Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1933, Page 12

A—12 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933. SPORTS! Senators Pound Pill as Pitchers Wabble : West Again Ruling in National League GRIFFS ARE HITTING AT J0CLIPINWEST Progressively Run Bingle To-‘ tal From 9 to 20 a Game. | Boken’s Homer Cops. BY JOHN B. KELLER. (] close Both Were Guill T. LOUIS, May 9.—When the Nationals came West last week for the first time this season, they were wondering | how the pitchers out this way | were doing such remarkable work. Games with low hit totals had been common occurrences. After a week’s stay in the inland sector of the American League, the Nationals still are wondering how the pitchers did it. No hill phenoms have crossed their path, In their five Western games the Nationals have swatted at a 330 clip and had their own pitching generally been good thcy now probably would have a reccr five wins for the trip instead of thr.. wins against two de- feats The Washington club has been hit- ting high, fer and handsome in the West_and yesterday as they bumped the Browns, 10 to 8, in a 12-inning | tussle they set a season batting mark for themselves in hammering 20 hits in and out ¢f the playing field in Sportsman’s Park. In the five tilts put on thus far in their first swing around the West this year Manager Joc Cronin and his charges have larruped the leather-cov- ered sphere for a total of 69 safeties. Their attack has progressed steadily, | too. They opened in Cleveland with a nine-hit game. In the first of their three clashes in Detroit they smote the ball for an even dozen hits. In each of the next two tussles they got 14 hits. Then came the season record contest here. Nothing tough about these Western twirlers to date, so far as the Nationals are concerned. NFORTUNATELY, the Nationals’ pitchers have not been proficient in their work against the West- erners. In the five games Manager Cronin has been compelled to rush into the line-up no less than 13 mecunds men. Up to yesterday the only vic tories had been recorded by hurlers who managed to finish what they started—Whitehill and Stewart. the southpaws snared in Winter swaps. ‘The staggerers of the Washington slab staff got away with their hectic heaving yesterday. but they took plenty of punishment before their side copped in the third extra round of the macing matince. The Browns proved no mcan maulers, gathering a grand total of 15 hits off the collective slabbing of Al ‘Thomas, Al Crowder and Bill McAfee. There was nothing skimpy about the rown's swatting. Eight of their luts wer> of the ex were two-bagger: S four were three-bag- gers and one was a homerun With feur extra-base blows, the St. Louis gang drove Thomas to cover before the | second inning was over and they got six hits, three of them lengthy, off Crowder before he retifed at the end of the sixth session. They bumped - McAfee briskly in the ninth to get a tie and the hit that forced the game info overtime was an_extra-baser. The Nationals confined their attack mostly to singles, but they smote two homers and three doubles and plugged away steadily they simply wore down the St. Louis outfit with sheer power. Lefty Lloyd Brown opened fire against his old pals, but was withdrawn after a fourth inning hammering. Sam Gray couldn't stop the Cronin men, so Bump Hadley came on in the seventh to hurl against the wearers of the uniform he once sported and he remained to take the trimming. IT was Boken day at Sportsman Park and the Nationals' utility player, filling in at second base, re- warded his fellow townsmen of Collins- ville. IIl, gathered to pay him honor, | by bagging the game for his side. With two out and Schulte on first base in the twelfth frame, Bob banged his second hemer of the season. send- ing one of Hadley’s pitches soaring into the open stand back of left field to break the tie. All told, Boken drove over four runs during the fray. He shoved over the first of two the Nationals got in the second