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79 S PORTS THE EVENING STAR, WA HINGT ON D. C, SATURDAY, - MAY 7. 1932. ;kWeak Start Is Great Fault in Weaver : Pirates Lag Because of Poor Hurling NONTE UNSTEADY " INEARLY HURLING - Poor at Outset In All His Games—Chisox Pound Him Right Off Reel. BY JOHN B. KELLER. F some method that would get Monte Weaver pitching smoothly right off the reel in his games could be devised, Washington’s big right-handed rookie might become the sensa- tion of big-time base ball. Once well under way Weaver appears able to cope with the best of them, for then he is very stingy with runs. At the outset of his work, though, he looks soft pickin’s. That poor start of his yesterday which meant a 5-to-3 White Sox victory and the snapping of & Washington winning string that had stretched to six games was typical of Weaver's per- formances all Spring. He has been a| wabbly starter every time he has gone to_the hill. In all, Monte has crashed the Na- tionals' line-up as a pitcher seven times in this campaign, and the early going College, School Card for Today COLLEGE. Track—Hopkins vs. Maryland st College Park (to be run concurrently with Maryland interscholastic meet, 1 o'clock). Lacrosse—St. John's vs. Maryland at_College Park, 4 o'clock. Track—St. Joseph (Philadelphia) at_Catholic University. Track—La Salle at Gallaudet. Golf—Georgetown vs. Williams at Princeton (morning); Georgetown vs. Yale st Princeton (afternoon). Tennis—Georgetown at New York University, SCHOLASTIC. Track—Maryland interscholastic meet at College Park, 1 o'clock. Base ball—Charlotte Hall Western. Base ball—Mount St. Joseph at Georgetown Prep. Tennis—Western in Princeton interscholastic tourney. Golf—St. John's vs. Devitt. UNIONISTS PLAN at to Tune Up by Playing Outside of League. always hds been troublesome to him. When he made his season debut in Bos- ton on April 15 it was that way and| has been so sinc Although he blanked the Red Sox in that game and limited them to four | hits and five passes, two of the hits and three of the passes were yielded in the first three innings, in_each of which | the big hurler was in hot water. His next time out Weaver appeared | in a relief role against the A's. Sent | into action in the ninth inning he was | nicked immediately for two hits, and each of the hitters scored before Monte could end the round. He went right back against the A‘!: in Philadelphia two days later as a| starter and scored over them, though he had to be relieved late in the fray. ‘Then Monte put himself into a ticklish situation in the first inning by issuing two passes after a single had been rapped to crowd the stations. But he got out of that trouble unscathed Monte went the route against the A's here twice to beat them, but what a first three innings he hurled in each of the games. In the first of them he issued two passes and gave up a hit in the early going and was forced to pitch himself out to virtually every batter stepping to the plate. In the second | game against the A’s here he allowed | three walks and two hits in the first | trio of frames and was wabbly against | each batter. |3 Recall that relief effort of Monte's | against the Yankees only last Tuesday. Rushed into action in the seventh in- ning, he promptly filled the bases by walking a batter before getting the third out. Then in the eighth he| walked the first two up and followed | with a base-crowding wild chuck after picking up Gehrig's grounder. So wild ‘was Weaver that he proceeded to pitch two wide ones to Chapman, the batter | following Gehrig, and Crowder had to hurry to his teammate’s rescue, Too bad Weaver must be affected by this poor-starting complex. E had it again yesterday, which was | why the White Sox copped. They got only seven hits and four| muos. one intentionally handed them, t three of the blows and one of the walks were