given up his tennis career by any means, | and you can bet he'll be a serious | contender for the championship at | Forest Hills next Summer.” RAWLINGS GETS JOB. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, March 11.—Appointment of George (Reggie) Rawlings, former manager of the| Martinsburg team and leading batter of the old Blue Ridge pro league. as manager of the Blue Sox here has been announced. The Sox will play Keeps Up His Game. N THE event Shields doesn't make semi-pro and independent ball. CLOUDS OVER BILOXI. § GET-BACK (1.8 E To RAIN = ~AN Bolroy ACND flolfikm ARRY Twf CATCHING [ O o wrm Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Basket Ball. Georgetown vs., Maryland, College Park, 8. Boxing. ® Catholic University vs. Mary- land, at College Park, 9.30 TOMORROW. Water Polo. Ambassador vs. Washington Canoe Club, at Ambassador poul, 8. Volley Ball. Extramural preliminaries, George- town vs. Catholic University, at University of Maryland, 7:30. Basket Ball. Extramural preliminaries, George- town vs. Catholic University, at the University of Maryland, 8:30. ‘WEDNESDAY. Boxing. Catholic U., preliminaries in Golden -Gloves A. A. U. tourney, 8:15. Extramural tourney prelimin- aries, at University of Maryland, 7:30. Draw for contests. COX GOES TO BILOXI. Paul (Bottle) Cox again will umpire | Washington's Spring games this year | and was to leave today for Biloxi.| Cox has had offers to umpire in a| number of minor leagues, but has not at | decided which he will accept. Griff Hurler, 19, Thinks He Has a Bit to Offer Majors ILOXI, Miss., March 11.— Here's a 19-year-old up- State New Yorker who ad- mits he has plenty on the ball. His admission hardly can be construed as a case of the famous old swellhead, for in the neck of the ‘soods where he did his flinging he must have had a little more than the stitches in the horsehide. A glance at the record Bob piled up around Margaretville during the six years just passed shows two losses in five straight seasons of twirling for his home town’s high school. An even m!:an lm&rewve showing, due to class of com- pem!on,‘h his winning 24 out of 28 games of semi-pro ball while serving them up to the plate for the team. Young Eitts is & right-hander and bats from the same side. Bob " a sizzling three-bagger. v_Bnrdngaray. who has to win a place | says his pitching problems don’t bother him very much. He owns up to possessing a reliable sinker, a red-hot fast one and a curve that really baffles ’em. Questioned about control, he merely shrugs and remarks that he'd have to have it to handle all the stuff he has. Bace ball is his chief interest, but he varies his sport diet occa- sionally with golf, ping pong and pocket billiards. Also likes to read about the great diamond sport in hopes of brushing up his knowledge of the finer points of the game. This is the first year the youth- ful tosser from the President's home State ever has attended a big league camp and min- gled with his awe and inspiration is the feeling that he has some- thing to offer the big show. Well, if confidence counts he's on his Wway. J. T. B. 3 { DEAN, RUTH PATCH UPINCIPIENT FEUD, Anticipated “War” Fizzles. Leiber, Youthful Giant, an Unusual Holdout. By the Assoclated Press. T. PETERSBURG.— What ap- peared to be the beginning of a war to the death may yet de-| velop into a beautiful friendship. Dizzy Dean visited the Braves’ bench prior to the Tampa slaugh’er to placate the Babe with “I hope you're not be- lieving everything you read in the newspapers about you and me, Babe?” “No,” Ruth replied, “I've been so busy- reading ‘Anthony Adverse’ I haven't been able to get around to the newspapers.” = MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Hank Leiber, the young Giant outficlder, is rated as | an unusual kind of holdout. He has | been working out every day, taking | part in exhibition games and eating | at the club’s expense, thus furnishing a sharp contrast to the usual method | of treating the non-signers. But so far he hasn't had a conference with Manager Bill Terry over the salary question or even been approached. They may get together soon, however. | TAMPA, Fla—Every one in the| Cincinnati Reds camp had a wide | smile today as a result of the lop- | sided victory over the Boston Braves | yesterday. | Manager Charlie Dressen, elated over the work of the rookies, planned to devote most of his attention this | week to the young hopefuls. . SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—Guy Bush, the ace pitcher, and Babe Her- | man the slugging infielder who came | over from the Cubs, are demonstrating | nicely for the Pirates already. { Just for something to do Bush | pitched two innings of the game which | the Bucs won 3-1 from the Acme Brews yesterday and only six men faced him. Babe was responsible for ORLANDO, Fla.