Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1937, Page 10

@he Foening Stap Sporls Griff Right-Field Job Wide Open SINGTON WATCHES WRIGHT SPARKLE Hill Is Yet to Get Chance. Club, in Hitting Slump, Bows to Phillies. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, 8taft Correspondent o1 The Star. AMPA, Fla,, April 3.—The right- field job on the Washington ball club finally was flung wide WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1937. .:.Black Cat Breaks Tradition To Heap Good Fortune Upon Wrestling P | | \ romoter Turner COLONIALS, TERPS FARGICAL LOSERS G. W.’s Dozen Miscues Win for Penn State—Maryland Bows to Dartmouth. CHOOLBOYISH base ball on the part of two local college nlnes,i George Washington and Mary- land, resulted in defeats for both yesterday as Penn State profited by 12 | BRADDOCK, LOUIS READY FOR CAP {Muddle Begins to Fade as Fighters Show Signs of Real Action. b5 the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 3—The heavy- weight title fight situation—a jig-saw puzzle to fans and officials alike these many open today. As predicted early this Spring train- ing seige, Manager Bucky Harris has ceased to believe that Big Freddie Sington earns the assignment on what he promises to accomplish. The job which for four weeks was Sington's now is public property and Jesse Hill, Rookie Taft Wright and Sington are starting from scratch in an attempt to crash the Nationals’ regular line-up. It was Katy-bar-the-door yesterday in Winter Haven, marking the first time Bucky has tampered seriously with the line-up with which he orig- errors to heat the Colonials, 9-5, and Dartmouth scored 10 runs in the last three innings to nose out the Terps, | 13-12. The latter game was called at | the end of the eighth inning. g Vince De Angelis of G. W. had yielded only four hits up until the eight, in which he was removed after three more, but the even dozen miscues of his mates, five of them by Third | Baseman Tim Stapleton, played a part | in the scoring of every run charged against him. De Angelis’ infield failed him completely, Second Baseman Wil- | lams being charged with three errors and First Baceman Johnson kicking in | weeks— began clearing up with a rush of activity in the rival camps today. Champion James J. Braddock, | scheduled to meet Challenger Joe (Bomber) Louis at Comiskey Park the | night of June 22, packed his bags for a trip to a camp in the Wisconsin | woods near Stone Lake, where he will spend five weeks resting and condi- tioning. | Gould Assures Mayor. | IS manager, Joe Gould, who as- sured Mayor Edward J. Kelly and every one within hearing yester- {nally hoped to open the season. Sing- ton was yanked from the batting order with complete thoroughness. Wright, only left-handed hitter of the trio, was sent to right field and he responded with a bang-up performance. Hill, yet to get a real chance this year, is being withheld for the time being | chiefly because Harris is fairly cer- | tain of what Jesse can do. Meanwhile, due to no fault of the right-fielding, the Nats today nursed their first losing streak of 1937—a two-in-a-row string after the Phillies finished yesterday. vious beating, Jimmy Wilson’s Na- tional Leaguers won a 5-to-2 victor Washington got only half a dozen hits, | bringing its total for the last two games | to a paltry 12 safeties. Each Has His Drawbacks. T WAS no fun for the Nats, looking as feeble at bat as they did yester- day, but if any player was able to take some of the sting out of the set-back it was Wright. Sandwiched between a double-play ball and a fielder's were | & single and a lusty triple off the youngster's bat. He played flawlessly afield scored one of Washington's two runs and shared hitting honors with Johnny Stone. Harris is unwilling now to concede anybody a clear edge in the fight for the right-field job. Bucky still has an idea that Sington can hit but wheter his batting output will overcome his faults afield is a question he doesn't attempt to answer at this point. thinks that Hill, if played regularly, will hit close to .300 and field better than