Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1932, Page 10

‘A—10 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDJLY, BEAY 28 1932. mes Griffs : D. C. Aces Clash in Baltimore Golf CLIQUE BANGS 45 IN WINNING STREAK Lazzeri, Ruth, Gehrig, Combs and Dickey Turn Tables on Johnson Band. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ERE are the Yankees, not so long ago four down to the Nationals, all even with the latter in the interclub battling at the end of 10 games, and one doesn't have to ponder long to understand how this has come about. The tables have been turned by | the Yankees’ big batting five, the | quintet that has hung up a clout- | ing average of .405 to beat the Nationals four times in a row— Lazzeri, Ruth, Gehrig, Combs and Dickey. Farly in the campalgn when the| Johnson band was running roughshod over the Yanks, little was being done by this lo. in at ack. 1a fact, Combs wasn't even playing regularly. But | there seems no stopping them now. | Lazzeri has dropped out of the picture for a time to nurse an ailing foot, but he did plenty in three of the Yanks'| lJast four games with the Nationals to bring his outfit up to even terms with | them. Tony in the trio of tilts in New York last week smacked for the sweet mark of .818, which is superlative smacking any way it is considered. Ruth, supposedly in a hitting slump, went along at a .357 pace in the four games while his home-run twin, Gehrig, stepped out to bat .353. Combs and Dickey in the quartet of tussles batted 2313 each. Fine hitting and wonderfully effective | hitting for the quintet drove across the | counting block in the four games 23 runs and the Yankees’ total scoring for | the four games amounted to just 33 runs. What's more, this big five carried over the plate 21 runs. il That comes close to making every hit | count. | LAZZERI was a terror at bat in New York last week. In his three en- | gagements, the Nationals’ pitchers were able to prevent Tony reaching first base only three times in his 13 trips to the plate. Twice he rolled to an infiielder | and once he sacrificed. Ruth and Gehrig were the batters | to send the runs across, though. The Babe in the four tilts slugged eight to the final base, while Lou slammed six to the home plate. All told, the Yankee big five in the | four games last played with the Na- | ticnals made 30 hits, exactly half of | them extra-base drives. And those 15 | extra-length hits totaled 42 bases. { Lazzeri, Ruth, Gehrig, Combs and Dickey. A tough crew for any pilcheri 1o face. No wonder Washington's wob- | bly hill staff has taken the count in | four successive set-tos with the New | Yorkers. | For those who like the details, here | are the figures on the work of the Yankee big-batting five over the four- game stretch: | 2b 3b. HR.BB.Rbi.Ave. Lazzeri. 321 1 5 818 Ruth 01 T 3 53 1 1 A 1 1 1 3 1 33, 0 'WO games with the Yanks today... if it doesn't rain...that shower that kept the boys idle yesterday was a blow to the fair fans...about 7,500 went through the ladies’ day gate ...not only did they miss a game, but many had their new Summer frocks and chapeaux well dampened...Train- er Mike Martin says Roy Spencer, Na- | tionals’ first-string catcher, is getting that leg in shape once more and should | be able to go behind the bat next week | ...probably could catch right now in | & pinch, Mike adds...Brown and | ‘Weaver vs. Allen and Pennock was the | overnight pitching program for the week end twin bill...stay away, rain. Records of Griffs cooconscomsusccsoruscscd g Weaver Harris Spencer. (O L I IO 5 20 01 PPN ~PIPN- T8 1Tt - J . fcLeod Marby. 1 Ooo00-00000uRANONNG 520! 1 b £l 9 4 5 a Q soawang BB 12 15 21 25 34 24 18 Minor Leagues Southern Association. Little Rock, 7; New Orleans, 3. Chattanooga, 4: Atlanta, 0. Knoxville, 11; Nashville, Memphis, 9; Birmingham, 4. American Association. Toledo, 2; Indianapolis, 1 Louisville, 5; Columbus, 4. Minneapolis, 5; Milwaukee. 