Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1930, Page 24

B—8 . SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST 6, 1930. SPORTS. " Rice Will Be Benched for Badly Needed Rest: Cup Tennis on Biennial Basis Urged ; HARRIS TOFILL N FOR VET IN RIGHT Griffs Tackle A’s Following Split With Yankees in New York. I fielder with the Nationals, | was not expected to start in the right garden against the BY JOHN B. KELLER. HILADELPHIA, August 6.— Athletics today as his club opened Sam Rice, veteran out- {ts two-game series here, and may | be out of the line-up several days. The usually dependable outfielder | has been out of stride for some | time, and at last Rice admits the long hot spell has left him all but down. ) A Should he not get into action, | the right fielding of the Nationals | will be cared for by Dave Harris.; husky right-hand battler who has| served as utility gardener for the| Nationals since he was_procured | from the White Sox in June. | Rice remained out of the first game | yesterday until the eighth inning, when he informed Acting Manager Joe Judge | he felt chipper enough to play. He | carried on through the second part of the double-header, too, but was plainly weakened by the strain and told Capt. Judge he feared he would be of no help to tne club for some days. It was planned by’ Manager Walter Johnson to relieve Rice when the Na- tionals were playing_Cleveland more than two weeks ago. But the player, in | his sixteenth season with the club, in- sisted upon remaining in action. His | work fell off noticeably, though. He slumped at bat and covered little ter- ritory afield. During most of the first two months | of the season_ Rice was the batting leader of the league, hitting .3%0 and better. During the past two weeks, though, he_has been woefully weak at the plate. In his last 11 games he made only 5 hits in 43 times at b That's hitting at a rate of .116. It ap- | pears Rice dces need a rest. ITH Fred Marberry on the shelf nursing & broken wrist, some of the members of the Nationals’ mound corps who have not been par- ticularly prominent in box scores here- tofore may be seen at action frequently. Of course, Sam Jones, Al Crowder and | Bump Hadley will continue to perform Tegularly, but those in charge of the club may look to Bob Burke, string-bean left-hander, instead of Ad Liska, sub- | mariner, for starting service, and should Burke be so used Harry «Child, chunky Tignt-hander, probably would be pressed into use as a relief toiler. g Burke has had comparatively little to do this season, but he has done most of that little well. True, he has had some trouble with hard-punching right- | hand batters. But who around the league hasn't? The good S Sl e right hand hurlers. e south- paw swingers, though, Bcb has pitched remarkapiy well. He has a curve and is fast enough to make trouble for many who might face him. 1 Liska has peen too inconsistent in his piiching to date to have been of niucn help to the Nationals. ° Those directing the ciub have been very pa- tient with the submariner and they still believe he will develop into a clever moundsman. _They doubt, though, that he will be able to do much more than relief hurling in the remainder of the campaign. Aihough no one in authority wm‘ make a airect statement regarding the | switch from Liska to Burke as a start- | er. It seems likely the switch will be made. | Child has appearsd to advantage twice in relief roics -and is regarded a good hurler to take up the mound burden for perhaps two or three in- nings in an emergency. His use, too, wouid spare the regular starters, 8 pol- icy. and a sound one, with the Wash- ington management. HAT double-header in New York yesterdey made the Nationals par with theif schedule, but they are to engage in another twin bill SBaturday in Washington. It will b: with the Indians. The twin sketch was ar- ranged with the Cleveland club, origi- nelly billed to play only four games in the series starting in Griffith Stadium Thursday, in order that it might mot be forced to return to the Capital again for a one-game stand on August 15. The change, of course, will save some shekeis-—for the Cleveland outfit. There will be no extra outlay for railroad fares and notel accommodations. But jt's not such a nice change for the fair fans of Washington. August 15 falls on a Priday, so one Ladies’ day at Griffith Stadium is out. REAKING even in the double-head- iato the National leadershi) NEW YORK’S 'AL. L'S well that ends well” and Chicago’s loss is New York's gain, referring, of course, to the recent lightweight championship bout in which Al Singer of the Bronx knock- ed out Sammy Mandell, the Rock- ford Sheik, in a big battle that did not end in'a foul or even a claim of foul. « The “total eclipse” in the light- weight heavens which I drew a cou- ple of weeks ago has now occurred, and, according to much of the pre- fight gossip, it was much like the can tied.to the dog's tall—"it was bound to a-cur.” Al should make a good champion, provided he defends his title now “and then. He's got more color than any title holder since Leonard, and is probably the best of the bunch since the popular Hebrew from New York retired undefeated in 1924 for his mother’s sake. —By FEG MURRAY T e ek éficmfluuffs {KID LAVIGNE FRANI BRNE Joe GANS | BATTUNG NELSON AD WorgAsT Wieie RiTcHig How wit THE BRONX BeAy RAnH wWITH SOME OF THE IMMORTALS OF THe PAST T Matrpetin Newspaper Fosrre Serviee, Lot At any rate, Singer is the first lightweight champ since Wolgas whose first name didn't end in “ie” or “y" Yes, sir, from Ad to Al there has been nothing but a succes- sion of Willies, Freddies, Bennys, Jimmys, Rockys and Sammy. The Bronx beauty has proved him- self much more of a second Leonard than either of the other two New York Hebrew lightweights—Sid Ter- ris and Ruby Goldstein—did. Al is the Israelightweight that did not fail, and ask the ex-champion, Mr. Mandell, if our Singer-boy can sock! Who would have thought that Sam- my would go out in the very first round! Singer won't be 23 unt:l next September, and didn’t fight his first professional fight until 1927, foon after Mandell won the lightweight crown from Rocky Kansas. Mayhe they'll class Al with the immortal Joe Gans, cleverest of all light- weights, before he is through. Like Gans, Singer won his title in less than a round. POLIGEMEN BATTLE ANNAPOLIS CHAMPS | Put on Steam Training for| Struggle With Firemen. Northerns Gunning. | I ASHINGTON Policemen are | | busy swinging their clubs | | now-a-days, but mnot the| i kind usually, thought of, for | the coppers are busy pepping for their | annual base ball battle with the Firemen. 1 This afternoon the cops take on the second class team of Annapolis, cham- pion of the Naval Academy, and one of the strorgest clubs in the Maryland | capital, and tomorrow journey to Fort | Washington to meet the soldiers. The police have had more than fair success thus far this season and are making a determined drive to work into condition for the Firemen. Buck Grier's Northern Red Birds still are thirsting for battle after win- ning 33 out of 37 games this season. Buck wants to_hear from Charlie Cor- bertt and Bill Flester, Call Vic's Sport Shop or Columbia 7108 after 6:30 o'clock. ‘What promises to be a red hot pair of games Sunday is this double header | between Brooke Grubb's Silver Spring Giants and the Washington Red Sox.| While the Giants are out of the run- ning for the championship of the in-| dependent unlimited series they are| | making it hard for the other con- | tenders. ~ Last Sunday the Silver Springers knocked the French A. C. for a row, putting it out of champion- ship running. The Red Sox, though losing the two | games played thus far, still have a} chance for the title, but have to take | | botk games Sunday. District of Columbia Repair Shop. after clinching the Departmental League banner, are casting for outside games now. Call Manager Sticz at Na- tional 6000, branch 488, before 9:30| am., or Georgia 3046 after 7:30 o'clock. Bauserman Motor Co., champion of the Virginia section of the Capital City League, is on the lookout for & strong opponent for Sunday. Call Charlie Deuterman at Clarendon 1280-W-2. | The c. A O'Brien’s, however, are | | right on hand with a challenge to the ROBIN SAVE DAY ing Out Giants, 9 to 8, With Three-Run Finish. the Associated Press. HE Giants and Robins furnished another one of their spectacular contests in the National League yesterday, Brooklyn finally win- ning 9 to 8 in 10 innings. Two more were Bill Terry was the b iants' attack, gef uding a homer, in gun of the ve hits, in- ninth, to League ip. The Cubs kept pace with the Robins, | scoring three runs in the ninth to de-| feat the Cardinals, 5 to 4. Bill Halla- | han held the league champions to two hits, one of which was Hack Wilson's thirty-sixth * homer, until the ninth| when he weakened and was forced to retire in favor of Rhem, who was Fred Frankhoufe held the Phillies to six hits as the Braves gave Philadelphia a 6 to 2 defeat. failed to take advantage of Washin ton’s even break, losing a 4 to 3 game to_the Boston Red Sox. | Detroit put over four runs in the eighth to give Earl Whitehill his eighth | consecutive victory, the Tigers defeat- | ing the Indians 5 to 4. | er in New York yesterday the Na- ree .of Cleveland’s four runs were {icnals held the Yankees at bay and | unearned. icked up half a game on the league- | eading Athletics and it won 8 to 4, but it failed to do second and ok a 7-to-1 licking. | As generally happens in double- | hencers in Col. Jake Ruppert's big | plant, the fans goi their homer thrills. Thre: were hit, Joe Judge and Babe Ruth connceting for round-trippers in | the initial clash and Charley Ruffing | in many starts against the Nationals | this chunky right | Ruffing’s were drives | effective. | But the | Yankee than ever he did as a member |} the second and right-field bleachers. Jor e in Ba cent.r-field bleach time any pla o into this particular game. Ruth caught Jrving Hadley's pitches at the the sixth inning and how the ball ravcied. It went into the stand back | ©f the wall that bears & big white sign | geading “420 feet,” indicative of the distance of that part of the wall from | the home plate. It cleared the barrier with d landed i “ stance of Bioci A great wallop, every way considered. zigh adley. to «ight hits and nive passes Sound himsell in hot water with Ruth | &and Gehrig coming up. With two on It was the first hold of one of ¢ the first game Irving Hadley out- pitched the veteran left-hander, erb Pennock, and Henry Johnson. | hander. But it was some job for Bnd one out in the seventh, however, | Harry Child, who pitched in the eighth. rew @ third one by the Babe an d_Lou Hadley fanned Reese, but Ruth a base-filling pass. Gehrig's best. though, was a grounder that forced out Ruth at second while a run Crossed. Then Hadley's triumph was completed when Lazzeri popped to Myer. GEHEIG'S double and Lazzeri’s sin- gle in the fourth gave the ‘Yanks their first tally. With two out atter the Babe hit his great homer in the sixth, Bengough walked and ceunt~ ed os Harry Rice's bounder off the left- field wall became good for a triple as the bali eluded Manush. by and The first game saw |~ 3 the Washington elub in & bAtng mood | ge left after toiling seven innings, in | Lary. i riing At s Dlate Hu the | hich heihad gifer up mine Miis | THERE was little to the second game ~'s was a prodigious smash into the | of clouted the ball | two passes. stand during a $ made by the Washington club in its | ctart of | tionals bunched three hits. They did Although he held the Yanks | gave way to Ad twice he | off Liska at the start of his turn With two on in_thé | seven runs with us many hits. Johnson in two innings al: lowed four hits, but the only produc- | tive one was Judge's home-run drive. | other than the pitching done by Charley Ruffing. For the first time hander was really He looked much better as a the Red Sox mound corps. But eight of the hits were last four batting turns. Twice the Na- 80 in the seventh when they put over the tally to avert a shutout. They did so in the ninth and filled the bages with one cut, but both Ruel and Harris, bat/ for Child, fanned. R nine strikeouts to his LOYD BROWN began the Washing- ton pitching and was none too steady. Three of the five hits and two passes he yielded in the first four frames were good for five runs. One of the blows was Ruffing’s homer, Nicked for a double and a triple at the outset of the fifth frame, Brown Liska. A sacrifice fly it across the last Yankee marker. The Yanks got no safeties off Liska and | Pretty good, that business of geiting ICKEY, Yankee catcher, had a finger split by a foul from Myer's bat in the opening round of the first game...So Bengough went behind the bat at the beginning of the second inning. , .Jorgens went behind the bat for the Yanks in the ninth inning of this fray...He had just resorud, having been recalled from Jersey City. . .Caught a game of ball there the it before. .. Shawkey jumbled line-up for second spectacular in the seventh frame of th to...Fell as he got the ball, but clung to it...Judge developed a crick in the neck at finish of first game, so Kuhel had to go _to first base for second en- . Hoped ce: Nationals BY RALLY IN'10TH ¢ Keep Pace With Cubs, Nos- & | tRumn The Gianfs trailed 6 to 1 going into| the ninth, but a five-run rally sent the veteran Adolfo Luque to the showers and tied the score. added in the tenth but the league lead- ers fell on Bill Walker for three runs and the game in their half of the - 'um:;o % | Cronin charged with the defeat. | Kuh In the American League the Athletics | Lis Ruffing was found for nine hits and |} SOME GROUND GAINED FIRST GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. R. Myer, 2b. .. 5 2}3 'y LR A loosocesunectinnni oroncono? ol moomoconooa® e Ny rooommm o ] OMSGO M Lary. s5 Wuestling Pennock Johnson, *Cooke mrcucuonmaond 8l suwate | ccerce Totals . “Batted y six 1Batted foy Pennock in seventh, Batted fof Bengough in .eighth: Washington 098795031 New York 0001020 Run. West (2), Lazzeri, Gehr: hits—Myi J 7 al ccercee 01 0 batted in er. ge. in 7 inpings. off by pitched ball—By Johnson (Spencer) Ppitch—Pennock. Losing Ditcher—P nock. _Umpires.—Messrs Hildebrand. Orm: and Guthrie. Time of game—3 heurs 40 minute SECOND GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. R. Myer. 2b 1 8. Rice, 1f Manush. 1f 58 ConomsueAnaLs ccssse. cooromsuBanunO B THarrls . ~!csseos ol coocommuoreny 33 eighth, ninth. Totals ... o *Batted for Liska in Batted for Child in NEW_ YORK. yra Reese, 2 sm2> ice, cf 55 Kough, Rufing, Totals Washington New York Runs__batted zze; B e [ frame Bengough, Ruffing (2) S. Rice. ce-base hits i ~Ruffing . Lary, sk ork, buse_on balls_Off, off [Child.2. Struck out- By .Brown. ¢ §; by Child, 1. Hits -Off Brown. (none oul in fifth n_3 innings: off Losing_ pitcher—Brown. Guthrie and Hildet Ormsby. hour and 53 minutes. Time of gams SOTHERN GOES TO BUCS; PHILS OBTAIN BRICKELL |t PITTSBURGH, August' 6 (P).—The | exchange, via the waiver route, of Fred r was two and Ruel three | Brickell, center flelder of the Pirates, for Denny Sothern, center fielder of the Philadelphia Nationals, has been an: a‘ nounced by Sam Dreyfuss, vice presi- dent of the Pittsburgh club. Standings in American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, Washington, 6-1; New York, 4-7, 4; Philadeiphia, 3 Cleveland. 4. 8t. Louis-Chicago, rain STANDING OF THE E 0 1 0 0 0+ only two hits 0 | Skinker Eagles play host to the Belle 2|Haven A. C. this afternoon on o g |be reached at Cleveland 187-W. 1—4 | Myer, Two- s | Pen- B i 3 Johnson, 4 in 2_innings. - cccoceccccena™ Two-base hits Bengough. Sacri- Left o | Bausermans. Deuterman is requested to call North 1599. King's Palace Midgets, entered in the Sport Mart loop, will hold a pair of "Meetings. Tonight they are to meet | at 305 Tennessee avenue northeast, and | Friday at the same place. After the meeting Friday the team will be feted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pohl. Following are the players asked to re- port at the above address: Buechler, Hale, Pohl. Chaconas, Lewis. Eschlinger, Pierce, Miller, Hollis, Kimble, Buscher, Diver, Robertson and Grace. Pullman and W. B. Hibbs are to put| |on a game today which will rouse more . | than ordinary interest. Pullman won |the Terminal League flag and Hibbs | were entered in the Industrial. It'll be | an interesting sidelight on the relative | merits of the two leagues. Southern A. C. took the Cadillacs over the bumps yesterday in an abbre- contest, 8 to 2. Jimmy Davis, uthern pitcher, allowed the auto boys while his mates bunched their five blo the | Skinker field at 5:50 o'clock. Manager | | McDonald is after more games and can | Pohanka Motor Service is hooked for | a ‘game today with Southern A. C.| on diamond No. 5. St. Elizabetn's and St. Martins, bit- ter rivals, are to play on the hospital diamond this afternoon at 5 o'clock. | | Olmsted Gril and Palisades will meet | on diamond No. 3 today. HOME RUN STAIEJING. By ihe Associsted Press. Home runs yesterday—Ruth, Yan- kees, 1; Judge, Senators, 1; Prederick, Robins, 1; Hodapp, Indians, 1; Sim- mons, Athletics, 1; Foxx, Athletics, 1; Ruffing, Yankees, 1; Todt, Red Sox, 1 | Hafey, Cardinals, 1; Frisch, Cardinals, 1; Terry, Giants, 1; Wilson, Cubs, 1; | Akers, Tigers, 1. The Leaders—Ruth, Yankees, 41; Wilson, Cubs, 36; Gehrig, Yankees, 33 Foxx, Athletics, 30; Klein, Phillies, 2! Berger, Braves, 27, Simmons, letics, 27. League totals—National, 618; Amer- ican, 504; total, 1,1 | RECORDS OF GRIFFS l BATTING. G.AB.R. H. 2b.3b HR S] | Man'sh 88 353 51 127 28 1 Marb'y.28 62 8 22 3 0 Rice . 99 , | Crnin.i05 Judge. .93 ot EY 12 @ 8 4 a b i sp Harris, Hayes| e o wenaessS cosomoumwSsBSBTEE! o 00000000sCeCcusrETE LN on coscuumwotobuliank! cocomsntsatad P CEER 2 - 28 8 5 2 cocoomorcoommaumusaes g | 2 [ere, | that, they would “go it on their own" it | nore the major league draft ultimatum Battles Bearing In Three Loops Intrigue F ans With plans already laid | go, fans await eagerly the remainder of | ernment, Georgetown Church and Government League pennant chase. jtself up near the pinnacle and now Union Printers are right behind Navy | upon the Union Printers-Navy Yard comes the big day. Navy Yard and ence in the standings. went down to the tune of 12 to 5. Ray never in danger, as his mates were in a mess. For a while it looked as though Cal- the Drakes smacked up against West | teams_are left in the running for the Tile Setters clinched the Industrial enders, The Setters swung their til with Pullman and D. C. Repair Shop. WATCH the battlin’ now! week-day winners rarin’ to pected to affect materially the Gov-| Probably of most importance is the Interstaters vesterday, again pushed Hospital, first half champs. And the | The sandlot spotlight will be thrown to one of these clubs, Then on Friday this game with only a hairline differ~ way of competition to Navy Yard and brightened hopes of the Yarders, was This Georgetown Church League is pretty much its own way, but yesterday | champs, and were licked, 9 to 4. Three and Eldbrooke, tory over Holmes Bakery, chronical tail- beaten, 14 to 4. The Tile Setters, along BY FRANCIS E. STAN. for the city series and three the clashes this week, which are ex-| Morning Terminal League races. Navy Yard, by defeating the slipping stands only half a game behind Naval Yard! clash tomgrrow, which will spell finis Naval Hospital will probably go into Interstate could offer little in the Harover, whose return to form has fine fettle with the flail. vary Baptist was going to have things Washington Baptist, the first half | Church flag—West Washington, Calvary League flag with an overwhelming vic- Dats ail over the place and Holmes was are now ready to enter the city series. BIG’ MINORS READY TOBATTLEMAIORS Would Go to War on Draft,| but Do Not Believe It Will Be Necessary. By the Associated Press.’ % | HICAGO, August 6.—The “big” | minor leagues—the American | Association, the International| League and the Pacific Coast| League—will go to war with the Amer- ican and National Leagues over the uni- versal draft question, if they have to, but their members do not think it will | be necessary. ‘Walter Hapgood, general manager of the Montreal club of the International | Lesgue and chairman of a joint com-| mittee to recommend the three Class AA | leagues’ course of action, last night said that representatives of the groups did not believe the major leagues will “go back on the agreement made at Kansas | City in 1921, by refusing to carry on | player relations after December 1. | Hapgood also said that it was univer- | sally felt among the members of the big minor groups that the trouble over the draft question would be cleared up, but the major leagues carried out their| threat to sever player relations unless the universal draft is accepted. Members of the committee appointed yesterday—Hapgood, Oscar J. Smith, president of the Toledo American As- sociation club, and Charles Graham, vice president of the San Francisco club of the Coast League—said the thre leagues were as much interested in the renewal of the national agreement—a pact between the Class AA leagues and other minor leagues of lesser ranking— as in the major league draft ultimatum. The national agreement expires in September, and before it is renewed the bik minors wish a revision in the voting lineup. Ha pointed out that the International, American Asso- ciation and Coast League had the big: gest investments, but are outvoted by the smaller circuits. Under the national agreement, it would be possible for the | small minors to vote the Class AA loops | into acceptance of the draft. All three leagues have agreed to ig- until it becomes necessary %o take ac- tion in their own interests, If the m: jors do sever player relations after De- | cember 1, it is likely that the Class AA | leagues will go out to compete with the former on the open market for player | talent. ” YESTERDAY'S STARS. By the Assoclated Press. Hack Wilson, Cubs—Aided in defeat ! of Cardinals with thirty-sixth homer, with one on. Bill Akers, Tigers—His eighth-inning homer, with one on, scored tying and winning runs against Indians. Bill Terry, Glants—Hit homer, dou- ble and three singles against Robins and went into league batting lead, Fred Frankhouse, Braves—Held Phils to six hits, beat them, 6-2. Cedric Durst, Red Sox—Collected two_singles, double and triple against Alt'k;tl‘elnca and scored winning run in ninth. Charley Ruffing, Yankees—Scattered Senators’ nine hits, struck out nine, hit homer and double and won, 7-1. PESEK WINS ON MAT. CINCINNATI, August 6 (#).—John Pesek, heavyweight wrestler, Ravenna, CuoarSsh: ~Ewoe®amal ~2BLI522 0w cl Pischer. . Major Leagues YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, Brooklyn, 9: New York, 8 (10 iunings). “hicago, 5: 8t. Louis, 4. Boston, 8; Philadeiphia, 2. Other clubs not scheduied. STANDING OF THE CL 2% 25 X3 E - eswiuIIg F £ § 1 | wiaanpriug LT :g oY =3 Philadelphia .| 41— 1341 Tphia .| 8/ 3 8] B Games lost.. 41143/48/50/80/86/86168/—|— GAMES TODAY. Foashingtop 8¢ P washington at Phila. En. s’enichgn (3 Boston at New York. veland at it. A ‘GAMES TOMORROW. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW ‘Brooklyn at Pittsb. crg‘i.l: 'Llrt.l.ol.rll?i 'Yfikflkl’n af .tlltlbll. PSiber iuhs Hot acheduied ©v o OME Nebr.,, won from George Vashell, New Orleans, in straight falls last night. GREASING AND WE DO P or Seriinn S o =0 , Unexceled Our station is more than & filling station . . . it is & SERVICE statlon. Gas, ofl, lubricating, crank- case draining, washing, acces- sories and FIRESTONE TIRES AND TUBES may be obtained in & thorough, quick, courteous manner, Let Us Show You! One Square South of Penna. Ave. on 12th (v 3 DOWNTOWN ; m STATON AR ¢ | met by 8 on Pennants D. C. Repair, never anywhere.but in first place throughout the season, yes- terday put the Deparimental League gonfalon away until next year. Like | tite Tile Setters, D. C. Repair had little trouble winning yesterday, swamp- ing Treasury, 17 to 2. E. Wesley held | the Treasury batsmen to two hits. | The Departmental League race is now history. And with the ending Ed Con- | over, popular scorer, packed his bags | and left for a long-belated vacation | before going back to work as scorer of | the city series. In winning both halves of the races D. C. Repair compiled a most unusual record in that it lost only two games, one in each half. | However, a serious blow was struck | the Repairmen. Jimmy McClellan, out- fielder, probably will be lost to his team for the championship series. McClellan | injured his ankle two weeks ago and is | not expected to be ready to play by August 18. ‘Tomorrow is the big day in the Morn- ing Terminal League. Capital Traction and_ Railway Mail | Service, first and second half champs, respectively, are to battle it out in the play-off series. A win for R. M. 8. will give it the pennant, as the Clerks al- ready hold two victories over the Con- ductors, three being necessary to gain the title. If, however. Capital Traction comes through, it will mean that the final game will be decided Monday- The Government League standings: | w. L Naval Hosnital 5% Navy Yar Union Printers Interstate Leaders in the French Insect.League experienced little difficulty in winning yesterday _in ‘second-round play. The Wonder Boys was the only club idle, getting their victory via ‘the forfeit route when the Joe Cronins failed to show up. Georgetown was a 9-to-7 winner over Northerns, Jack Hayes took the Bur- roughs for a 16-to-2 ride and the Langdons downed Samosets, 12-9. ALEXANDER 1S CUT L00SE BY TOLEDO Missing Sunday as Park Is Packed and Found Il in Chicago Hotel. By the Associated Press. - HICAGO, August 6.— Grover Cleveland Alexander, once one of base ball’s greatest pitchers, has been released for the third time this season. He was notified by the Toleco Ameri- can Association club last night that hl.s’ services were not desired. He had never | even worn a Toledo uniform. “Old Pete” was released by the Dallas | team of the Texas League several weeks | ago after being taken out of the box. | He previously had been given his free- | dom by the Philadelphia Nationals. Then the Toledo Mud Hens signed him up. Alexander was to have pitched his first game at Toledo Sunday. Photographers were there, even sound movies were to be taken, the park was | filled with thousands who came to see | the former world series hero in his much ballyhooed comeback attempt. But he failed to appear. Oscar J. Smith, president of the Toledo club, in Chicago attending a meeting of minor league executives, heard Alexander was in town and went to the hotel room where the pitcher was suppoged to be staying. He was urse who refused to allow him to enter. Smith asked what Alexander intended to do and the nurse replied, “I can't tell you anything about it. I suppose when there is anyti.ing to be said. Mr, Alexander will communicate with you.” ‘The nurse refused to take any mes- sage to her pfitient so Smith went down to the lobby and wrote the following telegram: “The Toledo Base Ball Co. hereby notifies {':JII that the deal for your services called off and the Toledo Base Ball Co. services.” It was learned that Alexander came here Friday on his way to Toledo and that he had been under the care of a nurse ever since, The nurse declined t v who was with him or what the nature of his illness was. She merely said he was a “very sick man.” BIG LEAGUE LEADERS. By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, .384. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 124. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 136. Hits—Hodapp, Indians, 154. Doubles—McManus, Tigers: Gehrig, Yankees; Hodapp, Indians, 32. Triples—Reynolds, White Sox; Gehr- inger, Tigers, 15. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 41. Stolen bases—McManus, Tigers, 16. National League. Batting—Terry, Gignts, .407. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 109. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 116. Hits—Terry, Giants, 173, Doubles—Klein, Phillies, 36. ‘Triples—Comorosky, Pirates, 15. Home runs—Wilson, Cubs, 36. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 37. does not desire your s RED TOP MALT EXTRACT . Tasteif! Smellit/ Mfs ENTIRELY Different/ | At All Dealers! Big League BASE BALL “Qutguessing Batter” BY AL DEMAREE, (Former Pitcher, New “York Giants.) “Two heads are better than one” is an old saying that is as success- ful in base ball as other things. If the catcher is doing all the think- ing and the pitcher just me- chanically obeys his signs, the bat- ter only has one man to “out . But if the pitcher is also trying to outguess him and occasionally shak- ing off the catcher'’s signs, until he gives & sign for a type of ball he wishes to throw, the batter has two men trying to outhink him. Many amateur catchers think that it is disparaging to them and “shows” them up to the spect: tors for the pitcher to “shake” off their signs occasionally. Nothing could be farther from the truth. All smart catchers in the big league wish their pitchers to “shake” them "VANCE SHAKING ¢ off whenever they feel they would rather throw a fast ball than a curve or change of pace, It also confuses the batter. He does not see the catcher’s signs, but when the pitcher shakes off a sign, it has a tendency to worry him. Many major league pitchers have a prearranged understanding with their catcher to shake their heads negatively to the catcher's sign when the count is three and two on the hitter, but still throw the ball signed for. gives the batter something else to worry about. Save this big league, base ball series, another will appear shortly. Al Demaree has prepa illustrated leaflet on which he will gladly send to any reader requesting it. Address Al Demaree in care of this paper, and be sure to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (Copyright, 1930.) RESULTS IN MINORS. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. ; Buf Newark, 9. Jersey City, 6. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Columbus, 9; St. Paul, 0, Minneapos, 16: Toledo, 7. ee. 8: Louisville, 3. City, t-11; Indianapolis, 4-8. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 18; Nashvil lemphis, 23; Mobil Chattancoga, 5; Birmingham, 4. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Greenville. 11; Charlotte, 9 ugust Columb! Read Baltimore, 1 P Waco, 8 Beaumont 0 San Antonio, 3; Houston, 1. WESTERN LEAGUE.’ Wichita, 6; Pueblo, 3. o ¥ Ommatn, 7: Topekas LR PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE: San Praneisco, 8: Hollywood, 2. Sacramento, 5: Oakland, 4. Missions, 3; Los Angeles, 3. THREE-EYE LEAGUE. Bloomington, 4. 9: Springfield, 8 7; Terre H 2 Decal SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Pensacola, 3; Columbus, 2. Selma, 4; Jacksonville, 0. Before very long the expiring breath off s‘uwl:r will be expended in inflating oo . Trade Now Before Our Limited Stock Is Exhausted 14 H. P. Fastwin.$195 Less your old motor . You psy only...s138 EASY TERMS It more convenient, take 6 to 8 months to pay the difference. i dent AMERIGAN LEADER SUGEESTS CHANGE Wear, U. S. Committee Head, Says Event Too Big to Be Held Annually. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, August 6.—When at N succeed in recovering the Da- vis Cup from the French, the tionary ‘proposal that competition be held every two years instead of an- last this country's tennis stars United States will make the revolu- nually, if Joseph W. Wear of Philadel- | phia has his way. With the return of the American team yesterday from France, Wear, who is chairman of the Davis Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, expressed the opin- fon that this time-honored interna- tional competition “has too big for us and should be placed on a bi- ennial basis.” “When Dwight F Davis donated the cup 30 years ago, he had no idea that as many as 32 fations ever would be competing for it,” Wear said. With Davis Cup competition an an- nual affair, he pointed out, it is nec- essary for a challenging team to de- vote itself intensively to tennis for sev- eral months in order to win its way through the preliminary rounds and prepare for the challenge round. The Davis Cup chairman made it clear that there is no thought of advo- cating such a change until the cup is recovered, as the French, the present holders, attained their goal only after many arduous campaigns and deserve the opportunity to defend. it on the same basis. Possession of the cup means free- dom from the necessity of waging long, hard and expensive crusades, while at the same time assuring financial bene- fits in the shape of gate receipts from the challenge round. s Louis B. Dailey of New York, presi- of the U. 8. L. T. A, believes much of the intensive training now in- volved in a Davis Cup campaign be dl?cnnd with. 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