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A—S8 S PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1932. SPORTS,’ Coffman Again Is Seeking First Hill Win : Leading Minor Leagues Appear Safe LOSER OF 5N ROW FACING ATHLETICS Improvement Seen in Dick’s Recent Hurling—Nats Bow to Cochrane’s Bat. D another effort to prove the Washington ball club was right when it got him from the Browns in June in exchange for Cerl Fischer and a sizable bundle of cash. Since becoming a Na- tional Dick has made five such efforts and failed in each. However, both Coffman and Manager Johnson were hopeful of success this time, and reason- ably so. The one really good piece of pitching Dick has done in taking his licking was against the A’s in Philadelphia when he went the route the only time. Coffman then took the hill for the gecond game of a double-header and he allowed but eight hits and three passes. One of the hits off him was & homer by Eric McNalr that more than offset a lead the Nationals had built up early in the game, but the decisive run of the 5-to-4 fray that crossed later would ot have been registered had Dick been accorded smarter support. Coffman, with an average earned run yield of 3.89 per nine innings last year, Yirtually was the Browns’ leading hurler and with a none too good club he went along well this season before joining the Nationals. F: as been against him since. However, Coffman came back after Josing to the A's—that was his fourth BY JOHN B. KELLER. ICK COFFMAN today was Joss with the Washington club—to hurl | a fairly respectable game against the Indians despite the defeat he took. And several times recently he has looked ®ood in relief roles. So today he was another chance to prove his worth. And_ suc- cess in the tussle with the A's might the medicine nceded by Coffman amake him a great help to the Nationals the remainder of the campaign. to get UMPING into Mickey Cochrane with the Athletics' catcher on a hitting spree was just too bad for Al Crowder and the remainder of the Na- tionals vesterday as a two-game series with the Mack's minions opened in Griffith Stadium. The A's beat the Nationals. 8 to 4 and Cochrane’s batting accounted for the scoring of six runs. He got half of the A's eight hits. The first four times Cochrane stepped 1o the plate, Crowder couldn’t keep him off the runway. Mickey tripled in the first inning with a mate on the paths, drove the ball over the right field wall for his thirteenth home run of the feason with a Mackman on base in the third, opened the sixth with a double fo score later and in the seventh he got a single, driving Crowder from the mound, sending a run over and put- ting himself on to tally for the third time Floyd Brown, who pitched in the ninth after Fred Marberry went through a short term on the hill fol- Jowing his relief of Crowder, checked Mickey. Off Brown, the clouting Coch- Tane did nothing more than bound to the first baseman ; Cochrane is hitting in only the .270's for the campaign and in the Macks' 16 games with the Nationals up to vester- §av he batted at a mere .185 pace. He had been easy pickin's for the Washing- curving corps. o eek, Bowever, Cochrane has been hitting ‘'em high, wide and handsome. In the four games the A's plaved just before encountering the Nationals, Cochrane got 8 hiis in 14 times at bat and two of the hits were ome Tuns. ¥ PO hith shows that Mickey was “right when Crowder bumped into him. OW hits may be wasted was nicely demonsirated by the Nationals. They got 15 off the left-handed be Walberg, but only 7 counted. ush’s single and Cronin’s triple got a first-inning run. and in the cighth fuccessive singles by Manush, Cronin, Harris and West and another by Berg after Bluege had bounded into a force lay got three tallies. : P gme second inning the Nationals t across one for the book. Their first Tour batters singled, with nobody find- ing the plate. West dropped a single in short center and was nipped at second when Blueze missed the ball in a hit-and-run piay Bluege then lined a single to left and checked in a¢ second as Berg hit to the same field. Crowder came alonz to Rul Man Poke a single to short left, but Bluege | tried to