Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1929, Page 29

| | Spor ts News @he Zoening Star WASHINGTO D C ) TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929. PAGE 29 _Griffith Is Lager t BOSS TO BE WELL TESTED IF IN SOUND HEALTH AGAIN Youngster Due to Report t Prospect Before He Became Ill During Winter. Engel Is Hunting Talent. BY JOHN B. KELLER LARK GRIFFITH is looking for a first baseman for his Nationals and wants to find one quickly, too. That's why the y has asked young Harley Boss to hurry from Wash:ngton prexy his Louisiana home to this t time had his lone scout, Joe Engel, any murmurs of likely-looking ini minors might be reported promptly to the Washington club office. Griffith is so eager to corral a baseman that he is bringing back to the club in Boss a player so wrecked physically by the ravages of a flu attack suffered last'Winter it was feared for a time he never would be able to play base ball again and hopes to be able to look over other prospects Engel is expected to send here in the near future. This eagerness to collect a deal of first-base talent quickly does not mean that Griffith fears the veteran Joe Judge is about to pass out of the picture. Judge, regular guardian of the initial station since the start of the campaign, has been taking good care of his job afield, especially during the | present home stand. But Griffith realizes his 35-year-old first base- man cannot beat Father Time much longer and he wants to have a well trained playfr at hand to step into the gafie when Sir Joseph is forced t» go the way all old-timers go in base ball. | Griffith is hoping soss, who is ex- pected to ‘Teport hers some time this week, is as strong physically as the player has declared in letters to his chief lately. If so, it may not be long before young Harley will be able to | show some base bail around the first stop on the runway. After coming up | from Little Rock last year, Boss was given little chance to prove his worth under fire, but he certainly appeared to advantage in practice. He knew how to move around the sack and in the batting drills he swung a wicked stick. Boss Looked Real Find. Both Griffith and Stanley Harris, at that time manager of the Nationals, were favorably impressed by the young- o Griffs Soon Looked Fine own and also why he has for some keeping his ear to the ground that tial sack talent coming from the young and promising-looking first MACKS PREPARED T0 STAND SLUMP Confidence, Lacking in 1928, Is Likely to Save Club From Withering. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. HE Athletics have pulled so far ahead in the American League race that most of the other clubs have ceased to talk about outsprinting them. l MOVIE OF A MAN WITH ONE OF THOSE SELF-WINDING WRIST WATCHES. EXPLAINS ABOUT \T To FRIEND.... "JUST THE NATURAL ACTION OF THE FOREARM A~D SWINGS ARM A BIT MORE THAN USUAL WRIST HEEPS T GOING APPLAUDS WITH MORE THAN USUAL VIGOR AT THEATER BEFORE Going To BED DECI\DES HE NEEDS EXERC\SING OF ARMS OCCASIONALLY PUTS WATCH T EAR To SEE \F (T'S STILL GoiNG PUTS WATCH ON BUREAU AND THEN LIES AWAKE MOST OF NIGHT WOoNDE RING IF AT WILL RUN Downd MARLVENAN —By BRIGGS SHAKES HAND OF. FRIEND WITH UNUSUALS WARMTH IN TimME BPECOMES OVER: DEVELOPED IN RIGHT ARM Their hopes now rest on endur- ance, rather than speed. They figure that the Mackmen will, sooner or later, come back to the field. “The Athletics can't keep up their present pace,” one base ball man said to me. “They are due for a slump. Almost every team has at least one slump during a season and the Ath- lectics always have had a period when they went badly. They will have one Mack Denies He Is to Retire; Hopes Still to Be P@lot at 70 HILADELPHIA, June 18 (#).— Connie Mack, veteran manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, that will ever make me arrive at that decision will be my health. If the time comes when to continue managing will DOWN T WITH W. O. That A. A. HE LINE McGEZHAN. . U. Again. HE petty bureaucrats of the A. A. U. are exerting their authority again and at the same time exposing their temperamental unfitness for wielding o Land Young First Baseman for His Nationals Quickly Cardinals and Cubs Appear Best Pennant Bets in National League BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, June 18.