Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1932, Page 12

SPORTS. ROOT IS EXPECTED 10 UNPOISE YANKS Chicagoans Think Wrigley Field Will Nettle Left- Handed New Yorkers. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, October 1.—Like THE EVENING 'How They’ll Face | In Series Battle Cubs. ‘Herman, 2b. English, 3b. Cuyler, rf. Stephenson, Moore, cf. Grimn, 1b. Hartnett, ¢, Jurges, ss. Yankees. Combs, cf. Sewell. 3b Ruth, 1f. Gehrig, 1b. | Lazzeri, 2b. Crossetti, ss. Pipgras, n. Root, p. Umpires—Van Graflan (American), at the plate: Magerkurth (National) first base; Dinneen (American), sec- time—1:30 p.m.,’ Central Starting (2:30 Eastern). | standard time. weary warriors newborn | at the feel of the home- | land under their feet, the Chicago Cubs rose in their native haunts of Wrigley Field today to face a fresh onslaught of the New York Yankees, as the world series, injected with new life and vigor, moved into its second phase. Undismayed by two crushing defeats of their beloved warriors in the opening | conflict in New York, the worshipping faithful of the Bruin clan rallied to an all but hopeless cause with the zest of | zealots. To add to the excitement, Franklin D. Roosevelt and his presi- dential campaign party were scheduled to_view the show. Every reserved seat in Wrigley Field was sold, throngs waited in line for the * morning sale of 13,500 bleacher seats and 3.500 standing room tickets, and there was every indication that a crowd of 50.000, loyal as only Chicago crowds can be. was the least to expect for the third battle of the champion- ship series, first of three straight games here Prom every side came declarations, amounting almost to fighting chal- lenges. of a Cub revival. a desperate courter-attack that would sweep away the almost overwhelming advantage of the Yankees' opening conquests and bring the series down to & bitter last- ditch duel that the Bruins just could not lose. Root Hope of Chicago Club. HE spearhead of that almost fan- tastic hope was the veteran side- arm fast-ball pitcher, Charlie Root the nominec of Manager Grimm for the task of holding in check the bats of Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey and all the rest of the maraud- ing Yankees, who battered down Guy Bush, Burleigh Grimes and Bob Smith, 12 to 6 1n the opening game: clubbed yourg Lon Warncke into a 5-to-2 de- feat in the second, and left the entire Bruin array with a mild case of shell shock It was Root who might have been the hero of the opening game of the 1929 world series between the Cubs and the Philadelphia Athletics but for the fact that he happened to oppose a pitch- ing wizard for a day. ancient Howard Ehmke. on the historical occasion that the old slow-baller, in his last great effort, struck out 13 men, still a world series record. There was little possibility of such a happening today, although Joe Mc- Carthy had named the veteran George | Pipgras as his choice to carry cn the | masterful pitching performances of Charley Ruffing and Lefty Gomez in the two New York engagements. Back in the glamorous days of the Yankee world series battles of 1926, 1927 and 1928, Pipgras won two post-season bat- tles and never has met defeat in world championship play. But he has ranked all season long behind Ruffing. Gomez and even young Johnny Allen in effec- tiveness. Cubs Find Fans Loyal. | ENEFITED by an enforced day’ rest as the two clubs sped west- ward aboard special trains to ar- rive amid cheering crowds early in the afternoon. the Cubs were obviously heartened by the demonstration of | ;_‘nvan_v and affection that waited them ere Despondency at their dcuble defeat. although they outclouted the famed belting Yankees, 19 hits to 18, in two games. faded before the encouraging clamor of 3,000 fans who milled about the La Salle Street Station, all trying at once to reach the warriors, pat them on the back, assure them everything was all right and that the tide would certainly turn today. From Root. tight-lipped and deter- mined. came assurance of relief from a problem that vexed the Cubs in both games and led directly to most he Yankees' critical scoring. “You can just bet.” said Charlie, measuring each word, “that there'll be none of that ‘too-careful’ pitching for our side in there tomorrow. They'll get no unnecessary bases on balls from me.” - While the Yankees, already possessors of a world series record for straight victories, now totaling 10 by the addi- tion of the first two games to the