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U.S.O < 13 MARK MAKERS ON YANKEE SQUAD Upsets Stud Final Tests| as 10 of Games’ Records Are Excelled. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports EQitor. EW YORK, July 13.—Bound for Berlin, America’s team of 66 track and field men emerged today from the final tryouts with a flock of familiar faces missing and Uncle Sam's hopes of Olympic conquest largely pinned on the most sensational squad of freshman athletes ever assembled. They represent the cream of the 1936 crop, a complete entry for all 23 Olympic events, and in many respects the most starling array of performers this country has yet produced for the gquadrennial world championships. Featuring the list is an extraord- inary group of 10 Negro athletes, led by the redoubtable Jesse Owens of Ohio State, only man to gain three places. Eight athletes who entered the final tests with reputations as world record- makers, Olympic champions or na- tional titleholders emerged with noth- ing but the exercise. Outstanding victims of the form re- versals included Big Ben Eastman, worid record co-holder, who finished 2 bad sixth, and Charley Beetham, Ohio State’s brilliant national cham- pion, who fell and was eliminated in ® heart-breaking 800-meter final Eastman’s Failure Blow. EAD COACH LAWSON ROBERT- SON was among those rating Eastman's downfall as the biggest blow struck at America’s Olympic scoring prospects. San Francisco's colorful George Varoff, who cleared the world record height of 14 feet 6!2 inches in the pole vault a week ago in the national championships, was beaten out by a trio of Southern Californians. Ralph Metcalf, dusky Marquette flyer, five-time national champion, and co-holder of the world record for the event, finished fifth and was elim- | Blue inated in the 200-meter dash to the astonishment of all. He made the team by running second to Owens in the 100 meters. Walter Marty, unable to do better than 6 feet 4 inches in the high jump, also failed to make the team. Two Negro rivals, Cornelius Johnson of Los Angeles and Dave Albritton of Ohio |, State, negotiated a new world record height of 6 feet 934 inches in the most startling performance of the final trials. Marty set the listed mark of € feet 9'5 inches in 1934. Zamperini Surprises. ANOTHER West Coast favorite, Norman Bright of Sunnyvale, | Calif, ran fifth and was shut out in the 5,000 meters, which ended in a dead heat between Indiana’s redoubt- able Don Lash and a surprise con- tender, Louis Zamperini of Torrance, Calif. Lash was placed first by the judges, but the motion pictures later deter- mined they hit the tape together. ‘The official verdict was altered accord- ingly. Despite these upsets, American eoaches and officials found plenty of room for optimism in the make-up of the team that sails Wednesday with the rest of the Olympic forces, num- bering upward of 300 athletes in a score of sports. Olympic records were bettered in 10 of 21 events in the final tryouts at Randalls Island Stadium. World rec- ords were smashed by four athletes, including the two high jumpers, Glenn Morris of Fort Collins, Colo., in the decathlon at Milwaukee, and by gwem in the 200-meter final yester- ay. The team personnel includes 13 in- dividuals who either hold or have claims to possession of world track and field records. Strong Hurdle Team. LED by Owens, who will be Amer- ica’s favorite to capture both sprints and the broad jump, the rec- ord-smashing headliners making the team include the two renowned South- ern hurdlers, Forrest (Spec) Towns of Georgia in the 110 meters and Glenn (Slats) Hardin in the 400 meters. Towns and Hardin, unbeaten in any Olympic test, give the United States its best chance to sweep the Olympic hurdling honors since 1924. The comeback of Glenn Cunning- ham, world mile record holder, and the sensational development of a fel- Jow Kansan, Archie San Romani, strengthen America's bid to win the classic 1,500 meters for the first time since 1908. Cunningham and San Romani ran one-two in a thrilling stretch duel yesterday, with both being clocked under the Olympic record in 3:49.9. Trailing them by 10 yards was | Pennsylvania’s picture runner, Gene ‘Venzke, who beat Bonthron for third place and thus redeemed his failure of 1932. The Negro talent captured 7 of 12 places in the flat races, with Owens the sprint pace-setter, Archie Wil- liams of California a standout in the 400, and long-striding John Woodruff, University of Pittsburgh runner, fill- ing the place conceded a month ago to Eastman in the 800. Spectacular 800 Race. FR.ITZ POLLARD, JR., University of North Dakota high hurdler, who placed second to Towns in the final, rounds out the contingent of extraordinary Negro athletes. Woodruff came within a tenth-sec- ond of equaling the world record Sat- urday, when he won his trial 800- meter heat irf 1:49.9. Yesterday the Pitt Negro flashed home in front of the veteran Churck Hornbostel of In- diana and Harry Williams of the Uni- versity of North Carolina in a spec- tacular final. Eastman, last off the marks, trailed most of the way and showed no stretch “kick.” He said afterward he had “shot his bolt” in the prelim- inaries. Beetham also was tralling when he (Sese OLYMPICS, Page A-12) / Sports Program For Local Fans 2 TODAY. Base Ball. St. Louis vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Boxing. Al Delaney vs. Buck Everett, 10 rounds, feature bout, Griffith Sta- dium, 8:30. Swimming. ‘Women’s District A. A. U. 220- yard free-style championship, Glen Echo pool, 8:30. Tennis. Girls’ playground singles tourna- ment, Chevy Chase, Takoma and Rosedale playgrounds. - TOMORROW. Base Ball. St. Louis vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Swimming. Men’s junior national diving and District A. A. U. 220-yard free- style championships, Glen Echo pool, 8:30. ‘Tennis. Girls’ playground singles tourna- ment, Chevy Chase, Takoma and Rosedale playgrounds. WEDNESDAY. Base Ball. Chicago vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Girls’ playground singles tour- nament, Chevy Chase, Takoma and Rosedale playgrounds. THURSDAY. Base Ball. Chicago vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. ‘Wrestling. Ernie Dusek, vs. Ivan Managoff, feature match, Griffith Stadium, 8:30. ‘Tennis. Girls' playground singles tour- nament, Chevy Chase, Takoma and Rosedale playgrounds. Official WASHINGTON. Scor AB. R. H. 40 PR ) o2 Dietrich, Totals srmep 3| oo Andrews. p. +Coleman Caldwell, p. Totals _ *Hit for Cascarella in seventh. tHit for Andrews in seventh. St. Louis___ - 100 002 100—4 Washington Z 010 002 000—3 Runs batted in—Solters. Travis (3), Bell (2), Coleman. Three-base hits—Clift. Stone.” ' Sacrifices — Cascarella, Solters. Double play—Solters to Hemsley. Left on bases—St. Louis. 7 4. Dietri off Cascareila 1: Struck out—By Caldwell. "1:"by Cascarella. 1. i ff “Andrews. 6 in 6_innings: off Cascarella, 6 in 7 innings: off Caldwell. 0 in 3 innings: off Dietrich, 3 in 2 innings. Hit' by pitcher—By "Cascarella” (Carey). Wild pitch—Cascarella. Winning pitcher— Andrews. Losing pitcher—Cascarells. Um- pires—Messrs. Owens, Quinn and Me- Gowan. Time—=2:05. U.S. SWIN TEAM CRACKS RECORDS Needs Only Funds to Give Japanese Great Battle for Olympic Title. By the Associated Press. ARWICK, R. I, July 13.—1If the Olympic Men’s Swim- ming Committee can raise the funds, Uncle Sam may be able to wrest the world’s tank su- premacy from the Japanese in the Berlin' games. The cream of the Nation’s mermen, 83 in all, broke two world records and got under three Olympic marks in the final tryouts. Twenty-four swimmers, including five divers who qualified in Chicago on July 4, were named for the team. rroomasurten s sosmasms oorimn - Bases dch. 13 Two Raising Funds. THE' task of getting all of them to Berlin is up to the committee of 13, which has been trying to raise enough money to enable Coach Bob Kiphuth of Yale and Team Manager Ed Kennedy of Columbia to sail Wed- nesday with a squad powerful enough to challenge the Japanese. Johnny Higgins of Providence turned in the fastest time ever made anywhere for the 200-meter breast- stroke event in a 50-meter pool, 2 minutes 41.1 seconds, while defeating six speedy rivals. Higgins’ performance was the high- light of yesterday's competition. Adolph Kiefer, 18-year-old Chicago backstroke record-holder, clipped a tenth-second off his own world mark Saturday and came seven-tenths of a second under the best Olympic time while propelling himself on his back for 100 meters. Beats Freestyle Record. ALPH FLANAGAN of Miami, Fla,, the Nation’s ace distance freestyle star, galned a 4:47.8 victory in the 400-meter final. This was seven-tenths of a second faster than the Olympic record established by Clarence (Bus- ter) Crabbe when he gained the only American swimming triumph in the 1932 games at Los Angeles. Two of the swimmers recommended for Olympic team berths qualified for tvrvo t;vexg.u,‘mnmu and Jack Medica of e University of Washington, in the 400 and 1,500 meters freestyles. —_— % NEW YAWKEY GOES HOME. CHICAGO, July 13 (#).—Mrs. Thomas A. Yawkey, wife of the owner of the Boston Red Sox base ball team, has returned to New York with their newly adopted 8-week-old daughter, Julia Austin Yawkey. Adoption pro- ceedings were held during the week for the baby, taken from the Evanston, WASHINGTON, D. C, READY FOR BERLIN, GIRLS AWAIT COIN Dutch Treats in Prospect for Some, Plus Beating by Dutch at Berlin. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, July 13.—The 18 members of Uncle 'Sam’s ‘Women’s Olympic swimming team were all dressed up and ready to go to Berlin today, but they faced a double problem on “Dutch treats.” ‘They waited hopefully to hear if the Olympic Committee had raised enough money to send them all or whether several would have to “go Dutch” and pay their own way—or stay home. They also faced what appeared to be almost a hopeless task in winning team honors from the iamous Dutch team that has been cracking records relentlessly this year during tryouts. Seem Too Strong for U. S. L!.'D by the famous Willi Den Ouden, world free style champion, the Dutch appeared far too strong for the Americans, except possibly in the backstroke and dives. Katherine Rawls of Miami Beach and Mrs. Dorothy Poynton Hill of Los Angeles did their best to relieve Uncle Sam’s financial stringency yesterday when they took five team berths be- tween them. Miss Rawls won firsts in the 100- meter free style and 3-meter dive and a third in the 400-meter free style; Mrs. Hill won first place in the high platform dive and third in the 3-meter dive. Mrs. Eleanor Holm Jarrett of New York, only American swimmer to make three Olympic teams, won her 100-meter backstroke specialty yes- terday to give the United States what deems to be a sure first at Berlin. She holds the Olympic title and record. How They Finished. ERE are the team members in order of finish in each event, with the winenrs’ score or time: 3-meter springboard dive—*Miss | Rawls, 78.74 points; Marjoe Gestring, Los Angeles; tMrs. Hill. ! Platform dive—iMrs. Hill, 3334 points; Cornelia Gilisen, New York; | Velma Dunn, Los Angeles. 100-Meter Free style—*Miss Rawls, 1:11.1; Bernice Lapp, Newark, N. J.; Olive McKean, Seattle, Wash.; Mavis Freeman, New York; *Dorothea Dickinson, New York: Elizabeth Ryan, New York. (First four also to swim in 400-meter relay, with Dickinson and Ryan as alternates.) 100-meter backstroke—iMrs. Jar- rett, 1:19.2; Edith Motridge, Los Angeles; Alice Bridges, Uxbridge, Mass. 400-meter free style—*Mrs. Lenore Kight Wingard, Homestead, Pa. 5:36.7; Mary Lou Petty, Seattle; *Miss Rawles. 