Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1931, Page 14

CA-14 s MAY SAVE SECOND PLACE FOR GRIFFS Flings Masterfully to Beat Yanks—Team in Boston. Play A’s Tomorrow. BY JOHN B. KELLER. OSTON, September 7.—Two B tilts with the Red Sox here to help Beantown celebrate its Labor dzy holiday, then the Nationals will move to Phila- delphia for two games in as many days with the world champion Athletics. For the first of these arguments with the club the Johnson band early in this sea- son hoped to beat out for the PORTS. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. FTER one of the most successful trips the Washington base ball team ever has experienced, it now is on the home lot and today was to engage New York. The Na- tionals won nine and lost nine on the trip. Walter Johnson was slated to hurl against Jack Warhop today. Manager McAleer sees a chance for Washington, now in seventh place, to finish sixth. ‘Washington trimmed New York yesterday, 6 to 2, in Gotham. Bob Groom pitched well for the Nation- als and the play and comedy antics of Germany Schaefer, National's first baseman, amused the crowd. n Cunningham, who has been affliated with the American Security & Trust Co. base ball team, which recently won the city Week Day League's champlonship, has gone to Princeton to become an assistant | foot ball coach. | SUSPENSION ENDS American League pennant Sam Jones, the somber squire of ‘Woodsfield, will take the hill. And if Sam shows the same pitching| stuff he did last Tuesday in the| home of the A’s, the Nationals should cop again. In eight of their last 10 games the | WILSON AS A CUB Ex-Home Run King Is Laid Off Without Pay for Re- Nationais have had about the bst pitching from their mound corps in the past two months. _Only in tnat double- | header with the Yanks in Washington last Saturday did the Johnson hurlers falter. However, the ciub has won but six of its last 10 tussles. The pitchers did their part against the Red Sox here =& week ago last Saturday, but the bat- ters did not, which meant a brace of defeats. Finest of the Washington slabmen in this recent uplift of the hill corps is Alvin Crowder, a veteran who in the last eight days has scored twice over the Athletics and once over the Yankees. The General licked the New Yorkers at a critical time, too, turning them | gejger will continue his base ball career | back when they had an opportunity to wrest the runner-up berth from the Nationals. ITH his 4-fo-1 victory over the Yanks in Griffith Siadium yester- day, Crowder made his record for the year read 14 wins and 10 losses. Last year the General won 18 games and lost 16, but he did about half of his losing and little of his winning be- fore he was transferred from the Browns to the Nationals in the middle of June. He was expected to be the big noise of the Washington hurling staff this season, but failed to get going well until the flag campaign was far under way. Had Crowder hurled up to expecta- ticns the Nationals instead of the Ath- Jetics very likely now would be looking forward to participation in a_ world series, But the General may be the slabman to save second place for the | pressed the wish that Wilson would be | ‘Washington club at that. In checking the Yankees yesterday to [ mainder of Season. By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 7. — Hack | Wilson, idol of Cub base ball fans last season, when he hit 56 home runs for & new National League record, probably has played his last game with Chicago's | Northside club. A brief statement, “Wilson has been € | suspended for the remainder of the | season without pay,” by President Wil- liam L. Veeck yesterday, just about makes it certain that the pudgy out- elsewhere. The suspensicn was imposed at the request of Manager Rogers Hornsby, be- cause of incidents which occurred while | the Cpbs were losing six straight games in Cincinnati last week. It was said that Wilson disregarted training regula- tions in a big way, and that Hornsby | decided he was done. The Rajah gave an indication of what was to come when he used Bud Teachout, left- handed pitcher, in the outfleld during | the series with the Reds, when Vince | Barron, the Coast League recruit, was | called to his home by illness in his | family. | At the same time President Veeck an- nounced that Pat Malone, one of the aces of the Cub pitching staff, had been plastered with a substantial fine for “disorderly conduct and roistering.” Malone, however, was not suspended. Owner Willlam Wrigley last week ex- | traded or sold because he failed to earn his reported salary of $35,000 a year, THE EVENING STAR, . WASHINGTON, FGHT FOR PLACES RAGIG I AJORS Giants’ Threat Agai/nst Car- dinals About Ended—Cubs’ Slump Is Continued. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer. HE belated rushes of ‘“contend- ers” who were making their last desperate efforts to get some- where in the majcr league pen- nant campaigns have added a bit of interest to base ball in the past few days, but it seems that their efforts are not marked for success. Last week, while Pittsburgh was tak- ing a series from the St. Loiis Cardi- nals, the New York Giants won eight straight games to place themselves only five and one-half games behind the National League leaders. About the same time the New York Yankees took a doubleheader from Washington and were only a half game behind the sec- ond-place club of the American League. Yet most of the good works of these spurts was undone yesterday in one aft- ernoon. The Glants encountered the Boston | Braves when they were fed up on losing | nine straight and came out cn the short end of a 5-to-0 score. The Cards sent | & pair of their best hurlers against Cincinnati, which had clouted the Chi- cago Cubs six times in a row and came out with a pair of shut-out victories. And the margin between first and sec- ond place again was seven games. Ben Cantwell turned in a real mound performance against the Giants, limit- ing them to four hits, while the Braves found Clarence Mitchell for four runs in the second inning. Flint Rhem shut out the Reds with three hits in the first game and St. Louis won over Silas Johnson, 3 to 0. Sylvester Johnson's nine-hit’ pitching was just as good in the second clash, as the Cards slammed | Larzy Benton for five counters in the eighth and won, 7—0. ‘The Yankees wound up just where they had started in their series with | the Senators, one and one-half games back of second place, as Washington | tock the final encounter, 4 to 1. Six- | hit pitching by Al Crowder stopped the | Yankees completely. Cub Slump Continues. ! The slump of the Chicago Cubs went right on when they hooked up with Pittsburgh and their seventh straight | loss left them tottering on the edge of | fourth place and mathematical elim- ination from the race for the top. A two-run rally behind Glenn Spencer in the eighth gave the Pirates a 5—4 | triumph and put the Cubs 16!: games behind St. Louis, gith 17 to play. | The Phillies, with the former Brook |lynite, Jim Elliott, cost Brooklyn's' Robin's a chance to take third. Elliott , | give the Natlonals n even break in'the | and yesterday's action made it virtually stopped the Robins for the sixth ti Your-game series, Crowder hurled re- certain that Wison will move, if there | this vear and with the aid of & o markable ball. Just six hits in as many innings were made off his delivery and three of those wero smacked by Bill Dickey, the New York catcher. But one | Mike Kreevich, star right fielder of the | pass was issued by thé General and only once during the fray did the Yanks have as many as two on the runway at | Cub team, ostensibly to play in the out- | the same time. Other than Earl Cembs, | field post vacated with the suspension | who toted over the lone alien tally, but one Yankee reached second base. In the second inning. Dickey singled and made the middls sack when Herb Pen- nock after one was out drew Crowder’s single frank. ‘The Nationals dic all their scoring off the left-handed Penrnck, who pitched seven innings. They got nine hits and five walks off him, thr-e times cluster- ing hits for tallies. ters passed tallied, but one of the passes forced over a marker. Off George Pip- gras, who hurled in the eighth after a | ere any takers. DES MOINES, September 7 UP).— Des Moines club of the Western League, | was ordered to report to the Chicago |of Hack Wilson, President E. Lee Key- | ser of the local organization announced | last night. | Kreevich was purchased by the Cubs | two weeks ago and was to have reported to the Chicago outfit in the Spring. LEGION SWIM ON TODAY. | Boys under 16 years of age will com- at 4 o'clock in the Afrport Pool. There are many entrants. The affair is spon- sored by the American Legion. | | pinch hitter had eliminated Pennock, | but one hit and one pass wzs gleaned. | With Crowder flinging his great | game, though, the Nationals did not | need much in the way of attack. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., Septem: ber 7.—The Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers were both muddy this morning. rally in the second, won the first game of a double-header, 8—4. Brooklyn came back against another southpaw, | Stuart Bolen, and took the second | game, 7—2, and finished only a half | game behind the Cubs. | Cleveland made a change in the merican League standing by walloping the St. Louis Browns twice, while De- | troit lost only one game to Chicago, and | went into fifth place. The Indians slugged out a 7—5 victory in the first | game as Bob Cooney made his first | start for the Browns, then continued !with 20 hits off four hurlers to win the second, 13 to 2. Vic Sorrell of De- troit had ‘only one bad inning in a, duel with Vic Frasier. but Chicago’s None of the bat- Pete in a swimming meet this afternoon White Sox scored four runs in the sev- | enth and won, 4 to 1. The Philadelphia Athletics, looking more like themselves with Al Simmons | back in the line-up and Mickey Coch- | |rane_hitting at a great clip, downed | | the Boston Red Sox, 5 to 3. Cochrane {drove in 4 runs with a homer and a double, while Dib Williams' four-bagger | accounted for the other tally. | 'YER'S triple and Manush's single got a run for the Nationals in the opening innings, then all was quiet until the fifth, when two more markers were chalked up by the home side. After Crowder rolled out Myer beat out a grounder to the shortstop and Rice walked. Manush rifled a two- bagger to right to tally Buddy. Pen- nock got into trouble while pitching to | Cronin, then purposely chucked two | wide ones that passed Joe and crowded | | HE largest-drawing sandlot base ball game of the year, the an- nual battle between the Police The left-hander could not find the | » plate while Harris was up and walked | and Fire nines, will be played Rim, which let Rice trot home with the |at Griffith Stadium this afternoon at 3 secand fally of the round, The chance | oclock, with the Firemen, winners of for a fat frame went, though, when - Bluege drilled into & double play with |the last four years, reigning as i a grounder to the third sacker. 1t will be the ninth game of the The Yanks came back fof & mun In | orjes, each club having won four apiece. the sixth. Combs opened the inning | ™c,jyin " Hull, veteran Fireman, who with ® triple crashed over Rice's head |, Calvin Hull vetetan FUemer, W00 £ deepest center. Sewell followed with held the Police to three TS, sl YEOR a long fly to Harrls and Combs romped | pavers, while Johnny Winters will do | over the plate after the catch. e htnglag for the Cope. ( This was matched by the home side Records of Griffs in the same inning. Kuhel singled and C:rowder walker after Spencer went out. Myer forced out the General, but Rice singled to send Kuhel to the counting | BATTING. R. H. 2b. 3b.Hr.Sh.Sb.Rbi.Pct. 42 63 13 39 .346 74158 40 11 3 84 1330 401 65 .321 the bases. block. ITH threatening clouds banking, yesterday's game was started six minutes ahead of schedule . Just as well, for Pennock thinks notl o ing of time . . . The Yank southpaw is about the slowest pitcher in the busi- | g ness . . . So slow was he in the first| frame of the Sunday tilting that 19 minutes were needed for the inning - . . Spencer surprised all hands by |Sp'cer beating out a roller to the second sack- | er in the second inning . . . Kuhel . swiped the middle sack in the third round, but forgot to keep his eyes on | Pennock and was neatly picked off . . .| Rice made a good catch of Lazzeri’s loft in left-center in the fifth . .. Sam tnok‘ care of th> middle pasture, as West| pulled up with a sore elbow and re-| mained on the bench . . . Dickey did all | the Yankee hitting in the first five innings, coming through with two sin- G. Ab. 63 182 130 854 104 178 30 554 101 . 447 8 14 4318 313 293 291 | 282 | 4 ot Sownws 215 | 267 | acasS: s o, suvow—uorShwiaE . 