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he Zn ening Star. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, J UNE 16, 1930. T Comics and Classified PAGE C—1 Griffmen Happy to End Tour Tomorrow : Athletics Again Leading Flag Parade TEAM HAS FAILED ON WESTERN TRIP Four of Last Five Defeats ~ Have Been by One Run. A’s Losses Are Balm. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ST. LOUIS, June 16.—Another day after this and the Na-| tionals will be through with | the West for several weeks. | No tears will be shed by the Nats| when they leave this section.| Their invasion of it has not brought them happiness and they | Yyearn for their own lot, where they made such a brave stand| fagainst all rivals late in April and | early in May. In past seasons the | Washington Club has been at its best on the road. It's different now, though, and Griffith Stad- Jum will look good to the boys this time. Up to today the Nats have a record ©of just four wins against six losses for this Western swing. To make it worse, gour of their last five defeats have been by one run, in each instance the foe pulling the game out of the fire at the last minute. Naturally the Nats are Yeady to hop a train East as quickly a8 they can. They aren't getting any breaks these days. and a club hitting as lightly as have the Nats out this way must have the breaks to do much win- | nm1i The only consolation for the Nats Shese days comes from the sorry plight of the Athletics. The world champs are clinging to their league lead, but they have suffered in the West about as | much as have Manager Walter Johnson'’s charges. Lately the Indians, who made such a forward stride, have been tak- ing it on their collective beaks. Yanks, theugh, are drawing dangerous- | 1y close. The Nats long ago figured New York the most dangerous club in the eircuit. It begins to look as though they figured right. The Washington club isn't losing its #pirit even though it is losing ball games. But it rather feels everything will be brighter when it gets home, and how it wants to get there. HILE the absence of Sam Jones, | due to a gland affection, may have hurt the Nats to some extent out this way, they have not availed them- selves of all their pitching strength dur- ing the tour. For some odd reason, Lloyd Brown, left-hander, who looked pretty good on the hill when the club was in the East, has not appeared in a ball game in the West. Manager John- son says he has confidence in Brown, but has preferred to depend on other hurlers recently. Depending on other hurlers hasn't helped the club. particularly. Ad Liska and Fred Marberry have been worked steadily during the trip. Liska has pitched good ball. Marberry has not. Other than these two, the starters up to yesterday were Jones, Bob Burke and Bump Hadley. Each began one game. Jones had to go East for treatment of his ailment after being licked in De- troit. Hadley and Burke were not called on until the third series of the jaunt was glayed in Chicago. When in Detroit Hadley was sup- to have had a sore pitching arm. evertheless he seemed able to throw with plenty of power when sent to the outfield for conditioning work at that time and he pitched right well for sev- eral innings against Chicago. This hasn’t been a hard tour for Bump. He has had much time to himself. In sharp contrast to the restful unt Hadley has enjoyed is that Gar- and Braxton has gone through. The left-hander apparently is regarded as the only relief hurler on the staff. He has been used repeatedly, the other second-stringers having had little to do, end this frequent work seems to have taken its toll of the slender southpaw. Braxton has not looked at all good in his last two or three relief turns. Evi- 4ently he needs a long rest now. Al Crowder, procured with Heinle change for Goose Goslin last Bat- mrday, the Nats apparently have & clev- er hurler, but Al doesn't look in the best of trim physically. He started egainst the Browns yesterday and for| six innings pitched s whale of a game. | *Then he slipped fast and before any one | was warmed up to go to his rescue the Browns had grabbed the game, 3 to 2. In the first six rounds the Browns got nothing more off the General than iwo hits and three passes. Lu Blue doubled at the outset of the Browns' ettack and later in the first inning Goslin drew a walk, but the next two 6t. Louis batters lofted out to end the| offensive. Goslin again walked at the beginning of the fourth frame, only to | be snared with Ted Gullic in a double | play. Earl McNeely singled with one gone in the fifth and never passed the first base. Blue strolled at the start ©of the sixth and was nipped quickly with Blackie O'Rourke in a two-way erasure. After that Crowder staggered through two innings obviously in need of help, and in the ninth the Browns handed him & knockout punch. That he was reached for five safeties in the last ‘The | three innings shows how badly Al fal-| tered. HE Nats faced Dick Coffman, a for- mer teammate, the first seven in- nings, and off him they got all their hits and runs. They nicked Dick for nine safeties and four passes, but did not show much of a punch iIn|chances, while Baker, Bauserman left | pinches, as seven left on bases in the seven innings attest. Manush and Crowder did the bulk of the Washington hitting. Heinle collect- | ed a single, double and homer in his first three trips to the plate. His homer ‘was a loft to the roof of the right-field stand at the beginning of the sixth in- ning. His single made in the first frame ut him in the way of scoring the grmhl ‘Washington marker. Crowder singled in the fifth and seventh innings, opening the seventh with a hit. He reached third in the latter round, but this time Manush grounded sharply to| Blue at first. ‘The Nats were somewhat fortunate to get_their first run. With one out Rice walked, and took third when Manush singled. Cronin grounded to O'Rourke and Rice was run down. Joe overran first base and was in danger of being caught for a double-play when Manush, who had reached third on Rice’s run- down, headed for home. Blue threw to Manion, but Heinje slid into the plate with such force that he knocked the ball from the catcher’s hands and counted. Coffman gave way to a pinch-batter in the seventh, so George Blaeholder hurled the last two frames. He pitched to only six batters. FTER the Nats stopped scoring the Browns started, and it was a three-base error by Sam West that let them tuck away the game. Kress sin- gled and Gullic walked in the seventh. After Melillo bunted & pop to Hayes and McNeeley lifted out, Badgro batied for Manion and singled Kress home. QRourke’s single with one out was 1 Navy's victory over California at | Princeton CHARGE IT TO WEST 3 POTTRPR - ooSnuume! R Crowder, Totals .. | 6000000mmmocsl 1l sossconssl | noosssrmmramil ol ukaworuosl e aien st eeerumscuunal SooHouHuoASAL> ~| 05000m0990000M 1l sos00s00-M 83 7218 *One man out when winning run scored. 1Batted for Manion in seventh inning. iBatted for Coffman in seventh inning. 1000010002 0000001023 Runs batted in—Manush. Badsro, Mellilo. Two-base hits—Blue, Manush. Guilic run—Manush. _ Sacrifices—O'Rourke, West. Double plays_-Bluege to Myer to Haves (3). Left on bases Wi ton, 7; St. L First base man, 1. Stru Blaeholder, 2. T innings: off Blacholder, none in 3 | Winning _ plicher—Blachoider. = Umpire Messrs. Guthrie, Hildebrand “and Ormsby, | Time of game—I hour and 47 minutes. NAVY CREW'S WIN - GIVES EAST HOPES ?Far West Dangerous, How- ever, Over Poughkeepsie’s Longer Route. E v the Associated Press. 5 OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 16.— on Saturday has strengthened the East's hopes of victory in the varsity race of the Inter- collegate Rowing Association regatta here on June 26. That does not mean, however, that the Far West is to be counted out of the picture in advance of the actual race. Navy's triumph was gained at the sprint distance of a mile and three- quarters. The Poughkeepsie classic is at 4 miles, -and rowing history is full of instances where crack ®pring crews falled at Poughkeepsie in the longer grind. Bearing this in mind, the experts still are ready to venture an unqualified opinion to the effect that “Old Dick” Glendon has developed quite a crew at Annapolis, a crew that seems certain to be extremely tough to beat on June 26. Glendon’s men started their sea- son by losing to Columbia by a few feet, but since then they've trimmed Syracuse, Harvard, Massachusetts Tech, Cornell, Penn, California and Princeton and seemed a much smoother and more powerful aggregation on Saturday than earlier in the season. California was beaten on Saturday by half a length, but the Golden Bears provided the big thrill of the race near the finish line when they raised their stroke to 43 and kept it there. They gained on the leading Midshipmen, but not enough to avert their second de- feat of the season. Washington, an- other Far Western representative at Poughkeepsie, beat the Golden Bears in a close finish early in the season. Nineteen crews have arrived, leaving only Washington and Wisconsin to put in an appearance. These two crews meet at Madison today. RESULTS IN MINORS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Newark, 6-3: Buffalo. 