—Stanley (Frenchy) in the Brooklyn outfield by beating | out a 1934 regular, is making promising bid for the job. He pulled two fancy plays in yesterday’s intra- camp game, snaring Frey's high fly a few inches from the ground after | he had stopped to avoid a collision with Brown and making one bee-line | throw to the plate from center. BRADENTON, Fla—After a Sun- day afternoon lay-off, the champion St. Louis Cardinals resumed their training schedule today. Manager Frankie Frisch announced Dizzy Dean will pitch a few innings tomorrow in the Cardinals’ opening game of the Grape Fruit League sea- son against the Phillies. AVALON, Calif —Manager Grimm of the Chicago Cubs, today considered lengthening the intra-club series from two games to three—out of sympathy for the reserves. In the only two games originally planned, the Yannigans failed to score a run. Saturday they lost, 5 to 0; yesterday the score was 7 to 0. WINTER HAVEN, Fla—The Phil- lies’ pitching staff was complete today as Roy Hansen joined the team. Manager Jimmy Wilson said he is well pleased with the way the rookies performed yesterday against the reg- ulars, although the latter won, 9 to 1. TITLE TO SUN RADIO Beats Italian A. C, 4 to O, for Soccer League Pennant. Sun Radio booters today boast the Recreation Soccer League champion- ship, following their 4-0 win yesterday over the Italian A. C. eleven. Hard- ing, W. Simonds, B. Simonds and Kaplan scored for the winners, who | were too fast for the Italians. Minni played an outstanding game for the victors. Miller PFurniture and Sherwood gained the final in the league’s conso- lation tourney, the former conquering Occoquan, 2-1, and the latter van- quishing Virginia Avenue, 2-0. The Millers and Sherwoods face next Sun- day in the consolation final. Final league standing: g 8 3 g & omrmswanagd jun Radlo. oo BBBRID (oo - ) s g1 P R emoY Oc: an ... New York Avenie, lherwood She: X Georgetown it i PRARARAS oo MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1935. ; —By JIM BERRYMAN 5 7 THE SPORTLIGHT Heavyweight Division Picks Up Pep as German Dusts Along Title Trail. BY GRANTLAND RICE. AX SCHMELING today leads the challenging pack by full length. The heavy beat- ing he gave Steve Hamas in 1. A fire arm (85,000 who saw the Rose Bowl game can testify to this) 2. More than normal foot speed. (The same 85,000 can back this up.) 3. A cool head, a stout heart—a | Hamburg, Germany, yesterday gave competitive nature that is at its best | him a big lead along the road to Max | under pressure. Baer’s crown. Hamas, Schmeling and Lansky, had a slitht margin over the leading challengers until the German's prodding fists broke up the Hamburg battle in the ninth round. Hamas has been a good puncher who could take it—a hard hitter who had his full share of gameness. It took a first-class fighter to hammer him into submission, and, unless Carnera, Impelletierre or some other challenger can turn out a sen shot at Baer in June. with decisions over both | 4. A good hitter and a fine base runner. 5. Can play outfield and infield with equal ability. These elements should combine to turn out a high-class ballplayer where | only a little seasoning is needed. Crisp is among those who believe Howell is certain to be a_big league Despite the fact that he was one of the best foot ball players of many years, Howell’s | first love in sport is base ball. He sational performance in the next few | always has liked base ball above every weeks, the German will get another | other game, which will be no handicap |in working his way forward and up- star in a year or two. Schmeling started his come-back | ward. trip by stopping Walter Neusel, a rough-and-rugged scrapper along the front of the line. His decisive victory over Hamas, the Penn State star, was an even longer jump in the general direction of Max Baer. When Baer stopped Schmeling in 1933 and Hamas later cut him up, the German'’s day seemed to be Alabama has sent more than one star entry to the big tent. Joe Sewell and Riggs Stephen- son, both came from the home of the Crimson Tide, and those who have seen Howell believe he will top both. It isn't often that one finds a young | over. Now | gthlete with so many all-around ac- he is back again, leading the march. | complishments. Schmeling apparently has recoverem‘ the punishing power he once car-|g prilliant kicker, one of the best of | ried in his mauling right. When that ' the ball carriers and a high-class | right hand is working, the Black defensive man. i As a ball player, he can hit, run, | Uhlan is always dangerous. i Jack Dempsey called the turn when | |he picked Schmeling to win inside | thinking on the side. has rated | 4 | Schmeling as the best of the chal-| «you can’t afford to do too much thinking. You've got to know natur- of 10 rounds. He always lengers. The Largest Week. HIS may not be the most excit- | ing, but it ought to be the largest week that sport has known in some years. Down around the citrus belt we have Babe Ruth boiling his displace- ment down to 230 pounds. Mr. P. Hal Sims, training for his coming clash with Ely Culbertson—man and wife on both sides—has scaled his altitude of |6 feet 4 down to 268 pounds. But the main fricassee takes place Friday night when Primo Carnera and Ray Impelletierre lug a total altitude of 13 feet and more into the ring, plus some 530 pounds. This ought to be the all-time record for pressure on the boards. I once saw Jess Willard, weighing 260, maul | around with Carl