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Evening star., 1933-03-23
Ailing Fingers Worry Criff
May Be Fortunate Start Season With Seven Instead of
Nine as Planned
T 1NCLE GRIP said nine men. Their

1NCLE GRIP said nine men. Then
~ softened it up by saying: "Of
course, we could get along with
an eight-man outfit. It has been done.
And, you know, two men carried the
bulk Of tho hurting load for us last
year"
That was doughty Gen. Crowder and
Monte Weaver, the right-handers.
But today Uncle must feel that he
Is an optimist when he talks about q
seven-man bombarding department.
And maybe feel that he will be lucky
II he can 60 to the post with that
number.
For instance, Bob Burke's arm sore
ness is not Just the usual training
camp illness. It isn't Spring fever.
It IS something that developed into a
serious state last season when he was
unable to hurl for the Southern Asso-
cations Chattanooga team.
Tommy Thomas arm still Is q problem,
and that whether he hurls today, to-
morrow or Sunday. It's an arm to be
nursed for awhile. Grih thinks the
Tipping member will come around
enough to permit the ex-White Sox
hurler to start of his sixteenth base
ball season In good form. But the fact
is that Trainer Mike Martin has been
treating the arm ever since Tommy's
first week at camp.
Neither hurier may be ready for the
wars when the opening shot is fired,
and although Bill McAfee's sore arm
Is said to be on the mend, Jack Rus
sell gradually is showing improved
pitching form and the youthful Ed
Linke and Bud Thomas still are re-
garded as promising, when the show
down comes Uncle Clark may have to
content himself with curving corps
of half dozen honest-to-goodness
fingers.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
METCALFE TIGHTENS
HOLD ON DASH TITLE
Equals Own World 60. Yard Rec
ord to Triumph Again Over
TOPPING, Close Second.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAMILTON, Ontario, March a.
i i Ralph Metcalfe, the dusky Mar
quette University flyer, has
strengthened his claims to the fastest
human" title by equaling his own world
indoor record In the 60-yard dash and
vanquishing his sprint rival from New
Orleans, Emmett TOPPING, for the Sec
ond time in succession.
Metcalfe, winner over TOPPING in the
Canadian indoor championships at To-
ronto Tuesday, repeated in even greater
style here last night. He sped over
the board in 81 seconds to equal the
world mark he set at South Bend,
Ind, early this month and clip tenth
of the Canadian record he set the night
before. TOPPING finished only inches
back, barely ahead Of Bert Pearson, Ca
madam sprint champion.
Led by these two aces and Glenn Cum
ningham, Kansas middle distance star,
the United States cleaned up the inter-
national events of the meet. Cunning
ham won the half f-mile invitation when
Phil Edwards, Canadian Olympic star,
fell IS yards from the finish when he
was 2 feet ahead.
George Spitz of New York University
captured the high Jump without much
trouble; TOPPING and Metcalfe paced
the United States half-mile relay team
to victory over Canada; O. O'Neil of
Marquette ran of with the 2-mile
event, and his teammate, j. Terney,
captured the 300-yard special. DR.. VIII
liam Heinz Of Cincinnati and E. Kubash
of Marquette ran one, two in the 1000
yard race.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
BY stan correspondept o, The Star.

BY a Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
* HOX, Miss, March 23.-When
x the Nationals need some sound
i southpaw slabblng during the
chase for the championship,
Walter Stewart Will be ready to do his
bit. On the hill yesterday for the
first time In formal competition this
year, the transfer from the st. Louis
Browns gave most satisfactory exli-
bition Of pitching in the early part Of
the game the Washington club took
from the Atlanta Crackers, 9 to 4.
Smooth in action, Stewart appeared
fit to 60 well beyond the flve-inning
term he toiled He appeared to be the
pitcher that was accustomed to NOW
down the Nationals with ridiculous
ease when he wore the Browns uni
form.
Stewart limited the Crackers to five
hits and two passes and he Struck out
three. Two of the hits-one very
scratchy - were yielded in the first
frame. The others were made of the
southpaw In the fifth and netted the
Crackers two tallies. But by that time
the Nationals were 50 far ahead Stewart
could afford to ease In his efforts.
AL Crowder finished in the box for
the Cronin crew and he was just as
slick as In his three rounds against the
Indians last week. The General was
found for four hits and three passes
and in the eighth the Atlanta crowd
got two more markers. Had Crowder
been bit more hasty In covering first
base for q throw from Kuhel, however,
the Crackers would have been blanked
in that round. But Al was out to
loosen his arm and not his legs. He
got Just the benefit he desired from
the workout.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

