Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1930, Page 29

_ @he Zo WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1930. ening Staf. | PAGE C-—1 Monday’s Game Decided Issue Mack Says : Street Declares Luck Put A’s in Front SERIES IS CALLED BEST SINGE 1905 Connie Compares 1930 Set With Pitching Battles of 25 Years Ago. BY CONNIE MACK. Manager of the Athletics. HILADELPHIA, Pa., October P 8—After winning the first two games at home, we figured that we would win two straight or at least two out of three in St. Louis and end the series there. However, we were -mistaken. The fighting Cardinals tame back and, steered by some wonderful pitching on the part of Hallahan and Haines, they gave us a set-| back in their own park by win- ning two straight to deadlock the| series. ! Even those unexpected events did not destroy our confidence one jota, for in the final game in St. Louis, which re- suited in one of the greatcst pitching duels ever seen in a world series, Jimmy Foxx hit a home run to put us out in front egain. In my opinion this was the key game. To win it means that the world series s going to be ours. our boys so far have not hit up to expectations, every day I'm looking for them to bring their bats in action. So far we have not had one of our famous big innings so common with us in the pennant races of 1929 and 1930 and the world series of last year. ‘That pitching duel Monday seemed to me to be a battle that would be de- cided by one smashing hit, and sure enough Foxx connected with one of the three curves that Grimes threw di the afternoon and plastered the ball th in the bleachers to score Cochrance ahead and win for us under the most dramatic circumstances. Proves Batting Strength, So we won with one punch and it wes the danger that lurks im our tting order, that even when the gen- eral hitting is thin, that we have at Jeast one man who at some time during the game is going to come ‘with a winning blow. In my opinion there has been only one world series before this year’s where the pitching was as air-tight. In 1905 the Giants beat the Athletics four games out of five and every con- test resulted in a shut-out. Mathewson blanked us three and McGinnity once. Then Bender shut cut the Giants to give us Had More Staff in St. Louis. Hitting has been light ‘in_every one the five games played. On Sunday rove lost one of the toughest games possible to lose. There is no doubt that if he had proper support have shut cut Haines instead | and three chalked runs against had more stuff when he lost in Louis than he had when he won in He is getting better all and was simply unhittable back the very next Earnshaw after the It was a ticklish moment when I de- cided I must take out Earnshaw, who had been pitching shut-out. ball. No manager wants to do this. I was forced to take this action in the eighth in- ning, when I had runners on third and first, one out and Earnshaw coming up. 1 needed runs to win and I could | not resist the temptation to use a pincia hitter and I have a remarkable one in young Jimmy Moore, who has made good twice for me in this series in an emergency role. Swung Batting Order. As it turned out Grimes quieted the storm without us scoring, but it did swing the batting order around and | made it possible for Cochrane and Foxx to bat in the ninth, and Mickey's pass | and Foxx's homer did the trick. Both in Philadelphia and St. Louis w has been an outstanding per- former and in 16 innings he has held the National ers to one run. You can't beat that kind of pitching. In St. Louis Monday he did not let a man | reach third in seven innings and offered no real scoring chances. (Copyright, 1930, Christy Walsh Syndicate.) PHIL STUBENER SCORES | Wins Trapshooting Titles After| Many Years Out of Sport. Just because he was nearing the 66th | milestone of life wzs no reason why Phil J. Steubener, former champion trap shooter of nearby. Maryland, should re- fuse to participate in contests at the recent fair in Charles County, Md. It required a little persuasion to in- FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON—Jimmy Maloney, Boston, outpointed Primo Carnera, Italy (10). INDIANAPOLIS—Jackie Fields, Chi- cago, knocked out Tommy Jordan, New York (3). LOS ANGELES—Al Fay, Charleroi, Pa, outpointed Les Kennedy, Long Beach, Calif. (10). FRESNO, Calif.—Sailor Favr Kosky, Chicago, from Leon Lubrico, U. 8. N. (4). GELBERT BIG STAR, FRISCH DECLARES Believes Cardinal Shortstop Will Be One of Game’s Greatest Players. BY FRANKIE FRISCH, Second Baseman of the St. Louls Cardinals. HILADELPHIA, October 8.—All Street on down to the two mas- cots, still vision the world cham- pionship. I look for.the good hitters in our bat- ting order to start popping. So far, most of our batting has been done by the tall-end hitters in the line-up. Mack’s best hitters, Cochrane and Simmons and Foxx, have had their days, They hit hard in the first two games of the series and Foxx broke up Monday's contest. Our big hitters haven't exploded. ‘When we were in Philadelphia for the two games last week we got a good range on Shibe Park. We did not hit the ball as hard as the Athletics in those games, but we got more hits, and we collected those hits, 15 of them in the two games, off Grove and Earnshaw. Right here, I am eager to again our shortstop, Charley Gelbert. [e’s the outstanding star of this series and I believe he's destined to become oni of filemlmt ‘;hor’l:uwp: in base ball. verything's avor, _youl speed, fine !unda. judgment and a re"h: markable . I've been working along- side him for two years now and I don’t ever remember seeing a finer-looking young player. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) G. P. 0. BASKET BALL MEETING IS CALLED Umet | Olmsted Grill Team Enters Cage Field After Successful Base " .. Ball Campaign. .. . To perfect organization of the G. P, O. Basket Ball League & meeting will be held tomorrow night at the home of Edwerd Roberts, ‘1220 N street, apart- ment 3. A list of players must be sub- mitted by managers of the six teams the first week's franchise money League games will be in the Central High School m";’c‘: ‘Thurs- day night. After showing strongly -in base ball Olmsted Girl will be represented in basket ball. The Grillmen, compete in 130-pound class court ranks, will meet tonight at the home of Man- ager Snitz Nau, 4626 Eighth street. Nau asks these players to attend: Eddie Wills, Bernie Reichhardt, Joe Ready, Pete English, Ray Milstead, Fred Nau and Bud Thompson. Olmsted's home games will be played in the Macfarland Junior High gym. FIREMAN GRIDDERS T0 PLAY SOLDIERS Alexandrians and B Battery Wm’ Clash Sunday—Virginia Juniors Meet Schoolboys. ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 8.—The 150-pound eleven repfesenting No. 5 Engine Company of the Alexandria Pire Department will play its first game on the home gridiron Sunday, when it entertains B Batfery of Fort Myer, Va.,, at 3 pm, on Richard Haydon Fleld. Virginid Juniors, who are having & difficult time getting games, finally have rranged a battle to serve as their in- ugural. Maurice Given, athletic director at Alexandria High School, will send one | of his scrub elevens against the Orange | and Blue youngsters at Haydon Field | October 16, The Potomac Lodge, Independent Or- | der of Odd Fellows, Duckpin Bowling won on technical knockout | the Cardinals, from Manager | ATHLETIGS' POWER- LIES IN BATSMEN Collins Declares His Team Has Not Been Hitting on All Cylinders. BY EDDIE COLLINS, Captain of the Athletics. HILADELPHIA, October 8— For the first time in this series | I feel like making a rather startling prediction. | As we waited today's game my mind | reverts back to the final of the 1911 series between the Giants and the Athletics. That series was a nip and tuck affair just as this one has been, but the sixth game turned out to be such a complete Tout of our rivals that our triumph seemed all the more decisive because of the lopsided score. My hunch is that in today's game our players are going to cut loose with & barrage of base hits and runs. I think the victory will be so decisive that there will be no doubt remaining in the minds of the base ball public as_to which was the better club. We are a team that wins mostly through sheer batting power. While we have given spasmodic evidences of this strength (I refer to Foxx's home run and the clouts that Simmons and Cochrane made in the first two games in Philadelphia) we have not yet hit on all cylinders or really looked like the great team we have showed our- selves to be in our American League season. (Copyright, 1930. by North American News- paper Alliance.) WILSON IS CHOSEN AS MOST VALUABLE Unofficial Selection Wins Him $1,000 From Cubs; Frisch Second. By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, October 80— Hack Wilson, slugging left field- er of the Chicago Cubs, has been voted the most valuable player of the National League by a committee of the Base Ball Writers' ‘Wilson, who. smashed all National League jibme run records-this year and dethrored be Ruth as the “majof league home*run king, won the dis- tinction after a close contest with Prankie Prisch, captain of the Bt. Loui§ Cardinals, and Bill Terry, first| baseman of the New York Giants and | the new National League batting cham- Selection Unofficial. ‘The election, although made by the same committee that functioned on %— half of the National League in 1929, was unofficial, inasmuch as the league last year abandoned its annual custom of picking' the most valuable . player and rewarding him with $1,000. How- ever, William L. Vieeck, president of the ‘Chicago Cubs, announced that the Chicago club would give Wilson the $1,000. ‘Wilson, although he received only | one vote fo: nrsu piace, haa a total of 70 points, five of the eight writers pick- him for second place, one for third and another fourth. Frisch received four votes for first place and a total of 64 points, while Terry was the first choice of three of the writers and had a total of 58 points. Wilson led both leagues in home runs with a total of 56. He created & new all-time major league record for funs batted in, totaling 190, and his batting average was .365. Prisch, whose all-around -playing was a feature of the Cardinals’ rapid rise to the top, Dbatted .346, while Terry led the hittin list with an unofficial mark of .401. Babe Herman on List. Other players who received votes, with their total points, were: Babe Herman, Brooklyn, 35; Chuck Klen, Philadelphia, 33; Kiki Cuyler, Chicago, 27; Glen Wright, Brooklyn, 27; Fred Lindstrom, New York, 17; Paul Waner, | Pittsburgh, 15; Elwood English, Chi- | cago, 13; Al Lopez, Brooklyn, Harunett, Chicago, 10; Burieigh Grimes, St. Louis, 9; Rabbitt Moranville, Bos. ton, 9; Walter Berger, Boston, 8; Travis | Jackson, New York, 7; Gus Mancuso | 8t. Louls, 6; Pat Maione, Chicago, Taylor Douthit, St. Louis '4; Pie ra | nor, Pittsburgh, 3; Charley Gelbert, 8t.| | Louts, 2; George Grantham, Pittsburgh, | 2; Ray Kremer, Pittsburgh, 2; Dazzy ‘ance, Brooklyn, 1; Harry Hetlmann, | vV Cincinnati, 1. The vote was announced by James duce him to try his hand at the sport | League has organized for the Winter | Crusinberry of Chicago, retiring presi- after havihg done practically no shoot- campaign, with Norman E. Simpson as | dent of the writers’ organization. ing since 1916, and his shooting at the | its president; P. Mack Viands, vice | falr was with a gun he had never president; Thomas L. Schroyer, secie- | before handled. Stubener not énly {riends, but also s@irprised himself, scor- ing heavily and#inning both the South- | Ccunty | Davids, Thomas L. Schroyer; Goliaths, | ern Maryland and Charles championships. He now is resting at his Summer home at Benedict, Md. waiting for some men to offer mee! e SUAREZ IS SUSPENDE Argentine Penalized for Hitting Low in Miller Bout. NEW YORK, October 8.—Justo Suarez, Argentinean boxer, was sus- ended for 60 days by the New York tate's Athletic Comm'ssion yesterday for having delivered low blcws in his recent victorious bout with Ray Miller of Chicago. Bert Stand, executive secretary of the commission, said that there was a possi- bility that the suspension would be lfited long enough to allow Suarez to meet Kid Kaplan, former featherweight <champion, here ber 22. SERIES STANDIN Wen. Lost. Pet. Athletics ..... 3 3 8t. Louls . . Results of Previous Games. First—Athletics, 5; St. Louis, 2. hletice ; St. Louis, 1 thietics. 0. 400 {tary; G. Raymond Gaines, treasurer; Harold W. Hudson, league manager. ‘The teams, with their captains, are: |Marvin H. Hudson; {Mudd; Jonathans, Jess Jesses, Elmore W. Twilley; | Wilmer H. Scott. Porty-two pin-spillers | are 10 take part in league play. | The league will alo be represented | by an all-ttar team, selected from the | contesting clubs, for outside games. The Alexandria City Duckpin Bowling | League will open play tonight st the | Health Center alleys. “Doggy” Hamillon, coach of the Del | Ray A. C, requests all members cf his | eleven to 1eport at Oxford and Mount | Vernon avenues at 8 o'clock tonight. | B {AGREES TO AIR CUE GAME Schaeffer Accepts Hoppe Challenge for Match in Plane. CHICAGO, October 8.—Jake Schaefer, world’s 18.2 balkline champion, has ac- th: challenge of Willle Hoppe to cegted take part in the first official aerial bil- liard match. This unique test, which will be staged in a giant Curtiss-Wright ‘600 | Condor plane, is likely to be played | within the next two weeks. A table 3 feat by 6 will b> used. Rules for this ma row are bel BANTAM FIGHT ADDED | Fierro-Francis Bout Included in Singer-Mack Card. | CHICAGO, October 8 (#).