215 2 195 178 3 19 orooooHmAIIcma! osoorooommaoas! A OO TN A A N cooorouonbinaSancuns Fischer PITCHING. In'gs. Ga. Comp. BB. SO. pitch. st't'd.Ga. W 55 75 1827 22 10 af® oy o3 20 21 M'Tb'ry Burke. Fischer Firemen Favored to Capture Fifth in a Row From Cop Nine ‘240 | about the margin 33| Physioc, who allowed five hits, all gles in as many times at bat . . . Rain halted proceedings twice, once for six minutes and again for 31 minutes . . . The second halt came as the sixth in- ning ended and Groundkeeper Haisman and his hired hands had to give the in- field a lot of grooming before it was fit for use again . . . Byrd grabbed Pen- nock’s bat in the eighth only to hoist to Manush . . . Lary took Rice’s ground- er, held Spencer at third base, then ‘wheeled to find Crocwder, who had come up from second, standing right behind | Ge him for an easy out in the eighth ses- sion . . . Crowder spiked the Yankees' big guns, neither Ruth nor Gehrig be- ing able to_drive the ball by the in- fielders . . . In his last turn at bat Geh- rig fired one back that all but swept Crowder off his fest . . . The General retrived the sphere, however and flagged u. LONDOS MEETS McMILLEN Leading Mat Title Claimant Takes on Persistent Challenger. CHICAGO, September 7 (#).—Jim Londos of Greece, one of the foremost claimanfs of the heavyweight wrestling championship, and Jim McMillen, for- mer University of Illinois foot ball star and one of the most persistent challengers, will renew their rivalry in Boldier Field tonight. ng ‘The match is being staged under the auspices of the Chicago Federation of Criwd'r. 3 Jones. B Hi 21 rown. 26 adley. 9 wloscosssossmy | corwasnssnad Sl 2| cocuwunSmung &l corwouworonoy sl onsconoscoon Totals *Batted " for Pennoc] WASHINGTON. Myer, 2b Rice,’ cf 33 kin h o POt OPRRR Spencer, Crowder, Totals New York. Washington Runs batted in—Manush (2), Harris. Rice. Sewell. Two-base _hits—Manush, Tis. Three-base hits—Myer, Combs. Stolen base— Kuhel. ~Sacrifice — Myer. Double play— Sewell to Gehrig. Left on bases—New York. 6: Washington. 12 Pirst base on_balls—Off enn ; oft Crowder, 1; off Pipgras 1. Struck out—By Pennock, 2." Hits—Off Pen. 7 innings: off Pipgras, 1 in 1 Ditcher—Pennock. ~ Um, Hildebrand, ~Dinneen and of game—1 hour and 58 | coo000000™ | ° ol moororcsa> ° " =gl waranasasy 2 egresaas: > aloonosoerin C Sl Guasnanmun B ° ° . oo ° I | Lo pire: Orm: minutes, ] IKE & couple of dented warships dodging frantically to avoid the; death blow, the Constructioneers | and Eldbrooke tomorrow will oppose | on the Ellipse as the city week day | | series is resumed. | | Each club_has been defeated once, | and another loss will reduce any chance lof winning the title to practically | nothing | The Constructioneers, pre-series fa- | vorites, are favored to down the George- | town Church Leaguers. ICK LANAHAN, who yesterday pitched a no-hit no-run, game against the Miller-Roamers to give Olmsted Grill the senior championsnip, |is in a fair way to replace Lefty Mc: | Intyre, southpaw of the St. Mary's eltics, as Washington’s standout sand- | lot _slinger. Lanahan has been beaten only once | this season. Joining District Repair | Shop late in the campaign, the former | | Eastern High twirler came within an |ace of pitching them to the Depart- | mental League title. Only five Miller-Roamers saw first base yesterday, three by bases on balls appeared to be just 24 an’s super- iority over his rival moundsman, Steve .276 | and two by errors. The score, 2 to 0, | scratchy. Two singles in the first inning gave Olmsted its first run. The second was scored in the third on a | pair of walks and an error. | A FTER downing the Skinker Eagles, 8 to 2, yesterday, Howard A. French | tossers once again are claiming the | District independent championship, a title they won in 1929 but lost to the Northerns last year. The Frenchies were too much for the Eagles yesterday. Only nine hits were made by the latter off Lary Boerner, while the French batsmen slapped out 16. Opening up with five runs in the first two innings, Spengler Post coasted in | to a 6-to-4 victory over Wonder Bread yesterday to win the Capital City League midget championship. Other scores yesterday: Front Royal, 6; Silver Giants, 0. Cities Service, 7-8; National Pale Dry, | 3. Ballston, 7; Foxall, 2. Phoenix, 5; Unicn Printers, 2. Ciro's Villagers, 3; Woodmen of the World, 2. Hecht Co., 13; Lansburgh, 12. Blueges, 13; Mount Pleasant, 4. Bethesda, 7; Gaithersburg, 5. ‘Washinj 5 Clinton, 1. Chevy Chase, Spring Colesville, 3. S BETHESDA BOWLERS MEET. Teams desiring membership in the Bethesda Duckpin League are requested | to have representatives present Wed- | nesday night, when the annual meet- ing of the loop will be held at 8 o'clock in the Bethesda Alleys. BOWLERS ARE SOUGHT. L\xlv:kyt smxgo Mldleu' ‘v':r 1‘6““ : couple of good bowlers not o old.pcfll Nick at Emerson 662. '\ Crowder Redeeming Early Season Failure : L& THE NATIONAL OPEN CHAMP STRUTS. THIS GALLERY /6% HAD ALL THE PROPS { CANE SEATS /MO VIE CAMERAS AND PITH HATS ..... VON ELM AND BURKE HELD A CONFERENCE AFTER A CONTESTANTS VIEW OF THE GREENS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1931.. ~THOSE MARSHALS WITH BAMBOO POLES WERE NOT To BE FOOLED WiTH! THE FQURTH= HUNTER'S LONG PUTT RIMMED THE Ci AND GEORGE DWG - &< > P GEORGE ToOK THE SECOND BurkE TRIES TO REACH CHINA, IN THE ROUGH Tk DoE?