The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page 29

AKTCON BEACON JOURNAL TWENTY-NTNE CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY! Little Fanflare Connected With Yankees Opening Spring Drill Larry Flynn Sizes Up Indians Praises Bob Feller's Curve Canton Bowler Tosses Ball From Brooklyn Bridge After Fizzle HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHIEFS COMPLETE PLANS FOR BIG CAMPAIGN -By JAMES V. SCHLEMMER-Beaeon JoarnaJ Sports Editor ALL STARS ARE CHOSEN GRANTS SIGN Ht'RLER Grant st. Merchants have sign Cl'RTIS TEAM DRILLS Curtis Coals will hold their first baseball meeting Thursday night at 8 o'clock at Lucky'i restaurant, 46 North Howard st. YANKS SHOW SPEED IN FIRST WORKOUT ed Eddie Bernacki, star hurler for the McEbright Juniors last year. Teams wanting games calLJ Emil at BLackstone 0217.

Makeup Of Squad To Meet Yankees Saturday Determined At Meeting TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1037 THERE WAS LITTLE fanflare connected with the opening yesterday of a 22-day springtraining campaign for the third edition of the Akron Yankees. There isn't going to be much fanflare at any time, but there will be a lot of hard work; a closer contact between the biggies in the New York Yankee organization and the Akron squad; a constant drive upon the part of Leo Mackey, the new manager, and undoubtedly a better squad resulting. Twenty-four youngsters went through what purported to be the Initial drill. It consisted mainly in jogging around the park and in tossing the ball around in the expanses of the outfield. The infield at League park must be kept off until tomorrow at the earliest, this despite the fact the Yankees are scheduled to play their first exhibition game Saturday afternoon.

A ball park without an infield permits of little In the way of workout that can furnish outsiders with any means of passing judgment upon the workers. About all that can be said today is that out of yesterday's two dozerf, there are fewer big fellows than the Yankees have sent to Akron previously; there are more native Akronites; there are more players who are not absolute strangers. Local Youths THE AKRONITES are Frankie Garcia, Johnny Single, Merritt Lancaster. Ira Trout vounesters picked up for trial upon the recom By BOB ELLIOTT UNDER the capable guidance of Larry Ricker, East mentor, baseball appears ready to take its rightful place as one of Akron's outstanding scholastic athletic endeavors. Coaches of the 11 local schools which will sponsor diamond teams, met last night and completed plans for what appears destined to be a mighty successful campaign.

Final schedule changes were made, fields chosen for all league games and partial equipment issued. The mentors, last night, also completed selection of the all-star squad which will oppose the Akron Yankees of the Middle Atlantic loop Saturday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock at League park. Outstanding performers of each school were selected, with prospects that a strong nine will be available for the conflict. Rirkrr, Roe Anderson of South and Rush Belrhly of West were picked to coach the all-stars. Last year, the all-stars were directed by Milo Ratkovich of North, Maurice Tedrow of Kenmore and Bob Jones of Hower Trade.

I.l'CTHI BLAXEY MacKINNON BEARINT, Akron's young Yankees lost little time getting out onto the field of combat when Gene Martin, business manager, released them after a preliminary clubhouse lecture. Here's how they scampered out of that clubhouse. Bob Blaney of Cleveland is leading Angelo Lucchl, Harold MacKinnon and Paul Bearint onto the field, while below is a glimpse of one section of the squad tuning up their eyes in the first pepper practice, with MacKinnon and Bearint, both of whom were tried here last spring, and Emil Zak. and Frank Kochanski, newcomers, taking part. mendations of Gene Martin and Speed Bosworth.

The squad members who were tried last year, shipped away for more seasoning, and have been brought back, include Harold MacKinnon, Paul Bearint, John Leznick, William Lentz and Charles Bauer. It will be several days before one will be able to tell how much they have improved over their showings here last spring. Jack Graham, the husky first Backer who is the only holdover from the 1936 club, did not arrive from his California home yesterday but Martin expected Mm to be on hand when drill was resumed today. It is probably just as well that Graham missed train connections yesterday, for the Gotham Limited, which was to have brought him from Chicago to Akron, was derailed Sunday night east of Chicago and two squad members Ray Moffett, coming from Brentwood, and Al Baker, coming from Chicago, were shaken up. They were late for practice yesterday.

