Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1935, Page 36

. C=2 Griffith’s Fine-Tooth Comb | Many Kicks Due in This Game Radio Announcers, Mounted on Donkeys, Clash Tonight in Base Ball Battle. Nationals’ Boss Is Trying Desperately to Build Up Woeful Staff. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. TRYING to unearth a potential major leaguer among the East- ern crop of “bush” pitchers is like finding hens’ teeth, so| President Clark Griffith has been in- formed by more than one base ball scout, but who said Griff wouldn't| stoop to discover? At any rate, the| ‘Washington club boss is wiiling to try, and Phillip Hensick of Albany is proof. On the eve of the Naticnals' final | awing around the seven other Ameri- | can League way stations, Bucky Har- | ris today has Hensick to look forward | 0 as potential aid to one of the Griffs' | weaker departments—the bull-pen | staff. Procured yesterday from the Albany “farm” in the International League, | the right-handed Hensick will report | to the Nationals Saturday in Boston, where the Griffs, after a three-day layoff, will pick up the thread of their | campaigning. ‘Twenty-seven years old, the elderly ' rookie joins the Washington club with | only a so-s0 record for this season Except. for a perfunctory, “He has a chance,” from Griffith, the new Na- tional is untouted. | Worked In 39 Games. Hxs acquisition, however, represents an earnest effort on the part of | Griffith to bolster his staff as the Nationals prepare for the swing with | at least the sixth-place position as | their goal. They are only a game and | & half behind the Athletics, who left | town amid showers yesterday, and | there is an outside chance that fifth | place yet may be gained. The Indians, | present holders of second division su- | premacy, are five and one-half games | ahead of the Griffs. Hensick, according to Griffith, s/ strictly a relief pitcher. He has ap-| peared in 39 games so far this cam- paign with Albany, and his record is| five victories and eight defeats with a | ball club of about the corresponding | strength in the International League | s Washington in the American. At 27, a pitcher is no Spring chick- en, especially when his major league | career is just beginning, so what fu- ture is ahead of the latest local slab- man is problematical. But Hensick has been around long enough to know | what it is all about, and ere the Griffs | 5. return home the last of this month | Phil may have repaid Griffith for his trouble. Present Relief Pitchers Weak. CERTAINLY even some fairish ef- forts on Hensick’s part will not hurt the Griffs, for if they are weaker in any single department than the relief staff it is unknown to Harrls and Griffith. At the start of the season, with Jack Russell on hand, little trouble in the relief hurling was anticipated. But Russell, from the start, never showed | the stuff which made him 1933's out- standing fire-hat hurler. Even as Russell was fading, though, Leon Pettit promised to fill his shoes. | For the first month of the season Pettit was great. His curve and screw- | ball had rival hitters breaking their | backs. In the second month Pettit 'was not quite as sensational, but still good enough to build up the only bet- ter-than-.500 pitching record on the staff. g With the passing of the season, however, Pettit grew steadily less ef- fective, at first mystifying Harris and Griff until they figured that. as far as his major league career is concerned, Leon is strictly a “Spring pitcher.” Before the hitters have reached their true stride Leon and his curve ball| have ’em licked. Now that the hitters are on even terms with the hurlers, Harris is a little fearful of using Pettit in an im- portant spot. Griff Starters Not Finishing. SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, - . AUGUST 8, 193 S —r;zres Pitcher Hensick From Alba ASHINGTON'S biggest circus since Barnum and Bailey pulled up stakes is on tap tonight at Grifith Stadium, when two teams unable to play base ball as it should be played will try it on donkeys. Before a crowd of 100,000 (Arch McDonald’s estimate). the local announcers of the Columbia Broad- casting System will face the mike artists of the National Broadcast- ing Co. in