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A o TA-14 ¥ W SPORTS, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 193l SPORTS. Simmons Resumes as Griffmens’ Pest : Canzoneri on Dizzy Heights of Pugilism | GOES BACK T 0LD STYLE AND CLOUTS & Johnson’s Band 10-7 Victim as Al Breaks Slump—Had Game “in Bag.” S BY JOHN B. KELLER. HILADELPHIA, April What a man, Simmons of the Athletics. Single-handed this free- swinging batter is likely to make the Nationals change their war cry from “Beat the Athletics and 25.— get the pennant” to “Stop Sim- | Washi mons and beat the Athletics.” This big boy, who led the Amer- Jcan League swatsmiths last year, after more than a week of moan- | Jou ing over his failure to sting the ball this season, stepped out in all his glory yesterday and with his :m trusty bludgeon sent the flag- aspiring Washington club to its second successive defeat here. Only day before yesterday, Al said he thought his failure to hit was be- cause he had become too technical at bat. He was striving too much to ac- ire approved batting form. So he lecided to resume the batting style of his rookie days—which was nothing like any orthodox fashion of batting—and go after everything that looked good Wwhen he stepped to the plate. He did—and how. Swinging freely, Wwith every ounce of himself behind the swing and with that left foot striding far away from the plate, Al col a homer and two_triples yesterday and ruined for the Nationals a ball game they thought they had tucked away. Simmons’ homer, made off Sad Sam Jones in the first inning, was a loft into the upper left-fleld stand and there was & mate on the runway when he hit. And those two runs.looked mighty good until the Nationals went berserk in the seventh to chase over seven tallies, That Washington uprising falled daunt Al, however. He came back in the seventh to bounce a triple off the right field wall near the foul line that accounted for two more runs, leaving the Athletics only two shy of a tle. And in the eighth, after the score had been knotted, he socked another triple, triple also sent over two runs and put the game well beyond the reach of the Nationals as it turned out. ‘What a man, this Simmons! AST year Simmons with his bat per- | ;) sonally attended to the beating of the Nationals in at least five games. It is sadly recalled he batted over two victories for the Athletics here on Memorial day when he clouted homers. Now, the Nationals finished second in the flag race, only eight games behind the A’s. Really a duure%ee of four ally kept s pennant fi and elul the A's by what he did to the Wi of swal No defeat is relished by a club, but a that handed the Na- their starting pitcher, Jones, fell the wayside in the Athletics’ seven! batting turn and Fred Marberry took this Albert | 1€ Per-Simmons Jones, B. Marberry. | *Hargravi e P PRy ————- RS sencoscsssol 3s 1Batted seventh. Batted for Mahafley in eighth. Ran for Foxx in eighth. Score by innings: ington .. 0 0 O 0 0 ;30000 0 1 7 38 (2), Cronin, Simmons (5. Two-base hits Haas, Miller. Blueze, Slmmons Sacrifices—Haas, 0 0—7 x—10 in 1_inning; off ) ngs. Winning plicher, Mahaffey, Los- iDg pitcher = Marberry. Umplres - Megsre; McGowan, Van Grafiin ‘and Connolly. " Timé of & HAFEY MUST BATTLE FOR REGULAR PLACE Capitulated Holdout's Old Job Is Being Well Taken Care of by Orsatti. e—2 hours. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, April 25.