Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1929, Page 33

The Toening Star Classified Ads WASHIN! TON. D, C, TUESDAY JUNE 11, 1929. PAGE 33 Griffith Planning Roster Reduction : Set With Bucs Crucial One for Giants R KISSED THE CANVA . WAIVERS BEING SOUGHT i « ) i f ON SEVERAL NATIONALS Washington President Expects Reports on Requests Today—Hopkins, Clai med by Browns, First to Go—-Shipments May Help Atlanta Club. BY JOHN playing personnel to not m I son may not have around law will permit. B. KELLER. RUNING of the Nationals' roster has been started, and by next Saturday, when a major league club must have reduced its ore than 25, Manager Walter John- quite as many hands as base ball Several others are likely to be sent from the club i during the next few days, as was Paul Hopkins, young pitcher, yester- day. Wavers were asked on others besides Hopkins, the pitcher being the first claimed.- The Browns could not see Paul go from the league, so he is being shipped to them in New York, probably today. Presi- dent Clark Griffith of the Nationals was expecting reports on his other waiver requests this afternoon. Two seemingly slated for depa and Arch Campbell, pitcher. have to be returned to the clubs rture are Charley Gooch, infielder, But these players, being draftees, will from which they were procured— Gooch to Little Rock of the Southern Association and Campbell-tc St. Paul of the American Association. The Travelers and the Saints put in claims for these players immediately after they were drafted, and have never with- drawn the claims. Offers for these players that would prove more remunerative to the Wash- » ington club if they could be ac- cepted than the terms established by base ball law governing the return of draftees have been re- ceived, Griffith declares. It has been hinted that Pat Ghar- ity veteran catcher, back with the Nationals after a five-year suspension from organized base ball, and Howard Cates, pitcher, recently signed after his release was purchased from the Balti- more Internationals, will b- let out this week. Although Gharrity's work with the Nationals this season has been mainly as a coach, he is signed to a plaver's contract, nevertheless, and it is understood he is among those for whom waivers are sought. Would Kit Mound Staff. ‘The players in the Nationals’ ranks. The pitching staff would be severely hit numerically, as with Hopkins aiready gone Johnson has but nine hurlers. ‘Taking Campbell and Cates from his staff would leave only seven, However, the seven remaining would be those who have borne the mound burden to date. The club would not be any worse off -in a hurling way than, it has been from the outset of the season. Should Cates be shipped during the week, it might be to Atlanta. Griffith is anxious to help the Washington club's recently acquired holding in the Southern Association, and Cates might go well in that circuit. Gharrity has been mentioned as a possible manager of the Crackers. If Pat does go to the minor club he very likely would go as a pilot instead of a player. The Crack- ers now have a strong enough catching staff, according to Griffith. release of Gooch, Campbell, | Gharrity and Cates would leave but 22 | The Nationz!s have not been mate- rially helped in a playing way by the players mentioned as likely to follow Hopkins from the club. Campbell has been used in only a few games as a 'relle! pitcher, while Cates has not been under fire. For a time it was thought Gooch would make a good understudy to Joe Judge at first base, 'ut those in charge of the Nationals now seem to think such an understudy is unneces- sary. And Gooch has not hit as he promised during the training campaign. Gharrity has been ineffective at bat the few times used, and the club officials may feel that three coaches, which it would have should Gharrity leave, are enc-h. Hopkins Disappointment. Hopkins appeared to advantage the few times he performed during the training season, but he was little called on after the champlonship race started. last year, it was thought Paul would develop into a clever hurler. He wcs farmed to Montreal, where he would get plenty of work, but he showed little im- provement at training camp this - e and Johnson took little chance wi him in championship conte:'s. Griffith