Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1931, Page 41

Griffs “Spénding’; NEED EVEN BREAK INFOUR CONTESS Beat Yarnks, 3-2, to Increase Margin to 1 1-2 Games. Use Crowder Tomorrow. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 24.— A jubilant bunch of Ameri- can League Griffmen arc today discussing what they are going to do with approximate- | ly $450, for that amount, in case you didn’t know, represents the difference in the “dividend” given to members of second-place teams as against that given to third- | place teams, and the Griffmen had little doubt today that they were going to be in second place when the season ends on Sunday. And, according to their calculations, why not? With yesterday's 3-to-2 vic- tory over the third-place Yankees giv- ing them a lead of one and one-half Fans “Selecting” A’s Slab Starter HILADELPHIA, September 24 (/). —The Philadelphia Athistics, having snugly put away the American League pennant for the season, followers of the chempions are speculating on the opening pitcher for the world series, ‘There are nine to pick from— Earnshaw, Grove, Hoyt, Krausse, McDonald, Mahaffey, Peterson, Rom= mel and Walberg. Many experts think Mack will start, either Grove or W, his two outstanding stars, and others have a hunch that he might cross the wise ones by starting a cast-off pitcher. A Handy Victory A | Spence: | Brown, Marberry, Totals (Cumauasans RO — ] cuomoswosL> socosomes-M games, they have only to break even in | Gomez. the four games remaining in order to accomplish their cbjective. the Yankees cgain tomorrow and then engage in a double-header on Saturday. After that they meet the second division Boston Red Sox and for a team which | has won its last five games it isn't too | much to expect that they break even |, in the next four. Added to that, the New Yorkers meet the league-leading | A’s in their final contest Sunday. 'OT that yesterday's game was won easily. Far from it. Almost the entire story of the contest lies in the score, and the Griffmen yesterday weren't much more than 3-to-2 better than ths Yanks. The visitors found Lefty Gomez three times in the sixth | inning #nd these hits, ccmbined with an | error by the hurler himself and what | used to be known as a sacrifice fly, gave them their three runs and victory. From the manner in which the game started, it gave every evidence of being the close, hard-fought battle it actually was. For two and a half in- nings, there wasn't a hit from either side and when Lazzeri singled past sec- ond in the Yank's half of the third, he died on base a few minutes later. ‘Then, in the first half of the fourth, Myer started for the Griffs, getting a single of the scratch variety past Gomez. He didn’t ll-!:!eomlm‘, either, for he was VEN then there was plenty of action still to come. In the eighth, for instance, the Yanks scored a run on two consecutive errors by Cronin and Myer, and with two men on base, wnm l;‘lylptge;upp‘d ldlp to bat. ‘Bnllt the up an uehnz ollowing him, forced Combs at third, ending | that rally, That's all the scoring there was. Fred Marbarry relieved Brown on the mound and didn't allow a Yankee bat- | fer to reach first in the. next two| innings, and even though Rice hit a triple in ‘the eighth, he didn't get home. Despite the Griffmen's victory yes- | terday, there is still a little excitement ' in the race for second place. The Yanks still have & ten-to-nine edge in the series this year, after the Griffs booted the New Yorkers around last year to win 17 out of the 22 games played. Today the visitors attended the intra- | city double-header at the Polo Grounds between the Yanks and the Robins and the Giants and the Robins for the benefit of the unemployed. Tomorrow They play | | Totals .. 