Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1935, Page 14

A—l4 The ?nming Star Sporls W I ight” Tells in Hadley's Comeback Dodgers No Longer Daffi GETS NEW SPIRIT AS ARM IS CURED Gameness Shown in Defeat of A’s Although He Has to Be Relieved. RBY JOHN B. KELLER, Staff Correspondent of The Star HILADELPHIA, April 24 —Won- | der if a sore arm tears the heart. out of a pitcher? Tt | wasn't so lonz ago that the boys around the American League were saying that Bump Hadley was all washed out, that he didn't have | the will to win Then this Sprina Bump discovered his pitching arm had been ailing him | for years. He had it doctored and the doctoring made a new Hadley. | The arm got all right, and what is more, so did Bump's spirit. Certainly there is no gamer pitcher in the American League today than Hadley, the chunky chucker brought back to the Nationals from the Browns. Hadley proved this vesterday to the satisfaction of the 10981 paid and some 500 deadhead patrons who sat by in Shibe Park while the pitcher made Philadclphia’s American League season inaugural no round of joy for the Athletics. Bump found the A's rough play- mates. They pecked away at him in disturbing manner, but more often than not. his gameness got him out of dangerous sifuations. When he got into trouble he pitched himself out of it in & way unlike anv followed by the Hadley of other vears. Now Battling Pitcher. ADLEY showed himself 10 be a fighting pitcher at last, a pitcher prepared to give everything in his arm for the good of his club. a pitcher with the courage that keeps him toiling to rhe point of exhaus- tion. And Hadlev did just that. He put as much effort into his pitching in seven innings as he ordinarily would against an average club over a full route of nine innings. But in attack vesterday the A’s were far better than an average club. They were fighting desperately to mave a brave showing in the first brush of the season before their home folks. Small wonder that Hadlev was virtually pitched out as he went into the eighth to collapse and yield two runs before the rotund Eddie Linke was rushed to his relief. That collapse did not hurt the Na- tionals' cause. however. The Harris nands had piled up a fair lead. It was with the Shibe Park throng shouting its appreciation of his valiant effori that Bump walked off ihe field a victorious pitcher Gets Credit for Victory. HERE was more scoring by either side after Hadley's departure from the hill to make the final eount, in favor of the Nationals 6 to 4. But the game Hadley had held the A's in check so well that all credit for the triumph ending his club’s losing streak that had cxtended to three games belonged to Off Hadley the A's gof a dozen hits and a lone pass. Only in the third and seventh innings did he re- tire them in order. But he tossed in five strikeouts and certainly picked | & great spots for them In the first inning Cramer was on first by virtue of a single. One was out. with the dangerous Johnson at bat. Bump bore down and swept Johnson aside with strikes. Then he pitched smartly to the great Foxx and | an inning-ending force-play resulted. Foxx Gets a Triple. ! ADLEY was not successful against Foxx in the fourth for the husky right-hand swinger drove the ball against the center-field end of the stands for a triple at the outsel, of the inning and toted in the first run of the game when McNair fol- lowed with an infield hit. The Nationals. though, immediately put across two tallies to give Hadley a lead. and it was then he rose-to pitching height. Warstler ripped open the home fifth with a three-bag- ger. Bump put on the pressure and made just four pitches to Cain, the fourth being a third strike that the batter let go. Hocks topped a pitch to roll harmessly to the first baseman and Warstler had to cling to third, but there still was the hard-hitting Cramer to handle. Bump hurled so deceptively that Cramer swung for a third strike. It appeared squally for Hadley and the Naticnals in the sixth when John- son opened with a single. Foxx walked and McNair sacrificed. But Bump tizhtened to strike ot Coleman. then personally attended to the retirement of Newsome at first hase. Error Helps Griffmen. HE Nationals got three more markers for Hadley