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,SPORTS. g8 . . THE EVENING ST izt A gk 3. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. Injuries Offer Nats’ Rookies Chance : Loughran Gives Braddock Boxing Lesson EATH TO KEEP TITLE, THROWS OFF CROWN I ¢ JUDGE IS FORCED TO QUIT, BECAUSE OF SORE ARM Boss Is Sent to First Base and Cracks Out Three Singles in Five Trips to Plate as Browns Are Defeated by 10 to 3. BY JOHN B. KELLER. T. LOUIS, July 19.—Physical injuries and impairments regulars have suffered have forced the employment of youthful talent that may or may not be of some service to the Nationals. Witn S according to Trainer Mike Martin, and Joe Judge missing from th itial base probably for the remainder of this series here with the | Browns, the Washington club will have a flock of youngsters in the first line of defense. Soreness that developed in Judge's throwing arm in Chicago tho first part of the week became so intense that after an inning of effort yesterday in the opener of the set here that the Nationals won, 10 1o 3, the veteran was compelled to turn over his job to the youthful Harley Boss. Jack Hayes, of course, continued at second base follow- ing Buddy Myer’s shift to third as a result of the knee hurt Bluege sustained Wednescday. During the brief time he has been back at second base Haves has per-| formed well enough to show the Na- | tionals have no better man available for the position so far as fielding is | concerned, and Boss in his start at the first corner clearly revealed he is the most promising understudy | Tat to Judge the club has had. 1S % Boss took excellent care of severa) | Faves, not, so good throws that cams his way | Jones and cracked the ball soundly, too. In five trips to the plate he rammed | three singles, a good batting perform- | ance for any one and a fine one for a | F rookie, | ALMOST A HABIT WASHING' ] comsmsmwouby Bl ssuanmousosy TON. Ed O Eeipe erry, 2 ! smaswmssss: 2 5| monomsanmualt =] Totals Boss Not So Fleet. Perhaps the only thing that may ‘handicap Boss is his lack of speed afoot. He isn't s0 fast on the runway. But Boss has never learned to run, according to Trainer Martin, and a bit of inten- give {raining in sprinting may increase his fleetness measureably. While Judge will be back in the line- up soon if Manager Walter Johnson would rather have the veteran than the rookie in action, Bluege may be on the side lines even longer than Trainer Martin has said. Ossie’s trick knee suffered a_severs wrench in the final game of the Chicago series and Ossie isn’t one to come back to physical trim fast. Tt will be recalled that Ossie was ex- pected to get back into the game quickly when he wrenched a knee soon after assuming the regular second-basing job with the Nationals in May. But even after he was said to be physically fit to perform he was kept on the bench. At the time it was declared Manager Johnson was not ready. to send Bluege back, but it has since been intimated | that Bluege, having sustained repeated | knee huris, has lost confidence in the | = ome extent and is inclined | to favor it. R Knee Troubles Bluege. ot This would be natural. For the past |y geven years Ossie has had trouble | ?4'"'{- eplenty with the knee. One season he | NA[ was ous of play for several weeks while | cry the joint was in a _cast. Evidently the | Ruel treaiment given then did little good. | Zeat, Now Trainer Martin opines Ossie will | Barnes not be free from knee trouble until a |Brown. bit of cartilage is removed from the |BUKe: joint. That's something for the surgeons | Hadley. to consider. Braxtn 13 Another added to the list of Na- |35ReceT tonal casuals yesterday is Sam Jones, | hurler, who has been styled “one of the men of yesterday” in base ball | Sam, who started as George Blae- holder’s rival on the hill in the St. Louis opener, took a slam from Frank McGowan’s bat on the right arm back of the elbow at the start of the sixth inning and had to retire. Jones had_pitched good ball up to that time. He had yielded but four hits in the first five rounds, while the Nationals hed gotten to Blaeholder for six safeties and three tallies. In justice to Bl older, it should be mentioned that during the first five innings four of ths. six errors charged against the Browns in the fray were committed. The socking by McGowan's hit tem- porarily paralyzed Jones' right arm and Sam had to give way to Fred Mar- berry. | Branno, | Ferrell e Rinehoide Rimsar, Totals . Washington St. Louls ... Runs_batted in—Gosl W My | 5530355-mansd o B smmswmmnane s on 53] osuonsmmusn-! 