2 *Batted for Gomez in seventh. ¥Bitied for PipEras in minth. Washinston New York oft itcher—Brow! Bmpires—Messrs. _Campbell.” Dinsen Owens, Time of game—1 hour and $0 utes. e iny r—Gomez. and min- EWLY IMPORTED MATMAN APPEARS Kasah Will Meet Pojello in Tonight’s Show Featured by Dusek-Roebuck. ONSIEUR JACQUES CURLEY'S muscle manipulators will be e | ,busy again tonight at Grifith _Stadlum_and, in addition’ to seeing ' their fair-haired boy, Rudy Dusek, massage the facial features o6f Tiny Roebuck with vicious-appearing thorhammers, local wrestling followers will have an opportunity to see one of Curley’s latest importations, one Abad Kasah of Turkey, make his American debut. Kasah is one of those pachyderms who was brought over last week by M. Curley. The tip-off is that he has | been taught o be very villainish, for he | will meet Carl Pojello tonight, and Carl is never knswn to lose. Dusek, in tackling Roebuck, hopes to pin the giant Indian and thereby get | 2n opportunity to haggle with Promoter got; u"nxmer for a match with Ray In the semi-final Pat O'Shocker will tangle with Mike Romano, also to a finish, while a third finish match will above-mention affair and one between Jean LeDoux and Doc Wilson. The first match will start at 8: o'clock. n to will 30 Admissio) ‘women be free, provided they are escorted. they get back into action, and “Gen- eral” Alvin Crowder, who hes also been | courting money lately, will start for | the Griffs in the box. Crowder, it may be remembered. has just received a bonus of $1,000 for winning 18 games this season. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. - AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, Ruth, Yankees, .372. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 159; Yankees, 144. Runs batted in—Gehrig, 178; Ruth Yankees, 155, i ‘Hits—Averill, Indians, 206; Gehrig, ‘Yankees, 205. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox, 66; Alex- ander, Tigers, 45. Triples—Johnson, Tigers, 19; Yankees, Yankees, Blue, White Sox, 15. Home runs—Gehrig, 45; Ruth, Yankees, 44. i Stolen bases — Chapman, Yankees, | 61; Johnson, Tigers, 33 | . P;l(ghlng—Gro\c, Athletics, won 30, | ost 3; Marberry, lost 4. Senators, won 16, NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hafey, Cardinals, ,350; Ter- | Ty, Glants, 349, Runs—Terry, Giants, Phillies, 120, , Glants, 212; L. Waner, 'z:«zams, Cardinals, 45; Ber- Triples—Terry, Glants, 20; Herman, Robins, 16 Home runs—Klein, Phillies, 27; Ott, Giants, 29. Stolen bases—Frisch, Cardinals, 28; Mariin, Cardinals, 17. Pitching—Haines, Cardinals,,won 11, :osv. ‘3; Derringer, Cardinals, won 17, ost 8. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohlo.— Joe Stecher, Dodds, Nebr., cracked two ribs of Lee Wykoff, former St, Louis University foot ball player, and ended thelr proposed two-hour limit, two-fall match with a body scissors in 17 minutes 5 seconds. Ray Richards, 220, Lincoln, Nebr., defeated Dick Lever, 218, Nashville, 15:36. Charlie Hansen, Seattle, won from Al Baffert, British Columbia, knocking him out with a left hook to the jaw. QUEBEC.—George Godfrey, Lieper- wville, Pa., 255, defeated Yvan Grando- vitch, Russia, 232, two falls to one. Grandovitch won first, 1 3 second, 3:23, and third, 3.58, Bluey Ruth, 120; Klein, | ¥ 2 BRRERBRREERER aHeasuenstl 3 S connaunuuneuIctsoa~on! cocoononeEHon $ £ 3 connmne Tn'es G .,‘- SO, Pl‘;(.'h. VR o 208 63 83,27 28 Gaar 41 0 G 1 ke Pischer 44 202 78 96 Hadley 54 143 a1 Brown. 42 255 Jones.. 