Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1933, Page 20

S PORTS Derby Field Today " FROMATOTOF 22 MAY BE SCRATCHED Coe Entry Backed Down to 8-5—30,000 to See Race Despite Depression. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. OUISVILLE, Ky., May 6.—The fortunes of the American turf, pretty well battered by the times, but struggling bravely to make a comeback, | braced up today with a flash of‘ old-time color and sporting spirit | for another chapter of the| romance closest to the Nation's | racing heart—the Kentucky Derby. Closely woven now for 59 years with | the sport's most glamorous and exciting | tradition, it's the one big race of the | vear, the outcome of which is awaited | as keenly along Broadway as it is on every Main street corner in the United States. Since 1875, when it was worth only $2,850 to the first winner, Aristides, and drew 10,000 followers of the thorough- ‘bred for what a contemporary described as a “week of high old sport,” it has| become a naticnal institution. Its rich | award, still worth more than $50,000 to | the winner at a time when retrench- | ments have sharply trimmed the value of many other turf fixtures, has drawn the entry of 22 crack 3-year-olds from the Nation's leading owners and breed- | ing farms. ODAY, with many of the leaders of 2 C., SATURDAY, MAY SPORT 83 May Be Cut to 15: More Idleness Confronts Cronin in ‘West Umpire Is Routed i By Women Fans By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, May 6.—Women base ball fans, especially those armed with umbrellas, took on a new significance today for Umpire Charlie Moran of the National League. Two irate members of the sup- Eosed weaker sex joined a group of ecklers who rushed on the field at the close of yesterday's game be- tween the Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals to add their protests to those of Al Todd when Moran called Todd’s swinging bunt at the plate fair instead of foul. ‘The decision gave the Cards the final out and a 5-to-3 victory—but apparently it gave some of the fans only 2 grievance. Verbal assaults on Moran were many, but the two women in the group, some witnesses said, decided upon direct action and struck the umpire with their umbrellas. Burt Shotton intervenew, and Moran quickly left the field. DRASTIC CUTS MARK RACING IN NEW YORK | General Pruning of Expenses No- table as Jamaica Opens Met- ropolitan Season. By the Associated Press EW YORK, May 6.—Drastic cuts in admission prices, overnight purses and general expenses greet- ed racegoers and horsemen as the metropolitan district's racing _season opened today with an 18-day meeting at_Jamaica, Featuring the cpening day's card was the $2500 Paumonok Handicap at State and Nation assembled for the |six furlongs, with such high-class | fifty-ninth renewal at sprawling, sprinters as Andy Shuttinger's Pilate, picturesque Churchill Downs, the Derby | George H. (Pete) Bostwick’s Pompeius became something more than a tradi- | and Biind Bowboy, Mrs. John Hay tional symbol. It was hailed as the Whitney's Stephenfechit and Mrs. banner bearer in a mighty effort to res- | Payne Whitney i cue the turf’s sagging structure of pub-| Mcst of the stakes at Jamaica, | lic support, the turning peint for a|Belmont, Aqu: Empire City and | racing “new deal.” Saratoga will retain their usual value, | If the crowds, by sheer force of cir- | but overnight purses have been heavily | cumstances, were much less overwhelm- | slashed. Admission to the grand stand | ing for Louisville to handle than in | will be $250 instead of $3.85. palmier days, they lacked nothing in enthusiasm. Overnight the m‘txlulx from | st, North and South seemed heavier e o Yorlh 1 S emia Bl | 90 YEARS AGO Touts buzzed like bees with fresh tips . on one of the best-balanced fields IN THE STAR. brought together in years. The sudden sale of the hope, Head Play, for $30.000 and a per- centage of the colt’s possible Derby win- | nings, gave the incoming thousands | fresh food for speculation. | For weeks Head Play, owned by Mrs. | Willie Crump of Nashville, Tenn., wile of the former jockey, has been built up as the “common people’s _choice.” Bought by Crump for only $550 as a yearling, the chestaut son of My Play- | Red Head added a romantic touch to | the picture and won & following that backed his odds down to 4 to 1. second choice only to the W. R. Coe entry, fea- | turing the renowned Ladysman. UT of a clear sky that sparkled over | the Downs between showers yes- terday and last night, Crump sold | nief Westen | ASHINGTON won its third game, 5-3, in a series of four with the world champion Bos- ton Red Sox, landing the verdict in the twelfth inning. Walter John- son relicved Joe Engle on the mound and continued his string of consecu- tive scoreless innings to 43 2-3. Mor- | gan, Milan, Williams and Lapcrte each got two hits. George Stovall has been deposed as manager of the St. Louis Amer- icans and indefinitcly suspended as a player by Ban Johnson, president of the American League. ‘The National Capital Canoe Club is planning an outing. The party will meet at Dempsey's boathouse and paddle to Glen Echo. | single, accounting for three runs. ATTHIRD FOR CARDS Pepper Gets Homer, Triple, Double and Single as Phils Bow, 5 to 3. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JE., Associated Press Sports Writer. ITH John Leonard (Pep- per) Martin beginning to “click” in his new role as third baseman, the St. Louls Cardinals are ready to start rolling somewhere in the National League. ‘There hasn’t been any doubt at all about the Cards’ mound staff, with Bill Hallahan, Tex Carleton, Dizzy Dean, Paul Derringer, Bill Walker and a few others pitching good ball; but the Cards | did need a third baseman, and Martin appears to be filling the bill. In support of this bellef there was a real Martin outburst yesterday to re- mind Philadelphia fans that the “Wild Horse of the Osage” was back in town. Leading the way to a 5-3 victory over the Phillies, Pepper clouted a home run, triple, double and single, scored four runs and handled eight fielding chances without an error. Meanwhile, Walker pitched his first complete game, giving the Phillies eight hits, of which a homer and two doubles went to Chuck Klein. ‘The result put the Cards into a triple tie for third place with the Boston | Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, Each | has a .500 average. | (VINCINNATI whipped the second- place New York Giants, 8 to 5, when Ray Kolp stepped in where | Benny Frey fell down and stilled the Giants' bats with three hits in the last 5 2-3 innings. George Grantham led the Reds’ attack with a homer and a Boston chalked up a 2-to-1 eleven- inning victory over the Chicago Clube, | thanks to the efforts of Walter (Huck) Betts, durable sophomore hurler. Betts | pitched eight-hit ball in a duel with| Charley Root and singled in the eleventh | to start the winning rally. Pittsburgh’s Pirates increased their lead by taking another decision from | Brooklyn, 4 to 2. The Dodgers nicked | Bill Swift for four hits and two runs in the second, but got only two more blows in the rest of the game, while Pie Traynor drove in three Pirate runs. Rain and cold weather wiped out the three-game program in the American League. MEXICAN RACKETERS EASY FOR YANKEES| By the Assoclated Press. MARTIN FILLS HOLE| It’s Lovuss ot thorcugnbred horseflesh at LouisvMe for the fifty-ninth running of America’s greatest turf classic, the Kentucky Derby. More than 30,000 spectators were expected to watch a score of the country’s finest 3-year-olds fight it out over the mlh-lnd-l-qulmr‘ lished himself a “dark horse” by beating a group of Derby eligibles last week route. If the experts are to be trusted, are flocking today to CI strongly bdcked, while Sarada, an Easte: the winner should be found among the | at Havre De Grace. chill Downs | four candidates shown above. W. R. Coe’s Ladysman is the favorite and Head 'Play is second choice. Charley O, winner of the Florida Derby, has been rn colt owned by F. A. Griffith, estab- BOXING TOURNAMENT WIND-UP ON TODAY| Eight Finals in Junior Golden Gloves Event Slated—Boys’ Band, Tumblers Show. INAL bouts in eight classes in the Junior Golden Gloves boxing tour- ney, four added exhibition encoun- | EXICO CITY, May 6—With two easy singles victories behind them, America’s tennis stars needed only | to win the doubles today to elinch their | first-round Davis Cup series with Mexico. | Mexico called upon Eduardo Mestre | and Alfonso Unda for doubles duty, but ters, music by the Boys' Independent Band and a tumbling show by the Boys' | Club team were in order at Griffith Stadium this afternoon, weather per- mitting, with the program to open at 1:30 o'clock. There is no admission Head Play to the Warm Stable inter- ests, an Eastern partnership of Silas B. Mason and Arnold Hanger. The colt Tuns today in the newly selected colors of Mrs, Mason, but will be saddled by Crump, who will collect $7,500 more if Head Play wins the classic. Kentucky sentiment and cash, de-| spite