Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1935, Page 40

CLIAXES BATILE Manager Also Follows Ossie‘ ‘as White Sox Down Griffmen, 7 to 2. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HICAGO, June 13.—A dapper young man whose outward calm veils a burning indigna~ tion today was to visit Presi- dent Willlam Harridge of the Amer- jcan League to ask a question that might well be: “Is Washington still in your loop or are we playing in the glass-eye Jeagué, as the nmpiring would indi- cate?” Buck Harris is not going to pick a fight with the big-wigs of base ball. The Nationals' pilot is too smart to carry a chip on his shoulder All he wants is to place protest on the umpiring in general and the officiat- ing of Brick Owens in particular. But if the fight is carried to him it may be discovered that underneath his coat Bucky's shirt sleeves are rolled up for come what may. | It is open war now between Um- | pire Owens and the Nationals. For| several years the Washington club | has held little lcve for Owens, who | last night was branded as “incom- petent” and “discriminating” by mem- bers of the Naliona.s. Dates Back te 1933. 'ROUBLE first brewed in 1933, when Owens called & drive by Gehrig over the Griffith Stadium fence a | home run, although it generally was seen as & foul. Tt broke again here Tuesday in the opener of the current series with the White Sox when Owens | called a drive by Al Simmons a home run, although it, too, appeared sev- | eral feet foul. | It reached its h=ight yesterday when possibly the most peaceful felow in the American League, Ossie Bluege, was tossed out of the game and off the field for the first time in the memory of those conrected with the cluo. And 10 séconds after Biuege's banishment, Owens alsoc ordered off Manager Harris, The play which created the trouble yesterday was a close one at the plate and might have changed entirely the complexion of the game, which went to the White Sox by a 7-to-2 score. Chicago was leading, 2 to 0, when | Bluege singled home Al Powell and | Johnny Stone in the fourth inning. | Changes His Mind. A MOMENT later Ossie attempted to score from first on Zarl White- hill's slashing double down the right- field line. He slid in at the plate as Catcher Luke Sewell of the Sox grabbed the ball. Owens, after first spreading his hands in the umpire’s “safe” motion, yanked up his arm and yelled “out.” And Bluege, who has taken many a similar decision placid- ly and without a murmur, leaped up and statked the official. Once again Owens jerked up his arm and Ossie was out. Then Har- ris stepped up and Owens waved him away along with Bluege. “The best proof of the man’s (Owen’s) error on the play,” declared Bucky, “was Bluege's squawk. I've nle‘vunenomeklckunthatanu play.” Still het under the collar last night at the hotel, Harris disclosed his plans to visit Harridge for a showdown. “Another thing I'd like to find out is, what protection I can give my ball club if I cannot make an appeal. I did not use profanity on Owens. All I said, “with a twinkle,” is, “Owens, | if you were a homing pigeon and turned loose you'd fiy right back to Comiskey Park.” “And then he waves me out.” Allege Discrimination. NOT from Harris but from other members of the team came charges of alleged discrimination by Owens sgainst the Washington Ball Club. They are a snapping, yap- ping bunch, these Nstionals, but by the same toker they may be in a dangerous state of mind. The effect of Owens’ latest “queer” decision yesteraay seemed to hurt the Nationals. Had Bluege scored it would have meant a 3-to-2 lead and the top of the batting order up to carry on where their pitcher left off. It was a psychological moment and when Owens called out Bluege, retiring the side, the entire team, though in a state of fury, bogged down. From that point on the veteran Ted Lyons had matters his own way, giv- ing up only one hit in the last five innings, while the Sox pounded White- hill merrily, to win going away. The next few days may prove what stuff the Natiorals are made of, espe- clally if Bluege draws a suspension. Sam Holbrook, the rookie catcher, who was ordered from the fleld by Owens ‘Tuesday, did not draw a suspension or a fine. This