Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1935, Page 10

RECRUIT PLAYERS TOBE TRIED OUT Will Test Them as Soon as They Report—Browns Take Two Games. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. T. LOUIS, August 28.—The ball club upon which Bucky Harris pinned such fond hopes in the Spring today appears to be no better than an even-money shot to escape the American League cellar. Much of their spark apparently gone, the Nationals, as a matter of fact, do not stack up as formidably | as the Browns on the ball field these | days and, notwithstanding the fact| that most of their remaining games will be played at home, the Griffs, | as they now stand, figure to lose out to the rejuvenated St. Louisians. Possibly an observation along these lines, plus the size of the task of re- building the club, today prompted Harris to admit that as far as he was concerned “the rest of this season will be devoted more to experimenting than trying to fight off the Browns’ challenge.” No Glory in Seventh Place. "I WILL not be proud to finish last,” declared the disappointed leader of the Nationals today, “but neither will I take any bows for finishing seventh. There are so many things| to be done to this club before next| year that there’s no sense in con- centrating on holding seventh place while there still are 30 games or so to be played.” “Meaning exactly what?” he was| asked. “Meaning that as soon as rookie players from Chattanooga, Albany and Harrisburg report when we return home they will be put in the game and looked over with a view to 1936,” was Bucky’s answer. Certainly the futility of trying to mold & winning team out of the present talent never was emphasized to greater effect than during the| current series, which has netted the Browns four straight victories. Not only has the pitching remained bad, but the hit g, while fairly heavy,| has been without meaning to a great extent. Worse yet, the defense seems to be cracking. | Even Kuhel Is Off Form. OE KUHEL, for instance, doesn't re- | semble the snappy fielding first baseman of 1933. Not only has he gone back mechanically, but his head- work has not been of first order. Nor is Kuhel the only guilty party. Even the reliable Buddy Myer' has been hav- | ing his spasms of faulty play, as have | Jake Powell and several others. The rebuilding task confronting H Harris appears almost awesome, While | c“f one of the shrewdest men in base ball, President Clark Griffith seems to have | fallen behind the times lately as far | as building up a “chain system” is| concerned. While the Cardinals, Yan- | kees and Reds, for instance, can reach ‘ " out and rake in scores of minor| leaguers off many “farm” clubs, Grif- | fith will have a comparatively small | number of potential Nationals to hand over to Harris. | This would mean, then, that the| Griff pilot cannot afford to miss in | his judgment of the recruits who wm‘ climb into Washington uniforms next month, because from among these | youngsters and what player deals Griffith is able to swing in the Winter will depend the fate of 1936's Na- | tionals. Lewis Is Highly Rated. CKXEP interest in the Wuhlnan club’s experiments in September | unquestionably will center around the play of young Buddy Lewis of Chat- tanooga on third base. Not only on Lewis’ account alone will this test prove interesting, but also because it undoubtedly will mean that for a few games, at least, young Cecil Travis will be seen in the outfield. Travis may not be the best third baseman in the league, but neither is he the worst, and in no way will his probable shift to the outfield be a demotion. It so happens that Lewis strictly is a third baseman, and what | 5 with Travis’ hitting power, youth and potential versatility, it would be a wise move on the part of the Wash- ington Board of Strategy to work both | in next year's line-up, providing, of course, that 19-year-old Lewis prcm-‘ ises to be ready for the big show by then. It is encouraging to hear reports on Lewis, especially from rival scouts whom this correspondent has come in contact with during the Nationals' tour. In Chicago, Jack Doyle of the Cubs was loud in his praise of the kid infielder, while here Bcout Ray Cahill of the Browns echoed Doyle's compliments, not only on Lewis but also on Dick Lanahan, former Wash- ington scholastic pitcher, Lanahan’s Pitching Impresses. EWIS looks to be a natural,” de- clares Cahill. “He has plenty of action in the field