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The Washington times., 1931-09-30
BABY
Of SERIES
BY LES CONKLIN

EN- ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS,
Sept. 30.-Add world series per-
sonalities:
Most enthusiastic player--Pep-
per Martin, pepper-pot of the
Cardinals. Plays, eats, sleeps and
talks baseball. Caused an up
roar in a game recently by run
ming all around the bases and
sliding home after three were
out. just on the chance that
there had been a mistake some
where. BY the time he reached
the plate Pepper had all the
other players thinking only two
men were out.
Kid of the serieS-Lew KrausSe.
Eighteen years old and one year
out of high school. Everybody
had forgotten about him until
last week when he stepped out
and held the Red Sox to four
hits in his first full game with
the AS. What a story if by
some miracle he should get a
chance to stand the Cards on
their heads-and do it!
Luckiest players-Waite Hoyt,
Wally Reettger, Phil Todt, Johnny
Heving. None of them dreamed
last winter that he would wind
up the season with a pennant
winner.
The Cripples-Adams. Haas,
BOIey, Bishop. will their feCent
injuries hamper them or will
they play their heads off the
way the alleged cripples of the
Yankees did against the Cards
in 1928?
The Record Seekers - Frank
Frisch and Connie Mack. Frisch
aims to tie Babe Ruth's record of
hitting 800 or better in five world
series. If Mack pilots the AS to
another world title, they will be-
come the first team to win three
consecutive world championships,
and Mack will be the first man.
ager to capture baSebal'S greatest
prize six times.
Most Accomplished Player
George Earnshaw. College gradu-
ate, social registerite, musician,
pitcher extraordinary. Hero of
1890 series. Can speak in three
languages and make a baseball
talk in four. Can play st. Louis
Blues on both ptano and diamond.
Rival Batting Champs-Sim-
mons and --Iafey. The batting
leaders of the rival leagues are
meeting in the world series for the
first time since 1909 when Ty
Cobb was with Detroit and Hans
Wagner wore the livery of the
Pirates,
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Boy, Page a Taxi

If, on the other hand, George
town wore no numerals so as to
cross up the scouts for teams
vet to be played, we wish to go
on record as asking-iS it wise
to cross up the paying public
with the scouts?
Too, we should like to see
b, Georgetown make some arrange
ments to transport it's players to
and from the playing field. Last
Saturday they had to go to and
depart from Clark Griffith Sta.
dium the best way they could,
carrying a change of equipment
in case the starting suits got
too wet.
That's no way for a big uni
VerSity to treat it's athletes,
particularly tired athletes who
have been through a tough
game. The thing to do would
be to bundle them into a bus
or taxicabs and cart them over
to the Hilltop and throw some,
good, hot nourishing soup into
them with a nice T-bone steak
as a side dish, rather than to
let them wander away from the
Stadium at random and unat.
tended. Perhaps the Washing
ton alumni could back up.
hmousines to the Hilltop next
Saturday and take the gridmen
to the Stadium.
And, too, by next Saturday,
can't somebody around Clark
Griffith Stadium get the press
arrangements moved around to
the 50-yard line so the poor,
suffering ScribeS can tell a little
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Boxing Cars Refuse
Leonard Garden Bout

NEW YORK, Sept. 30-Benny
Leonard, retired undefeated light
weight champion, was refused a
license to box, Paulie Walker at
Madison Square Garden on. Oc-
tober Is. s'.'
The New York Boxing Com
mission, ruled that Leona I'd must
prove his ability at the smaller
clubs before appearing in the
Garden,
The Washington times., 1931-09-30

bit about what is going on? Last
week we fellows sat in the press
stand customarily used for base
ball with telegraph wires at our
sides. In the future we fellows
would like those wires in the
upper grandstand on the So
yard line, else how can we
faithfully report to newspaper
readers what is going on in the
field below!
The Washington times., 1931-09-30

but there are also a. lot of I'M
pledged delegates >mong the
Scrlbes. A handful of small-town
sagebush writer's have even men
toned Calvin Coolidge. They may
be as close as the rest of us, at
that.
The old school experteers claim
Burleigh Grimes. with his world
series experience and his splitter,
would be the Smartest choice. But
last year the AS showed Burleigh
they are all non.union cigar
smokers and amt afraid of spit.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
CONNIE ALONE.
KNOWS FIRST
PITCHER
BY MICKEY COCHRANE
Catcher, Philadelphia Athletics

