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n WASHINGTON, SPORTS SECTION he Sundiny Stad D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1937. "U. 8. G. A. Revives Qualifying Test : Six Rookies Lined Up for Nats - TOTALINPLAYAF Gets No Action. EW YORK, January 9.—The N over. States Golf Association today tossed turned the amateur title tournament championship qualifying round. the Alderwood Country Club at Port- rounds will engage in a two-day 36- matches up to the semi-finals at 18 The system is an innovation in the been increased from 32 to 64. Thus, the favorites, especially in the four Plan of D. C. Delegate for Action Against Stymie BY BOB CAVAGNARO. By the Associated Press. day of rugged individualism in American amateur golf is For competitive and financial rea- sons, the annual meeting of the United out the all-match play form of combat which for the last three years has into a golfing Donnybrook, and re- turned to the former system of a Effective with this year's champion-~ ship, to be played over the links of land, Oreg., August 23-28, survivors of the customary sectional qualifying hole medal test. The low 64 scorers will swing into match play, with ail holes. The semi-finals and finals will be at 36 holes. eense that, while returning to the oid pattern, the championship quota has there still will be a chance for tie longhorns of the links to stampede 18-hole rounds to be played on the third and fourth days. Two Tournaments in One. ABANDONMENT of the all hand- to-hand conflict was urged by a large group of golfers. It has been under consideration for two years, a year after the British amateur cham- pionship idea was given its baptism at Brookline, Mass., in 1934. “It is the Executive Committee's opinion that the new form, providing as it does for 64 qualifiers, embodies most of the merits of both former systems and that it will result in ex- cellent competition from the outsel of the championship,” Secretary Frank M. Hardt explained officially. It was reported reliably that Jonn G. Jackson and Archie M. Reid, presi- dent and vice president, respectiveiy, dissented when the proposal, offered by Hal Pierce of Boston, chairman of the Championship Committee, was voted. “One of the aims of the return to the former system is to eliminate the ‘accidental golfer’,” said Pierce. “We've found also that the first two days of the championship, littered ‘with many byes, necessary because of the size of the field and attended by the usual number of defaults, have proved uninteresting and dull to both | the players and the public.” Now the U. S. G. A. proposes to give the competitors and the golf fan what amounts to two tournaments for the price of one. Hope to Swell Receipts. MVIORE than $13,000 was collected in | admissions for the three days of | the U. S. open championship at Baltus- | rol last June as against the $5,626.66 “gate” for the six days of last year's' emateur at Garden City. Officials didn’t say so but they hope inclusion | of medal play in the amateur will stim- | ulate public interest and swell receipts. | The way the championship stands now, sectional qualifying rounds, ex- | pected to attract around 1,200 hope- fuls at $5 a head, will be played July | 27. The championship field will num- | ber not fewer than 160 competitors, in- cluding former titleholders and foreign | contenders who will be exempt from | I the district tests but now must qualify at the scene of the championship. The stymie was discussed by dele- gates from the District of Columbia Association, Martin R. West and James A. Cosgrove, who endeavored to obtain an oral expression of sentiment from other delegates, but there was no re- sponse. “Our district advocates elimination of the stymie,” said West. “Public sentiment against it is so great that we abolished it. Our action proved popu- lar with the players and the public and I'd like to emphasize the public is en- titled to consideration.” More Stymie Opposition. 