The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-02
Odds, Ends
Of Sports
Dope

Dope
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor
Al Schacht comes to the Fox
Theatre on the morrow.
Nick Altrock will leave
within the next ten days for
Florida.
Clark Griffith plans to head
for Orlando between the 18th
and Goth Of the month.
George Moriarty will be
through Washington in Feb
ruary with a sound picture en-.
titled "Take Me out To The Ball
Came"
AL Simmons has hit a home
run in his first game before the
home crowd for every club with
which he has played-Aberdeen
Milwaukee. Philadelphia and Chi
Cago. Will he do it for Detroit?
Walter johnson believes Monte
Pearson has a good chance OF be-
coming the best pitcher in the
American League during the next
season.
The Boston Red Sox are a
nnedium-aged team, as a whole,
and should dominate the loop for
ct least the next three years.
Roy johnson will be retained,
not traded, by the washington
ball club despite the impression
many fans have he is a difficult
player to keep on the reservation.
Maker Of Managers
Connie Mack develops another
manager in Max Bishop, who is to
pilot the Portland, Pacific Coast,
club. Other managers out Of the
Mack menage are Jimmy Dykes,
Mickey Cochrane and Eddie Rom
mel.
Every thoroughbred race horse
IN America enjoyed a birthday
yesterday. All foals since Janu-
airy /, 1885, became 1-year ODDS. In
Europe the same horse birthday
is observed, but in South Amer.
ica the equine anniversary is May
! and in Australia, August /.
National Legion Umpire Dolly
Stark, who is the Dartmouth bas-
ketball coach during the winters,
may resign and turn his job over
to Elmer Ripley, well-remembered
for his coaching at Georgetown
as well as at Yale.
Jimmy Braddock, having earned
enough money to give his family
considerable security, is soon 60
ing back to the docks to get into
condition for his fight in Sep
TENDER with Joe Louis. Jim is in
sistent about training for fight
on the docks, as it reacted to his
benefit against Baer.
Brooklyn Fans Indignant
Brooklyn baseball fans are
against the thought of Billy Evans
becoming business manager of the
Dodgers to take the place of Bob
Quinn who has the Boston Braves
In his lap. The Flatbusners think
they would be taking an Ameri-
can League outcaSt in Evans. In
ter-league feeling is quite strong
in Brooklyn.
Willis Hudlin, Cleveland pitch
er; Paul Waner, Pirate outfielder,
and Paul Derringer, Cincinnati
gardner. are three Of the best
golfers in baseball. Jigger Saltz,
former Giant, Red Sox and Cub.
belonged in the upper bracket Of
major league golfers before he
went to the Pacific Coast.
Babe Ruth, Sam Rice, Sammy
Byrd, Nick Altrock, Lou Gehrig
and Mickey Cochrane can turn in
scores in the sos when they are
having their good days. Ruth's
long suit. Of course, is driving
them off the tee, but beyond chat
point he is hardly a Runyan,
SaraZan or Hagen.
A Brown Derby Yarn
The football coaches no longer
make the annual brown derby"
award for the best gridiron tale
told at their meetings, but were
this recognition still in vogue, un-
doubtedly DR.. John w. Wilce,
Ohio State athletic director, would
have received the award.
And here's the yarn:
"After the Ohio State-NOtre
Dame game at Columbus" re.
lated DIR. Wilce, "a thoroughly
inebriated gentleman, who had
evidently bet on Ohio State, was
making his exit when he en-
cOuntered a an pushing
through the crowd in the OppO-