Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1931, Page 24

PORTS SPORTS Griffmen Need Rebuilt Pitching Staff : Two Pinch Hitters Crack Out Home Runs | WILSON'S WALLOP: MARBERRY REARS ABOVE WRECKAGE Prospects for 1932 Dismal With Present Material. Burke Pounded. BY JOHN B. KELLER. “Dead Heat” Goes To “Longest Nose” 'HICAGO, August 14 (#).—Here's that story again about the horse with the longest nose: In the fourth race at Hawthorne yesterday, Cheers, from the stables of C. E. Davidson, and A. Pelleteri's Piddler came down the stretch in step, They were so close together at the finish that the crowd yelled “‘dead heat.” But the placing judges decided Cheers had the longest nose and gave him the decision. JUST A GAME | HICAGO, Ill, August 14— As this base ball season| wanes it becomes more and | more apparent that the|West. of Nationals must reconstruct their pitching staff if they would ac-| complish anything worthwhile in\“ next year'’s American League pen- nant race. They cannot hope to| get anywhere in the 1932 chase depending upon the mound ma- terial Manager Walter Johnson now has available. The Washington pitching corps that | | Joomed so strong on paper before the | iLyons Gr current campaign got under way has flivvered to such an extent that the club has but one hyrler who may rea- | §wi sonably be expected to give it & well pitched game. Other than red Mar- berry any pitching selection Manager Johnson may make these days is a risk and a poor one at that. Marberry has been consistently good all season. True he has had an off day here and there, but his off days have been so few and far between they have not handicapped the Nationals with most of the otHers in the early part of the camj ing and with all in the last two months it has been another story. VERY once in & while a good game |3 may be expected of Lloyd Brown, Al Crowder, Sam Jones, Bump | Hadley and Carl Fischer. Not one of this quintet has been a good starter for sometime, nor a good relief hurler. Instead of being at top form as are the pitchers of other clubs who were not so steady in their performances earlier in the season this string of | ‘Washington hurlers is petering out slowly but surely. Bob Burke is not included in the lot of weakening wingmen because he never has been reckoned a dependable pitcher, despite that no-hit game of his against | the Red Sox last Saturday, for whicl he deserves all credit that has been ac- corded him; rather, Burke still is in the student class. Still a fine prospect, but nothing more. As to Ad Liska, his come-back is a decided uncertainty and he cannot be counted as a member of Something must be done with the Nationals’ hill squad, something more than mere tink to make it “right” for next season. e club may manage to stagger through to second place with it this time, Before the season ends, however, it seems on a fair way to fall | apart and have its fragments scattered | over the fields of the seven rivals of | the Washington ciub: | | TX Washington pitchers have tried to stop the White Sox the last two and none has succeeded. Hadley fn inning, 'l:menmnl«ehcmwedwmel slab. The left-handers, Weiland and Cara- way, finished for the White Sox, Wei- land going out for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. The newl: Caraway saw the first two in the 80 by. The White Sox making five errors did all they could to force the game on the Nationals, The Johnson band also was | erratic, being charged with three mis- | plays. But the White Sox offset their | errors by crashing a dozen hits off the | generous Johnson pitchers. The Na- tionals got seven safeties and four of them were in one inning. runé were picked up by the Nationals right off the reel and with only one hit, a single by | West. Two passes off Thomas and two errors by Sullivan were big factors in e scoring. The White Sox in the second went | the Nationals ome better, but they backed two and an error by Bluege with ee hits off Burke, Two | more White Sox errors and a single by Spencer enabled the Nationals to| tie in the fourth and Cronin's homer | put them ahead in the fifth, but Brown, | Who had relieved Burke in the second | inning, blew