27 185 ShonuSact 51 56 138 23 BLADENSBURG CHALLENGES. BLADENSBURG, Md., September 24. —Bladensburg nine has canceled a game scheduled for Sunday with the Front Royal, Va., All Stars and is after 2 game with an unlimited nine in this | section. Manager Frank Fietstein is booking at Hyattsville 614-W. He also is after a game for Sunday Jor the Bladensburg Juniors. % The Foen * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION i AVERLL ASSUMNES LEAD N SAFETS Indian Makes Four in Twin Bill, Boosting Total to 206, to Pass Gehrig. By the Associated Press. HE Cleveland Indians and Detroit ‘Tigers divided a doubleheader. The Tigers tdok the first, 9 to 7, knocking Willis Hudlin from the hill in the sixth inning, but the Indians came back to win the second, 6 to 2. behind Clint Brown's good pitching and gain an even break. The highlights of the two contests was the hitting of Earl Averill, Cleve- land centerfielder. Collecting four hits, two in each game, the Indians’ ace ran his total for the year to 206 and passed Lou, Gehrig of the Yankees, erstwhile leader of the American League, wha has 205 safeties. The Boston Braves proved themselves better for the day than their home town rivals, the Red Sox, by taking a 4-to-3 decision in an exhibition game. The National Leaguers, with Ed Brandt on the mound, “jumped on Danny Mac- Fayden for two runs in’ the third and two more in the sixth to win. Worthington’s single drove in the win- l’llmgx runs in the sixth. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were rained out in the only game scheduled in the National League. A’S PROVE GREATNESS PHILADELPHIA, September 24 (#).— “It takes a great team to win three league championships in a row,” said Connie Mack, manager of the world's champjon Athletics, at a Rotary Club luncheon. “I always have maintained a team was not really great unless it could repeat.” 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, LEVELAND pounded Walter Johnson for 13 hits yesterday as the Naps downed Washing- ton, 6 to 1. It is seldom that Walter is treated so roughly. Joe Jackson antl Nap Lajole were prominent in the Cleveland attack. Krapp, ning pitcher, allowed only three hits. Horace C. John R. Emory, Otto E. Braitmayer, Ferd T. Schneider and L. K. Ruckett are mentioned in Boat House Gossip. Chevy Chase Club golfers vir- tually clinched the Middle Atlantic Associaf cup yesterday in defeat- ing Bal burn. Represen 3 ting Chevy Chase were H. P, McCain, Gen.” E. M. Weaver, F. O. Horst- mann, Morven Thompson and W, R. ‘Tuckerman. _Bannockburn's team comprised E. P, Brooke, O. H. Wood, W. A. Knowles, Dr. T. J. W. Brown and H. P. Clark. Victors A. C. foot ball team is after games through Manager William J. Frawley, 1020 F street northesst. Its la; include H. Rossiter, William Geofigetown University, with all its 1910 regulars on hand except Wymard and Fitzgerald, who are ex- ted this week, are looking to a e foot ball season. Alexandria Notes —Eigh I k‘;:"r &p'fi:m h it regulars rom year's foot b-n"u-m will be mo?n the starters in the Alexandria h line-up tomorrow when the locals inaugurate their season against National Training School at Baggetts Park. Veterans slated to start are Oapt. Malcolm Carr, end; Gerald Turner and Studds, tackles; Jake Mendelson, guard; ' Jackson, center; Roy Jennier, Slurterbnck, and Milton Routzhan and immy Bruin, halfbacks. Those who | will be making their debyt with the Maroon and White are Ewald, end; Janney, guard, and Simpson, halfback. Dick Turner, former Virginia grid- iron star, who been appointed a | member of the coaching staff at Wash- ington and Lee High this Fall, has ed to play end for the St. Mary's Celtics eleven. Ballston A. C.’s game with the Skin- ker Eagles Sunday will bring the Ar- lington County nine’s schedule to a| close. | Dreifus, ‘Doc southpaw twirler, | will pitch the Celtics’ final me of the season Sunday when Pig | A. C. invades. Yesterday’s Stars By the Associated Press. Earl Averill, Indians—Made four hits in_double-header with Detroit to take | American League leadership with 206 safetles. Lioyd Brown and “Pirpo” Marberry, Senators—Held Yankees to five hits to win important battle for second place in_American League. | Rebert (Red) Worthington, Braves— { Slashed a single to score two runs and | beat the Red Sox, 4 to 3, in an exhi- | bition game. | i American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. " not scheduled. Standings in Majof Circuits —_—— THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1931, National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia-] , rain. Siher ‘chibE ot “soheduted: [—113/14/12/12118] 1317798153164 P (—110/10112/14{16115187 64| 8(12'—1_8/12/14114113/831701. y 91141—/11123(11/10761731.517 _fiW‘Tx— 9I11(19175/161,497 [ 12/—110/13) 7 Chi N Games lost .