Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1937, Page 31

@he Foening WASHINGTON, D. C., Majors Look to Banner Season "POPPING They Bob Up Every Year. ORTRAIT of the great American pest—the cynic who reads base ball, but doesn't believe what he sees: Have Stars Ailing—Nats to Get Big Gate. Assoclated Press Sports Writer EW YORK, April 17.—From N Philadelphia’s last-placers it looks a banner year for big- The injury jinx is striking the only sour note in the swing perfection of several line-ups for the getaway pro- gram Monday and Tuesday. and second-guess the national pastime are convinced the 1937 campaign will years, competitively, financially and from all other angles. chinery will be in high gear from the time President Roosevelt gets the Ath- Washington Monday, and the Phillies and Bees go to work in a pair of the final out next September—and that the faithful will respond accord- Several Strong Contenders BY SID FEDER, New York's champions to league base ball. opening day by keeping key men out of Otherwise, those who direct, play 80 down in the books among the top They feel that the diamond ma- letics-Nationals game under way in Patriots’ day contests in Boston, until ingly. Nats Get Prize Opener. SOME 250,000 fans may be on deck for the double opener, with a seven- game schedule Tuesday following Mon- day's curtailed program. The biggest crowd, a looked-for 50,000 or so, is expected at the New York Yankees’ Btadium, where the world champions entertain their perennial headaches, the Nationals. Another good-sized gathering is almost certain for the re- newal of the National League's hot- test rivalry, the Giants and Dodgers, in Brooklyn. In the last few days, the experts | have been hard put to keep up with the possibilities as a result of the epidemic of injuries and ailments. Joe Di Maggio, key man of the Yanks, will be out for two weeks, re- covering from a tonsilectomy. Tex Carleton, No. 1 Cubs pitcher, will be lost for a month with a chipped right elbow bone. Jimmy Foxx is in a hos- pital indefinitely, suffering from a &inus condition. Others on Ailing List. ITCHERS TOMMY BRIDGES of the Tigers and Lefty Grove of the Red Sox are ailing, and Stu Mar- tin, St. Louis Cardinals’ infielder, hasn't completely recovered from his appendicitis operation. All are mem- bers of clubs figuring strongly in the | pennant chases, and without them | things may be changed completely for | those outfits. As matters now stand, the Yankees, featuring the same heavy-duty artil- lery that took both the American | TLeague and world series apart in '36, | ook a shoo-in for the pennant again— but certainly not by the 19%-game margin of a year ago. The Tigers, | with Mickey Cochrane and Hank | Greenberg back on the firing line, and | the Indians, with Rookie Bob Feller, biggest freshman pitching sensation in years, a potential 15 or 20 game ‘winner, furnish the top threats. A | possible explosive force are the Boston Red Sox, especially if their rookies produce. Cards Full of “Ifs.” | IN THE National League the Car- dinals are favored—but you can't make a lot of observers believe it. There appear too many “ifs” in St.| Louis, particularly in a comparatively | new infleld and a pitching staff that | ‘was shot full of holes a year ago. | As a result, Bill Terry's Giants, de- | fending the pennant, loom as strong |EX-RED RAIDERS AID < Grabs base ball writer, P Great American Pest—Now, how the club really look? Base Ball Writer—As T said the paper. I mean the real McCoy The G. A. P—Yeah, and a lot of if's. know that bunk. Griff probably buys: you guys a few bottles of good stuff down South and you're looking out | for him. Well, I'm not fooled. wouldn’t walk across the street to see {'em. By the way, how does Buddy | Myer look . . . really, I mean? | B. B. W.—Great. Buddy looks great. He’s hitting the ball on the nose and doing everything okay. He'll be all | right. G. P. A—"“Can it,” willya? T could read between the lines. Nobody can come bac kafter that lousy year | Buddy had in 1936. Why doesn't Harris play that other guy? What's his name . . . Mackalic, or something like that? | Well, We Fool Somebody. B B. W.—You mean Johnny Mi- * halic? Good little player, but I'm telling you, Myer is okay. G. A. P.