Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1933, Page 12

A—12 Cronin Will Vary Offensive Tactics : Tight Pitching Features Races to Date BOSS AIS T0 GASH INON CLUB'S SPEED Local Park Too Roomy for Straight-Away Slugging, Manager Contends. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HE current Nationals, al- though rated the punchiest of the Griffith regime, will flash an attack calling for versatility more than mere slug- ging. There is speed galore in the revamped Griffs and a pre- Ruthian era base running attack will be mixed generously with swatting. ‘That’s J. Edward Cronin's story and tke “boy manager” says he’ll stick to it. Skipper Joe was just a kid in short pantaloons when the art of base steal- ing, stretching hits, squeeze plays and inside base ball in general was at the height of its popularity. When he was old enough to play base ball in a serious way the Ruthian type of slam-bang ball ‘was in its heyday but, notwithstanding, Cronin realizes the necessity of reviv- ing and mixing the old arts with the new. S+ SPECIALLY here,” said Joe, seated in Prexy Griffith’s office and in- dicating with a sweep of his hand the rain-glistening Griff Stadium. Joe and the boss man were busy plan- ning yesterday afternoon when the sec- | ond game with the Boston Red Sox was postponed until today. “This Washington park is so big it s necessary to have a varied attack.” Joe continued. We've got some long hitters—Goslin, Kuhel, Manush and Schulte—for instance, but no team can count socking home runs and triples in a park where outfielders have so much room to drag 'em down. And it takes a powerful sock to put the ball in the left-field stands or over the right-field wall. “With Kuhel, Myer, Bluege, Schulte, Manush and Goslin we have some fast men. In fact, the club is just about as speedy as any in the leaguc. We'll turn this speed loose.” 'HILE the Nationals have yet to display their true speed so far as pilfering bases is concerned, the Cronin crew has taken chances in stretching hits, and a great deal more of this will be in evidence. “Batting punch,” points out Cronin, “is swell when a team has it. But it's something you can't be sure of every day. One day it's there; the next it's gone. When a club has a smart, va- ried running attack it often can offset lack of long-distance clouting.” The personable youngster who carries the heavy burden of shortstop-manager upon his shoulders as lightly as dan- druff, didn't have the cold “figgers” to emphasize his statement, but numerals aren’t needed to show Joe how his club's stick attack bogged down in the last two games—the third with Phila- delphia, which was lost, and Saturday’s, in which the crimson-hosed Bostons were schnozzled out, 2 to 1. Actually the batting average for the eight regulars in the first two victorious games against the A's aggregated .328, while in the last two games it wa: only .204. F any of the Griffs or Sox planned to roll Easter eggs in Mrs. Roosevelt's back yard today they were doomed to disappointment yesterday when Prexy Griff, anxious to determine whether the Hubtown Hose are going to be *cousinly” again this year, argued him- self into agreeing to play the rained- out game this afternoon, which orig- Inally was scheduled to be an open date. General Alvin Crowder was not to miss his turn on the slab because of the rain, however. He was Cronin’s nominee, while Manager Marty Mc- Manus of the Sox was leaning to either Ivy Pau! Andrews or Henry Johnson, both ex-Yanks. After their engagements today, to- row and Wednesday with the Bostons, Cronin and his Cronies will entrain for Philadelphia for their first “road” series, which will be composed of three games, beginning Thursday. And then the Yanks, drat 'em, drop In Sunday for a three-day visit. AGITATO WINS CLASSIC AUTEUIL, France, April 17 (#).—E. Ballero's Agitato won the classic Presi- dent de la Republique steeplechase handicap at 4500 meters yesterday, with President Lebrun and King Gus- tav of Sweden among the spectators. Agitato won by three lengths from R. Sibilat’s Ski to earn the major share of a purse of 250,000 francs (about $10,000). Major League Statistics SPORTS. 