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Get Under Way .

Rain And Cold WeatherIn Many _ Cities Hinder Ball‘ Tosters, But Attendances Good —,Chicago .000 Fans.

jpacking Wrigley Field to see Rogers

Cubs Draw 50

’“ (Special to The Guardian) BY ALLAN J. GOULD Associated Press Sports ' Major League baseball rzn gged to get an even break with "old man weather" on the opening day. Four games were played in ihc mid- dle-west, under most unfavorable conditions, but the ervirc cascrlr half of the League's programme was rainedout by a cold storm from the northeast. The postponemcnls were the flrsi in either League since 1027, when St. Louis experienced an un- usual streak of bad weather luck by having the first three games of the opening series with Detroit vcoshed sway completely. While the rain drops pals-rod a dismal tune for the East the base hits popped noisily out beyond the

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Reel Birck or‘ zozo

Hornsby make his debut with the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates. This tribute of home town vnthusiasm for their pennant chances failed to inspire the Cubs however, for they dropped the first skirmish 4 to 3.

Exactly 25.507 paid to see the St. Louis Cardinals, National League champions, start off with m im- pressive victory behind the veteran

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Grover Cleveland Alexander who beat Rod Lucas and the rest of the LOOIG UKE lT

Reds 5 to 2 at Cincinnati. .

At Cleveland, 15.000 watched the Indians and Tigers battle extra inn- ings wvllh Cleveland winning in the eleventh by 5 to 4. i.

Only 4.000 attended the game st st, Louis whcye the Browns got sway impressively with a. victory for 8am-

Wis soar

SFANDIN‘ STILL‘.

vAileghsnls. Chicago put'on the big show with a crowd of 50.000,

CDMMON sszvss BIG BASEBALLRULE—R um

my Gray over Sox 3 to 1.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, April 15 -'I‘il.a more I see of baseball and baseball men, the more I'm convinc- and they do it. I guns; wyvggpg 1",. ed ﬂ-rat everything about the game ’ er rules than any club in tho league

- has changed-and for the better. -and we have less trouble.

A. lot of people seem to think that The change in players has been I interest in baseball is falling off and igrcat thing for the game, too. A lot that golf. tennis, swimming and other {of the rowdyism is gone. Players sport; have taken something out of w-atch out for each other. and there's Fhseball. I don't think so. I hove~rcsl co-operation,

var seen more enthusiasm-l from the ﬁns than I have this yﬂar and on this | exhibition Mp which the Yankees -

, are taking. Now every man is interested in

And I have never seen more ent- .cvery other man, and instead of look- thusiasm from the players either, Ofying after his own position And for- course to those of us in the big lca- ‘getting the rest, you'll find the play- guss baseball, is a. business-a real ‘ers on the lookout to improve s club business like law or medicine or any .in every department. Hug mentioned other business.

But I started to toik about theuhen he commented on the flct that change in players. The players of to- lnt 1985i; B 118-1! 1105911 P13?!" 1184 day and the players of twenty years icomo to him recommending some sgo are as different as day and night. iothcr players they knew who they In the old days bull players were an ilhoughf» 0118M l0 Sﬁt l "Y0!"- easy going, rought loi. who nevcr l To us old-timers, and I realize that gave s. thought to tomorrow, and ‘I'm an old-timer myself, the change hﬂvef cgrgd much what happened to ls particularly noticeable. them godly The other day before we left 8t.

' ‘Pctersburg I got a great kick out of nn old lady who was stopping at the hotel.

The ball player‘ of today is a scri- She came over and asked mo in our-minded young chap who takes 151L111 E 0858b!"- thegame seriously. and who i5 nl-l "You know." she Bold. "when I way looking ahead. lrnnlc down here I thought baseball

Today players seem lo realize that has a roughneck game and all the their careers depend on their kccp- jpluyers were roughnecks. But I've ing fit, and rules have gone out. The ibecn watching these boys and I've Yankee ball club has been a pretty I decided that they're just like my successful organization, yoxrli lnivc to 1 b0.\'5 "L lwme- They're l" Kelli-Wile"

' admit, and now and then _vou rend ‘ and I like them. When I get back up 5:01-19; m m‘; 93pm; “bout .1..- strict home (she lived in Columbus. Ohio) rules Hug has and the cop he kccps I'm going up to Cleveland when the around to enforge them éYnnkccs come to town. and I'm go-

Thst's the bunk. Hug has no rillcsling lo sec you play every game."

