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Evening star., 1927-03-26
CLASH TO-DAY AND SUNDAY
WITH NEW YORK GIANTS
Crifmen Will Have TO Recover Hitting Form to OBJ
tain Even Break or Better With National Leaguers
in 20 Exhibitions Listed

plate. Ossie has stepped up to the
batter's box Is times since he made
his last hit. and on three of these oc-
caSionS has tanned.
Bluege is al a loss to account for his
lack of batting power this year. for he
declares he feels stronger than ever
and he certainly appears TO be more
rugged than formerly. In batting
drills lately, though he has not been
driving the ball and III contests has
frequently swung futilly. Manager
Harris has an idea that the fault
may be in Bluege's timing, and while
the club is spending it's last week at
the Tampa training base. he hopes
TO correct this in his clever third
sacker.
Myers flop probably is due alto
gether to his general lack of condi-
ton. Carrying about 10 more pounds
than lac should after several weeks
Of training. Buddy began to lag some
what in his workouts and as a result
the bottom immediat tely fell out o:
his batting average.
Now Boss Bucky intends to show
the young fielder no mercy. On days
when Myer is not engaged in game
he will have to run around the race
track at Plant Field, toss the medi-
cine bail and perform number OF
other stunts calculated TO melt the
fat off the figure. From now until
he consistently shows more dash in
his work Buddy will have few idle
hours
Berger's Slump Not Surprising.
Berger's falling off in batting is not
SO surprising as disappointing. Al
though the draftee from New Haven
came to the club with a reputation
as a fine receiver. but with no real
record as a hitter, his swinging in
the early exhibition games led those
in charge of the Nationals to believe
John might be developed into a fair
swatter. But his early average of
800 is diminishing rapidly and now
it does not seem likely he will become
a dependable clouter.
Right now, Nick Cullop, who up
to a short time ago was on Man
ager Harris doubtful list. is set
socking the apple. Nick, in dozen
times at bat in the nine games. has
hit for an average of .5S3. He APP
pears to be a natural hitter and
should be very valuable right-ha
Swinger To have around the club.
Excepting Manager Harris, the
cripples of the Nationals squad at
Tampa showed much improvement
yesterday. Speaker donned uni
form and went through a work out
that he ended with a turn around
the half mile track and declared he
was ready TO get back into action.
Iris was told TO wait until Monday.
though. Rice. too. reported his leg
about in condition once more after
going through a brief fielding drill.
Judge was apt to break into today's
enga gemeTt.
Alvin Crowder. who was to have
taken this trip at the last minute
was told to remain at the Tampa
camp. Crowder's stomach trouble
has been relieved to a great extent
Il seems. but Trainer Martin deemed
It advisable to keep the pitcher at |
"a n n on 2 sfr.icf diet
Evening star., 1927-03-26
Mats WouSnap Oo Batting Slump: ST. Americans LoonAsl
S. A. COURT HONORS
AT STAKE TONIGHT

