Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1931, Page 9

. _A-10 SPORTS. THE EVENING~STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 20, 193T1. SPOR TS. Kuhel Earning Regular Job at First : Sharkey in a Bad Spot in Walker Bout NOW DEEMED BEST OF YOUNG SACKERS Not Apt to Be Ousted by Judge—Griffs Score 2-1 Win Over Tigers. BY JOHN B. KELLER. &« Y far the likeliest first- B base prospect to come up to the American League in years.” " That's what Walter Johnson, manager of the Nationals, said when he first saw Joe Kuhel in action last season, and other good | Jjudges of ball players have ex-| pressed similar opinions after see- ing the young fellow perform around the inital sack for the ‘Washington club this year. Looks as though the Nationals made a great buy when they pro- cured Kuhel from the Kansas City club for $50,000 and three players. Taking over the first-base job on May 2, the day after the veteran Joe Judg? . was stricken by appendicitis in Boston, Kuhel immediately went to work like a seasoned performer at the station and since has given his club every reason 10 be glad it has a first baseman of his class around. Though still little more than a rookie Kubhel today is a far more finished play- er at the initial station than several others who have been in the big show longer. There are Tough spots in his work vet to be smoothed out, but Kuhel seems to be doing the smoothing rapid- ly and it should not be long before he is reccgnized as the finest fielding first baseman in the circuit. Kuhel now shows few faults mechani- cally. He is a wonder at shifting around the sack, stepping about with the grace and agility of a toe dancer. He is splen- did at stretching for the wide or short | has had plenty of | throws—and he stretching to do since taking over the job—is rangy enough to haul down many high throws, possesses a good arm and covers much ground. Joe can get fouls with the best of | them and comes in well for bunts. He had trouble for a time ¢harging in for short-hopping grounders, but seems to be rapidly overcoming this. His main faults have been matters of | judgment, faults that only experience can eradicate. But Joe is a bright ball player and before long he probably will ot have to lose that precious moment in sizing a situation. He'll be making the right play instinctively and then he'll be just about the best fielding first baseman in the business. At bat, Kuhel has plenty of power, but he still does not swing as freely as he should, according to_those who have been coaching him. Yet he has the happy knack of getting hits often when hits are needed and he has im- proved to such an extent in the past month that he is close to the .300 mark as a batter. Manager Johnson believes XKuhel will go well above .300 bfore the seascn ends. ITH Judge well up in his 30's it appears that Kuhel will retain «he fiist base job that came to him so suddenly through the illness of the veteran. Kuhel, but 25 years old. strong and possessing a lot of action, is not likely to be set aside for the vet- eran, even though Judge now is in trim for service if called upon. The young- ster has been going too good to be lifted from the line-up. Kuhel is a product of the Cleveland sandlots on which he first gained prom- jnence as a first baseman when 17 years old. So good was he his first year out in class C that the next year he ad- vanced to class A in the city that has the best sandlot b>se ball in the coun- try. ‘When 19 years cld Joe signed with Flint of the Michizan-On.ario League and in the Fall of 1925 was sold to Kansas City. The Blues farmed him to Springfeld of the Three-I League the following year, but he was back in the American Association in 1927 and remained with Kansas City until July 29 of last year when he was sold to the Natlonals. . . He has had a lot of professional base . ball for a 25-year-old player. OSE 6,600 fans who visited Grifith Stadium yesterday were treated to a fine mound duel between the left-handed Lloyd Brown of the Na- tionals and the right-handed Arthur Herring of the Tigers, with the former scoring a victory by 2 to 1. It was well Brown got the decision for the