2s in h | Myer (). T | 1n-—-Goslin__ Stole | Sacrifices—McGowan, West Hages to Boss Left on bases— Y28t Touls, 1. Bases on balls—OfT 1:'off Marbeiry. 4: off Blacholder. 3 Jores. 1: bv Marherrs. 6: by Bine- Off Jones, 5 in 3 inninet rherry. 5 in 4 inninee: off Blaeholder. 11 in 6'a_tnnings: off ev. 5 n 2% innings. Winning pitcher—rJones. | pifeher.—Blaeholder. " Umnir Gebrand. Guthrie and Morlarty. game 2 hours and 10 minutes. | RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN Time of ] 2 H ] B TP T T O - ] > 0 oo ' : oroooomenINAaw R RaETsod T 0005230 NNA TR wIN RIS [T e IR0 a5 e aE R e s pusamosou iR 2RRENE L e oamac wouwonnBnEEE 15255830 EEEE SO S e ] olmwssnst sagatin wresd tE Seco =i & oSoaaSann Buwmeson s _wsmieng 3. SRR 232 BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS American League, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Jearts® JoiiSh L0 aninen. (rain). Shiladeionia. 8 Detro Rew Sork at Cleveland STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Hit Marberry for Five. Fred was nicked for flve more safe- ties and all the runs credited to the Browns. However, he had easy sail- ing aiter the seventh inning when the Nationals chased Blaeholder to the | shower and rang up @ round-total of nine hits and Seven markers before Chad Kimsey, relief hurler, could end | the rally. Ail told, the Nationals slam- med 16 safeties during the pastiming, one of the best batting sprees indulged in during the trip through this sector. Errors figured in the making of the | Bo: first three Washington runs in the first three innings, but the Browns made the game close in the sixth by earning & brace of tallies. Three singles and & base on balls were mixed in their mak- ing. Then the Nationals stepped out 1o salt the tilt. The whole Washington side batted in the seventh session, three of the players twice. Of this trio, Myer and Benny Tate ezch made two hits. Myer's hits in the round ran his game total to four. Joe Cronin hit the first time up, but popped the mext time for the inning finale. Five singles, three doubles, in- cluding one by Marberry, and a homer, Goose_Goslin’s ninth of the season, with Blackie O'Rourke's erratic chuck following the fielding of Sara West's sacrifice _bunt, produced the seven scores. What the Browns did there- after meant nothing. 'MANDELL FACING TASK ' IN MAKING 135 POUNDS| = CHICAGO, July 19 (#) —Sammy Mandell, who will defend his world lightweight fhaciglp(onshé;:';‘gam;'run{ Canzoneri at cago jum August 2, must, do & lot of hard work to make | GAMES TODEY. 135 pounds for the battle. tisburel ot Rna: He still scales over 140 pounds and : Chicasa plans_increased activity at his camp at | 8t. Loul the Washington Park race track. Canzoneri will arrive. Saturday to complete his training. | MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. veland. Washington. 5 s = 1 Philadelphia L 5 3 # z GAMES TODAY. ‘Wash. at St. Louls. Boston at Chicazo. e P N Bevelaa, hila. st Detroit. N al creveland . National League. ‘YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York. 4: Pittsburgh, hllfi:};h\ly 6; Cincinnati, & STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Philadelphl Boston. Cincinnatl. won. 3| Brooklyn. 6/10/53 GAMES TOMORROW. Pittsbursh at N. ¥, L oin. Clehn e Hrookivi. o0kIyn. e Br 5 &t Boston. St. Louls at Bostan. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Home . runs yesterday — Frederick, Robins, 1; Goslin, Senators, 1. American League Leaders. Ruth, Yankees 22 22 .21 17 14 Indianapolis, 7: St. Pa Toledo, 11; Kansas City, SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION. lle, 4;_Columbia, 3. aentas4:" Greenviie, 1 ;_Charlotte. ‘Spartanburg, 9. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 28 25 23 22 22 Ott, Giants. 