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Evening star., 1935-04-15
Two-club Race Seen.

DASE BALL observers foresee q
h two-club race for the pennant
between Frank Frisch's world
champion ST. Louis Cardinals and the
New York Giants.
Although the Cardinals were picked
to win in the Associated Press annual
consensus, there has been a definite
shift to the Giants the past week or
so. This swing reflects the opinion
that the addition of Dick Bartell at
shortstop, stronger reserves and great
pitching will make Bill Terry'S club
the finest all-around outfit in the loop.
1t likewise reflects doubt whether
the Cardinals will have sufficient
pitching strength to repeat even
should the Deans again prove able to
shoulder such a burden as they did
last year.
The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh
Pirates both should benefit from their
big Mid-Winter trade which sent
Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom
to the Cubs for Guy Bush. Jim Weaver
and Floyd (Babe) Herman, but neither.
in preseason calculations at least. is
figured to menace either the Giants
or the Cardinals.
Should Chuck Klein make a hitting
comeback and Charley Grimm find
adequate pitchers to help Lon War
neke. the Cubs might be really dam
gerous. The Pirates have a fast, we'll
balanced club but it remains to be
seen whether Manager Pie Traynor
has succeeded in bolstering the mound
corps.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
Exhibition Games
~ the Associated Press.
Yesterdays Results.

~ the Associated Press.
Yesterdays Results.
Washington (A), 10; Newark q.
L., 2.
New York (N), 6; Cleveland (A),
(l0-inning tie).
Brooklyn (N), 7; New York (A.), 6.
st. Louis (N.), 10; st. Louis (A.), 4.
Philadelphia (N), 7; Philadelphia
(A), 4.
Detroit (A.), 3; Cincinnati (N), 2.
Chicago (A.), S; Chicago (No, 2.
Boston (N), 8; Boston (A0, 2.
Pittsburgh (N), IL; Chattanooga
Is. A., !.
Today's Schedule.
At Worcester, Mass.-Boston (N.)
vs.. Holy Cross.
At West Point, N. Y.-New York
lN) VI. Army.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE
TITLE TO BROOKLYN
Dodgers Top All Major Clubs in
Exhibitions-American League
Leads Rivals.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 15.-The Brook
~ lyn Dodgers are champions of
the annual Grapefruit League" d"
Casey Stengers Dodgers won eight
Of their 10 games with American
League rivals to clinch top honors by
a wide margin. The American League,
however. wound up the annual Spring
series with an eight-game edge over
the National, winning Sc games and
losing 48.
The New York Yankees finished
second to the Dodgers with 10 victories
and six defeats with the Phillies and
White Sox holding third and fourth
positions.
Tho fpo1 cfopdipuc.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
TITC0MB ACE ON HILL

