Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1931, Page 45

Che iy 0 d 1} WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Stae, Classified Ads WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1931. * PAGE D-—1 ‘Hadley, Crowder and Jones to Face Macks : Base Ball Away to Promising Start NATS' BEST READY TOHURLIN SERES Club Aroused by Trimming at Start, Eager to Get at Champs Again. BY JOHN B. KELLER. NE game doesn’t make a O base ball season any more than one swallow makes a Spring, so that licking they took yesterday in the opening game of their campaign did not leave the Nationals downcast. To the contrary, they are more aroused than when they tackled the Athletics yesterday, and to a man believe they’ll give Connie Mack's world champions and the other clubs of the American League plenty of trouble from now on. Manager Walter Johnson has arranged & pitching program for the remainder of the series with the visiting Philadel- phians that is calculated to more than make matters 4ntecresting for them in the three engagements. son plans to throw at the A's the best he has in slab stock and that's plenty. This afternoon Irving Hadley was to show the Athletics some of the brand of pitching they did not care particular- ly for last season while tomorrow Al Crowder, who toiled only for an inning yesterday, is slated to take the hill. Following the off-day Friday, the Na- tionals will go after the Athletics on Saturday afterncon with that old war horse, Sad Sam Jones, caring for their fiinging. Enough in a pitching way to make the Mackian horde do a deal of think- ing while they are here. L TOUGH GAME TO LOSE,” said Johnson after the Nationals took their trimming in the season inaugural, “but I don’t believe we'll lose many more games like that one. W2 have no alibis for the defeat. The club certainly had plenty of opportunities to grab the ‘The punch in the pinch was mi , though. “I was very well pleased with the |l pitching done by Brown. That boy con- vinced he is ready to shoulder a “Take it from me,” the manager con- cluded, “you'll see & lot ¢! fine pitching by this boy Brown during the season.” was a deal of speed noticeable in the Washington club in the opening game. It moved about well in making running cat 3 Myer did well enough at second base to assure him the job unless he slumps to a great extent defensively. He came through with a pair of nifty stops, one of a ball that Miller hit rather hard. ‘The banrer fielding of the inner cordon, though, was that of Cronin's. His s'ops back of second of skidders off the hats of Dykes and Boley were remarkable. Harry Rice proved a capable substi- tute for Sam West in center fleld. He handled nicely the two chances that came his way and made a corking good running catch of Foxx's speedy drive to H o way, i8 recovering from this cold fast, and is expecféd to get back to the game not later than Sunday, when the Red Box open & series here. Sam, although complaining of feeling & little weak yesterday, which was only In fact, John- | erasure and Si has | A’ & run right off th | tionals CRIFFSBOW TOAS, *FAILING INPINCHES {President Among 32,000 to | See World Champs Take Opening Game. | A augural yesterday in which they [ were toppled 5 to 3 by the | world champion ‘Athletics in 11 innings lof tussling. They had several fine GAME of lost opportunity for | the Nationals, that season in- | chances to tuck away the contest in | regulation time and in their first extra | inning had a golden opportunity for | victory, but could not make good for | the 32,000 faithful, .among them the Naticn’s first fan, President Herbert Hoover, that filled Griffith Stadium to overflowing. It was a nip-and-tuck battle from | the start with the Nationals immedi- ately matching the Athletics' first- |inning run and forging ahead in the | lucky seventh, only to have the visitors | | arise in their might in the ninth after | one was cut and tie up the affair. The | Nationals continued fighting and off-set | the Mackian run that crossed in the | tenth, but that two-run handicap the A’s hung up in the eleventh proved too eat. 1“Lloyd Brown and George Walberg | were mcund rivals at the outset and the | Washington left-hander was much bet- ‘1 ter than the Philadelphia southpaw, yet | he got no better results with his pitch- | ing. Following that single-run first | frame, in which he was nicked for two safeties, Brown did not yield a hit until the ninth, when the A’s combed him for two mese and a tying tally. Walberg Is Wild. ‘Walberg, who toiled eight innings before giving way to a pinch-batter, ylelded seven hits and four