get the most out Of the clubs hit
ting power, Of course, and now Is
the time to experiment. Maybe not
until week before the season opens
will the batting order be settled"
It isn't likely that Fred Schultz
will displace Buddy Myer as lead
of batter during the experimenting.
While Schultz did well at the head
Of the batting list when with the
Browns, the Washington manager is
convinced Myer is among the best
lead-on batters Of the game.
Buddy not only is q strong hit
ter, but also careful batter" Cronin
contends. He gets on base often,
and he can move around the circuit
with speed. I regard Myer q an
ideal lead-o6 man"
Evening star., 1933-03-23
.SANDL0TTERS BUSY
T0ILING, PLANNING
Meetings and Practice Contests
Are Plentiful as Opening
of Campaign Nears.

MEETINGS, practices and games
1v1 galore are in order among sandlot
base ball folk these days.
Manager c. e. Derby Of the Sewanee
A. @. Is anxious to arrange practice
and regular games for his teams with
local and suburban outfits. He is book
ing unlimited teams at 237 Ninth street
southeast.
Grifnth Blue Goals and Majestic
Radio tossers are scheduled to put in
some serious practice ncks Sunday. The
Majestics, who will open their season
on April 9 against the Alexandria Gel
tics, will meet at o'clock on the Rose
dale playground diamond Sunday for
practice.
On the same field, but at II O'Clock,
the Blue Goals will report for drilling.
The Woodley A. c. will hold q meet
ing tonight at 1736 Eighteenth street,
apartment 305, at 8 O'Clock. All Wood
ley players and new candidates are In
vited TO attend.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
DEAN MAY FULFILL
BOAST ON SLABB|NC
Dizzy, Assuming Bunyan
RoIe,. Permits z Hits, Fans
5 Yanks in 4 Innings.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
~ RADENTON, Fla, March as
X Jerome Dizzy" Dean, loquacious
pitcher Of the st. Louis Cardi-
mails, boasted earlier this year
that he'd play q Paul Bunyan role on
the mound during 1888. and If exhi-
bition games are any criterion it looks
as though he may make good on fair
part Of his boast.
The world champion Yankees were
able yesterday to nick him for only two
hits during the four innings he pitched,
and one Of them was a scratch infield
single. He struck out five men. Last
Saturday he set the Boston Braves
down In one, two, three order In the
five innings he was on the mound.
FORT MYERS, Fla, March % CP.-
Smarting from one 7-to-6 defeat, Gin
cinnati's Radlegs faced the Philadel-
phia Athletics for q second exhibition
game today.
The Reds got eight hits to their OPP
ponents' nine yesterday, but they did
not come at the right moment.
Suffering from a blistered and in
fected right foot, Manager DOME Bush
went back to Tampa and Coach Jewel
Ems handled the team.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March % L4).
w Half way through their Grape
fruit League campaign with four
victories and two defeats, the Phillies
make one-game stand on home
grounds against the Newark Bears
today.
In a slugfest yesterday, the Phils,
visiting the Bears, connected for Is
hits and an 8-to-2 victory, ia which
Chuck Klein blasted out his first homer.
Jumbo Jim Elliott, recording his in
itial victory of the training campaign,
Vas impressive in 4t.ting the Interna-
tional Leaguers down with but one hit
in four innings.
MIAMI, Fla, March % LR.-Johnny
Frederick, who set q major league rec
ord last year by walloping six home
runs as a pinch hitter for the Brook
lyn Dodgers, also knows how to make
other kinds of blows count.
Johnny came to bat In the thirteenth
inning against Buffalo yesterday with
the score tied at IL and Siebert and
Roeerfeld on base. He swung on one
It into deep left field for q single that
brought In the winning run.
GAN FRANCISCO, March % P.-
~ After years Of utility roles with
