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WESTERN INVASION - WILL BE REAL TEST = Need Win One of Two Games Left With A’s to Start Trip Leading Race. BY JOHN B. KELLER. . P HILADELPHIA, May 31| Ml Calamity howlers may rant | Boley, ss. and rave about the skidding Nationals, but the general £l run of the supporters of the Wash- ington base ball club need pay no attention to these weak-kneed fans. True, the Nationals were well jolted by the Athletics in the holiday games here. yesterday, but the 13-inning 7-to-6 defeat in the morning and the 15-to-11 lambasting in the afternoon did| not down them for the count by any means. V"’Iith only one win the two tilts re- maining with the A's—one booked for | &: today in Shibe Park and the other for | tomorrcw in Griffith Stadium—the Na- tionals will go West in first place and g B that's something for @ club that before the campaign got under way was rated | as nothing better than a seventh-place | Tegation. ‘glgr agny fan feels he must pick on the | Nationals, let him wait until their first | Western invasion of the year is con- | cluded. Then if he does not like the | standing of the Washington club, let | him speak his little piece. Perhaps, | though, the Nationals will not be so | poorly situated that he will want to | give them the sour raspberry. 1t is but the second time' this season that the Nationals have been licked as many as three times in succession. And even the two lickings they took vester- day do not make them a poor bail club. Looking over accounts of previous games, fans will discover that only three or four times this season has the Wash- ington club been badly punished in a contest, and also that after being well unished it came back quickly to hand t to the other side. Don't count the Nationals out yet. OMERS by Simmons wrecked the Nationls in the Memorial day ‘n!- fairs. He bit one in the ninth with two on and two out in the meml!rllg and tied the score. In the afternocn : hit another with three on and one ol,l and wrested the lead from the Nlflon‘s s for keeps. The Washington club a)s‘o saw Cochrane hit a four-baser in tl l: morning and Miller and Bishon socl home 1uns in the afternoon. Al Gm; Jin's sixth homer of the season did wa Taise the double-header total to six. i The morning game took a heavy e of the A’s as Cochrane, Simmons, Dy} e and Boley were hurt, but the Seconh; * Etringers who took their places in the afternoon did well and Simmons, cTip pled, can slam ‘em. That old base ball ‘was d sound in every respect by the Avtrr:’l::iu in the morning encouul;r.. Sailing along under a three-run a vantage, ut i ’s on in_the ninth when xr‘\hg "‘glmAl’l:al?S had siammed the ball to the top of the left field stand for his eighth homer of the yeu.d of the world champions crosse e Platé and Mack’s minions were very much in the game again. [ ! A GAIN in the thirteenth the ‘Macks Barret showed that books can be closed until Te! lnuthlrded tlram"en: . ith the bases filled and twi :fifi'@“nfi McNair, Tookie mneld‘e‘r‘: Jofted the sphere :)?I::rdM‘:!{:dx‘e‘:nhn me was 3 :;:elt'mof':mnry circumstances = would ‘have been needing but one runm, it became auto- 'y a one baser. matically a d win of the sea- But for his wik n over the A's. Before Simmons :?nnu his homer Ad had yielded hb‘;i four safeties and only two of the n had figured in the home sides m\;n making. One was POxX's two bagger o the first frame and the other cwli yane's homer over the right fleld w in the third. But two passes had pre; ceded Foxx’s smash, and while’ one of the walkers had been forced out l.he;e still were two on to be helpeg y Jimmy’s hit that came with two down. Corhrane’s homer opened the third. All told. Liska issued seven passfi. He was fortunate to escape punish- ment in the eighth when after disfi; ing of the first tw‘o bat":cr;uheog: el <sive °f He Bucc:n‘l gft the ball over tching ded to e difficulty. for a foul wide ones to O a strike. Th{l"\skcfll':l%‘} onin to get Liska ouf C'2hd Bl made n break Jofted directly behind the plate by | inch-batter Harris at the outset of the g&n(h Liska might have triumphed. As it was, Muddy never moved from his catching position, the fouled ball land- ed several yards in front of the stand, and Harris went on to second. Retire- ment of the next two batters pushed Harris to third, but still Liska might have escaped punishment had he dis- layed any control in pitching to Wil- iams. who batted for Perkins. Instead four of Ad's five throws to the pinch- batter were wild, and thus the stage was set for Simmons, who had failed to connect safely in four previous trips to the plate. to do his stuff. He did. RED MARBERRY, who assumed the | mound burden after Foxx's two- bagger following Simmons’' homer had driven Liska from the game, gave only a fair exhibition of relief work, and his support was not of the best. In the eleventh, with Simmons on as a Tesult of a single after Quinn had fanned, Foxx's roller by Cronin that was scored as a single, sending Simmons to third, might just as well have been charged as a boot by the Washingion shortstop. The ball rolled over Cronin’s | hands to short left, when he had an easy chance to end the round with a double play. But Fred got out of trouble by pur- posely passing Miller. foiling the A's when