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The Washington times., 1930-04-07
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FACE ACID TEST

The acid test confronts the
local college baseball teams this
week, none of whom have lost a
home game. Yale and Harvard
meet Georgetown; Lafayette,
Delaware and Harvard are on
c. us schedule; Maryland has a
Southern trip in which it meets
North Carolina State, North Car
olina u, Duke and Virginia,
while Gallaudet meets only the
Tank School nine of Fort Meade.
Yale plays the Hilltoppers to-
day and tomorrow, both games
being on the Washington Bar.
racks diamond at $3.50 o'clock.
Grave fears are held by Hilltop
supporters that the visitors will
gather at least one of the two
contests and end the G.. q. win
ming streak, which now stands
at seven games. However, if the
HilltopperS emerge victorious in
each of these they still face a
tough hurdle when Harvard visits
Thursday. The Crimson. are re-
puted to have powerful club.
Playing ShOrtStop for the
Yale nine is AIbie Booth, who
was the most talked about
and written about football
player Of the season last fall.
Little AIbie is said to be
equally as good on the dia-
mOnd as on the gridirOn and
his appearance is sure to be
critically followed by local
fans.
Catholic u, which has won all
three of its games, is host to La
fayette tomorrow; Delaware,
Wednesday and Harvard on Fri
day. Little is known of the
strength Of the first two, but
Cardinal supporters feel that their
favorites ought to cop both Of
them and go into the game against
Harvard Friday with winning
complex that will carry them
through to victory. Lou Hurley,
big and effective right handler. is
being groomed for the Crimson
game.
Maryland. which opened its sea-
son with an impressive victory
over Cornell Saturday, feels that
it has an excellent chance of COM
pleting it's trip with a fine record.
Old Line fans are plainly skepti-
cal about the outcome of the
Duke game, for the Blue Devils
have licked Navy and appear the
strongest team Of the four to be
met. Bill Werber, local lad. is
playing a great game both afield
and at bat for the Duke nine and
is said to be a sure thing to go
up to the big leagues for a trial
when he graduates in June.
BLACK Jack" BatSon, who held
Cornell from getting a man as
far as second base, probably will
hurl against Duke.
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left monument of 20 runs and
25 hits behind them as a remem-
brance of a batting attack which
held the 5000 spectators spell
bound.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April T.
Another exhibition series between
the New York Giants and the re-
vamped Chicago White Sox was
to begin today.
Manager DOME Bush, of the
SOx, has made another change
in the lineup in anticipation
of the first game. One Of the
changes was the benching of
Bill Hunnefield, whose field
ing, according to Bush, has
been somewhat Indifferent.
/ LOUISVILLE, KY, April T.
After giving an exhibition yeSter-
day that made them look like
bush leaguers, the Detroit Tigers
were today booked for their sec
ond and last game against the
Louisville American Association
club here this afternooHH.
After the Tigers had lost yes
terday by a score of 8 to 7, some
Of the local newspaper men said
they looked worse than the Boston
Red Sox, who had just moved out.
rxyAJcxyTT Tod A,or;I y
The New York Giants were here
today to renew their preseason
series with the Chicago White
Sox and celebrate Manager John
McGraw's fifty-Seventh birthday.
The way was paved for a happy
celebration when the Giants de-
feated Memphis yesterday z to 3
with Carl Hubbell hurting in fine
form.
DALLAS, Tex, April 7.-Tak-
ing Babe Ruth out of the lineup
was the penalty the New York
Yankees paid today for their IL
to 2 victory yesterday over the
Dallas Steers.
The great one 'limped off
the field with an injured
right leg after running too
ardentIy on the bases. He
may be out of the game until
the regular season starts. The
injury, centered in the calf
Of his leg, was not believed
more than = strain.
MACON, Ca, April with
two-ball games scheduled today,
the Robins will make up for prac-
tice lost in several rain washed
contests. In the first game will
be against the Macon Peaches
and the Robins joust the Atlanta
club in second.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April T.
The Cleveland Indians were kick
ing themselves all over the lot
today because of the game they
lost yesterday to the New Orleans
Pelicans by a score of 8 to z.
Playing like bush leaguers in
the ninth inning Of their contest,
the Indians staged a comedy Of
errors to let the Pels Snag two
runs and take the one-point lead
and end the game.
Luke Sewell got q freak home
run for the Tribe in the sixth
frame. He batted one out into
right center that disappeared
through a hole under the score
board.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April T.
With a three-game series with
the Louisville Colonies Of the
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SAlE. MI I {.
IN \ GREAT
SHAPE
BY BOB THAYER