—Although Chick Hafey, most stubborn of the 1931 crop of holdouts, has agreed to sign a Cardinal contract and report to the team early next week, it was not cer- tain today he would become a regular again. ’ Manager Gabby Street, while express- ing delight Hafey had capitulated to the $12,500 offer, said the California slugger would not get back his old job in left field so long as Ernie Orsatti continued to play the brand of base ball he has exhibited since the start of the season. Orsatti has hit consistently for an average of .321. A third of his nine hits have been for extrs bases, two ing triples and one a double. Ernie has fielded perfectly so far. Street has decided to bench temporar- ly Center Pielder Taylor Douthit, who has failed to hit safely in his last 16 times at bat. * * Martin - will take his place. Douthit has been both- ered recently by a sore thigh, which is believed to have affected his play. Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Hornsby, Cubs, 3; Wright, Robins, 2; Traynor, Pirates, 1; Simmons, Athletics, 1; Gehrig, Yan- kees, 1; Schulte, Browns, 1; Browns, 1; Ott, Giants, Yankees, 1: Lee, Phillies, 1 Robins, 3; Gehrig, 3. fotals—Nations1, '34; Ameri- 1 : g ol iy Su2R e = % FP Jones the A's collected 10 hits, | two of them in the first inning and | four in the seventh. Off Marberry | they got three in the eighth. They | off Jones which did not The Nationals made 11 hits, nine in | the seventh inning, in which they did | all their tallying. Six of ihese nine were off the left-handed Grove. After his club’s seventh-inning splurge Mack sent Roy Mahafley to the hill for an inning and following the taking of | the lead by the A's in the eighth George Earnshaw hurled ageinst the | Johnson band in the ninth. Each of these last two Mack slabmen made it one-two-three for Washington. ‘That one big Washintgon inning saw the home huriers nicked for six singles, a double and two triples. Sam Rice and Manush each made two hits in the round, Sam a double and single and | Heinie a triple and a single. Sam Rice doubled as a starter; then Manush tripled. Cronin singled, and Grove was hurried to McDonald’s res- cue. Judge promptly sacrificed; then Harry Rice got a lucky hit. Pulling away from one of Grove's fast ones, Harry accidentally tapped the ball, and it rolled down the third-base line. He barely beat Dykes’ heave to first. Bluege tripled, Spencer singled and Jones sac- rificed. Successive singles by Myer, 8am’ Rice and Manush followed before Grove tossed out Cronin. Seven big runs, and the Nationals 5-up. HAT meant nothing to the A's. Cramer picked up Grove's bat and bounced a single off Judge's glove— 8 hot one that Judge was lucky to check. Bishop doubled Cramer to third, and the latter tallied as Haas rolled to Judge. Came a single by Cochrane and Simmons’ triple, !hml{h, and the A's ‘were just two runs back. Marberry relieved Jones here and ended the inning easily, but he got his in the eighth. Pred couldn't find the vlate with Dykes up, chucking four suc- cessive wide ones. Boley skied out, but Foxx crashed the line-up for the first time since injuring a leg in the second ame of the seasoh in Washington. He tted for Mahaffey. Marberry pumped ‘em in, and Foxx looked ‘em over care- fully. He fouled off two or three, finally getting to a three-and-two count. Then Jimmy walked. It looked as though Marberry might get out of trouble when he threw a third srike by Bishop, for Haas had done vious twrns st B s e eomuuceaslla BEESEEES Soscs000e noasas sy SoscooconHanIBEREREN “roeenc0eSosHesouenl o0 afiqaeoeu—.—nh-‘—u—‘g eccscaccesuonueronil escsecesescerourescl coscscconvantoarune] 8a3EzsstachE Jones. . Teus'er o PITCHING. »B.80. SR Gam.Comp_ start.gam. scher Marb'rry Hadley. . Pischer.. Crowder. Burke. .. [PURREY ouvanroce F Er———= AMERICAN LEAGUE. STANDING OF THE TEAMS. ‘Won Lost 2 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 10; WASHINGTON, 7. TODAY'S GAMES. | WASHINGTON at Philadelphia. New York at Boston. $t. Louis at Detroit. Cleveland at €hicago. | NATIONAL LEAGUE. STANDING OF THE TEAMS, ‘Won Lost 1 | St. Louls Bosto! S | n .. 