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Evening star., 1934-03-26

fThfs is one OF a series of stories
dealing t0tth 1884 prospects, OF
major league base ball clubs.)
r OS ANGELES, March 2s-
Ch1cago's Cubs are going
/ to gamble on Chuck Klein,
National League batting
champion Of 1888, and a bunch
OF promising rockies for the
added impetus they believe will
carry them to the top in the
1884 pennant race.
Determined youth has been injected
into the club in every department.
and Manager Charles Grimm feels
confident their presence has i'm
proved the club both defensively and
extensively.
In my years of base ball expert
ence," said the genial Mr.. Grimm, II
have never seen a pitcher with a finer
change OF pace" He was speaking of
DICK Ward, who won IS games to lead
the Pacific Coast League last year.
And he rates Bill Lee, another right
handler from the American Associa-
ton, and Roy Joiner of the West
Coast almost as high.
He is sure this trio. along with last
seasons staff, Lon Warneke, Bud Tin
ming, Guy Bush, Charley Root and Pat
Malone, will be able to stand OF the
opposition while Klein and his mate.
lead heavy-hitting assault.
Grimm, without hesitation. picks
Klein, who hit 1868 with the Phillies
last year. as the most valuable player
in the league. His one worry in the
outfeld seems to be that of picking
the most powerful trio out Of the fve
outfielders he has at his call.
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the rookie moundsmen no real
test. The game was mere exercise
for most of the Nationals. but
there was one on the field actually
fighting to retain his place in the
sun. Ossie Bluege, veteran of ii
campaigns, whose third base ten
ure is threatened by young Cecil
Travis, played throughout the fray.
And how he fielded! His play all
the way was spectacular, so much
so that young Travis will have to
display a remarkable amount Of
hitting ability the clubs bosses in
sist he has If the veteran is to be
ousted.
Gus Dugas, the boy from the
Albany club who may be bought
any day to place in the extra out
field berth, looked hitter in his
four times at bat. He banged a
double and a single and 1t took
smart plays to MIN him In his
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CR0N|N EXTENDS
MOUND CONTEST
McCoII Among Those Not
Likely to Be Carried.
Two Berths Open.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

M MOXI, Miss, March 90
- Everything in the Ma
tionals' pitching situation
IL today indicates that the
battle for the two hill detail
berths back of those occupied
by seven veterans will be among
Ray Prim, Ed Linke and Ed
Chapman.
The left-handed Prim and the
right handed Linke already are in the
thick of the fight as result OF their
fine showing against the Indians last
week. The orthodox -f1inging Chap
man now is training spryly after
delay due to a back ailment-whether
lumbago or muscle strain never has
been learned-and Joe Cronin is con-
fident this stalwart Slabman will make
a great try for a regular job.
Cronin has extended the scrap for
the two extra berthS by deciding not
to curtail the staff to nine pitchers
the number he proposes to carry
through the greater part OF the
championship campaign-until May
IS. That's the day each American
League club must get down to the
limit of 23 players. But by that
time he probably will have to ship
only one pitcher to cut the curying
corps to the settled size.
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risks his ball players in game
against such opposition, if ever.
Excepting Heinie Manush, all the
infielders and outfielders of the
Nationals squad swung into &C
tion. So did Nick Altrock, who in
sisted upon playing first base late
in the fray. All told, the big
leaguers got a dozen safeties, all
but one off the Biloxi pitching pair.
The twelfth hit was cleaned of
Schacht. 1t was homer, driven
to left field by Elmer Klumpp,
rookie catcher, with two on the
runway. Fred Schultz had hit a
homer in the first round, a power
full smash to the scoreboard, with
Jack Stone aboard
Mark Filley pitched the first five
frames for the Nationals. then Mike
Radanovich finished. Each yield
ed two hits. The Biloxi batters
were Sc poor the 1me afforded
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stroke. This not only meant skill but
1t meant nerves, seasoned and tenn
pered. under hard and constant COM
petition.
Smith Repeats After 4 Years.
TIORToN SMITH was the last pro-
fessional to win from Jones
since 1928. Horton turned this
trick in the Savannah open in 1880.
Jones got his revenge later by beat
ing Horton Is strokes at Augusta that
same Spring. In this last melee Hor-
ton Smith led Bobby by 10 strokes.
with Craig Wood, Billy Burke, Paul
Runyan and Ed Dudley all under 300
remarkable golt under the weather
conditions over such testing course.
Runyan gave a remarkable exhibi-
ton after taking a 4 at the short
third and a z at the fourth. From
that point on the slender Jersey
pro star of the Winter circuits breezed
the last IA holes in four under par.
At almost this same moment Bobby
Jones played the last IA holes in
three under par. They were the two
that put on the big show down the
stretch, but Horton Smith and Craig
Wood had closed the iron gage.
I'D like to say once again."
Bobby told me, that I'll play in
this same tournament next
Spring, but in no other competi-
ton. Pm through with all
championships"
Have any fun? I should say not.
How could I, missing all the puts
and chip shots? No one has any
fun missing as many shots as did"
I know a few that would like to
miss Just that many. Anyway, it was
a great show. Jones' long game was
the best in the field, but his short
game was far away from what 1t was
from 1922 to 1880. And that might
have been expected when you con-
slider the magnitude of his gesture as
combined host and player after four
years away from the flame that burns
but tempers the winning steel.
(Copyright 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc)
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Heurich Flashes, Twin Oaks
Battle for l45.POund Title

