Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1933, Page 39

N Berin *WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1933 n Stap, Comlid-assifi'éid : PAGE D-—1 Ladysman Fi ading as Choiéé for Derby : Cronin Shoots Southpaws Against Tigers HEAD PLAY GAINING FAVOR: 0DDS DROP Charley 0. Also Well Backed for Classic Starting About 6:30 Tomorrow. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. OUISVILLE, Ky, May 5.— L The thoroughbred horse- flesh that parades to the post at Churchill Downs to- morrow afternoon in the fifty- ninth running of the Kentucky Derby possesses real equine beauty and color, unusual racing courage] and intersectional class—in fact, all the essentials to the kind of “hoss race” that sends the pulse soaring, plus the paradox of a public favorite not expected by Mmany observers to finish inside the money. In recent years, at least, there have been no more perplexing situations or more heated horse-racing arguments than those confronting - thousands of turf followers moving into the Blue- grass today from all parts of the country. They came to join the “hard boots” in a brave attempt to chase the turf blues away, sustain the glamour of America’s most romantic horse rate and get their share of thrills out of | ‘wagering $2 or maybe a little more on another tussle between East and West. They arrived by train and motor, by airplane and on foot, to find W, R, Coe’s Ladysman, juvenile star of 1932 and Winter book Derby favorite, cling- ing precariously to the position of “the horse to beat,” at odds that shifted to- day from 2 to 1 to 3 to 1. They dis- covered, too, that with startling dis- regard of this, few experts pick the Eastern ace to finish better than fourth. Instead, the form-students in- dicate a preference for the winning | chances of Mrs. William Crump's Head | Play, a handsome chestnut colt, Tennes- | see-owned, but backed by considerable | Kentucky cash and sentiment. EAD PLAY, already 4 to 1 and going down, may go to the post a favorite, if it develops there is no further reason to be concerned over an injury to the colt’s right hind Ieg. cut in a recent race. The sore spot has healed nicely, apparently to the complete satisfaction of trainers, and no trace of lameness has been ‘shown in_subsequent workouts. Ladysman, on the other hand, has| failed to convince most critics he is anything more than a sprinter or that the colt s legs are altogether sound, de- spite his excellent 2-year-old record, his early season victory as Havre de Grace and a subsequent private trial over the Derby route in the good time of 2:06 and a fractien The experts may. be wrong and the public correct. If 80, it wouldn't be the first time, yet until they actually see it, most observers will not believe a son of | Pompey has the ability to go the | full Derby distance of 1 mile and a | cuarter and win. They recall too vividly | tne Derby of 1925, when Pompey hini- | self, likewise a champion as a 2-year- old, and subsequent favorite in the Ken- | tucky classic, faded abruptly after chal- | lenging Bubbling Over and failed even | to place. Blood, in short, is expected to_tell and history to repeat itself. Kentucky’s sentimental support of Head Play may be due partly to the fact this handsome colt has been more on display at the Downs, in contrast with the pampered care and secrecy surrounding Ladysman and his stable- mate, Pomponious, but it has not ob- scured the highly regarded prospects of 8 number of others in the probable field of 15 three-year-olds. ESPITE the withdrawal of such earlier favorites as Repaid and Swivel, the Derby line-up looks the fastest and best-balanced brought together in several years, whether or not the winner jeopardizes the record of 2:014-5 made two years ago by ‘Twenty Grand. Especlally well backed at around 6 to 1 is Charley O. an Hourless colt, winner of the Florida Derby and owned by Mrs. R. M. Eastman of Chi- cago. The silks of Col. Edward Riley Bradley, master of the famous Idle Hour Farm and triple winner of the ?ner&" 1vru.l be carried by Broker’s Tip, The Eastern contingent has Kerry Patch, 1932 Belmont Futurity winner, as well as Ladysman, bu$ may have to place its main reliance in the stretch drive upon the Catawba Stable’s Mr. Khayyam and Good Advice, or on the speedy Sarada, owned by F. A. Griffith