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The Toening Star. JUNE 2, 1930. PAGE C—1 WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, e Western Invasion Crucial for Griffs | FLAG CALIBER TEST IN 2WEEKS" JAUNT ; Nationals Drop Fifth in Row,Jc 9-6, as Grove Checks Rally Before 25,000. BY JOHN B. KELLER. should know whether the Nationals are to continue as pennant contenders. By that| time they will have finished their | first invasion of the West this year and what they accomplish in the far sector will establish them definitely as fine flag possibilities or put them down among the “also rans.” All told, the Nats are scheduled to participate in 15 engagements in the West. Victory in 10 would keep them well up in the race. Falling shy of that to-| tal, they might find themselves| down the list when they return home. That's a big order for any club, but that's about what a flag fighter has to do. When the Western clubs invaded Grifith Stadium last month they gave | the Nationals a tough tussle. Of 13 games played with them the Washing- fon club was able to win but seven. That wasn’t a championship pace by a long shot. Oddly, two clubs that were far down in the race and taking lick- ings right and left were able to trounce the Nats. The Browns bagged two of three games to become the first to take a series from Washington this season, while the Tigers got an even break in four games, with the Nationals having to fight back twice to become as good 10-50. **oOn this trip the Nats first face the ‘Tigers and wind up the journey with a series against the Browns. Each of these UFFALO, June 2.—Two0 weeks s B hence Washington fandom | % these sets the Nats will tackle ‘he In- dians and White Sox in order, playing four nmesl x'fl.l'l the Tribe and three with the Chicagoans. ‘Washington is apt to find the Tigers better defensively now that Mark Koenig, recently procured from the Yankees in a trade, is playing at short. The short fleld was the Tigers' weak- ness for some time. The Indians still are hitting and sticking around in select company, while the Browns are getting better piiching than they showed when in the East. The White Sox aren’t go- ing so well, but in Ted Lyons they have a pitcher always dangerous, and the club occasionally goes on batting sprees. Any way it is considered this West- ern tour doesn't loom as a pleasure jaunt for the Nats. D LISKA, who was beaten in that heart-breaking game in Philadel- phia the forenoon of Memorial day, is to essay a pitching comeback tomorrow in the opener of the series rs. Ad's great trouble against the A’s Friday morning was lack of control. That was due, ’tis thought, to too much rest between games. Liska had not pitched for nine days before fscing the Macks. It seems the young hurlers such as Liska, Hadley Brown need much work to kee) them in trim and give them control. &m& work they are likely to get in the ‘est. NE thing noticeable in young pitch- ers—those with other clubs as well as with the Nats—is that in warm- ing up prior to going to the slab they attempt to do nothing more than /im- ber the pitching arm. No thought, ap- parently, is given to perfection of con- trol in the warm-up. Old-timers of the pitching craft say it is essential to per- fect control as well as limber the arm in the pre-game drill. And generally the old-timers in the starting inning sre able to pitch where they want to itch. Certainly the young hurlers rare- fy are able to do so. the Nats left Washington yes- i terday two of the club were left at home. Bill Barrett and Harley Boss are to be sent elsewhere while the club is swinging through the West. Barrett, the right-hand swinging out- fielder recently procured from the Red Sox in exchange for the left-hand hit- ting Earl Webb, has been waived out of the league and will be sold to some high minor club or be used in a trade. He is not to go to Chattanooga. the Nats’ farm. Baltimore may get Bill. Boss, the young first-sacker who was weturned to Washington by Chattanooga after a leg injury kept him from play- ing with the Lookouts, still is out of condition, but several minor clubs would like to use him. Chattanooga may take a chance with him again and Jersey City is angling for him. Wherever Boss goes he will be subject to recall on 24 hours’ notice. Boss is the only understudy to Joe Judge the Nationals have, and as first-sacking always is hazardous, the club has to have a handy sub around. OTH Harry Childs, the new pitcher, and Carlos Moore, hurler bought from Birmingham last Fall, are making the trip. It develops that Moore, who was bought conditionally, s likely to be retained. His retention after June 15 would necessitate the payment of $17,500 to the Barons, who already have been given $2,500 for Moore, but President Clark Griffith thinks well of the young hurler and be- lieves he will be of much help to the club. RIFFITH, by the way, is to do a bit of scouting while the Nats are in the- West. He said yesterday he has had his eye on several promising minor leaguers and intends to give them a thorough looking over within the next few days. While the Washing- ton prexy did not mention what par- ticular types of players he is after, it is understood he is hoping to pick up a strong right-hand-hitting gardener, a first baseman and a pitcher or two. ‘The scouting done, Griffith may join the Nationals for the remainder of the Western swing. EATEN, 9 to 6, in Griffith Stadium yesterday by the Athletics, the Na- tionals were pushed back to se ond place in the race, while their con- querors assumed the top position. It was the fifth lacing in a row for the Nats and their fourth straight loss to the world champs. For five innings the game was a keen contest between Sam Jones and Roy Mahaffey, the sensational youngster of the A's slab staff. Hits by Cronih and Spencer gave the Nats a tally in the second, and af.er the A’s had made two markers with three safeties and a pass in the third the Washington club came back in the fifth to tic when Mahaffey forced a run over with a pass to Judge. But the A's fell upon Jones in the sixth for‘two singles and a double in succession to. shatter the tie. That brought '‘Myles Thomas to’ Jones’ relief. with the whacked for a single crossed. b %0 be met four times. Between | Chicace" ‘Bosto AWAH, AWAH, AWAH PHILADELPHIA, £ o Williams, 2b.... Boley, 88 ...... Cramer, Foxx. ib. Miller. rf srawmEwns) 4 Totals . Grove, ol soornmmmnamon 5l cooomummmmnl | o0s0000m005" Rice. 1f Goslin, If. SororOumuna | cocosomonsonos~mon |eecspuios: uopsietn lescessasasuitecreey ©l cscseonsssnuuscsssy wl oooesscssonosmoosa Totals ..:. *Batted for Thomas in sixth. fBatted for Spencer in eighth. :Batted for Marberry in eighth. §Batted for Tate in ninth. .Batted for Burke in ninth. iBatted for West in ninth. Philadelphia 0020061009 Washington 0100111206 Runs _batted in—Spencer. Williams (4), Miller st H First base on balls—Of MahafTe o 1; off Grove, Struck out—By 1:'by_Mahafley, 2{ by Thomas. 1; by Grove, 2. Hits—Off Jones. 7 in 5 innings (1 run scored. 2 on base, none out in sixth): off Thomas, 2 in 1 {nnin; 3in hours and 10 minutes . RECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES The week's major league record and home runs follow: National Leasue. orataten' Cincinnati Pitisburgh St. Louts Philadelp! New .York wworwsmaH Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland New York ashington St. Louis Chicago n . ==S==8525‘ SRRUSNBY onuuanea ] Levwesned H 2 sassuwne 3 aussuvsor eXSeoiita e re——— CZECH NETMEN WIN. SCHEVENINGEN, Holland, June 2 (#).—Czechoslovakia eliminated Holland | Boys, for it was largely through his Homers Whiz as Streaks Are Broken BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HOWMEN—true showmen, such as Altrock and Schacht of the| Nats, Art Shires of the White, Sox, Gus Sonnenberg and Brooke Grubb of the Giants (the Silver Spring Giants)—can go a long way toward converting an otherwise drab program into something highly entertaining, and those fans who trekked to the District line yesterday were treated to an ex- ample. Brooke is a born showman, and the one thing that kept the Jargest crowd to turn out at the Silver Spring field this season seated throughout the en- tire affair was Grubb's clowning when the Giants and the Bloomer Girls from New York put on their base ball gl'mh track meet, comedy of errors and what not. Grubb is an extremely chivalrous fel- low—for a ball player especially—and the Bloomer Girls can thank their lucky stars that he was playing short- stop for the Silver Spring Bloomer well intended efforts in the first_eight innings that the girls eked out a 14-to- victory. ) Do o conidénce in the rooke has al e confiden Wnnfld in his ball club, so he tried to help the girls out and give the specta- tors a run for their money, but he overdid it just a trifie—by one run, ay. mly: &e first inning Manager Grubb, batting third, rted the stands in some uproarious laughter that con- tinued until the last out was registered some three hours later. The New York- ers fooled all the prophets, who pre- dicted that a man would pitch, for a Miss Ethel Condon climbed the ‘mound and went the route, allowing “only” 24 P rubb was Miss Condon's first strike- out victim when he very realistically went through the motions of trying to hit the ball. After his third swipe Brooke fell to the ground, the offerings of the girl pitcher being appatently very uzzling. s In t!