John Pape, Youngstown college pitcher; Al Canterna, Schenley, catcher, also failed to get in in time for yesterday's loosening up work but reported later. So did Bernard Colopy, nephew of Judge Steve Colopy, who has been issued equipment and will be given a trial by Mackey and Martin. There isn't a Mid-Atlantic championship squad on hand here at the present time. Mackey knows this and so does Martin. Fortunately, George Weiss, Paul Krichell and others of the Yankee higher-ups know it.

They purposely have sent a smaller squad to Akron and will add to it in the near future as cuts are made in the Norfolk squad of the Piedmont league and in Binghamton of the New York-Penn. Players making up the all-star squad are as follows: Catchers Jack Friel of Central and Joe McElcar of Hower; pitchers Bobby Nash of West, Rich Moreland of Garfield, Jack Newton of North, Glenn Hose of South and Whitey Slaninka of East; first basemen John Joyce of Hower, Alex Ellison of South Peeve At Slapnicka and Jimmie Johnson of West second basemen Bernie Dunn of Kenmore and Jack Woy of Cen tral; third basemen Sky Webb of Kenmore and Charley Pope of East; shortstops Harold Parten- heimer of Buchtel and Vince Rich of North; outfielders Albert Elias and Augie Varca of Goodrich, Emil Moldea of Garfield Louis Sutphin of East, Ernie Kusyner of South and Rex Fouche of Buchtel. League play starts next Tues day afternoon, with five contests and will continue through June 6, In the event there is a tie for the championship, the deadlock will be broken in a playoff during KOCHANSKI ZAK BEARINT MnrKINNON the week of June 7. NOTICE, MEN! RichmatYs Announce the Year's Greatest Grade Schools May Track Meet Jim Caras Upsets Rudolph, Has Game Lead In Cue Meet LARRY FLYNN showed up'with the Yankee squad yesterday, though only in an unofficial capacity. And the peeve he holds for Cy Slapnicka, genera) manager of the Cleveland Indians, is hot enough to melt granite.

"You'll remember how Bill Bradley had me go up to Cleveland and talk to Slapnicka last fall?" he says. "And how Slapnicka signed me up and told me to report with the Indians atf New Orleans? And how he gave me $20 for 'bus fare' from Cleveland back to Akron And how I raved about what a grand guy he is "Well, the $20 is all he ever did give me. He had me down in New Orleans all spring: not long enough by several years to have been given the onceover by the Indians, considering the lack of attention given me, but long enough to find out all I care to know about Slapnicka. He's a bushcr." Flynn has had rather a turbulent baseball career. His homer won the opening game for the Akron Yankees in 1935.

But he threw his right arm away in that game and was idle throughout the season. He made a comeback attempt last spring, but the arm still was bad. Now he Is working out with the Yanks again, but in no way is a member of the squad. Feller Has Curve LYNN'S SIZEl'P of the Indians is interesting, especially coming from one who has had every opportunity to watch the Tribe perform this spring at its New Orleans base. "Bob Fellor has a genuine curve ball with a lot of smoke on it," says Larry.

"It's really fast. The boy is wild but he has plenty of moxie and he looks like a fellow who will learn fast. "It isn't any springtime ballyhoo about Feller's stuff. Maybe he only had a fast ball last year, but he has fast balls with twisters on them this spring. "It's probably fcallyhooey, though, about Feller having a private tutor in camp to help him along towards his high school graduation.

Jn all the days I was with the Indians I never saw any tutor and I never heard the subject mentioned. Up here, however, it seems to be the belief that the Van Meter high school faculty has been shipped south with Feller. 'Stink At Third' "HPHE INDIANS are weak behind the plate and they stink at third base. Why this Oscar Grimes can play more third base than Roy Stage Coaches Draft Tentative Plans; District Tests Figure In Setup of proven ability moved to the top. Onofrio Lauri, a Brooklyn veteran, suffered his fourth loss and elimination from the title chase, yesterday.

