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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-05
|STS. PETER AND PAUL
 SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Next Weeks Schedule

Monday, June s-Gleason vs, Murphy.
 Wednesday, June 1o-Paul vs. Bolger.
 Friday, June 12-Holloywood vs. Wrenn.
 or the Bat
 Due to a little social difficulty we will not be able to give you the of- ficial standing. Our guess is that Murphy and Hollywood are at the top of the pile and Wrenn's hand picked outfit is at the bottom.
 Wrenn's ball club has lost all of It's games so far and it's no wonder. Last Monday Pauls Instructors took Wrenn's Ringers" to the tune of 22-18. The Instructors" got 1T runs in the first inning when they knocked Bill Allman's sollthpaw slants to all corners of the lot. The "Instructors" who average about 190 pounds a man developed flat feet and had to strike out and take 8 rest. Tn the sixth inning Umpire "Ed" Kiernan was mobbed after three "row" decisions against the Ringers. Tn fact the Instructors" were using both balls and big rock in order to make fast double plays, and what's more, were getting away with 1t. Umpire Kiernan has
Evening star., 1936-04-06

rider" popping off at Daytona
Beach to Catcher Jack Redmond Of
the Chattanooga Yah big
bushwacker." roared Holbrook from
the dugout, "hows it feel to be back
in the bushes?"
And the same Mr.. Holbrook be-
ing sent back to Chattanooga him.
self the other day.
Mrs Buddy Myer starting to rush
onto the field at Orlando the day
Buddy was hit in the face by 3
ground ball . and Myer, tears
streaming down his face in pain. wav-
ing her back . Bobby Estalella Of
fering to swap lessons in Spanish for
tutoring in English and finding
no takers among the ball club 4.
Jimmy De Shong's flashy Summer
ensembles at Orlando =. page IS of
Esquire come to life -.
The feeling of everybody in Macon
when papers were picked up telling
of the death-studded tornado at
Cordele, Ga, vacated by the Griffs
just few hours before flood pic
lures come true in Rome. Ga. {.
rain and postponement in Chatta-
nooga for the third straight year.
And too many pieces of litera-
ture like this.
Evening star., 1936-04-06

the Boston Garden, says Sonia
Henie. the skaterette, will gross
$l50,00o as q pro between now and
January l One of AL Schacht's
new tricks will be q pantomime on
Helen Wills Moody, in which Al
uses 5-foot tennis racquet -. Bill
Stewart, called the No. l referee in
the National Hockey League, never
played a game In his life Gus
Greenlee colored manager Of John
Henry Lewis, was thrilled no end
the other day when the blarsted
London "Dyly Myle" called him on
long distance s.. Gus was so ex-
cited he turned the receiver over
to Murray Levin of the Daily Mir.
ror, who, speaking as Greenlee.
promised British promoters every
consideration /. Yves Ferrell com.
plains the gold-plated Red Sox are
shy Of pepper.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
CLUB READY NOW
TO OPEN SEASON
Record in Exhibition Play
Is Indication of Big
Year With FIaiI.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
staf Correspondent of The Star.


~ NOXVILLE, Tenn, April g.
" Flooded, showed and rained
~ out of three successive ball
L n games. the Nationals paused
here today on their homeward trek,
with Manager Bucky Harris anxious
for action, but unperturbed over the
idleness.
When similar weather pranks played
havoc with the 1885 exhibition jaunt,
Harris was tit to be tied and still
FLAMES on that trip the slow start OF
a team that never struck its stride.
But now only the weather is reminis-
cent of that ill-starred outfit.
This still is one of the best con-
ditioned ball clubs I've ever managed"
asserted Harris this morning as he
looked out of his hotel for signs of
sunshine that would permit game
between the Nationals and the Knox
vile Smokes. 1T will take worse
weather and more of 1t to hurt the
condition of this team. I'm not going
to start worrying until we've been on
the shelf two or three more days"
Tonight, regardless of whether
weather permits game, the Nationals
will hop aboard their special train at
$50 O'Clock and head for Washington,
where they are cue to arrive at 11:20
tomorrow morning.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Promoter Sees $l5O,OOO for Sonia Before January


