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Plays With Brokjl NEW YORK March oc "dW, Sport Highlights. L03 Angeles Beats Pirates, 9-5, in 11 Inning's. ssssssssssssss Michigan Natatori in Early Lead in College Meet. Hornets, Stars Resume Hockey Playoff Tonight. Chicasrc Promoter Fears Braddock Plans Bunout.

graphs revealed today Neii ColviUe "ray -W ice for the New York Kanrs Hockey League, suffered a fractured ia 7 with the Toronto Maple Leafs last his injury, ColviUe played most nf 7': Desttr here. "-aw. SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1937 85 um 1 1 th, warn Defeait 77X1 Action as Pirates Battle Whitesox ECEN HEINTZELMAN VICTIM OF DRIVE MIRRORS OF SPORT by HAVEY BOYLE Sport editor. ost-Gasstt. IN EXTRA FRAM MICHIGAN SWIM TEAM ATTAINS EARLY LEAD National Champions Make 34 Points As Meet Opens.

BUCKS', YALE TRAIL Wolverine Relay Outfit Breaks Own Mark Of Last Year. vertime Youngster Pounded Hard by Coast Team In Extra Frame. 1 tr WEAVER, SWIFT HURL Twirl Five Rounds Apiece Russell's Triple Cleans Sacks. Gnrtat, If Stats, cf Rlrhardnn, 3h HnrM. lb 4 Rnssell, lb Holt, rf Atwell, MatHrk, ts 4 Collins, 4 Fvan, Kimball, Glhnn Garnet 0 Total PITTSBCRGH AS.

1 Schnlle, rf Jensen, If a Browne, rf 5 Vaoghan. ts 4 Snhr, lb Rrnbsker, 3b 4 Handley, 2b 5 Todd, redden, 4 Weaver, a Kands 1 Swift, 1 Heintzelman, 0 tDlckshnt 1 Tnlals. lj 1) a'- By Edward F. Balinger L.OS ANGELES, March 26. Ken Heintzelman, called upon for rescue work in the eleventh inning today, failed to get his left-handed shooters performing properly and the Los Angeles club crashed out a 9-to-5 victory over the Pirates.

Big Jim Weaver and Bill Swift each pitched five rounds as also did their opponents, Russell Evans and Newell Kimball. Swift and Kimball were relieved by pinch batters and the final frame became entirely up to off-siders, Heintzelman being opposed by Ed Carnett. It was a see-saw affair for ten frames but in the eleventh all nine Angels went to bat and touched the Jeannette rookie for five swats including a triple by Russell who had replaced Don Hurst at first base. This three-sacker found the stations jammed and it decided the exhibition. Atwell, second baseman of the visitors kicked in with four blows, while Holt, his fellow right fielder got three.

Arky Vaughan and Bill Brubaker also collected three apiece. The Buccos totaled an even dozen safeties but their foemen went them three better. i Glbon batted for Kimhsll is Sand batted fnr ta Jftt nirkhnt halted for flntr.lmM LOH .0 10 AM 1211. riTTsiiiRGH non ,1 '4 sv. i 1 MINNEAPOLIS, March 2.

(JP The University of Michigan served notice it is not yet ready to relinquish its national swimming crown by outdistancing a fast field in the first day's events of the fourteenth annual Intercollegiate championships today. When the firing in the six events had- ceased tonight the Wolverines rode well out in front with 34 points, followed by Ohio State with 27 and Yale with21. Another feature of today's competition was the dethroning of two of last year's individual champions, Daniel Zehr of Northwestern University in the 150-yard back stroke and Ray Walters of Iowa in the 50-yard free style. One Kecord Bettered." Other teams with points after the first day's work were Northwestern with 10, University of Iowa. 7, Stanford 4, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts State and Minnesota, each with two and Illinois with one.

