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Evening star., 1935-01-17
CURIOUS FANS DRIVE
GRIDDERS TO COVER
Giants Forced to Find Retreat
When Thousands Close in
on Their Practice.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAN FRANCISCO, January 17.-Be-
cause so many spectators crowded
around in practice on a public
square fronting the City Hall, Coach
Steve Owen ordered retreat for his
New York Giants today. The foot
ball champions took over new train
ing quarters for the knights of Co.
lumbus charity game Sunday against
Ernie Nevers' Pacific Coast All-Stars.
II never saw such foot ball en-
thusiasm," commented Coach Owen
in explaining the switch in practice
sites. I'VE didn't mind it so much
when there we're only few hundred
around, but they started coming in
thousands"
Disbanded since December 23, the
Giants appeared to have returned
to seasonal form after three practice
sessions.
The Western team drilled for three
hours at Stanford University. with
particular stress on speed plays
Coach Nevers believes it would be
waste Of time to try to crack
the Giants line. but he has hopes of
outspeeding the big leaguers.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
A One.Shot Gamble.

Vou took gamble at Hoylake' "
i Sarazen said, that I never
would have risked. You had
a 4 to win at the final hole, if you
remember. You had to play a iron
from the rough. and the pin was only
Is or 20 feet from the out-of- bounds
mark. Just q slight mistake-and
you might have had s. would have
played short Of the green for possible
4 and sure S, to risk my gamble on
the play-off. You put the whole
championship on one shot,
Hagen laughed. II remem-
Der that one" he said. But you
know, Gene, golf belongs partly
to moods. I felt that day 1
could hit a tin plate at $50
yards.
II had come from behind-I had
perfect control of my swing-I was
confident I couldn't miss. On another
occasion I never would have taken that
risk. The mental mood or mental at
titude plays very big part in golf.
took the same chance at Braeburn
in 1919, when I had a to win and a
to tie-with a rock wall just beyond
the pin. As a rule I don't gamble
with any serious trouble unless I have
to. I'd rather let the other fellow do
that"
Its different in these Winter
tournaments" Gene said. There
are too many good ones willing to
gamble-so par doesn't count any
more. I see fellows shooting 67s and
68s I never heard of before
You'll see more and more of these, !"
Hagen said. You'll see more and
more high-class swingers or hitters.
But you still won't see many who can
use their heads through 72 holes,
who can concentrate on the right shot
to play and the right way to play it.
I might miss my drive and then my
second shot, but still figure there's
a good chance for my par If play
the right shot. The main idea Is not
to get discouraged or quit trying. Golf
may mean your living, but 1t still Is
more of a game than it is business"
Sarazen has set his tallest hopes on
the next United States open. He con-
siders Oakmont one Of the hardest
tests that golf knows today, and he
esxpects to be ready when the 1885
show breaks.
(Copyrisht. 1885. by North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Outlook Not Gloomy Holds League May Haze to Take Oer Braves
Sports Program
In Local Realm
TODAY.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown Freshmen at Eastern
$3.50.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
North Carolina at Maryland, 6.
VIZ et,;n1tovo Co11ooo ~ Your ar Co'

Basket Ball.
North Carolina at Maryland, g.
Washington College Of Law at Gal
laudet, 8.
Eastern VS.. Roosevelt at Tech, $3.50;
Tech VS.. Western at Roosevelt, $3.50
public high school championship
series games).
Catholic U. at Duke.
Wilson Teachers at Montclair IN.
J.) State Normal.
Central at Georgetown Prep, $3.50.
Takoma-Silver Spring VS.. Alexan-
dria High at Armory Hall, Alex
andria, g.
Westinghouse High at Hopewell
High, 8.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at
Gonzaga, $3.50.
Damascus at Rockville High, $3.50.
Charlotte Hall at Cambridge (Md.)
High.
Occoquan High at Lee-Jackson
High, 8.
Boxing.
Richmond U. at Maryland, els.
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Bucknell VS.. Georgetown at Tech,
$50.
Shenandoah at Gallaudet, 8.
Union at Howard, 8.
| Georgetown Freshmen VS.. Central
at Tech, 7:30.
Catholic U. at Wake Forest.
Wilson Teachers at Newark IN. J)
State Normal.
Eastern VS.. Navy Plebes at Annap-
| oils, 4.
Tech at McDonogh, Baltimore.
Swavely at Episcopal.
Charlotte Hall VS.. Washington COL
lege Freshmen at Chestertown.
Boxing.
Virginia Tech at Catholic u, 8.
Swimming.
Central at Calvert Hall, Baltimore
Wrestling.
Central Y. M. c. A. at Carlisle
| (Pa.) Y.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
THE SPORTLIGHT
Long Tee Shots Essential, Says Sarazen;
Mental Poise Also Needed, Hagen Asserts.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

