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The Washington times., 1929-04-13
BDCK TOURNEYIHIGH AND PREP
ENDS TONIGHT TEAMS TRAVEL

While Washington college ath-
letic teams. except Maryland, are
enjoying a day Of rest and and
practice, the high school and prep
school teams are taking the play
from them today. The Old Line
lacrosse team Is meeting Cornell
at Ithaca. N. T., and the track
team is competing with Virginia
and ". p. /. in q triangular meet
at Charlottesville, Va, In the only
collegiate athletic competition of
the day.
The prep league program for the
day also finds the local teams
competing on foreign fields.
Devitt's track team IL at An.
napOlis engaging the Navy
pIebes in a dual meet; Central
Highs baseball team is at
Princeton to meet the frOsh
and their tennis team IL at
Baltimore playing Forest Park,
while st. Johns baseball nine
meets Charlotte Hall on the
Iatterss diamond.
Accompanying Coach Walter
Palmer to Annapolis are the fol.
lowing Dewitt trackmen: Abramson,
Hoctor, Fry and Willis, sprinters;
Knott, Ritter and Bernard, quarter.
milers; Baskian and White, half
~milers; Tangora, Cummings and
Porter, n1ilers: Cole, Beall and Gill
bane, hurdlers; Captain Summers
ana Wilson. pole vaulters; Gleason
and Walsh. high jumpers; Abram-
son, Cole ana Cutler; broad jumpers;
Baskian, GiIbane, Summers, Clark,
Tangora, Knott and Hoctor in the
weight events.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Big League
Chatter

CINCINNATI. Ohio, April a.
The Cleveland Indians were to
meet the Cincinnati Reds In the
first of q two-game exhibition series
here today. Tomorrow win com.
plete the series and in the event
either team takes both games it
will probably be unofficially re.
garded as the Ohio champion.
The Indians lost their second
straight game to the Rarons at
Birmingham yesterday when Miljus
weakened in the final innings,
allowing the Southerners to nose
out ahead. to 3.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, ApriI
13.-The Cubs were out today
to make 1t twO-in.a-rOw from
Kansas City Blues. Root and
Blake, aided and abetted BY the
bats Of HOrnsby and Wilson.
were the big reasons for the
brllin 4.tO-l victory yesterday,
The Blues gathered. eight hits.
but they were widely scattered.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 1s.-The
White Sox had chance to even
matters with the American Asso.
citation Indians today following,
the Hoosiers' victory in the open.
ing game yesterday. The score
was to 4. The Indians won IN
the tenth inning and halted q Sox
winning streak that had mounted
TO five games.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
"BOUNcE" TESTED

Not only are the size and weight
OF golf balls reguN.ted, but the
ssco-efficient OF restitution" In other
words. the bouncing qualities are
now being tested by DR.. l.. j. Briggs,
director OF the United States Blu.
reau Of Standards. with a view to-
ward Standardization.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Reign Count Fails
To Place at
Newbury

NEWBURY, England, April 1S.--
The famous American race horse.
Reign Count. suffered his second
disastrous defeat on the British turf
this afternoon when he failed to
place in the Newbury Spring Cup
race, the event being won BY Ath-
ford.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

f s
Faced with the necessity of down.
ing the Giants in one of these re.
maining games to gain an edge in
the current series, the Griffmen
may today encounter tough Gus.
toner in pitcher Larry Benton. the
1923 National League leader.
Benton did some fancy heaying
for McGraw's troops during the
heat of last years pennant drive
and is being used in this game as
last chance to keep his club in
the running.
Should the Giants cop today they
will stand an excellent chance of
tying the count in the seven-game
whirl ending tomorrow, the best
they can do. A tie game at Char
lotte, n. c., makes a deadlock pos.
sible
"sad Sam" Jones is now consid.
cred the outstanding favorite to
pitch the opening days game
against Connie Mack's tribe when
the Washington club ushers in it's
American League season, Tuesday
Sans perfect performance against
the Giants during the first five
frames at the Clark Griffith sta.
dium yesterday was an outstand-
ing feature of the game despite the
fact that the visitors managed to
win their first game in five starts
against Walter Johnson's club,
to 0.
Jones turned back the McGraw
men in order during this period
and Braxton followed suit in this
sixth. bVt was hammered for three
runs in the seventh and another in
the eighth before being yanked in
favor Of a pinch-hitter. Burke
finishing.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
GIVE AS CHEERS
ROMMEL ASKS