N11AesIJIlE, N. u, AQIu L.
1T was an enthusiastic squad Of
Griffmen that today prepared to
take on the Boston Braves. in the
second. Of their five-game set
here.
The lifeless play and compare.
tive indifference of earlier spring
games has completely vanishe l
The batting power of one man
Goose GoSlin-haS electrified his
mates. Yesterday the Griffs gave
an exhibition of never-Say-dle
spirit when they overwhelmed the
Braves at the Jo-Engel Stadium,
1O-S.
They were trailing 80 while
going into the third chap
ter. Then and there they raj
lied and tied the score,
forged ahead with two, runs
in the fourth and registered
five times more in the seventh
before calling it a day.
Whatever :. concessions Clark
Griffith made while lining UP
GoSlin and rest assured he made
them-Were not wasted. Report
ing in splendid shape, the Salem
ite is today in better condition
than at any time last year. Not
only that, a teams Spark-plug IS
always most valuable. And that's
what Goslin is to the Griffs.
Joe .Cronin had a major. hand
in knotting the score during yes
terday's third period assault. One
run was already across and Bluege
on first when Cronin laced the
ball atop of the distant right
field wall and out Of the park.
The clout measured 403 feet and
was easily the longest drive ever
seen here
George Loepp, Washington's
rookie outfielder, was bought out
right from the Baltimore Orioles
last fall. And there is not agree
ment whereby he can be turned
back to the Orioles by April IS
or else cost the Washington club
$4,000. So said Clark Griffith
yesterday.
LOepp may either be Op-
toned out to the LOOkOuts or
alternate with Sam West in
center field. WelI.fOunded
reDorts are available on both
angles. Take your pick.
Heart is a pitchers leading
stock in trade. That's why Lloyd
Brown is expected to develop
into d star Of the first magni-
tude. Yesterday Ed Brandt got
a so jump on Brownie. Where
upon Lloyd frightened up and out
pitched Brandt and Percy Jones.
Brandt's, successor, to the finish.
Pitcher Carlos Moore may not
remain with the GriffS. It is re-
ported that $2,500 was posted
when he was purchased last win
ter. And an additional $17,500
will be needed to make him the
washington clubs permanent
property.
Following request by Walter
johnson, Clark, Griffith is at
tempting to land a certain Ma
tional League outfielder on waiv-
erS.
The washington Club yesterday
closed it's training season with an
exhibition record of nine games
won and two lost. Memphis and
birmingham got the mods.
The Griffmen left Chattanooga
en route here last night at 1880
O'Clock,
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MAR Y LEAVES
FOR BOSTON

Marty Gallagher, Washington
heavyweight, leaves tonight for
Boston where he will start train
ing for his fight with Henry
Lamar, another local boy, on
April 81, at Carlin'S Park in
Baltimore. The bout will take
place indoors.
Lamar and Gallagher last
fought in october of 1927 ut the
Silver Spring Armory. Strangely,
both later left for Boston in
further pursuit of their ring lab
orS. Lamar is now managed by
Johnny Buckley while Gallagher
is under Dan Carroll.
Their last meeting drew the
largest ring purse In the history
Of boxing for this vicinity. The
small Silver Spring Armory
couldn't house the crowd that
night and many were turned
away at the door. Their coming
match is regarded as a natural"
and will draw heavily from this
city.
Several local ring fans are
planning to make the trip to
- Baltimore tonight for the Kid
WilIiams-BObby Garcia bene-
fit that Benny Franklin is
putting on in the 1O4th Medi-
cal Regiment ArmOry.
The headline event involves
zone Shot" Phil Raymond, the
hard-thumping Oriole lightweight,
and Tommy Liberto, Of York, Pa.
REDS" Barry, Sammy Hogan,
Sailor McKenna and Lou Gugliel-
mini, all Washington battlers, ap-
pear on the program in six round
bouts. -
Barry, now eligible to fight in
Maryland rings because be has
attained his sixteenth birthday,
will face Joe Finazzo, of Balti-
more. Hogan goes up against
Clarence Sleat; McKenna meets
Lew Raymond and Guglielmipi
faAeS Angelo Nicola.
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IN 7 TEREST
SPR.E ADS
IN CAME
BY GINo SINH

