Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1932, Page 27

SITHPLACECLUB 5 PRESSING NATS St. Louis Outfit “Poison” to Johnson Band—White Sox i Beaten in Tenth. l a four-day stand in Griffith | Stadium and this time it| will be up to the Nationals to lick $hem or perhaps fall back to sixth price in the league race. Up to today the Browns have played only .500 base ball in this Eastern swing, but their past per- formances against other clubs are out when they encounter the‘ BY JOHN B. KELLER. HOSE pests, the Browns,| breeze in tomorrow to start | Johnson band. In eight meetings this season the St. Louis outfit has | trounced the Nationals seven' times. Just a bunch of rough’ playboys for Washington. | Actually there’s not so much class to | the Browns. They've been poorer than | .500 almost all the campaign. Today they were below that in winning per- | centage. Yet when they stack up| against - the Nationals they play like champions It was the string of four lickings the Browns handed the Nationals here in | May that started Johnson's charges on the backward path. Up to those en- counters with the St. Louis club, the | Nationals performed brilliantly. Came | those four wallops, however, and the | ‘Washington club has been shaky ever since. Al Crowder. who hasn't pitched a ball egainst the Browns this season, may draw the Washington hill assignment tomorrow. Crowder did right well in tussles with Killefer's men last year. ‘There’s no line to be had on the St. Louis slab selection for the series | opener. It probably will not be Walter Stewart, but the Nationals will see that left-hander in action during the Browns' visit. Stewart has given the Nationals two beatings this year. He's been plain poison to them, HEN Nationals and White Sox get together they must have the ex- tra-inning tussle, it seems. Here in May the two clubs battled one day for 14 innings and out in Chicago last month they put on an 1l-inning en- gagement. In the third game of the current series—played yesterd: they struggled 10 innings. And as in the two earlier overtime tilts, the Nationals triumphed It was an uphill fight they put on, | too, to get their 13-to-12 verdict ! For quite a spell the Nationals put | forth little pitching and for a time they didn't do so much hitting. The ‘White Sox walloped the ball freely and far and at the end of their second batting turn enjoyed a seven-run lead. But they couldn't field, piling up eight errors, And errors helped the Nationals to a tie in the ninth and their win in the tenth. IVE Washington hurlers were on the hill and three of them took a good lacing. for they were nicked for 18 hits. Bob Burke started, but he was shelled from the hill in the second round. Six hits and as many runs were gleaned off him. Dick Coff- man finished the second to give up two | safeties gnd a tally. Then Fred Mar- berry toiled for six innings and he was found for 10 hits and 5 runs. All the scoring was done off Fred after he got two men out Lloyd Brown was sent in to pitch the ninth inning. then Al Crowder got the call in the tenth. That made it Al's win, his second of the serics. He beat the White Sox wken he went the route in the opener of the set on Sunday. Al scored wins in_the | four-game series in Chicago last month, | getting one as a starter and the other‘ &s a rescuer. Sad Sam Jones and Urban Faber did | the White Sox flinging. Lots of pitch- | ing years and craft there. Jones al- Jowed but five hits in the four and two- | thirds ipnings he *oiled. But he also gave up five pastes and three were issued in succession in the second in-| ning when the Nationals did their first scoring. 2 In the fifth Jones had two out with| Sam West on second when he walked | cer. Marberry was coming up. | B Shomager " Fonseca | lited . Jones, thereby greatly peeving the sad one. As he left the box Sam hurled the ball | against the middle of Catcher Grube, | who was standing by the mound, then | strode to the Chicago dugout and slam- | med his glove against the players'f bench. He was hot—and plenty, too. | Faber was nicked for eight safeties and a brace of passes. But the White Sox would have bagged the game only | for their terrible work afield. When | they threw the ball around it was just 00 bad for them T was Joe Kuhel, who drove over four | runs; Joe Cronin, who drove over two, and Roy Spencer, who also drove over two, who figured prominently in the late scoring that turned the tide for Washington. Kuhel, after two were out in the| ninth, singled to send in a tally and | then he toted across the one that dead- locked the game after a wild chuck by Hayes had paved the way to Manush’s walk and Cronin's single. In the tenth the first two Nationals up were quickly disposed of. but | Spencer_came through with a one-base blow. Crowder then drove a slow one | to Shortstop Appling. The Chisox in- | fielder had a fine chance for a force | play at second base, but he threw so| wildly past Hayes. standing at that| sack, that the ball went on to right| field and it was an casy matter for| Spencer to continue to the counting block with the main marker. | RIFFITH is down Chattanooga way | O looking_over the Nationals' farm . . . the Washington prexy also | will take in Atlanta before returning home Sunday . . . Griffith is supposed | to have a hankering for one of the Cracker pitchers . . . after the White Sox got their big early lead Fother- gill was taken out of the game. Seeds shifted to left ficld and Funk sent| to center . . . perhaps Manager Fonseca | wanted a better defense in the pastures | . the visiting outfielders did their work well. but Lew could have used another set of infielders . . . the Chi- | cago inner defense was: the poorest put forth by a club here this sea- son . . . lots of fans left the park along about the seventh inning thinking the Nationals were well licked . they missed much fun at the finish. | WINS BY 24 TO 1. Post Office swamped Commerce, 24 | to 1, in a Colored Departmental Base | Ball League game. The winners socked 22 hits behind the stellar pitching of JBarnes. [ 4 ‘WITH SUNDAY NORNING: EDITION ny Sfar. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932. Browrs Start Four-Tilt Set Tomorrow : Minor League Base Ball Hitting Rocks “Rice Day” Sends Notables to Air IX members of the Nationals, President Clark Griffith and Stanley Harris, former pilot of the Griffs and now manager of the Detroit Tigers, will be interviewed by Washington sports editors in the in- terest of making the “Sam Rice day,” scheduled for next Tuesday when the Tigers and Senators clash, a success. The announcement was made today by Henry Tait Rodier, chaitman of the “Rice Day” Com- mittee. Tonight at 7:15 o'clock Bryan Morse, sports editor of the Herald, will interview Joe Judge, Griff cap- tain, over WOL. Tomorrow over WRC Joe Cronin, National shortstop, will be interviewed by Dick Moore of the News. Fred Marberry and Sam West will be interviewed Fri- day by Kirk Miller of the Times at T o'clock over WMAL. Shirley Povich of the Post will interview Buddy Myer Saturday at 7:15 pm. over WOL and Denman Thompson wi'l ecomplete the series by inter- viewing Grifith and Harrs next Monday at 9:45 p.m. over WMAL. GOVERNMENT LOOP SEEREGATES CLUBS Forms Two Sections, Strong and Weak, With Winners to Play for Title. A the second series in the nine- team Government League gets under way on the Ellipse. From to- morrow until the end of the regular season, the loop will be split into two separate series, sections A and B. G. P. O, first-half champion; In- vestigation, Naval Hospital, Treasury and Union Printers, the first five clubs in the first-half series, yesterday were named as the section A clubs, while N innovation in sandlot base ball will be tried tomorrow when D. C. Repair Shop, Commerce, Federal | Unionists and Agriculture were placed in section B. The latter four brought up the second division in the series just ended. The two series winners, A and B, will clash in a play-off at the end of the season for the second half title. all rather involved and seemingly spots but the Government |Se League moguls are confident the plan will work out okay despite the match- ing of the best of the best teams with the best of the weakest. ‘Tomorrow's games will bring together Investigation and Union Printers in BOTH WANERS JOIN PIRATE CASUALTIES Sideline Sojourn by Lloyd Might Kill Chance of Win- ning Pennant. By the Assoclated Press. ITTSBURGH, July 13.—The jinx that has trailed many a major league ball club has caught up with the league-leading Pitts- burgh Pirates to put the “poison broth- ers” Lloyd and Paul Waner on the sidelines. During’ yesterday’s extra inning game with Brooklyn, Lloyd suffered a wrenched leg that wjll keep him out of the game for severdl days. Paul, the National League’s leading slugger, cut a finger and while he may play today, he has a mighty sore hand. Base ball men agreed that the loss of the younger Waner for any con- siderable length of time would hurt the Pirates’ chance for the league flag. He is one of the most consistent hitters in the lineup. His average is some 50 points lower than his older brother Paul's, but he has been setting a re- markable daily record. Out of his last 49 games, Lloyd has failed to hit safely only twice. Prior to his present run of 21, he had two others of 14 and 9, all three coming in succession. Paul has hit consecutively in 19. Capt. Pie Traynor is also unable to play because of injuries. Tony Plet is hobbling around with many bruises and sore muscles as the result of collisions. . MARINE NINE WINNER. QUANTICO, Va, July 13.—Playing an uphill game, Quantico Marines squeezed out a 5-4, 10-inning victory over Walbrook A. C. of Baltimore here yesterday. LEGION CLUB REPEATS. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, July 13.— Martinsburg’s junior American Legion base ball team for the third straight year annexed the district champion- ship by defeating the Piedmont club, 12 to 7. It was the second win for the locals in a scheduled three-game series. section A on the South Ellipse and | D. C. Repair Shop and Treasury in section B on the North Ellipse. OMETHING has happened to the | Union Printers. Just what it is not even the Typos know, but yes- ' g terday they won their fourth game in a row in the Government League and as » result, qualified for section A. Commerce was the victim yesterday by a 9-to-7 score. The game saw the Printers pound out 11 hits and old Heinije Webb, the babbling brook of base ball, mount the mound in a relief | tWeaver . role, temporarily giving up his post as | coach. In other weekday loop tiits ington Terminal defeated Big Print Shop by 6 to 1 and Mount Vernon swamped Ninth Street Christian, 12 to 3. in the Industrial and Georgetown Church Leagues. Games Wanted. Burre ghs A. C. for Saturday and | Chicago. 9 Sunday. North 3802. King's Garage with an unlimited team for Sunday. Greenwood 2218. Jewish Community Center. Decatur “2.5“""“' 30. Bolling Field, for Sunday. Lincoln 16. Majestic Radio. Atlantic 1073. Wash- | A “BIG HEL” || CHICAGO. Seeds. cf-1f Hayes. 2b Sulliv 0 " Fothers Funk, Kress. Tf Biue. 1b.. " Appling. 'ss. Grube, c.. Jones. p Faber. Totals : *Two out when winning D Lo e R Beoms000m—me> | & ] =0 Rice HoraucoRknatNRa ] essonaaruooIoURP 2000000 asow Bl oncanemmmiiwrey 5| orxrrianssarmmy 0500-0oNom I, &l Totals s iBatted for Coffman in_ second. tBatted for Brown in ninth. Chicago . ...1600220100-12 Washington 032021202113 Runs batted in—Sullivan (2), Seeds (3). Kress. Spencer (2). West, Blue. Marberry, Appling_ (2). 12). Two-base hits—Seeds (2). Cronin. West. Three-base hits—Seeds, 30 fices—Jones. Applirg. Funk Kuhel to Cronin to Kuhel. : Washington. 9. First balls—Off Jones, 5: off Marberry. 2 out—By Jones. 2. by Faber. 2. Jones. 5 in 431 innings: off Faber. innings: off Burke. 6 in 1 off Coffman. 2 in base on Struck rherry. 10 in 6 innings in 1 inning: off Crowder. none in 1 inning. Winning pifcher—Crowder. Losing pitcher— aber. ~ Umbires—Messrs. Nallin and Van Grafian. Time of game—2 hours and 37 minutes. Foxx His Pal, Says Simmons Denies He’s Jealous and Gives Teammate Whole- Hearted Boost to Refute Base Ball Writers. BY SAM LEVY. ILWAUKEE, Wis., July 13.— Regardless of what some base ball writers say, Al Simmons denies he is jeal- ous of Jimmy Foxx, home-run buster of the Philadelphia Athletics. In fact, he says he is Foxx's biggest booster. The two have been room- mates several years, They are the best of friends. In answer to a story by a Brooklyn sports reporter who said, “The green- eyed monster has eaten into Mr. Simmons’ heart,” Al has written the Milwaukee Journal as follows: “I read the story about the green- eyed monster in your columns re- cently and I'm not surprised. They used to write about my swagger, now they say I'm indifferent, I haven't changed one bit in the last nine years. Only when a man is success- ful everything is great. Why, I room with Jimmy Foxx. He's a great boy. I couldn’t help but pull for him. He's a better hitter this year than I ever was. I mever in my life could expect to compete with a guy that sets a record in every ball park he visits. He really hits them a mile, Standings in Major Leagues WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932. American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington. 13: Chicago, 12 (10 innings). k. 4: St. ‘Louis. 2. nd. 7: Philadelphia. 6. 3 Detroit. 2. i and I hope he continues to do so for- an “As I sald before, since I room with him, naturally, most of my time is spent with Jim. I eat, sleep and go out to the ball park and return with him. Now how in hell could I be jealous of a man that I'm with end admire as much as I do Jim? “I hope T express myself clearly, but actions speak louder than words and I only wish people could see us together. They say I'm jealous of his batting. I've had my share of glory and I'm not crying if I have to step aside for a player, and es- pecially a teammate. There isn't another man in the world I would rather see win the batting cham- pionship than Jimmy. “Nobody said a word about us in 1929. Jim was hitting over .400 and leading the league for three-fourths of the season. Where these wild stories originated I can't say. I'm trying harder than ever. I have received many encouraging letters from my good friends, and I'm going out and show them, if I can, that I'm not worried over any other man's success.” (Copyright, 1932. by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) National League. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. New York. 4: Cincinnati, Pittsburen, FSokTn. T St. Louls. 7; P) Chicago. tot atonea ‘puerasard 1507 arwruag UNITIUSEM *+ oo 18 ++-o3wOND wudrapeiiud | =; | “uogsog [ 2% *'mno 18 sarepvITug * peaTpu New Yorl Plitsbureh 379 411 Philadelph! Detroit 1 21 a0l Cleveland . .1 Washington .| | St. Louis Brooklyn Chicag New York . Boston Cincinnati GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Chic. at Wash. (3:00) St. Louis at Wash. St. Louis at N. York. Detroit at Phila. Cleve. at Phila. % Detroit at Boston. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. @l corwmsoseme - ooorscoscssscos™ THE GROANERS ENTERTAIN THE TRADE. HERR DICK SHIKAT,ONCE A TITLE-HOLDER, SUCCUMBE D, FOR A FEW MINUTES, TO THE PLEBIAN MC LEOD FOOT-STAMPING ACT...IT PLEASED THE CROWD...BLT DICK WON ,JUST AS THE TRADE EXPECTED..... AHE MASKED MARVEL = HE CouLD HAVE BREN BATFILING LEVIASKY, KID i & S BROAD, O PROUD ’ SULTAN OoR SW0O-Bur| STILL HE WAs TERRIBLE MR, T00TS MONDT COUNTED THE HOUSE -AND S EEMED \i_%} PLEASED. MR. ABERS HAS ARMS AS BIG . AS UNCLE'S - BARN- HE'S A GRQOUP PHOTO OF A CARNWAL.. L) AN Jozesw. ivge (NN = . P -— « S N ) N\ N AN Z ) bl MR, MCLEOD HEAVED SHIKAT QUT OF THE RING z \ ARTUSH E/As CARRIEP QUT,VERY MUCH OUT..... Culling the Cauliflowers By Francis E. Stan. LL because James P. McGrath, radio announcer of Joe Turner & Co., believes in keeping in shape, even via the short-wave length (which is chair-by-chair at a rugling match), was have some inter- esting and surprising facts about the | wrestlers today. His microphone, temporarily sat least, now is tak- ing on a coating of dust, a fact re-| grettable if one is | to judge by the fan mail calling for a resumption of the | wrestling broad- casts, but James keeps his voice. technique and hopes in shape nevertheless. Mr. McGrath as- sumed a sports an- nouncer’s position (which consists of leani to one side Flesa Marshat. leaning to one side th , cleared his throat and began. of wrestlers' sidelights and hobbies and briefly here they are: Dick Shikat is a talented violinist and spends many of his idle moments in his hotel room playing to himself. Mike Romano is an interior deco- rator and has “done” some of the best restaurants in New York. George McLeod is a dog fancier and a high authority on Pekinese dogs. Paul Jones owns one of the leading florist _shops in_Texas and is noted throughout the State for his gladiolas and souvenir de claudius pernet. Milo Steinborn is a deep student of psychology and (believe it or not) has one of the best and most complete Eng- lish-German libraries in the country. Floyd Marshall, so McGrath states, 1s one of the most remarkable of the flock. His mind, according to Jim, is better than a road map. Floyd can tell just how to reach nearly every town in the country and the road number. Ghafoor Khan is a linguist, speaking eight languages and 11 East Indian lects. a:)le:k Daviscourt is an authority on he raising of oranges and prunes and ;n: an ext‘ensive grove in California. George Kotsonaras is a cinema actor and a keen student of animals. Which probably accounts for his ability to por- Howley Rumored Out as Red Boss STORY is ch;mllfin‘methlt this Dan Howley's year as :mger of g‘le C%cm Reds. If President Sidney Wei they said he will, the Reds Py Sbe ‘tumed over fo Clarence B owiand, who in 1916 as an un- known was engaged to manage the White Sox—he won a world series against the Giants in his second Fommwn tessons 15 now owner and known re: manager of the Reading Interna- ional League team. Y Howley made a fine record as r of the St. Louls Browns a?gEmer Phil Ball turned him adrift, but with the Redlegs he has had a lot of ill-luck. The (lflu;e f the team to assume a command- ?n‘ ;mmon after obtaining Hafey, N. York at 8t. Louls. 1yn. at Chicago. ila.’ at Cincin. Boston at Pitts. (2). N. York t. Biyn: af ‘Chicaso. ™ Phila. at Cincin. Boston at Pittsbs. erman, Grantham, High, Gilbert, }x:nurnél and other players has been a great disappointment to the Cincy magnate. 5 & tray so excellently gorilla roles in the movies. Doc Wilson is & bona fide medico and has a good practice. ‘Then Jim “signed off.” OSE 1,200 faithful and ‘“dead- heads” who journeyed to Bolling Field last night received a | fill of disqualifications and today prob- ably are debating whether they like that kind of finish or the conventional but more dramatic pinning. Some real xcitement, however, greeted the semi- final, the last match of the card, when Frank Speers aimed a dozen or so kicks at Billy Bartush's head and the latter responded by falling to the mat and letting the crowd look at him inert for fully 10 Minutes. He was awarded the decision when Referee Billy Jones dis- qualified Speers. The time was 25 minutes. George McLeod was disqualified in the feature bout with Dick Shikat after stepping on Richard’s toes repeatedly. And at a time when poor Richard needs them. He rassles Gus Sonnenberg in Philly Friday. Other results follow: George Calza and Danny Winters went to a_ 30- minute draw, Glenn Munn pinned Mike Romanc, the “Masked Marvel” threw Jim Monchan, and Jack Sherry tossed Alex Aberg. HE newest sensation of the “in- dependents” comes to Griffith Stadium Thursday in Vic Christy, who wrestles Pat O'Shocker in a pre- liminary to the Fred Grobmier-Gino Garibaldi match. Christy, winner of over 500 amateur bouts, last night in Baltimore tossed Berto Assirati, his predecessor as the “newest sensation” in the remarkable time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds. Christy, only 20 and reputed to be handsome, is quite some shucks in the Oriole city now. Assirati, incidentally, was suspended by the Maryland State Commission be- cause he took a punch at the referee, claiming he wasn't pinned. SPANISH SHOTS COMING Embark From Gibraltar Monday for Olympic Gnmes_ MADRID, Spain, July 13 (#)—Span- ish marksmen for, the 1932 Olympic games at Los les will sail from Gibraltar Monday for New York. The_team is composed of Jose Gon- zalez-Delgado and Luis Calvet-Sandoz for pistol and Manuel Corrales-Gallego and lnJnlie Castgodel-Rosario for the carbine. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. George ‘Watkins, Card; -His homer with one on in ninth beat Phillies. Carley Ruffing, Yankees — Held Browns to seven hits and won, 4-2. Gus Dugas, Pirates—Tripled in twelfth to drive in winning run against Dodgers. Bob: Seeds, White Sox—Solved Sena- tor pltching for triple and two doubles, driving in 3 runs and scoring 2. Pat Malone, Cubs—Stopped Braves with eight hits and scored winning run in_ninth after singling. Bill Cissell, Indians—Drove in decid- ing rundnn(nnm Athletics with ninth- loul le. Carl Hubbell, Giants—Held Reds to six_hits. Bob Kline, Red Sox—Beat Tigers with eight-hit performance. PROF. ALEX o0 ABERS,WHO HAS A HEAD LIKE AN OSTRICH EGG, AND FALLS \ LIKE A HOD OF MORTAR. —By TOM DOERER o AN RIS COWNAH, THE BAZOO BOY FROM BORNEO - HRIGNT wo JACK SHERRY, THE " UNCROWNED CHAMP WAHO KNOWS™ MORE THAN HE SHOWED AGAINST ABera™ Bz il / R “MUsssY" MORRIS, THE SOUTHWARK TERROR , HAS AN INIMITABLE ANNOUNCING STANCE, AND ENUNCIATION .. MR. SOLDILOCKS AHEARN, THE GRUNT AND SOCK PROMOTOR AND MANAGER, STILL WAS RECITING THE TWIN- Ci1y BATTLE..... SHERRY Vs SHIKAT BARTUSH vs CALZA Aow_T# MCLEOD Vs WINTERS SPERRS VS ROMANO MUAN VS ABERG. € CUSTOMERS WOULD HAVE LIKED THE LINE-VP.. .. BY GAYLE TALBOT. | Associated Press Sports Writer. | CLEVELAND INDIANS, tear- | ing through the East with a speed and spirit that stamps | them a vastly improved club in | the last month, promise to instill some | life in an American League race that had about died on its feet. Featuring a boisterous batting attack, | the Indians have captured 9 of their | last 12 games, including 4 out of 5/ | from Washington and 3 of 4 from the | Athletics, and within a week have fought their way up from the second | division into a tie for third place. | Another victory over the A's today | | wquld plant them in a tie for the| | second rung. Their spurt has enabled the Indians | to pick up better than 2 games on | | the Yankees, and they will have a | grand opportunity to make further in- | roads when they open a series at | Yankee Stadium tomorrow. | | —_— | HE INDIANS gave one of their | most impressive performances of | the year yesterday in hammering | the great Lefty Grove for 18 hits and |& 7-to-6 victory. Eddie Morgan's | home run, followed by goubles by | iSewell and Cissell, scored the winning | runs in the ninth. It was the second | straight defeat for Grove and the first complete game he had pitched since | he turned an ankle a month ago. | The combination of Charley Ruffing’s | gilt-edged pitching and Ben Chapman's | home run with one aboard gave the| Yanks a 4-to-2 decision over St. Louis, although they made only five hits off Walter Stewart. Babe Ruth walked four times and scored twice. The Boston Red Sox. who have roused themselves to win 6 games in the| last fortnight, whereas they had re-‘ quired two and a half months to cap-| ture their first 12. nosed out Detroit, | |3 to 2, benind Bob Kline. | | Minor Leagues International League. Newark, 4—4; Toronto, 1—2. Rochester, 3; Jersey City, 2. Montreal, 5; Baltimore, 4. Buffalo, 7; Reading, 5. American Association. St. Paul, 5; Toledo, 2. Milwaukee, 11; Indianapolis, 8. Minneapolis, 10; Columbus, 9. Southern Assoclation. Nashville, 7; Little Rock, 2. Atlanta, 5; Knoxville, 3. New Orleans, 6; Birmingham, 3 Chattanooga, 4; Memphis, 1. Eastern League. Springfield, 5; New Haven, 3. Allentown, 12; Norfolk, 7, Albany, 9; Hartford, 2. Richmond, 11; Bridgeport, 6. Pacific Coast League. San Prancisco, 3; Missions, 2. New York-Pennsylvania League. Harrisburg, 10; Wilkes-Barre, 5. York, Scranton, 2. Elmira, 7; Hazelton, 3. Texas League. Beaumont, 7; Houston, 4. Longview, 5; Fort Worth, 4. ‘Three Eye League. Peoria, 4; Danvile, 3. Quincy, 4; Decatur, 1. Springfield, 5; Terre Haute, 4. Midatlantic League. Charleston, 8; Jamestown, 4. Cumberland, Beckley, 5. Huntington, 2; Clarkesburg, 0 (14 innings). e Official Philco Transitone Service Station’ L.S.JULLIEN, Inc. 1443 P St. N.W. North 8076 1] | dians, 19; Simmons, Athletics, 19; Indians’ Spurt Promises New Life in American League Race; Bucs and Bruins Keeping Pac € SUCCESSIVE drives by Dave Barbee and Qus Dugas gave the Pittsburgh Pirates an 8-to-7 verdiet over Brook- | Dugas Iyn in 12 innings. Barbee and were filling in for the Waner boys, Paul and Lloyd, who went out early in the game with minor injurles. ‘The second place Chicago Cubs kept pace with a 4-to-3 win over the Braves, engineered by Pat Malone. Knocked from the box in the first inning the previous day, Malone came back to allow eight hits and score the winning run in the ninth. George Watkins gave the Cardinals their third straight over the Phillies by a score of 7-to-6 when he knocked one from the premises after two were out and one on in the ninth inning. Thanks to an error by Joe Morrissey | in the last inning, the Giants broke a four-game losing streak with a 4-to-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Carl Hubbell didn't permit a Red to reach first amm two were out in the seventh round. Major Clouters By the Associated Press. G.AB. R. H.PCT. 84 321 88 123 383 .75 317 58 119 .375 81 309 61 114 .369 84 357 93 128 .359 Walker, Tigers ....63 227 35 79 .348 Averill, Indians ....82 345 65 118 .342 Home-run _leaders—Foxx, Athletics, 34 Klein, Phillies, 25; Ruth, Yankees, 24; Gehrig, Yankees, 20; Averill, Foxx, Athletics P. Waner, Pirates Hurst, Phillies Klein, Phillies In® wil- son, Dodgers, 16. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, .383; Walk- er, Tigers, .34 Runs, Simmons, Athletics, 90; Foxx, Athletics, 88. Runs batted in—Foxx, Athletics, 104; Ruth, Yankees, 84. Hits—Foxx, Athletics, 123; Averill, Indians, 118. Doubles—Porter, Indians, 26; John- son, Red Sox, and Campbell, Browns, 25. Triples—Myer, Senators, 13; Lazzeri, Yankees, 10. Home runs—Foxx, Athletics, 34; Ruth, Yankees, 24. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 19; Johnson, Red Sox, 14. Pitching — Kimsey, 4-1; Gomez, Yankees, 14-4. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—P. Waner, Pirates, Hurst, Phillies, .369. Runs—Klein, Phjllles, 93; Terry, Giants, 64. Runs_batted in—Klein, Phillies, 84; Hurst, Phillies, 77. Hits—Klein, Phillies, 128; P. Waner, Pirates, 119. Doubles—P. Waner, Pirates, 37; Worthington, Braves, 33. glp]ezs—xlem‘ Phillies, and Herman, Home runs—Klein, Phillies, 35; Wil- son, Dodgers, 16. Stolen bases—P. Waner, Pirates, and Stripp, Dodgers, 12. Pitching — Swetonic, Pirates, and Betts, Braves, 1 Browns, 375; PAGE C—1 COTTON LOOP QUITS: THREE! 1S SINKING Central, Miss!ssippl Valley and Eastern Circuits Also Are in Bad Shape. BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Associated Press Bports Writer. HICAGO, July 13.—Stagger- ing and punch goofy, minor league base ball in several sections of the country today appeared about to go down for a long count. The Cotton States League, after struggling against lack of attend- ance almost from the start of the season, failed to obtain a loan of $7,500 from the committee ap- pointed at West Baden, Ind, last Winter to watch over the minors, and announced it would start to wind up its affairs today. The Three-Eye League, a strong Class B organization for more than 30 years, lost its Decatur, Ill, member last night, and the Springfield, 1ll, fran- chise appeared likely to be forfeited unless a deficit of $5,000 incurred since the season opened can be wiped out. ECATUR, opening the season with an indebtedness of $13,000, saw its deficit grow to $15,000 and de- cided tc quit. Another Midwestern loop, the Cen- ral League, recently lost South Bend, d. The Mississipp! Valley League, an- other old-timer in the Middle West, at several meetings has considered aban- doning its schedule and may not at- tempt one next year. The Eastern League also has been reported in bad shape. Uncertainty in the Western Associa- tion may come to a head as the result of non-payment of salaries to Independ- ence, Kans, players and the announced intention of William Fleischaker, owner of the Topeka Club, to “give away” his franchise and equipment. ‘The Independence players last night refused to play a scheduled game at Hutchinson, Kans., and departed from the city an hour before Tnme time. Membership changes in the league have been frequent all season as owners at- tempted to find locations which are profitable. When the protective committee was appointed during the joint major league | meeting at West Baden it was pointed out that in 1910 more than 50 minor leagues operated, but that not more than 20 would open in 1932. ADIO broadcasts and other counter attractions have not serfously cut into attendence figures in the majors and big minors, but split sea- sons and night base ball, involving pu of expensive failed to help the little leagues beam of light in the gloom, how= | ever, appeared at Birmingham, Ala., | where 2 ballot on Sunday base ball | showed a favorable vote of about 2 to 1. | Its opponénts claimed it was in viola- tion of an old Stite law. The vote, | however, indicated an interest in the game. SKEETERS ALONE ‘IN STEP’ |Only Club in Loop Playing Two ; Full Games in Twin Bill. | . NEW YORK. July 13—It seems that in the International Base Ball League | they're all out of step but Jersey City. | The Jersey City club has instituted a new rule in the circuit which is arouse | ing no little ire among the other teams, | and some domestic consternation in the homes of many Hudson County fans. In case of double-headers, the Jer- sey City management has ruled that i both games shall be nine-inning affairs, | Ehile all the other clubs have held that | the second games shall last only seven innings. The arguments pro and com are being put forth in some heat. The Skeeter rule has brought several protests to league headquarters, and now President Knapp has ordered a vote to be taken by the league mag- nates. The vote being taken by mall, ! no tabulation has been achieved as yet. | When it does come the whole league | prebably will be in step once more—but the cadence is not likely to be that of | the Skeeters. . BIG SHAKE-UP COMING Cards and Giants Said to Be Due for Shuffles in ’33. After the present season is over it is sald that the Cards and Gia | nts | will be given perhaps the most radical shake-ups in modern big-league history. Manager Bill Terry realizes that if |the Giants are to get anywhere he | has got to wade in with a two-bladed |ax. 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