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Evening star., 1934-03-19
VETS FAR AHEAD
OF LAST SEASON
Cronin Looks for Snappy
Campaign Start-Burke
Misses Soreness.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~ HOXI, Miss, March 49,
- Most of the Nationals in
camp here must undergo
49, much more heavy train
ing to be primed thoroughly
for the start of the American
League campaign four weeks
hence, but it is not so with the
five veterans that pitched the
club to the championship last
year.
Earl Whitehill, Walter Stewart, Al
Crowder, Monte Weaver and Jack
Russell now are in such superb trim
physically they must tone their train
ing the remainder of the condition
ing period.
This quintet that last season hurled
SO of the 80 victories that got the
Nationals the pennant is quite ready
to begin the training game grind and
could very well go as much as five
innings instead of the customary
three right off the reel, says Trainer
Mike Martin.
Never before at a Washington train
ing camp-and this is his siXth-has
Joe Cronin noted group of veteran
mound talent so far advanced at such
q stage of the Spring work, The
older pitchers made particularly rapid
progress in conditioning themselves
last year, but this time they are far
ahead of the 1888 training schedule,
declares the manager.
The speed at which these five slab
men are rounding into the pink has
satisfied Cronin that his club will get
away with a rush in the championship
campaign. Last year. neither Stewart
nor Weaver was able to start nicely.
and it was not until late July that
Weaver managed to hurl his true
game.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
YANKEE ATHLETES
SET SEVEN MARKS
Cunningham's Mile Tops Off
Brilliant Campaign on
Garden Track.
BY FOSTER HALEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n JEW YORK, March 1s.-
M When Glenn Cunning
" ham dashed to his new
\ world indoor mile mark
of 4:08.4 on the boards of Madi-
son Square Garden Saturday
night, he became a two-time
record breaker and the sixth
American athlete to put a new
universal standard on the books
in the two-month season which
closed $50 far as record break
ing goeS) then.
A few meets remain to be contested,
but the big board saucer has been
taken out of the Garden for the last
time this year and it was there that
the seven new world marks this sea-
son and nearly all the universal in
door marks have been made.
In addition to his great mile, which
clipped 1.6 seconds from the record
Gene Venzke set on the same track
two years ago, Cunningham also
shares a new world mark of 3:52-2 for
1900 meters with Bill Bonthron.
Other new standards were set in the
pole vault, running broad jump,
l,5OO-meter walk, 6O-yard high hur-
dies and the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
Burke Rid of Soreness.

TH1S time, with all five OF the old
i sters in tiptop shape, the man
ager knows no reason why the
Nationals shouldn't burn up the
league from the bell.
Two other veterans, Al Thomas and
Bob Burke, at last seem about to show
something worth while in a pitching
way. Thomas now says the doctored
arm that hampered him so much last
year causes no annoyance any longer
and that he feels it strong enough to
permit him to cut loose his speed this
week. The left-handed Burke, who
took the hill in batting practice for
the first time last Saturday, also is
due to put on more pressure in train
ing and in another day or two should
have his arm quite free.
Incidentally. this is the first time
In five years that Burke has not been
troubled with sore arm at training
camp. Down here in 1890, the string
bean southpaw developed shoulder
kink in the first week of work and
his arm was virtually useless through
out the season. He had the same
thing happen to him at the 1891 camp,
but managed to get something out of
the arm after the campaign was half
finished. Burke's arm became very
sore at the 1882 camp and again last
year. This time, he was given per-
mission to train slowly that he might
avoid a recurrence Of the affliction.
Evidently, Burke found the cure, for
the fiipper is free and without pain.
OF the rookie hurlers at camp, ed
Linke, Ray Prin, Len Phillips and
Mike Radanovich are well ahead of
the others. Either of these boys is
prepared to take the mound for
long term. Linke appears to have
something on the others in condition,
despite the poundage he carries.
The left-handed Prim is not far
back of the cherubic Chicagoan 1t
looks as though Prim will be one of
those to stick with the Nationals, too.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR
nECK DAVIS and Ed Pow,

