Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1931, Page 29

Sports News The Fpening S, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931. * PAGE C—1 LIFE’S DARKEST MOMEN 'S GET FEW RUNS 10 LEAD FOR FLAG Hurlers Who Hold Foes to| Small Score Tell—Set With Tigers Starts. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HEY cry for fence-breaking batters, these owners of big league ball clubs—and the fans do, too—but cold sta- #istics indicate that pitchers are more necessary if an outfit is to be highly successful. The Indians, the Nationals and| the Yankees are outswatting the Athletics in no mean way now- adays, but the world champs are| setting a dizzy pace in the Ameri-\‘ can League and threaten to get so far ahead of the other clubs in the first division that there will be no race for the pennant after the season is two-thirds gone. The Athletics haven't been making many runs, but they don’t require many runs to win a game, it seems. Their pitchers see to it generally that the opposition gets less runs. Pitching, _ which the A’s have a plenty—and that | despite a so-called “three-man” staff— 1s why Connie Mack's herd of White Elephants is heading the flag parade. ONSIDER these Athletics, for in- stance. They have made only 205 runs thus far this season. The Yankees have made 246 runs, the Na- tionals have made 234 runs and the Indians have made 221 runs. Yet the A’s are well ahead of all this lot. What's the answer? Pitching only. The A's have the stuff that stops the other fellows even when they can't cross the plate often themselves. ‘When it comes to getting ahead in the race it certainly seems that the big idea is to have the pitching to keep the other clubs from making many tallies instead of having to make so many. AST figures published showed the Indians to be batting at a .310 rate. The best in the league. Yet the Indians today are behind three clubs in the race. The Yanks gnd the Nationals are batting .295. What does it get them in the struggle with the Athletics, who are clubbing the ball at only a .278 clip? Why, the Browns are Litting as weli as the A's, but the Browns do not figure | in this yeas's race. Anyway one looks at this base ball | proposition it comes down to the best itching. A club must keep its foes making runs, regardless of what 1t may club over the plate. 'AKE a Jook at the batting figures of the first division clubs. The In- dians are at the top of the league 8 far as making hits is concerned. | They have batted at a great pace, with six of their eight regulars, from the lead-off man down to the occupant of the eighth notch, hitting above .300. Of course, the pitchers cannot be reckoned with in this argument. Thats’ a big batting ball club. Consider the Yankees. They have five of their first cight batters hitting well above .300, and the big Bambino is walloping above .400. The Nationals, too, are well equipped with clever bat- ters. They also have five of their eight regulars above the pitching position swatting in the .300 class. But without the strong pitching these three clubs are getting nowhere. The A’s, with no infielder hitting in the .300 class, only two outflelders swat- ting that way and their catcher batting the ball hard, are knocking this league race galley wes!. It's the pitching, and you can't get away from it. 00 wet to play the Yanks yesterday | to get rid of the argument that was _postponed from April 28, when a 14-inning tie was staged in Griffith Stadium, the clubs finishing at 7-all, so the Nationals will have to carry on against the Western clubs for 16 days in a row. The Tigers were to open a four-game series this afternoon. Al- though the Detroit club has been taking beatings with startling regularity lately it cannot be regarded a weakling. Any outfit led by Bucky Harris, the man- ager that led the Nationals to two suc- cessive league pennants and one world champilonship not so long ago, must be looked upon as a worthy foe. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Cochrane, Athletics, .400; Ruth, Yankees, .400. Runs—Cochrane, Athletics, 34; Sim- mons, Athletics, 33; Blue, White Sox, 33; Gehrig, Yankees, 33; Bishop, Ath- letics, 33. Runs batted in—Cronin, 45: Gehrig, Yankees, 39. Hits—Averill, Indians, 63; Cochrane, Athletics, 62; Cronin, Senatcrs, BX;I Combs, Yankees, 62. H Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 23; Alex- | ander, Tigers, 15. Triples—Cronin, 6; Sim- mons, Athletics, 5. t 9; Sim- 115 Senators, Senators, Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, mons. Athletics, 9. Stolen bases—Johnson, Chapman, Yankees, 11. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 8, lost 1; Walberg, Athletics, won 7, lost 1. National League. Batting—Arlett, Phillies, .382; Horns- by, Cubs, .366. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 42; Hornsby, Cubs, 33. Runs_batted in—Arlett, Phillies, 38; Klein, Phillies, 36. Hits—Arlett, Phillies, 58; Herman, Robins, 56. Doubles—Hornsby, Cubs, 18; Davis, Phillies, 15; Bartell, Phillies, 15. Triples — Worthington, Braves, 7; Orsatti, Cardinals, 5; Watkins, Cardi- , 5. Home runs—Klein, Phillies, 11; Ar- lett, Phillies, 10. Stolen bases—Comorosky, Pirates, 8; Jackson, Giants, 5; Berger, Braves, 5; Cuyler, Cubs, 5. Pitching—Brant, Braves, won 8, lost 0; Derringer, Cardinals, won 4, lost 0; Sweetland, Cubs, won 4, lost 0. ‘Tigers, College Sports Base Ball. Pennsylvania, 5; Columbia, 3. Michigan State, 10; Indiana, § (11 | Only Detroit Club, Lacking in Punch, May Finish Lower Than in 1930 BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NLESS the Detroit Tigers perk up at the bat, begin to put some punch into their hitting and give relief to men who are dying on the bases for lack of a hefty swing of the bludgeon, Manager Stan- ley Harris will find his aggregation even lower in league standing at the end of this year than it was when the Ath- letics came romping home with the American League pennant in 1930. The ‘Tigers today stand lowest in the circuit in team hitting. For years alibi purveyers in Detroit laid the onus on the pitchers. It can't be done any longer. The team'’s show- ing today can only be attributed to the failure of the players to wield the wand with effectiveness. Once Detroit never thought much about batting, because the team could | bat hard. Ty Cobb played for it and Sam Crawford and others of fame. Heilmann was a member, and Fother- | gill managed to hit well. Last year Gehringer was the best batter Detroit had, and he was no super-batter. He was good for .300. Other teams in the American League had a lot better punch than Detroit, and they have it this year. Stan Harris said he was kept down in the 1930 race because his outfielders had lost 16 games for him before the Fourth of July. He busied around and collected some of the best-looking youn outfielders for 1931 in the whole land. In the Spring he had a pony outfield in the two Walkers and Doljack that was a better fielding outfield collectively | than many a team has had in the past. But there appear to be no .350 batters among the ponies. ‘With the batters it has and its pres- ent pitching staff Detroit carinot hold its own if the team cannot get more of a punch to it. The American League collectively is making more runs than the National League, but Detroit, as a team, isn't carrying its share of the task. Nor has it strength enough for its own needs. The best batting outfielder on the team is Gerald Walker, with 333 in a few games. Stone is hitting about .330 and playing better and more polished ball this year than last. r those two are named it is a long, long drop to_Johnson with less than .290. Fothergill is up to .376 in Chicago and his punch is missed in Detroit. He may not have been as expert in the fleld as he should have been, but Detroit will not win a pennant by fielding alone as the games now are running in the American League fight. Simmcns, Ruth, Fothergill, Averill, | Goslin, and even Webb, for the Boston Red Sox. are doing something in the way of driving home Tuns because they are slugging. Young Vosmik of Cleve- land, who was erroneously set down | by many as & flash in the pan, has batted home 25 runs for his team. He is one of the best-looking young ball players who has stepped into any team’s ball yard for many a season. Alexander has batted in only 15 runs this season and Stone but 17 for De- troit this year. More help for runners on the bases must be found to bring Detroit through with advantage. Its pitchers must have better batting and run-making support to turn in victories. SCHNEIDER'S AUTO WIN 1S CONFIRMED Shift From Recheck Boosts Shafer to 12th in 500-Mile Grind. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, June 2.— Louis Schneider's winning race car crossed the finish line 59 seconds ahead of that driven by Fred Frame, Los An- geles, in the 500-mile race here last Saturday, the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association ruled last night in disallowing the protest of Harry Hartz, also of Los_ Angeles, owner of the entry driven by Frame. Rulling out _another protest, the board said cfficial timers’ nosed out Louls Meyer, South Gate, Calif., for third place by 16 seconds. The recheck of the timers' records did reveal, however, that the average speed of Schneider. an Indianapolis driver, was 96.629 miles per hour in- stead of 98.128 miles per hour he had been credited with. The cnly shift a the finishing crder resulted from the protest of Phil (Red) Shafer, Des Moines, Jowa, who was called into the pits for conference on a report he had violated rules by passing a car during the time the cars were clowed because of rain, which made the track_slippery. Ernie Triplett, Los Angeles, told the board he was driving near Shafer and that the Des Mcines driver did not alter his position. The 4': minutes Shafer spent in the pits was subtracted from his time, giving him twelfth place and shoving Dave Evans, Evans- ville, Ind., into thirteenth position with the Cummins Oil Burning creation. At a banquet last night, drivers were awarded their prizes. Schneider re- ceived $29,500 in cash and_several trophies, Frame $12.650 and Hepburn $6,350. Prizes were given for the first 10 to finish and a $10,000 consola- tion fund was divided among the other 30 entires, the distribution being on the besis cf the distance each covered. Mat Matches By the Assoclated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Ed Don George, Buffalo, defeated Howard Cantowine, Iowa, two falls. out of three (Can- towine first in 1:36, George second in 17:54 and third in 8:58); Gus Sonnen- berg, Boston, threw Pat McKay, Mem- phis, Tenn., 31:45. MONTREAL.—Henri DeGlane, Can- ada, defeated George Zarynoff, Russia, in straight falls (32:00 and 0:13). STOCKTON, Calif.—Bill Beth, 230, Michigan, threw Alex Aberg, 220, Russia, two out of three (Aberg, first, 18 min- utes; Beth, second, 9, and third, 9). Fistic Battles By the Associated Press. .AND.—Paul Pirrone, Cleve- land, outpointed Larry Madge, Cleve- land (8). LONDON.—Len Harvey, British mid- dleweight champion, knocked out Rene De Vos, Belgium (1), non-title. PITTSBURGH. — George Courtney, Tulsa, Okla., outpointed Patsy Perroni, Canton, Ohio (10); Harold Scarney, Youngstown, Ohio, outpointed Johnny Mack, Cincinnati (8). HOLYOKE, Mass.—Midget Wolgast, Philadelphia, outpointed Lew Farber, Brooklyn. LOS ANGELES.—Cecil Payne, Louis- ville, Ky.. stopped Johnny Albin, Los Angeles (5). - records | showed Ralph Hepburn, Los Angeles, | | | | | FGHT FORGHANGE T0 LN LADDE Portney - Raymond Scrap Winner Will Get Crack at Title Contender. ITH Joe Glick, & contender for Benny Bass' junfor lightweight championship, having o. k'd a bout be- tween himself and the recognized title- holder of the South, Southpaw Phil Raymond and Southpaw J.\ck Portney, both of Baltimore, tonight will battle 10 rounds or less at Fort Washington for the right to meet Glick and a chance to do & bit of contending on their own hook for Bass' crown. The Portney-Raymond bout will head the Fort Washington boxing card post- poned from last night because of damp weather. Unless both boys suddenly go awry the “Battle of Left Mits" is expected w0 prodice slambang battling from the opening gong. Portney stepped on the scales yes- terday weighing 134':. while Balti- ‘more’s walloper tipped the beams at an even 135. Mohawk supporters will click the turnstiles to see Reds Barry, their pride and joy, tackle Joe Finazzo in the semi- final, also 10 rounds. Barry will have a seven-pound-weight advantage over Finazzo. Clarence Sloat, who as Baltimore fol- lowers say, “can take it and give it despite_his first name,” will mix with Sailor