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‘gave a pass, putting the Yankees four Sports News @he Zoening Star Classified Ads WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1929. PAGE 45 fliley% Poor Form Big Handicap to Griffs : Weak Slabbing Against A’s Is Fatal FAILURE TO GET IN SHAPE HAS BEEN HUGE DRAWBACK Drastic Action May Be Taken to Insure Overweight Pitcher Getting Into Physical Trim to Func- tion Effectively in Box. BY JOHN B. KELLER. P ionship race as it was expected HILADELPHIA, May 24.—Washington base ball fans seeking to learn what ails the Nationals these days should consider Irving Hadley. He’s one of the reasons why their ball club isn't mak- ing as brave a showing in this year’s American League cham- to do when it came up from the uth following a brilliant training season. With Hadley pitch- ing from the ouset of the campaigning as performances in other seasons indicated he should pitch, the Nationals now very robably would have a ew more victories to their credit. But Hadley during the training period never got into the proper trim to give his club the best in him, it seems, and since the start of the championship race he has failed to whip It was not the first time he had | eollapsed early in a fray by any means. His record for the season clearly reveals how far he has been and is from good physical trlrg for the work he is supposed 0. Seven times Hadley has started games, and only twice has he been able to go any distance as a worth-while pitcher. Here in_Philadelphia on April 23 he opened fire against the Athietics, and went into the tenth inning before giving | ‘way to Garland Braxton. In this game | the Nationals afforded him a two-run | lead at the outset. He held the Athletics to five hits and four passes. Hit a batter and yielded | two tallies in the first nine rounds. It | was after walking the first man up in | the tenth that he was relieved, Pretty good work for Hadley in this game. In Washington last Friday he gave another good exhibition against the Athletics. Then he allowed them but three hits, three passes and a single run in eight innings. He was taken out in the latter part of the eighth that a pinch-batter might take his place in attack. Outside of these two games, however, ‘Hadley has been a dismal failure this year. Kayoed in First Start. His first start was against the Ath-| letics at Washington on April 18. Given & two-run lead, he allowed but one hit and two passes in the first four innings. In the fifth, though, he was reached for a double, two singles and a pass in succession. ‘Then ‘came ‘another single after anjout wes made; and the Ath- letics had four guns and the lead. Had- ley stepped down in favor of Lloyd Brown. 2 He started against the Yankees in ‘Washington on April 28 and flivvered. After holding them to two safeties in the first four frames, he flopped in the fifth and was nicked for three hits and Tuns up before Brown was again hus- tled to his relief. At Cleveland on May 4 he started against the Indians. Given a two-run lead, he yielded but one hit and one walk in the first four innings. The first | Indian up in the fifth, however, reached | LOST IN THE STRETCH FIRST GAME. WASHINGTON. ~ AB. R 4 ] . ! ssccsssroscess! IR omooorumtmommnE 2] coccoroommmmunl = % . nosoouumuunonsd Xl ccsocununssuand Nrooh s s nul ol onocorurncons? ol soscocsarmmrm ol concsonsmoncan> 127 B in eighth inning. tBatted for Shores in fourth inning. Washington . 6200000008 Philadelphia . 00081000 x—9 ted in—Goslin (2), Judee (2). Miller (2). Dyk Blucke, r. Stolen base Double plays— Perkins to Bishop. to Cro off 4 Struck out—By 1 OPKIE, (30 by "Ehmke, 2 Hadley. 7 in 3 innings (none out off Burke. 1in 0 inning (pitched batters); off Hopkins, 3 in 4 innings off ‘Campbell.’ 1 in 1 innings: off Earnshaw. 3'in 0 innings (none out in first): off Orwoll. 2 in 0 inning (pitched to 2 batters): off Bhores. 2 in 4 innings: off Ehmke, 4 in innings.