{e third inning Grubb thought it would be wise to hit the ball, but un- fortunately he hit the ball too hard and with genuine reluctance he was forced to round the bases. But Brooke's mind works fast and as the Glants had a two-run lead, he made sure that he did not touch second base and also made sure that some one besides Um- ire Ping Pufdy saw him miss it. A re- Pny from Miss “Cookie” Demarest, the right flelder, to Crane, one of the two men playing with the New Yorkers, to Miss Toots Andres, the first basewoman, to Miss Evelyn Lynch, the second base- woman and a local product, who touch- in the third round of European zone Davis Cup tennis competition yesterday. ed second about three minutes after Grubb had walked” around the sacks Grubb Pn;ves His Showmanship As Bloomer Girls Win by 1 Run and crossed the plate, constituted the putout. “Grubb is out,” yelled Umpire Ping Purdy. The Fellow's an Actor! “What!” hollored the Chivalrous Knight in true stage pantomime, ad- vancing a few steps in Ping’s direction in realistic aggressiveness. Brooke kept his features in masterful control while his teammates and the crowd yelled in admiration. On his second trip to the plate Grubb singled and managed to get caught be- tween first and second base, eventually being run down. Brooke also singled on his next trip and did his best to get run down again, but the girls threw the ball into right field and Brooke scored his only run of the game. He did a better job of it on his fourth time at bat as did the Bloomer girls, for after singling again, he was caught off first and tagged out. Miss Condon walked him on his last time at the tee. To further insure a close score Brooke went in to pitch the last two innings and was char with the defeat when he allowed the girls and the two boys playing with them, six runs. Young, the other boy playing with the New Yorkers featured this attack with a home run. ‘Then the Giants put on a rally (apparently an earnest one) to win the game but alas for their hopes “Razor” Stevens ended the game with a bounder to second of which Evelyn Lynch, the pride and joy of the D. C., made a nice pick-up of and tossed to Crane to force Clark. Manager Grubb wasn't the only chivalrous Giant, for twice during the game the Silver Spring boys passed one l{mther on the bases, making double plays. Babe McCuttun, the featured slugger of the New York array lived up to her reputation, pounding out four hits, two of them doubles. ‘That cocky Burroughs A. C., which re- cently predicted that they would beat St. Joseph's, last year's champs of the Capital City League and the favorite this season, surprised everyone and did Just ti winning 12 to 4. The Burrougs, one of the youngest unlimited teams hereabout pounded the offerings of Leary, Fager and Farrell all over the lot. A hitherto unknown slugger came into his own yesterday. Noyes, Bur- roughs’ infielder, was the star. On his long drive in the first inning Noyes was called out at the plate on what the Burroughs considered a very question- able decision. He came back, however, and on his next two trips to the plate, poled out two homers and then as a parting salute. hammered out a single. | A single, triple and two home runs isn’t so bad for a day’s work. Upsets Scramble \HAMPIONSHIP battles today are scrambled in several loops of the Capital City Base Ball League following a series of upsets yesterday. The dope was knock- eg"ml’:ywutlnlllufllomo(m unlimited class. Burroughs A. C. furnished the biggest surprise by drubbing St. Joseph's A. C., defending champion, 12 to 4, in the District section, enabling Mohawks, who downed Woodmen, 14 to 2, to gain the Jeague lead at three wins and no de- feats; Dixie Pigs hung a defeat of un- expected decisiveness on Hyattaville, 20 to 5. to add to their lead in the Prince Georges section: Bethesda slip- ped the previously undefeated Takoma County section and Woodlawns came through with a 11-5 triumph over Balls- ton'’s hitherto unbeaten nine in e Virginia section. . O'Briens in section A and Curtins and Olmsteds in section B maintained their leads in the senior class. O'Briens routed Cardinals Majestic Radio, 8 to 3, and Olmsteds humbled Plerce A. C., 14 to 6. Arlingtons and St. Stephen’s still stand one, two in the junior class pen- nant chase, each having kept is record clean. Arlingtons conquered Lionels, 5 to 4, and St. Stephen’s gained a 9-4 decision over Bethesda. Sam Wests are heading the midget section flag parade, with two wins and no defeats, following their 12-10 vie- tory over Hurchman's. Team standings and other results follow: UNLIMITED CLASS. Distriet Section. edicos, 6: Eagles. 4. Prince Georx yn. 18: Bowle. Mount Rainier A. 3 Aawks 1. of right center by Williams followed the second out to account for three more scores, all unearned. 