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Evening star., 1934-03-29
HAMMERS INDIAN
HURLERS FOR .667
Ex.Tiger Dims Memory Of
Goslin-PiIot, in Garden,
Loses for GriffS.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

n nOXI, Miss, March 90
x Collectively, the Nationals
brought back nothing
~ from the Indians New
Orleans camp, but individually
three of the boys got something
out of the trip.
Luke Sewell picked up one of the
swellest index fingers in base ball
when that on his right hand was
nicked by Joe Vosmiks s foul, but better
than that, Jack Stone returned with a
nicely swollen batting average for his
fXIllDltl0n game work and Manager
Joe Cronin with a keen appreciation
of how much this new outhelder
might do for the American League
champions this year.
Stone was plain poison to the Cleve-
land chuckers in the two games the
Nationals dropped in New Orleans, just
as he had been in the lone contest the
Cronin crew took from the Tribe here
last week. He followed his batting
exhibition of Tuesday. when he smote
two doubles in three times at bat,
with one in the wind-up with the
Tribe that meant a single and a
triple for three trips to the plate.
This two-for-three stuff seems
habitual with Stone against the In
dians, for when he faced their pitchers
at Biloxi last week he hammered two
singles in three times up. Batting for
.667 against the Tribe tossers, the
new Washington outhelder has made
six safeties for total of 10 bases.
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To Use New Infielders.

TOR the second time in three years
+ the Yankees plan to start the
season with two new infielders.
The experiment did not click long in
1882, when Jack Saltzgaver started
at second and Frankie Crosetti on
third, but Mccarthy appears to have
decided Rolfe will do all the Short
stopping necessary and team up with
Don Heffner, the Baltimore recruit,
at second.
The shake-up puts Lazzeri on third
and leaves Crosetti and Saltzgaver
as the likely utility inf1elders. Larry
may replace one of these two, if he
is not traded. First base will be we'll
taken care of by the iron man, Lou
Gehrig, who appears ready for one
of his biggest years.
Sam Byrd, great Spring hitter,
probably will start in center field,
hanked by Chapman and Ruth, but
Earle Combs is still available. Hoag
has been understanding Ruth in ex-
hibition games, but Dixie Walker is
being groomed to succeed the Babe,
if and when the great man makes
his final gesture as a regular.
Bill Dickey, minus his appendix,
will do all the backstopping neces-
Sary, but he has a promising young
understudy in Norman Kies. up from
the Newark farm. Arndt Jorgens also
is available.
Next: National League review)
Evening star., 1934-03-29
By a Staff Correspondent of The Sta

~ ILOXI, Miss, March 90
Back at their training base
for a weeks final fling at
IL the conditioning grind be-
fore heading home, the
Nationals are hopeful of having
all hands in good trim when they
get out of here next Wednesday
afternoon.
OF course, they'll have to wait
a while to. get back Luke Sewell.
the catcher with the bunged-up
finger, but otherwise there should
be none below par when camp is
broken, it is believed.
At that, Sewell will be right up
to snuff in every way other than
the ability to use his right hand
for catching for he will undergo
a steady program of exercising.
Heinie Manush, who hurt a leg
slightly in the exhibition with the
Indians at New Orleans yesterday,
should be himself again in a day
or two, says trainer Mike Martin,
and it appears that Earl Whitehill
has fully recovered from the leg
wrench he suffered last week.
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Camp Base Ball

By the Associated Press.
Cleveland (A), 4; Washington
AD, 3.
Boston (N). 3; New York (A), 8,
tie g innings.
Cincinnati (N), 4; Boston (A), 8.
Chicago (A), Is; Chicago N), Z.
New York (N), S; Buffalo U), /.
Pittsburgh (N), u; Hollywood (P.
G. L., 10.
House of David. 10; Philadelphia
(A), 7.
Atlanta Is. Az, 4; Cincinnati N),
2 (second team.
T0day's Schedule. e.
At Fort Myers, Fla.-Detroit (A)
VS.. Philadelphia tA).
At Clearwater, Fla.-New York (A)
vs.. Newark U).
At Winter Haven, Fla.-Boston (A)
vs.. Philadelphia (N).
At Orlando, Fla.-New York (N0
vs. Brooklyn (N.).
At Los Angeles-Pittsburgh (N) VS..
Chicago CND.
At Avon Park. Fla.-St Louis (N)
vs.. Columbus a. A..
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BIC ISSUE PUT Up
TORUFF|NG, GOMEZ
Their Return to Form Held
Necessary to Keep Club
in Flag Fight.
This Is one OF a series OF stories
dealing tUith the prospects of major
league base ball clubs/
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor,

AoSO~AoIcO CpOI Is LOllOEs
CT. PETERSBURG, Fla.
- March 29.-With a club
that was the leading run
- getting machine in the
major leagues last year and
showing no sign of losing its
potency in this respect, the New
York Yankees rely upon a re-
vamped infeld and much better
pitching to keep them in the
pennant race this year.
On both counts Manager Joe Nc
Carthy believes he has real reason to
be confident the Yankees will give the
champion Senators or any other rival
a battle down the stretch. 1t is natu-
rally question of how long the
eminent Mr.. Ruth will cavort in right
field, on a daily basis, but the Babe1
sensational streak of Spring hitting
has buoyed his own conviction that
he will do his share of the chores in
at least 100 games.
Batting power, however, is not what
the club needs most With hitters like
Red Rolfe. the sensational new short
stop; Lou Gehrig Ben Chapman, Tony
Lazzeri and Bill Dickey, in addition
to Ruth, plenty of punch will be avail
able, but it won't do much good to
average around seven runs per game
unless the pitching department checks
the opposition.
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Griffs in Fettle Nearing End of Grind
When Breaks Week Hence

Earl surely looked as though his
underpinning was okay as he
toiled four rounds on the hill yes
terday. And if there is anything
wrong with Al Thomas doctored
arm, neither he nor any one else
with the club knows about it. AL
put a deal of power into his three
innings of pitching against the
Tribe, never once displaying any
timidity. He isn't nursing the
limb any more.
Bob Burke, pitcher, whose left
arm was ailing a few days, de-
clares the soreness has disap-
peared and that he is ready for
the toughest kind of test. He'll
get in one of the games to be
played with the New Orleans
clubs Saturday and Sunday, ac-
cording to Cronin.
Manush was the big batter of
yesterdays fray in New Orleans
he combed the Tribe hurlers for
three safetieS in five trips to the
plate-Travis made a fancy catch
of Moore's liner in the second, leap
ing to drag down the sphere with
one hand-Vosmik did fal-and-
roll to spear Kuhels drive to left
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He recalled the last stop on thelr Itinerary,
a hook shop, where Connie had to bail out
the Rube's watch for $50 before he could
take him to Philadelphia
1.-THE Rube was a great southpaw." said
Mr.. Mack. and proceeded to get down to
current events. I've always had a great
southpaw on my team. For number OF
years had Eddie Plank, one of the greatest
southpaws of them all. And then I had big
Groves. He was one of the greatest. And
now, when you stop to think it over, I
haven't got Groves any more"
Mr. Mack put the thoughts of the audi
ence into words with that last remark. He
hasn't got Robert Moses Grove any more,
and he hasn't got George Earnshaw or
Mickey Cochrane You'd expect to see a
look of chagrin, strain and worry on Mr..
Mack,s nnunfenance After all these wears
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and claimed a fair catch, but the

and claimed a fair catch, but the
jumps ruled he had trapped the
ball, SO the batter was credited
with single-they said Gus Dugas
couldn't field when Albany sent
him down here for training, but
the stocky boy who is after the
fifth outfield berth with the
Nationals pulled great catch yes
terday that did not hurt pitcher
Whitehill at all.
At the start of the sixth, Trosky,
the big rookie first-sacker Of the
Tribe, rif1ed the ball to the depths
of right field-Dugas ran back
like a Speaker, never looking
around until he reached the fence,
then turned for a sight and leaped
high to snatch the ball off the
boards. 1t was major League
stuff, that catch-Dave Harris was
sent into pinch hit-againSt
right hander-Dave struck out.
he's waiting for the southpaw slab
men-old man Rice, who seems
odd in a Cleveland uniform.
crashed the game in the eighth
and had one turn at bat-it took
a smart stop by Cronin to keep a
hit from the former National.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

By a staff Correspondent of The Star.
~ ILOxI, Miss, March ga
u southpaw slabman who al
ways takes his work seri-
IL ously and generally man.
ages to make the man up
at the plate realize base ball is a
serious business-that's Walter
stewart Of CroSsville, Tenn, and
the Washington ball club.
There's a deal of pitching tucked
away in Walters left arm. In
addition TO a CtOlCe assortment OF
f1oaters he chucks a high, hard one
that has plenty on it and is abe
to toss in mean curve every once
Evening star., 1934-03-29
HAGENLACHER LONE
UNDEFEATED GUEST
German Meets Cochran Tonight
in Feature Match of 1872
Title Tournament.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 29.-Eric Hagen
lacher of Germany stood alone
as undefeated in the worlds 1872
balk-line billiard championship tour
nament today.
The German sharpshooter took the
undisputed lead last night by defeat
ing Willie Hoppe of New York, 400 to
113, in IA innings. 1t was his second
victory in as many starts. and the
first defeat in two matches for the
veteran Hoppe.
Kinrey MatSuyma of Japan, and
Welker Cochran of San Francisco
were tied with Hoppe in the won and
lost column, with Ora Morningstar,
San Diego, was all but out of the
funning with two defeats.
Cochran meets Hagenlacher in the
main match tonight. Morningstar
tackles Hoppe in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