the shock of having its favorite | bartered off on the very eve of the Derby, still retained a substantial in- terest in Head Play. Western turfmen meanwhile turned for their hopes and wagery to Charles O. Florida Derby winner, or speculated on the chances that Col. Edward R. Bradley of Ken- tucky, with three entries to draw from, might_spring another of his surprises with Broker's Tip. Ladysman, storm center of debate all week and a mystery horse so far as| the Derby route is concerned, neverthe- Jess remained the East's chief standard- bearer and the outstanding public choice. The Coe entry, with the dan- gerous Pomponius as running mate. has fluctuated in the betting. Prohibitively priced in the Winter books, Ladysman ‘was backed down again today and stood an 8-to-5 choice. On 2-year-old form,| he's the best of a fast field, but many | of the turf experts are from Missourl Fcliowing the Coe entry. in order, | were Head Play, 4 to 1; Charley O. 6 to 1; Bradley’s entry, 8 to 1, and the Catawba Farm's Mr. Khayyam, highly regarded son of Omar Kha 10 to 1, coupled with Gocd Advice, a win- | ner at the Downs on Thursd NLY once before in Derby history have as many as 22 horses gone to the pcst. That was in 1928, the year Reigh' Count won, but this| record was not_ expected to be dupli- cated today. Depending on weather and track conditions, at least four and| possibly seven entries figured to be| scratched before the time the big race | —around 6:30 pm. (central standard| time). X | The racing strip dried out rapidly yesterday, but showers last night threat- ‘ened to make the going still a bit heavy, too much so for a number of colts as| well as the one filly entered, the Shan- don Farm's At Top. Coe's third horse, Pompoleon, and Bradley's Boflermaker and Fingal were among those expected to be declared out. With the promise of clear skies for the afternoon, at least 30,000 spectators seemed certain to scramble for views from the stands or along the rails when a roaring “They're off!” sends an equal number of pulses soaring for & trifie over two fleshing minutes. R PR, SHIFT IN NAVY BOAT ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 6 () —Bill Brockett was placed in No. 2 seat in the varsity crew of the Naval Academy for its race this afternoon with the carsmen from Cornell University. Jack McMahon, regular varsity man, was not in condition for the race. Following two_workouts on the Sev- ern yesterday, the Cornell varsity and freshmen crews were ready for their this pair could not be rated with George Lott and John Van Ryn, who confident- 1y expected to win and thus clinch the series without further ado. Wilmer Allison and Clff Sutter sent the United States off to a 2-0 ad- vantage yesterday. These singles pairings will be reversed for the final day of the series tomorrow, although the last two singles duels will Sherwood bowlers, Arcade League champions, last night took the lead in the Class B team event in the city tourney on the Palace alleys, with 1,628 set. Eiker, Harley, Thye, Eisemen and Borden made up the team. Gus Vogelsberger of the Hahn team of the Commercial League rolled 349 in the singles. Hal Chase, held the most brilliant flelding first baseman in base ball, is believed by some New York fans to be laying down since Frank Chance beczme manager. He is reported not so popular as he once was and when he was generally re- ferred to as Prince Hal ‘With Jones, Rose and Brewer as its best bets, Western is favored to win the annual interhigh track meet. Ninth Street tossers defeated the First Presbyterian nine, 6-4, in the East Weshington Sunday School League. Lloyd, losing pitcher, blew up in the sixth inning. Marx, ‘Thornett, Roundtree and Giovan- netti played well. Fairmonts scored over Pension Bureau, 6-3, in the Federal loop. Eddie Thompson, Shaw, Carter and H. Statz_were stand-out players. With Weaver pitching strongly, the Printers drubbed the North- erns, 11-2, in the Central League. Car Depertment was a 6-4 victor over Southern in the Railroad Y. M. C. A. loop. Walter Hughes, Holbruner, Robey and Dutch Pugh plaved best. . Hydros defeated the N. B. R. A. team in the Treasury League, 7-2. Crcgram and Cullom starred. Southland was 3-1 winner over Waverly A. C., in the Capital City Jcop. Taylor, Jack Spalding, Earl Steel, Fitzgibbons, Tuohy, Daniels and Wood played strongly. In the opening game in the Mar- quette League, Trinity defeated the Medicos, 7-2. President Edwards threw out the first kall. O'Brien, Jackson, A. Ferson and Hilleary