Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1929, Page 25

he Foening Star Features and Classified WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1929 PAGE 25 Johnson, Authority Increased, To Stick : Loughran 7-5 Choice Over Braddock —BY BRIGGS \F ights Last Night By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Pete Nebo, Fiorida, | CHAMPION IS HELD WHEN YOUR EYES ARE FpLl OF SoAP AND YouR WIFE - AND WHEN YU ARE LATE FOoR THE MORNING TRAIN — AND WHEN You COME 4 outpointed Harry Blitman, Philadel- | * HOME | GRANDMA SILENTLY phia (10). Griffith, Spiking Rumors Walter Will Be Released, Declares Him Good Man at Helm—Tells Club No One Now Is Slated for Removal. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HICAGO, 111, July 17.—Clark Griffith, president of the Nation- als, is out to support Walter Johnson, manager of his club, to the finish and the finish is far away. In a statement made here, the Washington prexy not only declar>d without founda- tion all rumors that Johnson soon will be through as pilot of the Nationals, but also said that hereafter Johnson's managerial powers will have to do with the pay roil status of the players as well as their direction on the field. "’ “I intend to retain Walter as manager of my club despite all rumors to the contrary,” Griffith declared. “Furthermore, I am giving him more authority in handling the club than any other Washington manager has had since I gave up the job at the close of the 1920 season. Walter is going to have lots to say about raises and cuts of his players’ salaries when new contracts are made. Tl still look after the business of procuring talent for my club, but about every- | thing else that has to do with the players will be taken care of by | Jo‘}‘ilnsggfisider Johnson a good| ‘“Johnson is no manager to be trifled manager & and a good base ball | With” said Griffith. “How foolish are CHIDES You FOR USING Junier'sS Towel THAT'S NoOT YouR TowsL . 1IT'S JUNIOR'S - AND The WIFE BawLs You oUT FoR DARING To USE OMNE oF HER LOVELY. EMBRoIDERED GUEST TOWELS. AND YOUR SoN REMINDS You THAT (T IS SISTER'S ‘TOWEL You ARE USING = AnD THEN OME DAY SHE HANDS You A BIG PACKAGE OF HE TowELSs FOR YouR oWN AND JCILY SHOWS You YouR HAND PRINTS ON HER Y Oll-a1- BoY! AT T A GR-R-R-RAND AMD , or GLOR-R-RiouS FEELIN 7 man for the extra duties I am |these stories about Walter's softncss, having him assume. I believe him to be a fair man in dealing with the ball players and I am confi- dent he will deal fairly with them and with me in arranging their salaries. “It will be up to Walter to grade the men as he sees fit during the remainder of the season and his recommendations as to cuts and raises in salaries will be | heeded. Walter is to run by ball club as he sces fit and the players will be subject to his orders and his discipline at all time.” Pays Tribute to Johnson. ' Concluding, Griffith said, “Johnson knows base ball: knows the men :n it; knows how well they are fulfilling their contracts, and he knows how fo deal with them. I am confident he will handle the task well.” Before making the announcement of his faith in Johnsor’s managerial abil- ity and the extension of the Washing ton manager's authority to the wide world, President Griffith personally ad- dressed his Nationals for the first time in a club house assembly s engagement with the Sox. informing thom of the greater authority their leader was to have. Griffith spoke earnestly to the players for more than 10 minutes znd left them in no doubt &s to wh: the prexy remarked. “To hear them you'd think he had no courage at all. Why Johnson has the heart of a lion. I saw him pitch too often to doubt his | heart. In his pitching days he was | always ready, always game to tackle | any club although the odds many times were greatly against him. And he has | this heart, this courage in his position | as manager now. No one should be | fooled into believing Johnson too soft to handle his job because he is natural- | 1y amiable. Walter can be hatd as iron | and cold as stone when it is necessary | and his bali players know that.” Griffith’s idea of a good manager for a ball club s a manager who works for | his team off the field as well as with it | in the game. These fellows who think nothing more than parting their hair and getting away from the ball park | as soon as the game is over aren’t man- | agers, ‘according to the Washington | president. ~ They may handle their | teams well on the field, but they are | not managers. They're nothing more | thar team captains. The good man- | | ager is the manager who always 1ooks | after the interests of his clb in and | | out of the game. He not onlv knows | the capabilities of his players, but their dispesitions, their manner of living, | their theories of base ball. He en- deavors to correct their mistakes off the field as well as on. With a good man- | ager it isn't the game so much as it is the club. | | ytures. The ultimate winning margin All Leading Teams in National |STREETISAMAZED CAMPOLO 0 SHOW | with my light-heavyweight champio: CLEVELAND.