1939-02-11 [P A-14]

✓ Johnson Was Slow-Baller Compared to Nats> New Cuban, Scout Cambria Claims * Mysterious Joe Shot at Betfina Sports Program Win, Lose or Draw For Local Fans By FRANCIS E. STAN, TODAY. Star Stall Correspondent. Basket Ball. Insists Ortiz Now Planned Washington and Lee vs. Mary- Making the Early Baseball News land, College Park, 8. ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 11—In these days when young ball players are Gallaudet vs. American, Amer- ican 8. supposed to be few, far between and mediocre, it is interesting to note gym, Georgetown vs. Penn State, that more than one major league club is counting heavily upon rookies. Feller For Conn Tops State Pa. College, As many a credulous Washington fan will testify, the fate of the George Washington vs. Toledo, Senators largely rests upon ycung ball players. At least two young Fine Billy Sets Fans Wild Toledo, Ohio. pitchers must develop sufficiently to put their shoulders to the wheels Fielder, Batter, George Washington Freshmen The to believe In of Grandpappy Griffith's great civic enterprise. outfield, Too, but Big Bosses Beating Apostoli vs. Maryland Freshmen, College the official prattling, will be 100 per cent rookie and there will be a rookie In Bitter Battle Park, 3. on first base. Must Be Shown St. James vs. Friends, Friends 3:30. All of which may not hold true, for baseball club owners, pompously gym, By DREW MIDDLETON, John Marshall vs. confident of the of their rookies, are the first to turn sour. By FRANCIS E. STAN, Washing- ability among Associated Press Sports Writer. Star Staff ton-Lee High, Arlington. Va., 8. Even the wily, cagey, die-hard Mr. Griffith will gitfe up overnight on Correspondent. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The battle Episcopal vs. St. Christopher, some enterprising youth, drop a quarater in the slot, and telephone Lake- ORLANDO. Fla., Feb. 11.—He Is of the year? You can have the tak- Richmond. land distaance to make a deal with the for an outfielder who long Tigers faster by plenty than Bob Feller. ing of Barcelona. We’ll choose the Hopewell vs. George Washing- knows what it’s all about. He is faster by a slight margin taking of Fred Apostoli in 15 bloody, ton High, Alexandria. But in the rookies are the news and meantime, making early specu- than Walter Johnson was back bitter rounds by William Conn, the Boxing. lation. Not even the world Yankees, who have been for that had vs. North champion tops in 1907. He stands 6 feet 3 inches fight everything. Maryland Carolina, three consecutive years, will be independent of rookies. The Yanks are There was cruel and vicious hit- Chapel Hill, N. C. and ’em He fogs right-handed. There was footwork and Tech vs. counting upon Charley Keller to move into the outfield. They are so con- ting. fancy Virginia Catholic, is 22 and has 10 years of good fancier headwork. There were mo- Catholic 8:15. fident they traded Myril Hoag to St. Louis. They are counting upon gym. ahead of him. ments when they stood and let go a catcher named Rosar, up from Newark with Keller, to become pitching Wrestling. Buddy with all had as the crowd came they vs. Johns a vote of Moreover, Senor Roberto Ortiz, Gallaudet Hopkins, Bill Dickey's understudy. They gave Rosar confidence by trading to its feet and there were roaring Baltimore. Joe Glenn to the Browns, too. late of Cuba, belongs to the Na- moments when the snarling curses to hear some of the No baseball man needs another look at Second Baseman Joe Gordon tionals. and of the filters rose above the thud training camp talk he’ll be in the to confirm his opinion that here is a big league ball player—maybe the of leather on skin. box on opening day burning his was best second sacker in the league. But by time-honored, moss-covered Finally there the supreme jest fast ball past the Yankees. of the boxing gods. Conn, the win- Catholic U. Ringmen standards Gordon still is a rookie until he passes what they are pleased All of these developments hap- ner, lay flat on his rubbing table in to call “the second-year test." For the sake of conventionality we shall pened today when Mr. Mysterious his dressing room. His eyes were call Mr. Gordon a rookie, too. Joe Cambria, the lonesome scout swollen, almost closed. There was Face Rough Going waddled into Or- of the Senators, a big cut under his right eye, a lando. Chained to Mr. Mysterious smaller one under his left. He looked Hutchinson's Fast Ball a Mark Question Cambria's wrist was a huge, stoop- utterly spent. And down the hall V. P. I. a arms Against The Boston Red Sox finished second to the