in the eighth. passes to Bolton and | Stone. & wild throw by Cain affer | fielding Powell's sacrificial tap and | Lary's two-bagger accounting for | them. But after Bump had erased Cramer | | at the beginning of the home side's cigth batting turn. Johnson lofted a homer into the upper left field stand. Bump was not quite through, however. | fle: | ing him now: ASHINGTON, TO SORT DIAMOND STARS Bumper Crop of Plnyers Includes Murphy, O With Red Sox; Benner and Wolfe From Maryland, Pa BY I™M BERRYMAN. \ 'HATEVER the arguments | pro and con may be con- cerning the New Deal, there is one fact as cold as an umpire’s heart! It has pro- duced an all-time bumper crop of | ball players for the Department of | Agriculture. When the 4:30 gong tilts them out of their chairs onto one of the Monument diamonds it looks for all the world like a mass meeting of former college, minor and major league hurling and clouting | stars. The task of sorting out a mere seven regulars and an ordinary toss- ing and receiving staff has fallen | upon the hefty shoulders of one H. E. | Pryor, the Missis: sippi “kunnel” who boastfully admits that he comes from ** "way down yonder there where mowst awl th’ doggoned good ball players come from.” The “kun- nel” shculd be qualified to ap- praise diamond —he’s done “considerable foolin' around with the game himself"—in the Pacific Coast and Timber Leagues after getting his earlier start here at George Wash- ington U. and along the Gulf Co But to get back to the job that’s fac- it's no bed of rose: There's such a thing as having too ! much talent on hand. He has a field full of players who are backing up sky-high reputations with a brand of early-season ball that promises a vear of going places for the Aggies. Team Is Snappy Afield. ITH the squad in its fourth practice, it is quite impossi- ble even to suggest a line-up s yet, but there are a few candidates who have about as much chance of missing out as Jimmy Foxx has of batting .001 in his little circuit. They | appear 1o be naturals for their partic- ular berths. In spite of the infield sprouting more pebbles than grass and the outfield all set for the sowing fol lowing the Spring plowing, the boys are turning in some flashy fielding ex- hibitions. Walter Murphy. who twirled for the Boston Red Sox in "30 and '31 until his salary fin went. on strike, is pretty 0ol mm | 1 000 ) 000 000 000 000 000 B T L PEICE L} Coppola Whitehill PITCHING Q les 0 Whnttenin Weaver Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press Heinie Manush, Senators—Collected double and three singles off Athletic pitching. Mel Ott. Giants—His single in elev- | enth drove in winning run against Braves. Bill Werber, Red Sox—Raked Yankee pitching for double and two singles. Linus Frey, Dodgers-—His homer with bases filled helped whip Phillies. Bill Swift, Pirates—Pitched effec- tively in relief role to halt Reds. Paul Dean, Cardinals—Stopped Cubs | with seven hits to win second victory. | Clint Brown. Indians — Halted Browns with three hits in last four and two-third innings to pave way for Indian victory. Rip Radcliffe, White sax—mnped‘ out four consecutive singles against | ‘Tigers. ‘000 | N | sure to be a mainstay of the curving | corps. After a couple of years of | nursing along the wing. Walter an- Inuum-ex that it seems in fine fettle |and should be able to peg them over | llhe pan without howling itsell to sleep at night. In spite of- inside employment helping Uncle Sam help | the farmer, Murphy has kept himself | i good trim and appears ready to contribute really high-class support ‘m the department’s entry in the Fed- |eral League. !"'The University of Maryland has| . handed Boss Pryor a pair of perform- | ers who should cause him no more | 1worrv than the ordering of a couple | | of uniforms. Willis Benner toted the | lp\gskln in the Autumn and smacked | ]th! hossehide in the Spring for lhc‘ | College Park_ipstitution up until '33,| when the faculty handed him a| <heepskin and shoved him out to| | sheulder his share of the problems of | growing things in the U. S. A. But| | to offset any overproduction risks, he | | is pretty certain to be mashing down | sod in left field when the Aggies go into their first real dance tomorrow against J. Edgar