DECK DAVIS and Ed Powell
Z have been named to coach
the Maryland Agricultural Col
1ege lacrosse team. They played
with the Farmers twelve last
season.
Diamond Junior duckpinners have
challenged all teams of their class
In the city. Members of the team
are Vincent Hart, John Gayney,
Edward Gayer, William Murphy
and William Duffy.
Fairmonts won two of three sets
from the Belmonts in the Mount
Pleasant Duckpin League. The
winning team comprised Conradis.
Robey, Hall, Sonneman and oliver,
and the losers used Holmes, Bauer,
Clements, Hopkins, Balm and Nau.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
BERGER IS BIDDING
FOR REGULAR lob
Bozie's Good Showing Com.
pIicates Indians Second
Base Problem.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n VEW ORLEANS, March 10.
M The Cleveland Indians
" problem over the second
4 base position has been
further complicated by the
promise of keen competition
from young Bozie Berger.
He managed to turn in .667 bat
ting average for the Indians second
exhibition game yesterday, in which
they drubbed the New Orleans Peli-
cans, to 2.
SARASOTA, Fla. - Bucky Harris
ambles about the Red Sox training
camp with a mighty satisfied grin.
And why not
His boys licked Detroit in their
initial contest without even one scrub
game for preparation. They tried
hard all the way, hit a few bad balls,
showed a lot of life on the bases and
hung up a dozen hits against three
of Mickey Cochrane's pitchers.
LAKELAND. Fla.-Back in training
quarters after Sundays 7-to-5 defeat
at the hands of the Boston Red Sox,
the Detroit Tigers studied their own
weak points today.
Rather glum over the Tigers defeat
by club managed by their old men
tor, Bucky Harris, Manager Mickey
Cochrane mapped out a week of in
tensive training in preparation for
Thursdays game with the Athletics
here.
DASADENA, Calif-Displeased over
the work of his men against the
Cubs, Manager Lew Fonseca Of
the Chicago White Sox, ordered them,
particularly the pitchers, back to work
today.
The squad had been promised a day
off today if they licked the Cubs, but
failed to earn the holiday.
FORT MYERS, F1a.-The Phila-
delphia Athletics fresh from their
last scheduled Sunday holiday until
the end of the 1884 season, meet the
st. Louis Cardinals today.
Tim McKeithan took advantage OF
the day of to lie on the beach, let
CluS tiic sui Ddke Ills sore plICnlne
arm, but many of the others were up
at 5 am. to go fishing.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-A long
batting drill was on the Browns pro-
gram today as Manager Rogers Horns
by sought to do something about the
feeble attack of his club against the
House of David team yesterday The
best the Browns could do against
Mike Janesko was two hits.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
VAUGHAN SHOWS
PUNCH FOR BUGS
Shortstop Steals Spotlight
From Waners, Traynor
and LindStr0m.
BY the Associated Press.

6y Iue ASSOClhtcu FIeSe.
n IVERSIDE, Calf, March
- 19.-Suddenly displaying
N a punch that has put the
L y Waners, Lindstrom and
Traynor in the background,
Arky Vaughan, Pittsburgh Pirate
shortstop, is grabbing the spot
light.
Arky lofted a home run over right
field fence yesterday, his third of the
training season games, sending mate
in ahead of him and helping his team
beat the Hollywood SheikS, 4-3. He
singled later, stole second and scored
the winning tally on a double by
Recruit Second Baseman Harry Lava
getto.
BRADENTON, Fla.-The outfield
situation of the Cardinals, which has
caused some concern because of the
continued refusal of George Watkins
and Ernie Orsatti to accept the salary
offered them by the club, was brighter
today. Col. Buster Mills, the fly
chaser from Rochester. apparently
has found the range, and the experts
regarded him as a serious contender
for steady job.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-Theres bad
news in store soon for three of the
New York Giants pitching recruits.
Hubbell, Schumacher. Parmelee,
Fltzslmmons. Clark, Luque and Bell
are the seven regulars, leaving Bill
Shores, Joe Bowman, AL Smith, Jack
Salveson and Clyde Castleman to
fight it out for the other two berths.
Shores and Bowman seem to have the
inside track now.
ST. PETERSBURG, Flats the
Braves and the Cincinnati Reds today
with the Tribesmen hopeful of calling
halt to their losing streak.
For Francis Nefty) Haynes of
Wollaston, Mass, it was a day of i'll
omen. Lefty, the first rookie to be
turned loose, was forced out of the
running by an injured ankle.
r OS ANGELES.-Don Conrads, 2l-
l. year-old southpaw who was
talked into trial with the Chi
cago Cubs by a woman fan from
keWanee, Ill, was manager Charlie
Grimms choice to start a game today
against Portland of the Pacific Coast
League at Ventura.
Pitchers Lon Warneke, Roy Joiner,
Pat Malone and Guy Bush, who
hurled in the Cubs pair of victories
over the White Sox Saturday and
Sunday, were excused from the TO-
mile bus ride to Ventura.
ORLANDO, Fla-Indications are
that Art Herring will land a Job with
the Brooklyn Dodgers despite his lack
of size
Although he seems frail in compari-
son to most of his rivals, Herrings
pitching has caught Casey Steneers
eye, and 1t looks as If he'll be the
Dodgers No. relief pitcher this year.
TAMPA, Fla.-Chick Hafey, be-
spectacled outfielder of the Cincin-
natl Reds, seems to be returning to
the form which made him champion
batsman of the National League in
1881.
In the game with the Phillies yes
terday, which the Reds won, 3 to 0,
Chick. made his first start in center
field. He played fast game, making
four running catches, got a hit and
stole a base.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-Blanked
in their first two grapefruit league"
games with major opponents, the
Phillies today take on the Columbus
Red Birds.
The Phils got five hits yesterday.
while the Cincinnati Reds were win
ming, to 2. That made a total of
8 hits in 1S innings for a team
which last season placed four men
at the top of the batting list in the
National League.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

Mr.. OFarrell has acquired a peculiar pitch
ing staff. We find in this corps the hulking
Homosassan, Dazzy Vance; Paul Derringer, the
leagues leading loser last year. though by no
means entirely through his own fault; Fred
Blake, the sheriff, Cub cast-off; 81 johnson,
another hard luck singer; Ray Kolp, and q
couple of fairly promising recruits, All Holings-
worth and Jimmy Pattison, both left-handed.
In case neither of his freshman southpaws
come through, Mr.. O'Farrell is toying with the
idea OF recalling Joe Shaute, the ex-sweet singer
of Flatbush. Many fans would like to see Joe
back in the business. They know about his op-
cratic talent and realize the need base ball has
for artists 1t would be foolish to let minstrel
of Joe's caliber slip out of the pastime forever.
But 1t would be foolish, too to imagine that Joe
Evening star., 1934-03-19
YOUNG BOXERS BATTLE
Members Of Three Boys Clubs
on Merrick Program.

Boxers Of the Merrick, Northeast
and Georgetown Boys Clubs figure
in an eight-bout program tonight
at the Merrick Club, starting at 8:l5
O'Clock.
The card:
20 pounds-Joe Morgan CM) VS.. Billy
Graves IN. E0, Buddy Yokum CM) VS..
Doug Printz IN. e..
90 pcunds-Eddie Kane (M.) vs. Georse
Wilson IN. E.. Preston Drew CM) VS..
Sammy Fusco IN. EO.
12G pounds-Jimmy Young CM) VS..
Ed Kilby IN. E) Buddy Kemp (M) VS..
Yoddy Cecchini IN. E).
145 pounds-Mike Morton M) vs..
& c3 vs. oaishton Alien IN. EJ.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
Tilden Asks World Net .JOust
Open Tourney Out, He and Vines to Challenge
Perry, Crawford-Isn't Mercenary.

charged spectators, with paid ad-
missions and the entire receipts to
be given to charity, for a side bet
of $4,000 each, or for no money
at all.
Both professionals asserted they
had been forced into challenging
by the decision of the International
Federation in Paris to refuse per-
mission for open tournaments.
"The federation's action not only
kills the open championship for
this year, but also for the next"
Tilden said.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

compile many victories TINS summer, out tney u
be tougher than they were last year. It's a
gloomy prospect for the National League writer's
and officials who like to leave the ball park
early.
The Giants played game which was one
long protest against travel by bus. Accustomed
as they are to Pullman cars and smooth rock
bed tracks the champs arrived in this city of
cigars and two-way trafhc aboard dminutive
Greyhound Of the highway. They were care
fully untangled and put to bed but one nights
rest was not enough to iron out the curves.
They swayed from side to side as they ran
the bases.
Against opposition of this sort, the Reds
did very nicely for themselves in the way Of
attack Mr.. Ernest "Slugger" lombard was
on the paths all afternoon. You couldn't look
Evening star., 1934-03-19
CLARENDON NINE READY.

Clarendon (Va) Cardinals have re-
organized for the diamond season and
are after games with uniformed senior
teams which have grounds for Sun
days and holidays, starting April 8.
Write Manager Francis e. Schultz,
1921 Alexandria avenue, Clarendon.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
RING BOUTS TONIGHT.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 19.-Box-
ing and wrestling matches will feature
q smoker of the Old Dominion Boat
Club tonight at the club house at 8
o'clock. Jack Howard, the clubs ath-
letic director, is in charge Of the
program.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
MANAGERS TO MEET.

Managers of unlimited class base
ball teams interested in the District
Independent League are asked to at
tend a meeting tomorrow night at 8
o'clock at 1882 H street northeast.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
World Record Breakers.

THE athletes who joined Cunning
ham and Bonthron in the
charmed circle of world record
holders were: Keith Brown of Yale,
with a new record of IA feet inches
in the pole vault, replacing his own
former mark of IA feet "a inches.
Jesse Owens, Ohio States sensa-
tional freshman, who broad jumped
Is feet 81 inches to erase a mark
of "a feet 11s inches, made by an
other great Negro athlete, Dehart
Hubbard, in 1926.
John Collier, bald-headed veteran
OF the 1928 Olympic team who
crowned a sensational season by fee
ing over five 3-foot 6-inch obstacles
in go yards in rs seconds to shave
three-tenths of a second from the
record George Guthrie set at Cincin-
natl in 1927; Joe McCluskey, third in
the Olympic steeplechase, who set
new record for the 3,000-meter in
door obstacle run of $50, clipping
1874 seconds from his own world
mark set year before: Charles Esch-
enback of the New York Athletic
Club, who heeled-and-toed his way to
q world mark of 6:14.5 for the 1900
meter walk on March 10 after break
ing the old standard three weeks be-
fore with 6:14.8 effort.
Owens also tied the world record OF
6.2 seconds for the 60-yard dash Sat-
urday night and Collier tied the world
mark of IA for the 60-yard high hur-
dies, with only four obstacles.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
TOLEDO GETS CL0UTER.

ST. CHARLES, Va, March 10 P.
-Beauford Rhea, outfielder Of the
Lonesome Pine League, who amassed
q batting average of All last season,
has been signed by the Toledo Mud
hens.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
FROM THE PRESS BOX
BY JOHN LARDNER-

the Cincinnati Reds
Plant Field The champions
stylish imitation their opponens-kckng
juggling considerable skill conceang
generally resembling the Reds scrub team
the diamond trying to distinguish one
fielding with restraint
Evening star., 1934-03-19
Where the Edge Vanishes.

with Chick
VI
infeld, Bottomley
group field left side Of
poced the best doubles Mr. oFarre
Maon and
Mr. Botomey the Phls
Evening star., 1934-03-19
HERsHEYs BEAT ORIOLES.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 1s.-The
Hershey hockey team defeated the
Baltimore Orioles here last night, 81.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
GriSabmen Top Building With
Modern Training
AstOnishes Vet
BY the Associated Press.

CT. PETERSBURG. Fla, March
- 19.-There's been a big change
in pitchers training methods
in the last 20 years, opines Dixie
Walker, ST., whose son is trying
to earn an outfield berth with the
New York Yankees.
Look at Gomez" said Dixie,
who used to pitch for Washing
ton. "He was in camp only three
or four days when he was buzzing
them through as though he'd been
pitching all Winter. It made my
arm sore just to look at him."
Evening star., 1934-03-19
BOOSTS LACROSSE
FOR D. c. SCHOOLS
DR.. Truitt Heads New Dixie
Association-Landon Is
Ready to Lead Way.
DETERMINED effort will

