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Exhibition Games

BY the Associated Press.
New York (N), 4; Buffalo Il. L.), Q
Boston CN), 6; New York (A.), O.
Detroit (A), 9; Philadelphia (N.), S
Cincinnati (N), 9; Philadelphia
(A), 3.
st. Louis N), 8; Columbus CA
A., 2.
Boston (A.), 9; Newark Il. L., Z.
Cleveland (A), S; Washington
(AD,
Pittsburgh N), 8; Hollywood (P
G. L., 6.
, Chicago (N), 8; Chicago (A). 4.
Baltimore Il. L., 81; House OF
David, 4. --------'-
T0day's Schedule.
At ST. Petersburg-New York (A)
VS.. Boston CN0.
At Los Angeles-Chicago (N.) VS.
Chicago (A).
At Sarasota-Cincinnati (N) VS.
Boston (A).
At Miami Beach-New York (N) vs.
Buffalo Il. L..
At Observation-Disclosures (N) VS.
Hollywood (P. G. L..
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Griffith Harried by Reports Of Trades With Tribe
His Club Already Strong Enough

that at 10 o'clock the ball game
was called off,. The sun came out
for a few minutes around noon,
though, and the Cleveland club
officials decided to go through
with the contest.
Two flashy fielding feats made
the few faithful forget the chill a
short while. In the third round
Travis slashed a hot one over sec
ond, but Moore took dive at the
ball, scrambled out of dust cloud
and fired to the base in the nick OF
time to force out Kuhel. For
Moore, a whale of a play. For
Travis, a good hit gone wrong.
Trosky, the Tribes rookie first
sacker, pulled the other snappy
play in the eighth when he lunged
into the path of sizzler sent down
the line by Kuhel, then threw from
a prone position to the covering
pitcher to get his man.
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Three Question Marks.

90 the Cards are fast, powerful and
y well balanced. What's going to
keep them from winning the pen
nant? You ask (and a very good
question, too). Well. combination
of circumstances may do that. Per-
haps William Hallahan has not re-
covered his skill. Normally William
is the second best southpaw in the
league, but he has his ups and downs.
Perhaps Mr.. Frisch is on the tobog-
gan as player. Perhaps Medwick
was a fash in the pan last year.
The last hypothesis is the easiest
to dispose of. Joe the Duck seems
better than ever this Spring. He's
fast on the bases, fast in the field,
and dangerous with a club in his
hand. Joe the Duck is ball player.
Mr.. Frisch, of course, is not get
ting better with the passage of the
years.
The Fordham flash is in danger of
becoming an ex-f1ash. But he has
another couple of seasons of sound
ball playing in his constitution, and
his turn-around batting will help him
hang on. Pitchers still glance about
them uneasily when Mr.. Frisch ad-
vances to the dish.
As for restless Will Hallahan, the
odds are in his favor. William is
young and strong, though a veteran
in his line. He's left-hander with
smoke ball, the best combination
you can find in pitcher. He pitched
against the Red Sox in the game
mentioned above and shut them out
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ger dogs come along I'll take

ger dogs come along I'll take
Boken's"
Boken shares another physical
distinction on the Washington
Club. Standing 6 feet II. inches
tall, Robert is tied for stratosphere
laurels with young Cecil Travis,
the infant infielder.
Collectively, the Nationals rep
resent what Mons. Jose Turner,
the Washington rassling maestro,
would tag potential material"
The regular outfield of Heinie
Manush, Fred Schultz and John
Stone. represents 555 pounds on
the hoof and if Dave Harris
crashes into the picture this fig
ure will 60 a-zooming. The aver
age weight of the entire team is
well over ITS pounds and the
height 6 feet. Six of the pitching
staff are feet or more in height.
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might enable Cleveland to relieve
its second base situation. I'm
telling you straight, now. that
there is no deal on the fire" the
Washington prexy added.
Sure, I'd like to have Hudlin,"
Griffith responded to a questioner.
II think he's a pretty good pitcher.
There are a lot of other players
around the league I'd like to have,
too. But I'm not bothering about
any trades now. think we have
a right good ball club. A ball club
that ought to win again"
Slated to tackle the Indians
again today, the Nationals were
hoping for more favorable weather
than was on tap for yesterdays
fray. 1t was cold enough for over
coats. so cold that only corporars
guard took a look at the pastiming
in Heinmann Park. So cold, too,
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to give this dame lift, but there's such a
thing carrying thing too far"
Mr.. Frisch though he entertains a great
respect for Texas womanhood, is the sort OF
guy who likes to win ball games even grape
fruit ball games. He was deeply annoyed when
the Red Sox scored three runs off Miss Didrik-
sons delivery. Big Julius Soters parked one
of her slants in the top of a tree in left field.
The ball dropped cautiously from limb to limb
and big Julius was rounding second before it
dropped to the ground.
Others who hit Miss Didrikson safely were
Bill Cissell, Eddie Morgan, Dusty Cooke and
Rick Ferrell. All the boys proflted by a tip
from Max Bishop, the first hitter to oppose
the Babe
Count 10 before you swing" Max ad-
vised them. This girl does not throw as
fast as she runs
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FOUR HANDBALL TILTS