think of anything else except
the job of playing that shot
with the right club in the
right way.
III tell you more about the use of
hands" Hagen continued. In one
championship I had three brides in
a row. On one hole 1 felt that was
going to hook the ball with mashie
second, so I cut it up and stopped
8 feet away from the pin. On the
next hole I tried to allow for the
hook and saw that was pushing the
ball out So I used my hands to cut
the ball in and got another birdie.
I hit my second well on the next hole
and got another 3. The crowd
thought I had played each shot per-
fectly, yet I had only hit one really
good shot to the green-correctly
played.
If / hadn't been able to make my
hands handle the club head I could
easily have had two SIS in place of
two 3s. 1t is necessary in golf TO
know what the hands are doing with
the head of that cluo-inc uding The
smooth pace of the stroke and the
club-face position against the ball
which includes, of course. the path of
the club head"
Evening star., 1935-01-17
BOSS STILL HOPES
T0LAND SLABMAN
Shifts Office to Florida
Soon-Young Boxmen to
Get Early Training.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

- II 1DST snow and SluSh, wash
NH ington's first definite sign
w of Spring appeared today as
M. Clark Griffith. supervis-
ing preliminary packing and engaging
in determined search foy his missing
mashie, took a tentative peek into
his crystal ball before heading South
as the Nationals one-man vanguard.
The old gentleman made it quite
understandable that it was a very ten
tative prediction he was about to
commit before picking Detroit and
New York-as American League ros-
tiers now stand-to fight it out for the
pennant again. Cleveland, popular
favorite in the Winter books, and BoS-
ton seem to need bolstering in vital
spots. Philadelphia is dangerous.
Washington?
IF get that pitcher I'm looking
for any day now," promised Uncle
Clark with display of optimism that
may be significant. washington has
as good a chance as any of them"
And Just because he's heading for
Miami Saturday to train for the train
ing season at Biloxi is no sign the
business of fishing for that pitcher
has been dropped, Griff AYERS. In ad-
dition to the missus and his golf bag
Griff is taking fat book of stamps, a
stack of telegraph blanks, wad OF
the second Yawkey installment that
had not yet arrived at an early hour
today, and a secretary. He merely is
changing scenery in hopes of changing
his luck.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
He Had the Works.

YyOLSTENHOLME had everything
w that goes into the making of
great competitor on the maple
ways. He had the ball, the form, the
head and the heart to conquer. He
never was defeated in an important
match.
His delivery, begun with backward
sweep that carried his long right arm
to q perfect perpendicular, was spec
tacular but as smooth as the base ball
delivery of Walter johnson. Indeed,
there were other Wolstenholme char
acteristics peculiarly remindful OF the
Big Train-among them his size, his
speed, his fighting spirit and ability
| to rise to an occasion.
Glenn was a practical psy-
chologist, too. He studied care
fully the temperamental weak
ness of all opponents and took
every fair advantage. On the
other hand, no degree Of jockey
ing. such as speeding or slow
ing the pace, could move him.
The other fellow was pulled or
backed into whatever pace Glenn de-
sired to set. If the enemy showed a
tendency to tire, the tempo was
stepped up; If inclined to nervousness,
it was slowed. I know of one in
stance in which Wolstenholnle won a
match before he picked up ball
you're the one guy" he told his
rival weeks before the battle, shat ]
can't lose to, whether it's bowling,
tiddlywinks or spittin' at q crazk." :"
Evening star., 1935-01-17
BERTH SEEN FOR SASSE

STARKVILLE, Miss. January II
R).-Captain A. r. MacKechnie. for
the last two years head foot ball coach
at Mississippi State, has rendered his
resignation to the Athletic Board OF
Control.
Reports are current that Maj. Ralph
Sasse, former coach at West Point and
now stationed at Fort Knox, KY, will
succeed MacKechnje-
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Final Standing.
BoNTHRON is ENTERED
Wanamaker Mile Will Be First
Appearance of Winter.

