Evening star., 1932-04-01
STARTS TRAINING
AS OTHERS LEAVE
Pitcher Johnson of Yankees
Held in Check by Appen-
dicitis Operation.

BY the Associated Press.
~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala, g. l.
x While the New York Yankees
were on their way home today,
Henry johnson, one of their
best pitchers, was just beginning his
Spring training.
Johnson, who underwent an appendi-
citis operation during the early days Of
the Yanks' stay at st. Petersburg, has
returned home to Bradenton, Fla, to
begin getting into condition.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April 1-Chi-
cago's White Sox came to Little Rock
today to open series with the Travel
ers, and to try to start another winning
streak.
After romping through eight straight
games the Sox yesterday were quelled
by young left-hander, Lefty Willis, at
Shreveport. Willis gave the major
leaguers four hits and a 9-to-3 beating.
DALEIGH, N. c., April Five rocky
IN Athletics who showed their merits
in training camp will have a chance to
display their proves to the hometown
fans in the first game of the Philadel-
phia City championship series tomorrow,
Connie Mack has announced.
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-The Phil
lies, stopped by rain and cold weather
from playing their scheduled fourth
game with the Atlanta Crackers in the
Georgia capital, are on their way home
to meet the Athletics In the first game
of the city series tomorrow.
CAVANNAH, Ga, April 1.-The Red
- Sox were packing up today for the
northward trip home, highly elated
by their 7-to-3 triumph over the Reds
yesterday in their first clash of the sea-
son against major league opponent.
GAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-The New
- York Giants are becoming a talk
ative and lively ball team.
After both the regulars and the sec
ond team lost couple of days ago,
Manager John McGraw laid down the
law about putting pepper" into their
efforts. Now If the regulars forget about
talking it up" there are lot of rockies
along the sidelines who keep reminding
them.
BILOXI, Miss, April with Is
pitchers on his squad, Max Carey,
Brooklyn manager, is having a hard
time finding enough work for them all.
The veterans need more pitching to
get into condition and Max wants to
give the youngsters more so he can size
them up.
r OS ANGELES, April There are
IL plenty of candidates for the job, but
Guy Bush cannot be considered the
least Of those with chance of pitching
the opening game of the National League
campaign for the Chicago Cubs.
The Mississippi Mudcat yesterday
went nine innings for the second time
of the season, defeated the Pittsburgh
Pirates, and looked ready for any kind
of action.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, April L.
Bill Walters, promising young in
fielder, said goodby to the Braves to-
day and left for Hot Springs to join the
Montreal club of the International
League Manager McKechnie said he
might be recalled at any moment
Pitcher Bill McAfee also was farmed
out to Montreal.
CAVANNAH, Ga, April 1.-The Gin
~ cinnati Reds we're en- route to Louis
vile, KY, today where they will end
their training jaunt with games with
the Colonels Saturday and Sunday.
They were defeated, z to 3, by the
Boston Red Sox yesterday. their former
pal, Pete Donohue, holding them to
four scattered hits In the first i've
innings.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 1.-Two
games this week end with the Brooklyn
Dodgers will complete the training
season of the Indians in New Orleans.
The tribe will start its northward trek