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[ seore e ] @he Fpe WASHINGTON, D. C, ning WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, tar APRIL 4, 1935. Features and Classified e Bucky Patient With Cream Puff Hitters : Cubs Need Another Slab Starter - POINTS 10 CLUB'S LATENT WALLOP Stone and Powell Are Only ! Potential Regulars to | Biff Up to Form. BY JOHN B. KELLER, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. OUISVILLE, Ky., April 4—His Nationals have not startled the base ball world with their bat- ting, but Bucky Harris has an ideas they will come through with their punch by the time the cham- pionship campaign gets under way. The manager looks to the training games to be played against the big leaguers in Chicago and Wash- ington to tune his charges’ offense. Lack of practice due to inclement weather has held back the Washing- ton ball club no little, so far as hitting goes. After all, a batter gets his best practice when he is up at the plate swinging. He does not get his eye in trim or perfect his timing lolling about a hotel lobby watching the rain beat against the windows. That is what the Nationals have been doing most of the time since they broke camp at Biloxi. But Harris sees too much latent power in the bats of the Washing- ton band to worry about what the club is not doing at present in attack. With such tried and true hitters as Manush, Stone, Myer and Travis in the regular order and the rookie, Powell, due to start in center field, promising to provide the same vigor- ous punch this year he did for Albany in the International League last, the manager is somewhat confident there will be all the hitting needed to make the Washington offensive some- thing to be feared by rival outfits. Stone, Powell Pack Wallop. F THIS particular group of hit- ters, only the sturdy Stone, this year placed in the clean-up positica _in the batting order, and the rookie Powell have walloped in ex- pected stride thus far. Stone has larruped the leather at a .366 clip in 10 engagements to set the pace for a club that has swung for an average of 241 in 11 contests. Stone with his hard hitting has sent eight runs over, but in this re- spect he is tied by Powell. The Wash- ington boy, who has been wandering around the minors five years before looking as if he had the makings of a major leaguer, has been one of the¢ few power hitters of the flock in the exhibitions in building up a batting mark of .333. Only one other of the stated regu- lars of the line-up is hitting in the -300 class and oddly he is one normal- ly down in the .280. Lyn Lary, the shortstop taken over from Red Sox, has played in nine games to bat for .316. Lyn probably won't hit at | anything like that when the season gets under way, but his Spring work indicates he very likely will be around his normal speed and that will be enough to carry along such a brilliant flelder as he is known to be. The infield trio, expected to clout better than .300 in the pennant pur- suit, has yet to flash its real worth. Myer is hitting highest of the lot, but this sterling second-sacker shows only an average of .233 for his 10 games. Kuhel, in as many contests, has banged the ball for just .212, but Kuhel was handicapped for a time when the ankle he broke last year stiffened and prevented his taking a sound stance at the plate. Joe no longer is troubled that way and in his last few games he looked much better at the hitting block. Travis has been unable to time well since the early going and is batting .206. However, the young third baseman is likely to come around to true form any day. Manush Behind Regular Pace. ANUSH, best of the Nationals at bat last season and the third hitter of the American League, is cracking at a .281 clip, far below normal for him at the plate. To get as good an average as this Heinie has made nine hits. Perhaps he is ready, though, to swing into his accustomed a Sports Program In Local Realm TODAY. Wrestling. Rudy Dusek, Omaha, vs. Gino Garibaldi, St. Louis, heavyweights, one fall to a finish, Washington Auditorium, 8:30. Finals of the District Junior A. A. U. tournament, Friends’ School, 7:30 pm. Base Ball. Harvard at Georgetown, 3:30. Cornell vs. Maryland, at Col- lege Park, 4. Lacrosse. Harvard vs. Maryland, at Col- lege Park, 4. ‘Hand Ball., National A. A. U. singles quar- ter-finals, 7 o'clock. TOMORROW, Base Ball. Harvard vs. Maryland, at Col- lege Park, 4. ‘Western at Georgetown Prep, 3:30. Central at Alexandria High, 3:30. Hand Ball. National A. A. U. singles and doubles semi-finals, 7 o'clock. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Long Island U. Washington, at dium, 3. Western at Augusta Military Academy. Culpeper High. vs. George Griffith Sta- High at Episcopal Golf. Rollins vs. Georgetown, gressional Club, 11:30. Roosevelt vs. Central, Manor Club. ‘Western vs. Tech, Indian Spring. Boxing. Olympic A. C., vs. picked team from Baltimore and Washington, amateurs, Washington Auditorium, 8:30. Con- Hand Ball. National A. A. U. singles and doubles finals. DERBY FAVORITE TARE FASTSPN Chance Sun Does 1:22 for Three-Quarters—Chance View Is Swifter. By the Associated Press. E. WIDENER'S Chance Sun, the favorite, and J. J. Flanni- gan’s Chance View, an out- sider, gave good accounts of themselves yesterday in workouts at Churchill Downs, where they are being prepped for the Kentucky Derby. Chance Sun breezed three-quarters through the mire in 1:22 while Chance View stepped the same dis- tance in 1:20. Jouett Shouse's Weston, most recent derby candidate to arrive at the downs, was called upon for his first breeze and re- sponded with a three-eighths in 38| seconds. Fifty-four Are Eligible. ITH practically every leading older horse and many of the ranking 3-year-olds on the list, 54 thoroughbreds still are eligible for the metropolitan mile to be de- cided during the Spring meeting at Belmont Park. The eligibles include | Mr. Khayyam, winner last year when Equipoise was disqualified and the then unbeaten Chase Me broke down; Ladysman, Fairno, War Glory, Dis- covery, King Saxon, Sergt. Byrne, Singing Wood and many 3-year-olds, vhich distinguished themselves as juveniles. The value of the race has been doubled and will be worth close to $9,000. Bill Obert, the oldest jockey in America still in active service, checked BERGER SHOWING POWER WITH BAT Former Terp Hits Safely in| | 11 Games in Row—"Yanks Please McCarthy. By the Associated Press. REENWOOD, Miss., April 4— There was some doubt early this season about the hitting ability of Bozie Berger, new | second baseman for the Cleveland Indians. Berger, former University of Mary- < land ace, has brushed away most of it, however, by hitting safely in 11 con- secutive games. He knocked out a double and a single in the game with the New York Giants yesterday. BIRMINGHAM, Ala—Like most managers, Joe McCarthy doesn't want to pick his team as a pennant winner, but he has plenty of confidence as the Yankees start their northward trip. “I think we are going places,” Joe admitted, “unless the breaks go against us. Injuries stymied the team last year. If we can escape a similar fate I'm confident the team will come through.” ORLANDO, Fla—The St. Louis Browns, taking with them a record of 12 victories in 17 Florida exhibition games, are on their way home. The team will arrive in St. Louis tomorrow morning for a day's rest be- HE WAS MY MOST RELIABLE HITTER OF ALL THE TIGERS [ORETE fore the six-game Spring series with the Cardinals starts. Rowe Will Test Arm. | ©T. AUGUSTINE, Fla—Detroit and Cincinnati open a 10-game barn- storming tour here today with Mickey Cochrane planning to give Schoolboy Rowe a chance to pitch his first nine innings of the season. Cochrane has brought the School- boy along slowly thus far and has limited him to five-inning workouts. ATLANTA —Fritz Ostermueller will pitch today as the Red Sox stop off for the first of a two-game series with the Crackers. | The second game, tomorrow, will find ole Lefty Greve on the mound. | CHARLOTTE, N. C—Eddie Rom- | mel's Richmond Colts of the Pied- mont League play the Philadelphia { Athletics today in the first of two games. Moses will cover center and Warstler second for the Mackmen during the absence of Cramer and ‘Williams, out because of injuries. BEARS SIGN PORTER { Former Indian Becomes One of Best Paid in I. L. CLEARWATER, Fla., April 4 (#)— | After much dickering, Dick Porter, former Cleveland and Baltimore slugger, came to terms with the Newark Bears at a salary which reputedly | places him among the highest paid | players in the International League. | Porter has been practising in the Bears’ outfield since the start of the training grind. 