Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1931, Page 45

CLUB'S BOSS READY L= TOASSST NAT VET Deserves Fine Berth, Says Prexy—Browns Trounced in Series Final. BY JOHN B. KELLER. RESIDENT CLARK .GRIF- ¢ FITH of the Washington ball club will do all he can| to land a good berth for Joe Judge if the veteran is not to be with the Nationals again next season, and at present it looks as though Joe would not be on the local roster. “Judge has given my club the finest base ball it could desire of any player in his more than 16 seasons with it,”,said Grif- | g fith t¢ay, “and should it be necesanty to part with him I want Joe wall placed in the good posi- tion De certainly deserves.” However, according to Grifith no move has yet been made to transfer Judge from the Washington club. “Nothing really can be done about any- thing like that until the season ends,” the prexy declared. “But if I decide upon a change for him Joe will be given | every opportunity to land something good and I'll be ready to help him in every way.” Now that Joe Kuhel, the youngster bought from Kansas City last year, seems, certain to continue as the Na- tionals' regular Arst-sacker, surely would not carry on its rolls as utility first hu«gnn a player drawing the high salary Judge gets. It would not be sound business and though there is & deal of sentiment in professional base ball there's'a deal of business, too, ‘where the pay roll is concsrned. Should Judge be retained by the Washington club it would surprise those who know the ways of the game’s moguls. ‘There is a rumor about Boston that the Red Sox are to get Judge, Pput ‘whether as a player or in some sich capacity “as cozch or managerial gide is not mentioned. 'Tis said tha! the aggregation best Sohmson's charges over a 22 4n ol 's Tges over a 22-game stretch. Al Crowder rang up his eighth suc- and cently disciplined moundsman yielded | Just one hit and one pass, the hit boing 2 Jouble by Red Kress off Fred's frst | . Dick Coffman, former National, whose | ¢ gell him again to make sure of everything. ‘T was & pass to Rice that started the | Nationals on their scoring way. Coff- man issued it after one was out in |~ the first round. Then singles by Manush and West followed to tally Sam and leave Heinie at the far corner. Cronin put up a hoist to Goslin to get Manush over the plate. i ‘The Browns offset one of these mark- | ers in their second batting turn. Melillo the attack with a single, a! bounder that Myer checked back of | the middle base. Bettencourt popped ! out, then Bengough singled, only to be | forced out by Levey., However, Melillo and Levey made a double steal, with Melillo denting the counting block be- fore Coffman fanned. Right back came the home side to i, score one more. Bluege's walk opened the second frame and Spencer’s single past the second baseman sent Ossie to third. As Coffman knocked down Crowder’s hot one and made a retiring heave to first Bluege counted. Singles hy Bengough, Levey and Schulte got a’run for the Browns in the seventh with McNeely, doing Ben- gough’s leg work, carrying the tally across. The Nationals, though. immedt- ately proceeded to pound Coffman for three markers. Spencer singled and made third as Schulte let the hit get by. Judge grabbed Crowder’s bat and lined a sin- | gle over the pitcher's head, scoring Roy, then the portside-swinging Myer shot @ surprising triple to left to get Joe home. Manush’s hoist to Schulte ac- counted for Myer's crossing. double-headers for the Naticrals next week, ons here and the other in New York...Two games with the White Sox will be played in Griffith Stadium next Monday and two the fol- Jowing Saturday with the Yankees in the big town...Scems that President Grifith has consented to the shifting of a Waghington date in Yankee Sta- <Gum that Yanks, Giants and Dodgers may come to grips in a charity double- header or Thursday of next week... Johnny Gill, outfielder, recently pur- chased from the