Hoover's sleuths. Willie Wolfe Shifted. | ITTLE WILLIE WOLFE is the L other ex-Terrapin whose pros- | pects of clinching an infield job are rosier than a calendar dawn. | He has advanced & base from his old | favorite keystone sack—the “kunnel” has him holding down the hot corner because he likes the way Wee Willie wings that pellet across the diamond and he handles those baseline sizzler as if they were no hotter than a yes terday's hamburger. And in spite of | his vest-pocket size he takes a violent | whack at the ball. Willie very likely is to be the solution to the parked car nuisance in Potomac Park—a few broken windshiclds and stove-in tops a0 4 Z | to the flagpole in | was there, 'AGGIE LEADER HARD PUT _ BANBING 1S BUST l - INIDEAL SETTING 50,000 Cheer His Return to Gotham—Ill, Hitless, Braves Lose. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associnted Press Sports Writer. EW JYORK, April 24—The ancient bases again, in WEDNESDAY, Babe Ruth rode the | the Polo Grounds | with 50,000 cheering | APRIL 24, NEW PASTURES, i his return to the once green pastures | hitting the home runs. The return of Ruth as a member | of the Boston Braves, planned as one ! of the base ball dramas of the day, was pretty much of an artistic bust, to put it haldly. The crowd was there Babe swing his bludgeon again in the Polo Grounds, where he hit in 1920 and 1921, when he was setting home run records, and the Yankee Stadium wasn't built. A handsome band blared the way center and the Giants raised a flag in honor of the occasion and their first home game of the season. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia Gov. sey. the Babe's old boss, pert. him, hoping for him. Jake Rup- Fails to Reach Outfield. T WAS a typical setting for the great Ruthian deeds—like the Braves' opener against the Giants in Boston, when the Babe hit a homer, made a great catch and, all told, ac- counted for four runs ‘nl that park—but somebody else was ‘ to see the Hoffman of New Jer- | Every one was cheering for 19 HER PLA»YNG DA~/$ By MOUING INTO THE NATIONAL- LEASUE So the unsolvable Bambino fooled | everybody again, but this time not the way they wanted to be fooled. He swung four times against of fat Fred Fitzsimmons and Al Stout. and he never once got the ball out of the infield. He trotted against the bases again, as he did so many iimes in the past, but he rode around ahead of Pinkey Whitney in the sixth vhen the Braves' third baseman hit ! a home run into the stands after the Babe had walked, only time he got | on base. and the cops can toss away their ticket books. Bill Parish, the G. W. U, gridiron star, is still another collegian who has joined the Aggie ranks and is making a strong bid for one of the garden positions. His speed and power can nct be overlooked and Pryor feels con- fident he can buff his fielding up to a high polish. These few named serve to convey an idea of the type of team Agricul- ture will be sending out to battle the other four clubs in this particular league and they will have to piav ball —it’s fast company! The Navy Department, Office of the Controller of the Currency. Civil Service Com- mission and N. R. A. (second team) will be trying to scratch up any pen- nant seeds the Aggies have planted in their back vara. League Slatistics American. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington. 6: Philadelphia. Boston. i; New Clevelan Chicago. TEAM STANDING. w. L ¥ | Chicaso | Washington ew York St. Louis Detroit Philadelphia GAMES TODAY. Wash. at Phila Detroit_at_Chicsso St. L at Cleveland New York at Boston 6y 4% run- TOMORROW. Wash, ar Detroit 2, C Si. L_at Cleveland York at Boston . ational. RESULTS YESTERDAY. New York. Boston. 5 (11 innings). Brooklyn. 12; Philadelphia. 5. . Louis. 9 Chicago, 5 Pittsburgh. 4: Cincinnati. 