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Crawley Sweepstakes and Three Special Matches Occupy Bowlers on Week End — —.. " " * — 1 ■■ A ■ ■ ■ .I ■ Jk . From the Press Box Terry Bold in Saying His Giants Are Good By JOHN LAKDNER, 8pecial Correspondent of The Star. WINTER HAVEN Fla., March 23 (N.A.NA.).—A man who stares so boldly into the future that some times the future gets insulted and takes a sock at him is William Harold Terry, manager of the New York Giants, champions of the world in 1933, 1936 and 1937. Almost since the time he took over the ball club from the late John J. McGraw. Mr. Terry has been win ning pennants in March, with a few well-chosen words. He was wrong in ’35: he scored in '36 and '37: he missed again in '38. Last spring he hauled in his belt two notches and spoke as follows: “This is the greatest team I ever managed We'll win.” Destiny will stand for so much, and no more. After taking one long look at the ball club which William glorified with this spacious descrip tion. she wound up and hit the out spoken fellow right on the jaw. That was no pennant-winner she seen Bill with. It was just a second division ball club. Bonura, Solvo Made Terry Look Greatly Wrong Belatedly, Mr. Terry admitted he Was wrong. He was wrong for strange reasons, considering that most of the time he is sharper than the sharpest razor in Jack Black burn’s arsenal. He took somebody’s word for it that Zeke Bonura was a great first baseman, and somebody else's word for it that Manuel Salvo would win him 20 games, and forgot all he should have known about George Myatt, his wishful third baseman. This team might have gone higher than it did if Bill Jurges had not taken it into his head to spit at Umpire George Magerkurth on one of those splendid July after loons when everybody feels good and all the world loves a lover. Magerkurth replied by patting Billy affectionately on the nose. Both hands were fined, and Jurges was suspended for 10 days. The Giants went into a tailspin from Which they never recovered. But Terry never would have won With those Giants even if Jurges had not confused Umpire Mager kurth with his cuspidor back home. They weren’t made to win. The pitching wasn’t there, and Terry had three big holes in his infield. Does that sound like a Terry team? Uh uh. Pitching and an airtight Infield always were the strong cards In the Terry system. Giants Have Infielders Quite Able to Field So this year Memphis Will con tents himself with saying, “The team that beats us will win the pennant.” Many critics go farther. They say: “The teams that beat the Giants will finish first, second, third, fourth and fifth.” Let us see what the Iron Chan cellor has. done about patching his tires. The Giant camp is full of infielders who can field the ball. That shows that William reacted strongly to those infield leaks last year. Burgess Whitehead, a good defensive second baseman, is no better than an understudy to the new flash, Mickey Witek, rescued from the oblivion of the Yankees’ Newark farm, where he was waiting for Joe Gordon to die of old age. Glen Stewart, at third base, also can field. Jurges always could, and Babe Young, the handsome youth at first base, is three times as fast as Bonura, though still no threat to the memory of George Sisler. In other words, this is a better in field than the Giants had last year, defensively. Witek and Jurges seem set. But will the other boys hit—the boys at the ends, first base and third, where an infield's hitting ought to be? Bill's Pitching Staff Not so Fancy Young must pull the ball far and often to right to earn his oats. Terry has yet to give Stewart his formal blessing. The camp is crawl 4 ing with third basemen—Stewart, Myatt, Lou Chiozza and the trans planted Whitehead. Treason or not, I think that Whitehead looks the best of them. So the infield still is mostly guess work. The outfield is good if Ott’s legs hold up and Joe Moore does not collapse in sections around Frank Demaree. Johnny Rucker, up from Georgia, nephew of the treat Nap Rucker, is the best-look ing replacement—very fast, and they say can hit some, though he looks on the light side. But pitchers? Terry has drawn only two cards to his weak 1939 hand, right-handers named Bob Carpenter and Roy Joiner, from Jersey City. For the rest, it’s Hub bell, Gumbert, Schumacher. Melton, Lohrman, Salvo and Castleman again. Gumbert is the ace. That’s the tipoff. The club has the advantage of a manager who makes few mistakes on the