clustered in the first frame to give Manager Fonseca's hodge-podge | club a three-run getaway. Thereafter for four innings not a White Sox playver got on the runway, &nd though Monte did issue two passes | in the sixth a great diving catch by Manush got him out of difficulty. In the ecighth the White Sox man- #ged to pick up an unearned run, thereby breaking a tie the Nationals had created in the fifth ining. Cronin’s wild heave past first base after scoop- | ing up Seeds’ infield single helped the fi};irs!r;xqg'renély.rror it let the hitter second, frcm wher when Selph hit for a s e Weaver was apparently getting out of trouble in the ninth ‘that Fothergill opened with a double when, with one out, he had passed Berry to get st Faber. The veteran hurler tried to sac- rifice, but couldn't. However. Berry and Funk. running for Fothergill, nego- tiated & dual theft, with Funk crossing @s Myer made & poor return of Spen- e throw. ut the damage had been done :xou;é f;’ris';hr‘u\md’ Weaver did & 1ot of Ing after gettin, A 0 Btart out of his systemy. thneip ARAWAY'S southpawing, Faber's spitballing and snappy work by the White Sox infield made it a fmean day for the Natonals. The John- | son band got nine hits and three waiks, five of the safeties. and two of the passes off Caraway. Myer's triple and Manush’s long fly accounted for a first- round marker, then the Natlonals waited until the fifth to tie Singles by Reynolds, Judge and Spencer, and Bluege's hoist meant two w T drilled into a double rushed in to check the did just that, although in the eighth led and West sac Cronin then rified the ball wight-center, but App lesped I to spear the ball with one hand ax Manush was easily doubled off the mid- dle sack. EVERAL streaks were ended by yes- terday’s engagement .. .not only did the Nationals finish a six-game fwinning string. but the White Sox also snapped a seven-game losing cne...it jwas Weaver's first beating after win- ming four...and Cronin failed to get & Bit, thereby ending a consecutive-game pafety streak that had gone to 10 games ...Myer made a sparkling play to get Blue in the ope second- sacker going bac grass to his feft for a one-ha »f Lu’s hot ..Manush tore across left-field 1 and made a fly ergill’s lust out off two scores at Selph were 4 lot of } Sox...between them t three runs and scored two. FIELDS RING WINNER Welter Champ Outpoints Firpo in ast to th drove over Pre-Derby Attraction LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 7 (®.— Jackie Fields, world welterweight champion, decisively outpointed Henry “Young” Firpo, Louisville middleweight to win a newspaper cecision last night in a 10-round non-title bout. feature of the annual Derby e fight card, Flelds weighed 151; Firpo 156'=. KANSAS CITY LEADS. CHICAGO, Msy 7 (#).—The official American Association standing is as follows: | Kansas City Indianapolis .. nneapolis waukee deville o..... M7, HE newly-organized Federal Employe Unionists are finding “tis & rough road in the Departmental League, but if plenty of action will iron out the difficulties, Manager Earle Moser ex- pects his ball tossers to provide stern competition in the future. Swamped yesterday by District Repair Shop, 17 to 3, in a five-inning game, climaxed by an 11-rur spree in the fifth, the Unionists plan to book a heavy in- dependent schedule. Today_they were to oppose the Be thesda Fire Department at 3 pm. on the Bethesda diamond and tomorrow they will trek to Cabin John for another 3 o'clock battle. For both games the Unionists will gather at 10 B street southwest at 1:30 p.m. In the other Dcpartmental League game yesterday, Union Printers and Commerce battled to a 4-to-4 deadlock. Games Scheduled. Tomorrow. Sterling A. C. vs. Rover A. C, 1|3 pm., South Ellipse. Georgetown Juniors vs. Senators, 1 pm., No. 10 diamond. Auth’s vs. St. Mary’s Celtics, 3 pm,, Alexandria. Ciro’s Itallan Villagers vs. Bethesda, pm., No. 10 diamond. Phoenix A. C. vs. Skinker Eagies, 3| pm., Eagle diamond. Dor-A Juniors vs. Swann's Service, 1:30 p.m., Hyattsville High fleld. Dor-A Seniors vs. Clifton Barbers, 3:30 p.m., Hyattsville High fleld. Franc Jewelers vs. Horning Jewelers, 3 pm, Potomac Heights. Scholl's White Sox vs. Kensington, 1:30 p.m., No. 1 diamond. Virginia White Sox vs. Gulf Refining, '3 pm. Arlington. Columbia Heights vs. 3 pm, North Ellipse. | Games Today. Columbia Heights vs. Walter Reed, 2 p.m., Walter Reed. Skinker Eagles vs. Majestic Radio, 3 p.m., Wisconsin avenue street. Goodacre Midgets vs. Mulhall Midgets, 1 pm., West Ellipse. Games Wanted. Chevy Chase Senators, with peewee teams on Senators’ diamond. Call Tommy O’Hanlon at Wisconsin 2993. Clifton A. C., for Saturdays and Sun- days. Call Adams 4735. Palisade A. C, for tomorrow. Call Manager Hager at Cleveland 2133-J. Irvin Cab. Call Manager Taylor at Potomac 2701. Berwyn Juniors. Call Berwyn 24-M. Koontz Service Seniors, for tomorrow th team having fleld. Call Lincoln 7-J after 5 o'clock. TIES WORLD RECORD SECOND TIME IN DASH in 9.5 After Agreeing to Save Zip for Olympic. 92 Metcalfe Steps Century By the Associated Press, ILWAUKEE, May T calf, Negro sophomore at Mar- quette University, last night ran the 100-yard dash in 0:09.5, to tie the world-record time for the second time within & week. He appeared here in a dual floodlight meet with the University of Wisconsin i Last Saturday Metcalf shot into the limelight_at the I relays at Des Moines, Towa, when he tied the record in the century dish to defeat the cream Middle West oash men t y Coach Conrad himself so as to he Olympic trials wouldn’t Wisconsin won the meet, 6615 to 6425, FRISCO CLUB IN FRONT. SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (®.— Standings of the Pacific Coast League, cluding games of Priday, May 6: Ww. Pet San Prancisco . 688 Portland .. Hollywood Los Angeles . Sacramento . k Missic > CHICAGO, Roilirock. I ‘bru . € Faber. B €} wscauwwavol £l eroacormuce | Totals WASHINGTON Myer. 24 > ot ol > Cro Feynold Judse. Bluese w! sccoscoocec™ ol coccccoccca™ 2l coonmmmoncow! .3 lc hicaxo Washington Runs batted | gl Manush, | Bits_Seeds, Ayer, 01 1-5 02000 03 Selph (3), Pother- West. o Blue. Car: e to Cronin te 1t on bases— rst_ base on oy Sy R o Blae. Ju to Kress, hing 5 off R SR HEAVY BALL LIST Nine, Routed by Repair Shop, | | Miller! Smith.’ Schnelder MARYLAND GAMES DRAW SCHOOLBOYS College Park Mecca Today of Trackmen—Eastern Nine Winner. EADLINING today's schoolboy activities hereabout is the Uni- versity of Maryland track meet at College Park, starting at 1 o'clock. Ball games are listed between West- ern and Charlotte Hall for the West- ern fleld and Mount St. Joseph and Georgetown Prep for the Garrett Park diamond. One of the few Sunday contests for the scholastics is scheduled tomorrow | when Georgetown Prep and Devitt racketers meet in a Prep School Ten- nis League match at Garrett Park. ESTERN, to be met May 17, now is the only team in the path of the Eastern base ball team to its fifth straight public high school cham- pionship. The Lincoln Parkers walloped Business, 20 to 10, yesterday, in a heavy hitting, loose-fielding game. It was the final series tilt for the Stenogs, whose record was one win and three losses. In contrast to previous series compe- tition this year, it was a wild and woolly game from the start. At the end of the third inning Eastern was ahead, 14 to 2. Dick Lanahan, ace Eastern pitcher, struck out 17 and socked two home runs, and Eddie Fitzpatrick, a mate, who has | a penchant for circuit wallops, got an- other. ‘The score: Eastern J. Mills.ss. Moore.ib. . ] > SO D SIS T A ] rso0 PO orvwosaaeued Soss00o—w o5 ematsssosrme G, Mills.c.. dams.c AN D @R h S B0 Lanahan.p Cleary.n Totals ...43222 Eastern 5 01 Business Runs—J. Mills (2). Moore (3). Benjsmin. Fitzpatrick (3). Smith Pitzgerald, Viehmeyer. eider (1), Glovanetti, Steel Iverman, Grimm (2). E: Fitzpatrick, Smith. Fradin. ol oooomoussecscoms? > Se S0 Smith, Ste Fitzoatrick Pitzpatrick, Nolan. E Double plav —Silver- hetti to Sherman_ First base Lanahan. 