Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1931, Page 29

WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Foening Sfar. WASH INGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1931 ‘Comics PAGE C—1 Griffs Due Credit for Third-Place Finish : American Leaguers Bag All Records T00 HIGHLY RATED AT START OF RACE Attack Overestimated and Hurlers Misjudged—Lose Final to Red Sox. BY JOHN B. KELLER. AIT. until next year.| That’s what Washing-| ton’s base ball fandom must do now. And may- be everything will be better. Most of us were looking for a| second-place club this year, but the best we got was a third-place fin- | ish. Not so bad, at that. Every- thing considered, the Walter; Johnson-led aggregation enjoyed & much more than fair campaign and for its showing deserves a deal of credit. Give the Nationals their due.| They went along in good style. | The Washington club was rated a bit | too strong, perhaps, in the cdcullmnsv for this year’s race on its batting and pitching prowess indicated by last year's statistics. As. a batting club the Nationals hit for a sizable average in 1930 and did | #0 again this season, but their batting | average did.not reveal their true power in attack. The Nationals conndcted for many singles, but had not among them a batter who reasonably could be expected | to drive out a double or lunger hit any | time he stepped to the With_the poulbk excepmm of the | ‘White Sox, all rivals of the Nationais | in the race such an advan- tage. Even the Red Sox had their Earl ‘Webb, whl.le the Tigers had several sluggers in their line-up. Lack of & long-distance hitter handicapped the In many they had left on hua was far out of proportion &mmmudmem‘mnew m. WHILI this lack of long hitting marred the effectiveness of sev- eral of ung tower of strength last year, to do worth while until the last two months of the campaigning; the col- lapse alb n?u v’eumn sn’:m.vunu, lm} uhainl ity of Irving ey, one of the most pitchers and enjoyed a most successful f i in May. They did well the Westerners he’re in 15 of 16 games . They con- | - tinued traveling smoothly until after their game of June 25 they were within 1 e of the league-leading Athletics. During )‘J’mloml: an in-and-out game and almost | Bt The Anish Jost second place to the | ™ ISHING their campaign yesterday, the Nltlonll.l took a 4-to-2 licking rom the Red S8ox. They had Ad u.n on the hill for the first three rounds and Walter Masters for the re- mainder of the tilting.. Between them | these pitchers yielded 10 hits, 6 of them | and 2 of the tallies off Liska. Jack Russell went the route for the visitors and was nicked for 10 safetles. | Records of Griffs Sy 3 o3 oy 2 sacd IR— LSS @ cococoowcoomrassmesiitaslio ......muss.ga‘:‘Eia‘ii‘ EaBL83523388ado coccccssnsoncio nlionuan SR Sh i iateeics b ses whnais onusulZFBLEES cococunienat Ringer Experts In Grand Final 'HIRTEEN horseshoe pitching experts of Washington, Mary- land and Virginia were to have it out today In the grand finale of ‘The Star's - annual metropolitan ammplomhlm. starting at 4 o'clock, on the New York Avenue Playground courts, at New York avenue and First street northwest. Harry Fraser Saunders of Wash- ington will be the defending cham- pion in the event, postponed from GARDS AND MACKS ENJOY BEST YEARS Each League Leader Makes Record Win Tota!—Place | Fights Are Keen. i Saturday by wet courts, The semi-finals and final will be contested tonight at 7,15 o'clock on Clayton Henson'’s courts at Arling- ton, Va. e ST, LOUIS PARADE WIL HONOR ALEX 0ld Card Hurler to Be Victory Procession—Tune Up for Series. By the Associated Press. T LOUIS, September 28.