make home from the middle base, only to be cut down by Simmons’ throw. Kuhel fanned to leave two mates stranded The only fielding thrill of the game was provided by Cronin, who, by the way. figured in the first five retirements of the visitors. In the first inning the Nationals' shortstop raced back of sec- ond for & fancy backhand stop of Cramer's scorcher and slipped the ball r to force out Bishop at the station. Manush, collecting a trio of singles, his consacutive games with hits Records of Griffs BATTING. G. AB. R. H. 2b.3b Hr.Sh Sb_RI Y RVERT I 5 1 b 2 124 98 1 2 1 - B agatin B U E- PRSP LR 000D OO o— e tans SUAIS 1 005 DD OO 83 OAEN T Marb'ry. = Weaver.. Foxx. Athletics ... P. Waner, Pirates. Hurst, Phillies Klein, Phillies ... ¢ Walker, Tigers ... 73 39 92 . Manush. Senators. 89 367 68 124 .338 Heme Run Leaders. Poxx, Athletics, 39; Klein, Phillies, 28; Futh., “ankees, 26; Simmc-, Ath- letier, 24: Cehrig, Yankees, 22; Averill, aadians, 21 64 133 66 124 . 101 140 to face the Athletics in| Schuster “Ideal” As Boston Owner BY JOHN B. FOSTER. YORK, July 23.—If Winfield A. Schuster buys the Boston Red Sox, it will be a prize stroke for the game at the Hub, for this young man is the son of one of the greatest base ball fans that ever sat at_a game. Young Schuster has said that $1,200,000 was asked for the Red Sox, and being well acquainted with base ball values he thinks the owner of the team will have to clip his fig- ures. In the meantime, President Robert Quinn says he is not nego- tiating with any one for the sale of his club. The elder Schuster sponsored the famous Blackstone Valley League. Many of the famous players of the country played in that Massachu- setts semi-pro loop at some time or other. BUCS HT TOUGHET FOES THE HARDEST Win 7 of Last 9 Battles With Cubs and Are Down Nnly to Phillies. | BY GAYLE TALBOT. Associated Press Sports Writer. HERE there have been league | 7 champions—notably the Philadelphia Athletics of last season—who ran up their winning percentage over the weaker | | clubs while getting no better than an | even break against their leading ad- versaries, there can be no such charge against the Pittsburgh Pirates if they ‘capture the current National League race. | HE Pirates, in fact, have done their best work since they started their | sensational climb a month ago against the team generally regarded as their strongest rival, the Chicago Cubs. | " 'In their last nine engagements with be | Rogers Hornsby's club the Pirates have turned in seven victories, more than | sufficient to account for their three- and-one-half game lead over the field today. Only one club has been able to beat the Pirates up to this point. The fourth-place Phillies, with 7 vic- tories in 11 bouts with the leaders, have the distinction. | EORGE GIBSON'S men demon- strated their ability to beat the Cubs for the fourth straight time | yesterday with a 3-to-1 victory at Pittsburgh. Steve Swetonic did the pitching, hanging up his eleventh vic- | tory against two defeats, and assisted |in the batting chores. | | “The National League's only other | contribution to a dull day along the base ball front presented the Phillies |in a 9-to-5 victory over Brooklyn. HORSESHOE PROPHET | GIVES FLAG TO CARDS Kansas Man Has Sent Luck Piece to Wrong Club Only Once Since Campaign of '26. By the Associated Press. | QT. LOUIS, July 23—A lot of folks | ™ may be thinking Gabby Street of | the St. Louis Cardinals isn't riding the best horse in the National League race this year, but he has the lucky | horseshoe and that is what has counted every season but one since 1926, the | year the St. Louis entry left the non- | winner ranks. | " out in Tola. Kan., | who each year about this time makes a | horseshoe. sends it to the team he be- lieves will win the pennant, and tells ‘em to wear it. | In 1926 he sent the horseshoe to the | Cardinals. he did the same in 1927, but the shoe didn't fit. He sent it to| the Cardinals again in 1928, to the Cubs in 1929. and to the Cardinals in 1930 and 1931, ’ Wednesday the 1932 lucky horseshoe | arrived at the Cardinal office, so now | it's all over but the climb from fifth place to the top and the finish wire. l MANY HITS, FEW RUNS l ‘ A PHILADELPHIA. Shop. 2h ... Cramer. cf. Cochrane, ¢ FOTRPEEN ] 593500 cmnd PIIOPIOPRe"} —00almenmng 2933000251 Drke: | Walbers. b. Totals. . WASHINGTON. hel, 1b. coomotmumwan 5 oo swsanaany & | o300000mo-naT @ 5l ossomannonunag & ~| occoconcsosssl o 11 eighth Totals. . ...39 *Baited for Marberry in Philadelphia .10200 Washington 71000000304 Runs batted in— Cochrane_(4), Cronin, | McNair, Dykes, . Simmons, Foxx. Harrs. | Wests " Rice, Two-base hit — Cochrane. Three-base hits—Cochrane, Cronin. _Home Tun—~Cochrane. Sacrifice—Bluege. _Double play—Cronin to Myer to Kuhel. Left on bases — Philadelphia. 