Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1935, Page 42

C-2 iGriffs Sport Fine Crop of New Talent : Card Estallella and Miles Show Exceptional Signs of Making Big Grade. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ASE BALL'S march of time B may find Clark Griffith strag- . gling in the art of tying up young players via a highly- developed chain system of “farms.” but if the Washington club president were to plead guilty on this charge 1t is doubtful if any local jury would convict him today. Griff has devised no net to catch scores of promising kids in the fash- jon of the Cardinals, the Yankees or the Reds, for example, but leniency must be recommended for the old gentleman for his saving grace of dealing apparently in quality, if not quantity. So far only a comparatively limited number of recruits have been turned over to Manager Bucky Harris, yet the Nationals' looking-to-1938 pro- gram seems to be progressing beyond fondest hopes. , Travis, Miles Shine. ANOTHER month, or even another week, or course. may tell a differ- ent story, but if Bucky had to use snap judgment today on the probable outcome of his three major experi- mental moves, the Washington pilot would do so with rose-colored glass- es on. Senor Roberto Estallella frankly has been as much a surprise to Harris as to Capital fans by his play on third base and at bat. Cecil Travis seemingly can't miss in the outfleld and Dee Miles has a definite chance to make the big league grade. With these three settled in their posts now—Miles will return to the line-up as soon as his injured foot heals—Harris today turns his atten- tion to another pair of newcomers, both southpaw slabbers. They are Dick Lanahan, ex-local scholastic star, and Orv Rodgers, signed by Griff last Spring directly from the University of Virginia. Lanahan, least impressive of all rookie hurlers tried by the Griffs in training camp, seems to have blos- somed into the best of the crop which was “farmed out.” He was to report today from Nashville, where yester- day he pitched Chattanooga to a 9-2 victory, allowing only two hits. Lanahan Pitches Sunday. RODGERS. who was sent to Harris- burg on option early in the season. has been in uniform here for two days and likely is to see action any day now. Lanahan will start in one of the games against Cleveland on Sunday, when the Tribe closes a five-game series, to start today. In- cidentally, it will be the first and last Sabbath double-header of the season here. Lanahan will be followed to Wash- ington by three more Chattanoogans, Buddy Lewis, Red Marion and Johnny Mihalic, an added starter. They are to report Monday. Lewis, alone of the gang, will not receive much of a trial, according | to present plans. The kid third base- : man is run down in health and is being brought only to work out with the Griffs so that Harris may judge what he can by his actions. Buddy will confine his efforts to practice and most of that will be at short- stop instead of third base. Marion, say Harris and Griffith, is the best looking outfielder they've | ever seen at his young stage of the game, but Red isn't much of a hitter. Mihalic is a young second baseman of some promise. Latest batting aver- ages of this trio are .292 for Lewis, .287 for Mthalic and .255 for Marion. | Griffs Whip Tigers Agai IT 1S doubtful if this new crop of rookies will furnish the promise | that Estallella, Miles and Travis, as an outfielder, have shown, but this| hardly can be expectetd. Among ’‘em | the current “experiments” have done | much already to banish some of the| clouds for Harris. A sensation ever since he joined | the club six days ago, Estallella never | showed to better advantage than yes- | terday, when he played a brilliant| role in the Griffs’ third victory in| four games over the champion Tigers by a 4-to-3 score. With two timely hits Roberto first enabled the Griffs to stay in the game in regulation distance and then started off the game-winning rally | in the twelfth inning. Afield hei made one remarkable play that broke | up a Detroit rally. Makes Unassisted Double Play. N THE seventh inning Senor Estal- lella rapped a single to score Buddy Myer with a run that put the Griffs ahead, 3 to 2. In the eleventh, with Fox on third base, | Cochrane on second, nobody out, and the dangerous Charley Gehringer at bat, Roberto leaped and speared Gehringer’s terrific liner with one hand and doubled up Fox at third unassisted. Then, in the twelfth, he