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Sports News The Foen 'WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Sfaf. Classified Ads WASHINGTON, D. y THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1930. PAGE D-1 %lmess at Bat Griffs’ Big Handicap : Last’s N. L. Clubs Face Test in West NEED MORE PUNCH T0 MAKE HEADWAY $tick Average in West But .281—Cronin Factor in Attack on Trip. BY JOHN B. KELLER. N their first invasion of the West this season the Nation- als did not lose any ground in the pennant race, so far ns‘ their relative standing with the league leader was concerned, but | they passed up a splendid oppor-| tunity to forge ahead, and now cannot well afford to falter before | the Western clubs here, as they did during their recent tour. While the Nats’ pitching was| somewhat spotty in the West, it} was their weakness at bat that hurt most. There must be a bol- stering of attack if headway is to be made during the 19-game stand in Griffith Stadium. Out West the Nats made the poorest showing of any of the Eastern clubs, and, in fact, one other club of the circuit, Chicago, made a poorer | showing. The Nats won five games and | last seven, while the White Sox, at | home, won only four games and lost | eight. Not such a great difference at that. As they hit the Nats really did not deserve to do any better on the journey. They batted as a club for only .281. 2 Of the dozen games played five were decided by one run. Of these five games the Nats captured only one. Not much of & punch there. Although some of the Nats hit for good averages out West, their hitting was too streaky to be of much benefit. A general pick-up in meeting the ball is needed right down the line of the batting order. If it oc- curs, the Washington club ought to give the Western invaders a great tussie the next two weeks. Generally, the Nats' pitchers will not yield many runs. It's up to the batters| to get busy. LTHOUGH five batters finished the trip with higher averages, Sam Rice really was the attack leader in the swing through the West. He ‘went through the dozen games and wal- loped for .367. Heinie Manush and Al Crowder, procured from the Browns, shook wlcged bats, Heinie hitting for .353 and Crowder for .500, but Heinie was in only four games and Al in one, Dave Harris, picked up from the ‘White Sox for service as a right-hand inch hitter, made good in great style. ree times Dave was sent up in emer- gencies in the St. Louis series, and he collected two hits, one good for two bases, and a pass. He scored two runs and drove over another. The most potent factor in the Nats’ attack on the trip was Joe Cronin. ‘The husky shortstop hit for only .269, but he drove over 17 runs, far more than any other player, and with 10 Tuns tied with Rice for the tallying lead. Here are the trip figures: Q = 2 3z A POTS~ TR X alSektauiiabnn sl West Bpencer .. Goslin POTER- T —— e _hits—Harris. . Manush, Bluege West, FEi its—Rus west, " Gosiin C{'vnln. Haves, West, Spencer. Judge ' (2), Rice (2), Myer (@), Bpence! r. PAPChRt, mo hits—Liska (12), Braxton (0. 4), ywn (3), Jones (2), Burke );‘l"l-x‘;)u BET RinsLitka, Barnes, s (2). Cronin, T a topsy-turvy outfit the Amer- ! ican League has been the past two weeks! With three clubs in the first division, the East ralding the Western fields was able to win but 26 of 51 games played. And it did that well only because of the Yankees, who cwept everything before them. ‘When Shawkey's club wound up its tour by trimming the Indians three times in & yow it just managed to save the East's face. Two of the pennant contenders of the Eastern section were soft pickings for the West. The A's played as any- thing but world champions and barely managed to finish with a better road record than the Nats. The tail-end Red Sox rallied to conclude the trip with . the second best mark for an Eastern club. Yes, the Red Sox, who had been tak- ng it on their collective chins for weeks. had a better trip than the world champs. FTER exchanging uniforms, Ma- nush and Goslin battled right even- ly at bat in the series in St. Louis, but the new Washington left-fielder | bested the former Nat in the pasture. | In the four games Heinie got six safeties, including a double and a homer, and two passes. The Goose got five hits, including a double and & homer, and four passes. Heinie hit in each game, while the Goose missed in one. Manush four times hit when a mate was on the runway and drove over one run in addition to scoring two. Goslin hit twice with some one on, drove over two runs and scored three. Afield, Heinle made six putouts and one assist for a perfect record. The Gocse slipped once, but made 14 put- | cuts. OW that Art Shires is here he will take over the first-base job and hold it until Joe Judge, nursing a ! charley-horsed leg, is able to get back. | The arrival of Shires prevents Wash- | ington fans seeing Jack Hayes do his stuff around the initial sack. Awkward at first, Jack after a few games looked really good at the No. 1 station. He soon acquired the knack of shifting his feet and moved around in sprightly | manner. But now Jack will sit by and watch another perform. This doesn't worry Hayes particularly, but he would like to_know what to do with & pair | of high-priced first-basing mits he | purchased in Chicago. HOME RUN STANDING. By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterdsy. Morgan, Indians. 1.° S Athletics, 1; Foxx, Athletics, 1 Athletics, 1. The Leaders. Ruth, Yankees, 21; Wilson, Cubs, 18; Berger, Braves, nk 18; Foxx, immons, Kleln, Phillies, | 5 ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON 'HAT Manush and Gos- lin do on the field of battle, now that they have swapped uni- forms, is of keen interest to fol- lowers of the Nationals. What they have done is equally in- triguing, for how can their relative worth be estimated save by a comparison? It was Manush's reputation as a hitter that influenced Capital fans generally to ap- prove the trade that brought him along with Crowder to the Griffmen in exchange for Goslin. Proof of his superi- ority as an attacking force ostensibly was found in their lifetime averages, which showed Heinie possessed of .338 against the .331 credited to the Goose. When the swap was consum- mated this department got in touch with a veteran base ball writer in St. Louis to learn the reaction of the fans there, and his reply contained a signifi- cant sentence. It was: . “St. Louisans believe that Manush’s high batting average rather belies his value to a team because of the fact that his runs-batted-in record is not a good one.” Acid Test for Hitters. ush was later entering fast company. Year 1923 Manush Goslin . 192¢ Manush Goslin_ . 1925 Manush Goslin_ . 1926 Manush Goslin . 1027 Manush oslin . 1928 Manush Goslin . 1929 Manush Goslin . | R Rbi 8 T4 s 8 Manush [ Goslin 147 “Led league in batting x x kK THE number of games played, their batting averages and the number of runs each scored are set forth in the table, in addition to the runs-batted-in, as each has a bearing in the comparison. The figures disclose that in only one of the seven seasons —1928—did Manush drive in a greater number of runs than Goslin, but that he personally toted over the platter a greater number of tallies in three of the years, although his average of runs scored, 82, is consider- ably below that of the Goose. Of course, the fact that Gos- lin played a total of 117 more games than Manush through 338 332 In base ball it is well estab- lished that the truest test of a batsman is his ability in the all-important business of pro- ducing runs for his team, so we did a little research work to learn what’s what. If it is true'that “figures don't lie,” it would seem that the acquisition of a competent pitcher such-as Crowder, in ad- dition to-Manush, was highly essential if the Washington club is to be regarded as profit- ing in the transaction that sent Goslin away. Here are the records, based on the seven complete seasons they have been big leaguers concurrently, Manush with the Detroit Tigers from 1923 through 1927 and with the Browns-in "28 and '29, and Gos- as a Griffman throughout that period, the Goose’s marks Jor the full campaign of 1922 and the partial season of 1921 being disregajged because Man- the period gave the Goose more opportunities to accomplish things, looking at it from that angle, but it also might be con- strued to indicate Goslin is the more durable of the pair. Thus far this season the story of Manush and Goslin is told in the following figures: Ave. R. Rbi 3% 28 30 276 36 39 And bringing the comparison to an even finer point, here are the records since the time they exchanged uniforms last Sat- urday in St. Louis. Manush Goslin . ‘There is 1d saying to the effect that “it isn’t what you used to be, but what you are today” that really matters. This is another day and start- ing this afternoon Manush, the new Griffman, will get a fresh chance to prove how -valuable he can be to a ball club, and it is assured he will not be handi- capped in his efforts by lack of support from the stands. 1930 Manush Goslin . NORTHERNS TO PLAY GAME IN ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 19.