The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 164, Ed. 2 Thursday, April 11, 1929 Page: 10 of 14
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TOMMY THEVENOW
•delphta club this season.
southpaw of the Houston nine.
Shut Out, 10-11!
league baseball experts, the United Press has gathered a composite
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serious leg in-
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of the Cubs off rookie hurlers in
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So Fort Worth fans may take
EASY TO GET
remark.
distance,
greatest
as
knows.
JACKET GIRL CAGE
boys.
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Canadian Davis Cup stars held
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ICK wasn’t on his game yes-
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Yan ks No Stronger Than In
1928, But That’s Too Good
MEAN NOTHING TO
DYED-N-WOOL FAN
BEN HOGAN DOPED
TO DOWN RAMSEL
ON TEMPERAMENT
COWBOYS TACKLE
' FROGS SATURDAY
The composite prediction on .the*
outcome of the American League
race follows:
I, having a lot of trou:
he rough greens, but
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Orates on Deficiencies
Of Club, Then Admit
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YOUTHS PREP FOR
HORSESHOE PLAY
Rice, coached by Gene Bailey,
veteran Texas Leaguer, has been
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Worth
Fnished
Last Year
...First
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...Third
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...Sixth
Seventh
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the •
run
far as anybody alive and a lot
further than any big guy I know
just at this minute.
Team-
Yankees ...
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Browns ....
Detroit ...
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PHILLIPS SHOWS
SOME FAIR STUFF
Injury In Auto Accident
Follows Slump, Hurt Leg
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BACK TO WICHITA
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Batted for Brancheau in ninth.
Game Little Fellow Gets Hard Breaks During His Short
Career Under the Big Top
^^EVERYBObY'S DOING PART TO COP ATTENDANCE CUP
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Fort Worth--
Moore, rf .. ..
Most Popular Pug* in
City Fandom Appear
On Griffins ( ard
strength.
weakness is on offense.
having a potentially strong pitch-
ing, catching and defensive club
we’re better off than most of the
—you fellows who put
business-before pleas-
ure
—but want plenty of
both
—come around and see
our four-piece suits!
—knickers make them
keen sports suits
—and the regular
trousers make them
fine business suits
—see ‘em.$37.50 up
Pl
And She Was a Pro, Too! LOCAL FAVORITES
ROUNDED UP FOR
FRIDAY’S SCRAPS
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place as a city. it has still re-
tained its human element. Folks
are still friendly, still have the
old civic pride and the loyalty to
home institutions for which It
always has been noted.
And, as stated before, it is this
loyalty and this human-side-up
trait of Fort Worth folks that
will pack the park on opening
day.
Give the Cats a good start, is
the warcry that even the pessi-
mists can't dodge and optimist
and pessimist will rub elbows at
La Grave Field on April 18 and
bulge the fences, so to speak.
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Simmons University tracksters
and field men from Abilene In- -
For Worth
Wace . ......
the car and Thevenow suffered,serious injuries.
Thevenow, in all probability, won't be able to play with the Phila-
things said can be attributed to
the work that Thevenow was do-
ing.
Thevenow has had. more than
his share of,bad luck in.hts major
league career’o‘i four years. This
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you’re apt/to hear quite a lot from
hl* this yearin Texas"golf tour-
neys
tourney, which is always a very
pleasant affair socially as Mell
a* golfically. "
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ALLISON PASSES
OUT OF TOURNEY
TiNKHURST, N. C, April 11
By United Frern.
BEAUMONT, April 11 —Crowd-
ed out by youngsters, Tom Estell,
veteran spltballer, has ben given
his unconditional release and re-
turned to Wichita Falls, from
whom be was acquired.
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Those 9-Inning Flops.
Fan Supports Helpful.
Sellin’ Plater Field.
So it’s Open Race.
going great thus far, giving Tex-
as two hard battles last week.
W"a
with p
for the
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find in
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GOLFERS!
Regular 75c
REACH EAGLE
GOLF BALLS
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PER DOZEN
.. $5.65
Hardware Dept
LEONARD BROS
eQeSLawertmca/urrlkurCutheucl@si
Then comes our old friend. Bat
Burroughs, that too - to • toe per-
former who makes a serap no mat-
yyegg
it A 704
little Bobby Calms « o
' the name of Buster. He 1
live up to that name T
six-round attair,.
And or list, roa
the start of the semi-final round
of the North and South tennis
tourney. .
