Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1935, Page 37

PERFORM BETTER THAN 1-2 RECORD Shades Whitehill, Hadley in| Effectiveness—Bows to Yankees, 0-2. BY JOHN B. KELLER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. EW YORK, April 30.—When Bucky Harris elected to make Bob Burke a regular starting pitcher for the first time in the left-hander's long service in the league, the Nationals’ manager acted wisely. In other seasons Burke had hurled well enough to warrant the| honor. But Bucky could not foresee that his ball club would fail the pitcher. That is just what the Nationals have | done—made the stringbean southpaw the hard luck member of their curv- ing corps. In three starts now Bob has pitched good ball, yet has won only once. He did not really have coming to him the licking he took from the Red | Sox in Washington. He looked great against the A's as he won in Phila- delphia. As the Nationals met the Yankees yesterday for the first time this sea- son, Burke again gave an excellent performance on the hill. But his| splendid effort was wasted, for with- out backing by his club the game went against him, 2 to 0. Backing Not So Hot. T BEGINS to look as if Burke must pitch right close to shutout ball to get a game on the better side | of the record. In his three iurns on the hill he has yielded an average of little more than three runs per nine | innings. But in his turns the Na- tionals have scored an average of a trifle less than three runs per nine innings. Had Burke been backed by an of- fensive such as the Nationals have launched behind Earl Whitehill and Bump Hadley, winning Washington starters, he would have a flying start toward a fine victory mark for the campaign. ‘Whitehill has been reached for an average of more than five runs per nine innings and Hadley for one more than six, yet Whitehill has chalked up two wins against one de- feat and Hadley has three triumphs to his credit. HE game here yesterday was I typical of the fate that seems to be dogging Burke. He had his eurve working in remarkable manner, showed & change of pace and his con- trol was excellent. Bob hit one bat- ter and was chatged with two wild pitches, although in one instance Bolton might well have had a passed ball marked against him, but not one pass did he yield. Seldom in the Hole. NLY twice did he pitch to a three and two count with a batter and neither time was he hit safely. Almost always he had the batter in difficulty. Eight hits were made off him, but Earl Combs, on a batting rampage since substituting for the in- jured Ben Chapman, got three of | them. No other Yankee got more than one. Burke, though, happened to be pitted against Vernon Gomez with the goofy one having one of his greatest days. The Nationals managed to tap the Yankee left hander for only four safeties and neither of the passes Gomez issued helped them. It was Burke's misfortune to have his club run into such a hurler. Three times the Yankees got to Burke for as many as two hits in an inning and twice these clusters brought ru With two out in the second sesslon Lazzeri and Combs singled in succession and the wild pitch that migh have been branded a passed ball advanced both runners. But Crosetti topped a pitch in front ©of the plate and became an easy out. Hit Two Runs Aross. URKE was found for the first Yankee tally in the fourth. Dickey opened the inning with | a two bagger. He clung to second | base as Lazzeri was retired, but rode | home on Combs’ second single. One | was out in the fifth when Rolfe and | | Selkirk singled. Gelirig's deep fiy to | Powell got Rolfe to the plate. That was all for the Yankees, but they did not need that much the way Gomez went along. Only in the third Anning did a National get by first base and then a piece of headless base running by Powell cost a scoring chance. Powell had opened the in- ning with a single and checked in at —third as Lary got a double on a hoist when Combs barely missed a one- hand catch. When Burke bounced toward third Powell broke half-heartedly toward the plate, pulled up and doubled back toward the far corner, only to run into the ball held by the third baseman. . This gave Lary no chance to get up from second base, there being no run- down to give him leeway, so Myer’s “=Jong fly to the left fielder that might bave meant the first run of the game ‘was nothing more than an out. ‘Thereafter the Nationals got just #wo hits and a pass off Gomez. So all of Burke's excellent pitching went to ‘waste. 