Four singles matches are carded to-
night in the District A. A. U. hand
ball championship tourney at the
Central Y. M. c. A. P. B. Payne
meets T. A. Charshee and George
Newman engages Buck Maynard at
7:3O o'clock, and Randy Myers faces
Jack Schwartz and william Neville
takes on J. F. Cowley at $50.
In opening doubles matches last
night Myers and Paul Pearlman de-
feated Charshee and Tom Mangan.
2l-16, 21-l6, and Woodward and
Vineberg downed Nash and Neville,
2l-6, 16-2l, 2l-6.
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Can't Stand Prosperity.

"A S HOSTILITIES got under way
IA it seemed there would be an
other slaughter of the Tribe
Doing some right free hitting and
with the Indians playing balmy base
ball, the Nationals rang up three runs
right off the reel They must have
believed that made it day for them
and settled to rest on their laurels
1t was vastly different with the Tribe
It had the game in a knot by the
time the second round was completed
and stepped out in the third to get
lead for good and all.
The league champions made merry
at the expense of Thornton Lee,
rookie left-hander, in their first bat
ting turn to record a trio of tallies.
Myer singled. Stone doubled and
Manush hit for base to send across
the first marker. Had Kamm, at
third base, been more alert after pick
ing up Cronin's grounder, the Wash
ington scoring might have ended then
and there. Stone properly showed no
disposition to leave third when the
ball was raped to Willie, but Manush
hot-footed toward second with Kamm
looking over the stitches on the new
major league sphere.
Finally he cut loose with a throw
that failed TO beat Heinie to the
middle sack. To make it worse,
Moore, at second. muffed the throw
and Stone scampered home. After
Schultz and Kuhel hoisted out, Ira
Wis lifted a fluke single over second
to tally Manush.
Manager Cronin sent to the hill AL
Crowder, Walter Stewart and Monte
Weaver in order, and the tribe had
the ball game before Crowder finished
his three-inning term. A single by
Porter and double by Averill were
backed after two we're out by Trosky'S
one-baser for two markers in the
opening session. Knickerbocker sin
gled with one out in the second,
moved up on Lees erasure and a
passed ball charged against Klumpp,
then crossed when Porter got his Sec
ond blow. Vosmik's two-bagger and
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BY JIM BERGMAN.

~ ILOXI, Miss, March 28.-
u On every championship
ball club you'll find pitch
IL ing, swatting and fielding.
On this Washington cham
pionship ball club, which again is
bent on flying the American League
pennant in Griffith Stadium, you'll
find a good deal else, too.
II the Nationals actually battle
their seven rivals Inls season on
the basis of an eye for an eye,
tooth for a tooth, schnozzle for a
schnozzle and a flock of other out
right physical trades that the
Scriptures forgot to mention,
they'll get the worst Of the deal.
That is, they probably will be CIV
ing away more than the other
fellah.
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STAR SHORTST0P
SERIOUSLY HURT
Chronic InfieId Troubles
Made Acute by Loss of
Capt. BarteII.
fThis is one of a series dealing
NTH the 1884 prospects OF major
league base ball clubS.)
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

