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- @he Foeni WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH B B S L Star pofls 26, 1935. ——————— = e LS Powell Now Assured Post in Center : Bartell Whoops Up Chances of Giants SPEED GIVES ROOK CALL OVERSCHULTE Harris Thinks He'll Make Great Base Runner—Also Hitting Ball Hard. BY JOHN B. KELLER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ILOXI, Miss., March 26.—Bucky Harris says the battle for the centerfield position with the Nationals this year is finished unless Jake Powell, the Washington sandlot graduate, collapses before the championship campaign gets under way. training and exhibition tussles, Powell will get the call over the veteran Fred Schulte. Powell first gained the notice of Harris by vigorous early workouts, during which he not only hit the ball well in practice, but demonstrated & speed of foot that makes Harris be- lieve that he may develop into a master base runner. Not long ago Harris was heard to say that Powell was the only real base runner on the ball club. He has made good on his early promise, by hitting exceptionally well sgainst Albany, Kansas City and Cleveland, and has dazzled the slim audiences down this way Powell is running them out, and doubles go into triples. Slide Makes Big Hit. OWELL'S daring hook sliding has made a tremendous hit with Harris. He goes into the bag fearlessly and expertly. He has be- come apt at the art of kicking the ball out of the hand of the opposing fielder, an old trick made famous by Ty Cobb and modtrnized by Jo Jo White, also of the Tigers. Powell also is not averse to head-first sliding, but this aptitude is being frowned on by Clark Griffith. Griffith shares Harris’ confidence in Powell. It was Griffith, you remem- ber, who plucked Powell off a dusty Takoma Park, Md., ball field one Sun- day in 1929 and it has been Griffith who has gulded Powell's footsteps around & succession of minor leagues, getting him primed for tke big show. Whenever Griffith speaks of the 1935 pennant campaign he instinctively comments on the power Washington will have in center field this season. Powell will lead off for the 1935 Senators, provided he continues to hold off the veteran Fred Schulte. His speed and Buddy Myer's tendency to hit into right fleld may make a sen- satipnal hit-and-run team out of the pair, Schulte Making Fight. GHULTE is not standing by and allowing Powell to take over the center field berth. The big Dutch- man. from Belvidere, Ill, reported to camp in the best condition he has shown since joining the Senators. He has not been hastening his training. During the past three days the big The way he has been going in | with his | speed. Singles become doubles when | < ’l Camp Base Ball | By the Assoclated Press. Yesterday's Results. Philadelphia (A.), 15; New York (N), 10. (Nmumon (L L), 10; Philadelphia ). 8. Boston (A), 7; Boston (N.), 2. Cincinnati (N.), 9; Toronto (I.L),5. New York (A.), 9; Newark (I. L.), 0. Seattle (P. C. L.), 3; Chicago (N.), 2. Pittsburgh (N.), 4; Chicago (A), 1. Today’s Schedule, At St. Petersburg—Boston (N.) vs. New York (A). At Los Angeles—Chicago (N.) vs. Seatle (P. C. L.). At Sarasota—Cincinnati (N.) vs. Boston (A.). At Winter Haven—Philadelphia (N.) vs. Baltimore (I. L.). At San Bernardino—Pittsburgh (N.) ve. Chicago (A.). | ‘At Orlando—Brooklyn (N.) vs. Mon- | | treal (I L.). | At Avon Park—St. Louis (N.) vs.| Columbus (A. A). i At Tallahassee—New York (N.) vs.| Cleveland (A). At West Palm Beach—St. Louis (A)) | vs. Buffalo (I. L.). | At Birmingham—Philadelphia (A.) | vs. Birmingham (8. A.). WORRYING YANKS Gets Worse After Hurling | Three Innings—Taking Daily Treatment. By the Associated Press. T. PETERSBURG, Fla—That persistent pain in Vernon| Gomez's pitching arm is begin- | ning to worry the New York Yankees. The great southpaw shut out the Newark Bears with three hits in five | innings yesterday, but complained at the finish that his arm, instead of | feeling better, was worse. He is taking daily treatments for a pain across the left side of his chest { and shoulder. NEW ORLEANS—Cleveland left Bill Knickerbocker, shortstop. behind | as they hopped. over to Florida to | meet the New York Giants. | GOMEZS ARM PAIN | or N.L SLIGESA.L'S @ ‘GRAPEFRUIT EDGE Dodgers and Pirates Main Factors, Both Showing Powerful Batting. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, March 26—Thanks to some powerful hitting by the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates, the Na- tional League has cut heavily into the American League's early advan- tage in the annual “grapefruit belt” championship. The standings today showed 2 victories for the American League and 18 for the National in inter- major league Spring competition. Casey Stengel's Dodgers, with three victories in as many starts against American League rivals, head the parade, with the Pirates, triumphant in four of five games with the Chi- cago White Sox, close behind. For the American League, the St. Louis Browns have the best record in interleague games, three victories and one defeat, but the Philadelphia Ath- letics and Boston Red Sox have been the heaviest winners. The A’s and Red Sox each have won five games and lost three. Cards and Giants Fail. HE National League's record would be much more impressive had the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants, picked by many experts to finish one-two in the forth- coming race, held up their end. Together these two clubs have suf- fered 12 of the defeats charged against the older circuit. The Boston Braves, despite Babe Ruth's presence, also have contributed heavily to the bulge the American League enjoys, dropping six of their eight games. Taking into account all games, whether against National, American minor league opposition, the Dodgers hold the lead. They have won seven out of eight. The Browns and Cleveland Indians are closest to the Dodgers, the former with eight out of ten and Cleveland with seven out of mine. The “Grapefruit League” standings: Inter-major, league. Al o Brooklyn (N).... Pittsburgh A t Louis Philadeiphia Recovering from an operation for appendicitis, Knickerbocker told his | teammates he would be back in the| | line-up in four weeks. | % ‘ Howell Scorns - Movies. AKELAND, Fla—Hollywood abandoned its pursuit of Millard (Dixie) Howell today when the Tiger' recruit from Alabama an- nounced he would not play the part of Frank Merriwell for the films. Howell passed a screen test for the part after his success in the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. SARASOTA, Fla—If the Red Sox|. Detroit (A) Cincinnati (N. e Bhiladelphia (N} IR0k B 23 D12 O ITIII B DN [ERETE T YVSEFEREere St. gflc"u evelan: Washington V. M. I. GETS RING COACH Lalance Obtained From Augusta Military Academy. middle gardener has taken things| je.cide to 2 | return to Sarasota next| Robert C. Lalance of Huntington, W. easy, thanks to an angry blister on| ceo"ror the training camp session, | Va., now boxing coach at Augusta his throwing hand, induced by a game | &, nqkee) S | per Tommy O'Neil of Fen- | Military Academy, has been engaged of golf. Schulte is six years older than | g, v park will come down from Boston | as head boxing coach at V. M. L. for Powell, being 31 to Powell's 25. Fred walloped the ball for a .298 average last year. Powell hit .356 for Albany, finishing second to Ike Boon in that league’s batting standards. youth as he is in his nerve and dar- ing. The Nat pilot apparently feels that if he is going to finish below the top this season, with veterans, he might just as well do the same thing with youths—and be preparing them for the future at the same time. In comparing Schulte agd Powell, Harris diplomatically states: “If Powell beats out Schulte I'l be very pleased, for it will mean that he is better than Fred—which would be more than enough to suit me. And that works both ways, of course. I'd just as soon see Schulte beat out Powell. It would mean that Schulte is really stepping.” Harris is as interested in Powell's | joinced Friday at a dinner to players | same time study at Washington and Lee. Yannigans List G. W. 7 A NOTHER morsel of competition ' was added to the training sea- son schedule last night when Clark Griffith 2nnounced that the sec- ondary members of the Senators would meet up with George Washington var- sity nine at Griffith Stadium on Sun- day, April 14. The regulars will be playing in Newark that afternoon, against Newark. Special low prices will prevail at the yannigan-collegian encounter. The game was arranged after Calvin Grif- fith, adopted son of the owner, wrote and asked for a place on his father's team’s schedule. Today’s practice at the Biloxi ball park is the final fundamental drill of the training season. Bucky Har- ris will stress infield drill during the morning of practice. Tomorrow after- noon the Kansas City Blues come here for the first of a two-game series, which will wind up the Biloxi season ‘Thursday. LEAGUE IN VIRGINIA TO START APRIL 28 Nearby Organization Will Have Two Sections—Other Nines Getting Ready. been set for the start e, two sections of the the and the White. In the Red section will be the Arlington, Ballston, Falls Church and Herndon nines, and the