Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1933, Page 20

SPORTS. BROKER'S TIP NOT CIVEN GREAT PLAY Coe Entry Popular as- Derby Winner Rated No Better Than “Placer.” BY ORLO ROBERTSON, Associated Press Sports Writer, ALTIMORE, Md.,, May 13— Over a racing strip soaked by the rain of the last sev- eral days, E. R. Bradley's Broker's Tip and Mrs. Silas B. Mason’s Head Play today were slated to renew their Kentucky Derby argument, with nine East- ern colts disputing the Western speedsters’ right to fame in the forty-third running of the $25,000 Preakness at Pimlico. ‘The “10-cent horse,” which cost Mrs. Mason $30,000 on the eve of the derby, ruled the favorite to win the one and three-sixteenth mile journey around the Thistoric “Hilltop” course. He was the 8 to 5 choice in the early wagering with the prospects he would go to the post at silghtly longer odds. Despite his hair-line victory over Head Play in the derby, Broker’s Tip Was rated no better than a chance 1o | break into the money as the experts flocked to the support of the W. R. Coe entry of Ladysman, champion juvenile of 1932, Pomponius and Pompoleon. EFINITELY spiking & rumor that the derby winner had developed a fever and would not attempt to match strides with Head Play and the other colts, William Hurley, assistant trainer for the Bradley stable, early to- day stated Broker’s Tip would start in | the rich stake. The speedy son of Black Toney, which snatched victory from Head Play in the final strides at Louisville, showed traces of a fever following a workout ‘Thursday, but yesterday was out for a breeze and appeared as fit as the day he went to the derby post. Prospects of a heavy track sent the hopes of the Coe backers soaring as supporters of the white and green polka dot silks of the New York broker re- called the mud running ability of the sons of Pompey, especially Pomponius. ‘The distance, one-sixteenth of a mile shorter than the Derby, is also a factor in favor of Ladysman, which did not li}kes’me route of the Churchill Downs classic. ARRING a right about face on the part of the weather man, 10 of the 11 colts are expected to face Starter James Milton at about 5 p.m. (E. 8. T.). J. H. Stotler, trainer of the Coe stars, said he would not start Pompoleon unless somet.hinguhappmed to Ladysman or Poponius, but the re- mainder of the entrants are rated as | “sure” starters, if the racing strip re- mains heavy. A fast or drying-out track probably will result in more scratches. Although head Play, the Coe entry | and Broker's Tip figure to be the horses | to beat for the prize of $26,850, if 10 | start, at least four of the remaining en- | tries were given an outside chance of upsetting the dope. Trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, who | & conditioned Gallant Fox for his 1930 Derby and Preakness, named two speedy | G¢h! colts in H. C. Phipps’ De Valera and the Wheatley Stable’s Utopian, both of which arrived on the scene of the battle with records of having burned up the gqueducz course during the morning ours. TILL hoping for a repetition of his surprise victory in the $100.000 Belmont Park Futurity of last Fall, Lleo Rosenberg named Kerry Patch. Mrs. Dodge Sloane selected her mud- running star, Inlander, while John E. | Hughes will be represented by Silent | Shot and Mrs. John Hay Whitney by | the much-improved Poppyman. The hotels were not as crowded as in other years, but, barring another heavy | rainfall, 40,000 fans were expected to pack their way into the historic course. Large crowds of racing fans gathered ch early today in hotel lobbies, lounges and bars, where beer was sold for the first time in more than a decade, to plck | & their winners—and the consensus was Head Play. TERPS BLANKV. M. L; MAKE A TRIPLE PLAY Chase and Bartoo Perform Unusual Feat to Back Good Hurling in 6-to-0 Contest. TH Davidson and Love hurling seven-hit ball, University of Mary- land’s base ball nine scored its second shutout victory of the week yes- terday at College Park, beating Vir- ginia Military Institute, 6 to 0. The pitching of the pair of Old Liners, however, was rivaled by a triple play, executed by two Terp inflelders in the fifth inning. With the bases loaded, Scott lined to Chase at first base, who stepped on the bag to double Edmonds and then threw to Bartoo at second to catch Outten. | Outten led in batting_for V. M. I with three hits, while Buscher, Love and Nelson of Maryland each con-| nected for two. | = o | 900530 S0m9-0 TP e e I 1 EET TR PN EN s00ssmsssmm {Karow., ‘Wyatt, cf. Totals. 33 72416 Totals. . *Batted for Pitkethly in ninth. TRAR or Bavidson in FRN Y. M L. Maryiand "0 Runs—Wolf, ol socsoruronon H " @ 8l ol coosormworconn? se hit—Buscher. Davidson. Double Ferrara Ww Ed . Left L1, 9. oft mencks(nfie. T ckstone. Umpire—Mr. Cox. same—1 hour and 48 minuites. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. HOLYOKE, Mass.—Joe Savoldi, Three Mich., won in straight falls from t Riley, Californis. Girio Garibaldi, PHILADELPHIA — 216, St. Louls, defeated George Zaharis, 236, Pueblo, Colo. (Zaharis disqualified for foul after 35:53). SALT LAKE CITY—Ira Dern, 211, ¥ Balt Lake City, defeated Rube Wright, | myattsvine, Stars Yesterday By the Assoclated Press. Chic Hafey, Reds—Walloped home run with bases full against Dodgers. | Leroy Mahaffey, Athletics—Allowed Indians only four hits in eight innings before going out for pinch hitter. ‘Wally Berger, Braves—Hit homer in ninth to tie score against Cardinals and double in eleventh and scored winning Tup. Hal Schumacher, Giants—Held Pi- rates to eight hits and fanned four. Chuck Klein, Phillies—Led attack on Cubs with three singles, driving in two ru BARTNETT CRASHES INTO BATING LEAD Cub Slugger Picks Up 48 Po}ints—Chapman Spurts to Trail Schulte. By the Assoclated Press. EW. YORK, May 13—Leo “Gabby” Hartnett of the Chi- cago Cubs and Ben Chapman of the New York Yankees have become important figures in | the major league batting races during the last week, doing their hitting in & big way while the rain-shortened sched- ules held most of the changes in the averages of the leaders to a few points one way or another. Hartnett boosted his average 48 points and went up from fourth place to first in the National League, winding up after yesterday's games with & 403 average. Chapman moved from fifth to second in the American, with a 27- point rise to .377. Fred Schulte of Washington held the ‘American _League lead, although he dropped 17 points to .393, while a 20~ point drop sent Johnny Prederick of Brooklyn into second in the National at 371, Chuck Klein of the Phillies kept pace | with the week's leading hitters with a 30-point gain that gave him a tie with Johnny Verges of New York for third place in the National, and his long- distance hitting gave him almost a mo- nopoly on the slugging leadership. He | led in three departments with 32 hits, 25 runs batted in and 10 doubles and | was tied with Hartnett and Wally Ber- ger of Boston for the home run lead with six. Lou Gehrig of the Yankees was a | trifie ahead in the American League | slugging contest with 24 runs and seven homers for two undisputed firsts and a | tie with Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics with 21 runs batted in. NATIONAL LEAGUE. £] [} Hargnett, Chicago. .. Froderick. Brookiyn.. Klein. Philadelphi; Martin Rice, Ci ore. Bot Lindstrom, 8t. Louis nci Gaammomsan: e 21 82 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Schulte, Washington. 23 Chapman, New Yor! " Louis. S99 10 fetit-tet-ta T Ty et etct ey ew York. Higgins, Philadelp] Cramer. Philadelph : HYATTSVILLE HIGH AHEA Two Runs in Eighth Give 6-to-5 Victory Over Oxon Hill. Hyattsville High School's base ball team squeezed out a 6-5 win over Oxon | Hill High yesterday on two runs in the eighth inning in a nip-and-tuck game at Riverdale. Score: | l Oxon Hill -] LA Farley,c. Glasgow. Mostor remrsol AB. 1 3 1 1 4 3 » cammenonod o coooroommi I r— SompBi b Totals SosouIERIR Totals. ¥ i e | ically regained the lead by a few per- | choice brought in five runs. * SWIFT FIEL Lynxeye, Sergt. Byrne, Chimney | list of some of the best 2-year-olds in | training, including Lynxeye, | | Bryne, Chimnéy Top and Prospect Park. | | The last three all have won at the cur- | ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1933. L3 BRANDT'S FINE SLAB WORK NETS LITTLE Gets Only Second Win in Six Starts as Braves Beat Cards in 11th. BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON, JR, Associated Press Sports Writer. D BRANDT, great southpaw of the Boston Braves, soon will be ready to declare & personal day of thanksgiving and rejoicing any time his teammates go out and get him a half dozen runs in a single ball game. ‘The star left-hander has been pitch- ing as good ball as he ever did this Spring—perhaps a bit better—but his record for six games shows only two victories against four defeats. Only one of the games has been won or lost by more than one run and the four tallies the Braves scored in eleven innings to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 yes- terday was the best scoring feat they have performed for “Dutch” yet. In five previous games they got him only six runs and 37 hits all told. ' RANDT gave the Cards only eight hits, but he was on the ragged edge of defeat when Wally Berger’s sixth home run with two out in the ninth tied the score. In the eleventh, Berger doubled and came home with the decid- ing run on Wes Schulmerich’s base hit. ‘The defeat left the Cards with & rather shaky hold on third place, as the Cincinnati Reds walloped the Brooklyn Dodgers, 7 to 3, to pull up within half a game of 8t. Louis. With the aid of Walter Beck’s wildness the Reds scored six runs in the first inning. Beck loaded the bases with none out and Chick Hafey cleared them with & home run. - ‘The New York Giants gave the day's best exhibition of slugging as they re- versed the decision against Pittsburgh's league leaders, 11 to 3. Starting when Blondy Ryan hit a homer with two aboard in the fourth, the Giants f:‘;d up 14 hits ainst Bill Swift, n Chagnon and Hal Smith to win e behind Hal Schumacher's steady pitch- ing. E“he last-place Phillies fell on Pat Malone and Lynn Nelson in the seventh and eighth innings, scoring seven runs | and beating Chicago, 8 to 4. Chuck| Klein led the winning attack with three hits, but Gabby Hartnett distanced him by clcuung his sixth homer and two | singles in four times up. FTER one day at the top of the American League the Cleveland Indians dropped to second place again when they failed to hold the Philadelphia Athletics through the ninth inning, and took a 7-3 licking. The idle New York Yankees automat- centage points. . Although they touched Roy Mahaffey for only four hits, the Indians led, 3-2, going into the ninth. Then Wes Ferrell “blew” and the Cleveland infield blew with him. Five singles, two Indian er- rors, a walk, a sacrifice and a fielder’s ‘The Washington-Chicago and Bos- | ton-Detroit games were rained out. D RACES IN YOUTHFUL STAKES | Top and Prospect Park Among Star Two-Year-0lds. By the Associated P: YORK, May 13.—Those racing | followers who did not have the | inclination or the money to go | to Pimlico for the Preakness y were | rewarded at the Jamaica track with | the running of the youthful stakes. The stakes drew an overnight entry | Sergt. rent meeting. A once former stake race, the Kings County, co-featured the card. Now a condition affair, it drew some mnominations including Apprentice apd Star Fire, the James Butler entry, and | Pilate, winner of the Paumonok Handi- cap on opening day. | Oxon H Hyattavi Bowers. Calhoun, Runs—Mo: Koch. Thibodeau. Pyley, rby, Re- vell, ‘Breen. Errors—Fa Mostow, M- | Donald, e, + Ch. orne 0. D- . Btolen bases—Mostow, Calhoun. Pyles, Ehelps, Ch, Thorne Kirby.' Double Koch to Giasgow to Bowers. —Hyattsville, 10: Oxon Hill, 7. First base Koch, 1: off Fletcher, off in nng. JHIt by i (Kirby), by Fle (Bladen). pitcher—Thibodeau. Losing Fletcher. Umpire—Mr. Hamel. OLYMPIC STARS SWIM Dorothy Poynton and Jim Gilhula Seek Bouth Pacific Titles. LOS ANGELES, May 13 (#).—Two members of the 1932 United States Olympic team are entered in the Soutbern Pacific A. A. U. outdoor swimming champlonships, opening to- day. They are Miss Dorothy Poynton, who won the high di champion- ship, and Jim Gilhula, who went un- placed in the 400-meter free style race for men. TARHEELS IN NET FINAL N. C., May 13 () — pitcher— CHAPEL HILL, C'ne'n: Giant killers of early rounds fell by the wayside as North Carolina’s two rank- ing players, Wilmer Hines and Lenoir Wright, seeded first and fiff re- spectively, stroked their way to the singles final of the Southern Conference fdennh tournament here. They meet to- ay. Griffs’ Records L1 ] wl 'g o RN 5 COOCOOOOOOOHHOHIEN SN 19 _1co ] So00c00s000nusOHORIIoOOSN Hlweoesiat3:F Saomcam BE SHR D aoror0mtarity - £23 PITPPRRERPRRL & Th IS ) o PSS .. St - 2352 = s § Parnolioaaat Sooo0c00co0aRORIRINDWOT | § oocsooowonK SoooOmHMIMM! o000 o 3 2 : i Pot. 8 274 o = g, . R 2b. %t Jelis R 218, Philadelp] (w:fht ‘unable to re- turn for the third fall after each won 3 il ,___ wotssnsst pop———] rcoman o P 'HOYA NINE ENDS TRIP | %| Beaten at Volley Ball in Philly. combi | York “Y™ team. AGAINST HOLY CROSS Goes to Worcester After Getting Only Two Hits in Losing to Boston College, 0-7. 'ORCESTER, Mass., May 13.—After taking & 7-to-0 licking from Bos- ton College yesterday at Newton, Georgetown University’s base ball team today was to wind up its Northern| jaunt with a game here with Holy Cross. ‘The Hoyas were the victims of a beautifully pitched game yesterday by Emile Roy, who permitted two singles, one in the first inning and another in the eighth. Lindquist, hurling for the Washingtonians, allowed nine. ] n_ (i & w2000 oR00R o | Fastesetses ot 1] 0000ome00500HH 2 Vko'ch,r{ tello, 2] olkormorbeal PP - i 1900OROON SN L'dc ln.'. > et Toplaie.” Totals.32 92710 ‘Totals. 2 *Batted for Mitchell in ninth. tBatted for Lindquist in ninth. Boston College 1 1 0 2 2 0 8 1 x—7 Georgetown.. 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0—0 Runs—Kittredge, Curran, Boehner (4), Anderson. Errors—Concannon, Hartigan, Lindquist. ;’h!“-m hits—Boehner, - 5 Bl oofuoummuoctndS 5| omoroommisassn? g 3; 11:°p Roy. ' Umpires—hessrs. Keady. 12TH STREET “Y” LOSER Plays New York Today. NEW YORK, May 13.—The Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. volley ball team of ‘Washington, defeated in 3-2 battling last night by the crack Philadelphia ination, tonight will meet the New In doubles, Slatts and Woody, Phila- delphia, defeated Dr. W. H. Green and Thomas, 15-5, and A. A. Green and J. ‘Washington, defeated Graves and Hall, Chappy, 15-11. 800d | ing to find P e ——— = AL GOSLIN AND MANUSH BEGIN 10 smackl! GETiNG ANOWHERE - —By Tom Doerer {emnE See- Give 2 ME 1WO ACROSS THE BOARD ON KeaD ecay / . SPORTS. 0 Rt Bl6 SUBJECT OF THE DAY HAS TH GooFy ... FAST - (TWiLL -TAKE T50 BALL OUT THERE To KEEP -HE EAGLE MOVING.. PIPGRAS, WERBER BOLSTER RED SOX Yawkey and Collins Buy Two Yanks in Campaign to Rejuvenate Club. Associated Press. ETROIT, May 13.—Rehabilita- | tion of the Boston Red Sox, | occupants of the American | League cellar, was & step fur- | ther along today with the purchase of George Pipgras, New York Yankee| right-hander, to join the newly acquired battery of Lloyd Brown and Rick Fer- rell, late of the St. Louls Browns. The deal, announced yesterday by President Thomas Yawkey and General | Manager Eddie Collins of the Sox also brought them Shortstop William Wer- | ber, promising young Washington, D. C.. | product and a Duke University gradu- | ate. The amount of cash involved was not divulged. Collins said he believed the new Bos- ton management was making real prog- | ress in developing a winning team. * feel that pitching and catching are responsible for 60 to 70 per cent team’s strength,” he commented. “In Ferrell we have one of the best back- stops in base ball and in Brown and Plpag:l we have added two capable pitchers to a staff that was far from weak. I believe a lot of clubs are go- us hard to beat.” ipgras has been a Yankee regular since 1927. 1In 1928, his best year, he won 24 and lost 13 games. He was expected to join the Sox here today. SARRON SETS RECORD FOR QUICK KNOCKOUT Finishes Datto in 15 Seconds in Pittsburgh Ring—Feat Earns Him Headline Bout. ITTSBURGH, Pa., May 13.—Pete Sarron of Birmingham, tenth rank- ing featherweight boxer, scored the quickest knockout on Pittsburgh records here last night by flattening Johnny Datto, Philippine from Cleveland, in 15 seconds of the first round of their scheduled 10-round bout. Sarron, who weighed 128 to Datto’s 125%, leaped out of his corner, backed the crack Cleveland scrapper into a neutral corner, and pumped a flurry of m and lefts into the body, flooring Sarron, immediately after the fight, was signed to headline a show here on May 25 against another nationally known featherweight. ‘These ball teams are seeking games with unlimited foes for tomorrow: Vienna Firemen. Call Paul Jarman at Lincoln 3603-R betwen 12 noon and 1 pm, or 5 and 6 pm, te Sox. Columbia Forestville (Va. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1833. AMERICAN YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Wash! 1-Chicago, rain. gu‘?fi&.‘“’:; land. 3. OB hubs mo scheduled. 0562. R Bt NEW J0B IS NOTHING NEW T0 EARL WEBB | Much-Traveled Ball Player, Bought by White Sox to | Bat Right-Handers. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. = STiILe E TRADL A MATIRESS WITH EACH TICKET FOR THE RASSLE CUSTOMERS AT TORNERS ... AKEARN'S WOIAN FIGHTER HAS GOLOIE WIG WAGGING His TRAOE SIGNALS. ... HE Chicago White Sox added an | “old reliable” to their outfleld | this week when they purchased the release of Earl Webb, base ball globe trotter extraordinary, from the Detroit Tigers. | Webb has played with so many ball clubs since he first attracted notice | with the Memphis team of the Southern | |. Assoclation in 1920 that it has been | difficult for chroniclers of the game to keep track of his movements. | FTER leaving Memphis, Webb, who | once worked in the coal mines, | played with Pittsfiel® of the East- ern League, Toledo of the American Associstion, the New York Giants, | Louisville of the American Association, | the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast League, from which he was drafted by Washington and, in ex- | change for Bill Barrett, sent to the| Boston Red Sox, who traded him to Detroit last June for Dale Alexander and Roy Johnson. | Bucky Harris, Detroit manager, inci- | dentally let himself in for a lot of | criticism for giving up Alexander, who won the batting championship of the| American League last year, while Webb | spent a large part of the time on the Tigers' bench. Wnu-um;muymwmu 8ox | because he is a left-handed batter | and has hit pretty consistently around 300 mark during his big league career. A few years ago he was doing some consistently good hitting for | the Chicago Cubs, but wherever he hap-! pened to be he found competition for outfield posts keen and did not have the chance to show his stuff as a regu- lar. The probability is now even t the White Sox will use him only against right-hand pitching. Webb will be 34 years old next Sep- tember. He is built for slugging, being 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 185 pounds. In six years of ‘ylnt with major league teams.the fellow_has a grand batting average of .307. With the Red Sox in 1930 he hit for an ay- erage of .323, and improved it the next year to .333. Last year, splitting the season with Boston and Detroit, his mark was .285. TRACKMEN REPORT TODAY Grifith Calls Aspirants for New Club Organized Here. All candidates for the Washington Field and Track Club are asked to re- port at the Catholic University fim- nasium tomorrow m at :30 o'clock for practice and to be measured for uniforms. Dorsey J. Griffith, Catholic U. track coach, will tutor the ctub squad. TROJANS IN BIG MEETS. May 13 UP).—South- track and_fleld LOS ANGELES, ern California’s cham] 26 and 27 and itercol- legiate meet at Chicago June 16 and 17. NATIONAL YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. lew York, 11; Pittsburgh, 3. klyn, 3. B e 8; cago, 4. il Piftsburehl—] 11 41 61 11 31 il 116l 61714 N_York, | 1l—1 0l 3] 2| 8I 1| 4/13/ 8619 Bt Louls..| 11 11— 1 41 2/ 1 2/12(111.522 Otn'natl. . 0l 11 2i—I 31 1/ 8| 8111/111.500 Ohicago. .1 21 1/ 31 11_I..| 3 0/10/121.455 [ 01 0T 1 1. .11 3| 4[ 91111.450 PROS SIGN SCHISSLER. CHICAGO, May 13 (#).—Paul Schiss- lerl.] !ormher 13 on State College e{:t coach, a three-year con- to coach m Cardinals of HEE B Boston.. .| 11 41 11 1| 11 1| 2/1114].440 o 1l ol ol ol 11 2I 3| 71181.318 7] | 8 91 9110111311616kl 6 S11ALA2[111416l—l_I GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW (2), and. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. g {up for the tide turns his | OM’S ATTLE Doerer Debates Topics of Interest to Sports Fans HE GOOSE isn't honking. He is not even quacking. I And, as a result, your grand Nationals have been forced to| a standstill out where the West begins | and where Uncle's hopes are being buffeted about as & cork at sea. Mr. Goslin is in a batting spot where | he can either make the Nationals walk | with their chins in the air, or sneak | up the side alleys | away from traffic. ]\ | ‘That Goose man RO | is Do 240 smacker \“ A4 | at any time. He is i waving a futile pole for that amount now, but you can get two to one that he is going to make t when | way. | Mr. Goslin is try- | ing, they tell me, 1 and when a good hitter begins to press he is going to go fartHer back : ;}xnn the photographs in Aunt Minnie's bum. When the Goose begins to honk the | Nats ought to ride home on the echo slightly ahead of the hinterland enemy | in games won. | But he’ll have to get down to honking | quickly. ] ARRY SAUNDERS, the District mare moccasin-flipping marajah, | moves into Maryland. | That puts Joe Merryman, Old Line State boss er, on the defense. | No community can stand two kings. One of them will have to put on his Sunday suit and get off the fence when | title time comes nmmd'.n - o Mr. Merryman, ears e groun: sensed the coming of the Oapital hoes shoe tosser into his domain. i Arerymbo's Rive Road domitls at Mr. Merryman's River lomicile was terrible when he learned his baili- wick had been invaded. Now, In the light of the Bladensburg moon the angular, ferocious Mr. Merry- man clanks shoes until the small hours of the morning in preparation for the meeting with an enemy upon his own, home sofl. All of SBunday afternoon Battling Joe gathers about him Levi Fleishman and | ‘The grunts | |both Chapman, Yankees, .377. Runs—Geh: | Athletics, 21. But the prediction among the boys on Ninth street is that soon the braves will bring their squaws and set up tepees on Goldie’s corner. Mr. Ahearn is running a reserva- tion and not a store. And he’s worried. R. JOSEPH TURNER'S pachyderms are not practicing their leaps out of the ring as often as they should. Ernie Dusek went out of the ring the other night and never stopped rolling until he awoke, smiling at an Emer- gency Hospital nurse. That will never do. No razzler should be allowed to enter the ring until he passes an examin; tion in falling out. It is the best part of the pastime, and should be done with perfection, or not at all. “Bring your own mattress, or hire one at the gate,” should be the warn- ing given the customers. There is nothing more annoying than to be passing & box of candy over to the lady | friend and finding a wrestler flopping into it from the ring. ‘The boys must call their shots, or stay inside the ropes. R. FOD COTTON still is weeping. He cries when the trade men- tions the fact that he is going to help train the greatest foot ball eleven the school has ever had this Fall. But Mr. Cotton, though he may cry into one of Mr Dutch Bergman’s handkerchiefs, can- not« cry off the ability of Sniscak, the giant halfback who will be out there next Fall to fill the shoes of Tommy Whalen and Bus Sheary. ‘There are cus- tomers around who say that the big boy can fill both pairs and then look around for a set of George Vlks' old brogans. Prom what I can learn, Holy Cross is going to be a set-up in the opening tilt and that unless the schedule-makers out there at C. U. get their '34 book filled, not even Notre Dame will take them on next year. Cry that one off, Mr. Cotton—and how are you? League Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Schulte, _Senators, .393; Runs batted in—Foxx, Athletics, and Gehrig, Yankees, 21. Hits—West, Browns, 37; Schulte, Senators, 35. Doubles—Averill, Indians, and Foxx, Athletics, 9. les—Combs, Yankees, 4; Averill, Stolen bases—Chapman and 3 Yankees, and Cihocki, Athletics, 3. Home _runs—Gehrig, Yankees, Ruth and Lazzer], Yankees, 5. Stolen b-m—ch%:‘n and Lezzeri, Yankees; ’w-.lku, , and Sewell, itors, 3. Pitching—Hildebrand, Indians, 4-0; m. Yankees, and Jones, White k8 National League. Batting—Hartnett, Cubs, .403; PFred- erick, , 371 Runs—] Giants, 17. Runs batted in—Klein, Phillies, 25; Hartnett, Cubs, 22. Hits—Klein, Phillies, 32; Traynor Pirates, and Hertnett, Cubs, 31. Doubles—Klein. Phillies, 10; Bartell, Phillies, and F. Herman, Cubs, 8. Triples—P. Waner and Tates, & % rig, Yankees, 24; Bishop, | Red Ink Menace Spurs Base Ball Owners T SUNDAY TWIN BILLS ISTANDARD IN WEST Magnates Adopt Scheme to Lure Patrons—Al Thomas Due to Face Chisox. C base ball is to be expected now whenever the magnates have a chance to throw back a post- poned tilt to make a Sunday bar- gain bill. The fleld here was too wet yesterday for the start of the Nationals’ series with the White Sox—"Postponed on account of rain,” the Chi officials said when play was called off in the morning, but the downpour had ended and the sun was shining two hours be- fore game time. “Two games Sunday” came the an- | nouncement later. Baturday ss a tw bill day simply is “out” in the West. ‘The magnates are seeing red ink on their books so much these days they | are going to extremes in efforts to get | the cash customers into the ball parks. | Now that the Sunday double-header plan introduced several years ago in St. Louis by Sam Breadon, head of the Cardinals, has caught their fancy they are working it overtime. It stimulated interest in base ball in a city where game attendances had dropped to al- most nothing, so the big bosses argue it should help all along the line. Perhaps they have not thought that public reaction might prove unfavor- able to the state of the club treasuries in the long run. Accustomed to Sunday bargain bills, John Fan likely will wait for them instead of getting some of his base ball entertainment from single games on other days. | It is conceivable that the magnates |in pursuing this Sunday double-header plan will change the professional sport | from a daily to a weekly game. BY JOHN B. KELLER. HIGAGO, May 13.—Two games Sunday. An an- nouncement rare in past LREADY the American League club owners are worrying over the crop of double-headers to come because of the many postponements due to the exceptionally wet Spring out this way. | Yet they blandly countenance the | scheduling of Sunday double-headers at the risk of bringing about many more postponements. Most of the series scheduled for this first invasion of the West this year by the Eastern clubs were only three-game affairs, yet in- variably Friday washouts were put over until Sunday for play-offs. The magnates have been quite willing |{to gamble that Saturday weather con- | ditions will permit single games, there- by leaving them an opportunity to clear | up_schedules the following day. In their gambling, the owners have been fortunate so far. They have missed only one double-header in the American League. That happened at St. Louis last Sunday and then it was a synthetic double-header that was scratched by rain. The Browns’ man- | agement had moved back a Friday game to make Sunday a bargain day. | 'So far as increasing the Sunday at- “undlnce is concerned, the double- | header plan is proving a decided suc- cess. But week-day single game .at- tendances are falling off greatly. Sat- urday, which used to be a good day to | bring out the fans, has little of its fore | mer value to the club coffers. Base ball's public is being educated to walt for its bargain days. . The opinion prevails out this way that in order to make the playing of single week-day games more profitable there soon will be a substantial reduction in admission prices. But no owner will admit this. ATHER permitting—and it has either rained or snowed here every day the last four weeks— | Nationals and White Sox will battle this afternoon. Alphonse Thomas, who was yanked from the Chisox only last June, | may chuek against his old friends, but Al Crowder is in line. Paul Gregory is s!;bed to toil on the hill for the home side. RELAY MEET POSTPONED Muny Affair, Listed Last Night, Put Off Until Wednesday. The relay carnival planned by the Municipal Playground Department for last night in Griffith Stadium as a pre- |liminary to the scheduled George ‘Washington-Brooklyn College base balb game was, because of the unfavorable weather, postponed until Wednesday at | the same place at 7 p.m. Minor Leagues International. Baltimore, 4; Rochester, 1. Jersey Ci H Newark, 17; Buffalo, 8. Albany-Toronto, cold weather. Southern Association. Knoxville, 9; Chattanooga, 6. Nashville, 5; Atlanta, 2. Little Rock, 1; Birmingham, 0. Memphis, 5; New Orleans, 0. American Assoclation. St. Peul, 14; Minneapolis, 2. Milwaukee-Kansas City, rain. | Others not scheduled. | Pacific Coast. | Missions, 4; Seattle, 2. | San Francisco, 9; Sacramento, 4. | Los Angeles, 3: Oakland, 1. Portland, 9; Hollywood, 1. Texas. Houston, 8; Fort Worth, 3. Beaumont-Tulsa, rain. | New York-Pennsylvania. | Wwilliamsport, 5: Scranton, 1. | Reading, 4; Wilkes-Barre, 1. | _Other games postponed, rain and wet grounds. Dixie. | Henderson, 6; Jackson, 0. | Eldorado, 4; Waco, 1. | Longview, 6; Baton Rouge, 4. Shreveport, 7; Tyler, 6. . Piedmont. Durham, 6; Wilmington, 5. Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Berger, Braves, 1; Hartnett, Cubs, 1; Hafey, Reds, 1; Grantham, Reds, 1; Cu de Klein, Phillies, 6; Berger, Bra: Hartnett, Cubs, 6; Ruth, Y: LH Lazzeri, Yankees, 5. ks i League totals—American, 85; Na- | tional, 77. ‘Total, 162. ' Pimfico Spring Meeting May 1 to 17, Inclusive | First Race 2 P.M. Eastern Standard Time | Admision Insludiag Tos 91 88 seasons in major league \ v