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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

Representatives Of teams planning to
enter the insect and junior sections Of
the Capital City Base Ball League will
meet tonight at o'clock in room 2 Of
| the District Building. Tomorrow night
at the same time and place a meeting
| for the preliminary organization OF the
Capital City League senior and unlim-
| tied sections will be held.
Following gathering OF represents
atfyes OF midget class teams last night
it appears that II mines win compete
in the American Legion series, which
will again be conducted among teams
Of that class this season in the Capital
City League. At least half dozen
mines are expected to compete in the
other division of the midget loop.
Teams represented at last nights
meeting were: Auths. Delano Post, Lin
coin Post, George Sisters, Sam Rices,
Russells. North Capitol Savings Bank
Brookland Boys Club, Alexandra White
Sox, Columbia Heights, Corinthians and
All-Stars.. With the exception Of Delano
and Victory all these teams are seeking
Legion posts to sponsor them in the
series. Victory and George Washington
Posts have announced that they win
sponsor teams.
Georgetown A. C. and A., B. & w
Busmen are to meet in q practice game
on the Arlington, Va, diamond Sunday
afternoon at o'clock. Bonnie Worms
ley, Pete Ball and Calvert Hull are
pitchers expected to see duty for the
Busmen.
r. L. Martin manager of the Del Ray
Va, A. C. base ball team has q game
carded for April II with some team
from the District, but he has not been
able to get the name of the nine. He
would like the manager Of the club to
call him at Alexandria 1901.
A practice game for the Del Rays was
listed this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Pop Kremb's Liberty A. C. diamond
ers viii hold q special meeting tomor-
row night at 1880 o'clock at 718 Taylor
street. All candidates, new and old, are
asked to attend.
Libertys will open their season SUM-
day against the Johnny A. G.. on the
latter's field at Bladensburg, Md. Games
are wanted by Libertys for April 81
April % and May H.. Call Kremb at
Columbia 4i65-J after pm.
A meeting Of National Press Building
Cardinals base ball team will be held
Thursday night in suite ITO Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

second after picking up Bluege's
grounder
The Giants had two on with one out
in the latter part of the inning, Camp
bells first pitching round. jackson
scratched q single to- short, then Roush
sent q bounder to Hayes. "A double
play seemed certain, but Bluege dropped
the throw from Jack and both runners
were safe. This gained the Giants
nothing. however, for Hogan popped out
and Pulls, batting for Fitzsimmons,
fouled out. a,
It was different in the eighth. Then
the Giants put across three runs. Welsh
walked and was singled to third by
Reese. Lindstrom's single tailed Welsh
and when Barnes let the bali get away
Reese went to third and the hitter to
second. Otis single scored Reese, and
Lindstrom registered at the plate when
Terry forced out OFT. A wild pitch put
Terry at second and Jackson walked.
So did Campbell.
The first thing Liska, relief pitcher,
did was yield single to RouSh that
filled the bases. Then Blilege got under
Hogan's looper and whipped the bah to
Hayes to double Jackson. who had
darted from the middle sack for no
reason ct all. That was the end Of the
Giants Tor The DAY. s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
BROWNS RELEASE BUvlD
AND BAGROW ON OPTION