—Well, skip it. How about the real dope on Weaver? I see where you guys tried to fool everybody with that rejuvenation stuff. He's been washed up for years, hasn't he? B. B. W.—No kidding, Monte looks good. Got his fast ball back and— G. A. P—Thassa lotta stuff. My uncle’s got a friend whose brother saw him on the street the other day and he says he don’t look so good. S'all right for you fellows, though. Gives you something to write. Haw, haw! Guess you fool a lot of dumb people, at that. By the way, how does Ben Chapman get along with Buddy Myer this year? B. B. W.—Swell. | They always did get along since Chapman came to Washington. Nice fellows—— G. A. P.—Say, you either think I'm awful dumb or else you are. I can see ’'em looking daggers at each other from the bleachers. They never have gotten over that fight in 1933. S'wonder they don't mix in the club- house now and then. And speaking of guys who are hard to get along with, how about Griff foisting that Simmons on Harris? siege, with deft hold known as a buttonhole-lock. Wwhisky flush for sun tan and comments on how soft it must be to live at paper’s expense for six weeks and do nothing. Then down to business: G. A. P—Aw, cut that stufl. You guys don't give the lowdown in the B. B. W.—Why, it oughta be in the fight if— fans by winning a lot of exhibition games from teams that aren't trying. I 1! still bleary-eyed from training camp Mistakes b. b. w.'s about the real “lowdown”? How does other day in the paper—— team isn't going anywhere, is it? Same old Griff. Builds up the sucker ‘B B. W.—Oh, you're all wrong * about Simmons. He's glad to be with Washington. That's no bunk. He and Harris get along swell. All the fellows like Bucky. Simmons is one of the nicest guys—— G. A. P—Yeah, and I s'pose Harris |and Myer have lockers next to each | other and laugh and joke about that | fight they had when Buddy was trying | to take Harris’ second base job away from him. Gawd, they battled for 45 minutes, didn't they? Who was it who got all cut up and bleeding? B. B. W.—They never had a fight and, as a matter of fact, they do have lockers next to each other and get along swell. That fight business always was the bunk. G. A. P—I heard that before and I still don’t believe it. Say, what's Harris got on you fellows, anyway? You never knock him in the papers. | Why, he oughtta been strung up by | his thumbs for letting that rookie outfielder go to Chattaocoga. What was his name . .. Wright? There was | the best outfielder on the club. B. B. W—Wright was just a hit- | ter. He wasn't much of a flelder and | he didn't have much of & throwing arm, and he didn't know anything | about running bases. Not only that but he was a left-handed—— G. A. P.—Left-handed hitter. I know. I read that. So Harris has to use that for an excuse! Sayin’ he already has too many left-handed batters. He probably didn't like the | guy personally. Wouldn’t Go Across Street, Huh? B. W. (now a little peevish and | ° trying to get away)—Well, | was ONLY down in Orlando with the club. Of course— | G. A. P—Wait a minute. I gotta couple more questions to ask. You | see, it's this way. I'm a real good fan but right now things is a little tough and I was wonderin—— B. B. W. (getting set for quick start)—Yes, yes. Go on. G. A. P—Well, I was wondering if you . well, I kinda hate to bring it up but, you see . . . Oh, shucks. Listen, you don't happen to have couple passes for the opening game, do ya? B. B. W. (gone with the wind)— | NO, POSITIVELY NO! And further- | more— | AS G. W. NINE WINS Brennan, Edmonston Take Part in Eleventh-Inning Rally That Beats Terrors. COUPLE of former Western High base ball stars, Joe Brennan and Bill Edmondson, collaborated to give George Washington a 6-5 victory over ‘Western Maryland in 11 innings yes- & any, with a remade infield no worse than the championship line-up of last | year, a well-rounded pitching staff | and a slugging outfield. The Chicago | Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates look | from this corner the teams Terry's | troupe will have to beat to keep the | flag. | The Bucs have had the stuff for four years, but haven't used it prop- | erly. If they can keep on their col- lective toes and help along an im- | proved pitching staff—look out! | Hitless Wonders AB.H. 