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@he Toen [ 4 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION wy Star. WASHINGTON, D.i €, MONDAY, MAY 4, 193 Nats Have Few Strong Hurlers for Trip : Great Base Running Wins JOHNSON SELECTS “HEAVY-DUTY" TRID Hadley, Brown and Fischer| to Carry Burden—A’s Win in Keen Battle. BY JOHN B. KELLER. EW YORK, May 4.—During this tour, in which the Nationals will visit all cities of the Western end of the American League and ail| of the Eastern end excepting| Philadelphiag Manager Walter Johnson expects to get good re- sults from such starting hurlers as Irving Hadley, Carl Fischer, and Lidyd Brown. It will be up to this trio, the pilot figures, to keep the Washington club up in the pennaht race. - ‘Prior to the start of the campaigning +the manager banked heavily upcn his veterans Al Crowder- and Sam Jones, while Pred Marberry was expected to do & pretty good share of the slabbing and do it- effectively, too. Only Hadley,| Pischer and Brown, however, have per-| formed consistently well since the s2a- son got under way. Jones, Johnson feels, may soon swing into good form and hurl well over a nine-inning route instead of beifig the six-inning boxman he has-been thus far. As to Crowd:r, Johnson has little hope of the pitcher coming through until June. For a time the Washington boss be- lieved he had just about the best pitch- ing staff in the American Leagu®. The | records of the members of last year ‘were impressive and Walter had no rea- | son to believe other than that most of them would repeat. Despite their phy- | sical fitness, though, several have been | quite wabbly in their efforts and it looks | as though only a few will have to bear the brunt of the mound work until warm weather gets the kinks out of the | ‘wings of the old timers. | ARBERRY has been something of a disappointment to date. John- son during the training season | had an idea the bug Texan would | ready to function as a starter as well| 83 in relief roles. Fred has some- thing of an in-and-outer in both classes, however, and he probably will not be| picked as a regular performer for som® time. ‘The greatest disappointment, though, has been General Crowder. ~THis right- | hander who did such excellent pitching after transferring from the Browns to the Natlonals the middle of last June still bas to show any real worth this| season. Crowder now has been in six| and in each was well walloped. | _when the op-| position had runners the basepath. | It s apparent that Crowder has not ined the fast ball that made him so effective last season. And without that | fast one the General is just about help- | less on the hill. i was Crowder who gave up the runs that sent the Nationals to- defeat After Brown had hurled a remarkable eight innings | before being lifted in favor of a pinch | batter Crowder came on to take a two- hit pasting in the ninth that meant a brace of tallies for the Athletics. | Of course, that muff of a pop fly bv Ossie Bluege hurt the General to the | extent of one run. but there was noth- ing pleasing rbout his pitching. It was | as shaky es that he had shown in pre- vious endeavors. | ‘Tke Athletics got seven hits all told, | which was the exact amount the Na tionals gleaned off the left-hand hurling of George Walberg. But the A’s twice bunched hits for results, while only one | of the seven blows made by the N tionals amounted to anything. That | ‘was a homer driven into left-field stand | by Joe Cronin in the ninth inning to save his club from a shutout. | ROWN yielded five of the seven hits made by the A's. Two were clus- tered in the first frame for s tally. He had two out and two strikes on | Cochrane when the latter lined a single | to center. Along came Simmons with | a mighty wallop to right fleld for three bases to send over a run. A scratchy single