Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-21
= LEVELAND, June 2o.-In o
winning stride again, the Ma
4 tionals have only single game


tionals have only single game
dates with the Indians SUM-
day and Monday, something for the
players to be thankful for with the
temperature here up in the COS.
For the Sunday tussle Manager WAL
ter johnson probably will send to the
pitchers box Al Crowder. who blanked
the Indiens when yielding but four
safeties as he hurled against them in
Washington not so long ago. Monday
the pilot may take a chance with
Bump Hadley again as starter.
In the fourth set-to of this series
OF five in League Park. Crowder seems
certain to be opposed by Clint Brown,
who, has ENJOYED little success in
tussling with the Washington club.
upon as one Of the best of the Peck
pitchers.
The Indians chief may switch to
Yves Farrell for the mound work to-
morrow, bat right now 1t seems the
right-hand ace of the tribal corps
will be held back until Monday.
~ not be used by the Indians I'M
less city officials moderate the
terms of the contract offered Presi-
dent Alva Bradley Of the ball club.
1t was thought for time that the
, club and the city had reached an
agreement, but the city decided to get
more out OF the use of the plant by
the Indians and Bradley baked.
Originally the ball club was supposed
to pay $50,0 fiat for the use Of the
stadium each season and yield IS cents
on each ticket above 100000. That
was satisfactory othe ball club. Now
a A0wSaAs1AH - ~
per year, but also wants IS cents on
each ticket above 100000, full control
Of and profit from all concessions and
supervision Of employees at ball games
as we'll as at other entertainments in
the vast structure.
This Bradley cannot agree to, he
declares. He particularly objects TO
giving up the concessions and the right
to appoint and control all ball game
employees. Politics also iSs playing some
part in the fuss. 1t is said the Cleve-
land club president DOES not care TO
do any dickering with some of the
officials now in charge of the municipal
plant.
Bradley is in a good position to bat
tie with the city. League Park, where
the Indians now play, is q pretty good
ball plant, even though it can ac-
comodate little more than one-fourth
as many patrons as could be seated
in the 74,000-capacity stadium. While
the stadium Is magnificent structure,
ideally located in the heart OF the city
and well planned for the staging OF
base ball, the Cleveland clup perhaps
would not gain by moving from its pres
ent park If it had to give up as much
as the city now demands for the use
Of the municipal enterprise.
RASE BALL is fine, but foot ball is
- the greatest of games, thinks WAL
ter Masters, newest of the Wash.
ington pitchers. Masters played both
for four years at the University of
Pennsylvania, from, which he was
graduated this month, performing with
the freshman eleven and nine as we'll
as on the varsity teams IT get a real
kick out of base ball, all right" says
Masters. TITS splendid game. and
despite so much talk to the contrary 1t
still is quite popular in the colleges. At
least it is in the group in which Penn
sylvaria played and consider that a
thoroughly representative college group.
But this foot ball, that's the game
for thrills" Masters contends. "You
give everything you have to it and like
1t. It's Furnishing at times. More often
than not, in fact. But the college
player doesn't mind the punishment.
He plays the game for sheer love of it
las much as anything else and takes the
knocks as they come.
1t wears one down, I'll tell you" he
declares. Here I am weighing around
$50 pounds now and that's what gen.
orally have weighed during the past two
or three base ball seasons. But the
hard training during the foot ball cam
paignS pulled me down to around 1875
pounds. And I'd tip the scales at even
less after going through a hard game.
OFTEN after play on Saturday after
noon my weight would be as low as
166 or 157 pounds.
But I liked it. Nothing can take
the place Of foot ball with me-"
Masters played only base ball and
root ball at Penn and he starred In
both pAstifnes His varsity pitching
record of "a victories In 81 games-he
was beaten but once in each of his
three seasons with the Penn nine-is
one Of the best In college annals. AS
e back-field player he was regarded
last FAN. Not only was Masters ca.
pable as ball toter, but he was good
blocker and q corking good defensive
player.
He was q four-sports athlete at Ha-
yerford School, where he prepped for
college. In addition to foot ball and
base ball, ne took part in basket bali
and track athletics and was considered
high.grade In them. He was forward
on the court and on the cinder path
specialized at the century, furlong and
quarter.
r ISTENiNG to the flock OF scribes
gathered in this vicinity to tell