'STICKERS OPEN PLAY | Maple Leafs and Maroons Make It First All-Canadian Cup Series Since 1926. | By the Associated Press. ORONTO, April 4—Two of the mightiest teams in the National Hockey League, their fitness | proved by a grueling series of prelim- inary tests, meet tonight to begin the Stanley Cup since 1926. The Toronto Maple Leafs, finalists for the third time in four years, op- pose the Montreal Maroons, in the series of the best three out of five games to decide possession of the his- | | first all-Canadian final series for the | | XCEPT for moments when | E some one asks whether the | natives of Biloxi really live in | igloos or when it it is hinted | that his Washington ball club is only | half-trained or when it is suggested | that maybe St. Louis slipped one over ! on ye olde foxe by returning Irving Hadley with a bum flipper, Mons. Clark Griffith is unperturbed and quietly satisfied as he awaits the arrival of | his American League entry. It is doubtful if even at this time | | a year ago did experts pay more atten- | tion to Mons. Griffith’s Nationals than they are doing today. Last year the critics thought they knew what Wash- | ington could do and were fooled. This vear they do not know what the Na- | tionals can do and half expect to be | fooled. Nor is Mons. Griffith, back at his desk with his gable eyebrows bleached and a sun tan he steadfastly attributes | to Biloxi, not Miami, ready to throw | | any light on his club. “We have the ‘mystery team’ of the league,” Griff was saying today. “No one can tell where we will finish. In fact, the team is something of a mystery to me. We might win the pennant or KEYSTONE OF ATTACK. THE NATIONALS' RIGHTFIELDER.. WHOSE SLUGGING DURING THE EXHIBITION GAMES MAY BE FORERUNNER OF A GOOD SEASON AT BAT... L | | | Griffith Sees His “Mystery” Team in Flag Race With Five Others. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. thing of a mystery, too. So is Bos- ton.” Mysteries Even to Griff. N ADDITION to presenting a col- lective question mark, the Na-| tionals also can produce some | individual question marks. I cannot figure some of the bo; clared Mons. Griffith. “Linke, for in- stance. And Hadley. Linke's arm is all right, but he hasn’t got the stuff he showed a year ago. There is noth- ing on the ball. Hadley, I don't know about, either. He hasn't thrown a fast ball since he reported to camp.” The rookie apple of Mons. Griff's eye still is Archie Scrivener, who will perform in the New York-Pennsyl- vania League until he can locate the plate. Griff maintains Scrivener has the makings. While Archie is gone, Henry Coppola basks in the light of Griff’s attention. The best-looking rookie of all he saw in Dixie, though, wears the uniform of the Cleveland | Indians—Bozie Berger. “If Berger hits,” said Griff, “he will be as good as any sec- ond baseman in the big leagues. He can field with any of 'em.” This reminded Griff that Berger matriculated at nearby College Park | | and slipped away, just as did Bill | Werber. So ye olde foxe is likely to ® HAS A 7-YEAR AVERAGE OF -305 (N THE 'MAJons.... HARRIS HAS ELECTED Him To FiLL JOE'S CLEAN-UP SPOT (N THE BATTING ORDER....., . . Deadline Is Fixed For Held Tickets R ton’s opening American League base ball game here April 16 against Philadelphia must be called for at the Griffith Stadium box offces by 5 p.m. Satur- day, it was announced today by Edward B. Eynon, jr., secretary of the Natiorals. After this hour, all tickets will be placed on sale on a first-come, first-served basis, DIZZY DEAN FINED ESERVATIONS for Washing- Gelbert, Worthington and Wilson Also Punished. Giants Test Many. Manager Frank Frisch's chastened team of St. Louis Cardinals Frisch “cracked down on some of By the Associated Press. ONTGOMERY, Ala,, April 4— wrath