'OSGROVE said the Maryland State and Middle Atlantic Associations will hold their annual district meetings next week end, when it is likely they will take action against the pestiferous stymie. Although the Massachusetts State Golf Association favors abolition of the stymie, Erastus B. Badger of that district said, “I think it would be a mistake for any association to take it unto themselves to make a ruling con- trary to the rules of the U. 8. G. A.” President Jackson said the associa- tion is making a careful study of the situation and reminded delegates a poll was conducted among the com- petitors at the 1936 amateur cham- pionship. A digest of the poll will be prepared in the future and circulated among association members in a country-wide quest of sentiment. Various suggestions have been made. One would amend the present 6-inch rule so that the ball nearer the cup shall be lifted if it lie within either 10 inches of the hole or 10 inches of the opponent’s ball. Limited Sticks Rule Popular. AT THE recommendation of the Championship Committee, lines were drawn more clearly defining eli- gibility for the amateur and public links championships. Effective this year, a player from a member club of the U. 8. G. A. located on a public links may compete in the public links or the amateur tournament, not both in the same year. Strictly public linksters may not compete in the amateur, and members of private clubs are not allowed to play for the public title. N ‘The case of Albert (Scotty) Camp- bell of Seattle was used as an illus- tration. He is a member of the Jef- ferson Park club which plays on a public links. In the past he was eli- gible to play in hoth tournaments. Now he, and all players with similar club affiliations, can compete only in e of the championships. ADVANCE PUBLICITY ON THE BIG SHOW. AV : oy S : I;‘ 4 1 R AR RNAY p & TWO CAR LOADS CONTAINING LIVE DIA! M THE LEAGUES TOP-RANKING NET PLAYERHUMBLED Budge Falls Before Grant in Straight Sets in Final at Miami. By the Associated Press. ORAL GABLES, Fla., January < 9.—Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta made the country’s top-ranking tennis player, Donald Budge, look to be a novice today as he trimmed him, 6—2, 7—5, 6—0, to win the Miami Biltmore tennis tournament. The freckle-faced redhead from Oakland, Calif, a heavy hitter, couldn’t get a ball past his little op- ponent. Budge, whose usually severe serve was gone completely, won his own service only four times. Budge Seems to Give Up. N THE love set, after double-fault- ing on game point at the start, Budge appeared to acknowledge he | was beaten. Grant, ranked third nationally, ran the opening set to 5—1, after Budge took the first game on his own serve, before the Westerner, crowding the net, eked out another game. - Then Grant, blasting away from the baseline with several shots that were aces, took the next one. On set point Budge's return caught the tape atop the net and fell back on | his own side. Grant's Steadiness Prevails. UDGE double-faulted twice in the first game of the second set. They won each other’s services to 2-all and Bitsy took the next two games on deep, well-placed drives. Budge came up to a 5—4 lead, however, principally on the strength of his net play and Grant settled down to a dogged fight. The Californian was behind 15-40 in the tenth game on his own service, but captured four straight points. The next two games, fought from the base- lines, were Grant's on his steadiness. _— QUAITES CALLS MEETING. A specia! meeting of all team cap- tains of the Washington Ladies' Bowl- ing League has been called for Tues- day at 7:30 sharp by President Bron- son Quaites at the Arcadia office. 5, | \l m|u|||||l,.‘n|1|||fl!l_lfl"aflflmllflllm t \I} L —I| THE HUMAN BUTTER-BALL { BROUGHT (N FROM THE AMERICAN BUSHES BY THOSE INJURED HUNTERS GRIFF £ HARRIS... ’ EATEST R ‘éncmflfi S MG | | [ e — OUTFIELDER TAFT WRI & FT. 5IN. TALL “WIDT'?'“. THE SAME! = Brilliantly in ,‘ | T - EE\* S —By JIM BERRYMAN | Sports Program sy S THE KELLY - A “WILD carcyg, THE GEORGIA CRAC) HANDLE THE B«saufi' pern FERRELL, WHO WAS IN THE DRAF T, T R A T v Cunningham and Lash Score Casey Games; '~ Hoya Runner Fourth in 500 EW YORK, January 9 #).