four- straight triumphs over the Pirates of 1927 and the Cardinals of 1928, could see nothing ahead but another clean sweep. there were physical prcblems to take into Wonsideration Wrigley Field, with _short-sleeved crowds in the left-center field bleachers on a warm day. always has been the bane of left-handed hitters swinging against a right-handed, side-arm pit- cher such as Root. Affects Left-hand Swingers. OUTHPAW clouters claim that they cannot follow the flight of the ball against that background. Over the National League season. the five best hitters in the circuit, all left-handers, | never did hit within 60 points of their normal averages in the Cub park. This situation has always been advanced as one of the reasons why Chicago line-ups have been crowded with right- hand hitters, rather than southpaw batters. The effeet of the Yankees, of course, | would be little short of disastrous if things worked out as the Cubs pre- dicted. Five of the first six men in the Yankee batting order swing from the left side of the plate. The first two, Earle Combs and Joc Sewell, between them have picked up five hits and scored five runs in_the| two games. While the third man, Babe | Ruth, has done nothing startling as| yet, the fourth southpaw. Lou Gehrig, has been something of a ball of fire. Lou busted the Cubs' morale with a| home run off Bush, scoring Ruth ahead | of him in the first game, and he hit| safeiy three times and scored two runs| in the second game. What Gehrig hasn't done Bill Dickey, the fifth man. has accomplished with his_timely belting. The prospect of a warm day, although there was a threat of cloudiness, as- sured the theory being put to a decisive test. From an impartial viewpoint it seemed that something, anyway, had to come to the aid of the Cubs if the issue wrée to be prolonged beyond the week end. DUSEK IS I;LATTENED Succumbs to Zaharias in Wrestling Bout in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, October 1 (#).— George Zaharias defeated Rudy Dusek of Omaha after 27 minutes and 46 sec- onds of wrestling here last night. Za- harias, weighing 240, had a 30-pound advantage. In other bouts, Fred Grobmier won a 30-minute decision from Milo Stein- born. Herman Hickman, former Ten- nessee grid star, threw George Vassel of | New York in 18:16, and Abe Coleman (}e!elnzt?; Joe Rinoldi with a body slam n 12:33. SOUTHPAW HURLER AGAIN LICKS BEARS Millers in Lead in Little World Series Following Win by Henry. By the Associated Press. EWARK. N. J.. October 1.—With the base ball teams of Newark and Minneapolis en route to the Millers' home city today, it appeared to the fans who were left behind as though southpaw pitching may give the little world series to the American Association champions. Although given extraordinary hurl- ing themselves, the Bears trailed their foes, one game to two today as the result of -losing two straight contests to left-hande: Dutch Henry was the winner in & 10-inning 2 to 1 tilt yestercay and Pete | Jablonowski joined Harry Holsclaw on the list of Newark pitchers who failed to get any batting support from their mates. Home runs by Joe Haucer and Foster caused Jablonowski's downfall despite the fact he gave only three other hits Charlie Hargreaves' second homer of the series provided the only run for the International League pennant win- ners, although Henry was touched for six other safe blows, including two doubles, and walked three. As far as attendance was concerned, the three Newark games were a disap- pointment. Bad weather kept fans away {rom the first two tilts, but there was no apparent reason for vesterday's empty seats. Only 7,582 paid to see the game, sending the three-game total to 25.334. Total receipts were $34.944 25, divided as follows: Advisory council (15 per cent), $5,241.66; clubs (25 per cent), $8.736.04; players (60 per cent), $20,956.55. REDS OFFERED MALLON. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 1 (#.— The Times-Star, in a Philadelphia dis- patch, yesterday said the management of the Philadelphia National League team has offered Leslie Mallon, a sec- ond baseman, to the Cincinnati Reds. ond base; Klem (National), third base. | KTIONAL LEAGLE CLOUTIG HEAVER |0’Doul of Dodgers Leader at .366, Where .3489 Won Crown Last Year. | | | | By the Associated Press EW YORK, October 1.—Batting in the National Lezgue showed | a distinct improvement in 1932 | over 1931, the final unofficial | batting marks for the season Which | | ended last week reveal. Nearly every | |one of the winning totals were higher | than the “firsts” of a year ago. But | pitching performances also looked up. | Frank “Lefty” O'Doul of Brooklyn | ‘csplurcd the batting championship with | a .366 average. In 1931, a .3489 mark | gave Chick Hafey of St. Louis the lead by a fraction of a point. O'Dowl also | led in singles with 158. | The highest marks in the various | slugging departments were 154 runs by Chuck Klein of Philadelphia, 225 hits | by Kiein, and Bill Terry of New York; 63 doubles by Paul Waner of Pitts- burgh, a new league record; 19 triples y Babe Herman of Cincinnati, 38 home | runs by Klein and Mel Ott of New | York and 141 runs batted in by Don Hurst of Philadelphia. | After leading through most of the | season, Klein was tied or beaten at the end in everything but runs. Even his base-steakng mark of 20 thefts was tied by Tony Piet of Pittsburgh. Terry Finishes With Rush. | | Terry, who hit at a terrific clip in the last few weeks, took second place among the leading “regulars” with a :349 average. Behind him came Klein, | | '346; P. Waner, .341; Hurst, .340; V | Davis, Philadelphia, and Orsatti, St Louis, .337; L. Waner, Pittsburgh, .333; Traynor, Pittsburgh, .330, aiv Herman, Cincinnati, 326 The Phillies led in club batting at 292 and the Boston Braves in fielding Charlie Ganzel—the last in the extra inning— | {00 %% 700 o) In addition to Paul Waner's doubles, only one record was broken, although several minor marks were tied. John- ny Frederick of Brooklyn smashed a mark by hitting five home runs as a pinch batsman Lonnie Warreke of the Chicago Cubs led the moundsmen with a record of 22 victories and 6 defeats for a 786 aver- age. somewhat tter than Paul Der- ringer's 18 and § mark of 1931. The St. Louis Cardinals’ brilliant “fresh- man*_ pitcher, Jereme “Dizzy” Dean, was the year's strikeout king, fanning 191 rivals. STAR, WASHINCGTON, OCTOBER 1, WELL,IT SEEMS A IRISHMAN NAMED PAT JUST LANDED AN’ HE SEEN A ELECTRIC FAN FOR TH' FIRST TIME HE WATCHED IT FOR HALE Ard HOUR THEN HE SAYS: FAITH AN (F YE2 DON'T TAKE DAT SQUIRREL ‘BeaPBBERS' | | ME EF ouTA THAT THAR CAGE, AY TANK PY GOLLY HE ALLEE HIS SELLUFRY WHEN You DISCOVERED THAT You HAD A GREAT TALENT FOR TELLING DIALECT STORIES — Alexander Wins SAMEE KILL @ 1932 vy v BunE, e HAINT ! 1932. T Stick Title, " But Foxx Is More Valuable Hitter; Griffs Lead in Field Fistic Battles | By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH —Battling Gizzy, Do- nora, Pa.. outpointed Joe Marcus, New York (10) HOLLYWOOD, Calif —Midget Ad Wolgast outpointed Pedro Villanueva, p Cubs i];nfide Fireworks Are Due to n t on Home Lot Start in World Capt. Woody English Contends. WOODY ENGLISH, Chicago Cubs. 1.—We BY Captain and Third Baseman. HICAGO, October feel better, now that we are home. We aim to start catching up to those Yankees this afternoon and no mis- takes made. It will be Charley Root for us, and probably George Pipgras for the Yankees. No matter who pitches for them, I am confident Root will win. 1 know we have a hard row ahead. To be a pair of games down to such a team as the Yankees is a handi- cap that will take no little effort to overcome. But I believe so far we haven't played the ball we are cap- able of, and we expect to start to- day. We have outhit the Yankees, both in number of blows and in to- tal bases. and we have fielded better. Our defensive play has been far su- perior. How, then. have we lost? Through faulty pitching. Not inferior pitch- ing. but erratic pitching, brought about by overanxiety. Both Guy Bush and Lon Warneke curved the Yankes into submission when they could locate the plate, but they were too anxious to hold the heavy hitters at bay to give them anything good to hit at. As a re- sult, they pitched numerous bad balls, which put too many men on base. Imagine 10 bases on balls in two world series games, and nine of them scoring! I believe now the Yankees will find it too difficult to hit Charley Root in his own ball park. He is a side-arm pitcher, and whirling _his fast one out of those center field bleachers, he will have a distinct advantage over the Yankees, who are used to playing in a ball park that is all but entirely shaded most of the afternoon. Our home park is open to sunlight all the day, and if those bleachers | are filled with the white shirts so many ball plavers fear, the Yanks will find us just as tough to beat in our own back vard as they were in their park. We have stopped