—The National League champion Card- inals return home today to start tuning up for the Philadelphia Athletics, thelr world seriés ‘opponents for the second straight year. The busi- ness of preparing for the series will be interrupted . long enough tomorrow for & “victory parade” in honor of the team. Grover Cleveland Alexander, Card- inal hero of the 1926 world series, has been invited to ride in the parade, and the three bands which will take part have bsgn uked to play “A!exunderl li.lcti el in honor of the fmt!: great pitcher, now a manager of bearded House of David team. By defeating the Cincinnati Reds yesterday _the brought their season’s vlcwflu to 101, a feat unduplicated in Nt since 1913, The Oim 1913 won Dlmudhllllmm 103. Convine m- quirer said in | Manager Strest announced before the Cardinals left fim last night that he m&f- 3 first game . nd follow with “wild "Bil” Z -hander fumes, ere e lieve Bur.eigh clent mnhfll-r. will get the call in the opening game First dhtrlbuflon of world series made yeste: were “sold oyt” for mr:p;v; ALEXANDRIA AFTER LABOR DAY REGATTA |Middle States Event Is Desired by 0ld Dominion Boat Club Next Year. again; then defeated | 57 orfin FRAME AUTO WINNER. ‘WOODBRIDGE, N. J., September 28 (#)~Fred Prame of Los Angeles scored his fifth straight win on the Woodbridge Speedny yesterday when | he streaked home the winner in the | 25-mile feature auto race. Trail’s End 3 Sorrmtm— oranorSus meauccooo® sccocccoo™ P | . | talking over famous plays, great players, | D] | BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON, JR., | Associated Press Sports Writer. | INXBB!NO l.he 1931 major league h margins of 13 and 13‘,; games, respectively, over the New York teams, which, lnund up in segond place, the St. | Cardinals and Philadelph'a Ath- | lleuca have given promise through their year'’s performances of an excitings struggle in the world series. Botn the American alnd N“«;“T; League champions not only wount with better records than they did in winning the same pennants last year, but turned in more victories than any Athletic or Cardinal teams that ever captured a championship. ‘Although they took a severe trouncing fl’mm the New thlrdzmfiuh‘ bt}l'ui: cl me yesterday, losi l!-t‘:‘-i rjfl‘mt when their pitching aces, Earnshaw and Walberg, all were Wllloped freely, the A’s wound up with 107 victories and 45 defeats for a .704 average. This gave them three more victories than the great Athletics of 19” and made them the second Amer- ican League club to gain a .700 average the season. Cards Finish Strongly. The Cardinals finished strongly yes- terday, winning from Cincinnati, 6 to 2 and 5 to 3, behind the pitching of Paul Derringer and Sylvester Johnson, and checked in with 101 victories and 53 defeats. The best previous Cardinal mark was 95 won and 59 lost in 1928. With several places in the standings still undecided until all the games were over, there was little dullness in the closing day’s program for the big leagues. The three-cornered battle in the Ameri- can League’s second division wound up with St. Louis, Boston and Detroit in that order. e Wiite ‘Sox. 10 108 and 3 10 1, ite J gme?‘npum fifth place by the margin of a single point over Boston's Red Sox. The Sox gained a virtual tie for the place when they downed Washington. ’I'wn more games played gave St. Louis the higher average. Detroit lost out in the struggle when Cleveland pounded the | out an 8-to-5 victory in the last game. Phils Get Sixth Place. thmnhumedthemtwrolm b the National ond game. and New York nnhhed all square for the year when the pollndid Ullfi a 12-to-3 victory bemnd e of & twin nm. and four innings were completed. ’nmely ‘were mmmm-mdmmnh‘mum take two games from Pittsburg} and 8 to 4, with Vince Barton’s homer with the bases full as the climax of the last encounter. UMPIRES ARE NAMED Nallin, McGowan, Klem and Stark to Run World Series. CHICAGO, September 28 m — President Willlam Harridge American League has named Rlnhn.rd P. Nallin and Willlam A. McGowan as the American League umpires for the world series. He also selected Clarence B. Owens and George Hildebrand for the Chi- cago city serles. NEW YORK, Septemper 28.—John A Heydlar president of the National League, y named Willlam J. Klem and Alben 1Dolly) Stark to serve.as es for the world series, ler announced the appoint- ment of Ermest Quigley and e Muerkurth to serve as umpires for cit} -erhs m‘& 24 between the TIP FOR HBBEEHEN ber 28.