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’ Sports News ’J Features The Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1930. PAGE C—1 . Western Invaders Rough on Griffmen : Clubs Closely Bunched in Old Circuit Spaulding’s Steal of Plate Blazes Trail for Express Win \ MUST BATTLE NOW FORANEVENBREAKI Indians Display Power at Bat! in Win—Moore Good as Relief Hurler. BY JOHN B. KELLER. 8 expected, the Western teams of the American League are giving the Na- tionals plenty of trouble. After wading through the Eastern ranks easily, the Johnson band has been somewhat fortunate to play to an even break with its Western rivals in a dozen clashes. Only the White Sox have not proved formidable here. The| Browns bagged their series in Grifith Stadium; the Tigers, licked soundly by all others, made it 50-50 with the Nationals, and now the Indians, the oddest lot of the circuit, appear likely to make the home boys struggle to finish all even in the stand against the West. .éflfiagg 8% i il 28025F : i I g?- H £ £ i [ Gl g : g i ] ! i fs i il 5FEE i ! i s ] g § i ! i i ; 55 : i | i i " 1 58§ § : [ 2 g 8 i a§§ 5 ] I ] ; - 4 £, Efigg i i 3] § 4 i Egafi I past while endeavoring to catch a runner napping, and another double accounted for three more runs. + dyles departed for the shower and “BMoore came on. Carlos started :1: Indians’ run-total for the round What a wallop the Tribe showed! the second inning the Nationals & picked up a run with Cronin's double and Bluege's single at the outset and in the third they chased the left- handed Walter Miller to cover. They got only two hits off him, one a bunted single by Loepp baser to center From then on the Nationals were weak little lambs. Only one hit to make their total for the day amount to seven was made off Harder in the last six rounds. ICE now has hit in 24 successive lnd&u;! other a one- e ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON ITH radio, good nickel hit with a small stick, never is cigars, pre-digested projected with any comparable food, submarines, air- planes, dial phones, defiree of speed and is easily television and dry ice, almost ollowed. “But night base ball? anything seems possible now- “The thing won’'t work.” adays, except a club guaran- teed to sink putts over four feet or some dependable means for the elimination of hang- overs. Even night base ball is being experimented with, and, ac- cording to one mogul, it is only a question of time before the big leagues adopt it. Sam Breadon of the Cardi- nals is sold on the idea now be- ing tried out in Des Moines and other Mid Western towns. “It would help solve the at- tendance difficulties,” asserts the club president, who has had plenty otptrhem in St. Louis. He sees in it a means to offset the fans’ necessity for working and the lure of motoring and golf, vt}‘i]lch are slowing up the turn- stiles. SECOND place in the league race isn’t the only thing at stake in the current set at the local ball orchard, in which the Cleveland club yesterday drew first blood. Sam Rice, the 38-year-old veteran, whe now has connect- ed safely in every one of the 24 games he has played and has an average in excess of .400, is being closely pressed by the 22-year-old John Burnett, who is holding forth for the Tribe at the far corner in the enforced absence of Joey Sew- ell. Only a baker's dozen points separate them now, and this margin may be wiped ‘out in the two remaining tilts. Breadon opines “there appar- entl;t' '1:” nol hindrance tioetl:: spectator, player or umpire, a fly ball can be followed just as in day,” etc. Sounds Well, But— That will sound attractive to those of us who would prefer base ball to the nocturnal di- versions now available, but, ac- cording to a fellow magnate of Breadon—one with consider- ably more experience — the scheme is impracticable. C. Calvin Griffith is the au- thority for this. He asserts post-vespers base ball never will become commercially feas- ible and advances a good rea- son. 1t_isn’t because enthusiasts wouldn’t take to having their favorite sport served at an hour when they usually are at the movies; because the flyhawks couldn’t go and get ’em or that the umps would be unable to guess correctly any oftener than they do now. It’s because the batsmen would be so severely handi- capped under the conditions prevailing that the entire ase ect of the sport would be al- red in a way displeasing to the tators. ‘ , we have to paint our stands and fences green now to to eonnect of - 8 fans bleachers will prevent the stick wielders from following the course of the ball and slow up a team of sluggers to a crawl. “Artificial illumination, no matter how well perfected, can- not be other than a poor sub- stitute for natural daylight. ‘The ;ughmt flicker of the flood lights, or any variation in shadows, will play hob with the vision of the batters, interfere with their timing and throw them off their stride. “The conditions prevailing would be bound to so throw them off their stride that hit- ting would become a matter of pure luck, with the weak bat- ters as likely to connect as the established wallopers. “Much of the popularity of the game now is attributed to slugging, and with that elimi- nated, as it surely would be with electricity mbbln‘ for Old Sol, the would lose im- measureably in attractiveness. “Night foot ball? Yes. The is big, doesn’t have to be RECORDS OF GRIFFS st 2 i — S8 RoTR— onmnunooo F 0 S womoowowood ormsmsnGons, mosorrosssa!® SO Cleveland Washington . Goldman (2), Burnett (2), s Bits—L; Sewell Cronin, Hodapp ( urnett. Beeds. ree-base hit—Fonsec ome run—Morgan. _Stolen base—L. Sewel ldman. an to Fon, s, Left 53 AR AN 8-to-4 game could hardly be termed a pitchers’ bat- tle, but that's the closest the high school nines have come to one in their championship series thus far. Pill-pounding has been the order in the race, which has revealed Eastern and Business as the most formidable con- tenders, the five contests to date having produced an ag- gregate of 126 tallies, an aver- age of more than 25 to a game. A Worthy Cause. “Dear Mr. Thompson: “We have started a move- ment to raise by popular sub- scription of $1 a fund to the memory of our late friend, Joe Cantillon, for the purpose of establishing a bed in some hos- pital where rieedy ball players can be taken care of. “Won't you Kkindly have something to say through your valuable paper about this movement, as I believe that many of Joe’s friends would be glad to contribute a dollar were they informed of what is being done. % contributed out- ht cities (of the received by the Sporting News, St. Louis, Mo.” This communication, signed by Thomas J. Hickey, president the American Association, with the Minneapolis club, of which old Pongo Joe was af- filiatéd for years before and after he was manager of th Nationals, already has one buck from us. How about you? Yesterday’s Stars By the Associated Press. Mel Harder, Indians—Relieved Miller third inning and held Nationals to in one hit in 62-3 innings, enabling In- | mgRd dians to Hi ‘whip Washington, 11-6. ack Wilson, Cubs—Hit ninth homer | fio, Metro of season to help Cubs nose out Braves, 9-8. ‘Waite Hoyt, Yankees—Beat Browns, 4-1, permitting only five hits. Chuck Klein, Phillies—Drove in four runs with single, double Mm“ 'A' of season as Phils Art Herring, Tigers—] Red eight hits scattered md% '.h!m.&:fl.. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Wilson, Cubs, 1; Malone, Cubs, 1; Klein, Phillies, 1; Whitney, Phillies, 1; Davis, Phillies, 1; Hafey, Cardinals, 1; Welsh, Braves, 1; Modre, Braves, 1; Reynolds, White Sox, and _eighth beat Pirates, g |1 MO;’M. Indians, 1; Bishop, Ath- letics, 1. The leaders—Wilson, Cubs, 9; Klein, Phillies, 8. League totals—National, 136; Ameri- can, 97. Grand total, 233. BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Rice, Nationals, .414. Runs—Ruth, Yankees; Bishop, Ath- letics: Hodapp, Indians, 26. Hits—Oliver, Red Sox, 42. Doubles—Cronin, Nationals, 12. Triples—West, Nationals, 5. Home runs—Foxx, Athletics, 4. 5 Runs batted in—Simmons, Athletics, 8. Stolen bases—Rice, Nationals, 5. National League. Batting—Stephenson, Cubs, .458. Runs—Terry, Giants, 29. Hits—Frederick, Robins, 42. Doubles—Comorosky, Pirates, Triples—Cuyler, Cubs; Suhr, rates, 5. Home runs—Wilson, Cubs, 9. Runs batted in—Suhr, Pirates; Wil- son, Cubs; Klein, Phillies, 27. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 7. e American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. eveland, ‘Washing , 8. Bhlladelbpin: 16 Ghicasor T Detrolt, 4; Boston, 1. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ET it go, Dick, here I come!” Patsy Spaulding, midget shortstop for Express, was yelling this to Dick Hughes, the batter, while tearing down the stretch between third and home. It was the fifth inning, two were out, Ex- press was 1 Tun behind with no imme- diate possibility of reaching Bob Magee for the winning scores, so Patsy de- cided to take a hand in the situation. Pitcher Magee took a little too long to complete his wind-up and when the ball finally arrived in Catcher Doffle- meyer’s mitt, Spalding was sliding across the rubber with the tying run. With Spalding’s unexpected steal of home, the Terminal team, which had been going great guns, suddenly lost the snap and pep of the first four in- nings and Express, realizing their golden opportunity, came to life with a bang, scoring 5 runs in the last two frames to win, 8 to 4. Spaulding’s feat was one of the two things that caused the downfall of Terminal from the pinnacle of the league—the other reason was Bus Freed. Bus is the Terminal third baseman, but he didn’t last long yesterday, for he made that unpardonable mistake of try- ing to tell the umpire that he was wrong. When Bus was called out on strikes in the first inning, he didn’t like it and made no attempt to keep his feelings a secret. Whereupon Um- ire Shoemaker decided that it would better to let Freed warm the bench, 80 Bus watched his successor, Dorsey, g0 hitless and make the prize mistake of the day besides. Dorsey picked up Fowler’s grounder with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and didn't know what to do with it, so after consider- ing a few moments, he eventually threw the ball against the backstop trying to nab the runner at home. Almost half of the Express lineup is composed of Northern A. C. players. Sam Wasserman, Hansom Fitzgerald, Lefty Jewett and Patsy Spaulding of the Red Birds are playing with Express. One loyal Terminal rooter razzed Fitz- gerald, Express catcher, so much that | SANDLOT BASE BALL I RESULTS. Sterlings, 6; Warwicks, 6. MEETINGS. King's Palace Midgets, tonight, 305 Ten- nessee avenue. GAMES SCHEDULED. Monros A. C. vs. Tile Betters, Saturday, hteenth snd_Otis streets northeast. roe AL O Ve Scasssville, Sunda, . H;r}el Grocery Stores vs. Paramount A. C, 'rida tomorrow, lock. {3 onel entors vs. P. O. P Monument diamond No. 1, § o'cl DRILLS SCHEDULED. Co., this evening snd ‘clock. Faiflawn dia- National Oircles, Sunday, want out-of- ‘engagement. drews, Fourth street northeast, Telephone Lin . _Paul's Juniors. Manager Carr, Poto- Atnletic A. C. Sunday. insect or midget teams " having diemonds Mansger Haben- Franklin 8878 between 7 and 8 p.m. cs, Baturday, practice game. Cleve- P oye” Thsecis. ' Saturds d % s Insects, Saturday an Sundsy games. tur 3208 between 6 and 30 pm. ramount A. O, Sunday game, out-of- town date " preterred. Manager Harves, West_201 Tank Corps of Fort Meade, games