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A—14 SPORTS. MONDA APRIL 19, 1937. SPORTS. ———— Pro Net Career Looms for Budge : East’s Tests Build Derby Hopes - Richard Baker smoothin night. g out his breast stroke in the Y. W. C. A. pool, where the titles Getting in Trim for District A. A. U. Junior Swim Meet will be decided next Thursday —Star Staff Photo. Regarded as Certain to Be BY LAWRENCE PERRY. DON BUDGE stands at the game, he is now de\'otmg} team in its forthcoming attempt to | win the right to cross the Atlantic and | opportunities for financial increment lying in a career as a professional. (pay, of course, received when he | works) has impressed the carrot- | bitious youngster who begins at the bottom and works up. a climb up the ladder of financial | 8uccess unnecessary. But he has yet cerning terms. A brilliant season this | Summer will place him in a much| Lost to Amateur Ranks Within Two Years. crossways. Affiliated with | the amateur side of the | himself whole-heartedly to the project | of helping the American Davis Cup | compete in the European zone tests. Thus preparing, he is not overlooking A year spent as a small salaried employe of a sporting goods house | haired Californian with the length of the road that lies ahead of an am- He already has attained status as an amateur which renders so dilatory | more to do before he can suggest, rather than receive suggestions, con- more satisfactory position in this re- | spect. Declared Ready to Flop. O FAR as he is personally con- cerned, understanding of those close to him is that he is ready to flop any time commercial promoters are willing to sign a contract satisfactory | to him. To be specific, if he were to | receive an offer at the conclusion of the approaching season of $30,000 for a Winter and Spring tour, 1937-8, | he would unleash his fountain pen upon the instant. And such an offer probably would | be made if his game in months to come, here and abroad, were marked by blazing proficiency. On the other hand, if his tennis is found to have remained upon the 1936 level, the best bid for his services might not exceed & 15 per cent cut in receipts, if that. A great deal depends upon a decision which will be made at the conclusion | of the pro season, May 12, whether or not a repetition of the Perry-Vines- Tilden-Lott-Richards tour would be advisable. If the two headliners, | whose contests have been sufficiently | close in the current tour to leave the | Free Agent to Use Him While Di Maggio Ails. EW YORK, April 19.—Tommy N Henrich, the young outfielder base ball “slavery” and stirred up a lot of fuss in the big leagues chance to fill in for last year’s rookie sensation, Joe Di Maggio, when the The New York Yankees announced vesterday they had signed Henrich, highest bidder after Base Ball Com- missioner K. M. Landis had declared and other details were not revealed, observers figured the Yanks plan to recovers from the tonsil operation which took him out of the line-up a succeeds in making a place for him- self, he likely will be farmed out for New York Bids Highest for | By the Associated Press. who won his freedom from while he was doing it, may get a season gets under way tomorrow. who had offered his services to the him a free agent. While financial keep Tommy on hand until Di Maggio few days ago. Then, unless Henrich a season. Sparkling Youngster. JOHNNY NEE, Yankee scout who | outbid seven other major league question of supremacy in doubt, were | clyps for Henrich's services, declared willing to accept such reduction in | the youngster had advanced so fast percentage as would be rendered | “there’s no telling how far he will necessary by the fact that their rivalry | go.” is now an old story (hence somewhat| Henrich had protested to Landis | less attractive from a gate receipt |that he was being “covered up” by the | angle), it is quite likely that the same | Cleveland Indians after he had been troupe would be sent barnstorming | sold by New Orleans, a Cleveland