a burro ball game slated to start at 8:15 o'clock. Proceeds of the game will be turned over to the Children’s Hospital Fund and admission will be 50 cents. Tickets will be on sale at the ball park box offices. In addition to watching the game the spectators also will hear it described by leading local sports announcers through the public ad- dress system. Arch McDonald of WJSV, Jim McGrath of the N. B. C. and Arthur Godfrey, another C. B. S. minion, will take turns over the speaker system. Among other things they will identify the play- ers from the donkeys. District Commissioner George Allen has consented to throw out the first ball, or the first donkey, whichever he is offered, and Mar- vin McIntyre, secretary to Presi- dent Roosevelt, has been hired as the umpire. All players except the pitcher | and catcher are mounted on don- | keys. When the batter hits the | ball he leaps astride a burro and attempts to round the bases. Field- ers either may catch the ball while | on their donkeys or dismount and, holding the reins with one hand, field the ball with the other. It's dizzy, but after all they are radio announcers. | Minor Leagues International. Baltimore, 7—2; Buffalo, 5—7. Syracuse, 4—3; Toronto, 2—10. Montreal, 8; Albany, 1. Newark, 6; Rochester, 2. American Association. St. Paul, 8—8:; Indlanapolis 3—8 | second game 13 innings; darkness), | Newsom | Burke won 2, Toledo, 4; Milwaukee, 2. Kansas City, 5; Columbus, 2. Louisville, 8; Minneapolis, 6. Southern. Atlanta. 3; Memphis, 1. New Orleans, 9; Nashville, 4. Pacific Coast. Sacramento, 7; San Francisco, 1. Los Angeles. 5; Seattle, 3. Hollywood, 7;: Oakland. 2. Missions, 3; Portland, 2. Texas. Beaumont, 6—5; Oklahoma City, | Galveston, 9—5: Fort Worth, 7—3. San Antonio, 8—4: Tulsa, 7—2. Dallas, 5—9; Houston, 2—1. Griffs’ Records BATTING. | 1.Pet. 338 315 | 3n4 | drew; Mike Romano, 210, Italy, won | Mickey | from Ivan Vakluroff, 215, Russia; Fred | knocked out | Grobmier, 205, Iowa, threw FIoyd Moines, Iowa (3); Tony Cancela, 198, | Tampa, Fla.. knocked out Corn Grif- 1 POSPRY a0, 200 194 180 Whitehill Redmond Hadley__ Coppola_ Pettit___ s waZamitean o2 058 ] 229 L Pettit Whitehill 24 2: Coppola_ Hayes__ oraimume Hadley. Linke Rucsel] Kress_. Bean won * onune o Wi t 8; Stewart los 5 OB s 1 g los st from time to time in relief roles, but with only varying success. At the| present time Coppola is nursing a sore arm and will not be carried on the | trip starting tomorrow night. Linke | is deemed more valuable as a starter | and Hayes is too erratic to figure im- | portantly. ‘Thus the way is opened to Hensick. If he fulfills Harris’ relief require- ments on the jaunt, Phil well might gain a chance to win a job next sea- son. Certainly Hensick should have plenty of opportunity to show his wares as | a rescue hurler. Finishing what they | | started has not been a habit cultivated | this season by the Washington pitch- | ers. The eight now on the staff, as a | ENRY COPPOLA, Ed Linke and | matter of fact, have completed only | Whitey Hayes have been tried| 33 of the 85 tilts they've opened. SWIMAOW FORY an Janitlation TNETHODS USED AT GLORIGUS | POOL OPENS 9:30 A.M.—CLOSES 11:30 P. M. ADULTS 40c. CHILDREN UNDER 12 YRS,, 15e. INCLUDES PRIVATE LOCKER Coppola to Work Legs, Rest Wing' HE‘NRY COPPOLA, young right= hand pitcher of the Na- tionals, will remain in Washington when Bucky Harris leads his ball club on a swing around the Amer- ican League circuit tomorrow, it was announced definitely today by President Clark Griffith. Coppola, who has suffered with a sore arm for the last six weeks, has been ordered to remain in the Capital and toil daily by *road- work” in Griffith Stadium. He will do no pitching, Griffith de- clared, until the last of August, when it is hoped his arm will | have recovered enough for him to again don a Washington uniform. Coppola’s place on the stafft will | be taken care of by Phil Hensick, | who was procured yesterday from Albany. | Griffith also declared that Ro- |fense with numerous bunts as Cy | berto Estellella, Harrisburg third baseman, who is nursing a bad finger, will not report for a trial until September 5. F. E. 8. Mat Matches By the Assoclated Press. LONG BRANCH, N. J—Rube ‘Wright, 225, Texas, tossed Irish Jack Donovan, 223; Boston, two out of three falls; Doc Len Hall, 219, Seattle, and Harry Graber, 212, Cincinnati, Marshall, 223, Arizona. MIDGETS WANT GAME. Any midget team seeking a Sunday game is requested to call Potomac 134 | 2321 where the Crimson Midgets are | booking. . Thre-Eye. Fort Wayne, 7; Terre Haute, 3. Bloomington, 6; Decatur, 4. Peoria, 6; Springfield, 3. | De Grasse CARDS COME BACK ASTITLE THREATS Second Streak After a Dive Gives Same Good Status They Held July 1. BY ORLO ROBERTSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. THE St. Louis Cardinals found themselves today in much the same position they occupied a the climb that carried them to the place where their last series with the | New York Giants was labeled “cru- | clal.” After winning 18 out of 19 games to pull up from third place and seriously threaten the league leaders, the world champions slipped into a nose dive. Before they righted themselves they had dropped nine out of 10 and again were looking up, not only to the Giants, but also to the Chicago Cubs. Game Back of Cubs. victories, six in a row, and trad margin that separated them from the second-place Chicagoans July 1. Then they were nine and one-half games to the rear of the Glants. Today the dif- ference was only four and one-half games. With Bill Hallahan pitching his ninth victory of the campaign, the Cards shaved a full game off the Cubs’ idle Giants’ margin yesterday by trim- ming the Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 2. The Pittsburgh Pirates took the measure of the Cubs, 6 to 0. ‘The champions battered Gene Schott for all their runs in the first two innings. Hallahan was forced to re- tire in the sixth because of the heat, but Ed Heusser held the Redlegs in chegk. The Pirates baffled the Cubs' de- FightsLast Night By the Associated Press. 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Rose, who will have seals and elephants vying with chorus girls for audience attention in his show, calls the offer a bit of “type cast- ing.” “The part,” he said, “was made for Ruth. It calls for a great big ‘Helly kid’ sort of guy, company manager of the circus around which the script revolves, the ig- hearted type, the kind of fellow | Blanton kept the nine blows well | spaced for his thirteenth triumph of the season. He allowed only two hits | in two innings, the eighth and ninth, | but then fast double plays wiped out the budding rallies. Larry French, losing his first start- ,]nz assignment since May 30, was { banished in the fifth for a verbal | INOW they boast another string of attack on Umpire Stark after he had yielded two of the Pirates’ runs. | the Cubs by only one game, the same | They scored the remainder off Fabian | Kowalik. Tribe Breaks Even. 'I‘HE Cleveland Indians made it two out of three under Steve O'Neill's management in splitting a double- header with the Chicago White Sox. | The Indians won the first handily, | 5 to 2, but dropped the second 2 to 1 | advantage and a half-game off the|in 10 innings after Thornton Lee and Ray Phelps had battled through nine irnings of scoreless ball. | In the only other games the Yankees |and Red Sox also split a twin bill | Boston won the first, 6 to 5, when | Joe Cronin drove a home run over | the left field fence with two on and two out in the ninth. The Yanks came back to take the | nightcap, 6 to 4. Lefty Grove re- | ceived credit for the first, No. the season, while Vernon Gomez won the nightcap for his tenth. Goodyear can give Ruth May Be a “Prima Donna”_ PR Babe Offered Star Role in Musical Circus, Part _ f Being Suited to “Big-Hearted Guy.” 14 of i 0S TO GET DRILL | IN PLAYS TONIGHT Coach Fry to Make First Contact With Federal Squad—List \ of Players Given. | -OFF'ENSIVE and defensive plays to | be used by the Washington Fed- | erals, local pro foot ball team, will be | described tonight by Burke Pry, | quarterback at Utah State in 1932-33- | 3¢ and newly appointed coach, at a | special meeting at the Hamilton Hotel from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Players who will attend are: Backs, | Davenport, Texas: Leverton, Rich- | mond: Barry. local sandlot star; | Cumberland, Western Maryland; Ben- | | ner and Nelson, Maryland; Parcelh,} | Georgetown, and Finis Parrish, Fenlon, | Bomba, Doose, Baker and Carlin, | George Washington ——— | Ends, Zubris, Mount St. Marys, and | Galloway, Bill Parrish and Wray, TIGERS NAME COACHES |George Washington. Tackles, Collins, — | Oklahoma A. and M. Slaird, George | Logan Takes Charge of Lacrosse, Washington: Fluegel, Western Mary- | |land; Downer, Georgetown, and | | Howell, Texas Christian. | PRINCETON, N. J. August 8.