Marcel Rainville, Montreal, es-
tablished himself as one of the
favorites by winning his quarter-
final match from Wilmer Allison.
"r
If you are in need of
money and want, to get it
quick, we will be glad to
serve you. Just bring in
your diamond, watch, lug-
gage or some other article
to serve as security and
take the money out with
you. ' ' ■
, . No Delay, No Red Tape-
Every loan is strictly con-
fidential and without ob-
ligations.
las linkswomen hold a six-point
lead on the season s play and the
locals are out to erase the mar-
gin of the visitors and take the
lead themselves.
City women's title tournament
I starting Monday at River Crest
heart from the fact that Phillips
seems to be coming around. Buzz
has the stuff, if he gets control
and IT "is arm comes around
o. k., and his six-inning stint yes-
Tigers from sixth to fifth, and In-
dians from seventh to sixth. The
Browns are doped to drop from
third to fourth, and the White Sox
from fifth.to seventh.
BY 1*01’ LOONE
A MBLING
fl MATEUR
FILLEY
other words, while
i* going, he blows in that ninth.
QOMEHOW this last - Inning*1
• flop doesn't discourage me
a whole lot. It's too early.
prediction on the outcome of the pennant races. Today, the Amer-
ican League.)
has moved up into its
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Snooze where George White, ad-
mittedly the forenrost sporting ay-t
thority in the South, gives us -• --- -------
credit for having at least an "if" “ Ninth-inning defeat at Waco
club. Which is cheery-o, no fool- yesterday by a tally count of 11
In’. George admits, like all of us, io 10 won't have any effect on
that we need an infielder and a our opening-day crowd. Not one
ITICK wasn't lucky in the draw,
I / bumping into every favorite.
These he knocked off one at a
time, including a challenger from
I Los Angeles and the Arizona state
I champion, whom he encountered
in the finals and trimmed right
merrily, to cop the tourney.
Devaney, P ..
Haynes, P ..
Totals . ...
Wnco-
Mellano, 2b .
Rye. cf .. ...
Nnekerhy, rf
JJohnson, if ..
Vigare, 3b ..
Battle, 1b ..
Luebhe, c ..
Windle, ss ..
(iailivnn. P ..
T OOKIN‛ over the situation
1a and analyzing the matter
carefully after a review of
Spring games, it looks to me
finals by this week-end, with the
championship matches coming the
following Saturday and Runday.
Two players already are in the
title rounds in their flights—
Pop Boone in the second, W. W.
Blackman in the third.
FACIFIC co AMT LEAGUE
Portinna 3. Hollywood 2.
Lon Angeles 7. Oakiand 5.
San Pranctsco 12. sncramento •
Mix-Ion. 3. Seattie 2.
ITE drives the bunker on No. 1
li at River Crest; generally is
just iu front-of .the green on No.
2; uses a mashle niblick for his
field, or
TN the meantime, as I said. It's
I my opinion we re as well off
as anybody I know. That s an
honest opinion. Every outfit in
the league looks to' somebody or
other to furnish them with needed
men; each of the clubs has a large
••IF' concealed in the wood pile
sommers. One needs pitchers, an-
other needs catcher*. still another
has a wuk spot or two on the in-
is shy on offensive
Our club's greatest
and in
bounds into the stretch
2WOLF&KLAR3
h Licensed and Bonded Pawnbrokers h
" IN FORT WORTH 32 YEARS '
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Throwing of Walkup or Sullivan
or any of the oldsters into the
breach at that spot would have
meant almost a cinch.
However, the Skipper is still
engaged In the duty of sorting
out the best of the rookie hurl-
ers, at least two of whom must
be retained to balance, the five-
man rule. So the five-run rally
TICK got hot in the Arizona
L state tourney recently and
DEMPSEY BACKS
‘CZAR’ FOR RING
CHICAGO, April 11. — Jack
Dempsey today advocated a su-
prme head for boxing, who
would act with the same power
that Commissioner Kenesaw Lan-
dis exercises in baseball.
WOMEN'S TEAMS TO
CLASI AT RIV EK .< HEST
This week's Dallas-Fort Worth •
women's golf battle will bestaged
nt River Crest Friday. The Dai-
to repeat. Based on a point-system whereby first
place counted eight points, Second place seven
points, third place six, etc., the Yankees received
63 points.
TTOW often have you heaud lit-
14 tie guys say: "Iffen I was as
big as you are. you big stiff, I
could hit ’em as far as you can.”