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 A (i Chap'n.cf 0 Ley Q. H 3 B 0 1 ) 0 0 1 0 3 0 Aplletonp 4 0 0.A G.U. Nolan.cf u.If &4 Nau. Bassin.1b : Cavid'e.3b Barbasrf 4 Keeginc & Keating.ss 2 Bodine.%h i Nicc'kisp * Pe! 0 sraois ol 0 1 4 3 0 0 | om Usky.p Totals 30 3 Georgetown U. Washington 5l ompnos Totals 20 4 000 000 000- 0 Millies. Errors—Cavadine, Kuhel. Simmons Two-base hits— i : by Appleton. 7. Hits in 6 innings: off Petroskey, in 2'innings. Hit by pitched ball— j Nicketakis (Chapman): by Appleton (Bassin). Passed balls—Keegin (2). Lo A€ pitched— Nicketakis _Umpires Johliston and Basil. Time—1:35. 0 y |self on base with the winning run | bled the ball. | Brennan, who poked & long single into | center, 003 012 00x—7 | §o W U AB. Runs—Chapman. Lewis (2). Kuhel. Tra- | B terday, one driving in the other with the winning run. Leaton Kushman, bespectacled hurler, who also got his early training from Clff Moore at Western, found himself with a 2-0 lead in the sixth, but after hurling five scoreless innings was un- able to get the side out before three runs had crossed the plate and Bill Lanier had relieved him. In the eighth George Washington tied the score at 4-4. In the eleventh Cambell smashed a home run for the Terrors. Vinnie de Angelis opened the Colonials’ eleventh with a single and stole second and Edmondson laid down an intended sacrifice, only to find him- when Cook, the Terrors’ pitcher, fum- An infield out set the stage for Edmondson scoring behind De Angelis when Catcher Byrd fum- bled the peg home. EEEP corosos! [[SEE | ooms! (o im0 e Totals 37 733 5 Totals 45 R*31 9 *One out when winning run scored. George Washington _ 001 010 020 02—8 Western Maryland 000 003 010 01—5 Runs—Berg, Angelis. Edmonston, Willlams (2). Lanter, Drugash, McQuillan (2), Campbell. Cook. Errors—Berg (2), Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. ‘Washington vs. Baltimore, Grif= fith Stadium, 3. Mount St. Mary's vs. Catholic University, Brookland Stadium, 10. Track. Catholic University, Gallaudet and American University in tri- angular meet, Brookland Stadium, 2:30. Maryland vs. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. Lacrosse. Maryland vs. Mount Washing- ton, Homewood Field, Baltimore, 3:30. Tennis. Georgetown vs. Richmond, Hill- top Courts, 2. St. Albans vs. Maryland Frosh, College Park, Md., 10. American University vs. Bridge- water College, Harrisonburg, Va. ‘William and Mary vs. Maryland, College Park, Md,, 2. CROWD GREETS GIANTS. NEW YORK.—Advance ticket sales indicated a crowd of 20,000 would be on hand to see the Giants open their | Gee. own Polo Grounds against the Cleve- land Indians today. BUCS USE SWIFT, WEAVER. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Manager Pie Traynor of the Pirates named iBll Swift and Jim Weaver for mound duty today in a ‘game with the local club. 1| Kob Star Fporls LEFTY BOOSTING EASTERN'S STOCK High School Title for Nine Seen After Stockwell Blanks Tech. EMINISCENT of the manner in which Dick Lanahan and Lefty 8ullivan southpawed Eastern High to numerous scholastic base ball titles, Walter Stockwell, another lad who starts them from the wrong side, promises to propell the current Lincoln Park outfit toward another crown. Now at the top of the schoolboy series heap with Western at one vic- tory apiece, Eastern stands an excel- lent chance of remaining there should Stockwell’s hurling maintain its even tempo. It chiefly was his feat of dishing up only five hits and striking out 10 men that accounted for Tech's defeat, 5-0, yesterday at Eastern Sta- dium. Kidwell is Eastern Star. LMOST equally outstanding for Eastern's cause, however, was Al Kidwell, shortstop, who handled six chances afleld, flawlessly, in addition to pumping a lengthy triple to left. It was Kidwell's circus over-the-shoul= der catch in the seventh inning which throttled a Tech rally. With Walt Merchant and Leroy Curtis perched on third and second, respectively, Roy Lemerise lifted a lazy looper back of short which was labeled & hit. Kidwell, however, streaked back and grabbed it just a few inches from the ground. He then wheeled and dou- bled Merchant off third to choke the rally. Eastern, in the meantime, had col- lected two runs in the second inning when Stockwell led off with a single and was brought around by Everett O’Brien’s solid home-run poke to left. Eastern chased one more across in the seventh and added two more in the ninth. Webb Poorly Supported. CH'UBBY JIMMY WEBB, Tech pitcher, hurled a creditable game, but feeble support in tight spots aided his downfall. Eastern AB. Jacobs.3b 4 o 225352~waom~oo> =0 PISIE AN 1 SommmoommE ORI Susssmommon e ] it tKelly Totals 3 *Batted for Jacobs in ninth. 