While exceptionally fast times were turned in for most of today's events, only one record was bettered, that in the 300-yard medley relay preliminaries when Michigan churned the distance in 2:57.8, breaking its own mark of made in the 1936 Intercollegiates. The Wolverine anedley aggregation of Frederick Cody, Jack Kas-ley And Edward Kirar, capped its record breaking performance, in the preliminaries by taking the finals in the event handily, beating out Ohio State in 2:58.4. Kirar Cop Title, Kirar became the new champion In the fiO-vard free style event i.arura run. 1-" 4PC.1P. Pin(ijrr unit, Vurka, Brnbaker.

Three-base hit Msttirk, Hudl I Rnsnell. Associated Press Photo. I'mpire Hood is calling out Fred Schulte, tion game of a schevluld long spring series. Pirate outfielder, as he slides into Mesner at Umpire Hood is certainly on top of the play, third base for the Whitesox in the first exhibi- Rons hnHed In Bv Mittirk, Donble plays anghun Soli, to Atwell to Hnr.t; Hn(t t. i First bae on balla Off itinoii, -Mstiirui ej Hiergj Kirnarawin) nff F.vani iti Brnbaker): ofr rarnftt 1 (Schiua Wild pitch Hclnti.lmsn.

SLAVIAS PICKED TO BEAT SHANNON Crucial Soccer Game Is Slated Here Tomorrow. Hits Off Fvan. 4 in i barm Hornets, Stars Resume Play -Off Here Tonight Blue Shirts Aim to Even Series on Garden Ice; Syracuse Has Edge Over Locals. Kunball, 5 in .1 Inning. raw Pirate Gossip In 1 Inning; off Wraver, 3 hi I snr off Swift, 7 In 5 lnnlns; Pfl ttrsmu 6 In 1 Innlni.

Sacrifice hltn W.sver, Klmbil Left on bases Los Antrin I bnrrh t. Mrurk out Bt F.vant 1 'mn. Browne); by Kimball 3 Handi lao, Browne); by Weaver lEost, By Bert P. Taggart LOS ANGELES, March 28. Nicholas Gihbs who caught for University of Arkansas and gained more experience as a farm hand In the Cardinal chain system, came to California and played on the lots.

He has been working out with the Pittsburgh club In camp and tonight it was announced he had been signed up by the Paducah club in the Kitty loop. Nick is five feet nine and weighs 178 pounds. He la 21 years old and lives in Detroit, Mich. Heintzelman 1 i Haiti. Winning pitcher Klmhall.

loosing pitcher Helntflmao. Time nf came I'mptre Rearrton and Gno, Castle Shannon's National Open cup team will face its crucial test of the long drawn out season tomorrow afternoon at Greenlee Field when the Cleveland Slavias meets the Shannon kickers in the Western final game. Castle Shannon, defending amateur champions, is -in rare form for the big contest but the reputation of the Slavias, for Syracuse tomorrow night, and since the Stars are almost unbeatable on their own ice, it behooves the Blue Shirts to even up the series tonight. The Hornets haven't fared so well against the Stars this season. In eight games played during the Tuesday and Weilne.ifsi.

R.wiiri nnunred ont of tUnser ted.v advised not to in on. he mm 1 I.lnyd Waner remained here while the team waa In Lns Angeles and on Pie Tno'nsr's fflnm he found his cental-field star had been threatened with, pneumonia, l.lovd was In bed all nf accompany the team a-Jterl goes lo Los AnitlM lor elsis sfl the Cnba. regular schedule the local outfitl Whether or not the Hornet skaters will reach the final round of the International-American Hockey League play-offs will be determined in a large way tonight when the Blue Shirts and Syracuse Stars resume their Western division post-season series at Duquesne Garden. The Stars, winners of the Western section pennant, took the initial fracas of the best three-out-of-five series in -Syracuse Wednesday night, and the Hornets, who finished the regular campaign in second place, must win tonight to stave off an early elimination. The third game is programmed A Parley Is Suggested In the spirit of the times we think that either Bill Bens-Tranger or Paul Waner, but preferably both, should begin flirting a little.