200 - meter breaststroke — Dorothy Schiller, Chicago, 3:149; ’*Ann Govednik, Chisholm, Minn.; Iris Cummings, Los Angeles. *On 1932 American Olympic team. tOn 1928 and 1832 American Olympic teams. Forrest Towns, University of Georgia (right), is shown here as he won the 110-meter high hurdles in the Olympics final tests at Randall’s Island yesterday. Fritz Pollard, U. N. D, Negro, was second, and Roy Staley, U, S. C., third. The photo was taken from an angle in front. Towns won by a good yard, ROLAND ROMERO Of Welsh, La., shown as he won the hop, skip and jump event yesterday with a dis- tance of 49 feet, 9 inches. Ralph Flanagan of Miami (nearest camera) bettered the Olympic mark when he swam the 400-meter free style in 4:47.8 at Warwick, R. I., yes- terday. Photo shows start of Jourth heat. Front to back: Flanagan, Berg, Barnard, Barthels, Ozxenberg, Wilson and Rudig. League Satistics MONDAY, JULY 13, 1936. American RISULTS YESTERDAY. ; New York, 5: Boston. t. 7: Philaceiphia, &] -~ oawop uoIsuIUsEM - - pUB[IAIL. wqappenud NYi—1 5 9 8111 71 61_71 Det| 41— 5[ 71 51 81 9_5I Bos_3 71— b 610/ 8L b Wn[ 3] 8] 5/—I 3| 4110/ 94213 Clel 41 4 71 71— 6] 5| 9'421381.525111% Ohil 61 3 51 71 bl—I I 7138/401.487(14% Phil 3 2| 31 11 6| 4-—| B81271491.35524% StL 31 61 3 21 31 1| 6/—I241501.324126% 1.-126135/37137138140 40 80/—/—1__| GAMES TODAY. ‘GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. L. at Wash.. 3:15. 8t. L. at Wash., 3:15. Chic ew York.Cleveland at Boston. Cleveland at Boston. Chicago at New York. Detroit at Phila. Detroit Phila. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. | 3e1U0013d E g ] | [ --usangsnrd) T57 |-~ ppeunpuy wudapey. -~ usyoosg| ! SILI—]_61 9| b 0] 4111 6491 Ohil Bi—1| 41 6 6110] 71111471 Pit| 41 6/—I 6| 41 6/ | 0l42 Cinl 51 61 4/—| 6/ 31 6/1( Y[ 51 5| 81 4/—I 61 71 5l Phll_21_21 4/ 3| 3|_SI—| _7I20/481.377/16 BKI| 51 31 11 31 6/ 4| 5I—I271531 337122% 135137138141 1481681 —I—|__| GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Chicago.New York at Chicago. at St St. L. s) Phila. at Cincinnati.’ Phila. at Cincinnati. MAT REFEREES BANNED 1 Both Cyclone Burns and Benny Bortnick, Washington’s regular wres- tling referees, have been eliminated by Promoter Joe Turner as possible choices for the official assignment Thursday night, when Ernie Dusek tangles with Ivan Managoff at Grif- fith Stadium. Burns was ruled out by popular de- mand of the fans at last week’s show, when the spectators became aroused over the verdict he awarded Dusek. Bortnick was thrown out of considera- tion by Ernie’s protest. ‘Turner indicated today that he soon will sign a well-known official. Homers Yesterday By the Associated Press. Yesterday's | homers—Radcliff, White Sox, 2; “Averill, Indians, 1; Rogell, Tigers, 1; Puccinelli, Athlet- ics, 1; Stripp, Dodgers, 1; Watkins, 1;-J. Martin, Cardinals, 1; v-u:n\ Pirates, 1; Camilli, Phil- Hes, | t 1; | big art, which is pitching. "POPPI NG OFFIW fan:. Rogers Hunts the Rabbit. AJOR LEAGUE pitchers, who from time to time this sea- son openly have wondered whether they've been flipping tennis balls at the batters, may de- iz |rive a measure of satisfaction from the knowledge that sympathy for the hurlers is spreading from sources out- side of the pitch, pray and duck union. For instance, Rogers Hornsby is swinging to the side of the pitchers by vigorously denounc- ing the 1936 needled, honey- center base ball, or whatever it is. Mr. Hornsby himself is not sure of what manufacturers of the official balls are putting into their product, but after watching a few thousand pitches bounce off the bats and then bounce off American League fences the old spade-caller is fairly certain that the time has come to seek a femedy. He was saying so last night after recovering from the shock of his Browns beating the Nationals. “It's a joke,” began Rogers, cautiously. “What the heck. Ruth is gone out of base ball and it’s time the game was given back to what really is the ‘That's 75 to 80 per cent of base ball, and here they've gone and kept a rab- bit ball in the game for bad hitters to look good and good hitters to look great.” Has Swollen Thumb. MR. HORNSBY'S ferociousness on the subject of the lively ball, he hastens to make clear, is not because his St. Louis pitchers need help. He doesn’t deny that his throwers are pretty bad, as a whole, and he even hints that the thumb with which he waves pitchers in and out of the box is getting to feel the strain of the overwork. “But the real reason,” ex- plained the