Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1931, Page 39

The Foening ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1931. Johnson Fines Fischer and Warns Team : Portals of Fame Open at Last to Grove Ciphers Ali Swoxm “Make” for Faber HICAGO, August 20 (#)—Urban “Red” Faber, veteran White Sox spitball pitcher, is just going along hoping his mates will score a run for him one of these days. ‘When he retired for a pinch bats- man in the eighth inning of Bob Grove's personal triumph yesterday, it rounded out the thirty-first con- secutive scoreless inning for the Faber-White Sox combination, And just 2s.soon as old Red was out of the ball game, the Sox stepped glht out and scored two runs off rove. Records of Griffs BABY TEMPER ACT COSTS HURLER $100 Nationals’ Manager Demands | Obedience of All—Lose Two to Indians. BY JOHN B. KELLER. LEVELAND, August 20— Carl Fischer indeed is a fortunate young man in that he still is regarded as 2 member of the Nationals’ pitch- ing staff. After his babyish act of throwing the ball to center field when piqued because he was - withdrawn from the box after |Jo paseing the only batter he pitched to in the second game of the| R double~header here yesterday, the Myer. southpaw was told by Manager somr Walter Johnson he no longer Ha meant anything to the Washing- ton club, but, reconsidering the| matter, the pilot decided the im- position of a fine of $100 would punish Fischer sufficiently. Pischer's foolish display of temper, not temperament. so aroused Johnson's 5 H : RS RO - & - 28 EEER ] CEE SR a e B2l bl WAt sk P N L ] 8 oo-cosuomNeRscENO AR Pres 2 L58a82] B3 [P : sun3EgEestiviz 0 SHOSDOmm A am1ns! Ings GamesCom. . BB.AO. Diteh. startpam W 3 t to some minor club where his “bush” manncr would be more in keep- with his surroundings. furthermore informed all | Wwithin iring that his orders were to | be Tollowed without question. He made it understood that he alone was in au- cosermmsusond g g a® B *Batted for Jones in eight AB. > g 2l mmnnnonone) Tk i i £ g ] | cowormmomull (diia A ] Za F et i H £ bl aisbanah 1 §.5 s y. Umpires —Messrs. Nal- Time of same—32 hours ol scecocecccos™ o1l sonssonace™ SemSuas A RARE COMBINATION . Lov® Carave sis \ YANKS, PLAYING HiS »~ 1,002 CONSECUTIVE GAME TODAY — JUST 305 GAMES IN BACK OF EVERETT SCOTTS MAJOR. LEAGUE. RECORD. LOU LEADS HIS LOOP IN RUNS SCORED, RUNS BATTED IN AND IS SECOND 1IN HITS AND HOME RUNS ~ PLus BRILLI ANC>/~ IN SPORTS. Too | és €0, ! THERE 1s ALWAYS SOMETHING TO KEEP A STAR FROM BEING CONSISWENT = £4 CQONSISTENCY A RARE. COMBINATION / Grove, in Hour Razzed by Mat of Greatness, es Over Spiffy Duds, Shuns All Compliments BY CY PETERMAN. 1 HICAGO, August 20.—The ball | game was over. The players had chinged clothes and were filtering into the lobby. Sev-| eral had already deployed in the athletes' favorite position—around the | dining table, in there and pitch. If I win I win, if I lose—that's all there's about it. I lose. Ain't that right?” xtm-mm that such was essen- tially the truf “Sure,” sald Lefty, with mm‘, in worryln{ 1 cut that ouf ‘There's breaks both ways. “No sense this season. % that ball of Mickey's. ‘Looka passed {Enow why he didnt hold that bal? | —By TOM DOERER Just a Pair RILLIANCY snd regularity— stability—a rare in the sporting world is the least de- pendable over & m Toute. 1 “athiete b 1 & prize-winiung specie. | an al e ot . | And there is & pair of them in the League, the i i i i 295 £7 > l i f E g 2 Lerry” ER0 WHO HUNGE UP HIS 16" PITCHING VICTORY TO EQUAL THE AMERKAN LEAGUE RBCORD,SET BY WALTER JOHNSON AND JOE woOD N 1912, oF THE. MACKS of Plodders But Grove and Gehrig Go Places in Base Ball. BY TOM DOERER ‘Today Grove retains all of the bril- liancy of his earlier base ball days plus And while Mose is plodding along for thcse nine innings he usually is hanging up a few records for posterity, e strikeouts for himself and a lot TIES LEAGUE MARK WITH 16 STRAIGHT A’s Ace Pitches 13 Complete Games in Streak and Is Relieved Once. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Associnted Press Sports Writer. | | OR some time Lefty Grove,| star southpaw of the Phil-| adelphia Athletics, has been | hanging around the portals of base ball's hall of fame, press- ing some strong claims to owner- ship of one of the niches. He gained official recognition for & lace in the hall yesterday when e recorded his sixteenth consecu- tive victory by beating the Chicago White Sox, 4 to 2 This triumph, which gave Grove a record so far of 25 games won and only two lost, equaled the American record. Red e ;lefrce mln win lflm ague hers to 5 es, both of them doing it in 1912. major league mark is 19 straight. Grove has done some it work in games, being relleved once, and pitching 13 full con- . Twice he went in as a relief itcher and was credited with winning. had something of a scare yesterday when a couple of hits and an errqr zvo Chicago two runs, but wn and ended the game. Altogether, Lefty allowed seven hits, three Carl Reynolds, and fanned five w! DIZZY DEAN KEEPS STEAM TURNED ON Card Recruit, With Houston, Scores 24th Win, Boosts Strikeouts to 253. By the Associated Press. OUSTON, Tex., August 20— Jerome (Dizzy) Dean, the ec- centric former Westorn League right-hander sent by the Car- dinals to their Houston Texas League farm after Spring training, continues to_hurl in daszsling fashion. In winn his twenty-fourth game of the season by shutting out Fort 'm,lw".mt?&mnflhh season strikeouts to 253. This, however, Or8 det ot 335 tn 1010 by Hany bl a les, left-hander, for San Anunl:l:'."" Fourteen Fort Worth batsmen were strikeout victims and only four hits were made off Dean. Houston won the first half race and is leading the second half of the split Major Leaders By the Associated Press. (Including Games of August 19.) American League. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, 85, lma, ‘Yankees, .!'l;. - ins—Gehrig, , 1215 e . 130; Ruth, Y-nn‘::fim'l ‘“b: Hits—Simmons, eties, 174; Ge! rig, Yankees, 159. Doubh—weg!:. Red Sox, 51; Alex- ander, Tigers, 38. Tigers, 14; Sim- Triples—Johnson, mons, Athletics, 13. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 33; Gehrig, Yankees, Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 44; 32. " Athletics, won 25, Senators, won 14, National League. Batting—Davis, Phillies, .354; Terry, Giants, .340. 102; ‘Terry, Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 101; Terry, Giants, 81. Hits—Klein, Phillies, 163; L. Waner, Pirates, 162, 5 > Doubles — Adams, Cardinals, 38; Hornsby, Cubs, 37. Triples—Terry, Giants, 15; Herman, Robins, end Traynor, Pirates, 14. Home runs—Klein, Phillies, 29; Ott, Giants, 22. Stolen Pitching—Grove, lost 2; MArberry, lost 2 % p " |1t was a fast hook and broke that| ‘Grove Beats Ferrell Again, 4-3” an | far — ge put down knife and folk and evening paper headline shouted, eight | held his hands a foot apart. Another, columns across the top. And, in slight. | and certainly a fisherman, might hne; i exaggerated. Not Grove. ly smaller type: “Greatest modern | XU, O CROVC, e WD, No- pitcher wins twenty-fourth game of body coulda heid that one. I was just year.” | as_surprised as him.” A 3 ™ This was a new | the first game which the Tribe took, | 10 to 5, Sam Jones had been solidly | slammed for seven rounds. In that| time tbe Tribe made nine hits, three of ‘omers and one a triple. He | also haa yielded six passes. The assort- ment meant seven runs for the INAIANS | Burmait, and they had followed with & Q!m-hg | s socked for four runs pair of passes that added four runs to | the Tribe's total and yond the Wi . After Pischer was yanked Brown cut Joose a wild pitch and was tapped for & bunt singie that put across the runner Pischer had left on. A bad day all around for the Nationals’ hurlers. VE pitchers were thrown into the two tussels by the Indians. But only two were well smacked by the Nationals. In the opening encounter they got rid of Wesley Ferrell before the fourth inning was over yet with three hits, three passes and ap error they had made but three runs. Then George Connally, not so highly rated, came along and made them look foolish at the plate the remainder of the way. But four hits were gleaned off him and one of the two tallies he gave up re- sulted from his brief streak of wildness. In the second tilt the Johns'n band ot a dozen hits, Seven were made off Wlis Hudlin, who started. They got three runs off him in the first six in- nings, then he took to cover after filling the bases with none out in the seventh. Twice before that the Nationals had crowded the sacks, but each time they 898 but one run so effective was Hudlin at the time. Clint Brown followed Hudlin in the seventh and the Nationals hopped on hint for four hits and shoved over five