Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1935, Page 12

The Toening Stap Sporls W ASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1935. BEST MARKS TIED INSCORING, ATBAT Startling Form Reversal De- feats Tigers Despite Fielding Weakness. BY JOHN B. KELLER. OR startling form reversals the Nationals win the moose-head hat rack that adorns Clark Griffith’s office. As woeful at bat as a crippled rabbit in a den of ravenous wolves through three games that went against them, the Harris hands had everything except clean felding fingers yesterday to tie all their season offensive records as they snapped the losing string. In beatinz the Tigers, 10 to 8. to even the current series, the Washing- ton ball club equaled its three attack marks made this year. The best the Nationals have aone in & scoring way in a contest is 10 runs. Up to yesterday this total had been rolled up by them three times. The victims were the Red Sox in Fenway Park, the Browns and the Tigers last Saturday in Detroit. The Nationals collected 17 hits yes- terday as they snapped out of a bat- ting slump that had held them in a trio of defeats. they hit so heavily. They swung their bats that effectively against Joe | Cronin’s band, but not in the 10-run | game in Boston. Their 17 hits this time were good for 23 bases. In a game in St. Louis this month the Nationals totaled 23 bases | But that was not in| with 13 hits. the 10-run game in Sportsman's Park. | Only once before had | No Halfway Reversal. N THEIR single splurge at the | Tigers’ expense, the Nationals | made three more hits and two more runs than they did in all three | engagemen’s immediately preceding | lenge of Yale, Princeton and Cornell their greatest offensive display of the | on Cayuga Lake late today. campaign. When the Washington | club puts on a form reversal it does | not do so halfway. | Manager Harris was hoping today | that such an uprising after the sad spell might presage a period of suc- | cess like that the Nationals enjoyed following their last three-game losing | streak. Then after three successive sethacks by the Boston band here his | ball club stepped on foreign fields | to win five of their next six games. | It was well that the Nationals did all that solid slapping of the apple yesterday, however, for they not only | had their pitching troubles, but also | continued to field like the rankest | sandlotters and were in grave danger of having the game wrested from them. | Swinging steadly against the pitches | sent up by Schoolboy Rowe the Wash- ington club in the first four frames | helped themselves to a seven-run lead | and ousted the lanky Lynwood from | the proceedings. But in the seventh Eddie Linke, who had gone along right well despite a severe slamming, | blew sky high after a fumble by Cap | Myer had put two on the runway.| Before Leon Pettit could get the side out the Tigers had pulled up to a tie. | Myer's Double Gets Win. i HE Nationals, though, found a | cousin in Victor Sorrell in their seventh batting turn and came through with three runs when Myer | stepped up with the bases crowded and more than offset that error of | his by ramming a two-bagger high | against the right field barrier. That was the ball game. | In the first six sessions the Tigers got but three hits off Linke, making | only his second start of the season. | Over this stretch they also got five | walks. But they could not hit in the | pinch and as a result had eight stranded on the bases. ! The Nationals hammered Rowe for 10 hits before his departure. All but | one figured in the scoring of the seven ! runs. One of the three made off the | relieving Elon Hogsett before he Te- | | | | tired after the sixth inning sent home & score. It was the pinch-batting Chester | Morgan who started the Tiger ruckus | in the seventh. He walked and after | White skied out Myer booted Coch- | rane’s grounder. The next four bat-\ ters singled. Pettit came on to take | Linke's place. Walker singled and | Owen got a base-filling pass. Morgan came up the second time to force out | S Owen. This let Rogell tally and when | tFox Lary heaved wildly trying for a