3. Brooklyn St. Louis New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Philadelphia Boston .. ... . GAMES TODAY‘ "GamEs TOMORROW. Boston at New York. Boston at New York. Phila. at_Brooklyn. Phila. at Brooklyn Pitts at Cincinnati: Pitis. at Cincinna+ Chicago at £1. Louis. Chicago at St. Louis, HOMER STANDING. By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday — Camilli, Phillies, 1; John Moore. Phillies, 1; Bartell, Giants, 1; Terry, Giants, 1; | Byrd, Reds, 1: Demaree, Cubs, 1: Ho- gan, Braves, 1; Whitney, Braves, 1; Jordan. Braves, 1; Frey. Dodgers, 1; Cuccinello, Dodgers, 1; Hartnett, Cubs, 1: Hale, Indians, 1; Johnson, Ath-| letics, 1: Crosetti. Yankees, 1. The leaders—Camilli, Phillies, 6: Prey, Dodgers, 3; Hartnett, Cubs, 3; J. Moore, Phillies, 3. | (over his head and rolled “I was sick” growled the Babe. sicker still at heart. “T had a lousy cold and my leg hurt. I'll get many a belt here before I'm through.” For the first time in his 20 vears of major league ball, it seemed ac- tually as though the tenseness of the occasion got the big fellow. nervous as the crowd, one of the greatest of the season, gave him one personal tribute after another, cheered every move he made on the practice field. He wouldn’t sign score cards. He pleaded with the “Give me a break.” And all around the crowd roared and roared him on. Babe Misjudges Fi UT this time the Babe just couldn't do it Every one—portly Shanty Hogan, Whitney, Buck Jordan, Dick Bartell, Bill Terry— seemed to be hitting home runs. but the Babe couldn't get a hold of one. He aided Terry greatly as the Giants’ manager got his in the third by Babe's misjudging the drive, starting in. then racing back too late as the ball flew into the farthest. corner of right center field. He made up for his early stagger- ing around by backing up against the yellow frankfurter sign, 410 feet from the plat> in deep right center, to get Terry’s bid for a home run high above his head in the fifth. But twice he grounded out to Terry and once to Mark Koenig at second before he left the game in the eighth They cheered him as though he'd hit a couple of homers as he trotted out to the club house entrance in deep center, past the plaque that honors the memory of John McGraw, whose heart he shocked on many a world series occasion. t the Babe was mighty low. ‘m sick. T tell you. I've got cold. Give me a break.” ‘ Minor Leagues International. ‘Baltimore., 10; Rochester, 7 Newark, 3: Montreal, 2. Toronto. 10; Albany. 5. Syracuse, 16; Buffalo, 3. Southern Association. Birmingham, 6: Knoxville, 1. Memphis, 6; Nashville, 5. Little Rock, 5: Chattanooga. 4. Atlanta, 11; New Orleans. 3. American Association. Toledo, 5: Louisville. 4. Indianapolis, 7: Columbus. Kansas City-St. Paul. rain. Miiwaukee-Minneapolis, rain. Pacific Coast. Los Angeles. 9: San PFrancisco. 7. Seattle, 8; Sacramento, 4. Portland, 9; Oakland. 8. Missions, 6; Hollywood, 1. Texas. Oklahoma City. 5; San Antonio, 3. Beaumont, 6; Tulsa, 5. Galveston. 7: Dallas, 6. Fort Worth, 5; Houston. 1. 6. Stewart Due for Slab Debut Tomorrow He was | cameramen: | the curves | QPORTScopE BY FRANC HE matching of Tony Canzoneri and Frankie Klick for a 10- round squabble opening the local outdoor fistic season un- questionably stands out as the most progressive pugilistic step ever un- dertaken in the Capital, but the financial expectations of the Shrine Boxing Committee, while refreshing. is—well. 85.000 potatoes are st too many to expect, with 150,000 Shriners on the grounds. It probably will be a great scrap. Any fight involving Canzoneri is hot He i mellowing and slowing after 10 years of ring warfare. bnt Tony still can punch and still has color and heart. Klick is not a great fighter but he holds the distinction of having arted Kid Chocolate on the skids with one of the four knockouts of his career and that is recommen- dation enough. *® But how it can be expected to draw $80,000 or $85.000 is difficult to see. Klick's synthetic crown will not be at stake and what if it was? Nor | will Canzoneri place the lightweight championship on the block if he wins it against Lew Ambers on May 10 in New York. Tony said so, emphati- cally. when he signed last week. ac- cording to Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn. Canzoneri, with $250,000 in the bank, a chain of four stores in Gotham and a big farm in upstate even | New York, doesn't need the extra money the title match would bring. Amber !‘I(urn Over Tony. S“URTHERMORE, there is no assur- I“ ance that Canzoneri will regain the crown he lost to Barney Ross in 1933. In Ambers he will meet a fast. up-and-coming youngster. too much on the order of Ross to install Canzoneri. at this early date. as anv- thing better than an underdog. Tony’'s chance will be to tag the swiftly moving Ambers on the jaw, N 6 With the lightweight title on the block, 150,000 Shriners on hand and a smart publicity campaign. 