—One of the three amateur clubs in this sec- tion that has been able to down the St. Mary's Celtics nine this year will be seen in action here Sunday when the Northern A. C. of Washington op- poses the Green and Gold in Baggett's Park at 3 o'clock. The Northerns nosed out the Cel- tics by a 1-run margin here earlier in the season. Manager Corbett has completed ar- rangements for a three-game series with the Co club July 4 and & Bauserman Motor . Co. A. C., deadlocked in first Virginia section of the League, will meet Sunday. ‘Teams of the Tri-State Golf Associa- tion will meet in the third match on their schedule June 26 at the Loudoun County Country Club, Purcellyille, Va. Belle Haven Country Club, leaders in the scoring, will meet Martinsburg and Purcellville will play Winchester, Cardinal A. C. has a tough encounter booked for Sunday, the Phoenix A. C. of Washington scheduled for Haydon Field at 3 o’clock. Robert Utterback, newly elected man- ager of the Del Ray A. C, is anxious to arrange games. Call Alexandria 2479 or write him at 110 Uhler avenue, Mount Ida, Alexandria. ‘Wasl comes here Sunday to play the Del Ray A. lo‘ik on Edward Duncan Field at 3 o'clock. and Ballston lace in the pital City Old Dominion Boat Club is preparing to stage another smoker on June 28. Alexandria's five playgrounds will open Saturday. Haydon Field playground Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Clifton Park A. ‘C‘ will battle the Colonial A. C. here Sunday at 3 p.m. on Guckert's Field. Del Ray Juniors are after games. Telephone Manager Heflin at e andrla 2194-J. Arnold Bus Line is bookin, with unlimited nines, Phone’Eg:'T:; Estes, Clarendon 2464. HOCKEY PLAYER LET QUT. MONTREAL, Quebec, June 19 (#).— The Montreal Maroons of the National Hockey League have asked for walvers on Clint Benedict, veteran goal keeper. American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 7: Cleveland, 2. Other clubs not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. n Rallway & Electric Co.|* A band concert will| be held by the Citizens’ Band on the | Paschal Has Perfect Day With Eight Hits CHICAGO, June 19 (#)—Benny Paschal, who seldom got a chance to swat when he was with the New York Yankees, has hung up a new “perfect-day-at-bat” mark for Amer- ican Association hitters to shoot at. Yesterday, while leading St. Paul to a double win over Columbus, Ben- ny hit safely in eight chances, col lecting one home run, one triple, & double and five singles, scoring six runs himself and driving in five. It was the best day's performance in American Association records. Bruno Haas of St. Paul hit safely six out of six in 1925, while Jimmy Zinn of Kansas City duplicated the feat in 1926 for the former perfect- day record. s SRR RESULTS IN MINORS. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE® Jersey Oity, 3-3; Montreal, 1-4. Buffal ; “Newark, 0. ' (Becond game, ostponed because first account rain and wet Baltimore, Rochester, 6-5. Toronto, 13; Reading, 10. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Kansas City, 6. | srounds SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Asheville, 1; Macon, 0. Greenville, 8.2, Charlotte, 3-3 (second me 7 innings). Augusta, 3-1; Columbis, 1-3 (second game innings). PIEDMONT LEAGUE. High Point, 5; Henderson, 2. Winston-Salem, 3; Durham, 1 Ralelgh-Greensboro postponed, rain, SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Selma, 16, Montgomery, 8. Pensacola. 3; Jacksonville, 1 Tampa, §-0; Columbus, 3-0 (second game innings). EASTERN LEAGU Bridgeport, 4-8; Hartford. 0-5, New Haven, 9; Springfleld, 4 Allentown-Pittsfield postponed, wet grounds. | No other scheduled. TEXAS LEA! San Antonio. 9: Shreveport, 7, Waco. 11; Wichita Falls, 8. Houston, '8;_Fort Worth, 0. Dallas, 7; Beaumont, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Pete Latzo, Scranton, Pa., won on foul over Larry Johnson, Chicago, (6); Harry Smith, New York, outpointed Yale Kun, New York, (10 BAYONNE, N. J.—Panama Al Brown, New York. stopped Benny Brostoff, New | Standings in Major Leagues York, (2). National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, New Yor! Pittsburgh, 3. Other clubs not scheduled. ; Miller, | Cleve 8 41°3/°5125,26/.490 31 6136,28,.481 81241291453 22 3] 41 3 41 —_Games lost. . (32(212213313113313138|—|—| _Games lost. . |19/24136126/2839]31 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. . (3:30). Chic. at Wash. A New York. Cleveland at Phila. Phila. ' Detroit at New York. St Louls at Boston ). | N Bilyn. at Cine GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. | iliary troops, Fort Humphreys being | ’| Wonder challs FORT HUMPHREYS HAS STRONG TEAM Quantico Marines, Navy Yard | Among Victims—Grocers Strengthen Line-up. One of the cleverest base ball teams in service base ball ranks hereabout is the Fort Humphreys, Va, nine. The Humphreys boys so far have defeated with others the Quantico Marines and the Washington Navy Yard. | The nine is made up of soldiers of the 13th Engineer Regiment and aux- | the