Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1935, Page 13

USSI FAST PACE AFELD ADS NATS His Batting in Surprising Gomeback - Also Helps. i Rally Downs A’s. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. MAN who spent 13 years | 8i dreaming & diamond ideal finally 18 finding it come true | pery as he cavorts at shortstop for the Nationals these days, but it is ™ Olark Grifith and Bucky Harris who sre pinching themselves and rub- bing their eyes, The Nationals are proving that they can foster winning streaks as well as losing streaks, that they must not be counted out of the American League pennant chase, And to give credit where credit is due for their gallant about face, cast & bouquet to| B Ossie Bluege. He went to Biloxi last Spring more as s momento of happier Washington base ball days than as a serious candi- date for the shortstop job. Lyn Lary had the inside track on that. Red Kress was Lyn's most formidable rival. Bluege was just a grizzled vet- eran who had lost his third base Job & year ago to Cecil Travis. ‘Today the man who ranked “tops” among third basemen for more than & decade and yet pined for a short- stop job he never was awarded seems destined to fulfill his ambition be- yohd his fondest hopes. Current Fielding Mark Great. No'r only has Bluege proved such a fundamental part in the Nation- als’ latest victory march that the job 18 just about clinched, but Ossie is in & fair way of achlev- I.n‘:‘even greater laurels. If he can hold the post, Bluege stands a chance of going down into the record books as a new all-time flelding leader among shortstops. Let’s take a peek at part of the reason Lary and Kress are sitting on the bench—Bluege's flelding. He has played 16 games at shortstop, in- cluding the last 3 won by the re- Juvenated Nationals, and 76 chances have come his way. He booted 1— 1 out of 76. He kicked that single chince on May 19. One miscue out of 76 is a fielding average of .986. To lead the Ameri- can League shortstops in flelding last year, ‘Lary, then with Boston and New York, fielded .965. Jurges, official leader of the National League, had a mark of .966. Both are far below Ossie's present pace and so is the all-time high average of .978, hung up by -James Cooney of the Cubs and Phillies in 1927. Of course, 16 games is far from 100 and it might be wiser to suspend Jjudgment for a while. But really there isn't much doubt about Bluege's ability to hold the pace. It was just & question to see if Ossie was enough ahead of Papa Time to fill the post. And there jsn't any doubt now but that he is. - : <Also Asset on Offense.: LARY. & great flelder in his own * right, cannot' match Bluege's de- fensive pace this seascn. Lyn been fielding at a .949 clip. But it sn't only on the defense that Ossie is outperforming his younger rival, whom Tom Yawkey threw into the Joe Cronin deal at Griffith's insist- €nce. Bluege, after a miserable start &t bat, has been banging the ball not only better than Lary, but also better than Kress, whose only chance to earn ‘the regular shortstop job is to far outhit Lyn and Ossie For the last 13 games Ossie can show & stick mark of .283, exactly 10 points better than his lifetime recerd. Not only defensively but of- fensively he seems to have become an fmportant cog in the National dia-|ready mond machine which today, with three straight wins behind it, bids fair to get started in the flag race. In-the box score Ossie is only & 'mmfl'tuh‘two :t 16 hits to his credit Jor: and woolly slugging orgy yesterday that resulted in an 11-to-6 vietory for the Nationals over the Athletics. Yet Ossie’s two bingles played-more of & part in the victory than it would seem. Ossie. Starts Big Rally. T WAS Bluege who started the Griffs off in one of their most powerful one-inning scoring splurges of the season in the seventh, when a 5-to-2 deficit was converted into an 8-to-5 Jead that broke the hearts of the Ath- Jetics. Up until the seventh Bill Districh appeared to. have the game in command, but before the frame was ended the Washington order had batted around and Dietrich and his first rellef successor were taking Official Score : : n = a; hat 5l oocormouomm: 21 coooommermuaond 5 sowaveuch Elronosusmun® o al csscsnoricoront | oy S8 u 3% “innin Losing plufl:r—c ter. McGowan. Summers an MAX TAKES ITEASY AS I TOLS HARD Champion, Challenger Go to Opposite Extremes in Prepping for Bout. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer, OCH SHELDRAKE, N. Y., June 8. —No two modern heavyweights ever more clearly portrayed-the | J opposite extremes in prize. fight training methods than ~James J.| yoxx. Braddock, the challenger, and Max ,m,fl Baer, the champion, matched for 15| 8. rounds next Thursdsy night in Madi- son’ Square Garden's big bowl on Long Island. Baer, clowning his way through mediocre workouts at Asbury Park, N. J., does little or no hard work. His attitude is. that of an extreme modernist toward training. Braddock, on the other hand, harks all the way back to the earliest days of pugilism, when desperate daily battles, hours of plodding over country roads, gruelling, punishing work, was considered the only real method of getting into top condition. Braddock Trains Diligently. THIR! hasn’t been & man in the heavyweight title picture since Jack Dempsey who labored so long and earnestly as Braddock. He runs five, sometimes 10 miles the Catskill, Hills every morning. His ‘| dally’ Boxing fare for weeks bas been elght rounds of slugging against the biggest, roughest sparring partners has | he can find, & fresh one facing him for each round, with only a few sec- onds’ rest in between. Unlike Dempsey, who never learned to pull & punch, Braddock doesn’t hammer his helpers to pieces with his gloves, and Baer on the rare occasions when he has cut loose in training, pulled up the moment he saw & spar- ring partner was hurt. But there the similarity in the two begins and ends. Braddock’s sparring partners are hurled-onto him with instructions to batter away with both hands every second of every round, and the big Irishman, revelling in it, slugs head to head and toe to toe with them. He is right now to stand up under & great deal of punishment—to fight all day if he isn’t blasted early by the same sort of maiming right-hand punches with which Baer caught both his last two opponents, Max Schmel- ing and Primo Carners, in the very first round. “Pink Teas” for Baer. AER'S workouts are like 4 o'clock tea time at the Ritz compared to the Pler 8 brawls Braddock chooses. Max struts and grins, displaying his magnificent physique, chatting with the 50-cent customers, playing ‘Terrific argument over the merit of | sing] the two schools has waged ever since the punishing —Bltege Ted off with a scorching | and single, the first of five which, coupled with four walks (one to Ossie, up for second time), resulted in six runs. Pettit followed Ossie with a Jooper for one base, Joe Kuhel tripled and ‘Manush, first to face Relief Pitcher (?) George Caster walked. After Myer went out, Travis singled, Powell walked, Stone singled, Bluege walked after Bolton's retirement, and JOHNSON VAUGHAN| HOLD HITTING EDGE Moses Now Second in Amer- ican—Medwick Climbs to Third in N. L. 5 | Byithe Associated Press. EW YORK, June 8—Bob John- There wasn't much in their doings that was sensational, except John- son’s home run hitting spurt, which brought his total up to 14. On the other hand, Joe Medwick of the Cardinals registered & 'big gain for the second straight week, pick- League’s list of leading “regulars.” Johnson’s rookie teammate,: Wally Moses, moved into second in the junior circuit at .357, closely fol- lowed by Detroit’s consistent Charley Gehringer. . ¢ . Medwick turned in the best effort of any of the leaders, hitting safely 13 times in 37 attempts, but he fin- ished 30 points behind another Car- dinal, Pepper Martin, who easily re- ]t:.ned second place despite & 12-point i S gzszes Bobotslel b & Martin, ‘St. Medwick, 8t. Mallon, Boston. Terry. New York cl::lnnlu rk . e bt Stottoo g ] §3%2525383 ¢ 1ssiotecens SRUBRENENS L. Waner. Hartnett, International. Baltimore, 10; Montreal, 1, Albany, 7; Buffalo, 5. American Association. Kansas City, 4-*; Minneapolis, 3-3. Toledo, 6; Indianapolis, 5. t Chieag 8t. Paul, 12; Milwaukee, 5. : 4 Southern 'Assaciation. - Atlants, 4; Birmingham, 2. Nashville, 4; Littie Rock, 3. Memphis, 5; Chattanoogs, 1. * Pacific Coast. Sacramento, 5; Los Angeles, 1. Oakland, 11;. Ban Francisco, 5. Hollywood, 6; Portland, 3. Beattle, 19; Missions, 8. Texas. San Antonio, 10-4; Fort Worth, 5-6. Houston, 5; Okiahoma City, 0. Galveston, 3; ‘Tulso, 0. Dallas, 5; Beaumont, 4. Western, Keokuk, 9; Des Moines, 1. Cedar Rapids, 3; Sioux City, 0. St. Joseph, 3; Davenport, 3. Three Eye. Springfield, 1; Bloomington, 0. Fort Wayne, 11; Decatur, 9. Piedment. 