is encouraging, for if Bluege is lost tc the team, even for three days, it will be a severe blow. Right now Ossie is playing inspired ball. He is perhaps the most valuable man on the club, what with his in- comparable fielding and a .389 batting average for the last five games. If the Nationals can come back, with or without Bluege, you can put them down as still having a chance. MATMAN ALSO GRID PRO. \ PULLMAN, Wash.,, June 13 (A — Prank Stojack, Washington State Col- lege guard and now a professional wrestler, will play professional foot ball with the Brooklyn Dodgers next Fall, Official Score [FOVEVIARA 5] PN - | ocorocssol mlssoscoorcol 5l orrocummopr Bl munroouecod S BANISHING BLUEGE | | PORTS. Ex-Heavyweight Aces Agree Baer Is Cinch S three decades ago, as they “blarn State amateur boring champion. ereed several of the bouts. By the Associated Press AN FRANCISCO, June 13— | Two old-time soldiers of the | heavyweight ‘boxing wars, | James J. Jeffries and Tom | ring more than three decades ago, share the same beliefe today, namely, that Max Baer should beat James J. Braddock tonight in Madison Square Garden's Long Island bowl. [ Jeffries, former king of the| heavies, thinks Baer will win as he| pleases. Barrel-chested Sharkey, still | Here are Jim Jeffries (left) and Tom Sharkey, bitter ri Victer Tonight PITTS SPURNS JOBS AS LANDIS PONDERS Quietly Awaits Decision, Letting Evers Do Talking—Hopes to Plead Own Case. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., June 13.—Edwin C. “Alabama” Pitts, one week ago an obscure known only to & few sports fans, today relegated him- self to the bac as a Nation- wide controversy raged over his pro- fessional base ball status. Pitts, foot ball and base ball star st Sing Sing Prison, has been de- clared ineligible to play organized 3 nlq‘ rivals ied” each other at the California ships this week, where they ref- —A. P. Photo. a mighty man at close to 60, doesn't concede Braddock a chance. “Jefiries in his prime would have chased both of those imitations out of the ring the same night,” sajd | “Sallor Tom.” “If I wes 10 years' | Sharkey, who couldn't agree in the | younger I'd take on Braddock my- self. Lasky, Jewish heavyweight, who lost to Braddock last April in the fight that earned the latter the right to meet Baer, views the bout differently, He thinks Braddock has “a good chance” to win. “Brade dock can punch and a puncher al- ways has a chance,” he observed. ‘Myer Likely Lone Griffman On All-Star Club, as Harris Gives Inkle of His Choices By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HICAGO, June 13, — Bucky Harris was not sure be was allowed to reveal his selec- tions for the American | League's all-star team which will op- pose the National League’s finest on July 8 at Cleveland. Neither was he sure he was pro- hibited, so Bucky compromised last night, and the inquisitives played ® | guessing game. Bucky furnished no names, only the teams furnishing so- and-so in the various positions. The two “dream game” teams this year, for the first time, will be selected by the 16 major league managers. Heretofore the fans and only the two rival pilots have done the picking. ‘Washington's best bet? “Well,” said Bucky, “on my list he is an infielder.” That wasn't hard. Who else but Capt. Buddy Myer? Detroit, New York, Boston and Cleveland furnish the hurlers on Bucky’s list. Five pitchers are named by each manager. Thus one of these teams provides two. Bucky confessed it was Detroit. Tough to Guess Pitchers. GUESSING the pitchers was tough- est. Tommy Bridges and Lyn- wood Rowe seemed the logical Tiger hurlers in spite of Rowe's mediocre start. Thic guess—and several others— was supported by a general etphm-} tion by Bucky. “On the theory that each pitcher is going to work only three innings, I should pick men who were noted for their ‘stuff’ and speed when they had to put it out. By that I mean, there are many pitchers—Earl Whitehill, for instance—who could start and pitch you a nice game next month in Cleve- land. But Earl isn't exactly a fellow who can step in as a relief pitcher and burn 'em across for three innings s0 fast that the batters hardly can e om.” Well, Bridges certainly is a great pitcher, and Rowe seems to fit Harris’ explanation. Mel Harder, of course, was not hard to guess as Cleveland’s probable - contribution. The Yank and Boston entries were however. are good pitchers, but they didn’t fit into what Harris hinted. Lefty Gomez? Yep, he seems to fit. Record or no record this season, El Goof can “fog” that ball across when it is necessary. Choosing the gent from Boston was tough. We picked Grove over Wes Ferrell for the same reason that we <l sworormond 1] cosorrosssy 8] ssuronsmull ol korosormmoll Bl msmsnbinond Bl mrosmsmmiad pounded , | doubleheader with three away from Eart Averill and Joe Vosmik of the Indians. The Yankees and Chisox are rep- resented by outfielders on Harris’ list. |EVERETT MAY FACE BAER Picked as Tentative Foe if Bout in Texas Materializes. Special Dispateh to The Star, NEW YORK, June 13 —Buck Ever- ett, Gary, Ind., heavyweight who re- cently defeated Natie Brown for the District of Columbia championship, has been selected tentatively as the opponent of Max Baer if the champion accepts a $250,000 offer by Dick Griffin, well known Texas promoter, to risk his title in a bout which would feature the Texas Centennial in Dallas next June. Everett, a favorite with Texas fight fans, is managed by Jimmy Erwin, Washington, D. C. Ancil Hoffman, | Baer's manager, has told Griffin he could have the scrap at the quarter- of-a-million figure. SEEKS SPEED COURSE Campbell’'s Representative Takes Look at Long Beach, LONG BEACH, Calif,, June 13 (#).— William P. Sturm of Indianapolis, representative of Sir Maicolm Camp- bell, English speed racer, is in Beach to inspect the 21-mile away strand as a possible ¥ Sturm said Sir Campbell make another atiempt to speed record of 276.81 miles an hour later this year near Salt Lake Oity. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Ted Lyons, White Sox—Held Sena- tors to five hits. Chuck Kilein and Larry French, Cubs—Klein o six runs in f French held Phillies to five hits in opener, Jimmie Foxx, Athletics—~Led attack on Indians with double and two singles. Arky Vaughan, Pirates—Hammered Brooklyn pitching for two doubles and Lynwood Rowe, Tigers—Limited Red Sox fo three hits and fanned five. Jack Rothrock, Cardinals—Rapped Boston pitching for five hits in double- header and stole one base. eight Cincinnati hits and fanned six victory. base ball, and Kenesaw Mountain Landis is considering an appeal. Since he walked out of Sing Sing last Thursday, Pitts has recelved offers to turn cameraman, referee, writer, businessman and numerous other 'things, but “sits tight” pending Landis’ decision. Occasionally he practices with the Albany International League base ball team, which signed him as a player only to have the contract voided, but for-the most part he sits in his hotel room. The offers of assistance and jobs are temporarily overlooked as he waits for the word from Landis. He hopes to be able to plead his own case and win the right to “do the thing I can do best.” He is bewildered by all the fuss stirred up over his eligibility and leaves most of the talking to Johnny Evers, general manager of the Al- bany club. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. (Including Yesterday's Games.) American League. Batting—Johnson, Athletics, .384; Moses, Athletics, .353. * Runs—Johnson, Athletics, 46; Chap- man, Yankees, 40. Runs. batted in—Greenberg, Tigers, 54; Johnson, Athletics, 51. Hits—Johnson, Athletics, 71; Cra- | mer, Athletics, and Gehringer, Tigers, | 69. Doubles—Greenberg, Tigers, 15; | Vosmik, Indians, 14, Triples—Cronin, Red Sox, 7; Bolton, Senators, and Vosmik, Indians, 6. Home runs—Johnson, Athletics, 15; | Greenberg, Tigers, 13. ‘Werber, Red Sox, 10. Tamulis, Yankees, National League. Batting—Vaughan, Pirates, 407; | Medwick, Cardinals, .354. | . Runs—Vaughan, Pirates, | Waner, Pirates, 42. Runs batted in—Medwick, Cardinals, 46; Vaughan, Pirates, 42. Hits—L. Waner and Vaughan, Pirates, 76. Doubles—Medwick, 5. 50; L. Cardinals, 17; Giants, and Vaughan, Pirates, 10. Stolen bases—Bordagary, Myers, Reds, and Martin, Cardinals, 6. Pltching—Parmelee, Giants, 7—1; Walker, Cardinals, 5—1. "HUPP STANDS ALONE" Stolen Bases—Almada, Red Sox, 13; | Pitching—Wilshere, Athletics, and | 1. BEAUTY, power, sise, comfort . . . and value, Hupp . stands slons . . . and can prove it. Let us compare any csr you. - may be thinking of with the ‘new Hupmobile. Come intoday. 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Dr. Peltzer established a world rec- ord for the half mile in London in 1926, and later that year defeated Paavo Nurmi, famous Pinnish star, in Berlin in a 1,500-meter race, He refused what was reported to be & $50,000 offer to turn professional and make a tour of the United States, instead accepting a $75-a-month job as a school teacher. United States in 1927, CARZONERI IN DIXIE BOUT. NEW ORLEANS, June 13 (#).—Mar- tin Burke, president of the Garden Athletic Club, said that Tony Can- zoneri, who recently regained lightweight boxing title, had agreed to meet George Salvadore of Boston He visited the | the | leading Yankees, who could ge. no A FIND A TONIC | IN FCXK AT FIRST Have Won 12 of 19 Games Since Shift to Old Job. Tigers Make Gain. BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer, T APPEARS unlikely that the Athletics will cut much of a fig- ure in the American League pennant race, but if they can keep going at anything like their current race it will be hard to hold them down in the second division. When Connie Mack took Jimmie Foxx from behind the plate to get the star slugger’s steadying influence back into the infleld on May 25, the A's had a 308 average. Since then they've marked up 12 victories against 7 defeats—a .632 clip. They raised thelr average to 444 after yesterday’s third straight triumph over the In- dians and cut Washington's sixth- place margin to a half game. The A's had to overcome a bad start yesterday, Al Benton giving the Indians three runs in the first inning when Hal Trosky belted his ninth homer of the season, but they chased Mel Harder to the showers in the seventh and won 7 to 5. Earl Averill and O'Dell Hale of the Indians and Wally Moses of the A's also hit homers. Chisox Gamn on Yanks. WABHINGTON took & 7-to-2 drub- bing from the White S8ox who gained a half game on the league- better than an even break wita the home run-hitting Erowns. g in a bout here. The date has not been set. & SPECIAL [ OIL CHANGE INCL ‘The Yanks woa the opener, 11 to 4, for Lefty Gomez, despite two circuit ’ WARM ROADS “BLOW” WEAK TIRES = why risk your neck? “G-3" All-Westher gives 43% A WEEK more miles of real non-skid — and up Goodyear Margin of Safety— buys Goodyear Blowout Protection in EVERY Speedway Tire Ply-atNOextracost. Guaranteed against road hazards, defects. Prices subject to change without notice. CONNECTICUT AVENUE Harris Protests to League Head Against Umpire Owens as Unfair . ] swats by Julius (Moose) Solters, butI his third, plus one by Ed Coleman, with two aboard, ptoved too much in | the afterpiece and St. Louis pulled out a 7-8 decision. . With “pop”—formerly “schociboy” —Rowe celebrating the increase in his family by pitching a three-hit! game, the Tigers registered the day's biggest gain. They hopped from fifth place past Boston and Cleveland into third with a 4-to-1 triumph over the Red Sox. place = games from the Braves while the | Pirates were taking one from Brooklyn. | Boston fought well before going With Carl Hubbell pitching a steady game and Mel Ott belting his eleventh homer to recapture the National League lead, the league- leading Giants had little trouble trouncing Cincinnati, 10 to 4. The Cubs and Phillies hit one another with everything in sight and | wound up with an even break in a twin bill, Chicago taking the opener, 15 to 0, behind Larry French’s | five-hit elbowing and Philadelphia | the nightcap, 11 to 8. Chuck Klein copped individual honors with three home runs, two in the second game. WANTS PITTS TO UMPIRE. 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Rain | ended play at the end of the seventh. | All clubs will be idle until Saturday, when Culpeper plays at Harrisonburg, | Heurich at Orange, Staunton at Front Royal and Charlottesville at Waynes- boro. League standings: W.L. Culpeper 2 0 Warnesboro. 1 L. | Charlottesville, 2 0 Orange. . : o | Heuricn 1 1 Herrisonburs.. 0 1 Pront Roval.. 1 1 Stauntom..... 0 2 COLLEGE BASE BALL. Harvard, 5; Brown, 2. N ST. DE. 5700