— | Guards, Leventhal, formerly of the | Completing reorganization of the | Brooklyn Dodgers, and Stewart and | Princeton coaching system, Prof. | Strayer. George Washington. Center, | | Burnham N. Dell, chairman of the | Tom Dyke, Texas Tech. | university council on athletics, an- | nounced the appointment of William | P. Logan as head coach for the Tiger soccer and lacrosse teams. Logan has been a freshman soccer | and lacrosse coach since 1930. A graduate of Johns Hopkins in 1927, Logan played on the United | Btates Olympic lacrosse team in 1928, Other recent changes in Princeton’s saff have been the appointment of William J. Clarke as base ball coach, | R. Kenneth Fairman as basket ball | mentor and Richard F. Vaughan as coacl" of the hockey sextet. | who packs a punch :nd is too soft- hearted to deliver it. Ruth has all the furniture for the part and I think he can act it.” Ruth has made one appeafance as a movie actor, and the report is he did not enjoy the experience. He has not read this part yet. He is out of town and could not he reached for comment. Christy Walsh, his business agent, said the offer was being considered as one of many. I know this much,” he said, “Ruth won't take it if he gets something that™ lies nearer to his heart— meaning, of course, base ball.” (Copyright. 197 Soccer at Princeton. Western. Keokuk, 10; Council Bluffs, 4. Sioux City, 6; Davenport, 0 Cedar Rapids, 12; St. Joseph, 4. Minor Cast-Off Stars for Phils BARTLESVILLE. Okla., August 8 (®)—There’s a story in this young Joe Gomez, who's been per- forming so sensationally the past week for the Philadelphia Club of the National League. Gomez played last season for Bartlesville of the class “C” West- ern Association. He asked for a contract with Bartlesville this sea- son and was turned down. Philadclphia picked him up from & traveling team from Mexico City, his home town. ’ | J 1 TANK MEET TOMORROW. Swimmers will meet for the annual | | District A. A. U. championships to- | morrow night at the Takoma Park Pool, unfavorable weather forcing a | postponement of last night's sched- | uled meet. Competition will start at | ! 8 o'clock. you bigger value at as | low or lower prices — because Goodyear is the world’s largest tire builder. That was proved over and over in Detective | Faurot’s famous inve stigation that showed the sensational “G-3" All-Weather is giving thousands better than 43% A on the same roads you T s 4~ DON'T padded price lists. 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Home runs—Greenberg, Tigers, 30, Johnson, Athletics, 21 Stolen bases—Werber, Red Sox, 22; Almada, Red Sox, 15 Pitching—Allen, Yankees, 10-3; Ly- ons, White Sox, 12-4 National League. Batting—Vaughan, Pirates, Medwick, Cardinals, .378. Runs—Medwick, Cardinals, 90: Ott, Giants, and Martin, Cardinals, 85. Runs batted in—Medwick, Cardi- nals, 86; Berger, Braves, 85. Hits—Medwick, Cardinals, 154; Ter- ry. Giants, 146. Doubles—Herman, Cubs, 36; Med- wick, Cardinals. 33 Triples—Goodman, Reds, 13; Suhr, Pirates, 11. Home runs—Ott, Giants, 24; Ber- ger, Braves, 23. Stolen bases—Martin, Cardinals, 15; Galan, Cubs, 13 Pitching—Castleman. Giants, 10-2; Schumacher, Giants, 16-5. % 38! Tigers, 88; Tigers, 35; 401 WIDMYER WILL COACH Old Line Star to Handle Three Sports at Frederick High. Another college athlete has stepped into a high school coach’s role. Earl Widmyer, erstwhile track and foot ball star at the University of Maryland, will coach basket ball, base ball and soccer at the Frederick, Md, High Schoel next season. He will assume his duties there on September 3, succeeding Arthur “Fir- po” Dorsey, who recently resigned. His home is in Hagerstown. 22,186 Miles Charles Johnson 1841 Columbla Road Wash., D. €. 20191 Miles P_E. Edrington Munsey Wash., D. C. 11,929 Miles - S DE. 5700