6; Richmond, 3. Charlotte, 2; Norfolk, 0. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Cecil Travis, Senators—Rapped , | Athletics’ pitching for three hits. Al' Lopes, Dodgers—Knocked in five runs against Phillies with three hits. Rip Radcliff, White Sox—Led at- tack on Tigers' with four les. Roy Parmelee, Giants—Outlasted Ben Cantwell in pitching dyel and scored tenth-inning run that beat homer % totals—American, 191; Na- tional, 186, Total, 377, 2 :Johnson’s Homer Goal for Season 45 Could Beat Rath's Mark With Short Left. Field Fence to Shoot at, Says A's Shugger. tt H ) g This flashy float, anchored off Hains Paint, {lluminated each night during the coming week, will extend its official greeting to the convention day-long regatta in that vicinity of the Potomac. Month of Steady REDS' SLUMP ENDS ASHAFEY VANISHES Swamp Bucs, 13-4—Fine and Suspension Facing Vet, Who Goes A. W. 0. L. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr,, Associated Press Sports Writer. Cincinnati Reds undoubted- ly have missed the clouting of Chick Hafey as well as his steadying influence since the veteran outflelder was taken sick & month ago, yet it may have been more than & co-incidence that his sbrupt departure from the scene of their activities coincided with the end of their seven-game streak. ‘Whether they were ved about Chick’s unganounced ision to re- turn to California in search of better 7 | health, the Reds pounded the ball like an inspired club yesterday as they blasted out a 13-4 seven-inning victory over Pittsburgh’s Pirates and returned the losers to third place in the Na- tional League standing. Every member of the team except Pitcher Paul Derringer took part in the assault which netted 15 hits, be- fore rain halted the activities after the seventh. He did his share by scat- tering 11 Buccaneer blows for his sev- enth victory of the season. Lew Riggs and Adam Comorosky led the assault with three hits each. Hafey Facing Penalties. AFEY, meanwhile, was threatened with a fine and suspension by General Manager Larry MacPhail, who said he had fio notice of the outfield- a .339 batting average in 15 games, Hafey was laid up with’ & cold and a recurrence of the sinus trouble that resulted in his sale by the Cardinals several years ago. With Pittsburgh’s defeat the Cardi« nals moved back into second place, slthough their double-header with Chicago was rained out. All that worked to the benefit of the league- leading Giants, who pulled out a hard won 3-to-2 decision over the Braves in 10 innings after Mel Ott's tenth home run of the season had knotted the count in the ninth. The other National League contest was & free-swinging affair in which the Dodgers put on two big rallies to defeat the Phillies, 11 to 9, as the teams poled out 14 doubles, 12 singles and three home runs, including Johnny Moore's ninth of the season. Chisox Edge Out Tigers. CHICAGOI White Sox protected second place from the Cleveland and Detroit threats as they edged out the Tigers, 9 to 8, while the Yanks dropped a 2-to-1 mound battle to the Red Sox and the Indians-Browns' game was washed out. After blowing a 5-1 lead the Sox belted out Gen. Alvin Crowder as Al Simmons belted a triple for his first hit in 27 times up and went on to win with the aid of Zeke Bonura's Johnny Broacs of the Yanks and Johnny Welch of Boston gave only seven hits each in their duel, but four of the blows off Broacs, thie of them doubles, were concentrated in the fourth for the two Red Sox runs. SATURDAY, JUNE 8. 1935. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. b 11; Phi Pt . () X Euiind Ean National . BESULTS. YESTERDAY, k (10{!‘.»