Sington. Wright, he believes, at Avenging & pre- | |len off. Now they picked up. got better and better and Turner got | He | Daddy Joe Turner inspects BY ROD THOMAS. digo; perhaps better to say his mood was black for the cause of the rassling promoter’s frown was a cat of the hue of coal. It didn't bring him tough iuck, the cat; on the contrary. Six weeks ago Dinah—that's her | name—mosied or mousied into Tur- | ner's Arena and made herself to hum. | And co-incidentally Turner’s luck took a sharp turn. Rassling gates had fal- They to feeling that, somehow, this was due | to Dinah. She’s Confident Kitty. INAH obviously took it for zranted. Like a queen she accepted the | milk and hamburger and cat goodies | | brought to her by Turner, George King, | take her,” said Joe, and was right. Billy Mack and Richie Bauer, com- OE TURNER was a study in in- | additions to his business family. —Star Staff Photo. | the catification of promptness at chow call. Turner casually searched the build- ing. No Dinah. King joined him in a thorough hunt. No Dinah. Mack | and Bauer scoured the neighborhood, result the same. Night fell. King Is Suspicious. THE arena staff held a council, which resulted only in the con- viction that Lady Luck in the guise of Queen Dinah had deserted Turner's Arena. King recalled that all mem- bers of the National Guard boxing team which won the District A. A. U. | champoinship in a recent tournament | smoothed the fur of Dinah before | they entered the ring; that Dinah curled up beside the championship | trophy in prophetic assurance, later | vindicated. “Shucks, none of those kids would | The next morning you find Promotor least will hit right-handed pitching |prising the arena staff. A sleek lady | Turner slouched at his desk, the image but Taft’s southpaw stance at the plate | became Dinah, no more to roam the | of dejection. is against him. Already the Nats are | seams of the city an outcast—well, | top-heavy with left-handed hitters and | placing another in the regular line-up virtually amounts to asking the op- | her new estate. every time the | the last wrestling show, when Dinah | position for a southpaw bell rings. Nats Hit Batting Slump. HOW it all will end is something for the future to decide. Bucky now has decided to alternate Sington and | Wright, depending on what kind of a pitcher is facing the Nats. If neither | geems completely satisfactory it is| likely that Hill will open the American | League season on April 19 by playing ‘ right field. As if this worry were not sufficient \ at this late Spring training date, Har- | ris now is pondering the latest general | fault of his Nats, which is their failure | to hit. Day before yesterday a trio of Chattanooga pitchers held the Griffs she’'d stroll 'em lang syne and the a bit just for auld better to appreciate So, the day before disappeared, little was thought of it until meal time came with no occu- | pant at the regal table. Dinah was | “Well, if she'd stay away this long,” | he muttered, “she’s likely gone for keeps. Somebody mighta swiped her, at that.” He added: “Damfi wouldn't kill a guy what did.” 1 Then, joy of joys! A colored work- (See CAT, Page A-11) RUPPERT IS RILED AGAINST RUFFING Won’t Pay Holdout Hurler Until He’s in Perfect to six hits and made off with a 5-to-4 SPARKLING FIELD IN TEXAS RELAYS Among More Than 1,000 decision. Yesterday a pair of Philly | Trim, Says Colonel. pitchers duplicated the feat and With | gy the Asscciated Press. & minimum of trouble. { i Launching a rally with two out in | E‘Q'ugfiix'N'Z‘ff“&,fi};,ffififf the first inning, the Phils took a 2-to-0 CReE v:vas backiat Dif deski lead against Pete Appleton. Klein’s | toda"c ughing liki 1 d‘ le, a walk to Corbett and Arno- | .. i e Do ENECS ; : raging at his lone holdout, Red Ruf- | vich's triple was responsible for this. | fing. < In the next five innings, Appleton Rumn will sit i o » pitched up to par, holding the WIlton- | porers T pay him mors thas 616 005 | m"f";f;‘l‘l‘f h";;"i’t ”‘“; sh"mhr but | stated the colonel. “And I'll tell you ”:n mér:iflegfi‘fe‘ "HE °he’]‘;°1;vfl:’£5; another thing: Until he’s in perfect 9 - | pitching shape h 't ington to one hit, & single by Buddy | 51‘1 e besIeavon cuald “} Lewis, in the four innings he toiled. Ruppert said it was his intention to | T pay Ruffing only for the number of | Lewis Not Badly Hurt. ey I RNOLD JORGENS, kid brother of | W¢ks he is in tip-top shape. the Yankee catcher, followed | Johnson to the box and carried on! quite nobly. In the five innings he | worked, the Jorgens kid allowed only | five hits, two coming in the eighth in- | ning, or when the Griffs scored both | Club Spirit Is High. | HE CAN'T jeopardize the club's, , chances by staying out like this | and think he can get away with n."f sald Ruppert. i of their runs. | g i Meanwhile, with the departure of | §13 (o0 Camicr~is' v on For orer | Appleton after six innings, the Phils| e gor last year. Rufing wants $16.000. became tough all over again and gave, This is the c‘mly so)fer note m‘ th. Young Jack Salveson quite A gOiNg- | eolonel's tune about the Yankeeae‘ over in the seventh. Jack would have | however. He thinks they're sure o'l escaped unscathed in this frame but | repeat and picks Cleveland i for a error by Buddy Myer after two | most dan; er},’us o] ;ve a:n Borthely were out. Then, With tWo Men on ' eTho Yanbees nover. s renlind S 3 { They really lool be worl | walked Whitney before Scharein oblig- | plons,” he Y e v chr ingly rolled out to end an inning in; Ruppert praised the condition of which the National League cellaritcs1 the entire squad, but was especially i Rl bTee: o oo e D L. ers, [aKOsKy, Ve 1 back into the game in their half of the| Jack Larocca. Hi su.soe fiual:s:; .z‘t‘;: eighth, which Wright led off with a work of Lefty Gomez, Joe Di Mazgio! prodigious triple. Millies walked and ‘, and Lou Gehrig, all of whom held out ‘s:;l:eson tri&}eg. sco;mé \::(i rux;st. :33; beyond the start of the training sea- ! pman, Lewis an el wel t | son. in order and the game practically was in the bag. A H Gomez in Great Fettle. i 1In the process of staging this eighth- | «1 TgEL1, you, i I snning ally, Lews fouled a piich off| 1 Jou; St ke e his ankle and was forced to retire after Gomez of old. He's in wonder- completing his turn at bat by fanning. | ful condition, and he's burning them | He was placed in the bus with his ankle | in the way he did when he led the ' packed in ice but midway between | league,” said Ruppert. ‘Winter Haven and Tampa he insi.stedl Calling himself the “only Yankee on tossing aside the ice and putting | casualty,” Ruppert explained that he on his sock and shoe. He was not| caught a bad cold the day after he scheduled to play today but his ankle | reached Florida. This developed an| xnjurydw;; giagnos::da; notmxlrgwsetxg- i ;tx&xlmying bro:chxltnhl ;i::gh. which is ! ous ant e expec complef e very much w! N i current road trip by playing tomorrow ! “I'm unhappy when it's cold,” he| against the Tigers in Lakeland. Shanty | sald, “because they don’t plar ball’ Hogauz:, w‘i’thheég lrox::esterdngl's gr;ij ::}ei !l,t's cold and the people don’t due to a banged-up finger on his r! | drink beer.” hand, also was expected back in the | line-up either today or tomorrow. FINAL FOR PROTON FIVE. — The last basket ball game of the MUCH TOIL FOR GIANTS. | Tweirth Street Y. M. C. A. Protons NEW ORLEANS.—The easy part of has been scheduled for next Wednesday the Giants’ training ‘is over. From | night, when they will meet the Cardozo here on, they'll be bearing down in one | Night School champions. Both teams of the most elaboratefSpring ‘cam-| boast of fast-clicking tions and paigning tours the cl ver tackled. | are supported by I lollowings. . Competing Today. By the Associated Press. USTIN, Tex., than 1,000 of the Nation’s brightest track and field stats gathered here today for the Texas relays, first large outdoor meet of the year. Schools in the university dmamn‘ totaled 18, in the college class 14. Headlining special attractions were | between Gene | an exhibition mile Venzke, Pennsylvania Blaine Rideout, Texas Teachers bespectacled twins, and a 3,000-meter event featuring Don Lash, Indiana’s crack 2-miler, and ‘Wayne Rideout. runner, and Other Olympians Compete. MEMEERS of the Olympic delega- tion, in addition to Venzke and Lash, are Nebraska's ace shotputter, Sam Francis; Hardin-Simmons’ jave- lin hurler, Alton Terry, and the Okla- homa Baptists’ quarter-miler, Harold Cagle. Entered in the university class were representatives of Baylor, Chicago, Drake, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisiana State, Michigan State, Ne- braska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma A. and M., Rice Institute, Southern Methodist, Texas A. and M. Texas Christian, | University of Texas, Texas Tech and the University of San Antonio. The college division included schools from as far away as Wayne University in Detroit. Lash, Venzke, Rideout Twins | day that “Braddock fights Louis here | with two. 2 | and all other offers definitely are off,” At that, the latter might have been | congidered approximately 50 bids for |& hero had it not been for his last | Chicago camp sites where the title- |error, for “Lefty” smacked a homer | nolder will devote the strenuous por- | with two on in the fifth, which tied | tion of his workouts, including spar- the score at 3-3. It was the only | ring. | stage of the game at which the Colo- Under terms of the contract, both | | nials were on even terms with the | principals must start active training | | Nittany Lions. | workouts in or near Chicago a month Penn St H'rison ss Wear.2b 6 Odessact 7 Kornick.c * Brakelf 5 Vo'arx.1b Crossin.rf 5 Wate Sim'e A e e v W, H.Q 32k 05 ( A Bl o 0 5 3 SR 1 i 1 1 0 LCh'risrf 1 Freas.1b April 3.—More | one of the North| 5 | s comins | somsmiamman | 15 —13 | Totals 37 1 Totais 35 10 | Dartmouth _ 010 204 2. | Maryland 202 006 Runs—Ratajcz, Linden. Casey (5 day. Jenkins (2)' ‘Tesreau. Viens. Ray. Chumbris (). "Knepley. Thomas. Wheeler | (%), Bryant, Surgent. Wood, L. Chumbris ). Freas. ' Errors—Hanna, Rataicz i), esreau. Wheeler. Bryant. Egan_ Freas. | Two-base hits—Linden. Tesreau. Wheeler. | Three-base hit—Linden. Home runs— | . L. Chumbris. Stolen | . Chumbris_(3). Kneple t on bases—Dartmout & ). Love- Ray. S 2 off Py Hits—Off Lane. & in 6 innines: . 2 in 1 inning; off Pyrtek. none H pitched ball—Ey u e 4: ) —By Lan | by Pyrtek. 1: by Wi Wild pitch. Lai ing pi Um- ne. Winni itcher—Pyrtek. plres—Messrs. Cox and Shoemaker. Time Griffs Get New Address System Seven new giant speakers are ex- pected to amplify announcements of game information at Griffith Stadium this year more to the satisfaction of base ball fans than in the past. The system is designed especially to eliminate the old familiar “tin- pan” sound that came when the announcer dropped his voice from full blast to low bass, to stand all the gaff weather can give it and to be set in operation with a single switch, Installation was completed this morning by the Capitol Amplifier Co. of Washington. rtek. 4: off Sex Subdued by Sports Garb Physical Educator Says Girls’ Shorts Have Changed Youth’s Attitude Toward Problem. By the Associated Press. ENVER, April 3.—Shorts, supplanting bloomers for feminine athletes, have changed the attitude of youth toward sex, Alfrec. O. Ander- son, president-elect of the Central Physical Education Association, said today. “You don't see the boys stand- ing around any more staring at girls’ legs on athletic fields,” he explained. “Co-physical education—contests or exercise for both boys and girls —promotes clean-mindedness. | “The day of long stockings and billowing bloomers is finished and costumes stressing shorts are here to stay.” A staunch advc physical educatit te of women's » Anderson as- sured in an interview that despite increasing emphasis on athletics, “American girls are not destined to become strong-muscled Ama- zons.” “We have gone far beyond the idea of muscle building,” he said. “We still will have with us the ‘stream-lined’ girl, although her shoulders will be square instead of the ‘bottle-neck’ type.” “Girls who take part in athletics develop poise, confidence and per- sonality,” he said. “They learn to understand boys better