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, beat Oakland 5 to 2. The Sox we're
. pitted against good pitching, Chris-
' tian and Hub Pernoll, who was a senr
sation with the Detroit Tigers for a
shore time, twirling for- the Oaks. ,
Chick Mattick and Jack Collins
came through with two knocks each-,
and Morris Rath and Harry Lord
continued their slugging careers.
"Bill Douglass, whose architecture
resembles the McCormick Building,
went like a whale -for the Sox, and
today Cal is touting him as one of
the pitchers'who will be kept on'the
payroll. In five innings he "gave "the
Oaks a measly two hits and not the
semblance of a run. By his showing
in the. practice games so far the
lengthy Southerner has cemented his
place on the team, at least until he
has a 'chance to .show what he can
do when opposed to American League
batters. During his short stay with
. the Sox last fall he did not have" a
chance tp,exhibit his prowess, so 'he
is an unknown quantity as a major
leaguer. ;H& looks good, However, and
is one, of the fwo or three, recruits
w who will not be discarded before the
opening gun.
Benz got through the last four in
nings, with four hits and two runs
chalked against him.
Callahan was impressed with the
fighting spirit his men showed, as
they w.ereohe run behind at the start
k of the eighth session. A .concerted,
batting attack yielded two counters,
and the Sox-came back with a dupti-
o cate in the ninth' to make victory
certain.
Jim Scott pitched nine innings
against Los- Angeles for, the second
" team- and won, 6 to 5. Ping Bodie
and Rollie Zeider were the batting
heroes o& the Gleason aggregation.
All the men were, working hard,, as
President. Comiskey was watching
the pastime.
This afternoon the first team plays
San Francisco and, the.' second -meet
Venice. ' - - ,.
- Following are the winners -in the
American Bowling .Congress .tourna
ment, which closed at Toledo yester
day: Five-man team, Flor de Knis
pels, St. Paul,, 3,006; ' two-man,
ScEultz and Koster, Newark, 1,291;
individual, Peterson, Columbus,, 693;
all events, Hermann, Cleveland,i,972.
Sir Cliftons of Chicago - finished
fourth in the five-man event,. Moun
tain and Carlsson.-getting., second
place in the, doubles. . -
George Stovall's St. Louis Browns
play Houston tomorrow, and "Beau
mont Sunday, leaving the. Texas
training grounds pn the homeward
journey Monday. Exhibition games
will be played en .route and a spring
series with the Cards -will be pulled
off before the. Reason starts.
George (Knockout) Brown, the
Greek middleweight from. Chicago, is
scheduled to go six rounds against
Billy - Adams of Philadelphia in Al
toona, Pa.-, tonight. '
At Pensacola this afternoon Man
ager Birmingham started his-Cleveland
Naps' against Toledo in the first
of a . series of exhibition games. Birmy
is dissatisfied with the batting power
his team is. showing, and a. .two-hour
Jbatting practice is on the program
for each morning.
Hugh -Jennings, manager of the
Detroit Tigers,will carry nine pitch
ers" .through, the season. Weak box-work.-
has ' been Jennings' greatest
drag in past seasons, slugging carry
ing his team to victory. Some of the
heaviest iatters have been lost, and
the Tiger bossjrealizes he must de
velop an effective hurling .corps to
hold his,own. - . -
Claude Hendrix, star Pittsburgh
pitcher, has signed his contract and'
is on his way to Hot Springs. Hen
drix was the last of the Pirate hold
outs. Frank Chance- is- reported to be
angling for an infielder- from the Jer
sey City team of the' International
League to bolster up his infield. The
Yanks, and Ske'eters are practicing
together in Bermuda: and Chance is
closely watching two youngsters with
the, minor, leaguers,