Both Ponzl and Greenleaf will play tonight. The former meets Lauri, who is quite capable of upsetting him, and Greenleaf meets a former champion, Erwin Ru- NEW YORK, April 13. UP) Form, which was a close associate of the celebrated Mr. Sweeney in the opening days of the tourney, is back on top of the world's pocket billiard championship with Jimmy Caras of Wilmington, in first place In the current standings and two ex-champions, Andrew Ponzi and Ralph Greenleaf of New York, tied for second place. Caras has won six of seven matches, thus far.

During the past few days of play, early threats in the tourney have dropped away to the second half of the standings and players TOPCOAT BARGAIN Fine, Stylish Coats, at idolph of Cleveland, who lost to i Caras, yesterday, 125 to 45, in 10 innings. 1'onzi played one of his best i matches in whipping Willie Mos-! coni of Philadelphia, 125 to 81, in i 15 frames for his fifth triumph Plans to revive the grade school track meet were started by Akron's high school cinder coaches at a meeting at central Y. M. C. A.

last night. Tentative plans, which will be submittad to M. M. Konarski, athletic head of public schools for approval, call for the meet to be held at Old Forge field following the annual city scholastic carnival. Physical directors of each grade school would be asked to conduct their own eliminations.

District meets will then be staged at Garfield, Buchtel, North and East, with the winners in this competition eligible for the city finals. The coaches also voted to follow the state order of events and regulations during all meets here this season. The season's second meet will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock at East, with Lu Smith's Orientals opposing Bill Satterlee's South Cavaliers. mm ll St. Vincent's Wins Parochial Tourney Bulldogs Overwhelm Final Game Foes, 47-16; Seig.

ferth Stars St. Vincent's Bulldogs walked off with the championship of the first annual parochial grade school basketball tournament at K. of C. gym last night, crushing St. Paul Aces in the final game, 47-16.

Consolation honors went to St. John's who overwhelmed St. Joseph, 28-12. St. Taul got off to an early lead, but faded and by halftime, the Bulldogs were in front, 17-8.

Siegferth and Grinsky led the scoring with 15 and nine points, respectively, St Sebastian was awarded the sportsmanship trophy. Following players were chosen for all-star awards: Urban of St. John; Malay of St. Sebastian; Keller and Thil-lips of St. Martha; Milesky and Olenakl of St.

Hedwigs; Deshon and Finn of St. Mary's; Haidnick and Trapp of St Joseph. St. Vlneenl's Bl. raul a.

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0 3 3 Kecney.j 1 1 3 Adam, a 4 0 8 Trapp, 1 0 3 Schrlner.g. 0 0 0 Totals 10 38 Totals I 2 12 Score end of first, half, 10-10. Referees Mandy and Rochlord. in seven matches. In the afternoon matches, today, Charles Seaback of Boston plays Joseph Diehl, Rockford, and Marcel Camp, Detroit, meets Irving; Crane, Rochester, N.

Y. Crane is the highest of the four in the standings with five victories in nine matches. The standings: 1 Plaver W. HR BO. Jimmy Caras.

Wllmfn. a 1 77 10 Italph Clreenleaf. New York, Andrew Ponal, New York 8 Willie Mosconl, Philadelphia. 6 Goodyear Gunners In Marietta Trial 114 10 74 9 Oft 3 70 ftO 11 55- 15 4.1 15 70 11 43 33 54 I 51 22 Results R. H.

pllisburRh ini ani) J50 non- 1J ChiKO A I 000 011 103- 14 1 Ruilcrlpii Blunlnn nd Todd, Paddcn; Lyons, Rignry and Bewpll, Rfnsa. Cincinnati (N) 1 Bottm IAI 000 000 003-2 10 Batteries nrrrinPr and W. Terrell and R. Terrell, DesauteU. R.

H. t. Buffala IT1 MO 000 0011 1 Jjelrolt IAI 0 30 0108 14 3 Batteries Bewell. Harris and Phillips; Auker and Cochrane. St.