3 ‘Wilson, Cubs.. 3; Memphis, € Mobile, 8; New Orleans, 15. THREE EYE LEAGUE. te. 6; Terre Haute, 0. Ertmeded. i1 Peoth & TEXAS LEAGUE. n_Antonin. ’D’ Wichita Falls-Beaumont, rain. WESTERN LEAGUE. jeka, 3-2: Tulsa. 1.6, ol ;'&n; ’0"5:‘ 3:; icnits, 3:2. 3 oines, Braata, %2 Puetio, 1-3. EASTERN LEAGUE. Allentown, 7. Della Hous! Ossie Bluege out of action at the third sack for 10 days at least. | e 2 | es—Messrs. Hil- | TOMMY L ! and that he will look to the heavyweigh | He has announced that his fight last night was O s last in the light-heavy class t championship in the future. Campus for Base the many collegians now in t! ers with the 16 ball clubs in 50 performed on the gridiron for tk as far as can_be learned, and the tween the two circuits. The Amer! college foot ball players and the N: The Athletics of Philadelphia a boasts as many. Most of the foot ball talent in the big base ball leagues is of the backfield variety. Only nine of the 42 players were out-and-out linemen while in college. Some of the 33 others assumed forward po- sitions occasionally, but they pre- ferred the backfield and did most of their foot balling behind the line. Most of the former fcot ball players in the majors has been out of college some time and quite a number of the ex-gridders are stars on the diamond. u Gehrig of the Yahkees, the Sewell thers of the Indians, Ted Lyons of the White Sox, Mickey Cochrane of the Athletics, Lance Richbourg, George Sis- jer. and Rabbit Maranville of the Brives, Frankie Frisch of the Cardinals and Riggs Stephenson of the Cubs were sturdy performers on college grids and they have played great base ball in the big show, too. - The Athletics’ foot ball® group in- cludes a fine Jot of backfield material. Five of the Macks stepped along in a vely manner behind the line during their college days. Walter French, out- fleld substitute, was a great halfback with the Rutgers eleven and a greater one with Army. Cochrane was a hard- running back with the Boston Univer- sity team. Eddie Collins did his foot bail playing at Columbia, where he was quarterback of the eleven, Ossie Or- woll; pitcher and ouifielder, was in the { backfield of Lutheran Coliege in Iowa | and Bill Breckenridge, a rookie pitch- | er, was a back on Dartmouth’s fresh- | man team. Homer Summa and George Farnshaw were forwards, Summa play- ing at end for the University of Mis- sourl and Earnshaw at tackle for { Swarthmore. Genrig and Gene Robertson were | | first sacker fullback for Columbia, whil rmlaldytg the St. Louis Umv;:;uy elev!en‘. illips, the Tiger catcher, wa: halfback with the Boston College team not so many years ago. So far as can be learned, Rip Collins, pitcher, is the only ex-college gridder with the Browns. He was both back and lineman while at_the University of Texas. Barnes is the Nationals' lo:c:a ex- d foot ball mcn in~ their college | played s, 'MAJOR LEAGUES EMPLOY 42 EX-VARSITY GRIDDERS Backfield Performers Greatly Outnumber Linemen | Among Athletic Talent Recruited From the Ball’s Big Show. OR the base ball man, foot ball is no game, evidently. That's thei impression one gets after delving into the athletic historiés of he major leagues. Of the 400 play- | the two big-time circuits less than heir varsities. N There are 42 former college gridders now in major league ranks, | group is pretty evenly divided be- ican League has in its folds 22 ex- ational League has 20. nd the Braves of Boston have more foot ball talent on the diamond than any of the other clubs. There now are seven former college gridmen on the roster of the American League leaders, while the Beantown bunch of the National League college foot ball. He was used both at end and in the backfield when he at- tended Baylor. Former varsity foot ball players with the Red Sox are Bob Reeves, who was in the Georgia Tech backfield; Russell Scarritt, outfielder, once a tackle for the University of Florida; Charley Berry, the big catcher, who was a brilliant end when he played with the Lafayette College eleve and last, but not least, Bill Carrigan, the man- ager, who used to smash lines 25 years ago when he was in the backfield at Holy Cross. ers with the Indians and all were rated highly in their college days. Morgan, outfielder, was a halfback at ‘Tulane; the Sewells, Joe and Luke, were in the backfled at the University of Alabama, and Bib Falk broke up many plays when he was a tackle on the Uni- versity of Texas eleven. Some of those now on the Braves’ roster were stars on college grids. Red Marron was accounted one of the best backs in the country when he played at Georgia Tech. Al Weston wen through four years of foot ball at Bos- ton College and only last year was quarterback of .the all-Eastern team. Red Smith was a tackle at Notre Dame on the team that had the famous “four horsemen” back of the line and after they left Red was shifted to fullback. | Sisier performed in the backfield at Michigan, Richbourg was a halfback when he was at the University of Flor- ida, and Maranville was quarterback of his team at Springfield Y. M. C. A, College. Gorham Leverett, pitcher, was Reese, a backfield player when at Van- derbilt; Pat Crawford, who was behind the line at Davidson, and Eddie Far- rell, & clever little quarterback when he at Pennsylvani ‘With the dgers are Gink Hendrick, & former Vanderbilt_back and Jack Flowers, 8 center when he altended the Washing- ton College, at Chestertown, Md. Frisch, now trying to get the Cards out_of their sl was'a backfield flash rdham; Claude Linton, a_catcher, with the Pirates, played with the versity of Idaho eleven three years at guard and tackle; Stephenson, the har-hitting outfielder with the Cubs, be- came an all-Southern fullback when he BTE e arthe NebrasibarkReld tl was el A and Pooch Harrell, also with Cincin- nati, was a back at Indiana. “Etven the Phillies have thefr former ball ph.yen- w Susce, & s There are four former foot ball play- |1 Eddie | 132 t| Foxx fell off native of Cambridge, Md., and & great|’ Sample of how champion left-jabbed away challenger’s title hopes. KLEIN HAS CHANGE FOR HOMER MARK I Clouting Phil Setting Pace That May Beat Record for N. L. of 42." BY ALAN J. GOULD. | Associated Press Sports Editor. OUNG Mr. Charles Klein, of the Klouting Kleins of Philadelphia, if he does not actually threaten the celebrated home-run rec- ord of Babe Ruth this season, at least stands a most excellent chance of toppling the seven-year-old National League record of 42, set by Rogers Hornsby in 1922. This is only one of the diverting pes- | sibilities of the current carnival of clout |in the National League, which, by de- sign or otherwise, has at least taken away some of the spotlight which has been focused almost exclusively on the American League group led by Mr. Ruth since home-run slugging was pop- {ularized. Young Messrs. Klein, Ott, | O'Doul and others of the new slugging | circus are hitting as dizzy a clip as the | well known firm of Ruth end Gehrig ever experienced. League and club records for distance hitting are aiready on the chutes, but the center of interest now is Klein, who at this stage of the season is only two blows short of the pace that Ruth set in 1927, when he boosted his own sea- son's record total to 60 homers. On had collected exactly half of his final total. Klein, prior to today's game had 28 and led both leagues. Ruth, ! though handicapped by illness, a la: off of several weeks and now a strained knee, has 22 circuit blows to his credit. It probably is asking too much of Master Klein in his first full season as a regular to knock off the Babe's gre: record, but even with a jackrabbit bail and a short right-field target, it is little short of miraculous for the Philile star to maintain the pace he has done. Hornsby's National League record for a homers to do so, but he may also be | the first Nationai Leaguer to enter the | Ruthian class of 50 or more for oné year. | The Babe has passed the 50 mark four times. Hornsby Only Leader. Only twice inthe last decade has & National Leaguer led the home-run pro- |cession. On both occasions if. was | Hornsby, who led both leagues with 42 | homers, 'tn_ 1922, the season of Ruth’s | suspension” until the middle of May, and again with 39, in 1925, when the with his famous stomach ache. Cy Williams, the old Philly slugger, tied Ruth, with 41, in 1923, but otherwise the king has ruled alone. For purposes of comparison, it is in- teresting to mote how Ruth has stood at this stage of the races over the past 10 years. -This table shows how his totals on July 19 have compared with his full season’s mark and that of.the National League leader: Ruth on Rut July 19. tote] g ? 