South Atlantic basket ball titles of
the District area will be at stake to
night at the Arcadia when finals in
the unlimited. 145, lis and 100 pound
classes are TO be staged. The feature
match Will bring together Epiphany
Roses and Bonds Whirlwinds for the
unlimited crown in the final game of
the card staring at o'clock.
Boys Club Optimists and st. Johns
Fictors win meet in the i00-pound
competition. the first tilt at o'clock.
Clashes will follow at o'clock be-
tween AZtecs and De Luxe in the t15-
pound class and Arrows and Eoys Club
Celtics at in the 145-pound group.
In. semi-final matches last night
Epiphany Roses vanquished Warwick
Collegians in a red-hot. 1921 struggle:
Arrows bested Cleveland Park Indians.
81 to 33, in another keen contest, and
Boys Club Flashes overcame St
Peters Preps. 81 to 49,
Freer basketers with j. Madden and
Mcclure leading their attack easily
defeated Nomads. SO to 27.
Overcoming an early lead. Y. NJ. c.
A. Junior tossers triumphed over Cal
vary Reds, 81 to IL. GlasscoclI of the
Y combination was the evenings big
scorer.
Mount Pleasant courtmen squeezed
out 45-4f win over Monroes.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
RECORD FOR 2 MILES
WIDE'S GOAL TONIGHT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 26.-Undaunt-
ed by failure to equal the speed of
Lloyd Hahn over the one-mile route.
Edwin Wide, Swedish distance star.
will attempt to crack the two-mile in
door record at the United Swedish
charities track meet in Madison Square
Garden tonight
To break Paayo Nurmi's record of
minutes IS is seconds, Wide has set
a time schedule for the quarters. He
will meet Willie Ritola. who defeated
him four times In foreign engage
ments. and Willie Goodwin of the New
York A. c. national indoor champion
at the distance.
Vide hopes to run two miles TO.
night in S:57. He expects to step the
first half mile in 2:O9, the mile In 4:27
the mile and half in 6:45 and still
have enough left to complete the dis
tance more than a second faster than
Nurmi did.
on the same card with the man he
conquered, Hahn will attempt to ef
race the world mark of 2:29 3-5 for the
l,ooO-meter run, Joie Rays last sur
VlVlng indoor record.
Evening star., 1927-03-26

By the Associated Press.
~H1CAGO. March 26.-The world
hantamweight championship
will go back TO an active de
~ fender tonight when two
Judges and referee decide be
tween Bud Taylor of Terre Haute,
Ind. and Tony Canzoneri OF New
York.
They will box at the Coliseum 10
rounds TO a decision at the bantam
weight limit Of ffS pounds. pound
age that Charley PhilS Rosenberg
failed 10 make twice nj the cost Of his
title.
.TavIor Was awarded championship
ronurs last Fail by the Illinois Ain
letn Commission when Rofenberg
failed to post q weight forfeit, but II
1eae NOT until New York also removed
his crown and furnished an Eastern
canf ender for the throne that the top
rpng of the bantams was generally
declared open.
Tnniehts contest viii be the third
hattie for a boxing title since the iii
uois law recognized the glove sport
barely year ago. Each time the
tftEehoIder lost his crown by a
referees decision, sammy Mandeil
winning from Rocky Kansas for the
lightweight title and Mickey Walker
wrestling the middleweight champion
shin from Tiger Flowers.
Both men were down 10 weight
Evening star., 1927-03-26
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS.-Tommy White, Houston
won newspaper decision over
Sammy Mandell lightweight cham
pion Q0). Title not involved.
SAVANNAH. Ga.-Pinky Nav
Savannah, and Izzy Schwartz, New
York, drew 00).
WILKES-BARRE. Pa.-Jackie Brit
ton, Wilkes Barre. defeated California
Joe Lynch Q0). Jimmy Owens. Okla
homa, defeated Bud Ciccerone (6l
Jimmy Moore, California, knocked out
Harry Webber, Syracuse (2O)
TAMPA, Fla.-Arturo Shekels, Bel.
GUM, welterweight, knocked out
Tommy Irwin, Kansas City t5l.
ST. PAUL.-Jock Malone, st. Paul.
shaded Walcott Langford, Chicago
10). Billy Light, St. Paul. defeated
Tough Tony Sanders. Chicago QO).
WORCESTER. Mass.-Tony Man
dell. Worcester, defeated San Sanches,
Mexico Q0). .>
SACRAMENTO, Calf George
Lee, Sacramento. knocked out frankie
Lagona, Philadelphia (6). Terry
Benoist, Sacramento. knocked out
Jimmy Daniels, Boston (3).
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Billy Alger,
San Francisco, scored q technical
knockout over George Gordon, San
Diego a.. Jackie Spenser, Reno. beat
Willie Brown, New York (6). Twain
Mark, New Orleans, defeated Eddie
Feeley, Los Angeles a..
FIGHTS TONIGHT.
Chicago-Bud Taylor VS.. Tony Can
zoneri 00). Johnny Vacca VS.. Archie
Bell 00). Abe Attell Goldstein VS.
Pete Sarmieqto (S). Newsboy Brown
VS.. Ernie Peters (s). Tommy Grogan
VS.. Billy Kennedy (6).
Evening star., 1927-03-26
SOCCER LEAGUE HOLDS
ITS BANQUET TONIGHT

