1937-04-03 [P A-10]
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Griff Right-Field Job Wide Open : Club Looms as Surprise Entry Too ■TON WATCHES Black Cat Breaks Tradition Champ Has Packing Case, To Heap Good Fortune Upon WRIGHT SPARKLE Promoter Turner READY FOR CAMP Wrestling(7 Muddle to Fade as Washington Is Likely to Go Hill Is Yet to Get Chance. G. W.’s Dozen Miscues Win Begins Show Better Than in ’36 Race, Club, in Hitting Slump, for Penn State—Maryland Fighters Signs of Real Action. Powers Warns. Bows to Phillies. Bows to Dartmouth. bJ the Associated Press. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, base ball on the 3.—The April 3 —The Wash- 8taQ Correspondent 01 The Star. part of two local college nines, April heavy- weight title fight situation—a ington team Bucky Harris is Fla., April 3.—The right- George Washington and Mary- to fans and carpentering down South may land, resulted in defeats for both jig-saw puzzle field job on the Washington SCHOOLBOYISH be in the officials alike these many CHICAGO.the surprise entry was wide as Penn State by 12 CHICAGO, ball club finally flung yesterday profited weeks— up with a American League race. The Nationals errors to beat the Colonials, 9-5, and began clearing TAMPA,open today. were rather a in the 1936 in the last rush of activity in the rival camps surprise As this Spring train- Dartmouth scored 10 runs predicted early today. campaign, when they came up from Bucky Harris has three innings to nose out the Terps, ing seige. Manager Champion James J. Braddock, an ordinary sixth of the previous sea- believe that Freddie 13-12. The latter game was called at ceased to Big scheduled to meet Challenger Joe son to finish fourth, a fraction of a what the end of the eighth inning. Sington earns the assignment on j (Bomber) Louis at Comiskey Park the point out of third and one game out Tire ■ Vince De Angelis of G. W. had he promises to accomplish. job of June 22, his for of second place. Washington will be four hits until the night packed bags for four weeks was Sington's yielded only up better as which a trip to a camp in the Wisconsin this Summer and should do and Jesse eight, in which he was removed after now is public property Hill, woods near Stone Lake, where he will well or better than last. three more, but the even dozen miscues Rookie Taft Wright and Sington are spend five weeks resting and condi- The Washington infield will be of his mates, five of them by Third starting from scratch in an attempt tioning. stronger by the return of Buddy Myer Baseman Tim a part to crash the Nationals' regular line-up. Stapleton, played to second base. The leagu batting in the scoring of every run charged It was Katy-bar-the-door yesterday Gould Assures Mayor. champion in 1935, Myer was an in- him. De infield failed in Winter Haven, marking the first against Angelis’ manager, Joe Gould, who as- valid through last season and for the him Second Baseman Wil- T_JIS time Bucky has tampered seriously : completely, sured Mayor Edward J. Kelly greater part of a year was on a strict liams with three errors with the line-up with which he orig- being charged and every one within hearing yester- green leaf diet. Now he's back on and First Bareman Johnson kicking in inally hoped to open the season. Sing- day that "Braddock fights Louis here steaks and baked Idohas and appar- with two. ton was yanked from the batting order and all other offers definitely are off,” ently as sprightly as ever. At that, the latter might have been with complete thoroughness. Wright, considered approximately 50 bids for Shanty Hogan, down to a trifling a hero had it not been for his last only left-handed hitter of the trio, was Chicago camp sites where the title- 225 pounds and throwing with the for smacked a homer sent to right field and he responded error, “Lefty'’ holder will devote the strenuous por- accuracy of a Marine rifleman, has with two on in the fifth, which tied of his solved Harris’ with a bang-up performance. Hill, tion workouts, including spar- catching problems and the score at 3-3. It was the only made the secession of Clif Bolton an yet to get a 'real chance this year, is ring. of the at which the Colo- item being withheld for the time being stage game Under terms of the contract, both of little