Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1930, Page 22

B—6 Fine Pitching Now Is Boosting Nationals : Conservatives Resent Milwaukee Suit. BOXMEN FINISHING.| WHAT THEY START [ | | Crowder Scores Third Win| as Griff—Manush’s Bat Downs Tigers. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HAT five-man pitching staff | of the Nationals is in_fine| working order now. Liska,| Crowder, Marberry, Hadley; and Brown are finishing what| they start with startling regular-| ity. In each of the last seven| games here Manager Walter| Johnson has had to employ but| one hurler. That’s a splendid| record for a mound staff in this day of hard hitting. It is not ex- | pected this will continue, but as| the pitchers now are they are| likely to finish what they start| more often than not. | Crowder, Marberry, Hadley —and Brown are in superb condition. Liska, since he had some teeth yanked, has been through two workouts and again is ready for duty. He probably could have been used yesterday, but Manager | Johnson deemed it better to hold Ad in | Teserve for the Sunday contest with the | Browns. Three or four days from now Jones ought to be in shape to go. The| veteran looks much better than he did | Jast Saturday right after his arrival| from his Woodsfield, Ohio, home, where | e had been ill in bed several days. | With their hurlers so well primed, the | Nationals ought to continue at a fast| pace. None is being overworked, for| Johnson is employing them in turn Having been a pitcher, Johnson realizes Dothing so upsets a moundsman as be- | ing used irregularly. Clubs with pen- nant chances have been ruined because the managers used star slabmen reck- lessly. The Washington stafl will not | be s0 maltreated | - - | OOKS as thougn Johnson made a| wise move when he hoisted Buddy Myer to the top of the Nationals' | batting order. As a lead-off batter | Buddy certainly shines. In the six| es he has played since assuming | the pasition Myer has stepped to the| plate 27 times and 17 times has h reached first base. He has made 13/ hits and waited for three passes. Only | once has Buddy reached the initial sack at the expense of a teammate already on the runway. That lead-off position | scems to be his spot. | HEN Heinie Manush was taken over from the Browns ‘twas gen- | erally admitted he was a sound hitter, but ‘twas also noted that Heinie | had never been particularly strong when { it came to driving runs across the plate. | Maybe he wasn't, but he appears to| have picked up the knack lately. In| 13 games as a National Manush's bat has provided the push for nine cross ings of the plate, seven of the runs having been sent across in the last four games. R the first time in wi tionals vesterday managed to pu over a victory while both the Ath- letics and_Yankees were taking trim- | mings. The 6-to-4 win over the Tigers, | the second in a row over the Harrismen and the seventh in succession for the Johnson band, helped right much. Al- though the A’s won as well as lost in their double-header, they now are but one game ahead of the Washington club, and the Yankees dropped back a game and a half. What's more, the Athletics and Yankees now have lost one more game than the Nationals. And how that helps! ANUSH and Crowder, the St. Louis importations, did much to bag the game, With a home run driven over the scoreboard, & tremendous hit, a sacrifice fly and a single, Heinie| shoved four runs across. Crowder, in | scoring his third win in four starts as | | eeks the Na- | ol a National, limited the Tigers to seven | safeties and four passes. After the Tigers got to him for a run in the first ijnning the General had but one poor | inning, the seventh. Then he was nicked for-three hits and yielded a pass. This| with a wild chuck by Ruel in trying to prevent a steal accounted for three | tallies. i HARLEY SULLIVAN, one O‘IL t:h:l Tigers' young right-hander, pitched | a :ood b’nll gglme outside of the third | inning. Then he was well hammered and the four runs scored cost him the decision. The Nationals had put over a run in the first with Rice’s triple and Manush's sacrifice fly to match that made by the Tigers. Ruel opened the nd with a single and Crowder and Rice's second triple scored Myer. Then Manush lofted his homer. In the seventh the Nationals picked up their Jast marker. Crowder walked, Myer sacrificed and after Rice grounded out Manush singled to taily the General. ICE had a good day at bat. In ad- R dition to his two triples he slashed | a single. Sam also made twoj sparkling catches in left-center. The big catch of the game, though, was made by West, who went to center While Rice moved over to right in the ninth. The fleet, youngster went tear- ing back to deep center to pull down Johnson's mighty drive. The Tigers had & runner on first with only one out | at the time. Myer made a whale of a | Stop to keep a hit from Funk in the troublesome seventh. He sped far to Tis lefu and lunged for a gloved-hand | grab of a hot grounder and flagged his Tian with an off-balance throw. ~Judge made a difficult catch to complete the DETROIT A Johnson. Ti..... ger. 20 . 