home of the Army Engineer School. Manager Dennison of the District Grocery Stores nine has announced the signing of Oehman and Munro, clever players, whom he believes will add de- cided strength to his club. A game with the Palisades has been booked by the Grocerymen for Sunday afternoon on the Glen Echo field at 3 o'clock, and they are after other games, particularly out-of-town engage- ments for Sunday. A contest for a for- eign feld for July 4 is sought. Call Dennison at West 2013 or address hint at 435 Jefferson street. . Virginia White Sox will entertain Na- tional Circles Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Baileys Cross Roads, Va. Both nines have shown well. Jack Rea has been added to the pitch- ing staff of the Hume Spring, Va., team, it has been announced by Manager Roberts. Rea will hurl against Capitol Heights A. C. when the teams meet Sunday at 3 o'clock at Capitol Heights, Hank Duryee of the Northwest Car- dinals wants the manager of the Balleys Cross Roads unlimited nine to get in t;;lggh with him at once at Cleveland Del Ray Juniors are after a ball game for Sunday Call Manager Heflin at Alexandria 2194-W. Burroughs Tnsects will have & prac- tice game tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock on the Burroughs field. Colonials of the Montgomery County section of the Capital City League un- limited class will meet tonight at the home of Manager Lovejoy, 910 Kennedy | w street, starting at 8 o'clock. Olmsted Grill tossers, who were to meet the Burroughs nine this evening at 5 o'clock cn the latter's diamond, are after a game for Saturday. Potomzc 6134. ‘Wonder Boys and Samosets will meet in a return game Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on Monument diamond No. 1. 3:1066“ ‘were winners in a recent con- st Games are wanted by these nines: .Xgllur Johgson Insects, call Columbia Boys Club Optimists. Burroughs, Boys, Samosets, Joe Judges National 3899. A. C, Sunday game. Man- ager Risler, Lincoln 8433 between 4:30 and 6 p.m. Majestic Radio, Saturday game at 3 d'clock. Manager 4046-J. Capitol Heights A. C. wants games for home diamond, former Maryland A. C. n::d, Manager Miles, Capitol Heights 8 Al Simmons Insects, Saturday game. Metropolitan 9329. o Kennedy Insects, Bernard Robb, 1114 | M street, Adelphite Seniors, tomorrow and Saturday games to be played on Ellipse, Columbia 0562. Indian Head Cardinals. game. Cards have a diamond. Head 101-K-3. ‘Yankee Insects, Sunday game. Dis- trict 8628 between 6 and 6:30 p.m. LUDLOW NINE TAKES 1-0 GAME AND TITLE Ludlow Elementary School nine today holds the base ball title among District teams of its class as a result of a 1-0 12-inning triumph yesterday over the Gage School team. It was the deciding game of a series of three. Pitcher Curtin won his own game when he singled in the twelfth to score Maitico, who had walked. The score: Ludlow. AB.H.O.A. 4040 Sunday Indian o > | vacouivas? Gage. A Grasso,rt ,,. Vi S catutisem amateoss Clements.ct Norton,if.. 4 Totals....38 43627 *Two out when winning run scored. Ludlow .000000000001—-1 Gage . 0000000000000 Rur-—Maitico. welo. Morris 4 2 3 5 3 1 1 o Errors—P. Grasso, De Two-base hit — De 5 : of conas. i [ Chaconss, 11. Balk—Curtin; e BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press. American League. Batting——Cochrane, Athletics, 398. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 70. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 69. Hits—Hodapp, Indians, 89. Doubles—Gehringer agd McManus, ‘Tigers—Cronifd, Senators, 19. ‘Triples—Combs, Yankees, 9. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 21. Stolen bases—Rice, Senators, 12, National League. Batting—Klein, Phillles, .424, Runs—English, Cubs, 57. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 70. Hits—Klein, Phillies, 89. Doubles—Frisch, Cardinals, 21. Triples—Cuyler, Cubs, 9. Home runs—Klein, Phillies, 19. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 15. LAST PLACE AGAIN LOT OF COSTLIEST YEARLING NEW YORK, June 19 (#)—New Broom, the costliest yearling of all time, the colt for which C. V. Cushman paid $75,000, still is a majden. ‘The son of Whisk Broom II made his first start as a 3-year-old at Aqueduct yesterday and ran last, which was the same position he finished in his one and only start as a 2-year-old in 1929. Incidentally, Bfoadway Limited, for which W, T. Waggoner of Texas paid $65,000 the same year at Saratoga, also still has to win his first race. YESTERDAY’S STARS. By the Associated Press. Hughey Critz, Glants—Made unas- call | Xi Capt. | lution, Art Must Talk Much To Hit Well, He Says By the Associated Press. Now that Arthur “the Great” Shires is a Senator, he plans to re- sume his vocal technique and hike his batting