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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1931. Robins' Appearance Not Impressive Even Against Weak Opposition p. Hughes' COLUMI 28 The Bank-Roller Bound to Get 'Em Soon! By Ed Hughes Boone Makes Fine Substitute While Babe Sits in Meditation By THOMAS HOLMES Staff Correspondent of The Eagle Clearwater, March 13 Ike Boone, the powerful slugger from that dear Alabamy didn't seem to have much to work for when he reported to this training camp a few weeks ago. Brooklyn's acquisition last Winter of Lefty O'Doul Just about killed any lingering hope that Boone might win a regular outfield job. Babe Herman's holdout gave him temporary Improvement, but not enough to really inspire an ordinary ball player.

But I guess old Ike just loves to hit. The business of whirling a bat in each hand around his head, then stepping 'A Gallant Fight' TOHNSON Making a Gallant Fight." So rnns the head-A line and it refers to Ban Johnson, founder of the American League, now fighting for his life in a St. Lotris hospital. Despite his years no one would be surprised, and thousands who admire a real fighter would be made happy, were Johnson to pull through. He has struggled against obstacles of all sorts throughout his life.

And victorious or defeated Ban never made anything but "a gallant fight." Johnson's life has had its bitterness and its grim ironies, too. A smiling, friendly fate that led him to the presidency of the American League strayed from him In later years. He Look Good on Paper lived to see his enemies triumph over him and worse tne desertion of friends, unhinged in a cruel, merciless pursuit of the almighty dollar. And still worse, or at least in a way more vexing, their betrayal brought with it a human tormentor who shadowed and darkened poor Ban's closing years Judge Landis. A Fearless Warrior JOHNSON founded the American League.

An iron, fearless warrior, he guided it through the perilous pioneer days of its existence to finally rival and to betimes eclipse its major rival the National League. It took courage, character, patience and more than a modicum of business acumen to do that. Ban Johnson was a czar, surely, but he was a mighty efficient and respected one. Above all things, perhaps, he was famed for his uncom promising honesty. He achieved material success both for himself and his fellow magnates.

All this should have been sufficient to enthrone him to eternity in the eyes of his associates. But baseball magnates are peculiar folk and not always stimulating as moral or When trouble in the robes of the Black Sox scandal arrived they forgot all about the man who had fought and conquered trouble all hia lite. That is, except to remember to kick him out, their obligations follow-lag in the wake of the departed one. An Uninspiring: Spectacle THE passing of Ban Johnson was to me, perhaps partly because .1 MJMtnt 1 Unr rwr done for baseball? I asked myself. On this srand of achievement WTiJJj'MWilHWnli mtmli ill' i T- -------MwTiBiai iii, a.axp,i.iipi iiini he didn't rate to stand In the same room with Ban Johnson.

Landis had been a Judge all his life, 'who even on the bench managed to successfully court publicity. Nor did the attitude of the successor toward the defeated in any way incline my sympathies toward the newcomer. Johnson was a sick, ailing nr.an when pseudo friends and frank enemies conspired to dethrone him. Still, with shield dented and sword broken, Johnson struggled valiantly and in distinguished fashion to the end. Withered and beaten.

he still Inflicted many a telling target on his relentless enemy with hlf sacrastic "Keep Your Shirt On!" remarks and whatnot. Akers Seeks to Talk Way Into Tiger Job; New Ball 'Psychology' By HAROLD F. PARROTT Bill Akers, if you didn't know it, is going to play shortstop for those Detroits this season. He says so himself. Art Shires, the original tireless self-extoller, has passed on for awhile; the Cardinals have their Dizzy Dean, but this Akers fellow will outdo them all, 'tis said.

He has made a fair start toward broadcasting his way into the headlines Johnson Exposed Black Sox IT WAS Johnson, loyal to honest baseball to the end, who personally kept alive the Black Sox scandal and tracked down the culprits. And It was Johnson, with head bloody but still unbewed, who forced an Indifferent Landis open up the case, to finally reveal to the public that thire really were thieves in baseball. Still, Landis, by some perverse workings of fate, seemed to get most of the credit for the expose. Getting credit for "saving" baseball was, la fact, what the magnates wanted of Landis, and for which they Were willing to annually pay him a fortune. They bought his good name from away out in the Tigers' training camp already.