White section will include the Aldle, Fairfax Station, Marshall, Milwood and Purcellville teams. Middleburg also is expected to play in the Red section, and McLean is expected to cast its lot with the White. ‘Washington Coal Co. unlimited class ! base ballers will drill Thursday at 5 pm. on the North Ellipse. Manager Bill Jenkins is listing out-of-town games at Lincoln 6806. Chris Hutchinson is booking games for the Patsy Inn team, formerly Cepital Heights nine. All members of the old Northwestern A. C. and the New Deal nine are to report for practice at the Sixteenth Street Reservoir fleld Saturday and | well ahead of time and see that Payne | | Field is in proper condition. “ The condition of the field has been‘ | the only drawback. A decision in the | | matter of returning here will be an- and newspaper men. [ FROM THE Schacht, in Hard the next year. Lalance, who will succeed Al Martin, who held the post for the past two years, will supervise boxing for the entire year at V. M. I and at the PRESS BOX Trainink on Gags, Threatens to Be as Funny as Ever. BY JOHN ARASOTA, Fla, March 26— This is a great town for tour- ists. You can go to the Ring- ling Museum of Art, where a guide takes you around. points out | the famous paintings, and says: | “That piece of canvas there is| worth $10,000 per square centimeter.” Or you can step little farther out | of town and see the Winter quarters iof the circus, the greatest show on | earth, where Joe, the orang-outang, | does cute tricks with an alarm clock |and a hammer. Or you can go to the ball park and watch Al Schacht, coach and principal comedian of the Boston Red Sox, as he trains and rehearses for the season up north. Al's Training Important. ERHAPS you never stopped to think about the care and training of a base ball comedian. It's very important. When Al Schacht came to camp this Spring, for instance, he was out of shape The muscles of his face had stiffened during the Winter. | He was slow on his feet. His | schnozzle seemed smaller. ’ | He couldn’t get a laugh from the ball players. He couldn’t get a laugh from himself, which is a dangerous sign with Al But after a rub-down and several hours of intense practice, Mr. Schacbt began to round into form. He took things easily, working on one gag a day. Manager Cronin then proceeded to add pressure, until Al was ready to rehearse his whole routine before an audience without risk to the muscles of his arms and legs. ‘This will be Mr. Schacht’s first year as a solo comic, you know. At Wash- ington he worked with Nick Altrock. The team of Schacht and Altrock was a favorite for years, with itself and the fans. The stunt I liked best in their repertoire was the rainy day stunt, in which Schacht and Altrock produced a raft and attempted to row from first base to second. | This year the team split, Mr. Schacht going to Boston with Joe | Cronin, He is retaining most of the | original Schacht-Altrock gags, but he | uses new stooges and new equipment. Just now his biggest problem is to break in and train a catcher to work with him in fielding practice. He is training two catchers, on the theory that one of them might be fired off the club before they go North. ‘Your correspondent happened to be present on the day that Mr. Schacht rehearsed his complete act for the first. time down here. He looked good. | LARDNE He admitted he never was in better shape. Expects Several More Years as Clown. 'VE been living right, eating and I sleeping a lot,” said Al. “I fig- ure I have several more years of funny stuff in my system before they waive me out of the league or trade me to some class C vaudeville act. Keep an eye on me out there today. I'm gonna panic 'em.” Mr. Schacht went straight through the routine. At third base he wore a battered top hat and a swallowtail coat over his uniform. He did the phoney ball gag, fum- bling one ball and throwing another to first. He did the tightrope gag, walking along the third base line. Then he moved to the pitcher’s box and did the conference-with-the- catcher gag, the signal gag, the slow- motion gag and the strip tease. He was in Midsummer form. As an added attraction Mr. Schacht broadcast the first inning of the game that day over a microphone. He called a one-minute pause for the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner,” which was riot played. He told the audience that 400,000 people had stayed away from the game. He made a few mistakes, a la McNamee. He wound up the broadcast by re- porting a play of Max Bishop's at second. “This is sensational, folks, sensational,” shouted Al at the microphone. “Bishop moved clear over to his own to stop that one and save the day for Boston.” ‘The tourists went home that day with a soft spot in their hearts for Mr. Schacht. They said he was far more entertaining than Joe, the orang-outang over at the circus. He ‘was more dependable and more nearly human. They did not appreciate, however, the weeks of effort which have gone into Mr. Schacht’s routine or the quiet, tireless encouragement he has received from himself. Your | correspondent, after looking him over, believes that Mr. Schacht will be as funny as ever this year. (Copyright. 