Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1931, Page 10

S T GENERAL T0 OPEN SERIES WITH TRBE Griffs’- 12-Inning Win From . Tigers Their Sixth Over- time Game. RY JOHN B. KELLER. R ETROIT, May 11.—Through with the Tigers after to- day’s engagement at Navin Field, the Nationals will jump to Cleveland, where tomor- row they are slated to start their first series of the season with the Indians. Peck’s Papooses have packed plenty of punch, despite their recent slump, and are ‘ex- ected to test thoroughly the hurlers of Johnson’s horde in the three iussles, s 1; me 7 be, tnough, thei Toe Nz tonsis 1 (s Cleveiand cinb of=friae. <inpaugn, gitoreaied by his AAb's shorang in the early games ol umutwim'um%mmmgg- :‘ with an outfit t&& hlu; gone y good over a long s o l“’\enunuy does not help matlers R the opener tomorrow Manager Johnson has tentatively selected Alvin Crowder as starting pitcher. has an idea the General at last s ready to give a good account of himself after floundering helplessly on the hill for several weeks. It may be said of Crowder that he has been work- ing earnestly the last few days to get ‘himself into fine pitching trim, and the fiflflufln start may be just the spot Lioyd Brown is to hurl in one of the ames with the Tribe. Who will get é‘fl‘l udz I;r‘ the u:‘ud it in h(;levegti greatly uj W 1] Fischer fated in the Start he was to instead of reserving him for the opener of the St. Louis ‘late this week. HILE the Nationals are not ai the top of the league so far as the wins bmdh llga.s;.s :::d concerned, robably hol e urance rec- n.l:.’ pSl.x overtime contests in 23 starts entitled ;’ham to s(:l‘:!e c?lfbfl l?ll m'gk. In the es the s e 1 214 , which the play- ers im 1s a little too much extra work. They might not claim that, how- ever, had they fared better in the extra-inning engagements. ‘That 7-to-4 victory mte r:nd over 'l}ew “Tiger= in 12 innings yes y was only the second win in overtime for the Nationals. They managed to beat the‘r -x‘fi-fl in a 12-inning battle in Wash- 10-inning games and one of 11 inpings have been lost by the Johnson band and it has played one of 14 inninge to a tie. OE KUBEL, playing st first for the Nationals since Jce Judge had his appendix yanked, grabbed the greater part of the of yesterday's game after it seemed was to be its goat. just as he was in the lost by his club Friday. It was uhel who, with two out and the bases loaded in the ‘Washington “twelfth, socked a nifty lett to put across two runs and been created by the Nationals in the ninth inning. That Washingion run in the ninth. however, would have meant the ball game had not Kuhel virtually presented the Tigers with a tally in the seventh right after his club had matched a by the home side since the Tiger seventh, Gehringer, hatting for | Hoyt, drove the ball toward Kuhel. The | first: sacker fumbled the ball, recovered it headed for the bag, although ) was about there for s throw. ‘With Gehringer tearing down the line, Kuhel slid for the sack and just beat the runner there. Owen, who had gone | in the Ceptral High Stadium. PORTS .- ‘Riuth Intrigues Frepch Ringmen HICAGO, May 11 (#).—Base ball and Babe Ruth were sources of pleasure for the French amateur boxers who will meet New York and Chicago punchers tomorrow ht. m:‘y Lerat, plun‘;lbe;' and !e:m n{; weight, champion ance, Frenchmen should play base ball and ‘“make beaucoup des francs like le gros Bebe Ruth.” The Babe, incidentally, is about the only base ball player whose fame has spread President of the United States, for ‘working about two hours a day, five months of the year. ‘The French youths saw their first game at Comiskey Perk Saturday, and quic fashioned their own terms for the players. The pitcher is the “Janceur,” the catcher is the “receveur,” while the basemen ate “defender of the firsi.