58 3 21 %y 30 38 . Year. 1921. 1922. 1923 Y: 192" 30 1 jiit Wilson, Bottomley 3 *Ken Williams led American League with 39. B8 Meusel led American Leasye with 3. MANUSH AND FOXX FALL OFF AND NOW ARE TIED By the Associated Press. Both Heinle Manush and Jimmy in their hitting yester- day, but remained in a bitter fight for the leadership of the American League and the Big Six. Manush went hitless and fell into a tie at .387 with Foxx, who got one single in five attempts. Extended to four columns, the figures would give Manush a shade. Rogers Hornsby and Paul Waner got two hits apiece, and each advanced two points in the averages. Babe Ruth m rained out and Melvin Ott went ess. SHADY OAK NINE TOSSES HAT IN UNLIMITED RING Shady Oak Inn team is the latest yn- limited class base ball nine in the Dis- trict field. A bunch of sturdy tossers, ready to give battle to nines hereabout, has been assembled. A game is sought for this Sunday. John Noone tests at Lincoln 384. the out- at Notre| - July 19 of that camvaign the Babe| He not only is in a fair way to eclipse | season’s total, needing only 15 more | Yankee star was lald up until June | | more or I P ‘Walberg gave 50 | But so scattered Fights Last Night | By the Assoctated press. | NEW YORK—Tommy Loughran, | world light heavyweight 'champion, | outpointed James J. Braddock, Jersey City (15); Buddy Howard, New Haven, Conn.,_knocked oyt Charley Noyett, | New "York (2); Bave Shade, Cali- | fornia, outpointd Rene Devos, Bel- | | glum _10). i |~ CHICAGO—Billy Shaw, Detroit, de- | | feated Earlm Mastro, Chicago, foul | | (5): Joey Medill, Chicago, outpointed | Spug Myers, Pocatello, Idaho (10): Al Greenfield, Chicago, outpointed Harry | Dublinsky, Chicago (10) | | KANSAS CITY, Mo.—W. L. (Young) | | Stribling, Macon, Ga, outpointed | George Cook, Australia’ (10); Hunt, Ponca City, Okla., knoeked out ! Sully Montgomery (2); Duke Tramal, Fort Worth, Tex., and Howard McLain, | Louisville, Iowa ickey Du- | outpointed Paul Towa (10). ny, Mason Ci S e i s CIANTS HELP CUBS TOPGK UP GANE Takeqa Fall Out of Pirates| While Chicago Team Is Trimming Robins. BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Assoctated Press Sports Writer. HE first phase of John McGraw’s | own personal _crucial _battle | against the high-riding Pirates | had just the result Joe McCar- | thy himself would have asked. | The Giants turned back the Pirates by |4 to 1 as the McCarthy troops swept through the pager defenses of the Ro ins in Flatbush for an 11-to-7 decision. | The Pirates remained on the top perch | in the league standing, but they enjoyed | a margin of less than one full game. | Chicago victory y. matched by another Pirate defeat, | would send the Cubs back to the 0p | by a peroentage margin, with the stand- ing in games a virtual tie. The Bruins | have not been at the head of the class since they divided morning and after- noon games with the Cincinnati Reds on the Fourth of July, When the for noon game, it may be recalled, was called at the end of the eighth fer business reasons. Hubbell Ts in Form. | The first effort of the Giants against the Pirates was successful largely be- cause of the wizardry with which Carl Hubbell served up his southpaw shoots. | This budding Pittsburgh nemesis held | the Buccaneers to six scattered hits and ermitted none of their number to ad- vance beyond second base until the | ninth, when Paul Waner was permitted to run wild after getting a single. On their own account, the Giants larruped Ervin Brame for two runs in the second and two more in the third. With Hubbell in such form, these were | more than enough, aithough Fussell and Swetonic stopped the home forces | ess abruptly in the later in- nings. ‘The Cubs began their day in Brooklyn with a seven-run onslaught in the first, which broke Clise Dudly and bent Ray Moss. From that point onward it was merely a Chicago breeze, although the Robins did fire away at Hal Carl- son with such vigor in the sixth that