Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1930, Page 65

Base Ball, Tennis Part 5—4 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3, 1930. ' $PORTS SECTION The Sunday Staf Fosame ek c oo vmse wemrawe Nationals Twice Down Yankees, 9-3 and 9-5 : Frances Krucoff Retains Net Title - MANUSH' 6 DRIVES INCLUDE 3 HOMERS : 60,000 at Yankee Stadium 5 See Jones and Marberry | Register on Mound. | B: BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, August 2.—Slam- | ¥ ming the ball vigorously ‘M the Nationals in th double-header today con- tinued the punishment they have been handing the Yankees since | the start of the season. They | took both parts of the twin bill and lifted themselves to three full games ahead of the third-| place New Yorkers and kept pace | with the A’s, who dumped the |Home Red Sox twice. The scores of the Yankee Stadium bargain matinee in the order made were 9 to 3 and 9 to 5. | In the first tilt the Nationals helped | themselves to 13 hits off Henry John- son, Jim McEvoy and Ken Holloway. | right-handers all, getting six of the blows and five passes off Johnson, who started and lost. They got 17 hits in the final set-to off Roy Sherid and Holloway, again employed 1n the relief role. scoring was charged to Sherid, who departed before the fourth inning was | over. Heinie- Manush was the bright star of the Nationals' attack with three homers, all driven into the right-field bleachers. Two were clustered in the gecond game in which Heinie scored ihree times and was responsible for four runs crossing. He collected three safeties in each match. In such a hit- ting mood were the Nationals that all but Buddy Myer and Sam Rice clouted in the first game and all but Irving Hadley, who neved had a turn at the plate, in the second. Sam Jones and Fred Marberry were the Washington starters on the hill and Sam went the route in the first game. He allowed but eight hits, five of them | late in the fray when working under 8 healthy lead. Hadley Aids a Tired Marberry. Pred went only six innings in the second tussle. He was nicked for seven smacks, four bunched in the second session, his only poor one. But Fred, it was plain, began to grow weary in the feurth. He was more weary in the fifth when Babe Ruth hit his thirty- ninth homer of the season, and with | the sixth over Acting Manager Joe Judge called on Irving Hadley to finish the hurling. Irving was wild, but he managed to give ut;p no'.l;l.ng more than up the game. Johnson was yanked as soon as he Sam Rice at the start of ‘with two out, dropped right field bleachers for his first homer and the Nationals’ last run. Gehrig's single and Dickey’s double had two Yanks on with two out in the sccond. but Jones intentionally passed Harry Rice and Jjohnson drilled inio a force play to end the round. Then the Yanks did nothing to Jones until the seventh, by which time the game was well beyond them. Then, with two out, two passes and as many hits netted New | B2" York two scores and in the ninth three singles, two made after two were out, meant a third marker. - It was a catch by Sam Rice backed the right field bleachers’ bar- against rier, of Babe Ruth's hoist that left two & the H anks stranded as ended. Grifts Come From Behind. Again in the second game the Na- tionals got the jump on the Yanks, but d the lead wrested from them before the second inning ended. With Myer on as a result of a pass Manush poked his first homer of the second set-to into the sun parlor back of right for a two- | run Washington lead. The Yanks slammed Marberry in the second as though they would get him out of action quickly. Lazzeri tripled, Dickey hit a sacrifice fly, Harry Rice doubled, Reese sent a homer into the favorite parking place for homers in the Yankee Stadium and Sherid singled. Yet this bombardment only put the New Yorkers one run ahead of the Na- tionals. Judge’s crew was not long out of the lead. They jumped on Sherid with all their feet in the third and bagged four runs. Six singles, four made after two were out, turned the trick. Myer began the rally and Marberry finished it with a strike out. | Sherid was chased in the fourth, after getting the first two batters out, when the Nationals collected two more hits and as many passes off him. The | first of the hits was Manush's second homer of the game and his third of the- day. Came two passes and West singled to bring Holloway to Sherid’s relief. Bluege singled and the run total for the inning was raised to three. 