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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-16

Orb Just grinned-and started to
work. / guess he must have nlulled
over these papers for . good two
hours. and when he was finished
he knew q whole lot about what
was going on. And he had a lot
of information about the various
clubs. too. In baseball certain play
ers can always be expected to do
certain things.
After a man has been in the league
for q wear or two, opposing clubs
have him pretty well catalogued.
They know how he hits. and what
he hits. They know how to estimate
his throwing ability ana his fielding
ability. But they don't know what
he will do week by week. That's
where the old box score is q help.
For it shows what the men are
doing day by day. It shows when
the good hitters are in slump or
when the weak hitters are on a hit
ting streak. And at this time of
year, most important of all, it
shows what the kid players are
doing.
The season hasn't gone very
far along yet, but already you
can It'll certain general things
about the various clubs. The
Giants. for instance, have proved,
that they can slug the ball. The
Reds and the White Sox and
Cleveland all have proved that
they have good. dependable pitch.
ing. The Cubs have demonstrat.
ed that they have the same
fighting spirit this year that
they had last season. And so on
down the list.
All these are things which op.
posing clubs will watch. And
they'll play their years play
against the various clubs accord.
ingly. Take the Yankee box score
for instance. Anybody who looks
it over will find certain things.
They'll see that Joe Dugan for
instance, is dangerous spring hit
ter as usual. Joe is always dam
gerous--but in the spring he socks
better than at any other time.
They'll note that Koenig 10
playing better than last season.
They probably have marked
down the fact that two or
three times the Yankees have
looked q little bad on drag
hunts. And as concerns the
Athletics the chances are that
opposing clubs have, already
noted that Collins and Cobb
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-16

are just . Bit slower than
they used to be; they've seen
by the box scores that Sim.
mons 10 hitting well: that Boley
hasn't vet settled down to his
real stride.
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Connie himself admitted last
night that he was uncertain about
his course with the team.
Some Of them don't look so
good" he said, sadly, However.
we are only getting started"
That point, Of course, is well
taken, with the season still having
$50 games to run. You couldn't
say, for example, that Comics
pitching is a lot Of eye wash; vet
no pitcher finished game in. the
local series and the average used
each game was three.
Being notoriously charitable in
my views. I win merely venture
that perhaps the whole ball club is
off to one of those standing starts.
However, as to Cobb and Collins,
I must refuse to alter an opinion
I contracted carelessly in the South:
That neither OF them Mn be able
- finish, the season. .a......:j
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-16
Gen. Crowder
Proves He
Can Pitch

Gen. Alvin Crowder, who nightly
dreamed Of ulcers q while back, il
ready for the big stuff.
The left.handed swatting battle
front Of the Griffmen can take care
OF itself against southpaw pitching.
These two decisions resulted from
the final contest, or, rather. exhibi.
ton, between the Griffs and the Bos.
ton Red Sox. It ended with the
home boys in front, Z to /, the third
successive triumph for the Griffs
over what Boston fans will be asked
to consider ball team.
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That's That
aosroN


TotaIs..S0 5 % III Totals..32 a II
1Batted for Wiltse in seventh.
2Ran for jacobson in seventh.
Stated for Russell in ninth.
Washington ...s.., 1 o 10 400 0x-7
Runs--Fiagstead. stewart (s). Speaker
I'D. Goslin, Myer. Errors--Myer, Wan
ninger ca. Haney, Wiltse. Two-base
htts--Flagstead, Tobin. Stolen bases
stewart, Goslin. Sacrifice - Goslin.
Double plays-MyeT to Judge; Myor to
stewart to Judge. Left on baSes-Bos-
ton. s; WashinGton, 5. Bases on balls
--Off Crowder, 81 off Wiltse. !. Struck
out-By Crowder, s. Hits-Off wiltss.
in innings; off Russell, In in.
ningG Balk-Crowder. Passed ball
Hartley. Losing pitcher-Wiltss.
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games. But, as to that, men of
the age of Cobb and Collins figure
to become less effective as the sea-
son wears on into the double.
headers and their legs wear out
Connie has $50, 900 tied up in
Cobb. and $4,000 in Collins and.
Il the old club continues to Gull
the cloak and suit trade at It's
present rate, the nut" on this pair
viii be written off in a few weeks.
But I don't think Mack is con.
cerned about that, although it NAV
as well be admitted that no dollar
ever will be able to sue him for
alienated affections.
StiIl, he paid $4,000 for
Dudley Branom and, after the
second game, hesitated less than
9S-5 seconds, all three watches
agreeing, in removing Dudley to
zone OF safety In favor OF
dim Poole. He also paid criti.
cal money for Zach Wheat,
but when he found that the
veteran couldn't throw hard
enough to break q window. he
also took old Zach right out OF
GneFos
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just what hurIers will start
today seems . deep, dark nlys.
terry. Bob Grove who has
never defeated the GriffS in IA
starts. ID supposed to be tho
visiting clans choice, but old
Jack Quinn, whose beeebalI ex-
p6rience goes back to the days
Of General Doubleday himself
may draw the ASSIGNMENT. He
usually proves troublesome to
TIA f5rsffS-
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=. TrOwbfidge Collins win hob.
BILE around second base. He has
not been setting any rivers
abla1e and ruI10rs have MAX
Bishop, the fielding fool, due for
q return to duty almost any
day now.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-16

Buclzy Harris does not expect
10 start todAy's game at second.
With both ends Of him ban.
daked, finger and toe, he pre-.
fefs to direct the battle from
the dugout SO long rs John
''Stuffy" Stewart continues to
entertain the multitudes with
feats Of speed and strength.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-12
ToDEYS SROR7uRIAL
BY ktT.k Miller

One from today, friends, baseball will
be born and insofar Washington is concerned the mother and
child viii doing well because that superphyan, Walter
Johnson will be there assist the infant into the world
The National Capital has long been accustomed to having the
kindly craftsman such occasions
Few his Of has he failed to ociate the
Washngtons appearances but it's fore
that the Kansas Cyclone will yield
humble Red Sox beard in den 81 days
hence the clock ticks .
And that not the worst Of Without wishing to throw cold
situation there telling right now
exactly will be available to the House OF Griffith
Estimates up South reading all the from
six weeks to months They merely however OF
course everything depends the Barney makes in cons
vaescng.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-12
Recovery Wiu Not Be Slowest

He il 40 and little better That fibula his left will not
knit so rapidly as he instance But viii knit as
readily Ohnson in the case OF any man
in he world 81 his years Walter always good cond
ton People who lead the kind Of life that johnson has are always
disease injuries than those VINO nave
not been SO immaculate their mode of living Here s man
who has been wise his body and wise in his tne
No toDacco no
alcohol few late still not moycoddlehats your war
Miller Huggns has his worry Babe Ruth springs cnarey
horse before he camp week The UNDERMINING IN NV
R anatomy does be quite strong enough 70 carry
the big boy in the spirits. =, :,
And johnson and Ruth the only casualties OF the
rent Bucky Harris has twisted his ankle and
Stewart second Eddie Collins
inc black and blue leg baseball bounced and Pitcher
FREDDY Fzsnons got his finger mashed by rocking chair
while rompng the floor with his little tin soldiers
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boy usually doesn't click until
the summer months.

OiFarrell, in addition to catching
most OF the games and master-naind
ing the situation in general, will
have to handle the pitchers this
year, and that fact accounts for
Frank Snyder's presence in the
camp. Frank has come all the way
from San Antonio to catch about
80 ball games this year. Vic and
Warwick are absent this time by
request. but O'Farrell said he liked
Charley Abbott from Syracuse. and
Frank Chambers, ST. Louis semi
pro. They are contesting ayidly
for the third-man job and are among
the few young players in camp who
have q chance to stay.
Two others are outfielders Dan
Clark and Walter Roettger. both
up from Syracuse. The cards have
taken a fancy to Roettger's field
ing, but Clark has taken a fancy
to hitting them far and furious
and that may get him the decision,
il any is rendered. There may be
none, as the Cards still have Ros-
coe Holm as extra man and the
ailing Ray Blades is walking to
work In q wheel chair.
darcy Flowers. no less, Is play.
Ing In Thevenow's place at the
moment with George Toporcer
acting as an extra-extra man, com.
pleting the list OF infieiders.
Flowers formerly was esteemed
above Thevenow, but injured a
digit and wasn't the same there
after. He Is doing nicely now, but
isn't q classmate OF Thevenow's
by some degrees.
There are a few young pitchers
about but nobody seems to know
just why. One Of them, Allyn
Stout, Of Webster Grove, outside
st. Louis, Is doing well but not well
enough to break through the Inn
posing array Of regulars. That goes
too for Russell Miller. Columbus,
Ohio, product via Syracuse; Richard
Oliver Wentworth, up from Austin,
Texas. and Carlisle Charles Little.
john, of Irene. Texas. Those boys
almost ran out Of names but not
mite
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-12
Il Looks to Us Like Big Night Tonight

Gardner Mack genial Times radio editor informs that tonight
win quite athletic the air. He reminds one and a
that at o'clock from Atlantic City, Station WPG 5000, viii come
description Of the womens national swimming relays All we
hope is that the swimming is being done indoors
Then of hour later from station WEBB 370) at
Chicago will float through the ether the results Of the Big Ten
field which nothing coughed
Missed at At the hour DEVELOPMENTS Of the Pennsylvania
basketball game due rattle down Washington
anennae from that friendly voice WIP 508 and can't
it in there WGBS $780, both of which stations at
Philadelphia which is in Pennsylvania, beware bevarel
Then them 1:15 from yonder Chicago where they
have been recently reproducing odme fights description Of
comparatively recent one viii be given from WGN 8OS Listen
friends at that hour to the story Of the Gibbons
fight which just about put the town of Shelby, Mont
where it was-a ground hog village and nothing more.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-12
PUBLIC GOLFERS
START PLAY

Washington's unattached golfer
would not wait until noon today,
when public golf courses in Washing.
ton were to be opened officially for
the season. Scores Of players fIocked
to East Potomac Park and demanded
that they be permitted to play.
Consequently. the first foursome was
allowed TO start at $3.50 o'clock. Both
courses, East Potomac Park and
Rock Creek Park, viii remain open
until shutdown each day.
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Tuesdays game, though among
the Griffmen themselves, promises
to be scrappy to an extreme. The
Yannigans have been challenging
for more than a week, being conf.
dent Of whipping the first string
gang. Jack Onslow. their leader,
has been encouraging them all
along the line and has them so filled
with hop that some small wagera
have been made on the result of the
contest.
Tampa's Boy Scouts will handle
the game and take all the proceeds
for fund they are collecting to
pay expenses for a trip to Wash,
ington when school closes in June.
President Griffith has promised to
have them as his guests at a ball
game in the Griffith Stadium dur.
ing their stay in the Capital.
Wednesday will be spent going to
Orlando playing game there and
returning to Tampa, but the team
will be home for the remainder OF
the week. It is expected that
Tampa fans will turn out another
banner crowd for Saturdays battle
between the Griffs and Giants, the
latter generally attracting a mob in
the Smoker City.
Following today's clash here,
Manager Harris will rush his
squad back to Tampa but Presi.
dent Griffith win usher small
party down TO Venice to attend
the silver jubilee dinner rendered
John McGraW by the Sarasota
Times, marking bis twenty.fifth
anniversary as manager Of the
New York Giants.
. This dinner will be attended BIZ
high officials Of both major leagues
owners, managers and players oil
the II clubs now training in this
State and baseball writer's from
most sections Of the country. Presi
dent Griffith will have Assistant
Secretary Col. William Smith, Uncle
Nick Altrock and Senior Alberto
Schacht, with the Washington wal
correspondents.
Venice Is q new and prosperous
subdivision south of Sarasota or
the Gulf of Mexico. It Is largely
owned by the American Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers ant
is going ahead rapidly with all light,
showing clear.
While the Washington SQUAD
VIII hardly be pruned for q couple
weeks yet, nevertheless Manager
Harris should make up his minC
regarding more than one candidaS.
before another week rolls b1
especially among the pitchers. The
hurlers have been training sine,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-12
dewitt QU|NT
IN FINALS

ANNAPOLIS. March 12.-Devitt
Prep, of washington. defeated Alex
andria high today, SO to IS. in the
St. Johns College scholastic basket.
ball tournament, for teams in Mary.
land, Virginia and Washington.
Tonight Dewitt will play the win
ner Of today's Hagerstown-B Baltimore
Poly game in the finals.
Moyna was Devitt's leading
scorer. He had three field goals.
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Mcnamara Georgetti
Bike Team Holds Lead

NEW YORK. March 12s-The
score for the i34th hour in the
six-day bicycle race at Madison
Square Garden today showed that
still holding the lead with 2,1Sl
miles and 9 laps; Beckman-Petri
were also holding their own in
second place with 2,131 miles and
laps. while the Walthour- Spencer
and Stockholm-Winte teams had
tied for. third place with the score
Of 2,131 miles and laps.
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Walter Hagen Plays
Cruikshank Today
AT Palatka

PALATKA. Fla, March H.
Walter Hagen, national pro golf
champion, this afternoon meets
Bobby Cruickshank in a special
match over the PaIatka munich
pal course.
1t win be Hagen's second spe-
cial match recently, he having
defeated Gene Sarazen in ~
holes of play by 8 up.
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so, ne might nave A0ueus naQ .nd
late Mr.. Job. the main difference be
ing that the latter didn't want every.
thing he had and the Cardinals
haven't got everything they want.
Something, beyond the temporary
absence OF the holdout, Tommy
Thevenow, seemed to have gone out
Of the world champion Cardinals be-
tween seasons. as they lost to the
Boston Braves here yesterday.
The void in question at present
IS playing a lot OF second base for
the Giants at Sarasota. This is no
attempted reflection on the man
agerial acumen of Bob O'Farrell or
the ball playing ability of Frisch.
It Is merely that the Cardinals won
the pennant because they were fight.
ing for Hornsby and the only thing
they have to show for 1t now is q
new manager and a new second base.
man.
Some of the outfit, in fact,
still are HOrnsby's men in spirit.
In consequence, q vague feeling
OF unrest Is said to perVade the
Cardinal camp, and matters
haven't been improved to any
noticeable extent by the fact that
Sam BreadOn declines to pay
ThevenOw 5000 for the season.
a piffling amount In these days
Of rubberold salaries.
Yet yesterday they looked out at
Jack Fourier, Of the Braves, flat.
footing around first base at 81, 800
for the school term, and they know
that Frisch will get thrice the
amount Thevenow wants and proba-
bly, won't get. For Mr.. Breadon
seemingly is q man of ideas, and
most of them are quite original.
He must know that Frisch may
prove a poor second baseman with
out Thevenow, yet he is unwilling
to pay the Key-man one third of
what he has already contracted to
pay the dependent player. Brea-
don's principal antipathy for The
venow, and one of those singular
ideas mentioned above, Is said to
center around the fact that the
young man has retained q barrister
to do his talking.
The real story OF the 1897 Card.
mails, therefore, can be told in q
line: Their vast uncertainty when
they should be so vastly certain.
They have made only one change
between seasons but psychological
it may prove devastating. The rest
Of the team win go on the field In
April the way It departed in oc'
| tober. II
Southworth in rightfield and
Hafey and Douthit, the Californians
in left and center. Bottomley al
first base; Bell at third; O'Farrel
catching at least $50 games, and
old Alex, Bill SherdeIl, the pride Of
McSherrystown, Pa; Jesse Haines
Herman Bell, Vic Keen, Flint Rhein
Ed Dyer. Art Reinhart and Jimmy
Ring doing the pitching.
/ just the same, only different,
| Rhem, for instance, Is not salts
fled with his contract, which
fact Is said to have caused
| Haines extreme irritation. IL
Rhem b retarded in his develop
ment, HaiRes win have 70 do a
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ON
DIAMOND

Dewitt Prep has set aside basket.
ball, with exception Of the st.
Johns tourney. for the diamond
sport. and in the first practice on
Georgetown University field q squat
OF 80 candidates reported and went
through a stiff workout.
While yesterdays workout was
more or less a tune.up. the base.
BAN season will open Monday after
noon.
Should Dewitt continue its sensa.
tional work in the st. Johns basket.
ball tournament at Annapolis, 1.
may be fortunate contestants to be
| guests to the Chicago national
basketball tournament next month.
The winner Of the st. Johns
tournament will be entered in the
big fixture free Of charge.
GOnzaga win be next to turn
to baseball. The team win work.
out on the Hilltop field at first
and later 20 to the Monument
lot fields, when they are in
playable condition.
Gonzaga, having closed its court
season, viii be compelled to seek
entirely new talent for the next
one. The basketball team WIN Sc
without single regular of this
years roster at the opening Of
next season.
Jimmy Farrell, Bozek, FITZGERALD
| Gahan, Mealey, Tom Farrell, Nc.
CURE, and Bryne will all natricu.
late in June with only AL Farrell,
Pyne and Mackey, second string
men, left over for next year.
Pat Bryne, who was GonzaRa's
,all.around athlete. will. enter Holy
Cross next year.
Stuyvesant Props, with It's
weII-baIanced boxing team scored
over Western High School box.
ers In their first ring engage.
ment Of the season. five bouts
out Of six.
Westerns biggest setback was
the defeat of their captain, Bill
Stanley, who was defeated by Nor.
Iris Arnold. However, It required an
extra round before decision was
reached.
Over at Central High School,
Coach Clarence. HecOx has Is.
| sued the first call for rowing
candidates and 20 candidates re-
spOnded.
Among them were Capt. Ohio
Hammond Joe Howard, Bud
Parker, Bob Mohr, Fred Dennison,
Jack Dodge, Fred Knop, Carleton
Powers, and A. Rickwine.
The crew expected to get on the
water April /.
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February IA and. barring a small
number, are in shape to show
whatever promise they may have.
At least half dozen are be-
heved to have failed to show
enough class to warrant remain
ing with the team this year.
Scout Joe Engel, like an evil
bird Of prey, Is In Tampa to
obtain instructions from PreSi.
dent Griffith and Manager
Harris regarding the future Of
those about to depart to. the
minors.
LOTUS, Morrell, McEvoy. Thomas,
Ogden and Ralph Stewart are prac.
tically certain Of losing out. Indeed
if any Of them come back TO the
big show, lit win be with some
other club.
Coffman. Carroll. Hadley, Mangun1
anc Van Alystyne are still under
fire. No disposition of their cases
will be made yet awhile and, even
though sent back to the minors,
the Washington Club will retain
grips upon them for further trials.
Hadley and Mangum appear to
have the best chances of this
quintet.
Walter johnson leaves tomorrow
for Washington. He will rest his
broken left ankle at his home in
Bethesda. Nd, holding himself ready
to resume work as soon as possible.
Johnson's injury means that Man
ager Harris must plan to open the
season without him and Fred Mar
berry may be a regular starter as
a result. johnson may not be at
top form until June, six weeks
after the season is under way.
Under such q handicap a greater
responsibility rests upon the re-
naming pitchers.
Murray and Mangum are
certain starters today against
the Giants. Hollis Thurst0n, IL
he warns up properly, may
make his debut ia 3 Washing
ton uniform today. He says he
is ready for at least three in
nings.
The Giants have their customary
jump on the Griffs In the spring
series, winning yesterdays sloppy
/ \ ~
test Of weak pitching, ordinary
fielding, light hitting and general
futility.
Clarkson's good pitching held
the Griffs to one run in five frames.
Then Virgil Barnes came close to
throwing away everything, though
] some poor fielding appearing be-
hind him.
Lisenbee was no mystery in his
three frames. He had a horrible
time in the fifth when three runs
were checked in against him be.
cause Terry belted a homer with
| two on,
Crowder passed two in the sew.
enth and saw them score on Jack.
sons pop fly that Bluege lost In
the sun near the box. Those two
runs gave the Giants the victory.
It was tough on Crowder, yet both
scoring runners had been passed
! TO first base. And that's that.
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IN
QUESTION

While Neutrality-suspicious. are prepar-
ing to see a whirlwind battle be.
tween Ruby Stein. sensational New
York junior lightweight and AL Fore
man at the Arcadia Sporting Club
Tuesday night, a merry contention
is going on behind the scenes as
to who will referee the main go Of
the attractive card arranged by
Matchmaker frankie Mann as the
winters piece de resistance, pugil-
isticly speaking.
Stein, naturally enough, feels he'd
like to at least have a friendly
referee. especially in that he's fight
ing in strange town. He is
anxious for Harry Ertle. Of New
York, to referee. On the other
hand. Foreman, being product Of
the Army, is holding out for such
an official as Colonel Erickson or
Captain Mabbutt, while the Arcadia
Club would prefer having a man
who is absolutely neutral, such as
Kid Sullivan, Charley Short or Capt.
Harvey L. Miller.
ErtIe IN well known for his
work I'm Dempsey's meeting
with Carpenter and with EirpO.
Erickson satisfied everyone dur
ing the days OF barracks battling
and Kid Sullivan, veteran ringman
himself. has been functioning in
that capacity throughout the present
Arcadia season.
Mabbutt was majordomo in Demp-
sey's training camp at Atlantic
City and is active in Army athletic
circles at Camp Holibard. He was
one OF the first to recognize Fore.
man as q potential topnotcher.
Charlie Short and Captain Miller
have refereed satisfactorily in this
vicinity for years and from that
group q referee acceptable to both
parties will be selected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-12
T0UGH on SPECS

London has not witnessed a
championship boxing event since
Freddy Welsh defeated Willie
Richie for the lightweight crown
thirteen years ago.