importance. nials were on even terms with the must start active chiefly because Harris is fairly cer- principals training Lions. in or near a Hogan’s Comeback tain of what Jesse can do. Nittany workouts Chicago month Remarkable. H. A. due to no fault of the G W U. AB. H. O A Penn St AB O before the fight. Braddock’s camp several trials. Fred Meanwhile, 4 2 2 2 H’rison.ss 5 2 2 2 Smgton, Stap'n.lb may be north along the Lake /^FTER right-fielding, the Nats today nursed Warns.2b 5 0 4 2 Wear 2b <i ti fi 2 Michigan the one-time Alabama foot ball J'nson.lb 5 111 I Odessa.cf 5 1 10 shore or west of the in 1937—a Loop the Fox seems their first losing streak of Zel'ska.lf 4 10 0 Kornlck.c 0 o 4 O star, to have overcome his o 1 1 O River Valley. Julian Black, one of two-in-a-row string after the Phillies DeA’s.p.rf 4 2 2 Brake.If 5 muscle-bound swing and throw and 1 o 1 o Vo'arx.lb 4 oil o Joe Turner additions to his business family. Br’nen.cf the Brown Bomber’s managers, arrived is finished yesterday. Avenging a pre- Daddy inspects Bers.ss 4 0 11 Crossln.rf 5 110 being accounted as a regular out- —Star Photo. \ 5 111 in the from Lake Geneva. vious Wilson’s Na- Staff Zeno'itz.c 4 110 Waters.lit city Wis„ fielder and man in the beating, Jimmy o 4 112 clean-up bat- Noonan.rf 1 1 1 Sim elli.p where Joe may spend a few weeks tional Leaguers won a 5-to-2 victory. Lanier.p 0 0 O 1 ting order. In three regular posiitons •Edm'ston 1 0 0 0 swinging an ax and taking occasional half a dozen hits, chow the Nats seem greatly Washington got only BY ROD THOMAS. the catiflcation of promptness at hikes. improved. Totals 17 10 27 ft Totals 45 1) 27 9 Harris has been more bringing its total for the last two games TURNER was a study in in- call. than pleased •Batted for Lanier in the ninth. with his to a paltry 12 safeties. Turner searched the build- is His Defense. pitching, which over the digo; better to say his casually \ 111 041—0 Boycott perhaps Penn State 001 Winter was accounted the weak ing. No Dinah. King joined him in \ George Washington 000 010 011—5 will leave for Stone part Each Has His Drawbacks. mood was black for the cause JJRADDOCK of the club. Monte Weaver is JOE a thorough hunt. No Dinah. Mack Runs—Stapleton. Johnson <21. Zeno- Lake giving tomorrow accom- Wear. Odessa <21. night, WAS no fun for the of frown witz. Noonan. Harrison. definite indications of a winning year TT Nats, looking the rassling promoter’s and Bauer scoured the neighborhood, (2). Errors— Doc Robb Brake (2). Vonarx Crossln panied by Lippman, trainer, and Ed did same. (51. Williams (It. Johnson i2). Also Jim Braddock, shown here upon ar- Linke seems to have found new as feeble at bat as they yester- was a cat of the hue of coal. result the S.apleton and Sparmates Jack McCarthy and unpacking, for Brennan. Zenowitz. Harrison. Wear. Vo- tomorrow a circulation for his frozen but if was able to take Night fell. Wa- rival yesterday in Chicago, will leave for tree-chop- fingers. day, any player It didn't bring him tough luck, the narx (21. Two-base hits—Zenowitz. Charley Massera. Gould will return to ters Three-base hit—Crossin. in Jack Salveson. who. at 23 some of the out of the set-back Brake. New ping session of training at Stone Lake, Wis.. preparation for years, sting Home run—Johnson. Stolen base—Brake York Monday to prepare for a cat; on the contrary. Is his bout with Joe Louis June 18. A. P. Wirephoto. has worked with eight professional It was Wright. Sandwiched between King Suspicious. Sacrifices—Brennen. Vonarx. Brake. Dou- Federal Court hearing April 12, when —Copyright. to Vonarx i2i. Left on clubs, to be of and a were Six weeks ago Dinah'—that's her ble plays—Wear promises value after a double-play ball fielder's arena staff held a council, 7: Penn State. Braddock's counsel will be base—George Washington. required a great season with Los off the Tur- rJ”HE 1H. First base on balls—Off De Angelis. Angeles. a single and a lusty triple name—mosied or mousied into which resulted only in the con- to show cause why the champion 1: off Simoncelli. 1. Struck out—Bv Simon- Joe Cascarella and Syd Cohen have bat. He played flawlessly viction that Luck in the 7 in 7’3 in- should not meet Max of youngster's ner's Arena and made herselt to hum. Lady guise celli, 4 Hits—Off De Aneelis.