—A 10- surprised his | W. Purvis Reynolds, official ‘scorer, and | 1 the younger sperts- | Samaritans, David A. Scott, and Sauls, | round bout between Harry Fierro, Chi- |cago bantamweight, and Kid Francis, | Italian sharpshooter, has been added to the stadium's card October 14 | Al Singer, new lightweight king, will | make his first Chicago appearance, with | Eddie Mack of Denver as his opponent, | while King Levinsky, slugging light vyweight from the West Side, will | meet Tom Kirby of Boston. AUSSIE LAUDS CANADIANS |New Zealand Team's Manager | Praises Hospitality at Games.™ | WELLINGTON, New d, Octo- ber 8.—Manager Hobbsi of the New Zealand team, which competed at the empire games in Hamilton, Ontario, paid tribute to the hospitality of the Canadians in & speech at a gathering to welcome home the ath- In the British Empire games New Zealand carried off three titles and took three gecomds and two thirds. Two of were gained in the track and and the next with 17 and South Africa hwlf.h six. IQW and land, in addition to New Zealand, gained three titles epch. - A This is the third of a series af siz consecutive articles revealing gang- dom’s grip on professional boxing, and_ disclosing the part played by crooked politicians, gunmen, boot- leggers and vicious forces generally in the control of pugilism and the men in the ring. HE extravagant odyssey of | Primo Carnera, oversized battler from Venice, makes history of his recent barnstorming | tour is a glaring illustration ot/f)xe practices of the organized rack- eteers of boxing. Not even the inspired and meteoric rise of one of our new- est champions can compare with it in audacity. The American ca- reer of Carnera has been a succes- sion of farcial knockouts, of art- less dives in the tank, of empty victories. There has been during the course of | a_glorious, triumphant tour a series of charges cf thuggery and graft, foul play and intimidation. The major details of the Bombo | Chevalier incident in California al- ready have been made public and the Venetian heavyweight barred * from competition in several States, but the| momentum of his barnstorming con- tinued almost unimpeded. The purses | still rolled in. More than that, the chances are very excellent indeed that Carnera and his papler mache record will find their way into the ring with a revitalized Jack Dempsey or some other money pulling title contender. The Carnera Comic Opera. OMEHOW the Carnera cemic opera | still seems like a champagne and| lobster dream. Mr. Will Dufly, how- ever, wrote the opera, and Mr. Duffy has little to do with the stuff of dreams. There is something painfully wakeful and real about his bank account and the gold doubloons he hoards. No roar of scandal had disturbed him as Carnera’s manager, nor Mr. Owney Madden as Duffy's reputed aid, Neither has scandal lessened -their gate re- ceipts.” The incessant drumming of | sharp ballyhoo has sold Carnera as a| shownmsn. " “The ‘ public, unmindful of warning, continues to- pay cash to see his “élephantme shadow boxing and his inept and halting swats. - “The ‘record of Oarnera is the pluper- fect - demonstration: -of -what has come to be khown as the set-up racket, one | of the many blights on the fistic sport | which ‘dre Being cxposed in this series. | Once n a time the big idea of | fixing a fight was to let the gamblers make & killing ‘among the innocent and uninformed. That is less important | now a8 & phenonrenon of malpractice. Eyes. on . Big. Purses- Tn‘wmpunnuu i’ these days have their eyes on the munificent purses ~ - avarded . for. top-strata matches. They no-donger content themselves with petty 3 betting; there is more/ cash in manufacturing a thampion or - s champipnship_contender. A fighter at_not. too, .great ccst ‘can be brought along through a seriés of doubtful knockouts until he pounds at the door of & title... And sometimes the title’s| for sale. Primo - Carnera was made to order for the.racketeers. The Venetian has what is .technically known as “color”; that. is, .be s & {reak in size, whose glant stature. and desk-top fists arouse the interest of a public which always to see how big a big man can be: - - ‘Phe- .boxing. .entrepreneurs have oniy - recently learned what P. T. Bar- num discovered . .lang 8go—that the whole -world. may. .ot . may. not love a lover, but the whole world loves a freak. Lei's take a look at the big man's earnings. He was cleverly publicized of the blame for the great Carnera| myth), and he packed them in from | here to Hollywood. From January to| April he made for himself and his masters $103,391. His earnings by now | are well over $200,000, and he has not engaged one opponent of legitimate im- portance. The end is not yet. He must | sooner or later meet