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. Sports News The Foening Stap WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935. Comics and Classified C—1 Harris Again Signs as Nals’ Pilot : Tiger “Battalion of Death” Seen as Edge < NEW PAPER CALLS FOR YEAR'S TERM Rumors Had Bucky Ousted From Post—Handles Task to Fans’ Taste. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. TANLEY RAYMOND (BUCKY) HARRIS, only manager to bring Washington & worid championship, this morning | ‘was signed to pilot the Nationals for another year. Beckoned to President Clark Grif- fith's office after ending the Americen | League season yesterday in sixth| place, Harris was handed his new contract, which he signed promptiy | at terms that were not disclosed. In spiking rumors that Harris| would be succeeded at the helm cf the Washington ball club by Caot. Buddy Myer, star second baseman and new American League batting champion, Griffith also lived up to his word of last Winter, when, in tendering Harris a one-year contract, he declared: | “I will not hold a poor showing by the club against Bucky.” Bucky Predicts Tougher Club. ESPITE persistent rumors that Harris was finished at the end of this season, those in close contact with the Washington club were con- fident of Bucky's renomination, al- though Griffith kept a strict silence on the subject, neither denying nor substantiating the reports which spread from the Midwest. Harris probably was one of the few managers in major league history who heard not a word of condemnation in ‘Washington for the disappointing showing of the Nationals. Although #ix of his regulars hit .300 or better and the team wound up with the sec- ond highest batting average in the league, as well as a creditable fielding recorc, unpardonable pitching ruined the Griffs’ chances. The public seemed to understand readily. Elated with Griffith’s vote of confi- dence in him, Harris optimistically iooked forward to an improved club next year. “We may not have a pen- nant winner,” Bucky declared, “but it will be a tough team and should be good for a first-division berth. We may go high if we can swing some deals.” Faces Difficult Task. | mould a pennant-winner in the next year or two without several deals would be too much of a task. The failure of such pitching main- stays as Walter Stewart, Monte Wea- ver and Bob Burke, all of whom long aince were sent away, riddled the curv- ing corps and necessitated a new start toward building another staff. Harris has made rapid strides in this direc- tion this season, but unless the pitch- ing staff is strengthened through trade or purchase this Winter it will be nothing more than a gamble next season. A second-string catcher to share duty with Cliff Bolton also is needed, ‘Wwhile the veteran Red Kress at short- | stop and rookies Buddy Lewis and Roberto Estallella are infield gambles. Harris, nevertheless, feels that he | has the nucleus of a formidable team on hand and that it can be bolstered | this Winter by trades. Piloted Griffs to Two Pennants. ONE of the greatest second basemen of his era, Harrls was Griffith's surprise nomination as playing man- ager in 1924. Taking a team of vet- erans and rookies, the scrappy in- | flelder welded together a pennant- winning club and then carried on to defeat the New York Giants in a seven-game world series which went down as one of the most thrilling on record. The following year, 1925, Harris again led the Nationals to a pennant, but Washington was defeated in an- other drawn-out world series by Pitts- burgh. Bucky, whose sensational initial frys as a manager earned him the highest salary ever paid by Griffith— upward of $33,000—also piloted the Nationals through the 1926, 1927 and 1928 campaigns, finishing, in order, fourth, third and fourth. Laid Foundation of Champion Tigers. | IN 1929 the pitching immortal, Wal- | ter Johnson, was appointed man-| ager of the Washington club and Harris went to Detroit to manage through 1933, There Bucky laid the foundation of the current Tigers, twice champions of the American League. Harris brought up such stars as Schoolboy Rowe, Tommy Bridges, Petey Fox, Jo-Jo White and Hank Qreenberg, and it was Bucky who picked Shortstop Bill Rogell from the junk heap and gave him a new start. | Bucky, however, lacked a catcher, and | this was not supplied until Mickey Cochrane replaced Bucky as manager at the end of the 1933 season. Last year Harris went to Boston to manage the Red Sox. Although Lefty Grove was of little help because of a | sore arm, Wes Ferrell was available | for only a part of the season, Mel| Almada was yet to break into the big | show and there was no shortstop of | Joe Cronin’s caliber, the Sox finished fgurth under Harris, who swapped agerial posts with Cronin last | ‘Winter following the sale of the star | shortstop by Griffith for $250,000 and | Lyn Lary. BOYS’ CLUB RESUMES Membership Registration Starts at 230 C Street Tomorrow. Registration of all members and prospective new members of the Boys’ Club of Washington will start tomor- row when the Fall program of the organization begins. The club will be entering its sixteenth year and activities in basket ball, touch fooi ball, soccer, indoor base ball, boxing, ‘wrestling, tumbling and speed ball are planned. Membership is open to any boy in the city between the ages of 8 and 18. Detailed information of the complete sports program may be obtained from the membership secretary at the club | house, 230 C street northwest. The office will be open from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. A} | primary | in-law. | And if either of them gets into trou- Griff to Hunt for Pitchers While Attendi Club May Get Break in Draft BY FRANCIS E. STAN, I Staff Correspondent of The Star. | N ROUTE TO DETROIT, Sep-| tember 30.—The babble in the | Pullman is all series specula- | tion . . . “Auker’s the Tigers’ best bet” ... “The Cubs are too! young” . . . “Watch out for French!” . . . but a white-haired gentleman and his lantern-jawed son-in-law seem to be looking beyond the forthcoming classic. | The white-haired gentleman is Clark Griffith. The son-in-law, of courss, is | Joe Cronin, and both are speeding | Westward to root home the Tigers, rep- resentatives of the American League. | But this is their secondary purpose. ‘Whether they’ll admit it or not, the purpose of the Washington club president #r.d the young manager of the Boston Red Sox is to beat the Bengals—a year hence—by early mar- keting during Detroit's quest of the world series crown. | Cronin Eyeing Heinie Manush. | THERE even may be a significance in their traveling to the series to- gether, in addition to the mutual feel- | | ing between Griffith, who capitalized on Cronin’s ability as a shortstop and manager in 1933. and Cronin, who owes much of his success to his papa- Croning has a possible win- ner next year in his Red Sox if he | can acquire at least one infielder and one outfielder. Griff has a potentially club that has been dragged through the mire because of only one weak- ness—pitching. Cronin doesn't have any pitchers to | spare, but Griffith has an outfielder who is suspected, at least by this correspondent, of being greatly desired by the Boston pilot. Cronin never has forgotten Heinie Manush’s yoeman work in the pennant-winning cam- paign of two years ago and undoubt- edly Manush would fit into Cronin’s | picture of next year's Red Sox left fielder. Is a three-cornered deal, then, a too-imaginative prospect? May Rival Winter Meeting. HE world series drawing nigh might well rival the joint December meeting of the major leagues in trades and sales, perhaps not in fanfare and publicity, but in actual accomplish- ments. Griff and Cronin, who will be joined in Detroit tomorrow morning by Owner Tom Yawkey of Boston, are only two of many club officials who will be on hand for the chief purpose of bolstering their ball clubs. Griffith’s quest for pitching talent unquestionably will lead him into con- ference with Billy Evans of Cleveland, Joe McCarthy of the Yanks and Rogers Hornsby of the Browns.. Yaw- key may seek out Tom Shibe of Phila- delphia to talk over that much- rumored purchase of Jimmy Foxx and Roger Cramer. Hornsby is gunning for Gerald Walker of the Tigers. So is Griff. Frank Navin of Detroit may mention the name Fred Schulte. McCarthy, as Col. Jake Ruppert's agent, may bid high for an infielder. powerful | ng Big Series; Cagey club owners refrain from an- nouncing deals at this time, amidst | the world series hysteria or the height of the gridiron season. But many a foundation for important Midwinter | trades are laid when moguls gather to watch the American and National Leagues battle for world supremacy. Griffs Get Early Draft Pick. ]UST a year ago Clark Griffith sped *" to Detroit for a world series, there to make a deal which was heard | around the diamond world. It was then that Yawkey offered $250,000 | and a ball player for Joe Cronin in| the epic deal which indelibly was stamped in base ball's history books and which insured a story-book cli- max to Cronin’s story-book career. | Not only did Yawkey pay a quarter | of a million dollars for him, but the | Boston multimillionaire tendered | Cronin a five-year contract as man-| | ager at $40,000 per annum. | The pleasantness of this occurence may be in the minds of Griff and Cronin now as the B. & O.'s crack Red Arrow speeds Westward. The annual balm to the unsuccess- ful club owner’s feelings—the minor- | league draft—also has a place in Griffith’s mind. Tomorrow night, on | the eve of the opening series game, the draw will be made, with Washing- ton, due to its sixth-place standing, standing fifth on the draft list of 16 major league clubs. | This is the American League's first | turn, so the last-place Athletics will | get first choice. Next come the Braves, tail-enders in the National League. Next the Browns, then the Phillies, and then the Nationals. Who can tell but what Griffith’s disap- | pointment in the failure of the Wash- | ington club this season may be offset partly by the draft acquisition of a | promising pitcher or shortstop. Gas House Gang Through. BARR!NG another deal of similar magnitude to the Cronin-to-Bos- ton sale last year, the National League moguls probably will do the most mar- keting, however, as they flit around in the guise of mere spectators at the series, The famous Gas House Gang of St. Louis is through. All of the Happy Hoodlums except the two Deans will be sold willingly or traded for the right price, according to Branch Rickey, and rumor has it that Ripper Collins and Pepper Martin may wear Giant uniforms next year. Rickey has admitted that he would like to lift Hal Schumacher and Mel Ott from Bill Terry, Terry, openly disgusted at the col- lapse of his Giants and threatening to Tetire as a playing manager next sea- son, has announced that 14 of his players are on the block. Terry is| eyeing Lingle Van Mungo. and if| Casey Stengel sees fit to place the fire-baller on the trading pedestal | the Giants undoubtedly will be pre- pared to outbid any other rival i At any rate, there will be more to this Cubs-Tigers scrap than the win- ning of four games by either team— lif that isn't*enough. WARNEKE TOHURL OPENER FOR CUBS |Grimm Names Root to Start Second With French as Relief for Either. BY CHARLES DUNKLEY, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, September 30.—Lon ‘Warneke, the pride of the Ozarks, will oppose the Tigers in the first game of the world series, opening in Detroit Wednesday. This was the decision today of | Charley John Grimm, manager of the Cubs. “You can publish that in the paper right now,” Grimm said. “And if you want to know some more, Root will go after those guys on Thursday. ble, Larry French will go to his re- | lief.” The Cubs, who returned to Chi- | cago last midnight after winding up the season in St. Louis, had other things on their minds aside from practice. They planned to meet to agree on a division of the world series | bag of gold, and then to pack their bags for their trip to Detroit. They | were scheduled to leave at 4:10 p.m., arriving in the Motor City at 9:30 | pm. in time to get a night's rest and | to practice Tuesday afternoon at | Navin Field. Few on Hand to Greet Cubs. FEWER than a hundrfed loyal Cub fags were at the siation last night to greet the National League cham- pions on their return from St. Louis, because the time of their arrival was not generally known. The Cubs, how- ever, got a rousing reception. Man- ager Grimm decided to give the play- ers a day off from practice today, the first day off they've enjoyed since their pennant drive started Septem- ber 4. While the players were agreeing upon the division of the world series receipts, win or lose, the Cubs’ busi- ness office was getting ready for the jam of tickets for world series game to be played at Wrigley Field October 4, 5 and 6. These will go on sale with the opening of the box office windows promptly at 8 o'clock to- morrow morning. The box office will | remain open until 9 p.m. —_—— WINS BASE BALL TITLE By ths Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, September 30— The amateur championship of the American Base Ball Congress wds won here yesterday by the Bubba-Hicks Prescription House of Houston, a team of rangy Texans, who defeated the Kiblers of Springfield, Ohio, 11-8. ‘The finalists were the survivors of 16 teams which started the competition last Sunday. ) BENGALS RECEIVE - 0HOUS WELCOWE Second Pennant Takes No Edge From Detroit’s Base Ball Fervor. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, September 30.—The Detroit Tigers returned from the base ball wars today for | the Armageddon of the 1935 | season. They meet the Chicago Cubs Wednesday in the opening world series clash. | A joyous, base ball-mad city re-! ceived them. The fact that it was Detroit's sec- | ond world series in as many years appeared to have whetted, rather than dulled, the enthusiasm of the fans | here, thousands of whom failed in attempts to obtain advance reserva- tions for the classic. The Bengals had their last oppor- tunity for unlimited practice on Navin Field today and Manager Mickey Cochrane planned to make the most of it. He called an intensive workout this afternoon to accustom his players to the altered conditions at the park. Will Give Way to Cubs. MORROW the Tigers will have their practice session in the morn- ing to give the Cubs, who arrive to- night, a chance to use the field. Auxiliary bleachers seating 19,000 have been constructed over the left field wall, shortening the playing space and presenting a glare of new wood to the batter’s eye. With the additional seats the field will accom- modate more than 50,000 spectators. The advance guard of out-of-town fans already was arriving today, tax- ing the capacities of larger hotels to the utmost. Some of the hostelries were converting sample rooms and smaller meefing rooms into domitories. The manager of one hotel reported 2,000 orders had been received for the series. Some reservations had been made even before the Tigers clinched the American League pennant. Base ball officialdom had a large representation among the early arri- vals. Practically every player and manager and officials ol both leagues will attend the opening games. Notables Will Attend. P. K. WRIGLEY, owner of the Cubs, made reservations for Chicago’s official party, which will include Mayor Edward J. Kelly. Other notables here for the series are Representative Ham- ilton Fish of New York, Mayor Harry Davis of Cleveland, George A. Getz, Chicago banker and sportsman, and George Raft, screen actor. Ford C. Frick, president of the Na- tional League, and William Harridge, who heads the junior base ball cir- cuit, were to arrive today, as were Alva Bradiey, owner of the Cleveland Indians; Steve O'Neill, the Tribe's manager;: Tom Yawkey, owner of the Boston Red Sox, and Powell Crosley, owner of the Cincinnati Reds. 3 | sixth, respectively, in 1935. Pittsburgh, | | mark of 115 defeats in one season and | never escaped from their financial dif- | SLI_5/101_6/12111110/—I1. DIAMOND SEASON GENERAL SUCCESS Most Clubs Have Something to Cheer About—Gate Records Hung Up. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Associated Press Sports Waiter. HE last out of the 1935 major league base ball season has been marked up and the year's “box score” indicates a suc- cessful season in one way or another for most of the clubs. The Cubs and Tigers still have to decide the year's ultimate supremacy in the world series, beginning Wednes- day at Detroit. A lot of other teams had the satisfaction of improving last | vear's positions. Still more could | boast of having made a fight for the flag or of having drawn some of the biggest crowds in recent years. Notable improvement among the | low-ranking teams was shown by the White Sox and Reds, both cellar dwell- ers last year, who finished fifth and | JR., Brooklyn and Washington also moved up a bit, while Rogers Hornsby's St. Louis Browns, seemingly a certain last-place club at the start, ended up by playing some of the best ball in :he American League to finish seventh. From the financial viewpoint the game seemed on the upgrade. A cou- ple of new attendance marks were set. | Braves Breeze Wrong Way. ON THE debit side, however, the Braves, going from bad to worse, set a new modern National League ficulties. Two more notable records on the year's book were the endurance marks of Lou Gehrig of the Yankees, who played in 149 games to stretch his string to 1.653 consecutive contests, and Gus Suhr of the Pirates, who es- | tablished a new National League mark | of 628 straight by getting into all of | Pittsburgh’s 143 games. { The big event of the year, however, was Chicago’s brilliant race to the National League championship, run- ning 21 straight to win the flag by | beating out first the Giants and then | the Cards. The Tigers, defending their 1934 American League title in fine style, won with comparative ease, despite a weak start and a poor finish. The close of the regular campaign | yesterday followed the usual form, in The Cubs, whose winning streak was halted by St. Louis Saturday, took a final 2-1 defeat from the Cards | when_Rookie Bill McGee held them ! to three hits. | Brooklyn Finishes Fifth. ’I‘HE Tigers took it on the chin twice from the White Sox. A ninth- | inning run gave Chicago the opener, 3 to 2, and the Sox pounded Elden Auker for a 14-2 decision in the six- inning afterpiece. | Brooklyn clinched fifth place in the National League—the only position not { settled before the final day—by taking | the first game from the Phillies, 2 to 0, on Van Mungo's 2-hit, 15-strikeout flinging. The second ended in a 4-4 eight-inning tie. The day’s other double bills ended in even breaks. The Giants trimmed the Braves, 5 to 3, and then took a 3-0 shutout from Danny MacFayden. Pittsburgh whipped Cincinnati, 5-1, on Mace Brown's four-hit flinging, then blew a 9-to-6 decision. The Red Sox | outlasted the Yankees, 4 to 3, and were blanked in turn, 4 to 0. The Browns belted out a 9-to-7 victory, then went down, 7 to 4. | Jimmie Foxx led the Athletics to | an 11-to-8 triumph over Washington | in a single game, pounding out his | thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth home | runs to tie Detroit's Hank Greenberg for the year's top place. PENNANT FOR SEALS Beat Los Angeles Twice to Get Coast League Title. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 50.—San Prancisco’s Seals yesterday walked away from Los Angeles in two games to win the Pacific Coast League base ball championship in a double- header. The Seals took the first game, 6 to 3, and then hopped on three Los Angeles pitchers to win the second, 8 to 3. The double triumph gave San Francisco the series, four games to two. League Statistics MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935. American. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Philadelphiai. St Louls; 94 gy =~310X MIN =~ pusreaao = ===-uojsog =--ofeormo uoyUIYSEM g |1 = 1351131111 IS A 21 67 11_65/871.428] Ph[ 5| 6/10/ 6110110/11|—| 58/91].389134 L._[5816071175/78186(87[911—I—I National. RESULTS YESTERDAY. 3108 AN wudopeIud PSaNo! "-asequesieg ¢ty HUE R Chj—| 8|14/15/17/14/13]19/100541.6491.. 8LI14|—I| 8i11{16/14/15/18]96] 58.623| 4 NY| 8/14/—/14/13/14[12/16/911 621.595| 8% Pit]_7/111_8/—I11]13/16I20/86]_671.562/134 Bki_ bl 6l 9/111—(11]1216/70]_831.4581204 On[ R 8] 8] AI11/—13[12/68| 85444313 Ph 91 7/10!_6]_ 8| 01 —14/64] 841.418135% 3| 41 5/ 21 _6/101 8I—I3811151.2481613 1.-T54/58[62/67183/88/89) ulT: i T | that both champions were beaten. | < Myer Wrests Batting Crown From Vosmik On Point Margin Gained in Driving Finish Buddy and Mrs. Myer study the figgers with satisfaction. HE man who didn't know when to quit today held base ball's most coveted individual hon- or—a major league batting championship. In one of the most dramatic and uphill battles ever waged for the title, Capt. Buddy Myer of the Na- tionals brought the American League batting title to Washington for the first time in seven years, and. by the same token, ended the 15-year reign of the slugger. ‘The twin blessing of a great fight- ing heart and the fastest getaway in the league yesterday enabled Myer | on the closing day of the season to wrest the crown from the fingers of Joe Vbsmik of Cleveland, who dodged the issue and, too late, failed in a last-minute bid to regain the honor he seemingly had locked up last week. Buddy Flares at Finish. LAST Thursday morning Myer trailed Vosmik by 10 points with .342 as against .352. to go it almost unanimously was sgreed that Myer was through. One of the few dissenting votes was cast by Myer. Today, according to un- official figures, Buddy is the “winnah and new champion” with .350 to .349 for Vosmik. In those four remaining games, all on the road, Myer went to bat 15 times and collected 10 hits, winding up his amazing feat yesterday in Phila- deiphia with four safeties in five times at bat. Going into yesterday's game, Myer trailed Vosmik by four points with 346 to .350. ‘With ice water running in his veins, Buddy dragged a safe bunt, singled to | center, grounded out, singled to left | and wound up with a blistering double | to centerfield off Doyle, Turbeville | and Dietrich. In the meantime Cleve- land was playing a double-header | against St. Louis, and the wires car- ried the news that Vosmik was not playing the first game except for a {fruitless appearance as a pinch-hitter. Then Vosmik Missed. | BACK across the country the wires | Myer had forged ahead of Vosmik by | five-tenths of a percentage point, or 3495 to .3490. Vosmik then was placed in the second game, and his best was one hit in three times up. The tale of Myer’s rise to the bal ting leadership is an amazing ohe. A dangerous, but not prolific, hitter for 10 years, Buddy's previous peak sea- son was in 1928, when he batted .313 t- Wagering Favors Tigers Over Cubs BY JACK DOYLE, Broadway Betting Commissioner. NEW YORK, September 30.— Early betting on the world series has established the Detroit Tigers as favorites over the Chi- cago Cubs in the base ball classic beginning Wednesday. Following the active betting on the Baer- Louis, fight, there will be even more widespread interest in the world series. I am quoting the following odds on the series: Against Detroit winning the se- ries, 7 to 10. 3 Against Chicago winning series, 11 to 10. Against Detroit winning first game, 4 to 5. Against Chicago winnin first game, even. Against Detroit winning the first two games, 12 to 5. Against Chicago winning the first two games, 3 to 1. Against Greenberg hitting a home run in the series, 1 to 2. Against Hartnett hitting a home run in the series, even. Even money is offered that the series does not go more than six games. the the the With only four games | sang to Cleveland the news that | for Boston. His Major League aver- age up to this season was .298. “A set of golf clubs did it.” ex- plained Myer as he was congratulated by his teammates upon arriving at Union Station last night. “I always was a slow starter and never began to hit.until late in June. Last Winter I took up golf and fougd myself in good shape in Spring training camp.” Myer's Speed Tells. NOT since Ty Cobb ruled the Amer- ican League batsmen in 1919 has a really versatile “punch” hitter won the championship. For 15 years the crown has been worn by sluggers like Lou Gehrig, Dale Alexander, Al Simmons, Jimmy Foxx, Goose Gos- lin, Babe Ruth and Harry Heilman. Unofficial figures show that Myer FROM THE Crystal Ball, W hi | made 215 hits in 615 times at bat. Only 54 of these safeties were good for extra bases. Buddy socked 37 doubles, 11 triples and only 5 home runs. ‘What counted was his deadly ability to bunt and beat out slow rollers to the infield. Of his 215 safe blows, exactly 60 either were bunts or grounders which infielders could not get to first base in time to throw him out. Myer went hitless only 29 times this season and once maintained a streak of 21 consecutive games in which he batted safely. Some idez as to the value of the second baseman’s hits may be gained from the fact that 21 of the 29 games in which he failed to bat safely were lost by the Wash- ington club. F.E. 8. PRESS BOX ch Never Falsifies Unless Spoken To, Picks Jungaleers. BY JOHN N series winners, day for day. This card | of certainty about it, and if you can ures, batting and flelding, for the ceipt of the usual post card asking him to pick the world is written by your | stamped at no small expense to him, and mailed from a town or village about 50 miles away from here. The | police have never detected this ruse. | It's the perfect ‘crime. | To forecast a world series you need courage, judgment, three eggs and a tablespoonful of flour. After you have mixed your ingredients thoroughly ’ll’ld thrown them off the top of the | nearest tall building, you can follow | one of several methods. There is, for instance, the orthodox or Fullerton method, named for the patron saint | of the series soothsayers, Hughie Ful- lerton. Won Acclaim by Predicting Rain. R. FULLERTON got his best re- sults by predicting rain on the | third day of the series, which confused 1 everybody and put the matter squarely | up to the weather man. If he could produce rain in fulfillment of Mr. | Fullerton’s prophecy, he was one great | weather man. If he couldn't, the| | taxpayers were indebtde to Mr. Fuller- |ton for revelations of inefficiency in | der ce. “I would rather be right than Presi- | nt,” Mr. Fullerton once said . This was another shrewd statement, for if Mr. Fullerton turned out to be wrong he a ways had the presidency to fall back on, with its salary of $75,000 a year and its great opportunities for advancement. Mr. Fullerton takes rank as the most successful series picker in his- | tory, but right on his heels is that | | noted prognosticator from the fens of New Jersey, Prof. Gustave Meyer. ! Professor Meyer is always right on somebody's heels, which explains his | charm. He can pick those series like nobody’s business. He once picked the series of 1930, and I remember asking him why he did it. “Why not”? replied the professor. You never caught him napping. Well, the world series of 1935 is so easy to forecast that it's almost like stealing candy from a rattlesnake. Take the second day. I have no hesi- tation in predicting that a tropical hurricane will sweep Costa Rica on that day. It will not interfere- with series play, of course, but it will play hob with the citizens of Costa Rica unless they take the following ele- mentary precautions: 1. Batten down all hatches. 2. Bury movable property. 3. Keep a stiff upper lip (when in doubt). Warnecke Picked to Win. 8 FOR the Detroit Tigers, they will lose the first game to Lonnie LARDNE the third or fifth inning. This is just a hunch, but I have a strange feeling will be a sucker not to do so. The Tigers will win the second, third and fourth games. Unless I misread the crystal ball, there will be an abrupt and important change in circumstances after the second game. | This may mean a complete shift of the proceedings from Detroit to | Chicago—to the Cubs’ park. in fact. | It may mean something else. All I have to go on at the moment is a | gleam in the darkness, or what looks | enough like a gleam in the darkness to be its twin brother. The Cubs will take the fifth game | and Bill Rogell will repeat his as- tonishing feat of not making a triple play unassisted. This will be twice in one series for Bill, which is a modern record and comes within seven of Amos Rusie’s mark for not making triple plays, established in the Temple Cup series of 1894. As matters stand, we have Detroit leading by three games to two as they return to their own park. Here it looks very much as though last year's episode of Joe Medwick and the vege- table shower will not be repeated, and that Medwick will not be on the field at all. Whatever happens, De- the series. That's as certain as an opera singer’s temper. In these predictions you understand that there must always be a margin of error. This year I believe we can look for a greater margin of error in allied industry all over the country. That's what the crystal ball says, and the crystal ball never lies, except when spoken to. (Copyright_ 1935 by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) FAIRFAX NINE BLOWS Defeat by Purcellville Erases Chance for Diamond Title. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., September 30.—One thousand fans still are talking today about the stirring battle Saturday, in which Fairfax Station blew its chance for the Northern Virginia title by & 6-1 vantage, Fairfax saw Purcell- ville score 8 runs by the end of the seventh inning, but local supporters vorites tied the score in the eighth. A three-run rally by Purcellville in Warnecke, and I prophesy without L gsp that mflq couldn’t close. b \ troit will win the sixth game and | than ever and a parallel improvement | thought all was well when their fa- | PACKS DYNAMITE to Strong Outfield. DETROIT, September 30.—If the Detroit Tigers an advan< t is their iron-man infield. Marvin Owen—may provide the bale teams. | pitching edge with Lonnie Warneke in match the slugging Gabby Hartnett the National League champions. man Defensively, Detroit's inner quartet, position to the Cub infield of Phil has been intact, except for a few scate Is Superior in Every Spot on Defense—Cubs Look BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. there is any single outstand- ing factor calculated to give tage over the Chicago Cubs in the world series, starting here Wednesday, This quartet — Hank Greenberg, Charley Gehringer, Billy Rogell and ance of power in a series which other= wise brings together two well-matched | The Cubs have a harder hitting | outfield. They also may enjoy & much better form right now than Schoolboy Rowe. They are willing to against Manager Mickey Cochrane be= hind the bat, without misgivings. But | for man, do not possess the infield strength of the Tigers. labeled the “battalion of death” by Tiger rooters, is superior at every Cavarretta, Billy Herman, Bill Jurges and Stanley Hack. The Tiger infield | tered days, for two years of chama | pionship compelition. | Greenberg Improves Afield. ACED by Greenberg, the leading i run prod-icer of both leagues, the Tiger infielders again have averaged more than 100 runs batted in per man, Greenberg's slugging has overshad- owed the fact he has developed into one of the best defensive first basee | men in the game | The big Jewish boy, with a mark of 993 for the season, has a remark- | able defensive Tecord. He outclasses Cavarretta, sensational though the | Cub youngster has been in his first major league season as a replacement for Manager Charley Grimm. The “key men” of both infields play second base. Herman may not be as flawlessly steady as the graceful Gehringer in the field, but he covers as much ground and he has outhit his Tiger rival by about 15 points on the season’s run. They are the “lops"” now among” major league keysione workers. Rogell and Owen are steadier and more experienced than their Cub rivals, on the left side of the infield. Rogell is a much harder hitter than Jurges, but Hack, on this season’s performances, has a batting advantage over Owen, who has fallen more than 60 points off his 1934 hitting pace. Cubs Look to Outfield. HE Cubs will rely on their brile liant outfield. consisting of Frank Demaree, Freddie Lindstrom and Augie Galan, to provide the punch needed to offset the acknowledged power of the Tiger infield. Only a | fine year for Pete Fox hac saved | Detroit from being embarrassed by its outfield shortcomings. | The veteran Goose Goslin still packs | a wallop, but he is erratic on the de= fense. The failure of the flashy Jojo White to measure up to his 1334 form, especially at bat, forced Coche rane to do some juggling. Gerald Walker will see world series service, As far as power is concerned the | series rivals are evenly matched. It is on the defensive side that the EW YORK. September 30.— | fear or reservation that Billy Rogell | Tigers have a pronounced edge as a Your correspondent is in re- will not make a triple play in either | team. but Chicago’s better-balanced pitching staff may furnish a rebuttal, | Here are the season's unofficial fige correspondent, | get a bet down at the right price, you players likely to see the most world series action: Cubs. Position. [ Pirst base, Cavarretta Second base, Herman.. Shortstop, Jurges. | Third base, Hack- | Right field, Demaree._._ Center field, Lindstrom Left field, Galan. | Left field, Klein_. Catcher, Hartnett | Catcher, O'Dea. . Tigers. | Position. | First base, Greenberg- - | Seconid base, Gehringer. | Shertstop, Rogell- Third base, Owen. | Right field, Fox. "Cemer fleld, G. | Left field, Goslin_ | Catcher, Cochrane. | Catcher, Hayworth Men’s Fall Suits Topcoats & Over- coats Custom- Made to Your Measure In & superb selection of woolens in Fall patterns and Styles 27 Take our word—youw'll be pleased. We've been serving Washington men for 42 years. losing, 12 to 9, to Purcellville. From | TAILORS 405 11th St. N.W. H. J. Froehlich, Mgr. the last inning, however, provided -I