— Glenn Cunningham, starting | another campaign for recogni- tion as America's foremost middle-distance runner, turned back | the bid of Gene Venzke for the third straight year in the 800-meter run | tonight as the Columbus Council of | the Knights of Columbus opened the | indoor track and field season in the 106th Infantry Armory. Letting loose with his blazing drive in the last 100 meters, the burly Kan- san, world record-holder at the half- mile and mile outdoors, first passed Venzke and then Bill Ray of Man- hattan as he drove to victory by six meters in 1:56.4. Venzke passed Ray in the final strides to take runner-up honors be- hind the runner he beat four times at | a mile last year. Victory is Convincing. 'UNNINGHAM'S time was one and | two-tenths slower than last year but his victory was just as convincing as when he beat Chuck Hornbostel in 1936 with Venzke fourth and as two years ago when Gene also finished second in bowing to the great Kan- | san, ‘Venzke, who dropped out of the 3,000 meters in order to match strides with his perennial rival again, set out in front with Ray, former Manhattan star, and Cunningham in close pursuit. After two laps Ray took command, with Glenn still trailing in third place. When the bell sounded for the last of the four laps, Cunningham opened up. For a few strides he battled on even terms with Venzke and then went after Ray. It took him some 25 meters to catch the flying pace setter but once he collared him the race was as good as won. Don Lash Shows Speed. NDIANA DON LASH, America’s premier 2-miler, turned in a re- Fischer Thinks Medal-Match Method Is True Test of Skill INCINNATI, January 9 (¥).— ‘The United States Golf Asso- ciation’s return to the medal- plus-match system of play for the national amateur tournament caused nary a worry today for Johnny r, the present cham- pion and holder of the tournament’s qualifying record of 141. “I'm not worried just mow about having to qualify at Portland,” Johnny said. “I've got enough wor- ries with these law exams that are coming along in a couple of weeks.” Fischer is a junior law student at the University of Cincinnati and he wants to maintain his status as one of the highest ranking students scho- lastically in a class of 85. “I'm in favor of the plan, though,” he added. ; “Although I think it will put more strain on players at the tournament itself, it should aid them once they have qualifed by giving them a chance better to survey the fleld that lies before them in match play. “The qualifying round always seemed more of a strain to me than the following match play. It was the first big hurdie and I seemed to play more easily once it was passed.” Despite the strain of qualifying, stroked out a 36-hole total of 142 at Baltimore in the 1932 tournae ment to tie the record for qualifying play. The next year at Cincinnati he lowered the record to 141, a mark that never has been challenged be- cause of the temporary abolition of medal play. “I believe the amateur tournament should be a combination of both match and medal play so as to test the skill of the player in both types of competition,” Johnny said. “Since 1933, when medal play was discon- tinued, all the medal competition has been in the widely separated sec- tional tournaments and_ players couldn’t match medal scofes. under, identical playing cenditions.” | markable exhibition to win the 3,000~ meter invitation run. | Sprinting away after the first lap | from Joe McCluskey, national indoor steeplechase titlist, and six other rivals, Lash ran the distance in the fast time of 8:32.4. The time was even more remark- able in that it was not only Lash’s first victory on boards indoors, but marked his initial start over the flat track, which called for a finesse in making the unbanked turns. Lash made a finish that lapped all the field, except McCluskey, passing Phillips Smith of Rutgers and Tom Russell, Manhattan's former intercol- legiate 3,000-meter champion, in the final strides. Third place went to Smith and fourth to Russell. Aided by a 3!:-inch handicap, Alan Swartz of the Boston Y. M. C. A. won the running high jump with a leap of 6 feet 71 inches. Second went to Arthur Byrnes of Manhattan, who with a handicap of 3 inches, was credited with a jump of 6 feet 7 inches. Bill Eipel of the New York A. C. took third place when he jumped 6 feet 413 inches with a handicap of 212 inches. Al Threadgill, Temple's great ath- lete, was the scratch man, cleared by 6 feet 4 inches, the same distance actual- ly jumped by Swartz and Byrnes, but had to be content with fourth. Hoya Runner Fourth. JAM!