in the sixth and for the second time the White Sox were in command. Three successive hils, one a double, | {nira basemen revealed plenty of arm | meant {wo runs. An error by Spencer d put the Chisox runner remain- on the paths on third with none Cissel's infield retirement did not so Brown decided to pass Grube to get at Thomas. The pitcher crossed everything by poking a single to drive over a run the seventh the Nationals finally rmed three runs, but only because the hite Sox inner defense became dizzy Bolton grabbed Brown's bat and bounced a single off Thomas' shin. Myer's double moved Bolton to third, from where he counted when Rice hit for a | ba ‘This brought Wetland to Thomas' | relief. The new pitcher picked up | Manush’s bunt and_after he looked | around to see that Myer did not | for home it was too late to head of Heinie. As Cronin forced out Man- the tying run was carried over Myer Here West grounded to Kerr and by Tigers in Detroit ulled by Cronin. back in June was stab with the ball, then turned | WASHINGTON. Myer, 2b GHIcAGO | sullivan, 3b | Fonse the | same kind of play that baffied the rubber between Nationals and White | L] o el [T P—— a1 B N, Hadley, p Totals h 35 *Batted for Brown in besuanpaamniamig | OO DO DO sl o | coommssommmtm F ..> 3 B 1 Reynolds. r1.. i Norman. cf Kerr. b Clssell. 5. tolley ... . onsonoHomINHooT & & Thomas. . weflend, | nosmmumoonanosu> 8l osconosovaonund gy Totals ... TR CIRE] 'nnu? ln; l(liflse‘ll ll;l !l‘ hth. iRan for Jolley in el iBatted for Welland in eighth. X ashington 30011030 0- vkcllufl 04000306 3 x-10 Runs ed in—West (3). Grube (2). Blue (3). Spencer, Cronin (2), Kerr (2), Thom ), Sullivan, Two-base hits—Normi Myer, Home run—OCronin. Stolen ba Cronin. _Sacrifices—Thoma; ‘ronin. Double lays—Cronin to )lr{!{ to_Kuhel, Sullivan to Ko 30 Blte. "Lefl on bases—Washingtor 7. Chicago. 6. FPirst on _balis—Off . 3; oft Brown, 1: of oft s, '4: off Weiland, 1: of hicmn‘ 3. an ¥ Cargway. 2. o? .rfl"). 5 der. 1% innings: fn % inning: off s {one ‘out-in_seventh nines: Major Leaders By the Associated Press. (Including games of August 13) ‘National League. ‘Batting—Davis, Phillles, .352; Kleln.' P he_Kiein, Philes, 95 iants, 83. O s batted in—Klein, Philles, B O ¥aner. Pirates, 155; Klein, Phillies, 154. Doubles—Hornsby, Cubs, 37; Adams, ‘Terry, tes; Herman, 3 nfl:me runs—Klein, Phillles, 26; Ott, Giants, 21. Stolen_bases—Prisch, Cardinals, 15; | Cuyler, Cubs, 12. Pitching—Haines, Cardinals. won 10, lost 2; Bush, Cubs, won 11, lost 3. 2380, , Yankees, 113; Ruth, ‘Yankees, 101. Runs batied in—Gehrls, Yankees, 121; Rauf ees, Hits - Simmons, Athletics, 174; Webb, Red Sox, 151. Doubles—Webb, Red Soxy 51; Miller, s—Si Athletics, 3 Home runs—Gel .| Ruth, Yankees, 30, Stolen I-u—-chl.pmm -~ an, Yankees, 44; Johnson, 3 , Athletics, won 23, lost 2 rry, Senators, won 13, lost 3 play with a run that put the Nationals in | front, something he probably would not have done had Kerr promptly heaved home instead of fooling with Cronin on the line. In the eighth Crowder took the beat- ing. Kerr singled and there were two on when Myer took pinch-batter Jolley’s grounder and chucked too high for a force play at second. Grube, trying to sacrifice, forced out Kerr, but Watwood, batting for Welland, walk to fill :- sacks. Crowder shot two strikes by Blue, pitched three wide ones, then was nicked for a single that scored two runs and sent him to the shower. Sullivan, first to face Hadley, sent a long fly to West and Watwood tallied. 'ANAGER BUSH yesterday admitted his White Sox were out of the pennant race...He sent Willis Norman, & rookie, into center field Norman, who bats right-handed, is a recent purchase from the Muskogee club of the Western Association...Both power early in the fray...Sullivan’s three-base wild chuck after picking up Bluege's bounder in the first frame was a wonder, the ball clearing first base with plenty to spare and caroming off the stand wall to right field...Bluege, after getting Manush's return of Blue's single In the second, heaved high over an_uncovered initial sack and Blue easily reached third as the ball bounced from the stand toward the piate Grube made a pretty play on Cronin' bunt, dropped in front of the plate, to flag his man in the third...Manush did some tall stepping in the fourth when he came in for a shoe-top grab of Grube's looper...Kerr was charged with two errors in the fourth, when he | Airst cuffed West's grounder, then threw | wildly over first base...Cronin’s homer in the sixth was his tenth of the sea-| {son...It was & loft into the lower left field stand...Today's game was the | Sox on the lot here this season...Each He ran down in|club has won five times from the other | of the second baseman, ducked |in White Sox park...Tomorrow will be another day...And in St. Louis Standings ix; Major Circuits FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. York-Cleyeland (raip) it 2 Washingtoo, 8. Bost 1981, National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. | | | pictsburen 8. o 1Y i} P PR — ol 333355555u0030 ed | siasm a golf INDIAN SPRING GOLF CLUB PRO WHO PUTS OVER. S|X FEET OF PUNCH BEHIND HIS DRIVE TO SATISFV THE DEMAND FOR. * PUNCH" INGOLF ~ HE s OnNE OF THE COUNTRY'S DRIWERS. ERE INDTAN & PR LONGES T CONSISTENT z § He Dotes on BY TOM MONRO HUNTER, Indian Spring golf pro, thinks that the drive is the punch in golf—the kayo, the touchdown and the airplane spin. J. Monro would think that, too. Yes, sir, baby; he is 6 feet and & handful of inches, and lets loose a driver that | smacks that ball as far as any one in | the goofing business ‘When the tall Scot raps out his mes- |sage to Garcia that little white pellet hops on a horse and does not pull up for directions until it is anywhere from 300 to 400 yards out there in the direction of the green. And Hunter does that litle trick right along. He is not a 200-yard whacker today and tomor- Tow. you'll never know he can drive that elusive ball for over the 10 | star goes out there with Socking 'Em And How Hunter Can Make That Pill Fly. DOERER: Outside of that. however, Jim is of the opinion that Bobby Jones is going to surprise the golfing | | more of what but I imagine, being | unsophisticated, more competition. The | game had too much of a hold on the | barrister from Atlanta at the time he | stowed away his Mary Ann to pass it up altogether. | And Hunter suggests that Bobby may | re-enter the game as a gentleman | golfer to keep Von Elm's company. | Por, so far as most of us can see, | Von needs some one to talk to other he goofing world expects him to get smacked right on his glass house most |any day at all. Which reminds me that Jim Hunter believes that a good golfer must get more, or less, hard boiled before he ascends title heights. When a good player is sympathetic of his partners’ failings, when he hates to give a friend a trouncing, he lacks the temperment necessary 1o & champlon. Jim does not mean th o d | one hand and 3 grenade in the other. youll agree with the ted Hielander that driving is the big thrill in golf. No other de- partment of the national epidemic produces the outburst of enthusiasm as does the long-distance belt. A beautiful approach shot dead to the pin creates a few murmurs in the gal- {lery, a long putt produces some enthu- slastic handclapping _and a whizzing | midiron blow gets the customers on | | edge. But the sound of a healthy smack on the tee brings out all of the enthu- can give. It is an American custom. We are short on finesse, but, baby, we sure do like a sock. That's why we have crowned the Ruths, Jones, Tlidens, Londos and | Dempseys. Anyhow, Jim Hunter can larrup that ball. Paired with George Diffenbaugh, his assistant at the club, his driving has enabled the pair to have never been | whipped on their home course during [the four years they have served the | organization. | What Jim may k out there on the fairway George produces, and when the score goes up their best | ml is far out in front of the other | ir's. 3 t‘dfl . And George is as small as Jim is tall preventing the op- position from beef- ing that they were “licked by two big guys Out there on the falrway George uses his partner as & direction flag, and big Jim has often played George out of the rough in mistake for his ball. Whenever George is | | [AND 0P Pors GEOoRrRGE gclf bag to frighten the enemy out of their hooks and slices. DOES YOUR CAR SHIMMY? [ YOUR Y SPRINGS NEED ATTENTION We can make them RIDE LIKE NEW Springs .fl-l..d-rnl and for All .