—Bucky Lawless, Syra- cuse, N. Y., outpointed Gorilla Jones, Akron, Ohio (12). ST. PAUL—-My Sullivan, St. Paul, k;lOCkld out Andy Divodi, New York ). CHICAGO.—Steve Smith, Bridge- port, Conn. knocked out Frankie | Garcla, Stockton, Calif. (1); Al Crisp, California, and Harry Forbes, Colum- bus, Ohlo, drew (8). GREENVILLE, Miss—Dwight Fryer, Little Rock, outpointed Jack Does, Temple, Tex. (10). INDIANAPOLIS —Tony Fuente, Me: ico, won on foul from Big Boy Peter- son, Minneapolis (6). | WILL ANNEX FIGHT, LOUEHRAN ASSERTS Light-Heavy Champion Abso- | lutely Certain He Will Defeat Braddock. BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN, Light-heavweight Champion of the World. OOSICK FALLS, N. Y., July 17. —Statements of boxers before| a fight are frequently taken with a grain of salt, but never-| theless I want to go on record with a very definite one. Tomorrow night. in New York City, I fight James J. Braddock- 15 rounds,| ship at stake. I'm going to beat Brad- dock. I say this calmly and advisedly.; 1 was never more certain of anything. ‘The Jersey slugger is one of the great | prospects of the period. He is probably | the hardest hitter in the game. His knockout, victories over Tuffy Griffiths | and Jimmy Slattery prove that as does | the fact that he broke Pete Latzo's jaw with a punch. These things are ad- mitted. I couldn’t overlook them if I} wanted, and there wouldn't be any per- | centage in doing it if L could. | But I figure that it will be the old | story—a tough, strong, hard-punching | perience. After all, Jimmy has had| comparatively few fights while he has fought Griffiths, Slattery and 0 | 100 FOXY FORFOE Challenger’s Only Chance of Victery Seems to Lie in Scoring Knockout. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, July 17.—Tommy Loughran, busiest of all the fistic champions, will defend his light-heavyweight crown against James 'J. Braddock of Jersey City, at the Yankee Stadium to- morrow night in what may prove to be his last fight as a 175-pounder. Winner or loser in his battle with “Jersey Jimmy,” Loughran is authority for the statement that he will engage in few, if any, more bouts as a light- heavyweigth. Despite his frequent title defenses and non-title bouts, Loughran has made little money out of the title he won from Mike McTigue in October of 1927. The big money lies with the heavyweights and Tommy is convinced he can more than hold his own with any of the cur- rent crop in that division. He has said that if he beats Braddock he will fight again as a light-heavy- weight in September and then cast his lot definitely with the heavyweights. If he loses he has said he expects to take a vacation and see what he can do in the way of putting on more weight and adding a punch to his fistic repertoire, so that when he meets the big fellows he will not be under such a handicap. Another element in Loughran's de- cision has been his reported difficulty in making the weight. Although there seems to be no reason to doubt that Tommy will be down to 175 pounds for Thursday's battle there is no question at the same time that the task has weak- ened him to some degree. Betting odds on the day before the fight favor Loughran at 7 to 5, but an expected rush of Braddock money may tighten the odds before ring time. Although the Jersey puncher has no lack of supporters his sole hope of vic- tory over the clever title holder seems to lie in a knockout. However much he may have improved in boxing skill. he can have no hope of outpointing a sharpshooter like Loughran. In this connection it is observed that Leo Lomski outpointed Braddock a few months ago, and Lomski does not rank in the same class with Loughran in | fellow beaten because of his lack of ex- | boxing skill. Braddock has depended upon his right hand to_bring him victory, and except against