Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1935, Page 10

A—10 Starr Looms as Nats’ Best Receiver : Pirates Making Determined HURLING PEKS UP ASROOK CATCES Bill Also Scores at Bat, Although Griffmen Lose Two to Browns. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ELL, as base ball coaches have been droning ever since Abner Doubleday laid | out the first diamond, “It only takes one to hit it.” Take the case of Bill Starr, for in- stance. He had two strikes on him, figuratively, when he reported to the Nationals several weeks ago during a dire moment when the catching staff was reduced by injuries to Sam Hol- brook. | In the first place, nobody ever heard of Starr, including Manager | Bucky Harris. In the second place.“ he came from Harrisburg, of all places. | 1n the third place, he was slower than | Moe Berg carrying Sophie Tucker on his back. | But Bill still had “that big one left.” *The kid could catch, and would, if he ever got a chance, and the vagaries | of base ball never were better illus- trated at the moment than in Starr's case. First of all, he chased Holbrook to the bench. Then he ran Jack Red- mond into the background. Now, be- lieve it or not, he's raising his bid and is in a position to worry Clif Bolton, who returned to the fold yes- terday. Rated Best Griff Receiver. IT SOUNDS almost too good to be true, but a lot of pitches have thudded into Starr’s glove since he's been wearing a Washington uniform and there is no longer any doubt in | Harris’ mind that the boy can catch. | *“I honestly believe,” quoth Bucky to- | day, “that he’s the best receiver on| the squad right now.” As a matter of fact, Bucky was| ready to believe this quite a few days | ago. In Boston early in the week | he made Bill Werber resemble a sell- ing plater on the bases by throwing | him out twice in the same game and | by the proverbial mile. He catches | pop flies without Bolton's jig and | dance. For a boy who never played higher than class A ball, he handled the pitchers remarkably. Bucky was not the only National to see Starr’s ability. Earl Whitehill and Buck Newsom, aces of the slab staff, more or less have been openly wel- | «coming his presence behind the bat. But there was that little matter of | hitting that naturally kept Harris’| tongue in his cheek. Today the sur- prising Master Starr promises to make | good at the bat‘as well as behind it. Tags Andrews for Three Hits. NOT to grow hysterical because the fella makes a few hits in one game, but Starr looked good yester- day, if anybody or anything could look | good, while the Nationals were losing | a double-header to the Browns and sliding back to seventh place. He caught the 10-inning second game and pounded out three successive | hits off Ivy Andrews, which is quite | & feat for a Washington player, con- | sidering that Andrews now has beaten | our side four times in a row. Ivy gave up ony eight hits in the 2-to-1 St. Louis victory. | Perhaps it is only a coincidence and then again maybe it isn’t, but the nightcap was quite a pitching duel be- tween Andrews and Buck Newsom,| markng another of the increasing | number of these well-pitched games | for the Nationals. Yesterday's hap- | pened to be the third such that Starr | has caught in a row. | When Newsom pitched to that thrilling 3-to-2 victory over Lefty | Grove last Sunday it was Starr who handled his delivery during the 14 innings. The next day in Boston the veteran Whitehill got a 3-to-2 victory in 13 innings and again Starr was catching. Counting yesterday, in the last 29 {nnings caught by Starr, only five runs have been scored by the opposition. Browns Take Twin Bill. Hi HARRIS plainly is elated with the | ¢ work of the boy. As far as Bucky | can see, Starr's mechanical ability is well nigh perfect, and in view of his batting yesterday, Harris is beginning to think there is reason to look for steady improvement in his batting. SPORTS copE Prolonged Training Bad for Swimmers, Opines Gorgeous Holm. |_BY BURTON S. HAWKINS— HE'LL be the first woman ever | to compete in three Olympics, | this beauteous bit of swim- ming sweetness known as Eieanor Holm Jarrett. holder of every feminine world backstroke record . . . then she's going to capitalize on her aquatic ability—and looks—by sign- ing