-corner.” etc. ;:‘lhl:‘) batsman is the “wielder of the n.” ‘" GAMES TO TRY EASTERN'S METILE, Winner of Two Meets Likely to Face Hardest Foes of Campaign. ASTERN HIGH'S strong track | squad, which has achieved | team scoring honors in ksth | the University of - Maryland and Catholic University meets, prob- THE FVENIN BLAST RIVALS CELTS White Sox Beaten, 14-4 and 11-2, in Doubleheader. Goodwin Shines. LEXANDRIA, Va, Mar ! ‘Whatever hope the Virginia White Sox entertained of dis- placing the St. Mary's Celtics as kings of Northern Virginia unlimited base: ball- was blasted by the Green and Gold in a convineing manher in ves- terday's double-header at Baggett's | Park 4 The Celtics took # 14-10-4 decision from the Fairfax County tossers in the first engagement and followed this with #n 11-{0-2 viclory in the seven-inalng algnteso, Walry bhita 1a1risa om ine bsis of te l0ci suggars during 10e 811210000 ¢ proceedings. Pal lawpay :ed ine aL tack with five singles fa six wips lo the plate. “Buddy” Goodwin got & hflmepmn‘ triple, double and single in eight times at bat. “Rip” Hicks also hit & homer. % “Doc” Breifus, granting only four hits | and fanning 16 batters, southpawed the | Sox into submission after a bad start in_the first game. g Lou Farmer and Jack Lewis, former | Quantico Marine battery, joined the | Celtics yesterday and worked the finale. Farmer sllowed the Sox eight widely | scattered bingles and starred at bat with = triple and single. Lewis got a pair of singles. Del Ray A. C. easily disposed of the Wheaton A. C. of Wheaton, Md., by a ably will find it exceedingiy difficult to | 28-t0-8' score at Edward Duncan Field. | Vincent Curtis the Del Rayans, topped triumph also in the thirteenth snnual , who obtained 17 hits, with three singles. “C” Club games Saturday afternoon | Wearers of the Light Blue will be up against oppasition in the “C” Club aflair doubtless stronger than it faced | in _either the Maryland or C. U. meet. | Episcopal High, which s few weeks | ago conquered Eastern in spirited com- petition, has entered the Central meet, along with John Marshall Hign of Richmond, Va.. which placed sec- ond in the Central games last Spring, and Central High of Charlotte, N. C.. which not likely wculd have entered the meet unless it felt it had.a good | chance to do well. In the Maryland games Eastern managed to triumph over a field in- ! cluding Episcopal, but whether it can | battle its way to the front over Epis- | copal and several other strong squads, | also including Central and Tech, is a | real question. Parkine Birthright is chairman of the ccmmittee in charge of the “C” €lub games. Other members aie George Norris, A. E. Conradis, Dick Newby, Jim Sprigman, Cbanning Walker, Irwin Porier and Al St. John. & Unless all signs go awry, Eastern will | be in with its fourth straight public high school Etase ‘ball championship late tomorrow afternoon. Western, the lone team remaining in the Light Blue's path, will be met tomorriw aft- ernoon in the Eastern Stadium at 3:30 o'clock. ‘On the basis of showings in the series thus far Eastern should win | handily. While the Lincoln Parkers have captured all their three games, ‘Western has lost both iis starts. | WILL TRADE. SPORTS English un;—A-.n:arlt;n; Schoolboys to Play Base Ball, Cricket. Base ball lessons will be exchanged for instruction in cricket by a delega- tion of 24 boys from the Riverdale Riverdale-on-Hudson, Olmsted Grill of Washington defeated the Hume Springs A. C. by 8 1o 3. Lewss, Grillers' pitcher, set the locals down with four hits, { Ballston A. C. set back the Staie De- pertment nine, 20 to 5. Jim McQuinn pitched for the Ballston nine and kept the game well in hend. Russell Kidwell, threatened with ap- pandicitis. is lost temporarily to the St. Mary's Celtics nine. ‘Manager Charley Corbett