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PADGETT HOPE OF BOSTON'S BRAVES Tram Has Done Nothinsi Spectacular Since He Vt'a? Put on Third But Has Shown Improvement. By JOHN B. FOSTER (Curr1?ftt IM4. B* Tk? A?vanc?) New York. May 10.?'Earnest K. Padgett in playing third bam* for the Boston Nationals at the moment, aii'l if he makes good the Braves \vi'? have solved a painful problem, for Padgett is a good batter, which is something that the Brav?>s need. The third base question has bei-n a bug bear to the nraves sine#- the untimely death of Boeckel. Smith aeeined a logical candidate for tin place. but Smith does not hit ver> hard and the Boston management is looking for batting strength. Probably Arthur Devlin, the Bos ton coach, is responsible for trying Padgett at third, as Devlin, once quite a third baseman himself, has a nose for potential hot corner men. Padgett was drafted by Ilost'>n from Memphis in the first place, and the chances are that the Memphis club bad a hand in inspiring the draft. Padgett looked to them like a coming ball player. Whether that is true or not, Memphis took Padgett back the next year on optional agree ment. That's the way they work it. Draft one year and return the next with a string about the draftee's an kle. Padgett played 70 games at sec ond for Memphis last year, 22 at short and 29 In the outfield. He stung the ball for an average of .317. That's the kind of hitter he always has been. The odd part of It all is that Memphis never ran so Bhy of a third baseman that It used Padgett to play that station. They had Prothro, an other sweet player, who now Is hold ing down third for Washington. Thus the Southern Association, and the Memphis club of that Association, hare furnished two third basemen to the big leagues in one year, whlcn Is honor enough for one minor league club, anybody will say. Padgett has been hitting arouud .300 for the Braves since he has been tried as a regular, and if he keeps It up he will easily hold his own so far as stick work is concerned. Smith, appears to be a better fielder and he j has an arm that can stand almost any demands. But Boston wants a batter. The Braves have not won a lot, even since they put Padgett at third, but on the whole the team has stead led since he was made a fixture. The club Is at least better off than the poor Cardinals, who just can't fin 1 a shortstop to save their live*. Branch Rickey certainly has had a time of It. He began without catcher of experience, and now ad mits he has nothing at short. Bell seems to have gone to the bow wows, and yet when he was working out at third In Florida he looked good. To find St. Louis at the bottom of the list in the National and Syracuse at the bottom in the International would Indicate that the school for baseball at Bradentown, Florida, did not graduate much of anything this year. BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about, baseball? Write to John B. Foster, the man who helped make the rules under which the game Is played today. If you want a personal reply enclose a stamped, self-addressed en velope. Otherwise your ques tion will be answered In tt'j column. Address: John B. Poster, special baseball correspondent of The Dally Advance, 811 World Building. New York. (Ctfrllkt. ISM. By Th? Question?Runners on first and third. Batter bunts and the runner on third scores. Ball Is fielded to second. Runner from first apparent ly Is forced out when the shortstop drops the hall and everybody Is safe. How shall I score It? Answer?Do not give the batter a sacrifice hit as he batted the hall Into what would have been a double play, aire the shortstop an error. Quest lon-r-I* Boone who plays right field for Boston Americans a home run hitter who can hit the hall as far as Ruth? Answer?Too much of a problem to answer that question. Boone has a reputation to make. He batted splendidly In the Texas League In 1923 but is likely to find the going harder In the American League. Question?Is It right for a player to trip another player who Is run ning the bases? I have seen It done la professional baseball. Answer?It Is never right to trip a hall player. It Is the meanest kind of muckerlsm and the fact that a professional ball player may do It to another doesn't excuse it. Serious injury may result any time from tripping. Accidents are had enough Without having premeditated assault. Question?Runner Is on first base. Three balls are on the batter. Base runner starts to steal and Is thrown, out at the delivery of the next ball which made the fourth ball. Answer?-But he wasn't out. If he started to steal at the beginning 1 of the delivery of the bait, or tven <Co??r(?ftt. By Th# AIiiim) New York. May 10.?Followers of field and track uporti who believe in "the dope" will find food for specu lation about the coming Olympic ^trials In comparative figures on the recent I'enn and Drake relays. I "The dope" shows that the Middle I West, as represented at the Drake 'relays, should lead in the competi tion for the quarter mile, which was run at Columbus. Striking of \Va?hington reminds t!i ? writer of the popularity of K I Leader, Vale's rowiiiK coach, and the j prestige which he has already gained for himself throughout the ! Ka?t. He was the pupil of Hiram jt'onibear. Conibear was so little .known at New I?ndon in 1913 that 1 when he came Kast to see the Yale iHarvard regatta h? had to apply to a newspaper man for a ticket to the jobservation train. The day before the race he watched the Yale crew at practice. Yale was a favorite to win over Harvard, but <'onibear pointed out several Krave defects In Yale's style of rowing. Nobody paid any atten tion to him, because nobody had any respect for his opinion. But tho regatta next day proved Conibear to be right. And now Conlbear's pupil is teaching rowing at Yale. There's drama for you. SCOUTMASTERS TO MEET IN KALEIGIl Raleigh. May 10 ? A school for scout masters will be held in this city the week of May 23 under the direction of Scout Executives W. T. Dart of Kalelgh.; James Olrtwood. Rocky Mount; and Fred Abbott of Durham who was formerly a scout field worker, it was announced at scout executives headquarters here. The school will be conducted In 9 sessions at a camp near the city. It was explained, and will cover such work with which a man should be acquainted in order to be a qualified scout master. Application for the school may be made at head quarters. before for that matter, he was en titled to second base unless the pitch er made an effort to get him before he delivered the ball. Question?When, where and by whom were triples made in major leagues? Answer?That question is not quite definite enough. Triples re fer to three baggers and three bag gers were made and have been made from the beginning of baseball. Question?Pitched ball tipped catcher's glove and was picked up by one of the opposing team. Can base runners advance on the play or blunder? Answer?No. The ball Is dead GIBBONS ANXIOUS i MEET LUIS FIRPO St. Paul Fighter So Sure of Stowing Away (larpentier That He'* Already Planning for His Next Bout. By FAIR PLAY Ceotrlffit. 1924. toy Th? Alvtnc* New York. May 10.?Tommy Gib-' bona says he wants to meet Lu:h Firpo after he is throuuh with Car lo ntl.-r. This shows just how coaH* dent Tommy is oi stowing away tin Frenchman. Gibbons would make all sorts of trouble for Luis, if only on the ground of his ability to make the Ar gentinian wonder where all the gloves are goins that he is sending at the elusive St. Paul fighter. At the same time, were Gibbons to send in a few of his well known body punches. Firpo's sagging punch would telegraph signs of disaster pretty quickly. I Californians now in this city seem to think that the move Just started in their state to legalize professional 10 and 12 round bouts will be sue. cessful. I The initiative petitions to the state .legislature must under the law h> signed by 77,000 voters. Of this j number it is figured that San Fraa i cisco. Los Angeles and Oakland will furnish 20,000 each and that the re?t of the state will bring the sig natures up to at least 100,000. The proposal is to enact a law 'permitting ten round bouts with de cisions and 12 round bouts without1 decision. The state commission would supervise all bouts and percentages] of receipts would go to maintaining homes for veterans of all wars. American Legion members are assist ing in circulating the petitions. There is no doubt at all that a sufficient number of signatures to petitions will be obtained. What ths legislature will do about it is anoth er matter. But the feeing, as said, among Californlan fans now in this city is that there are more chances of a boxing law being enacted than not. Gil Dobie* suggestion that Cor-| nell athletes who slump in their j studies after they hare won varsl-l ty letters have their letters taken! from them, might do good in cases such as Doble cites where men have' let down in the clans room because of big head. Hut a majority of ath letes who fail scholastically. fail be they cannot give adequate time both to currirular aud extra curricular interests. Too 11;any person* who discuss a larger hole in golf lose sight of the fact that the larger hole would give an added premium to the long swip ers. If an opponent has any chance to catch the siege gun style of play er It is in the shot game. And the larger you make the hole, the more you equalize this. Spencer - Walker Co. Where Every M*n Findi Whit He Likes To Wear A FEW Used Ford TRUCKS with or without Cahs and Bodies AT BARGAIN PKICES AND ON EASY TERMS Auto & Gas Engine Works, Inc. Martin St. Warehouse PHONE 880 QUALITY? BLUM & KOCH straw hats are entirely hand made by the most skillful artisans. Only finest, selected braids and trimmings are used in the making. In refinement of style and finish they are unexcelled. For thirty years well dressed men have acknowledged them as the world's finest straw hats. 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