1 lac Odh PAdySAs .
whistle as they
stride along the
streets. Occasion
ally they break
into song. to the
alarm and con-
Sternation of the
inhabitants.
IT. S OF a S
though Fort My
ers were a cross
S e c tion of the
Great White Way
or t he L o o p,
fraught with the
ingredients OF a
lively eyen in q
Evening star., 1934-03-29
By the Associated Press.

= S. PETERSBURG. Fla, March
- 29-Walter abbit" Maranville,
second baseman on the Boston
- Braves, lay in hospital today
with broken left leg, but Man
ager Bill McKechnie said physicians
gave him hope that "the Rabbit" would
be back in the lineup before the end
of the 1884 season.
Maranville. playing one of the best
games of his % years in the big
leagues, ran for home in the last half
of the eighth inEing during an ex-
hibition game here yesterday with the
New York Yankees. He crossed the
plate standing up. fell over Catcher
Norman Kies and was out-out of the
lineup with fracture midway be-
tween the knee and the ankle. He is
43 years old.
Dick Gyselman will take over second
base for the Braves, McKechnie said,
Evening star., 1934-03-29

The citizens Of Fort Myers 90 to sleep
early, after folding up the town and
putting it in the cellar for the night
They figure. and very logically, too.
that Benjamin Franklin had the cor
rect recipe for health, wealth and wis
dom.
But in spite Of this the Athletics of
Philadelphia seem to be enjoying
themselves. They grab eagerly at
whatever form of entertainment comes
along. and they play ball as though
they liked it. Mr.. Mack's cheerful
ness at this stage of the proceedings
may be a reflection of the cheerful
ness of r. c..hletes. He probably rea-
Evening star., 1934-03-29

in a while just to prevent the bat
ter seeing too much of his other
stuff.
Stewards greatest pitching asset,
though. is control. He can heave
that ball to a spot most of the
time.
This is only his second season
with the Nationals, but Walter has
been around the professional game
since 1919. when he broke in with
Bradenton of the old Florida State
League. He was with San Antonio
of the Texas League the next year,
then had brief trial with the
Tigers, He was shipped to New
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Maranville's Broken Leg May
Not Keep Him Out All Season

but the accident left the team without
infield reserves. Maranville will be out
at least two or three months and at
first it was feared the accident had
ended his brilliant base ball career.
"The Rabbit" smoked a cigarette as
a physician set the fractured leg on
the scene of the accident. Players
from both sides stood by and several
women in the audience tainted. Later
at the hospital the leg was reset
Maranville's general condition was re-
ported good
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Slabbing to Tell Tale,

THIS puts the main issue squarely
up to the big red-headed right
handler, Charles Rufus Rufing,
and Senor Vernon Gefty) Gomez,
whose decline in effectiveness last
year represented the difference be-
tween world championship club in
1882 and Second-place outfit in 1893.
If both Ruffing and Gomez return to
top form Mccarthy will have plenty
of pitching, for Johnny Allen and
Russ Van Alta, sophomore southpaw,
figure to do even better than last year,
when Allen won Is and Van Alta u.
From the group including Charley
Devens, George Uhle, Danny Mac
Fayden, Johnny Broaca, Harry
Smythe, Floyd Newkirk and Jimmy
De Shong the Yankees will select
four or five reserves for relief work
and double-header duty.
With at least one infielder and out
fielder to spare, Lyn Larry and Myil
Hoag, Manager Mccarthy has been
anxious to fortify his pitching de-
partment by the trade route. but SO
far his overtures to rival clubs have
not been fruitful.
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Make Bingles Count.