[44I68/59176/88/90/00 GAMES TODAY. = GAMES TOMORROW. at 3 wi ington_at N, Y, EY e ot schedmien: Others not schedtiod: | title with N A PLEASANT SURPRISE, CONSIDERING THE. 2 HEAT AND THINeS School Tutors Coggins, Hardell to See Dissect Works What's in Their Teams. By Tom Doerer. tral High and Hap Har- dell's Tech foot ball teams will take apart the old foot ball clock tomorrow at Baltimore to see what makes it tick. Cen- tral plays City College and Tech meets Poly. And during the process there will come out of the skirmishes a pair of boys, no doubt, whose brilliancy under fire will mark them as schoolboy grid heroes for the rest of the season. Coacm:s Bert Coggins’ Cen- ‘That invarieble happens at tae first clash. A loose ball and a long run or a long chance and & splendid kick that registers. Chances to star come with more frequency on open- ning day than in any of the games to follow, as a rule. Timidity and over-anxiousness, & pair of parodox- dcal twins, are ever present on initial Close followers of Tech’s fortunes on the grass griddl tell me that George Sachs,- a plunging back, has a chance to tack his name upon the scroll to- morrow. A sturdy line that can knife a gap for a pair of mules is ready to give George the op- portunity to go plunging and side- stepping his way down the boule- vard to opening day glory. ¥ But it may be a half dozen other Tech men who will be giving George & tussle to take that plum. An end may slip away from his bodyguard and pluck a pass to set sall for the xosm And bring home the cheers and the bay flowers. At Central the boys are looking for | Prank Cumberland to boot and pass his way to deb day foot ball glory. But ithere are no bets on Prank to snare the lion's share of the day’s cheering. There are plenty of promising youngsters on Coggins’ outfit this year who may start their way to stardom at once, And watch Central in the Public High Championship struggle this semester, too. There is a lot of faith being pinned on Coggin's ability to give to Central’s grid outfit the same prestige and punch he lavished upon its basket ball team. Central has been nursing & desire to win that gonfalon since 1925, a year after it won the 4 vie- tories and no losses. It has skidded and floundered since, but its followers see in the foot ball skies its star in and point to as the prophet and the means. ‘Whether the new coach’s tutoring is the thing the doc- ve But Tech starts out a strong fa- vorite to win its fifth consecutive District school grid crown. Tech is being tutored by a coach who has been up there firing at the boy: for nearly a decade. And that's something to consider. 4 ‘When a coach has been handling one team that len of htul.me he ‘:mnlly York at Brooklyn. . ok st l‘. at eneduise. thers not has enougl on boys P mm«gmmmmm boys have been avoiding sevens ever since. But so confident is Tech of taking | over the boys from the cobbled streets and sooty monuments tomorrow coach has arranged for a game on Sat- urday with Handley h at Win- chester, Va. In the two frays 33 boys will get their taste of batle. Which should send Tech back ready to do a lot of serious fighting for the remainder of the season. But the blue-eyed boy will be to | wear the cloak of heroism in each com- | bat tomorrow is the question today. ° And then, again, the only stars our | heroes may see will be those they | gather in the air after Baltimore City 1C:llqe and Baltimore Poly gallop over them. 1., WOMEN'S GOLF NARROWS T0 EIGHT |English- Champion Battling Fellow Invader—Orcutt, Van Wie Meeting. By the Associated Press. UFFALO, N. Y., September 24— ‘The race for the title of premier ‘woman golfer of the Jand swung into the quarter-finals today, with eight of the leading golfers of America and England surviving. .