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A—14 WASHINGTON, I). C., MONDAY, MARCH 15, 19:t7. * _
Harris Raises Pruning Knife : Bees Buzz Loudly in Boston Hive
CUT IN NAT SQUAD
IS DUE THIS WEEK
Peticolas Goes, Four Other
Hurlers to Be Checked
for Disposal.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
Sian Correspondent ot The Star.
Fla., March 15.—
■d by their first day
plete rest, the Na
uiuuato o wung into their third
week of Spring training with added
vim and vigor today. Things are
pointing to a showdown soon ant!
while there are only a few job battles
among the regulars there still are
too many general applicants for the
23 posts allowed by the law.
Just in the offing loom the New
York Giants, who will invade Or
lando two days hence for the first
exhibition game. The Gigantes, as
they were called In their Havana
1 raining tamp, will herald the first
of "final exams’’ for a flock of Na
tionals and embryo Nationals. The
second test will be given at Daytona
Beach, where the Cardinals will be
played Saturday, and thereafter it
wikll become pretty steady.
Dick Lanahan, who flunked out last
year and was ‘‘kept back” in the
Chattanooga class room, will be
among the first to receive his test.
Manager Bucky Harris definitely has
decided to pitch Richard the first
three innings against the Giants and
will follow with Pete Appleton and
Joe Cascarella.
,iiv l>n f>OU r>»f|fl
|y * PhLE-BL'S, ’OS .-LOCt V iltL.e
ngm-hunasr tioro Aioaxiy, ji an
■oixiir pitcxier lo g*t a uioiougn
e.vaminalion. Tnis was to start today,
incidentally, when Shanty Hogan’s
"Howitzers” and Ben Chapman’s
"Red Necks” were to play a seven
inning return battle. Ken Chase, the
erratic southpaw, also was to see
action in this game and his perform
ance, too, will be marked by Harris.
Mast of the scrambling for jobs
■'"ill be among the pitchers. There
are 13 hurlers in camp and of these,
* must go. The only one certain
of leaving to date is big Frank Peti
e.olas. Those sure to stay are Jimmy
Tie Shong, Buck Newsom, Joe Cas
oarelia. Jack Salveson and Pete
Appleton. On the doubtful list are
Monte Weaver. Syd Cohen, Harry
Kelly and the aforementioned Messrs.
Lanahan, Chase and Phebus.
None, except Peticolas, is due to be
cut, off the squad for the time being.
"Until each pitcher has seen action m
iwo games, Harris intends to use
them only in three-inning shifts.
Alter their second crack under fire
he will step the route to five or even
six innings.
Wasdeli Not to Shift.
( ^NCE the Griffs start to play ball,
it is likely that Hall Lee, the
rookie catcher, will be assigned to
some "farm” team. Jake Early, the
other rookie, is rated more highly
and probably will not be turned over
to Chattanooga until the Nationals
are well on their way North. This'
won leave, barring accidents. Shanty '
Hogan, Clif Bolton and Walter Mil- |
lies to comprise the backstopping
corps.
Only one of the half dozen out- !
fielders in camp will be cut loase,
and he probably will be Beverly Fer
rell. Because he was obtained in
the draft, however, it Is compulsoty
bv the base ball law to keep him un- 1
til April 1. Right now there is no!
question in the mind of Harris but I
that, Washington's regular outfield !
will be composed of Johnny Slone, ■
Ben Chapman and Fred Sington. I_.ii- 1
lie Jesse Hill is sure to stick, at least j
ns a utility player, and Harris has
a notion that Taft Wright, the roly- i
poly boy from Chattanooga, will do a 1
iol of pinch hitting for thp firm.
Thp infiplders in camp toial seven, i
and only Jimmy Wasdell is due to !
leave -,n the normal course of events.
Jimmy ha.s brought up the subject
of shifting to the onfield, conceding
the first-ba.se job at present to Joey
Kuhel, but while Harris has no doubt
but that Wasdell can do the trick
he is leery of slicking another left
handed hitter in the iine-up.