dou- ble-play, Walker toted in the tying run. Lary Has Best Batting Day. | UT Kuhel had doubled, Bolton had | bunted a single and Lary had | M walked before Myer faced Sor- rell in the home seventh. cleaned up with his double, so the run the Tigers got through Pettit's error in the eighth did not mean anything. Every National in the game except- ing Cecil Travis and Pettit hit safely Among the leaders of the attack was Lyn Lary, back at shortstop after a two-day lay-off due to his light hit- ting. The rest must have benefited him for Lyn had his best batting day of the season, socking three singles and walking once in four trips to the plate. But for three of their four errors, | the Nationals would have won in a | walk. The Tigers earned but half of their eight runs. In the two games | at home the Nationals have made more errors than they did all through their recent Western swing. They are too good in the field, however, to continue this poor defense. Griffs’ Records £l S onat 1 4 e £l 4 s B 2. 2009 ey SRS enaa® < 3253 i om 22D ZRIE: 25 DU I DD 3 500k s 3 232300 012, OHODROHUBTH AT DB SIS T, PP P SoUASARRRNODLDDDD! 20 migs BARIRT R ©2220220293030~~MRoD2N ©250~22200WHOIHONNDDDD! ] 3| == | p— . 2 (L) - N | M T Buddy | | Detroit .. | ot Sports Program For D. C. Teams TODAY. Base Ball. Detroit at Washington, 3. Maryland vs. Georgetown, Hill- top fleld, 3. George Washington vs. at Elon. N. C. ‘Woodberry Forest at Episcopal. Track. “C” Club meet, Central High School Stadium, 1. Stonewall Jackson Club at Cath- olic U., 2:30. Georgetown at West Virginia. Maryland in Southern Confer- ence meet at Chapel Hill. Apprentice School (Newport News) at Gallaudet, 3. Tennis. Central vs. Navy Plebes at An- napolis. Woodberry Forest at Episcopal. Baltimore City vs. Western, Rock Creek courts. Elon Lacrosse. | Maryland vs. Hopkins at Home- | wood Field, Baltimore, 3. Golf. Georgetown vs. Holy Cross and Dartmouth at Boston. NAVY CREW STAKES UNBEATEN RECORD Carnegie Cup Win for Middies Would Leave Title at Issue | in Adams Trophy Event. By the Associated Press. ITHACA, N. Y., May 18.—Appearing in the Carnegie Cup Regatta for the first time in history, Navy's crack varsity crew will stake its un- defeated record against the joint chal- Should Navy win—and the Tars are slight favorites—the Eastern spring rowing title will be decided in the Adams Cup Regatta at Annapolis next Saturday when Navy meets un- defeated Pennsylvania and Harvard | in the varsity race. Although rating Navy a slight edge, rowing critics conceded all three of the Tar's rivals a chance to win. Yale and Princeton, both with for- midable crews, have been beaten only by Pennsylvania. Cornell, defeated by Navy in a dual race and second to Syracuse in a quadrangular affair ‘n which Harvard and Massachusetts Tech were the other starters, has been improving rapidly. Navy is eompeting only in the var- sity event, but the other three are sending out shells for the junior varsity and freshman races. The varsity race is scheduled for 6:50 p.m. (Eastern standard time). G. W. NINE FACES ELON Seeks to Better .500 Mark After Defeat by Wake Forest. Special Dispatch to The Star. ELON, N. C, May 18.—Turned back by Wake Forest in the first game of their Southern invasion, George Washington University base ball toss- ers today were seeking to climb above the .500 mark for the season at the expense of Elon College here. That 5-to-1 defeat handed the Colonials yesterday was their fifth loss this season, giving the Washing- tonians a 50-50 split for their 10 games to date. Deangelis hurled creditable ball for the visitors, allowing only eight hits, but Gaddy was even better for the Wake Forest nine. Pounding the Pill NATIONALS HELP WALKER TO LEAD Three Bingles Here Boost| Stick Average to .433. Vaughan Stumbles. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, May 18.