1Batted for Tawney in ninth. Eastern Tech =2 000 000 006—0 Ruus—8tockwell. O'Brien. Kidwell, Lus- by Hilleary. _Errors-—Jacobs. Clomei don (2). Lemerise (2). Two-base hits— Stomel. Triree-bgse hit-—Kid- r e Clomel, Lemer! »| oo | 5555’ sl Lusby. | Kobre. Gordon. Wise. erise to Curtis to Jacobs. Webb, '8 1 Wild pitch—Stock- Passed ball—Wise. Umpire—Mr. Watt. Time—1:50 YOUNG PECK SLUGS, BUT MICHIGAN BOWS Four Hits by Son of Former Nat ‘Wasted as Terps Pound Out 16-to-6 Victory. ROGER PECKINPAUGH's son, with & home run and three singles, valiantly tried to stave off the season’s first defeat for his University of Mich- igan nine at College Park yesterday, but Maryland found the offerings of his pitching teammates too much to their liking and pounded out & 16-6 decision. A third baseman, only a few stqps from the position where his dad used to cavort for the Nats in the pennant days of 1924-25, Walter Peckinpaugh kept Michigan in the game only until the fourth inning, when a 7-run rally by the Terps removed all semblance of a contest. Moe Egan was the Terp’s most ef- fective hitter. He drove in four runs. Mich'n. AB. B s 4 5t =0 Siommo! Paneil.rf Hliger.lf N MHOoOSHOON 3 8 D Q McHughp 1 2 C'pbelllf 2 35 | roon! 5| cosoomomumn? & £l cooommmmmnst Totals 427 5 - 002 210 100— 6 Z 033 703 00x—16 (2). Peckinpaugh (2). Chumbris (2), L. Chum bris. Thomas Wheeler (2). Bryant Surgent (3). . Knepley '(2), H Runs batted in—Egan (4). Knepley (2), Peckinpaugh (2). Wheeler (2). Thomas. L. Chumbris, Brewer (2), Wood (2), Errors—Uricek. McHugh. Brewer. Totals_ Michigan Maryland Runs—Brewer. Beebe, Patanell, 5. . 9 (2), urley. Edmonston. Williams. Kushman, Oook. Three-base hits—Johnson. X Home_run—Campbell. ' Stolen_bases—Berg (2)_ De Angelis, Stapleton (2). Williams, McQuillan. Campbell. Left “on bases— George Washington, 6: Western Maryland, 6 Hits—Off Kushman. 4 in 5% innings: in 5% innings. Struck out— Byrd, nier. off Lanler, 4 By Cook. 3: by Kushman, 5: by Lanler, 7. o0 balls—Oft Cook. 5. Umpire— 5. base hits—Uricek_ Home runs-—Peckin- augh, Wheeler Brewer, Beebe. Stolen ases—S. Chumbris (3), Knepley (2). L. Chumbris. Sacrifices—L. Chumbris. Dou- ble plays—Wheeler to Surgent to Knepley, Uricek to Snick. Left on bases—Michigan. 12 o First, base on balls—oft Gee. '2; d. 8. Wild d. Los- e Biehero—ate. * Unmpires—Messts. Box and White. Time—2:15. Canzoneri Sticks to Boxing Because He’s Broke Young Eddie Collins Is Better Hitter Than Dad—Tunney Gives Nestell Ring Tips. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, April 16— Heavyweight situation: Mike Jacobs will bet you Braddock and Louis fight in Chicago in June, no matter how Judge Guy Fake rules in New- ark . Other circles (perhaps not so well informed) think the bout will be transferred to New York, with Max Schmeling meet- ing the winner in the Fall—and liking it The smart boys say Madison Square Garden isn’t nearly so interested in clinching a Braddock-Schmeling go as it is in proving in court that a contract is a contract . . . This done, the Eighth avenue crowd will be in position to do some trading—and get the best of it . . At any rate, June 22 is just about two months away and so far little has been done about promoting a Chicago fight So write your own ticket. Intimates tell you the real reason Tony Canzoneri doesn't retire is that he is flat . . . All his dough is tied up in that big rarch at Marlboro, N. Y., and he needs ready cash . . They say the best-looking fighter in the A. A. U. tournament at Boston was Timmie Hill, Detroit Negro light heavy- weight . Charlie Gehringer’s mother, Mrs. Theresa Gehringer, keeps his scrap book . . . Barney Ross is so disgusted with the fight situation in general he may go to Australia or Puerto Rico to de- fend his welterweight title against Jack Carroll or Pedro Montanes « « . Gene Tunney thinks Bib Nestell, Pacific Coast heavywelght hope, is the goods and recently spent all of 20 minutes giving the youngster a few tips. Add Hall of Fame: Col. Jake Ruppert still calls Hank Green- berg “Hank Goldberg.”