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April Is
Jimmy Titcomb allowed just one hit,
that a scratch, in hurting the St.
Mary's Celtics to a SO win over the
Majestic Radio nine of Washington
here yesterday. Ttcomb, who famed
IL, lost his bid for the well-known
hall of fame, when First Baseman
Benson Of the Celts narrowly missed
catching a high fly over first base.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
AUSTRIAN SKIER
WINS j. S. TITLES
Hannes SchroII Will Take
Home Three and Train
for 0Iympics.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
~ ARADISE VALLEY, Rainier Ma
- tional Park, Wash, April Is
Hannes Schroll, who learned
to ski on barrel slaves when
he was years old, is taking three
Of Americas national ski champion
ships with him back to his native
Austria.
The 25-year-old Schroll won the
slalom crown easily on the steep
slopes of Mount Rainier yesterday,
which, with his victory in the hair
raising downhill race of Saturday. also
gave him the combined title. He
plans to return home Immediately to
train for the 1886 Olympics.
Without wobble, he swooped down
the double slalom runs for total time
Of 2 minutes, 13 seconds.
Robert Livermore. jr., of the Ski
Club Hochgebirge, Boston, was sec
ond, nosing out Richard Durrance,
Tarpon Springs, Fla, member of the
Dartmouth College team, when the
latter took a bad spill.
Livermore had a total of 1888.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
NATIONAL CIRCUIT
OILS TURNST|LES
Babe Will Have Supporting
Acts as Senior Loop Goes
in for Color.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, April 15.-The Ma
nj tional League launches its six
| Y tieth season tomorrow, aiming
to keep the turnstiles clicking
this Summer with as colorful base
ball talent as ever roamed its parks.
The magnates are not counting
alone on Babe Ruth, who shifted his
base of home run operations to the
National League after 81 years in the
rival loop, to pull the Boston Braves
out of the red and produce a salutary
effect on the receipts all along the
route.
Two well-established brother acts,
the incredible Deans OF st. Louis and
the Waners of Pittsburgh, will be at
the same old stands, and so will
slender Carl Hubbell, No. l man OF
the New York Giants pitching big
Four" and such other fixtures as
Van Mungo of the Dodgers. Curt Davis
of the Phillies, Mel OFT of the Giants
and Wally Berger of the Braves.
The leagues revolutionary expert
ment with night base ball. scheduled
for later in the Summer, also should
contribute to possibly the most pros
porous season in years, whatever its
competitive effects.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
GERMAN N.AMERICANS WIN.

Led by Fred Lang, the German
American soccer team of this city
conquered the German Hungarian
II of Philadelphia, 4-3, yesterday at
Benning. Langs second goal of the
game in the closing stages decided.
Gum and Avon each counted a goal
for the D. G. team to complete the
scoring.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
Minor Leagues

Pacific Coast.
Oakland, 9; Hollywood, 1.
San Francisco, 3; Seattle, I.
Los Angeles, 3D.; Portland, IL.
Sacramento, 5-4; Missions, Al.
Texas.
Fort Worth, 5-4; Dallas, 2-3.
Tulsa, 6; Oklahoma City, S.
Beaumont, s; San Antonio. 8.
Houston, g; Galveston, 3.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
Eligible for Olympics.

URRANCE, Livermore, E. H. Hun
- ter. Dartmouth: A. L. Wash
burn, Dartmouth; John Wood
ward, Seattle, and Darroch Crookes.
Seattle, finished among the first eight
in the combined slalom and downhill
winners. They will be eligible for the
United States Olympic team.
They wound up in that order, except
Schroll was first and Jack Taylor Of
Vancouver, British Columbia. was
seventh. Only Yankees are eligible,
and the members of the team will be
announced officially later in New
York.
The Smith sisters carried off honors
in the women's division. Ethlynne
Smith, Tacoma, Wash. winning the
national slalom title yesterday and
Ellis-Ayr Smith capturing the down.
hill crown Saturday. Ellis-Ayr was
fourth in the slalom races.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
Thinking About It a Thrill.

THERE'S no sweeter idea to toy
i with than that of owning q ball
club. Every fan likes to imagine
himself doing it. If the fan happens
to have money enough, as Cohan did,
the idea becomes an obsession. He
figures what players he will buy, what
players he will trade, what salaries
he will raise, how he will win the
pennant by smooth, intelligent CO.
operation with his manager, and how
he will sit back in q box seat and
watch his club sprint through the
series to the world championship.
George M. Cohan, like all great
actors, used to retire from the stage
forever now and then. When he an
nounced his retirement in 1921, with
the closing of 1.-THE Tavern" the boys
began to sell him ball clubs right and
left.
He was supposed to be buying
Brooklyn. He was supposed to
be getting an interest in the
Braves. He was supposed to
be taking over the Reds from
August Hermann.
None of these deals materialized. It's
likely that Cohan really wanted the
Giants most Of all. Like most in
mates q Broadway b E1 . sAhid
Evening star., 1935-04-15
SPORTSCopE
you have no more chance than
"a platter of spaghetti in front
of Primo Carnera, but 1t is all


good, clean fun. this business
of picking the major league base ball
winners. It makes for interesting con-
troversy over beer stems on hot Sum
mer nights and will mix well IN con-
versation with your alibi for that slice
off the second tee and your prophecy
on the Baer-Louis fight. You should
try it.
There are several systems in vogue.
Many folk string along with the
champions until they are beaten.
This system, however, hasn't
worked for the last three years
or ever since the Athletic and
Cardinals simultaneously were
stopped in 1882 after winning
two flags in a row.
Another common system is to follow
the selections of an expert" This
saves time and trouble, but lacks
rugged individualism. Besides. 1t al
most always spells disillusionment, II
possible.
The Genie -meenie- -miney-moe sys-
tenn probably would show as great a
return, but it does not give the proper
satisfaction If you happen to hit. Or,
you could cross up the gents who get
paid for picking 'em and nominate
their sixth-place consensus clubs on
the theory that in 1888 they selected
the Nationals and Giants to run sixth
and they finished first.
And only last year chose the Tigers
to wind up in that sixth hole.
Babes Loss Aid to Yanks.
CTILL another hunch bet would be
y to take last years fifth-placerS,
the Athletics and Pirates, and put
Cardinals ran fifth in 1888 and won
in 1884.
Last. but not least, there Is the
form-sheet system. Let's look
Tgers-The team that won by
seven games last year without suffer-
ing single injury of consequence.
Al Crowder and Goose Goslin are a
year older, Fred Marberry will throw
more base hits to the batters and
Marvin Owen may not be the same
guy who was on third base last year.
The Bengals would be in bad shape
if anything happened to Cochrane.
Yankees-The absence Of Ruth will
AID immeasurably except at the box
office. Possibly Joe Mccarthy will
get some pitching from Van Alta and
Johnny Allen.
Bill Dickey will be healthier.
but there will be a couple Of
new squeaks in Tony Lazzeri's
pins, of course, and it will look
as though Earl Combs Is throw
ing 16-pound shotputs from the
outfield.
Indians-Hot choice Of the Tex
pertS," but Knickerbocker will not
open at shortstop. Bozie Berger hasn't
seen any big-league curves yet, and
Walter johnson hasn't proved himself
a winning pilot. Finished Is games
behind the Tigers last year and look
no better.
Nationals Are Contenders.
n ED SOX-Wound up "a games out
Evening star., 1935-04-15
sBatted for Stewart in sixth.
fBatted for KleinhanS in third.

fbatCeU lot hIeINudHS III tIIiIU
Washington 600 400 o42-10
Newark ..,.. 900 900 O02- 2
Runs batted in-Kuhel. Larry t3). Travis,
Redmond (3), Powell ~. McQuinn Koy.
Two-base hits = Sington. Richardson.
piaymKieinhans to RichaTdsSn TO NC:
Newark. S. First base, on balls-Of
Kleinhans 2; of Makosky. 2; on La.
famine. 4. of Coppola. 1. HttsEOn
Z in ) innings: of Stewart. 8 in in-
nings; Of Lafamme. 8 in 8 innings; on
By Stewart. 2; By Makosky; 1; by L..
famine. 3: By. coppola. 8; Winning
pitcher-Stewart Losing .pitcher-Ma-
kosEy. SU%Epirss Msssrs. solsdo5 and Knox
Evening star., 1935-04-15
~ UMP HADLEY was back with
X an arm ready for pitching
/ and the Nationals were back

from Newark with 1912 VIC
tory over the International Leaguers
of that town, so all was happy today
at the Georgia avenue ball yard as
the club went through its final tune
up for the season inaugural.
The pitcher brought back to the
club from the Browns checked in yes
terday from Chattanooga where he
underwent treatment for a fiinging
wing that had been ailing nearly two
years. Lee Jensen, famed physical
therapist and trainer of the WASH
ington farm, loosened shoulder mus
cles that had hampered Hadley and
Bump again is free overland in
stead of a frightened sidearm thrower.
Repaired by the muscle manipulation,
Hadley is to provide the right-hand
pitching expected to make this a
most successful season for the Ma
tionals. He is scheduled to take the
hill "wednesday n the second gaApe
Evening star., 1935-04-15
TITLE FOR OLYMPIANS.

