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s News J The T pening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING: EDITION - WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1931 PAGE D-—1 —_— e Weaver Great “Buy” Griffith Declares : “Dead” Ball Slashes Big-Time Averages DEEMS BIG HURLER BEST NATS CAN GET Other Purchases ' Will Be Made Soon—Hits Wasted in Loss to Tribe. BY JOHN B. KELLER. RESIDENT CLARK GRIF- | there FITH is right busy these days casting about for ma- terial with which he hopes = to build a better Washington club for the 1932 campaign. The pur-| g chase from the Baltimore Orioles of “Professor” Monte Weaver, bi righthand pitcher, announce yesterday, is but the start of a series of buys from which some- thing worthwhile for next season should be gleaned, accordin, the prexy. “But I don’t believe Tl find any likelier prospect than Weaver,” says Griffith. “He looks the goods right now.” In fact, the Washington president gets real enthusiastic in discussing ‘Weaver. “I've been watching him since last Spring, when he pitched against us while we were in training. Then I saw gossibflwes in the big boy, and since he as satisfled me he can make the grade Port in the big league,” the Nationals' boss declares. “He has a good curve, & fast ball with plenty on it, and to back this, ‘ap- | & pears to know what he is on the hill for. Weaver has a real pitching head as well as pitching arm. I have liked him from the first time I saw him in a game. Johnson regards him highly, too, and all my players who Stepped to the plate against him sa er. pif “I'll have some more announcements K of purchases to make soonj I expect, but | & believe me,” Griffith states, “the pros- pects I've been looking over, while good, do not. impress me as likely to ba worth | B Hi as much to my club as I figure Weaver will be.” ALE of Harry Rice, outfielder, to the Baltimore club yesterday, while it reduces to four th: outfield squad with the Nationals, does not weaken his club, Griffith contends. ‘“Remember, we have outflelders now out. on option subject to recall on 24-hour notice,” he “And I consider any one of them at least as good as Harry Rice. For instance, there's Russell Scarritt, |P7, now at Chattanooga. He's had big league experience and no doubt could step in again if needed and help us | considerably. And there are some youngsters I have under cover, any one of them seemingly clever enough to call on in a pinch. “I'm not letting any talent go with- out knowing the club is thoroughly pro- tected for emergencies,” s the way Griffith puts it. ASTING a lot of effort, the Na- tionals yesterday took & 6-t0-0 | Ha: trimming from the Indians. They got to Wesley Ferrell for 10 hits, just One less than the Tribe got off ‘the | b, pitching done by Fred Marberry, Bump Burk Hadley and Lloyd Brown, but they had no punch when punch was most needed. It was easy to get on the runway at Ferrell's expense, for the Nationals got five in addition to their 10 safe- But' getting around was another matter. when the Nationals had scoring chances that 15 of them were stranded on the base paths. They let pass their big chance to get somewhere in the third frame. Then, with one out, a double by Sam Rice and walks by Manush and Cronin |B, e crowded the sacks. But West popped out and Kuhel put up an easy fly to the outfleld. out time after time when a real hit might have put Ferrell out of commis- sion. Marberry was in poor form from the start, and the first inning proved enough %o check his winning streak of eight games and bring about his second de- feat of the campaign, although he stuck in the game for four rounds. Three hits, one a homer, got the Tribe off to a flying start in the opening on, and it got thres more hits and two ‘more runs off Fred. Hadley went four Tounds, allowing nothing more than two hits and a pass, but Brown gave up three hits and an- other tally in his lone inning. HREE runs were made by the Tribe after two were out in the first in- ning. Burnett and Morgan had singled their way to the paths when Vosmik stepped to the plate and lofted the ball into the open stand back of center for a homer, Myer's inability to seize a double- play opportunity helped the Indians to a run in the second