. .. Nixon C. Denton, sports editor of the Cin- cinnati Times-Star, received a Base Ball Writers' Association card made out to “Nixon Denton of the Enquirer” . . . Is Henry P. Ed- wards’ face red? . . . New Orleans fans are asking the Pelican man- agement to inaugurate a ‘“men’s night” similar to “ladies day” . . . Ethan Allen, the outfielder, is writ- ing a book on base ball . . . It cost the owners of the Albeny club of the New York-Penn League be- tween $10,000 and $15,000 to put the Senators on the fleld this sea~ son . . . Milwaukee fans are won- dering what will hsppe‘ it Al Sothoron doesn’t get some help from the majors soon. Fred Apostoli's manager has turned down an offer of $6,000 to fight Young Corbett in San Fran- cisco and another offer to meet Freddie Steele in an over-the- weight bout, also in 'Frisco . . . New Haven reports young Eddie Collins, now starring for Yale, can’t fleld with his old man, but can out-hit him . Bald Bill Klepper, owner of the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League, has 125 suits of clothes and 987 pipes . . . He is the Coast League’s fashion plate . . . Cincinnati Reds and Boston Sox are feuding because the Reds didn’t inquire as to how Mel Almeda felt after he was beaned by Lloyd Moore in Durham, N. C., the other day. » e | 020 000 102—5 | Rassling'as It Is Served in Oriental Style 2 A plump Japanese champion addr inary to the actual match. Tremend SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937. Nats Helped as Chapman Hits % INEW STANCE GETS esses the spectators as a ous strength and enormous i part of the ceremony prelim- weight are the chief attributes —A. P. Photo. | | | | | to Backstroke Crown. Katy Rawls Bows. HICAGO, April 17.—American | women's swimming will settle ship business, including filling a big vacancy in the backstroke to- For the first time since 1933 the 100~ yard backstroke crown will rest on the Eleanor Holm Jarrett. The heiress- apparent was another of the Lake Smith who finished second to Mrs. Jarrett last year, and figured to join diving crown Thursday night, in the parade of champions, Gestring Defends Title. N THE other two final events on to- program Marjorie Gestring of Los Angeles, will defend her high-board Miami Beach Swimming Club star, will attempt to atone in the 500-yard free night in the 220-yard event Miss Rawls, campaigning for four | ing in the 220-yard, after winning | the 100-yard breast stroke and the | teammate, Virginia Hopkins, staged a rousing finish to defeat Halina Miss Tomska led almost to the tape, Jjust as she did against Claudia Eckert Wednesday. Miss Hopkins, however, surged up from third place to win by third and Doris Brennan of Provi- dence, R. I, was fourth. Miss Rawls of these Nipponese gnzz:plers. |Margie Smith Heir Apparent By the Assoclated Press. up its 1937 indoor champion- night in the Pake Shore A. C. pool. head of some one other than Mrs. | Shore Club's Smith girls—Margie Arlite Smith, winner of the low-board night’s closing National A. A. U. diving championship, and Katy Rawls, style for an astonishing failure last | championships, took a thorough beat- 300-yard individual medley, as her | Tomska of Detroit. of Chicago, in the 100-yard free style inches in 2:37.6. Miss Eckert was could do no better than fifth. Washington A. C. Leads. THE Washington A. C, of Seattle took the lead in the team cham- pionship race by winning the 300- yard medley relay, in a close finish with the Women'’s Swimming Associa- tion of New York. Betty Lea, the Seattle team’s last swimmer, came from third place in the free style to nose out Elizabeth Ryan of the New York trio, in 3.374. The other Wash- ington swimmers were Jean Kolinski in the backstroke and Edith Pember- ton in the breast stroke. The Lake Shore A. C. was third, with the Miami Beach Club fourth. The Washington A. C., winner of the 400-yard free-style relay in addi- tion to the medley, had 21 points, to 20 for the Miami Beach Club, and 18 for the defending charipion Lake Shore A.C. GEHRIG, HURT, IDLES Nurses Sore Finger as Yanks Play Dodgers—Mungo Fans 33. BRQOKLYN.