Orioles, was to re| today and get into the pre- Prexy Griffith is point the .429 batting average gh ‘Travis, 17-year-old infielder, lately bought from the Lookouts, the Southern Assoolation hitting lead:..Four doubles ‘were among the 15 hits made by the his 13 games... Monts Weaver, mound stnsation of the Inter- national Leagus grabbed from the Orioles, may brought here to pitch the last game of the season. that with the Red Sox on Sunday, September 27, TIP FOB FISHERMEN, WARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Septem- ‘ber 17~The Potomac and Rivers both were very this youngster the club | | Giants, 114. €| Runs | Bettencourt. Bengough, #Jenkins | ot i - b in seventh, TBafted 1or Levey 1n ninth iBatted for Coffman in nipth. ‘WASHINGTON. 2b. wloonsscsorccsed Bl vanagfiartnaill 2l ooorummnucsend [ R 3 3 = = CETTY NP 3 “uSunse Spencer. | crowder. ». Marberr; | $Judge | Totals §Batted for Crowder in seven |8t Louts ......0 1000010 02 | Washington ©02 1 00003 0 36 | _Runs batted in—West. Cronin, Crowder, | Schulte, Judge. Myer. Manush.' Two-ba: | Bit—Kress | Three-: bases—Melillo, | to Cronin to’ Kuhel (2), Melillo to Left on bases—St. [PE AT oouosLwman] ssssssscscs™ h. 3 ft_Marberry. 1. Coftman, 1: by Crowder. . Hiis—Off Crowder, ! n 7 § off ‘Marberry, 1 in_ 3 innings. Ditcher—Growder. | Umpires—3 Gowan, Dinneen snd Oa: game—1 hour and 44 minutes. Major Leaders By,the Associated Press. American League, | _ Batting—Simmons, Athletics, .381; | Ruth, Yankees, .374. % | Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 153; Ruth, | Yankees, 135. | " Runs- batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 172; Ruth, Yankees, 146, Hits—Gehrig, Yankees, 187; Averill, Indians, 191. Doubles—Webb, Red -Sox, 63; Mil- ler, Athletics, and Alexander, Tigers, 43. * Triples—Johnson, Tigers, 19; Rey- nolds and Blue, White Sox, 14. Yankees, 44; ‘Home | Ruth, Yankees, 40. ‘Yankees, 58; en ’Johnxon. ‘Tigers, 32. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 29, lost 3; Marberry, Senators, and Mahaf- | fey, Athletics, won 15, lost 4. National League, Batting—Bottomley, ls, .344; | Klein, Phillies, .343. Ot Terry, Runs—Kilein, Phillies, 119; batted in—Klein, Philliés, 115; Ott and Terry, Glants, 106. Hits—Terry, Giants, 109; L. Waner, Pitching—] ls, won 11, m.l; Derringer, ls, won 17, Homer Standing Hafey, Cardinals, 1; Barton, ", Cubs, 1; ', Pirates, 1; McN The Leaders. Gehrig, Yankees, 44; Ruth, 40; Klein, Phillies, 31; Averill, Indians, 30; Ott, Giants, 28; Foxx, Athletics, 27. League Totals. loAlzlnerlu.u, 541; National, 476. Total, INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Newark, 11-3; Reading, 8-5. Jersey Oit; -2; Baltimore, 3-6. Montreal, 5: Toronto, 4, Rochester, 3; Buffalo, 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, No games scheduled. : WESTERN LEAGUE. Wichita, 11; St. J , 8. Des Moines. 7; Omaha, 4. Pueblo, 4; Denver, 1. Oklahoma City, 9; Topeka, 6. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Portland, 11; Seattle, 7. Oakland, 6; Sacramento, 5. Missions, 4; Hollywood, 3. San Prancisco, 14; Los Angcles, 0. 5% 6 ol g 2 Wast.. arris, 73 Jones.. 2841 M'n'sh 137884 1 Cronin 144 564 1 Rice... 108 370 Judse, er.. Boltor. | Kuner. Sp'cer Bluege 141 532 Crder. 42 8 | Haves: 35107 Marb'ry 40 79 Burke.. 20 48 | Hadles. B2 51 | Brown. 40 97 | Fischer 41 5 300 ossomNea~nO o reuwIna: 2 215 215 oy 8 161 Bt oussonsasnmvoniont L N eSosnes | G. H. B L. | Marb'y 40 182 e. 29 54 eyl A ©SERNanE 1.’ the flag early yesterday aiternoon with- “|the nighteap merely added insulf to | them Carl % 3 o 7! 