they tried a squeeze play and finally fanning Dykes to bring young McNair to the plate. Before Dykes fanned the second retirement should have ‘been registered, for a pitchout | trapped Simmons off third, but Ruel in an attempted rundown threw wildly by Bluege and let Simmons get back to the far corner. McNair lined to West to end this stirring round, but similar strategy em- ployed when Miller was up in the thir- | teenth failed to work. With one out, Simmons doubled, and pulled up at third when Foxx got an infleld hit Again Miller was purposcly passed, and again Dykes whiffed, but young Mc- Nair came along to whack the big hit to left-center. A tough one to lose. ! A GAINST Bob Grove, who had set them down so deftly in Washing- ton nearly two weeks before, the Na- tionals looked good. They collected nine hits off him in nine rounds. A pass and two singles, all coming after two ‘were out, netted them a marker in the second, and in the sixth they hopped on the left-hander for three singles, a triple and a pass for four runs and ‘what seemed a comfortable lead until !(hxlndlnmx got in his mean stuff in the o It was the lower end of the Wash- . ington batting order that _knocked ‘Grove around the lot, Ruel singled over | Gosiin, " it. R adage, “A game 4s never over until the last man is out,” | L0 Tt the Nationals had two out Ma the |22 mmtwomnmxg. Bu: With the sacks crowded and the A's Marb'ry Ad Liska would | Th the first tally, and it was Muddy's le hat drove over the two mrkullu;fife 3 P ooannulusnn, 3 2 | cocommrsorousconr PHILADELPHIA. hop. 2b. % 5| nococoncccausoroay vl cosocsrcsccsarss! 2| coororrontiuonams Totals .49 11 iBatted for Boley in elghth. f8atted for Grove in minth. iBatted for Perkins in ninth. Washington ....0 1000401000006 Philadelpiia *1112010000030001—7 Two-base hits—Foxx (2), Simmons. Three~ e hits—Foxx, Ruel. Home runs—Coch- rane, Simmons. ' Stolen base—Cronin, Sac- Tifices—Haas, Grove. Double play—Foxx to Bases on balls—Off Liska. 17 . 4; off Marberry, 3. Hit by pitche v Liska (iller).” Siruck it minutes. SECOND GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. Ry West, cf. 5 3 Rice. rf oM Judge,’ 1b. Myer,’ 2b. Cronin,” ss. Bluege. Spencer, ¢. Hadley, ' p. on, . Thom: 1 Moore, *Tate ' . Barnes cossssssssss: oy Earnshaw. Cramer. It “*Sim Totals *Batted fo 1Batted for Mobre in ninth. tted for Earnshaw in fourth. atted for Harris in fourth. Washington 3120300111 Philadelphia 152310x-15 oosssorssssel o mons Foxx Two-base hi ge. (2), Rice, Gorlin, Blshon, West, Barnes. . Simi ir. Judge. * Bases on ball off Hadley, 4; off Braxton, 1: 2;_off Thomas. 4; of Moore, 3. —By Earnshaw, 2: by Hadley. 2; by mel, 2. Umpires—Dineen, Nallin and Geisel. BATTING. . AB.R. H.2b.3b.HI 165 4367 10 4 185 33 52 10 64 9 20 148 27 44 6 0000000000000 nmestmAMNE 38 ] PrONIPIREPIRRINEN. - B2553! Py 7 PR R S o tacois 9 coscencouuumnntutE el 28R eosommmnuruntiontsl ecssescoscosccaseasseuonsll cocecec00s00HENUOHANNMMOn ©00c00000008000mONANOHOR: 5 15 50 22 24 91 10 e 18 22 9 10 k1 4 H H o ] | In'ss Gam.Comp. BB.8O. pitch.start.gam. }# Et ’ll lll.ll gam. L. poeeSlmag e casinmidl oMmasswag subauuue BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Associated Press, American League. Batting—Rice, Senators, .406. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 46. 4’lel batted in—Simmons, Athletics, Hits—Rice, Senators, 67. Doubles—Cronin, Senators, 16, Triples—Combs, Yankees, 7. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 15, Stolen bases—Rice, Senators, 9, National League. Batting—Herman, Robins, .416. —Herman, 3 Klein, Phillles, fl?‘ g Hits—] Robins, 67. Doubles—Frisch, Cardinals, 19. Triples—Cuyler ‘and English, Cubs, 6. Home runs—Wilson, Cubs, 14. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 12, McCLURE TOPS POLOISTS DESPITE FALL OFF PONY BALTIMORE, May 31.—Sixteenth Field Artillery poloists of Fort Myer, t:::;mmlflng( ‘tt:m:imlll handicap, yes- lay defeates aryland Polo malletmen, 8 to 5. o b Lieut. Mark McClure of the winners was thrown from his mount in the first chukker, but carried on to lead his team in scoring with four goals. —_————— ting the Nationals ahead in the sixth When the venerable Jack Quinn came on to toil after the ninth, however, the Nationals’ bats were useless. In the four innings the spit baller worked not one of the Washington club reached first base, the old man saw a chance to pick up a win and he didn’t muff it. AGAIN in the afternon fracas there was more wild pitching by Wash- ingtons’ starting hurler, Bump Hadley, and again it proved costly. Bump seemed to have much on the ball, but he couldn’t control it. The Nationals jumped on George Earnshaw, who never was impressive, for a lead, and though the A's picked away at Hadley from the outset, at the end of its fourth batting turn the Washington club held a 7-to-4 advantage. Then Bump began pitching all around the plate, and when he managed to ‘get one over some Mack mauler thumped it. Finally after a run crossed in the A’s fourth and two runners were wait- ing for help, Bump threw two wide ones to Williams and was yanked. Braxton completed the pass, then Simmons, who had been kept out of the second tilt by a sore ankle, hob- bled to the plate and immediately the A's were in front. Al slammed one of Braxton's pitches