Hence, Jimmy probably will wind
hp in Chattanooga, where he can
plav regularly and await the day
when Owmer Clark Griffith sees fit
to work him in the majors. The
other infielders, excepting Kuhel, are,
of course, Cecil Travis, Buddy Myer,
Johnny Mihalic, Buddy Lewis and a
kid named Ossie Bluege. who can hit
but can't field.
Wright Presents Problem.
\\/RIGHT, who looks as if he might
be a six-round heavyweight
fighter, is presenting something of a
problem. In batting practice the
round man has stung the ball hard,
■ nd his 1936 Chattanooga record un
veils him as quite a hitter and an ex
pert at driving across runs. Harris
thinks it will be worth while carry
ing him as a pinch hitter.
There is, however, an item not in
Tft/fift-hr.'s ? ori if y>$ t
•POPP/NGI
Qp^'WiHv • ‘^g
On Spade-Calling Managers.
Special Dirpaich to The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla., March 15.—If opinions run pretty true to type in all
base ball training camps, and it must be assumed there is a strong
similarity among the diamond craftsmen, then Rogers Hornsby may
have cause to rue the day he stuck out his neck and aired his views
on the salaries of Lou Gehrig and Dizzy Dean.
The old spade caller of the Browns, in an Associated Press dispatch out
or san Antonio, said, in short, that
no pitcher was worth $50,000, that
Mr. Gehrig ought to collect that much
from the Yankees, and that Babe
Ruth at no time was as valuable to
the New Yorks as Gehrig.
The boys of the Washington firm
read this item with interest in the
lobby of the hotel yesterday and
whistled incredulously at the finish.
Most ball players and managers can
not understand why Mr. Hornsby
says those things for the public prints.
Newspaper men always buy a picture
of Rogers, place it on their desks
and salaam every morning before it.
That's the way Hornsby affects them.
He's good "copy.”
In the case of commenting on
somebody else’s ball players and their
salaries, the base bali gang seems
to believe that Rogers played witn
fire by incurring the wrath of three
of the game's bigger figures, namely,
Jake Ruppert, who has been paying
Gehrig’s salaries; Mr. Dean, who may
play for Rogers some day for all
either of them knows, and the emi
nent pensioner, Mr. Ruth.
“That guy,” observed one of
• he more important Nationals,
*£ getting ree fy ta Jgiy himseK
•■•ran no* o' ‘at Americ*p
• e*iu?."
Au_*y Aarris to Toy.
£rrl that as it may, it is interesting
to note the result of a provincial
poll of sports writers as regards the
popularity of managers. Hornsby,
naturally, ranks near the top. As a
matter of fact, strictly for story
writing purposes, Rogers is the toast
of the scribblers. He says what he
thinks and lets the chips fall where
they may.
Bucky Harris ranks close un.
Probably, for purposes of spend
ing a few hours in convivial talk
with news and base ball opin
ion thrown in, Bucky outshades
them all.
Harris has come a long wav In the
estimation of newspaper men, who were
down on the guy back in his bigger
days because of a suspected swelling
of the noggin.
Third on the list would be Jimmy
Dykes of the White Sox. The little
round man is much on the order of
Harris, rather than Hornsby. He is on
the "open house” type. Any accredited
newspaper man can get into his hotel
room and pick up a few facts and
fancies over a stein of beer.
Mickey Cochrane belongs in the
“first division,” too. Mike is the super
nervous type. It's best to wait until
the Tigers win a game before ap
proaching him. Cochrane finds it diffi
cult to swallow the dregs of defeat and
can be somewhat testy. Withal, he
definitely is on the preferred list.
McCarthy Is Prize Toughie.
JDRESS association writers, touring
the Florida camps, wince at men
tion of Joe Cronin. This is not to be
construed as a commentary of Joseph
thisself), but rather on the lack of
news sense of the Red Sox manager
and his sense of caution that is at
once innate and cultivated.
Cronin became a manager
under Clark Griffith and he has
picked up some of the old mas- I
ter’s technique.