field. But once in a while 4 he makes a mistake elsewhere, and I think he is making one of those even now when he says the Giants Will be in the pennant fight. Petworth Nine Drills Petworth A. C. will hold a base ’ ball practice tomorrow afternoon. Candidates are to report at 416 Delafleld place N.W. at 1:30 o'clock. Masonic Interloop Match, Schoolboy Rolloff on Tap Shaffers Guests at New Del Ray Plant; D. L. Rollers Use Broom Jimmy Smith of the Western Electric League, the defending champion, and a flock of other bowlers of all classes today and to night were to trek to Mount Rainier to roll in the fifth annual Pop Crawley Sweepstakes, a five-game handicap event held in honor of the nearby Maryland bowling pro prietor. Three special matches round out the week-end duckpln card. Columbia at 2:30 p.m. was to stage the Inter-High League rolloff be tween Roosevelt, winner of the first series, and Central, which copped the second half. Rolling for Roose velt were to be Martin Rhodes, Jack Hankla, Tom Marcellino, Ernest Vitale and Bud Cozlin, the city’s junior champion. The Central combination was to be Don Hurd, who won the league championship with an average of 117; James Tar bett. Bob Bonham, Richard Tucker and Dick Mosser. The winners will receive individual medals given by Beryl English of the Columbia. Masons Open Series. The first block of the annual interleague matches between picked teams of the Almas Temple and Masonic loops will be the attraction at Almas Temple, starting at 7 p.m. Harold J. Seeley, president of the Almas Temple League, will have as his teammates Louis Rose, Tom Courtney, Mischel Daoud and Carl Werner. The Masonic loop team will be composed of Lee Brown, Sam Simon, Abe Povich, Otey Brown, Irvine Billhimer and Bill Wolfe. The leading Shaffer's Flower Shop quint of the National Capital League will be the guest rollers at the new Del Rav, Va„ drives. Teams, dou bles and singles matches will start at 8 p.m. Clean Sweeps Prevail. Clean sweeps ruled in the Dis trict League last night as Chevy Chase whitewashed Lucky Strike. Georgetown put the bee on Co lumbia and Arcadia shellacked Brookland. Jack Talbert was the heaviest wal loper among the city's leading shooters as he paced Chevy Chase's top team count of 1,941 with 166— 443. Ed Nash also had a prominent hand in the victory with 151—422, Irwin Simon was high for the Luck ies with 383. Timely marking in the final frames of all three games gave Arcadiailts 3-0 win. Lou Jenkins, who earlier in the week roled 461 for an all time Petworth League record, came back with 408 to lead the charge, with Fred Murphy's 398 helping out. Joe Freschi's top string of 167 and a 420 plus Bob Temple’s 163—390 kept the Brooklanders in the battle all the way. Arcadia registered 1,899 to 1 837 for the losers. Joe Di Misa’s 382 and Lawrence Pugh's 379 were the potent wallops in the Georgetown decision. Sub, Ex-Cripple Star as Kansas, Trojans Gain Court Final Victors Clash to Carry West's Banner Into National Finale By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, March 23.—A substitute and an ex-cripple are the heroes of the Western N. C. A. A. basket ball finals that end tonight with two of the Nation’s foremost coaches guiding the quintets in the battle for first place and the right to meet the Eastern champion here March 30 for the national title. Joe Reising, a bulky 6-foot 5-inch center, sat on the bench all during the first half, but got into enough action in the final period to bring Sam Barry and his Southern Cali fornia five a 38-to-32 triumph over Colorado. Howard Engleman, of little use to Kansas all during the season be cause of a stubborn knee, splattered 21 points through the hoop as Dr. F. C. Allen's youngsters whipped Rice, 50 to 44. The two losers play in tonight’s first game for third place honors. Ranking Capital Netmen In 7Y7 Indoor Meet Three of Washington’s first five ranking tennis players and its na tional boy champion were to play each other today and early this eve ning in the semifinals of the Y. M. C. A.’s annual indoor net tourna ment. Hugh Lynch and Jimmy Farrin, old rivals who are seeded second and third, respectively, were rivals in the first match at 2:30 o'clock while Defending Champion David John sen takes on Bobby Bensinger, in door king of the country’s boy play ers, at 6:15. Bensinger is seeded fourth. New Faces Pack Preliminaries Of McDowell-Dorval Ring Bill Monday night's boxing program for Turner's Arena was completed today and the card continues