NEW YORK, January IL @.-The
first of Bill Bonthron's three track
appearances this Winter will find
the former Princeton middle distance
star facing the starter in the Wana-
maker mile of the Millrose A. A.
games February 2. His signed entry
has been received by the committee.
Bonthron plans to start only in
the Wanamaker mile, the Baxter
mile of the New York A. G. games
February 16 and the National A. A. U.
1,5oo-meter championship February
L23, during the indoor seeou.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
D0DGER, GIANT SIGN
Leonard of Brooklyn and Smith

Leonard of Brooklyn and Smith
of New York in Line.
NEW YORK, January II P.-The
Brooklyn Dodgers and New York
Giants each came up with another
signed contract today.
The Dodgers announced Emil
Dutch Leonard, promising young
pitcher, had agreed to terms.
AL Smith, southpaw relief pitcher
for the Giants, also signed on the
dotted line.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
B0NURA NOT SATISFIED
Returns White Sox Contract, but
Denies Talk of Quitting.

NEW ORLEANS. January II (P.-
Zeke Bonura. first baseman for the
Chicago White Sox, said here that he
had returned his 1885 contract un-
signed. but denied report from Chi
cago that he had threatened to quit
unless he was paid more money.
Il just sent the contract back un-
signed" Bonura said. II didn't make
any comment about it."
Evening star., 1935-01-17

Always Got Enough to Win.
Their bowlers had as much me-
I chanical ability or more than
Wolstenholme, but few If any
were as gifted with the stuff to rise
to a crisis. With a double header
strike at a physiological moment, he
won the first Howpard Campbell
Sweepstakes. Similar bits got him
home in front in several big individ-
ual matches. His scores In these af-
fairs seldom were extraordinary, but
somehow he managed always to pull
up with q margin-and the cash.
Like most great performers in all
sports. Glenn was far from cold
blooded. But the excitement of battle
never unsteaded him. Ever thinking
in terms of victory, Wolstenholme
seemed incapable of vsioning the con-
sequences of defeat. line of thought
fatal to many an athletes success.
In the All-Time Head-to-Head-
Handicap, my money rides on Glenn
Wolstenholme, all six bits of it.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
20 Years Ago
EULLY 100000 attended foot ball
L games in this country last sea-
IN THE STAR.


A team of Washington schoolboy
swimmers lost to the Baltimore
City College natators. Among Wash
ington contestants were Thompson,
Zerbe, Hunt, Francis and Brewer.
The Cleveland base ball players
hereafter will be known as the In
dians. The name Maps Is to be
discarded.
Jack Dillon gave Porky Flynn of
Boston bad trimming in the box
ing ring in Brooklyn last night.
Gallaudet conquered George
Washington at basket ball last
night, 1888, largely through accu-
rate long shooting. Rockwell and
A. and r. Wegner, for the winners,
and Almon, for the losers, played
best.
Model Lunch team leads the
Southeast Pin League. Making up
the team are Carrigan, Whalley,
Hoffman, Sanderson, Kapneck, An
derson, Scheible, Murphy and
Bacas.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
TELLS OF HIS NEW JOB.

BATON ROUGE, La, January II
@-Burt A. Ingwersen formally has
confirmed the announcement that he
has been named first assistant foot
ball coach at Northwestern and said
he had accepted the appointment.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Early Start for Kid Hurlers.

AIoW that Washington, through
~ Chattanooga, has acquired the
Selma Club of the Southeastern
League and is virtually sure of the
Panama City, Fla, franchise in
the George Alabama Florida League,
Griffith announced today that an ad-
vance squad of probably 10 assorted
recruit pitchers will report in Biloxi
on February "a, one week ahead of the
regular pitchers and the catchers and
more than two weeks ahead Of the
rest of the squad.
Included in the advance squad will
be Orville Armbrust, who must re-
duce; Sid Cohen, Reese Diggs, Dick
Lanahan, who is a doubtful starter;
Archie Scrivener, like Lanahan a
local boy, and newcomers Henry Cop
pola, Francis Peticolas, Hugh Null
cahy and Bob Etts. The tie-up with
this band and the acquisition of the
two new farms is that Griffith is
hopeful Of placing the more promising
of the lot with either of the two low
class teams or with Chattanooga.
The fact that this group will re-
port on February a. does not neces-
sarily mean that Harris oficially will
step into his new-old Office as man.
ager then. It is more probable that
Trainer Mike Martin will have charge
Of the kids 50 that they may be ready
to exhibit their stock when Harris ar.
rives March /.
Coppola and Mulcahy. who played
in the Northeastern League last sea-
son, are the property of the Albany
Club, with which Griffith has work.
ing agreement. Coppola won 13 anc
lost 13 last season, while Mulcahy
who has been training here part o1
the Winter, won IA and lost IL. HI
halls from Allston. Mass.
Peticolas is an 18-year-old Chicago
sandlotter who worked out with tht
Nationals last season. Etts is semi.
pro from Margaretville, N. Y.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
NAMED TO CUBS BOARD.