Brooklyn and Cincinnati, Harvey
Hendrick may find himself starting the
season as q Chicago Cub regular.
Manager Charlie Grimm's ailing back
still lacks something of being ready for
work, and Hendrick. because of his hit
ting ability and experience, ranks Harry
Taylor, the other first baseman on the
squad.
LOS ANGELES, March % tF.-The
New York Giants nosed out the Pitts
burgh Pirates in their exhibition tilt
yesterday but 1t cost them three minor
injuries. Freddy Ftzsimmons, who
pitched In mid-season form, had to re-
tire in the fourth inning after being
hit on his right wrist by one Of Bill
Harris fast balls. Manager Bill Terry
wrenched a shoulder making a relay
throw to third, and Joe Moore twisted
knee going after a wild throw.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
C Slab Subs Against Tribe W1eced As
REGULAR YANK Job !
SEEN FOR DE'qI|E|NI|S|| 'I|| \
Harvard HurIer, Who Landed
Money-Tight 1882 Pact,
Shining in South.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ut. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 23.
- Charles (Hasty) Devens. the
business man" college ball player,
who refused to sign up with the
New York Yankees when he left Har-
ward until they agreed to keep him
to the end Of last season and give him
his "cut" in the world series proceeds.
now looks as If he might remain in
the majors without the aid Of any
such provisos.
Devens has turned In several good
mound performances in exhibition
games, topping them of yesterday by
giving the st. Louis Cardinals only
two hits in four innings. The only
clean blow cost him the game, as 1t
followed an error and q sacrifice In
the ninth inning.
NEW ORLEANS, March 23 R.-
Wesley Ferrell, the Indians ace pitcher,
is certain his absence from the Cleve-
land training camp the first four weeks
will handicap him in no way. When
he arrived yesterday to complete the
club roster he expressed the belief he
had done as much work at home
with his brother. Rick Ferren. catcher
for the st. Louis Browns. as he would
have done had he been In camp. His
physical appearance supported the
opinion.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March
% R.-Holdout troubles Of the st.
Louis Browns now are over for the
1888 season.
Rick Ferrell, the clubs ace catcher
and last Brownie holdout, signed his
contract last night. Terms of the con-
tract were not revealed, but his salary
figures are believed to be around $1,000
Ferrel led the Browns at bat last
year, with a mark Of .315.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March % Cp.
1t took a mass attack by old timers
late In the Tigers exhibition game
here yesterday to bring the Yannigans
down peg and end the seven inning
contest, to S.
SARASOTA, Fla. March % GP.-
Johnny Hodapp. who appears to have
the call for the Boston Red Sox's second
base Job, will return to action today
when Manager Marty McManus leads
the team over to Bradenton for its re-
turn engagement with the st. Louis
Cardinals
Hodapp's injured foot has responded
to treatment and his presence in the
lineup should give the Sox a little
more punch than they had in Tuesdays
wretched contest with the Cincinnati
Reds.
EORT MYERS, Fla, March % .@.-
l. With four consecutive victories be-
hind them, the Philadelphia Ath-
letics today tried for their second
straight win over the Cincinnati Reds.
Connie Mack started what probably
will be his 1888 first team in yester-
days affray. Second Baseman Max
Bishop again was in the lead-on bat
ting position, and Mickey Cochrane
the dynamic catcher, was at his back
stop post.
Lou Finney. In the outfeld, and Frank
Higgins a third, the only newcomers,
take the places Of AL Simmons and
Jimmy Dykes.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
Batting Order Not Determined by Cronin


