Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1937, Page 12

A—12 * - @he Foening St Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1937. : Air of Optimism About Chisox Squad Games Planned for Nats Catcher as Nines Are Formed for Drills. Staff Correspondent of The Star. RLANDO, Fla,, March 9.—No O ing in the State of Florida is working shorter hours than of monotony are in evidence and a | cure prescribed. Some time later this | of Nationals will be placed on Tinker Field and tests under fire inaugurated game a week from tomorrow. Manager Bucky Harris wrote out s0. possibly tipped off his hand on a few counts. For one item it i plain hitting in batting practice, Shanty | Hogan is the regular catcher and will he proves he isn’t capable. | For another item, Freddie Sington field post, subject to the same quali- | fication as Hogan, and Signor JOQ; the honor of opening formal com- petition on March 17 against the Hogan Made First-String | BY FRANCIS E. STAN, major league ball club train- Washington's, but already the germs | week, probably Saturday, two squads before the opening formal exhibition | the prescription today and, in doing | that. despite Clif Bolton's prodigious | continue to enjoy this status until | appears to have a lock on the right- | Cascarella seems destined to be given | Giants in Orlando. Sington Is Hard to Judge. hlAKING out his tentative ling-ups this morning, Harris outlined | them as follows: . First Team. Chapman, cf. Myer, 2b. IZuhel, 1b. Sington, rf. Stone, If. ‘Travis, ss. Lewis, 3b. Bolton, c. Rookies (3), p. Second Team. Hill, If. Mihalic, 2b. Wasdell, 1b. Wright, rf. Ferrell, cf. | Bluege, ss. Hogan, ¢ Harris, 3b. Cascarella, p. Appleton, p. Salveson, p. ‘The placing of Bolton on the so- ealled first team suggests on the sur- face that he and not Hogan might Sports Program For Local Fans TOMORROW. Basket Ball. Georgetown Prep vs. Briarly Military Academy, Briarly, Va. THURSDAY. Wrestling. Laverne Baxter vs. Jack Hader, feature match, Turner's Arena, 8:30. FRIDAY. Basket Ball. Catholic University vs. American University, Catholic U. gym, 8:15. SATURDAY. Basket Ball. Georgetown vs. Penn State, Tech High g).'m,‘szao. Track. Balking Pitcher Accepts By a Staff Correspendent 51 The Star. only hold-out struck his col- ber of the Nationals in Spring train- ence within 12 hours this morning, As usual, Griffith steadfastly refused tract originally sent to him. Reason for the belief that Newsom |the club president waxed uncom- Georgetown in I. C. A. A. A. A, meet, New York. $9,000 Salary, $2,000 Under 1936 Wage. RLANDO, Fla, March 9.—. The Washington ball club's ors today and Pitcher Buck Newsom became an active mem- ing. Called into a second salary confer- Newsom accepted terms offered by President Clark - Griffith. to divulge any figure, but it is be- lieved that Newsom signed the con- This called for $9,000, a decrease of $2,000 from Buck's 1936 salary. bowed to Griffith was that following last night's unsuccessful conference monly bitter and said: “Either he signs | at my figure or by noon tomorrow he | ROOKIE JIM RIPE FOR JOB THAT &5 G's IS BETTER THAN —AND GRIFF DUG PRETTY DEEP To BUY JIMMY FrROM THE SAME | OUTFIT..... /Dowrearce \ HOLT OF THET ~ ROOKIE 13 WA'SD ESLI'S WHO IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE Bt LEAGUE —By JIM BERRYMANN BAD BREAK BUT AOT GOQD ENOUGH TO CHASE JQE OUT.... .\\\ — A POWERFUL BATTING STROKE AND FAST-FLYING FEET COMPILED A.341 AVERAGE FOR THE PROMISING N ROOKIE IN THE SOUTHERN ASSOC. LAST VEAR ., veu0e FOR JOE WHEN HE BUSTED THAT LEFT ANKLE - - I~ —--ANDA BAD BREAK N\ FOR JIMMIE 'CAUSE HE \\ WASN'T ON HAND To TAKE THE JOB. Sports Mirror i By the Associated Press Today a year ago—Marjorie Van. Ryn won United States indoor ten- nis title, defeating Norma Taubele, 6—4, 6—3. Three years ago—King Levinsky outpointed in 10 rounds by Walter Neusel. Five years ago—Cincinnati Reds blanked St. Louis Cardinals, 7-0, in exhibition game. P | broiling sun for a weel AS A KID SELLING PROGRAMS (N THE CLEVELAND BALL PARK, WASDELL SAW AND IDOLIZED GREAT FIRST BASEMEN... SISLER,JUDGE, GEHRIG, FOXX, KUHEL...... 22,000 Bowlers Will Toss 2,592,000 Balls About CLUBTO SURPRISE AGAN SAYSDYRES Pitching Staff Promising, Infield Well Balanced, Outfield Strong. This is another of a series dealing with prospects of major league ball clubs. BY the Associated Press ASADENA, Calif, March 9.— There was a distinct air of confidence and optimism to- day as the entire Chicago White Sox team turned out for its first real day of Spring training. Manager Jimmy Dykes’ pitchers and catchers have been toiling under a ‘The rest of the squad reported today. You get the atmosphere of optimism as soon as you take a look at the out- fit. As Dykes puts it, the boys col- lected “a piece of world series dough” last Fall finishing in third place, and the experience, something the White Sox haven't enj d in years, may prove a tonic this year. Dykes strolled off third base, where he had been coaching Steve Mesner, the 19-vear-old rookie he hopes will take his place. Mesner was bought from Los Angeles. “Good-looking kid,” volunteered Jimmy. “I saw him hit a ball a mile last Spring out here. He may have the stuff.” Dykes Thinks Club Better. YKES rubbed his forehead and grinned: “I'm ready to quit playing, but I just can't.” He is starting his twentieth year of major league base ball What about the White Sox chances this season? Dykes ventured the opinion the Sox may pull another surprise. Last year he made a half prediction, half prom- ise the team would “sneak” into the first division. They did. “I think our chances are brighter this year than last year.” he mused Teddy Lyons, dean of the Sox pitch- ing staff, entering his fifteenth season in the big time, all with the same club, Hogan “Cheats” in Movie Talk be the first-string catcher. It will be | noted, however, that Harris' “second team” will have the better pitching | and Bucky makes no secret of the fact that he intends to have Casca- | rella, Jack Salveson and Pete Apple- | will be on his way back home. I don't give a hoot whether he signs or not. I'm fed up.” sauntered over to chat “I would say the* prospects look | better for us this year than any time since—well, for a long time,” Lyons drawled. “T'll bet one thing. no club 29,454 Miles. Bj the Associated Press EW YORK, March 9.—Metro- politan sport fans. steeped in Informs Sound Camera He Weighs Only 235, But Harris Adds 15 Pounds. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star In Good Physical Trim. asked the cameraman, ton pitch to the man who probably will do most of the catching. Having | the better battery on the “second team” evens up for the regulars’ other- wise stronger offense and defense. As for Sington, both Harris and Griff feel they can sacrifice some speed and fielding ability in order to gamble on Freddie's run-producing bat. Bucky likes Jesse Hill but, as he puts it, “until Sington shows that he isn’t a big leaguer he must be given the benefit of the doubt because of his power. I will say that Sington is the hardest player I've ever had to pass judgment on in my 13 years as a manager.” Cascarella Is Rewarded. T°HE naming of Cascarella as the 4 starting pitcher in the intrasquad game, admits Bucky, means that Joe will step first to the firing line when the Giants are met. It may go even farther. in doubt. and at least a late start assured, somebody else might well pitch the opening American League ball game, and it could be Cascarella. “He deserves to open against the Giants anyway.” said Harris. “No oth- er pitcher on the squad has worked as hard as Joe. He means business, ap- parently, and I mean to give him en- couragement.” The practice game is to last only #ix innings, with pitchers on both sides working only two innings each. This, incidentally, will be the only game, according to present plans, before the | Giants are met. The National Lefigue | champs will come to Orlando on | March 17 with a tremendous pull in | condition, inasmuch as they have been playing regulation games in Havana almost daily. Wright Out of Shape. PRAC’I‘ICE yesterday was marked | chiefly by initial workouts of Out- | fielders Johnny Stone, Taft Wright, | Fred Sington and Beverly Ferrell and | Infielder Johnny Mihalic. Movie | cameramen made their annual visit | to camp and so slowed practice that the infield drill was postponed. Of the new arrivals, Sington looked far the most impressive. Freddie hit the longest ball of the batting prac- | tices thus far, a drive that carried | to the hedge in distant left field. Only a few balls ever have been hit over the low wire fence directly behind | the hedge. Stone never has been an early hitter. | Some surprise was occasioned when Wright made his appearance. The outfielder from Albany is a sort of | youthful edition of Shanty Hogan, except that he resembles Babe Risko, the fighter, facially. Taft looked as if he didn't watch his diet very care- fully during the Winter. Ferrell is a rather small, slim youngster with flaming red hair. Nothing much could be told after one workout but it looks as if the kid cousin of Rick and Wes Ferrell will need more seasoning. The com- pany he’s in here is too fast. - D. C. SECOND CHOICE U. S.-Japan Davis Cup Matches Likely to Go to Coast. Little chance of the District being selected as the site of the United States-Japan first round match of the North American zone trials for the Davis Cup was seen today by Law- rence A. Baker, vice president of U. S. L. T. A, before leaving for the meeting of the committee which will determine that question at New York this week. ‘Washington has made no official application for the match, Baker stated. In addition, the-Pacific Coast, previously announced as the Capital’s rival for the match, is more favorable to the Japanese team, which would have to make a transcontinental trip after crossing the Pacific Ocean were ‘Washington selected. With Buck Newsom's status | UE to the salary confab, Newsom | missed the regular players’ bus to | the ball park, but as soon as his name was on the dotted line, he hastened to | | Tinker Field in his own car and joined | | the squad. He maintained that he is | | in good shape, tipping the scales at | | 216 pounds. Newsom's usual pitching | | weight in the Spring is around 208. | | Newsom did not help to put himself | into the good graces of the camp offi- | | cials Tlast night, after arriving from Hartsville. He entered Orlando wtih a pledge to lay off the slot machines, | which had given him a good “going- | over” last year, but he succumbed to | the lure of the cherries, lemons, bells and jack-pot bars late last night and poured approximately $35 into the contraptions. | And what burned up Griff was that | he didn't finish until after midnight, | which is the players’ deadline for re- | tiring. ' MARYLAND FENCERS TIE Saber Event Win Evens Match | | With William and Mary Team. | Outscoring the William & Mary | swordsmen in the saber event after | dropping the foils and epee, University | of Maryland's fencing team tied the | Indians, 812-8';, yesterday at College ark. The visitors won at foils, 5-4, and at epee, 21;-11;, but Maryland won the sabers, 3- SEES FLAG FOR CUBS. SANTA ROSA, N. Mex—Manager | Charley Grimm of the Cubs expects Gabby Hartnett to catch 100 games this season. acquired from the Cardinals, will produce the batting punch necessary for a pennant. REDS LIKE WEINTRAUB. TAMPA, Fla., March 9.—Phil Wein- traub, veteran minor leaguer and former Giant, apparently is sure of & regular outfield berth with the Cin- cinnati Reds. The big Jewish slugger played left field and batted .401 for Dressen, the Reds’ pilot, in 1934, when Chuck managed the Nashvill> team. S S e SECRETARY AIDS TRIBE. NEW ORLEANS.—A shortage of catchers in the Cleveland Indian camp was alleviated today when Frank Kohlbecker, club road secretary, put on a uniform and helped warm up the pitchers. Kohlbecker is a former minor leaguer. WERBER OF A’S AILING. MEXICO CITY.—Bill Werber, third baseman, tentatively was out of the Athletics’ line-up today. An upset stomach kept him in bed yesterday. He believes Rip Collins, | RLANDO, Fla., March 9—Un- less the news reel people who are making tours of major league training camps eliminate it in the cutting room the Nation’s movie audiences are going to hear some speech when the Senators’ train- ing camp “shots” are flashed on the screen The movie folk visited Orlando yesterday and in the process of “covering” the camp they had Shanty Hogan dress in his catch- ing regalia and catch a thrown ball. At the same time he was to talk to the movie man. “How much do you weigh, Shanty?” as Hogan caught a pitch from Walter Millies, one of his under- studies. *“About 235 pounds,” re- plied Shanty. “I feel great.” Manager Bucky Harris, stand- ing out of focus, shouted loud enough to be picked up by the recording apparatus. “Oh, doctor,” yelped Bucky, vou wouldn't be kidding any- body, would you Shanty? 1 got the report when you stepped on those scales yesterday. Whatta ya mean, 2352 You weighed 250." Hogan looked sheepish for a moment and a sigh of relief s-read over his face when the camera- man finished grinding. OFF"“f; Club House Arias and Hot Air. | Special Dispatch to The Star S POPPING P = RLANDO. Fla, March 9.—Manager Harris already has “fired” the first National. It was all in fun, of course, but it typified the locker- MORENZ, CANADIAN HOCKEY STAR, DIES One-Time “Stratford Streak” Was Considered Fastest Skater in National League. BY the Associated Press. 1\101‘1'1'REAL. March 9.—Howie Mo- renz, the idol of every French- Canadian hockey fan and the man who provided the spark that started the Montreal Canadiens on their great comeback this season. is dead. The one-time “Stratford Streak.” whose career as a big league hockey | player was cut off last January when he suffered a broken leg, died sudden- ly of a heart attack last night in a hospital here. During his early years as a National Hockey League star, Morenz was con- room levity in training camp, when Bucky cocked an ear and listened | sidered the fastest skater the game on “Down by the Old Mill Stream.” Bucky. “If I hear him butcher an- other bar, he's fired, whoever he is.” Prankie grinned and yelled for the soft pedal. The tenor ignored him. He happened to be Jimmie Wasdell, the rookie for whom Washington recently paid $20,500. Now that the gang’s all here, you can notice a loosening of tongues in the vicinity of Tinker Field. The veterans are picking up where they left off last September. The rookies huddled off to themselves, fearful of becom- ing the victims of their ‘“ribs,” but today they were pretty com- pletely ignored after Johnny Stone said, “Well, the grind’s starting again.” Signor Joe Cascarella, who was dry- ing himself in front of his locker in the club house, interrupted an aria from “I Pagiliacei,” and said, “Just starting, sourpuss? Boy, what I'm worrying about right now is how to pitch to that damn Medwick next October. I don’t know what to throw him.” “If I break it off his knuckles, Club House Custodian Frankie Baxter was called before the boss. that lousy tenor to drop out.” kidded< e soberly | i for a moment to three rookies soaping in the shower and harmonizing | ever had seen. | “Tell he’s liable to kill Lewis on third base. If I pitch outside, it might go over the fence. If I feed him slow stuff, Be might behead me with a line drive.” | Ben Chapman was pulling on his socks, a gaudy, silken pair which Jimmy De Shong had been busy de- faming. “Tell you what, Joe. When he comes up I'll move back 20 yards. | If he doesn’t hit your first pitch I'll | move back 20 more yards. Even if | I have t. play on top of the center | field flagpole we'll get that guy out.” The Flag’s in the Bag. ONE of the newspaper boys sug- gested that maybe they were tak- ing a little too much for granted. ‘Washington and the Cardinals in the | 1937 series, huh? A | “It's in the bag,” popped back | | Chapman. “Cascarets, here, will win 20 games. De Shong will win 20. | So will Applejack (Appleton) and if | Breezy (Newsom) comes to camp he'll | win 20. That's 80, isn't it? And, by | gosh, I forgot Salveson. He'll get 20. “That'll be 100. Then Cohen can pick up a couple, an’ so can Weaver an’ the rest of those fellows. Hell, 110 or 112 vic- tories ought to win.” | De Shong put in his oar. “Well | concede Cohen three wins over the (See POPPING OFF, Page A-13.) He won the league scoring cham- pionship twice, in the 1927-8 and 1930-1 seasons and was voted the | most valuable player to his club in the league in 1931-2. Morenz was bofn 34 years ago at Mitchell, Ontario, 12 miles from Strat- | ford, where he achieved fame as an amateur. He is survived by his widow., the former Mary Stewart, and three children. NAVY FENCERS BUOYED Win at New Haven Encourages for Columbia Contest. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, March 9.— Navy fencers, encouraged by their victory in the pentagonal match at New | Haven Saturday, will try to take the measure of Columbia, up to this time the leading team of the Intercollegiate Fencing Association, here on Satur- day. At New Haven Saturday the Navy swordsmen defeated Yal€, the Army, Princeton and Harvard after having lost an early match to the Elis. Injury Saturday to Pat Hart, Navy gymnastic captain and star per- former on the horizontal and parallel, has proved more serious than was expected and may keep him out of the matches with Princeton and the Army on March 13 and 20. He cut his chin and sprained his ankle in a fall. Schacht’s Clowning Stampedes Circus Elephant Al, Practicing at Show’s Winter Quarters, Has to Hide Before Animal Is Subdued. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Editor. ARASOTA, Fla, March 9.