Ruth and we'll stop Gehrig, too, at Wrig- ley field. All in all, there has been nothing very spectacular to date for a series that is supposed to determine the champions of the world. _The fire- works are due to start. It is up to us to make an about-face, and play the kind of base ball that won us the National League Pennant. I figure that Root. Bush and ‘Warneke will pitch us back into the thick of the struggle, in that order. We can play winning base ball, and we will. (Copyright, 1932) Hero; Plans to By the Associated Press. HICAGO, October 1—Big Dale s e Boston Red , snatched the 1932 batti championship of the American te from Jimmy Foxx. but the star baseman of the Philadelphia At collected _eno dual hip to stamp him as the most e batsman in his organization. ni-official figures. wnich have been verage of .36’ 2 mes while F« amassed a m: 364, in 154 conts Foxx. however, batted in the most runs, scored the most runs had the most home runs and the most total bases. His 58 homers left him just two short of Babe Ruth’s major league Tecord, but ahead of :he mark of 54 for right-handed swatters, sct by Hack Wilcon of the 1930 Chica Hi ugged in 169 runs, scc 213 hits were for 438 bases. OXX'S teammate, Al Simmons, who will be h the Chicago White Sox next seascn, led hits with 216, with Heinie Manush of Washington. right behind with 214. Eric McNair. the young Philadelphia inficlder, won the two-base hit crown with 46. while Joe Crenin of Washington. had 18 three- base hits for a leadership. In stolen bases. Ben Chapman of the Yznkees, repeated as champion with 37 Alexander went to bat official times, made 144 hits. of which 6$'ig ShapKU p as Series Salt Winnings; ‘ Cubs Are Formidable at Home ? —_— ; BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO. October 1.—Unless all signs fail, Lou Gehrig will be the hero of the 1932 world .series. Big, husky Lou from Columbia, the mauling first beseman of the American League champions, is the only member of the New York Yankees to hit the ball as the Manhat- tan murderers were expected to do Babe Ruth has been more or less dis- mal at bat and afield during the early games of the Autumnal classic. Tony Lazzeri and the others hit only sporad- Expect Plenty of Fight Yanks Don’t Regard Series “In” | Foes in Chicago, Says Sewell. BY JOE SEWELL, Third Baseman, New York Yankees. HICAGO, October 1.— Our players are mnot going to make the mistake of going after the Cubs today with the idea that we have met the en- emy and they are ours. Too many things can happen in a short series to make the better | ball team go wrong. We're out to | win four straight if we can, but I | think it more likely that the series | will go to five games. ! The Cubs are a fighting bunch and, playing in their proper form, a good ball team. Out here among their home folk, Chicago’s younger players, Herman, Demaree, Jurges and Moore, can be expected to stiffen up & bit and play a steadier game. Of the Cub pitcHers available for Saturday’s game, I think Guy Bush, whem we beat in the opening game, has the best chance to stop us Those bases on balls ruined him the first time out. With control and the same stuff he showed us Wed- nesday he’ll give us a ton of trouble. * Our own pitching situation is just From National League ‘ about as sweet as it could be for a team that bas won twice with its high cards. Pipgras seems to be the man for the job, and if he’s not | rigint we'll still feet well off with Allen, Brown, Moore, Wells and Pen- | nock. | Don't fuss about Babe Ruth. He'll hit before the series 1s much older. He's fixing to get going almost any minute, and he’s too fine a ball player to be counted out just because he hasn’t hit much so far. The train ride and the break in the series doesn't affect our club much one way or the other. If anything, the rest did us good. A fellow can get tired, even when he’s on_the winning side. I'm glad the Chicago fans feel the way they do about the series. New York didn't make much of a tuss over us, but the reception we got here was a beauty. A world series isn’t much good to a city if it fails te entertain. You can't blame the players if each and every game isn't a thriller. They're interested in_winning and not in the dramatic effect. I'm speaking for the whole Yankee team when I say I am glad the tickets are all sold out here. (Copyrizht. 