Lomski that weapon has been g Race Rectne el \THEAIY BATING S WARES TONGHT | Le A" goodtmanageris aiicon- Associated Press Sports Writer. | was presented to_the Phils by Frank | Lomski, T have been in there with all | Plenty. Pete Latzo. Tuffy Griffith and pected of them and who is their . The Wa v also informed the plavers that there is no truth in published reports that ccrtain veterar of the ciub already are slated for re- moval at the end of the scason. He declared the club will hold any plavers showing merit enough to he held and that the matter of retaining a job with the Washington club is up to the player. “If you play well, hustle 2ll the time and work earnestly for Whalter, the * Washington club wants.you.” he told | the Nationals. “If you don't do these things, the Washington club doosn't | structive manager Grifith_points to Connie Mack and | John McGraw as the greatest examples of constructive managers 4n the game | taday. “These men are base ball man- | | agers in every way and I feel that| Johnson will make a fine constructive _manager. The Washington club needs | one. { | "W must rebuild and it isn't to be | done in a hurry,” Grifith averred. | “Next year may be no more successful | than tais in a winning way, but, with a | 00d constructive manager in charge, | progress in_the molding of a clup is | bound to be made and before long | want you and I don't believe any other | Washington should again be a big | club would want vou. | factor in the base ball world.” Goslin Is Fined $100 for Failure . ¢ To Follow Sign as Sox Win, 6-5 HICAGO. IIl, July 17.—Walter | walked West to start the inning. Had- : Johnson has cracked the whip | ley also was passed after Cronia sacri- | at last. For the first time since | ficed. Then Adkins hurled two wide he assumed the management of | ones to Judge. , This brought Al Thom- the Nationals, Johnson imposed | as to the hill and Thomas' first heave a fine upon a player during yesterday's ' to Judge also was a ball. Then Al engagement with the White Sox. Goose | lobbed two strikes across before Judge Goslin, veteran left fielder of the clyb, weakly lofted to Kamm at third. Along is the victim of the managerial judg- | came Rice to end the round with a ment. The Goose is to have his next | hoist to Hoffman. pay nicked $100 for failing to follow & | Goslin walked at the start of the Na- | sign given him while at bat. tionals’ tenth, only to be nipped in a | Tt was in the first inning of the frav | double play with Myer. Then tne Sox that went into the tenth before the | Nationals were beaten, 6 to 5, that| Goslin drew the fine. With a count cf | three balls and one strike, two out and nobody on the runway, the Goose was ordered to let a pitch go by. Instead he swung_at the ball and hoisted to | Clarence Hoffman in center, ending the inning. ( Returning to the bench after the first {nning was over, Goslin was told qulet}]' 1 but firmly by Johnson. “The failure o follow the sign means a fine that wili a0st you $100.” said Johnson. Asked after the game by your correspondent | if the fine was to stand, Johnson re- plied it goes. Didn't See the Sign. R Goelin, questioned later about his M to heed the sign, said he had | not seen it. “In fact, I wasn't looking | for any sign at the time’ he stated. “Always_before under similar circum- | stances I had been instructed to swing | with none on and two out. It seemed to me the logical thing to do when the count was three and one. That's no alibi, though. I didn't look for any failure sign and naturally did not get it. | R “I want every one to know, however, | that the fine isn't going to check my efforts to help the club” the Goose added. “I make mistakes, like every one else, and 1 expect to be punished for them in seme way. But no one likes to play ball more than I do, and, fines or no fines, I'll be trying all the time I'm in there. I haven't been go- ing so well this season, but it has not been through lack of effort, and you can bet I'll not do any quitting, t00.” The Nationals were licked yesterday | mainly because they had no punch in pinches, the same thing that has cost them =0 many tight games this season. They made nine hits, which were as many as the White Sox made, and they were given four bases on balls, which were as many as the White Sox re- ceived, but they did m;c mkywhen ing would have meant victory. m‘;}ykg! Thomas and the left-handed Bob Weiland were opposing pitchers at the outset of