‘.S HERBERT, long-legged Metro star from the New York Curb Ex- change, turned in a surprising victory over George Arnold, former Ohio State ace and national junior 400-meter champion, in taking the 500-meter in- vitation in 1:06.6. Setting nearly all the pace, Herbert sprinted homie some 3 meters in front of Arnold, now representing the Mill- rose A. A. Gayle McGuigan of the New York A. C. was third and James McPoland, Georgetown, fourth as Milt Sandler, one-time New York star and winner last year, dropped out after finding the early pace too swift. Glickman Sprint Winner. MARTY GLICKMAN, = Syracuse Olympic - representative, lost to Herbert Weust, Columbia sophomore, in the 100-meter dash but came through in the 60 and 80 meter event to win the sprint series. After finishing second to Glickman in both of the shorter events, Weust clipped two-tenths of a second off the world indoor record for the century when he was clocked in 10.6. ‘The old mark of 10.8 was held jointly by Bob McAllister, and Karl Wilder- muth. Eddie O'Sullivan, third in all three sprints, also has applied for record recognition at 10.8. Glickman just managed to nose Columbia’s new star in the shorter events, winning the 60 meters in 6.9 seconds' and the 80 meters in 8.7 seconds. . TIE FOR HOCKEY LEAD. MONTREAL, Janusry 9 (#)—The New York Rangers climbed back into a tie with Detroit for first place in the American division of the National Hockey League tonight by out the Montreal Maroons, 3 to I GODE 1S CHANGED Federation Solons. the backfield to an eligible tion of High School Athletic Associa- Heretofore, the ball had to be altered because of the difficulty and change applies only to handling the | | Forward Pass in Backfield HICAGO, January 9 (#).— C forward pass receiver was tions’ foot ball code today at the an- handed to another player either lat- confusion in enforcing it, Secretary ball among the backs and ends, eligi- | | HIGH SCHOOL GRID Legalized by National Handing the ball forward in made legal under the National Federa- | nual meeting of the Rules Committee. | erally or backward, but the rule was H. V. Porter of Chicago said. The ble pass receivers. Change Fouling Rule. 'HE committee also adopted & change in the rule governing fouls involving disqualification. When a disqualification foul, such as slugging, is committed, a penalty of 15 yards will be assessed in addition to removal of the offender from the game. No | distance penalty will be called in case of a double disqualification foul, or in | a disqualification foul committed dur- ing a free ball. A related change provides that no distance penalty for a foul committed | in the scrimmage shall result in the ball being moved farther than half the distance to the goal line. For in-| stance, instead of putting the ball on the 1-yard line on a foul on the 10-| yard line, it would be moved to tae 5. | Pass Penalty Altered. ‘ ANOTHER alteration provides that | the penalty for a forward pass thrown from beyond the line of scrim- mage shall be 5 yards and loss of the down. This ruling will apply particu- larly in case a player passes the ball forward after making a gain from scrimmage. The distance penalty will be assessed at the spot from where the ball is thrown, thus giving the team in possession of the ball its legit- imate gain. ‘The same penalty will be called for forward passes not thrown from scrim- mage, applying to passing the ball for- ward after receiving a punt or kick-off. Paul Dean’s Arm 0. K., Cards Learn ST. LOUIS, January 9 (®.—Paul Dean’s arm must have rounded into shape, at least to his own satisfaction, because the St. Louis Cardinal pitcher has applied for reinstatement on the active player list. ‘The youner of the Dean brothers was forced into voluntary retire- ment late last season when a sore arm kept him from doing more than lob the ball across the plate. He has been spending the Winter on his farm near Dallas, Texas. Vice President Branch Rickey of the Cards, who announced today he had received Paul's request, said it would be granted as soon as the pecessary formalities were com- pleted. DALLAS, Tex., January 9 (#).