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flooded the newspapers. and, all IN
Brooklandcrs tossers will play their
first game of the season. when they
meet the South Brookland team at
2:30 pm. Sunday. Prior to the game
q, practice VIII be held. All candi-
dates are requested to report at IL
O'Clock.
Foreign Wars, will hold it's first prac-
tice Sunday at 18th and B streets
northwest, at 1 pm
Members of the Mount Pleasant A.
G.. will hold a meeting tonight at the
Powell School, at 7:15 o'clock. Tribby,
HILL Milburn, Patten, Marsh, Machen.
Walter. Payne, Broadbent. Stantan.
Behrsne, r. Miller. McAuliife and
practice will be held tomorrow on the
Zoo Park diamond at 10 am.
W. I. Harne WINS elected president
of the Commercial Base Ball League
at a meeting of the organization last
nignt. Others officers elected were c.
Limerick, secretary treasurer. and
Thomas Crooke, umpire. New fran
chises were awarded to Williams
Webb Company. King Pin Alleys.
Postal Station Connecticut Avenue
and Judd & Detweiler. Plans for the
seasons schedule will be completed
this week.
Otis A. G. will hold practice on the
diamond south of the reservoir Sun
day afternoon at 80 o'clock.
Joseph nernheimer, manager of the
Stag A. c. wants to book games with
teams in the thirteen to fourteen
year old class
Ace nine would like to arrange
games with teams of the midget class.
Call Edward Simon COlun1b bia HOW
Naval Air station, at Anacostia, ex-
poets to be in the running this year.
Crack players from the Great Lakes,
Hampton roads and other stations
will compose the team. Games can
be arranged through Lieut.. Sander
son, Naval Air Station, Anacostia,
d. G.
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promise to become permanently at
tached to the Nationals mound staff,
we're carefully instructed in the art
of holding runners to the bases and
in fielding bunts. Warmoth
Stockily built chap. has been finding
1t difficult to handle the short taps,
while Hollingsworth has been per
mitting base runners too much lee
way.
Jez Zachary. too, was given a les
son In gathering in bunts. Gibson
worked with the long southpaw Iof
fully a half hour. Several Of t..s
men were tutored in base running.
notably Goose Goslin, whose per-
formances on the paths have been
lacking in many respects. Bush, Who
has done some clever travelling on
the paths himself. acted as professor
in-chicf when Goslin came around
for his lesson. He had the outticldcl
toiling for some While and will send
him through the same PAGES several
times more before the club lcavr{
here.
CrippIes Not Excused.
The group of crippIes was not ex-
| cused from the drill. Judges leg
was strong enoughst to permit his
participating in batting practice
and brief fielding workout. Pee
with his broken finger in spllntsg
| managed to do bit of throwing and
niItlnp 10 Keep IN COn0itlUn, duu
Gagnon did not allow his injured
knee to prevent d batting drill
| Charity and Beach, despite ailing
arms, got into action.
/ All of these casuals were on the
| field this morning, but George Mo-
| gridge was excused from the prac-
| tice. The fork handed pitcher con
/ tracted a slight cold in his heaying
wing when the tail-end of the cold
| spell that swept through the nortl
and east touched here "Wednesday
! night. Neither George nor Trainer
Martin considered the ailment serious,
! but Manager Bush has ordered the
| pitcher TO rest for day or two.
! Play the PhilIies Tomorrow.
The Nationals expect TO get action
F.! a-plenty tomorrow afternoon, when
Art Fletcher's PhiIlies visit for
match. Manager Bush has nominated
| Hollingsworth, Warmoth, Zachary
| and Brillheart for the mound work,
| but probably will use only three u
I them.
! The Nationals will play the last of
| their Florida games with the Braves.
! scheduled for April 1. here instead Of
| at st. Petersburg. where President
| Griffith wanted to shift the fray The
/ regulars remaining here and the Colts
| going to Jacksonville for d clash with
| the Braves second team. Dick Rich
| ards. Washington fan who for years
| has accompanied the Nationals ca
| their training trips, will conduct the
| youngsters to the east coast city,
| where they Will be joined by the
regulars April to start the clubs
trip home.
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Ossie was legally at bat sixteen
times in the five engagements and
walioped five singles. He also drew
four passes. made sacrifice hit and
tailed four runs. Among the pitchers
he faced were Wigington, Baroot,
Pertica, Haines, Sherdell and Toney
of the Cards and Donohue. Couch,
Benton and Keck of the Reds. all
formidable Slabmen.
Bluege failed to impress with his
hitting at the outset of the American
League campaign last year, clouting
at only a .1S7 rate in nineteen games
but when shifted to Minneapolis he
struck his stride and slammed the
ball for a mark of .3l5 in forty-four
enga gements.
In the exhibition games this spring
he has been batting in better form
than he revealed in his brief stay In
the Johnson circuit, taking a vlgor-
Gus swing and meeting the ball more
squarely.
His Fielding High Class.
Last season BIuege indicated that
he could handle himself we'll in the
infield, although his American League
fielding record of 1926 in seventeen
games at third base vas oVerShadoW-
ed by a number Of other hot corner
guardians. He did better in the
American Association, fielding at d
e36 rate in thirty-three engagements
at shortstop and at .946 as third
baseman in eleven contests.
His fielding has bordered on the
sensational In the battles in Florida
this spring. and his work at the daily
squad drills has been especially brill
liant. OsSie gets 'em equally well to
his right or to his left, moves about
with speed, and most important of all
gets the ball away fast and accurate
~. In the fielding practice yesterday
several of his stops and throws were
of a variety that would have drawn
piaudits from the stands had they
been achieved in a league struggle:
Bluege. who halls from Chicago, is
not of the aggressive type that pre-
dominates among the athletes of the
middle west In fact. he has been IN
clined to be too passive, but to mis-
innate fielding ability there has been
added this year a touch of spirit that
He now goes about his work with a
dash and determination that is likely
to. carry him far in his chosen pro-
fession this season
Manager DOME Bush will have TO
WELD the ak and reduce the squad of
Nationals to not more than twenty