3b 0 0 [} PR -1 w2 <Batted for Desautels in Bitied for BMivan in minth 1 SHINGTON. n %5l conmomomans? uswswauany mousoous0u> 0 04 10 x8 Manush (4), wo-base hits Detroit Wash Home run —Manush. son. Harris. Gehringer. Ma Manush. Crowder. Myer to to Judge Alexender Dotenir. 6 Washineton. 4 Off Sullivan, 3: off Crowder, By Snliivan. 1: by Crowder Bires A . Camphell. Connally and Time of game—1 hour and 59 min- Job fices. —Cronin ST. PAUL GETS HANKINS. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 28 ().—Don- ald W. Hankins, a right-handed pitcher recently made 3"" agent by Reading of the International League, has been signed by St. Paul of the American £scociation, R el | but has not been able to put together | | some reason has never developed a 42 ASSISTS BY TWO wl oms5555540 SPORTS. BIG LEAGUE LEADERSfi By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, .396. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 83. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 80 Hits—Hodapp, Indians; Rice, Sen- ators, 96. Doubles—McManus, Tigers, 22. Triples—Combs, Yankees, 1. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 27. Stolen bases—Rice, Senators, 12. National League. Batting—O'Doul, Phillies, .409. Runs—Cuyler, Cubs, 67. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 76. —Klein, Phillies; Terry, Glants, O'Doul, 101, Doubles—Frisch, Cardinals; Phillies, 23. ‘Triples—Cuyler, Cubs, Cubs; Berger, Braves, 22 Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 16. of Circuit Weak Sister in Pennant Race. EW YORK, June 28 (CP.A).— N confronted by a faltering West- ern section. It is an unpal- atable situation, for it means decreasing interest in the four Western cities of be a bright prospect for a Western winner. The failure of the Cleveland club to hold its own is the hardest blow the While the Indians won Friday's sluj fest from the Yankees here, it was on their second victory in the last 14 gam: Cleveland's defeats if each game is | taken up separately and analyzed, but it is not so easy to account for the fact that the team cannot check its losing second division. St. Louis has been a weak spot in the league all season. The Browns not only @2 not play ball well but they are in | i remain that way until there is a | change that will give the fans of St. Louis more confidence in the club general management. heartache to Charlie Comiskey. The old Roman thought he had a beiter team than the Whiie Sox have proved to be. In the Spring training period | exhibited in five s, but when the | season opened it fell back into its old habits. None of the shifts and changes ' that Manager Donie Bush has devised their rut. Detroit has not done anything since | Bucky Harris went there to manage | it Home runs—Wilson, Makes Entire Western Part Again the American League is the circuit just when there seemed to league has had since the season began. t is easy enough to account for streak and halt its descent into the avor at hcme, and it is likely they | ‘The Chicago club is bringing another | the club played better ball than it had has been able to shake the Sox out of | the Tigers. He has had good batters, | a strong pitching stafl. Detroit for pitching staff much above par, It has | had good pitchers, but never a group that could be called great. ‘The present Eastern invasion of the | Western. American League clubs will | leave an awful lot of work to be done | when they get home for the Fourth of July interlude. CLUBS SETS RECORD By the Assoclated Press. THE EVENIM oOUT To calL AND You HEAR A QUEER NOISE In THE . ATTIC ‘WHEN YoUR MoThER AND FATHER Go NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. AND YOu SIT © ALonE IN° THE LIVING Room TRYING To GET Your SATURDAY, T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELI S e DooRr Tae MIND on A Boow ~AND THEn AFTER A SiLence- Lo-o-onG JUNE 28, 1920. BRIGGS = AND You HEAR A LAM TcHenN 1Y) - You HEAR LAST — YOUR MoOTHER'S AND FATHER'S VOICES AT PHEW! AmT L 3 A GR-R-RAND AND GLOR-R =L @17 A7 veimeme. | ‘RIOUS FEELIN'S Doff ie;;ler Spar BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ROBABLY the most thankless job outside of the umpire’s and the manager's, is that of the sandlot catcher. ‘The fickle fans will laud a pitcher when he is going good and vice versa when batters begin finding his slants. They will cheer the fielders when a jeer when he does otherwise, but un- less a catcher does something far out of the ordinary he is usually taken to go by and a runner, score or even advance a base—then down comes the abuse. A catcher takes plenty of punishment, but there is probably no player who plays a more important part in a team’s success, Take, for instance, Washington Termi- nal's bang-up catcher, been receiving the plaudits of the crowds that throng the Union Station Park, Dofflemer, unheeded, has been playing & brand of ball that is par excellence. Terminal may or may not win the second-half pennant of the “Y” League, but it won't be Dofflemer’s fault if the End-pointers don't come through. In- ning after inning,. game after game, Charlie is in there holding down the pitchers, keeping the team on its toes, |and banging out base hits on an aver- CHICAGO, June 28.