Yankees, beating out shouldered lad whose long Apostoli was stepping into his more highly favored Cleveland Club, and during the winter the Sox par- dangled close to his knees. shower, unmarked and smiling wryly tially scrapped their club to obtain added pitching strength. So it is that "Meet Bobby Ortiz,’' said Mr. Cam- as his manager. Larry White bel- Oliver of Gobblers and bria. Bucky “It's an we won that April will find the Bostons gambling on Third Baseman Jim Tabor and addressing Manager lowed. outrage, Harris. “Here is a who Stant of Cards Meet Outfielder Ted Williams. Word from the American Association has it that boy posi- fight.” tively is faster than Feller. I'll neither can miss. The question remains, however, can they make it? Billy Is Crowd-Pleaser. In stake my reputation on it." Topline Scrap In from Boston to third base Detroit getting Pinky Higgins play There are some belittlers who Few in the crowd of 18.988 fans at Catholic University's gymnasium eliminated a rookie problem. The Tigers were weak at third last year insist that Mr. Cambria is staking Madison Square Garden last night is to be crammed tonight after trading Marv Owen to the White Sox. They experimented with Don nothing. Others view the lone- thought so, though it had been close i expected j when Virginia Tech's boxing team Ross and Mark Christman. Now they seemingly are set with Higgins, some scout in a kindlier light. After all the way. The fans like Conn and | invades with its most talented out- Joe Case. will see a lot of him. but Detroit still must depend on recruits. all, dug up George Bobby they probably blows with for the fit in history to exchange The made one of the deals of the winter when out- Estalella, Joe Krakauskas and a Mike Jacobs has large plans Tigers big they the Cards. The leather pushing will flock of others. PAIR OF SOUTHPAW Pittsburgh Irishman and probably raced several competitors to Seattle and bought Pitcher Freddie Hutchin- HOPES—Ken Chase (right) acted as the “doctor” when his roommate, at 8:15 o'clock. will take the first step toward set- begin son for $40,000 in cash and five ball players. Hutchinson is a Ganzel Batted Against Walter. Joe Krakauskas, got a kink in his arm from a little too strenuous at the Orlando The Gobblers, who have lost to big youngster tossing camp. tling the scrambled light-heavy- built like a back. He won 25 7 As Mr. Cambria was the and North Caro- who is blocking games and lost only for making Krakky's diagnosis was that there was nothing to worry about, and he was correct. These two situation throwing him in Virginia whipped weight by are Seattle, but he hasn’t a fast ball. This in but not proper introductions a huge, portly 1 lina and North Carolina State, they say interesting, are banked upon by Manager Harris to be hurlers this season. with Melio Bettina. the champion in bore down from the Bucky starting rated favorites over the Cards, de- necessarily accurate. It is hard to see how a boy spending his first year gentleman this State. Last night he weighed in south end of Park. The Photo by Ellwood Baker, Star Staff. spite the latter's respectable record In pro ball can win 25 games without a hard one. Stili. maybe he isn’t Exposition at 167, seven pounds over the limit as of a loss to Villanova. tie with Mary- large party was identified Mr. the division, which fast enough. In that event, the Tigers, who are shy on strength, for middleweight * pitching John Ganzel, commissioner of base- land and victories over Temple atid luck. Apostoli rules here and in California, are out of of the Duke. ball in Orlando, manager and six pounds above Freddy's local entry in the Florida State Wilson Hit Two Are 165-Pounder*. Courtmen Blues Visit A. U., Hosts weight. winner of 11 minor Terps eve- Indians May Gamble on Rookie Infielder League, league Conn had a flickering left hook The outstanding scrap of the pennants in the old days and one- that jarred Fred off balance. He ning is expected to materialize in The Cleveland Indians, always operating under the stock threat of time first baseman. with Fred Pittsburgh Peak as Scorers in To W. & LG. W. Starts had a fast right cross that shook the 165-pound division, broken are not much. have a better outfield Trip being up. changed They “I saw this boy in St. Augustine Apostoli and buckled his knees. Stant.- authoritative C. U. puncher, since Ben from Averill other bellowed Mr. Gan- Vir- now, acquiring Chapman Boston to team with Earl the day," He had eight rounds on our card colliding with Frank Oliver.

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