Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1930, Page 45

Grand Average of .300 Judge’s Goal : Cubs Go on Rampage After Late Start VET NOW ENJOYING H“YEAR” INGAME Clout Average of .320 Apt to Put Him Over—Griffs Even Tiger Set. I Sam Rice, are waging a merry battle for the batting adership of the club these days. ot in years has the Washington elub had such batting from two of its members in early season as it now is getting from the pair of veterans. What a help to the Na- tionals, too, for Judge not only s scoring often, but also pushing across many tallies, while Rice, in hitting so frequently, paves the way to numerous runs. Judge still holds the club lead, although yesterday while the Nationals were drubbing the Tigers 8 to 5 Rice made a game bid to pass his teammate. He singled the last three of the five times he stepped to the plate, thereby extending to 19 the consecutive games in which he has batted safely and boosting his average to .388. Judge, however, hit a_triple and a double in four trips to the plate and raised his average to .392. Two fine marks. ‘The fans are to make a “Judge day” for Joseph next month. Great. No member of the Nationals is more ‘worthy, more deserving of such a tes- timonial. It should go over in a b manner. But the veteran seems ben upon making this s udge vear.” What with rifling the ball at a remark- able rate, fielding in fine fashion and making himself generally useful to his club in every way the captain of the Nationals is playing the game of his career right now. The way Judge is clouting the ball resent, he is likely to make his r league grand batting average d .300 or more at the end of the season. That's his goal. During the 15 campaigns Judge has served with the Nationals, he has hit well enough to have a grand average of .298. So a mark of .320 this season should put him over the top. Joe has hit_in the .300 class eight seasons as a National. In it, he has been as low as 301 and as_high as .333. He has been in the .300 class the t three seasons. In 1927, Judge hit for .308, in 1928 for .306 and last year for .315. A good record. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HOSE old war horses of the Nationals, Joe Judge and at m: Tea [ S expected, the Western clubs of the American League have bothered the Nationals more than their Eastern rivals. While the Johnson bandplayed at a .769 clip against the Easterners, it has moved at only a .429 count t] Browns and the Tigers, the Nationals scored but three victories against four defeats. ‘We have with us now the White Sox, ‘who have not done so well since invad- ing the . Manager Bush, though, has a potentially strong club, a club just as apt to upset all calculations as did Manager Harris' aggregation that was licked by everything in sight before it visited Washington, then gave the Na- tionals a tough tussle and got an even break in a series of four games. In base ball you never can tell, 'AM JONES, the somber squire of Woodsfield, got a good game out of his system yesterday in pitching the Nationals to an even break in the set with the Bengal bunch. But in doing 80, he got on the nerves of those in the stands at times. He yielded but eight safeties and two passes and he hit one batter. Three of these safeties, one a homer driven into the left-fleld open stand by the giant Dale Alexander &nd another a triple by Charley Gehr- inger, were bunched in the first inning, though, when the Tigers picked up two | tallies, and two were clustered with a| pass in the fourth. The latter two were | Roy Johnson's single and Bill Rogell's triple and they helped toward the mak- ing of two more runs that put the ‘Tigers in a tie with the Nationals for & brief time, Outside of those two rounds, however, the somber squire was good, very good. Gehringer got a single off him in the fifth and Rogell's pass was all the ‘Tigers gleaned from Jones until the ninth, when with singles by Rogell and ‘Tony Rensa, his own wild chuck when trying to nip Rogell off second and a sacrifice fly by Harry Rice, who batted for Arthur Herring, the Tigers grabbed a fifth tally. But the Nationals held a four-run lead as the Tigers stepped up for their last batting turn and Jones quickly quelled the Harris horde after | that run went over. ITH a 14-hit bombardment the Nationals were on the bases in every inning and they scored in each of the first five frames. Three times West, with two triples and a double, launched attacks, once Cronin started the onslaught with a two-bag- | ger and once Bluege began it with a | single after two were out. ‘The Nationals did most of their scor- ing at the expenses of Owen Carroll. West’s triple and Sam Rice's infield re- tirement netted Washington a run in | round 1, and in