ny OAINO CANAA
Some have remarked that the
recent National Duckpin Bowling
Congress tournament was a fail
ure, a flop, a fizzle. That 1t was
useless, that it failed in its pur-
pose.
What is the purpose of the N.
B. D. c.? What is George L. Ise-
mann striving for? It is not to
promote duckpin meets of huge
proportions much as he would
like to see each one of his classy
tournaments bring in successive
record smashing entries.
First, foremost and primarily,
the N. B. D. C. aims to spread
the duckpin gospel far and wide,
to popularize this sport every
where and in every way. To have
people see the game, try it, like
it, want to play and enjoy it.
So this tournament, which is
the greatest single duckpin attrac-
ton of national interest every
year, is not actually concerned
with drawing in the greatest
number of teams, doubles and
singles, but to draw the atten-
ton of those people in whose
midst the affair is r1n.
The Waterbury Tournament
did this aplenty. 1t was q
great sock in the right direc-
tion. Many new converts
were brought over to the duck
pin ranks. Many found much
enjoyment in trying the faSci-
mating intricacieS of this
convenient and cOngenial in
door sport. I'm that way the
tournament was q huge sue
cess.
The entries, too, were well above
last years mark, especially among
the fair sex the real proof that
the duckpin game is growing. The
scores were all better than those
of previous years, everything was
better except the showing the
Washington maple-whangerS made.
This is evidently the reason for
the gloomy conclusions regarding
the tourney.
Perhaps, WaShingtonians will
find some comfort in realizing
that D. C. bowlers have not
lost their prowess. It is just
that the out-of-townerS have i'm
proved, have taken to the game
as whole -heartedly as enthusti-
cally as the Washingtonians them.
selves.
It is proof that George L.
ISemann and his ND. B. c. Is
succeeding undisputably, thor
oughly, permanently. Every time
Washington loses it is not sign
that the game is deteriorating,
but that it is growing, it is bet
ter, becoming more firmly estab-
lished on what was once arid
soil.
The game has had n phe-
nOmenaI growth in Connect
cut. Such flashy bowlers as
Jack White, Bill TatO, Nick
TrOnSky, Jack Otto, Red
Miller, Carl FriSk and Joe
Gacek are tOpnotchers, OppO-
nents worthy Of any duckpin-
ner's steel. It takes a mighty
good man in top form to win
over them. Defeat at their
hands is no dishOnOr.
The debacle at Convention
Hall Saturday night merely bears
out the above statements. There
is no denying that the Grand
Palace lineup was just about the
most powerful available locally.
The fact that the battle was not
decided until the last few boxes
is added proof Of how we'll
matched the teams were. The
same was trude of the singles and
doubles.
Except for Campbell's triple
strike, which if it had been rolled
in the earlier boxes of any game
would have won the match, and
Whites final game ninth and
tenth box strike and spare which
won the match, the contest was
devoid Of real excitement.
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PEEWEES BOOKING

The Emerson Peewees are
hunting baseball opposition.
Phone Manager Lewis Jacobs,
Georgia 367S-J.
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RE c RE A T|ON
P|NMEN MEET

The Recreation League will con-
duct a high-low average doubles
tournament tonight at the Recre-
alton alleys starting at S:15
o'clock. Entries will be received
up to 8 o'clock.
Harry Carroll, owner OF the
Recreation alleys, will split 100
berries among the first four win
ners, 40 to the first, 80 for sec
ond. 20 for third and a 8 biscuits
to the fourth pair.
Three games will be rolled and
all bowlerS start at scratch. The
highest man entered will take the
lowest as his partner and the
next highest the next to the low
est until all are paired.
The captains of the Recreation
League will hold a business meet
ing previous to the tournament.
It will start at Z o'clock so that
every thing can be properly
thrashed out before the tourney
starts. Plans for next season will
be discussed and prize money dis
tributed.
These Del VecchiOs have
certainly popped out of OBJ
Scurity. First it was Sam
Del VecchiO who last week
achieved fame with q 24O
game, the greatest ever
recorded.
Now Louie Del Vecchio, no re-
lation of Sam, wins the John
Blick's Dub Sweepstakes. Louis
victory included a $40 first set
which created quite a stir for q
dub" He has something like a
S5 average in the Southeast
League.
Perhaps. with such a shining
example of just what can happen
in this game, the cynics who
maintain. that the outsider" has
no chance will tone down their
croakings.
Frank r. and Wallace Burton
won the Pop" Crawley's father
and son tournament at the Mt.
Rainier alleys with a TOO total.
Harry and Jack Wolstenholme
being runner-up with a 697. The
WolstenholmeS won the title last
year.
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BASEBALL BANTER
From TRAINING CAMPS

LOS ANGELES Calf, April AFTER routing the Holly
wood Stars 20 to the Chicago Cubs today left for Chcag
and another remnant race
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ASKING CONTESTS

The District Grocery diamond
ers are searching for unlimited
foes. Call Manager Arthur Hol
den. Potomac 81 p.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, April l.
With a three-game series with
the Louisville ColonelS Of the
American Association now on tap,
the Cincinnati Reds today en-
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They were trailing 80 while
going into the third chap
ter. Then and there they raj
lied and tied the score,
forged ahead with two, runs
in the fourth and registered
five times more in the seventh
before calling it a day.
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Manager DOME Bush, of the
SOx, has made another change
in the lineup in anticipation
of the first game. One Of the
. changes was the benching Of
Bill Hunnefield, whose field
ing, according to Bush, has
been somewhat indifferent.
The Washington times., 1930-08-09
Rules For Winning
Trips to Next
World Series

Pick two pitchers, one catcher,
a first baseman, second base
man, third baSeman, shortStop
and a left. right and center
fielder.
Contestants (four in number)
coming nearest to the Ruth sc.
lection and submitting the best
reason for selections will be de.
clared winners. They will see
the first block of World Series
games wherever played, as
guests of The Washington
Times. All winning ties will re.
ceive the same awards.
Contestants must not only try
to select the same team as
Babe Ruth picks, but must
attempt to assign players to
the same positions as htoSe on
Ruth's and arrange them in
the same positions as those on
requires skill, baseball knowl-
edge and judgment.
A player may be placed in a
position other than his regular
position. provided he has occu.
pied the alternate position in
one or more games this year.
All players on all major
league teams are eligible except
Babe Ruth himself. Ruth will
not select himself.
Players must be selected upon
a basis Of the 1890 playing
season only. No other past
performances will be taken into
consideration.
Address all selections to Babe
Ruth Contest Editor, The Wash.
ington Times, Washington, D. C
Each selection must be &C.
companied by a letter of $50
words or less, 81 ing the rea.
sons for the selection.
The Babe Ruth All.American
Contest ends at midnight, Au.
gust 81, 1880. If possible use
the coupon printed on the
Sports Page for submitting your
team.
Babe Ruth will autograph 10
baseball bats and 10 handsome
Babe Ruth desk blotters for the
20 runnerS-up.
The Washington times., 1930-08-09
SAILING CANOE
RACE LISTED

The Sailing Canoe Club will
stage the third sailing race tornor-
row, starting at $3.50 a. m, at the
Georgetown Bridge.
The committee will select one of
two courses, depending on the
wind and weather conditions. If
the wind should blow from the
northwest or southeast, the course
will be upriver: from the bridge,
past the Three Sisters, around a
buoy near the Hen and Chickens
and back. Two laps may run ac-
cording to the speed maintained.
Should the wind prove an.
favorable for this course, the
race will be down river to
Long Bridge and back.
Last weeks race was close and
exciting. E. s. McGuigan was
only two minutes behind the win.
ner, James Hood. and both had
staged a wonderful exhibition Of
seamanship along the full distance
of the course in trying to out-tack
each other.
The ommittee in charge warns
entrants to stick to their canoes
il upset until rescued.
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other hand, was just a breeze for
me to hit--and it was q mighty
poor day for me when I didn't
come up, with at least one home
run whenever George was the op-
posing pitcher.
Sam Jones has a jinx on the
Yankees this season and has
beaten US four or five times. On
the other hand we've got the sign
on Milton CASTOR, OF the Red Sox
No matter how well CASTOR
pitches we always seem able to
beat hin-and believe me he has
pitched some games against us
that he certainly deserved to win,
don't know how to explain all
these things. I guess there is no
explanation. But one thing is
sure-they certainly exist. And
more than once jinx like that
has beaten team out OF q pen.
1ant, or enabled another club to
win. It's all baseball, all right
but you can't name it. There's
nothing to do but call 1t q "jinx"
and take 1t as it comes.
Copyright. 1880. by The christy
Walsh, Syndicate)
The Washington times., 1930-08-09