five This means that three of the
present lot training here Will be sep
arated from President Clark Griffith S
ing to be one of them.
One Drill Daily Listed.
Two hundred miles of motoring
Wednesday so tired the Nationals.
who made the trip to Orlando for
the tilt with the Reds. that Bush
ordered only one practice session
yesterday. That was held in the
morning The athletes were at work
nearly three hours and attacked their
tasks with such a vim that Jne midget
manager about decided to conduct
but one long drill daily hereafter.
instead of the two short practices
he had planned.
Manager Bush. Coaches Gibson and
Altrock and even President Griffith
were at hand to give some pointers
to the men. Hollingsworth and
Warmoth, the new pitchers who
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81 haven't a championship team
said Frank today. Il don't know
what have got. I haven't found out
time before / am certain. Maybe I'll
have to buy a searchlight to make
sure. The baliplayers who wer.
left to me when the Red Sox were
finally made over no doubt have
shown here and there. Some of them
have promise and some of them mere
ly have a past. What l have got to
do is TO match them up
.Al Of them have played at some
time some position either in the
majors or the minors. but I do not
know how they are going to fit in for
me. Perhaps the joints never will fit
together 7 am in the market for
players: but l don't want any more
from the inexperienced class. I've
had my I'LL
Burns Deal Hangs Fire.
What of the rumored deal between
you and the st. Louis Americans for
place OF Sisler. who seems unable to
report OIL time" he was asked.
iii tell YOU" said Frank. Bobby
Quinn came over here and said the
Browns would like to get first base
man because Sisler seemed unable to
go ahead with the team. That was
ten days ago. Will You trade for
Burns he asked me- l replied that
I might trade if I could get anything
hat might help my team and wouldn' t
affect Burns in any way. OF course.
ii would look like a good trade for
Burns if he could get with team
that might have a chance to win the
championship. Quinn named a lot or
players and l toll. i'm l did not want
that kind. l had enough Of his selec-
t!ons myself.
Il wanted something better. I
haven't heard from him since. If
Burns was good enough to go to ST.
Louis to try and win a championship
for them he was just as good to try
and keep me out of the cellar. 1
don't need to be told the kind Of a
fight l have on my hands. III make
some of these ball players forget
they have been traded and some Of
them will be playing good ball for
me before the season is over.
Sisters Predicament, Topic.
The case Of Ssler is being dis
cussed in grave tones in the Anlert-
can League all the way from Hot
Springs to Florida. In the under
ground news courses of base ball it
is generally agreed that Sisler viii
not start the season with the Browns
and that he may not play until the
season is we'll under way.
The great batsman is supposed to
have a bad arm, a leftover from a
case OF influenza and there may be
two or three other complications all
OF which combined are sufficient to
put a player in his back and any
one of which is enough to keep him
out of the game. Some think it is
neuritis which has struck in behind
HIS shoulder. If that is so Sfsler will
have a hard time to get back. If he
doesn't get back fans from one coast
10 the other are going to mourn, for
George Sisler is worth having back.
Not only is he one of the best ball
nj Of tho American T,aaRua naW
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, Walker gave me fine pasting. The
boys in the press box were nice to me
(as they always have been) and they
called it a draw. / put him on the
floor once and that sort of evened it
for me. / realized at that time that
Walker was the best Of all the con-
tenders for the title. What impressed
me mostly was his cool head and his
courage.
Early in the fight I opened one of
his eyes. In the eleventh round he
| had me in bad way. / jabbed the
cut open again and said to him in a
clinch-"You've got a bad eye now.
do you want TO be disflgured for life?'
Mickey is rather proud of his good
| looks and thought that crack would
get d rise out of him, but he didn't
say a word. A little later / said
! again-"If you don't keep that right
hand back and let me be nice TO you
Ill have to knock you out"
Mickey In Game.
He spread a wide Irish grin and
answered:
Gee. you're a wise old guy, amt
you?"
Morgan told ME when I went back
| to MY corner that Id better save my
wind, that soaks and not words were
going to get me out.
After the fight I told Dan that
! Walker was the toughest / had ever
met and that he wanted to stay away
| from him. Dan was surprised then
when Richard asked US last October
what fighter we wanted him TO gel
| for me for show in the garden, and
| l told him Walker.
| Dan thought was cuckoo. and told
me SO, but I insisted. and the match
| was made. l figured that l had been
| slipping for two years. / had been
| on the floor six times in that period
| against second-raters and | couldn't
1 hn
stay. ! figured that 1T might better
happen in a $4,000 bout than in one
| for $4,000 out some place in the coun-
| rtv.
! All'this was running through my
mind when we walked through a
| packed house to the ring. My mind
was absorbed. I was thinking of d
! lot Of things and figuring that per
| haps 1t would have been better to ask
for postponement when the insom.
mia hit me. / crawled up into the
| corner and looked around as usual
without seeing any one. Some fight.
| ers may be able to count the house
with the light in their eyes, but
never could see beyond the first few
| rows.
Bets Called on.
/ / had forgotten all about Rickard
| talk of a few minutes previous wher
] Joe Humphries. the announcer, came
| ihNo INC SeHtef oi lhe ring, Indue lnf
| usual announcements, called me the
! grand old man, ETC." and then blareo
/ out:
| All bets are off on this contest"
| Ny face was flushed when walk ed
TO the center OF the ring for the in
structions from Referee Patsy Haley
I don't even remember what he said
| was trying to catch the converse
| tion from the ringside spectators and
the sport writer's.
Just watch yourself now You're
| too smart for that kid" Morgan was
saying when the bell rang for the frs
| round.
| The bout is story in itself and
| will continue it in the second chan.
ter.
| Copyright, 1923. by North American Newspa
! Der Alliance
Evening star., 1923-03-30

II, merry season is in prospect.
Arlington A. c. plays its first game
April Is. meeting the Cherrydale
team at Arlington. Address Business
Manager Leo +. Wise. post Office. Ar
lington, Va, or phone him at Clar-
| endon, Va, for games.
King Pin nine, which has obtained
a franchise in the Commercial
League for the coming season. would
like to schedule Sunday games with
fast teams. Norman e. Blue, 1901
Wyoming avenue northwest, is man
ager.
Initial practice of the season will
be held by the Manhattan Midgets
dale diamond. These players are re-
quested TO report: Cicale. Barrack,
Roache, Giddings, HI Hutchinson. Es-
sex, Hogarth, LeoW, K. Door. l.. Door,
Thompson and Schrider. The manag-
er is David Williams, at Lincoln 3537.
Blacks A. G. will meet the Hilltop
A. c. in practice game Sunday at
3 pm. r. v. Gardner, 19 Bates street
northwest, is manager. 49,
CherrydaIe A. c., 1922 champions of
northern Virginia, will hook up with
! the Clarendon nine Sunday on Clarks
| hill diamond at pm. Mickey john
son, business manager, is planning a
heavy schedule this year! - 49,
| Liberty A. c. will meet, the Warwick
| A. c. tomorrow at 8 p.m., and the
Woodley A. c. Sunday at pm, both
games being played on the Plaza
diamond. Coach Pop .kremb wants
I his charges to be on hand for both
| contests at 2:30 sharp.
In the game with the Arlington nine
| Sunday. the Rosslyn A. c. will use
/ the following players: Infielders.
Riley, Styles, Beach. McCauley. John
son, Bcauchum; outfielders. Mccain,
A. Simmons and King; pitchers. 8.
| Simmons and Brown. The contest
! starts at 8 pm. on the Arlington dia-
mond. Teams desiring games should
address George H. Oliver, Fort Myer
| Heights, Va.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
LEFTY WILLIAMS NEAR
DEATH FROM PNEUMONIA