has booked the Washington Red Sox for a double- header with his Celtics in Baggett's ! Park next Sunday, starting at 2:30. WASHINGTON YOUTH _'WINS ARMY LETTER I.Meroollegi;quha;;ion' Among 21 Victims of Eugene Brawn : in Ripg. . WEST'POIN'T. N. ¥.. May 9—Eugene L. Brown of Washingion, D. C., a mem- | ber-of the inited States-Military Acad- emy boxing, team, has won a major A for having defeated® an intercpllegiate champion. won 21 of 22 bouts during the last seassn. | Other Washingtonian: who won_let- ters, monogra or nmumerals at West Point during thg Winter and the sport in which they participated, were: Prank S. Bessom, basket ball, major A; Willam W. Dick, swimming. Yniner‘ A; Donald C. Cubbison, Kv)mn\p‘ng. monogram; Willism B. Bunke®. s ming, classenumerals; Fbbert W. Ful- ler snd Jonathan O. Seaman, fencing. class numerals; gJohn C. le, gym- nastics, monograrn; Georgd’ R. Grunert, | polo, minor A, and Adna R. Chaffee,y polo, class numesmls. FOR VIRGINIA TITLE G STAR, Big Crowd to See U. S.-France Bouts HICAGO, May 11 (#).—No less than 21,000, and possibly as many as 100,000, spectators will watch amateur boxing cham- pions of France battle for .inter~ national honors against glove cham- pions of New York and Chicago to- morrow night at Soldier Field or the Chicago Stadium. Twenty-one thousand resepved seats have been sold for the.bouts. and 100,000 more were placed on sale today, the Jatier to be good it the weather permits an outdoor show. In the event of rain or extreme cold, the show will be held in the stadium, where more than 23,000 may be seated. The international affair will be staged by the Chicago Tribune, LOUGHRAN WILL TRY | | "SKILL AGAINST GIANT WARHINGTO Johnson Will Try Crowder Again Tomorrow : Western Clubs Fooled by Red Sox [ H-whY 7)) '™ BUPE | HAY ONE SOMEWHERE LETS ¢ rinw -/ ghier Who Has! Sansitionzl Comensek. Camoolo ‘o Mee Mede Morgan Beiiies Pagae. NEW YORK, May 11 (/).—Tommy Loughran, who has fought his way back into a heavyweight contending role after & disastrous knockout by Jack Sharkey, will discover this week whether his speed and boxing skill are enough to offset the sheer bulk and punching power of Victorio Campolo of the Ar- gentine. ‘They meet in & 10-round bout in Madison ~Square Garden Friday night. Loughran, relegated to -the fistic | scrap heap by most experts.after the | Sharkey fiasco, has come back in sen- | sational fashion in the last few months Los Angeles offers a ligntweight duel between Tod Morgan of Los Angeles | and Cecil Payne of Louisville tomorrow | night, apd Maxie Rosenbloom, light heavyweight champion. meets Don Pet- | ren of Newatk, N. J., in a non-title en- | gagement at Hollywood, Calif.. Friday. Boston's outdoor season opens at Braves | Field tomorrow night with a welter- | weight scrap between Johnny Indrisano of Boston and Sam Bruce of Buffalo. WRESTLING AT . C. C. Amateur Athletic Union Tourney to Start Wednesday Night. Students of the University of Mary- land. Gallaudet and the National Train- | ing School for Boys and tepresentatives of the Y. M. C. A. and Jewish Com- munity Center have entered the first annual wrestling tournament of the District. A. A. U. Association, which will be staged at the Jewish Community Center, starting ‘Wednesday night. There will be competition from the 115-pound to the heavywejgnt class. Gold medals will be awarded winners 4n each division while silver medals will g0 to the runners-up. | Jim McNamara, J. C. C. athletic director. is indcharge of the tournament as chairman of the District A, A. U. Wrestling Coramittes SET BOWLING RECORD Alberti Js;eler!_sho;fl' 2.861 in: Women's Event at St. Louis. ST, LOUIS, Mav 11 (#).=The Alberti Jewelers of Chicago bowled a new rec- ord for the five-woman event of the St. Louis women's intersiate tournament | tonight, when they shot 2,861, | Two members of this team are lead- | | 2 |ing in the doubles, Mrs. F. Trettin and | New Sork . Mrs. M. Warbler, with 1,145, and Mrs. | ‘Warbier tope the list in the all-events championship with a score of 1,709, | | HOYAS BATTLE TODAY | MONDAY, MAV (= -11 . —By WEBSTER €/} SUSSA MING . GOTTA CIATCH 7 ] Records for Week | In Major Leagues| Tast week’s major league record of | games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents’ runs and home runs follows: | American League. } Club. W. L. R. H. EOR.HR.| New York .. 4 69 34 6 Philadelphia. 4 52 Detroit. 56 63 62 a4 " St. Louis Boston Cleveland . Washington.. 1 51 Chicago .... 1 60 National Leazue. St. Louis ... Chica sl B of Boston .. Brooklyn ... Philadelphia. Pittshurgh Cincinnati [rrwawwws 100 LATE,CHEF. TRAINS GONE in Major Leag 7St;fidings MONDAY. MAY 11. 1931 American League. | National League. VESTERDAY'S RESULTS. VESTERDAY'S RERULTS. gr. 3: Broo cinnati-Bos . 0. . 1. Gther chibs not scheduied. ‘samiusdieg| ‘usanasig g 19aePE 4114 31824 E ==\ 4l 2i—] 4| 4l—i14] 61.700 Boston =T 3I—I—i—T 3[ e 1113 8i.600 Chicaxo AT 01— Sl—I—1 S[111 8157 Pittsburgh .| 3—/—I i/—i—I 1l 6110/131.455 Philadelphia ..I—| 2 3i = 400 | New York, GAMES TOMOBROW." icazo at New York. GAMES TODAY. Chicago at New York. S R i deta, B¢ 0 s B . L. 8 s K Stheis ot scheanied: Oincinnat st BOSton. Washington at Cleve. e Pg:llo at Chlcl:‘n. Bonton" a1 Gleveland. “New ¥orc si ¢ L. ues | | [PORTE, INDINS WRECKED BYEASY PICKINS" Peck’s Gang Loses Three in | Row and Tumbles Into Third Place. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, IR, Aseociated Press Sports Writer | PPARENTLY holding the A “Indian” sign firmly with- in their grasp, the Boston | Red Sox are making the | going even fougher than expected |for the Western half of the American. Teague in the current Eastern invasion. The Red Sox, who were sxpect- i ®d to provide some easy pickings [ for "ne Wedierners 10 aven thloge uo deL7oa the Lwo divizions, have star ed iheir irip be wiening lniee siraigas games fvom Cieve- land and knocking the Indians down into third place in the standing. . The Red Sox won their third straight over Cleveland yesterday by s 9-to-4 | count after an uphill battle. Bd Dur- ham gave the Indians the apparently margin of four runs in the first inning. But he steadied down to pitch | eight, scoreless innings while Boston tied it up, driving Mel Harder from the | mound in the third. Earl Webb put | Boston cut ahead by hitting his fourth | homer of the season—oft Fay Thomas |in the fifth with one man on. East Far Abead. ‘Washington's triumph over Detroil made it six viciories for the league's Bastern clubs in seven inf 1 mes. Safely seitled in first place, the New York Yankees were rained out in Chi- cago, and a proposed double-header at | St. Louis between the Browns and the Philedelphis. Athletics gave way to the weather affer four innings of the first. with the A's leading, 6 to 4. Without | registering a win or loss. Philadelphia wen:t into second place ahead of Cleve- land. The tale of the National League's games was bound up in big Fred Pliz- | simmons of the New York Giants and | Larry Prench of Pittsburgh, and Pitz- simmons was most of it. The Giant | hurler was not content with pitching & four-hit shut-out against the Chicago | Cubs, refusing even to give & walk, but | when his rival. Pat Malone, made the mistake of passing Frank Hogan to All the bases and get at a pitcher, Pitz re- plied by slamming the first pitch into the stands for a home run that netted four of the runs in a 5-10-0 victory. Soutbpawed to Death. Prench, the twenty-third left-hander klyn this seasom, served out another dose of the unpleasant medi- cine the Robint have been taking reg- ularly from southpaws. He gave eight hits, but kept them well scattered