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30.-If the
baseball public believes the mem
hers of the Philadelphia Athletics
know who will pitch the first world
series game-and the fans must
have this idea from the number
of times we've been asked this
information-the cash customers
are mistaken. Connie Mack alone
possesses this knowledge.
Manager Mack seldom takes n
player into his confidence regard
ing the starting pitcher of an i'm
portant game. Frequently he
tells a hurler to be ready for a
game two or three days hence,
but as, a rule pitchers aren't told
until the day of action. And in
world series battles. Comics more
secretive than ever.
Broke Silence
Last october, Mack did break
his silence. But this was a para
mount move in his strategy. He
had won the first two games from
the Cardinals and they were un-
der the impression that Grove
would pitch the third game in st.
Louis. Early the morning of this
opening contest in Sportsman's
Park Mack called Eddie Rommel
into his hotel suite and asked him
to go through the actions Of that
days starting pitcher.
ROmmeI was to take the pitch
ers turn in batting practice and
also warm up 10 minutes before
the game time. Connie. how
ever, informed Eddie that this
was only camOuflage to keep
Rube Walberg from worrying.
For Rube was to start. Wal
berg had showed nervousness all
season when he knew in advance
when he was to pitch and fire.
quently was far from being in the
proper mental condition when he
assembled the mound.
AS Rommel acted the part of
the third game hurler, Walberg
sat on the bench, carefree and
joking. Ten minutes before the
game was to get under way, Mack
told Rube to warm up in case
Rommel got into trouble during
the first inning. Walberg did
free of worry. He never realized
he was to pitch until the an
nouncer spread the word through
the amplifiers.
Remember our first game with
the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
in 1929? Our team expected
George Earnshaw to open. If not
George, then Lefty" Grove. Only
one sports writer had the temer-
ity to pick Howard Ehmke.
Shortly before game time went
into our dressing room to warm
my fingers. 1t was raw and chilly
outside. Earnshaw was sitting
alongside the stove. He thought
he was to pitch. When re.
turned to the dugout Ehmke was
warming up. Connie had in
structed him to, It was as much
Of a surprise to us as to the
fans, scribeS and CuEs.
We don't know who will take
the mound in this years opening
game. Most writers think it will
be either Grove or Earnshaw.
Everyone'S guess is as good as
another'S.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Choice Seats Left
For G.U.-W.Md. Game

Choice ducats are available for
the Georgetown-W Western Mary
land game, Saturday at Griffith
Stadium. These valuable paste
boards can be secured at the Ath-
letic office at Georgetown U n l.
versity, Spalding's or az the Ball
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
D|B WILLIAMS
At SHORT
FORA'S
BY BABE RUTH

EN- ROUTE TO ST. LOUIS,
Sept. 30.-As I wrote in the first
article of this series it is not my
plan to compare the members OF
the Philadelphia and st. Louis
clubs, position for position, with
the iCea that this will determine
which team should win the
series. Such comparisons always
are interesting, I will admit, but
Il do not l.lieve they actually
prove anything.
Players who have been claSsed
as inferior to others have been
the outstanding stars Of other
world series, and it has fire.
quently happened that a player
who stood out generally over an
other has been completely out
played during series.
prefer to consider the teams
by departments, rather than by
, position. For instance like the
Cardinals infield better than
that of the Athletics, even
though the AS infielders have
days when it seems that nothing
can be hit through them. But I
think the combination Of Bot"
tomley, Frisch, Colbert and
Adams shape up as a better
quartet, in both fielding and
hitting, than the infield of Fox,
Bishop, Williams and Dykes.
Williams at Short
You will notice that I have ,
named Williams as shortStop Of
the AS, instead of Beley. Connie
Mack has made no definite an
nouncement up to this time that
Boley will not start the series,
but ball players who have COM
peted recently against the AS
tell me that Williams is the more
likely starter.
They figure that the younger
player, while not perhaps as
steady an infielder as Joe has
been, has beaten the veteran
out. Williams is faster than
Boley, has a stronger throwing
arm and he has batted better
this season than Joe.
In outfield strength think the
AS excel their National League
rivals. Simmons and Hafey are
the chief clubbers and AL, I am
sure, is more dangerous than
Chick. I understand that Haas
will start in center for the AS.
He is a marvellous fly chaser and
I can't conceive of anybody being
any better ground coverer, though
they tell me Martin is very fast.
But it strikes me that Simmons,
Haas and Miller shape up better
than Hafey, Martin and either
Roettger or Watkins. Street uses
Roettger against left hand pitch
ers and Watkins against right
handlers.
Behind the bat the AS have
the edge but that is no reflection
on Jimmy Wilson, one of the
great receivers of recent years. It
just happens that he is brought
into a comparison with the great
est all-around performer that this
position has shown in at least
twenty years.
Wilson One Of Best
Many critics rate Mickey Coch.
rane as the best catcher. judged
by all around ability. in the his
tory of the game. If there ever
was better one can only say
that I am sorry I missed him.
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The Washington times., 1931-09-30
LINKS PIONEERS

