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SPORTS. WESTERN QUTFITS TRAIL YANKS HERE Johnson Band in Good Trim.‘i Has Won 13 of Its Last | 16 Engagements. BY JOHN B. KELLER. EN JOYING home - cooking | again, no sleeper jumps to | harass them and in good | physical condition general- | ly, the ambitious Nationals open| a 19-day stand in Griffith Stadium ! with the big idea of dogging the| league leaders that they might bei ready to step out sturdily should; Connie Mack's thundering herd of | White Elephants slow up a bit in| their pennant-chasing pace. | Twenty games are scheduled for this home stand, with the thumping Yankees the first visitors. Following today's double-header the New Yorkers are to be encountered in single engagements tomorrow and Monday, the last of the to be a play-off ‘of the 1l4-inning aged here in April. he Yankees have kept their the Western clubs will show their here for the first time this sca- Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Louis are to sppear in the order ned. Four games, weather per- ng, will be played with each West- ern _club " For the benefit of those who prefer their base ball on week ends the Satur- day and Sunday schedule of the West- ern invasion is given. Saturday, June | 6, and Sunday, June 7, the White Sox | will hold forth in Griffith Stadium. Saturday, June 13, the Indians will vie | with the Nationals and on Sunday, | June 14, the Browns will open their serics. 5 son St mer ankees are rough playmates the Nationals have licked n four times in seven meetin, have done their winning ce. However, the Johnson s been moving at a smart rate time and should give the New a brisk battle in the current especially with second place at Beifore stepping on the gas, the Wash- ington club found the going not so good. It was a mean siump, losing five of | six games played. and three of the ame successively Before the club of the slump. Since, though, ationals have done remarkably have triumphed in 13 of their lost 16 games, at the beginning of the spurt winning six in & row. Chis month the Nationals have played .625 base ball. That's faster than their pace for the scason and a pace better than that foliowed by any other club ue excepting the Athletics HINGTON'S cripples are getting along in pretty good manner ac- cording to the club physician. who tore a muscle in the upper loft leg last Saturday in New much on the mend and d to be ready for action once more within less than a week. At first the sterling pitcher's injury was | rot thought so serious. In fact, it was| not a hurt likely to keep the big fellow out of the game any great length of time. The pitcher might have b:en called on for duty after four or five days’ rest, but it is figured better to let him idle several moze days that h: will be in fine fettle when needed in an emergency. Joe Judge, who had his appendix suddenly parted from_ him while the club was in Boston on May 1, is rapidly recuperating from the operation and should be back in harness again by the middle of Jure. This is the time o by th> club physician. Judge, when ai- tending the game between the Nationals and Red Sox here last Sunday, the first game witnessed by him after the | operation, declared he would be ready to resume his place with the club by June 10. In Joe's case, though, it ap- | pears the wish was father to the thought. He'll heed the club physician’s | advice about reporting for duty.» | Liska's case scems to be entirely his | own. He had his ailing pitching_wing treated at his expense in Lincoln, Nebr., and has been going on his own pretty much since rejoining the club in St louis nearly two weeks ago. Looks as ugh his trouble might be better atte d by a psychologist than any one else, | NAVY RACK.ETERSV WIN Down Veterans’ Bureau, 3 to 2, in Departmental League. | Navy vanquished Veterans' Bureau, | 3 to 2, in the opening match in_the | Departmental Tennis League for both teams yesterday on the Monument courts. | Summaries: Lereh and Brown (N.) defeated and Silva, 36, 7—5, 6—1: ker and Mehl | IN.) defeated Erana and Weiss. 63, 6—4: | vilson and Bates (N.) defeated Root and | Litschgt.’ 64, 6--1: Nelson and Keisey (¥ B, defeated Admiral Rock and Davis. 