Pro moter Joe Turner’s policy of im porting new faces, with all but two of the gladiators from foreign pre cincts. Wild Bill McDowell and Jackie Dorval will supply the fea ture bout, an eight-rounder. Two other eights pit Matt Per ' fetti of Brooklyn against Johnny Marcelline of Philadelphia and Tony Sarullo, Philadelphia; against Jimmy Fontani, Brooklyn. In four round engagements Walter Johnson of Jersey City mingles with Vic Finazzo and Buddy Holmes clashes with Sammy Williams. Turner also hopes to pit the win ner of the McDowell-Dorval fight against Phil Furr the following week. Furr, highest ranking wel terweight in the city, is in the throes of a successful comeback that has netted seven consecutive victories. A victory over the un ranked McDowell would do him no good as far as ratings go, but would prove to the public's satisfaction that he is back in the first 10 to stay because Whacky William ap pears to be on his way up the ladder. GRI*F AND JOE, JR.—Clark Griffith, head man of the Na tionals. greeted his young grandson, Joe Cronin, 2d, with the langyage he knows best—a baseball—when the lad paid him a visit at Orlando. The youngster’s dad is manager of the Boston Rod Sox and his mother is Mildred Cronin, Griff's adopted daughter. —Wide World Photo. Nuggets and Phillips Shoot It Out Again In Basket Final Schedule Maker's Dream Comes True in National A. A. U. Tournament I By the Associated Press. DENVER, March 23—It’s taken nearly a week's play, 48 games, to prove what most people believed right along—that the National Champion Denver Nuggets and the Phillips 66 Giants from Oklahoma’s flat lands again are the class of the National A. A. U. basket ball tourna ment. Now these two veteran combina tions in "big league” basket ball come up to the finals for the second straight year. They’ll clash for the championship at 9 o’clock tonight before probably 6,000 or more in the city auditorium. Wins Title by Three Points. Last year the mountain team snatched a 25-22 victory over Phillips, which has been runnerup twice but never won a national title. The final game is a schedule mak er's dream come true. The teams have clashed frequently over a four year span and the lusty feeling be tween them is like the rivalry of two high school teams from the same town. If the Nuggets play tonight as masterfully as they did in crushing Oakland Golden State, 46 to 32, in last night's semifinals, it may be impossible to head them away from their second consecutive title—a double no national champion has posted since the Tulsa Oilers in 1933 34. Phillips Given a Battle. By contrast, the Phillips had a terrific struggle with the young Seattle Savidges outfit and won, 43 to 31, only after a brilliant counter attack late in the game. Seattle, manned by University of Washington players, and Oakland will play for third place at 8:30 p.m. Phillips was champion this sea son and Denver was runnerup in the Missouri Valley circuit, one of the fastest in basket ball. Walter Johnson Draws Soft Slab Assignment Walter Johnson, the former Wash ington hurling hero, today received another pitching assignment, but It doesn't figure to harm his mellowing arm. It calls for only one pitch. Johnson has accepted an invita tion to toss out the first ball here on May 5 to signal the official start of the second annual national semi pro baseball day, sending players on some 30,000 diamonds throughout the Nation into action. The semi pro season will culminate in the sixth annual national championship tourney at Wichita, Kans., August 16-28. Card Rook Apt to Send Gutteridge to Bench B* the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 23.—From present indications the “arrival” of Rookie Marion Martin as a shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals is going to shunt Veteran Third Baseman Don Gutteridge benchward. If Martin can hold down short, Jimmy Brown is ex pected to settle at third. This may eliminate the erratic third-base throwing of old, but also will take some speed and color out of the infield. Tiger Rookie Ambitious CLEARWATER. Fla., March 23 (iP).