' at sil-lexcept comulonc scnsc. 11c And I'll bet she'll be there, too.

HELEN Willi lEAliS ll. S. iilii

Each Interested h! Other Ml!

Rules Have ‘Gone Out‘

Ladies Bowling At The L. O. C.

Monday night the Ramon“ 510$

and dcfcnleti the Marchitss by l sinoll margin o! l0 pins. Mary Maddi- gan rolled high single 0f 310 Ind 415° high three of 411.

Following are the scores:

NEW YORK, April iii-Md by the redoubtsble Helcn wills, United Elites woman tennis players, are

the Chicago White

puts it straight up to the players themselves to take care of themselves.

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By QUIN HALL

Home of the sharps are picking the St. Louis Cardinals lo repent in the Nptional League and again grab the flag in 1929. The Cards have a ncvr pilot. in Billy Southworth. Tha nothing new in the life of the Si. Louis club. It seems that if a unans-

ithat the other d“, m the clubhouu gor is good enough to win a pennant .up to young c.

good enough to get the sack at the close of the year. St. Louis has been

years now and it seems to be success- ful. It's funny some 0f the other clubs don't adopt it.

Well, at any rate, Billy Southvmrth l; tho latest managerial luquisition and Billy is snxicus to tskc s. whirl at pennant winning. if for no other reason than to see if he, too, will get the blue envelope at the close of the season's festivities. Billy didn't any thst in those exact words. but to soc him working out wlih his Red Birds It Avon Park, earlier in the Spring. one comes to that conclusion. At least, Billy seems anxious to win a pennant. 0r. we might say. another pennant for Si. Louis.

Bouthworth was usinz a new kry- stone combination in his exhibition tour through Florida. He had Carey

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what with the Fordi rnJ ‘one fling or nu icx- .. (zei- bcrt nt slzrrrf. W h the p’ z of

.sl:ch shorts‘ Ti“"\"l‘.’)", 2Z1":- “nnville and d, it n“ "u" tT-n

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‘and that your; jio nrake thc fclis for w" {the passing of r'.~.~ cm 1.1-».- .=. favorites. Solhhworiiz faith in Grlbrrtls n ' iy. should know whflt he is in as Colbert worird with til-c l last ycar o.’ Ronny-tor. ‘ Ti‘ Ssljih. who ccmcs iron-l Houston. cnn make- th: grade at fir: kvvsicllc spot, Frankie Frisch nny b2 luivod over to the hot corurr. (‘ﬂhcririss Frisch will go back to his old Jo‘: at :;:-:ond, wllh Andy High or Vailic Helm filling in at third.

Southnxcrth has .1 wculth of ir- ficlrl mrlicrial and the Iwrilftv ff ii is ihn’. m1“. of his innrr d: as vrrsnizlo as o ouc-nlzni (‘.i'fll". Mos‘. of his lzibcrcrs can fill in at any spot vxhcrc they might b" n r11- ed This condition should inize n ll-nd off the ncw manger.

Billy had s. lot of rookie iwlrlcrs

GREAT Pill TilPPiINli Al ‘v’ LAST mu

League Leading L. O. Cfs Beaten By “Y" Bowlers By Large Majority.

In one of the most exciting games

< _ IIAMONAS hrelJl-redfor the busiest intrnotioin- A‘ Duﬂy n. m. . l“ u y” mu,“ in the (my Championship akcarnbuisn they have ever und.r- F Flynn u, l” “ﬂu m. Y_ M Q A team defeated . en .

- u 113 199 the L. O. C. team by 236 pins. In

Miss Wills. who sails Wednesday XV-gfﬂdrf: ' w n m ‘mm, m, “mo u"; .1... .,°,,.ms 3°’ EWODB- 110i Only Will defend h" H’ Mglgimag" m“ __ 11 7g w; mote the highest score of the series. French and English singles title. but t 1 m“ ’ ' mm.” 33m Th“ a the one.’ sum-e "l" leld an omcinl United 5m" MA;('.,QTAS' - which m Y. M. c. A. mm won the ting-final picked Dug?- FYBWL‘; M Clark "J0, 9° m Canadian“ Y.M.C.A. championship

rman squads. e annu '. " 73 with M. M dd n .310 n! _ Milhtmsn cup series with English A Mgqugd“... m mm m m n Wm b, ,emmbmd "m, 0mm "m!!! ltsrs already is 60W" c" ‘h’ G’ “ﬁr,” m m “n”; m 133 wuilrst credited withthe Canadian 5°95 f" MINIM- 9 Ind l0, at l-‘or- ' _ u’ ‘n H" 71 1| g4 Championship, but through some t":- lﬂ Hills. . Tombrm; ' ' ror their score of 3399 was not allow- ‘ 0d. . __...___.._.__ . i m lat night's game .1. s. Bentlw