a real fighter, and | it is unlikely that the bosses will take a ohance on him and his ballyhoo be- ing knocked into a cocked hat for less than = $100,000 guarantee. Well, $300,000 for a year—that's good wages. Campaign to Establish Him. HE story, week by week, of the cam- paign to establish Carnera as & dangerous heavyweight is more than a little interesting. Nothing slipped up; nothing was left to chance. Carnera's first appearance, after an impressive disembarkation, which saw him received by a regiment of man- agers, assistant managers- and silent partners, was a tip-off on what was to come. He met Big Boy Peterson at Madison Square Garden, New York, and knocked him down four times and out in 1 minute and 10 seconds. One sports writer, reporting the event, called it a | prize’ comedy” and said of Peterson’s | decision to stay upon the floor: “I have no quarrel with him for that, | though I do question his histrionics when he was carried to his corner, Big Boy tried to look like the most com- | pletely knocked out fighter in the his- tory of the ring, but failed rather dis- mally. He didn’t appear to be hurt.” Investigation Mild. HE Boxing Commission made a mild | investigation, and found no evi-| dence to substantiate those rumors | that are so often right. Carnera re- ceived $18,761 for the prize comedy. Twenty thousand persons paid $60,000 to see the show. Four days later Primo met Elzear Rioux, obscure French Canadian, in | Chicago. Carnera landed seven punches, flooring Rioux eix times and knocking him out in 47 seconds. The knock- downs looked suspicious to the experts, and the Illinois Boxing Commission in- vestigated.. Purses of both boxers were supposed to have been held up, but when ',he‘v hearing after investigation was actually held Carnera was speeding eastward | with 817,656 in his wallet. The com- ‘mission found that Rioux had not tried | t5 win, suspended him and fined him $1,000 of his $3,000 purse. Carnera was not held liable. A crowd of 1,349 per- sons paid $50,625 to see that prize| comedy. Cowboy Owens was next. He was disposed of in the second round of a meeting before 8,000 fans in Newark, N. J. Owens, experts said, apparently made no effort to dodge the three blows that stretched him on the canvas. Car- nera received $7,382. $9,589 for Two Minutes. HE covered wagon whooped out to St. Louls February 12 to tangle with a Tulsa policeman known as Bus- ter Martin. Buster was away from his beat for cnly a matter of two minutes. Carnera collected $9,580 and Martin got_his name into the boxing records. Big Jim Sigman, scarcely heard from before or since, kissed the canvas at Mt bu ickings ‘Were poar, [ The Scandal of Boxing L GANG-RIDDEN a story for the book. The. | keep warm, insisting that Primo should (the newspapers must take some sharebar none. | Drinks, Fotd Electric, Pioneer Market the | last RACKET BY MILTON MACKAY! was pald $3,439, and hurried on to Oklahoma City, where he beat down John O. Erickson, another ‘“mystery man,” for $2,915. ‘The Carnera caravan must have been put to great expense by the excavation work which_disentombed the seventh opponent. He was none other than Farmer Lodge, who was old before the war, and was last heard from when he made himself a milestone in the “build- up” of Pirpo. was arranged properly on the canvas in New Orleans Just after the start of the second round. The Carnera “take” for the tableau was $3,984. 4 Primo Is Surprised. RATHER surprising interlude fol- lowed. Ace Clark, t Philadel- phia Negro, showed bad spirit in a scrap which earned Carnera $17,000. He insisted on going six rounds before taking a dive. I quote the comment of a sports writer on this encounter: “It comes to me that Ace Clark be- longs to Mr. Max (Boo Boo) Hoff, the celebrated sinister character, and that Primo’s party took the ring expecting to be detained not more than two rounds. But I am further told that the referee suspected some sordidness and warned Ace Glark that he must come up for round three or stand sus- pected of acquiescence. “Consequently Mr. Hofl's tearing tiger was forced to intrude upon Primo's time beyond the: customary limait, and in round five had the very bad taste to fetch the visiting athlete a hearty swat on his left eve. Some persons excused this tactless pass on the ground that Ace was merely swinging his arms to have remembered to duck. From others I have heard that swing d-as a trztnchermu and deliberately unfriendly act. A “At any rate Primo puffs easily and by the time the round ended his face had taken on the blue iridescence of a hothouse grape and the eye bulged out like a base ball in & man's vest pocket. The referee, a sensitive man, then wished to stop the contest to save Primo, and great was the excitement in both corners of the ring as Carnera’s sportsmen pleaded for one more round. ing granted, the Ace made a graceful amend for his rudeness, going quietly and resolutely to the canvas and Primo Carnera had knocked out another.” That Mustn't Happen Again. RECAUTIONS were taken after this that there should be no repetition of the Ace Clark unpleasantness. It is perhaps futile to record the fupny matches with Frank Zavita, Besarcat Wright, Chuck Wiggins, Sam Baker, Neil Clisby, K. O. Christner and the rest, One of them—the George Trafton bout—resulfed in an investiga- tion by the Missouri Boxing Commis- sion, bup Carnera and his guardians kept their cash. Along in March, however, came the Chevalier affair, one of the sourest in recent years. Chevalier, Negro ham and beaner, fought Carnera evenly in Qakland until the sixth round. He was kl.r}’ncked wn, then for n“ wn‘hn.t of eight, xhen, .1q . the, surpr torcu.u;n mu fought, M1 viciously. A towel tossed in the ring by Chevalier’s, pXn .second won the match for Carnera, - ‘The second was Bob Perry, who, oddly enough, had gone to Oakland from Hol- Iywood with the Carnera forces. A boxing. expert . who witnessed the match described Perry as the “crudest work- mebody’s Gold Mine Primo Carnera man we have watched bungle in a ;lel:xrc:t:s corner during '.he“ past 30 Said He Was Told to Fake. HEVALIER told boxing inspectors the next day durmil the official investigation that he had been told that he must agree to a “fake fight” before he got the Carnera match. He said he had made no such agreement, but had referred the “propositioners” to his manager, Tim McGrath. Somewhere, evidently, there was a misunderstanding. But Chevalier testified that when Perry found he was fighting his best and making Carnera lose there was “hot stuff” rubbed into his eyes, and that Perry threatened to have him “bumped off” if he didn't let Primo knock him out. Finally, against the California rules, the towel was flung in | the ring. Every one knows what happened. Carnera, Duffy, McGrath, Perry and all the others. accused of faking were barred by the California Boxing Com- mission, and & similar and reciprocal revocation of licenses in New York State followed. Leon See, Carnera’s French manager, and Walter Friedman, associated in his American management, also were barred in both States. Merry Whirl Goes On. HE merry whirl, nevertheless, went or. In June George Godfrey, Philadelpha Negro _heavyweight, pounded one-more nail into the coffin of boxng in this country. His fight with Carnera, grotesquely enough, had been publicly ballyhooed as one Carnera match that would be on the square. It is true that Godfrey did not dive. Instead, after badly outpointing his rival for four rounds, Godfrey, who obviously was mot in condition for the match, took deliberate aim (quoting the referee) and socked Primo twice beneath the bel Just 26,319 see that match nera company $43,61 result of this flasco? Godfrey was fined $5,000 of his $10,000 purse and his license was permanently revoked. There are stories, however, that that Iittle matter of $5,000 will be taken care of where his boxers sock in play, struck down & Pennsylvania boxing inspector during a dressing room argument and Primo had to suffer for his sirs. Carnera still s mowing them down. In the face of the unpleasant record that has marked his career, there is even now heavy political pressure being brought to bear to have him reinstated in New York. And the movement may succeed. How far, if at all, Carnera himself was a party to the flasco perpetuated || upon the public or knew of the actions and past performances of some of his backers is- not important. If Carnera is reinstated by the Box- %fim of s e 1t up: and hand it back to the It will mean definitély an end to all efforts to keep the spoft even & dirty- grayish eclean. 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) (Tomorrow—The Men in the Saddle.) BY FRANCIS E. STAN. “@ IGHT over there—gosh, listen to that yelling—is the dog- gondest fighting bowling league in the United States, Those guys will argue all night over one pin, they’ll go into con- | vulsions if they clean up a set, and | they'll come in my office and cry on my shoulder if they get beat.” It's John S. Blick talking, and right proudly, _too, about the Columbia Helghts Bowling League, truthfully as hard a bunch of fighters as ever spilled maples. Any time you get a little tired- of watching the big bambinos and want a little change in bowling, take a peek some Tuesday night at this league in action. ‘The loop is local in every sense of the word. Every team, and there are 10 of 'em, are within five blocks of the Arcadia alleys and they fight like neighbor cats and dogs. When & bowler makes a mark he is mobbed by his teammates. They pound him on his back, shake his hand and applaud with a stamping of feet. If the.score is not quite to suit, they'll rise in a body and argue it out. Right now, Swans and Chaconas Market, the latter an all-Greek team, are tled for the leadership. Both teams almost had a fit last-night when they realized that.the leadership would have been theirs had they swept a set. As it was Liondale Shirts took an odd game from Swans, and the Bell & Smith combine won ome from Chaconas. The other teams in the league are Arcadles, Vincent Barbers, Cool's and Dismers. 5 S0 if yeu like a fight, take a peék at this league some time. -It's easy to find as the boys have hung a large banner on the wall denoting it. .All this has so warmed Blick's heart that he's having a trophy made for the pennant winner. MATCH is on tonight at the Ar- cadia that promises to be a whang. It's the District League battle be- tween the Cornell Lunchmen and the fast-stepping Arcadia kids. The Arcadias had the tough luck to start off the season against Maxie Rosenberg’s Temple maple maulers the night they broke the record with 1,891. Now they're rarin’ to go, but the youngsters will have their hands full. Cornell is right at the top of the heap, following a victory over the same Tem- ples last week. . And don’t overiook the National Cap- ital's offering_‘tonight which brings together the Parkway Filling Station and the Rinaldi Tailors. T'S gonna be a big job stopping the King Pins, District League champs. Last night Norman Schroth’s Foun- tain Hams got so near and yet so far because Howard Campbell's crew al- ways had something in reserve. The won' the. first two games in the tent boxes, but dropped the last. However, the Hams got some con- solation in that they again bettered the 1,800 mark, counting 1,802 to the King Pins’ 1,753. HURSTON FURR'S triple-header strike saved the Coliseum Specials from being cleaned up last night in the postpon match in_the National Capital League as the King's Palace pinmen annexed two. ‘There wasn't much difference between Columbia Heights Duckpinners In Wild Scramble for Pennant first game by five pins, 598 to 593, but the Petworthians came back in . the next two, 610 to 592 and 581 to 578. IOMEBODY'S bank roll is about to have a big dent put in it lharfl{ and it'll either be John S. Blicl or Bill Haskins of Richmond. The Arcadia girls’ team; “the .future city champs,” will play Haskins' girls in Richmond, who are the c¢hampions of that city’ and conquerors of the Blicks at Waterbury last year. Then the Virginians are to come to the Ar- cadia for a match and the losing team pays all expenses, includ! out, which means. that Blick and Has- kins are watching the match with anx« fous eyes. ARCH?” Florsheims. 's eyer maj it when they en. rolled on ives. Meyer Davis took " ] ]~ = ] e | ] ] ] ] | ] ]~~~} — — & big blow- |- If your feet need “humoring” try on a pair of “FEETURE- Lost Racing Bets Can Be Deducted CHICAGO, October 8 (#).—There is a way, explained Robert E. Neely, chief deputy collector of internal revenue, Wednesday, to deduct from income taxes one's losses on horse races. “Persons who lose money by bet- ting on the wrong horses may. un- der certain conditions, deduct those losses from their net income in figuring the tax which becomes pay- able next March,” he said. ‘The taxpayer must prove that he made the bet, prove hé had a legal right to make it, and prove that the horse lost. Lost bets on other gambles—dice and cards, among ‘others—are not deductable. Bets that are won are subject to tax, and the Government in such cases does not_require proof of f‘mnt. “In the case of bets won,” Neely said, “Uncle Sam trusts you. FABLE OF CARNERA SPIKED IN BOSTON Maloney Takes 195 “Killing” Punches and Beats Giant in Decision Match. BY BILL KING, Associated Press Sports Writer. OSTON, October 8.—The fistic capabllities of Primo Carners, heretofore either under or over estimated, were accurately gauged last night by Jimmy Maloney, < | Boston's favorite but unreliable heavy- weight. Giving away 65 pounds to the Italian behemoth, the “fat boy” clearly ‘out- pointed him in a furious 10-round slugfest at the Boston Garden. loney wved that Carnera does = P Killing punch. He di- after missing & right to the Italian's jaw late in the bout. , Proves Easy to Hit. The Boston battler's performance, at least to the 12,000 who witnessed the exciting setto, alse indicated that it would be sound judgment to disregard th € 22 via the body. stru pushed his 195-pound rival agal ropes or into a corner. . Fights Like Novice. Maloney was on the short end of the 4-1 betting odds, but he fought the greatest battle of his Iong ring career and his ‘was honestly earned. Car- nera’s 65 pounds advantage and his 8 inches in height enabled to turn and twist Maloney as he wished to Tounds. Maloney improved in the following round and had the battle won before he wilted in the ninth.. The. Italian’s amazing strength gave him the last two’ sessions, but these points were not 'Blofllh to sway the officials in his avor. Carnera fought like a mnovice during most of the bout and the only time he troubled Maloney was when he had him against the ropes. As a boxer Primo; judging from his performance last night, is at least two years away from the time when he will prove troublesome to the occupants of the top rungs of the heavyweight ladder. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Portland, 13; Missions, 3. Seattle, 15-11; Los Angeles, 13-1. FLORS HEI M For thé Man who Cares I¢ you're a@'man who in- sists on average in the appear- ance of your shoes . . . in their comfort and endurance . . . select Florsheim Shoes by all means. You'll appreciate their value, and economy Most 3 S Men’s Shops 14th at G 7th & K 3212 14th “FLORSHEIM SHOE FROLIC” on the alr every Tussday night—N B C Network . GROVE, EARNSHAW ADED BY BREAKS Gabby Figures Bottomley Is Due to End Stick Slump. Proud of His Club. BY CHARLES “GABBY” STREET, Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. HILADELPHIA, October 8.— Well, we said we'd come back to Philadelphia, in ; spite of those two straight defeats at Shibe Park and here we are, undiscouraged by the fact that the Athletics are one game ahead of us and need only one more victory to clinch the title. We all feel that the Cardinals have shown themselves to be a great ball club and when we get through we're going to have the world championship back in the possession of the National League. I have decided to pitch Bill Hallahan today in the sixth game of ihe series. He stopped the Athletics without any trouble in the first contest at St. Louls and he proved that he was one of the greatest lefthanders and onc of the greatest pitchers in the business. And the world will have more words of praise for him when he has done his stuff today. Some of the hitters at the top of our batting order have not been de- livering, but we sefuse to be thrown to & panic by that fact. Jim Bottom- ley is a great ball player ard figures to come out of his slump. He has had several slumps this year due to numer- ous misfortunes, but he has always been dangerous up there. Jim is going to stay at first base and I'm looking for him to come through with hits now that we need them most. If he and Hafey can come close to their normal hitting stride, the remaining two games will be just a breeze for us. A’s Pitchers Lucky. We know that we have been up against excellent pitching. Grove and Earnshaw have done great work for the American League team, but they also have been blessed by having the luck with them, and when you take into con< sideration the fact that Grove and Earnshaw have pitched great ball and have been lucky to boot, you have the explanation of the one-game lead Connie Mack has at the present time. (Copyrisht. 1930.) SHIRES AT IT AGAIN; RENEWS RING PLANS s Wnrfin; Out Now in. Chicag Gymnasium and- May Box After . Barnstorming Tour. 7 By the Acsociated Press. CHICAGO, el -Now that the base ball season is ended, up pops C. Arthur Shires, the self-imposed great man. is considering resuming his Winter trade as a professional first fighter despite the edict of Kenesaw Mountain Landis, base ball commission- er, to stay away from the boxing busi- n ess. ‘The former White Sox first baseman is working in a Chicago . gymnasium, in ring togs, and tops the scales today at 190 pounds. He is going on a barn- storming tour with a team of all-Ame! can stars. After the tour finishes Oc- tober 21, Shires says he will be ready to give a lot of deep thought to the idea of retruning to the ring. WILL HOLD 6-DAY RACE. CHICAGO, October 8 (#).—Chicago's Twenty-fourth International 8ix-day iBcycle Race will be staged at the Chi« cago Stadium November 8 to 15, it was announced today. il )l e more than the ~ ] ] ] ] o] < = ]~ ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] )~ ~]