Which may or may not be a true
Seven of Eight Experts Pick Hugmen to Repeat, With
With Washington Scribe Taking Senators
(Editor's Note: With the advice and assistance of 16 major
copped everything. II rut he
went out in a blinding rain
storm and turned in a 78, which
was not a low score ordinarily
but on the Phoenix course in a
Feature of the program, of
course, will he the appearance of
Cy Leland. TCU speed king, in
the century and furlong sprints.
Brashear, said to be a nifty
dash man himself, will run for
Simmons against Leland.,
Les Cranflll. formerly of Fort
Worth and a star of the 36th Di-
vision football team overseas, is
coach of the Cowboy squad.
ARRISON, they say, will lie
Li one of Fort Worth’s entries
at the Spring Lake Country
Club invitation at Waco, which
is scheduled for next week. Har-
rison, Lee Davis, Trav Daniel
and several other local golfers
Nuvimnry--Innings pitched, Gnllivan, 4
2-3, 7 run-, 12 hits;. Pollan, 1-3. 3 runs,
1 hit; Fhillips, ft, 6 runs and 11 hits.
Hita off Devnney 1 (none out in ninth),
t runs, 4 hits. Home runs, (‘ox, John-
son: Three base hit. Rye. Two hane
hits. Rye, Cox, larrington, Johnson, Hut-
tie. struek out, Galvan 3. Devnney 2,
Millllp* 3 Rases on balls, l’hbllipn 1.
(allivan 3. Pollan 1. Devaney 1. Haynes 1.
Naerifiee hits, Blackerhy, aker. Stolen
bnse, Cox. Pnssed bull, Luehbe. t m-
pires. Sears, HilIs and Tonfate. Time,
-—-whn-g-cib an lead
WXJE have an open club — the
W owners admit that. in other
words, they’re watching for the
right men. It is possible a couple
of players can be picked up who
will be just what the doctor or-
dered. It is further possible we
may have ’em right here.
• • •
TN other words, there is no ad-
l vantage in a wild scramble
’ for just anybody. Better to
weld a combination of what you
have and canvass the woods for
what you need. In the mean-
time you have a ball clnb that
is more or less used to each
other and will function well
enough to stick around the top
somewhere.
fan will quibble with his con-
science because the Cats can’t
hang onto early advantages.
Most of the boys have their
nooks bowed to do their part.
That's the big Idea in this thing.
Even the hammer lads who are
already hors du combat so far as
the battle is concerned, admit
WELL, everything is o,, k. this
W morning. See in the Dalia
will be forced to make room for
the turnback. This will furnish
many good players to Class A
clubs.
City tournament will come In Jutyv
with the atate ehamplonship meet met for
Auunt. A Dahas Fort Worth -Waco inter-
city sertes ilkel,, win top off the "eavon
Major City. Saturday afternoon end
Sunday nfernon baseball lenkue:
maugern meet in Iecrention Hall
tongtit at 7130 o’elnek to complete
piano for the campaigns opening this
week-end.
' fly off the handle and it takes
, him quite n while to settle
down again.
Thus, Hogan is given a slight
edge, but if Charlie’ keeps his
temper in cheek 1 will be about
the most even match ever seen
here.
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next spring, Thevenow didn't suf-
fer from a late arrival in the vadethe city Saturday for a dual
trainingcamp. On the contrary meet with Harve Hight’s TCU out:
WHh ZEKI MANDLER—----
LnEGes tor everybodyt That's the
slogan of the Hrt Worth Tennis A*eo-
cintton this year. Circuits for men and
women and boys and girls, for exper!-
enced players and beginners, will n« 2
ganized by the muny net organization for
020.
The wind behind him or not
NTERY few of the big league
V dubs are set; this condition
also exists in all the double-A out- the last two innings means little,
fits. Only about 30 per cent of " " ""
the major league clubs have cut
down yet. When they do cut.
down, they will release players to
double-A outfits, and they in turn
One more ♦•am In needed by the Mnjor
City. Members now are Hap Hoven,
cmnp’s Cleaners, Ceurt House Market and
General Americun Tank & Cur Corpora-
tion.
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It isn't always the big mountain freshet was good
stiffs that hit the little pill the I enotigh to cop the medal trophy
’ greatest distance, as ahybody from it fast field.
terday augurs pretty fair for
him.
Cox hit safely four times. in-
cluding a homer and a double.