1935. by Nor Newspaper Aliiance. mc.‘Ameriun SIGN GRIDIRON, PACT. LOS ANGELES (#)—The growing Loyola foot ball machine will play intersectional games for the next two years. Tom Lieb, ex-Notre Dame player and coach of Loyola’s line, has announced his gridiron charges will tertain Michigan State here in 1938 Mich, LEXINGTON, Va., March 26 (#).— up on the motors of his Miss America Copyright, A. MIAMI, Fla., March 26.—Gar Wood, shown here making final check- X, today planned to race his speedy craft for the first time since he defended the Harmsworth Trophy against BENTON THROUGH, TERRY CONCLUDES {Gives Hurler Release After| He Fails to Hold 3-Run Lead on Mackmen. B the Assoclated Press. ACKBONVILLE, Fla. — Larry Benton has been cast adrift by the New York Giants. The veteran right-hander worked well early this Spring, but when he failed to hold a three-run; lead against tne Athletics the other day, Manager Bill Terry decided he | would be unable to find a place for Benton on the Giants' staff. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—Lloyd Johnson, southpaw whom the Pirates brought over from the San Francisco Missions a year ago. has been sent back to his home club. ! That leaves only Ralph Birkofer to | handle the left-handed pitching for the Bucs. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Braves are sending home three of their hopefuls—Mike Kash of Web- ster, a pitcher, and Gene Sullivan of Chicopee and Leo Gallagher of Rochester, infielders. Orsatti of Cards Signs. RADENTON, Fla—Ernie Orsattl, the St. Louis Cardinals’ last| holdout, has joined the fold. He| signed his contract yesterday. ORLANDO, Fla—Manager Casey | Stengel has three rlaces open on his | iDodger pitching staff, and Harry | | Eisenstadt and Bob Logan, southpaws, |and Leslie Munns and Frank La-| | manske, right-handers, are waging a battle for them. Indications are that Eisenstadt, Lo- gan and Munns will stick. LOS ANGELES—The last of the Chicago Cub cripples, Tex Carleton, was due for ais first appearance to- d“i; against Dutch Ruether's Seattle club. | The former Cardinal right-hander, who is expacted to take a regular turn this season, has recovered from a se- verely wrenched shoulder. Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Water Polo. Maryland Club Gardens vs. Am= bassador, Ambassador pool, 8. TOMORROW. Boxing. ‘Tommy Mollis, Baltimore, vs. Gene Buffalo, Philadelphia, light- weights, 10 rounds. Lincoln Col- onnade (colored). Show starts 8:30. THURSDAY. ‘Wrestling. George Zaharias, Colorsdo, vs. Sandor Sazabo, Hungary, two falls out of three, Washington Audi- torium. Show starts, 8:30, FRIDAY. Table Tennis, D. C. championship tourney at Wardman Park Hotel, 8. SATURDAY. Lacrosse. Maryland vs. Alumni, at Cellege Park, 2:30. Bowling, Occidentals vs. Recreation Pive of Baltimore, at Convention Hall. Table Tennis, D. C. championship tourney at ‘Wardman Park Hotel, 2 and 8. Boxing. Colored Infercollegiate Athletio [} Association Howard U, & 13 P. Wirephoto. Hubert Scott-Paine of England in 1 boat through an initial test run on did not chop the course too much. THE SPORTLIGHT Babe in National League Uniform Strange as Harvard Wearing Blue. BY GRANTLAND RICE. S. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 26.—Imagine the embattled farmers of Lexington wearing the red coats of King George —the 1st Division, U. 8. A, turning on the German goose-step—a Yale foot ball team decked out in crimson, with Harvard arrayed in blue— That's something of the shock you are going to get when you suddenly look for the first time at Babe Ruth wearing a National League uniform | with the war trappings of the Boston Braves. At least, everything seemed to be upside down to this correspondent, who had been peering at Babe on the other side of the fence for 21 years. But when I sat down with him and saw him inhale a platter of stone crabs, and, later on, slash a triple to left-center that he took at a jog, I knew it was the same old Babe. “You've now had three weeks of this noble experiment in the National League,” I said to the