DUT the holdover champions never
ID were able to take advantage of
their opportunities after tying
the game in the fourth while the
Tribe never passed up a break 1t hit
in only three of its 10 turns, but each
time it hit. it found the plate.
In the first three rounds, the Ma
tionals were not gentle with Hide
brand but more so than the Indians
with Thomas and the Cronin crew
went back one run.
Stone tried to start something for
his side by rihing a single to center
in the opening inning. He took third
when Manush followed with a liner
to right for a base. Cronin, though.
watched a third one go by and schultz
popped.
The Tribe leaped on Thomas for
three singles right off the reel and
rolled up two tallies. Pytlak, Averill
and Vosmik clouted in succession to
account for one score and the second
went over as Trosky was thrown out
Stone was the big factor of the
tying rally in the third, backing
Myers walk with a slashing triple to
the depths of rightfield then cross
ing when Manush scratched a single
down the third-baSe line. But the
Tribe came right back to take another
lead before Thomas was through for
the day. Porter doubled and after
Averill strolled Trosky singled to turn
the trick
Whitehill and Pearson then became
firing line opponents and the Ma
tionals Immediately got deadlocking
run off the right-hander who was the
most sensational rookie moundsman
of the league last year. 1t was of the
unearned variety, however. Kuhel
opened the fourth with single only
to be forced when Moore made a
spectacular stop of Travis drive. But
in trying for a double-play Moore
chucked wildly and Travis pulled up
at the middle base. A single by
Continued on Page 2, Column 10
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Generosity Among Pitchers.


IT'S BAD politics to pay too much
attention to exhibition games, but
that first contest with the Braves
illustrated certain things about the
Athletics. The Braves, as a rule, find
it difficult to bat their way out of a
paper bag They resemble the Browns
of 1888 and the White Sox of 1906
Yet they tagged Mr.. Mack's pitchers
for IA runs and hit the mulberry all
over the park.
The AS made some runs, too. They
have good offensive team. The
trouble was that they didn't make
enough. The Phillies had the same
trouble in recent years. Klein and
Hurst and Davis would be on the
bases all day, scoring at will. and the
Phillie pitchers would allow the oppo-
sition to score just a little oftener
than Klein & Co. Now that the Phils
have strengthened their pitching and
weakened their hitting. they may
trade places with the AS. It seems
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column g.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

dough
himself the words of the first
than serpents tooth it is
To a
the that the Ph looked
MackS notions
how he gets that
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Will Launch Cup
Yacht April l6
PORTSMOUTH, England, March

PORTSMOUTH, England, March
L 29.-Charles Nicholson, de-
signer of the British chal-
lenger for the Americas Cup,
Endeavour, today said the big
racing yacht will be launched
April 16.
Endeavour is being built for T.
o. M. Sopwith, British aviation
magnate and yachting enthusiast.
He has challenged for the famous
international trophy through the
Royal Yacht Squadron.
A new candidate for the role OF
defender, Rainbow, is being con-
structed at Bristol, R. I. She is
being built for syndicate headed
by Harold S. Vanderbilt, skipper Of
Enterprise, successful 1880 defender.
Rainbow will compete with
Yankee and Weetamoe for the
honor Of defending the cup.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
FROM THE PRESS BOX
BY JOHN LARDNER-

MYERS Fla March "a banquet rendered to-
of the
Lang all the ball in that sunshine city
Ordinarily the ideal number OF speeches
delivered
recalled
his native and ead-
recalled
creditor creditor
Evening star., 1934-03-29
GIRL ATHLETE RETURNS.

NEW YORK, March 20 (P.-Evelyn
Hall of Chicago. national indoor
hurdle champion, decided to retire last
year, but she did so well in a trial
at the central track championships
few days ago that she has entered the
nationals to be held in Brooklyn
April IA,
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Stones Coug Joy Coni Yank Haze Po1uer Pitching Doubtful
Walkers Trouble
May Be His Teeth
BY the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
CT. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
- 29.-Fred (Dixie) Walker, young
Yankee outfielder. is. consulting
dentist instead of the club trainer
to find out why he can't throw a
ball in from the outfield properly.
Trying to find the cause of the
lameness in his shoulder. which he
first thought came from a pulled
ligament, Walker found a couple Of
infected teeth which might be
causing the trouble, so he is TAX
ing a few days off to have them
extracted.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
CARDS WILL CARRY
SEVEN |NF|ELDERS
Crawford, Whitehead, Riggs
Appear Certain to Be
Three Reserves.

BY the Associated Press.
n RADENTON, Fla, March
X 20. - Manager frankie
FriSch of the Cardinals
- has decided to carry three
infleld reserves, and it appeared
today that Pat Crawford, Bur-
CESS Whitehead and Lew Riggs
had the jobs won
Tom Carey, another infelder, is ex-
pected to be sent to Rochester or
Columbus. Infielders Bill Myers and
Eddie Delker already have been sent
to Columbus.
The regular infeld Of Collins, Frisch,
Durocher and Martin was settled even
before the start of the training sea-
son.
LOS ANGELES.-Worried over his
batting slump "a slump to Mr.. Klein
is when he hits less than .310), Chuck
Klein, hitting hope of the Cubs, is
studying timing.
When you get in a slump says
Chuck, don't worry. Study your tim
ing and all will be we'll"
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Cochrane Batting Third.

