Evening star., 1926-03-15


Iarpon Springs. Fla.
The Cardinals showed all-around
form in bla mixing the Houston. Ten,
club Al Houston Yesterday. - to o.
Effective hurting. hitting ana de.
Tense featured in the victory. Willie
Sherde! pitched in midseason form.
and another team of Cardinals beat
san Antonio. Tex. S to /. yes, ,erday
CHICAGO March Is C4).--A 'hicago.
ans, tired of reading local weather
f"reca sts of snow aud still more snow.
turned to sporting pages today for
the result of the White SoX- -Shreve-
p"r base bah opener in the proNerbal |
sunny Southland and learned that
the game had been showed out
The snow probably was more "f an
event than the ball game would have
been to Shreveporters. but the
weather mans offering got N" hand
from the club officials, whoi had ex-
pected liberal receipts to help pay for
the meat and potatoes the boys have
been eating.
All in all. il was . tough day for
chicago fans, as the returns from
the CubsLos Angeles game in the
CitN of Angels showed the tribe had
been banked to q.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. March l. LA1.
For the first time since 1924. when
he was pitching ace for the Terre
Haute in the Three.I League. Emil
I.evsen, Clevelan nd right ha nder, is able
10 use his overland delivery. Lev
sen. used this style OF delivery last
Friday against the Cincinnati Nation
ais in an exhibition game at Orlan ndo.
That was the first time since he was
inca apacltated by injury more than
year ago.
I.evsen is IN fine ph> steal condition
and Coach Harry Matthews believes
this year Will he one of his pest.
Ten Of twelve pitchers on the Cleve-
land roster are said To- he in fin" con-
dition.
BOSTON. March Il LP). Howard
Ehmke one OF the Red SoX mainstays
in the boz. is proving s"mew hat OF
iisa ppointment. Yesterday when his
team was beaten. to =. AT New Or
leans by the pelicans he yielded the
seven runs in five innings
In ST Petersburg. Fla. rookie
twrler of the Braves is disting uishing
himself Henry Wertz looks better
every time he steps into action, and
the veterans are predicting he will
win at least a dozen or more games
this season.
PITTSBtRGH. Pa. March II IP).
.-lial Rhyme and Paul Waner. Cali
fornia recruits at the PaSo Robles.
calf. training camp OF the pittsburgh
Pirates. displayed some of their ability
Yesterday when he champions defeat
ed the Paso Rohles all.stars. ~ 20 q.
RHYME. besides making the hest field
ing play, connected for three ba aGer
and two singles Waner was credited
with Il triple.
Eddie Moore Spraine,i his ankle Sat
urday and has been add :" the hoe-
pital list along with Pie Traynor, out
with q similar hurt. In the eantime
JOHNNY Rawlings cavorts at second
and Rhvne at thir'. Waner was in
left field vest erdav.
NEW YORK. March - Op)-Word
comes from Sarasota. Fla. that Emil
N.usel and George Kelly have signed
their contracts with the Giants. Emil.
after packing and unpacking couple
OF times IS said To have gained an
increase in salary.
Jacob Rupert. at St. Petersburg.
asserts that his Yankees. despite FIVE
defeats during the past week, will land
in the first division.
Remember the Braves of 1914 and
tho Reds of 1919 he SAYS.
Jim Elliott, 240-pound port slider has
been sent to Seattle by the Brooklyn
officials at Clearwater. and Manager
Robinson SAYS that Sterling Strvker.
: right ha nder for time with tn" Pos
ton Braves Will he a regular
With Tyrus RAYMOND cobb at the
Detroit Tigers Augusta. Ga. train
ing camp. the battle for regular pacae
on the squad ie scheduled to begin
this week: Blue and Tavener are
regarded as certain Of positions az
first and short. respectively. but
places at second third. in the out
field and on the battery staff are
more uncertain.
Manager cobb arrived at Augusta
esterdav from Baltimore. where he
submitted to an eye operation. The
manager did not visit the players
Yesterday. but Lou Blue. who came
to Augusta with him. announced Cobb
would be on hand today.
PHILADELPHIA. March 10 R.-
"Everything is more than Satisfac
tory to Manager Connie Mack of
the Athletics. AT Fort Myers. Fla.
he believes the team is much further
along than it was at this time last
year.