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Sports News @he Toening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1929 Griffs Struggling Without .300 Hitter : Odd Situation Exists in Na BLUEGE LEADS WITH .299 AS YANKEE SERIES OPENS Ossie and Tate Only Regulars Clouting Above 1928 Averages—Most of Ot hers Batting Far Below Good Marks They Set Last Season. BY JOHIN B. KELLER. EW YORK, May 21 is supposed to con: N figure. There is nct one man ‘Walter Johnson is sending into the series here that of four engagements in two days with the World Champion Yankees a team of Nationals hitting at a ridiculously low in the line-up who can show a batting average of .300 or better for the now more-than-a-month-old Americin League campaign. This kind of bat swinging certainly does not make a club a pennant contender. From the top of the regula tionals are far off form in at! batting order to the last cf the hurlers the Na- Dxcepting Ossie Bluege, second baseman, and Benny Tate, catcher, not cne of the first-string Nationals is socking the ball as he did last = club who der. Charley Gooch, util: n, and most of thase backward ones are far off their 1928 stride. can boast an average in the .300 class is As a starter in one game and pinch-hitter in others Gooch shows a batting record of .333. But Gocech has been at bat only nine tim»s. Fer a while thers was some thought of planting him some place in the regular order, and M er Johnson still may try this. But in all probability it will be found that Gooch is too slow on his feet to stick in the game any length of time. Consider the regular batting order right down the line and the batting of the players this year does not begin to compare favorably with their perform- ances in the 1928 campaign. First is Buddy Myer, who with the Red Sox last season hit for .313 and stole 32 basss to lead the league as a_pilferer. This season he is hitting at only a .284 clip and to date his speed has gained him little on the runway. He has swiped but two sacks. Continuing at the pres- ent rate he would steal but a dozen bases this season. Rice Far Off 1928 Form. Sam Rice was a nifty hitter last year. In fact, it was his 1928 average of .328 that regained him the berth in right field, for Manager Johnson from the start of the training campaign had Red Barnes slated for this post. But Sam has fallen far below his 1928 pace. He is socking the apple now for just .289, & very poor figure for him. Next comes the greatest surprise and disappointment of the year, Goose Gos- lin, Hammering the ball at a .379 rate last year to win the American League batting championship, the Goose 10 date has walloped for a mark of only .275. And, unfortunately, in the past two weeks the Goose has been going from bad to worse. He has becn unable to time his swing well and when he has met the ball generally it was with little force. Goslin’s slump has hurt the Na. tionals’ cause, hurt it to a greater ex- tent than anything else. ‘The veteran Judge is below his last year’s rating, too, but not so far below. A few good days at bat would bring him back. He hit tor .306 last season. Now he is hitting for .294, having done most of his clouting in recent engagements. He soon may be packing the punch the Nationals need. Bluege, Tate Above Par. Bluege is stepping along at a pace two points better than his .297 average. And his hits have been timely, too. But | Jim during the past-week Ossie has shown signs of slipping. Sammy West, who has been having an awful time trying to solve left-hand hurling this year, is 34 points shy ot his 1923 record. But be it recalled that West during the first half of the last campaign was an ex- ceptionally weak hitter. He had an aaverage below .250 as late as August ’?01“28' yet finished the campaign with As to the catchers, Tate is batting more than a hundred points better than Muddy Ruel and socking above his 1928 average. Benny now shows a mark of .268 against last year's .246. Ruel hit for .257 last season, but the best he has mustered to date in the present battling is an average of .156. Last of the regular line-up excepting pitchers— and pitchers may not rightly be sidered in reckoning a club’s batting strength—is Joe Cronin. Joe was in- stalled as regular shortstop because it was thought he would add to the Na- tionals’ offensive strength. He hit .243 during his half-season in 1928. This year, he has hit at a .191 clip. Comparison of the present average of the Washington hitters with