played best. Jones and Martin were stand- @ut players as the Woodward & Lothrop Athletic Association team defeated W. B. Moses & Son nine. event that Lott and Van Ryn capture the doubles contest today. CRACK DIVERS COMPETE High-grade competition seems assured in the District A. A. U. indoor men's and women’s low-board diving cham- pionships next Friday night in the Am- bassador pool, starting at 8 o'clock. The Ambassador Club will have seven entrants in the men’s events, including John Broaddus, who recently won the high-board indoor title: Norman Smith. Emory Wilson, Dyer Ghormley, Vincent Gomez, Alonzo Snyder and Henry Vedder. In the women's competition will be the Shoreham Club’s trio of Marie | Duval, who won the high-board cham- | pionship in the recent meet, and Lois | D. C. high and low board titlists. e CONTINUE NET TOURNEY ‘Weather permitting, play in the an- nual Chevy Chas= Club invitation dou- bles tennis tourney was to be resumed | today. The affair was scheduled to end today, but, because of the rain yester- day, only five matches could be com- pleted and the plan now is to wind up play tomorrow. Manuel Alonzo, Frank Shields, Lester Stoefen and Watson Washburn are among leading players entered who did not get a chance to show their wares yesterday, but are slated for action to- day. Tom Mangan, D. C. luminary, also was slated to play today for the first time. Summaries: Behr and Myrick _defeated Davis and Leroy. 6—4. - Young and Bodeman defeated 2. 3—6. 6—4: defeated Southern Association. Mempkis, 5; Atlanta, 1. Birmingham, 5: Nashville, 2. Chattanooga, 5; New Orleans, 4. Knoxville-Little Rock, wet grounds. Hardy e i ardsley, T Mathey defeated ' Alvarez TEET 2; Hall _snd d_Goldsborough’ and MeGee, 6—4. V&&or Misses Most of Spoils Rosenbloom’s 35 Per Cent Is $87, Belanger’s Guarantee $300, in Bout That Is Flop at Gate. the boxers, enough of the gate re- ceipts were salvaged to pay expenses and give Rosenbloom 35 per cent of the net receipts, as stated in his contract. This amounted to $92, from which By the Associated Press. EFFERSONVILLE, Ind, May 6.—S'apsie Maxie Rosenbloom, world light-heavyweight cham- have no bearing on the result in the | Bates and Onalene Lawrence, former test against the Middies. The first race was scheduled for 3 pm. (Eastern stan- dard time). The Plebe boat has been shifted con- siderably since its victory over the ‘Massachusetts Institute of Technology Freshmen here two weeks ago. Dick Gray was in stroke position. pion, had only $87 todgy to show for defeating Charley Belanger of Winnipeg, Canada, in & 10-round bout last night. After two bouts had been canceled because there was no money to pay Thumbnail Sketches of Derby Favorites racing under colors of Mrs. Silas B. Mason of Kentucky and Balti- more; chestnut son of My Play; bought for $550 as yearling; stake winner as juvenile and victor in “Derby Prep” at Louisville. Charley O—Owned by Mrs. R. M. Eastman of Chicago and winner of this year's Florida Derby; full- brother ‘of Mike Hall one of few horses to exceed $200,000 in turf winnings, and sired by Hcurless. Mr. Khayyam—Ofispring of Omar Khayyam, 1917 Derby winner; bought for 3400 as yearling by Mrs. James M. Austin of Wesibury, Long Island, for her Catawba stable; paid 50 to 1 in first racing victory, as 2-yéar- old; set track record of 1:44 for one By the Associated Press. HUMBNAIL sketches of some of the prominent contenders in today's Kentucky Derby fleld: i Ladysman—Owned by W. R. Coe, New York broker; topped 2-year- olds last year with winnings of $111,485, including victories in Ar- lington Park Futurity and Hopeful; sire, Pompey, was 1925 juvenile champion but unplaced in Derby of 1926; retired last Fall with bad knee and was “fired” during Win'er. Headplay—Sold for $30,000 on Perby eve by Mrs. Willlam Crump @i Nashville to Warm Stable and he was required to pay a $5 Indiana State boxing license fee. Belanger, though losing the decision in the fight, recelved $300, as he signed on a flat guarantee of that amount. Rain was & factor in the small at- tendance. mile and a sixteenth at Havre de Grace last week. Broker's Tip—Favorite of E. R. Bradley entries; sired by Black Toney; still a maiden, having started only four times as a 2-year-old and once this Spring, finishing second. Sarada—Son of Sir Gallahad III, costing $6,600 as 2-year-old in auc- tion ring, when bought by F. A. Griffith of Rochester, N. Y.; chief contender juvenile victory in Spal- ding Lowe Jenkins Handicap at Laurel. Kerry Patch~—Surprise winner of $93.440, first money. in Belmont Fu- turity last year; owned by Lee Ros- enberg, New York broker, and trained by Joe Notter, who won Derby on the filly Regret; won three races as Juvenile in 22 starts, | | charge Finalists in 70, 80 and 90 pound | Boys' Club. TODAY'S SCHEDULE. 