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SP ORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 6. 1929; SPORTS T— b4d " Outlook Poor for Nationals in Detroit : Macks Wrest League Lead From Browns TIGERS IMPROVING: GRIFFS GET WORSE Stupid Piaying Nullifies 2-Hit Game by Liska as Tribe Cops, 1to 0. BY JOHN B. KELLER. LEVELAND, May 6—Badly| beaten by four of their league | rivals, the Nationals move on to | Detroit tomorrow to engage a fifth, and playing as they have, probably to absorb another beating. There's no reason to believe Walter | Johnson'’s charges will do particularly well az: t the club now directed by their manager, Staniey Harris, | in the three tilts slated for the auto- mobile city as the Tigers scem to be | swinging into a victorious stride while the Nationals appear to be going from bad to worse. After the second successive licking | they took from the Tribe yesterday, which incidentally was their fourth de- feat in a row, what hope the Nationals had of returning home fr a winnf s about biasted. s fray with the Indians 10 on the West- ern slate to finish_the trip with a 50-50 showing in_the league standings the Washington club would have to bag eight of the games. And that's not being done these days by the Nationals For a time, the Washington club was | handicapped mainly by the inefective- ness of its pitchers. When the pitchers began to round into form, it was batting weakness that kept the club down. Lately the Nationals have hit, although not in pinches. Now to make matters worse they are playing stupid base ball. In fact, the other clubs are not beating the Nationals as much as the Nationals | are beating themselves. Clear Case of Stupidity. No more glaring instance of this stupid base ball by them has been seen than that in the contest here yesterday which went to the Indians, 1 to 0. With a faltering pitcher just about to hand them the game on a silver platter, the club completely lost all idea of com- mon-sense base ball, and deliberately spurned its one big opportunity of the pastiming. It was a game in which the recruit Acoiph Liska, starting on the slab the second time as a_National, wes more unfortunate even than in his 2-to-1 de- feat at the hands of the Red Sox in Boston not long ago. But two hits and | three passes were yielded the Tribe by the rookie. Each pass and one of the hits, a double by Lew Fonseca, came in an in- ning after two_ were out and meant nothing to the Indians. The other hit opened the second inning and, backed by two errors, accounted for the lone ‘Tribal tally. In fact, the Indians drove but four pitches to the Washington out- fielders, so efiective was Liska. Yet he had to accept defeat because of his club’s headless play, as it really was a plece of stupid work that enabled the Indians to score. Bib Falk's hit that began the second sessicn was a grounder that Buddy Myer picked up far back of third base with not the slightest chance of flagging his man with a throw to first. Yet Myer persisted in_throwing—and threw far cluding this over Joe Judge’s head, permiiting Falk [ chunky Lynn boy claims. Then Joe Cronin, |unable to master a slow ball, yet his to reach second bas AW COME ON UP To. JACK'S" HOUSE - JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS QF POKER AND ~ You KNawW- | LOTS OF FUN- [l e ey "M THIS TIME NOPE - CAN'T\ DO 1T~ | WENT AND PROMISED THE FRAU \D. 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Hadley, particularly, seems to have been made ineflective as a result of being compelled to pitch in a style he does not think he can_ pitch. The ‘he--has-been still subbing for Ossie Bluege at short, | catcher insists upon its use, and he allowed Fonseca's bounder to get by for & two-base error, and the run was in. Liska Assumes Command. Here Liska assumed command of the situation. He grabbed Roy Gardner's roller and started the rundown of Fon- seca. As Luke Sewell was tossed out, Fonseca moved to second, then pilfered third. But Liska fanned Walter Miller to end the round. Thereafter only three Indians dented the runway, Fonseca doubling in the fourth, Gardner stroll- ing in the seventh and Carl Lind get- ting a pass in the eighth. A great bit of pitching. ‘The Nationals outhit the Indians, six safeties to two, and