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SPORTS. THE ‘EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1929.” SPORTS. Johnson Remains Hopeful Despite Reverses : Howley Making Stern Pennant Bid PILOT ENCOURAGED BY HITTING SPREE Walter Believes New Batting Order Will Produce Many Tallies. BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, May 1.—Every cloud has a silver lining. You can't make Walter Johnson, man- ager of the Nationals, believe otherwise. Even though his floundering forces took another jolt on thefr respective beazers yesterday in the opener of their 15-game set away from home, he secs in the 10-to-9, 10-inning defeat at the hands of the Yankees a | promise of something much better in | the remaining engagements of the tour. “We hit yesterday,” says Johnson, “and that’s something we didn't do well before. I believe we are ready to swing into a good batting stride and when we do we'll win a lot of games. We have everything else a good ball club needs. Watch out for us when we hit that ball.” At that, the Nationals accomplished something in defeat they had not ac- complished before in the championship campaign. They made more runs in an inning than tney had in any previous inning and they made more runs in & game than they had in any previous game since the flag race got under way. And what's more. they showed a bet- ter fighting spirit than in any previous champlonship game. Their work yes- terday smacked strongly of the per- formances they staged so frequently during the training season, the per- formances that made them a general choice to wage a great fight for the American League laurels this year. Hitters Placed Better. Johnson yesterday continued the ex- perimental action he started somewhat more than a week ago when the line-up that entered the American League sea- son was disrupted. For the beginning of this three-game set with the Yankees the Washington manager revised his batting order. As a club, the Nationals had batted to a respectable “average, but the hitting they had done had not brought a commensurate result in runs. Those doing the hitting were not so laced in the batting order that their ts would net tallies in proper pro- portion. It seems, though, that the order in effect yesterday and which is to be continued during the remainder of the series here at least will get the club somewhere in the race. As a second notch bgtter and as a eclean-up hitter Buddy Myer failed to function. But as a lead-off man yes. terday he gave a good account of him- self. It was not the first time Myer has worked at the top of the batting order. He held that position for a time with the Red Sox and did well, too. Buddy has a rather keen eye and more often than not will get on the runway. That's something Sammy West found difficult when he held the first place in the Washington club’s batting list. Back of Myer, the club now has Sam Rice, one of the best hit-and-run bat- ters in the game: Goose Goslin, last year champion batsman of the league, and Joe Judge, for seasons a consistent .300 hitter and who in the past few contests seems to have returned to the batting form that made him so val- uable in attack to his club for years. That's a_four-time hitting lot that Johnson figures will get the Nationals more runs than any other top combi- nation he has had in action since the season started. Five Runs in One Frame. Lack of concert in offense has hurt the Nationals more than anything else since the season started. Until yester- day the club never had revealed much power at bat. In fact, the best it could muster in a single inning was a brace of tallies. In the opener of the set here, though, it banged its way to as many as five markers in a single session. And it did so in precise manner, too. And this achievement makes Johnson rather certain his charges will develop into better mmkers 12 Iul,wfl, time. ‘There's mucl be desired in the Nationals’ offensive, however. They had 15 runners léft on the bases yes- terday. That indicates a lamentable weakness in attack still exists. But when a club swings as freely as did ‘Washington against the trio of hurlers the Yankee management rushed to the | Bai box much may be expected of it. It may be that the Nationals at last have cleared their batting eyes. If so, theyll make the going more than interesting | I for all opponents. Johnson's outfit has roved to the satisfaction of its fol- lowers it has a good defense. Once its offense functions properly the Washing- ton Club should make considerable headway in the American League pen- nant race. | nammnssvwnssssm® 3 $l aosssusmuuSound o . soomummwRens! B loore, Heimach, ». Totals o *Batted for Brown in seventh inn +One out when winning run sco L.00201150 l00is1000 [ TS oTRp——— ) wlosssss~susns™ ulssssssssusssan™ =l WASH 00—9 New plays—Cronin. ( & fo Dickes. LefC an by Brown. innings: off Liska, 2 in 3! in- in 2 inni of ach- Moore, in 13 off Heimach, :II:h—— hi in. i Memess Soans ary inning 4 in 4 innings. Wild Bing pifcher—Heimac Liska. _Umpires—M rie and Moriarty, snd 50 minut By the Associated Press Home runs yesterday—Gehrig, Yan- kees, 1, Goslin, Senators, Blue, rowns, 1; Kress, Browns, 1; Schuble, Tigers, 1; McManus, Tigers, 1; Sim- mons, Athletics, 1; Todt, Red Sox, 1; Hornsby, Cubs, 1; Friberg, Phillies, 1; Lerian, Phillies, 1; Davis, Phillles, 1; Delaney, Braves, 1; Harper, Braves, 1. American _ League leaders — Blue, Browns, 4; Gehrig, Yankees, 3; Sim- mons, Athletics, 3. Nafional League leaders — Harper, Braves, 4: Ott, Giants, 3; Jackson, Giants, 3; Herman, Robins, 3: O'Doul, Phillies, 3; Wilson, Cubs, 3; Hornsby, Cubs, 3; Hafey, Cardinals, 3. Ameri- League totals—National, 51; ean, 45; grand total, 96. -~ 0 1—10 | St Ditener— 3, Guth: | | . ', 21ele EW YORK. May 1.—Seventeen safeties, five pesses, a wild pitch and four errors. This combination gave the Nationals nine runs. Thirteen hits, four passes and two errors. This combination gave the Yankees 10 runs—and victory. - All of which shows the Nationals can hit, but are not hitting when hit- ting means runs. In the opener of the series here yesterday, the Washington Club had 15 men left on the runway, it did not have the punch when punch was needed. As an example of the lack of concert in the Washington attack yesterday, consider the sixth session. Then the Nationals bunched four hits and were helped by a wild pitch yet all they got from the inning was one run. And seven men went to bat in the inning. In the vious inning, they had to get three m for a marker and in another round a double and a single failed to bring s tally. Too much wasted energy, it would seem. All told the Nationals in taking their 10-to-9 defeat in 10 im slammed each of the three pitchers t! sent. t them. They combed their erstwhile teammate, Tom Zachary, for 11 hits before he gave way to Wilcy Moore after pitching five and two- thirds innings. They chased Moore from the slab in the eighth by getting two passes and as many safeties. And they got to Fred Heimach for four more hits and two | more passes - before the ended. Yet the hits were made eif were out or with two outs sandwiched between, most of the time. And thaf RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. . H.2b.3b. HR.SH.SB.RBLPet, 30011 2. Judge . osli os | Harris West a Marb'ry Myer .. aSaBEERBNEEE ESREIIE Jones Hadle; Liska .an—ouu-i @smwmmmalt e nntet [PEnr—.-1 BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brookiyn, 2; New York, 0. Cineinnal Boston. 14; Ph Pittsburch-8t. Brookivn Tost New FAPPET! HORSE - EVERYTHING LOOKS 'GooD~!/I'M GoING To, HAVE ‘SoUP, FILET OF SOLE-'A STEAK- NO BREAST OF GUINEA A 'HEN-1'SALAD," APPLE \PIE- CHEESE, COFFEE’ AND! MAYBE ‘A PIECE | OF STRAWBERRY SHORT B CAKET, T after two | I THE LOSERS STUCK FOR THE LUNCH WELL- I'VE AN TE LIKE- A L WINNERS E— ‘G'WAN-EAT Your FooL HEAD OFF.~ You'LtL SEE WRAT . I T DOES To YOUR AFTER:- NOON . GAME = 22227 GUESS .\WHO'S ALL | WANT “Tue LOSERS IS, A CHEESE SANDWICH AND A GLASS oF MILK = I'M:NOT S HUNGRY, AND WHO'S —BY BRIGGS I'M PRETTY. \ HUNGRY MYSELF BiLL= GUESS ILL TAKE'THE SAME - GoSH:IT DoeS BEAT ALLYHOKS HUNGRY A GUY GETS- LET'S HAVE A DOUBLE PORTER HOUSE ey ’( oM THE S Fifteen Nats Stranded Explains 109 Overtime Loss to Yanks style of attack doesn’t help a club gen- erally. To make matters worse, Garland Braxton. starting a game for the first time this year, had little more than his glove out in the box. The two-run lead the Nationals got of Zachary in the third was swept aside immediately by the Yankees when they combed Braxton for three hits and a pass in the latter part of the inning. This netted them four markers. One of the wal- lops was a homer by Lou Gehrig driven into the rightfield stand when two mates were on the runway. fourth to mix five hits with an error by Myer to make four more runs off Brax- ton. Then Lloyd Brown hurled two rounds, and all gleaned off him was one run. A homer Goose Goslin hit into the right-field stand in the fifth and a run garnered off Zach's pitching in the sixth kept the Nationals in the game. In the seventh they had a great time. Then three hits, a pair of errors tom- mitted by the enemy and three bases on balls accpunted for five markers and deadlocked the game. Moore.and Hei- mach were victims in this round. The employment of a pinch battér brought Ad Liska into the game against Heimach, and Liska failed to outlast the left-hander. The break for the ‘Yankees came at the start of the tenth, when Durocher drew a pass. Dickey promptly sacrificed, and Heimach then came on to win his game by getting Durocher home with a line safety to eft. Ossie Bluege was expected to return t | to his shortfield job with the Nationals this afternoon. The leg he hurt last week in Boston was in much better trim yesterday, but Trainer Mike Martin deemed it best to give the shortstop another day of rest. West was the fielding hero of the opener of the set here. session he made two spectacular catches | at the expense of Gehrig and Meusel. Gehrig has developed a sore arm, 'tis reported around this town. He was 2 | unable to throw well yesterday, regard- Iess of the condition of his wing. His | 8624. ‘209 | error that gave the Nationals a run in the third was a wild throw past the plate that followed the acceptance of an easy chance. . SENIORS OF CAPITAL CITY LOOP TO MEET Organization of the senior section of the Capital City Base Ball League will be effected at a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in room 2 of the District Build- ing. A date for the opening of the series will be set and teams already entered and those wishing to compete should be represented. Changes in rules will be discussed. Play in the junior section of the league will open May 19 and all of the 14 teams entered will play in one division, it was decided at a meeting last night. Player contracts and fran- chise fees must be posted with R. J. Atkinson, league secretary, at the Post sports department before midnight, May 12. ‘Teams entered in the junior section are Calhouns, Mardfeldts, Hadleys, Ty Cobbs, Langleys, Potomac A. C., Clover A. C, Corinthians, Powhatans, Lionels, Fairlawns, Vic's Sport Shop, Falls Church and C. A. O'Briens. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jersey Oity, 8: Montreal, 1. Bullalo. 8; Reading: B - ronto, 10; Newark, 1. ; Baltimore, 6. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Mohi m, 7; Tor Rochester, ile, 4. New Orleans, 4. mphis. rain. -Little Rock, rain. WESTERN LEAGUE. 7. 5 (called ir seventh, kishoma City, 13; Pueblo, 10. TEXAS LEAGUE.. San Antonio, 3; Dallas, 2. orth, 7; Beaumont, 4. Wichita Falls, '¢; Houston, 3, rain 21 o) PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Greensboro, 4. m, .9; Henderson, 4. i High Point, 8. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Spartanburs, 2; Charlotte, 1. Asheville, 5; Augusts, 4. Knoxville, Ma L 4 Greenvillé, '3; Colgmbia, 0. COTTON STATE LBAGUE. EASTERN LEAGUE. 1:«: Eljtens New Haven. 8 Hartford, 8. fleld, 16 i a 2 Pitts! |, Al town, A Providence, 3: Alban Bridgeport, 6 &or! ‘The Yankees came right back in the | In the sixth | iD | Veterans Bureau, CHISOX IN TRIPLE PLAY, AIDED BY HIDDEN BALL CHICAGO, May 1 (#).—The first triple play of the major league sea- son in Chicago took so long in execution at the White Sox park yesterday that it was quite awhile before the boys in the press coop figured it out. With Jamieson and Hodapp on first and second base, respectively, in the seventh inning of the Chicago- Cleveland game, Lind grounded to Cissell and was thrown out at first. Hodapp tried to score and was caught between third and home and tagged out by Third Baseman Kamm. During the excitement Jamieson reached third. The players then re- sumed their positions, but Kamm re- tained the ball, hiding it behind him in his gloved hand. Jamieson, un- suspecting chicanery, ambled non- chalantly off third, and the tricky Kamm tagged him out, completing the triple play. POWER DISPLAYED BY MILLER AZTECS Unlimited Team Has Won All| Nine Games—Triangles Seeking Foes. ZTECS, who in the future will be known as the Miller Astecs, are showing strength in the un- limited class base ball group, having won nine games in as many starts so far. Members of the team are to report tomorrow night at Vie’s Sport Shop to be measured for uniforms. Barry, Brown, Jones, Fulmer, Much, Mulhall, McGuire, A. Yingling, C. Yingling and O'Brien are asked to be on hand. Aztecs are after unlimited opposition for Saturday and Sunday. Call Lincoln A. C. base ball team, which has a ond, is gunning for games with unlimited class nines. Call Frank- lin 7042 between 6 and 8 p.m., or Co- lumbia 7816 after 6. Goldenberg’s Department Store team is after a game with an out-of-town unlimited division nine for Sunday. Call Main 5220, branch 34, ‘Whoopee Midgets of Anacostia, who meet Walther's Shoe Store Midgets Sun- day on Fairlawn diamond at 11 o'clock, elected the following officers at a meet- ing last night: Jimmy Diggs, man- ager; Harold Cox, captain; Jimmy Brashears, business manager, and Lefty Corley, treasurer. Tris Speakers and Sam Rices, midget &ug‘ ballers, battled to a 4-4 tie yes- rday. Bostonian Shoe Co. nine wants a game for Sunday with a senior class team. Call Main 3038-J between 5:30 and 7 pm. Bostonians are to meet Friday night at 8 o'clock at the home of Manager Ryan. Hess A, C. will engage Army Head- quarters diamonders tomorrow after- noon at 5 o'clock on Fairlawn Field, and Sunday will formally opep their season against Jefferson District, Va., Fire Department on the Virginia High- lands Field at 3 o'clock. Ty Cobb Juniors are to gather to- night at 7:30 o'clock at the Neighbor- hood House. The Cobbs, who are en- tered in the Capital City Base Ball League, are after a game for Sunday with a team in their class, preferably Colonials or Lionels. Call Secretary Ward at Franklin 1573 before 7 p.m. Lionel Midget and Junior base ball- ers will work on Monument diamond No]. z tomorrow afternoon at 4:45 o'clock, Sam Rice Midgets will meet tomor- row night instead of tonight at 1346 street northeast. St. Mark’s A. C. nine will entertain Clovers of Alxendria Sunday on a field to be selected. IR TREASURY WINS FIRST COLORED LEAGUE GAME | "' Agriculture and Veterans Bureau teams will meet tomorrow in a Colored Departmental Base Ball League game on Monument diamond No. 8 at 5:15 o'clock. Navy Yard and Government Printing Office were to clash today. Treasury took the measure of A 8 to 2, in & six- inning league game yesterday. ‘TWO GIVEN CHANCE AT BANTAM CROWN ; La Barba-Kid Chocolate Bout May Decide Man to Fill Vacant Throne. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, May 1.—For the past two or three years all that was needed to raise a bumper crop of glares and evasions in the office of the was the question: “Whom will the com- mission recognize as the bantamweight champion?” That problem was one the fistic fathers of the largest state in the caulifiower domain never have been able to settle satisfactorily since Charley Phil Rosenberg, in compliance with their edict, forfeited his 118-pound crown on the weighing-in scales three years ago. Many good bantamweights have, demanded recognition as cham- plons since that time. The list included Bushy Graham, the Utica toe dancer; Kid Francis, Italian buzzsaw; Bud Taylor, the blonde terror from Terre Haute; Tony Canzoneri, great little Brooklyn stylist, and Al Brown, spidery Panama Negro, who holds the National Boxing Association crown. All presented their claims and were turned aside. Now the commis- sion believes that at last a solution of the problem has been found. ‘Two boys will fight at Jess McMahon'’s Bronx Coliseum at 118 pounds May 21. If the winner looks the part of a cham- pion, fights like a champion, and wins as a champion should, to him will go the recognition held back from others. One of the fighters involved is Kid Chocolate, the flashing ebony “Keed” from Cuba, whose punching in a brief but sensational invasion has stood the customers in their chairs and most of his opponents on their ears. The other is Fidel La Barba, Stanford collegian on leave of absence, who refuses to go back to school until he has added the bantam title to the fiyweight crown he gave up. ‘The new system of the commission is simple. ~No bout in a disputed divi- sion can be advertised beforehand as a title affair, but the boxers may weigh in at the class limit, fight, and then come to the commission to find out whether newspaper men and commis- stoners will accept the winner as a champion. Both Chocolate and La Barba promised today to weigh 118 pounds for the match. PERSSON, SWEDE, GETS OFFERS OF U. S. BOUTS STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 1 (#).— Harry Persson, Sweden'’s helvywe&l:t champion, has received an invitation from Chicago to meet the Norwegian pugilist, Otto von Porat. uts with Paulino and Risko are also mentioned as possible. Perss&n Kienlly a‘;l!pchlnted the Ger- man, Guehring and the Frenchman, Grisell, in Stockholm encounters, PLAYS GREAT TENNIS. TORONTO, Ontario, May 1 (#).— Marcel Rainville of Montreal turned in some more sensational tennis in the Canadian Davis cup trials, defeating Gilbert Nunns of Toronto by scores of 8—6, 5—17, 6—2, 6—3. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Assoclated Press. NATIONAL. Batting—Stephenson, Cubs, .438. Rum—cnu.paeds, 13. Runs batted in—Wilson, Cubs, 15. Hits—Stephenson, Cubs, 21. Doubles—Prisch, Cards, 6. Triples—Cullop, Bissonette, Robins; H:gnsby. C\}llbl. A lomers—Harper, Braves, 4. Stolen _ bases—Maranville, Flowers, Rabins; Allen, Reds, 4. Pitching—Malone, Cubs, won 3, lost 0. AMERICAN. Batting-—Jamieson, .477. Runs—Blue, Browns, 18, Runs batted in—Ale: Hits—Rice, Tigers, 27. Doubles—QGehringer, Tigers; Me- Gowan, Manush, Browns; Heilman, Al- exander, Tigers; J. Sewell, Indians; Dykes, Athletics, 6. ‘Triples—Alexander, Tigers, 2. Homers—Blue, Browns, 4. § Stolen bases—Fonesca, Indlans; Metzr ler, White Sox, 3. Pitching—Gray, lost 0. Braves; der, Tigers, Browns, won 4, CRICKETERS TO MEET. ‘Washington Cricket Club members will meet tombrrow night at 8 o'clock | at 1413 Rhode Island avenue. Auto Bod ers Rar.:ind also New Radiators Ra n Radiators Cores in Stock Wittstatts, 1809 14th North 7177 Also 319 13, % Block Below Ave. |New York State Athletic Commission DOWN T WITH W. O. team picked to lose may upset and never will be anything in prize fight with the statistics. There he could have beaten Jack Dempsey e age of the alibi. 1f was not so long ago that the could not quit forgive Tunney for beating Dempsey at Philadelphia. have been “one of those things.” with his public—if any. But now that the customers have One of these days some expert will was one of the greatest fighters of all senting vote among the experts. It tal come to any correct conclusion. The Matter HILE Tunney was training for his W did not do enough boxing. was one of the best conditioned gladiaf up off the canvas after he had taken on the button, as they say. He figured himself a dynamo storing gence to know that ne two men experience which were the best met! to them, despite the violent protests Now, as Tunny built casily to a full-fledged hea Dempsey could administer, training theories all along. Discovering Gene Tunney. HERE may be something in base ball experting, because the authorities | have ceriain figures before them, though base ball does not always run though & sudden frenzy or a rush of inspiration _on the part of the ‘The boys have just reached the conclusion that Mr. Tunney, who no longer is with the caulifiower industry and who never will be with the cauliffower industry again, was quite a fighter in his day. Some of them are saying that | Dempsey at Philadelphia only because something was slipped into Dempsey's breakfast coffee, and that Tunney repeated at Chicago only because the refere¢ gave him a very long count. When Tunney repeated the performance at Chicago the boys were even more unforgiving. The worst thing that you can do to an expert is to cross | up his dope, for once an expert is made to look a little foolish he loses caste | majority of the experts were very wrong as to Tunney's ability as a prize fighter, onc or two experts have come up for air to remark that this young | man Tunney was quite a battler. Other experts, now that the .silence has been broken, are echoing, “Ah, yes, indeed. Gene Tunney was quite a fighter.” | he was doing everything wrong. He did not do enough roadwork. He In fact. he did nothing right, according to the | accepted canons for prize fight training. | Yet I read only the other day that in both of the Dempsey fights Tunney now agree that it was only his perfect condition that enabled Tunney to get Tunney trained himself according to his own notions. T think that he got no little valuable advice from William A. Muldoon. His theory was, a little work, a lot of rest, a little more work and then a lot more rest. himself up from a rather light heavyweight who bled | vyweight who could take all the punishment that there must have been considerable merit in his | HE LINE McGEZHAN. be something in foot ball experting. all calculations. experting. But there never was ven before Mr. Dcmpsey arrived at the | | boys wege insisting that Tunney beat Of course, the boys crossing up ail of the experting by At first they hinted that it might e forgotten—as customers will—that a insist, as Jim Corbett does, that Tunney time, and there will be no violent dis- kes the average expert several years to | of Training. two big fights the experts agreed that tors that ever entered a ring. Experts Dempsey’s most vicious punches right up energy. Also, he had the intelli- should train alike. He found by hods for Gene Tunney and he stuck of the experts. Straight Off Tee OWN AND COUNTRY CLUB— that hustling golf organization just the other side of Bethesda- has arranged another fleld day. Although the date still is distant, Chairman William G. Ilich of the golf committee and his fellow committee members are making plans now for the | club affair on August 3, when it is | planned to hold a golf tournament and | to stage an exhibition match which will bring together A. B. Thorn and Fred McLeod against the famed team of J. Monro Hunter and George Diffen- baugh of Indian Spring. An 18-hole handicap tournament will be held all day for the members, under present plans, while the exhibition match will get under way at 2 o'clock, and later in the afternoon putting events and a barnyard golf tourney will be staged. In the golf shop at the Town and Country Club hangs a wooden plaque on which are suspended from hooks a number of small wooden slabs. Each of these slabs, within a week, will bear the name of a member of the two club classes A and B. It is one of the in- novations of Chairman Ilich of the golf committee, and the teams are to be an- nounced within a few days. Because of the rain of last Sunday the medal rounds have been extended over for another week. Any man on a lower rung of the team “ladder” may challenge a player above him for his place on the team, and from the two | teams the | nnel of the intercity team which will represent Town and Country in the matches with Richmond and Norfolk will be chosen. Fred McLeod of Columbia, Emmons S. Smith, amateur of Columbia, Bob Barrett and Robert Stead, jr., the latter chairman of the Chevy Chase golf com- mittee, will leave the Capital Friday for Vine Valley, where they will have a week end of golf. Arthur B. Thorn and Mel Shorey of the Town_and Country Club and East Potomac Park, respectively, will team against a Baltimore pair in an exhibi- tion match over the Woodholme course in the Monumental City next Sunday. Their opponents will be Warner Mather, pro at Woodholme, and Ralph Beach, who is professional at the Suburban Country Club of Baltimore and learned the game on the old course of the Washington Golf and Country Club. Golfers from St. John’s School nosed out the players of Georgetown Prep in a match over the latter’s course yester- day, winning by 5 points to 4. St. John's now claims the prep school championship of this section. Sum- maries: Owens (G.) defeated Kershaw (S. 3.), 1 up in 19 holes; F. Park (8 J.) defeated Pan- kual (G.). 6 and 5. Best ball—Won by St. | John's. 4 and 3. J. Yateman (S, J) defeated Bawlf (G.), 1 up; Sullivan (G.) defeated Carey (8. J). 1 up. Best ball—Won by St. John's. 3 and 2. Rialkoff (G.) defeated B. Yateman (8. J.). 4 and 3: H. O'Donnell ‘(8. J.) defeated Roche (G.), 1 up. Best ball—Won by Geat town, 3 and 2. Veterans’ Bureau golfers chose a | rainy day for their one-day tourney today at the Argyle Country Club. The | tournament was to be an 18-hole medal | play affair, with the contestants to be | paired later in flights of 16 for match play to be contested on another course at a later date. In addition to the competition for the Harry A. Gillis cup, scheduled next Saturday, members of the Senior Golf Association of the Chevy Chase| 2 Club will compete next week for & pucel of plate put up by George G. Perkins, ! president of the association. Compe- ! tition for the Gillis trophy is a handi- cap medal play event, at 18 holes, with full handicaps to apply. The Perkins | trophy event is & handicap match play | tournament, with the first round to be | concluded by May 11. One elimination | contest will be held each week. Draw-, ings for the first round have been made | as follows. Capt, Chester Wells vs. C. V. Wh miral €. B. McVey vs. Admiral R. i son. Whitman Cross ve. W. F. Ham, P. S. | Ridsaale vs. Walter G. Feter, Judge B K. | Campbell ve, W. G. Brantley, Admiral E. M. | Taslor vs. . L. Rice. Hugh M. South- | 0. Cameron, Gen. H. P. McCain | s. H. D. Crampton, Porcher vs W. C. | Mandenhall, W. Vi k T B | O. Wagenhorst %) V. J. Nicholson vs. C. Taylor vs. W. Fgick '8 S eCoane e . T St L Pt vs. D. 8. Barry, Gen. Charles E. H. Loftus, Gen. C. H. Brigs: Fralley, Gen. Frank iiler. 'R, W. Baker arker West vs. Fult Smith vs. J. W. Smtih, Miller. D.C. 8han e C.'B. Dral | y . | { . 8. Minoi vs. Ben ks drew a bye. OWENS’ SQUAD TO DRILL. Lem Owens' Profesionals were to; drill this afternoon at 5 o'clock on the Terminal Rallroad Y. M. C. A. diamond at the Union Station in preparation for - their game Sunday with the ‘Waynesboro, Pa., Blue Ridge League team at Waynesboro. TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F| R R TR ARG R N T R golf teams, made up of players from | l |1and, (10). Francisco, and Kid Charol, Cuba, drew, DEL RAY A. C. NINE LISTS D. C. TOSSERS | LEXANDRIA, Va., May 1—Del| Ray A. C. which will play the | Liberty tossers of Washington, | | Sunday on Edward Dumcan | Field, has scheduled a game | | with the Petworth A. C. of Washing- | |ton, for May 12, and the Eastern All| | Stars, June 9. | Dick Wiley, center on the Alexandria | High School basket ball team the past | umnioyemrdny was elected captain for 1930. An important meeting of the Clover A. C. is to take place tonight at the home of “Buddy” Scott, 312 South Columbus street, at 7:30. George Mason High dropped a 9 to 6 decision to Episcopal High yesterday. Alexandria High, conqueror of Fred- | ericksburg by & 2 to 1 count, will play | George Mason in a section A, third athletic district series game here Fri- | day in Baggett's Park. "TEAMS IN SANDLOT LEAGUES ARE BUSY Games are scheduled tomorrow in the Departmental, Government and In- dustrial Base Ball Leagues. All will| start at 5:15 o'clock. In the Departmental loop Agriculture and Naval Hospital nines are to meet on the West Ellipse diamond. Union Printers and Interstate are to clash on the North Ellipse field in the Govern- ment circuit and Western Electric and ‘Washington Gas Light Co. are to try conclusions on the Séuth Ellipse. Contests also were carded today in all three loops. Government Printing Office and Treasury were to face in the Departmental League, Navy and Gov- ernment Printing Office in the Gove! ment loop and Thompson's Dairy and Washington Gas Light in the industrial eircuit. In the Departmental League yester- day Naval Hospital swamped Bureau of Engraving, 17 to 2; in the Government loop Interstate squeezed out a 4-3 tri- umph over Navy Yard and in the In- dustrial e Chestnut Farms Dairy gained a 6-5 decision over Big Print Shop. LEAD IN BUNION DERBY INCREASED BY GAVUZZI MILLER. Mo, May 1 (®—C. C. Pyle’s bunion boys shuffied along today over the }ntt ?ltmo\m clods on their transcontinental tramp. Tonight they rest on the banks of the Missouri River at Joplin before starting tomorrow's jaunt into Okla- homa. Pete Gavuzzi, the bearded Italian waiter of Southampton, England, checked up his second consecutive win and increased his lead over Johnny Salo, Passaic, N. J, . policeman, to nearly four hours yesterday when he led the caravan into Miller from Springfield. ‘The leaders: Pete Gavuzzi, Engl John_Salo, Passaic. Ed Gardner. Seatti Giusto Umek. Italy. Paul Simpson, Burlini HOCKEY PLAYER TO TRY HIS LUCK IN RING AGAIN| TORONTO, Ontario, May 1. (#) — Lionel Conacher, big defense man of the New York American's Hockey Club, has some intentions to trying the prize ring. | Conacher, who once held the Can dian amateur heavyweight champion-| ship, was quoted by the newspaper as| ving that he soon would return to| 'w York and enter upon a pugllistic | career. i ould be land, 197:12:27. . 201:50:32. e., Wash,. 309:08:85. "318:14:31. ton, N. C. His first start, he said, w against some one “not too fast.’ Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I—Young Mon- treal outpointed Johnny Farr, Cleve- MILWAUKEE. — Johnny Sherrod, ( Chicago, outpointed Shuffie Callahan, Chicago, (8). BUENOS AIRES.—Dave Shade, San! 12). LOS ANGELES—Goldie Hess, Los Angeles, outpointed Santiago Zorilla, BROWNIES PROVING REAL GONTENDERS Both Hug and Mack Have Reason to Fear the St. Louis Entry. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN. Associated Press Sports Writer. URRENT suspicion has it that Cornelius McGillicuddy is be- ginning another forced march along the paths of base ball glory, but even as the Phila- delphia patriarch girds.gaunt loins for the long drive toward October gold, the portly form of Daniel P. Howley rises to bar the way. Standing sentinel over Sportsman’s Park, with Crowder and Ogden and Gray pouring brimstone over the parapet. Gen. Howley, for the mo- ment at least, threatens Athletics and Yankees alike. The champion Yankees has their troubles again yesterday, but out- punched Washington, while the Red §>X hurled back the Mackmen. The A's #main favorites if the Yanks do fail, but the gait of the Browns cannot be overlooked. Two weeks do not make a base ball season, but the Browns already have flashed enough to justify any fears which Messrs. Huggins and Mack may entertain. The Howley tribe closed out in De- troit yesterday with a 6-to-5 victory, which made 3 out of 4 in the series and 10 out of 14 for the season. The triumph also gave the Browrns more breathing space over the secm@-pme Athletics, who have disputed tde lead with the Western contenders for about a week. Collins Helps Out Ogden. Ogden _had to have the aid of the veteran Rip Collins to turn back the Tigers yesterday and Rip got credit for the victory. Blue's fourth home run poke and Kress' first did the St. Louis cause no harm. Yde, Stoner and Smith were on the receiving line for Bucky Harris, welcoming Brown sluggers to the freedom of the fleld. Big Ed Morris was too much for the Athletics at the Fenway in a game which the Red Sox won by 4 to 1. One of the four Philadelphia hits was a homer by Simmons, while the home team profited through a circuit blow by Phil Todt. George Earnshaw start- ed for the Athletics. The White Sox won another from the skidding Indians, this time by 8 to 4. The Mational League spotlight cen- tered upon Arthur C. Vance, who let the Giants. down with three ' small singles at Ebbet's Field, and won by 2 to 0, even with the mad Robins at his back. Bill Walker gave Brooklyn just four hits, but three of these were con- centrated into the fifth round, when Gilbert doubled with the bases filled. Vance fanned seven. Some 20,000 saw the battle. Chicubs Stumble Again. The Cubs again stumbled upon mis- fortune at Redland Field, as the home team pulled out a 5-to-4 victory in the last of the ninth. Sheriff Blake twice blew a lead of one run in late innings as Gen. Hendricks rushed fresh troops into the fray. The Boston Braves, still strangely eague with seven victories and two defeats, won & groggy game from the Phillies, 14 to 12, with both teams out on their feet at the finish. The Cardinal-Pirate game in St. Louis fell & victim to rain. If the early success of the Braves may be discounted, which it may, the Cubs, the Cards and the Glants are bordering upon a real Donnybrook as the Western teams prepare to invade the East. TERMS FOR TITLE BOUT ACCEPTED BY CALLAHAN LOS ANGELES. May 1 (®.—Jack Kearns, manager for “Mushy” Calla- junior welterweight champlon, has unced he has accepted terms for s title match in Buffalo, N. Y. late in May between Callahan and the win- ner of Jimmy Goodrich-Buck Lawless bout scheduled next week in the East- ern_city. Kearns said the match would be promoted by Charles Murray, who also has made an cffer for a middleweight championship bout between Micky Walker. also managed by Kearns, and Osk Till of Buffalo. Murray agreed to pay Walker $75,000 gdde(endml his title in June, Kearns han, anno Panama, (10). Jackie Pilkington, New York, won decision over Pedro Amador, Panama, (10). i April 29 to May 11 (inc.) First Race, 2:30 p.m. Adm., $1.50 :::,thl hfl.xl‘l. , O. R. R, Leaves W ST