—Another all- | tima~ American Association record has | This time it is| gone by the a mark for as: The new mark was established yes- terday in the Milwaukee-Toledo game when the two clubs ran up a total of in nine innings of play. | T ewers collected the most, mak- ing 24 assists for 27 putouts, while the Mud Hens made 18 | Only two putouts were made by the | Brewer outfield. | CALZA MEETS BANKERT IN MAT CARD FEATURE| George Calza, Italian heavyweight, will face Hiney Bankert in the feature match of a wrestling card arranged by Joe Turner for Tuesday night at the ‘Washington Auditorium. It will he| Calza’s first engagement here in several | vears. Rudy Dusek and John Maxos, the “masked marvel” and Mario Giglio and | Carl Pozello and an opponent to be | named will appear in other matches. | Women accompanied by escorts will be | admitted without charge. RECORDS OF GRIFFS I BATTING. boards. age of slightly more than one every other time he bats, It there was a “most valuable player” award in the Terminal “Y” League, you can bet that the name of Dofflemer would be quickly mentioned by the committee. The batting averages for the first half of the league show that Dofflemer is leading the parade with an average of .519. receivers who handle a pitcher with more skill or hold the base runners closer to the sacks that Charlie. Dofflemer has played quite a bit of base ball in his days and, like Tots Long, veteran Northern A. C. third baseman, he has played in the Inter- national League, being a former mem- ber of the Montreal club. In 1928 he played a leading role in the success of the Shenandoah Shop team, which won the Shenandoah Valley League pennant that season. PEAKING of catchers, there is a crop now playing on the sandlots that is undoubtedly as good as ever performed hereabout. There is Fee Colliere, Hansom _Fitzgerald, Dykes Desper, Russell Kidwell and Bill Jen- kins among a host of other topnotchers, HEN Grace Episcopal nosed out Vermont Avenue Christian yester- day, 7 to 6, matters in the George- town Church League became only more | complicated, for this victory put Grace in a tie with West Washington Baptist G. AB. R. H.2b.3b HR SH.SB.RBLPct ;80 245 80 o716 1T 4TI i0 Ju 10 M 3 E 33 53 183 43 64 241 59 7 s Te4 11 3 091 000 0 000 oocescccosent: PITCHING. In'gs Gam.Comp, BB.SO. pitch.start.gam. W.L. 21 106 Hadley' . Marb'ry Brown Thomas Crowder H 8 " American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, ton, 6: Detroit. 4 11; 8_3; Phi Boston, 6 6143125 840124 38125 17141 7/ 6/34/31..5 -8/ 2/ 712038 Philadelphia_ . Washington_. $|% the Tastest players ever to for the first-half honors, This_tie means nothing less than a play-off series, with the team winning 1wo out of three games being the cham- | plon. The Sunday School League, which | s already more than a week behind | the other week-day loops, will be still | farther behind next week, for the | championship series is scheduled to be- gin Monday. WO choice bits of sandlot base ball are offered sandlot fans tomorrow | in the form of a brace of Independent League double bills. The local attrac- | ton will be at Silver | Brooke Grubb's Silver Spring Giants | face the Union Printers | Alexandria fandom is expected to | turn out in full force to' watch the St. | i)‘\llnri\"s Celtics and the French A. C. do attle. OHNNY GOETZ, whom old time sand- lot fans may remember as one of erform | in the District, came in from the out- National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. w York, 9 St. Louls, 4 7. Buston, 6 Brooklyn, § (10 innings). 6: Philadelphia, 4. STANDING OF THE syviuIIag 56 6307231 690 4178140/26/.606 GAMES TODAY. _ GAMES TOMORROW. | Detrott at Wash. 3:30 £ L at Wash., 3:30. Bt. Lo at Phils. Cleveland a1t N. ¥, X leveland at N Phila. at_Detroit hict 0 at Boston. GAMES TOMORROW. N. Y at 8t Louis. N. Y. at St Lonis Brookisn, at Chicaso. Boaton'a: Cincinmati. oston &t Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Chicago. Phila. at Pitisoureh. e GAMES TODAY. ® Unheeded by Terminal “Y” Fans good pick-up or catch is made and | for granted. But let him allow a pitch | Charlie Dof- | flemer. While pitchers and fielders have | And there are few | Spring _when | kles Behind Bat fleld _yesterday to pitch Express to a 7-to-3 victory over Terminal. Goetz was opposed by Warren Freshour, Ter- minal's mound-minded first baseman. HE Unfon Printers just can't seem to find themselves this year. They dropped another game yesterday, | this time to Naval Hospital, champion of the first half of the Government | League, 8 to 1. Despite their, many defeats, the Who are noted for their strong | 's, are regarded by many as the | to beat in the Government | League. | Sams, the boy who went South wi'h | | the Grifls two years ago, pitched o | | steady game, allowing five hits, while | his mates touched Simons for eight. OLMES BAKERY took another one on the nose when the Big Print | Shop won a listless game in the | | Industrial League, 10 to 7. Judd & | Detweiler was “able to put but eight men on the fleld at playing time, so Manager Harry Stringer, in uniform | | only for the sake of appearance, played | right field. He messed up the one chance he had, but singled once in three trips to the plate. ADLINING today's sandlot card is a game at the Terminal Y League | Park between the Pullman club | of Philadelphta and the Washington Pullmans, title holders of the league. The Philly Pullmans are reported to have & strong club. \GALLANT FOX SEEN AS AN EASY VICTOR By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 28—With Harry Payne Whitney's Whichone withdrawn, | the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct today looked like nothing more than an e: ercise gallop for William Woodward champlon 3-year-old, Gallant Fox. The anticipated return meeting be- tween the Whitney and Woodward colts in the Dwyer was written off the books yesterday when Tom Healy, trainer for the Whitney stables, announced Which- one had suffered two quarter cracks and possibly would race no more this season. Gallant Fox’s only opposition thus was to come from the Rancocas stable's Limbus and the Wheatley stable's | Flaming. Even with Whichone in the race, Gallant Fox would have been an odds-on favorite at 3 to 5. Overnight odds quoted him at 1 to 20 with no takers. - Earl Sande again was to have a leg up on Gallant Fox. Laverne Fator was to ride Limbus and either Burke or Abel was to pilot Flaming. |REVEILLE BOY IS ONLY THIRD CHOICE IN RACE | By the Associated Press. LATQNIA, Ky. June 28—Gallant Knight, winner of the Fairmount Derby and second to Gallant Fox in the Ken- tucky Derby, was the favorite in to- day's fortv-eighth renewal of the | 000 added Latonia Derby for 3-year- | | Bezonian was second choice and Reveille Boy, victor in the American | Derby, was third in the odds. RESULTS IN MINORS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jersey City, Reading, 1. Newark. 6: ' Baltimore. 3 Others postponed (wet grounds). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City, 9; Columbus, 8. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta. 5; Mobile. 2. Chattarioog: Memphis, 12; Nashville, 6. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. High Toint, 4: Raleigh. 2. Hendexson. 9-5: Durham, 4-12 Greensboro, 3-6; Winston-Salem, 0-4. FASTERN LEAGUE, Bridgeport. 5: Springfield, 3, Albany. 7; 'New Haven. 6 Piitafield-Providence (rain), Allentown-Hartford (rain). TEXAS LEAGUE. Houston, 6: Sap Antonio, 2. Wichita 'Falls, 10; Fort Worth, 6. Shreveport, 9: Dallas, Waco, 11; Beaumont. PACIFIC COAST LEAGU! Hollywood, 8; Sacramento, 2. Missjons, 11, Oakland. 3. Poriland, 10; San Francisco, 9. Los Angcles, 9; Seattle, 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Augusta, 10; Macon, 6. Asheville. 8; Charlotte. Greenville, 4; Columbil THREE-EYE LEAGUE. Danville, 13: Quiney, 1. Peoria. 3; Terre Haute. Springfeld, 5. 0. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Tampa, 3 Selma, 0. Columbus, 9; Pensacola, 8 (13 innings). WESTERN LEAGUE. Pueblo. 20; Oklahoma City, 3. S0 Goseph, 16; Deavers 8" HOME RUN STANDING By the Assoclated Press. Home runs yesterday—Ruth, Yan-| kees, 1; Foxx, Athletics, 1; Simmons, Athletics, 1; Grove, Athletics, 1; Quinn, Athletics, 1; Falk, Indians, 1;" Averill, Indians, 1; Manush, Senators, 1; Her- man, Robins, 1; Cuyler, Cubs, 1; Leach, Giants, 1; Frisch, Cardinals, 1; Kelly, Reds, 1. The Leaders. Ruth, Yankees Wilson, Cubs Berger, Braves... Gehrig, Yankees Foxx, Athletic: League Totals. 21| American National A. A. LOOP HITTERS| By the Associated Press. S CHICAGO, June: 28.