Golf in the United States dates
back to 1888, when the Reds,
father and son, distributed clubs
and balls under an apple tree on
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The Washington times., 1931-09-30

Had there been duplication be-
tween the teams in both num-
bers and jersey colors last
Saturday, an intelligent follower
OF the game would have known
who was who according to which
team was on the defensive or
offensive at the time. Too, the
headgears were different, and
that would have helped.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
Opening Mound Assignment
Has Experts in Air
By NICK ALTRoCK

EN- ROUTE TO ST LOUIS Sept So-With the world series
40 near the beer hardly hold out experts and poker
players are trying to figure what old Connie Mack has got
poked up his sleeve.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
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EN- ROUTE TO ST LOUIS, Sept. 3o.-1n retrospect,
there are several matters didn't have opportunity to
discuss with the clients before departing for the 1881 world
series together with the four Babe Ruth winners Messrs
Rudge Cabness, 5000 st. N W. Louis j. verbills 1927
Fifteenth St. n W.. W. r. Crabill Brunswick, Md, and
Theodore Leber 1881 Shepherd St. w. say nothing of
12year-od Nick Berbako the most valuable player The
Times Junior Baseball Association which conducted wide
spread amateur games around Washington during the
cent summer. Nick Arock is also this tran going to
st. Louis the series for The Washington Times
have its athletes properly numbered when they the
field to play Western Maryland in Washington saur
performance in which they cannot identity the actors
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whatever your wants may he there
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Many critics rate Mickey Coch.
rane as the best catcher. judged
by all around ability. in the his
tory of the game. If there ever
was a better one I can only say
that I am sorry missed him.
Evening star., 1931-04-14
SWING BACK TO old
DAYS is FORESEEN
Mercenaries Were Demi
Gods Until They Dropped
Aloof Attitude.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.


THE eminence Of Bobby Jones,
his worldwide fame as a
i golfer, his personal popu-
larity, gave amateur golf in
England an impetus which cast
professional golf and professional
golfers way into the background.
The condition was manifested in de-
creased interest In the golfing merc:na-
ries of the Nation in the abandonment
of famous tournaments which had been
annual features and in the decline OF
exhibition matches which, before the
rise of the great Albanian, were held
year after year in various parts of
Great Britain.
Now with Bobby turned pro and
posing before a camera with talking
accessories, and with George Won Elm
commercializing his ability to swing
and putt, English commentators see
undoubtsd signs Of q swing back to the
good old days when the leading British
professionals were demi-gods In the
eyes of the golfers Of the nation.
Exhibitions Boosted.
More exhibition matches involving
British professionals have been ar
ranged this season than in years. The
only expedition of British golfers to
America In 1891 viii be one made up of
British pros-the Ryder Cup team
which meets an American team at
Scioto. Columbus, Ohio, this Summer.
Casting about for additional reasons
for the sagging popularity of British
pros-which it Is hoped events and Cir
cumstancss of the current year will
remedy-British golf writers have hit
upon one rather interesting theory.
It appears that when the American
pros began to come to England in force
they did not at all approve Of the Gus
tom by which they were debarred from
the club house, where only gentle
men" golfers might 60. They told
their British brethren Of the social
freedom which obtained at American
clubs and In general created an atmos-
phere of extreme discomfort among
them. It is not dificult to picture how
things went. Take the case Of Walter
Hagen, for example. A condition OF
the sort could not long survive Sir Wal
ter's blind opposition. And 1t did not.
The American pros were elected honor
aries and the like and the British pros,
too. No American not acquainted with
English social conditions can imagine
what stupendous change this involved.
Cheapened Themselves.
But now, it Is believed, the very fact
Of the eminent pro hanging around q
club lounge, adorning the club bar, max
ing himself quite at home anywhere In
the club has worked against him. 1t is
felt that in his old aloofness-bhe
mighty aloofness Of Braid Vardon and
the rest-was an element Of dstach-
ment that accentuated hero-worship.
In their splendid isolation they enjoyed
an homage which cannot be paid to a
golfer, no matter how great, who Is
Tom, Dick and Harry TO everybody.
It is an interesting theory. How much
truth there may be in it Is another
matter. One thing is pretty certain
the British pros are unlikely to give up
their honorary memberships in clubs
where formerly not even the back door
was open to them.
Evening star., 1931-04-14