cigarette ads, indorsing lotions and telling the world she couldn’t have done it if she hadn’t been wear- ing a “Dance-in” swim suit. Appearing on the stage at Loew's Fox this week with hubby Art Jarrett and his orchestra, Eleanor took time out to ssunter over to the Variety Club’s quarters at the Willard Hotel yesterday, sip a high ball, smoke a cigarette she will not indorse and find herself on the receiving end of a steady barrage of questions. In the record book under backstroke swimming, we find a little space could have been saved by the use of ditto marks. This pleasing person with the eyes of Joan Crawford, lips of Myrna Loy, body of —er —ah— Jean Harlow — we'll let her eat with her own teeth— holds every record possible from 100 to 440 yards . .. she doesn’t compete in anything under or over those dis- tances because no records are kept. In Olympics at 14. LEANOR started on her way to swimming stardom at the tender | age of 12—on water wings. In little more than a year she entcred her first competitive meet and the following year, at 14, she placed third in the | Olympics at Amsterdam. Strenuous training is ruining most of the younger crop of mermaids, says Eleanor, who believes that Katherine Rawls will drop out of the water pic- ture soon. Mary Hoerger, 13-year-old high-board diving queen, who was heralded as an 11-year-old wonder in the nationals recent- Iy, shows the most promise in the optics of Mrs. Jarrett. Helene Madison, who still holds 26 world swimming records, turned pro- fessional at the wrong time and in the wrong way, says the present ruler of the pools . . . Helene failed to cash in immediately after deserting ama- teur ranks and now serves hot dogs beside a swimming pool in Seattle. Diets Don’t Bother Her. JREDUCING diets play no part in the life of Eleanor ... the wholesome miss claims she is at her best when a bit chubby . . . a Dutch girl, whose name she can’t remember, and couldn’t pronounce if she did, will be her | strongest competitor in the coming Olympics . . . the lass from the home of the windmills placed fifth in a race against Eleanor in the last games. Twice a year this refreshing 21-year-old aquatic ace leaves the bright lights and returns to her home on Long Island, where she does nothing but train. She likes to be around people, but lets nothing interfere with her condi- tioning grind when it is once under way . in bed every night at 9, she also forgets cigarettes and “so- ciable” drinks . . recommendation for promising young swimmers . . . live a clean life . . . Bill Coyle will interview her over Station WMAL at 6 p.m. Monday. MARYLAND A. C. DRILLS. All candidates for the Maryland A. C. foot ball team are requested to report for practice at 10 o'clock to- morrow at the Sixteenth street Reser- voir field. Official Scores FIRST GAME. =) SO D1 oMMt PRI ooroooomoosN Knott, p Totals WASHING’ The first two times up Starr batted | Myer, curves into left field for singles, the | X, second safety driving across Washing- ton's only run. The third time up Andrews sent up a change of pace, which fooled Starr no more than if he had signaled for the pitch himself. It went for a single to center. The fourth time up he rapped a hot grounder, which Lyn Lary booted for an error. Starr probably never will be the batter Bolton is, but if he can hit pitchers of Andrews’ type he’ll be a pretty handy guy to have around. Andrews is one of the half dozen twirl- ers in the American League whom the Nationals call “nothing-ball” pitchers—and then lose to consist- ently. Definitely, the Nationals are fast-ball hitters. Andrews, for instance, has beaten them four out of five times. Wes Ferrell has won five games from our side and hasn't lost yet. Ted Lyons has won all three of his starts against ‘Washington and Al Crowder and Wal- ter Stewart each has won two and lost one. Johnny Welch of Boston has a | two-and-two record, the sum being 18 wins for the “nothing ballers” and five defeats. Oh, yes, Washington lost the opener | & yesterday by 11 to 8 when Henry Cop- pola pitched a home run to Harland Clift in the last inning with two on base. _— BRAVES POOR BUT BUY I3 Pay $2,500 for Gerald Veach, Kitty League Pitcher. JACKSON, Tenn., September 7.— In view of the Boston Braves’ financial straits it was something of & surprise when the Jackson club of the Kitty League announced the sale of Gerald Veach, southpaw pitcher, to the Hub club for $2,500. Joe Grace, outfielder, who led the Kitty League in batting, is with the Braves for & trial 2 reis, 85 . Bolton. ¢ Russeli. p t. P tStone .. Totals “Batted for Pettit in sixth. tBaited for Hadley in ninth. St. Louis _ 004 210 004—11 Washington _ 002 105 000— 8 Runs batted ers (3). West (2), Hemsley. Miles (3), Travis, Marush, Powell (2), Kress, base hits—Powell (2 Dase hits—West. Soite Home Clift BSacrifices—Van Atta. Miles, Double "plays—Kress to Kuhel, Carey to Burns. Left Louls. 10; Washington. on balls Cain. 3: Russell. 3. off Pettit. 1; off Struck ‘out—By Cain. 1: by Van_Atta, 1; by Pettit. 3. 1 Gain, 7 in 5% innines; off Van nnings: of . 2 in 2 innifgs; of Russell 10 in 3 inninge: o Pettit. 3 in 3_innings; o8 Coppola. 2 innings: off Hadley. 2 iff 1 inning. Slflr;zpolmlche‘l;—lgnolk Losing pitche; a. ~ Umpires—] Summq SR8 Marbersy Time, 2010 o0 - ° run— Knott. 1y to & 8 | o g > | Bl snsrronaoe lonseoacory s M _ B e ot anecritutes & | susmpowaoocy 3 . .J | swsoncnsurep ol omrrossou> ol cosumonnosn | s000mss000aM 1| onsssason® 7.l cooonssscas, @ S - - - - 001 000 000 1—2 000 010 000 0—1 Runs batted xn—hrh Starr, lglhrl. Two-base hit—Miles. ree-b ito— 13 fewsom. Coleman, ress. Bacrifice—] Double plays—Newsom to s uhel, R ooy 11 Base on belom: Off “Andrews. 2: 2 Biriex . makes the usual | | Boston WASHINGTON, D. C, DETROIT GAMBLES $5,000 ON FLAG 'Navin Spends $300 an Hour on Park Improvements for World Series. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, September 7.—Frank J. Navin has $55,000 that says his Detroit Tigers will be in the world series next month, but don’t try to get him to admit that the hustling Bengals have anything like a stranglehold on the American League flag. The Tiger club president isn’t will- ing to bet the $55,000 that his club wins the pennant, but he is laying that sum “on the line,” at the rate of $300 an hour for improvements to Navin Field necessary for the stag- ing of base ball's annual classic. “It's a gamble we have to make, we can't wait any longer,” he said today. “I'm not saying the Tigers will win the American League flag—that's not certain until they're mathematically | the winners. Too many things can | happen in base ball to say & team is a certain winner befcre it actually is.” i Has No Choice of Foes. AVIN said it cos{ the Detroit base | ball company approximately $65,- 000 to build extra bleachers, condition the field and make other improve- | ments for the 1934 world series. This year the cost, he said, will be about $10,000 less because the bleachers being built in left fleld will run out over the left field wall. which had to | be torn down and rebuilt last Fall. If the Tigers win the flag (with emphasis on the if) Navin doesn't care whether they meet St. Louis, New York or Chicago. He believes that in & world series pitching is the big factor, and while unwilling to say his Tigers have the best staff in the game, he does think the Bengal hurling corps compares fayorably with that of any club. No Fluke Homers. ASKED if he thought the series against the second-place Yankees | would settle the race, Navin replied | with a rare smile: “Why, we might on raining!™ About 125 workmen are busy resod- ding the infield, moving the score- board to rightfield and building bleachers which will increase the park’s seating capacity from 29,000 to about 46,000. The new bleacher screen will be 39 feet closer to home plate this Fall than it was last, but Neal Conway, head groundkeeper, | warns the long-distance hitters not | not even play the Yanks—if it keeps} | | | to be too hopeful about cashing in on a lot of four-base clouts. “The screen will be 20 feet high, while the old wall is only 16,” Hope for Weather Break Today in Title Events at Forest Hills. By the Associated Press. OREST HILLS, N. Y., Septem- ber 7.—With a break in weather, the combined men's and wom- en’s national singles tennis championships were to be resumed today after four days of rain. The program will open with Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex, and Gene Mako of Los Angeles resuming their fourth round match which was rained out Wednesday with Allison leading, 6—2, 6—0, 2—3. Four other third round matches also will be played. There’s some unfinished business in | the women’s tournament, too. Mrs. Phyllis Murford King of England was | leading Catherine Wolf of Elkhart, Ind, 6—3, 3—0, when rain inter- rupted. Resumption of this match, two other third rounders and one quarter-final match are on today’s schedule. . League Statistics SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1935. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. St. Louis, 11—2. Washington, $—1. Other games postponed; rain. FEEEEE g il : ! 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GAMES TOMORROW. ;E"“"::k r‘é ufllll. $ N Y. lttflm.“' o BRI S D The Foot Ball Round-up. HE all-country foot ball debate has begun. The oratory is fervid where such Western coaches as Bob Zuppke, Noble | Kizer, Elmer Layden and Doc Spears | occupy the floor and exercise the | rights of free speech. “What about Ohio State?” I asked Noble Kizer of Purdue. “The pre-season leader,” Kizer said. “Schmidt has his share of stars. Among the best are Wendt, an end, at 195; Jones, a center, at 215, and Hamrich, a tackle, at 235. Then there are jumping Joe Williams, Tippy Dye, Jim McDonald and Heekin. Wetzel and Monahan, both fine players, are about the only two missing, with sev- eral high-class sophomores coming along. “Ohio.State will be one of the best. Whether the Buckeye Brigade can slip by Notre Dame, or Indiana at Bloomington, is another guess. “Bo McMillan will be quite ready for this Bloomington big date. “Minnesota—first class again, even with many stars missing. Bernie Bierman has s fine quarterback in Seidell—not overlooking Alphonse, Beise and Olson. There were good sophomores at Minnesota last year who never had a chance. You'll hear from some of them.” Doc Spears of Wisconsin speaking— “I'd say we'll be a little better than last year. We ought to get away to a better start. We will have a more Among the good men I am banking on are Jim Drake, Skoranski at center, Loeb, Denning, Isabel and Burmeiston —the last named s tackle standing 6 feet 5 and weighing 217. We'll miss Purvis and Carter, two of the best backs I ever had. But with a little luck Purdue won’t be bad.” £g .Bpgel Eggggi fRiE [ il men than big, slow fellows. Big and fast? Yes, but you don’t get many of these. At least I don't. I want foot ball players who can move around and can go places. We'll have a pretty good team at Illinois. We can lose every game in the conference and still look good. “Michigan? Still a guess. Better than last year—but not yet top rank again.” Layden and Notre Dame. LMER LAYDEN, the original thin man, speaking—(one of the stars of the Four Horsemen, who has built up from 145 pounds last Winter to 153). “Y don’t have to worry abeut ask for. But my line has been wiped away through graduation and death. And 75 promising candidates from the squad were also dropped last Spring— and can't get back. “If I could find & line to match my backfield I wouldn't have to worry. But the best backfleld in the world can't move without a good line. Milner is & fine end. He is almost the only line veteran I have around. We open with Kansas, and every week it gets tougher. I finished the season last year weighing 145. This year I may reach 130.” In the East. ERE is the Eastern consensus SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1935. L Georgetown's gridironers these days are getting up steam in their drifls on the Hilltop field following an enforced period of gym toil. The chap shown polishing up his passing technique is Bob Nolen, who is expected to share the pitching burden with Tom Keating. At the right atop stern views of Blockers Mike Fuardo and J. Franks is Jim Dooley executing a modified hurdle, and the handsome chaps in the lower ovals ate, left to right, Joe Meglen and Walter Herron, co-captains of the 1935 Blue and Gray eleven. THE SPORTLIGHT Grid Coaches in Midwest Optimistic as They Mull Over Impending Season. BY GRANTLAND RI —Star Staff Photos. JIM TO GRAB COIN THAT JOE MISSED D.C. Eager to See Braddock in Action—Louis Sues for “Appearance” Pay. ITH the world heavyweight and to be paid in good cash for doing so—and an outstand- ing contender for the championship suing for