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Sacrifice—Lazzeri. ! |run with one on that RALLES GVE A " TWO OFF RED SOX Garner Eight Runs in Last Three Innings to Annex Second Game, 8-7. By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, August 2.—By dint of several rallies that net- ted them victory in the closing inings of the second game, the Athletics scored a double triumph over the Boston Red Sox by scores of 9 to 2 and 8 to 7 today. The world’s cham- pions won the first game without bother, but Danny MacFayden had them blanked for six innings of the second. Going into the seventh 5 to 0 behind, Jimmy Dykes started a rally that Al Simmons climaxed by hitting a home tied the score. fi | Boston forged ahead by a run in in '3 innings (none out off McEvor. 5 in 4 innings: off 2 in 2 innings. Wild “pitch— Losing _pitcher—Johnson. ~ Um- Dires—Messre. Hildebrand, = Ormsbs _and Guthrie. ~ Time of same—32 hours 14 minutes. SECOND GAME. A L e Marberry. . Hadley, . Totals aega_u_u=~, P AR | 5 3 A PRSIS—— oumsuasunsonny 3| cwsnnasrnnal %l coouwormmuaonsas? ol nosmonmoond =l so000s000s00m0M ol 5000500000 B e TTEEE P Tobals oo ... B4 *Batted for Lary in seventh inning. 1Batted fcr Wuestling in minth inning. atted for Holloway in ninth inning. Washington ...2 0 4 3 0 0 New York ...0 3 0 0 10 in—Manush _(4). . Bluege (2)_ Ruel, R hits—H. ~ Rice, ' Jt zer. Eitl cosnnintussatid 00 15 Dicke: ¥ | Oliver.ct... . innings; off Marberry. Badie%s? Focins pilcher—Shenid. Tmpires Sroerry. Losing M esars. 5 "Guuthrie and Hildebrand. Time of game-—2 hours 15 minutes. = UHLE HURLS TIGERS TO WIN OVER CHISOX ™ By the Assoctated Press. O Gemras Onie on the mond. ‘Tigers, with on the mound, | overwhelmed the Chicago White Sox, 13 | to 2, today to take a two-to-nothing lead ‘The only consistently was Bob Fothergill, cently waived out by the Tigers. made three hits in four times up, in- | cluding a double. | Chicago, ABH.O.A. Detroit. ~ ABHOA Jonnson.rf.. 4 1 0 Borooonmu 5l cummsvosnooa’ 2 o] Bmormonsaom: 2| soonummnus ) 3 L] Chicago 00000000 3—2 51010330 x—13 Runs—Cissell, Kerr, Johnson (3). Koenis. Genringer (4), Alexander. Sheviin, Btone, Funk, Uhle. = Errors—Watwood. Barnes. Fothergill (2), Cissell. Akers. Runs batied in—Genringer (2), Alexander (2), Stone (4 Funk. Tate (2) 0-base hiis—Desau Fothergill. Koenig, Henry, Johnson. me _runs—Ston fices—Koenig (2). to Gehringer to Alexander; Mulleavy to Cissell to Watwood: Barnes to Watwood: Gehringer to Koenig 1o Alexander. Left on bases—De- troit. 9; Chicago, 7. Base! Uh'l’!;!l ‘/ghle B 1t Fhomar. 3 in % fnn Henty, 1210 1% innings. Pal ball—Desauitels. Umpires— AITIRES Fan Grafian, Connolly and Me Hime_of "gAme—1 hour and 51 TRIBE SWATS BALL T0 DEFEAT BROWNS By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, August 2.—Both George | Blacholder and Herman Holshouser | were pounded hard by a determined Cleveland Tribe which defeated the St. Louis Browns here today, 12 to 4, for its second consecutive victory of the series. Hodapp, Cleveland second baseman, was & main cog in his team’s victory, batting in five runs with a home run and a double. Perter, with four sin- gles in five times at bat, had the best batting average. Besides Hodapp, three others, Averill, Kress and Melillo, hit for the circuit. A Thomas. g Chicago player who hit Uhe | A eighth, but Mule Haas drove in two’ runs in the A's half of the inning. In the ninth the Red Sox again dead- locked. the. count, but with two out in the last half Jimmy Dykes drew a pass and scored on Mose Grove's double down the left-field foul line. Grove, credited with the victory, now has 16 games against 4 losses. GAME. Phila. 