TORT MYERS, Fla-With Man
Il ager Mickey Cochrane in the role
Of playing manager, Detroit's
Tigers meet the Philadelphia Athletics
here this afternoon in the second of
their two-game series. The Mackmen
won the first game.
Cochrane will do today's catching
for the BengalS and bat third.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

Haven by the Detroit club and
served with Syracuse, Birmingham
and Toronto before again crashing
the big league. The Browns took
him up in 1927 and he had a fair
season.
The Winter following, Stewart
had an acute attack Of appendicitis
down in Tennessee. The appendix
ruptured and Walter was loaded
into an automobile to be rushed
100 miles to the nearest hospital.
He had tough time pulling
through. and his next two seasons
on the hill were not so good.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

SUllS ClldC II q Cedm uOtSN KIlUW IIUW
bum it is, there's no point in breaking
the news to its members.
In their performances to date the
AS have looked good one day and bad
the next. We might examine them
on the basis of a pair of games they
played with the Braves on consecutive
afternoons. They took bad drubbing
the first day. The second game found
the Athletic pitching considerably i'm
proved, and Mr.. Mack was credited
with 90 victory.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
WEST ONLY SURE
BROWN GARDENER
Pepper, Garms Are Pressing
PuccineIIi, Campbell for
Regular Berths.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
w yEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
M March 29.-Right when
v v the base ball writer's
figured the Browns
outfield was settled with George
Puccinelli, Sam West and Bruce
Campbell (reading left to right =,
Manager Rogers Hornsby let it
be known today that West was
the only one of the three certain
of regular work.
Ray Pepper has been hitting SO well
in exhibition games that he might
win one of the regular jobs, and Debs
Garms, if he can bring his fielding up
to his hitting standard, will come in
for consideration.
LOS ANGELES-Zeke Bonura. the
6-foot, 205-pound rookie from Dallas
Of the Texas League, is more than
living up to expectations as a hitter
for the White Sox
The first baSeman has been ham,
mering the ball hard and against the
Cubs yesterday collected two singles
and home run.
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AS Carol in the Streets.

DART of the answer may be found
in the thriving little town of Fort
Myers, where the AS have biv-
ouacked for the preseason training
processes. You will encounter few
merrier camps in the whole of Florida.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

TIP TOP QUINT AHEAD.
Tip Top basketers scored a 57-l3
win over the Mcfarland Flashes. r.
Page led the scoring with % points.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Keeps Diary on PLAYERS.

hccpS Didry on fldyers.
VXIINTER HAVEN, Fla-Jimmy
" Wilson, between his duties as
manager and catcher for the
Phils, is keeping a diary of the faults
he notices in every man. He brought
it out yesterday and the reading to
the squad took an hour and a half.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

ORLANDO, F1a.-The champion
New York Giants took the long route
home today minus one of the players
who worked out at their Miami Beach
training camp. Ed Wineapple, LETT
handed pitcher who hurled for Provi-
dence College several years ago, was
turned over to the Buffalo Interna-
tionalS.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
Reds Given Day Off.

TAMPA, Fla.-The Cincinnati
Reds went golfng and fishing
today.
The team has been practicing and
playing for more than four weeks,
with only two days o1-on account of
rain-and Manager Bob O'Farrell
thought a holiday would do them
good
After avenging previous defeat by
trouncing the Boston Red Sox, to 3,
the entire team was entertained at
Sarasota last night by Powell Crosley,
jr, new president of the club.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Victoriou
over Hollywood in a double en-
gagement the Pittsburgh Pirates
headed for Los Angeles today and
four-game series with the Chicago
Cubs.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

ORLANDO, Fla.-Max Carey,
Brooklyn manager. and First Baseman
Sam Leslie are having quite a time
over the latter's batting stance Sam
hasn't been hitting so we'll recently
and Max has asked him to experiment
with new stance, SO in batting prac-
tice he hits four times his own way
and four Carey's way.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

FORT MYERS, Fla-The curtain
rings down on Fort Myers Grape
fruit League" base ball season today
as the Philadelphia Athletics play
host to the Detroit Tigers.
George Detore, infielder consigned
to Louisville by the Athletics. has
asked Manager Mickey Cochrane to
make him a Detroiter.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pipgrass and
Pennock will do the honors for the
Red Sox in todays game with the
Phillies at Winter Haven.
Lefty Grove apparently isn't ready
to pitch and the Sox management re-
fuses to hurry him.
Evening star., 1934-03-29

Next: National League review.)