8—3. [ ratt and McDonald (V. B.) defeated Yeo s and Cross, 6—1, 6—8, 6—2. Johnson Homer Standing By the Associated Press. leaders—Arlett, Phillies, 10; | . Phillies, 9; Simmons, Athletics, ane, Athletics, 8; Ruth, Yan- 8: Foxx, Athletics, 8. League totals—American, 138; Na- tional, 128; total, 266. By the Assoclated Press. American League. Batting—Cochrane, Athletics, Bimmons, Athletics, .410. | Runs—Simmons and Cochrane, Ath- letics, 33. | in—Cronin, Senators, batted mmons, Athletics, Averill, In- 414; 37. -Averill, Indians, 61; Cochrane, Athletics, 58. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 22; Alex- #nder, Tigers, 15. | Triples—Cronin, 6; Sim- gnons, Athletics, 5. | Home runs—Simmons, Athietics, 9 Ccchrune and Foxx, Athletics, Ruth, %ankees, 8. | Stolen bases—Johnson, Tigers, 11; | Fhapman, Yankees, 10. Pitching—Walberg and Grove, Ath- Betics, won 7, lost 1. National League. Batting—Arlett, Phillies, .367; Horns- by and Stephenson, Cubs, .358. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 38; Hornsby, Cubs, L. Waner, Pirates, 31. Runs batted it—Arlett, Phililes, 37; Hornsby, Cubs, 30. Hits—L. Waner, Pirates, 52; Arlett, | Phillies, 51. Doubles—Hornsby, Cubs, 15; and Bartell, Phillies, 13. Triples—Worthington, Braves, 7; Or- satti, Cardinals, 5. Home runs--Arlett, Phillies, 10; Kiein, Phillies, 9. Stolen bases—Comorosky, Pirates, 8; Jackson, Giants, Berger, Braves, Cuyler, Cubs, 5. Pitching—Brandt, Braves, won 8, lost R Grires, Cardinals, won 6, lost I Senators, Davis | Silver Spring-Takoma Clash : Features Sunday Sandlot Card! HE pride and joy of Silver Spring’s sandlot colony, Brooke | Grubb's Howitzer Glants, and those athletes who figure to send Takoma's sandlot followers into mild transports of ecstary, the Takoma Tigers, tomorrow will clash in the head- line attraction of a big Sunday, the opening game of the all-important suburban series. Play starts at 2:30 o'clock in the Silver Spring ball park. ‘The Glant-Tiger contest is sure to draw out most of Silver Sprirg’s and Takoma Park’s base ball folk, not only because of the keen neighborhood rivalry but some good base ball, for at no cther time do the Irilvlé: manage to_get u uite as much steam. Mgm\ng?\‘ 4 Brooke Grubb of the Giants has been busy priming his cherges and the battle ground. Grubb announced that he has made arrange- ments to have all the cows, who al- most caused a riot last year, removed from the outfield, where they have an annoying habit of grazing and becom- ing a refuge for wayward long-distance drives. 5 It only comes once a year, this Giant-Tiger series, but the suburban folk still are talking about last year's battles. Joe Cronin and Clark Griffith of the Senators and Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy of the Yankees will be guests of honor tomorrow at the first annua breakfast of the Knights of Columbus Boys' Club, which will be held in the auditorium of the Immaculate Concep. tion School immediately following tne |8 o'clock mass in the church. ILLARD MILLS, diminutive Foxall A. C: pitcher, certainly put in a day's work yesterday, and he planned to do even more today. For 17 innings he pitched no-hit, no-run ball against the Clarendon A. C. Then he came to bat in the last half of the seventeenth and socked a home run over the center-field fence, giving his team & 1-to-0 victory. And today he was slated to pitch against the National Senators on dia- | mond No. 1 at 3 o'clock! IG doings today on the sandlots as well as Griffith Stadium. Army War College was to play host to the Southern A. C. today at 3 o'clock. Capitol Heights and Logan A. C. were to clash at 3 o'clock on the Seat Pleas- | ant diamond. Columbia Midgets were to engage the Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Charlie Gelbert. Cardinals—Clouted Red pitching for two doubles and single, scored three runs and drove in two. Willie Kamm. Cleveland—Stole four bases against Tigers. Red Worthington, Braves—Collected three doubles and a single against the Phillies. Johnny Moore, Cubs—Singled in the tenth to dnive in Jurges with run that beat Pirates. Dazzy Vance and Joe Shaute, Rob- ins—Held Giants to six hits and beat them, 3 to 2. Fistic Battles By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Klid Chocolate, Cuba, stopped Gecrgie Goldberg, Brooklyn (7). | CHICAGO.—Johnny Baima, Chicago, and Sid Novak. Milwaukee, drew (8). LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Jackie Dugan, Louisville, outpointed Mickey Genaro, Hartford, Conn. (10); newspaper de- cision. SIOUX CITY, Jowa.—Kid Lehr, Waterloo, defeated Carl Wells, Omaha (6). WATSONVILLE, Calif—Al Cante, Los Angeles, outpointed Tommy Elks, Chicago (10). Big League Ball BY AL DEMAREE, (Formerly Pitcher, New York Giants). “Dazzy Vance had me on his staff for several years because I watched his trick shirt sleeves and his left foot that he apparently stuck in my face during his wind-up, instead of watching and following the ball. I finally cured myself of watching his bag of tricks, and now he is just an- other ‘cousin’ to me,” said Hack Wil- son. Always remember it is the ball that is to be hit and not the pitcher. Ascertain what peculiarities he has by watching the pitcher's work in the box, but above all, try to keep an eye on the ball from the moment it leaves the pitcher’s hands. He o WATCH PITCHERS MOTION ¥ EP BALL AND FOLLow IT! BABE KuTH will try to fool you as to when he will let it go. He may take a long- arm swing around his head. A great deal of that wind-up is to give an indeterminate focus to the eye of the batter, for if the latter watches the swing as it goes around and around, he will be pretty sure to lose track of the ball when it leaves the pitcher’s hand. If he fails to get his eye on the start of the ball, it will be upon him before he can get the bat oft his shoulder. Al Demaree has prepared an illus- trated leaflet on “Base Running” which he will gladly send to any reader requesting it. Address Al Demarcee in care of The Star and be sure to inclose a self-addressed, velope. . stamped en! hven wna i Samosets in a Washington Times League game at 1. The K. of C. Insects were to play the Red Sox nine at 1 o'clock on the Rose- | dale field, while the Casey Peewees were | | o meet the Orloles at 3 o'clock on the East Ellipse. Saks and Bethesda A. C. were to tan- ! gle at 3 o'clock on the West Ellipse. | " Henry Hiser's All-Stars were to be 1 host to the Majes'ic Radio tossers at 2 o'clock on the Riverdale field. ‘Takoma Tigers were to meet at thc{ District line at 1:30 before traveling to | Rockville, where they were to meet that team at 3. Po'omac Food Distributors were bound for Baltimore, where they were 1o meet the Reisterstown All-Stars in a double- header, the first game starting at 1:30 o'clock. Five Capltol Clty League games were to round out the bill. They follow: Insect Section. K. of C. vs. Swann's Shop, Phoenix diamond, 11 am. Washington Orioles vs. Wonder Boys, Phoenix diamond, 1 p.m. Langdon vs. Georgetown, diamond, 3 pm. American Legion. Nash vs. Spengler, North Ellipse, 11| am. | “Victory vs. Sergt. Jasper, West El- ‘llps(‘, 11 am. HOUGH held six hits Eldbrookt‘s { L kept pac> with West Washington | at the top of the Georgetown | Church League with a 6-to-2 victory | | over First Baptist yesterday ‘Washington Terminal won & played, .2-to-1 game from R. R. C. A. in the Industrial League. District Repair staged a two-run ral- | {ly_in the ninth to defeat City Post| Office, 7 to 6, in the Departmental| League. Fredericksburg Elks staged s rally that just fell short and bowed to the crack Skinker Eagles yesterday, 6 to 5. Ross Juniors swamped the Congress | Phoenix | well- | Y. M DODGERS' VICTORY HELPS CHAMPIONS Beat Giants, 3 to 2, to Give Cards First Place Tie. Tribe Wins Again. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. HE Cardinals and the Glants were tied for the lead cf the National League today. The Giants and Brooklyn came up to the ninth inning yesterday with the score tied at 2-2 after some great mound work by Clarence Mitchell for New York and Dazzy Vance and Joe Shaute for Brooklyn. Then Mitchell walked Gorden Slade, Fresco Thomp- son cracked out a single and Mel Ott, in center field, booted the ball, allowing Slade to race home with the deciding run. Shaute continued his fine relief pitching and Brooklyn won, 3-2. The victory didn't do Brooklyn much good, but it dropped the Giants back mto a tie with St. Louis for first place as the Cardinals had an easy time tak- ing ’a slugfest from the Cincinnati Reds,, 14 to 9. By one way of reckon- ing, the Giants still are a half game al , as they have won two more games than the Cards and lost only cne more. The Cards and Reds between them pounded five pitchers for 33 hits. Cliff Heathcote made four hits and Hendrick, Gelbert and Wilson three apiece, while Chick Hafey clouted the day’s only home run. Sixth for Indians. The Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs | Helghts nine, 11 to 2. . Millard Mills pitched Foxall to a | 1-t0-0 victory over the Clarendon A. C. | yesterday. Frederick's Seniors are booking Sun- day games with local or out-tof-town Call Adams 3595-W after 8 o ‘ Palais Royal's tossers are counting on | knocking the league-leading Hecht team | from the pinnacle tomorrow when these clubs clash in the feature attraction of the Department Store League at 11 o'clock on diamond No. 4. A0 RACERS LINE P * FOR AUTO CLASSIC Arnold Heavy Favorite to ' Repeat in Indianapolis’ | continued their race for third place with the Braves a half game ahead, as both won yesterday. The Braves downed the Phillies, 5 to 3, but only after old Tom Zachary had been called to the mcund in the ninth inning to retire Klein and Arlett when the bases were loaded. The Cubs edged out a 10-inning vic- tory from the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 to 3, aided greatly by a couple of Pittsburgh errors. ‘Traynor's fumble in the sev- enth paved the way for two Chicago runs and Grantham's error in the tenth SPORTS. Mrs. Meckley Retains Her Golf Title allowed Jurges to reach first and a | sacrifice and Moore's single brought him home with the winning run. The Cleveland Indians continued to keep the American League pot boiling by defeating Detroit, 9 to for their sixth straight victory. Cleveland took advantage of Tom Bridges' wildness in the first inning to score four runs and ran up a 9-to-0 lead in four frames. Soven stolen bases, four of them pil- fered by Willle Kamm, aided triumph. Detroit's fourth straight de- was made a little worse when a bounded from the fence and struck athan Stone on the head, putting Tiger outfielder out of action for a days. St. Louls was scheduled to play at Chicago in the other American League | | Mrs. Meekley here is shown receiving trophy emblematic of title from Herbert T. Shannon. was vanquithed only after carrying match to the final hole, is pictured on the left. GEORGETOWN NINE Mrs, Meckley’s Golf Triumph RS. BETTY PARKER MECK- LEY of the Indian Spring | Golf Club always will remem- ber her thirtieth birthday. 500_M,|e Tps' “znmss while the Eastern .clubs had an For it marks for her one of the high BY CHARLES DUNKLEY. Associated Press Sports Writer. NDIANAPOLIS, May 30.—Forty | tiny racing cars, piloted by the premier drivers of America, were to start in the 500-mile automobile race at the Indianap- olis Motor Speedway today, with prospects that the attendance | would exceed 140,000. | The drivers, risking their lives at a speed more than 100 miles an hour, will pilot their racing creations over the treacherous 2'.-mi'e brick course | for_prizes totaling $100,000. | | " Billy Arnold, 29-year-old Chicago-' an, who jumped from obscurity to win the American speed championship a year ago, remained a heavy favorite | to repeat his triumph in the race to- day. = Arnold will drive an eight-cyl- | | inder front-drive car, using the same machine with which he captured the 1930 classic. While An is favored as nearly as any one driver can be favored in the grueling five-hour speed classic, there | were olhers who loomed as dangerous | challengers. These are Louie Meyer, Los | | Angeles, winner of the race in 1928: | | William' (Shorty) Cantion, ~Detroit, | who finished second last year. and | Russell Snowberger of Philadelphia. | | Meyer and Cantlcn each will drive 16- | | cylinder cars with Snowberger driving an_eight-cylinder stock car. | The sum of $50,000 will go to the triumphant driver. The _Speedway | management has offered $20,000 as| first prize, but $30,000 will be added to | this in the form of bonuses from man- ufacturers of automobile tires and other tire accessories. The second | prize will be $10.000, with $5.000 for third, $3.500 fcr fourth and $3,000 for fifth.” ‘Ten drivers will share in the prize money. | " The field is rated as the fastest ever | |to compete in the American motor | classic. | In addition to being the fastest, the field also is & record breaker in point | of starters. | " Although thunder showers were re- | ported on the way, the weather prom- | ised to be cooler, with the skies slightly overcast. In cvent of rain, the race | may be postpened until Monday, but | this was considered doubtful, as offi- | cials of the Weather Bureau said the showers might not come until late in the day. When the gates of the huge speed- | way were thrown open at 6 o'clock | this morning, thousands of motorists | who had slept in their cars all night began moving through the inclosure to take up advantageous locations in | the infleld. The cars bore license plates | ! from almost every State in the Union. | _The drivers were set to get away on their perilous trip at 10 o'clock, Central | standard time. If the winner main- i tains an average of 100 miles an hour, the race will be concluded shortly after | '3 pm. The last hour of the race will | ibe broadcast by the National Broad- | casting Co,, through its coast-to-coast | | hook-up. | 1 open date, but rain halted the game. Mat Matches By the Assoclated Press. HOLYOKE, Mass.—Nick Lutze, Cali- fornia, defeated Jack Wagner, Provi- e T Ard8.00: 1245, she aank & T-foob paitt onthie George McLeod. Iowa, Loew, France, 20:00. CHICAGO.—Jim Londos, 196, Greece, defeated Frank Brunowicz, 210, New York, straight falls, first in 40:03, sec- ond by default; Ray Steele, Glendale, Calif, threw Milo Steinborn, Germany, 10:43] MANCHESTER. N. H—Henri De- glane defeated Glenn Wade, Nebraska, straight falls, first in 22:00, second by default; Bill Demetral, Chicago, threw John Spellman, New York, 21:00. TORONTO, Ontario.—Gus Sonnen- . Boston, defeated George . 199, Russia, two falls out of three (Zarynoff first in 29:42. Sonnen- berg second in 11:23 and third in 0:04). WATERBURY, Conn.—Gino Gari- baldi, 205, defeated Toro Miyaka, 195, in 12:10. Minor Leagues Southern Association. Memphis, 4; New Orleans, 3. Birmingham, 10; Nashville, 0. Chattanocga, 8: Atlanta, 2. Mobile-Little Rock, rain. International League. Buffalo, 12; Montreal, 1. Rochester, 6; Toronto, 4. Baltimore, 7: Reading, 5. Newark, 5; Jersey City, 3. American Association. Minneapolis, 7; St. Paul, 6. Milwaukee, 10; Kansas City, 8 Louisville, 5; Indianapolis, 3. Others ot scheduled. Pacific Coast League. Sacramento, 4; Missions, 3. Seattle, 4;: San Francisco, 3. Hollywood, 12: Oakland, 9. Portland, 8; Los Angeles, 2. Eastern League. Norfolk. 8; Richmond, 7. Springficld, 3; Hartford, 2. Western League. St. Joseph, 11; Oklahoma City. 0. Others ‘postponed, wet grounds. Texas League. Dallas, 7-3; Wichita Falls, 6-4. Beaumont, 8; San Antonio, 3. Shreveport, 4; Fort Worth, 3. Housten, 7; Galveston, 0. Palmetto League. Greenville, 17-14; Anderson, 6-2. Three Eye League. Decatur, 6; Danville, 5. Bloomingten, 9; Springfield, 0. Terre Haute, 1; Evansville, 0. Peoria-Quincy, wet grounds. Standings in Major Circuits American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Cleveland, 9: Detroit. 2. 8t. Louis-Chicago, rain. Other 'clubs not ‘scheduled. National League. - YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brooklyn, 3; New York, 2. Chicago, '4; Pittsburgh. 3 (10 innings). Boston, '5; Philadelphia, 3. St.Louis.’ 14; Cincinnati, 9. “uoyaupysuM| SiudpEpead| +-a3wiu00104 2 HaH udpeIg 21731111667 71201101667 Philadelphia_. 011611 Brooklyn 2161201 2121 11— 81271 .111/10/15/15/19119120127 1 . New York at Wash. EPouls 8 Ehkao . Louts . Cieve, "t Detroly. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at Phila. Boston at_Bklyn. (a.m.. 9, Phila. at New York. | spots in her golfing career about Wash- | Ington and a little celebration given in | | her honor last night by her associates | at Indien Spring, to honor the woman | who has twice won the District wom- | en’s golf championship. ! Mrs. Meckley, who came to Washing- ton about three years ago from Sche- {nectady, N. Y., was 30 years old yes- terday. And on the same day, about eighteenth green at the Chevy Chase | | Club to win for the second conseutive time the District women's title which she snatched from the hands of Dor- othy White Nicolson a year ago. In | beating Mrs. J. Maryin Haynes of Co- lumbia yesterday, Mrs. Meckley came | from behind to 'square the match at the twelfth hole, go into a one-hole deficit to a birdie 2 at the thirteenth, square again at the fifteenth and se- cure a half at the sixteenth by virtue of |a stymie which cut off Mrs. Haynes' chance of holing a winning putt. | But at the seventeenth Mrs. Meck- ley came through like a champicn. | Placing her third shot only eight. feet | past the pin, she sunk the putt for | a winning 4 and went to the home | hole dormie 1 up. Although Mrs. | Haynes plaved a magnificent shot from the side of a bunker to within 15 feet of the hole, she had no chance to sink | the putt, for again the stymie raised | its head and her path t> the hole was cut off by Mrs. Meckley's ball. Mrs. Hayres stroked the ball, but she could not get past her apponent’s ball and | the hole was halved in 5s, giving Mrs. | Meckley the match by 1 up. | Stymles, of course, are not inten- | tional on the part of the person who lays them. But none the less they fig- ure importantly in golf matches and | Celebrates 30th Birthday yesterday tw> of them within the short space of three holes came along. Dorothy Hunter of Indian Spring won the first flight consolation, de- feating Mrs. Charles Hill, unattached. by 4 and 2. The second flight went to Mrs. Alma Von Steinner of Beaver Dam, who beat Mrs. L. L. Hedrick of Army-Navy, by 6 and 4. Mrs. Tom Mocre of Indian Spring won the con- solation, beating Mrs. William E. Hall of Washington, by 2 and 1. At the conclusion of the tourney prizes were presented to the successful contestants by Herbert T. Shannon, donor of the champlonship trophy. fCTOR KAUFFMANN, donor of the . Victor Kaufimann Memorial Day | Trophy, being played for today at the Chevy Chase Club, was th2 host at luncheon ot the club to all the golfers wio played in the 18-hole match play against par tourney. Harry G. Pitt of the Manor Club was playing today in the semi-final round cf the first flight of the Balti- | more Country Club tourney and was a | favorite to win his way to the final round _this afternoon. Overcoming Tom Cole of Hillendale in the first round yesterday, Pitt slaughtered the veteran Tom Sasscer in the second round to win by 5 and 4 and advance to the semi-final, where he met Harris Jones of Rolling Road. Volney Burnett of Beaver Dam was beaten in the second flight and Paul Frizzell of Columbia, after winning his first round match, lost in the 2fter- nocn in the third flight. Dr. L. S. Otell of Indian Spring today had reached the semi-final in the third flight, while Lindsay S. Stott of Beaver Dam was beaten in the fifth flight, | M. Parker Nolan of Congressional, | Q lone District of Columbia contestant in | the first flight of the Hermitage Coun- try Club tourney at Richmcnd. was beaten in the first yound yesterdav by G. E. Hancock of Richmond, 1 up. | McKechnie Knew His Ed Brandt BY JOHN B. FOSTER. YORK, May 30.—Bill Mc- Kechnie, manager of the Bos- ton Braves, is smart. Ask any one of half a dozen other managers in the major leagues. You want proof? Here it is: Last year Lefty Grove of the world champlon Philadelphia Athletics had won seven games and lost none up to June 10. Quite a record! Ed Brandt, left-hander, of the Boston Braves won 4 and lost 11 in the whole season last year. Not so hot, sez you. When Decoration day dawned today, Ed Brandt, still with the Boston Braves. had a record of eight victories and no defeats, just | one game and 12 days ahead of | Grove's record, for he won his eighth | victory two days ago. What's that got to do with Bill McKetchnie's smartness? Just this: | ‘When the 1930 season was over, some several major league managers want- ed to know what Bill McKechnie ‘would take for Ed Brandt. Bill said, “Nothing,” or words to that. effect. Now what do you think? 1Is Bill McKetchnie smart? And is Ed Brandt good? Records of Griffs BATTING. Q > ] Ean = 1 2 000000010 au-o00UHUOWUELE = Sseseassssussesurcrouncl SomomHoHoNNIn—uneeEYa D! e B agti N5 Feteitetere) connnuno st tcanEitullSan PROPTHUIRENS BTN+ 1 ] L SEENEE S, =848 oY E2geraen 5858, 858! = = PRS- EBR PRt EEEFES cusswsaneR8Rua 288048 0, 3 SR B BNNONOO AW AOWO A00OHR g PITCHING. Beenes,=3 Samao03y - a8 e | R tien it Susrmmool Lol | Pointers on Golf | ‘Wonder men of the links—Walter J. Travis, Frank Hoyt and Ira E. Rodgers. Travis began golf when 36. In seven months he was club champion. In four years national amateur. Hoyt, 1927 national sen- for titleholder, started in October, 1898. He moved to Maine that Win- ter and resumed golf in May, 1899. In July he won the State title. Rodgers, former foot ball coach at West Virginia University, was his State’s leading amateur golfer after nine months of practice. Such rec- FROM THE. ROUGH_TO THE. LOW 70's IN 2 YEARS ) WGy — S-25 ords amaze us. What is the cause? I recently met such a man. In two years he won his club's title. His game runs in the low 70s today. Such a record is possible to any normal golfer, if he wishes to give ment. He gave me the story, pro- viding I did not divulge his name. {1 glhnu pass it on in subsequent ar- cles. Are you wondering what effect the new ball will have on your game? If so, send for Metzger's new flet on the “New Ball.” Inclose a stamp- ed, self-addressed envelope addressed Sol Metzger, care of The Washing- ton Star. (Copyright, 1931.) POLO INJURY FATAL. DALLAS, May 30 (#)—Dudley B. Mayer, veteran Dallas polo player, was injured fatally when his horse fell with him during a game between the Dallas Blues and the El Ranchito team of DEFEATS MRS. HAYNES FOR DISTRICT WOMAN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. Mrs. Haynes, who | HAS WINNING YEAR Beats Ohio State, 11-10, for | Eleventh Victory Out of 17 Games. EORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S base ball team, which closed its season with an 11-10 win over Ohio State yesterday on the Hilltop, won, in all, 11 games cut of 17 during the campaign. Wrangiing marred the Hoyas' win over the Buckeyes, which came after a ding-dong struggle in which most of the sccring was done in the eighth in- ning. ©Ohio State outhit G. drove Hsl Poole, Ho) ce, from the mound for the first time this seacon, but G. U. contrived to h#% when hits meant runs. The Buckeyes rallied to chase across six runs in the eighth to get out in front, 9 to 5, only to have the Hoyas come back in their half of this session to score five runs and regain the lead, 10 to 9. The visitors once | more tied the count in the ninth, but | King's infleld bingle that scored Scalzi | brought the Hoyas viciory in this frame. | " Phil Mooney, with a homer and a | triple, led the G. U. attack, while Strother, with four safe ounes in five . 14 to 9, and was best at the stick for the | Buckeyes. Wes Fesler, Ohio State’s all- America gridman, held forth at second base and handled himself well. State. ABH.OA. G'town Widler.cf.. "4 2 4 k. Fichter.1b. 110 Fesler.2b... With'w.rf . Strother.ss. Hinch'n.3b. Condon.if Weishe'r.c Wrigley. Kermode,p. o S s, (ST i > | oousnvvasnsl; Sorromsem T ooommmEumsu Totals ..38 1426 12 *Two out when winning rua scored. Ohlo State....3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Georgetown 10 0 2 1 0 0 2 5 Runs — Widler. Fichter (2), Fusler (2), witherow_ (2), Strother, Hinchman, Condon, Bozek (2). Scalsl. Wholey. | Evars,_O'Toole (2). rgetown. 5. First n : off Wrigley. 4; off Noznesks. . Hit Poole. 11 in 7 75 fnnings. oole. 3: by Wrigley. 5; b Wilapitches — Wrigley (2. Imann. Losing Bitcher Rernofe. Ompl 3 iern Messrs. White ‘and Morrisses. e GONZAGA HAS EDGE Beats Georgetown Prep in Two Sports, Loses in One. Gonzaga certainly put the bee on its old foe, Georgetown Prep, in an ath- letic way during the school year now closing. In foot ball the Garrett Parkers low- ered the Purple, 20 to 19, but the latter was triumphant twice, in both basket ball and base ball, Gonzaga scored its second diamond win over the Marylanders yesterday when it lighted on two pitchers for 14 bingles, while Cleary and James were giving up only 8. Hall and Nolan for Gonzaga and Moore for the Garrett Parkers led in hitting. Geo, Prep. Q'ClLrt.3E an. 26 SuoruuoumasT croueLLRumenO ouococounsan? . Mills_(3). Cles Nolan (2), ell, Cohan. ea 3 s—McNamara, ing, Heekin. Two-base hits—Hall 7 Three-base hit—Quigley. Home run—Nolan. JOHNNIES NAME ZIEGLER. ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 30 (#).—Bill Ziegler of Baltimore, wing attack player of the St. John's College, national cham- plonship lacrosse team, has been elected captain of the 1932 team. Ziegler, a , is n'u one of the outstandiog ot WONDERS WORKED RESTORING GREENS Course Improved 50 Per Cent in Month—New Holes Coming Along. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. EFINITELY committed to a D policy of improvement of the present golf course for the club membership for the next few years, with a na- tional championship only a dream of the future, officials of the Con- gressional Country Club have em- barked on a plan of golf course rehabiliation which has already brought order out of chaos and has resulted within a month in an improvement of 50 per cent in the condition of the golf course. It is no secret that the Congressional Country Club course was in poor con- dition during last Fall, Jast Winter and art of the present Spring. This came bout by a combination of circum- stances, chief of which was the use of | too much copper sulphate on the put- ting greens to kill out clover, but which instead resulted in killing most of the putting green grass; and lack of atten- tion to the bare spots after the damage had been done. Get Quick Results. Last April there was a change in su- pervision of the golf course, which re- sulted in the securing by the club of R. P. Hines, course supervisor for the Manor Club, and placing of jurisdiction over the course employes for a time in the hands of Sandy Armour, the club | professional. Working at top speed to bring about a quick rehabilitation of a golf course which had been permitted to lapse into Jamentable condition, Hines, Armour and their greens force have worked literal miracles in bringing the fine Congressional layout into prime condition, and today, from a course | which was in very poor shape a month ago, the Congressional course is in as |fine condition as any course about Washington. A month ago nearly every putting green was speckled with big bare spots, | utterly devoid of grass, and that grass | which remained on the greens was long end of peor quality. Now an old golf axiom nas it that a golf course is as 0ood as its putting greens. Faced with uch a condition, Hines, Armour and their grezns force set out under the di- ction of Henry J. Richardson, chair- | man of the Grounds Ccmmittee, to bring that ailing golf course back into | condition as quickly as possible. | Members Made Happy. Sparing no expense to achieve speedy results, a big force of men was put out on the course with disking machines, followed by seeding machines to disk | and seed the fairways. Another large | force of men went over every putting | gresn replacing the burned-out spots | with bent grass of the Washington | strain, repairing the approaches to the | Breens 2nd the area immediately sur- rounding the putting surfaces, rehabili- tating the tees and generally grooming the course. So satisfactcry have been their achievements that the entire membership at Congressional is marvel- ing at the change. We played Con- gressional vesterdzy end saw the re- markable change that has come about ,in the short space of a month. No | longer is there a single bare spot on | the_putting greens. |, The sod which covered the bare spots | has knit fiself into the greens until today, even though the greens have | been allowed to grow long in order to | achieve a good stand of the new grass, | they are in as good conditions as any | putting surfaces about Washington. | The fairways are in excellent shape |and the course as a whole is rapidly | being brought into the condition of the Congressional layout of several yea 0. The metamorphosis of Congres. | slonal from a course in poor condition {to one in the well known “pink” is & | Temarkable piece of work. Work on Few Holes. Hand in hand with the development of the course has gone some new con- | struction work, intended chiefly to aid the play to the new tenth and elevexth holes which are to be opened in the Fall. The new tenth is coming along |in fine shape and the fairway to the | new eleventh is rapidly developing. A ; | large dam hes been built just west of | the club house, over which the drive to | the tenth hole must carry and which also will force a carry to the elghteenth when the tee is moved to its new loca- tion., which will be either directly east of the present seventeenth green or be- | hind the present eighteenth tee in the Congressional members who made ex- cuses for the condition of their golf ccurse a month ago now have no reason to be other than proud of the rapid comeback of a golf course which was badly run down. SCALZI GETS CHANCE WITH BOSTON BRAVES |Hoya Infielder Will Join Club After June Graduation—Is Slated for Hot Corner. Another Georgetown University base ball player is to make a bid for a big e ohnny captain and second baseman of the Hoya &lm‘ which closed its season yesterday, has signed with the Boston Braves and will join them in the Hub about June 15, following his graduation. He will be tried at third base by Boston, it is understood, though he has been playing second for the last three years for Georgetown. He played third for the Stamford, Conn., High before coming to the Hill- . Scalzi accepted 117 chances last year without making an error. Not & sen- sational hitter, he nevertheless has proved a timely one. In addition to his diamond activities, Scalzi has been regular quarterback on the Hoya foot ball eleven the last three mmmdahognyedulxundon the basket ball quint last Winter. GIRL NET STAR WEDS. SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (). —Miss Ethel Burkhardt of San Francisco, s Tanking woman tennis player in the United States, became the bride of Albert Arnold, San Francisco salesman, here last night. They were married at Temple Methodist Church, the Rev. Dr. W. J. Sherman officiating. * Double-Header BASE BALL,24Y AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. New York TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM.