Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1929, Page 33

' The Zoening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, 7, JUNE 1929. Features and Classified PAGE 33 Atlanta Apt to Get Griff Surplus When Pruning of Club Is Done Next Week NATIONALS MUST GIVE UP AT LEAST TWO PLAYERS Roster, Now Including 27, Will Have 10 Be Reduced by June 15—Crackers Have Nothing Helpful to Washington—Engel, Prexy-Scout. BY JOHN B. KELLER. \ LTHOUGH the Atlanta ball club does not actually pass into the possession of the Washington ball club until a week from Clark Griffith, president of the latter organization, is making plans to strengthen the Southern Associa- tion Crackers as well as his big league Nationals. The Washington executive has announced he will embark upon a scouting tour as soon as his Nationals start their three weeks’ trip to New York and the Western sector, on July 1, and that he hopes to pick up promis- ing talent for both clubs now under Washington control. _ Griffith also has hinte® that some players now wearing National uniforms may be shifted to the Atlanta club shortly. There are on the Nationals' roster 27 players, now that Howard Cates, a young > ] k] > pitcher, is signed after the payment of $750 to the Baltimore Inter- likely will send some of the surplus talent to the Crackers. draftees sent out very likel Fall, for those minor clubs, under | yonncor, 1 There | Fothergill, nationals for his release. This roster must be reduced to 25 players As many as four players may FALTERING FINISH would go back to the clubs from | ‘* the base ball code, would have |H. Rice. ef Alexander, Tanu: or less by June 15, according to major base ball law. Griffith very be cut loose by Washington. An which they were procured last| pergrorr. first call on such ployers. Fethonger: are others than draftees now with | §€2 the Nationals, however, who seem |Phillips. . in need of furiaer schooling be- | §fo0%, 3 fore they may be considered well Stoner. p coormoune B cogsss000a P JUDGE STOLE | | IRACE IN NATIONAL DOWN THE LINE WITH W. O. McGEZHAN. Army and Navy Stuff. EPRESENTATIVE HAMILTON FISH announces that he has a plan to bring about a resumption of athletic relations between the United States Military and Naval Academies, which parted athletically more in anger than in sorrow a short time back. It seems that the bone of contention | is that the United States Military Academy refused to accept the cus- equipped for service in the big show, particularly some pitchers. The Crackers may get one or two | young hurlers from the club here under option. ‘There is littie likelihood, though, that any of the present crop of Atlanta| plaers will be transterred to the| ashington club, according to Griffith. The local prexy says the Crackers right | n ®ow have nothing the Nationals could use. In fact, Griffith seems bent on strengthening the minor league aggre- gation before he begins fo look upon it @s a “farm” for Washirigton. “Atlanta fust” is the way the local base ball utive puts it. “I am determined to the fans there a square deal in and will do all that is possi- | them an up-and-going ball | It's a_good base ball town, and | deserves a fine representative in the | Southern Association.” | Good Developing Plant. But Griffith does not intend to 0\'"-‘ 8l ommmrBuone 3 3l susccscosns Totals .... ‘WASHINGTON. Myer, 3b E. Rice, ri Goslin, If Flagstead, West. cf Y Socaras s cooo0ommnaE~ownus § SIS | cososssssumnmossn ol soomesssss al omsossorusssss~on X 5l constmmsns X s e Ed n for Ruel in seventh inning iBatted for Hadley in seventh inning. iBatted for Fagstead in seventh inning. iBatted for Liska in eighth inning. .2 Detroit ...... Washingion " R Si McManus, Myer, Goslj 5 Home run—Myer. Sacrifices—Fothergull, Double piavs—Myer to Hayes to gl McManus. ‘Hadle 000110307 0000040 0-5 uns batted in_Gehringer. Fothersill (), ase hits—Genringer (2. Three-base hit—Fother- Stolen bases-—Judge. Judg 2. | tom established by the civilian colleges of limiting a foot ball played to three " | vears of varsity foot ball 3|7 The Naval Academy accepted these conditions and the cause for the break- 0 |ing of a three-year agreement to play West Point was that the Military Academy 0 | refused to accept the rule of the civilian colleges. The plea of the Navy yas that 0| this was the only way in which parity of strength between the service colleges could be established and maintained. So much for that part of it. My notion is that the