third-place Yankees kicked in with two wins over the Inflians in New York and now are but five games be- -hind the Johnson band. Brown gave up but four hits and a pass, the pass being issued in the first inning and the hits being made in the second, third, sixth and seventh innings. But for an error by Joe Cronin at short the left-hander would have scored a shutout. | Herring allowed only six hits and two | passes. Three of the hits were clustered ‘in the fif.h inning, however, and that | meant the ball zame. | Svccassxvz singles by Hayes, Spen- | cer and Brown upset Herring and | the Tigers, The hits came after | Bluege had been retired at the outset of | 1 the Washington fifth. Biown's single | tallied Haves. and Spencer crossed the | plate as West was thrown ou, ‘The Tigers registered at the plate in | the sixth inning. Johnson got to second | base at the start of the round when his grounder got away from Cronin and Tolled to left field. He moved to third as Walker was heaved out. and dented the counting block when Gehringer hit for a base, So effectivz was Brown that the other Tiger hits were made after two were out.+ The lone pass off the southpaw went to Walker, second up in the first inning. and he was immediately forced out by | Gehringer. H Done Brown L] =] Herring, b. Totals: ..o, WASHINGTON., LG S0 3 Bl wuasacman H ouaoSouwa; Bl ey By ol osrmmuorss? | masusuass? rlosossensa ulossmsssus Totals . Washington . Detroit Bl lcesti e | 5 MAKING THE GRADE | S | 7 He Hps BeEN LHBELED A PRLZE By Tom Doerer THE NATS’ROOKIE FIRST SACKER~WHO 1S GOING TO BE HARD TO DISLODGE 6«%@5% e HE'HAG CLINCHED A JOB | ton Terminal and the Con- | D | structioneers today were to | oppose in an Industrial League game | for the undisputed league leadership. | Play was to start at 5:15 on the North | | Enlipse diamond. The event also will afford sandlot |fans that long-awaited “duel of the| Jefties,” featuring Lefty McIntyre and | Lefty 'Jewett, who, with the possible | | exceptions of Lefty Stevens, Bennie Wormesley, Willie Simpson, Ed Moro- | sey, Lefty Davidson, Bobby Lyon, Lefty Kuhnert and several others, are rated the best pair of southpaws on the local sandlots. Strangely enough, the interest at- | tached to the meeting of these south- | paws has overshadowed even the in- | terest connected with the game itself, { which “only” will give the winner a | Jim Londos “strangle” on the second \ serfes pennant. | FPTHANKS to Bill Flester's Frenchmen, | St. Mary's Celtics are looking down | on the sandlot situation today. Whilst the Red Sox were bowing to | | the Alexandrians for the second time | yesterday, the Frenchies, who also have | bowed to the Celts, were proving & big | | nelp over at Friendship fleld, where | | they were turning back the Skinker Eagles, 9 to 6. The Eagles,"Who had won 12 in a row | from good, bad and indifferent oppo- | nents, now must do a lot of whistling | to get a crack at Charlie Corbett’s | charges. Takoma Park belongs to the Tigers today. Tre suburban sandlot fans | turned out en masse yesterday and after | 13 innings of battling in the first game, | nine in the second and five hours in | the sunshine they trekked back to Ta- | koma minus avoidupois and voices, but with the opinion that their Takoma Tigers are sbout the hottest sandlot club hereabout. FTER beating out the Chevy Chase | Grays, 6 to 3, in the first game, & 13-inning affair, the Tigers had little trouble thereafter, winning the second tilt—their third straight Mont- gomery County championship went with it—in" the regulation nine innings, 6 Yesterday's sandlot scores: CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE. Montgomery County. Takoma Tigers, 6-6; Chevy Chase, 3-2. Ameriean Leglon. asper, 0. De Molay. 12; Chevy CI Franc Jeweiry, 6 Miller-Ro Acme Printers, 7; Mount Rai Midget Lea, Georgetown, 16; Samosets. 1. Wonder Bread, 8; National Pale Dry, 0. Junior Lesgue. Ross. 11 Foxx, 1. sell-Young, 6: ' Takoma. 2. By ciltton® Burner. 5. r-A, 13; Swanns, 1. Independent. St. Mary's Celtics, 4; Washington Red ox. 3. Howard A. French, 9; Skinker Eagles. 6. EADLOCKED with four Wwins| and one loss aplece, Washing- | Masters. 