the fray. For four in- nings they were brilliant, neither allow- ing & hit. Weiland weakened in the fifth, though, when a pass and three singles, two of the singles being madc after two were out. netted the Nationals | two tallies, Thomas also wabbled in ) this round and the home side gob 4 yun with a pass, single, sacrifice and fielder’s choice, in the order mentioned. ; Nationals came back in the sixth to get three more markers off Danny Dugan, another left-hander, and Harold . Three one-basers and a sac- Mcl g let in two runs before Dugan :v‘glc!ylgl{ed. Thenduckl!:;nvzg ::‘f:})ed IO Kaln and Grady AdKins then held { the Natlonals for two innings, while the ‘White Sox rammed their way to = tie. A triple, a pass, a single‘and a sacrifice fiy meant two Chicago runs in the seventh. Adkins' walk and Metzler's three-bagger gut a run l;Ver' t{haer fl; e side and Thomas out of goicl eighth Cissell, first to face Hadley’s relief flinging, cracked a single that put Metzler over the t; with the tying 100 it ol |RelGH COUNT UNLIKELY got busy and ended the game in jigtime. With Metzler out of the way, Cissell singled to center and continued to sec- ond as West let the ball bounce off his hands. Shires ran his string of con- secutive games with hits to 15 by sin- gling to left. It was a short hit, how- ever, and Cissell was pulling up at third base when he saw Goslin fumble. Bl | then put on steam to end the rcund of | the bases and the game. ‘WASHINGTON. dge, 1b I ] reosonrwnanwana® 3| cuuwsncoacnn? = S0 = = | scorosommuusnoned 3| omvanooun s | | coosscoracusmmul ol srmowarnell | comossommuonomus?® &l owmworwwoon? altt .o Thomas, . Totals 431 *Batted for Weiland in fifth inning. 1Batted for McKain in sevenih inning. iOne out when winning run score tenth inning. . 00002300005 Hiuinpion 00001022018 Runs batted in—Cronin, M. @B Bluese, West. “Thice Dace est. Hey Sacrifices—Rerr. Myer, Bers. Stolen bgse— Thomas, 2 by Is—Of ‘Weiland, . Thomas. tdli off Ad: d, 3 in 5’ innings: T 210 A | &l salassscacdontenailll elasssanmmmal ol soossosess000s ° H ! o - M to Cronin 0P80 "Cissell to. Shires Chie 4. cago. 4 Losing pitcher Guthrie, Owens e e e G eur and b and Geisel. minutes. TO GO TO POST AGAIN, CHICAGO, Jul 17 (®)—Reigh Ouum,cé‘h-mplon“o{ the American turf| in 1928, is home—his racing days over. | The big ret'ig 3‘1& owneg‘}ay’ Mmiprl:n ertz, wi rom < Dl car at the station at Cary, L. where he set out a year ago to build his clllnexds as ruler of the coun- 's thoroughbreds. 5 “yflsls arrival at the stables of the Leona Farms marked the end of his return journey from England, where he just Zailed to gain the victory he was sent Mar after, the Ascot Stakes. Mrs. Hertz said Reigh Count would not race again unless lish or French stars of the track in this country next year New York at | Phila. at Cleveland. 1o Pittsburgh 8t. Louls at Net | Chilcago. a Phila. . from e, last April Jon NDER dogs had their day in the National League yesterday as all the leading teams tumbled in a heap, preventing any con- tender from gaining. American League the Athletics retain ed their lead of eight games by de- feating Cleveland, 7 to 5, in 10 bitter innings as the Yankees coasted home by 11 to 7 at Detroit. In the general annihilation of con- tenders along the National front, the defeat of the most notable. The Buccaneers had a record of eight straight in the East until Bob Smith pitched the Braves to a 4-to-1 decision yesterday. Brame was pounded for all the Boston runs in the very first inning and Smitn clinched the decision by stopping the Corsairs with four hits. Claude Willoughby, aided by the home runs from the bat of Charlie Klein, was just a shade too tough for | Pat Malone of the Cubs and the Phillles won by 6 to 5. Benge was calied in to help Willoughby in the ninth when tne Cubs began making threatening ges- I BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS I American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 5; Chicago. 6 (10 innings). Philadelphia, 7; Cleveland, 5 (10 innings). New Yorl it, 7. n; Washington. Percentage 6/ 81 8144 i 71 8 6141 1 51 6/30149) S 4 GAMES TOMORROW Wash. at 8t. Louis. Boston at_Chicago. Phila. at Detroit. Y. at Cleveland. GAMES TODAY. Wash. at Chicago. Loui Detroit. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Cincinnati, 5-7; Brooklyn. 3-2. St Louls, 5. New Vork. 0. Philsdeiphia. 6; Chicasos. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. | Philadelphia | soston. Pittsburgh. S| cincinnat. 