Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-21
BY the Associated Press.


@LEvELAND, March 21.-Man-
ager Jack McCallister of the
4 Indians. IS building his pitch
~ ing staff around Uhle. Shaute
and Levsen. IL is expected
he will work these three standbys
about every fourth day
Walter Miller and Sherry Smith are
expected to work every fifth day, and
if Garland Buckeye starts the season
in good shape he is expected to get
regular assignments. Benny karr will
probably hold a relief assignment.
McCallister starts off series OF
practice games at the Lakeland, Fla.
camp today between the regulars and
Yannigans.
DETROIT. March 81 CP).-while
Connie Mack, John McGraw and
other managers have loaded up this
year with veterans. Manager George
Moriarty of the Detroit Tigers. Will
be in the field with n squad whose
average age is but &c, an inventory
discloses.
Barring complications, Moriarty be
lieves the team will be fortified by
youth for the next several years. The
ages of the 10 regulars of the team
are:
Blue. 90; McManus. 81; Tavener,
%; Warner. "a; Manush, %: Fother'
gill. %: oHeilmann, 80: Stoner. %;
Whitehill. 81; Wells. 81 Ruble, "a;
Gibson, 81; Hankins. "a; Doyle, 90
Carroll, "a; De Viveiros, 90; Woodall,
80; Bassler, 81; Shea, rs.
NEW YORK, March 81 Cp.-Axes
| were being ground at the camps of the
New York Yankees and the Brooklyn
Dodgers today for the necks of a
score of recruits.
At Clearwater, five recent games
have given Manager Robinson opin
| ions as to his infield. which as yet
| doesn't suit him, and a pitching staff
which does.
| At ST. Petersburg, Miller Higgins
practically has decided on the recruits
destined to sport Yankee livery this
| Summer.
The Giants at st. Augustine were
wondering today if Ponce de Leor
really made a thorough search. Two
gray haired veterans, Jack Quinn anC
| Ty Cobb, tripped McGraw's young
ster's yesterday. the first with nint
| innings of mastery pitching, and the
| second with the batting punch tha'
scored both runs in the Philadelphia
| Athletics 2-to-1 10-inning victory. TJ
hit double and single.
| BOSTON, March Il F).-The ReC
Sox were smarting today from theil
| first defeat of the training season. {
80 setback from the New Orleans Peli
cans. On the last four balls pitched
three of the Southern team hammered
out the winning run.
/ At st. Petersburg Fla, the Braves
will take things easy in preparation
for the Northern trek, which starts &
week from today.
ST. LOUIS, March Fl R.-Sever
exhibition games have brought the st
| Louis Cardinals down to a batting
average of .252, whereas they finished
last season with 1856 average. 1t IL
pointed out they have faced the bes
of the rival clubs hurlers, however,
who have found much glee in knock
| ing off" the world champions. A re
deeming feature of this is that they
will be primed as never before for the
| big show April II. The Browns al
! Tarpon Springs were on their toes fol
the resumption of the series with the
[ Brooklyn Dodgers today. They have
won five of the seven games thus far
and with one exception have gained
their victories by coming from behind
or being forced to fight hard.
PITTSBURGH, March 81 R).-Tht
| Pirates broke even in their exhibition