singled, moved up when Powell walked and scored on a wild throw to third base by Tommy Bridges, who lost the heartbreaking duel to Eddie Linke. Travis’ biggest contributions to vic- tory were a sensational grab of Cochrane’s low, curving liner in left field and a run batted in. Miles sat on the bench and got no chance to better his .273 batting average, but when a 22-year-old bats in 30 runs! and scores 21 in 48 games he must have something, Official Score > aeconoBoOR hrane, c_ Gehringer, 2b_. | conconnacm o b ol [ ) 5| cvwoouacer 16+33 Tun Totals, - -51 *None' “out ~when winning R. H % wosr C 2 recormzor® Balmorooco® OO oo ted 1 0-base hit—Ge! T crd ess. Tl')mme plays—Gehringer to mberg, Kress to M; to Kuhel Bt .fi 10 ahingron, 16, CPiret B gl o0, Bls, ' o, Ytke gl{“bryt Sliched ball-oBy Bridges (Biohe): 1y, Time—2:35. A oase Umpi! end SPORTS. <« Tigers Find Linke a Pestiferous Foeman | OLKS have been known to do strange things when konked over the head, but roly-poly Eddie Linke, young National | pitcher, may become the first major league hurler to be “made” by such a blow. | Linke, whose brief tenure in the big | show already had been distinctive in ; that he miracuously recovered from a | singular “dead” arm, probably became | the first American League pitcher to | be given an assist on a double-play | while unconscious. { It happened in New York late in ! July. Two Yankees were on base | when Jess Hill smacked a screamiug | liner through the box, the ball strik- | ing Linke on the head and knocking | him instantly unconscious. The ball | bounced off Ed’s forehead all the way then doubled up Ben Chapman at | second base. |~ At the time Linke suffered this | Since the accident, which laid him up | for two weeks, he has lost only one game and, by beating the Tigers yes- | won five in a row. His record today | is eight wins as against seven defeats. | Linke dropped a 5-to-4 decision to | Wes Ferrell of Boston in his first | start since his injury. Then he beat Cleveland, 4 to 2; Chicago, 7 to 4; St. Louis, 10 to 2 and 7 to 4, and yester- | day he subdued Detroit. What, Again, Mickey? THE eyes of the base ball world have | | be, don't think they are . . . Goslin, | been trained on the National League race for the last few weeks in deference to the senior circuit's great race, but unless the symptons are mis- read, Detroit isn't going to exactly| breeze home in the American League. If the Yankees can set a fairly fast pace from now on, they're likely to narrow considerably the 71;-game lead held by the Tigers, for if ever a ball Major Leadecrs By the Associated Press. American League. Batting — Vosmik, Indians, .350; t;’(y;r, Senators, and Greenberg, Tigers, 342, Runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 115; Geh- ringer, Tigers, 110. Runs batted in—Greenberg, Tigers, 157; Gehrig, Yankees, 114, Hits—Vosmik, Indians, 193; Green- berg, Tigers, 188. Doubles—Vosmik, Indians, and | Greenberg, Tigers, 45. Triples—Vosmik, Indians, 17; Stone, Senators, 15. Home runs—Greenberg, Tigers, 34; Foxx, Athletics, 31. Stolen bases—Werber, Red Sox, 26; Almada, Red Sox, 18. Pitching—Auker, Tigers, 15-5; An- drews, Browns, 12-5. National League. Batting—Vaughan, Pirates, Medwick, Cardinals, .369. Runs—Medwick, Cardinals, Galan, Cubs, 114. Runs batted in—Berger, 113; Medwick, Cardinals, 111. Hits—Medwick, Cardinals, 205; Her- man, Cubs, 195. Doubles—Herman, Cubs, 47; Med- wick, Cardinals, 42. ‘Triples—Goodman, Waner, Pirates, 13. Home runs—Berger, Braves, 31; Ott, Giants, 30. Stolen bases—Martin, Cardinals, 19; Galan, Cubs, 18. Pitchers—J. Dean, Cardinals, 25-8; Lee, Cubs, 17-6. e PLAYS CAPITAL ELEVENS Washington-Lee High Lists Trio Among Eight Games. Special Dispatch to The Star. .398; 118; Braves, 15, L. pear on the schedule of the Wash- ington-Lee High foot ball team, which is being coached by Johnny Baker, former George Washington star. Gonzaga will be met on October 18, Eastern on November 1 and Western on November 22. Other games have been arranged with Winchester, Luray, Fredericks- burg, Newport News and Alexandria. Homer Standing By the Associated Press. Home runs yesterday—Oit, Giants, Berger, Braves, 31; Foxx, Athletics, 31; o;:. Gisnts, 30; Gehrig, Yan- League totals—National, 607; Amer- ican, 601; total, 1,208. In registering a 4-to-3 12-inning triumph over the 'Linke, ‘Made’ by That K. 0.