Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1931, Page 43

The Foen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, ® ny Stat. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1 931. Classified s PAGE D—1 Griffith Holds Small Slab Corps Best : Mack’s 3-Man Staff Confounding Critics PITCHERS KEPT FIT BYTOIL, SAYS BOSS . Nats’ Staff Regarded Fine Example—Burke Gets 2-1 Win Over Tigers. BY JOHN B. KELLER. LARK GRIFFITH, president | of the Nationals, declares| himself strongly opposed | to the large pitching staff | C | for a ball club, and the swecess of | the rather small slabbing depart-| ment his club has this season| makes his argument sound right. “A big pitching staff is all wrong,” contends Griffith. “The pitchers don't get enough work. Give me a staff with four starters and two or three more who can be used either as starters or relief pitchers. Then the pitchers are| called upon to do their share of | the work regularly and that keeps | them in good trim. “Better to pitchers of which know they must pro- duce in_turn, rather than a big staff that is likely to result in the develop- ment of a lot of prima donnas always cager feliow,” is the way Griffith sees it. The Nationals are getting much good ont of their slender mound corps at present. For a club figured a strong Pennant contender seven pitchers are not so_many ordinarily, and that's the size of the Washington stafl. That, with one of its members—Fred Mar- berry—still useless because of a leg in- Jury. club up in the race and doing that Wwithout appearing to be unduly over-|M worked. ANAGER JOHNSON ‘was to send another left-hander at the Tigers this afterncon in the third game of the series, his choice to oppose the right-handed visiting flinger, _Tom Bridges, being Lloyd Brown. If Brown chugks anything like Bob Burke, only Tecently made a starting hurler, did | yesterday, the Nationals should make it three in a row over the Detroit crew. Making his second start of the sea- | gon, Burke showed almost everything | needed to make a capable pitcher. His | control was fine, his fast ball quite good | enough to get by the batters and his curve exceptionally deceptive. Burke | was wonderfully poised on the hill and | pitched with splendid judgment. About the only thing that might im- prove the string-bean southpaw would | be a better change of pace than he now employs. Given that, he should go far in_his profession. Not a hit was registered off the young left-hander for six innings, and but three were made all told by the Tigers, those being spread evenly over the last three rounds. Just eight Ti- gers got on the runway, Bob issuing four passes in addition to being nicked for the three safetles, while a fielder's choice put one man on. g It was an excellent demonstration of the capabilities of Burke, and just about means his establishment as & regular member of the starting staff of pitchers. HY the Tig who have lost 15 of their la: 17 games and had their _current losing _streak ex- tended to 7 games, are in the base ball | doldrums is casy to figure. In their string of games starting May 17—which was the day this slump got under way— they have batted at only a .241 clip, | and in their last 7 games, in which they suffered defeat. they tapped the ball for an average of only .210. In only one of these last 7 games did they manage to hit in double figures. That was in the opener of the series here Tuesday. The Tigers have had much good pitching in a number of the ecngagements since hitting the skids, but they have not hit the ball hard enough to make any impression on_the opposition. Getting but *hree hits in a game, as they did yesterday off Burke, seems something to be expected of the Tigers these days. They have been timing their swings poorly, and in meeting the ball rarely have done .so with any power behind the blow. Victor Sorrell, right-hander, yester- day hurled a game ordinarily good enough to win. He yielded but_six hits and gave no passes. Half the hits, clustered in the first inning, méant vic- tory for the home side. = After that Sorrell spread three singles over as many innings. So much wasted effort. The Nationals won. 2 to 1. YER'S single, Sam Rice's double— both hits to left field by left-hand batters—a cacrifics by Manush and | Cronin_retted | ms right off the | ine hit counted Myer, while Sam, after seeing Akers barely miss a catch of Cronin's looper following a hard run into short center, got home from third, where he had tarried until the Tiger shortfielder had failed to grab the ball. ‘The Tigers had a runner on in each of the first two innings, Akers drawing a pass in the first and McManus an- other in the second. Bluege opened the Washington second with a single, but never passed first base. Then for three innings both sides were retired in order. Manush got a single off Sorrell in xth, only to be caught in a double hile after on» was out in the rst. hit off Burke, | Kuhel's one- the Natlouals in | the seventh, znd so w-r> Koenig's sin- | gle and Sorreil's walk by the Tigers in | the cighth. The Tigers averted a shutout after Doljack opened their ninth with a triple, driven to th2 right-field corner. Akers poped out, but Uhle, batting for Stone, drew a pass. After Walker went in to run for Uhle, a long fly by Mc- Manus got Doljack over the plate. Then Owen grounded weakly to Burke for the final out. single to cent Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Joe Vosmik, Indians—Hit home run in eleventh to beat Boston, 5-4. Eppa Rixey, Reds—Hz21d Phillies to fcur hits for 3-1 vic Whitey Dreesen, Bi —Tripled in 4 on sque2z2 play Oscar . Browns—H:t ho ninth inning, eighth straight hit, drove in runs that bext Yankess, 8-6. Lefty Grove, Athletics—Won ninth game of season and eighth in succession, defeating White Sox, 2-1. Rolly Hemsley, Cubs—Drove in decid- ing run in ninth inning for 9-8 victory over Robins. Bob Burke, Senators—Gave Tigers Ry three hits 10 Wing 3l have a small staff, the | Has o pass the buck to the other 7 A slender staff, but it is keeping the |} Burke Balks ’Em. DETRO] Johnson, Doljack, L] o rf. IS— essuit o e euinsnonces sor: SUN tWalker Totals Gen P *Batted for Stone in ninth. fRan for Uhle in ninth. WASHINGTON. AB. Myer. 2b... ol ss00050000sM » H > Lol usnnonosu? " H wh ol oos035900! £ 9 Bluege. 2b. Spencer, ‘c. Burke, Totals Detroit . Washington ... batted Two-base oS wlos0s000m-! 2 00 00 in—E. Rice, Cronin, hits—E. ' Rice, Cro Dolfack. Sacrifics—Manush. Kuhel (unassisted): Akers 1o Left on bases— Detroit. 5 First Palls QM 3 Umpires—Messts. Nallin, Owens Time of game—1 hour and 31 x Runs Me- Manus. n. ‘Three-base Double play Koenig to Owens. Washington, _2. base on Burke, 4. St Burke. 2 and Ormsby. minutes. BATT H. 2b.3b. 0 64 12 46 G HR SH.SB.RBIPct. Harris. 14 8 400 Cronin. 431 47 West... 311 13 Harg've 13 2i Spenc'r 40 1 25 Kuhel.. 26 9 21 7 2 320 320 ‘308 304 202 PUIOPSUEL VDT, SRR I 16 33 13 oaunawswlediEEa g5, Sooo-0000souMROOL Lo LA ©29500900000a-00MN-ras! OO b U N 5O ©c000000000NuHOOHOG-1IS! In'gs Gam Com. . pitch.stred.Ga. W. L. i e e Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Cochrane, Athletics, Melillo, Browns, .386. Runs — Averill, Indians; Chapman and Gehrig, Yankees, and Cochrane and Bishop, Athletics, 34. Runs batted in—Cronin, 47; Gehrig, Yankees, 42. Hits—Averill, Indians, Yankees, 65. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 23; Alex- ander, Tigers, 15. ‘Triples—Cronin, Senators, Sim- mons, Athletics, 5. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, Simmons and Foxx, Athletics, 9. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 13; Johnson, Tigers, 12. Pit —Grove, Athletics, won 9, lost 1; Walberg, Athletics, won 8, lost 1. National League. Batting—Hendrick, Reds, lett, Phillies, .384. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 44; Cubs, 34. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 39; Arlett, Phillies, 38. Hits—Arlett, Phillies, 61; Hermen, 18; Rebins, 60. Cubs, Braves, T, Senators, and Combs, and 386; Ar- Hornsby, Doubles—Hornsby, Davis, Phillies, 16. Triples — Worthington, ‘Watkins, Cardinals, 6. Home runs—Klein, Phillles, 13; Ar- lett. Phillies, 10. Stolen bases—Comorosky, Pirates, 9: Jackson, Giants; Berger, Braves, and Cuyler, Cubs, 5. Pltching—Brandt, Braves, won 8, lost 1; Grimes, Cardinals, won 7, lost 1. Minor Leagues International League. Jersey City, Reading, 2. Baltimore, ‘Toronto, 2- Montreal, 6-0; Rochester, 0-4. American Association. Louisville, 6; Coh:ml?us, 4. Minneapolis, Toledo, 6; Indianapolis, 4. Southern Association. Birmington, 2-6; Atlanta, 1-13. Chattancoga, 7; Nashville, 4. ‘Memphis, 10; New Orleans, Little Rock, 3; Mobile, 2. Three-Eye League. Blocmington, 5; Evansville, 4 (10 in- Springfield, 4; Dal s Quincy, 8; Decatur, 4. Peoria, 7; Terre Haute, 6. Pacific Coast League. Portland, 10; San Francisco, 4. Missions, 7; Oakland, 5. Hollywpod, 3; Sacramento, 2. Seattle, 8; Los Angeles, 7. nings). ‘Western League. Denver, 6; Pueblo, 2. ” St. Joseph, 13; Oklahoma City, 6. Omaha, 11; Des Moines, 4. Wichita, 12; Topeka, 2. Eastern League. Albany, 2] Bridgeport, 1. Norfolk, 9-4; Allentown, 1-5. Springfield, 3; Richmond, 1. Hertfcrd, 15; New Haven, 0. New York-Pennsylvania League. Wilkes-Barre, 1; Yorx, 0. Milliamsport, 3; Elmira, 2. Scranton, 4; Harrisburg, 2. Texas League. San Antonio, 6; Beaumont, 5. ‘Wichita Falls, 5; Shreveport, 2, Dallas, 5; Fort Worth, 5. Houston, 10; Galveston, 2. Palmetto League. Greenville, 9; Augusta, 6. Florence, 14; Anderson, 1. College Ball ; Princeton, 2. ; Wisconsin, 0. Michigan, 5. ; Rhode Iland, 3. a1 in- Rutgers, 3; Minnesota, Indiana, Harvard, Mat Matches By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Ray Steele, 214, Cali- fornia, threw Taro Miyaki, 190, Japan (18:35); Hans Steinke, 240, New York, and llel"n‘l;o Gardini, 200, Itdly, 400; | THINKS LONG BOUT MAY “GET" LONDOS | Dusek to Aim to Wear Down Title Claimant in Show Here Tonight. HE only way to beat Jim Londos —taking it from tips furnished by such wrestlers as Jim Mc- Millen, Rudy Dusek and Mike Romano—is to walt for the “break” of the match and then capitalize on it. but the Ncbraskan, who arrived late last night, has it figured out. Londos, he points out, wins mcst of his matches in an hour or less. Rarely does he take ionger. “I think I have proved that I can stay over an hour with the best of them,” said Dusek. “Lonos has been through a hard campaign, wrestling almost every night. Still he's too strong to go after with the idea of finishing him right off the bat. It can't be done. But by carrying along for an hour or more and punishing nim, I may get him. Anyway, itll be | a long match.” | The meeting tonight at Griffith Sta- | dium between Lcndos. and one of the | most durable matmen in the game, Pusek, promises to draw a throng of ans. Dusek and Londos are two of the most finished wrestlers in the game. They are capable of attaching any grip 4| or hold effectively on an oppenent. Londos’ pet hold is i1's airplane spin, 5 | 000 | but this is not much more than an in- volved body slam, with no chances taken rocking split is said to be the most { painful grip in the game. In addition, the Nebraskan has another specialty | only 'a fifty-fifty chance of falling with- | out receiving a broken collarbone. Only | once has Dusek used ihat here and that | was against Billy Bartush, who suc- cumbed two minutes after the drop. Paul Jones, says Dusck, came closest to any wrestler of pinning Londos. Jones, wrestling Dusek here, secured his hook scissors on the claimant of the title, and began the roll, necessary to make the grip effective. Londos, however, went over with him when Jones rolled too far, breaking away. ‘Tonight's feature will be supplement- ed by bouts between Sandor Szaho and Tiger Nelson, Frank Brunowitz, Son Jennings and Oscar Nygrez, Mario Giglio and Joe | Turner, the premoter, and Cyclone Wil- |liams and Firpo Wilcox. Ernest Roeber, N. B. A. referee, will officiate the main bout with Benny Bortnick and Cyclons Burns handling the prelims. The first bout will start at 8:30. LEVEY WILL BE HONORED Marines Greet Former Member ‘When He Invades With Browns. Jim' Levey, former Quantico Marine athlete who now is performing at shortstop for the St. Louis Browns, will be honored by a delegation of 500 Ma- rines, led by Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, when he comes here with the Browns to play Washington June 15. The presentation of a traveling bag will be made at Griffith Stadium. Levey formerly pcrformed with the Quantico ball fans who remember him recall Levey as one