Joe McCarthy deemed it wise to send out Art- Nehf to finish the game. A five-run rally in the eighth en- abled old Alex. the Great to pick up credit for the Cardinals' 6-to-4 vic- tory over the Braves. Alex. gave way to batting rellef in the big inning _and Fred Frankhouse finished. The Phil- lies turned back Cincinnati by 6 to 4 in & game noteworthy because no one hit a home run. The Yankees were rained out in Cleveland, and the Athletics picked up a technical advantage of half a game by defeating Detroit 8 to 4. The Mack- men margain now is 8!, contests, More important to ~Connie Mack than this paper advantage of having won a game which the Yankees yet have to play was the showing of George Whalen Walberg, who in recent games had threatened to enter a slump. the Bengals nine hits. E were. these that the afternoon was an Athletic walkover. The Tigers scored three of their nine runs in the ninth, when the Athletics were more or 1 indifferent to a vances by the hofe boys on the . George Uhle was handicapped by five neat errors among his supporters, but the Macks hit out enough earned the_decision to Walberg. veteran Faber shaded Danny MacPayden in a fine pitching battle in Chicago, d_the White Sox , an defeated the Red Sox by 2 to 1 in 10 innings. - . GRIFFITH AND PETERSEN LOUGHR 'To Turn to Heavy Class, as Schmeling-Sharkey F ighl_ Field Now Is Wide Open| BY WALTER TRUMBULL. NEW YORK, July 19.—Any re- rt that . the Sharkey-Schmeling will go to Chicago is prema- re. It is,true that William S. Carey has been in telephonic communica- tion with George Getz and others in Chicago and that telegrams have been exchanged. But this has been so far merely a measure of pre- paredness. If the bout cannot be held in this city,~ where Carey would prefer to hoid it, the probabilities are all in favor of. Madison Square Garden promoting it in some other city. ‘The Garden is practically commit- ted to this bout, for which it has spent a year building up the con- testants and would suffer decided loss in prestige, as well as monetary loss, by standing aside and permit- ting the bout to be promoted by others. It is certain that no such thing will be alldwed to happen. But in case the New York com- missionr stands firm in its attitude regarding Schmeling, there are many cities — Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Montreal, Philadelphia, Jersey City and many more—where the bout might be promoted and which would welcome it, but Carey has so far done nothing toward a selection. At the present moment the fleld is wide open. (Copyright, 1929, by North TN Kewspaper Alllance. AN RETIRES AS A LIGHTHEAVY tu , American | | | | | | Making 175 Pounds Is Too Strenuous. BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN, Retiring_Undefeated Light-heaviweight Champion of the World. NEW YORK, July 19.—I fought my last battle as light-heavyweight cham- | pion when I defeated James J. Brad- dock in 15 rounds at the Yankee Sta- dium last night. Never again will I try to make 175 pounds. The ordeal of get- ting down to that weight is too trying. ! Hereafter 1 intend going after the heavyweight title, and let those who will seek the crown I have held since I de- feated Mike McTigue nearly two years 0. After my victory over Braddock no one, I think, will deny my right to meet any big fellow in the game. The experis had all touted the North Bergen slug- ger as a coming Dempsey. They fairly raved over his showing, but I think I won every roung. b I don't want 12 appear egotistical, but that ought to satisfv the fans that my demand to meet Schmeling or Sharkey is justified. Has Praise for Foe. I bled a lot in the earlier rounds, but this was not due to Braddock's punch- mg. In the first round he butted me over the left eye and opened an old cut, and in the seventh he butted me again, opening a gash in my scalp. This wasn't international, I know, for otherwise Jimmy fought a fair, clean fight. He is a fine prospect, and within a ar should be one of the best of the cavywelghts, for a fellow of his build is bound to fill out, and take on weight | and muscle. He is game, aggressive and | can punch. They are assets that will take him far. | The fight turned