average. “When the White Sox gagged the Great Shires, they crushed his spirit and destroyed his superb power as a ball player,” he explained to his new mates. “Vocal technique and batting go hand in hand for me, and I'm going to resume ‘em bot] CAVALRY, INFANTRY | IN POLO PLAY FINAL ‘Third Cavalry Yellows and the In-| fantry School team of Fort Benning. Ga,, will meet for the championship of the’ invitation polo tournament of the | War Department Association tomorrow | evening on the Potomac Park oval, starting at 4:30 o'clock. . Yellows, who won the recent Argen- tine Army Cup tournament, gained the final in the invitation affair yesterday by dint of a dramatic goal by Lieut Charles Noble in the dying seconds of battle, which gave them an 11-to-10 triumph over War Whites. In an earlier match yesterday the Fort Benning Infantry School team defending champion, swept to the final with an easy 12-to-4 victory over War Department Blues. Cavalry Yellows nd War Whites put on a match packed with stirring play, particularly in the Ilatter stages. A fourth and fifth chukker drive enabled Whites to creep to 1 point of the Yel- lows at 9 to 8. Then Lieut. Makinney crack Cavalry performer, scored, to put his team 2 points ahead, but Col. Chaffee and Lieut. Bosserman soon registered to even the score at 10 all. The stage thus was set for Lieut. No- ble’s victory-producing shot. Lieut. Makinney with five goals again was the offensive star for the Yellows, with Lieut. Robinson with four markers sec- ond. Lieut. Bosserman and Col. Chaf- fee did most of the losers’ scoring. Fort Benning early showed its superi- ority over War Blues and that its two- goal handicap was not needed. Lieut. Herbert Baker with five goals again was the shining light in the Southern team’s attack. ‘The line-ups: 2d Cav. Yellow (11). _Pos. W.D. Whites (1M ......No.1....." . Col. Chaffee No: 2" Licut, B ..Cal Lieut. vine Lieut! Lieut; Noble .. 0. Third_Cavalry Yellow. ar Department White... . Goals—Makinne; . Shafer Col. Hoyle 133112-11 12122310 (5), Robinson (4). Noble (2), Chaflee (3), Bosserman (4), Shafer (2), Hoyle. Pt. Benning (12). _ Po ‘War D. Blues (4). Lieut. Herb't Baker.No. .Capt. a. 'No. 3! . Hasty Mal. Devers Mai. Patton Ma). Eager 310412 0110204 *Two-goal handicap. Goals—Herbert Baker Jacobs (2), Der ), Pai WEST POINT CLEARED OF PROFESSIONALISM By the Assoclated Press. As the result of an exchange in the 'House on the athletic breach between Lyman (3, (5), tton. gressional Record contains the re- port of the investigation of athletics at West, Point by Inspector Gen. Drum, which in substance said all was' well. Sec:enry Hurley has indorsed the re- port. Gen. Drum said & thorough in proved there was no foundation for al- legations that athletes were paid at the academy or tl 50 per cent of the foot ball teams were composed of men who already’had played three years at other colleges. ‘The report said that of the foot ball players since 1923 only 10 per cent had played one year, 5 per cent two years and 6 per cen{ three years at other schools before oming cadets. The controversy between the acad- emies on athletics is largely because the Army allows men who have played at other colleges to play three years on Army teams. The breach between the service schools had been digcussed frequently in Congress. Representative Fitzgerald, Republican, of Ohio defended the West Point athletic system and introduced the Drum report. Representative Blan- ton; Democrat, of Texas yesterday in- troduced a resolution to have the schools resume sports competition at once, with the Army adhering to “pre- vailing rules.” Representative Fish, Republican, of New York, who often has criticized the Army system, said he favored the reso- e KENTUCKY RACING FANS SEE DILEMMA IN OFFING LATONIA, Ky., June 19 (#).—If Gal- lant Fox, winner of the Preakness, Ken- tucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, is entered in the Latonia Derby to be run here June 28, loyal Kentuckians will have a difficult time deciding to which horse to throw their support in the $25,000 added stake. The reason is that Reveille Boy, winner of the American Derby at Washington Park, is a Kentucky-bred horse, and na- tives of the Blue Grass State prefer to see their own thoroughbreds emerge tri- umphant in a Kentucky classic. Gallant Fox, by virtue of his victory in the Kentucky Derby, was backed by “Ole Kaintuck” in his subsequent vic- tory in the Belmont. Local pride in a Derby winner and in & Kentucky colt are likely to conflict. eRUSRE ST S TURNER MEETS MERKUR. Joe Turner, veteran District middle- welght wrestler, will engage Martin | Merkur, claimant of the world title in this class, tonight in a two-out-of- three-falls finish bout at the