3 8 o The Fp WASHINGTON, D. C., NINES TOBATILE Winner of Commerce-G. P. 0. Game Tomorrow May Be Series Champion. OMMERCE and’ G. P. O, dead- . locked with three wins and on row at 4:15 o'clock on the South Ellipse plonship. Since the opening week of the series {both the Clerks, champs of the De- partmental League, and the Typos, win- | ners of the Government race, have been clicking in bang-up style, bowling over ™4 | the Constructioneers and Eldbrooke. Either Frank Corkins, Bob Lyon or Pete Ingram will pitch for the Typos, R while Leon Riley will get the call e Commerce if his alling arm is in shape. Shout Taylor also is ready for Com- merce, which reigns a slight favorite. Today Constructioneers and Eld- brooke were to meet if the diamond, soggy from last night's rain, was in shape. The former nine is eliminated, while Eldbroke still could retain & slim chance. ‘The Isherwood A. C. has canceled | 8l games for the rest of the season. Potomac Food Distributors will play the Virginia Quick-Steps Sunday at the Green Valley ball park, in Green Val- ley, Va., in a double-header, the first game to start at 10 o'clock. - Deavers and Jackson will hurl for the locals, President Asked To Grid Contest JRESIDENT HOOVER has been invited to attend the Navy- Maryland foot ball game that will be played at Grifith Stadium here on October 10. The invitation was extended by Lieut. Comdr. James Hall, graduate manager of athletics and director of foct ball at the Naval Academy. IN CRUCIAL TEST in a game that may decide the cham- | WITH SUNDAY MORNING: EDITION It also is likely that Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and other high officials will attend the contest. BY GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Sports Writer, HE BST. LOUIS CARDINALS were in possession of their sec- ond straight National League pennant today, having clinched out the necessity of firing a shot. Thelr only remaining goal before they tackle the Philadelphia Athletics in the world series October 1 is to be the first Na- tional League club since 1913 to win more than 100 games. They have bright prospects of better- ing the mark of 101 victories set by the New York Gilants 18 years ago. Yesterday's 6-to-3 triumph over Phila- delphia was No. 96, and they have nine more games to play before the curtain falls. They are likely to go on winning their share, as Manager Gabby Street announced last night he intended to use his best pitchers in their regular turn right up to the last day. ‘Thanks to the Cincinnati Reds, who, it appears, had a nfission after all, the Cards did not even have to win yester- day to sew up their fourth title in six years. The Reds attended to that nicely when they trimmed the New York Giants, 7 to 3, in the first game of a double-header. Their 4-to-3 victory in injury. The first loss made it impos- sible for the McGrawmen to finish closer than a half-game to the top. Red Lucas, sometimes referred to as | Cincinnati's 'pitching staff, had the | privilege of sinking the giants and, incidentally, scoring his thirteenth | triumph of the year for a last-place club. He allowed 10 hits, but kept spaced, while his mates fell on Hubbell with gusto. The second tilt was not decided untfl the eighth inning, when successive hits by Hen- drick, Ford and Sukeforth broke a 3-3 tle_and provided the winning run. ! Bill Hallahan, who is expected to {start the second game of the world serles, pitched the Cards to their un- | |needed win over the Phils, allowing . It was their seventh v and their twelfth in k Hafey hit his six- is only time at bat | i 2gainst Phil Collins 2 The Chicago Cubs took a firmer "hold on third place by beating the Boston | Braves in two close ones, 6 to 5 and | '8 to 7. and Brooklyn practically sewed | jup fourth by downing the Pittsburgh | Pirates, 11 to 5. Pat Malone pitched | the Cubs to thelr firet, victory over the | Braves. but had a natrow escspe when {they rallisd to score four times fa nth inning. The Robins hopped ame and Osborn for six runs in | seventh inning Wi ! Pirates, g to swamp the | American League | YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. #; 8t. Louls THURSDAY, SEPTIMBER @ Sta;hdi;igs _in Major Eircu’its L 1931, National League | Phila | Detroit | Chicaso . :fifl'fif‘lg{_p i 1 1411479681504 a WK ey = 10778 GAMES TODAY. Detroit at Wash. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. N, Y at e T Cards Clinch Flag, Continue In High Gear to Beat Giants’ 7 18-Year-Old Record for Wins By way of celebrating their clinch- | ing_the American League flag the pre- day the Athletics rang up their 100th victory of the year at Cleve- land's expense. 7 to 5. Earnshaw went the route twentleth triumph. The Indians got off to a five-run lead in the second in- ning, but the star right-hander settl down and held them scoreless there- after, while his mates, mostly members of the “junior variety,” pounded Wes Ferrell for enough runs to win. By winning their third straight game from Chicago the Boston Red Sox | bounced out of the American League cellar and left it to the White Sox.' Ed Durham bested Vic Prasier in a| great mound duel, 2 to 1. Durham al- | lowed three hitc and Frasier but four. ‘Two of the blows off Frasier, however, were doubles by Earl Webb, his sixty- second and sixty-third of the season. 20 YEARS AGO || OSEDALE athletes with 38 poin yground track meet. Virginia ;vfl.\:; with - 34 ints was secon wnpowlt.h 13, third. Officials included James E. West, E. 8. Mar- tin, Albert M. Chesley, J. T. Meany, | °C. L. Johnsop, W. L. Mason, D. C. | Crain, O. W. Stratton, W. G. Stuart, | Edward 8. Gilfillan, Judge William De Lacy, Fred G. Coldren, B. W. Murch, Nils G. Hansen, Harry Long | and Robert Walker. Dixie Walker pitched Washing- | ton to & 5-4 win over St. Louis, but the Browns hit Buck Becker hard to win the second game, 6 to 0. Joe Gflbel,u?'mms n b.g’y.‘ who | made good Wil avannah team, may get a tryoup with Washington. American Security & Trust Co. nine battled Maryland A. C. of Bal- timore to a 6-6 tle, but the latter | then went on to down the Richmond Battle Axe nine, 5 to 1, to win the series among the champion nines of Washington, Baltimore and Rich- mond. Fienle and Shag Rawlings itched for A. S. & T. Co. Boehl- | fin‘ hurled for the Battle Axe club. | DIZZY DEAN BEATEN, 1-0 BIRMINGHAM, Ala, September 17 (#).—Birmingham of the Southern As- soclation hopped on “Dizzy” n for three hits to score a single run In the ng game of the Dixie series from ouston of the Texas League, 1 to 0. ‘The Buffaloes touched Ray Caldwell for seven hits, and the Barons garnered five off Dean. The game was played before 15,000, bel.:zv to be a record for the Dixle series. Queer Reactions Mark Flag Wins YORK, September 17— ‘When a team clinches & pen- nant in the big leagues the layers usually show their elation gy pulling a few bizarre stunts. The Athletics and Cardinals probably will ring up some new ones this year. be Marquard pure a case of perfume one season when the Giants won. Tesreau spent the next day walking up and down automobile 1ow looking in the windows. Al | Simmons once celebrated by ordering | a double portion of Spring chicken. Art Fletcher Jooked up the stock and bond market with a lead pencil in one hand, Jimmy Dykes enfered into open negotiations with the Jocal coal dealer for the Winter fuel. Fred Merkle boul hct l|: ‘:ywnpnlr of lul; an 7} erzoggave heater Christy )lng:mon sweater in the club- it was another | | o) | Big George |, to record his |seven more _than,Zoa, from Long sBeach, Calif., S VAGHTS LET N TITLE RUNING Colleen Favorite as Finall Race Is Held in Star. Class Series. By the Associated Press. ORT WASHINGTON, N. Y, September 17.—With the final contest of the five-rase series for the International Star class yacht championship scheduled for today, only & balf dozen of the 26 contending yachts were left with more | than an outside chance of winning the | title held last year by Arthur Knapp's Peggy Wee. 4 Colleen, which gained the lead in the | series through the disqualification of the defending chappion in the third race Monday, and held it by taking fifth place in the.fourth of the series yesterday, was granted the best chance of victory. ‘The Southport, Conn., sl sailed by W. J. McHugh, had a total of 90 points, E. Pink's boat and