1932. by the North American Newspapes Alliance, Inc.) gt b | as in the regular season. | ically: sbut Gehrig busted the ball as he had done all season. Although he is a veteran of many a hard-fought American League cam- paign and of three world series, Geh- rig still is a very much unspoiled young man, Coming West from New York to attack the Chicago Cubs in their own lair, some one asked Gehrig what he intended to do with his series earnings. UNCHING a stalk of celery, Geh- rig merelv pointed to the salt shaker. His money will go into a safe investment for the protection of himself and his family. Gehrig is still very much of a moth- er's boy. His mother is a daily spec- tator at the Yankees' home games and she had a ringside seat for the two world_series games already played in New York. Mrs. Gehrig accompanicd Lou and the Yankees to Chicago to see the completion of the series and her big boy continue In a stellar role. A lot of stories about Lou's affection for his mother are now being told. Dick Vidmer is author of the best one I/ bhave heard so far. Some years ago| the Yankees were completing a par-| ticularly ardous Spring training trip. They had barnstormed across Georgia, | Florida, Texas and Oklahoma. As New Ycrk and Brcadway drew near the players were telling cf the spots| in Manhattan they intended visiting. EHRIG, seated in the Yankees' pri- | vate car, listened to the conversa- | tion and finally said: i “Well. T reckon before I put on the old uniform again I will have seen my mom.” i Gehrig_has found the Cub pitchers | very much to his liking in this series | and his fielding has been up to his, batting. Many brilliant stars have fliv- | vered in the Fall series, but Gehrig| nearly always has been as successful | The Chicago Cubs were depending | | on the luck of Wrigley Field to keep | | them in the world series chase today. | The Cubs are a great home team. It was on Wrigley Field they staged the | stand that won them the National League pennant and on their home lot | ihey expected to turn back the Yan-| kees. ‘The Cubs must win this third game of the series if they are to have a| chance for the world championship. No | team ever came from behind to over- | come a three-game deficit. If the| Yankees make it three straight just wrap up the world title and hend it to Joe McCarthy and his band of assassins. | | douhles, 3 were triples and 8 were home runs. Ranking behind the new cham. pion and Foxx were the following reg- al Gehrig. New York, .349; Manush, Washington, .342; Ruth, New York, .341; Cramer, Phialdelphia, .335. Simmons, Philadelphia, .323; Walker, Detroit, 323; Rice, Washington, .321; Combs, New York: Cronin, Washington, and R. Ferrell, St. Louis, .319. N team batting the Athletics repeated as leader with .20, four points better than the champion Yankees. The Yanks, however, led in scoring with 1,002 runs. Washington held hos- tiles to the lowest total in scoring, al- lowing 716 Tuns Washington shaded the Athletics in team fielding by the merest fraction of a point, .97.938 to 97937 Detroit. St Louis and New York fielded for 969, Cleveland had 968, Boston .963. and the Chicago White Sox wound up eighth, with 957. The Sox. however, led the league in double-piays, with 168, while St. Louis turned in the only triple play of the campaign. Johnny Allen, the Yankee freshman, had the top percentage among the reg- ular pitchers, winning 17 and losing four for a mark of 810. Gen. Alvin Crowder, the veteran Washington right- hander, won the most games, 26, but lost 13 while Bob Grove won 25 and lcst 10; Vernon Gomez won lost 7: Wes Ferrell of Cleveland won 23 and lost 13; making the fourth straight year in which he has won 20 games or more, and Monte Weaver of Washington won 22 against 10 def; Charles (Red) Ruffing of the Yan- kees was the strike-out king, fanning 190 batsmen in 259 innings. Shadows of the Past BY I C. BRENNER. FRED SNODGRASS. 'ROM California Fred Snodgrass came East to achieve stardom with the New York Giants of an era of perpetual pennant winnings. From the New York Giants Snod- grass went back to California, and there he is today, on a big ranch just outside of Los Angeles. Snodgrass had several distinctions while he was with the Giants. He has one of greater importance now. They say in California that Pred has a million. Anyway, he has made a fortune in' oil. Of all the old-time . ball players who live in and around the City of the Angels, Snodgrass is r‘spulzd to be the best fixed, finan- cially. ‘He is as dapper as ever, in fine shape, looking no older or heavier than he did in the days when he roamed the outfield for John Mc- Graw Of course, you remember the chief light of the Snodgrass career. It wae his $100,000 muff. It hap- pened in the final game of the 1912 world series between the Giants and the Red Sox. in Boston. A long fly came out to Snodgrass. Some fan had tossed a bottle and Fred stepped on it as he ran for the ball. He got it, he muffed it, and with that lapse the world championship went to Boston. ’ e PORTLAND WINNER N PACIFC LEAGUE Holds Four-Game Lead Over Hollywood, With Season 3 Ending Tomorrow. | | | ORTLAND, Oreg., October 1— Portland has clinched the 1932 Pacific Coast League pennant Jjust two days before the end of the season. Higgins and Johnson hit successive home runs in the eighth inning of a game with Seattle last night to ac- count for a 11-to-10 victory. The cham- pionship is the first for Portland in 18 years. Spencer Abbott is the manager. With but three more games to play. today and Sunday. the seeond-place Hollywood Stars, four full games be- hind. have no chance of overhauling the leaders STANDINGS: Portland .. Hollywood Sacramento San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle Oakland Missions | [ HICAGO, October 1 (#).—Chica- go’s Cubs figured on a little help from the lights and shacdow at Wrigley Field against | the Yankees today. They say these factors bothered them in the Yankees' | Stadium. | Lou Gehrig is the only active member | of the Yankees who had played in Wrigley Field. He played with a New York high school team against the prep | champions of Chicago 12 years ago and | hit a home run with the bases full in the final game of the series. } Joe McCarthy planned to return to the coaching line for the first time dur- | which _brougnt the piicher who was dethroned SPORTS. LONDOS LOSES N. Y. TITLE State Athletic Board Punishes Jim for Not Wrestling Lewis. NEW YORK, October 1 (#).—The New York State Athletic Commission has definitely relieved Jim Londos of Greece of the heavyweight wrestling champion- ship he held in this State and placed him on the ineligible list. The commission’s action was the re- sult of Londos’ alleged refusal to meet Ed (Strangler) Lewis of Los Angeles. The commission ordered Ray Steele and Jack Sherry to meet in Madison Square Garden October 10, the winner to face Lewis on October 31. The survi- vor of these two matches will be recog- nized in New York State as champion. WASHINGTON WINS HORSESHOE HONORS Upsets Virginia for Team Title, 1,026-1,007—Henson Beats Saunders. 1 T used to be a “country game” but the city feller today has a thing or two on the suburbanite in the art of flipping horseshoes. Anyway, 50 it would seem as Wash- inglon's representative team glories in a triumph over Maryland and Vir- ginia in the final event of The Star's fourth annual championships. A long series of upsets this season culminated last night in a victory for title of the Metropolitan area. previously had defeated Maryland. ‘The Old Dominion line-up, featuring the Metropolitan champion, Clavton Henson, entered the contest with Wash- ington, on the Eckington Recreation Center Courts, a decided favorite, but came away on the short end of a 1026- 1007 count, though it had a margin of one game. Both ITH each player on a team meet- ing all members of the other five-man_Jineup, the issue re- mained in doubt to the final game together Henson and this year as Metropolitan champion, Harry | Saunders. Henson won, 50-43. At the time it was thought the team struggle had ended in a deadlock. for the final con- testants swung into action thinking ‘Washington was only a few points to the good. Chief Scorekeeper Dick Barkley double-checked before either team was willing to accept victory or defeat. Like most others in the metropolitan tournament, it was a night of surprises. The biggest perhaps was the defeat of Henson by Raymond Brown, 50 to 33 although it was the second such victory for Brown in recent competition. It was he who eliminated the Maryland champion, Joe Merryman, from the metropolitan singles. 'HE redoubtable Saunders took two beatings, and it was the first time in three years of championship competition he fared so ill. Ed Henry beat him, 50 to 46. and possibly “soften- ed” him for Henson. However, it was Saunders general point gathering that | decided the team issue Another upset was Jean Monk's 50—23 win from George Thompson. the big Washingtonian tossing 52 per cent ringers. The metropolitan record for a single game was hung up by Henson when he | shot 64 per cent ringers, 28 out of 44 shoes. to beat the Washingion champ, | Hub Quantrille. 