°d Him, Has Pitched Five Wins in Last Six Tilts back to Catcher Jack Redmond, who | i " caught it on the fiy for an out ‘nd‘And the Detroit figures, during the| | concussion of the brain he had a rec- | | ord of three victories and six defeats. | terday, 4 to 3, in 12 innings, Ed has| | tainty about him that Hank Severeid | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOX, £ 5 league-leading Bengals yesterday to record his fifth straight win as Washington made it three out of four games from Detroit, Ed Linke did more than merely out- pitch his famed opponent, Tommy Bridges. Here the roly-poly pitcher (No. 19) is on the business end of a run-down that effaced the sprawling Manager Cochrane near third base in the opening round as the ump, Fred Marberry, dramatically thumbs “out” while Third Baseman Estallella looks on. D. —A. P. Photo. a Line Smash club was “tight,” it is Mickey Coch- rane’s band now. Mickey can blame the Nationals for much of this tenseness. Right off the bat our side whipped Roxie Lawson | for the first time in the rookie’s brief but brilliant major league career. Then, after losing the second game of the recent series in the first American | League “night game.” the Nationals came back and beat Schooiboy Rowe and Tommy Bridges. Three defeats in four games with | their best pitchers on the mound | haven't helped the Tigers' morale, which, it may be recalleq, folded on ‘em last year when the Gas House Gang from St. Louey talked and brow- beat them out of the world champion- ship. Surest signs of “tightness” are er- rors afield and the left-on-base totals. four-game series with the Griffs, were 8 boots and 42 men left on the sacks. Bolton Stars Behind Bat. LIF BOLTON'S catching perform- ance yesterday ir the finale with the Tigers was an exhibition which couldn’t help but emphasize how much the stocky Tarheel has improved . . . probably the weakest foul-pop catcher | to come into the majors, Bolton made | three fine catches with all the’ cer- | used to have . . . how he got back w0 the screen to snag Goose Goslin's fast and low foul was a mystery to even his mates ., . . it was more of a foul tip than a pop. Compared to Bolton during this set. Cochrane was a sandlotter . . . Mike's nerves aren’t exactly what they might Greenberg and Gehringer were visitors | at J. Edgar Hoover’s shooting range yesterday . . . with Goose scoring five bull's-eyes at five tries with a rifle . . .| if Roberto Estallella isn't nearly ready | to play in the big leagues then he is | 6—4 the doggondest oppcrtunist of all| time . . . El Senor’'s one big weakness seems to be cn bunts. F.E. 8. WOMEN STRUGGLE FOR RINGER TITLE B. Y. P. U. BOWLERS GET MANY AWARDS Loop, Which Meets for a Rally Saturday, Will Give Prizes Each Night It Rolls. PRIZES will be awarded each hour| to B. Y. P. U. bowlers who have | been asked to be present Saturday night at the opening rally of the league which will be held at the Arcadia alleys. { ‘Wendell D. Moyer, director of the league, has asked that all team cap- tains and representatives of teams in the league be present at 7:30 o'clock for a meeting which will precede the bowling, slated to get under way a half-hour later. Eighteen teams will start rolling in the Atlantic & Pacific Pin League, which opens its season Monday night at Lucky Strike. Two newcomers, the Ann Page and White House teams, will take the place of a pair of last| year's clubs which have dropped out of the league. Takoma's Suburban League starts rolling tonight and will continue to use Thursday for their regular weekly matches throughout the season. Twelve | teams are entered. NET FAVORITES SCORE | Bison Club Tournament Finals to Be Played Monday. Favorites continued to advance in the Bison Athletic Club's tennis | tournament, which was continued yesterday on the Banneker Recre- ational Center courts. Finals are scheduled for Monday. Summaries: 2 M TR T— First round—W. Cawthrone defeated Sam Lacy. 6—4. 82 Edgar Lee defested L Galloway. 6—2. 8--6; P. Simmons de- feated J. Willlams. 3—86. 6—1. 6—3: W N. Rivers defeated Jerry Green : Joseph Sewell defeated W. 6—2 6—1; “Slim” Thomas Phillip Gore. 8—0. 6—0: teated M. Tignor. 6—0. 6—. defeated C. Hinton, 6—2. 6 Ian defeated R. Lee. 6-—4 Eddie Davis defeated C_Berry. 6-—). 6—0. Second round—F. Perkins defeated W Toliver. 8—0. 2—6. 6—1: C. Freeman de- feated W. Medley, 6—1. 6—1: P. Corbiere defeated J. Waters, 6--2, 6—1L. Women's Singles. First round—M. Peters defeated P. Randall, 6—0. 6—0: L. Freeman defeated J. Stratton, 6-—4, 6—i Brooks, 6—0." 