—One-third of the major league season has been played. The New York Americans, St. Louis Browns and Athletics never have been out of the first division on a week end in the American . In the National League the Cubs never have been out of the first divi- slon, nor have the St. Louls players. That is not true of another club in the league. Thus it becomes evident that the National League race is one of more variety than the American League. If the remainder of the major races are identical with the first part, the championship of the American League seems to be between New York, Phila- delphia and St. Louis. There is noth- ing extraordinary about that. The im- pression before the race began was that one of the three might win, with Detroit as a dark horse. Despite the reverses of the past two days, the Athletics have the jump on the league for the moment. The Ath- letics seem to have learned how to crowd their luck. They were not al- ways a success at that. The St. Louis Browns have not been good enough on the road to be much of a ‘threat. The Detroit team has shown poor traveling ability. . Detroit should trade off some pitchers. Pittsburgh started from sixth place on its way to the top and when it got there it was kicked by the combined efforts of other clubs that aspire to pennant honors in the National League. New York helped a little in the kick- ing, but the Giants also slipped after they had climbed some. The New York team started too briskly for its strength In Chicago. The Giants can’t keep that kind of pace. They may make the fight a bitter one, but they are not consistent winners. John McGraw has soured on his coaches and wishes to be rid of both of them. Ray Schalk failed as manager of the White Sox and was hailed as first ald man to the Giants because of his great knowledge of base ball. Even wagers were made that he would not last the season out in New York, and it looks as if he will not. It is a pity that the Louisville club did not take Niehoff as manager, because he has the requirements for the posi- tion in the American Association. In the first four clubs of the National League, Chicago and St. Louis can be classified as the stable quantities. Chi- cago has been as low as fourth place once. That was April 20. On all week ends after that the Cubs were third or better and the St. Louis team has been third or better from the beginning of the year. The Pittsburgh and New York teams are the pendulum teams. Sometimes they are up and sometimes they are down. Pittsburgh will be more stable than New York as long as Burleigh Grimes can hold out. RESULTS. League. Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. League— Terminal, 4; Southern, 0. . o Terminal ‘Morning League—Capital Trac- tion, 12; Union Carmen., 5. . 0‘:vernm=nt League—Navy Yard, Inter- ate, 3. l"lztD’lrlm.anl League—Treasury, 17; Ag- Georgetown Church League—Grace Episco- pal, 6; West Washington Baptist, Thdustrial League—Gas Light, nut Farms, 0. Colored 4 G. P. O, 4 artmental League—Navy Yard, | | Silver Sprin 1 4 x‘luhlnnon Anacostia A. Myrtle, 8; Hagerstown Athletics, Bowie Motor A. C., 4; Jeflerson Fire De- partment, 3. TODAY’S LEAGUE GAMES. Industrial League—Big Print Shop vs. Western Electric. Terminal Morning League—R. M. 8. vs. Potomac Yards. Departmental League—Bureau vs. Naval Hospital. Colored Departmental League—Aggies vs. 5-16. Owen's Pros, KLANSMEN FORM NEW BALL TEAM Broadside Challenge Hurled. Phoenix Wins Thriller—Gas Men ‘Slug Pill. A lenges with abandon. can be reached by phone at: AUAL 1533-W after 7 pm., gr by mail at !2“2‘2: Neal street northeast. Groves has signed Buddy Ziliman, Eddie Brown, Johnny Hnlg.ynm. Boat FTER a disastrous start, the Ku Klux Klan ball team has been reorganized and is hurling cl this season.” This sounds to me rather like hope | than like logic. What the Mackmen | have appeared to lack in recent years has been absolute confidence in their own ability. They really should have I the authority which they have assumed. In the end this will prove to be all for the best. When inconsequential and puny tyrants are given enough footroom they inevitably kick themselves out of the picture. One | of these days the boys and girls who are in amateur sports will take the badges | away from the officials of the A. A. U, and a number of small politiclans will be forced into other fields to enjoy the sport of annoying. today spiked reports frequently heard in base ball circles that he wanted to win one more pennant and then retire. He said he had no intention of retir- ing and hoped still %l;l::y. S’;:gcn}:’ v':';’r;lzl, Dan Donaldson, n, e ) Hamilto; and Charlie Cnshe]l.sv e e Veterans’ Bureau. Independent Games. ster’s performance and it was no secret that those in charge of the club be- H lieved Boss with the training he was to get this year in Florida would de- velop into one of the best young first- have harmful effect on my well being, then I will step out. Not before. “What a wonderful thing it would be | if T could only manage the club in my| sackers in theb usiness. But Boss' ill- ness during the Winter ended this. He reported at Tampa so broken down in health he was unable to indulge in any training and had to be sent back home where it was hoped he might in time regain strength -sufficiently to be of some service before the season ended. According to reports from Louisiana Boss has returned to health much quicker than any who saw him at Tampa in the late Winter dared hope. It he is as well as he says, he will get much attention after he joins the Na- tionals. And about as soon as he is able to get inte the line-up, he’ll be playing. Manager Walter Johnson holds that a youngster is developed better by playing than any other way. Thats why he is keeping Joe Cronin on the job at shortstop. And that's how he will endeavor to develop Boss, if Boss proves strong enough to get the chance. Engel Still Searching. | Engel combed through the minors | early in the season for a first-sacker or | two, but at that time was unable to discover any players considered worth bringing up for trial. -Since renewing the quest, Joe has met with no success, | but he's still hoping to find some player not bound to another big league club. | All the likely-looking young first-base- en so far seen or heard of by Joe are with minor clubs owned by clubs of the big leagues or thoroughly covered by the majors. YOUNGSTER STARS WITH KANSAS TEAM By the Associated Press. Fo; ST. MARYS, Kans—A 14-3’ear-old‘i" boy, who pitches with a Kansas junior | base ball league, may be a regular with | the Boston Red Sox five or six years hence. Stephen G. O'Rourke. jr., has pitched two_consecutive no-hit, no-run games against his schoolboy opponents this Spring. His dad, Steve O'Rourke, has been athletic director of St. Mary's College, as well as scout for the Red Sox. In 14 innings young Steve fanned 18 bltfiers. He will 'enter high school next ‘The elder O'Rourke sent two members of his 1929 St. Mar team to organ- ized base ball this year. Jack Ryan, an outfielder, went to the Red Sox, and Paul C'Doynick, a_pitcher, was sent to Des Moines of the Western League. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Buffalo, 6; Newark, 3. Toronto, 3; Reading. 1. Baltimore, 9; Montre EASTERN LEAGUE. Springfield, 7 Allentown, 3. duled.) Albany. § New Haven, 0; (Only games sch PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Henderson, 7; § High Point. 14; EAST CAROI Goldsboro, 3; Wilming Kinston, 0; Rocky Mow Greenviile, '5; F: TEXAS LEAGUE. Houston, 5; Dallas, 0. Ban Antonio, 23; Wichita Falls, 3. Beaumont, 6: Shreveport, 0. Fort Worth-Waco (no game). PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. No games; open date. THREE-1 LEAGUE. Terre Haute. 1: Peoria, 0. Quincy, 5: Danville, 2 Bloomington, 2; Evansville, 1. Decatur 8. Springfield, 3; SOUTH ATLANTI Asheville, 11: Augusta, 2 Knoxville, 3-1: Macon. 3-2. Colunbia, 6. Greenvilie, 4 Charlotte, 1: Spartanburg, 13 SOUTHERN CIATION. Atlanta, 4: Little Rock, Birmingham, 5. Mempli Only games’ scheduled SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE FINALS. OCIATION. idt won the flag last year, but they wilted before the assault of the confident Yan- kees like cut flowers in the sun. This year they are igtng so well that they must have faith their own abil- ity and New York no longer seems to have the old Indian sign on them. At least, they have won three to the Yan- kees’ two in the five games played. reover, if Philadelphia gets much further out in front, it can afford a lit- tle slump_ without being in too great danger. It will have plenty of room to slack up and get its second wind. I still think that the Yankees are the team the Mackmen will have to beat. The men of Huggins have not gone so well for a time and have had a few bad breaks, but I still think that they are as strong a team as I did when I saw them at St. Petersburg in to be managing the Athletics when he is 70 years old. He now is 66. “There is abso- lutely not to the report 'winning a pennant and retiring,” said Mack. “I have no reason to quit. No one will have to tell me when it is time for me to give up managing. Il mow better than any one else when that time at hand. seventieth year. I don't know if I will be able to do it. But if my health is all right I expect to do it. Then I may be ready to hand over the reins.to some younger man and let him do the worrying for me.” Mack revealed that he was on the verge of retiring during the Southern training trip of the Athletics this Spring, because of his health. “I wasn't feeling so good then,” he said. “The influenza had laid me low during the Winter and I was still feel- ing its effects. I doubted that I would be able to go through with another sea- son of managing, and I came closer to_quitting than ever before.” This is Mack's twenty-ninth season as pilot of Athletics and his thirty- Connie Mack. 3 “The only thing sixth as a base ball manager. the Spring, and I still think that they | will be very much in the race a couple of months from now. WANER IS AT STANDSTILL;| FOXX AND HORNSBY LOSE | By the Associated Press. The big six had a very light after- noon yesterday, both in the amount of work scheduled and the amount of hit- ting done. Only Jimmy Foxx, Paul Waner and Rogers Hornsby were sched- uled. Foxx and Hornsby lost ground. the former getting one hit in four at tempts and the latter none in two offi- cial trips to the plate. The leader | slipped to .406, a loss of three points, | | Loss of Two Straight Contests Is A’s Biggest Slump of Season BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. AVING- lost two games in a row, Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics, appearing here today against the Griffmen in their drive toward an American League pennant, are experiencing their first “slump” of the season, The A's dropped the last game of the 323 P. Waner held to his mark of .33 by hitting once in three tries. The standing: xx. Athletics . Phillies . Pir Ruth, Yankees '... Gehrig, Yankees... RARIDEN TURNS TO BOATS. last with Cincinnati the leagues, is a speed boat enthusiast. Bil quit_base ball and returned to Bedfor to live. American League. i | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. | Detroit, 5-8; Boston. 6-3 Chicago, 6; Philadelphia, 4 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. while Hornsby dropped from 327 to | Bill Rariden, catcher, of Bedford, Ind., in ‘major I BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS I Washington. | ci | Percentage New York... 8t. Louis. Detroit.. .. Cleveland Washington. Chicago, Boston. Lost GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Phila. at Washington. Chicago at St. Louls. | Boston at New York. ~Detroit at Cleveland. Boston at New York. "3 81 5/32/231.582 (41 6/ 61311201517 41 41 41261270491 2/201311.392 | 41211371362 | National League. YESTERDAY'S ' RESULTS. Pittsburgh, 2; Cincinnati, 1. St. Louis, 13; Chicago, 3. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. crcentage ! LA 6% | 62 €00, 49 400 380 11 4/—119i351.352 an:tan /5| Cincinnatt. St. Louls ... Pittsburgh Chicago_. New_York_ Philadelphia | Brookiyn .. Boston_. Cincirnati _ Lost o Brooklym. ' | Chicago. 15 410 New York. waaalsls ollooa GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Tampa, 1; Montgomery, 0 (called end 7th, Tain). ‘Columbus. 2; Selma, 0. Sackionville, 8; Pensacols, 3. St. Louis at Chicago. Pitts. at Cincinnati, at Brookiyn, at Phila, St. Louts at Chicago. Pitts: at Cincinnati. Brookliyn at Boston. New York at Phils. L) N Y. Boston Cleveland series on Sunday and then bowed to Chicago White Sox, 6 to 4, yesterday, the first time this season that Mack’s powerful array has been {beaten in as many as two successive games. Despite this condition of affairs, the | chances are that Mack is doing little, if any, worrying. The standings this | morning showed the Athletics seven and one-half games in front of the second-place New York Yankees, who took time out yesterday to beat Bridge- port of the Eastern League, 3 to 2, in an exhibition game. Urban Faber, the veteran spitball artist who has been an obstacle for American League batsmen for Jo, these many years, was the man who tamed the A’s yesterday. After blanking the league leaders for eight innings, Urban was forced to call upon all his craft to shut off the Athletic rally of four runs in the ninth. Ossie Orwoll's pinch triple scored two of these runs. The Sox pounded old Jack Quinn out of the box with a four-run splurge in the fifth and scored two more off Eddie Rommel in the seventh, In the only other American League activity of the day, the Detroit Tigers and Boston'’s Red Sox split even in a double bill at the Hub. The Sox bunched hits off Owen Car- roll behind fairly effective pitching by Charlie Rufing to win the first fray, ¢ The Tigers clouted Milt Gaston’s of- ferings to all corners of the lot to take the second, 8 to 3. The Tigers smashed out 17 hits in the nightcap, four of them going to Bob Fothergill. Harry Heflmann carried off the real 3| | 11 d | batting honors of the day, getting six hits out of nine times at bat during the double bill. St. Louis and Pittsburgh marched HOME RUN STANDING | By the Assoclated Press. HOME RUNS YESTERDAY. Hafey, Cardinals, 1; Cuyler, Cubs, Shires, White Sox, 1; Phillips, Tigers NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS. Hafey, Cardinals Klein, Phillies. Ott, G'ants. . Jackson, Giants.. O'Doul, Phillics. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADER Gehrig, Yank Simm; Athl; hletics nkecs. 17 16 14 13 S. XX, Ruth, Yai along step for step in the hot National League struggle, the Cardinals shelling the Cubs into defeat by 13 to 3, while Pittsburgh was nosing out Cincinnati, 2 to 1, in a tight pitchers' battle. All other National League clubs were idle. The day’s results left the cards on top of the pack with Pittsburgh half a game, or two percentage points, behind. The Cubs dropped to a game and a half behind the Pirates, and only two games ahead of John McGraw's New York Giants. Clarence Mitchell pitched the Cards to their easy triumph over the Cubs at Chicago. The Cards scored two runs in the second and two in the fourth before they pounded Charlie Root and Sonny Horne out of the box with an eight-run rally in the sixth. Chick Ha- fey hit his seventeenth homer of the season in this frame. Remy Kremer shut out the Reds un- til the ninth, when Purdy’s triple and a sacrifice gave Cincinnati its only run. ‘The Pirates had bunched four of their five hits off Jakie May in the first and fifth nnings to score two runs, just enough to give them the victory. GRIMES’ GREAT WORK KEEPS BUCS IN RACE By the Associated Press. Burleigh Grimes, spit-ball artist and race horse proprietor, is the best an. swer as to why the Pirates are “up there” in the feverish National League scramble. Recording his tenth straight victory in the early part of June, the big right- hander seems well on his way to pre- sent Manager Donie Bush a better sea- son’s record than he turned in last year, when his 25 victories against 14 of the Pirate pitching staff. In addition to pitching all the way in all his victories this season, Grimes has done his share of rellef duty, at times so much as to make Pirate fans wonder if he is getting the necessary amount of rest. How dependent the Pirates are on Grimes was well illustrated in a double- header at St. Louis, May 26, when he took over the hurling near the close of each contest as first Fussel and then Kremer wobbled, pulling both games out of the fire. At _the opening of the season, when the Pirate mound staff was slow in finding itself, Grimes filled the breach until such hurlers as Kremer, Hill and Petty began to reach good form and Swetonie, French and Brame were ready for veteran assignments. Near the midway point, in June, Grimes had pitched a total of 1161 innings, almost twice as many as his nearest team rival, Kremer with 6214 during which he had given up 108 hits, had struck out 28 and ylelded 32 passcs. defeats ranked him egsily at the top, “ban” some athlete every now and then Helen Meany.” person with the heavy hand. are sanctioned by the bureaus. Mason and Dixon line. Personally I do not know. During & meeting of the A. A. U. I met the ad- vance agent of & Florida hotel chain and really company. He was hovering in the anteroom, waving three check books and a bale of bills. “I am here to get some amateur swimming meets,” he announced to all who cared to listen. P. S—He got the swimming meets. A Tyrannical Ruling. ISS NORELIUS and Miss Meany are products of the Women's Swimming As:Jclation, & real amateur organization and one which has done more for amateur sport and for the de- velopment of the modern American girl than any other organization. It was the Women's Swimming Association that developed most of the Olympic winners in the women's swimming events in the last three Olympic games. The association trained and de- veloped Gertrude Ederle, who holds the authentic record for swimming the English Channel. On her first attempt she was trained and sent across by the association. I know something of the amateurism of this association because when I offered to get aid for the organization I was told that the Women’s Swimming Association financed itself. I know, further, that it is developing plenty of future champions, and that its products have been doing the finest sort of missionary work for women's athletics. I recall that shortly before the Olym- plc games of 1924 the Women’s Swim- ming Association started to send a team to England to compete with English girls. The A. A. U. decided that this might detract from the interest in the Olympic trials and ruled against it. As I recall it, the team of the Women's Swimming Association reached London only to be notified by the little bureau- | crats of the A. A. U. that any members lof the team who competed in London would be “banned” and would be denied places on the American Olympic team. ‘The Women’s Swimming Association made a serious blunder, in my opinion, when 1t accepted the edict of the “badgers.” Should Ban the Banners. HE A. A. U. somc time back made Raymond Barbuti, one of the Olympic game heroes of last year, feel its “heavy hand.” It was not even alleged that Barbuti accepted money or inducements. Neither did he particl- pate in an unauthorized meet. | Barbuti made statements to the effect that some of the athletes who appeared beneficent auspices of the A. A. U. ireceived money. Barbuti was called | upon to specify. Naturally, Barbuti did ‘not feel that his eligibility as an ama- teur athlete required him to act as a “stool pigeon” for the A. A. U. There is every reason to believe BUSH JOINS NEWARK. LEAGUE TOTALS. National 2 American Grand total.sas.... Lene seseranese 50T let” Joe Bush, former pitcher for the Yankees, Red Sox_and Athletics, has joined the Newark International League base ball team. He recently was re- leased by the Portland, Oreg,, cluk, 1 NEWARK, N. J., June 18 (#)—“Bul-| that there was considerable in the allegations of Barbuti. I have in- formation from an authentic source that a certain well known athlete was paid a substantial sum in cash for participation in a meet that was sanctioned by the A. A. U, My in- I read somewhere that “the heavy hand of the ‘Union has been laid on two more Olympic champions, Martha Norelius and This sort of twaddle is music to the ears of the pygmy bureaucrats. But if the boys value their badges—and the, they might consider: that those fond of using the heavy hand are bound to feel the heavy foot spplied from a strategic position in the sanctioned meets under the| This time the A. A. U. announces a ban on Miss Helen Meany and Miss | Martha Norelius, the swimmers who distinguished themselves as members of the American team at the last Olympic games. ‘The A. A. U. feels that it must to furnish some excuse for its existence. Amateur Athletic certainly do— in the rear of the I read further that Wiese two young ladies have been “found guilty of giving unauthorized exhibiti\s with professionals. Miss Norelius was indefinitely suspended and Miss Meany was declared ineligible to compete as an amateur.” But the specific cause for the ban in the official bulletin of the A. A. U. is that the young ladies were non-residents, thus indicating that the little bureaucrats were doing a little quibbling to protect the badges, The A. A. U. never faces an issue directly when there is any chance of sidestepping. ‘There is only one test for the amateur in the court of common sense. The definition laid down by the United States Lawn Tennis Association is that an amateur in sports is one who does not profit in a financial way, either directly or indirectly, through participation in sports. The Lawn Tennis Association has been making a brave show of holding to this rule, with a little success. ‘Theoretically, an amateur athlete should be allowed a little freedom on the ground that he or she is competing for sport's sake. crats like the A. A. U. insist upon laying out the program for the amateurs over whom they have usurped authority. the Florida hotel and realty business no little by sanctioning amateur meets in the busy season to attract the customers. Every year a number of resort and realty tennis swimming and golf meets But that is neither here nor south of the It may be a philanthropic work to ald Florida realty and all for the best interests of amateur sports. But