1- Rochester. 7-3; B Jersey Cit Reading, 9-1 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Ghattancoes. 10; Little Roek, 7, am, 3. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HAT the Northern Red Birds are leading the pack In the newly organized Independent League, following their 7-to-2 victory over the Silver Spring Giants yesterday, is due largely to the work of Hansom Fitzgerald, catcher and batsman extraordinary. Hansom is one of those players who is elther booed or cheered every time he steps to the plate. Down at the Terminal Park, where he catches for Express, he is always on the receiving end of the Bronx cheer. The cheers and jeers were more evenly distributed yesterday at the Silver Spring Field. However, every time he gets the razz it is one of grudging admiration more than anything else. Fitzgerald likes to hear the fans express themselves and it makes no difference what kind of cheer he gets. He's Mixed Character. Fitz has a personality. It's a queer kind of personality for it greatly re- sembles the individual characteristics of three more or less famous char- acters, namely Leon Goslin, the former Wild Goose of the Potomac; Art Shires, the chewing first-sacker of the Chisox, and Stepin Fechit, the movie star. When Hansom bats he swings and misses much in the same manner as Goslin and when he hits he also re- sembles the new Brown, for the ball is usually in for a long ride. Then again he chews tobacco with a ve- hemence that only Art Shires can boast of. And lastly, he walks and runs in a manner which gives the impression that Stepin Fechit, reputed to be the laziest man in the world, is only an imitation of the Northern catcher. Hansom accounted for 4 runs yester- day, enough to win the game; driving across 2 and bringing 2 in himself. But it wasn't how many he accounted for, but how he did it. The “personality kid” strolled up to the plate in the second inning and drove out a single—and what a single! As he pulled up at first base most of the Northern players were contending that if they had hit a ball that far they would be resting on third base instead of first. Socks Slow Triple. In the fourth inning Hansom socked a triple way over by the farm house at the other side of the field and gave a good imitation of Dan O'Leary, the veteran walking champ, rounding the bases. He stopped at third amid the caustic suggestions of the fans who filled the Silver Spring Park to ca- pacity. But Hansom favored them with only a gold-toothed smile and then proceeded to score on & pro- digious sacrifice fly by Harding. Then in the sixth, when the North- erns were leading. 4 to 2, Hansom imi- tated the antics of Goslin when fan- ning, swinging from the end of his bat, and again only smiling when the fans voiced their feelings. Meanwhile the Giants were making threatening gestures, so when Pitz came up in the eighth he put the game on ice with a duplicate of his bingle in the fourth. If anything, the ball was hit farther-and, not only that, but it was lost in the grass. Any way, his feet hurt and he had a sore finger to COLLEGE BALL TITLE WON BY DARTMOUTH By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, June 16.—The closing stages of the Eastern Intercollegiate Base Ball League's first official cam- paign saw Dartmouth clinch the chame plonship through Princeton's upset of Yale, 6 to 2, in the historic feud be- tween the Bulldog and the Tiger. The only remaining game—between Cornell and Dartmouth on Monday— teams. The standing to date: w Orlen i ashville, 3-4; Mobiler 5 LEXANDRIA, Va, June 16— ‘Walloping the Jefferson Dis- trict Fire Department, 9 to 1, at Arlington, Bauserman Motor Co. advanced into & deadlock for first place in the Northern Virginia section of the Capital City League. Woodlawn A. C. moved up from fourth place to within half a game of the leaders with |a 6-to-5 triumph over Cherrydale Fire Department while Bauserman was set- ting down the third-place Jefferson dis- | trict club. | Hull, Bauserman pitcher, held Jefter- |son district to three hits, two by | ble by Krouse, while his own batters | were slaying the offerings of Durham | and Jones for 15 safetles. The Bauser- | man twirler also enjoyed a perfect day at bat with three singles in as many flelder, hit three times in five trips. | . Three runs in the ninth inning gave Woodlawn its decision over Cherrydale. Menkie led the winners at bat with three hits in five times at bat, while Clousee unloaded two singles in four efforts to top Cherrydale. Provence, | Moore and Lassiter came through with triples for Woodlawn. | W, | 150 Jeferson. 