Olympians conquered the Athlisco
Club. 1928, yesterday, to capture the
Jewish Community Center basket ball
title.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
Nations Diamond Fans Edge Big Leqgue Poe Opening Battles
Picking Flag Winners Is
Futile, but Fun-More
on O'Mahoney.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN

course, and with Werber he forms the
best half of an infield in the majors.
A couple of guys named Elmer are on
first and second, though; Grove is
doubtful, and Reynolds starts popping
up in July.
Athletics-If they get the pitching
and James Emory Foxx is lucky be-
hind the bat, they may prove the sur
prise of the league. The hitting is
there and Connie Mack still waves a
mean scorecard.
Browns-StiIl have HOrnsby
and Buck Newsom, but lots Of
holes in their bats. Irving Had
ley, who won Is Of their &C VIC
tories last year Is gone, and
George Blaeholdtr may act his
age.
Nationals-Thirty- games be-
hind the Tigers last year. but con-
tenders for all of that. Throw out
1884 performance. Twenty-seven sep
arate and assorted injuries, and Pete
Susko on first base did not help. Ex-
cept for Larry. Bolton, Travis. Stone
and Powell, it is the same club that
won the pennant in 1888, plus Bucky
Harris.
White Sox-Simmons and Bonura,
supported by 81 fellas named Char
lie. finished AZ games from top money
last year and were acclimated to the
cellar early. Should feel at home
this campaign.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
voE MCCARTHY sprang a sligh

VOE MCCARTHY sprang q slight
surprise on his ball club a few
weeks ago. Standing in the
lobby of the hotel in Florida.
he announced:
well, Cohan will join us when We
get to Atlanta"
This sounded mysterious. The boys
never had heard Of any Cohan. The
club had enough pitchers. The out
field and the infield looked adequate.
There were catchers, coaches and bat
boys to spare. In short, Mr.. Nc
Carthy's announcement baffied the
boys and made them scratch their
heads. One of them put the feeling
into words of one syllable when he
inquired:
who the hell is Cohan?"
Evening star., 1935-04-15
A Foine Lad, Too.

- local supporters land there are
plenty of 'em) still are spend
ing nickels with the telephone COM
pany and raising the dickens over
what they considered unfair treat
ment from the press on Danno's ap-
pearances here about the only
folk who haven't squawked is the
rassling fraternity Joe Turner,
commenting on O'Mahoney'S debut
against Fritz Grobmier. says Danno
was not the most disappointing raSsler
he ever saw -. he was only second.
"The first time / saw Gus
Sonnenberg," AYERS Joe, ~ was
SO ashamed of being a wrestler
myself that / turned my coat
collar around my ears and
sneaked out Of the joint"
Before suspending Kirkwood Burke,
local amateur heavyweight. for re-
fusing to fight on Matt Twomey's
card, the District A. A. U. might have
investigated the status of Steve Ka-
dash, the Army scrapper whom Burke
was to have fought according to
Harry Groves. who seconded some of
his fighters at professional shows at
Langley Field. a boxer closely re-
sembling Kadash fought some Of the
paid clan.
Jimmy Erwin has added the veteran
featherweight. Andy Martin. to his
stable Martin did well for him.
self few years back and retired &. . 4.
but came some bad investments and
well, it is the old, old story Z. a
newer yarn, recently published. quotes
j. c. Marsh, former manager of Frank
Gotch. as offering to wager any part
Of $4,000 that he can throw Danno
o OMahoney five times in one hour
or that he can throw OMahoney and
Man Mountain Dean in the same
evening.
Marsh admits to being twice
the age Of O'MahOney.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
CAN Thank BAD HABIT
FOR LOSING GOOD JOB
Discharged employee dis
covers importance of
personal appearance

TIM complains that he wasn't treated
J fairly at the Office that the boss
let him out without a single good rea-
son. The truth is, his boss - like most
employers today-won't tolerate a
slipshod appearance won't place
confidence in q man who tries to get
by" without shaving.
A tender skin is no excuse to neglect
shaving. The Gillette "Blue Blade"
Is especially processed for fast, smooth
work on sensitive faces. Even two
shaves q day, when advisable, are COM
Portable. Try the Gillette "Blue Blade.
Evening star., 1935-04-15
Great Interest in Club.

THERE Is that about this years
edition of the Washington ball
club that has aroused interest
In 1t all over the country. Perhaps
the attraction began when Clark
Griffith, the clubs president, made
base ball history last Fall in sending
Cronin, one Of the games greatest
player-managers, to the Boston Red
Sox in exchange for a quarter million
dollars and Larry in the biggest deal
ever.
Certainly it was stepped up by the
return to the managerial helm of
Harris, who as the hoy wonder" of
1924 brought the National Capital its
first big league pennant.
The great interest may be attributed
mainly to the wonderful faith the
dynamic Harris has in a ball club
that trained we'll, but has not been
particularly impressive in its train
ing games.
Their manager in all seriousness
sees in the Nationals pennant posi-
bilities.
Harris bases his faith as much on
the condition Of the entire league as
upon the potentialities of his ball
club. This is wide-open year in
the American League" the manager
said today. ANY club that can play
good base ball has wonderful chance
to crash through to the champion
ship"
Evening star., 1935-04-15
Card for Initial
Tits Tomorrow

IEw YORK, April IS CR.-Prob-
IN able pitchers, weather, crowds
for tomorrow's major league
base inaugurals:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Pitchers. weather Crowd.
Phila. at Marcum or Fair.
Washington Dietrich VS.. Cold $4,000
Whitehill
Boston at Ferrell or Fair.
New York Ostermueller- Cold $4,000
VS.. Gomez
Chicago at Jones VS.. Cold 10000
Detroit Rcwe
Clevepd at Harder VS. Unsettpd $500
St. Louis Newsome Cold
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York Hubbell VS.. Possibly
at Boston Brandt Ealn. 3o.OOU
Snow
BROOKLYN a. Munso VS.. Fair. $4,000
pittsburgh Hoyt VS.. Cloudy. 10000
at Cinci'tti Derringer Cold
Ct. Louis st ]. Dean W. lair. $4,000
chiaaso Uams0O NAzn@
Evening star., 1935-04-15

Nationals Are Contenders.
n ED SOX-Wound up "a games out
X of first place in 1884. and it Is
up to S250000 performer to
make these up. Cronin will help, OF
Evening star., 1935-04-15
MATS BIC PUZZLE
OF TITLE TUSS[E
Experts Are SkepticaI, but
Harris LaudS Club That
Starts Tomorrow.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