LouH (A) OH 1 I Chlcano iNl 010 "I "'J 0-7 14 I Batteries Knolt, Kmipal, Van Atta and Hemslev; Euprrly, Higbe, Bhoun ni D'8' H. E. Brooklyn IN) 100 000 0001 3 3 Boston INl 012 220 10X-S 0 1 Batteries Jcftroat. Peterson and Phelps, Oailtrenux; t.anninB and Mueller. New York lAl 010 000 0109 3 ChaltanooRa 8AI 000 100 000-1 4 1 Batteries Pearson.

Mskosky and Dickey, Haynes, chase and Early, SI Louis INI 000 030 111-1 11 1 Birmlns-ham ISAI 001 010 000-2 3 Bitterles P. Dean, Harrell and Owen, Oitrodowskl; Johnes, Braun and Buerae, Mcrjougal. Philadelphia (Nl IV Vlllanova folleje t. New York IN) Cleveland IAI t. Wsshinjlnn IAI Atlanta, ISA) Newark (INT) J2, Aujusla, (SA1.) (It InnlnRHi.

Norfolk (P) 14, Baltimore. 1NT) Onofrio Lauri, Brooklyn 5 Irvlnn Crane. Rochester 5 Charles Srabark. Boston 5 Mnrcel Camp. Detroit A Fiwln Rudolph, Cleveland 4 Fay Gamer, Vineland.

N. 4 B(nny Allen, Kansas 3 Joseph Diehl, Rockford, 3 Five Zeppelin Stars To Bid For Berths In Bisley Matches Five Goorivcar-Zeppelin rifle atin umII make their bids for a place on the American Bisley team FALLS NINE BOOKING Klein-Crosby Clothiers of Cuyahoga Falls would like to book baseball games with teams In the 14-16 years of age class. For information call Bud at WAIbridgc 1446. COI.I.F.CK BAKF.BAl.l, Chlcaro 2. Armour Tech 1.

inrilinatl 7, Indiana 4. I.oynla Jnhna Hopkins 5. Princeton Penn State 1. Mlrlilgan III, Roanoka 4. HufrheR.

They'll lose a lot of games through holes in the catching and third base departments," continues Flynn. "Lyn Lary has had a sore arm, which may account for his erratic work. Roy Weatherly just isn't a big league outfielder. They can alibi all they want that he has been sick, but the truth is he has made others a lot sicker by his poor showing in right field. Jeff Heath is a standout over Weatherly.

"Solters has looked terrible. He hasn't hit and he hasn't done anything else that is likely to make the Cleveland fans forget Joe Vos-mik. Maybe Solters will hit when the season gets under way, but there are a lot of fellows already snickering out loud over the Slapnicka deal which sent Vosmlk, Knickerbocker and Hildebrand to St. Louis for Solters, Lary and Andrews." Bonham Reduces YANKEE NOTES: Ray Moffett, southpaw pitching prospect from Brentwood, has been working out with a Yankee squad in the "same camp with the Yankee-controlled Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league. He says that Ernie Bonham, Akron pitching ace last year who scored a shutout win in his Oakland debut, is about 20 pounds under last year's weight and is looking great, and that Walter Judnick, Akron's centerfidder in 1935, is hitting the ball with must gusto for the Oaklandcrs Moffett and Al Baker, Chicago, shortstop candidate, were shaken up but not injured when six cars of their train bringing them to Akron Sunday night were derailed some 20 miles east of Chicago.

They were told to rest up yesterday, excused from practice, but they showed up just the same at League park. "It's too nice a day to sleep, and anyhow, we want to get down to work wih the rest of the fellows," explained Baker. And Leo Mackey said he likes that kind of spirit Everett Skeen is the new groundkeeper at League park, the second in the park's history. Jim Brodie, who helped build the park in 1928, has served as its custodian even through the idle years, until this spring. Skeen, an Akronite, war veteran and former umpire and referee, is getting his fit at experience as diamond manicurist Larry Flynn says "It is a crime what the Indians are doing to Tommy Hen-rich." and that Henrich is a better outfielder than many retained by the Tribe Oversized uniforms were held hack for issuance to Leo Mackey, but the new Akron skipper has been conditioning with the Yankees' Bassett club of the Bi-State league and checked in Monday two sizes under Gene Martin's expectations.