counting heavily on Walter Morris,
former Georgetown captain; Forrest
Burgess of George Washington fame
and Joe Lynch, who used to chuck
'em in for Mount st. Mary's. The
Colonial Cubs have defeated Sigma
Alpha Kappa and the Congress
Heights fives. Investigation, which
was runner-up to the championship
Sholls team in the 1888 tourney, has
eliminated Company E, Engineers;
Farm Credit Administration and
Mount Vernon.
Miller Furniture Rsketers. unlim-
jted champs of the Southeast Com
munity Center, face the Lawrence
Club, Northeast Community Center
titleholders, Wednesday night at 8
o'clock in the Langley Junior High
School gymnasium. A dance will fol-
low. Members of the Lawrence Club
are to receive miniature balls for
winning the Northeast c. c. unlim-
tied title and Crescent junior tossers
are to be similarly rewarded for tax
ing the Northeast 145-pound cham
pionship.
Quinns long shot in the closing
stages enabled the Independents to
conquer the Powell A. C. Guint, 40-39.
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RUTH'S BAT FEATS
AMAZING CRITICS
Drives in is Runs in Hit.
ting at 800 Clip, With 6
Homers in 7 Games.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CT. PETERSBURG, Fla,
- March 26.-Babe Ruth con-
tinueS to amaze the experts
- with his hitting exploits
in the grapefruit league. He
has cracked out six home runs
in seven games, driven in 16
runs and scored 10. He Is bat
ting at better than a 800 clip.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The
Braves and Red Sox meet today in
what Bostonians consider the most
interesting game of the training camp
series.
Manager Bill McKechnie Is groom
ing two of his best moundsmen-
Farmhouse and Brandt-for the
battle.
Bucky Harris has assigned Rube
Walberg and Sleepy John Welch to
do the pitching for the Red Sox.
LOS ANGELES.-The Chicago White
Sox were scheduled for a rest today,
but only because they had no practice
field. ChicagOs National League en-
trant. the Cubs, had the use of Wrig-
ley Field for a game with the Los An
geles Angels.
BRADENTON, Fla.-Here for a
game with the Cardinals, the Athletics
are hearing reports that Manager
Connie Mack has obtained Hank
Erickson, heavy-hitting catcher of the
American Associations Louisville Club.
Outfielder Rip Radcliffe and Infielder
Georget Detore, late OF the American
Association, are rumored to be going
to Louisville, with some cash, in ex-
change.
NEW ORLEANS. - Sammy Hale
~ will be given the opportunity of
showing whether he can fill in
the troublesome second base spot for
the Cleveland Indians, with Willie
Kamm holding down third. Manager
Walter johnson indicated Bozie
Berger, who has been used at second,
probably is not ready for the task.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.-Having
swept the New York Giants for three
victories in a dve-game series, the st.
Louis Browns took on Buffalo at Fort
Lauderdale today. Tuesday, however,
the Browns have been excused from
their daily workout.
ORLANDO, Fla.-Treasurer Joe Gill
leaudeau'S latest scheme to pep up the
Brooklyn Dodgers may run into money
before the Fall.
He's promised every member of the
team a new hat every time they beat
their hated rivals. the New York
Giants.
MIAMI, Beach, Fla.-New York base
ball teams have been seeking a star
Jewish player for years and the World
Champion Giants think they've got
one now. He's Phil Weintraub, IS
year-old youngster who clouts the ball
hard.
Evening star., 1934-03-26