— Paul Dean, St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, forced to retire last Sum- mer because of a sore arm, said today he hopes to rejoin the team for Spring training at Bradenton, Fla. “My arm never felt better and T'm not worried about it a bit,” he said. Plowing_and - swinging an _ax have put his arm into class condition, he explained.| COHEN MOUND PERFoORME RS--nnue DARING EXHIBITION OF THROWING BASE (TS | | greatest money players in the coun- | finals Monday. ' N - R T RS FRom D IN 8Y THE For Local Fans TODAY. Basket Ball., Heurich Brewers vs. New York Presidents, Heurich gym, 3:30. TOMORROW, Basket Ball. Dugquesne vs. Catholic University, Brookland gym, 8. Elon vs. Geltge Washington, 2010 H street, 8:30. Devitt vs. Washington-Lee High, Ballston, Va., 3:30. Boxing. Joe Straiges vs. Bucky Taylor, eight rounds, feature bout, Turner's Arena, 8:30. TUESDAY. Basket Ball. ‘Tech vs. Roosevelt, Tech gym (public high title series), 3:30. Western vs. Eastern, Roosevelt gym (public high title series), 3:30. Towson Teachers vs. Wilson ‘Teachers, Wilson gym, 8. St. Albans vs. Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park, Md., 3:30. St. John’s vs. Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Md., 3:30. Landon vs. Episcopal, Alexan- dria, Va., 3:30. WEDNESDAY. Basket Ball. Mississippi State vs. Catholie University, Brookland gym, 8. Georgetown vs. Temple, Phila- delphia, Pa. Gonzaga vs. Eastern, gym, 3:30. Washington-Lee High vs. Epis- copal, Alexandria, Va., 4. Swimming. Y. M. C. A. vs. Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md. THURSDAY. Basket Ball. Western Maryland vs. Maryland, Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md., 8:15. St. John's of Annapolis vs. American University, American U. gym, 8:15. Wake Forest vs. George Wash- ington, 2010 H street, 8:30. Tech vs. Maryland Freshmen, Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, Md., 4. Gonzaga vs. Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park, Md., 3:30. Wrestling. Gino Garibaldi vs. Stanley Pinto, feature match, Turner's Arena, 8:30. Eastern FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Catholic ~ University Thomas, Scranton, Pa. Wilson Teachers vs. Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, W. Va. vs. St. Three Have 139s, Two Being' “Dark Horses”—Another Pair Stroke Back. By the Assoctated Press. OS ANGELES, January 9—| “Light Horse Harry” Cooper | and two “dark horse” entries, | Jules Huot of Canada and Art Bell of Pasadena, Calif,, ran a dead heat late today to lead at the half-| way stage of the $8,000, 72-hole Los Angeles open. | Cooper, now considered the man to beat, posted a 70 for a 36-hole card | of 139. The Chicagoan looked safe | until the two surprise contenders | rounded onto the eighteenth green. | Huot, former Canadian pro cham- | pion from Quebec, smacked five strokes off the par-71 course for 66, putting it with a first-round 73. Bell thrilled a gallery of several | thousand with a 67 to go with his 72. Eaton and Krueger Press. ONE stroke back were two more | “dark horses,” Zell Eaton of Ok- lahoma City, 73-67—140, and Al Krue- ger, base ball player-pro golfer from Beloit, Wis., 70-70—140. Grouped at 142 were three of the try, Horton Smith of Chicago, with par 71-71—142; Johnny Revolta of Evanston, Ill, 72-70—142, and Ralph Guldahl of St. Louis, 70-72—142. Tied with them were Gray Madison | of Phoenix, Ariz., and Sam Snead of | ‘White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., and one stroke back were five more pros | who refuse to be counted out. The battle ends with the 18-hole Stars Not Far Back. DEADIDCK@ at 143 are Jimmy Hines, Garden City, Long Island. | who won the meet last year; long- driving Jimmy Thomson of Shawnee, Pa.; Paul Runyan, the iron master from White Plains, N. Y.; Willie Gog- gin of San Bruno, Calif., and Al Zim- merman, Portland, Oreg. For the second straight day early starters were handicapped by frosted greens, which made putting a hazard. Crisp sunshiny weather as the day wore on brought the par-cracking per- formances. T TYPOS PLAN TOURNE Holbrook D. C. Delegate at Session Making Base Ball Program. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 9.