CHICAGO, January II &.-Charles
A. (Boots) Weber, club treasurer, has
been elected to the Board Of Direc-
tors Of the Chicago Cubs. He fills the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
William M. Walker, former president.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
They'd Pick Glenn.

4 SERIES of matches, with the
n Washington Singles League
champion as one Of the prin-
cipals, probably will settle the first
issue after the league finishes the
regular campaign. The other always
must be a moot question, because
most Of the men who shone in former
years as stake horses" either have
retired or lost their old punch.
If a vote we're taken among
the observers who have seen all
the hot shots of the last 20
years, believe it would give
you the name of Glenn Wolsten-
holme.
Some ballots would go for Campbell
and not few, perhaps, to Max Rosen-
berg, George Friend, Johnny Vaeth.
Harry Krauss, Buck Harley and an
other old-timer or two. Vaeth and
Krauss, inmortals Of the game, hardly
would be eligible for consideration,
however, because neither, In his hey
dey, would shoot for a purse. Two of
the finest sportsmen the game has
produced, they believed it bemeaning
to the pastime to use it as q medium
for gaining. And because they be-
lieved no good could come of it, they
refused to oppose each other in a
singles match. The two outstanding
bowlers of their time, each had a
tremendous following, Krauss' larger
than Vaeth's. Had they met, no duck
pin match before or since would have
stirred as much interest.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Griff Likes His Infield.

D STACK Kuhel, Myer, Larry ana
Travis with any infield in the
league, ran on Griff. who is not
completely sold on Detroits left side
of the infield, Cleveland's expected eX-
pertinent with Bozie Berger at second
and Odell Hale at third, New York's
battered Tony Lazzeri and Boston's
weak right side of the inner Gordon.
Except Dickey and Cochrane,
where is there better looking catcher
than Bolton?" at the same time an
nouneing that Rookie Receiver Jack
Redmond had just signed, bringing
the total of signed players to IL. Has
any club four better outfielders than
Manush, Stone, Powell and Schulte?"
"And, by the way" added Griff, IA
lot Of people want to sell us short be-
cause Cronin is gone. Well, this Larry
will play shortstop with any of 'em in
the field, and if he doesn't live up to
expectations I've got somebody else
who thinks he can step in Cronin's
shoes-Red Kress.
Red wrote me yesterday from
Berkeley, Calf. He thinks, with
Cronin gone, he rates chance to play
shortstop. I think he does, too. He
was pretty good shortstop when he
first broke in and he may click again.
This may be KreSs' spot"
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Will Try to Garry On.

""HERE is little likelihood that the
league will attempt to buy out
Fuchs and Adams" Harvey
Traband. league secretary-treasurer,
said today. But every effort will be
made to carry on in Boston. The di-
rectors will solve the problem some
how because they must"
Frick. up to his ears in trouble at
the outset of his regime. declined
comment He said there were no new
developments.
As for a possible purchaser-an
hands admittedly are stumped.
There is one wealthy prospect, Lou
Wentz, Oklahoma multi-millionaire
who dickered for the St. Louis Car
dinals, but as soon as his interest
there was revealed. he was offered
majority of the National League
franchises. He was interested only in
st. Louis.
"One trouble is" said National
League official. that although every
one wants to sell. as soon as pur-
chaser gets interested. the owner de-
mands far more than the club Is
worth A go per cent profit is a mod
est demand, even for bankrupt in
base ball"
Evening star., 1935-01-17
oS ANGELES, January l7.-Il

7 OS ANGELES, January l7-In
the wake of the scrappy Los
/ Angeles open two pretty fair
golfers dropped by the room to
talk things over. Their names were
Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen. who
have won far more than their share
of gilded coronets and have had more
than one famous duel at medal and
match for the last l3 or IA years.
I wanted to get their slant upon
the main points Of championship golf
the main difference between the
winners and those who almost won
but never quite.
IN the first place." Gene Sarazen
said, "the golf champion today must
be able to reach the green on his sec
ond shot with some club from a 4
iron to a niblick. He must be able
to hit the ball far enough to drive
far enough to shoot for the pin on his
next shot with lofted club-not with
a midiron or a spoon.
The golfer who can use
No. 4, S, 6 or : in going for
the pin has a big edge over the
golfer with shorter range, who
has to use a No. iron or
SPOON"
Il know at Merion," Sarazen said,
Il was afraid of my long irons-the
greens we're too we'll trapped. Feeling
this way I should never have used a
midiron to play safe on that fatal
eleventh hole-the shot that cost me
z. If you can't hit that ball a long
way out today you are up against 1t.
There are too many who can"
Evening star., 1935-01-17
HAS LITTLE HOPE
Of FINDING BUYER
Directors Meet With Frick
Tomorrow in Desperate
Attack on Problem.
BY EDWARD J. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, January 1.-THE
nj possibility that the National
| Y League might take over the
Boston Braves and run the
club until a purchaser'could be found
loomed today as league directors
headed here to join President Ford
Frick Friday in his struggle with the
toughest problem base ball has faced
in years.
With the Braves field apparently
gone to the dogs, the team dispos-
sessed, President Emil Fuchs close to
the end Of his financial rope. and
Charles ?. Adams, who holds the
mortgages, unwilling to take over the
team, the new battle Of Bunker Hill
resolved into a weird but desperate
chase for a man with lot of money
who is interested.
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Hagen's Angle.