United States Milltary Academy is entirely justified in its stand and that the Naval Academy. instead of accepting the ruling of the civilian colleges, should be standing on the same ground as the Military Academy. The reason for the civilian colleges adopting the three-year rule was the suppression of the “tramp athlete.” In other words, it was done to prevent patriotic old grads from recruiting foot ball players for their colleges for the sole purpose of playing foot ball. The idea was that if the imported “tramp ath- lete” had to wait a year before playing foot ball at his new alma mater it might discourage the practice to some extent. Also, in this prohibition freshmen were prohibited from playing on the varsity team. This was supposed to discourage | recruiting or proselyting smong the prep schools and acquiring ready-made | members for the line and backfield. The position of the United States Military Academy is that every cadet is a | bona-fide student, and therefore eligible academically and in every way to par- ticipate in all athletic events for which he can qualify. I regret that the Army | yielded in the matter of not playing freshmen or plebes on the varsity team. I do not think that they should have conceded even this much. * It must be clear that these limitations established by the civilian 0 0 & 0 0 0| o 7 in, ). | playing of the Philadelphia team he | SECOND BASE IN GAME AGAINST TIGERS YESTERDAY Fights Last Night | | | By the Associated Press. | | DETROIT—Billy Petrolle, Fargo, N. | |'Dak., outpointed Ray Miller, Chicago | 1(10). | 'NEW YORK.—AI Singer, New York, | | knocked out Leo Kid Roy, Montreal (1) 'SINGER IS SENSATION IN COMEBACK BOUTl By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 7.—Al Singer, Bronx flash, has used the Montreal veteran, Leo “Kid” Roy, as a stepping stone in his comeback campaign. Singer, whose stock dropped sharply after he had been knocked out by Ignacio Fernandez, scored a sensational one-round knockout over Roy at Jess McMahon’s New York Colliseum last | | night to regain the favor of Bronx fans. | | Roy went down twice in the 2 min- | utes ‘and 41 seconds the fight lasted. | | A left hook to the chin dropped him | | for 7 seconds, and a moment later a Tight cross to the same spot put him out | for the evening. Singer welghed 130 pounds; Roy, | PLEASES HEYDLER CINCINNATI, June 7 (#).—The five- team race in the National League is| a result of strengthening the weaker | teams and has done the circuit a world | of good, President John A. Heydler said | today. ~He was here for the annual June meeting of league club owners. | The rise of the Giants to a fighting position for first place, and the improved Sultan Faces a Mautiny. OR the greater part of the last eight or nine years the Sultan of Swat has ruled his domain with no particular sign of a revolt. He - abdicated one season, but illness sible for this depressing turn. In the main, the Sultan of Swat, otherwise known as Babe Ruth, has been in ex- clusive charge of the home run depart- ment. He had to work to prove his place against Lou Gehrig a year ago, but he was all there down the stretch. Things are not breaking so gently this campaign. In addition to Geh- rig there are young Ott and young Foxx, of the Giants and Athletics, and Klein and Jackson who seem inclined to dispute Ruth's right to the throne. Ott and Foxx are each around 20, while Ruth is moving along past 36. It may not be this vear, but it is now only a matter of time before the crown is definitely transferred from the older to some younger head. | Ruth will have a hard battle leading the march this season with Gehrig, Ott. Foxx, Hornsby, Simmons, Klein and Jackson, and several others, after the | laurels he has worn so long and so well. cited as a result of the action. He de- | clared interest among the fans had been intensified thereby. Heydler will go to St. Louis tomorrow to present “Sunny Jim” Bottomley, Cardinal first baseman, the most valu- able player award for 1928, and said that he foresaw no action toward abolishing the award in the National League. American League club owners recently did away with it, asserting there is no way to determine the most valuable player and attacking the cus- tom as a cause of ill feeling among playes The award is voted by base ball writers. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. By GRANTLAND RICE and other causes were largely respon- | will break all attendance records when it comes to stampeding galleries in pur- suit of various stars. ! The golf gallery is the only crowd | of spectators in all sports that has to work as hard as the players. At foot ball, fights, base ball, tennis, | polo, ete., the crowds sit and watch. In golf the gallery must turn in a | cross-country run of six or eight miles | and do its share of hurdling fences and jumping over streams and ditches, At the end of the day the spectator in | golf is more worn and more weary than the athlete he has pursued. With such | names as Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, | | Horton Smith, Johnny Farrell and | | eight or ten others to work up interest, | |1t would not be surprising to see from | 112,000 to 15,000 spectators on the last | | day, anyway. Horton Smith has added | |fresh interest to the occasion, for a | new name in the upper tier is always welcome to the mob. This will be one of the most open of all the open championships yet held, since any one of 10 or 15 players might break through. Bobby Jones and George Von Elm both seem to favor Walter Hagen, but there is no one to be favored in a test of this sort. The straight, con- | PETROLLE CLIMBS IN RING TITLE HUNT Beats Miller and Moves Up as a Light-Heavyweight Challenger. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, June 7.—Billy Pet- D moved to the front ranks of challengers for wne pionship today as a result of his 10-round victory over Ray Miller, Olympia arena last night. Petrolle defeated Miller by carrying He upset Miller in the third with a short right cross to the chin, floor- rolle, the Fargo express, world light-heavyweight cham- the Chicago left-hooker, in the the fight to him in 5 of the 10 rounds. ing him for a count of nine. Mill | tried to flag down the “Fargo Express and nearly succeded in the ninth, but Petrolle stepped inside of his left hand leads and avoided Miller's rights. Paddy Harmon, president of the Chi. cago Stadium Corporation, opened nego: tiations for Petrolle’s services today, hoping to match him with Tony Can- zoneri in another lightweight elimina- tion contest. Harmon wants to stage a Petrolle-Canzoneri match in the Cub base ball park next month. Two Detroit promoters, Dick Dunn of Olympia and Floyd Fitzsimmons _also are angling for Petrolle's services. Both want to match the Fargo battler with Sammy Mandell in a championship match late in July. Fitzsimmons has awarded contracts for an outdoor arena seating 35,000 persons and would stage the match there. | FITZSIMMDNS. LEASES LAND FOR BOXING ARENA By the Associated Press. DETROIT, June 7—Floyd Fitzsim- mon,s, fight' promoter, announced last night that he had signed a five-year lease on a 27-acre plot at the Michigan State Fair Grounds here and had en- gaged a contractor to build an arena to | seat 30,000 to 35000 spectators. The structure will be completed in time for | the Joe Dundee-Jackie Fields fight for the world welterweight championship, July 16. The Dundee-Pields bout will be the first 15-round fight staged in Michigan under the new law which removes the 10-round limit. The law allows 15 rounds for championship matches only. sistent hitting of the two Smiths— Horton and Mac—give them as good a chance as any one else. look the possibilities for helping the Nationals that lie in the possession of the Atlanta club. He feels that it will Cronin 'to Haves to Judge. McManus t Gehringer to Alexander. Stoner to Gehringer to Alexander. Left ol troit, 3 | Weshington colleges and adopted by the Naval Academy are founded upon mutual distrust, Before the rule was adopted there was evidence that the colleges were adopting almost generally the practice of hiring tramp athletes. Last Summer he had only one rival to | surround and cut down. This Summer | he has several who seem bent upon | The State athletic board met at Lan- | Tl w i, Y | Home runs yesterday—Lazzeri, Yan | sing_today and approved the bout as | kees; Durst, Yankees; Simmons, Ath- it become a fine school for players the| Nationals may corral but who may not be ripe enough for immediate employ- ment in the big time. Ownership of | the Atlanta club will assure the train- ing of prospective Nationals according to plans formulated by the Washington club. In this way Griffith hopes to bring to the Nationals in the future re- cruits who really have been taught the | finer points of ‘beze ball instead of half- | baked talent, such as many minor clubs have been foisting upon the big outfits | in recent years. 