— Official headquarters of the Union Printers’ national base ball tourna- ment to be held in Washington, D. C., this Summer were to be chosen at the annual Midwinter meeting of the league here this week end. Charles Holbrook, vice president of the league and the league’s commissioner in Wash- ington, is representing the Capital. ‘Whether golf, sponsored solely by the union printers, will be added to the annual tournaments also was to be decided. 'BROWNS OBTAIN KOUPAL ST. LOUIS, January 9 (#).—Louis Koupal, former major league pitcher who won 23 games and lost 11 with Seattle last season, was purchased by the St. Louis Browns today for Pitcher Leroy Mahaffey and cash. With the exception of & pitcher who hurled only four complete games, Koupal, 33 years old, had the best earned run average in the Pacific Coast League. He yielded 2.69 runs per nine innings and pitched 25 com- plete games. Koupal previously played with Pitts= burgh and Philadeiphia of the Na- tional League. ¢ Eastern vs. Wilson, Tech gym (public high litle series), 3:15. Central vs. Roosevelt, Tech gym (public high title series), 4:15. St. John's vs. Western, Western gym, 3:30. St. Albans vs. Priends, Friends gym, 3:30. Manassas vs. Washington-Lee High, Baliston, Va. 8. Hampton Institute vs. Howard University, Howard gym, 8. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. A Duke vs. Maryland, Ritchie Coli- seum, College Park, Md., 8. Gallaudet vs. American Univer- sity, American U. gym, 8:15. Catholic University vs. La Salle, Philadelphia, Pa. St. Paul's vs. Episcopal, Alexan- dria, Va., 3:30. Gilman Country School vs. Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park, Md, 3:30. Coliseum, College Park, Md., 9. Duke vs. Catholic University, Virginia Open Sweepstakes, Rosslyn Alleys, Rosslyn, Va., after- Congress Heights, Police OR the third time the Con- gress Heights A. C. and Police shall rule the District sandlot foot ball roost when, today at 2:30 o'clock, score on the other. Some of the outstanding high Stars Dot Line-Ups. 'HE Congress Heights seasop record games and lost two, bowing to the Frederick Pros and the Norfolk will be Al Kidwell, all-high back from Eastern last Fall, and his high school Donovan, Shugrue, Fox, and Catell of Devitt. The Police will depend upon of the old Mohawks, Ryan of the Apaches, and Abelman and Arndes of DANVILLE, Va., January'9 () .— Directors of the Bi-State Base Ball folk, Va., as president, sueceeding J. P. Wells of Danville. inaugurated. Night base ball was voted in. Boxing. Richmond vs. Maryland. Ritchie Brookland gym, 8. Bowling. noon and evening. —_— Varsity Meet on Grid for Third Time. F Varsity foot ball teams will attempt to determine which they clash on the Fairlawn Pield. In two other games neither was able to school and sandlot players in the city will be in the line-ups. is four victories and no defeats, while the Police team has won seven Clancys. In the Congress Heights line-up teammate, Bill Kemp; Glenn (Hawk) Shaw, another erstwhile Easterner; players such as Bunker Hill, Phil Fox of Wilson Teachers’ College, Ed Hoeff Eastern. e CLARK HEADS LEAGUE League me¢ here today in annual ses- sion and elected W. W. Clark of Nor- ‘The split season was abolished and the Shaughnessy play-off plan will be _No action was taken on naming the eighth team of edrouls. TRAINEES SQUAD WILL INCLUDE 3 Crew Harris Will Conduct to- Orlando Will Have New Batterymen. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. OMBING the list of athletes under the jurisdiction of, the Washington ball club, President Clark Griffith and . Manager Bucky Harris yesterday an- nounced that 32 assorted ball players will be crated and shipped to the Nationals' Florida training camp at Orlando this Spring. Included in the array will be half a dozen newcomers to the Nationals, as well as five others who have played with the Washington club, but never have trained. The first shipment, composed chiefly of raw rookies seek- ing pitching or catching jobs, will arrive late next month. Regulars are to report approximately a week later. ‘The newcomers are: Catcher Jake Early, a youngster from the Georgia-Florida League. Be- longs to Chattanooga, but can be pro= moted if his showing warrants it. Base ball pedigree vague, but is understood to have batted over .300 last season. Salveson Among Lot. ITCHER JOHN SALVESON, pro- cured