This thing of semi-professional pouting by either or both sides, if continued, is going to do both sides harm. If My Taylor, the big steel man, can sit down in the true sense and not as the current description implies, with Jack Lewis (it would never do for a sports writer to refer to a figure by his proper name), then there should be a good chance that in a lesser realm, and in a less significant cause Sit-Downer Waner arid" Employer Benswanger should be able to do the same thing. Furthermore, pending settlement we believe that both sides owe it to the Pittsburgh baseball public to come right out and state in explicit words just what the shooting is all about. If the same situation existed in New York, for example, Colonel Ruppert, of the Yankees, would carry out the figure Waner wanted in decimal points and Waner would issue his statement in fractions so that not a shred of evidence would be lacking when the jury retired to do its knitting or to insert a chew of tobacco preparatory to considering the case. We crave details and we believe the fans do and we think tKe'fans are entitled to the facts.

It is true, no doubt, that a principle is involved now, since Brother Paul repudiated a telephonic agreement, but shucks there was no principle, other than the money principle, when the. thing first started, and so we urge the gentlemen in question to take the broad view and begin negotiating. Principles are things to grab hold of, all right, but principles too stand varying interpretations. This thing of allowing the thing to drift until valuable time will have teen lost does not sit so well. Come, gentlemen, pull the marbles out of your pocket and resume the game, or if one side insists on gathering up his dishes and is determined not speak why let's forget it and resume the game of playing house.

After all, none of the dishes has been broken yet, and further monkeyshines may help ruin the set. Only Few Have Quit that we don't think Brother Paul will eventually get in-the fold, but -he time in getting ready. In the history of holdouts--there is much to warrant confidence that Brother Paul will 'sign. Retirement threats seldom have, been carried out. The few who actually retired were players who had business opportunities to grasp, and whose action was not prompted bv differences over contracts.

Pittsburgh had the first, 'way back in 1SS8. Pitcher Jim McCormick, who had come here from the Chicago club for this city's first year in the National League, 1SS7, quit the local team after that season to go into business in New Jersey and never returned to the sport. The next was Big Bill Lange, famous center fielder and base stealer of the Chicago Nationals before the turn of the century. "Little Eva," as he was called, dropped out after the campaign of 1889 while yet a- topliner and devoted all of his time thereafter to business in the West. Then there was Tillie Schaefer, a third baseman of parts, who gave up baseball after playing for the Giants 1909-10, though he still had great possibilities, Even those who remained so firm in spring holdouts as to slay out for an entire season were far from being numerous.

And, eventually, all of them went back to their old jobs. i Amos Rusie, most renowned of the early speed-ball pitchers, could not come to terms with Andrew Friedman, owner of the New York Giants, in 1S95, and was out the whole season. Friedman insisted that it was a suspension, but in any event Rusie stayed at home a full year. However, he was back in harness in 1896. Some Local Cases i Ed Abbaticehio, famous athletic product of Latrobe, refused td report to the Boston Nationals in 1906 after two years of service with fhem, and did not return to baseball until 1907, when he came to the Pirates in a trade for Claude Ritchey, Ginger Beaumont and Patsy Flaherty.

The Pittsburgh club has known few holdouts that persisted vfry long after opening day. Honus Wagner once announced his intended retirement without putting it in the form of a salary demand, but before the training work had advanced far he Was induced to sign for $10,000, heavy metal in those days. While not regarded as a holdout, Wagner, in his final playing season, 1917, did not report until June 7, and then took up the easier work at first base instead of returning to his old position a shortstop. At the conclusion of that race, Honus hung up his glove for keeps, as far as major league play was concerned. Schmidt Waited Until July Walter Schmidt, the last great catcher the Pirates owned, continued so firm in a 1922 holdout that he did not report until July 20.

Getting Pitcher Heinie Meine in line was almost an annual task for the Pirate management. Twice Meine was among the missing when pennant hostilities opened. In his very first major league season, 1929. after being purchased from Kansas City for Pitcher Lester Bartholomew and a robust check, Heinie did not cpme to terms with the local club until April 26, and it was May 31 when he appeared on the mound. In 1932, Meine stayed out even longer.

