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Eitrht THE TAMPA DAILY TIMES Monday, March 5, 1928 MA NAGER ELL AM SIGNS 1 0 PLAYERS FOR TAMPA CLUB BRAIN VS. BRAWN By Billy DeBeck Barney Google MWEAS AMD WHEREFORE. X. WORK BARNEY, SalOU'ftE HEBE AAIN lPUILVOURSELF UNDERSTOOD JUST HEADQUARTERS, The honorable Bernard 6oc6le grand amo supreme exacted op secret amd CAMPAVGM MANASERSi That wa? no toNtre CANDIDATE ON BlUNGOAT- NAMNVeOAT FOUR PITCHERS AMONGFIRSTTO ACCEPT TERMS Several Deals Southern Clubs Pending. tAVSTERtOOS ORDER Or-BROTHERHOOD OF BlllVGCATS, HEREBY PROPFEa NV MOST HUMBLE BIIWSOATS ANDfaER BACKERS ARS ALL PILED ABOUND "THE TELEPWOKe AWAITING PROMISED CALL VM11L ANNOUNCE FANNife BEU ffNCH'S ACCEPTANCE RSJXECliON) OF TWB EXALTED ANGORA'S Together CANUTE.

(RS. FINCH. Mfc.GOOGlE UVS A FEW WORDS to SAY )0 Favors But One Heavy Title Bout Billy Evans Picks Million Dollar Big League Infield; Values Hornsby at $250,000 30HNNV VmeRf That PAPER SOUN MAO? -Quick DOM-T WANNA GET SAVJLED UP PLANT PANTHERS SWAMP ST. PETE IN TENNIS, 6-0 Local Team Takes Every Match in First Meet. The strong Plant -high tennis team unexpectedly, handed the St.

Petersburg Green Devils a decisive defeat yesterday afternoon In the first dual competition of the high school racquet season. The Panthers captured every one of the six matches and won 6 to 0. The St. Petersburg stars, heretofore among the best In the state, could do nothing with the local racqueteers. Jimmy Keith had little difficulty in beating Charles Worrell, of St; Pete, 6-3, 6-1.

Don Harris walked away with Frank Ott, of St. Petersburg, 6-2, Melvin Tarpley triumphed over Marsin Sims, of St. Petersburg, 6-2, 6-4. Dick McKay, of Plant, won over Sam Robinson, 6-0, 6-1. Keith and Jimmy Cochran de feated Ott and Worrell, of St.

Pete, in the doubles, 6-3, 7-5. It was the best match 6f the afternoon. Earl White and Dick McKay, of Plant, won over Sims and Robinson, 6-2, 6-0. A return match at Plant high has been arranged for March 24, it was announced today. The Plant Pan thers will invade Clearwater next Saturday for the second dual meet of the season.

Ties Course Record. Cyril Walker, former Britisher who is now a pro in this country, shot a 66 at Pinehurst the other day that tied the course record made by Emme.tt French in 1925, Judge from has it. Washington, report A -rc. TLipr NftME AGAIN 3-Z Gnat Briuift right nmmd. ston would be Glenn Wright of Pittsburgh, and at third we would have "Pie" Traynor of Pittsburgh.

There are some folks -who might prefer Frankie Frisch to Hornsby, or Sewell to Wright. However, that would make no difference with our story. Conservative Figures. While it would probably be a bit of exaggeration, an infield selected from these players would be en titled to be known as the million dollar infield. It would be conservative to place the value of Lou Gehrig at $250 000.

It is dollars to doughnuts that if you offered that amount to the New York club you would get nothing better in return than a negative answer, or a laugh. Despite the mystery that shrouds the deal that sent Rogers Hornsby to the Boston Braves, in a trans action that didn't seem to bring the Giants a full return, Hornsby is still one of the greatest infielders of all time. On the open market he would bring $200,000. Glenn Wright didn't play up to form last season or in the world series. Being hit on the head by a pitched ball served as a temporary handicap, which should wear off, With major league clubs paying $100,000 for untried recruits from the minors, a sum of $150,000 as Wright's market would not be too great.

Traynor Worth $150,000. At third base, "Pie" Traynor, outstanding in the majors at that position, should bring as much as Wright, which would mean another $150,000. This would make the total valuation of the infield I have named Gehrig, Hornsby, Wright and Traynor the tidy sum of $750,000 at conservative prices. In all probability a cool million wouldn't buy the four. And now to show what a gamble By BILLY EVANS.

Cleveland, March 5. Some 15 years ago, Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics boasted an infield made up of "Stuffy" Mc-Innis at first, Eddie Collins at second, Jack Barry at short and Frank "Home-Run" Baker at third. That famous quartet of players was known as the $100,000 infield. That was a lot of money in those days. In reality, the infield didn't cost Connie Mack a cent.

"Stuffy" Mc-Innis was taken from a high school team, Collins came from the University of Columbia, Barry from Holy Cross, while Baker hailed from Trappe, Md. About all Mack did for these boys was send them a ticket from their home to Philly. Unquestionably, they formed one of the greatest infields of all time. All have now passed out of the ranks of active players except Eddie Collins, and he is on the brink. Baseball In Cycles.

Baseball runs in cycles and the values of the players shift with the times. When the baseball scribes referred to Mack's cost-nothing infield as being worth $100,000, it was regarded as the last word in compliments. Time usually changes everything and there is no question but that it has made a vast change in baseball values. As I glance over the infielders of the two major leagues in an effort to pick out the leading players at the various positions, the thought comes to me that this infield would not be at all hard to take. At first base we would have "Larrupping Lou" Gehrig of the Yankees, Ruth's only rival for home-run honors.

At second we would have Rogers Hornsby, who figured in the recent sensational deal between the New York Giants and the' Boston Braves, At short- StT Airr NLAN Richard DEMPSEY STATES HE IS "THROUGH" WITH RING GAME i Former Champion Is Emphatic in His Withdrawal. By International Service New lork, March 5. Although Gene Tunney wants to defend his heavyweight laurels in June' and again in September, Promoter Tex Rickard professed to be convinced today that only one title bout can be held this year. Rickard said he would attempt to bring the champion to this viewpoint when he goes into a huddje with him at Miami next week. Rickard favors September as the date for a bout between Tunney and the winner of the elimination tournament now in progress.

Dcnipsey Is Through. By The Associated Press San Diego, March 5. The positive declaration that he was "through and would not meet Champion Gene Tunney in a third ring battle was made yesterday by Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion. "Although Tex Rickard apparently is in sore need of an opponent for Tunney, whom has guaranteed a large sum for a match early this summer, I will not be the one to go back and fight him. I'm through," Dempsey said.

The former champion mado the declaration as he sat in the club house of the Tijuana club at Tijuana, Mexico, awaiting the bugle call for. the eighth renewal of the Tijuana oerby. Iievinfcky Comes Back. By International News Service New fork, March 5. Battling Levinsky.

who lost his light heavyweight title to Gene Tunney, in 1922, tonight makes his xirst ring appearance here in six years. He will take on Earl Blue, of St. Paul, in a six-round bout. Johnston Signs Contract, By International Newt Service New York, March 6. James J.

Johnston has signed a five-year contract to manage Pete Latzo, former world's welterweight cham pion. Johnston, who also holds an interest in Jack Sharkey and Mike McTigue hopes to match Latzo with Mickey Walker, middleweight champio.a. Offer Ignored, Atlanta to Sell Frankie Zoeller Atlanta, March 5. Frankie Zoeller, diminutive outfielder for the Atlanta Crackers in 1925 and last season, went on the auction block today. Col.

R. J. Spiller announced that Zoeller had not replied to the Cracker offer for the 1928 season, and therefore would be sold if possible to make way for another player. Zoeller was purchased from Little Rock in 1924 while hitting at a .308 clip, and later sold to the Yankees, who farmed him on the Pacific, coast. On his return to Atlanta last year, Zoeller failed to equal his former batting mark, but was still rated one of the best left side batsmen in the league.

Expects Big: Season, -Although Babe Ruth Is one of the oldest players in the major leagues in point of service, he thinks this coming year will prove one of his best. TO GET TEST IN YANK-MACK RACE Athletics Have Brains-plus While Babe Has Brawn. By ALLAN J. GOULD. A.

P. Sports Editot. New York, March 6. Brains vs. brawn.

That's the main prospect in this year's American league race. Athletics have baseball brains-plus lined up to oppose the brawn of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the rest of the Yankee clubbers. So far the elemental forces of the Yan kees have proved a little too strong for baseball's best minds. Babe Ruth's big bat has outwitted many master minds including that of John McGraw. Two of the strategists aggregate 128 years.

Connie Mack is 66 years of age and his second, Kid Gleason is still a kid of 62. Then there is Jack Quinn, the veteran pitcher, 42, and the oldest player in either league, ready for his 25th year of baseball. Jack has spent 15 of these seasons under the big top. The big three of the last quarter century of American-all around stardom, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb, add their wisdom to the Philadelphia cast. Collins is out of the competition.

He is reported ttf be conditioning as Mack's successor. Speaker has been 22 years and Collins 21 years in the big show. Several others of Mack's team have been in the majors 10 years or more. Back at Starting Point. The heavyweight eliminations will be right back where they started if Jack Sharkey does the expected and outpoints Johnny Risko, the Cleveland rubber man, next Monday in Madison Square garden.

This would leave Sharkey and Tom Heeney as heir to the semi-finals. The same pair of punch tossers whose colorless draw ago a few weeks ago forced Rickard to make a new deal. The net result, it was apparent, would be an increase in gate receipts but not in color. French Stars Beaten. France's Davis cup defense, in the light of current events, does not look so formidable as it did a few months ago.

51 Jean Borotra, the "bounding basque" has been beaten in two out of three matches by Jack Crawford, Henri Cochet has been playing erratic winter season tennis and Rene LaCoste is reported suffering from a severe attack of neuritis in his right arm. But the Davis cup can't be won back in March. By July, when the big test comes the three musketeers probably will be back on the firing line. baseball is, this galaxy of stars, the so-called million-dollar infield, didn't cost the majors more than $10,000 to sign. Hornsby was the cheapest of the lot.

St. Louis bought him for an even $500. Gehrig probably got about $1,600 to sign when he attended Columbia. About $1,500 was the price Pittsburgh paid to the Virginia league for Traynor. Perhaps $6,500 was close to the figure paid for Wright.

It might have been a trifle more. Thus we have $10,000 worth of talent in the beginning developing into a million-dollar valuation within less than 10 years. Truly, baseball is big gamble. Liccktt Htkbs Tobacco Co. Babe Ruth Limps After Walking 17 Miles on Links By The Associated Press St.

Petersburg, March 5. Babe Ruth's golf game is improving. He had one round of 76 yesterday in the course of 63 holes at the Jungle Country club course. Ruth's golf caused him to walk about 17 miles. He had a slight limp at the finish.

Workouts on the diamond start in earnest tomorrow with Ruth primed to bag some homers for the benefit of waiting fans. Golf will be taboo at the Yanks' camp with the exception of Sundays. Fothergill Out of Shape. San Antonio, March 5. Bob Fothergill, one of the leading batters of the American league, may lose his regular berth in the Detroit outfield this year.

Manager Moriarity has let it be known that he is displeased by the lack of condition in which the outfieldler reported for training. Fothergill tipped the beam at 229 pounds and there is some doubt whether he can get down to playing weight by the start of the season. Harry Heilmann, league batting champion, and Harry Rice are practically certainties in the outfield. For the remaining position, Fothergill must beat out "Red" Wingo, who is showing exceptionally well in training, and Paul Easterling and Dutch Holland, two crack recruits. Red Sox Squad Split.

Bradenton, March 5. Manager Bill Carrigan, of the Boston Red' Sox, thinks his rookies deserve more individual attention than they have been getting heretofore and has decreed the separation of the squad into two sections, the youngsters and the veterans. Pitchers are due for an immediate showdown, from now on will have to show their stuff or else be relegated to the squad which is to be made available to the Pittsfield team of the Eastern league. Indians Seek Judge. New Orleans, March 5.

With his full squad on hand Roger Peckinpaugh will begin the process of weeding out by having his young pitching aspirants open up and show their wares for the first time. The axe presumably will fall in a day or so. Peck counts on Aaron Ward, veteran infielder, purchased from Chicago, to furnish the needed reserve strength. Efforts al9o have been made to secure Joe Pent A Car DRIVE IT YOURSELF COMPANY i 805 FLORIDA AVE. 9mm 4254 APOIOGV Lockhart Asked To Head Google Race Campaign Mavbe Hon.

Barney Google, exalted angora of the Brotherhood of Billygoats, and candidate for president, can smooth out his difficulties with Fannie Bell Finch, vice presidential candidate for the Sisterhood of Nannygoats, and if he does the campaign will get under way. Mr. Google got nimseir Daa last week when he failed to meet Mrs. Finch's train, and since then has been constantly in hot water. "Woe is me.

Woe is me," Barney has muttered Tor the last several days. And the Tampa campaign committee is in the same fix. It is as hard to find a campaign manager and keep him as it is for Barney to sauare himselt witn nis running mate of the Billy-Nanny ticket. James H. Lockhart chief deputy to Capt.

W. A. Johnson, city clerk, appears the most likely campaign manager yet nominated. "Get Jim, Captain Jonnson saia. "He'll make a good campaign manager.

He's a vote getter. Anybody who can beat Charles Bardin and the Low Tax league, can pull votes." Mr. Lockhart took the matter under advisement. Between his duties in the clerk's office, his duties as school trustee and helping W. J.

Bailey take care of est Tampa, he's pretty busy. But the brotherhood is insistent and Mr. Lockhart probably will -be drafted for the position, if he demurs too long. If he suits you or if he doesn't, notify the Google-for-President club, care The Times. MORAN TO MEET BOBBY MARRIOTT HERE ON FRIDAY Julian Quits Welters for Ranks of Mid-dleweights.

Julian Jim Moran, colorful Span ish battler, apparently has given up hopes of fighting successfully in the ranks of the welterweights for he has signed to meet Bobby Marriott, Baltimore middleweight, in the 10 round headliner In the Artillery arena next Friday evening. Beaten in nis last tnree starts as a welterweignt, moran attriouieu his defeats to the fact that he hUd to lose too much weight. He lost to both Jack McFarland, of Elizabeth, N. and Farmer Joe Cooper, of Terre Haute, In recent bouts here. Moran's natural weight Is about 152 pounds and he-believes he will win the middleweight division.

Have Equal Rating. He and Marriott have about equal rating as far as their recent fights are concerned. Moran lost to Mc Farland, who in turn whipped Billy Algers, of Phoenix, Ariz in the local ring. Algers then trimmed Marriott, at St. Petersburg last Tuesday.

Marriott jises the sharpshootlng tactics and possesses a wicked left hand which has given him many a victory here. Moran depends upon a two fisted attack to the body. Moran cancelled his bout with Alex Hart' at Miami on Thursday to accept the chance at Marriott. Jean Mangeot, French welter, will substitute for Moran at Miami. Heavies in Seml-Flnal.

Promoter Downing is seeking an opponent for Al Friedman, the. Boston Hebrew, who recently lost to Young Stribling by a knockout at Miami in Friday's semi-final. Broadway Johnny Cox, manager of Cooper, has purchased Fried man's contract and he believes that the young heavy will prove a winner. Cox claims that he was rushed in the riner with- Stribling too quickly. He has had but 30 fights and his showing against the Georgia heavy in the first round at Miami convinced Cox that he will turn out a winning proposition.

Downing will offer a shot at Friedman to either Andres Cas tano. the Spanish heavy, or to Jack Blackstock, the stocky heavyweight who lost a decision to Castano In the Cuban club arena recently. 30 Will Chase Fox at Ballast Point Tonight Members of the Tampa Riding club will stage the first fox-hunt of the season tonight at Ballast Point. A live fox will be released at 8 o'clock and a pack of 15 hounds will aid the 30 riders who will participate in the chase. The polo riders of Davis Islands have entered the hunt and riders from St.

Petersburg and Daytona Invited. The public is Invited. Ten of the Tampa Southeastern league club players have signed their 1928 contracts. Five pitchers, one catcher, two Infielders and two outfieldrs were included in the list of signed players made public to The Times today by Manager Roy Ellam. They are the first of some 85 or more players who will assemble at St.

Augustine on March 15 to try for the Tampa club in a two weeks' training period there. FiN teen players will be carried by the club during the season. The players who have signed their contracts include: Pitchers Baumgartner, Mosley, Keith, Brown and Burrows; Catcher Holland; Infielders Wilson and Bo-hues; Outfielders Singleton and Trefri. is Nucleus. Baumgartner is the only one of the four pitchers who played with the St.

Augustine club last season. The other three are newcomers. Baumgartner, although failing to turn in a winning average, hurled several two-hit games and convinced Manager Ellam that with good support behind him he could pitch sensational ball. He will be the mainstay of the Tampa pitching-corps this, season. Outfielders Singleton and both hit over .300 last season for St.

Augustine and will probably start the season as Tampa regulars. Wilson As Fixture. Third Baseman Wilson is regarded as a fixture already by Manager Ellam. His work during the last part of the 1927 season was such that he was the first of the eld St. Augustine club to' be tendered a Tampa According to Manager Ellam, several deals are now pending with Atlanta, Birmingham and Nashville in the Southern association.

They will probably be closed within the next week or 10 days, he said. Walter Johnson, former Senator pitching ace who now is managing the Newark' International league club, has promised Manager Ellam help in the way of playing talent Jersey Swamps Michigan Polo Team, 16 to 10 Based on past performances, the New Jersey trio, now in first place in the National Professional Polo association tournament being played on the Davis Island course, should further Increase its lead over the Michigan contingent, Tuesday, when the Mosquitoes match ponies with the Illinois team. The easterners took the Michigan team into camp yesterday to the tune of 16 to 10, increasing their lead over the Wolverines. Illinois, however, showed a reversal of form early last week and took the long end of the count in a ride against Michigan. The season has about three months to run and the- $25,000 prize isn't in anybody's pocket at this stage of the game.

Joe Walsh for New Jersey, with seven goals and Llano, iiding at number two position for Michigan, who made six tallies were outstanding stars in Sunday's exhibition. Score 6y chukkers: New Jersey 35 8 16 Michigan 2 6 2 10 Lineup and individual scores: New Jersey Pos! Michigan Ross (C-6) No. 1 Hall (C-2) Walsh (7) No. 2 Laneo (6) Gonders (3) No. 3 Seiders (2) Gator Of ficials To Draw Pairings Of Hoop Tourney Gainesville, March 5.

Pairings Will be drawn this morning for the annual state high' school basketball tournament by University of Florida officials. The tournament will open here on next Friday morning and continue through Saturday. Winners of the district tournaments conducted during the past week are expected to compete. The 16 teams which are eligible to enter the tournament are: St. Petersburg, Plant qity, Leesburg, Daytona Beach, Lakeland, Fort Pierce, Malone, Marianna, Fort Lauderdale, Archer, Willis-ton, Andrews Jackson of Jacksonville; Palatka, Leon High, of Tallahassee, and Monticello.

Indians Claim Aaron Ward by Waiver Route thinairn March 5. Aaron Ward, veteran American league second baseman who came to the White Sox from New York in a trade two years ago, was turned over to Cleveland today at the waiver price. Ward came to the Chicago club with Koger Peckin- Sox several months ago upon his appointment as manager of the Cleveland ciud. recs tiwsuoum J. 1 rdAirAlini1 rfflMaa tfl TllT SI: claim for Ward.

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