85,000 shekels would cound less fantastic. But with the Ambers battle in the offing. the Shriners might well take out a little disappointment insur- ance and figure on half of that original estimate. I hope I am wrong—again. Sports Program TODAY. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Philadelphia. St. John's (Annapolis) at Mary- | land, 4. | National Training School at | Episcopal High, 3. George Washington at Wash- Canzoneri-Klick Battle Big Step Forward in Distriet Boxing. IS E. STAN. Oh, G i OTE to C. C. Griffith-—College Park is plenty hopped up over this Maryland sophomore, Char- ley Keller a 19-year-old ouf- fielder . . . they sayv he is better now than was Bozie Berger at the same stage . . . in case vou're interested. | Griff. he is socking for 489 for 11 games . . hasn’t missed hitring in anv of ‘em bats clean-up and knocks over plenty of runs . hes eight stolen bases to his eredit and can go get ‘em in the field . . . Note to Joe Doherty—Among other accomplishments, Roger Bernard, the fella who licked va the other nizht, was the guy who started Al Foreman on the downgrade . ., . with a seven- round kavo. Al Gillettc. who dropped a six-round duke on Mondav's fight card at the Auditorium. hopped a rattler and fought a main bout last night at the New York Coliseum in direct violation of the Empire State’s boxing rules . . . which are the same as the District rules on that score . . . call- ing for a week's layoff, Tocatelli in Line. LETO LOCATELLIL the imporied junior welterweight from Italy. who whipped Canzoneri in 1934 and 1933, virtually is signed for a scrap at Griffith Stadium in Mid- summer and King Levinskv and Marty Gallagher will clash following the Canzoneri-Klick affair . . . they fought once before, Canzoneri and Klick . last June Tcny scored = nine-round technical knockout in New York. Dr. 0. U. Singer. the A. A. U. official who was licensed as a professional fight judge the other night, credited Doherty with six rounds and Bernard with four . . . while everyone eise, officially and unofficially, scored Doherty with only two heats . . . both as a result of low blo by Bernard. Tt must have been Doherty's nose | taps and the A. A. U. prejudice | against body punching. | . ALEXANDRIA ADDS ONE Invades Mount Rainier and Takes Home 10-to-4 Sealp. Visiting Mount. Rainier yesterday. the hustling Alexandria High nine | added the high school team of that place to its list of victims in a 10-4 | encounter. Pitcher Armstrong held ‘(hebMoum.t runless for the first five innings. They got their four runs! off Hammersiey, who finished the game. The Twins hit both Steve Mmer] and Shipman, who hurled for the losers. in free style. but Tilly Scott, | | who held the mound for the Mounts | in the last inning, managed to hold the Virginians scoreless. 14—Count ’Em—14 TP MARY FORMER AMERICAS LEAGUERS HAUE SET A PRECEOENT FER ease U ~HE OUBHT D> League Leaders By the Associated Press «Including Yesterdav's Games.) AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting-—West, Browns, Athletics. 400 Runs—Bonura, White Sox, 9; West, Browns, 8 Runs batted in—Foxx, Athletics Johnson, Athletics, 7. Hits—Werber. Red Sox inger. Tigers. 11. Doubles—Washington. and Werber. Red Sox, 4 Triples—Seventeen men one each, Home Athletics; and Geh White tied Wi runs—Foxx and Bonura. White Sox. 2. Pitching—Ferrell and Welch. Red and Jones, Sox: Hadley, Senators, White Sox, 2-0. NATIONAL LEAGUE, Batting—J. Moore. Phillies, Vaughan, Pirates, 480. Runs—Frey, Dodgers. ahd J. Moore, Phillies, Giants, 9 Runs batted in—Camilli, 15: Prev. Dodgers. 10. Hits—J. Moore, Phillies, 15: Camil Phillies. and Bottomley. Reds. 13 Doubles—Tavlor. Dodgers. 4 tell, Giants; L. Waner, Pirates, Bottomley, Reds. 3 Triples—P. Waner. Pirates, men tited with one each. Home runs—Camilli. Phillies. Frey, Dodgers; Hartnett, Cubs, J. Moore, Phillies, 3. 