The other three shortstops that Boss Frank Navin has hired are Just wasting their time, chortles modest little Billy. the bench, and tacknig it to organized baseball hoped that it could atone for all of baseball's misdeeds and shortcomings. As If anything of the kind could ever be accomplished were the game itself not "on the Still, the fallacy that Landis "saved" baseball did flourish, what with hieh-powered propaganda and a with sufficient conceit to play the The Headline Genius LANDIS loved and still loves publicity. His delight in the presence of a camera has become an inspiration for the jokesmiths cf the! press. Landis stepped down from the bench to battle Babe Rutl for the headlines, and he has made a tremendous fight of it ever since with, the Babe.

He is never at a loss for a pose, or some remark, necessary or unnecessary, which will find its way into print. into the batter box to put the wood to fast one strikes him as keen enjoyment in itself. And so Boone has done noble bearing down. Two days ago, he rame up with a runner on ba.se and hit a home run out into the street. to start a five-run Brooklyn rally that beat the Cincinnati Reds.

At Wmterhaven. the pretty little in- land eitv where the Robins yester- dav eoentertained with the Cin-. cirinati Reds, Boone was out of the lineup. BOONE MAKES THEM FORGET HERMAN The Phillies were a run ahead In the eighth. Bobbie sent old Ike up to nil tor tne pucner wun mure um and a man on third.

Methodically and mechanically. Boone looked ever the pitch, his bat came around and connected with a crash. Out center field Paul Brickeil began to run. He pulled down the fly, but the tying run romped easily over the plat. Prom that point the Robins marched on to score plenty ef runs, finally to win by 10 to 7, Yes.

Mr. Holdout Herman is missed, but think of how much worse it would be if Mr. Powerhouse Boone were not around tr take his cut once or twice a day. He has provided the turning point of Brooklyn's last two victories and. while he'll be.

definitely on the sidelines once Mr. Herman starts seri- ous work, he looks like a pretty ef-r flcient gent to keep around all year. ROBINS DO NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE The record of the Robins in the Grapelruit League is now three vic- tories and one defeat, yet they haven't yet looked Impressive. Ex-cept in the game in whlrh they 'were thoroughly trounced by the Braves, the calibre of Brooklyn's opposition has been pretty small potatoes. Yesterday the Phillies, sans Chuck Klein, committed eight errors and numerous other mistakes, yet the 'Robins were extended to win.

A six-run rally off Babe Phelps in the fifth inning, composed mainly of scratch hits, had the Phillies out in front until the eighth. The one man among all the young payers whom Burt Shotton had perspiring out in the warm sun who looked like the real thing was Bum "Arlett. the outfielder from Oakland who. however, played first base yesterday. POWER BACK OF ARLETT SWING There have been numerous second Babe Ruths around in the last dczen seasons, but Arlett is the first athlete to cross the horizon who -really looks like Ruth in his unl--form.

He is too big for a man and too small for a horse, standing six -feet three inches and weighing 2H0 pounds. He wears a size 13 shoe and his burly form is proportionate up and down and throughout. Arlett bats both ways and in his left-handed stance he most greatly resembles Ruth. He handles his 44-ounce bat without apparent effort and on two occasions yesterday onre when he drove O'Doul back for a long fly and again when he flashed a double to left the ball did not appear to be half hit. BINTS Wilbert Robinson cave his batting order a quick shake before the clah ith the Phillies, shifting Captain Wrisnt up to fourth clean-up retch and using Murray Howell and Max in rieht field.

