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he Zp WASHINGTON, Griffs Stick Close to A’s in Spite of Slump : Robins at Last Living Up to Promise |Sandlot Folk Looking To Clash of Eagles and Celts J RIVALS HAVE KEPT PACETHROUGHWEST : Johnson Band Has Its Worst Stretch of Year—Splits Double-Header. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ‘ justice. Since leaving home | for their second Western | invasion the Nationals have | experienced their worst slump of the campaign. Yet after 10 days of struggle out this way their pen- nant chance is no poorer than it was at the outset of the invasion, for the league-leading Athletics also bumped into trouble in the | West and have fared no betier than the runner-up Johnson band. | & The Nationals have won but during this trip. pace for an outfit with flag as- pirations. But the A% also ha\'e: won but seven out of a dozen| games. There's nothing for the Nationals to worry about now. They still have plenty of time to get somewhere. Their progress in the battle to over- haul the A's while in the West is like | that of the prove.bial frog endeavoring to get out of the well. Like him they climb one day only to fall back the next and progress of that sort is not | calculated to overhaul anything. | Unless in the near future they go on another winning splurge such as they enjoyed during their last home stay or the bottom drops out of the Philadel- phia club the Nationals can get the lead only by a long stretch of battling Having lost four morc games than the A's is bad enough, but the A’s have | to play three more games before they match the Nationals' total of contests | and that makes the Washington club's job much tougher. Having those three games to play the A’s still have a chance to win them. | A glance at the loss columns of the two | clubs shows the Nationals have lost | those three games and more. But as mentioned before they still | have plenty of time to get somewhere | and the Nationals are cocksure they will, too. | ESPITE good work by their pitch- | ers the Nationals got only an even break yesterday in the double- header with the Whit> Sox. taking the, second game, 3 to 1, after being nosed |} out in the first, 2 to 1. | Bob Buke opened for the Nationals | in the initial encounter and did well | until the home side got to him for two triples in the seventh to knot the count. | They raised to five the hits off Bob, | then Bump Hadley came on to be found immediately for one hit that mean; the | ball game. i The Nationals, too, got just six hits | off Al Thomas, with Sam Rice, Manush | and Bluege doing the smiting. So good was Thomas the Washington club was | 5 fortunate in nicking him for a lone marker Brown yielded the White Sox only two safeties in the first six frames of the second game, then was slam- med for two and a run in the seventh, which caused Al Crowder to hurry to his relief, so tight was the battle. Crowder gave up nothing. The Nation- 2ls got 11 hits and 4 passes off Harold McKain and made little use of them. Two of their three runs came from White Sox errors. 'OUR singles and the only walk of the game were wasted by the Na- tionals before they did their plate- denting in the first half of the twin bill. ‘ | It was a double driven down the right-field line by Manush at the out-| set of the sixth inning that opened the way to the Washington counter. Cronin | popped out, but West’s infield erasure | sent Heinie to third, from where he counted when Buege got his second hit, a single to left. After that not a Na- tional reached first base. The Sox made no use of a triple| and two singles in the first six frames, | but got plenty out of the three safeties | they clustered in the seventh. It was!lost 1; Grove, Athletics, won 14, lost 2. | Reynolds’ triple against the right-field stand wall that started the home side’s | winning rally. Fonseca followed with a three-bagger over West's head and the game was deadlocked. | Here Fothergill picked up Watwood's bat and Hadley relieved Burke.. Big Bob lined a single to left and the Sox were ahead. Simons, who ran for Foth- ergill, took second on a passed ball and an infield erasure let him reach third, where. he was stranded. He was the last of the White Sox to get on the runway. LTHOUGH the Nationals got two hits and a pass in the third frame of the second encounter of the day, they needed a wild chuck by Jef- fries to get a run across. Kuhel sin- gled and made third as’Spencer hit | for a base. Roy raced for second as Fonseca threw to third in a futile effort to head off Kuhel, and as Jeflries’ hur- ried relay to the middle sack went wide of the mark Joe sprinted home Following Brown's sacrifice, Myer walked. But Spencer was run down when Sam Rice tapped to the pitcher and Manush rolied out. A single and two passes filled the bases with two out in the Nationals' fourth twin, but B: n’'s best was a Pop to the third sacker. Howcver, an- other error in the fifth, tnis time by Blue, handed the Johnson band ancther Two were out when Manush singled and Cronin walkec. Wesc got a base-filling single with a grounder that handcutfed Blue. The White Sox | first baseman, though, insisted on try ing for a play and heaved wildly by Mc- Kain, covering the sack. That let Ma- nush’ cross, but Cronin, who tried to| leg it from second to the plate, was cut down by Grube's recovery and throw | to his battery mate at the home base. | The Sox scored in the sixth when 'watwood singled and Cissell tripled after one was out. Here Crowder took | Brown's place on the hill, and Cissell | 'was caught at the plate when Fother- | w gill, batting for Brown, bounded to| Bluege. Simons, going up in place of Grube, fouled out. Crowder drove over a run for the Na- tionals in the eighth, singling after two were down to bring home from the middle sack. Bluege, who had gained the runway when hit by a pitched ball ANUS/{ made a wonderful one- hanv atch while traveling at full speed to get Grube's drive in the third inning of the openi) drew a cheer from the 15,000 (Chicago scribes claimed 20,000) fans present. Bluege, ever popular in his home town here, also was vigorously applauded 'when he made & flashy one-hand stop HICAGO, June 29.—There is ¢ Not much of a KW { *Fothergill 1 = ng game and | FIRST GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. R. Rice, rf....00 { ush. runmmorwnen0 2| norinusuntd tndl sc000sommsoy =l sssssserss, Totels . CHICAGO. Kerr, 2b.... E ] 0 0 0 ormrr ol s00snsomox Fonseca. watwood. o 0 sim 0 Ci 0 0 0 0 | ol sooron ol wooroscoors? il onsmasmoou® 5 Totals 4348 ted for Watwood in sington 00 00 Chicago ...... ed in -Bluege. Fonseca. ase hits—Blue. Manu base hiis—Kerr, Reynolds. Fonse Kuhel _to piuy —Bluese to ases Washington. 6: Chicago. o lis Off Thomas. 1. 5 we oo » o3 H 2 0-1 —3 er- ° °s ° - Fo! Rung the il Twi Thry T Burike. : off ‘Hadley. Losing piteh: Messrs, Gelrel and -1 hour and 34 min- SECOND GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. Mmoo s Y o E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o ST Sousnenos - P Crowder, Total H o E 2wl ooomroorool 2 2| ommmmnnol o w0 Reynolds, Fonseca. Watwood Cissell. JefTries. co—s000-0! 0 0 0 0 (RO -1 omooommonome?> &l umsseouwoon> ~| os000000m00s0e! Hlsnoroosnuert 0 o- 3 1 5555 »! sonos00mroroo! Washington. Chicago ......... & Runs batted in—Cissell. Crowder. - base hitBluege. Three-case hit-Cissell. bases—Wash- 1 [} innings 2) Winning pitcher- Owens and Geisel. and 36 minutes. BATTING. 4 waRweD > o o 28 £ g [FRRERRIIRR. 3¢ =" I+ L1 550 Harris.. West Cronixi. B e ragsEmaagnen Nate ! 8, o wow I Hadley Jordan Jones. . Brown Boiton. Pischer Hayes Marb'y eflnflhflaeflgflun—au—auq-—_fi coc0o0e0comer-ronEnuL| waaumaes! | soonmoscsoucuuncsvnas PITCHING. In'gs Gam Com 80. pitch strtd.Ga. W. 3 34 100%- 11 30 2 31 Brown . Srowder Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Ba gan, Indlans, .387. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees; Bishop, Ath- letics, 59. Runs batted in—Gehrig, 70; Cronin, Senators, 66. Hits—Combs, Yankees, 98; Simmons, Athletics, 96. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 31; Ma- nush, Senators, 2’ Triples—Cronin, Senators, 8; Manush, Senators; Johnson, Tigers; Lary, Yan: kees: Vosmik, Indians, 7. Home runs—Gehrig, Ruth, Yankees, 17. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 28; Johnson, Tigers, 20. Pitching—Fischer, Senators, "Yankees, 18; won 9, National League. ‘Batting—Davis, Phillies, .372; K!eln,‘ 3 Phullies, .362. Runs — Klein, Phillies, Giants, 51. 63; Terry, | Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 60; Hornsby, Cubs, 52. Hits — Klein, Phillies, 92; Terry, Giants; Berger, Braves, 90, Doubles—Bartell, Phillies, 26; Davis, Phillies, 24, ‘Triples—Worthington, Braves; Wat- . kins, Cardinals: Terry, Giants, 8. Home runs- by, Cubs, 12. Stolen bases—Comorosky, Pirates, 9; Cuyler, Cubs, 8. Pitching—Bush, Cubs, won 6, lost 1; Derringer, Cardinals, won 7, lost 2. Sl Klein, Phillies, 19; Horns- BUCS TAKE EXHIBITION. CAMDEN, N. J,, June 29 (#).—Pitts- | burgh defeated the Camden .semi-pro club yest-rday, 10 to 8, in an exhibition featured by Lloyd Waner's triple with the bases fu'l in the third. of Jeffrics' grounder and heaved him out in the fifth. West kept a hit from Blue in the eighth by racing far to his right to spear the liner. It was an easy game afield for the shortstops. Cronin had but one chance, an assist; while Cissell had just two chances, one an assist and the other a putout. Bluege was_busy, though, with seven chances at third base—five came his way in the first three inning: AT GHARRITY, still nursing that ankle he hurt in Cleveland more than a week aga, got here from | his Beloit, Wis, home in time to see | the second game. The Nationals' coach is hobbling on crutches and probably viil not rejoin the club before its ra- turn to Washingten. The third White Sox batting turn of this second set-to | was strictly a Bluege affair. He chucked | for all three outs. Jeffries snared a i hot one with one hend in the fifth to {keep a safety from Myer with two on |and two out. In the seventh, West' amash went on the first bounce direct- | ly at McKain's face and the pitcher got ! his hands up just in the nick of time | |'to ward off a serious blow. Then Mc- | Kain, though somewhat dazed. m aged to recover the ball and flag West. Crowder in the ninth slapped down Fonseca's scorcher and barely got his man at first. Umpire Geisel first called Lew safe, then reversed the deci- g& thereby “burning up” Manager By | Hiser's 13 lead almost “unoverhaulable. 3 | first score was 3 to 2 after 10 frames, 12 2| A8 0| Rick Ferrell ng—Ruth, Yankees, .405; Mor- | ;a5 BY FRANCIS E. STAN. KINKER EAGLES and St. Mary's Celties today still are riding high on the road to the Metro- politan District independent sandlot champlonship, and in view of ‘yesterdn_\"s triumphs, s:ndlot folk | | eagerly are looking forward to the | meeting of this pair. | 1t was the Ceitics' performance yes- | terday that - overshadowed all other | happenings on the sandlots, for Charley | Corbett's charges, with “Doc” Dreifus, |the Alexandria molar yanker, pitch- | Ing one-hit ball, downed tie Howard' | A. French club, 2 to 0. | Over at Riverdale the Skinker Eagles | | defeated Hyattsville’s contender, Henry | All-Stars, 4 to 1. It was a | double by Quincy Owen with an Eagle | prancing on every sack that won tne | game for the Skinkers. Rex Cloud was the only member of the Frenoh's to hit safely. | QILVER SPRING'S pride and joy, the Howitzer Giants, were out to even | | up the county series with Rock- ville yesterday, and they did it con- ! vineingly enough. Scoring nine runs in the first inning, the Gian stiil another contender for the semi-pro itle, never were headed and won, 19 0 | | = | | A7HE much-vaunted slugging power of | the Dixie. Pigs, who yesterday clinched the championship of section A in the Capital City League, | unlimited class, was not much over- | rated, think the Griffith Blue Coals. The Coalmen bowed yesterday to the | Dixies, 30 to 9, end it was two stand- | cut pitchers, Bennie Wormsley and | Tack Ensor, that the champs slammed | for 31 hits. | The Dixie Pigs would not have been |able to clinch the title yesterday had {not Larry Schneider, pitching for St.|N: Joseph's ~ againct Columbia Heights, blown up in the last inning. Had St. Joscph's won, it would have retained |a chance to overhaul the Pigs, but go- | ing Into the ninth inning on the dong | |end of a 2-to-1 score, Schneider walked | |the first five to face him, which tied the score, 2-all. Bob Magee, who re- runs with flve more passes, and then Cody Shapiro doubled to sew things up. 'T looks like those Tigers of Takoma will be kings of the Montgomery County League again, for.with their seventh and eighth straight victories won yesterday, the Takomas have a The Montgomery County champions | won a_double-header 0ld Colony tossers, play hard for 20 innings to do it. yesterday from the | but they had to | The | | while the second was 11 to 7. Stars Yesterday | By the Associated Press. and John Schulte, Browns—Their hits in ninth drove in Sgnx and winning runs against Red X. Babe Ruth, Yankees—Hit seventeenth | homer and two singles, driving in three | runs to aid in defeat of Indians. | | Roy Mahaffey and Rube Walberg. | | Athletics—Held Tigers to nine hits in ‘g"}“’]' bill as A's won twice, 9-1 and Bob Fothergill, White Sox—Singled | home winning run against Senators. | | Pred Lindstrom, Giants—Collected | home run and three singles in first |game of double bill with Reds. | Ed Brandt. Braves—Beat Cubs, 9-1, ] on seven hi's for_tenth victory of vear. Babe Herman, Robins—Pounded Car- dinal pitching for four singles. | :M—-—I inor League Pacific Coast League. San Francisco, 4-8; Missions, 3-T. , 5-6; Oakland, 4-0. Hollywood, 9-10; Los Angeles, 3-1. Seattle, 8-9; Sacramento, 17- ‘Western League. Denver, 10; Oklahoma City, 7. Des Moines, 4; Topeka, 3. Omaha, 12-11; Wichita, 6-8. Pueblo, 3; St. Joseph, 2. Texas League. Shreveport, 10-2; Galveston, 2-8. Beaumont, 8-6; Wichita Falls, 6-4. San Antonlo, 11-0; Dallas, 4-1. Fort Worth, 0-3; Houston, 12-0. International League. Jersey City, 8-1; Newark, 5-4. Rochester, 8-3: Buffalo, 0-6. Baltimore, 10-2; Reading, 6-3. | Montreal, 3-6; Toronto, 1-5. Southern Association. | Memphis, 6-5; Chattanooga, 2-3. Little Rock, 7-7; Nashville, 6-2. New Orleans, 3; Birmingham, 1. Mobile, 3-2; Atlanta, 2-7. Three-Eye League. ‘Terre Haute, 11; Evansville, 5. Decatur, 6; Danville, 2. Springfield, 8; Quincy, 7. Bloomington, 6; Peoria, 5 (11 in- nings). Eastern League. Allentown, 5-6; Shreveport, 3-13. Albany, 2-9; Springfield, 2-2. Hartford, 10. New Haven, 0-7. Norfolk, Richmond, 1. New York-Pennsylvania League. Elmira, 4-3; York, 1-2. ‘Wilkes-Barre, 17; Hazleton, 13. ‘S Harrisburg, 9-4; Binghamton, 7-2. Scranton, 16-8; Williamsport, (second game seven innings). | Eagerly 'UST as the Dixie Pigs and Takoma Tigers are cleaning up everything in their paths, so are the Olmsted Grillers and Miller-Roamers in the senfor class races. The Grillmen won their seventh stra'ght game yesterday by downing the Lionels, 13 to 2, while Miller-Roamers made it six out of six by downing De Molay, 12 to 2. The Linworths retained their mathe- matical chance of overhauling the Olm- sted tossers by winning over the Dixies, 19 to 0. HILE all these races are something of runaways, the battle in section B of the unlimited class is plenty hot. Capitol Heights, with a half-game lead over Saks. won agein, this time downing Majestic Radio, 7 to 3. Saks kept pace with the lecders with a 2-to-1 victory over the Army Medicos. Spengler Post, winner of last year's American Legion title and the first-half chdmplonship th's season, won its first game in Capital C'ty Midget League yesterday, 9 to 0. Samosets were their victims, Spengler ¢lso won another game in the second half of the Legion series, |- downing Sergeant Jasper, 4 to 2. Two games which have been looked forward were to be played today at 5:15 in the Government and Departmental Le>gues. v Both G. P. O. and Commerce, first- half winners of the Government and Departmental Leagues, respectively, are involved. G. P. O., which lost its first game to Interstate, was to play the eni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, THE TIMID SOUL. Union Printers, while Commerce, also the victim in its opener, was to oppose | D. C. Repair Shop. Standings of the Government, De- partmental and Industrial Leagues: GOVERNMENT LEAGUE, w. Union Printers .. ! avy Yard s Interstate Naval Hospital 5. P. O Week's schedule: Today -G ) morrow Wednesday vs. Union Pri cpital vs. Ni Printers vs. C nters Ho: avy Union I-terstate Thursday—Navy Yard vs. G. P. O, Priday-- Open. | DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE. D C Repair... | Commerce |G. P 0 Agricultire 3 P. Friday —Open. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE. W. 0. Constructioneers .. fMers ER. Y. M c A Big_Print Shop : Washington Terminal ‘Teams in the French Midget League will plav twice this week, three games being listed for Tuesday and three for Thursday. The schedule follows: Tomorrow-Fairlawns vs. National Pale | Drys. Camp M o'clock: Langdons vs. Cities Bervice. 1 Nash w! 5 et el . W . Pair- awn No. 3. 5 o'cloe ket Nash_Post. West Ellipse. k. Hi vs National Pale Drys, Camp Mell o'clock. Yesterday's sandlot scores: Capital City League. Junior Section. Clifton Barbers, 6; Dor-A Juniors, 2. Schwartz, 10: Senators, 4. Lionel Juniors, 8; Takoma Juniors, 5. American Legion Series. Spengler Post, 4; Sargeant Jasper, 2 Victory Post, 9; Nash, 1. Midget League. Wonder Bread, 11: Shade Shop, 8. Spengler Post, 9: Samosets, 0. Geotgetown, ~ 11; National Pale Drys, 4. District League. Saks, 2: Army Medicos. 11. Capitol 'Heights, 7: Majestics. 3 Columbia Heights, 8; St. Joseph, 3. Dixie Pigs, 30; Griffith Blue-Coals, 9. | Senior League. Acme, 15; Chevy Chase, 4. Linworth, 19; Dixie, 0. Olmstead Grill, 13; Lionels, 2. Miller Roamers, 12; De Molay, 2. Montgomery County League. Bethesda, 17; German's Bakery, 1. Bethesda, 2; German's Bakery, 1. Stewart, 7; Foxx A. C., 6. Takoma Tigers, 3; Old Colony, 2. Takoma Tigers, 11; Old Colony, 7. Department Store League. Lansburgh, 7; Palais Royal, 5. Hecht's, 4; Kann’s, 3. Independent St. Mary's Celtics, 2; French, 0. Skinker Eagles, 4; Hyattsville, 1. Isherwcods, 6: Seabrooke, 4. Union Printers, 10; Virginia White ox, 9. Anacostia Eagles, 15; Alexandria Cards, 2. Anacostia Eagles, 20; Rambler, 0. Foxall, 4; Sterling, 3. City View Heights, 7; Capitol Heights, 3, Mount Rainier, 20; Ross Councll, 5. Nation-Wide, 12; Maryland, A. C., 5. Baliston, 16; Quincy, 8. Colonials, 13; Sanico, 5. Lindbergh's, Colonials, 3. Lindbergh's, 11; Virginia Calaviers, 4. Colesville Cardinals, 6; State Depart- ment, 1. White Haven, 11; Powhatan, 8. Steuart Motor, 14; W. B. Moses & Co,, 5. Forestville Juniors, J4; Washington Engineers, 6. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., June 29. 7-7, —The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers | were very muddy this morning. American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New_York, Cleveland, §. 5 |;|l Bos! 4, 8t. Louls, n, 4-4. Chilcago, 2:1: Washington, ladelphia, 9-5; Detroit, 1-1. Standings in Major Circuits MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1 National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 17-5: Cincinnati, 0; 8t. Lot Bost (8econd game, 3 Chicago, 9 innings; called, Sunday iaw). Other clubs not scheduled. - 310X 3N “pusiaAd0 CHET 1"3?3 HEHE = B f"g 51 51 41 5/ 6111140 31— 5 41 8 6] 34132/.518 1 6 5/28135].444 Pittsburgh 3] 2 3] 31— 6124/391.381 Cincinnati 1741 71 61 2/—I24/441.353 Games lost. . [34125129131132/35/39 1441 —I—1 Wash. Boston ¢ Dejrolt. . York at Cleve, ork ). Phils. at GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. Louis at N. Y. Pitts. at Boston cin. af n, ¥ LAUGHED AT evERY wAS PUTTING — - o Shat. JUNE 29, 1931 JUST ON THE POINT OF PUTTING IT DOWN, AND | HAVE A TIP FOR You Too BuT You MUSTN'T TELL THAT t 6AVE You ONE THE. CADDY LOST G BALLS, DRIVE ANO TALKED WRILE MR, MILQUETOAST - P © 1331 n.7 TR BUNE, NC. PAGE C—1 —By WEBSTER LONE LOSS IN TWO WEEKS HARD LUCK Leading Cards Whipped Four Times in a Row—Margin Cut to 1 1-2 Games. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. HIS should be one of the busiest weeks in the history of sport. If the exhausted fan isn't in & rest cure by next Sunday, he probably will be recuperating at the seashore or in the moyntains. And, if | the hot weather keeps up, some old- timers will be down to weight for the | first time since the war. The wrestling match between Londos | Week End Sports | As Told in Brief By the Associated Press. Golf. COLUMBUS, O.—America beats Great Britain, 9-3, to win Ryder Cup; Ogden conquers Charles Whit- combe, 4 and 3, in feature singles match. CHICAGO. —George Dunlap, Princeton, wins intercollegiate title, beating Bob Epler, Ohlo State, 2 and 1. LONG BEACH, N. Y.—Helen Hicks captures New York State crown with 4-and-3 victory over Mrs. Leo Federman, ‘TACOMA, Wash. —Frank Dolp wins Pacific Northwest _crown, trouncing Dr. O. F. Willing, 8 and 7. COLUMBUS, O.— Jones shoots E‘r 12 4s he and Henry Cotton lose andicgp match, 3 and 1, to Helen Hicks d Marion Turple. Tennis. HAVERFORD, Pa.—Keith Gled- hill, Stanford, whips Bruce Barnes, | Texas, 3—6,°6—2, 6—1, 6—4, for intercollegiate title; Barnes and Karl Kamrath win doubles. BROOKLINE, Mass.—Mary Greef, Kansas City, beats Charlotte Mil- ler, 6—0, 7—5, to win girls’ inter- collegiate crown; singles finalists capture doubles. NEW YORI 1 beats Kynas- ton, 6—1, 7—5, 2—6, 13—15, 6—0, in Southern New York State clay court finals. MEMPHIS, Tenn—Clff Sutter g:inl tri-State singles crown with , 6—3, 6—3 triumph over Don- ald Cram. MONTREAL.—Wright beats Rain- ville, 4—6, 8—6, 6—4, 6—4, for Que- bec champlonship. Racing. LATONIA, Ky, — Spanish Play wins $25,000 added Latonia Derby, with St. Brideaux neck behind; Scuttle third. HOMEWOOD, Il.—Gallant Knight wins Memorial Handicap, Spar, Mike Hall and Paul Bunyan trailing. NEW YORK.—Osculator, 12 to 1, wins Great American for Juveniles, Que—J. H. Whit- captures Quebec d to MONTREAL, ney's Rideaway Derby. LONGCHAMP, France. — G Prix de Paris, worth $42,000, goes Barneveldt. HAMBURG, Germany.— Dionys, favorite, wins German Derby. Yachts. SANDHAM, Sweden. — Swedish yacht Bissbl defeats Mist of United States to win International One-Ton Cup for six-meter boats. Track. NEW ORLEANS.—Babe Didrick- son, Dallas, betters American rec- ord for 80-meter hurdles and breaks g‘ou.htha'n A. A. U. mark for 220-yard Base Ball. CLEVELAND.—Ruth hits No. 17. NEW YORK.—Yankees announce of Second Baseman Jack &fit and Pitcher John Mur- phy 8t. Paul. S ‘Suti)worts Program Makes Week One of Greatest in History | ternational 1-ton cup. and Steele, at the Yankee Stadium, in New York City, tonight, is likely to | draw one of the most numerous attexi- ances of the season. | The races in the major leagues -ro} | becoming as warm as the Summer sun. | | In the American circuit, it always has | looked like & two-club race, and it looks | like that now. The National League race was doped from the beginning as one which should | be close. with four or five clubs having | a real chance. | ‘The measurements of Max Schmeling and Young Stribling, who meet for the | heavyweight championship in Cleveland | Priday night, are worth attention. Max has the larger chest and legs. He is a bit taller, and has an inch longer reach. The weights are about the same. The waist measure is the same. While the | German has a trifie the larger biceps | |and wrist, Stribling has decidedly the larger forearm. To many students of | boxing the forearm means hitting power. Schmeling is a year younger than the Georgian, but both are young men. ‘The open golf championship, which starts at Toledo on Thursday, will have an entirely new appearance. The con- testants will be playing the field instead of trying to gang Bobby Jones. ‘The American track and field cham- Evlonlhlm held by the Amateur Athletic nion at Lincoln, Nebr., start on Friday and should be productive of great per- formances, and very possibly some world records. Because of the coming Olympics, & greater list of entries than usual grace this meet. The 100-yard- dash field is one of the best in sprint- | ing history, and the hurdles also should be_hotly contested. [ Barney Berlinger of Pennsylvania will go after a new world record in the decathlon and this time he will have two days in Which to do his stufl. That is a big advantage. The present world record was made under the same conditions. On Saturday the transatlantic race, from Newport to Plymouth, starts. Ten small cruising yachts, manned by amateur skippers and navigators, and some with amateur crews, will set their sails for the 2,950-mile cruise. This is one of the finest sporting ventures of them all. (Copyright. 1931, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) YANKEE YACHT BEATEN Loses Fifth and Deciding Race for Cup to SBwedish Boat. SANDHAMN, Sweden, June 29 (#).— | The Swedish 6-meter yach* Bissbi de- feated the American boat Mist by 1 minute and 13 seconds in the fifth and | | deciding race of the series for the in-| ‘boats started the 11-mile sall on even terms, with two victories aplece. The Bissbi also won the cup in 1929 and 1930 and its triple victory is the first ever recorded in these races. Recorl of Past Week in Majors Last week's major league records of games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents’ runs and home runs follow: ‘Teams, A St. Louls. ... Cleveland ‘Washington.. 4 New York ..5 Boston .....4 Philadelphin. 3 0so:0s Detrott .00 1 National League. 83 | C. of Washington. Benn:tt's play fea- | Sunday at Duncan Field. He may be SINGLE AT OUTSET STOPS NO-HIT FEAT Cloud of French Nine Safety O “Do¢” Dreifus as Celts Win, 2 to 0. tured. Del Ray A. C. will meet Ballston A. C. | Seturday at Ballston at 3 o'clock. | Manager Miller wants an opponent for | phoned at Alexandria 1899 after 5 o'clock. | — | Martinsburg won the Tri-State Golf Association tournament on its home | course Saturday, the West Virginia | golfers scoring 26 points. Winchester | was second with 2413, Belle Haven Club | of Alexandria third with 1112 and Pur- | ) cellville fourth with 10. | e | Colonial A. C. will entertain the Mount Vernon A. C. in a double-header at Guckert's Field Saturday starting at 1 o'clock and Rover A. C. Sunday. day mi with three contenders, | Nationals, Red Robins, last year's| iTHE Brooklyn Robins, who | showing last season, have about them. Apparently strength- right into the thick of the pen- cently begun to show what they began to hit their best stride. Since | went to the St. Louis Cardinals, despite the league leaders by finishing the se- The Robins were the ones who looked | Adolfo Luque gave 10 hits and kept go_the route in 10 games. The Robins | were retired. | with the second-place New York Giants. | day, winning ihe first game, 17 to 5, be. | the second clash. 5 to 2 | ming out a 9-to-1 victory in the first |score his tenth victory of the season. hind to earn a 2-to-2 tie just before Center field. Pittsburgh and Philadel- The St. Louis Browns continued thetr cisions from the Boston Red Scx. It | Six-hit pitching by Gray and Stiles Philadelphia’s _Athletics _increased by | troit, while the Senators could get take up & collection and pay Sam Cloud | _ Roy Mahafley held the Tigers to Twice now in as many appearances them only four to gain & 5-to-1 vic- spoiled the day for the Celts. run and Ben Chapman stole his twen- game when Cloud. lead-off man for S to bring & 9-to-5 victory over credited to the invaders in the locals T¢ll stepoed n just in time to be for _ Washington ~ Terminal. spoiled ninth to drive in the Terminal's lone Hurls French batsmen and aided further in| popy WORTH, June 20 (). —Jerome Manager Charley Corbett s endeav- | PIREREr S70 Uas T PL rh Hous- He wants a holiday double-header for | “SHie “Prm e “wooer Teague hurler between 9:30 and 4:30. . 6 to 1, here yesterday. Curtiss held the | the pennant race which ends Tuesday Quincy A. C.,'16 to 8. C. McQuinn and | . AMATEUR ATHLETIC AND | AT THE limited the invaders to two hits. | C. in Washington tomorrow at 11 | ARK will open play at Haydon Field Wednes- | p champs, and Boys' Club. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR, Associated Press Sports Writer. surprised National League fandom by their splendid had a hard time since then trying to live up to the predictions made ened by off-season trades, the Robins were expected to jump nant race, but instead they start- ed off badly and have only re- really can do. Just about two weeks ago the Robins then they have lost only one game and that was a “hard-luck” contest which | Dazzy Vance's three-hit pitching. And they promptly revenged themselves on ries with four straight victories. League Winning Pitcher. | like champions yesterday, as they easily | trounced - St. Louis, 10 to 4. Ancient | them from doinz any harm, and thus became the seventh Brooklyn pitcher to | fell on Burleigh Grimes in the first in- ning and scored six runs before they | * The defeat cut the Cards' margin to |11, games before the start of a series The New Yorkers clouted the Cinci | nati Reds for a double victory yester- | hind a 21-hit attack, and rallying for | four runs in the sixth inning to take The Boston Braves completed their conquest of the Chicago Cubs by slam- |half of a double-header, while Ed | Brandt pitched a seven-hit game to Wally Berger provided the second-game |feature as the Braves came from be- |the Sunday 6 o'clock law halted the game. He started two double plays from phia were idle. Browns' Streak Grows. amazing winning streak in the Ameri can League by taking two 5-t7-4 de- | gave them a record of 8 straight vic- Gets Lone tories and 11 in their last 12 games. won the first game and a 15-hit drive behind Wallace Hebert took the second. their margin over Washingtori t> 215 games by winning 2 games from De- ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 29—St. onjy’ an even break in two mound Mary's Celtic pltchers are going to| duels with the Chicago White' Sox. 4 five hits to win the first game for the to keep away from Baggett's Park. |’a’, 9 t> 1, while George Walberg gave the former Blue Ridge League perform- | tory in the second. o how'a Wachington sandlotter, nas| B2be Ruth hit his seventeenth home Tis latest victim is “Doc” ty-eighth base for the New York Yan- e et DO . Taelt® | Kecs and the combiration helped co the Howard A. French nine, opened Willis Hudlin shut out_the the clash with & single for the only hit | Yanks for six innings, then Wes Fer- Pte0 teiuuph. | charged with the defest. The preceding week Cloud, playing = el “Lefiy” McIntyre's bid for his second | DEAN NOT SO DIzzY shutout of the year by singling in the — Double Victory to Keep marker in a 5-to-1 battle. | k Dreifus struck out seven of the| Houston in First Half Race. the French's downfall by scoring one : (Dizzy) Dean. eccentric _left-handed Choltte it pitcher, who was with St. Louls Cardi- oring to a road trip of three v | ton to victory in a double-header in the games for the Celtics next week end. | {0 to yictery 1t & SO0Ue Saturday and a single game Sunday.| went 16 innings, the second game bein L Ry | a seven-inning contest, and won 13 to Jefferson District Fire Department| The victories eliminated Fort Worth was humiliated by the Del Ray A. C. |as & contender for the first half of firemen to three hi and left Houston and Beaumont as pos- - sible champions. Ballston A. C. triumphed over the Rosenberger got three hits apiece. | Colonial A. C. disposed of Sanico A. AT 9 P. M. District of Colum UNION SANCTIONED Nation-Wide Grocers defeated Hunt- ers Station, 12 to 1. Dick McGowan G L E N National A. C., winners of 33 games in 35 starts, will meet the Lawrence A. | E cuo o'clock on the Monument Lot. Municipal Playgrounds Insect League GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. ‘Webb, Red Sox, Ruth, Yankees, 1; Willlams, Athletics, 1; Ott, Giants, 1; Leach, Glants, 1; Lindstrom, Giants, Collins, Cardinals, 1; Stripp, Crabtree, Reds, 1. - The Leaders. Klein, Phillies, 19; Gehrig, Yankees, 18; Ruth, Yankees, 17; Foxx, Athletics, Hornsby, Cubs, 12; Arlett, Phillies, Averill, Indians, 11. League Tofals. American Nationsl .. 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