round 2 Cronin's double, Judge’s triple and Tate's single meant two runs and a lead. West's triple and Goslin’s erasure produced a RICES SEPHBENSIN SEASON MosT IM Meropeiiian Newspaper Sarvice UST a year ago & gent by the name of Stephenson was lead- ing the batters in the National League with an average of about 450. In the latest figures released, the same baby was “laying the furniture to the old horsepeeling” at a 462 rate, and don't stand up and say, “Oh, he's just a Spring hit- ter”! ’‘cause that ain't so. He fin- ished last season with a mark of .362, which was better than certain birds named Kiki Cuyler, Hack Wil- son and the Brothers Waner did! And in the world series with the Athletics he outbatted all his team- mates except Wilson and Grimm! “Spring hitter,”—bah! Back in 1921, '22, '23 and '24, Riggs was a part-time second base- man with Cleveland, but they let him in 1926. He hit 338 for Chicago that season, .344 in 1927, .324 in 1928, and e QuTFELDER oF THe CHiIcAGO CuBS, WHO HAS STARTED orF The: (550 b ESOIVELY " e rormer Unnersr e B2 SR 0 as has been told before, .362 last year. The reason he played with the Indians first was that he came from the University of Alabama, which sent the Sewell brothers to Cleveland, and Andy Cohen to the Giants. Riggs played foot ball and base ball at Alabam’ with Joe and Luke Sewell, and now there is a slight chance of course that he might play against them in the next world series, At this writing, Jackson Riggs Stephenson is the real murderer of pitching_in the Cubs' “Murderers’ Row.” Rajah Hornsby, Kiki Cuyler and “Sonny Boy” Wilson are good all right, but where would the Wrig- leyites be without their boy from Alabam’? Stevie was 31 years old last Janu- ary 5. He is a husky righthander, weighing 180 pounds and is 5 feet, 10 inches tall. He is popular with teammates and fans alike, and every morning the folks back home are getting up early to see in the paper what their boy “Stevie” did in yes- terday’s ball game. I RECORDS OF GRIFFS I ING. ] &5 0 = 3 ] B - 8! Judge Rice Myer West, Croni; Marber; Bluege .. Brown .. Loe, Loepp isiisiisy [ POR N P B ooorosserenuouEeaciBEE, - oo oooooommmEnaSa B EREE: BoBRHI RIS Thom: Hadley. Braxton. Hayes Barnes Burke Jones Barrett. Moore ... Spencer. . ronenaanlan oeaceeaaaaebaou—ee—-n-»; caaeeaae—e—oaua—aw-nnov seesbecesaasceisoncnten (ORI — s PR—1 ] i 5 = PREpR—— oocoommmop, Marberry Jones Hadle: Brown Braxto: Thom: Liska . Moore "\ Burke .. s 3 [ 5 44 4 P [ 8 5 2 4 before the inning ended he was nicked for a single and a double, gave a base on balls and made a wild pitch. All this, with a double theft in which Gos- lin reached home and Cronin second, meant three markers for the session. Herring, a right-hander, finished the game for the Tigers and gave nothing more than a hit an inning. was the first start behind the bat this season for Benny. Tate, al- though the little receiver has re- lieved in other games. Benny handled the task admirably as a catcher, and in attack came through with two sin- king 1 BOOST JOE JUDGE DAY Special Group of SUITS Reduced to gles, each of which drove over a tie- | I Another to the Good ' 3 cocsccacsonscd o ] ) *Hargrave H. Rice omoomuusassnel 00000mmmomam c000emmmmow [PPSR o coooosossssss B L33 s ° *Batted for Page tBatted for Herrin; WASHINGTON. Sa & B in 3 o5 ot} L] o N neonasamanl cocmmsoncud E5 o onommmmounl ononSoauus mossoscccs Totals Detroit 0 Washington 3 Runs batted in—McManus, Rice () Judge (), Tate 15, dotnr Khxel: 1, H. ice. Two- 3 hits—Gehringer. Home run—Alex- C - 10 Sacrifice—H _Rice. Alexander. Left on ton, 1. es, S Jones, 1." Hits— (none out in_Aft off Herrin A Special of @he Fpen [ 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Stas. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1930. Hickey, A. A. President, Likes Night Base Ball DES MOINES, Iowa, May 9 (#).— President Thomas J. Hickey of the American Association has become a night base ball convert. Hickey last night watched Des Moines and Topeka of the Western League play under artificial lighting and expressed unqualified approval. “I am highly pleased,” Hickey . “I never once lost sight of the In my opinion, it may be adopted universally.” Barney Burch, owner of the Omaha club of the league, also has been sold on the proposition and his team will play its home games under lights. He has contracted for the installation of eight towers sup- porting 36 projectors and supplying 152,000 watts. Omaha will play its night opener against Denver May 31. FIELD OF 17 AWAITS PREAKNESS BUGLE Victory Worth $52,950 in Turf Classic—Gallant Fox Is Favorite. BALTIMORE, May 9 .