a piece of change he did | M not get here the Capital bobs up in the big boxing whirl. James J. Braddock, luck-laden lar- ruper, will arrive tomorrow assured he and his management will collect $1,000 from the Turner-Ahearn com- bine for a three-round exhibition with Jack McCarthy, sparring part- ner, at the boxing show to be held in Grifith Stadium next Monday night. But Joe Louis, Detroit'’s Brown Bomber, has gone to court to get around $1,500 he and his manage- ment claim is due him for the bow he took from the ring during the fight bill put on here recently by the colored Elks. Joe did not come down from Pompton Lakes, where he s training for his scrap this month with Max Baer, to enter suit. He left that detall to Michael F. Keogh, ‘Washington barrister. Joe Sues All Hands. Louis charges that he received only R 23 [ | the arguments. MYER'S BATTING FEATURES WEEK By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 8 —What with steady rains and cor- | respondingly few games. there was very little action in the battles for the major league batting titles during the last week and what there was didn't go far toward settling The biggest stir was provided by the | Washington veteran, Buddy Myer, who clambered from fourth place to second in the American League. He is seven points behind the leader, Joe Vosmik of Cleveland. Myer added three points | to his average, bringing it up to .343. Medwick Gains Point, IN ‘THE National League, where the | race practically is settled, Arky Vaughan of Pittsburgh, the leader, | lost one point and his nearest rival, Joe Medwick of St. Louis, gained one. That still left them 28 points apart, Vaughan at .397 and Medwick at .369. NATIONAL LEAGUE. G. AB. R. H Pt | Vaughan, Pittsb_ 120 441 101 175 .307 Medwick, St. L__ 1 31 113 Bt Hartnett. Chicago 10 Lombardi. Cinein_ 102 Ott. York erman, Moore, Phila_ 20 Bucher, Brookiyn_ ~ 99 AMERICAN LEAGUE. 8 Vosmik. Cleveland Myer, Weshington Gehrig. New York Greenberg. Detroit Cramer. Phila___ Gehringer, Detroit Soiters. 8i. Louis- joses. Phila Campbell. Cle > Foxx. Philadeiphia | the | pitched two-hit ball through the las Com_ef)gck STILL RECKONED N FLAG BATILE Set Mark Against Dodgers by Scoring in Every Frame of 13-0 Win, BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer HE Pittsburgh Pirates, who have been counted out as often as a British heavyweight, still must be reckoned with before the National League flag is awarded. Given a terrific setback by their Labor day double defeat after a 10- game winning streak had begun to arouse hopes for something better than fourth place, the Bucs began a comeback against Brooklyn. They showed yesterday that they can be sufficiently tough on occasions when they pulled a scoring feat of record or near-record proportions to beat the Dodgers 13 to 0. The Pirates scored in every one of their eight innings at bat, while Cy Blanton hurled a nine-hit shutout for his seventeenth victory of the season. The only thing that kept that from being a record was that seven big league clubs have scored in nine straight innings of a gam-" ‘The record books. however, fail to show a shutout in such a game nor | similar victory by a home team i the senior circuit. All Leaders Win. ESPITE this triumph, the Bucs re- mained eight and one-half gam:s | behind the league-leading Cardinals as all three higher-ranking clubs won despite a varied array of difficulties | Their chance lies just ahead, however, as they tackle the Giants startin Sunday and after their stand’agains the East ends get cracks at the Card: and Cubs. It took a late comeback behinc the expert relief pitching of Dizz: Dean to give St. Louis its third straig! victory over the Braves, 6 to 4, an- maintain the Cardinal margin of thre games over the Giants and 2, game: over the Cubs, who remain in thirc place through & quirk of the per- centages. Blanked for five innings, the Card got into the game with two runs i: sixth. While the elder Dea: three innings to earn his twent:- fourth victory of the season, the won out with a three-run burst i the eighth as Charley Gelbert drov in the deciding tallies. Giants Win in Tenth. | THE Giants, after blowing a five-ru lead for Hal Schumacher, cam through in the tenth with a pair runs to defeat the Reds, 7 to 5. ‘The Cubs also had to go 10 inning to turn back the Phillies, 3 to 2, & Joe Bowman gave only six hits in a mound duel with Lon Warneke, but Augle Galan finally broke up the game with his tenth homer of the season after tying the score with a triple in the eighth. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press Harlan Clift and Paul Andrews Browns—Former’s homer in ninth of first game and latter’s hurling in sec- ond gave Brown double win over Sen- ators. Hal Schumacher, Giants—Gained nineteenth victory of the season as he continued his spell over the Reds. Cy Blanton, Pirates—Shut out Dodgers to gain seventeenth victory. Augie Galan, Cubs—Hit homer in tenth to give Cubs win over Phillies Dizzy Dean, Cards—Batted and pitched Cards to win over Braves. Champion Tigers Here Next, But Nats, Near Cellar, Throw Best Slab Talent at Brown T'S funny, to be looking forward | to the farewell of a last-place team and the arrival of league | leaders, but that probably was the attitude of the Nationals today | as they tackled the Browns again in /| a double-header marking the finis of 1935 competition with the St. Loueys. ‘Tomorrow, on the heels of the Browns, the champion Tigers will in- vade Griffith Stadium for a four- game series, but Manager Bucky Harris, apparently, is not paying any special attention. Today he was to send Ed Linke and Earl Whitehill against the Browns, whose hot breath is right on the Griffs’ collective necks, ‘The Browns have won 9 of the last 11 games played with the Nationals. Having already used Jack Russell and Buck Newsom yesterday, Harris is pretty hard up for pitchers to throw against the Tigers tomorrow and Monday, but is is probable that Bump Hadley will do the Sabbath throwing. ‘The Tigers are one club that Hadley seems able to beat fairly consistently. As a result of their double victory yesterday by scores of 11 to 8 and to 1, the Browns are only a game & half behind the Nationals, who back into seventh place and games behind the Athletics, who climbed s notch while idling yesterday. BUOK NEWSOM is paging Lefty Grove with a view to putting their heads together in a good, m?h last six starts Buck has pitched a total of 60 innings and the Nationals have given him & sum of seven runs, little more than one tally per game. Twice he was given two runs, thrice his mates got him one and on the other occasion the ationals were shut out. champion fence-denter—with his head But Jake is the new champ, clinchi: the title yesterday by putting two I dents in the center field barrier. The Fence Can “Take 'It.” “BXLLYGOAT JAKE" threatened t knock down the bleachers in thc sixth inning of the opener when he crashed, head first, into the tin wall while chasing Julius Solters’ triple. After surviving several severe shakes, the bleachers managed to remain | standing while Powell was knocked down and temporarily stunned. Then in the nightcamp the same Mr. Solters caused Jake to bump his head again. This time he caught the ball before inflicting another dent The catch deprived Solters of another triple. T¢ might have been significant that the one minor argument during the double-header was due to umpiring And that was settled in a moment. The reason gnight have been the new umpiring team of Bill McGowan, Fred Marbefry and Bill Summers. The Griffs rate McGowan head and shoulders over the rest of the umps and regard both Marberry and Sum- mers as far better than Dinneen, Don- nelly, Kolls, et al. Another Bump for Newsom. OME costly talent went skidding in all directions on the base lines yes- terday due to the heavy rainfall of the five preceding days. Cecil Travis, Ed Coleman, Jake Powell and Buck New- some each took nasty spills after crossing first base. Newsom's spill saved Carey from an error because the second baseman threw far over Jack Burns' head on an attempted double-play, but Buck was prevented from going to second base by the ground coming up and meeting him. Dee Miles is compiling an odd rec- ord. As a run batter-in, he's tops. But Dee, in 43 games, has drawn enly three bases on balls. Incidentally, today’s the day that Roberto Estellella, the Cuban third baseman from Harrisburg, is to make his big league debut for the Griffs. He probably will relieve Cecil Travis tn the second game. F.EB. A