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. April 10
R1Morris Bagrow, outfielder, and
John Buvid, right hand hurler, are the
first two st. Louis Browns to draw re-
leases, both, going to Milwaukee on OPP
ton.
Johnny Ogden was the third Brownie
pitcher to 60 the route In three days,
and hurled winning ball yesterday, beat
ing Oklahoma City. Ogden was not
scored on until the ninth, when one run
went across. He allowed only four hits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
RED SOX DISPLAYING
HIGH-CLASS DEFENSE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April 1o.-The Red
Sox have been giving their pitchers
unusually tight infield support in recent
games.
Reading yesterday got nine men on
bases through eight hits and dropped
outfield fly, yet only 81 batters faced
Charley Ruf1ng and Milt CASTOR.
Three OF the four men who hit safely
on Ruf1ng were cut down on the bases
trying to stretch their bingles or caught
in double plays. Two more double PLAYS
nullified an error and hit made after
CASTOR went to the mound, and it was
not until the ninth that the Interna-
tional Leaguers could put a run across
through three punched hits.
Meanwhile the Bostonians hit the ball
Justify for II safe blows and runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
YANKEES SHOW THEY
CAN PLAY REAL BALL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark, April 10
After Glowing their way through most
OF the Spring training campaign. the
world champion New York Yankees Sc
iected Little Rock for their first real
demonstration of first-class base bail.
Playing the Little Rock Travellers yes
terday. the Yankees played a dashing
game in the field and got some excel
lent pitching from Gordon Rhodes and
George P1pgras to boot. The Yankee
oatters found voolfolk. a left-hander.
quite a puzzle. but eventually they got
to him for a 3-to-1 victory.
Babe Ruth got one hit. a double. on
which he subsequently scored the first
Yankee run on another double by
Gehrig.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
BOXING TALENT SOUGHT
BY DEMPSEY IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, April 10 LP).-Jack Demp-
sey was in Chicago today. ostensibly
looking for boxing talent for New York
boxing shows this Summer
Rumors that he was attempting to
make some agreement to promote
matches in the new Chicago stadium
were neither affirmed nor denied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
SIMMONS UNABLE
TO START SEASON
Macks' Leading Batsman Has
Rheumatism in Ankles.
Summa Gets Job.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, April 10.-A
- Simmons, leading batsman, with
the Philadelphia Athletics, will
i not be in the game when the
season opens next week. Rheu-
matism in the ankles, which handi-
capped the outfielder last year, has
again laid him low and he is definitely
out for at least two weeks, probably
longer.
Simmons was so disguised with his
condition that he issued statement
saying he would go home for treatment
and If his ankles did not improve prob
ably would retire from base ball.
Manager Mack talked him out of that
idea, however, and Simmons will rest
and take treatments here until the
Athletics return from their first trip
April %. Summa viii play in the OUT
field during Simmons absence.
The Mackmen lost one and Won one,
it being announced that Joe Boley,
regular shortstop, had gotten rid of his
sore arm and would be ready for open
ing day.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 10 Cp.-
Johnny Watwood, rookie outfielder OBJ
tanned from Shreveport of the Texas
League, has been hitting SO bolster
ously this Spring that he seems certain
OF a regular job with the White Sox.
NEW ORLEANS. La, April 10 Cp).-
The Cleveland Indians break camp to-
morrow and head northward.
The last game with the New Orleans
Pelicans, their camp practice mates
throughout the season, was cancelled
yesterday because of wet grounds.
Birmingham and the Cincinnati Reds
at their home field are on the Indian
home bound schedule.
SHREVEPORT, La, April 10 Co.,
The Tigers were to make their final
attempt to win base ball game from
the Pittsburgh Pirates today before
entrainiing for Detroit.
/ DOME Bush's National Leaguers
handed Detroit another trimming yes
terday, falling upon Prudhon1nne and
Barnes for 10 to victory.
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Totals ..............ss 8 "a le
sBstted for Fitzsimmons in eighth.
fBatted for Kelly in the ninth.
Was H.,s ~ a H., sssssssddssss5s

Runs batted in-Hayes, jones (2), Myer.
| CosIin (2), Bluege, Lindstrom, OFT. Two
| base hits-Jones. GoslIn. Home run-GOslin.
| stolen bases--West, Reese, Goslin. Double
| plays-Reese to Jackson to Terry, Jackson to
Reese to Terry t2), Cronin to Stewart. Struck
Out-By Jones, II by Kelly, 2. First base on
balIs-OH FitzsimmOns, 2; OFF Jones, 8; off
Campbell, 2; OF Kelly, /. Wild pltch-Camp-
he'll. Hits-On Jones, in innings; OF
FtEsimmons, II IN 9 i M,, on Samp:oen
of Liska, 1 in 12s innings. Umpires--Messrs.
Brennan and Van GRAHAM. Time Of fame
1 hour and 48 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
why Stars Last So Long.