—Tumbling averages of the leading major | league batsmen during the | last week left Floyd (Arky) Vaughan of Pittsburgh holding the National League lead today only be- cause his rivals suffered almost as much as he did from the hit drought | and a newcomer, Gerald Walker of Detroit, heading the American League | list. | Walker, who missed a lot of the | early action, wasn't listed as a regular a week ago, but he swung into action at a good pace and built his average up to .433 yesterday with three hits against Washington. Meanwhile Jim- mie Foxx of the Athletics, former pace setter in the junior circuit, made only | two hits in nine times up and dropped off 21 points to .382 and third place. His teammate, Bap Johnson, remained second at 391 as he held his loss to one point, Vaughan Suffers Big Loss. AUGHAN suffered the biggest loss of any of the leaders, drop- ping from .455 to .398 wita eight hits in 31 trips to the plate. He main- tained a big lead in the senior league, however, as his leading rivals took drops of 20 to 31 points. Pepper Mar- tin of the Cardinals, registering one of the few gains among the leaders, took second place at .354, moving up from seventh. He gained 14 points with 12 hits in 32 times at bat. Records of the first 10 regulars in | each major league follow: AMERICAN LEAGUE. H. Pet. | | walker. Detroit Johnson, Philadelphia. Foxx, Philadeiphia Gehringer. Detroit Vosmik, Cleveland . Haves. Chicago .. | Hemsley. St. Louis... Pepper, St. Louis Moses. ' Philadelphia . McNair, Philadelphia NA | vaughan,_ Pittsbursh. Martin, 8t. Louis J. Moore_ Philsdeiphia Taylor, Brookivn - ... Hartnett. Chicagc . Terry, New York Allen.’ Philadelphia ... Jensen. Pittsburgh. Whitehiead. St. Lou Galan, Chicaro ATHLETES GET “G’S” Members of the Gallaudet basket | ball and wrestling teams were awarded letters last night at the twenty-fifth annual banquet, held in the college | dining hall. Ted Hughes, director of athletics and head foot ball coach, presided over the gathering. Basket ball insignia were awarded to Joseph Burness, Merle Goodin, Alf Hoffmeister, Jim Ellerhorst and Whitey Kuglitsch. ‘Wrestlers re- warded were Olaf Tollefson, George Culbertson, Hubert Sellner, Stan Patrie, Lynn Miller and Gordon Hirschy. League Statislics MAY 18, 1935, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington. 10: Detroit, 8. New York. 4; Cleveland. 2 Philadelphia, ' &: St. Loiis. 0. 2; Chicago. 1 (13 innings). DETROIT. White, cf. Cochrane, Gehringer, Greenberg. 1 Goslin, rf Rogell. ss Walke; Owen. 3 Rowe D > o T INN S L ey SosomouHHacH 2553-1s0umm B0 235m330mmmmap % *Batted for Hogsett in seventh. tBatted for Sorrell in ninth. WASHINGTON. Al yer, 3b. .. Powell, of 3 ] B ] SR Stts Wl O N Homsoo3omN Linke. p Pettit. p Totals , o - 111 400 30x—10 Runs batted in—Stone (2). Lary, Myer Powell '2). Greenberg (), Goslin. Morgan. 0-base . Myer "(2). Stone, i : Wai Washington . off Hogsett, off Pettit 3 by Sorreli, Hits—Off Rowe Hogsett. 3 in 2 ogsett. 1 in 2 innings: off Lin| h % off Sorrell, 2 Struck oul y_ Linke, 10 in 3 inn, off Sorrel 7 in 6 1-3 innin Losing pitcher—Sorrell, &huru. Owen and Mori: d Pettit, 2 | pitcher—Pettit. Umpires— Time—2 Whitehill and Crowder Face Former Pals Slab Vets Oppose in Griff-Tiger Battle—Linke Pounded But Wins Bucky’s Praise. ETERAN moundsmen were the choices to faces their former teamgs this after- noon as Nationals and Tigers met in the third game of their series in Griffith Stadium. Earl Whitehill, who did some great left-handing for the Detroit club up to 1933, and Al Crowder, right- hand ace with Washington until shipped to Mickey Cochrane’s rew last season, were to hurl in the battle, beginning at 3 o'clack. Rapping two doubles yesterday, Buddy Myer went into a tie with Bill Dickey of the Yankees, who hit one, for the honor of thump- ing the most two-baggers in the American League this year. Each has hit nine. ..-m el PETCEET Eanioa BAZETSL5R e B} wavSBISH Ormtszis o The corking win yesterday was the first for the Nationals before [ | L7 89110120 EEEEELEEPEEre ) GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Det. at Wash. 3:00. Detroit at Wash Cleveland at N. Y. Cleveland at N. Y. Chicago at Boston. Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Phila. St. Louis at Phila. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Cincin New York at Cincl. Bkin. at Pittsburgh. BkIn at Pittsburgh, Phila. at Chicago. Phila. at Chicago | Italian-American, today, confident he will win the prize | | been the last few years. Boston at 8t. Louis. Boston at St. Louis. & ladies’ day crowd in Griffith Stadium since the 1933 campaign. And the gals got a great kick from it. There were 3,500 of them among the 6,500 at the game. Linke took a great pounding from the Tigers before they put on the works in the seventh. The Nationals’ outfielders had a dozen chances, Manush coming up with seven. It is estimated that the various Tiger drives off Eddie in the first six innings totaled in air- line nearly one mile. Despite the pounding and the punishment Linke took, Manager Harris thought well of the young- ster's work. “He had plenty on his pitches up to the seventh,” Harris observed. “I think he did very well considering he had not worked in nine days. You'll hear plenty more of Linke this year.” Thers were twe “slespars” in the BOMBARDING THE BENGALS. GosLin GoT TH FL| E PIGHAND" UTTER FrROM THE LADIES = -AND PID THE O\ OLD "GOOSE STEP” AFTER HE SMACKED THE SIGNBOARD... IT 15 RUMORED THAT LARY A A LADDER To USE AROUND % —By JIM BERRYMAN THE TIGERS' BOSS REALLY HAD SOMETHING To YELP ABOUT WHEN OWENS CALLED THOSE SHOE STRING SCORCHERS..... & BARON SULLIVAN HELEN IS HEADED *PEP BALL SERESFOR WINBLEDON ND MYER HAVE CHIPPED IN ON SECOND WHEAN TEAMMATES' TOSSES START GETTING ToO HEALTHY AGAIN..«ee & START SPEED TESTS ‘ Varied Sports FOR 500-MILE RACE 110 Miles an Hour Is Expected to Be Minimum to Qualify at Indianapolis. By the Assoclated Press NDIANAPOLIS, May 18.—A dozen drivers made ready to qualify today for the 500-mile automobile race. the $100,000 classic to be run May 30 | for only the 33 fastest. Speed trials will be 25 miles long. The fastest car qualifying today will get the pole position regardless of the speed of others in Iater trials. i flashy Los Angeles awaited his Kelly Petillo, position for the second consecutive year. He averaged 119.329 miles an | hour last May. Only 3 gallons and 1 pint of gaso- | line is allowed each car for the 25- mile qualifying run. In the race itself, | the speedsters must cover the 500 miles | using not more than 421, gallons of | gasoline and 6 gallons and 2 quarts of oil. Drivers say the cars are faster than | ever, and that the 2!>-mile brick course is no more difficult than it has They predict | the slowest car in the race will have | to average 110 miles an hour, as com- pared with 108 last year. Time trials will continue Sunday. EASTERN COURT VICTOR. This Eastern High tennis team | really means business in its battle to | put the Lincoln Parkers on the map in the net game, a sport in which they have shown little in recent years. Yesterday Eastern’s racketers blanked the Episcopal High “B” team, 7-0, on | the Eastern courts, winn‘ng all the | matches in straight sets. There are 58 entries, but room ln‘ turn | Scholastic Base Ball. Roosevelt, 5. Tech, 0. Georgetown Frosh, 23: Eastern, 9. Washington-Lee, High, 13; West- emn, 2, v } Episcopal Academy, 9: St. Albans, 7. Georgetown Prep, 8; Gaithers- burg, 1. | " Biair, 3; Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 2. College Base Ball. Maryland, 12: Virginia Military, 1. George Washington. 5; Wake For- est, 1 | Butler, 4: Indiana Central, 3. Colgate, 8; Penn State, 4. Duke, 4; North Carolina, 0. East Stroudsburg Teachers, 7; Ith- aca, 6. Indiana, 10: Chicago. 6. Towa, 6; Minnesota, 5. Maine, 11; Bowdoin, 9. Miami, 2: Ohin University, 0. Michigan. 6; Purdue, 7. Norwich, 5; Connecticut State, 3. Ohio State, 8; Michigan State, 1. Pennsylvania, 8; Alumni, 7. Pratt, 11; Cathedral, 1 Rhode Island State, 8; Boston Uni- versity, 1. River Falls Teachers, 6; Hamline, 5. St. Olaf, 11; Augsburg, 1. Springfield, 8: New Hampshire, 4. Syracuse, 16: Clarkson, 2. Ursinus, 4: Juniata, 3. Villanova, 13; Boston College, 3. Washington and Lee, 10; Navy, 8. William and Mary, 6—5; Virginia Tech. 1—3. Hillsdale, Defiance, 11 St Joha's ‘Thomas, 9. Marshall, 5; Cincinnati, 1. Randolph-Macon, 10; Sydney, 4. Scholastic Tennis. Eastern, 7; Episcopal “B,” 0. ‘Tech, 4; Roosevelt, 1. College Tennis. Albright, 4; Villanova, 3. Colgate, 5; St. Lawrence. 