Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1931, Page 53

Part 5—4 Pages Base Ball, Boxing ’ SPORTS SECTION Che Hundiy Sha? WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1931 Griffs Nip Browns in 12 Innings, 3—2 : Yankees Sent 16 to Down Tigers, 7—5 ‘DOUBLE BY MYER FACTOR INVICTORY Hadley Strong After Burke Hurls 10 Good Rounds. Cronin, Harris Star. BY JOHN B. KELLER. T. LOUIS, Mo., August 15.— S Struggling through a dozen innings today the Nationals shattered a three-game los- ing streak by taking the opener of CHECKING UP ON A BUSY WEEK. AGENTS Ty —By TOM DOERER CHAMPIONSH\® SERIBS WINNER s & // RUTH BREAKS TIE WITH FOUR-BASER Another Unimportant Tally Follows—Each Gets Run in Fifteenth. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, August 15.—After 15 innings of fruitless battling that left the score tied at 5-5 today, Babe Ruth took matters into his own hands in the sixteenth and started a rally that netted the New York Yankees two runs and a 7-to-5 vietory over the Tigers. ‘The Babe opened the inning by driv- their four-game series with the Browns, 3 to 2. By their victory they maintained their four-game advantage over the third place ‘Yankees, who also ended a three- game losing ‘streak with an over- time win over the Tigers. It was a double by Buddy Myer at the \T WILL SOON BE READY FOR PUBLIC e EXHIBITION the way to victory. Buddy crashed the o to the far,reaches of right center nfte made a desperaie try ‘The oenter fielder leaped bleacher wall and got ball, but could not TRYING TO FIGURE 1T OUT N THE CRYSTAL ! GETTING BIGGER BY THE HOUR- \F YOU BELievE THE DUFFs 3 s iy ovsessoruarud wonssoummasie® | oorosoommamerummml 5 | wouMOn-ImaB-. B| worcomnmacsnt.san *Ran 1 Batted for Jorgens 'lln for wfilm Spencer Proving Great Asset ™ é?n“.:‘:" To Griffmen as Receiver; Has GRUVE GMNS 24"' BEF Fine Record in Balking Thefts WIN UF EAMPAIBN T. LOUIS, Mo., August 15.—Among | the Browns visit Griffith Stadium next | i e . iDefeans Ferrell of Indians, well this season include ROY| When West infleld single in | = i | Spencer, catcher.. He has been | the opening S ot (oo sevioe Wil tha | 4-3, Although Athletics | behind the bat in 102 games, more than | Browns he raised to 15 the number of Get Fewer Hits. Chattanooga Pair g | e ver toak part tn durig any pre- | SoRSeciive games i which he has hi: Bought by Griffs. | vious season as a big leaguer, and has uly 28, | been a sterling receiver. He is batting | During the string of 15 games, West | By the Associated Press. in the high .270’s, having picked up | has made 25 hits. 1In the lot are 13 LEVELAND, Ohio, August 15.— IDENT CLARK GRIFFITH | more than 20 polnts over his 1930 aver- | S cireteis ot 1 puses Wost Has ba- Wes Ferrell of the Indians and Lefty Grove of the Athletics last night announced the pUr- |,g. Ang he has been winging out | ted for a cool ,396. No wonder he is staged a tight pitching contest players he :muuem :muna ,,»35,"3 | would-be base pilferers in excellent | among the league leaders. value in rebuilding the Nationals for ! style. | r i ¢ | today as the A's won the first of a two- that experts picked to battle it out | next season. One is Frank Ragland, N S e e B s | \me 3 . e et 15 ‘ ThE B s e e 5 TabbRand pleher, 10 peass Gt In the 102 games in which Spencer | kicked Melillo’s grounder about in the | 8ame series, 4 to 3. 3 5 | first inning, but the batter was credited | It was Grove's twenty-fourth vie | “'Weaver was forced to leave the | 6 feet 1 inch in height and | has been behind the bat, runners of the | P 4 | s 4 ictory Clark Grifith should be | grut game in the beginaing of the | weighing 195 pounds. Ragland, dis- | opposition have stolen 22 bases. Those | WD 8 hit In the thli€ Cronin bad & | of the season and’ his third sgainst wreathed in smiles. | fifth after being hit on the twirlin covered by Scout Joe Engel on the |22 steals were accomplished in 17 games. s oyl i o ‘The Orloles’ pitching ace, | DARA In the fourth by a liner from sndiots in Alabama, o date this | Early in the cesson the Yankees ran . "‘I;’:?:vse“'f;"‘".’:g‘ge SagnuyE poThe