You don't have to 90 to col.
Itch to learn everything :. f'r
instance, Tommy Evans Of the
Wilmerding (Pa) Y. M. G. A.
quint, who broke the Gardens in
dividual scoring record with IS
points the other night, never sew q
collitch until he went out to the
University of Pittsburgh to see Pitt
play Notre Dame . If any big
league scouts are in the house, they
might take a look at Babe Young,
Fordham first sacker DR.. For
rest (Phog) Allen, basket ball
coach at Kansas o., is So, but looks
80 -. takes his beer, too Los
Angeles Is hoping to get Roy Hen.
shaw, the southpaw, from the Cubs
Don't be surprised If George
Earnshaw Of Brooklyn Is the sea-
sons No. / comeback he held
Detroit and the Yankees to two
hits In Il innings.
Evening star., 1936-04-06

Lawson Little made his last ANA
teur stand at Cleveland last Sep
tember when he hung up his 31st
consecutive victory as q simon
pure" At the basket ball
coaches meeting the other day,
Al Mcclellan of Providence Col
lege was howled down when he
suggested no more rules changes
be made for four years -. "What?"
yelled one coach, then we couldn't
have any meeting" the motion
failed to carry unanimously
Look out DR.. George Hauser.
Minnesota line coach, promises
Gopher fans another of those
power house forward walls
Jake Atz, who piloted Fort Worth
to six consecutive Texas League
pennants, sat in the stands there
the other day, but only half .
dozen Of the crowd Of 1900 recog.
nized him -, such Ia fame.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
KEEN-THINKINc
A KEEN THINKING contribu-
" tor has brought up an impor-
. tant point in golf. 1t involves
IL e. zg. L.. n

the ldUe Ol more Indl Z,UUU,UUU
players who stick around the same
melancholy spot year after year.
why don't you write piece" he
asks, about golfers who waste their
time in practicing faults? What good
does 1t do them? Doesn't 1t merely fix
their faults into lasting habits?"
AS depressing as it is, this happens
to be true where the golfer hasn't a
clear idea of his faults and a clear
idea of corrective devices that will
get him back on the main road.
A short while back I watched an
earnest operator at practice For 30
minutes he stood there and hit one
slice after another
There was no one around to show
him the corrections needed to cure
this poisonous fault.
After 80 minutes of hard
practice his golf was in sadder
state than it was at the start.
Paul Runyan often will practice an
hour or two every day for quite a
stretch. But Runyan knows what he
is doing, he is setting his swing into
the groove he wants. Over and over
he is hitting the ball correctly. He is
Evening star., 1936-04-06
THE SPORTLICHT
Good Idea of Fault Correction Needed
To Make Practice at Golf Worth While.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

practic;ng for an hour in bunker
with the weather around zero. You
could see Jerry Travis on putting
green for two hours at a time. But
they knew what it was all about. They
we're not practicing faults. They we're
knitting skill into pattern that could
stand the strain of championships.
What shot should the average
golfer practice most. Golf is a game
of many clubs-but they are all played
in about the same way. as far as form
and fundamentals are concerned. The
idea should be to think in terms of
form and the fundamentals.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
QU|NT,
OILERS PLAY HERE
Champs and Runners-Up in
Olympic PreIim Show at
Tech Tomorrow.

NEW national basket ball
n champion and the rubber"
II game of the season with its
1 a closest rival will be presented
at Tech High tomorrow night when
the Universal Pictures five of Hol-
lywood, which last night won the right
to represent America in the Olympics,
meets the Globe Refiners Of McPher-
san, Kans., hitherto overwhelming
favorites for that honor.
Defeated, 44-43, In the final game Of
the Olympic trials at Madison Square
Garden, the Refiners, averaging 6
inches over feet in height, will be
seeking to repeat an earlier 47-35 VIC
tory over the Hollywoodians which
won for them the national A. A. U.
title.
Members of the Mcpherson team are
expected to be added to the ranks of
the California five which will be sent
to Berlin this Summer to participate
in the first international basket ball
series ever staged.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Swing Main Objective.