Associated Press Sports Editor.
w yINTER HAVEN, Fla,
M March 28.-Amon z
w other worries, the Phil
lies for years seldom
have come through the Spring
training session without some
infield problems to solve. Just
when it seemed this year as
though the clubs aggressive new
pilot, Jimmy Wilson, had this
ancient jlnX on the run, it
bobbed up again in the form of
the spiking of Dick Bartell, star
shortstop, captain and spark
plug of the team.
Bartell was hurt so seriously a few
days ago he may not recover in time
to be in the opening game lineup
April II. This puts Wilson up against
a problem in reserves already acute.
Lou Chiozza, promising Memphis re-
cruit, is filling in for Bartel, but the
club will be in bad way if the rest
of the infleld doesn't come through.
At present Don Hurst, slugging first
baseman, is the only veteran.
Wilson had been counting upon
Bartell's help in developing Marty
Hopkins at third and Irvine Jeffries
at second. This pair came up we'll
recommended from st. Paul, but they
have not set the grapefruit belt on
fire. Hopkins, a smart fielder, has
shown little confidence at the plate.
Jeffries only lately has begun to JUS
tify the expectations erected around
his American Association batting
mark of .343.
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This Moore who played second
for the Indians yesterday doesn't
belong to them. They borl owe d
him from the Pelicans because Bad
News Hale, Tribe infielder, has a
sore arm. Moore was around the
National League a lot before land
ing with the Southern outfit, the
Pirates, Phils, Braves and Cards
had him at times.
1t was a tough day for the
Washington receiving staff. After
Sewell had his finger hurt, Elmer
Klumpp went in to catch. He took
a hot one on the meat hand in the
second inning and had to call on
Trainer Martin for first aid. Later.
Moe Berg was hit on the shin by a
pitch from Monte Weaver who was
being warmed up. The blow was
heavy enough to make Berg limp
the remainder of the day.
j, B. x.
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to play baH. Ine
time is not far
off when women
will be playing in
the big leagues.
Not far enough
off, anyway. to
suit Mr.. Frisch
a n d his col
leagues.
T h e g a m c
which the Babe
started eventually
was won by the
Cardinals, despite
t h e ir three-run
handicap. Dusty
C0DLa -, a a a
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them a present of it. The score was
tied at Tall and the Cards had two
men on the paths when Mr.. Cooke
made a square muff of a fly. The
runners scored and the game was in
the icebox.
The Cards may win a number of
contests by the same method this
Summer. Their ball playing is strongly
tinged with opportunism. Mr.. Frisch
has taught them to be fast on their
feet, alert in their minds, and ready
to capitalize the slightest bone. The
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VYyHEN the first half of the inning
w was over, the Cards clustered
around Miss Didrikson and
patted her on the back. They patted
her in the direction of the nearest
exit. Virgil Davis paid the Babe a
brief tribute as he removed his mask.
Zone thing, she's got a change
of pace" said Mr.. Davis. "She
can 60 from slow to slower"
The remarks of the athletes and
the spectators, who commented rather
freely, must not be interpreted as a
reflection on the ability of women
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tl0nalS nrSC-SCrlng Catcn-
4 er, who had the index
finger of his right hand soundly
Smacked by a foul tip in the
game with the Indians here yes
terday, will be behind the bat in
the season opener in Washing
ton April Is.
Which is a great relief to Clark
Griffith, Joe Cronin and the others
of the ball club. Any Of them will
tell you Luke must be in there
steadily if the Mats are to get places.
The digit brushed back by the ball
bounding off Joe Vosmik's bat, before
yesterdays game was an inning old,
was badly bruised and not broken as
was first reported from the Hotel
Dieu, the hospital where the catcher
was taken for examination.
Sewell will be ready for service in
another 10 days says Trainer Mike
Martin.
Breaking fingers has been some
thing of habit With Sewell He had
his troubles that way almost every
season while he Taught for the In
dians. With the Nationals last year,
he managed to escape such a hurt.
1t was an old fracture that at first
led those at the hospital to believe
Lukes pet jinx had come back to
him. The X-ray of his finger re-
vealed what appeared to be a break,
but it proved to b. a malformation of
the bone resulting from former injury
Only severe bruise, the surgeons
concluded after more thorough ex-
animation.
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back little, anyway.
who has the best chance to win?
Well, it's 10 or II to / against any
single starter. You saw how Horton
Smith, Craig Wood. Paul Runyan,
Burke and Dudley were hitting the
ball. But Willie Macfarlane, Mac
Smith, John Golden, Al Espinosa and
others were hitting it just about as
well. Merton is a great champion
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TEWART left-handed three rou

