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Evening star., 1936-04-11
Scrap With albany Club Ends
Home Exhibitions for Griffs

was slated to start for Cambrias
Cuban A. c.
In addition to this bunch, the In
ternational Leaguers were to present
a gang of former and possibly future
Nationals in Alan Strange, infielder;
Jack Redmond, catcher; Bob Burke,
pitcher; Make. infielder, and Red
Marion. outfielder. Smead Jolly, for
mer White Sox and Boston slugger.
also adds a touch Of color to the
Albany cast.
The game also was to mark the final
preseason pitching tests for Buck
Newsom and Earl Whitehill, who are
slated to open the American League
campaign against the Yankees in that
order. Whitehill was to pitch the first
six innings and Newsom was to finish.
Buck then will rest until next Tues
day, when the Yankees invade for the
regular season inaugural.
Tomorrow at Baltimore the Griffs
will conclude their exhibition season,
playing the Orioles. F. E. S.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Jacobs Coin-Sensitiye Beak Detects Giant Gate for
Louis-Schmeling Bout.
BY JOHN LARDNER,

n YEW YORK, April 11.-Mr. Mike
M Jacobs says that he can smell
" money all around him in the
4 air these days He describes the
odor as rich and pungent, something
like chicken frying on the stove.
Pressed for further details, Mr.. Jacobs
says that he can detect and distinguish
the presence Of various kinds and de-
nominations of money, ranging from
the dog-eared one-spot to the crisp
and little known yard-note, or S100
bill
This means only one thing in Mr..
Jacobs bright lexicon-the million
dollar fight gate is just around the
corner. 1t came within a few bucks
of materializing last September, when
Max Baer and Joe Louis drew $780,
000-odd.
Mr.. Jacobs says the dream Is
cinch to come true this June,
with something to spare, when
Louis meets Max Schmeling at
Yankee Stadium.
Mr.. Jacobs says there can be no
mistake about it this time. His SEN
sitive nostrils, trained in their task
for thirty years, have never failed
to gauge correctly the amount of cash
dough in the atmosphere. They
operate as faithfully as a barometer
or a stethoscope, only a little bit
more so. You can measure gate
receipts to a four-bit piece by the
Evening star., 1936-04-11
That Mans In Again!

ITS HARD to keep a guy like Cecil
Travis out of the public prints.
You can't, f'rinstance, overlook that
little batting display he put on yes
terday against the Phillies.
1t wasn't so much that he made four
straight hits as it was where he made
'em. But maybe the kids batting
background needs a little reviewing
first.
When he came up from Chattanooga
in 1884 to take over Ossie Bluege's
third base job, Travis was notorious
left-feld hitter despite his left-handed
batting stance Cecil merely seemed
to be an incurably late swinger who
sliced like you and you and me on the
golf course Even his biggest booster,
Uncle Clark Griffith, didn't think
Travis ever would learn to pull ball.
Hell be a good hitter, any
way" quoth Griff back in "a.
"'Course. if he could learn to
pull the ball"
What Griff left unsaid since has
been supplied by any number of astute
base ball men-Travis' teammates
Bucky Harris, rival players. He would
be one of the American Leagues really
great batsmen.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
cox BACK ON MAT CARD
Popular Grappler Will Tackle
Mazurki Here Thursday.

One of the most popular matmen
to appear here this season, Kansas
City Joe Cox, will tangle with Mike
Mazurki in the feature match Of the
weekly wrestling show at Turner's
Arena Thursday night
Working in eight main events be-
fore losing to Danno O'Mahony here,
Cox defeated such notable journey
men as Ernie Dusek, Joe Savoldi,
Sergei Kalmikof and Ivan Managoff.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Unemployment Relief Looms.

RUT now back to yesterday, and the
game before yesterday and the
games before that The first two of
Travis hits against the Phillies were
sharp singled to right field. He def
nitely pulled a couple of curves for
hits that might have so fooled an
American League outfelder, who
thinks he knows how to play Travis,
that the blows might have been doubles
or better.
His third hit was a single to
center-dead center. The fourth
was a lusty two bagger to left
center-more center than left,
too.
1t was worth thumbing a score book
to see how long the habit of pulling
the ball has been going on. Let's see
Travis has made % hits. And exactly
II were distinct pokes to right field.
Ten more were to center field. Three
were hits to the infield. all over second
base. And only four were to left!
There will be, it seems, a shock In
store for the right and center fielders
of seven other American League clubs
when the curtain goes up. Young Mr.
Travis definitely seems ready to do
something about the unemployment
he was causing in rival pastures.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Two Million Estimated.