their fig- ures last year is startling. It reveals clearly just why the Nationals are not getting anywhere in the present flag Tace. HALF-BROTHER OF DERBY VICTOR FAILS DISMALLY CHICAGO, May 21 (#)—Clyde Van Dusen, victor in the Kentucky Derby, would have no cause for pride in the performance of one of his half-brothers had he been at the Aurora race track yesterday. Flagship, sired by Man o’ War, as also was Clyde Van Dusen, finished tenth in a field of 12 in an $800 claim- ing race, after leading for 6 furlongs. Clyde Van Dusen is a son of Man o’ War-Uncle’s Lassie and Flagship is a son of Man o' War-Understudy. DUNDEE SIGNS TO RISK WELTER TITLE IN JULY BALTIMORE, May 21 (#).—Signing of a contract for Joe Dundee to defend his _welterweight title in a 15-round bout in Detroit duving the faonth of July has been announced here on be- half of Floyd Fitzsimmons, Detroit pro- moter, who obtained the contract. The promoter £aid he expected to get Jackie Fields, whom the National Box- ing Association recognizes as welter champion for the match, but that if this should fail Jimmy McLarnin would be secured. RAMBLERS LISTING GAMES. Rambler Pros, who will clash with Fort Myer Headquarters nine Sunday at 3 o'clock at the fort, will meet tomor- row night at 7 o'clock at 3222 Prospect avenue. Ramblers are after games. Call West 323. | BIG LEAGUE LEADERS (Including games of May 20.) By the Associatcd Press. NATIONAL. Batting—High, Cards, .304. Runs—Douthit, Cards, 29. Runs _ batted = in—Grimm, Cubs, 28. Hifs—Douthit, Cards, 45. Doubles — Frisch, _ Hafey, Grantham, Pirates, 11 Triples—Frisch, Cards; L. Pirates, 5. Homers—Ott, G Stolen beses—S! Pitching—Gri Tost 0. ‘Wilson, Cards; Waner, iants, 1 AMERICAN. Batting—Kamm, White Sox, 402. -Gehringer, Tigers, 33. batted in— —Gehringer, Tigers, 49. Doubles—Kamm, White Sox, 15. Triples—Alexander, Gehringer, Tigers; Blue, Browns, 3. Homers—Gehrig, Yanks, 9. Stolen bases—Johnson, Gehringer, ‘Tigers; Averill, Indians, 5. - Pitchipg—Uhle, Tjgers, won 7, lost.0. ellmann, Tigers, 31. | | OUTDOOR TRAINING Thinks Séhmeling Is>Wise in Selecting Camp to Get Ready for Paulino. BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN, Light-heavywelght Champlon of the World. Max Schmeling, I see, will train for the Paulino fight at Bill Dwyer's big farm at Lake , N. J. place is one of the finest on the Atlantic Coast. : I have always been strong for out- door training and I particularly like to be near the sea. A lot of my prepara- tions for bouts have been made at Wildwood, N. J. One of the few fighters with a dif- ferent slant on the matter ‘Tom Heeney. Tom always liked & gymna- sium and worked in one as long as he could when he was getting ready for Tunney. It took a lot of persuasion to get Heeney away from New York and down to Fair Haven. It took still longer for him to get used to the nov- elty of working in the open air. I don’t know how much outdoor work, aside from running on the road, Schmeling has done, but he expressed f as greatly pleased with the surroundings at Lakewood. That stretch of the coast always has been lar with boxers. Years ago trained in the Asbury Park section for his bout with John L. Sulli- van. The Schmeling-Paulino fight 1is scheduled for June 27, so the boxers soon will start intensive training. Vic- tory means so much to each that neither will miss a chance to get in the finest possible condition. There is some talk of pitting Paulino against Jack Sharkey if he wins, and more than a hint that Jack Dem) on German should be the victor. u;{owever, sgzmmqmu a dis- ce away. of can hap between now and then. I hope mpsx; suficiently well to foree myself into the forefront and take the play away from the other contenders. My bouts with Ernfe Schaaf and James J. Brad- dock will be definite steps toward that. (Copyright, 1029, by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) CLYDE VAN DUSEN WILL KEEP AGTIVE Entered for Fairmount and American Derbies to Be Run Next Month. By the Ascclated Press. OUISVILLE, Ky., May 21.