again. | farm, to Milwaukee for a price con- | siderably below the “market” for a |.346 hitter. Landis declared him a free agent after a hearing and de- clared the deal had been made at the | direction of Cleveland officials with the purpose of delaying Henrich's ad- vancement to the big leagues. Vines Would Adjust Pay. VIN'ES has indicated his willingness to take a cut and Perry probably | would regard it the part of wisdom to defer to financial adjustments based on the law of supply and demand. In such case, Budge would not be greatly needed next year. So the| position of the promoters in any dicker for the sale of his amateur status | would be so advantageous as to make the debate too one-sided to appeal to the boy. Another year will undoubtedly change this situation, and if Budge works hard this Summer, if his game improves, as no doubt it will, he may look forward to 1938-9 as a season holding golden promise. Meanwhile, no one in the know believes that the U. S. L. T. A has any chance of counting upon Budge as an amateur for more than two more years at the | very outside. o GRANT UPSET VICTIM Sabin, Ranked 17th, Beats Bitsy in Atlanta Net Final. ATLANTA, April 19 (#).—Bryan (Bitsy) Grant, Atlanta’s little giant of the courts, fell before the attack | of youthful Wayne Sabin of Holly- wood, Calif, in the finals of the At- (i i Houston. 7; San_Antonia, . lanta invitation tennis tournament o et Shn Antonio, yesterday. Beaumont. 7; Galveston. 3, Sabin, ranked seventeenth na- nen G‘eo“la»""lnglfl“a. tionally, took third-ranking Grant| Afhany 65 Gordete 5. = for a ride in straight sets, 6—0, 6—0, 7—5. POLO AT \A;ARRENTON WARRENTON, Va,, April 19 (#).— The Fauquier-Loudoun Polo Club has announced it will stage four matches | per week. On Tuesdays and Satur- days the play will be on the Marshall Field, with games starting at 3 p.m. On Thursdays and Sundays the | play will be on the Phipps Field, near Goose Creek, beginning at 3 p.m. on | Thursdays and at 3:30 p.m. on Sun- days. Minor Leagues American Association, Columbus. 5; Indianapolis, 1. Milwaukee, 6: St. Paul, 3 Louisville. '8: Toledo, 4. Pacific Coast. 11-7; Portiand, 4-4, 8: Oakland, 1-5 Missions._3-: -4; San Francisco, 4-5. Southern Association. New Orleans. 2: Little Roc! Memphis, 14: Birmingham, 5. Atlanta. 7;: Nashville. 4 Chattanooga. 7: Knoxville. 6. 0. Texas. Oklahoma City. 9-4. Tulsa. 5-7. South Atlantic. Augusta_1: Jacksonville, 0. Macon, 7; Columbus, 3. Mount Pleasant Grid ‘Pioneer’ Warner Says Great Indian Player, Killed Monday, Was First to Thi BY GRANTLAND RICE. NLY a few months ago I happened to be talking with Pop Warner about the introduction of the spiral pass in foot ball. We had just been looking at Sammy Baugh of T. C. U. put on his act against Santa Clara. “The first spiral I ever saw or used,” Pop said, “was one I worked out with Frank Mount Pleasant. Mount Pleasant, & star at Carlisle 30 years ago, was fatally injured in Buffalo Monday. “The old end-over-end didn't one time or another had Thorpe, seem to work so well,” Pop contin- Guyon, Calac, Hudson, Bemus ued. “It lacked direction, distance Pierce, Hauser—and Frank Mount and control. So we went to work Pleasant. on the spiral, and Mount Pleasant at that time was the best man I row Spiral Pass. had for this method. He picked it up quickly, and I still recall the startled looks on our opponents’ faces when they got a look at the first spiral in action. That was over 30 years ago. Mount Pleasant was also the best safety man I ever saw. He could tackle and stop anything from a coyote to a buf- falo.” Mount Pleasant’s death removes from the scene one of Pop's most colorful athletes from one of the most colorful foot ball teams of all time—Carlisle’s Raiders—who at (Copyright, 1937, by the North American Newspaper Alliance Inc.) | erase several existing Drake carnival Throngs to Greet Base Ball Nats Due to Get Top of 50,000 in New York Tomorrow—Weather Gives Clubs Break. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, April 19— Weather prospects, esti- mated attendances and probable pitching selec- tions for the opening games of the major league base ball season to- day and tomorrow: TODAY. American League. Philadelphia at Washington— Clear and cool; 30,000. Kelley vs. Cascarella. Natiopal League. Philadelphia at Boston (2)—Clear and cool; 7,500 morning game, 35,000 afternoon. Walters and Lamaster vs. MacFayden and ‘Turner. TOMORROW. American League. Washington at New York— Partly cloudy; 50,000. Weaver or Appleton vs. Gomez. Boston at Philadelphia—Cloudy; 15,000. W. Ferrell vs. Caster. Cleveland at Detroit—Clear and cool; 38,000. Harder vs. Auker. Chicago at St. Louis—Clear; 15,000; Whitehead or Kennedy vs. Hildebrand. National League. New York at Brooklyn—Partly cloudy; 40,000. Schumacher vs. Mungo. St. Louis at Cincinnati—Clear; 36,000. J. Dean vs. Davis. Pittsburgh at Chicago—Fair; 30,000. Blanton vs. French. (Boston-Philadelphia not sched- uled.) STARSTOATIAL RECORD OF NURM Mile and Half Race Will Fea- ture Snappy Drake Re- lays This Week. By the Assoctated Press. ES MOINES, Iowa, April 19.— | The Drake relays, one of the | country’s outstanding track and field meets, brings a | small army of speedy and brawny | young men to Des Moines next week | end. The games Maj. John L. Griffith founded 28 years ago promise to be the greatest in Drake history. From the East, for the first time, Princeton and Dartmouth are sending teams to compete with the best in the Midwest, Southwest and Far West. There'll be a generous sprinkling of Olympic stars among the 2,000 entrants who, with a large list of | other important members of the | country’s track who's who, expect to | records. Out for Nurmi's Record. i FRANK.LIN “PITCH” JOHNSON, Drake coach and director of the games, predicts, with the weather man | giving the athletes a break, several special events and relay races will | have new marks by nightfall Saturday. ‘The meet opens Friday. The high spot of the Saturday pro- i gram will be a special mile and a half race, which may bring a new world record. Archie San Romani, the popular Italian from Emporia, Kans., State Teachers’ College and a member of the United States Olympic team last Sum- mer, will show against the Rideout twins, Blaine and Wayne, and Ray Sears, former Butler middle-distance ace. Paavo Nurmi, the tireless Finn, set the present world mark of 6:42.5 in 1925, but Fran Welch, San Romani’s coach, said his protege can beat this time, if the weather is good. QUALIFY FOR PRO GOLF Five of Southeastern Section to Play at Pittsburgh. ATLANTA, April 19 (®).—Five Southeastern golf pros here gained places on the entry list for the na- tional professional golfers’ tourna- ment at Pittsburgh next month. Gene Cook of Anniston, Ala., led the quintet in the regional qualifying play here yesterday with a 69—72— 141—one under par. ‘The other four and their scores were: Fairley Clark of Savannah, 68—75— 143; Frank Stevenson of Savannah, 12—73—145; Clarence Owens of Greenville, 8. C., T74—72—146, and Charley Hall of Birmingham, Alg, T4—T73—147. The two elimination runds were played on the Capital City Club course here, where 36—35—71 is par. Feller’s Delivery Throws Ball Into Shadow B Moriarty Says Youth Offers One of Hardest Pitches to Hit—Also Lauds Curve. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. {4 OB FELLER gives batters B ground against which to hit, of any pitcher in Moriarty, the veteran umpire, in discussing the 18-year-old Cleve- the most difficult back- base ball today,” relates George land sensation. “The finish of Feller's delivery throws the ball into a shadow and it is upon the batter before he knows it or can be ready. Not many pitchers have that adroit- ness. ‘Three-fingered’ Brown of Frank Chance’s Cubs did it but Feller gets his body behind the flight of the ball with no apparent effort and most effectively. The deception of Feller's tremendous speed is greatly increased by the trick background made by his body.” “How fast is Feller?” I asked the veteran