by learning to take defeats.” The St. Louisan strongly favors “co-physical education.” “The day when athletic flelds are built solely for boys is at an end,” he stated. “Mixed games have an before the fight. Braddock’s camp may be north along the Lake Michigan o River Valley. Julian Black, one of | 1; the Brown Bomber's managers, arrived ii".’:"‘e‘r‘?p” agy where Joe may spend a few weeks swinging an ax and taking occasional | Totals 3710 Totals | | ey | Penn_State 001 111 9 | George Washington 000 030 011 | BRADDOCK will leave for Stone witz. Noonan, Harrison. Wear. Odessa (% Lake _tomorrow night, accom- Brake (2), Vonarx Crossin (2). Errors- | Brennan. Zenowitz. Harrison. Wear, |and Sparmates Jack McCarthy and narx (2). Two-base hits—Zenowitz. | Charley Massera. Gould will return to Home run—Johnson. Stolen base—Brake: Sacrifices—Brennen. Vonarx, Brake. Dou- | Federal Court hearing April 12, when | base—George Washington. 7 First base on halls—Off De Angelis. | to show cause why the champion | s B s. 7 in 7': in- | should i | auspices of Madison Square Garden. Clears Bags With Homer. It was understood here that Brad- | s J Wheeler's home run with the bases | allegation that the Garden corporation did not desire to promote a Braddock- Maryland victory over Dartmouth, | Schmeling bout because of boycotts | the big Green turned loose its big |28ainst the contest. from behind and clinch the verdict. | confer today with Mike Jacobs of New | a three-run lead and came out of it (Park, has named Mickey Farr as one run behind. Ed Casey's homer Matchmaker for the heavyweight fight for Dartmouth. | Although George Wood lasted the ing him for scores in every other in- ning for the first five and then scoring | | port was far better, too, only four FI H | errors being marked against a quartet | Wheeler got a double in addition to S | his home run, while Bryant solved " Alperstein Opposes Bates singles. Pyrtek, who held Maryland | hitless and runless in the last inning, Is Edged Out. Special Dispatch to The Star | Benny Alperstein, University of Maryland lightweight, will stack | ington State tonight in the final round 0 of the National Collegiate Athletic | which 9 of the 16 would-be champions; will represent the South. tive favorite to capture the team title | by virtue of placing four men in the Ray Matulewicz, is the only other team | with more than one fighter swinging ! shore or west of the Loop in the Fox in the city from Lake Geneva, Wis., | *Edm’ston 1 “p | hikes. | *Batted for Lanier in the ninth. Boyott i il Defense: Runs—Stapleton. Johnson (2). Zen, | panied b; i i Hiapleton (5). Williams (:3). Johnson P RO CLDM ppmen streiner {ere Brake = Threc-bate ~hit—Ciossin. | New vork Monday to prepare for & ble Dlays— Wear 0 NV onArX (S eni®hiah | Braddock’s counsel will be required 3 off Simoncelli, T. Struck out—By Simon- | Bitcher2TDe* Anelis. Umbire—Mr. Purdy. | G€rmany, June 3, in New York, under UST when it seemed that Waverly | dock’s defense will be based on the filled was to be the pivotal blow for a | guns in the last two innings to come | Promoter Joe Foley, scheduled to | Maryland entered the final frame with | YOrk on seating layouts for Comiskey with one on turned defeat into victory | card. SR e route for the losers, he was in hot \ { water throughout, the visitors nick- | : /in each of the last three. His sup- | of Old Liners. the three Dartmouth pitchers for twc | in Final—Fellow Terp | got credit for the victory. ACRAMENTO, Calif, April 3.