Indians outhit the Athletics, . o8 g | Delker's bat ear has won and lost mes | wild on Spencer's arm, stealing four 3 . though Oscar did not complete the cir- | . Monte Weaver, who will go to the e b S Ao Sl Jith the Lookouts and s regatded | bases in one game. Nearly three weeks | Went on uagcore what had to be termed | Earl Averill in the eighth inning, cuit. After Goslin fouled out Melillo | Senators at the close of the Inter- hits and had the situation under as the best pitchi rospect in the | later the Browns mana 10 SIeat as | 08 NERER 2uk made his twenty-fourth home run. i e uation und pitching prospect stole second and continued to third &% | petionel League season, did the pihils, Birds 4 to 1 on top The other acquisition is Bill |was here on May 15. Only once since | oot Schulte after picking up & grounder | Bobis.* At least, to the former college Weaver came right back in the Andruf, 23 years old, a sizeable | has the enemy managed to steal as| gi 'the edge of the grass back of short | Cochrane. professor went the credit for a pair | pert attention from Trainer Eddie from Texas and who was passed up | expense. The Red Sox did that in Bos- | 5w Joe managed to get an eye- Weidner, and held the clouting 1.71 the Cleveland Indians because of | ton on May 26. lash decision tnd“ Kuhel h!u to s'.r:zch ing Rochester Red Wings, the team | pun is said to have Tesponded to treat: |taken have been spread over as many | [OF thak i The scores of the games were ar;t :: Chattanooga where he has |games and the 11 games spread over a| stort! did a 30-yard dash to get un- By the twi tri h W s fielder, When he joins the Nationals, | Spencer has a fine score against those | *Batted for Montague in ninth. vishirkie o The o e probasly about September 1. he will | who bave fested his arm. While 22| e IO R U e | measiane 2009010 04 of Toronto has turned in 17 wins. base, with the idea of having him |the bat, his sturdy wing has frustrated | Schulte made a game try for Cronin's | g iuns—Bishop; Cramer. Simmons. Williams. = contest with Buddy Myer and Jack |36 thefts. The opposition respects liner in the sixth. The centerfielder | battod in Cramer, Fore MeMon ™ Aveudt base: EASY FOOTING FOR THE BOY WHO WENT IN | FOR HIGHER - 1 —_— : f e e MURPHY ON COMMITTEE G. U. Graduate Manager Helps ‘With Olympic Affairs Here. H. Gabriel Murphy, Georgetown Uni- wersity graduate mana; of Weaver in “Iron-Man” Stunt Feat in Winning Double-Header for Orioles Pleases Griff, but Overworking Star Riles Him. tee. The appointment was made gm Brundage, president of the eu:- Brundage asked Murphy to suggest r';tehen for uppomtmen‘:r’z,o the commit~ |PHILLIES HAND BUCS PAIR OF TRIMMINGS Both Real Battles, 54 and 3-1, Kiein's Homer, With Two on, Deciding Final. Burns drew a Dass. | Special Dispatch to The Star fouled out, Stewart walks sacks, but Schulte put up & high foul to Kuhel. | It was a pass to Melillo at the outset | Grove,p.. &l caunponsws! Smart base running by Cronin got the Nationals 8 tie in the fourth. Manush began the attack by bouncing a single off the first baseman’s hands, only to be forced out by Cronin. A left by Harris moved Joe to third, but Biusge hoisted to Melillo not far back | of the infield. The second baseman | B bluffed a throw to hold Cronin at third, | B then started to saunter back to his posi- | tion before getting the ball to the pitcher. Cronin then broke for home and got there easily under Melillos hurried heave that was wide of the plate. By the Associated Press. > ] fine control when he left, with the Southern Association. many as two hases in one game. That| Gronin had to unwind the wing to | gERils ABHO A oA iron-man stunt today. : abbreviated nightcap, after some ex- right-hand-hitting infielder who hails | many as two bases in a game at ROY'S | fo14 in the fourth. With his arching u.: of victories against the hard-fight- | Ly OO o0 1 without & single weak arm. Andruf's ailing wing | The last 11 beatings Roy's arm has | g y 5t 3 and 5 to 0. as a substitute out- |stretch of nearly three months of play. | der Spencer’s foul in the fifth. And he| Totals .. 