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r. - - - -• gf -- ' ... . --- . . ——————————■— --—------ ----— : WASHINGTON, D. C„ SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936. * A— U Nats Ship Three More Hurlers : Pitching Makes Dodgers Threat Need Seasoning at Lookout Farm—Raffensberger Is Sent to Harrisburg. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. Staff Correspondent of The 8tar. TAMPA, Fla., March 21.—The heads of three rookie pitchers were lopped from the roster of the Nationals today as Man lier Bucky Harris prepared to lead his charges against the Cincinnati Reds here. Two of the recruits—Kendall Chase and Prank Peticolas—definitely were assigned to Chattanooga and tabbed as prospects worth watching and likely to return. The other, Ken Raf fensberger, was to be sent to Harris burg. Of the trio. Chase made by far the greatest impression in Spring train lug, and were it not for his wildness he would have been a cinch to stick. The young left-hander from Panama City showed plenty of “stuff” and spirit, but it is believed that a little steady work In the minors will help him more than a seat In the Griffith Stadium bull-pen. At that Chase’s status may change before the club returns to Washington. He may be turned over to 'Nooga only on a loan basis for the next couple of weeks and be recalled. Peticolas, only 19 years old, still is too green to be of any real use to the Nationals. Nats to Open With 10 Hurlers. AFFENSBERGER, & Pennsylvania * youth who was to be given a bonus of $1,000 if he Impressed sufficiently to be signed by Griffith, has not shown either the Old Fox or Harris enough to warrant turning over any such sum to the boy. However, Griffith told Raffensberger that if he wanted a place to begin professional ball he would send him to Harrisburg, a farm of the Nationals. Raffensberger was expected to make up his mind, and if he agrees to do without the bonus he will report to Owner Joe Cambria of the New York-Pennsylvania League Club. The departure of this trio leaves only 11 hurlers In camp. They are the alleged “big four” of Buck New som, Ed Linke, Earl Whitehill and Jimmy De Shong; Pete Appleton, Jack Russell, Monte Weaver, Henry Coppola, Dick Lanahan, Joe Bokina and Joe Krakauskas. The latter hardly figures. From the outset he was the rawest rookie in camp and it Is Just a question of time when he will be turned loose. The remaining 10 will be carried With the Nationals until May 15, when the big league clubs must prune to 23 players. At that time Harris will cut his pitching squad down to nine unless he decides to carry only two catchers. Hurricane Prevents Game. FREAK hurricane canceled yes terday’s game with the Phillies In Winter Haven, but the Nationals, still smarting from their shut-out de feat by Baltimore, were to swing back Into action here against the Reds at Plant Field. Because of yesterday's cancelation. Manager Bucky Harris was forced to rearrange his pitching set-up. Jimmy De Shong and Monte Weaver were to stack up against the Reds today With Jack Russell and Henry Coppola be ing saved for tomorrow's game with Chattanooga in Daytona Beach. Prom now on. with a single excep tion, all pitchers will be expected to be ready for half a game at least. "It’s time they began stretching,” de clared Bucky. "I w>ant the fellows who figure to help us most to get in trim for nine innings of pitching as soon as they can.” The lone exception is Earl White hill, who probably will make his debut on the slab Monday when the Na tionals return to Orlando to face Mon treal. Whitehill will be used only three innings. Today a year ago—Joe Sullivan, tackle and captain-elect of Notre Dame foot ball team, died of compli cations from head injuries. Exhibition Tilts By the Associated Press. Nashville' (S. A.), 11; New York (N.). 5. Cleveland (A.), 7; Chicago (N.), 6. (Other games canceled, rain.) Today’s Schedule. At Tampa, Fla.—Cincinnati (N.) vs. Washington (A.). At Clearwater, Fla.—Brooklyn (N.) vs. Detroit (A.). At Pensacola—New York (N.) vs. Chicago (N.). At St. Petersburg, Fla.—New York (A.) vs. Boston (N.), At Sarasota, Fla.—St. Louis (N.) vs. Boston (A.). At Miami, Fla.—St. Louis (A.) vs. Philadelphia (A). At San Antonio, Tex.