series the games win be In the nature
OF little world series. These con-
tests viii be fought from start to finish
Last year Philadelphia finished eight
games ahead Of Washington. OF the %
games they played each other, Wash
ington won II, the Mackmen 10.
An important opening game In the
National League is the one between
Chicago and Pittsburgh. Last season
each of tnese teams won IL games from
the other. The Pirates are in much
better condition this year and expect
to be factor in the race.
From what saw and heard in the
South and from appearances since the
teams returned, should say that this
promises to be a big base ball year.
The fans appear to be worked up to an
unusual degree.
Not only are the players In shape, but
the various dignitarieS who viii throw
out the first ball In each city seem to
be In condition. The President always
starts the season In Washington. In
other cities various mayors and COM
misSioners VIII of1ciate.
This season win get under way with
out two great base ball men. Ban
johnson and Ernest Barnard have
passed to another field Of play. Ban
johnson built up the game when II
needed building. Ernest Barnard car-
ried it on. We cannot but think Of
them today.
Copyright, 1881, by the North American
Newspaper Alltance.1
Evening star., 1931-04-14
P. C. A. WILL CHECK
PLAYERS CONDUCT
Disciplinary Policy Aimed at
Few Who Stray From
Ethical FairWay.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

- OMEWHAT after the manner Of
professional base ball, the Pro-
fessional Golfers Association In
tends exercising disciplinary au-
thority over its members who compete
in events sanctioned by the organiza-
tion,s Tournament Bureau. For the
most part, professional golfers are very
gentleman1y and well behaved athletes.
But there are few who occasionally
wander from the middle of the ethical
fairways, and the curb is being made
for them.
Charles Hall Of Birmingham, presi-
dent of the p. G. A., declares that:
"Any unbecoming performance by a
professional golfer, no matter how in
frequent, provokes adverse comment
that the other substantial professionals
have to share. We we're burdened with
the implied responsibility for the trav-
cling caddies and for that reason have
ruled them out. and now our action
must reach farther.
VIII Help Clubs.
Although the P. @. A. membership
does not include all Of those whom the
public considers as pros, we intend to
make our action on control Of tourna-
ment personnel such that It will be
far-reaching. The ensuing benefits will
be enjoyed by the clubs and galleries,
together with the professional, who
really Is representative Of the princi-
piles of the p. G. A."
The p. G.. A. is considering furnish
ing to all groups sponsoring open tour
naments list of players for whose con-
duct the association viii be response
BILE. Others who are permitted to COM
pete in such events will be accepted by
the promoters of tournaments on their
Evening star., 1931-04-14
gsh Professional Golfers Are Helped BY Sach Of Jones Paid Ranks

own initiative. In the event Of any
p. @. A. member misbehaving, his name
win be taken from the accredited list
for such time as the association may
choose, and he will be ineligible for all
sanctioned competition. Persistent mis-
behavior may result in the forfeiture of
p. @. A. membership.
Big Journeys Coming.
The decision to exercise control over
the tournament personnel Is q move by
the p. @. A. to make the public realize
that simply because . player Is not an
amateur It does not follow he Is q pro-
fessional by the exacting appraisal of
the association. The matter viii be
more thoroughly discussed at the next
meeting of the p. @. A. executives and
machinery for handling the problem
set up.
The p. q. A. Tournament Bureau
now is being called upon to arrange for
and sanction tournaments the year
around. The Summer season promises
to be quite heavy, with Chicago, st.
Paul and st. Louis staging $4,000 tour
naments, and number Of smaller ones
also scheduled. The Chicago event will
be held for the first time in July and
is the forerunner Of an international
open in 1933-when the Worlds Fair
will be held in the Windy City-that
will carry the largest purse ever offered
In golf.
Evening star., 1931-04-14