from Chicago in a three cornered deal in which Earl Whitehill was sent from Washington to Cleve- land and Thornton Lee from the Indians to White Sox. Salveson formerly tried with Giants, Pirates and Chisox. Won 22 and lost 7 in Pacific Coast League last year. Catcher Halbert Lee, picked up from Clemson College campus. Caught part | of last season in small loop in Dixie. Probably will be shifted to Chatta=- nooga after a week or so. Outfielder George Ferrell, gained in minor league draft last Fall. Led Georgia-Florida League in hitting with .331 average and stole 29 bases. | Cousin of Wes and Rick Ferrell. Outfielder Taft Wright, from Chat tanooga. Batted .319 and played 157 games for Lookouts. Drove across 110 runs. Touted as big-league hitter, but a trifle short afield. Pitcher Harry Kelly, from Albany, York. Trenton and all points North. No relation to the Athletics’ Kelly. Twenty-three years old and Jjoined’ Albany last July. Won 3 and lost 10, | which was about speed of his club. Club Lacks Star Southpaw. | OF THE 32-man squad to be com- | mandeered by Harris, 13 will be | pitchers, at least on paper. The staff | will be headed by Jimmy De Shong, | Pete Appleton, Buck Newsom and Joe® | cascarella. In the second flight will | be Monte Weaver, Salveson, Ed Linke, Ray Phebus and Syd Cohen. Rank outsiders will be Frank Peticolas, the perennial rookie: Ken Chase, Dick Lanahan and Kelly. For the first time in years the Na- tionals will go South without a firste class southpaw pitcher, unless, of course, a deal is made. Trying to fill | Earl Whitehill's shoes this Spring will be Chase, Lanahan and Cohen. The staff, however, has a Cohen and & Kelly, at least, An equal number of outfielders and infielders will be taken to Orlando. ‘There are seven in each group, with all excepj one of the infielders and all except two of the outfielders likely to be retained. Joe Kuhel, Buddy Lewis, Buddy Myer and ‘Cecil Travis, of course, are “set” in the infield. Nor is it likely that Ossie Bluege could be pryed loose from Griffith and Harris with a crowbar. The other two are Red Kress and Johnthy Mihalic, with the redhead holding a slight edge. The outfielders are headed by Ben Chapman, Johnny Stone and Freddie | Sington, the latter almost certain tg | start in right field. Jesse Hill again is to be on hand, according to present plans. and so, too, is Carl Reynolds. | Wright, a little round man, and Ferrel} | will battle to displace Reynolds in the | set-up. According to draft rules, Fera rell must be carried at least until the opening of the season. Miles, Esty Are Missing. THE rest of the squad is to be composed of catchers, or would« be catchers. Clif Bolton, the res calcitrant Tarheel, and Shanty Hogan probably will fight it out for the Nog 1 job. Walter Millies probably wil} hang onto the No. 3 post, and Early and Lee will be dispatched to Chate tanooga—or worse. Hogan, incidene tally, will be the biggest man on the squad and Millies will be the smallest, In addition to the half a dozen newcomers to the Washington cluby five who will train with the Nationals for the first time will include Hogan and Millies. The latter was bought by Washington from Brooklyn last Spring after the team had broken camp at Orlando. Hogan did noh Jjoin the Griffs until late in the sea: son. Others are Ray Phebus, whz spent last training season with the Tigers; Ben Chapman, who was quired in June from the Yankees ip trade for Jake Powell, and Malicy who twice has been tried by the Griffs, but who never has been in training camp. v Conspicuously absent from the training camp list is Bobby Estalella, the sawed-off Cuban, and Dee Milesy the outfielder. Apparently the Wash+ ington club has given up on bothy Joe Krakauskas and Alex Sabo, pitcher and catcher, respectively, an frequenters of camps, also have been left out. Miles probably will go td Chattanooga, Estalella, Krakauskas and Sabe to Trenton. 3 — £ TRAMMEL SCORES KAYO. NEW YORK, January 9 (#)—Jack Trammel, heavy-hitting Ohio heavys weight from Youngstown, knocks out Al Walker of Yew York in tw rounds of the scheduled lo-rouxn wind-up bout of & boxing show Rockland Palace tonight before & erowd of 4,000, '

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