into the lower left field stand. That was all Sim- mons did during the game, but it was enough. The A’s were in front to stay. Braxton managed to keep the A's from the plate the remainder of the fourth, but he was socked for two more tallies in the fifth, Bishop lifting the ball over the right fleld wall with one on. Goslin heartened the Nationals somewhat when he hit a homer over | New the right field barrier off Rommel's pitching in the sixth when two team- mates were on the runway, but the A’s got these tallies right back off the wild and wooly Thomas and picked up :‘n'g‘t&tr off Moore's hurling in the That second game was a lurid affair and nothing to write home about when one’s home happens to be Washington. e o e NS, SR, E BRILLIANT SPOTS IN THE PROGRESS HE lion, according to the en- cyclopedia, is “a very large carnivorous mammal of Africa and South Asia.” If lions are Kings cf Beasts, Ted Lyons is the King of Pitchers, as far as 1930 records go, anyway. Certainly in batting and pitching his way to victory over the Indians at Cleve- land on May 25 to score his sixth straight win, and his eighth in nine contests this season, the former Texas collegian qualified for mem- bership in any Lions’ Club in the country. But probably he was made an honorary member of this worthy society long ago, for Ted has done some swell pitching before this sea- son. He averaged better than 20 wins a season for the White Sox in 1925, '26 and 27; then slipped only 15 victories in 1928, and last season won one less than that number while losing 20. So, as this is writ- ten, he already has won more than THE EVENING S half as many games as he won dur- TAR, WASH A e ‘%RN%NN BEI ONE CF THE BRGHT 1TCHING HAS of 1r|1: CHICAGO WHTE SOX ToDATE THIS YEAR Metrooliuan Newsoaper Service ing the entire season of 1929, and it's a long way to the Fourth of July yet! And, say, this Lyons wields a big stick, too. But why not? He wasn't named after Teddy Roosevelt for nothing! On May 21 last he beat Detroit, 9 to 3, batting in three runs himself with three timely bingles, which more or less repeated & vic- tory he scored over Herb Pennock and the Yankees last August, when he got three hits, including a double. Who says pitchers can't hit? Ted Lycns was born in Louisiana in December, 1900. He was workis with the Baylor University ball team at Waco, Tex., in 1923, when Ray Schalk of ¢he White Sox stopped off to watch the athletes perform. ‘The “Cracker” caught some of the collegian’s offerings and was so im- pressed with his pitching that he signed the youngster up to report to the South Siders upon the com- . pletion of his college work. So Ted became a member of the Pale Hose the following June. ‘Wonder where the White Sox would be this season without Mr. Lyons’ right-handed pitching? LEXANDRIA, Va, May 31— “Sure, we've dropped four gameés this year and we have won but two,” Sam De Vaughan, mana- ger of the Cardinal A. C., admitted before a group of rival managers and players before his club took the field against the Hme Springs nine. “But,” he declared, “from here out it's going to be us in front all the way.” ‘Three hours later it appeared he wasn't far wrong, for the Cardinals walked off the field 6-to-4 winners over the Hume Spring tossers in a Memorial day attraction at Haydon Field. It was the first of a three-game series between the two clubs. It was an uphill fight for the Birds, who went into the sixth inning with their opponents holding a 3-to-1 lead and Curtis mowing them down in easy fashion. Then Buck Stover, the Car- dinals’ acung captain, swung into action. Stover lashed a double into the out- field with a teammate on base ,and went all the way home when ‘he ball was fumbled. Coming up in the eighth inning, Buck crashed one of Curtis' offerings past the center fielder for a home run with two men on base. Stover in all accounted for five of his team’s tallles, driving over three and counting two himself. ‘Tank Corps of Fort George Meade, Md., laced the deliveries of four Del Ray A. C. pitchers to win the holi- day attraction between those two clubs at Edward Duncan Field, 12 to 5. The invaders clouted “Hooks” Griffin, Car- roll' Rush, Jeft Williams and Vincent Bradley for a total of 14 hits, including seven doubles and two home runs. Uke and Keller each got three hits for the Soldiers, while Wheelis and ‘Wagner, who hit safely twice, came through with home runs, the latter's soaring to the roof of George Mason High School in deep center field. Bob Martin, Del Ray left fielder, banged out three hits for Del Ray, one going for two bases. His teammate, Gus Kramer, got two doubles in three times at bat. Arlington Juniors and the Majestic Radio Seniors of Washington divided a twin bill on the former's diamond. Arlington copped the first encounter, 13 to 5, while the visitors took the second, 7 to 3. Bean, Majestic pitcher, held Arling- ton to fouy bingles in’the nightcap and himself hit a double and triple, Jenkins led the winners with a double and two triples. ‘Woodlawn A. C. of the Virginia sec- tion of the Capital City League had little trouble with the Leesburg town team. Woodlawn took a 13-to-7 de~ cision in a wild-hitting game. Wood- lawn rapped out 20 hits and Leesburg got 13, S Painter' and Nogaj made four hits lrtece for Woodlawn and Fitzpatrick picked up three. W. Murphy and Robey were best for the losers with three. American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 6--7: Boston. 