— up against Bob Bates of Wash- Association boxing tournament, in| ‘Washington State loomed a prohibi- | final. Duke, with Danny Farrar and | for a championship. Birmingham Edged Out. 1T ARYLAND'S two-man team was shaved 50 per cent here last night as Tom Birmingham, Southern | Conference featherweight champion, dropped & close decision to Carl Eck- strom of North Dakota, and Alperstein won by decision over Karl Drexel of | San Jose College. i Turning in what Maj. Harvey L. Miller, his coach, termed as the finest fight of his brief ring career, Alper- stein annoyed the previously unde- feated California Golden Gloves cham- | pion with a straight right hand, set- | ting Drexel up for convincing left hooks to the head and body. | Birmingham _wilted in the thizd| round against Eckstrom after holding | the talented North Dakota boxer even for two rounds, but still barely was| shaded. Eckstrom connected with a | series of neat right-hand blows in the | third canto to swing the verdict. Pairings: pounds—Carl Eckstrom. North Da- vs. Paul Walier. Washington State. unds—Bob ' Bates. Washington . vs. Ben Alperstein. Maryland 145 _p —Danny Farrar, Duke. Rolly Shumway, Tdano 5 pounds—Dave Wilkerson. Miss!ssippl. va. Ed McKinnon. Washington State. 165 pounds—Ray Matulewicz Duke. vs. Max Novich. North Carolin, 175 pounds-—Louis Schm OV weltts Do Waik welghts—Don Walker. San Jose, vs. Harry Mulline, Mississippi State. Do State, vs. ouns vs. umwa; 2 fdt. Virginia, vs. Pum;hless Phillles. AB 5 3 3 3 3 .C Johnson.p *Norris Jorgens.p Totals *Batted Nationals Phillies Runs—Youni App'ton.p Salv'son.p NN moowsswensol Fomsimonos30 howstacosse? al ozomnoswesn on in fourth. 000 000 020—2 200 000 30x—5 Klein (2). Corbett. At- wood. Wright, Millies. Errors—Mihalic, Lewis. Myer. ' Runs batted in—Arnovich (3), Corbett, Salveson (2) ~Two-base hits —Arnovich." Atwood. Three-base hits— | Stone. Wright. Salveson. Double play— | Millies to Myer to Kuhel. Left on bases— . 9: Nationals, eton, 3: off . off Jorgens, 3. Appleton. 4: by Johnson. Hits—oOff Johnson. 1 in Appleton. 4 in 6 inning: g off 2 {nnings. on, 1. ring on youth's atti- Hinmine pit e o Losing pilcher er—Jol ; er W ppieton Dires——Parker and_ John- son. Tim Club Looms as Surprise Entry Champ Has cing Case, Too PR|MEMUPSH Also unpacking, for Jim Braddock, shown here u INPENNANTCHAS Washington Is Likely to Go Better Than in ’36 Race, Powers Warns. BY FRANCIS J. POW . HICAGO, April 3.—The Wash- ington team Bucky Harris is carpentering down South may be the surprise entry in the The Nationals American League race. | were rather a surprise in the 1936 | campaign, when they came up from an ordinary sixth of the previous sea- son to finish fourth; a fraction of a point out of third and one game out of second place. Washington will be better this Summer and should do as | well or better than last The Washington infield will be stronger by the return of Buddy Myer to second base. The leagu batting champion in 1935, Myer was an in- valid through last season and for the greater part of a year was on a strict green leaf diet. Now he's back on steaks and baked Idohas and appar- ently as sprightly as ever Shanty Hogan, down to a trifli 225 pounds and throwing with t accuracy of a Marine rifleman, has solved Harris' catching problems and made the secession of Clif Bolton an item of little importance. B s | pon_ ar- rival yesterday in Chicago, will leave tomorrow for a tree-chop- ping session of training at Stone Lake, Wis., in preparation for his bout with Joe Louis June 18. "POPPI Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. NG OFF Ytan. Still the Gas-House Gang, Huh? Special Dispatch to The Star. T here last night from Winter Haven. AMPA, Fla., April 3.—There must be something about the average sports writer’s puss that fascinates a ball player. always wants to plant a row of knuckles in a newspaper man’s mouth, as witness the scene which greeted the Nationals when they arrived It seems that one of them The lobby of the hotel headquarters still was in something of a furore although the combatants had been parted for some minutes and the blood had been wiped up. It developed that Mr. Dizzy Dean, who claimed to have been a member of the Cardinals, approached one Mr. Jack Miley and offered his opinion of what a lousy writer was Mr. Miley, York sheet. who works for a New Mr. Miley, who deserves a worthier send-off. had a few words to say in rebuttal. according to various accounts of eye witnesses, one of the following scenes was enacted: 1. Mr. Dean stepped back and, 16 or 18 Cardinals, yelling, “We're still the gas house gang,” pounced upon Mr. Miley and his newspaper-writing companion and inflicted dire pun- ishment. 