Washington Soccer League officials
and players will hold their annual
banquet and dance tonight at the
Raleigh Hotel at 7:30 o'clock.
Notables of the Federal and Dis
trict Governments will be among the
guests of honor. William G.. Birch.
president. will preside and present the
cups and medals.
Marlboro and Walford clubs were
champions of sections l and =
respectively.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
Ube Gbet1it1g Star
BOYS CLUB

department of the game give 1t lot
of practice.
The hard hit balls and the bunts
are not all the work. You must go far
to your left and help the shortstop.
These throws are very hard, for you
field with the glove and change the
ball to the right hand for the throw.
And you must do that quicklys
On q force play at second throw
quick and to a spot where the second
baseman can get the ball easily and
be in q position to shoot 1t on to the
first baseman.
Get of like q shot for foul balls. A
fraction OF second gained in a quick
start will enable you to get fouls that
are not generally caught.
1t takes courage to play third for
you're always under fire.
SO ends another week and Monday
will ind Us with connie Mack's great
team Cobb, ColIins. Bolsy. Grove.
Rommei. fsfc.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

September 1s--Club championship. sec
onn Quaify flying day
September l8--Club championship. frat
round
September 24---Club championship, sec.
ond round.
September 25. a.m.-CIub championship.
third round.
Septeslber 25 p.m.-~Club championship.
finals
October i-3i--Caywood Cup tournament.
November t9-20-Thanksgiving sweep.
stakes.
The committee is composed of p.
Bra yton Hoover, chairman; Mrs. l.. l..
Steele. Mrs. f.. r. Tilley. Mrs. G.. l..
Stabler. Mrs. ". l.. Heap. Mrs. j. V.
Brownell, Basil Manly, Norman r..
Frost. Lawrence Steele and Homer S.
pope
Evening star., 1927-03-26
TECH LINKSMEN TAKING {.
TESTS FOR TEAM TODAY

~ANDIDATES for Tech High s
golf team were to be selected
as the result of tryouts early
~ today. Regulars from last
years combination at hand in
clude Edward Burr, who is acting both
as manager and captain; Robert Bur
ton, John keto and Arthur Bennett.
Russell Spillman, another member of
the 1926 team, is in school, but there
is some doubt whether he will play.
Theodore Rutley, now at Western, is
the only member of last seasons team
who has been lost.
With a number of promising new
comers in the squad along with this
group of veterans, the Manual Train
ers are expected to do well in the
public high matches that start next
Saturday, when Tech and Central
meet.
Two public high base ball SQUADS
were listed for practice games this
afternoon.
Coach Dan Ahearn's Western High
tossers were to meet Chevy Chase at
3 o'clock, on the Friends School dia-
mond. and Tech Highs squad, in tow
of Coach Glenn. was to visit Berwyn,
Md, to engage the Berwyn A. c. nine.
Glenn planned to pick his lineup for
Tuesdays game with st. Adams
School largely as the result of his
proteges' showing today The game
Tuesday is the first regularly sched-
uled tilt for schoolbov teams of the
local group.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
FRANCE AGAIN SURE
OF U. S. NET HONORS
By the Associated Presa.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 26.-America fs
out of the national indoor tennis finals
for the second successive year and
Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon of
France will play for the honors today.
Slashing and spectacular forecourt
raids carried both European Davis
Cup stars through the semi-tinals,
Borotra battered down Francis 7.
Hunter, New Rochelle, n. y. 7--5.
rs. and Brugnon defeated Van Ryn,
Princeton University. Cd, 6-1.
Their struggle for possession of the
trophy today will mark the third sue
cessive ll-France final in an American
singles championship. Borotra and
Rene Lacoste fought It out for both
the indoor and outdoor championships
asst year It also will mark the third
straight year in which French play
er has carried off the indoor title.
Borotra won the event in 1928 and La
coste In 1926.
French rackets likewise will flash in
the doubles final, with BOrotra and
Brugnon facing DR.. George King and
Hunter
Evening star., 1927-03-26
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