'Deadlocked Pace-Setters Meet | In Industrial League Today Howitzer Glants. 7: Laurel. 1. City View Gapitol Heights. § alf Refintn 5 Union 'Engineers. 17. Alexandria, Cardinal Logan, 16 Seabrool Jewish _Community Medicos. 4. Kanawpa. 10: Rambler. 3 Radio. 1 Colontals. 13: Rovers. War College, 12 Washington 'A. C.. 3; Clini Del Ray. 2: Griffith-Blue Coals. 1. son ‘Firemen, 6: Isherwood, 3. 8: All-Stars, 5. Bethesda Firemen, 0. — Western League. Pueblo, 3; Omaha, 2. (Second game | | postponed. rain). Des Moines, 4-8: Denver, 0-6. Topeka, 2-0: Wichita, 1-3. St. Joseph, 1-6; Oklahoma City, 2-4. Three-Eye League. Decatur, 8; Peoria, 3. Quincy, 7; Danville, 1. = =t Sngne 3 Smavwn CANHOUA LA AN O PRSI~ 3 coo00c00eAcRoa0IOREmR. 19, Annandale, 8. s ter. 14 Army | Center. 1i AT | Washington Red Sox, clearly demon- Chesapeake & Potomac, 9. on. 1 HERO FOR 11 INNINGS LOSES GAME IN 12T Celtics Win, 4-3, to Gain Edge on Red Sox When Snyder Makes Erratic Heave. July 20.—Bob ALEXANDRIA, Va. 1d star of the Snyder, youthful ini strated to a crowd of nearly 500 per- spiring diamond fans at Baggett's Park, the fickle manner in which th> Goddess of Luck watches over her charges of the athletic field. The visitors' peppy shortstop scam- pered about in major league fashion for 11 innings between the Red Sox and St. Mary’s Celtics, only to renounce his claim to fame in the twelfth with a wild heave that let in a run and gave the Green and Gold a 4—3 triumph. ‘The play which spolled Snyder's day provided a sudden and unexpected end- ing to a dramatic pitching battle be: tween Robert Lee McIntire of the Cel tics and “Lefty” Jewett, Red Sox ace, coming as it did with two out and “Bussy” Brenner racing for third in what appeared to be a hopeless effort. With one down and Brenner and Pat Murphy, both of whom had singled, on |second” and first, “Doc” Dreifus rolled | keyStone Wwith a t0ss to Snyder. ner, meanwhile, had set sail for the far corner, and Snyder attempted go con- vert the play into a twin killing at his expense. ‘Wheeling, the Red Sox shortstop, heaved the pill at “Willle” Wolfe, but 04 the toss sailed high over Wolfe's head and went into the stands. Brenner continued on to the plate to close the fray. By virtue of yesterday’s triumph, the Celtics gained the edge in their five- % | game serles with the Red Sox, 2 to 1. Naval Hospital of Washington will be met here next Sunday. SWIMMERS VIE TONIGHT Marb'ry Burke.. Fischer. Jones... 1 Crow 3 Hadley .. Masters. Plenty of bang-up competition is ex- pected to mark the A. A. U. swim- 02 at Glen Echo, Md. the cream of the talent in this section having eniered the competition, which will start at 9 o'clock. Maj. R. B. Lawrence will referce. L3 b T wIE2ZEIBE PRS- PR McGraw Regains Ire in Vain Heydler Firm on Suspension After Jawn’s First Umpire Row in Years. ! By the Assoclated Press. S'E LOUIS, July 20.—The famed spirited verbal encounter with John A. Heydler, president of the National League, but it avalled him nothing. ‘When the argument was all over, McGraw left Sportsman’s Park and went to his hotel, and Heydler is- sued a statement saying the susoen- sion, which is for three days, start- ing yesterday, would stand. He said no further action would be taken against McGraw. “Just because McGraw is vice turbulence of John J. Me- Graw of another day has been resurrected. Suspension for a run-in with Um- pire b Clarke here Saturday, the flery manager of the New York Giants yesterday engaged in a Standings in Major Circuits LY 20, 1931, MONDAY, American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ‘Washington, 2: Detroit, 1. NewPYerote, B L 9. Boston, 6: Cleveland, 5 (12 innings). Olher ‘clubs hot scheduled. president of the New York club as well as its manager is no reason why he can have privileges on the bench,” Heydler said. “He was suspended because of the abusive language he used on Umpire Clarke.” Shortly after being notified yes- terday morning of his suspension, learned that Heydler was in St. Louis, went to Sportsman’'s Park and awaited the league chief near the press gate. When Heydler arrived, witnesses said, McGraw be- rated him “for protecting an incom- petent