Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1931, Page 57

Base Ball, Boxing SPORTS SECTION The Sunday Sl Bowling and Golf Part 5—4 Pages WASHINGTON, .. G, . Mate, Paying $10.20, Wins $48,225 Preakness Close Finishes Marked Scholastic Track Meet at Catholic U. TWENTY GRAND 20, EQUIPOISE BAD 4TH Record Pimlico Crowd of] 40,000 Sees Bostwick’s Colt Equal Mark. BY ORLO ROBERTSON, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. | ALTIMORE, May 9.—Answering the challenge of the East's| greatest 3-year-olds, A. C. Bost- wick's Mate charged down the.‘ ©old hill-top stretch to win the fortieth | running of the Preakness at Pimlico today. | Forty thousand fans, the largest number ever to pack their way mm} a Maryland race track, cheered and groaned as the little chestnut son of Prince Pal turned back the highly favored Twenty Grand, from the Greentree Stable, and Equipoise, car- rying the famous eton blue and brown | 4 silks of Cornelius Vanderbilt . T e o RothinE Dever than ipoise could do ng an ‘lqumptt as Walter J. Salmon's Ladder, an outsider, showed staying ability for the first time and finished third. Although placing second, the Green- of the flying Mate as the Bostwick fiashed past the judges. A mneck came Ladder, rear trailed 12 F] Mate Is Record. g | LT iégggg‘ the pace. Around the club house turn and through the back stretch Clock Tower continued to set a burning pace, tlnvellx;' past the six furlongs pole in :132-5. Mate Lays Back Fourth. Meanwhile Mate was running easily in Feurth place with and Surf Board, Twenty Grand's lemate, tak- ing stride for stride in second position. Far to tRe rear Twenty Grand and Equipoise battled in an effort to gain on_the leaders. Ladder caught Clock Tower as the fleld of seven swung into the stretch, but Mate was not long in taking com- mand. Taking no chances with the now fast-moving Twenty Grand, Ellis went to work, hands, whip and spurs, and there was no catching the chestnut fiyer. After Holding the Greentree ace in| check t5 the stretch turn Charlie Kurt- singer finally let Twenty Grand run, but his move was too late. Sonny Workman went to work on Equipoise but the lead- | ing money-winning juvenile of 1930 failed to respond to the lash of the whip. He was a beaten 3 Back of Equipoise at the finish fol-| lowed Clock Tower with Si badly beaten sixth and the Seagram Eyf.lb‘z'l Sol Gills far to the rear in last place. Entry Was Post Favorite. The Greentree entry went to the post |} ipoise, while | 8 He paid | W, the slight favorite over Mate was the third choice. $10.20, $3.60 and $2.30 across the boards. ; Twenty Grand returned $2.70 to place | and $2.30 to show, and a $2 show ticket F Alibuugh Baening Jouri g} g fourth, Equipoise ‘boosted while Twenty Grand's were sent to $56,580. In addition to winning the share of the purse, young Bost- received the Woodlawn trophy, which has been in existance since War days. GASTON IS NEMESIS TO SLIPPING INDIANS Red Sox's 5-to-1 Victory Tribe's| Third Straight Reverte. Helpless Until Ninth. By the Associsted Press. CLEVELAND, May 9.—The Boston Red Sox sent the Cleveland Indians | tumbling out of first place in the Amer- iean League today by defeating them, 6 to 1, while the Yankees won from the ‘White Sox, to step into the vacated top position. Milton Gaston held the tribe to three scattered hits and no runs until the ninth inning, when the Indians got two more hits and their lone tally. | It was the Indians” third consecutive | defeat and their second ai the hands of the Red Eox. Bosto: ABH O Rhyne 5032 Rothr xeeaey ib. Webb,rf. . .. A o > cooosmoancos! Cleve. Hud'inp' . Jablon'ski.p. Paik rosoOOmme 4 4 4 4 I 3 . Totals . 35112716 Totals... 