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Evening star., 1936-03-23
MT. ST. MARYS nine
TO PLAY COLONIALS
George Washington, Newcomer on
Schedule, Down for Games
on April ~, May 8.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EMMITSBURG, Md, March 23.-An
- 18-game schedule. featuring trays
with George Washington, Western
Maryland, and st. Johns, will COM
prise Mount st. Mary's base ball ac-
tfvitieS this season, 1t was announced
today by DR.. ]. Earl Bender, graduate
manager Of athletics.
A newcomer to the Mount st. Mary's
schedule, George Washington will be
played at Washington on April q and
here on May 9.
But five regulars of last season will
return to Coach Jo-Jo Lawler, former
Catholic University athlete. Bill Sui
Ivan, pitcher; Bob Leahy, shortstop;
Joe Segadelli, first baseman; WaIly
Brennan, third baseman, and Charley
Reilly, an outfelder, are the return
ing veterans.
Battery candidates will report to-
morrow, while other players will hold
their initial workout on Wednesday
Following is the schedule:
April 18, st. Johns at Annapolis;
IS, Johns Hopkins; 27, George Wash
ington at Washington; %, Loyola at
Baltimore.
May 2, Western Maryland; 4, St
Johns: 6, Johns Hopkins at Balti-
more; Z, Juniata; 9, George Washing
ton; IL, Loyola; 13, Washington Col
lege at Chestertown; 16, Western
Maryland at Westminster; 10, Della
ware; %, Lebanon Valley; Is, Juniats
at Huntingdon, Pa; ~, Washington
College; June 6, Dickinson at Carlisle,
Pa: 9, open.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Travis Injury Is Trivial.

TT WAS quite day for injuries yes
terday as the Nationals, by virtue
Of an 18-to-6 victory, ended their two
game losing streak and registered their
fifth triumph, in seven exhibition
starts. Hills accident was so per cent
of the scare that was thrown into the
ranks Of the Washingtons, for earlier
in the game Cecil Travis was pinked
on the elbow by Leon Petit and forced
to retire while ice packs were applied.
Travis, however, felt no i'll effects
other than soreness, which figured to
leave him today and enable him to
play against Montreal, if necessary.
The other injuries were to the Chat
tanoogas. Catcher Jack Redmond, an
ex-Nat, stopped foul tip with his fin
ger and sustained a fracture, while
Bazener, who relieved Petit by 'Nooga,
was spiked by Buddy Lewis as he took
a throw at first base. 1t was this play
In the third inning that Hill was
watching when he made his miSstep
at second base.
The game itself was a farce. The
pitifully weak LOokOutS were no match
for the Griffmen, who blasted 16 safe
ties off three pitchers while Ed Linke
and Jack Russell breezed along in easy
fashion. At least Linke breezed along,
Russell had his troubles in 'Nooga's
eighth, when all of the six alien runs
were scored.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Nationals COvet
Lookout Bat BOy
By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla. March 23.-
The Nationals, securing the
minors for a catching prospect.
were ready to talk turkey with
Chattanooga today and deal for
of all things-a bat boy!
The Looksouts, farmhands of the
Washington club, flashed a bat
boy who captured the fancy of
Manager Bucky Harris yesterday
at Daytona Beach. He is an 18-
year-old colored dwarf, who sent
Harris into a conference with
President Clark Griffith. Along
about the fifth inning, when they
had decided to adopt him, the boy
was gone. In his place was white
lad.
Maybe" reasoned Harris, 'he's
conditioning himself gradually and
limiting his work to five innings.
1t Is early in the season for a
whole game, at that"
Meanwhile, the search for q
catcher goes on.
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EstalelIa Gets Sliding Fever.