LETTERS AWARDED
Stripling High girl basketeers,
fastest of the local feminine scho-
lastic cage aggregations, were
awarded letter-sweaters yesterday.
A trophy also was presented the
team.
Winners of the "8" are Grace
Grafft, Virginia Stoyall, Marjorie
Beech, Lucille Grace, Clyde Dea-
ver, Mary Lee Elliott, Ethel
Spauler, Willeen Gfay and Coach
Babe Haden.
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY The Owls had the Longhorns beat Erhon,3h '
United Press Correspondent 13 to 1 until the ninth frame of Riy, 1
LILLER HUGGINS’ New York Yankees are over- j one tilt, only to have the Disch- /"azingten,
2 whelming favorites to win their fourth straight men rally and come out on top. Peree: -
I American League pennant this season, according . ~~~~ Pokspafp.
| to a poll of experts by the United Press. "‛euu*F nnm non
I Seven out of eight writers picked the Yankees
Jury.
He worked in only 69 games for
the Cards last season. His leg
troubled him.
The Cards traded him to the
Phillies during the winter.
And then this accident — just
another tough blow for a game
little fellow, and a popular Tel-
low, to have to take.
THE St. Louis Browns, the
L surprise club of last sea-
son. can't keep up the, pare this
year, according to a New York
against him, he uses a spoon on
nehpcepe-mnd-drves No.,8 fill the
- time. I think he can hit 'em as
he was a sensation with his bat.
But the moment the season got
under way Thevenow’s bat was
completely silenced. The jinx had-
him. In his first 40 games he
drove in exactly (wo runs across
the plate.
No sooner had he gotten over
the batting slump before another
jolt came his way.
Washington, Detroit and Clove-
land are expected to show im-
provement. while the St. Louis
Browns and Chicago White Sox
are rated weaker than last sea-
son.
The Senators are picked to
climb from fourth to third, the
"allan, •
ISaneglnet
Nraneheau, p
strati . ...
Total* ...
Saturday afternoon teagtere ar* K*l-
eay Lumber, Southern Crud* Oli, Frisco
ItAllwuy and Morrison Supply. It haz
been ennounced thnt Bill Milllean and
Farin Ross will pilot th* Kelsay craw.
would have been his fifth. His
four previous years were spent
with the St. Louis Cards.
Never a very great hitter, but
a good man in the pinches, Thev-
enow was the batting hero of the
1926 world ..series between the
Yankees and Cards. He batted
.417 in the series. •
| manaterinmureacdusa- salary
agreement with the Cards the
if they had nine Chineymen or a
hghschoofbattctub. We gotta
do that because our old town is
cornin' right along now and push-
in' the daylights outta some of
these alleged metropolitan met-
ropolisses of the great Southwest.
“Wouldn’t do for us to bob
up with a small crowd on open-
ing- day. So I’ll be out there
and I’ll root for the Cats. But”
—etc. etc.
Pretty Good Stuff.
That's the Idee that should put
us over. We’ve seen the time
when we admitted we was just a
country burg—a nice place to
live but shy on big city aspects.
But now we’re dodgin’ closed
streets everywhere we go. In
any direction we look we see the
skeleton of a skyscraper outlined
against the skyline.
We find a street we can go
down without detour but next
day there’s a blockade , and ex-
cavation has started for another
big building. Every direction we
go we find a new white way or
a wide boulevard opening up.
In other words, we're growing
so fast we can’t keep up with it
and almost overnight we've
grown. Into a great city which
still keeps Its friendly spirit and
is a great town to live in.
Human Ride Up.
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This is unfortunate, not only for has brought out many of the as-
Thevenow but also for the hopes plranls to the championship for
that the Phillies had of being a , practice this week. The course
(cam of some Importance in the,was crowded i'■•terday.
National League race this season ' * *
The Phillies have earned a ; GIEN' Nd!’ ) • INAIN
great deal of praise from the ex- TO HE 1:1 ’ 1 •’ 8ooN
pert* by their Improved play ths AH sunive in all nights of
spring and no little of the nice the novelty nine-hole tournament
at Glen .Garden will reach the
mAKE, now, this bird Dick
1 Harrison, whom you •may
not bave heard of but whom you
probably will hear of in Texas
golf from now on. A yen ago
he was struggling along with
the rest of the dubs. He's
about the size of Tommy Burke
—aorta short and stubby. Yet
he can hit 'em a mile.