97 Wins Will Gain Flag, Griff Thinks THE club that wins the American League pennant this season can do it with at least 10 less victories than the New York Yanks achieved in 1932, says Clark Grif- fith. president of the Nationals. “The Yanks won 107 games last year. If they win 87 this season the{n probably will have the flag again. That's how much I think the other clubs have been strengthened.” Not since 1926, when Ruth & Co. won with 91 games, has a pennant- winning team turned in less than 100 victories. CUP NET ASPIRANTS GET ANOTHER TEST Six Eligibles for Places on U. S. Team Competing at White Sulphur. By the Assoclated Press | HITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, i W. Va,, April 17.—The thir- teenth annual Mason and | Dixon tennis tournament, opening here today, provided Davis Cup selection committeemen with another chance to weigh the merits of aspirants to the American team which soon will face Mexico. In the singles field were such Davis Cup hopefuls as Cliff Sutter of New Or- leans, George Lott, Chicago; John Van Ryn, East Orange, N. J.; Gregory Man- gin, Newark, and Prank Shields and Sidney Wood of New York. Sutter, chiefly because of his straight- set victory over Lott in the final round of the North and South championship at Pinehurst, N. C., Saturday, ruled a | favorite. Both the North and South and Mason and Dixon tournaments were designated as Davis Cup tryouts. Although the committee decided Lott against Mexico, there may be a recon- sideration in view of this combination’s defeat by Bryan Grant and Lester Stoe- | fen in the semi-finals at Pinehurst. | Leading contestants for the women's | title were Mrs. John Van Ryn, winner | at Pinehurst, and the Baroness Maud | Levi of New York. | MAT LIST CLOSES TODAY Boys' Tournament for A. A. U. | Titles Starts Tomorrow Night. Entries for the District A. A. U. wrestling championships close tonight at_the Boys' Club, 230 C street, which will be the scene of the events. A record number of contestants is pre- dicted. Preliminaries will be held to- morrow night, starting at 7:15 o’'clock. The finals will go on Thursday night. Athletes to be eligible must be registered in the District A. A. U. Titles will be decided in the 115, 125, 135, 145, 155, 165 and 175 pound classes and the unlimited division. Winners and runners-up in each class will be warded medals. Entrants will weigh n at the Boys’ Club tomorrow between 1 p.m. and 6:30. | EISSELE DUCKPIN HEAD Election of Carl W. Eissele of Balti- more as president of the National Duck- pin Bowling Congress has been an- nounced. Eissele, formerly vice presi- dent, succeeds B. W. Stonebraker of Roanoke, Va. Bolton Must Wait Chance to Catch | OTWITHSTANDING Catcher Luke Sewell's inability to get his eye adjusted to the ball thus far, Clif Bolton, & pain in the neck to Dixie’s minor league hurlers for the last couple of years, must walt for a losing streak before get- ting his chance behind the bat for the Griffmen. Boiton showed so much improve- ment at Camp Biloxi it appeared he was ticketed to share the back- stopping chores with Sewell, but an idea of Manager Cronin’s plan at present may be gleaned from his words: “Break up a winning com- bination? I should say not. I'm not in favor of switching frequently on an important position like that anyway. “Bolton will get his share of work later on. MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1933. AMERICAN YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 5: Philadelphia, 4. Clevei: %; St. Louis. 1. ashington. rain. troit, rain. ! NATIONAL i i YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. | New York. 1; Brooklyn, darkness). St, Louts. 0. i “UBINGIN] F3 & € B s 4 T GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Bos. at Wash. (3:00).Bosion at Wash. Chicago at Detroit. ~Phila. at New York. Oleve. at St. Louis. Chicago at Detroit. Others not scheduled. Cleveland at St. Louls. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. DDIE COLLINS, newly in- stalled general manager of the Boston Red Sox, who are in town trading blows with tionals, is bubbling ?;h’::n“m over his new charges. ‘What's more, the former infield star has just about convinced himself that he has the coming successor of Babe Ruth in his big first baseman, Dale Alexander. Alexander, if you recall, won the American League batting champion- ship last year after he had been transferred from Detroit to Boston, and that gives him the right to be elevated among the batting elite. “I haven't been with this team long,” said Collins, “but if Alex- merm(otnmlomhadmn Collins. Picks Eddie, Enthused Over Red Sox Generally, Thinks All Dale Needs Is Confidence. GAMES TOMORROW. Pitts. at Chicago. t Cincl . al L N.' Y. at Phila. Bklyn st Boston, GAMES TODAY. St. Louis. at Cinci. Brooklyn_ at Boston. New York at Fhila. ‘Others not schedule Ruth he might give the Babe a race in any old season, beginning with the present. You have got to get thor- oughly acquain! with this fell sal hitter hasn’t got any right-fleld fence built for him as Ruth has on the New York ground. If he had that right-field fence to play all the time he might double his total of home | runs, and so0 might any pronounced right-field hitter. That fence at Yankee Stadium was built for a right-field hitter of home runs.” “Eddie, what kind of team have fiou"gw with this new Boston out- “I don’t know,” was the reply, “but X do know ong thipg, it won't |and Van Ryn should play doubles| 1 (14 innings, | Alexander to Succeed Ruth THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 19 MARYLAND U. NINE ON SIY-GANE TRP Invading North Carolina and Virginia—Hoyas Will Go North Friday. ARYLAND'S base ball team left yesterday for a trip | through Virginia and North Carolina. The Old Liners meet Duke today in a double-header, and tonight go over to Chapel Hill for game with North Carolina tomorrow. Virginia, Richmond and William and Mary are the other games to be played &eég;e the team returns late Friday Coach Shipley took “Rosy” Pollock along with him as assistant coach, and with them went 17 players. Georgetown begins a four-game base ball trip Friday by playing Temple Uni- versity that day and winds up the Jaunt the following Monday by again battling the Owls. The Hoyas will go to Gotham Sat- urday to play New York University the® “afternoon and St. John's College cf ®.o0klyn on Sunday. Bill Sheedy, Georgetown coach, will take 18 men on the trip. ‘,INJURY, apparently a pulled tendon, suffered by Waybright, Navy's clever | sprinter, in the 100-yard dash Sat- urday at Annapolis in the dual meet with North Carolina, is going to throw a hard jolt into the Middies chances of going through a successful season. A sprinter of the type of Waybright usually wins both the century and fur- long dashes, and to take off a track team any man good for two firsts is a real blow. It is to be hoped that he will get back in shape. Hardman was Navy's star in the duel meet with North Carolina Satur- day. He won the half mile in a little over 1 minute and 58 seconds and | took the mile in 4:25. Either of these performances is exceptionally good, but both the same afternoon speak ~well not only for Hardman's endurance and ability, but also for his courage. | 'ORTH CAROLINA athletes turned in much better marks than were expected, as no one had an opinion that Navy would be whipped by such a one-sided score as 77 to 49. In the | first place Abernathy ran the 120-yard high hurdles in 159, and two Caro- |lina men tied at a_ little over 9:47 for |the two miles. Legore of Carolina | threw the javelin 192 feet. Higby | broad-jumped 22 feet 8!> inches, Smith pole-vaulted 12 feet 6 inches, and | Shellberger threw the discus nearly | 141 feet. Navy's best performance in tke field events was the winning of the shotput by Johnston with a heave of 46 feet. | 'SORRY HUSKY CREW DIDN'T MAKE RECORD Ulbrickson, Whose Oarsmen Rule on Pacific, Sure Varsity Could Have, Had It Tried. | By the Associated Press | NG BEACH, Cal, April 17.