0. Kansas City-St. Paul double-header, postponed; rain and cod. International League. Jersey City, 9; Baltimore, 5. Buffalo, 5; ; 3 Newark-Reading, postponed; rain. Toronto-Montreal, postponed; rain. Texas League. Beaumont, 1—4: Galveston, 0—3. Longview, 9; Fort Worth, 3. Tyler, 7; Dallas, 4. Houston, 4; San Antonio, 1. ‘Three-Eye League. Quincy, 10; Decatur, 8 (10 innings). Terre Haute, 8; Danville, 7. Peoria, 6; Springfield, 4. Eastern League. All games postponed; rain. Nebraska State League. Beatrice, 2; Norfolk, 0. Lincoln, 8; McCook, 1. Grand Island, 5; North Platte, 2. New York-Pennsylvania League. ‘Williamsport, 3: Binghamton, 2. | Hazleton, 10; Eimira, 4. | York, 6; Scranton, 5. nxilkes-nane—}innhbum, postponed; | Exhibition Ball. Philadelphia (American League), 10 All-Maine, 1. 25 -—_— SCHOOL TRACKSTERS BUSY. Approximately 600 boys were striving for honors in the annual elementary school track meet of the Muncipal Play- CARDINALS PROVING EASY FOR PIRATES Eighth Victory Over Cham- pions Boosts Bucs to Fourth Place. A ! QUIT Your CROWDING — YOURE' HANGING ON Too LONG | and the Pirates’ fourth in succession. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. NE of the minor mysteries of the major league season has been the ease with which the Pittsburgh Pirates, floundering around in the National League's sec- ond division most of the time, have been able to take the St. Louis Cardi- nals over the traces. The world champions won their first two clashes from the Corsairs, but since then victories have been few and far between. As a matter of cold fact, the Pirates have walked away with 8 of the last 10 games the clubs have played. Their eighth victory over the cham- pions, achieved yesterday by an 8-4 count, boosted the Pirates into fourth place, only one game behind the third- place Cincinnati Reds. Larry French, hard-working left-hander, whose name has appeared in 14 Pirate box scores already this season, went the route, al- though walloped for 14 hits. It was French's fourth victory of the season They now have won seven of the last eight games. Meanwhile the Chicago Cubs in- creased their league lead to a game and a half by beating Cincinnati, 6-4, while the Boston Braves again succumbed to the Phillies, 8-5. The Cubs rushed all |- their runs across the plate in the third inning, Charlie Grimm’s homer with one on being the high spot. George Kelly's second home run in as many days started a five-run Brooklyn rally that sank the New York Giants, 5 to 2, and dropped McGraw’s hench- men into the cellar. The American League schedule was restricted to two games. The Detroit Tigers bunched 10 hits to good advan- tage to halt the Chicago White Sox, 7-5, and tighten their grip on third place. The Cleveland Indians battered George Blaeholder for nine hits and six runs in seven innings and coasted to a fairly easy victory over the St. Louis Browns, 6-3. Clint Brown gave five hits. one Goose Goslin’s first homer of the season. TWO DEATHS EARLY TOLL OF AUTO RACE ;Milton Jones, Harold Gray Killed in Tune-up for Big Grind Monday. YACHTSMEN ARE OFF | ON THREE-DAY CRUISE Washington Club Members Sail !or; Mattawoman Creek for Water Sports. By the Associated Press. NDIANAPOLIS, May 28.—Although | the start of the 1932 500-mile au- tomobile race still was 48 hours in | | the future, two fatalities were | listed today in the records of the an- | | nual classic of the Indianapolis motor . E | speedway. { It was anchors aweigh today for the | ™ ailton Jones, 38, of Cleveland, was | Washington Yacht Club of the Potomac | fatally injured yesterday while prac- section. Members were scheduled to | ticing for Monday's race, when his rac- drop away from Winter moorings and | jng car got out of control at high chug to Mattawoman Creek, where on | speed on the dangerous southeast turn, Monday a Decoration day water sports | ripped through the concrete outer