bureau- Amateur bureaus have helped formant is of the same mind as Bar- buti—that he is not a “stool pigeon” for the A. A. U. The conditions do exist indicating that the A. A. U. is not competent to keep amateur athletics amateur—to put it mildly. There seem to be numerous guerrilla wars on for control of ama- teur athletics. In these I.always have been inclined to take the side of the A. A. U. on the ground that it seemed to have the organization for the better control. But I am convinced that the A. A. U. officials in the case of Barbuti and in the matter of the two girl swimmers have indicated that they are unfit tem- peramentally for this work. The next ban should be on the A. A. U. (Copyright, 1929.) NEW CADILLAC TEAM WANTS OPPONENTS The Washington-Cadillac Co. has or- ganized a fast unlifnited nine and hopes {? get In the scramble for the District itle. Games are being booked for Satur- days, Sundays and holidays. The Cadil- lac boys are especially anxious to list games with the Seat Pleasant firemen, Fort Washington, _Mount Rainier, Hiser’s All Stars, Bond Bread, Lem unlimited teams in’the District, Mary- land, Virginia and Pennsylvania. ‘The team is managed by Frank (Monk) Arnold, former pro player, and Bo Lamar, former George Washington University and Western High athlete. Among others out, for the team are Lefty Houser, pitcher; Joe Cullnaine, first base; Jack Lee, former Quantico Marines' star, second base; Mac Mc- Philomy, former Knickerbocker star, shortstop; Zip Hardy, shortstop; Big Boy Burtner, third base; Buzz Fogle, Pittsburgh, Pa., sandlot star; Speed outfield; Curly Hayghe, Hess Athletic Club, outfield, and Babe Ben- ham, outfield. Reds Baron, Philadelphia, Pa., speed ball artist, does the right-hand pitch- ing. Nixson, Murray and Brown are utility men. ‘Teams desiring games should phone Decatur * 3900, and Arnold or Lamar will arrange all particulars. A double-header is wanted for July 4 with a team having a diamond. PR RUTH LIKELY TO APPEAR AGAINST MACKS FRIDAY NEW YORK, June 18 (#).—Much im- proved in health, Babe Ruth is back in town but he still needs a few days of rest before getting back into the New York Yankees' lineup. The Babe has been spending the past week on a fishing trip near Annapolis, Md., in an effort to recover from a severe cold thatf orced him out of the Yankee lineup nearly a month ago. He probably will not get into uniform until Friday when the Yankees play their crucial series wtih the Philadel- phia Athletics, Owens’ Pros, Cherrydale and any good | taf | (doub { bril er) Sox vs._ Fiorida_ Cuban ! y 8¢ Unlon Park, 2:30 pam. | orebian 3. Gamprill A./C., a4 Gam- plcherson Fire "Department vs. Takoma at Silver Spring, Sunday. = (Jefler- Jraciice today st 8:30; mestin Thurs- GAMES WANTED. Corinthian Preps, Saturday; phone George Lassie, Lincoln 6150. Saks, unlimited, Sunday, with team haying field; phone Dick Mothershead, Main 3050 during day. esda’ Fire Department, unlimited; Wisconsin 3027, between o phone McAuiifte, Sunday; phone T. 5 and 6 p.m rk A O, senior. A Kelly, Atlantic’ 1210-W between 5:30 and 6:30 phone Harry pm. Ku Klux Klan, unlimited; Groves. Atlantic 1533 after 7 p.m., or write t0_1723 Neal street mortheast. vashington Cadillac, unlimited; phone Decatur 3000. Paul's Boys Club, insect; phone De- Decatur 3900. Miller "Aztecs, unlimited; Saturday, with team having digmond; phote Lincoln 8634 Union _Plasterers, ' unlimited, s phone McClellan at West 1730-W. Montello, junior; pnone Lincoin 4. Browns 'Corner A. C., unlimited; phone Pete Pratt, North 9758. NOTICES. The Lionel A. C.-Boys Club, insect, game scheduled for ‘today has been posiponed. Lignel manager announces. acSionin’ Midgets seck infelders and out- ) Bre A of 3 ractice Saturday on Reservoir b.m. A. 'C. requests Eastern A. C. manager to phone him at Bowie 58. NINES CLASH TODAY FOR SCHOOL TITLES They were at it again today in the playground base ball championship war. Monroe School was to meet Wheatlay in the deciding game of the senior se- ries and Janney was to battle Blow for ;}::kjiumor title, both games on the Plaza ‘Wheatley defeated Monroe yesterday. 6to 4, to eveJn the nebfles, and Blo_lwwl?; square with Janney by taking a 7- decision in 12 innings. Studds and Dorr were rival pitchers in the long junior struggle. Studds held Blow. to four hits. Janney got 10 off Dorr, but the latter had an advantage in strikeouts, with 10 against 7, and was strong in most of the pinches. March for Wheatley and Mahoney for Monroe both pitched well. NEW VIRGINIA. LEAGUE PROPOSED BY NORFOLK By the Associated Press. A Norfolk commercial organization is king the lead in a movement to re- vive the Virginia League for 1930. Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg and Portsmouth, all large Virginia cities, are without base ball this season, while Charleston, S. C.; Raleigh, N. C., and Savannah, Ga. also have no profes- sional teams. OLD ORKNEY, 10TO 1, WINS ASCOT STAKES By the Associated Press. ASCOT, England, June 18.—The famous Royal Ascot race meeting opened in brilliant sunshine today, with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught present in the royal box. ‘The Ascot Stakes, chief opening 11 to 10, scoring the winning run ninth. 'Lowe made four hits to dynamite in the Phoenix attack. Chestnut Farms ‘eould do little wl}tfie t:n; %flverlnn of ¢ and Collins, W] e Washington Gas Light were murdering the apple to wlnmgynx'a‘ put to 0 in the Industrial Gas Light team’s 24 were made by Gill, Smif ran. Farran got a homer and triple. It looked like a romp when Grace Episcopal scored four runs in the first inning against West Washington Bap- tist in the Georgetown Church e, but it turned cut to be a battl Pitcher Colvin blew up in the sixth when Capital Traction scored six runs and the Union Carmen were smothered in the Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. Morning League, 12 to 5. Haig pitched the Terminals to a 4-0 decision over Southern Railway in the Terminal R. R. Y. M. C. A. Afternoon League. hits. pitched well losers. « It was a tight affair between Inter- state and Navy in the Government League until Navy Yard got four runs n the seventh and won by 8 to 3. The losers made 13 hits to the victors’ 10. Blier's three hits were much help to Navy Yard. Lafsky and Hayes each made four hits when Treasury collected 20 to down lA_‘gflcu;Lure in the Departmental League, 7. Navy Yard scored four times in each the first and sixth innings to beat G. P. O. by 8 to 4 in the Colored De- partmental League. TURF STARS INJURED IN PLUNGING RIVAL Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 18.— The plunging hoofs of Paul Bunyan while the field was at the post in the American Derby Saturday have caused three crack 3-year-olds to be withdrawn from ac- tion, probably for the rest of the sea- ver son. Naishapur received a deep gash on his hind leg and it is belleved that three months of treatment will be re- quired to heal in the injury. Minotaur, owned by John R. mpson, came within reach of Paul Bunyan's heels and suffered severe lacerations on one of his front legs, the ligaments being almost severed. He will be out the rest of the season. Dr. Freeland also was pawed by the misbehaving horse and suffered in- Jjuries which it is believed will prevent him from racing for a long jod. CYLDE VAN DUSEN WILL RUN IN LATONIA DERBY CHICAGO, June ’l (#) —Clyde Van Dusen, winner of the Kentucky Derby, will attempt redeem himself for his failure in the American Derby at ‘Washington Park, in the Latonia Derby Saturday. Man o' War, which fin- a field of nine starters event, was won by Old Orkney, a 10-to- 1 shot, owned by J. J. Murphy. Col. H.'A. Wernker’s Brown Jack was second and The Consul, owned by Lord Lascelles, husband of Princess Mary, was third. - ‘The royal box was the center of at- traction and the scene of vety all afternoon. The ice of Wales wore a black silk hat with his moraing dress and had a scarlet boutonniere. He stood for a time in front of the box chatting animatedly with a number of friends. Princess Mary, who acted as hostess in the royal box, wore a frock of green and white printed chiffon, with a big white hat edged at the brim with green and trimmed with white roses. Princess Ingrid of Sweden, who is now visiting here, wore a girlish frock of flowered chiffon in shades of powder The son of ished eighth in and the Silver Spring Service pany will engage in five amateur bouts tomorrow nigl Saturday, will be shipped to Latonia tomorrow as will African. Clyde Van Dusen will return to Chicago after the Park, July 16, while African will main in the East for the Dwyer stakes. Windy City, American Derby victor, erican will not race again until the Ame cl GUARDSMEN TO FIGURE lassic. IN FIVE-BOUT PROGRAM Boxers of the District National Guard Com- ht in the Silver S Sullivan* Army War Collige, and Kid Tefereeing. blue and pink and a pink picture hat, will divide the -