Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1935, Page 39

| Griffs Fare Badly on Own Grounds : White L ORDER REVERSED BY OTHER CLUBS Stadium Here Is “a Health Resort” to Some Hitters. Bow to Red Sox. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. NE of the more distressing fac- tors in the failure to build up the anaemic, run-down Na- tionals this season has been | the_lack of benefits received from should be the invigorating and strengthening home climate. Generally it is the custom for ball | cluig, no matter how weak and tired over a season’s stretch, to show pick- up from time to time on home grounds. They get tougher on their own bsll; fields. They get last raps, strike up| an acquaintance with every blade of | grass, play against a familiar back- ground and eat home cooking. There are no overnight train hops to rob | them of the proper “eight hours.” But, apparently, Griffith Stadium is not the resort for the Nationals. All| they can show today is 20 victories as against 26 defeats for play on the home lot. This is a little better than their complete 92-game record, true, but not much. In fact their road| record shows only one less victory and | only two more defeats. Resort for Rival Players. FOR some time Heinie Manush has complained of the local atmos- phere, preferring, as a matter of fact, any other park in the circuit to Griffith Stadium. Heinie looks forward to road trips and long since established him- self as something of a rare case. But| now it looks as though Herr Heinie is not the only National with whom the District air and Potomac breezes do not agree. It isn’t that Griffith Stadium is a base ball resort of bad repute. On the contrary, there are many ball toss- ers who heartily recommend it as a great play for a “pick-up.” The catch is that most of these benefactors play against Washington, not for it. There is Carl Fischer of the White Sox, for instance. Fischer is not a particularly healthy specimen of big- leaguer, hoving been in danger of passing out of the big show many times. But from time to time F’lsche:i stops off in the Capital, and so much food does the visit do that he willing- | 1y provides a testimonial | “When I am weak and run down,” | explains Carl, “and spots appear be- | fore my eyes, 1 always find that ‘Washington is an ideal resort. It pqu me back on my feet.” | Carl, incidentally, has won four| games this season, and half of 'em | have been over the Nationals here. Simmons; Lazzeri Clout Here. AL SIMMONS is another who re- gards Washington as “tops” as a| health resort. The Duke of Milwau-| kee currently is batting a measly .279, but at Griffith Stadium he resembles base ball’s best hitter. “I am suffer- ing from anemia in seven other cities this year,” declares Al. “I have fre- quent, headaches and my eyes do not seem to function at their best against | other pitching. In Washington, how- ever, I am batting 429 and eagerly looking forward to another visit.” | Tony Lazzeri has been getting cricks in his back from swinging at other | pitching this season. The veteran Yank is batting only .272 for the sea- Recently he held them to one hit. | “But the trouble disappears as if by magic in Washington,” testifies Tony. | “I am hitting 435 in the Capital and | rarely have cricks in my back.” Goose Goslin is a patient to whom Washington has a similar effect. The Goose of Tigertown is hitting .304 but in Griffith Stadium his aver- | age is .406. Earl Averill's 289 aver- | age jumps to .393 against the Na- tionals and even such a young fella | as Bozie Berger already has dixcow! ered the benefits of the local climate. | Berger is a .364 hitter here; .277 for‘ the season. Eddie Phillips is a .375 swatter at the local park and .257 elsewhere. Griffs Flop Against Bosox. ERIOUSLY, though, the Griffs’ fail- ure to improve materially on their | home grounds is a matter of some concern at this stage of the race, when it appears that they must make | their first-division bid now or never. | When they came home from New | York after scoring three victories in four games it looked as though they were ready to cut loose a bit for the benefit of the home folks. But there was not much cutting loose yesterday es a 10-game stand was opened against Eastern clubs. The Red Sox | easily won an 1l-to-4 decision and the Griffs in no way resembled the tossers who shellacked the Yanks. The pitching was a joke. Five| hurlers—Whitey Hayes, Elden Mc-| Lean, Leon Pettit, Jack Russell and | Henry Coppola—were used and each was well pounded and generous with | passes to boot. The hitting was just as weak, the boys getting only four safeties off Fritz Ostermueller, who made it interesting only by walking 12 Nationals and hitting another. But Fritz, In spite of his wildness. let the Griffs get only so near to making & game out of it. Then he bore down and as a result 13 of the Washingtons were left stranded. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press, Benny Frey, Reds—Singled with two out in ninth to score Jim Bottom- ley with winning run against Cards. ‘Vernon (George) Washington, White Sox—His homer with one on gave Sox winning margin over Cleveland. Julius Solters, Browns—Drove in three runs with homer and two singles to help whip Tigers, 8 to 6. Paul Richards, Athletics—Belted homer with one on to beat Yankees, 6 to 5. ‘ Johnny Vergez, Phillies—Two hom- ers led attack that beat Giants, first game double-header. Hal Schumacher, Giants—Fanned 10 Phillies to win second game. Bill Lee Cubs—Set Pirates down| with four hits after relieving Larry French with none out in first. W ASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JU Sox LY 31, Youthful Swimmers Who Qualified for Pool Finals Winners at Georgetown Playgrounds yesterday are receiving blue ribbons from Miss Maude Parker, superintendent of girls’ activities. Dorothy Keady, free style; Erma Ludwig, free style: are, left to right: Anna Liegus, back stroke end side stroke; They Elaine Hoagland, balloon race: Helen Torreyson, free.style; Helen McDanlels, free style and side stroke; Dorothy Burrows, breast stroke; Anna McCarthy, beginners' free style, and Evelyn McDaniels, free style. ~—Star Staff Photo. Harris’ Hope of Help From M>’Lean Dwindles As Rookie Takes Rough Treatment From Sox HE shortcomings of his starting pitchers and the need for added strength long ago furnished a problem for Man- | ager Bucky Harris but now it is becoming ncreasingly evident that not only the front line of slabmen | Major League Statistics WEDNESDAY. JULY 31, 1935. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Boston. 11: Washinaton. 4. Eniladéiphia. v; New York. 5. Detroit. 6. Cleveland, 6. needs bolstering. ‘The Nationals' | pitching “shock troops” are getting no better quickly. 1 Bucky's fond hope that young Elden McLean might provide a “lift” in this department has dwindled con- | siderably today following the rough | Naticnal RESULTS YESTERDAY Philadelphia, 11—2: New York., 5—8. Chicago. 9; Pittsburgh. 6 Cincinnati. 6; St. Louis. 5. Other clubs not scheduled. sawes) e3mIue019g ** puINaa ] * *pujueq ouren) iz 2| 5 5 ssmuniod | no longer figures prominently in Har- GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW | | Bos_at Wn. (3:15). t Phi N ¥. at Phila. Cieve. at Ch: icago. & Lout: St. Louis at Detroit. Others no Bos. at Wn_ (3:15). Cleve. at Chicago. s’ at Detroit t scheduled. | GAMES TOMORROW. . Chicago at Pitts. . St. Louis at Cincin. Blyn, at Boston Others not scheduled. | GAMES TOPAY Phila. at New Yo Bkin. at_Bo: Chi_ ‘at Pitts. (2 St. Louls at Cinc! O’Mahony Gets a Clear Claim To Mat Title, Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. 0’Mahony punishes George with a By the Associated Press. OSTON, July 31.—Danno O'Mahony, a 22-year-old B Irishman, was hailed today as the first undisputed wrestling champion since the palmy days of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. Before a Braves Field crowd esti- mated at 45,000, O'Mahony gained a 90-minute, one-fall victory over Ed George, title claimant, last night by tossing him out of the ring. Under the prevailing code, which the announcer described as “world championship rules,” George had 20 seconds in which to regain the ring. When he failed to return in that time the referee, Jimmy Braddock, heavyweight boxing champion, de- clared the Irishman the victory. This decision enraged the George camp and his seconds stormed into the ring. One of them, Frank Delamano, tried to attack Braddock, and the comqueror of Max Baer felt Tossing George toe-hold in their tussle in Boston. called on to launch a right to the jaw that floored his would-be as- sailant. Shortly before being counted out, | George twice hurled his opponent over the ropes. O'Mahony, from County Cork, was discovered as a private in the Irish Free State army last Fall. He made his debut in London against Lewis and came to this country in December. Before engag- ing George, he won 62 consecutive victories, the most important one against Jim Londos who was recog- nized as champion in 38 States and most of Canada. 7 George’s title claims, accepted only in New England and the province of Quebec, were based on his victory over Henri Deglane, who stripped them | from Lewis. O'Mahony weighed 224 pounds and George 220. »r treatment accorded the Harrisburg | recruit yesterday by the Red Sox.| After getting off to a bad start in| a one-inning stretch against the Browuos in the middle of the month, | McLean came back with a clever relief performance against the Indians. He stopped a Cleveland rally cold in the third inning and then gave up only | b Ostermueller. Totals WASHINGTON. one hit in three followiag innings. | M In his only other real chance to show his stuff, McLean was hard hit | £ yesterday as Boston captured the opener of a three-game series, 11 to 4. | Not only was he batted hard, but the | recruit also was wild. It is likely that | b he will be sent to a minor league team | before the week is up, Russell, Coppola Handicapped. cLEAN had plenty of company in his misery, however. Right ofl! the bat, when he gave up two bases | Wa on balls and a hit to the first four hitters, Harris decided it was oot young Whitey Hayes’ day and he yanked him. McLean then came in | and, in turn, gave way to Leon Pettit, Jack Russell and Henry Coppola. { Pettit, who seems to grow steadily less effective as the season wears on, his' pitching plans, such as they are, while neither Russell nor Coppola is in the best of shape. Jack chipped a knuckle bone several | weeks ago and it has yet to heal enough for him to pitch normally. Coppola’s sore arm has robbed him of his dazzling fast ball, without which the youngster is soft prey and cannot be considered except for finishing games which are hopelessly lost. Miles Returns to Line-up. JDEE MILES, rookie outfielder from | Chattanooga who has been kept out of the starting line-up for some time due to a bruised hand and too many southpaw pitchers on the oppo- sitions slab, was to crash the Na- tional’s box-score today . .. with Wes Ferrell slated to pitch for the Sox, Miles will play right field . . . and probably will stick out there for the time being . . . Buck Newsom was to work for the Griffs . . . facing a tough task inasmuch as Ferrell has opposed | the Nationals four times this season and has won three decisions . . . Bump Hadley will toe the rubber against Lefty Grove tomorrow. Yesterday's game had the writing boys jumping for the record books around dinner-time when the Wash- ington pitchers and Boston’s Fritz Ostermueller kept handing out bases on balls , . . twenty-one passes were issued all told but it was not a record « . . thirty is the mark . . . Ostermueller passed 12 Nationals and hit Pinch- hitter Johnny Stone on the wrist . . . Hayes, Pettit, McLean and Russell gave up nine walks. ‘Werber Day Postponed. ‘D REMORENKO, the Russian lad from West Chester Teachers' College, has been sent back to Wash- ington by Chattanooga . . . Presi- dent Clark Griffith held high hopes for the young first sacker, but Remo- renko was not quite ready for the Southern Association . . . 50 probably he'll be shipped to Harrisburg of the New York-Pennsylvania League . . . Harrisburg is a “farm” for Albany, which, in turn, is a “farm” for the Nationals. “Bill Werber day,” originally sched- uled for yesterday, has been postponed until Thursday . . . the recipient of the honor-to-be had to have several teeth extracted yesterday morning .. » and following the yanking Wer- ber ran up a high fever and was sent home to rest by Manager Joe Cronin, who put Dib Williams on third base . . . Bill, however, is expected to be ready by Thursday, so then his ad- mirers from Berwyn, Md., will stage If yesterday’s game was not the dullest and most boring of the season, it will do until some one recalls a deader one . . . it required 2 hours and 32 minutes and the 3,000 faithful ate cold suppers if they stayed until the bitter end. . . the first inning required half an hour . .. the hurlers dishing out six passes, McLean throw- ing eight consecutive balls at one time and Ostermueller handing out seven in a row. F.E. 8. CLOWNS WOULD PERFORM. Takoma Clowns, who have a dia- mond, want & game for Baturday. Call Shepherd 3510, » Russell. p. &, p. t8tone Totals _ = 1 v 3 *Batted for Pettit in sixth tBatied for Bussell in eighth. ston __ 202 110 122~11 Washingion 100 001 020— 4 Runs batted in—Cronin. R. Ferrell (2) Powell. Almada. B k (2). Ostermueller. 50 hits—Bishop. Almada. Williams Cooke _Three-base hits—Johnson. Dahi- ren. Stolen bases—Dahlgren. W acrifice—Williams. Double play— t to_Kuhel — Left on Boston. Washington. 13 on balls—Off Ostermueller. 13; off Haves 2 off McLean. 3: off Pettif. 1: off Russel Struck out—By Ostermueller. 1: McLean, 1: by Pettit. 1 Hits—Off H in s inning: off McLean. 4 in 2% in. ngs: off Pettit. 3 in 3 innings: off Russell. 3 in 2 innings: off Cobpola. 2 in 1 inning Hit by pitched ball—By ~Ostermueller (Stone), _Passed ball—Holbrook. ~Losing nitcher—Hayes, Umpires—Messrs. Su; mers, Moriarty and Marberry. Time—2:3 s, 1 nit By the Associated Press. Home runs vesterday—Vergez, Phil- lies, 2; Jackson, Giants, 1; Stout, Giants, 1; Vaughan, Pirates, 1: Fo: Tigers, 1; Higzins, Athletics, 1; Ric ards, Athletics. 1; Dickey, Yankees, Trosky, Indiane, 1; Washington, White Sox, 1; Solters. Browns, 1. 0 2nd was never in serious trouble, while Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1935. Cl ] PR Cubs Win 23 of 26 Tilts, Whittle Giants’ Edge to Single Game. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Associated Press Sports Writer. HE Tigers and the Yankees, tangled up in the fight for the I American League lead, might wake today and peek over their shoulders. Jimmy Dykes’ White Sox are coming on again and there’s more than a little | possibility the situation is going to get | a%ot tougher before it gets easier. | The White Sox have held grimly tul | third place. They play 32 of their | | next 40 games on the home lot at | Comiskey Park. Today they're nomi- | pally one game behind the second- | place Yankees, 3!, behind the pace- | | setting Tigers. | Acutally on a Par. ‘ CTUALLY they're just as good as| either. The only advantage the | Yanks and Tigers have is that they have played more games. Each of the | three has lost 37. The Tigers have | won 57, the Yanks 52, the Sox 50. | Opening this big home stay yester- | day, the White Sox whipped Cleveland 8 to 6 and chipped a full game from the leaders’ margins as the Tigers | | bowed to the Browns, 8 to 6. The | Yanks were nosed out by the Athletics | | 6to5. The Chicago Cubs, launching a | | long read excursion, got off to a fine | start by thumping the Pirates, 9 to 6, cutting another half game into New! York's lead as the Giants split a | double-header with the Phillies. The Cubs, on a 10-game winning streak, with 23 victories in the last 26 starts, are only a single game be- | hind the Giants. l Former Giants Help. JOHNNY VERGEZ and Joe Bowman, | former Giarts, clipped the New York cause yesterday, teaming to win the first game for the Phillies, 11 to 5. Bowman held the Giants to 10 hits Vergez got two homers. Hal Schu- macher put the Phillies in their places, 8 to 2, in the second game, | fanning 10. The Cincinnati Reds smote the World Champion Cards, 6 to 5, when Benny Fry, fourth pitcher for the Reds. singled home the winning | counter in the ninth, | PEEWEE RIVALS SOUGHT. Peewee opposition is sought by the Trojans. Call Manager Alex Browdy | at North 4300. 1\ | p— | Sikohe | Strange _ | Redmond Whitehill e PSP coomt PITCHING. G. H. BB. SO In.P. GS.CG.W.] (! 38 56 2% 31 3 The leaders—Greenberg, Tigers, 27 ' & Ott, Giants, 23, Johnson, Athletics, 20; Berger, Braves, 20. SENATCOR 10 o EXCELLENTE 2 FOR 15¢ -MAGNOLIA 2/:2 PERFECTO GRANDE I5¢ Bean_won, ! Burke won 2, lost 8; Stewart lost in on Tigers, Yanks Classified Ads C—1 Sports Program For Local Fans Boston at Washington, Griffith 5. Stadium, Base Ball. at Washington, Griffith 3:15. FRIDAY. Base Ball. New York at Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. SATURDAY. Base Ball. New York at Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3. Boston Stadium, Major Leaders By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Vosmik (Indians), Cramer (Athletics), Cochrane gers), .336. Runs—Gehringer (Tigers), 85; Fox (Tigers), 75. Runs batted in—Greenberg (Ti- gers), 120; Johnson (Athletics), Geh- ringer and Goslin (Tigers), 75. Hits—Greenberg (Tigers), 132; Geh- ringer (Tigers), 131 Doubles—Greenberg Vosmik (Indians), 29. Triples—Vosmik (Indians), 13; Stone (Senators), 12. Home runs—Greenberg 27; Johnson (Athletics), 20. Stolen bases—Werber 19; Almada (Red Sox), 15. Pitchers—Lyons (White Sox), 12-3; Allen (Yankees), 10-3. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Vaughan (Pirates), Medwick (Cardinals), .373. Runs—Medwick (Cardinals), Martin (Cardinals), 83. Runs batted in—Collins (Cardinals), 83; Ott (Giants), 81. Hits—Medwick (Cardinals), 142; Terry (Giants), Herman (Cubs), 135 Doubles—Herman (Cubs), 34; Al- len (Phillies), 32. Triples—Goodman (Reds), Suhr and L. Waner (Pirates), 10. Home runs—Ott (Giants), Berger (Braves), 20. Stolen bases—Martin (Cardinals), 15; Bordagary (Dodgers), Galan (Cubs), 11 Pitchers—Castleman (Giants), 9-2; Schumacher (Giants), 15-5; Carleton (Cubs), 9-3. .354; (Ti- (Tigers), (Tigers), .396; 84; 2 1 23; — LITTLE LIKES COURSE CLEVELAND, July 31 liam Lawson Little, jr., of San Fran- cisco, national amateur golf cham- | pion, yesterday inspected the country club course, where he will defend his | title September 9-14. “I found it in excellent condition,” Little said. 3¢; | (Red Sox), | () —Wil- .S, EVES HUEE SUM T0 SPORS $19,000,000 Will Be Spent in Next Few Months on Athletic Projects. BY DILLON GRAHAM, Associated Press Sports Writer N THE theory that outdoor life builds better bodies, the | Government has agreed to | spend more than $19,000,000 | on sports fields within the next few | months. | The Works Progress Administration | said that this month President Roose- velt has approved outlays of $19.097.- 976 for athletic fields, stadiums, swim- | ming pools, golf courses, armories and | tennis courts in 10 States. | Officials said additional funds may go for these purposes later, giving | sportsmen and youngsters a good slice of the $4,000,000000 works relief money Nearly $8,000,000 will be spent on building swimming pools, while $6.- | 093,811 will go for construction and | improvements on playgrounds. Golfers Get Couple Million. GOLFERS will benefit to the tune of $2,142,694, the sum approved for golf courses. 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