7 New York Chieago . Brookiyn .. Cincinnati . vessss YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicago, 10: Pittsburgh, 6. Brooklyn, Boston, 1. i 7; Philadelphia, 7. (12 | innings, darkness.) Cincinnati-St. Louls (rain). TODAY’S GAMES. Philadelphia at New York. Boston ., bases, to make several possible plays with the lighter-hitting Miller coming up. All in the stands were surprised ‘when Marberry pitched deliberately to Simmons. In explanation, Johnson id Pred ex] great confidence "adany mnctn_l_ggu-n- ager Johnson for the move. score tied with Haas on second, two out and ‘aue another ba sal in his -buuy%m of Al so it :’u: decided the pitcher should have way. Fred evidently got_his confidence when he m}'x.v# out Simmons as the figured he had - | steaks.” ing in eight runs to beat Pittsburgh, 4110 to 6, Charley Ruffing, Yankees—Held Red | 5 | Sox to six hits and contributed homer | B n%rmm- number, Wt CIRCUIT CLOUTER GRACK SLAB RULE Fifteen Homers in One Day Testify to Liveliness of New Ball. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Assoclated Press Sports Writer. HE major league pitchers have generally held the upper hand over the batters so far this sea- son, but in one fell swat the boys have shown that the new “dead” ball is not so dead that it can’t be hit hard and far. Seven major league games yesterday produced 15 home runs, well distrib- uted among the competing teams, and plenty of additional extra base swats. Rogers Hornsby, sturdy manager of the Chicago Cubs, alone exploded the yarn that the thicker cover and raised seams of the pellet used in the National League could offset the power gained through the consumption of “them ‘The Rajah, never much of a distance hitter a few years ago until he began adding beef to his frame, clouted three home runs in succession to play the leading role in his team's 10-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates ‘With one single to boot, these three homers accounted for eight runs and tied the modern major league record for homers in one game. The all-time mark is four, made by Bob Lowe and Ed Delehanty back in the 90’s. ‘The home-run hitting was distributed among nine clubs. The three by Horns- by and two by Glenn Wright of Brook- lyn gave the National League, with the supposedly deader ball, & 9-6 margin in the number hit." Wright's swat, one homer by Del Bissonette and some fine pitching by Watson Clark enabled the Robins to win their second game of the ;EIMn, defeating the Boston Braves, The Phillies and New York Giants put the first tie game of the season on record as darkness halted their clash after 12 innings, with the score 7 to 7. Kept idle again by the weather, the St. Louis Cardinals heard good news when Chick Hafey agreed to terms and bad when it learned an injury will keep Center Fielder Taylor Douthit out & week or_more. Red Ruffing combined pitching and | hitting as the Ruth-less Yankees trounced the Boston Red Sox, 7 to 4. Pitching alone still held sway in the two Western games of the American League. [Earl Whitehill gave the St. Louis Browns five hits, two of them homers, in & mound duel against Sam- my Gray, Detroit winning, 4 to 2. Willis shutout against Chicago for eight in- nings and let up in the ninth to gain an 8-to-1 triumph. seven blows. Fistic Battles By the Associated Press. CHICAGO—Tony Canzoneri, lightweight champion, knocked out Jack (Kid) Berg, England (3), retained title; Tony Herrera, El Paso, Tex., outpointed Steve Halaiko, Buffalo, N. Y. (8); Harry Dublinsky, Chicago, outpointed Roger Bernard, Flint, Mich. (8); Barney Ross, Czhlmo. knocked out Lud Abella, Spain @ . New York—Ben Jeby, New York. out- | pointed Johnny Pilo, New York (10). NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Walter Cobb, Baltimore, knocked out Herman Heller, Germany (1). CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa.—Tommy Grogan, Omaha, Nebr., knocked out Joe Rivers, Cedar Rapids (6). Mat Mat'ches By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA »—Karl Pojello, Chi- cago, threw Sandor Szabo, Hungary. One fall, 40:27 (heavyweights); Jim McMillen, Chicago, defeated Rudy Du- Omaha, decision, 45-minute time ERIE, Pa.—Wladek Zbyszko, 230, New York, threw Ivan Vactuross, 235, Bos- ton, one fall, 22:00. Pirpo Wilcox, 233, Phoenix, Ariz, 18:00. BOSTON—Jim Londos, 204, threw Kalmikoff, 260, Russia, in 24 min- utes. Tiny Roebuck, 255, was cisquali- fied for punching Hans Steinke, 250, Germany. Fred Grobmeler, 200, Des Moines, won decision when Gini Gari- baldi, 200, Italy, fell through ropes and was injured. Ray Steele, 204, Glendale, Calif., threw Rex Smith, Detroit, in 15 minutes. Charles Urban, Philadelphia, threw Tom Laurel, New York. in 20 minutes. Wee Wiille Davis, Virginia, | and Nick Zelssniak, Russia, drew in minutes. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Rogers Hornsby, Cubs—Hit three successive home runs and a single, driv- to Yanks’ 7-to-4 victory. in six times up as Gilants and Phillies played 7-to-7 tie, Earl ‘Whitehill, ‘Tigers—Limited Browns to five hits to win, 4 to 2. Al Simmons, Athletics—Hit homer and two triples to help beat Washing- ton, 10 to 7. ‘Watson Clark, Robins—Pitched Brook- lyn to its second victory of season, giv- ing Braves only five hits, to win, 6 to 1. ‘Willis Hudlin, Indians—Shut out Chi- victory. Major Leaders | By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Vosmik, Indians, Berry, Red BSox; Alexander, Cooke, Yankees, .429. Runs—Ruth, Yankees, 11; Indians, 10. | _Runs batted in—Averill, Indians, 12; Gehrig, Yankees, 11. Hits—Vosmik, Indians, 17; Fonseca, Indians, 16. Doubles—Vosmik, Indians, 6; Geh- ringer, Tigers, 5. ‘Triples—H. Rice, Senators, 3; Vosmik, Indians, 2, Home runs—Stone, Tigers, 4; Ruth, Gehrig, Yankees, 3. Stolen bases—Burnett, Indians; Levey, Browns, 3. National League. Batting—Davis, Phillies, .526; Berger, Braves, .459. Runs—Ott, Giants; Klein, Phillies, 12. Runs batted in—Hornsby, Cubs, 14; Sheely, Braves, 11. Doubles—Traynor, Pirates, 4; Lind- strom, Giants, 3. Triples—Worthington, Brave;; Bar- tell. Phillies; Orsatti, Cardinals, 2, 436; Tigers; Fonseca, Hudlin of Cleveland pitched a four-hit | 4, Altogether he gave | ygij world | Ce: Tulsa, Okla., threw Floyd Marshall, 210, 8 8 | o Rune Hughie Critz, Glants—Made four hits | § cago for eight innings, to gain 8-to-1| 7S How Nines Stand In School Series Statistics. ‘Won Lost 2" . 1 Central, 12; Business, 4. Tuesday's Game. Eastern vs. Tech, Eastern Stadium, 3:30 o'clock. i Previous Games. Central, 9: Tech, 4. Eastern, 17; Business, 11, CENTRAL LEADING BASE BALL SERES Beats Western for Second Win, but Latter Victor in Tennis Match. \ENTRAL today is out in front in the public high school base ball championship series with two wins against no losses follow- ing its 12-4 victory over Western yes- terday. In other athletic contests involving District schoolboys yesterday, Western trounced Central, 6 to 1, at tennis, to virtually win the public high title; Gon- zaga walloped its old foe, Georgetown Prep, 11 to 2, on the Garrett Park dia- mond; Tech's nine was a 142 victor over Baltimore Poly at Baltimore and Friends squeezed through to a 3-2 School Tennis League win over