PHILADELPHIA, April Ia
Stop razzing the Athletics. The
players are giving their best for
Connie Mack and viii play better
bali If the fans stop their jeering.
This was the gist Of a plea re-
layed to local fandom over Radio
Station WELK by Eddie Rommel,
right.handed hurler of the AS.
The continued ra5zing of certain
players has hindered their playing
ana the players, one and all. are
playing their hardest not only for
themselves and Connie Mack but
for Philadelphia. Rommel said.
Rommel's plea was surprising to
his followers, since he Is known as
|QOe Of the "hardest.boiled" men on
{ be team and. seemingly. has never
&cen affected by the severe raxzing
he always receives when on the
mound.
Mickey COchrane and Jimmy
Dykes, both targets Of the fans,
were cited by the star hurler
as examples Of the fans un-
justified razxlng.
Both men are known throughout
the league. Rommel said, 40 two
of the hardest players In the game.
Sammy Hale. another player Of
times razzed by the bleacherites,
was praised by the AS spokesman.
Hale is a great player. He will
continue to be a great player in
any league despite the fans jeers,' 81
Rommel explained.
The walk from the pitchers box
to the drinking cup and the dug.
out Is a long. long one" Rommel
added. indicating that he, too, had
been somewhat affected by the ad.
verse comment of the fans.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Expect Farrell to Score
Hit With British
CONTINUED from First Sports Pagel

There had eghtfooer win and with tense
and CLASSY eyes, he took his The whrrr of
made him pause and when he stepped his ball again he
completely relaxed The he hit the putt that meant $4,000
to q revelation.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

tnOuGn alOWtnR three mtb
during the first five rounds
while Sam was preventing the
sernbIanee Of . safety.
Walker was threatened in the
third when Hayes started the in.
ming with q triple to center, but he
tightened and retired the next
three without difficulty. Hayes
also beat out q single past Myer
with two gone In the fifth and
stole second, after which Spencer
walked, but Gooch, batting for
Jones, cracked terrific line drive
over Lindstrom's head which the
latter hauled down with a spectacu.
lar leap and gloyed stab.
Welsh got the first Giant hit off
Braxton in the seventh, a double to
center, and Reese sent him to
third, beating out a bunt to Brax-
ton, after which Lindstrom's double,
Terry's sacrifice fly to West and
Jackson's single did the rest.
The winners scared up another
in the eighth while the Washington
club failed to cash in on the few
scoring opportunities coming its
way.
The launching Of the 1929 Amer.
icon League season will be accorded
more than its usual baIlyhoo IN
Washington With the AS and
Griffmen both ranked as pennant
corf lIders, unusual interest viii
surround the game itself with the
regular carnival features serving
as an appetizer.
Walter Johnson will come In for
a lions share of the applause while
officially making his managerial
debut with the club he served %
aithfully, while a new President
will be viewing the proceedings
from the box which for the past
several years has been occupied
either by Calvin Coolidge or some
one representing him.
Pitchers Braxton and Jones
are certainties to see service In
this series, while HadIey, il he
returns to form, viii be used.
Otherwise Marberry likely win
be substituted.
Closing this series Thursday, the
Boston Red Sox will arrive Friday
for a four-game stay. Interest In
the trade which sent five Washing
ton players to Boston in exchange
! for Buddy Myer during the winter
probably will be resurrected in this
meeting.
Bob Reeves, Grant Gills, Elliott
Bigelow, Milton CASTOR and Horace
Lisenbee may all be used against
the team they represented year
ago while Myer will be holding down
the Washington Clubs hot corner
and attempting to prove that his
services were worth the price paid.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
FINE GLOVE RECORD

Leon Houck, boxing coach at
Penn State College. has guided his
squad to three Eastern Intercol.
legiate Association CHAMPIONSHIPS
since 1924 and his pupils have never
finished worse than runner-up.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
Johnson Tests Condition
OF Hodleys Arm Today
By Bob Thayer

NEW YORK April l3.-Whether Pitcher Bump Hadey
will be ready against his pet rival the Philadelphia
Athletics in the threegame series opening at Clark Griffith
Stadium Tuesday may be determined today.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
5 Nine
OFF ON TOP