was still far from ap- peased today as a much arrived here for a game with Auburn University. the playboys” yesterday, sending Bob Worthington and Charley Wilson to draw their releases, and fining Dizzy Dean $100 and Charley Gelbert $50. | Any future violators of training rules will be fined $1,000 Frisch BASKET BALL RULE CHANGES DEBATED Coaches Likely to Suggest Only One or Twe, Though Many Are Talked. By the Associated Press. and high school basket ball coaches emerged from their private huddles and commit- tee meetings into the open today for a two-day debate on suggestions of rule changes in the game. Every one of the 200 coaches. dele- gates to the National Association of Basket Ball Coaches, had definite ideas on the many proposed changes, ranging from elimination of the cen- ter jump to 12-foot baskets. However, the general impression was that only | one or two alterations would be recom- mended to the National Rules Com- mittee, which meets in New York Sun- day and Monday for definite action. Stage Experimental Game. N EXPERIMENTAL game Wwas held at the Loyola University | gymnasium last night during which teams from Illinois Wesleyan and De Paul, Chicago, demonstrated many of the important suggestions, such as eliminating the center jump, allowing it with a 12-foot circle drawn around the centers as forbidden terri- tory for the guards and forwards until the ball actually was tipped out; the elimination or modification of the pivot post play and a changed foul line for personal and technical fouls. Some of the coaches were impressed; didn't like the innovations. Probably the most important meet- | ing on today's program was that of the referees and officials, who hoped ' to get a uniform interpretation of the | rules. Because of the increase of inter- sectional games, a general uniformity of rules interpretation is a necessity. Dr. James A. Naismith, who origi- nated the game 44 years ago, was honored with a gift from the coaches. BASE BALL LEAGUE HICAGO, IIl., April 4—College others | warned. GREENWOOD, Miss.—Regardless of | the outcome of pre-season games, Bill Terry, New York Giants’ manager, is seeing to it that his reserves get plenty of practice this Spring. He has sent a full team of second stringers into every game, win or lose. He let the regulars stay seven in- nings against. Cleveland yesterday, the longest turn so far. SAVANNAH, Ga—Manager Bill McKechnie of the Boston Braves has received no word from Buck Jordan since he left the team and it's no secret that Bill is worried. The club needs reinforcements at first base, Bill says, and he's anxious | to get Jordan back into the fold. | Task for Birkofer. | OUSTON, Tex.—Ralph Birkofer, ! the one and only southpaw on | the Pirates’ hurling staff, does his stuff against the White Sox today. He's billed for all nine frames. | Wayne Osborne, the rookie, went a | full nine yesterday in giving the team a 5-2 win over the Galveston Bucs. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.—The Cin- cinnati Reds entered the “last mile” |of their Florida training grind here | today, taking on the Detroit Tigers in the first of 11 games to mark their | progress home. | The series with the American | League champions will conclude® at | Crosley Field, Cincinnati, April 14. lies’ regulars get a rest today, leaving | for home for the city series with the A’s, while the rookies stay here to | play the Montreal Royals of the In- ternational League. Dodger Recruit Swift on Bases By the Associated Press. RLANDO, Fla., April 4—The days when the Dodgers got themselves named the “Daffi- ness Boys” because of such base running stunts as putting three runners on one base, seem to be over. Stanley (Frenchy) Bordagaray, speedy outfield recruit, has stolen five bases in six attempts in exhi- bitica games this Spring and none of them was occupied when the theft was committed. <@ AS RULE BREAKER 8t. Louis, where they will probably‘ WINTER HAVEN, Fla—The Phil- | PILOT SEES FLAG IFHE LANDS ONE ‘Grimm, 35, Is in Best Shape | of His Career—Rookie Makes Him Hustle. BY CHARLES DUNKLEY, Associated Press S8ports Writer, HICAGO, April 4 —Impressions of the