EVEN Bobby Estalella, who can't
slide any more expertly than Aunt
Minnie, hits the dirt at the slightest
provocation. Bobby slid into home
yesterday when the outfield throw was
shot to second base and every player
within shouting distance waved him
to score on his feet.
Hill typifies the spirit of the ball club
that will represent the Capital this
season, but, aside from his ability to
impart his own spirit, Jesse remains
big cog solely for the way in which
he handles his own job. A lot OF as
tute base ball men will go wrong II
the former Yankee doesn't pan out as
the best lead-off man the Nationals
have possessed in years.
In seven grapefruit league games
Jesse has established his value, which
is realized so we'll now. He has faced
pitchers, major and minor leaguers,
% times and reached base Is times
for a record that stands as downright
brilliant. His 10 hits In 22 ofnciai
trips to the plate to date give him q
batting average of ASS. He's the run
scoring leader and the pace-setter In
stolen bases.
OF course, he can't maintain a pace
of this sort, but it sufdces to show that
if he is lost you might as well deduct
anywhere from Is to 20 per cent OF
the efficiency of the Nationals. AT
least, the Griffs feel that way about it.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
BATTERY BU|LD-UP
STIRRING TRAyNOR
Flag Hope Seen in Mound
Corps Additions, Todd
at Catching Post.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ AN ANTONIO, Tex, March a.
- Harold (Pie) Traynor, one of
base balls fast dwindling con-
~ servstives, brazenly brushed
caution aside today and allowed him.
self to be quoted as follows:
You can say my Pittsburgh Pirates
will be a much better ball club than
the fourth place team of last year. In
fact, you might say we1l be pennant
contenders if Chicago, st. Louis or
New York make one slip"
Il have my arguments" said the
veteran third sacker. Last season
we needed two more pitchers and a
good catcher. This season we've got
em. We found the needed pitching in
Mace Brown and John Using. The
catching job has been turned over to
AL Todd. And there you are"
Using, angular rookie Strikeout king
of the American Association last sea-
son, handcuffed Chicago Cub batters
in a three-inning stretch Of recent
exhibition game, allowing not a single
and striking out of the 10 Cubs who
faced him.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
PAY KEPT SECRET
| ASCARDS S|GND|z
Pledges to Give His Best
Thinks Brother Errs in
Still Holding Out.
By the Associated Press.

~ RADENTON, Fla, March 23.-
- His name on a one-year con-
tract, Jerome H. Dizzy" Dean
- prepared to start Spring
training today and most observers
agreed the st. Louis Cardinals hold
out worries were about over.
Climaxing Winter-long salary dis
pute, "Ole Diz" signed last night for
an undisclosed sum and assured the
Cards of the services of one of the
best pitching arms in the major
leagues.
Dizzy himself forecast that his
brother Paul, still holding out al
Dallas, Tex, will sign shortly. In
formed that Jerome had made peace
with the Cardinal management, Pau
remarked, That's fine. I'd like to Sigr
up myself, but it still depends on the
terms"
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Exhibition Tits
BY the Associated Press.

At Daytona Beach-Washington
a., 1S; Chattanooga, 6.
At Miami-St. Louis (A). 2; Phlla-
delphia (A), /.
At ST. Petersburg-New York tA9.
4; Boston (N), 3.
ton (A), S.
At New Orleans-Cleveland (A). 5:
New Orleans, 4.
At San Bernardino-Los Angeles.
IT; Chicago (A), S.
At Winter Haven - Philadelphia
(N), 9; st. Louis fN),
At Pensacola-Chicago (N), Z:
New York CN), 0.
At Tampa-Cincinnati (N), 4;
Brooklyn (N), 2.
At San Antonio-Pittsburgh (N),
IL; San Antonio, 4.
Today's Schedule.
At Orlando-Washington (A) VS.,
Montreal.
At Clearwater-Brooklyn (N) VS..
Rochester.
At Lakeland-Cincinnati CN) vs..
Detroit (A.).
At Selma, Ala.-New York (N) VS..
Chicago N0.
At st. Petersburg-Boston (N) VS..
st. Louis (N).
At Winter Haven - Philadelphia
(N.) VS.. Milwaukee.
At Yuma, Ariz.-Chicago (A) VS..
Yuma.
At Sarasota-Boston (A.) VS.. Phila-
delphia (A).
At Sebring-New York (A) VS..
Newark.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Can Stand Flat.Footed and Grasp Hoop