umpire.” He also cited sev- National League. YESTERDAY'S : New Yi SULTS. k, 1-1. SiadEpeud uoysurgsEM eral previous incidents in which Heydler took sides with the umpires against him. w's run-in with Clarke oc- McGra curred after a close m{a;rt first base. Clarke called Oul Fullis **a3wuIIL ming meet tonight in the crystal pool | FORT WASHINGTON VICTOR Drubs Fort Meade Nine to Beach 8d Army .Corps Area Final: mnaen‘:g:. Md., July N—zn'x; el inning trailing, % ‘Washington’s nine rallied to soore eight runs and tle the score and then went on to conquer Fort Meade, 11 to 10, in the tenth inning of the game that decided the northern dis- trict jonship of the 3d Army Corps Area here yesterday. ashington’s win Fort. n ner in the southern district for the area fonship. July 31 and August 1 and 2 have been set for these games, the place to be determined later. THREE RING CHAMPS BATTLE THIS WEEK Battalino, Thompson, Rosenbloom | in Bouts Secondary to Walker- Sharkey Go. By the Assvtiated Press. NEW YORK, July 20—Three cham- plons sally forth this weck into the outer fringe of a fistic spotlight that centers around a 15-round heavyweight duel between Jack Sharkey and Mickey Walker at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, Wednesday night. Christopher (Bat) Battalino of Hart- ford, Conn.; Young Jack Thompson, San Francisco Negro, and Maxie Rosen- bloom of New York, all are booked for action. I, GEHRIG EXCELLIN RUTH AS SLUGGER Lou’s 27th and 28th Homers Help Yankees Take Two Tiits From Browns. BY GAYLE TALBOT, JR., Associsted Press Sports Writer. OW that Babe Ruth is not hit- ting home runs with quite the abandon of other days, Lou Gehrig s showing the custom- ers what he can do along that line. He was close to the whole show yes- terday as the Yanks thumped the St. Louis Browns twice, 10 to 9, and 8 to 2. Going to bat seven times during the afternoon, he punched five hits, includ- ing 'his twenty-seventh and twenty- eighth homers of the yeay, and a triple. His three hits in the first game drove in seven runs and he propelled two more across in the nightcap. His two home runs put him five ahead of his closest rivals among the four-] T specialists, Babe Ruth and Chuck Klein. Jack Rothrock's single over Averill's head in the twelfth inning scored Warstler with the run that gave the Boston Red Sox a 6-to-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians. The Sox got off to a five-run lead, only to see it wiped away in the sixth and seventh innings, when the Indians drove Jack Only Battalino’s featherweight title will be at stake. The Hartford battler | | tackles Freddy Miller at Cincinnati ;I)'lmrsdl}' night in a 10-round title af- air. ‘Thompson leaves his welterwcight crown in cold storage when he tangles with Lou Broullard of Worchester, Mass., at the Boston Garden Thursday night, and Rosenbloom’s light-heavy- weight title also will be locked up for safekeeping when he takes on George | Manley of Denver at Denver Wednes- | day. | Tufty Griffiths, Sioux City, Towa,| heavyweight, tackles Paul Pantaleo at | Chicago tonight, while Primo Carnero | is doing his stuff at Rochester, N. Y., | ‘;,.glinst Knute Hansen, the melancholy ne. CURTIS’ TIMELY HIT | WINS FOR DEL RAY |Griffith's Blue Coals Beaten, 2-1, | in Slab Duel—Colonials Down | ! Roavers. [ | ALEXANDRIA. Va. July 20.—Driv- ing out a single with a runner perched | on second in the eighth inning, Vin- |cent Curtis gave th» Del R~ A. C. a 2-to-1 triumph over Griffith’s Biue | | Coals of Washington. in s red-hot | pitching battle on Edward Duncan | Pleld. | The blow tallied Arthur Beach, who | had singled and stolen second. and set- tled a nip and tuck mound contest be- |tween “Kitty” Curtiss, Del Ray slab- | man, and Dick Lanahan, former East- | lern High Shcool star, in the former's | | favor. ~Curtiss limited the Coalmen to | {4 bits and fanned 12 | Each team scored sone run in the | | Arst. Gibson singled for Griffith's and | {went to second on Gensmere's error, | from where he counted on a single by | Nally. Carlos McCullough's triple and Gensmere's single for Del Ray dead- locked the count in the home half, | Willis Dolph gave a sterling mound