~ Hit by piiched ball—By. (Bluege). Wild pitch—Earnshaw teher—Ehmke. -~ Losini ¢ of game—2 hours and 6 minutes. Winnin SECOND GAME. ‘WASHINGTON. o E ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 woomosas® coccwonnocamsenT coscwac 1 y §Haves . Totals .. PHILADELPHIA. Bishop, 2b = runsusoss B8l nocmracsucmusannl waoumuon > Miller, rf Dykes, 55... Walberg, p. 25l mesmoamon +Ran for Ruel in 1 Batted for Brown in seventh inning *Batted for Maberry in ninth inning. Washington .. L020130011 Philadelphin 01312002x ¥ , Ruel, Bluese runs— Bluege, Goslin. X Home Judge, Bishop. Doui Foxx. off Marberry. 2 in 1 inning. arberry Campbell and Geisel, Time of game—1 -~ and 80 minutes, Irving Hadley. ol essos0ss0s000sM pitcher—Hopkins. | ol ooscese ol sssccesss Mo Umpires—Messrs. Owens, ‘hour himself into good pitch- ing form. No one con- nected with the Wash- ington club has seen fit | train | to compel him: to properly that he be of some value pitching capacity. Hadley's failure to make good in the first game here yesterday after the Nationals had staked him to an eight- run lead in the first two innings was only an-| other glaring example of | how unfit this young| pitcher is for duty. | first base through an error. Hadley got rid of the second batter, but proceeded | to fill the bases by hitting one man and | walking another.” A second out netted | the Indians a tally, then came a double off Bump to give the Tribe two more runs and the game. Fred Marberry fin- ished the game. At Detroit on May 8 Hadley was given two runs in the fifth to tie the count the Tigers had made in the first two rounds. In the latter part of the fifth inning, however, the ~Tigers reached Hadley for three hits, a pass, three runs | ;‘m’ih!he game. Again Brown had to| inish. Bump's Worst Showing. | Hadley's showing here yesterday, | though, was his worst of the season. In | the first three rounds the Athletics got | only three hits off him and two of | those were made after two were out in the opening round. In the fourth how different! After Benny Tate dropped Al Simmons' foul to be charged with an error at the be- ginning of the inning Hadley lost every- thing he had in a pitching way. The Athletics fell upon him so fast that they had five runs before he could be yanked with no one out. And they went on to tie before the inning ended the eight- run lead the Nationals had handed Hadley in the first two sessions. Nothing other than lack of condition makes Hadley so ineffective this sea- son. He is carrying rolls of fat around his middle, and he is not inclined to work hard enough to rid himself of the avoirdupois. He's no hold-back at the table, and what little he works off | on the field seems to be regained at| meals. It will be recalled that Hadley was in poor condition about the middle of last season; in such poor condition that Stanley Harris, then manager of the Nationals, gave him up in disgust. “I'm through with you from now on. Here- after you are in Martin's hands,” said Bucky. Martin, the Washington club trainer, doesn’t handle these stubborn trainees gently as a rule, and he made no exception of Hadley. It was notlong after Martin was given control of him that Hadley began pitching good ball, | and he pitched well to the end of the 1928 season. Thus far this season Hadley ap- parently has paid little attention to Trainer Martin’s advice, or to the ad- vice of any one else connected with the club, for that matter. It may be that the Lynn boy will do so from now on, however. Although no club official is willing to admit Hadley will draw drastic punish- ment if he does not soon round into | proper physical trim for his work, there are rumors about the club’s hotel that this will happen. At any rate, it isn't reasonable to suppose the Washington club will continue to overlook Hadley's persistent. delay in making himself worthwhile to its cause. |SUNDAY GAME WANTED BY KENSINGTON TEI\Mi Kensington, Md., Firemen are lfter1 "n base ball game for Sunday