The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1926 Page: 13 of 28
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|THE LIGHT| M the WOWIP Of SPORT |THE UGWT
Camp Chatter
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| Robin Hurling Good. ’
| Pie Traynor Hurt. J
I Senators Save Vets. I
• Alex Breaks Ankle. *
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(By Associated Press.)
Brooklyn has shown some pitching
in its first training game of import-
une'. .less Petty Jess Barnes and Bus
McWceney being tho producers. This
trio allowed the St. Louis Browns only
four hits at Tarpon Springs. Fla.
yesterday and won 5 to 4 errors let-
ting in most of the Browns' tallies.
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George Kelly's appearance at the
Giants' camp featured the day in Sara-
sota while Babe Ruth brought atten-
tion upon himself by bewailing his
low weight at the Yankees’ camp in
St. Petersburg.
Because of the absence of Leach
and Williams the Phillies' outfield
for today's game with the Giants at
Bradentown Fla. consisted mainly of
younger players. Yesterday the second
team beat the regulars 5 to 1.
Connie Mack's regulars journeyed
to the Baltimore Orioles' spring play-
ground nt Puuta Gorda and lost 7 to 6.
The initial game of the spring
training season between the first
and second squads of the Pittsburgh
Pirates at Paso Robles Cal- yester-
day resulted in one casualty. Pie
Traynor regular third-sacker sus-
tained a badly wrenched ankle when
he slid into second base and will
likely he incapacitated for a week.
The second team defeated the first
team 1 to 0.
Observers at the New Orleans camp
say that prospects of the Red Sox are
materially better than last year. Todt
will play first McCann second Hanley
third and Lee short. As for pitching
it looks ns if Ehmke. Wingfield Ruff-
ing and Zahniscr will bo the "varsity
four.'* The outfield will be settled
after the season opens.
The veteran pitching arms to which
arc pinned the Washington Senators’
pennant hopes are not to be exposed
unduly to pre-season strains for the
sake of a good box office record at
exhibition games it. appears in reports
from the club’s Tampa camp. Manager
Harris plans to keep Johnson Cove-
leskie Ruether and Bush under wraps
until just before the big grind begins
using bis rookie hopefuls for the prac-
tice tilts. Three of these who have
shown something thus far were given
the mound duty in today’s game with
the Buffalo club at Palmetto. They
arc Ray Joyce Irving Hadley ano
Lefty Thomas.
(■loom reigned tn the Catalina
haunts of the Chicago Cubs yester-
day after an X-Ray examination
revealed that Grover Cleveland
Alexander the Bruins’ hurling ace.
had a fractured right ankle. The
injury will prevent him playing for
six weeks or more. Alexander sus-
tained the injury a week ago but
thought the ankle had only been
sprained.
Rnin at Shreveport kept the Chicago
■White Sox indoors yesterday a con-
tinuous downpour limiting activities to
bridge and light workouts in a gym-
nasium. The interruption brought no
sour words from Manager Collins how-
ever. for he is well pleased with the
condition of his mon. Johnny Mostil.
regular fielder reported and appears
in excellent form.
Several outfielders and infielders
have arrived to augment tho squad of
Detroit American players at their Au-
gusta camp. Another workout featured
yesterday’s training with Heinic
Manush. Frank O’Rourke and Bob
Fothergill among the regulars who
joined in thep ractice. A number of
other players arrived too late to get
into action among them Joe Hatchett
former Virginia Military Institute in-
fielder who expects to take his initial
workout in a major league training
■ ump today.
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TUNNEY RISKING MUCH IN STRIBLING GO
CLOSE FIGHT
RUINS BIG
CHANCE
Foremost Challenger for
Dempsey Must Trim
Billy.
MIAMI Fla. March 11.—It was
reported here aagin this afternoon
that tho Gene Tunney-Young Strib-
ling bout had been declared off.
By SAM HALL
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK. March 11. — Gene
Tunney is riskiug what chance he has
to box Jack Dempsey for the heavy-
weight championship a chance known
to be better than that of Harry Wills
of Harlem by fighting Billy Strib-
ling who is more famous in Georgia
than Tiger Flowers in a stadium at
Miami Friday night. A bad fight
by Tunney will be a smash at his
drawing power in a fight with Demp-
scy.
For that and other reasons pro-
moters and matchmakers will await
the stories of the Miami contest with
gn at interest. Tunney to stand out
as an opponent for Dempsey will have
to display considerable superiority
over Stribling if not knock him out.
A close fight will hurt Tunney and
help Stribling and a fight that is sus-
picious-looking will hurt. bo(h.
Stribling also is taking something
of a chance with his reputation. as
be is to box Jimmy Slattery in New-
York late this month and if Tunney
bowls him over there will not. be ro
many people anxious to see the Geor-
gia acrobat with whom "Pa” and
“Ma" piloted the family into a for-
tune before the ffghter became of age
last December.
There have been stories out of the
South in recent weeks that Stribling
is looking bad has a festered ear and
a general- rnh-down appearance. If
those yarns arc correct Billy surely
is foolish to bo monkeying around
with the Devil Dog. even if they arc
getting $50000 apiece from Florida
business men.
Battlers Report
Themselves Fit
MIAMI Fla.. March 11—CP)—
Gene Tunney and W. L. (Young)
Stribling contenders for the heavy-
weight crowu today finished training
for their ten-round no-decision bout
scheduled at Hialeah Park for Friday
night.
Light workouts were the order of
the day Tunney taking a four-mile
walk on the beach and Stribling con-
fining himself to a sparring match.
A stadium which will seat about
25.000 has been constructed. There
will be standing room for 5000 more.
Spurred by the published reports in
several metropolitan papers that the
match had fallen through Miami
business men whose names were not
divulged have put in escrow the
amount of money demanded by the
two fighters. Promoter Jess Baugh
said Stribling is to gather in $35-
000 and Tunney will got $50000.
Both men arc expected to weigh in
around 175.
Jake Hill Will Lead
His St. Mark’s Five
In State Title Play
St. Mark’s
and team
from
Houston
rule
favorites
for state
honors
The severest test of the veteran St. Mark's Lions who are kings of the
local Sunday School basket ball forest figuratively speaking ’hill come in the
four-team state tournament here Friday and Saturday. Jake Hill the goal-
shooting captain Of He IJons believes his team will- be WMa tinfahethe
grade although the opposition will be tough.
FORMER AGGIE TEAM WILL
REPRESENT HOUSTON HERE
With four former Texas Aggie court
stars in their line-up. as well as sev-
eral other one-time college players the
South End Christian Church quintet
of Houston stands out as n favorite
in the four-cornered state Sunday-
school basket ball tournament to he
conducted at the local Y. M. C. A.
gymnasium Friday and Saturday.
The Houston stars will represent
the southern zone. The Gaston Ave-
nue Baptist quintet of Dallas will
represent the northern division in the
tournament while the Southern and
James Street. Church team of Waco
will represent Central Texas.
The St. Mark's Episcopal Lions
who defeated the Prospect Hill Meth-
odists for the local court champion-
ship will bear the hopes of San An-
tonio in the tournament.
Every one of the four teams is a
crack outfit each composed in the
TIED CITY LEAGUERS
PLAY OFF SATURDAY
Straus-Frank and N. C. C. H„ tied
for the leadership of the City Senior
basket ball league which ended its
season Wednesday night clash Satur-
day night on the Y. W. C. A. court to
determine a local representative nt
the state meet at Houston Monday
and Tuesday.
In tho final game of the season
Wednesday night. Public Service de-
feated the L K. X. quintet 37 to 20.
Tho Utilities passed continuously and
with McCarley and N. Browning
shooting in great form found little
trouble in avenging the defeat at the
hands of the I. K. X. earlier in the
season.
Several postponed games that re-
mained on the schedule of the City
League have been cancelled by Presi-
dent Seng.
Lineups:
Public Service (37) I. K. X. (20.)
Lyons (8) Rosenberg (3)
Left Forward.
McCarley (13) Shapiro (9)
Right Forward.
N. Browning (10) .... Soloman (8)
Center.
Bass (1) Joschson
Left Guard.
Tangier (1)’ - Lehman
Right Guard.
Substitutes: Public Service Blum
(4). Bessellieii.
Referee: George O’Brien; timer
Folts; scorer Ed Georges.
FOUR LEFT IN PLAY
FOR TENNIS HONORS
PALM BEACH. Fla. March 11.—
<4*)—Three New Yorkers and a Japa-
nese meet in the semi-finals here to-
day for the men's singles tennis title
of Florida. Francis T. Hunter of
New Rochelle N. Y„ meets Takeichi
Harada of Japan and Jerry Lang
New York opposes Vincent Richards
of Yonkers.
Teams
arrive
Friday
for big
doings in
State
cage
tourney.
main of former college performers
but tho Houston quintet scintillates.
Four members of the Houston team
played with the Aggies at the same
time. They are ‘Washburn guard and
captain; Duckett center; Damon for-
ward. and Perkins guard. Other
members of tho Houston team are
Badgett of Texas Christian Univer-
sity; E. Short former Texas Long-
horn player; M. Darby and E. Lyons
high school stars.