and has all the earmarks of a pitcher. “The pitching shortage in the minors is almost appalling. I've been all over the country and I'd say there | 1 Myer BY BURTON S. HAWKINS. ODAY is the 70th anniversary of perhaps the fanciest lacing ever given a Washington ball club, or any ball club, for that matter. It was administered here on August 28, 1865, in the first dia- mond clash between the Quakers and the Nationals. Your modern base ball fan might derive many a chuckle from an ac- count of it contained in an album owned by Mrs Harriet Crandall of 3419 Brown street and compiled by her father, the late Nicholas E. Young, for 25 years president of the National League. | The side-whiskered sportsters from the Quaker City ran themselves dizzy in defeating the Nationals, 87-12. | Headed by A. J. Reach, founder of the sporting goods house of that name, the Athletics found the Senators’ pitching staff, a young fellow named ‘Williams, to be the original “iron man.” Williams was the only pitcher for the losing team and, despite the | score, was considered the foremost moundsman of his day- Knock 23 Home Runs. 'WENTY-THREE home runs made quite a hit with the 5,000 fans, who stayed 4 hours and 20 minutes to see the end of the game. Going into the last half of the ninth inning with |a 67-12 lead, the Athletics, for no | obvious reason, took another turn at bat and completely sewed the game up by smacking in 20 runs. The last two men purposely struck out to end | the game. Reach and Berkenstock cracked out four circuit clouts, E. Gaskell and Leungene three apiece, C. Gaskell, | McBride and Prouty two, and James, | Berthrong and Smith one apiece. Fol- {lowing the fray the Nationals gave a | banquet af the Willard Hotel in honor of the Philadelphia nine and pre- Official Scores e L. [UPCNTRRO— e e ) T coomoosooesHo-N 13 - o g2 25 L2 RUS— *Batted for Holbrook in tBatted for Hensiek in 2 ss05000a0~cM SooROmmwE HroBOHoooER Boser. Knott. Totals Washington - | St Lonfs ™ Runs batted in—Myer. Manu ensiek. Travis, Powell cole Hemsiey (). Cuitt. We Two-bate it Lary. Travie, ome ' run—Coleman. Sacrifice— Double TPl Lan e S o B“'“’chz"r'x 1 o) ur':° ogufl" s rash: e, 0 Kuhel Hxtor i Louts, & Firs b 3 Hen: P 210 001 200— %01 113 00x—10 ington, l ndle s ens! Aek 4 in 1 inning: (none Oul "’l 8!50 e ei;u—Meun innings. Losing vlwhcl—flld- Quinn ane . 8 in o), o u«nl G WASHINGTON. A’!B‘ Powell, Kress, Starr. Newsom. D_. *Travis Totals 35 *Batted for Newsom in ninth. AB. R. 3 3 ol ormmmmmowant oouoHousn® Fresee (US| ° - 000 010 000— 1 Z 320 100 50x—11 —Ooleman. cuft Garey. Van Atta: ‘Two-base _hit: Double plays—Strange wll‘lnr to uck out—By Newsom, 4 5. Hit by nl!ched ball— By Newsom (Clift). Wild pitch—Newsom. Passed ball—Heath. _ Umpires—Messrs. Moriarty and Quinn, Time—1:56. Minor Leagues International. Toronto, 7; Rochester, 1, Montreal, 11; Buffalo, 2. Newark, 9; Baltimore, 3. Albany, 5; Syracuse, 4. American St. Paul, 10; Toledo, 7. Columbus, 9; Minneapolis, 0. Louisville, 7; Kansas City, 2. Indianapolis, 3; Milwaukee, 2. Three-Eye. Terre Haute, 21; Fort Wayne, 8. (See RECRUITS, Page 11.) Bloomington, 12; Decatur, 5. Peoria, 4; Springfield, 3. But Don’t Gasp— 70th Annwersary of Quaker-Natwnal Feud . | back and front. @he Foening Stap Fporls WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1935. Harris, Cellar or Not, Looks to 1936 : Walter Finds It Easy to Quit Diamond CHISOX NIP YANKS It’s a Laugh! NICHOLAS E. YOUNG. sented them with a trophy—the one and only ball used during the 99-run game. ‘Washington then embarked on a four-game winning streak. Traveling to Philadelphia, the Senators won from the Athletics and Keystones, 22-6 and 26-19, and then trimmed Rich- mond and cnnlommue. 75-19 and 143-11. Cricket clubs throughout the coun- try were dropping the English game by this time to take up base ball and in 1866 the Nationals arranged a Western trip with some of the newly organized outfits. This marked the first Western tour made hy an East- ern club. Reaching Chicago with consecutive victories over Columbus, Cincinnati, Philadelphia Wallops Washington, 87 to 12, Today Marks Louisville, Indianapolis and St. Louls, the triumphant Washington team acquiesced to play an exhibition game | there with the Forest City Club of Rockford, I1L, which had come to Chi- cago in & hero-worship spirit and hoped to gain a few pointers from the renowned Nationals. An obscure young giant, A. G. Spalding, pitched Rockford to