4: off Cleary. 1: oft off Grimm. 6: off Sherman. 3 7 inninas: off Cleary. Lsnaban (2) . 7 in_5 nKs 2'in 124 innings, Struck out han. 17:_by Cleary. 2: by Silverman. 1 Grimm, '3: by Sherman. 1. By Lana- by Priends squeezed out a 9-8 win over Georgetown Prep on the Friends dia- | mond. The score: B. > ] ‘Miller-Roamers, | and Upton | | | | rors Priends | —Ralph Met- | Siavec o eaves. % Hits—Off Caraway, in *] inn! ; off Fater. 4 In 31-3 ings. inning pi Ir— Ehr. Emvlu.- #8818 Mi 5". ting.ss.p Allan.3b. A CHAMPION TUNES UP FOR THE BIG SHOT BILL PSEE NATIONAL MARATHON CHAMPION WHO 1S EXPECTED To BLAZE THE. TRAIL TOMORROW Cumm e b’ | McMa'n.2b, | Tirneran:; Graham.c.. | Mackay.rf 9100 A 1 2 0 0 K 3 1 0 0 0 ! cosorcssnon-a 8 coommusuauas Totals 10002 13100 Clark. May @), M Totals...28 821 1 U, Prep.... Friends Runs - ce #?P 5| coooscwousmnd - Busby. White. (2), Kerr. Cohan McNamara, Keating. All Do Co A e. base hits _Keating, Ma: Heekin, Keating. Friends racketers are leading the Prep School Tennis League race. They got ahead by trimming St. Albans, 5 to 0, yesterday at St. Albans. Summaries Singles —Boyle defeated Asher. 60 64 Eakin defeated Smith, 63, 6-3: Sotwell defeated O'Connor, 7.-5. 64 Doubles Bovle and Eakin defeated Craighill and Evans, 62 6—4: Hayes and Shotwell de- feated Spear and Brown, 63, 6-3. Team Standing. 3. U, FfeD ... Gonzaga Devitt John' Alban's St. Albans Juniors conquered Epi copal Juniors, 6 to 5. on the Episcopal diamond. Merle Thorpe, winning pitch- er, gave only four hits. ENTERS LACROSSE LOOP Baltimore Is One of Six Clubs in Box Play Circuit. BALTIMORE, May 7.—Baltimore La- crosse Club, which will be one of the six teams competing in the American Box Teague, has been incorporated Oriole Park has been leased as the site of the games here. Sixty-four games will comprise the schedule, which is due 1o open early in June and close k Giants. vn. Boston Toronto are the other eries Statislics Team Standing. w. Eastern Central Western Business . Tech . 3 2 2 1 0 Yesterday's Game. Eastern, 20; Business, 10, Tuesday's Game. Central vs. Tech, Eastern Stadium, | 3:30 o'clock Foxx Tops American Hitters; CM The CHAMPEEN OF BULLRUSH COUNTY, WHERE'S CHARUE ReysoLQsS, KoFcC ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. ExpECTS THE CANDIDATES To CoMs FROM ALL OIRELTIONS - —ppm SOME OF THE RUNNERS WiLL BE ALAD o CRAWL 7 — By TOM DOERER 1 1OWA ~ T RACE CMon LET Al Gop GoY AGEE, \F THE BOYS 0o AS- THEY JAY, WiLL BE Minor Leagues International League. Rochester, 5; Jersey City, 2. Montreal, Reading, 1 Buffalo, 9; Baltimore, 8. Newark-Toronto—Postponed, rain. American Association. Milwaukee, 5; Columbus, innings). Kansas City, 9; Toledo, 4. Indianapolis, 10: St. Paul, 9. },am.mue - Minneapolis — Postponed, rain, 4 (10 Southern Association. Chattanooga, New Orleans, 0. Birmingham, Nashville, 2, Memphis, 15; Knoxville, 9. Atlanta-Little Rock—To be played in double-header Sunday. Pacific Coast League. Seattle, 11; Portland, 8. Hollywood, 3; San Francisco, 1. Sacramento, 4; Oakland, 2 Los Angeles, 8; Missions, 7. " (Critz Sets Pace in National By the Assoclated Press | HICAGO, May 7.