guy whose retire- ment from active duty was one of the greatest breaks pitchers ever got, “is that it’s best for everybody. “Major league base ball is supposed to represent the game as it can be played as near to perfect as possible. What, then, must people think when they see or hear about the Yankees beating the A’s by 25 to 2, or the Yanks beating Cleveland, 10 to 0, like they did the other day? “And how about the 106 runs that were scored in the American League on July 4? And the 96 runs that were scored in five games on, let’s see, the 2nd of July? “Heck, you can get that in the bushes or out on any lot where kids play ball. ball, when you see -‘l ng & rul Just Ain't No Pitchers. BY WAY of storing up evidence for his next attack, Rogers sug- | gested you look at your scorebook. | “I may be suffering from a case of shell shock, on account of the beat- ing my pitchers are taking,” he ex- plained, “but just for the fun of it see how many pitchers Bucky Harris has used in the last six or ‘seven games. Look up the number of pitch- ers who have worked against Wash- ington.” It was duly looked up. Wash- ington has used 14 in the last scven games; the opposition has used 17. “Well, there you are,” continued Hornsby in triumph. “Nobody has any pitchers who can go the route. Take the Yanks. If they weren't -hitting so well they wouldn't be so tough. There aren't more than a dozen pitchers in both major leagues who are real top-notchers. “The players coming up to- day aren’t so hot, especially the pitchers. That’s another rea- son why the ball oughtta be deadened to adapt it to the conditions. “Shucks, if there were any pitch- ers, the Cardinals and Red Sox and clubs like those wouldn't have any trouble. The Cards have 21 teams in their chain system, and after Dean what have they got? And if money could buy pitchers, Yawkey's Red Sox ‘wouldn’t be so groggy.” Good Hitters Would Survive. WELL, how about the hitters?| ‘Wouldn’t they cry out in pro- test? To this query Rogers has an an- swer, and when you consider that one of the all-time great hitters is dishing it out, you must weigh it heavily. “A deader ball wouldn't stop a good hitter,” he explained. “They may not get as many home runs or extra base hits, but they’d do all right ought to 270 and 280. “A lot of the balls that zip through the infleld now would be caught. Some of them would be turned into double plays. It would revive base stealing and sacrifice hitting. Heck, nowadays a manager doesn't dare to waste an out by signaling for a sac- rifice unless it's late in the game. “A person could look at his watch and figure he's got two hours to spend somewhere. He'd be able to MONDAY, JULY 13, 1936. lympic Team Held Best Ever : Cascarella Jinxed as Griffman DAVID ALBRITTON Of Ohio State, shown as he leaped to a new world record in the high jump of 6 feet, 93, inches. He tied at this mark with Cornelius Johnson of Compton, Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos, Calif. West Coast Provides 20 of 66 Athletes to Compete in Berlin By the Assoctated Press. EW YORK, July 13.—The offi- cially-selected personnel of the United States men’s Olympic track and field team shows 20 of the 66 athletes are from the Pacific Coast. The East qualified 18, Middle West, 16; South, 8; Rocky Mountain area, 2, and Southwest, 2. The selections, all based on the first three finishers in final tryouts, except for the relays, follow: Track Events. 100 meters—Jesse Owens, Ohio State: Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette Club, Mil kee, and Prank Wycofl, Carpenteria, Calif. 200 meters—Owens; Mack Robinson, Pasadena. _ California ' Junior _ College; Robert Packard. University of Geo: 400 meters—Archie Williams, sity of California; Harold _Smallwood. University of Southern California; Jimmy L University of California’ at Los eles. meters—Johnny Woodruff. Univer- tisbureh: Charles Hornbostel Ind.; Ha n, University of North Carolina. 