CT. AUGUSTINE. Fla. March
26.--In this historic town, the
Nationals were to begin the
- second half of their Spring
exhibition series i'm an encounter
with the Giants this afternoon wen
relliziag that !they must snap out OF
their batting! slump quickly If they
would attain the 500 mark or better
In winning, percentage in the 20 games
with big league opponents in this
training campaign.
OF the 13 exhibition games played
by the Nationals, they have won but
six, three Of the defeats having been
handed them by the club they are
scheduled TO tackle here today and
tomorrow, and an attack sharper than
they have been carrying on for nearly
the last two weeks probably will he
needed to overcome John McCiraw
aggregation.
In their first five games, the Ma
tionals offensive rated at .29a with
several members of the regular lineu
socking we'll above the 800 mark. IN
their last eight games. however, the
Nationals batting average has droppec
from those very creditable figures ts
.a56. an average not calculated 10
make a club formidable in the grape
fruit league or any other circuit where
teams OF major caliber are providing
the opposition.
Subs Outhitting Veterans.
This falling off in batting strength
cannot be attributed TO the loss of
regulars through injuries. for Ollie
Tucker, the recruit who has assumed
Sam Rice's place in right field while
the latter is getting the kinks out OF
the muMcles in his thigh. has batting
mark will above that held by the vet
eFan, while Nick Culop. subbing at
hrst base, has far outbatted Joe Judge,
who has been on the side line with
q. sore hip.
Before he was forced out of action
by wrenched knee. Iris Speaker
had lost nearly a hundred points from
his attacking percentage, but still had
remarkable rating to show for his
efforts at the plate
Goose Goslin. too. who has been in
all the exhibition games to date. has
lost a great deal of ground i'm batting
recently, but still his average is far
above figures usually noted in swat.
ting statistics during a championship
campaign.
The slump In attacking power has
been due mostly 10 the loss Of batting
ewes by Buddy Myer and Ossie Bluege,
ana the Inability of Catcher John
Berger to maintain anything like the
hitting pace he set for himself during
the first week of the exhibition bat
ties. Myers batting mark has been
reduced more than 135 points during
the past two weeks. while in the same
time Bluege has dropped from a ATT
hitter TO .295.
Biuege's Case PuzzIiRg.
OF course, those figures are very
hne for Bluege or any other member
of the lower part of the Nationals
batting order at first glance. bur
BIuege's slumping has been done in
the last few days. which means that
he has been practically helpless at the |
Evening star., 1927-03-26
OKLAHOMA MATMEN
TAKE THREE TITLES

AMES. Iowa, Marcb oe I'M
oklahoma A. & M. CoIIee-a g.
piers nave annexed three of fhe eicjl.
national titles lost by 1926 chamnions
IN the national A. A. u. wrestI;rs, iirs
'oqrha ment at Iowa State College.
IN finals last night Laverne Take
= fy lliuiey Collins and George Rule. ali
from the Southern school. warn
crowned in the 11S. 100 and TX no,,,.,
classes. respectively. E'Oiiu
another Oklahoman. Roger F7and.
ers' unattached. of saltwater OlrIo
recaptured the heavyweight titIe
Whicn he held I'm 1924 He was
member of the 1924 Olympic team,
Leroy tfefer, Iowa University, in
IIz pound class; Arthur Holding. Iowa
State College. in 126-pound class ond
Ralph Prunty, Ames, Iowa. LYONS
Ciuo. In 147-pound class, were the
other champions crowned. -,
Evening star., 1927-03-26
BROWNS TO BE DANGEROUS
In HOWLEY'S HANDS
Team Has Rehabilitated Star i'm Sister, Fine Out
field, Strengthened Inner Works and Encourag-
ing Battery Prospects.

as some insisted. Anyhow he is now
with the team. In any event. Frank
ORourke has been playing we'll at
second and between him and Walter
Gerber at short the Browns have nor
been busted so badly.
Job for Adams at Third
Miller. who was a shortstop OF
strength at Toronto. has been tried
at third. He is a little chunky for 81
third baseman. but it may not matter
much, as the Browns have succeeded
in getting Spencer Adams from the
Yankees 10 use at third. Art Fletcher.
the Yankee coach. says Adams is a
fine ball player. Fletcher's Judgment
is good
The Browns outfield is a hummer.
The further it goes the better it will
be. Schultz will make his debut this
year. He Is the young man who went
to st. Louis from Milwaukee.
There also are Bennett and Risexto
play the outfield and that sterlipg
Pinetree of Oregon. Kenneth VII
liams, who can hit them over the
fence when other men fail.
The catchers and pitchers are what
some folks think a trifie waterloggad
The catchers. Schang and O'NaiIl.
have had more experience than anv
O(HSf bNp CdlCIIeFS III Ine american
League. AS the St Louis pitchers
are said to be young men who need to
be entertained by experience, the com
bination is surely good enough for
anybody.
Pitchers May Fool Enemy.
The Browns have pitchers who may
fool the other boys this year. CASTOR.
Van Glider. Ballou and Wingard have
physical skin. Stewart from Toronto
is whale of a good pitcher for a kid.
Nevers. the Stanford foot ball star. is
in such perfect condition that one
wonders whether to wish him base
ball success or all-around athletic
triumphs. His admiring San Fran
cisco friends viii be glad to know
that If he can't make the grade this
year ne never will make il in all
probability. and that is a testimonial
to his capital physical condition. 1*4
Without attempting to individuaHzs
the players. take this team as a whole
It's loaded. mark that. Maybe fts
showing will not come up to expecta4
tIons. but this team of st. Louis
browns IS more apt to cut up like a
3-year-old colt taking his first look AZ
a putting locomotive than any other
team OF the American League thus
far under the observation of this plI.
grim. =
(CopyrfRht. 1921 .tT
Evening star., 1927-03-26
EVANSVILLE HIGH WINS.

Hyattsville High baslxeters reached
the final in the Maryland high school
title series by trimming Wicomico
High of Salisbury last night ~
Chestertown, 40 to 25. HyattsviIle
will meet the winner of the Allegheny
High-Annapolis High game for the
State crown.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
RECRUITS MAY PLAY
FOR PALACE QUINT

. Owner George Marshall is likely to
present two more new faces with his
Washington professional quint tomor-
row night at the Arcadia in the first
of the tWo-game series with the
champion Cleveland team.
Upon the recommendation of Charley
ODonnell. once regarded as the great
est forward of all time on the pro
courts, the Palace owner sent his
scout to look over two youthful pros
poets in the mining regions of Penn
sylvania, and If the pair show up to-
morrow night they will get into ac-
tion. Marshall says.
Washington meets Rochester in a
double header in Rochester Immedi-
ately following the twin bill the local
cagers will catch a train to bring
them here tomorrow afternoon in
time for a rest preparatory to meet
ing the Clevelanders.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
TAYLOR AND CANZONERI
IN TITLE BOUT TONIGHT

after light exercises yesterday, scaling
few ounces under 1f8.
Promoter Jim Mullen has hung up
a $500 diamond belt for the winner.
Several headliners are included In
the supporting card. Johnny Vacca
who has two decisions over the fly
weight champion, Fidel La Barba,
will box eight rounds with Archie
Bell of Brooklyn at 11s pounds.
Aba Attell Goldstein. former ban
tam champion. will meet Pete Sar-
miento, the Filipino star, for eight
rounds.
Ernie Peters. Chicago's Indian Fly.
weight. win box eight rounds with
Newsboy Brown of Sioux City, Iowa.
Tommy Grogan Of Omaha and Billy
Kennedy of New Orleans will open
the show with six rounds at 1873
pounds.
Statistics on the title rivals are:
Evening star., 1927-03-26
SWIMMING RECORDS
SMASHED IN TRIALS