With teams of Washington and vicinity. E. & R. Fort” Georse G, Meade, Ma. ' niors, Sunday. have s Manager Carr, Potomac 2321, odmen of the World, Sunday, With un- mond. Tony Bur- Sunaay. ' Jack Bicrach, Lin i ack Biera - coln 4836 between 6 and 7 p.m. Fitz decided to call his hand in_the sixth inning, following a crack about the Red Birds. ““Come on boys and score some runs,” he yelled, “they're only the Northerns. “Know anybody that can beat them, hollored Fitz. “Yeh,” snapped back the Terminal n, “Bring Frour money around then,” re- turned tzgerald, equally as snappy, but the umpire interfered at this point, ending further discussion on the rela- tives of the teams. One of the best flelding first-basemen in the city is Warren Freshour of the Terminal nine. Freshour has made but one error in 38 chances. Lefty Jewett received credit for the Express victory. After beating Charlie Horne in a pitchers’ duel last Sunday, 6 to 5, the slim lefthander allowed but two hits in the five inaings he worked. Navy Yard's battery’ of Pitcher Lefty Kuhnert and Catcher Sullivan, both bat cross-handed. Sullivan, a newcomer to the Sailors, showed that he can hit that way, socking two doubles and a single in three trips to the ’Kl:u. Kuhnert's generosity in third in- ning, proved the undoing of Navy Yard. He gave six free tickets and allowed three hits, enabling the Naval Hospital Union Printers and Insterstate will battle today for the Government League leadership. Both nines have n even in !‘t’mr games. TILDEN TRIUMPHS TWICE. COLOCNE, Germany, May 14 (#).— Bill Tilden, America's obe-trotting tennis champion, scored a of vic- tories here yesterday. He defeated F. Frenz, seventh ranking player in Ger- many, 6—4, 6—2, 9—17. en, in mixed doubles Tilden and Cecilie Germany won from F. Kuhiman and Miss Mournes, German players, 6—1, T—5. . ISHERWO0DS TO DRILL. Isherwood A. C. base ball team, victor in its last three out of four games, will face Wolverines Sunday on Fairlawn fleld at 3 o'clock. Isherwoods will drill tomorrow at 5:30 o'clock on the Rosedale groun ‘They are booking week day games at Aanm: 1408-W, after 5:30 pm. MAT CARD ARRANGED. Mario Giglio, Italian husky, and George us:{:,n é':nunmnn mumm Vi meeh Gn s wresiling program tor morrow night at the Geyety. —_——— WERNTZ BOWLING VICTOR. Completing his schedule with a score of 366, W. H. Werntz won the Shah bowling cup last night at Convention Hall. John Fullmer took the Class C singles with 387. e MAJESTICS ARE GUESTS. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. CHICAGO.—Billy Angelo, Philadel- phia, outpointed Al Kline, chle-fi‘glo)‘ SAN JOSE, Calif.—Milo lettd, Cleveland, stopped Baby Jack Dempeey, Los Angeles (5). 34 Games Listed for Sunday For Capital City Loop Nines APITAL CITY BASE BALL LEAGUE teams will have their first big week end beginning Saturday. Thirty-four games, involving 78 teams, are listed. Here is the complete card: SUNDAY. Unlimited Class. VIRGINIA SECTION. Bauserman Motor Co. ve. Ballston, Arlins- o TR sirict. Firemen vs. Cherrydale vs. Piremen, Virginia Highlands, 3 o'clock. ‘Woodlawn A. C.. bye. MONTGOMERY COUNTY SECTION. Chevy Chase vs. Bethesds Firemen, <! lock. Takoms Tigers, at Bilver ock. - at bye. PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY BECTION. Brentwood Hawks, at Bowie, 3 o'clock. Dixie Pigs, at Berwyn, 3 o'clock. Hyattsville, at Mount Rainier, 3 o'clock. DISTRICT SECTION. c. Astecs ve. Army Medical Center. Walter | coi ck. n': Helahts vs. Burroushs. Bur- ous! o'clock. 'xp::wn vs. Foxall A. C., Foxhall Fleld, 3 o'clock. Peithaibin, 8 o'tiock jendship. 