A UGUSTA, Ga, March 26.-It
~ was the old master, Walter
~ Hagen, who called the turn
\ on this Augusta tournament
the day before it started. ]
had just asked him what chance he
thought Bobby Jones carried.
mo man." he said, "can be cham
pion host and champion golfer, es-
pecially when he hasn't hit a shot in
competition in four years. He has
about the same chance I have, and ]
am not kidding myself"
AS it all happened Bobby Jones
finished In a tie for thirteenth place
his lowest ranking since he began
medal play at Inverness IA years ago
when he was 18 years old. But In that
tie were Walter Hagen and Denny
Shute. Denny Shute IS the present
British open champion. Jones and
Hagen together have won Just 2;
major titles.
You are all just lot of Brit
ish open champions" 1 sug-
gested to Bobby, Hagen and
Shute as they were talking to-
gether. Among the trio they
had won eight British crowns.
Trying to be host and winner the
same week, Bobby Jones had nc
chance against such seasoned cam
paigners, right on edge, as Horton
Smith, Craig Wood, Paul Runyan
Billy Burke, Ed Dudley and others
who have been matching blade against
blade under pressure through the four
years when Jones was only playing
friendly golf. They had him caught
before he even started.
Brilliant in Long Shots.
TN MANY ways he played more
brilliant shots than any man in
the field. He was long and straight
from the tee. His braSsie shots and
his long irons were superb. But when
it came to the shorter delicate shots,
largely a matter of confidence and
steady nerves under fire, his big
break came. "Only the lion rules the
land who Is whelped In the deserts
fire." Bobby had been away from the
flame for four years. 1t had taken
seven years to temper the true steel.
For the next nine years he was the
major figure in golf.
The long absence from competitive
play, from heavy pressure, from swap
ping strokes under devastating fire,
left him unable to meet this side Of
the game-the ability to handle a
short pitch, chip shot or putt
through the first two days.
Take the case Of Horton
Smith, bronzed, lean and tenn
pered to all competitive winds.
He knew Craig Wood had fin
ished with 285 after four great
rounds through chilling winds
over . magnificent and testing
course.
At the ninth hole Horton was keen
to be out in SO, leaving him par home
to win with a u at 284. His second
found q trap to the right. He ex-
ploded is feet past the pin, took his
time and sank downhill sloping putt
for q par 4.
When he came to the long 500-yard
uphill seventeenth hole in this last
round he needed a A. to win, one
under par.
Unable to get home in 2, 40 yards
short, he played a fine low pitch over
q high mound just 10 feet past the
cup.
He knew that 1880 rode upon this
putt, as the last hole was reason
able 4. As cool as the wind that
seemed to come from the barren lands
he took his time, stroked the ball
along baffiing slope-and In It went.
He had to hole a 5-footer on the last
green-but in it went, also. In the
wake Of = smooth, even-putting
Evening star., 1934-03-26