on their | field with an unlimited class nine. Call Manager Charles Davidson at Kensing- | ton 8-M between 6:30 and 7 p.m. The Kensington team originally was | carded to meet National Press Building Cardinals, but the latter canceled be- cause of a Capital City League en- gagement. may AN [JOHNSON, OTHER GRIFFS | TO BE DINNER GUESTS| alter Johnson, manager of the Washington base bell team, and Joe + Judge. Sad Sam Jcnes, Nick Altrock ;and Al Schacht, also of the Griffmen, | will be among the guests at the Father | and Son dinner to be given by the| | Brotherhood of Washington Hebrew | Congregation Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in | | the National Press Building baliroom. in a| HENNESSEY. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. LARENCE MITCHELL, renown- ed as the only left-handed spit- baller in captivity, gave further | proof yesterday that this is not | his only claim to fame. The Brooklyn cast-off, always supreme in a | crisis, pitched the Cardinals to a 6-to-3 decision over the Cubs at St. Louis in the season’s first semi-crucial series and thereby lifted his team into the lead over its Chicago opponent by a margin of half a game. hits to the enemy, as against only nine collected by the Cardinals off Messrs. Blake, Bush and Nehf, but they still pay off on runs. Right-handed swing- | ers though they are, the Bruins found | it impossible to locate Mr. Mitchell's teasers when a hit would have meant the ball game. Each side had nine left on base, but the wildness of McCarthy's pitchers gave the Cardinals a margin. On the offense the veteran southpaw aided his own cause with a triple. He also received first-class backing from Andy High, who hit a_home run and two singles to drive in four runs. Burleigh Grimes pitched for the Pi- rates against Cincinnati yesterday. This | simple assertion is rapidly becoming BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Philagelphin, 06; Washinsion. 3-8 " York. 7: Bokon gl!‘\"llg‘lrfl. 5--5; f. Louis, 4—7 (1st game 12_innines) Detroit-Chicago, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. { e snores | SEATS STILL AVAILABLE i FOR DAVIS CUP MATCHES Choice seats for today's and tomor- row’s matches In the United States-Jap- | anese Davis Cup meeting at Chevy | Chase still are available. They may be reserved until 2 o'clock leach day by phoning the Chevy Chase Club, Wisconsin 4100. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN i | ncluding games played to date) ] Batting. | 2b.3b KR.S SB.RBI Pct. I Marb'ry 170 oL Rice. .. e s P T A PP RSURSSNS <t H B coccooss0ss0000m0I~weDG0; e scooscons0ommeNoHROo0N ©9C00000mImm e SUNUOND ) @ a5 o esmaSatae Bo58Tetn = » comscanansa int woaabss! aBRENEEY Hadley m (8- T Phila'phia St. Lou o/ New York |Washin'ton |l Boston P i Detroit Cleveland |Chicago Won | Lost i Pl () | lehollelo e | Dot 1o/ssles ! no! Boston . “Lost | GAMES TODAY. { washington at a i New_York at Bos St Louls a’ Clevel' Détroit &% Chicago. 5. L. ot C Detroit at Chicago. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 11; Boston, 4. Pittsbureh, 6: Cincinnat, 3. t. Louis, 6: Chicago. 3 Other clubs not scheduled, STANDING OF THE CLUBS. entage Perc o s CInCinNaL! Pittsbureh | Philadelphia_ Bos! GAMES TOMORROW. . Boston at New York. Phila. at Brookiyn Chical % 8t Louls. Cinel. st Pittsburgh. The veteran Mitchell surrendered 11 | Mitchell Conguers the Cubs | And Cards Take League Lead synonymous with a statement to the | effect that the Pirates won, which they | did yesterday by 6 to 3. The neers thus enabled their big spit-baller to enter his seventh successive victory into his credit column at the expense of Eppa Jeptha Rixey. The Pirates, now only three games out of the lead, are the only club showing any slgns at | the moment of disputing Cub-Cardinal | supremacy. The Phillies and the Robins were idle | terday, and the Glants defeated the | Br: S 1to 4. The day’s campaign in the American League met with the full