—Pittsburgh (N.) vs. San Antonio (T. L.). At Sebring, Fla.—Philadelphia (N.) vs. Newark (I. L.). At San Bernardino, Calif.—Chicago (A.) vs. Los Angeles (P. C ). At New Orleans—Cleveland (A.) vs New Orleans (S. A.). Drill in Forenoon Despite P. M. Game—Hurt Shelves Brown Infielder. By the Associated Press. SARASOTA. Fla., March 21—The Red Sox faced a full day’s prac tice session today. Joe Cronin announced a morning workout despite a game scheduled with the Cardinals in the afternoon. He said he wanted to show the boys “that they’re down here to work, not play.” Rain prevented practice yesterday. MIAMI, Fla. — Second Baseman Tommy Carey of the Browns, who suf fered a bad ankle sprain sliding a few days ago, will be on the shelf at least another week. The Browns’ reserves have shown adaptability in many posi tions and Rogers Hornsby plans to switch them as much as possible to be ready for any emergencies. MIAMI, Fla.—The Athletics were due to meet the St. Louis Browns to day, but Pitcher Alvis Veach who had his leg broken by a liner Wednesday, will be out until July at least. He is going home to Selma, Ala., after he gets out of the hospital here. Greenberg Still Stubborn. /CLEARWATER, Fla. — Walter O. Briggs, owner of the Detroit Tigers, says “I’m just a fan,” when asked if Hank Greenberg is any nearer the contract fold. Hank says he’s a holdout until he gets what he wants. SAN BERNARDINO. Calif. —The White Sox tangle were to tangle with Los Angeles today. Manager Jimmy Dykes plans no cuts in the squad of 28 before it reaches Chicago, although he may change his mind after the 13 game engagement with the Pirates starting March 28. SCHOOLBOY GOLFERS WILL MEET TUESDAY Elections. Tourney Arrangements on Schedule of District Body's Session. 'T'HE District of Columbia Scholas tic Golf Association will hold its annual meeting Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in the Washington Hotel, it has been announced by Frank Emmet, secretary. Schedules of the Dawes Cup and Private School League matches will be arranged and discussion will be held on plans for the third annual metropolitan schoolboy champion ships, to be played May 22, 23 and 24 on courses yet to be selected. Election of officers and appointment of committees also will be effected. All boys interested in golf and at tending public or private high schools within a 15-mile radius of the Zero Milestone are eligible for member ship and are invited to be present at the confab. • STEINKE GETS MAT SPOT. Probably the strongest and most scientific wrestler of this era, Hans Stelnke will square off with John Katan, colorful Greek grappler, in semi-final support of the Ivan Mana goff-Don George wrestling match at Turner's Arena Thursday night. FROM THE PRESS BOX — Hornsby, Greatest "No-Man” in Base Ball, Says Browns, With Breaks, Will Be Fifth. r BY JOHN LARDNER. FORT MYERS, Fla., March 21.— There is room in literature for a book called "The dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Horns by,’* a companion volume to the one abou^ the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Mr. Hornsby and Justice Holmes belong at the top of any list of famous American dissenters or “no-men.” : Mt. Hornsby began dissent ing as a baby. As soon as he was old enough to read, be collected all the decisions of the United States Supreme Court, be ginning with the Dred Scott case, and reversed them personally. When be was a mere tot he rose on his heels and squawked lustily against American participation in the Span ish-Cuban War. v Mr. Hornsby opposed the World War. He dissented strongly in the matters of prohibition and women’s suffrage. He was against flappers, vitamins and Dr. Emil Coue. When there was no one else around to make an argument, Mr. Hornsby dis agreed violently with himself. Contrary at St. Louis. TN TIME Mr. Hornsby became man ager of the St. Louis Browns, which gave him a rostrum peculiarly suited to his talents. Everybody around him said that the Browns were bums. Mr. Hornsby dissented. Everybody bad a word of praise for the Yankees or the Tigers or the Red Sox. Mr. Hornsby dissented. He had his own ideas about every ball player in the game and most of the time his ideas were in direct contradiction to popu lar