—Rookie Outfielder Pat Mullin of the Tigers has a pet dream— hitting a ball over the scoreboard in center field in Briggs Stadium at Detroit. That’s a mere 500 feet from home plate. i Maryland's Teh Given Outside Chance in Lacrosse Opener Faces Mount Washington; * Terp Nine in Debut At Chapel Hill * Although not in the best physical ■ condition, the University of Mary land's lacrossemen were given an outside chance against Mount Washington’s potent array of stick men in their opening match this afternoon at College Park. The face-off was scheduled for 2:30. The contest officially inaugurates the collegiate spring sports program. Maryland's'diamond forces also will undergo their baptism of Are this afternoon at Chapel Hill, where the Terps were slated to open a 4-game road trip against North Carolina. Maryland potentially is a good lacrosse team, fully capable of de fending the championship crown it captured last season once it strikes its true stride, but Coach Jack Faber is afraid his men will not measure up to their star-studded opponents in the curtain-raiser. The Mounties have been hard at work for a month and expect to start off in high gear, while Maryland has been ham pered by unfavorable weather and illness among certain squad mem bers. Mount Washington’s line-up em braces names well known among lacrosse fans. It will take the field with Fritz Styde at goal; Don Buck and Phil Weitzel, points; Sonny Kneipp and Gary Todd, defense; "Rip” Hewitt, center; Lome Guild and Jack Turnbull, attack; Fred Stieber and Tom Dukehart, in and out home, respectively. The combi nation represents a veteran line-up with a sprinkling of new faces to bolster weak positions. The team is favored to retain its club cham pionship this year. Maryland, which upset the Balti moreans by an 11-1 count last spring, will start with Mark Kelly, goal: Billy Graham and Leo Mueller, points: Milt Mulitz and Jack Muel ler. defense: Bill Cole, center; Jim Heil and Oscare Nevares, attack: Jordan Sexton and Bill Bond, out and in home, respectively. The only other activity scheduled on the collegiate front was an intra squad baseball game at Georgetown, which Coach Joe Judge hoped to stage despite the unseasonable weather. Scheduled to open their campaign against Penn next Wed nesday at the Hilltop, the Hoyas are sadly in need of practice, which has been limited because of rain and a soggy field. College Sports * Baseball. Duke. 19: Pennsylvania. 6 Washington & Lee. 5: Ohio State. 0. Michigan State. 3: Georgia. 2. Mississippi. 4; Bradley Tech. 3. L. 8. U„ 10: Northwestern, 1. Iowa. 7; Louisiana Tech. 4. Oklahoma A. & M . 8: Baylor, 5. Illinois Wesleyan. 22: Hiwassee. 3. Golf. Washington it Lee. 6; Pennsylvania. 8. Georgia. 1014: Yale. 7%. Tennis. Duke. 8: Michigan State. I. Davidson. 6: Georgia. 2. ✓ District Badminton Title Sweep Again Goal of Bakers % Joel Faces Shreve, Kay Plays Polly Thompson In Singles Tussles Again that almost traditional slogan of Washington’s badminton colony, “A Baker in every final.” will prevail tomorrow afternoon when five 1940 championships go on the block at Kensington’s Na tional Guard Armory. And, because ,Joel Baker and his wife, Kay, are sole or co-defending champions in every event and simultaneously are regarded as the best locally in the sport, new cham pions should be as rare as bathing suits in tomorrow’s Easter parade. Meet Surprise Contenders. Although the Bakers will have surprise contenders to meet in the singles finals, neither Bill Shreve nor Polly Thompson is expected to continue the upsets they registered last night. Shreve, seeded third, defeated Herb Bryant, the lad who previously had knocked off second seeded Max Farrington, 15—6, 15—11, while Miss Thompson, young est of a whole family of badminton ers, provided the most startling upset in the women's section by licking second-seeded Margaret Graham. 11—4, 11—5. However, Miss Thompson and Shreve will match the Bakers by be ing fco-finalists in every title match. Shreve will pair with John Edwards to play Baker and Farrington for the men's doubles championship and Miss Thompson will team with Mrs. Baker against the Ryan sisters, Mary and Margaret, for the womens tan dem crown. Then, as a fitting cli max for their week of progress, Shreve and Miss Thompson will Join hands against the Bakers for the mixed doubles title. Matches Start at 2. Incidentally, the second-seeded team of Mrs. Graham and Farring ton were victims of the Thompson Shreve combination last night when they bowed in the semifinals, 5—15, 15—9, 15—11. Tlie first of tomorrow's five title matches starts at 2 o'clock with the women’s singles, men's singles, wom en's doubles, men's doubles and mixed doubles being run off in that order. Final consolation matches were to be played this afternoon with- John Donohoe meeting the winner of the Fred Merrill-Wes Sternberg semifinal for the men's singles