The evening world. Newspaper, March 21, 1921, Page 16

pis ” 7 ‘THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAROH 21, SOME DISH TO-NIGHT (Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World). OH-bESsERT ee AMD EVERY THING— af” for To-night’s Farewell Go to Relieve Suffering last boxing show of the indoor Season at Madison Square Gar-| ~ \ den will be held to-night. After! tere will be six weeks of the! In the big amphitheatre and ‘work will be begun to transform ‘Place into a huge indoor ewim-| pool. It will be seven months | boxing will be resumed at the Bland. Meanwhile the boxers who been pulling down fabulous for their boxing bouts there! have to go to work or do some- | to keep themselves in condition. is possible that Rickard may build outdoor arena wherein to continue! ) sport, but if he doesn't the padded | artists will be up against it, We} 't know of any other promoter who! y them any such fancy purses has been doing since he a getting ell entertainment. ish a fitting wind-up to the most to to-night’ Finals To-Night In ‘Met’ Skating hips Senator McBride Confident His Boxing Measure Will Be- come a Law. lew York in is one of the benefit variety, proceeds going toward re:lev- ople of Ireland, who have suffering untold misery as a It Of the battling for Irish free- A committee, on whose list may d the names of all the leading et of this city, will have charge Mf the distribution of the money Will do the most good. d's connection with the show with his donating the Garden _the arranging of a most in:er me. Run for himself, the ‘of bouts might haye made him $30,000, just as the show for ¥ represented his 10,000 for that ‘We know of many other pro- ote have done the thing ieee Rickard, only we den't Champions ‘Whether Joe Moore, international indoor and outdoor amateur skating By John Pollock. It now looks like a sure thing that boxing bouts of fifteen rounds’ dura- tion will be legali; vania. Thé bill, which was framed by Senator McBride and will be known as the McBride bill, will come before the Legislature at Harrisburg. Pa., this week and Senator McBride js confident that it will pass. Amendments that removed objectionable features and cut the appropriation té the commis- sion from $80,000 to $15,000, made it possible to have the bill reported out of the Appropriations Committee. Senator McBride is going to urge the Governor to appoint at least two sport writers as members of the com- Splendid suggestion, Sena- tor McBride! Metropolitan titleholder, and Al Bach and Bobby Hearn, local skaters, will be allowed to com- pete in the finals of the Metropolitan championships at the 18ist Street Ice Palace to-night ts a question to ‘be settled by the referee. No defitiite action has been taken against the skaters for jumping some of the Metropolitan semi-finals to go to Pittsburgh for the interna- championships last week, but as they violated a rule providing the suspension of skaters entered in one championship com- petition “jumping” to another, there is much interest in what William Taylor, the referee, will have to say. As Joe Moore is the only New York skater to bring the interna- tiondl indoor and outdoor title to this city, and as Boyd would like to defend his title to some of the events, some quarters favors letting the skaters start in the 220- yard and mile events, for which they have qualified, Among the skaters eligible for all events are William Murph: national one-mile champion Forsman, the New York A. C, Don Robinson of the 181st Street Palace; West Becker of the Tremont 8c. and Irving Reiner of Dyckman The Metropolitan title will be de- elded by the skater scoring the most 20-yard, quarter-mile, two prominent in Pennsyl- who would ‘o-night's programme, insisted on paying each of the principals just what he give them for any other show his management. Several stars. were willing to their services for nothiag if had something to say about the on of their opponents, but the 0 declined their xind offers. didn’t want any “set ups’ @f any uneven matches, He {i the rea) thing, and that is why F providing t Rickard going to fight again. his manager, Billy eel, the Buffalo ge 4 tar bout of the eve. is drawing down §8,- test is bound to be a ir it is considered by both boys /an elimination scrap for the priv- rt Benny Leonard. 's two victories over Richie h one of them a one-round out, makes him sentiment in BAdie Jamen, the clever California featherweight, was booked up to-day by Jimmy Johnston to meet in the semi-final of elght rounds to the fifteen- round flywelght championship battle, to be beld at the Crntral Manhattan Sporting Club of Harlem on the night of March 31, between Johnny Buff of Jersey City and Abs Goldstein of New York, Dan Morgan, manager of Champion Jack Brit- to-day that Champion Joknny Wu- of meeting Ba kite. It is this possibilit their meeting so prom: the mentioned pair are place of honor on the ire thing that they will more thrills than the and Jack Sharkey ten- No better match be- uld have been i ra’s heart and wasn't in to-nig! have saved points in tht half-mile events, A two-mile championship racd will also be held, only one heat to be run, and it promises to be a thriller with including many Wiloon laine he injured his hand his bout with Mike O'Dowd. little fellows coi the managers of boxing clube tn d If realize thet they sbould not raise the prices on tickets for the calibre of boxing contests | ford. ht's events he this particular EVERY courRSE FRom SouP TO NUTS AT THE GARDEN YOUIGHT Bill Legalizing 15-Round Bouts Likely to Pass in Pennsylvani that they are offering the fight fans tn that borough the better It will be for themselves, ‘The prices for the shows they put on should not be more than $1, $2 and $3. ‘The Flatbush Sporting Club foolishly charted $5 for ringside seats for the Weinert-Lerinsky bout. Gammy Kelly, who récently steged & successful boxing show at Havana, Cuba. will arrive here from Cuba‘on Wednoaday on the steamship Mexico, ‘The bouts put on by Kelly were so satisfactory to the fight fans there that Kelly has decided to arrange Important boute for the future boxing shows which will be brought off at that pleasure resort, Billy Gideon will show another promising Call- fornia fighter in @ bout at one of the local clubs on next Saturday night. This battler ts Jack Reeves of San Francisco, who bas s good record. ‘Smith and Stlent Regan will battle for ten rounds, ‘and Joe Welner meets Joe Mlorrio of the went wide 4m another ten-rounder, ‘Tom McArdle has just arranged s good attrac: tlon for his feature bout at the Commonwealth Sporting Club of Harlem on Saturday erening, April 2. He has signed up Jimmy Kelly, the tugged Harlem fighter, to go against Billy Sine of ‘Now Brunswick (formerly Willie Ryan) in « twelve- round bout. Both men’ are game, willing sluggers. Alco Mclean, manager of the Armory A. A. of Boston, has just made the announcement that be will give Mike O'Dowd » guarantee of $,000 to| © meet Jack “Twin" Sullivany) the veteran Boston middleweight, in s ten-round bout to be staged at the Mechanics’ Butlding in Boston on March 29, It ie doubtful If O'Dowd will wocopt the match, as’ he ts Isid up with @ low blow which Wilson landed on him, ‘Miko O'Keeffe has two bouts on for his rising war, K. 0. Johnoy Smith, He'll box Frankie Carpenter ten rounds at the Pioneer Club’ to-mor- ‘row night and Jack Reeves twelve rounds at the Commonwealth Saturday night. Smith bas thir- teen straight knockouts, ‘Tom Gibbons, the sensational light hearywelght of 8t. Paul who quickly Knocked out Al, Reich bf this city in bout at Cleveland, the gate re- eeipts amounting to $5,100, bas arrived in town to put on the finishing touches to bis fifteen- round go with Paul Sampson of Harlem, which will be fought at the Pioneer Sporting Club, to- morrow night, Dave Rosenberg of Brownsville, ex-amateur wel- terweight champion, has been matched to meet Frankio Fields of the United States Navy in the main go of ten rounds at the National Sporting Club; Ralph Avenue and Chauncey Street, Brovk- ‘bt. Joe Taylor of Ridgewood lym, on Thursday we Johnny Gannon and Pinky Burns va. Joe Cut: The latest is from R. A. Kleindienst of No. 546 West 146th Street. He Says he thinks’ that the conditions under which Tex Rickard started at jen changed with the card id off last Thursday night and the one scheduled to take place to- night The speculators are having their inning at last, Mr, Kieindienst gocs on to say “Thursday night several of my friend: and I went to the Garden and were formed at the box office that all seats were sold. However, the ‘specs’ in abundance premium on each, and had opened about balf a dozen booths vicinity of the Garden Mr. Kleindienst says he had a similar experience on Friday last when he tried to buy four §3 seats bouts. “He asks if we think this is on the square, We certainly do not think it is on the square, but if Mr. Kleindienst think of any sure method to prevent tickets falling into the hands of the speculators we are sure that Rickard will present him with a season pass If there is one man who has tried to stamp out the specu- lating evil he is Riokard. about come to the conclusion that it He has stationed men at his bok office window to shoo away everytdy resembling a speculator. He has tried limiting the sale to two tickets to each person only to be roundly abused for suspecting that the buyers are in the speculating busi- He has surprised us with ries of what extremes the "specs" will go to in order to get tickets for any show for which they think there will ‘be a demand for tickets. They employ men and women, boys and girls, to stand hours on lines, paying them a dollar for doing #0. ' Very often the speculators prove very poor judges of attractions, and are accordingly stuck with their tickets, When this hap- no one is more pleased than ard. ‘The Garden promoter about the squarest man ever con- nected with sport, and he wants to deal di- the public, but his best} {"inett: bustwess to. rab, pala 0 rob sal At looks like yout for a future occasion when he might have profited. E two bouts alone worthy of any boxing fan's pa- tronage, but there ts another , on paper at least, looks like a thrill producer. !It will bring Sammy Sieger, the popular bantam, who boasts of a regular ch Cross following, who has a good record to rec "ommend him, Joe Lyngh, the bantam champion, was to have boxed Artie ten-round go would have given a needed h flavor to the night, but unfor- ly Joe hurt his hand while box- jum and the injury 80 serious that it would be fodl- for him to take a chance with bit of color will be lent to the lion by the appearance of “Kid” against Jack Ward, another tte. They are scheduled to go can’t promise that, ‘Ward will stay with us that jong. ‘the show will be a great success os anase by the On -Ba! Rickard said it kind of a sell- Mike O’Powd-Johnny Wil- of Thurgday last. FPIOM O'ROURKE tells us he is “HP having a tough time getting his latest protege Mike McTigue on After Wilson and O'Dowd up their argument ‘Thureday Tom, jerking his head toward ring, said: “If my man M knock out the both o1 The Original Celtic basketball team can boast of 104 victories up io date this season, a mark no team in the court game equalled. Two wins yesterday, with victories at Worcester, Mass. on Fri- day and Boston on Saturday have put the champions jn excellent shape for jreater New York championship, which begins Sunday ! night at the Tist Regiment Armory !Princeton fifth, the fatter slipping past Alderman of Yale in the last to do ‘usi- for to-night’ the all-important Pe ce founds, but w with the Brooklyn pros. ‘The scores of the champion's games for the week follow Italian Cathoie Sunday afternoon, Celtics, 37 mony Five, aT. to the Garden, St hls oc och Saturday night, C9 Friday night, Celtics, 48; Worcester, 28. Grimstead a] Celtic uniform last ni Regiment Armory and proved a wel- come addition to champions, who are just now carry- ing two of their star players, Smolick the hospital Grimstead fitted in well with style of play for which the cham~ pions are noted. ‘The big Swede out- jumped Grievy of the Italian club and played. @ remarkabe floor gume as t at the Tist ranks of the and Trippe, we Beekman was the only member of the champions who was up to his game, while McNamara, the guard of the challengers, was the best point scorer of the vi Mike Smolick, who me with an injured shoulder, may able to get into one more game before the jaterborongh, clash: a are en I couldn't u Beaiset. ‘byt even ‘© have many complaints from readers who seem to regard us oMicial arbiter between public and the man- is out of the Pen, Celtic Team Wins 104th Victory By Defeating Harmony Big Five New York Boys Set New Mark for Winning \Basket- ball Games. shoot for some time to come. week. scored team record follow: Aiderman, Yale folinet, Comell Fe jai, Pr Rey $ALE AA GO RA oo agp ¥ By Thornton Fisher OVER THE BISON @ItTY BEAR Car ROCKY KANSAS - THE GIRO WHo SENT RICHIE. MITCHELL INTO THE LAND OF NOD IN ONE ROUND THERE witt Be piar¥ work AY THE Cross ROADS TONIGHT WHEN NORFOLK AND WARD Epidemic of Sore Arms Hits aq\ Dodger Pitchers (Soecial to The Brening Word.) NEW ORLEANS, La., Murch 21.— Nine pitchers constituted the Brook- lyn Club's famous pitching staff last Of this number, Mitchel, Cadore, Mamaux, ‘Smith and Marquard were the regu- lar boxmen and Miljus and Mohart were the second string men. Marquard was traded during the winter for “Dutch” Reuther. Thoroughout last season's cam- Paign these pitchers, highly touted as the greatest aggregation of slab- men ever on burden of the team and won the pen- Reoves will meot Johnny K. 0. Smith in the feature | Nant. bout at the Commonwealth Sporting Club. Happy Im Jacke SHARKEY SMITH SHOULD GET HIS Rest REAL VEST IN & HE-MANS RING And Plays Proves Too Much for (Sievial to The Brening World.) DALLAS, Tex., March 21. UGH JENNINGS and the Giant Board of Strategy discovered yesterday that they have a big league second baseman on their ball nine disguised as a right fielder. His name is Ross Young. out of the game for a week or so young Jack Monroe was shanghaied from the Yannigans in spite of the pieteous cries of Jess Burkett and taken to Marine Field for the game with the Cleveland Indians yesterday. White the Giants were at batting practice, however, Monroe stepped in the way of a bat swung by Young and was knocked unconscious, receiving a bad bruise on the jaw and on the side He had to be hurried back to the Oriental Hotel to his room and the Giant lineup was re- cast, Curtis Walker taking Young’s place in right and “Pepper” fillmg the shoes of the man he had hurt at sec- ond. And how he did play! dians drove to his right and left and over his head, but Young was there! represented by Glenn Riddell; Uni- like a yeteran. had ing assists on ground balls, all diffi and one putout of a With Frisch ‘This year Robble has a problem which has never confronted him be- fore. Burley Grimes, the star of last ears squad, fails to answer the call f the diamond and is busy selling automobiles in Pittsburgh. and Smith, who reported late, are not quite ready for active duty, several of the noble athletes who oc- cupy the mound have sore arms; Cadore and Mamaux are the only two regular men who are in good shape to pitch, and Mohart is rounding to tine pitching situation of Dédgers has become so acute that Robbie had to. borrow Tom Phillips from the New Orleans Club to finish the game with the Yankees yesterday. | Phillips is the twirler the Cleveland | Indians farmed out. It ig expected all the pitchers will be in good form when the club starts But there has never ben so many Brooklyn pitchers with sore arms as there are in camp now, and Bobbie is much worried, for be- ginning Thursday the Robins play the Yanks four consecutive games. ‘There isn't any kick coming on the ‘Ail the players hard and they of the head. cult chances, he N h. for the Sere backed up plays as though he had never played anywhere but at second base in his life. ‘The Giants lost the game with the are hitting the ball seldom are outbatted by their oppo- nents. Despite this heavy batting, the Dodgers are failing to produce enough runs to win. ‘They are weak on the paths, and many runs have been lost on account The catching department is also to blame for the loss of several Otto Miller is the only re- liable man the Dodgers have for the backstop work. The Dodgers will indulge in prac- tice sessions until the team leaves for Alexandria, where Yanks on Thursday. weather here continues, the Dodgers should be in splendid condition when they tackle Huggins'’s warriors. phitimnes SE “in bunches” Tris Speaker champions into fine shape, but it took a champion of champions to take yes- game from the Giants, and himself was that “champion.” Not alone did he rampage left, right and. centre fields, cutting off Giant doubles and triples, but he supplied two of the four hits his team secured off Ryan and drove in two of the ‘When “Spoke” faced Nehf in the ninth the cause of the Indians looked The score was 2 to 1 against them, and Nehf, who hadn't allowed a hit or run to the champs was going “great they meet the If the fine closing the season with a burst of specd against Princeton on Saturday night, efectively clinched his claim to individual scoring honors in the In- tercollegiate Basketball League by running up a total of 21 points against the Tigers. McNichol boosted his total of points to 152% and Jeads Cullen of Dartmouth by 27 tallies, Of Mc- Nichol’s imposing total, 122 points were gained through foul throws, thus glso establishing a mark at which future generations will have to O'Gatty knocked the fourth round of the fea~ thre bout at the Pioneer 8. C. Saturday Keyes was flloored for a count of nine and after he regained his feet O'Gatty sent in a right to the jaw that finished off his fellow east sider. Keyes floored O’Gatty in the first Jimmy bounced back to his feet. Bernie Bed of France lost the decision to Barney Snyder floored the foreign bantamweight tn the fourth and seventh rounds. for four frames, The count was when Speaker caught a curve fair on the nose and drove the ball clear up on the roof of a big skat- ing rink back of the right field fence. The 12,000 ‘Dallas ; who have adopted Speaker as their very own, gave him a reception rival- ling the outbursts at New York when Babe Ruth poles a homer. were no straw hats to throw, everything in the way of noise was hurled in a great song of joy. The blow not alone tied the score but it unnerved Nehf, and two bases on balls and a wild pitch paved the way for the scoring of the winning run through a sacrifice fly by “Chet” Thomas, the veteran catcher. rooters present, Snyder of Boston Third in the individual standing, after McNichols and Cullen, was Sid- man, the Cornell star, who collected la total of 19 points. Johnson of Co- lumbia was fourth and Legendre of Award Over Daly. Frankte Jerome was awarded the verdict over Frankie Staten Island in the star bout of twelve rounds at the Commonwealth Sporting Chub Saturday be a tough opponent and showed fast as a team the champion Penn five, which won its second successive title this year, was at the top in both at- tacks and defense. The Quakers 6 tallies in ten games, Cor- nell being second with 257. Defen- sively the Philadelphians shone bril- antly. Their opponents scored 174 points in ten contests, an average per kame of only 17.4, as comparide with Cornell's 19 and Dartmouth's 22.6 The Quakers, of course, were far in the van in foul gouls, MeNichol's nearest rival being 39 points to the rear. Cornell's field goal total was the highest, 87, but Princeton was a close second with 85. Yale was last in both scoring and defensive work. The ten leading scores and. finalre fighters started off fast, with Jerome forcing the fighting in the early rounds. Jerome tipped the scales and Daly at 117 1-2 pound: It doesn’t look as though Frisch will be able to get pack into the game at 117 pounds aid inside of a week He can walk still badly swollen. be in shape to face the Athletics at Lake Charles on Friday. Dr. G, H. Martin led a field of twen- the Travers Island New York Athletic Club ty-five gunners at traps of the scratch prize with a card of 96 out of a possible 100 targets, sco the Buermeyer Cup with a 49 out of a possible 50 targets, and to wind up the day's work won a leg, along with Ben Distance Handicap ‘shooting from the . Cope was the| 3—4, taking the | hi a card of 1 Hunter Wins Met. oor Tewmis| at. Pinch | Donnelley, on 5 Bac Defeating Valentine B. 4 nm hae if Francis T. er G title yes-| Alfred Goullet’s appearance in the! DRCATUR, Ill terday afternoon at the 8th Coast De-| next four six-day bieyele races in Mad fense Armory. Hunter played the same|son Square Garden was assured yester- ‘broum:it about} day when he signed a two-year con- last | tract with the Cycle Racing Associa d at no stage of the tilt|tion to ridé at the N. ny doubt a8 to the outcome rou unter dis M. Manchester in| ton, Providence and Philadelphia wh are’ controlied by, the Cyele Racing, As: tibn. Tex ard and the C. R. BOWLING & Qo feintly run the reces in the Garden, | THUM "OS, cap prize with Es See Erte Soccer Teams Tic. ‘The Robins Dry Dock and the Erie A. sain failed to break adiock in the semi-final round of the cup ties of the American Foot. bell Association re ited bi d of tennis which the defeat of ‘Vincent Richards straight sets, 6—3, 6—3, SR Sa Qeener, He F BOXING AT GARDEN- FOR SEVEN LONG MONTHS ~ Hugmen’s Aggressiveness Has Helped Them to Win Seven Straight Games. (Special to The Brening World.) SHREVEPORT, La., March 21. HE Yankees arrived babk here & bit fatigued from their jour- ney but elated over their great success against Brooklyn. ‘The tilts with the Robins are mere exhibition games, true enough, but the series always develops rivalry and excite- ment such as no other like engage- ment in baseball could. ‘When the Robins are on deck the Yankees must win. This very de- sire for victory places quite an ap- preciable premium on sticcess. By beating Brooklyn the Yankees gain an esprit de corps that would be hard to achieve were any other team lng up against them. Al the team is showing a greater development of team play than amything that was perfected last year. The Yankees are smarter, faster and more aggressive than the 1920 aggression