—Melvin Con- nolly, guardian of the keystone sack for | the Indianapolis Indians, is the first batter to lead the 1930 American Asso- clation hitting procession two successive | weeks, The hard-hitting Indian jumped into | the lead a week ago when he was recog- nized as a regular, with 100 or more times at bat, and held first place at the end of the tenth week of play, although his average dropped during the period | from 476 to . He held a 28-point | lead over “Bevo” Lebourveau, oledo outfielder, who jumped from third to second place with a .407 mark. Bruno Haas of St. Paul remained idle during the week, but was in third place | with a 403 average. Other leaders were Henline, Toledo, .374; Simons, Lefds- | ville, .373; Purdy, Columbus, .371; but- | ler, Toledo, .361; Dorman, Indianapolis, | .358; Kuhel, Kar 357, and | High, Minnéapolis, .356. Toledo raised its team batting aver- age from .320 W and now tops that field with a 16-point lead over In- dianapolis, while Louisville is in front with team fielding with a .966 mark, a point better than a week ago. A feature of the week’s hitting, how- | ever, was the home-run streak by Nick | Cullop, Minneapolis outfielder. Cullop | harvested seven homers in nine games for & grand total of 21. He threatens 1o break the league record of 42, estab- lished by Bunny Brief of Kansas City in 1921, Ben Tincup, Louisville's big Indian hurler, won his eighth game of the cur- Tent campaign during the tenth week and still leads the pitching race. He is undefeated. Wilcy Moore of St. Paul | won one and lost one and has a sea- son’s record of 14 won and 3 lost. SANDLOTTERS TUNE FOR SUNDAY GAMES Many Engagements of Note Listed—Number of Nines Looking for Foes. ANDLOT base ballers of the Dls-‘ trict group were priming today for important engagements to- morrow. One of the latest games announced is that which will bring together Vir- ginia White Sox and Palisades on the Baileys Cross Roads, Va., diamond at 8 o'clock. Paramount_Athletic Club, newly or- ganized, is after a good right-hand and a good left-hand pitcher. Call West 2013 tonight between 6:30 and 7 o'clock, [ or Adams 6310 tomorrow morning. Skinker Eagles, who were to face the | Red Sox this afternoon on the’ former's field at Wisconsin avenue and Upton street, are booking other opponents through Manager McDonald at Cleve- land 1871-W after 6 p.m. Contests are sought by the Hawk Peewees Wwith nines in their class. Call Manager Beck at Lincoln 0798 between 5 and 6 pam. Union Printers and Silver Spring Giants will have it out in a double- header tomorrow at Silver Spring, start- ing at 2 o'clock. Rover Junlors are seeking new blood. Call Lincoln 8289-W. Franklin Peewees stopped Hamline diamonders, 15 to 13. Sam West Insects are after games. Manager Raymond may be reached at Columbia 4529. Army Medicos are booking unlimited nines for Wednesdays and Saturdays on the Medico diamond. Call Georgia 1000, branch 168. Games are wanted for tomorrow by these teams: Arnold Bus Co. seeks unlimited op- ponent with diamond. Manager George Hall, Clarendon 2189. St. Elizabeth's, game for the hospital dismond. Atlantic 2105-R. Vienna, Va., Firemen. Phillips, Na- tional 3376 during day. Lionel Juniors, Adams 0485. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Assoclated Press Sports Writer. INCINNATT'S fans are getting a chance to appraise the work of a few of the year’s most prom- ising newcomers to National League circles, While the Boston Braves are playing | at Cincinnati there is a chance to com- | pare the play of Wally Berger and Buster Chatham with that of “Jersey | Joe” Stripp of the Reds. The Boston youngsters are going at a great rate, | Berger tylng Hack Wilson for the | league’s home-run leadership, while | Stripp, who failed in previous attempts to remain in the major deagues, still is | one of Cincinnati’s most effective bat- | ters, although he no longer is threaten- ing the leaders. And yesterday the Red fans had a thrilling game tossed | in for good measure, with Cincinnati | winning. 7 to 6, in the ninth inning. | Chatham Leads Attack. Chatham, who came up only about a | month ago, led the assault on anotner star recruit, Benny Frey, by hitting | three times in four attempts, and took | a good part in Boston's five-run rally that tled the score in the eighth inning. He brought his average for the 23| games in which he has participated up | to .367. Berger and Stripp cach made | two hits in four times up, gaining cur- | rent averages of and .306, respec- | tively. And all three continued to fleld | steadily. | deadlocked struggle. Fans Get a Chance to Compare New Stars as Reds Beat Braves of the year overshadowed the rest of the Yankee hitting. ‘The Yankee defeat proved a great aid to Washington, for the Senators moved ame away by beating Detroit, 6 to 4. The Athletics spent the afternoon di- viding a double-header with the St. Louis Browns, tossing away the first game, 8 to 2, by committing five errors, and winning the second, 8 to means of hard and effective against Chad Kimsey. The result of the four American League contests was that the Athletic lead was cut to a single game, while the Yanks dropped 2!, games behind the league leaders. ~ The Chicago-Boston game was rained out. Robins' Lead in Danger. Brooklyn’s lead in the National League | likewise suffered severe damage and the | clouting Chicago Cubs cut it from two games to | one by winning the second contest of | their “first-place” series, 7 to 5, in 10 | innings. Kiki Cuyler's home run with Bush on base in the tenth broke up the | Pittsburgh, which won its first double- | header of the season Thursday, threat- | ened to take a place in the first division | by defeating the Phillies for the third | time, 6 to 4. Philadelphia outhit the | winners, 12 to 9, but Frank O'Doul was the only one who could do any really | effective clouting against Heinie Meine. He made two doubles and two triples in five times up. The Pirates were left only a half| game behind the fourth-place St. Louis Cardinals, who lost their second straight to the New York Giants, 9 to 4. Four | | St. Louis errors aided the Glants, while | 3, by| Si’ORT By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 28.—Because he failed to fill a_contract for a match in New Jersey, Paul Swiderski, the sad- eved Pole, who leaped into prominence y pummeling Mickey Walker, may not | be permitted to fight Frankie Simms of | Cleveland on the stadium card July 2. The New Jersey commission suspended the Pole and has asked the Illinois com- mission to do likewise. Swiderski and his manager claim he was forced to call the fight off in New Jersey because of injuries suffered in his grueling match with Walker. ‘The Illinols commission to make its decision today. | “PUNCHLESS” SINGER SOCKS WAY TO TOP NEW YORK, June 28 (CP.A)—A| couple of years ago, when Al Singer | was Just beginning to catch the eye, the opinion was rather freely given that, | though he was clever, he never would be much of a puncher. These predictions have proved to be | 100 per cent wrong, like so many other | fistic prophecies. The punch is Singer's best asset right now, and if he is to win the lightweight title from Sammy Mandell when they clash at the Yankee Stadium on July 17, the old wallop | should be ‘the most important factor. It was just a little more than 13 months ago that Ignacio Fernandez knocked out the Bronx dynamiter. | Since that fateful night Singer has gone to the post 15 times, scoring eight | knockouts, winning six decisions and | losing one disputed verdict, to Kid | | Chocolate. Included in that triumphal march is a verdict over Fernandez who was floored by Singer for the first time in the Filipino’s career, when they met in | a return bout. HODAPP COVETS 4 HITS TO GAIN CENTURY MARK NEW YORK, June 28 (CP.A).— Johnny Hodapp, the mortician who plays second base for the Indians, hopes that he can get his “century”pretty soon. He has 96 hits to date. Yester- day, for a wonder, his bat was silent, | while most of the other Clevelanders | yere lamming the leather all over the ot. Hodapp a while back had a streak of 22 consecutive hitting games. He was finally stopped by Earnshaw of the A's. |SCHMELING GOES HOME, | BUT WILL RETURN SOON NEW YORK, June 28 (#).—Max Schmeling left ‘on the Bremen today | for a vacation in Berlin, | He expects to return in August to | start training for his return bout with Juck Sharkey at the Yankee Stadium either September 18 or Seplember 25, CARNEfiA ASIZS DELAY [ IN BOUT WITH WRIGHT | OMAHA, June 28 (#)—Primo Car- | nera, Italian heavyweight title candi- | date, has asked a week's postponement | of his bout here with Bearcat Wright | of Omaha. Promoter Boyle went East Thursday | to confer with Carnera’s managers. The | fight was scheduled for July 3. Carnera, Boyle said, wants more time to prepare for the bout, LONDOS' MAT FOE QUITS. MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 28 (P).— Jimmy Londos, recognized as wrestling | champion by the National Boxing Asso- | ciation, last night won by default after | 45 minutes of a scheduled 2-hour bout with Rudy Dusek of Little Rock. Dusek remained out of the ring after a 15- minute rest. BIG PRINT SHOP AHEAD, Big Print Shop came through with a 10-7 victory yesterday over Holmes. THE | OW good Is Schmeling? How good Is Sharkey? How good is Carnera? No one actually knows as the boys can hardly restrain themselves before & foul rap is planted and the party is turned into a guess. Who can tell how good a 100-yard man is at 50 yards—or 40 yards? There has been no contest lately to prove anything except the public’s amazing love of punishment. But as far as the Carnera-Godfrey show went the big Italian looks to have too much physical stuff for any fighter now around. George Godfrey, weigh- ing 250 pounds, hit him with every- thing he could throw and most of his punches landed solidly, yet Carnera was looking better at the start of the fifth Tound than he lcoked in the first. 