Harris and Hornsby impress you as
being capable of being newspaper men
themselves. Griff has no real sense of
news value, or the kind of fodder that
makes news. Neither has Cronin, al
though the scribes who know Joe well
rarely complain. Too, Cronin has a
'ittle cf the Cochrane in him. At,
least tv.o newspaper men “covering”
ne American League are sworn ene
mies cf tne guy oecau^e he orderea
Uitm out of tne turn house in ungeu-le
fashion after dropping a game to the
Washingtons last Summer.
Steve O’Neill of the Indians is
nice to the gang and a genial
host and the boys let it go at
that. Ditto for Connie Mack,
who is harder for an out-of-town
newspaper man to locate than
any of them.
The gentleman who brings an al
most unanimous wince to the faces of
the typewriter pounders is Joe Mc
Carthy, who once told a scribe to “run
along and ask Ruth all about the
Yankees. You fellows seem to think
he's the show.”
McCarthy Is hard to interview and
doesn’t give a hoot.
It must not be too costly, thus at
titude of McCarthy's, for he's been the
most successful manager in the Amer
j ican League, but if it's any comfort to
Messrs. Harris, Hornsby and Dykes,
notably, they really induce felicitations
from the press and, regardless of what
the average base ball person thinks, a
little publicity, even quotes shot
straight from the shoulder, never will
hurt the game.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
AT ODDS ON DATES
Memorial Day, July 4. Labor Day
Are Topics of Controversy.
Griff Farm Involved.
By i he Associated Ptpss.
QHARLOTTE, N. C.. March 15.—
* Piedmont league directors have
decided to open the campaign April
22. but failed 10 agree on several sub
mitted schedules.
The class B circuit, expanded re
cently from six to eight teams, awarded
these opening dates: Charlotte at
Asheville, Durham at Norfolk, Ports
mouth at Richmond, and Winston
Salem at. Rocky Mount.
Dan W, Hill of Asheville, league
president, said additional schedules
would be sent to each club this week
and that. a. mail vote would be taken
on adoption.
loe Engel and Ztnn Berk represented
Charlotte, the Washington club's
'farm.'’
Hill said the holiday dates—Memo
rial day, July 4 and l,abor day—w'ere
the chief topic of controversy in
schedule discussions. The problem
furiher was complicated, he said, be
cause neither Charlotte nor Winston
Salem will have Sunday ball. Hill
said the schedule would call for three
and four day stands,
-— — ■ -•
ELIS ELECT FRANTZ.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 15 (fl*i.
• -Carroll L. Frants of Longmont,
Colo., has been elected captain of the
Yale basket ball team for next season.
ltral tendency to rake on weight. Over
the Winter he put on too many extra
pounds, and reported to camp re
sembling a beer barrel. He is the
type who must be played regularly to
keep his shape, and there is no room
for him in the regular outfield, chiefly
because he, too, is a left-handed hit
ter. On the bench with the Wash
ington team he would be almost cer
tain to take on weight unless he is
far more careful about his diet than
he been so far during bis career.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.
Evening Star intersc hola.stic
tournament, Tech High. 8 p.m..
Eastern vs. Sherwood, St. Johns
vs. Bethesria-Chevy Chase.
Boxing.
Rav Ingram vs. Danny London.
10 rounds, feature bout. Turner's
Arena. 8 30.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Evening Star in terse hola.stic
lournament, Tech High, 3 30 p m ,
Mount Rainier Girls vs. Bethesda
Chevy Chase Girls, Mount Rainier
Bovs vs. Washington-Lee Boys; 8
pm., Washington-I.ee Girls vs.
George Washington Girls: West
ern Boys v*. George Washington
Boys.
WEDNESDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington vs. New York Giants,
Orlando, Fla.
Basket Ball.
Evening Star inierscholasuc
tournament, Tech High, 8 p.m.,
boys’ semi-finals.
Track.
Catholic University in Knights
of Columbus meet, New York City.
Table Tennis.