3 Ballston .. 3 150 Cherrsdaie 0 5 .000 ‘600 Bauserman 3 | Woodlawn. 3 2 District Grocery Store of Washing- ton won a’ 12-inning contest with the Cardinal A. C. by 3 to 1 when Madison, Cardinal's right fielder bobbled in the twelfth frame and presented the Store- men with two runs. Potterfield’s Store Juniors took a 4-t0-3 drubbing from the General Ac- counting Office of Washington, the visi- tors pushing across a run in the ninth frame. e — wasted by the Browns in the eighth, but after Kress was retired in the ninth they jumped on Crowder again. Gullic banged a double to deep left center to start the trouble. Then Melillo slam- med a hot one toward center. West charged the drive that should have been held to a one-baser and as a re- sult was in no ball when it took a waist-high bound. ‘The hit sent Gullic across with the tieing tally, and when the ball got by ‘West to roll to the base of the center- | | Bauserman Defeats Jefferson To Deadlock for League Lead Municipal officials and employes at city hall have organized a base ball team under the direction of Earl Sul- livan, deputy clerk of the Corporation Court, and have issued a defi to the Kiwanis Club nine, which defeated the Rotarians, 15 to 7, in a charity game here last week. « Hurshman’s Store team continued its losing streak in the midget section of the Capital City League, losing, 14 to 7, to the Georgetown Midgets. Arlington Juniors kept up its win- ning ways in the Capital City League junior loop, defeating Mardelles of ‘Washington, 12 to i has many open dates for next month, and may be telephoned at Alexandria 23-F-2 or written at 202 East Raymond avenue, Alexandria, for contests. Russell Dunn has been elected cap- tain of Hume Springs, with Edward Von Deck, catcher, coaching. Transportation Department is to op- pose Transfer Agents on Hunton Fied at 5 o'clock today in & Potomac Yard Base Ball League game. American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, New York, 17; Cleveland, 10, 0; Detroit, 1. . Louls. 3:" Washington, 3. Baston-Chicago, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. cannot disarrange the line-up of the ! | Hume Spring A. C. will meet the |Lis Crump, & double and single, and a dou- | Capitol Heights A. C. at Capitol Heights Sunday at 3 o'clock. Manager Roberts | Goslin, Shires and Fechit Aped By Silver Spring Diamond Hero match, so he managed to make third by a close margin. The Wild Goose of Silver Spring re- peated the fanning process in the ninth, but, strangely enough, the jeers had be- come scarce as he walked back to the | bench. However, Hansom was satisfied. “Well, I've done a pretty good day's work for an old man,” said he. While his battery mate was terroriz- ing the Giants in an offensive way, Lefty McIntyre was giving a good ex- hibition of pitching, allowing the Glants | 9 scattered hits, while fanning 8. | “It's a good thing I pitched yester- day.” said Lefty in the fourth inning, “otherwise I wouldn't be warmed up at all. As it is, the two runs they got came before I really got hot. When you see my leg go up, then you know I'm right.” | " He then proceeded to go out on the | mound in the fourth and his leg went up, a la Marberry, and after making Mc- Gann hit an easy roller to him he struck out Schrider and Wheeler on eight pitched balls. ST. ALBAN'S ENJDYS 600D SPORTS VEAR |School Gets a New Athletic Leader, Rev. Henderson Giving Up Post. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR. \HINGS looked up athletically at 8t. Alban's School during the academic year just closed. The showing of the Cathedral School teams in all sports was highly satisfac- tory and augurs well for the future. In line with the policy to develop the athletic and recreational program of the school along broad and efficlent lines enlargement of the physical edu- cation department has been effected for the next academic year, it has been announced by the Rev. A. H. Lucas, headmaster. Decides to Retire. Upon his own request Rev. James Henderson has retired as athletic di- rector and will be succeeded by A. Robertson Middleton, former Haverford College foot ball and track stalwait. Rev. Henderson, who has handled the athletic director’s post in fine style for the past 12 years, will not, however, drop completely out of the sports pic- ture. The popular instructor will eon- tinue to coach the base ball team. A new position has been created, that of physical education adviser. It will be filled by Capt. Sandee