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SPORTS SECTION he Sunday Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1935. * Griffmen Lose Two Games, Two Players: America Keeps Wightman Tennis Cup Pair of Griffmen Shelved MYER IS OUSTED | S STICK LEADER Bolton and Kress Injured as Indians Triumph by 8t07,5t00. BY FRANCIS E. STAN (8taff Correspondent of The Star.) LEVELAND, August 17.—In full view of 8000 eye-wit- ( nessés, an almost defenseless band of Nationals were sur- prised and massacred by Indians to- day in a pair of bloody battles which probably scunded the death knell of Washington's ambition for more alti- tude in the American League pennant Tace. In the gloaming at old league park, where so many Nationals have met misfortune in the last few years, a forlorn figure, identified as Manager Bucky Harris, counted the dead and wounded and admitted the following | losses: { (A)—Catcher Clif Bolton for & month, due to a broken finger. | (B)—Shortstop Red Kress for at | least a week, due to a sprained ankle. (C)—The American League indi- vidual batting leadership. (D)—Two ball games by 8 to 7 and 8 to 0 scores. | Myer Held to One Hit. LOSING the ball games was hard | enough to take, especially since the double-header featured another relapse of the Washington pitching staff, but, couplpd with the losses of Bolton and Kréss, it was a terrific zhock to the Griffs, who fancied them- | selves well able to cope with the Indians after earning a stand-off with | the Tigers. Buddy Myer’s loss of the batting leadership also was quite a blow, inas- much as it represents a threat to ‘Washington's last chance of gaining | one important sprig of laurel These two injuries, which must be rated as among the major mishaps of | the season for the Griffs, occurred in rapid succession during the first game. | In the Washington eighth Kress singled with two out, and when Bol- ton grounded to Berger the veteran infielder turned and painfully twisted his ankle rounding second base. | Bolton was hurt in the Cleveland half of the eighth when a foul tip off Bozie Berger's bat broke cleanly the fourth finger of his right hand. The tragedy of Myer centered around his failure to get more than one hit in nine times at bat, while Joe Vosmik of the Indians made three safeties in seven trips to take the batting lead from Buddy by a single point, .348 to .345. Two Streaks Broken. TH:E first game proved infinitely more | painful than the second tilt in every respect. In addition to the injuries, the opener marked Earl ‘Whitehill's failure to add his fourth straight victory and the breaking of Myer’s 10-game hitting streak. Then again remains the fact that the Griffs should have won it with any kind of relief pitching. Apparently not sufficiently rested following his victory over the Tigers earlier in the week, Whitehill gave up & run an inning for the first four frames before going out for Pinch- hitter Heinie Manush in the fifth. Jake Powell's line-drive home run in the second frame, with the bases empty, enabled the Griffs to enter the fifth with a run to show against Cleveland's four, and when kress walked to start round 5 and Bolton singled him to third, it looked bright. Manush drove across Kress with a | fly to the outfield, and then Jack Russell took up the pitching. He managed to turn the Tribe back scoreless in their half of the fifth, and when the Nationals came to bat again, Dee Miles’ single, Myer's in- fleld out and a one-baser by Fred Schulte made it 4-3. . Russell Out of Gear. R!JSSELL then reverted to his form of this season in the Cleveland sixth, when the Tribe rallled to make it 6-3, but the Griffs were not | finished. With one away in the seventh, Thornton Lee, the wild southpaw, walked Bolton, Russell and Joe Kuhel in succession, filling the bases. This ‘brought up miles and the Chattanooga rookie inserted a double to clean the bases and tie the score at 6-6. When Berger threw wild to the plate trying to catch Kuhel, the fleet Miles moved to third, and with Myer and Schulte coming to bat it looked as though the Nationals were-“in.” Miles’ double was the cue for Lee to leave and Oral Hildebrand came in to pitch to Myer. He did. Buddy’s best was a pop to Hale and then Schulte followed suit, leaving Miles | stranded. Again in the seventh Russell was unequal to the task of checking the Indians and once again they went shead, 8 to 6. Before the frame was ended Leon Pettit was pitching for ‘Washington. Griffs Keep Trying. Evm in the face of these discourage- ments, the Griffs were plugging in the end. Cecil Travis batted for Pettit in the ninth and Willis Hudlin, who had succeeded Hildebrand, walked him on four straight balls. Kuhel, helpless all day, then socked a single to put Travis on third base, from where he scored, while Miles was forcing Kuhel. ‘With one down and thg speedy Miles on first, the Griffs still had a fighting chance, but Buddy Myer ruined every- thing by hitting into a double play. The second game found Lloyd Brown, the former National, winning his chevrons as a vice president in the I'l-Make-Griff Sorry Club. Lloyd outpitched Buck Newsom by giving up only five hits and permitting only one ‘Washington runner to reach second base. He was Heinle Manush in the | last inning. Newsom turned in a good effort himself, but between Brown and poor support, the poor guy didn't have a chance, Tfll Indians got one earned run in the second inning when Bad News Hale socked & home run far over the (Continued on Page 8, Column 3.) » CLIF BOLTON. Urges U. S. Stay Out of Olympics By the Associated Press. \‘]ILKES-BARRE, Pa,, August 17, —Withdrawal of the Ameri- can Olympic team from the games scheduled at Berlin next year was demanded by the Pennsylvania American Legion in a resolution adopted at the final session of the seventeenth depariment conven- fon today. Nazi anti-Jewish policies was given as the reason. Other resolutions adopted called for deportation of all unnatural- ized aliens who do not have jobs | and assailed President Roosevelt for the economy act that sliced war veterans’ benefits. A colorful parade concluded the convention. Japanese Win Swimming Races From Yanks, Gain 14-to-7 BY GLENN BABB, Associated Press Forelgn Staff. OKIO, August 17.—Japan’s mer- men—a great array of distance and breast-stroke swimmers— seized & commanding lead on the opening evening of the Japanese- American three-day meet, winning three out of four races tonight. A close victory in the 300-meter medley relay saved the American in- vaders from being shut out completely in the opening clash for the world's swimming supremacy. The strategy of Coach Robert Kip- huth of Yale in not entering Jack Kasley of the University of Michigan In the 200-meter breast stroke, and thus keeping him fresh for the med- ley relay, was chiefly responsible for the Americans’ lone victory. Taylor Drysdale of Detroit back- stroked out a 2-meter lead over Kiichi Yoshida, which Kasley held against the great Reizo Koike, Olympic 200- meter recordholder, who earlier in the evening won that event in record- tying time. The lead permitted Leter Fick, sprinter from the New York Athletic Club, to finish ahead of Ma- sanori Yusa, member of the Japanese quartet which set a world record for the 800-meter relay at the last Olym- pic games. Kolke Equals Record. YUBA made a courageous finish in an attempt to catch Fick as the American combination finished in 3 minutes 20.2 seconds, the best re- corded in competition. Drysdale covered his lap in 1:10, Kasley in 1:12.2 and Fick finished in | 58 seconds. Kioke started the Japanese victory | parade by equcling the world mark of | 2:42.6 for the 200-meter breast stroke, ! set two years ago in Paris by J. Car- tonnet of France. A new luminary flashed to the sur- face in the 1500 meters which the Japanese trio swept clean, outdistanc- ing Jack Medica of Seattle and Ralph Flanagan of Miami. Gen Ishiharada seized the lead at the 1,000 meters and steadily lengthened it. He fin- ished 20 meters ahead of Shozo Man- kino, who nosed out the favored Hiro- shi Negami, Japanese team captain. Medica gave the Japanese a race for 1,100 meters, then faded to fourth, 15 meters behind Negami. Flanagan was | badly distanced. The time was 19:12. RED KRESS, | Koike was forced to record-equaling time in the breast stroke by Tetsuo Hamuro whose finishing spurt nearly brought him in ahead. Johnny Hig- gins of Olneyville, R. I, was three meters behind the Japanese pair. A whirlwind finish by John Ma- cionis of Philadelphia and Art Linde- gren of Hollywood almost brought vic- tory to America in the 200-meter free- | Johnson Unlikely to Hold Any Cleveland Job ! In 1936 and By a Staff Cerrespondent of The Star. | LEVELAND, August 17—In a wholesale denial of new ru- mors concerning the genera management of the Indians : in 1936, President Alva Bradley today ! not only spiked the report that Wal- | ter Johnson will succeed Billy Evans in this capacity but strongl; hinted | that Babe Ruth does not figure in | Cleveland's plan for next year. | | In denying that Johnson will take | over Evans’ position as general man- | | ager of the Cleveland club, Bradley | intimated that there was no assur- | | ance of Walter's ever being connected | | with the Indians in any capacity. At the present time, Johnson, re- | cently deposed as manager, is cn the pay roll as a “scout.” | “Whether Johnson will be conn2ct- ed with the Cleveland club in any way next season, I am not prepared to | say now,” said Bradley. ‘“Frankly, I don't know if Johnson would want to accept a job with us.” | “Will any one succeed Evans?” was | & question asked Bradley. | “I am not prepared to answer that | question now, either,” answered the | Cleveland owner. “Evans’ contract | expires on November 1. I do not in- tend to discuss his status until, say, about October. That is the prcper time. “As for Johnson, I have no im- mediate plans for him. Walter is one of the finest men I have ever known and our relationship here in Cleve- | {land was to me a source of genuine | pleasure. I have always admired and respected Walter and I was sorry when he resigned and regretted the . conditions. | . “When Johnson left my club I told him to forget about managing ball teams. I don’t think he is cut out for the job, chiefly because he has| been such a great player himself. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Major League Statistics | STEVE O’NEILL. “During my few years as a ball club owner I have discovered that base ball players are jealous. That is, many of them are. When Cleveland plays in New York, or in Boston, or in most all citles, for instance, the fans ask: I want io see Johnson.’ “This creates jealousy among the | s players on Johnson's team, especially among the older players who have reputations of their own. They don't like to see a manager become the object of all eyes and attention. “Look over the list of famous play- ers who have been unsuccessful man- agers. [y Cobb had his troubles. I am told that half of his men were all for hin and that the other half hated him. That was because Cobb drew all the attention. Johnson had the same trouble.” SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1935, Naticnal RESULTS YESTERDAY. Louls, 7; New York. 3. Brooklyn. 1 2-5: Philadelphia. 0-1. Cincinna EETE 5 1= vjudiepenad !“’EQE;;E Det—[ 7 8 815 711 1360E0L 6N s NYI—I11 7111110 o1 81181691411.6271. .. NY| 7j—] 8] 8/1011/12 8I611451.576 7 StL] 2] 81 7110111/11166/421.6111 2 Bos( 5 8I—I10( 6I12111] 5/571621.623/12% Chil_8| 50 8i—I 71 6l mululumuup Clel 1 7] 7110/—1 BI10/11156/531.50911: Phil_4] 6] 6] 5| BI—I 71111471561 456/10% Wnl 7] 71 7: 5 3l 8 9461631422123 StL! 3| 5! 81 8/ 41 7| 3!—I38/681.358130 L..130145/52/51/53/56163!68|—|—| ] Chil 7| 5|—I12/13] 613/13(601461.600i 2% Pitl 4| Gmuflzuztoslul,uxl 8% F Cin| 6] 61 7] 7] 8] 7—I 849165/.430122 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Wn at Cle. (2), 1:30. Wash. New York at Detroit, N. ¥. mfl.:t 3 GAMES ml # » ‘Where is Walter Johnson? | B Le O’Neill Likely to Stay as Pilot “How about Babe Ruth?” asked the writee, “Ruth, T fear, would encounter the same difficulties, only more of ’em,” | answered Bradley. Asked what the managerial situa- tion in Cleveland was at the present | time, Bradley declared that Steve | O'Neill, coach, who succeeded John- son, has a fine chance of getting a | one-year contract at the end of this campaign. —F.E. 8. Official Scores FIRST GAME. Washington. Kuhel: 1beor Miles, cooM H meonc wmbmce coucssssweussesh sss22se oloosse: Totals . *Batted for Whitehill # tBatted for Pettit in ninth. Cleveland. . Knickerbocke: Averill, cf. Vosmik. “If Trosky. 1b. cooususoacsony oooocoscocssct e Score by innin Washington Cleveland T 111 102 20x—8 Runs batted (4). Powell, Ma- nush,_Knickerbocker (2). Averill, Vosmik (3). ‘Brenzel. Winegarner. —Vosmik. Berger. Bolton, Knickerbocker, Brenzel. ' Home ° runs—Powell. Vosmik. Sacrifices—Whitehill. Lee, Double play— ky. Left on bases— Washington_ 5; Cleveland. 11. balls—Of Russell. 3; off Pettit, off “Hudlin. 1. Lee. 4: Hu Struck out, by Whitehill. 2; b{ Pettit, 1: by Lee, 4. Hits | De! ‘Whitehill. tehill. 8 in’ 4 innings; off Lee, 6 in 6% innings: off Russell 6 % innings: off Hildebrand, 0 in % H off Pettit. 1 in 1% innngs: off Hudln. in 2 innings. Winning pitcher—Lee. Los- ing pitcher—Russell. Umpires—Messrs. Dinneen and Geisel. Time—2:21. SECOND GAME. ‘Washington. Kuhel, 1b. > -5 R 19esststommn | comonosuand . Bl corrmororp s ol cosossscsam g mormsonll § o] oooorcomen 3 % 3 ® PRt 3 ol SonmsconooR - SO DYAS olosossssco® uloomoomcscoM ‘GAMES TOMORROW. | 2, j| Hayworth’s infield out, stole third 010 011 301—7| &0 Two-base hits b 2 Three of Four Edge in Meet style race. They all but overhauled Masanori Yus, but the Japanese's lead | of 5 meters at the half way mark was too much, He won by a stroke over Macionis. Jim Gilhula of Detroit, who had been counted on, was kept on the side= lines by an infected ear. Yua covered the 200 meters in 2:13.2. Except for the medley, no records were broken. The coolness of the water was partly to blame for the fail- ure of the brilliant field to smash other marks over the 50-meter course. 15,000 Attend Meet. ONE of the greatest crowds in the history of the sport—15,000— jammed the stands and roared encour= agement to the Japanese defenders. Thousands were turned away from the Meizi shrine pool. The Princes Asaka and Kitashira- kawa, hieads of the collateral branches of the imperial family, were present. The meet was staged with Olympic games pomp, the athletes carrying their national flags in an opening parade. Capts. Medica and Negami took the amateur athletes’ oath for | their teams. Genji Matsuda, minister of educa- tion, in an opening address stressed the value of the meet in furthering Japanese-American amity. After each event the winner's na- tional flag was run up and the band played “the Stars and Stripes For- | ever” or the Japanese “Kimigayo.” The point score after the opening performance gave the Japanese a | 14-t0-7 lead. Firsts were counted as | three, seconds as two and thirds as | one point. | Kiphuth hoped Sunday's program | would favor the invaders and enable them to cut down the Japanese lead. The Sunday night program calls for | the 100 meters backstroke, 100 meters breast stroke, 400 meters free style and 400 meters free-style relay. i L=as = TIGERS GET GAME ON YANK ‘BONER' Saltzgaver’s Failure to Toss | Ball Quickly in Tenth Decides, 3 to 2. ETROIT, August 17.—A co- | lossal ~ “boner” by Jack | Saltzgaver, who got back | into the lineup a few days ago because Manager Joe McCarthy | was afraid of Blondy Ryan’s uncer- | tain flelding, enabled the Tigers to | turn back the Yankees, 3 to 2, in a bitter ten-inning struggle today and | increase their American League lead | to seven games, With one down in the tenth, Lefty Gomez loaded the bases on a hit by Goose Goslin, a force-out by Billy Rogell, Ray Hayworth's double and |an intentional pass to Marvin Owen. | | Manager Cochrane sent himself in to | bat for Pitcher Al Crowder, and with | the Yankee infield drawn in close, | sent