passes. George was even wilder than the four ine te, for he had to pitch him- |self out to almost every man who stepped to the plate. Yet the Nationals | were able to comb him for runs in only two of the five chances he gave them. | Brown, after giving up the ninth- | |inning run, was supplanted by Fred | Marberry, who disposed of Al Simmons | | for the ‘third out right away, but did | |mot do so well in the tenth. Then he | was reached for a brace of singles and a pass that put the A's ahead. Bunt- ng Bob Grove, who had taken up the Mack hurling in the ninth, the home side in the tenth jammed the bases with none out, but got nothing more than a tying run and after Al Crowder had been found for three hits and two markers in the eleventh thay were help- less before Connie Mack’s mound ace. ‘The Nationals matched the A’s at hitting, each getting nine safeties. They | matched them for total bases, tod, for each side cracked two doubles. The | Naticnals were handed six passes ang | the A’'s got only one, that off Marberry. | And each side made one error. But| the A’s made good every time they had | & chance while the Natlonals were too | | prone to let cpportunities for uorlng' | &0 by. i A’s Start Seoring. A double by Haas, Cochrane’s infleld 4 le netted the the reel, but the Na- countered In their first batting turn with Myer's walk, Sam Rice’s sac- rifice, Manush’s infleld out and Cro- | nin's one-baser. 1 Harry Rice and Bluege singled in | succession at the start of the second | |inning and Spencer sacrificed, ,but Brown fanned while Myer popped out. | | Spencer opened the fifth with a single | |and after Brown took a third strike | Myer walked. Sam Rice’s out advanced both runners, then Manush’s pass | ercwded the sacks. but Cronin put up |a feeble one for Bishop. | The seventh was a scoring round for | the Nationals. Then Spencer doubled and foliowing Brown's whiff, Myer whacked & two-bagger. Nothing came of & hit and a pass in the eighth, though. Cronin began the inning with s single, Judge and Harry Rice’s infiel sacrificed id rettremen t moved Cronin to third. but swng“fmm base on balls, baseman. | 1t was s single by Bishop, a double | to the second Upper: Conference at plate prior h] start of hostilities, showing Manager Johnson, at right; Umpire in Chief Din. neen, Capt. Joe Judge and Umpires | Guthrie and Campbell. Center: Johnson handing base ball to | Chiet Executive for foss that officially | opened season. Mrs. Hoover, holding score card, is standing alongside. | Lower: Manager Connie Mack of the | Athletics and Johnson exchanging greet- ings just before the battle. | —Star Staff Photos. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md—Jim McMillen, 215, Chicago, threw Dick Daviscourt, | 220, Califorhia, 52:35; Kola Kwariani | threw Jim Clinstock, 10:40. SPOKANE, Wash—Bob Kruse, 204, | Portland, Oreg., threw Howard Canton- wine, 225, Des Moines, Iowa (two out | of three). I ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON upon opening day has passed the fans can set- tle down to normal base ball, and from the sample exhibited yesterday for the edification of the Chief Executive and more than 30,000 other fans of high and low degree some tense, tight battles may be expected before September discloses whether the Athletics are to fly their third consecutive American League pennant or the Nationals are to scale the heights. ‘The world series atmosphere lent by the very size of the throng which packed all avail- able points of vantage and overflowed onto the field, mak- OW that the hullabaloo and hysteria attendant up for a pair of stinging singles that netted the enemy a tally in the tenth. After Bob Grove had {lelded the tying marker in the fag end of that frame on his own wild heave, combined with bingles by Judge and Harry Rice and a long fly by Pinch-hitter Dave Harris, the curving was essayed by Al Crowder, who was pum- meled for successive singles by Cochrane, Simmons and Foxx. These provided the A’s with their winning margin of two runs, for the Griffs were un- able to do anything with Grove in their half of the eleventh, being set down in order, with Manush and Cronin victimized on_ strikes. Manush, like Sam Rice, was High-Grade Play and Tight Competition Grip Fans of - Both Leagues. BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON, JR., Associuted Press Sports Writer. year, the major leagues have launched what promises to be a highly successful season. The size of the opening day crowds, parks with nearly 250,000 fans, performances combined to promise great things for future days be- |tween now and September. All