—Ebbets Field fans turning out to watch the Dodgers and Yankees wind-up their Spring exhibitions, are surprised to see Lou Gehrig on the sidelines. The iron horse is nursing an ailing finger on his left hand. Van Mungo, who fanned six Yankees HELLEY CONGEDED B yesterday, has collected a total of 33 strikeouts this Spring. Inaugural Slate For Major Clubs BY the Associated Press. h EW YORK, April 17.—Here is how the major league base ball clubs will open the 1837 sea- son: American League. April 19—Philadelphia at Wash- ington. April 20—Washington at New York; Boston at Philadelphia; Cleveland at Detroit; Chicago at 8t. Lous. National League. April 19—Philadelphia at Bos- ton (two games, morning and aft- ernoon.) April 20—New York at Brooklyn; Bt. Louis at Cincinnati; Pittsburgh a¢ Chicago. ¥ - Exhibition Games By the Associated Press. Washington (A). 7: Georgetown U Detroit (A.). 1. Cincinnati (N.). O Brooklyr (N.).' & New York (A, 1. Chicago (N ). '9; Chicago_(A.). K Cleveland "(A)), 8: New York (N)), 4. Boston (A.). 5. Holy Cross U. 0. Piusburgh” (N, 107 Hutchinson (W. 7: Philadeiphia (A). € 11. Portsmouth (M. 0. ore (1) ) AN 0 Newark (L), 10; Binghamton (N.Y.- Baltim St. Louis Columbus (A.A.), 5: Rochester (L), 4. Schedule Today. At_Washington—Washington (A) vs. Baltimore (1) At_Philadelphia—Philadelphia (N.) vs. Philadelphia (A.) At Boston—Boston (N.) vs. Bostor (A.). At St Louis—8t. Louis (A.) vs. St Louis (N.) Springfleld. Mo.—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. Springfield (W.A.) Dayton, Ohic—Cincinnati (N) v. eiroit (A.) At Chicago—Chicago (A) vs. Chicago (N.) At_Brooklyn—Brooklyn (N.) vs. New York ( At New York—Cleveland (A) va. New ork (N.). At At WININ MARATHON Johnny Agrees He Ought to Triumph Over Brilliant Field at Boston. By the Assoctated Press. OSTON, April 17.—Although | the famous Boston marathon will have seven former win- ners in Monday's starting | pack at Hopkinton, as well as the| most impressive field in many years, | little Johnny Kelley of Arlington, the | 1935 victor, has been conceded the | race by most of the contestants who know the tortured course. Such stars as Les Pawson of Paw- tucket, R. I, who set the 2:31:01.6 record fr that 26 miles 385 yards course in 1933; Clarence Demar, the seven-times winner; Tarzan Brown, last year's leader, and Mel Porter, the consistent New York runner, rate Kelley as invincible and will be con- tent to finish in the first 10. Kelley Supremely Confident. AND Kelley, an unassuming athlete, agrees with them. “Why shouldn't I win?” he said. “I've never been in better shape and | never before have I enjoyed my train- ing work as much as this year. “I will be able to run this year with- out any mental hazard. Last year, with the Olympic pressure on me, I ran a jittery race. I took the Newton hills much too fast, with the result that I had to slow down at least 50 times during the last 5 miles. It's & wonder I finished at all.” Feels He’s Mastered Course. WHAT gives Kelly his durable con- fidence is his conviction that he has mastered the course’s last long mile. He has encountered mishaps on that punishing stretch during his last three starts. In 1934 he was at the winning heels of Dave Komonen, the great little Finn, when he became nauseated at the 25-mile point. When he won the following year, he was stricken there again, but had built C up such a long lead that he was able to walk the last mile. ’&{\5/(// - 2 K& AVELLE (Dopey) DEAN, one of the most polished basket ball players ever developed at Eastern High, now is working for the Department of Justice . . . He'll be a welcome ad- dition to a court club, which needs little power . . . Walter Millies, ‘Washington catcher, formerly was a fighter . . . He's still catching. Clarence (Dike) Desper, local umpire, has rejected an offer to call 'em in organized base ball ... Phil Boundford, Union Printer shortstop, refused a trial with the Boston Red Sox . . . He likes his Government job . . . Jimmy De Shong, Washington pitcher, is the best dancer on the club ... He's & jazz band flend and will travel miles to hear one. Shanty Hogan, whose bulk shades spectators in the area of home plate at Griffith Stadium, ‘was, of all fl:flnr. & track star in H0ODOD IS LICKED BY DIXIE WALKER Wing Injured Three Times, Chisox Outfielder Now Going Great Guns. BY the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 17.