ever was, and all these forces are making themselves felt in the contests against Brooklyn, With this all-round improvement in the team, if it can be maintained and carried into the league schedule the Huggins pitching staff has u less arduous task by far than last sea- son. And the pitchers themselves Young “‘Subs’’ at 2d Base It Wondertully Eastern Bowling Tournament to Open To-Night The Eastern Individual bowling championship of 1921 opens this eve- ming with gomes scheduled at the bowling alleys, Bronx. At the Uni- versity Bowling Academy, Fordham Road and Jerome Avenue, Charley Romer, the Lenox Bowling Academy representative, will strive to defeat Jimmie Senatore, the home player, while at the Fordham Arcade drives, Webster Avenue, near Fordham Road, @ short way from the Fordham Uni- versity, drives for Ben Dressel. Practice will start promptly at 8.45, and at 9 P, M. the games will be game till the closing night, June 17. have secured charters to hold cham- Pionship contests are: Ber! sey; Metropolitan Bowling Academy, versity Bowling Academy, ‘repre- sented by Jimmy Senatore; Broad- Park Casino, represented by Joseph sented by Joseph Sabby; White Hle- represented by Charles Romer. third, $70 second, $85; fifth, $40; $2: $9; fifth, $8; sixth, $6; seventh, $ high individual score, $5; high seri at home, $10; high series away, $10. William Cordes, President Winged Foot emblef in all races ex Cepting intercollegiate affairs. ‘The second team took some of the| prnEHURST, Skaioh $407 sting away from the Cleveland de- feat by watioping Dallas 11 to 0 at|phia and Emmet French, the Youn: 2, Mrs. Ronald H. Barlow of town professional, turned ball of 67 on the championship cours it Saturday and won by . | more. and compete in the New York six-da: races as well as on the tracks at Bi controll Yankees Are Displaying A .General Improvement | Over Last Season’s Form = University and Fordham , Arcade . he pitching staff in the National League Dyekivan alleys sill trevte take the bad to falter and lose its stride. Un- ensure: of Peeddic ‘Bump, who is, 1ess the hurlers show rapid improve- representing the Fordhast ‘Areade| Ment the Robins will fall back during called, The very best bowlers in the city are entered, so there should not be an idle moment from the opening Among the bowling academies that oman Brothers, represented by Mort Lind- Bowlii i ted towering fly back in right field. He | wy” artic Peters: Worihae aeuare | Bowling Academy, represented by Fred Pump, jr; Hunts Point Palace, represented by Harry Cohn; Bronx ‘al 3 ri i Indians 3 to 2, but they hit the ball | Tanuny, PaEtinntea by Lasiaceat bard enough to have won it twice. | Broad: fbn b The Giant policy of playing for rung | broadway Arcade, A Feta tole was responsible, they had played to get one run at a time they would have done far bet- The Indians made three runs from four hits, the Giants two from ten. pet Bowling Academy, represented y Capt. George 8. Jarrett; Dyckman bowling alleys, represented by Billie Heins; Pastime bowling alleys, rep- resented by Joseph B. Redling; St. Nicholas Academy, represented by Alex Dunbar, and the Lenox alleys, ‘The bowlers are rolling for a prize fund of $1,428 and a solid gold medal emblematic of the championship of the 1921 season, Here is how the prize fund will be split up: Winners of 182 at $5, $910; ition prizes, ; average prizes, first, } second, $15; third, $12; fourth, The officers of the tournament are: ert| because a ground rule te Bergman, Vice President; William R. perm vien, Amann, Treasurer; Maurice C. Wy- man, Secretary; Joseph Thum, Mem- ber Executive Committee. Tourna- ment and Schedule Committee: Louis | enough to atte! " : pues Stein, Chairman; P. C. Tackney, Sec- nptaix innings. He wa retary; A. V. Dunbar and Ruddie Schumacher. The New York A. C., which last Saturday evening won the track and field team champtonship of America - by piling up 36 points in the national] Pfeffer worked the first five inn- meet, has been strengthened by the, ings and turned a lead of one rua acquisition of Walter Higgins, the|over to Phill ps. It lasted less timc ereatest. runner developed in’ this) than it takes to t Country since Jole Hay flashed Into the spotlight. iggins, who is at- . . tending Columbia University, has been Bernie Neis injured his knee when ‘; representing the Morningside A. C,, in| le stumbled over first base and fei. with a.limp, but his ankle is|open competition, but when he trans- Sr taey Bacllen ie is anxious to|fers, his affiliations to the New York | him A.C. it is likely that he will wear the | The gi ood, margin, against | Mrs. Dorothy ‘ampbell Hurd and Parker W. Whitie- BAKER, FIRST TIME UP, SLAMS BALL AGAINST : RIGHT FIELD FENCE. © SHREVEPORT, La. Maroh 24.) © —The Yankees’ second team brought in another victory yesterday by beating the Shreve | | 4 \ A ‘ Port team by a score of 9 to 2 Bob Shawkey pitched the first five innings and was hit rather 5 freely, but with men on the i pathe the “old boy” showed hie 4 old skill. Rip Collins who finished the game had an y time. ink Baker got in a uniform before the game, and in his firet time at bat lined the ball against the right field fence. Before th batting practice over Bak had convinced e present that he still can “hit ‘em hard and far.’ are stronger and in better condition to do their work. The third Brooklyn game, played erday at New Orleans, resulted in the third straight Yankee victory. Most managers aro loath to rip a winning combination apart, but Hug- gins is certain to reconstruct the Yankees’ infield in order to insert Peckinpaugh and Baker, ‘The show- ing of Mitchell, Fewster and Ward last week was all that even the most exacting could ask. With the first two in reserve ready to relieve ny Yegular who may fall out for a while, the Yanks will have the strongest infleld combination in the American League this year. Both Peck and Baker have unlim- bered and both are ready to begin regular work. Huggins will use Baker at third and Peck at short beginning this afternoon. Ward will begin to acclimate himself at second base, where Huggins expecta to employ him this season. For the present Ruth will remain at first base and Wally Pipp in the outfield. Ruth still hae several extra pounds he must lose, and first base is the best position at which to get the work necessary to eliminate them. ‘Veteran members of the team hai a pleasant reunion with Frank Baker here this morning. “Bake” looks fire and says he js glad to have the team back in camp so he can begin his reg- ular work. He says he is thoroughly “ready.” Robbie is having a tough time with the Brooklyns. As if the presence of Zach Wheat and Hy Myers on the holdout list were nut worry enough, the most formidable the early weeks of the league race. The Yanks visited three small towns last week—Crowley being al- most two small—and they thoroughly enjoyed their week-end stay in New Orleans, * With the exception of a few games with Shreveport the Yankees will play only Brooklyn until the two touring teams reach Baltimore. In that city they will not engage eact other, but Jack Dunn's Orioles wii! meet both. Then follows the series at Ebbets Field. Huggins wil take the squad te Alexandria, La., to play the Brook- lyns on Thursday. The teams wil! then ‘come here for games on Iridad— Saturday and Sunday. The Yankees’ exhibition string now totals seven straight games. The Dodgers have dropped seven straight to the American League, four of the defeats being suffered last fall whe: Cleveland went wild im the World Series. More than 10,000 fans crowded into Heinemann Park at New Orleans yes- terday to see Babe Ruth in action. Babe failed to lose the ball, but hw Gid get a burning triple and a base on balls out of five trips to the pla Bambino hit his three-bagger in th third inning with Roth on first. Ruin himself scored his only run of thc day a moment later when Pipp raised a long sacrifice fly to Neis. ‘The Yanks won the game by 8 to 5. Babe's long hit wae an honest one, but there were five others in the game that were made possible largely three bases on drives into the crowd Mays and Piercy pitched for tiv Yanks, Mays extending himseif touched up rather freely, but made Uttle effort to put anything on the Uncle Robbie's pitching staff is so badly shattered by injuries and the like ‘that the Flatbush leader had « borrow Phillips, a hurler belonging te the New Orleans Club of the South. ern Association, se of it in the fifth inning. Hood relieved e yesterday furnished the frst meeting since last spring be- | tween Chick Fewster and Jeff Pfeffer, the hurler who so seriously injured e Yankee infielder with a pitched Neither man showed any ner- ousness, but Pfeffer was cautious when he pitched to Chick. —— MeGinalty, at Vifty, Pitches Four Innings and Allows Two Hits, ~ | Ginnity, famous “Iron M r his Aftleth birthday Saturday by pltcht the Staley Yanni regulars in a ice game, . [pity let the re down. with two