was made off Brown by Miller in the second inning, then | there was no more hitting by them until the eighth, when, with two out, they got two more singies. Crowder took up the mound burden | in the ninth and after striking out Cochrane he was banged by Simmons for a humer. It was a drive that landed on top of the right field fence and bounded beyond the park. Thus Sim- mons’ batting salted the game for the Macks. Bluege couldn't hold to a pop fiy| lifted by Foxx and after the second out of the round was recorded Jimmy scor- | ed as Dykes cracked a two-bagger. | ASHINGTON'S hits off Walberg vere spread over five innings. The | +isree were fluky affairs. West got | e with one out in the second in- | nir; when Simmons and Boley let a pop to short left fall between them.| Then Kuhel's bunt was good for a base | as Walberg fell when fielding the ball. The bit, though, wzsn't good enough to get West away from second. Bluege followed this weak wallop by driving into a side-retiring double-play. | Spencer opened the third inning with | a single scratched by the pitcher and Brown sacrificed, but Myer and Harry Rice were easy for Simmons. Cronin tripled with one gone in the fourth, the | first real hit off the Mack southpaw, but neither West nor Kuhel could aid Joe. Harris picked up Brewn's bt 2fter one ‘was out in th- eighth and doubled. Szm Rice went in to run for Harris, but died at third wrere he nad been moved by Myer'’s sacrifice when Harry Rice, after failing to bunt eafcly. rolled weakly to Bishop at sec- ond. One was out in the eighth when Cronin hit his homer and West fol-| lowed with a single. But all Kuhel could do was drill into a erasure to end the battle, | Bs T THAT, it was an interesting tilt C and was thoroughly enjoyed by the 22,000 present . . .West made a great catch to retire Boley in the second session . . .Bluege had some hard ones come his way . . . he handled them well, then fell down on Foxx's pop in the ninth . Cronin kicked a grounder for an error . . . Joe is| having his troubles around short this season . . . Simmons' homer was his fourth of the year . . been made off Washington hurlers. Jimmy McLeod, recently returned to the Nationals by Chattanooga, has been fted again . . . Dallas could not use 80 President Griffith has sent the infielder opeka. to T | Lawless of Syracuse, N. Doc Wilson to Wrestle a Worthy . and three have 7 Standings in Major Leagues American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia. 3: Washineton, 1. ork. 8: Boston. 3. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brogkbm York. Cincinnati, 3-10. Enlindeishia: 4 Ba A ston, 1 8t. Lous, ‘hicago, 4 (11 innings). Chicagp_ Washingion Detroft . Boston _ St._Louls Games —1 781 91.387 | 11| 8l—'e—|_#110].286 GAMES TODAY. Wash. at New York. Cleve. at Bt. Louis. Chicago at’ Detroit. i Boston at Phil Boston ___ Games Percentage 2533 s$8228 3 Brooklyn Cincin: GAMES TOMORROW. ew York at Bkiyn inct Phila oston. Pittshurgh-8t. " Louts ot scheduled. | GAMES TODAY. York at Bily nnati at Chicago. t_Boston. . Louls eduled. New Ginct not scl THO RING CHANPS INNONTITLE TLTS Rosenbloom Meets Lomski, | Thompson Takes on Law- less This Week. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, May 4.—Two box- | ing champlons are scheduled | to show their wares in non-| title bouts this week. Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, light- heavyweight champion, takes on the hard-hitting Leo Lomski of Aberdeen, Wash, in a 10-rounder at Portland, Oreg., tomorrow. Jack Thompson, welterweight champlion, meets Bucky Y., over the me route at the Chicago Stadium Friday. King Levinsky, young Chicago heavyweight, tackles ~Emmett Rocco, Ellwood Qity, Pa., in the other 10-round- er on the same bill. Jack Berg, who lost his junior -wel- terweight championship instead of win- | ning the lightweight title when he fought Tony Canzoneri a short time ago, reopens Madison Square Garden to boxing after a considerable lapse. He meets Tony Herrera of El Paso, Tex., in the main 10-round scrap Friday. RAY STEELE IS ONE OF MAYAKI'S VICTIMS Opponent in the Japanese Here Friday Night. Ray Steele, who fought an hour and 20 minutes last week with Jim Londos, knows the ability of Tarl Mayaki, Jap- anese wrestler, Steele, ong of the fore- most grapplers in the country, bowed | before the Jap jiu-jitsu artist, who next Priday will sppear at the Washington Auditorium opposing Doc Wilson in a one-fall-to-a-finish bout. Promoter Joe Turner's weekly card, which hrs been held on Thursdays, has | been shifted to Priday this week, the Auditorfum not being available on Joe's regular night. The Mayaki-Wi'son scrap will be one of the two headliners. Floyd Marshall | and Billy Bartush meet -in another | finish match, while Tiger Nelson and | Nick Nester, both of them mat villains, tangle in one of the three 30-minuters, 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR.. IM PROKOS, who downed Frank Lynch at wrestling last night at the Gayety, will meet Joe Turner there tomorrow night. Turner is willing to make a $100 side bet he can trim Prokos. A classification committee com- prising Harry Hesser, D. J. Mc- arthy, Louis C. Shuckers, Charles Weaver and J. A. Jones has been selected in connection with the horse matinees over the new speedway. ‘The committee, picked by L. D. Sale, 18 expected to report to the Drivers and Riders Association at the St, James Hotel. Twining Club, beaten by Kendall A. C. in a 10-2 game, may lose its Independence League franchise as the result of its poor showing. ‘Wood, who pitched well for Busi- ness against ntral, falled against Western yesterday and the latter downed the Stenogs in the cham- plonship series. Kummer, W. B. Moses pitcher, al- lowed two hits and fanned 17 to lead his team to an 8-2 victory over the Havenner Bakers. Navy conquered Catholic University, 3 to 2. Ryan, for C. U, held the Middies hitless until the ninth, when they got two bingles which, with an error, victory. Close, That’s All PHILADELPHIA Bishop, 2b. Hans. ef Cochrane, Simmons, oxx. 1b Miller, rf Dykes. Boley. s Walbe: gave them two runs and msnensooud =l osococsonmsssy ul cosornmooy 2l omoonoruneson | monmonmony Totals A JASHINGTON. oz, 3., H. Rice, o Manush, Gronin. Blororuunssnsnd ¥l wnssnssnsd 3l coscanBununsd Bl mmonssuwano u) sbvuncvecoss? ol scsausesall &l cooaracsuson’ Totals *Batted for Brown in eighth, tRan for Harrs in elghth. Score by innings— Philadelphla . Washing - | Brooklyn feated Tapia and Msnuel Llana, 6—3, ¢ Pittsburgh . TAPIA LODKS 600D N TENNS DEFEAT Young Mexican Makes Yan- kee Foes Hustle to Score Davis Cup Clean-up. By the Associated Press. EXICO CITY, May 4.—The fine trio of tennis players repre- senting the United States were | a step nearer the Davis Cup | finals today result of a sweeping | victory over Mexico, but they had to Tapia. Tapia, only 20 years old and lacking the tournament experience which made | his rivals almost unbeatable, played | with brilliance that threatened to cause trouble for the Unijed States players as they swept through into the North American zone final by winning three straight matches. In singles and dou- bles Tapia could not even win a set. but he suct in making most of them hard for his rival. Tennis fol- lowers agreed that the frail little Mex- | ican showed great promise for future | Davis Cup battles. Will Play Exhibitions. ‘The United States clinched the vic- tory yesterday winning the doubles match in st t sets for the third victory. Two singles matches are left to be played Tuesday, but they will merely be exhibitions. Two players not much older than the youthful Tapia—Frank X. Shields of New York and Sidney B. Wood, a University