Howell pot no base knocks, but the red-hedrd Southerner did run a mile or so to make a sweet running catch of a foul fly. The Phillies will look more serious when Holdout Chuck Klein reports. Klein Is trying to chisel $15,000 out of the Phillies and finds that drawing blood from ft turnip is much easier by comparison. Chuck might be holding out for twice that much if he had the year he had in 1930 with Brooklyn, Chicago or another of the richer clubs. The quivering Quakers may pet better pitching this season if the left-handed Johnny Milliean continues his Spring form.

Yesterday Milligan was throwing a curve that hooked around the corner and dipped under the swinging doors. Sentiment in baseball Is a rare jewel, as was illustrated in Winter-haven yesterday when Watson Clark fared Hal Lee for the first time. Lee was Clark's special protege when Hal came to the Robins direct from Mississippi College, the lefthander's own alma mammy, and until he vas traded to the Phillies laat Winter. Now Ife is hustling for a ion the Phillies' outfield, but he got no encouragement from- Clark, who struck him nut with a swishing rurse and laughed. The Rnhins rove no more until ther break their camp here on Tuesday morning to beEin thpii swine southward that eventiiailv tarries them to Havana.

Thrir opposition today at the local ball yard Will consist of t'ne House of David r.fne of Benton Harbor. Mirh. It is tnkinslv typical of the Clearwater attitude toward baebll that this eor.teit with ihe bcvhiskereri clowns fhould atrrarf mrf reel interest then any ether sT.e the prhies flay on this part of the West Coast. i The judge, in fact, went after Brooklyn Philadelphia (N.I ao on 4 11 4 0 5 0 1 14 5 0 1 2 5 1 1 1C 5 0 2 0 4 5 13 2 1, 4 12 3 1 2 10 4 loo in 0 0 0 0 loo on 3 11 0 0 (10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ooo on rrfd'rick cl 5 0 1 3 OKnstrr rf 500 3 2 Bartell.sa O'Doul. If 4 2 1 3 0 Brlckell.rf Wrighl.sa 20 1 0 2Arlrtl.ll 2 00 1 0 Whitney.

3b Bis.srm'te.lb 4 10 7 1 Lrr.lf Howrll.rl 3 10 10 Fribrr.2b R0Knf'lrl r( 2 11 3 0 Davis. Oilbcrt.3b 4 2 2 0 Ken "as Piclnirh.o 4 2 2 .10 Elliott, Phrlim 2 11 0 1 hHum Clark. 1 00 0 0 Milllean.p Bonn 1 00 0 0 Sloner. Cirrrnr.p 0 0 0 0 OrMrClirdj Thurston, 100 1 0 Watt.p Total! 40 10 9 27 Total! 39 13 27 12 aBattrd for Clark In eighth. oRatlrd for Flllolt in third.

cBattrd tor Stoner in eighth. Brot lyn 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 310 Philadelphia 000(0000 0 6 Krrorn Kofter. Bartell. Bircknell. Whitney, Lee.

Friberg i2i. Elliott. Two-ban hitu Arlett, Hosier. Lee, O'Doul, Rosen-felti. Stolen base te.

Left on bases Brooklyn, 8: Philadelphia. 10. Bases on balla Ofl Phelps, Greene, BllloU. 3: Watt, 2. Struck out By Clark, 3: Thurs ton.

1: Milltean. 2. Hits Oft Phelps. 8 in 4 mnlnas; Chirk, 3 In 3: Oreene. 0 in 1-3: Thurston.

1 in 1 2-3: J. 3 In 3: Milium. 2 In 3: Stoner. 2 In 2: Watt. 2 in 1.

Wild pituh Watt. Passed ball Rensa. Winning pitcher Clark. Losini pitcher Stoner. Umpires-- McLaughlin and Becker.

Time of game 2:03. Mac far one's Run Of Buries i1lall Rivals Miami. March 13 Playing the hottest nine holes seen in the South this season, Willie Macfarlane, the Oak Ridge (N. pro and 1925 U. S.

open golf champion, brought his side In victory yesterday over Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell, both former national titleholders, by 3 and 2 In the 18-hole playoff of the international four-ball pro competition. The match was halted the day before at the 40th hole. So fast was, Macfarlane traveling that his brilliant partner, Wiffy Cox, the Brooklyn star, had little to do. Macfarlane had only 30 strokes for the out half, scoring seven 3s. The opposing pair never won a hole till the 15th.