41741 3] 4] 3] 71—I321491.39% P o cmas Towommow. ¥ Boston. Bittsbureh at N: ® Brookiyn, " Cincinnatl at Phila ‘ork. Chicago at Brookiyn. §t. Louls at Boston. Cinein. RECORD OF GRIFFMEN ©o0oHN B moauNoUEI-3 D00l b a8 wuoec? 8 SEool FLd o 5 cos00000ronossinteSmros) Ry e pote pae SonwuuoreBuBShatiss! 22458283 B8Rl Srmno o oaSnl 1. G West Goocl Barn Bro PRSPPI T o & SR L ommcouom s i INEES Ler A ¥ ocoococormdarumroue onuonT 3 B E ono0000m mmRnIsne -:smx:::‘s wgBauneiiy o gi’fi@?i eoFonaciih [REERN Boluuasant LRSEEEHERY e [N i ¥ F League | Pirates was | O'Doul, who hit for four bases in the seventh. Klein Equals Record. | Klein's two homers ran his total for league record held by Babe Ruth and several other players. Klein also es- tablished a new modern mark by ring- | ing up tnree homers in three successive | times at bat, the last time up on Mon- | day and the first two yesterday. official “times at bat for Cleveland in 221, but a_base on balls intervened. uth fumed the same trick in the 1926 world series. Klein's two homers yesterday ran his total for the season to 28, givi him a margin of 3 over Ott for the | interleague lead. | _ Sylvester Johnson hit winning form at the Polo Grounds yesterday when he | tered hits and won his own game by | smacking out a home run with one on {in the fourth. The score was 5 to 0. Fred Fitzsimmons had an off day, and the Giants missed a chance to shave | something from the lead of both of the teams ahead of them. Jack Hendricks continued his cam- | paign to escape from the cellar, and | approached to_within three points of his goal. The Reds took both ends of a double-header from the Robins in | Brooklyn, 5 to 3 and 7 to 2. Red Lucas | outpitched Dazzy Vance to win the | opener, and Eppa Rixey was much too } good for Johnny Morrison in the night- | cap. ! Grove Again Fails. The victory of the Athletics was notable for the failure of Bob Grove to eral starts. The eminent left-hander gave way to the veteran Quinn when the Indians went on the warpath in the fifth, and Quinn resigned for a pinch batsman just in time to permit George ‘Walberg to profit from Joe Shaute’s slip | in_the tenth. | Ed Wells was as wild as usual in De- | troit, giving eight passes and commit- ting one wild pitch, but Babe Ruth's twenty-first homer and 15 other hits | made up for this. Wilcy Moore put on the finishing touches for Wells when the latter became troubled by a blister on his pitching hand in the ninth. The White Sox worked hard to edge out the Senators by 6 to 5 in 10 innings, and the Browns consolidated their col- Tabce by Fickiing. ansther game. to the Sox. Milton Gaston hurled a three- hit game to win by 11 to 2. It was the second three-hit performance against the Browns in the three games of ‘the series played thus far. MANUSH GOES TO FRONT AMONG BIG SIX HITTERS By the Associated Press. Heinle Manush got two safe hits out of four attempts at St, Louils yesterday as the Red Sox smeared the Browns, and took the big six lead from Jimmy Foxx, who got only one out of three at Cleveland. Manush his average two points to .392, while Foxx's remained steady at .391. Babe Ruth hit his twenty-first home run and a triple in four attempts at Detroit, and gained points to 350 as Hornsby fell back one point to .355. Waner and Ott went hitless. ‘The standing: G. AB. R. W. Pet Maunsh, Brow! 50 136 302 Foxx. Atheltic Hornsby, Cubs. Ruth, Yank ‘More 'Runs in Game Than in‘AHuge Argentine Fighter Notj In the | three games to five, tieing the major | Elmer | Smith hit three circuit blows in three | Week in 0ld Days, Former Nat Asserts. | BY BRIAN BELL, Associated Press Sports Writer. | EW YORK, July 17.—“Gabby"” | Street, one of the great catch- | ers of base ball 20 years ago, can hardly believe his eyes as | Likely to Have an Easy Time With Dekuh. latest threat-for the heavy- weight championship, Victorio By the Associated Fress. NEW YORK, July 17.—Argentina’s Campolo, six feet seven and one-half inches tall, makes his the stars from Tunney and Greb down | Jimmy Slattery all can testify to the to Walker and a lot of the current|dynamite that lies in Braddock's right. heavyweights. | He broke Latzo's jaw with it: knocked | Experience is a marvelous asset in |Qut Griffith in two rounds and stopped | any game, and in none more than box- | Slattery in nine. ing. ~Braddock is a fine fighter, but he | Loughran’s task. then, appears to be 1sn't seasoned yet. In another year I |SIMPIy o avoid the Jersey man's right think he will be cleaning up the big |Dand. If he does that there appears to fellows with ease, but I see no reason no chance of the title changing now why I shouldn’t outbox him. | hands. ‘The éle';ipmr n;xen la: my camp have BY JOHN J. ROMANO. | stresse culty T have in making | z = @ | the light-heavyweight lMmit. This is | NEW YORK, July 17.