DRACTTCE is worth while only
when the golfer will first go to
some good instructor-or to some one
who can give him the right grip-the
right stance-and clear mental pic
ture of the right way to swing.
His main objective must be a good
swing. But he must have in mind a
mental pattern of what this swing is.
There should be far more thought
back of practice than most golfers
give.
Here are a few points to consider:
Grip-The left hand trif1e farther
over, the grip more in the fingers of
both hands-relieving tension in wrists
and forearnls.
Stance-Square fleet on a
line) or slightly closed. with
left foot advanced. Legs and
body relaxed as much as pos
sible.
Swing-A feeling that the hands
are swinging the club head-left arm
in control of backswing-left side
tuuing-head held in position.
Few average golfers" Mac Smith
says, turn more than half enough"
Few average golfers" Ernest Jones
says, have any true feeling of the
hands swinging the club head"
Details-Lack of hurry on the back
swing-lack of hurry in starting the
neutrality-suspicious. on swing
ing and not on the result of the
swing.
Evening star., 1936-04-06


from Spring training camp. It's also
pretty near necessary after three
straight games have been flooded or
rained out and today's was doubtful.
Let's see :. in retrospect. 1t seems
only yesterday when Bucky Harris and
Clark Griffith we're making a furse
over rockies who long since have gone
from the Washington ball club. {.
Reds Hutchinson, pitcher with all the
form of an iron deer, was one of 'em
after the first day in Orlando
nobody heard of Reds. -.
And Floyd Perryman, a CATCH
er what a touting he got
until batting practice started,
There was Alex Sabo, catcher
from Fordham, who reported without
a mitt and had to use a ielder's glove
until his own hunk of leather was
mailed to him maybe that put
on a strike on Alex If catcher
can't remember to bring along his
glove no. hum . oh yeah,
there was Joe Krakauska, steak-eating
champion of the Angebilt Hotel dining
room, who moaned: II don't know why
I'm down here. Nobody pays any at
tention to me. I don't get chance to
pitch in battin' practice"
The truth was that Joe was
too fast and wild and Bucky was
afraid he might MAIN one of
his ball players.
The look of expectation on Griffs
face when Joe Cambria bobbed up in
Orlando towing half dozen Cubans
and touting 'em to the skies :. the
look Of disappointment when Griff
saw 'em play with Albany against our
side . talk about being built up to
an awful letdown! No Estalellas in
that bunch.
The swell odor of orange blossoms
in Orlando on March nights the
smell odor everywhere after batting II
straight races at the dog track and not
cashing a ticket! Belve Beans at
titude toward the local press when the
Griffs went to Deland to play Mime
apolis. Belve pitched home runs to
Dee Miles and Jake Powell in the first
inning.
Now. write that up," he
smiled. That's all you guys
did while l was with Washing
ton"
The sheer determination of the
Griffs, from Harris down to Frank Pet
icosla, when the Red Sox invaded Or
lando for the first game the con-
trast between the costs of the player
talent of the Boston and Mats .. the
look on Tom Yawkey's face when the
Sox took beating. -.
What leer the Tiger wore in Lake
land after President Will Harridge put
his foot down on Walter Briggs bonus
promise to the Detroits If they win q
third straight pennant!
The leer was for Griff, whom
the Bengals blamed for buzzing
in Harridge's ear.
The gloom on the faces of the Ma
ttonals when Jesse Hill hurt his ankle
against Chattanooga at Daytona
Beach. Buddy Lewis dislocated a
finger saving his rival Roberto Esta-
leila from a "beaning" thrown ball
Buddy Myer openly doffing his
cap to Lewis in a gesture that must
have made the kid walk on air.
Sam Holbrook, the prize bench
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Club Is Ready Now.

WE STILL have eight more exhi-
w bition games after we reach
Washington, observed Harris. They
will be plenty to polish us up. In fact,
we're ready to go right now. The
pitchers are looking good and, gosh
knows, we've had enough batting to
put us in shape"
The weather, however mas not en-
tirely messed the program of the club.
Today, for instance, Kendall Chase,
the rookie southpaw. and Joe Bokina,
right-handed recruit, were to divide
the pitching against the Smokes ana
jimmy De Shong, who originally was
to pitch. will be held over for the
opening exhibition game against
Brooklyn Wednesday at Griffith Sta
dium.
After today" Harris explained,
"there'n be no more experimenting
with youngsters as starting pitchers.
I want to use our seven games in
Washington and that one game in
Baltimore to put the finishing touches
on the pitchers who figure to do
most of the work during the regular
season"
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Linke Cures Travis Ailment
Treatment of Physical Education Grad Erases
Chronic Soreness From Pals Legs.