He did not sign a contract until May 22 and did not start a game until June 4. I Just how long Pitcher Burleigh Grimes would have stood pat in 1930 is a question. The late Barney Dreyfuss I refused to argue the point with the spitballer, and on April 9 sold Grime3 to the Boston Nationals for Pitcher Percy Jones and $20,000. The Pittsburgh club had plenty of spring trouble with Pitcher Wilbur Cooper, Pitcher Vic Aldridge and others, but as general rule the Pirate forces were intact by opening day, though several, including P. Waner himself and Brother Lloyd a few years ago, were not on hand for the start of training.

Space does not permit running the complete history of Pirate holdouts, but if you hold onto your seats we will later on complete the Pirate holdout picture for you. No use setting up tonight waiting for it, however, as this will be the last column until Monday morning. Be patient, please. who have beaten their major Western opponents, comes here as favorites to win over the Shannon team. With promise of a hard frozen field to play upon the game should be a fast affair as both teams use a dashing offensive in their style of play.

As the only contest listed for the afternoon the contest should draw a large crowd of fans to Greenlee Field. The Shannon-Cleveland game is scheduled to start at 3 o'clock with James MacFarlane, Ohio ace official, in charge. C. Carlton of Buffalo and Dave Martin, local official, will be the linesmen. Morgan and Beadling will meet this afternoon in a junior amateur cup contest at Bridgeville, this being a semi-final round game.

when he splashed to the finish line in 23.2, just three-tenths of a second short of the record for this race. Michigan counted 10 points in the short race when Waldemar Tom-ski, a. team mate, breezed in just behind Kirar. R. Penn of Tale was third.

Zehr fell before the powerful stroke of William Neunzig of Ohio State who traveled the 150-yard backstroke race in 1:37.1. The defending champions collected another first place when Tom Haynie flashed to the front in 2:11.5 in the 220-yard free style. Jim Patterson of Ohio State gave his school first place in the one-meter board diving. The well-built youth piling up a point total of 135.80 to far outdistance his live rivals. Five events still remain on the program, the 100-yard free style, 200-yard breaststroke, 400-y a free style relay, three meter high board diving and 440-yard free DETROIT FAVORED TO BEAT CANUCKS was able to win only three timesT At Syracuse the Stars have beaten the Hornets every time they've met four times during the regular schedule and once to date in the play-offs which doesn't augur well for their shaking the jinx in the titular series.

The Stars come here with the strongest scoring combination in either section of the league. In their 48 regularly scheduled games the sectional titleholders dented the enemy cords 173 times, for a game average of 3.19. Philadelphia, the eastern division winner, and second best scoring combination, scored 25 fewer goals than the Stars. In the first play-off against the Hornets the Stars showed that they had lost none of their power when they chalked up four goals against one. On the Garden ice, however, the Hornets have been quite successful against the Stars.

In defeating the New York Staters three out of four here, the Hornets scored 14 goals against 11 for the visitors, and seven of the Stars' 11 were made in one game. NEW YORK, March 26. lV-Flying as high as their red wings ever have carried them, Detroit's National Hockey League and Stan-. LITTLE ROCK WINS ALU. GIRLS' TITLE ley Cup champions will move into style.

Qualifying in all will be held the Montreal forum tomorrow night bent on a quick finish to their first-place play-off series with the Montreal Canadiens. WICHITA, March 26. UP) The Little Rock, flyers won the women's national A. A. U.

bas ket ball championship by defeating the heavily favored Galveston, PITTSBURGH. NO. Anicos, 17 to 10, here tonight. The teams were dealocked 6-6 at the half, and until the fourth quarter seldom were separated by more than two points. SYRACUSE.

NO. Stein 1 Shannon IT Blake 2 Convey 8 Mann 11 Parsons 14 1 Robertson 4 Doran 3 Williams 6 Drouillard 16 Doraty 11 Llscomb C. D. .1. D.

-C R. W. W. The Wings and the Flying Frenchmen will be the only teams in action tomorrow evening. The New York Rangers, advanced to the semi-final round by a two-straight elimination of Toronto, will be resting and awaiting the outcome of Sunday night's final battle of the second-place duel between the Boston Bruins and Montreal Maroons at Boston.