CANADIAN COLT
FINALS TODAY

LONDON, Ont, Aug. 8 tIN.S0.
j. Wood Platt, Philadelphia. and
C. Ross Somerville, London, Ont,
star. will battle it out today over
36 holes in the final round for
the Canadian amateur golf cham.
pionShip.
Platt went into the final round
by defeating Carroll M. Stuart,
Montreal. 4 and 8, while Somer-
vile won from j. Raymond Fer
guson. Philadelphia. 10 and 9.
At the thirteenth hole in the
afternoon round, Platt protested
that Stuart had removed some
twigs near his ball and after
his protest had been upheld,
Stuart forfeited the hole to go
3 down. ttt
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REAL STRONG NAM

During training bouts before a
fight, Pauline Uzcudun. Basque
heavyweight, wears gloves that
weigh nearly two pounds each.
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he would step into the vacancy
left on the French Davis Cup
team by Borotra's retirement. To
questioners he merely replied
perhaps
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I|NXES us I
EXIST, BABE
BELIEVES
BY BABE RUTH

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.---There are
0 lot of things in baseball that are
hard to understand, so after a few
years of figuring fellow gets so
he Just labels them "jinxes" and
lets it go at that.
For instance, it's funny how one
team seems to have the indian
sign on another team: how q
pitcher can beat one club every.
time he picks up his glove and
can't seem to win from some
other club that is less powerful,
perhaps, than the one he licks
easily.
In their fight for the pennant
this year there has been one thing
that has hurt the Yankees more
than any other. and that's our in
ability to beat Washington. Seems
as though we just can't put one
over on those fellows. Other
clubs beat 'em-clubs that are .
lot further down in the standing
and have a lot less power than
the Yankees-but we can't seem
TO do it. That's what ! mean
when I say it's a jinx.
Over in the National League
YOU find the same thing. The
Giants can't seem to beat
Brooklyn and the Dodgers
can't beat the Cubs, but the
Cubs can't beat the Giants,
either. If any one Of the
three teams could consistently
beat the other two they'd be
right out front now with the
pennant almost clinched.
That's another Of the "jinxes"
I'm talking about.
A couple of years ago, you may
remember, the Yankees had the
''jinx" sign on the st. Louis
Browns. The Browns were a
pretty good club that year and
were making a real fight Of 1t
AGAINST the other clubs, but every
time we played them they just
couldn't get going.
AS / remember it, we beat them
81 out of % games that year. and
lust about, Single.handed. put
them out of the pennant race.
There are individual "unxes,
too. The Cleveland club is ink
for George Pipgras. George hasn't
beaten the Indians for more than
two seasons, and they've knocked
him out of the box in some 16
consecutive starts, think. Fred
Fitzsimmons, the Giant pitcher.
used to have a ink on the Gin
cinnati Club. All he had to do
was toss his glove out there and
the Reds were licked.
Dazzy Vance for years had the
Indian sign on the Chicago Cubs,
who couldn't seem to win a game
from Dazzy under any circum-
stances, Art Nehf. the little left
handler, who used to be an ace
with the Giants. had the same
sort of "jinx" on the Pittsburgh
Pirates. Nehf beat the Pirates Is
straight times. / think, before
finally they were able to break
through and hand him licking.
For years. old.timers tell
me. Matty used TO have the
Indian sign on Joe Tinker.
Joe couldn't hit him with
bass fiddle-but one day he
broke the jinx and thereafter
he started hitting everything
Matty threw him. That was
an instance Of . ink that
turned around and worked
the other way. Tinker became
lust as tough for Matty as
Matty had previously been for
Joe.
I've had jinxes of my own.
When Shucks Pruett first broke in
I couldn't hit him with a paddle.