—Is it true Dixie? Manager Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White Sox yells a jubilant “‘yes siree,” White Sox fans are shout- ing “I told you so” and Owner Lou Comiskey smiles sagely. So let's re- view his case and then see what Dixie himself—Dixie Walker, fleet Sox out- fielder—has to say about it Walker has been one of base ball's top ranking “hard luck” players. Brought up to the New York Yankees in 1931, he filled in for the then- ailing Babe Ruth several weeks and was sent back to Toledo for experi- ence. He came back in 1933 and played brilliantly in about 100 games before the injury jinx got his number. Limp Muscle Shortened. WALKER hurt his throwing arm a few weeks before the season ended and he played in only one game in 1934. In 1935 he played sensa- tionally in early season games and then injured his flipper again in an exhibition tilt. The Yanks, apparently figuring him through as a major leaguer, sold him “down the river” to the White Sox for about $7.500 May 1, 1936, and Dixie celebrated by get- ting married the next day. He hadn't succeeded, however, in shaking his hard-luck bugaboo. than a month of the 1936 season had gone before he injured his arm again— this time so seriously he had to un- dergo a serious operation in which a limp muscle was shortened. When he reported for training this Spring, he was worried about his arm—but he’s not worried now. Loses Fifteen Pounds. 'VE been going pretty good,” he drawled, “and maybe I'm due for 8 little good luck. My arm feels fine and probably will get stronger. I weigh 15 pounds less than I did last season and feel that much better. ‘We got a great club here this year, and I only hope I'm able to help it along as best I can.” Dykes, the fans and Owner Comis- key think he will, and his record this Spring bears them out. He's been hitting briwantly, playing sensational defensive ball and looking like one of the best outfield prospects the Sox have had in years. In yesterday’s game with the Chicago Cubs he lashed out & homer with two mates on base. Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a year ago—Lefty Grove, in first start of season, blanked Yankees with two hits as Red Sox won, 8—0. Five years ago—George Earn- shaw, Athletics, struck out 12 Sen- ators to win first game of season. PORTS = PA By BURTON HAWKINS — high school . . . Charley Ruffing, who aparently is not going to sign with the Yankees at $15,000, doesn’t have to worry . . . The stocky pitcher receives a healthy income from two apartment houses in Chi- cago. Joe Cascarella, base ball’s No. 1 crooner who sang two years over C. B. 8, never has been heard by his teammates . . . Jim Berryman and PFrancis Stan, The Star’s car- toonist and base ball writer, respec- tively, were vice versa on the Cen- tral High School Bulletin. Mrs. Heinie Miller, wife of the District Boxing Commission secre- tary and Maryland ring coach, and Charley Short, Baltimore boxing referee, both hail from Neosho, Mo. . . . They have known each other for years . . . Short once was shel- lacked by Prankie Kirk, sailor light~ weight, who was managed at the what they're saying about | His Well-Pounded Double Tallies Two as Hoyas Are Beaten, 7-0. lifetime average of .308 was rejoicing today over having made a double against & col- Chapman, a big-league ball player ready to start his ninth season in the American League, genuinely is tickled. University he walked to the plate and | took a stance. Few observers noted anything un- ing came when Chapman banged a pitch by George Nicketakis against the left-fleld barrier. Two runs were town, 0. That's the way it stood, too, when the game was over. Two useless runs, to be sure, but pulling off his uniform in the dressing room. “After going all Spring without doing anything at bat I've finally BY FRANCIS E. STAN. lege ball team. In the sixth inning of the game in | usual at first. Their first inkling of driven across and the score was made Chapman was elated. “I'm ready to found the trouble. My stance has BENOUT OF SLUMP MAJOR league hitter with a It sounds a little screwy, but Ben which the Nationals met Georgetown anything out of the ordinary happen- to read: Washington, 7; George- start the season now,” he said later, been all wrong this year.” Hogan Tipped Him Off. T WAS Shanty Hogan who helped to put Chapman on the right track. When Chapman was with the Yankees a few years ago Shanty used to do | the catching for the Boston Braves. | Both clubs trained in St. Petersburg, | Fla., and they battled in “Grapefruit | League” competition. Shanty learned to know Chapman as a dangerous hitter. From his position behind the | bat the fat man could take many notes on hitters. ‘When Chappie failed to get started this Spring Hogan became interested. He was not catching behind Chapman now but he could watch closely and he thought he detected a fault. Ben was standing too close to the plate. Any inside pitch on which he swung made him beat the ball into the | ground. All Spring the opposing third | baseman and shortstops have been | throwing Ben out. Yesterday when the Nationals went “collegiate” and met the George- towns at Griffith Stadium, Chapman grounded out to third, was hit by a | pitched ball, and grounded out to | first base. The Hoya rooters who ;Iormed most of the crowd of 1,000 began to “ride” Chappie a little. Like Goifer, Says Ben. THE last time Ben stepped to the | plate, however, he took a stance unlike any he's used this Spring. He | stood back of the plate, as of yore, and when Nicketakis whipped across an inside pitch Ben leaned into the ball and banged it against the left- field barrier. | “I've been like a golfer trying to | groove his swing,” said Ben, after the game. “You know how it is some- times on the golf course. You're standing all wrong, but somehow you can’t break away from it. Maybe you hook or slice or top the ball. I really was topping it. I mean, I was beating it into the ground and getting no- | where. Shanty helped me to get out | of it.” | The eminent J. Francis Hogan, | dressing in front of the next locker, | dipped in his oar. “I don't like to | tell & fellow what I think he’s doing wrong,” he said, “but after watching | Ben all Spring I knew that was the | trouble. And it was. Unless he got | & pretty good outside pitch he didn't have a chance of getting the ball into the air.” Nats Still Not Hitting. EN thinks now that he’s all set and he still has two more days in | which to carry the experiment further. Today the Griffs were to play the Baltimore Orioles at Griffith Stadium. Tomorrow they will journey to Balti- more to close the exhibition game sea- son. Then, on Monday, they will open the American League campaign by meeting the Athletics. Meanwhile, despite Chapman’s final- |ly emerging from his batting slump, the hitting of the Griffs still is far below par. Nicketakis and Mike Petroskey, hurling for the George- towns, held the Nats to four hits yes- terday and only due to the erratic defensive play of the collegians and the wildness of the hurlers were the pros able to make seven runs. The Hoyas, of course, had no chance of showing much of an attack. The college club, which so far has averaged three runs per inning (and which was undefeated in intercol~ legiate play, was held to three hits by Pete Appleton. Two of them were extremely scratchy and at no time were the Georgetowns in danger of scoring. Double or No Count. NXCKE’X‘AKIS paved the way for his own downfall in the third inning, which he opened by walking Millies. Appleton fanned but Chap- man was brushed by a pitched ball and Lewis and Kuhel walked. At this point Al Simmons inserted a two- base hit to score Chappie and Lewis and make it 3 to 0. Incidentally, each of the four Washington hits was & double. Simmons later scored on an infleld out by Johnny Stone. The Griffs added a fifth run in the fifth inning, thanks to another double by Simmons, and then Chapman acoounted for the final two runs with his two-bagger in the sixth. Keegin, Bodine and Bassin were the only .Hoyas able to hit Appleton. RACES TODAY Havre de Grace PHILA. HANDICAP $7,500 Added SIX OTHER RACES. 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