and Donohoe and Howard Chase meeting Bryant and Fred Merrill for the men's doubles. Mixed doubles consolation honors lay be tween Mary Ryan and Donohoe and Charlotte Decker and Sternberg. Hoppe, Once Boy Cue Wonder, Is Dazzler As an Old Man Trims Defending Champ For Eighth Straight Carom Tourney Win B* the Associated Press. CHICAGO. March 23. — Willie Hoppe tfced to dazzle the billiard fans as a boy wonder—now he is dazzling them as an old man, from a competitive standpoint. Hoppe won his first billiards title 34 years ago as a lad of 18. He's on his way to another championship today with eight straight victories and no defeats in the world three cushion battle. The tourney runs until April 5, but the other 10 com petitors haven’t a chance unless somebody trims Hoppe. Champion Easy for Hoppe. Allen Hall. Chicago star, will try what the others have failed to do in his feature match with the New York veteran tonight. Hoppe ran up a 50-to-29 victory on Defending Champion Welker Cochran of San Francisco last night, scoring 27 points in the first 13 frames while Cochran was get ting 3 points. The loss was Cochran’s fifth in nine games. Thumblad in Fettle. Arthur Thumblad of Kenosha, Wis., turned In his finest perform ance so far when he defeated Joe Chamaco of Mexico City, 50 to 46, in 39 innings. The victor had a high run of 9, best of the day. Johnny Layton of Sedalia, Mo., defeated Hall, 50 to 28, in 33 innings, and Arthur Rubin of New York de feated Tiff Denton of Kansas City, 50 to 32 in 55 innigs. The standings: High Best Player. W. L. run. game. Willie Hopoe_8 0 12 33 Jay Bozeman_0 3 10 30 Jake Schaefer _0 3 7 40 Allen Hall _ 6 4 10 34 Joe Chamaco_5 4 11 46 Johnny Layton_ 5 5 7 44 Welker Cochran_ 4 5 8 50 Tiff Denton _ 4 6 8 51 Otto Relselt _ 3 7 8 45 Arthur Rubin _ 3 7 6 30 Arthur Thurnblad3 8 0 30 Stengel-Terry Huddle Brings Trade Talk By the Associated Press. SARASOTA, Fla., March 23.—A trade between the Boston Bees and the New York Giants is going through the rumor mill as a result of a long huddle yesterday by Man agers Casey Stengel and Bill Terry. The Bees want an outfielder, leading to speculation that Jo-Jo Moore might join the Boston club. Torrid Hockey Due Tomorrow As Stanley War Is Renewed By the Associated Press. 4 All-square after an up and a down apiece, the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers take up the major battle of the 1940 hockey playoff series for the Stanley Cup tomorrow night. The New York Americans and Detroit Red Wings also clash to morrow in the rubber game of their best-of-three series. The Victor will go on to play Toronto’s Maple Leafs, who eliminated Chicago last Thurs day, and the survivor of that round * will go into the Anal tussle with the Bruins or Rangers. On their performance last night, when the Americans won, 5-4, to square the series, neither team has any right to come near the Stanley Cup final. The Bruins tomorrow will have the slight advantage that goes with playing on their home rink, but they’ll probably need it. The scene shifts to New York for the fourth game Tuesday and alternates with each game up to the limit of seven. I Texas' Production of Golf Aces Due to Easy Courses in Lone Star State, Says Nelson By the Awoclated Presi. GREENSBORO, N. C., March 23. —Paradoxical though It may seem, United States Open Champion Byron Nelson believes the State of Texas has turned out so many fine golfers because the courses on which they learned the game were easy. ‘‘You’ll hear a lot of people say that it’s best to break in on a really tough course,” Nelson said today as he waited to tee off in the first round of the Greensboro Opei). “I look at it just the opposite way. Difficult Course Scares ’Em. “A difficult course, for a beginner will make him scared of the game. There’ll be so much potential trou ble in sight every time he hits a ball that he’s constantly tightened up, but on a ceurse with big, broad fairways, he learns to gauge his shots properly for distance and wind conditions, to hit the ball freely. Eventually that becomes bred into his game and is a fundamental part of it by the time he moves up to a real championship course.'f Byron himself is one of the out standing products of the Texas lings. Another is Ben Hogan, co favorite for first money here on the strength of his North-South vic tory. Still a third is Jimmy Dema ret, the No. 1 money winner of the year, and others are Ralph Ouldahl. Greensboro winner a year ago; Lloyd Mangrum. one of the up-and-coming