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The Eoening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WITH SUNDAY WEDNESDAY, MORKING EDITION MAY 21, P 1930. June 15 Cut Not to Affect Nats Much : National League Race\Continues Tight ROSTER NOW BUT 2 ABOVE LIMIT OF 5 Shifts of Players Likely to Be Made Soon—Burke Held in Good Trim. BY JOHN B. KELLER. EFORE the Nationals return from their first Western swing of the year, the clubs of the big leagues, in order to conform with their rules, must reduce their playing rosters to not more than players each. Un- less some shifts are made in the meanwhile, this means that on June 15 the roster of the Wash- ington club will have to be re- duced by two, for at present there are on the Natlonals’ active list * 27 players. Those now listed as active members ¥ » 55 i g %5 N i i 7 £ £ HH & 3 Er b ] £ i LY [ 55 g 55 s i I HED izE S 3y sgg il " 3 h o i THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT. V. RE BUILDING e . <N —By BRIGGS Heydler Proves Making N. L. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, May 21 (CPA)— President John A. Heydler of the National League proved un- usually - close-mouthed 'when *|asked at the beginning of the present base ball season to make some com- ment on pennant possibilities in his or- ganization. His only comment was that .hmhtanwmddbcelom' i i 1 E I MINOR LEAGUE GAMES I SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. New Or] Chattan & Birmi 3 ‘Roc Shie 8 Atlanta: ashville, 16 ) 3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W": Eanses Oitr: 1 5 ), 0. S s INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. " (eatn). i g : : g W g g i i gfl § 5 i g g %’ g % | i 3 8 s g5 gk ] % H ; : g- 8 s ] § § : graaess i BE8° 8 vl E'g" 0 32 %5:525 INJURED FIGHTER GAINS DECISION IN 10°ROUNDS OMAHA, Nebr, May 21 (®).—With his arm severely wrenched minutes 30 before. Omaha ll‘h!-hflv;- B ight Johnny Agrella, ‘weight, climbed into the ring last ni at Fort Crook and defeated Chuck PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Portiand, 11; Hollywood, 8. i 1. Bt e 1 Angeles, 8; Sacramento, 5. 3 PIEDMONT. LEAGUE. [’ Henderson, 12; Raleieh, %, 8; Winston-Salem, 0. TEXAS LEAGUE. xS BSen " Antonto, 9-1; Waco, 6-0. SOUTHEASTERNOLEAGUE. Tamps, 0-0; Seima,- 3-1 (second game 7 Jac OB ey, 4-5- (second game 7 innings). THREE.EYE LEAGUE. iney, 1 'Btivilie, 1. Peorias 1. sprinsfeld, 1. Qmaa. & 8 Jostn ver, 7; SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. . EASTERN LEAGUE. Bridgeport, 13: Springfield, 5. Provi ) 3. BEANT s Harstord, . Haven, postponed (wet Amerjcan League !ll,m""‘ RESULTS. , 4 (10 ings). TR whad clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Wise by Not Race Prediction has won it with such a low percentage. ith the pennant race It is also 81 points Jower tham the so-called standard — a mechaunicall fixed standard—of championship base ball. A team is suj to play .667 base ball to be an_ assertive ion., Few play that well. A at .625 is very good. i i g i i i E’E E &F F e i : £ -3 & CEH i | & g i § : i | g. | g H Bp i ¢ 1 3% i 8% | i EzE o B g2 E. E & 8 GAMES SCHEDULED. rict Grocery Stores vs. Gun- rrow, Seamen Gunners' Field, 5 . Alexandria Cardinals, Sunday, 1 o'clock. . East Ellipse, CHALLENGES. Ishe A. C., Sunday with 1408-W between 5:30 ai Sl A 'Go Midsets. and juniors. _ Caton, Metropolitan ‘6613 between 4 and A Bam West Insects, all teams in class. Lloyd Browns and Langdons especially chal- lenged, Atlantic 1578.W. '-mg'vtr "P'fiwoellfi En't;l,rzdn! and Sundey £ opolitan S T » Monroes have Senators, with itrong teams in senlor Cleveland 6488 atter 7 p.m, rry Peewees, Satterfield, Clarendon 2 between 6 and 7 p.m. Ethos A. C., t, 1 it Junior sames waited. "Weiséo, 1008 Furisenth | afternoon street. Colonial Insects want Saturcey ‘Colonials nave. di Alexan- . diasmond. Geor oo 3506 T street, TR g S s = e Juniors, at clubhouse, to- Mfii Stephe tlonal reet Borth- ensts ot Sl 20 PO Deloer 01 night, National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Hi Washington Philadeiphis .| 3/— 3| 3/ 3|_1_3 4i18(10.643 E] 17131 10 21_7)_ &l 3|_3117113! 2/ 1| 61_0/18[131.656 31731 11 8[16113. =1 1111 1) 3(73( 3| 5117/13/.686 13141131.638 11104113031 01121171414 -1 X101 4111 Ti—i 3( 2/11[161.407 -1 31110 0/_1173i—1 4/11181379 310/ 2111 11118 0101212117 - Am Was' car in which he was ridirg skidd>d and New York at Phila. uis at Cleve. fimeue g Hg'fi< at iyn At Shires to Invade Stage, He Warns ‘Minor’ Actors CHICAGO, May 21 (#).—Charles Arthur (self-subdued) Shires, White Sox first baseman, has served notice upon John Barrymore, Richard Ben- . Cohan “and other ‘season closes. “I can't dance and I.ean't sing, T can't do anything on the s which makes me a perfect actor,” the Great One said. i’RD TENNIS TOURNEY TO BE HELD IN PARIS ARIS May 21 (®).—The interna- professional tennis championship held at Roland Garros Stadium ‘upon exact dates to be fixed later. French hard court championships June Cup challenge round vitations ipate have been to Vincent Richards and Howard American professionals. Karel ace, is a cer- PACIFIC COAST LOOP ° TO TRY NIGHT GAMES SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (®).— Night base ball, which many magnates believe will save the American pastime from financial decay since its successful trial by Des Moines this Spring, will make its "debut in’ the Pacific Coast League_at Sacramento, June 10. Lew Moreing, president of the league- leading Sacramento club, announced here last night that the plan would be tried in the capital. Oakland’s Acorns will vie with Sac- ramento in the first coast venture into the floodlights, and other teams will have their opportunities later. Moreing stated that five regular games will be played at night each week. Only the Sunday mcmi:? game at Stockton and the Sunday afternoon game ‘at Sac- ramento will be played by sunlight. e ~ P. 0, BLANKS G. P. 0. Hitting opportunely behind the fine pitching of Greene, who gave up_only one bingle, Post Office blanked G. P. O., 9 to 0, yesterday in a colored Depart- mental League game. $ our Teams Are Having a Hot Battle in Government League BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ATCH the Government League now! If you like a fight take a peek at the four-team battle for the championship of the first half of this league. G. P. O. today is at the top of the loop, but from the way things have been going, it doesn’t mean a whole lot. It's been a see-saw scram- ble all the way, and for the first time this season, a single team lays claim to undisputed first place. All hopes the Navy Yard supporters | may have entertained were practically blasted yesterday when the hustling Government Printing nine pounded Lefty Kuhnert, who had won both games the Sailors are credited with. The Printing Office team'’s 6-to-5 win in a 10-inning game, was its fourth victory in six starts. If every member of the Navy Yard team put up half the game the ancient Johnny Bleier played, the Sailors might be still in the running. All Bleler did was to pound out three hits in four times at bat, score a trio of tuns. drive across another, steal a base, work Pitcher Tom Heany for a walk, handle five chances afield and contribute the flelding gem of the league race when he robbed Lou Hollis of what seemed a certain home run. Although there is & mathematical possibility of Navy Yard yet winning the first section of the loop, it is a pos- sibility only. Interstate and Naval Hospital, the former now occupying second place in the standing and the latter in third with two wins and three losses, may have something to say about who will win the first half, but the Union Print- ers, who share the runner-up place with Interstate, is the team to watch. After a slow start the- Typos have been setting the league afire and the club g:n wins the pennant will have to beat em. Umpire Ping Purdy bids fair to be- come the Roy Van Graflan of the Gov- ernment League. Local sandlotters al- most unanimously declare that he is one of the best umps in this vicinity and he is not only accurate in nearly every in- stance, but puts himself across with his colorful “Steeerike” and “Bawl” calling. Pinch-hitter Corkins, who batted for ‘Tom Heany in G. P. O.s half of the eighth , made one of the flukiest. ts ever seen on local sandlots. Lefty Kuhnert delivered a ball which was only about 2 inches from the ground, but Corkins went after it and not only hit down the third base line which Meehan, Navy Yard third baseman, could not get to first in time to catch the runner. ¢ ‘Western Electric is at the top of the Industrial League by virtue of its 9-to-6 vitctory over Holmes Bakery. Express pulled into a tie for second place in the Terminal “Y” defeating Southern Railway, 17 6. Interstate will have a chance to tie for first place in the Government League this afternoon when it meets Naval Hospital. A win for the Hospital 8 will put them in a tie for second place along with Interstate. -leading Pullmans will ivance another notch when ey take ak Southern Rail- RN " fan Commerce and D. C. Repair Shop will hook up in a Departmental League game, Tile Betters' Union tangles with the Big Print Shop in the Industrial, and West Wi n Baptist meets ashingto! First Baptist in the Georgetown Church League. PLAY FOR LEGION TITLE POSTPONED Series, Which Was Slated to Begin Sunday, Is Put Off Indefinitely. LAY in the American Legion midget base ball champlonshif serles for District teams, sched- uled t¢ open Sunday under the auspices of the Capital Oity League, has been indefinitely postponed, Wessal Stewart, athletic officer of the Depart- ment of the District of Columbia, an- nounced today. Difficulties, which have arisen since the first organigation meeting more than a month ago, are responsible for the delay. Player contracts and fran- chise money were supposed to be posted on May 15, but the date for filing these was ned recently. Legion officials had expected to get play under way Sunday but found ‘it impossible to get all of the teams in line and make complete plans for the start on that date. Dates for first-round play in the midget class of the Capital City League have been announced as follows: Mid, Class. Iget May 25—King's Palace vs. Senators; Lionels vs. Hurchman's Store; George- town vs. Sam Wests. June 1—King’s Palace vs. Lionels; Senators vs. Georgetown; Hurchmau's Store vs. Sam Wests. June _8—Georgetown vs. King's Palace; Sam Wests vs. Lionels; Senators vs. Hurchman'’s Store. June 15—Sam Wests vs. King's Palace; Hurchman's Store vs. George- town; Lionels vs. Senators. June 22—King's Palace vs. Hurch- man's Store; Senator vs. San Wests; Georgetown vs. Lionels. At & meeting of Capital City League officials tomorrow night protests grow- ing out of two opening league games Sunday are slated for settlement: Ballston A. C. the Virginia section of the unlimited class and Clark Grif- fith Insects of the insect class are the protesting clubs. Bauserman Motor Co. was credited with an 8-7 win over Ballston and Chevy Chase Cardinals were credited with an 11-10 victory over the Griffiths. CLUB WILL GET $10,000 WITHHELD FROM DUNDEE John J. Ty en an order directing the Wisconsin boxing com- mission to surrender the $10,000 purse withheld from Joe Dundee, Baltimore hter, for three years. ndee did not win either the decision. At! George A. counsel for the Eagles’ Club, which started the litigation, said: “The_ order is ol Unitéd ‘States St upholding the decision’"in the Pinkie Mitchel bout staged by the Eagles’ Club three ical purposes, turning over the money to the clerk of the court is & formality preliminary to paying it back to the Eagles' Club.” CHURCH NINE IS READY. base ball team will : ~Riverdale. hlve‘- secured the use of River- dale Field for their home games through e T aavile team. Manager er of e 3 ge :I.emon Clarke is now arranging tsl'nes for the Methodists. Call Hyattsville 1672-J after 5 p.m. Md, Chi THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. 100 Per Cent So Far. Bobby Jones has figured in three official starts since he left O far, these shores. Paired with Doc Willing, some test at Sandwich. In Roger Wethered, the the 36-hole medal test started 6 strokes behind with In just five days he opens his most exciting campaign, the same being third drive for the British amateur championship, where on Monday at St. Andrews 256 starters face the barrier to be whittled down to & surviving champion on the Friday that follows. f golf wasn’t golf the Georgian would be an odds on favorite to win. But no one yet has been able to tell at just what moment the old game will blow up with a crash in front of his nose; where touch and timing suddenly disappear. From the mental and the psychological side this next start will be Jones' hard- | est test. L The passing of Leo P. Flynn recalls how clos: he was to bringing Jack Dempsey back to & double victory. Leo got the old mauler back as far as the famous “14 second” count, which will remain one of the classic pugilistic de- bates as long as records are printed. Both Flynn and Dempsey felt at the time that it was too much to keep a veteran su‘l’:h as Dempsey in training all Spring and Summer. Thz‘tnnd of modern sport'is shown in the fact that Flynn, one of the old-time boxing managers, handler and trainer and director of many fighters, had given most of his® attention to golf in later years. At Dempsey’s training quarters in Chicago, Flynn had a two-hole gold course set up as soon as he had com- pleted arrangements for the ring that Dempsey boxed: in. His new fad super- seded the old. If any one had said 10 years ago that there would soon be a keen golf rivalry between Leo P. Flynn and Jack Kearns the odds are heavy no one would have believed any such event possible. Yet both Flynn and Kearns turned into first-class golfers, able to keep a the low 80s and now and then slip into the 70 ranks. Flynn was as smart in his golf as he was in his boxing trade. He soon realized that the scoring range was from 150 yards up to the green and it was at 150 yards, 125, 75 and closer that he practiced. He made few mis- takes around the green. Flynn was a_colorful be missed in boxing circles. , who will Many a by | stray and almost unknown fighter will a living, have & tougher time 'mbusy. for Leo knew how to keep rey meet delphia at an early date. be made from steel cables. Simpson, the Ohio State sprinter, ran into hard luck when the Interna- tional Treck Faderation refused to allow his 92-5, made from starting British_captain, for the gold vase at 18 holels a he won going away in the four- the singles next day he crushed 9 and 8. On Monday he won Sunningdale, where he go, and rushed in a 68. but it is perhaps just as well. Starting blocks may provide no out- side help, but is allowed they may open the way to other artificial aids. There are too many artificial helps now being provided for various to help break oid records. 'The next move might have been some Spring attachment, calculated to catapult the sprinter some 10 or 15 yards up the track. Better made base® balls and bigger, heavier bats have upset all the batting traditions in the national game. There were many complaints about the foot ball when, a yea' ago, various shapes were bootlegged into action. The start- ing block itself may have no effect upon time, but it is at least setting a prece- dent’ in the direction of artificiality and outside assistance. A gate that is opened an inch may soon be opened yards. Tolan's mark of 9%, seconds should get through, and young Wykoff’s mark of 92-5, made oniy recently, will come up later for consideration. That extra fifth of a second doesn’t seem much of a barrier to prune away, but, after all, :It l’;llelnl about 7 feet in a 100-yard ash. YESTERDAY’S STARS. By the Assoclated Press. Babe Herman, Dodgers—Drove in 6 runs against Phillies with four singles and seventh homer. Larry French, Pirates—Held Reds to four hits and blanked them, 5-0. Lou Gehrig, Yankees—Hit single, double and seventh homer to_drive in 4 runs and aid Yanks beat Red Sox, 7-4, in 10 innings. ‘Wee Willle Sherdel, ve scattered hits as Cards up elght pounded out 16-3 triumph over Cubs. ves—Singled with ler, Bra: bases filled in tenth to give Braves runs that beat Giants, 4-3. HOME RUN STANDING. By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Wilson, Cubs, 1; Kiein, Phillies, 1; lerman, Robins, 1; blocl bins, Gehrig, Yi and Morgah, In The Leaders. Klein, Phillies Berger, Braves games 9 | strong unlimited class nines PEeti s Grand total ...veesnerannnes. 2380 Mangin Is Made Member Of U. S. Davis Cup Team Joseph W. Wear, chairman of the United States Davis Cup commit- - tee, has announced that Gregory Mangin of Georgetown University would join the Davis Cu Mexico at the Chevy Chase Club tomorrow, Friday and Saturday. The United States team plans to sail on the Berenghria June 3. Mangin won the Eastern intercol- legiate tennis championship in 1929 and was runner-up to Berkeley Bell :il"munn, Tex,, for the national e. Bell also will accompany the United States team abroad if it sur- vives the American zone matches. Whether he and Mangin get into the European zone play will depend on their showing at Wimbledon and other places. CUPNET PLAY HERE STARTS TOMORROW . Americans Heavy Favorites to Defeat Mexicans at Chevy Chase Club. . LAY in the Davis Cup zone tennis competition between the United States and Mexico will open to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the Chevy Chase Club courts. Draw- ings were to be made today. Two ‘singles encounters and an- ex- hibition doubles tilt in which Gregory Mangin, Georgetown University crack, and Berkeley Bell, substitute on the Yankee team, will face a pair from the United States combination, will make up the program tomorrow. There also will be exhibition matches on Friday and Saturday. Play is sched- uled to end Saturday. Though regarded as he-'x favorites the United States team is ing noth- ing for granted and is getting in stern practice on the Chevy Chase courts. The Mexicans who have been drilling energetically for several days have an- nounced that they now idle until play starts tomorrow afternoon. Lawrence A. Baker, chairman of the tennis committee of the Chevy Chase Club, “has announced that 250 grand- stand seat tickets for the matches will be held for the use of District public h&h school students who present their athletic association tards. The tickets will be sold to the students at the re- The Babe Has Four Areas for Hitting BY AL DEMAREE. (Pormer Pitcher New York Gisats.) From personal observation and also from con I have had with hl!fin‘rel.l'el.lw in practi g the per- centage I have shmc:l!lymy .535; cartoon. * I have noticed and Ruth admits that at least half his total home runs for a season are on low fast balls or curve balls that break in- side. Practic Ol of his circuit clouts right-handed pitch- ers are made on high, outside, fast balls that he hits into the stands in left fleld. About one-fifth of his long drives are made on high, inside fast or curve from left-handed E::chm. Ruth gets many a base hit t very few homers from low fast balls outside. If he has any weak- ness, this is the spot. . The question naturally arises: Why ‘do not the pitchers pitch low outside to the Bambino? The answer to that one is that the big fellow would probably hit that ?pe of ball through the box and kill most of the pitchers in the American League. And the average ‘rlu:h to _commit suicide. & brave hurler can hold the a double by pitching low, outside. (Copyright, 1930.) NINES ARE MAKING WEEK END BOOKINGS Independent sandlot base ball teams of the District group are rapidly com- pleting their plans for the week end. Though many teams have listed oppo- e Babe to fast balls ; [nents a considerable number have yet to close dates. Harrison, husf Pepco Vi that he an en- for Saturday and Sunday with monds. mm“c;m also are 5 Hank Duryee land 5082 after §:30 p.m. at Cleve- DAY SHIFTS 6.0F 8 CLUBS IN STANDING Braves Make It Four Out of Five From the Giants. Dodgers Hold Lead. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR. Associated Press Sperts Writer. HE amazing race of the National League clubs for the higher places in ‘the standing has stolen the show in big league base ball from their rival circuit. Four games were played yesterday in each major league, and while the American was offering but one change in the standing, a shift of the seventh and eighth place clubs, the elder circuit left just two clubs in their former posts. The Brooklyn Robins, who became the leaders only Sunday, held their place by trouncing the Phillies,.still the tailenders, 16 to 9. All the rest shifted about. The New York Giants dropped from second to fourth place for the day's biggest fall, while Pittsburgh made the best climb, going from Afth to third. Even the Boston Braves, rankest of all outsiders, found themselves in the struggle as they downed the Giants for their fourth victory in the five-game series. Led by Wally Berger, 1:' hard- Los Angeles, who seems to have found a lot of “cousins” on the Giants, the Braves pulled out & 10-inning triumph, 4 to 3. scored both of Boston's runs in the reg- ular_nine ‘innings, one of them on his ninth homer of the year. George Sis- ler drove in the rest, getting a_timely single in_the tenth after Larry Benton had weakened just enough to fill the bases. The Braves are in sixth place today, having moved up a notch through their triumph, but they are only 3} games behind the . liant on the mound, bul Brooklyn hitting enabled the distance. Bucs Gain Two Notches. Pittsburgh leaped up two places the standing as Larry French shut out the Cincinnati Reds with four hits to give the Pirates their third victory. For seven In French had a tight battle against ing only a one-run lead, but the Pirates came through in the last two frames to make it 5 to 0. The St. Louis Cardinals followed the Brooklyn system, downing the Chicago Cubs 16 to' 3 to move into second place - and serit the Cubs down to fifth. the him to ‘The Cards got all their runs in four big ‘With the Washington and Philadelphia, enjoying a day of scheduled rest, the first dit of ‘the league improved its position & Jand Indians cago White Sox, who by scores of 7 w:u’ teams hit freely, the first game, Wes Ferrell, in the second, made Chi- cago's blows less effective. ‘The New York Yankees had to go 10 innings to gain a 7-to-4 victory over the Boston.Red Sox, as Ed Durham did some great relief pitching. over the job in the third inning, ham gave only one hit up to the then weakened suddenly to yield hits and as many runs. CAPITAL CITY NINES team nso‘eloekonflul HAVE BIG SCHEDULE With nearly twoscore games sched- uled, Capital City Base Ball League teams will be plenty busy the coming Saturday and Sunday. Here is the complete card: SATURDAY. INSECT CLASS. iy Section A. Lic 5 ' ol mfi:"’“::“"é’“’: f::m.n:,:: 1, 3 o'clock e Spoouta Pleld. 1 o'clock: T o Section B Georget: . N1 e ook adre Fatersis s Tt ."fnl:rk rifiths, No. & 1 PFEWEE CLASS. Montrose vs. Colony Theater, i o'clock (ir. Wilesy. SR, o 'geto . St. ' 3 . o JETE T g Pauts o v 1 ls vs. Joe Cronins, No. 3, 1 o'clock Lionel (Mr. Wiles). Allens vs. Cardinals, No.-10. 11 o'elock (Sbud Coleman). SUNDAY. UNLIMITED CLASS. District Section, o Skinker Easles vs. Mohawks, Priendship. 3 Army Med . 8t. Joseph' Jaeaicos v 8. Dh's, Walter C.\s: Woodmen of the World, Q'c, Vs, Astecs, Burroughs TooQolumbia Helghts, Prince Georges County. ount Rainier at Bowie, 3 o'clock. piErentwood o\é:&x WD Fles (Beat odenfn’ ‘st Hyittaville (Riverdale), 3 Virginia Section. Woodlawns at Jeff " at erson Distriet; 3 o'elock. Cherrydale at Ballston, Bauserman Motor Co., Montsomery County Section. Balma, Tttt oy htan 3 o cock Colonials and Kensinston ] . SENIOR CLASS. Section A. . A, O'Bri B Comforters (dia- u‘u‘."i‘&ifl-"&r‘ u;l’um : luhr““ No A paisawns 3 o clogh onis hogd Met) it . entenni; ST, Db, chery Section B. 3 Qlmstend Grill vs. Majestio Radio, No. 3, Lioneis vs. Curtin's All-Stars, West Ellipse, 1 gelock. "fnb:u.o 2 A . vs. Miller Purniture (diamond JUNIOR CLASS. osington Howltsers va. Arlington. No. j‘n’-' vs. Bethesds, Alta Vista. 3. FPrinting Co. vs. Lionels, West Ei- efles Vs St. SteBNe's, South Eilivse. ers vs. Y Flashes, Bast Ellipse, 3 MIDGET CLASS. Ke 10,3 o'clock. Acmy My id, o'clock. hlvfin; dh.- ® Lionels vs. Hurchman's Store. No. 5. 1 o Sorustown ve. Sam Wepts, No. 3. 11 §'s Palace vs. Senators; No. 7, 10'clock. y v