CHICAGO. March 80. Claude
(Lefty) Williams. formerly pitcher
for Chicago American League base
ball club. was in a grave condition
from pneumonia at hospital here
early today. He was conscious. al
though part of the night was passed
In state of coma, from which 1t was
feared he would not be reused.
The major league career of VIII
liams, star lefthanded pitcher. ended
when the 1919 world series scandal
became known. Before his banish-
ment from organized base ball Will
liams aided the White Sox in win
ming world title ana several
league championships.
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On College Diamonds.

At Raleigh, n. C.-United States Ma
val Academy, 2; North Carolina Stat
College. s.
Richmond, 7; Maryland, s.
Georgia Tech, IA; Penn State, ..
Pennsylvania, 3; Georgia, /.
Virginia. IA; Amherst, 6.
Holy Cross, 18; Randolph-Macon.
Trinity. IT; New York. 4.
Mercer, 8; Yale, 0.
At Leesburg, Fla:
Evening star., 1923-03-30
COLD WEATHER BARS GAME

CHICAGO. March 30.-Streets and
vacant lots near the Chicago American
League clubs hotel at Segudn. Tex.
formed the training ground for the
White Sox' final workout in the spring
training camp. The game with the New
York National League club at San An
tonic was called of yesterday because
of cold weather.
Evening star., 1923-03-30
BLUECE REAL CONTENDER
FOR POSITION AT SHORT
Youngster Is Fielding Sensationally and Batting
at .3l3 Clip in Exhibition Games-Mogridge
Joins Hospital Squad.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

