1 Harris Compelled to Rely on Rookie Coppola (is Regular at Seasons Start * Sports Program To Seek National Ring Honors in St. Louis Tournament FOR TEST PAUL DEAN PICKED ■ — . >11 IK i. * r 1 KID DDE i- "i*————. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm In Local Realm F" TODAY. AGAINST CHICUBS Base Ball. TD FACE BROWNS FIGHT AND TRAVEL — Long Island U. vs. George Wash- ington, at Griffith Stadium, 3. Stewart, Western at Augusta Military With a Lone Five Who Oppose Selected Whitehill, Burke, Academy. Cards, Change Weaver, Linke Also Are Culpeper High at Episcopal High. Over Out to Win Foes Leave for Golf. 1934, Tonight Listed as Starters. Rollins vs. Georgetown, Congres- Series St. Louis Tomorrow. sional Club. 11:30. City Opener. Roosevelt vs. Central. Manor Club. BY JOHN B. KELLER, By the Associated Press. walked away with Western vs. Tech, Indian Spring. Staff Correspondent of The Star. LOUIS, April 6—Base ball District Golden Gloves team Boxing. lor the second April 6.—Not a comes back to St. Louis today boxing title Olympic A. C. vs. picked team the first time this HAVING member of the Washington for season, consecutive year recently and from Baltimore and Washington, ST. the Car- when the Browns and enrolled five of its members ball club’s pitching pack will amateurs, Washington Auditorium, having Chicago, the first their have pitched over a nine- 8:30. dinals meet in game of in next week’s national A. A. U. box- inning route when the American Hand Ball. annual Spring series. ing championships in St. Louis, for League season opens in the Capital National A. A. U. singles and Manager Frank Frisch; hoping Olympic Athletic Club’s ring team a start for the Red Birds, will 10 days from now. An unprecedented doubles finals. good tonight opposes a picked field of tal- pitch Paul Dean. Rogers Hornsby of the exhibition ent in an all-star amateur boxing Interruption Spring is countering with Fay Thomas, last Auditorium. schedule by rain has ruined Manager year with Los Angeles, where he W’on show at the Washington Harris’ plans for the priming of the 28 games while losing only 4. Action will start at 8:30 o’clock. The Cardinals, with one exception, Utilizing whatever profits are de- Nationals’ boxmen. A’S AND that PHILLIES same will present the line-up rived tonight in financing three of A in Louisville yesterday world cham- downpour J carried the team to its the five boys who are to accompany a second meeting with the prevented pionship last year. Terry Moore, who Athletic Director Matt Twomey to Colonels, so the Nationals have been will came to the club from Columbus, St. Louis for the nationals tomorrow. in only three games in the last eight field in of Ernie START CUT TILTS start in center place the Olympics are being pitted against days. | Orsatti. | formidable opposition comprised main- Bucky had hoped to have several Hornsby, on the other hand, will ly of battling soldier boys from of the veteran hurlers get nine-inning present three new faces. In addition Langley Field and Fort Monroe, Va. turns before the current homeward and Johnson Due late of Mahaffey | to Thomas, Roy "Beau” Bell, Early tomorrow morning Twomey tour was over, but and barnstorming | Galveston, will play right field, and five Olympic A. C. representatives weather conditions made this impos- ui- to Oppose—Simmons Out Johnny Burnett, ex-uieveiana are to depart for St. Louis, the boys sible and now he says he must con- fielder, will probably start at either selected to make the trip being Danny tinue to employ at least two pitchers be second or short. Six games will De Rosa, 112 pounds; Eddie Saugstad. to a right down to the finish of of Slump. since game Batting plaved in the series, the longest 118 pounds; Lou Gevinson, 126 the training period. 1921. pounds: Willie Feary, 135 pounds, and "There isn’t a chance of breaking Steve 147 the Associated Press. Thompson, pounds. Saug- the policy of using pitchers,” By [ present Giants to Prune Squad. stad and Gevinson are making the Harris said today. “It is too bad, but April 6.—With | trip as guests of the District A. A. U., there still remains much for every the weather man’s Terry’s pruning j permission shave while the remaining entries will be man in the squad to do and the pitch- knife is expected to j the Phillies and Athletics pry MEMPHIS—Bill sponsored by the Olympic Club. ers could not get the necessary work Philadelphia, three rookies off the New York should I attempt to use but one in j open the lid on major league Giants' roster in the next few days. Two Are Golden Glovers. aome of the remaining games. base ball in Philadelphia today in Indications are that First Baseman Mar- Golden Glovers appearing in “If we a fair break in the five- Joe Malay, Third Baseman Joe get j the first game of their annual the nationals next week battle weather after we get home next week tin and Second Baseman A1 Cucci- TWO 1j game city series. for the Olympics tonight. I don't believe the poor trip we have nello will be sent to the Nashville will call on Gevinson, Twomey’s to win the had will hurt us, however. The Connie Mack probably club of the Southern Association. pick j national title, goes three scheduled pitchers are in pretty good trim de- Roy Mahaffey to start the game for ORLANDO, Fla—The Brooklyn heats with Yoddy Cecchini (Northeast spite infrequent workouts,” and, Har- i the A’s with A1 Benton in reserve, latest exhibition game was Boys’ Club), while Steve Thompson is ris added, “maybe they’ll be all the I Dodgers' while Jimmy Wilson will start the accompanied by some bad as well as carded five rounds with Phil Scott stronger for the lay-off, while some of j hold news. Van Mungo, great right (Langley Field). those on the other clubs will be wilt- veteran Syl Johnson and "Curt” good hander, started Montreal yes- Kirkwood Burke, Golden Gloves ing when we get down to the July Davis in reserve for the Phils. against but had to retire with a heavyweight champion, was with- games.” terday pulled shoulder. drawn from the card last when Which is looking plenty far ahead. PORT WORTH. Tex.—A1 Simmons’ muscle in his right night which Lefty Clark went in, allowed one he declined to box to Steve Kadash of — annual Spring batting slump, j run and looked better than Fort Monroe. Burke, who also ex- has been worrying Manager Jimmy unearned The Current “Big Six.” to in the nationals next Dykes and the rest of the White Sox, he has all Spring. pects compete to be Here are four of the five leather the Athletic Club Matt Twomey, coach; Lou Gevinson, 126, and Eddie Saugstad, 118. Danny particularly primed has ended ahead of sched- pushers Olympic week, feels it might jeopardize his apparently FORT Tex.—After de Rosa, 112, will complete the party. Two of the gang, Gevinson and for the bigger business ahead are WORTS. using will enter in the A. A. U. boxing championships in the Missouri metropolis. chances in the big event at St. Louis. PITCHERS ule. will in the all-star amateur show at the Earl Whitehill, Bob Burke and up two pitchers in getting a licking Thompson, compete boxing His substitute probably will be Bob A week ago Simmons said he would From left to right are Steve Thompson. 147 pounds; Willie Feary, 135; Auditorium —Star Staff Photo. Walter Stewart of the left-handed from the Chicago White Sox, Manager tonight. Coughlin of the Olympic Club, runner- start worrying if he hadn’t started crew, and Monte Ed Linke Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates to Burke in the District A. A. U, Weaver, hitting by April 7. He started with l I up and the of the called on the veteran Waite Hoyt to recruit. Henry Coppola, a double in two times at bat Thurs- championships. section of the go seven innings against Fort Worth right-handed squad. day, and yesterday helped defeat the Ten bouts are scheduled, seven be- As Harris outlined his tcday. slated for three rounds and three today pitching Pittsburgh Pirates With a 380-foot ing for the remainder of the exhi- for five rounds, making a total of 36 plans homer, and a double which hit the NORFOLK. Va —The Braves play WOOD MAY SHOOT bition series he indicated that this THE SPORTLIGHT rounds. 400-foot distant center field fence. Norfolk today, then on to Newark. sextet probably will constitute the Manager Bill McKechnie is rather •_ National’s starting as the fj corps BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Lou Gehrig’s disappointed. He had hoped Buck championship campaign gets under a affair HONOR U. S. YACHTSMAN batting average still is puny Jordan, holdout first baseman, would Far From a Bust: way. but the New York Yankee first base- AT RECORD TODAY Bobby Jones Being j stop in for a chat before the Tribe So it looks as if the manager has ! man can’t say he isn’t getting on moved out to Fayetteville, N. C. Jor- PORTSMOUTH <#).—Gerald Lam- decided he must gamble heavily with base. He has been 10 times Just too Guns at j passed dan didn't show up. Many Big Augusta. bert. owner of the American yacht his pitching choices. Of this group in the last three four games, drawing Over GRANT LAND RICE_ on ! Yankee, may be assured of traveling Whitehill, Burke and Optimistic Prospects _BY Must Lay Money Line, He only Coppola walks in a row In the exhibition with CHARLESTON, S.