Morris, weighing 245, and that was something to shoot at. As it turned out, quite a number of spectators came near shooting at both of them before the fight ended. Willard and Morris slip well back of Carnera and the Imp when it comes to height and weight. A brace of elephants from the circus might break loose and set a new mark. The same might happen if a dinosaur and a brontosaurus broke loose In the American Museum of Natural History. Messrs. Carnera and Impelletierre will leave a mark to shoot at in the way of displacement. There is always the chance that the spectators may wish to get in the first shot. Both athletes involved might recall the fact that neither has electrified the | multitude so far with any astounding | feat of arms, including hands and | head. | Their general batting average has been around .213, or less. And there | is always the chance of & double" elimination. | The Amazing Mr. Howell. AKING the words of Hank Crisp, | Alabama’s able graduate man- ager and all-around coach, Mickey Cochrane’s Tigers have picked up quite a ball player in Millard Dixie Howell, the jate scourge of Stanford. Hank was a four-letter man in college and also he is a four- letter coach. Here are some of the quxmillu he passes along to Dixie Howell: { In foot ball, he was a star passer. field, throw and do his share of quick | Although, as Dizzy Dean told me ally what it's all about.” With Red Sox "GROVE, DALGHREN QUESTION MARKS Worth of Veteran, Max Bish- op, at Second Base Also Constitutes Problem. (This is the first of a series of stories giving first-hand impres- sions and outlining the prospects of major league basc ball clubs training for the 1935 pennant races. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. ARASOTA, Fla, March 11.—To show for a player investment of nearly a half million dollars the Boston Red Sox this Spring | possess a bizarre collection of talent, directed by a great young player-pilot | in Joseph Edward Cronin and imbued | with the conviction they have an excellent chance to capture a wide- open race for this year's American League championship. | Cronin, signed to a five-year con- tract in one of the biggest deals in | base ball history, has taken brisk charge of a squad which combines some brilliant young players with the survivors of the once mighty dynasties of New York, Philadelphia and Wash- ington. i Far Back Last Year. NDER Bucky Harris, who switched managerial jobs with Cronin, the Red Sox finished fourth last year, but they were 25 games behind the Detroit Tigers. To cut down this tremendous gap and make a serious pennant gesture this season the club must have the benefit of a thorough pitching comeback by Lefty Grove, among others, and rely on the veteran Max Bishop and a recruit first base- man, Ellsworth Dalghren. to hold up the right sice of the infield. | Cronin and Dalghren, a rugged Pa- cific Coast League product, are the | chief additions to the starting line- The new manager-shortstop will h the clean-up punch, batting i I follow Bill Werber and Roy Johnson, a pair of :320 | hitters last season | Right down the line the Red Sox will have more speed and solid power {than at any time since the palmy days of Speaker, Hooper and Lewis. | Werber, a great third baseman, stole 40 bases in 1934 and is a flashy per- former. Johnson drove in 119 runs last year and Cronin, despite an off- iseason and a broken wrist, brought | home 101 for Washington. Bishop, his health improved, will lead the . batting order. | Better Pitching Needed. O CAPITALIZE this offensive T strength, however, it will be up | to Cronin end his ace backstop, Rick Ferrell, to get more consistent results from a pitching staff that was highly erratic last vear. Right now Rick's brother, Wes Ferrell, looms as the No. 1 His arm is sound again and he should have a great year. Grove still is the man of mystery, following the breakdown of his great left arm last Spring. At 35 it is extremely unlikely he ever again will approach his effectiveness with the Athletics, but his arm seems im- proved. Rube Walberg also is show- ing signs of a come-back, but tue | best southpaw on the staff probably will be Fred Ostermueller, a hapd- luck pitcher last year, who turned.in 10 victories and showed a world of stuff. 5 | 3 'MIKE LYNCH, AT 54, Heads D. C. Runners to Finigh Sixteenth in letxmore—E.I Martak Is Winner. h | 3 IKE LYNCH, 54-year-old tance runner of Washing%. representing the Washing®n “Just keep an eye peeled on Dixie | Track and Field Club, still can sf Howell,” is Hank Crisp's advice. (Copyright. 1935, by Nort Newspaper Alliance, Exhibition Games By the Associated Press. Yesterday’s Results. Philadelphia (A), 5; (N), 3. Cincinnati (N. Cleveland , (8.A), 5. . Today’s Schedule. At Miami Beach—New York (N.) vs. St. Louis (A). ), 12; Boston (N.), 1 kH New York He finished sixteenth in a fleld of #0 th American | yesterday in the 15-mile handidp street run held by the Easterwapd Democratic Club in Baltimore. Lyn| the first Washington entry across the finish line, had a handicap of nfhe minutes. Bus Nicholson of the Wi ington ¥. M. C. 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