So far this season, however. the
youngsters pins have been sound.
and Travis subscribes to the theory
that Linke. his roommate and the
other half of Damon and Pythias
friendship, is the cause Of it.
Ed, you know. graduated from
the American College of Physical
Education" explains Travis, 'and
I'm his chief patient so far. It's
real break for me. All Spring he's
been stretching my legs and I've
never had a bit of trouble, even
when the ground has been soft"
Evening star., 1936-04-06
WARNEKE PR|M|NG
TO OPEN FOR CUBS
Chicago Ace to Be Withheld
From Sox Series fer
Season Inaugural.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ADSDEN, Ala.-Larry French
was to pitch for the final of
their three-game series with
~ the Red Sox today. Manager
Grimm said he would not pitch War
neke in the Sox-Cub series starting
next Sunday. indicating he wants him
ready for the season opener against
the Cards.
SAN ANTONIO.-Dizzy Dean was
called upon to show his stuff today
for the Cards against San Antonio.
Yesterdays encounter between the
Cards and Houston was largely a
homecoming celebration, with the big
leaguers winning, IL to 4.
NORFOLK, Va.-Frenchy Borda-
garay of the Brooklyn Dodgers. the be-
wtfiskered sensation of base ball, has
had his adornment trimmed by STEM
gallian decree. He contrived to effect
a compromise. however, and Just the
sideburns fell before the blade. It's
Norfolk again today.
AUGUSTA, Ga.-Bill McKechnie
says his pitching choice for the Bees
opening game against Philadelphia
will be Danny McFayden. Jim Chaplin
or Ben Cantwell. They have proved
to be my starting pitchers. The fourth
will be either Ray Benge or Johnny
Babich." be said.
FLORENCE. S. Cts Paul Der
ringer against Schoolboy Rowe to-
day In the Cincinnati Reds scheduled
battle with the Tigers. Word that
Babe Herman Is due to join the Reds
Wednesday at Winston-Salem brought
cheer to Manager Chuck Dressen's CO.
horts.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.-The Phils
felt all perked up today after Charley
Grimm of the Chicago Cubs told
them they are an improved club, with
better pitching, better balance and
more sporot. Yesterdays game be-
tween the teams was rained out.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Two Criffs Get
Emergency Leave

BY stafY Correspondent Of The Star.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. April g.
~ Two Washington ball club
regulars were given emergency
leave of absence here today by
Manager Bucky Harris.
Jimmy De Shong, young pitcher
obtained from the Yanks, arrived
last night to hear word that his
father was seriously i'll and on the
operating table at his home In Har-
risburg, Pa. De Shong, failing to
catch train last night. planned to
leave today unless his fathers con-
dition is improved considerably.
Johnny Stone, regular right
fielder last year, who is nursing a
slight leg injury, received permis-
sion to motor straight through to
Washington and rejoin the club
there.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Doyle Quotes Tribe at
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n 1Ew YORK, April s.-what
nj about Jack Doyle's latest
odds quoting Cleveland at
4 to /? Might be a
good idea to get down a little dough
on that club. eh Mrs. Man
Mountain" Dean went on the air
the other night to tell how q
bearded wrassler behave after los
ing an important bout. what he
eats, etc. :. You should see James
Parnell Dawson Of the New York
Times gamboling through the
South in velveteen breeches and o
snappy blue beret !. Understand
the base ball writer's association
will do something about it Dave
Smukler Of Temple has signed with
the Philadelphia pro Eagles for
81, 700 for the season.
George v. Brown, manager Of
Evening star., 1936-04-06
GIRLS BEAT PIN MARK.

wILL1MANTIC, Conn, April g.
The Norfolk, Va, Health Center girl
bowlers we're headed home today with
a national duckpin record made when
they defeated the Willimantic Blus
Ribbons. 1896 to 2,708. The previous
five-game record was 2,745, rolled by
The Washington Evening Star tourna<
ment champions in 1894.
Evening star., 1936-04-06

building up correct habits. In the
meanwhile, Joe Dokes is practicing
with the wrong grip-the wrong
stance-the wrong swing. He is max
ing the same mistakes over and over.
1t takes no platonian intellect to un-
derstand that this brand of practice
isn't going to do any good or be Of
any help. 1t is merely planting bad
habits deeper in the system.
Evening star., 1936-04-06


