| Show ERAIN FLASHES STARS NEW YORK March 17 AP APAt APAt AP- AP At last the Yankee regulars have won a ball game the b being ing the victims at St. St Petersburg Petersburg Peters Peters- burg Fla 2 to 1 And Colonel Jacob Ruppert the Yankees' Yankees owner was vas watching the Giants In action when It happened It If they never arrive anywhere else it appears that the Boston Braves will be champions of ot the conditioning circuit for tor they buried the he Giants again yesterday 5 to 0 at St. St Petersburg Only five safeties safeties safe- safe ties ies were made ot off Smith and Wertz P PettY tty and Barnes did didome some ome effective pitching In In setting jack back Cleveland at Clearwater 6 to 4 Cox and Fournier doing the heavy hitting GRAVES COMES BACK PHILADELPHIA Pa March 17 AP AP Nine strikeouts in five in inlings innings in in- lings by Lefty Groves Connie Macks Mack's port eider featured the first Athletic game at Braden Braden- town Fla yesterday the Athletics tics winning 3 to 2 The Phillies with I two wo out had a man on third in the ninth but Wendell hit an easy grounder rounder A single by Simmons in inthe inthe the he sixth scored d two runs Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while the Athletics Athletics' rookies at Fort Myers played golf JOHNSON GOES EASY WASHINGTON March 17 CAP AP The The good right arm of Walter Johnson is to be saved from the strains trains of the Senators' Senators barnstorming barnstorm- barnstorm ing ng ing tour from their Tampa camp campo to o Washington The big train will pitch Itch one game against the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Giants late this month and andlen then len will prec precede de his mates to this city ity to top off his training in anticipation anticipation an- an of the opening game CINCINNATI 0 O. March 17 AP The rhe The veteran Mays Maya and Brad Springer recruit left hand r pItchIng pitching pItch pItch- Ing ng for the youngsters oun furnished the he outstanding features In ye yester- yester ter- ter clay days ay's a Vets Colts game at the Cincinnati Cin- Cin Reds training camp Mays Maysent went ent at top speed for four rounds and nd let the regulars down with four hits bits its and a It single tally Working the le last laRt four tour Innings Sprin Springer er held the ic veterans to two hits and a pair ot of f lucky tallies tames Manager Hendricks selected Luas Lucas Lucas Lu- Lu cas as and Meadows to do the twirlIng twirling twirl twirl- ing ng in the St. St Patricks Patrick's day contest contest con- con test est against the winter park semiprofessionals semi semi- professionals TIGERS WORK OUT DETROIT Mich March 17 AP Light Light workouts for the Detroit Americans at their Augusta Ga training camp were announced at atan atan atan an end and the first regulation game of the practice season is scheduled for today The contest will be the usual St St. Patricks Patrick's day battle between the I Irish rish and the Germans but as there are not enough of either nationality on the squad to make up a complete team the designations will be nominal Cobb spent considerable time during yesterdays yesterday's practice watching watching watch watch- ing recruits work out and gave personal personal per per- attention to correcting their faults as he observed them ROOKIE STARS CHICAGO March 17 Ii AP AP AP-Al- Alphonse Al- Al phonse Thomas formerly with Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- Is living 11 up to Ills his is league hurling hurting reputation at the Chicago White Sox camp at Shreveport La During puring two Innings in innings innings in- in yesterday he pleased Manager Man Maii- ager Collins b by showing strength with men on on b bases ses It seems certain certain tam tain that Thomas will win a permanent permanent permanent per per- manent berth The Chicago Cubs are preparing to leave Catalina island for for- forthe the year They go to Los Angeles Ansell's the latter part of th the week play pIa five tive games sames with the Angels or Hollywood Hollywood Holly Holly- wood Stars and tart start east on April the |