5. Washington. 10. hase. on balls T B | 23008 First off | Erow | By Walbers, °4: Crowder, 9 in 6 innini enth): off Marberry, 1 in 2 Brown. mone in 1 inhing. RSt her— el and | ours and S| s tres o RMessrs. l S5 n SATURDAY, American League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 8: Washington, 4. Boston-New York, rain Other clubs not scheduled. | e lives Milt Simpson, | % JULY 23, 1932 CAPITAL GITY L00P GAMES HEAD CARD Independents Also to Offer Plenty of Interesting Tiits Tomorrow. (‘J tractive sandlot base ball sched- ule tomorrow. In both sections A and B of the un- limited class promising clashes are slated, with the Columbia Heights-St. Joseph's game in section B and the City Cab-Dixie Pig tilt in section A standing_out. APITAL CITY League games will headline another large and at- City Cab at times this season has| flashed a strong combination and are counted sturdy enough to give the Dixie | Pigs, first half winners, plenty of com- | petition. Columbia Heights is leading in section B and needs only two vic- tories in its three remaining games to clinch the flag. St. Joseph is one of the most powerful in the loop and offers a real hurdle. The complete schedule for tcmorrow follows: UNLIMITED DIVISION. Section A. City Cab vs. Dixie Pigs, South Elipse, 3 pm. %11'0'! Villagers vs. Congress Heighs, Congress Heights, 3 p.m. Horning Jewelers vs. Union Printers, East Elipse, 3 p.m. Section B. Federal Storage vs. Diamond Cab, No. 10, 3 p.m. Rock Creek vs. Franc Jewelers, No. 3, 3 pm. Columbia Heights vs. St. Joseph's, North Elli) S| Dor-A vs. , 3 pm. NIOR DIVISION. Koontz Service, No. 10, 1 pm. Miller Furniture vs. Swann Service, East Ellipse, 1 p.m. JUNIOR DIVISION. Swann Service vs. Dixie Polich, East Ellipse, 11 a.m. Mcunt Rainier vs. Wheeler Club, No. 3, , 1 pm. 8. W. Merchants vs. Dor-A, Magruder Park. 3 pm. Fussell-Young vs. Georgetown, North Ellipse, 1 pm. MIDGET DIVISION. National Pale Drys vs, Goodacres, | North Ellipse, 11 am. Wonder Bread vs. Thompson's, No. BICYCLE €A — “THE SONG HIT OF THE ® 1932 vor v gune, inie THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME.—By WEBSTER DAl—sy, DAI- SY, GIVE ME YOurR ANSWER, DO! M HALF CRAZY, ALL FOR THE LOVE OF wou! T WON'T BE A STYL-ISH MARRIAGE, | CAN'T AFFORD A CARRIAG BUT YOU'LL LOOK SWEET — UPON THE SEAT-OF A BICYCLE BULT FOR Two! SSS ANS 10, 11 am. HE independents also will attract their share of interest on the Sab- T bath. t Some games listed for tomorrow fol- Hyattsville vs. Anacostia Eagles, 3 pm. Hyattsville. Blue Ribbons vs. White Rose A. C., a diamond No. 5. ajostic Radio vs. Middleburg A. C (two games), Middleburg, Va. Vienna Firemen vs. C. & P. Tele- phone, 3 pm, Vienna fleld. Auth’s vs. Kensington, 3 pm, Ken- sington. | Games Wanted for Tomorrow. | Southwest A. C., Hyattsville 614-W. ! Nation-Wide A. C., Alexandria 1509-J | between 7 and 9 p.m | Washington A. C,, Georgia 9454. Yesterday’s Results. PFederal Unionists, 12; D. C. Repair Shop, 2 (Departmental League). | Eldbrooke, 8; West Washington, 4 (Indusgrial League). Dixie Polish A. C., 8; Rex A. C,, 1. LINE-_UP AT ARLINGTON Equipoise Is Quoted at 3 to 5 in| Arlington Handicap. ARLINGTON PARK RACE TRACK, 1., July 23 (#)—When Equipoise de- fends his 1932 turf championship in the Arlington Handicap today_the field in order of post positions will be as fol- ws: Horse. Pittsburgher Stepentetchit Eaqui o Risaue Plucky Flay : White Clover. 2d Gusto Dr. Freelans Tred Avon . Wool? Hanford . Callahan By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Foxx, Athletics, .368; Walk- | er, Tigers, .339. | Runs—Simmons, Athletics, 106; Foxx, Athletics, 99. | Runs batted in—Foxx, Athletics, 120; Simmons, Athletics, 98. | Hits—Foxx, Athletics, 135; Simmons, Athletics, 132. 1 Doubles—Porter, Indians, 31: John- son, Red Sox, and Campbell. Browns, 27. | ‘Triples—Myer, Senators, 14; Lazzeri, Yankees, 11. | Athletics, 39; Ruth, | Home runs—FoxXx, Yankees, 26. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 25; Blue, White Sox, 14. Pitching-—Gomez, 16—4; | Allen, Yankees, 8—2. National League. Batting—P. Waner, Pirates, Hurst, Phillies, .355. Runs—Klein, * Phillies, Giants: Bartell, Phillies, Fhillies, 66. Runs_batted in—Klein, Phillies, 91; | Hurst, Phillies, 83. | Hits—Klein, Phillies, 140; P. Waner, | Pirates, 133. | Doubles — P. Waner, Worthington, Braves, 33. Triples—Klein, Phillies, 14; Herman, | Reds, 13. Home runs—Klein, Philliés, 28; Ott, | Giants, 1 Pirates; Yankees, .365; 101; Terry, | and Hurst, | Pirates, 39; Stolen bases — P, Waner, Stripp, Dodgers: Frisch. Cardinals. 13. tching—Swetonic. Pirates, 11—2; | ‘Warneke, Cubs, 14—3. National League. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Philadelphia, 9: Brookiyn, Bhisniren. 3. cntcago. T New York-Boston, rai 8t. Louls-Cincinnati, rain. woea 2 - * J0X MIN uoBuIUSTM 28z E l ES'_S;:-« §238 EESR Cleveland Pittsburgh Washington 6 41—/ 91_6I4: 81411 _7139/451.464 40142 47/44/48145/55—| GAMES TODAY. Phila. at Wash, (3:00) at N. ¥.°(2). Cleve. a: Phila. at GAMES TODAY. N_ Y. at Boston (2). Bt Poine @ Chicago at Pittsb'eh St. Louis at Cincin. Phila. GAMES TOMORROW. St. Louis st Cincin. Biecloudy a1 Chicaso t Bkim. E;xx is Leadiné | In Swatting, With .368 Aver By the Associated Press. EW YORK, July 23.—The great N seems to have settled down to the basis on which Philadel- letics and Chuck Klein of the Phillies, intend to fight it out all Summer. Al Simmons, in improving the American League's position this week, while Paul inter-league slugging duel phia’s aces, Jimmie Foxx of the Ath- Foxx got some aid from a teammate, Waner of Pittsburgh, leading batter of | the National League, did his best to help Klein along. IMMONS' work in piling up 106 runs to lead both leagues in scoring gave the junior circuit a slight edge in the records, for Foxx's batting aver- age of .368, through yesterdav’s games, | was the best in either leagues although jour points below his mark of a week go. Jimmie continued to top the ma- jors with 39 home runs and 120 runs batted in, while Ben Chapman of the New York Yankees was far ahead in | base stealing. Klein gave the National League the lead with 140 hits and his 14 triples tied the mark of Buddy Myer. | American League leader. Paul Wane: | continued to lead them all with 39 doubles. Klein led his league in five depart- ments and Foxx had four firsts and & second. The various high marks were: Runs, Simmons, 106; Klein, 101; Foxx, 99; Hits, Klein 140; Foxx, 135 Paul Waner, 133; Simmons, 132; runs batted in, Foxx, 120; Simmons, 98; Klein, 91; doubles, Paul Waner, 39; Worthing- ton, Braves, 33; Porter, Indians. 31; olen bases, Chapman, 25; Blue, White x, 14; P. Waner and Stripp, Brook- , and Frisch, Cardinals, 13. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Steve Swetonic and Tony Piet. Pirates —Pitched and batted the Pirates to & 3-to-1 victory over their hottest rivals, the Cubs. | Virgil Davis, Phils—Hit two home runs and two singles, driving in three | runs and scoring three against Brooklyn. Mickey Cochrane, Athletics—Had a “full house” against Washington—a heme run, triple, double and single. Minor Leagues International League. Rochester, 9; Toronto, 7. Others rained out. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. Pet. W. L. Pct .. 6i 38 616 Rochester.. 51 49 510 57 41 582 Jersey City 47 56 456 | 3 33 44 336 Reading... 42 59 416 Balumore: 8 48 318 Toronta. . 34 &3 381 Southern Association. Chattanooga, 4: Atlanta, 1. Nashville, 18: Knoxville, 1. Memphis, 7 Birmingham, 4-2. Others not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Mempnis... 56 5 T80 murmrenam 33 53 T3 | miPantue. 84 34 653 Rnoxvilie . 43 57 430 Nashville... 45 47 489 N. Orleans. 43 57 .43) Little Rock 45 50 474 Atlanta.... 37 60 .361 American Association. Minneapolis, 7 St. Paul, 2. Milwaukee, 8; Kansas City, 6. Others not scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. Pct. 49 48 503 48 53 4T3 40 55 421 36 62 Newark Buffalo. . W. L. Pct. Minn'polis.. 60 38 612 Kansas India'polis. 56 44 .560 Toledo. Milwaukee. 30 44 532 Louisville Columbus.. 52 47 .25 St. Paul... Pacific Coast League. San Francisco, 6; Oakland, 5. STANDING OF THE OLUBS. Texas League. Beaumont, 5; Longview, 4. Fort Worth, 8; Galveston, 0. Dallas, 5; Houston, 1 Tyler, 4; San Antonio, 3. New York-Pennsylvania League. Elmira, 3; Scranton, 0. Binghamton, 5; Wilkes-Barre, 1. Hazleton, 11; York, 0. ‘Western League. ‘Tulsa, 10; Des Moines, 3. St. Joseph, 6; Omeha, 1. Oklahoma City, 9; Denver, 8. Wichita, 8; Pueblo, 6. fioth Leagueé age Behind Foxx, there was a real race | for the American League hitting honors | and after yestercay's games the con- testants lined up as follows: Walker, Tigers, .339; Manush, Senators, .338; Burns, Browns, .337; Jolley, Red Sox, .334; Averill, Indians, .333; Cramer, Athletics, .331; Simmons, Athletics, .330: Gehrig, Yankees, .325; Dickey, Yankees, .323. ‘ HE rest of the National League's “first 10" was Hurst, Phillies, .355; | Klein, .349; O'Doul, Brooklyn, .346; Traynor, Pirates, .344; Lombardi, Reds, .340; Giants, .335. Stephenson. | Cubs. .333; V. Davis, Phillies, .330, and L. Waner, Pirates, .329. Vernon Gomez, the clever Castillian of the New York Yankees, continued to lead both leagues in pitching with 16 victories and 4 defeats, although his teammate, Johnny Allen, equaled his average by winning 8 games and losing 2. Steve Swetonic of Pittsburgh led™in the National League race with 11 vic- tories and 2 defeats, against 14 and 3 for Lonnie Warneke of Chicago. OLYMPICS MUCH SOUGHT Twelve Nations Make Application | for World Games in 1940. LOS ANGELES, July 23 (#.—The fact 12 nations, including Argentina and Japan, have filed applications seek- ing the twelfth Olympics in 1940, em- phasizes the world interest in them, Count Henri de Baillet-Latour of Bel- gium, president of the International Olympic Committee, declared on his arrival. “The Olympic idea is stronger now than ever,” he said. “We are assured | of tremendous response to the Los An- geles games, considering present world conditions.” ROBINSON-MORRILL WIN. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. July 23.—Lieuts. Stanley K. Robinson and Bill Morrill, Army Leech | Cup players, yesterday eliminated Pat Deck and Hy Ritzenberg of Washington, D. C., in the quarter-final round of the men's West Virginia State doubles championship, 4—6, 6—4, 6—4. 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. ASHINGTON defeated Detroit, 5 to 3, as Walter Johnson al- lowed only seven hits. Cobb went hitless, something very unusual these days. Wahoo Sam Crawford, however, socked two dou- bles. Walter Johnson made two hits, Eddie Ainsmith three and Danny Moeller, Ray Morgan and Howard Shanks each two. O. W. Roakes has proved a fine oident of the Independence Base e. Fine pinch pitching by Kelly helped Nativity o defeat Sherwood, 11 to in the Sunday School le. Harmon and Thompson played well. 1.5, CLAINS THREE FINE SHOT-PUTTERS |Banks on-Sexton, Anderson, | Conner—Hammer-Throw Is Easy for Irishman. BY ALAN GOULD, Assoctated Piess Sports Editor. OS ANGELES, July 23.—In L each of the three principal weight-tossing events of the Olympic track and field pro- gram the United States has only BOXERS IN FINAL TESTS SMALLER CIRCUITS LACK LEADERSHP Must Learn to Depend More on Themselves and Look Less to Majors, BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NEW YORK, July 23.—No ap- prehension in the base ball world is felt for the future of the minor leagues of higher classification. But it is possible that some of the leagues of lower classification will stage a vigorous shake-up and reorgani- zation during the coming Winter and attempt to arrange their cir- cuits on better geographical con- ditlons. There is some probability that the class AA leagues will knit into & more compact organization of their own That possibility was outlined last Winter, when these leagucs at a con- ference tried to prepare for the season of 1932 in the most conservative way 32 Still in Running for Berths on U. 8. Olympic Squad. Leather-gloved warriors, 32 survivors of preliminary and quarter-final bouts, will up of the trials to determine the Na- tion’s boxing team in the forthcom represent the pick of & 98-man squad of amateurs from all sections of laces here Wednesday night in the invitational tournament ever held eight National A. A. U. champions were named for the Olympic assignments. ent trials three A. A. U. title holders | and six national intercollegiate cham- | | Essential if Yanks Are to Conquer Germans, ARIS, July 23—America’s hopes | of hurdling its final obstacle— | France for the possession of the | famous Davis Cup rested squarely today | | Texan, and Johnny Van Ryn, the dark, | compact stylist from Philadelphia. gl Tecent defeat at Wimbledon, were re- garded as the world's greatest doubles | | Baron Gottfried von Cramm, Ge: a No. 'l and No. 2 tennis stars, in the would decide the inter-zone finals. | AVING broken even in yesterday's sides felt the necessity of wi today. A briliiant Guel was forecact favorite. The German pair had the heavier | hard four- a T ‘ Van Ry and Allison were fres. *Von many its singles victory with an im- pressive win over Frank Shields, 7—5, Prenn was defeated by America’s young | champion, Ellswortn Vines, jr., 6—3, It was Shields indifferent play that lent such a crucial aspect to today's posedly the weaker member of the fatl erland’s team. made it extremely own against the cool, caiculating Prenn tomorrow. did not impress his audience, which included members of | against Prenn was puzzling. At times he appeared like a great star. at others Shields’ service, his best weapon, was ineffective and his game generally Either team that is victorious in the | current series is certain to see plenty ! round next week end. It was announced | today thst Cochet will play for France SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (®).— trade punches here tonight in the wind- Olympic games. = the country who opened the battle for to select an Olympic team. In the In the first two nights of the pres- plons were thumped out of competition. Victory for Them Appears | B the Associated Press. Germany—and contesting with | with Wilmer Allison, sandy-haired | Allison and Van Ryn, who, until thefr | | pair, clashed with Daniel Prenn and | match that many experts believed opening singles matches, both with the American combination a slight burden, both having fought through Cram, young law student, gave Ger- 5—7, 6—4, 86 while the veteran | 6=3, 0—6, 6—4. match. His defeat by Von Cramm, sup- aoubtful he will be able to hold his LTHOUGH Vines was victorious, he France's Davis Cup team. His play like just another tennis player. lacked co-ordination. | of little Henry Cochet in the challenge both in singles and doubl: 1 | TURF FIELD IS SMALL ‘ they could. EAGUES of lower classification were less thoughtful and more venture- some and made an effort to con- tinue to be governed by the same methods and rules as in the past While they seemed fortified for the early part of the season, they were not substantially guarded for adversity after July 4. That is a repetition of minor league history, hence the present situation is not radically different from other years. Some leagues placed hope of eon- tinuous success in 1932 upon assistance from major league clubs. When this was withdrawn they became helpless. In two or three instances there has been more lack of management in minor leagues than lack of enthusiasm. Breaks in some circuits could have been adjusted so as to assure comple- tion of the season. but the leagues lacked resourceful leadership to carry them through. 'HE International League has been remarkably successful in spots. The tiptop showing made by Buffalo took that team to the top, where it has waged a capital battle with Newark and Baltimore. Montreal has been a contender, but at Toronto. which had been one of the mainstays of the league, there has been apathy from the | start, for which various reasons have been assigned. In the American Association St. Paul. champion of 1931, has been unable to get out of the cellar, while Minneapolis. on the other side of the river, has been a fghting factor all season The race in the Pacific Coast League between Portland and Hollywood has had the Coast fans in eager expecta- tion of the outcome of every game in which these teams take part, and this has fed the enthusiasm of the whole league. HE New York and Pennsylvania League is having one of the best championship races in its history, with the probability that it will become | more exciting than ever in August. There is bitter criticism of the gen- eral outcome of affairs in the Three-Eye League, some of whose owners insist they could have taken the league through to a finish if there had not 5 n too much major league interven- ion. It is beginning to dawn upon the old promoters of the lower-classed leagues that if they are to succeed in the future they must depend upon themselves and one outstanding competitor with riye Mounts Fewest Ever to Run must readjust their affairs to try to a chance to win, on the basis of latest performances. These are Leo Sexton in the shotput, John Anderson in the discus and Frank Conner in the Hammer throw. All three carried the colors of the New York Ath- letic Club to victory in the na- | tional championships and final tryouts. Sexton’s principal rival for American shotputting honors, Herman Brix, failed to qualify. The 235-pound former Georgetown star has consistently ap- proached 53 feet this year and should have a great battle with at least two of the highly touted foreign entries— Emil Hirschfeld of Germany, present holder of the world recd*d of 52 feet 7!z inches, which Sexton has beaten | three times in competition, and Franz Douda, the Czechoslovakian entry, who has also bounced the 16-pound iron ball to record distances. If there is such a thing as discus destiny. it points to an Olympic tri- umph for.giant John Anderson, former Cornellian, who was just a good run- ner-up until this Spring. Anderson suddenly got that ‘“something extra” into his throws and hasn't been beaten this year, successively getting off throws of 161 feet, 163 and 165 on his vic- torious way through the sectional and final tryouts. His last throw at Palo Alto broke the world record. ‘They are about ready to concede the | hammi row title to Pat O'Callaghan, who' has averaged nearly 10 feet bet- ter than the throw of 170 feet, with which Connor won the American trials. g TAKE WATER POLO LEAD New York and Los Angeles Clubs Go for Olympic Places. PASADENA, Calif, July 23 (A).— New York A. C. and Los Angeles A. C. water polo teams are in the lead in round-robin play for the right to rep- m the United States in the Olympic Los Angeles won - ic- R a8 deciv 0.0 2 York & second-half rally to down the Illinois A. C., 3 to 1. Bagby Laments Gzlme’s Change Players Put Salary Before Base Ball, Home Run Orgy Hurts, Says Old Tribe Ace. TLANTA, July 23.—A dozen years ago he was base ball's greatest pitcher, Jim Bagby of the 1920 world champion Cleveland Indians, but now he sits in the proprietor’s office of a dry clean- ing establishment and laments that the game is not what it used to be. His blond hair is thinning, but he’s brown as a berry and has the trim physique of a youngster despite his 42 years. He pointed to his brawny, tanned right arm and observed, “the old wing is as good as it was 10 years ago. I can still whiff 'em in there. s 2 sul’t‘lebue the nx:‘;m;:ng ‘yv;‘:i 1t used “On our ehampls club we thought of playing Bt and ouF sa- "nry Chnk"'ihmu“'m . ey've en everything s, 2 toe-hold at the g““ u’:a s urt. The close ‘The lively ball has by the orgy of home-run hitting.” Perhaps the red-letter day in Bagby's major league career was October 10, 1920, when he won a weird world series game with Brook- lyn, 8 to 1. “Four plays occurred for the first time in & world series in broudlym. ? sald, grinning “Elmer Smith hit a_home run with the bases full. Wambsganns made an unassisted triple play, Clarence Mitchell, Brooklyn pitcher. was up twice and contributed five outs—hitting into a double and a & home run the series. " Today it's the in Enquirer Handicap. {‘ LATONIA, Ky. July 23 () —Five horses were entered today in the fif- teenth running of the $5,000 Added En- quirer Handicap. The field was the smallest in the history of the event. in which 8 to 10 mounts usually have com- peted. The probable favorite was Brownell Combs’ Manta. which twice has raced to victory in the 11-16-mile event for | 3-vear-olds and upward. Chilhowee holds the track record—1:42 4-5, set in_1924. | The entries, with weights and jockeys, | in order of position at post, follow Lady Couvin (98), J. McCoy: Playtime (113), R. Finnerty; Ridgeview (109), C. Corbett; Manta (111), J. Smith; Surf Board (104), H. R. Riley. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. —Ed (Strangler) | Lewis, 238, Los Angeles. defeated Fazal Duala, 275, India (8:19): Kola Kwa- riani, 218, New York, defeated Bruno | Corassini, Italy, 205 (17:19). COLORADO__ SPRINGS. — Young Reine, 154, Denver, tossed Conrad | Krieger, 165, Lincoln, Neb,, 13:32. SEATTLE—Jim Londos, 202, New York, defeated Abie Coleman, 198, New | | York, two straight falls; Hans Steinke, 245, Germany, threw Nore Jerlstrom, 220, Minneapolis, (third round); Joe Parelli, 190, Brooklyn, tossed John Nemanic, 185, Denver, (fourth round); | Des Anderson, 148, Seattle. and Jack | Gorman, 152, Dallas, went three rounds |to & draw. (Are matched under Aus- tralian rcund system). CINCINNATI—Stanley Rogers of South Dakota won from Billy Edwards, | Arlington, Kans. when Edwards was disqualified for knocking down Referee | Schmidlee of Troy, Ohio. The referee | was struck while trying to “break” the | | grapplers. Cyclone Burns, Palm Beach, | Fla.. and Jack Sherry, Louisville, drew. Wildcat McCann, Portland, Oreg.. and Gordon Arquette of Washington State, drew. | | \ i i | Fistic Battles B7 the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK.—Benny Leonard, New york, outpointed Eddie Shapiro, New York (10): Dave Shade, California, out- pointed Charlie (Trader) Horn, Jersey PITTSBURGH.—Ted Yarosz, Mona- | ca. Pa., outpointed Lope Tenorio, Philip- | pines (10); Jacques Everillo, Puerto | Rico, outpointed Young Rudy, Charleroi, | Pa. (6). CHICAGO.—Baxter Calmes, Wichita, Kans., outpointed Joe Doktor, Buffalo (8); Art Lasky, Minneapolis, stopped George Neron, New York (2): Snyder, Dodge City, Kans., out Mitz Minikel, Milwaukee (4); Young Stuhley, Kewanee, Ill, outpointed Costas Vassis, Greece (8); Jack King, Little Rock, Ark., knocked out Jack Kane, Chicago (2). PHOENIX, Ariz—Leroy Haynes, San Francisco, won by technical knockout from Larry Rawson, Boston (8). BILLINGS, Mont—Ham Jenkins, Denver, outpointed Al Webster, Billings, Mont., (10): Ralph Lambrecht, Billings, defeated John Foster, Minot, N. D, (8). COLORADO SPRINGS — George Nichols, Buffalo, N. Y., won by techni- cal knockout over Red Fitzsimmons, Wichita, Kas., (5). SAN DIEGO.—Johnny Romero, San Diego, won by technical knockout over City (6). - become self-supporting, because if they do not their lives as leagues will always be precarious. If some major organiza- tion withdraws its support they are un- prepared to continue their races, as they have no fixed plan to care for the organization if its subsidy from a major league fails. —_— CENTRAL LOOP CURTAILS South Bend and Canton Dropped, Leaving Four Clubs. DAYTON, Ohio, July 23 (#).—South Bend, Ind., and Canton, Ohio, will be dropped from the Certral League and the circuit will continue with four clubs. An attempt had been made to interest major league clubs in backing the two foundering franchises. The league will be limited to Dayton and Youngstown, Ohio; Erie, Pa., and Fort Wayne, Ind. HELEN STATES HER CASE Awaits U. S. L. T. A. Reply Before Deciding on Title Entry. PARIS. July 23 (P).—Mrs. Helen Wills Moody has cabled the United States Lawn Tennis Association her attitude toward playing in the Amerf- can championships next month and is expected to make her decision as to whether she will compete on receiving an_answer. She did not make public the context of her cable. BASE BALL .3mn. AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Philadelphia TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK PRACTICE 60 Balls, 40c E. G. A. Golf School 4000 Wisconsin Avenue CLEN FCHO CRYSTAL PO SWIMS ARE JUST THE THING Vincent Martipez, Los Angeles, (4).