of Arizona student—won the final tri- for ihe United States. They de- The United States team, after com- pleting its matches here, will face C; ada in the zone final at Montreal May 21, 22 and 23. The winner of that tie will play Argentina, South American zone winner, for the right to play in| the final interzone match against whichever team comes through the European competition. Hafey Won’t Make Trip With Cards T. LOUIS, May 4 (#)—Charles (Chick) Haf~y, slugging outfielder, will not be among those present when the Cardinals depart tomorrow night on an invasion of the East. Hafey, who is motoring from his California home to sign & new con- tract and join the Cardinals, will not be taken on the trip even should he arrive today or tomorrow. ‘The Cardinal business office today said Hafey would remain here and workout daily at Sportsman’s Park until the team returns May 26. Hafey, the most stubborn holdout of 1931, only recently agreed to sign & contract at the club’s terms. share some of the honors of their first 21— tle with a young opponent, Ricardo Do D'CONNOR HILLTOP HORSESHOE CHAMP Wins Title Second Year in Succession—Continue C. U. Tournament. EREMIAH JEROME O’CONNOR, a Washington youth, is George- town University’s horseshoe pitching champion for the sec- ond year in succession, he having re- tained the title In a recently concluded tournam=nt among 32 players. O'Con- nor will be presented a medal, em- blematic of his championship, by The S.ar, and will be eligible to carry on in the annual metropolitan district con- ducted tournament by this newspaper. O'Connor, Robert Joseph Bertagna and Thomas David Stapleton have been named as the team that will represent Georgetown in a match soon with the champion trio of the Metropolitan League, Carl Vonder Lacken, Roy Wil- son and George Westhy. In the meantime more than 50 pitch- ers are competing in a tournament at Catholic University. Following are the results of the late rounds on the Hilltop: # Second, round. Prichard defeated O'Hara. efeated Stahlin. Gefented Hickey, 2118, 17 tague defeated Wal defeated Barber. 50— m‘Qnun;!r;flr{nls—Kle!r defeated Prichard. 2116, LA vicz. 19; versi ’:, defaglis Bertaue deteated Y18 2115, VGemi-finais—Kiely defeated Stapleton, 21— 20, 3 O'Connor ~defeated Beriague, T iR *Final-0"Connor geteated Kielr, 80 to 3. Results at C. U. Sheary defeated Whelan, 21—17; defeated McCa Darowish 3116 Shallsck ted feated Darowish. 21—19; Sha Stapleton, 21—16; Oliver defeated Miranda, 1713 Spinnelll defeated Carter. 21—13! i defeated Preston. 21717 Flan e rner. 21-20. Walter Botmme. 2115 Bettey defeated Waters, 21—8: Billinger_defeated He 1-12; Stevens de- feated Bauania, 2115 Spinelli defeated Unsworth, . 21-8; Oliver defeated Caran. 71-9; Shallack defeated De Bettencourt by default; Bettey defeated Herman, 31—10; Walter defeated Fiynn, 21—11 , 211 21-15: iawicz te Juneru- an n PLAY TIGHT GAMES IN LEAGUE OPENERS Medicos, Griffiths and Saks Win by One-Run Margins—Pigs Smear Whitewash. Three of the six games that marked the opening of play yesterday in the unlimited section of the Capital City Base Ball League proved tight scraps. Army_ Medicos overcame Majestic Radlo, 5 to 4, and Griffith-Blue Coal conquered Italian Villagers, 9 to 8, in battles that required 10 innings. victory Clothiers squeezed out a 6-5 over Foxall. In other encounters St. Joseph's sur- prised by trimming Congress Heights, 13 to 7; Dixie Pig drubbed Columbia Heights, 8 to 3, and Capitol Heights was an 18-7 winner over Federal Storage. Majestic Radio rallied in the eighth to tie the count with Army Medicos, only to see the latter step out in the tenth and win. Griffith-Blue Coal overcame a 7-0 | lead piled up by Italian Villagers to triumph. The winners pushed across six runs in the last four innings. A quick chuck by Catcher Luckett that caught a runner off first in the ninth inning pulled the Saks team out of a critical sbot and gave 1t victory over Foxall. There were two out at the time. Eddie Cinotti and Orrel Mitchell were standouts in St. Joseph's win over Con- gress Heights. Dixie Pig got off to a 4-0 lead over Columbia Helghts in the first inning ::edwk:lm thng Wuttgimd Buthl fll:: iners and Lester Singman for t) losers hit hard. Capitol Heights overcame an early Federal Storage lead and went on to hang up its easy win. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Al Simmons, Athletics—Hit triple with one on in first inning and a ho) in ninth to beat Washington, Ray Benge, Phillles—Held Br: six hits for 4-1 victory. Joe Stripp, Reds—Hit three dnublu’ and single in five times up to lead Cin- | cinnati to 10-5 victory over Pittsburgh | in second game of double header. i Sam Gray, Browns—Broke team’ nine-game losing streak by scattering nine Chicago hits to win, 9-5. | Charley Gelbert, Cardinals — En- | gineered squeeze play in eleventh inning | for deciding run in 5-4 triumph over Cubs. | Wesley Ferrell. Indians-Won fifth game of season for Cleveland, beating Detroft 7-4 | Fresco Thompson, Robins -His fast bas? running scored run that defeated Giants, 4-3. | Roy Bherid, Yankees—Checked Red | Sox with aix hita for 8-3 victory. | McMICHAELS BIKE VICTORS. | The McMichael family hogged honors | in the annual 25-mile bicycle race of the Century Road Club Assoclation from the District Line to Upper Marl- | boro and return. Bryon McMichael finshed first in 1 hour 9 minutes and 14 seconds and brcther Willlam was second, only 3-5 of a_minute behind. Each had & seven-minute handicap. James Armando of the Hartford Cycle Club, starting from seratch, was third. liecords for Week In Major Leagues American League. W.L. R. H E.OR. 1 23 47 17 28 Club. HR. Cwn 9 14 Natie 8t. Louis Ch e T e T ey 3 B -3 I3 [ PO Bornu—wa Minor Leagues PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Morning Games. San Prancisco. 8; Oakland, 1. Seattle, 2; Hollywood, 0. Missions, 6; Portland, 2. Sacramento, 4; Los Angeles, 1 Afternoon Games. ©Oakland, 4; San Francisco, 2. Sacramento, 6: Los Angeles, 3 (seven innings by agreement) Portland, 8; Missions, 2. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Reading, 12-7; Toronto, 10-2. Newark, 10: Buffalo, 0. Baltimore, Rochester, 4-1. Montreal, 3; Jersey City, 1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. st. Paul. 7; Louisville, 1. Milwaukee, 3; Columbus, 0. Indianapolis, 17; Minneapolls, 11. Kansas City, 18 Toledo, 6. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. "TAKOMA TIGERS WIN 'c-pitnl City League Champions THE TIMID SOUL. A DRINK \Do? | 3 s g t L e ESENBT FoLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS AND TAKIN WHAT CAN VIOLATE THE HOTELS RULEC AND CcANT DRINK THE STUFF WITHOUT GINGER ALE —By WEBSTER Diamond Fortune Playing Tricks BY JOHN B. FOSTER. YORK, May 4 —Strange things come to pass in base ball. Here are two Western teams in the first division in the American League, and the frost is barely out | of the ground. Charley Comiskey must be wondering whether those White Sox are feel quite right. Dean has been sent back to 3 pul have been sploshed away on Dizzy. He won't even be shown to the East. A big circus has its freaks, but they are always in the sideshow, and, after ], base ball doesn’t need show with its present bareback riders and superb clowns. BASE BALL THRILLER | Down Hyattsville, 3 to 2, in 12-Inning Game, RIVERDALE, Md.,, May 4—Takomas Tigers, Capital City Base Ball League champions, conquered Hyattsville All Stars, 3 to 2, in a thrilling 12-inning struggle. Bill Hoffman, Hyattsville pitcher, who gave way to Elliott in the tenth, allowed Tigers shoved across the winning run ed ball, took second as no at- tempt was made to nip him and scored when Henley