1. Georgetown, 6; Temple, 3. Dartmouth, 5; Yale, 4. 1llinois, 7; Notre Dame, 0 Michigan, 8; Michigan State, 1. Northwestern, 6; Iowa, 0. Springfield, 5; Providence, 4. College Golf. Cornell, 6: Lehigh, 3. Dayton, 147;; Wittenberg, 3'2. New York U., 6: Fordham, 3. Bluffton, 1. Cedarville, 8. (Collegeville), 10; St. Hampden game. In the fifth Bolton was on third base and Lary on first with one out. CIUff took a lead on a pitch to Linke with the bunt sign up, but forgot to turn back when the batter did not connect. So Cochrane’s throw got Clff by a mile. In the Tiger Uprising in the seventh Gehringer singled when there were two on. Morgan could have scored from second easily. Instead he turned back, evidently fearing a catch, when no fielder was near the ball in left center. He managed to scramble to third safely, however. Only a fine play by Gehringer kept a perfect batting day from Lary. In the eighth Lyn rified one over second, but the Tiger middle sacker scurried over to check the drive. Gehringer feli as he slapped the brll, but recovered it quickly and managed to crawl the yard to second just ahead of Kuhel for a force play. B K 4%. St. Olaf, 17; Hamline, 1. Wisconsin, 14; Chicago, 4. College Track. Amherst, 861 Williams, 48'%. William and Mary, 72; Richmond, 54. College Polo. Towa State, 6; Illinois, 1. P. W. A. NINE WINNER. Piling up a 10-0 lead in the first three innings, the P. W. A. nine yes- terday defeated the Agriculture team, 11-7, in the Colored Departmental League. GODFREY DOUBLE STAR. Mike Godfrey pitched and batted Montgomery Blair High School to & 3-to-2 victory over Bethesda-Chevy Chase High at Silver Spring yester- day. Score; . Notre Dame, 7%; Michigan State, | | | seen in a long time. | pitehing High School Fans Looking to Slab Duel—Ruf Rider | Strikes Out 21. BY BURTON S. HAWKINS HE wide open spaces in the stands at Eastern Stadium soon will be decorated with more humanity than it has Interhigh school base ball, never a drawing card at the Lincoln Park plant, no doubt will enjoy its largest crowd of many years when Roosevelt, with roly-poly Frank “Barrel” Baroni on the mound, and | Eastern, with the capable Lefty Joe Sullivan slinging them plateward, hook up for their title-bearing battle. Originally schec iled for next Fri- | day, the game will be postponed due to a conflict with the interhigh school | track meet at Central Stadium on | that day. Baroni reached the peak of his short hurling career yesterday when | he fanned 21 Tech batters in hand- | ing the McKinley men a 5-0 beating. | Strikeouts are not new to the burly | Baroni, however, for in a relief role | in Roosevelt’s game against Western he sent 12 men down swinging. | Against Tech two years ago he in-| flicted the only loss suffered by that team in the high school series by | fanning 16. Loyal Students Rewarded. | HE 48 students who had enough school spirit to travel to East- ern Stadium were ing feat in years as the confident Baroni mowed down Foxley's men | with curves and speed. Five bingles | was the sum total of the Tech bat i practice she seemingly has been hit- ting the ball with all the terrific power once did it In the second swinging, and only threaten to score. inning Abe Fillah led off with a|dition has developed what Howard| mas triple to left, but Baroni went oni to fan the next three batters and leave him stranded. | Roosevelt combined three singles with a pass and an error to tally three | hard sets with men players,” said merbell (2} runs in the fourth frame. The Rough | Riders added another in the fifth on| singles by Thompson, Bailey and| Neeley and completed their scoring for the day in the seventh, when | Frank Coakley squeezed Bailey across with a bunt down the first-base line. Baroni, never weakening, was forced | to fan four men in the last inning,| when Joe Bovello, Roosevelt catcher, | dropped the ball and allowed Craw- ford to reach first. The box score: . Tech. Al R'land.2b ahn.ss. Skinn'r.rt Fillah.ef. i [EL-ENUPTERRY. ] B ] ne: D'cious.If “ford, It = PO [PESEESN Baroni.p. t. *Mulitz. . Totals 34 927 4 Totals 3 “Batted for France in ninth. | b P | ssmoooumosme? - ol cosmoon: ® 000 000 000—0 000 310 10x—b . Bailey (2). Neeley. Ey. vello ‘Hahn, Snow. e_hit—Filiah. Tech ... Roosevelt . Runs—Thompson, . Boy in 5'in- Hit by Struck i by Lis- Bovello. Watt. off Ligeett, 2. s: off Ligy Hit: n. 5 gett. 4 in 4 innings. Liggett (Bailey) : by Elgin. 