Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1935, Page 10

A—-10 Newsom Fights Fiercest Jinx in League : D. C. Places Eight in U. S. =g Kingfish Boastful Despite Adversity—Hurls Well, Loses to Tribe. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. HICAGO, August 21—If it's true that all things even up in base ball, then bashful Buck Newsom, whose lanky earcass cost Uncle Clark Griffith 40,000 smackers, is going down as the most successful pitcher of the year, some- time during his career. Accepting the evening-up axiom as » truth, Newsom can't miss. If ever s hurler rates the dubious title of 1935's prize hard-luck artist, it is the drawling South Carolinian whose vac- cination must have been done with a phonograph needle. The very fact that the young man whom Griffith purchased from the ‘Browns last May is, inwardly and out- wardly, s bundle of confidence and unoffending belligerence is to his ad- vantage. Verily, a less confident and courageous aurler well might suffer from the succession of reversals that has been Newsom's through no fault of his own. Figures Are Deceiving. he dropped his third straight start yesterday in Cleveland by 8 4-to-2 count it was Newsom's four- teenth defeat of the season, as both a Brownie and a National. Against this the self-styled Kingfish can show only six victories. Truly, the record does not smack of 40,000 potatoes. Yet, figures do lie. The cold, black type opposite Newsom's name does not do justice to the talkative Southerner. He's still a $40,000 beauty, says Buck, and in this connection he has the sup- port of no less an authority than Man- sger Stanley Harris. The whys and wherefores hereby are cited: In winning their thirteenth victory in 17 games from the Griffs yesterday the Indians were spotted ihree un- earned runs in the fiist inning when Red Kress and Johnny Stone went in for a little costly drop-kicking. Thus, instead of winning a 2-to-1 victory, Buck was charged with a 4-to-2 loss. Jinx Got Early Start. PERHAPS it would be better to be- | gin at the beginning in this tale of hard luck. Let's go back to the opening game of the season. Pitch- ing for St. Louis against the same Indians, Buck was beaten, 2 to 1, in 14 innings. An error kept victory in YTegulation distance from him. His second start for the Browns re- sulted in a 6-to-5 victory for the White Sox in 10 innings. Only two of Chi- cago’s six runs were earned. Then, in his next four starts with the Browns, Newsom lost every time. But not s single run was he given by his mates. The clouds were hanging heavy, but & bright ray of sunshine stole at this point and Newsom found himself sold from the lowly Browns to the Nationals in a deal which was calculated good enough to give the Griffs a fighting chance for the pen- pant. Indeed, things looked up gen- erally when Buck, in his first start, was given 10 runs by his new mates while he blanked the White Sox. Pitched Despite Injury. T EEN, once again, his luck turned on Newsom. In the process of whipping Cleveland the eccentric Tright-hander’s knee cap was fractured by a lige drive. For nearly seven in- ‘nings he pitched with a broken knee, ‘only to Wesken and drop a 5-to-4 de- eision. Followed five weeks of idleness and “then his new start. After dropping sn expected 11-to-1 decision to the Yanks upon returning to the team, Buck dis- ‘covered that the base ball gods still were frowning on him. ' Relieving Leon Petiit in a game against Detroit he pitched brilliantly for two innings . to be charged with & 7-to-6 de- Elon Hoggsett did the rest. Undaunted, the big fellow came to win an 11-to-7 decision over Browns. Four of the St. Louis runs, incidentally, were unearned. Then followed a 6-to-4 victory over Difficult to Walk. FNI ‘weeks and one day to recover from a broken knee-cap is a small time for an injury of this sort and Newsom began to feel it—feels it now a3 & matter of fact. It is all he can do to walk after pitching a ball game, 80 weak is his knee. So it is little wonder he encountered trouble again. Seeking to make it two wins over Chicago in that same series late in July, Buck lost, 4 to 1, and then fol. lowed one of his two bad performances of the campaign—a one-inning relief trick against the Indians, who scored five runs and won & 13-to-8 decision. In his next five starts he won from the Yanks twice and beat Bos- ton, while losing to Boston and last week to Detroit. The Ilatter tilt % . Sports Program For Local Fans Today. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Chicago, 3. Swimming. District A. A. U. 880-yard free= style championship for men, Mary= land Club Gardens, 8. Tennis, Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. ‘Tomorrow. Base Ball. ‘Washington. at Chicago, 3. Wrestling. Joe Savoldi vs. Jack Donovan, feature match, Grifith Stadium, 8:30. Tennis, Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. Friday. Base Ball. Washington at Chicago, 3. Tennis, s Embassy doubles tournament, 2435 Massachusetts avenue. Track. Boys' playground meet, Central Stadium, 10. 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. FIVE NAMES URGED FOR BOXING BOARD More Likely to Be Placed Before D. C. Commissioners, Who Will Fill Vacancy Friday. FXVE names went before the District Commissioners today for consid- eration prior to the naming of a suc- cessor to the late Lucian Vandoren, | chairman of the District Boxing Com- | misison. The Commissioners will make known their decision Friday. Dr. Robert L. Eller, a boxing judge; | Henry De Sibour, local architect, also a judge; Ringold Hart, attorney; Maj. Harry Leonard, retired Marine officer, | and Kenneth Parkins, president of the Barristers’ Association, are under con- sideration. Additional names were | expected to be added to the above prospects today or tomorrow. Although his name has been ad- vanced with those of other possible appointees, Maj. Harvey L. Miller, secretary of the commission, stated he preferred to remain in his present capacity. While all five men are well ac- quainted with the local ring situation, it is believed that Vandoren’s succes- sor will be selected from the legal pro- fession. —— marked his second really bad per- | formance, but in view of the fact | | that it was his third mound appear- |ance in five days, Buck might well be excused for that failure. Buck Keeps Chin Up. TF!AT brings the tale up to the six- | game Cleveland series, which was | concluded yesterday with the Indians winning their fifth tilt of the set. Pitching the opener of the series last Saturday, Buck was beaten by a 5-t0-0 count when his mates touched Lioyd Brown for only five hits. Newsom permitted only nine him- self and one of Cleveland’s runs was unearned. ‘Then yesterday came another loss on a well-pitched game. In spite of the fact that Newsom has worked in 16 of the Nationals’ last 43 games and 5 of the last 13, the big fellow probably had more “stuff” than at any time since his injury. Poor support alone licked him. All damage was done in the first inning, which started with Galatzer getting on base on Red Kress’ boot. Newsom then fanned Averill and forced Vosmik to pop up. Even then Kress had a chance to make it up to Newsom when Galatzer attempted to steal, but Red neglected to cover sec- ond base for Holbrook’s perfect throw. As a result Galatzer wound-up on third. Then followed a high fiy by ‘Trosky to the rujlculoualy short right fleld fence for a double, another two- baser by Hale, and a single by Knick- erbocker. That was the ball game, right in the first inning. Newsom's mates again failed to give him much hitting. The Washingtons made only seven safeties off Willis Hudlin, and two of these, a single and a double, were contributed by bashful Buck, who also scored one of the two runs. In the face of this luck, though, Newsom remains as cocky as ever. “Some day, ah reckon,” says the Kingfish, “I'll begin getting the breaks. Then they'll be wondering how Griff got me for $40,000 instead The Foening Shw Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C, UNEILL BETTERS PACE OF INDIANS Rise From Less Than .500 to .667 Clip—Yankees Rout Rowe to Win, 6-5. BY ANDY CLARKE, Associated Press Sports Writer. HE Cleveland Indians are play- ing a better brand of base ball since Steve O'Neill, their for- mer coach, took over the man: agerial reins. Prior to Steve'’s accession, their win percentage was less than .500, but since then they have been galloping along at a .667 clip, winning 12 games, losing six and tying one. They have won six of their last seven encounters. They are about a half game behind the Chicago White Sox and the Bos- ton Red Sox, which are in s virtual tie for third place. ; The Indians capitalized on two fumbles and a wild throw in the open- ing stanza to defeat the Washington Senators, 4-2, yesterday. Cut Margin to Six Games.’ THE Yankees made up in a measure for indignities they have suffered at the hands of Schoolboy Rowe by belting the big fellow off the mound in the third inning to defeat the De- troit Tigers, 6-5. The Tigers now lead the Yanks by six games. Ben Chapman got & homer for the Yanks in a first-inning rally and Hank | Greenberg got his thirty-second of the | season off Johnny Allen as the Tigers | counted four times in the sixth. The Browns poked their heads out of the cellar long enough to take the first game of a double-header from the Red Sox, 8-5; then they lost the second, 7-3, as three hurlers allowed 14 hits. Little Jocko Conlan hit safely seven times in eight times at bat, twice for two bases, as the Chicago White Sox nosed ahead of the Red Sox for third place by defeating the Athletics n both ends of a double-header, 13-4/ and 11-4. The A’s got 21 hits, includ- ing & pair of homers by Jimmy Foxx, but the Sox converted 27 blows into high run totals. Giants Sent Overtime. The Gilants were forced to go 10 innings to gain a 6-5 verdict over the| Cincinnati Reds. They went into the eighth with the score 4-1 and then| Parmelee blew up for the fourth| straight game in which he has started a8 two runs went across the plate. Al Smith followed Parmelee to the club house when he gave up the tying run and Euel Moore was called to duty. Hubbell finished the game when Moore walked two in the ninth. After the Reds had scored once in the tenth, Hank Lieber hit a homer and Jackson drove in Crits with the winning tally. The Cardinals beat the Boston Braves, 6-5, as Joe Medwick and Jack Rothrock each hit a homer with a man on base. Wally Berger scored one for the Braves. | The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0, as Jim Weaver | outpointed Tom Zachary in a mound | duel, each allowing five hits. A single by Paul Waner, a double by Arky Vaughan and Frey's error resulted in Pittsburgh’s two runs. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Leading batters—Vosmik, Indians, .348; Greenberg, Tigers, .346. Runs—Greenberg, Tigers, 95; Chap- | Tx man, Yankees, 93. Runs batted in—Greenberg, Tigers, 135; Johnson, Athletics, 89. Hits—Cramer, Athletics, 165; Vos- mik, Indians, 162. Doubles—Greenberg, Tigers, 41; Vosmik, Indians, 36. Triples—Vosmik, Indians, 16; Stone, Senators, 13. Home runs—Greenberg, Tigers, 32; Foxx, Athletics, 25. Stolen bases—Werber, Red Sox, 25; Almada, Red Sox, 15. Pitchers—Allen, Yankees, Bridges, Tigers, 18-7. National League. 12-3; 1an, Cubs, 95. Runs batted in—Berger, Braves, 102; Medwick, Cardinals, 94. Hits—Medwick, Cardinals, 166; Her- man, Cubs, 163. Doubles—Herman, Cubs, 43; Med- wick, Cardinals, and Allen, Phillies, 35. Triples—Goodman, Reds, 15; Suhr, Pirates, 11. Home runs—Berger, Braves, 27; Ott, Giants, 25. Stolen bases—Martin, Cardinals, 17; Galan, Cubs, 14. Pitchers—Castleman, Giants, 11-3; J. Dean, Cardinals, 20-7. of $80,000. Wait and see.” . Texas. Beaumont, 4; San Antonio, 3. b Galveston, 3. Houston, 13; Fort Worth, 9. Middle Atlantic. Dayton, 3; Charleston, 1. Portsmouth, 10; Johnstown, 3. Beckley, 4; Zanesville, 0. Huntington, 3; Akron, 0. ‘WASHING' Kuhel, 1b - Stone, rt Myer, zb _ Manush, Travis, 3 Powell, cf Kress, 38 Holbrook, Newsom. p - Totals - B 8l bhuswmmsnnd . orroosoma > C! Galatzer, rf Averill, ef - Vosmik, It _ Trosky. 1b PODT AT cooormoR-E corcoocorM « Totals - Washington Cleveland - 010 001 000— 301 000 00x— Runs batted tone, Powell, Trosky. Hale_(2), Knickerbocker. Two-base hits— osky, Hale, Newsom. Three-base hit— Knickerbocker. Stolen ~ base—Galatzer. Bacrifices—Powell, Berger, Double plays— Knickerbocker to Berger to Trosky. Stone to Kuhel, Kress to er, le‘lgn to Knick- erbocker to mx{. ft on -Wash- ington, 4: Cleveland, 8. First bass on bal ewsom, . Struek out—By Newsom, 2: by Hudlin, 2. Umpires— Messrs. Geisel and Dinneen. Time—1:50. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. John Conlan, White Sox, and Jim- mie Foxx, Athletics—Conlan's seven hits accounted for six runs in double defeat of A’s as Foxx hit two homers and drove in five of eight runs scored by Athletics. Willis Hudlin, Indians—Held Sen- ators in check with seven hits. Julius Solters, Browns, and Joe Cronin, Red Sox—Former hit single, double, and homer in first game, and single and triple in nightcap. Cronin drove in three runs with three hits in second game. . Joe Medwick and John Rothrock, Cards—Hit one homer each and drove in five of team's six runs against Braves. Jim Weaver, Pirates — Blanked Dodgers with five hits. Hank Leiber and Travis Jackson, Giants—Leiber’s home run tied score and Jackson’s single brought in win- ning run in tenth in victory over Reds. Lefty Gomez, Yankees—Fine relief pitching throttied Tigers. Keith Brown Learns He Has “Promise” in Pole Vault South America Doesn’t Know About Him—Garden Bosses Clash—Sports Field Culled BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, August 21.— Yale’s Keith Brown ought to be glad to learn he is promise as & pole waulter . . . also that he now at- tends Cambridge University . .. & South American paper printed a picture of Keith clearing the bar, with this caption . . . “This is Senor Keith Brown of the Univer- sity of Cambridge . . . he looks like American Adventure Society .. . If Eddie Neil has the correct dope, Max Baer certainly is the man no- body knows. New York fans are going to give Umpire Dolly Stark an sutomobile ... that's a new one ... in the old days the umps usually rode out of town on & rail. Col. John Reed Kilpatrick, presi- dent of Madison Square Garden, and Col. John S. Hammond, chair- man of the board, aren’t pals any more ... When they meet in the Garden elevators they give each other a snappy military salute and let it go at that. ‘Who said they don’t come back? ‘Watson Olark of the Dodgers is do- ing & real one , . With ten victories - S 80 far and the possibility he may add five more. Mrs. Helen Wills Moody says she never cooked a thing in her life ...and a Western editor asks how apron and cook tasty dishes , .. Joe Humphries, veteran fight an- nouncer, is slightly improved . . . Francis Albertanti, ace press agent, has turned down an offer to front for James J. Braddock and will stick with the Garden. Jimmy Deshong, Yankee pitcher and the club’s leading dresser, will come really . like to be called the “Gas-House Gang” . . . What's become of Max Schmeling? . . . and Heil Hitler Jacobs? ‘Walter Hagen has entered next week’s Canadian open and tourna- ment officials are chuckling . . . “He's still the best drawing card of them all,” said B. L. Anderson, sec- retary of the Royal Canadian Golf Azsociation. * WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1—Maury Nee. 2—Hickman Greene, Harry Pitt and Roger Peacock. 3—Page Hufty. 21, 1935. 4—Volney Barnett, 5—Bobby Riegel, 6—Levi Yoder. T—Craig McKee. Star Staft Photos. Variety BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star. | HICAGO, August 21.—"A dead left fleld hitter. Hell never change.” Even Clark Griffith, to whom young Cecil Travis is the apple of his eye, once subscribbed to this unanimous opinion of the rangy third baseman. It looked as though Chat- tanooga’s foremost gift to the Griffs was destined ever to remain a late swinger. But the explosion of the theory has been terrific and well it might be. In his last 15 games the southpaw- swinging Travis has made 20 hits. And all except two of them have been to right and center fields. If the White Sox hurlers, who cur- rently are trying to stop Travis and his mates, have been keeping up with the fortunes of the Griffs, they well might wear catcher shinguards on the hill, too. Best of all, from a Wash- ington viewpoint, has been Travis’ new-found penchant for directing most of his hits through the box. Eleven of those last 20 safeties have whizzed either through or just by the pitchers, while 13 other drives have been caught or knocked down and deflected to inflelders by opposing hurlers. It is an adage in base ball that the second year is the toughest. Travis well might query, “Is it?” Certainly, while he is not batting quite as high as during his first season, the young man is proving himself beyond doubt & big-league hitter. 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In sharp contrast to Travis’ ability to continue hitting big-league ball have been such other second-year men as Hal Trosky of the Indians, who batted for .330 last year and can show only a .272 mark for the current cam- paign; Bill Werber, whose .321 mark of 1934 has shrunk to .268, and Red Rolfe, who sticked for .287 last year, has dropped to .281. Minor Leagues International. Baltimore, 10-4; Albany, 5-0. Columbus, 5; Milwaukee, 1. ‘Toledo, 4; Kansas City, 1. Indianapolis, 3; St. Paul, 2. Southern Association. Little Rock, 4-9; Knoxville, ¢ Atlanta, 4; Memphis, 3. Birmingham, 2; Chatanooga, 0. Sacramento, 2; San Francisco, 1. Los Angeles, 9; Oakland, 4. Seattle, 9; Hollywooq, 1. Missions, 9; Portland, 2. 'WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1935, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Cleveland. 4: Washington. 3. 8: Detroit, 5. : Boston. 5—7. i Philadelphia, Amateur ALL WILL BE NEW TOMATCH ROUNDS |Five Go Into National Play First Time—Riegel Tops Here With 147, IGHT Washington golfers, none of whom ever before has been in a matcb vlay in a natlonal championship will represent Washington in the national amateur golt title tourney at Cleveland, start- ing September 9. Seven of them won places in the sectional tests at In. dian Spring yesterday and one made the grade in another sector—at Schenectady, N. Y. . The eight qualifiers and their scores were: 8. Levi Yoder, Indian Spring, 74-75— 149; Roger S. Peacock, Indian Spring, 75-76—151; Hickman Greene, Manor, 76-77—153; Craig McKee, Indian | Spring, 74-80—154; Harry G. Pitt, | 75-79—154; Maury Nee, Columbia, 78-76—154; Volney G. Burnett, Indian Spring, 80-77—157; Page Hufty, Chevy Chase, 74-75—149. All but Hufty qualified at Indian Spring through mud and rain in a hectic 36-hole test which found Bobby Riegel, 19-year.old Southern amateur | champlon from Richmond, grabbing | the medal with a card of T4-73—147. New to Most of Them. ALTHOUGH all the Washington qualifiers have had previous championship experience, not one of them ever before has won a spot in the match play rounds. All will move directly into match play at the Cleve- | land Country Club when the firing begins on September 9 for Lawson Little's amateur crown. Only three of them ever have qual- ified sectionally before for the big championship. These are Peacock, a qualifier in 1933; Nee, a qualifier in 1932, and Pitt, who played in the 1928 title tourney and failed to make the match play grade. Since 1933 the United States Golf Association has changed the conditions of play in the amateur championship, and all those who qualify sectionally go directly | into match play without further qual- ification tests. Two floaters also made the grade at Indian Spring,' tieing or bettering the top score of the local sectional quali- fiers. These were W. D. (Dub) Fon- dren of Biltmore, N. C., and Judd Brumley of Knoxville, Tenn. | Lunn Fails at Boston. | DICK LUNN, District amateur cham- pion of 1933, failed to make the qualifying grade in the sectional tests at Boston, where he entered as a floater, with a score of 167. Joe Lynch, rotund Georgetown golf captain, got |in at Boston with a score of 157. | George J. Voigt, former Capital links | luminary, also qualified in the New York district, although Ernie Caldwell, Maryland State champlon, failed at Schenectady, and Billy Howell failed at Charlotte. Prank Strafaci, the young public links champ, and protege of Wifly Cox, qualified in New York. Ed White the Bonham, Tex., lad who won the national intercollegiate crown at Con- gressional in June, was another suc- cessful qualifier, as was Charlie Yates, the tall Atlanta boy who recently won 13—11 2 5 *gmo | the Western amateur crown. Other qualifiers locally included Morton J. McCarthy, the rotund Mid. dle Atlantic champ from Virginia Beach, who shot 78-77 for 155; Don- ald McPhalil of the Baltimore Country Club, who posted scores of 76 and 80 for 156, and Eddie Semmler of Hellen- dale, Baltimore, who made 798-78— Olel 5/ 157 to tie for last place. John C. PhIl 4! Wal StL 71 51 71 41 8 B 810 41 7. ] 3! L._41146/52/54154158/66 7 Shorey of Kenwood, with 80-78—158, and Harry A. Wisotziey of York, Pa., also with 158, will be the alternates, and will go to Cleveland if one or GAMES TODAY. Was! N. Y. Bo Phila. Wash_ at Chi.. 3. New York at 8t. L. at Det. (2). Boston at Detroit. at Cleve. (2). Phils. at Cleve. Naticnal RESULTS YESTERDAY. h. at_Ohi. 3 t St L. ey, New York. 6: 8t. 8; Louis. Pittsburgh. Chicago-Ph! | | StL! “M0% nnoT 33| o3woyuD qsnasnd 17 7i—i12| 8 7110/11113 | ontr 71_5|—I12/13| 8/13 GAMES TOMORROW. Pit| 41 8| 6/—I 8114112] more of the others drop out. Few Stars Left Out. WITH all former champions suto- matically eligible for the tourney the sectional rounds in other parts of the country found virtually all the stars making the grade. Dave (Spec) Goldman of Dallas, who was licked by Little in the final round last year, qualified safely, as did Reynolds Smith, | also of Dallas, and semi-finalist last year. John Fischer, lanky Cincin- natian; John Goodman, Jack West- land and Voigt were among the former ‘Walker Cup players to make the grade. On the intercollegiate front E4 White, the champion; Walter Emery and Wil- | son Marks were among the qualifiers. 104/541.542110% | All played here at Congressional two Bkl months ago, as ‘did Chuck Koscls of 6 51 5/10/—1 81 6/12/53/60/.469118 91 41 8] 4] 8i—] 6/11/50/641.4301 9122% 20 41 21 21 6] 71 91—I321821. 1140% Michigan, another qusalifier. Bobby Jacobson of Deal, N. J., con- Tl 41143/147154/60164168/82/—I—1___| queror of Goodman in last year's championship, failed at New York, GAMES TODAY. iR 8t. Chi. ~ st New York. sburgh st Bkiyn. Chici Louis at Boston. Ci n. at Phila. (2). Pittal ‘GAMES TOMOREOW. St. Louis at Bklyn. hica New York. where Ray Billows, the ex-caddie who won the New York State title s few (Continued on Page 11, Column 3.) EXCELLENTE 2forI5¢ PANETELA 2/or15¢ - THE SAME CIGARS THAT SOLD IN THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AT 10¢ EACH B!