3 *Batted for Goldman in ninth inn| | tBatted for Jablonowski in ninth inning. | Boston ... 1 Cleveland ... 1 28| ironnwnunesas —8 | -1 , Falk. Home run-—webb. —Goldman, Hodapp and_Fonseca: y Jablonow- in 8 innings onowski. 1 in udlin. Umpires and Guthrie. minutes. ki, 1. N {hone out {n minth): off Jai 1 ioning. itcher —H sars. ineen, Time of game—1 hour and 33 WINS 4-YEAR CAMPAIGN. Pancho Villa’s Brother Flyweight| Champion of Orient. MANILA, May 9 ().—Little Pancho, brother of the late Pancho Villa, boxer, ended a four-year campaign to- night winning the flyweight title of the nt. He won s decisicn over Pablo Dano . J0 3 rounds, ace was one and one-half lengths | Or: while a full length to | Benes Equipoise, a weary Joh t | da. | ROBINS TAKE FIRST; PHILS GET REVENGE } Braxton, Wright's Hitting Decides Opener| o ‘& urf Board a | Fhie his total earnings to $150,835, | Priadel ivil | Big Bill Takes Series Opener ADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, May 9 () —Big Bill Tilden, still the old master of tennis, trounced his youthful rival, Vincent Richards, tonight in the first of their serles of matches for the world’s professional tennis champlonship. The scores were 5—7, 6—0, 6—1, 6—3. Twelve thousand witnessed the match. CARDS BEAT PIRATES | FOR EIGHTH STRAIGHT Bottomley and Gelbert Are Out of Champs’ Line-up in'4-2 Win. P. Waner Hits Homer. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, May 9 —Sylvester | Johnson kept Pittsburgh’s nine hits scattered while St. Louis hit Kremer timely and hard-and the Cardinals won their eighth stralght victory today, 4 0 2 Paul Waner's homer in the first and two doubles in the sixth gave the Pi- rates their only runs. Collins hit a home run in the eighth Bottomley and Gelbert were out of the champion’s line-up due to injuries. ABH O A b... 4 120 LW Saammsas ©l omoonosonons! Totals ...34 9371 7 Totals ... *Batted for Thevenow in ninth. tRan for Brame in ninth. 3Bated for Kremer in ninth. st Louts Pittsburgh Runs—Adams, Orsa 'y P . En isch. at- Wanet: B Waner, Oreait), Watkins, Jonn- Traynor, Collins. Two-base hits—Re- Martin, L. ‘}xll;!l;.“ul’lglhw. s Home runs—E; acTifice—Martin. _ Doubl tti. Collins, Martin, L. i Dat. ner, Collins. . Waner to Granthan: Benes, gl Vg oSt et it L B e S vfll’flro! ‘game—1 hour 39 minutes. - i i and Five-Run Inaugural In- ning Tells in Second. et L May 9—The Phil PHILADELPHIA, y 9.~ o les and the Brookiyn Robins divided & double-header today, Brooklyn winning the first game, 8 to 3, on Glenn Wright's heavy hitting, and the Phillles taking the second, 5 to 1. Wright drove in five runs in the first game with a home run and two doubles, while Adolfo Luque, veteran Cuban pitcher, limited the Phils to eight hits. The home team hopped all over Phil Gallivan in the first inning of the sec- ond game, scoring all their runs and driving the Brooklyn hurler from the X, Ray Benge stopped all the Robins ex- cept Wright, who hit his second homer of the day in the second inning. Benge gave only six hits. (FIRST ABH.OA 1... 4 GAME.) o > BowmLome? 'y ©0000 oS ammnl RS- raouSunoa 2| norumssausna, & il sensesehn B s 3| 8l coonomarroonsc? *Batted for sler in seventh. fBatted for t in i t inth. . Gilbert (3), Her- 2), Malion, Gilbert (3); Her issoniette ' (2). 1 Bissonecie (3). Wrtght (4, | ses—Fred- iay—Bartell 1o ases—Brooklyn, balls—Of Hit by pitcher— Winning pitcher— Elljott. Umpires— Messrs. of game—1 hour and 41 minutes. (SECOND GAME.) ABH.OA Phi < Sovunsons® Bkiyn Fred'rick.ct Gilbert.3b . Herman.rf.. ©O'Doullf. Bisnette.1b Wrightss sinussyiol a4 LrooSumma Thomp' Picinich.c.. Gailivan,p. 8y.0...... Boone*. Pinnt Heimach,p. Totals... *Batted ‘for tBatted for Brooklyn 2| comnousssumnual ——= Totals....32 83711 seventh in seventh. 