TAMPA, Fla, March 30Roge Peckinpaugh
slated fill the berth the Nationals Whi
they the for the American League flag, have
lively he that An injured
of the the and during
Oswald Bluege with National squad second
the and third
pleasing
young originally Peoria OF the Three
Minneapolis the
with the Nationals the
the exhibition has handled
shouin fnrau nlaN the
Evening star., 1923-03-30
HAS CREAKING VETS MIXED
WITH INEXPERIENCED KIDS
Former Peerless Leader of Cubs Puzzled as to How to
Shift Them Around to Make Boston Club
Smooth Running Combination.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

TOT Chance mdomble peerless
back the after California
= him for looks queer the
he old
old six-footer,
Cubs. the Cubs
shed their milk and them
Cubs. 1t looks them would mouthu they
Evening star., 1923-03-30
FIGHT BETTING
is QUEERED BY THE ODDS
AERO OF 500 s,6urS-

UST of world welter
weight championship from the bout that practically
ended in the ring something happened that had not
experienced in of
been
Of
other hand
ont level and
be in
Evening star., 1923-03-30
SANDLOT TEAMS In FULL
SWING BY EASTER WEEK

TASTER open sandoes this with
Practically booked schedule,
- will intensive training Challenges and dope have
Evening star., 1923-03-30

At New Orleans, La:
New York (A.). 2 12 2
New Orleans (S) 10 8
Batteries-Hoyt. Roettger. johnson
and Schang. Hoffman; Craft, Colbert,
Statham and Mitze.
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Exhibition Base Ball.

r, II. e.
Cleveland Americans. anna. IL
Philadelphia Nationals s 1
Observation-Disclosures, Edwards and
O'Neill; Ring, Head and Henlin, Will
son.
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At St. Petersburg, Fla:
Boston (N.) -............... 8 1
ST. Petersburg (F. .)........ Z 0
eleven innings.)
Batteries-Yeargin, Braxton, Wat
son and O'Neill; Hernardez and
O'Neill.
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At Gadsden, Ala:
Detroit (A). )...............1S 1S 0
Rochester q. ID. 5 10 4
Batteries-Holloway Francis and
Bassler, Woodal; Beal and Lake. War
mack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-01
PELLAGRA NO MENACE
 10 SOUTHERN STATES
Dr. sealo Harris A6hress Veteran
 Neuru- Ppyehistry seAooI

WAsHTN0ToN. March si-pr. Scale Harrie of Birmingham, Ala. ! brother of Senator w. '. Harrfs Of Georgia. today told the physicians in the United states veterans bureau nsurc -phychiatry echool that pslls- south. nc clains that statistics ob- tained from the health officeru of tn southern states show there are not moro than 5000. caeee of pelfsgra among tho 1S. .0oO,0 inhabitants In the south. He stated that peliegra h trcphic1i dissass. havtng the ssss ssn;s distri5ssion Tn a ths ,s unissd s:s and that In his opinion the cause of pellegrA ha1 not been discovered. the unbalanced diet acting as . predis- posing factor as t docs h tubercu-
 pr. HariAs stated that hook and majaeia are rapidly being eradf- cated from the south. that even now those dineAseS are found only In come paratively smail areas in the rural few, years they would cease to exist in tho United States. He quoted General 0orgas as saying that it 10 much eaeier and cheaper to protect . family egAinst trophical diseaso In tho south than against the cola wintefS af tho north.
 Since trophiea1 diseases have been largely eliminated. Harris asserted. the south is the most healthful part of tho United states. thes death rates Of tho Whitee of tne south being lower than In other sectiens Of the country The negro death rate is about twice that of the Whites be- cause the neUroeb are . race Of ehi1. dren who have not yet Isarned ts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-01
Says Ford Offer will Not Be Changed or
 Abridged
WARRINGTON BUREAU l .. THE A0E-MERAI.D

