Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1931, Page 19

i 3 3 GRIFFS DROP SEVEN OF ELEVEN GAMES Final Western Invasion Is Bloomer—Marberry Hit Hard by Tribe. BY JOHN B. KELLER. \ D, August 21.—Al- , though his Nationals have i suffered defeat 7 times in 11 starts in this, their last swing around the West, Manager Walter Johnson contemplates no immediate changes in the line-up. However, he planned to make one shift in his batting order for ‘the remainder of the series here with the Indians. Ossie Bluege, Who has been batting in sixth place, probably was to drfip ed # notch today, with Joe Kuhel momv‘llnx up one position. ’s failure to hit during this trip the Western sector has hurt ‘the Nationals no little. A strong batter ‘when the Nationals left Wasnington after their game of August 9, Bluege has made but five safeties in the 11 ‘games played out this way. His hitting average for the swing to date is .116. 573" not of the class to boost his llue'e' ‘Dctm only one | mtmm the four games al icago. [ i series he got four hits, but batted at a rate of only .250 in the four games with the Browns. Here in three games he did not make a safety and several times he stepped to the plate with a fine chance to drive over runs. Kuhel over a long stretch has been hitting lightly there has been some improvement in his stick-work the last week. Manager Johnson figures 1t might be well to advance Joe in the batting order that his hits might bene- fit those higher up who have been get- ting on the runway right regularly. MARBERRY had nothing with L | for this evening would be band, a four-run immediately ofiset by & pass and a brace Bt ol £ . | Pojello, almost wild-pitched He slid across with while Manush and started a moment way, advanced with even attempting a d & pass in the four frames, th- Nationals fell upon Harder in the fifth for four hits many markers. Bluege walked, singled, and Spencer’s double a tally. grounder resulted in Spen- , and after Myer foreed out , & single by Rice and a two- by Manush meant another run 's walk crowded the sacks—then steal accounted for a fourth West's stroll loaded the bases t Bluege, up for the second the round, forced out Sammy Indians promptly got back these pounding Marberry. The home side’s fifth turn was opened by Harder with a single. Porter and Burnett fol- Jowed with one-basers io tally Harder, and Averill doubled two more markers Scross. Morgan sacrificed and, after Vosmik walked, & long fly by Kamm Averill with the tying score. ’s single and Myer’s double, coming afier two were out, put the Ni tionals in front again in the sixth, but in the seventh the Indians raked Mar- for six safeties and five runs, Averill's second two-bagger started the attack, and the Tribe was ahead s Mor- slammed over the wall for a homer. foemik singled, only to be forced out | & when Kamm bunted, but after Myatt went out Montague Lit for a base and counted with Kamm when Harder smote for two bases vild walk and Morgan's boot of & g rapped by Judge, who betted for Mar- berry, filled the bases with Nationals &When Morgan let Myer's roller go through for another error Kuhel and Spencer scored and Judge reached third Here Connally relieved Harder, and Eice, first to face the new pitcher, pop- 1o the shortalop. A pass to Manush oaded the cushions once more and Judge crossed the plate as Cronin forced out Mapush. Then, with the potentfal tying tailly on third base, West lofted out Averill boosted the Tribe's total with his off Fischer at the putset of the home side’s eighth. 'ORE than 5,000 visited League Park for the Thursday pastiming . . . The Indians’ double win the day before put some new life into the Cleveland St. Leuls | , | large throng is expected .| Chlef of the “meanest man” | unenviable championship. Kuhel scored as | 7 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 Forkhander Brandt of Braves, Flop in 1930, Bags Sixteenth Game; League’s Biggest Winner | BY HUGH S, FULLERTON, JR, | timely hitting behind Carl Hubbell, with Assoclated Press Sports Writer, gud YLeukh'a ;:o':’nelr n‘z :V: cllm::, I:lg | New York a 3-to-1 victory, ove: D BRANDT, who has been pitch- | Benton and the Cincinnati Reds. This ing for the Boston Braves for | triumph put the Ghntua a full h."m; several seasons without even |ahead of the defeated Chicago Cubs an eight and one-half games behind the threatening the .500 mark in the } league-leading St. Louis Cardinals, who averages, not only has surpassed all | were rained out in Philadelphia. his own hurling marks this year, but| The Cubs could make no,headway has made hims:f one of the best B8AINst Watson Clark of Brooklyn until | southpaws in the National League. | g | the nlnlhhirmlng m?.h by htmz“hume rooklyn had come through wi an | Brandt turned in his sixteenth vic- eighth inning rally against Charley |tory of the year yesterday when the|Root that netted them four runs and | Braves downed the Pittsburgh Pirates, | 4-to-1 victory. Jack Quinn relieved 2 to 1. in the 10-inning first game of | Clark with the bases full in the ninth | a double-header. He has lost eight |and checked a Chicago rally. The Cubs ;contoafts. nglvué%nhlévn ln‘? n\'erng'e of ‘.{GE'L. got only four hits. gy e d P oy Jeh Yanks Clout Apple. has beaten among the league’s left- | handers. A year ago Brandt could win | Heavy hitting again played the big |only 4 games out of 22. Now he has part in the American League program. more games in the “won” column than| The New York Yankees used the {any rival in the league. | home run ‘route to & 7-3 victory avet St. Louis. Lou Gehrig hit his o Sotiiy Wi s | the vear, then Joe Sewell hit for the |, The Boston ace turned in a game | circuit, and finally Babe Ruth crashed | that was hard to bcat to score victory | out his 34th four bagger with the bases |16, He neld the Bucs to four hits in | full in the ninth inning to provide the |10 frames, walked only one man, and | winning margin. Vernon Gomez gave | finally scored the winning run himself | the Browns only one hit in eight in- on Earl Sheely’s fly after Steve Swe- | nings, then weakened with the first tonic had walked three men in suc- | Yankee shutout of the year in sight. cession. The Chigago White Sox won their | Despite Brandt's victory, the Braves | third game in 17 starts against the | |could not gain in their struggle with Philadelphia Athletics by pounding | | Pittsburgh for fifth place. The Pirates | Waite Hoyt and Eddie Rommel for 19 |came back strong against Bill Sherdel |hits. The final count was 11 to 6 | |in the second game and won, 5 to 4, a5 | against the world champions, giving the | | Ple Traynor drove in three runs. Sox another tie for sixth place with the What_gaining was done in the Na- | Boston Red Sox. Boston dropped s 7= | tional League yesterday went to the | to-2 decision to Detroit as Art Herring's | credit of th: New York Giants. Some | pitching kept them helpless. STEELF, ROFBUCK 10 MEET MONDAY {Bad Weather Forces Post- ponement of Mat Show Listed for Tonight. ’ Major Leaders | By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, .385; Ruth, Yankees, .371. Runs—QGehrig, Yankees, 122; Ruth, Yankees, 109. uns batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 131; Ruth, Yankees, 124. Hi immons, Athletics, 174; Geh- rig, Yankees, 160. Doubles—Webb, Red Box, 51; Alexan- der, Tigers, 39. - Triples—Johnson, Tigers, 15; Sim- mons, Athletics, 13. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees, 34; Geh- rig, Yankees, Stolen n, Yankees, Johnson, Tigers, 30. —Grove, Athletics, won 25, lost 2; Mahaffey, Athletics, won 13, lost 2. National League. Battine—Davis, Phillies, .354; Terry, Giants, .346. Runs—Kiein, Phillies, 102; Terry, Giants, 88. | | Runs batted in—Klein, Philies, 101; | Terry, Giants, 81. Hits—Kiein, | Phillies, and L. Waner, | o | Pirates, 163. & Doubles — Adams, Cardinals, 38; | ¢ s Terry. Glasts, 15; { Robins, and Traynor, Pirates, 14. | _Home runs—Klein, Phillies, 29; Ott, | Giants, 22 ek Cuyler, Cubs, 12, i Haines, Cardinals, won 10, fi '3; Braves, won 8, | icst 3. EAVY rains today so soaked the grounds and stands at Griffith Stadium that Promoter Joe ‘Turner shortly after noon an- nounced the wrestling show scheduled post) until Monday night at 8:30 o'clock. ‘With good weather prevailing then a to turn out to | see an attractive card headed by a finish imltch between Ray Steele and Tiny | Roebuck. = | . For Steele, generally accepted as the futvre sultan of Jack Curley's clan, his first outdoor aj down his giant Indian foe, 4 to have to work some. gt S Ckasook, S will appear against an- Indian grappler, in the semi- | lef White Feather, former holder | will title, oppose | hoider of that | Both are | Nelson, present Yesterday’s Stars h, Others are: Mike Romano vs. Karl | Doc Wilson vs. Mike e, | Dutch ‘Green vs. George :Romanoff. | ‘Women with escorts will be admitted free to all seats except those at the | ringside and the boxes. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. By the Associated Press. Babe Ruth, Yankees—His thirty- fourth homer with bases filled in| ninth provided winning margin against Browns, 7-4. pitchers for five straight hits, including two doubles. Earl Averill, Indians—Collected two doubles and twenty-seventh homer at | expense of Senators’ hurling. Art Herring, Red Sox, 7-2, with nine scattered . Ed Brandt, Braves—Held Pirates to four hits in first game to win, 2-1, in 10_innings. Ple Traynor, Pirates—His double in | seventh drove in two winning runs| against Braves in second game. | | Babe Herman, Robins—Doubled with | bases filled in eighth to give Robins | 4-1 victory over Cubs. Carl Hubbell, Giants—Allowed nine hits, but scattered them, to beat Reds, 3-1. 'HICAGO pounded Buck Becker for 20 hits as the White Sox drubbed Washington, 11 to 0. It was the worst beating the for- mer Washington sandlotter has ab- sorbed since he started pitching for the Nationals. Walsh was on the hill for the Sox. Walter Johnson and Jimmy Scott were expected to be opposing pitchers today. Cy Young, famous old hurler, who recently was unconditionally ° re- leased by Cleveland, has been signed by the Boston Natiorfhls. Austin Howard is playing third base for Atlanta in the Southemn League. Among those who took part in the -nnu.lclmgowm-c Club closed regatta were Slocum, Spransy, Coultry, Bell, Poole, Quintard, BEd Mueller, Ran- dolph and McKinney. Among yachting devotees here are Bob Howard, Harrington Barker, Ed Weyson, “Doc” Weyson, Charles Zur- horst, J. A. Donohwe, John A. Welker and Charles W. Vickery C.'B. Wise led the field in the weekly Analostan Gun Club trap- shoot. Willlam Wagner, Dr. W. H, Kirkpatrick, Bud Brown and W. B Delaney were others who were in form. Minor Leagues International League, Toronto, §; Jersey City, 5. Rochester, 4; Baltimore, 1. Buffalo, 7; Reading, 1 Montreal, 6; Newark, 5. American Association. No games scheduled. Southern Association. Little Rock, 11-7; Atlanta, 3-1. New Orleans, 2-3; Chattanooga, 5-1. Knoxville, 7; Nashville, Memphis at Birmingha Sacramento, 5; Missions, 3. | Hollywood, 6; Oakland, 5 (11 innings). Los Angeles, 14; Portland, 7. San Prancisco,; Seattle, 3 (10 innings). | Texas League. Wichita Palls-Beaumont, rain, Shreveport-8an Antonio, rain, Eastern League. Springfield, 3-1; Norfolk, 5-0. New Haven, 11. Allentown, 4 Bridgeport, '6; Hartford, 5 Albany-Richmond, rain Three Eye League. 4. Bloomington, [ REpe— B ol oumrmncoommy + jJudee Fischer. o cormmuoorn Totals oo™ .l sosssossanol? Decatur, 2 innings). Quincy, 3; Terre Haute, 2 (12 innings). Danville, 6; Springfield, 5 (11 innings). Peoria, 9; Evansville, 6. as suesoh Bl isrsavndl ¥! cocancwmmnad 2l cavwa White Box—Clouted | wh | By the Associated Press. , Yankees, 1; Sewell, Yankees, 1; Averill, Indians, | 1; Morgan, Indians, 1; Leach, Glants, 1. 33; Klein, Phillies, 20; Averill, Indians, 27; Ott, Glants, 23; | Simmons, Athletics, Colorful Pachyderm Sought One to Fill Stadium, Not Shoes, Needed Here. BY TOM ONS. JOSE TURNER faces a, problem. * | stead throne. | himself one very large wrestler | with a personality | and some grips which would lend; s | ~ruffl affair, flln.‘whlchm".h: cash customers could stand upon their chairs and yell for Whereupon, Mr. Turner could arise and say that the public demand must | be satisfied and give it two more, | But that's going to be a task. Tt | is in every city. 1If those wrestlers | were a college foot ball team Joe could exhort them to go strangle or be strangled for dear old | alma mater. But I'm afraid that | would not work in the grunt and | industry. As I see it, the boys just lay back their ears and | await the nomination. If they are | elected as the local idol they do the | best they can while I‘lmnf for the champion to toss them a fe Homer Standing | | Home Runs Yesterday. Ruth, Yankees, 1; Gehrig, Yi The Leaders. Ruth, Yankees, 34; Gehrig, Yankees, Foxx, Athietics, 21; | 20 P PSS — gl o %l cousmousus? ul covencossss® Washington ... 0 0 0 0 o3 Clevelsnd 000040351 *Batted for Marberry in eighth inning. Runs batted in—Spencer, Marberry, Myer, Manush, Cronin. Burnett, Averill (3), Kamm. Porter, ‘Morgan (2), Harder (2). Two-base | hits—Rice. Manush. (2), Myer, Hard- Averiil Ba. Cronin. e ey -Crobin ~to o Sm nl sccsson. " | ;Sta American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Cleveland. 10. Washineton, 8. w ¥ Louls. 3. [ ses - Washington. y P Detroit. 7. Boston, 2 . in 7 innings Cricago, 11: Philageiphis. 6. u off Connally. 