They may look to be different,
but they all have the same
fundamentals.
The position of their hands upon
the club-overlapping or interlocking
GRIPS about the same. The left
side turns in about the same way
the weight shifts pretty much alike
the head is in position as the ball is
hit-they finish the backswing before
the downswing starts-they know
what their hands are doing with the
club head.
This doesn't apply to putting-which
is a game all alone.
Putting may depend too much on
nerves-on mental attitude.
I have seen golfers around 10 who
could putt with anybody. And I've
seen star pros who couldn't hole a
4-foot putt. Tommy Armour once
missed 81 puts under feet in q
72-hole match-and he was outplay-
ing fine field up to the pin.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Giants Face at Center.

7 OCAL fans who saw Joe Forten-
berry, the Refiners' 6-foot 8-inch
center. completely control the tap
here last Tuesday night, should see
that towering young man held more
in check tomorrow. For Frank Lubin,
the tap-off man for the Universals, ex-
actly matches Fortenberry in height
and recently was named the second
best amateur center in the country.
An effort was being made today to
Evening star., 1936-04-06
By a star correspondent Of The Star.

- NOXVILLE, Tenn, April 6.
" Eddie Linke. young right
n handler of the Nationals
L y pitching staff. is getting
pats on the back from all hands on
the Washington ball club. and not
entirely because of his hufling eff
forts.
Linke. 1t seems, is a pretty fair
reason why Shortstop Cecil Travis,
for the first time in four years, has
not been bothered by muscular
strain in his legs.
When he spent his first full sea-
son in professional base ball with
Chattanooga in 1882, Travis pulled
UP with charley horse" in his legs.
He recovered. but in the Spring Of
1888 he suffered the same ailment.
This was true again in 1884 and
1885.
Evening star., 1936-04-06

have the Eastern High team, inter-
high champions for the last three
years, play the Rinaldi Tailors in a
preliminary attraction. The Tailors
are one of the few teams which have
beaten Eastern this season.
Oficials hoped to have DR.. Hans
Luther, Germany's Ambassador, toss
UP the first ball.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
HUDLIN SEES ACTION.

SHEFFIELD, Ala.-Although idle
Saturday and Sunday at Nashville
because of the weather, the Indians
lost only four days through inclement
weather during this training season.
Willis Hudlin probably will pitch
against the Giants today.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
DIAMOND CAB AHEAD.

Sunday games are sought by the
Diamond Cab nine which defeated
Shady Oak, 80. yesterday on the lat
ter's diamond. Prospective opponents
should call Manager Bob Wallace at
Georgia 4948 after o'clock.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Would "Groove" Correct Habits.

Would "Groove" Correct Habits.
MAC SMITH wants to practice only
A'A when he Is hitting the ball well.
st want to groove my correct hab-
it's" he told me, mot build up my
bad ones"
More than 80 years ago you could
see Walter ]. Travis at Garden City
Evening star., 1936-04-06
Rowe Slow to Warm up.

p OWE would win 80 games in
breeze if he was a good Spring
pitcher" said Cochrane. Hes got
everything, including the best change
of pace in base ball, but is q slow
starter. He has to warm up at least
a half hour in order to start game
right. Even then he has trouble. BY
the ninth inning he's just beginning
to feel right and ready to pitch in
definitely. Auker. for two years, hasn't
started winning until June"
Clarence Phillips, promising pitch
er. from Beaumont, may be one of the
answers to Cochrane's problem. He
has shown Micky enough stuff to
clinch a starting Job, especially if the
Veteran Al Crowder's arm doesn't
come around. AS for Manager Coch-
rane himself. he looks to be in mid
season condition now. He figures to
catch more than 100 games again.
II think We can beat par for the
course again." he grinned.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
HYATTSVILLE COPS.

Banging out six runs In the second
inning. the Hyattsville All-Stars
routed the Mayfair Laundry soft ball
team, 1o-1, yesterday in an exhibition
game at Hyattsyille.
Evening star., 1936-04-06
CELTS WIN BALL GAME.

The Coffey Sales nine was unable
TO hold a 2-run lead at Baggett's
Stadium in Alexandria yesterday and
lost to the Alexandria Celtics, AZ, In
q game played in the rain.