singled. went ‘the route on the mound for the Tigers. The hits, getting three off Elliott. Rich Reeley, Hyattsville catcher, was the batt standout, coming through with a double and two singles and driv- ing in both of his team’s runs. Hanley and Ault each got two hits for the Ti- gers. Hyattsville will meet the Red Sox A. C. of Washington here next Sunday afternoon. Major Leaders Birmingham, 5, New Orleans, (seven innings, rain). b Memphis, 10; Little Rock, 0. Nashville, 4: Chattanooga, 3. Atlanta, 9; Mobile, 5. TEXAS LEAGUE. Shreveport, 3-0; Galveston, 1-1, Houston, 6; Wichita Falls, 0. San Antonio, 3; Dallas, 1. Fort Worth, 4; Beaumont, 0. WESTERN LEAGUE. Oklahoma City. 4; Des Moines, 0. St. Joseph, 2; Denver, 0. * Wichita, 4; Omaha, 1. EASTERN LEAGUE. Albany, 2; Richmond, 1. Bridgeport, 7; Allentown, 6, §lrt(0rd, 3 Springfield, 2. orfolk, 23; New Haven, 9. MOUNT RAINIER, Md, May 4— Mount Rainier Seniors won their third base ball game in as many starts when they topped the O'Briens of Washing- !ton, 10 to 8, here vesterday afternoon. The Mounts gained a 5-2 lead in the first inning and stayed in front by about this margin. Ball pitched all the way for the winners, while the visitors used three hurlers. A triple play by the Mounts was the feature. It came when Venning, second baseman, snagged & liner as he was standing on the midway sack and threw| to t to nip the runner, d m:fimmm.‘p ot By the Associated Press. National League. Batting — Davis, Phillles, .447; Roettger, Reds, .426. Pirates, 19; Klein, Runs—L. Waner, Phillles, 17. Runs batted in—Hornsby, Cubs, 15; Trayncr, Pirates, 14. Hits—Traynor, Pirates; L. Waner, Pirates, 25. Doubles—Herman, Robins, 7; Mara: ville, Braves; Traynor, Pirates; Horns by, Cubs; Adams and Bottomley, Cardi- nals, 6. R Triples—L. Waner, Pirates; Orsatti, Cardinals, 3. Home runs—Hornsby, Cubs, 5; Her- man, Robins; Klein, Phillies, 4. Stolen crosky, Pirates; Berger, Braves, 5. American League. Batting — Alexander, Tigers, Berry, Red Sox, .438. Runs—Myer, Senators; Fonseca, In- dians, 15. Runs batted in—Cronin, Senators, 19; Averill, Indians, 16. Hits—Alexander, Tigers, 30; Cronin, Senators, 29. Doubles — Alexander, Tigers, 11; Fonseca and Vismik, Indians; Webb and Ollver, Red Scx, 7. Triples—H. Rice, Senators, 4; Cronin and Bluege, Senators, and Simmons, Athletics, 3. % Home runs—Stone, Tigers, 5; Sim- mons, Athletics, 4. Stolen bases—Chapman and Gehrig, Yankees; Cissell, Tigers, h 8o only three hits and fanned nine. The - when with two out Williams was hit by | S2¢ne! Hyattsville got 10 hits off Ryan, who 3 ‘Takoma team made six Hadi Hyattsville High Track Team Will Compete in C. U. Games YATTSVILLE, Md., ‘M - Hyattsville High School’s track | gy team, which placed second to the winning Hagerstown High team in the county high schools class in the Universty of Maryland meet Saturday, will participate in the Cath- rrelay, which will be ed from Hayes, Evans, lllemlon, Love and Hyattsville has tentatively listed a | meet with Washington-Lee High of Ballston, Va. for the Unive Maryland Fiel olic University meet Saturday on the | FT! C. U. track. Twelve will make up the Hyattsville squad, including Tom Hayes, who won the half mile, and Warren Evans, who tied for first place in the 440-yard dash in the Maryland affair. Hayes also will run the mile, Vincent Stevens, who tled for first-place in the pole vault in the open interscholastic class in the Maryland meet, also will be in the Hy- attsville contingent. Stevens leaped 11 feet to tie the Maryland meet record. He also will compste in the javelin in the C. U. meet. Others who will carry Hyattsville's colors in the C. U. meet include Ernest Michaelson, 100-yard dash, broad jump; Fred Baird, 229-yard dash, broad jump; Jack Sheriff, 440-yard dash, broad jump; Charles Childress, Harvey Love, 220-yard dash; Elmer Mostow, 440-yard dash; Solomon .Pincus, Bill Allen, 880-yard run, and Dick Toole, 220-yard low hurdles. Hyattsville also has entered a mile Records of Griffs H.Sfl!.lg!.?é {4 BATTING. . 20.3p HR. BB o N e 20000000m-oblaniob oy SaEEwl! 00900500 - Hunn - giaed > PO~ =1~ 200500000800 00~NO000) Gongesiutesusituanenes baessiuvitanen sbateins etace et B e 2 5 e " oo . g 23 25% e g ] B R A8 VIPENES X . Ot § weu—oooe I 1 i i 8 other county ‘winners. The Olmpiad. will be Baltimore in early June. Hyattsville h School's base ball team will meet Western High's nine of Wi in Magruder Park here to- moryow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The contest, which has just been arranged, is the first of a two-game series. West- ;;n is carded to come here again May A game scheduled with Leonard Hall School for Leonardtown Friday has been canceled by Hyattsville, in line with a policy to curtail traveling. f PAGE C—I or Robins THOMPSON'S DASH * NOSES 00T GIANTS Scores From Second Base on Dinky Infield Error. Ruth Effective. BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR., Associated” Press Sports Writer, HEN the Brooklyn Robins lose a ball game by ragging base - running, that’s not news. But when they snatch one out of the fire by spirited work on the paths, it is something to chronicle. They beat the Giants yesterday, 4 to 3, with as pretty a piece of base- running as you would want to see. Fresco Thompson. & recent importa- tion from Philadelphia, was perched on second base in the seventh inning, when Lefty O'Doul smacked a roller to Bill Terry at first. Thompson lit out and, seeing Terry fumble momentarily, didn't even slow up rounding third. He beat a perfect w to the plate by an eyelash, winning the Robins' their third straight victory and settling a tight duel between Dazzy Vance and Carl Hubbell. The defeat was costly to the Giants, who lost S\wm’ in their fight for the National La2gue top as St. Louis mads it three stsaight over Chicago, 5 to 4. The Cardinals went a game and a half ahead when Charlie Gelbert's squeeze bunt scored the winning run in the eleventh inning. Gabby Hartnet's third homer of the year accounted for two of the Cubs’ runs off Rhem. Braves Blow Chance. The Boston Braves missed an op- portunity to move into third place when they dropped their fourth straight to the Phillies, 4 to 1. Ray Benge held the Braves to six hits. Whitney nicked Seibold for a homer with one on. Cincinnati finally registered victory No. 2, defeating Pittsburgh, 10 to 5, in the second game of a double-header after the Pirates had won the first, 6 to 3. Joe Stripp, Red infielder, hit three doubles and a single in the sec- ond tilt. The Yankees hailed Babe Ruth's re- turn to the line-up with an 8-to-3 triumph over the Boston Red Sox. Ruth played six innings and hit a pair of singles, getting around nicely on his injured leg. Six. Red Sox errors proved a big help to the Yankees. Break Losing Streak. A big sixth inning, in which they scored seven runs and drove Thomas from the hill, enabled the St. Louis Browns to down Chicago, 9 to 5, and break a nine-game losing streak. Gray went the distance to get credit for his second out of four the Browns e Ferzel hero es the no-hit, ng-run of a few days-back, had a y first inning against Detroit, but stuck it out to his fifth win, 7 to 4. The Tigers jumped on the. Cleveland ace for three runs in the first, but found him tough thereafter. Vosmick’s home med it up for the Indians in she Homer Standing By the Assoctated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Prederick, Robins, 1; Whitney, Phillies, 1; Vosmik, Indians, 1; nnr!t’- nett, Cubs, 1: Simmons, Athletics, 1; Cronin, Senators, 1; Fothergill, White Sox, 1 The Leaders. Hornsby, Cubs, Stone, Tigers, | Herman, Robins, 4; Klein, Phillies, Simmons, Athletics, 4. League Totals. National, 