opinion. Today the Rajah is leading his club through Florida by the nose, trying to convince the members that they have the stuff to finish in fifth place. Many of them don’t believe It, which is right up Mr. Hornsby’s alley. ‘Take this big Ed Coleman for in stance,” said the Rajah, surveying his team. “He don’t think he can hit when the pitcher is ahead of him. As soon as the pitcher gets two strikes across, this Coleman says to him self. "well, that finishes me. I might (Continued on Page A-12.) Griff Rookie and Veteran Due for Tests Today Against Reds MONTE WEAVER, Scholarly pitcher of the Nationals, who is on trial this Spring following a season in the minors. Originally slated to face the Phillies yesterday, in a game that was rained out, the former pro fessor of mathematics was expected to share hill duties with Jim De Shong against the Cin cinnati club to provide a further line on his progress toward a comeback. —A. P. Photo. ROBERTO ESTALELLA, Chunky little Cuban, whose batting power assures his retention by the Griffmen, despite the fact the club is well stocked with third basemen as well as outfielders. With Tampa, scene of this afternoon’s skirmish against the National Leaguers, having a large Cuban population, it was considered good business to per mit the colorful youth to hold forth at the far corner in pref erence to Buddy Lewis. —A. P. Photo. Griffith Redoubles Efforts To Land Catcher as Yankees Refuse to Barter With Him By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. AMPA, Fla., March 21.—His quest for a reserve Yankee catcher admittedly fruitless. President Clark Griffith today sought a new channel in hopes of strengthening his Washington ball club’s sole obvious weak spot. The Old Fox, after a day of dicker ing with Manager Joe McCarthy of New York, seemed willing to accept McCarthy at his word, which was, in effect, that he was going to keep Arndt Jorgens to back up Bill Dickey and that he also would keep a choice from among Willard HeTshberger, Bill Baker and Joe Glenn and attach strings to the others. Griffith, reluctant to admit defeat, argued long and loudly with McCarthy yesterday at St. Petersburg but finally took “no” for the Yanks’ official an swer and Joined his Nationals here at Tampa, where Manager Bucky Harris led his charges after a freak little hurricane had washed out an exhi bition game with the Phillies in Winter Haven. Wanted Hershberger. 'THOSE in close contact with Griffith, A however, firmly were of the opinion that Washington would land a new catcher of some description in the next few days, but whether he will come from another major league club or will he bought from the minors was a matter of conjecture. It is doubtful if Griffith, himself, knows where his hoped-for backstopping strength is UUIIUilg. The object of Griffith’s search for catching strength yesterday really was the 25-year-old Hershberger, a minor league standout. His second choice— mostly so, perhaps, because Griff rates Glenn and Baker as sure shots to stick with New York—was Jorgens. Re cently Jorgens’ name was on the waiver bulletin, but when Griff tried to draw out McCarthy on Jorgens’ status he was doomed to disappointment. The Yankee manager, after first hemming and hawing in what mgiht have been the old "come on” for a trade talk, finally wound up, according to Griffith, by throwing cold water on the Washington boss’ hopes of gaining a receiver at least via waivers. What course Griffith now will take is uncertain, of course, but there is no question that the Washington club will redouble its efforts. Griffith and Manager Harris went into a lengthy conference last night and it is be lieved that they either will attempt to swing a deal for a backstop or comb' the minors and make a purchase. If it is necessary to deal for a major league receiver it would not be sur prising if Clif Bolton, No. 1 maskman of the Nationals, were placed on the block. With the Griffs swinging into the home stretch of their training season, Harris is regarding the catch ing situation with a growing sense of concern. Bucky never was impressed with any of his reserve catchers, in cluding Sam Holbrook, and Bolton lately has been showing no signs of improving. As a matter of fact, Bol ton is not in condition. Even Griffith is willing to admit that Clif, whom he refused to trade during the Winter for Frankie Pytlak, is strictly a gamble. "He would have chance to fill the bill," said the Old Fox today, "if he were in any kind of shape. But Clif Is far from the condition he wee la a year ago." if Bolton Overweight. r\ESPITE reporting to the Orlando training camp with the first squad ; of rookies, Bolton still is heavy with j fat and of late the stocky Tarheel has been complaining of sinus trouble. He has not been hitting but Griffith i is not worried on this score. “Clif never did hit early in the | year,” says Griff. “Don't worry about I the fellow’s batting. At least, I’m not. It’s just a question of when he will get in shape to fill the catching job as it should be filled.” As to Roy Spencer, veteran former Griffman, whose purchase from Bal timore was considered seriously by Harris, the Washington club owner is cold. "I don’t want hlm,’> declared Griffith, even after his disappointing interview with McCarthy. “Spencer was with Washington for a few years and I’m positive he won’t help us.” Griffith refused to say whether his attempt to pry a catcher from the Yanks failed on account of his own reluctance to talk trade. This, It is felt, was the reason, but at the rate Harris and Griff have been receiving catching disappointments it would not be surprising if the Nationals reopened negotiations with the Yanks and talked turkey. PUBLIC COURSES OPEN Both the Rock Creek and West Po tomac golf courses were to be open today, providing local linksmen with half of their customary public golf facilities. While the latter opened Thursday, it was to be the first day’s play for Rock Creek. The East Potomac and Anacostia golf courses still are under water, and it may be necessary to rebuild East Potomac entirely. _ i GIANTS' 20 GATE LOOKS NEW LOW Weather Keeps Pensaco Ians Away—Phillies’ Hurl ers Please Wilson. By the Atsociated Press. PENSACOLA. Fla.. March 21. The Giants set up some kinc of a record yesterday wher they played the Nashville Vol! before 20 spectators, excluding news paper men and non-combatant bal players. It was windy and cold anc the dust swirled In from the outflelc desert. SEBRING. Fla. — Jimmy Wilson manager of the Phillies, is well pleasec with his pitching staff and predict it will win 100 games this season. Hi says he expects Curt Davis to wix 20. The Phils were to play the New ark Bears today. ST. PETERSBURG. Fla—Bill Ur banski of the Bees, out of practice foi the past few days with an injurec Anger, was expected to get into thi line up if rain did not halt the Bees Yankees game today. Rain preventer practice yesterday. Cards After Seven in Row. OARASOTA, Fla.—Roy Parmelee am ^ Bill McGee were named to throv ’em up to the Red Sox today. Thi Cardinals were aiming for thei] seventh straight Spring victory. CLEARWATER, Fla.—Ed Brand and Fred Frankhouse shed no tean when they found the Sarasota ground too wet to play the Red Sox yesterday The team took a 9-mile ferry rldi from Bradenton to Sarasota. TIES IN CENTER LOOP Eagle, Marvin Fives in Section B Minor Teams All Even. A third game between the Anacostii Eagles and Marvin Mehodists mus be played before the championship o the Community Center Basket Bal League’s Section B will be decided Reversing the results of the first en counter, the Eagles defeated th< Methodists last night, 29-26. A tie also exists in the Center’i minor league, the Shamrock Cleanen catching up with Luckett’s Pharmacj by trimming the druggists, 30-20. The evening’s most prolific scorei was Holland, who accounted for H of Anacostia's 29 points. “POPPIflC%* off" TAMPA. Fla., March 21.