60-Pound. Pete Reilly (Goodacre) | O'Neil (Alexandria). 70-Pound. | ‘Tony Cattella (N. E. B. C.) vs. Joe Petro (Goodacre). 80-Pound. Angelo Pappas (B. C. W.) vs. Nick Lasios (Alexandria). vs. Raymond 90-Pound Morris Cecchini (N. E. B. C.) vs. Charles Hugkes (N. E. B. C.). 100-Pound. Mlll‘d Tapp (Alexandria) vs. Alex 8in- agel (Alexandria). 110-Pound. Marion Fletcher (Alexandria). 120-Pound. Abrams _(Alexandria) vs. (Mercury). 130-Pouns Russell Dant (Mercury) vs. ton (Merrick). Special Events. | _ 50-pound—Rudy Vidi (B. C. W) v Danny Petro (Goodacre). = - lll -Pflux‘ld—fltorlefl P‘ltylul (B.C. W) vs. CAlexandria 3. pound- Harry Thompson (B. C. W.) y Fones (Alcxandrial. B. C. W) vs. Geor| Prank Lembach Mike Mor- | vs. Barne | "*112-pound—8unny Jasme ( Joe Green (unattached) | “*Ju¢ses—Jimmy,_Sullivan. Joe Aronoft 07U Singer. Timekeeper—Earle Wi | Retevees: fim McNamara. Harry Child, Bénny Hushes, Jimmy Lince, Joe Bateman. SUMMARIES. 70-Pound. c) | « B | . Tony Cattella (N_E B C) de o Albert Milier (B. C. W.)} | acre) won by forfeit. 80-Pound. C. W) won by for- o8 (Alexandria) = defeated ‘Mercury). Angelo Paj feit: Nick Joe McDermott ( Morri Gaceblol (N E B. C) all (Merct €30l Jideseated Samuel Fones. e 2 SIX PLAYERS RELEASED. Federal Unionists were hoping the weather would permit them to play their ball game scheduled this after- noon at 3 o'clock with the Anacostia Eagles on the Berwyn diamond. ‘The Feds have just released six players from rtmental League contracts. ‘They are Bill Waldenmaier, Harvey Robin- son, James Ladd, Bill Gamble, John ‘Wasko and Ben Berman. League Leaders By the Assoclated Press. (Including yesterday's games.) American League. ‘Batting—Schulte, Senators, ‘West, Browns, .388. Funs. G Yankees, and Bishop, Runs—Gehrig, A atred in—Foxx, Athletics, 21; Gehrig, Yankees, 18. ‘Hits—West, Browns, 31; Porter, In- dians, and Schulte, Senators, 25. Doubles—Stone, Tigers, and Averil], Indians, 8. Triples—Combs, Yankees, 4; Cihockl, Athletics; Larzeri, Yankees, and Ma- nush, Senators, 3. Home runs—Gehrig, Yankees, T; Ruth, Yankees, 5. Stolen bases—Chapman, Yankees, 3 (13 players with two). Pitching—Hildebrand, Indians, 4-0; Brennan _and Van _Atta, Yankees; Fischer, Tigers, and Jones, White Sox, 2-0. National League. Batting—Frederick, Dodgers, .391; Traynor, Pirates, .380. Ri Lindstrom, Pirates, and Mar- Cubs, 17; 410; uns—! tin, Cardinals, 14. Runs _batted in—Hartnett, Klein, Phillies, 16. Hits—Traynor, Pirates, 27; Klein and Doubles—] Leslie, Giants; F. Herman, Cubs; Traynor, Pi- rates, and Bartell, Phillies, 6. Triples—P. Waner and Vaughan, Pi- Phuneg; Y, Stolen _ bases—Davis, Giants, 4; Flowers, Dodgers, 3. Pitching—Fitzsimmions, Giants, €0; Cardinals, i Fullis, Phillies, 25. Klein, Phillies, 10; rates, 3. Home runs—Berger, Braves, 5; Klein, Hartnett, Cubs, and Bottomle: hing- g&ue. Pirates, and Csrleton, ), classes were decided last night at the THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RI The Young Star Speaks. I hear them talk of silver or of gold; And as they do I laugh at all their pragers, The grave concerns that come upon the old—— In, or deflation? Well, who cares? For I have youth to spend—raw youth, untamed, Youth that no millions of the old can buy, The wealth of years still waiting to be claimed, To be cashed in bemeath a morning sky. I hear them talk of gold and silver still; But 1 have more than any gold mine knows, The long, Icm‘ road ahead by plain and hill, | Where youth watks with me as the South wind blows, Seeking out young adventure and the thrill | Before the dreams of morning reach a close. Vines and the Davis Cup. PTER something like ten months !n'“"gu’t‘- Pa., !ln 1903-“ Hg still was of continuous competitive ten- 5°°% several of us decided he was | starting to slip ang nis and s two-month rest, | were -.boutloee:, peE en s the club who had been knocking around ! for ten years. He had started in Con- | 1 Jurges, rion Pulzone (Alexandria) vs. Buster | R | defeated | Good- Eliswarth Vines now is heading | back into the middie of the tenmis 'WArS. | The last and most important stop | of the young tennis champlon will be Paris and the Davis Cup, where for | the first time in six years the odds | have turned in the direction of the United States. | Last year Vines stopped Henri successive matches. Vines has more experience now than | he had then, and Cochet today needs youth more than he needs expencnce,; He isn'l any doddering old man, but he has been around quite a spell. There is at least one unusual angle to Vines' temperament. Most cham- plons hate to be beaten at any time. | Vines doesn't bother at all about this | in his earlier matches. No one is going | | to rush him into peak form ahead of | time. He has found out before what | | staleness means. | Vines expects to work himself grad- | ually into a winning stride without | bothering about what happens in the | way of winning or losing results along the starting line. And no one can look lazier or take things any easier than he when he doesn't have to hustle. | He is no waster of surplus motion ou a quiet front. OMETIME around 1913, or in that tm’:{pmkl n;l:rlilnborhwgh I was on a Yankee g training tri the South. st At that time there was a pitcher on Fights Last Night By the Assoclated Press. MINNEAPOLIS,—Johnny Pena, New York, outpointed Jackie Sharkey, Min- n:po}l’: (l(::’ifl J&l&m}y Stanton, Min- neapolis, ouf nt ‘Thompson, Scranton, Pa. (6). Lo D JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.—Maxie Ro- senbloom, New York, outpointed Char- ley Belanger, Winnipeg, Canada (10). TOPEKA, Kans.—Jackle Charve: ‘Topeka, knocked out Jackie White, St. Louis (4); Baxter Calmes, Wichita, Kans., knocked out Harold Brown, Lit- tle Rock, Ark. (1). LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Dave Shade, New York, outpointed Henry Firpo, Louis- ville (10); Jackie Flabb, Louisville, out- pointed Norman Brown, Indianapolis (8); Mickey Breen, Louisville, knocked out Joe Cadillac, Elizabeth, N. J. (5). DETROIT.—Ernie Maurer, Detroif, outpointed Johnny Edwards, Charleston, | flag now is on a hard campaign along W. Va. (10). His name was Jack Quinn and we missed the guess by only twenty years. Quinn recently was released by Brooklyn, and a few hours later there were five or six other big league clubsl on his trall. 8o he isn't through yet. The Flying Dutchman. | HE celebration of Wagner day in Brookiyn recalls the fact that Honus is one of the few who still has a firm grip on his all-time, all- good enough to remove the crown he won more than 20 years ago. Wagner is the one infielder who | stands out, just as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth have undisputed possession of all-time outfield jobs. | One might argue about Chase, Sisler or Gehrig at first—over Eddie Collins | or Larry Lajoie at second—over Jimmy Collins, Bill Bradley or Buck Weaver | at third. There might be an argument concerning Buck Ewing, Bresnahan, Kling or Cochrane back of the bat. | But Old Honus is a sure tip at short, in spite of the long list of stars who have worked at that spot. | ‘Wagner was the easiest of all stars to handle. Each season he would sign a blank contract and leave the terms to Barney Dreyfus. He had no argu- ments to offer any umpire. His entire concentration was on batting, running and swarming all over the in- | fleld. The Second Test. | FTER mopping up in the West, Pittsburgh's jaunt through the East will be the second Pirate test. The ball club picked by most of the experts to win the National League the Atlantic Seaboard, where another run of winning games will open up a healthy gap. ‘The mi element of doubt con-| cerning Pittsburgh's strength at the start concerned the pitching. So far that department has been exception- ally strong, and, if this strength con- | tinues, as it should, it will take some | unusual turn to haul the Pirates back. | One Out of Four. ITH something like 150 places for nearly 600 entries, only one out of four aspirants for golf’s high- est honors make the grade for the | next open al North Shore, Chicago. The qualifying scramble will br out on May 15 over 20 courses covering every bunkered section of the country | from the Northwest to the Southeast.| The 30 leaders who qualified at Fresh Meadow last June and who do not need to qualify for entrance this| year include most of the stars who have a chance to win—therefore, few | candidates with any chance to stop | Sarazen’s march will be left out of the | next patrol. (Copyright, 1933, by North American News- paper Alllance. Inc.) Major League Statistics SATURDAY, MAY 6. 1933. AMERICAN NATIONAL YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. ‘Washington-Detroi i New York-Clevela: Bostor:-Ohicago, rain. Other clubs not scheduled. rooklyn. 2.’ 0 1 (11 onings). Philadelphia, 3. HEIEIHEEH EAE4R g §!= 2 HH £ K] 4 o H § g 8 41 51 21 11 10| 31 2! 1113] 41.765 41101 61.625 2( 11191 4).. 4112011 41111 4.1 3]..111] -1 01—T..1 ¢i..1 2110 =1 11 381 0. . I— 5.1 9 Hfllfi 2l OL OI..1 30, 181 61111.353 St._Louls.|..| 1| II—L | B : I—I_11_7113.350 NETETETEINY) O..|..1 2 | 1) 5121.204 (Phila..... 1| 0/ 8 0. .0 2[. 6l 7 71 7 ®113813i—i—I 71611 71611 71.588 91500 38 . 71111.389 —1 613.316 TERRY SEEKS BRUIN TO PLUG SHORTSTOP S 1 | Giants’ Pilot Reported Willing to Give Leslie for Jurges and | vesterday. TWIN BILLS PILING UP FOR NATIONALS Second Trip Inland Promises to Prove Strain on Pitch- ing Staff. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ETROIT, May 6.—Base ball uniforms and equipment were brought to this part of the country by the Na- tionals the first of the week. They might better have brought fur- lined overcoats and arctics. The Midwest does not know Spring is here and that the national pas- time should be in full swing. Four playing days have gone by sincs the Washington club left home, but, with the elements interfering. only one game has been played. That was plenty frosty, too, both as to weather and to result so far as the Nationals were con- cerned. The third washout came yes- terday, when rain snd scme snow, whipped by a whistling wind. kept De- troit indoors. And Spring. gentle Spring, still was around the corner this morning. Thepe will be a lot of work for the Nationzals' pitchers out this way next month. The sccond Western trip likely will be full of doublc-headers. ~Three already are due, and so unsettled is the weather more are in the offing. The pitching staffs of the Western foes will be just as hard hit, though, as the towns the Nationals have vet to visit are gett:ng flocks of postponements. Looks as though the American League hurlers will more than earn their sal- aries when the Eastern clubs come West again. 'HESE meteorological flarebacks are not making the days total losses for the Nationals, however. Joe Cronin gets his charges on the field for workouts even when games are impos- sible. The boy manager had the gang exercising on Navin Field here yester- day between rainfalls and snow flurries. He plans to send them into workouts on other days when competition is can- celed, provided he can find a spot dry enough to permit the toiling. This is something new for Washington clubs. In fact, it seems to be for the American League. So far as known, none of the other outfits when touring have had workouts on gameless days. Even the Detroit club didn't get out The weather was so bad | shortly after noon that only a few of a Moundsmen. By the Associated Press. YORK, May 6.—The Sun today says Meznager Bill Terry of the New York Gients is attempting to make a deal with the Chicago Cubs which would sent First Baseman Sam | Leslie to Chicago in cxchange for Bill shortstop, and an unnamed Chicago_pitcher. ‘The Giants have been handicapped | all season by lack of an efficient guard- | ian of the short fleld with Travis Jack- | son slowed down by his knee operation | and his substitute, Blondy Ryan, unable to hit major league pitching. With Manager Charlie Grimm suf- fering from lumbago the Cubs could use a first baseman of Leslie’s caliber. Whether the deal eventually is made it is certain Leslie will not be sent away until Terry recovers from his broken wlrhfltr.znd is again able to take his place at first. THREE SEEK SUNDAY— TILTS. Three nines are seeking games for Cochet, the French champion, in two star job. There has been no shortstop tomorrow. Anacostia Eagles are book- ing at Athantic 3679-W between 12 and 1 pm., the Chevy Chase Grays are re- ceiving challenges at Cleveland 3681 and the Derwood (Md.) A. C. is after tilts for its diamond through W. O. Beall at Gaithersburg 19-F-12. | School Sports ITH competition in the Prep School Tennis League virtually complet- ed, an individual tourney now is | being planned by league officials. | St. Alban’s, with three wins and no losses, is heading the league race, fol- | lowed by Georgetown Prep, with two victories and no defeats; Gonzaga, with | two wins and one loss; Friends, with no wins and two defeats, and Landon, with no triumphs and three setbacks. | ‘There is a possibility that the Roose- ! ;PI‘:Techh?ué)lk‘ high school title ball | ame, rained out yesterday, wi | played Monday. & Sl be; Central’s lacrosse team suffered a 7-3 efeat at the hands of the St. John's | n at Annapolis. Joe scored five goals. T el | Nationals. the Tigers reported at the ball yard early. The others telephoned head- ouarters to learn that play was off, then settled comfortably in their homes for an afternon of bridge or what have you. ANAGER CRONIN has a whole- some respect for the Tigers, even though he has not seen them in action. “I would say that the Tigers are a well-balanced outfit,” was Joe's com- ment this morning. “The pitching staft locks particularly good, with Bridge cgsett, Marberry and Fischer havin a 1ot of stuffl. I have seen Marberry long enough to know what he can do and Fischer has won handily. “There have been complaints about the Tigers' hitting ability. Well, Stone, Gehringer and this Walker fellow can hit that ball. They've always man- aged t) give us plenty of trouble. I really believe Detroit is a club to be taken quite seriously.” Detroit fans are greatly interested | in the pregress of Earl Whitehill since he was sent from the Tigers to the They follow the left-hand hurler's werk closely, always looking out for a break in favor of Fred Marberry and_Carl Fischer, the pitchers Clark Griffith turned over to Frank Navin for the Earl of Cedar Rapids. The Tiger- town crowd feels it is well ahead on the deal so far. Marberry has won three games and lost two for Bucky Harris' bunch, while Pischer has left-handed his way to vic- tory in his two starts, both against the Browns, for which he hurled the greater part of last seascn. Whitehill kas wen two and lost cne for the Na- tionals __ But Washington is ahead of Detroit in the standing of the clubs. That's something to confound the Tiger touts. Homer Standing By the Associated Press Home Runs Yesterday. Grantham, Reds. 1; Ott. Giants. 1; lein, Phillies, 1; Martin, Cardinals, 1. The Leaders. Gehrig. Yankees, 7; Ruth, Yankees, 5; Berger, Braves, 5, Walker, Tigers, 4; Lazazeri, Yankees, 4. League Totals. American, 64; National. 50: total, 114, K Early Batting Leaders Cling To Edges; Yanks Best at Plate, Afield; Hildebrand Slab Star By the Associated Press. EW YORK, May 6.—Despite| stiff competition from up-and- | coming sluggers, including sev- eral veterans who usually can be found near the top of the batting| list, early leaders in the major league | hitting competition clung to their places during the last week. The “first 10” in both major leagues after yesterday’s games showed 13 players’ who were up there a week ago, and the 2 leaders were unchanged. Johnny Frederick's average dropped 71 mm.:hebutn u:lems‘rlooklyn oumel:;‘er ;flll & League with .391. Fred Schulte, American League lead was only two points off at .410, and Sam West. for whom Schilte was led, dropped two points to .38_101‘:0 be Fred's n.mnell T-Up, newcomers to the list were Pep- Martin of St. Louis, Chuck. Kietn gu Swanson of Chicago, Ben Chapman and Bill Dickey of New York and Dick Porter of Cleveland in the American. IG gains were registered by Ple ‘Traynor of Pittsburgh, who added 32 peints to his mark and climbed to second place in the National League, s and by Frank Higgins of the Phila- delphia Athletics, who improved his American League average by 12 points|}! and moved from ninth place to fifth. ‘West led in producing hits with 31, good for a leading total of 49 bases. Gehrig and Bishop of Philadelphia were tied in run making at 18 each; Stone, Detroit, and Averill, Cleveland. led in doubles with 8 each; Combs Chapman was the leading base steal- er, with the unusually low number o GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at at Detroit. veland L. W N Y. st im‘"flu E (2). ELEEE RhBOEe Boston "at "Cnicase. "o 3 « s ‘GAMES TOMORROW. at Ekiyn. Chicago :lfi.:l"oft'%.: Sinds o Seltduien. Hildebrand of Cleveland with four victorics. fg.d"én'fl’-'agfifl of Chicago, Brennan and Van Atta of the Yanks and Pischer of Detroit have won two each. “Lefty” Gomez of the Yanks led in strikeouts with 22 victims, THE Yankees took the lead in both ;en‘tlt?n:.;‘nl‘; and fielding. Their ark jumped 8 nts to -286 and the White Sox fell 1nlt’§lsecnnd place at .265. In fielding the Yanks improved 3 points for the lead at .981 Cleveland dropped to second place at .19‘;7‘?. The champlons also scored their ! th run of the season, while Cleve- and remained the hardest team to score against. Only 39 runs have been wEES LSRR sooSeiRaaon n, "Iflllzalhlh;:‘ Fullis. P) md-l’pgu, Lrslie, New York. .. Pimlico Spring Meeting May 1 to 17, Inclusive " 3. # Foxx had batted in the most runs, 21, First Race 2 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Admission Including Tex $1.08