TRBANA. III. March 26 tH1.-tTwo
national collegiate records and seven
big ten swimming records were broken
In the preliminaries Of a conference
meet last night.
Paul Samson, Michigan giant, twice
broke the national collegiate and his
own conference records TO aid Mich
igan to place men in every event for
the finals for today.
samson smashed the national col
legiate record in the 220 yard free
style established by Howell. North
western, in 1925. by swimming the
distance in 2:21.4.
In the 440 yard free style event the
Wolverine finished in 5:09.S to break
the collegiate record held by Sanford,
Yale.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
FOUR WASHINGTON MEN
RUNNING IN MARATHON

Four Washirg gton marathon runners
were among the large field to start
in the Laurel-to- Baltimore 26-mile
race, which began at Laurel at II
o'clock today.
Mike Lynch. 45-year-old veteran
and James and Grafton Montague.
representing the Aloysius Club, and
Horace Domigan, carrying the colors
of Washington Canoe Club, were in
cluded in the field of nearly 100
runners.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
BY FREDDIE LINDsTRoM.

Third Baseman of the New York Giants.
A third baseman must be on his toes
every minute, for those balls are COM
ing down here like bullets. The third
baseman gets more hard chances than
any other man on the field.
The third baseman should play the
base line for every batter with keen
eye out for the bunter.
The third baseman must guess the
batter If you can guess what he is
going to do you are better prepared to
handle his hits.
The third baseinan must field nine
tenths Of the bunts with one hand
the bare hand. And he must throw
to get set. If you're weak n that
Evening star., 1927-03-26
WITH THE BOWZERS

T WO OF six intercity bowling
matches carded for Washing
ton teams this afternoon and
l. tonight Will be rolled on local
drives.
Washington X OF c. spillers viii
entertain the Baltimore X. Of G.. team
al the local X of &. Hall in the first
five games Of their annual clash to-
night at 100 O'Clock. A banquet will
follow at the Ebbitt.
At 3 O'Clock the local Standard Oil
60. Qunt will compete with the Balti-
more representatives Of the same com
pany on the Coliseum alleys.
Washington Ladies' League stars
are In Philadelphia for two matches.
This Afternoon they meet the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad girls team and tonight
the Philadelphia All-Stars will be met
Recreation bowlers are in Baltimore
10 meet the Regent select team, and
the Herzel Club five Is scheduled TO
roll the first block of a 10game match
with the Baltimore Y. NJ. II. A. roll.
ers in the Monumental City tonight.
Curb Cafe and Government Print
ing Office bowlers will not meet In
their scheduled District league match
at Convention Hall tonight. Several
members of the Curb team are in
Evening star., 1927-03-26

crowd into the final test. Five anna
teurs were in the list, Bobby Jones,
Jess Sweetser, George Voigt, Watts
Gum and Charles Black.
If one of the amateurs wins, he
will be given trophy. while the
first professional will receive $4,000.
Twenty nine other money prizes will
be distributed, ranging from $4,000 to
$50. the purses totalling $4,000.
Former champions were not in the
most favorable positions today. Willie
MacFarlane was barely III the com
petition with 1855, Gene Sarazen had
14S, Jim Barnes and Cyril Walker
1852 and Walter Hagen Isl.
naAoYe1 y-nra.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
CONCANNON CUE VICTOR

Joe Concannon defeated George
Kelly in their pocket billiard match aft
the Arcadia by turning i'm a 1I9 to
lOl victory yesterday afternoon and
adding the needed II points in the
night session. The final count was
1200 to 941. Kelly had to register
1 900 to win.
Evening star., 1927-03-26

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, March 26.--St.
Mary's Celtics and St. Mary's Seniors
meet teams from the st. Andrews
Club Of Baltimore. at the Armory to-
night Seniors and ST. Andrews stars
mix at 7:30 O'Clock with the Celts
playing st. Andrews Shamrocks in
the nightcap.
Evening star., 1927-03-26
JOHNSON rs IMPROVING.

Walter Johnson's prospects of get
ting back on the diamond were bright
ened yesterday when he was taken
downstairs from his bedroom and a
lighter cast placed on his injured leg.
It is hoped that the cast may be
removed within the next week and
that the veteran hurler may get back
to his duties early in May.