Favorites in advance to repeat their 1936 triumph, the Red Wings nevertheless were expected to feel the absence of injured Larry Aurie from their first-stringy forward line. So far that absence hasn't been noticeable in the scoring records. Basket Ball Scores Saturday afternoon with finals at night. The summary: 1. 500-meter rea styla finals Won by Jnhn Maclonis.

Yale; time Pick Rider, Stanford, second. 20:05.3: Dexter Woodford. Ohio Stata. third. 20:05.

Frank Barnard, Michigan, fourth, P. Brueckel, Yale, fifth, G. Love, Illinois, sixth. 20:42.1. 50-yard free-style finals Won by Kirar, Michigan; Tomski, Michigan, second; Penn, Yale, third; is bourne, Pennsylvania, fourth; Hudson, Minnesota, fifth; Walters, Iowa, sixth.

Time :23.2. 150-yard back-stroke finals Won by Neunzig, Ohio State; Zehr, Northwestern, second; Westerfteld. Iowa, third; Cody, MirhiEan, fourth: Mittendorf, Yale, fifth; Brandt, Minnesota, sixth. Time 1:37.1. 220-yard free-style finals Won by Tom Haynie, Michigan Dexter Woodford, Ohio State, second; P.

Brueckel, Yale, third; J. Macionis, Yale, fourth; Norman Lewis, Illinois, fifth; Charies Wilson, Chicago, sixth. Time 2:11.5. One meter low-board diving finals Won by Jim Patterson. Ohio State, 135.80 points; Ben Grady.

Michigan, second. 117.30; D. Endweiss, Yale, third. 107; Floyd Stauffer, Chicago, fourth, 103.12; Leonard Klun. Minnesota, fifth, 101.38; Danforth.

Yale, 88.38. 300-yard medley relay finals Won by Michigan (Frederick Cody, Jack Kasley. Edward Kirar); Ohio, second; Northwestern, third; Iowa, fourth: Yale, flftti; Minnesota, sixth. Time 2:58.4. INDEPENDENT.

AST LIVERPOOL. TOCRNET. PitUbureh spares (2) Anderson. R.D. (5) Deacon.

(7) Starr. L.W.; Eherf, L.W.; rt) Orlando, L.D.; 10) W. Hudson. (12) Circux, R.W.; (14) R. Hudson, L.W.

Syracuse spares (3) Locking f4 Church: (5) Howard; (7) Jackson; (S) Msrkle: (9) Doran: (10) Jarvis; (15) Bennett; (IS Armstrong. E. Liver. Coopers 29 Farrell Geneva 24 Srhrtng ...20 Salem Copes 25 Rlennenvllle I ...18 Yonngstown 36 Stenbenvtlle Ref Ens Notes Big Improvement In A I Todd; Praises Handley Atlantic City Ties Series With Hershey ATLANTIC CITY. N.

March 26. tf) Handing the Hershey Bears a -to-l setback before 7.500 spectators tonight, the Atlantic City Sea Gulls deadlocked the playoff aeries for the championship of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League at one victory aDtece. Big Catcher in Better Shape Than Last Spring, By Edward F. Balinger SAN BERNARDINO, March 26. Unless a ball club has consistent pitching, it cannot hope to Young Second Baseman Shows Plenty Of Pepper Afield.

has improved most since last spring, is Al Todd. One year ago when he reported he seemed to follow the old Philadelphia system of HERSHEY 1. Da more Tuten Lauzon Blinco Russell ATLANTIC CITY Teno Andersen Davies Leria H. Foster Wait Frost AUanUc City snares Gamble. MrKiiinn i i oning himself by do- I ing little run- ning and paying little heed to the usual methods Cairns, McKinnon, A.

Foster, Slater, Dewey. Hershey spares Mancuso. Cormier, Morris, Grabowskl. Currie, Blanchard, Williams, Kelley, Cleifnom and Bell. SCORING.

