The Washington times., 1934-05-02
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immortals, whose success as
coach at Duke rivals his fame
as a pitcher for one Of the ear
lier of Connie Mack's great
teams, has only good things to
say about Washington's hig h
school athletes.
,Coombs, who brought his boys
North to play Georgetown, Mary
land and Princeton, has q Wash
f1tgtonian on his 1884 edition in
the person Of Jim Thompson,
whose name is still a by-word at
Western. One Of his finished
products who is bringing him
much pleasure Is another who at
tended a Washington school,
Bill Werber, who makes his home
in nearby Berwyn' Md.
:" Very Positive
The willy Duke mentor was
very positive in his assertion that
washington turned out fine ath-
letes. He is particularly out
SPOKEN in favor Of the basket
ball players who call Washington
home, saying he thought they
must specialize in the court game
here.
what a team we would have
had If Herb and Jim Thompson
had come to Duke while Werber,
Harry Councillor and Joe Cr0son
were playing. 1t would have
been almost unbeatable"
Having got that off his mind,
Jack returned to his favorite sub
ject, baseball. He regards Bill
Werber as one of the coming stars
and says he is the best he has tu'
tored and that the teams on which
he starred at college were his best
although his outfield was not as
strong as the present one.
w hen his team swamped
Georgetown 16-1 Monday, it gave
him a chance to see an old friend
for the first time in years. DOC"
@. Harris White, who umpired the
game, was the same star left.
handler Of the Chicago White Sox,
with whom he used to hook.up in
many a mound duel. This, said
Coombs, is the first chance he
has had to call doc" the usual
things one calls an umpire, but
with his team so far out in front
it wasn't necessary.
Both, CoombS and White no
ticed the resemblance between
the slow ball pitched by Sopho.
more Lackey Harkrader and that
OF Plate Umpire G.. Harris White.
DOC" used to use a knuckle
ball, while Harkrader'S stuff
comes from a fork-ball.
Went to Game
Just to show that sailors who
60 rowing on their off days, and
n1ailmen who go for a walk, have
nothing on him, Jack went to
the ball game Saturday and saw
his old boss, Connie Mack, lose a
thrilling 7-6 game. In the game
was one Of his former pupils,
Moe Berg, who was a star in
fielder under Coombs at Prince
ton. Regardless of what Wash
iEgton fans may think, Berg was
a fast man in those days, before
he injured his leg.
The player who impressed
Jack the most was Joe Kuhel,
and he thinks Washington has a
fine team which just needs a bit
Of warm weather for the pitchers
to- get started.
The Duke coach stressed the
difference between high school
and college ball and college and
professional ball. The schoolboy
can absorb only so much and
consequently when he tries for
the college team he usually has
a. tough time of it. He attempts
to teach his players the game as
it is played in the big league but
when the boys go into profes-
sfonal ball they still find they
have much to learn.
He thinks so many players
wear eyeglasses now because they
study by improper light. The
northern trip which the team
makes is an education in itself.
he holds, and says the boys are
all anYiolIS tn 90 along