'HOSE three unearned runs spilled the beans for the Nats as the game turned out. They kept pecking away at Mahaffey and scored off him in the sixth, seventh and eighth in- nings. After Roy was reached for two hits with one gone in the ninth he was | derricked and Bsb Grove went to_the | hill. The left-hander chucked a third | strike by Ruel, who batted for Tate, but | Loepp, batting for Bob Burke, walked to crowd the sacks. Here Jack Hayes was ordered to pick up Sam West's bat and face Grove. | That's what Jack did, for the southpaw :rucked a third one by the pinch bat- T, the A’s, getting 15 safeties off Ma- haffey. The world champs col- lected a dozen, reaching Jones for seven tapping Thomas for two, and Marberry who hurled the seventh were made in succession in the seventh and were good for a run. Bob Burke pitched the ninth and but three bat- ters faced BOUT the only bright spot of the game for the home fans in the crowd of 25,000-—the largest of the season in Griffith Stadium—was Goose Goslin’s hitting. For the first time in the campaign the man supposed to do the slugging for the Nats jed four hits in a game. Two were triples. This gave the Goose a perfect day at bat. for the only time he did not hit he walked. ‘The Thomas, not fully warmed up, had his first pi by Miller ahd two more e runs . An error Ju followed the first out, aad lLfld‘;flVm to the angle back In Several Sandlot Leagues Tigers a 9-4 reverse in the Montgomery | Sirt 23 to 5; Curtains took | A¢ Old Hor _| Archers’ annual Spri CTUALLY the tionals outbatted | west in handing him his first defeat of the | Spenct year after he had rolled up six wins; | 700 and_eighth | J rounds, for three. These three off Fred | M: Title Races Virginia Section. % "06 Bauserman. u: s i1e Sherrsanie. Bauserman Motor Co.. 9; Oherrydale, 0 (forfeit). SENIOR CLASS. Section A. . L. Pet. 1.000 Senators 00 Anacostia:’. 87 Centennials i osa g ra‘l“ Tios 13 Anacostia Motor. 9. JUNIOR CLASS. A L. V5 % 1T ¢ o1 1 L gl Meridians. 34: Kensington. Acme Printing Co. Juniori. 3. 10, MIDGET CLASS. er W. L. Sam West. . Lionel...... 1 01! eorgétown 1 1 .00 Hur Georgetown, 8: Benators, CROWELL TV‘JICE VICTOR WITH BOW AND ARROW ‘T. Crowell of Avondale, Pa., won two of the four events in the Potomac tournament, held on the Potomac Park polo field. Crowell won the metropolitan round with a score of 609, and G. R. De Bruler of this city was second with 486. With a score of 113, Crowell took honors in the clout shoot, and W. H. Willner was second with 90. Claude Johnson of Philadelphia won the American round with 488, and Hugh MofTett of Warrenton, Va., was second with 455. In the Columbia round Martha Wil- son was first with 709 and Mrs, Claude Johnson second wtih 581. e INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. ersey City, . 7 Buffalo. 6. . '11; Toronto, , 14; Reading, 9. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City, 8. ianapol - - Louisvife s Eotumpna e O EASTERN LEAGUE. Hartford, 8- 1 \ 4-8. Bpringfield, !r: :-:‘:.:“’n‘. %-l. New Haven, 6-12;" Pittsheld, 1-i1. £ PSS SAKS TEAM SHOWS CLASS ON DIAMOND ‘This Saks outfit surely is stepping along. Yesterday it rang up its eighth _| straight, drubbing Diamond Cabmen, 12 to 3. Glossbrenner held the Dia- mond boys to four bingles. Geiger for Saks got another homer. ‘wants to list a few strong clubs. Challengers should call Dick Mothershead at Dis- trict 3050. Many other teams took advantage of yesterday’s fine weather to get action. Other results follow: Isherwoods, 26; Fort Humphreys, 7. Hampden Club, 6, 2; French, 5 Monroe A. C., 22; Shady Oak, 13. Virginia White Sox, 2: Colonials, 1. Nolan Motor Co. 6; Alexandria Clovers, 4. National Circles, 18; Seabrook, 4. Columbia Heights, 8; Foxall Heights, 6 St. Paul's Boys' Club Juniors, 10; Moose Juniors, 6. Washington Red Sox, 11; Laurel A. C. 'y 6. Marbury, 4; Palisade A. C., 3. Samosets, 9; Hawk Insects, 3. Sergt. Jasper Post, 16; Cardinals, 8. ‘Washington All-Stars, 11; Adelphite Senlors, 9. Vienna, 15; District Grocery Stores, 3. Lyon Park, 6; Ramblers, 5. Rovers, 7; Corinthians, 6. Clover Peewees, 17; Brookland, 2. St. Joseph's Midgets, 4, 7; Coleman Jennings, 3, 5. By the Associated Press. (Including games of June 1.) American League. Batting—Rice, Senators, .399. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 48. Runs batted in— Simmons, Athlet- cs, 48. Hits—Rice, Senators, 69. Doubles—Cronin, Senators, 17. ‘Triples—Combs, Yankees, 7. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 16. Stolen bases—Rice, Senators, 10. National League. Batting—Herman, Robins, 417. Runs—Herman, Frederick, Robins, 45. Runs batted in—Wilson, Cubs, 47. Hits—Frederick, Robins, 71. Doubles—Frisch, Cardinals, 21. Triples—Cuyler, Cubs, 8. Home runs—Wilson, Cubs, 16, Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 12. o SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Lt ;. Birmingham, 5-3. Suaspest i few Orleans, ashvil 5 Mobils WESTERN LEAGUE. peks, 3-2. Denver, 6-7. i City, 3-18. American League YESTERDAY’'S RESULTS. Boston, 7; New York, Cleveland, 3; Detroit, 2. Washington, 6. cososumnuenanralvsaBEIE! ©0n0080680000000000N NN AN cos00000000mORoaNOHARNA REGATTA TO MARK GOLDEN JUBILEE Old Dominion Club Awarded Middle States Event for Labor Day. A of the Middle States Regatta Association have been awarded to the Old Dominion Boat Club of this city by the stewards of the association at a meeting held at the Penn Athletic Club, in Philadelphia. The regatta will take place on Labor Day, September 1, and will feature the golden jubilee cele- bration of the local club. All other organizations of the associa- tion stepped aside in order that the regatta might be held as part of the program being arranged by the Old Dominion in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary ot its founding. It will be the first time in 14 years that the races have been staged on the Potomac, the Potomac Boat Club in Washington put- ting on the event in 1916. Fast Crews Entered. ‘The fastest shell racing clubs in the East will be' represented here, with crews from Philadelphia, Baltimore, New ‘York, Brooklyn, Richmond and many other cities due to appear. A program of 20 1aces, including all classes of singles, doubles, quads, four-cared shells without coxswains, gigs and eights, is to be arranged. It i1s expected that more than 60 c"rvtu from the various clubs will take pa LEXANDRIA, Va., June 2.—The thirty-ninth annual shell races Harry F. Kennedy, chairman of the golden jubilee committee; Lewis V. Bell and William H. Thrall will take charge of local arrangements for the event. Bell is the club captain, while Thrall coaches rowing. Other local committees will be appointed immediately. John M. Reed, Old Dominion Boat Club, was appointed chairman of the association's regatta committee, while members of his group were named by the stewards as follows: Dr. R. C. ‘White, Philadelphia; John G. Craft, New York; C. M. La Count, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Francis Fahy, Potomac Boat Club, Washington; R. Herbert Pearse, New York City; George F. Obrecht, B‘:lmmore; Charles Falinger, Philadel- phia. The committee will meet July 4, at Philadelphia, to complete plans for the regatta, OLMSTED GRILL NINE TAKES LEAGUE TILT HYATTSVILLE, Md,, June 2.—A big early lead carried “thé Olmsted Grill base ball team of Washington to a 14-6 victory over Pierce A. C. of Hyattsville in Magruder Park here. It was a cham- plonship match in the senior class of the Capital City League. Pierce now has one victory against two defeats in league play. It was the first formal game to be played on the Magruder Park diamond and Councilman Thomas E. Hume of the second ward threw the first ball. The park was donated to the town by former Mayor Willlam P. Magruder of Hyattsville. Olmsteds got to Claude Simpson and Bob Morton, Pierce pitchers, for all of their 14 runs in the first three innings Not only were they hit hard. but they Jacked control. However, Francis Peffer. Hyattsville High hurler, who replaced Morton, promptly checked the Wash- ingtonians, limiting them to just two hits in the last six innings. Pierce tossers are after a game for next Saturday with a senior or unlim- ited class team. They have a diamond. Call Bill Walton, Hyattsville 775, after 6 pm. v Hitting hard behind the strong relief pitching of Blackie Adair. Dixie Pig A. C. routed Hyattsville's nine, 20 to 5, yesterday at Seat Pleasant in a Prince Georges County section game of the Capital City League unlimited class. It was the third in as many league starts for the Pigs and the first loss for Hyattsville, which won its two previous games. Pigs pummeled four Hyattsville pitch- ers—Tom Mudd, who started; Howard Steele, Johnny Holden and Gump Bailey. Eggle Watts crashed a homer for the winners with two on. Mocker Belt and Henry Hiser were Hyattsville'’s most consistent batsmen the former getting three bingles and the latter two. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Pre Home Runs Yesterday. Herman, Robins, 2; Frederick, Rob- ins, 2; Wilson, Cubs, 2; Berger, Braves, 2; Heilmann, Reds, 2; Ruth, Yankees, 1; Bissonette, Robins, 1; Walker, Giants, 1; Berry, Red Sox, 1; Hemsley, Pi- rates, 1; Morgan, Indians, 1; Hartnett, Cubs, Cooke, Yankees, Stripp, 3 Jolley, White Sox, 1; Willlams, Athletics, 1: Grantham, Pirates, 1: Reynolds, White Sox, 1; Harris, White The Leaders. Ruth, Yankees, 16; Wilson, Cugs, 18; Berger, Braves, 14; Klein, Philiés, 13; Herman, Robins, 12; Gehrig, Yankees, 11; Foxx, Athletics, 11. League Total: National ... American . National League YESTERDAY’'S RESULTS. o New ¥ork, Boston, 4-3 (second game, oxivn, 10; Philadelphta. 2. ; 8t. Louls, 4-1 n Chicago, 4 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. (second qaanqsy 20 61_2123/19). |41 5/—1 11118 020 19 -118/1911011930122133(33 = A eton at Detron. : -?“s‘z. Louis. | il i. Yorl ot Cikvelas GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. | Phila, ati at N, York. Ruth Throughout the Age PPLE . WiLLiam TsuLngfi.rm OF T HIT THAT OLD A HE seventh episode in this Ruth takes place in the early part of the fourteenth cen- Switzerland. Now, as everybody knows, there are Cantons in China difference being that the natives eat mice in Canton, China, and cheese cheese eaters, naturally, turned out to be the best athletes, and to this Winter sports that go there every Summer. to Switzerland around the year 1308 was a tyrant named Rube Gessler, navies of the free cantons of Swit- zerland. “Being as they are free,” much.” So he decided then and there to ski America first, and in- S. A. as cne of the chief sports Switzerland. A SWiISS HET 1308, historical outline of Babe tury in one of the cantons of and Cantons in’'the Swiss Alps, the in the cantons of Switzerland. The day the Swiss Alps are noted for the Chief among the sports who went who w pointed admiral of the sald Rube, “they can’t amount to tglnted the national pastime of the of The greatest Swiss player was a Feg Murray 2 SHOWS HOW . Metropolitin Newspaper Servics big guy named William Tell (the ‘T-Ruth) Bambino, who lived in a little village called Bronnix with his young frau and his young son, Lou Gehrig of Lucerne. Tell was the best apple knocker in all the land, and believe me it was some Swiss movement when the big fellow knocked one over the nearest glacier for a home run. But Gessler had a row with the Bambino over the latter's refusing to bend the knee to a cuckoo clock he had set up in the market place as a sign of his rule over the people. “Bend the elbow, yes, but the knee, never!” roared Bambino. So Gess- ler decided to punish him and de- creed that he should hit_an apple off his son’s head, a very dangerous especially if his son stood on head. But Lou Gehrig of Lucerne was equal to the occasion and swallowed a watch just before he was tled up to the tree. He twitched and fidgeted so that Gess- ler asked what was the matter. “I've got ticks,” replied Lou, at which the watch took three strikes and popped out of Lou's mouth. “Time up,” yelled Bambino, and hit Gessler on the head with a four- base wallop. feat, his LEXANDRIA, Va., June 2.—Left “holding the bag” when the Northern A. C. of Washington failed to appear for its sched- uled contest at Baghett's Park yester- d:)'d afternoon, the Cardinal A. hastily arranged a game with the North- west Cardinals of Washington, and turned in its second straight triumph. The score was 13 to 12. A two-run rally in the ninth inning gave the locals the decision after the | allens took the lead by counting three | runs in their half of the same session | Watkins and Latham of the home team enjoyed a perfect day at bat with four and three hits, respectively, in as many times at the plate. The veteran Jimmy Quayle started on the hill for the winners, but had trou- ble in getting the ball ovér the pan and gave way to Bernard Vance. Both Quayle and Vance, as well as Schneider, the Northwest Cardinals’ twirler, were bit hard. Speaking of the failure of the North- erns to appear for their game, which caused much _unfavorable comment, Manager Sam De Vaughan of the Car- dinals said: “The Northerns did us a great injus- tice in not appearing. I understand that they played a double-header in Baltimore. Our game was scheduled some time ago by “Buck” Greer, North- ern manager, and myself, and was ad- vertised in the Washington and Alexan- dria papers. In addition, we went to the trouble to obtain the St. Mary’s Celtics’ park, print notices and tickets for the game. “Three members of their team re- g:mn. thinking that the game would played. No blame is placed on the shoulders of Manager Greer, who was in Winchester visiting sick relatives and thought his team would meet the Cardinals, but, in my opinion, the Northerns were sidestepping the issue with the Cardinals, and we are willing to meet them on any open date, either on our fleld or theirs.” Del Ray A. C. won its first game of the season after nine straight losses, administering an 8-to-4 beating to the Washington Rallway & Electric Co. nine of Washington in a contest played at Edward Duncan fleld. The Del Ray tossers jumped on Var- nell, the visiting hurler, for two runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings and added four more in the sixth frame to win, Gus Kramer led the winners’ attack with two hits in as many chances. “Rip” Hicks, former Alexandria High School captain and St. Mary's Celtics star, made his debut with the Del Ray team and drove out a double in two times up. Afield he handled four chances at shortstop perfectly. \ Jefferson District Fire Department moved into first place in the Virginia section of the Capital City League, al- though idling. Pop Wood's scrappy Woodlawn A. C. tossers defeated the previously undefeated Ballston A. C., 11 to 5, at Ballston to put Jefferson in the van. ‘The Bauserman Motor Co. was awarded a forfeit in the other game Yesterday’s Stars By the Associated Press. Hack Wilson, Cubs—Drove in six runs against Pirates with single, double and fifteenth and sixteenth homers of season. Bill Walker and Fred FPitzsimmons, lants—Gave Braves 12 hits in double bill and beat them twice, 9 to 4 and 16 to 3. Phil Todt and Hal Rhyne, Red Sox —Completed triple play against Yankees as Red Sox won, 7 to 4. Johnny Frederick and Babe Herman, Robins—Drove home six runs with two homers apiece Phils. Bennie C—‘a?(i; Win H astiiy Billf;d, Game, Northerns Flayed for Forfeit scheduled in the Virginia section when the Cherrydale Fire Department failed to_put in an lpgemnu at Arlington. McGorlick, who has n credited with both of Ballston's_victories, was touched for 19 hits by Woodlawn yes- C.|terday, one a terriffic clout by Ryan which was good for the entire route. Sundln; of the Teams. W. L. Pet. 31 $1 31 W. .750 Bauserman 1 B 687 Ch ] errydale 0 ston.. Woodlawn. MAIOR LEAGUERS SVIACK 24 IN DAY Red Sox Win After Losing 14 Straight—Seibold Is Stopped by Giants. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR. Associated Press Sports Writer. ARIOUS winning and losing streaks ended in yesterday's 10 major league base ball games, but the boys continued to drive balls outside the confines of the parks at an amazing rate. ‘Twenty-four home runs were hit in the 10 games, two less than the mark set in the same number of games May 22. Babe Ruth contributed his six- teenth homer and Hack Wilson hit two to equal the Babe's total. The Boston Red Sox ended the sea- son’'s longest losing streak, turning on the New York Yankees after 14 succes- sive losses to win, 7 to 4. Ruth did not hit his homer until two were out in the ninth inning, and by that time the game belonged to Boston. The Red Sox completed the first triple-play of the American League season. Cincin- nati already had given the National League its first three-way killing. Seibold Is Stopped. ‘The Giants put an end to Harry Sei- bold's great pitching performance of having completed nine straight games as they took a double-header from the Boston Braves, 9 to 4 and 16 to 3. Seibold started the second game and left in the third inning as the Giants scored 12 runs in one frame. Walter Berger got a homer in each game. Walter Stewart of the St. Louis Browns, possessor of another of the American League's best hurling records, could not check the slugging propensi- ties of the Chicago White Sox to earn | his eighth victory, and lost, 8 to 5. The Chicago victory helped produce a three-way tie in games for fifth place between these two teams and the De. troit Tigers, defeated, 3 to 2, by Cleve- land. The Indians, bunching hits off George Uhle to score all their runs in the third inning, moved into third place ahead of the Yankees. Luque Wins Again. Adolfo Luque of Brooklyn continued to win for the Robins, scoring his fifth straight victory at the expense of the Phillies, 10 to 2. The Robins hit 15 times for 34 bases, five of their blows being homers, and placed themselves three full games ahead of their nearest National League rivals. Chicago moved into second place, running its winning streak to five straight by trouncing the Pittsburgh Pirates, 16 to 4. Guy Bush pitched well and the Cubs hit better, having Wilson’s two homers and one by Hartnett in their 14 blows. Good pitching was the important factor as the Cincinnati Reds sent the St. Louis Cardinals down to third place with a double victory. The Cards got only 15 hits in the two .games, losing by scores of 5 to 4 and 7 to 1. Jal May and Larry Benton hurled the first game for the Reds and Benny Frey the second. Harry Heilmann did the heavy hitting, with six hits (two homers), for a perfect day. THREE-EYE LEAGUE. ria, 24; Decatur, 3. -4: “Wichita Fall Houston, San Antonio, THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. Mental and Physical Sides. S Bobby Jones finished his 19- hole match against Cyril Tolley he made this remark: “I feel 6 years older.” ‘The punishment one takes in golf is almost entirely on the mental side, and it is possible to suffer much more on the mental side than it is on the phys- ical. A foot ball player may suffer mental pain, but this is soon knocked out of him in physical contact. But there is nothing harder to face than mental suffering where raw nerves are exposed and where tension can't be re- lieved by action. The faster and rough- er the action, the less likelihood there 1s that tension can live. It is quite possible for a competitor to_feel greater weariness after a hard golf match than after a hard foot ball game or a hard fight. And all because mental weariness and nerve exhaustion carry further than physical weariness. There is a necessity for constant and unbroken concentration in a hard golf match and this becomes more and more | a burden as the week's play moves along. ‘There are times when the effort be- comes mental torture. By Friday or Saturday morning I have seen young stars in fine physical condition who were unable to retain even a glass of orange juice when rebelling nerves were at_war with the human system. Walter Hagen probably appreciated this more than any one else when he made up his mind years ago to take the game as it broke for him, to know in advance that he would make a cer- tain number of mistakes each round and to take them for granted as they happened along the route—all parts of Sport That Is Sport. ‘OU read where Sid Roper, a London milk wagon driver, got down from his cart to give Bobby Jones the battle of his life. Later you read where Fowlis, a St. Andrews postman, took a few d off and went to the fourth round. In an- other dispatch a veteran gardener gave some one a warm battle. These men were not just hitting a golf ball around. They were playing in a championship and playing extremely well. And the jobs they held down were all-day or all- night and all-week jobs. It is along this line that you find the 100-per-cent true amateur and sport that is all sport. Dear Mr. Rice: A few days ago in “The Sporflight” I read with interest your paragraph headed “A Sixteen Let- ter Man.” 1 wonder if you have ever I2ard of Cy Young, the greatest athlete who ever attended Washington and Lee University? Cy Young was also & 16- letter man, winning his letter four years in succession in foot ball, basket ‘.all base ball and track. That he was a star in all four sports is attested by the fact that he was also captain of all four teams. He held the all-South At- lantic sprint record of 945 in the 100- yard dash. He was all-South Atlantic halfback for three years in foot ball. In base ball he played center fleld, and was so fast that sometimes the right and left fielders used to come in to the infleld for the third out. Cy could cover the entire outfield. ‘This is not legend, because the story is not that old. He attended Washing- ton and Lee from 1912 to 1916. At that time the South Atlantic Association was composed of Georgetown, Mary- land, Washington and Lee, Vi Polytechnic Institute, Virginia, Virginia Military Institute and North Carolina the game to be expected and to be | State. taken for granted. Hagen could finish | a hard day of golf with his nerves less | 1 ever saw— | gan the first three months of And that | lege career. affected than any golfer unless it was old John Ball. Young was from Charleston, W. Va. and attended the University of Michi col- At home he had been a makes a tremendous difference in a |star and much sought after in high game where pressure on the nervous system is so heavy and continuous. The Dazzler Returns. AZZY VANCE ran into his best base ball year back in 1924 when won 28 games, lost only 6, and struck out 262*men. The Dazzler is back with all his anclent stuff intact and he believes 1930 will be close to his best year. He 't to sit any 262 batters in the , but he expects to win 11 games and that will be something to talk about for a veteran in_his thirty-eighth year. Vance has lost but little of his early speed. Probably the four fastest pitch- ers were Johnson, Wood, Vance and Grove. Johnson and Smoky Joe were streaks of raw lightning, but Vance is almost as fast and he has always had a fast curve that was hard to time. He is now on his way to 1,500 strike- outs and he is sure to reach that mark this season, with over 1400 already packed away. school days. At Michigan he was just another freshman. Feeling that he was not appreciated, Cy came back to attend a university nearer his home, Lee's gain but X doupt 1t Mickigah ever 's gain, ul ever knew anything about it. VIRGINIAN. “Just why,” asks L. P. H, “should Stanford and Southern California travel United States, world or what places have you?” + About Any Fighter. He may fight like a star, or fight like a tramp, But you can’t tell which from a train. ing camp. As we understand the situation today both Sharkey and Schmeling are con- fident of winning. These few words would be expanded into a column or more if each admitted he was not con- fident and to lose. That would ¥ Vance is now the last of the old-time stars in the box, with Alexander only occasionally. be worth a headline. (Copyright. 1030, by North American Newse