0100000001 50000000x—5 Bartel. Klein, Hurat, Thompson, Picinich. iberg (3), Davi SF o B2} cocaviuume Bil eos aesitiat s joon w 3 Mallon, _Error Runs _batted - Federick. * ODo “Home run—_Wrig rederick. ul m Stolen Hurst. Double plays_Hurat to | Bartell: Bissonette to Wright to Thompson: Friverg to Hurst. Left on bases—Philadel- phis, 7, Brooklyn. 8 ' Base on ball—Off | nge, 3; off Galilvan. 2: off Day. 1. off mach, 1. Struck out—By Benge, 5: b Hits—Of Gallivan. 4 in 7 ‘inning: 4 innings: off Heim in e, Heimac Day. 3 va and_Pfirman. hour and 42 minutes BRAVES’ RALLY TELLS Eeat Reds, 4-2. BOSTON, May 9 () —The Boston Braves fell upon Lucas for four runs fier being held scoreless for five in- |2 nings and defeated Cincinnati, 4 to 2, in the first game of the series today. Boston. ABH.O. Marviiless 4 S0 oM cscac—nSowm S srooonomu” Ma, fn,zn' Beibold,p. . 0 2 ] 1 3 0 0 Bpol 0 1 2 o E ) 1 Totals ..3¢10 *Batted for Di Cincinnati Boston 5 Totals rocher in ninth inning. 0000000 0-3 0000400 x4 Sirip, Hendrick. Dreesen, Berger. Freu rs Duroéner (31, B ) uble plavs—Cullop to Hendrick: to_Maranville to Neun (2), Left on base Py i, 7, Bost Frisch | Ne 5 is, 5; bases 8t Louis, LARY BIFFS YANKS INTO FIRST PLACE {Home Run With Bases Load- ed, Triple With a Pair On, Beats Chisox. By the Assoclated Press. 1 HICAGO, May 9.—Lynn lary provided the big punch for the | New York Yankees today as they celebrated Joe McCarthy day with a 13-to-9 victory over the White Sox. Lary hit a homer with the bases full and a triple that drove home two more Tuns. The victory put the Yankees in first place. Roy Sherid pitched & fine game for the Yankees up to the ninth inning. Then he was driven from the mound as the Sox scored seven runs before the second man was retired. Charley Ruf- fing stopped the rally. Chapman of the Yankess and Reyn- olds of Chicago also hit homers in the slugfest. It was the first time this year more than one four-bagger had appeared in a game at Comiskey Park. ABH.QA. Chicago. ABH.OA 52 30 Kerrss. [P Or A OO O oTssmamome T T Yoy %! cooorommmutnoooon! I 3 3| cococommoncioonon Tal Jefiriesdbiss 5 2l nowosacasconcocos 8| comon Totals.. . 42152713 _ Total +Batted for Kerr in eighth innin 1Batted for Moore in ninth inni ey i » {Batted for McKain in eighth ianins. o100 000 ) B man X, Blekey “Bhoria, e imons, Cissell, Tate, batted in—Fothersii ry (6), Dickey, l;lh mbs Henline, hits-Reynolds, ‘hree-base hit— Revn- 't on bases— Base on balls— . O3 Moxa y Mokal {anings; off o Moore, none 8's innings; Wild piteh— ain, innings; ff Sherid, 12 in in 3% Inning. HOME RUN BY FOXX GIVES MACKS GAME Brings in Three Runs in 6-to-4 Clash After Simmons’ Double Scores a Pair. By the Assoctated Press. ST. LOUIS, May 9.—A rally in the| eighth inning, featured by a home run | made by Foxx, enabled the Philadelphia Athletics to take the first game of a series with the St. Louls Browns, 6 to 4, today. Tge Browns were leading, 4 to 1.| when Simmons singled in the eighth to bring in two runs. Then, after two Ath- letics were on , Foxx olouted the ball to bring ‘winning runs. >§g Qo cosonocomon? Q1 305% 3 Pl R LS Sormomanams - | sosmumosuumns! tO'Rour] Totals .32 6327 4 Totals ... 1Batted for Walberg in elghth. Batted for Gray in ninth. Philadelphia ... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Et. Louis 1w Tee T5 gl Runs—Bishop, Hass, Simmons (2), Cramer, Melillo, G (2), Kress. * Errors— vey (2) Runs batted in_Bettencourt, Echulte (3), Grimes, Dykes. B 4 Foxx (3). ' Two-base hits—Kr Three-base hits_Schulte, Goslin. —Poxx. Bacrifice—Miller. Double plays—— Kress (unassisted): Kress to Levey. Left on_bases_Philadelphia, 4; 8t. Louts, 1. Bases on balls—Off Waiberg, 3, off Gray, 4. truck out By Walperg. 