District championship tourna
ment, Earle Table Tennis Club,
403 Eleventh street, 7:30.
THURSDAY.
Wrestling.
Rudy Dusek vs. Hank Barher I
and Joe Dusek vs. Ed Meske, main
bouts. Turner’s Arena, 8:30.
Table Tennis.
District championship tourna
ment, Earle Table Tennis Club,
403 Eleventh street, 7:30.
FRIDAY.
Table Tennis.
District championship tourna
ment, Earle Table Tennis Club, 403
Eleventh street, 7 so.
j
Cunningham and San Ro
mani Clash Twice This
Week in Major Meets.
B» the Associated Press.
EW YORK. March 15.—The in
door track season reaches a
smashing finale this week
when Glenn Cunningham,
king of American ntilers, and Archie
San Romani, the heir-apparent, hook
up in a pair ot duels.
They are slated to meet in the
classic Columbian mile, at the New
York Knights of Columbus meet
Wednesday—last big invitation board -
track event—and again in the Butler
relays at Indianapolis Saturday.
Cunningham, beaten only once at
a mile this season and then by his
fellow Kansan, will be defending the
laurels he won at the Casey meet last
year. In addition to San Romani,
he will be opposed by Italy's rapidly
improving Luigi Beccali and his pe
rennial rival, Gene Venzke. Glenn
has won the Columbian mile the last
four years.
At Butler, Indiana's Don Lash and
Ray Sears, Butler alumnus, are to
run against the Kansas pair.
College Champs Compete.
^^UNNINGHAM warmed up lor this
week's efforts by capturing two
mile races in Canada in slow times
Friday and Saturday, winning at To
ronto in 4 18.2 and at Hamilton,
Ont., in <.18.3, wt''e Sen Roman’
Veered through a * .’V mi'*. **, tn»
Aiiewesi inistcclleeu'f
l\c oei V I lie. 111.
In aaauion to the star mucir, me
pick of the college and club crop is
due to appear on St. Patrick's night,
including no fewer than seven winners
at last Saturday’s intercollegiate A. A.
A. A. meet here, three newly crowned
Big Ten champions and one central
intercollegiate conference titleholder.
The field for the Casey 600 includes
Syracuse Eddie O’Brien, who took the
1. C. 4-A title in 1:13.1, second best
time of ihe season; Charles Beetham
of Ohio State, winner of the Big Ten
half miles; Jimmy Herbert, New York
Negro flash: Dick Gill of Boston Col
lege and Wesley Wallace, Fordham
freshman.
Lash rakes on his Indiana team
mates, Tommy Deckard and Jimmv
Smith, Joe MeCluskey and the I. c
4-A champion, Phillips Smith of Rut
gers, in the 2-mile.
Competition for Johnson.
^ COLUMBIA'S Ben Johnson, who
* took the Eastern college sprint
and broad jump titles, and Marty
Giickman of Syracuse, runner-up in
the dash, meet lanky Perrin Walker
of Georgia Tech, Sammy Richardson
of Toronto and Roziah Singletary of
St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, N. C ,
m the 60-yard dash.
Lou Burns of Manhattan and Peter
Bradley of Princeton, who ran one
two in the intercollegiate mile; Bill
Rav, who won the 1 000 at Toronto
Saturday; Beetham and Abe Rosen
krantz of Michigan Normal comprise
the 1,OOO-.vard field.
Sam Allen of Bristow, Okla., and
Dartmouth College's champion. Jack
Donovan, who have cleaned up all
this season's timber-topping features,
clash again in the 60-yard high
hurdles.
The high jump brings together
three college champions. Mel Walker
of Ohio Slate, Big Ten winner; Eddie
Burke, Marquette record holder, who
took the C. I. C. crown, and James
Dillingham of Columbia, I. C. 4-A
winner.
Dick Ganslen of Columbia, another
I. C. 4-A champion, lops the pole
vault field.
GEVINSON IN EXHIBITION
To Bor De Cola in S. E. Center
Boys' Carnival Friday.
T,ou Gevinson, who emerged from
amateur ranks here and already h*s
become popular as a professional, will
display his prowess Friday night in a
three-round exhibition with Humphrey
De Cola as the feature of the sports
carnival to be staged by the Southeast
Community Center Boys’ Club.
In other bouts, Steve Mamakos will
fight Ray Crombie and Danny Pedro
will face Charley Pedro. Additional
boxing and wrestling bouts, coupled
w'ith a tumbling act, will complete the
card. Admission w'lll be 25 cents for
adults and in cents for children
Exhibition Games
By the Associated Press.
New York IN.), 5; St. Louis IN.),
4 (10 innings!.
New York (A.). 8; Boston (N.l, 1.
Cleveland, 11; New Orleans. 0.
Philadelphia iA.1, 9. Cuban
agra- iaos, *.
Mack Would Like a learn ol 'Troublc-Makiiig’ Werbers
Judge Landis Chipper Again—Yank Infield to Draw Record Pay If Lou Gets $40,000.
BY EDDIE BHIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
INTER HAVEN, Fla.,
March 15.—Word is go
ing around the Grape
fruit League that the
Cincinnati Reds will figure in a big
deal before the season opens, with
either Ernie Lombardi or Virgil
Davis moving on . . . Col. Rup
pert’s cutie, “I’ll se you in the
movies, Lou,” has base ball men
down here haw haw-ing.
It just about breaks some of the
Cardinals’ hearts that the manage
ment of the somewhat ritzy Osce
ola Hotel at Daytona Beach makes
the Gas Housers wear coats in the
dining room . . . “We’re in society
row, sure enough,” said Pepper
Martin . . . Judge Landis is around
the camps, as lively as ever and
looking m though he /$&» recov
ered entirely from the torture and
strain of the Bob Feller decision.
Old Larry Lajoie, once a great
second-sacker and hitter, lives at
Worth, hard by the camp of the
Phillies here . . . Larry must be
pushing 60 or better, but if he
would report he probably could
make the Phils . . . They’re hav
ing trouble keeping Bob Filler
from Cutting loose at New Orleans
... He is so keen to get going
he wants to put the old zing on
every pitch.
Connie Mack broadcasts from
Mexico City that if Bill Werber
is a trouble maker, he’d like to
have a whole team of ’em ... Mrs.
Joe McCarthy can tell whether the
Yanks have won or lost by the way
Joe rings the door bell when he
comes home . . . Bill ^Brandt, Na
tional League publicity director, is
headed South for hi* swing of the
camps.
If Gehrig get his $40,000, the
Yankees will have the most expen
sive infield in base ball history . . .
With Lou getting $40,000, Laz
zeri, $16,000; Crosetti, $13,000,
and Red Rolfe, $11,000, the club
will be putting out $80,000 for the
inner works alone . . . Jeff Moiser
of the St. Pete Independent hears
the Bees are about to peddle Wally
Berger, but Jeff can’t find out
whose going to get him.
Joe McCarthy still thinks he has
the right Di Maggio, but he tips
you not to sell young Vince short
. . . McCarthy got a peek at Joe’s
brother Saturday and yesterday
and believes he is going to make a
first-class third-sacker . . . The
green ensemble G^y Bush of the
Bees is wearing around St. Pete
has the gals—young and old—
ga ga.
Those eminent authors, Jack
Miley (New York News) and James
Cannon (New York American),
went to visit some of their admirers
in Tampa the other night, and
coming home ran out of gas smack
in the middle of the 6-mile Gandy
Bridge . . . They telephoned the
St. Pete cops, who dashed out with
a tank full of petrol.
Big Bill Dwyer, the race hoss
man, tossed a swell feed for Jim
my Braddock in Miami the other
night . , . Daytona Beach is an
ideal training spot . . . Palers and
fans there go for the Cards in a
big way ... In contrast to the old
days, when players were wont to
hoist a stein or two in the evening,
the Yankees line up before a soda
fountain and drink huge beakers
of—you guested it—orange juice.