Tuns to make their total just one shy of the Tribe's score. Then Pete Jab- | lomowski was hustled to the hill and he effected the third retirement, leaving Nationals stranded on first and third base All Johnson's charges got off Jab- | Jonowski was a single after two were outr in the eighth N both games the Nationals were away | in front only to have the Indians immediately wrest the lead from | them. Earl Averill and Eddle Morgan | with their bats overpowered the John- son band in the opener. Averill ac- | had been R nicked for & | Cieveland ..... put_the game be- | 1t club. | | nings_(none out in seventh): off cormNiBnAssuan 3 s -NowooanP L. Brown, THarrs . Totals ... PSSR SAWERT | | PRSSp | cosevsutiueums B amsmin sl escnsessesssnne 8 122 Batted for Hadley in seventh inning Batted for L. Brown in ninth inning. CLEVELAND. AB. Porter, 1 3 £l ] 3 B Averill, ' ¢ rean, 1 00N ~mimnoil - 3| esommmunane! " 2l sownawmoma Washington ... 0 0 0 1 18 . Runs batted in—Vosmik (4). Porter, Hud- lin (3), Myer, West, Bit “Two-base Manu; p . Thi E Kamm, “Jablonow- IKi Double plave_Montasue ioMotgan uhel to Cronin ubel: Biuege yer Latt on bases_Washington. i0; urke. Hadley, 2. off Fischer, Struck _out—By Burke. 1: by L Brown, 1; by Hadley, 1 Ly C. Brown, 1; by Jab- lonowski. 1. ' Hits—! 7 108 in- C. Brown, ; o Jablonowski, 1 in 2% in. e. 8 in 4 innings (none cut dley. 4 in 2 off [ Hudlin. 4 in %5 inning: Wild_pitche L. Brown, pitcher—Hu Losing_pitcher—Bu pires—Messrs. Nailin, Owens snd Campbell Time of game—32 hours and 32 minutes. strategic passing of a batter, filling the bases, worked right well for the Indians, but not for the Nationals. In the Johnson band’s fourth turn, with two on and one out, Hudlin purposely walked West. An unintended pass went Bluege's way to force over a run, but Kuhel forced out Manush at the plate and Spencer grounded out. Burke had two out in the Cleveland fourth turn, when Kamm singled and Sewell doubled. * So y passed Montague to get at Hudlin, and Hudlin socked a double to drive over three runs. From then on the Indizns col- lected mns so readily that the Na- tionals' five-tally rally in the eighth was only fo much wasted effort. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Cleveland. 10-10; Washington, 3-8. 8t Leuls. 7 New York, iladeiphis, 4; Chicago, 2. Boston, §; Detroit., There was a_footste hand fell upon my sl 3 “Where you gonna eat?” | The party of the first part, the hero | of the lline, grinned, bought a copy. | picked out half a dozen powerful cigars | and tucked them away. main dining room is too fancy for me; M'I about the coffee shop?” | Goes to Side Table. ‘The leading left-hander since the days of Rube Waddell, “Lefty” Grove | of the Athletics, led the way to a side table, “kidding” with teammates as he| d | passed. | “Nice work, Lefty” strangers called | as he strolled by. Everybody recognizes | Grove, of course. His feliow players, | however, had other comment ! “Take a look at the trousers,” Earnshaw. “Why look at the pants when the man has such a swell coat?” piped Dykes. “Sweet pappa—what a plcture.” Grove beamed good-naturedly. hey?” he retorted in that guiteral tone | that's as deep as his fast one is fast.| “You guys follow me around, Ili| show you where o get duds.” He ap- praised himself in & combination of tan camel’s hair coat, soft, shirt with 8p- | propriate tie, striped cream flannels and | sport shoes. Certainly the ace of Con- | nie Mack's pitching staff is not lag | in maintaining the “best-drnssed-club” | tradition of the world ehampicn mh-[ letics, | “I got & big rake-off on this coat.” | he confessed. “Like it?” we ordered, then read for a moment. “They gave Montague a hit on that| one I couldn't pick up,” Grove re-| marked. “I thought I'd get an error.” “Is that why you spit on the ball| when you couldn't pick it up?” | “‘Say, 1 was pretty hot just them. I coulda spit nails,” he laughed. | Ready at All Times, | “Weren't you surprised to be pitched | today? We figured Mahafley or Hoyt.” | “I didn't _know what, Connie was| gonna do. They gave me the ball, so I went out and pitched.” And ' then Grove, without knowing it, revealed his philosophy of the game, and very likely | the secret of his amazing success of this year. - “No use trying to figure things out! shead,” he said. “Look at me | 1931 National League 1 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicago. Phiiadelphia. 