to help them more the left-handed Walter Miller issued three passes and hit two batters. Yet in only three rounds did the Nationals get more than one man on the ‘base paths. Judge began the second with a walk, but did not reach the middle sack until Jack Hayes singled with two gone. Then Muddy Ruel watched a third strike go by. Liska opened the third with a single and there were two on when Miller picked up Myer’s bunt and plugged Buddy in the back with the ball. Sam Rice’s bunt only forced out Liska at third, while Goose Goslin tap- Ded feebly to the pitcher. Judge was purposely passed, crowding the sacks. Here Sam West whiffed, three pitches being enough. ‘The National's great opportunity to get well into the game came in the fifth. Miller had been somewhat un- steady from the outset and a double Myer bounced off the screen back of right center at the beginning of the fifth must have further unpoised the Cleveland pitcher. Anyway Miller could not locate the plate and filled the bases by hitting Rice’s shirt and pounding Goslin’s back. Judge hit the ball hard, but unfortunately it went directly to Fonseca and a force-out at the plate resulted. “Big Boner” of the Day. This seemed no place for West, who twice had been a mark for Miller, so Bluege was sent in to bat. Ossie swung at the first pitch to him and looped the ball toward short right field. Here occurred the “big boner” of the day. It must have been apparent to both Rice, who was on third, and Clyde Milan, who was coaching at that base, that it would be a 100-to-1 shot against beating the short throw home if the ball was caught by either Lind or Falk, who went after Bluege's hoist. Yet, in- stead of taking a lead that would mean a run in event if the ball landed safe, Rice clung to the far corner. The ball fell between the fielders and with the bases loaded Rice had to go— and he was an easy force-out at the | plate, for Falk retrieved the sphere | and got it to L well far ahead of | the runner. The scoring chance was | gone when Cronin hoisted to Falk. It was pitiful baserunning anyway considered. Under no _circumstances should any other than the runner go- ing from first base to second have been forced out offensive tactics were tying_run was lost out the ball game, too. RECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES Last week's record for major league | clubs of games won and lost, runs, ! hits, errors and opponents’ follows: so poor that a AMERICAN LFAGUE. Clu t T Philadelphia New Yor Chicago Detroit ... Cleseland Boston ... : Washinglon . AU NATIONAL I o Pittshurgh Tronklsn Thiladelphia Yet the Washington | ¥ and as it mmed‘, fears to “shake off” the signals. Johnson has given much thought to this and may direct the pitching him- self. Sam Jones, slated to pitch yesterday, did not show up until shortly before game time, so Liska instead of the Sad one got the mound call. Although Bluege’'s knee still bothers him, he is likely to return to the line- up any day. Barnes, too, is about ready to swing into action again after a lengthy layoff nursing a battered knee. He patrolled center field for four in- nings yesterday and sprinted far to take care of his single chance. Jack Hayes made the banner fielding play of the Sunday engagement. In the first inning he went back on the grass to scoop up a hot grounder from Joe Sewell’s bat that had skidded past Judge and whipped for an out at first base. Jack also got two hits in four batting rials. President Griffith and Goose Goslin also were added to the National's sick list yesterday. The prexy contracted & cold while watching his club lose Sat- urday and spent Sunday in bed. Gos- lin had & cold when he came here and Saturday it settled in his sinus, impair- ing his sight to some extent. However, the Goose will stick in the line-up un- less the trouble becomes much worse. ‘When he tried to get home with a tying run_in the fifth inning yester- day Sam Rice hurt his ankle as he slid into the plate although he did not re- alize it until late last night. This morning his ankle was badly swollen and he may have to remain out of ac- tion. President Barnard and Ameriéan League owners gathered here for a meeting today. Neither the prexy nor any of the owners this morning would give any hint as to the purpose of the meeting. JOHNSON HELD IN BED WITH A SEVERE COLD Special Dispatch to The Star. CLEVELAND, May 6.