10 and Bartel Ba 2; Pitching — Clark, Dodgers: Der- ringer. Reds: Warneke, Cubs, and Dean, Cardinals, 2-0 NATIONAL FOO 429, Foxx, Sox Johnson, 500 Chiozza Phillies and and ness Boys * SERIOUS, BATTLING TEAM GAING LEAD Stirs 30,000 in Trimming Phillies in Home Opener. Red Sox Win Again. RY HERBERRT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Wriier HE Brooklyn Dodgers, erstwhile daffiness boys of the National League, have put away surh childish things as stealing already-occupied bases and cutting legitimate home runs to singles by failing to touch a base or two or pass- ing another runner on the base-paths They're tending strictly to their base ball knitting, winning games by hard, timelv slugging, especially by Danny Taylor, Linus Frey, Sam Leslie and Joe Stripp. and sharp, clean field- ing marked by 12 double plays in seven games. Five of these they have won Ironically enough, the Dodgers’ about-face has come unaer the leader- ship of Casev Stengei. himself no shrinking violet in his plaving days. nor, for that matter, even now as the | club’s manager. A gel's men to their home park yesterday and howled in glee as the Dodgers assailed four purhers for 13 hits, trounced the Phillies, 12-5, and took undisputed possession of first place. Hom= runs by Frey and Tony Cuccinello contributed heavily to the Dodgers’ two big scoring outbursts in the fourth and sixth when they scored 10 runs. Dolph Camilli's sixth homer and Jehnny Moore's third brought the Phillies two runs in the second and two more came across in the third after which Emil (Dutch) Leonard called it. a aay. Bill Clark, who re- ceived credit for the victagy, and Dazzy Vance pitched effectively for the win- ners thereafter. The world champion St. Louis Car- dinals and the New York Giants, mean- while. moved up to take second and Batter Four Hurlers, CROWD of 30.000 welcomed Sten- r- th 11, r- 12 Dean’s seven-hit pitching. while the 6-5. in the eleventh on Mel Ott’s single. tracted 50000 to the Polo Grounds. the sixth with a four-run assault and EVELOPMENTS in the American in seven starts, a 7-4 conquest of the one-third innings. but had to retire eight hits and al! Boston’s runs in the Joe Vosmik's triple was the big biow victory over the St. Louis Browns that Chester Morgan, rookie outfielder of 6: in the fourth and the Chicago White effective pitching. Washington turned third places. The Cardinals walloped the Chicago Cubs. 9-5. behind Paul Giants ruined Babe Ruth's home- coming by beating the Boston Braves, _ Ruth. making his first New York ap- 8; pearance in his Braves' uniform, at- but failed to get a hit. Pittsburgh drove Tony Freitas out of the box in beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4-3. Take Sixth Straight. D League vere marked by the Boston Red Sox's sixth victory New York Yankees. Red Ruffing al- lowed only one hit in the first two and because of a lame back. Johnnv Murphy came in and was slugged for next three frames. A crowd of 20,500 saw the Red Sox's home opener in a ninth-inning rally that gave the Cleveland Indians two runs and a 7-f left the Indians in second place. with four triumphs against one defeat the champion Detroit Tigers. dropped a flv with the bases filled and two out Sox went on to score five runs and win the ball game. 7-2, behind Sam Jones’ back the Philadelphia Athletics, 6-4, with & three-run rally in the eighth = T HEALTH WEEK FLORSHEIM FIAREWEDGE SHOES wear Longer because they wont "Run-over” @“Running-over” is a real enemy to 13 3 the life of a shoe . . . so Florsheim ington College. = 3 - Rl %‘fl:h S Weshington-Tee Hight designed Flarewedge Shoes to put an Track. American U. at Catholic U. 3. Tennis. St. Albans vs. Central. St. John's at Friends School League), 2:30. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Washington at Philedelphia. Wrestling. Little Wolf., vs. Gino G Washington Williams of A's Declared Through When Heavy Injured Tist Clears. He made Foxx look foolish by throw- inz a third strike by the great hitter. | The next three batters singled. | though, another run went over and | Bump was ordered from the hill. But | | he had done a real day’s work on thc ball field. Linke quickly ended the eighth, but had a time of it in the ninth, due to | wildness. He left the game with two A's on the runway and one got home before Leon Pettit could seal the victory. | B ] EEDITEIPNrE. Pertit, B Totais - end to this nuisance. They're smartly PHILADELPHIA. Hooks. 