Dfkie, lklrpend by Edwin Jahncke of New g:euu, which were tied for second ce. Joy, Colin Ratsey’s British entry, was fourth with 82 points, while Majella 2d, Ralph Bradley's Ijjinois River rep- resentative, with 78 points, and Wings of Great South Bay, N. Y. with 77, also were strong contenders. W. B: Comstock’s Rhody of Narragansett Bay, winner of the fourth race yester- o oul many en with higher totals. Y e 36 ROUNDS SLATED IN. FORT RING SHOW De Angelo and Landers, McKenna and Morley Down for Eight- Stanza Battles. Two eight-round bouts, ome six- rounder and a quartet of four-rounders, thirty-six periods of boxing all told, will be offered at Fort Washington next Monday night. The ‘card, which was completed yes- terday, will be headlin.1 by Frankie De Angelo and Sailor Landers, who will clash in the eight-round feature scrap. Sailor McKenna and Mickey Morley will oppose in the semi-final, also eight rounds, while Soldier Clark and Caspar Leon will square off in the main pre- liminary, six rounds or less. The four-round bouts follow: Sammy Hogan vs. Jock Codey, Soldier Green vs. Sailor Oden, Soldier Sager vs. War- ren ed‘.’m Sciver, and Billy Hoe vs, Buck MOUNTS BATTLE DOR-A" Winner of Sunday Ball Game Will Take 'on, Dixie Pigs. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., 17.—Mount Rainler tossers and the A nine of Riverdale have arran; a game for Sunday on the Mount Rai- nier Field at 3 o'clock. ‘The winner will engage Dixle Pig A. C., at present the outstanding claimant to the Prince Gegrgfil )foun‘t};‘ u’nllimlud title. 3 of ount Rainier and Dor-A have good reeords, Socking the ball at a 560 clip, Geo! Mosedale, oulfielder, is leading the Mount Rainier batters. Bud ln‘lmln. another outfielder, is only & it mnd Mosedale A September | o riek a hhz victories and 18 the lead- mmwmmvfll ot bean ening Star. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘17, 1931. - kg \ TNt LT (1L \un Sees Comeback in Fisticuffs Webb of Navy Predicts Depression for Grapplers. BY TOM DOERER LL of that silence along the base ball front is the cheers, surprise and acclaim bein accorded the Athletics an Cardinals as they upset the dope by winning the gs in their re- spective loops. And all of those threats, bellows and that ripting in the market places of the Nation is due to the National Bozring Association having dropped Primo Carnera. Afth to thir- teenth place in its rating of heavy~ weight bozers. But Spike Webb, United States Na- m:k“:;- place. At n Pat o R seain. matches vil Academy boxing coach, peeks from | 18 beneath the visor of his big black e’nlr at Navy to tell me that boxing i1 shortly be on comeback lane, and what | do you think of that? reasons that _hippodrome has about another year to go before the man with the hammer or the grabber reaches out and taps it. It will be on that occasion will come back, much chastined by its re- cent experience with the wolves of the game, udmrady to bow to the eash c Navy's peerless glove tutor, who served flth't,be cruising Middies this saw & lot of Denmark and other countries. So much of it, in fact, shat he looks for a lot of smart foreign talent to contend with when the sour science starts on” the rebound. Bat Spike may be a little left-handed in his on wrestling. He believes that the bone benders start to bow out in another year. From what the newspaper boys there in Philadel- Yes, sir, it's that goofy. They are saying in all seri- ousness that Ra; Steele, the bronze Californian, has learned the art of hypnotism and by which he is going to goo-goo eye Jim Londos tomorrow night into a state of curly helpless- ness. That to me means that the end . cannot be jar away. When the boys who must write about the game are forced to dig this deep into bunk' and melarkey to say something to steam up @ match times are sure tough, and how. Between you and me there's & wrestler on Joe Turner's card tonight who ought to take Mr. Steele, his eye and all of his championship