1f the punches that Godfrey planted failed to shake him up, how could a | Sharkey, a Schmeling or any other man under 200 pounds keep the man mountain away long enough to last? The answer is—they probably could not. When you take an entry weighing 262 pounds who can step around faster | than most of the 200-pounders and | who in addition can take it and hand it out, you have a fellow who is pretty sure o be champion of the world be- fore so very long, provided he gets the chance. Carnera still is crude, but he is only #nd he has every physical qualifica- tion to overpower any of those now around. As Lawson Robertson, the | Olympic track and field coach frem | Pennsylvania, pointed out, “he is the only glant I 'ever saw who is perfectly proportioned. And he is the fastest | big man I ever saw, when it comes to | bigness above 200 pounds.” | | It is hardly possible that Max Schmeling, now the heavyweight cham- | | pion, could last six rounds against him. | Certainly not 10. Schmeling couldn't | hurt him and he could hurt Schmeling plenty. And if he didn’t Schmeling or almast any other 185 or 190 pound opponent would drop from exhaustion before 10 rounds. He was able to move and shove Godfrey around with his hands, and Godrey at 250 13 1o pufl- all. But as the next contest probably will also end in & foul there may be no chance to prove his case one way | or another. Or the status of any other morlern heavyweight. Not as long as they get paid for the terrible stuff they are ladling out. 'HE warming-up process for the United States open at Interlachen is already under way. From the showing made by Ed Dudley, Farrell, Mehlhorn and others at Shawnee this The New York Yankees also have | Fred Fitzsimmons kept the Cards from | Week more than one of them will be all produced a star newcomer in Shortstop Bill Werber, formerly of Duke Uni- versity, although he failed to prevent & defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Indians. Werber, who was about to be sent to -Albany when Lyn Lary was | hurt a few days ago, stepped into the Yankee line-up and has been hitting steadily and fielding brilliantly, leaving George Wuestling almost out of the picture. Yesterday's activities for Werber were limited to one hii, two runs, and the start of one double play, as the Indians came to life after losing five straight, pounded George Pipgras from the mound and won, 11 to 7. Babe Ruth's twenty-seventh home run | scoring. YESTERDAY’S STARS By the Associated Press. Fred Fitzsimmons, Glants—Held Cards | In check with seven hits as Giants | pounded out a 9-4 victory. Hazen Cuyler, Cubs—Hit homer with one on in tenih to beat Robins, 7-5. Alvin Crowder, Senators—Scattered Tigers' seven hits and beat them, 6-4. Earl Averill, Indians—Drove in four runs with homer and two singles against Yankees. George Kelly, Reds—Singled ‘n ninth to drive in run that beat Braves, set to go after Bobby Jones, always the main target. No three golfers in the field will make a more desperate effort than Hagen, Farrell and Sarazen, three ex-champions, who are usually dangerous. be ready. HILE one sector of Georgia was throwing _a large welcome for Young Stribling at Macon, an- other sector was planning the trip to New York to give Bobby Jones the ‘warmest r!”gtlon he has yet known These Geo! competitors keep the State in a turmoll, dashi; back and forth to see that the laurel wreath is adjusted with proper et ' Phil | release Bennett_outright | organized | finish " before And this time they will| S. RETURN TO GAMESS - OLD TROUBLE SEEN Ball’s Opposition to Landis and Friendship for Ban Blamed. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, June 28—Con- servative base ball men are irritated by the action of the Milwaukee club in bringing the case of the player Fred Bennett into court this week by seeking an injunction against Commissioner Landis. ‘The Milwaukee club brought its action against the commissioner to halt the transfer of the first baseman back to the St. Louls Browns, from whom it had gotten him on option for two years, Landis _ordered the Browns either to take Bennett back, waive its option to another major league club or This is the first attack on Landis' authority since he took office after the 1930 Chicago “Black Sox” scandal, Hickey Annoyed. President Hickey of the American Association, to which the Milwaukee club belongs, is distressed in mind and perturbed in spirit, He has been one of the most loyal supporters of the Landis administration in the minor leagues. ‘That his organization should be foremost in attacking the disposition of a player's services by the head of base ball is painfully annoying. The beginning of court proceedings in base ball is & return to the old days when the fignting between the major leagues and the lesser fighting among the minor leagues divided base ball into par- tisan camps. It developed a spirit of bit- ter antagonism between the National League and the American League which was intensified when Ban Johnson, president of the American