1,500 meters—Gilenn Ounningham, Lawrence, Archie San Romani. Emporia, Kansas State Teachers; Gene Venzke. New York A. C. 3,000 _meters _ steeplechase—Harold Manning. Wichita, Kans.; Joe McCluskey, New York A. O.. Glen Dawson, Tulsa, 8. 5,000 meters—Don Lash, Indiana: Louis Zamperini, Torrance, Calif.; Thomas Deckard. indiana. 10,000 meters—Lash; Eino Pentt, Mill- rose 'A. A. New York: Stanley Wudyks, Philadelphia. 50,000 meter walk—Ernie Crosby, De- troit: Albert Mang: Lowell. Ma: Ernest Koehler, German-American A. New York. ‘Marathon—Ellison _Brown. Pawtucket, R. 1; William McMahon, Worcester. Mas: John Kelley. Arlington. 'Mass. 400 meters relay—First three finishers Kans. want to be sure to see a whole game when both sides start hitting.” Mr. Hornsby, unfortunately, isn't a club owner or a base ball manufa turer, but he may be spreading the germ of an idea that eventually may become imfectious within the ranks d | of the big-wigs, who can do something about it. least, hope p Major league pitchers, at 20, | speedboat race on Lake George July 25, but that he had not yet received | Bt in the 100 (Owens. Metcalfe. Wykoff) in addition to Foy Draper. University of Southern California; Marty Glickman, New York: Sam Stoller.' Michigan: Mack Rob- inson. Pasadena, Calif.. Junior College. and Robert Packard. University of Georgia. 1.600 meters relay—First three finishers in the 400 (Williams_Smallwood. Luvalle) in addition ‘to Al Fitch, University of Southern California: Robert Young. Uni versity of California at Los Aneel Harold Cagle, Oklahoma Baptist: Eddie O'Brien. Syracuse. and Johnny Woodruff, University of Pittsburgh. 110 meters hurdles — Forrest Towns, Georgia: Fritz Pollard. jr. North_Dakota. and Roy Staley. University of Southern California. E s hurdles — Glenn Hardin, Joseph Patterson. Unit Academy: Dale Schofield, Brigham Young University. Field Events. Jump—Cornelius Johnson. Comp- High ton. Calif.. Junior College; Dave Albritton, Ohio State; Delos Thurber, University of . Los Angeles: Willlam Sefton, Uni- versity of Southern California. Broad jump—Jesse Owens. Ohio State: John Brooks. Chicago: Robert Clark, San Francisco Olympic Club. Hop. step Weish. La.; Louisiana La. Dunn. Discus throw—Gordon Prancisco Oylmpic Club: Ken Carpenter. University of Southern California; Walter Wood, Newark. N. J. Shot put—Jack Togance. Baton Rouge, La.: Sam Prancis. University of Nebraska: Dimitri Zaitz Boston College. Hammer throw—Henry Dreyer, New York A. C.. William Rowe. Rhode 'Isiand State College: Donald Favor. Portland. Me. Javelin throw—Lee Bartlett, Detroit; Malcolm Metcalf, Los Angeles: Alton Terry, Hardin-Simmons University. Texas. Decathlon—Glenn_Morris. Fort Collins, Colo.. Robert Clark. San Francisco Olympic Club; "Jack Parker, Sacramento, Calif., Junior College. and d Romero. Dug western William Brown, San DON WOULD RACE IN U. S. LONDON, July 13 (#).—Kaye Don, noted British driver, said yesterday he probably woul® accept an invitation from the Detroit Yacht Club to drive | one of its entries in the Goid Cup MAKES FEW RUNSFOR HURLER One-Tally Defeat by Browns Is Fourth in Row for For- mer Red Sox. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. UCKY HARRIS' widely recog- nized talent for remodeling . ball players seemingly is faced with a new and annoying test today as the Nationals again turn attention from their second-place fight and prepare to ward off the latest onrush of the fifth-place Indians. When Bucky inherited Joe Casca- rella from the Red Sox several weeks ago he had an idea that in this young fugitive from Back Bay were the makings of a winuing pitcher. Joe had never been a winner in the American League, but he knew how to stand on the rubber, owned a pretty good fast ball, and was able to mix his speed with a fair assortment of benders. Harris made him a starter on the strength of these recommen- dations. Now Bucky appears to be en- countering unforeseen difficulties and at the present time, as you may have suspected, the Nationals are in no crying need for more trouble. But, be that as it may, Cascarella seems to be emeshed in the entanglements of a singular