umpire, who was a famous third baseman before don- ning the official blue suit more than 20 years ago. “For speed, I'd rate Feller be- tween Walter Johnson and Rube Waddell. I batted against Cy Young, Johnson, Bill Donovan and Joe Wood and from behind the plate I've seen Lefty Grove, Dizzy Dean and other famous fire- ball pitchers. So I'd rate Feller between Johnson and Waddell for sheer speed. But what was the difference in the speed of any of these fellows? Not more than 1-200th of a second from the time the ball left the hand until it was on the batter. In Feller's case it is more than sheer speed that makes him s0 effective and the shadow of his body behind the ball is one of the other reasons.” “What about Feller’s curve ball?” “Tommy Bridges of Detroit is the only American League pitcher with a better curve. Bridges throws a light curve much as Smoky Joe Wood did when starring for Boston. That is caused by exceptional flexibility of the wrist. Right now Feller throws a heavy curve, for he has not developed the ultimate of wrist motion. In two or three seasons Feller's curve will be greatly improved. Right now his curve ball is faster than most pitcher’s hard one and he's going to be one of the great curve- ball pitchers of the game.” 200 PLODDERS OFF | IN CLASSIC JAUNT Seven Former Champions in Boston Marathon Field. Kelley Favorite. By the Associatec Press. OSTON, April 19.—One of the strongest and best-balanced flelds that ever assembled in the tiny town of Hopkinton, famed as the starting point of the | Boston A. A. marathon, was to strive for a silver trophy and some short- lived fame today. They are the only | rewards that are bestowed on the | winner of the most tortuous compe- | tition on the American sports cal- | endar. Promptly at noon George V. Brown, | who has started 38 of the 39 previous | races, was to send away a pack of almost 200 runners, including the rec- ord number of seven former winners, | in the 26 miles 385 yards of punishing | hills and dales that stretch between there and the Back Bay finish line. | Kelley Is Outstanding. JOHNNY KELLEY of Arlington, the | 1935 winner, was the outstanding | favorite in the field, although a score of others appeared to have winning | chances. | The other former winners entered | are Ellison (Tarzan) Brown, the Rhode Island Indian who triumphed last year; Leslie Pawson of Pawtucket, R. who set the course record of 2:31:0135 in 1933; Dave Komonen, the phlegmatic Finn from Sudbury, Ontario, who won the following year; Paul De Bruyn of New York, 1932 leader, and the public's perennial fa- vorites, 49-year-old Clarence Demar, who has won this race seven times, | and Bill Kennedy, the 1917 winner, | who, despite his almost 60 years, will | start for the twentieth time. A. A. U. SHIFT POSSIBLE National Meet Likely to Be Held in Dallas—Dates Changed. NEW YORK, April 19 (#).—The na- tional outdoor A. A. U. track and field championship may be moved from Milwaukee to Dallas, Tex., and the dates changed to June 30 and July 1, 50 as to avoid conflict with the Pacific Coast-Big Ten all-star meet. If moved to Dallas, the A. A. U. meet would allow the winners to compete in the Pan-American games, scheduled at Dallas. Originally the Pan-| American games were scheduled to be held June 30 to July 3, but if the A.A.U. meet is switched they will be | Hall, who became treasurer in 1912. ——— Circumstances, Base Ball Writers Give Tags- to Many Major Teams. By the Associatea Press. OSTON, April 19.—Where did the Bees, who open their sea- son today, and other major | league base ball teams get | their nicknames? | A little research disclosed that few fans and fewer players can tell, although managers and fans have contributed many nicknames. Base ball writers and circumstances have accounted for others. | The Bees have been so called only | since 1936, when the name was de- cided by a vote of fans and writers. For 23 years the club had been called Braves, in honor of James E. Gaffney, a member of Tammany Previously the team had been known as the Doves, after the owners, George S. and John S. C. Dovey; the Rustlers, | * Spots for Pilots Who See Clubs Great. EW YORK, April 19.