—Clyde Van Dusen, son of Man O’ War end Uncle’s Lassie, winner of the fifty-fifth Kentucky Derby, and the Wilshire Stable’s Naishapur, which ran second in the turf classic last Saturday, will meet again June 1 in the Fairmount Derby, at Collinsville, Ill. Panchio, which finished third in the Derby, also will be in the field of starters in the $25,000 added fixture at Collins- ville, it was announced here last night. Clyde Van Dusen, Trainer Clyde Van Dusen announced, will receive his preparation for the attempt to win added turf honors at the Churchill Downs track and will not be shipped to Collinsville until the latter part of the week. ‘Trainer John B. McKee of the Wil- shire Stable, will saddle Jim Dandy in the Bashford Manor Stakes Thursday, after which he will leave for Fairmount to supervise Naishapur's final prepara- tions for that event. tucky Derby in addition to Clyde Van Dusen, Naishapur and Panchio, prob- iably will be entered for the Fairmount ! Derby, according to Robert Shelley, en- try clerk at the Fairmount course. Dusen, 1929 Kentucky Derby winner, will seek more fame and gold in two of Chicago's richest stakes, the American Derby and the American Classic, this Summer. ‘The American Derby will be held at Washington Park, June 15, with $50,000 added money, while the American Clas- sie, at Arlington Park July 13, will be for $60,000. “UNK” PROVIDED MANY HORSE SHOW ENTRANTS ‘The sister of that famous literary man Anomymous, who has written so many poems and epigrams, was discovered, so the story goes, at the recent National Capital Horse Show. A much perturbed lady came to the officers of the show and said it was evident that some sharp prac- tice was going on. In looking over the program she had discovered that no less than 10 entrants whose birth covered a stretch of only three years were reported to have had various sires, but the same dam. Ten foels in three years, the lady indignantly declared, were too many. Such a | progeny was impossible.” The dam, [ she sald, was Unk. It was explained to her gently that unknowxn, “Unk.” stood for a A number of other horses in the Ken- | CHICAGO, May 21 (#).—Clyde Van k ! Cnicago at St. Louls. ! Brookiyn MAINSTAYS OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY TEAM IN TERMINAL Y LEA'GUE L o e 00 i, R FRANK HUTCHINSON- I-B. RTLIGHT y GRANTLAND RICE The Four Sockmen. HICAGO is all set and ready to back her Big Four against the Big Four of the Yankees— THE SPO and Cuyler against Ruth, Geh- , Meusel and Lazzari. mln fact, Chicago feels fairly certain that her Big Four will get its chance to prove the argument in the next world serles. Philadelphia is ready to dispute this part of the debate. A long, lean citizen by the name of Connie Mack will make no such concessions, and in this stand he has the support of his entire community. If the Yankees fail, it will not be through her Big Four, but upon their lack of pitching. They have no such itching for a pennant race as the Ath- etics can command, and they will have no such pitching for the world series as the cu&s téln c{.u on, if both happen to reach that goal. No team in base ball history ever had such a devastating pair as Ruth and Gehrig. The matter of the Big Four from any one team is another argu- ment. D its first baseman. He's 6.3, and weighs 225. And how he can punish the ball! He has such tremen- BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS Another Alex the Great. EAR SIR: Detroit picked up quite a ball player in Dale Alexander, American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 5; Boston, 1. . Louis, 6; Chicago, 3. Other clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Phila'phia Percentage 1119 81,704 751161 91.640 72,17/111.607 Won 1o/ Washin'ton H 2 £ |_2113141.481 GAMES TOMORROW. Waushington at N. Y. Roston at Phiia. Chicago at St. Louts. Cleveland at Detroit. GAMES TODAY. Washington at N. Y. (Two games). Boston at Phila. Cleveland at Detroit. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ‘Brooklyn, 6; New York, 1. Chicago. 6: Pittsburgh. 1. 8t. Louls. 5; Cincinnati, 1. Philadelphia-Boston, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Brookiyn Percentage Phila’ph 3018/ 01,667 "3(18/101.643 2/141111.560 4/14/121,533 5/11'131.458 1110161.407 0/ 9/15.375 [ ..imum | 'es{Cincinnati Chicago . 