one-run losing jinx, and Mr. Harris is afraid it might continue, Few Runs Scored for Him. THE lowly Browns, of all people, contrived to keep the Griffs from reaching third place yesterday, but the licking wasn't as simple as all that, even if St. Louis had won only & single game in 10 starts up unti . yesterday. The annoying thing about it was that Cascarella pitched, lost his fourth straight start, and was beaten by one run—again. The score was 4-3. For some reason that probably no- body on the Washington club can diag- nose, the Griffs don't manufacture many runs for Cascarella. In the four games in which Joe has been charged with defeats, for instance, they have scored only eight runs. A pitcher can't win many games when his mates average only two runs per game. Cascarella was made a starting pitcher when the team was in Cleve- land on the last Western trip. He gave a good account of himself but lost 2 to 1. He was tried again in St. Louis but was knocked out and when Washington won the game Pete Appleton was credited with the victory. In Chicago, on the same trip, Cascarella made another effort. He pitched a four-hit game but the White Sox won, 4 to 1. " Is Not Lucky Pitcher. COMING home from the last road trip, Cascarella was handed one of the July 4 assignments against the Yankees. He was beaten, 4 to 3. Then, yesterday, came another 4-to-3 defeat. As Joe surveys it, he probably could not rank himself as a particularly lucky pitcher. Since he’s been a member of the Nationals the curver crooner has seen Jimmy De Shong, for example, work his last three games while Washington has made 13, 9 and 10 runs for him in that order. Jimmy didn't need all those runs and it would have worked out happier all along if the Nats saved some of them for Cascarella. ut they didnt, of course, and | Cascarella’s slab record suffered. So, too, for that matter, did the Nationals. As they were to renew warfare with * the Browns today, the Washingtons found the Clevelands yapping at their heels with only half a game separat- ing the two clubs. The Red Sox, beaten again by the Indians, still lead the Griffs by only half a game, but the second-place Tigers pulled away in Philadelphia and they now are running a game and a half ahead of the Harrismen. Travis Is Griff Hero. ‘HE Griffs, although held to six hits by Ivy Andrews and Earl Caldwell, had plenty of chances to win the game. They invariably blew em, but one of the guys whose name was cleared is Cecil Travis, the kid outflelder, who bashed two singles and drove across all the Washington runs. Collaborating with Johnny Stone in the second inning, Travis tied the score at 1-1. When the Browns drew away, 3 to 1, in the sixth inning, young Mr. Travis walloped a hit with | the bases loaded and tied it again. | With a little more co-operation from his teammates, Cecil might have won the game. A triple by Clift and an infield out by Solters gave the Browns their one-run lead in the first. Stone then tripled in the second and scored on Travis' hit. In the sixth Casca- rella walked Lary to open the inning and Clift got a cheap infield hit. Solters’ sacrifice and a lusty triple by Bell drove across Lary and CIift. Successive singles by Buddy Lewis and Joe Kuhel with one down started the Griffs’ score-tying sixth. A walk to Stone kept the ball rolling and Travis’ single did the rest, for Boiton followed with a short fly to Solters and Stone was doubled at the plate when he tried to score on it. Cascarella literally threw away the game in the seventh. He hit Carey with a pitched ball after & man was out and then wild-pitched him to second, from where he scored on Pinch-hitter Ed Coleman's single to right. Records for Week In Major Leagues Standings for the week in the major leagues, showing games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents’ runs and home runs for each club. AME! LA " Y i Chicago 3 1 28 Clevelana 2 Philadeiphia shington 53 52 81 cable from America formally extend- ing the invitation. Pt 2000200 T 2 22000 20 OIS DZ 130336134 o0 BIRIEER