TN view of the fact that her
-1- father, Tom Dunn, was one
of the greatest golfers Scotland
ever has produced and her
mother was the first instructor
in England, it wasn’t as much of
a sensation as one might have
expected in 1919 when Mrs.
every day. that c) . has’prom-
ise. This old last-inning stuff
is easy to lose a little later—
say a week later. Luck can
change over night.
• • *
AR maybe we need a little more
U fan support Fans right now
seem to have taken it for granted1
we haven’t got much ball club, and
so they have surrendered in ad-
vance of the bout. Which isn t
much help, you’ll admit. If we
only need a little more push than
what we got, why can't the fans
supply that push instead of go-
ing around with a hammer in
their pockets or hands?
• • •
HANS ask me what I think and
F I'm most honest when I say
no foremost sporting authority
or anybody else can pick a win-
ner in this Texas League race
of 1020 It's a field of maidens
or non-winners or selling plat-
ers or just plain dogs, if you
want to call 'em that. In other
words, there isn't a club of
known strength or even poten-
tial strength, in the entry list.
I haven't been over the circuit,
have seen only Dallas, and don't
know much about any of the
outfits, but I can guess right ,
now as good as anybody
• • •
MY guess is that it's a toss-up. (
IVI It's still a question of how
the contenders get away from the 1
barrier, and even then we must 1
remember there will be a lot of i
floundering, and it’s a two-mile <
affair. No two-heat race this sea- 1
son, but a long grind, in which t
anything an happen. i
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ANE club even can break in 1
U front and show the field a I
clean pair of heels, while some
old plug that figures about as
fast as a fat man running up a
steep heel, can gallop along in
the ruck and still be galloping
at the same speed around in the
stretch run after the sprinter
has stopped dead in his tracks.
Pirst meeting nt the nmgo-ciatiou leot
night, prenided over by r’rentdent w.
H. Hemmert, wn* uned to oustline Een:
oral plans for the wesson, with detail*
to he worked out at a wesnlon April
IS. A buffet Iuncheon will be werved
as a feature.
"The Browns played over
their heads last season,” he
says. "I don't look for Gray
and Crowder to have any such
years again. Infield is unset-
tled and Kress is no major
league shortstop.”
A fourth entry alo ll» needed by the
Sunday nfternonn loop. The trio of
clubs ulready In are Snginaw, Mod-
rm Woodmen nnd Nagnolia Petroleum.
Kid Stars in Katy Lake
Finals About Equal in
Everything Else
BY ZEKE HANDLER
Dopesters are busy at Katy
Lake these days trying to figure
which way to lay ths family jew.
els in the match between Char
He Ramsel and Ben Hogan Run
day.
The youngsters battle over
36 holes for the spring tour- -
pament golf title at Katy Lake
starting at V a. m. on the Sab-
bath.
Second 18 gets under way at
2 p. m. ................ . ♦ »
Large galleries are espected
to follow the kid stars.
Ben won the 1 928 crowu by
giving- Ramsel a had beating. 9—.
up, but Charlie has been billing
his shots better than ever since
that time and promises to make
things 'tough for the suntling Ho-
gan. called "Birdie Ben” because
of his regularity in scoring the
one-under par figures.
The dope on the match, ac-
cording to those in the know,
seem* to be:
Hogan,s long game I, equal '
to that of Ramsel.
Hogan has a better vigch
than Ramsel.
If Kamsel lias an edge any-
where it's in putting, and Ho-
gan is a master on the greens
_ bimself. Charlie, however, la.
considered the best putter at
Katy Lake. He is a wizar ...
putting a velvet finish on his
paths and everything is to his
nd van lago when he hits the
ball.
Ben's big edge is in his tem-
perament. A bad shot means a
miracle stroke the next time
for Hogan. A poor shot for
Ramsel often causes him to
5222 Ec22z ■ ori ut H- s tall r than Watts
35808852222029 58a882 nd lo ks fayt. with a 11 itrini
4 52 eft and a fair defense in fact
M.8883TH the Kid reminded the fans of Ion.
WM8htd8 1 Herrera quite a bit.
erdmgddciadheda All the boys will work out at
Recreation Hall today, Kiser's
....... time being 2:30.
Gourley Dunn - Webb built and | Dick Griffin, back from Hous-
later became pro of a sporty ton. announces a good demand for
course at Lake Tahoe, Calif, club reservations, and looks for a
.Mrs. Dunn-Webb was the only D1g bouse.