Marriott, Uni- versity of California man, who is well equipped for the . George Hard- man, who coached the basket ball team and assisted in the tutoring of the foot ball eleven, has resigned. He will prepare for the ministry. A. J. Todd will continue as a coach, and Rev. Lucas has indicated another athletic tutor may be appointed. ‘Walter Brewer, who played third base on the ball team, halfback on the foot ball eleven and was captain and a for- ward on the basket ball quint, has been awarded the Robert Rice Cup, pre- sented annually for all-around athletic ability. He also was presented the medal for leading the team in batting. He stung the ball at a .455 pace. Brew- er will enter the University of Virginia in the Fall. Shippen to Lead Nine. | Ned Shippen, clever right fielder on the base ball team the past season, has been elected captain of the 1931 nine. Shippen also is captain of the foot ball team for the coming Fall. In recognition of their sturdy show- ing 10 members of the ball team have been presented gold base balls. ‘They are: Bill Williams, catcher; Fddle Crouch, retiring captain, pitch- er; Brewer, Kelsey, first basemen; Ned Weeden, second baseman; Bob Lorton, shortstop; Kidder, left fielder; Frank Sterrett, center fielder; Shippen and Bits Chesley, utility. Of this group Willlams, Crouch, Weeden and Kidder will be lost along with Brewer to next season’s nine. RECORDS OF GRIFFS BATTING. 2b.3b.H] 9 0 5 ] ot ey 2E8 R ©000oNHPLIE D oNUA LB aRSE Ersawol ©000900000~0oNaNA-E e 4 8 2 cosconmBantnwitalatRS! = culaSELAENRESRRRRE! 3! 5 (St o comorumrasamnnasBaRERNSH 5825 R ——— e ik BEal cooonunematoaraRI-BHZSABe! 5 .. Harris . a0 @es: EIS PRt cesceseeesbosiosrmnastteny 0000050000 SoH-HIOHIARUA ©200900900000000-CwNs~unaD PITCHING. In'ss Gam.Comp, . BB.SO. pitch.start.gam. 3118 18 8 5 17 0 Moore . Crowder. conscasuany TS OO ma Ot National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ; Chicago, 4. t. 9: Brooklyn, 4. Boston, Cincinnati, Other clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. | worurarem Box AN 1751 3123(30/.434 i 8/—1 2 3123/32.418 ition to check the | Bo GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash, at 8t. L, 4:00 Wash. at 8t XYt cl Ny il fleld bleachers Melillo réced on to the winning run. ¥ eveland, N. Y. at Cleveiand, Detroit. * Boston at Chicago, GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at New York. Gincinnat! at Boston. uis at Bklyn. Pittab Phila. Cincinnati at Boston. 8| Cornwell, JOSEPHINE DUNHAM- MRs. TO CLASH FOR DISTRICT TENNIS SINGLES CROWN MARTINEZ- LEXANDRIA, Va, June 18— With his teammates playing a steady tattoo on the opposition's pitching, Pete Ball, 8t. Mary's Celtics' mound star, coasted in with & 14-to-1 victory over the crack Naval Hospital nine of Washington, in the Joe Judge day benefit game staged at Baggett's Park. The contest netted $115 for the Judge day fund. The lanky right-hander held the Gobs to five widely scattered hits and ‘would have kalsomined them had he not walked Bridges in the first inning just before Roberts came through with a single. Bridges' theft of second base put him in a position to score on the blow. ‘Two teammates’ errors sent Bill Payne, Montrose A. C. mound ace, down into defeat by a 2-to-1 count after a beautiful pitching exhibition in which he granted the Del Ray A. C. only 2 singles and struck out 13. Joe Padgett and “Finney” Gardner, Colonial A, C. pitchers, were the fea- ture acts in the twin bill which th locals captured from the Crescent and Michigan Park nines of Washington. Padgett allowed the Crescents only three hits, as the Colonials grabbed up a 3-to-1 verdict in the opening game and figured importantly in the offense with two singles, one of which drove across & run. He was robbed of a shut- out when a Colonial infielder erred to let in the Crescents’ only score. Michigan Park was let down with five hits by Gardner in the nightcap, which the Colonials won, 8 to 3. Gardner | struck out 10 and was the keyman in the attack, driving in four runs with the runs himself. National Orioles of Washington scored & 12-to-2 triumph over the Hume Springs A. C. when “Kitty” Curtiss, Hume Springs mound star, cracked in the eighth frame with the score stand- 500 | ing at 2-all and opened the way for & 10-run Oriole rally in that canto. “Buddy” Goodwin, former Washing- | ton-Lee High School infleld star, wh was signed to play with the St. Mary' Celtics by Manager Charles Corbetf last week, made his first appearance 92 | with the Green and Gold yesterday in a relief role and singled in his only time at bat. He replaced