St. John’s. Opportune hitting led by Steve Thompson, left flelder, who slashed out a triple that cleared filled basses in the seventh and then in the eighth poled his second homer of the series, was largely responsible for Central’s win. Emmett Buscher, slim Central pitcher, was hit briskly, but managed to keep the bingles fairly well scattered and was given good support especially by Humpy Miller, second baseman. Buscher also pitched Central to its 9-4 win over Tech last week. George Clarke, Western's starting pitcher, breezed along in fine style un- til the seventh when Thompson came ta]l:‘ough with his triple with the bases The score: Gentral BHOA. [OPSUTO =1 wornuoannd acacsoomm cf.. Buscher,p, s et | | gy 4 St 4| aoeausaand S 2 manormonas®™ S Runs—White _(2), Cooke. Heflin (2), Thompson (3), Kiernan, Colliflower, Buscher. Keith, Hilleary, Fietcher. Fox, Errors—Heflin ‘Flotcher | (2), Keith, . Two-base hit—Yowell onse_ hit—Thompson. Home run—Thompson. Stolen base—Heflin. Double play-- Buscher 10 White. First base on balls—Off Buscher, 3: off Clarke, 3: off Poore. 5. Clarke, 7 in 6% innings: off Poore. 4 1 innings. Hit by pitched ball_By Clarke (Heflin). ~Struck out—By Buscher. f: Clarke, by JFoore. 1. Losing pitch Clarke, Umpire—Mr. Watt. Western followers are finding some consolation through the defeat the y or— Georgetown scholastics handed Central | in tennis. Western now is regarded as virtually in with its fifth championship in a row, s it is not thought it can be stopped by either Eastern or Tech. Business has no tennis team. Summaries: Bingles—Lynham (W) 2, 6—4: Achterkirchen 6—4: Dial defeated Smith, ;i &) defeated i ) defe; Clasier, &4 88 3 Buscher (W de- feated Mitchell, 64, 8 4 Rutley (W.) de- ). defeated d_Smith. 6-—4. 4—6. 6—1: Lynham AT Buscher deteated Achterkirchen. and Hinkel, 6—3, 6—4. Gonzaga put on a batting splurge in the late stages of its eight-inning game with Georgetown Prep to win. The score: ABHOA. Geo. Prep. 1f.. 4 02 Cohan.3b.. G ham.3b.. Murphy,2b. Keatin, h“' > i B N T T ] cMills.c... Nolan.cf . E.D'hue.rf. Halldb.. I Miils. 55 Gingras.1b. J D'hue.1b. Cleary,p womaueaaw, oosmouNOm somosuNOOM comnoooromss! OO | ecosscouonnesd | soms00000mman® -l » 2 Totals. . 001430 311 A 030000 2 _Ragland, Bryant. Benjamin, Lynch, (2), Moore, J. Mills (2), Gin- Nolan (2, 2.8 ing, Moore, acrifice: ; "3 O ‘callshap: 700 Gerey, 1. CBtruck out—By Sanful, 3; by Cleary, 8. e . Tech hit hard behind the tight-pitch- ing of Jack Batson to romp to victory over Baltimore Poly. The score: A‘B "l OI.A. alt. Poly, tump, b & ] TR 3 i 5 4 5 3 3 2 4 h 3 3 2 0 0 3 % 5 vl ccomeoscsss Totals....36 1321 1 {2l wosroouwmwmnd .5003115-1, 10000030-2 Runs—Levy. . English (2), Rus- sell %), Benner, Nau.'Batson. Crenshaw. Chumbris, McGuire. Williams, Crenshaw, Willlams, Coveil (3 Bits—Levy, Benner. Three-b Katzenburger. Home run. ces. Crenshaw. ~ Bases on balls—Off B son. 4: off Katzenburger, 4: off Fowler, 3: off Slewart, 2. Struck out By Batson, 13; by Katzenburger, 3; by Stewart, 2, Victories In both doubles tests gave Priends its tennis win over Bt. John's. Summaries: o Tech Baltimore SINGLES. (8. John's) X b Roberiaon, 63, 6o, JoRRW) de DOUBLES. Austin _(Frie 0 Beheete, TEginy Jefeptel d i 3 A Ciark (Fri etk (Friends) deteated Bo Beteriion and Jones and Steele, Contests Listed For Schoolboys Today. BASE BALL, Gonzaga vs. Hyattsville High at Hyattsville. Westerp vs. Baltimore City at Bal- timore. d St. Albans vs. Christ Church School at Christ Church, Va. TRACK. Tech in Penn relays at Philadel- phia. Tech vs. Woodberry Forest at Orange, Va. Home mno—florn‘now, Cubs, 5; Klein, GOLF. Woodberry Ferest vs. Western here, [T r—— SAY, ELMER ]\ HEAR YUH