—It might surprise you to know that Alvin (Jake) Powell, who bat ted .312 last year and looks the part of an even better ball player now, is the guy whom his own team mates regard as a gamble as big as ■ any other regular on the Washington i ball club. Jake has done nothing to sub 1 stantiate this rating so far. Elevated to the position of “clean-up” hitter l of the Nationals, Powell is more than I living up to expectations in Grape fruit League competition. The oppo j sition hasn't been able to get the : guy out and Jake seemingly is a : cinch to blossom into one of the ! American League’s better outfielders ; in 1936. c oo&js' _ I The catch, then? Belittle it if you will, but it’s an important item in the ball player's book—the sophmore |! major league year. They say the second year Is the , toughest in base ball and the records . are full of first-year successes who faded rapidly. If a young ball player equals or surpasses a sparkling “fresh ; man” performance in the second sea > son he’s a 25-to-l bet to face a i bright big league future. Otherwise . he’s either strictly on trial or rated i a flop and rarely is another excuse tolerated except that it was the soph more year and he “didn’t have it.” Travis Case in Minority. rTHE art of repeating is difficult in base ball. Cecil Travis is one of the recruits who'repeated and, in doing so, stamped himself as a great i batsman. Cecil broke into the majors ; as a regular in 1934 and batted .319. He was only 20 years old. Last year, l his second in the school of base ball, Travis dispelled any and all doubts by batting .318. Judgment on the i youngster's ability no longer is sus pended. But Travis’ case is in the minority, i The majority of first-year sensations fail to hold their own in the second season for one or both of the two reasons which base ball men are : pleased to cite. The first is that a single season isn't time enough for the opposition to pick out the flaw’s in a recruit whose success electrified the crowds. But the second season, when players have been shifted about : and notes have been compared, the ! recruit star finds that if he has a definite weakness he is shown no favors. The second reason lies in the re cruit’s own mental state. A rookie, lust for a fat contract, regular job and dazzling press notices fresh in his mind, fights with every atom of determination and courage in his make-up to make good in the first year. The following season, • with the novelty worn off, he may lack a little of his enthusiasm and drive. 'T'HE averages bespeak the logic in the sophomore-year theory. Hark back to 1934, when Hal Trosky clouted 35 home runs and batted .330 for Cleveland in his first season. What did he do in 1935? He batted a puny .271. He once went to bat 41 times without making a hit and be came so desperate he switched to the right side of the plate. Lou Chiozza of the Phillies was an other freshman star of 1934. with a batting average of .304. Last year his average dropped 20 points to .284. Linus Frey of Brooklyn, a first-year shortstopping wow, slumped from .284 in 1934 to .262 in 1935. Ray Pepper of the Browns batted .298 in 1934 and drove in 101 runs. Last season he hit only .253 and bat ted across only 37 scores. Some recruit stars of 1934, however, lived up to expectations, as did Travis, Paul Dean of the Cards was one. Tests for Others This Year. T>UT the sophomore year still is the big test and Powell isn’t the only pupil who must face the acid exam. Over in Chicago in the lair of the champion Cubs, Phil Cavar retta and Prank Demaree face the tribulations of the second year. In Cleveland Bozie Berger is in the same boat. Cincinnati had a promising freshman in Billy Myers who will be on the spot this campaign. Princeton Varsity Crew Takes First Workout of Season __ __ As boated for their initial spin of the year on Lake Carnegie the Tiger sweep-swingers, pictured here, consisted of, left to right: Coxswain Ralph Hopkins, Philadelphia; F. W. Warner, Englewood, N. J.; Gordon Keppel .(captain). New York; Rudolph k A Kauffmann, Chevy Chase, Md.; Jack Kelley, Orange, N. J.; Harold Dicke, Allentown, Pa.; Frank Kinney, Morristown, N. J.; L. W. Wister, Philadelphia, and*. Stoddard, Garden City, N.Y. —A. P. PrlOtO* * SLAB CORPS BEST ON MINT ARS Brooklyn Uncertain About Infield—Talent Back of Bat Deemed Good. (This is another of a series out lining major league prospects.) BY PAUL MICKELSOV, Associated Press Sports Writer. LEARWATER, Fla., March 21. —The ‘ Dafflness Boys” from Brooklyn may be the night mares of the 1936 National League pennant race. Casey Stengel's crew, a set of strange faces to the rabid fans of Flatbush, probably will fumble and stumble with an uncertain infield, but they’ll spread no little misery among the hot pen nant contenders with