2. Mr. Miley’s companion in- vited Mr. Dizzy Dean to step into the alley and settle the af- fair, man to man. Mr. Miley's companion is a former North Dakota University foot ball piayer. Mr. Dean offered an abrupt excuse and departed to his room. 3. Mr. Dean personally socked Mr. Miley after an argument originally arose between Mrs. Dizzy Dean and the newspaper man. Ball Player’s Aim Mystery. T WAS reported, at midnight, that several more accounts were avail-| able for public approval but up to| this point, of the many eyewitnesses called to the stand, scene No. 1 seems to be the most authentic or, at least, | voted for most heavily. To repeat| and to go into more detail, 16 or 18 Cardinals, headed by Ducky Medwick and Daffy Dean, rushed the sports- writing pair and began to swing fists. When all was quieted it was discov- ered that Mr. Miley had sustained two cuts over his eyes but otherwise was in fair shape. Thus, once again, it is proved that newspaper men and ball players cannot get along. Gus Zilch, the ball player, will insist on buying beer for his club’s newshounds six days in a week. The seventh day he will do poorly in i a game and receive a newspaper clip- | ping from the missus, said clipping citing when and how he played badly. All the thousands of words the newspaper men had used praising Gus in the past are forgotten. He can't wait to stalk the usually pot-bellied, ink-stained wretch and swing on him. What possibly is the goal of the| ball player, outside of temporary satis- faction, is something over which to ponder. So far, none of the writing boys has been killed by a ball player's fists and in 99 cases out of 100 that is what is necessary to prevent him from countering with a weapon far more potent than a pair of fists. As long as & newspaper man can type and write an honest account, he seems to have Gus Zilch and all his belligerent contemporaries by the neck. Feather in Scribe’s Cap. Y ball players persist in gun- ning for ,newspaper men forever will be a mystery and at once a tip- off on their lack of general intelli- gence. Base ball needs the support He referred to Mr. Dizzy Dean as “a bush leaguer of the pj far more than the press needs bm;u for sport pege “copy.” . Whereupon, Newspapers thrived long before base ball was anything approaching the so-called national pastime. Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every 1,000 average printed words in a new: paper are complimentary to ball play- ers and base ball in general and this is no exaggerated ratio. Yet, appar- ently, this ratio is not enough for first baseman Gus Zilch, or whoever chooses to take pokes at newspaper- men every so often. In recent years Mr. Pat Mi.- lone, then with the Cubs, socked a scribe, and not only was fined but eventually released by his club. There have been several similar instances, and nearly all wound up the same way. Of course, it might have been a publicity stunt embracing no regard for the feelings of Mr. Miley. The Cards, after all, haven't been 2ble to lick anybody on the ball field. When the fracas last night happened. they had just taken a 7-to-6 beating from the Reds here. Maybe the Cards thought that if they couldn’™ whip anybody at base ball they could do it | with their fists. But the queer part of picking cn Miley is the alleged excuses of Mr Dean. The dizzy one pointed out that Miley, in an article, had calied the | gas house gang a “bunch of sissi Up to last night few, probably, would | have suspected it. But ganging on a couple of guys in a hotel lobpy and yelling, “We're still the gis house | gang,” is no way to prove differently. | §f anything, they planted a feather | in Mr. Miley's cap while they were planting a few punches on his fore- head. Anyway, it seems that open season has been declared by the ball players on the writing boys. 1t seems to be inevitable, regard- less of what anybody says. DODGERS SOON TO PRUNE. LLEARWATER, Fla.