out exactly the way | I thought it would from the minute Joe Smith signed the contracts for it. I had seen Braddock fight before, and believed that his style was built to order for me. It is true that he rushed more | than he did against Slattery, but that | was an added advantage for me. It/ opened him up for my left leads. Here's a point that I want to impress. Despite the fact that I had to pare | down to 174 pounds, which left me con- | thought it would, I was hitting hard. | In the fifth and the seventh round I | landed right crosses that made Jim's' knees buckle. He was badly hurt. $ I had the added strength that would have gone with my natural | weight, which is around 185, I'm sure that I would have knocked him out. KENNEDY A. C. TEAM | ENJOYING BIG YEAR Ted Otte's Kennedy A. C. base ball team, which has won its last eight| starts, is enjoying the most successful | campaign in_ its- history. Among the| teams over which Kennedys have scored | are the Hagerstown semi-pros, Army | ‘War College, Bowie Motor Co., Sflvel" Spring Giants and Hiser's Hyattsville | All-Stars. Much of the credit for Kennedy's success is due to the stellar pitching of George (Ray) Francis, who has won his last nine starts. Among_ other stalwarts of the nine| are Charlie May, elle Jones, Tubby Ault, Willie Wolf, Paul Brown, Bob Wilson, Gene Hargett, Murray, Lynch, Dickerson and McAleer. Kennedys are after games with Mount Rainier, Laurel, Scaggsville, St. Mary's Celtics, Georgetown and Fred- ericksburg. Call Otte at Georgia 407. SILVER SPRING LISTS TAKOMA TIGER NINE An attractive game is carded Sunday at Silver Spring when Brooke Grubb’s Silver Spring Clants and Garrett ‘Waters' Takoma Tigers clash in a rub- ber game between these neighborhood rivals. The game will start at 3 o'clock on the new community diamond. Union Plasterers are to gather to- morrow at 12:30 pm. at Union Hall, for their game with Phoenix A. C., at 2:30 o'clock, on Phoenix diamond. Antoine, pitching his first game for District Policemen, was in good form, and the Bluecoats scored over St. Elizabeth’s, 6 to 3. District Firemen diamonders added another win to thelr string, defeating Army Headquarters nine, 8 to 6. Hizer’s Hyattsville All-Stars have had CHAMPION'S LEFT BEATS CHALLENGER Uses Job to Pile Up Points and Gains Decision by Wide Margin. BY EERBERT W. BAKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, July 19 (#).—Tommy Loughran was still ruler of the light heavyweight brigade today and James J. Braddock, Jersey City puncher, had only a boxing lesson to shaw for his metoric climb to the tank of contender. Meeting Braddock in a 15-round titular battle at the Yankee Stadium last night. Loughran piled up points with a stabbing left hand and won the decision beyond a question of a doubl Not once during the struggle could Braddock land squarely with his rig: hand, without which the Jersey young- ster would not have deserved to be in the same ring with the champion. With that right hand Braddock had broken Pete Latzo's jaw, knocked out Tuffy | Griffith in two rounds and stopped the | Buffalo speedster, Jimmy Slattery, in nine rounds. Big Gun Is Silenced. Against Loughran, howcver, Braddock could find no use for his most potent weapon. Outspeeded and outemarted all the way, the Jersey lad found th> champion’s left always ready to catch the wild overhand rights that came his way. Never has Loughran appeared “tn botter advantage. His educated left thand spent most of the evening in Braddock's face. With it he kept the chalienger off balance, thus neutralizing the undoubted power Braddock has in his fis's. Of the 15 rounds Braddock won onlv two, all the others going to the cham- pion. There were no knockdowns, nor even a threat of one, but there was plenty of blood. Loughram bled free all through the fight from two bad cuts. one over his left eye and the other in his scalp. Braddock was froubled b | blood that streamed from a gash alonz- |side his right eye. Loughran started slowly, giving ground all the way in the first round as Brad- dock forced all the fighting. In the first clinch, Loughran suffered the cut over his eve, and. bothered by the flow of blood, was content to keep on