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Braddock Run-of-Mine American Citize 'RELIEF RECORD REVEALS NEW CHAMP’S STRUGGLE |Braddock, Jobless, Ice Box Empty, Family Gone, Given Dispossess Notice—Accepts Unsought Dole, but Repays Agency With First Earnings. HONESTY, COURAGE MARK NEW CHAMP Big, Even-Tempered Jimmy Devoted to Family—Proud, but Never Snobbish. (This is the first of four articles on the up, down and up-again career of Jimmy Braddock, new heavyweight champion of the world.) BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, June 17.—Whai N Kind of fellow really is this James J. Braddock, messenger boy, printer's devil, long- shoreman, prize fighter, now heavy- weight champion of the World? Take a cross-section of all the oig, even-tempered, slow-spoken, honest, faithful family men you know, that’s one picture of the 29-year-old Irish- man who dazed the fistic world by whipping Max Baer in Madison Square Garden’s bowl on Long Island. Think of some one you know, some one with a big, wide-open face, clear eyes, not particularly smart, but a bulldog in his devotion to his wife and three youngsters, always having a tough time making a go of it, but never quitting and too proud to ask | favors he can’t repay, That's another picture of him. Just an Honest Plodder, YOU can almost tell all these things J just from looking at him in a prize ring. He has fought With broken hands, broken ribs, even a broken collar bone once, with deeply cut eyes, actually weak from the lack of nourishing food. Yet he never has failed to fight to the limit of his strength and ability, which hasn't been much at times, plodding slowly along, pumping with his left hand, belting with a real good right, taking any amount of punishment without flinching. He's the faithful copy of what poli- ticlans like to regard as the “finest type of American citizen,” unassum- ing, uncomplaining. His favorite drink is lager beer. He prefers steak to corn beef and cabbage, but he's eaten hash, and liked it, most of his life. Well Off in 1929. MY FAVORITE pitcure of him out- side of & prize ring came in the lush days of 1929, when every one had money and Madison Square Gar- den’s 600 millionaires, headed by Bill Carey, were trying to spend as much as possible of it by promoting a mon- ster field day for the sporting people in conjunction with Jack Sharkey’s heavyweight tussle with Bill Stribling in Miami. Braddock, lean and quiet, weighing only 170 pounds, was down there with his manager, little but loud Joe Gould. They had lots of money then, Brad- dock some $80,000 in stocks and inter- ests in taxi companies in New Jersey. Braddock was about to fight Tommy Loughran for the light-heavyweight championship of the world. He was one of pugilism’s big shots. Gould and I had a date to play golf one ‘morning. Braddock came along to watch, There was only one caddy available. Jimmy never hesitated. An Earnest Caddy. "I'LL LUG your sticks,” he said. ‘With never a thought that there was anything unusual in the picture, the prize fighter ploughed the 18 holes behind the writer, sweating around in the underbrush looking for lost balls, toting the heavy bag. He grinned but never sald a word until Gould, at the nineteenth, reluctantly settled for his losses. “If Joe don't give up golf I'll have to learn to fight twice a night,” he suggested. ‘The 10-year friendship of the fighter and manager nearly ended right there. BUDGE WINS FIRST TEST Conquers Montague in London Tennis—Allison Also Victor. LONDON, June 17 (#)—Making his first appearance in European competi- tion, Donald Budge, red-headed Cali- fornia youngster, trounced the Hon. 1. Montague in the first round of the London tennis championships at the Queens’ Club today, 6—0, 6—0. ‘Wilmer Allison, veteran Texan, de- feated Dr. A. A. Fyzee, 6—1, 6—1, in another first-round match. Sidney Wood of New York withdrew from the singles to conserve his ener- gles for Wimbledon next week, but will play in the doubles, HURLS SOFT BALL DEFI. ‘The Prank Mann Co. soft ball team of Baltimore challenges the Naval Air Station 10 along with other local out~ standing diamonders to a game to be| Ne played in this city on July 4. Write 28 South Catlerine street, Baltimore, - Md. I The Foening Staf Fporls W, ASHINGTON, BY IRA WOLFERT. EW YORK, June 17.—Case No. 2796 did nov appear on the relief rolls of North Bergen, | N N. J., until the last desperate expedient had been resorted to by the family of one James J. Braddock, un- employed laborer. Ten months before Braddock be- came heavyweight champion of the world, his wife was forced to return to her parents, and their three chil- dren, Jay, Howard and Rose Marie, were taken in by their grandparents. Braddock was left alone to tighten & belt that was already on its last notch. He was left alone with empty pockets, an empty ice box and a dis- possess notice from a landlord who had carried him for five months and now found himself with worries enough of his own. The relief records and investigator's reports are not public property in New Jersey, but it was learned from other sources that even then Braddock did not ask help from the Government. He had relied on himself for so long and he was buoyed up by the thought that around the next corner lay a job and stability. On Relief Last September. BU‘I‘ the Relief Bureau heard of the case thyough a neighbor and dis- patched an investigator. The investi- gator noted the fact of the dispossess. Under “condition of home,” he wrote the traditional words, “clean and neat;” under “health of occupants,” “good;:” under “insurance policies,” the terse’ tragic “lapsed.” Then there came the all-important “re- marks,” and here the investigator put down simply, “eligible for relief.” So on September 13, 1934, the fu- ture champion received his first relief check. Part of it was a rent and milk voucher, part of it for other expenses. What it meant to Braddock was that he could now bring his wife and chil- dren back under the same roof with him, Braddock names June 14, 1934, the night he knocked out Corn Griffin, as the turning point in his fistic career. But his struggle against poverty didn't | end until long after that. Stevedore at $25 Per Week. THROUGH years of fighting, Brad- dock had accumulated a small pile. He lost it in the stock market | and in taxicab investments. So that | when he broke his hand in a fight he | did not have the money to have it set. | He coasted down hill for a long time, | fighting with one hand, and finally | reached the point where he was glad to get $25 a week as a stevedore for the New York Central Railroad. ‘When that job blew up, Braddock came to & standstill. He didn't mind working, but he didn’t want charity. The C. W. A. seemed the way out, and on December 15, 1933, he was made foreman of project No. 7, construction of a sewer. That gave him $24 a week. Twenty men were put in his section, and it was recalled that Brad- dock spent more time swinging a pick than he did at his duties as boss. Project No. 7 came to an end in due time, and on April 4, 1934, Braddock ended his work for the C. W. A, which had now ceased to exist. Tougher Than Ring Fights. AND now the Braddock family felt the pinch of real hunger and Braddock was put to fighting battles with himself that he never will have to duplicate in any ring. The fight with Corn Griffith—iron- ically enough, a preliminary to_the main attraction in which Max Baer won the tile from Primo Carnera— pay, back rent, grocery bills. It did not last long. And in the long hot Summer that followed, the Braddock family decided it was no usc to con- tinue in the old half-starved way and that it would be better to give up. A few weeks after Braddock had gone on relief, boxing promoters, look- ing for an easy mark to fatten the reputation of John Henry Lewis, picked him for the sacrifice. Brad- dock trained on hash and caused con- siderable anguish by, knocking out Lewis. He -vas paid $225 for doing it, but he continued on the relief rolls. He knew from bitter experience how uncertain a future could be rested on 50 slender a roll of money. | Lasky Fight Ended Relief. | AE‘I‘ER his Aight with Lewis, Brad- |42 dock continued looking for a job. He spent his mornings making the rounds, and, two or three times & week he would appear at the relief bureau and asked to be transferred to some works project. He is reported to have protested against receiving money in- stead of work so often that the relief director, in self defense, had to close the door against him. The fight with Lasky marked the real financial turning point. Here at last was the end of the depression for the Braddock family. The victory netted Jimmy $1,800 and 10 days after permanently from the relief rolls. The total amount paid to the Brad- dock family from relief funds is some- thing under $230. The first thing the new contender for the heavyweight title did with his purse for the Lasky to the North Bergen Rellef Pund. | (Copyright. 1935. by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) 'BILLY SUNDAY URGES SUPPORT FOR PITTS Evangelist, Former Big Leaguer, to Ask Landis to Remove Ban on Ex-Convict. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., June 17.—Edwin C. (“Alabama”) Pitts returned to Albany today hopeful for a final rul- ing this week on his professional base ball status. Pitts, banned from organized base ball because he is an ex-convict, had a busy week end. He told the world of his troubles in a radio address, saw his first “big league” ball game and visited Warden Lewis E. Lawes at Sing Sing Prison. Johnny Evers, general manager of the Albany club, accompanied Pitts on his trip. At Sing Sing, yesterday, they ‘were given an ovation by prisoners and spectators while attending a base ball game. Another voice was raised in Pitts’ behalf when Billy Sunday, evangelist and old-time base ball player, said he would write Commissioner Landis and ask him to remove the ban on the paroled prisoner. Records ffieek In Major Leagues The week’s records of games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents’ runs and home runs in the major leagues follow: AMERICAN {EAGUE. New York Detroit . gegvasy ew ¥ Pittsburgh cinnat! ston 8t. Lout Brookiyn SERSEEIS 'MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1935, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. . Louls. 8—10, 78 jew York-Chicsgo. rain. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. New Yo!% ; Bt. Louis, 3. cni 3 Lflum A Shiradeionia, burgh, 4. Boston. 67, BROADDUS, HACKNEY STAGING DIVING DUEL Dorothy Forbes Heads Girl Swim- mers in Meet at Glen Echo Tonight. DORDTHY FORBES, 15-year-old Camden, N. J., schoolgirl swim- ming sensation, holder of the Middle Atlantic 50-yard free style and 50- vard back stroke titles for women, and Joe Hackney, Atlantic City ‘diver, whose forward triple somersault never before has been seen in this city, will compete against some of the District’s outstanding tank stars in the first ma- Jor outdoor swim meet, of the season tonight at Crystal Pool, Glen Echo Park. Johnny Broaddus, local diving cham- picn, will try to stop Hackney, while an impressive field of local girls rep- resenting the Shoreham and Ambas- sador clubs will match strokes with Miss Forbes. Other out-of-town en- tries are listed from Philadelphia and Baltimore. Judges for the event will be Carl Ahlenfeld, William Stephenson, Jerry Looney, Everett Ansley and Bob Va- rela; referee, Richard Newby; starter, Max Rote; clerk of course, Jack Wil- ton; timers, Jim Sprigman, Karl Knight, Dallas Shirley and Dr. H. E. Claus, 'The meet, sanctioned by the Dis- trict A. A, U, will start at 8:30 o'clock. A S LEE ACE HURLER, HITTER. Script Lee burled the Hillsdale A. C., colored semi-pro champions of the District, to a 4-1 victory over the Petersburg, Va., Giants yesterday at Griffith Stadium. Lee also led the lJocal attack with a double and two singles in three trips to the plate. Sports Program For D. C. Teams TODAY. Base Ball. Washington at St. Louis, 4. Swimming Meet. Crystal Pool, Glen Echo Park, 8:30 pm. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Washington at St. Louis. ‘WEDNESDAY. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Cleveland, 3. THUBSDAY. Joe Savoldi vs. Jack Donovan, Grif- : |fth Stedfum, 8:30. | 513: l&;:. 2. : 3 31"531/30] 412(14% 3 35| 8] 11— 21191201.306[15__ PRI 331l 6l 1l 5 alsuiols StLl 20 41 1(3( 81 11 su".aTo!'fi-& L. 110131139i39037 198120880l GAMES TOMORROW. 5 o " (4). i T e Ao Philx. at Detroit. Phila. at Detroit. Roston at Cleveland. Boston at Clev GAMES TODAY. 11 4l 11 2)—I14]341.292(20 29 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW Louis st N. Y. Louls Y. at L at 5 P th at la. Pittsburgh at nol. a Boston. (2). % FRIDAY. Horse Show. Forest Glen Council of of Columbus, Indian Spring and Hunt Club, 12:30. 3 netted him $250. There were debts to | the fight, Case No. 2796 was stricken | fight was make out a check for $300 | NAVY CREW CHIEF CALIFORNIA RIVAL Conceded Best Chance to Upset Bears in ’Keepsie Regatta Tomorrow. By the Assoclated Press. OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Jue 17. —Once more most of the great college crews are gathered on the Hudson for the time-hon- ored Poughkeepsie Regatta tomorrow, and once more !1's another big eight of little Ky Koright, California’s Golden Bears, against the smallest fleld in more than a decade. Seven boatloads will take to the water at 6 p.m., Eastern standard time, amid the same carnival sur- roundings, before the same gay crowds that have been thronging this little city on the Hudson once a year for 37 of these famous gatherings. Al- though every vawsity but Columbia thinks it can win, the old rivermen shake their heads. They see again the Bears, stroked by curley-headed Gene Berkenkamp, sliding down the river in the dusk, outlasting the field with that short, devastating stroke of theirs, just as they did last year and in 1932. Cali- fornia hasn't been beaten in the var- sity since an astonishing Navy eight pulled & Jimmy Braddock in 1931 and won one for the East. There was no regatta in 1933 because of economic stringencies. Navy May Pull Upset. IP THERE'S to be another upset of that kind this year, it is Buck Walsh's Navy eight, stroked by burly Joe Hood, that draws the eyes of the experts. A big, smooth-pulling crew, not laying back so far as most of the sailor fleets in the past, Navy's varsity lost out in the Eastern sprint season only to Pennsylvania, fastest of the crews in this region up to 2 miles. 1t has lots of power and stamina, which the experts fear will be wanting in the best Pennsylvania crew in years when the bulldog test comes in the drive through the last of 4 miles. | Rusty Callow is high on his Quakers, though, and he says his stroke, Lloyd Saxton, is the best he ever coached. So keen and eager are these Penn youngsters to lift themselves back into the Poughkeepsie spotlight that they unracked their boat against orders, while Callow was in town yesterday, and took a paddle on their own. Al Ulbrickson’s Washington Huskies, conquerors of California by a few feet in a Pacific Coast regatta in April, haven’t quite lived up to that promise. The sophomore boatload that was the varsity then was given way to a com- bination boat of seniors, juniors and| sophomores, with the sophomore John | York stroking the big eight. Corneil Crew Heaviest. RNELL will boat the heaviest of | the varsities and though with| Syracuse it has done little racing, the boys from far above Cayuga's waters always are dangerous. Five frestman eights—Columbia, Navy, Washington, California and Syracuse, with Cornell missing for the first time—will row 2 miles in the first race, starting at 4 p.m. Eastern standard time. Columbia and Navy are slightly favored, though all seem evenly matched. Four junior varsities—three Eastern eights, Cornell, Navy and Syracuse, against the lone Far Westerner, Wash- ington—meet in the second race, over 3 miles, starting at 5 pm. ik D. C. NETMEN SEEK TITLE ‘Welsh, Hunt Enter National Day Court Meet in Chicago. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, June 17.—Barney Welsh, Washington, D. C., recent win- ner of the Pennsylvania State tennis championship, and Gilbert Hunt, also of Washington, will compete for Bryan Grant’s national clay court title here this week at the River For- est Tennis Club. Berkeley Bell, New York; Clff Sut- ter, New Orleans; Robert Bryan, Chattanooga; Wilbur Hess, Houston, and the Chinese Davis Cup team, Sin Kie Kho and Guy Cheng, also will try for the crown. HAAS COLUMBIA VICTOR. With a 6—4, 6—4 victory over A. O. Club tennis championship. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Johnson, Athletics, .388; Moses, Athletics, .347. Athletics, 48; 44, League. Batting—Vaughan, Pirates, .400; Medwick, Cardinals, .359. Runs—Vaughan, Pirates, 50; Mar- :l;a, Cardinals, and Moore, Giants, Runs batted in—Medwick, Cardi- nals, 47; Ott, Giants, 45. Hits—Medwick, Cardinals, 79; L. Waner, Pirates, 7. D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 17 n : Travis Nearing Stardom at Third Ed 1935. * “N” stands for Navy. Members of the varsity and junior varsity crews of the United States Naval Acad- emy, who are hopeful of capturing both events in the regatia to be staged on the Hudson tomorrow, posed for this picture at Poughkeepsie. —Wide World Photos. HARDER'S 1HITTER SABBATH FEATURE . 231 Safeties Are Yielded by | Other Moundsmen in Day of Slugging. BY HUGH 8. FULLERTON, Jr,, Associated Press Sports Writer. Wi Col — 1 1b virtually all the hitters | Beim in both major leagues are on a slugging spree the fel- | A low who can check one group with a nearly perfect pitching performance stands out like the proverbial sore thumb. The “stand- out” in this case is Melvin Harder, who at 25 is a veteran of the Cleve- | land mound staff. In 10 major league games yester- day—the first Sunday of the season doubleheaders have been permitted— the hitters cracked out a total of 232 hits, but only one was made off Harder’s delivery. In the second inning of Cleveland's opening game against the Red Sox Bing Miller hit a dinky roller that slipped between Bill Knickerbocker and “Bad News” Hale for a single that spoiled a no-hit game. The rest of the way Harder, win- ning his ninth victory of the seascn, kept the Sox away from first, except on four passes, while the Indians smacked Lefty Grove for a 4-to-0 Sone victory. Then they went on to win yer. the second clash, 9 to 3, poling out | £J 15 blows, while Willis Hudlin went the route, though touched for 11. The double triumph enabled the Indians to clip Detroit’s third-place margin to a half game even though the Tigers scored seven runs in the second and walloped the Athletics, 13 to 3, while Schoolboy Rowe hurled six-hit ball. el Hank Greenberg and Rob Johnson maintained their tie for the home- run lead when each smacked his six- | Bu teenth, ‘Weather Hits Yanks, Chisox. TBI Yankees and White Sox suf- fered a greater reverse when their twin bill was rained out in the fourth inning of the opener after a crowd of 50,000 had watched the Yanks build up an 8-0 lead. The Senators and Browns hit the high spots in the day’s slugging when Washington won the opener 17 to 8 with & 21-hit raid led by Johnny The shorter National League pro- gram was just another upward step in the Giants’ climb. The league Then they sat back and watched Carl Hubbell pitch them to & 7-to-3 victory over St. Louis that gave them | Bluege. | Stone Bolton. @) Y] Srrm O = P T P Washington . St. Louls .... Runs batted in—Myer (4), Powell (2), (5). Travis (3). Bean, Andrews, Clft. Beims (%), 8ol Two-base hi range - to Travis to to Kuhel. Bluege to Myer to Kubel. . -Washington. 4: 1 nd! b by Krott. 1 itehill, Balton . Totals .. *Batted for Kress 1Batt for Linke =3 - g5 in in ol B R AR SomoROOREHLIN Totals .. ‘Washington Rus povel Sehulie (o T Coterman (). Hu i i Ritensfravis, Bowell: an. len es— i e nnelly. Fime —gTil. Minor Leagues International. ‘Baltimore, 11-1; Buffalo, 10-3. Montreal, 24-10; Albany, 5-2. Syracuse, 14-3; Toronto, 8-7. Newark, 9-2; Rochester, 5-5. American Assoclation. Milwaukee, 10-5; Kansas City, 8-3. Columbus, 7-8; Toledo, 2-4. Indianapolis, 9; Louisville, 4. Southern Association. Memphis, 6-5; Atlanta, 3-1. Chattanooga, 13; Birmingham, 5. Little Rock, 7; Knoxville, 3. Nashville, 2; New Orleans, 1. Pacific Coast. San Francisco, 5-14; Oakland, 4-1. ; Hollywood, 4-4. Portland, 8-5; Sacramento, 3-6; Los Angeles, 6-8. Missions, 7-18; Seattle, 0-4. Texas. ‘Houston, 4-0; Tulsa, 3-0. Beaumont; 4-1; Fort Worth, 1-4& San Antonio, 7-0; Dallas, 0-4. Oklshoms City, 10-3; Galveston, HERS ‘Western. Cedar 10-7; 8t. Joseph, 9-1. Des Moines, 7-3; Rock Island, 6-5. FRISCH SEES FLAG AGAIN FOR GARDS Concedes Nothing to Giants. Welcomes “Dissension.” ¥Gelbert Aiding. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, June 17.—The old “Fordham Flash” selected a bat from the rack at the end o1 the dugout, bounced two of Jesse Haines' pitches off the wall of the left fleld stands, then came back to the dugout and sat down. “So they are counting us out with 100 games to go, are they?” Frankie Prisch wanted to know. “Well, let em, s | They had a fine old time doing that West. | Jast year. But who had the last laugh?” Up and down the long bench the ‘World Champion St. Louls Cardinals, Myer | gs hilarious and two-fisted as ever, were ducking in and out as they took 8 their turns at batting practice before - | facing left-nanded Carl Hubbell and "3. his celebrated screw ball. Concede Giants Nothing. ET 'em count,” went on the trucu- lent Prisch. “The Giants are a sweet ball club, but we don’t concede them an inch. We won in the stretch last time, and we can do it again, if | we have to. I'm not sure we're going to have to. “Dissension? Yes. But a good old healthy dissension that helped us win last year and can help us again. We differ because we're on our toes all the time, trying to win. If that's dis- sension, I'll take some more of it. Maybe some of the other managers could use some, t00.” About that time Joe (Ducky Wucky) Medwick, one of the central figures in the latest Cardinal uprising, kissed one into the far reaches. “That Medwick is going along great,” said Frisch, as all the Car- dinals within ear-shot nodded assent. “He's one of the best team guys we've ‘o‘t'ne and Dizzy Dean had a little run-in, but what happened? Dizzy popped off and then apologized. When Medwick was hurt sliding into first at Boston who was the first guy out to help him? Diszy Dean. “The first time Dizzy Started after -up with Medwick he held to six hits, What's more, other boys scored in every in- him. On his next time the Braves in & 13-inning 's dissension I'm for it. Btaff Correspondent of The Star. T. LOUIS, June 17.—As Con- has been watching some of the great- est batting displays in Washington The kid third baseman, by the same token, happens to be the only member the clean-up position. What, then, is he good for? cause he, Travis, could sock. But of late it has not been his hitting, but a Young Nat Praised by Vet, Whose Job He Won—Break Even With Browns. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, fucius once remarked at a meet- ing of the Beer and Oyster Club, every cloud has a silver lining. And even Bucky Harris, who base ball annals nullified by sand lot pitching, must admit the old gent was right. Bucky’s silver lining may sur- prise you. It's Cecil Travis. of the Nationals who is not murder- ing the ball. In fact, he hasn't hit his stride at all this season, especially since Manager Harris promoted him to The answer is his fielding. It is sort of surprising, isn't it? After all, the only reason Travis ousted Ossie Bluege from third base was be- smooth, defensive performance that has made Travis stand out like a wart on the schnozzle amidst joke pitching and cheap hits, Defensive Sensation of Club, AS undoubtedly remembered by Capi- tal fans, Travis was no great shucks last year when he broke in the big show as a regular. He ranked eleventh among the American League vi:u-d basemen with a flelding mark of 941, He showed no great improvement in Spring training or even at the outset of the current campaign. But during the last two weeks, and especially dur- ing this tour of the West, the nearly 22-year-old Georgia boy has been the defensive sensation of the club. His mark, as a result of the im- provement, has jumped to .960. Of the six errors he has made in 156 chances this season, four were com- mitted in three consecutive games during the middle of May. Even Bluege, the old mester of the hot corner, has put his stamp of ap- proval on Travis as a flelder. As & matter of fact, to Bluege may be attributed most of the lad's success. Pirst, Ossle drilled him in the funda- mentals, even while Travis Wwas battling for Bluege's job. ‘ Bluege Sees Travis at Top. | INOW. with Ossie established as the | Nationals’ regular shortstop, he continues the schooling right on the ball field. Travis' big improvement has dated from the time Harris installed Bluege on short. “All he needs,” asserts Bluege, “is a little more sense of timing on his throws to become a really good third baseman. He has learned to go to his right and is getting better at it every day. I wouldn't be surprised to see him lead all the regular third base- men in the league this year, now that Kamm is gone from Cleveland. They say this Marty Hopkins of Chicago is a great fielder, If he plays enough | he may be at the top, but Travis should at least be close.” 1t is well that Travis finally has fit into a smooth-working infield, because if anything else went blooey in addi- | tion to the pitching it would go hard with the Griffs these days. As it is they are having their troubles nlaying 500 ball—they're .472 for the season and .500 for the Western swing so far as a result of splitting a twin bill yesterday with the Browns. The vic~ tory in the nightcap, incidentally, the first for St. Louis over Washing- ton in seven tilts. Slabbing Again Sour. THE Nationals bad a great chance to pass the Red Sox and move into fifth place yesterday, but it was the same old story. The batters func- tioned in brilliant fashion, but the slabbing was sour. Earl Whitehiil kept blowing leads in the opener un- til replaced in the fourth inning by Belve Bean, whose first pitch was hit for a home run by Julius Solters with two on base, tying the score at 8-8. Bean was good after that, h on the mound and at bat. He regained the lead in the sixth with & home run himself and from then on the Griffs pounded four Brown throwers to win by 17 to 8. The nightcap was a queer tilt. Ed Linke was insulted in the first place when he was handed only & two-run lead. The thrust must have affected him because he gave up nine hits and as many runs in the first two innings. Left in the box, though, because Harris had no one else, Ed was great thereafter, giving up only three scat~ tered hits. Meanwhile the Nationals handed the game back to Ed in the sixth by tying the score, but one of the trio of bingles Linke allowed was - |a homer by Ed Coleman in the i Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. 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