McKenna of Washington in the star preliminary, 10 rounds. Plenty of Georgetown University’s students expect to be on hand to “Hoya" for Frank Vance, who will make his professional debut against Soldier Burke in the six-round prelim. Soldier Clarke and Soldier Marchini will open the show with a four-rounder, starting at 8:30 c'clock. ‘The Army boat, which will carry fans to the bout free, will leave the Washington Barracks at 6:45 o'clock. Jim McNamara and Charlie Short will referce, Jimmy Lake will “Joe Humph- ries,” and Pat O'Connor and Tony Bar- baria will be the judges. ) I i ENS SHAKES UP BUCS Inability to Hit Causes Drastic Ac- tion by Manager. PITTSBURGH, June 2 (#)—Thor- oughly disgusted with the Pirates’ in- ability to hit, Manager Jewel Ens tore up the batting order today and wrote a new one. ‘The shake-up sends another regular to the bench. First Baseman Gus Suhr is to watch play from the dugout along with Shortstop Tommy Thevenow, when left-hand pitching is encountered. Paui ‘Waner is to play first base, Fred Ben- nett is to be given a chance in right field and Grantham is to drop to sixth place in the batting list. BEARS ARE ON WAY EAST California Crew Is Held Stronger Than 1930 Combination. BERKELEY, Calif., Juue 2 (#).—Var- sity and junior varsity crews of the University of California have left for Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to compete in the annual intercollegiate regatta. The varsity will be considerably heavier and more powerful than either the crew that lost to Washington here last April or the eight that placed fourth at Poughkeepsie last year. Standings in Major Circuits TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1931. American League. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Other clubs not’uhodul:fi. STANDING OF THE CLUI i M STGAPEIR U0IIUTYST Philadelphia ST47 41 33 11 51381101737 National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Rt e Ofherchbs not scheduled.” STANDING St_Louis Washington .| 3i—| 81 2| 2| 2I_3| 7/24/161.600 New_York New_York 41 51—i 21 1| 21 21 6/22/161.579 Chicago 110821115, 7 61 71_01201201.500 2l 21018’ ] =18/ 0 21197201 01/ 0 I 41 2031 1/ 10 T10/1616120/21126122 GAMES TOMORROW. troit at Wash. at Bost d ton. Sual Y. GAMES TODAY. tton_at Pittsbe. S 4t gt Louls. Eincianas. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at_Pitts. hicagt Phila. NINES ADD TALENT | FOR STRETCH DRIVE Many New Faces to Be Seen in League Squads in Second Half. \WO week-day base ball leagues, the Government and Depart- mental, start all over again next week in their pennant chases as the second half series opens and sand- lot folk who trek to the Department- al's stamping grounds will see many new faces in the line-ups this week as ambitious managers insert new talent to make them eligible for the “home stretch.” Under the league rules, it is necessary for a player to have partici- pated in the first series in order to be- come eligible for the second series and the city championship series. Art Ludlow, St. Mary's Celtic infleld- er, and Willle Woife, Maryland fresh- man second baseman, will join District Shop, Departmental League champion. Bill McIlwee, one of the Maryland varsity nine's mound aces, will play with Commerce, as will Heinle Gorman, regular first sacker at Maryland. Com- merce clinched the first half pennant in the Departmental loop and with this added strength expects to make a clean sweep of both series. Bussy Brenner, crack shortstop on the St. Mary's Celtics, it is said, will join the R. R. Y. M. C. A. team in the Industrial League. Bottle Cox, ex-sandlotter, who now is calling balls and_strikes, advises that Steve Physioc, the University of Marylend's ambidextrous freshman pitcher, is the best schcolboy or frosh hurler he has seen around these parts. Bottle, who ump:d at College Park this Spring, declares that Physioc is | tough with either hand, though he has more “stufl” on the ball pitching with | his right hand. Bottle can't see the all-time Govern- ment League team picked by his fellow umpire, Ping Purdy. According to Bottle, Lu Blue, now with the White Sox, was the best first baseman ever to perform in the Gov- | ernment League. Dots Miller was the .best at