grasp the rim Of the basket
graduates of Bill Terry's base ball
schools at Pensacola will play
with Greenwood in the Cotton
States League this season.
Over at Pensacola the other day,
Sambo Leslie was doubled on first
after being safe at second
Who could that possibly have hap
pened to except q Dodger or q
former Dodger? This Is the
town where William Meg. Keefe,
the best cook in the sports writing
profession, holds forth looks
as though the Giants will 60 back
to Pensacola, after al the
Chamber Of Commerce may put up
some dough sloug with connor
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Lavasetto Ready as Sub.

IF TRAYNOR'S lame throwing wing
fails to come around as expected,
Cookie Lavagetto, a distance clouter,
who pounded .290 last year, will take
up the third d-basing chores.
Sore throwing arms have bothered
Traynor's hurting staff. but he thinks
Brown, Using, Bill Swift. Jim Weaver,
Cy Blanton, Ralph Birkofer, Waite
Hoyt, Gus Bush and Red Lucas will
be ready at the seasons opening.
Husky, bespectacled Bernard Cobb.
a 1892 hitter with Fort Wayne in the
Three Eye loop last year, will be on
the roster for pinch bombarding, but
hardly will oust the veteran Suhr
from his first base job, said Traynor.
Two other fence blasters, James
Browne, a .344 first baSeman from
Little Rock Of the Southern Associa-
ton, and John DickShot. .309 hitter
from the same clubs outfeld, make
Pies eyes twinkle and will be hard 10
shake from the roster, he admits.
The Pirates, who have finished in
the first division % of the past 35
seasons, are at the least good show y
bets, Traynor boldly hazards.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
ills Hurt Is Break for Miles Bucs Much Better Pilot Claims
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Boxing.
AL Delaney VS.. Billy Nichy, fea-
ture bout. eight rounds, Turner's
Arena, $50.
WEDNESDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Detroit at Lake
land, Fla.
THURSDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Boston (A.L.) at
Sarasota. Fla.
Ohio State VS.. Maryland at Col
lege Park, Md, 4.
Wrestling.
Ed Don George VS.. Ivan Mana
goff, feature match, Turner's
Arena, $50.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. st. Louis (N.L)
at Bradenton, Fla.
ONO State VS.. maryland at COl-
lege Park, Md, 4.
Swimming.
District A. A. U. indoor cham
pionships, Shoreham Hotel, 8.
Western High School VS.. Y. M.
c. A. at Y. M. c. A., 3:45.
SATURDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. st. Louis (A.L)
at Orlando, Fla.
Swimming.
District A. A. U. indoor cham
pionships, Shoreham Hotel, 8.
Washington Y. M. c. A. at Balti-
more Y. M. C. A.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Sum Is Not Revealed.

RRANCH RICKEY, club vice presi-
- dent, who laid down the law to
the oft-rebellious right-hander twice
this Winter, closed the negotiations in
a two-hour talk with pean-their
third in four days.
st. Louis has a rule against reveal
ing contract terms, and DizZy's 1886
salary became a matter of conjecture.
Indications were it was between $2O,-
900 and $4,000.
well, we agreed" was the stars
reply to questioner who wanted to
know whether he had lowered his
repeated demands for $4,000.
Also on paper, the Cardinals have
Deans pledge to be loyal, obedient
player.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

to try catching. The result was one
of the greatest backstops of all
time. Hank Gowdy started as a
first baseman and switched to
catching, starring for years with
the Giants. Moe Berg, washed up
as an infielder with the White Sox,
still Is in the big leagues because
he turned catcher.
During his major league career
Kress has played the tnfield, out
field, and last season when the
Nationals pitching reached its
most. pitiful low, he was used as .
f.li.t pitchss. N
Evening star., 1936-03-23
DODGERS WILL BAN
FANCY WHISPERS.
Lose Game as Bordagaray
TWirIs MuStache-PhiIS
Try New HurlerS.

By the Associated Press.
- LEARWATER, Fla, March %.
There is rumor that
Frenchie Bordagaray will be
~ ordered to NOW off his new
and fancy whiskers.
Frenchie is charged with having
been tw1rling his upper lip enhance
ment yesterday while a Red runner
was scampering safely around the
bases in the game that saw the Dod-
gers beaten, 4 to 2.
WINTER HAVEN, F1a.-Juvenile
hurlers were due to see action for the
Phillies against Milwaukee today.
After the 9-6 win over the Cards yes
terday, the boys were saying they
wished it was July.
Mickey Haslin's arm is okay.
SELMA, Ala.-The Giants have sent
three hopefuls to the minors. Leo
Marion, first baseman, and Bill jeff
coat, a right-handed pitcher, were
consigned to Richmond, and Jim
Asbell, an outfielder, has departed for
the Memphis Chicks. The three are
on option.
With one win each, the Giants and
the Cubs clash here today in the third
of six exhibition games.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-With the
Dizzy one in the fold and the consen-
sus that Paul Dean would soon follow
suit, the Cards were making all kinds
of predictions today, chiefly that they
would win the pennant.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Bobby
Refs, Ray Benge and Danny MacFay-
den were due to pitch for the Bees
against the Cardinals today.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Criffmen May Make Receiver Out of Kress


ball he never has played.
Kress, who first was "felt out"
by Griff and Bucky Harris today,
was cool to the proposition until
the Old Fox, drawing on the his
tory Of made-over catchers, painted.
q picture that had Red sitting up
and taking interest. Harris added
to the catching portrait by guar
anteeing Kress q $4,000 bonus If
he made good as a backstop.
There Is no certainty that Kress
will be used as receiver, but there
IS a chance. Roger Bresnahan was
pitcher until Grif persuaded him
Evening star., 1936-03-23

ington training
camp.
1t took an in
Jury-an ankle
wrenching on a
loose base bag-to
do the trick, and
it is doubtful if
ever a new cog in
a diamond ma
chine received a
tribute quite like
he unspoken
thought that ran
through a score
Of minds when
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Keen About Pitchers.

WHY" said Traynor, warming up
~ to his subject. that Using boy
moved 'em down like he owned EN-.
Brown, I'm confident, can do the same
thing"
Brown pitched five games for the
Pirates last year and won four Of
them.
On the subject of Todd, the big
catcher obtained from the Phila-
delphia Nationals in Winter deal,
Traynor goes on and on. He thinks
the receiver will supply needed gen.
eralShip behind the plate and potent
Stickwork that will plug gaping hole
in the Corsair nine.
Floyd (Arky) Vaughan, the Ma
tional Leagues foremost swatsmith
last year, will do the cleanup hitting
for the Pirates.
Traynor said he would start the
season with this batting lineup;
Forrest (Woody) Jensen, left field;
Paul Waner, right field; Fred Schultz,
center field; Vaughan, shortstop:
Traynor, third base; Gus Suhr, first
base; Floyd Pap Young, second
base; Todd, catcher, and the pitcher.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
"POPP!NGsp -
Off"~J VIII Jfam6a 49, ~ s&

probably will be none of greater sig
nificance. Jesse Hill, unless all signs
are cockeyed, is as important cog
in the Nationals machine as any
single individual.
Hill, National in uniform less than
a month, not only has done his part,
but he has impaired a style to the
Griffmen that Is difficult to ignore.
He can run and does. And the fever
for running has been contagious. Jake
Powell can run, too, and is doing it
more than ever before. Dee Miles, TAX
ing a cue from Jesse, is sight to
watch with devil-may-care, spikes
high slides. Buddy Lewis hurls him
self into base bags in a fashion OF
which his best friends never suspected
him capable,
Evening star., 1936-03-23
BY staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY stan Correspondent Of The Star.
~ RLANDO, Fla, March 23.-
The answer to the Ma
tionals' catching prayer,
~ which has been marked
by a search for major and minor
league backstops alike, may be
found right here In training camp.
It might be Red Kress.
Unable to land a suitable back
stop, President Clark Griffith and
Manager Bucky Harris today were
giving serious consideration to try
ing the veteran handy man behind
be bat. The only position IN base
Evening star., 1936-03-23
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ASSOCidtCu EISSS oPtAbo WAAbcAs
N YEw ORLEANS, La, March
M 23.-Here's another one of
" those winning streaks: The
4 Rison Junior girls cage
team of Huntsville, Ala, has won
So consecutive games and has gone
undefeated for six years and,
speaking of tall centers, Gilbert
Reichert of the House Of David
basket ballers, stands 8 feet l inch
Reichert now tops the tall
centers' league and it looks as
though he will stay there If
anyhody knows Of . taller center,
send in his name Refchert can
stand nst-foolsd on the floor and
Evening star., 1936-03-23
C. U. T0SSERS REPORT.