ugm- tions, huddle them together and throw them for two out of three falls, on either a wet or dry evening. He's Pat O’Shocker to you, customer, but Mr. Shaw out there in Salt Lake City. Give him a ehance to come be the to flip Mr, Si on it is verboten 2P, MONS, SPIKE WEBB his until ‘Mr. Londos does it) for a victory. s man O'Shocker is red-headed g 'l\ko e the blankets off him rn_for If that I'm not kidding, They tell me he ive the Districl sh customers = time match some time ago. palr of yars ago, when the air- lane spin was com! into play, Mr. %‘lhmvr took your correspondent by Summer, clouting talent in| the | through two long workouts And yet—and yet—folks will insist on telling you that high pressure foot ball is tapering out. There is .a low note, here and there, but in the main I find foot ball just as perky as ever. FIELDS FIGHTS TERRY Ex-Welter Champion in First Bout Since Hand Was Broken. NEW YORK, September 17 (#).— Jackie Flelds of Los les, former world welterweight cham , who has not fought since he broke his hand and ‘who has not appeared in New York for over two years, comes back to the ring tonight to ve or disprove the ability ‘erry, promising young mid- from nten, N, J. 10-round bout, incidentally, marks the Fall N of Madison 8‘1‘4!‘0 Garden, which has been de- voted to “new talent” shows all Summer, of young dleweight The DOR-A BOOKS GAME. RIVERDALE, Md., September 17.— Dor-A nine has carded & game for Sat- urday with Colesville Cardinals on the gl'h!::lll Fleld. Play will start at 3 el PAGE D-—1 Griffith Would Get Good Job for Judge : Stars of Speedboat World to Invade INU.S. INREGATTA To Take Part in President’s Cup Program That Will Start Tomorrow. IGHT of America’s foremost speedboat pilots will line up tomorrow for the fifth running of the President's Cup Regatta, one of the country's standout water races, and among them will be Dick Loynes, the prize hard-luck racer, who prob- | ably will enjoy the well-wishes of more of the motor boat world than any other pilot in the classic a piston ‘and valve trouble Loynes, still confident his speedboat championship caliber, sent it California to be rebuilt for the g i £ F COACHES FROM HOSPITAL ‘Wittmer of Princeton Gives Plays for Secret Practice. PRINCETON, N. J., September 17 (#).—Princeton’s foot ball squad went holding a secret drill in the morning to ‘work out some new plays which Coach Al Wittmer has prescribed from his hospital bed, and following in the after- noon with work on fundamentals, By the Associated Press. Red Lucas and Clyde Sukeforth, Reds —Former pitched Giants out of pen- nant race by winning first game, 7-3; latter drove in run t gave Cincin- eorge ‘Athletics—Held Indians to six hits for his twentieth victory of season and Athletics’ one- hundredth. ‘Woody English and Vince Barion, Cubs—Former made four st it hits in first game, latter four out of five in second as Cubs took two from Braves. Al Crowder, Senators—Pitched his Johnny Prederick, Robins—Hit double and two singles to lead 16-hit attack that beat Pirates, 11-5. Eddie Durham and Earl Webb, Red Sox—Former held White Sox to three hits; latter clouted sixty-second and sixty-third doubles of season in 2-1 victory. TR gaime of ‘season. hoiding Phiies eenth game of season, to six hits. | eighth straight victory over Browns. THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND. RI A Remarkable Team. N May 30 the Athletics took the fleld with their regular line-up intact. Up to Tuesday afterncon this weék, when his team cinched and tied-up another pennant with s lead of 1315 games, that was the last time their league by more in deba! of his neck and gave too real- |,/ bacl istio & demonatration of ita operation. — i on he ‘:.'.‘d“-'.“": ...'.""u._“"'p.‘. nape nec l.llli count, So far there one to do it unless Mr. Shaw " place in -u-uj‘i‘fiwu from meeting and a front of almost as wide a margin, than'ever. Here are the and argument, and as as muothgymhoun'!nr't:wlboutm