Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1931, Page 41

Toening Star. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Classified Ads W ASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931. * PAGE D-—1 Pennant Chase Tough for Nationals : Yankees Are Making Bid for Second Place EARLY MACK PACE SBALK D GRFFS First-Half Season Lead Is Hard to Beat—A’s Win at Game’s Start. BY JOHN B. KELLER. UR Nationals still have 77 games to play ctly one-half of the American League season to go—so they cannot be counted cut of the| pennant race merely because they now are trailing the circuit-lead- ing Athletics six and a half games To overcome that handicap and ccp the league flag, however, the Nationals must travel at a .70 clip the remainder of the cam- paign, even though the A's fall back to a .600 pace. That's ex- pecting a lot of the Washington club and a very decided drop in the stride of the Philadelphia club. Unfortunately the Nationals thus far in the season have mnot displayed the telling punch or the effective pitching the A's have displayed. Manager Walter Johnson's charges have cdone much better than average in a pitching | their club generally has been superior Athletics’ mark. But the Wa club does not seem 1o possess standing pitchers or the punch packed by certain individuals at crucial mo- ments as does the Philadelphia club. The Nationals have their good bat- ters so far as averages go, but they lack the Simmons, the Foxx and the Coch- rane that the Athletics have. They have their Fischer, their Marberry and their Burke, but they Jack their Grove and Earnshaw. Two or three batters can make & ball club better than average as ball clubs go and one pitcher or two pitchers can make a ball club average in other respects a great ball club. The Athletics have just the extra material needed to carry them to dizzy heights. It seems the Nationals, though a gallant fighting band, do’ nof HOSE A's now are six and & half games ahead of the Nationals. Th have picked thres of those six and a half game from the very club th has been battling them for the premacy in the American Leaguc Washington club. They have de the Nationals 7 times in 11 played to a decision this season. other three and & half games, of cour: have been picked up at the expense of their six other rivals in the league. way and tt'ng avera to the hington the When a ball club setting the pace is | nt_of Ip out- able to pick up almost 50 per its advantage over the runne fit at the half-way point in a_campaign | it must be regarded a very formidable club and one that will take a deal of beating by its closest contender as well as all along the line to be nosed out at_the finish. This Washington ball club is one that descrves a great deal of attention. It is g00d, it gives its best every game and it should have a great followingz to the | finish. Therz is 1o quitting in it. Ho ever, it has a great handicap to over-| come to find its way to the Amcrican League championship. Griffith in ason the e lost but eight. Thr & were lost to the Atheltics, That should show how the wind blow The third to the A’s came day in the first inning of the engave- ment. The battering ram of the Clan McGillicuddy fell upon the head of Lioyd Brown, left-handed hutler of the Nationals, in the first inning and there- after the home side was never in the game. Four hits for as many runs were gleaned off the local southpaw before he knew where he was. was Jimmy Foxx's sixteenth home rur of the vear, a fine blow into the sun parlor back of left field. That was the National's death-knell for the game. After that Bob Burke, who pit~hed four innings following the second, y ed a tally in the sixth Fischer pitched two runless inninzs a: Bump Hadley on~, Pinch-batters elimi- nated these two moundsmen. Off Bob Grove. left-handed ace of the Athletics, the Nationals got as many hits as the visitors. made, 11. And twice they filled the bas's. But each time two were out and Grove bor» down in his customary manner and everything went blooey. F 36 games ITH a good single by Bishop and a bunt_that Brown messed up suffi ciently to count for a single, the A's were away to a good start. Coch rane. trying to sacrifice, bunted a fou! to Bluege. but Simmons tripled and Foxx hit his home run. With two out in the second sessicn, Bishop singled and Haas tripled for another score. Off Burke in the sixth Miller doubled, Dykes sacrificed and Boley's sirgle ' scored Bing. The Nationals did all their scoring in the sixth. when Grove suffered a temporary wild spell. He walked Kuhel and Spencer. Haves picked up Burke' bat and drove a si to certer scored Kuhel and whe ball Spencer made thi cut and Manush I Cr-nin, though 1 sent two more t was unfortunate, the tvo inr ith the b by. In the first of them M harm] Manush foul-tipped for a third strike. Cochrane muffed the ball, but recovered it before it struck the ground. That d the T struck rt left ov ver grounded H. 2b.3b. 31 HR SH.S] &7 onomuoNNsl-EeSulEEEue! Sorrso0asLsmwwosne-IS DN N3 N B D ssseosessusy . | Ruth, Yankees gh, that those | full_went | essly to Grove and in the second | s Early Birds PHILADELPHIA H PO. A E. Bishop. 2b. Haas, cf | Cochiane, A oms 3 | Simmons, cf. Foxx. 1b | Miller. "t | Dvkes, 3b. | Boley Grove, p. PESTTeR | susmanas! ossmos connorX 2l onorsnons Totals WASHINGTON. L] Ml ] 8l ooos00sasummroad wrris, West Bluece, Kuhel rf of b, 1h, 5 255352525 n ©| omoossorrossssed al coormrann® coo-o—ooonssns~> 2l omroomomm ol o55ss 3 30 *Batted for Brown in second i for Burke in sixth Baited for Fischer in elshth. Philadelphia ... 4 1 0 0 0 1 Washinston 00003 Simmons (2. “Two-base e. Bolcy Homs run Grive L 0003 00 03 Foxx _(2). P 2 t base on by off Burke. 1. Struck out by Brown. 2: by Bu Hits—Off Brown. 6 in 4_innings: Off Fisches Hadlev. 1in 1 inning, Umpires_Messre. D Owens. Time of game s and 9 minutes. WANER BROTHERS - TOTAL 2000 TS O1f Grove. Grove. 3 Lloyd’s Two Against Bruins | Achieve High Figure, but ? Paul Is Leader. By the Associated Press. ITTSBURGH, July 9.-With all this depression talk, the firm of Waner and Waner, manu- facturers of safe hits and bril- liant flelding, reports its business booming &s usual Lloyd smacked out two hits against the Chicago Cubs yesterday and while there's no news in that, his second safety the 2,000h hit he and his brother Paul have delivered since Waner and Waner became such an important part in Pi urgh’s base ball business Paul Waner came to the Bucs in 1 Ll “practiced” with the Pir- ate squad in the Spring training of the following year and was so good they had to buy him a uniform. Including the figures of yesterday's game, the Waners together have stepped to the plate runs, in addition to their 2,000 hits. That makes a grand average of .349. Paul retains the lead over his young- er brother, with a major percentage of 353, with 1,132 hits out of 3,209 times at bat. Lloyd's mark is just 10 points smailer, with 2529 times at bat and 868 hits. Lloyd has plaved in 592 games; Paul has been in 817. rung up Homer Standing | By the Associated Press. |~ Home runs yesterd: | 1; Combs, Yankees, 1; 1. Foxx, Athletics, 1: 1; Picki The Ruth, Yankee: ell, Yank Vosmik, Indian: ring, Red Sox, 1; Ott, Giants, 1 leaders—Klein. *_ Phillies, 21; Gehrig. Yankee: 20; Foxx. Athletics, 16: Hornsby, Cubs, | 14; Averill, Indians, 14 League totals—American, 294; tional, 279; total, 573. Na- Major Leaders One of the hits | By the Associated Press. | American League. Batting—Ruth, Yankees, gan, Indians, .387. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 72; Ruth, Yankees, 67; Bishop, Athletics, 67. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 78; Ruth, Yankees, 77. | Hits—Haas, Athletics, 111; Athletics, 110. | _Doubles--Webb, Red Sox, 36; Manush, Senators, 27. Triples—Cronin, Senators, 9; nolds, White Sox, §; Simmons, letics, 9. Home runs- rig, Yankees, 20. | _ Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 31; Johnson, Tigers, 23. Pitchers—Grove, Athletics, won 17, lost 2; Marberry, Senators, won 7, lost 1. | National League. | Batting—Da Phillies, .368; drick, Reds, .36 Phillles, 172; Runs—Klein, Cubs, 59. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 75; Hoinsbys IGlbe s, Hits—Klein, Phillies, 110; Cubs, 101; Herman, Robins, 101. Doubles—Bartell, Phillies, 2 Phill‘es, 26; Adams, Cardina Trip Watkins, Car -390; Mor- Simmons, Rey- Ath- Ruth, Yankees, 21; Geh- Hen- English, Cuyler, als, 9; Worthington, Braves, 8; Terry, Giants.8. | Homers—Klein, Phillies, 21; Hornsby, T | Cubs, 14. Stolen_bases-—Comor: Cuyler, Cubs, 10. | Pitchers—Watt, Phillies, won 4, lost | 1; Morrell, Giants, won 4, lost 1. , Pirates, 11; 3 times and have scored 1,107 | LONG HOME STAY | MAY HELP CARDS Fare Poorly on Way There. | Eastern Outfits Have Gained Strength. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. EW YORK, July 9—The St. Louis Nationals fared raggedly in ther last lap on the ‘way home. Now they can dig an- cther trench within their cwn fortify ticns and fight their way in grandiose style against all cnemies until they are in forced to leave for foreign parts. must play a home series w'th Cincinnati and then wiith Chicago be- fore they meet the Eastern team: Cincinnati is no longer the jeliy that it was and Chicago is now teeming with lusty swats, back home egain. The s will be a dangerous team this h and next on their own ground. ton will be the iast team to play in St. Louis and then the champion must go to Chicago before they take | the dog day limited for the East. Robins Stop Giants. St. Louis did fairly well in the East, finishing up with a brace of victories in Philadelphia. ~he champions split cven with Pittsburgh on the Fourth of July, then entrained for Chicago and got thoroughly soused in the Chicago River by the Cubs. The ination of the National League race lies in just such a thump- ing as the Cubs gave St. Lou punch of that kind sets aspirin players back on their haunches. Brooklyn Robins gave tk g a punch when the Giants were seem- ingly on their way to the lead in the 1ace. If St. Louis is strong enough to re- verse these wicked jabs when it is play- ing on its own ground it can even up the slings of fate, but the Eastern teams will be harder to defeat on the ney round in St. Louis than they were on | the first. St. Lonis holds its lead in the race because it has won 7 games from Pittsburgh, 11 from Cincinnati and from Philadelphia. _That_totals torfes out of 45. The been almost as successful ag: York, vet the series 15 alvided six game to five between them, and this 15 no evidence of great superiority. Critz’s Absence Hurts, New York may have no than St. Louis as far as the form of batting concerned, because Giants_m lay the ' Phillies Hugh Crit d baseman, ou team can_ face hy batsmen like the Phillies if it is not well prepared to close up its infield. Without a good nd baseman and a good shartstop ny base ball nine that encourtters the Phils will be apt to be swept off its feet. After visiting Philadelphia th | Glants must turn West to Chicago and | run_afoul of another bunch of hitt | It Brooklyn were now scheduled for a long stay at home the team -might | push its way forward until it could as- sume a_ commanding position in the race. 'The question is whether Brook- iyn will be a good team on the road | this trip. On its first attem| was not so much. But maybe Mickey Finn will give the Robins courage. KEEN PRELIMINARY SOUGHT BY TURNER ‘Mat Promo;er Wo{xldA Match Ro- mano With Nelson to Back Up Dusck-Londos Bout. s safiing bilit th with No st Bent on improving his cards with each show, Promoter Joe Turner has begun a quest for the contracts of Mike Romano and Tiger Nelson, whom he wants to wrestle in one of the pre- liminaries to the Rudy Dusek-Jim Londos bout at Griffith Stadium July 17 Early this Spring Nelson was dis qualified for roughing one of Romano Italian proteges, so Mike up and pub- licly challenged the Tiger to a bout, sans a referee and rules. Nelson, says Romano, failed to agree. Turner already has two star bouts booked. In addition to the one in which Londos will defend his titl: claims against Washington's favorite, Dusek., Sandor Szabo, to whom local mat followers took an instant liking to last week, will oppose George Hagen the former Marine. Szabo and Hagen will wrestle in the semi-final, one fall | to a finish, Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Lefty Grove, Athletics—Pitched his seventeenth victory of the season against the Senators. Willis Hudlin, Indians—Won his own game from the White Sox with a single in the eleventh inning. Babe Ruth, Yankees—His twenty- first home run and three singles drove in five runs in double victory over Red Sox. Heine Meine, Pirates—Set the Cubs ;10“2-11 with six hits and beat them, 5 0 2. Frank Watt, Phillies—Pitched won his fourth complete game in a row, beating the Giants, 5 to 4. His bunt, which Terry muffed, scored the winning run in the ninth. and SDAY, American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Standings in Major Circuits TH JULY 9, 1981, National League, YESTERDAY'S Philadelphia Brooklvn-Boston. rain. Pittsburgh. 5. Chicago, 2. Other clubs not scheduied. RESULTS, 5: New York, 4. “93w1ua019d 10/ 95321 8/ 84812962 41 814131 38,37 Philadelphia Washingt | New_ vo | Cleveland {st. Louis Bosto | Detroit . Chicago . Games_lost. .2 — Louis, v York.. Brooklyn Chicago . Boston Philadelph Pittsburgh__.. Cincinnati _. GAMES TODAY. Boston at Washington. Boston Cleveland at Chicago. Phila. Phila. at New York. 8t Louis at-Detroih GAMES TOMORROW. t Washington. GAMES TOMORROW. Brooklyn at Boston. New York hi t Phila. Ghicsgo st Bivisburgy. GAMES TODAY. New York at_Phila. Brooklyn at Boston. Cincin. at St. L (2), STRIBLING IS WELCOMED‘ Lauds Referee for Stopping Fight in Talk at Macon. MACON, Ga. July 9 (P.—W. L. Siribling, jr., who was beaten by Max Schmeling last Friday night in his challenge for the world heavyweight boxing title, was welcomed home in- | formally yesterday at a_meeting of the Kiwanis Club. S ribling_spoke bricfly of the fight, praising Schmelifig’s _ sportsmanship and congratulating Referee George | Blake for his action in_stopping the fight 14 seconds before the end of the last_round. “I could have stuck it out,” Strib- ling said, “but I appreciate Blake's position. He did not wish to take ances on having me seriously hurt.” CARNERA BATILES SCMELING NEXT Only Time and Place Remain | to Be Settled on for 15-Round Bout. was By the Associated Press chosen to meet Max Schmeling iis heavyweight championship. d the place. Man- N EW YORK, July 9.—Primo Car- sometime this year, somewhere | ing settled at a meeting ng for the cham nera, the vast Italian, has been in America, in the German's next de- | That everything st Car- rden Corporation of Illi- just so the bout goes 15 | insistent upon that axe, who represented the he big conf an- | ght would be some- | a site to be selected. | the bout will be held | at Chicago, Jersey City or Phila- | Cleveland an outside pes- son Sau | nois chc | roun 3 | Wwilllam Vv | Garden at nounced the time this Fi | Prospects _are ejthe ented by his man- be 1 g to run cut on | and failing to post | {a forfeit. so the Garden is left free to | choose its own dat ’» Chicago was eliminated as a possible site for the engagement due to an Tilinois law which forbids bouts of more than 10 rounds. | = g | CHAMPION BOXER SUED Father and Girl Ask $50,000 in Action Against’ Wolgast. | PHILADELPHIA, July 8 (4).—Midget | Wolgast. who t-morrow night defends | his fiywoight boxing title in New Yo by Bradley, Holyoke, Mass been s 50.000 dam- of Atlantic 19. T rd_\\'nlfl st and two [ d the girl t> their artment and subjected her to brutal | treat B | SEES MAX AS CHAMPION Pennsylvania Body Had Held | Throne Vacant Since Tunney Quit. | PHILADELPHIA, -July 9 (#.—Max Schmeling has been recognized as world heavyweight boxing champion by the two present members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commis- sion. | 'No heavyweight king had been rec- ognized in’this State since Gene Tun- | ney abdicated the throne three years | ag) | Gov. Pinchot has not yet named the third member to the Boxing Board. HOLDS NIGHT GAME HITS BALL PLAYERS, Oklahoma Club Owner, Curtailing| Schedule, Says Youngsters Retarded. Nocturnal | By the Assoctated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 9.-—Jack Holland, owner of the Oklahoma City Western League club, has decided that night air and flood lights retard the de- velopment of young base ball players. He announced yesterday his team will g0 on a daylight schedule July 19, with the éxception of “ladies night” games each Monday and Friday, which will not be abandoned becaus of their pop- majors are becoming harder to convince of a player'’s worth as ad- | judged by aver: ompiled by day- | night base ball.’ 0 nd said. "'I‘hfli night game holds back th> development | of young players, for the ball is harder ; to see, both at bat and in the field. The Inight air is none too good for the | players. P he novelty of nighi base ball is wearing off to the extent that it does not pay to develop players on only a night base ball diet.” >i;1(lians Get Rid -Of Club’s Jonah EW YORK, July 9 (CP.A)— Ever since Col. Doubleday in- vented base ball, players have been superstitious. They will walk blocks out of their way to.flnd an cld horseshoe, but they won't go out of their way to practice when it is 100 in the shade. The Cleveland Club was in train- ing. One of the players, some(hmg' of a wit, said in a stage Whisper: “We are jinxed, and I like the boy, t0o.” “You are not the man to fall for a jinx,” was th> reply. ‘But I tell you it's true. Our club has got the only player in the wgr}g wish that name.” “What name?” “Jonah, an.” Joa%llidn?:xlldmwns then Cleveland's l shortstop. He has just been traded %o India What's in & name? | flicted by Interstate several days ago THE BOY WHO MADE GOOD. / THEY TELLME YA HAVEN'T MISSED AN OPEMING OF A SHOW FOR TWEN Ty YEARS HER, REA) THATS RIGAT 1 KNOW A GUY WHO HASNT MISSED OMNE 1N T YEARS, | THOUGHT THAT WAS Coin' SOME TILL | HEARD ABOUTY YEAR, TRERE'S QUITE A LOTOF Ten YEAR cee' Ltenvy YA SEEIN ALL THEM™M SWELL SHOWS YeAR, BUT TH BIC Kick IS SEEIN TH DRAMATIC CriTics AN ALL TH OTRER BIG SHOTS, Bov, OH GO | NEARLY MISSED TH OPENING OF HGT AN BOTHERED LAST YEAR. I HAD PNEUMOMIA AN WHEN. TH' DOCTOR LEFT | BEAT T uaw_w TOwWN AN GOT A TICKET FOR #$22.50. TH' SHOW CLOSED TH' NEXT NIGHT g.;,. PEALIL T A Terminal Nine Gees to In Loop by Beating 1G-HEARTED Lefty MclIntyre, | Stars for Sunday who at different intervals has| Hyattsville 1024. southpawed for Martinsburg. | ‘The Nationals took a 5-t0-2 decision Milwaukee and several score of over the Joe Cronins yesterday. | | sandlot ball teams, believes that one | bad turn deserves a good one, so he pitched Washington Terminal to an 11-to-1 victory over Loffler to put the Terminalites in front of the Industrials by half a game. Lefty, who last year pitched the Northern Red Birds to two victories over the St. Ma:y's Celtics and just when the Birds were claiming the Dis- trict independert championship, he joined the Celtics and won three games for them over the Red Birds, is up to his old tricks again. A couple of Sundays ago he hurled the Celtics to a win over Washingfon Terminal, blasting the latter's hopes for the District title. Yesterday he joined Terminal and allowed Lofflers only two | hits in six innings. Now Lofflers are waiting for him to “be big” again and pitch them to a }'lrtory to make up for yesterday's de- eat., Argyles and Jac out yesterday, the to 0. Koontz Serv for Sunday. after 5. Ca The Bladens games. be reached at Hva Ford E. Young, ected business ihesda_Velunty Sund Takema Tigers, wt on thesda tossers are revenge. They Tigers last season | | G. P. O, first-half champs, proved, | partially, at least, that the defeat in- | was not due to the expected slump, but rather overconfidence. Yesterday the | Printers swamped Interstate, 10 to 2.' to again climb near the top in the Gov- ernment League second series race. ~ Frank Watt, the ex-local sandlotter, is going great guns for the Phillies. He turned in another win yesterday, beat- ing the Giants, 5 to 4. | ho [ G. P. O. defeated Treasury, 10 to 2. | vesterday n a Departmental League game. | Ciro's Italian Villagers wants games | with strong _unlimited _teams, = Call | Metropolitan 2497 after 7 o'clock. Henry Hiser is anxious to book a double-header for the Hyattsville All- Minor Leagues International League. Baltimore, 4-1; Toronto, 1-4. Newark, 3-0; Montreal, 0- Repading, 9; Rochester, 4. Buffalo, 4; Jersey City, 1 American Association. Toledo, 11: Minneapolis, 7. Indianapolis, 17; Milwaukee, 8. Kansas City, 5; Louisville, 2. St. Paul, 10-5; Columbus, 0-3. Scuthern Association. Memphis, 3; New Orleans, 2. Chattanocoga, 3; Birmingham, 3. Atlanta, 6; Naseville, 5. Little Rock, 13; Mobile, 2. Pacific Coast League. Los Angeles, 8; Portland, 2. Missions, 7; Seattle, 6. Sacramento, 8; San Francisco, 6. ‘Western League. Wichita, 2; Oklahoma City, 1. St. Joseph, Topeka, 5. Des Moines, 4; Pueblo, 1. Omaha, 7; Denver, 5. Three Eye League. Evansville, 6; Peoria, 3. Decatur, 5; Springfield, 4. Bloomington, 12; Danville, 3. Quincy, 13; Terre Haute, 7. Piedmont League. Durham, 6; Greensboro, 2. Henderson, 5; Raleigh, 9. Asheville, 6; Charlotte, 0. High Point, 3; Winston-Salem, 0. New York-Pennsylvania League. Harrisburg, 2-2; Wilkes-Barre, 1-3. Hazelton,5-6; Binghamton, 4. Williamsport, 7-10; Elmira, 2-2. Eastern League. Springfield, 4-3; Bridgeport, 0-6. Ao, s Alveuis color si Station wants a gal manager Fire Depariment the Firemen men once this season, at the Cabin John Fi $1.00 and $1.25 Silk Socks, now— ZSOMETICIES | HAVE To 5 TAND (1 T CALLERY Arf CANT S€e HARDLY Arty OF TH SHOW, BuT | 60 Downt To TH LOBEY BETWEEN ACTS AN SEE ALL TR CRITICS va oucHTA BE€ PrROUD of THAT RECORD \M Gowd TO SHooT AT A 50 YEAR RECORD. | THATLL MAwE evervYBoDY s\ T-uP AN TAKE Front Loffle at Riverdale. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. W.Asmxc-rox again outhit De- | but Ty Cobb's batting . gnd throwing peat the Na- tiofidls,” 714 fkde Milan got four hits for Washington The Doyle brothers retained their Southern _doubles title at Atlanta. Conrad Doyle succsssfully defended Phone ck Hayes “fought” it Argyles winning, 35 ibone and McVey starred in the track meet held by the Wash- * Union at its t Marshall Hall reached Jo» Engle Pepco’s nine 2, in the for- Commercial 11 Atlantic 3679-W Tom Huddle tt: U.S. ATHLETES GREETED. PLYMOUTH. England. July 9 (#) The combined Yale and Harvard track squad, which meets the combined forces of Oxford and Cambridge in a dual meet at Stamford Bridge July 18, ived a roval welcome upon its ar- al last night. nimously the Be- jr. was of will play_the ho whipped_the F 1:30_o'clock 1d. ~ The Be- confident of gaining twice defeated the 3 GAVIES BEHIND AFTER DOUBLE WIN |Weaver and Pennock Twirl Victories Over Red Sox. N. L. Race Tightens. BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR. Associated Press Sports Writer. NCE again the Washington Griffmen have fired and fallen back, leaving the Athletics to sail serencly along toward their third straight title. Meanwhile the New York Yankees, with whom the Ath- letics open a three-game series at Yankee Stadium today, were |mowirg down the Boston Red | Sox in a dcuble-header, 13 to 3 and 9 to 4, to climb within four and a half games of s2cond place. | Big Jim Weaver made his first start | of the year in the first game and {limited the Sox to nine hits, while Herb Pennock routed them in the sec- ond. Babe Ruth enjoved a big day | with his twenty-first home run and | three singles. | _The Cleveland Indians went 11 in- nings to defeat the Chicago Whit» Sox 10 to 6. In addition fine job of rolief pit~hing five innings. Wil Hudlin d win his own game with a single scored the first of five runs in the eleventh. Browns Resume Win Lyn Storti . and George Burns. tv {members of the St. Louis Browns' infield, starred as the Browns a threc-game losing streak with 0-1 triumph over Dotroft. Burns had three singles and Storti a triple and double. Blacholder kept nise Tiger hits well spaced. The National League race tightened |as” the New York Giants dropped & | hard-fought decision to the Phillies, 5 |to 4. The Brooklyn Robins, held idle | by rain at Boston. went into a virtual | tie with the McGrawmen for second | place, three percentage points back. | _An’error by Bill Terry enabled the Phils to score the winning run in the | ninth and broke up a hurling duel | between Frank Watt. big Phil rookie. and Fred Fitzsimmons. It gave Watt his_fourtk ight _victory. Heine Meine. Pittsburgh southpaw, stopped the onrushing Chicago Cubs in their tracks when he held them to six hits end beat them. 5 to 2. Meine had a shutout until two were out in the ninth. when hits by Hemsley and | Grimm scored a_pair of runs. The Pirates scored all their runs in the first two innings. For the third straight day the Cin- cinnati Reds were not scheduled. 5 FORMER PLAYER DIES. CARUTHERSVILLE. Mo.. July 9 (#).— | Senter Wilson Reiney, 51, Caruthersville | business man, who ' for many years |played with and managed teams in | minor leagues, died here yesterday from a heart attack. He plaved in the old Kitty League and the Cotton States and” Western leagucs end once had a trial with the Cincinnati Reds. He was a graduate of Union Univer- sity, Jackson, Tenn. Fistic Battles By the Associa WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.—Battling Bozo. Birmingham, outpointed Chuck Burns, San Antonio (10). SEATTLE. Wash.—Joe Cortez. Boise, Idaho. outpointed Georgie Kerwin, Chicago (6). ted Press Open °Til 2PM. Saturdays in July—August FliORSHIEIM SHOKES at the Sales Socks! 65c novelties and plain Iks. 35¢ All- 85¢ Men’s Shops 14th at G 7th & K *3212 14th (*Open every night)