That Henry Ford, Detroit manu- facturcr and bidder for tho govern ment's properties at Muscle Shoals, paid flying and mysterious visit to Washington some days ago has just been made public.
 He did not confer with any mem- ber of the Alabama delegation but that he was in conference with his agents who endcavored to put over his bid for Muscle Shoals the last session is known to Do true by vsas Mal: s.,ss ss s DsrsssHs Ws,hl Susns,. not divulged. Senator ]. Thomas Heflin of Alabama underestimate ths< the Detroit manufacturer had ik mind no question of withdrawal or abridEmont of his soffer to acquire the government property in Ala hama.
 Tt is the understanding, said Senator Heflin. that Ford will remain in stautus quo. In the next session there will be moro demo- crats and more progressive repub- licans and fewer reactionary repub- licans.
 Because of such reason we be- lteve that the Ford offer will be nut across early in the session"
 Senational rumors that Ford had become disgusted with the diatory tnctics of the last Congress had de- sired 10 withdraw his offer, or that his contemplated candidacy for kthe Presidency made it incumbent on him in hIs opinion. to withdraw his offer, are discounted by members of of the Alabama delegation who are still in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-01
SUNDAY FL LEASURES D0I SHOALS BIDDER PAYS NOT ROB CHURCHES OF MYSTERIOUS VISIT TO INCREASE IN MEMBERS WASHINGTON AGENTS
Religious Statistics Prove Surprise Even to Lead
 ing Officials
--copyrisht, iIarri, < Ewlns.

WASHINGTON. March 31.--Fsars that Sunday golf and motcrisx would rob the churches of their members appear to have been groundiess. In the face of these two great popular forms of sabbath diversion. tho mem- bership rolls of the country's churches has grown steadily. It ap- pears that those ministers who saw the collapse of religion In tho new golf clubs and in the millions of low priced automobiles which enabled the average man to take his family out Into the country on sunday were all wrung z
 The increase of church ynsmbsrs was 50 per cent greater last year than at any time in the last five years. the most remarkable gain in the history of the church. Tn the United states 1.220,o0o new members were added, bringing tho total for all denominations in this country to 47.b0o. 900. This means that almost one out of every two persons is church member.
 me total retIHiou1 cOubtitucVcy pr the country, meaning by that all baptized persons, all Adherents, and all who in tho hour of death turn to . particular communion, Is csti- mated at 9s.S00. .o0o---which comes within few million of including the total population of the United States.
 These figures. compiled by the fed- eral council of churches of Christian America aurprised even leading churchmen.
 Tt Is hard to account for this re- markabie growth except on the theory that the losses of the war are being made up" said Rev. Dr. E. o. Watson statisticlan of tho council, who prepared the figures.
 contrary to our wish and our ex- pectations, the churches lost ground during the war and immediately after 1t. There was an Increase in crime and immortality in the wake of the war. But by gradual work, evangelistic campaigns, and cam- paigns for religious causes. these losses have been largely offset. There is . steady trend forward. l think we are on the eve of great spiritual awakening"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-01
GREAT MEMORIAL TO. CONFEDERATE HEROES. SOON TO BE REALITY.
Colossal Figures win Emerge From Side of Stone
 Mountain

ATLANTA. Ga. March si.-Ths Stons mountain memorial is soon to be . reality. The coiossai figures of Lee. Jackson. Gordon and the oth- CT heroes of the Confederacy will. within . short time. begin to emerge from the stone face of the mountain under the chlsel of Gutson Borglum and march their dsathiess way along the mountainside into the myriad years of the future.
 This much has now been practical iy assured with the announcement today of the formation of the Stone Mountain Memorial association, whose primary purpose is to be raising the funds necessary to com plete the gigantic undertaking.
 4 campaign will begin at once to raise $26o.ooo in Georgia. A soon as Georgia has responded the cam paign win be carried to the rest of the nation.
 Governors of IS southern states. senator's and reprcsentatives from these states, the presidents of all universities and patriotic societies in the south have been invited to be present at the laanchfng of the cam paign on April 10. President Hard- ing and former Presidents Wilson and Taft have been extended special invitations.