one of the slick est pitching staffs in base ball. “I’m not going around predicting a penannt for my boys,” said Casey, “but we’re going to make the road rocky for a lot of ball clubs. My pitching staff, I figure is the best we've had at Brooklyn for years. • Infield Is Main Worry. “VJY BIG worry is the infield, but I’m running my boys out there in 24-hour shifts in an attempt to get a good line-up. I also have some worries about the outfield, but have a lot of talent.” Acquisition of Fred Frankhouse and Dutch Brandt from Boston have rounded out the hurling staff. Van Lingle Mungo, the flre-baller, will be the number one man. assisted by Brandt, Frankhouse, Watson Clark and big George Eamshaw. Emil Leonard, 6-foot right-hander, also is slated for a regular's berth with* his old teammate, Raymond Berres, to catch him. Tom Baker, husky right-hander from Allentown; Harry Eisenstat, rookie from Dayton; Albert Butcher, winner of 24 for Galveston in ’35, and the ever-reliable Tom Zachary, 39-year old relief ace, complete the staff. Fight for First-Base Job. I?VERY spot in the infield, however. is open except shortstop, where Linus Frey expects to operate. Bud Hassett, the crooner: Dick Seibert and Randy Moore all are candidates for first base. Vince Sherlock, obtained from In : dianapolis, should plug up the second ! base hole. Jersey Joe Stripp, a hold ; out, may have to battle to keep his ! job at third away from Jim Bucher, a converted outfielder, who can give the ball a ride. E. Gordon (Fatty) Phelps, who hit .364 last season until he broke his right hand, and Berres should hold up a catching staff weakened by the trade of A1 Lope* to Boston. Casey can hardly guess his outfield at this time, but it may be Fred Lind strom, John Cooney, 35-year-old vet eran from Indianapolis, and Oscar Eckhardt, 34-year-old rookie from the Missions. YALE MEN DOMINATE COLLEGE SWIMMING Run Away With Preliminaries to Give Elis 15 Chances to Capture Titles. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 21.—Yale's mighty mermen, winners of 151 con secutive dual meets, appeared to have a strangle hold on most of the titles today as the annual Intercollegiate Swimming Association championships went into the second and final day of competition. As a result of yesterday’s prelimi; naries, the Elis had 15 chances to cap ture titles, with Johnny Macionis and Norris Hoyt heading the parade. Princeton and Rutgers were the closest threats with five qualifiers each in the eight individual events. All three also had teams in the finals of the 200-yard freshman relay. Macionis, with a record-smashing performance in the Individual medley and the fastest time in the 100-yard free style, was the outstanding swim mer in the trials, although Hoyt quali fied in three events, the medley and the 220 and 440 yard free style swims. The slim sophomore from Philadelphia cut nearly 7 seconds from the inter collegiate medley record with a time of 3:40.6. The listed time is 3:47.2. His time for the 100 was 53.6 seconds. An accident to Henry Pitts. Harvard diver, marred the preliminary compe tition. Pitts, attempting a difficult one and one-half dive, slipped and struck his head on the springboard. He escaped with a slight concussion, but was ordered not to compete In the finals. SCANTIES ARE SNAPPY Outstrip Rompers in Democratic Girls’ Basket Battle. One-sixth or me iW gm Basket ball players sent by the Vjjjaig Demo crats’ Club onto the floor of George Washington University’* gymnasium equally divided all the points made last night, but as two of them played for the Scanties, that aggregation de feated the Romper Gals, 8 to 4. Misses Hoot man and Sherlock each collected 4 point* for the winners, but the Rompers had only one girl like Miss Kaufman, who accounted for the losers’ two baskets. In contrast to the lassies’ low-scoring game, the P. W. A. five rolled up a 39-19 count on the W. P. A. court men. STANFORD NAMES COACH. PALO ALTO, Calif., March 21 C4>).— Stanford's Board of Athletic Control has appointed Ben Winkelman of Fort Worth, Tex., backfield foot ball coach, succeeding Ernie Nevers. now coach at Lafayette College, Easton. Pa. CIRCUS Is Coining to the Shoreham Hotel For One Week, Beginning Monday, March 23d 4 —