Babe, “and I'd like to know how you feel about it.” “Honest,” he said, “I never was happier in my life. I've felt that I was facing a kind of all-around chal- lenge—the challenge of 41 years— the challenge that comes from carry- ing 230 pounds for 21 seasons—the challenge from a bunch of National League pitchers who want to prove that I can't hit as well in this league as I did in the American—and the doubt that exists that I can be of any help to our team through another year. It's keyed me up and given me a fresh target. I feel better than I have felt in four years. My legs haven't bothered me a bit. Bill Mc- | Kechnie is a great guy to work for, |and I am going to give him and Bos- ton everything I have.” Loves to Be Bothered. E STARTED down the street and some fan walked up with this request—“Babe, could I bother you to autograph this ball?” “You can botheh me to autograph anything you want,” the Babe said. “When you quit bothering me to sign autographs, then Ill know I'm through. Slip me the old apple and pen. And tell ‘em to keep on both- ering me.” “How many games can you crowd in this year?” I asked. “They say I won't play 75, the Babe answered. “But, kid (John D. Rockefeller would be kid to the Babe), I'll make it a hundred sure. Maybe more. Of course, when you pass 40 and when you weigh 230 or more—well, several thin®s can happen. “And here’s another thing I want you to straighten out for me,” the Babe sald. “What's that?” I asked. “I'm out there on my own, this season, as & ball player. Right now, I don’t think the fans care anything about me being a vice president of the club or what I would do as & manager. That's all out, this season. It's the old Babe on the old job—a ball player. And that's my job for 1935. It has been the only job I ever knew. It was the only job that put me where I happen to be right now. “pd rather make good as a ball player this season than anything I ever did. “I'm not kidding myself. I'm not g to be any Tris Speaker in that goln, outfield. The old dogs are going to do a lot of barking. But they've barked before. And, you know—a barking dog seldom bites.” Bearing Down. «y SEE, Babe, that Carl Hubbell says he is going to bear down on you,” I said. “Also Dizzy Dean and Lon Warneke, and all the others.” The Bsbe laughed. And when the Babe laughs, the room rocks. “T suppose,” he said, “that American they all feel, and I don't blame ‘em. “They‘d rather strike out the Babe than any one else. For I've been a | little lucky in the home run racket. | They've walked me over 2,000 times and I've aever squawked. You see, I used to be a pitcher myself.” In this connection, it might be noted that Ruth, as & pitcher, still | has the best winning average in base ball. _This _includes Mathewson, Three-Finger Brown, Ed Walsh, Wal- ter Johnsca, Grover Alexander, Cy | Young, Rube Waddell, Bob Grove or any name you might remember. “Those 2,000 walks and those 700 or more home runs saved my legs,” Ruth said. “Anyhow, legs,” he continued. “They talk about Ty Cobb's legs. He had about the best pair I ever knew of in base ball. But Ty was carrying 180 pounds for 24 years, and I've had to carry from 230 to 250 pounds. I've had to carry ever had to carry. I never talked to a horse, but I'd like to ask Equipoise or Twenty Grand or Cavalcade or some of the others just how much difference 50 or 70 pounds would make in & race. And I'm not supposed to be s horse or a tank.” Babe and the Braves. OW much attendance will Babe Ruth add to the Braves? My guess is that he will double the 11934 count, slightly less than 400,000. Here's an example. The Braves already have paid their expenses for the training tiip of the new season. When the Babe was signed, they had two open dates in April. They lined up in Fayetteville, N. C., for one of these dates, and already the advance sale for this Carolina citadel is $1,600. | The Braves will reach Boston with a good cash halance, in place of a healthy deficit. They more than will double their to 300,000 or more in the first few weeks of the season. If they flop after that, it won't be so good, but they still will go far beyond the year just behind. If they happen to be up in the race, this attendance will hold out most of the year for a phenomenal rpurt. ‘Where will the Braves finish? It depends largely on how their pitchers make out. If Frankhouse, Cantwell, Brown, Brandt and one more aid can come through with steady work, the Braves will be out there offering | plenty in the way of trouble. For Bill McKechnie can get as much out of a ball club as any manager I know. He is a fine manager and a grand fellow. And he’ has complete con- fidence in Babe Ruth as a ball player sort. The main object of base ball is to make money, and the Boston Braves are going to get their full share this- year. But I can say with full truth that the Babe's main object this season is to keep on bitting home runs and to prove that he has at least one more year left, despite the fact that his legs are not what they used to be. Whose are? But if you still can keep hitting, that still means some- thing. At least it does to the cash customers, who rule all professional sports and most of those on the ama- teur side as well. ki (Copyright. 