H. T. Hitch physical director at
the local Y. M. C. A. who is super-
vising the Sunday school tournament
announces that pairings in the semi-
final round will not be drawn until
shortly before game time Friday night.
Two games are scheduled for Fri-
day night with the championship con-
test billed Saturday night. A ban-
quet for the visiting players will pre-
cede the title game.
TEXAS UMPS STAFF
RADICALLY CHANGED
DALLAS. March 11.—Only three
familiar facci» those of Ed Osborn
Henry Fanning and Hunter Hill will
bo seen by Texas league fans when
this year’s umpiring staff takes the
field. The other five arbiters who
worked in tho Lone Star loop last
season have been give new fields to
roam.
The predicted “shake-up’’ in the
umpire staff came to pass Wednes-
day when President J. Doak Roberts
announced the list of nine men who
will work in 1926. Those umpires
who have gone hence arc Daly Knne
Estill Weir and Cot*.
The new’ arbiters secured by the
loague president are Ed H. Daly from
the Pacific Coast League; George
Barr from the Western Association;
Pat W. Donohue former major league
star; “Red’’ Held from the Pacific
Coast and Western Leagues; and
Tom Erwin from the reserve list.
CLARKE BOOKS GAMES
FOR AMATEURS AGAIN
“Spitz” Clarke of the Broadway
sportipg goods store announces that
his amatepr baseball booking agency
has heen started again this season
and that he has already received re-
quests for games from both local and
out-of-town teams. The services of the
agency are free to all teams.
Any team wanting games may call
Clarke Crockett 1617.
STALLTER ELECTED
LONGHORN CAPTAIN
AUSTIN March 11.—C4 s )—Maurice
(Rosy) Stallter of Eastland today
was named captain of the 1027 Texas
University basket ball squad.
He played forward on tho 1926
team but was incapacitated in mid
season by removal of Lis tonsils.
EXPORTERS MD
DOFFS FILL
ROSTERS
Two Texas League Clubs
Report Ready to
Start.
Beaumont and Houston have had
the distinction of being the first
Texas League clubs to fill out their
rasters for tho 1926 season. Skipper
Jim Galloway over at Beaumont an-
nounced that his books were closed
upon receipt of a telegram from
I’itcher “Wheezer" Dell requesting
transportation. The Buff training
camp list was made complete with the
arrival of Ken Penner right-handed
hurler from Wichita of the Western
League.
While the Buffs and Exporters a’ l '
the first to arrive at their full
strength several of the remaining six
clubs In the circuit have practically
completed their roster. The managers
have such an abundance of material
in most instances that they have
ceased to fret over a few holdouts.
When ‘‘Buster" McCabe an outfield-
cr purchased by Beaumont from
Seattle bucked at coming into Class
A ball. Manager Galloway immediat.'-
ly released him.
Seven clubs in the Texas League
received a pari'. 1 of bad news Wed-
nesday. in the form of an annoume-
ment from tho training camp of the
Fort Worth Panthers. Skipper Jakey
Atz is converting Ralph Head into a
spitbailer to fill the vacancy created
by (be sale of Joe Tate to Philadel-
phia. Head was formerly a moist ball
pitcher but was forced to drop that
delivery upon joining the Panthers as
that club already had two on its
roster Pate and Wachtel.
As Manager Snipe Conley of the
Dallas Steers prepares to quit his
Mineral Wells training camp and
move into his home lot he expresses
himself as exceptionally well pleased
with the way his club has rounded
into shape. The mineral baths have
served to put the Steers in tin-top
physical trim and Conley expe</> to
get the jump on his league rivals.
Del Pratt's Waco Cubs are prt-
paring to take on the St. Paul Saints
in a pair of exhibition games at Waco
Saturday and Sunday. The Saints arc
training at the same park with the
Cubs.
FOUR JUNIORS PLAY
FOR TITLE IN PARK
TENNIS NEXT WEEK
Jesse McCarley winner at Lions
Field; Gordon Black winner ar. San
Pedro Park; Roy Moody. Denver
Heights champ; and Smith Kirby
champion of Roosevelt Park will meet
next week for the city junior tennis
championship.
Each won his respective park title
after battling his way through fust
company. McCarley's victory over
Raymond Steen 6-2. 6-3 was the final
match at Lions Field Wednesday
afternoon.
EL PASOANS WOULD
MAKE JOE JACKSON
BASEBALL MANAGER
EL PASO Tex. March IL—GW—-
■Toe .Tnokson baseball player former-
ly with the Cleveland Indians and
Chicago White Sox has been offered
the managership of the El Paso Club
of the Copper League. This is an
outlaw league. Buck Weaver. Hal
Chase and Chick Gandil are with
Douglas in the league.
HARLANDALE SECOND
IN COUNTY TOURNEY
Hnrlandale nigh school won the
tournament for second place in the
County Interscholastic league volley
hall Wednesday afternoon at Lions
Field bv a victory over Alamo Heights
High.
Two games are scheduled for Thurs-
day afternoon in the Lions Field
Basket Ball league. Lions Field and
San Pedro meet in tho junior divi-
sion. while the Riverside Tigers and
Buckeyes play as sub-juniors.
In the Girls Academic league Ursu-
line Academy plays Incarnate Word
College high school while in volley
ball tho Hawthorne Junior High girls
meet the Alamo Heights Ward school.
BLUEBELLES PLAYING
SUNSET MAIDS AGAIN
The Telephone Bluobelles and
Southern Pacific Sunset Maids will
clash at 8 o'clock Thursday night on
tho St. John's court in tho second
game of their three-game series for
supremacy among the local girls' inde-
pendent basketball teams. The Sunset
Maids hold a one-game advantage
having captured the opening contest
of the series.
KERRVILLE TO PLAY
ALL GAMES AT HOME
The Kerrville Athletics with Bob
Barry and Al Manning at the helm
are going into baseball this season
with new vigor. The Athletics have a
new park and will make up their
club of Kerrville youngsters while
all of the games will be ployed at
Kerrville
LIGHTS
c? Lu Scherwifa ft
What Dempsey will do to Harry
Wills if they ever meet will be a sin
and a shame. That statement is made
on good authority the same being
none other than Jack League erst-
while heavyweight champion of the
Eighth Army Corp Area now in San
Antonio resting up after a "hitch”
as a sparring partner for Dempsey
himself.
Magne is willing to bet that
Dempsey can heat any man in the
game at the present writing. Magne
further sets forth that Dempsey ean
hit: in fact that he can hit very
hard.
"Dempsey will sink his left so deep
into Wills' middle" opines League
"that he will have to put a knee on
IN FIVE MATCHES HELEN
LOSES ONLY FOUR GAMES
NICE. France March 11. —OP)
Miss Helen Wills advanced another
step in the singles of the Nice Lawn
Tennis tournament today by defeating
Miss Joan Ridley of England. 6-0. 6-2.
In the mixed doubles Miss Wills and
ARMY GOLF TOURNEY
ENTERS SEMI-FINALS
The Second Division Review golf
tournament enters the semi-finals
Thursday despite the fact that there
are still five matches to be plnycd in
the second round. Promoter Hurry Sy-
mons announced that an attempt
would be made to limit the play in
the second round to another day.
In the championship flight Colonel
C. J. Nelson and Captain A. M. Post
have entered the semi-finals while
Lieutenant John Black plays Major
G‘. W. Ewell and Sergeant AI Arne-
son meets Captain Kunnecke to de-
cide the other two semi-finalists.
In the second flight Captain P. S.
Holmes. Major L. E. Tefft and Lieu-
tenant J. Eden are semi-finalists
while Sergeant Safourek and Lieuten-
ant Gee arc to meet to decide the
other member.
Lieutenant L. W. Nash and Lieu-
tenant H. G. Fullingim are in the
semi-finals while Chaplain R. H.
Vaughn and I.ieutcnant P. Howard
will meet and Captain J. Smith plays
Lieutenant R. Aidworth in the re-
maining second round matches.
The semi-final matches' will get un-
der way Thursday in the flights that
have already decided two of their four
second round matches.
RATTLERS MAY MEET
LEAGUE BALL TEAMS
The promise of a pair of exhibition
games against the San Antonio Bears
and tho Minneapolis Millers kept
Conch Tom O’Donnell's St. Mary's
College baseball candidates bustling
through their workout WednesdoW
afternoon. About 30 Rattler diamond
hopefuls answered the coach's first
call.
St. Mary's battery candidates have
been working out for the Inst two
weeks and are in good condition.
Dick Harn is the only Rattler not
taking part in the early workouts.
Dick has been ailing for several weeks.
AGRICOLA PITCHING
FOR BOERNE'S SOX;
CLUB LOOKS STRONG
Reorganized with a vast quantity
of home talent the Comfort Bronchos
are working out daily under the man-
agement of Ernest Doebbler.
Agricola of Flatonia who attract-
ed much attention last season by
striking out 17 to 20 batsmen a game
will be the "ace” of the Comfort
hurling staff.
Other members of the team are:
“Lefty” Stahman. Pankratz Berg-
man Faultin. Sildenstricker Faust
and a large squad of youngsters. Com-
fort has planned to start its season
early in April.
HEADQUARTERS TEAM
ARMY “Y” CHAMPION
The Headquarters Company team
of the Twenty-tbird Infantry won the
Army V League basket ball champion-
ship Tuesday night with a 25-to-lU
victory over the Company C quintet
of the Second Engineers. T^e Head-
quarters also won the first game Mon-
day night.
Favors of the winners and Fields
of the losers ran a race for high-
ppint honors.
Headquarters (25). Company C (t»).
Serand Ray
Left Forward.
Favors (13) Fields (12)
Right Forward.
Minnis (7) Todt (7)
Center.
Jones (3) Joyce
Left Guard.
Howard Pearson
Right Guard.
Sub: Headquarters Glaubitz (2).
The Company H crew clinched the
Volley Ball League title the season
ending Tuesday night.
Harry's chest in order to pull his fist
out."
Magne bears a few small en-
gravings of the Dempsey fists on
his face. A two-inch rut on one
cheek he says marks the spot
where his teeth came through after
a left handed earess in an exhibition
bout.
But Jack's features are surprisingly
regular for a sparring partner espe-
cially a sparring partner of Dempsey's.
Tho big ex-soldier is getting good. The
experience against IVmpsey. and Re-
nault. and a flock of other top-notch-
ers has developed an excellent defense
(naturally) and lots of speed and put
zip jn Jack's punch. Nobody ever ac-
cused League of being slow; he sim-
ply was green when he fought here.
Now he's nobody's setup.
Charles S. Kingsley defeated Miss Mil-
licent Stanley and F. A. Deen at 6-0
60.
Miss Wills has won five matches Jn
two days with the loss of only four
games.
CLUB GOLFERS BEGIN
SPRING TOURNAMENT
The annual spring golf tournament
at ths San Antonio Country Club
geta under way Saturday afternoon
with the 10-hole qualifying ronnd
which is scheduled to start at 1
o'clock.
There will lie four flights with a
cup for each and a prize for the medal
score. The first round of match play
must be finished March 20 and the
finals April 2.
. -..leaves from
Muriel’s Diary
[Wednesday]
Let poets sing of the amorous spell of June.
Give me a winter night at Lake Placid under
the silent stars!
For it is here that I have made my latest
conquest —a prominent New York lawyer.
It was after three hours of ski-ing and he
lounged before a roaring fire with an old
friend of mine.
“Have you ever met Muriel?” my friend
asked as he passed the humidor. “I’m sure
you’ll like her.”
Three or four puffs in contemplative silence
and then he gave his verdict.
“This is a wonderful smoke Bob” he de-
clared. “Not too rich and heavy nor insipidly
mild. Is it a new blend?”
“ No” my friend replied. “A very old and
fine one. The choicest Havana tempered with
the best of the milder tobaccos. I’ve been
partial to Muriel for years.”
Club Perfecto 10c
Other Sixes 2 for 25c 15c 3 for 50c
G. P. Gill Cigar Co.
San Antonio Distributors
HOCKEY TEAMS
STRONG DN “
DEFENSE i
Division and Rink Sixe?
to Meet Thursday
Nighty 3
With much of the strength of both
teams centered in the goal-tenders the
Crystal Palace and Second Division
hockey teams arc anticipating a rtiff
struggle when the two clash Thursday
night at 8 o'clock on the local ice rink.
Lieutenant Barr goalie of tho Di-
vision sextet won third place in the
pentathlon at the 1924 Olympic'
games in Paris and it is on Bare that-'
the Division is relying to keep the rink
team’s score down.
Goddard will be back at his defense
poet for the Crystal Palace with -
Smith replacing the absent Rosenthal -
on one of the wing potation.
Lineups:
Crystal Palace. Second DirMaa.
Smith . Ardiff
Loft Wing.
Harding .^.... Robertson.
Right Wing.
Anderson ««« Jennings
Center.
Rubsamen Morensj;
Left Defen s*.
Goddard HolcomßJ
Right Defense.
Hanecr ........ ... Bare
Goal.
MEHLHORN AND SMITH
TEAM GOLF CHAMPIONS
MIAMI. Fla.. March 11.—CP)—Bill
Mchlhom and MacDonald Smith de-
feated Mo Diegcl and Gene Sarazen
3 and 2 in the finals of the inter-
national four-ball golf tournament at
the Miami Country Club. They divided
a prize of $lOOO. Smith’s putting de-
cided the match.
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