= (o sPRinG™ z BILLY 1S STOICAL , WEGHTY AND NOT EVERYBODY'S WEA OF A CHAMP ¥ 2 SPORTS. Don, One Up, Near Speedboat Crown —BY DOERER. WOOD LOSES FIRST HARMSWORTH HEAT Englishman Averages 89.913 to Score Decisively. Can Clinch Today. BY DAVID J. WILKIE, Associated Press Sports Writer. handicap that faced Kaye | Don, quiet-mannered Brit- [to wrest the Harmsworth Trophy |from Gar Wood had almost dis- | With two of the fastest speed- | boats in the world and a veteran DETROIT, September 7.—The ish speed king, in his effort ;appeared today. lof many Harmsworth conlests THEY LOST &2 +KUNTER'S SPEARING DRIVES GAVE THE BOYS WHO LIKE PUNCH A THRILL HUNTER'S LuCk STANED WITH HIM (N THE BUT B0BBY JONES IS NO SYLPH E(THER ... !’ngainsc him, Don, with his sole ;challenger, Miss England II, yes- | terday soundly keat Gar Wood in | the first 30-mile heat of the sev- | enteenth renewal of that speed- | boat classic. It was the first time | Wood ever had finished second bes’ in the Harmswcrth since he brought the plaque cver frem England in 1920. ‘The British pilot drove his silver-and- | white hulled hydroplanc to a new world | competitive speedboat race record of DIFFENBAUGH DISPLAYED THE REAL BERG TRIES AGAIN FOR BOXING TITLE Meets Canzoneri Thursday for Lightweight Crown. Heavies in Action. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 7.— Turned back in his first at- tempt to lift the title, Jack (Kid) Berg, mauling Briton, will try again this week to dethronc Tony Canzoneri as world lightweight champion. They will battle over the 15-round route in the Polo Grounds here Thursday night. DOR-A WINS CLOSE ONE Beats Lanham, 7-8, for Thirteenth Victory in Last 14 Games. LANHAM, Md. September 7.—Dor- |A ball tossers of Riverdale squeezed |out & 7-6 triumph over the Lanham | nine here yesterday. It was the win- | ners' thirteenth victory in its last 14 starts. Clark Owens in the ninth inning hit safely to score Frank Bowers with what | proved to be the winning run. Earl Moran, winning pitcher, allowed only seven hits, but was wild, yield- |ing nine passes. Waters and Bucked ot eix of these hits, each gathering | three. § 'FIREMEN KEEP LEAD | "IN ALEXANDRIA RACE Columbia Engine Nine Upsets Car- dinal A. C.—Del Ray Easily | Berg outpointed the sturdy New York Italian in their first meeting with no | champlonship at stake, but Tony, after | Trims Grocery Team. Ably Supports Hunter, But B by Winning BY TOM GALLERY estimated at from 2,000 to 2,500, probably one of ' the largest ever to witness a similar event in the District environs, saw Billy Burke, colorless national open champion, and his part- | ner, George Von Elm, temperamental | Utah Tiger, crack a record in defeating Munre Hunter, sr., Indian Spring J. Golf Club pro, and his assistant, George Diffenbaugh, 1 up yesterday on the lat- | ter pair's home plot. That record of mever having been beaten upon their home course in four years, playing as a pair, looked lke it was going to survive another match until the fourteenth hole, when the blond Tiger of the Mashie sank a beau- tiful putt for a 3 to take the hole, and what later developed to be the match, 89.913 miles an hour to beat Wood's Miss America IX by about a mile and & half and Miss America VIII by more than two miles. Don Near Mishap. Miss England II roared over the course at terrific speed. On the straight- aways, regatta officials estimated, it must have reached a speed close to the record it holds of 110.223 miles an hour. In one 5-mile Jap, Don turned up an average speed of 93.017, despite the fact he slowed down three times going around the curves and once was forced to shut off his motors completely to avoid skidding into a dock near the Jjudges’ stand. The English boat went over the course as though Don had becen born on its shores. "Like a cannon ball his boat beat Wood to the start and before the first turn was reached he had an ad- vantage of a quarter of a mile. He steadily pulled away from Miss America IX, and at the finish was able to | throttle down slightly, having a lead urke and Von Elm Set Record Match, 1 Up. DOERER.. | | | man with very little athletic