second, Purdy at short and Brownie Lemerise at third., A new nine rises to challenge the | Washington Red Sox, Union Printers, Naval Hospital and Hiser's All-Stars. Northwestern Cardinals, winners of six straight games, are challenging. through Manager Hank Duryee, the foremost clubs in this vicinity and especially want to book & game for next Sunday on the Skinker Eagle dia- mond. The Cards have added Bill Duryee, Clay Schneider and Bud Kengla, Busi- ness tossers, to their roster. Duryee is booking at Cleveland 5982. The Isherwood A. C., after getting off to a poor start, has struck a winning stride and will be out for its fourth straight victory Sunday when it tackles the Gaithersburg, Md., nine on the latter’s diamond. Isherwoods will practice on the Rose- | dale Playground at 5 o'clock Thursday and will schedule games with any un- limited team. Manager Matt Flana- gan is booking at Atlantic 1408-W. TITLE MAY BE VACATED | Rosenbloom Likely to Lose Ring Crown With N. B. A. 5AY, ELBY, WHAT K| NO OF A GUIDE DO YUR THINK YUR ARE = LETTIN' THIS GUY KEEPA LIL F\SH LIKE THIS? IF TH FISH COMMISH HERES ABOUT THIS YoU'RE THROUGH wAs GOIN T nl {\ ULt RVARW g 1931 Ny TRIBUNE. 1OC. AN HAVE T MOUNTED —By WEBSTER L A i tfijf;‘f;fiw{!t‘« WANTED T THEOW T BACK BUT HE WOULDN T LET ME. SAID HE T | o o | SHIP ITHOME . # ) N~ \ . ¢, \ & ; : Y L8 wfi /\F\““F =4 \ Y AN e &8 ¢ o Big League Ball Scoring on Sacrifice Fly. BY AL DEMAREE (Former Pitcher, New York Giants) With one or nobody out and run- ners‘on secohd or third base or both bases. the outfielders usually come in a little closer so as to be in better position to make a play at the plate. In the casc of the runnsr on sec- ond, he has a better chance to throw him out on a base hit. And with a man on third he gambles that the batter will not get hold of the ball and hit it over his head. This, of course, only applies to close games with the tying or winning runs on base. With a lead of two or more CHICAGO, June 2 (#).—As far as| nine member commissions of the Na- | tional Boxing Association are concerned, Maxie Rosenbloom’s world light-heavy- weight championship may be vacated any time now. | Results of the N. B. A. poll for senti- ment concerning Rosenbloom as title holder reveal that Arkansas. Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, | Nebraska, Ohio and Tulsa, Okla., favor | vacating the title and starting another | elimination tournament to obtain a suc- cessor to Slapsie Maxie. RACE BETTING DECLINES. TORONTO, Ontario, June 2 (#).—A partment. Minor Leagues International League. Montreal, 5; Rochester, 3. Toronto, 7; Buffalo, 1. Others postponed, rain. American Association. Milwaukee, 11; Minneapolis, 4. St. Paul, 6; Kansas City. 5. Toledo, 3; Indianapolis, 1. Southern Association. Birmingham, 8; Chattanooga, 2. Atlanta, 13; Nashville, 1., Only games scheduled. Texas League. Beaumont, 7; Galveston, 4. Houston, 2; San Antonio, 0. Others not scheduled. Exhibition. Columbus (A. A), 3; New York (N. L), 2 New York-Pennsylvania League. Harrisburg. 5: Scranton, 3. York, 10; Wilkes-Barre, 7. Binghamton, 2; Willlamsport, 1. Elmira, 8; Hazleton, 7. Pacific Coast League. No games scheduled. Three-Eye League. League. Wichita, 6; Oklahoma'City, 5 (13 in- nings). B Soseph, 10; s, 7 Bis Wioies, 13 Tkente, 1. Palmetto League. Greenville, 12; Augusta, 8. Florence, 10; Anderson, 8. Mid-Atlartic League. Johnstown, 4-11; Fairmont, 3-6. Altoona, 2. f}a A, Y OUTFIELOERS Move In CLOSER WHEN PLAYING 75 Garor RUNNER AT PLaTE runs, the proper thing to do is play safe. It is better to have a run score than to play “in” and have a long fly ball turn into an extra base hit, that you could have caught in your regular position. Kiki Cuyler, a great base runner, stands in a sort of sprinting position when on third base and a fly ball is hit. He claims this gives him the advantage of a full step, Al Demaree has prepared an illus- trated leaflet on “Base Running” which he will gladly send to any reader requesting it. ~Address Al Demaree in care of this paper and be sure to inclose a self-addressed, s envelope. N hE (Copyright, 1931.) TUT ACCEPTS FIGHT BID Ready to Battle Corbett, With Dempsey as Promoter. MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 2 (®).