2 innings; off Marberry, i ndings in Major Circuits PRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1981. National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York 3: Cincinnati, 1 kiyn, 4; Chicas n. 3-41 Fitsburen, 1.5, . Louis-Philadelphia (threatening aiher) Puecher, 1 in 1 innin berry. ' Winning pitcher—Harde: pitcher—Marberry. ~Umpires—Messrs. Ow mpbell and Nailin ing en. | system’s own process, who's business is | i | hoo and a flerce looking Mongolian can | be made to the man who threatens to take Amer- w times | o 1931 STEELE WINS SPEEDILY | Throws Pierrotti in Short Order in New York Show. | NEW YORK, August 21 () —Ray | Steele, 215, Glendale, ‘Calif., tossed Al | Plerrotti, 210, Boston, in 13 minutes 40 |seconds of their heavyweight wrestling | match at the New York Coliseum last night. Steele wrestles Tiny Roebuck in a show in Washington tonight. v Records of Griffs SYCAMORE ISLAND 10 HOLD REGATTA {Annual Affair Is Slated for September 13—Will Have Seven Contests. S gatta Sunday, September 13, it ‘was announced today. The events will be held on a quarter-mile straight- away course off the island in the after- noon, starting at 3 o'clogk. There will be seven events, including one-man, junior; one-man; senior; tan- dem, junior; tandem, senior; club fours, mixed doubles and tilt. All except the tilt will count in the point scoring, and all will be for single blade, 17-foot can- vas canoes. In addition to the Washington Canoe, Potomac Boat Club and the host or- DOERER- and then subsequently move on to run as a candidate elsewhere. WhicH does not mean that the cash customer does not get his worth at the wrest- ling gate. It may be melarkey and seed, the win- ner may be picked from a hot twice aaily, but tell where YCAMORE ISLAND CANOE CLUB will hold its annual re- i shinplaster than at an elbow slamfest? 1f Ray Steele in- EEsas m QE'E'?.; e | orosnaacs el QoncocomAIcoBuua asadesTE22. 83038 i B! S2EAZIBT=2E o EEEELEEE- S g peasubraniiecis TR 1 gt i the wmaais! g H s; LS BENRI2RRE - PEEPE o 13 Ot 1t? What that customer wants is a lot | . Marb’ of yow}ing, and prodding on the mat. ""’:l. off his shins no EEki However, to make wrestling pay at the gate a loeal favorite must be in- no matter from what section e look sufficiently home- | fod townish to invite him in to dinner. A |Crows third touch and he can show you I; tin type of his great grandpappy skid- | | sl | right hand any MILD CROWD SEES RING CHERUB WIN Jimmy’s Paralyzing Punch Is Absent, but He Scores Decisive Victory. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, August 21.—The N clan of McLarnin can rest easy today, so far as the threat of battle-scarred little Billy Petrolle, the one-time Fargo Express, is concerned. Chunky, pink-faced Jimmy Mec- Larnin, the pride and joy of the clan, settled the matter quite con- vincingly last night before a small and only mildly aroused crowd at the Yankee Stadium. Jimmy whipped and battered Petrolle so decisively, in 10 rounds, that it became quite monotonous before the formality of raising the glove by the referee. This was McLarnin’ the more de:lslvz of the two and alto- gether wiped but the stigma attached to the McLarnin escutcheon by the g Jimmy absorbed one night at ison Square Garden last Winter. Before receiving the unanimous de- cision McLarnin did eve: but put Billy on the foor. Petrolle man- aged this himself, on one occasion, in g: ?;;r;ero\;nd. wgm he fell fiat from eeroree, of & wild swing that com- Jimmy Loses Steam. MecLarnin hasn't the dynamite in his favor it since sustl:m m]n."n A S an 3 least & dozen times he' landed it Aumy the first of the Petrolle ‘dizzy with his staried a swelling of 's and cut his mouth. By trolle was in bad shape, fusely, but rall make "M seven-pound pull in the weigh! ing 146 to Billy's 139, g00d advantage. Petrolle’s best rounds and fifth. He held place crews. A gold ed the club whose bad most points, to remain in its until one month before the next Syca- more Island regatta. - ai‘cnlc parties will precede the re- In e of 3 mv:bwe lomflmm .:’.u: LS. JULLIEN, buc. 1443 P St. N.W. North 8076 ding down the gangplank on the May- | flower. | But that does not solve Mr. Turner's will make the gates piay the same old tunes. AT SEARS ON MOTOR TS tting them out of ecol- leges and not woods, and the collegiate | brand, somehow, is not registering as well as it did a anot] urk and build him up as iea’s greatest three-way title, the :‘:fim wrestling crown, back to ey. And if that Terrible Turk did we would still have two more heavyweight wrestling titles to toss at the home | ustomers. Anyhow, go out there tonight and take a pair of eyefuls of those bone- benders. If there is a better enter- tainment in sports, no matter what your cholce l’:}):n:n‘w be, x;‘lme it. Joe Turner v you the best in a pastime that is either a sport or merty-go-round. DO%L DAY and EVENING MEN ONLY $€)50 In Your Container price-in half. 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