THERE Is also another side to
j championship golf" Hagen said
This is the mental picture that
must last through a championship
Championships are saved-they are
rarely won. They usually are thrown
away on one or two holes"
That's true" Sarazen said. I'D
like to gamble that could win almost
anything championship if could
keep away from 6 or Z. I did
that at Sandwich and Fresh Meadow
and won both. Nothing worse than
IS. I had an 8 at St. Andrews and a
at Merion-and lost where I had
both won.''
"One mistake so many golfers
make" Hagen said, lis this-theyll
take an even gamble to save an extra
stroke where. If 1t doesn't come off
they may lose two or three strokes
"You play golf largely" Hagen said
with your head and your hands.
first want to visualize every shot.
want a clear picture of everything
connected with the shot-the ne-the
distance - the trouble ahead - the
risk-the wind.
when this is clearly estab-
lished then I don't want to
Evening star., 1935-01-17

He made the enemy believe it, with
the result that Wolstenholme won
without a struggle
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Happened Once Before.

TAILING that-and failure virtually
is admitted at the start-there
seems nothing for the league
directorate to do but take over the
club. settle with Adams and Fuchs,
attempt to regain possession Of Braves
field and thus maintain an eight-club
league until a purchaser is found.
Only once in base ball history has
anything remotely similar arisen. The
precedent established there was close
enough to be followed, as last resort,
in this case.
About 1902 an accident in Phila-
delphia that cost 18 or 20 lives forced
the league to take over the Phililes,
pay the players salaries and run the
club for most of the season until new
owner was found.
During a ball game there, rumpus
started in a street outside the park.
The crowd rushed down a wooden
runway between the bleachers and
grandstand to see what was going on.
The runway collapsed, and the dam
age suits resulting from deaths and
injuries forced the owner, James
Potter, into bankruptcy.
, 1935-06-25
H. Year-O Old Boy Flying
Alone from Chicago To
= = q = = . = y y
Home in Nicaragua

his English at ST. victor'S. although
he confesses that he spoke only
Spanish when he entered school
there a year ago. Il have been liv-
ing with Aunt Sofia-that Is Mrs.
Sofia Gutierre5-in Chicago. and
she helped me a lot in learning Eng
iish,r Bill says.
Asked what line OF business his
father followed. Bill answered: He
has a big store and sells cloth and
clothes"
Would he be glad TO get back &c
see his brothers and Sisters7 Sure
he answered. and his frightened
face also indicated that he could
hardly wait to tell them about the
long airplane ride from Aunt Sofas
70 Nicaragua.
He arrived here aboard the Bran
III plane Friday afternoon. and
waited until Monday In order 70
make proper connections with the
Nicaragua line. Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Scnner. who have u Son about
Bills age. adopted" him during his
stay at the FL Jardin. They were OF
hand to bid him farewell when his
plane took off Monday. Bill was re-
luctant to part with his new friends,
BIT was anxious TO return home 10
see his family.
, 1935-06-25

Master william Hunter. aged IL
and If you don't mind he'd rather
that you call him Bill-began the
second leg OF his unescorted flight
from Chicago TO Nicaragua here
Monday aboard the regular Pan
American plane for Mexico City.
Unhampered by the restraining in
fluence OF a grown-up companion,
Bill Is having the time OF his young
life.
He has been attending ST. VIC
tors school In Chicago and Is re-
turning to his home at Diriamba,
Nicaragua. situated near Managua.
This is his first airplane trip. and
Bill says thereu be 10 more train
and boat rides for him II he can
wheedle dad into airplane trips reg
ularly. 1T was much mere fun fly
ing here from Chicago than It was
travelling from Nicaragua TO San
Francisco by boat" the youngster
volunteered.
He explained that he parted COM
pany with his dad in San Francisco
last year when he went or TO Chi
cago by rail and dad took another
boat for Japan to close certain
pending business negotiations.
Bill has made repid strides with