Those Hogans and Chapmans Go to It Again
Johnny Stone belted the first homer of the year in the initial practice game of the training
season in Florida Saturday as the Hogan Regulars beat the Chapman Yannigans, 6-1. Another
.sir.iri-i sh is listed for i.hm a: e-noon, W")* SiO"s ’s shown cndnuo home just vhtc.d of Chcp
'iio H ' ' °jgn from Hill io MillHs.
. .. — ... w —— — — » . i n ■— m ——.—%
Jimmy DeShong. the runner, had to veer sharply as this shot was taken to avoid crashing into
First Baseman Jimmy Wasdell. DeShong had rolled to Earl McNeely at third base and the coach's
peg not only was slow, hut in the path of the runner. - Photos by Elwood Baker. Star Stag.
PENN FIVE SWEEPS
EAST’S COURT PLAY
Dartmouth Is •'Surprise Team” of
League—Columbia, Princeton
Disappointments.
»hp Associated Pr»*s*.
^TEW YORK, March 15. Pcnnsvl
vania has captured 'he basket ball
championship of ihe Eastern Inter
collegiate League with an undefeated
record, but. Dartmouth's second-place
team proved the real surprise of the
race.
The Indians, not rated among the
contenders at the beginning of the
campaign, produced upset victories
over Yale. Harvard and Columbia in
their drive to the runner-up spot
Dartmouth lost only four games, two
to Penn.
Disappointments were Columbia and
Princeton. Columbia, defending title
holder, barely managed to finish in a
third-place tie with Yale, while Prince
ton wound up just out of the cellar,
held by Cornell, whose young team was
not expected to cut much of s figure
this year.
Despite it-s last-place finish, Cornell
provided the individual high-point
scorer in Walt Foertsch, who estab
lished a new ‘‘modem’’ record total
of 146 points, for an average of 12 per
game.
The final standings:
W. L. Pet. Pis. On.
Pennsylvania . 12 0 1 000 4 d F> 250
Dartmouth 8 4 .687 484 455
Yale 7 5 .682 4 50 408
Columbia 7 5 .582 4 60 422
Harvard .86 .500 424 416
Princeton . - 2 10 .167 274 414
Cornell _.. . 0 12 .000 401 513
fMREt 80SQ * mOlOOUtS
Cramer, Broner, Bussell Balk, but
McNair Will Sign.
SARASOTA, Fla. —Manager Joe
Cronin put his Boston Red Sox
through their paces today with hold
outs reduced to three when shortstop
Eric McNair announced he would sign
his contract.
Outfielder Roger (Doc) Cramer, In
fielder Johnny Kroner and Pitcher
Jack Russell are the only other hold
outs.
A’S HAMMER ROSELL
Take Game From Cuban Hurler
Who Beat Giants Twice.
MEXICO CITY. —Connie Macks
Athletics had little trouble with the
pitching of Rosell, Imported from Cuba
by the Agrarians for their third game
with the American Leaguers, and won,
9 to 4.
Roeell pitched two winning games
against Bill jerry’s Giants in Havanna
earlier In tiw month.
Pro Hockev
By (he Associated Press.
National league.
Montreal Maroons, 6. New York
Americans. 4.
Detroit, 2; Boston, 1.
International-American League.
Syracuse, 4; Springfield, 3
Pittsburgh, 1: New Haven. 0.
Providence, 3; Cleveland, 2
American Association.
Minneapolis. 3; St. Paul, 1.
St lotus, 3; Wichita. 2.
NAVY FENCERS STRONG
Hope for Big Showing in Title
Tourney After Lean Years.
Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS. Md . March 15.—After
a number of lean years at the fencing
game, the Naval Academy has high
j hopes of a leading position in the finals
I of the Intercollegiate Fencing Associa
tion which will be held in New York
: March 26-27
Starting the season with its greatest
| strength with ihe epee, the foil and
saber wielders have improved greatlv,
and the Navy will enter the finals with
a splendidly balanced team.