around the two circuits the teams that have been picked to finish in the first division performed well enough to justify the-predictions, while the others showed that they may become con- tenders. A number of the recruits, par- ticularly on the weaker teams, shone in the opening games. In no case was the margin of victory more than four runs, while one game which brought together two of the pros- pective pennant contenders was carried into ex innings. The Philadelphia Athletics, the world champions, defeat- ed the Washington Griffmen, who fin- ished second to the A’s in the American League last year, 5 to 3, in an 11-in- ning battle. The A’s tied the count in the ninth just about the time President Hoover left the scene, then bunched hits off Al Crowder in the eleventh to win. For the most part the game was a mound duel between Rube Walberg of Philadelphia and Lloyd Brown of Wash- Three other good pitching perform- ances turned up in the American League. Before a crowd of 70,000, Charley Ruff- ing of the New York Yankees held the Boston Red Sox in check to gain a 6- victory. Babe Ruth added to the festivities. by hitting his first home run of the new season, while Winsett made & pinch homer for Boston. Wesley Fer- rell started out to beat last year's mark of 25 victories for Cleveland as mates hit well behind him to beat the Chicago White Sox, 5 to 4. Walter Stewart of St. Louis limited the rebuilt Detroit Tigers to six hits, while the e doubled that number to win, ace of the ling perf the Pittsburgh Pirates only four blows while gaining a 6-to-2 triumph. A homer by Gabby Hartnett also helped entertain the 45000 fans of the Na- tional League's biggest crowd. ‘The ‘champion St. Louis Cardinals, now just one of the teams battling for the flag, found trouble With Larry Ben- ton’s pitching in the early innings, but the finish, and de- o 3. The New team ahead, as & big gave the Glants & 9-to-5 victory. John Picus Quinn started his twenty- ninth year as a professional pitcher on the mound for Brooklyn, but failed to foil the Boston Braves batters after the first few innings. He was removed in the seventh, but the damage was done, and Boston won by a 7-4 count. Bos- ton’s starter, Tom Zachary, was driven | to cover in the first inning. ~ Browns Victors 5 > OPENING CONTESTS | VIEWEDBY 250000 & ITH all the fanfare that usually accompanies the start of a new base ball | which filled elght ball} and the quality of the flrst—game‘ s | ‘ WASTED CHANCES I 00000 ommmmT ©! 00 omomm oon Marberry, p. Crowder, tHarris Totals .. » *Batted for Walb: tBatted for Marberry In"tenth Philadelphia 1000 — Washinon 166088905188 Runs_batted fimmons, Cr 3 lev.” Harris, Poxx, Muler. Two-buse hits M;l'll! é:h i olen base— " Sacrifces B Spencer, Judge. Bluege. " Left S 4 | Washingtons 137" pirac pace mdC e Walberg, 4; off Grove. 2: Struck out—By Waibere. 3: musuosasnnd 8 nnvssocacnal momwsuasas gl s wod P e ol oooommtm 8l sccoarniruwsd 8l cooroudusuad PP — | 005000000~0M 1| onoosssssssM wl ¥ Spencer, Myer. Ric Brown. 4 in 823 innings: same—2 hours and 19 mmulel.' s Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. . Babe Ruth, Yankees—Opened 1931 season with homer in seventh in- ning against Red Sox. Charlie Root, Cubs—Held Pirates to four hits and fanned five as Cubs won, 6-2. Chuck Klein, Phillies—Hit pair of homers in opening game against Giants. Wes Ferrell, Indians—Scattered ‘White Sox's eight hits, drove in two runs with pair of singles and scored twice himself. Jimmy Foxx, Athletics—His single in eleventh scored run against Senators. i Walter Stewart, Browns-— Beat Tigers, 7-3, on six hit pitching per- formance and clouted triple and two sing] Fred Pelzman wants to see you ——— one natural because he had had very little | Cochrane’s hoist to Manush | 10 eat for three days on account of his ;2;’,.',":.“, g o thelr tying tally in the fllness, donned a uniform and indulged | ninth. With one out in the visitors' | in a brief workout. Following the exer- | tenth, Miller found Marberry for a sin- unable to get started at bat, and but Cronin already had done his share with a single that [EET ISR 3 2 PANTS ing ground rules necessary, was heightened by the ceremonies marking the observance of Pan- ol Hoosscsuemmai | coommammasms® 2 3 *Batted for Sullivan in elghth. cise he was pretty tired. but declared he would be out, again today for more. However, the club has little to worry about regarding its defense, so there seems no need for West to rush back to work. Better for him to remain out of the line-up a few days more sawl return fully recovered from his light flu attack. B YER seems to have the make-up V1 of a too-notch lead-off batter. He generally drives the ball when he connects, which is often enough to give him a good-looking bat- ting average each season, he looks over the pitching carefully at the plate and as a result is rewarded with numerous walks, and when he get< on the run- wav he is dangerous to the obposition. Buddy had a keen eve yesterday at the plate He helped himself to two walks off Walberg and one off Grove and gleaned a two-bagger off the first of these pitchers. He went down swinging in_the tenth. but it wasn't a bad pitch by Grove that Buddy went after. Bob stmply had a litlle too much on the ball for the batter. ‘Washington's attack evidently is to be more versatile than it was last season. Then the club shunned the sacrifice bunt, depending almost solely on hit- ting behind the runner. As a conse- quence, opposing infields after a time played deeply with Nationals on the runway and cut off many a well in- tended blow. It was different yesterday, though No less than four sacrifices were bunted by Washington batters, two others were attempted and one bunt was put down so0 well it went for a hit. For several seasons the Nationals did not have a really good bunter among them. All those bunts yesterday, though. were neatly made and by different batters, J 100. 1t appears the sacrifice will be & big part of the Washington offensive this season. Minor Leagues Southern Association. Birmingham, 3; Nashville, 2. Chattanooga, 4; Atlanta, 3. New Orleans, 11; Mobile, 0. Little Rock, 12; Memphis, 9. American Association. Toledo, 4: Kansas City, O. ils, 10; Louisville! 4. Milwaukee, 15; Columbus, 10. St. Paul, 8; Indianapolis, 3. Pacific Coast League. hard | gle to right and swept on to third as Sam Rice let the ball get away. Dykes walked and Boley slapped a single that put Miller over. It was an earned run. despite Sam's error, for the walk would have pushed Miller to second, from |where he could have counted easily | when Boley hit. | Lose Chance in Ninth. | Looked as though the Nationals might | cop in the ninth, when with one down | Myer walked and swiped second, but Sam Rice took a third strike and Manush, who walked, was forced out by Cronin. But the home side stirred up the fans in the tenth when Judge started with a single, Harry Rice beat out & bunt and Grove's poor chuck after picking up Biuege's bunt filled the sacks. Spencer forced out Judge at the plate, but Harris picked up Marberry’s bat to send a fly to Haas deep enough to get Harry Rice over and move Bluege to third. There Ossle remained, for | Myer fanned. Three successive singles off Crowder after one was out in the eleventh spoiled | | the day for Washington They were hit by Cochrane, Simmons and Foxx. Jim-| my's blow scored Cochrane and Sim- | mons ran home from third after Myer backed into right field and gathered {in Miller's archer. | Sam Rice was able only to ground to| | third base at the outset of the Nation- als’ eleventh turn, while both Manush and Cronin s.ccumbed to Grove's fast stuff, each fanning. President Hoover and most of his party remained until the tenth inning was under way. With the President at the game were Mrs. Hoover, their young- er son, Allan. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, r. Many of his cabinet officers sat | with the President. | Lots of flowers for the Nationals,| among them a huge floral horseshoe, the gift of the Chamber of Commerce of Biloxi, Miss., where the club trained his plece was made by Anthony Ragusin, secretary of the Biloxi organization, and Paul Tiblier, & Gulfport, Miss., newspaper writer. Another plece was from Police Post, jon, with a message of good wishes from Comdr. McGrath to Walter Johnton. This was presented | by Miss Anne White. | _ | Lots of moise for everybody. They | celebrated Pan-American day at the | park by rais'ng the flags of each of the | countries in the union. As each fll.l America_day. These included a martial touch imparted by the roar of the artillery field pieces as the flag of each of the 21 xegubllcs of the Western Hemi- sphere was unfurled to_the breeze while the Army Band played a snatch of its national anthem. With almost ideal weather prevailing, it was a big day for the national pastime, the only discordant note from a purely local standpoint being the inability of the Griffmen to prevent a 5-to-3 triumph by the Mackmen in 11 innings of tense dueling. Same Old Connie. IN picking the lefthanded Rube Walberg instead of George Earnshaw or Bob Grove for his starting pitcher, Connie Mack ran true to form in pulling the unexpected, and the 68-year- old leader’s choice proved a sound one, for the southpaw with the herky-jerky delivery limited the Griffs to two runs and seven safeties during the eight rounds he officiated before being withdrawn in favor of a pinch-hitter. Over this stretch Lloyd Brown, the youthful portsider to whom Pilot Walter Johnson intrusted Washington’s hurling burden, gave an even more bril- liant exhibition, for following a tally yielded in the opening round on a double by Haas and Simmons’ single nary a Mack- man got on the runway until the ninth, when Bishop's mnnge and a second two-bagger by Haas wiped out the lead held by the Nationals by virtue of Myer’s walk, Sam Rice’s sacri- fice and Cronin’s single in the first inning and doubles by Spencer and Myer in the “lucky” seventh. Relief Hurlers Ineffective. LTHOUGH the fans mur- mured disapproval when Brown was taken out in the ninth, Johnson's judgment was good, for the lefthander un- oubtedly was weakening. But Marberry turned out to be no lmgmvement. Although he got ouf of that hole he was touched drove in Washington’s first run and another that set the stage in the eighth for a rally that never materialized, in addition to furnishing the most notable flelding of the afternoon. Griffs Waste Chances. LTHOUGH the teams fared alike in hitting, with a total of nine blows aplece and with a pair on each side going for two bases, the champions made better use of theirs, every safety figuring in "the scoring, while four of the Nationals’ were wasted. Aside from opportunities af- forded by bingles, the Griffmen had a big edge, for only one Mackman drew a free ticket, while no less than six of the local .mfl were franked to first and another got a'life on an alien error. How Johnson’s men over- looked chances is disclosed in the box score, which shows only 5 A’s left on base, while a total of 13 of the Nationals were stranded. . But this is another day, and perhaps a different tale will be unfolded. Opening Crowds By the Assoclated Press. LL attendance marks for the opening day of the major league base ball season went the boards yesterday as a total of 247,000 persons jammed the parks in it cities. The best previous total - figs;dly attendance. was 233,000 in The estimated figures follow: American League. At New York... At Washington At Cleveland . At St. Louis.... National League. At Chicago ... 5 At Cincinnati At Philadelphia At Boston ... o | Standing of Clubs In Major Leagues AMERICAN LEAGUE. leveland, 5 Chicago, ‘4. 8 Louis, 11 Beteati's® STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. Pet 1 01000 Wash'n. 0 1000 Boston 0 1.000. Chicago. 0 1.000 Detroit... GAMES TODAY. Philadelphia at Washington. Bos! El' IY‘?II:. 5 . Louts, Chicago at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 5. ‘ooklyn, 4. Cineinnatl, 3. Pittsburgh, ‘2. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. Pet. 3 New York.' 1 0'1.000 .0 St. Louis.. 1 0 1.000. Philad'pnta 0 Chicago...” 1 01000 Cincinnati 0 Boston.... 1 01000 Pittsburgh. 0 GAMES TODAY. New York at Philadelphis. Brooklyn at Boston, Pittsburgh at Chicago. St. Louls at Cincin; HOMER STANDING. By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Klein, Phillies (2); Critz, Giants; Oft, Giants; Ruth, gnll-; Hartnett, Cubs; Winsett, Red League totals—National, 6; American, 4. Grand total, 8, . Brooklyn. At New York: Boston. ABH.O.A. _N.Y. 313 mbs apmin 3 Gooke.lf.... Dickey.c Ruffing.p. SrortccooNHO: Scoousantacos: cocu~soncosson oot omvrcmwoud Morris.p... . Totals ...3¢ *Batted for tBatted for 82411 Totals . Warstler in eighth. Durham in eighth. 19000 4282338233 ler, Berry, Winsett, Ruth. ke. Dickey, Ruffing. Er- tler. “Rurts “batied : CFuts Datied . ‘ombs (2), i tler. Home ru Pases_"Ruth, * Cook: o Bweeney’ Boston, & F Durham pires—Messrs. Connolly. Time o minutes. owan, xame—1 hour Stanley Hockey Cup Final. Montreal Canadiens, 2; Chicago, 0. + Exhibition Base Ball Hartford, 38 Norfolk, & 33112710 (BRI = 3 04012000 x—7 Runs—Walker. Shiver, Gehringer, Goslin, ress (2), Bettencourt, ~Schulte, Melill ewart. " Errors—McManus, Akers batted in_—Bettencourt, Schulte ), Melillo, ‘Two-base irns. Lef! s—Detroit, 2; A . 6. First base on balls—Off White- hill, 2: off Suilivan, 1; off Stewart, 1. Struck out—By Whitehill, by Stewart. 4. Hits— itehill, 11 in 6 innings: off Hogsett, 2 in 1 inning: off Sullivan, none in 1 inning. tenp Rl Rl Sl game—1 hour and 41 minutes. s —3 81 000 %l canosco, e 10 ° Runs—Blue, Simons, _Reynolds, Hunnefleld (7). Sewell,” Ferrell (3). Watwood. Runs batted in—Ferrell '(2). Fon- seca, Averill, . Cissell (2). 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