8t._Louis Pittsburgh Boston . Philadelphia Cincinnati _. New Yorl » o Pittsburgh el e 1 -1 911011/12113(16/15181—1—|__ " GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. N. Y. at Brookiyn. Phila. at Boston. (Two games.) Cincl. at Pittsburgh. | 31181141.563 | 0 0/ 2/ 8] 2/ 2(—| 9/18/.333 | dous arm power that he hits equally as hard to right as to left fleld, which is g\me a feat for a right-handed batter. t's never safe to pitch outside to him, for the ball may carom off the right field wall or go into the stands. He is a bit rough in the fleld, but has a good glove hand and is learning. He has a chance to make the fans talk of some one besides Ruth and Gehrig. ANON. The Fastest Ball Player. EAR SIR: Who is the fastest man D in base ball> American League players say he is Jack Rothrock of ‘the Boston Red Sox. The story is told that Paddock once gave Rothrock a 5-yard handicap in Los An- geles, and the Red Sox star ran him an even race. Eddie Morgan and John Burnett of the Cleveland Indians are two other flyers, and Roy Johnson of the ‘Tigers can move with the’'wind. The National League also has some fast boys, and the question probably never will be answered. But it would take a real wind burner to pass Rothrock. JOHN SMITH. The Golf Ball. T will be something like a year and I a half before the proposed new and larger ond lighter golf ball comes into being, but the cl e is stiil being discussed by both duffers and stars. ‘The duffers are beginning to grumble over the proposed loss of distance, but this will not be marked, and it should be overcome by their ability to get the new ball up much quicker with a longer range club. Few from the ranks of the average golfer today can get the present ball into the air from a close lie with brassie, spoon or the longer irons. Anything even resembling first-class brassie play is almost entirely ab- sent among the rank an4 file of golfers, unless the ball happens to sit well on top of matted turf. ‘The new ball isn't so much larger, but it looks to be much larger than it actually is, and its lighter weight is more easily got into the air. It is at least the belief of the United States Golf Association that it will make the game of golf more pleasant and bring about a greater variety of strokes that can be plaved with somewhat less ten- sion than the game carries today. The Roughest Game. HERE has always been some sort T of argument as to whether foot ball, boxing or wrestling wes the rougher game. A large number of votes were cast in behalf of the grap- pling pachyderms. But Gus Sonnen- berg, the old Dartmouth foot ball player, has proved that foot ball has it all over wrestling. Gus has become wrestling champion by introdueing foot ball tac- tics. In a recent match he merely got a quick start, dived at his opponent, rammed his head into said opponent’s abdomen and the battls was over. Sonnenberg, using this same foot ball system, could make most of the heavy- weights jump out of the ring. There wouldn't even be a contest. And yet any number of our heavvweights are the most expert wrestlers in the busi- ness, knowing every hold and every grip that the old game carrles. CUBAN NINE WILL PLAY Washington Black Sox, colored nine, ¢ill entertain Havana Red Sox of | ilavana, Cuba, Sunday in a double- ' header at Unlon Park, starting at 2:30 | u'clock. | Black Sox will meet Black Hornets, which they were carded to face last day, on June 9, WALTER SNEELING = 3d.Base BATTLE TOMORROW NEAR-TITLE AFFAIR = La Barba-Chocolate Contest Brings Together Two Great Bantams. I argue what seems to be a claim to the bantamweight title. Neither man holds the bantam belt now, but as Charles Phil Rosenberge. to whom it belonged, can't get it half way around his waist, it is open to the man who can prove it fits him. Kid Chocolate, the dark little de- stroyer from Cuban waters, appears to be a decided menace to all oppo- ments of his own tonnage. He is fast, he can hit and he can take it. When you consider also his.boxing ability it looks as if he might ultimately be listed with the great fighters of his race, such as Peter Jackson, George Dixon, Joe Walcott, Joe Jeannette, Joe Gans, Sam McVey, Jack Johnson and Sam Langford. Some of those men were champlons and some of them could lick champions. All of them were But Kid Chocolate has a tough bar- rier to pass in La Barba. Unless Fidel weakened himself in bouts with the curriculum at Stanford University, California, he is a most formidable opponent for any one. La_ Barba was flyweight champion, and has a champion’s confidence and courage. Like that other Californian, Jim Jeffries, Fidel is a natural left- hander, but boxes in the orthodox manner. He is the stoutest opponent the small Cuban has ever faced. If Kid Chocolate comes safely through this_encounter he will have climbed several rounds up the ladder of fame. (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) IDEL LA BARBA and Kid Choco- late, at the Coliseum in New York City tomorrow night, will Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. cago (10). NEW YORK.