A week ago, at New Haven, the Navy
led the field in a five-sided match
against Yale, Harvard, Princeton and
the Army, and on Saturday it won
from Columbia, 15'i to 31*4. Navy
saber men won 7 to 2 in their match
with Columbia, which held the cham
pionship with this weapon last year.
I TERRY LIKES HIS GIANTS.
j HAV»NA, Cub?.--Sill Terry. head
ing ooi;n»*rb who hit New 'on;
Cisn.” aT^r tiii'e weeks ol Cuoan
naming, oaid today me ciuo is
stronger than in ISjo, and that Rookie
Cliff Melton’s speed ranks the Giants’
pitching staff with the best in the
league.
Varied Sports
A. A. IT. Basket Ball.
Denver American Beauties, 43;
South Bend, 34.
Amsterdam Mohawks, 34; Cowley,
Wyo., 33.
Salt Lake City Eckers, 37; Gary,
Ind., 35.
Slaton Oilers, 51; Denver Furni
ture, 48.
Lincoln, Nebr., 48; Colorado
Springs Grocers, 31.
Stephen Austin, 52; Southern Ore
gon Normal, 47.
West Texas, 62; Adams State
Teachers, 24.
Oberlin, 44; Rapid City Elks, 34.
Amateur Hockey.
Hershey B'ars, 2; New York
Rovers, 1.
Manhattan Arrows, S; Jamaica
Hawks' 1.
PITT, TEMPLE MEET
FOR BASKET CROWN
Ti« for Lead in Eastern Loop Fol
lows Panthers' Win Over
West Virginia.
'he Associated Press.
jViEW YORK. March 15 -Phi and
Temple are expected to meet ihis
w»ek. for the championship of the
Eastern Intercollegiate Basket, Ball
Conference, each having ended the
season with a record of seven victories
and three defeats. The deadlock for
first place was created Saturday, the
last night of the season, when'Pitt
whipped West Virginia, 48-42. Earlier
in the w'eek the Mountaineers had set
the stage for the Panthers by handing
Temple its third defeat.
Penn Stales Nittany Lions furnished
the big surprise of the conference.
Rated as a sure shot for the cellar,
the Lions finished In third place
one game behind the leaders. Penn
State took two games from Carnegie
Tech. defending champion, and
Georgetown, and handed Pitt one of
its three defeats.
Tech, whose team raptured the pen
nant last Winter, failed even to split
even in its 10 games, winning but
four. Another disappointment was
Georgetown, considered a title threat
in preseason speculation, but which
bogged badly after a fast start and
finished in a last-place tie with West
Virginia. The Hoyas lost eight games
this season, and seven of them came
from conference foes.
Final standings:
w. L. Pet. Pts. Opp pt*.
Temple 7 3 .700 36K 332
•iffsbureh 7 3 .700 .’in'" hi a
Penn arm a * ,«no 237 -xh
Oern*”;* 4 « .400 300 31 ;
Geo-l-iowe. . 3 7 .300 300 320
YVe^ii Virginia. 3 7 .300 31/ 381
G. W. FROSH PLAY W. P. A.
Bureau of Investigation, which thus
far has not been extended in sweeping
through three consecutive games, is
favored to reach the final round of
the District A. A. U. basket ball tourney
tonight when it stacks up against
Rinaldi Tailors in a semi-final game
at Heurich gym at 9:30 o’clock.
The George Washington Freshman,
defending champions, will face Dis
trict W. P. A. tossers at 8 o’clock. The
winners will meet for the title Thurs
day night following a 145-pound
championship argument between Agri
culture and Senate Beer.
CARDS ENJOY TRIP.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The Car
dinals were due to return late today
from the week end jaunt to Havana,
Cuba, where they split two games
with the New York Giants. Paul
Dean’s sore arm seemed in good con
dition as he allowed three hits on
easy pitching.
THEY HAVE HONEY,
BOSSES CONTEND
McKechnie. Quinn Hopeful
of Getting "Waivers on
Second Division."
/This is another of a series of
major league pennant prospects .>
BY PAUL MICKELSOV.
Associated Press Sports Wri>er.