—The Pum-c nn'd Bheundolh Rivers both were muddy this morning. Minor Leagues Pacific Coast League, Sacramento, 8- Seattle, 4-6. Qakiand, 14-2; Porland; 4.1, Frand Los Al -3. Hollywood, 6; Mmmms Anseies N Amerlun Almlzllon. Columbus, 2-2; Indianapolis, 1-2. Milwaukee, 4-3; St. Pahfoi 11. ‘Toledo, 10-0; Mulsvllle 0-3. Kansas C".y, 4-8; Mlnne‘polil, 3-8. FINAL STANDING OF CLUBS. Bt. Paul.. Kan. City. 90 Ind’napolis 96 80 . Columbus.. 84 82 .506 ., L. . | ship of the Pla; Each |FOOT BALL’S WASHDAY.‘ —BY TOM DOERER , ” THIS FIRST-) WEEK WASH IS THE- { WORST PLAY RUBBER GAME FOR SANDLOT TITLE G. P. 0. and Commerce Clash Today for Championship of ‘Week-Day Leagues. the Mth Cit; 'W kd—lg: year, the City Weel series, will be decided today, m adverse weather, when G. P. O. Commerce play in the final of a t.hne game play-off at 4:15 o'clock on the South Ellipse. ‘The teams tied at the end of the regular series and each has won a game in the play-off. Pounding out 13 hits while Messink and Berry held their foes to 2 safeties, Hecht Co. yesterday won the Depart- menl. Store League title by downing . Kanns, 11 to 1. Hecm won 16 of its 19 games. ‘Takoma Tigers scored a 5-to-2 vie- tory over the United Democratic Club of the Maryland Unlimited League at Baltimore yesterday. pla} here next Sunday. Yesterday's Chevy Cl Hants, 6; Rock: Colonials, 6-4; Columbia. H!ilh'l. 6-5. Blueges, 12; Swann Service, 4. Skinker mlel, 6-9; Ballston, 3-10. Griffith Blue Coals, ll Damascus, Dor-A, 4; Bladensbus 3. Al Stars, 3; ncderlcnbufi, Bethesda, 7. Lanham, 8; Indian Head, 5 :C-rd.\mu 4-8. PLAY OFF TENN]S TIES Two Contests Tomorrow to Decide Junior Playground Title. ‘Burroughs will face Georgetown and Rosedale will* emn Chzvy Chase in tennis matches tomorrow afternoon on the Chevy Chase play; courts that will decide the junior champion- d League. will stage only one set, having played to a 2-2 tle in Ai.unu and a draw in doubles last week. und Chmbmg Water BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. No. 12—A Six-Year Pull. HE old sergeant—not so old &t that although grizzled enough for a man much beyond his 48 years—mechanically followed the work of his champion ball players as we sat talking in the dugout. Gabby Street had been sketching the picture of an eventful career for me, the ups and downs of a ball player's that he -4 rivals Wagon Started Him on Come-Back, Street Says ville. Rickey signed me as coach of the Cardinals for 1929 under Southworth and later McKechnie, Manager, they made me, the next year, mano'm club has won two pennants in a “Don’t mind admitting I'm a llme pmud of that comeback. en I took hold of the St. Louis mm aown in Florida, a year ago last Spring, a lot of you boys thought I was a little balmy, talking so strong about having a real pennant contender. May- 72 I sounded a little too optimistic, but lknewlhldllreltb\lnchofblu playe: "All ‘that Spring and late inm '.he Summer it was the Cubs, the Gi and the Dodgers. The Card! l.nn)lldun‘t get much of & tumble, not until we were going leron; in September and beat sergeant | of the old dgunoc{nxuumdnarhu did him any u&""m”""‘m""‘mm""&ufi sugges! worl D} give his comeback a crowning touch this October. “That's whlt I 'mt.," he exclaimed, “That would be the world for me. ld my 7-year-old boy.” MACK OFFENSIVE POWER SUPERIOR TO CARDINALS’ World Champions Excel as Sluggers, While National Leaguers Are Faster on Bases—Simmons, Foxx, Cochrane Ever-Dangerous Hitters. (This is the first of three stories sizing up the relative l:"e‘ndm f es 3 Athletics and Cardinals.) BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, September 28.—The world champlon Athletics have a decided edge over the Cardi- nals in offensive strength, measured by the power of their long- range guns and the ability to strike swiftly in the pinclies. The Cards excel v mlpeedmmm Theye are weak spots in the A’s bat- nn( order, but the dynnnlu is likely explode * any time Simmons, chkzy Cochrane or .Hmmy Foxx steps into a fast ball. The champions have & ‘habit of blastini pitching all over the just when they look to be well under wntml ‘The Cubs as well as the Cardinals ha ve had 1. | bitter experience with the Ablmy of Mack’s young men to emerge suddenly with a cluster of runs. Gabby Street regards Simmons as