youngsters, and Dick Metz and Harry Cooper, who learned the game down there, although they aren’t native Texans. “Even the kind of grass on the Texas courses is a help,” Nelson continued. “It’s a Bermuda grass that sets the ball up for you so that you can pick it off clean. The ball doesn’t do any floating, the way it does when you hit it off the soft grass you find on Eastern and Cali fornia courses, where the ball often is half buried.” A third reason for the Texans’ rise to prominence in the golfing picture, Nelson feels, is the fact that most of them started from scratch. Or, as he puts it, "when you start out playing for nickels and dimes that mean something to you, you're going to learn to play win ning golf or have to quit the game entirely.” First Prize Worth »1,80*. They’re not playing for nickels and dimes any more. The Texans and the rest of the touring troupe— Sam Snead, Clayton Heafner, Gene Sarazen, Henry Picard and Co — are playing for $5,000 here, with first money of $1,200 to be awarded thp winner late Monday afternoon. The first two rounds will be played the Starmount Forest Country Club, where par is 71, and Monday's final 36 at the Springfield Country Club, where it's 70. Snead set the tourney record of 271 in 1938. Straight Off the Tee By WALTER McCALLUM. Initial tournament on the sched ule of the Kenwood Golf and Coun try Club, where George Diffenbaugh presides over the golf shop like a placid Buddha, content in the thought that a banner golf season is in the offing, will be a two-man team championship, played with club handicaps. “It will be the first of its kind held at this club,” says George, “and we'll ask all members to play. But we won't have two class A players together. A class A player can have a class B man as his partner, or a class B man can have a class C man, but there won’t be any of those low-handicap play ers breezing through without a struggle. It will be the first big affair on a lengthy schedule for this club.” Golf Chairman Andrew S. Bain, a veteran in golf affairs, virtually has completed his schedule, but all the dates haven't been finally O. K.’d and it won't be out until next week. Peacock Plays Nine in 30. Meanwhile, on the course Diffen baugh looks for considerable im provement this year, particularly on ihe back nine, where several changes have been made. But they didn't bother Roger Peacock, the Middle Atlantic amateur, champion, as Roger breezed over that stretch with a 6 under par score of 30 and a score for the round of 68. That's a pretty good chunk of golf any way you look at it, even with win ter rules still in effect. Roger played the nine this way: Par . 345 544 434—36 Peacock . 343 533 324—30 “I’ve always wanted to make six 3s in nine holes,” said Roger. “But that putt on the 17th slipped in for a deuce. It was a ticklish putt and I played it cozy, just trying for a 3, and it went in.” As if a nine like that isn’t suffi cient warning that Peacock is going to be a tough hombre again this year come reports from Indian Spring that Roger has been burn ing up the track out there. “If that boy ever gets a consistently good putting stroke and stops putting in streaks he'll be far and away the best around this town,” said Mel Shorey. the Indian Spring pro. “He is hitting the ball a mile and is knocking the pin out of the green Canadian Keglers Make Bid for Title Tonight By the Aisoriited Press. DETROIT, March 23.—Pin snipers from 14 different States as well as two lineups from Canada. Winnipeg and Montreal, will face the setups in the American Bowling Congress championships tonight, adding more International color to the big pin classic. The card is studded with potent groups and the score keepers expect another shakeup among the leaders such as occurred last night when teams from Hinsdale, 111, and Chi cago took over second and third positions in the five-man event standings. Industrial Franchise Open One franchise is vacant in the Industrial Baseball League, a week day organization, and strong un limited teams interested in obtain ing it may communicate with President Bill Flester at District 4089. Heurich Brewers, O’Donnell’s Sea Grill, Cameo Furniture and Old Milwaukee are the other teams in the circuit. 