still is looking around for material with which to strengthen the Atlanta club as well as the ITationals. Perhaps something considered good enough for big league trial will be un- covered before long. If so, sbme of those now wearing Washington uni- forms prcbably will be sent to the Crackers. Joe Engel, Washington scout and new president of Atlanta, and Ed Eynon, secretary of the Nationals, left yester- day for the Georgia capital. Eynon is apt to remain with the Crackers for two weeks, completing the deal trans- ferring the club ownership from Rell Spiller to the “"ashington organization, wrile Engel, once the Southern Asso- ciation outfit’s affairs are settled under the new ownership, is expected to step out for & spell of scouting. When he first came to the Nationals, |- He HAD HIs FIRST PLANE RIDE EN ROUTE 7O HOOSICK FALLS. COVERED NA He wezrs ™ AN HIS FACE WELL BEHIND FOLDED. ARMS —AND SHOOTS A MEAN LEFT HOON CANTHE Woo! “Step right up, ladies and gentle- men, and see Paulino, the Ponder- ous Puma of the Pyrenees—himself, in person. See ‘The Beezark of the Basque' throw a left hook. The bare-footed tree chopper who is tougher than the toughest tree he ever whittled. See the fighter with a dozen managers—count 'em—who never has been counted out. “No, ladies and gentlemen, never even has he dusted the resin with the seat of his pants in any ring combat. See the congderor of Harry Wills, Knute Hansen, Tom Heeney, Ofto-.Von 1 i / HE 15 ONE OF THE STRONGEST MEN IN THE RING TODRY. ,4;(‘)’ \"w Porat and K. O. Christner. See the only living Spaniard who never has thrown a bull.” Now that that's over with, let's take a more serious view of Mr. Up- sidedown, sometimes known as “Senor Ooscray Umbay,” and see if we can diagnose a few of his good and bad points, with regard to his coming fight with Max Schrheling at the Yankee Stadium, New York City, on June 27. In the first place, Paulino is tough, as tough as & couple of tanks. No- body, 50 they-say; has ever knocked ZAVIING) b m» fi] 2 ITHE BELTING Hes AS TougH AS A RHINOCEROS him down, and he has a reputation for being a crowd pleaser, for never taking a backward step and for al- ways giving the best that's in him in a crude, unpolished, but likable sort of way. He has a heart as stout as a battleship, is always boring in, can take it—he stopped the hardest shots of such hitters as Delaney, Von Porat, Hansen, Godfrey and Christ- ner without a murmur—and he is as strong as a bull. George Blake, who refereed his fight with Godfrey, de- clares the Spaniard was stronger than the glant 230-pound Negro. . q*? i As every one knows, Paulino's forte is in-fighting. He comes in be- hind a bulwark of arms, shoulders and gloves, swinging dynamite-laden left hooks to the head and wild rights. (He made a spanish omelette out of Wills with a wild right swing). It so happens that Schmeling’s weaknesses are in-fighting and stop- ping left hooks to the head. Paulino’s chin is not, so easy to reach as Risko's was, either, and it is very doubtful if he will tumble as the Cleveland Baker Boy did, even if Maxie docs get several good shots st it, which he probably will. BasauE. -Holloway Bafflés Nationals And Pribe Takes 4-3 Contest HEN Ken Holloway was with the Tigers ‘twas sald he was not permitted to use his knuckle ball, although he claimed it wes the best he had in a pitching line. And in_those days the Nationals used to wallop Hollo- way's offerings to all parts of the lot. ‘With the Indians now, 'tis said, Hollo- way Is permitted to employ everything he may possess in a pitching line, knuckle and all. I must have used everythin~ yesterday at Griffith Sta- dium, for after relieving the left-handed Joe Shaute, who had just been nicked for enough runs to deadlock the game 4t 3-all in the fourth inning, Holloway allowed the Nationals nothing more than one pass during the remainder of :.;m battling. And the Tribe won, 4| 3. Irving Hadley went the route for the home side, and pitched pretty good ball, too. He was touched for nine RECORDS OF GRIFFME BATTING. H. 2b3h HR 648 > §.8B RBLPct 24”36 8RS O Tt B PO et encuncitiasSoEes S RgLRLSESSoR oy R S T R isieishoid soosmummeesSE SE335CR8S! 00 0 U S U N £0050005000000- 100 BM D) T PO RPNUISUPNIIS - o253kt 00 E coes e s B 2 ~RoBEER58e) 3 coscoscoososonoumommOINWOW CE] Q POSH S ] Q cusBnasavon = ngu: ~B328329204 =z &F 3 ~ m..,,._o_q ST R——1 BY HOLLOWAY | P > 2l oscanumonese? Smmmon® [ORSTRBRIRD -1 P sooa. Holloway, *Porter . DORRES: 5505 ¢ *Batted for Lind in WASHINGTON. Myer, b e, 0 B on inning. Po. [ P £ sixt > 7] L > nl onoocosssss! 2l ommannorsos! Totals . i *Batted for Ha 2 8l hsornsveana 2 wl corsscooscon! in 25 ol cononsusmumt Cleveland Washington 3 iuns batted in—Fonsec Myer. Goslin. Two: L l‘lnrm'nlmne.; ase Rll 4 se—Aver) Tomis: to Hages to Judve Left on hington, 8. Bases oeme u 2 Viag. Cronis; to Hayes safeties and walked three batters, one of them fritentionally. But Irving was off to a poor start, for a pass to Jamie- son, a double by Fonseca, a single by Joe Sewell and a homer driven over the right-field wall by Falk netted the Tribe three tallies in round one; | The Nationals @ot one of the runs |back in the third frame with Myer's two-bagger, Rice’s one-baser and Lind's | fumble of Goslin’s srounder. A pass to Ruel, Falk’s mufl of Hadley's loft and singles by Myer and Goslin ac- counted for two more markers in the fourth to knot the game. Shaute left the scene with two on and two out. To the slab came Holloway, and the Na- tionals were through. The Indians waited until the sixth to put over the decisive run, and then they did so after two were out. Averill's double and Joe Sewell's single manu- factured the big tally. 7t looked as though Hadley was in for more punishment in the round when Falk doubled to put the elder Sewell on third base. But after getting in trouble with Luke Sewell, Hadley passed the catcher, then fanned Dick Porter,' who hat abbed Lind’s bat. But with Hol- loway going along in such great style, getting out of this hole did not help Hadley and the other Nationals at all. After scoring Jamieson in the first inning, Fonseca put himself out by run- ning into the path of Joe Sewell's drive. Joe, by rule, got a hit with the retiring grounder, however. Cronin made a great stoo of Hollo- way's bounder back of second base in the fifth to start a flashy double play. He flagged Tavener with a short toss to Hayes and the pivot man got the batter at first easily. | Fonseca was overambitious in the third when he crashed the ball to deep | center. He tried to make a homer of | the hit, but changed his mind when he |saw the ball coming in_and ducked | back toward third base. There he slid |into the ball, that had come to Myer by way of Flagstead, Hayes and Judge. | with the Indians shifting from a left- |hand to a right-hand pitcher in the | fourth frame, Manager Johnson revised {his outfleld for the remainder of the game. Flagstead was Withdrawn from center and the southpaw-swinging West sent to the garden. Goslin returned to the fray yester- day after a two-game layoff, due to a bruised hip. The Goose handled two chances aficld and got a single in four | batting trials. i BIG LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Associated Press.) Americal Batting—Foxx, Athletics, .399. Runs—Gehrihger, Tigers, 49. s"R.m'i.s batted in—Simmons, Athletics, Hits —Gehringer, Tigers, 76. Doubles—Johnson, Tigers, 21. Triples—Blue, Browns, 6. Homers—Gehrig, Yanks, 14. Stolen bases—Metzler, White Sox, 7. ; l:l(lchml—vau, Athletics; won 9, ost 1. National. Batting—Herman, Robins, .388. Runs—Douthit, Cards, 41 Runs batted in—Hafey, Cards, 60, Hits—Herman, Robins, 73. Doubles—Frisch, Cards, 18. ‘Triples—Frisch, Cards; L. Waner, Pi- rates, 7. Hemers—Klein, Phillies; Hafey, Cards, | one 15 5. | "Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 13. Pitching—Grimes, Pirates; won 10,{ harassed by lost 0, A . peclally ilands, tossing in LHE SPORTLIGHT y GRANTLAND RICE Another Sporting Record. OU might think that running an og:n golf championship is simple. Try it once and change your mind. A pair of umpires Tun a ball game and four offi- cials can look after the hardest sort of foot ball war. But at this moment. | Comdr. Nibs Nobles with John G. | Anderson and other staff officers, have | something like 500 shock troops in | training for the big show at Winged | Foot later on this month. Something over 200 of these will be course marshals, to look after the big galleries ti will make the usual at- tempt to get close elosuzh to star play- ers to hear the bubbfes popping in their necks. ‘There will be more than a hundred scorers to record the vital statistics. ‘There will be reserves and platoons for other work and these now are in the process of being drilled and rehearsed to handle players, crowds and whatever else may need handling. There will be an extra supply of rope to keep the thundering herd in check and to give every player a chance. But while this is taking place, full accommodations will be made for the crowd, and those who come as non-combatants will have every chance to see every shot played by any favorite. Not even old Doc Argus himself, with the legs of a centipede, could see them all. But there will be enough attrar- tions to split up the galleries with Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Horton Smith, Lco Diegel, Johnny Farrell and other fa- vorites. Never Mind About the Clover. F you want to see Comdr. Nibs Nobles and his staff reach for a machine gun just mention clover. They expect to have the fairways in pertect condition and they have worked ard enough to put 20 courses in shape. “There will be no clover to bother any player who keeps his tee shots on the | fairway,” says Johnny Anderson. “There is clover all over the United States and there will, of course. be a certain amount of clover at Winged Foot. but it won't be where any good drive ought to go. Every player will have a fair shot to the green for his second from first-class turf, so any alibis offered about the clover for poor shots will be merely alibis.” Winged Foot officials say that if necessary any clover that may be around will be removed if a safety razor is needed for the operation. But the talk of clover fairways won't be borne out by the facts. All of those officially connected with the next United States open are con- fident that both fairways and putting | greens will be up to any past standards, nd when you consider the turf of Westchester ‘and the enormous amount | of work that has been done on the course, there is no reason why both fairways and greens should not be ready for a éhampionship test. All Set for Big Show. R several weeks Winged Foot has had an army of workmen getting the 6,300-yard battlefield ready for the finest fleld that ever fought for a champlonship. Members of the Amer- ican Rider Cup team ran 1 2 in the British open, but they will face much stronger competition here. More than a hundred workmen have ! been hard at it, working on fairways and greens, digging bigger and better bunkers, extending and deepening oth- | ers, pruning the uplands and the low- new sand and plan- ning in general to have every detail re”y for the biggest show in golf and 5. | Sunday. Arlington’ diamond, of the biggest in al} sport. ‘There will be backstops behind each tee so the players will not be moving spectators, es- the vaglety that decide sud- denly to lurch forward at the last moment. “You don't mind 4,000 moving,” says Jim Barnes, “but when 4,000 are still and one enthusiast decides to crowd up at the last movement it is another story.” The backstop isn't a bad idea. only it is more of a crowd shield than | a backstop. I have scen more than one shot wrecked by some spectator | ducking in under the swing to get a | closer view or by moving in back of | the golfer just as he was starting the | down swing. The Gallery Favorites. N other open champlonships Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen have usual- ly carried the two largest galleries of the day—at least up to the final day —when some others with a_chance to win might get their share. But in this next champlonship Horton Smith, the Missouri Kid, will compete on 'even terms with Jones and Hagen as far as any one big gallery will count. He is sure to have & mob traveling the layout with him when he moves around, espe- cially if he sticks fairly close to par. Bobby Jones is one of the few who can still hold his gallery, even when he is out of the running. But he is rarely out of the running. He held most of his followers at Oakmont, even when they knew he had no chance to win. Most of those who blow up rather carly lose_their camp followers in a hurry. The crowd wants to follow the winner, this being an almost universal human trait. But there will be a substantial following for Johnny Farrell, Mac Smith, Gene Sarazen, Bill 'Mehlhorn, Tommy Armour, Leo Diegel and several oth- ers wiho have a good chance to win and who carry a definite appeal. 1t is for this reason that 200 marshals are being organized and trained, and the list may be increased by another hundred before the starting day comes on Thursday, June 27. There is no need of any worry about the condition of the Winged Foot course or about the handling of the big crowds expected. No golf club has ever worked harder to put over the big annual show, and if the best golfer doesn’t win it will be his fault. If you get no great pleasure over be- ing crowned with a niblick, don’t men- | Phi tion the word “clover” to Comdr. Nobles or his staff. Sandlot Almanac RESULTS. LEAGU Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A—Southern Rallway, 9; Terminal. 6. Deparimental -Aggies. 8: Georgetown Church—st. Vernon 2 (9 innings). Government—Interstate, 9: Printers, 5. Departmentai—Agriculture, Navy Yard. 3 Industrial—Western Electric, 19; Ches ¢ Far, ny 1 R M, G A, Morning—, Terminal R Y, 7 Potomac Yards, 10; W. T. Co. GAMES TODAY. Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A—Terminal Post Office va. Express. Terminal R. R. M. C. A. Morning— Union Carmen vs. R. M. 8. Indusirial—Washington Gas Light vs. Thompson Dary. INDEPENDENT. Games Schedul Lew Owen's Pros vs. Wi 8ox. double-header, Sunda: eloe Friendshin A B . P. Q.3 Albans, 27 Mount | 4 ington_Black | ‘Union Park, 2 | . & W. Busmen, | 3 o'clock. GAMES WANTED. « Hess A, C.. unlimited. Lincoln 1815, call tor “gim.” A W. Busmen. unlimited. Charles Deuferman, Clarendon 807-F-5. 8 Department. unlimited. Manager A C. v Bucs, Cubs and bards in Hot Scrap for Top in Old League BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Assoctated Press Sports Writer. HILE the Philadelphia Ath- letics gallop along seven games in_advance of the American League field, three Western clubs are providing National League fans with one of the closest races in its_history. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Chicago, which have taken turns in leading the | race in Jobn Heydler's circuit, today were bunched so closely that a handker- chief could cover them all. The Pirates of Pittsburgh held the lead by a 2-point margin_over the St. Louis Cardinals, with Chicago’s Cubs,only a half game to the rear of the pace-setters. This condition of affairs can be ac- counted for by the fact thap the Pirates picked yesterday to lose the second game in'a Tow to the Brooklyn Robins, 7 to 6, while St. Louis and Chicago both were recording _victories. y The Robins shelled_Steve Swetonic off the mound in the fifth inning in a six-run rally, featured by Harvey Hendrick's home run with two on. Relieving Austin ‘Moore, Macon recruit, in_the seventh inning, Johnny Morrison held the Pirates hifless and runless there- after. Chick Hafey's dpuble, triple and fif- teenth homer of the season helped the Cardinals subdue the ferocious Phillies, 10 to 9. Chuck Klein, Phil outfielder, tied Hafey for the Nagional League home run leadership by belting out a | home run on his own hook. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, Washington, GAMES TOMORROW. n. Cleve. at Washington at_Phila. t. Louls at N. Y. Detrolt at Boston Chicago at Phila. St. Louts at N. ¥¢ Nntiourl.eague. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brooklyn, 7; Pittsbursh, 6. t. Louis, i0; Bhilndeiohia. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Brooklyn. o at Kernsha: ain catur 3776 after t. Elizabeth's Gilbert, Howard ville k! o '“'a“uufi’r“mm. 4510 during day or Horwiial, unlimited. Dr. Hall, Bt Elizabeth's." At onalienges Washingto™ unlimijed. Lincoln 8636 GAMES AY. ton 't ghlcass GAMES T;HORE&W, kiyn. at Pittsburgh, York at Oin. Bogton at 8t. Loui Bkiyn. at Cincinnati, New York at Pitts, Phila. at Chicago. Another free-hitting game at Chicago went to the Cubs by 10 to 8 over the Boston Braves. Seven pitchers saw service in the hectic fray, in which 28 hits were made, including six doubies, three triples and two home runs. John McGraw's New York Giants lost some more valuable ground at Cincinnati, where they bowed to the Rdes, 7 to 3. Jakie May out pitched Larry Benton, Cary Mays and Joe Gene- wich by a wide margin, allowing only 8 scattered hits while the Reds were | pounding out 13. Behind the ususal good pitching OII Lefty Grove, the Philadelphia Athletics maintained their lead intact in the American League scramble, by down- ing Chicago, 3 to 1. The Mackmen did all their scoring off Grady Adkins in one inning, the second, when Boley tripled with two on and then came home himself on an infield out. Waite Hoyt slightly outpitched Alvin Crowder at New York and the Yankees nosed out St. Louis, 3 to 2. Hoyt held the Browns to one hit in the first inning, but three singles gave the invaders one run in the eighth and Heinie Manush's homer accounted for the other in the ninth. Hoyt fanned eight men. Detroit contrived to beat the Boston Red Sox, 1 to 0, but it took Charley Ruffing’s wildness to give the Tigers their score. Heilmann singled in the seventh and then Ruffing walked the next three men to force in the only run of the game. CARD SENIORS SWAMPED IN GAME WITH ALUMNI Scoring nine runs in the first inning, the Catholic University Alumni went on to win by 26 to 4 from the Cardinal Senijors in the annual commencement game in Brookland Stadium yesterda The seniors .had little punch at bat after shagging all those alumni bingles. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS I By the Associated Press. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City. 5 % Ritfninen, a: Lontovimer g 1 St. Paul, 11: Columbus, '3 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. 3: Baltimore, 5. & Newnrk, Jersey City. 8. WESTERN LEAGU Wichita, 3: Topeka, 2. Bueblo, 12: Omaha. '4. Tulsa. 9: “Oklahoma City, 6. Denver, 6; Des Moines, 2. Waco, 3. Beaumant,'5; Fort Worth, 4. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. No games; open date. NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Winston-Salem, 1: Durham, 0. Salisbury, 2; Greensboro. High Point, THREE-EYE LEAGUE. Nashville, 12: Birmingham, 3. Mobile. 11: Memphis, Chattanooga, 6; Atlanta, 9 (10 innings). SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION, Macon, 1; Knoxville. 6. 1 { | | | {McGrawmen Raising The! B of the Giants. to smack the Cincinnati Reds in tifey come East again. The Pirates almost invariably just right for something of that ki of the players in percentage. will win. If the Giants ar® establishcd with a percentage surplus after July 4, they will be a hard team to beat out for the pennant. The Cubs are suffering from dis- arrangement. The Cardinals are fed up again with championships. Cincinnati seems to be hopeless. Some_base ball men think the Na- tional League race is between Pitts- burgh and the Giants. Perhaps so. The Pirates were held too cheaply all Spring. The team had excellent pitch- ers when it started the season, and although all of them were not working well, the quality was there. When the sun’ came out strong the Pittsburgh pitchers were likely to come out with it. There was also the case of Paul DOWN T G movement in heavyweights pra action in light-heavyweights. exchan, be going anywhere. There is talk of are suspected of this Summer, from the present outlook. the Madison Square Garden Corporati Sammy, even on margin. their caulifiowers. was recovered by the boom resulting tion at Miami Beach, which allowed any im) involvel one caull 'HE only thing that prevented a Summer break in the cauliflower market and the failure of some of the larger caulifiower dealing firms was the Schmeling-Uzcudun merger, which was brought about with the help of the large milk dealers. The investors are secured, this merger was made on a strictly per- centage basis. Those who got in on the ground floor cannot lose. The only persons who stand any chance of losing a dime are the small dealers or the | customers, as they are called, but the; |are so used to losing that they would | | feel uncomfortable if they did not have | | their pockets picked. | Some of the optimists on the cauliflower exchange are looking for- ward to the New York State Boxing Commission, which is the Federal Reserve Board of the prizefight busi- ness, to_do something to save the market. Big dealers like the Madison Square Garden Corporation hold that if the commission will act in the matter of appointing a new heavyweight champion in the near future the market will become stabilized. Many are buying caulifiowers with that understanding, while others, fear- ing the worst from the Uzcudun- Schmeling merger, are selling theirs short. ‘The 600 millionaires are said to be holding all this until September, when a second merger will be arranged be- tween the survivor of the Schmeling- Uzcudun combine, after which a heavy- weight champion will be selected and cauliflowers will at least go back to par and even better. Dress Reform Recruits. 