Chicago Cubs of 1935: Charley John Grimm, man- ager and vice president, pre- dicts the Cubs will finish no worse | than third, battling it out with the Cardinals and the Giants for the Na- tional League championship—if the team succeeds in buying another start- ing pitcher, Grimm believes the Cubs will win the pennant for sure. The Cubs, Grimm said, are a better | team than a year ago, a younger team | and faster, and a more pleasant team to watch, although lacking the power | they had last year—he believes Roy Henshaw, diminutive left-hander, graduate of the University of Chicago a couple years ago, will prove invalu- able as a relief pitcher, after his last | year’s training win Los Angeles. Youth Learns Grimm’s Tricks. RIMM, starting his seventeenth year in the majors, is 35 years old—he is in better physical condition today than at any time in his career—the misery he suffered in | his back last year has swept away, | allowing him to cavort around first | base in his sensational acrobatic style —he is taking a big interest in Phil Cavarretta, 18-year-old Chicago high school find, who is trying to push Grimm out of his job as first baseman | Cavarretta, also a left hander, is quickly learning all of Grimm’s tricks | of first basing. ‘The Cubs are overloaded with bril- liant outfield material, with Chuck Klein, Kiki Cuyler, Augie Galan Frank Demaree and Tuck Stanback out there. Klein, purchased by the Cubs 2 year ago for a reported $120,000 from the Phillies, is determined to makc 1935 his banner year—in 1933 Klein a product of the steel mills of Indiana, led the National League in hitting— he suffered illness last year and barc- ly hit .300. HE Cubs are keen on Irish catch- | T ers—remember Bill Killifer and | Bob O'Farrell and now Gabby | Hartnett, a rowdy, gabby catcher, has Kenneth O'Dea as an understudy, He was purchased by the Cubs from Co- lumbus . . . Grimm is an early riser, usually getting up at 6 am. . .. if the truth were known, he would rather have the seat of his overalls on the rear of a tractor, plowing up a farm, than managing a ball club . . . he |comes from a family of musicians, |even his mother plays a mouth or- gan—his dad saws a bass fiddle . . . Charley himself whangs a banjo or guitar. Capt. Woody English of the Cubs | has blown up to a 160-pounder from 142, after removal of his tonsils— | Pitcher Larry French, acquired by the Cubs from Pittsburgh, is rated as the best fungo hitter in the National al hey call Shortstop Bill Jur- | ges_* because of his big ibeak . . . consider the case of Dr. An- drew Hemingway Lotshaw, trainer of | the Cubs—his wife has a pet Boston bull, which bit Dr. Lotshaw. In the day time he will have nothing what- ever to do with the dog—but at night when Dr. Lotshaw stretches his 6 foot 2 frame in bed, he lifts up the covers znd in the dog hops, to sleep at Dr. | Lotshaw’s feet all night long. Another Irish Catcher. MAY HOLD DOG SHOW .Loudoun Club to Meet Tuesday | Night to Decide. LEESBURG, Va., April 4—Loudoun Gun Dog Club will meet in the Na- tional Bank Bujlding here Tuesday night to consider plans for a Spring | bench show, R. T. Cortell, president, | has announced. l The club held a sutcessful trial and bench show in the Fall. in at Bowie from New Orleans yes- | terday morning and proceeded to win | & race in the afternoon, when he ac- counted for the seventh with Calgary Kay, a 30 to 1 shot. He gave a| great exhibition of horsemanship in‘u we might—well, you know what happened last year. be a familiar figure in the stands at college games for the next week or so. TO HAVE TEN CLUBS National Capital Increases Its stride. In his last two games he walloped five safeties. He hit three for three in his last outing after hav- ing a leg kink removed by Jensen, the Chattanooga trainer. That ministra- toric emblem of the world’s hockey championship, relinquished by the Chicago Blackhaw Probable line-ups: Maroons. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Second-Hand “Did-You-Know's.” b LEANINGS from Harold (Speed) Johnson’s “Did - You - Know” Slow Start Predicted. Toronto. BOUT the only thing I am sure tion by the famous muscle manipu- lator may have turned the trick. Bolton’s showing has been particu- larly disappointing to date. Two years ago, when Clif was whaling away at a great rate as a pinch batter, he was tabbed as one of the future stars of the Washington attack. Reporting late last year, Bolton caught more than a fair game, but was not so sturdy as a batter over a long stretch of tussles. In his 10 exhibition en- gagements he has hit just .136. Back of these eight players who will constitute the regular line-up as the Nationals go into the champion- ship campaign there is little batting strength apparently in other than two (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Exhibition Games By the Associated Press. Yesterday's Resuits. Oleveland (A.), 6; New York (N.), 1, Brooklyn (N.), 16; St. Louis (A.), 0. Philadelphia (N.), 9; Cincinnati (N, 5. Chicago (A), 11; Galveston (T. L), 1; Pittsburgh (N.), 5; Galveston, 2 (double header). Ll’hflsdelphu (A), T; Syracuse (I. ), 4. . Louis (N), 11; Ozark All- Today’s Schedule, At Louisville—Washington (A.) vs. Louisville (A. A.). At Greenwood—New York (N.) vs. Cleveland (A.). At Houston—Pittsburgh Chicago (A.). At Winter Haven—Philadelphia (N.) vs. Montreal (I. L.). At St. Augustine—Cincinnati (N.) vs, Detroit (A.). At Atlanta—Boston (A.) vs. At- lanta (5. A). At Birmingham—New York (A.) (N) vs. Richmond (P, L.). » York, was due to take on J. McKara- her of Germantown, Pa, in another feature, o'clock. matches will find Joe Platak, the un- getting his mount up in the final strides to win by a nose. PITCHER WEINERT QUITS. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., April ¢ (#).— Phil Weinert, holdout pitchér, has notified the St. Paul club he would not play this year and asked to be placed | " on the retired list. ZAHARIAS' KICK TELLS. BALTIMORE, April 4—George Za- harias was awarded the decision in last night's wrestling feature here after he kicked Rube Wright from the ring after 16 minutes of grappling. Hainsworth (> “Horner . _Primeau C. Conacher ward ... Northcott . Jackson Maroon _substitutes—Trottier, Robinson, Cain. Marker. Miller. L. Conacher. Shields. ‘Toronto substitutes—Thomas. Kilrea, . Kelly. Boll. Metz. Cotton. Hol- . Day. Referces—Bill Stewart and Billy Bell. SOUTHWORTH TO PILOT. ASHEVILLE, N. C., April 4 (#).— Billy Southworth, former St. Louis Cardinal star who managed the Red Birds part of the 1929 season, has been named manager of the Asheville Piedmont club for the coming season. Blinco, Gracie, Hand Ball Aces Play Singles To Determin IGHT singles survivors, re- freshed after a day of rest, tonight will swing back into action in the senior nationel amateur athletic union four-wall hand ball championship at the Y. M. C. A. to battle for semi-final niches. In the feature match, Sam Atcheson of Memphis, the defending champion, will tackle one of his strongest rivals in Dan Marble of San Prancisco. They are to clash at 8 o'clock. | George Di Re of Indianapolis, who produced the prize upset of the tour- nament in eliminating the No. 2 ranking star, Angelo Trulio of New They are scheduled for 10 The other quarter-final e Semi-F inalists and Al Hobelmann of Baltimore meeting Richard Bruck of Chicago. Platak and Srenco will play at 9 o'clock, while Hobelmann, seven times & semi-finalist but never a champion, will open the program against Bruck at 7 o'clock. ‘While the singles contenders were idling yesterday, doubles challengers battled for semi-final places last night in a program that found three of the four matches going into extra periods. Henry Herz and Leo Manka of Brooklyn, defending doubles cham- pions, swept to victory over Larry Rothenberg and Hugo Krave of De- troit in the only decisive battle, 21—7, 21—6. The rest of the matches were thrillers with Bob Weiller and Platak of Chicago downing Lefty Divorman and B. Waterstone of Detroit, 21—16, 20—21, 21—17; J. M. Gordon and Andy Berry of Los Angeles beating Ray Ruddy and Frank Coyle of New York, 21—12, 16—21, 21—9, and Joe 16—21, 2118 lancy | A about is that we will be a much better club in & couple of months | than we are now,” continues Mons. | Griffith, holding forth in the local | offices for the first time since February. | “I am afraid we are going to get off | to an awful slow start.” Mons. Griffith let his guard drop with this, he felt, but he hastily cov- ered up his chin. “It isn’t that any- thing is wrong with our training or with Biloxi. I still say that Biloxi is the best training site in the coun- try. Did you know this team has had more batting practice than any club I've ever had?” To judge by what hitting the Nationals have done to date, this_left another opening, but Griff still was talking. “This team is jusé like a machine with new piston rings, or something. We have an entire new set of players through the center—catcher, shortstop and center field—and they must “set” first before we really can get going. It must be whipped into shape.” A. P. Poll Good Omen. | RIFF likes to toy with the thought G of placing a “mystery team” on the field. There is noth- | ing binding about a ball club cloaked n such a term as there is about, say, the Indians. “I see,” sniffs Mons. Griffith, “that the Associated Press poll puts Cleve- land ‘on the spot’ by picking it first. I cannot see the Indians as the best team in the league, but, of course, they can win. “As for putting us sixth, well, that's a good omen. We were picked for sixth in 1933 by somebody and we won. Se were the Giants picked sixth that year. “With my club liable to do any- thing from winning the pennant to battling the White Sox, any one of six clubs can win this year's race. Detroit, New York and Cleveland fig- ure strongly, of course, but so do column in his Who's Who in the American League: Chest pro- tectors for catchers and umpires first came into use in 1885...there never has been a no-hit game pitched in a world series...base ball shoes cost $16.50 per pair and are made of kangaroo. . .each player averages two pairs per season... In 1904 Washington won only 14 games from four first divi- sion clubs in the American League. . .hurling over a span of nine seasons in the American League, Carl Mays won 35 games from and lost 3 to the Athletics for a percentage of .921...Bullet Joe Bush, pitch- ing for the Yankees, beat the Browns 17 consecutive times. .. Since the American League was organized, in 1901, clubs in the West- ern half of the circuit have won only 9 of the 34 championships...in 1930 Max Bishop of the A’s scored 118 runs on 111 hits in 130 battles... he walked 128 times. . .the Chicago White Sox of 1908 made only three home runs during the entire campaign... and the Sox of 1910 finishing sixth, had a team batting average of .212.. Pat Dougherty's .248 average topped all regulars of that club... Evereft Scott led the American League shortstops in fielding eight consecutive seasons, 1916-1923, inclu- sive...and Al Simmons and Earl Averill are the only American League veteran batsmen who have not failed to hit .300 or better since they en- tered the majors. .. Simmons has slugged above .300 in 11 campaigns; Averill has topped the mark on six ec- casions. NAVY RALLIES TO TIE. ANNAPOLIS, April 4—A rally in the ninth gained a 3-to-3 tie for the Naval Academy base ball team in its Philadelphia, Boston and Washington. I like the Athletics, They IX; some- darkness. The Middy | blanked Tufts, § to 0, Membership—Remon Is Named Honorary President. teams, an increase of two over | last year’s field, will compete in the National Capital Unlimited League this season, it has been an- nounced following a meeting of of- ficials and team managers last night. Teams entered are Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone, Pepco, Gulf Re- fining, Acacia Life, Thompson's Dairy, Premier Cab, Diamond Cab, Chestnut Farms Dairy, Peoples Drug Stores and Shell Oil. John A. Remon was elected honor- ary president of the circuit. Active officers chosen follow: George Linke, president; S. L. Johnson, vice presi- dent, and G. H. Dingler, secretary- treasurer, —_— CLUB LISTS RING MEET. An interclub boxing card will be staged Saturday at 8 o'clock by the Young Democratic Club of Falls Church in its club rooms. Sam Jones Seeks Opening Day Job By the Associated Press. 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