the defensive. The second round was a repetition of the first, Loughran fighting cautiously until he learned what sort of a defense he would need. One wild overhand | right in this round caught the champion off his guard and forced him to the ropes, where Braddock scored effective- Iv with short rights and lefts to the body. In Complete Command. After this, however, Loughran was in complete command of the situation. A crowd of some 25,000 saw the scrap with a “gate” in the neighborhood of $50.000. Louchran Braddock 170. Dave Shade, California veteran, sur- prised the experts by punching his wav to a decision over Rene Devos, crack Belgian middleweight, in the 10-round semi-final, which was put on after the main bout. Each weighed 159. VIRGINIA A. C. SQUAD ADDS THREE TO LIST ALEXANDRIA, Va thres new performer: Virginia A. C. wiH pres: array it has ga son_when it ta at Rockvill and Judd. sll starred with No. 5 Engine Co.. been signed by Manager Pat Gorman. “Speed Boy” Jones or Ashby Snellings will do the pitching for the local com weighed 174 pounds; b- | siderably weaker than even my friends ! bination. ‘Manager Bob Martin has billed his Del Ray A. C. for a battle with the Hess A. C. of Washington Sunday at 3 o'clock on Edward Duncan Field Carroll Rush, one of Del Ray's pitch- ing mainstays, has recovered from a gecem. illness and is ready for mound uty. Colonial A. C. defeated the_ Clover A. C, 10 to 2, vesterday' on Haydon Field, throwing’ {he midget section of the Alexandria Municipal Playgrounds Base Ball League into a_deadlock be- tween those teams for first place. Hud- son held the losers to one hit. Belle Haven Country Club's eight- man golf team, composed of Beudrica L. Howell, Cecil Brown, T. E. Sebrell, jr.; Carroll Pierce, jr.; Bill Burns. T. Briley Clem, Louis Kane and Dr. S. B. Moore, will partieipate in the Tri-State Golf Assoclation’s tournament at the Blue Ridge Country Club, Boyce, Va., tomorrow. ‘With the opening of the tennis courts. swimming pool and the new putting green the Belle Haven club is now fur- nishing its members with three kinds | of Summer amussments. Lee School Playground, latest of the Alexandria Public Recreation Depart- ment’s playgrounds, was to open this afternoon at 3 o'clock with Miss Evelyn Field in charge. The playground will be open each day from 3 to 7 p.m. Old Dominion Boat Club plans to enter representatives in the junior eight-oared shells, intermediate singles, Junior double sculls, junior four-oared gig and junior quadruple sculls races at t‘he tS(glll:em R;nl'lnk Association’s wenty-first annual regatta July 27 at Richmond, Va. . y Belle Haven Bowl golf tournament open to members of the elub, has been set for September 21. Eight days have been allotied in which to dis) of the tournament with the final Sep- tember 29. MEDICOS WANT GAME. Army Medico nine is after a game for Sunday with an unlimited class nine. Call Georgia 1000, branch 163. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Assoclated Press. AMERICAN. Batting Manush, Browns, .339; Foxx, Athletics, .389. w4 on to cancel their scheduled game with Pet- | worth-Yorkes tomorrow. . Lionel Athletic Club nines will gather tonight af Fisher Hall, Wisconsin avenue and N street, at 8:15 o'clock. Rover Insects will meet tonight at Manager Coakley's, 1217 Eighth street northeast, at 7 p.m. Foxall A. C. has booked a game with Friendship A. C. for tomorrow, and a match with Plerce A. C. of Hyattsville for Sunday. Both games will be played SIGN FOR JULY 24 BOUT CHICAGO. July 19 (#).—Jerry “Tufl: Griffith, Sioux City, Iowa, heavyweight. has been matched for a 10-round bout with Big Boy Peterson of New Orleans, at Mills' Stadium 26. 3 now - 20 pounds to sl out 184, will the big boy. on the Foxall field at 3 o'clock. CHISOX GET PITCHER. JOPLIN, Mo. July 19 (P).—Louls Garland, t-handed m:m of Jhen sold to the Chicago 'mb‘ Runs—Gehringer, Tigers, 85. ”nunu batted in—Simmons, Athletics, Hits——Manush, Browns, 137. Doubles—Gehringer, Johnson, Tigers, “Triples—Miller, Athletics, 12. gmers;axum. Gehrig, Yanks, 22. - n_bases—Gehringer, Tigers, Cissell, White Sox, 13, ~ lu{lt{hlnl—cmve, Athletics, won 15; NATIONAL. gaflmr—lleflmm, Robins, .404.