A DETERMINED effort will
~ be made to establish la
~ crosse on a sound basis
4 a in the high and prep
schools of Washington and vi
cinity.
This movement had its incep-
ton here yesterday when the
Dixie Lacrosse Association, one
of eight subsidiaries of the
United States intercollegiate
Lacrosse Association, was organ
lied at a meeting at which
Miller Moore of New York, presi-
dent of the national body, pre-
sided.
DR.. R. v. Truitt of the University
Of Maryland, who, as coach Of the
Old Liners. put the game on a high
plane at College Park, was elected
president pro tenn. after explaining
that it would be impossible for him
to take the position on any other
basis. A man to relieve him will
be selected later. Truitt has not
coached since 1927, but is intensely
interested in the pastime.
Robert MacCartee, Tech graduate
and former st. Johns star and now
on the staff at Landon School, and E.
C. (RedD Wood, who has been in
strumental in forming informal teams
at Central High, were chosen vice
presidents, with w. Wilson Wingate
of Baltimore as secretary-treasurer.
An Executive Committee, with Miller
Moore as chairman, was chosen as
follows:
Winfree johnson. Comdr. Durgin
and G. R. Auer Of Washington, John
E. Faber of Maryland u, P. L. Ban
field of Landon School, Comdr. Peyton
of the Naval Academy, Ray Van
Orman of Johns Hopkins. William
H. Dinty) Moore of st. Johns. Oster
Norris and John Kneipp Of Mount
Washington Club, George Ekaitls OF
Washington College, Dick Harlow OF
Western Maryland, George Hoban,
Andy Kirkpatrick and Fred Weber Of
Baltimore and w. H. Hotel.
Landon School Willing.
TT IS hoped to organize at least
| four high school teams here this
season. Landon School is ready
to take up the pastime if two others
do, so as to assure opposition. With
Central as a possibility for continu-
ing on an informal basis, it is be-
lieved the goal will be reached if not
exceeded.
Moore has assured the cooperation
of the national organization in OBJ
tanning sticks for the new teams,
promising to provide 8 or 10 for
each squad If the school will fur
nish like number. Competent coach
ing by ace players of recent Uni
versity of Maryland teams or from
other sources also would be provided
If desired.
Evening star., 1934-03-19

they
arranging
quadruple tie for fifth place.
Evening star., 1934-03-19


cloutng
the the defense that
Slade and Paul Deringer base
Evening star., 1934-03-19
Set American Marks,

IATIVE American records fell to
IN McCluskey and Ray Sears, But
ler's distance ace. Shutting
Joe did the 5000 meters in 14.484
and Sears beat McCluskey to the tape
in the 2-mile run of the K. of c.
games Saturday in 9:07.4 seconds,
full second under the American rec
ord Joie Ray made II years ago.
Only one Of the record breakers es-
capped defeat through the year, Brown
taking every pole vault event In which
he was entered.
Bonthron, however, lost only to
Cunningham in the 1,50c-meter race,
where the timers caught them In the
identical record figures, and Cunning
ham lost only to Bonthron in a mile
race the week before. Those were
the only times they met.
It was one Of the disappointments
of the season that these two great
milers, the finest America has ever
had, could not have got together at
least once more to decide which was
the better.
Evening star., 1934-03-19
8y the Associated Press.
- HILADELPHIA, March 49,
Bill Tilden today said he
and his fellow professional,
Ellsworth Vines, would issue

Il Ellsworth Vines, would issue
challenge to Fred Perry
Of England and Jack Crawford of
Australia, amateurs, to meet them
in singles on the tennis court this
season to settle the worlds su-
pregnancy.
To bring about these tests, Tilden
said they would play Perry and
Crawford on any of four condi-
tons: With no admission being
Evening star., 1934-03-19
RELYON VETSNOW
TO LEAVE CELLAR
Cincinnati Hopes to Make
Contender by 1886 Out
of Young Talent.
This Is one OF a series OF stories
dealing ,cith the 1884 prospects OF
major league base ball clubs.)
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

Associated Press Sports Editor.
TAMPA, Fla, March 19.-
Although not overlooking
the advantage of plug
ging the gaps in the var
sity lineup this year, in a spir-
tied attempt to climb out of last
place in the National League,
the Cincinnati Reds also are
concentrating on a huge fresh
man class of ball players, with
a view to developing a cham
pionship contender by 1886.
Upward of so earnest and ambitious
athletes have been corralled this
Spring by the aggressive new owner
ship of the Reds, headed by Powell
Crosley, jr., the radio magnate; per-
sonally directed by red-headed dy-
namo, Larry MacPhail, and with Bob
OFarrell, long a familiar backstop-
ping figure, as the new manager.
I'VE are sticking pretty much TO
the tried and tested performers on
our roster this year." says OFarrell,
because our first ambition Is to pull
the Reds out Of last place. We are
strengthened in several positions, no
tably at second base with Tony Piet
and in the outfield with the addition
Of Adam Comorosky, both from the
Pirates. We parted with Red Lucas
in the deal, but he won only 10 games
for the club last year and I believe
Dazzy Vance will win more than that
for us this season. Old Dag looks to
be in great shape.
Meanwhile, we are proceeding with
plans to build UP young ball club.
which by 1885 should be q distinct
pennant factor"