5—3. Philadelphia, 7.-15; Washingion, 611 (1st zame 13 innings Detroi Cleveland. 2—6. oit, 5 Chicago. Bt. Louls, 4—4 (Ist game 10 innings). STANDING OF Manager’s Boast Is Made Good When Cardinals Start Winning A Bethesda Juniors of Bethesda, Md., won -a double header from the Lyon Park Juniors, 9 to 3, and 16 to 13. Colonial A. C. trounced the Ramblers, 15’ to 2, in the second game of i scheduled double header at Guckert’s Field yesterday afternoon, ‘while S. Kann Sons Co. team of Washington iailed to put in an appearance for the opener. Joe Padgett, Colonials’ playing coach, fanned 11 of the Ramblers’ batters and allowed only three hits, two by Hurdle. Wilson Davis hit safely four times for the lgcals while Turner and W. Schreiner got three apiece. An Alexandria $outh will appear with the Naval Academy lacrosse team in Navy's game with Maryland for the national championship ai Annapolis, Md,, this afternoon. He is Sammy Mon-~ cure, former Episcopfl High School foot ball star. Cardinal Athletic Club, through Man- ager Sam De Vaughan, today announced the scheduling of nine games. They follow: ‘Tomorrow—Northern Athletic Club, Baggett's Park. June 8, Del Ray; 15, District Grocery Store; 22, Northwest Cardinals. July 4, Indian Head Cardinals, dou- ble-header, Baggett's Park; 6, Army Headquarters; 13, National Athletic Club; 20, Virginia White Sox. All of the games with the exception of the encounters with the Northerns and Indian Head Cardinals will be played at Haydon Field. Transportation and Trainmen have been scheduled to open the Potomac Yard Base Ball League schedule Tues- dayeat Eppa Hunton Field. Supt. R. M. Colvin will toss out the opening ball promptly at 5 o'clock. A meeting of the league officlals and representatives of the four teams en- tered in the league will be held 15 min- utes before game time at the field, Room 6, Jefferson School, will drill this afternoon at Haydon Field and all players are requested to report. St. Mary's Celtics will drill on the Baggett’s Park diamond today at 4 o'clock for their gameé tomorrow after- noon at Richmond with the Burke & Co. nine, city champions of the State capital. The Celtics will leave from Hurshman's, 400 King street, at 9 o'clock. ' A good crowd attended the opening of the municipal swimming pool yesterday despite the cool weather. Nationals will endeavor to make it two straight over the Comets in their three-game series tomorrow morning when they meet at 10:30 o'clock on the Haydon Field diamond. CHARLIE BROWN FANS 22. Charlie Brown fanned 22 in pitching Virginia White Sox to victory over Park Lane tossers yesterday in the first game of a double-header at Baileys Cross Roads, Va. Sox also won the second game. Standings in Major Leagues National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston, 6—6; New York, 5—5. Rooklyn, 15-117 Ehiladelphia, 1.9 Cineinnati, ; Pittsburgh, 1--7. Chicago, 3--0; 8t. Louls, 0--8 (24’ game 10 THE CLUBS. | 11°6/26114(.650 | 731 1131 TI211171.588 407773122 18).5 13/1411718/23/3332(%" 17 37 827/131.675 | B GAMES TOMO] Wash. at Phila., 2 p.m.Phila. at by} . ton at New York. Boston st New Yok, roit at Cleveland. Chi t 8t. Louls. Gavo 51 B Louis. Detrore iy Cleveions: GAMES TODAY. hila, At Brooklyn. 08t CteagorC ew York ton. B ™ oula & OBicaso. New Fork Clacianatiat Fitts. - Fhila. &t INGTON, T ) SATURDAY, MAY 3 SPOR Yanks and Tigers Pall A Trade Involving Five NEW YORK, May 31 (#).—On the theory that a change of scenery may prove beneficial, the Detroit ‘Tigers and New York Yankees have completed a five-player trade, the biggest base ball transaction of the season. The Yankees have given up Waite Hoyt, veteran right-handed pitcher, and Infielder Mark Koenig for Owen Carroll, pitcher: Harry Rice, outfielder, and George Wuest- ing, in fielder. Hoyt and Koenig were mainsprings in the pennant-winning Yank: e ma- chines of 1926-27-28, but Manager Bob Shawkey apparently believes they have outlived their usefulness. Both have been sad disa) this year, just as Carroll and Wuest. ling have been to Manager Bucky Harris of the Tigers. BLAIR WILL FILL IN FOR INJURED RAJAH Hornsby’s Broken Ankle One of Many Misfortunes to Hit Cubs This Year. BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, Mayge 31. — Rogers Hornsby's big pair of shoes to- day became the more™®r less permanent property of Clarence Blair, as the disaster-riddled Chicago Cubs faced the St. Louls Cardinals with a revised infield. Following swiftly after the sudden death of Hal Carlson, veteran right- handed pitcher, who held up a sagging Cub pitching staff during the last days of the 1929 Na- tional League championship bat- tle, new misforiune struck when Rof ers Hornsby frace tured his left ankle in the morning game vesterday. Already partly dis- abled by a stubborn growth on his right heel, the new injury removed the Rajah and his big bat for at least six weeks and possibly for the remainder of the snsaf;n. In an effort to mabe onySloTt 1o Romers iornsby, the infield, Manager Joe McCarthy had sent Elwood English, his regular short- stop, to third base to replace Lester Bell, whose throwing arm has not been right all season, Clyde Beck was moved into English's spot at short, and the infleld problem appeared in hand. Hardly was the shift made before Hornsby was hurt. McCarthy sent Clarence Blair to second. Blair celebrated by playing the game of his life yesterday. He did no hit- ting in the morning game, but in the afternoon broke looseé with a pair of doubles and a home run. His first two-base knock sent over two Cub runs and his homer accounted for three more. The second double sent in the tieing run that made an extra inning necessary. He fielded fault- lessly in both games, handling a total of 12 chances without a slip. Foot Catches, Bone Snaps. The injury to Hornsby occurred in the third inning of the morning con- test. He had doubled and on a wild throw by Orsatti. attempted to go to third. 1In trying to slide away from Picher Sylvester Johnson's quick throw his foot caught and the bone snapped. Hornsby today had business of a sort on the field—accepting the “most valu- able player” prize for 1929, a bag of gold . containing $1,000 and a gold medal. Following the game he plan- ned to return to his home, in St. Louts, to_recover from his injuries. Manager McCarthy was philosophical. “It's all in the game,” he said. “The burden just that much heavier on every other member of the club, but they’ll fight that much harder. Of that I am sure.” ARNOLD IS WINNER OF MOTOR CLASSIC One Killed as 23-Year-Old Captures 500-Mile Race and $52,150 Prize. By the Assoclated Press. NDIANAPOLIS, May 31.—Youthful Billy Arnold of Chicago, wheeling his gray straight-eight about . the bricks at 100.448 miles an hour. turned the annual 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway yesterday into a parade in which he rode to vic- tory unchallenged. The 23-year-old boy took the lead after two iaps and held it all the way to the checkered flag, which made him richer by $52,150. Cheered on by a rec- ord crowd of 170,000, he finished three laps in front of William “Shorty” Cant- lon of Detroit. The fans who flocked to the speed- way for the thrills got them in an un- precedented series of accidents which left but 14 survivors out of the starting field of 38 cars. One fatality resulted. Paul Marshall of Detroit, riding as mechanician for his brother, Cy Mar- shall of Indianapolls, was fatally hurt when their car crashed into a retaining wall on the hazardous north turn. The racing machine plunged over the edge of the banked turn and fell 25 feet ‘o the ground. The driver, tossed clear of the wreckage, was in a critical condi- tion in an Indianapolis hospital today. Litz, Vance Also Hurt. Deacon Litz, driver of Debols, Pa. and Aaron T. Vanee of Indianapolis, riding as mechanic for Chester Gardner of Pittsburgh, also were injured on the north turn in a smash-up that wrecked seven cars. A collision between Fred Roberts, Danville, Ill, driving as re- lief for Peter de Paolo, and Marion Trexler of Indianapolis piled up five other machines, those of Litz, Gardner Johnny ~Seymour, Escenaba, Mich.; Babe Stapp, Los Angeles, and Lou Moore of Los Angeles. Although predictions * were general before the race that the new rules in effect this year, which brought back the riding mechanic, eliminated the supercharger, enlarged the field and lifted the restrictions on piston dis- placement, would slow the racing time, only the seven-car smashup prevented Arnold from setting a new track record. ‘With the north turn covered with ‘wreckage, race officials ordered the con- testants merely to hold their positions at slow speed for four minutes while the course was cleared. As a result of the race, one of the closest competitions in years for the A. A. A. driving championship looms. Armold is in the lead with his 600 points won here yesterday, followed by Cantlon’s 450. Wild Bill Cummings of Indignapolis got 300 points for fin- ishing fifth yesterday, which added to 120 won in a 100-mile race earlier in thfn year places him with 420 po! Schneider Stands Third. Louis Schneider of Indianapolis, fin- ishing third at the Speedway to win 400 points to add to.15 already earned, is next. Other points won in the race here were Louls Meyer, 1928 and 1929 driv- ing champion of South Gate, Calif., who finished fourth, 350 points; Dave Evans, Evansville, Ind., sixth, 250; Phil Shafer, Des Motnes, I , seventh, 200; Rus- sell Snowberger, Philadelphia, eighth, 150; Leslie Allen, Chicago, ninth, 100, and L. L. Corum, Indianapolis, tenth, 50. ‘The threat of foreign competition in the 500-mile race from two Italian- made cars, failed to materialize when one, Baconi Borzacchini’s 16-cylinder creation, developed ignition trouble before 25 miles were completed. and Letterio Cueinotta was waved off the course with 40 miles yet to go, after the first 10 drivers had finished. Awards of prizes and trophies, includ- ing the distribution of $10,000 consola- tion money among the 28 starters who falled to the finish in the money, will be made at the annual drivers’ banquet here tonight. Arnold will receive his $20,000 for finishing first as well as ap- proximately $17,000 in lap prizes and other awards offered by accessory manu- !a‘cmrm. to comprise his $52,150 win- nings. Northerns Twice Beat MTigers; F rench A. C. Takes Due Notice BY FRANCIS E. STAN. EMORIALS day provided