is like putting a pistol to your head
to pick them to finish three, four and
five, respectively. 1t could be just
the other way around.
II you Judge these things by arith-
metical progression, Mr.. Yawkey's
cash will bring pennant to Boston
by 1885. He figures to lift his club
three places this year. If he lifts
them three more places next year,
they won't have any further to go and
the question "can money buy a pen
nant?" will be answered to the salts
faction of all concerned.
Copyright. 1894. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IncO
Evening star., 1934-03-26
ZURICH FLASHES and Twin
Oaks basket ball quints come
to grips for the District A.
A. U. 145-pound champion

odhS bdShCt bdll AuliltS tOlilC
to grips for the District A.
i i A. U. 145-pound champion
ship in the tourney tonight
at Roosevelt High School. The game
is slated for 8 o'clock and will be fol-
lowed at by an unlimited class semi
final encounter between the George
Washington freshmen and the Bureau
of Investigation.
Both games are expected to prove
humdingers. The Heurichs and Twin
Oaks each has won three games to
gain the title round. the former hav-
ing defeated Simpsons Pharmacy,
Merrick Boys Club and Olmsted
Grill and the latter having conquered
Northeast Boys Club by a lone point,
Stewards Pharmacy and st. Stephens.
The Flashes will be counting heavily
upon Tony Latona. Bob Schaefer,
Twin Oaks ace, will be on the side
lines with a broken nose, but Danny
Kessler, who will replace him, is ex-
pected to do well.
With the announcement that
Everett RuSsell's sprained ankle has
improved sufficiently to enable him
to play, the stock of the G. w. year.
lings has risen for its battle with the
Investigation quint, which will be
Evening star., 1934-03-26
MIKE LYNCH HURT.

Mike Lynch, Washington's veteran
distance runner, suffered cuts and
bruises, but escaped serious injury
when struck yesterday by an automo-
bile while training on the Speedway.
He was hit as he crossed the street
after leaving the bridal path. Lynch
figures to run in the District A. A. U.
meet here this Summer.
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b e a t out h e
w h i t e 8 o X ,
Browns and Ath-
leticS t h n o
gre t difficulty.
They may beat
out Gle v e land.
The Yanks and
the Senators are
too good, and De-
troit sc e ms q
shade better as
well. The Tigers,
Red SoX and In
d / ms are S o
closely punched,
4L1 "A
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BRANCHEAU TO COACH.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, March 26 Up.
Ray Brancheau Of Monroe, Mich,
right halfback of the 1888 Notre
Dame foot ball team, has been named
head coach and director Of athletics
and physical education at New Mex
leo State Teachers College.
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HANLEY is COMING EAST
Pat to Coach Foot Ball Team at
Boston University.

CHICAGO, March 26.-Another foot
ball coach is reversing Horace
Greeley's well known advice to young
men and going from West to East.
Leroy B. Hanley. better known as
Pat and a brother of Dick, the
Northwestern coach, is the latest
emigrant from Big Ten.
Pat" has articled to spend the next
few Autumns trying to get the Boston
University eleven off its own goal line.
He should be good enough for the
job. unless obliged to depend upon the
ukulele players who used to infest the
steps Of the B. U. commerce building.
Evening star., 1934-03-26


tain remarks at
tributed to Col.
Rupert. The
colonel was quot
ed as saying that
he would have
given even more
sugar for Grove
than B o S t o n
gave. But Mr..
Mack didn't sell
Grove to the COL
onel. He knew
what Big Nose
could do for the
Yankees.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
SHARE PUTTING HONORS
Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Zuber Use One
Shot Each at Beaver Dam.

Mrs. jeff Strong and Mrs. Ralph
Zuber, each with one putt, won the
main prizes in the indoor putting
tourney held yesterday at Beaver Dam.
Jess Strong and M. D. Rathgeber won
the sweepstakes. Other prize winners
were Mrs. D. w. Smith, Mrs. Earl
Strong, j. W. Crown, Jack Goings and
Mrs A. w. Tucker. One hundred and
ten players competed.
The women's match-play tourney,
scheduled yesterday and postponed be-
cause Of snow, will be played next
Sunday.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
TERP NETMEN BEGIN.