1b..... By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HILADELPHIA, April 24— Walter Stewart, veteran southpaw who took his sweet, time in reporting at train- ing camp and was compelled to condition himself partly at his own expense as punishment, may get a chance to show his wares against the A's tomorrow. . . . He'll be the choice, Manager Harris says, should the Left-handing Bob Burke get along well this afternoon. . . . Harris says Stewart ‘looks better this year than at any time he saw him last. "Tis rumored here that Dib Wil- liams is through as a regular in Connie Mack’s infield. . Just now Williams is on the sidelines nursing the hand which Rags, the club’s mascot, bit down in Florida. . . Higgins still is nursing a bad ankle . s0o McNair has been shifted from short to third, Warst- ...In each of the first three rounds they were repulsed by such fielding feats . . . "Twas a soft day for out- fielders . . . Only Stone of the Na- tionals' gardeners had any work to do . . . He caught Warstler's hoist in the seventh and Johnson's in the ninth . . . Cramer and Johnson of the A's had but four' chances between them . . . both of John- son’s were in the fourth inning and both of Cramer’s in the ninth . . . Manush, Powell and Coleman just looked' on . . . Cramer's catch off Lary in the ninth was a marvel ‘The fielder rushed in from deep center to just back of second for & shoetop grab. * What a thrower is Foxx . , . Powell and Stone tried to steal... but they never had a chance the way Foxx flung the ball . . . Like a rifle shot was each throw d never more than 6 feet above the ground . . . They won't do much stealing on Jimmy if his pitchers give him a [zar breas. J.B. K. ler from third to seconds;and New- some is filling in at short. ... It is understood that when Higgins gets back to third base McNair will resume his post at short and Newsome given a trial at second. ‘Two more A’s are on the injured list . . . Johnny Marcum, the pitcher, has hurt a leg and will be out at least five days. . . . Wally Moses has a very sore leg, too . . . but he may be back in the line-up before the Nationals are threugh here. Bill Richardson, vice president of the Washington club, was Clark Griffith’s proxy in the flag-raising parade before yesterday’s American League season inaugural here . . . Bill lives in Philadelphia . . . He marched to the center-fleld stafl with his honor J. Hampton Moore, the mayor of this burg . . . and Tom Shibe, president of the A’s. The Nationals were suffering with a double-play .complex in the first part of the game . .. and in reverse Lafo— Noamal Fieting designed to fit feet that need more Right— Flarewedge Fitting S5 Most Styles Style shown, $10 2:30. room at the outside, giving yvou new Foxx. i (Prep | McNair. 3b... | Coleman. " rf. comfort and longer wear, Just an- | Newsnlmt. S other way in which Florsheim makes your shoe dollars do double duty. Show Stick Power. HE Nationals enjoyed their best | hitting day of the young season. | cracking 14 safeties. Manush led the onset with a double and three singles. He, with Hadley, Travis and Kuhel, hit one-basers in the fifth to account for two tallies and his double in the ninth was backed by Kuhel's sacrifice and Bolton's single to produce the sixth score for the Harris hands. All except three of Washington's hits vere made off Merrit Cain in eight innings. The ninth-inning score was | made off Charlie Licber before Rov\ A.zhafley was hurried to the hill. { Trinidad. ibaldi, St. Auditorium, Chief Colo., Louis, 8:30. ington . . . Priiadeipnin . poRuns batted in_Manus, Kubel Lary. Nair. Johnson. Newsome. Foxx. T'o- ase hlts—llmxuh Lary. Three-base s Foxx. Warstler. Home run—Johnson ey (2), McNair, Powell. ‘Double_blays—Warstler io Hooks. Newsome_ to Hooks. Hadle: Newsome to Warstler Mver to Lary to Kuhe Washington, riick P Trodies.” adley. 172 in e o e 2+ 3 inning anafTe 3 w"mm. l;flu-_her—fllduv Time- Track. Montgomery Blair and Fred- ericksburg at Alexandria High, 2:30. John Marshall High at Episcopal High, 2:30. 14th and G Sis. 7th and K Sts. *3212 14th St Golf. Devitt vs. St. Johns (Private School Golf League). Rock Creek, 3:15. *Open Nights Gevrel and O many. A