Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1931, Page 55

Base Ball, Boxing Part 5—4 Pages The Sunday Stad WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1931 SPORTS SECTION S Griffs Twice Trip Indians, 14-4 and 7-3 : Mate Captures $50,000 American Derby CLEVELANDERS BOW 70 BROWN, FISCHER Nationals Shave Half Game Off Athletics’ Lead by Twin Triumph. Games of Leader: Louls. ms,3b. . lades.rf. sch,2b ] oocaurSnno! | ocmuncoouon: wacomooms™ P o cutuvie [RSTN Seormoo M [T nn ), SECOND GAME. L O;A, Boston, 8t. L. Dreesen.sh.. ] > ] A DTN aguire 2t. Cunning'm.p 3 §Hunnefield 0 OORA LN sl 2 H 1 1 3 4 0 [ 0 o 5l cocouuncoonsw By the Assoclated Press. OSTON, June 20.—The Bos- ton Braves took both ends BY JOHN B. KELLER. of a double-header from LEVELAND, June 20.—Com- | the league-leading St. Louis ing back with a vengenncejcards today, winning the first today the Nationals, who game 5 to 1, and the second 3 to 2. only yesterday had a doz-; The veteran Tom Zlfihtarj‘r he‘lld en-game winning streak ended,|the Cardinals to four hits in the i o opener, in which Schulmerich hit started another victory run b wo doubles and a single. taking both ends of a doubIE—;m'm Braves won the second game in header with the Indians. The the ninthinning, with no one out, when Maguire doubled, went to third on Hun- scores were 14 to 4 and 7 t0 3. ;feld's bunt and scored on Dreesen's Although the league-leading Ath: i single to right center. letics also copped in Chicago the | FIRST Nationals by their dual success . &tia "4“ ’5.““' reduced to three games the dis- |3 tance between them and the top. most club in the American League. The Indians were left-handed into ' Iiowe submission in both encounters, Lloyd the initial argument, while Carl Fischer | .y, 3 did much excellent flinging in the night- | wgaties Yor Rhem in elghth inning. cap, where he had a bit more of a g "1,s 0010000 01 xmfi than had his staff mate pre-|Boston . 0110030 x—5 ously. The ‘first game was s walk-over for | SOFTICH Zecharre B Manager Johnson's ambitious band, for | EIQWers, pohrer. " R S i they stepped to the front quickly ‘and |ni ';:"'x"‘"n Zicnary, Schiimer- b, en base sch, n- Soven ainge, however, the second oo | Filt, jScHlce MAguse, - Double biava. gagement was keenly fought. The | Frisch to Collins. Left on bases-8t. Louls, Indians were held at bey in each tussel |33 . "Bases on balls—ON Rhem, 3 until near the , 0 effective were | oo the hin, 5 { —Rhem. Brown bested three Cleveland hurlers in the first game. He had the tribe | at his mercy for seven innings, allow- | Ad ing but five hits and two passes. With | Frisch,2b. the Nationals having piled up such,a | Collin: substantial score he eased in the last | HAlST:I%; two rounds and the Indians got to him | Wilson.c.. for six more safeties and all their runs. | Flowers Milburn Shoffner tried to left-hand his | Fateemb ‘way against Johnson's charges, but was | Stout,p. beaten off before the second inning |FOmatt .- § ended and his successor, the v nerable U Right-handed Pete Donohue, was shov- | Totals ..3¢ ed from the slab in the fifth to let | °None out in ninth when winning run Fay Thomas, another orthodox hurler, *?fatted for Lindsey in seventh. finish. Off this trio the Nationals col- | :Eatted for Stout in ninth. lected 18 hits and wasted few. | iPatted for unnlflnx:lwfll A;. ;\ln;h.o s In the second set-to the Nationals = | picked Up mine hits off Roxie Lawson, {ey, Martin. Drsssen. ‘Sehulmer. Willis Hudlin and Pete Jablonowski, * ¥ Errors—Wilson, Dreese: right handers all. Lawson, who took the ooy FAUR beating, was wild and that caused him Hafey, Dressen ‘and. e ve way in in the seventh. hil merfch. " *Sacrifices— T patine ngser, Cungihehym ang, Bepnts Limiting the Indians to two hits and | Flowers to Coll Adams, Wilson to Col- three passes, Fischer looked great for |lins: Adams (unassisted): elght innings, but he weakened in the | 1of it final round to issue another pass and yleld three more hits that enabled the | 2f tribe to avert a shut out. Cop Lead Early in Opener. In the first encounter of the after- noon the Nationals dented the plate in six of the nine innings and hit safely in all but two. Myer's single and doubles by Harris and West gave the club a two-run getaway and two more hits with a pass brought two markers in the second session. The fourth also ‘was a two-run frame, a pass, two singles and two steals of second accounting for the tallying, ningiam o T no 1 utild Piteh— indsey. tcher--Kaufman. Um- BireTtessrs. Blark, Scott and Riem. Time t game—3 hours. Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Gehrig, Yankees, s; 3 ‘i‘"& '"Sea‘tw:r ‘The game was put beyond all dan- 1 Appling, White Sox, 1; and, ger in he fith when five runs were 1; Hogan, Glants, i o, registered. = Five hits, all singles, were | Glants, 1; Vergez, Glants, 1; Grimm, mixed with a pass and two Tribal| Cubs, 1. errors to produce the scoring. A walk and a single helped in the making of one run in the sixth and in the eighth two singles and a triple were clustered to bring another two- run block. Such marks were the Indian hurlers in this engagement that every member of the Washington starting cast hit safely, with Sam West and Ossie Bluege collecting three safeties each. The Indians couldn't find the plate untli the eighth, when Brown eased a trifle in his work. In that round two Tribal singles and a double were socked before a retirement was achieved, then after two were out another single was smote to net the home side three tallies. In the ninth two singles after two were out accounted for the final Tun of the fray. Myer's Homer Staris It. It was a homer by Myer, his second of the season, that started the scoring in the second tilt of the afternoon. Buddy opened the third inning by loft- ing the ball over the right field screen close to the foul line. A pass to Bluege paved the way for & Washington tally in the fourth. Ossle reached second as Kuhel was erased and got home when Spencer hit for a base. A fumble by Morgan that put Kuhel on the runway at the start | of the sixth round meant another run for the Nationals. Spencer's infield retirement and Fischer’s single got Joe | around. Passes to Crcnin and Harris at the start of the seventh helped Johnson's charges toward two runs and brought Hudlin to Lawson’s relief. West could not aid the men on the runway, but Bluege, with a single to center, got both home, . Two mcre markers in the ninth, off Jablonowski this time. Harris singled and so did Bluege after West went out. Kuhel's long fly to Vosmik let Harris score and Bluege reach second. Ossie tallied as Spencer hit for a base. In the ninth the Tribe flared up and got three runs off a pass to Mor- gan, doubles by Vosmik and Kamm, with a single by Hodapp sandwiched | MIeF: 20, between, and a long fly to West by |Cronin, ss.. Ferrell, who had picked up Berg’s bat. | B § Noted of the Nationals. ‘Myer got on base the first four times he iwent to the plate in the opening engagement and scored each e. Ramm made a flashy catch of Spen- cer'’s foul in the sixth, leaping against t.hsbmndsund wall for a one-hlnd.{,‘ grab. The Leaders. Klein, Phillies, 17; Foxx, Athletics, 13; Gehrig, Yankees, 13; Ruth, Yankees, | 12} Arlett, Phillies, 11; Simmons, Ath- letics, 10. League Totals. ”Amenun. 208; National, 201; total, Back in Form 3 BoSHWOSOHmuLOHD Manush, | Cronin, oS s S Hargrave, c.. Brown, b. Totals . reensouono il ssooooo0ss000M [ G L CLEVELAND. Burnett, 5. 37 *Batted for Thomas in ninth. Washington... 2 2 0 2 5 1 Cleveland. 000000 Runs_batted in—West (2), Manush (), Myer. Cronin (2), Bluege, Hargrave, Averill,” Hodapp, Vosmik, 0-base Harris! Wi anush. Averill. ~Three-base hit—Biu My Left on Bases on bal off Donohue. 3: off Thom By Donohue, 1: by Brown. 