2 balls—France. tt, o Umpire—W. sing pitcher—Elgin. B PHYSIOC TERPS’ ACE University of Maryland's base ball team today boasted a record of 15 wins in 20 starts. For the second time this season the Old Liners yesterday trounced Virginia Military Institute, turning the trick, 12-1, as they laced out 12 safe socks behind the m-mcl of Steve Physioc, 'y LINKE wAS BLASTED OFF THE HILL BY MICKEY S MEN IN THE 7% e ——— BUT THE HOMETOWNERS CHASES THE SCHOOLBOY THREE INNINGS EARLIER.. Former Net Queen, Strong in Practice, Expected to Try Comeback. (Copyright. 1935. oy the Associated Press.) AN FRANCISO, May 18.—Helen Wills Moody was headed back to the scene of former tri- umphs today, apparently bent upon ascending again the he‘ghts she once ruled as queen of the tennis world. England was her destination. Her object—an expected comeback at- tempt on the courts at Wimbledon. “I cannot say definitely I will play, but if I feel as well as I do now, I will,” said the former tennis cham- pion, who was forced from the courts two years ago by a back injury. A trunk full of tennis clothes and new rackets bespoke the confidence Mrs. Moody did not herself express that she would find it not at all im- possible to resume her place in inter- national competition. Makes Sudden Decision. OMPLETE secrecy surrounded Mrs. Moody's intentions until a few hours before her departure last night on the Overland Limited. when she disclosed to the Associated Press plans for her intended comeback. “I just made up my mind this after- noon,” she said. But back of that statement lies the story of six weeks | of hard practice which apparently convinced her that she had indeed recovered from the injury that forced rewarded | her to default to Helen Jacobs in the with the best local high school pitch- | finals of the national championships two years ago. Observers, too, have been convinced of Mrs. Moody's return to form. In of her competitive prime, and in ad- Kinsey, former internationalist, term- ed “a fine placement.” “She moves around the court easily and has not appeared tired after two Kinsey Mrs. Moody, seven times naticoal title holder, plans to sail from New York for England next week. “It will just give me time to pre- pare for playing—if I decide to,” she | said. The Wimbledon tournament is scheduled for the latter part of June. JUNIORS SEEK CONTEST. Landover Juniors are after a ball game for tomorrow. Call Hyattsville 817-F-6 between 4 and 7 p.m. liow They Stand In School Series Pect. 1.000 667 500 333 000 Lost. 0 1 1 2 2 Yesterday's Game. Roosevelt, 5; Tech, 0. Tuesday’s Game. Central vs. Western, Eastern Sta- dium, 3:30. Previous Results. ‘Tech, 14; Western, 7. Roosevelt, 11; Central, 3. Eastern, 6; Tech, 1. Western, 13; Roosevelt, 6. Eastern, 9; Central, 6. Other Future Games. May 24—Eastern vs. Roosevelt (date will be changed). May 28—Central vs. Tech. May 3l—Easiern va. Westarn. A WES USES HiS BAT AS MATES FAILHIM Repeats 5-Hit Feat Against Chisox to Cop 13-Inning Battle by 2 to 1. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR. Associated Press Sports Writer IG Wes Ferrell, who once had so much trouble with his pitching arm that he gave serious consideration to con- verting himself into an outfielder, al- ready has done some of the best pitching ot the major league season. And it seems he has to do that even to have a chance of winning & fair share of games. Ferrell probably has received less backing from his Red Sox teammates than any cther member of the mound staff. But he finally has come through with a pair of brilliant five-hit per- formances in his last two starts to win both by 2-1 scores. ; Ferrell had to go 13 irnings against the White Sox yesterday to gain the edge over a club he trimmed 10-1 the only time his teammates gave him any real hitting support. Opposed to 43-year-old “Sad” Sam Jones, Wes | turned back two early threats to hold | & 1-0 lead going into the ninth. Then Zeke Bonura walloped his eighth home run of the season and it wasn't untii the thirteenth that Bos- ton could get the odd run and the pitcher had to help along with his third hit. After Babe Dahlgren smashed a double, Ferrell beat out a bunt and when Luke Sewell dropped | the throw to the plate after Bill Wer- ber's grounder, Dahlgren was safe with the winning run The triumph enabled the Red Sox to gain a full game on the second- place Cleveland Indians as well as Chicago's league leaders, when Cleve- land ran into its second straight de- feat at the hands of the Yankees, 4 to 2. Johnn n held the Indians well in check six-hit flinging. The Athletics moved past St. Louts out of the cellar by blanking the Browns, 8-0, on Johnny Marcum’s four-hit elbowing. ‘ Dodgers Improve Position. HE Brooklyn Dodgers in the Na- tional League clouted out a 7- to-1 decision over the Pirates and moved into a virtual tie with New York for the lead. The Giants mean- while took a 6-2 setback at Cincinnati. Outfielder Joe Moore and Shortstop Dick Bartell of the Giants were in- jured. Larry French pitched the Cubs to | & neat 5-0 victory over the Phillies, | granting only seven hits, while his batterymate, Gabby Hartnett, batted in three runs. The Braves pelted one of the Cardinals’ rookie hopefuls, Ed Heusser, for seven hits and four runs in five innings and won, 7 to 1. |FRANK SHORE ADVANCES CHAPEL HILL, N. C, May 18— Frank Shore of the University of North Carolina, a Washington boy, today was in the semi-finals of the singles in the Southern Conference championship tennis tourney, the re- sult of a 6—2, 6—4 win vesterday over Minor. a teammate. Ricky Willis, another Washingtonian, plaving with North Carolina, was stopped in the quarter-finals by De Gray, still an- other Tarheel. Willis, however, teamed with Shore, today were in the doubles of the semi- finals. Carl Rohmann of Virginia, defending singles champion. was eliminated yesterday in a surprise. Capt. Walter Levitan, North Carolina turned the trick in the quarter-finals, 3—6, 6—0, 6—2 WESTERN IS SWAMPED Western and Washington-Lee High nines today stand all even so far as diamond warfare for the season is concerned. The Little Generals yes- terday staged a 16-hit spree to wallop the Georgetowners, 13-2, and even scores for a 5-4 defeat Western hand- ed them ear'ier in the campaign. Orlando Birch, the winners' pitcher, yielded only four hits. The score: W.-Lee. AB.H.O.A Kover®h 6 2 3 In'sias.3b 3 C'rera.ib Su'beli.c Borden.rf B ] sH03z0ms~s0? IS Rafery.p Totals. .30 437 & Wash.-Lee Western Runs—Rutherford. Dansberger (). Milstead Fairfax 1), Copeland (4) Br | Burns, nd 12), —Rutherford rden. Double to Rutherfard bases- -L. Western 5 on bails—Of! Birch, 4: off Cleary, Off Clears. & in 5% ‘Innings: off innings; off Raftery, k out—By Birch. 8: by E v 1. Losing pitcher— | Cleary. ~ Umpire—G." Watt. AGGIE SOFT BALLERS COP. The Agriculture Division came from | behind in the last two innings to de- feat Field Division, 6-5, yesterday in the Census Bureau Soft Ball League. Johnson's home run with the bases loaded in the fifth inning proved fu- tile for the losers. e BANK NINES CLASH. City Bank base ballers and the Lincoln National Bank team were to clash this afternoon at 3 o'clock at |the Eastern High School Stadium. BOYS' CLUB MAT VICTOR. | Led by Jimmy Lewis, who wrestled |in two classes and won in both, the Boys' Club of Washington mat team downed the Metropolitan Police Boys’ Club outfit, 35-8, yesterday in the winners’ gym. Summaries: 70-pound class—Joe Spinelll (M. P. B. C.) defeated Pete Chiporus. time advintase Ray 8 M P. B. C.) defeated Nick 4 class—Harold Skell und ¢l —Harol elly (W, B. qefeated Raiph Showalier; fath 3 minutes. 114%5ound class—Billy Cottbert (w. B. C.) defeated Buck Howe; fall. 1 minute. 150-pound class—Ray Vidi (W B. &) defented” Morton Feldman: {all'1* miniie n s pound class—Jimmy Lewis (W. C.) ‘defeated Preston Merryman: seconds. A | Roy_Cromble; f 155-pound class—Gene Bond W. B. defe, l:'d John Cavallero: fall. 1 minute S Stiner™ Al £ minute 16 sedonda: