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Evening star., 1924-04-07
EASTERN TO TACKLE
EPISCOPALTOMORROW

Roudabush or Burdine, hurting aces
of Eastern Highs base ball team, will
toe the mound against Episcopal High
in their nine's 1924 debut tomorrow
at Alexandria Hook, veteran catcher,
will do the receiving for the Light
Blue and White tossers
Episcopal is reported to have de-
veloped a formidable team and the
chances are 1T will provide big
test for Roudabush or Burdine. The
Fasteners will bend every effort for
al win, for they still remember that
severe drubbing administered to them
by the Virginians in foot ball last
year
All of the other high schools are to
appear in practice games this week
Western hopes to prepare itself
against Tech Friday in the opening
game of the school series by meeting
George Mason High Wednesday on
the Hilltop field and Emerson Insti-
tute on the same grounds the fol-
lowing day Western was scheduled
to tackle the University of Maryland
freshmen today at College Park.
Georgetown University freshmen
will be the opponents Of Central
Wednesday in the Blue and White
stadium. Tech will encounter
Georgetown Prep Thursday at Gar
rett Park and Briarley Hall Saturday
at Poolesville. Business will engage
st. Johns Friday on the latter's
grounds.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
NO new CHAMPION
LIKELY THIS YEAR

NEW YORK, April THE St.
Louis Nationals and Americans and
the Washington Americans are the
only major league teams that have
never captured a pennant. records
reveal, and, unless a sensational up
set occurs, they are conceded slight
chance of breaking into the flag
winning class this year.
Twice the two American League
pennant orphans have crawled to
within sounding distance of the pin
nacle in second place, but that's the
best they have done.
Back in 1876. when the National
League was first organized, the Car
dinals finished second. but since that
time the St. Louis team never has
been higher than third place, finish
ing the season in that position in
1914. 1917, 1921 and 1922.
The Chicago Cubs and New York
Giants divide honors for National
League pennantS, each having led
the procession on eleven different oc-
casions. The Philadelphia Athletics
and the Boston Red SoX are out in
front in the American League, each
having won the gonfalon six times.
In the National League Boston has
won nine pennants, Brooklyn, five;
Pittsburgh, four, and Cincinnati and
Philadelphia, one each In the Amer
lean, Chicago has won five; New York
and Detroit, three each, and Cleve-
land. one.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
ARGUE WILL ENTER FIVE
EVENTS IN PENN GAMES

PHILADELPHIA, April ARGUE
of Occidental College. known in ath-
letic circles on the Pacific coast as
the iron man" Will compete in Ave
events at the Pennsylvania relay car
nival. On April - he will run in the
quarter-mile relay as anchor man for
Occidental and in the 30 yard inter
national race. The final day he is en-
tered in the 100-yard dash, the half
mile relay race and the broad jump.
In recent meet with Pomona col
lege he scored Is points. He won the
100 yards in 3 As seconds and the
broad jump with a leap OF % feet 81.
inches; was second in the shot-put
with a heave of 40 feet inches. sec
ond in the high jump, clearing feet
10 inches. and was beaten at the tap.
by inches in the 22O yards in 90 Ia
seconds.
Evening star., 1924-04-07

Petworth. Dominican Lyceu
Waverly, Shamrocks. Arlington, Cher
rydale, Knickerbockers and the Mo-
hawks will play in the Independent
series. There also are seven formid-
able teams in the City-Surburban
League. including Interior Depart
ment, Roamer Athletic Club, Seat
Pleasant. Maryland Park Athletic
Club, Prince Georges, Hyattsville and
Mount Rainier. Another club is ex-
pected to enter the loop at a meeting
tonight at s o'clock in the Roamer
clubhouse, 70s Maryland avenue
northeast.
Eighteen clubs already have cast
their lot with the Potomac League
which is the only one of the three cir
cults TO play under the rules of the
Washington Base Ball and Athletic
Association More teams are ex-
pected to join the Potomacs, but en-
tries Will not be considered after
April Is. The schedule committee of
the league will meet tonight at the
st. Stephens clubhouse, 2422 K street
Two other divisions of the Wash
ington Base Ball and Athletic Associa-
ton are expected to adoptd play
ing rules tonight. President E f.
Enyard has called a meeting Of the
Juniors at the Boys Club, 23o C
street. Approximately thirty teams
of the midget section of the W. B. A.
Evening star., 1924-04-07