= INDIAN SPRING is not equVoCdVInB
with the new golf ball. The Gon
Committee of the -Four corners
club states in an announcement
today that the new ball makes the re-
Arrangement Of handicaps necessary
and points out that until May l the
handicap of Indian Spring members
will be the average Of the five best
scores made last year. But after May
1 the handicaps win be based upon the
score cards the members turn In prior
to that date.
Handicaps are to be determined oy
the Calkins system and the new bal
must be used in returning cards for
handicapS. Arrangements are pelng
made by the Golf Committee for pro-
gram that will assure Indian spring
members busy season.
Two golf tournaments opened the
Spring season yesterday. F1fty-six 1alr
golfers played in q tournament staged
over the Chevy Chase Club course by
the Women's District Golf Association
and 81 professionals and assistant pros
played in q sweepstakes event staged py
the Middle Atlantic Professional COL
Association at Indian Spring.
Bob Barnett, the Chevy Chase Club pro,
put UP an added prize for low net In
the women's tourney, a cane seat, ana
Miss Katherine Lowman Of Chevy Chase
tied at net "a with Mrs. Alma Won
Steinner of Beaver Dam for the prize.
Four players tied with cards OF 95 Tor
low gross. These were: Mrs. Won Stein
ner, Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, Miss Vtr-
ginia Williams and Miss Winifred
Faunce. Mrs. Harrison Brand, Jr., was
next with 90. Mrs. Won Steinner'S card
was 95-l1-84, while that Of Miss Low
man was 101-17-84.
Many Of the leading players Of the
city, including the District champion,
played in the tourney, but failed to re-
turn cards. The woman players said the
wind was sweeping across the course
and carrying the new ball into places 1t
should not go.
Over at Indian Spring the pros did
better with the larger and lighter ball
J. Monro Hunter, president Of the pro-
fessional association and one Of. the big
hitters Of golf, managed to get home on
the lengthy sixteenth hole at Indian
Spring IN two shots and then took three
puts. He tied at IS with Bob Barnett
Of Chevy Chase and Glenn Spencer of
BaiLtm0re 1or urSC place IN the sweep
stakes tournament. Spencer had a brace
Of SKIES on his card, but collected four
brides to make up for these errors.
Cliff Spencer Of Baltimore, Gene Lar
kin Of Chevy Chase, Mel Shorey of East
Potomac Park and A. L. Houghton of
Kenwood were out of first place by a
single stroke, all turning In cards Of 76.
The other cards follow:
Seventy-eight, G. T. McMaster and r.
Cliff McKimmie: 10, Frank Cunning
ham: 80, Ralph Beach; 81. Alex Armour
and Archie Clark; 80, Warner Mather;
81. A. b. Thorn and Bill Carson.
No cards-Leo McNerhany, Al Treder,
Lawrence Wisner, Walter Cunningham,
AL Jamison.
The pros held a schedule meeting
after the tournament and drew up a
schedule Of events for the season, as
follows:
April 20-Sweepstakes, Rolling Road.
May %-Senior-pro tourney, Chevy Chase
May is-Pro-iunior tourney. Rodgers
June 1-sweepstakes, woodmont.
June 16--Pro-amateur, Maryland Country
June 2e=Columbia County, Club, event
Evening star., 1931-04-14
Three Brides on One Hole
Two Sink Their Approach Shots and Another
Makes 3OFoot Putt at 10th at Columbia.

ended far over the hill. Quentell did
not do so well with his tee shot and
Parker hit Just a fair one. Cowles
and Hill put their second shots over
the green. Quentell did not reach
the green In two and picked up and
Parker barely reached the front edge
in two.
Then both Cowles and Hill step
ped up TO their approach shots from
over the back edge Of the green and
both clicked them in the hole for
birdie IS. Quente1 and Parker
gasped but Quentell is one Of those
kind who never gives up. SO is
Parker. And Quentell adInonished
his partner to the effect that II the
other two could hole approach shots
for IS, Parker certainly could hole a
3D-foot putt. And he did. The ball
never wavered.
There, boys and girls, is q true
fairy story, and one you won't often
hear about. Three IS on hard par
hole and all Of them came under
pressure.