the greatest menace, thereby bein; in melete-mord with seven Ame managers. Gabby also recalls cochrnnes slugging a year ago as well as Foxx's home run that broke up the crucial fifth game. This trio, along with such timely batsmen as Bishop, Haas and Miller, comprise the prin- cipal attacking weapons that Grimes, Hallahan, Derringer and other Cardinal sharpshooters must worry about. A’s Beiter Sluggers. The Athletics in the season’s cial averages show a club batting mark of .287 to the Cardinals’ .285. The slugging records showed a more con- spicious difference in favor of the A’s, Who collected 118 home runs against only 58 for the Cards. The last world series wld much the same story as these The club marks were nothing to hru about, only ;200 for the Cards and .197 for the A’s. The world champions, however, made 18 of their 35 mu good for extra bases, incl six home runs, whereas the registered only 13 extra-base drives in their total of 38 hits. ‘unoffi- 7 hit & mere 273, These two slug- ve been hitting harder than ever yelr. despite the less nvelry'd ball, and are counted upon themselves. If Bottomley and Hafey can hold their own with Simmons and Cochrane or Foxx in the long-range work when booming drives are needed, it will be ybodyl series. The difference is the Cardinal pair were compara- nvely easy for Grove and EarnshaW By the Associated Press. Home runs D. Taylor, Cubs, 2; ’m;m"-nk.u, 1. sevyvlell. Yankees, 1; Grimm, Cubs, 1; Barton, %h‘ ldkllml:e,r;ck‘wflunm. hlm, '.nney White Sox, 1 5 leaders ‘Yankees, i thnt most 10r | 30; ot Ginnts League _totals—, last ‘October, whereas Simmons, Coch- rane and Foxx manifested their ability to shellac the best pitching the Cards vimr’ could offer. Simmons hit .374 to lead Hnished winning Jhis. sscond straight 3 s2con American ‘batting title. Frank hit poorly in the last series, but his all-around record as a “money player” is superlative. The TO FACE GALLAGHER Another Booking Awaits Victor in Fort Bout Tonight if He Pleases Crowd. ‘Marty weight , on the winner of the Wine scheduled night at Fort lormance please cmwd. ~Wine battle is the main spo otwnlgh'nurd, which opens -cuo o'clock. of Barry, Wi s the Followers ‘ashington boy, g:ure that u he can take Wine, who Cardina] second’ sacker has pounded | repuf his way well above the .300 mark this season after a slow start. P Mar- epper tin, George Watkins, Jimmy Wilson and | also e HiERRRELD BALL SCRIBES TO GOLF WA.MMZIW)-— golf match between n wm:umewem ters’ will attend world series games here are eligible to compete. Yeéterday’s Stars By the Associated Press. game in Gucummgl . mr&. over George Blaeholder, Browns—Pitched Browns to 2—1 victory over White Sox in second game to take fifth place. Buzz Arlett, Phillies—Hit pinch double in driving in runs that beat Boston, 5—3, in game and clinched sixth Joe Vosmik, Indians—Clouted triple and two slnfles againsy Tigers. Ptu Derringer and: Sylvester John- Cardinals—Their steady pitching embled Cards to take two games from Yankees—Made four ‘Tony Lazzeri, ,mtmumdmumtmm thletics. ‘atson Clark, Robins—Held Giants 12—3 i Red Sox — Hit against e 555 e next week and plans to fight hflvlfl.er under Al Lippe, Philadelphia Pnnkle De Angelo, Washington box- er, and Sailor Billy Landers of Norfolk will meet for the thll'd time this at Fort Washington October 12. Lan- ders won the first encounter and the last week was a draw. LANDOVER NINE LOSES Bows to Mount Vernon, Which Puts Over Big Run in Ninth. VER, Md., September 28.— '-hl“ LANDOVER, After battling on an even basis at 5-5 for several innings, Landover base ball team a 6-5 decision to Mount Vernon A. C. when the latter scored a run in the ninth inning of their game yesterday at Fort Humphreys, Va. There was none out when the winning tally was put across. It was Landover's second loss of the season by a to Mount Vernon, and the game the close of the season for the lormer. Francis Peffer for Landover and Pete for Mount Vernon were the pitchers. Gallagher, Washington heavy. boxer, October 5 will meet) e woms bou S0 2 ~Toun uf ‘Washingion should the | White THREE NEW MARKS MADE DURING YEAR Gehrig and Webb Score at Bat, While Grove Tops Pitching Figures. By the Associated Press. EWYORK, September 28.— In contrast to the record- breaking spree staged in the major leagues last year, only a few marks of any impor- tance fell during the 1931 cam- paign. And to make the contrast more sharp, all of the three big individual records which were broken were smashed by American League players, while the National Leaguers, who sent one mark after another tumbling in 1930, failed to connect with the less lively ball this year for a single new record. In the batting end Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees and Earl Webb of the Boston Red Sox were the leading record smashers. Gehrig, according to the final unofficial records ,batted in 182 runs during the season which closed yesterday, 7 more than his 1927 total, which set an American League mark. Webb broke the major league record for two-base hits set by George Burns in 1926 when he clouted 67 doubles, Burns’ record was 64. Bob Grove, ace of the Phflld:lphh Athletics, had no difficulty finishing th season with the highest peruntue In games won and lost made by a mjar league pitcher since 1900. the Athletics’ southpaw lost his lan game of the year to the New York Yan- kees yesterday, he finished the season with 31 victories and 4 defeats for an average of .886. The former record was 872, set in 1912, when Smoky Joe Wood ;::Mnmu-ndlutstormmn Sox. ‘The close battle for the National League batting championship wound up in something like a triple tie according to the unofficial averages, and the win- ner probably will not be known until ial * figures fficial of uno average ahead of Babe Ruth. ‘The final leaders follows: American League. Batting—Simmons, Athletics, .3901 ut.h. ‘Yankees, .373. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 163; Ruth, Yunnes. 149. batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, 1!2 Rut.h. Ylnkeu, 160. its—Gehrig, Yankees, 211; Averill, Indians, 1on Donblu—webb Red Sox, 67; Alem~ der, Tigers, 46. Trlnla—-.vohnoon. Tigers, 19; Blue, Sox; , Yankees, 15. Hol.m runs—Ruth and Gehrig, Yan- kees, 4 Stolen hm——chnpmnu. ‘Yankees, 613 Johnson, Tigers, 33. Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won 31, losb 4 Marberry, Nationals, won 16, National League. ‘ Bc.mnf—Hfley'. Cardinals, .3489; Terry, Giants, .3486; Bottomley, Cardi- 82. Runs—Terry, Giants; Klein, Phillies, 21, Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 122; Terry, Giants, 114. Hits—L. Waner, Pirates, 214; Terry, COLORED PITCHERS BATTLE FOR TITLES D. C. Finals on Today, With Six Aces to Play Tonight for Virginia Honors. The colored horseshoe king of North- ern Virginia will be crowned Hllls Hill, where the State 500 pitchers. Six have survived to fight it out for State honors. Chair= :l!n ;I‘mwwmand l’fedngwell are reparing ndle a capacity gallery, The courts will be flooded with lights. ‘With Archie Bullock, title holder, un= able to defend his crown, it will be i tht to the finish with no favorite, bert Marshall, runner-up to Bullock close | last year, is a hard man to beat with much at stake. After the Halls Hill title last ynr&h?x:m‘hm & reversal of form to win the Arl County honors and later battle to a standstill in the State finals. Stanley Robinson and Ora Final Major League Standings [Si755 'MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1981. Amencan League /' YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. National League 'YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 12; New Yurl. darkness). 161141151 94/501.61: uouommml 15/ 87| 13 | O1—I14/14115(14115/ 921631597 Chicago 21— 814/14/14/141 84/ 5 Brooklyn 110/10/T4|—[11/1311/10/_79(731.520 Cleveland .1 41131 8|16/ 9/1315] 781761508 Bt M .- 81 6 81 6I—IT4/11/10/ 631911, s u (] 'mll l|—ll!IlII 63! and Norton, too, are dangerous. The first match will start at 7:30 fm- matches will be two' out of ree So-pol.nt games. tropolitan ,_rolling in the Building Contractors’ lm missed by a single pin putting his dn'n'i'.hOflleWebblnd'flDO’Mfll as a duckpinner who shot a perfect flat game. missed his 100 game when stan fifth