Eastern Is away to a running
sta for it's second straight inter.
high baseball championship. But
the Guyon coached club will have
to improve Or their road to another
che lpionship viii be rudely de-
toured. Only a ninth inning rally
pulled them through in the series
opener yesterday against Eastern
when they overcame a two run
Western lead in their. last time at
bat to win. I'd I.
Ineffective pitching and a none
too strong defensive exhibition in
the field did not bring any smiles
to Guyon's face. Errors of omission
as well as those of commission
occurred plentifully. And Dan
-Ahern, Western coach, suffered
from these as much as did Guyon.
In fact, had Western outfielders in
left and. right fields, respectively,
caught balls which were scored as
hits in the ninth. the Western out,
f.. would have carried off the yer.
dict.
Hanna pitched a strong game
for Eastern until the eighth
when he weakened. Curtin
was rushed in but walked one
man and Phillips relieved him.
A couple of hits followed and
Chester Miles subsided the West.
ern uprising, but not before six
large runs had trOOped over the
counting block.
Mccullough and Eagle were the
heroes in the winning Eastern rally.
the formers sharp single to left
with the bases full and one out
drove home the tying runs and
Eagles smash down the right field
foul line Just inside the stripe scored
Mac from second with the win
ming run after Plumb, pinch hit
ter, was thrown out at the plate by
Albert's fine throw trying to score
the decisive tally.
Capt. George Fletcher went the
route for Western and hurled fine
game. Had his mates backed him
with the right kind of support he
would have won. Although touched
for 13 hits, Fletcher pitched a win.
ming brand of baseball and was
strong in the pinches. He will be a
hard man for the other high teams
to beat during the season.
Catholic University rooters are
greatly cheered today over the fine
pitching of Jack Conlon against
Harvard yesterday despite the fact
that the visitors gave the Cardinals
their sixth straight setback, 9 to 8.
Conlon relieved. Hurley in the
fourth and whitfield an even dozen
Harvard batters in his six inning
regime on the hill.
Maryland dropped it's second game
of the week to North Carolina yes.
terday when the Tarheels, by vir-
tue OF Jackson's homer in the
eighth with one man on, won. s
to 4, Inability to hit with men
on cost the Old Liners the game,
IA being stranded. The United
Typewriter Greys are one up on
George Washington in their three
game series as the result of their
8 to victory yesterday.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
H0LDEVENT
LATE THIS
MONTH
d GsOrge A. sinpsOn

GSVA - StPSOA
The annual veterans
Bureau golf tourney will be
staged in the latter week of
this month, but plans remain
indefinite as to the course
and type of competition.
Norman J. Hall, chairman OF
the golf committee at the Veterans
Bureau. Is marking time until the
tournament site of the interde.
partmental event Is named as It
is desired to also play the Veterans
Bureau tournament over the same
course.
The Veterans Bureau contest VIII
hold for one day with a qualifying
round. Then the flights win be
Apportioned according to N1e mum.
Der Of entries, with the players
given the freedom to play off their
matches at their own incon-
Venience.
Under this system, 1t viii
require q lengthy period be-
fore the winner Of the cham
piOnslip flight Is determined,
but It appears that this y
the best manner as i won't
interfere with the office hours
Of the employees.
washington golf addicts will be
presented with two feature matches
tomorrow afternoon, one at Wash
inaton Colt and Country Club and
another At Bannockburn, with play
scheduled to commence at l:SO
o'clock. Both are best ball events
over the lS holes route.
Out at the Washington Golf and
Country. Maurice J. Mccarthy and
walter r. McCallum, amateurs OF
the home organization, will tangie
with j. Monro Hunter. pro at Indian
Spring, and his trusted lieutenant,
George Diffenbaugh.
Bannockburn has arranged q
match that brackets George
Voigt and Eddie Held against
John @. ShOrey and Harry Pitt.
VOigt and Held hold national
seats n amateur golfaom. yhlle
verge Of stabbing for nation.
wide hOnors. =
Hunter, the skyscraper of golf,
practiced over the Washington Golf
and Country Club on Thursday and
had best ball round of 65, show
ing what Mccarthy and McCallum
are up against tomorrow Although
his ally, George Diffenbaugh, is a
midget in physical comparisons. he
is a powerful man with his golfing
implements.
Walter Reds" Cunningham, pro
at Burning Tree, scorched his way
around the hazardous Town and
Country Club layout in a burning
So, one under par Few are those
who eclipse par out there at Town
and Country Club. The course
looks easy, but q journey around
disnAisses sthese thoughts.
Gen. Charles e. Treat. turning
In q 80. showed the low gross
card for 18 holes In the Seniors
tourney at the Chevy Chase
Country Club. The tourney will
close today. Some of yesterdays
contestants exercised their Op-
fiOn OF playing 9 holes and will
finish the remaining today.
Others who broke 100 yesterday
were Admiral Charles B. McVay
with 9s: Gen. Henry P. Mccain
with 4 96 and Walter G. Peter with
= 95. Handicaps will not be posted
until the completion Of today's
rounds.
Members OF the Town and Coln.
trv viii take part in a handicap
event tomorrow and Arthur B.
Thorn, Manor's admirable pro, is
expecting a large contingent of the
membership roster on hand for the
play.
The Japanese embassy. headed by
fhe Japanese Ambassador and other
notable Japanese, will hold an 49,
hole competition tomorrow on the
enticing Sherwood Forest course,
down by the Severn River. The
japanese plan another tourney at
sherwood Forest for May.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

Willie Walker, who allowed
only five hits while blanking his
opponent, soufhpawed his way
to q standstiIl with Jones,
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

Win 8-to-I advantage over the
New York Giants the Washington
Griffmen are prepared to conclude
their spring series with q two.gaine
set at the Polo Grounds, today and
tomorrow.
Hadley. who has complained Of
a lifeless throwing arm OF late, has
been picked for one OF today's shifts
while Bob Burke has been assigned
the other.
Ringing In the American League
season at the stadium against the
AS Tuesday, Manager Walter
johnson Is particularly anxious to
have Hadley groomed for one of
the games since the latter always
goes best against the Elephants.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13
| LIVE
ON PAST
RECORD
BY Babe Ruth

BROOKLYN, N. Y, April
13.-Four days from today
we II be started on another
season. Somehow the longer
a man stays in. baseball, the
faster the seasons seem to roll
around.
But just the same we all look
ahead to each season as q sort Of
new page in the book. The things
that happened last year are past.
In baseball man can't live on
last years batting average. and he
can't hold his job on the work he
did the season before You read
a lot about veterans and rockies
and all that, but when 1t comes
down to the real business, each
years Is q new start-and rockies
and veterans both start from
scratch.
So Tar as the present season is
concerned I'm the most hopeful
chap III the world. / mean that
both for myself and the Yankee
ball club. As Cor myself I'm in the
best physical condition I've been in
for q long time. haven't been
doing 30 much on our training trip
for after all. you know, the pur-
pose Of training trip is to get in
condition
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

Special treatment has been
given the big boys salary wing
In order to have him in shape.
Should he deliver today, as Is
hoped, he'll surely draw his
favOrite assignment of stopping
the Mackmen.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

We've got a complete second.
string infield and second-string
outfield capable Of going in there
and playing ball every day IL neces.
sary. / don't think there's club
In the league that has reserve out.
fielders like Byrd and Paschall and
burst, for instance, or q club that
has any better infield reserves than
Burns, Robertson and Larry.
Ever since Miller Huggins an
nounced that Leo Durocher would
play shortstop lot Of people seem
to have the notion that Lyn Larry
Is q bust. That's bunk. Larry is
q good ball player and in another
year or two he'll be q great bah
player. And he'll get in lot of
games this season too.
He needs just a little more expert.
ence--but mark this down. He can
hit, he can throw and he can field.
There isn't club In the league
that couldn't use him, and you'll
find that out before the season is
over.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

BannOcLburn has arranged q
match that brackets George
Voigt and Eddie Held against
John @. ShOrey and Harry Pitt.
VOIgt and Held hold national
seats in aplateur gOlfdOnl. while /.
Eh0feY and Pitt : are on the
verge Of stabbing for nation.
wide hOnOrs.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

though allowing three hits
during the first five rounds
while Sam was preventing the
sembIance Of 3 safety.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

We're no exception. Wen
have ours this season and they'll
make trouble for us. But right
there Is where / think Miller
Hugglns Ii Q great manager.
He Is always building up re-
serve strength to use In case
OF emergency. I DON'T believe
there IL q ball club in either
league today that has the re-
serve strength the Yankees
have. There isn't single spot
on our club that isn't rein.
forced with 3 man almost as
good as the regular player.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

me. I'm &c and ready.
/ think the same thing goes for
the whole club. We have come
along slowly. taking our time and
paying more attention to getting
in shape than to winning ball games.
The result is that not man on
the whole squad is overdrawn, and
not a man in the outfit has sore
arm or q charley horse or any Of
the things that come when club
trains too hard to get into snape
too quickly.
OF course. you can't ten what
may happen. To me baseball is
the most uncertain game in the
world. A club may look great to-
day and go TO pieces tomorrow.
Today q man may be the best
pitcher in the world and tomorrow
a little strained muscle or a bit OF a
twist to his arm may make him a
has-been.
1t always gives me laugh when
1 hear anybody predicting definitely
what will happen in a league race.
You can't tell. There never was a
ball club yet that dida't have some
weaknesses. and there never has
been a ball club in history that
ever went through season without
some unexpected accident or some
unforeseen bad break.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

Pitchers Braxt0n and Jones
are certainties to see service III
this series, while HadIey, IL he
returns to form, viii be used.
Otherwise Marberry likely win
be substituted.
The Washington times., 1929-04-13

Gen. Charles e. Treat. turning
In 80, showed the low gross
card for 18 holes In the Seniors
tourney at the Chevy Chase
Country Club. The, tourney will
close today. Some of yesterdays
contestants exercised their Op-
tiOn OF playing Q holes and will
finish the remaining 3 today.
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-25

Friday, May %
The Mexican Aviation company
Ford plane No. 2 left for Mexico
City at 8:l5 a. m. with Pilot Gray
and two passengers.
The Mexican Aviation >company
Ford plane No. 5 arrived from Mex
leo City at 1890 p. m. with Pilot
Lyle Thro and co-pilot Ralph Stone
and three passengers.
The Texas Air Transport mail
plane left for San Antonio and TT.
Worth at 1870 p. m. with Pilot Joe
Glass.
"A Douglass OH arrived from
Houston with Pilot Lieut.. Showal-
ter at 2 D.. m. This plane belongs
to the National Guard OF Texas.
The Texas Air Transport mail
plane piloted by Spracher arrived
here from TT. Worth at $50 p. m.
with the mail.
The Texas Air Transport pas
senger plane arrived here from San
Antonio at $3.50 p. IN. and left for
San Antonio az 3:45 p. III. with
Pilot Phelps.
The G. A.. +. Co. Ryan plane 7729
arrived from Mazatlan at 1880 p. m.
with Pilot Holms and Mechanic
Brown and "Jiggs" Baumsback-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-25
- ne ERA SPORTS SECTION IT
Bests Sam Richnan
In Struggle to Van Horn

VAN HORN Texas, May 25.-Pr-
The journey OF G. G. Pyle's bunion-
lists through Texas will soon be end
cd. "A 32-mile run to Sierra Blanca
today, a lap to Fabens, IN lap to El
Paso. and the dirt road patters will
be ready for the western part of the
United States.
There was q possibility the ath-
Ietes would be routed through Juar-
ez. Mexico. due to the failure or
Pyle and the e. Paso Chamber or
Commerce to agree on terms. No
decision had been reached this
morning. however
Yesterdays lap halted Sam Rich
mans habit of the preceding five
days in capturing daily laps. Gius-
TO Umek, Italy, bested the New
Yorker after a hard run Through
broiling sun.
John Salo. Passaic, ". ~. retained
first place by q minutes and 80
seconds by tying Pete Gavlzzi. Eng
land. second in elapsed time, yes
terday.
The first Is in elapsed time AZ the
start of today's jaunt were
John Salo, Passaic. N. j.. $751;
27:22.
2.-Pete Gavuzzi. England $751;
1882.
3.-Giusto Timex. Italy. 371:55.36.
Sam Richman, New York,
354:57.52.
5.-PauI Simpson. Burlington. NJ.
c., 389:40:03.
6.-Phillip Granville. Hamilton.
Ont, 41O:18:50.
I'M. 3. Mcnamara, Australia.
5"20:21:47.
s.-Harry Abramowitz. New York,
AL 1922
9.-Herbert Hedeman. New York,
446:33:iO.
I0.-Mike Joyce. Cleveland. 47O:-
zl:09.
1l.-Guy Shields. Picher. Okla,
490:55:55.
12.-Elwin Harbine. sSnt7 Rosa.
Cal. 4~97:24:53.
13.-George Rehayne. Germany,
51s :18:45.
14.-Elmer Cowley. Clifton. y. J..
526:06:45.
15.-Joe Spangler, New York 527:-
1888.