of Rochester, N. Y., and sired by Sir Gallahad, 3d, the daddy of Gallant Fox. The death of “Buddy” Hanford in en accident at Pimlico yesterday came as a shock to those who expected the popular little jockey to make a strong | bid in the Derby astride Trace Call. | LTHOUGH racing in Kentucky as well as elsewhere has withstood severe financial shocks, the 1933 Derby will lack little, if any of its usual color and none of its competitive at- tractiveness. The historic Downs never looked more picturesque nor bloomed with as abundant shrubbery. The purse for the big race retains its boom-time value, with $50,000 added, and is the| year's richest stake to be run outside Belmont Park's twin classics, the Bel- mont Stakes and the Futurity. If the weather's support can be ral- lied from a forecast today of rain, the picture will be complete for the blue ribbon_event of the bluegrass, probably around 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (6:30 East- ern standard time). The Derby is the sixth race on a card of eight. | A POOR START I 2y WASHING § s H ) | > " ) PTSTTe ) 33223332=M ylos *Batted n ninth. 1One out when winning run was scored. AB. R. H. 41 P " Srorr013mis) ™ o0 oswossoms? [T e arder, Totals .. ‘Washington Clevelan S bt 400 001003 the blue ribbon event of turfdem at Churchill Downs tomorrow. Latest Odds on Field of 18 In Racing Classic Tomorrow By the Associated Press. L carry 126 pounds. Horse. Jockey. ‘ Ladysman R. Workman Pomg)onioul J. Bejshak Head Play H. W. Fisher Charley O. C. Corbett Broker’s Tip D. Meade Mr. Khayyam P. Walls Sarada J. Gilbert Kerry Patch Trace Call Fair Rochester Inlander Spicson Strideaway Dark Winter Isaiah x—Good Advice x—Silent Shot x—Pompoleon (No Boy) Owner. W. R. Coe W. R. Coe . Mrs. W. Crum R. M. Eastmanpnstate E. R. Bradley Catawba Farm F. A. Griffith Lee Rosenberg Audley Farm Lon Jones & Son Brookmeade Stable L. M. Severson Three D’s Stock F! sW. 8. Kilmer J. W. Parrish Catawba Farm J. E. Hughes W. R. Coe 'arm 'Colt Purchased for Only 855(_) May Be Choice by Post Time Willie Crump’s great “bargain colt,” Head Play, which cost the ex-jockey only $550 two years ago, rapidly is gaining favor among the turf wise to win OUISVILLE, Ky., May 5—Eighteen horses are listed in the probable field for the Kentucky Derby Saturday. Each will Odds. 3-1 3-1 4-1 6-1 10-1 10-1 12-1 15-1 20-1* 40-1 40-1 50-1 50-1 50-1 50-1 10-1 50-1 3-1 Ladysman, Pomponious and Pompoleon—W. R. Coe entry. Mr. Khayyam and Good Advice—Catawba Farm entry. x—Doubtful starters. Minor Leagues International. Newark, 9; Montreal, 2. Jersey City, 8-7; Buffalo, 3-6. Toronto, 4-4; Baltimore, 2-2. Southern Association. Birmingham, §; Nashville, 2. New Orleans, 5; Chattanoogs, 0. Atlanta-Memphis, rain. Knoxville-Little Rock, rain. A American Association. Indianapolis, 8; Minneapolis, 4. Louisville, 3; St. Paul, 2. Milwaukee, 5: Toledo, 4. Columbus-Kansas City, rain. Pacific Coast. Sacramento, 11; Oakland, 0. Hollywood, 7; San Texas. Galveston, 4; Oklahoma City, 3. Dallas, 6; Houston, 5. AMERICAN YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Clevelend. 6: Washington, 5. Albany, 5; Rochester, 4 (11 innings). | 3 Griffs’ Records » Q £l A.,fi...u..w... o 2820200l o sHaae BasmmonfEoalSts2s s325335k00mr onen0se EYNOPerren 1 cLl g L LT renars RS- e [ FRIDAY. MAY 5, 1933. . Lou! Cincinnati, + 2505300 amIRGL 1T S1s e UB BATT! e 235m0s0orantnaRonasy o 9 4 [ 23~00300MaRILORS O coes 7 coos. G. Py o O 2 o ke Q coscousom O o3 3 F 1-4. anasnrd 83740 nvaaRmy o ] V.Ofi-ewoavg gg ] t3 2o00530~22500800m~0ec2cl 00255323100 DNIIBNIO VRAWS rooklyn. 1 (10 Innings). FPhiladelphia, 2. Boston, 0. uns—Gel _ | Athletics, 18. Runs GOMEZ, 3. JOHNGON NEAR NO-HIT FEATS Yank Not Nicked Till 'Nimh. Red Gives Early Hit, but Only 27 Face Him. BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer. GOOD many major league moundsmen have seen the shadow of their perpetual goal —a non-hit, no-run game—this season but none has quite reached it. ‘Two more nearly made the grade yes- terday when Silas Johnson, sturdy, broad shouldered right-hander of the Cincin- nati Reds missed a perfect game by the margin of one single in beating the Boston Braves 4-0 and Vernon Gomez, the New York Yankees' lean left- hander, gave up only two hits in a 5-2 victory over Detroit. ‘The game Gomez pitched was a real heart-breaker. For eight innings he re- fused to grant a single blow or to let a Tiger runner &ez past second base even though he walked seven. Then Charley Gehringer, Detroit second baseman, met. his first pitch in the ninth iy on {the nose and drove it into the right fleld bleachers for a home run. Gerald Walker then clouted a double and scored on an infield out after Gomez had un- corked a wild pitch that sent him to OHNSON didn't suffer so rude a blow. Wally Berger nicked him for a single in the second inning and was promptly thrown out trying to steal second. From then on, Johnson gave Deither a hit nor a walk, facing only 27 batsmen. The victory boosted the Reds up a couple of notches in the scrambled Na- tional League standing which found four clubs locked in.a virtual tie behind the pace-setting Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants. The Reds went into a fifth place tie with the Brooklyn Dodgers, who took a 2-1 10-inning de- feat at Pittsburgh's hands. The defeat was particularly painful to A, g o 02 iR 2 , goi el T facing only 22 batsmen, Clark was met by Floyd Vaughan's triple and Tony Piet’s single that tied the score. In the tenth Piet singled and Hal Finney doubled him in. A few points ahead of Cincinnati and Brooklyn, the St. Louis Cardinals gained a tie for third with Boston by putting on a five-run rally against John Berly in the fifth to defeat the Phillies, 5-2. ;me Giants bl’haueud & three-game a double-header from Chicago, 2-1 and 5-4, as big Fred Fitzsimmons pitched steadily in the opener and the Cubs game - with _four “blew” the second errors, THE Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, running in tandem, moved up to second in the Ameri- can League, passing the Washington Senators. Cleveland gave away four runs to Washington in the first inning then came from behind to win out in the ninth, 6-5. The Pale Hose got two unearned runs off Merritt (Sugar) in the first~inning and League Leaders By the Associated Press. (Including Yesterday's Games.) American League. BattingSchulte, Senators, .410; West, Browns, .388. Ri hrig, Yankees, and Bishop, batted in—Foxx, Athletics, 21; Yankees, 18. Triples—Combs, Yankees, 4; Othockl, Athletics; Laszeri, Yankees, and Ma- nush, Senators, 3. = - Ruth, Yankess, 5. =il Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 3 (13 players with 2). Pliching—] , Indians, 4-0; Brennan _and Van Atts, Yankees; ;Izeher, ‘Tigers, and Jones, White Sox, National League. Batting—Frederick, ers, .405; Traynor, Prates, 373, o Runs—Lin , Pirates, 12; Berger, Braves, 11, Klein, Phillies, 15. Hits— Cubs, ‘Waner and Tripl N_York. 4l L] 1111121 41380 6. Vaughan, Pirates, o 7 Chicago . 7 - -1 2 4101 51.667 Home -Berger, Braves, 5;-Bot- Cleveland 1.1 21 8 9.471 Tuns—] tomley, Reds, an Wash'ton. 1041 1] 8(9.471 Detroit .. 0 0/ 31 0 Lol 2l -1 4171 81467 7I_81.467 St._Louis 50 | Chicago .1 2/ 11..1 3 7101412 d Hartnett, Cubs, 3. Stolen bases—Davis, Giants, 4; Flow- ers, 5 Pit itzsimmons, Giants, 4-0; and Carleton, Car- 512204 | 1 1 Phila__.. 7 Boston . 1 Phila. .| 1/ 0/ 3.0 —| 6/121.333 Metne, dinals, 3-0. Lost .1 5l 71 71 7] ®11A812——] _ | -1 41 6] 01 8] 8 810[13[.I..] —e- GAMES TODAY. Wash. at Detroit. . Y. at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago. Others not scheduled GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at Detroit. N Y. leveland. ieago. Boston at . Phila. at St. Louis. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Azsaciated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, May 5—Grim and tight- lipped, Rogers Hornsby, the old “Rajah” of 37-year-old Missourian All Hornsby asks for himself is the play where he GAMES TODAY. Cincinnati at N. Y. Pit rgh Iy, L4 Chiea GAMES TOMOREOW. incinnati Cis Pittsby at N.Y. oran % Erivn. it e PR iy t Phila’ saying out in Chicago that Charley Grimm was the cause of with the Cubs. 1 knew my, trouble it the tht Biiais New York-Pennsylvanis. Hornsby Is Fighting to Shine for Cards Sore at Veeck of Cubs for Calling Him “Washed Up,” But Denies Grimm Feud. i 1 i i b3 i g £ £ ; i At of Bir i g B 8 2, ¥ TIGER TOSSER. 245 =2 240 100OWDER CAVES IN WTiL Two WERE OUT 1N g, samiwEST,oF{TieTBrow RUMNEOTHS LATEST; 'NO-# [\ BRIDGLS- CETROT = MIOTH = THEN DAVE HARR:S, A PINCH-HITTERS SINGLED NS, 610 FOR- T+ FANEBWITH At SINGLE HE § EIGHTAIINNING Belies Eyesight By the Assoclated Press. , May 5.—Joe Cronin, shortstop and manager of the Washington Senators, has per- fect eyes, says his friend, Dr. H. E. ‘Templeton. Cronin visited the eye specialist while the Senators were in Cleve- 1and and expressed the desire to “see Just how good my eyes are.” Dr. Templeton tested the player's eyes with a myologic unit, an instru- ment to test muscles, and a syntoni- zer, which gives other data by sepa- Tation of colors. Cronin, he said, has the best eye- - sight he ever has seen. The muscle balance and vision are absolutely true. . Despite all that, Joe's batting av- erage today is only .262. \GREAT JOCKEY LOST IN HANFORD’S DEATH | Young Rider Succumbs in Hospital After Mount Falls in Race at Pimlico. By the Associated Press. ALTIMORE, Md., May e | American turf has lost one of its finest jockeys in the death of | Bernard (Buddy) Hanford. The 21-year-old riding star, fatally injured at Pimlico yesterday when his | mount, Apprehensive, stumbled and fell | during the running of the sixth race, brought home 146 winners last year, a | total exceeded only by Johnny Gilbert | and Hank Mills. '~ | first for Roy Runs batted in—Hartnett, Cubs, 16; | He had been riding about four years, Pollard and then for Pres- ton Burch, to whom he was under colt;; ospital of & mul- le fracture at the base of the skull after Apprehensive’s fall had him under the charging hoofs of Eastern High, 16; Episcopal, 8. Dunbar, 6; National ing School, 3. Scholastic Tennis. Episcopal, 4; North Carolina Frosh, 3. | St. Albans, 5; Friends, 0. Central, 3; Georgetown Prep, 2. College Base Ball. WQ:Q Virginia, 14; George Washing- n, Iilinois, 12; Purdue, 7. Hillsdale College, 5; Ohio University, 4. Hanover, 3; K. M. I, 2 (10"innings). Indiana, 1; DePauw, 1. V. P. I, 4; Davidson, 1. Wi and Lee, 3; Wake Forest, 2. Stars Yesterday ' Cronin’s Average |Cronin Stands Pat on Batting Order Despite Goslin’s Slump And Wasting of Schulte’s Hits| By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. DETROIT, May 5—Still confident| his hitters, who have. been anything | but that to date, soon will rap up| to ratings of past seasons, Manager Joe Cronin is determined to stand pat on the Nationals’ batting order. He sees no good reason to shift to & lower position the .232 batting Goslin and place the .410 batting Schulte in a spot that might afford his club greater benefit of such swatting. “Goslin is bound to get his batting, eye soon,” the boy manager contends, | vand when he does he'll be a wonder- | ful help to the club. I intend to ke!D‘ him in third place in the batting order, though he is doing iittle more than pop | Uup at present. As to Schulte, we need a strong hitter down in fifth place. That's the spot for Pred, I figure.” It look, though,.that much of Sch hitting is being wasted. While he is among the league leaders with his fine batting average he has driven over fewer runs than any other of the first seven Nationals in the hitting list. Gameness is among Harder's fine | pitching qualities. Not many hurlers handled so roughly by the opposition | and treated so shabbily by their sup-| port in an opening inning would have | carried on yesterday as Harder did. The further he went the beter Mel looked. After that stormy four-hit first | frame the Indian heaver limited the| Nationals to just five safeties, and was | about at his peak in the finishing inning. 1 does ulte's ) Those Indians may been in 8 ‘as] have batting _slump, the Wi got. They batted for a cool .297 in yester- dly'i engagement. Nine second place, the Nationals find them- selves in fourth place as they enter the series against the ers. And ter only one game in the league's inland sector, too. Oh. well, the clubs are bunched so that ci in posi- tion occur rapidly right now and they e ot R D an ing plent Luke Sewell took & smart knock on jthe knee when he ran into the con- crete wall of the big Cleveland Sta- in going after Boss’ foul in It left him limping and finally he gave way to_ Pinch-Batter Rice in the ninth. let Berg finish the game behind the bat, but Luke was to be in again today. dium fielded snappily at first base for the Tribe, but helped himself to two singles, both well hit. Seats for Griffs’ Big Games Ready APITAL fans who like to pick their spots, both as to games and particular vantage points at Griffith Stadium, are rtflnl a break through the forehandedness of the management in placing on sale seats for games three weeks and more dis- tant. Today~ announcement came from local headquarters that tickets now not only for the game May ith the hits off Crowder were followed by two off ‘Thomas. $ 35 # White China buck; . ' White buck, white welt. or black 'WHAT good would a 57th “An- niversary” be- if it ¢~ bring u men an o £ n}.-m’.‘f All 8550 “ couldn’t rtanity Spe- cials,” $§4.35. All $4 “Hahn Spe- cials,” $3.35. That shogld be music to your ears! Boss, the one-time National, not only | TOLET INDIANS COP Griffs’ Big Early Lead Fades as General for Fifth Time Fails to Finish. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ETROIT, May 5.—Left-hand hurlers will have their innings in the series with the Tigers that was to get under way at Navin Field here this afternoon, Joe Cronin says. Ear]l Whitehill's assignment to the first engagement has been fal- lowed by Walter Stewart’s nomi- nation for the second on the slab slate prepared by the Nationals’ boy manager. After that, Cronin will call on the right-handed Monte Weaver for duty. The Washington pitching choices must be much more sturdy on the hill than Al Crowder has been to date, though, if their club is to get anything worth while out of the tussling in Tiger- town. The General has shown & sur- prising lack of stamina, and this weak- R:as has hurt the Nationals’ cause no e, Five times Crowder has started this season without going a full route. Only once has he been lifted from a game that his club might possibly benefit {from the substitution of & possibly bet- ter batter. At other times he has been ‘well punished after getting through sev- eral innings in mfl style. The General been prone to fade fast, once weakening, but as the Na- tionals opened their first Western of- i:;:;flve = th;ufemn in Cl?vehnd’yes- 8y cunning slipped from him more rapidly than at any other time in the campaign. So sudden was Crowder’s collapse that Alphonse Thomas, selected for the relief role, had scant time for a warm-up, and it was not long before the Cronin crew took & 6-to-5 beating from the Indians, 'ROWDER was handed & four-run lead right off the reel. The Na- tionals had reached Mel Harder for our safeties, and these, mixed with poor infield play by the Tribe, ac- | counted for the scoring. The General breezed along beautifully for five frames, yielding just three hits and one walk. Two of the hits were clustered to pro- duce a Tribal tally in the third round, mz Crowder had rallied bravely there- er. He looked strong going into the sixth session, too, for he deftly disposed of the dangerous Earl Averill and Joe Vos- mik, ever a menace at the plate. Then, ‘with the lower end of the batting order coming along, everything he had pitching way was lost. Four hits, one a triple, rattled off the Cleveland bats and in a trice the was deadlocked. Even Harder hit the ball & sound wallop and it took & sPnr- kling catch by Fred Schulte in deep left- center to prevent the Indians going | ahead in this inning. ‘The Nationals immediately set about getting another lead for Crowder in the seventh, when they put over a run, | after two were cut, with Myer’s double and® Manush’s single, but Crowder couldn't come back. ~After retiring the first batter up in the Cleveland seventh, the General was hit by Burnett for & mle and by Averill for a double. knotted the count again and, as Averill had made third on the throw to the plate following his clout, Cronin decided Crowder was through for the y. In came Thomas to strike out Vosmik and get rid of Boss, and the not so well | prepared reliever went through the next | inning safely. too, although there had | to be sharp fielding of hard-hit pitches } to get him by. | . The end came quickly, however, after Harder had pcpped up at the start of the ninth. Porter rolled a single to center. Then Burnett, after going to a ¢ three-and-two count, walked. - Berg, be hind the bat: Thomas and Manager Cronin awked plenty over Umpire Van Gl 's decision on the passing g‘llu:n. claiming it was a perfect strike, it Van won. Averill | | YOUR NEW SUMMER SHOES Sports Styles or Plain Styles —they’re all included in this SALE “HAHN SPECIALS” 35 trim, white buck, custom last,