Gayety. Eddie Pope and Gene Spiller will grap- ple in the preliminary. The matches :flll be in conjunction with the regular sisted double play to\cut short Pirate rally in nlmhp and enable Giants to win 4 to 3. Al Simmons, Jimmy Foxx and Bing Miller, Athletics—Hit successive home runs off Wes Ferrell, Cleveland, in fifth ‘Boston at Chicago. Bkiyn. at Cincinnatt. Boston at Chic N. ¥. at Pittsburgh. Phila. at Bt Phils. at St. Louls, inning. \ Sold by all Pref fossionats ST. MUNGO MFG. CO. OF AMERICA, Newark, N. J. P Wyche, AUsntic 'él'loenMflfllry ahd Naval Academies, the 1y | and to compate. Fountain of Youth Is Found By Two D. C. Sandlot Players BY FRANCIS E. STAN. BOUT the year 1513 A.D, his- tory tells us that a certain gen- tleman by the name of Juan Ponce de Leon climbed into a boat and came to America on a mission that he was never to be successful in tulfilling. Ponce was getting well along in yeal it seems, and to his ears had come stories of a Fountain of Eternal Youth, where all he had to do was to take a} bath and he would survive for quite | some time. But somehow or other, the fountain in question proved very elusive and as a consequence, Mr. de Leon died an old man. It may be a little late to offer a sug- gestion to Ponce, but from the way some local gents seem to hang on, it might be remarked that Ponce should have taken up sandlot base ball. On the other hand, if there really is a fountain of eternal youth, a couple of fellows from the Navy Yard seem to have a strangle hold on it. They are Lefty Kuhnert and Johnny Bleier. Now this comparison is not to be construed that Ponce de Kuhnert and Ponce de Bleier were in the same boat as the veteran explorer, but anyway it is really remarkable how two such vet- erans as these “boys” can go out there in the wilderness of the Ellipse and | show the younger generation just what is what in sandlot base ball. ~Both of these men have been going for a long time and from what they have shown this season, they’ll be going a lot longer. Juan Bleler probably s the best out- fielder in the, Government League, but that's not all-—he's quite a first-sacker, too! But being a hearty indorser of the mythical fountain, Bleier, yesterday, ex- plored another region, usually inhabited by & younger race. Johnny donned the mask and mitt and with Ponce de Kuhnert standing on the cliff overlook- ing the broad white plate, they shoved Interstate out of second place in the Government League standings. Lefty beat the Interstaters, 7 to 5. and although he granted but 7 hits and struck out 11 batters, he also was gen- erous enough to hand out 11 passes and plunk two batters, ‘Wes McDonald's club got enough men on the runways to win a couple of ball games—16 runners being stranded. But_the real feature of the contest was the bat swung cross-handed by Kuhnert. Lefty is famous for those little dinky bingles' that just clear th infleld, getting three of these and driv- ing two runs acress, Meanwhile Bleier was doing a real job as the catcher, and also came through with a pair of hits. If things keep up like they started yesterday, Dave Crockett, shortstop for the Big Print Shop, will be sporting & fat batting average. For in yesterday's game, the second. of the last half of the Industrial League, Crockett slammed three hits, exactly one-half of the total he garnered in the entire first half. But even this spec- tacular spree of Dave's couldn't beat the Tile Setters, who, after a slow start, overwhelmed Judd & Detwetler, 10 to 5. Today's feature attraction of the sand- lot card is a game between the Union Printers and Interstate. Two of the most attractive games of- fered this season are on tap for Sun- day when the newly organized Inde- pendent League continues action. The St. Mary's Celtics will play host to the Northern Red Birds in Alexandria, and the Seat Pleasant Red Sox, fresh from their victory over the McRae Club of Richmond, will hook up with Bill Fles- ter's French A. C. in Mount Rainier. TRACK TEAM OF FIVE TO COMPETE ABROAD By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 19.