1; by ner, 1. Hits—Of Shoffner. § in 1% innings: off ‘Donohue, 7 in 2% innings: off Thomas, 6 in 4% innings. “Losing pitcher_Shofl- ner. Campbell, Dinneen me—2 hours, - L] -3 Myer, 2b. O moowsouow> ooosscse-M Pyeee—— Fischer, . Totals . P I coocoommaabum Harris pulled a fancy cne for the Jast out, jumping high while backed | Kt against the right-fleld wall to drag|J down with his gloved paw Averill's | jRet0: liner. ise o El - Johnson rested Manush, Cronin, West and Spencer after the sixth inning, Sam Rice, Hayes, Harry Rice and Hargrave into action. Bluege and Harris did not walt lona ¥ g0 foc By’ arm i the nightcap end| B0 S S Vil Jiae s que dway win o seaing ctort | Sy, Bee SN in the third. That raised the Na-| tiomals’ theft total for the day to four.; e ch “the , coming ast, for 3 o catch of the pitcher’s loft not so far|Dinneen. Gelssl snd A ot the" ridte. base. B ataurenreon. Time of !lllm for Il;fi)lfl'lkl in ninth. Runs batt Pischer, Hodabp, Ferrel ol Bases on off ' Fis uck out—By in 6 innings 1 in 3 innings: Umi Sheely, | Comor’ pETIors-Mancuso, | Sunel 2 em. | pittsburgh 12031 i nnlta,,_,,,,, CARDINALS DROP A PAIR WHILE GIANTS WIN DUO Braves Assist New York Team to Get Within Two s as McGrawmen Feast on Pittsburgh Club. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, June 20.—The N Giants conquered the Pitts- burgh Pirates today in both games of a double- header to cut the margin of the league-leading St. Louls Cardinals to two games. | Boston while New York was beat- ing Pittsburgh 3 to 1 and 10 to 0. In the first game the Glants won in | a mound duel between Bill Walker and Glenn Spencer. Fred Leach drove in the winning run in the eighth with a triple and scored the tI counter. The first came on Mel Ott’s homer. Fred Fitzsimmons pitched wu four-hit shutout in the sccond clash and hit a homer and two singles himself. Hogan and Vergez also hit for the circuit. ‘The Gilants drove Ervin Brame from the mound in the eighth, scoring seven runs. FIRST Pittsb'gh. [OROORS - PN weowesson Spencer.p... Bennettt.. Totals.... *Batted for Thevenow in ninth. 1Batted for Spencer in ninth. .00000 10 New 100000 2 x—3 Rurs—Grantham, Allen, Lindstrom. Ott. Error—O'Farrell. ~Runs batted in—Ott. Suhr, Lindstrom. Terry. hit— | Lindstrom. Home run 3 n Grantham. Bacrifice—Marshall, play—Grantham. Thevenow and Subr. on bases—New York. 5: Pittsburgh, 10. | base on balls—Off Waiker, 3. Struck By Walker. 8: Spencer. 3. ' Umpires—Messrs. srke. Rl and Pfirman. Time, 1 hour minutes. oF SECOND GAME. Y. T P 35 83412 Totals.... 31 937 6 01 York Pirst B orcaumanund rrruoonsos® | cormorosons Totals .. *Batted for Pittsburgh New York in ninth inning. 000000 00 001107 x-10 , Terry, Jack- tzsimmons (2). Osbo; [ 1 (2), Lindsts n " ( Jackson. Three. t— Fitzsimmons, Hogan, Vergez, Lindstrom. 'Double 'plays—Suhr, snd Suhr; Marshall. Jackson and now a). ‘bases—New 2 Terry tsburgh, 4 . 1. By PFitzsimmons. 4: by Brame. 3. ame, 11 in 7 innings (none out ;off Osborne, 3 in 1 inning. - ing pitcher—Brame. Umpires—Messrs. Rig- ler, Pfirman and Ciarke. Time of same—1 hour and 50 minuti YANKEES HAVE EASY TIME WITH BROWNS Register 9-to-1 Victory to Give St. Louis Club Its Ninth Sue- cessive Defeat. By the Associated Press. won their second straight game here and gave the Browns their ninth suc- cessive defeat today by a 9-to-1 score. Charley Ruffing pitched a great game for the Yankees, allowing only two hits. One of them with & walk and a fiy scored the only St. Louis run in the B . e Siacholder ieided the ninth. G::l:ea";‘ mm‘h:a wn Tl untl the cighth, when Lou Gehrig clouted his thirteenth home run of the season. New York. Al Combs.cf. . A. St Louls. 8 Kimsey,. hulte. > el ........e..w 0011008980 unoossons L] OO ® u| co0ocommoooi 3| ownEoanwonsd =] onwwooronen? New _York Bt. Louis . (2), Ruth (2), Gehrig Sewell. Schuite. ' Errors— ry, Geh- 3 to bazz on balls—Off_ Blseholder, 1; off Ruffing. 5.~ Struck out—] 5; by Rufing. 4. 8 innings; off Kimsey, 2 on bases—St. Louis 4; Ne pitcher — Blacholder. oriarty and Owens, hour and 52 minutes. DARTMOUTH WINS REGATTA. SKANEATELES, N. Y. June 20— Dartmouth won the second Eastern intercollegiate outboard regatta on Skaneateles Lake this afternoon with Syracuse second and Miaml third. o The Cards lost a twin bill to| = A tries, t | Poxx, D ST. LOUIS, June 20.—The Yankees |2 . | Pearce, giant Australian and Olympic o | Champlon, toda; g dle, with Stephens of the London Row- A'S GO TEN INNINGS T0 DEFEAT CHISOX Game Extended by Appling’s Homer—Walberg Marks Up Eleventh Win, 5-4. By the Assoclated Press. HICAGO, June 20.