approval of | Mr. Cornelius McGillicuddy, even though | the Yankees defeated the Red Sox by | 7 to 6 at Boston. Mr. McGillicuddy, the while, was engaged in the pleasant task | of taking two from the Senators, each | by & score of 9 to 8. i { the Indians had nosed out & 5-to-4 de- | cision in the 12-inning opener. The double victory of the Athletics | stretched the Mackian lead to three games over the Browns and four over the Yankees. Babe Ruth's elghth home run and | | Lyn Lary's second started the Yankee | | scoring at Bosten, but these two mark- | | ers were far from enough. The Hug- | men had five errors concealed ahout | thair persore, and the display of these | 4 Boston with five unexpected | cw York drive for three in the | ninth just overmatched a Boston coun- | ter attack for a single run in the home | half. Chicago and Detroit were rained out at Navin Field. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, Buffalo, 11 3 Mobile. 6: C Little Rock PACIFIC COAST 1. Hollywood. G: Sacramento, 5 Lo fe, 110 Bortin 10;’ San Francisco, WESTERN LEAGUE. ! s, 3: Topeke, 2 | Oklahoma City, 5. | 2; Wichita, 8. Tulsa, 4. TEXAS LEAGU Dallas. 13; Waco. 12, . 9: 8an Antonio, 8. Houston, 3. | Beaumont, 5; Wichita Falls, 4 SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Charlotte, 8: Knoxville, 7. Macon. 5. Pueblo, | CASTERN LEAGUE. 1 Columbin, 1. e 7} Tampa Pensacols, 3 Scima, € (16 inr PIEDMONT LEAGU High Point. 0. lem; 2: Greenghoro, Tiendesson, 2. i | Wheelink, 1. Clarksbure, 2:_Cumberiand, 1. | Chiarierol, 6. Scotdale. 0. BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE. | Harerstown. 8; Martinsburg, 0. | Chambersbirg. 8 Wayneshoro, 6. Frederick, 13, Hln‘fl’n‘i ey Bucca- | ASHINGTON RAILWAY & | ELECTRIC CO. has as-! sembled a base ball team: | SHIRES, SORRY, WOULD WRECO BALL TEAM READY FORGAMES Now Seeking Foe for Sunday. | Other Squads Priming for Contests. N which now is ready for ac- tion. A bunch of sturdy DAVIS CUP NETMEN DISPLAY REAL ACTION ON CHEVY CHASE CLUB COURT { PUERILE BOX WORK CAUSES TWINLOSS Good Hitting and Flashy !} Fielding Result Only in | |in general Pair of Defeats. HILADELPHIA, May 24— | Much fine effort by the Washington club was wast- | ed yesterday thrcugh puerile pitching. The Nationals were on their toes socking the ball to all parts_of Greater Shibe Park and fielding in flashy manner, but all they got out of the pastiming was a brace | of 9-to-8 defeats at the hands of HENNESSEY. Play of Japanese Racketers In Cup Matches Is Surprising OT the commanding lead won by the Americans in the first two singles matches of their Davis Cup clash with Japan, but the vallant performances of the Nipponese. was the uppermost topic as Washington tennis folk pre- pared for a second delightful dose of the classical brand of the sport today at_Chevy Chase. Yoshiro Ohta, the Japanese captain, and Johnny Van Ryn were to finish their battle, halted in the fourth set with the score 4-2 in favor of the American, who had won two of the pre- vious three, and Ohta and Tamio Abe were to oppose Van Ryn and Johnny Hennessey in the doubles. An exhibition doubles also was listed to be played if time permitted. Skill Is Appreciated. The sporting spirit almost overcame patriotism in an American gallery when | Abe and Ohta, fighting bravely and coollv in the face of heavy odds, up- set all calculations by forcing Hennes- sey and Van Ryn to put on full steam to avert defeat. One sensed a general | feeling in favor of the desperately strug- gling underdog, even though he were the fnvader. There was never any loss of confidence of ultimate victory and the Yankees could afford to be chari- | table. “This won't take long,” observed an internationally known ~tennis scribe when Hennessey and Abe paired off in the opening match. But a major part of the afternoon was required to settle the matter. The Japanese displayed skill and power that was totally unex- pected. His strokes carried punch, he mixed them