\. ; delegates in the Capital, the program for whom will open tomorrow with a Toil on Hill In Minors Would Make Bean Winning Hurler, Harris Holds IG Belve Benton Bean, who cost the Nationals the veteran Walter Stewart in a trade with Cleveland last month, has twice been knocked out of the box and in relief roles has been only 80-50, but he has one stanch booster. He is a good booster to have, too, His name is Bucky Harris. “T still think the big guy is going to be a winning pitcher,” declares Har- ris, his opinion unchanged despite Bean's faflure yesterday against the Athletics in his second starting try. “And every chance I get I'm going to stick him in there. “Bean’s trouble is that he is stale. defeat for New York would put the Griffs in the first division. hi terday, allowing but six hits after the first relieving Joe Boehling in ning. BREWERS INVADE VALLEY Make League Debut Against Front Royal Nine Tomorrow. B slump for almost a week, going to bat 12 times and getting only 1 hit prior to yesterday’s Buddy Myer, bothered with a sore finger on his throwing hand, finally has decided it is due to a chipped bone. He may have it X-rayed, but he won't come out of the line-up—not of his own accord, anyway. Tfll Nationgls have had no com- plaint to make about their pitchers up at the plate in the last couple of games. Hank started the run scoring in his 3-to-0 shut-out Thursday, Bean doubled to tie the score at 2-2 in the fourth nning of | yesterday's tilt, and Leon Pettit got a single and & base on balls in the big seventh. Heinle Manush, noted as a hitter, earned his applause in the field yes- terday. His shoestring catch of Paul Richards’ liner in the fourth frame ‘The ball was going somersaulting as it landed in his mitt. He was shaken up by the fall, but wasted no time getting the ball back to the infleld and holding the two . | runners on base. EAN'S double in the fourth did him no good in a pitching way, 'He to stretch it into a triple and CHICAGO.—Lorenso Pack, Detroit, 206, knocked out George Rosky, Akron, Ohio, 200 (2); Clinton Bridges, De- troit, 171%, outpcinted Lou Thomas, Indianapolis, 171% (6); Roscoe Tolles, Detroit, 197, knocked out Les Schulte, East St. Louis, IIl, 208% (3). FORT SMITH, Ark—Tommy Free- man, Hot Springs, Ark., stopped Babe Kaiser, Tulsa, Okla, (6). SYRACUSE, N. Y.—Terry Mitchell, 1851%, New York, outpointed Salvatore Ruggerillo, 205 (10); Patsy Severo, 133, Cleveland, stopped Eddie Demp- sey, 138, Syrdcuse (3). DAVENPORT, Towa—King Levin- sky, Chicago heavyweight, knocked out Jack Slade (2); Kid Léonard, East Moline, I, middleweight, outpointed Al Diamond, Paterson, N. J. (6). HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Maxie Ros- enbloom, 185, New York, outpointed Ford Smith, 210, Seattle (10). SAN FRANCISCO.—Ray Actis, 163, San Prancisco, knocked out “Swede” Berglund, 162!, 8an Diego (3). NET TOURNEY OPENS Mitchell Facing Stiff Opposition in Defense of Title. - Dooley Mitchell, defending cham- S e 1 42 s ] e H i I i S up ’ (] —Star Staff Photo. JOB OFF DIAMOND SLEN PITT' BEST Parolé Head “Would Rather See” Ex-Convict Accept ‘Midwest Offer. By the Associated Press. LBANY, N. Y, June 8.—Fred- erick A. Moran, executive di- rector of the State Division of Parole, stepped into the con- troversy over the professional base ball status of Edwin C. (Alabama) Pitts today, saying he “would rather see’ the former Sing Sing prison ath- lete accept a job in the Midwest. Coupling his statement with a warnjog against a “swelled head” Moran emphasized that the division did not oppose base ball as a new career for Pitts. “The Division of Parole,” he said “is not out to throw cold water on what base ball may have in store for Pitts. However, he has a position awaiting his acceptance in the Mid- ‘west, one that points to & good future in business. We are interested in his progress, whether it be in base ball licity,” Maron said, “but the quiet and attitude that Pitts showed York City next week. Major Leaders BY the Assoclated Press. (Including yesterliay’s gamer.) American. Batting—Johnson, Athletics, .406; Moses, Athletics, .357. Runs—Johnson, Athletics, 41; Geh- Runs batted in—Greenberg, Tigers, 49; Johnson, Athletics, 48. Hits—Johnson, Athletics, 67; Geh- s TS, 64. Hngc;.ublun‘i Vosmik, Indians, 14; Greenberg, Tigers, 13. Triples—Vosmik, Indians, and Cro- nin, Red Sox, 6. Home runs—Johnson, Athletics, 14; Greepberg, Tigers, 11. Stolen bases—Almads, Red Sox, 12; '| Werber, Red Sox, 10. Pitching—Whitehead, White Sox, 8—1; Wilshere, Athletics, 6—1. 2 National. Batting—Vaughan, Pirates, .400; Martin, Cardinals, .377. Runs—Vaughan, Pirates, 43; Mar- tin, Cardinals, 37. Runs batted in—Medwick, Cardi- nals, 39; Vaughan, Pirates, and Oft, Giants, 36. . ; Hits—Vaughan, Pirates, 68; L. Wa- ner, Pirates, 65. > Home_ runs—Ott, Giants, 10; Joe m. Giants, and John Moore, Phil- KLICK GANZONERI - “MATCH BIDS FAL Capital Gets Ring “Natural’} Despite Big Offers Made by New Yorkers. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ’ASHINGTON gets its great-, ; est ring battle ever Monday night when Tony Canzo- neri and Frankie Klick, both champions, clash at Grifith Stadium, because Goldie Ahearn and Joe Turner had $10,000 worth of con- fidence in the Capital as a fight cen- ter. “Give "em the goods here and theynl g0 for it,” Ahearn said when the Al-: mas Temple Committee asked the’ Turner promotion interests to build up a boxing show to be a part of the entertainment for the thousands of Shriners that were to attend the conclave here. And Goldie came up with the Canzoneri-Klick go the big- ger interests had hoped to land. After Canzoneri had regained the lightweight championship by decisive- ly beating Lew Ambers, his match with the junior lightweight titleholder as- fumed even greater importance in the eyes of the New York fight promoters. and they fell over one another in their efforts to buy the bout from Ahearn and Turner, Bad Break for New York. AMONG the bidders for the bout was Charley Rose, & prominent figure in boxing for 25 years. for one of the New York organiza- tions, Rose hastened to Washington to do his negotiating at first hand. Rose, here for the fight, tells of his unsuccessful efforts to induce the Ahearn-Turner combine to sell out. “After Canzoneri had surprised much of the boxing world by beating Ambers, a New York biggie asked me - to go after this Canzoneri-Klick match that a couple of Washington guys had tied up,” says Rose. “He asked me to contact Washington and offer Ahearn and Turner $5,000 profit for the show. I was to receive from the New York promoter $1,000 bonus and a cut on the profits of a New York show. “Well, I hung around Washington a. couple days trying to do business with these home-towners,” Rose goes on. “I got nowhere. When they turned down that $5,000 bid I raised the ante to $7,500. Nothing doing. Then I went up to $10,000. They wouldn'’t listen. Then I quit. “So Washington gets a great fight that would have gone over big in New York. YouTre mighty lucky here.” Canzoneri Arrives Tomeorrow. KIJCK wound up his training today: with a vigorous lot of sparring in s gymnasium on Conduit road. He weighs around 137 after a week of gruelling p: and probably will enter the ring Monday night, about that heavy. Canzoneri will, reach town tomorrow ffom his Marle boro, N. Y,, training camp. ‘The lightweight champion is sched- uled to arrive at Union Station shortly after noon. The Shriners were to have a welcoming committee and a band at the station to greet him. Tony may go through a brief workout at the Racquet Club soon after he gets to the Capital. For the convenience of Capital fight fans the Turner ticket offices at the Annapolis Hotel will remain open to- morrow. Tickets for all classes of seats will be available. — e POLO FOR SHRINERS War-Virginia Game Today Ushers in Series of Three Tilts. In the first of & series of three polo games to be played for the visiting the War Department quar-- tet was to face the Marshall-Middle- burg, Va., four this afternoon at 3 o'clock on West Potomac Field. Tomorrow the 3d Cavalry team will meet the Virginians at 3 o'clock, and the last fray is listed for Tuesdsy at 4 o'clock, when 3d Cavalry will cross mallets with War Department, Diamond Dust Bethesda A. O. seeks s game for tomorrow. Call Bradley 80 after. 10:30 p.m. The District Regals are looking for games with strong midget nines. Call Max Leiderman at District 6891 be- tween 4 and 6 o'clock. 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