3; by Grove, 4; by 7, 3. Hits—Off Walbe 4 fung n : off Kimsey. 1 hit. Wild pitch- Walberg. alberg. Loting pitcher—Gra isel, Moriarty ame— s and 3 iid 7 hour tnutes. THREE GIANT HOMERS DEFEAT CUBS, 5 T0 4 Ott, Hogan and Jackson Offset Circuit Drives by Hornsby, Stephenson and English. By the Associated Press. NEW - YORK, May 9—The Giants| came from behind with three runs in the eighth today t beat the Cubs in a | the Giants in , while home runs 7 | home-run dual, 5 to 4 Charley Root ke check until the P'Khlgl by Hornsby, Stephenson and English | put the Cubs out ahead. Mel Ott clouted a_homer with Lind- strom on base to finish the winning rally. Hogan and Jackson also folélhle Giants. T arl Hubbell was blasted off the mound in the early innings, but Berly and Heving stopped the Chicago scoring. Heving was credited with the victory. Chicago. ABH.OA. New York. A lair.ib.... "4 0 40 Crnnad .. o0 3 L'dstrom.rf. Terry.1b. Ott.cf Jackson.ss. Vergez,3b fLeslle. 2] esawums, ol onorocenes | soccas—uiuo: 2| cossouwnsoosal 3 ed for Root In ni d for Hudbell h third mnfne. ted for Berly in seventh imning. Chicago ... 00 New York. " Runs—Enslish. Hornsby (2. Leach, _Lindstrom: Ot Juc Rins. . Eny . o—4 x5 Stephenson, Hogan. Bt Eel ! Chicago, 5. Base ‘on ‘b 4 om ooty 1 HE | second; Rigl a close second. SUNDAY Above: Finish of 100-yard dash—Heekin, G. U. Prep, winner; Price, aylor, Central, third; Ditzler, Central, fourth, and Smeltzer, Tech, fifth. ht: Al Reichman, Tech, winning one-mile run, with Al St. John, Central, MORNING, MAY 10, 1931. Central, —Star Staff Photos. Base Ball. Holy Cross, 6; Georgetown, 1. Princeton, 8—3; Cornell, 4—6. (Sec- ond game 11 innings.) Penn State, 4; Army, 1. Columbia, 1 William and Mary, 5; Lafayette, 3; Lehigh, North Carolina, 1 ‘Wisconsin, 2; Iow 5 ; Pennsylvania, 1. Boston Ccllege, 7; Mount St. Mary's, (10 innings.) 12; Purdue, 8. Mississippi A. & M., 1. Chicago, 4; Michigan, 0. The Citadel, 8; South Carolina, 7. Dickinson, 6; Western Maryland, 5. New York University, 9: Fordham, 2. Penn A. C., 8: Villanova, 5. Swarthmore, 10; Haverford, 4. Springfield, 13; Lowell Textile, 11. Westchester Teachers, 19; Penn Mil- itary College, 4. |# Union, 10; C. C. N. Y., 1. Bucknell, 12; Susquehanna, 3. Girard College, 17; Penn School for Deaf, 4. ‘Tufts, Northeastern, 1. Bowdoin, 5; Colby, 4. (14 innings) Norwich, 6; Middlebury, 3. Providence, 7; Brown, 1. Wesleyan, 3; Massachusetts Aggles, 1. g&?ont.abzsst. Mlch?'el'!, 0. te, 2; Syracuse, 0. Lebanon Valley, 7; Ursinus, 2. Albright, 7; Shippensburg, 4. Florida, 8; Auburn, 6. Maine, 6; Bates, 2. ‘Worcester Tech, 13; Clark, 9. oh!lo Wesleyan, 4; Moorhead Teach- ers, 3. Southeast Missourl Teachers, 4; Mur- ray Teachers, 3 ‘Tennls. Georgetown, 4; St. John's (Brook- Iyn), 2. Virginia, 5: Baitimore Country Club, 4. Navy, 8; Penn State, 1. North Carolina, Harvard, 2. Yale, 9: Pennsylvania, 0. Army, 5; Lehigh, 4. Chicago, 9; Iowa, 0. Tlinols, 7; Wisconsin, 2. Springfield, 5; Worcester Tech, 1. North Carolina, 7;: Harvard. 2. Brown, 9; Boston College, 0. Columbia. 9; Massachusetts M. I, 0. Rul , 7, Stevens Tech, 2. Union, 5; Colgate. 4. Villanova, 6; Bucknell, 1. CWMM:MA'&! Teachers, 5; ' 0. Penn M. | i Lacrosse. St. John's (Annapolis. 3; Maryland, 2. Johns Hopkins. 20; Syracuse, 0. Navy, 18; Lehigh, 1 Rutgers, 9; Princeton, 2. Pennsylvania, 15; Lafayette, 2. Army, 4; Swarthmore, 0. Yale, Dartmouth, 1. Cornell, 4: Hobart, 1. Boston College, 6: Tufts, 4 Union, 14; Long Island U, 1. Springfleld, 10; Williams, 2. C. C. N. Y, 11; Squadron C, 3. Track. Notre Dame, 785-6: Navy, 471-8." Wwilliam and Mary, 92; Maryland, 33. Dartmouth, 69; Columbia, 38; Brown, 28. ‘West Virginia, 9114; Pittsburgh, 43%. Army, 90; Boston College, 36. Pennsylvania, 92: Cornell, 43. Indiana, 80%;; Illinios, 76%3; Pur- due, 13. Tulane, 66%;; Louisiana State, 46%. 78 2-3; Johns Hop- Swarthmore, kins, 47 1-3. Michigan, 89 1-2; Minnesota, 45 1-2. C. C. N. Y., 74; Temple, 52. Delavware, 89 1-2; Susquehanna, 361-2. Union, 78; Hamilton, 48. Stroudsburg Teachers, 78 1-2; TFren- ton Teachers, 38 1-2. Rochester, 67; St. Lawrence, 64, Colby, 102 2-3; Vermont, 32 1-8. Rutgers, 69: Lafayette, 57. Norwich, 71; Trinity, 55, ‘Westchester Teachers, 71 54 1-2. Bates, 68: Northwestern, 68. Maine, 82; M. I. T, 53. Yale, 7 i 3 Yale, 8; Pennsylvania, 1. Princeton, 8 1-2; Brown, 1-2. Notre Dame, 17 1-2; Michigan State, 12 1-2; Northwestern, 5 1-2. Army, 8; Swarthmore, 1. Polo. Army, 22; Ohio State, 5. m’mmuwn, 8; Penn M. C, 8. Rugby. Princeton, 21; Harvard, 3. Yale, 12; New York Rugby Club, 6. Rifle. New York Stock Ex- 2,342; 216. BREAKS JUMPING MARK of 23 Feet 10 1-4 Inches. FRESNO, Calif, May 9 (#).—Floyd 0 6% | williams, Oakland, Calif., high school uble | student, broad jumped 23 feet 18% inches in the West Coast relays here today, exceeding the recognized class C interscholastic record. The world record of 23 fect 7 inches was_established in 1929 by P. Stiles of Culver Military, ¢ California Schoolboy Makes Leap E:A‘ AL AGESLED BY 1.5 GRLPLOT Loretta Turnbull Averages! 65 Kilometers an Hour in " Outhoard Race. By the Assoclated Press. ARDONE, RIVIERA, Italy, May 9.—Competing against the pick of Italian pilots, Loretta Turn- bull, 18-year-old girl from Monrovia, Calif,, drove her outboard motorboat, the Sunkissed Kid V, to victory in the first heat of the “PNF” Cup contest here today. The American girl covered the 24- kilometer course (about 15 miles) in 21 minutes, 48 2-5 seconds, an average of 65.534 kilometers an hour. By her victory, Miss Turnbull gained a place in the fina's tomorrow and, in addition, a cash prize of 2,600 lire (about $136). The “PFN” Cup is offered by the Fascist party. In the second race of the day for the “Ente Autonomo” Cup, the American girl third. Loretta, the only girl entered in the races, was enthusiastic over racing con- ditions here and the of the Italian boats. “They have & bunch of fast boats entered, but the Sunkissed Kid cer- tainly performed beautifully today,” she told the Associated Press. “The Italian, English and other drivers showed remarkable skill in handling | their boats and I sure was lucky. But!| my boat is fast, too, and I think I've a pretty good chance to maks a first rate | showing.” | CREWS IN DEAD HEAT Cornell and Penn Beat for Beat Late in 150-Pound Race. ITHACA, N. Y., May 9 (#)—The 150- pound crews of Cornell and Pennsyl- | vania rowed to a dead heat over the Henley distance on Cayuga Lake today. Lud Wray's Cornell lightweights | spurted into an early lead and still were leading at the end of the first mile. ‘Then Penn's eight hit up the beat and pulled up to even terms with the Red and White. Stroke for strcke the boats cut the final yards in the first dead heat row=d on Cayuga in decades. The time for the mile and five- sixteenths was 7:39 4-5. By its performance today, Cornell's lightweights earned an entry into the annual Henley regatta to be held at Philadelphia this month. HEADS FIGHT PROMOTERS Kulas of Cleveland Named Chief of Ohio Garden Corporation. NEW YORK, May 9 (#).—Elroy J. Kulas, Cleveland sportsman and busi- ness man, has been elected president of the Madison Square Garden of Ohio and will head ths corporation that will promote the Max Schmeling-Young Stribling heavyweight title bout in Cleveland, July 3. In announcing the election today William Saxe, attorney for the New York Madison Square Garden and president of the Illinois Madison Square Garden, sald contracts for the ;flht, signed by Saxe, will be turned over to the Ohio garden. Kulas, the announcement sald, is president of the Midland Steel Products Co. and Otis Steel Co., and a director in several other Cleveland corporations. BIG GREEN TB.AGK_V_ICTOB. NEW YORK, May 9 (P).—Dart- mouth’s track team defeated Columbia and Bmm in a triangular meet at Bakers Fi here today. The Indians from Hanover scored 69 points to 38 for Columbia and 28 for Brown. ON THE SIDE LINES With the Sports Editor By DENMAN THOMPSON ITH a berth in the second division the lot of the ‘Washington ball club as the first month of the campaign draws to a close, their followers naturally are disappointed, but the conclusion many apparently have reached, that the team |is doomed to remain there throughout the Summer, seems a bit premature. It is true that thus far the Na- tionals have performed at nowhere near a championship pace, but it is no more reasonable to assume it will continue to do so than that the players whose under-par rform- ances are responsible for lowly standing will continue to belie their reputations. Of the latter there are quite a number, the list including Manush, both Rices, Myer and Bluege and practically all of the pitchers with the exception of Llyod Brown, who is in a fair way to earning the un- welcome title of champion hard-luck hurler of the season. ‘With anything like an even shake in the matter of breaks, the stocky left-hander, who Las started half a dozen contests thus far, would have been returned the winner on each occasion instead of having his two wins offset by a trio of setbacks, the latest of which was charged against him in typical fashion Friday when he was nosed out, 2 to 3, in the 10-inning affair which marked the opening of the Western invasion. Next to Brown, his fellow left- hander, Carl Fischer, has displayed more effectiveness than any of the others, incluc Jones and Mar- berry, despite his comparative lack of experience, while Crowder to date has been just a plain flop, with Had- ley almost as bad following his ini- tial four-hit winning effort against the Mackmen. NLY the steady batting pace of Cronin, coupled with the.un- expectedly fine showing made by West and Spencer, and_the part- time assistance lent by Harris and Hargrave, has kept the club average u}; to a respectable mark in view of the inablility of the usually de- pendable regulars to hit at any- where near their normal gait. Manush, who batted .350 last sea- son, and has an average of close to that figure for his entire career of eight years in the minors, is, of course, the biggest disappointment in an attacking way with an aver- age some 100 points below what might reasonably be expected of him, while Harry and Sam Rice, Myer American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ‘Washington-Detroit, Philadeiphia, 6: 8t New York, i3; Chicage Boston, 5; Cleveland, 1. rain. Louts, 4. Standings in Major Leagues SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1981, National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brooklyn, &—1; Phila Boston, 4; Olncinnati lew York, 5; Chica A * “usanasa eIudEpeIIYg T—I—1 4114] 3.834 73 —1 8/—1 8 =1 1 4l—I 41 4I—I131 6. Pittsburgh Philadelphia. Brooklyn —1 3l SI—I 1I—I—1"612/.333 Cincinnati Games Jost..| 81 7 9110111111 113/—I—I Games lost... GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash'ton at Detroil *ors §1° Chiseso. 880, a4 8 Louis. * GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Boston, ). Clncinnatt, at_ Boston al Rentle At Bklyn. | k. and even Bluege are "way off in their offensive work. In view of the impotency of a whole handful of hitters and the ineffectiveness of almost as many hurlers at the same time, it is rather remarkable that the Nationals are as h as they are in the race. But it is only a question of time before the batsmen begin to live up to their hard-earmed reputations and the backward flingers start to function with their normal degree of effectiveness. If this day is not too long delayed, and the club meanwhile can remain within strik- ing distance of the leaders, a win- ning streak or two will put the Na- tions right back in the thick of the race. Fortunately the players are ;mt 80 easily discouraged as the ans. LARK GRIFFITH, who has the well merited reputation of being as canny a trader as any figure in the national pastime, and whose ability in this respect largely ac- counts for the fact Washington fianlly got on the base ball map after many years of nothing but tail-end teams, has not always been rated as a David Harum. In The Star of May 5, 1911—20 years ago— J. Ed Grillo, sports editor, wrote of the then Cincinnati manager: “Poor Clark Griffith. It must hurt him when he is referred to as ‘The Old Fox.’ The trade he made last Winter, which on paper looked good enpugh to make the Cincinnati team a fac- tor in the present race, has proved a bloomer. McQuillen is suspended for dissipating, while Moren, the other pitcher secured from Philadelphia, is at home getting into condition, riding in an auto, it is charged. On_the other hand the players whom Griffith sent to Philadelphia are setting things on fire, and doing much to keep that team at the head of the procession. “Griffith has indeed been un- fortunate in his trading. He has not made a single swap during his career as a manager which has turned out well for him. In-- cidentally, there is not much likelihood of Griff retaining his berth with the Cincinnati Club much longer. The fans there have naturally' soured on him since the trade has failed to pan out for the Reds and Griffith's scalp is being demanded.” It history that the Rhineland fans got Griff’s scalp that year and that the following seaton he took charge as manager here. The im- mediate result was that Washington finished second in 1912, the first time since the Capital entered the league that it landed higher than sixth place. In the 19 seasons from 1912 to and including 1930, the club riff as pilot, and of the first division on only six occa- sions with a couple of pennants and a world championship studding the trail. And this has been due in no small measure to his astuteness in swapping talent, something he al- Ty of who his el ltader Papsenca who ler happe to be. Such is base ball. Homer Standing By the Assoclated Press. Home runs yesterday—Wright, Rob- ins, 2; Klein, Phillies, G Stephenson, Cubs, glish, 1; Hogan, Giants, 1; Jackson, Giants, 1; Ott, Giants, 1; P. Waner, Pirates, 1; Collins, Cards, 1; Lary, Yanks, 1; Chap- man, Yanks, 1; Foxx, Athletics, 1; Rey- nolds, White Sox, 1; Webb, Red So: The leaders—Hornsby, Cubs, Arlett, Phillies, Ruth, Yanks, Gehrig, Yanks, 4 4 Athletics, 4;-Lary, Yanks, 4; Wright, Rohing, 4 - Rain Halts Nationals in Detroit | JONES-HOYT DUEL NOW ON FOR TODAY Idleness Irks West—Harris, Hayes May Alternate With Rice, Myer. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ETROIT, May 9.—Sam West, llke the other Na- tionals, fretted and fumed about the hotel lobby to- day because rain prevented the scheduled tussle with the Tigers. But Sam managed to put a little more into his kick against the weather than the others. “I'm just beginning to feel right and I want to be in there every day,” complained the outflelder who because of a flu attack and a sore working arm failed to crash the line-up until the season was two weeks old. “A lay-off after starting never did do me much good. Man, I want to keep going.” “How about that left arm, Bam? Do you still get a kink in it when you swing a bat or does it bother you throwing?” “No, sir,” Sam flashed back. “It gives me no trouble at all now. And I am confident the arm will not bother me, or bother me enough to keep me out of there any length of time. Why, I am throwing now as well as I ever did. I cut loose with two throws in the game here Priday and never even no- ticed putting an extra strain on the arm. “And at bat I feel more free and easy than ever before. I can atill no- tice that little lump on the inner arm at the elbow, but it doesn’t hurt in any way when I throw or swing. I'm ready, I tell you, and I t to keep going.” rlety. Sam feels in fine trim and isn't wor- ryin wants to g’loln . “keep going” West will be a great help to the Nationals this season. never rains but it pours in this town. And the weather man says today's showers may carTy on through tomorrow and force another postponement. Lay-offs never seem to have benefited the Nationals. How- ever, though down in the second divi- sion, they are within such easy strik- ing distance of the top that thres or four wins in & row might land them there. With the players eager to snap out of their slump the return to_the diamond likely find them at high change his pitch- ing plans because of the postponement. Sam Jones, originally slated to hurl to- g0 to the hill if the Sunday t is put on. Manager Harris, too, expects to stick to his slabbing pro- gram which calls for the use of Waite Hoyt, formerly a teammate of Jones with the Yankees. Bucky, who, by the way, makes his Detroit home at the same hotel where “the Nationals stop and greatly enjoys chinning with his former pals in the lobby every morn- ing, figures to use Waite Hoyt to- mOrrow. 'ASHINGTON'S top - heavy, left- hand batting order means that again this year, as last, the club will be called upon to face much south- w slabbing. ~Already the club has ked over a lot of this kind of pitch- ing and not so successfully. U 1t soon shows better results Manager Johnson may resort to alternating players in two positions according to the style of hurling employed by the opposition. It may be that Jack Hayes and Dave Harris, now warming the bench most of the time, will get the call over Buddy Myer and Sam Rice while the enemy left-handers are on the job. That would give the Nationals s bat- ting order of five right-hand swingers and three portsiders down to the pitcher. Such a change might help consider- ably. Myer and Sam Rice have been weakening to a great extent Ilately against the southpaws. Hayes at times has had fair success against them and Harris when swinging well hits all kinds of hurling. The change ought not to weaken the defense. Hayes can field with any one at second base and l?rrl; dupl‘t; thh’: hflvhm,n:an go and get ‘em garden. Dave can throw well, too. 'ODAY’S postponement leaves the Nationals with three games to" play off later in the campaign and they have been scheduled. Mm < of April 23 in iphia. use of fain and cold will be taken care of in a double-header in Quaker- town on July 13. That 14-inning tie with the Yankees in Washington on April 28 will be played over on June Fotares onne il Seacitica as" pasi y's game e as part of a twin bill here June 23. MICHIGAN TRACKMEN WIN Take 9 of 15 Firsts to Down Min- nesota by Big Margin. ANN ARBOR, Mich, May 9 . Placing first in nine of the 15 events, University of Michigan won a dual track meet from University of Min- nesota, 891, to 451, here today. Two inches of water on the track | o e