—The first N divisions on both sides of the be awfully crowded when they post the final standings next Septem- the managers directing the show. Making their pre-battle statements lift on the 1937 season today in Wash- ington and Boston, the pilots, with a tive clubs couldn't miss one-two-three- four. division selections and too few posi- tions to go 'round. Grimes and Chuck Dressen, were carrying the torch in a big way for Not Enough First-Division Bs the Assoclated Pre big league fence are going to ber, if you take the word of most of a few hours before the curtain was to few exceptions, figured their respec- Only, there appeared too many first Even those old feudists, Burleigh their Brooklyn and Cincinnati outfits. And Rogers Hornsby, shrugging off the | hopeless outlook of the “experts,” saw his St. Louis Browns even as high as fourth. “Cincinnati may surprise and crash through to the top,” said Dressen, without so much as a backward glance at the Giants, Cardinals, Pirates or Cubs, who are regarded as pretty good this year. “With the breaks, the Brooklyns may be right up there—and you can tell Dressen I said s0,” was the last minute “feed-box special” from Grimes, the only freshman manager going to the post this season. Harris Has Faith in Nats. ‘GENERALLY. however, the Yanks, Indians and Tigers, with either Washington, Boston or Chicago as the fourth outfit, were figured to cut the American League share of the series melon next Fall, while the usual quartet of New York, Chicago, Pitts- | burth and St. Louis was augmented by Dressen’s decisive vote for his Reds | In the National League dog-fight. Bucky Harris, whose Nationals were to tangle with the Athletics in Washington on today's getaway pro- Derby Candidates In Action Saturday BY the Asscciatca Press. White Tie (Manhasset Stable)— Won 6-furlong race at Keeneland in 1:1125. | Al Bubble (A. C. Ernst)—Finished third in race won by White Tie. Black Look (C. V. Whitney)—Ran 6 furlongs in 1:1135 to win 3-year-old debut at Keeneland. Melodist (Wheatley Stable)—Was clocked in 1:1145 in winning 6-furlong race at Jamaica. | _Heelfly (Three D's Stock Farm)— | Pinished second to Mars Shield, a non- eligible, in Texas Derby. Also rans—Chigre (H. C. Apple- gate), Candle Light (C. L. Cross), | Kerman (Tall Trees Stable) and Valted (Valdina Farm) in race won by White Tie. Gosum (Warren | Wright) and Old Nassau (Hal Price | Headley) in race captured by Black Look. Riparian (William Woodward) | | in event won by Melodist, and Dead | calm (Mrs. C. Gregory) in Texas | | Weak Second Lot. champion New York Yankees | choices of the sports writers in major | In spite of the fact that they to the Cards ir the annual Asso- was more than 4 to 1 in their ra'»or‘ Figuring perhaps on another good Derby. | |Yanks, Cards Heavy Choices By the Assoclated Press. and the St. Louis Cardinals’ league cities to win the pennants this | topped the National League in 1936 ciated Press poll. There's no doubt over all American League rivals com- year by Dizzy Dean and considerable | NATSRATED SIXTH in Flag Races—Giants | NEW YORK, April 19.—The world | “Gashouse Gang” are the | year. New York's Giants ran a bad second about the Yanks, however, as the vote bined. aid from Lon Warneke, 62 writers for Owner William Hepburn Russell; | gram, made no bones about it—"from | Picked the Cards for first place, while the Redcaps and the Beaneaters. | et i Pittsburgh's Pirates are so known out the first ball here, you can look | AMerican. 87 votes were cast for the because in 1890 the other professional | | ball clubs thought they were—Pirates. | | the time President Roosevelt throws for us to be a real contender.” Con- nie Mack, with a somewhat hapless- looking collection of A's, even indi- Piracy. cated his youngsters might conceiv- N THAT year, the Pittsburgh team | 2Py pull up out of the cellar. signed up (stole, the other clubs| Up in Boston, both Bill McKechnie claimed) Louis Bierbauer, second base- | Of the Bees and Jimmy Wilson of the man of the Philadelphia team, then | Phillies, rival managers in the morn- bankrupt. i y Pittsburgh defended its action by | ¥hich comprise the curtailed open- pointing out that Philadelphia had |iNg National League card, refused to forgotten to place Blerbauer on the |80 Out on the limb with any predic- reserve list. tions. But each was certain his out- Chicago's Cubs were the original | fit Was improved. White (Stockings) Sox, for the players | e wore that shade of hose when the| McCarthy, Terry Confident. National League was organized in| JAROM New York, where the curtain 1876. Later they became Anson's Colts, | doesn't lift until tomorrow’s | ing and afternoon Patriots’ day games, | |only 28 picked the Giants. In the | Yanks to win, 10 for the Detroit Tigers |and 9 more were scattered among three other teams. The big form- reversal predictions were the naming | of Cleveland’s Indians, fifth last year, | for the third notch and the dropping of the Chicago White Sox to fifth, Ballot Statistics. | 'HE box score, showing the number of votes for each club, by posi- tions: AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yankees | Tigers Indians | Red Sox | White Sax Nationals P | after & play wrtten for the famous | Seven-game program throws all but | a: | Cap Anson. But in 1898, after Anson’s | the Bees and Phils into action, the owne hletics Tegime, the club was known as the | Championship pilots—Yankee Joe Mc- | cqrginals orphans. A newspaper contest resulted | Carthy and Giant Bill Terry—oozed | Giants in the present name of Cubs. | confidence. You got the idea they | pirates The Giants also can thank news- | wouldn't be satisfied with anything |Reds-- paper men for their name, although | less than pennants—particularly since | podgers 4 Bill Terry probably wouldn't admit it. | the Yanks have been installed as odds- | Phillies = 1 621 Sth Chicago and Detroit base ball writers on favorites for the American League | |CArdinals and Cubs tied for second. were accustomed to stress the size and | race and the Giants have shown a | weight of their players and, to guy his | world of stuff getting ready for the .THE Brooklyn club, often called | tion was | the Phillies or Quakers. colleague, P. J. Donohue, New York World base ball writer, referred to the New York Nationals in 1886 as Giants, The reference was continued and | popularized the next year by Joe Pritchard of St. Louis, then a widely known base ball expert. Trolley Cars Beget Name. Robins during the time of Wil- | bert Robinson, became the Dodgers | in 1888 when Brooklyn, then a sepa- | rate city, was leading the country in | installing trolley cars. The full origi- nal name was Trolley Dodgers. | The club was also known by several | other names, including Superbas after | the business firm of Owner Ned! Hanlon. | Cincinnati teams, except for one | year, have been known as the Reds or Red Stockings since the club was | organized, in 1869. The sole excep- | in 1891 when they were | known as Kelly’s Killers and played in Pendleton, Mo, as an American Association team. During the 1869 season the club, base ball's first real professional outfit, amassed an amaz- ing record of 87 wins, 1 loss and 1 tie. Philadelphia’s National League rep- resentatives always have been calledl When first in the National League the St. Louis Cardinals were known as the Maroons. After a brief sojourn in the old Union Association they re- turned to the fold as the Browns and in 1900 became the Cardinals because of a former owner's esteem for the off on July 2 and 3. color of the cardinal bird. Rowe Adds to Bengals’ Woe Team’s Slab Power Cut in Two as Schoolboy, Back Lame, Joins By the Associated Press. ETROIT, April 19.