—George La Rocco, New York, won on foul from Jack Renault, Canada (10); Benny Touchstone, Flor- ida, outpointed George Neron, New York (10). COLUMBUS, Ohio.—Billy Rose, Cin- cinnati, outpointed Tug Phillips, Erie, Pa. (10); Eddie O'Dowd, Columbus, stopped Jackie Willis, Buffalo (5). LOS ANGELES.—Tod Morgan, junior lightweight champion, outpointed Baby Sal Sorio, San Bernardino, Calif. (10). CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa.—Herbert “Baby” Stribling, Macon, Ga., outpoint ed Eddie Ballatin, Chicago (10). I {1S POSITIVELY THROUGH WITH RING, SAYS JACK NEW YORK, May 21 (®.— Stretched out in a barber's chair while a razor fought with his blue- black beard and a manicurist clip- ped his nails, Jack Dempsey blew the lather from his lips yesterday and declared without reservation that he is farther away than ever from another ring comeback. As forcefully as a man could say it the former heavyweight king de- clared that the retirement he an- nounced after Gene Tunney whip- ped him for the second time in Chi- cago still stands. “What a fine sap I'd be to ever fight again,” he sald. “I've got a million dollars and that's enough. If Gene Normile, my former man- ager, said in Reno that he had an sgreement with- me for another fight he was all wrong. We are mixed up in a proposition together, bub 1t doest®t involve boxing,” NEW ORLEANS—Eddie Kid Wolte,! Memphis, outpointed Don Davis, Chi- | | | i | | COURTLAND MORGAN CONQUERS ACCRESSIVE SORID Defends Welterweight Title by Capturing Eight of Ten Rounds. By the Associated Press. OS ANGELES, May 21—Tijtular supremacy over the junior wel- terweights was retained today by Tod Morgan after he had staved off the savage attack of Eaby Sal Sorio, Mexican challenger, of Bernardino, Calf. , Calif. The challenger’s flying fists, which have hammered 55 of his 75 opponents to the canvas for knockout victories, whanged away industriously at Morgan here last night, but Sorio was unable to bore through the champlon’s defense appreciably. Morgan took eight of the ten rounds for a decision. Baby Sal's challenge was ripped to shreds by the jabbing, slashing -left hand of the champion. Morgan's long | left found its way to Sorio’s head and | body repeatedly, keeping the Mexican’s | head tilted back and his weight balanc- ing on his heels. Sorio was unable to unleash his short, jolting rights as often as_he desired. In two rounds, however, Baby Sal's hnfle was almost realized. He took the ! third and eighth sessions, and had the | champion in distress in both. In the third he nailed Morgan with several lefts and jarring rights, and Tod went down. The champion claimed a foul, but was ordered to continue. Again in the eighth Baby Sal had the title hold- er in distress, as the result of three more of his six-inch rights. However, It was plainly a case of too much_experience, ring gene: an boxing skill for the youthtmmnnr. With an edvantage in reach Morgan kept his tantalizing yet sharp left in Sorio’s face and body constantly. In amfl?flg I’(&\Inddhlems ored with 25 lefts e head an without from the Mexican. A HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Manush, Browns.........coevveeeens 1 American League Leaders. Gehrig, Yankees.... Ruth, Yankees. Wilson, Cubs League Totals, National .. American . .248 | -MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Rochester, 5; Buffalo, 4. Reading. 2; Jersey Cits Newark.' 5.’ Baltimore, 4 Toronto, 10; Montreal, 6. Grand total ............‘....n. 1 (14 innings). SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Little Rock. 8; Birmi Memphis, 4; Atnta, 5o * Nashville, 5; Mobile, 2. New. Orleans-Chattanooga, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Loutsville, 6; Indianapolis, 3. Kansas Cits, 3; Milwaukee, 0. Columbus. 2; Toledo, 0. Minneapoiis, 5; St. Paul, 3. WESTERN LEAGUE. 7-5: Wichita, 6-0. 5; Tulsa, 2. TEXAS LEAGUE. Dallas, 6:; San Antonio, 4. Waco, 5. Shreveport, 1. Fort Worth, 3; Beaumont, 1. Wichita Fails, 14; Houston, 9. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. No games played. | Bobby Mainfort will PAGE 31 tional League NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN IN FIGHT FOR LAST PLACE Meanwhile Western Clubs Are Indulging in Scrap That Is Getting None Mackmen Improve BY HERBERT Associated Press l Braves and Philadelphia take up the T has been a long time since National of watching the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers battle it out for last place at this more or less late date in the season, while the Bostor of Them Anywhere. Lead Over Yanks. 'W. BARKER. Eports Writer. League fans have had an opportunity burden of making some kind of a show- ing against the undeniably stronger Western clubs. But that is just what they are watching now unless they decline to let themselves believe what thelr eyes tell them. In recent years when the center of National League strength has rested west of the Alleghenies, the Giants and to a lesser degree, the Robins, have besn able to muster the strongest defenses for repelling Western thrusts. This year these two clubs have made a sorry showing, while the surprising Phillies and the still more surprising Braves have at least put up some sort of a battle to remain within striking distance of the three leading Western clubs—Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. This condition may, and probably will, change, but it has been an interesting phenomene in a season full of strange occurrences. ‘There may be some hope for the East in the present cut-throat competi- tion in the West, where Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals and Reds are indulging in a dog-fight that is getting none of them anywhere. The Cubs maintained their hold on the lead by downing the Pirates, 6 to 1, behind Guy Bush’s five-hit pitching yesterday. The Cubs made their eight hits off Steve Swetonic count. At Cincinnati, Jess Haines recorded | his fourteenth straight league victory in two seasons when he pitched the Cardinals to an easy 5-to-1 triumph over the Reds. Haines finished the 1928 season with nine consecutive tri- umphs and has added five straight this year. At Brooklyn, the Robins trounced the Giants, 6 to 1, Willlam Watson Clarke, young lefthanded. glving the men of McGraw only two hits. Only in the fifth did Clark falter. In that frame two singles and a sacrifice gave the Giants their only run. The Dodgers pounded Karl Hubbell out of the box in the third, but were stopped by Ralph Judd, a rookie. Cold weather forced postponement of the Braves-Phils battle at Boston. Only two American League games were scheduled, the Athletics strengthening their hold on first place by downing the Boston Red Sox, 5 to 1, while the St. Louls Browns were beating Chicago, 6 to 3. Eddie Rommel held the Red Sox to six hits in giving the A’s their fifth consecutive victory and a lead of two full games over the Yankees. Charlie Ruffing went the route for the Sox, al- lowing only eight hits but passing 10 men. The Browns got to Thomas and Walsh for 11 hits; while Sam Gray -was limit- ing- Chicago to. 10, .well scattered. . It wt:it:)rly's first victory in his last four starts. G lnThe Ylnke:‘s engaged in an e!x!;b;- tion game at New Haven, 3 to the Eastern League clume city. BERLENBACH,ONCE BOXER, ON WRESTLING CARD HERE Paul Berlenbach, former boxing star, and Jack Maxos will hook up in the main bout of a wrestling card tomorrow night at the Gayety Theater. In other bouts Louis Kirchman and Young Gotch and Tom Clayton and grapple. ‘The opening match will start at 8:15 o'clock. e CELTS AND PRINTERS TO OPPOSE SUNDAY ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 21.—St. Mary’s Celtics and the Washington Union Printers, rained out last week end, have rescheduled their contest for Sunday at 3 o'clock in Baggett's Park. The Celtics have arranged a four- game series with the Fredericksburg Elks, playing here on June 9 and July 7 and at Fredericksburg on June 27 anc July 25. Carroll Rush, former ace of the Alexandria Post, No. 24, American Legion team, and “Two Bucks” Struder former St. Mary's Celtic twirler, hay signed to perform on the slab for th. Del Ray A. C. Virginia A. C. is planning anothe: smoker to be held shortly at Armor! Hall. Prankie Mann of Washingtor will match five of his ring proteges with local amateurs. Virginia_A. C. base ball tossers are to drill today at 5 o'clock on the Ship- yard Field. Manager Deutermann of the Alex- andria, Barcroft & Washington Rapid Transit nine is anxious to arrange games with unlimited combinations. Phone Clarendon 807-F-5 after 7 p.m. . CUBS’ PARK NO LONGER LUCKY FOR PAUL WANER CHICAGO, May 21 (®.—Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, long has been a favorite spot for Paul Waner of the Pirates to fatten his batting average. B“Itnugt S there this “Big l’t‘:ls:rn"k’lnln to hit a safe blow. The best he got yesterday was a walk in four trips to the plate. KAPLAN TO FIGHT CHAMP. 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