First ferlnd. 1 McKillop. Atlantic City, 10. carry away any pennants and this is why the Pirates at present must be reckoned as an enigma in the 1937 championship race. Red Lucas, Jim Weaver, Bill Swift and Cy Blanton accounted for a he is training with the Corsairs and it is within their power to retain him if they see fit and send another player to Canada in his place.

In my opinion, Bauers has shown enough stuff to impress Pie Trayner and cause him to consider the advisability of hanging on to this big Wisconsin right-hander. Kenneth Heintzelman, who south-pawed for Jeannette last summer i3 another prospect who may be giving the Pirate leader ground for some deep thinking. Ens Gives Views. While talking about these two boys with Jewel Ens tonight, the coach declared that he also likes the looks of these lads. "They are young," he said, "but both blaze that ball across the plate with the speed of bullets.

All they need, is good control and the minute they get it, they are in the big show to stay. They still are youngsters. Heintzelman can stand a little more weight but Bauers has an ideal physique. "It is essential in this age for a pitcher to have a fast ball if he hopes to get by. Both these hurlers have that very thing.

Baseball has known a number of fireball experts who became stars and were in. the majors for years, yet knew nothing about change of pace." Asked who on the team is showing most improvement. Ens at once replied: "Well, I think the one who "Now Todd is hustling, taking daily runsr? around the ball I park and doing a great deal of IL- 2 uraoowski. 12:45. Penalties Currie.

tripping; charging; Cormier, tripping; A lashing. Davies Foster if shaircine fly VVs D. E. Gridiron Team Schedules 10 Games Second Period. 3 H.

Foster. Atlantic City. 4:56. 4 H. Foster.

Atlantic City, 9:12. Penalty Lauzon, charging. Third Period. 5 H. Foster, AtlaaUc City.

14.45. Penalties McKinnon, roughing; Currie, roughing: Mancuso. high-sticking; McKin non. high-sticking; Blanchard. charging.

Saves Teno, 32; Damon, 24. Local Speed Skater In Chicago Event George P. Handel will represent Pittsburgh In the national Indoor speed skating championship, to be held at the Chicago Arena tonight and tomorrow. He is entered In all senior men's events. The winner of thja meet will be the national indoor champion.

Handel is a member of the Pennsylvania Skating Association. Todd. total of 58 vic tories last season, but Blanton had a terrible start and Swift also Jost a string of games. Waite Hoyt was handicapped by a surgical operation. Maybe they'll do better this year and maybe they won't.

If they should, then the team is sure to cause trouble all the way. The same holds good in case one or two of the rookies succeed in sticking with the slab staff. Russell Bauers already has been notified that he will be farmed out to the Montreal Internationals, but balls. He got a Handley. poor start last spring and was not in the right shape.

If condition means anything the big catcher certainly ought to ge off on the fight foot. "And another thing, I am sure the fans of Pittsburgh are going to like this boy Lee Handley. He has very quick action, hits fairly well and is a genuine little hustler. He is not a Dick Bartell when it comes to chatter, but he makes more noise than, the patrons of Forbes Field are Accustomed to hearing." Hockey Playoffs EASTERN AMiTrm irAfirr ELE3NS, W. March 2 (Special) iThs Davis and Elkins College football team will play ten itmei next season, as September 25 Langrey Field.

U. Aatiy airport, there. October 2 Elon Collet. Elon. N.

C. October 7 St. Vincent, here. October 16 West Wesleyan. there.

October 23 Salem College at Grafton. Oarober 29 Geneva at Beaver Talis. No-vamber University of Akron, at Akron. 0-" November 13 Quantico Marines, there ipMihgc November 25 St. Marys, at Frederick, Hd, College Tennis Mlaatie City 4 Hershey 1 STANDING OF THE TEAMS.

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Hershey. 1 1 3 4 .500 Atlantic CM- 1 1 4 3 .600 GAME TONIGHT. Harsh ey at AtlanUa City. North Carolina At Xhapel Hill, N. 10, Vais it 1.