Two MlillOn EStlmated.
"It's kind of early to call the shot
right" says Mr.. Jacobs, but I figure
the fight will do between two and
three million"
This is staggering sum when you
consider that one Of the fighters has
no more chance than an ice cube in
smelling furnace. I refer, of course,
to Herr Schmeling. the frequently
dismounted Uhlan of the Rhine, who
will become very horizontal inside
three rounds unless the whole world
turns cockeyed shortly before ring
time.
OF course, Mr.. Jacobs may be
exaggerating the size of the
gate for reasons best known to
himself, but pretty well known
to everybody.
He is promoting the fight, and would
like to have it thought of as a great
attraction. It's possible that L'Oncle
Michel, as his French constituents
call him, is adding a million dollars
to his estimate for purposes of propa-
ganoa.
But that's a lot of sugar, even so
If the public pays as much as q mil
lion and half dollars to watch Dea-
con Joseph Louis perform surgical
operation without anesthetic, and an
easy operation at that, then the age
of folly is with us again and you can
expect to see flagpole-sitters and stock
market operators surging around as
of yore.
I doubt if the fight could do a
million at the conventional SIS top
for ringside pews. But Mr.. Jacobs
plans to assist nature in her course
by charging $40. That's the highest
scaling since Dempsey and Tunney die
their encore performance in Chicago
Evening star., 1936-04-11
ouhpa,s No 1erors to Mats Oueld Has Red Sox Uneasy
y
VIII JfaS1!!!' - II IF

club house yesterday, but the answer
seems pretty satisfactory. Eight games
in 154, of course, may not sound like
so much; may sound a little drop-in-
the-buckety.
But, brother, add 8 games to
Washingt0n's total of 81 won
last year and subtract 8 from the
Griffs' sum Of 86 lost, and in
stead Of .43S percentage that
landed 'em in sixth place, you
have 490 pace.
And .490 percentage in the 1885
American League flag chase would
have cinched fifth place and, counting
the games that would have been sub
tracted from the other clubs, might
have come pretty close to getting a
first division niche.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Rhythm's Niche i'm Golf Proved by Dancer
Ruby practice caddi

famous as q dancer, but hardly 20
well known as golfer.
Climbing up the club terrace,
Ruby sang out cheerily:
"I lost-three and one"
An informal gallery murmured
inaudibly.
But I'll do better next time"
Ruby assured. blushing through
her suntan and freckles.
Ruby first started golf several
years ago in New York, shooting a
haphazard game "just for the fun
of it."
Coming to California, star in
pictures and married 20 a star, Al
Jolson, she had less time to play,
but abe did take 1t more seriously.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Club Needs Hitting Power.

THE big 'if" in the outfield situa-
ton Is whether Manush can re-
turn to his former prowess or whether
he, too, even as Miller, will find that
love is no substitute for youth when
you take your turn at the plate. The
Sox need batting power in that out
field and Joe Cronin would be a happy
manager If Manush would again ex-
perience the lush years of 1932-33-34,
when he batted .342, 1886 and .349,
respectively.
Grove, Ferrell, Marcum, Ostermuel-
Ter and the rest should be able to take
care of the pitching chores, the infleld
looks good, but if it doesn't click per-
haps Yawkey will dig down into his
well-lined bag and purchase Pink Hig-
gins, one of Connie Mack's last ball
players.
It's the outfielders that are the big
concern at the moment, however.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
cox MAKES PRO BOW
IN BOXING KIRKW0OD
Ruling D. c. Amateur Light
Heavy in Prelim of Card Topped
by Massera, Delaney.

HOPING for better luck than his
latest predecessor, George Cox
District A. A. U. and Golden Gloves
light-heavyweight champion, will
make his professional boxing debut
Monday night when he clashes with
Walter Kirkwood in four-round sup
port of the Charley Massera-Al De-
laney scrap at Turner's Arena.
Harry Thompson, who recently
emerged from amateur ranks here
received broken jaw last week.
A game lad who crawled off the
canvas to trim Jim King of the Olym-
pic A. C. in his last bout, Cox was
the outstanding member of the Mer-
rick Boys Club team.
In other preliminaries, Irish Johnny
Dean faces FRITZ McBridge in a six
rounder, while four-round bouts will
have Johnny Cabello meeting Mooch
Murphy and Jack Duffy mixing with
Bob Lowry.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
CAB NINE BOOKING.

The Diamond Cab base ball team,
striving for its second victory in as
many starts tomorrow when it faces
the Red Sox nine on the West
Ellipse diamond at / o'clock, would
like to book games with crack un-
limited teams. Call Manager Bob
Wallace at Georgia 4948 after 6 pm.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
ROOSEVELT Nine WEAK
Gets Only Two Hits as It Loses
to Staunton Team.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va, April 11.-Coach
Herman Littman, after watching his
Roosevelt High School base ball team
of Washington drop 1912 decision
to Staunton Military Academy here
yesterday, left for the District with
plans for extensive batting and field
ing drills for his Rough Riders.
Committing seven errors and gar
nering but two hits. Roosevelt dis
played its most dismal form Of the
season against the Cadets. Only
Trignan and Hannigan could touch
Pennypacker, Staunton hurler, for
safeties.
Pennypacker famed 10 batters,
granted a base on balls and collected
two hits in four trips to the plate.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r OS ANGELES, April IA
party Of five or six young
L. women and a couple of leg
weary caddies drifted toward
the club house at the Hillcrest
Country Club.
One of the group-the girl with
the bare legs, a salmon-pink sports
skirt and brown bandana twisted
around her hair-carried a golf
club.
She paused every few steps to
swing at a COW lily, and once fol-
lowed up with what looked to be
the first step Of q rhythm stomp.
It must have been Just that, be-
cause the sirl was Ruby Keeler.
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Jacobs Figures It Out.
DERHAPS it sounds to you lii

PERHAPS it sounds to you like lar
ceny. If so, you should consider
Mr.. Jacobs line of reasoning, which
roughly Is as follows:
The number of people who have
seen Louis fight is increasing, and
the number of people who haven't
seen him fight Is decreasing. The
number Of people who have the cash
and inclination to attend big-time
prize fights Is limited, necessarily.
But Louis is splendid sight in
action, and the itch to see him is very
strong among those who haven't al
ready done so and those who can
afford to do so again.
MIR. Jacobs figures that he is safe
in assessing that itch at $40 per VIC
tim, ringside.
He figures, with considerable
Justice, that, since the size Of
his crowds must shrink or at
least remain static In the future,
Evening star., 1936-04-11

Two weeks ago she entered hel
first tournament, the annual South
ern California women's meet, and
played into the final of the first
flight, only to lose.
Two days ago she went around
the difficult Hillcrest course in 81.
She hits a long ball, and many
attribute the near perfect rhythm
and timing of her swing to her
dance training. She digs her tiny
feet into the turf and slams the ball
ITS and 185 yards consistently.
Every one from the club pro, Al
Charroux, to the caddies sweals by
Ruby and her game. They believe
she'll make champion if she'll just
practice more and give up her
million-dollsr movie career.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Grant Gets Shaky Start.

THE Atlanta youngster looked none
too impressive in his singles match
with Daniel Hernandez, 18-year-old
Mexican star. A shaky start caused
him to drop the opening set to Herman
dez. but he rallied to win, 3-6, 60,
e3, 63.
Budge's arm swung poison from
overhead, backhand and forehand as
he crushed Esteban Reyes. Mexico's S
No. player, 6-3, 51, 6-1.
Bulge plays Hernandez and Grant
plays Reyes in the remaining singles
matches tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
BLUES SEEK GRID FOE.

Due to the fact that Baltimore Uni
versity has dropped foot ball from
its athletic program, Gallaudet College
is without an opening game. Any
college wishing to schedule the Blues
is requested to call Manager Berg
at Gallaudet.
Evening star., 1936-04-11


ball club prepared to entertain the
Albany "farmhands" of the Interna-
tional League in Griffith Stadium. The
game was to start at O'Clock.
Making up in color and eccentricies
what they may lack in ability, the
Albanys promised a lively afternoon
providing weather permitted another
much needed ball game for the Griff-
men.
Playing in left field was to be Ala
bama Pitts, center Of base balls big
gest verbal storm in 1885. At first
base, in the pitching box and behind
the bat were to be three of the seven
Cubans imported by Owner Joe Cam
bria this Winter. They are Otero, the
infielder; Guerra, catcher, and Suarez,
a pitcher who has been going great
guns against both major and minor
league clubs in Spring games. Suarez
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Allison Looks Ahead.

OPPOSING Allison and Van Ryn
~ in the doubles were Marco An
tonic Mestre and Flavio Martinez,
youngsters in their early 20's.
Allison, captain of the American
team, was so confident of victory he
started planning for the Australian
matches by settling the question as
to whether he would play in both
singles and doubles.
II will play in both singles and
doubles against Australia-if we beat
the Mexicans," he announced. Il am in
great shape and know can do it. I
can't say definitely what our line
up will be, but if necessary I'll play
both"
Capt. Allison hinted strongly that
Bulge would be the other singles
choice. Grant, a wizard on clay
courts, is known to falter on grass
courts.
Evening star., 1936-04-11

A BOUT the only certainty con-
~ nected to the Washington
~ ball club this Forthcoming
4 "A American League campaign Is
that it will be the fastest bunch of ball
players who ever gave their all for the
Griffith A. c.
Ever since the day Jesse Hill, Dee
Miles, Carl Reynolds, Jack Powell.
Euddy Lewis, Buddy Myer, Johnny
Stone and Joe Kuhel first began TO
stretch their pins down in Orlando this
Spring this became clearly obvious and
very matter of fact. Speed? To burn,
But what of it?" somebody
wanted to know the other day.
1t was the day of the Ma
tionals' dolorous debut at home
against the Dodgers. The score
was 10 to and Washington's
speed didn't seem to make much
difference. "HOw much does
speed count, after all?" the bloke
persisted.
The answer, it was decided at once
and without delay, ought to be supplied
by somebody who should know. So
the question was put up to Stanley
Raymond Harris, the man who will di-
lect the lO-second gents wearing the
Washington monkey suits. How much
difference will the Nationals speed
make in a season of play?
Its a hard question to answer" be-
gan Bucky. by speed, do you mean
just running bases or do you want II
weighed the way it really should be
speed in everything? Either way, it's
an asset whose value only can be
guessed at. But if I were to approx
mate the Washington clubs speed I'd
say it will mean eight victories that a
slower club won't get.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Slab Trio Even Counted.

THAT includes the infield hits and
bunts that fellows like Hill.
Myer. Powell and Lewis will beat out
because they're just half step or so
faster than even player who is rated
speedy.
1T includes stolen bases by Hill,
Powell and Lewis, who. I think, will
show a neat total among them when
the season is over. Hill was caught
stealing only four times in 18 tries
last season, and he did his running
on signals.
I'm not giving him any base
stealing signals, by the way. If
he thinks he can swipe a base,
Jesse has the right to go ahead
and try.
I'm estimating eight extra victories
directly due to speed. I'm not stopping
here The same fellows who are run
ming out these hits also are running
after the balls hit by the other side.
Hill will reach fly balls that an ordi-
nary outf1elder won't come close to
So will Powell, Stone, Reynolds and
Miles. Lewis and Myer and Kuhel
will come up with grounders that lots
of other inf1elders won't get. They
should make double plays that a lot
of other inf1elds won't get.
And also going into all this are
pitchers. This is my thirteenth ball
club I've managed, and I'm here to
say I've never had three pitchers on
one staff who can field with Jack
Russell, Pete Appleton and Ed Linke.
I don't think there're any better field
ing pitchers in base ball. Put any OF
them in game and you have five in
fielders'
That was Is far as Bucky got. Some
thing came up to interrupt it in the
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Totals-36 12 81 10
900 O01 010-- Q
100 200 C3x-10

Runs-Staunton: Martin. Hendrickson,
Wagner -(2), Lance. Stephens 90, Pirkett,
Penypacker. Roosevelt: Coakley, Ham
n5san H.nngan 5aisy assa
packer. Kehs. First base on balis-On
Blunden, 2; OF Pennypacker. I. Struck
By Hovar. /. umpire-Mr. Steele.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
YANKEE NETMEN
co FOR CL|NCHER
Two Up on Mexican Davis
Cuppers, Need Doubles
Win to Cop Series.
By the Associated Press.

by IIIt hoSONIdI6u T Itoo.
7 CUSTOM, Tex, April IL
- The veteran American doubles
team of Wilmer Allison and
= i John Van Ryn, the Nations
top-ranking court combination, set
out today to clinch the North Ameri-
can Davis Cup interzone match with
Mexico.
Two up after singles victories reg
istered yesterday by Donald Bulge
and Bryan (Bitsy) Grant, the Ameri-
cans were certain of victory and a
place in the North American zone
finals against Australia would be
gained in the doubles match.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Base Ball.

Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Albany, Griffith
Stadium, g.
George Washington VS.. Western
Maryland, at Westminster, Md.
Maryland VS.. v. NJ l., at Lexing-
ton.
Track.
Maryland VS.. Washington and
Lee, at Lexington.
Lacrosse.
Maryland vs.. Alumni, at College
Park, 3.
Tennis.
American University VS.. Swarth-
more, at Swarthmore, Pa.
Golf.
Georgetown VS.. Florida, Congress
sional, $3.50.
Western VS.. Tech public high
school title match.
Central VS.. Wilson public high
school title match.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
SCHULTZ 0USTED
FROM BUG BERTH
Better Batting Gets Hafey
OutfieId Job-Cochrane
Has Flu Attack.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
- NOXVILLE, Tenn, April IL
" Some long-distance clouting
n during the training season
L ~ seems to have given young
Bud Hafey the edge on the centerfield
job for the Pirates over the veteran
Schultz.
The nephew of the famous Chick
probably will be in the middle garden
for the season opener.
CLEVELAND.-Bill Terry Of the
Giants is about to be made Louisiana
colonel. He already holds the rank Of
colonel in his native State Of Tennes-
see and he was somewhat surprised
when he received telegram from a
tailor asking that he forward his
measurements for staff uniform.
The Giants were to play the Indians
again today, after having been forced
to cancel their engagement in Weirton,
w. Va, yesterday after Terry had
walked onto the field and almost got
lost in mud.
DAYTON, Ohio-Just as the Detroit
Tigers returned to full strength with
the recovery of Charley Gehringer
from back injury and Pete Fox from
charleyhorses, Manager Mickey Coch-
rane came down with mild attack OF
influenza. He spent yesterday in his
hotel room, but entrained with the
club last night.
PHILADELPHIA. - The Athletics
and the Phils were to square of in
their intracity warfare today in Baker
Bowl. Orville Jorgens was expected
to hurl for the Phils and Wild Bill
Dietrich for the Macks. Joe Bowman
was second choice for the Phils and
Woodrow Upchurch for the Macks.
The final game will be played to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
PORTS|DE H|TTERS
POUNDING LEFT|ES
Washington Loses But One
of Seven TussIes When
Forkhands Oppose.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

III AAsA4tSAo - AEhANs
vt SEEMED high time today for
those who viewed with alarm the
left-handed batting tendencies of
Il the Washington ball club to dis
card all notions of detrimental top
heavineSS and settle back smugley
confident Of one item-that southpaw
pitchers this season will not find the
club an easy mark.
The Nationals, what with Buddy
Lewis, Cecil Travis. Buddy Myer,
Johnny Stone, Joe Kuhel and Cliff
Bolton all batting from the left side
of the plate. are supposed, by elemen-
tary base ball deduction, to be suScep-
tibIe to the slants of southpaw
pitchers. It's a theory that contains
a measure of logic, to be sure, but in
the case of the WashingtonS it looks
as though you can just about forget it.
Bucky Harris has forgotten it, for in
stance, and Backy used to be viewer
with-alarm at one time.
But that was before he turned the
Nationals loose on their exhibition
game schedule that rapidly is nearing
a close. 1t just doesn't seem to make
any difference whether it's a south
paw or a right-hander serving 'em up
against the Nationals. If our side is
hitting, it's just too bad.
Whip Six of Seven Lefties.
VOU can't pin the refutation of this
- time-honored theory on one game,
of course, not even yesterdays when
the Washingtons blasted II assorted
and well-earned hits all over Griffith
Stadium to rout the Phililes and two
southpaws, II to 3. Impressive as
were the Nationals in this perform
ance, which marked, incidentally, the
first home victory, it might have been
what vaguely is called in sports "one
of those things"
But what cannot be laughed off Is
that yesterdays triumph was the
sixth registered by the Nationals in
seven games this Spring against
Southpaw pitchers. 1t has been the
portsiders who were easy and, con-
trary to all laws of base ball, the
right handlers who have been tough.
Against right-handers the Washing
tons have only broken even in dozen
games.
Messrs. John (PretzeD Pezzulo and
Roman Bertrand who were the Phil
lies pitching victims yesterday, were
southpaws Nos. 13 and IA, respectively,
to face the Nationals this year. This
is a pretty stiff total for only 1e
games, but it would seem to denote
that it's a general practice of rival
managers to suspect the Nationals OF
being soft" for southpaws. But by
way of making followers of this theory
look foolish, Washington has been
stopped by only single left-hander-
Ray Prim of Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
DEFEND BOWLING TITLE
Doubles Champions Roll Today
in A. B. c. Tourney.

in A. B. c. Tourney.
INDIANAPOLIS, April IL (P1.-The
last of the 1885 champions of the
American Bowling Congress will at
tempt to retain their titles today
when Clyde Sumerix and Harry
Souers of Akron, Ohio, roll in the
doubles Of the present A. B. c. tour
nament.
The Ohio pair won the two-man
crown at Syracuse last year with
l,348 total. All other 1885 champions
already have failed In efforts to re-
peat.