1935. by North American DY wepaper Alliance. 1nc.) e By the Associated Press. Today a year ago—Giants sent George Davis to Cardinals for George Watkins in exchange of outfielders. Three years ago—International Mo- tor Yachting Union accepted Gar Wood's speed boat record of 111.712 m.p.h. Five years ago—Shaun Goilin, 100 to 8, won Grand National igeplechess, I've had pretty good | | from 50 to 70 pounds more than Cobb | attendance for 1934. They will play | fi for 1935. There is no friction of any | 1, I A | | | | | B 933. Wood said he would put his Indian Creek this afternoon if wind ALUMNI WILL TEST TERP STICK TEAM Line-Up of Fit Old Grads to | Figure in Opening Game | Saturday. A gather at College Park tomor- row afternoon to practice for | their game with the Terp Varsity Sat- | urday. The Old Grads will present a for- midable front, with practically all of the talent recruited from the ranks of | the 1924 team or from among those | who have kept up the pastime with| club teams since graduation. | Bob Snyder, Norwood Sothoron, Rufe Vincent and Bus Pfau, all of the 1934 team; Gordon Pugh, Fred Stie- ber, Fred Invernizzi, Gabby Streett| and Vic Wingate of the Mount Wash- | ington squad of Baltimore; Joe Deck- | man and Sam Crosthwait, who have | been working out almost daily with | the Maryland varsity; Ed Ronkin, who has been playing basket ball all | Winter in Washington; Morris Nich- olson, Gus Crothers and othets will wield sticks for the LUMNTI lacrosse players of the University of Maryland will lumni. Al Are “M” Men. LL of them won letters while at Maryland, most of them being outstanding performers, with Sothoron, Pugh, Streett, Deckman, Nicholson and Crosthwait gaining all- | America laurels. Sothoron still is in the university and is playing on the Varsity nine. Every one of the players, except | Crothers, who is an_Elkton, Md, | lawyer, live or work in Washington or { vicinity or in Baltimore. Bill Evans, another all-America, who led the country in scoring two | vears, may also join the alumni flock. | | He has been playing basket ball dur- ing the Winter in the Capital and is t. | | idlryllnd'! first collegiate game is with Harvard at College Park on April 4. TABLE TENNIS CLOSE Marietta Park Players Defeat Fort Stevens, 6 to 5. Marietta Park Business Men's table tennis team defeated the Fort Stevens American Legion Post six matches to five, at the Fort Stevens | club house. Summaries: | J. P. Horning (Marietta Park Business gl]e% deqr]ult:c B. C. Ponton. 21-23, 23-21, 21-14; W. Tucker t ens), defeated William F. Shea (M: Park), 2 16, 19-31, 22-20. arietta Herse 8. Ring. 21- Tiffey (Mariet! defeated L 21-6; F. Knoop (Mariet Men) defeated A. C. Hi 11, 21-17: H. P fioied, Doul (Port (Marietta Park), 2 DD 1 l.bn ls.i“ (Mar! ark), 22-2i 21-15, 21-12: Kiley and Tucker (Fort Stevens) defeated Tiffey_and Nlna. -16. 21-9, 21-18: Reese and Blanchar et Business Men) defeated Parham and 0op, 21-13. 31-11, 21-11: Reese and Gibbs (Marietta Park Business Men) defeated Harmon and Hargrave, 21-14, 21-13, 21-16. Nazi Ban on Baer AsSchmelingFoe ERLIN, March 26 (by Jewish Telegraphic Agency).— The ‘Westdeutcher Beobachter, lead- ing Nazi newspaper in West Ger- many, said today there would be no fight for the championship between Max Baer, holder of the heavy- weight title, and Max Schmeling because Baer is & Jew. > “Reports of a contest between the S| tonight Plans to Launch Assault on World Boat Speed Record TodayQMAKES IERRYMEN TOUGHER, NOISER Iready Has Imbued Club With Fighting Spirit. Davis Also Helps. (This is one of a series of major league base ball progpects.) By the Assoclated Press. EW ORLEANS, March 26— The New York Giants will be stronger, tougher and louder this seascn in their battle to regain the National League champion- ship, mainly because they spent a lot of money for a little guy who looks like & college sophomore but acts on a ball field like a Commanche Indian. - Blondy Ryan telegraphed the Giants into a pennant-winning rally two years ago and his