5 This is not to be done, though, at| the expense of the Atlanta club, G fith insists. He first intends to build a strong minor club, then graduate to his major club ‘rll}'ers reckoned good | enough for trial in the higher class. In | promoting players Grifigh intends to avoid stripping the minor club of the | greater part of its power. He plans to have well qualified replacements for lll; moved from the Crackers to the Na- tionals. In every way the Washington- 7. off Hadley, ¥ Lisk: off Whitehill, in 1 inning: off Liska. 4 in 1 t Winning pitcher—Lis nutes. YOUNG TWIRLING STAR IS OBTAINED BY MACK TUCSON, Ariz, By _Ha Hits—Off Hadley. 5 1n 7 . 3 in 6. inniness off June 7 () —Elle | | ‘They could not trust one another to abandon the practice by mutual agree- | ment. They had to have a law, which is evidence that each college felt that | the other would cheat. It was an acknowledgment that all or nearly all the | colleges in the United States were dishonest in the matter of foot ball. It might | have been best admitting such conditions, to have abolished intercollegiate foot bnll’l altogether on the ground that it bred dishonesty and bad faith among the colleges. It was accepted that the collieges, which hardly would stretch any points to certify a student academically and which hardly would tolerate cheating at examinations, would go to any lengths to get the makings of a winning foot ball | S A Logical Attitude, N my opinion, the attitude of West Point in this matter is the only logical and team. It was a most humiliating admission on the part of the civilian colleges. | Witt, young Berkeley, Calif., high school graduate, who has been pitching for the Mesa team of the Arizona State League, | has been sold to the Philadelphia Ath- | letics. He leaves for the East today. Lou Criger, veteran American League catcher, and scout for Connie Mack, de- | clared Witt showed excellent promise, | and that he would be given a month's trial with the leaders in the American League race. | owned Atlanta club is to be conducted | :‘l a first-rate minor league orgunxu-‘v on.. Joe Engel, scout of the Washington | elub, is to be president of the Atlanta | ‘This is Witt’s first year in professional ' base ball. | | VANCE REJOINS CLUB. | CHICAGO, June 7 (#)—Dazzy Vance, | honorable one. The stand of the United States Military Academy is that every cadet at the point is a bona-fide student, entered through the regular chan- nels, thlq only channels through which a cadet may enter either West Point or | Annapolis At West Point they stand responsible for the certification of the eligibility of their athletes. Pernaps they are a little more sensitive about matters of honor there, but their position is that any imputations against the eligibility of their athletes is questioning the honor of West Point. As a matter of fact, it is, and the questioning of the eligibility of an athlete in any of the civilian colleges is an imputation against the honor and good faith of the college. The clvilian colleges have admitted they might cheat in athletics unless there happened to be a law. But the law does not eliminate this sort of cheating. It merely restricts it. Cheating of this character cannot be eliminated by law. You cannot legislate good faith among the colleges. Frankly, I am a bit disappointed in Representative Hamilton Pish, who was a good foot ball player and a good soldier and should have a saner out- look in this particular controversy. But, after playing foot ball and serving as | €lub, for the remainder of this year at star pitcher of the Brooklyn Robins, least, Griffith announces. But Joe is Dot to relinquish his scouting duties. | He will comb the bushes for talent the Crackers as well as the Nation: t00. The Washington prexy declares the executive job doesn’t keep one so 'busy that one cannot delve into the ors for material. And Griffith t to know—he's been a club presi- it some years. No Help in Atlanta. Most of tHe talent now with the | ©rackers is of ancient vintage. Yelle, | who used to be with the Tigers some time ago, is the only catcher belonging golely to the club. Lopez is a young- ster and a good catcher, but he belongs to Brooklyn. In the piiching corps are | such unknowns as Keifer, Bonely, Wil- | kins and Blethen, all youngsters. Then | there are Brennan, an oldster, who was With Walter Johnson’s Newark club t year, and Oldham, with the Detroit Hub years back. | Bwrus, formerly of the Braves, is| playing