T PETERSBURG, Fla . Mart-,1
15.—Some of those National
league base ball clubs are a
cinch to get stung in that
Boston Bee Hive this year.
On the shores of Tampa Bay, the
two big keepers of the Bees nudg?
each other when they talk about
1937 prospects. And when General
Manager Bob Quinn and Manage
Bill McKechnie get happy for pub
lication about base ball chances th;
honey is in the comb.
Messrs. Quinn and McKechnie, a
pair of droll fellows, don’t expect
the Bees to sting the rest of the
league for a pennant, but they feel
quite confident that their club, a
cellar tenant in 1935, has a great
chance to slip into first division.
“We asked waivers on the cellar
last year and got them,’’ said Quinn.
"This year, we re asking for waivers
on the second division and maybe
we’ll get w'hat we want again. We
don’t like the accomodations in the
second division.’’
Dark Horses of League.
1-ROM a cold, calculating point of
view, the Bees appear to be the
p? *n.: of d;;g noi£*_ of the National
1 eague pennant r.;n A flock of if.:"
not the rosier, out if a few of them
nave the right answer, the Bees will
be tough—and no fooling.
Since the dark, cellar days of
1935 Quinn has pruned his Bee
hive thoroughly. Only four players—
Wally Berger, Bill Urbanski, Bob
Smith and Baxter Jordan—are left
overs. To fill the ranks he has combed
the minors and made trades with %
lot of ball players who are capable
of pulling surprises.
Pitching is the big question mark.
McKechnie has 17 pitchers on the
Bee roster, but only the veteran Dan
ny MacFavden is certain for regular
mound duty.
Best of all the prospects at this
writing are Ira Hutchinson, who won
J3 and lost 8 for St. Paul in '36, and
Bill Weir, a 24-vear-old southpaw
who copped 4 and lost 3 for the Bees
last season. Tou Fette won 25 games
for St. Paul in '36 and is pretty aure
to get a full chance as a starting
regular.
Bush Says He'll Come Back.
^JTHERS with a fine chance of
making good are the veteran Guy
Bush. ex-Cub and Pirate who prom
ised McKechnie he'd win 17 this year;
Bill Perrin, right-hander from New
Orleans; Truett Sewell, rookie from
Buffalo: Vic Frasier, another Chicago
White Sox cast-off like Hutchinson,
and Bill Harris, 36-year-old vet from
Buffalo.
Two new faces are expected In the
infield—Elburt Fletcher, a good
looking first sacker who clouted .343
for Buffalo, and Vince Di Maggio,
brother of the illustrious Yankee Joe,
who looks like the third baseman
Vince can't hit with Brother Joe. but
he s a fine fielder. Jordan, a holdout,
expects to land first, but is going to
have trouble removing Fletcher.
Tony Cuccinello at second and Hal
Wavstler at shsrt will complete the
' probable infield. Wally Berger and
Eugene Moore are fixtures in the out -
i field, with Frank McGowan, who hit ‘
I .358 for Buffalo and won the most val
uable player award of the Interna
tional Teague, almost a certain starter
with them in the garden.
Reserve strength looks much bet
ter than a year ago.
■
AMERICAN DERBY DATED
Big Washington Park. Race Will
Be Staged on June 19.
CHICAGO, March 15 i The
American Derby, for several years one
of the standout events on the Amer
ican turf program, will be resumed
June 19 by the Washington Park
Jockey Club and will carry an added
money value of $25,000.
The race, for 3-year-olds, will be
l'« miles, and if the winner be the
colt or filly that has won the Ken
tucky Derby, Preakness or Belmont
stakes, its owner will get a $5,000
premium.
The race first was run in 1884. Last
year It w'as not on Washington Park's
program because a suitable date W'as
not available. Black Helen won It In
1935 and Cavalcade in 1934.
f out Whtets Complete
F o ft D $ a 50
78 to '36
CHEV.
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Chrysler O I 0
De Soto, 6-8
Dodge, DD-DH
Essex, ’29-'35
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