—Jimmy Foxx, | one of Connie Mack’s boys who refuses to ride the toboggan of an early season slump, smashed his way to the top of the American League batting race during its third week. Unofficial averages, including games of Wednesday, gave the Philadelphia first baseman 25 hits in 61 attempts for the mark of .410. G. Walker of Detroit, leader of the batting race at the end of the second week with a 4T dropped to seventh with a 97-point fall. Carl Reynolds of Washington climbed into second place with a 30-point gain to .398 for the week. ‘The list of leaders was conspicuous by the absence of Babe Ruth, whose average fell from .394 to .327 during the week. The other pace setters were Appling, Chicago, .394: Dickey, New York, .389; Myatt, Cleveland, Gehrig, New York, .377; Detroit, .375: Oliver, Bosts lin, St. T 362, and ington, .36 Individual batting performance hon- ors were well scattered, although John- son of Detroit led in two specialties with 29 hits for the largest number of safe blows and a leading total of 9 doubles. Porter of Cleveland led in run getting with Gehringer of Detroit topped the field in hits for total bases with a record of 49 and was tied with Averill of Cleveland in batting in runs Chapman of the Yankees led | 3 se stealing, as per custom, with . while six others tied Foxx with 3 riples and Babe Ruth led the home run race with 6 circuit smashes Wednesday | night. The Yankees kept in front in team batting with a .205 percentage, %ith Washington still first in flelding at 981. Detroit had 22 double plays on the right side of the record books. Thirteen starting pitchers clung to | the rapidly dwindling undefeated class. with Wesley Ferrell of Cleveland top- ping them with his five straight vi tories. Weaver of the Senators had four victories and no defeats in six starts. “Lefty” Grove of the Athletics was down the early list for a change with two triumphs and three defeats in six starts, | Standings in Major Leagues || SATURDAY, MAY American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York. Chicao. §. St. Louis. Philadelphia. Washington 37 | New_York Detroit Cleveland St Louis | Philadelphia__. Chicago__.. Boston Lost o 609 455 2 444 El 300 | 1 167 2 L 25| GAMES TODAY. Ohi. at Wash.. 3 pm. Chi. st troft at Ne vela - a2 National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. York. 4. Bt Chicago_ Eoston Phiadelvhia Cinennati_ St. Louts New_York Brooklyn 706 667 526 500 429 1206 1 1110 9 51111 131 912 17120412 177110/ 412 | 7/131.350 GAMES TOMORROW. N. Y. at 8t. Louls. Brookivn at Chicago. B uba, GAMES TODAY. N. Y. at 8t. Louls. Brookiyn at Chicago. e | Boston Braves were ahead with a .974 By the Associated Press EW YORK, May 7.—With the averages slipping rapidly through the fourth week of the National League season and the batting race growing tightes, Hughey Critz of the New York Giants | and Arthur (Pinkey) Whitney of Phil- adelphia stood up under the strain a bit better than their rival sluggers to | hold the first two places among the‘ regulars. Critz retained first place on the list | with an even 400 average, only 7 points below his mark & week before, while Whitney gatned the second rung with a 397 mark. Another Philadelphian, Les Mallon, held third place at 381, only 1 point ahead of George Watkins of St. Louis. The rest of the “first 10" consisted of Paul Waner, Pittsburgh, +.378: Worth- ington, Boston, .377; Terry. New York, 64; Klein, Philadelphia, .360: Herman, incinnati, .355, and Grantham, Cin- cinnati, .351. The slugging honors were about evenly spread over s small group of | Jeaders, with Paul Waner, Bill Terry, | Chuck Klein and Pittsburgh's surpris- | ing Gus Suhr sharing the distinction | of holding two “firsts.” Waner led in doubles. with 11, and stolen bases, with 5. Terry and Subir each had batted in 18 runs to split the lead. Sulir also was first with four triples and ‘Terry and Jim Collins of the Cardinals each had six homers to their credit. Whitney was the other batting leader, with 29 hits, while Chuck Klein, with 20 runs, topped the | scorers. | The widely distributed second-place honors went this way: Eighteen runs, | Whitney and Paul Waner; 28 hits, Critz | and Paul Waner; eight doubles, Whit- | ney, Watkins, Worthington, Frederick | of Brooklyn and Stephenson of Chi- | cago; three triples, Klein, Herman and | Vaughn of Pittsburgh; four home runs, Worthington; 17 runs batted in, Her- man; four stolen bases, Watkins, Her- man, Prisch, St. Louis, and Vaughn, Cinctunati. The New York Giants held the club batting lead, although their aggregate mark had slipped to .288, just 2 points | ahead of the Phillies. In fielding the average. The list of undefeated pitchers was reduced to nine with young Lonnie Warneke of Chicago in first place with four straight victories. Another Cub moundsman, Charlie Root, and Walter “Huck” Betts of the Boston Braves were right behind, each with three games won and none lost. Records of Griffs > b 3b Hr Sh.8b Rbi.Pet 91,000 ce! SonrulBagataSeEtaEEang cocoramcinarmuninoe it 2o coomrabuBelatlaBi. ., T Manusl Crowder Bluege. ewonalBEINATEE 0L e SoosormrRousRusou-o ccocorssuescnarsonacs Scoroorrroncooncorase! cccccorcooncssssasnecs ] = 8 Zz e __., ] o Q 55 [ POEEaBBE o achncicanunacn @overo- Forarnug SR8 PR Texas League. San Antonio, Shreveport, Beaumont, Wichita Falls, Houston, 6; Fort Worth, 3. Galveston, 5; Dallas, 3. Three Eye League. Terre Haute, 10; Quincy, 0. Danville, 11; Springfield, 5. Decatur-Peoria—Postponed, Western League. Des Moines, 6; Tulsa, 2. Wichita-Omaha—Postponed, rain Oklahoma City-Denver — Postponed, rain. Pueblo, 8; St. Joseph, 4. Eastern League. Norfolk, 6; New Haven, 5. Richmond, 10; Hartford, 7 - Allentown-Albany—Postponed. rain. Bridgeport - Springfield — Postponed, rain. Piedmont League. Durham, 13; Wilmington, 12. Winston-Salem, 13; Charlotte, 7. High Point, 4; Asheville, 3 innings). Southeastern League. Mobile, 6; Montgomery. 3. Columbus, 4; Jackson, 3. Macon, 8; Selma, 4. Stars Yesterday By the Assoclated Press Roger Cramer, Athletics—Drove in three runs against Indians with triple and single. George Pipgras, Yankees—Held Tigers to five singles, struck out seven and won, 1-0. Fred Schulte, Browns—His homer with one on in seventh provided win- ning margin against Red SOX Jim Elliott, Phillies—Held Pir safe with seven hits, collected two himself, driving in one run and scoring one. Clarence Mitchell, Giants—Held Cardinals in check in relief role, allow- ing only three hits in last four innings. Red Lucas, Reds—Held Braves to four hits and drove in three runs as many singles. 13| with | High School girls | swamped Stiver Spring High, 25 to 1. H FAILURE OF MEINE 10 SIGN BIG BLOW Team Allowing Average of Six Runs a Game—Yanks in Second Place. BY GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Eports Writer. EINE MEINE'S failure to sign a Pittsburgh contract and his subsequent sus- pension from organized ball is proving costly to the | Pirates. Defeated in eight of their last nine games, chiefly because of ‘poor pitching, the Pirates could find lots of use for the right-hand |ace, who won 19 games while los- ing 13 for a fifth-place club last year. As matters stand, Manager George Gibson has only one curve: who has shown any signs of dependability. Steve Swetonic has turned in two straight three-hit performances. In their last nine games the Pirate hurlers have granted an average of more than six runs per game, and to make things worse, the team's offense has been weak. Paul Waner and Gus Suhr alone were hitting over .300 through yesterday’s game, in which the Corsairs absorbed a 4-to-2 beating from the Phillies. 'HE Chicago Cubs climbed back to the league lead when they squared their series with Brooklyn, 3 to 1, while the Boston Braves were dropping a second straight to Cincinnati, 14 to 1. Guy Bush kept seven Dodger hits scat- tered while his mates grouped their eight off Van Mungo, Shauts and Quinn. Woody English returned to the Cubs line-up to hit a triple and score the winning run in the eighth. “Red” Lucas pitched a four-hit game for the Reds. Heath and Gilbert led a 18-hit assault on three of McKechnie's flingers 'm:lm relief pitching by Clarence Mitchell, who held the Cardinals score- less