—Mis- fortune trailed the Detroit Tigers right to their door- step today with Lynwood (8choolboy) Rowe, star pitcher, ordered to the hospital as the squad arrived home to open the American League season. On the eve of the campaign's start, Manager Mickey Cochrane instructed Rowe, ailing with a lame back for more than a week, to en- ter Henry Ford Hospital for an examination. Cochrane said, how- ever, he did not believe the ail- ment serious, suspecting it to be only & cold. Rowe's loss, even though tempo- rary, further cripples the Tigers’ chances of a fast start in the three-game series with Cleveland beginning tomorrow, since Tommy RACES TODAY Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY Special Penna. R. R. train leaves Union Station 12:20 P.M.. direct te r Eastern’ " ‘Standard_ Time. FIRST RACE AT 2:30 P.M. Bridges as Casual. Bridges, Detroit's other ace pitcher, remains more or less & patient. With a sore back muscle, Bridges entered the hospital several days ago, but lately has been working out. His return to regular action is still problematical, and the ab- sence of both Bridges and Rowe virtually costs Detroit 50 per cent of its pitching - ower under present circumstances. Manager Cochrane, until his de- cision today, had hoped to start Rowe in the second Cleveland game Wednesday, when the In- dians plan to use the young strike- out sensation, Bob Feller. Elden Auker will open for Detroit tomor- Auto Trouble? ™ 14-Hour Service S C; CORPORATED 614 H N.W. DI. 2775 National loop wars. “The Yanks won by 1912 games last ear—and it's the same club of Yanks,” said McCarthy. “I think Cleveland is the most dangerous op- position, but the club that beats the Yankees wins the pennant.” “With our infleld, pitching and bat- see how we can miss.” Another definitely picking his own outfit was Charley Grimm of the Cubs, all smiles over the deal which brought Rip Collins from the Cardinals to plug the hole at first base. “Barring bad injury breaks, I believe the Cubs are good enough to win,” he announced. “We're showing more fight than in any recent year.” Mickey Cochrane, with himself and Hank Greenberg back in the Tiger line-up, saw his Detroits as “the best detensive club in the American League.” Tigers Seen Real Contenders. AND we have plenty power, too,” he went on, “so if we get any | kind of a break in pitching, I don't see how we can miss fighting the Yanks right down to the wire, and possibly beating them out.” Steve O'Neill, burly boss of the Cleveland Indians, had something to | say about that battle, however, offer= ing a prayer only that the four new- comers, Lyn Lary, Jule Solters, Earl Whitehill and Ivy Paul Andrews, pro- duce. “If they do,” said he confidently, “this club will be among the pennant contenders. “Our attack is the strong. est since I took charge.” Frankie Frisch took a look over what is generally regarded as a sub- standard set of St. Louis Cardinals and refused to pick any club. “It looks like a five-club dog fight, and while we have our problems, so have the other clubs,” he said. “The team with the breaks that manages to avoid injuries and plays its string out in every game will win.” Detroit, Boston, New York, Wash- ington, “and us to the finish,” pre- dicted Jimmy Dykes of Chicago’s “dark horse” White Sox in naming his choices for flag contenders. He failed to mention Cleveland. The Pirates, stronger than ever if Relined, 4 Wheels, Complete Ford 3 .50 chev,‘:»:s4 $6.75 Plymouth Other Cars Proportionately Wil 7" Chrysler Low FREE ADJUSTMENTS! ENERAL BRAKE SERVICE 903 N ST. N.WV. DE.5483 TADLOCK IN SPEED MEET | Norfolk Man First to Make Entry in Reading Contest. READING, Pa., April 19—Wild- riding Monk Tadlock, Norfolk, Va., | speed merchant, fastest of the Dixie | ting improved,” said Terry, “I don't | contingent, has filed an entry for the 1937 inaugural A. A. A. auto racing | program scheduled for Sunday, April | 25, on the Berks County fair grounds | track. Tadlock has signed as contract driver for Bill Lenhart's flashy “Do” car, which was formerly driven by the late Wes Johnson of Lansdale and later by Freddy Winnai of Phila- delphia. It recently was rebuilt Tony Willman