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In the other view Pitcher Guy Bush of the Pirates is shown on the ground after being tackled by his own teammates. In addition to Bush the players banished as a result of th(- fracas were Lavagetto, also of the Buu and Jurges md Jniner of the Cubs. President Ford C. Frick of the National League today fined and suspended Jurges and Bush for their part in the affair. GUCKEYSON HEAVES | " TERPS T0 TRIUMPHi‘ SPORTSCOPE \Hu 15 Points in Three Events | | Staff Correspondent of The Star. 1/,-t0-601, evidetiiulaiye o 0. s AWIn g EW YORK, April 30.—Whadda Over Virginia. | y& mean, rabbit ball? With | more than 100 homers hit in NIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S the major leagues in this| track and field team still sported | young season there has been no lit- an undefeated record today, | tle yapping about the liveliness of |thanks to versatile Bill Guckeyson. ‘lhe spheres bearing the Reach and The husky former Bethesda-Chevy | Chase High School star tooksthe play | SPAIdINg trademarks—it so happens 1.uv from his more illustrious team- | that both brands are made in the g‘adtr Earl ‘v:xdmyer yesterday as Lh;.slme factory—but if the base ball has Liners invaded Charlottesville an added their traditional rival, Virginia, | been yeppediiup | somsbodyd out be slipping some frozen ones into the to a growing list of cinder victims. The score was 652 to 60'5. batches handed the umpires daily. Guckeyson, one of the few four- | In general, the pitchers appear to | be dping a great deal of pitching and sport letter winners in this sector, won first places in the javelin, discus | and snoz-guc yesterday for a jotal of | the batters no great amount of bat- |15 points, Widmyer accounted for 10 points by taking the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Summaries: 100-yard dash — Winner, (Maryland): second. Dodson | third, Ethredye (Virginia). ~Time, 0:10. | ""Mile run—Winner. Headley (Maryiand): second. Banta ; third, Oreutt dash — Winner, Widmyer inStcond. Evans '(Marsland): son, “Virsinie). Timi 5. igh hurdies— Winner. | campaign one-hitters have been fre- | quent, two-hitters have been hurled | almost daily and three and four-hit- ters made to look common occurences. If there is any “rabbit” in the 1935 brand of the Reach- Spalding article, the Nationals don’t know it. Three times now they have been victims of high-grade pitching per- formances. For thé second time in the season only two weeks old they were held to four hits yesterday when Lefty Gomez occupied the hill for the Yankees. In the first week of the campaign Jack Welch of the Red Sox let them down with four hits to show the Harris hands they could be | plenty weak against right-handed ¢ | pitching. Bauite and In Philadelphia last week the Bt lM.ryhnfl» | Southpawing Whitey Wilshere limited | them to two safeties as he shut them >out and one of the safeties was noth- |ing to brag about, a right scratchy infield affair. Widmyer (Virginia); i e (Mary. nd. Ethredve (Virginia): third, Sonen (Maryland). Time, 51 Javelin—Winner. Guckeyson leryl;nd\: second, Herbsleh (Marsland): thid, Bfeif- fer (Maryland). Distance. 191 feet inches -Winner. Guckeyson <Muyunm second, Call (Virsiniay: third, Stipe (Vir- sinia).” Distance, 121 feet 11 inches. Snot—Winner, Guckeyson (Maryland): second. Trell (Virginia): _third, lMlnhnd) Distance. 