IF you ever happened to check the
! matter over you will ind In base
ball that most of the leading stars have
been able to keep going for many years
Cobb, Wagner, Young. Anscn, john
son, Mathewson, Speaker, Lajoie, Alex
ander, Carey, Ruth. Pennock, etc.
This isn't a matter of mere chance.
1t isn't so much matter of stamina.
The answer is fairly simple. The star
usually, nearly always, works with q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

WHO WnASs
A T almost every fight that is
~ reasonably close the division OF
~ opinion-even expert opinion
is startling. In many Of these
contests there has not only been
sharp division of choice, but even
those picking the same man were
wide apart on rounds won and lost.
Among those qualified to judge a fight
through experience and training there
has been a rift wide enough to include
8 out of 10 rounds for one man and
Z out of 10 for the other.
Even where referees and judges pick
the same winner, they are frequently
totally apart in summing up the evi-
dence round by round.
I recall one fight where many Of the
experts gave IL out of the is rounds
to one fighter and several others, equal
ly able to Judge, gave II rounds to the
other man.
1t would be like watching q bali
game where half the scorers and
half the fans figured the Yankees
had won, to 3, while the other half
had named the Athletics as winners
by the score Of to 4. You can fig-
ure what fine tangle that would
make.
Why is this wide divergence of opin-
ion so pronounced? Punches or swings
delivered at different angles look en-
tirely different to different eyes. There
is also so much Juggling and hauling
and wrestling that most Of the picture
is obscured. ;
The best test and the only true one is
to pick the man who has inflicted the
most punishment by the end of the
fight. That, after all, is what they are
supposed to be out there for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
NETMEN MATCHED.

George Romanoff will engage Young
HahmOut In wrestling match tornor-
row night at the Strand Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
Something for = Scientist.

Something Tor Scientist.
COME scientist could do great job
- by inventing serum that would
make a few modern fighters start
winging a few rights and let's and for
get the pleasures Of the dance.
. The slogan Of most modern fighters
in facing some opponent is "the skin
they hate to touch"
About all they have proved is that the
public can take lot more punishment
than the fighters can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
BOWIE RACES
April z to April Is

w b. ii IA. Special Trains direct to
Grandstand. Leave White House
Station every 20 minutes after 1880
PM. Use the railroad, avoid expense
and delays resulting from congested
traffic on the highway.
e. FIRST RACE ESQ Pm. 4 =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.

Oakland. s; Los Angeles. 1.
San Francisco. 8; Sacramento, 3.
Portland, 4; Hollywood, 3.
Seattle, s; Missions, 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
THE SPORTLIGHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

high degree of form. So the wear an6
tear on his nervous system is lightened
He isn't working against himself. He
is more master of balance and ease
In execution.
There Is much greater smoothness
to his method. That Is one Of the
reasons why he is star. The same
factors that help to make him star
also make the game easier and add
to his span Of activity.
johnson had the greatest pitching
motion base ball has ever known. II
was for this reason that he could pump
that fast one through for over 20 years
The fundamentals of correct pitching
were always working with l1im--not
against him. It Is for this same reason
that vardon, Taylor and Braid are
still fine golfers around the age Of Co.
after 40 years Of hard campaigning.
Some Philosophy Of Sport.
"You can't get no base hits with your
bat on your shoulder. Lord (Umpire)
Byron.
"Neyer mind about trying to cheat
the wind in golf. First be sure that
you don't cheat yourself. Walter
Hagen.
"The hardest man ever had to mas
ter was Gene Tunney."-Gen Tunney
1.-THE only important stroke in golf Is
the next one to be played. Jerry
Travers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
Who Wins?

Who Wins?
4 T almost every fight that Is
\ reasonably close the division Of
opinion-even expert opinion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

~ HICAGO, April 9-The chase
= for the American Association
pennant, usually thriller,
~ will be- even closer this season,
Thomas j. Hickey, veteran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
REVAMPED INF|ELD
ITS CHIEF FEATURE
Club Generally Rated Now as
Contender Defeat
McGraWmen, 7 to 8.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

8 8; !; s; g; .! :: 81 !: !;
1929 edition of the Nationals in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

A game with junior class nine for
Sunday is sought by Comforter Juniors.
Call Manager Kelly at Atlantic 1910
w after pm. Corinthians and Col
legianS are especially CHALLENGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09
Honor to Whom Honor Is Due.

In Washington this week, quietly per-
forming his newspaper mans task, is
modest American journalist who prob
ably is more responsible than any other
person for Mr.. Ramsay Macdonald's
presence on American soil. He Is Ed
ward Price Bell Of the Chicago Daily
News. For quarter of century the
London representative of the late VIC
tor F. Lawson's great paper. Mr.. Bell for
the past six or seven years has been Its
special foreign correspondent. His "as-
signment" has been the world.
In the columns of his paper Bell has
Just outlined in detail the story OF how
the British prime minister came to en-
bark upon his present historic mission.
1t Is a dramatic story and Bell treats
it literally in dramatic style. It begins
with "the prelude"-a conversation the
correspondent had with the then Pres
ident-elect Hoover aboard the U. S. s..
Utah off Hatteras in January last. In
chapter and verse fashion the news
paper man narrates how Mr.. Hoover
and he canvassed "the British Ameri-
can situation" and how their confab
wound up with a suggestion from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09
Research by Plane.

Raised by successive developments to
the point Of becoming practical means
Of transportation, the airplane, which
very few years ago was scientific
toy, is today a highly practical factor
in research. It is being employed by
Comdr. Byrd in his exploration Of the
South Polar section. It Is being used
by a group of Psychologists in the
survey of a region In Central America
in search of relics of ancient civiliZa-
ton.
Yesterday dispatch came floating
through the air from far down on the
Central American coast, a radio mes
sage from a plane piloted by Charles
Lindbergh. It told of the discovery OF
Magyar ruins never before known by
white men. The message was OF a
naivete worthy of record: "Flash-We
have discovered regular ruins now;
circling them; scientists all het up"
Later came some details, an account
Of frightened natives, fleeing in terror
from the strange creature Of the air;
of massive relics Of ancient art, Of
souvenirs of a civilization awaiting de-
tailed study.
Researches have been conducted in
that region heretofore. One of the pas
sengers on Lindbergh's plane yesterday
has been working in the field. But the
fight over the area Of possible dis
covery has effected the first contact
with these particular ruins. and 1t
makes much easier the work Of develop
ment that Is to follow.
This exploit of scientific field survey
ing opens important possibilities for
Psychologists and explorers. There still
remain many places in the world where
secrets of the past are to be disclosed.
They are difficult Of access, far from
base, in some cases hidden by forests
or isolated by forbidding mountains.
Science has blazed many of these trails
with the result Of a great enrichment
of modern knowledge concerning ancient
man. Yet there are still GASES of in
formation, as it were, that can be
reached only by means of aircraft. and
now it would seem that by this means
these final mysteries will be unveiled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09
Ehmke's Great Performance.

Every world series Of base ball games
contributes its thrills and additions to
the record" Yesterdays opener Of
the 1929 championship contest between
the leaders Of the American and Ma
tional Leagues was zone for the book"
as base ball parlance goes. In the first
place, it was close, hard-fought
game from start to finish. At any
moment a single hit would have settled
it differently. Furthermore, the pitch
ing assignment Of the Athle ,cs was a
surprise. The name Of Ehmke, veteran
right had not been included in
the possibilities for the opening role.
Yet he turned in one of the finest
games ever pitched in world series,
and he hung up new all-time record
by striking out thirteen Cub batSmen
in the course of the nine innings,
climaxing by flaming" a pinch hitter
in the ninth, with two on base, to end
the game. So tense was the situation
that a Chicago loyal rooter, listening In
at home to the broadcast account Of
the contest, dropped dead on hearing
the news Of this third strike. But
what is tragedy for some is Joy for
others, and Philadelphia now is cheered
greatly by this initial victory. But base
bail is an uncertain quantity. Today's
game may be quite different, and the
world championship is not always de-
cided by the opening contest. -
washington takes particular inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09
Justice and Politics.

Almost Immediately after the nomi-
nation of candidates in the New York
municipal campaign an attack was
made upon the Tammany organization on
the score of the failure Of the district
attorney to prosecute what has come to
be known as the Rothstein case. One
man had been indicted for the murder
Of the late gambler, but trial was post
poned on the ground that fellow de-
PENDANT has fed and has never been
recaptred. The Republican fusion
candidate for mayor, Representative
La Guardia, and the Republican candi-
date for district attorney, Mr.. Coudert,
made the Rothstein case lively issue,
charging that scandalous relations be-
tween Tammany officials and the under
world of New York were being hidden
in the failure to prosecute.
So sharp and incessant was the
clamor of criticism that finally the dis
trict attorney announced that he would
bring McNIanus, the defendant, to trial
Immediately to prove that his office and
Tammany had nothing to fear from the
proceedings and disclosures. The case
was assigned to the court OF Judge
Charles c. Mott, who is one Of the three
Republican jurists of the general ses-
sions. Yesterday Judge Mott set the
case for trial on the 18th OF November
and announced that he would in no cir
cumstances consent to having the case
heard prior to the election. He would
not permit a murder trial with mans
life at stake to be utilized as factor
in a political campaign.
This refusal to rush the trial OF a
man accused of murder is a commend
able action. There Is altogether TOO
much politics now in such proceed
ings in States and municipalities
where judges and trial officers and
prosecutors are elected. District attor-
neys sometimes pitch their campaigns
for reelection in terms of the number OF
their convictions, without regard to the
merits of the cases that have been tried.
Often in other places, as in New York
now, the inactivity of prosecuting OFF,
Gals, perhaps fully justified by the
condition of court calendars and by the
state of the cases themselves, has been
made subject of attack.
There should never be any mixture
Of politics and justice. This man Nc
Manus, accused of killing another, has
a right to trial in state Of public
calm. Similarly, for the sake of the
public welfare. the trial should be held
without any regard for political impli-
cations or effects. At the same time
it Is decidedly unfortunate that there
should have been in this particular case
a delay which furnished ground for
criticism in a political campaign. II
the court calendars were kept more
nearly current there would never be
ground for such scandalous charges as
those that have been current in New
York in this campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09

est in yesterdays game, inasmuch as
Ehmke, the hero Of the occasion,
might once have been a member of the
local team. Fourteen years ago he was
acquired from Los Angeles by Wash
ington, but he became temperamental
and went into the outlaw Federal
League instead Of coming to the Cap
ital. When the peace pact was signed
to end the base ball war Washington
failed to put in claim for the pitcher
and he reverted to Los Angeles, frora
which team he was drawn by Detroit
In 1915, serving there for six seasons,
then going to Boston and finally to
Philadelphia. Always rated as an &C.
centric performer, Ehmke has now
proved his mettle in way to justify
any peculiarities that he may hereafter
manifest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09

more trouble ahead of the Democratic
party in the Lone Star State.
X X X y
From Philadelphia comes report
that william s. Ware, Republican boss
and Senator-elect, may enter the serla-
torial election next year II he is finally
denied q seat in the Senate by the Sen
ate In the coming regular session OF
Congress. II Mr.. Ware adopts such a
course, it may turn Pennsylvania pol
itics upside down. Certainly, II he is
returned to the Senate after he has
been rejected, that body will have a
knotty problem on its hands II 1t UNDER
takes to deny him seat again.