in the hitting list last year. ad-
vanced Goose Coslin to third place,
and restored the manager to the
cleanup position he had held for
three seasons.
This change Is only experimental,
however, Cronin declares. He init
mates he might move his catcher
ups notch in the list later on and
put Bluege further back. Cliff Bol-
ton, slated to do a great deal Of the
catching for the Nationals, Is a
who will be behind the bat often. is
dangerous hitter.
II probably viii try several bat
ting orders before I settle on the
one for the start Of tho season." Joe
says. TN after . lineup that viii
Evening star., 1933-03-23
Goose Sure He'll
Find Batting Eye

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DnOXI, Miss, March 23.-Goose
ID Goslin isn't getting behind the
ball with his bat these days. but
the big fellow who is expected to do
great things for the Nationals with
his punch this year is not bothered.
Never was Spring training hit
ter" muttered the Goose after his
fourth failure to drive the ball to
safety In yesterdays exhibition fray
here. But I'll be hitting When the
big show starts"
When with the Nationals before,
Qoslin was a weak performer at bat
In training, but his grand average of
1925 shows how sturdy has been his
batting in his dozen seasons in the
American League. His present slug
gishness is not putting any burrows
In Managers Cronin's brow.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

Runs batted in-Bolton "a. Stewart.
Bluese. Manush. Hasty 90. Dashiel Chat
Three-base hits-Myer. Chatham, Harris
Home run-Bolton. Stolen base-Bluege.
Double piaysILask9wski uS.a t2 suSko: Gronin
Left on basesAtlanta. 9; washington. 8.
First base on balls--On Hearn. 2; on Stewart,
.: OIL Hasty. l; OF Crowder, 3. Struck out
b Hearn. 1; by Stewart. 3; by Hasty, 2.
Hits-On Hearn. Z in 3 innings, runs; OF
n pnina, IN Tnn Oh cqowd. qns on Hasy
innings. . runs. Hit by pitched ball--By
Crowder CNeisler). Winning pitcher-Stewart.
Losing pitcher-Hearn. Umpires-Messrs.
Van GRAHAM and Brennan. Time Of game
l hour and 43 minutes.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
Ruth's Pay Lowest Since 1921
Compromise at $4,000 for One Year Ends
Squabble of Many Weeks With
Yankee Owner.

money matters many weeks ago,
Ruth ffst said he'd have to get
So. $500 or quit base ball. Col. Rup-
pert said he would 60 as high as
10000 but no higher. Ruth finally
dropped to $50, 900 but Col. Rupert
stuck for the $4,000 figure. Then
Babe made It $4,000 to no avail.
Yesterday they got together. Each
made concessions and the outcome
was an agreement on $4,000. The
figure is $500 below the 1923-1926
Level a.a E1tn received .s1 a $50 Tor
He Is 80 years old and in his
twentieth big league season. Babe
q In good condition but has . few
pounds oz extra weight he hopes 10
get OF without much trouble.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
HOPPE INCREASES LEAD
Now Tops Cochran by 800 to 27e
in 6OO-Point Contest.

CHICAGO, March 20 .CP.-Willie
Hoppe, veteran New York billiards wiz
ard, today had stretched his lead over
Welker Cochran Of San Francisco in
their 600-point match at three cushions
to 81 points.
The New Yorker took yesterdays
afternoon block so to 26, in 40 innings.
points, 27s to 300. The night block
also went 40 innings. Cochran has
won four Of the six blocks. but has
failed to maintain his pace after reach
ing the 50-point mark.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
@T. PETERSBURG, NF1a., March
23.-Babe Ruth again win
/. do the honors for the New
York Yankees this year but
alta salary not so high Is the orig
inally demanded nor so low as Col.
Jacob Ruppert's early ultimatum.
The Yankee i1ome-run slugger
finally has agreed to sign q one
year contract for $4,000, the low
est salary he has received since the
$4,000 days Of 1921.
When the Babe and 0ol. Rupert
began their annual argument over
Evening star., 1933-03-23
Biloxi, by Whoopie,
Backs Criff Tits

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RHOx1, Miss, March 23.-This
~ ancient Gulf Coast town is
planning a great send-of for
the Nationals. To bring out a big
crowd for the series with the In
dians, the final at Camp Grif this
year, the citizens are whcoping it
up here with a street parade and
band concerts organized to advertise
the games tomorrow and Saturday
at Biloxi Park.
Proclamations urging attendance
at the contests have been issued by
the mayors of Biloxi ard the neigh
boring town Of Gulfport and their
honors were hosts to the Washing
ton club party last night at a great
get-together with the citizenry at
the local movie palace
Biloxi wants the Nationals back
again next Spring, and while Clar
Gridith hasn't said so, 1t looks as
though the town will get its wish.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
MAILS PREFERS COAST
Two Clubs There Offer Him More
Coin Than Kansas City.

SAN JOSE, Calf, March % OP.-Be-
cause two Pacific Coast League clubs
are willing to pay more than Kansas
City OF the American Association has
offered him, Walter Mails, veteran south
paw pitcher, has returned his contract
unsigned, with the request deal be
made to enable him to remain In the
Far West,
Evening star., 1933-03-23
BY TOM DOERER.
YOUR Uncle Clark must be snort.
7 ing at his golf these days.

on Bilox's golnng layouts are
not the only matters for consideration,
nor are the bills for board and lodging
for his athletes.
The thing goes little deeper-it con-
Germs his pea-hipping stan-the de-
partment Of his team which, after all,
is going to be more important than
his high-explosive section.
Two weeks ago at Biloxi, Uncle con-
tentedly puffed at his perfecto, and
smoke-ringed beautiful picture of q
nine-man hurting staff, with which he
hoped to spike the ponderous artillery
Of the Yanks, mufle Cleveland's bat
terry, and do something with . mys-
terious Athletics nine.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