| One English aspirant was certain to | be forced out of the race today. Enid | Wilson, rangy English champion, was “ matched against Marjorie Kerr, also of England. Miss Kerr yesterday eliminated Jarie Books, conqueror of Mrs. O. 8. | Wise: | HilL | Miss Wilson played better golf yes- | terday than she had to date, shooting A sub-par 40 for the outgoing nine and defeating Mrs. L. C. Nelson of Dayton, Ohlo, 4 and 2. Sensations Clash. Maureen Orcutt, Canadian champion, and Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, final- ist in 1929 and 1930, were matched to- day. Both played sensational golf yes- terday. Helen Hicks, hard-hitting star of the New York metropolitan district, today had to play Mis. Leona Pressler of San Gabriel, Calif. Miss Hicks was carried an extra hole yesterday by Miss Marion Hollins, but pulled her match out of the fire with a sparkling approach. Mrs. Pressler eliminated Miss Frital Stifel, West Virginia State champion, in the longest match of the day, which went to the twenty-first green. ‘The champion, Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare, had Mrs. Leo Federman of New York City as her opponent today. Minor Leagues AMERICAN’ ASSOCIATION. Indlanapolis, 6; Toledo, 2. Other games, rain, PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Los Angeles, 3; Missions, Seattle, 1-2; Oakland, 37, Portland, 14; Sacramento, 10. San Francisco, 2; Hollywood, 1. Oklahoma, City, 8. Pusbio, 15:11 Omm.mm'a-;'. Wichita-Topeks, rain, ny Star, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1931 A LOT OF CONFIDENCE TOMORROW AGAINST BALTIMORE CiTY COLEGE JONES AND QUIMET HUMBLED BY PROS Gallery of 6,000 Sees Burke and Von Eim Triumph by Lopsided Score. By the Associated Press. EST ORANGE, N. J., But it was for charity that Bobby Jones and Prancis Ouimet matched the | of seemed to into trou. ble as he turned in a score of 72-71— 143 and Von Elm was almost as good with 73-74—147. Jones, weakening on the last nine under a blazing sun, re- corded 74-76—150, while Ouimet's cards were 79-78—157. DIXIE SERIES IS 3-ALL Birmingham Wins and Seventh Game Is Listed at Houston. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Beptember 24 | (®)—Birmingham hammered four Hous- ton pitchers for 23 hits yesterday to win the sixth game of the Dixie series, 1: ’v:a i‘o, knotting the count ia games at 3-all. & ‘The teams return to Houston for the seventh and final tilt, of the tomortow. . Fistic Battles By the Assoclated Press. ’ CHICAGO.—Ernie Schaaf, Boston, outpointed Tufty Griffiths, Sioux City, Towa (10); Larry Johnson, Chicago, ou Lou Scozza, Buffalo, N. Y. (8); Dave Maier, Milwaukee, stopped ‘Thomas, Leiperville, Pa. (2); J Schwake, St. Louls, outpoin Salvatore Ruggierllo, Italy (6); Hymie man, Des Moines, Towa, outpointed Solly Schumann, Chicago (5). ST. LOUIS.—Midget Mike O’Dowd, Columbus, hio, outpointed Mickey Genaro, Chicago (10); Johnny (Pee- wee) Kaiser, St. Louls, knocked out Babe Ruth, Louisville, Ky. (2); Dave Barry, eld, T, st Jimmy Sayers, Lafayette, Ind. (1). Rumors Fly as EW YORK, September 24.— Jack Sharkey’s demand for & postponement of his fight with Primo Carnera, booked at Ebbetts Fleld next Wednesday, has given rise to some weird rumors in the sock market. Even before Sharkey bobbed up with an alling little finger on his left hand there \‘y’r': lunplelunt gossip about the Wl Prior:to going before a committee of four physicians at the offices of the State Athletic Commission to- day, Sharkey made the positive statement that h: would not box next Wednesday. “If they don't agree to a postponement the fight is out as far as I am concerned,” he re- marked. “No matter what the doc- tors may say I know that my left hand is not in shape Ui it feels right. un