Aspirants to the University Of
MARYLAND freshmen tennis team were
to begin practice this afternoon, but
the Old Line yearling base ball squad
will not open work until April 4. R.
M. (Bunt) Watkins again will tutor
the frosh diamonders.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
SEEK DIAMOND DATES.

Silver Moons, coiored base ballers
of Baltimore, are after games with
Washington mines for the coming sea-
son. Write William H. Stewart, jr.,
648 West Lee street, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
N. C. STATE NINE PUZZLES.

RALEIGH, N. c., March rs R.-
With an experimental outfield and
hurting corps, North Carolina State
Colleges 1884 base ball club is about
ready to embark on 22-game sched-
ule opening here next Thursday
against Washington and Lee.
Evening star., 1934-03-26

or ''yes and no." 1t has been done. Col Jacob
Rupert and Col. Tillinghast L LHommodieu Hus-
ton did it nearly Is years ago. when they rif1ed
these same Red Spats for some Of the best ivory
in the country.
But the job is tougher now. Good ball players
cost more, in the first place In the second place,
you don't often run across a situation such as
the one capitalized by the two colonies when
they bought their first pennant. The colonies
were doing business with Harry Frazee, and Mr..
Frazee was frankly and openly eager to collect
as much dough as he could.
Connie Mack, who contributed most to the
pennant hopes of the Red Sox, is not another
Harry FraZee. Mr. Mack is shrewd old gentle
He IN in in
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By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
~ ILOXI, Miss, March 90
l. A lot of Nationals are tot
tering about today with
IL aching backs, the result of
the twisting and lodging
done to escape being beaned by
brace of wild and woolly hurlers
belonging to the Biloxi Browns.
In fiendish atrocity perpetrated
in the name of base ball the
Washington batters, instead of the
plate, appeared to be the target of
the local hill talent, and it was
only a miracle that some of the
American League champions es-
paced serious injury.
Not until their own coach, AL
Schacht. took the hill in the eighth
did the big-league batters feel safe
In the Sunday nightmare they
won, II to 0. 1t probably will be a
long time before Click Gritith
Evening star., 1934-03-26
SOFT BALLERS MEET.

Devotees of soft ball meet tonight
in the Hearst Building at 8 O'Clock
to plan for development OF the sport
In the District.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
HOCKEY WIZARDS
NEAR ELIMINATION
"InvincibIe" Maple Leafs
Two Down to Detroit in
Stanley Cup PreIim.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n IEW YORK, March 26.-
M The field of National
v Hockey League contend
4 ers for the Stanley Cup,
emblem of the world profess
sional hockey championship to-
day was reduced by two teams,
and there was a strong posi-
bility that a third, the one which
was rated as the strongest of all,
would be added to the sideiine
brigade tonight.
The New York Rangers, who won
the trophy a year ago after finishing
third in the leagues American di-
vision, were forced to stand aside and
see another third-place club, the
Montreal Maroons, continue to struggle
into the semi-f finals. The Chicago
Blackhawks meanwhile won the other
semi-fnal berth, eliminating the
crippled Montreal Canadiens. They
will meet in a two-game, total-goal
series Wednesday and Sunday,
The Detroit Red Wings, with two
game advantage over Toronto's sup
posedly invincible Maple Leafs, re-
turned home for the third clash to-
night, determined to end the three
out-of-five series in short order and
take the league title and a place in
the Stanley Cup finals.
Surprise Own Pilot.
FOLLOWING up their 81 triumph
T. of Thursday, the Red Wings
scored an even more surprising
upset Saturday when they took the
second decision, to 3. Even their
manager, Jack Adams, confessed he
hadn't expected anything like that.
After gaining 81 edge in their
two-game, total-goal play-of between
the second place clubs, Chicago's
Hawks had to 60 into overtime to
regain their advantage last night and
finish the series with 4-3 margin.
The Maroons had an easier task.
Their first encounter with the
Rangers was scoreless and the
breaks" plus the speed and sharp
shooting of Earl Robinson. enabled
them to take the second game and
the round, 2 to /. .e
Evening star., 1934-03-26
UNLIMITEDS TO GATHER.