CTEWART left-handed three rounds
with the Indians never threaten
ing, but Weaver had trouble with
his control in the seventh, the first of
his two innings on the hill, and a
single, a pass, an infeld erasure and
a long fly accounted for the fifth
tribal tally.
After their four-hit splurge in the
first inning, the Nationals got but
four more blows. Two were made OIL
Lee before he stepped out after the
fourth frame. Two more and as
many passes were CLEANED of Willis
Hudlin, big right-hander, now bigger
than ever, in five innings.
Hudlin was faster and had more on
the ball than any other pitcher seen
by the Nationals in their brief COM
petitive experience this Spring. They
are saying, though, that pitchers of
his type won't be picking on them
long. These Nationals have great
confidence in their batting. All they
ask is trif1e more practice against
the hills big leaguers.
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tAAS SASNSAoAio 4i2NAebAAo Al
4 their 5-to-3 triumph over
Washington yesterday was Eddie
Moore, former Pirate and lately
of the New Orleans Pelicans.
How would you like to play for
the Indians aWhile?" asked General
Manager Billy Evans.
What do you mean, awhile?'
Moore retorted. IF you put a Cleve-
land uniform on me you'll have to
cut 1t off,"
LOS ANGELES.-Chicagos White
Sox are wondering what has become
of the spell they used to exercise over
the Cubs.
The Sox won eight out of nine
games played with the home rivals
prior to this Spring Since then they
have taken three straight beatings.
The Cubs triumphed yesterday, but
the Sox were back to try it again
today.
SARASOTA, Fla.-If Bob Lefty"
Grove feels in the mood Manager
Bucky Harris will start him today
against the Cincinnati Reds. In any
case. another Red Sox southpaw will
be in there, for Bob Weiland is down
to work six innings.
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Digit Is Painful.
Digit Is Painful.
TIAD Sewell's finger actually been
i i broken he would have been out

ITAD Sewells finger actually been
i i broken he would have been out
Of commission at least three
weeks and probably longer. Catchers
don't come back so fast after such
hurts. Their bare hands have to take
a great amount Of punishment in the
course of play.
The finger is paining the veteran
receiver plenty today. So much
bruised blood had accumulated in the
end of it that they bored a hole
through the nail st the hospital and
drained what they could yesterday
Luke went back to the hospital this
morning for similar treatment and a
surgeon will continue to look after
the digit when the player gets back
to the Biloxi training base.
Sewell will do only general condi-
tioning work until the club reaches
Washington the second week of April.
He must keep going to prevent re-
gaining the superfluous poundage he
shed only through arduous toll. But
he'll be right tor the start of the
championship campaign.
Had their first-string catcher been
so severely injured as at first an
nounced by hospital aides it would
indeed have been sorry day for the
Nationals. As it was they took it on
their chins in the ball game. The
Indians, who had been so submissive
in the scrapping at Biloxi last week,
were battling band this time and
got themselves q 5-to-3 win.
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fastest champion
ship we ever had
in a scoring way"
Walter H a g e n
said. "I may be
an old-timer now,
but I intend to
get to Merton at
least two weeks
ahead a n d be
ready with the
best I've got. ]
feel that I am
hitting the ball
better t h a n ]
ever did before,
and my putting
lt - n,
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Tigers Finally Win.

T AKELAND, Fla.-After defeating
L. the PhilIies for their first major
league exhibition game victory.
Detroit's Tigers moved on to Avon
Park today to play Columbus of the
American Association.
The Phillies went down, 9 to 5, before
Detroit under a barrage of hits
mightier than the Bengals have dis
played at any time this Spring.
FORT MYERS, Fla-George De-
tore, who with Ray Radcliffe was
given by the Athletics to the Louis
vile Colonels for an option on Catcher
Hank Erickson, says he will try to
arrange another trade so that he can
return to Toledo. He played in To-
ledo's infield last year.
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Hawaiian Has Chance.
FROM THE PRESS BOX
BY JOHN LARDNER-

28-Several ball
Foridans Mildred Ddrikson
\
-
inning
frankie could hardly
abe Will Halahan.
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''7'1
"Batted for Lee in fourth.
Score by innings
WASHINGTON ~ 3 o O O o 0-3
Cleveland .... > l o o o x-5
Runs batted in-Trosky 90. Porter. vos-
mix Nanush Cronin. Kuhel Two-base
hits-Stone (2). Averill Vosmik. Double
play-Knlckerbocker to Moore to TroSky
Left on Washington. Il; Cleveland;
6. First base on balls-On Lee, !; of
Hudlin, ,: of Stewart. ]; off Weaver l.
Struck out-By Lee. /; by Hudlin. l; by
Crowder- /: by Weaver. l. Hits-Of Lee.
Il in innings: eff Hudlin. in ; innings;
off Crowder 7 in i innings; off Stewart. l
in = innines; of Weaver. L in innings.
Passed ball-Klumpp Winning pitcher
Lee. Losing pitcher-Crowder. Umpires
-Messrs Cox and Johnson. Time OF
game hour and IL minutes.
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NOTHING BUT WINNERS.

Herbert Buck" Read never has had
losing basket ball team in his 13
years of coaching at Michigan State
College.
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Forced TO Sell Star.

THE catcher-manager's chief re-
lance in the forthcoming Ma
tional League race is placed in
his own ability to develop better
pitching from a staff which was
big disappointment in 1888 and has
only one real addition so far, Curtis
Davis.
With further service from such vet
erans as Jumbo Jim Elliott and Phil
collins, besides the development of
younger but experienced fingers like
Ed Holley, Snipe Hansen. Austin
Moore, Frank Pearce and Reg Gra-
bowski, it is Wilson's hope that he
will lift the club a notch in the race.
The Phillies finished seventh last
year. following which they were
obliged to sell their champion hitter.
Chuck Klein. to the Chicago Cubs for
SIPS 900 to escape the financial shoals.
Prior to that Third BaSeman Pinky
Whitney and Outfielder Hal Lee had
been traded TO the Braves Finally.
Catcher Virgil Davis was swapped for
Wilson, who replaced Burt Shotton.
Hawaiian Has Chance.
THE net result is a real job Of re-
construction for Wilson. The
only deal Wilson has personally
engineered is the purchase of Ethan
Allen. feet outfielder, from the Car
dinals. Allen probably will start with
Yves Schulmerich and Chick Fullis in
the Phillies' garden spots. but Henry
K. Dana, hard-hitting Hawaiian from
the Coast League, and Bill Ruble. from
Minneapolis, have a good chance
to stick. Harvey Hendrick will be
available for all-around utility chores.
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THE SPORT LIGHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

ship test. one of the best courses we
ever have drawn, and that will help
a lot"
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Flash still is good base runner him.
self, and he has couple Of agile
lieutenants in Pepper Martin and
Joseph Medwick.
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By a staff Correspondent of The Star.
EW ORLEANS, March 28.-
Clark Griffith Is snlltterinp

n YEW ORLEANS, March 28.-
N Clark Griffith is sputtering
VI more denials of deals with
1 Y the Cleveland club. The
Washington president was
at his sputtering best today when
asked by correspondents if he con-
templated giving up Bob Boken,
utility infielder, and another
player for Willis Hudlin, hefty
right-hand hurler who yesterday
stood the American League cham
pions on their heads.
I'm not talking any business
with the Cleveland club, no matter
what Billy Evans may have told
you," Griffith declared. Some OF
the correspondents attached to
the Indians camp had said Evans
admitted he is endeavoriDg to
swing deal with Washington that
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FINDS
HELP IN CATCHING
Red Pilot So Impressed by
L0mbardi He Intends to
Share Job With Him.

TAMPA, Fla, March 28-
Ernie Lombardi seems deS-
tined to do a lot of catch
u ing for the Cincinnati
Reds this season, despite what
plans Manager Bob O'Farrell
might have had.
OFarrell had intended to do most
of the backstopping, but the big
Italian has been walloping the ball so
hard and performing behind the plate
so well that the player-manager has
changed his mind.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-Bill Terry
has about given up hope that William
Watson Clark, veteran left-hander,
will be of much assistance to the New
York Giants this season.
Clark, troubled by an arm injury
last year. thought the fault had been
cured during the Winter. But he's
been having trouble with it almost
since training began. .
ORLANDO, Fla-The livelier ball
calls for heeter outflelders this year
and Casey Stengel thinks the Brook
lyn Dodgers will have them He plans
to use Johnny Frederick, Ralph Boyle,
Danny Taylor and Len Koenecke as
regulars, and the Boyle, Taylor and
Koenecke all are speed merchants.
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"IlI Wind" HELPS GaIan,

r OS ANGELES-Injuries and all
ments of Woody English and
Stanley Hack, may give Rookie
Galan an opportunity to open the
National League season as the Chi
cago Cubs third baseman. Galan
has done well, except for little un-
certainty in throwing to first base.
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NATURALLY, the return of Gene
" Sarazen. Tommy Armour and
Joe Kirkwood will add further
strength. Sarazen is moving at a
fast pace once more and Armour S
play is about due to break into win
ming flame again.
Every pro I saw at Augusta is lay
ing out hard training campaign for
the Merton meeting. and then there
will be more than the usual color in
the field what with Hagen's better
showing, Horton Smiths return to
the heights, Runyan's dizzy scoring
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the mad scramble at Merlon IN tne
next open.
The older and the younger stars
will take more than usual pains to see
that form and timing are adjusted
properly for this big show over Penn
sylvania turf.
Judging from the pace of the field
all Winter, I think this will be the