-‘l‘cv of AUTOS, TRUCKS, BUSSES Quick Service For High-Class BRAKE LINING SEE US WASHINGTON | But he does mean that a champion must be concerned only about himself and his game. But Jim will tell you more about “Shorty,” the hound, out there at In- dian Spring than golf. Yes sir, pal, if you believe what you hear about “Shorty” he is capable of shooting the par 71 course in the 60s, carries clubs, ers by com- | ing back for more. Jim does not say | RING PRELIMS LISTED | Five Four-Rounders to Back Up ‘ Landers-De Angelo Bout. Pive four-rounders have been arranged as preliminaries to the eight-round fea- ture bout between Sailor Landers and Frankie De Angelo Monday night at Fort Washington. Here's the line-up for the four-round tilts. Phil Lavine vs. Gene Harrington, | Jimmy Kegan vs. Bobby Burns, Soldier Machine vs. Soldier Woltz, Earl Yat vs. Marty Ward, Henry Irving vs. Jack Griffiths. COCHET RESISTS CURLEY | Urge for Battle With Tilden Might Gain Pro Recruit. | PARIS, August 14 (#)—In sporting circles here it was believed it will take | the scent of a tennis battle with Wil- |liam T. Tilden to draw Henri Cochet, leading French player, into the profes- | slonal ranks. Cochet_conferred with Jack Curley, ‘ Tilden is due in Paris in October to start a European tour and it was be- New York sports T, but appar- ently nothing came of it, |eved Curley might make an effort | then sign Cochet if the latter does | Field. not come to terms before that time. SWINM FOR TITLE TODAY. sections | to elash this afternodn in the city cham- plonship meet in the Georgetown play- |ground pool, starting at 2:30 o'clock. | last year. plays pinochle with the president of | the club and sings tenor. out at the club treat him like a blue blopd. And the next thing I know I'll | be spinning you some of those stories iww me about the purp. But I'm al- or ways shy of these reputed intelligent | Nio® 1 canines in company. I'm always afraid | one of them, after barking out my | initials or hat number, will say: “Say, H}e‘tfl me show you how to | ever met who did not wind up a con- | matter it iseto cure a slice, providing, | of course, you selected the right pro.m' TYPOS LEAVE TOMORROW ‘ Ball Players and Golfers Seek Hon- ors in Tournament. Washington Union Printers’ base ball team will leave tomorrow miorning for Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to compete in the annual International Typo- graphical championship tonrnament. The District Typos yielded the title to | Chicago last year. Accompanying the Washington nine will be several goifers, who will repre sent the District in the links tourn: me:\l to be held along with the diamond series. | | | Il SWIM for HEALTH '\l SAFETY and FUN DAY and EVENING MEN ONLY INSTRUCTOR—LIFE GUARD On Duty Constantly 21/ mowrs $5:00 1736 G St. NW. Nat. 8250 “Shorty” is just dog, but the boys | cure that | Mvs And Jim Hunter i the only pro T've | Hay versation by telling me what a simple | 397, Batting. G. AB. R. H. 2b.3b.HR.SH.8B. ;s 4 5 8 4 3 4 0 1 2 o 1 o Srnuoo e Rs ou! B L LT Ly ec0000000asH00awaba coanuumssBEE L SFBRBLY i Pitching. Ings.GamesCom. BB.RO. pitch. start.gam W.L. 17 Hadle, | Crowder Liel | CLEARANCE | SALE OF SPORT GOODS 20% to 50% DISCOUNT The title went to the Eastern section | Rijnier A GOLFER WOULD HAVE YO HOP A STYMIE ON ONE ELBOW WATH AWINE BRICK IN ONE HAND AND AN EMBLEM OF THE NINETEENTH ONHIS FEET, TO GET THE CHEERS ~ ACCORDED A GOOD ORWE HUNTER, BELIEVES A GOLFER NEVER BECOMES TITLE TIMBER UNTIL HE GETS “HARD BoILED" CADDY DIGS FOR A ROAD MAP ? SAND THAT CONCENTRATION IS EVERYTH(NG A GOLE WILL PLAY THIRD BATTLE FOR TITLE Repair Evens With Com-| merce—Hughes of Tigers to Hurl Against Saks Nine. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Tom Jenkins, Browns—Came up as pinch batsman in third inning and glouted homer with two on against Red 0x. Rube Walberg, Athletics—Chalked up seventeenth victory, holding Tigers to four hits, Sparky Adams, Cardinals—Clouted w pitching for four singles and a louble, Bob Grace, Pirates—His eighth-in- |ning homer with one on enabled the Pirates to beat Giants in first game of double-header. Clarence Mitchell, Gehi 30; Klein, Phillles, 26; Averill, Indians, 22; Foxx, Athletics, 21; Ott, Giants, 21; Stmmons, Athletics, 20. Giants—Pitched | steady ball to beat Pirates in second | Cubs irig, Yankees, 31; Ruth, Yankees, | | FOR CUBS WASTE_D Jenkins Wins for Brownies. Walberg’s 4-Hit Victory Boosts A’s Lead. BY HUGH S. FULLERTOX, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer. HEN a ball player goes into a game as a pinch batsman and hits = homer it is a rare oe- currence. There were two pinch homers yesterday. Tom Jenkins of the St. Louis Browns hit one against the Bos- ton Red Sox with two on base, providing half the runs of the third-inning rally which brought the Browns a 9-to-6 victory. Hack Wilson, last year’s home- run king of the National League, stepped in as a pinch batsman with two on base in the seventh inning of the Chicago Cubs’ bat- tle with the Phillies and nicked Phil Collins for a homer. Collins, however, gained ample re- venge for that blow in the same inning when he rapped out a single and drove in the run that gave the Phils a 4-to-3 triumph. Philadelphia made only four hits off Malone and May to seven off Collins, but every ome of them was good for a run. Giants Point Ahead. ‘The defeat dro) the onee e &nrfi third pi H New nf ivided their second double-header wit! meburgh‘mm Glants are only 'Sr;f teams lre-u‘osd in games. Aided & couple of costly nt el Pittsburgh piled up 4 r::s lllnm first inning to win the opener, 7 to 5. Old Clarence Mitchell proved too much for the Pirate batters in the second game, while the Giants scored ! times off Larry French in frame to win, 6 to 1 | who against | 1 thing of a hitting match, had all the benm‘er of it bn‘l‘!‘d received made five stralght *hits” and Feamy Frisch hit a timely homer. Makes Six Hits. Pittsburgh's even break gt the Pirates into a virtual tie fe with Boston, as the i m Braves to four hits, while broke loose again, hitting a Wwith two on base in the the run:!:hnt brought a 4- siderabl; g?“d‘u‘cn - made their American games over Washington. A pltching performance by Rube Wal- et York ana " Cleveiand Jan ew York an thefr second inning .J:u‘gd e OMMERCE and D. C. Repair | Shop will battle Monday after- | 7ct | noon on the East Bllipse at 5:15 Tony Cuccinello, Reds—Collected two | o'clock in the deciding game of | doubles, triple and €hree singles | i aonten of it Braves in frst game; broke up second ome run WO on. % The Repair Shop nine, after lflllxu1 Phil Collins, Phillies—Stopped the opener, came back yesterday to with seven hits and drove in winning even the series by downing Commerce, ;’“fl with single in seventh. XA The game was called in the eighth | . because of darkness. Homer Standlng Dick Hughes, veteran District sand- | lot pitcher, wiil be on the firing line | g’;hélwm'fi“" when they meet | By the Associated Press. lot] inday at 3 o'clock at jome Runs terda; University of Maryland in the first of | - APt A series for the metropolitan unlimited |, O, Glants, 1: Simmons. Athletics, 11; Vergez, nts, 1; mons, Htle of the Capital Oty Base Ball \Giants, 1; Berger, Braves, 1: Goslin, The Tigers are title holders in the | Brownk 1 Jenkins, Browns, i; Arlett, Montgomery 'County section of _the | Gardinals, R S Aenahot. 1: T Jeague, while Saks holds the District | rocher, Reds, 1; BStripp, Reds, 1 " e Cuccinello, Reds, 1; Grace, Pirates, 1. Washington Orioles and__Wonder Boys will face tomorrow at 11 o'clock Re stfepingres on the North Ellipse in the first game of a series to determine the insect class title of the Capital City League. | Some games scheduled: e s S ;(:xo-mw. LONDOS TOSSES KWARIANA. ‘ashington 'd Sox vs. Gaithersburg A. C. at Gaithersburg. Md., | NEW YORK, August 14 (#)~Jim mfil:tyvycfimse"ét?’:‘c o ke Soies, Londos, claimait of the world hesvy- | weight wrestling championship, threw - ve. Boliing Field at Balline | golg, menn?‘in 33:g5 of p. finish vs. Lorton at Lerton, Va. | match at Coney Island last night before SUNDAY. 10,000. 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