a 20-23 win in what was regarded as a real pitchers’ battle, but the following day Washington came back to wallop the Excelsiors, champions of the West, 49-4. Two innovations to the rapidly progressing game were introduced by Cincinnati in a return game here. Harry Wright, Cincinnati mound star, | mixed a slow ball in with his fast ones to completely baffle the local lads. The Reds then gave birth to their nickname by flashing brilliant crimson hose. For many years Mrs. Crandall fol- lowed the Washington club on the road with her father and probably is the District's foremost feminine fan. Although she does not see many games now, Mrs. Crandall went for 10 years without missing a home game. Players Split Receipts. UNTIL shortly before the time of his death in 1917, Young gave up his annual leave in order to quit his Government job an hour early every day to watch the Senators. Salary wrangles and hold-outs were unheard of in these early days of base ball. Players paid dues for the priv- ilege of playing and then would split the receipts of the game among them. You may laugh at the scores, but find an old-timer who saw some of these games and then be convinced that the modern game of base ball would not have developed had it not been for the splendid start given it by the pioneers of the national pastime. |PROS, COLLEGIANS PLAY AMID COLOR Three Bands, Flashy Unies, Other Lavish Settings for Grid Tilt. BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, August 28.—If the quality of foot ball presented matches the splendor of the setting, a throng of 80,000 or more spectators will see action in lavish quantities tomorrow night when the College All-stars and Chicago Bears clash at Soldier Field. Three bands will play. One of 8| them, a round-up of college musicians . | summering in Chicago, will consist of 175 pieces under the direction of 7| Glenn Cliffe Bainum of Northwestern — | University. A force of 550 ushers will direct the flow of traffic into the stands. Gold and Silver Togs. o4 'THE Bears will concede the former. college stars a big edge in uni- forms. The aces of the 1934 gridiron wars will wear a color scheme of gold and silver. Helmets and jerseys are gold colored with black numerals, ‘The pants are silver hued and the socks gold and silver striped. The professionals will wear their regular combination of white jersies and socks and brown pants. A new lighting system—100 1,000 watt ‘lamps—has been installed, an improvement of about 40 per cent over the old one. To fit into the background, both . | head coaches, Frank Thomas (Ala- bama) of the Collegians, and George Halas of the Bears, promised that there would be no pulling of punches. Thomas said his team would level from the start, passing up the idea of employing the Notre Dame shock troop system. Halas said his profes- sionals, determined to make the fans forget last year's “disgrace,” the scoreless tie to which they were held ;| by another band of collegians, not only would be out for victory, but for a lot of points. Hard Back in Line-ups. ermm side had announced its | Travis- tarting line-up. The Bears de- layed naming the firsi 11 men pending | K examination of a half dozen injured stars, including Bronko Nagurski, Beattie Feathers, Bernie Masterson, Gene Ronzani and Bill Karr. All will be in shape to play, at least part of the game. u: The stars, decked out in their new | Rea: uniforms, held a secret practice last night at Soldier Field and were to fin- ish up with a brief rehearsal today. The Bears will work out in the huge lakefront stadium tonight. GIANTS BUY INFIELDER. GALVESTON, Tex., August 28 (#).— Charles English, Galveston second baseman, has been sold to the New York Giants for cash, the amount un- announced. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American League. Batting—Vosmik, Indians, Greenberg, Tigers, .345. Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 106; Chap- man, Yankees, 102. Runs batted in—Greenberg, Tigers, 146; Gehrig, Yankees, 106. Hits—Cramer, Athletics, 174; Green- berg, Tigers, 173. Doubles—Greenberg, Vosmik, Indians, 38. Triples—Vosmik, Indians, 17; Stone, Senators, 14. Home runs—Greenberg, Tigers, 33; Fox, Athletics, 28. Stolen bases—Werber, Red Sox, 25; Almada, Red Sox, 17. Pitchers—Allen, Auker, Tigers, 13-5. National League. Batting—Vaughan, Pirates, .400; Medwick, Cardinals, .373. Runs—Galan, Cubs, 104; Medwick, Cardinals, 103. Runs batted in—Berger, Braves, 104; Medwick, Cardinals, 103. Hits—Medwick, Cardinals, 181; Her- man, Cubs, 175. Doubles—Herman, Cubs, 43; Allen, Phillies, 38. ‘Triples—Goodman, Reds, 15; Suhr, Pirates; Medwick, Cardinals, and L. ‘Waner, Pirates, 11. Home runs—Ott, Giants, 29; Berger, Braves, 27. Stolen bases—Martin, Cardinals, 18; Gallan, Cubs, 15. Pitchipg—J. Dean, Cardinals, 22-7; Lee, Cubs, 14-5. WILL HOLD JOHNSON DAY. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., August 28.—Walter Johnson Day, a tribute to Washington’s greatest pitcher, will be observed here Sunday by a game between the Fredericksburg Elks and the Orange, Va. nine. Johnson will make the trip here from his German- town, Md,, farm to umpire the game. Griffs’ Records BATTING. . AB. R, H. 2b3bHr.RbLPct. 0 0 _1.687 347; 43; ‘Tigers, Yankes, 12-4; Q Henslek__ Myer. S5 (o Ty PaaBR RS IR OB AD 2 S Rk T ety ST FIRE Dl H RERS L s LA tmonca 119D 8 DR S e ©000oHsSIsH BooIRIEABRE Coppola_.. Pettit_ ... 0 oF ETT TP 1) i Whiteninl 55 268 "Bt Pettit__ 36113 S saomani: 9 55D D - perey et L I Foo o3 H Whepper Seen as Next Year’s Handicap Turf Champ Expert Who Backed Braddock Against Baer Picks Max to Beat Louis—Other Sport Ramblings. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, August 28— Smart race men are pick- N ing Hal Price Headley's Whopper as nexi year's handicap champion . . . Alabama loses six regulars, including Dixie Howell, of its 1935 Rose Bowl eleven. 3 Sports experts voted 7 to 1 that Sixo Escobar was robbed of his bantamweight title . . . Just an- other of those’ weird New York decisions. Helen Madison turned down a $1,000 swimming offer to continue training for a nursing career . . . Pight tip: Eddie O'Nell, Assoclated Press boxing expert, who cleaned . up on Braddock, is backing Baer against Louis. Dazzy Vance, who was paid $184,- 000 during his 10 years with the Dodgers, ccllected $1,000 each for his 182 victories . . . Steve Owens, coach of the New York Foot Ball Giants, annually turns down offers from first-flight colleges. Until it was broken iast week, Gus Basche, majordomo of the press boxes at the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium, had & con- secutive game streak that made Lou Gehrig’s look like a piker . . . Gus didn’t miss & scheduled game at either park for more than 27 | Fears o , let's ses, at 154 games & [ 2 , Gustav must have seen—aw! Detroit Tiger—on his new straw bhat ... George Decker, Pennsylvania's coach, ‘fought 300 profes- dians, is hitting the magazines regularly . . . Babe Ruth, who received an an- nual pass from the National League, but none from the Yan- will be in there swinging n the field tees off in the Cas- golf open at Hot Springs, next month . .. 2 !.—Dm‘l forget the big sing~ T | Beset by Injuries, Slipping Dykesmen Still Rated Mar- vels of Season. BY ANDY CLARKE, Associated Press Bports Writer. OME might charge Jimmy Dykes and his men with blowing up, but those who have watched the situation closely still contend the White Sox are the marvel of the current cam- paign. With only mediocre material and beset with numerous injuries and other bad breaks, the White Sox have shown a spirit that has kept them in the fight. That their slipping was no fault of Jimmy Dykes was indi- cated by Lou Comisky, the man who pays the bills, when he renewed the pilot's contract the other day. ‘The Sox, early season sensations, when they surged to the fore in the American League, had their backs to the wall yesterday, when they £plit a double bill with the New York Yankees to stay in the first division. ‘The Yankees beat them, 13-10, then Chicago came back to win, 4-3. The first contest went 3 hours 16 minutes, with as much umpire bait- ing as actual base ball. The Yanks got 18 hits, while the Sox collected 16, including Al Simmons’ fifteenth homer. Each team had 15 men ma- rooned on base. Ray Radcliffe’s homer was the de- ciding blow in the nightcap. Tigers Increase Lead, 'HE Detroit Tigers strode a little farther ahead of the Yankees, ‘when they swept a double-header with the Philadelphia Athletics, 6-5 and 5-0. Thirty-two thousand of the faithful were there to see Schoolboy Rowe strike out 12 as he turned in his six- teenth victory In the second game. He gave but five hits and one base on balls, the pass intentionally. Not until the ninth did a Philadelphia runner reach second. The Brooklyn Dodgers ended their seven-game losing streak by turning back the Cincinnati Reds, 10-1, in the second game of a double-header after dropping the first, 7-3. Ival Goodman and Lew Riggs hit homers as the Reds went after Van Mungo, on the mound for Brooklyn in the first game. The Dodgers came back to whale the offerings of John- son and Herrmann in the second. ‘The National League lead is in the balance today as the Cards, in the van by one-half game, tackle the Phils in | a double-header, while the second- place Giants brush with the Pirates in another double attraction. Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday: McNair, Ath- letics, 1; Coleman, Browns, 1: Sim- mons, White Sox, 1; Radcliff, White 8ex, 1; Goodman, Reds, 1; le,‘ Reds, 1. The leaders: Greenberg, Tigers, 33; Ott, Giants, 20; Foxx, Athletice, 28; Berger, Braves, 27. League totals: National, 567; Amer- ican, 560. | Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Washington at St. Louis (two games), 2:30. Horseshoes. Inter-playground tournament, Eckington Recreation Center, 7:30 p.m. TOMORROW. Wrestling. Abe Coleman vs. Gus Sonnen- burg, feature match, Griffith Sta- dium, 8:30. Track. Girls’ city playground meet, Cen- tral Stadium, 10. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Boston at Washington, fith Stadium, 3. Grif- League Statistics 'WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1935, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. 8 Touls, 10-—11: washinston. 6—1. New Yorl Chicago. Phisdeinhie. 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Walter Johnson, on his Maryland farm, has little time to worry about the setbacks and disappointments he encountered as manager of the Cleveland Indians. He's now concerned whether the fences will hold all his cows, sheep and hogs. Holbrook Hurts Catching Up to Rookie Starr; St. Louis Fans “Ride” Newsom | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. T. LOUIS, August 28.—Still an- other injury in a relentless succession which has trans- formed the Nationals from & once formidable ball club to a make- shift outfit in danger of dropping into last place today put Catcher Sam Holbrook on the shelf for at least five days with a painfully bruised toe. A fonl tip in the opening game of yesterday's double-header struck Hol- brook on the toe in much the same manner that Clif Bolton, who since suffered a broken finger, was hit about a month ago. So severe was | the blow that it was uecessary for Trainer Mike Martin to bore the nail | of Holbrook’s big toe. | Fortunately following today's dou- | ble-header with the Browns, the Griffs will have two off days before | opening a Home stand in Washington on Saturday against the Red Sox. It | is doubtful if Holbrook will be lblei to return by then but he may see service early next week if his recov- ery is as speedy as hoped. In the meantime the Washington catching will be done by young Bill Starr, who recently joined the Nl-‘ tionals via Harrisburg of the New | Starr | lacks experience but he appears fairly capable as a receiver. Whether he| will be able to hit big league pitching remains to be seen, although he met | a couple of balls well in yesterday's nightcap, one drive going fof a hit. Starr was sent to the Nationals after Jack Redmond was shipped home from Detroit with a pair of dead | fingers and Bolton was handed a rail- | road ticket in Cleveland when a foul | {.‘l:n dfnctm—ed a finger of his nihn ‘When he was removed in the second inning of yesterday’s opener, Dick ripped his gloves into shreds on the way to the dugout. Give Newsom “Beating.” A YEAR ago rabid Browns followers were holding up Buck Newsom a3 & rival of Dizzy Dean in a pitching way. Now the voluble right-hander who was sold to the Griffs last May takes an awful beating from local fans. Never was & ball player more de- jected than Buck when he took that lacing in yesterday's nightcap. It was the first chance that Newsom had to pitch in his former town in a Wash- ington uniform, and it is possible that he tried too hard. Anyway his feat of walking 12 batters, hitting another and throwing a wild pitch would seem to indicate this. One fan, late in the game, yelled to Dee Miles when the rookie approached the plate. to hit: “Hey, Miles, tell Newsom how hot it is in Chattanooga 80 he'll know what to expect.” An ex-Griffman, Dick Coffman, is “in bad” with the fans here. His ap- pearances on the mound, which have not been setting any records for loneevny. are greeted by boos, and it is reported that recently an irate fan went through