until | | | » on and third. The Pirates made good use of their seven blows off Babe Phelps to gain a 3-to-1 victory in the fivst game of their eastern trip. . Rain halted a doubie-header ai Baston ! between the Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, while St. Louis and the Phillies had an open date. Gallaudet in Poor Shape for Meet With Maryland Freshmen. ‘Wednesday afternoon on Hotehkias Field, Gallaudet takes on the Mary- “ Meet Providence College Nine in Postponed Game. u JEROVIDENCE, R I Mav 11 3 ibakinis. corgetown University’s base ball team @rid and Track at Virgin and Providenae College, whese game Milton Abramson, former Devith | vesterday was rained out, were to meet School foot ball and track Juminary.i” ioday. carrying on in these sports at the Uni- | Thus far on their frip the Hoyas versity of Virginia, where he is a fresh- | have Jost to Boston College and Holy n. . | Cross in as many games. He played quarterback on the Cava- | lier yearling foot ball team last Fall and this Spring is performing, strongly | up from second to third with a drive. sensed the situation. Quickly realizing that Kuhel would find it difficult to regain his feet in time to make a good | The boys, composing the throw home, the Tiger runner with head | the Riverdale institution, will bicycle up raced for the plate and got there well | over Britain, playing base ball at the 1in front, of Joe's heave. | various” schools and singing an ocea- tie-breaking run had been scored | i 0! Besides demonstrating from second on an infleld out, but it.out of th2 lot, Owen y would not have at- | the young ambasadors of good sports- lem) 10 continue from third bhad | menship will try their hands at cricket Kuhel tossed to Hadley at first for the | unde: the tutelage of English school- out instead of insisting on carrying the kovi. I ball to the bag himself. | for England on 8 for a tour of the seccndary in- stitutions of that country. Government Loop Monopolizes ABRAMSON CARMES ON | Attention of Sandlot Rooters | Devitt Product Shows Promise on | than last’ Dobson is set Qquarter-mile record other peoven pomto . aggregation. Johnny O’Brien, vear's Jeading long distance man, has not yet rounded into shape while Jack Wurde- mann, & member of the relay team and discus tosser, has not ' | since being lsld down with a cold v the Associated Presr. (Including sames of May 1 Amevican Jeague. ‘Batting—Ruth, Yankees, .426; Sim- | mons, Athl 432 Runs—Fonseca, Indians; Blue, Whiie year, ’_break BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HETHER or not the standard of play in the Government Base Ball League is on a par with that of the rejuvenated Indusirixl, Departmental snd | there ASE BALL folk who vision a typical sandlot game as one grand party for batters who hit around .600 or 1.700 might do well to look over records | of yesterday’s outing. | “Wee Willie” Colman, for instance. UHEL was the player in the pinch ibough, ‘n {the iwet walked fo open i sam Rice lolted weaily Walker jn center, Wavush @ Mngle by Meiaanis 10 Pui MYsL 5 5 one, and holn runaers sovancec 83 Cronin_volled out and Ul w make West bite at poor pitches. Uhle finally walked the y {0 Hubi the that talliedeMyer znd Manush and put West. at third. Bluege followed with 2 _one-baser to give the Nationals enother run for good measure, Kuhel not only led both sides at bat, but ke u;onu umm. o;:r tthe' Nationals’ first rup, owing West's {wo-bagger. with n“{‘\nlu in thie second sessioi. Joe collected three of the 16 hits the Na- s‘onals made off Hoyt, who npiched seven rounds, and Uhle, who firfshed. “Tigers. “m:mp. bunching four with a pass in the second inning for three runs. One, & bunt, was made off Hadley in the seventh, the first of ths two rounds he | hl hurled, and one in the tenth off Mar- berry, who pitched