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The Washington times., 1927-03-19

just so!
We will leave it to any reader
of these lines and the millions
whose glances shall never gaze
upon them if Ty Cobb hasn't
been getting thrown out of ball
games for his irrepressibIe con-
duct afield for the better part
of the last decade. If there is
anything extraordinary about
his having been thus elected
again, then our sense of news
value is dull and jaded beyond
the suspicious of our very worst
critic.
On the other hand, if any
follower of these rebellious lines
can recall when, if ever, the
Braves have won a ball game
even though it be by means of
the forfeit procedure - h e n
We'll take back every word
we've said and set up the drinks
for the house if anyone will
show US where they can be had.
To us the superintendent con-
stitutes good omen for David
Bancroft and his courageous
Braves, who haven't been heard
from since 1914, when they
came from eighth place after
July a and won a pennant and
then the series in four straight
games from the same club over
which they triumphed only last
Thursday by the significant
score of 9 to 0.
II we were a Braves rooter,
which we are not sure we aren't.
we would take heart from that
st. Petersburg incident and ac-
cept it as sure indication that
the Braves have found them
selves, for in the second exhi-
bition game which was started
right after Umpire Wilson
stopped the first one, the Braves
won, Ii to 5, or words to that
effect. They won again yester-
day by 8 to 1, just to prove the
two Thursday victories were not
accidents.
Discerning critics tell us the
Athletics are I'm" so far as the
1927 American League race is
concerned. And since the Braves
won three IN a row from the
Athletics, who can saw those
two teams are Ass - play in the
The Washington times., 1927-03-19
To SWIM
AUGUSTA TEAM

Dewitt Prep swimmers are in
Defiance, Va, today, prepared to
start in their scheduled dual meet
tonight with the Augusta Military
Academy swimmers.
The locals win compete in the
following events: 50.yard dash,
Morris and Sanford; 10O-yard dash,
Johnson and Brown; 220-yard swim,
Grogan, Jefferies; 100-yard back
stroke, Johnson and Orme; 100-yard
breast stroke, Oliver and Morris;
fancy diving, Sanford and oliver;
relay, Johnson, Brown, Morris and
Sanford.
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|. HOPKINS.
ADVANCES

BOWIE, Nd. March Hs.-ordi.
narily James Rowe keeps under his
own eye at Brookdals Farm In Mon.
mouth county. N. T., from season to
season, the Prealness and Kentucky
Derby aspirants of the stable Of
Harry Payne whitney. Young Fred
Hopkins, his second trainer, has in
the past had only second flight two.
year-olds and an occasional three.
year-old Of fair quality to winter ami
spring train at the old Benning
course. Not 20 this year.
Hopkins made out 20 wen last
year with the ffIIy Rapture,
which won q PimIicO Oaks and
licked Black Maria and Edith
Cavell in an Alabama revival at
Saratoga, that Rowe intrusted
the coming Prealzness and Derby
hopes, AfterglOw and WhiaIzery,
to him in January.
Instead Of waiting on the spring
racing of the Hartford Agricultural
and Breeders Association at Havrs
de Grace as most of their predeces-
sors of class have, Afterglow and
Whiskery will be racing at Prince
George Park, Bowie, through the
fortnight's sport the Southern Mary
land Agricultural Association WIN
inaugurate April 1. Not improbabiy
one OF them will start in the $1,000
Inaugural Handicap, renewal Of
which at seven furlongs win be the
feature of the first day at Bowie.
Both may participate in the revival
getaway day of the $1,000 Prince
Georges Spring Handicap, which will
be q gallop of 1 lie miles for three.
year-olds and up.
Rapture made her three-year-
old debut at Bowie last April.
She did not race like a coming
three-year-Old champion. Tim
mara licked her in q dash Of
five furlOngs and half, MAI
Evens, colt of lowly preteIl-
sions, took her measure right
cleverly in . sprint Of three-Quar.
tiers OF mile.
Hopkins, about as cagey q horse
man as may be found, notwithstand-
ing his youth, is confident he will
have better luck this spring with
Whiskery and Afterglow than he had
year back with Rapture. These
fine colts, the one a son Of Whisk
Broom and Prudery, the other claim
ing Pennant for sire and Afternoon
for dam, have developed handsomely
and have been at track work for
five or six weeks. Not once has the
rhythm Of their training been inter-
rupted by bad weather.
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1927 world series and that the
Braves are not to repeat their
four straight wins of 1914?
It's a thought, and that's Just
about all it is-e thought!
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My friends, a very important
news item was practically
buried in the newspapers of
Friday and we are somewhat
chagrinned at he low estate to
which the Fourth Estate has
fallen when it overlooks q real
good story to make much ado
about a very ordinary happen
ing.
Few publications of yesterday
are there but what stated in ex-
ceedingly bold headlines that Ty
Cobb had dubbed over in
ball yard and been banished
from the game. One had to
read long and arduously to dis
cover the real news of the day
which was mentioned quite in
cidentally-that the Braves won
the game.
We are taught that unusual
incidents are the things in
which the reading public is abb
sorbed, and that the common
place occurrence is of little if
any interest to your average
newspaper audience. Nearly
every aspiring newspaper neo-
phyte is told the lesson that if
a mad dog bites a man the
story is worth about two type
written lines, but that if, on the
Other hand, a man bites mad
dog, there are not enough
columns on page one in which
to tell the yarn.
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Beatrice Burton has written 3
new serial, "The hollywood
Girl" Read Il, starting Monday,
In The Times.
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VON PARK.
NAIDENS
ATTRACT
BY Louis A. Dougher

TAMPA. Fla. March 19-The
Griffs and Giants collide again
today in the fourth game of their
thirteen-game series that does not
end until April 10 at the New York
Polo Grounds, bur when the last
man expires today these teams will
not meet again till a week from
today when they battle at st.
Augustine. Meanwhile, the Griffs
will be busy tackling the world
champions, the Robins. and the
Phillies.
five games have been booked
with the St. Louis Cardinals this
spring. The first two come next
Monday and Tuesday at Avon Park,
which is said to have more beauti-
ful girls than any other city or
town in Florida. When told this
Goose Goslin Immediately wanted to
know why all five games could not
be played at Avon Park instead of
having three coming late in the
month.
II saw some wonders up 40
Orlando the other day." re.
marked the Goose, who is in
the way of being q Judge of
such things" but IL Avon Park
can beat Orlando, maybe I'll
have trouble playing ball. May
miss the game or something.
You know how it is"
The Griffmen will leave early
Monday morning for Avon Park and
be back in Tampa late Tuesday
night. The next morning they hop
over to Clearwater for their annual
skirmish with the Brooklyn Robins
On Thursday Stuffy McInnis will
bring his futile Phillies from
Bradenton for return game.
Next Friday is without a
scheduled game. That night the
team will depart for st. Augustine
where on Saturday and Sunday the
Giants will be batt1ed, ending the
Florida section of their spring
series. The teams will play their
first and only Sunday game in
Florida on March "a, st. Augustine
being the one town permitting Sun.
day baseball.
Two weeks remain of the
Griffs' visit to Florida and 10
exhibition games will be played
In that time. Manager Harris
says he is entirely satisfied with
the progress made. Here and
there certain players might be
farther advanced. but on the
whole everything Is pleasing to
the manager.
There is no sense in hurrying, !"
explains Manager Harris. "The
season doesn't open till three
weeks from next Tuesday, remember,
and much may happen between
now and then. Let, the Boston
Braves win the Florida exhibitions.
prefer to win the championship
games in August and September
and teams in condition too early
can't get through the warm
weather later on
At the same time Manager Har-
ris doesn't grin over Florida de.
teats. He hates to lose any games
at all but he looks far enough ahead
to realize that this is the training,
not the playing season. He man
euvers carefully to win each game
as 1t is being played, but will run
no risks OF injuring players down
here.
The Griffmen are hopeful Of up
setting the Cardinals next week,
knowing that the home fans WiG
be watching closely to see what is
going on at Avon Park. That is
part of the load the Cardinals are
carrying, the defense Of the world
title. The Griffs know what that
means and hope to take some ad-
vantage of the situation.
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solely with the wrists and a little
movement Of the arms.

The position Of the arms at
at the top Of the back swing
for a full shot with the woods
Is important. Read what,
Johnny Farrell has to say TO
Times readers about this In
these columns Monday.
Copyright. 1927, by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1927-03-19
NJ. STEVENS
AGR|FF?
By r. d. Thomas

Mike Stevens, the versatile Mary
land University star, will finish
school this spring and 1t Is pos
sible that her will step from the
campus onto a big league baseball
diamond. In short. Mr.. Clark Grit.
fifth has taken an interest in him.,
Mike IL a left-handed first base
man modelled after the manner Of
Joe Judge and OF about the same
size. And like the Washington
veteran he Is q born ballplayer.
He bats IeffEanded and con.
meets regularly and for extra
bases. with q free rhythmic
swing. He Is exceptionally
adept at bunting and q crack
base runner. A veteran sports
writer remarked the other day
that Stevens had mastered the
hook slide to q degree surpassed
only by Ty Cobb Of all the ball
players he had seen.
1t would be unreasonable to figure
Stevens as major Lacquer this sea-
son. But several wise baseball men
have pronounced him a shining pros
pect. They consider not only his
natural mechanical ability, but
Stevens mental sharpness. Curley
Byrd, the Maryland coacn, once said
that IL all athletes were as smart as
Mike Stevens the coach's job would
be sinecure. In that instance he
was thinking of Stevens as a foot
ball player. He has distinguished
himself at Maryland also as a bas-
ketball performer.
Mike comes of family gifted
with the athletic instinct. He
has two brothers, Robert and
Bobby, both of whom are star
ballplayers. Bobby is the
youngest. He has been a sen.
sation at Western High as short.
stop, both as hitter and fielder.
Robert is an outfielder. Mike,
Bobby and Robert all are mem
bers Of the Chevy Chase Bearcat
team.
If Mike is Of the same turn of
mind as Bobby in the matter of
professional baseball, Mr.. Griffith's
interest may be wasted. Bobby last
year was invited not only by the
Old Fox, but by Connie Mack to
exhibit his stuff at the ball yard
and turned down both invitations.
But Bobby was in high school
and Mike is finishing college, at
the age of %. Perhaps this will
make difference.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. March
19.-Having routed the Athletics
twice in as many days. the Boston
Braves meet the Yankees here this
| afternoon. Babe Ruth and Bob
Meusel v re expected to play.
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Watch for 1.-THE Hollywood
Girl" starting Monday, March 81.
Beatrice Burton, who wrote
"Guded Kisses" = the author.
The Washington times., 1927-03-19
TECH HIGH
To GOLF
BY Bingy Bryan

Tech High School students, coming
out with a golf team for girls and
boys, are doing things in big-time
style. Tech has begun testing it's
material for the first interscholastic
golf match with Business High
School, at East Potomac Park, Satur-
day, April 2.
No favoritism viii be permitted in
the ranks of Tech golfers. No, sir; it
will be case of making the grade to
win the minor cot, !" which the sport
calls for, or step back and let the
next best man shoot.
To this end candidates will
start qualifying for the team
next Saturday afternoon at East
Potomac Park. Play will be at
medal and over IS holes. The
best scores turned In by players
viii be considered good enough
for the match with Business.
Following this match, other high
schools will carry out a schedule un.
til Easter week. then all high school
teams win meet at East Potomac
: Park for the scholastic golf cham.
pionship.
Tech Is leaving nothing un-
done for the Faster week event,
in which Eastern, Business, Cen
trail and Western I'm compete.
Daily several players start their
round over the public courses
Immediately after school and
stick to il until darkness falls.
Not to be flet behind by the boys,
girls at Tech, In couple of weeks.
win issue challenge to other girl
teams in local schools 1t is reported
that Tech has several capable per-
formers among the fair golfers.
rr.1 -.
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TRAINING CAMP
ACTIVITY

TAMPA. Fla. March 1s.-Pitcher
Hugh McQui1lan, who suffered q
broken hone when Bottomley, of
the Cardinals. hit him on the left
ankle with q line drive on st.
Patrick's Day. will be lost to the
Giants for six weeks.
CLEARWATER, Fla, March
1S.-Trimmed by Baltimore, 4
to i, the Brooklyn Robins will
seek revenge against the st.
Louis Browns here today.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
lS.-Colonei Jake took the offensive
today in the Rupert finan-
cial war with the declaration that
the Yankees star southpaw would
be east adrift" If he does not
come to terms by the middle Of
next week.
SAN FRANCISCO, March H.
The Pirates face their first exhibit.
ton games of the season here
against the Seals and the Missions
of the Pacific Coast League. The
Pittsburghers broke camp yester-
day, Pitcher Guy Morrison being
added TO the list Of cripples In the
final workout at Paso Robes.
FORT MYERS, Fla. March
1.-THE Athletics journey to
BradentOn to meet their home.
town National League rivals,
khA OEattNSAu Az. 81
Giants win be taken on tOmOr-
row at st. Augustine. Minus
the services Of Ty Cobb, the AS
lost to the Braves. to /, yes.
terday. Cobb has refused to
play In games umpired by
Frank Wilson. who banished
him Thursday and then for.
feited the game to the Braves.
BRADENToN. Fla, March 49,
The PhiIs resume their feud with
the AS this afternoon for the
championship of Philadelphia. Two
home runs In the ninth inning gave
the Phillies an S-to-7 win over the
world champion st. Louis Cardinals
yesterday. Young Fresco Thomp
son, the new second baseman. and
Outfielder Al Nixon were the home.
run stars.
FORT WORTH, Tex, March
1.-the White Sox were in
fine spirits today following
their impressive showing
against Jake Atz' Texas
Leaguers here yesterday.
Schalc's boys trOunced the Cats,
to 1. Home runs by Hume
field and Barrett featured.
Barnabe and Thomas did the
SOx hurting.
LOS ANGELES. March 19.--Joe
McCarthy's Cubs were out to make
it two in a row today over Los
Angeles. The Bruins trimmed the
Angels yesterday, in the first game
Of their exhibition series, to g.
Brillheart and Roy pitched for the
Cubs.
TARPoN SPRINGS. Fla. March
1S.-Oscar Melillo, second baseman
who has been i'll, has recovered and
will report at the Brown Camp
Monday.
AVON PARK. Fla. March 10
Indications today point to the
possible dropping" Of Flint
Rhem, pitching ace on last
years team, from the Cardinal
Roster. Rhem has been a hold.
out all spring and Sam Breadon
says he win not meet the figure
the pitcher asks. The champs
lost to Philadelphia yesterday
at Bradenton, / to Z.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 10
As a result Of yesterdays rest
Manager Bill Carrigan's Red Soz
were in fine shape for today's game
with the New Orleans Pelicans
the Southern League champions
against whom they have chalked
up three straight victories. Slim
Harris and Rude Sommers viii
pitch for the Red Sox.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. March
19-Having routed the Athletics
twice in as many days. the Boston
Braves meet the Yankees here this
afternoon. Babe Ruth and Bot
Meusel v re expected to play.
Beatrice Burton has written .
new serial, "The hollywood
Girl Read n afaPtfng Monday
The Washington times., 1927-03-19

For a short put the clubhead
need be carried back only a few
inches. In the picture. ! am ne
gotiating a putt of three feet and
have brought the club back not
more than six or seven inches.
Ny head and body are held per-
feetly still, the stroke being made
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NJ EEL Y'S
RIVAL HITS

l. TAMPA, Fla, March 19.-SteIlar
Iclouting by Speaker and Cullop with
excellent pitching by Thurston, Brax-
ton and Burke featured Washing
toms triumph over the Giants yes.
lterday. The Griffs won, 3 to 2, with
two gone In the tenth, indicating
the cloSeness of the fight.
Speaker ran his spring batting
average up to .571 with two sharp
singles in three trips to the plate.
The veteran has now gone to bat
Il times in eight games, hitting
safely IL times for a total of II
bases.
Nick Cullop got his first trial in
Tuesdays Yannigan lineup against
the regulars. His home run that
day set Manager Harris to thinking,
and since then the big fellow has
succeeded in facing both the Reds
and the Giants as a substitute for
Speaker. Going to bat four times
he has hit safely four times. Every
hit Cullop makes is another rail in
the coffin holding McNeely's hopes.
At Sarasota, ThurstOn held
the Giants hitless and runless
] In three innings. He did the
same thing In yesterdays open
ing three frames, but in the
fourth was found for two hits
which. with q sacrifice fly, pro.
duced a run. However, the Cali.
fOrntan showed excellent form on
the slab and Manager Harris was
delighted.
| Braxton. with right handed bats
men thrown in against him, al
| lowed two hits and one run in
/ the next three sessions. Bob
Burke duplicated this stunt
making glad the hearts of all the
Washington clan.
These pitchers are coming along
fine says Manager Harris. II
like to beat the Giants. but l am
more pleased by the fine pitching
we are getting. We need good
pitching. il we are to get any
where and that's what the boys
are giving us. The rest is up to
US at bat and in the field"
Fred Marberry win break into the
spring schedule. They are carded
! for three innings each, but If they
feel like little more may divide
the work between them. George
Murray will be ready to work,
however, in case of need. The
Washingto bench fell asleep yes
terday in the eighth inning and its
lapse might have proved costly in
a league game.
Stuffy Stewart replaced Harris
i in the field as the inning
opened and Burke assembled the
hill. Stewart had gone to bat
1 Eppsnw f1 fva kf1A
so perfOrce was compelled to
hit in ninth place, with Burke
being due to come up in place
of Harris.
During the wild attack in the
eighth after Goslin had rolled into
a double play, Judge was purposely
passed to bring up Burke. Instead,
Ollie Tucker appeared and Bob
Reeves began warming up. Tucker
failed to hit safely and Reeves was
announced in the field in place OF
Stewart. while Burke walked out to
the box.
The Giants Immediately protested
that Burke was out of the game
when Tucker hit for him and they
were entirely right. Manager Har-
ris had no other pitcher available
and SO Manager McG-aw grinned
and let Burke remain in the game
to the splendid end.
Such mix up was no boost for
the brains on the Washington
bench. however. and in a league
game might start a riot and bring
defeat.
1927 world series and that the
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CLEARWATER, Fla, March
19.-Trimned by Baltimore, 4
to i, the Brooklyn Robins will
seek revenge against the st.
Louis Browns here today.
The Washington times., 1927-03-19

gently to and fro. the clubhead
meeting the ball and following
through in the direction of the
cup.
Through this pendulum swing
the player is able to acquire the
delicacy of touch which Is very
necessary If success is to be OBJ
tanned.
After the club has been swung
over the ball a, couple of times it
Is grounded, brought back easily
and then returned from the I'M.
pact.
Upon the length OF the putt
depends the length Of the
backsWing. Some players
make the serious mistake of
going back the same distance
for all puts and then trying
to cOptrOl the speed Of the
club as it makes It's way
toward the ball.
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TAMPA. Fla. March 19.-Pitcher
Hugh McQuillan, who suffered q
broken hone when Bottomley, of
the Cardinals. hit him on the left
ankle with a line drive on st.
Patrick's Day. will be lost to the
Giants for six weeks.
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ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, March
lS.-Colonei Jake took the offensive
today in the superintendent finan-
cial war with the declaration that
the Yankees star southpaw would
be east adrift" II he does not
come to terms by the middle Of
next week.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March H.
The Pirates face their first exhibi.
ton games of the season here
against the Seals and the Missions
Of the Pacific Coast League. The
Pittsburghers broke camp yester-
day, Pitcher Guy Morrison being
added TO the list Of cripples in the
final workout at Paso Robles.
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NEW ORLEANS, La, March 10.
AS a result Of yesterdays rest,
Manager Bill Carrigan's Red Sox
were in fine shape for today's game
with the New Orleans Pelicans,
the Southern League champions
against whom they have chalked
up three straight victories. Slim
Harris and Rude Sommers will
pitch for the Red Sox.
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BRADENToN. Fla, March 10
The Phils resume their feud with
the AS this afternoon for the
championship of Philadelphia. Two
home runs in the ninth inning gave
the Phillies an S-to-7 win over the
world champion st. Louis Cardinals
yesterday. Young Fresco Thomp-
son, the new second baseman. and
Outfielder Al Nixon were the home.
run stars.
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AVON PARK. Fla, March 10
Indications today point to the
possible dropping" Of Flint
Rhem, pitching ace on last
years team, from the Cardinal
Roster. Rhem has been a hold.
out all spring and Sam Breadon
says he win not meet the figure
the pitcher asks. The champs
lost to Philadelphia yesterday
at Bradenton, 1 to Z.
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At Sarasota, Thurston held
the Giants hitless and runless
In three innings. He did the
same thing in yesterdays OPEN
Ing three frames, but in the
fourth was found for two hits
which. with a sacrifice fly, pro.
duced a run. However, the Cali.
fOrnian showed excellent form on
the slab and Manager Harris was
delighted.
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Two weeks remain of the
Griffs' visit to Florida and 10
exhibition games will be played
In that time. Manager Harris
says he is entirely satisfied with
the progress made. Here and
there certain players might be
farther advanced, but on the
whole everything is pleasing to
the manager.
The Washington times., 1927-03-19

Stuffy Stewart replaced Harris
in the field as the inning
opened and Burke assembled the
hill. Stewart had gone to bat
for BraxtOn in the seventh and
so perfOrce WAS compelled to
hit in ninth place. with Burke
being due to come up in place
of Harris.
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TARPoN SPRINGS. Fla. March
Oscar MeliIlo, second baseman
who has been i'll, has recovered and
will report at the Brown Camp
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FORT WORTH, Tex, March
1.-the White Sox were in
fine spirits today following
their impressive showing
against Jake Atz' Texas
Leaguers here yesterday.
Schalc's boys trOunced the Cats,
6 to 1. Home runs by Hume
field and Barrett featured.
Barnabe and Thomas did the
SOx hurting.