The boosters for the new ball opened their eyes with amazement as Macfarlane's' string of six 3s steadily grew. The cards of this unusual match follow, the best ball score out being 30 for the winners against 34 for the losers: Macfarlane, out .53433333 330 .5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 53!) .5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4-34 Cox. out. Rarazen, out Farrell. out 54443443 435 Macfarlane.

in 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 Cox. In 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Sararen, in 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 Farrell, In 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 Seeded Stars To Meet in Squash Final Mrs. Stuart and Mrs. Adams Meet Severe Opposition in Trials The two favorites in the tournament Mrs. H.

Stuart Green of Ardsley-on-Hudson and Mrs. William Adams of the Rockaway Hunting Club will step out on the rourt at the Junior League Club today and play for whatever one gets for winning an invitation squash racquets tournament. This pair of seeded players played fheir way to the final round yesterday after going through some hard matches. Both players were severely tested and it was only on merit that they won their matches. Mrs.

Adams had to play twice yesterday and In her semi-final round match she was held to four games. Mrs. Adams started her day by defeating Mrs. George Beavers, 156, 15 7, 158. This match last got her in the proper form for her next match, which began a short time later.

In this she was opposed by Mrs. Quincy Cabot, the player who went through three rounds on Wednesday. Mrs. Cabot offered real stubborn opposition and won the first game. In the next three games there were many lone rallies, longer than the scores of the match would indicate.

Mrs. Cabot would assume the stronger position in these rallies, but invariably Mrs. Adams would outlast her and drive home the winning point. The final score on this match was 915, 153. 1511, 1512.

Mrs. Green is also a very steady player but she had to play her steadiest to down Mrs. A. J. Lamme of Rve, who was finally beaten, 1715, 158, 1716.

Mrs. Green does not play a hard driving game, but counts most on her steadiness and her ability to place the ball out of her opponent's reach. In her match with Mrs. Lamme she won th firct cam hv to.n lmints aiH the third game by Just a point. BASEBALL YESTERDAY At Winter Haen.

Fla Brooklvn N.i. 10; Philadelphia 6. At Fla. St. Louis 12: Boston fi.

At Biioxi, Miss. Baltimore, Waohir.jton iAj, menial specimens. anything but an inspiring spectacle I could never put Judge Landis on t.aoi.A4 In him What, hnrf T.nnriltt weird personality shrewd enough and part. his "enemy" of publicity Ruth a or nourish scandalous thoughts while and Babe Rtitti's home runs merely in the return of the fans' faith. come forth and present the laureU yet to hear him acknowledge that saved baseball and that the fana white-haired fellow at a ball game afternoon is Jaundiced for me.

of News Girls Title Game Ends in Deadlock Special to The Eagle Bayport, L. March 13 A foul shot tossed In the closing seconds of play by Miss Vivian Smakel, left forward of trie East Islip Hfgh School basketball team, enabled her team to deadlock the score at 25 25 with the Center Moriches High School quintet in a playoff for the girls tasketball championship in Class of the Suffolk County League here last night. The game will be replayed on the same court next week. The victors led at the end of the first half, 1210. The score was tied repeatedly throughout the game.

The lineup: Cmter Mo-ic- i Eit I.lip a P. I 4 J.Bartv.jc 3 Rnymnpd.aa 0 Barty 0 Penney, i-g 0 i-Hvievu 1 SR1ttiC0l.il 9 IS 0 Tumi.rf 4 BlPdsw.Jr 0 0 HolUBan.sc 0 0 Seiger (V O.Davaitik.lf 0 4 I) Schwartiberg 0 vigorously as he lit into his professional enemy Johnson. He wanted to show Babe and the public which was the "bigger" man; and it wasn't long before Babe received a suspension "Landis' Bad Boy," as one silly sports chronicler wrote in scratching the judge's back. Ruth, Savior of Baseball OF COURSE, any one with any common sense and spirit of fairness knows that Babe Ruth, if any one, really saved baseball in those dark days of the Black Sox scandal. The Bambino had Just ar rived as the miracle man of the home run.