Manush and Boken were the Ma
tionals' fielding marvels. In the first
frame Heinie raced to deep left to
spear with one hand a hot one, and
in the seventh Bob backed to the grass
near second for q whale Of stop.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

After the fifth frame Manager Gro
min rushed his second -stringers into
the fray. Only Goslin and Kuhel played
all through the affair.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

Bluege flashed some hitting strength,
helping himself to q two-bagger and
q single He walked the third time up
for q perfect day.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
By Star Correspondent Of The Star.
n nOXI, Miss, March 23.-
X Although. the Nationals have
been playing ball games

nearly two weeks, Manager
Joe Cronin hasn't decided upon the
order in which they will bat when
they open the American League sea
son in Washington April IL.
He revealed this yesterday in the
game with the Atlanta Crackers
when he juggled a lineup that
had been thought definitely settled.
Ossie Bluege, who had been hitting
second, was dropped to seventh place.
This move sent Heinie Manush back
to the runner-up notch he occupied
Evening star., 1933-03-23

HARRIS tried to make . homer Of
i i his eighth-inning hit to the left
center fence only to be cut down
at the plate by series Of relays.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

LOSES FOUR, REGULARS.
The University Of Michigan will lose
four Of its 1888 basket ball regulars by
graduation-Garner, .Eveland, Altenhof
and Petrie.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

It was the fourth win IN six exhibi-
tions for the Nationals and their third
in four games with the Atlanta club.
Evening star., 1933-03-23
Stewart Displays Southpaw
Stuff That Made Him Nemesis
OF Criffmen While Brownie

that took the beating from the Wash
ington. batters. They combed him for
seven Of their 13 hits and seven runs
while he was on the firing line in the
first three innings.
Cagey Bob HaSty assumed the hill
task for the Crackers after that and
while he was hit neatly, getting runs
of him was q different matter. The
big fellow learned q lot about pitch
ing while he was with the Athletics
more than a decade ago and he still
is able to use his knowledge to ad-
vantage.
Myers walk and singles by Manush
and Cronin got the Nationals a first
inning run and Kuhel's single, Bluege's
double, Bottoms infield erasure and
Stewart's outf1eld hoist accounted for
two tallies in the second session.
In the third, Cronin hit two-bagger,
an error gave Kuhel a life and Bluege
singled over his boss. Then Bolton
drove q homer to the end Of center to
ring up three more markers and tuck
away the game.
Myers triple and Manush's long fly
got fourth frame score OF Hasty and
KerrS single and Harris three-bagger
registered run after two were out in
the eighth to wind up the scoring.
This Bolton has . great amount OF
power in his swing. His homer was a
hoist far above the center flelder's head.
The ball bounded to the fence, which is
so far back that Cliff was running into
third base before the Atlanta gardener
was ready to start his throw to the
relaying infielder.
uARRIS tried to make . homer Of
i i his eighth-inning hit to the left
center fence only to be cut down
at the plate by series Of relays.
Bluege flashed some hitting strength,
helping himself to . two-bagger and
q single. He walked the third time up
for perfect day.
Manush and Boken were the Ma
tionals' fielding marvels. In the first
frame Heinie raced to deep left to
spear with one hand a hot one, and
in the seventh Bob backed to the grass
near second for q whale Of stop.
After the fifth frame Manager Gro
min rushed his second -stringers into
the fray. Only Goslin and Kuhel played
all through the affair.
It was the fourth win in six exhibi-
tions for the Nationals and their third
in four games with the Atlanta club.
Evening star., 1933-03-23

DH HOXI, Miss, March %
X Now that all members Of
- the Nationals prospective
Evening star., 1933-03-12
Digestion of Ostrich
Is No Need for Envy

LONDON.-Gourmands and dyspep-
tics in this part of the world who envy
the digestion of an ostrich have just
received the disturbing warning that
ostriches themselves have been suffer-
ing severely through the fallacious be-
lief that they can eat anything.
A number of ostriches In the London
Zoo have died as consequence OF rasn
confidence. One of these succumbed
after swallowing the equivalent OF IL
cents in coppers Another one "shufiied
of" after a generous public had pro-
vided it with two handkerchiefs, three
gloves, a camera film spool, three feet
of string, long pencil, a comb, a BIZ
cycle tire valve, a clock key, glove
fastener, a piece Of wood, part of a
rolled gold necklace, two collar but
tons, a penny, four halfpennies and
q Belgian franc piece.
Copyright. 1933)