of Milwaukee, Italian, who was the sensation of | Eastern racing circles last year, will | be back in Pennsylvania in time fer | the Reading opener. He will be at the wheel of Johnny Bagley's lightning- fast Cragar. _— they only make their power count, rated with the Giants, Cubs and | Cards in Pittsburgh Pilot Pie Tray- | nor's book. Pitching Bucs’ Lone “If.” “OUR only ‘if’ is pitching,” he moaned. “We're pleased with our newcomers, Lee Handley and Johnny Dickshot, and Arky Vaughan looks like the 1935 batting champion again.” | Joe Cronin, heading Boston's Gold Sox, was happy about several things, but happiest “because the pressure is Off us—they aren't picking us for the pennant this year.” PAY CASH SAVE 257 to 507 NAME THE MAKE WE HAVE IT STAN 4.50x20 4.50x21 4.75x19 5.25x17 5.25x18 5.50x17 YEAR UNCONDITIONAL OTHER M 3.45 } 3.75 |53 GUA + 5.45 4.50x20 4.50x2 4.75x19 “B:’S A G-Pl‘y“'!;l:'hllv | 6,75 AMERICAN STORAGE 8.00c13 0018 2801 GEORGIA AVE. N.W. OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS WAREHOUSES Why Pay More? THOUSANDS OF TIRES—TUBES Standard Makes—Nationally Advertised FACTORY REPLACEMENTS AKES—ALL FIRSTS—! CONSOLIDATED SALES CO. IN PRINCIPAL CITIES CHESAPEAKE.WOOD SHOW TURF CLASS - Sande Would Gauge Horses on Big Races, but Still Likes “Big Three.” BY EARLE SANDE. OMPOON . . . Reaping Reward .. . Brooklyn are “high horses” mentioned everywhere with Kentucky Derby talk filling the air and deepening toward that ter- rific, thunderous sound that rises from 50,000 throats and rolls across Churchill May 8. Downs on Derby day— But favoritism changes with each day and rumor. Italways has. It was like that when I was riding in the Derby and I seo no reason why it will change no I'm training horses for race. For instance, the scenario may be rewrtten after Earle Sande. R Clicsarest at Havre de Grace April 24 and the Wood Memo- | rial at Jamaica May 1. These “pre- views” which will again test the Eastern hopes, have often altered the picture, Waits for “Previews.” JRAND SLAM and Hollyrood were mighty highly regarded Derby hopes this time last year. But the Jamaica meeting showed Hollyrood was not “good.” and substituted new threats in Bold V e, Which won the Derby, and Granville, which blew its chances by tossing its rider. Meanwhile G id Slam disap- pointed in Maryl Le: that me wro make n cu Pompoon, Reaping R Iyn—so far, so g But before Derby winner Wood and Ches Tl start rent big three— ward and Brook- seriou: I wa a events Pompoon rates in the Wood if he continues to train forwardly at Ja- maica. And War Admiral is the Chesapeake favorite, on what I know now. He has gained a large following. And he has the blood. His sire, Man o' War, | b 3 didn’t run in the Derby, but “Big Red” already has supplied a winner in Clyde Van Dusen. And War Admiral car- ries the same Samuel D. Riddle blacke yellow hoops and sash that Man o' War whirled to fame, Rates Sceneshifter Highly. IVEN se picks are subject to final revision. So much can happen. For instance, Pompoon's host of fol- lowers got a scare one day at Colum- bia, S. C, n he slouched a bit as he pulled up after a gallop. Some railbirds thought he might be lame. But exam on showed no infirm- ity. and f I hear he has trained sound! 1ce. You know horses often ito the ha of slumping a few n breaking from a gallop to a trot, especially if tired. And a horse has to be made tired to be made fit for a race like the Derby I'm training three Col. Maxwell Howard candidates Sceneshifter, Fencing and Gloom Buster, for the Derby. Naturally, I hope one will come up to the race with a first-class chance. Sceneshifter has shown a lot of speed. Next to riding a Derby winner, the biggest thrill is training one. So I'm halfway from the grand slam—maybe I have only the easier half. I'll see, Survival of Fittest. "THE three weeks ahead are the most important in the lives of the Derby hopes. What they do now counts for more than what they did as 2-year-olds. 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