"fins-Ensues a mu you’: 8.400 hi1: foams: mou tr» United Mics 1:51p New Yul-x om t» L"

‘Arron. Ozllf, will receive swimw- F-‘llsnonq will ma} 000.009- -

7“ ﬂgmﬂ‘, former University o! rolled the exceptional high score of Pennsylvanlo football coptoiﬂ. has 01L Ho lilo rolled the hizhsingle turned professions! boxer and 110D“ °f m- to win the crown nested b! Glut For tho League J. McMahon rolled Tumr- the‘ high three of 106. and Ivan Mc-

Prince of Vl/aleo Made Speech

(Special to the Guardian)

LONDON, April 16~The Prince of Wales made a half hour spccsh u‘. the dinner of the Royal Automobile Club in honor of Major H. O. I). Bcgravc tonight. Ho cnllcd him "our of the world's spzcd nlcrcilnnts" who had risked hi5 life in sctiillg a» ncw record. Major Scgrnvcs car, K112 Gol- den Arrow. tho Prince described as

Cabe the team high single of 270. Scores as follows: "

Y.M.C.A.: J. A. Bentley .... 208 273 230 B11 Tnm Howatt noose 253 220 202 6T3 H. Crasweil "u" 14!) 171 231 551 N. J. 010W cannon: 215 1T6 2i2 633 E. G053 ...--.... 205 1:73 242 ‘I30 1110 1113 1167 3300 L.O.C.: A. Joy ...........-... 212 209 189 212 1S0 253 249 206 1B0 270 191 032 1150 1012

Total-MM. Majority for Y.M.C.A. 236 pin.

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‘ills

“cling for bcriils while the quad pa" s a‘. Avon Park, but he will doubt- s mill dcpcnd upon the old guard ill the pilzclzcs, Alexander, who WOTR-

ii fl ! 1Q f¥fliil=t tho Braves in n . at Pctcrsburg, still “Sm: to Lpuo all of his fnnlous stuff, and, \\hil;~ Eouthworlh did not force ny of his cld-linlc twirlers lo work Znml laud-or the Florida sun. he is to krcp ihc old crew on the

. ltfiichcll. the cast-off :n litrrc- brﬂi clubs and the only Yflllillilill} loft-handed spitball fling- cr in bzscbztli. is sure to be start/ed in a lot cf coiltcsas during the Sum- urcr. “Mitch? like Shcrdel, is a. mas- irr of slow ball flinging, and serves up “floalcrs" with devastating results to lhc opposing bascmen. The old- iiitxcr who helped in the pinches last your lxns n. good change of pace and ':< gczicrnlly conceded to be baffling. Sonihworlh, taking tho from w; n. \‘.'l‘.(7i'."~ has n good ball club. It doselft look, ho\\'cvcr, to bc much stronger than last year's ienm, and it is likely to lmvc a tough time winning the z out from such clubs as the Cubs, and Clients. As usual, the iikﬂ a hard onc. wiih the ,0 .11; cvcn Lscncr competit- izzn than thcy encountered in 1928.

‘(he "British motor manufacturers’ lcllallcuizc lo lhc world".

l "Ilvcr since man walked on his two ihind logs." said the prince, “he has Ibccn trying lo cover ground at s lfnstcr rate than it was intended ithcso two legs should carry him by ‘their unaided efforts. Man has al- orzrvs becn trying to go fast and n9.- lurc had nhvoys bccn trying to check him. Only 10f) _vcarr. ago man thought hr- was doing quite well in this un- ‘oqnnl contest when he went fifteen to twrniy miles on hour. Last month ‘Major Scptravo covcrcd n. portion of the earth's-surface at (he rate of 231.36 mile; an hour. He was driving fo fast that. even modern movie men [could not catch him. His perform- irmcc in Amerirn was u very sport- ling effort. and successful. The world's speed record he set up on land for Britain onihles him beyond any question to the hcartiest of wel- mcmcs and our warmest congratula- itions.