0 . McNair,ss. Haas. cf.. P B Boston. Al Oliver, ‘ef .. W 5 e eran i | nusoussson” 5 £ [ Morris in Tth. Smith in 9th. 00010102 0000 x—9 Totals. . +Batted for 1Batted for By innings Boston < Philadelphia . 0 0 09 b Suek ut—By M Tuck ou ores, 2. Hits off Smith, 2 in 5 innings. ving. Losing pitcher—Morris. Messrs. Geisel. Owens an oriarty. of game—1 hour and 45 minutes. SECOND GAME. ABH O.A 502 2 o > ol onsscsontorasswn? Boston. Warstier.ss. PO [T ROP RS- PO IR, LTSI onoruoooonssoas 5l norBosourus ! 3l coacoosrosn—wnn Totals ..33 10§26 11 Batted for Warstler in minth. Ran for Rothrock in ninth. iBatted for Regan in ninth iTwo out when winnine run was scored. fBatted for Mahafley in fth “Batted for Quinn in seventh. 2000001 00000052 Runs—Warstler. Smith. Regan. Durst. Reeves. Berry, MacFavden, McNair, 1-5 -8 arstier. Payden, Cochr: —Berry, Simmons. Bacrifices—Webb, Todt. . Do b s Losing pitcher—Durham. Pmpires Mesérs. Owens, Moriarty and Geisel, Time of game—2 hours and 18 minutes. HOME RUN STANDING By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday-—Manush, Sen- ators, 3; Ruth, Yankees, 1; Wilson, Cubs, 1; Simmons, Athletics, 1; Webb, Red Sox, 1; Berry, Red Sox, 1; Fred- erick, Robins, 1: Stone, Tigers, 1; Funk, , 1: Reese, Yankees, 1: Hodapp, Averill, Indians, 1; Kress, Browns, 1; Melillo, Browns, 1 The leaders—Ruth, Yankees, ¥ Wilson, Cubs, 34; Gehrig, Yankees, 33; Klein, Phillies, 29; Foxx, Athletics, 29; 25. can, 484; grand total, 1,085. RESULTS IN MINORS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Minneapolis. 15: Columbus, 8. ul,_14; Toledo, Kansas City, 1. Loutsville, B. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore, 9: Jersey City, Rochester, 2; .ano‘;l‘ln 1. 7, Atlanta, a'tanooga, 3. Birmingham. 3, Mobile. 0. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Macon. 12-10: Charlotte, Greenvill Al Asheville, 7 cramento, Cleveland ABH.OA Louts, ABHO. Jamieson.it 4 keab 4 0 1 orter.r{ b Averillef L. Sewell.c. [FSUPND— R rrHooowW=os PRSP Blaehol'r,p olscse *Gullic. | soommsman—e | ommosom-waow! Totals .. 381427 7 Totals . *Batted for Holshouser in ninth. 0030041 20001 ns—Jameison (2), Porter (2). Ho () Averi (3): L. Bewell, Montague, Go man, Hudlin, Metal . Kress, Melillo. J:3 Cleveland St. Louis ga (none o in 6 innings. R American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 3-5. oston, 2-7. Detroit, 13; ‘Chicago, Sleveland: 155 Yonis, 4 Berger, Braves, 27; Simmons, Athletics, | L i League totals—National, 601; Ameri- X RIVALS IN BATTLE FOR D. MARYWILL WAKEFORD - FRANCES KRUCOFF- GIANTS WIN BITTER FCHT WITH ROBIS 11-Inning Battle Rages for Nearly-3 Hours Before Issue Is Decided. By the Associated Press. ROOKLYN, August 2.—The New York Giants beat the Robins today, 8 to 6, in 11 innings and two and three-quarters hours of wiid-eye hase ball, which saw quick shifting situations crown and uncrown fresh heroes and goats. Ray Moss was the losing pitcher in the eleventh, after both, teams had scored in the tenth to continue the deadlock. Hollis Thurston carried on the pitel duel against Bill Walker for nine inni n& but Brooklyn called on three. more pi to finish. “Walker opened the eleventh with a triple and scored on Critz’s single, Heimach re- leved Moss, and a wild throw by Glenn Wright let in two more Giant tallies. Frederick started the Brooklyn half with a double and Walker was removed. Joe Heving held the Robins to a singl tally and after meeting success in three attempts to tie the score they failed the fourth time. > " i o > o Brooklyn. AB.H.O.A i K.cf 4 g conaantons suommoouss’ : & corcssnsmaal | cocormmranms 8l osccomuaniine. 