— Ernie Fliegel, manager of Tut, boxer, said today he had ness Tor Jack Dempsey, for & muugr for psey, for & 20-round fight at Reno, Nev., in Sep- tember between Tut and Young Cor- He added that the deal was now up to Corbett. WILL ROW IN ENGLAND. BOSTON, June 2 (#).—The eight- oared crew of Tabor Academy of Ma- rion, Mass., will sail for England on or to compete in the Royal By the Assoclated Press PSOM, England. June Whitechapel to Mayfair, from countryside and willage, Eng- | land’s countless thousands be- gan their annual trek to this birthplace | of English racing today for the 148th renewal of the “Darby” tomorrow. While stablemen and trainers bent to | their tasks of bringing the 29 remaining eligible candidates around to top form, railroad trains, automobiles, anclent horse-drawn carriages, aristocratic four- | In-hands, airplanes and busses dumped | their passengers into this’ quaint little village. | Camped over the downs were the gypsies—without which the Derby would | lose much of its color. The tipsters— typical of English racing—greeted the first comers with the “sure” winner written on a small slip of paper and sealed in an envelope. While thousands wended thei way toward the historic course, the turf world at large anxiously awaited the flashing of the winner. To the holders | of tickets on the winner and the sweep- stakes the result means a fortune. The division of the Irish Sweepstakes thi¢ year provides for distribution of nearly | $10.000,000. Accurate estimates of Derby attend- ances are mostly guesswork, but con- servative calculators say that between 750,000 and 1.000.000 persons will fight, ride, jam and wedge their respective Wways to & spot where they may sce the race again this year. Probably not that many actually witness the running of the race, but nobody ever takes the trouble to count them. As for the horses, almost secondary to the pageantry accompanying the race, not more than two dozen are expected to answer the bugle call at about 3 p.m. (9 a.m. Eastern standard time). If the promise of rain is fulfilled the num- ber may be reduced to 20 or less. ‘Worth £15,000 added, depending upon the amounts of money accruing from owners who post additional fees pre- ceding the race, the event, represent- ing millions of dollars in expenditure, is generally run under three minutes over the one and one-half mile horse- shoe-shaped course. It is not the distance of the race which breaks the heart of many a highly bred 3-year-old, but the rolling of the Downs country that takes its 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. 2.—Prom SOUTHLAND‘S base ball team tightened its hold on first place in the Olympia League, b- bing Silver Spring, 19 to 5. The de- feat put Southland in_.a triple tie for second place with White Haven and Braddock. Southland slammed Gill after the fifth. Huntt, third baseman, led the winners at bat. Litchfield was the victorious pitch= er. Pop Saunders played well on first for Silver Spring. Outfielder Clarence (Tillie) Walk- er of the Spartanburg Club of the Carolina Association has been the Nationals and will report . About $2,000 was' glllfl ro‘r Mmfl.nu mmm«;e eve: iven for a player from eague. ‘Walker has been clouting for .420 for S 3 ‘Washington Country Club will hold & medal play golf tournament tomorrow. _Entrants are G. E. Hale, Arthur Dunbar, W. G. Campbell, E. B. Calvert, F. P. Wil- liams, Ezra Gould, W. E. Ballard, C. B. Miller, J. T. Johnson, T. T. Smith, R. G. Schumann, A. G. C. N. Mc- Over 750,000 Due to Battle To See English “Darby” Run toll. Part of the course is uphill, some of it level. some of it downhill, while the last 70 yards of the stretch are slightly upgrade. Because of the un- sheltered condition of the Downs, the ho:s2s and riders are impeded by ‘he regardless of the direction from which it blows. Two Americans will seek to take the coveted honors back home and accord- ing to the betting odds stand a good chance. Marshall Field's colors will be seen on Jacopo, which was quoted at 22 to 1 in the call over yesterday. Wil- llam Woodward will depend on his American-bred colt, Sir Andrew, a 25- to-1 shot. J. A. Dewar’s Cameronian, favorite ably will go to the post the public choice, 8s he was being quoted at 9 to 2 i today. Much respect was held for the quoted at 19 to 2, with the A. F. Bas- Ii;t'l ll)r. Dolittle the third choice at to 1. | GRAPPLE FOR VETERANS Show to Be Put on Tonight in Red Cross Building. A wrestling show will be given to- night at 8 o'clock in the Red Cross | Bullding at Walter Reed for the dis- abled veterans. Several local wrestlers. including Joe ;!‘urner and Jim McNamara, will per- form. PORT SHOES Aga Khan's Pomme D'Api. as he was | EAST-WEST CLASH - IN BOTH CIRCUITS Cardinal-Giant Series Molds Big Interest—Regarded as “Crucial.” BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR. Associated Press Sports Writer. After a day's hiatus, in which only one game escaped the rain and the general movement of clubs East and West, intersectional warfare breaks out on both major league fronts today. Four Western members of the Ameri- can League, invading the Atlantic Sea- board for th= first time this year, have scant prospects of success against the powerful Philadelphia-Washington-New York combine. The National League's Eastern contingent, on the other hand, opens in the west with more concerted strength than it has boasted in several seasons, Look to St. Louis. Interest centers on Sportsmen's Park, At St. Louis, where the New York Giants engage the St. Louis Cardinals in what & little later on might be termed a “erucial series.” It is a little too early for that just yet, but the series will lend a fair idea of the Cardinals’ chances to win another pennant. A game and a half ahead of the Giants now. Gabby Street’s Red Birds face an opportunity to take a commanding lead. m'l‘he Hrooklynnufl;oblns. flushed with a ur-game winning streak, engage third-place Chicago Cubs, wgla! llfis wise have captured four in'a row. The ?&tlg;ml;‘rlvex ODenhlt Pittsburgh and 13 ies meet the luckless Cincin- nati Reds. - ‘Tothe ‘Chicago White Sox falls the thankless task of bearding the fast- traveling Philadelphia Athletics in their own park. The St. Louis Browns in- vade Yankee Stadium, the Detroit Tigers face Washington and the Cleve- :nnd lnd‘;um ;nc»z the Boston Red Sox o vound out the American e League Cards Sent Overtime. Their ability to take all extra-inning decisions again stood the Cardinals in good stead yesterday as they made ready for the Giants by nosing out the Cincinnati Reds. 6 to 5, in 12 innings. It marked the fifth time the Birds have heen forced beyond the regulation nine innings this year and the fifth time they have won. Inspired by Harvey Hendrick, who belted Cardinal pitching for three doubles and two singles, the Reds made a great fight of it, rallying in the ninth to score twice and tle the count. Not until the twelfth, when Wilson doubled and was singled i by Sparky Adams, did the Cards succeed in subduing Dan H’?wgay‘n l;fi; Both teams used three pitchers, Hallahan finally getti credit for the victory, e i P Held Y “Most Representative Ath- lete” at Central High. |, Bob St. John, captain of the track | team ai Central High School this sca- son, was presented this morning with the George W. Norris Trophy, awarded | the “most representative athlete” at the | Columbia Heights institution. ‘The presentation was made by Dr. Smith, principal, at & school assembly. St. John is a half-miler and miler. | Alexandria Notes since winning the 2,000 guineas, prob- | ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 2—Mem- be:s of the Belle Haven Club will stage a tombstone tournament Saturday. | starting at 1:30 o'clock. Tommy Ryan, club professional, expects more than | 30 to take part. |¥ Hume Spring A. C. has booked Vir- ginia White Sox for Sunday at Baileys' | Cross Roads. | Forty major sports letters will be presented to Alexandria High foot ba sentatives tomorrow ass y | The awards will be given out by Jack Tulloch, sports editor of the Alexan- dria Gazette. |, Alexandria Braves defeated the Fort Humphreys Juniors, 19 to 4, at the Army encampment. for all Summer wear . . . in harmony with the season ... for business or pleasure « « » skeletan lined for comfort and coolness 10 / Tan or black calf feather-weights, for business or dress. Most styles now...$9 Men’s Shops 14th at G Tth & K 3212 141h