—There was no improvement this morning in the condition of Walter Johnson, man- ager of the Nationals, who took to his bed Saturday night suffering with a severe cold that later brought on an infiammation of the muscles of the upper left leg. Johnson is confined to his hotel room under the care of physician and may not be able to leave for Detroit with the club tonight. Clyde Milan, head coach of the Nationals, who directed the team yesterday, will continue to act as manager during Johnson's illness. BEANLESS BASE BALL Interesting Games Are Staged HOUGH _several games were called off because of wet grounds, many sandlot base bail teams managed to stage their scheduled contests yesterday. Some interesting battles were in order, too, though other matches were decided by wide margins. One of the keenest struggles was that which saw the Washington Red Sox triumph over Foxall A. C.. 3 to 1, on the Foxall diamond. Booker, winning pitcher, gave up only three hits and fanned 14. Next Sunday the Sox will meet Georgetown-Seat Pleasant tossers at Seat Pleasant. Opening their campaign, A. B. & W. Bus Co. nine drubbed Addison, 6 to 3, on the Arlington, Va., field. Bennie Wormsley was the winners' ace. Not only did he pitch fine ball, yielding only two bingles, but he socked a triple with the bases full in the eighth inning to assure his team victory. A game be- tween the Busmen and Hume Spring, Va., nine as been for- next Sunday. Jones, pitching for Jefferson district, Va., Piremen, limited Hess A. C. bal men to two hits as his team won. 4 to 0, on the Virginia Highlands dia- mond. The firemen did all their scor- ing in the fourth inning. Hayes, losing | pitcher, also showed well. In defeating Bowie, Md.,, Motor Co., 11 5, at Bowie, National Circles turned in a triple play. It was from Harwood to Jarman to Baker. Strong pitching marked the game in which Cherrydale, Va, A. C. downed White Haven, 2 to 1, yesterday at Cherrydale. King for the winners and Robey and Swisstadt for the losers all hurled in bang-up style. It was the Cherries’ opening game. In another encounter, featured by clever slabbing, Capitol A. C. gained a 2-0 decision over the Lanham, Md., tossers on the Lanham Field. Hardesty w the Capitol pitcher and Hatcher and Guger toiled for the home club. Invading Md., Triangle A. C. gained a 3-2 triumph over the nine there. Statts for Triangles and Culbert- son for the home team staged a tight pitching duel. Sterling pitching of Blackie Adair carried Dixie Pig, Maryland A. C, to & 1-0 victory over Scaggsville, Md., nine on the Scaggsville diamond. Adair al- lowed just one bingle. Clark, pitching for Bostonian Shoe Co., shaded Wahler, Miller Furniutre Coo hurler, as the shoe team won, 2 to Results of other games hereabouts fol- ow: Kensington, Md., Firemen, 10; Gold- enberg, 4. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Gleveland, 3; Washington, 0 New . 8: Chicago, 3. Detroit, 10; Bosto Philadeiphia, 2; S @ 3 > z g Z o L] 3 = L a | | GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. sh'ton at Clevel'd, Washington at Detroit. York at Chicago, Phila. at Chicago. Phila. at St Lonis. New York a Louis. Boston at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland. sommm 1) Totals ensumanind *Batted for Wes Batted for Li WASHINGTO! | Clevelana Tow-base [ er V0gtice costin). ” 'Umpires— mobell. McGowan and Connolls, me—1 hour 46 Mminutes National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. St. Louis, 9 New York, 7. Brooklyn: 4; Cincinnati, ‘1. Pittsbureh Bosto Other clubs not scheduled. OF THE CL GAMES TOMORROW. t N. York. Pittsburgh at N York at Brklyn. Cincinnati at Phila. Chicago at Phl Chicago at Brooklyn, Fittsbureh e Bogien. St. Louls at Boston, Have a Big Day Cabin John, Md., Junior Order, 12; | Friendship A. C., 2. Naval Hospital, 13; Maryland A. C., 3. | Isherwood A. C., 11; Fort Washing- ton, 1. | Hess Insects, 3; Eastern All-Star In- sects, 1. Warwick Insects, 3; Stanton Park, 2 (11 innings). Columbia Heights Midgets, 9; Sam West, 4. Sam Rices, 10; Tris Speakers, 9. | Nolan Insects, 18; Twenty-ninth street, 2. Colonial Juniors, 7; Johnny A. C., 2. Bungalow Town Midgets, 16; Oxford Hill Unlimiteds, 1. A drill will be held Wednesday after- noon on the Silver Spring, Md., diamond at 5 o'clock by Takoma Tigers, who have been forced to idle for three weeks because of rain. Tigers will meet D. J. Kaufman's Saturday on the Silver Spring diamond at 3 o'clock and Sunday will engage the | Berwyn, Md., nine at. Berwyn at. the same time, Hyattsville, Md., All-Stars, after being | rained out for three Sundays, will drill | Wednesday at 6 p.m. on the Riverdale diamond in preparation for a game carded there next Sunday with Union Frinters. Tris Speaker nine, which has been | | virtually assured of the support of an | | American Legion Post in the coming | Legion diamond series, is after several | experlenced players, especially pitchers. | Call Manager Baker at Lincoln 8837 | after 5 pm. A game for tomorrow with a team in | their class is sought by Lionel Midgets, who have the use of Monument Dia- | mond No. 2 at 5 o'clock. Call Manager | | Kerner at Adams 485. | Games for Wednesdays and Sundays | their class. Challenges are being re- | at Atlantic 4448. Rain halted a game between Moseans | and McKay Juniors in the third inning with the former team ahead, 4 to 3. To discuss season’s plans Mardfeldts will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at thelr clubhouse. Eastern All-Star insect class base ballers, who were to hold a practice and meeting today at 5 o'clock on Rose- dale diamond, are after a game with a team in their division for the same field, Friday, at 5 p.m. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Associated Press. National. Batting—Stephenson, Cubs, .466. Runs—Hornsby, Cubs, 17. Runs batted in—Wilson, Cubs, 20. Hits—Stephenson, Cubs, 27. Doubles—Grantham, Pirates, 8. Triples—L. Waner, Pirates, 3. Homers—Wilson, Hornsby, Cubs; Ott, | Jackson, Giant: Harper, Braves; O'Doul, Phillies; Hafey, Cards, 4. Stolen bases—Flowers, Robins, 6. Pitching—Malone, Cubs, won 4; lost 0. American. Batting, Foxx, Athletics, .420. Runs—Gehringer, Tigers, 21. | Runs batted in—Heilmann, Alexan- der, Tigers; Simmons, Athletics, 18. Hits—Gehringer, McManus, = Tigers, 2 28. Doubles—Alexander, Tigers, 8. Triples—Gehringer, Alexander, cers; Blue, Browns, 2. Homers—Gehrig, Yanks, 6. Stolen bases—Averill, Fonseca, dians, 4. Pitching—Uhle, Tigers; Hoyt, Yanks, wen 4, lost 0. I RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN I BATTING. erday’s Game.) Ti- In- Braxton. Marberry | are wanted by Midgets with nines in | J ceived by Manager Harry Velhmeyer | |day in this section. Atlantic City. CANZONERHROUTIS FIGHT HEADS CARD e Frenchman’s Title, However, Will Not Be at Stake Friday Night. N French holder of the feather- weight championship, this | week, but there are circumstances that | will make it practically painless for the | Frenchman even should he lose, Routis met Tony at New York's Mad- ison Square Garden in September last year, galloped off with the decision and incidentally with the featherweight crown which Canzoneri was wearing at the time. ‘Their réturh mateh,” set for Chicago’s new stadium this Friday night, is at catchweights, so Routis will hold on to | his title even should he drop the deci- | sion or be knocked out. Some of the | experts—in fact a majority of them— | think Canzoneri at 130 pounds. will be | too strong for the Frenchman. Billy Wallace, Cleveland slugger, | meets Louls (Kid) Kaplan, former | featherweight champion, in the feature 10-rounder of Madison Square Garden's lightweight card on Friday. Jack Berg of England is paired against Bruce Flowers, New Rochelle, N. Y., Negro, in another 10-rounder and Luis Vicentini, Chile, meets Joey Glick in still another. | Johnny Risko, Cleveland heavyweight, a home-town appearance to- again: Emmet Rocco of El- wood City, Pa. Other bouts on the national schedule include: Tonight—At New Yor EW YORK, May 6 (#)—Tony Canzoneri gets his chance for Tevenge on Andre Routis, ip: at W son, Minneapolis, City, Kans., heavyweights, Tuesday-~At Boston, Big Boy Ra ton, vs. Joe Monte, Boston, heavy rounds: ‘at Los_Angele: wson, B velghts, Seal Harris, Chi- Riverside, Calif., Eddie Burnbrook, Baltimore, vs. Roy Moore, Long Beach, Calif., ; at Portland. Oreg., Willie Feld- man, New York. vs. Homer Sheridan. Los Angeles, middlewelghts, 10 rounds; at Cleve- land, Joey Goldman, Cleveland, vs. Jack {Ty. Toledo, lightweights, 8 rounds. rid: t Los Angeles, Tommy Jones, At- | 's. Paul de Hate, Compton, Calif.; at | San_Diego, Tiny Roebuck, Kansas City. vs. | Leon Chevalier, heavyweights, 10 rounds. HYATTSVILLE HIGH LOOKS TO COUNTY TITLE MEET HYATTSVILLE, Md., May 6.—Hyatts- | ville High School’s track team is work- ing hard in preparation for the annual Prince Georges County championship meet to be held Saturday, May 25. Vic- tory this year for the Hyattsville com- bination would be its seventh in as | | many years. It appears that Hyattsville has one | of the best teams in its history. | unds resulted in the calling | eral base ball games yester- | | Among the games abandoned was | that carded between Henry Hiser’s Hy- | attsville All-Stars and the Chevy Chase Grays at Riverdale. | A’ match between Brentwod Howks | and Bond Bread tossers of Washington | at Brentwood also was called off. The | Hawks will travel to Maryland Park next Sunday to engage the team there. | Mount Rainer’s opening home game | with Engine Co. No 5 of the Alexandria | Fire Department was another contest | to be rained out. | Picrce A. C. of Hyattsville and John- ny A. C., however, staged their sched- uled encounter on’ the latter’s field at Bladensburg, Pierce winning, 4 to 2. Jeff Small, pitching for Pierce, limited the opposition to four hits. BALL GAMES RAINED OUT. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 6.—Three base ball games were rained out here yesterday. They were those between St. Mary's Celtics and Burk & Co. of Rich- mond, Virginia A. C. and Fort Hum- phreys and Columbia Engine Cos and | Ku Klux Klan, PROCTOR FIGHTS TONIGHT. Joe Proctor, Washington heavyweight Loxer, will meet Joe Denson tonight at | s, Radiators, Fenders also New Radiators Harrison Radiators and Cores in Stock Wittstat 9 14th North 7177 Block Below Ave. _ Pimlico Spring Meeting April 29 to May 11 (inc.) First k. ce, 2:30 pm. Special Tral Washington 1 Eicctric Line. | of_Ervast. + WEST HAS STRONG TRI0 IN THE DERBY Naishapur, Voltear, Ervast Serious Contenders in Kentucky Classic. [ | | | | BY ORLO L. ROBERTSON, | Associated Press Sports Writer. | ROM out of the West come threc formidable challengers for thc | 1929 Kentucky Derby. ‘The Far West's best, few in number, have been considered | lightly in the past by the turf men of the East, but this year it is a different story. Naishapur, Ervast and Voltear, a trio of as good colts as ever invaded the derby from the West, are command- ing the attention of leading horsemen. Naishapur, a son of Omar Khayyam, the only imported colt ever to win the American turf classic, commands atten- tion because of his meteoric racing at Tia Juana, where he won the Tia Juana Derby and was beaten by only a head for the Coffroth $100,000 Handicap, the richest stake event in America. The chestnut son of Omar Khayyam is owned by Earl Chaffee of California and is being trained by John McKee, a | Kentucky turfman. He became the | property of Chaffee last Winter at New Orleans for $20,000. Ervast, California’s equine express, which has come out of a maze of mys- tery as a derby contender, has caused no_little comment following the report | of his sensational workout at Tia Juana. Here is what Ervast did in making one of his final gestures before leaving for Churchill Downs. Mile, 1:3635; the mile and eighth in 1:4945 and galloped out the mile and a quarter in 2:0525. The workout was one-fifth of a sec- ond faster than the running time of the Tia Juana Derby, where Naishapur and Voltear staged their battle, heads apart, and in which Ervast finished way back. The time for the mile was one second faster than the Tia Juana track record. Baron Long is the owner Voltear may not exactly be classed as a Western horse, since he is running under the colors of the Dixiana Farm of Kentucky, owned by R. T. Fisher of Detroit. Voltear, a great horse as | a 2-year-year-old and a greater horse this year if his workouts are any | criterion, is_a_Western-bred colt. He was sold to Fisher by the Nevada Stock Farm. | "The Dixiana Derby candidate jumped into the spotlight last Saturday, when he won the Chesapeake stakes at Harve Grace in impressive fashion. Out at a Juana Naishapur twice whipped Vol- tear, the last time in the Tia Juana Derby, in which he was in receipt of | four pounds. Naishapur came up from tenth position to defeat the Volta | gelding at a mile and a furlong. In the | | Coffroth Handicap Voltear finished un- | placed, but if his race at Havre de Grace | is any indication the Dixiana cc\e is a | much improved horse. — THREE LOOP GAMES CARDED TOMORROW Games are scheduled tomorrow in the Government, Departmental and Indus- trial Base Ball Leagues. In the Government League Navy Yard and Union Printers will meet on the North Ellipse diamond, in the De partmental loop Agriculture and Bureau of Engraving will face on the West Ellipse and in the Industrial ecircuit | Western Electric and Big Print Shop will try conclusions on the South Ellipse. All the games will start at 5:15 o'clock. All three leagues also had games carded today on the same diamonds and at the same time. Interstate and ! Government Printing Office were to meet in the Government loop, Treasury and Naval Hospital in the Departmental | circuit and Washington Gas Light Co. | and Chestnut Farms in the Industrial League. * HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press, Home runs yesterday—Ruth, Yankees, | La: Yankee: ; McManus, Gehringer, Tigers, 1; Walker, Reds, 1; Wright, Robins, 1; Hafey, | Cardinals, 1; Douthit, Cardinals, 1; Juckson, Giants, 1. American League leaders—Gehrig, Yankees, 6; Ruth, Yankees, 4; Blue, Browns, 4; Gehringer, Tigers, 4; Sim- mons, Athletics, 4; Foxx, Athletics, 4. National ~ League leaders—O'Doul, | Phillies, 4; Ott, Giants, 4; Jackson, Giants, 4; Hornsby. Cubs, 4; Wilson, | Cubs, 4; Hafey, Cardinals, 4; Harper, | Braves, 4. Tigers, MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Loutsville, Milwaukee, 4-7, Kansas City, 6: Indianapolis. 3. Minneapolis.’ 13: Columbus, 3. St. Paul, 8;' Toledo,_5. INTFRNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore, 6: Buffalo, 1. Rochester. & Jersey City, 3. treal, T EASTERN LEAGUE. . 7; Allest : Spring €s, rain. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. New Orleans. 6: Atlanta, 1. Mobue, 2; Blemingham, 1. i cl Nashville, 7; Little Rock, 1. Memphis, 1i-6; Chattancoga, 0-3. ows, 4. eld, '1 (5 Ingings, rain) PACIFIC C! Sacramento, 6. San Prancisce Hollywood, AST LEAGUE. s_Angeles, 5- Oakland, 2-1. Seattle, 2-2. Poggland, §-4. 0. L TEXAS LEAGUE. i Fort Worth, 2. “Conveniently Located on 13th Street” 1529 14th St. NW. Dec. 3320 \J. S. TIRES | ON CREDIT Guarante | House, NEW BOAT OF LIPTON’S WILL BE SHAMROCK V| BELFAST, North Ircland, May 6 (#).—The new yacht which Sir Thomas Lipton will build in an at- tempt to gain the America’s Cup, famous yachting trophy, will be called the Shamrock V. Kt will be about 77 feet long at the waterline, this measurement bringing it into the 23-meter class. It will be designed by Charles E. Nicholson, who designed other yachts for the famous sportsman. 22 HORSES MAY 60 INTHE PREAKNESS 16 of Possible Starters in Classic Race Already Are at Pimlico. By the Associated Press, ALTIMORE, May 6 —Featuring the last week of racing at Pim- lico, which starts today, is the $50,000 added Preakness Stakes, than a score of 3-year-olds slated to face the barrier in that classic of the Maryland racing_season. Of the 22 probable starters for the event, 16 have already made their ap- pearance at Maryland tracks, and seven of these have been returned winners, with Minatour, Charles Gaffagnini’s hope, finishing’ in front three times, once each at Bowle, Havre de Grace and Pimlico. Col. E. R. Bradley's Blue Larkspur, favorite for the Kentucky Derby, to be run at Churchill Downs the middle of the month, is among the nominees which will not start. Three others of the leading juvenile class last year are among those which will not face the barrier, due to ailments. These three are Robert L. Gerry’s High Strung. which won both the Bel- to be run on Friday, with more | mont and Pimlico Futurities; Mrs, L. | G. Kaufmann’s Twink, winner of the Jenkins at Laurel Park and the Walden at Pimlico, and Edward B. McLean's | Neddie, which showed promise last year only to become ill during the Winter. MEETINGS ARRANGED T0 PERFECT LEAGUE For preliminary organization in con- nection with the Vacation Base Ball League, to be sponsored by the Civitan Club of Washington and conducted by the Boys' Club of this city, several neighborhood meetings are planned. The league will be divided into three loops. One will be for boys over 14 and under 16 years of age, another for those over 12 and under 14 and the third for those under 12. All ages will be figured as of April 1, 1929. ‘A principal object of the league is to give newsboys and other youngsters who ordinarily would not have a chance for organized competition an opportu- nity and all the games will be played in the mornings. Dates, time, place and the teams for which meetings will be held have been announced as follows by F. V. Thomp- son, secretary of the Boys’ Club: Tonight, 7:45 o'clock, Boys’ Club, 230 C street, for teams. in.Cent west section and sections of Northwest and Northeast adjacent to North Capitol strect and Plaza. ‘Tomorrow night, 7:45 o'clock, Noel 1663 Kremer street northeast, teams’ in Northeast section in vicinity of Rosedale and east of Eighth street northeast. ‘Wednesday night, 5 o'clock, Friend- ship House, 326 Virginia avenue south- east, for teams in Southeast section, Anacostia and Congress Heights. Thursday, 7:45 o'clock, Y. M. C. A. boys' department, 1736 G street, for teams in Northwest section west of Seventeenth street and Georgetown. May 13, 7:45 o'clock, Neighborhood | House. 470 N street, for teams in South- west section. s e NOTABLES TO SEE RACE. FRANKFORT, Ky.. May 6 () —More than 100 persons, including governors of four States, will be guests of Gov. Flem D. 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It was the first | defeat of the season for Gray, who gave only five hits before stepping aside for | a pinch batsman in the eighth. George ¢Blacholder worked the final round for {Ten Howley. The A’'s won by bunching three hits |in the fifth with one of Gray's two | pasces. The victory left the teams in a virtual tie for the leadership, but the Macks gained the top by reason of hav- ing won one fewer and lost one fewer | than the Brownies. |~ The rumble of Yankee heavy artillery | once more is disturbing the peace and | quict of American League cities. The | champions have registered 39 hits in | their last three games, and have won |all of them. Three homers by Gehrig |on Saturday and one by Ruth on Sat- | urday and another yesterday, paved the | way for two Yankee victories over the White Sox, 11 to 9 and 8 to 3. | Waite Hoyt was derricked on Satur- | day for thc first time this season, but | George Pipgras yesterday gained the | distinction of being the first Yankee | pitcher other than Hoyt to go the route | this Spring. The Sox prodded Pipgras | for 10 hits, and George himself helped | the oppesition along with five passes, but he was strong in the pinches, Eleven White Sox were left stranded. Washington still is unable to have a good hitting afternoon simultaneously with a first-rate pitching exhibition by any member of the Senatorial staff. | Adolph Liska, one of the best right- handers in the major leagues, turned back the Irdians with two hits yester- day, but saw his opponents win the game by 1 to 0. | Liska now has lost three straight, | each by one run. He has worked a total | of 20-0dd innings with only four runs, earned and unearned, against his record. | __The Tigers held a big rally at Navin | Field .yesterday at the expense of Ed | Morris, who was routed with other | Boston pitchers in a 10-to-2 victory by Detroit. After trouncing the clan McGraw by 10 to 7 in 10 innings on Saturday, the Cardinals came right back yesterday | with a pair of late rallies, which netted a 9 to 7 victory. The sabbath triumph pulled the Cardinals back into a tie for second | with the Cubs who had stolen a march by beating the Phillies twice on Satur- day, but who were forced to sit idly by yesterday as the Cards threw the | Giants. Burleigh Grimes led the Pirates to a |7 to 2 victory over the Braves at Boston, pulling the back bay band down |‘within reaching-distance-of the Cubs land the Cardinals. Dazzy Vance _entertained 20,000 | customers ai Fleld when Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 4 to 1. Vance | allowed four hits and fanned nine. 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