6-—O0. R. Peters defeated Three Score First-Round Wins| in Prince Georges Event. Male Stars Clash. 'HE battle for the women's horse- shoe championship of Prince Georges County, Md., is on at Brent- wood, under the direction of Mayor W. N. Mahaffey. In first-round matches last night, Mrs. Fleshman defeated Miss Radisch, 25-4, 25-10; Mrs. Sales defeated Mrs. Waters, 25-8, 25-16, and Mrs. Merry- man defeated Mrs. Markward, 25-4, 25-24. Play will be continued tonight at 8 o'clock. Entries will rewnain open until that time. In the Metropolitan Singles League, Harry Saunders last night won three games from Bill Moore and two out of three from Roy Wilson. Tonight, at Brentwood, Saunders will meet Boo Henson, and Pat Casey and in the event of a clean sweep of both matches will tie Henson for the title, with a play-off to follow. Diamond Dust Heurichs and Acacia finally got to- gether yesterday in a game which h}d been postponed three times by rain, but they’ll have to play it all over again on Monday, as & 3-run rally by the Mmsurance men in the sixth in- ning tied the score at 4-4, a deadlock which remained unbroken. Over 3,000 fans saw Joe Milis’ long double score Giovanetti and Albert with the tying runs. Today the N. R. A. nine, Govern- ment League champions, face the Kanns' Store, Department League win- ners in the second game of the city series. They will clash on the South Ellipse at 4:30 o’clock. = Government Printing Office’s team won the right to battle the Procure- ment nine for the championship of the Federal League in a three-game series, starting today, by trimming that aggregation, 6-3, yesterday. Pro- curement had won the first-half title, and G. P. O's defeat of the early season winners gave it the second-half championship. Heurichs, 4; Acacia, 4 (tie). G. P. O. Federals, 5; Procurement, 3. National Metropolitan, 4; Hamilton, 3 (Bankers' League). H.O0.L.C,3;G.A.O, 1 Senators, 10; Wonders, 7. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, Series May Tell Giants’ Fate | ming the Phillles 10 to 2. Clashes May Help Cubs to BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr., has been simmering for some strong contenders for the National | the league-leading Cardinals, and the The Yankee-Detroit affair _was| seven and one-half games behind at| NEED ALL 4 TILTS Lead—Yank-Tiger Games Associated Press Sports Writer. time, began to bubble over | League flag, although relegated to Yankees began a last-ditch fight to “crucial” only from the New York | the start, but the battle of St. Louis | | FOR REAL PICK-UP Less “Crucial.” HE pennant cauldron, which T today as the Giants, still| third place, opened a series with overtake the fast-flying Tigers. point of view since the Yanks were had so many angles that all three| | pennant contenders had to regard | | it as highly important. After varying fortunes in the first half of their Western tour had left them three and one-half games be- 1935. hind the Cards the Giants needed a| clean sweep of the four-game series to show any real progress. That would put them ahead of the Cards, but meanwhile the Cubs might take over the lead by pasting Brooklyn and the Giants would find themselves in an- other struggle for the lead when they 80 to Chicago next Monday. Mound Aces Ready. BO’I’H teams had their mound aces ready to fire the opening guns today, with Carl Hubbell scheduled to pitch for the Giants and Jerome (Dizzy) Dean for the Cards, The other half of the Dean combi- nation, Paul, warmed the Cards up for the big series yesterday by trim- Paul pitched a seven-hit game while Or- ville Jorgens, three times victor over St. Louis this season, was blasted out by a seven-run splurge in the third! The Giants, after three straight triumphs over Pittsburg® had moved them back into a threatening posi- tion, ran afoul of a Paul Waner hit- ting spree and went down, 10 to 7, as Roy Parmelee failed to go the route for the eighth straight time. The elder Waner scored four runs and batted in six as he clouted a homer with the bases filled, a triple and two singles. As some consolation for his | club, Mel Ott smacked homer No. 30 | for the Giants, two doubles and a single. The Cubs kept their place & game Swre! We sell on Tires » Tubes - Radio - Battery Pay as Low as 51 ¢A WEEK Just Phone DE. 5700 and Ask for MR. JAMES Without obligition a representative will call on you and explain our Budget Plan. You'll like our friendly way of opening accounts. 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