up beautifully and he was Hennessey's equal if not superior as a court general. In the end it appeared that endurance was the deciding factor. Hennessey, fighting with all his ' Irish dander, won 8—6, 6—1, 3—6, 6—1, but there were veterans in the press box who observed that the Yankee might eastly have been on the under side all the way had the coolly calculative son of Nippon captured that first set. This was a psychological advantage for the American. Ohta bore out a prediction made by Abe and Onda, but taken lightly by all. that Yoshiro would fool the wise ones of tennis, “He's the dark horse of this match.” they sald last week. And they were correct. Van Ryn Surprised. ‘Van Ryn got the surprise of his young the ball not only with dazaling power but every shot carried a spin that took much of the steam frem Johnny's returns. This contest was marked by frequent brilliant rallies in which the ball sped | back and forth with such rapidity and for so long periods that it was fascinat- {ngly monotonous. Van Ryn lost the first set, 4—G6, and 't was a clearly earned victory for the Japanese. which the young American is noted came to the front and saved him after | that. He stuck to the battle with dog- | gedness and gradually gained the upper hand as the strength of Ohta waned 'from putting almost all he had into every stroke. It was agreed beforehand that play would be stopped at 6:30 o'clock, and undoubtedly this saved the weakening invader from immediate defeat. Short- slow him down. The score stood 4—6, 7—S5, in Van tion. 6—2, 4—2 yn's favor as they resume ac- COOK WHIPS FANSHAW, | Cook scored over Fanshaw in the | main bout of the weekly boxing pro- gram last night at the D. C. National Guard Armory at North Capitol and D streets. McAinch took a decision from Patrick in a fast th rounder. By the Associeted Pre:s. Home runs yesterday—Bluege. Sen- | ators, 2: Ruth, Yankees, 1; Goslin. Sen- |ators, “1: Lary, Yankees, 1: Millr, | Athletics, 1; Mellilo, Browns, 1; High, | Cardinals, 1 But the fighting spirit for | 1y before he had wrenched an ankle. It | wasn't a serious injury, but did seem to | | left field stand once in each game, and | I HOME RUN § i | 0 2 Ul TANDING | seven'h round-tripper of the season, a | the Athletics. And it was noth- ing more than pocr pitching that beat them. In the first game the Nationals step- ped out to chase George Earnshaw and Ossie Orwoll from the hill in the in- itial round, and they continued their assault upon Bill Shores to such an ex- tent that in the first two innings eight runs were amassed. Then Shores and later Howard Ehmke stopped them cold. Those eight runs looked enough, though, until Irving Hadley forgot what & pitcher is supposed to do and threw all he had against the Mackian bats when he was not walking batters in the fourth inning. Before the round ended Bob Burke and Paul Hopkins had a fling at the A's, but they were of no help. The end of the fourth found the henchmen of Connie Mack on even terms with the Nationals, eight runs having been chalked up during the hectic session. Game Settled in Fifth. And the.issue was settled in the fifth (rnund‘ right at the start of it, too, for | Bing Miller laced one of Hopkins' | pitches into the upper left-fleld stands | Tor a homer. | " The second game was more of a nip- | and-tuck affair and might have come | the Nationals' way had not Lioyd | Brown apparently figured only two outs | were needed to complete an inning. | The Nationals got to Rube Walberg for an early lead, but the Macks, after get- | ting a run back in zound two, proceeded | to nick_ Brown for three hits in each of the three following frames, with fine results—for them. Three runs were made by the A's after two were out in the third, ope after two wer$ out in the fourth and two after two were out in the fifth. This fifth-inning block wrested from the Nationals the lead they had gained the second time, but in the eighth they put over a marker to