an easy hopper down to Saltz- | gaver. The second sacker flelded the | ball cleanly, looked toward home then clung to the ball before making up his mind to throw to first. Mean- while Rogell easily scored from third with the winning run. THE play came as the climax of a hard fought game which nearly resulted in a fight one time and brought down the thunderous boos of the 26,000 cash customers upon | the Yanks. In the sixth inning Tony Lazzeri and Marvin Owen tangled at third when Tony tried to stretch a two-bagger. Lazzeri made a few threatening gestures and players of both teams rushed in, but Umpire Lou Kolls kept them apart. The Tigers got a 2-0 lead in the first two innings when Pete Fox opened with a triple and scored on Jo-Jo White's fly, and when Rogell singled in the second, advanced on and tallied on Foxx's single. Earle Combs hoisted a homer into the right fleld bleachers in the third to put the Yanks back into the game, and tied it up in the fifth when Ben Chapman doubled, took third as Lou Gehrig grounded out, and scored when George Selkirk beat out a bunt for a single. H.O.A. Detroit. AB. 1470 Foxat "8 [P PIRPEE St Owen 3b_ Crowder.p 4 Go'hranet 1 Totals 4010:2012 Totals. 121s *Two out when winn: tBatted for Crowder in tenth. 010 010 000 0—2 110 000 000 1—3 Runs—Combs. Chapman, Fox. Rogell (2). Errors—Gehringer, Laszeri. Runs batted in—White. Fox, Combs, ~Seiki . Two-base hits—Rolfe. Sal an. Lazzeri. Hayworth. Three- x. Home run—Combs. Stolen bases—Rogell. Chapman, Left on bases— New York. 10: Detroit. 13. Base on balls —of ¢ro off' Gomez. 2. Strike- outs—By Crowde: y Gomes. 4. Hit by pitcher—By Gomes (Owen). Wild pitch jomez. ~ Umpires—Messrs. Owens, Mo- riarty and Kolls. Time—2:35. Handy Man Goes - To Help Griffs ), Ohio, August 17.— Tubby Fitzgerald, handy man at Grifith Stadium, is on his way to Cleveland tonight to join the ‘Washington ball club in response to a hurry-up call from Manager Bucky Harris for a catcher to help 8| ormisriconasd g (<4 5 omocuomars? 3% Fe able following Clif Bolton’s injury today, Bucky wired an appeal to President Clark Griffiith, who promptly dispatched Fitegerald. During the Detroit series, Catcher Jack Redmond was sent back to ton’s injury would have given the youngster & big opportunity. > Mrs. Ethel Burkhart Arnold (left), diminutive Los Angeles matron, who clinched Wightman Cup victory for United States, and Kay Stam- | mers, British girl. whom she defeated in three-set thriller. Farest Hills, Long Island, the series Sports Program For Local Fans Today. Base Ball. Washington at Cleveland, 3. Tennis. Finals, Embassy singles tourna- ment, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. Tomorrow. Base Ball. Washington at Cleveland, 3. Boxing. Joe Smallwood vs. Ken Overlin, main bout, 10 rounds, Griffith Stadium, 8:30. Tennis. Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue, Tuesday. Base Ball. Washington at Cleveland, 3. ‘Tennis. Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue, Track. Boys’ playground meet, Central Stadium, 10. Wednesday. Base Ball. Washington at Chicago, 3. Swi 3 District A. A. U. 880-yard free- style championship for men, Mary- land Club Gardens, 8. Tennis. Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. Track. Boys' intercity playground meet, Alexandria vs. Washington, West- ern Stadium, 10. Thursday. Base Ball. Washington at Chicago, 3. Wrestling. Joe Savoldi vs. Jack Donovan, feature match, Griffith Stadium, 8:30. Tennis, Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. Friday. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Chicago, 3. Tennis. Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. Saturday. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Chicago, 2. Swimming. District A. A. U. 3-mile cham- plonship for men, Washington Ca- noe Club, 2. Tennis. Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. e FAMILY NINES OPPOSE U. S. Title at Stake as Deikes and Stanzaks Battle. ‘WICHITA, Kans., August 17 (#).— A game billed as the “Family Team Baseball Championship” of the United States will be played here tomorrow in connection with the National semi- pro tournament. The Stanzak brothers team of Wau- kegan, Ill, claimants of the title, day accepted the challenge of the Deike brothers team of San An- tonio, Tex. Play was at | starting Friday and ending vesterdsy. | —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto, | FRENCHAN SEEKS SPEEDBOAT CROWN Maurice Vasseur Will Try‘ for Harmsworth Trophy, Now Held by Wood. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, August 17.—J. Lee | D Barrett, secretary of the Gold Cup Committee, said today he had been notified | that Maurice Vasseur of France would challenge néxt year for the | Harmsworth speedboat trophy now held by Gar Wood. E. R. Frederick, engineer of the Andre Citroen automobile firm, wrote | Barrett from Paris in behalf of Vas. seur. Frederick until recently was Citroen's representative here. “Vasseur told me he had decided | definitely to compete in the Harms- worth next year,” he wrote. “In this venture he will have his friend and partner, M. Piquerez, as associate. He plans a two-motor, single propellor boat of very light construction, sim- ilar (I think) to the Izmona V, with | which he has been winning everything over here. He will have 2,500 horse- power.” FREDERICK said both men were | widely known in France, and that Vasseur now holds the distance speed- boat record of the world. Edward S. Evans of Detroit said recently his two sons had constructed a “hydrafoil” craft of unique design with which they planned to challenge Wood’s right to defend the trophy on behalf of the United States. ‘Wood now holds the world speed- boat record of 124.8 miles an hour, established with his Miss America X. EXPECT BIG CROWD AT SANDLOT SCRAP Frank Watt Is Magnet as Market | and Heurich Teams Battle for Industrial Flag. ORE than 5,000 sandlot base ball fans are expected to watch Frank Watt, one of the most colorful pitch- ers in the District, take the mound for Heurich's Tuesday against South- west Market In the first of a three- game series for the Industrial League championship. The former hPiladelphia Athletics hurler, getting old for the diamond game, still is able to deceive sandlot batters with his trick delivery and burning fast ball. A second game will be played Wed- nesday, and, if necessary, a third will be played Thursday. All games are scheduled for Ellipse diamonds at § o'clock. CAPITOLIANS WIN, 6 TO 5. Donnie Strague hurled the newly organized Capitolians to a 6-3 victory nine ISERIES CLINCHED BY MRS, ARNOLD [Little Californian Defeats | Kay Stammers in Upset. Issue Settled, 4-3. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Writer. OREST HILLS, N. Y. August 17—Executing a swift, sen- sational reversal of form, America’s woman tennis stars rallied to sweep the last three singles matches of the Wightman Cup tennis series with Great Britain today and keep possession of the international trophy for the fifth straight year. The heroine of America’s uphill fight to victory on the turf courts of the West Side Stadium was Califor- nia’s Ethel Burkhardt Arnold, who J‘capped the climax of her debut in | Wightman Cup competition by con- quering the redoubtable Katharine (Kay) Stammers, crack English south- | paw, in the decisive match. Beaten soundly the day before by Dorothy Round, the English No. 1, and conceded little chance of upset- ting her brilliant young rival today, Mrs. Arnold gave a superb exhibition of fighting spirit and shot making skill to capture a thrilling match by scores of 6—2, 1—8, 6—3. Takes Off Pressure. | THE triumph for the diminutive Los | Angeles matron, unranked nation- ally since 1930, when she was No. 6 on the United States list and out of competition almost entirely for the last two years, was the climax of a | remarkable rally by the home forces. The British entered the final half of the series leading 2—1, the result of | two stunning singles decisions yester- day, only to have the cup defenders | settle the issue with three consecutive | victories. | It was just as well, for the sake of this country's supremacy in women's tennis, that Mrs. Arnold came through in the “clutch.” The pressure was | off thereafter, but the British doubles | team of Evelyn Dearman and Nancy Lyle nevertheless rallied to beat Caro- |lyn Babcock and Dorothy Andrus, | American pair, in the seventh and final match, 3—6, 6—4, 6—1. The final score thus was 4 to 3 as the United States emerged triumphant for the ninth time in 13 years of competition for the Wightman Cup. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Boston and Helen Jacobs, three-time American singles champion, paved the way for Mrs. Arnold's decisive conquest. To- gethed they scored America’s first point by winning the doubles yester- day after Miss Jacobs had yielded to the flery strokes of Miss Stammers in a singles upset. Today Mrs. Fabyan returned to the courts to trounce Phyllis Mudford King, 6—0, 6—3 and square the count, after which Miss Jacobs put the United States in front with a brilliant 6—3, 6—2 triumph over Miss Round. Mrs. Arnold Surprises AlL 'HE crowd of 5,000 tennis fans con- fidently expected Miss Stammers to even the count again, sending the series into the final doubles match for decision. So did every one else, with the exception of Mrs. Arnold. The Californian lifted her game to superla- tive heights, with the cup at stake, and thoroughly justified the confi- dence placed in her by the United States Selection Committee, which named her to take Mrs. Fabyan's place as No. 2 singles player. Mrs. Arnold’s steadiness off her un- orthodox and seemingly awkward | backhand was the decisive factor as she outplayed her young English rival in the first set and came back bril- liantly in the third after having her advantage wiped out. Miss Stammers turned the tide with blistering drives in the second set, playing with the ame dash that carried her to triumph ver Miss Jacobs yesterday, but she ailed to sustain the pace. Coming back after a brief rest for the third set, Mrs. Arnold attacked so aggressively that she took three games in a row. Miss Stammers ral- lied to capture the next two, but she cculd not keep the diminutive Cali- fornian on the defensive for long. Covering court with remarkable agil- ity and making spectacular recoveries, | many of them for placements that left the English girl standing in won- derment, Mrs. Arnold battered her way to victory by a decisive margin. Miss Stammers wilted finally under pressure, lost her service four times in the fipal set and double-faulted for the final losing point. Given Big Ovation. MRS. ARNOLD was given the big- gest ovation of the series as she emerged victorious over the girl who is considered a coming world’s cham- pion by many experts and who achieved trilumphs this year over America's two tennis queens—Helen Wills Moody as well as Miss Jacobs. Miss Stammers conquered Mrs. Moody prior to the Wimbledon tournament in England. After Mrs. Fabyan disposed of Mrs. Mudford with a sparkling exhibition, featured by the Boston girl's sharply angled placements, Miss Jacobs turned the day's heralded feature encounter into a rout. The American champion apparently has the “Indian sign” on Miss Round. She scored her fourth consecutive straight-set victory over the English No. 1 player in Wightman Cup competition with startling ease. Miss Jacobs took the first five games ot the opening set and thereafter never was in danger, despite the se- verity with which Miss Round lashed out on nearly every return. The Brit- ish girl’s powerful stroking was more than offset by Helen's steadiness and abllity to capitalize advantages. Miss Jacobs benefitted from the “breaks” at the outset and rarely lost control as she chopped and sliced her way to triumph. PRO GRIDDERS SIGN. NEW YORK, August 17 (#).—Ar- rival of signed contracts from Stuart Clancy, former Holy Cross halfback; Bill Owen, tackle from Oklahoma A. and M, and Dale Burnett, ex-Em= poria Teachers halfback, has been announced by the New York Giants.