first base; Sheehan, a veteran, is at second; Jones, once with the Dodgers, plays short, and Marriott and Haley, both old-timers, are used at | third. Nick Cullop, who has worn a | path between the minors and the big | show, so often has he come up and gone back, s one of the outhelders | has 'reported to Manager Wilbert Robinson. Vance, who has been ill| for | most of the season, expects to get back | ting the Army in its place”—in peace time. This Congress might go so far as als, | into action against Pittsburgh Sunday. | to write some foot ball eligibility rules into the articles of war. a soldier, Mr. Fish, unfortunately, became a member of Congress, with the urge to legislate even for intercollegiate foot ball. It is a common weakness of Congressmen to assert their authority by “put- | Tigers Slam Liska Soundly In Rally That Nets 7-5 Win O have and to hold” was no,handled well the two chances that came | motto for the Nationals yes- his way in the field. [ terday as they encountered the Tigers in the second game of their series here. Throwing his reserves into the front Walter Johnson saw his forces forge| ahead of the Clan Harris, that had been | gathering runs here and there since the start of the pastiming. But the rally| ended after Red Barnes, pinch batting | for Ira Flagstead, chased over three| markers with a dandy double, and the | Tigers came right back in the next| round to bag three runs and the game, 7 to 5 Irving Hadley and the left-handed arl Whitehill were pitching opponents | Ei ton pilot, managed the Tigers yester- ! | day, and will have charge of them dur- line in the seventh inning, Manager ng’'the remainder of the series. Man- |sion for his run-in with Umpire Me- LOST BALL GETS KID TWELVE FROM RUTH. —— | | By the Associated Pres: CHICAGO, June 7.—Billy Day, just 10 years old, sowed a base ball on the neighbor’s lawn last week. Today he | reaped the harvest, 12 base balls, all | autographed by Babe Ruth. Billy and his boy friends were play- ing one-o-cat in the alley, and some one laid a home run out of bounds. The neighbor into whose new garden the ball fell, refused to surrender it and the whole thing finally was threshed out in court. The court held it perfectly proper for Billy to retrieve the ball. Babe Ruth heard of it and sent the dozen balls, Billy distributed them among members of his team—reg'lars and subs. George McBride, one-time Washing- ager Harris drew a three-day suspen- Gowan Wednesday. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, fothing in Atlanta now, it seems, for 8t the start, Nelther lsied. ™ Hadley ashington club t f went_seven This Cates, Iatest to be added to the ‘five hits and a pass. Three of the hits Trom BElom PAchinE Slal, came Rt | e Tighe Tallic, St ‘s fuliple doe weel looked | 3 3 over by Johnson, and he has been taken | Cronin made at the start of an inning o pr]ok;ah];‘ for only a short stay with |Paved the way to a mni-. ) clu e is & protege of Jack Og-| Whitehill's first pitch of the game defxxon:) n(rl the CBmwns' pitchers. ]was socked to the angle back of rlel:g- e Ogden, Cates is a Swarthmore center by Buddy Myer, giving the product, and Jack persuaded the Balti- | young National his first home run of , s ed him to the | nothing more than s Vi Eastern Shore League. When George |single until the seventh. Then a brace Weiss, former New Haven magnate, be- |of singles and a pass filled the sacks came business manager of the Orioles | with one gorfe. Goslin's Texas leaguer shis year Cates was sent to New shoved a run over and Whitehill to the Haven, but rebelled and was suspended. | shower. _Stoner, relief pitcher, was It was with Weiss that the Washington | greeted by Barnes with a tw:-bagger club arranged for the purchase of Cates’ | that netted Washington three more Telease from the Orioles. runs. But Stoner recovered quickly {and held the Natlonals to one single RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN {the remainder of the way. RATTING. Ad Liska, who assumed the local mound job after Hadley had given way to a pinch batter in the seventh, started the eighth well by fanning Johnson. AB, R. H. 2b 3b HR S SB RBI.Pct. | But Harry Rice singled and Gehringer 6 3 doubled. As Fothergill went out, Rice 333 | crossed with the tying tally. A two- 5 (bagger by Alexander and a single by 00 | McManus followed to_give the Tigers {two more runs. Bob Burke hurled the | hit off him failed to help them. SEELRERERS NS Hayes made a