lexhibition in the Colonial A. C.s 13-to-6 victory over the Roavers of | | Washington at Guckert’s Field. Dolph | struck out 14 batters and kept the visitors' seven hits scattered. Lynch, Colonials’ shortstop, collected | three hits in five trips to the plate to | Jead the winners, wkile Turner and | Scott were close behind with a pair | of safeties a piece. Ross, Roaver catcher, | obtained three of the visitors' hits, Ted Miller, manager of the Del Ray | A. C. has scheduled a game for his | charges with the Isherwood A. C. of Washington next Sunday on Edward Duncan Field. : | Rambler A. C. of Washington will | come here to meet the Colonial A. C. | on Guckert's Fleld at 3 p.m. Sunday. | Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Sylvester Johnson and Paul Derringer, Cardinals—Held giants to 15 hits in two games to win twice by scores of =T, . Frank O'Doul. Robins—Assaulted Cub pitching for triple, double and two singles. . Lioyd Brown, Senators—Held Tigers | to four hits, drove home winning run | with single. . Jack Rothrock, Red Sox—His single in twelfth drove in winning run against Indians. Lou Gehrig, Yankees—Drove in nine runs in double-header with Browns | with twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth homers, triple and two s\nglg;. Phil Collins, Phillles—Held Reds to eight scattered hits to win second game of double bill, 7-1. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. (Including Games of July 19.) American League. Batting—Ruth, Yankees, . gan, Indians, .375. |~ Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 91; Ruth, Yankees, 78. Runs ~ batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, [100; Ruth, Yankees, 87. Hits—Simmons, Athletics, 132; Haas, Athletics, 128. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 42; Manush, Senators, 31. Triples—Simmons, Athletics, 12; West, Senators, Reynolds, White Sox, 11, Home runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 28; Ruth, Yankees, 23. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 36; Johnson, Tigers, 24. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 19, lost 2; Marberry, Senators, won 8, lost 1. National League. = Batting—Klein, Phillies, .358; Hen- drick, Rleda; Davis, Phillles; Hogan, Giants, .349. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 83; English, Ceins batted tn—Kletn, Philies, 8 Hornsby, Cubs, 72. e e Dmu:gm—flomby, Cubs, 31; Bartell, Phillles, 28, - Triples—Terry, Giants, 11;- Watkins, | winning runs, | by winning its second straight over the Russell from the hill.. Wilcy Moore held Cleveland scoreless thereafter. John McGraw was forced to suffer | from a distance as his New York Glants | took a pair of 2-to-1 beatings from the St. Louis Cardinals and fell back into | third place. The Giant leader was | handed a three-day suspension for his | Tun-in_with Umpire Clarke on Satur- |day. Mel Ott's home run gave the Glants their lone run off Sylvester Johnson in the first game. The Cards bunched three of their four hits off Carl Hubbell in the fourth inning to score both of theirs. Paul Derringer, rookie St. Louls riht-hander, struck | out 11 Giants and allowing only seven | hits in winning the nightcap. Neither club scored until the ninth. “Pepper” Martin’s double and singles by High, | Adams and Orsatti gave the Cards the Brooklyn went back into second place | Chicago Cubs, 10 to 6. Led by Lefty O'Doul, who again cracked Imn'yhlu in| five attempts, the Robins fell cn four | Chicago pitchers for 17 hits and piled up a lead that enabled Hollis Thurston !oCBhri“l:f through. cinnati and Philadelphia di a double-header, the Rldxpsooflnqv}dosfl times in the last of the ninth to take the first, 7 to 6, and the Phillies coming back behind Phil Collins' good pitching to win the second, 7 to 1. Tony Cucci- | nello, Red second baseman, hit a double | 2nd five singles in the two tilts. 