—Before the | Dodgers break camp next Wednesday, | Manager Burleigh Grimes will cut down his squad by several players. A number of the youngsters cast off will g0 to Louisville. Hogan's Comeback Remarkable. FTER several trials, Fred Sing the one-time Alabama fcot seems have overcome bound swing and throw on, ball his and nd clean-up ma In three re; the Nats seem great Harris has been with his pitching Winter was acc ted the weak p: of the club. Monte Weaver is gi definite indications of a winning year and Ed Linke seems to hav d new circulation for his f Jack Salveson, who, has worl with eight professional clubs, promises to be of value after a great season with Los Angeles. Joe Cascarella and Syd Cohen have been impressive in exhibition games and, of course, Buck Newsom, Pete Appleton and Jimmy Deshong are proven quantities Harris' pitching may be better than anticipated and certainly no worse than in 1936. Hogan's remarkable comeback is one of the prime reasons for Wash- ington’s probable success. There are few better hands at coaching and cod- dling pitchers through nine innings as evidenced by the fact that, in the 26 games Shanty caught for the Nats last season, the starting hurler fin- ished in 23. Hogan learned the les= son of condition rather late, but in time to be of great value to Wash- ington pleased ver the 23 years, Infield Seen Capable. WASHNGTON will present a capable infield with Kuhel, Myer, Travis and Lewis. It has a fair amount of batting power and the re- turn of Myer will bolster its defensive qualiti John Stone, Ben Chapman and Sington will comprise the start- ing outfield and there is cracking power in that trio. Jesse Hill, a .300 hitter and fast on the bases, and Taft Wright, a promising recruit, will be available for emergencies. Harris is a more patient if not a smarter leader than when he wore the toga of “boy manager” and his players are aggressive. The Amerie can League will have one of its hot test races in many seasons for division landings, if not for the per nant, and six clubs must be conceded a chance to finish among the top four. With any breaks, Washington will be one of the successful entries and, | if a dark horse should drive through to the pennant, it well might be the Nationals. Mostly it depends upon the pitching. CHICAGO HURLERS GOOD. PHOENIX, Ariz—The Cubs and White Sox meet here today. Both managers, Jimmy Dykes of the Sox and Charly Grimm of the Cubs, were elated over the pitching in yesterday's 1-0 Cub victory at Yuma. Ariz.,, where the Sox got only four hits and the Cubs two. Linke, Grieving, Stays With Club 83 a Staft Corresponcept of The Star AMPA, Fla, Apvil 3.—In stolid silence, Pitcher Eddie Linke of the Nationals bore today one of the greatest sorrows of his young life As the Washingion club prepared to leave Orlando yesterday to be- gin a three-day road trip to play the Phillies, Reds and Tigers, the youthful right-hander learned that one of his older brothers, living in Chicago, had died after a week of illness. Infection set in following the pulling of a tooth Linke, quickly checking with his family, learned that he could do little at this time and volunteered to carry on with the team. Fl'iS(;h Bawls Out Hls Gang Brawls Must Stop, Says Card Pilot, But Dean’s Newspaper Foe Wants More Action. By the Associated Press. AMPA, Fla,, April 3.—Frankie Frisch, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, laid down the law to. his beliigerent “gas house gang” today after most of the base ball club joined in a fist fight between Dizzy Dean and two sports writers. One of $he writers, Irving Kup- cinet of the Chicago Daily Times, received a black eye. He left for Chicago after telling Dean ‘Tl fight you any place, any time you want to.” Jack Miley, New York Daily ws columnist, had a scalp und bystanders sald was in- flicted by a spiked base ball shoe. Calling his players together, Frisch said “there’s not going to be anything more like this” He indicated the “gang” had best change its behavior if it expected to win the National League pen= nant. Dean was the manager’s principal target. 0600000000000 00000000000 Coming April 19 * the Shoreham's ICE CARNVIVAL Starring Evelyn Chandler 0000000000000000000000 * * * * b4 - 1