Devlin. who is busy just now coach
ing Smith of the Boston Nationals, pre-
dicted that young man would be one
of the good third sackers Of 1924. Smith
hasn't learned quite all the tricks of
the trade, Devlin said, bat he has done
remarkably well.
Pinelli of Cincinnati, Devlin thinks,
will have a good year, and Groh may
do well, although there is an impress
sion that his operation was more severe
than imagined. Devlin is loud in his
praise of Traynor of Pittsburgh and Of
Kamm Of the White Sox. Bell Of the
ST. Louis Nationals, Devlin says, should
play a fine game afield, though he will
he light hitter. Friberg of the Cubs
is an improved player, and Prothro, he
says, will make good showing for
Washington if he is able to hit enough
to keep in the game.
Attributes of Star.
what constitutes a high-class third
baseman--a player worth $4,000 and
up?" the writer asked Devln.
"T6 be a high-class third baseman
you must be able to do these things,
the old Giant star replied without hesi-
tation.
you must be able to go in at ton
speed-with one hand or both-and be
sure of yourself.
"You must be on top of the batter.
You must never-or at least very
seldom-permit a left-hand batter to
outwit you by bunting when he IL the
first batter in an inning.
You must throw well from any
position more times, at a longer dis
Evening star., 1924-04-07
Nationals Start Journey No1t,ad Big League Clubs Well Fortified
ROAMER Nine. PLANS
TO MAKE COMEBACK

Roame- Athletic Club is in the
sandlot campaign again. Springing
to fame in 1921, whe nthey nosed out
the Aztecs in a stirring 9 to match
for the senior title, the Roamers
failed to defend their laurels by
dropping a nerve-racking battle to
the Holy Name nine the following
year. Last year the team made only
feeble effort to regain It's lost
laureIs.
Now the Roamers plan to come
back Six players who starred with
the 1921 and '22 team form the
nucleus Of this years combination
that will play in the unlimited class.
The Roamers hope to garner the title
In the newly organized City Suburban
League.
Joe Gulick. Hip Mulcare and Shorty
huntzelman, outfielders: Jumbo Mo-
ran and Norman SchrotA. pitchers,
and MITCHELL catcher. have visions of
leading the Roamers to success. They
were big factors in their teams past
achievements.
Stanley Hurr and Jerry Freeman of
the 1928 w. +. Roberts nine; Gabby
Newman of last years Post Office
team: a. Clark and York Flynn, who
shone for the Benning Shops club:
Willie Thomas, a stellar second
sacker of the 1922 Garfield nine. are
among the new material. Campbell.
who performed with the Roamers last
year, is back
Players are to meet in the new
clubhouse, 7o9 Maryland avenue
northeast, tomorrow night. big
revival is planned. Norman Schroth
is president of the club. Edward
Pitts. vice president; Otis Shaw. re-
cording secretary, and T'enton Duvall,
treasurer.
Roamers are to hold their first prac-
tice next Sunday at 10 o'clock on
the Rosedale Fairgrounds.
Evening star., 1924-04-07

tance and with less time to lose thar
any other player on the infield." !"
To go in at top speed, Devlin ex
planned, means that the third base
short hit whether the hit he fast
medium fast or slow. He cannot play
his position with his heels on the
ground and be successful. If the ball
rolls half way between third and
home the third baseman must be or
1t Ike flash, making up his mind
as he goes whether he will take it
with one hand or both. If the ball
is quite close TO home plata hunt
hit, perhapS-it is one-hand play
or nothing, and that is why the third
baseman must be a one-hand player
of skill.
Must Play the bali.
To be on top of the batter mean
that the third haseman must not
draw back to get the ban on the
and get the bali on the first cIear
| bounce. Not always on the first hop
| Of course, because that Is very d fl
cult TO handle. If third baseman
could get most Of the mean, awk-
ward hits that come to him on the
first hop he would be greater than
| IfelloWws.
Devlin is d9ubly emphatic when h.
talks about the first finland bat
! ter in any inning bunting safely He
! insists that to permit that will keep
! any third baSemau in the medium
grade class as long as he lives.
! NO third bascman can succeed who
| cannot throw well. That is one point
| that admits Of no denial No argu-
1 ment can be brought TO bear why a
weak-throwlng third baseman should
| be permitted to stay on that corner
| OF the infeld; His batting, if h. wer,
would not offset his inability to get
| the ball over to first base with ar
curacy and speed. Devlin says there
Is no infeld position at which the
| PLAYER cuts down more chances by
| a foot than third base Not even
! the shortstop can can shave them 50
| closely, and no player is so Otter
| called upon to best the batters by
| inches.
| Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-04-07

There is another thing that the
small ball player needs, although it
is expensive, and that is a pair of
good base ball shoes. You can field
better in base ball shoes than with
out them, and when it comes to run
ming there is no comparison between
a pair of good base ball shoes and
street shoes. The former are much
the better. They are built for their
purpose.
If a bal! club is without funds and
III the boys are not rich, or even fairly
Weil-to-do. the manager may devise
some plan by which the uniforms may
De purchased for the team. AS a mat
ter of fact, if the boy has a base
Dali uniform he really saves his cloth
ing to that extent, and that alway
IS good idea to impress upon the
elders. once the uniforms are Sc
cured if they have been PURCHASED
by club funds. the manager is pre-
simed to look after them Member
ship may change in the team, and the
UNIFORM always should be recalled
from the player who is retiring
Many stories have been written
about the novel methods that boy
paSe pall teams have devised to raise
Iunds with which to purchase uni
1ornS. and most of these stories are
founded on fact; but the writer. hav-
ing had much experience in this b;o
national game OF ours wishes to ern-
Phasize the advisability of getting
dannelS
neatly uniformed team Of bows or
older fellows is about as attractiye a q
anything that We have in this corn.
try. and when boys from the other
side of the Atlantic visit us they al
ways are attracted by our uniforms
FOR base ball, even If they do appear
novel. The English boy does not
play cricket in knickerbockers as We
play base bail in them.
1t also is the duty OF the manager
to try. to have the uniforms kept
clean That does not mean that he is
to have them landered, but that he
can drop a hint here and there when
the uniforms begin to show the eff
fects of hard usage. The idea of
Evening star., 1924-04-07

'odgers. Giants Cards. Braves and
iilwaukee Brewers, the last two
tubs mentioned each being beaten
vice. The Nationals lost to the
ards and to the Indianapolis club,
.iloted by DOME Bush. last year
5anager of Clark Griffith's outfit.
scds and Nationals battled through
twelve innings to deadlock.
Pitching Seems Improved.
Perhaps the most pleasing feature
II these interleague jousts was the
rork of the pitching corps, that
GEMS to be vast improvement over
he fiinging staff of the 1928 Ma
.jonals. Slim McGrew. who in two
.aSonS past failed to make the grade
a big league hurler with the Griff-
Aen, apparently is ready now to do
one good work on the mound. He
'urned in two victories in the Florida
;ameS and did some tirSt-claSS pitch
ng in both.
Other winning slabmen in Florida
we're Fred Marberry and Faul Zah-
niSer, young pitchers who Joined the
'lub last year after the season was
under way; Joe Martina. recruited
rom New Orleans and up to the main
how for the first time this year. and
X alter Johnson and Allen Russell.
EeteranS. The losers were Marberry
md Fred Wingfield. but both hurled
,ood ball. despite the defeats charged
againSt them. Others of the ten
pitchers in the corps appeared to ad-
antage, especially George MogridSe.
rortsider, who has seen much service
n the American League.
The Nationals seem sturdy afield.
even though there is room for much
Improvement in the outer gardens;
tut they must brace in attack. So
FAR the batting has been too streaky
10 satisfy Manager Harris and 70 a
lass not calculated to keep the club
long in the running i'll the American
League championship race. Same Rice,
after a long slump; Joe Judge and a
couple of the new players are hitting
we'll enough, but the others are not get
ing much at the plate SO far. The
pitchers have been good enough to
offset this weakness, but they can
not be expected to continue to do so.
Not Worried Over Russell.
worried over the soreness that de-
veloped in the pitching arm of Rus
ell during the game at St. Peteds-
hurg Saturday. While it is painful
enough to keep the spit baller out
Of action for a time, Harris believes
hat with a few days of complete
rest Russell will be quite fit for
duty. The manager is banking heav-
ly upon Russell for relief work this
season and was relieved when Train
vr Martin announced yesterday that
the trouble will not handicap the
pitcher long. Russell, though. did
not stop here. Harris deeming it best
that the hurler proceed directly to
Washington for treatment and rest
before the flag campaign opens next
week.
Evening star., 1924-04-07