Capt. Bill Langford at second in the eighth in- ning. Carlos McCullough, center fielder, resigned from the Del Ray A. C. nine. Both were transferred by their firms to other cities last week, McCullough to Boise, Idaho, and Gammage to New York City. DEVITT LOSES MOST OF BEST ATHLETES Devitt School has a dark athletic out- look. Just three dependables are sched- uled to return to school in the Fall— Charlie Rose, foot ball player; Bits Schriver, who holds forth on the grid team and the base ball nine and also is a trackster, and Richard Willis, clever tennis player. Captains of the foot ball, basket ball, track and base ball teams of the past academic year are among those to be lost. They are Francis Knott, foot ball; Francis Bernard, basket ball; Mil- ton Abramson, track, and Bernard Bra- love, base ball. All except Bralove also les in other sports. such cracks as Tom Keefe, best known for his sensational work as halfback on the foot ball team, but who also plays basket ball and was on the track squad, and Paul Tangora, stellar foot ball, basket ball and track- ster, will be missing. According to J. Leighton (Count) genlal impresario of the school, the institution has never suf- ::rfdl such a heavy loss of athletic ma- rial. It appears that Jim McNamara, foot ball coach, will have a mighty job to ___ |develop an eleven that can stand up under the heavy schedule which has been arranged for next Fall, or that can compare to the formidable combination which ‘carried the achool's colors on the gridiron last Autumn, Celtics S wémp H ospitai 7Gobs, Game Netting $115 for Judge a double and triple and scoring two of | and Benny Gammage, manager, have|be Bob Utterback has been appointed manager and is booking contests by telephone a: Alexandria 2479 or by mail at 110 Uhler avenue, Mount Ida, Alexandria. Jimmy Bradley, former outer gardener for the St. Mary's Cel- tics, succeeds McCullough. Del Ray will meet the Washington | Rallway & Electric Co. here Sunday at | 3 o'clock on Edward Duncan Field. | The Wreco outfit holds one decision | over the Red Binds. Clifton Park A. C. will be played by the Colonial A. C. here Sunday at 3 pm. on Colonial Field in the second game of a double-header being ar- ranged by Manager Bill Hammond. No opponent had been found for the opener, set for 1 o'clock. ‘Walter Disbrow’s Phoenix A. C. will be the guest of the Cardinal A. C. here Sunday at 3 o'clock on Haydon Field. Disbrow formerly coached the Cardinals and will see several of the stars he de- veloped in action for the locals. “Frenchy” Cohan, St. Mary's Celtics’ star forward during the late basket ball campalgn, will leave Thursday to serve as a counsellor at Cedar Lake Camp, in | by |New York State. Cohan will coach |Ci basket ball and instruct in physical RECORDS FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES Last week's major league records of games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents’ runs and home runs, follow: AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago Philadelphia NATIONAL LEAGUE. Brooklyn . 46 hicago education. [SLTCOTNT - PR Pittsburgh ', Cincinnati St. Louls LHE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RICE. The Fight Fan. Can he take it? Can he take it? Above the maudlin road; They count a thousand over him, But he comes back for more. ‘They foul him and they cross him, But no matter where he's hit, He has a chin of concrete And they can not make him quit. Yes, he can take it any where, From foul across to fake, A fiuv.wn for more punishment Than any ox can take. The Matter of Fouls. "THE sussestion for handiing the foul | situation in boxing, offered in this | column once before, is presented | again. There should be a “foul check” issued with every ticket, just as there is & “rain check” for base ball, and in case of foul there should be a return match at which all “foul checks” should good for admission without any added charge. The two fighters would ! purses offered, compensation. In the last three heavyweight matches bearing on the title—Scott-Von Porat, Scott - Sharkey, Sharkey - Schmeling— over 110,000 spectators have paid out over a million dollars to see three foul fights that should have come under the head of “no contest.” This is too ridiculous to call for any further comment. It only shows the incredible ability of the fight fan to soak up punishment. When a foul is committed there is no contest, for which the spectators pay their money. If the boxing commissions and the promoters have any slight desire to protect the public, they can put this plan through. If they haven't any such t(ieslrevu{h 1.; ufly : question of time be- ore e battered and gro will do its own promflnl‘.r At The British Open. HE qualifying rounds for the Brit- ish open start today and close 3 Tuestdny t“um'x")hon' sgh": the sur- vivors set out on ursday in pursuit of the title at 72 holes. > v On the American side there will be Bobby Jones, Horton Smith, Leo Diegel, Mac Smith, George von Elm and Don Moe as the leading contenders and one of these should be good enough to win. Against these the British will offer Archie Compston, young Henry Cotton, Abe Mitchell, George Duncan and others who have been struggling to check the American tide for the last 9 or 10 years, ‘There are more than the usual num- ber of interesting angles to this cham- tonship over the seaside links of Hoy- lake, the battle ground that gave John Ball and Harold Hilton to golf. One will be Bobby Jones' effort to win his second tish title within three weeks, an achll ent that would leave him wearing three crowns at once, Another will be the duel between Jones and Horton Smith, the young Missouri professional, who has been abroad six weeks getting ready for this test. A third will be the charge of Leo Diegel, the P. G. A. champion, who now seems to be at the point will be the British effort, headed by Compston and Cotton, to check the American attack, one of the strongest in many years. As usual on the other side, a lot will depend on the weather. Hoylake on & quiet day and Hoylake in a cold or rainy gale—with the seven or eight out-of-bounds that wait for the har- assed entry—are two entirely different battleflelds. And after a long spell of dry and warm weather, Hoylake is about due for the other type. Hagen and Jones. ALTER HAGEN, who won last year, will be absent from this en- gagement. ‘Hagen and Jones have won six of these championships, Hagen leading with four victories. Jones has won his last two starts, and he will again be favored above the field, for at 72 holes of medal play it will take great golf to beat him back. Accurate driv- ing is one of the features of Hoylake's | play, and Jones' driving will give him a decided advantage, if he is hitting his tee shots up to the usual standard. Horton Smith expects to make a far better showing than he made a year ago on his first invasion, and if his long irons are holding up he will be al- most as dangerous as Jones. Big League Snags. AST Summer the Athletics and Cubs ran away with the two pennant races. They looked to be equipped this last Spring for another romp. But it is quite apparent now that several things have happened to break up their April dreams. The Athletics, first watching the Yankees, have suddenly discovered that the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Senators can play their share of base ball, and with July coming on neither has shown any sign of slipping or cracking up. ‘The Cubs are in an even tighter spot, with a flood of hard luck to fight against. They have the Dodgers and Gilants to reckon with, and both are good enough to win a pennant, the final outcome depending largely on the breaks that always decide any close race. It is said that Primo Carnera and George Godfrey have now trained down to a combined weight of 518 pounds, which still leaves themn about 5 ounces above the flywelght cTass. “Phil Scott,” writes Observer, “was fouled twice as often and twice as badly as Schmeling. This should make him | 8§ the super-champion of the heavyweight division.” * (Copyright, 1930, by North Amerlean Ney paper Alilance.) peak. A fourth | ROV GEHRIGRUTH SHAKE UP STANDING, |Lefty Masters Tigers, While Yank Sluggers Slaughter Indians—Lou a Demon. { BY HERBERT W. BARKER. | Associated Press Sports Writer. HANKS to the good left arm | of Robert Moses Grove and | the powerful bats of Lou | Gehrig and Babe Ruth, the Philadelphia Athletics are lead- | ing the American League again | today. |~ Grove's invincible pitching yes- | terday enabled the Athletics to | whip Detroit, 10 to 1, while Geh- rig and Ruth were batting the Yankees to a 17-10 victory over }Cleveland, erstwhile pace-setters in the circuit. These two results combined to send the Athletics back into first place by a margin of one full game. Grove gave the Tigers only 4 hits, while the A’s pounded Sorrell, Herring and Sullivan for 14 solid blows, one be- ing Jimmy Poxx's fourteenth homer of the year. Grove pitched hitless ball for the first six innings, but eased up suffi- clently in the seventh to permit the Tigers to score their one run on Mc- Manus’ double and Alexander’s triple. Gehrig hit his sixteenth and seven- teenth and Ruth his twenty-first home run in the Yankee massacre of Cleve- land. “Hungry Lou” drove in seven runs for one of his best batting days this season. The Yanks pounded Hudlin and Shoffner for 10 runs in the first three innings, and the game was won and lost beyond much doubt. Herb Pennock went the route for the Yankees and pitched no harder than he had to. The largest crowd, 33,828, that ever saw a game in Cleveland was on hand. In the National League the New York Giants advanced to within a game and a half of second place by whipping the Chicago Cubs, 7-4. Pete Donohue set- tled down after a shaky start and held the Cubs safe while the Giants pounded Blake and Teachout freely. “Shanty” Hogan’s homer with two on in the seventh settled the game. Dono- hue’s chief difficulties came from Gabby Hartnett, Cub catcher, who pounded out his thirteenth homer, a double and two singles. Brocklyn lost ground to the Giants by dropping a 9-4 decision to the St. Louis Cardinals. The cards took a vantage of five Brooklyn errors to score 9 runs on as many hits. Daszzy Vance was not as effective as usual and gave way to Ray Moss late in the game. The Robins blasted Grabowsk! out of the box in the seventh, but could do nothing with Jess Haines. Andy High drove in four of the win- ner’s runs with'a homer and a triple. In thé only other-National League game the Boston Braves beat Cincin- nati, 4-3, behind steady pitching by Ben Cantwell. The Reds were blanked for six innings, but pounded Cantwell for two runs in the seventh and one in the ninth before the Braves' pitcher applied the brakes. MOORHEAD, WALKER PLAY RYAN OMWAKE Three quarter-final singles consola- tion matches and a doubles semi-final, in which Phoebe Moorhead and Frances Walker were to meet Mary Ryan and Louise Omwake, were scheduled today in the Women's District Tennis League championship tournament. Josephine Dunham, who recently gained the singles title in the City of Washington tournament, will meet Ruth Martinez in the final of the league event as the result of matches yester- day, when Miss Dunham defeated Frances Walker, 6—3, 6—4, and Mrs, Ruth Martinez surprised by vanquish- ing Phoebe Moorhead, defending champion and seeded No. 1, 7—5, 6—1. Dorothy Kingsbury and Cecyle Raver galned the final round in the doubles when they downed Edith McKelvey and Bettie Whitfleld, 6—1, 6—1. Today's schedule: Singles lations—3 p.m.—Mary e Burke vs. M Goldie Crist, Seward. War Doubies—S p.m.. | walker vs. Ryan-Om Yesterday's summaries: Semi-finals—Josephine | Prances Walker, 2 i Ruth Martinez defeated Phoebe Moorhead, 7—5, 6—1. onsola Singles. quarter-finals—Marian King de- teated Ciara Alderion by Gersult; Forence ward defeated Mrs. Mot by default: Edith McKelvey defeated Katherine forra ‘Dunham defeated Berrall, twiler defeated 9 (defaulted). Walker-Moorhead defe: nham-De Mouza, 6—1, 63, Ryl wake defeated Miller-Morris, 1. Kingsbury-Raver defeated Roxi t default. Kingsbury-Ra [Singsbury-Raver defeated Second Pinette-Red: Semi-finals — McKelvey-Whithe HYATTSVILLE BEATS COUNTY CHAMPIONS HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 16.—Hy- attsville'’s base ball team continued its strong pace in the Prince Georges County section of the Capital City Base Ball League unlimited class w){en it topped Bowie A. C., county champion, 13 to 11, on the Riverdale Field. Hyattsville gained an early lead and hitting and erratic flelding. Hyatts- ville used two pitchers and Bowie three, Oscar Hiser and Mocker Belt did some notable hitting for Hyattsville, ‘The flelding of Ernie Hiser, ‘Washing- ton policeman, playing shortstop for the winners, was of high order. Manager Vernon Clarke of the Hyattsville Southern Methodist base ball team wants the manager of the Montrose A. C. nine of Washington to call him at Hyattsville 1672-J. Plerce A. C. base ballers rang u their third win in the senior le%ucg of the Capital City League when they downed Lionels of Washington, 9 to 7, at Magruder Park. It was the second win_for Plerce in two days, Montrose A. C. having been beaftn in a 3-1 non- league game Saturday. Jarboe, with four hits out of five tries, and O'Donnell, with two safe blows in three attempts, one of them a homer, led the Plerce attack yesterday. N. Miller and Magee, each with three bingles in five times at bat, were Lionels’ most consistent hitters. ‘Tonight the Pierce team wil hold a meeting at the home of Bob Mingee, Cedar street, to plan a moonlight boat trip, and next Saturday afternoon will meet the Hyattsville Southern ‘P‘:n.m" in & game in Magruder\