31 .30 18, for league honors. Johnny Allen rilled at his old position, second | bases have been stolen with him behind | 000003201 03 PHILADELPHIA, August 15—The a - Hayes for the keystone job next sea- |Spencer’s arm greatly. Compared with | tore in and took a header as he missed | Morgan, Vosmi AvEra: | Phillies took both ends of ing made by Weaver in winning a | o™ the number of runners challenging the | a shoe-top grab. The ball went bY | ba: 3 iams. % gLeft on | header from the Pittsburgh Pirates double-header for the Orioles yes- | = — | arms of other catchers in the American | for & double. nballs O Ferrei 3 of Grove, 1. giruck | today by the scores of § to 4 and 3 Ty, - = | e, those dar ¥'s right wing gicia 15:" by “Grove. 4. Passed uck Klein' seriea e was tar teom piense ovee | LONE RED SOX TALLY |= few * | Levey flashed plenty of speed in go- | beli-Cochrane.” ympires Hlesirs " Morla¥is | run of the year in"the’third ‘ng the manner in which the Baltimore | | When Spencer, after being declared a | ing well back in left to get Bluege's game—1 bour and | the nightcap, with two men on management 1s plling toll o the free agent by Judge Landis in the early | hoist near the foul line when: the Na- won that stroggle. Toungaer who 12 taed tor mrvee | IS UNDOING OF FABER | soring of ‘is2s. scld himself to the |tionals had the bases loaded in the | The first yame was a battle With the Nationals next year. “We Wnshlnilon club‘ Imdslg.oolz.mmeu twte;e sixth. It was a spectacular catch. | way. The Pirates rallied in the Noive, padd & X . many who questioned the wisdom of the | —_— T s e e W et v buy. Now it looks as though Clark DA P Wity Tasd o BaLE o not_stand for h - i 5 Vorkedo 15 the was G w1t |Chisox Hurler Drops Slab Duel Griffith knew just what he was about: s sy v “The lad has a bright future, but With MacFayden as Support Messes Two Plays. ¢ While gratified over the fine show- § G g5 Manush was a victim of circum- | stances after opening the eighth with | bis third successive single. Harris More about that Chicago setback. | popped over second base and as it Home Runs Yesterday. Just before the Nationals left the Windy | seemed Levey would make the catch | BY the Associated Press. tts. | City fans there were wondering why the | easily Heinie pulled up a short distance | Ruth, Yankees, 1; Klein, Phillies, 1; | Jensen.lf | club stood so high in the league. “Why. | off first. Levey muffed the catch, but | Averill, Indians, .1; Rogell, Tigers, 1. | our punk bunch beat you 6 times in 11 | recovered the ball in time for a soft | | games in Comiskey Park this year. |force play on the runner. [ hnd » Jhsde. the Sotter of Denay T | T O oo ot efo "vieht |- Dust ia. deép around fist base | y Mac- | est visiting here.” ey were 1i In | Macssh st the” plate. while Bluege | washmgton e 0001 BIRMINGHAM IN FRONT. | Fayden in a pitching battie today, but | about the showing made by the Na- | Sportsmam’s Park. Rounding the bag | the shortstop and Kuhel St Leus 8016001000002 MEMPHIS, Tenn. August 15 (4. |POOT Support spoiled the veteran's ef- | tionals in Chicago, but there were good |after singling in the ninth Kuhel | to Goslin Runs baited in—West, Cronin (). Storts, Official standings of Southern Associa- fOrt and Boston defeated the White |reasons for that last threc-games-to- |foundered and was covered with grime | In the seventh the Browns drew up kress ot K . Sp *tion clubs, including games of Priday, SOX. 1 to 0, in the series opener. | one drubbing. Biuege in 15 times at bat | when he finally crawled back to mz: fo & te. Schilte opened the inning | Mellol Masup ). Bouhi August 14, follow mk&"bn\r‘; eight m: o ioe per- | wct bat on;lgralsthmd that in t;:(e :‘:‘ut sack. with a rousing single to center and 1o Cronip to Kuhel. al Pet. | y the pectacle x | game, in wi arberry's fine pitching | Melillo sacrificed. Goalin's long loft to | Burns. left on bases Washington, & M | Birming 878 | hurler, but two poor fielding plays in | earned the Nationals their lone victory. Manush got Schulte to third base, from | Stewart, 3. Struck oui—By Burke. 