32 FISTIC ROUNDS ON FORT PROGRAM Smallwood and Grove Primed for Feature D. C. Welterweight Title Bout. Joe Smallwood and Harry, Grove are primed for their elght-round” "bout, billed for the District welterweight title, that will feature the boxing program tonight at Fort Washington. "In all 32 rounds of fighting are carded. An eight-round semi-final and four scraps at four founds are scheduled. aside from the 0. The program will 8:30 oclock, i i mallwood is given an over Grove, as the latter has ne:z”tougm since last April. Both boys can and do punch, and action is expected to be lively from the opening bell. A Government vessel offering fre~ transportation to Fort Washington will Jeave Washington Barracks wharf at T o'clock. The card follows: FINAL, EIGHT ROUNDS. Joe Smaliwood. Washington. vs. Harr: SEMI-FINAL, EIGHT ROUNDS. Sailor McKenna. Washington, 3 Kelly, Baltimore Yll:h(vlseilh'ls?.n Yer iy FOUR ROUNDS. Prank Vance, Washington, vs. W. Tucker, Washington (light-heavyweights). FOUR ROUNDS. Henry Irving, Washi vs. Pighting Dick, Charlotte, N. C. ¢ heavyweights). FOUR ROUNDS. Billy Hoe. Washington, vs Soldier Clark, Fort Washington (lightwelghts). FOUR ROUNDS. K. O. Riley, Washington. vs. Whitey Sailor, Birmingham. ' Ala. (middleweights). What Is the BY TOM JUST what the Messrs. Sharkey and L Miquel Patrick Walker are go- ing to fight for Wednesday night in Brooklyn, dear old gate receipts, has b«iwlt‘!l:ered your boy friend for no little while. With the Hair Mocks Smayling nom- inated heavyweight champion of the world by everybody but the New York State Athletic Commission, it is possi- ble the Rumson terror and the garro- lous gob may be hitting it out for the championship of Old Point Comfort or Fourteenth and H streets. ‘There surely can be no deeper in- tent behind this socking soiree than to lather the finan- clal larders of the parties of the first and second parts, or, possibly, to keep the squirrel cage of fistiana whizzing until the Fall, when deeper laid plots will be presented the will- cash custo- battle, for, at the ing to press, Max still on the Rhine nursing having gotten that la: say, trying to see another chance at his Mr. Sharkey's face gets redder than the surface of one of his native Boston Bay lobsters when he thinks of what he has to go through to get another whack at the Grenadier of the Elb. It may be years, Kathleen, and it may be forever. other than those | 20 YEARS AGO REPORT that Clark Qriffith, Clrcinnat! manager, is to be- come Browns is the Mound ed the former, 7 to 4. North Caro- lina found Walters and Flynn, In- gram rltchm. rather easy pickin's. ‘Walford defeated Willard, 4 to 3, game hind the leaders. Steward, Tilley and Litz turned in a fast double play to break up a Walford uprising. Big Six Brewer starred for Walford. Jimmy Rice pitched strongly and Seamen Gunners downed Eastern A. C, 10 to 7, for its first win of the season in the Capital City League. ‘The Gunners hit Dyer hard. CK 1S COCKSURE OF TAKING MICKEY To Let “Nice Little Fellow” Stay 7 or 8 Rounds Before Handing Jim Kayo. BY EDWARD J. NEIL. Assoclated Press Sports Writer. MPTON LAKES, N. J., July 20. —Jack Shar! plans to let Mickey Walker help him get the boxing practice he needs for an August match with Tommy Loughran. Seven rounds Mickey can play round in there with him Wednes- day night and then—poo!! ‘The big sailorman from Boston has | considerable powers of expression, His pale blue eyes flash he talks. His gestures help him tell his story dramat- ically, decisively. He wastes no words, saves no feeling, and he talks as he hits—straight from tke shoulder. to whip me in Ebbets’ Field Wednesday night, the more they will pay to see us | fight, but he's only a middleweight, and there aren’t any middlzweights around | today, no matter how gocd they are, licking Jack Sharkey. “They've been saying T was fat and slow and boxing like an old lady in tra‘ning. Maybe that will help the gate. | T don't know. But it won't help Walker much. - “I'm not going to be in any hurry with Mickey. I haven't fought but four | rounds—the four I pasted that Dutch- man Schmeling before he yelled foul— in almost two years and I need the work before I fight ‘Tommy Loughran again in August at Ebbets’ Field. So I figure I'll go along with Mickey for seven or elght rounds and then knock him over.” Sharkey doesn't relish much the idea of whipping a 170-pounder of Walker's stature and he probably will feel a bit | ashamed of himself when the referee calls them to the center of the ring Wednesday night and he towers a full | head over the former welterweight and middleweight champion and outweighs | him almost 30 pounds. But fighting is | a business, and if Walker is the fellow | that they want him to lick this time, then that's all right with Jack Sharkey. “I'll have all that weight on him and all that size, and he’s the fellow that | couldn’t put Tommy Loughran down in a couple of matches and a chap named Paul Swiderski floored him seven times. {But, of course, Jack ' Sharkey can't punch. He can't break an egg with | efther hand. | Sharkey chuckled at this. He likes | to talk of himself in the third person. | He b refused to be disturbed by Jack | Keins' verbal attempts to lure him | into a controversy concerning his cour- | age and the possibilities of a foul. The | only thing about Walker's stature that | pleases him is the fact that Mickey is | built so close to the ground there is | little likelihood of a punch drifting low. | Sharkey will weigh about 198 for the | 15 rounds with Walker. He is in superb condition, apparently boxing and hit- ting as well as at ‘any time in his career. Why of It? DOERER on the color of their neckties or what the well-dressed young man will wear. 1 A Schmeling-Carnera brush will be just another bout at any old, old time. The man mountain has had his chance. He had it against | George Godfrey, the puffy Senegam- | bian, a; TI'm ashamed to tell you what that kettle of pugilistic prunes looked like from a ringside seat. The coppers ought to be chasing the pair of them around 19 States at this very moment, And the big Al had two whacks at Jimmy Maloney, that frail war horse of the sour science, only to flop twice. And Jimmy has kissed the canvas more times than you want to know. SPINACH [ Maz won the ad- miration of the American fight pubdlic in the Strib- ling contest. But the fan has placed Der Moz upon a pedestal because of his open announce- ment that he was ready to defend his bauble against all ng | and sundry—and bring ’em on, rather than because of his showing against Strib. And not until Max eradicates that foul against Sharkey in New York will fandom give him clear title to a crown. His promise to fight anybody must in- clude Sharkey, to hold water. However, I'm still hanging around awaiting to know the reason for the Sharkey-Walker fight. Maybe you have one. “Mickey is a nice little follow and | the more people think he has a chance | WIN ORLOSE, JACK DUE T0 BE SCORED Risking Much, With Nothing to Gain, In Scrap With Lighter Rival. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, July 18—Jack N Sharkey 1is regarded by many fight critics as the best heavyweight in the world. The big fellow faces the hardest test in his career when he tackles little Mickey Walker in a 15-round contest next Wednesday evening at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. Jack has nothing to gain and everything to lose in tackling the Betsytown Terrier, for no matter how the fight goes he will be the butt of sharp criticlsm in many quarters. Should Jack end the fight in jig time, he will be roundly abused for picking on a little fellow. If the fight goes into the tenth round, the “I-told-you- 50" post morten experts will be certain 1o say that it took a little fellow, with a 25-pound handicap, to show up Sharkey in his true colors. And should Mickey win, by a knockout or other- wise, Jack will have to pull down the shades of his Newton mansion and live in seclusion for the rest of his natural life, Cannot Afford to Loss ‘Thoughts like these are bound to have a decided effect on the work of the American champion. Jack simply cannot afford to lose and with Jack Kearns' face leering at him from the opposite corner, Sharkey may be count- ed on to make the sort of fight he made against Jimmy Maloney and Tommy Loughran. Sharkey has turned in his best fights against men he thoroughly disliked. He g0t & Teal peeve on Malohey because of the sarcastic comments of the latter's admirers. Fresh from a brilliant vic- tory over Jack Delaney, Maloney was tossed into the pit with Sharkey and the way the latter fought was a revela. tion. Maloney succumbed in the fifth round and thereafter was through as & | contender for the title. Loughran riled Sharkey by belittling his efforts and stating that he would be an easy mark. Well, Philadelphia Tommy falled to last three rounds with Sharkey. ‘Walker has been in strict training for the past month. It is doubtful | whether Mickey ever trained as long or as hard for any other match, even though he has held two world's titles. ‘The question arises whether all this | work is going to help the doughty Jittl= | battler. “Mickey has burned up plenty | of ‘energy during the 11 years he has | been in the ring. He has had his fling |in the bright lights and has not lived | according to the rules for an athls | Four weeks' work is not going to mi up for these lapses, and this obserier | for one thinks a long sieze of waining | is more harmful than beneficial. Mod- eration in exercise has done more for | Mickey than hard work, ard the feel- ing persists that Walker vould give a better account of himself Wednesday night had he not trained so hard. There are many instances on record where too much work has been detri- mental to a fighter. One has only to cite the punishing ordeal Jack Demp- seye went through before his second fight with Gene Tunney. Jack Always in Trim. Sharkey is a family man. He is al- way in good shape and his transgres- slons consist of sitting up late listening to the radio or in company with friends at a night club. Not that Jack fits in with the night-club crowd. He is fond of a glass of beer, but that is the limit. It is worth noting that Broadway is pulling for Mickey Walker to win. In training Walker looks like a sure | thing. He has been battering big fel- | lows from pillar to post, while Sharkey | looks slow and upcertain in his move- ments. Walker, the fighter, and Shar- | key. the boxer, figure to look that wa. | Mickey plunges in with both fists fly | ing, and were he to do otherwise he | would appear to be loafing. | ~ Sharkey has been accused of taking his opponent too cheaply. The idea | that a man can fit himself for a fight in 10 days is all wrong. But one must consider that Jack put in some hard | licks for the Carnera fight, which never | came off, and he is not as bad as his | training shows him to be. Form has been cited to pre-judge & | boxing contest. The upset Max Schme- | ling scored over young Stribling is still | fresh in the minds of those who liked the Georgian's chances. It was an awful jolt to form players. Should Walker win over Sharkey, there will be but one thing to do—throw record books over- board and pick your winner by plucking the petals of a dalsy and saying, “Mickey will, Mickey won't. | TROUSER To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'’S, 7th & F Emerson Shoes Carried in an unusually complete line of custom styled mens shoes in a wide range of sizes and widths to insure pro] fitting of YOUR foot. S/ - peuupd! Runs batted in—Brown. West. Stolen base—Kuhel, Koenig to Owen, Left o Washington, 6.° First bt rown. 1: off Herring. 2. Herring. 2: by Brown. 2. Ul ‘maby; ° Hildebrand = and ime of game—1 hour and 39 minutes. CHURCH NINE VICTORIOUS. Hyattsville Southern Methodist Church base ballers, 5:to-4 winners over Fort Humphreys Saturday, will engage Fred- eric’s Stores nine of this city next Sat- lirdav afternoon in Magrudery Park, Hyattsville, at 3 o'clock. \ , 10. e e Kleln, Phillls, 23; OHt, Giants, 17. msy'?:'tncuu 11 < e er, 3 L. itching—Clark, Robins, won 8, lost 2; Bush, Cubs; Haines, Cardinals, won 7, dost 2. 8t_Louls Brooklyn New York Chicago Boston Pittsburgh || Wudmpenua Philadelphia Washington New_York Cleveland St_Louls Boston Detroit Chicago Games_lost out, and McGraw protested - acri- moniously. The umpire motioned McGraw from the bench, but he re- fused t&elqn;l: ‘:flt nvg minutes, when ump i told him to go. Coach George Burns took up the argument for McGraw, and also was ordered to leave. Burns, however, was not suspended. ‘The Giants’ leader, long a stormy petrel, has had little trouble with umpires in recent years. 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