—Ten 3- year-old colts and one filly today awaited the fifth-race bugle to call them to the post at Pimlico to race for victory in the fortieth running of the Preakness stake, one of the chief Amer- ican racing classics and the first major v:‘st of the year for thoroughbreds come age. Victory means $52,950 for the owner of the winner and possession for a year of the Woodlawn Vase, prized ‘turf trophy, and leadership of the ag:r - olds, at least until the Kentucky by next week for the creature that finishes first .in the mile and three-sixteenths test. Gallant Fox Favorite. ‘The choice of six of nine handicappers, as published here, the Belair stud's Gal- lant Fox, bay son of Sir Galahad, III, and Priscilla Ruley, was the popular favorite a few hours before the race at odds of approximating two to one. The odds were the lowest since Man o’ War's victory in 1920. But two other racing observers favored Armageddon, Walter M. Jeffords’ entry, and one picked Woodcraft, Audley Farm hope, the latter by virtue of his victory at Pimlico Monday over other Preakness eligibles. Astride Gallant Fox, Earl Sande, best known of American jockeys, hoped to realize his ambition to ride a Preak- ness winner for the first time, his repu- tation tending to focus favor on his mount as we the colt, victor in season. as the great record of stakes | Another highly regarded entry was J. L. Pontius’ Michigan Boy, which hung up a shining record in the Win- ter racing season. Snowflake Only Filly. ‘The one filly entered was Walter J. Salmon’s Snowflake, winner of the En- durance Handicap at Bowie last Fall. She was coupled with Salmon’s colt Swinfield. ‘The Seagram brothers’ candidate is Sweet Sentiment, which defeated sev- eral he was scheduled to meet today in the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace two weeks ago. Full Dress will carry the Glen Riddle Farm's colors. Thomas M. Cassidy’s Crack Brigade, upstanding brown son of Light Brigade, was expected to get a play despite his two defeats this season. The remain- ing two entries were the Howe Stable’s Tetrarchal and Gold Brook, both win- ners this season. For the first time in years Harry Payne Whitney, owner of three Preak- ness winners, is not represented. LAMAR-GALLAGHER GO IS PROVING ATTRACTIVE Advance sale of tickets for the heavy- weight boxing bout between Marty Gal- lagher and Henry Lamar, Washington boys, Monday night in the Olympic Club arena in Baltimore is reported brisk. Both battlers were scheduled to fln- ish their training this week. In view of the rivalry between them a lively tussle appears likely. In their last bat- tle, staged at Silver Spring, Gallagher d fought a dr: “YOU LOOK SO GOOD” Wm. Paul Brodt, Inc., make an important announcement of interest to every man in ' Washington , ! ! Purchase SWATS IN PINCHES MARK WIN STREAK Champions Outhit, but Take Seven Straight Games. Shores Slab Star. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR. Associated Press Sports Writer. T took the Chicago Cubs a couple of weeks to get started in the chase for another Na- tional League pennant, but once they did get under way, they promptly began to outshine every other team in the league. The Cubs ended their stand against their Western rivals May 3 by beating Pittsburgh to gain a .500 average. Since then they have not lost a game, running their winning streak to seven straight by beating the Phillies and Brooklyn each three times. ‘That great necessity for base ball vic- tories, “punch,” has brought the win- ning streak. The Cubs have not been hitting any harder than before, nor have their pitchers been holding down the enemy clouts, but Chicago, fre- quently outhit, has been able to make its blows count for runs. Cuyler Hits Homer. The Cubs did it again yesterday in the only game of the seven in which they have had to call on two pitchers. After seven innings of a close_ battle Standings in Major Leagues American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston, feago, 1. New York-Cleveland, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Comics and Classified National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, Pittsburgh, 10 (10 innings). e, Sreein 4 t. Louts, 6; Philadelphia, 5. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. 1.1 01 31 11 3L 6112l 61.667 Chicago . Washington .1 4I._|—I..| 11 3| 3 2113/ 7.650 Chicago _.....I-.| 31— 3 111 1] 3 8| 9.471 Plttsburgh 211 3] i 411/ 81678 Brooklyn 1.1 21 41 0/ 9110474 Bt. Louls .....[ 11 0/ 21 31—, .[..] 3 9/111.450 Cincinnati Boston .. New York ..,.| 01 11 1 3I.}— 2I..| 71101.412 B LU 110 3], 31,1 8/121.400 At Louls .1 410/ 012 .07 213 1) 21 1. /I 7116].304 Philadelphis .1 0/ 01,1 3I..1 3/ 0/—I 6/121.294 | 61 61 71 9/11110/13161—I—I Games lost..| 6| 8] 81101101 912113I—\—| GAMES TODAY. fo 8t Washinston (3:30 p.m.). GAMES TODAY. New York at_Chicago. Brooklyn at Pitsburgh. Boston at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Cincinnatt. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. HOME RUNS YESTERDAY. Jackson, Giants, 1; Lindstrom, Giants, 1; Klein, Phillles, 1; Wilson, Cubs, 1; Bell, Cubs, Cuyler, Cubs, 1; Gran- tham, Pirates, 1; Frederick, Robins, 1; Foxx, Athletics 1; Dykes Athletics, 1; Manush, Browns, 1; Alexander, Tigers, 1; Berry, Red Sox, 1. THE LEADERS. between Bob Osborn and Ray Phe& Wilson, big Brooklyn rookie moundsman, Cubs put two men on base and Kiki Cuyler routed the Robins with a home run. Hack Wilson followed with an- other and Chicago wound up with a 7-to-4 victory. The Cincinnati Reds did the same thing in a lesser degree and without the benefit of homers to make it three victories in their four-game series with the Boston Braves. Trailing 1 to 0 for seven innings as Eppa Rixey and Bruce Cunningham_ fought it out on the mound, the Reds followed a walk and a single with two flies in the eighth and won out, 2 to 1. “wild Bill” Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals continued his pursuit of the National League strikeout crown for the year as the Cards handed the Phillies their sixth straight defeat, 6 to 5. He fanned eight, bringing his total to 33, and allowed but four hits. Lester Sweet- land did well for the Phillies after two bad innings, which brought all the Cardinal runs. Bill Shores of the Philadelphia Ath- letics also pitched a four-hit game against the St. Louis Browns, to gain a 7-to-3 victory and avenge Wednes- day’s defeat, which ended the Athletics winning streak. The victory left the his | champions alone in first place in the American League. Raussell Pitches Well. Jack Russell turned in another of the day's good pitching feats by holding the Chicago White Sox to six_thor- oughly scattered hits, while Boston touched Al Thomas for 13 blows and a 3-to-1 victory. Tom Oliver hit safely in his seventeenth consecutive game. “Sad Sam” Jones was as effective as usual on the mound, though not par- ticularly brilliant in hurling Washing- ton to an 8-to-5 victory over the De- troit Tigers. The Senators drove Ownie Carroll to _cover in the early innings. The New York Yankees and Cleveland managed to play only one inning before a shower drowned out the fourth Amer- ican League game. The New York Giants again pro- duced the day's heaviest hitting, al- though they had to go 10 innings to beat out Pittsburgh by a 13-to-10 count and hold their precarious position at the top of the National mgle. The Giants made a fotal of 19 hits off five Efi?m. but lost the early lead they piled up when Pittsburgh rallied to tie the score in the ninth inning. Three hits and a serious error in tenth gave New York the victory and a 3-1 decision In the four-game series. Pimlico Spring Meeting April 28 to May 10 Inc. :30 p.m. _Admission §1.50 R. R. Lv. Wash- Cam . 177 BIG LEAGUE LEADERS | By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Burnett, Indians, .459. Runs—Bishop, Athletics, 21. Hits—Oliver, Red Sox, 37. Doubles—Regan, Red Sox, 9. Triples—Regan, Red Sox, 5. Home runs—Simmons, Athletics, 5. Runs batted in—Simmons, Ath- letics, 26. Stolen bases—Cissell, White Sox; Combs, Yankees: Rice, Senators, and Johnson and McManus, Tigers, 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—P. Waner, Pirates, .473. Runs—Terry, Giants, 21, Hits—Frederick, Robins, 3' D:lllxblu—flcwen, Robins; Triples—Suhr, Pirates, 5. Home runs—Jackson, Giants; Klein, Phillies; Wilson, Cubs, 8. Runs bat t rates, 24. stalen bases—Cuyler, Cubs; P. Waner, 7. Hafey, Car- SEEK SUNDAY CONTEST. Indian Head Cardinals are after a ball game for Sunday on the Indian Head diamond. 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Il bet out of 10,000 fans who come out to the games, there's 500 who don’t know what it's all about. FINED ON FISHING CHARGE. Officer Clarence Morgan of the seventh precinct made the first arrest for violation of the bass law in the vicinity of Chain Bridge Wednesday, when he arrested Marvin Beverly, 24 years old, for having in his possession several fish of this species. Beverly paid a fine of $25 in Police Court. Yesterday’s Stars By the Associated Press. Fred Lindstrom, Giants—Hit Pirate pitching for homer, triple, double and two llnglea as Giants won, 13-10. Bill , Athletics—Beat Browns, to 3, on four-hit pitching perform- ance. Kiki Cuyler, Cubs—Smashed homer with two on to aid Cubs in 7-4 triumph over Robins. Tom Oliver, Red Sox—Hit safely in seventeenth consecutive game and help- ed beat White Sox, 3-1. Bill Hallahan, Cards—Held Phillies to PAGE D-—1 LLOYD WANER 0UT FOR GOOD, REPORT Doctors May Advise Alling Pirate, Now Taking Rest Cure, to Qiut Game. 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