It was these crashing, spectacular clouts the walloping genlous of the man that made the fani forget all about their doubts concerning the integrity of baseball, What brain could speculate on "1 rvimjxwiampS.v?fJi jobeven a squatter's right. more. "I'm going td get as hard as steel," Ben promises. You've got to be a man of steel to stand the pace at Baker Bowl during he Summer while the flies pop into the stands for homers and the boys behind you boot, one ball game after another into the losing column. And so, perhaps Ben will make the grade.

HOW THE NEW BALL FOOLS THE BOYS Old Man Psychology now makes an abrupt entrance into the discussion on the new ball. "I believe," says Shano Collins, the genial Red Sox boss, "that the advantage afforded by the raised stitches will be more of a mental nature than anything else." "Gaston says the ball sails much easier when it's held just right, and Wiley Moore thinks it helps his But I don't put much faith in all that. I'm like Bob Quinn. Let the pitchers get it into their heads that the ball is actually easier to handle, and they will soon have a great psychological advantage." In the Phillies' camp last week a half-dozen of the fllngers were exulting over the new ball. "Boy, look at.

that, hook!" said one veteran who didn't have such a rosy time of it during 1930. "I couldn't bend 'em like that last year. It's the new ball, I tell you." Another piped up to say his knuckle ball behaved much better with the new "onion." All the way donw the line there were favorable comments. Over behind the batting screen Gerry Nugent was laughing as if he'd split his sides. One of the Philly scribes brought him out of the hysteria long enough to explain.

"You hear those fellows praising the new ball?" chuckled Nugent. "Why, they haven't even seen it yet. They're using some of last years balls. We brought down four dozen of 'em to practice with." Old Man Psychology may make a big year for the pitchers at that, if they can keep those pitchers blissful ignorance. ATHLETES WIN OVER SINGERS One athletic exhibition, featuring wrestling, attracted more customers Amarillo, than three grand opera programs.

Rye 11a 'Eye' Prill With the Red Sox Pensacola, March 13 iTPi Gene Rye, rookie Red Sox outfielder who has been smacking the ball all over the lot, has introduced a new one. The little Chicagoan calls it "eye practice." Gene, who refuses to stay out of the game despite a couple of broken wrist bones, gets out with the squad and looks 'em over every morning. He can't swing a bat. so he just steps up to the plate, watches a few go sailing by, and retires for the day. IBM Wall Bouncing Is Art Chuck Has Mastered Shotton Says Klein Has Studied All Angles Rounding Ball Makes Winter Haven, March 13 lP) Manager Shotton has made one definite announcement that Chuck Klein will continue in right field for the Phillies.

"He's made a study of balls bouncing off the wall behind him," Shotton said, "and he seldom guesses wrong. He's got all the angles down fine. He throws strong and accurately to the bases. It would weaken the club to move him to another field. Even though the right field faces the sun in seven National League parks it need not impair his batting.

There is nothing the matter with Kleins hitting Maybe Ruth does hit more homers because he never plays the sun-field. That's psychological. Maybe, too the Babe doesn't want to be laughed at when he loses a ball in the sun." May Start Thomas Against Giants San Antonio, Texas. March 13 OP) The Chicago White Sox had another session of routine drill scheduled for today, the last one before opening their Spring series against the New York Giants tomorrow. Either Tommy Thomas, veteran right hander, or Vic Frasier, a recruit of the same persuasion, will start against the Giants tomorrow, while the infield will start out with Rad cliff at first.

Cissell at second, Appling at short and Kamm at third. Walter Fre Mind Biioxi. March 13 Man ager Walter Johnson said things today to two of the Washington Senators' outfielders Dave Harris and Harry Rice. These two proved to be among the best players the Baltimore Orioles had yesterday when the International Leaguers beat the Nationals, 7-6, Harris gave away one run by coming in too far under a fly and Rice donated -two more wnen a ugnt rap got away from him. Recruits Breathe Easier Los Angeles, March 13 (P) Sev eral Chicago Cub recruits were breathing more normally because of the knowledge that no one will be cast adrift before April 5.

Schedul ing of four games for the irregulars while the first-string club is play ing elsewhere, made it necessary for Manager Rogera Hornsby to hang on to all hands. Pat Malone was ex pected to start today against Los Angeles, with Root down to finish. Cramer Can't Get Going Fort Myers, March 13 (Pi Imagine a yount; outfielder, who bat ted .403 and .347 in the last two baseball seasons, unable to do any consistent clubbing in the training camp of the Philadelphia Athletics. That's what a confronting Roger Cramer, from Manahawkin, N. with the Blue Ridge League in 1929 and the Coast League last summer To date Cramei has done no lusty thumping with the A's, but Manager Mack is hopeful the slump is temporary.

When the champions went North last year Cramer was the sole reserve outfielder until mid-July. He cubbed for Simmons several weeks and Mack thought another year in the minors would fit him for the big show. W'rs Was Brave' Bright Spot St. Petersburg, March 13 P) Bill McKechnie's beginning to wonder when the slaughter's going to stop. If it Isn't the Yankees it's the Cardinals and the Braves' man- With Sewell i At 3d Lazzeri Returns to 2d McCarthy Seems Inclined to Keep Old Joe at Hot Corner St.

Petersburg, March 13 (JP) Mark Roth, business manager of the New York Yankees, has one for the book. In a recent game between the Yanks and Braves a stranger from the North appeared at the gate and in r'ace of a ticket presented a Yankerrain check he had carefully preserved from the 1930 season. The gateman could not persuade the stranger that the check was useless. Roth was called In to explain it had no value south of New York. He wisely refrained from adding that it was not any good there, either, after the season closed.

Manager Joe McCaithy's reactions to the three exhibition games the Yanks have played thus far "began taking physical form. In yesterday's 'luny Lazzeri, who previously had played third base, moved to the position where first acquired big league fame second base. In the next exhibition game, which is scheduled for tomorrow against the Cincinnati Reds, Tony is expected to show McCarthy that he is still at home at second. This change indicates that Joe Sewell at third mav be a fixture in the Yanks' infield as a result of his fine hitting and fielding in the games against the Braves. The experiment of the infield with Lazzeri at second and Sewell at third shows McCarthy's wish to have both of these strong hitters in his lineup.

"I want Tony in pame he said. "A man who can drive in as many runs as the rerords show he drove home last year is too powerful an asset to keep out of the lineup." In addition to Lazzeri, the Yanks have two other basemen. Chapman and Reese. If the Lazzeri-Sewell infield sticks for the league season, one of these may be dropped, because the other two lnfielders, Lary and Werbcr, are shortstop artists. Giants Need Hospital San Antonio, Texas, March 13 C4) John McGraw is thinking of open ing up a hospital to take care of his long list of ailing New York Giants.

The invalids now include. Leslie and Leach, colds: Schumacher, lame ankle; torn finger nail; Richbourg, blister on foot. Terry and McGraw just as closemouthed today as yesterday on the amount of salary Bill Teiry, who signed yesterday, is to get. Terry's belated arrival loses him two weeks of training, but Bill usually keeps himself in training, so McGraw isn't worried. Only one Giant player Is still unsigned.

He is Joe Genewich, veteran pitcher. Terry's signing came jurt in time, as Sam Leslie, who has been doing some highly satisfactory work at first, is laid up with a cold. As a consequence, Mansfield, a recruit outfielder, and Clarence Mitchell, the veteran spitballer. wore pressed into service as first sackers for the practice game between the regulars and irregulars yesterday. BASEBALL GAMES TODAY At Clearwater, Fla.

Brooklyn 'N vs. House of David. At San Francisco Detroit 'A), vs. San Francisco. At St.

retersburu. Fla. Philadelphia A.i vs. Boston At Los Angeles Chicago IN.) vs. Los Angeles, such a titan of the bat was in action? Very few.

Yet such was the hypnotic spell of Landis that even in this case the "savior" propaganda Hill operated successfully. Yes, Landis had "saved" baseball coptributed in an Incidental manner Stiil. even when such imbecility prevailed in generous doses throughout, the land I could still have been won over to Judge Laridis. Every day I waited for the man to whom they were due. But I have Babe Ruth and not Judge.

Landis to should pay him homage for the exploit. He has all sorts of rights to the Wasn't he the first man on the' training reservation and didn't he stake out his claim to the short- field territory a full fortnight ahead of the rest of the claimants? "I don't even consider Heinie Schuble." scoffed Akers the other day, dismissing with a gesture the man who is supposed to give him a good battle for the job. "He hit .30 when he was in the Texas League and I hit Ml. "I'm glad to see that Mark Koe nig has turned to pitching." runs on this confident chap. "He has more of a chance for a regular Job if he sticks to twirling.

And this busher Owens does he think he has a chance, really? That job was mine from the start, I tell you." But this braggadocio battle isn't over yet, it seems, for Heinie Schuble has a few five-syllable shots left in his own locker. "Why. Schuble will run you right off this club," Waite Hoyt nonchalantly predicted the other day, just to get the long-winded Akers started. "Who? Me? Why, I've got this job cinched, Walte began Billy, prepared to say his little pep talk all over again. And the boys keep him busy saying it over and over again, too.

He's the life of the camp at Sacramento. Rl'TH NEARLY SHATTERED THIS "MAN OF STEEL" The Phillies have a pitcher though perhaps you've never heard of Ben Shields whose story reads like a page torn from fiction. In 1925 Ben made a fine record for the Richmond team. The Yanks snapped him up for a trial and he won three games near the end of the campaign, beating the A's, Indians and Tigers. At St.

the following Spring Shields was pitching to Babe Ruth in batting The big fellow caught one that was labeled for a long ride but it went straight at Shields and caught him right in the chest. It was a painful, serious injury, and laid him up all durinj that season. They told him he was through with baseball would never have a chance to "come back" with that lung injury and the dangers of physical exertion in that weakened state hanging over his head. But Ben didn't hang up his glove and lake the rest the doctors pre-itribed. He got a Job driving a taxi In Richmond the year before last, and then took another fling at baseball, taking care of his diet and rest the while.

The Red Sox glimpsed him in the training camp last Spring but he wasn't ready Now the Phillies have him a burly, healty-looking fellow, whose weight is up to 213 pounds. But the health bug has bitten Ben for fair now. It's more weight he wants, and he's the hardest worker on the Winter Haven lot to boot. But that isn't all. After Burt Shotton dismisses his baseball class every day.

Shields hies himelf to a lako in Win'er Haven and rows around in circles for an hour or It in at I imagine that is largely responsible for the fact that every time I tee the grimacing, posture-making, I feel like going home. The whole Two Items THAT Is unless Babe Ruth happens to hit a home run. There is the great fellow who has not only saved many an afternoon for me uv wiiu, jci 3 ican.v wveu mc game ior ine universe. I thought you'd like to know. The two-ply news of Judge Landis strolling leisurely about underneath the Florida palms watching the Robins play and Johnson's "gallant fight" in a St.

Louis hospital merely served to recall the whole thing. Broker Quintets Tied for Series Staging a great second-half rally, the Jacqueline and Decoppet basketball team evened up the cham pionship play off scries of the Wall Street A. A. Basketball League when they won a startling victory from the H. L.

Doherty quintet last night at the Brooklyn tilts club. The final score was 24 17. Both teams have won ne game, with a third game remaining to decide the series. In the final minutes cf play Jimmy Hannon, captain and guard of the victors, was hurt in a mixup for the ball and he was removed to the hospital with a possible fractured jaw. The lineup: J.

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