—It took the Philadelphia Athletics 10 in- nings to beat the White Sox today, but they did it by the score of 5 to 4 to make it two siraight in the serfes. A three-hit attack on Ted Lyons in the tenth brought victory after Luke Appling, pinch hitting for Frasier in the ninth, had tied the score with & home run. McKain started for Chicago and was nicked for three runs in the early in- nings. After this the champs were held scoreless until the extra inning, when Bishop and Haas singled, Simmons hit a long fly to score Bishop, Foxx walked and Miller doubled. Walberg, in winning his eleventh vic- tory of the season, hurled well until the ninth, when Appling hit his homer with ‘Watwood on base. Two more Chicago hits scored a run in the tenth. Chicago. AB.H.O. Bluelb 2011 > @ = 3 > TSI '8 [] LTV Sormsomms; Bosonooow’ 8| orormvocosmamman ol omocscommmon~e P 8l coccoccarumman: 5| cooomoonuacoou Totals ...361030 14 Totals .. *Batted for McKain in seventh. tRan for Grube in nin 1Batted for Prasier in ninth. Philadelphia. 2 0 1 0 Chicago..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1—4 (3). Haas (2). Fonseca. Jef- .~ Appling. ~ Errors—Bishop, atted in—Haas, Sim- ppling (2). Miller. Kerr. I it s'l‘uflcfi. Jeftries. Miller. nseca. Home run—Applinj acrifices— Todt, Haas. Double piavs_Foxx to Todt. Kerr' to Blue, Walberg to Bishop to Todt: Grube to Kerr. Foxx to Bishop to Todt. Left ases ases Wi off_Mc! oft By Walberg. 4: by McKain. § in 7 in- r. 2 in 3 innings: off Lyons, Losing pitcher—Lyons. ~Um- ‘Gowan, Ormsby and Nallin, and 11 minutes. 00000 3-8 uns_Bishop. . Dvl mons_(3). Two-base hits—I me of game—2 hoi RED SOX TIE TIGERS IN NINTH BUT BLOW Detroit Gets Back Tally to Make Two in Row, 5-4—Sorrell Winning Pitcher. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, June 20.—Detroit made it two in a row over Boston here by taking today's game, 5 to 4. The Tigers took the lead in the seventh inning, but Hayworth dropped Stone's throw in the ninth and Boston tied the score. In the ninth Hayworth walked, Sor- rell sacrificed and singles by Walker and Owen carried Hayworth home with the winning run. Sorrell allowed Bos- ton 10 hits, while Detroit made seven off the combined deliveries of Morris, Moore and Russell. Scores: Boston. AB.H.Q.A. Detroit. TR ABHOA 03 | Browerss Hayworth.¢ Sorrellp... onmasouss! P EEI v 200008mmrMm cooomosammLLa &l conononssnson 5 10131 Totals.. .31 13713 *Batted for Moore in 9th inning. {Ran for Berry In 9th inning. iTwo out when winning run scored. Boston 0200010014 Detroit uns—Webb (2), Miller, Marshall, Walke n, _Alexander, Hayworth (2).. Errol yworth. Runs batted in—Rhyne (2 @) en . Koenig. Two-base hits—Rhyne, rifices—Sorrell (2), Miller, Berry to Miller. "Lett on by s, Moore, Sorrell! off ston, 7. Morris, §; of Struck’ out— Moore, 1. Hi in Hit es—Messrs. Hildebrand, Guthrle. m} M Graflan. Losing pitcher—Russell. Time of game—One hour and Afty-six minutes. PEARCE SCULLS VICTOR Does Mile in 4:10 to Score With Ease in Harlow Regatta. HARLOW, Eng., June 20 (#).—Bob y won the senior sculls event of the Harlow regatta in prepara- tion for the diamond sculls at Henley next month. Pearce rowed the mile in 4 minutes 10 seconds, finishing in & mere pad- ing Club outdistanced. lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Collegev Ball Yale, 12; Princeton, 6. Dartmouth, 8; Amherst, 2, Pearce now 0000031015 cer. | An T ), Stone | Frefary. ; | Green,3i Adds American Derby to Preakness Triumph BOSTWICK’'S 3-YEAR-OLD CAPTURES THRILLING RACE AT WASHINGTON PARK. 2 MATE (Jockey George Ellis up). AYATISVLLE A WINS STATE TITLE |Easily Defeats Chestertown| Nine in Series Final by 11t00. LKTON, Md., June 20.—Hyatts- ville High School base ball nine was crowned State scholastic champion here this afternoon when it whipped OChestertown High 11 to 0. It was the first time Hyatts- ville had ever triumphed in State com- petition. Hyattsville entered the final game as the Western Shore title holder while Chestertown had previously won the series among Eastern Shore schools. | It was the fifth straight victory for Hyattsville in its fight for the title.| After winning the Prince Georges! County crown it went on to defeat Tow- | son High, Annapolis High, Lackey High, %{DN;‘ State champion, and Hagerstown Francis Peffer, southpaw, ocaptain, hurled his fifth series game in masterly style. He allowed only one hit, struck out 11 and walked none. Only one player reached second base. Only 28 faced Peffer. Coleman _ Headley, outfielder, Jack Sheriff, first baseman, led Hyattsville attack that knocked Cole- man, Chestertown starting hurler, from the mound in the sixth. Each hit safely three times, one of Headley's blows go- ing for a triple. Curly Byrd, jr., second baseman, was credited with a three- bagger and two-bagger. Hyattsville got away to & two-run lead in the second inning, increased it to six in the fourth, added one in the fl{thil three in the sixth and one in the ninth. ¥ The Prince Georgeans pllfered 13 bases and were aided by five Chester- town miscues. and the & i ) ' d S »l vooseccsscown? o 5 > ] " o > | monomuuorsm] B ommmonoomm! ity e ] 3 gar e s ssoent al scocuccommn! Totals ... Hyattsville Chestertown Runs—Glasgow, Byrd, Ander (3), Sheriff (2), Miller (2), Gre ley, Johns, Rhinehart, Harris Head| Walli; Two-base hit—Byrd. fow (3), Anderson (3). Headley fr (3), Re ba: : 2 omansoouass & Miller (2. 'Johns, t to Johns to Massey. 5 on balls—Off Cole: Pefter, 11; by Colema Hits—_Off Coleman. 10 in 5 inning: 5 in 4 innings. Losing pi . Umpires—Messrs, . A L. Ao bgiers o TIGERS ELECT BOWMAN. NEW YORK, June 20 (#).—Frank K. wman, jr., of Cincinnati, right- handed pitcher, was elected captain of the Princeton ball team today after ge game with Yale at the Yankee Sta- um. e e YALE WINS AT GOLF. CHICAGO, June 20 hampionship at Olympia ALL HORSESHOE PITCHING DUFFERS HAYE CHANCE IN STAR TOURNEY THIS YEAR Holdover Champs to Remain on Side Lines in Early Stages of Event, Starting July 27—Medals and Silver Plate Among Prizes. N duffer, the annual metropolitan district championships, ? sponsored by The Star, will start on July 27. With approxintately 200 tournaments to be held in neigh- borhoods of Washington and towns of Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland, each with a local title at stake, the affair as a whole is expected to be one of the largest in the entire history of the sport, if ‘oat establish a record for entries. In Washington, the Municipal Playground Department, as usual, will co-operat® in the management of the tournament. Nearly all neighborhood events here will be held on playground courts, with playground directors in charge. How Territory Is to Be Split. Washington again will be split into eight divisions and champions and runners-up of neighborhood events will shoot for divisional honors. In Maryland and Virginia, the survivors of town play will compete for county titles and the county leaders will meet for State honors. The last four survivors of the Washington section of the tournament and the top two of each Virginia and Maryland will battle for the metropolitan crown that now adorns the brow -~ of Harry Fraser Saunders. There will be two major departures from the tournament scheme of 1929 amd 1930. In order to give the duffer a chance .to remain in the competition longer, the champions and run- ners-up of last year will remain on the side lines in the early stages. The duffers will have it out for the privilege of meeting last year's best. Finalists to Play Round Robin. In the grand finale for the metropolitan title, the eight principals will play a round robin instead of carrying out the elimination plan of the other stages of the tournament. Bronze, silver and gold medals will be presented, with every neighborhood, division, town, county and State cfmnplon to be rewarded. Instead of trophies, as in the last two years, silver plate will be the grand finale prizes. All prizes will be given by The Star. Regulation 50-point games will be played throughout, with championship rules strictly enforced. There is only one eligibility restriction. A pitcher must compete in the State in which he resides. He may enter any o x:u'elm'unn'¥l of his own State, regardless of his own town. He may send his entry to the horseshoe editor of The Star or to his town chairman. A list of chairmen will be announced later. ‘There will be no entry fee. In Washington, a pitcher may choose his preliminary and groups of co-workers, such as Federal and city government em- ployes, employes of large commercial concerns and members of clubs may hold closed events, with their champions and run- ners-up to qualify for the next stage of competition, Entry Blanks and Rules Available. try blanks and thousands of copies of a booklet containing rules and pointers on how to improve one’s skill will be issued OW for the horseshoe pitcher’s inning! Made more attractive than ever to both expert and shortly. A]Ivl communications regarding the tourament should be addressed to the horseshoe editor, who may be reached by phone at National 5000, branch 375. d now get out those shoes and practice. This is going to be a whale of party, with a clean, healthy good' time assured everybody! Colored Pitchers Are Tuning Up. ‘The colored section of the tournament, to start play also on July 27, will be bigger than ever, accordinf to reports reach- ing Arthur A. Greene, secretary of the Twelfth Street Branch W. M. C. A, and general chairman of the colored shoe twirlers. Fields today. The victory gave Yale four wins to three for Princeton. Jack Hamel of S use, Dartmouth pilot, was the individual high scorer of the two-day meet. Records of Griffs =1 Foa aavonsBe.S8885ER.I8NE >R eusy vowsonesu FEElaotaBEEEY vy RSS! . L 5882558 Hage PRSI S onoowouuneSeSawutl. k.8 a ommoocossouumuesonImnt X ccecs0scsssummonisaan] SLEaRESS! L ©00%000000NBHNONG: e & Standings in Major Circuits SUNDAY, American League. ~ YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Yashinston, 14.7: Cleveland, 4-3. New ;8. Louis, m:{:uiqm S; Chicaso, 4 (10 innings). 8 4/43(131.764 5171 61 7i41/181.695 21, 1981, National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. I—1_41 5| 5/231351.397 I 2141 311 2[ 21301321.385 .1 11 01 0l 4] 6] 4/—I 4/191331.365 al X 4131 3131 21 11— 61221331.400 .1 11 113/ 31 61 31 3/—(171351.327 20/ 11 4/ 41 6] 21—I19[391.328 .113/18122/30135/32(33351—|—| 18i20133/37130/321331891—|—( GAMES TODAY. B BT GAMES TODAY. ‘Washington preliminaries will be held on 28 Washington gl:wgrounds and neighborhood courts. Howard University will the scene of a big tournament like the one staged by John Burr in 1929. Other special groups of pitchers will hold pre- liminaries from time to time. in the local contests, and the A brilliant field will com| style of pitching exhibited by the title hopefuls in Southern Maryland and Northern Virginia is indicative of some hot horse- shoe competition out there. Some of the clubs are in tip-top shape at early date, having been throwing ’em since early April. More than a dozen organized clubs in the District and nearby towns are planning intensive tune-up campaigns. AMERICAN YACHT AHEAD , NASHVILLE CLUB SOLD Priscilla III Takes Measure of | Minneapolis Magnate Takes Over Saskia in Royal Regatta. Bouthern Association Team. |like a flash and moved past NIPS PITTSBURGHER IN THRILLING FINISH Joey Bibb Lands Third in ‘Upset—Sun Meadow Last in Field of Eleven. BY CHARLES DUNKLEY, Associated Press Sports Writer. ASHINGTON PARK, Chi- cago, June 20.—Mate, which conquered Twenty Grand in the Preakness, galloped to victory in the $50,000 American Derby at Washin n Park today. s The chestnut three-year-old, owried by A. C. Bostwick of Phila- delphia, won in a thrilling driv- ing finish with Pittsburgher, gain- Ing the victory by the narrowest possible margin—by a nose. Joey Bibb, a sensatfonal allowance race performer in the West, furnished a stunning surprise by finishing third, three lengths ahead of Morpheus, the third outsider to share in the rich purse. Mate finished the mile and a quarter in 2:04 1-5, equaling the track record by Montanaro two years ago when he carried only 98 pounds. The Bostwick entry had the heavy impost of 126 pounds, top weight in the Derby. 3 g favorite, his backers with $450 to win, 8356 o place and $3.10 to show. Pittsburgher Ppald $19.28 to place and $12.02 to show. The show price on Joey Bibb was $11.90. $48,675 Goes to Winner. ‘The race had a gross value of $58,67 with $48,675 going to Owner B:n&iczl the 3l-year-old millionaire sportsman. Pittsburgher, owned by Theodore E. Musller of Kentucky, earned $6,000 for finishing second, while C. E. Van Meter, another Kentuckian, the owner of Josy Bibb, received $3,000. The San Mateo Stock Farm of California, owners of Morpheus, which took fourth place, “‘B'.x‘!hlwl;dedhsl,ooo. e shocking upset was the over- whelming defeat of Sun Meadqw, which finished second to Twenty Grand in the Belmont stakes a week ago. He was never in the running and came in last in the field of 11. Sun Meadow met with interference shortly after the start, but worked his way up to fourth place, only to falter badly after swerv- ing at the far turn. He was second choice in the betting. Spanish Play, the main rellance of the West, finished fifth, with Boys Howdy sixth, Oswego seventh, Knight's Call eighth, Ladder ninth, and The Mongol, the 100-to-1 shot in the race, beating out Sun Meadow for tenth place. Mate Off to Slow Start. Mate, off to & slow start and out- run early, staged a remarkably cour- 2geous drive under the handling of Georgie Ellis to come from seventh lace in the last half mile and over- take the fiying Pittsburgher in the stretch. Mate got away in fourth position, with Boys Howdy setting the pace. At the quarter-mile pole Mate was seventh, hugging the rail. Boys Howdy con- inued in the lead at the half mile, with Ellis still hugging the rail and running seventh. On the back stretch, however, he moved to the outside a: when the three-quarter mark was reached he was charging into fourth place, six lengths back of Ladder, which had snatched the lead. Bounding into the stretch, Jockey Ellis twice flipped his whip against the sides of the brown colt. Mate responded Pitts- burgher. Although headed, Pittsburgher came on again with a furious burst of speed under the punishing rids of Jockey Charlie Corbett. Mate had plenty in reserve, however, and Ellis, with his masterly riding skill, dashed on to & nese victory. QUESTIONNAIRE WINS BROOKLYN HANDICAP Conceding Weight to All Rivals, Butler Horse Nears Record. Stw Brideaux Second. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 20.—Once again proclaiming his right to rule the handi- cap division, James Butler's Ques- tionnaire charged down the Aqueduct stretch today, winner of the forty-third rugx;gag of the Brooklyn Handicap and $10.900. Questionnaire congeded pounds of weight to his five rivals, but he covered the 114 miles in 1:49, only two-fifths of a second away from the track record, made by Peanuts, under 114 pounds, in 1926. Although asked to carry 127 pounds, Questionnaire was made the 9- to-10 favorite. At the finish the 4-year-old son of Sting was a length in front of the Greentree Stable’s St. Brideaux, a year-old that received his prep as a trial horse for Twenty Grand. A. Bar- telstein's Sidney finished third, an- other 10 lengths away, while Frish Reveille Boy, an_ added starter, an Sandy Ford brought up the rear. Sonny Wotkman w astride the But~ lerite. RYAN BUYS SENADO, SENSATIONAL CQLT Said to ‘Have Paid $100,000 for Quincy Stable 2-Year-0ld. Eligible for Stakes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 20.—John Barry NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 20 (P).— | St Fay Murray, Nashville, part owner of the Minneapolis Base Ball Club of the American Association, today announced the purchase of the Nashville Southern Association club from R. G. Allen, sr., and R, G. Allen, jr., effective at once. Murray sald he assumed the obliga- mm&mlolmmkmlnddmmm a cash consideration, which was not Cup series for 8-meter yachts, defeated her victorious rival at the Royal Yacht Club’s regatta at Hunter's Quay today.