JOINED BENEVOLENT AN MYSTIC ORDER OF -, 'WILD. CATS, WHAT'S sy FASSWORD AN JH GRIP? o i OF secrecy — IT WOULDN T SURPEISE TME ATALLIF T EAINED TDAY. LOOKS KINDA CLOUDY O0BSERVING THE OATH EASTERN TRACKMEN DEFEAT TERP FROSH |Big Edge in Field Events Gains| Victory, 65 1-3 to 52 2-3—Three Firsts to Hutchinson. Superiority in the field events en- abled Eastern, public high school cham- plon, to defeat University of Maryland freshmen, 65%; points to 5225, in a dual track meet yesterday at College Park. The scholastics outscored the year- lings, 37%; points to 1625, in the field, winning all save one event. On the track the Old Liners were victorious, 35 points to 28, winning five of the seven events. Hutchinson of Eastern, with 18 points, was the outstanding performer. He won the pole vault, shot put and discus and was second in the javelin. 100-yard dash—Won by Quinn (Md.); second, Bianco' (E.): third, Hoover (Ma) Ti;n,!"‘ D'lgtd h )-yar ash—Won by Quinn (Md.): second, Hoover (Md.); ) o Ti;n’:" zg‘.‘m hl d.); third, Bianco (E.). T¢ gh hurdles—Won b ond, Siye (E); third, Prevort i low hurdies—Won by _Pigott 57 (E)i third, Everett sh—Won by Cronin (Md.): gicond, Rickard (E.); third, Blanch (Md.). | -yard run—Won hy Shorb (E.): 3 Jaushton (Md.); third, Jones d3. Fime, ‘One-mile run—wo | second, | Tam d ond. 8lye | v n by Devends g Lynch (B third, Faivert “(E): Jump—Won by Everett (E): sec- E); hira, Hoover (Ma). e 1t. 9 'in. ump—Won by Sprinkle (E.): tts (Md): thi tie among Md.) and Carron nson (E.); sec- ond, n (Md.); 3 A third, Sprinkle (E.)., avelin—Won by Allison (Md.): second, Hutchinson (E.); third, - Hhe e rd, Drake (E.). Dis iscus—Won by Hutchis (E): 3 e ) inson (E.): second, i third, Ce ¢ . Lampson (Md.): third, Corridon (E.). Dis 8hot put—Won by Hutchinson (E.); sec- ond, Wolle (Eastern); ‘third, Mattern (M4, Distance, 41 ft. 11 in. “Yiddle’s” Defeat Saddens Mother ONDON, April 25 (#).—"“Poor 'Yiddle, poor Yiddle,” said Mrs. Bergman, mother cf Kid Berg, British boxer, who last night failed tb wrest the lightweight cnampion- ship of the world from Toni' Can- zoneri in Chicago, when she learned of his defeat. ‘The Bergman family, who called Kid Berg by his pet name, “Yiddle,” gathered at their home in the heart of White Chapel to hear the result of the Chicago fight, in which Berg was knocked out in the third round. “It was Yiddle's greatest day, the day he has lived for since he started in boxing,” said Mama Bergman. “I'm the most unhappy mother in Englend. Poor Yiddle.” Minor Leagues International League. Buffalo, 10; Jersey City, 8. Newark, 6; Montreal, 5. ‘Toronto, 6; Baltimore, 1. Rochester, 8; Reading, 4. American Asosciation. Columbus, 13-5; Minneapolis, 10-10. Louisville, 2; Kansas City, 0. Indianapolis, 12; Milwaukee, 3. 8t. Paul, 6; Toledo, 5. Southern Association. Moblle, 6; Atlanta, 4. Birmingham, 9; New Orleans, 3. Memphis at Nashville, postponed, wet grounds. Little Rock at Chattanooga, post- poned, rain. Pacific Coast League. Seattle, 7; Missions, 5. Hollywood, 8; Portland, 4. Oakland at Los Angeles, postponed, wet grounds. Sacramento, 8; San Prancisco, 4. (Night game). Texas League. All games postponed, rain. By the Assoclated Press. ITTSBURGH, April 25—Of course, the Pirates wanted to win that ball game, what with all the music and flag- raising and other frills of opening day, but there was no gloom in the Buc dressing room after Rogers Hornsby, with three mighty wallops, 20 YEARS AGO AHONG active figures in boating circles here are Prank Smith, “Admiral Josh” Slocome, 3 W. W. Greer, “Gene” Hartley, Com- modore Hewins, I. C. Morris, Swift Boykin, George Bright, Oliver Bright, Harold B. White, R. Clyde Cruitt, ;}‘:'i ahepfl 5;:" Hor:c:nc.Tl}:lhmdm. C. W. Henderson, Frank B. K‘:;:n. Evans Brown, Charles T. Tucker, James K. Jones, Judge Aukum, Paul V. Portner, Fred T. Schneider, Her- bert Lewis, R. Allen, M. Warner, 8. Lewis and Capt. Douglas. New York reached Walter Johnson, star Washington pitcher, for 11 hits to beat the Nats, 5 to 3. Quinn and Caldwell were the New York hurlers. Cathedral School defeated the Central nine, public high school champion. McCatheran, starting Central pitcher, was erratic and got bad support. Ingram Memorial Church girls de- feated National Park Seminary, 31 to 11, at basket ball. It was In- gram’s twelfth straight. Craig, captain; Marston, Hornsby’s Homers Stun Bucs Defeat Is Forgotten as All Marvel Over Rajah’s Three Versatile Wallops. had grabbed the contest for his Chi- cago Cubs, 10 to 6. Under the showers, on the rubbing table and in the locker room, the Pittsburgh players talked of nothing but the Rajah's three home runs. Most_everybody realized when that last long drive streaked out in the sixth inning that Hornsby had equaled a record held by only three ;)!therls but it w;?‘u:‘he !lc:yu';hll lornsby was _ * g eve: everywhere” that had the P‘l.rlfi talking. Manager Jewel Ens, who sees every pitch, remarked that just how good the Rajah was is realized from the fact that the first homer, in the third, was made off a screw ball. The sec- ond one came in the fifth from a high, fast one, inside. Hornsby straightened out a wide curve for his third circuit clout. “And when a fellow hits every kind of delivery to either fleld there’s no power in base ball to stop him,” ¥ms concluded. Hornsby shares his feat of yester- l’#fi with Cary Reynolds, Chicago ite Sox outflelder, who did the trick last season; George Kelly smashed three in 1923 when he was & member of the New York Giants and “Cap” Anson did it back in 1884. 5 SR {t]]owW Showi ROBBY 0 STATE DEPARTMENT STRONG ON DIAMOND Laid Off a Year, but Is Back With Capable Players for All Positions. ‘alley an Garner; a prom! infield in Tony Latona, first blumnm', Tom Valenza, second baseman; Wally Walcavitch, short stop, and Crenshaw, manager and third sacker; and a sea- soned outfleld in Joe j HOW I IAYGOLF | EARLE Hirst and Bill Dunker. Ralph Plere and John Elliott are reserves. The b Sunday of the S0 far is planned by sandlotters morrow. - Some of Saks Clothiers vs. Printers, 1 o'clock, East Ellipse. Chevy Chase Grays vs. Baks Clothiers, 3 o'clock, Chevy Chase. Potomac Food Distributors vs. Foxall, 3 o'clock, Foxall. Kanawha . 't R e Virginta season for to- the tilts listed follow: Union wshiogion Red Sox_vi. o’clock, X, leys German’s Bakery vs. Army Medicos, 3 oclock, wuu;:mn Teed, ingley vs. gton, 3 o'clock, Kensington. Georgetown Midgets vs. National Pale Drys, 11 o'clock, South Ellipse. Virginia Juniors want games. Call Alexandria 1155 between 6 and 7 o'clock. Joe Cronin Pee Wees won & 10-to-9 victory over the Sam Rices yesterday. Barr Jewelers won by 4 to 2 over the Victory Post tossers yesterday. ‘Washington A. C. is after a game for tomorrow with an unlimited c} 3 Call Owen, District GSW.N T i Skinker Eagle ball tossers are seek- ing a good pitcher and games for Tues- days, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sun- days with unlimited clubs. Manager glgwrw may be reached at Cleveland STAGE BOUTS TONIGHT Baltimore Boxers and Matmen to Invade Community Center. Washington and Baltimore battlers will meet in boxing and Jewish Com- munity and Washington Y. M. C. A. wrestlers will face in a program tonight at the Jewish Community Center, starting at 8:30 o'clock. KNOCKOUT OF BERG WINS THIRD CROWN Former Feather King Is Now Ruling Lightweight and Junior Welter. BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Associated Press Sports Writer, HICAGO, April 25—Tony Canzoneri, grinning Italian from New York, has scaled pugilistic heights never before attained by a little fighter, Little Tony, a short-ender in the betting, last night fought one of the finest battles of his eventful career to wreck the drive of Jack (Kid) Berg of England by & stun- ning knockout victory in the third round of their scheduled 10-round double-barreled title bout in the Chicago Stadium. ‘The triumpa over the gallant son of Great Britaln preserved _Canzoneri's hold on the lightweight championship of the world, and added Berg's junior welterweight ' crown to the Canzoneri collection. Canzoneri, considered more or less washed up after losing the feath- erweight titls to Andre Routis of Prance in 1928, surprised the fistic trade by blasting’ the lightweight championship loose from Al Singer last November, Tony Is Methodieal. Before he climbed into the ring Iast night to tackle Berg, who had met & Teverse in 26 starts against ranking opposition, there was more talk that Canzoneri was washed uj gone. But he fought a cold, almost mathee matically perfect battle to outclass the serious-faced Briton. Cool and watchful, he walked out in mastery, neutral corner firing away, Ca carefully and Berg in characteristically windmill fashion. right the canvas like a sack of meal. oughly out, Berg rolled over stinctively attempted to hoist partly Sheds Tears of Joy. ‘The cool, calculating Canzoneri of fight disappeared and he jum the ring, almcst delirious with - ness, n as he received the National Boxing Association's diamond-studded championship belt from Gen. John V. [t president of the mmnudu- n Canzoneri easily took the first two rounds from the slow-starting belting him with rights under the cracking I hooks off his head, and style. ping over a vicious right, every advantage of Berg's open kept piling haphazard effc Berg, thoroughly courageous, in, but his sgmewhat appeared fesble by comparison. Makes Good His Boast. Canzoneri was still excif elated When he started dressing. m!-mh old father had seen him fight one of his greatest fights, and he had come into hll'-hh’d":fldfitk. He had done as he knocking out Berg than five rounds. e “Berg is a game fighter, but I was sure I could knock him out,” double titleholder said. o i o s b “He me before I was warmed up.” was his only comment. The fight was packed with action every second of the way, but the sta- dium was far from packed, only 11,780 watching it, and the comparatively small sum of $54,990.48, was taken in at the gate. Of this amount, taxes deducted, Canszoneri received 50 per cent, or be- tween $20,000 and $25,000, while Berg's 10 per cent amounted to about $5,000. Berg's attempt to lift the lightweight title was Great Britain's first since Freddy Welsh outpointed Willie Ritchie to win the crown 17 years ago. sl GALLAGHER LISTS BOUT. Marty Gallagher, Washington e :le‘%m boxerkwfll r‘l:et ‘Tony Gomn ewark, N. a 10-1 May 1 at Newar] PR RACES TODAY Chesapeake Stakes $10,000 Added SIX OTHER RACES ":mlnl"l. .-‘:5-‘."‘- h“r Unlen leaves Stat! direct to track. Eastern ‘ime. ADMISSION Grandstand and paddock, $1.50 FIRST RACE AT 2:30 PM. STRATEGY AND er, will illustrate and season. FAMOUS BASE BALL STARS IN BIG LEAGUE BASE BALL By Al Demaree Al Demaree, former N. Y. Giants Pitch- secrets” of famous big league stars in this series, which will appear throughout the It will be of value to amateur players and intense interest to fans who fail to see the fine points in technique and strategy on the diamond. TECHNIQUE OF =y W describe the “inside Look for This Series Starting Monday -