— Al Schacht, base ball’s funny man, is getting in shape for his long tour of the minors by working out with the circus in Winter quarters here . . . Yester- day he almost started a riot . . . Attired in full base ball uniform, topped off with a long-tailed coat and high hat, Al was busy picking up tips from a clown in one corner of the lot while a group of per- forming elephants, camels, etc., rehearsed the grand opening spec- tacle nearby . . . The parade was marching ‘round and around the ring when an elephant named Haszel suddenly spied AL CA Hazel has been with the circus 33 years and is old enough to know better . . . She has seen some strange sights around the big top, apparently nothing quite like Schacht . . She broke from the line, hurdled the edge of the im- provised ring and headed for the barn with five keepers in hot pur- suit . . . They finally loaded her down with hobbles and chains and tried to coax her back in line, but it was no good until Al retired be- hind the wild animal house to fin- ish his act, with lions, tigers and leopards (all securely caged) as an audience. ‘Women wrasslers or wrasslerites have Tampa agog . . . Just try and get in . . . Hot tip from Lake- » land is Mi Cochrane will try Rudy York third base if Hank Greenberg’s wrist is O. K. . . . Twenty-five ball players spent the Winter here . . . The Reds will shift from red to the regulation gray trousers in the night games at Red- land Field. Colonel G. Mills, the Red Sox out- fielder, was christened just that. . . . Brusie Ogordowskie, Cardinal catcher's front name.is Ambrose, but he prefers Brusie and appears that way on the club roster. Training rules posted b; Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox include: “Players may drink beer in the presence of the manager” , , , Unofficially, players will be pere mitted to sneak an occasional high £ ball, but not in the presence of the manager . . . Twilight Song, the gangling Brooklyn filly already es- tablished as a Winter book favorite to win the Hambletonian, is picking up a few hot tips on how to do same from Rosalind, last year's ‘winner, . . . which occupies the next stall at Orlando. Burleigh Grimes, who will receive around $10,500 for managing the Dodgers, once collected $24,000 per for pitching. for the club . . . Al Schacht’s clowning engagements through May will net him more than a year’s salary as coach . . . Over at St. Pete the Yanks are steaming because they are charged 25 cents per bottle for Col. Rup- pert’s beer in their own club house. D f 'BASKET BALL GAINS - HEAVILY IN BIG TEN 64,000 Increase in Attendance as 375,000 Persons See Fight for Championship. BY the Associated Press. 'HICAGO, March 9.—Approximate- 1y 375,000 spectators watched Big Ten teams battle for this season's title, representing an attendance gain "of more than 64.000 over the 1935-6 figures. Minnesota, which shared the title with Illinois. set the attendance gain pace, with 22,141 more fans watching 000, will be used | the Gophers six home games than the 1935-6 total of 47,859. Illinois showed a gain of 15.150 over last season’s 29.- 443 total, while Iowa, never in the title running, registered an increase of 11,800 over the 27.500 which saw the Hawkeyes last year. Ohio State played to 50,434, com- N bigger and better athletic events, will get their first view of the biggest of them all tomorrow night when the vanguard of 22,000 bowlers from 31 States and three Canadian provinces open the Amer-' ican Bowling Congress at the 212th Coast Artillery Armory. For many years known as America’s outstandjng sporting event from the competitor’s standpoint. the enroll- ment this year has far exceeded even the fondest hopes of the promoters. | The entry list numbers 4.016 five-man | teams, 5.881 doubles and 11,773 singles. The entry fees alone amount to $218,- 075, of which $145.000 will be dis- tributed to 6.000-odd prize winners at | the end of the 7-week competition. Really Is Stupendous. | JF ANY ONE doubts the magnitude of the event. here are a few figures: 1—There will be 129.000 games bowled 2—The distance the balls will travel would more than circle the globe (ap- proximately 29454 miles) 3—About 2.592,000 balls will leave the hands of the contestants. 4—4.050 sets of pins, costing $62,- 5—The pinboys will lift approxi- mately 19.662 tons of pins and retura | balls weighing an aggregate of 20.736 ns. 6—More than 11,654.000 pins will bounce about on the 28 new maple alleys 7—1It is estimated the participants iplred to 30,829, while the Wolverines )] score upward of 23.220.000 points. | performed before 38.000, against 28.- | 800. | game. had an attendance of 15.400. compared to 12,600 a year ago. 8—The running expenses will Chicago, which failed to Win & amount to $44.000. 