5 ‘Woodmen of the World, bye. Senlor Class. SECTION A. Holy Comforters va, Fotomac A, C. C. A. O'Briens vs. Metropolitans. ‘Anacostia Motor Co. Neighborhood ‘House_Benators. Centennials, bye. SECTION B. Maestic Radio vs. Lionels, . Olmstead Grill vs. Miller Purniture Co. Curtin's All-Stars vs. Plerce A. C. JUNIOR CLASS. Bethesda vs. Kensington. at Bethesda. Arlington vs. Acme Printing Co. Meridians vs. Mardelles. Lionels vs. ¥. Flashes. Bt. Stephen's Club ve. Old Homers. . Vs National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ica, em Boston, 8. rooklyn-Cincinnati, rain. STANDING OF THE town vs. RIRE% Bllaes . SATURDAY. Insect Class. SECTION A. Medicos vs. Eagles. vs. Burroughs. Corinthians vs. Wonder Boys. i SECTION B. National Cupitalg ys. Sterlines. . Cols 3 GG Rms ve. Chevy Chase Cardinals. PEWEE CLASS. Coluny Theater vs, Georgetown. trose vs. Lionels. BN "Bovs Glub vs. Cardinal. First-round schedules for the senior and junior classes of the league have been announced as follows: SENIOR CLASS. SECTION A. May 18—Holy Comforters 1\ . Potomac A. A O'Briens vs. Metropolitans, Ana- ighborhood ' House Holy Comfort- , Bt ropatitans C. vs. Skinker Eagles, | Centennials vi May 18—Majestics vs. Llflnez. Olmstead Grill vs. Miller Furniture Co., Curtin’s All- Stire . Bieree ul{azb—olflll'kld Grill vs. Majestic Radio, Lionels vs. Curtin's All-Stars, Pierce A. C. vs. Miller Purniture Co. June 1—Majestic Radio vs. Curtin's fi“- s}:l’m A. ©. vs. Olmsteads, Miller irniture Co. vi X June 8—Pierce A. C. V8. alrfll'l All-Stars vs. Mille: Tine, 1e-Salier Furaitire Co. ve, Maes- #i¢ Radio, Lionels vs. ©.:6 OH.P'I\ Qll"l!'l: n‘- l’: AR JUNIOR CLASS. FIRST ROUND. May 18 — Bethesds 5 Bethesda: Ariington Vl,‘:t‘? ridians ~vs. Ma: :“EY flbitflul‘lnx{fl. Arl M nsingtons. Vs, 'ATigton, . Me- ridis &tlllld" e e RN o Ve ¥ tic Radi Riture 0. June 1—Kensington vs. Meridians, Lionels vs. Arlington. St. Stephen's vs. Bethesda, Acme 've. Old Homers, ¥ Flashes vs. Mi elles. June 8—Lionels vs. Kensingtons, Meri vs. St. Stephen’s. Old Homers vs. Arlin Bethesda vs. ¥ Flashes, Mardelles v Jun 8t s vs. Kel T 87 11 11 01 31 Chicago ...l 11— 3 8 3 21" 3/161111.683 S| 331 1] 31161 0. 111 310131 14l 91.608 Brooklyn 4031 21 0112111/.622 1 01 11 1i—) 31 31 1l 31111111.500 13l 11 1] 3 81191111833 ~1_11 41 01 3i—I 0 4 3118112830 113011 31 41— 1/ 0/13/121.800 01 0 31 11 01 3I—I 3| 8/141.364 IE Cincinneti . ‘GAMES 'TODAY. ti New York at St. Lou i June e x ol .nm 's vs. Arlington, Meridians vs. NATIONALLEAGUERS HAVING A HOT RACE Braves and Phillies Alone Under .500 in Procession Led by Giants. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Editor. ‘HE National League appar- ently is headed for one of the closest races in its long history, if the results of the first month of play can be taken as an indication of what will hap- pen during the next four. e eight clubs have been playing al- most a month now, and they are hardly further apart in the stand- ing than they were after the first day or two. The New York Giants still hold the lead with an average of .636 al h they defeated yesterday by tI St. Louls Cardinals, but the Chicago Cubs are close behind and five other clubs are within striking distance of s glant victory. But a recruit, Jim Lindsey, appeared to hold the New Yorkers while the Cards came through with three successive doubles in the sixth to score the deciding ryns. Cubs Eke Out a Victory. The Cubs rolled up an 8-0 lead on the Braves, then lost it as Boston scored 6 runs in the sixth and 2 more in the #hth. Chicago finally came threugh ith a single counter in the home half of the eighth to give Boston its seventh successive defeat. Philadelphia pushed Pittsburgh’s Pi- rates down into the second division with a steady hitting attack that brought a 14-to-8 victory. The Pirates did not get started until the ninth, when they scored 4 runs. The Philadelphia Athletics strength- ened their grip on first place by out- slugging the te Sox for a 14-t0-7 victory. game produced two big innings, the A’s scoring 6 runs in the sixth only to have Chicago come back with 4 in the seventh. The New York Yankees reached the 500 mark for the first time this year and fashioned their longest winning streak by defeating the St. Louis Browns, 4 to 1, behind the pitching of Waite Hoyt. It was New York's fourth straight victory. Art Herring of De- troit and Jack Russell of Boston hurled another close game as Herring kept the Red Sox hits spread over nine innings while the Tigers bunched theirs for a 4-to-1 victory. —— WRC CANCELS PLANS Aussem of | percentage them. * Pittsburgh, the sixth team i TO BROADCAST GAMES today’s standing, has an average of 500, < the Same mark s held by the New ym! i age Laxloanosled s plesisic %::keel, w:w are fourth in the -1 base ball games played by Wash: W'mn While the Giants were losing a tough m;:l‘ g#" Vice president, of the o AR O e -to-4 score, e 18 4 s big Tally to beat out the Boston |, pimOtrSOn Was reached according Braves, 9 to 8. Similar results todsy |y omcials announced that broadcas- would leave Chicago un|{ 2 points be- ing of s ed" 1n hind. The Brooklyn Robins and Cin- | o1& S S%fes L ol cinnat! Reds, kept idle by rain, rematned | “upor Lo " Vi o€ U0 Pgm I”gl tied for third place with 12 victories | . 4'NETeh (B e, evert Thiladelphia ing, we will neonslder our de- and 11 defeats a piece and led the |, .. 40.4; Phillies and ;t'.“uuh only by 8 feW| cision > Russell added, po! 8t. Louis ran its string of victories to 7 by defeating the Giants yesterday, WESTERN LEAGUE. but only after some difficulties. ‘“Wee| Omahs, 13; St. Joseph, 10. Willle” Sherdel weakened in the sixth| Denver 3: Wich inning and put enough runs on base for g‘l‘fi“ nes. night game. LA PA JAVA THE SECRET OF THE BLEND One GOOD REASON When a cigar achieves the popu- larity that is La Palina’s (more than a million a day) there must be a reason. There is! La Palina is made of choice, blended filler—wrapped in pure ). Java leaf, so good, so costly, {‘ that it is called “the treasure of éfiil the tropics.” Try a La Palina to- day and enjoy this new modern thapsody in smoke pleasure. <> 4 < Listen in en the La Palina Program, Columbia Broadcasting System, every, Wednesday evening at 9:30 E. D.T. and every Sunday evening . at 8:00 E.D. T. AMERICA'S LARGEST SELLING HIGH-GRADE CIGAR 19 Popular flllpu_ and Sizes CONGRESS CIGAR CO., Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. ‘:_: s, gzt C-plu{ ('J‘u; & Tohm Co., 602 Pennsylvania Ave. NiW., SHARKEY IMPRESSIVE IN FIRST WORKOUT ORANGEBURG, N. Y, May 14— Looking stronger than ever Jack Shar- key officially opened his training grind Wednesday for his bout with Max Schmeling at the Yankee Stadium on June 12. The session, performed in Gus Wil- son’s irdoor gymnuium, consisted of nine rounds of floor work, four on the &‘:;ll bag, t.h‘gee ;nol’e m.éhe big bag one each of roj ippin; shadaw boxing. 1 i Sharkey impressed onlookers with his condition. ENDICOTT, N. Y, May 14—Max Schmeling did no boxing yesterday. He went on the road and then motored to the links with Trainer Max Machan and Franz Duelberg, the German cyclist. Schmeling went around in 110, the best card he has turned in here. Schmeling will resume boxing today. MINOR LEAGUE GAMES AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louteville. 3; Milwaukee, 2. a Toledo. ]u é A 1is 4. Ses City. ; Columbus-Minneapolis, Wet sfounds. “INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jersey City, 8: Toronto, 3. Buffalo, ‘8: Reading. 5. hester, lewar! Baltimore, 11; Mont SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. rain. Antonio, 8. THREE-I LEAGUE. Bloomington, 13; Quincy, 9. ringfie Peori: Danville, ansville, 3. Terre Haute, 12; Decatur, 3. Bt ol PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Bllh‘ Point, Greensboro, Henderson,” 8;" Winston-Sale; Durham, 10-2: Raleigh INA PPED Washington, D. C. b