—The University of Washington crew rules as collegiate racing king of the Pacific Coast but Coach Al Ulbrick- son is not entirely happy. He regrets he did not have his varsity crew “open up” in their race over the 2,000-meter Marine Stadium course here Saturday. In defeating California_ and Uni- versity of California at Los Angeles the Huskies were timed at 6 minutes 30 seconds, 1.8 seconds slower than the course record set by Italy in & pre- liminary event of the Olympic games last Summer. figured “With a little head wind I we'd not be able to break the record and was just out to win the race,” he said. “Too bad. That's the finest crew I ever had.” Previously Washington had out rowed California, Olympic victors in 1932, by seven lengths at Oakland in a three-mile race. WASHINGTON. TIGERS WIN Show Good Pitching in Beating Cardozo High, 10 to 4. Washington Tigers defeated the Car- dozo High Schocl ball team, 10-4, ves- | terday in Walker Stadium. The winners took the lead in the second inning and were never headed. Taylor and L. Johnson, Tiger pitchers, allowed only six_hits. Score by innings: 0302 0001 0 Tigers—Taylor, L. Johnson and 0z0—Cones. Battle ‘and Henry. SOCCER TILT ENDS, 1-0 ST. LOUIS, April 17 (#).—The Stix Baer and Fuller Club won the opening game of a three-game series for the national soccer championship of the United States, defeating the New York Americans, 1 to 0. E ] Griffs’ Records Batting. 2b.3b.] i3 e Sohneaty SosesLiamkaRL Schulte. . m":fi‘ Whitehill, i s B R 360 DN | sosrocol 1R9OHI9cR 0B b b s Q coso2 0509095059090008 os2000000000008 ese20 <) @ poae o m Broatel & ooo00000monoom . W. L. Guno?uO R scosooHoMRROOH, Srpo?al eanng cenag i be defeated at the start of the sea- in the season, but watch us off some of our other rivals C | three are sound from tee to green— TALKED ABOUT SPORTS. —By TOM DOERER WHO 1S REBADY FoR. HiS “ NATURAL® WITH IRVING AT PORTNER'S TOMORROW AIGAT.. TEACHERS HEN the history of this dip, depression or soggy spot of finance is written, one the most unusual features will be the manner in which sporting crowds continued to gather through the moody stretch. Over one week-end 135,000 paid ad- missions took in the England-Scotland rugby tilt and 500,000 gathered along | the Thames to watch Cambridge upset Oxford again in the annual boat race— more than 600,000 watching two con- tests on the same day in the same locality. On the night of the earthquake in Los Angeles, the Speedy Dado boxing show was a sell-out, the big crowd swarming in less than three hours after the terrain began to sway and dip. Hockey has had one of its best years and there is every promise that the| two big league pennant races will be up around the average—at least in those cities which can remain in reach- ing distance of the top. If the National League race is as compact and as well balanced as it now looks to be, this circuit should do extremely well. The main idea of the American League side will be to prevent the Yankees from galloping over the hill and far away—too far away to keep in- terest steaming in rival camps. Just at this early moment the Yankees look to be the class of both leagues. Their one main weakness may be overconfidence after the runaway romp last Summer and the world series cake walk. They are not in- vincible, but they have a margin in pitching and punch that will be hard to break up. They are sure to draw | well, but you can't keep the populace churned up in cities that are 10, 12 or 15 games away from the top. Golf Consistency. IOLF, as a rule, even among the elect, is a game of brilliant streaks and sudden reversals. ‘The rarest touch is consistency—the ability to hit a fast pace and hold it | over some extended period of play. For this reason the Winter and early Spring marches of Craig Wood, Denny | Shute and Paul Runyan have been ex- ceptional contributions to the history of the ancient game. This trio set an early clip, starting nearly four months ago. They swung out in front of one of the fastest fields ever gathered in long distance hikes, from California to Florida, on up the Atlantic Seaboard. And after this all-season sweep they ran 1-2-3 in the closing