9—When the tournament gets in In- full swing Monday about 840 men will diana and Purdue each registered powl daily. gains of about 3,000. The Hoosiers 10—With 2,674 seats. the attend- drew 26,110 this season and Purdue gnce is expected to reach close to 250.- |26,000. Northwestern's attendance was 24,- 478, compared to 25,554, while Wis- consin, never a title contender, drew 47,745 this season, against last year's 51,917 total. D. C. KIWANIS SCORES of Three Matches. Washington’s Kiwanian end when two out of three Kiwanis the other by 28. Scharf Howard Shaffer Keneipp Pattison Rossmann Gaver Cook ~ Hudgins Schmidt teams of Baltimore lost to Capital fives. Baltimore’s only victory came | by & 53-pin margin, one of Washing- | —— | ton's teams winning by 99 pins and Whip Trojans in S. E. Center Court 000, surpassing many times the record of 55494 set at Syracuse two years ago. New Yorkers Start It. EW YORK bowlers will start the pin-crashing after Mayor Fiorello La Guardia rolls the first ball down the alley at 8:30 tomorrow night | The Pabst Blue Ribbon squad of 28 i teams is first on the alleys, then come Outbowls Baltimore Club in Two | the United Bowling Clubs—the- oldest bowling organization in America. New Jersey bowlers are scheduled to appear Thursday night, with Fri- bo\\:leljs day bringing the first keglers from avenged a previous defeat by their | outside the metropolitan district, 28 colleagues in Baltimore over the week Syracuse, N. Y., teams. MERRICKS GET LEAD | | Title Series Start. Marrick Boys Club's basket ball 8% | team has drawn first blood in its| | three-game series with the Trojans to decide the championship of the Na- | tional League of the Southeast Com- | munity Center. Merrick, winner of the first half title, defeated the sec- ond-half titlists last night, 23-16. The winners outscored the Trojans | | by & 2-1 margin from the floor, sink- ing 10 field goals to their rivals’ 5. Scoring was nearly evenly divided, Katz and Crisaful getting 6 points each and Weinberger and Cole 4 each. In a game which had no bearing on the championship, W. P. A. de- feated Clark’s Service Station, 41-28. Badger went wild for the winners to score 20 points. FENDER Bent? ‘Booy DeNT?., Set Us! COMPLETE ALTO SERVICE Friendly Prices Always CENTRALonc WORKS OFFiciAL KevsTone STATion 443 EYE ST.N.W. D1. 6161 | i is going to run away with the pennant like the Yankees did last year. What was it, 17 or 19 games? (It was 19.) “Now the way I figger it. the league will be better balanced. The only elub I see without a chance is Philadel- phia.” Lyons, ace “s| 10 wins in 1936 “I don't believe she's ready to fall apart vet,” he said, looking down at his right arm pot” pitcher, turned in Hurling Staff Looms Strong. THE clubs hurling staff looms strong. Vern Kennedy, the slim righthander who won 21 games last vear, has been troubled by a knee in- jury. but believes it won't hamper his work Johnny Whitehead, the big Texan, who was a whiz in 1935 and won 13 games last year, showed up leaner than ever this Spring. Bespectacled Bill Dietrich, Italo Chelini. Clint Brown. Merritt (Sugar) Cain and Monty Stratton complete the regulars back Dykes has several rookie pitchers including Frank Papish and Gale W acquired from Omaha. but Iy doesn’t know what they have His infield. with Zeke Bonura at first, Jack Haies at second, himself at third and Shortstop Luke Appling, leading batter in the American League last vear. was one of the best bal- anced in the circuit in 1936. Mike Kreevich, the track sopho- more: Mule Haas. Rip Radcliff, Dixie Walker. Larry Rosenthal. of whom much is expected. and a couple new- comers—that's the prospective out- field FRANCHISES AVAILABLE. Franchises to all branches of the Government will be open in the Sports Center Government Base Ball League which will hold a meeting on Friday night at 8 oclock at 5113 Second street, apartment 2. President Mike Sklar wlil give further information at District 2900, branch 767. SEEKS SOFT BALLERS. Uniformed soft ball teams for the Sunday Morning League are being sought by Vic Barratte, the league's director. Applicants can reach him at 340 Wire avenue, Silver Spring, Md. American League Schedules Free OFFXCIAL American League base ball schedules for the 1937 season may be obtained starting today in vest pocket size at the business office in the main lobby, first floor, of The Evening Star Building. A limited supply of the booklets is available. They will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis 4 when you switch fo richer RICHFIELD HI-OCTANE GASOLINE Please See Pages A-1184-15