four excelient in- nings of relief stuff. In his seven innings Hoyt wase found-| for 10 safeties, three being clustered in the seventh when the Nationals first tied the game. It was a pinch- single by Harry Rice, Sam Rice's cne- | n bazer and Manush's two-bagger that| checked in the two runs then, both | pj, erossing after two were out. Doubles by Bluege and Myer with strike-outs by Hayes and Hargrave sandwiched | between produced the tying tally in the ninth. YER proved a difficult batter for Uhle to handle. strike-and-nothing count in the minth pefore doubling to put over the tying run. In the twelfth, Buddy had a similar count before drawing a pass that started the winning rally. Johnson went all over right fleld o take hits from Nationals. With two on and one out in the fifth he rushed in for S8am Rice’s liner. He eame tearing in again in the eighth for a fine catch of Cronin’s looper to short right. Johnson made his banner catch in the | tenth when he ran back and leaped | high against the bleacher screen to down Manush's lusty drive. The Nationals had two on and one out in the fourth when McManus leaped to spear - sriege’s liner and initiate a double-piay. Alexander made a whale of s stop in taking West's hot grounder in the aixth, then threw to Owen to force m;ti'hmanln. who had opened the mning single. m:n‘ the Naticnal were a kept fghting. BIG NIGHT AT POOL. A water carn trict A. s, but they batter and® crowded | Kuhe! bases. Here Kuhel smote his single | g But seven safeties were made by the | A They got five off Jones in six | Meate He had a two- | the breaks | org, 0 | " ol sse0s0s0ss000s T ——— H. Ri Hages . Totals $Batied for Jones in sev Beited for Bpencer in “Batted for Hadley in 2! soooRonuSonausd S - 35 23 5 > ] B ] = L] éf PRRRUR-Y P ol 3302005000000! L scosoumuonsses, T Totsls .. .40 : $Batted for Hoyt in seyenth. TBatted for Heyworsh im tenth Weshington . . . 0100002010037 Detroit (83000010000t Runs bayed in_Kuhel (3). Manush (2. us, Owen. Hayworth. Gi ‘Two-base hif ik . Stolen Manus to_ Koes 50 Detroit. 4 Jone: Ter. er-"Marner, o Biioies—Mestrs. Nallin- G ens sop I‘nm of game -3 hours snd 35 minuts +i Q ¢l s | .u 5w 8225 R STt e e ZantRgi i BroouNanSosrantIusoousel No0roomNo o RE R B man B cesss0aevssconnsss000508 SusuaneasseBREY BossormrpnRERRE: “usus! | Jone: i g 2 -4 £ ; i - S »% a sprinter on the track feam. He won the 100 and 220 yard dashes and | the broad fump jn yecent €usl meers win {ne freshmen feams of V. M. T, . 2. 1. 20d Marriane. BIKE RACES T0 BIEBER ‘Washington Rider Scores Twice in Maryland Club Meet. | BALTIMORE, May 11.—Edgar Bieber, | crack cyclist of the Century Road Club | Associztion of Washington, triumphed | in both the 1-mil®scratch race and the 10-mile handicap yesterday in the an- nual Maryland Bicvcle Club's meet. He took the 1-mile race in 2 minutes 12 4-5 seconds and the 10-mile run in 23 minutes 32 seconds. ” | FRONT ROYAL WINNER. FRONT ROYAL, Va., May 11.—With Johnson pitching _five-hit _ball, Front Royal All-Stars shelled Cline for 15 bingles to drub Hose Company No, 4 nine, of Martisburg, W. Va, 7 to 1, yesterday. | | | Minor Leagues American Association. Columbus, 4; St. Paul, 3. Toledo, 3-4, Minneapolis, 2-0 Milwaukee, 15-11; Indianapolis. 10-13 Louisville-Kansas City, postpone rain. International League. ‘Baltimore, 6; Buffalo. 1. ‘Toronto, 5: Jersey City, 1-5. Montreal, 1. Newark, 0. Reading-Rochester, postponed, grounds. Southern Asseciation. Birmingham, 15-11; Nashville, 2-3, Little Rock, 7; Mobile, 6. New Orleans, 6; Memphis, 1. Atlanta, 16; Chattanoogs, 0. Pacific Coast League. Oskland, 6-3; Sacramento, 5-4 | Los Angeles, ; Mission: -0 (sec- ond game seven g::cmenu. | wet | nings b , 12-0; Seattle, 1 Hollywood, 14-4; San Francisco, 4-8 (second game 10 innings). “ 'exas League. San Antonio, 4; Fort Worth, 0, 12; Shreveport, 1. Houston, 3; Dallas, 1. Galveston, 2-8; Wichita PFalls, 1-0. Eastern League. Bridgeport, §; New Haven, 1. Allentown, 8 hmond. 