League, held up the election of a chairman of the national commission because he could not have his way. One of the principal supporters of Johnson was Phil Ball, part owner of the St. Louls American League Club and sald to be iInterested in the affairs of the Milwaukee club. He has not always been in sympathy with Judge Landis’ interpretation of base ball law and his rulings in regard to players, Loyal to the Last. Ball was a Johnson backer to the last and, while he accepted the readjust- ment of base ball affairs at Chicago some years ago, he did it because he was forced to it. and not because he had lost confidence in Johnson or wished for any change. Later, when Johnson was in trouble with his own I"ague, ‘Ball was one owner to whom the American League president could look for support when the Eastern own- ers had decidsd there must be a change in_the administration of affairs. Nothing was more desired when Landis was elected to office than the withdrawal of baee ball matters from the courts and the acknowledgment of supreme authority in the affairs of ihe national game by which all leaguss would abide. The major leagues pledged them- selves to this and the minor leagues gave acquiescence to everything that the majors had done. It is a minor club that has first kicked over and & club that is owned by one man who was a Johnson man at heart, Major league owners whose holdings have increased in valu® under th- Landis administration are angered at what the Milwaukee club has done and some of them have intimated, in fact, that they would be willing to see the Milwaukee club indefinitely suspended from base ball. Some of them intimate that Ball is being badly advised and has been badly advised for the last year. SPORTLIGHT GRANTLAND RICE. The warning has been sounded that some contender had better break up the Carnera march in the next few months, or it will soon be too late. It may be too late already. ‘The rumor that the Cnbs would blow up without the services of Hornsby and Carlson seems to have been a trifle exaggerated, if the standing of the clubs means anything in particular, ‘What's the Idea? OU can take almost any erowded golf course—and most golf courses are crowded on Saturdays and Sundays—at almost any spot on any given course you can see some player walk up to his ball. Does he take his stance comfortably, possibly waggle once or twice and then hit the ball?> By no means. That would make the game too_simple. He probably stands over the ball several seconds, waggling back and forth or beccming more and more rigid. He doesn't start the back swing until his nerves are so stretched and taut and jumpy that he has to jerk the club head back. Suppose, by some lucky chance against heavy odds, he hits a fair shot? What follows? Does he march on ahead? Not at all. He stands there like a statue carved out of granite, the club and club head draped gracefully over bis left shoulder, the right heel lifted. The ball rolls on and on. Still he stands, posed against the skyline, ‘The ball finally stops. And then re- luctantly he begins to unwind and finally resume his pace. Possibly he doesn’t know there are still a few golf- ers back of him who also would like to night, Or possibly he doesn't give & whoop if there are. You stand facing the hazard which you can't carry and decide to play safe. Once in & while without any at empt at great effort you flick at the ball and are somewhat dazed to find you have gotten about 30 yards farther than you | meant to get. | _Yet there is no mystery attached. | Not attempting to crowd yourself for a | long carry you were carefree, relaxed and normal. Your elasticity was neither strained nor warped. You let | the club head do its share of the work | without attempting to hog it all. There 15 no violent lurch of the body nor any sudden tightening of the grip, Unknowingly you have stumbled on | thythm or the secret of rhythm which | in golf is simplicity of effort, unadorned | with any violent exertion. Distance is | obtained * by getting the club head through the ball at maximum speed. A tight grip will upset this. Hitting too soon will wreck it. Trying too hard | will slow it down. | There must be the necessary amount |of body turn. Don't be afraid to let | the left shuolder come around. There | must be balance and freedom at the top of the swing. This isn't hard to |get it the head isn't moved and there |18 no effort at a lurch or a sway. | (Copyriuht, 1930. by North American News- vuper Alliance.) GIRLS' NINE SEEKS FOES. Philadelphia Bobbies, girls’ base ball team, which is booked at Alexandria, Va, the afternoon of July 6, has the morning and evening of that date open for clubs in Washington, the evening Rame to start at 6 o'clock. No reason- able offer will be refused. say the Bob- bles. Write or wire Fred Wagner, 2626 East Venango street, P} iphis, ’