—Tommy Lough- i = | ran runs smack into a two-fold pro- true, For #long while now it has been | position when he faces James J. Brad- | | getting bigger all the time, and it hasn't | 99K at the Yankee stadium tomorrow ing | win his game—for the first time in sev- | B aner Eiraies: 86 313 . Waner, Pirates. Ott, Giants....... 85 311 8 84 3 | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Il |, 8, i iy Newark, 7: Buffalo, Jersey City, 3; Montr PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. . 5: Los Anceles, 1. BOARCGa” o] Fort e’ 5 Sacramento, 2; San Frageisco, Siicsione. s, Beattie, 5. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. ; tle Rock, 1. ?t}fi’n'é‘.'fi-;. i Ranie, i (called sixth, R 4 : Memphis, 1. Adoniie: Yain he sits on the bench of the St. | Louis Cardinals and sees base hits rain | from National League bats. | The man who marched to fame as | the battery mate of Walter Johnson re- | turned to the majors this year as a | let the Giants down with seven scat- | Cardinal coach after many years as| a minor league manager. | _Street, whose real name is Charles, | although he has heard only “Gabby” since he was a boy, broke into base | ball's big time with Cincinnati in 1904. He played, too, with Boston in the National League, but his star reached | its zenith while he was catching John- son's cannon-ball service and chiding batters as they swung and missed. | This wasJfrom 1908 to 1911. He was lon nis way out when he was with the New York Americans in 1912, “There is more hitting now than when you were an active player,” swas | a suggestion designed to draw out the | veteran on the subject of base ball | then and now. “More hitting,” snorted the old catcher. “Why, a club makes more | runs in one game than we did in a| week. Only 10 Runs a Week. “At Washington in 1909 we had such | pitchers as Walter Johnson, Tom | Hughes, Bob Groom, Bill Burns and | Dixie Walker. Our pitchers didn't | allow but aboyt 15 runs a week. We finished last, even with that pitching, because ‘we could only score about 10 runs a week. We didn't have much | offense. We lost a lot of games 2 to 1 and 3 to 2. “It's not altogether the ball, either. I think one of the biggest differences is the size of the ball parks. So many people want to get in now they have to have some place to put them, so the stands are bullt where the playing | fields used to be. In the old days we had plenty of room. All our playing fields were like this big park in Boston. “A pitcher then could work on_a batter and let him hit a high fly. He didn’t have to worry about it dropping over the infield into some stand for a home Tun. I don’t believe the younger crop of pitchers can show the stuff the old fellows had. How could they? Now- adays all a pitcher can throw is a fast one, a curve and a slow ball, they are 50 bound down by the rules. “Now there is no chance to play ‘smart base ball." Why resort to strategy to get in position to score one run when by swinging*from the heels you can score a half dozen or maybe even a dozen? “I don't want to seem to be eating sour grapes, but we older fellows cer- | taiply Iived too soon in base ball. ‘The | big money is paid now for less work. More Players Than Jobs. “Twenty and twenty-five years ago there were far more players than jobs and everybody had to hustle to be kept in the game. Now the demand exceeds the supply and it is much less strenuous. “Another thing; the old boys did not know a thing about saving their money, and a month or so after the season was over they were broke. tbfi:: in a tough spot. « have an advance, and when they were paid something on account before they earned it they couldn’t do much talking back to & club, Today you never hear " o e s i g | o ‘The catcher 1f the lively could hit for many. home runs with Walter Johnson pitch- ing as in his prime. “‘Oh, yes, the fellows would hit home runs off Walter With this ball—if they could hit it. the old recl for cooking a Tabbit would go for rabbit ball, too. : First they would have to catch the rabbit.” . WESTERN LEAGUE. Oklahoma City. 6; Wichita. 3. d|2: Ruth, Yankees, 1: kY % (Only two games scheduled.) .THREE EYE LEAGUE. ., 3: Quis 5 iy > ‘Ameflcan ring debut at Ebbets Field tonight with Arthur Dekuh, big Italian- | | American, as the party of the second | | part. | | 5 Signor Humbert Fugazy has arranged | that the boys can swing at each other | for not more than 10 rounds, but ex- pects the end to come much sooner | | than that. | Campolo's name is not unknown to { North American ring fans. He was bowling over heavyweights with reckless | | abandon until he clashed with Monte | | Munn some months ago. Munn knocked | the giant Argentine out and it seemed | that his career was done before it had | | gotten properly started. However, | Campolo got back into the limelight | | when he knocked out Roberto Roberti. | | tough Italian battler, who was Fugazy's | | chief drawing card at Ebbels Field las! | year. | | Fugazy promptly signed up Campolo (o meet Dekuh. The latter generally | | is credited with having as hard a wallop | as any heavyweight now in the ring. Arthur, however, is cursed with a some- what fragile chin. He generally knocks the other fellow out or goes to dream- land himself. The omdy near-sure thing about the scrap is that it won't go the limit. Jack Renault, heavyweight, veteran Canadian meets George Hoffman, former amateur star in the semi-final. | | “One Punch” Leo Williams, current Negro sensation, battles Jack Roper, | youngest of the pugilistic Roper family | in another 10-rounder. A special six-| rounder and an opening bout of four rounds completes the card. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the,Associated Press. American. Batting—Manush, Browns, Runs—Gebhrj ringer, Tigers, 85. 1Runs batted in—Simmons, Athletics, _392. Hits—Manush;- Browns, 136. Doubles—Johnson, Gehringer, Tigers, 31. Triples—Miller, Athletics, 12. Homers—Gehrig, Yanks, 22. Stolen bases—Gehringer, Tigers; Cis- sell, White Sox, 13. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 15, lost 2. National. Batting—Herman, Robins, .399. Runs—Ott, Giants, 85. Runs batted in—Ott, Giants, 94. Hits—Terry, Giants, 135. Robins; Hafey, done me any good to check that nor- mal increase in weight. There is no doubt I would be better and stronger 8 or 10 pounds above the limit imposed on me. I know that as well -as any one, but I am confident I will be entirely fit when I climb into the ring at the Yankee Stadium Thurs- lay night. Braddock is the latest of a succession of men I have given a chance to win my championship. This is the seventh time in 19 months I have defended it. unquestionably a record for any division. Having emerged 'victorious from all these battles, I feel certain I will come l'out all right’in this one. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- Daper Alliance.) LIST SECOND ROUND FOR LEGION TEAM | evening. | The dapper light-havyweight cham- | pion is confronted with the task of | proving to the sports world that he is capable enough to hold the 175-pound title and wage a successful campaign | for the heavier title abandoned by Gene | Tunney. That Loughran has his work | cut out for him is self evident when | the punching prowess of his adversary | tomorrow is considered. ll Loughran has unbounded confidence | in his polished boxing science to offset the harder punching of Braddock and, | judging by his work in the past, ths | Philadelphian counts heavily on out- scoring his foe by a dazzling left jab | and clever counters. Just how strong Loughran is at the | weight is a moot question. The past | two weeks have been trying ones. The | solid meat on his big frame has refused { to melt away, even though wrapped in | heavy layers of rubber and flannel, and the abstinence from liquids has un- | doubtedly been a torture. | “Despite the ordeal Loughran has been Competition in the second series of | forced to undergo, his als' of confidence the American Legion championship | has not deserted him, and, if one it play in the Capital City Base Ball | willing to take his word for it, the League will start tomorrow_afternoon | champion will scale under the class when Lincoln and Victory Post teams | weight and still be strong enough to face on Monument diamond No. 4 at | 5 o'clock. Lincoln was the winner of | the first -half, suffering not a single loss. | A special social meeting of the board | of managers of the Industrial League | will be held tonight at the home of the | secretary, Willlam F. Zimmerman, 5233 Eighth street, at 8 pm. | Big Print Shop outslugged Chestnut Farms, 14 to 9, in an Industrial League game yesterday. Socking 18 hits behind the four-hit | pitching of L. Schneider, St. Alban's | disposed of Mount Vernon, 16 to 4, in the Georgetown Church League. | “Trea | Aggies downed Treasury, 13 to 7. in the Departmental League. Caspar socked four hits; including two triples, and Fritz Opitz of the losers got three bingles in as many tries, one being a homer and another a triple. Navy overcame an early G. P. O. lead and went on to defeat the Printers, | 6 to 2, in the Government League. Post Office fought Express to a 6-6 t® in the Terminal Evening loop. Carmen easily defeated Railway Mail Service, 14 to 5, in the Terminal Morn- ing loop. In the French Insect League Sen- ators drubbed Corinthians, 19 to Nehi trimmed Sam Wests, 8 to 2; Wel Doubles—Frederick, Cards, 27. Triples—L. Waner, Pirates, 13. Homers—Klein, Phillies, 28, Stolen yier, Cubs, 26. o kchiog=Grimes. & Eieatex. | won 15, ost 1. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday: Klein, Phillies, Falk, Indians, 1; Heilmann, Tigers, 1; Johnson, Cardinals, lél‘stephensofl. Cubs, 1; O'Doul, Phil- Grand total.. TEXAS LEAGUE. -8an Antonlo, 7: Dalla Housten, 7; Wortl Peoumont, l'%cnm F aco, 2. cos topped Hess A. C., 12 to 8, and Easterns now have won six games and lost three. A meeting of the team will | be held tomorrow night at 305 Ten- nessee avenue southeast at 8 o'clock. Scoring heavily in the late innings, G. P. O. chalked up a 9-6 victory over il;.w Yard in the Colored Departmental gue. o SPLITTING SEASON AIDS COAST LEAGUE By the Associated Press. A “bush league” flavor is preferable to a 8200000 attendance decrease to Coast League. directors of the Pacific This wi belated ea gate receipts last year, but gave ‘fi split season the “air” because it seemed “small townish.” This the en- season tire circuit was in financial doldrums W the decision to “split” was reached. The San Francisco Mission Reds won withstand the challenge of his opponen:. Braddock, never a pleasing worker in the gym, has been furnishing the ex- perts with plenty of food for thought. Spirited workouts, enlivened by solid punching with the heavy mitts, have caused a change in the opinion of those who conceded him other than an out- side chance of outscoring his faster op- ponent. That and the distance, 15 rounds, was figured a little too much for Braddock to overcome. Now on the eve of the battle opinion has veered sharply in favor of the challenger. There is sound reason for this. Loughran, in his last few fights, gave the impression of a boxer going back. while Braddock, never a brilliant performer. gives every indication of a fighter on the upgrade. This may be the big moment in Braddock's career and he may rise to the heights, N 'MACK BEATS SORIO, SCORING WITH EASE By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 17—Eddie Mack, Denver, Colo., junior lightweight, made his bow in this section Jast night with _a_fifth-round knockout _victory over Baby Sal Sorio, little San Bernar- dino, Calif., Mexican. The bout was for 10 rounds. Sorio weighed 133}z pounds and Mack weighed 1811, Mack removed all doubt as to the outcome of the battle in the first round when he landed a Stff right to Sal's jaw which put the Mexican on the ropes. Sal was unable to reach the Denver boy with a single telling blow. Mack had Sal at his mercy with a one-two to the head and body, and floored him in the fourth, but the bell interrupted the count. Within a few seconds after the fifth opened, Mack had him down with a left and right to the chin. Sorio attempted to rise, but could not lift himself from the canvas. FRANKIE MASON, FORMER FLY CHAMPION, IS DEAD FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 17 (F)— Frankie Mason, 39, who once held the flyweight championship of America, to- day lost a four vear fight against tu- berculosis. He had bee seriously ill seven months ago. Mason, whose real name was Frank the first half of the 1929 season and will meet the second half winner in a post-season seven-game series for the championship. A purse of $10,000 will be distributed among the pennant-winning club, the runner-up and the next three high McCan, lost his title in a champion- ship bout at Toledo to Jimmy Wilde of England. 7 . SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. 2: Columbia. 8 : Charlot: reenvile: g, + Spartanburg, 0-1.