Evening star., 1932-05-01
FIREWORKS START
ALONG MANY LINES
League Pennant Races Open
and Independent Mines
Flock Fields.
TODAY and tomorrow will be

eventful days for sandlot
L ball toSsers. They officially
open the league pennant
chases and the free-for all scram-
BILE of semi-pro clubs for the
mythical District independent
championship.
The big guns OF independent
ranks today are scheduled to fire,
along with the Department Store
League entrants today, while to-
morrow will bring about, barring
rain, the opening of Washington's
two major sandlot loops, the In
duStrial and Departmental.
Mark Lansburgh, president of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton, will toss out the first ball at II
o'clock this morning, opening the De-
partment Store League. Two games
are scheduled. Hecht Co., defending
champion, will engage Lansburgh on
diamond No. 4. and Kann's and Palais
Royal will oppose on diamond No. 3.
Over at Alexandria today the st.
Mary's Celtics, perennially one of the
best semi-pro clubs in this section,
debut against the Auth tossers of
Washington. Auth's last year managed
to defeat the Celts, but the Alexan-
drians, with their molar-tugging hurler,
Doc Dreiflls, on the mound, hope to
avenge the defeat today. The game
will begin at 8 pm. at Baggett's Park.
Two more attractive games will bring
together the Skinker Eagles and Be-
thesda Fireman and Howitzer Giants
and Union Printers The Eagle Fire
men game is slated for o'clock on the
Skinker Field, while the Giants and
Printers hook up at pm. on the
Garrett Park diamond.
- P. o. and Naval Hospital will
". oppose tomorrow in the Depart
mental League opener on the
South Ellipse, while Constructioneers
and Washington Terminal tangle on
the East Ellipse in the initial game in
the Industrial League.
Frank Corkins for the Printers and
Lew Bridges for the Sailors are prob
able pitching selections in the Depart
mental League, while Lefty Jewett
probably will get the call for the Con-
structioneers and Ham" Hamel for the
Terminal tossers.
OTHER games slated for today fol-
~ low:
Petworth Yorkes VS.. Virginia
White Sox, 8 o'clock Arlington.
Capitol Heights A. c. VS.. White Oaks,
3 o'clock, Fredericksburg, Va.
Arlington Post. 159, VS.. Northern
Red Birds, 2:30 o'clock, South Ellipse.
Sioux A. C. VS.. Richmond Tigers,
Richmond, Va.
Grifith- Consumers VS.. Kensington, 3
o'clock, Kensington.
Columbia Heights VS.. woodley A. c.,
3 o'clock, diamond No. 8.
Adas Israel Juniors VS.. Clark Griffith
Juniors, O'Clock, Sixteenth street
reservoir.
Hyattsville All-Stars VS.. Landover,
Nd, 3 O'Clock, Riverdale.
Phoenix A. c. VS.. Union Engineers,
o'clock, Phoenix field.
Franc Jewellers VS.. Horning jewelers.,
3 o'clock, Diamond No. 8.
Miller Furniture Co. VS.. Front Royal,
Front Royal, Va.
Georgetown Juniors VS.. Maryland
Park Juniors, 8 o'clock, Maryland Park
diamond.
Berwyn Juniors VS. Wheeler CLUB
Juniors. / o'clock, Riverdale double
header).
Carlton Gartner socked a home run
Yesterday as the Glover Insects out
slugged the Capitol Mideets, 10 10 .,
Manager Hugh Heeles OF the WIN
ners is booking at Atlantic 3444 De-
tween 3 and pm.
MuIhau Midgets, who yesterday
downed the Square Deal Midgets, II
to 6, today will tackle the Capitol
Heights Midgets at pm. on the Ball
ston field. Saturday and SUNDAY
games are being booked by the Null
halls through G. H. Benton at Claren-
don 309-J-1.