4”2 Broad Jump—winn second. Beers (Maryland). Distance. Two-mile run—Tie b Walt “(Virginia); third, urd hurdles—Winner. Everett (Vir- cond. Slye (Maryland); third, awley (Virginia).. Time. 0 RR0-yard run—winner. Evans (Mary- land); second. St. John (Virginia); third, Cogke (Virginia), | h jump—Winner. Wilkin (Virgina): | second, Boucher. (Marviand): third: Harris 1Virginia) 'and Duvall (Maryiand). Height, 5 feet 11 inches, Pole vault—Tie between Armstrong and | Gall (Virginia): third, Duvall (Maryland). | Height, 11 feet 6 inches. P Southern Association. Nashville, 5; Birmingham, 3. Other games postponed, rain and wet grounds. The Pitchers Have Tt. T MIGHT seem that the Nationals would be marks for any decent kind of pitching, hitting less than 250 as a club as they are, and that the low-hit games against them .do tionally high grade of pitching in the early season. That the pitchers are largely in control of the situation, Sports Program in Local Realm Tennis. St. Albans at Georgetown Prep (Prep School League) 3:30. Fastern High vs. Georgetown Freshmen at Hilltop courts, 3:30. Golf. - St. John's at Georgetown Prep (Private High School League), 3:15. FRIDAY. Base Ball. Washington at Chicago. Central vs. Roosevelt, at Eastern Stadium (public high school championship series game). - Georgetown Prep at Western, :30. Eastern at Bethesda - Chevy Chase High, 3:45. Priends at St. Albans, 3:15. Fredericksburg High vs. Alex- andria High, Baggett's Field, Alex- andria, 3:45. Tennis. Catholic U. vs. Georgetown, Hill- top courts, 3:30. Devitt at Priends, Gonzaga vs. St. John's (Prep School League matches), both start 3:15. Central vs. Roosevelt, Rock Creek courts, 3:30 (public high school championship series match). TODAY. Base Ball. Washington at New York, 2:15 Duke at Maryland, 4. Tech vs. Western, at Eastern Stadium, 3:30 (public high school championship series game). Devitt vs. Eastern (diamond to be announced). Georgetown Freshmen vs. Mary- land Freshmen at College Park, 4. Nokesville High vs. Alexandria High, Baggett's Field, Alexandria, 3:30. Tennis, Tech vs. Western, Rock Creek Park, 3:30 (public high school championship series match). Golf. St. John’s vs. Western, Rock Creek; Devitt vs. Georgetown Prep at Garrett Park, both matches, 3:15 (Private High School League). TOMORROW. Base Ball. ‘Washington at New York, 2:15 George Washington vs. Quantico Marines, Griffith Stadium, 3:30. Alexandria at Roosevelt, 3:45. ‘Tech vs. Georgetown Freshmen Track. at Hilltop Field, 3:45. ‘Georgetown Prep at 8t. Albans, Roosevelt at Gl:iv‘mt Park High. 3:30. 5 Ma d ve.. N t - Gonzaga vs. St. John's, Garrett ety VY 86 AN | pork. 315 (Private High School Randolph-Macon Academy vs, | League match). Episcopal High at Alexandrie, Lacrosse. 3:15. St. Paul’s School (Baltimore) vs. Montgomery-Blair High Maryland Freshmen at Coll Washington-Lee High, 3:45. Park, 4. e SATURDAY. Tennis. y 5 University of Maryland fiel North Carolina State vs. George- | g4y carnival—three track meets, town, Hilltop courts, 4. Virginia vs. Maryland, at Col- :’:::fln:‘lll lacrome and tennis, foge Tk 6 s oo Base Ball Fri t. Bchooelnd‘lugu“e).s George Washington at Hopkins. THURSDAY. St. Albans at Gilman School, Wrestling. at Baltimore. Western at Baltimore City Col- Chief Little Wolf, Trinided, Colo., vs. Jack Donovan, San mé’enumwn Freshmen vs. United Francisco, heavyweights, one fall, States Nava! Apprentice School ‘Washington Auditorium, 8:30. at Norfolk. Base Ball, Track. Georgetown Freshmen at East- Catholic U. at Hopkins. ern, 3:30. Episcopal in State meet at Uni- Roosevelt vs. Maryland Fresh- versity, Va. - men at College Park, 4. Episcopal High Juniors in meet Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at | &t Woodberry Forest. Washington-Lee High, 3:45. Tennis. Track, Episcopal vs. United States Navy wumon-u. t Episco- lebes at Annaj ul“ i Pm.:mu.vfl'mmw. L] at BY JOHN B. KELLER e ting this Spring. For so early in the ! not necessarily indicate any excep- | | pitches were driven beyond the infield. | KOPP IN DOUBLE-O FEAT If Therd Is a Rabbit | | Ball Nats Haven’t Discovered It. in Soft Ball Clash. Pitcher Kopp of the Fuse & As- | though, is seen in the unusual num- ber of low-hit games in which other | N0 runs and no hits as his team won, clubs have been the victims. 'G 0, yesterday in the Navy Yard Soft | ‘ In the last few days there 15"“ Saagn:. have two one-hitters hurled in In other matches in the loop Cop- | New York. !gp?méths"ron%uerbe&;:s:n? ;! sr&p, recting drul eel Foun | over in the Borough of Brooklyn |15 4: Broadside Mount was a 15-13 ‘Johnny Babich turned in one'for the | yictor over Boiler, Fourth Class Ap- | Dodgers against the Phillies. Here | prentices topped First Class Appren- Sundnv Hal Schumacher of the Giants | tjces, 11-8, and First Apprentices turned the trick with the Phillies | noced out Tool Shop, 4-3. again the stooges. There was Cy Blanton's one-hitter | for the Pirates against the Cards not | s0 long ago. And Wes Ferrell's slick | two-hitter that beat the Yankees here in the season opener. The pitchers | seem to have it. In the face of all this superb slab- bing many still insist that the 1935 base ball must be livelier than last year's because of the excessive number of home runs hit in the first two weeks of the season. Maybe so, but flocks of the pitchers in both leagues are doing tricks with the present edition of the leather-covered sphere. - Those of the Nationals' curving ' letics. corps who have done most of the work _ Tommy Bridges, on the hill in the young season admit | Browns seven hits and won by shut- the new ball will go places when | OUl. properly hit, but they say it does not | Paul Dean. Cardinals—Stopped Reds | | carry as the fiyer of several years ago | With six hits and fanned five. | did when the batter onl; 13 Larry Benton, Braves—His effective nold” of it. DS e rrha{ pitching helped Braves to vic- And the Washington pitchers | {07Y_over Phillies. also declare it is an easy ball for a pitcher to handle. \ | TIts slightly heavier seams give the 1moundsmen a better grip and not so slick as the old ball, it responds more readily to the twist imparted as lt leaves his hand. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press Vernon Gomez, Yankees—Blanked Senators with four hits. Freddie Lindstrom, Cubs—Led at- tack on Pirate pitching with home run, double and single, driving in 2 runs and scoring 3. Bing Miller, Red Sox—Singled with 0Odds and Ends. HEY can't count Earl Combs out of base ball, notwithstanding the skull cracking he suffered last Summer. When Ben Chapman, regular outfielder with the Yankees, | was put out of commission by a leg injury in Philadelphia last week, Combs was ordered td*the middle gar- den. Since he not only has played a corking game afield, but also made six hits in seven times at bat. Combs | will continue in the series against the Nationals. Chapman will return to the line-up when the Yankees open in St. Louis next Friday. ¢ Although he got one of the hits off Burke in the series opener here, Selkirk looked no Ruth at bat. The Yanks' new right fielder was a pipe for Bob the first time up. The | ‘Washington left hander threw one by Selkirk for a called strike. Then Selkirk swung at the next two, both curves, and missed. 1 And the Nationals missed a tie in| the sixth by a yard., With Myer on | first base, Manush swung at Gomez’s | first pitch to line the ball into the right-field stand, but it was on the wrong side of the foul line. The big | Dutchman swung at the next pitch | and popped to the first baseman. | After that only two of Gomez's TON “THRILLS OF A League Statistics TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1935, American YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. 2: Washington. 0. 8 (11 innings). KNOWN FOR FlsH1 dolh Pails, S Ashaway: Jones, Welter Bags, Barke Cle|—I| 0l 0! (N ol 4I 4| 0l 8 21 800\ Chl\ 0l—I_0]_0]_0] 51 4/ 0/ 91 31.750 NYI 0I_0l—I 11 2I_0I 0l 5! 8| 41.¢ Wal 0l 0l Bos|_0| 01 3l—I 01 0l _11 7| Det/ 2 11 01 0 Ol—I 11 0 41 6L.308! 0l_2| 0i_0l 0] 0l—I 0l 2| 9].182 01 01 11 1| 0/ 0/ 0i—I 2/101.167| 7 21 31 41 51 5/ 9] 8110/—I—| ] Y. TOMORROW WaATRE Na YOTG. Seen. st New Yok Boston at Phila. 1] Chicago at_Cleve. Detroit at 8t. Louis. Spalding ingham Shoes. BA Dmon at 8t Mull. HUNT!N Parker, Le National e YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Boston. 7;_Philadelphia. 5. 8t. Louis. 7; Cincinnati Pnuhuuh ll. Jneke!l. Pants, NYI—[ 01 0/ 0/ 01 0/ 3| 4 71 Bkll_0l—I_0l_0l_0l_o| 4| 4| 8i ©Cnil 01 0i—I_3I_3I 11 0l 0l 7| StLI_0_0l_2i—I 11 31 01 01 6l Cinl_01 0/ 3| 0l—I_31 0l 0 6l Pitl_0| 01 0l_31_3i—I 0l ol 6| Bosl_1| 31_0I_0I_0I_0I—I_1I 61 71.4171 A PRIl 11 11 01 0/_0/_0l_0—I 2! 41,6671 51683 1% 61,6001 215 714621 3 71.4621 3 10/ 01 0] 91182/ 6 L1 21 41 6 6 71 7191 8——I__| ’ Y. 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Handicapped by bad weather and by American Association. having men in Spring foot ball prac- tice, the Cardinal team will be at Milwaukee, 8; St. Paul, 7. v full strength today. Indianapolis, 7; Louisville, 1. Kansas City, 4. Minneapolis, Columbus-Toledo (rain). Piedmont. 19; Richmond, 4. Charlotte, 0. Texas. Besumont, 8; Dallas, 2. | Fort Worth-San Antonio, 4 A1 in- Horse Collars Norfolk, Portsmouth, =] WASHINGTON. Myer. b | Bluege Manush, 1f Kuhel. ib Kress' rf Boiton, ¢. t“"" of . 8 Birke. P PPt Houston, 3: Okiahoma City Tulsa, 5; Galveston, 1. Pacific Coast. No games scheduled. Totals Nz\l‘; YORK. 12008 | om CHARLIE FINALLY SCORES. AUSTIN,; Tex. (#).—Charlie Coates, 1 &y, | star center on the Texas foot ball team, had completed nearly eight years of | high school and college competition | ¥ithoot ”;,‘:‘m“;’:u"t’;e‘r’:"";;e‘fhmf | base hite—Lary. Hill Dickey unfl‘lltrvllv ’ game Goates recovered a Texas fumble | basts— Washineion: 5 New York. & Fic across the Mustang goal for Tcxu";"f - Jonly score, enabling his team to eke | gl"— out & te. e i Seraitin | Swmamt Totals Washington . . 000 000 000—0 000 110 00x—2 New York Runs batted in—Combs. Gehrig. Two- Gom Hit by “Ditched | Burle 1Selk|rk\ Wild_pitches— Umpires—Messrs. Geisel and Time—1:31. A good store has passed on...a store that was famous for Famous Brands of Sporting Goods. . . a store full of up-to- the-minute merchandise. CHASED IT AT A PRICE THAT WILL ALLOW. US TO GIVE WASHING- WE PUR- LIFETIME” IN SPORTING GOODS BARGAINS! o Boxes Falls Clty Oceat City, ngfishers Bobby Spalding: Par Goldsmiths cGregors Wilson, ansetts ENN ls,.w-vlll\ B.ncru!h (Engli sh), Be Goldsmi Wilsesy, = m-ullu wlings, Lo all Suits. ter, Foxr | --e\-:‘-’ - Hirch Steven! G—savase othes, Russ® Boots: o‘llll“' L3 Hunting C1° Bome & ms 404 andle ‘l:nlu the again, W€ announc who l‘“ THAT C ., Sweaterss Suede ' Suits, Swesters Exerciserss ete. , Tce Ska! N BE Polo ihnrtl. PALINT2-TI TILT Lavagetto Starts Trouble After Meeting Jurges’ Spikes at Second. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated P-ess Sports Writer. SHORTEH. base ball tempers, coin- ciding with rising mercury in the thermometers, can be cred- ited with an asset on the major leagues’ first full-grown “riot” of the year, The wildest game of the young sea- son, the Chicago Cubs’ 12-11 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, provided the setting for yesterday's donnybrook in which “Mississippi Guy” Bush, & former Cub, played the leading fisti- cuffing role. The trouble started in the fifth in- ning, when Harry Lavagetto, young Pirate infielder, doubled to score Man- | Catholic U. Host to American U. | with | ager Pie Traynor with the run that | gave the Corsairs a 6-2 lead. As Lava- | getto slid into second, he got him- self tangled up in Bill Jurges' spikes. He leaped to his feet with fists flying. Players Surge on Field. | HAT brought on a small-sized T battle-royal. Players from both teams surged onto the | playing field. In the forefront was Bush, now wearing a Pirate uniform. After a short verbal exchange with | Roy Joiner, Cub pitcher, Bush rushed | his man and floored him with a couple of rights. Joiner wound up with a bloody nose and a 6-inch scratch on lhe left side of his jaw. They started leading Bush away | from there when Manager Charley Grimm of the Cubs decided to take a hand but before any further damage | could be done, the umpires and | cooler-headed players stepped between | the prospective battlers and the fight was over. Jurges, Joier, Lavagetto and Bush all were banished. Cubs in 10-Run Inning. LL this apparently aroused the Cubs from their lethargy for in the eighth they sent 14 men to bat against Waite Hoyt. Johnny Sal- veson and Bill Swift end scored 10 runs, for a 12-9 lead. The Pirates came back with two runs in the ninth but Traynor fanned with the tying and winning runs on base to end the game. The contest, marked by six home runs and a parade of 10 pitchers, lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. The National League program otherwise was quiet with Paul Dean | pitching six-hit ball to give the St. ,lmns Cardinals a 7-2 victory over (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) the manner, Tag It in this MOTT, rEST BAR IMAGINED- SPORT [:ENTER. 8tH anno D STREET, N Phone METROPOLITAN 6444