50 to 6. This game picked up a flock of points for Vir- ginia. but Saunders got them back by hanging a 50—6 shicer on Ed Edmon- ston. ENSON was the most consistent ringer thrower with 53 per cent for five games and Saunders sec- ond best with 48. In games won. Hen- | son shared honors with his teammate. Henry, each with four wins against a single loss. Henry's slate was marred by Quantrille, 50—2 An Evening Star silver medal will be presented each member of the winning team. which included besides those who pitched last night, John Gourvenec. The summary: VIRGINTA. 8Shoes. 7R 7Y 302 302 328 294 rr Edmonston 0 Totals . 13 12 1.007 1524 ‘WASHINGTON. | Sanders. . Brown Monk Quantrilie Minard... 2 12 13 1,026 IN CHESS Totals HER SIXTH CROWN SOUGHT BY GLENNA Has Same Rival in Final for Third Time in Last Six Championships. BY BILL KING, Associated Press Sports Writer. EABODY, Mass, October 1.— For the third consecutive even year, Mrs. Gleusa Collett Vare of Philadel- phia and Virginia Van Wie, Chi- cago, two of America’s most con- sistent golfers, have beaten off the pack to gain the final round of the women’s national golf championship. They were ready to start on the 36- hole title match at 10 am. (Eastern time) over the Salem Country Clubs 6,301-yard course. HIS pair of stars have clashed so many times in the past that neither can remember the exact number. All but & very few of them have been won by Mrs. Vare, who will gain her sixth champfonship in 10 years if she is successful today. Four_years ago. in the title match, Mrs. Vare overwhelmed the Chicago girl by the stupendous margin of 13 and 12 Two years later Mrs. Vare won by 6 and 5. Miss Van Wie, as those scores indi- | Washington over Virginia for the team cate. has been improving her game gradually and last year, when they clashed in a championship semi-final at Buffalo, Mrs. Vare was able to win by only 2 up to enter the final. where she was beaten by Helen Hicks of Long Island, who failed to qualify in the current téurney. RS. VARE gained her seventh final round vesterday by ousting the last of the three foreign threats, Ada MacKenzie. former Canadian champion. by 5 and 4. Wrile advancing through the plav. she also accounted for the other Canadian entry, Mrs. E. 8 Eddis of Toronto. Miss Van Wie defeated Charlotte Gluiting. popular 22-vear-older from Short Hills. N. J.. by 4 and 3 Miss Glutting, plaving golf for but three years, gave the tourney its major upset “when she ruined Enid Wil- son’s plans to gain the British and American titles during the same yeer The English girl lost to the Jerseyite on the home hole in the most exciting match of the entire veek ATTENDANCE LOWERS IN SOTUHERN LEAGUE Drop of 24 Per Cent ~ »m 1931 Crowd Figures Not:. —Gains in 'Nooga, Nashville. the Associated Press EMPHIS. Tenn. October 1.—At- tendance at Southern Association base ball games dropped off 24 per cent this year under the 1931 fie- ures. but Chattanooga and Nashville showed gains Official figures just rTeleased show the association drew 763,385 cash cus- tomers, against 1,043.123 last year. ‘The Lookouts, pennant winners, drew approximately 7.000 more fans and Nashville showed a slight gain. Mem- phis. which finished 2 percentage points behind Chattanooga, fell cff but 961 admissions. Birmingham dropped from 175,877 to 77,746 and Atlanta also lost more than 50 per cent of its attendance. Oddly. however, the Barons and Crackers ranked next to Chattanooga as a draw- ing card on the road. KANSAS' COMEBACK FAILS. BUFFALO. N. Y. October 1 (#.— Rocky Kansas, former lightweight champion of the world, essayed a come- back last night in a six-round bout with Joe Trippe. rugged Rochester fighter, but Trippe easily won five of the six rounds and the decision. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA —George Zaharias, 240, Pueblo, Colo.. threw Rudy Dusek, 210, Omaha, 27:46. BOSTON .—Gus Sonnenberg, 210, Providence, won two falls out of three from Jack Washburn, 230, Los Angeles. CIRCLES BY FRANK B. WALKER HE Ladies’ Chess Club, sponsored by Mrs. A. W. Jones, with W.| B. Mundelle of the Capital City | Chess Club as instructor, had a very successful season last year and will | soon resume play. The members spent | consulting opponents. He won 681, drew 22 and lost 20, for an average of End game No. 52, Burn-Mortimer, Ostend, 1905: White—K on KKt, Q on KR5. Rs on K5 and QR, Bs on Q8 and QKt2, Kt on QB3. Ps on KR2, KKt2, ing the series, a sort of home-coming | several delightful days in August at the KB2, Q2. QB2. QKt3, QR2: 14 pleces. celebration. He spent many afternoons | out there when he managed the Cubs. | c | crowd of close to 52,000. what with a forecast of good base ball weath- | er. Most of the reserved seats had been | sold, and general admission at $3.30 and the $1.10 bleacher seats went on sale | early today—€:30 am. | Mark Koenig. whose wrist injury was | aggravated in the first game, was not | included in the tentative line-up today, but was ready for emergency assign- | ments and hopes to start tomorrow. | B officials planned on a capacity | Babe Ruth once made the remark | that he could toss spitballs into the Wriglev Field rightfield bleachers. He had his chance today and so did Lou Gehrig, who macde the only homer of |and the weaker players have opportunity | a leading problemist, in the the first two games. * - | Samuzl Warwick of Philadelphia. first | in line for the general admission seats, | said he would leave the game in time to assure himself a front position in line for tomorrow’s game. | | GOV. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT,‘ ! Democratic _presidential nominee, | | in Chicago for an address tonight, | planned to attend the game. | sy = | | George Pipgras, “Marse” Joe Mc-| | Carthy's pitching selection, pitched and | | won games giving the Yankces three | American League championships. He | | won the clinchers in 1927 and 1928, and | | this season subdued the Cleveland | | Indians in the game that made the title certain. | Babe Ruth and his aging legs traded | places with Ben Chapman in the Yan- | kee outfleld for the Chicago end of the | series. Ruth was listed in left field to- | day, where there is not quite so much | territory to patrol and the sun is not so | troublesome. | ‘With two victories already in the sack. the Yankees today were held at 1 to 10 | to win the world championship. They were 7 to 5 at the opening of the series, galow of A. B. Richardson | Eight boards | Summer bunj at Epping Forest, Md. were almost constantly in use from early morning till late at night on the spacious veranda surrounding the bungalow. Women wishing to join th~ club may do so by phoning Mrs. A. W. Jones, Atlantic 1086. | the principal features of the local | club some years ago, has 1ecently been revived at the Capital City Chess Club, and is creating considerable in- terest. It consists of issuing tickets to the members at 1 cent each. The loser of a game gives a ticket to his ad- versary, who places it in his own num- | bered slot. Prizes are awarded every‘ two months. Handicaps are allowed. | to improve by playing with the stronger, and as a record is kept all players are more careful. LANS are going forward for an in- ternational chess congress to be | held in Chicago next year during | the world fair. M. S. Kuhns of Chi- cago, president of the National Chess Federation, recently was elected vice president of the International Chess | Association at its meeting in Paris, and | Dr. A. Rueb of Holland was re-elected president of the F. I. D. E. Dr. Alexander Alekhine, world ch pion, is planning to visit the headquar- ters of the National Chess Federation on his way East to discuss arrange- ments for his participation in the con- | gress. Because of distances most of the players would have to travel the inter- national team tournament next year will be held under the charge of the | British Chess Federation at its annual | meeting at Folkestone, England. | R. ALEKHINE, before coming to the United States to take part in| the California_congress, made a triumphant tour of 25 of the chess cen- ters. He played & total of 723 games. luding 65 blindfold and six against Black—K on KKt, Q on Q Rs on KB and QR, Bs on K2 and QB, Ps on KR2, KKt3, KB2, Q4. QB3, QK2 and QR2: 13 pleces. White to play and win. Solution to No. 50: 1 QxB, PxQ; 2 B—Kb5ch, and wins. If 1...Rxl 2 QxKtP, KxQ: 2 B—K5ch, K—R3; B—Ktich, K—R4; 5 B—Kich and | FIVHE ticket tourney, which was one of | ¥in® The following is Flohr's trap in the Reti opening, by which he won a pawn from Sir George Thomas, the British master: 1 P—QB4, Kt—KB3, 2 Kt— QB3; P—K3; 3 P—K4¢, P—Q4: ¢ P— K35, Kt—K5; 5 KtxKt, PxKt; § Q—Kt4. E short, decisive method by which Dr. Alexander Alekhine, m champion, disposed of A. J. California Chess Congress: Ponsiani Opening. Alekhine. 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