5l coonaoummmors! s 3 Totals . 47163311 Totals . “Batted for Clark in tenth New York . .3200000012 001100110116 Leach, Lindstrom, (), Terry lker, Prederick (2), Gilbert, rro; .I.; erick. ree. Bressler, Walker, Lopez. _Ho: erick. len ' base—Ter: Leach, Double plays—Wright to Bissoretia unassisted), | Left jew York, 11; Brooklyn, ases NS hirston. 3 off Waiker. 3 alke! mach, 1. Strick Clark. 1; by He 12 in 9 ini e 1 Sacrifice— Bissonette, on bases— on balls off He oy inning; alker, nings (none out in eleventhi: off Heving in_ 1 innj Winning pitcher—Wal o85. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 8:_ Brooklyn. 6. Philadelph! 8.2, 9; Cincinnati 14; Chicago. 8. £” *VDING OF THE CLUBS. i —-QEQE! FE] oI— siea164T-396 T4 4264l 5T 8/10]_6/—I35/881.330 ~ Games o8t (34140145 60 5860184188 —I—I GAMES TOMORROW ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor - By DENMAN THOMPSON NSPIRED with a do-or-die im determina- e good for their bereaved. manager, the Na- tionals yesterday served notice on the base ball world, and the Yankees in particular they cannot yet ‘be counted out of the- struggle for the-American League c! luplmumg.e ‘Under the urge of belief they can best aid in assuaging the grief of Walter Joh the loss of his hel 3 grabhing 'a lot of ball games the Griffmen launched on their self-imposed task in impressive fashion by twice whaling the tar out of Bob Shawkey’s out- fit at the Yankee Stadium and this afternoon will find them 1.,2 féhe Gfl& T enclolurethere nt upon-adding a pair of Red Sox scalps by way.of having the. foundation for a winning streak of sizable proportions laid out before they return to New York for another twin bill Tuesday. Sam Jones, in vanquishing the Yankees in the opener to record his ninth win of the season, and Fred Marberry, who chalked up victory No. 13 in the closing encounter, with some- assistance from Bump Hadley, delivered a brand of slabbing that was not to be de- nied, but it was on attack that the viciousness of the aggrega- tion fired with a zeal n to that of the crusaders of old was best exemplified. A total of hits, aggregat- ing 45 bases, rattled from the bats of the Nationals, led by Heinie Manush with. half a dozen safeties, including a trio of swats for the circuit, and as a result the Joe Judge-directed band boosted to 11 the num- ber of victories chalked up over the Yankees in 13 meet- ings thus far this season and climbed to a point three games above the New York outfit that aspires to oust Washington from its runner-up berth. Battling as they did yester- day. it is not beyond the realm of possibility the Nationals will yet overhaul the Mackmen. The eight-game ldvmtlfa the world champions now hold is a formidable one, to be sure, but it is not insurmountable. More than 50 of the 154 contests scheduled remain to be dis- osed of before the curtain alls September 28 and seven of them are with the pace-setters. A slump on the part of the yncl&nen :t“hdme Grifts hewl; ng a steady ga would alter the cmon of things in a jiffy. 'OMORROW all that is mor- 2 i with the atest ball ever knew wflY rest on a shaded knoll in a se- cluded corner of the century- and-a-half-old cemetery .at kville. ; From the time Walter John- son, then just fairly launched on a career that was tined to ecarve his name ind on the scroll of the national pas- . | victorious pit | | | C. WOMEN’S NET CHAMPIONSHIP YESTERDAY WEETAMOE LEADS MAE T NEWPORT Vanitie, Cup Race Candidate in 1920, Defeats Other Aspiring Boats. By the Associated Press. EWPORT, R. I, August 2.