—A team of five star athletes was named by the Amateur Athletic Union to compete in a series of international track and field meets abroad this Summer. The men selected were Stephen An- derson, University of Washington; Tom ‘Warne, Northwestern; George Bull- winkle, City College of New York; Reg Bowen of Pittsburgh and Ed Hamm, Georgia Tech. » ‘The team will sail Sunday on the Berengaria and is to compete in nine meets in Germany, Norway, Sweden and Finland. ‘The schedule follows: July 2, Cologne, Germany; 4, Dussel- dorf; 6, Duisburg; 9, Berlin; 12, Qslo, Norway: 16, Eskilstuna, Sweden: 21-22, Stockholm; 24, Helsingfors, Finland; 25, Abo, Finland. Abo is the home town of Paavo Nurmi, and the stop there was sched- uled at the famous Finn's special re- juest. - & ‘The team is to sail for home on July 26, arriving in plenty of time to com- ete in the National A. A. U. cham- plodns;gps at Pittsburgh, August 22, 23 and 25. In addition to the five men named to represent the United States, Pendleton Crosby, a University of Washington sprinter, asked and received permission to make the trip at his own expense Paul Vonckx, Harvard hammer- thrower, also may join the other Amer- cans abroad on his own initiative. The men selected constitute a power- ful team that rates with the best in the world in the hurdles, pole vault, broad jump and running events up to the mile. Anderson, an Olympic veteran and present national collegiate A. A. high hurdles champlon, tled the world record in winning his title a few days ago and is equally formidable in the low hur- CHICAGO PROMOTERS TO FIGHT INVASION By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 19.—Chicago fight promoters, notably the stadium man- agement, intend to build a high fence around their local show field this Sum- mer and hereafter to repel the rumored invasion by Madison Square Garden. Since the Sharkey-Schmeling match, reports that the Garden officials would bring their next big match here have been causing Chicago promoters con- siderable uneasiness and stirring up op- position against a near repetition of the Dempsey-Tunney spectacle at Soldier Field three years ago. “I see by the papers that Madison Square Garden is talking about com- ing into Chicago with a big fight, maybe Schmeling and Sharkey ~or | Schmeling and Dempsey,” Sidney | Strotz, president of the Chicago | Stadium, said. “Well, the stadium will | not sit by idly and let outsiders| horn in." Other promoters here voiced the same sentiment, some even threatening a pro- | ni«')tmnn] war if such an invasion takes place. { JUDGE COMMITTEE MEETS. An important meeting of the com- mittee handling arrangements for Joe Judge day, to be held at Clark Grif- fith Stadium, Saturday, June 28, has been called for this evening at 8:30 ‘t:Clockl at the Jewish Community Cen- T, SHANO COLLINS TO PILOT. DES MOINES, Iowa, June 19 (#).— John (Shano) Collins, who campaigned 15 seasons for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox, has been named manager of the Des Moines Western League Club. PLAY THE NEW 1.55-1.68 CLICK COLONEL Lighter and larger, the | new 1.55-1.68 golf ball is cutting the scores of thousands. Experts are adapting their strokes to take advantage of its many features. The new 1.55-1.68 Click Colonel “flushes quickly,” lies kigher and better—and putts beautifully. Lower your score. Adopt the new 1.55-1.68 Click Colonel as your ball. The regular Click Colonel 1.62 size will be available until Jen. 1, 1931 Philadeiphia Office: 1101 Market St. ond Geods Desiers Big League BASE BALL The Knuckle Ball BY AL DEMAREE, Former Pitcher New York Giants. ©One of the most baffling slow balls which can also pe used as a change of pace is the knuckle ball. Eddle Rommel of the Philadelphia Athletics made the ball famous. He grips the ball tightly with the tips of his first two fingers and thumb, and as he throws it, it rw;, as it BALL DOES NOT REVOLVE ! were, over his knuckles, whence the name. It comes floating up to the batter rotating little if at all, but breaking strangely. If there is a strong wind blowing from the oppo- site direction the ball will dance and duck and perform weird slants that make the batter fairly spell- bound. Conditions have to be favorable for the ball to be used at its best. A fairly stiff breege is one potent factor. Rommel uses the knuckle ball in certain parks. Washington is one of these. However, you must practice a ’R;!lk deal with this type of ball, It not a difficult delivery on the arm, A8, many people believe, but needs constant practice to control. In order to develop this ball the young pitcher should experiment with it whenever he possibly can. The young pitcher should always remember to conceal with his glove all types of slow balls so the batter cannot anticipate what he is going to throw, Save the Big League Base Ball Series; another will appear shortly. Al Demaree has prepared a free illustrated leaflet on “Batting,” which will improve any boy’s per- centage. Send for it. Address Al Demaree, in care of this paper, and be sure to inclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (Copyright, 1930.) CORBETT VS. THOMPSON. SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 (#).— Larry White, local representative for ‘Young Corbett III, Fresno contender for the welterweight title, announced today he had signed the contract for a non- title bout between Corbett and Cham- ?lcln Young Jack Thompson here uly a double-bill at DUE T0 RUN INTO - LOTS OF TROUBLE Indians Lose Chance to Top A. L. Race by Bowing to World Champions. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR. Associated Press Sports Writer, TO & distinterested observer it | would appear that the scene of & ball game should not make | much difference in the Tesult | where such seasoned campaigners as | major league players are concerned, but |it does not always work out that way. | The National League clubs of the East, | which are just opening their second | western tour, found surprising success |at home, but it is rather doubtful | whether they will continue it on the | road. | The New York Giants, who routed | their intersectional opponents to the | tune of ® victories in 12 games at the | Polo Grounds, had a large amount of trouble yesterday in taking their first game of the tour from the Pittsburgh | Pirates, who won but four out of 13 | away from home. The final count was |4 to 3 for New York, and it tock a sparkling unassisted double play by Hughty Critz to end the game before the Pirates had tied the score. An injury to Bill* Walker, Giant southpaw, and a sudden weakening of Heinie Meine broke up a pitching duel in which the Giants led 1—0 for six innings, Meine let down in the seventh and gave three runs on four hits. Pittsburgh promptly replied by collecting & run an inning in the last three frames. They had the tying counter on second when Critz grabbed Paul Waner's liner and doubled Grant- ham off the keystone sack. Other National League clubs do not start the second half of the East-West test until today, but on the basis of form shown in the games since June 1 the Eastern clubs have all the advan- tage. They won 34 contests while the West took but 18, with only the hard- fighting Chicago Cubs. getting_better than a .500 average. Every Eastern club won more games than it lost. Yanks Keep East Ahead. In the American League the struggle was somewhat closer as the East's lead- ing pennant contenders held their own, although they were pulled down from the heights they had reached before they invaded the Western half of the circuit. The East came out ahead, 26 games to 25, due principally to the ac- tivities .of the New York Yankees, who won nine and lost three. The other Eastern clubs came out_just below the 500 mark, but their Western rivals, with the exception of the Cleveland In- dians, were in the same vicinity. Cleve- land won eight out of 12 games. The Indians, after pushing up to within striking distance of the league lead, found when they came East again yesterday that the Philadelphia Ath- letics have a real championship team despite eight defeats in 14 games. Cleve- land had a chance to oust the world champlons from first place, but even their pitching ace, Wes Ferrell, could not stop the Athletics in a crucial mo= ment. The A’s made a dozen hits, most of them in two big innings, and equaled an American League record for home- run hitting in winning a 7-to-2 decision. Al Simmons, Jimmy Foxx and Bing Miller connected with Ferrell's delivery in the fifth inning for three successive homte runs, a feat that had been per- formed only twice before in American Léague history, drove Ferrell from the mound and put the game and the league lead in a safe place. The A’s had scored three runs in the first on a bunch of three hits, while Roy “Speed” Mahaffey, youthful right-hander, pitched effec- tively all the way. BAPTIST NINE ANNEXES HOT SANDLOT CONTEST West Washington Baptist conquered Eldbrooke Methodist Episcopal Church nine, 4 to 3, in a Georgetown Church League game yesterday that was the best played in week-day leagues here. The contest produced a nifty pitching | duel between Larry Schneider for the winners and H. Hodges for the losers. Results of other league games: | Industrial League—Tile setters, 10; | Big Print Shop, 5. | . Government League—Navy Yard, T; | Interstate, 5. Departmental League—Commerce, 7; Treasury, 1. TENNIS MATCHES SOUGHT. LEESBURG, Va, June 19.—Man and woman tennis teams of the Leesburg Racquet Club would like to schedule | Sunday . matches_here with teams in ., Washington, D. C, or nearby Virginia, Return matches will be given if de- sired. Address A. Dibrell, jr., Lees- burg. or phone Leesburg 122 between 6 and 7:30 p.m. MARfiIES GOING ST;ONG. Monroe A. C. base ballers, who have lost only four games in 17 this season, have carded a match with the Army Medicos for Saturday afternoon. Zim- merli will pitch and Tweedale will catch for Monroes. Out-of-town opponents are sought by Monroes. Call Manager Cgleman at North 6238 NOLAN MOTOR CO. Sales | Service | Always Open 1109-15 18th N.W. 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