THE WORLD RECORD for the 16-pound shotput is in the 56-foot neightborhood. Yet Bill Friedheim, Canton bowler, put his 16-pound bowling ball 300 feet or more yesterday in New York, and doesn't even have the ball today to show for it. Talk of the disgusted golfer who stood on the brink of the water hole and tossed his clubs in after his ball! Talk of the baseball pitcher who couldn't get the ball over the plate but who proved he could throw it over the grandstand Bill Friedheim couldn't get his bowling ball to work yesterday in the American Bowling Congress. He compiled a sorry average of 162, which mark was even surpassed stfme weeks ago by members of the Famous Akron Sports Scribes. So in the dead last night, Bill Friedheim, escorted by other members of his Canton team, marched to the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge and there, Friedheim established a new all-time record for Topcoats we couldn't replace on today's market at $30 It isn't often that Richman Brothers describe an offering as sensalional.

Yet sensational is the only word that fairly, describes our present topcoat values. You know as much as we do about the rising trend of prices for Fall. But indicd-tions do point to substantial advances, and men who look ahead will buy now, and save money. Our selection includes every new style raglans, balmacaans, box coals, single and double-breasteds, etc. Fabrics include tweeds, twists, shellands, polo cloths and all the newest, most preferred weaves and colors.

There are sizes for all. Models for all. Patterns for all. All direct from our own tailor shops. All low in price on the basis of today's market, and positively beyond duplication on the basis of the higher market that will exist next Fall.

For Best Selection, We Urge Quick Action AS ALWAYS, ALL ONE PRICE at tryouts in Marietta on Haturaay and Sunday, May 1 and 2, it was announced today. The American team onnoses an Enelish combine at Bisley, during the sum mer. Goodyear shooters who are for thf Maj ji'Lla ti vout are Merle Israelson, V. Z. Canfield, I Dave Bashline, Dana Scarborougn and Art Darkow.

Th Marietta shoot will be one of five tryouts to be held May 1 and over tne country, lweive men will compose the American team, with three already having been selected. The other nine will be chosen from the five tryouts. Hoosiers Are Upset By Bearcat Combine CINCINNATI, April 13. (INS) Indiana university marked up its first defeat of the baseball season today after being downed by the Cincinnati Bearcats, 7-4. The Hoosiers took the lead in A.

HATS- Blocked and Kcfinishcd '2450 In Our IS ss Factory by Eipert Balleri Have a Hotter Clean four Hal anil the IHIIerenre I RICHMAN BROTHERS Only Onp Rirhmnn Slnro in Akron 260-264 South Main St. the fifth, when they scored all their four runs. Cincinnati won Its first game of the year by bunching hits in the seventh and eighth innings. Monte Pearson Set For Opening Clash CHATTANOOGA, April 13. (INS) Monte Pearson of the Yankees today was pronounced "all set" for the American league campaign starting next week.

In beating Chattanooga yesterday, 2-1, he became the first Yankee hurler to go eight innings this spring. putting a bowling nan out oi signi. Measurement of the distance naturally is most difficult. In addition to the 165-foot drop from bridge to water, one must also consider the unlimited drop from surface to the bottom of the East river. MODERN WRESTLING is popular because he-men have been putting on entertaining displays of their ability to "take it." But there is nothing entertaining, to my way of thinking, in watching a bunch of women cavort on the wrestling mat.

Carl Singleton is swinging over to women performers on the armory program this week because Clarence Dyer did it last week at the Goodrich Union show and is repeating the stunt tonight. They can't wrestle. They can't take it. They can't grunt and they don't groan equal to the men. There is nothing pretty nor fascinating connected with hair pulling.

i Me thinks that the sooner the wrestling impressarios of Akron forget about the feminine contingent in the ring, the better off the mat promotion will be. After all, wrestling is in ill reture in too many cities for them to believe it can't possibly go bad in Akron. it" sr. Location 126 S. Howard St.

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