BOGNOR. Sussex. Eng. April 10.- | The King went out for an automobile ldTlVO today. the ﬁrst sine» his illness ibegan last November. His Majesty.

accompanied by Queen Mary, set out .in one of ti‘; royal motor curs from Icraigwell rlousc and drove l mile ‘,nl‘|d " nalf to the neighboring estate fof Col. Brookhousc. The King spent

Infield Fly Rule Is Not Understood by Tlle Majority of Ball Fans

Tricky Play Has Puzzled Diamond Followers for Many Years — Umpires And 4 Players Vary in Their Interpretations.

Baseball fans throughout the try who know practically every unglc of the diamond pastime are invari- ably puzzled by the rule concerning the "infield fly". It would be safe to say that many umpires vary" in their interpretation of the ruin.’ to say nothing of players and spccat- ors.

John Foster, baseball expert of the New York Sun. has undertaken i to describe the intricate ruling on‘ the play in question. His Giipiflilﬂ-j tlon follows: I

There can be no infield fly play if | there is l runner on firs‘. base onlyl and. of course, none if there nre no runners on the bases. Nor can there‘ be an infield fly play if there is of runner on first and one on third.

coun- and the same rule governs the run- incr as on n. fair fly that is caught. fThc unlpire must change his decis- ‘ .011.

Thqre is one provision to this in- ficld fly rule which many do not ,kno\v. If with first and second bases Ioccupied or first, ,bases occupied, wish less than two ‘out. the batter bunts and tho hit is a fair fly hall it is not regarded as an infield fly.

The intent of the infield fly play is tovgive ihe team at bat s. chance when it has three men on base; and . vrhcn the side could be easily retired iaftcr an infield fly catch.

' PAGF. SEVEN

er Will Head Girls’ Athletic De- partment

(Canadian Press) Cook. Toronto, Canada's star

Montreal assume llcr

purtment of the Star, She will

department of the newspaper,

Monday next, following her appear ance at. Ottawa Saturday. '

Y. BOWLING

CHURCH BOWLING LEAGUE

second and third

Tonight's Games

'1 p. m.--8t. Paul's vs.

Christian.

i929 Campaigss MYRTLE cor.

iillNS STMFl 0F THE STARR

Canada's Star Girl Sprint-

MONTREAL, April l6 — hfyrtlo girl sprinter, has joined the Sporting Dc- Daily

new duties as the head of s. girls’ athletic OI

Control

Trapping the Ball

If there is a runner on first the. fielder, it must be an infielder, who] gels the ball t0 catch may trap itl and make a double play. Many in- fielders do not know how to trap a fly. They often catch it and drop lt, That is not trapping the ball. A_ shrewd and smart umpirc scmeiimes I will define this as a catch of a fly‘ ball and decline to give the double P183’.

An infield fly play lakes

_ All the Latest

place

when there are loss than two out,

with runners on first and second or _

runners on first, second and ihirdi and 4

and the idea of the infield fly play ‘

is to prevent a sure double play. It - is a rule to give n. runner a liic. l Suppose there are runners on all. of the bases and there is no one out. The batter hits an infield fly. lm-| mediatcly the umpire. who is judge ,' as to whether it i; an infield fly

must declare: "Inﬁeld fly, bnitcr out." The batter need not run. He is out’ _ as he stands. The runners on the hascs to thlg once were anchored to them by n dc- cision of the American League which was not good. Now all runners may ‘ take a chance and run at their own ‘ risk if ihey do run it is a gamble. _ for if the ball is caught they must K get back to the base hrld by them before the ball is rettuncd there.

Took Life VKOut of Game

To say, that they must hold thr- bases arbitrarily took the life out c. individual daring on the field and baseball needs all of the individual daring that it can get. The ball play- er is presumed to have wi1s and to exercise them at every opportunity. l

If the umpire says: "Infield fly.‘ batter out," and the winds blows the ily ball foul, of course, it is not an,‘ infield fly, but is a foul fly. howcvcr. .

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OOLISEUM, Torpnto. April l6 Q Larry Gains, of Toronto. Canadian heavyweight champion; cltarly out-. classed George Cook. Ailstrnliau. heavyweight title holder. in a l0 round bout here last night. Gains‘

led all the way over the Alliifiliiilfll having height and mach advantagtkl but giving away five pounds '

“slshi- clothes.

urmrsfv mu, INVAIIE BANAl.

TORONTO, April lib-The Mail and Empire publishes n dcspaich from Windsor, 0nt., stating that; Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight. champion. may take over the Dcvon- l

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