re- program will be staged, starting at 9:30 taining wall and dropped 18 feet to | am. the ground. His_mechanic, Gray, 24, also of Cleveland, was criti- | cally injured, Tomorrow evening at 7:30 members and invited guests will assemble at Deep Point, where entertainment and refreshments will be served. Commo- dore E. J. Johnson, Vice Commodore Capt. Taylor, Rear Commodore Capt. Martin, Fleet Capt. Kidd and Secretary- Treasurer Capt Lausenkamp extend an invitation to members of local and nearby vacht clubs to join in the activ- | | N the other south turn of the| speedway, Wednesday, another car | skidded up the bricks to plunge ' over the wall, killing the riding me- chanic, Harry Cox of Indianapolis. | The driver, Benny Benefield, also of Indianapolis, was seriously hurt. W ted than on any two days of the sand- | Harold | 3 ities. The committee ‘on arrangements | is composed of Capt. P. Donley, J. Janazeck, Frank Mangun. C. Bailey, W. Bailey. R. Finn, J. Fairchilds, Dr. Norton and E. Epperley. FISHING By Ed Decke CASTING THE PLUG TFTY thousand Frenchmen may not be wrong, but 99 out of every 100 beginners at bait casting are! ‘When learning to cast a plug, the most natural thing in the world is to try and throw the bait in a straight bee-line for its objective. ‘The result—zippo—down she comes, 5, 10 or 20 feet in front of you and you wonder how in hades that hap- pened. ‘The secret of successful bait cast- ing is giving the plug sufficient al- titude to carry it to its destination. Some 15 or 20 drivers were given their final chance to qualify for al | starting position in the race today be- | tween 10 am. and 4 pm. (Central| | standard time). To date 37 drivers | have passed the 10-mile time trials at | the required speed of better than 100 miles per hour. | The starting field is limited to 40 cars, but in case more than three addi- | tional drivers qualify today, the racers turning in the slowest qualifying times will be eliminated. HE slowest qualified to date is/ George Howie, Brooklyn, N. Y., who made the grade yesterday at | 103.490 miles per hour, and next is Juan Gaudino of Buenos Aires, Argen-| tina, the only foreign entrant, who | turned his four laps yesterday at| 107.466 miles per hour. | Others who passed the trials yester- day and their averages are Ernie Trip: lett, Los Angeles. 114935 miles pe! hour; Malcolm Fox, Westville, N. J. | 111.14¢ Fred Winnai, Philadelphta. 108.755; Ray Campbell. Detroit, 108.969, | and Johnny Kreiger, Los Angeles, 109.276. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. | _GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Wesley | Ramey, Grand Rapids, outpointed San- | tiago Zorilla, Panama (10). SAN FRANCISCO.—Andy Divoldi, New York, outpointed Jimmy Evans, San Francisco (10). Tony Gardini, San Francisco, decision- ed Tony Georgi, Buffalo, N. Y. (4). SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Johnny Romero, San Diego, knocked cut Al Herrara, Los Angeles (1). HOLLYWOOD.—Paul Swiderski, Syra- cuse, N. Y., outpointed Al Morro, Bur- bank, Calif. (10). Release the thumb pressure well before the rod reaches the vertical position. This shoots the plug up in the air and its momentum does the rest. Try aiming at a cloud, the top of a tree—anywhere almost straight up—and see the difference. This practice gives you the “feel” of the cast. Then, when that is acquired, is plenty of time to start mxmnz on refinements and develop- g the niceties of plug casting. What are your fishing and camp- ing troubles? White them to “Fish- ing,” in care of this paper, inclos- ing a stamped, self-addressed en- velope. Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home Runs Yesterday. Klein, Phillies, 1; Grace, Pirates, 1; Barbee, Pirates, 1; Ott, Giants, 1; Kelly, Dodgers, Grimm, Cubs, 1; Goslin, Browns, 1. The Leaders. Foxx, Athletics, 15: Ruth, Yankees, 11; Collins, Cardinals, 11; Terry, Giants, 10; Klein, Phillies, 10. League Totals. American, 157; National, 134¢. Grand total, 261. Pacific Coast League. Missions, 8; San Francisco, 3. Portland, 4; Sacramento, 3. Warrant Ends Golf Triumph Medalist at Excelsior Springs Pinched at Twelfth Hole of Second Round. By the Associated Press. XCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo, May 28—The law laid Allan J. Staller a difficult stymie and the sharp-shooting Min- neapolis golfer was eliminated from the Excelsior Springs invitational . Bolf tournament yesterday. A warrant, charging issuance of worthless checks, got in the way of Staller at the tweifth green of his second-round match. He had bet- tered par by 1 with a 72 for medalist honors Thursday, swamped his first- he couldn't get around that warrant, forfeited the match and went to jail. Staller told police his eagerness to get into the tournament and his lack of funds got him into the traps. There also was an argument be- tween two quarter-finalists over a caddy’s action in holding a tree branch aside. Paul Jackson, Kansas City, won/ the eighteenth hole and the match, only to be faced with the conten- tion of Frank English, his opponent, that the action of Jackson's caddy merited forfeiture of the hole. An ground department today in Central | digh Stadium, L extra hole was agreed upon and Jackson shot a birdie 4 to enter the round opponent and was 1 up in the semi-finals, second round at the twelfth. But ' Another View of the Race. —BY TOM DOERER 'Sunday and Holiday Schedule Will Keep Sandlotters Busy footing tomorrow and Mon- day, more base hits, errors, etc., are due to be commit- 1ot base ball season so far. The usual heavy will prevail tomorrow, while on Deco- ration day nearly every sandlot team in Washington and enviroms is slated to play 2t least one game. Many have double-headers, and even a triple- header or two would not surprise—not by sandlotters. A bright Capital City League card for Sunday follows: Unlimited Division. SECTION A. Onion Printers vs. Congress Heights, Congress Heights, 3 pm. Horning Jewelers vs. Ciro's Villagers, No. 3, 3 pm. . City Cab Co. vs. Dixie Pigs, Berwyn pm. Highway draws bye. SECTION B. Rock Creek Servicenter vs. Columbia Heights, North Ellipse, 3 pm St Joseph's vs. Franc Jewelers, East Ellipse, 3 p.m. Federal Employe vs. Federal Storage. No. 10, 3 pm. Senior Division. Koontz Service vs. Miller Furniture, Fairlawn, No. 1, 1 pm. Clifton Barbers Vs. Ellipse, 1 p.m. Swann Service East Ellipse, 1 p.m. Junior Division. Dixie Polish vs. Wheeler Club, No. 4, 1 pm. Dor-A vs. Georgetown, No. 3, 1 p.m. Swann Service vs. Southwest Mer- chants, East Ellipse, 11 p.m. Dor-A, North vs. Takoma Tigers, Mount Rainier vs. Fussell-Young, No.' 10, 1 pm. Midget Division. Goodacre’s vs. Wonder Bread, North Ellipse, 11 a.m. Thompson’s Furniture, vs. Arlington Post, No. 10, 11 am. LEGION SERIES. ‘Tomorrow. Lincoln Post vs. George Washington Post, 3 o'clock, Ellipse. Stuart Walcott Post vs. Bunker Hill Post, 11 a.m., Ellipse. Monday. Spengler Post vs. Stuart Walcott, ITH clear weather and fast! Sunday schedule George Washington vs. Bunker Hill, West Ellipse, 11 am Spengler Post vs. Lincoln Post, South Ellipse, 3 p.m. | INDEPENDENT GAMES. | Today. Indian Head ‘Cardinals vs. Army War College, Washington Barracks diamond Rock Creck Servicenter vs. Wheaton, Wheaton, 3 o'clock. Congress Heights A. C. vs. Sholl Cafe, Congress Heights, 3 o'clock. Georgetown Juniors vs. Business All- | Stars, South Ellipse, 1 pm. Mileage Gas vs. Maryland A. C,, Seat Pleasant, 3 p.m. Phoenix A. C. vs. Columbia Heights, Phoenix Field, 3 pm. Tomorrow. Indian He:d Cardinals vs. Diamond Cab Co., Indian Head. Griffith Blue Coals vs. Fredericks- burg, Va. Fredericksburg, 2 o'clock. Sholl Cafe vs. Middleburg, Va.,, Mid- dleburg. Gaithersburg A. C. vs. Woodmen of the World, Gaithersburg, 3 p.m. Wheaton (Md.) A. C. vs. C. & P. { Telephone, Wheaton, 3 p.m. Holy Rosary vs. Blue Ribbons, Dia- mond No. 9, 11 am. Auth’s vs. Martinsburg Hose Com- pany, Martinsburg, Va. Bethesda Fire Department vs. Times- ' Herald, Bethesda, 3 p.m. Monday. Indian Head Cardinals vs. Dixie Pigs, Berwyn. Rock Creek Servicenter vs. Hyatts- ville All Stars. Riverdale. Francs vs. Anacostia Eagles, Shady Oak. Dor-A Seniors vs. Ciro's Villagers. | Wheaton A. C. vs. Deanwood, Wheaton, Md., 1 p.m. ‘Wheaton A. C. vs. Virginia Engineers, Wheaton, Md., 3 p.m. Gaithersburg A. C. vs, Heights, Gaithersburg, 3 p. Games Wanted. Palisade A. C, for Sunday. Cleveland 2133-J. Horning Jewelers, for Monday. Atlantic 4420-J. virginia Juniors. Call Alexandria Ccngress Call l League Leaders l By the Associated Press. (Including Yesterday's Games.) American League. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, 446; Lazzeri, Yankees, .409. Runs—Foxx, Athletics, 38; Cochrane, Athletics, 36. Runs batted in—Foxx, Athletics, 46; Simmons, Athletics, 38 Hits — Foxx, Athletics, 58, Burns, Browns, 49. Doubles—Blue, White Sox, and Camp- bell, Browns, 12. Triples—Myer, Senators, 6; Gehrig and Lazzeri, Yankees, 5. Home runs—Foxx, Athletics, 15; Ruth, Yankees, 11. Pitching—Gomez, Yankees, won 7, lost 1: Pipgras, Yankees, won 5, lost 1. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, and Blue, White Sox, 7. National League. Batting—P. Waner, Pirates, .406; Hafey, Reds, .390. Runs—Klein, Phillies, 46: Urbanski and Berger, Braves, and Collins, Cardi- nals, 30. Runs batted in—Hurst, Phillies, 41; Terry, Giants, and Klemn. Phillies, 38. Hits—Hurst and Whitney, Phillies, 57. Doubles—P. Waner. Pirates, 24; Worthington, Braves, 16 Triples—Klein, Phillies, 7, Herman, Reds, 6. Home runs—Collins, Cardinals, 11; Terry, Giants, and Klein, Phillies, 10. Stolen bases—Frisch, Cardinals, 8; Klein, Phillies, 7. Pitching—Betts, Braves. won 5, lost 0; Swetonic, Pirates, won 4, lost 1. BURGOO KING 4 T0 5 IN $25,000 GALLOP Derby and Preakness Champion Has Never Opposed Five of Six Rivals Today. can'! By the Asscciated Press. EW YORK, May 28—Burgoo King, winner of the Kentucky Derby 1155. | and Preakness, was to go after an- Miller Furniture Co., for Monday. | Call Lincoln 4436. Arlington Post Midgets, double- | header for Monday. Call Clarendon 1846. Monday. Falls Church 828-F-31¢ | " Burroughs A. C.. Sunday and Mon- day, with unlimited nine. National 0123, | " Cabin John, Sunday. Bradley 207-F-4 after 4 p.m. Navy Yard Insects. Lincoln 6347-W. | South Ellipse, 1 pm. DE FOREST REACHES BRITISH FINAL AGAIN American-Taught Golfer, Runner- up Last Year, Plays Fiddian for Amateur Title. By the Associated Press. UIRFIELD, Scotland, May 28.—| For the second time in as many years, young John de Forest of London, who learned most of his golf- ing lessons in the United States, has reached the final round of the British amateur championship. His opponent in the 36-hole finals today was the equally youthful Eric Fiddian of Stourbridge. Whatever the final result—and there was no pro- nounced favorite—both De Forest and Fiddian have gained places on the British Walker Cup team, which will meet the United States at Brookline, Mass., later this year. Their appoint- ment to the two vacant posts on the team was announced by the Royal and Ancient Club yesterday. De Forest, beaten in the finals of the 1931 championship by Eris Martin Smith, disposed of Lionel Munn of Ireland in a 21-hole match in the semi-finals yesterday. Fiddian elimi- nated the favorite, Eric A. McCruvie, 2 up. — TITLE TO INDIANA NINE Repeats Big Ten Triumph at Ex- pense of Old Rival, Purdue. CHICAGO, May 28 () .—Indiana to- day celebrated its second Western Con- ference base ball championship, and the triumph was doubly sweet because the Hooslers had scored the title victory over an old and neighboring rival, Pur- due. Bunching hits off Griffin yesterday, Indiana defeated Purdue, 8 to 3, in its final game, to annex the title beyond the reach of all challengers for the sec- ond time since 1925. MARYLAND ATHLETES BUSY. University of Maryland base ball and lacrosse teams were in Annapolis today for eng;_flemenu with Navy combin: tions. e ball game was to begin at 2:30 o'clock and the lacrosse match lat 4. ! 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. NEW YORK batters have been hitting Washington pitchers so consistently during the series in Gotham that ended yesterday with a 10-5 New York victory, which gave the home team a sweep of the series, that Washington players believe the Highlanders may have a sign-tip- | ping bureau in operation. In 1909 such a system was found to be oper- ating on the New York grounds. Tom Hughes was the National pitcher who was beaten yesterday. Walker and McBride of Washington and Daniels, Zinn, Simmons and Hartzell of New York were leading batters. Danny Moeller, who has been put- ting up a fine game in the outfield for Washington, has been forced out of the going by a shoulder injury. Howard Shanks, Clyde Milan and Clarence Walker occupied the garden yesterday. | " 'carl Cashion again is being | groomed to pitch, after being given a trial in the outfield because of his batting ability. Jack Ryan still is trying to teach Carl control. Carroll Institute base ballers routed ‘Tenleytown, 17 #o 2, in the Inde- pendence Leagge. Kirkland and Jack and J. H. Martin played well. Maryland Agricultural College hopes to get back at its-old foe, St. John's of Annapolis, for a defeat earlier in the season, when the nines clash again shortly. The Farmers have lost valuable players in Donn, who has accepted & position, and Shipley, who has gone to Worcester for a try-out with that New Eng- land League club. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. . Van Mungo, Dodgers—Limited Giants to seven hits, fanned seven and won, 5t 2 Charlie Grimm, Cubs—His home run with - be:t mon climaxed six-run rally that Earl Grace and Dave Barbee, Pirates —Clouted homers to aid in defeat of Cardinals. Chuck Klein, Phillies — Combed Braves' pitching for double and home run with two on. Al other $25,000 today in the 57th running of the Withers mile at Belmont Park. Six 3-year-olds, five of which never | have met the King, have been named |to oppose the Kentucky champion. | McLean (Va) A. C., tomorrow and | Walter M. Jeffords’ Boatswain, which | | finished third in the Preakness, is the only one that has attempted to match strides with the E. R. Bradley colt. | Burgoo King was expected to go to the post the favorite at 4 to 5. with Boatswain the 2-to-1 second choice. There are many supporters, however, | for W. R. Coe’s entry of Pompeius and Osculator. Mrs. John D. Hertz's Pair by Pair, the Anall Stable's Larranaga and Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Sun Melus completed | the field. Sun Melus has been condi- | tioned for the race by Tommy Wood- | cock, trainer of the famous Phar Lap. | —————— | SOX GET SUNDAY BALL | Church Proximity Code Changed to Permit Play at Fenway. | BOSTON, May 28 (#).—Gov. Ely has | signed the bill making possible Sunday | base ball games at Fenway Park, home | grounds of the Boston Red Sox. |~ The bill makes Sunday base ball per- | missible 700 feet or more from a place |of worship. The limit previously was 1,000 feet, and Fenway Park is about 900 feet from the Church of the Re- | demption. | | TRACK MEET IS ON. Some 75 athletes are entered in the | second annual South Atlantic High | School Conference championship track | meet this afternoon at Walker Stadium. | Competition was to start at 1 o'clock. SATURDAY, American League. STEVINSON PLAYS ~ PAUL WANER TAKES PTTIN SEMIFINAL. N L. BATTING LEAD Each a Sensation in Tourney, | Passes Hafey by 16 Points. No Matter How Own Foxx Has Ups and Downs, Match Turns Out. but Holds Margin. BY W. R. McCALLUM. ‘BY the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, May 28.—The Na- A‘I;VT{":PR& Lio L0y dhee tional League developed & ashington was assured of brand-new batting leader last a place in the final round week, while Jimmie Foxx of of the finest golf tourna- the Philadelphia Athletics continued ment played in the East this year |to set a killing pace for the American as Harry G. Pitt, the District | League sluggers and hung onto nearly | champion from the Manor Club, |€¥ery hitting prize the junior circuit ‘| the 34 holes he played and Miller B. Stevinson, Colum- bia’s 51-year-old veteran, matched shots in the semi-final round of the Baltimore Country Club In- vitation Tournament today to de- termine which of the two Capital stars will enter the ultimate round gflnbhe tourney won last year by itt. Bolstered by victorizs yesterday over two nationally known golf stars, Pitt and Stevinson met over the Five Farms course of the Baltimore Country C.u) today in a renewal of the eighi-year- | old rivalry between the two stars rep- resenting Columbia and Manor. The winner was to meet the survivor of the Ernie Caldwell-versus-Chris Brinke match in the final this afternoon with the odds favoring Pitt to beat the amazing Columbia veteran and advance to the final. BO’!H Pitt and Stevinson are the sensations of the tournament no matter which man wins today. For Pitt gave Max R. Marston of Merion a sound trouncing in the second round yesterday, winning by 3 and 2 from the former national amateur title-holder and looking a winner at all stages of the game. That match showed once again that Harry Pitt is a big-time | prospect and might go far in the na- ticnal amateur title chase to be played at Pive Farms next September. He likes the course and plays it v For in his two matches yesterday h= was only 4 above | par, notwithstanding a heavy rain in midafternoon which closed up the | ccurse and suspended play for more than an hour, causing all the matches to finish late. TEVINSON attained his semi-final bracket by an astounding 2-up vic- tory over the much favored J. Wood Platt of Philadelphia, a man who has been ranked among the first two dozen American amateurs for ma years, The under dog in his match with Platt the Columbia veteran hung on and won by sheer brilliance in the pinches and by coming through with a par-clinging streak over the last four holes that won them all when Platt was 2 up with 4 to go. Stevinson always has been a fighter and he never showed this sterl- ing golfing quality to better advantage than yesterday. A great brassie shot to the fifteenth green started him going when he was 2 down. H: won the sixteenth to square with a par 4. the scventeenth to go 1 up with a par 3, when Platt overshot the green, and an- nexed the eighteenth when the rotund Philadelphian found a bunker and Stevinson laid a chip shot stone dead for his par. With 21l the matches postponed be- cause of a rain which caught Marston and Pitt on the sixth hole. where the Manor star was 1 up. Pitt won the seventh and eighth with a par and a birdie, to turn 3 up on the former champion. He blew a wee putt at the ninth and dropped the long fifteenth, tq become 2 up with 3 to play. At the sixteenth, the decisive hole of the match. Pitt put his second on the green and Marston sliced his second badly. That was all there was to that, for Harry laid his approach putt dead and won the hole with a par 4. OLAND R. MACKENZIE, Columbia’s youthful star. is out of the tourna- ment because of a streak of bad golf and bad putting on the last nine | when he apparently had his match with Chris Brinke in the bag. Roland was | 2 up at the tum, but he dropped the | eleventh by a bad putt. the twelfth by a topped tee shot and the short | thirteenth by finding a bunker to go | 1 down. | He won the long fourteenth, but he blew a 5-footer for a half at the | fifteenth, and even though he played | a magaificent second shot to within 6 feet of the pin at the sixteenth he failed to hole and only got a half One up with 2 to play, Brinke sank an 8-footer for a deuce at the short | seventeenth to win the match by 2 and 1 after Roland's bid for the deuce hit the cup and failed to drop. Had Roland | putted as he did at Chevy Chase last | week he would be in the semi-final | round today. | Frank G. Butler of Indian Spring lost in the first round in the third | flight, but W. N. Baldwin of Manor still | was going strong in the fourth flight | today, after winning two matches yes- | terday. JAPAN TESTS ATHLETES /530 Men and 140 Women Vie in Tryouts for Olympics. | TOKIO. May 28 (#.—Five hundred and thirty men and 140 women today | began two days of trials to select | Japan’s track and field representatives wulhe 1932 Olympic games at Los An- | geles. |~ Chuhel Nambu, holder of the unoffi- | cial world record of 26 feet 2!5 inches | for the broad jump, did 24 feet 4% inches in his specialty and Shuhei (Nishldl pole valuted 13 feet 1!> inches for the best performances in the field. ‘ Masamichi Kitamoto ran the 10,000 | meters in 31 minutes 333-5 seconds | almost a minute and a half slower than ‘Pal\'o Nurmi's world mark of 30 min- utes 61-5 seconds. a crowd of 15,000 watched the try- outs. MAY 28, 1932. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Chicago. Philadelphia. 8: Bost 5 Pittsburgh, 8; St. Louis, 4. * o3w3[uD neuupUy qamasiid Chicago 1 Boston - 3 Cincinnati Pittsburgh 7171 31201 0 4] 41 0/ 3I—1 41 3118/20].474 01 11 3 0] 3I_3/—I 3113/231.361 181103 -T2 01 17 0] 11 1/—I 6(28[.176 1 9/14115/16118/201231281—)—! 13/14121/18120/21122/19/—|—! had to offer. _ Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh P lifted his mark to 406 vesterday e steady improvement through the week |and held first place in the National {by & margin of 16 points over Chick | Hafey of Cincinnati, the former leader. Foxx had his ups and down through the week, but today he still had the highest zverage of any regular in the majors, 445, Tony Lazzer of the New York Yanksss. with .409, held second place in the American League. FOXx also led the majors in home runs, hi*s and runs batted in and was first in sco his own league. He was credit wich 15 homers in 8 hits, had scored 38 times and had driven home 58 tallies Chuck Klein of the Phillies was the only slugger whose record could com- pare with Foxx’s. He had 46 runs and |7 triples, to lead both leagues in those [Lwo departments; had stolen 7 bases, g second by one theft to Frisch of the Cardinal, byt toing the American League leaders, Chapman of New York and Blue of Chicago, and was tied for second in his league with 38 runs batted in and 10 home runs. Other leading performers with the willow were: Hits—Hurst and Whitney, Phillies, 41. Doubles—Paul Waner, Pirates. 24; Red Worthington, Braves, 16, Blue, White Sox, and Campbell Browns, 12. Triples—Herman, Reds, and Myer, Senators, 6. Home runs— Ruth. Yankees. and Collins, Cardinals, 11. Runs batted in—Hurst,, Phillies, 41, UTSIDE of the two leaders in each league, few bLatters had averages far” above To complete the first 10 regulars dn the American League, there were: Dickey, Yankees, -358: Levey, Browns, and Cochrane Athletics, 336; Reynolds, Washington, 531; Burns, Browns. .325. Combs, Yan- e Jolley, Red Sox, .320, and Goslin, Browns, .310. The National Leaguers were Hurst Phillies, .361; Whitney, Phillies, .352. Critz, Giants, .249; Collins, Cardinals, 347; Stephenson, Cubs. .346; Ott, Giants, .341; Klein, Phillies, .337, and Terry, Giants, .333. Of 'tie regular pitchers, only Huck Betts of the Boston Braves had a rec- ord clear of defeats, and he had a lucky escape from being charged with the loss of Thursday's game after taking a bad pasting. He was credited with five straight victories. Two New York hurl- ers, Vernon Gomez and George Pipgras, had the best American League records. Gomez had won seven games and Pip- gras five, each taking one defeat. 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