two things that will linger long in the memory of the Takoma Ti- gers. Those two things were in the form of a double-bill frouncing at the hands of the Northern Athletic Culb. When the Red Birds walked off the fleld with a 14-to-3 and a 4-to-2 twin victory over the Tigers, they prcved several things, one of them rather dis- maying to the Howard A. French nine, whom the Northern meet on June 8 at the Griffith Stadium in a game that should go a long way toward deciding this year's independent unlimited cham- P e exae me time ago, April 20 o be eXact, Bill Flester's French team went to Silg | ver Spring to engage the Tigers -ex-' pecting a victory over their yocunger opponents, and was & -very much sur- prised and pained ball club when these ;amlgi Tigers took a well-earned 8-to-6 ecision, Now that the Red Birds have beaten ‘the team that licked the Frenchies, who under the colors of the Georgetown Athletic Club won the championship last season, they will go into the game on June 8 as slight favorites. Little pre-game interest has attended thic affair at the Griffith Stadium, but it's pretty certain that when the time comes for these two teams to take the field, more. than the usual interest in a sandlot game will be expressed. Y saying that the Red Birds will go into this contest as slight favorites, the writer means slight favorites.s ‘Two angles loom in attempting to make a choice. One is the test the Tigers have given each team: the other is the fact that the Pullman team, which now is leading the Terminal “Y" League by a com- fortable margin, is composed almost en- tirely of Howard French players, while Express, their most dangerous rival, is made up of several members of the Northerns, Yet Pullman has beaten Express in every game played between these teams. ‘To the casual observer this data may cause him to -lean toward the side of the Frenchies, but there are exactly six reasons why the Red Birds could be e pre-game favorites. And they al “Tots” Long, Willie Wolfe, Brother Harding, Dick Wingate, Joe Tucci and Tom Harvey. For these six are the Northern reg- ulars who are not playing with Express. Patsy Spaulding, Express and Northern shortstop, probably is not flanked with three other infielders of the caliber of | 458 Long, Wolfe and Harding in the Term- inal League, and Morris Wasserman, who plays left field for both teams, hasn’t two outfielders like Wingate and Harvey playing alongside of him. On the other hand there sre two men ‘who are not ites playing with Bill Flester's club and who may make up the difference. They are Jack Mat- tingly, Navy Yard third baseman, and Marcus Chaconas, who Flester calls the best batter on the local sandlots. Both teams have shown in games to date that hitting is not cne of their weaknesses. Buck Grier undoubtedly has the better infield. His pony infield of Long, Spaulding, Wolfe and Harding 15 one of the best ever to perform here- about. The French A. C. probably has the better battery in Lefty Mclntyre and Fee Colliere, while in Bob Lyon, PFlester has another good hurler, So when these teams take the field one week from tomorrow, it will be more than another Pullman-Express battle, and to attempt to establish one of them as favorites is taking a risk, 'NHERALDED and almost unknown is this Burroughs A. C., yet a more confident bunch of sandlot ball players probably never took the field. Unbeaten thus far in Capital City League competition, the Burroughs are confident of their ability to beat St. Josephs tomorrow when these teams face. By way of tuning up for tomor- row's game, the Burroughs took Memorial day twin-bill, defeating ‘Noel House and Company 1. The Burroughs have one of, the youngest unlimited sandlot teams in this vicinity, their line-up dotted with many high school players, and it will be an interesting sidelight to see whether a good young team can beat a good older team. SANDLOT. BASE BALL RESULTS, rs, 5 mond Cabmen. 3. 10, . 8, 12; District Grocery 0. ks. 6 Skinkers, 0. Samosets, 8: Nativity. 5. Samosets, 19: Brightwe Bethesda_ Juniors, s, Ral rgetown Peewees. Walter Johnson Peewees, CHALLENGE: Chevy Chase "BLass Saturday games. Nick Val Natlonal Circles, t Junited""teann “willle: ‘Andre Phoenix A. C. Risler, Lincoln 8433 Azl‘lelnhlle. same LOMOrrow. Columb esda Piremen, Priday and Saturday Murdock, Brad- ardinals, 6; Colonials,” 13 Geor Friday ane Clevelan w with un- s, Lincoln Beth, games with District teams. ley 681, s FIEDMONT LEAGUE. Ralelgh, 10—1; High Point, 9—-0. Henderson, tham, 8 (1st game post- poned. wet ). ‘Greensbors, 10-3; Winston-Salem, 3—4. Houw First 10 Finished In 500-Mile Auto Race 4 5. 6. 7. INDIANAPOLIS, May 31 (#).— Here is how the first 10 racers fin- ished in the 500-mile automobile race yesterday, together with their averages: Position. Name. Av. Per Hr. 1. Bill Arnold, Chicago 100.448 | 2. William Cantlon, Detroit. 98.054 3. Louis Schneider, Indian, Loule Meyer, South Gate, Calif, esse teeeses 95.253 ‘William ~ Cummins, P lianapolis . 93.579 vid Evans, Evansville, Ind. .... 92571 Phil Shafer, Des Moines, JOWS .. .ocoviinnnnsins. '90.921 8. Russell Snowberger, Phila- delphis ................ 89.166 9. Leslie Allen, Chicago.... 