Renault, in fact, is just now consid-
ering two rather fair offers to go to
England to meet a couple of British
ers II he goes, Jack may tour France
and then come home by way Of Cuba,
where bouts await.
Renault employs the Dempsey style
of battling and is improving all the
time. His ultimate aim is TO meet
Dempsey for his title. But evidently
he is not going to stub his toes
through haste.
Yet at the same time, Renault, il
he were really anxious to stay here
III this country this summer, could
without doubt. obtain a fight with
Tommy Gibbons. Gibbons must be
rather worried about getting in OF the
big outdoor stun this summer. Car
peutier appears to have blown, so has
Dempsey and there is not much left
except the winner of the Tunney-Car-
pentier battle.
be willing to give Gibbons a policy
protecting him against the failure
Of that match.
This Jimmy Slattery boy in Buafflo
has real promise. The way he slowed
Fay keyser away spells class and now
we know that Slattery's lacing or
Stribling was something of real
permanence.
Stories are that it is pretty hard TO
make Slattery train properly and
that he is just as likely as not to go
up against an inferior fighter all out
of shape. If this be true it may rum
d great champion prospect.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
TILDEN WINS OVER
PAIR OF net STARS

AUGUSTA. Ga, April Using
every variety of service and return
known in tennis, William T. Tilden,
I'd, national champion, defeated
Cedric Major and Allen Behr, single
handed. on the Country Club courts
here, 6-s, 1-6, 6-3, in an exhibition
match, which came as a grand finale
to the south Atlantic states tourna-
ment just ended.
Tilden's bul1etlike strokes were too
much for Behr and Major. He would
maneuver his rivals out of position
and then "kill' the ball. He appar-
entity threw away the second set in
order to rest up for the final effort
The last event in the tournament
was captured by Miss Clare Cassell,
who won the final in the ladies' sin
giles from Mrs. A. II. Chaplin, sr., g.
e..
Evening star., 1924-04-07
CAPABLANCA AHEAD
IN CHESS TOURNEY

NEW YORK, April Jose Cana
blanca of Cuba. world champion. took
the lead in the international chess
tournament for the first time last
night by winning in As moves over
David Janowski Of France In the fif-
teenth round.
Richard Reti of Czechoslovakia un-
expectedly lost to Frank Marshall of
New York, United States champion, in
30 moves.
Alexander Alekhine of Russia de-
feated F. d. Yates of England in 80
moves.
DR.. Emanuel Lasker Of Germany,
who held the lead until defeated for
the first time Saturday by Capa-
blanca, drew bye. He will finish
adjourned games with Janowski and
Eldfn Bogoljubow of Ukrainia today.
and by winning both, as is expected.
would again take the lead.
Evening star., 1924-04-07