the pews at Sportsman’s Park with & petition for Coffman’s release. Last week Dick was sent into a game against the Yankees as a relief pitcher. He pitched one ball and it Stars Yesterday By the Assoctated Press. Pete Fox and Schoolboy Rowe, Ti- gers—Fox’s last of two doubles touched off ninth inning rally in first. Rowe fanned 12 Athletics~ and gave five hits in nightcap. Lou Gehrig, Yankees, and Ray Radcliff, White Sox — Former con- nected with three hits in opener and walked five straight times in nightcap. Radcliff’s homer with one on gave Sox victory in second. Ival Goodman and Lew Riggs, Reds, and Watson Clark, Dodgers—First two got three hits, including one homer each, in first game. Clark checked Reds with eight hits in second. THE GREAT MARLBORO FAIR Seven Races Daily ‘August 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Admission, 100 (pius tax) First Race—2 pm. Busses leave thlnnou at Frequent Intervals - | ever, while the other half of the - | o | Toe, Putting / was hit for a double, so Manager Rogers Hornsby removed him and Dick promptly threw his glove into the stands. Soiters Improved Player. ULIUS SOLTERS, the hard hitter, whom the Griffs tried to land in a trade just before the deadline on June 15, isn't so bad in a defensive way, either. He made a running catch of a short fiy by Newsom yesterday that was something to write home about. Solters (nee Solchez) is one of the most improved ball players in the| league. A tumble he took in Chicago while | running bases hurt Eddie Linke's shoulder so much that he was forced | to give up his regular turn on the mound yesterday. This forced a! change in Bucky Harris' pitching plans, which originally called for New- | som to work one of today’s games and possibly both of them. Linke was expected to go today, how- | signment was to be given to Jack Russell. F.E B8 LOVED TO PITCH, HATES 10 PILOT Squawks of Few Kill .All | Fun, He Says; Stands Pat on Tribe Handling. (For the first time in 28 years the roar of the crowd doesn’t reach the ears of Walter Johnson, one of the most popular flgures in base ball history. But he doesn’t seem to mind.) BY WALTER JOHNSON. (As told to a representative of The Star.) HE fellow who said “Most of our troubles really never happen” threw one across the pan. I used to dread the day when I'd be out of base ball, but I'm out now, for a while anyhow, and I'm & little glad. It would be different but for my youngsters and the farm. I was born and reared on a farm, love the farm life and hope to spend the remainder of my days as a farmer. Folks ask if I feel any bitterness toward base ball because of the “rid- ing” in Cleveland which led to my resignation as manager of the Indians. The answer is, “No.” Walter Stands Pat. P THE job were mine again, I'd go about it in the same way. The Cleveland press and some of the fans were down on me after the Kamm and Myatt incident, but the removal of those players was for the good of the club. They prevented harmony. I reckon I'm a sentimental fool, but I had a lump in my throat when say- ing good-by to the boys, and some of them had tears in their eyes. Hlndlmg a ball club, it seems to T (See JOHNSON, Page 12) 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR Mentioned in The Star's Rod and Stream column were James L. Marshall, William T. Gallther, Charles E. Galliher, A. M. Mc- Lachlen, R. R. McLachlen, A. D. McLachlen, Willlam N. Beahm, ‘William Ramsey and 8. J. Prescott, who fished at Rock Point the past three aays. Hayward Cross and Dr. Eugene R. Nichols are rated as two of the most successful anglers in the west end of the city. The Potomac Boat Club 18 to hold a semi-closed regatta today in which the Arundel and Old Do- minion Boat Clubs of Baltimore and Alexandria, respectively, will compete. The annual champion- ship swimming meet of the District also is to be held in front of the Washington Canoe Club. Thousands of Tires Just Arrived to Take Care of Se STARTS nsational Demand! TODAY Kelly-Springtield LABOR DAY YOUR CHOICE OF GOODYEAR G-3 FIRESTONE .- GOODRICH;35.... At Similar Sale Prices First Line—Fresh Stock In Original Factory Wrappings. 1f_Tires are will allow 50%. All Fresh Stock, 1st Line Full Factory Guarantee good condition we s are in fair condition we \nII allow 25%. s are absolutely worn we w:ll allow 25% to 35%. BEN HUNDLEY 3446 14th St. N.W. 621 Pa. Ave. N.W. 6th and-Mass. Ave. N.E. 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