tournament of the Spring campaign at Virginia Beach. They held their unbroken stride up to the closing putt. Through last Summer and Fall Gene Sarazen dominated the show, with Olin Dutra parked in second place. They were the two outstanding winners. The play of Wood, Shute and Runyan, with Joe Kirkwood's smashing exhibition at Pinehurst in the North and South open, lends new interest to a new season. It indicates one of the greatest bat- tles at Chicago in the next United States open that the game has ever known, where even the aggressive play| of a Gene Sarazen will be put to a rugged test. Wood, Shute and Runyan have been fine golfers for some years, but the trio only came to the needed level of con- | sistency this Winter and Spring. All| dependable with wood and iron—not to overlook the putting touch that usually collects. Kirkwood's Return. 'OE KIRKWOOD'S 277 at Pinehurst in the North and South must stand as one of the all-star turns of the ear. i When Mac Smth handed in a 281 over this Carolina layout some years ago, that seemed to be a target beyond immediate range. Kirkwood cracked these figures by four strokes. Here is one interesting angle about Kirkwood’s play that has been over- looked: Tommy Armour -and several others insist that he is the greatest iron pLuye{'i in golf—one of the greatest that ever 3 our himself has been rated at rying. “I saw him play shots at Providence and in Texas that I would have bet 100 to 1 were beyond any human ability to pull off. In each case he had to aim JOHNNY KERR , WHO -2 S TO BE ONEB OF THE NATONALS' SCHOOLBOY THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RI of amazed thousands. who often wonder;g | shots under fire. 100 yards off line and then pull his ball around obstacles directly in the path. Both were played from bad lies an both stop stone dead for birdies.” Kirkwood has been one of golf’s most Interesting personalities for many . His ability to call any brand of shot— any known variety—in exhibitions has why he couldn't continue to call ‘That part of it makes a big difference | —especially in golf. But Kirkwood has | shown that he still is dangerous, for when his tee shots begin to find the fairway he is almost unbeatable. ‘There will soon be more than a thou- sand of the Nation's picked golfers out to qualify for the next open over the North Shore course at Chicago. The scramble this Spring will be terrific, as there are now so many capable of trav- eling along 4n the low 70's—and this list is growing every year. (Copyright. 1933, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) {av GEHRIG - QST BECOMING GREKT... HE's NEveR BEEN ABAR His Peax* “MARTY MCMANVS, RED SOX MANAGER - OSSIE . BLUEGE. MORE SPRIGHTLY -THANY EVER AT TARD BASE-A BASE BALL GREAT WHO IS A BALL P(AVER'S PLAYER... BUSY COACHING JOB IS SOUGHT BY PAGE Leaving Chicago, His Alma Mater. Because He Does Not Jibe | With New Regime. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 17.—Harlan O. | (Pat) Page, sr, is in the market | for a coaching job with a lot of | work connected with it. His connec- | tion with the University of Chicago, his | alma mater, will end at the close of the | current college year. Page, regarded as one of the most capable all-around coaches, will leave the Midway, where he helped make his- tory as an athlete and coach, because he feels that he doesn’t fit in the new situation created by the retirement of Amos Alonzo Stagg. He played on championship foot ball, basket ball and base ball teams at Chicago. After his graduation in 1910, he became head base ball and basket ball coach and turned out champion- Chicago Cubs, who is a { bid for a regular job. S FINDS FIELD T0O LARGE Tech Plant 8o Accessible It Cannot Collect Admissions. A large athletic fleld has its disad- | vantages. For no fence of appreciable height. Take the situation at Tech High. The McKinley athletic authorities are re- luctant to schedule games for the school's field because it is just about impossible to collect any admission charges. It is too easy for the kids of the neighborhood and the older folk, t0o, to clamber over the short wire fence that surrounds the stadium. | Whitehill in Line | For Next Hill Job SSUMING the weather man would let Al Crowder face the Red Sox today, Earl Whitehill, who pitched that beautiful -second game against the Athletics, is to shoot ’em plateward tomorrow, with ‘Walter Stewart standing by for the series finale Wednesday. ..The Earl of Iowa, Who has more “stuff” on the ball than any Wash- ington hurler, looks to be in for a big year. He won 16 and lost. year with Detroit and et RACES TODAY Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY leaves instance, when it has| M Ferrell’s Arm Injury Is Grave | Muscles Torn at St. Louis, Tough, May Possibly Make Him Better Pitcher, Doctor Says. By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, April 17.— Wesley Ferrell, Cleveland pitcher, who has climbed to lofty base ball heights despite muscle ad- hesions in his right shoulder, today faced a crisis in his career. ‘The right-handed twirler tore the adhesions loose in the seventh in- Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. Albany, 7; Montreal, 1 Rocheste; Jersey' City, 8. Toronto, 3: Newark, 1 Buffalo-Baitimore, rain. Standing of the Clubs. ship teams. He resigned in 1920 to go W.L. Pet w. to Butler University at Indianapolis, | Baltimore. 5 0°1.000 Jerses City. 1 where his teams, particularly in basket | Newack 3 § 607 Soosnio. . 1 & 107 ball, won mational recognition. | Baffalo-. T1 500 Montreal)’ 0 3 1000 From Butler he went to Indiana Uni- y versity 1n 1935 0 becoma ead Toot pall | sagny SV THERY, ASSOCIATION. |coach. His teams won no titles, but| Mempile e Hock, 2. were noted for their ability to score | Chattanooga, 7. Knoxville. 1. upset victories. He returned to Chicago Birmingham, 6; New Orleans, 5. in 1930, serving as line coach in foot Standing of the Clubs. ball, and base ball coach. During his W. L. Pet. W-L. Pet, recent service he developed Roy Hen- | Nemoiie.' 3 3 720 Bheimea. 3 5 200 shaw, young left-hander, with the | N, Orlean: 0 Little Rock. 1 3 250 Birm'sh'm. 3 .500 Atlanta... 1 3 .250 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 8t. Paul, 7: Columbus, 2. Kansas City, 3-3: Indianapolis, 0-2 (sec- d game eight innings, 6 o'clock law). Louisville, 8-5: Milwaukee, 5-6 (second same eight innings. darkness). inneapolis-Toledo, both games rained on o Standing of the Clubs. Kans. Gity. 5 T 500 Loutsvitie.."S § 590 s‘m"""m"' 3180 T :‘o i 1 3 Asgfig Mifwaukee: 2 3 305 Sfamous:: 13 330 PACIFIC COAST. Qakland, 7-3: Portland, 5-0. San Prancisco, 11-5: Missions, 4-6, ollywood, 3-6; Los' Angeles, 1-2. Sacramento, tele, 8-6. Standing of the Clubs. Oakland. L. Angeles. Sacrame'to 8 Hollywood. 8 Dallas, ‘Houstos 3: Fort Worth, 1. San Fort Worth San Antonio | ning of & game with the St. Louis Browns here yesterday while strik- ing out Jack Burns with a curve ball. Ferrell immediately retired from the line-up. Dr. Robert F. Hyland, club phsy- sician for the Browns, today said the situation was grave, but ex- pressed hope that the injury might make Ferrell a greater pitcher. Immediately following the injury Dr. Hyland examined the athlete and sent him to his hotel. He was in considerable pain. Today the physician expected to make a more detailed examination. Should developments be favorable Ferrell eventually may grester hrowing treedom " than lormerly. D. C. SOCCERISTS SCORE German-American Soccer Club con- quered the vaunted German-American A. C. eleven of New York, 3-1, yesterday on Benning Field. A good crowd braved the rain to see the game. The D. C. team’s triumph was somewhat of a surprise. BOXMEN FLASH BiG FDGE OVER HITTERS - Of 24 Games Played Thus Far, 11 Have Seen 5 Hits or Less, Permitted. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Assoctated Press Sports Writer. LTHOUGH no satisfactory explanation has beeg found so far for the phe. nomenon, the major leagus pitchers this Spring are wel “ahead” of the batters. The showing of the moundsmen in general has been little short of sensational. Since the campaigns started last Wednesday, 2¢ games have been played and eleven times one team or another has been limited to five hits or fewer. What is more remarkable, flingers of nipe different teams have figured in this steliar pitching; sexeral others have Just missed the five-hit mark. A lot of the clouting was due to individual work of a few players rather than to whole teams. Yesterday two flingers hit the lowest mark made so far this wo hits —and another pitched a five-hit game and lost it. Charles “Red” Lucas, veteran right hander of the Cincinnati Reds, limited the St Louis Cardinals to a pair of singles and let only one runner reach third as the Reds won their season’s first game, 7 to 0. John Berly of the the feat against the who finally got their season started after four days’ delay, and the Phils won, 2 to 0. Fritz Knothe was the only batter who could touch Berly’s curve, getting a double and a single. 'ALTER (HUCK) BETTS, Boston's hurler, was the “hard luck guy.” He gave the Phillies only five blows, but two pairs of them were bunched at the proper moments to pro- duce runs. In Brooklyn the first duel between the Dodgers and the Giants was halted by darkness after 14 innings with the score tied at 1-1. Joe Shaute and Carl Hub- bell each pitched 11 innings and gave one run and eight hits apiece. The tally off Shaute, who retired after straining a leg muscle running out a hit, was unearned. It came as the result of an error by Al Lopez. Hack Wilson, who celebrated his debut by making three hits, scored Brooklyn’s run after clouting a triple. Wesley Ferrell, aided by Clint Brown, recorded the day's best pitching in the American League to give the Cleveland Indians a 7-1 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Ferrell gave only four blows before he injured his right shoulder striking out Jack Burns in the sevently and Brown allowed only two more. Yankees, as usual, preferred I home runs to strikeouts in chalking up their fourth straight triumph. Lou Gehrig walloped his third homer with Babe Ruth on base in the first in- ning and gave the world champions the working margin with which they turned back the Philadelphia Athletics, 5-4. Bob Johnson, one of the A's clouting rookies, hit a four-bagger and a double to drive in two runs. Rain and wet grounds eliminated three games from yesterday's program. The Pittsburgh-Chicago National League game was postponed. as were the Bos- ton-Washington and Chicago-Detroit contests in the American. Boston Braves, PROTEST UZCUDUN “WIN” SEVILLE, Spain, April 17 (#)— Paulino Uzcudon, Basque woodchopper, gained a disputed decision cver Hans Schonrath of Germany in a 10-round bout last night. The verdict was pro- tested by some of the 10,000 spectators, who seemed to think the Teuton heavy- weéght's aggressiveness entitled him to a draw. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Red Lucas, Reds — Shut out Cardi- nals with two hits and no walks, fan- ned five. Willle Kamm, Indians—Hit double and two singles against Browns, scor- ing three runs and batting in one. Hack Wilson, Dodgers—Clouted triple and two singles and scored Brooklyn's run in 1-1 tie with Giants. John Perly, Phillies—Blanked Braves with two hits and drove in ome of Phillies’ runs in 2-0 victory. Lou Gehrig, Yankees—Hit _third homer of season with one on, batted Imitmee runs in 5-4 triumph over Ath- etics. Rates Yanks Above Griffs Now Punchier, Says McManus of Red Sox, Who Thinks, Heat May Wilt New York’s Vet Stars. ARTY McMANUS, pilot and third-sacker of the visiting Boston Red Sox and the first authoritative eye- t, at least. Marty's minions from Massachu- setts have been socked on the whiskers by both the Nationals and Ruppert’s beer-backed boys and, while he admits time may change his mind, the New Yorkers pack a little harder wallop, in his opinion. “Gehrig is the greatest player in base ball today. He's better than ever and if he keeps up his present pace, he can have my vote as the best player the game has produced.” Hot weather, though, says Marty, may make a great deal of difference to the older Yanks. 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