'HE movement for shorter pants for men and the exposure of their knees to the elements and the criticism of the more critical sex is gaining ground. Mr. C. Austin Castle, another recruit of many to the cause, writes: £ “Your article on ‘Dress and Sports’ could be the starting point of a much needed revolutionary change even grander and more humanitarian than the tradition-breaking doffing of stock- at Wimbledon, and it could be carried out in two directions. Being logically minded, even when crusading, may I enumerate? “Pirst—It would be a pleasure to have your comments on the possibility of breaking present records in track, swim- ming and in other sports where the garments now de rigueur are really a hindrance, by an elimination for a de- crease to a minimum—1929 interpreta~ tion—of said garments. Could you oblige? “Second—This is the beginning of the annual purgatorial sweat for men who dress as our haberdashers and tailors prescribe. Relief is needed and would be welcome. Just ask_the man nearest you when you read this and then tell him to ask his nearest neighbor. There is an active, even—in some quarters—an intelligent and earnest movement in furniture and lving. “Your page carries news for men. It carries clothing ads. Perhaps your mellow humor might eventually induce us males to evolve a comfortable Sum- mer garment. If you'll be the chief apostle for such a movement I will en-, deavor to get accredited authorities to design the garments and work like hell to get the joiners. Success would bring you more glory tl Horace ever yearned for.” Possibly. But I have just received two threatening letters, one from Mr. Rupert illy and one from M. Rock, both of | whom taflors. They threatén to col- lect if there is any more mellow humor of this nature. The Important Rating. GEORGES CARPENTER, the e “Gorgeous Georgeous,” is with us The New York team is raising its batting percentage. provement corresponds almost exactly with the upward movement That emphasizes the belief of those | base ball observers who insist that good pitching an#l strong attack WITH W. 0. Of a Financial Nature. ENERALLY speaking, the Summer outlook for the caulifiower market is quite dull, as it now appcars from the stock market. NEW YORK BRACE LIKELY IF PIRATES ARE DEFEATED ir Batting Marks on West- ern Swing—Pittsburgh Also Playing Better These Days—Waners Now Show Sirength. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. HE outcome of the Pittsburgh-New York series, which opens tomorrow in Pittsburgh, will have some bearing on the future If the Giants can thrash the Pirates as they have thrashed the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, and seem apt their current Western tour, thev will return home well fixed for the home-and-home games of the | East, and even better off for the series with the Western teams when play their “slashingest” when the | New York team is ont Forbes Field, and the conditions are becoming nd in this week’s series. The im- | Waner, who could not get started, but -‘Who has raised his batting from a neg- | ligible .225 or so to around .325. Look out for a team that has ball players like that, because when they begin to co-operate they will make ru and runs are the uniis of winning games. not ornaments with base hits that are made when two men are out. Paul's brother, Lloyd, never played better base | ball in his life than he is playing right .now, and it is a treat to watch him. Early in the season the Pittsurgh team was last in batting. It is going up and up all of the time, and when | the season ends the Pirates will be running a race with any other team in the league for batting honors. That makes pennant honors possible, (Copyright, 1929.) HE LINE McGEZHAN. There is some omised for this month, and later some But the other stocks on the caulifiower ge seem to be affected by a strong bear movement. In the middleweight division there is a decided depression. few bids for middleweights, and Mickey Walker preferred does not seem to ‘There are a merger -in the welterweight division with Joe Dundee common (very common, indeed) being involved. This move- ment is being headed by Paddy Harmon and a group of Chicago dealers who pooling to corner . elterweights. In the lightweight division there are no signs of action. is being held at a prohibitive price, and there will be few shares of him traded Sammy Mandell ‘The last deal involving Sammy caught lon for a loss, and the 600 millionaires, having once burned their fingers, do not seem to want any further portions of ‘This loss, coming on top of the loss of something from three to five millions by the same dealers on the Tunney-Heeney merger at the Yankee Stadium, has made many of the big dealers éautious about -pyramiding It almost precibitated a bad break, but part of the loss from the Sharkey-Stribling combina- the operators to get from under to a certain extent, leaving the customers holding the bag. In the bantam division -of the caulifiower market there is no action of rtance pending in the very near future. litigation or something of the sort. wer broker said more than a mouthful when he muttered jocosely, - “Flyweights are still flying, and nobody knows just when they are likely to light.” Bantamweight stock is all As to the fiyweight stocks, has retired with no Adelina Patti or James J. Corbett! reservations this time. It seems that the “Gorgeous Georgeous” has been doing & song and dance turn. The last time he T’ mahager. dectared.th ?’cmm“‘“"‘“ manager, declared thaf would settle down and watch cheese-box factory. It seems that Descamps and Carpentier were en- gaged in the side line of making those little round boxes to contain Camembert and expected to make a fortune out of it. Something must have gone wrong in | the cheese industry if Georges is talking | fight again. Incidentally, Mr. Carpen- tier said that he ranked Tunney no higher than seventh among the fighters he had met. It will be recalled that Carpentier was more severely battered by Tunney than by any of the others he met. At the last fight he claimed that Tunney fouled him and M. Des- camps waved Carpentier's battered armor to the multitude to substantiate the claim. This low rating by Carpentier will not disturb Tunney to any marked extent. Mr. Tunney is interested chiefly in his rating in Bradstreet’s at the current writing, and I understand that this rat- ing is fairly high. (Copyright, 1929.) WANER GAIil—é AND OTHER “BIG SIX” BATSMEN LOSE By the Associated Press. Paul Waner had a complete monopoly on the “big six” hitting yesterday. All of the four other active members went hitless while the Pittsburgh representa- tive collected two hits in four times at bat and registered a four-point gain in the batting averages. His mark rose from .339 to .343. Jimmy Foxx, the leader, lost 10 points %hfllng to connect in four trips to plate, going to .399. Frank O'Doul slipped from .395 to .388 with three fruitless times at bat but still held second place. The standing: Foxx, Athletics O'Doul.” Phillies. © P. Warer, Pirates | Hornsby, " Cubs Ruth, Yaknees | Gehrig, Yankees PROCTOR WINS BY K. 0., FOE GOING TO HOSPITAL ATLANTIC CITY, June 11 (P).—Joe Proctor of Washington, D. C., knocked out Frankie Brown of New York in the ] second round of the semi-windup at the Northside Arena last night. Brown's head struck the canvas hard and it was 10 minutes before he was re- vived. He later was taken to a hospital. Hospital authorities said his condition was good and that he probably would be released today. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Hafey, Cardi- nals, 1; Klein, Phillies, 1; Hurst, Phillies, 1; Southern, Phillies, 1; Bell, Braves,1; Spohrer, Braves, 1; Hendrick, Robins, 1; Falk, Indians, 1; Manush, Browns, 1. American League Leaders. Gehrig, * Yankees .. B Simmons, Athletics. Foxx, Athletics Ruth, Yankees National League Leaders. Hafey, Cardinals Klein, Phillies ott, Giants .. once more, talking rather vaguely about a return to the ring. About the only| al opponent for M. Carpentier at stage of the game would be Michael Methuselah McTigue, the centenarian| of the Wicklow Mountains, but Michael N, League Totals. National .. American e Lol asoagme