session to match a brace reg- istered by the Browns at the outset of hostilities. He drove in the first run of the sixth inning"when the Nationals scored three times to wrest the lead from the Browns for the second time And in the home ninth, Bob did all he could to prevent the Browns pulling ' up to even terms. He initiated a doukle-play that left the locals with only a runner on third base. McAfee, though. proceeded to walk Burns on four pitches and Storti swiped a triple down the right field line to send in two tallies to deedlock the clubs. | But Bob had enough left to get a win for McAfee and the Nationals. It was his day and he made the most of it LISTS $5,000 GOLF EVENT CHICAGO, May 9 () —Arrange- ments have been made for a best golf shot contest as a feature of the Century of Progress Exposition June 4. Many of the best golfers will compete for a $5.000 purse. Cash prizes will be offered for the best drives, long irun‘ shots and approaches. The contest will be held in Soldier Field. ‘The Chicago American announced it would guarantee the purse, BIFFER BOKEN WASHT AB. NGTON. b, E IR | | o Totals .. ST. Lour £ . | faces St. % School ficld, By the Associated Press OUISVILLE, Ky. May 9.— ‘With the rough-riding battle between Jockeys Don Meade and Herb Fisher ruled a draw by the judges, the Kentucky Derby controversy today centered on whether Broker's Tip or Head Play was the better horse in the $50,000 added stake Saturday. Meade, astride Broker's Tip, which won by a nose, and Fisher, aboard Head Play, second in the Derby, were suspended by the Churchill Downs stewards yesterday for 30 calendar days each. They ruled both riders were guilty of fouling during the stretch run by grabbing each other’s equip- ment. PFisher was sct down for an additional five days because he at- tacked Meade after the race. Derby Jockey Battle a Draw Meade, Fisher Suspended—Moving Pictures Dis- ty of Rough Riding. Obvious rough riding on the part of both jockeys with Broker's Tip apparently the better horse is dis- closed by the News Reel (Pathe) in a vivid camera description of the Kentucky Derby. ‘The pictures show Herb Fisher, up on Head Play, apparently the first offender. He grabbed the sad- dle cloth of Broker’s Tip when Don Meade drove the /Bradley colt through on the rail. Twice Broker’s ‘Tip pulled away from his rival only _to have his pace retarded by Fisher again snatching the saddle cloth. Meade retaliated, grabbing Fisher by the shoulder as the two horses battled stride for stride through the final sixteenth of a mile. Near the finish Fisher struck Meade over the head with his whip and both jockeys were grabbing at the other's saddle cloths as Broker's Tip crossed the finish line in front by inches. ‘East Strin For Preakness; For Broker’s Tip, Head Play By the Associated Press. EW YORK, May 9 —Although he was badly beaten in the Ken- tucky Derl the old timers around the New York tracks have not lost faith in W. R. Coe’s Ladysman. They confidently expect the 1932 champion to redeem himself | in the $25,000 Preakness at Pimlico Saturday. | Backers of the son of Pompey point to the fact he never was considered a' drying-out track performer. Raymond (Sonny) Workman, who had the mount. said the Coe colt could not or would not untrack himself on the cuppy racing | strip. The distance of the Preakness, one mile and three-sixteenths, also should be to Ladysman's advantage. The Derby was run over one and one-quar- ter miles and at the end Ladysman was a very tired horse back in fourth place. James _ Fitzsimmons, who trained Gallant Fox for his Derby and Preak- ness victories, is one man not seriously worried about Broker’s Tip and Head Play. He has in De Valera what he considers a real contender for the Pim- lico prize. In his last two outings, both sprints, the Wheatly Stable representa- tive merely breezed to victory. Fitz says he is ready to go the route. ALTIMORE, May 9.—The suspension of Don Mezade. for action during his ride of E. R. Bradley's Broker's Tip | to victory in the Kentucky Derby. caused considerable speculation around | the Pimlico track as to the jockey who will be up on the colt in the Preakness Saturday. Meade and Herb Fischer, rider of Head Pl were set down at Churchill Dcwns yesterday, each for 30 days for ing “guilty of grasping the equipment of the other” during the Derby, and Fischer an additional five days for strik- ing Meade after the race Meade’s suspension, while it does not apply to stake race engagements in Kentucky, bars the jockey from ali Maryland tracks during the period, according to Matt Daiger, secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club. Jimmy Smith, veteran Bradley rider, who rode Broker’s tip in all his four races last year, was mentioned as the most probable to take Meade’s place. Silas B. Mason, whose wife owns Head Play,” is hunting for a rider for the horse which finished second to Broker's Tip in the Derby. Fischer was not TWO COLLEGE BALL GAMES ARE SLATED | Terps, Colonials Facing Uncemin: | l Conditions—Former and Hoyas Rained Out Yesterday. ARYLAND and George Washington | were slated to play base ball this afternoon and tonight, respec- tively. but weather conditions placed both contests on the doubtful list. The Old Liners. prevented by rain from meeting Virginia Poly yesterday, were to meet Washington and Lee, | which also was stopped from keeping | an_engagement with Georgetown, at College Park at 4 o'clock. George ‘Washington is slated to oppose the Sixth Marines at Griffith Stadium at 8 pm. Six amateur wrestling bouts are | carded to precede the George Wash- | ington tilt. starting at 7 o'clock, while | the Colonial and Sixth Marine bands ‘wm furnish music. 'HIGH SCHOOL NINES, % CALL OFF CONTEST | Adverse Weather Halts Westem; | and Eastern—Second Game in | Row to Be Prevented. | ECAUSE of the adverse weather the | Central-Western public high schocl | championship base ball game, scheduled today, was called off. A new | = | date will be set later. | The rain necessitated a second post- 7 | ponement yesterday of the Roosevelt- Tech match. A new date will be an-| nounced later. Schoolboy teams of the.Capital area are slated to take part in seven ball games tomorrow. . In contests here Central is to meet the National Training School on_the | latter’s diamond and Georgetown Prep Albans on the Cuthedml‘ Tech engages the Maryland fresh- men at College Park, Eastern has a | y date with Charlotte Hall at Charlotte o o o o 3Crouch ‘Totals > *Batted for Brown in the fourd] 1Batted for Gray in the sixth, :Batted for Hadiey in the twelfth. ‘Washington 0 2 S Lous - 21012000200 0—8 Runs batted in—Campbell Boken (4). Sewell i), Schulte, Melillo. Goslin, urns, Kuhel, ¢| BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 9{ | | off Hadls 2: by omas. 4 in s in 41, innings: off McAfe X off Brown. 8 in 4 innings; off Gray. ! innings: off Hadlex. & in # inninzs. ning her—McAfec. Losing D) Hadley” YUmpires—-Messrs, Ormsb®) wers ana{McGowan. | Hall, Roosevelt battles Episcopal at Al exandria and Emerson takes on Alex- andria High also in the city across the | Potomac. TAKES RUGBY TROPHY. (). —Linfield won the Antrim foot ball | shield, defeating Celtic, 3-1, in the | final game of the rugby tdphy series. Minor Leagues - Base Ball. Newberry, 6; Parris Island Marines, 1. ‘Tennis. Carson Newman, 4; Presbyterian, 3. llinois, 4; Bradley Tech, 3. Track. Iowa State, 81; Missouri, 50. g; with ~Ladysm:aln | morrow night at 8 o'clock. Riders Sought brought East for the Preakness. 5o his suspension did not change the plans of the owner of Head Play for the Mary- land classic. % | Eight of the Derby horses today set- | tled down to training for Saturday race, while the runner-up was expected to arrive during the day. Willlam Hurley, Bradley’s Maryland | trainer, took charge of Broker's Tip until the arrival of H. J. Thompsen, who groomed the colt for the Blue Grass _classic. J. H. Stotler, trainer for W. R. Cce's horses, said Ladysman, the Derby fa- vorite, which ran fourth, and Pom- | ponius, came out of last Saturday's rMontreaI and Toronto, Rated [ By the Associated Press. race in good shape. HICAGO, May 9 (#).—Charley O., the R.M. Eastman Estate’s colt, which finished third to Broker's Tip. and Head Play, in the Kentucky Derby Saturday, will not be shipped to Pim- lico for ‘the Preakness, according to word received by Exposition Park of- ficials at Aurora. | The message said Trainer Tommy Taylor, would send the 3-year-old to Aurora'to Tun in the $5,000 added Illi- nois Derby, which will feature the clos- ing program May 20. Charley O. im- mediately was installed as the favorite | for the Aurora event. 5 CANADIN ENTRIE JILEFLAG VAL “Qutsiders,” in Thick of International Race. ANADA'S two pennant-hun- gry entries in the Inter- national League, the Montreal Royals and ‘Toronto Maple Leafs, Hhave plunged their way right into the thick of the 1933 flag chase. On paper, at least, neither figures to have any real chance of beating out such powerful outfits as the Newark Bears. Baltimore Orioles and Rochester Redwings, but they're winning gamcs now and there’s no telling how long it ‘:;m keep up. ith Newark setting the pace today, the Royals and Maple Leafs were 1’;1 a virtual tie for second place with Rochester and Baltimore. Montreal and Rochester each had won 12 games and lost 9, while Baltimore and Toronto, with 14 victories and 11 defeats, were in a virtual tie with them in games won and lost, although trailing by a few percentage, points. Newark was in first place with' 13 victories in 21 starts, ONTREAL made it five in & row and seven victories out of eight by walloping Baltimore yester- day, 5-2. Clff Melton blanked the Royals for six innings, but they drove him to cover with a five-run assault in the seventh. Les Swectland scat- tered Baltimore's eight hits. Toronto beat Jersey City in both ends of a double bill, 7 to 4, and 7 to 2, and mn lt?sxln’nk to xc.ix uv‘:cmnu in ‘their games. my McCloske; pitched good ball for the Bkeel!}l)':klxz the opener but was removed in the seventh in the midst of a Leaf rally that netted three runs and clinched the game. Luke Hamlin went the’ route for Toronto. The Leafs pounded Ed Pipgras freely in the second game and | Buck Morrow, allowing only four hits, | had few worries. Billy Lawrence as- | sauited Jersey City pitching for six hits | during the day, while Johnny Heving collected five. | The Albany Senators uncorked a three-run rally in the eleventh to down the Buffalo Bisons, 4 to 1. in the only | other game of the day. Whitey Camp- | bell went the route for the Senators | and allowed only seven hits. Bill Gould | was rapped for 14, but escaped serious | trouble until the Senators put on their 7;:::;wmnmg rally in the second extra | National Capital League Due \ To Inallgurate Season Today LAY in the National Capital| League, the newest week-day amateur base ball loop here, | will start Priday, when the Aca- ,cla Life Insurance and Barber & Ross teams face on the West Ellipse at 5:15 p.m. Other nines in the loop are Pepco, Standard Oil and C. & P. Telephone Co. J. C. Koons has been elected presi- dent of the league, with George F. ) Jones vice prisident, H. T. Morrison | secretary-treasurer and I. B. Goad offi- | cial'scorer. Dick Williams of the Capi- tal City Assoclation will umpire all games. A league meeting will be held on the | ninth floor of the Pepco Building to- Some half dozen teams are expected Southwest Market. for tomorrow. Manager Palmer, National 7973. i Ramblers, with unlimited West 2201 Mohawk Juniors, for Sunday. Colum- bia 6517. Yankee Peewees. Adams 5848. ROSS FIGHTS AS TRAINING teams. To Keep Dates Prior to Canzoneri Title Go Despite Protests. CHICAGO, May 9 (#)—The Chicago Stadium Operating Co., which has | matched Tony Canzoneri, world light- | weight champlon, and Barney Ross of CLicago. for a title bout June 22, has declared against the Chicagoan fighti before the big event, but the ’I‘:l(c‘;zg management can't see it that way. | Joseph W. Foley, promoter for the | to compete in the District of Columbia ' cperating company. has protested to | today American Legion series, play in which Ma:lmgers Sam Pian and Art winch opens May 21 Spengler Post mine, Fiue: Vo pp it for Ross at Terre ghamplon, last season, will defend 2| ;monthi, The Bian-Winch combination. | . hewever, figures that Ross is no more likely to suffer injuries in formal com- bat than in gymnasium workouts, and intends to go ahead with the dates. The Terre Haute bout is tentatively | set for May 19, and the Minneapolis | Costello American Legion Post and Eastern A. A. nines are carded to meet tomorrow at 4 pm. at the Rosedale playground. A pitcher and infielder are wanted by the Costello team. Call Lincoln 4546. Hawk Insects tossers meet, tonight at 8 o'clock at 246 Tenth street southeast. Goldenberg Insccts are after play- ers, especially a southpaw pitcher and an outfielder. Call Manager Smith, Georgia 7038, between 7 and 8 p.m. | A | ‘Teams secking games include: | Federal Unionists, for Saturday and Sundays. with teams having diamonds. | Call Earle Moser, North 8830. | Occoquan (Va.) A. C., for this month and next. Phone Manager McCollum | through the Occoquan operator or mail | challenges to him at that place. | West Washington Baptist. for Satur- day, Z. C. Hodges, West 0194 or West 1306-W. Triple T's of Alexandria, week-day games with unlimited teams having diamonds. A match for Saturday is espe- | cially wanted and Swann's Service, | Northeast Bricklayers, Sewanee A. C.| and Sanico Warehouse are particuarly challenged. Call Alexandria 2042 be- tween noon and 1 p.m. or between 7 and 8 p.m. Horning Jewelers, with out-of-town teams. Manager Buddy Timmons, phone Atlantic 1671 after 6 p.m. or address him at 3210 Wheeler road southwest. Ballston Fire Department, for Sun- day. Columbia 6941 during the day. League Leaders By the Associated Press. (Including Yesterday's Games.) American League. Batting—Schulte, Senators, .395; est, Browns, .382. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 24; Bishop, Athletics, 19. Runs batted in—Gehrig, Yankees, and Foxx, Athletics, 21. Hits—West, Rrowns, 34; Schulte, Senators, 32. Doubles—Averill, Indians, Stone, Tigers, 8. Triples—Combs, Yankees, 4; Lazzeri, Yankees; Manush, Senators; Cihocki, Athletics, 3. Home runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 7; Ruth and Lazzeri, Yankees, 5. Stolen bases—Chapman and Lazzeri, Yankees, and Walker, Tigers. 3. Pitching—Hildebrand, Indians, Brennan, Yankees, 3-0. National League. Batting—Hartnett, Cubs, .384; Pred- erick, Dodgers. .370. Runs—Martin, Cardinals, 18; F. Her- man, Cubs, and. Lindstrom, Pirates, 14. Runs_batted in—Hartnett, Cubs, 20 Klein, Phillies, 16. X Hits—Hartnett, Cubs, 28; Traynor, Pirates, 27. Douhles—l:lem, Phillies, 10; F. Her- man, Cubs, 8. gnlaee—n ‘Waner and Vaughan, Pi- rates, 3. Home runs—Hartnett, Cubs, and Ber- ger, Braves, 5. Stolen bases—Davis, Giants, 5; Flow- ers. Dodgers, W 4-0; | Pitching—Ca Meine, Pirates, N rleton, Clrwh. 4-0; 3-0, cngagement for May 26. MORAN TO COACH AGAIN. | SALISBURY, N. C, May 9 (- Charlie Moran, veteran National League umpire and former Center College foot ball coach, has wired Catawba College he would return next Fall as grid coach. Varsity Sports International. Montreal, 5; Baltimore. 2. Toronto, 7-7; Jersey City, 4-2. Buffalo, 4; Albany, 1. Newark-Rochester, cold, Southern Association. Chattanooga, 6: Atlanta, 5. Memphis, 7; Bifmingham, 4. Nashville, 8; Knoxville, 5. Little Rock-New .Orleans, rain. American Association. Toledo, 4; Kansas City, 3 (10 in- nings). Columbus-Milwaukee, rain. Indianapolis-St. Paul, rain. Louisville-Minneapolis, rain. Pacific Coast. San Prancisco - Sacramento, grounds. Others not gcheduled. Texas. Fort Worth, 5; Beaumont, 1. Dixie. Henderson, 3; Waco, 1, Longview, 8; Tyler, 2. Shreveport, 7; Jackson, 6. New York-Pennsylvania. All games postponed, rain. . wet A HIGH STEPPER. KELLER ANCHORED THE HALF-MILE TEAM THAT WON AT 7 ME PENN 277 R’EL?YS / THI T S "HUMAN SREY HOUND CAN RUN THE s\'oo' IN "BETTER. THAN 1O SECONDS. (AB Rights Reserved by The Associated Press e - —_— ~OHIO STATE § HIGH HURDLER_ IS RATED Just ABOUT THE gesr W HE GAME~ ToCay 4 STEPPING ON EAST IN FRST INVASION | Takes 16 of 24 Games, With b Leading Bucs and Cards Setting Fast Pace. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. HE evidence is just about conclusive now that once more the Western clubs pack most of the power in the National League. In the first 24 games of the campaign’s initial East-West series, the invaders from beyond the Alleghanies have gained a 2-1 edge—16 victoriess against 8 defeats—and this in the East’s own strongholds. ‘The West checked in with two more triumphs yesterday, as the league-lead- |ing Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the Boston Braves behind Larry French's great pitching and the St. Louis Cardi- nals took the home run route in over- coming stubborn resistance from the New York Giants. The Pirates and Cards together have accounted for 9 victories in 11 starts in the East. RENCH held the Braves to three singles, while the Pirates, giving new evidence that they have over- come the southpaw jinx that handi- capped them last vear, walloped Tom Zachary for nine hits, five of them doubles, to win 3-0. It was the sixth time the Bucs had beaten a left-hander 125, Spurns Specs By the Associated Press. LEVELAND, May 9.—Joe Vosmik says he isn't going to get glasses for those eyes of his. ‘The Cleveland Indian’s left fielder has been under treatment for an astigmatic condition but both he and General Manager Billy Evans scoffed at the idea his slump from a batting average of .300 last year to .125 so far this season was caused by failure to see ‘em good enough to hit. “I'll say it with base hits,” Vosmik announced. Whereupon Evans asserted “their 1s absolutely no reason why that boy shouldn't begin to hit in a few days and from then on be as good a hit- ter as he has ever been. “I believe he is simply a bit off in his timing and that as soon as he gets in his stride well forget he ever had a slump. BOUT PROVES FATAL TO FOOT BALL STA Holland, Former Tulane U. Player, Suffers Cerebral Hemorrhage in Pro Contest. ORLEANS, May 9 (#) —Jack Holland, who turned to profes- sional boxing after a brilliant foot ball career at Tulane University. died in Charity Hospital here at 7:30 a.m. from what was described by physicians as cerebral hemorrhage. Holland fell unconscious following a bout last night with Tony Marullo of New Orleans. He remained un- conscious to the end. ! The death of Jack Holland at New | Orlesns following a professional boxing | bout is the second major ring casualty within four months. | Ernie Schaaf, Boston heavyweight contender, died in a New York hospital | February 14 of cerebral hemorrhage and a brain inflammation caused by | influenza after being knocked out in | Madison Square Garden four days earlier by Primo Carnera. Schaaf appeared not to be seriously hurt when he went down from a blow delivered by Carnera. An autopsy Te- vealed he was in no fit condition to | enter the ring, although a diagnosis of the brain inflammation before the bout ‘would have been difficult. doctors said. He had suffered an attack of influenza gnlt]l/‘.l few weeks before the Carnera gl Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Larry French, Pirates—Blanked the Braves, 3-0, with three singles. Bob Boken, Senators—Clouted homer with one on in twelfth to beat Browns. Joe Medwick and Frank Frisch, Car- dinals—Their homers drove 4An ‘all runs in 4-3 victory over Giants. Don. Brennan, Yankees—Scattered White Sox’ 10 hits to win third succes- sive victory. Homer Standing i By the Associated Press. Home runs.yesterday—Medwick, Car- dinals, 1; Frisch. Cardinals, 1; Leslie, Giants 1; Campbell, Browns, 1; Sewell, Senators, 1; Boken, Senators, 1. The leaders—Gehrig, Yankees, Ruth, Yankees, 5; Lazzeri, Yankees, 5 Berger, Braves, 5; Hartnett, Cubs, League totals—American, 80; National, 61. Total, 141. Major League Statistics TUESDAY, M. AMERICAN YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Washington, 10; 8t. Louis, 8 (12 innings). New York, '7: Chicago. i, Philadelphia-Detroit. cold. Boston-Cleveland, wet grounds. AY 9, 1033. NATIONAL YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. F0A MoN GO AUTEE AL “PUIaAI0) N_York..i—I 11 11 1] 1] 4.1 Pittsburghi—I..| 41 11 2| 6| 1| 1/14] 41.778 Wash'ton. | 41—/ 0I..1 2/ 4| 1|_2/13/ 8.619 N._York..|..—I| 0l 2| 3/ 2|_1| 4/12] 7..632 Cleveland. | 2 1/—| 3| 4/—| 3/—[13] 8].619 8t. Louis.| 1| 1i—I| 4/ 2] 1I—I 2(11/101.5624 Chicago — 14—/ 2] 114 112] 91571 Chicago .| Si—I..1 11 31..110111.436 Detroit___ 01 3—1I..| b6I..110111.476 Brookiyn .| 11 I—I..| 31 41 810L.444 Ol_.[..—I 11 3| 7I111.389 Cin'nati 2031 I—I 21..1 8/10.444 St._Louls. 311 21 0/—i 1] 716318 .. 11 1 1—I 2/ 9/131.400 Boston . 3.0 111 2 1l—I 6131316 Ol..| 1.1 3I—| 6/131.316 ] 1 Phila. .| ] ] Lost 8 91111111513/—I—I T Boston .| Lost ..| 41 7/10/11/10[10/13/18|—I— GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Wash. st 8t Louis. al " GAMES TODAY. St. Louis at N. Y. icago at BKI; ittsburgh at Bosion. R GAMES TOMORROW. at N. Y. t B v, irgh at Boston, i at Phila. 7 Vosmik, Batting Sewell Star at Bat as Griffmen ' Defeat Browns, Victory in Four Overtime Tilts By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. 1 T. LOUIS, May 9.—There's punch in the Washington batting order from top to bottom these days, | now that Luke Sewell is swing- | ing into a great clubbing stride. The transfer from the Indians looks to be the best hitting catcher the Nationals have had in years the way he has been slamming safeties this trip. Since leaving home last week, Sewell has swatted at the fine rate of 409. He raised his tour average to those figures yesterday when he enjoyed the best | batting day of his major league career. | In the 12-round encounter between | Nationals and Browns that opened the | four-game series here, Luke stepped to the plate six times for & home run, two | doubles and two singles. = He got one of | the singles and one of the doubles the | first two times up when he faced Lloyd Brown's left-hand pitching. The homer was his third consecutive hit. It was | made off Sam Gray. In his fourth trip to the plate, Luke doubled off Bump Hadley and he hit the same pitcher for a single the sixth time up. | Between his last two safeties, Sewell put up a high one to Left Fielder Garms. Luke's batting figured in the making of three Washington scores, which shows how handy it is to have a hitting catcher in the lower end of the batting order, | | It was the third win in four over- time games this year for the Nationals. They are rough customers any time they go beyond the ninth round. The vic- tory lifted them to a second-place tie with the Indians and left them but one game back of the pace-setting Yankees. Boken’s Collinsville pals gave him a great time. They brought a girls’ drum and bugle corps from the nearby Illinois town to serenade their fellow citizen and put on a parade around | the ball park. Then. with the players of both clubs gathered around the plate before’ the game, they presented Bob with & snappy looking wrist watch. And g‘oe{ythlng was a complefe surprise to | Boken. St. Louis did not go without its home run. Besides those cracked by Boken and Sewell, there was one by Bruce Campbell. The Browns' right fielder | dropped the ball into the right-field | stand when he caught hold of one of Crowder’s heaves in the fifth frame. | Among the 2,500 attending the game | was Joe Brown, the base ball-loving | movie comedian. Joe got around to the | Nationals’ club house after the game to congratulate the athletes, and last night they attended as his guests a showing of “Elmer the Great.” a dia- |mond sport comedy in which he is | starred. Brown stopped over in St. | Louis for the day only while en route | to Ransas City to take a look at the '.Afineficm Association club he owns | there. | For the first time since coming West. the Nationals vesterday ran into real base ball weather. It was really hot and St. Louisans declared it was their first good day this Spring. ' Jim Thorpe Back | In Game as Pilot ‘OLDENVILLE, Okla., (#).—The magic name of Jim | synonymous with athletic prowess— | may appear again in base ball box scores. The famous Indian athlete. who once joined ‘the New York Giants as a pitcher, switched to the out- fleld and starred for several years . as the American Association’s lead- ing hitter, has signed as player- manager of the Holdenville Indians. Benny Harjo, wealthy Seminole Indian, is backer of the team, which has scheduled an Eastern invasion. Thorpe, now past 40, is a native of Prague, Okla. A cousin, Israel Wilson, is an outflelder on the all- Indian’ club. | Pimlico Spring Meeting May 1 to 17, Inclusive First Race 2 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Admission Including Tax $1. 10-8, for Third Sammy West, former National, who has been setting the league afire with his bat, swung for a 400 average in the first scrap with his old team- mates, and he went after chances afield in the same fine manner that so often thrilled Washington fans. West is much heavier this year, but as fast as ever. Carl Reynolds, another ex-National with the Browns, is on the bench nursing & sore shoulder. Garms took Carl's place in left field in the series starter. shoulder, though, Reynolds went well. — Muddy Ruel, once Washington star receiver. did a good piece of catching for the Browns, and in the fifth frame made a catch of a foul that was a mas- terpiece. Muddy chased over to the grandstand barrier, reached across to let Manush’s hoist land in his gloved hand and then as it bounced out he grabbed it with his bare paw. Three more games scheduled here, the longest series of this trip. Linke, Whitehill and Stewart are in line for pitching duty against the Browns, Manager Cronin says. PUSHING OLYMPIC PLANS German Commsses Father- land Athletics for Aryans Only. BERLIN, May 9 (#.—Hans Ischam- mer-Oster, German sports commissar, has addressed a message to the nation in which he said that preparations were being pushed for the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. “A strong sports body is a tee against disturbing elements.” guaran- Up to the time he hurt his L this vear and only one. Bill Hallahan of the Cards, has gained a decision over them. Doubles by Floyd Vaughan | and Tony Piet in the fifth, and by Paul | Waner and Vaughan in the eighth scored the first two runs. The third came in the ninth when Schul- merich muffed French's fly and Lloyd | Waner and Fred Lindstrom followed with singles. The Cardinals made only three hits off Fred Fitzsimmons, but they beat the Giants, 4-3. on home runs by Joe Medwick and Frankie Prisch. Med- wick’s came with the bases empty in the second, but there were two aboard when Frisch connected in the eighth. As it turned out both were needed, for Tex Carleton was driven from the box in the last of the eighth, after Sam Leslie had clouted a homer with two on. Sylvester Johnson and Dizzy Dean finished, but Carleton received credit for his fourth successive victory. ¢ was Fitzsimmons’ initial defeat” aftit four triumphs. AIN and cold weather forced post: penement of the other two gamel in the National League and onl' two were played in the American. In one. Don Brennan pitched the New York Yankees t» a 7-3 triumph the Chicago White Sox. Ted yons, veteran Pale Hose right-hander, collected a pair of doubles and a single, but walked six m pitches S hits. ‘The Sox got 10 off Brennan, but the biz rockie tightened up in the pinches The Washington Senators staggered through to a 10-8 victory over the Browrs at St. Louis CARDOZ0, DUNBAR CiASH. Cordozo and Dunbar High School bese bell teams clash in am important ga: rrow afternoon in Walker uncorked two wild Griffs’ Records BATTING. AB. 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