Catholic University, resuming base
ball, has called upon all candidates to
report today. Its tentative schedule
calls for games with Georgetown and
Maryland and Navy and Western
| Maryland noay BE- met
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

Today a year ago-Head Play won
$4,000 Bay Meadows Handicap. Time
Supply second; Gusto, third.
Three years ago-Heartbreak Hill,
American-owned by Mrs. G. s. Bird,
jr, of Boston, made 8-to-1 favorite in
Grand National.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Thinks Brother in Error.

DREDICTING the Cards will win the
National League pennant, Dizzy
said last night he was going to be
out there working every day and give
the cards everything I have both on
and off the field"
Dizzy said he believed Paul will sign
in a few days.
II believe Paul is making a mistake
in not accepting the terms offered.
The club is willing to treat him right.
His offer is better than had when l
was at the same stage" he said.
Dizzy said he weighed 1856 pounds
now, but "I'll be in shape to pitch in
three days. frankie Frisch will work
this extra weight off me the first day"
Deans best pitching weight is about
1872.
Dean won % and lost II games last
year. In 1884 he won 80 while losing
7, and beat Detroit in two world series
games.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

Hill hit the dust at Datona Beach.
For all of the brilliance shown by
the little outfielder in nearly month
of Spring training, there seemed
singular lack of appreciation of his val
ue until yesterday. Bucky Harris, who
engineered the deal that landed Hill
on the Griffith A. c., raved about the
guy and righteously, but if there was
any of this same feeling harbored by
his fellow teammates it was well con-
cealed. Then yesterday he pranced
down second base, momentarily took
his eve off the bag, and twisted his foot
on the corner of the bag.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
High Priced

"Batted for Cohen in eighth.
Washington --- 45O 200 O70-1S
Chattanooga 600 600 Ot5O- &
Runs batted in-Taylor. Wright, Blood
worth (4D. Travis, (5l. Bluege. Reynolds.
Estaiells ts): TWo-bsse b'i hitsMEswis. ss ihEs Is:
ta1ella. Kuhel.. Home runs-Travis. Blood
Kuhel, Kuhel to Kress to Linke to Bolton
TO Llnke. Left on bases-Washington, Z;
Chattanooga. g.. First base on balls-Of
Petit. 3; of Linke, l.; of Banner. 2; of
Cohen. 2. Struck out-By Petit. /; by
Hits-of Pettit, 6 in 2 innings; OH Mnke.
4 in 5 innings. for no runs: on Banner.
innings, for z runs. Hit BY pitched ball
BY Petit Travis. Winning pitcher
Linke. Losing pitcher-Pettit. Umpires
-Messrs. Merkle and Ormsby. Time. 2:1O.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Employ Secretaries
Carolina back, and Dick Plasman.
Vanderbilt end, among others.

The Cubs are q swell looking lot
of youngsters a.. If Cincinnati and
the Giants don't help Nashville it
will be just too bad for Nashville
.. Bill Terry and Mickey Coch-
rane are so busy they take secre-
taries around with them the
charter on Terry's yacht expired
the day your correspondent hit
Pensacola, curse the luck q.
Press conferences now are held at
the ball park Blinkey Horn,
who has been writing sports longer
than any man in the South, 70
transforming in Florida with the
Nashville Vols.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
All Have Same Thought.

EOR one significant moment there
l. was no movement or sound in
the Nationals dugout as they surveyed
Hill, writhing in pain, lying on the
ground. Then, as if by signal, the
entire bench took off like band Of
runners. For the first time it dawned
on a gang of ball players that here
was a threat to their hopes. Tt was
written on their faces-on Johnny
Stones, on Carl Reynolds, on Roberto
Estalella's-as clearly as it was en-
graved on Harris.
There will be more serious injuries,
barring miraculous fortune, but there
Evening star., 1936-03-23

HOCel, VINO pdCkcu tAic tcASeue Wills
year.
Hugh Bradley, sports editor Of
the New York Post, has settled
down in the Dodger training camp
(of all places to write a book -.
Fay Murray, owner Of the Nashville
Vols, also owns the Minneapolis
and Tyler, Tex, clubs Josh
Cody is making big hit with Uni
versity Of Florida alumni
Josh is going around the State
chiding the boys For letting an
all-star team Of Foridans escape
to out-of-State colleges On
the squad are John Weller, Prince
ton suard; Don Jackson, North
Evening star., 1936-03-23

Five years sgo-Percy N. Collins won
national amateur 1872 billiards cham
pionship.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Hill Not His Rival.

FOR Miles it is a chance not to
qualify as a rival for Hill, but to
throw his hat into the ring again
along with those of Reynolds and
Stone. The left-field job has been
clinched by Hill and, with Jake Powell
sure of patrolling center, the only open
garden spot is right. Miles was the
pre-training camp favorite to win the
post, but when the Nationals plunged
into their exhibition game schedule
Harris passed him up and alternated
the uswe yeterans
X-ray pictures should reveal a
Clipped or fractured bone in Hills
foot, or if the sprain should be so
serious as to keep him out of the
lineup for any length of time, Miles
undoubtedly will be lifted from left
field unless, of course, he springs sew
eral miracles first. Just as he is
eager to burn up the grapefruit league,
Harris is anxious to get flying start
IN the American League race and
naturally he would turn toward
grooming Stone in the event Hill will
be idle for longer than a week or 10
days. After all, Stone is a known
quantity, whereas Miles, especially in
left field, is strictly gamble.
Until more dolorous news is heard
on Hill, though, Miles will do the left
fielding for the next few days and get
his belated chance to prove to Harris
that the Washington ball club is over
looking a bet.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
Routine Drill for Tribe.

NEW ORLEANS.-The Indians re-
turnued to routine workouts today
with no game scheduled until tomor-
row when they meet the Pelicans
again. This Southern Association
team has yet to beat the Indians.
The Giants come here for Saturday
and Sunday games and then the
Northward transforming trip begins.
YUMA, Ariz-Jimmy Dykes is in
high dudgeon as a result of his White
Sox being defeated, 17-9, by Los An
geles yesterday. The Sox made five
errors and the pitching was bad.
Yuma was on the schedule for today.
Evening star., 1936-03-23
GOSL|N WALLOPS
AS TIGERS SCORE
Collects Three Singles in
Four TriaIs-YankS Give
Walker Chance.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r AKELAND, Fla, March 23.-
Goose Goslin is making strong
bid to hold his left garden post
- against the designs Of Gerald
Walker He found his batting aim
yesterday when he got three singles
in four trips to the plate as the Red
Sox were trounced, 10 to 5.
The Tigers were to play the Reds
today.
SARASOTA, Fla.-Connie Mack
says of his Athletics eight losses
against one win, We've looked bad
because I've been using only young
pitchers. We've lots of rockies, and
must find out what they can do now,
rather than wait until the season
opens"
The AS were dated with the Red
Sox today.
Evening star., 1936-03-23

~ RLANDO, Fla, March 23.-
Something of the esteem in
which Jesse Terrill Hill is
~ held by a gang of hard bitten
ball players, some of whom would have
a chance for regular job if Jesse
were plying his wares elsewhere, finally
has been brought to light in the Wash