appear- | ance_ He seemed to press on his drives, |use his irons like |a_sledge hammer and -impressed the | customer very lit- | tle. But he gets there and he is | champlon. And a champion must have it. Burke ras endurance, how ! ever, above every- | | thing else. \ Not once during sy the match did his* expression change. It might have been a battle for money or for fun. But | that gallery never | | wday's 30-mile heat. of approximately a mile and a half. Both of Wood's boats also broke the Harmsworth record in the first heat, Miss America IX covering the course at an average speed of 87.027 statute miles an hour and Miss America VIII, piloted by George Wood, reaching 85.861 miles an hour. The old record is an average of 77.59) miles an hour, made v Miss America VIII in the 1929 Harmsworth. Wood Undismayed. referred to the race as the ' ccntest he ever had engaged Wood took his defeat smilingly, congratulated Don and said, “The Harmsworth has been in the United States long enough, anyway.” At the | same time he intimated he expected to make a considerably better showing in Should Don_win ill go back to Eng- ictory for Wood will héat must be run todey the plaque land with him. A mean another 30-n on_Tuesday. Betty Carstairs, three times chal- lenger against Wood and attending the Taces as a spectator, will take the wheel in a runabout race today. She will contend with a score of other drivers in the Dodge runabcut race at 50 miles. | would have known | with it. Oniy once during the interesting | slugger, | York in the semi-final. winning the lightweight crown with a one-round knockout over Al Singer in Tiovember, successfully defended it against Berg at Chicago in April, knock- ing out the British flash in three rounds. With that surprising victory Canzoneri not only retained his lightweight title, but won Berg's junior welterweight championship as well. He still holds both of them. Betting odds favor the champion now at 8 to 5 with no indication that they will shorten by ring time. Star Heavies in Action. ‘Tommy' Loughran, Philadelphia sharpshooter, and Ernie Schaaf, Boston rival heavyweight contenders, both will swing into action. Loughran meets the southpaw, Jack Gross of Salem, N. J., at the Phillies ball park Wednesday with Steve Hamas, sensa- tional New Jersey heavyweight young- ster, tackling George La Rocco of New Schaaf en- counters Roberti Roberto at the Boston Midget Wolgast of Philadelphia, recognized in some States as flyweigh champion, faces the Indianapolis vet- eran, Happy Atherton, at- Indianapolis Tuesday night while on _the same night at Los Angeles, Kid Francis, Italian featherweight, meets Claude Varner of Bakersfield, Calif. day affray pits Dave Shade, veteran California middleweight, against Ben Jeby of New York at the Queensboro Stadium_here. Jack Dempsey and Benny Leonard, attempting comebacks, have scheduled exhibitions, the former in Tacoma, Wash., Thursday and Leonard at New Haven, Conn., Wednesda MARINE PO.LOISTg WIN ‘Washington County Association Is Swamped by Quantico Four. QUANTICO, Va., September 7 (#).— The Quantico Marine polo team de- feated the Washington County FPolo Association team, 13 to 3, here yester- day afternoon. ‘The score by chukkers: Washington Quantico Goals: For Washington—A. L. Foreman, 1; by handicap, 2. For Quantico—Lieut. win C.Ferguson, 4; Cap! A . 'A. Delval T, 4 C yron, A. L. Foreman, 8. T. Byron, Bird, J. V. Jameson, Richard Jameson, Edward Mason. Referee—Capt. Barry A. Buckley, U. 8. A. | arena Thursday night. Still another Tues- | $—,3 | winner, and Protector, the Illinois ju- ALEXANDRIA, Va., September T— Columbia Engine Co. retained its hold 1 on first place in the Alexandria amateur | unlimited series yesterday afternoon by | | scoring & 6-to-1 triumph over the Cardinal A. C. on Haydon Field. | Lester McMenamin held the Cardinals | to six well scattered hits and but for a teammate’s error would have coasted | through to his second shutout of the | series. Bobby Darley led the winners | | with three hits, followed by Travers, | Cabell and Lee, who divided six safeties | between them. e | | _In the other league game yesterday | Del Ray A. C. trimmed the Nation- | Wide Grocery Stores, 12 to 4, at Edward | Duncan Field to gain sole possession | of second place, jointly occupied with | the Cardinals until the latter's defeat | by the Fire Fighters. Dick Kannaday, Del Ray twirler, held the Grocerymen to three hits in the last cight innings after relieving “Hank” Gardner, who was forced to leave the game after being struck by a bat which | slipped from the grasp of a teammate. | STANDING OF THE TEAMS. | | | Columbias. | Del Ray. Cardinals.. | Charley Deuterman’s All Stars trim- | med the Virginia White Sox, 12 to 1, behind the brilliant twirling of “Lefty” | Hamilton in a game played on the | Baileys Cress Roads diamond. = Hamil- | ton held the losers to four hits while | | '1";: own club was collecting 17 off Bobby ve. | _ Ballston A. C. downed Foxhall A. C., | T to 2, on the former’s diamond. Bill McQuinn held Foxhall to two hits and struck out 12. | BIG HARNESS RACE ON |Calumet Butler Heads Field in Horseman Futurity Today. INDIANAPOLIS, September 7 (#).— A sensational field of eligibles, headed | by Calumet Butler, the Hambletonian W.L.Pct 51833 Colonials.... 41 800 ‘Nation-Wide. 3 1500 | | venile, faces the starter today in the Horseman Futurity, feature of the open- ing day’s grand circuit racing at the Indiana State Fair. Keno, contender in the Hamble- tonian, and Charlotte Hanover and sev- eral other first-rank trotters also are entered. Standings in Major Circuits MONDA American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. EPT) 1931, National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Bojton, 8: New York, 0. Philadélphi - En phia Brooklym, 4-1. 3wueoad 5 Bi Siawepenua Philadelphia TIONTI1511011211611 404381713 St_Touts ... Washington . 112(111131791531.598 New_York New York _ . Cleveland Detroit st Chicago 94 Philadelphia Boston 416/ 6/ 9110( 6/ 9 _(501821.379 Cincinnati Games lost . 38/5315564/78179180182|—|—| Games lost GAMES TODAY. Wash. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston (2). Wash. LIS &l nest Shihru Dotrott (3).Others ki | & GAMES TODAY, 5L Phil 2. Bonan OB OW. i (2)Cin Cincinnati at Pitts. Others not sched! exhib.tion did the home breds take from Billy’s facial expressions. He is | a golfing plodder. Von Elm is of another type entirely He is high strung. pugnacious and tem- | permental, uses form in every shot and expresses his moods at every turn. He is a smart money golfer who can bring his game from behind to take it out front for the dollar. This pair certainly is a contrast in stroking styles. But that gallery tramped and trudged under a blazing sun, cheering aplenty. because there was much to cheer in that golfing dog fight. the lead away from the carnival golfers, Burke and Von Elm. That occasion came early in the tilt when diminutive Georgie Diffenbaugh spun a beautiful birdie 3 on the par 4 second hole to nail the honors. But the stoical Burke and his form- fitting partner snared the two following holes and held them securely until the twelfth, when Diffenbaugh again came to his partner's rescue and took the cup for a par 4 while his playmates were getting 5s. Von EIm then shattered the works with his fourteenth hole vic- tory. But the half-pint golfer from the District stole the show. He took it away from two of the best of their kind at large. While his partner was sizzling | // out long drives // George was bounc- “ ing in and out of | trouble with his woods, like a Sun- day driver looking for a way to beat a detour. When B SIMONS. SAVES DAY Quits Second Base to Pitch Celts Out of Hole Against Saks. ALEXANDRIA, Va.. September 7.— ‘That the acquisition of “Si" St. Mary's Celtics' new * was a timely move was proved in the Green and Gold’s 7-to-6_triumph over the Saks Clothiers of Washington at Baggett's Park yesterday. | it 15, h MOUNT RAINIER LEADS Takes Opener of County Series From Landover Nine, 9-5. MOUNT RAINIER. Md. September 7.—Mount Rainier's nine today is one up in its series with Landover being staged as a part of the play-off for the Prince Georges County unlimited class independent base ball title. The Mounts yesterday polished off Landover, 9 to ere. Late rallies carri>d Mount Rainier to victory, the winners twice coming from behind. Si Ball for Landover was the batting stand-out. He punched out a triple, double and single in five tries. Mosedale was most consistent for the Mounts, getting three singles and a walk in five attempts. Dick Kaske, second baseman for the winner, turned in some smart fielding. looked as if his | drives were going to keep him on the Simcns, who has a knack of playing | any position on the diamond and play- | ing it well, gave a magnificent exhibi- | tion of his versatility when he left his Jersey City, : Newark, 3-5. Torcnto, 6: Buffalo, 5. | post at second base and