W‘fllfiu touched on the rumors about the fight. “I know some mh are golng around m‘m 1s in the bag for me to ot going to series | the ted:| SO WESTERN FIGHTER HAS FANS, SUPPORT Referee and Judges, Though, Agree that Boston Man Deserves Decision, By the Associated Press. HICAGO, September 24— Ernle Schaaf, the latest Boston heavyweight sensa- tion, today had his ninth consecutive victory, but instead of his ninth straight knockout, it was on the books as a hairline de- cision over Gerald Ambrose “Tuf- 1y” Griffiths of Sioux City, Iowa. and ly stately Bostonian, came up with one of his best efforts. Rat many times made the latter miss badly with his vaunted left m, 14,309, with® Te- and & net $36,137. TO HANDLE TENNIS MATCH Association Officials to Serve at Tilden-Richards Tilt. ce ceipts of $41,11 ™A O, Whits, Oa Herbert, L. have NINES WILL TRY AGAIN. s, s o, shers 1 P , were nchla’rflnd!n&b today at 4:15 o'clock on the Ellipse. A. J. Gore and act as um- Silva, J nud-ynn%mhcn.ex.' oe been named. i hool Gridmen to Open Play This Week End With Six Contests, All on Foes’ Fields Three of the five public high school :::evem and two other institutions of for teams hereabout gets under way in earnest. However, should fans wish to get & look at their favorite team they'll have to travel, as none of the six games are to be played in this eity. ‘Tech, public high school champion, and Central will open- their schedules tomorrow in Baltimore, meeting Balti- more Poly and Baltimore City c&“fi 3:30 o’clock and Central and City wfli clash at night at 8:15 o’clock either in City Stadium or at Home: tional School to a crack at Alexandria High, starting at 3:30 o'clock. It will be the Training It ’ml’l Iw‘mm c'lo day. Eastern will open its card Saturday nmmnogb lfl!flll mr‘era t:.& Al;:.\;m to eng.ne iscopal at 3:30 o' 3 ‘ech, playirg its second game in as many days, will have it out with Hand- ley High at Winchester, Va., and Emer- will meet Woodberry Forest at Orange, Va, in other tilts Saturday afternoen, Both Tech and Central are expected to find the going tough fomorrow. timore Poly and City are generally enough 'to give the best high 1001 elev&:;nnol this section the sternest op- National Training School, judging by its showing against Emerson, has con- Sharkey Wails Doctors Unable to Find Injury Given as Cause of Seeking Bout Delay. {‘agr" Carnera,” he said. “That’s & immy Johnston, the romoter, iece of H pon yesterday, the promoter got in'touch with the commission, which dis- Walker, after & ti h examination, stated he w-:'hm:. siderable strength, and probably will gwmmum find High push-over, either. The Win- 'cgdmmm have been putting out el Eastern 15 _not_expected to defeat Episcopal. The Light Blue has 100 many green boys on its squad. If it holds Episcopal to a close score Coach Mike Kelley doubtless will be pleased. e e Tt o5 e e gy s an eleven suj 100] of this section, is expected to triumph. VLT REFEREE STOPS BOUTS. TO SAVE BAER’S FOE Heavyweight So Badly Batters Vaz Noy That Official Acts in Fighth Round. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, _Calif.,, September 34— Max Baer of Oakland, 205 pounds, the former Livermore butcher boy, making & punching bag out of Jack Van Noy, Los Angeles heavyweight, in the eighth round of their 10- bout here last night, so Referee Toby Irwin stopped the battle to save Van Noy further i'I;unflnmwmt. % Making his first appearance since he Jost a 20-round decision to Paulino Uzcudun in Reno 4, Baer alter- nately loafed or fought furiously as the occasion demanded. Van Noy won the opening round when he scored with sev- eral jolting rights and lefts to the chin ‘weighed 1972 pounds. torium was crowded nearl; to with approximately su.’ooo in Thouse. SHOOTS A 69 TO WIN. - JUINCY, Mass., September 24 (#)— anue Charley MacAndrew of e nm.:;:m first major of 72 holes on the wind-swept Wollaston here he learned the game as