— N three other aspirants for the honor of defending the Amer- New London, Conn., to Newport. The course represented the opening run of Weetamoe today defeated the ica’s Cup over a 37!2-mile course, from the eight-day New York Yacht Club | cruise, and it was sailed in light south- westerly air as a broad reach and, ex- cept off Point Judith, in a smooth sea. The Morgan-Nichols boat crossed the finish line more than three minutes ahead of Enterprise, sailed by Harold time, wooed and wed the daughter of the Nevada Con- an all who were for- tunate enough to make her acquaintance became ~aware she embodied to an unusual degree womanhood’s most cher- ed attributes. Wives and mothers the world over are beset with trials and tribulations and they are wont to face them with a high degree cf courage, but none ever dtsglayed more un- flagging cheerfulness than the wife of Walter Johnson, who . consecrated her life to the hap- | piness of her husband and the welfare of their three sons and two-daughters. Those who assemble tomor- Xlreny. home-like dwelling - in -Alfa_Vista, which she labored so lovingly to ac- quire and maintain, will be paying tribute to the memory of a woman who combined to | a rare extent qualities essen- | tial in those charged with the responsibility of rearing fam- ilies and exemplified in ad- dition all the graces of true femininity. ) Hazel Johnson, in awakening from the dream of life, must know she made lighter the burdens of all with whom she came in contact during her all too brief sojourn cn earth. GOLF MATCH 1S WON BY SHOREY, PEACOCK , young golf player of | the Spring Club and_ holder of | the District junior title, sank a five- foot putt on the eighteenth hole of '.he] course of the Woodmont Country Club vesterday te gain for himself and John | C. Shorey of Bannockburn a one-hole | victory over Max Weyl and Howard Nordlinger, home club golf stars. The match furnished a climax to a day of golf staged by the club as its| annual “field day” celebration. In ad- dition to the exhibition match, a mixed Scotch foursome and an 18-hole sweep- stakes tourney were held. Shorey and Peacock had ‘a best ball of 67 to 68 for the home club stars, and the match was close all the way. At no time during the contest did more than a sin and hole separate the two pairs, | ey went to the home hole all| square, to have Peacock slip a mashie | shot five feet from the cup and hole the wg\m for the one-hole margin by | which he and Shorey won. | The mixed Scotch foursome event re- | sulted in a victory for Mr. and Mrs, H. M. Shapiro, who turned in a card of 50—13—37. Only a shot behind were Sylvia and Sidney Straus, who had 12—38. Sidney Straus won the| swee] for men with 'a card of 92--26—66. In second place was Wil- lam- G. Ilich, of the club golt committee, who had 80—13—67. ‘The golf festivities were in charge of and the entire day supervised headed by Joseph D. | b Kaufman, president of the club. KUHELS START WELL. Playing for the first time under their new.name of Joe Kuhel Peewees, the former Comet Peewees, swamped Colo- nials, 24 t0 3, in a ball game yesterday on the th Street Reservoir dia- hits for the winners, and , fanned 12. B | *watkins... Sixteen lmudcoh-eh%men K Pillsbury, the S. Vanderbilt, the only boat to seriously { contest the issue with Weetamoe. | Whirlwind, sailed by Landon K. | Thorne, was unabie to finish better than a bad third, although her rig had been radically changed since she last met the cup candidates off here. She was nearly 13 minutes behind Weeta- | moe. _ Yankee, the Boston and only | non-New Yorker, came home last, fol- | lowing Whirlwind by approximately 5 | minutes. Vanitie, the unsuccessful candidate for defense of the famous trophy a decade ago, furnished the greatest sur- | prise of the day’s sailing. With Reso- | Tute, the successful 1920 defender, Van- | itie started 5 mivutes later than the new cup boats, but she finished ahead of both Whiriwind and Yankee and had the best actual sailing time of any of the boats but Weetamoe. also finished ahead of Yankee. Today's contest was not regarded as | an official trial for selection of the boat | which will meet Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, Shamrock V, off here in Stpwm%er. and it is possible that not all of the boats were in their best rac- ing trim. Charles Francis Adams, Sec- retary of the Navy, who has skippered Yankee in official competition, was not at the wheel today and the boat was sailed by Chandler Hovey and John 8. Lawrence, two members of the syn- dicate which built her. The elapsed times were: ‘Weetamoe, 4:02:45; Enterprise, 4:0§:50; Whitl- wind, 4:15:31; Yankee, 4:2 28; Vani- tle, 4:04:24; Corrected, 3:22:21: Reso- lute, 4:10 Corrected, 3:26:10. REDS GET A SIX-RUN LEAD, BUT CARDS WI By the Associated Press CINCINNATI, August 2—The Reds | blew a six-run lead, compiled in the first two innings, and St. Louis eventu- ally won an eleven-inning game tod: 9 to 8. Douthit’s double scoring t tying and winning runs. In the eleventh the Cards scored three times on a triple by Hafey, singles by Fisher and Wilson, a force out by Gelbert and Douthit’s double. The Reds made a bid to stay in the game by scoring twice in their half of the eleventh on a single by Sukeforth, Crawford's double and Walker’s triple which Fisher lost in the sun. Meusel, who had made four hits fanned for the final out. . St. Louis. A. Dauthit, ef Adams, 3b. Frisch, 2b. Bot'ley, 1b. AB A A o cin HO. 1 Bell, G'bowskl. P, THigh ..... Lindse: 10rsetti.... Johnson, . Totals. . .4 ~Batted for Bell in 3th tBatted for Grabowski in 8th. ;Batted for Lindsey in Sth. “Batted for Ford in 1ith. £Batted for Durocher in 9th. §Batted for Kolp in 1ith. St. Louts .00003010203—0 Cincinnati” . 150000000028 Runs—Hafey (4). Fisher (2), Wilson, Gel- . Waiker (2), Meusel, Stripp, Cuc- ‘Sukeforth (2), Crawford. Errors— Adams, Cuccinello, Durocher. Runs batted nn (3), Meusel, Stripp, Cuceiuello, bert, (2), Douthit (3), Walker ‘hits—Meusel (2), ' Gelbert. Crawford. Fisher (). Walker. Sacrifices—Fisher, Stripp. plays—Ford, Durocher_to Stripp: Heillmann to Stripp; Adams, Frisch to ~Bottomley: Cuceinello, Ford to Stripp. Left on bases— St_Louis. 8: Cincinnati, 15, Bases on balls ki, 3; off Benton, 1: off Lind- | coconocunwumo~w : sos0ooomuNaE—w! 8| vwaromananasa. | mewooomoonmnas! | comooomonen! lenuoooesmmns o) =t Totals Struck out—By Ben- | T by Lindsey. 1: b | 2 Hits— ! B s: oft Grabowski, 4 in 3 innings: off Johnson 4 in 3 innings: off Lindsey. 1 in 1 inning: off Benton. 10 in 9 olp, 8 in 2 innings. Winning 3 g LOSI0E pitcher—Kolp, Klem, Starke and Magerkurth. same—2 hours and 37 minutes. inson, 3: inning: Resolute | WINS D.C. HONORS 5TH TIME N ROW Defeats Marywill Wakeford in Straight Sets—End Doubles Today. XHIBITING general superiority after a mediocre start, Francis Krucoff handily triumphed over Marywill Wakeford of Macon, Ga., formerly of this city, in straight sets, 6—3, 6—0, yesterday to achieve the District women's tennis singles cham- pionship for the fifth consecutive year. The match was played on the Colum- bia Country Club courts before a good sized gallery. As a result of her victory Miss Kru- coff became the first permanent pos- sessor of the Harold Doyle Trophy, having won it three straight years or ever since it was first placed in com- petition. She also was awarded a plate offered by the women's tennis 3 Miss Krucoff's triumph was not with- out drama. She was competing for the first time in tournament play this year when she took the courts in quest of another singles title. She had been h a siege of iliness and there were those who were somewhat doubt- ful as to whether she could perform in her usual high-class style. Early in the tournament, however, she dem- | onstrated beyond peradventure that |she had lost none of her cleverness |and her exhibition yesterday was & | worthy climax to her steady march | through the field. | As is her wont the champion got off to a shaky start, losing the first three games, the opening encounter, 0 to 4, | but then she suddenly found herself and crashed her way to victory in the next 12 games. Chop-stroke Efl. Though Miss Krucoff oulclassed her | plucky foe in every phase, it was her chop-stroke, executed with consummate ease, and her accurate placements that were the .outstanding features of her exhibition. She also put more in her drives. Time and again her opponent from Dixie would streke the ball across the net gently only to have it re- :nrn:d by M\sls K.r:cofluln a manner | ar from gentle and well out of Miss | Wakeford’s reach. | Dorothy Kingsbury captured the con- | solation singles when she won the final | over Betty Whitfield, 6—2, 6—4. Play in the tournament will end to- day on the Columbia courts with the semi-finals and the final in the doubles. Ruth Martinez and Frances Walker will face Dorothy Kingsbury, and Cecycle Raver and Miss Krucoff and Josephine | Dunham, the defending champions, will engage Miss Wakeford and Margaret Graham in the semi-finals at 11 am. The winners will clash at 3:30 o'clock. | Point scores of the Krucoff-Wakeford | match: | | Erycof | ive. Wakeford | Krucom | Wakeford " Tourney Favored with fine weather and marked by interesting competition, the tourna- | ment has proved unusually successful. | Mrs. H. Clay Thompson is chairman of the committee in charge of the af- fair, her associates being Mrs. J. H. Ford, Margaret Ryan, Mary Ryan, Ruth Laudick and Maycita de Souza. For the first time in several years, & group of out-of-town players entered the tournament. The contingent in- cluded Miss Wakeford, Reba Kirson of Baltimore and Clara and Amy Tabler of California. Though Miss Wakeford alone of the group survived to tae final, 2l the visitors showed stouty. Feminine racketers of this arza have | one more major tournament in the of- | fing following completion of the Dis- trict championships. This is the na- tional public parks event, which starts August 18. Women throughout the country are competing in the public parks championships year for the first time. ‘Winners in the recent District public parks tournament who qualified for-the nationals. are Mrs. Ruth Martines, in the singles, and Dorothy Kingsbury and Louise Omwake, in the doubles. |McGRAW BLAMES ‘RABBIT’ BALL; BAT, SAYS ANOTHER John Joseph McGraw is blaming all | sorts of things on the lively ball, in- | cluding the present position of his New | York Giants. John Joseph believes the | ball is a cross between a jack rabbit | and electric eel and views the future of the national game darkly unless | brakes are placed upon it. {* But here’s a different thought on the batting orgy that is sweeping the big leagues and little leagues alike. It was given by a man who has been identified with base ball for 20 years. “Did you eyer think that perhaps the change in batting style has some- thing to do with all this hitting?” he asked. “Investigation will show that 90 per cent of all major league players now use a bat that is long, thin in the | handle and heavy at the end. Fifteen | years ago it was used solely by strong- | armed sluggers. \FRENCH BEAT ENGLISH EMPIRE GAMES TEAM | | STAMFORD BRIDGE, England, Au- | gust 2 (#).—The track and field team chosen to represent England at the British Empire Games, at Hamilton, Ontario, this month, was defeated today by the athletes of France. The point score was 65 to 55. FATHER O'HURLEY LOST TO GONZAGA SCHOOL Father John F. O'Hurley, former | energetic director of athletics at Gon- | 2aga School, has taken up other duties | in New York, where he will be located the coming school term. His succescor at Gonzaga will be an- nounced within a few days. American Rifle Team Captures World Title ANTWERP, Belgium, August 2 (#)—The American team won the world championship in miniature rifle shooting from a standing posi- tion at a 50-meter distance, scoring 1,804 points. Belgium was second with 1,796; Denmark, third, 1,770, and France, fourth, l,'lfil . Penshaw of Nogales, Arie., tied with Pattersen of mark for the individual title with a of flbbut lest to the Dane ericans 851, - and Bruce,