2. by | Little Rock '337 the second inning gave Boston the only ie did not score a run or drive one where he counted as Kress got to first | Stewart 4 by Hadles. 3. Hits-Off Burke. | Atianta 317/Tun of the contest. With one out, |across. Six Washington pitchers were barely shead of a throw from Cronmin, | 1,8, ' QAR O, Radler, hon LR 517 | Sweeney grounded to Sulllvan and was | helpless before the ‘White Sox attack in | Who had grabbed & bounder off BIUg='s | -Meisrs. Hildebrand, Geisel :nd O Knoxvilie - 425 |safe when the throw pulled Blue off | the second and third gamess They were Fove. Time'of same—2 hours and 33 minutes 350 | the bag. Oliver singled, moving Swee- | Crowder, Hadley, Pisches, Liska, Burke ¥ » ney to third. Pickering grounded into | and Brown. Crowder. took two lickings CONROY .and Kid Elber- | & ‘potential double play, but Cissell | in as many days, the first in three and Wn{)eld. veteran infielders, are | dropped the ball at second and Sweeney | one-third innings and the second in one slated to be cast adrift by the jane ,1"3;5'“, mn’mgs. K“x{fi went '0| Washington ball team at the end of A » | t es for just two ang | 508808 = BHO-A pChiceso. ABH O A thm]‘“ T00 Genne-at bt B~ .this sw n as a part of the cam American | fore getting those hits he had had nine St. Paul, 5: Louisville, 2. chances to advance a base-runner. And i | Indianapolis, 3- wnm 1-2. missed. Cronin and Harris forgot to ‘should Moeller Kansas City, 20-2; Col , 8-3. | swing their bats. then gave the umpire | y1ng | Milwaukee, 5-7; Toledo, 3-4. | dirty looks when strikes were called.| ¢ International League. | And the Nationals. made seven errors in ‘ A the four games, five helfiing the White Balvimore, 5-5; ‘R‘:chfl.zr, 3-00 o Sibier U S we oy o yeklard | series. t perhaps ] 0| has all that poison out of its system | New o ugdm!d Washington, 3 | Totals .. 3¢ i1 | now. §to 1. : “Beaumont, #-2. “Batted 1 ! oo : '3 ii Batied for ES Wichit Fai Griffs Muft Big Chanee. Homer Standing After the Browns wasted two passes in’the fifth the Nationais had a great chance to pile up runs in the sixtn, but they scored only once. Levey made two-base error on Myer's grounder at the start and Manush beat out a bunt | TBettencourt to the first baseman. Cronin's double | moigy e tallied Myer when Harris' stroll filled | wpaived for Burke in eleventh the bases. West, though, forced out | tBatted for Stewart in twelfth i g these ‘iron-man’ stunts may ruin him. The Baltimore management will be called to account if it again assigns more than the normal amount of work to Weaver.” Q omowonCuan rumsnmswsod 3 nosmnananan snusunoousd b onunmnosuond sonesnasssl By the Associated Press. eauwsmenel Sounsomor® Gel 5: St Ginn 3 , Giants, 22" Fox: Simmons, Athletics, 20. League Totals. . American, 431 National, 380. Total,| Totals*...35 821. J *Batted for tBatted for Bittsburgh Philadelphy comououow? U SAA - € »1 coomommnosuan® 3 2l cocvamuoumaud - - al " 20 YEARS AGO Runs L. Waner, Tramor. Diet (@) Bar- « IN THE STAR. Wood. ' Brickell: Hevie. Mation :?Ei Thevenow. Two-base hit—Mallon. .| Southern Assoctation. —-Whitney. m‘..:h: ‘:L"’“.‘,‘,f.‘,‘“" o Birmingham, 5; Chattanooga, 2. unagsisted). Left on Phila Atlanta, 11; 'Nashville, 5. Al R Knoxville, 2, Memphis, 1. Association. &3228 “T:en the club settled to their gueling | & e ¥ FET) o — | Standings in Major Circuits Records of Griffs ! B Watwood,cf. Kerr3b, ' .. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1931 American League ] National League 1 Pet. | | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS, YESTERDAY' s 31| washington, 3: 8t Louis 2 (12 tnnines). G2 Pt &1 X, 7 it, § (16 innings) ew York, rain. d. hicago-Boston. Tatn. Cincinnati-Brookiyn, rain. E:zrg E% S ng. .30 HR SH.SB.R! [EPS wenonouLs! g s H shipston, H Philadelphia. ¢ Boston. 1. Chicago, 5 sravuuna 88328238 P — St wow e Samwoss 0822.28 3 | ouorarasmome S £ Tw i for Jolles I Mtk hing for the Nationals, Sam Gray Boston 0100 trimmed the Washington club against it this S s Food, | Run -1t —Oliver. e, Lefi on bases-Bos 0. 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