3-4: 8t ston-Pittsbureh, rat | | | counted for the crossing of four runs, |- sending over three with two homers | driven over the right-field fence and | one with a long fiy that pulled iv a Tunper from third. Morgan’s homer | wes good for three runs, as it followed | & brace of passes issued by Jones. It nt hit to the depths wes & of center field. | Averill's homer in the third inning | New Yor enabled the Indians to match uAingsiiid | | ) |- (FR— : | announced, tapping the perfecto. pride Standings in Major Circuits | \ Grove talking. couple of years ago have reasoned thus. 1, put- ting a runner on second, as this one did, ‘with only one out, would have disturbed him greatly, In his opinion it would hnvm :.he m;clAwr:m fault. 1 , that one of Avg 's rode, didn't ft2” he said next. “fi hits ‘em hard, when he connects.” curve?” “Fast one: he socked it on the nose. Curve wouldn't go that far. “Perrell pitched a great game, gave us less hits than they got,” “Lefty” served. “Errors hurt him that first in- ™2 ou almost had some errors against ¥you, 100" it was pointed out to Grove. “Williams was throwing all around “Say, don’t I know it? I was getting | Phy nervous after the first two. Ji X baseman lo you like your name on the front page?” she asked Lefty. “Huh! Is my name there?” he lied. Compliments. - He ‘changed the- sumjens 3 e e st t hurriedly. e Goes Light on Food. Grove; it might be- interesting to w, is a light eater. After a game like that 4-to-3 affair a couple of days ago with Wes PFerrell he had only a small sirloin, of which he ate but half, with part of a baked potato. “I might Junch again right after a game.” fee and part of a roll cngpleted his dinner. No desserts. On such a diet he keeps as finely drawn as a race horse, rugged as a steer, untiring as a camel. ‘We started out of the grill. “Movies?" Grove asked another group. “You go- ing to waste yourself at the movies?” they replied. “Stick around in the ; give the women an eyeful.” ‘Whereupon Lefty gave a fair imita- tion of Mule Haas' famous “razz” and put & match to his cigar. ““This makes my seventh today,” he there was more in his voice than if he had referred to the afternoon's vietory and sald, “That was my fif- teenth straight.” Incidentally, Bob won his sixteenth ht pitching victory here today, the American League record. ht. 1931, by the Nop (o ewapaper Allianee, Saxophone May Be Bad Luck for A’s YORK, August 20 (C.P. A). —What's going to haj to the Athleties if keeps on pla He also risks h American e.) ying Lefty would never | 1! A passed “What was it, a | ob= | nd 9 or 9:30 tonight,” he explained. “But I can't eat much | | was tough |ing an off day. {| Stars Yesterday By the Assoclated Press. Lefty Grove, Afhletics—Tied Ameri- | ean e tecord for consecutive | | pitching victories by beating White | Box for sixteenth straight win and | twenty-fifth in 27 games. | | _Don Hurst, Phillies, | Gelbert, Cardinals — Former | single, double and homer to lead in | | | to second-game triumph, batting in | | three runs with two doubles and a | | single. Dazzy Vance and Cy Moore, Robins —Each fanned nine Cub batters as Brooklyn and Chicago split double- Earl Averill, Indians—Clouted twen- ty-fifth and twenty-sixth home runs of ‘ol-.on in doubdle victory over Washing- n. | _Bud Parmale and Jim Mooney, | Glants—Their relist pitching checked | | Reds and enabled Giants to win, 6 to 5. eringJ Burns, Browns—Tripled with | bases full and stole home to supply | winning runs in 7-to-3 vietory over | ‘Yankees. Bill Sweeney, Red Sox—Drove in three yruns to lead in 9-to-8 triumph over | | | | | By the Assoctated Press. | . Home runs yesterday—Averill, dians, 2; Cuyler, Cubs, 1; Barton, Cubs, {1; Hurst, ®hillles, 1; Taitt, Phillies, 1; Terry, Giants, 1; Morgan, Indians, 1; Roush, Reds, 1; Kress, Browns, 1; The leaders—Ruth, - Yankees, 33; | Gehrig, Yankees, 32; Klein, Phillies, | Averill, Indians, 26; Ott, Giants, | Foxx, Athletics, 21; Simmons, Ath- | leties, 20. { | League totals—American, 444; Na- | tional, 406; total, 850. | In- || Fistic Battles | | By the Associated Press. Nev.—Jack Dempsey, Reno, knocked out Jack Beasley, Osakland, | Calif. (2) (exhibition). and sour when he was hav- | ing and the gra. legs that ought to carry Lou places many years. Just a pair of brilliant plodders. FREE! 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