3. Hartford-Albany, postponed. rain Norfolk-Springfield, postponed, rein. New York-Pennsylvania League. York, 2; Marrisburg, 1 | uty contest has Wridey PRSI el Sanuvson i SN LT saausRee M PRS- ENS ‘g ¥ 3 Homer Standing Br ine Associaieg Bome Pesterony. Figeimmons, Gianiz, 1; %200, Red S04, 1. Tie Leaders. Hornsby, Cubs, tone, Tigers, 5. Arlett, Phillies, lein, Phill Ruth, Yanks, Gehrig, Yanks, Lary, Yanks, ‘Webb, Red Sox, 4 Leazue 'Tofals. National, 74; Ameriean, 72. Total, 146 Sandlot Base Ball Yesterday's Results. St. Mary's Celtics, 14-11; White Sox, 4-2, Olmsted Grill, 8: Hume Springs, 3. Spengler Post, 13; Joe Judges, 2. Kanawha, 12: Cardinals, 0. Potomac Distributors, 17; town, 5. Seabrook, 18: Bethesda. 0. Sterlings. 4; Miller Roamers, 3. ‘Washington Orioles, 6; Knights Columbus, Rockvill Old Colony. 0. Capitol Insects, 8; Boys Independent Band, 7. Wonder Bread. 21; St. Paul, 5. Colonial Pee Wees, 18; Columbias, 2. Georgetown, 10; National Pale Drys, 7. Victory Post, 13: Clark Griffiths, 3, Ballston, 20: State Department, 5. Hn]vzflzet Giants, 20; Union Print- ers, 14 Red Sox, 7: Hiser's All-Stars, 5. Colesville, 10: Washington A. C., 6. Franc, 13; Lindbetghs, 2. Nash Post, 12; Congress Heights, 8. Del Ray A. C., 28; Wheaton A. C., 4. Indian Head Juniors, 2; Ross, 1 (10 innings). Lionel Seniors, 6;: De Molay Seniors, 2. Lionel Juniors, 6: Clifton Barbers, 0. O’Briens, 15 Linworth, 10, gxherwgod, sz Kcenunan. 8. arendon . 16; Washin, Orfoles, 3. (3 Samoset, 15; Nehi, 8. Company 1,'11; Company L, -4 Washington League). Capital City League. Columbia Heights, 8; Heights, 5. Grifith Coals, 6; St. Joseph, 3. rmy cos, 1; eral Storage, 0 , 6; Mafjestics, 4. - Capital Heights, 7; Foxall Heights, 2. ‘Week Day League Games Today. Government League—Union Printers vs. Interstate. Industrial Leagie—R. R. Y. M. C. A. va. Washington Terminal Departmental League—G, P. O. va. "T'reasury. Georgetown Church Bryan- of (Fort Congress ‘Willamsport, 12; Hazlel Elmira, 2; Bil Screnton, 7, Wilkes-. politan Baptist va. Weat Washington.. Virginia | ‘League —Matro- | | Geurgetown Church Leagves still may |be = matter of cpinion, bui the feel | memains L3t e the Hurvy oi er- Tors, poor piwchiug. slc. dispiaved oy ins Government Leaguei~ 1o date, they e L0dav, #3 thrcughout ‘be 1930 playing befors more sandlot 30i- iowers than ine ouner tiuee leagues put togeiner, The Covernment, as far as attend- ance is ccncerned, still is Washing- ton’s major sandlot league. According to sandlot observers it is doubtful if the Government, League at- | tendance, which averaged around 2,500 | spectat:: per game last year, has fallen off at all. JRESIDENT BILI, FLESTER of the | Industrial League i= inclined to be- lieve that while the Government is | having its innings now with the fans, the latier gentry shortly will begin to move around to his loop. which he :n’n'ndeatly admits “is the best in the | city.” | | | EINTE WEBB, who has been in the | Government League since its in- ‘ fancy, thinks the “Brooklyn Robin- ish".reputations cf the teams in this loop will hold the fans. “Sandlot fans don’t come to see perfect base ball. We all | make errors and bone-head plays, but |mecst of the Government Leaguers are older than the rest of the week-day players and when we make errors fans | get & big kick out of them—that is, if they don't mean the ball game.” Outfielders in ‘the week-day leagues are sprouting gray hair worrying over | how close they are to the hockey nets, | which haven't been removed from the | Ellipse, when they are chasing fiy balls. Many a bingle made in the four loops | would have been an out but for these “neu, according to the boys. 'OW that there is no 'Terminsl Pield 1o play the city series on this season, the Ellipse looms as the logical battleground for the sand- Iot_classic. | Should the title series be held there | it would mark the first time it was | played entirely on the Ellipse. Several | vears ago part of the series was played | beneath the shadow of the Monument | and part in Terminal Park. | 1t has been suggested that the games, | which will involve all four circuits hold- | | ing_forth on the Ellipse, be rotated on | each of the quartet of diamonds, so that each league champion would have » chance 10 piay on its home field. ANY a G. P. O. fan has gone to the Ellipse to see a Government (or a Depertmental) League game | and wandered to the wrong fleld, lured by the brown uniforms that have heen an by the G. P. O. players of both This season, however, if the fans | don't know which diamond is which, the G. P. O. team in the Departmental League Js wearing ghe brown unies, while Pop Shome's ¢! in the Gov- :\r;&em League are ing new white 1} ’fhree hits as Columbia Heights won. allowed Old Colony stickers only two hite, Rockville, Colman’s team, only garnerrd five frem’ Eddis Pope, Eddie Hutcnindon llowed Foxall only two saleties in 8 Capial Chiy Y.2ague ciisn #3 Czpital Heign's won, 7 1o 2. Walter Jonason, jr., sllowed St. Prul's taree nits 53 W Bread won, 21 to 5. Sadzes with a thio of hiis a8 Spengies udges Y as Pcst won, 13 to 2. Bryantown got four hits off Reid as Potomac Food Distributors won, 7 to 5. . .. Lewis gave up four hits as Olmsied Grill defeated Hume Springs, 8 t0 3 .. . Elmer Wesley allowed Congress Heights 38. Webo, Geaulg. Tanzess; ns, Athlsi Cronin aad Blucge, Senatais, 3. Home runs—8tone, Tigers, 8; Ruth and Gehrig, Yankees; Webb, Red Sox; Simmons, Athletics, 4. Stolen bases—Johnson, 6; Gehrig and Chapman, Yankees; Cissell, White Sox, 5. National League. | Batting—Roet{ger, Reds, .397; Bot- iomley, Cardinals, .371. Runs—L. Waner, Pirates, 22; Kliein, | Phillies, 21. Runs batted in—Hornsby, Cubs, 19; Traynor, Pirates, 18. Hits—Traynor and L. Waner, Pirates; Lindstrom, Giants, 30. i!obinn. 10; Bot- Doubles—Herman, tomley, Cardinals, 8. | Triples—Bartell, Phillies, 4; Worth- ington, Braves; Orsatti, Cardinals; L. ‘Waner, Pirates; Cuyler, Cubs, 3. runs—Hornsby, Cubs, 6; Arlett , Braves; - Com- 8 to 5 ... Lucas and Woods held Com- pany L to three bingles, 'Company I winning, 11 to 4 . . . Studds of George- town allowed the Pale Drys five hits as his team triumphed, 19 to 7.... . Mount Ralnier could get only four safeties off Wallach as Acmes won, 8 to 4 . . ./ St. Joseph’s were held to five hits by Ensor of the Griffith Coals as the Griffs won, 6 to 3. .. Long held Bethesda to three, Seabrook winning, 18 to 0 . . . Orioles got five and K. of C. six. the former winning, 6 to 3 . Sterlings were limited to five blows by Turner of Miller-Roamer, which won, 4 to 3 ., . . and the Alexandria Cardinals got five off Newman of Kanawhas, the latter winning, 12 to 0. All in all, it was hard on plenty of batsmen. PARTRIDGE NET VICTOR. BRIAR TER! L (A).—Melvin Partridge of Nq DC.- CRIGKE: S BOW. ‘-l:helle. N. Ye“lwon the m“’l n:;un:; BALTIMORE, May 11.—Baltimore the Westchester tennis cham plonships. Cricket. Ciub turned back Washingion | defeating Edward Tarangioli, former Club, 55 to 30, yesterday. larsen, with | New York University star, 7—9, 6—0, 23 runs, Jed the victors, 6—1, 6—2. HABANELLO FOR MEN WHO DISCRIMINATE Men.who':can..afford “to pay more, smoke this cigar regardless of-its moderate price because of its superior ‘excellence. several weeks ago. Arlle Crsv looks good 'n vhe mile and 1wo-mile jsunis. In prac.ice he l | : ! | | | CLIFF MANOR, N. Y. May | nss been snowing uo well in both events. Jrvin Reinbolt = siowly rouné~ ing into shzpe Ior ibe mile along with Seth Crockett.