after relieving young Harold Schu- macher in the sixth, featured the Giants' second victory over the world champions, 4 to 3. RICE TESTIMONIAL ELL SUPPORTED Other Organizations Join Optimists in Plan to Honor Veteran. j AM RICE—one of the greatest base ‘ ball players of all time, according | to Clark Griffith, president of the Nationals—will have his “day” here in July, when the Browns or the Tigers are playing in Griffith Stadium. ‘That much was decided at the luncheon meeting yesterday at the | Hotel Hamilton of the General Com- mittee planning for the celebration to | be held as a testimonial to the player who has been wearing the livery of the Nationals since 1915. President Griffith, who made the principal address, not only eulogized Rice, but also gave assurances of the Washington base ball club's fullest co- operation in the affair and offered valuable suggestions as to how it should be conducted. | — | LTHOUGH the plan for a Rice day at Griffith Stadium was originated | by the Optimists Club, that or- | ganization has invited civic and frater- | nal bodies to join in sponsoring the celebration and yesterday many had representatives among the 33 present at the meeting. Those attending were Griffith, Joseph Murphy, Edward D. Shaw, Dorsey W Hyde, jr.; Mark Lansburgh, Wash B. Williams, John A. Korman, Clarence Pearson, Hugh E. Phillips, Joseph| Kaufman, C. W. Karl, Elmore T. Bur-| dette, Frank W. Plerce, Jack Horner, | D. A. Crain, Russell Conn, Rev. Francis J. Hurney, Peter M. Dorsch, J. Harry Angelico, Russell F, Donnelly, F. Law- | rence Walker, William S. Shelby, R. A. Dixon, George E. Keneipp, Charles | Fyfe, Edmund O. Carl, M. H. Stockett, James McNamara, Henry Schaffert, Charles O'Connell, Garrett Waters, John B. Keller and Mrs. Inez Warren. ASH B. WILLIAMS of the Op- timists Club §s chairman of the committee and Mrs. Warren of the Board of Trade has volunteered her services as secretary. Organizations revoresented yesterday were Obtimists Club, Kiwanis Club, Amity Club, Cosmopolitan Club. Wash- | ington Round Table, Board of Trade. Chamber of Commerce. Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association, Indian Spring Golf Club, Congressional Coun- try Club, Boys' Club, Mystic Shrine, | Knights of Colnmbus, Elks, American Legion and the Washington City Duck- pin Association. Luncheon meetings of the commitiee ates | are to be held we>kly at the Hamilton. hits | which, through Manager Conn. has proffered one of the private parlors for the gatherings. FAIRLAND GIRLS SCORE. FAIRLAND, May 7.—Fairland Senior | volley ball team Service Clash Is Up to War Department, Says New Army Head, Who Is Friend of Nav, EST POINT, N. Y., May 7. —Maj. Gen. William D. Connor, the new super- intendent of the United States Military Academy, has shown himself to be & firm bellever in ath- letics and friend and admirer of the Navy, but, when he was ssked whether he believed there should be an immediate resumption of athletic relations between Army and Navy, he replied that was a question to be answered, so far as Army is con- cerned, by the War Department. It was inferred from this state- ment and from the fact that Gen. Connor and Admiral Thomas C. Hart, superintendent of the Naval Academy, are friends of long stand- ing that, should the question of Army-Na foot ball games be brought. to the fore, the ranking of- ficer at West Point would interpose no objections. Gen. Cormor will have Admiral Hart as his guest here alwudwmdmm- [ \ \ the flelq for hdown, Gen. Connor, in his cadet days, was known as “Katy" Connor, get- ting his nickname from & song popu- lar in the early nineties. He played foot ball for four years. He also was & track man and estsblished acad- emy records in the 100-yard dash and the 440-yard run. Between the foot ball and track seasons he found time to fence and was champion of his class in that sport. Walter Camp named him for all-America foot ball honors in 1896 and the following June he was graduated from the academy at the head of his class. Gen. Connor believes that the present-day game of foot ball is much superior to the game as it was played in his day and he is fond of the forward pass. He believes, how- | ever, that there are still numerous changes that might profitably be made in the rules and feels that the most important is bringing back the old rule permitting the nan who picks up & loose ball to run with it. “There’s no thrill in any sport quite the same as seeing & man pick uplmmhh-ndmm‘lmmm ’gt ," he sal H O 'OE McCARTHY'S New York Yankess vaulted from fourth place to sec- ond in the American League when George Pipgras set the Detroit Tigers down, 1 to 0. Pipgras allowed only five hits and struck out seven. Al Simmons and Roger Cramer pro- vided the punch as the Athletics tripped Cleveland again, 5 to 2. Fred Schulte’s home run in the sev- enth, with Jim Levey on base, gave the St. Louls Browns their second victory over the Boston. Red Sox, 6 to 5. College Sports Base Ball. Columbia, 7; Navy, 2. Dartmouth, 3; Pennsylvania, 2. Washington and Lee, 4; Duke, 1. North Carolina, 4; Virginia, 3. Minnesota, 5; Northwestern, 2. Luther, 4, Western State, 3. Georgia, 8; Georgia Tech, 3. Oglethorpe, 5, Auburn, 4 (10 innings). Alabama, 4; Mississippi State, 2. Indiana, 5; Ohio State, 4 Oklahoma, 4; Kansas State, 3. Brooklyn College, 11; Seth Low, 0, Swarthmore, 1. Haverford, 0. Wesleyan, 7; Bowdoin, 2. E. Stroudsburg, Bucknell, 3. C. C. N. Y., 8; Springfield, 2. Middlebury, 9: Boston, U., 7. Boston Col., 6; Mount St. Mary’s, 3. Maine 4: Bates, 2 Parris Island Marines, 13; Bowdoin State, 5. St. Lawrence, 5; St. Michael's, 1 Tennis, Princeton, 6;: Georgetown, 3. St. John’s (Brooklyn), 5; George Wash- ington, 4. North Carclina, 6; Harvard, 3. Tufts, 5; Providence, 1. Long Island University, 7; 8t. Thomas, 0. N. Y. U. Washington Square, 6; Man- hattan, 3 Kansas State, 6; Oklahoma, 4. Notre Dame, 4; Detroit, 1. Track. Washington, 68; Washington State, 63. Nebraska, 67!3; Oklahoma, 6323, Amherst, 7715, Wesleyan, 571 Haverford, 78!3: Delaware, 48, Rhode Island State, 104!5; Tufts, 3024, Golf. Manhattan, 9; St. Thomas, 0. Colgate, 4; Wesleyan, 2. Yale, 5; Princeton, 4. Williams, 6; Pennsylvania, 2. Lacrosse Penn State, 6; Colgate, 3. Princeton, 4; Rutgers, 4 (overtime tie). Maryland Freshmen, 7; Baltimore City College, 4. Rugby. Princeton Club, 10; Yale, 3. Princeton Club Seconds, 13; Yale Sec- onds, 0. Homer Standing By the Associated Press Home runs yesterday—Myatt, Indi- ans, 1; F. Schulte, Browns, and O'Doul, Dodgers, 1. The Leaders—Terry, Giants, 7; Ruth, Yankees, 6; Collins, Cardinals, 6 Gehringer, Tigers, 8, and Foxx, Ath- etics, 6 Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, 418. Rey- nolds, Washington, .403. Runs—Foxx, Athletics; Porter, Indians, 20. Runs batted in—Averill, Indians, and Gehringer, Tigers, 23, Hits—Porter, Indlans, Tigers, 30. Doubles—Johnson, Tigers, 9; Goslin, Browns; Oliver, Red Sox, 8. Triples—Foxx, Athletics; Myer, West and Cronin, Washington; Schulte and Burns, Browns: Rbyne, Red Sox, and Selph, White S 3. Home runs—Ruth, Yankees; Gehrin- ger, Tigers, and Foxx, Athletics, 6. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, Vosmik and 31; Johnson, Morgan, Indians, and Blue, Sox, 4. ioual League. Batting—Whitney, Phillies, Critz, Giants. .400. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 20; Whitney, Phillies; P. Waner, Pirates, and Collins, Cardinals, 18. Runs batted in—Terry, Giants, 21; Herman, Reds, 19. Hits—Critz, Giants, 32; Whitney, Phillies, 31. Pirates, 11; Doubles—P. Waner, ‘Triples—Suhr, Pirates, 4; Klein, Phil- 403; Stepenson, Cubs, 10. lies, Vaughan and P. Waner, Pimtes; Herman and Heath, Reds, jome runs—Terry, Giants, 7; Collins, rdinals, 6. - Stolen bases—P. Wi