20 Years Ago In The Star The Nats were to open a long exhibition series with the world champion Cincinnati Reds at Tampa today. Johnson and Zachary were to hurl. Yesterday the team beat the Cuban all stars, 3 to 2, as each side got four hits. Schacht, Carlson and Snyder hurled for Washington. Georgetown opened its baseball season with a 7 to 0 victory over Rock Hill here. Harry Sullivan led the winning attack with three hits. Fitzgerald and Hyman al lowed the losers one hit each. John G. Ladd, manager of baseball at George Washington, is sure that the G Streeters are in for a successful season. The team is working out on the Monument lot diamond. “I am anxious to meet Jack Dempsey for the title as soon as a match can be made, here, or abroad,” said Georges Carpentier upon his arrival In New York yesterday. i with those iron shots. Boy, I'd like to have his game from tee to green.” Over at Columbia Dr. Paul Stewart, golf chairman, has made no plans for opening day, which usually falls late in April, when the club members formally abandon winter rules, and go back to playing the ball where it lies. Columbia has for years made quite a fuss about opening day, staging a big tournament for all members with a dinner at ni°ht. and at the same time annor-’" ”•* the complete golf schedule. weather has been so bad v. - vent given much thought to ; edule.” said beam ing Red Banagan, right hand man of the golf chairman. They have a good deal of good natured banter ing about their golf committee at Columbia, but when they want a job done it's done right. House Improvements Under Way. Columbia, with a very large mem bership, is enlarging its clubhouse, extending the dining room out to ward the first tee, and at the same time extending the locker room. The ! improvements, which have been in progress for months, will be com pleted within six weeks. Meanwhile, over in the woods be hind the first tee. work goes forward on the new second hole, which may be ready for play this year. The hole will be lengthened around 70 yards, and the tee shot. Instead of going down to the bottom of the hill im mediately in front of the green, will stop on top of the hill, where a good Iron shot will be needed to get home. Only a tee shot of the biggest kind can get down the hill. In future years some slugger may stalk into the locker room and an nounce that he drove to the bottom of the hill on the second hole, but it will take a big wallop from the new' tee. The hole has been one of those frequent birdie affairs from the old tee, but hasn’t been by any means a pushover. On the rest of the course Columbia is standing pat. It's a good golf course, one of the best anywhere in the East, and they don’t have to do much changing around out there. And as for length, Columbia has plenty of that, from any set qf tees. Take Fred McLeod's word. “We have several holes billed as par 4s. which just can’t be reached in two shots in this weather,” says Freddie. Fort Stevens Baseball Candidates Meet A meeting of candidates for the Fort Stevens Post base ball team to play in the American Legion Junior League this year will be held in club rooms at 5824 Georgia avenue N.W., tomorrow at 1 p.m. The veteran pilot, Joseph A. Ashi again will lead the squad and invites all boys interested in playing on the team and who were not 17 years of age on January 1,1940, to attend the meeting. Baltimorean Gets Racing Post at Cleveland Track By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March 23.—North Randall track will put up *150,000 in purses for its 28 days of running races, May 22 to June 22. The first handicap, the *1,000 Inaugural, will be held opening day. It is for 3-year-olds and up at 11-16 miles. John P. Turner of Baltimore, Hialeah Park and Maryland Turf ofllcial, has been engaged as presid ing steward and racing secretary. William C. Daly of Forest Hills, N. Y., will be starter. Buc Vets Are Slugging SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 (A5).—Frankie Frisch and the rest of the Pirates are talking about Arky Vaughan and Paul Waner. In 14 games Vaughan has made 22 hits in 48 times at bat for a .458 average and Waner 13 in 31 for .419. Feller Appears in Form FORT MYERS, Fla., March 23 (A5).—Rapid Robert Feller is in form and the Indians are happy in spite of their third straight exhibition setback yesterday. Feller blanked Rochester for four innings, fanning eight, walking one and allowing two hits. MATINEE DAILY 3—6 PM. NIGHTS 8—11 PM. F>»nt H». »10» I The Sportlight Tussle for Soph Crown Stirs Yanks, Bosox By GRANTLAND RICE, Special Correspondent of The Star. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 23 (N.A.N.A.) — The somewhat steamy rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox doesn’t stop at the two ba'l clubs. It has moved along now to the matter of crowning the 1940 king of the sophomore crop. And the only two names mentioned in both camps are Ted Williams of the Red Sox and Charley Keller of the Yankees. As a starter, both are long-range, powerful hitters. Both are good outfielders. Both are hustlers. Both have good arms. The Red Sox are solidly back of 21-year-old Williams, their tall, willowy pasture man, who broke into the big show with a crash last spring. “Young Keller of the Yankees is a fine ball player,” Joe Cronin said, when I shoved the debate toward the Red Sox leader. “But in my opinion Williams has his chance to be one of the great ball players of all time. He is only 21 years old, and yet he is already one of the out standing stars. With any luck this next season, Ted might lead the league in home runs and long-dis tance hitting. He is a powerful kid. with a fine, free swing, and he has complete faith in himself.” "Keller is just a trifle faster." another Red Sox backer cut in, "but Williams has a slightly better arm and has just a shade to spare in outfield play. I also think he ll out hit Keller this season. Williams also has more color, and that doesn't hurt you any.” Yanks Say Their Man Is Harder Hitter At this spot we moved over into the Yankee circle. "Keller and Williams are well ahead of the sophomore crop,” one of the Yankee veterans said, "and the pair should put up a great race. But I’ll still string with young Keller. He may not hit as manv home runs as Williams will, but he’il get more doubles and triples and hit the ball harder on a general average. "You see, Williams strictly is a pull hitter. His target is the right field wall. Keller hits to any field. He is a hard man to play for. as no one can figure whether his next punch will be down the left field foul line or a crack into center or deep right.” “How will they compare with Joe Di Maggio?” I asked. "Neither is a Di Maggio now,” one of the older group answered. "They never may quite be. as Joe is some thing for anybody to outplay. Any one who comes along good enough to outhit, outfield and outthrow ~ Di Maggio will have to be a super star.” ! Charley Is Serious, Earnest Player Of the two sophomore brilliants. Keller is the more serious type. No ball player ever kept in better shape. When he was playing for Maryland, you’d find him up around 7 am. turning out 2 or 3 miles a day to keeD his legs right. He is power fully built, around 190 pounds, with a pair of big hands, big forearms, broad shoulders and a deep chest. As he told me last fall, “You have to have strong hands and strong forearms when you start milking 18 cows a day at the age of 8.” Keller wants all the advice he can get from those who know more baseball. He is loaded down with ambition, willing to pay the price demanded for stardom. For him— Early to bed and early to rise Is a pretty fair thing for the young batting eyes. He also knows you can't bat around .350 and bat around all night. Ted Is More Relaxed, Enjoys Big Laugh Ted Williams Is a different type. He is much more relaixed than Kel ler ever could be. On the tall, lean and lank side, he has more natural grace in moving around or swinging a bat. He may be intense enough at the plate, but he leans more to the lighter side of life. Williams is a good kidder. Keller Isn’t. Williams has a big laugh, * where Keller has a slight grin—now and then. They both are young stars largely i through their power at the bat. One Yankee player admitted that Williams, playing 77 games in the * Yankee Stadium, would be good for at least 45 home runs a year. This season in Boston he has only a 350 or a 360 foot target to bombard, but that’s still no popup or bunt. At the ages of 21 and 23 both have their chance to go a long, long way for many, many years. Cobb, Ruth, Speaker and others have dropped out of the parade. The game must have replacements to All these big gaps—and the game usually gets them. Modern baseball demands more power than the old game knew, for the old game was built more along scientific lines. Di Maggio, Williams and Keller have the power needed today, on the younger side, and they also have something more—all around baseball skill. WANTED We hove openings for two Au tomobile Salesmen in our New Car Department. Must be re liable and experienced men. Opportunity with the Distributor for Chrysler and Plymouth cars. A connection that provides a real background for Salesmen. 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