BY JOHN B. KELLER.
r TOW about Lary's hitting? Will
- Powell make the grade? Has
the club any pitching? Is
Harris likely to get his club in
the running for the pennant?
None of these questions will be an
swered tomorrow as the Nationals
open the Capitals thirty-fiftn season
in the American League, but they
will be humming in the heads OF the
more than 10000 expected to invade
Griffith Stadium for the campaign
inaugural in which the Athletics of
Philadelphia will oppose the Wash
ington ball club.
Plenty to thrill the throng at the
opener. For the first time since the
early days of the league, when the
late Buck Becker pitched for the Ma
tionals, the fans will get kick from
that trite local boy makes good"
stuff. In center field will be Alvin
Powell, a product of the Washington
sandlotS. who looks the goods after a
tour of six years through the minors.
VI d Clld1lSC, l1lClC WILL NC 4Al oAloi
stop Lyn Larry, fully capable of filling
the shoes of Joe Cronin afleld, but
still big question mark where batting
Is concerned.
From the time the gates open at
IL o'clock tomorrow morning until
Earl Whitehill, premier portSider of
the Nationals curving corps and
either Johnny Marcum or Bill Dietrich
Of the AS are announced as opposing
pitchers there'll be generous entertain
ment for the gathering in the ball
yard.
After that, it will be each club for
itself as what promises to be the Ma
tional Capitals most stirring base ball
campaign in years gets under way.
Harris Has Faith in Mats.
A GOOD ball club will take the
n field for Washington. Its play
ers have confidence in themselves.
Stanley Raymond Harris, home
towner and one of the outstanding
figures of the game, firmly believes
the club he is managing will make
good.
Hitting as it should, the Washing
ton Ball Club will be on top at the
end of the season." he has emphatic
ally declared.
Around the country, experts have
consigned the Nationals anywhere
from fourth place to seventh at the
finish Of the season. But they have
failed to shake the managers faith in
his charge. He sees in his ball club a.
potential pennant winner, a ball club
crammed with power and playing
ability.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of
these United States, not a profess
sional but regular fan, is rumored
to be interested in the outcome of the
starting game of the season, too, this
year. He'll be there with his official
coterie, hoping the Nationals get the
better Of the argument, despite that
Philadelphia gives him votes and
Washington doesn't. He is home
town" fan.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05

Of the varsity, two separate teams
being maintained.
The teams alternate in adopt
ing the playing lines Of the vars
ity's opponents. Thus, the team
which had been drilled in the
Yale plays, dropped that style
after the match and became a
Princeton" team, the Navy meet
ing the Tigers two weeks later.
In the meantime, another detach-
ment had been prepared in the
Notre Dame plays, that group tax
ing up Pennsylvania's lines after
the game with the Irish.
Under this method, B Squad
has been able to be better pre-
pared in the special plays of the
different opponents and thus
render more effectual aid to the
varsity.
The team of the present plebe
class has won all four Of its games,
its opponents including some OF
the nations finest school teams.
It's material appears to be well up
with that of the great plebe class
of last year.
The Washington times., 1935-11-05
P Parkers Meet
Western In
Tilt Today
BY GARRETT WATERS

Reinforcements have been
known to sway many a battle
hopelessly lost on the war front.
And so it is that Eastern High
hopes its new grid additions,
gained by the recent advisory
marks, will help its team in the
current interhigh football series.
This annual set of games is,
indeed, a war for the Lincoln
ParkerS this year. For the Boyd.
coached lads have the first real
opportunity before them in years
for the championship.
Up to the present time the
team has lacked an honeSt-to-
goodness scoring punch in the
backfield. Capt. Glenn Hawk"
Shaw has been depended upon
for most Of the work-although
Frank DiGuilian and AL Kidwell
have offered the best they could
but still that punch has lacked.
Now a bit of light has entered
the picture. Three backfield men
are eligible and all three promise
to give Eastern the attack Coach
Artie Boyd has hoped for since
the start of practice back in early
September.
The trio are Joe Curtin, Jack
Shugrue and Marshall Jacobs, All
three played their first game for
Eastern last week against Wash
ington-Lee High. They conducted
themselves very well considering
the fact it was their first game,
and gave promise of playing even
better as more games roll around.
Today they get their biggest
chance to put Eastern right into
the thick of the fight for the inter.
high series championship. West
ern is the opposition today at the
Central Stadium at $3.50 p. m.
Curtin will call the signals. This
will give Hawk Shaw plenty of
opportunity to be the ball carrier
that he is, where heretofore he
has had to be the quarterback,
punter and passer.
Shugrue and Jacobs will fill the
other positions, with DiGuilian,
Ndwel and MichaelS being ready
at all times to jump into action
at Coach Boyd's discretion.
Western, too, will go in today's
fray somewhat strengthened by
the additions of John McCracken
and Carroll Price, ends, and "Biff"
Oliphant, hefty guard. The pair
will team with the remainder of
the Georgetowners who held
Central so well week or so ago
and who should offer Eastern
plenty of battle today before sue
cumbing.