took over the | mound dutles when “Lefty” Mclntire | was driven to the showers in the fifth, | holding the invaders scoreless during | the remainder of the contest, while his | own club slowly but steadily overcame the Clothiers’ early lead. ‘The Celtics were forced to postpone their game scheduled with the Auths tossers of Washington at Baggett's Park today because cf the absence of three course until ajter Labor day, George would lift his second shot to descend close enough to the pin to call it by its first name. He did that hole after hole, trap after trap, and in spots where it appeared it would be (z‘ z.;:nlch for the oppositions to carry it hole. Reading, 5; Baltimore, 1. Rochester, 6: Montreal. 4. Standing of tbe Clubs Newark .. 38 & 34 Rochester.. 81 Baltimore. 72 Jersey Ci Toronto...’ 77 74 310 Buffalo.. Pacific Coast League. Missions, 7-1; San Francisco, 6-0. Oakland, 5-5: Seattle, 4-12. Los Angeles, 9-9; Hollywood, 7-0. He was the burr under the touring golfers’ saddle. On the green he was their match, on approach shots he was anybody’s master, but on the tee the enemy left him seeking his ball with Portland, 4-4; Sacramento, 3-2. Standing of the Clubs of their star players, “Rip” Hicks, “Bill” l.ln‘zford lngn"'Doc" Dl':lfus‘i le;o are vacationing. e contest wi e W. L. Pet. booked for some date later in the sea- g.. 3728 565 Hollywood. 33 30 516 Manager Corbett announced this | Eortiand. . 36 28 363 e S | Bobby Cruikshank does on the | son, a road map. morning. George was as wild as an Indian off the reservation, but was there in | the pinches. This new open champion surely is an unorthodox golfer. He plays all of his | shots with as much lack of form as old | BY the Associated Press. e Home Runs Yesterda Homer Standing ‘Burke does not even look the part of | 5 28 536 Sa Los Angeles 33 29 [532 Missions... 34 38 .387 American Association. Milwaukee, 6; Kansas City, 1. Minneapolis, 8; St. Paul, 3. Cclumbus, 3-4: Toledo, 2-5. Indianapolis, 16; Louisville, 2. Southern Association. New Orleans, 3: Birmingham, 0. Memphis, 7; Little Rock, 6. a champion. He is a stoutish young Stars Yestei'day By the Associated Press. Willie Kamm, Indians—Collected seven hits in eight times at bat in double bill against Browns. ‘Tommy Thevenow, Pirates—His eighth inning double drove in Tony Piet with run that beat Cubs, 5-4. Alvin Crowder, Senators—Held Yan- kees to six hits and won, 4-1. Vica Frasier, White Sox—Scattered Tigers' seven singles to beat them, 4-1. Jim Elliott, Phillies—Hung up sixth victory over Robins and sixteenth of season, 8-4. Flint Rhem and Sylvester Johnson, Cardinals—Held Reds to 16 hits in dn:b'l'eahelder to win by shutouts, 3-0 and 7-0. Ben Cantwell, Braves—Checked Giants with four hits to win, 5-0. Mickey Cochrane, Athletics—Drove in four runs against Red Sox with home run and double. DOR-A PLAYS WOODMEN. RIVERDALE, Md., September 7.— Dor-A base ballers are to meet Wood- men of the World of Washington in & double-header here - this afternoon g.::inz n“l:wl!:e):‘cx.' A game with wartz_Jewel ashington was canceled by Dor-A, y: ‘Williams, Athletics, 1; Cochrane, Ath- letics, 1. s Chattanocga, 17-8; Nashville, 7-1. Atlanta, 10; Knoxville, 6 (10 innings). Eastern League, Norfolk, 5; Richmond, 3. Allentown, 2-3: Albany, Springfield, 4-11: Bridgeport, 3-5. New Haven, 6; Hartford, 5. Standing of the Clubs The Leaders: Gehrig, Yankees, 41; Ruth, Yankees, 38; Klein, Phillies, 31; Averill, Indians, 29; Ott, Giants, 27; Foxx, Athletics, 25. League Totals: American, 506; National, 452; total, | 958. Recordsfi for i’eek In Major Leagues| | Hartfora. W. L. Pct. W.L Pct. . 49'19 .72 Sprinefield. Bridegport, 29 31 36 33 522 32 508 3132 492 Norfolk. New York-Pennsylvania League, Harrisburg, crk, 2. Williamsport, '3; Hazelton, 1. Wilkes-Barre, 10; Scranton, 7. Binghamton, 7; Elmira, 2. Standing of the Clubs Records of games won and lost, runs, hits, mn. opponents’ runs and home W. L. Pet. 68°63 519 . 53 78 (805 L8 60 (345 58 (543 Elmira . 88 328 Texas League. Fort Worth,5; San Antonio, 2. Houston, 5; Dallas, 3. Beaumont, 8; Shreveport, 7. Wichita Falls, 3; Galveston, 1. Three-Eye League. Decatur, 4; Sprirgfield, 1. Blcomington, 2; Danville, 1. Evansville, 6; Quincy, 5. ‘Terre Haute, 16; Pecrio, 8. ‘Western League. Wichita, 17-16; Topeka, 7-2. . Oklahoma Cié; l-glj St. Jcsgph. 5-2. *| Bingh'ton.. 69 E] " o ] L] ] El t. Louis .. Philadelphia, 4 ‘Cleveland .. ETT T of [STSTETSTPITY. 55 National League. cmcmnm..g 2 PomoonAN