whale of a stop and throw to end the Tiger sixth. With Foth-~gill on third base by virtue of a triple, Alexander smote a hot grounder past Judge toward right field. The National second+sacker leaped across the sward his left, checked the ball, juggled it for a moment, and finally threw just in time to flag Dale. OPR IR i i ©000000H0o-EoRHEROS AN AON oy OOPOOON RO B! 000000000 0HHNBRILADLRBS! OO OR MO OO OO BB A cocscooommoorsaiine g 5 o0 PEEIORR R oS 0 B @7 5% 0 8 cooosc0000000momoRowHoNS the seven safeties, one and Cro- | nin’s bobble that they |men left on the runway. Soommnunan 3 Harry Heilmann pulled up with a cold yesterday. So Bob Fothergill was sent to right field for the Tigers. Bob benged a triple and a sacrifice and managed to drive over threg uns. He —oauass E85238853. [R e oosmonunvs Poonon oo ninth against the Tigers and the one| Such good use did the Tigers make of | 5; ad but three| g Washington, 5: Detroit. 7. Philadelphia. 15 St. Louis, 4 Cleveland. 9 New York. 7 Chicago, 9; Boston, 5. l MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Toledo, 0: Indianapolis Minneapolis, 6: Kans Columbus, 6; Louls INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Buftalo, 4 Rochester. 3. Newark. 10; Jersey Gity, 2. Montreal, I; Toronto, 5 Reading, 1;’ Baltimore, 12. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Hollywood, 1; San Francisco, 6. Mission. '8; Los Angeles, 2. Portland, 1; Oakland, 3. Seattle, 6; Sacramento, 7. WESTERN LEAGUE. Oklahoma City-Wichita, postponed, rain. Pueblo, 9-4; Des Moines, 6-10. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Clev [Detrot 213 percentage. New York. St. Couls. Cléveland Washington....| 1/ ¢ Chicago. 11 ¢ Boston_.._. Tass Denver, 5 Tulsa, 6; Topeka, 4 (15 innings). ] TEXAS LEAGUE. 2 1ala2013180; Antonio. 3 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. ! Dalla: Detroit at Washington. Deiroit at Washington Chicago at Boston hicako at Boston. 8L Louis at Phila. St Louls at Phila. Cleveland at N. Y, Cleveland at N. Y. i Beaumont, 1 EASTERN LEAGUE. Bridgeport, 7. Hartford. 2; Springfieid. 3 Providence, 13; Allentown, 4. THREE-EYE LEAGUE. Terre Haute, 9: Decatur, 6. Springfield, 2: Qui 6. Danviile, 4 Bloomington, 5. UTHERN ASSOCIATION. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York. 5 St. Louis, 4 Chicago. 8: Brookivn Eniladelphia, innati, 0. ookl Evan: Pittsburgh, 4; Boston, 2 = ille, 4 B Atlanta, 4: Birmingham. 10, Chattanooga, 0: Nashville, 5. Mobile, 0: Little Rock, 4 New Orleans, 3; Memphis, 9. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Pensacola, 1: Jacksonville, 6. Selma. 1; Montgomery, 3. Columbus, 3; Tampa SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. Ashevil) burs, 5. Columbis, S5 Charlotte Knoxville, STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Philadelphia Brooklyn. Cincinnati. Boston. Pittsburgh |Sipercentage Chicago.... Macon, New York Greenville, 2. ROBINS BUY MORRISON. KANSAS CITY, June 7 (@).— Fitcher Johnny “Jughandle” Morrison has been sold outright by the Kansas City club of the American Associa- tion to the Brooklyn club of the Na- tional League. Morrison formerly was WitB the Pittshwzh Phateh 152l . [15/18117/18/20/26126128| GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at Pittsburgh, Boston at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Chicago. Brooklyn at Chic New York at St. Louiis. New York at St. Louis, Fhia. at Ciacionath Fhis. At ClaciRBal. letics; Foxx, Athletics; Myer, National: ‘Thompson, i Hornsby, Cut | Malone, Cubs; Bottomley, Cardinals, and Terry, Giants, 1 each. American League Leaders. | Simmons, Athletics .... | Genrig, Yankees Ruth, Yankees Foxx, Athletics . National League Leaders. | Klein, Phillies . Hafey, Cardinals . | ott, Glants .. | Jackson, Giants | O'Doul, ‘Phillies .. Bottomley, Cardinals League Totals. hammering the ball out of the lot whenever some pitcher curves one in reach. They Didn’t Read the Papers. HERE seems to be some concrete evidence at hand that a number ,of major league ball clubs failed to read the papers last April. They missed | the predictions that the Yankees and Cubs would: take over the two pennant races this season and move along to the next world series. Mayhe they will. 0 But at least the Athletics, Browns, 0 | Pirates and Cardinals will insist on playing out the season. So far, if they have been outclassed. the evidence has | been pretty well hidden. No one has 9 | been able to prove it by pointing to the standing of the clubs in the daily sum- S | mary of events. IT golf National American Another Record in Sight. 'HERE is strong evidence at hand that the next United States open champlonship at Winged Foot Grand total . PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Durham. 6: Greensboro. 4 Winston-Salem. 7. Henderson, 4. Salisbury. 5; High Point. 16, 'Ruth May Be Out for Season, New York World Story Says By the Associated Press. EW YORK, June 7—The Evening World says today that an overtaxed and weakened heart will keep Babe Ruth out of the Yankees' line-up for at least a month and possibly for the remainder of the season. The home run king was described as “a pretty sick man.” A stub- born lung congestion is taxing his strength and he is fretting over his physician’s ruling that he avoid all excitement. He is not allowed to drive his automobile and he has been refused permission to attend base ball games. The paper says Ruth's doctor has been visitinz him two or three times each night. The exact nature of the illness will net be known for a few days, or until | Dr. King, the Yankees' physician, turns in his report to the club management. Until the report of the physician is forthcoming, adds the paper, no definite statement will be made as to the Babe's condition. Long automobile rides into the open country is the medicine prescribed to help bring the Yankee star back to complete health. Newspaper men and most of the visitors are refused interviews and social calls at Ruth’s Riverside Drive apartment, partly because of the excitement and partly because of a desire to keep his present condition secret. Mrs. Ruth, a bride of two months, is in constant attendance and does her share in seeing that Babe obeys the orders of his physician. It is almost a week since Ruth appeared in the Yankee line-up. Last Saturday he slammed out his tenth home run of the season and then went to the showers. On Monday it was announced that he would be unable to play o accouat of & s - v There is almost no choice to be made from Jones, the two Smiths, Farrell, Hagen, Armour, Sarazen and Diegel. And none of these may be in_front when_the final putt rolls in on Satur- day, June 29. It would not be at all surprising to see another tie. There were ties in 1923, 1925, 1927 and 1928. With so mény good ones around aiming in the | general direction of some score from 292 to 296, there is nothing strange in | having at least two or three of them | hooked to the same figures at the finish. | Half Strides, Hurry-up Yost says he has quit foot ball coaching for good. The next an- ouncement will be that Lindbergh has flown his last plane and that Babe Ruth has taken his last cut at a fast one. | | Ring Lardner says the hardest shot | in golf for him is “the explosion shot from the tee.” This is a simple shot to | play if you care how far it goes or in what direction. It may be, of course, when the big | test_comes at the Polo Grounds that Paulino will lose a chin and Schmeling | destroy a right hand as a result of the | | a championship match and also au- thorized Fitzsimmons to construct the arena. Fitzsimmons said the stadium would be a temporary structure, planned to last about 10 years. He has an option for an additional five years on the ground besides the five-year lease. COO0K WHIPS CONNELLY IN GUARD RING BATTLE Scoring a technical knockout over Joe Cook of Headquarters Detachment, | Connelly won the feature match in the weekly card of seven boxing battles | held last night by the District of Co- {lumbia National Guard in the armory at North Capitol and D streets. Summaries. 150-pound class—Phil McAninch (Head- quarters) k. 0’d McMshon (Company F! S bbownd class—Connelly (Company A) ver Goo 170-pound _cla: tecnnical K.o. ov k (headquarters). tachody fouent thres-round. dr ou - 3 {36 Pound. class—Juliano lost on foul to tay, 45-pound _class—McNulty (unattached) awarded decision over Harsate (unattached). ‘Uniimited—Clarke (Gompany F) technical avw. | threatened to pull out the decision impending eollision. | Connie Mack may not win the A. L. | pennant race this season, but no one | can accuse him of loafing at the start. | | that he recently took a 73 at Winged | Foot. Something has got to be done | about a slump of this proportion, even |if it leads to the abolishment of the legal profession. A bullfrog can't jump as far as a | kangaroo, but it seems longer to the | bullfrog. Bobby Jones has slipped so badly ko, over Bailey (Company F) in second | round. PROCTOR AND GALLAGHER | HAVE RING ENGAGEMENTS Marty Gallagher and Joe Proctor, ‘Washington heavyweight boxers, each faces early engagements. Gallagher is to meet Jack Renault, | French-Canadian, June 17 at Baltimore, |'and Proctor is to face Frankie Brown, | California_ husky, next Monday night at Atlantic City. & | Macks, by Smothering Browns, Keep Merrily on Their Way BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN. Associated Press Sports Writer. WITH each passing day it be- comes easier to believe that | Baker and Barry and Col- lins and MclInnis are back at their posts again, easier to take the backward trail through base ball history to the day when Cor- | nelius McGillicuddy owned the 100 per | cent base ball machine. The Athlctics | of 1929 battered the Browns shamefully | yesterday in a 15-to-4 battle, proving | once more their right to wear the man- tle of their llustrious predecessors. 1t is yet too early to pass out the pen- nants. but if memory serves, the cham- plonships of 1913 and 1914 were as good as awarded to Mr. Mack along about April. The first third of the 1929 cam- paign soon will be over end the Macks | promise to pass that stage in such good | circumstances that .550 ball will suffice over the rest of the route—as it would have sufficed for the last three Yankee teams. Further, nothing short of a cat- aclysm can prevent the Macks from , holding the lead on July 4, the tradi- tional date on which pernant soundings are taken. Cleveland outpunched the Yankees, |9 to 7, yesterday, as the Athletics made | merry’ ‘with. the Browns, giving Mr. {Mack another neat gain over his | nearest competitors. The Yanks and {the Browns remained in a virtual tie seven and one-half games behind the Athletics, with the champions holding a slight percentage edge through hav- | ing played fewer games. The Philadel- phia advantage really is some greater | than the cold figures, because the Yan- | kees face 12 double-headers with imwhms hardly equal to the task. | George Pipgras was knocked out by (the Indians yesterday, and Myles Thomas and Tom Zachary were rough- ly used after he departed. Tony Laz- zeri and Cedric Durst made it seem close with a pair of home runs in the eighth, driving Walter Miller from the box, and another rally in the ninth | | | | against Ken Holloway. Young Ferrell put an end to the folishness by the simple expedient of forcing Gehrig to hit into a double play. George Earnshaw failed to go the route against the Browns in spite of & 10-run lead, but he nevertheless re- celved official credit for the victory. The Browns eased him out of the pic- ture with & four-run rally in the DI, and Bill Shores did a neat job of finishing. Simmons helped the Macks with his tweltth homer, tying Gehrig for the league lead, while Foxx cut in with his tenth. The nip-and-tuck battle in the | National League continued. The Giants edged closer to the real fight by shading the Cardinals, 5 to 4, for the second successive afternoon, as the Cubs rall to defeat Brooklyn, 8 to 6. Pittsburgh increased its lead over the Cards by taking a 4-to-2 decision from the Braves, and the Phillies regained the 500 mark by turning back the Reds, 2 to 0. The Phils won on Fresco ‘Thompson's freak homer, which leaped from fair territory into a field box. Ray Benge outpitched May and Kemner. The Giant victory was notable for the pitching comeback of Larry Benton, who »as had an in-and-out Spring. Bill Tt~.y helped him with a homer Jim Bottomley inserted a four-base blow for St. Louis. JOIE RAY TO COMPETE IN 6-DAY SKATE RACE NEW YORK, June 7 (#).—Joie Ray, for years America’s mile champion, then marathon star, and later professional runner, has turned to a new “Tacket.” The “Kankakee Kid" has filed his entry for the first six-day roller skating | | | rac an record. BOBBY STEVENS CLT)UTS. Bobby Stevens, former Western High base baller, now playing with the New- ark Bears in the International League, socked three hits in the game with Jer- sey City yesterday. double and single in five tries. handled eight chances afield cleanly. RED SOX SCOUT VIEWS He got a triple, He also OWN SON AS PROSPECT ST. MARYS, Kans. June 7 (®. —Steve O'Rourke, scout for the Bos- ton Red Sox, has an eye on a_14- year-old junior league pitcher here who has ‘turned in two no-hit, no- run games in the last few weeks. And “Steve will have the inside track on signing up the youth a few years lence. Steve's #0D, Junior O'Bows] r