Teams wishing to play in the un-
limited division of the District Inde-
pendent League are asked to have
representation at meeting tomorrow
night at 8 O'Clock at 1882 H street
northeast.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
OPEN HAND BALL EVENT.

With leading players of the Gen.
tral Y. M. C. A. and the Jewish Com
munity Center entered, play begins
tonight at 7:3O o'clock in the annual
District four-wall hand ball cham
piOnShipS at the Y,
Evening star., 1934-03-26
FROM THE PRESS BOX
by JOHN LARDNER-

ARASOTA March 26Money learned
y
- K.
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a
Gold Most Anything True Girls Heart"
problem Yawkey his colleagues
a
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A Lesson in Astuteness.

TINE form of Mr.. Mack's strategy
was illustrated last Winter.
After the sale of Robert Moses
Grove to Boston there appeared in the
r;v,tc
Evening star., 1934-03-26

thing about the club. RuDe wal
berg is an adequate thrower who can
work frequently. Bob Weiland is
good, and Herb Pennock should win
a few games. Lefty Fred Ostermuel-
Ter, formerly Of Rochester, didn't ap-
pear ready for the main tent when
he worked against the Cardinals.
Lightweaghts on the Infield.
The right-handed workmen include
Henry johnson, Dusty Rhodes. George
Pipgras, and young John Welch, a
better pitcher than OStermueller, SO
far. Welch probably will see plenty OF
action. It's a pity the boys haven't
a better inheld to protect them. It's
not such a pity, Of course, If you hap
pen to like the infield.
The first basemen are Eddie Nor
gan and Joe Judge. Judge didn't dc
much for Brooklyn in league whose
pitchers knew nothing about him.
and I doubt If he'll do much for the
Red Sox. There was very little
gnashing Of teeth in Cleveland when
Morgan went to the Red Sox Eddie
is just pretty good hitter. You can
see why Mr.. Yawkey wanted to buy
Jimmy Foxx.
The rest of the infield is light
weight, too. Max Bishop is getting
slow. Bill Cissen has been tossed
around good deal, and Buck Wal
ters is dubious experiment. The
Red Sox have a good mechanical
catcher IN Rick Ferrell, a good out
fielder in Roy johnson, and a pros
pect in Julius Solters of Baltimore,
but they need more than that to win
the flag for Mr.. Yawkey.
It's hard to place the Red Sox
this year, when you stop to think it
over They should
Evening star., 1934-03-26
COACH WAS CAPTAIN.

Jack Meagher, Auburn's new foot
ball coach, was a captain in the
Marine Corps during the World War.
Evening star., 1934-03-26

Naturally going deliver
wrapped sealed club in his league
the last scatter
widely possible The wealthy Mr. Yawkey the
biggest
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THE SPORTLICHT
By GRANTLAND RICE,

A UGUSTA, Ga. March 26-It
~ was the old master, Walter
~ Hagen, who called the turn
\ on this Augusta tournament
haf r4n L
Evening star., 1934-03-26

MIAMI, Beach, Fla.-New York base
ball teams have been seeking a star
Jewish player for years and the World
Champion Giants think they've got
one now. He's Phil Weintraub, IS
year-old youngster who clouts the ball
hard.
Evening star., 1934-03-26
HAVE JUVENILES
FOR ALL CHORES
Three New Pitchers Rated
Highly by Grimm-KIein
Will Lead Attack.
BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

fThts Is one OF series of stories
dealing NTH 1884 prospects OF
major league base ball clubsJ