85.749 10. L. L. Corum, Indianapolis 85.340 ‘The other four remaining con- testants were waved off the track after Corum finished. MACK REGRETFULLY TURNS OUT EHMKE PHILADELPHIA, May 31 (#)— Howard Ehmke, veteran right-hander of the Athletics and the hero of the first world series game between the Athletics and Chicago Cubs last Fall, apparently is on his way out of the majors. Manager Connie Mack has announced that the big pitcher would be given his unconditional release as soon as the necessary waivers are received from the 15 other major league clubs, “I think his arm is gone,” Mack said. “Under the rules, if any club should claim him, I would have to notify them of this fact. I am sorry to bave to let Ehmke go, because he is a fine charac- ter, but I have to make room for an to us.” Should Ehmke be waived out of the majors it will mark the end of a pitch- ing career which started in Los Angeles in 1914 and which includes 14 years in the big leagues. 3 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS HYATTSVILLE, Md,, May 31.—Get- ting to Eddi> Marosy for 14 hits, Columbia Heights Business Men's Asso- ciation base ball team defeated the Hyattsville nine, 9 to 5, yesterday at Rlvarduk, Marosy's wildness also proved costly. Gaining a three-run lead in the first inning, the visitors added four more in the fourth to clinch victory. Roades not only pitched effectively with three hits, including & double and two singles. Lewis with a triple and double also was consistent at bat for the winners. None of the Hyattsville players did any noteworthy batting, but Mocker Belt, left flelder of home club, played well afield. v A series of errors in the seventh and eighth innings which enabled the oppo- sition to score seven runs resulted in a 7-5 defeat for the Hyattsville Southern Methodists yesterday at the hands of the Beltsville Southern Methodists in a game at Beltsville. It was the first game of the season for both t°ams. Charlie Piozet hurled well all the way for the Hyattsville nine and until his support cracked in the seventh held the home club runless while his team was scoring four tallies. Cary Frey, with three hits out of five tries, and Curley Smith, who also gath- ered three bingles, led the winners and losers, nag:ct vely, on attack. Bobby Shanklin pitched creditably for Beltsville. HOLIDAY SPORTS IN BRIEF By the Associated Press. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland.—Jones eliminates Volgt, 1 up; Wethered beats Hartley, 2 and 1, in semi-finals. NEW YORK.—Yankees trade Hoyt and Koenig to Detroit for Carroll, Rice and Wuestling. INDIANAPOLIS.—BIill Arnold, 23, wins 500-mile auto race and $50,000; Paul Marshall, mechanic, is killed m RIDGE, Mass.—Stanford and Southern California lead field in trials for I C. A, A, A. A. track and fleld championship; Rothert sets new meet record in_shotput, Churchill in javelin. NEW YORK.—Ruth hits fifteenth . homer. AUTEUIL, PFrance—Tilden, Mrs. Moody and Helen Jacobs reach semi- finals of French hard-court tennis championships. NEW YORK.—Earl Sande rides Petee Wrack to victory in Suburban Handi- cap. CHICAGO.—Hornsby suffers broken ankle; out of game for six weeks. PHILADELPHIA —Stella Walsh is timed ‘in 1045, bettering women's rec- org for 100 yards. SCHEVININGEN, Holland.—Czecho-~ slovakia and Holland divide first two singles matches of third-round Davis Cup tie PHILADELPHIA. — Howard Ehmke. 1929 world’s series hero, is slated for unconditional release, Connie Mack an- nounces. ¥ NORWICH, Conn.—Gus Moore again wins National A. A. U. 10-mile cham- plonship run, ORK.—“Three-finger” Jack Dougherty, old-time fight manager, dies rSoicat by CLOVERS TWICE VICTORS IN IMPROMPTU BATTLES ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 31.—A base ball game scheduled here yesterday be- tween Clover A. C. of this city and Car- dinal Senlors of Washington was called off, but the Clovers arranged a couple of ‘games anyway, defeating Jeffersom Seniors twice, 6 to'4, in the morning, at Virginia Highlands, and 25 to 1, in the afternoon, at Baggett’s Park here, Clovers now have won nine straight. CAPITAL CITY LEAGUERS ARE BEING KEPT BUSY Capital City Base Ball League teams were to be busy today and tomorrow they also will have a big day. In contests yesterday Olmsted Grill won its second game in as many starts in the senior class, defeating Miller Furniture Co., 13 to 8; Colonials downed Kensington, 18 to 11, in a Montgomery County section game of the unlimited class; Lionels defeated “Y" Flashes, 5 to 0, in the junior class and Lionels drubbed Spud Colemans, 15 to 5, in the insect division. Yesterday’s Stars By the Associated Press. Al Simmons and Jimmy Foxx, Ath- letics—Got 12 hits between them, including two homers, five doubles and & triple, scored six runs and drove in 11 as A's beat Senators twice.~ Charley Root, Cubs—Held Cardinals to five hits and blanked them, 2-0. *Del Bissonette, Robins—Drove in seven runs and scored three with two doubles, homer and four singles in two games with Phils. George Sisler and Freddy McGuire, Braves—Came through with timely hits in ninth innings of double bill to give Braves two wins over Glants. Red Lucas, Reds—Allowed only six scattered siogles to beat Pirates, 9-1. extra man who will be of more use BATS HARD.TO WIN :: for the winners, but led their attack |f Sy SIX DOUBLE WINS SHAKE STANDINGS Dodgers Gain Two-Game Lead by Beating Phils. Yanks Climb to Third. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR,, Associated Press Sports Writer, N a pair of pennant races as close as those in the two major | leagues have been through | the early part of the season, - the results of the double headers of Memorial day came as some- thing of a surprise. Eight pairs of games were played yesterday, and only two were divided, while the rest figured to a considerable Iex!,ent in shaking up the stand- ngs. The Plusbu&h Pirates, weakened by injuries to their pitching staff, got an even break with Cincinnati, and the St.-Louls Browns clung to sixth place by splitting with the White Sox. Cincinnati, with Red Lucas outpiteh= ing Leon Chagnon, took the morning game from Pittsburgh, 9 to 1. In the afternoon the Reds gave away ad, then came strong, but lost, 7 to 6. The Chicago Americans had to go to 10 in- nings to win the first game, 7 to 4, but they failed to give Ted Lyons proper support in the second, committing six errors, and the Browns pulled out a 4-t0-3 victory. Dodgers Take Lead. Brooklyn's slugging Robins accom- plished the most in two games, ng Irom a tie for first place in the National League to & two-game lead by beating the Phillies, 11 to 1 and 11 to 9. The Robins hammered out 27 hits in the two contests, The Chicago Cubs refused to let their troubles get the best of them and took two games from the St. Louis Cardinals. They won the first, 2 to 0, behind Charley Root’s fine ?“chl.nl. but t Rogers Hornsby, who fractured an ankle sliding into a base. But still Chi~ cago kept on fighting, and took & 10~ inning afternoon contest, 9 to 8, going into a tle in games with Pittsburgh for third place. The Boston Braves brought about anolher change in the National standing as they took two 6-t0-5 deci slons from the New York Giants on late rallies. | The Braves puiled out the first game with two runs in the ninth ine ning, then repeated the act in the sec~ ond, scoring the winning run in the nal frame after Wally Berger's twelfth home run had tled it up in the eighth. :: the r:sull g} ut‘he ldun le victory Bos- n went to place and New to sixth. i Ruth Hits Fifteenth, ‘The Philadelphia Athletics clipped ‘Washington's margin of leadership Perum three games to one by defeating the Senators, 7 to 6 and 15 to 11. The New York Yankess, gott to a fine start as Babe Ruth fifteenth home run of the year on his first nfpeannce at the plate, moved into third place by a 3-point margin by beating ths Boston Sox, 6 to 5 and 7 to 3. Homers figured largely in the Yankee tr umphs, although the pitche ing of H:rb Pennock and Charl'y Ruf- fing also had a lo: to d with Bos on's ll.w('tls(!h and thirteenth successive de- off B B D:trol’s Tigers broke - ll:dlor u“;.) top_of thsQ el and sen. th: Cleveland Indians bels the Yankees by winning a pair of nn?z‘: by scores of 5 to 2 and 9 to 6. The ':‘.fser;.m';de :.l:e' day's biggest total of , 28, to gain two 3 e e [ comparatively easy INDIANS LOSE FONSECA, ARM BROKEN, FOR MONTH CLEVELAND, May 31 . —] - seca, American L:nyxue szl:'ch’:n pion and Indian first baseman, s Qed. a broken arm last Wednesday ‘l‘nfl the game with Chicago, when he collided With Art Shires as Shires slid into home, according to Billy ‘Evans;, the Tribe's general manager. i e announcement follo lem}nfitlnn of the nrm‘? R out of the game for moye th month, Evans sald. During h{a lh:enn:e Eddie Morgan wil be used on first base. SEXTON ALONE IS LEFT OF HOYAS AT CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 31— Sexton, Georgetown's tlenr’pednn!:e‘: in the field events, was to strive to guality in the high jump in the annual . C. A. A. A. A. events here today. Sexton failed to qualify yum&y in the shotput, discus and hammer throw, Arthur Briggs, sprinter; Vietor quarter miler, and James Kelly, hal miler, other Hoyas, also failed to place. HOME RUN STANDING By the Assoclated Press. Home runs yesterday—Klein, Phillies, 2, Simmons, Athletics, 2; Cochrane, Athletics, 1; Gehringer, Tigers, 1; Ruth, Yankees, 1; Zachary, Braves, 1; Swee= ney, Red Sox, 1; Gehrig, Yankees, 1; Bissonette, Robins, 1, Wilson, Cubs, 1; Bishop, Athletics, 1; Stripp, Reds, 1; Goslin, Senators, 1; Walker, Reds, Blair, Cubs, Braves, 1; Morgan, Indians, 1; grave, Tigers, 1; Saire, White Sox, 1; Jolley, White Sox, 1. The Leaders, Ruth, Yankees, 15; Wilson, Cubs, 14; Klein, Phillies, 13; Berger,-Braves, 12; Gehrig, Yankees, 11; Foxx, Athletics, 10; Herman, Robins, 10, American way s:cond division X il b 174 213 387 | RESULTS IN MINORS I INTERNATIONAL LEAG HERN ASSOCIATION, , 1-7; Atlanta, 0—4, Memphis, 3—4. . 102 hville. 5. Tt Rock, $12. WESTERN LEAGUE. Topeka, 11—1; St. Joseph, 6. Des Molpes Pueblo, 3. Oimaha. 10: Denver, 4 Oklahoma ‘City, 1-—-1i Wichita, 0—3 (lst game 17 innings). PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Sacramento, 6—3; Seattle, 5—0 (1st game 12_innnings). ollywood. San Francisco, 310, ‘Angele 110, feme T LA EASTERN LEAGUE. 7 Pitts .—’—4 Al , 133 . I}E&E e i Allentown, 41 (48 sems N 8510, Beia ew Haven, &- % Dridsesort, 1~ Fd Springfe) 13 innings). SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE, TG mpa, 3; Jacksonville, 2. SOUTH ATLANTIC l-?lfl 3 (Columbla, 101 (1st same 1 iRnlee ii‘_" Snings) 'L;'Ihi. 3 'Auststa, 13 (26 same 1 “&m}m.u;m,o—am“i