Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1931, Page 29

e * WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1931 PAGE C—1 Chisox Aid lo Griffmen in Exciting Struggle With Yanks for Second Place WEAVER DELIVERS INBOX DEBUT HERE Oriole Rookie Cops After Gill’s Double Wins Ninth in a Row for Crowder. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Bports Editor, The Star, T would seem, judging by de- velopments of yesterday, when ‘Washington grabbed both ends of a-double-header from Chi- cago, 4-3 and 6-4, that kind fate guided the efforts of the schedule makers in sending the White Sox . here at this stage of the fast-wan- ing season. This well might be the view of the ol §§E azpr 55 sg§§§§§§ EEars $ L i i 81 g9 four times, with | & jpencer. Cronin’s 1 and Bluege and | Bolton: bat of Manush in brought Cara- , and the the satisfaction of seeing knotted before he absorbed | Blue ( setback of the day. Three fifth netted the Sox one| e the Texas League type and | g, harged to Spencer. Singles by Myer and Manuzh, with a | O¥ens znd Ormsby. Time of game— e Rice sandwiched between, the seventh the counter win, and Cronin clinched needed Jop of the nightcap, a double. CARL FISCHER and Ted Lyons were f the indicated *choices for mound |Rerr work this afternoon in the third setto of the series which ends tomor- ...The bingle 'credited to Wat- wood in the fourth round of the opener because it struck a teammate would have been anyway...It was stiffiy |Myer. met...Jolley'’s effort to pull the un- ted in trying to nip Gill off first snaring Cronin’s fly in the earned him an error...Gill displayed inexperience as well as a strong srm & futilley Sullivan’s hit to the far corner the fifth...It merely per- initted Blue to take an extra base... |Chica; of Fotherglil's drive close to the rier in the eighth was the outstand- ing defensive gemr of the initial fray... Wi Cronin’s alertness in backing up Myer ton- wildly on Wat- Caraway Is Near Mark for Losses ¥ scn.m'micx' %Anuw‘mm left-hander of Chisox, ma earn ut.‘he qnefihn)lxn distine. tion of setting & record. for games S e e, e chary wi fea o terday Chicago’s chief relief hvx;r emerged from a tle with Sam Gray of the Browns, who has 23 reverses “Long is 26. Caraway now has been on the losing end of 25 battles this season and needs “to absorb only two more to get his name into the record book. LANDERS IS HEAVY FAVORITE TONIGHT " |Picked to Again Defeat De Angelo in Feature at Fort Washington Show. S Bl ondes Nt st weight, ent & strong !mu Tepeat a pr triumph over Frankie De Angelo, Mohawk Club featherweight, | 1 the consensus of that De’ than. lean left- | GhlCH CHI things with his second extra-base wale i third | gfon = . |in 4 inni éuhéx 1 hour an ‘who ‘Texas this season...Rice failed to fox attempting = delayed steal in the third, the hurler's peg to Kerr nail- ing him. .. Gill gave the bugs something 1o enthuse over when he slid in for & one-fin stab of Fothergill's low lner in the fourth and doubled off to Kuhel. ..Ponseca evidently Manush’s drive in the clear the f mind, [ { PIIRRRERER. | uloscsencenasl Bl ooomea 8] i auwssnd ol doonmesgip oscsosos ° 0 00 13 001 14 lton, Mrer, base_on ball asler, 4: off Crowder, 3. Struck _out—By Frasjer, 2: by Crowder. 7. Hits—Of Prasier, § in 8 innings: off Gara % o Losing plicher. Caraway. mpires—Messrs, et 3 ‘araway. 8 and 43 minuter. > ] ] bl I isagaa 5, 1 PR, | | vounrnoou? ol mmourosons? ourSuas RS iy Al S g om ol oombuonnnit ol somimonmui I 0 . of 3 . Cronin (2), Ku- y . ‘Two- P o ¥ § AL o 1 2% by pings By the Associated Press. - Monte Weaver, Senators—Made big- time debus, holding White 80x to nine | fe ‘hits and winning, Al Crowder, Sox for minth straight Henry Johnson Yankees—Held Indians to 15 hits in double bill as Yankees won twice, 7-1, 10-4, * | By the Assoctated Press. my °| tackles Joe Sekyra, .| horse, lnot.he 10-round feature bout at Frasler, | €My, der, | Waynesboro. 3 | Who played on the undefeated Gonzaga “ B Senators—Defeated White victory, and Gordon Rhodes, | ! SCHAAF TRIES SOCK ON GRIFFITHS NEXT Sensational Puncher Billed With Once Promising Heavy Wednesday. EW YORK September 21.—Ernie Schaaf of Boston, whose pow= t erful punching has been mak- i ing rival Eastern heavyweights assume horizontal attitudes with dis- patch, travels West this week to see what he can do with one Gerald Am- brose (Tuffy) Griffiths. ] Schaaf, with a string cf 10 succe: Xnockouts behind him, including tWO over Jimmy Maloney znd one over Vic- torio Campolo, battles Griffiths in a 10- rounder at the Chicago Stadium Wed- nesday night. Griffiths himself cnce welg D o & i i we! but de o w!lzlhnt'gnt performer after Jimmy Brad- knocked him out. Loughran Meets Sekyra. Another heavyweight contender, Tom- 1phis e , n, Philadelp) .lO lKo,wuhl the leensboro jum here tomor- row ?fim. l.ougrln'a string_of vic- tories is just as ve as Schaaf’s, but Tommy has won his triumphs by his bexing N{L Sel the boys of Germany. Stanley Poreds, s o, Ty, Shnes e . 3 Baer, Oakland’s heavyweight ace, ln:g"gedvn‘;anoy of Los Angeles at Oakland ay. Christcpher (Bat) Battalino of Hart- ford, Conn., world featherweight cham- ghn. will encounter Bushy Graham, tica, N. Y., star in a 10-round non- title affair at Cincinnat! Thursday. Alexandria Notes ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 21.— Charley Corbett, pilot of the St. Mary's Celtics foot. ball and diamond teams, THE GRIFFS ' SLUMP DECIDED WHET TO WEAR. NEXT WEEK FOR THE WASHINGTON FAN N, A SPORTS WiLL TOP EVERYTHING ELSE DURING THE NEXT TwWOo 2 A PROBLEMS L4 HEN, WHERE YOU GOING ? —BY DOERER FIGHT T0 A FINISH IN SECOND DIVISION Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Places Unsettled as A. L. Clubs Enter Final Week. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR,, Associated Press Sports Writer. ITH the end of the major league season a week away and the two pen- nants firmly in the grasp of the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals, there still are several places in the major league standings to be decided in the last seven days. The National League is in & fairly settled condition with the first three places clinched, but only about of the American League clubs can sure of where they will . A’s are safe at the top; place Cleveland dians neither up nor down, and White Sox are not likely of the cellar. But second SEQEE; §§§§?g§ ROCHESTER FINISHES TWO GAMES T0 GOOD ‘| Newark Second, Baltimore Third in Hot International Pen.. nant Chase. By the Associated Press. Red Wings finished on top as the 1931 International League season closed yes- After clinching the title, the cfi{ Red Wings held their place two games GRID VETERANS SCARCE ‘Woodberry Forest School Has Much Inexperienced Material. ORANGE, Va., September 21.—Wood- berry Forest School foot ball team, its season here Saturday son Institute of Washing- ton, 8 line-up against the Capital City scholastics containing con- siderabje inexperienced material. Five linemen and one back who played regularly last year and one or two re- serves are back, « It appears that dlvelopme;t of a hind the line formerly the forward wall. Woodberry will close its nine-game | schedule against Episcopal High No- ve?l:r 21 at Alexandria, card: September 26—Emerson Institute. ‘October 3—Staunton Military Acad- ;. 10, Virginia iscopal " School; 17, Augusta Military Academy, at Fort Defiance; 24, Shenandoah Vnfiey Acad- emy; 31, Fishburne Military School, at ovember 6—McGuire's School, - at Richmond; 14, Randolph-Macon Acad- | emy; 21. Episcopal High School, at| Alexandria. | WILL TUTOR APACHES “Tubba” rll::ll to H;\dle DlltflEtg Grid Champs This Fall, | James J. Farrell, better known as :hfilllbz.‘:o:ill Tcgnch the‘Amhe eleven 5 e new pilot and center of the District's gridiron champions, 4team of 1926 and for Moly Cross three years, will have six other members of ihe unbeaten Purple team as team- mates on the Indians. They are Byrne, Himmelberg, Dugan, Holan, ‘Tracy and | Tobin. Johnny Bozek also may piay. | ¢ Farrell will make his debut as & coach Itomonow when the Apaches drill at m:gkmnm and B streets at Records of Griffs 3 asod Ecavusonacy oEEEE S5 oS m s mms 2388838 B - ceeserens e i ahead of the Newark Bears by defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 to 1, in the final encounter, while Newark won its k. Montreal and Buffalo had a double- header permanently rained out, but the results could not have ~chai standing. In the other day gam:s, Jersey City and Reading split 2. double-header, each winning a 7-to-6 decision, The final standing: Rochester . Newark .. Baltimore Montreal w. Pet. 0] -601 9 o 9 5 8 515 3 497 k] # 105 American Assoclation. Minneapolis, 6-16; St, Paul, 5-6. Milwaukee, 9-7; Kansas City, 5-9. ‘Toledo, 11-8; Columbus, 6-6. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. 8t Paul.. 100 60 638 Miwauk, ';&L i Sl S METaGES 18 8 76 318 ville.. . Columbus. 78 80 494 Toledo. ... Western League. St. Joseph, 8; Topeka, 5. Wichita, 8;.Oklahoma City, 2. Denver, 9-9;" Omsha, 2-4. Des Moines, 6-10; Pueblo, 3-20. Pacific Coast League. San Prancisco, 10-6; Los Angeles, 1-5. By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Gehrig, Yankees, 1; Ruth, Yankees, 1; Pol:?rl"‘r. Indians, 1. ‘The Leaders. Gehrig, Yankees, 45: Ruth, Yankees, 44; Averill , 32; Klein, Phillles, 31; Ott, Giants, League Totals. X oA,r'nerlun. 557, National, 482, Total, | - NEW YORK, Septentber 21.—Por the | fourth - successive time -the Eldbrooke, G. P. O. Teams Meet In Desperate Combat Today ETERMINED to, hang on to their slim chance of tying Commerce for the city series four games, can tie Com- merce by downing G. P. O. today and the Clerks tomorrow. G. P. O.s chances rest in defeating Eldbrooke’s this after- noon and watching the Churchmen trim the Clerks tomorrow. Standing of the Teams. W. L. Pet. .. 800 600 Eldbrooke .. 500 Constructioneers 1 5 267 Hecht Co. won two games from Palais Royal yesterday to virtually itself of the championship of the second half of th The Hechtmen won the first half. Berry held Palais Royal to three hits and runless. after the first inning as 393 | Hecht won the opener yesterday, 12 96 | to 2. The second game was a pitcher’s battle between Messink of .Hecht and Bowman Royal. Messink of Palais 38 | weakened in the sixth and Berry, who!cC. replaced him received credit for his second victory of the day. The score was 6 to 5. The Hecht nine has won 15 games and lost only 3 this season. Yesterday's scores follow: nunoa.n;m)mx.a(m- Hecht Co., 6; Palals 5 (Depart- mental Store League). Columbia hsl.lu Company, 5; Del lus.eo (Alexandria city series). 1 Ray, 8; Cardinals A. C., 2. Sox, 5; Palisades, 0. W-A'c?; gmm'. R).nnhr. 7 (Prince Georges County. series). ‘Washington A. C., 8-7; Damascus, 4-2. Saks & Co. Vienna, Va., 4. Phoenix, 1 assure | * ment, 5; Bethes- Bethesda Fire Department .| da A. C., 2 (for Bethesds tifl Chevy Chase, 7-7; Rockville, 8-5. Colesville Cardinals, 1; Skinker Eagles, 0 (10 innings). . In%hn Head Juniors, 7; Swann's Serv- ce, 5. Hillcrest, 8; Nationals, 3. Cglumhh Heights, 12; Kensington A. Top Flight Goes For Coin Record ‘YORK, September 21 (#).— e wlnnl::': ‘m mll;:.; money arisen in' C. V. Whitney’s brilliant 2-year-old filly, Top Flight. When she carried the heavy impost of 127 pounds to victory in the Puturity g:‘nglx;u-ywmeh‘unmwn mgcd ,78) 1l earnings m five Pprevious” victories. Top hi now has won a total of $162,830 in establishing herself as the leading 2-year-old of 1931 and is only about” $12,000 behind the American_racord for fillies, set by Princess Doreen. GRIDDERS HOLD PARLEYS Capital City League Teams Meet Three Nights This Week. Second organization meetings of Capital cltyr!;éo? will be held this week at Prench’s store, 721 Fourteenth street. Preliminary ses- slons were held last week. Representatives of teams planning to compete in the 135-pound foop are to meet tonight, the 150-pound loop tomor- ToW and the unlimited division Wed- nesday. All the confabs are scheduled for 7:30 pm. All clubs wishing to compete are ex- - | pected to be represented. Palace A C. gridders will drill to- night at Seventeenth and B streets at 7:30 o'clock. American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicago, 3-4 (8 innings, Standings in Major Circuits — MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1081, National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicago. 16-7; New York, 6-6. aifl'-:"h Thi s er clubs ‘hot. schedulad. > e Philadeiphia_.|—I11/11(18[16]14[14]19[103/431.705 I—113N14111/12(13]18]17[97(53.651 New_York...|10/—|10] 9|14{16/16/18| 90/571.607 ‘ashington .I11] 14114/16/14/15] 89/58.605 101—] 9110/12116]14115(861641.573 8112/—| 8113/1414/14/821691.543 7 DIT4I— 111111131 .1 4i13) 91 9I16/15_73(151.500 2 8] 8/—(10/11/11 59187].404 B1_6(13(12/—_8[13] 60I87).404 61 8] 611113/ 7/ 86/88/.401 lfilm'lll—':ig;lll [111—| 861931.374 GAMES TODAY, wSanuii- ) TR Eleauset! t 'l¥l at 'ton, il BERREET COLUMBIA FIREMEN RETAIN BALL TITLE Record Crowd Sees McMenamin Hurl Third Straight Shutout in Game With Del Ray. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 21— Columbia Engine Company defeated the Del Ray-A, O, 5 to 0, to retain the Alexandria amateur unlimited cham- plonship it captured last séason. The attendance record for the series was :hu:ture'd when nearly 1,500 fans turned Lester McMenamin pitched his third shut-out and limited the Red Birds to four scattered singles while fanning 8. “Kitty”. Curtiss struck out 13 to set a series miark, and probably would have fared better in his duel with McMena- min but for his teammates’ shoddy fielding. Del Ray topped the Cardinal A. C., 8 to 2, in the second game of the twin bill at Duncan Field, while the third contest scheduled, between the Colonial A. C, and Nation-Wide Grocery Stores, was called because of the wet grounds at Richard Haydon- Field. ‘The Sylvester A. Breen Trophy, em- blematic of the city amateur cham- pionship, -will be presented to the champions this by Herbert M. Knight, donor of the trophy. Final Standings. Golgnlil ? I.A Pet. fliae 4 § 38 Cardin: MATCH FOR SEKYRA Meets King Levinsky in Opener of Chicago Coliseum. CHICAGO, Se] ber 21, (P).—Joe hio‘. heavyweight, ‘l;m the latter’s drlv':’ for a contending posi- tion among the heavies. GRID OFFICIALS MEET D. C. Arbiters Will Get Together 5l Bifcialy ssociation wih be hewd tonight at the Racquet Club at 8 o'clock. mfin and others interested are im L DOR-A NICKS MOUNTS TO GAIN TITLE SHOT |imoug =i e Looks to Clash With Dixie Pigs After Snapping County Rivals’ Long Streak. RIVERDALE, Md., September 21.— Negotiations were in progress today looking to & game between Dixie Pig A. C. and the Dor-A nine, which yes- terday downed Mount Rainfer's un- Syl limited team, 10 to 7, on the Mount Rainfer fleld. It was understood that t been postponed. In defcating Mount Rainier Dor-A snapped & straight win streak of the former nine that had extended to 17. Dor-A got enough runs to win in the fourth inning when the Mount| Rainier defense collapsed, and the Riverdale nine put -across eight runs on seven errors and four hits, includ- ing doubles by Mocker Belt and Pitcher Arlie Long. Prior to this spree Dor-A was tled with the Mourits, 2-2. Prancis McMahon, Mount Rainier pitching ace, replaced Reld during the | fourth and limited Dor-A to one run g g ;E§¥35 #Eaiégi LANHAM BEATS FOXALL Scores Six Runs in First Raps and Carry on to 9-7 Win, terday. Getting to Pennyfield, Foxall for six runs in the first and three hits the remainder of the | This way. Long, who started on the mound for Dor-A, faltered in the seventh and Gump Bailey his place. Mount Rainier scored two runs in the and its last three in the eighth. WA&: Burdick, Dor-A was game's leading hitter. He got three singles. ' ADAMS OF CARDS HURT Sprains Ankle in Base Circling Race—Out Several Days. ST. LOUIS, September 21 Sparky Adams, star third baseman of the St. Louis Cardinals, sprained his left ankle yesterday while participating in a track and fleld meet which pre- ceded the St. Louis-Brooklyn game. He suffered the injury wtile taking part in a base circling contest. Previously he had won a bunting and running event. s was unable to play yesterday, and probably will be out of action for several days. The injury, however, was not regarded as serious enough to in- terfere with his playing in the world ;%Afim was first l': the event ting and running to first base, being timed at 345 seconds. Ernie Or- satti won the base-circling contest in 14.5 seconds. Gus Manusco captured the accurate contest for catchers. by Van Mungo in the 75. w‘:h:;ml‘d 7y e 75-yard for regulars in 8.2 seconds. YOUNGSTER MAKES GOOD Pitcher Billy Anderson Wins in Bladensburg A. C. Debut. BLADENSBURG, Md., September 21. ey ek P e el er him a chance to pifch for the A. C. team. FPlerstein Distr] and struck out five. o Anderson’s previous & ence has been with m:em“ mm: , for the losers, also well, only five hits. Mel pitched Blackie Adair of Bladensburg took batting honors with a double and single. GLEDHILL BEATS VINES. LOS ANGELES, September 21 (#).— Barbara, P)—|, and a single, while Tom) was sixth | all's leader on attack with a trio doubles. Lanham will end iis season next Sunday against Indian Head Cardinals at Lanham. AN JONES ON LOSING END Emperor and Johnny Dawson Beat- en by Burke and Sweetser. GREENWICH, Conn., September 21 (#)—Billy Burke, national open cham- plon, teamed up with Jess Sweetser, Bronxville, N. Y, amateur, to beat Bobby Jones and Johnny Dawson of Chicago, 3 and 2, in an 18-hole exhi- bition golf match played for charity over the links of the Round Hill Club. Burke, who was playing over his home course, turned in a 69 for his round, Sweetser a 73, Jones a 76, and Dawson a 74. Leader: . Major ; By the Associated Press. (Including games of September 20.) AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, 388; Ruth, Yankees, .375. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 158; Ruth, Yankees, 144, Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 178; Ruth, Yankees, 155. Hits—Gehrig, Yankees, 204; Averill, Indians, 201. Doubleu—We};b. Red Sox, 66; Alex- ng—Grove, Athletics, won 30, m:: ln.rh-rr';, Senators, won 16, NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting — Hafey, Cardinals, .348; Terry, Giants, .346. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 120; Terry, Giants, 118, Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 115; ott, Glants, 110. Hits—Terry, Giants, 209; L/ Waner, Pirates, 208. Doubles—Adams, Cardinals, 45; Her- man, Robins; Berger, Braves, 43. 'rr'lplufi-'rerry, Giants, 20; Herman, Keith Gledhill, Santa ite singles mn-mnmtowm lxnch !.\m:rmnmwm-ut usder. """ the previous