of the best punters and broken field runners seen on nearby | gridirons. Homer Standing By the Assoclated Press. Home runs yvesterday—Foxx, Ath- letics, 1; Cuyler, Cubs, 1; Herman, Rob- ins, 1; Vosmik, Indians, 1; Melillo, Browns, 1; Mosolf, Pirates, 1. The leaders—Klein, Phillles, 13; Ar- lett, Phillies, 10; Simmons, Athletics, 9; Ruth, Yankees, 9; Foxx, Athletics, 9; Cochrane, Athletics, 8; Gehrig, Yankees, 8; Herman, Robins, 8. League totals—American, 158; Na- tional, 151. Totals, 309. Rudy Dusek may be kidding hlms‘el(vk of getting hurt with a miss. Dusek’s | | rarely used by another, the back body- | | drop, which, 1t is said, gives a victim | Dick Daviscourt and | | Marine nine and foot ball team. Foot | Fight May Clear Middle Situation EW YORK, June 4—The mid- dleweight situation, such as it is, should be pretty well cleared up after tonight's 10-round bout in Madison Square Garden between Joe Dundee of Baltimore and Ben Jeby of the East Side. The winner will be entitled to bill himself as the leading 160-pounder and the unofficial champion, as long as Mickey Walker refuses to fight at_the class limit. It must be a laugh to the cld- timers to realize that these two lads are the best the division has to offer in the shape of fighting men. They are earnest young warriors, but any one of a number of the fighters who held or claimed the title in the earlier days probably could have disposed of a ro-mful of Dundees and Jebys in one night. DUNDEE IS 8705 CHOICE OVER JEBY ;Winner of Bout Tonight May | Earn Some Middleweight Title Recognition. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, June 4—Two mid- dleweights who owe a large part of their important roles in the current ratings to victories over Len Harvey, the British champion, clash in Madison Square Garden to- night to see which one will take an- other step up the championship ladder. Vince Dundee, the Baltimore lad, who is something of a veteran, although he never before has figured in the title talk, and the up-and-coming Ben Jeby of New York meet in the 10-round fea- ture bout. Dundee, with two victories over Har- vey and one over Jeby, is a strong fa- vorite at odds of about 8 to 5. The winner may or may not earn some rec- ognition as middleweight champion in place of Mickey Walker, now declared | null and void because of his failure to | | defend the title. #Several reports of & “hot” battle have gone the rounds after the State Ath- letic Commission's_threat to cancel the | fight unless the board bicycle racing track that has been built around the Garden rgceived the approval of firc | and building inspectors. But the saucer | has been certified as safe, and the| Summer shows will go on. Another middleweight 10-rounder is scheduled for the semi-final bout on the program, Ignaco Ara of Spain meet- ing Buck McTiernan of Pittsburgh. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. C!!ANGES are to be made at the American League Ball Park which will involve elimination of the short left fleld, and base hits which previously resulted from pop flies dropping into the pavilion will be a thing of the past. Walter Johnson, ace of the Wash- ington pitching corps, is not per- forming to his last season's stand- ard to date this year. Gustav F. Touchard successfully defended his title in the challenge | round of the annual Chevy Chase Spring tennis tournament yesterday when he conquered Conrad B. Doyle, winner of the tournament, in four hard sets. Edith Rotch of Boston won over Marie Wimer in the chal- lenge round of the woman's singles and Miss Wimer and Harold E. Doyle were victorious over Miss Rotch and W. H. Connell in the final of the mixed doubles. Central as usual romped away with top honors in the public high school title track meet, held yester- day at Maryland Agricultural Col- lege, College Park. Central scored 69 points against 35 for Tech and 3 for Business. Eastern and West- ern had no entrants. Reuter and Kelly of Central starred, the former winning both the sprints and the broad jump and the latter the ham- mer throw and shotput. Planning to HOUGH they are separated and orpesing cach other this season, the nine diamonders wh> last year mads up the Chzmpion Pullman nine, winner of 32 straight games, do not intend to let the what has been tagged “Washington’s hardest hitting sendlot team” be dissolved. It may be too late for the proposed assemblage this season, as far as league play is concerned, but Harry Hall, who led Pullman to the Terminal League and eastern railroad championships last year, is determined to again reor- ganize the team. Pullman’s feat of 32 straight games was started near the end of the first half of the Terminal League last sea- son. After sweeping through the re- mainder of the league schedule unde- feated, the Pullmans cleaned up in the city title serfes and then continued against th> champion railroad teams of New Ycrk, Philadelphia and Wilming- ton. Heinie Webb, veteran Union Printer pitcher.and as sage a sandlot observer as can be found hereabout, declared that for hitting alone, the Pullmans probably were the greatest aggregation ever assembled here. Most of the members of this swatting team are performing with various In- dustrial League teams, Babe Capper be- ing the only one in another loop. Oh'g; per pitches for Naval Hospital in Government loop. Joe Freschi made three of his team's seven hits as he pitched Loeffler to & 6-to-4 victory over Terminal in the In- dustrial League yesterday. Metropolitan Baptist won a clcse one from First Baptist in the Georgetown Church Lezgue yesterday, 7 to 6. Commerce, with the Departmental pennant alrcady sewed up, remains un- defeated today after downing Treasury, 5 to 2, yesterday. Naval Hospital dealt the league-lead- ing G. P. O. nine a 9-to-7 setback yes- terday in the Government League. Olmsted Grill defeated Bethesda, 10 to 5, scoring six of its runs in the last innings, Pullman Nine, Now Scattered, Assemble Again Quantico Marines had _little trouble | | disposing of the Walter Reed Hospital | nine yesterday at Quantico, 16 to 4. ‘Transportation to and from the dia- mond and dinner after the game is offered unlimited foes who schedule games with Fort Washington's ball team. The Fort Washington officer is booking games at Alexandria 1245. ‘Washington Red Sox want games. Call Manager Jenkins at Lincoln 4311. Bolstered by five Hyattsville High tossers, the Dor-A Juniors are confi- dent of upsetting the league-leading Schwartz Juniors in the Capital City League Sunday. Dor-A’'s want 'games. Call Hyatts- ville 1359. | dropped back the last fortnight, Scnators have plugged doggedly along, | AND NOTHING CAN €D GO To-DAY. HE SAID A FARTMER HAD A LAZY SOMN NAMED HIPAM - ABSOLUTELY BE DONE ABOUT IT. GOOP FOR NOTHING ~ NAMED RIRAM. THAT S T AINT 50 GOOD. THAT LOOKS, MORE LiIKE TO M€ HIM UP THERE NOW ~ 8ack of WHY, BUFTON, THAT PERECCTLY SiILLY ! YOU oW SOUND. Mg THE BARN VERY WELL A BUSH CANT C1OVE WELL, \T SEEMS THAT A LOOKS AS TAOUGH \T MGAT RAIN —By WEBSTER HEH-HEH! L HAE TA LAUGH €vERY TIME | THINK OF 1T, STEANGER WAS TALKING TO THE '(:ADKNCK ONE DAY AND — STRANGER SAID MY EYES Yo Aron 1t for A cH re:mwfl:s‘; SAID THE FARMER,"AND (F T roves (TAN'T ARAM" 'Griffmen Living Up to Promise | Of Giving A’s Stern Opposition BY GAYLE TALBOT, Jr., Associated Press Sports Writer. LTHOUGH their cause seems more or less hopeless in the face of the Athletics’ phe- nomenal streak, Walter John- son’s Washington Senators are living up to their promise to give the cham- pions & run for their money in the American League. Whaile the New York Yankees have the winning 10 of their last 14 cngagements and keeping within hailing distance of the fast-traveling leaders. They are firmly established in second place, five games behind the Mackmen and two ahead of the Yankees. ‘The Senators, in fact, have done as well as Johnson predicted they would when he envisioned a pennani this Spring. His only mistake was in figur- ing the Athletics were due to burn out a bearing. The champions displayed no symptoms of slipping yesterday as they registered their twenty-third vic- tory in their last 26 starts. Lefty Grove, pitching his eighth straight win, let the Chicago White Sox down with six hits and beat them, 2 to 1. ‘Washington kept pace with its sec- ond straight over the visiting firemen from Detroit, also by a 2 to 1 margin, due largely to young Lefty Burke's three-hit pitching effort. Joe Vosmik, rookie outfielder, cracked a home run in the_eleventh inning to give the Cleveland Indians their ninth straight victory at the expense of the Boston Red Sox, 5 to 4. The Sox had scored four times in the eighth to tie count. ‘The Western clubs gained an even break for the day when the St. Louis Browns, personally conducted by Oscar Melillo, beat out an 8-to-6 triumph over the Yankees. The Browns’ second- sacker drove in four runs with two singles, 2 double and 2 home run, the latter his eighth consecuiive hit in two days. Matters stood ell square after two days of National League warfare west of the Alleghenies. The New York Giants came back to lick St. Louis, 9 to 5, and again climb within a game and a half of the top, and the Chicago Cubs staged a last-inning rally to down Brooklyn, 9 to 8, and even their series. Crafty Clarence Mitchell went the route against the Cardinals, while the Giants piled up 14 hits off Jess Haines and four hurlers who followed him. ‘The Robins contracted a bad case of the fumbles in the last inning to break their five-game winning streak. Muffs Koontz Service Station Seniors will | meet Bolling Field Saturday at 3 o'clock on the aviators' field. Games with Koontz' tossers may be arranged by calling Lincoln 0696 | of easy rollers by Wally Gilbert and Fresco Thompson. combined with hits by Cuyler and Hemsley,” allowed the | Cubs to score the tving and winning runs off Jack Quinn. Babe Herman Standings in Major Circuits THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1931 American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Louis. 8: New Y Chicag Cleveland, §; Boston, 4 (11 innings), Washington, 2 Detrotts 1. 4 STANDING OF THE CLUBS. El iudipel | Philadelph Washinst New York Clevel: Chicago_ National League, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, New York, 9; 8t. Louls, 6. Bosio" 4} Pitiapureh. . (10 tnnings), Cincinnat, 3; Philadelphia,. 1. ~ STANDING OF THE CLUBS. a g B B 3 £ Pittsburgh_ Cincinnati Games_lost.. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Detroit at Wash, 8t. Louls n.' N ¥, mfiflfxfl::’ ')'ch'!. S e, s e, GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at_Pitts. clouted a homer, double and two sin- gles for the losers. Dreesen’s triple, followed by Rabbit Maranville's squeeze bunt, gave the Boston Braves a run to nose out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 to 3, in 10 in- nings. Mosolf, substitute outfielder, drove in two of the Pirates’ runs with a homer in the first inning. Eppa Rixey, veteran Cincinnatl left- | hander, turned the slugging Phillies | back with four hits as the Reds squared | their series, 3 to 1. It was Rixey's first complete game this vear. Pinkey Whit- ney nicked him for two doubles. | |[Alexandria Notes ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 4.—Jefl Williams, president of the Del Ray A. C., has called a special meeting of the Red Bird organization for. 8 o'clock to- night at 116 West Oxford avenue. | Ted Miller, Red Birl basket ball| manager, will manage the nine. The newly-organized Alexandria Braves will travel to Falls Church Sat- urday to play the Falls Church A. C. at 3 o'clock. A business meeting of the Virginia Juniors has been called by Manager Johnny Travers for 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the Ritz Salon, 400 King street. Nation-wide Grocers are after s game for Saturday with some senior club. Manager Theodore Beach may be reached at Alexandria 1509-J after 6 pm. “Buddy” Goodwin, Ellett Cabell, Dave Bayliss and Earl Bowman, local lads, | Georgetown Church League. PLAN FORifiECREATION Alexandria Pools and Playgrounds to Be in Full Swing. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4—J. F. (“Prex”) Wilson, superintendent of public recreation, plans to throw open the municipal to the public Sat- urday if the warm weather continues. Wilson has appointed Paul Travers, Frank Backus and Dave Henderson to serve as guards. Other employes at the pools will be Charles Fletcher, Sidney Abramson, Mrs, J. T. Gallagher and Robert Elliott. A number of swimming meets will be held, Wilson says; while three base ball leagues—insect, midget and junior | —the "annual horseshoc and tennis tournaments also will be arranged. A municipal field day will be one of the features. Six_playgrounds will be opened after the close of the public schools. They | played in the daylight. are playing with Calvary Baptist in the | g TO TEST POPULARITY | OF DAY, NIGHT BALL| Indianapolis Management Will Experiment to Find Which Is More Profitable. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, June 4—Hoping to determine which is the more profitable time to play base ball—afternoon or night—the management of the In- dianapolis club of the American Asso- ciation has announced that beginning next week only two night games will | be played each week “until further notice.” | The pclicy of playing all games ex- cept Sunday contests at night was | started last year. | Norman A. Perry, Tribe owner, said | he merely wished to do a little “ex- perimenting” in preparation for occu- pation of a new park, which will be completed before the end of the season. He sald if weather conditions are ner- ! mal he believes the results during the | next three weeks might form & basis | for_the policy to be followed. Today's series final with Toledo was scheduled for the afternoon, but the opening game with Columbus tomorrow will be under the floodlights. Saturday, | Sunday and Monday games will be WILSON BACK IN GAME Gets Another Chance’ When Moore Suffers Leg Injury. CHICAGO, June 4 ().—Hack Wilson, home-run king of 1930, has been given ln::her chance to come back with the Cubs. He was inserted in the line-up again yesterday when Johnny Moore reported with a slight leg injury. Moore ex- pected to be back in the game in a few cays however, unless Hack made 0od. So far this season Wilson's bat has been impatent of his usuel production | cf bit. In 108 times at bat he has | cracked but 27 hits for a total of 43 bases. His home-run bat has yielded dividends but twice. HYATTSVILI:E IS LISTED HYATTSVILLE, Md., June 4.— Hyattsville High's base ball team, which defeated Towson Tuesday in open- ln‘f round game in the State title series, will face Annapolis High, Anne Arundel County standard bearer, Monday at Pat- terson Park, Baltimore, starting at 1:30 pm. NO-CODDLING PLAN PAYING DIVIDENDS Grove, Earnshaw and Wal- berg Beating Practically All Rivals Regularly. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. ANAGERS who are bossing teams other than the Phil- adelphia Athletics look wise these days and insist that Connie Mack will pitch his good pitchers into pulp before mid-August and will have nothing left with which to mosey on after that. Connie’ Mack doesn’t seem to think so. ‘The wise old mentor of the A's may be encouraged and abetted in that by Kid Gleason, a member of his staff of coaches, because the kid had a rubber 2rm when he was a pitcher and could start one day, start the next if he had to do so and wouldn't have balked greatly on the third day. He wos tough in muscle -and enduring in spirit. He thinks modern pitchers have been coddled too much. ‘The pitching staff of the Athletics is an interesting study this vear. When the players were in training in Florida some one happened along and men- tioned that Lefty Grove made his 1930 record at the expense cf the Boston Americans, who lost seven games to him last yeer. When Grove argues. he is vehement about it. “Maybe I did beat 'em.” he seld. “But do you suppose I'd let up on 'em if I had 'em beaten? Maybe I'd have won seven more games from ‘em if I had the chance. You wait till this year. I'll beat 21l of 'em. If any of those guys on other clubs think I'll be easy for 'em, let 'em meet me.” At that time Grove was pitching bet- ter in Siring training than he ever had pitched before and practically as well as he had been pitching in the middle of the previous season. Groves’ Record to Date. Note his record this year. He has won two from Washington, two from New York, one from Boston, one from Cleveland. one from Detroit and one {frcm Chicago. That is mixing them well enough for any pitcher. He hasn't won from St. Louis, but there is time. When the Athletics were training there were rumors, graveyard rumors, that Earnshaw was out of condition and would be unable to do as well for | the Athletics as he did in 1930. Earn- shaw has won two from New York. three from Boston, one from Detroit and one from Chicago. That is good enough. Only Washington and New York have beaten him. If that is the product of a weakened arm, some other pitchers ought to weaken theirs as quickly as possible. ‘The one pitcher about whom Mack was concerned was Rube Walberg. He did not come around well enough to suit the big-hearted old manager. “Seems to me,” said Connie, puzzling his brows, “that something is the mat- ter with him, yet he says there isn Says he is just slow in getting started. ‘Walberg has won two games from ‘Washington, two from New York, one from Detroit, two from Chicago and one from St. Louis. Thus three pitchers of the Athletics have won 24 games in about 6 wccks of base ball. If they keep that rate up they will win 70 games during the season, or very close 1o it. If all managers had pitchers as good as those three the fans would be thrilled by the best pitching duels that any generation of fans ever saw. The alarmists still are talking—and the A's aces still winning games. CAPITAL RACKETERS ACTIVE IN TOURNEYS Will Play in Hotchkiss Matches in Baltimore and Other Events Slated. Cup Was] n tennis players tomorrow will invade Baltimore where the annual battle between courtmen of the Capital City, Monumental City, Richmond and Norfolk for the Hotchkiss Cup will be played tomorrow and Saturday. The start of the junior and boys ten- nis championship of Washington is due to begin Saturday with Jock McLean, last year's champion, ruling the pre- tourney favorite. Non-playing Capt. Clarence Charest thus far has rot decided upcn th> com- plcte roster of the lozal Hot~hkiss Cun team but Bob Considine, Dooly Mitzh=ll and Ed Ycomans are ceriain to b2 in the singles. ‘With the score standing 3—1 and deuce in Mitchell's favor, Tom Mangan and Dooly Mitchell today were to con- tinue the twice-postponed match for the City of Washington singles cham- plonship at Rock Creek. It was to start at 4 o'clock. . SEEK SUNDAY T?LT. Lindbergh Seniors are looking for & game for Sunday on the Lindy field. Call Hyattsville 1279-J between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Grunt, Growl His Opera Now Fabiani, Concert Violinist and Producer, Becomes will be located at Haydon Field, Dun- can Field, Washington School, Friends’ Pla; in the 700 block Queen gei:;_asmm Lee a';hut m?’ ‘Ihe 7] ray School yground for colored. — e LACKEY NINE ADVANCES Champion Captures First Game in State Title Series. Lackey High School’s base ball team, champions of Maryland last year, again is casting eyes cn the title. Having defeated all the high schools of Charles County, the Lackey (tossers yesierday trounced Great Mills, cham- | pions of St. Marys County, 25 to 2. | Lackey's next contest is with the Cal- vert County champions. | BOOK MOUNT RAINIER TILT. UNT RAINIER, Md., June 4.— Mount Rainier's unlimited nine has Wealthy in Wrestling Pastime. EFORE the war Aurelis Fae biani was & name familiar to patrons of grand opera—a concert violinist and & pro- ducer, He was known throughout South America as well as the United States. Fablan! is an Italian-American who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He studied medi- cine. 2 But ke didn't like medicine and turned to music. He spent gome yoars in Sinths. foneston, stidying classical music and later appearing in_concert and as a promoter. From South America he came back staging & wrestling show instead of grand He s0 well on & small scale that he branched out and put on big shows. A few years ago he had be- come 8o prominent in the game that his activities were responsible for the crowning of a new champion, Dick Shikat, and brought about the split in the wrestling world. / Fabiani is credited with much of the greet success of wrestling in the last few years. He is allied with Jack Curley forces and is promoting shows not only in Philadelphia, but in Boston and Pittsburgh, and it is believed he is behind the promoters who have made such a success of the game in Baltimore. ‘Today Fabiani is very wealthy. But he has not lost his love of music. He hopes to use his wealth in spon= i