session. Sewell singled, only to be forced out by Montague, who made third when Fer- rell hit for base. Porter’s stroll crowded the stations, but it looked as though a two-way erasure would follew when Burnett sent a grounder directly at Myer. However, Buddy fumbled and was able to make an out at second base only, so Montague's crossing counted. Montague scored again in the fourth after doing a flashy bit of base run- ning. He walked to start the frame and went from first base to third as Cronin got a slow one and chucked out Ferrell. It was a hit-and-run play and Montague had turned second while Cronin’s throw still was under way. He got to the far corner barely ahead of Kuhel's heave, then tallied after West bagged Porter's hoist in rather short left-center. Singles by Ferrell, Porter and Averill off Brown in the ninth accounted for the last Cleveland marker. MONG those at the pastiming were Will Harridge, president of the American League, and Tommy Connolly, chief of the circuit's staff of umpires . . . their visit here completes a tour of inspection of the chaps who ull“'em‘. right or .:r‘m . . o there w: & lot of snappy good umpiring rday’s ?;ma .o gfl forgot essing at the plate threw a third one by that the batter never saw ... Myer made a nice play in getting Morgan's hot smash in the seventh ... 700 ardent ‘Washington fans came down from Brunswick, Md., yesterday on a special train to see their club lose ... but that Brunswick bunch likes its base ball and got its kick out of the game . ..a dozen games behind the league- Jeading A’s now . . . and just three up ' on the third-place Yankees . . . with 57 games to go . .. but no game tomor- ToW. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. July he is a regular | M So effective did Ferrell become | 3 The Natlonals popped |Crow: BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr., Associated Press Sports Writer. rivalry between the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs, which is just about as old as the two , teams, has raised its head once more in the 1931 National League race. But this year the teams are nét bat- tling each other for the pemugt. and seems to be little chande that either will overtake the flying St. Louls Cardinals. - In the last few weeks the Giants and by mi game by virtue of their 5-4 triumph over Pittsburgh yesterday and Chica- ;on 4-0 shut-out at the hands of the Benge Master on Mound. It took a real struggle to put the Giants into second: Despite !hr’:ue runs in the first inning, the gift of George Grantham, whose errors paved the way £ o [ETFFOTE < ferer. = i Ferrel, Totals WASHINGTON. r, 3b. [Py coococcsc | cooocamanummno 8 Marberry, Hadley, p. row: eoororbmummal Sl ecourorsonsca® ol cococecsssceces o 10 31 rth inning. h fnning. 000 1-8 000 0—0 urnett. Por- ice. Oleveland . Washington E. fosm! e run—Vosmik. ble play—Cronin to Myer to Kuhel. bases—Cleveland, 7; Wash! base on balls—Off_Fei 2 off Ha Strug Records of Griffs g t: > oo000000sarcouanOHLAT % 23mesiiintes & ‘ & suaBBET 8IS, HONT 522385 cunsSmaaBuitauftn Y BEE: eumuuneoREEE It ualtel RN OPOHNOOOBNHLONNBO ! susnynasareesyusa0 SusxEgEted conua B R e Gam.Com._ rtd Ga. W. L, 14 4 10 13 15 SEeRES ¢ PFEET et it d oty 3! 21 17 28 = " Minor Leagues International League. Reading, 2-0; Jersey City, 4-2. Newark, 11; Baltimo! Rochester, 8; Toronto, 6. Buffalo, 13; Montreal, 2. American Association. Louisville, 12; Toledo, 3. Milwaukee, 4; St. Paul, 1. Kansas Oity, 11; Minneapolis, 8, Indlanapolls, 15; Columbus, 8, Southern Association. Memphis, 7; Little Rock, 2. Bl 3; Atlanta, 0 (called end of el K ! th, wet grounds , 7; New Orleans, 1. . ~Nashville not scheduled. Pacific Coast League. Oakland, 3; San Prancisco, 1. Los Angeles, 13; Sacramento, 2. Portland, 3; Missions, 2. Hollywood, 6; Seattle, 4. Three-Eye 'League. , 1 L Decatur, 4;,Terre Haute, 2. Evansville, 10; Danville, 8. Texas League. Houston, 4; Shreveport, 3. Galveston, 6; Fort Worth, 5. Dallas, 3; Beaumont, 1. ‘Western League. 8t. Joseph, 5; Pueblo, 3. Tmn. 4; Denver, 1. Oklahoma City, 3; Des Moines, 1. Eastern Springfleld, 1-2; Allentown, 0-11. Norfolk, 3-2; Bridgeport, 2-12. ‘Albany, 13; New Haven, 5. Only games scheduled. New York-Pennsylvania League. ‘Williamsport, 4; Harrisburg, 0. Hazelton, 9; York, 6. ‘Wilkes-Barre, 11; Elmira, 4. And Bruins Fig Go Battle for Second Place Old Feud Flares as Giants ht Touch and for the rally, New York barely lasted as Grantham and Ed Phillips nicked Bill Walker for home runs. Cul could make no headway at against got only five Ray Benge's hurling and scattered hits. The Cardinals also ran into s five-hit shut-out, with Ed Brandt doing the hurling to give the Boston Braves a 3-to-0 victory. It did not, however, uflo\u){ dt; mflu C;rl&l' P':lflmt hopes, for they hold an eight-game lead over the Gllryltl‘ ‘The Brooklyn Rob- ins, slipping slowly out of the race, ran into another setback at the hands of the Cincinnati . They lost a 2-to-1 decision as Silas Johnson, Cin- cinnati ace, outpitched Babe Phelps. Fine pif by Roy Mahaffey and Jimmy Foxx’s twentieth home run com- bined to give the Athletics a 4-to-2 vic- tory over the St. Louls Browns and to their margin in the American League pennant chase to 12 games. The A’s now have won 16 straight games at home. The only game they lost since the first contest of their home stand, on July 14, was when they made a Sun- day jump to Cleveland. Bal uth lined his homer of the season into bleachers at the Yankee Stadium as the feature of New York's 10-to-4 vic- tory over the Chitago White Sox. Lary and Lazzeri also hit homers for the Yanks and Kerr’s circuit blow was one of seven hits off George Pipgras. The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers divided their closing double- header. Boston won the first game, 5 to 4, in 10 innings, as Earl Webb's only hit drove in the winning run. Detroit attacked Lloyd Kline in the early in- nings of the second and stood off the Red Sox late rallies to win, 8 to 6. . Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. twenty-eighth the right-fleld Batting—Ruth, Yankees, .386; Sim- |* mons, Athletics, .378. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, Yankees, 91. Runs batted in—Gehrig, 112; Ruth, Yankees, 105. Hits—Simmons, Athletics, 153; Haas, Athletics, 137. 5 Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 47; Miller, Athletics, 33. Triples—Simmons, _ Athletics, 13; West, Senators, 11; Johnson, Tigers, 11; Reynolds and Blue, White Sox, 11. . Home runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 30; Ruth, Yankees, 28. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 42; Johnson, Tigers, 28. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 21, lost 2; Mahaffey, Athletics, won 11, lost 2. National League. Batting—Grimm, Cubs, .348; Hendrick, Reds, .345. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 85; English and Cuyler, Cubs, 69; Terry, Giants, 69. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 83; Hornsby, Cubs, 75. Hits—L. Waner, Pirates, 133; Klein, 105; Ruth, Yankees, “ Phillies, 132. Doubles—Hornsby, Cubs, 34; Bartell, Phillies, 30; Adams, Cardinals, 30. Pirates, 13; Terry, ‘Triples—Traynor, Home runs—Klein, Phillies, 23; Ott, Giants, 17. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Cubs, 12; Como- ch, Cardinal 290 | Giants, 12. 900 | Lindsey, Cardinals, won 4, lost 1 By the Associated Press. Ray Benge, Phillies—Shut out Cubs with five hits for 4-0 victory. Babe Ruth, Yankees — His twenty- eighth homer of the season brought in ghoree runs in 10-¢ victory over White X, ! 81 Johnson, Reds—Defeated Brook- IP’;'I 2-1, in pitching duel against Babe el Ips. i Joe Vosmik, Indians—Clouted homer dri in three runs, in €-0 victory over Wi ton. Ed Brandt, Braves—Held Cardinals to five hits to win, 3 to 0. Jimmy Foxx, Athletics—Led A's to 4-2 victory over Browns with twentieth Bore Bemeel Tigers—His effectt 5 ve re- lief pitching in the second game ltwpme pe &e& Sox rally and gave Detroit even Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Ruth, Yankees, 1; Lary, Yankees, 1; Lazzeri, Yankees, 1; Foxx, Athletics, 1; Kerr, White Sox, 1; Vosmik, Indians, 1; Grantham, Pirates, 1; Phillips, Pi- rates, 1. The Leaders. Gehrig, Yankees, 30; Ruth, Yankees, 28; Klein, Phillies, 23; Averill, Indians, 20; Poxx, Athletics, 20; Ott, Giants, 17. League Totals. American, 382; National, 333. Totel, BRANDYWINE IS VICTOR. BRANDYWINE, Md, July 30— Brandywine Athletic Club base ball team, in its latest.game, squeezed out a 6-to-5 seventeen-ini victory. over Tigers of arles County at Pisgah. Peed, who relieved Dyson on the mound for Bran in the third, allowed only four hits, while Jameson lndnnome, Marbury pitchers, gave up 11. ' : Standings in Major Circuits _ THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1931 American League York, 10: Chicago, 4. Biladiihiy LB ime o Derratt 08 {18, 10 innine). National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. e TR Polieteie, 4; Chicaio, 0. 1 8031 L[ 8 681 :I—Ifi_l: L NI E ] I—1 61361601375 = CRRE =] 1 81 817 71— e e i abibaid il GAMES TODAY. ieago at St 3 ‘l’h Y, at .HMII‘;“. GAMES TOMoRROW. e 148 Lo Ty TODAY’S ANOTHER DAY —By TOM DOERER \ SAKS TEAM IS HOT Would Get Revenge in Clash Sunday—Nine Other Loop Contests Booked. AKS CLOTHIERS will be hot after - AFTER DIXIE PIGS Dixie Pigs when the teams meet | Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock on | the South Ellipse in the, gecond | of a three-game series for the Capital City League unlimited class title. The Pigs won the first contest easily last | Sunday at College Park and should triumph Sunday, and they're heavy fa- | vorites, they will gain the bunting. Charley Mannix, who was beaten by | the Pigs in the opener, may essay a comeback. Otherwise Bill Payne will pitch for Saks. Lefty Jones, who trim- | med the Clothiers Sunday, may be sent at them again. Roberts probably will pitch if Jones doesn’t. Aside from the Pigs-Saks game only nine other contests are listed in the Capital City League over the week end. Here's the card: SATURDAY. Insect Class. ke, x 5 Gt West_Bllipse, 11 a.m. ‘Langdon forfells to Lionel A. C. SUNDAY. Unlimited Champlo Berles, Saks Clothiers vs. Dixie Pigs, South El- pse, 3 p.m. (AU Wamonds to be anngunced) Mflu ters vs. Pranc Jewelers, Miller-Roamers vs. Chevy Chase. Mount Rainier vs.' De Molay, Janior Class. Lionel A. C. vs. Pussell-Youns. Stewart Pharmacy vs. Ross Jewelers. SECTION B. Dor-A vs. Neighborhood House. Midget Class. Spengler vs. Wonder Bread. American Legion. Serst. Jasper vs. Victory. P. W. Sinyard has replaced Brown as business manager of the Seabrook A. C. nine. Brown has moved from'the town. Some other games scheduled include: LEAGUE. TODAY. Government—Naval Hospital vs. Navy ..X:;aa'u‘mu—wuhmtcn Terminal vi. Big *int BROP- INDEPENDENT. TOMORROW. - Kanawhas vs Auths, Monument diamond No. 9, & o'clock. o SUNDAY. Jewish C4C. vs. Grifith-Blue Coals, Center Field, 3 o'clock. Some Results Yesterday, LEAGUE. —Treasury, 10; G, P. O. B rehe st Washing Baptist, 1. EPENDI Geofgetown Baptist, 8; First INDI JENT. Stinker Eagles, 8; Proderickabure Elks, 1. Kanavhen 8. e Tor Disttict Police, 5. Rets 10; " Northeast Mar- thwest ke team. politan after amond, 6.0 & ‘Bundey, with un- A% " naving diamond. Vienna' 89 after 6 pm. i i Mat Matches £7 | Greece, threw o6 [N. J., one fall ‘(31); By the Associated Press. LONG BRANCH, N. J—Jim Londos, Munich, Belmar, Italy, and Benny Gk, Sew ork, drew lew Yorl W ¢ pom.nm reg —Jack Ganson. , N. Y., defeated Axel m,! two out of ‘Ganson, 10; Ander- three Seond, 10; Gansao, talid, 1 A’s May Shatter Win Mark in A. L. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. YORK, July 30.—No longer does the body politic of the American League stew very much over the winning of the pen- nant, because it seems that the ‘White Elephants will lead the grand march at the wcrld series. The members of the league are merely | wondering by how many games the Athletics will win. ‘The Athletics today had 73 victories and 26 defeats. That was a total BY TOM R. CLARK GRIFFITH takes the bark off his roll and gets a pitching professor in return. And Grift, with ths motion, anncunces he is bullding for 1932, like Connie Mack and a flock of other im- presarios in the majors. not a new tune. of 99 games played and it left them 55 more to play before the line will begin to form for the world series. If ‘they win two-thirds of the games left in the 1931 schedule their victories will total around 108. They won 102 games in 1930. If they win 108 games they will still be short of the total of 110 won in 1927 by the Yankees and they will be short of the record total of 116 won by the Chicago Nationals in 1906, However, it is easily possible for thcm to better the Yankee's mark, but the Cubs’ figures are not likely to be molested. AMERICAN LOOP RUNS CLOSE TO SCHEDULE Only 19 Games Remain to Be Made TUp as Smiling Skies Prevail. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 30.—Because of a good run of fair weather, American League clubs today had but' 19 post- poned games to make up with double- headers and open dates. New York, Boston and St. Louls had the most games to make up, while Detroit had but two postponements left to absorb. The revised recapitulation of all double-headers: t. Louls, August 2—Cleveland at New York at Boston, double-headers. August 5—New York at Boston, dou- ble-header (open_ date). August 7—St. Louis at Chicago, one game (open date). August 8—St. Louls. at Chicago, double-header. . MAugun 9—st. Louis at Chicago, dou- le-header. A t 19—Washington at Clevelan double-header. J o August 23—New_York at Ohlufo Philadelphia at St. Louls, double- headers. August 29—St. Louis at Cleveland, double-header. September 1—Boston at New York, double-header. ~ September 4—Philadelphia at Bos- ton, double-header. September 5—New York at Washing- ton, Philadelphia at Boston, double- headers. September 17—8t. Louis at 'New e e, st sl header; St. Louis”at 'New 23—Cleveland at Detrolt, o double-header (open date). Matman, Who Would Like to Rest, ‘Will Grapple Pierotti. will go to the bat this time at the Coney el 3 where he will meet Al Plerotti in a"finish match. L Londos has been to get away for a vacation evermnnee he defeated Ray Steel at the Yankee Stadium last month, but so penhll‘tlent have the pro- motets been over services that he has been ‘unable to call & halt. PIRATES SELL BENNETT. ~FORT WORTH, Tex,, 30 UP).— Fort. Worth of the Texas Fred it, outfielder, from the Pif tes, v “Wait'll next year,” is It has been hum- med in both leagues ((v'li years, When everything else fails that slogan always brings the cash customers / to the orator’s barrel. But the mahara- | jahs of the main office are not kid- ding you when they say that pitchers are scarre. They . JR and you get some- thing slightly worse for wear and badly motheaten around the ears. pitchers are as scarce as silent barbers, more valuable thar an honest opinion and harder to keep than a dol- lar bill. Yessir, baby, when you go out | shopping for cute pitchers today you are coming back home with nothing but a market basket full of bottom. Give a half dosen clubs in both leagued a few flippers and you have six more clubs up front crowding those leaders like & flock of com- muters on the 4:30 bus headed for home. Even the Chicago Whitg Sox are yodeling for a few fin flippers. And nobody will deny thadt they do not need ‘em. . But it may take more than pitchers to put the Sox over. Those boys have been waddling arcund in the backwash of the American League standings for so long they are beginning to take on the look of a last rung in a long ladder. ‘They give ths impression that they get mixed up in traffic during the first week of the season and take a wrong dirgction, and defy anybody to get them meving in any other direction. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR ASHINGTON knocked Cy Young out of the box in defeating Cleveland yesterday, 7 to 1. Doc Gessler and Clarence Walker, for the Nationals, smashed homers. Philadelphia won its third straight from Detroit to pull within a few | ' ;/‘/égwumems . WEs FERREL AND CO. Hen’s Teeth Plentiful That Is, Compared to Pitchers of Major’ Caliber. DOERER They act like a pedestrian looking for a way out at Thomas* Circle. Those Chisox look for Pourteenth street north- east at Four~ teenth street north- west and travel only on one-way streets. So what do those Chiguns want to do with pitchers? But it is a great spcrt. When s club can't hit, run bases or field its position in the league can easily be explained away by the simple statement that the team lacks pitchers. Yessls, give that whirly club a few pitchers and it would be right on top. But not the top you think, baby. On the top of their well- ki ears. Those clubs do mot t pitchers. They want nine play- and & nchise in the Sally fra; 've got to it that it sounds L And when a team hl..hm alibi, at's as good as a pair of Jome-] clubbers. i Have ttle pitche h:mefm.u le pitcher in your TIGERS GET OUTFIELDER Obtain Quellich From Reading Club, Sending Doljack There. DETROIT, July 30 (#).—Detrolt has announced & deal whereby George Quellich, outfielder, has been purchased from the Reading club of the Interna- tional League. Frank Doljack, Tiger outfielder, will go to Reading on option. Quellich is right-handed. He has batted .346 in 96 games this season, getting 154 hits, including 14 home runs, for 220 bases. WILLOW TREE AHEAD. Willow Tree Playground's base ball team defeated the Logan Playgroynd ed game, 9 to 8. Logan ning batting spree, but failed to bother Tolliver, his successor. Bill T. was the outstanding batter of the day, clouting two long home runs. NATONAL LEAGLE DROPS 27 PONTS American 7 Shy of Pace at This Stage Last Season. Homers Skimpy. BY PAUL MICKELSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, July 30.—At last, the big war club swingers of the major leagues have concluded sadly that the manufacturers weren’t just fool- ing when they came out with the “deader” base ball last Spring. The new sphere, with a slightly thicker cover and a more pro- nounced seam, has just about shoved the game in the majors back to the hitless wonder days. An examination of batting averages for July 29 a year ago and yesterday revealed that, with only two well ex- plained exceptions, the “deader” ball has made good in & big way, notably in the National League, where hits were almost as numerous as popcorn venders last season. The comparison shows that to date, as compared with a year ago, the team batting average for each club in the National League has been reduced on an average of 27 points, while 256 fewer home runs—an average of 32 a club— have been hit. The difference is far less, yet noticesble, in the American League. The team batting marks in the Junior circuit have on an aver- age of 7! points ger , while the home run crop is 72 less than a year ago at this time. Browns, Red Sox Improve. 8t. Louls and Boston of the American | League are the only exceptions, but both of those clubs have stronger clubs |in the fleld than a year ago offensively. A year ago the Browns, as a team, were hitting at a .261 clip, as compared with today’s unofficial average of .275. Last year at this time the Red Sox were hit- ting .265; today they were hitting .273. The Red Sox havs the same number of home runs as a year ago, while the Browns have nine more. Bultm{lar“the ;'aher 14 clubs a big de- press: noted. Philade! l):m & e in the league, being only 15 points be- hind last year's average. However, they had 61 home runs less than a year ago. ‘The bigges! Sy e t downward chan; in team batting in the Am oo was experienced by Detroit. A year ago today the Tigers were hitting .285; to- day they were hitting .264—off 21 points. The Athletics were off but 6 points, while Washington was shy only 8. The Yankees' team batting average fell off 16 points, while their home- run _collection was fewer by 15. The table of comparison tells the story: NATIONAL LEAGUE. Team battins. Home runs. Philadelphia H R Chicego New York. Cleveland Washingto! Philadelphia 8t. Louls Strengthen Ball Team in Effort to Erase Loss to Mounts. HYATTSVILLE, Md., July 30.—In an effort to even the slate for a 3-2 12-inning_defeat handed them by the Takoma Tigers early in the season, Hy- Saimevip against the Tigers strengthen: e-up e Tigers in the double-header Sunday on the Riverdale fleld at 1:30. Prank Waple of Hyé‘mvflle s sched- , inst game. ed to start for Hyatts- ville are Richmond Reeley, catcher; Mel Harding, first baseman; Julie Ra. dice, second basemen: George Brandt, shortstop, and Gump Bailey, third base- mgn. Oscar Hiser, Mocker Belt, Ernie Hiser and Nelson Colley are avallabie outfielders. PARKERSBURG, W. Va.— Lonnie Bowden, Cincinnati, outpointed Russ Idaho, drew with Tony Portilio, Se- attle (6). Ruppert Goes After Gamblers Detroit. William L, Crane, Nautilus Swim- ming Club, won the District long: . C. . Reds Litchfield pitched strongly as the pace-setting Hamline nine + downed North Carolina, 11 to 2, in School Dick Employes a Detective Staff to Clean Yankee Stadium of Takers of Chance. grow| dangerous day. That heavy betting on m')fi:r league