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BY BOB MATHERNE
NEA Service sports Writer —
DAI I PI JJP UEDE TF there is such a thing as a jinx that pursues certain luckless one*.
DALL ULUD IIKL H seems that Tommy Thevenow, shortstop of the Philadelphia Na-
tionnle,isone of those unfortunate*.
— Thevenow has been seriouily Injured In an automobile wreck in
The Rice Owl* come here to- , Florlda.
motrow for., . two-game series / With another Philadelphia player, and in a rented car, Thevenow
,with the TCI baseball club,-the , was going from Lakeland to Winter Haven, a distance of 12 mile*.
first contest starting at 3 p. m when the accident happened. In attempting to avotd apasstng ma
Friday.,, c ,,, . . .. i chine their car swerved into s'ditch. Both players were thrown from
Rob El Cox will hurl the open- I ■ ---
J er for the Frogs and likely will
-be-epposed by Cecil Keith, star
Pops
Palaver i spring beatings
Expert Looks Us Over.
What He Discovers.
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like we might have a pretty town pride and civic duty impels
fair club with what we got Iffen 'em to buy a ducat, for that
the boys can hang on for just opening game. •
one more inning. Just why a | How.They Talk. — —t
- ninth-inning clouting bee by the One former hot fau who has
enemy should bob up in every pessimism written large in his
game is oho of them thing*, heart was holding forth yester-
But it's a fact wo gotta sur- .day at' length on the deficiencies
round somehow or other. of the ball club— or what he re-
• • • । garded as deficiencies. I listen-
ONEST. we’d been champions ' ed to him quite a while sud then.
Il of Oklahoma City, Chicago, as is my want on occasion not
St. Paul, Wsee am! Palls*. tFfemtbaving any better sense—I born-
we coulda lived over that lastled in.
frame. Makes no difference how . "Yeh, maybe so,” says I, "but;
many tallies our boys pile up. The j how do you feel about this here
other boys get enough to beat us'opening game?”
out when the ninth comes around. j "Oh, that,” says the feller, “is
No matter how good our pitcher different. I'd go to the opener
ter whom he is pitted against
Bat takes on Diek Green of Los I
Angeles, who made a favorable
impression in his ony wppearances
'her* Thtsratso tsnF* rounder.
’ Pedro Andrade, windmil artist,
who always gives the fans a run
for their money, appears in the
four-rounder against Sailor Bar-
rere of Santone, who is a new face
but who comes highly recommend-
ed as being more successful in bat-
ding windmills than was the fa
mous Don Quixote f
Kiser Impressive.
Kid Kiser made a great 1m
presslon yesterday in his first
er. Then if the youngsters come
thru as expected.,we’ll be a tough
egg to crack
Fair control and good stuff
shown by Buzz Phillips in six in-
nings at Waco yesterday: timely
whacking by our Mr. Cox and
fairly good defensive play were
the high lights of the Cats’ 11-10
defeat by the Waco Cubs yester-
day.
Skipper Atz could easily have
won the ball game had he been
particular about it. For in-
stance, he went into the eighth
Inning with a four-run load.
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All the local favorites or most
of 'em. have been corralled and
thrown into the card for Friday
night at Recreation Hall
First there's the classy Jimmy
Watts, who is still a hot favorite,
alho he lost a decision to Tony
I Herrera. Watts boxes Kid Kiser
in the main event of 10 rounds
j in the big beys' division we find
'Claude Harvey. boxing • xoune:
ster from Oklahoma who is touted
as a sure comer — a brother ct
L o 0 0 1
Receiving 62 points, the Athletics are picked to 1 t.---- ,
place second. Six writers predicted the Athletics , Boy horseshoe pitchers of the
would finish second, one gave them third and the city were tossing the eguineufoo
other popped' them to fifth. ' , wear around todayin prepara tinn
The only dissenting vote against the Yankees forsthe chan Park Saturday pre-
came from a Washington scribe who believes the .„nt to The Press' dis-
Senators will break the Yank*' monopoly as they | X tRie tourney
1924. . _ j tourney starts at 9 a. m.
' M- Lexman or (fie.experts hultexe the Yankees dom •e Sycamore Park courts tet- 1
are no stronger than last season, they do not think urday.
any of the other clubs nave improved enough to overhaul the world I
champions. One writer says: "The Yankee* would-be tough to beat
if they didn't have anything but their uniforms. They look like pen-
nant winners and are guilty until proved innocent." •
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