successor, Dick Bar- tell, the little fellow with the big voice, seems determined to holler the club back to the top. His war-whoops, along with natural aggressiveness afield and at bat, seem to be just the tonic the New Yorkers need to make them forget the debacle of 1934. His fighting spirit already has Bill Terry's gang in a surprisingly belligerent mood. Proves New Mainspring. ARTELL unquestionably is like a new mainspring for the club, fitting in beautifully with the veteran Travis Jackson, Hughey Critz and Terry around the infield, but he is not the only reason why the Giants figure to have at least an even chance of unseating the current world champions. Terry has solved the centerfield problem by getting George Davis back from the Phillies to share the job with broad-shouldered Hank Leiber, who looks like a *“natural” fence buster but who has yet to prove it | consistently. He has his celebrated pitching “big four” intact, whereas Roy (Tarzan) Parmalee was on the shelf with ap- pendicitis for the first two months of last season.. Gus Mancuso, top sergeant of the battery department, is another 1934 invalid who can be depended on from the outset. Finally, the development of Clydelt Castleman, young righthander, and the addition of two seasoned relief men, Leon Chagnon and Allyn Stout, give the club the pitching insurance it needs for all emergencies. % Much Better, Says Terry. “FPAKING all these things intq consideration, I consider the Giants at least 15 per cen¥ stronger,” says Terry. “I think I've got exactly the men we need in Bartell and Davis. I'm sorry I ever let Davis get away. . “I believe we have the best pitching staff in the league and I'm not over- looking the rough treatment we got from the Dean brothers. I'm fixed, now so that Carl Hubbell and the rest of the regulars will not be overworked. “I have heard a lot of talk this Spring that I put the blame on certain individuals for our collapse at the end of last season. That's not the truth. . “As a matter of fact, there was no single reason for our decline. It was due to a combination of circumstances. I shouldered the blame for everything that happened then. I still do. But we have forgotten that. We will be back in there, stronger than we were, and the club that wins will have to beat us.” Believes Punch Present. ERRY is certain his club will have the necessary punch to back up its steady defense and superlative pitching. Shaking up the batting order, he plans to use Hughey Critz, who is poi- son to the Deans, as lead-off man, the hustling Dick Bartell next and assign Moore to the third spot, where Man= ager Bill has held forth for years. Mauling Mel Ott, the league’s all-star right-fielder, will occupy the clean-up role again, with Terry batting fifth. ‘The acquisition of Mark Antony Koenig as infield utility man may prove the best stroke of business Terry has done. The former Yankee short- stop can play any infield position and { he can hit. Al Cuccinello, brother of Brooklyn's Tony, is only 19 years old, but he will be carried as extra infielder—depend- ing on whether Terry keeps 9 or 10 hurlers—and appears like a real “find.” Phil Weintraub, outfielder, will do pinch-hitting duty. 100-POUNDERS MEET FOR BASKET HONORS Boys' Club Blues and Cardinals Provide One of Four Tilts in Tourney Tonight. \HE 100-pound championship in the D. C. A. A. U. basket ball tourney is to be decided to- night at 8 o’clock at Tech High, when the Boys’ Club Blues face the Cardi- nals. The Blues last night gained a'h | the final by downing the Northeast Boys' Club, 47-41. In the three other games carded Agriculture and Rockville girls will meet at 7 o'clock to open the competition, Northeast Boys' Club and the Ruff Riders will face also at 7 and in unlimited encounters Stew- art’s Pharmacy will meet Company F at 8 and Mount Vernon and Olmsted Grill will battle at 9. Company F and Olmsted Grill gained the semi-finals in the un- limited division last night, the former defeating Stewart’s Pharmacy, 39-33, and the latter drubbing Mount Ver- non, 50-14. In the 115-pound class the Boys' Club Fleetwings defeated the Cavaliers, 37-16, to gain the final round. Heurich Flashes and Sholls face tonight at 9:30 o'clock at Roosevelt High in a game having an important bearing on the District Community Center League championship. Flying Eagles easily defeated the Ninth Street Christians, 35-18, last night to win the Community Center Minor League city title. Calvary Baptist tossers downed Grace Baptist, 29-15, to gain second place in the B. Y. P. U. play-off. Pepco _basketers triumphed over Pecples Drug Store quint, 31-25,