A. are to gather in the Kanawha
clubhouse, 407 9TH street
sham rock Juniors will make their
1924 debut, meeting the Hess Ath-
letic Club. tomorrow at o'clock on
the diamond at 5th and l. streets.
Mount y1ernOn Athletes, who made
such an impressive showing in basket
ball, intend to place a nine on the
field under the name of the Coe Glass
team. They will offer competition
in the Sunday School League. A meet
ing will be held tonight in the Mount
vernon Church at I:30 o'clock
George Hogge, Kent Braddock. Har-
vey Robinson. Bob McCartee. George
Dalglish. Edward Elliott, Roger Simp-
son, Angus Heeke. Bob Poland Cor
don New. Buddy Weigle, Dick Finish
and Harold Hanker are asked to re-
port.
Arlington Athletic Club boasts of
four clever hurlers in Emil PfeiI
Mace Mccormick, Johnny I.aycock
and Al McClean. The infielders and
outfielders. including Walter Rud-
ding. Thurston Furr, Peck Snow, Al
Watson. Joe Gulick, Roland Otter
back. Joe Beachamp. Roddy Harrison.
X. +. Harris, L. Lane, w. Boswell and
NJ. Petit, are reported to be in fine
fettle.
Evening star., 1924-04-07

doubles. two by Burns. and two triples.
for Cleveland, tanning Hoffman with
the bases full In the ninth for the
third out. Manager Speaker plans
to send the team through stiff work
outs for the remainder of the week.
Tigers Play the Reds.
DETROIT. April "A doublehead-
er with the Cincinnati Reds, the
morning game played within the
walls of the federal penitentiary,
gave the Detroit Tigers their first
chance. today against a major league
team. Twenty-eight players. including
eleven pitchers, remained in the squad
when training camp was broken at
Augusta, Ca, yesterday, and three
VIII be Topped from this number be-
fore the American League season
opens, Manager Cobb said.
Philadelphia Game on.
PHILADELPHIA, April 7-Heavy
rain caused the poStponement today
of the second base ball game of the
city series between the Philadelphia
Nationals and Americans
Cardinals Release Toney.
ST. LOUIS, April THAT Branch
Hickey feels the st. Louis National club
is well fortified az 10 pitchers is shown
- hiS TtleaSe OF FRED
Toney, veteran pitcher. With Toney
gone, the Cardinals now have twenty
seven players under contract. The
squad left Bradentown, Fla, last
night, on their trip north meeting
Syracuse in Jacksonville, Fla. today y
and Rochester. n. Y. at Savannah.
Atlanta at Atlanta, Ga, and Memphis
at Memphis on the days following, :,
arriving in ST. Louis Friday.
Although Urban Shocker and Olin
SniSht were hammered for thirteen
hits by the Dallas tTex.) Steers yes
terGay, the St Louis Browns freed
from their batting slump, socked out
an 11-to-5 victory, their second win
from the Texas Eeaguers
Eugeane Robertson covered second
in the absence of Marty McManus,
who is out OF the game for "A week
with an injured foot which he twisted
Saturday.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
EXHIBITION BASE BALL

At Chattanooga, Tenn
ess ss.s,ss =. 90. sAn,5ss=92 9ssss2.;,; !:
Moore, cvensros and schalk; Morris, Yowell,
! Camp and Kress.
New York lNationaD :.......... 9 /
Sf NeRf. BALDWIN f' and Ainsmith, Snyder; Nit.
chell Nelly and Yaryan.
At New Orleans. La
Cleveland (Americanl .......... 8 Is 2
Nss oIlsans 8 lsos.hs,n) ., vt;t., { is
Bowie
St. Louis (American) .............-1l IA 3
shoeher voisht and Collins; Morris g schu.
mann and Wheat.
At Kansas City
Pittsburgh (National ............ I I2 /
Kansas City (Amer. Asso; -; o
and Mccarthy.
At Shreveport. La
Boston (American) ................ IL Is /
shEEssveRsrt EsmRRs s,G GrfsasD P;eD;:t ror.n:,
Rowlands. Hale.
At Nashville, Tenn.-e innings
New York SAmerican) ...........
Jones Jones. Bush ld and schans; Hoffman Reuther
Dicker1nan and Gonzales, Deberry.
At St. Augustine, Fla
Clncinnat (NationaD -..-......... 10
LuQue, Benton and Haryrave, Sandberg;
Watley. c. Colee and S. Colee.
At okmulgse. Okla
Little Rock (Southern) .... 4
Walkup. LYLE and Agnew: Wilson, Rat
cliffe, Richberg and Lapan.
At Louisville Ky
Nashville (Southern) ............. Is Is 4
Louisville (Aner Asso.) .... 10 S.
Lindstroul, o'Neil and Mackey; Holley. Koob
and Meyer, Brottem.
At Forth Worth. Tex
Minneapolis (Amer. Asso.) .-..-.... 10 10 /
Fort worth (Te1as) ,...-.;... IL "A 2
Malone, Dudley. Eng and Mayer; Ryan
Johns and BSchof.
At Muskogee, Okla
Omaha western League ...... 13 IA O
Muskogee (Western Association is 8
cullop, Bailey. Lee and wilder Semxne;
Adoock, Day and Harper, Smith.
At Wichita Falls, Tex
Chicago (National) )......... 7 IA a
wichita rails (TeIas) ......... 3 6 L
Alexander, Dumovich, Osborne and Hart
nett, Churry: Cheeves, Freeman and Jonnard.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
ALL OF OLYMPIC RUGBY
TOBE PLAYED SUNDAYS

PARIS, April THE French Olym-
pic committee has decided. inasmuch
as only three teams have entered for
the Olympic rugby foot ball COM
petition, that all matches will be
played on Sundays instead of on May
4, and IL, as originally scheduled.
Under the revised official schedule,
France will meet Rumania, May 4;
the United States will meet Rumania
May IL, and the final game, between
France and the United States, will
be held May 1S.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
TACKLE ROCHESTER CLUB
AT SAVANNAH, Ca, TODAY
quad Generally Well Conditioned Despite Poor
Training Weather-Criffs Won Seven, Lost
Two and Tied One Game in Florida.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

n AVANNAH Ga with squad well conditioned physically
perhaps other of the big outfits that much
n
the final
tilt with the Rochester nternaona here Manager Harris
OF his clubs hopeful
held Washington
the has played.
Excluding the matches with the Cubans the Florida
ionas played Florida record
Peninsula ate so Ncu
Evening star., 1924-04-07
WASHINGTON POTOMACS
ARE NEARING CONDITION

Washington Potomacs are rapidly
rounding into condition for the diamond
campaign.
All men under contract have re-
ported. The pitching staff seem greatly
strengthened with "Stringbean" Will
hams coming along nicely, and with the
addition of three capable youngsters in
Bell, a left-hander from Texas; Smith
and Newsome, two strapping big right
handlers from Denver and A B. Cs of
Indianapolis, respectively.
Evening star., 1924-04-07
RACE TO LITTLE CHIEF

SAN DIEGO, Calf, April 7-Litti"
Chief, owned By l. Is. Humphries Of
Denver. won the Coffroth consolation
handicap at Tia Juana yesterday, clip
ping wo-fifths of a second from the
track record for one-and d-one-quarter
miles and winning by length from
Cherry Tree. Lady Astor was third
and Blanc Sein fourth.
The race carried $4,000 purse
Evening star., 1924-04-07
INDIANS FARM A TRIO.

CLEVELAND, April Release or
option of three more Indians has bee.
by President Barnard
First Baseman Bob knode goes to
Birmingham of the Southern Asso-
citation, Pitcher Phil BedSood TO Mir.
neapous of the American Association
and Pitcher George NondraShk L.
Decatur of the Three ] League
Evening star., 1924-04-07
Peerless Props a.

Peerless Props are TO workout to-
day at o'clock on the Plaza diamond.
FertS. Glasgow, GraSSe, Gleason,
Wiles, Jenkins, Kelly. Wayple
Hughes, Gubish. Carroll, Griger.
Tobin, Healy, Elliott, Broshan, Ready,
Kendig and Sutton are to report.
Games can be arranged by calling
Manager Verts at Lincoln 1880 at
$50 o'clock
Evening star., 1924-04-07
JAPANESE RACKETERS
PICKED FOR CUP PLAY

NEW YORK, April 7.-Zenzo Shi-
nizu and N. Fukuda, japanese Davis
cup stars now in business in this
city. will represent their country in
the international tennis matches to-
gether with Takio Harada and Suneo
Okamoto, winner and runner-up in
the Japanese singles title play, re-
spectively. are due to arrive in San
Francisco within q week.