54; American, 50; total, 104, BY FRANCIS E. STAN. OSSIBLY no other sandlot pilot has & more enviable. two-man curving corp than Pop Shomo, who guides the destinies of Government Printing Office in the Government League. E In a five-team loop, with two games ns to alternate Bobby Pete Ingram, right-hander, and is convinced that if his batsmen can push across three or four runs a game, G. P. O.1l have that pennant yet. And three or four runs aren’t hard to get in the Government League, Pop points out. OF' Breoke Grubb still is going strong. He got one hit out of two trips yester- day as his Glants looked good in down- ing the Alexandria Cardinals, 20 to 7. Industrial and Georgetown Church Leaguers were to open today. Bill Jenkins' Red Sox, who will cavort in the Industrial under the name of Con- structioneers, were down to tangle with Washington Terminal in the e that });:'blbly will headline the H.I.m offer- The Red Sox were hitting yestertiay Dempsey’s Sock Is a Heritage .Gnndfather Was Famous Fighter in Tarheel ; Mountains—Choked Bear to Death. N the groping search for a new heavyweight champion who will stand up and prove his place, a North Carolina correspondent sendk us this clipping, which may be interesting, as it concerns Jack Dempsey's heritage: “Naté- Dempsey, Jack Dempsey, the weight boxin, renowned in North Carolina for his strength and fight- ing ability that today his fame in some mountain localities far sur- passes that of his grandson. “‘On the record in the office of ‘the clerk of court in Yancey County is an-order handed down by a judge in sessions that forever restrained the elder Dempn, from hitting any man with his fistsi - ‘‘Further, the order declares the fists of one' Nate constituted a grandfather of former heavy- ite Sox; Johnson, | - punishable Mauler, had a wide reputation as a h-and-tumble iter before that ability was translated into ring ufllnil'. It is :bifilly of the highest quality, none deny, but at the ’umflneuuummueho!:lur- Shomo Looks to Lyon, Ingram To Pitch G. P. O. to Pennant . as the Virginia White Sox were beaten, 13 to 9. In the Georgetown Church League, Metropolitan Baptist and Eldbrooke were to play. | T)EL RAY found out yesterday why Bill Flester was so_enthusiastic about his French A. C. The Frenchies won a 31-to-9 victory. Mar- ;\u (;lh':wnn continued socking, getting lve . It was to be Interstate vs. Navy and City Post Office vs. Commerce in the mmment and Departmental Leagues y. - With Ray Knight and Medler pitch- | Ing five-hit ball, the Chevy Chase Grays continued heads-up play. =They downed the Acme Printers, 17 to 1, and fat- tened batting averages, dividing up 23 safeties. P. Duvall was on his way to the “Hall of Fame” yesterday when the Alton Badger Seniors won, 13 to 0, over the Congress Heights team in five innings. The Heights batsmen didn't connect for one safety. St. Mary's Celtics and Naval Hospital were all even yesterday at the end of their double-header. The Celts won the opener, 7 to 5, and dropped the second, 11 to 7, to the Government League champs. Scores of other follow: Senators. 16: Nine Aces. 9 Red Sox. 13: Virgh . White Sox, 9. Chevy Chase Grays. Acme Printers, 1. Knights of Columbus Insects, 5; Washing- ton Orioles, 3. Wonder “Bréad Midgets, 21; Columblan ; Olmsted Grill, 4, Virginia Juniors, . x Juniors, 1. sandlot contests Jewele: Lionel Juniors, Iiston, 6. Hyatisville Tn- [ 19; Robinson, 16 3 n Crandall. 12: S Hoamersy 3. L indbe Union_Printers. 1: " rehs, 3. Bales. 3: Wonder Bopar 13- 12 (13 . Times Junior e Howitser Glants. 30: = Alexandria® Cardi- Cavalier, 8. Bolling Pie! ‘Barbe onlals, 15. Soengier Post. 20 Schwaris Juniors. 9. Alexandria “Fire Co. 18" Nation Wide. Botomee Food Dietribuis Fire rtment, 4. Colonials, 13: ai A.'C. 24 g hidue, 15 fors. thern, 3. %nr.?:;" AC.% i brook June 1: Anacostis Easigh B