tie. The A’s didn’t waste any time break- ing the tie, however. After. Campbell, who had relieved Brown, pitched two bhalls to Foxx, he gave way to Marberry. And the A’s got to Fred for two hits and a pass after he completed Foxx's walk, | thereby making two tallies. The Na- tionals put across one run in the ninth with two hits, but Myer and Rice left Cronin on second base with a potential | tieing marker. Eleven hits rattled of Washington bats in the first game and 13 in the | second. This totaled just one less than the A’s got in the two games. But the Nationals outslugged the Mackmen in so far as homers were con- cerned. Bluege rapped the ball into in the second fray Goslin got his drive over the right field wall. Mille: homer that decided the first game was the 6nly four-baser hit by an Athletic. When Myer bunted with Cronin on hird base in the seventh inning of the nd gsme it was first thought by those in the stends that a squeeze play | Genrig, Yankees | Ruth, Yankees Amcrican League Leaders. Goslin, Senators Simmons, Athletics National League Leaders. Ott, Giants . | Klein, Phillies O'Doul, Phillies ‘Wilson, Cubs ... | League Totals. National ......... 6 tcssers ere available for tha nine and | life when Ohta flashed a brand of ten- American ... a successful season is expected. | A game is svught for Sunday and for other Sabbaths the remainder of the season, Call Manager Lewis at Lincoln Foxall A. C. and Washington Red Birds are to face Sunday at 3 o'clock on the Foxall diamond. Foxalls will be after their sixth victory. A practice game was listed this afternoon for Fox- 2lls on their field at 5:30 o'clock. Bond Bread base ballers will visit Croom, Md., Sunday to engage the team representing that town. Colliflower, Magee or Mudd will hurl for the Bread- men, with McPherson behind the bat. A game between Mount Rainier and Brown A. C. nines has been arranged for Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Mount Rainicr diamond. Bellman, Waters or Waple will hurl for the home team, with Newman or Goodman fling- , ing for the visitors. H Shapiro and Rover Insects will meet tomorrow morning on” Monument Dia- mond No. 4 at 10:30 o'clock. Shapiros are to assemble at Eighteenth and Mon- Toe streets at 9 o'clock. National Press Building Cardinals are after a game for tomorrow with an unlimited class nine having a diamond, preferably Anacostia Eagles. Cali Cleveland 4831 after 5:30 pm. The| Cards were to drill this afiernoon at 5:15 o'clock on the Burleith field and | Coach Harrington wanted Alton Darnes, Buck Eby and Herman Medler present. | Jefferson Disirict, Va., Fire Depart- | ment tossers were to practice this after- noon on the Virginia Highlands di mond in preparation for their gam Sunday with the Indian Head nine at ‘Waldorf, Md. The Firemen tossers will ;‘nee! tonight at 8 o'clock at the fire ouse. Sterling Insects, who routed Indians, 21 to 1, yesterday, are booking opponents at Pranklin 3532-J. RETURN TO WHITE SOX| CHICAGO, May 24 (#).—Art Shires, the bad boy of the White Sox, who re- cently traded black eyes with Manager “Lena” Blackburne, has repented and wants to come back. The youthful first baseman conferred with Secretary Harry Grabiner and Blackburne yesterday and was told to come back for another conference to- day. It was intimated he would apologize for his insubordination and attack on the manager and be reinstated to the bench at least, nis that for one set at least he was un- able to cope with. The Japanese hit | Accept this Grand total interesting booklet .+« with our compliments Dressing, well IS an you’ve noticed how some men always look smarter than their friends who spend much more on clothes. This helpful 32-page brochure tells the “how and why.” art! No doubt Shows clearly what patterns free. Or send | was intended £nd there were many who thought Cronin lost his scoring chance 9| by starting from third sluggishly. 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