Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1936, Page 10

T Two GAmES! WHew | A—10 @he Foening Star Sporls WASHINGTON, .D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1936. Nats Hail Phebus as Slab Find : Vet Pros to Face College Stars ROOKGOODASA'S ARELICKEDTWICE Harris Holds New Hurler Will Help in Bid for Second Place. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. UDDENLY thrown into a four- way dog fight for second place, the Nationals awoke to still an- other pleasant discovery today as they poured themselves into their white home uniforms to play the Red Sox in a holiday double-header be- fore their final Western jaunt of the year. This revelation, hardly definite, but rich in promise, is that William Ray Phebus, latest and least touted of the Griffith A. C. recruits, seems to be a pretty fair pitcher and a helpful sort of a fellow to have around at a time when every game counts. As a result of their double victory over the Athletics yesterday, plus some ideal developments in other American League way stations, the Nationals eoomed into a second-place race so close that Will Harridge might have to buy an electric eye at the end of this month to determine the winner. In Chicago the White Sox knocked off the Indians in a double-header, and the Tigers idled, leaving Washing- ton only half a game behind the dead- locked Sox and Tigers and only one full game out of second place. Misplay Costly to Phebus. PHEBUS stood today as a sort of & martyr to his new club’s mis- plays, Monte Weaver relieving him with the score tied at 5-5 in the night- eap and getting credit for the 7-to-5 victory that was earned after Earl ‘Whitehill had won the opener, 7 to 1. Ray had one bad inning, in which the Macks scored all their runs, but de- spite his failure to win his big-league debut the stocky young right-hander had no cause to feel depressed. For four innings he mixed up a blazing fast ball with a fair curve and held the A’s hitless. Only one man got on base, Al Niemiec drawing a walk in the third. In the fifth, however, he lost control and walked Higgins. Then Hayes singled for the first hit off Phebus, but Newsome slapped a grounder to Bluege at third and it looked as if a double play was certain. Bluege's throw to Mihalic, however, went through the second baseman's hand for an error, letting Higgins score and leaving two Macks on base. ‘Two more walks and Puccinelli's dou- ble completed the A's scoring. In order to tie the score in Wash- ington’s fifth, Bucky Harris yanked Phebus for Pinch-hitter Cecil Travis and Weaver entered to outlast Horace Lisenbee. Harris Likes the Kid. HA‘RRJS thinks the Griffs picked up & prize in Phebus, which is something more than he's said of many rookies, including Fred Sington and even Johnny Mihalic. “He's fast, for one thing,” observed Bucky, “and he seems to know how to pitch. It's & question now of the kid getting better control. “I didn’t take Phebus out of the game because I thought he was fin- ished for the day. On the contrary, he probably would have finished as strong as he started. They shouldn't have made any runs off him and, besides, even in his bad inning, he struck out two of the last three bat- ters. I only took him out because ‘we had two men on base and I wanted %0 end the A's lead as quickly as possible.” Regardless of who was credited with the game, Phebus or Weaver. the whole day essentially was satisfac- tory. In Phebus the Nats appear to have & youngster who will help out when the team goes West and in chalking up the twin victories the QGriffs virtually are assured of re- maining in the second-place fight for & few days at least. ‘Whitehill Wins No. 11. PARAMOUNT in their minds today was the determination to break & holiday jinx. Playing the Red Sox In a double-header on Labor day is all very nice from a. financial stand- point, but somehow the Griffith A. C. has not covered itself with glory on holidays this season. Still vivid in their memories is the @ouble defeat they sustained at the stadium on July 4. when they were running exactly as they are today— & game back of second place. Then, too, the Red Sox flashed some warn- ing yesterday in New York when they grabbed a double-header to emerge from Gotham with three wins and a tie for the series. There was, of cuorse, nothing vitally wrong with the way the Griffs |y, behaved yesterday. Whitehill worked one of his best games, holding the A’s to seven hits. He won pulling away but until the Griffs scored five runs in the sixth and seventh innings it was quite a duel between Earl and Rookie Fred Gumpert. Jess Hill touched off the game- winning streak in the nightcap after the score had been tied at 5-5. Open- ing the sixth inning Jess tripled and | Johnson, Joe Kuhel walked. Sington forced | g Kuhel, scoring Hill, and singles by Red Kress and Bluege sent Sington across with the final run. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Earl Whitehill and Jess Hill, Senators—Former pitched six-hit ball to down Athletics in twin-bill opener; latter’s triple featured winning rally in 7-5 nightcap vie- Tommy Thompson, Bees—His ninth-inning pinch homer with two aboard downed Giants, 3-2. _ ‘Wes Ferrell and Lefty Grove, Red Sox—Their pitching beat Yanks in both ends of double- header. Babe Herman and Ival Good- man, Reds—Former’s homer and three other hits led way to double- header win over Cardinals; Good- »man hit homer in nightcap. Ted Lyons and Jack Hayes, ‘White Sox—Former’s eight-hit pitching stopped Indians in first game; Hayes' three hits paced at- tack in nighteap. GREENTREE AFTER < Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Boston vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, two games, 1:30. Tennis, Finals, Army-Navy Club wom- en’s Fall invitation tournament, Arlington, Va. WEDNESDAY, Base Ball. ‘Washington at Detroit, 3:15. Boxing. Olympic A. C. vs. Richmond, Va., amateurs, Duffy Stadium, Seat Pleasant, Md., 8. THURSDAY, Base Ball. Washington at Detroit, 3:15. FRIDAY. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Cleveland, 3:15. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Washington at Cleveland, 3. Track Interdepartmental meet, Cen- tral High School Stadium, 2:30. BEES HAVING BIG | College All-Stars Ready for Second Test Against Grid Pros SAYINFLAGFUSS Blast Cardinals From Lead, Now They’re Making It Tough for Giants. BY SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer, ANT to know who's going to win the National League pennant? Ask the Boston Bees. ‘They won't, but they're having a iot to say as to just which outfit will. Only a couple of weeks ago they blasted the Cardinals out of the top and let the Giants in. Over the week end they turned their attention to the pace-setting New Yorkers, cut them down in three straight games and made the chances for a subway world series no better than a 50-50 proposition again. Their third in a row over Bill ‘Terry's Terriers yesterday was pro- duced in the “Frank Merriwell” man- ner. Behind, 2-0, going into the ninth, they proceeded to get two men on base in a hurry. Then Tommy Thompson, called on to pinch hit, poled out a homer to account for & 3-2 decision over Gabbo Gabler, Cards Drop Pair, Too. FORTUNATELY for the Giants, the Cardinals didn't take advantage of the trimming and lost both of their starts against the revived Cincinnati Reds, leaving the New Yorkers with a three-game lead. Babe Herman's bomer led the attack for a 5-3 win in the opener, and Peaches Davis pitched a nine-hitter to take the night- cap, 8-4. At the same time the once-a-year surge of the Cleveland Indians came to an end as they dropped both ends of a double-header to the White Sox, 15-1 and 6-3, and skidded out of sec- ond place. The runner-up spot be- came & two-way affair, with the White | Sox and Detroit Tigers, who were | rained out with the Browns, dead- locked for it. The change in second position hold- ers didn't affect the Yankees' tre- mendous league lead much, leaving it at 17 games, although the con- tinued slump of Murderers’ Row finally caught up with the pace- setters, as the suddenly slugging Red Sox belted out a twin win, 14-5 and 4-2, the first time this season any club has downed the Yanks in both MORE POLO GLORY Facing Argentines. ‘While the spectators who national oper polo title Saturday are | for Tommy Hitchcock, Tommy and | | with Argentina in the series for the Argentinies in the series which starts exciting overtime game. Tomorrow | Waterbury Cup tournament, which | Meet on Handicap Basis. on a handicap basis in the Waterbury & well-knit defense and one big scor- erful Hurricanes, 11-7. Westbury, which includes three Ar- {a bye and will play the Templeton- The Argentines continued their prep- H tice match at Meadowbrook. Another | Conqueror of Templeton in Waterbury Meet Before By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September - 7.— N watched him lead his Green- tree team to a second straight | wondering if there shouldn't be some- thing higher than a 10-goal rating | his teammates go out tomorrow to | seek another trophy before they clash Cup of the Americas. Greentree won the right to play the September 19 by conquering the highly rated Templeton quartet, 11-10, in an the winner and runner-up will play | | their opening games in the Monty opened yesterday with Roslyn’s upset | victory~over the Hurricanes. THE same teams which compete on the flat in the open meet annually tourney. Roslyn, showing smooth team play, ing burst, opened the event at Sands Point yesterday by trouncing the pow- The remaining first-round matches tomorrow send Greentree against Old gentine spares, and Templeton against Aurora. Texas, the seventh entry, drew Aurora winner in Thursday's semi- | finals. arations for the international series by whipping Aurora, 11-5, in a prac- tune-up contest saw Old Westbury | down Texas, 9-6. BETHESDA IS LUCKY. Despite the erratic fielding of his mates, William Bort, granting but five hits and fanning 15 batsmen, hurled Bethesda Post, American Legion, to a 6-5, 11-inning victory over the Wood- men‘of the World nine yesterday at Anacostia. Officiai Scores coc> ends of a double-header. Ferrell Is Versatile. Wm FERRELL'S pitching and hit- ting and Jimmy Foxx’s thirty- fourth homer brought in the opener decision, and Lefty Grove's four-hit hurling job was good enough in the nightcap. The surging Washington Senators moved into a tie for fourth place with the Cleveland Indians by trouncing the Athletics, who are earning their “Apathetics” nickname easily, 7-1 and 7-5, with Earl Whitehill limiting the Mackmen to six hits in the opener, and the Nats pounding out 11 hits for the nightcap conquest. For the second straight day the Cubs were unable to get by the Pirates, and, although outhitting the Bucs, 13 to 9, dropped a 5-4 game. The Phillies came from way behind to take the Dodgers, 7-5, League Statistics Monday, September 7, 1936, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington, 7-7: Phil Boston, 14-4: New an‘kfle‘b,?:lv Chicag 5-6: 1-3. 8t. Louis-Detroit, rain. Cleveland, £ [ HE Z3 ~“xi0% man = qeneq L ] “puveaon “08vIuIled | vigappenug prrdegedn —e | 0 NY I —/13/13/14110/15/121111881461.657] __ Detl_7I—I13( 9110/ 8| 9115711631.630/17 Chil 71 6I—I11114] 9(11113171/631.530117 Here are some of the 1935 varsity foot ball aces who will meet the New York Giants, eastern professional champions, at the Polo Grounds, New York, tomorrow night. COLONIALS OPEN FOOT BALL CAMP 'Squad at Letts Is Young and Green—Little Known of Newcomers. HE youngest and greatest foot ball squad in recent George Washington University history reports this afternoon to Head Coach Jim Pixlee at Camp Letts, Md., 39 miles distant on the shores of the lazy Rhode River. All of the squad will not be on hand until tomorrow or Wednesday, candidates composing the earliest ar- | rivals. At full strength the squad will number nearly 80, with about 40 of them seeking varsity berths, Hopeful of Newcomers., IXLEE, faced with many problems, chief of which is the admittedly | impossible replacement of the great Tuffy Leeman's, will waste no time hustling his charges on the field for intensive drills. The Colonial mentor talks grimly of the situation, but is by no means overly pessimistic. He recalls that better looking squads have flopped and that greener groups have far exceeded expectations after the first six weeks. Little is known of the ability of | several junior college transfers who with less than a dozen 1935 frosh will | battle it out with the returning 11 | letter winners for permanent assign- | ments. Pixlee is hopeful, however, that two or three of the newcomers will become first-string performers, Captain in Fine Trim. APT. FRANK KAVALIER, 185- pound fullback, is expected to begin anlng in tiptop physical con- dition. This peppery lad has been working all Summer in an East St. Louis slaughter house, toughening himself by tossing beeves around. Another veteran reporting in great condition is Ray Hanken, who “has been laboring in a tractor factory in Peoria. “Hank” should develop into one of the greatest ends the Buff has had in several years. No further tid- ings have come from “Mad Dog” Reeves, halfblack, being treated at his home in Arkansas for rabies. Joel McCurry, formerly of North Carolina, is the new trainer, having filled the position resigned by Roland Logan, present Boston Red Sox trainer, Clel 5| 7/ 91—I14111/13/111701631.526117% Wnl_71101 6/ 6/—I10117/16/711641.526/117% Bos|_7112/121 9] 71—I11/111691671.507120 StLI_8I10_41 51 3/_8/—I10/48/831.3661387; Sl ornarrs 29 M Bl howssnnsro K| cowemmeuare & EEdl e | honmsossry w|osorssosol k| aan o 25| susrrisrmrig @ | ormorrosmmy & o Philadelp} 0 010 000—1 Washington 200 002 30x—7 Runs batted in—Sington (2), Pinney, Mihalic (3), Travis, Millies. 'Two-base hits—Kuhel. Travis. Three-base _hit— Finney. Stolen bases—Lewis, _Kuhel, Stone, Millies. Double plays—Niemiec to lewsome to Dean; Chapman to Millies; Travis to Mihalic to Kuhel; Mihalic to Travis to_Kuhel. t on_bases—Phila- o Whitehill, o Struck out—By Whitehill, 1. Gumpert, 10 in 6's innings; off Lisenbec, 0 in 1% innings. Losing pitcher—Gum- Phll 5| B 7] 9 6] 6110/—I48I871.356/140% L._146163163163164167/831871—I—| | GAMES TODAY. Boston at Wash. (2) Detroit at Chicago. N. Y. (2). 8t. L at Cleve. (2) Det. at Chi. (2). Other clubs not scheduled. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. 3, Neg. York h. 5:_Chica his Q) Boston. Cincinn, PBlttsbu Philade] 2z 7: Brookiyn, 5. i s;moT 98 - osvoruy, b e didiit it itle e = “XI0X Moy pert. Umpires—Messrs. sby, il 204 MoGowan:” Tty 4Srmsby. Bal SHooOHMHEeEH, Totals - *Batted for Lisenbee in ninth inning. tBatted for Phebus in fifth inning. o - h NY |—I 8[10/14112111/101141791521.603( StLIILI—I11113] 91 71111141761551.5801 3 Chil10] 5I—I| 9110/14114/141761571.5711 4 . | Pit|_6] 7110—/10113/12121701631.526/10 Cin|_7| 9[10| 6/—I 7/131131651661.406/14 Bos| 8113 61 7112/—1 7 _BI61/701.466118 Bkl 71 71 61 81 7| 91—I11/54/761.415124% | sRuss Phi|_31 6 5| 6] 6 1 5|—Ii441861.33834 L._152/55/57163166/701761861—|—I ] GAMES TOMORROW. GAMES TODAY. Bugn st Bos. (). AT A 8t Putts. ) No games lch.'d‘u]od. GAMES TOMORROW. | Hos A HEHE Griffs’ i{ecords BATTING. 2b.3b.HR.Rbi Pct. 07070 1375 SRR s S taeis {3 Z2ERER=Ent 3 o o Srawansa 3 m EpeRAE- T, CbhnDRITxD PP N Aot T RIS ) g 212020 SDD 9 201 SEtett S ansliam 910 15D P RBII D > =2, et O PR EE R % e RRRSEQ i wusaed o $3523220 " e 5 soa0 @ 2 oo a o= b e DDt i S R L] 295 o ] 12 “Q ey Oowe 230 3 * it e ©ODOW=O OIS (AR [POPPPPITUPN -~ - Ean a8 ®i000s DR RN 181 BAR R E - asiozsests omeaSon S80S BEC s ERon 0 5 ! s gt ez (IS RS O E £33 P e bt i BATRTIDI o - . S-SR ] HOMORAO - R 5 - - ‘Western. Davenport, 5; Cedar Rapids, 0. {on former stars ap- | proximately 50 varsity and freshman | Left to right: Hubbell Nearly Stayed in the Bushes. F NOTHING else, this waning dia- mond campaign has served to l elevate Carl Hubbell among the pitching greats, as a star whose name is worthy of bracketing with Matty and McGinnity, Young and Johnson. Lacking the color and the tonsils of Dean, the Giants’ south- paw quietly has pitched himself to undisputed front rank this year, and that, in itself and without drawing for comparison, is quite a feat, because it inv8ives, among others, the irrepressible Dizzy. Hubbell has been recognized before, of course, especially in 1933, when he helped to pitch the Giants to thewr last pen- nant and world championship. The Nationals, it will be recalled, were ambdng those to recognize Hub- bell's talents, for Carl won two games in the 1933 series with Washington. But Hubbell never was mentioned with Matty and the other greats un- til this year, when folks have noted that he won 22 of 28 decisions and taken she trouble to look back and discover that Carl's been doing al- most as well all along. An exception was a brief period of time at the start of the 1934 sea- son, when something happened to his screwball. It was explained by many that National League hitters were wise to his pet pitch and that Hubbell's road would be harder in the future, but it merely turned out that Carl was experimenting with his screw- ball and a little later he came up with an even better delivery. Some Under All Conditions. THE slim left-hander with the * peculiar pitching motion that Jawn McGraw used to like so much probably stood out more this season than ever before and not only because of his recent accomplishments, which have embraced the winming of 11 straight games. Earlier in the season Hubbell achieved the mark of great- ness when, almost singie-handedly, he held together a Giant team that was in the second division at the time and showing no unmistakable signs of rising. The infield was a sieve, the outfield was weak and Presi- dent Horace Stoneham got around to admitting the club “would have tobe rebuilt.” ‘That was when Hubbell shone— when the going was tough and there were no winning streaks, no burning spirit, and few to cheer the Giants on. He stood out in poverty and now again in prosperity, which for some ball players is even more difficult— as Tom Yawkey can tell you. You wonder why a pitcher like Hubbell took so long to get the recog- nition that seemingly should have came earlier in his brilliant career, but the story behind Hubbell’s very entrance into the major leagues, much less his intreduction to a pitching hall of fame, is a tale of adversity. Tigers Twice Spurned Him. AY PHEBUS, Washington's young pitching rookie who broke in yes- terday, might well have taken heart, because of Hubbell, when he (Phebus) was released last Spring by the Tigers. They had drafted Ray from Chat- tanooga, only to turn him back dur- ing Spring training. But that was nothing compared to the appraisal of Hubbell by the Tigers. Twice they turned Carl back, Hub- bell admitting that perhaps he was not ready the first time, but still stoutly maintaining that he was as effective as he is today when tried by Detroit the second time. In fact, is was quite by acci- dent that Hubbell came to the Giants at all. If it were not for Houston being Linesmen, Lou Zarza, Pete Lingua, Ed Michaels, Dale Renne- bohn, Phil Flanagan, Charles Wasicek, Wayne Millner. Backs, Joe Maniaci, Don Elser, Wally Fromhart and Tufly Leemans. the scene of the 1928 Democratic Convention it is conceivable that Hub- | bell still would be pitching in the Texas League, wasting the greatest hurling in base ball on a minor league club. A Giant scout named Dick Kinsella was a delegate to the convention, and | | when things became dull one after- | noon he dropped into the ball park | to see Beaumont play Houston. Hub- bell pitched for Beaumont and was good to so impress Kinsella that Carl shortly afterward was in a Giant uniform—a big-league pitcher from the moment he reported to McGraw. Lis Lives to Repent. THERE have been so many story- book examples of ball players being “booted upstairs” this season, but none with a twist quite like a tached to the case of Horace Lisen- bee, the one-time National now pitch- ing (daily) for Connie Mack. Jake Powell, who was traded from |8 club in the second division to the Yankees, was a promotion along com- monplace lines. So was that of Bob Seeds, a .312 hitter with Montreal who suddenly found himself with the Yanks after Myril Hoag was hurt. Lisenbee, however, found himself kicked upstairs and lives to regret instead of rejoice. Earlier in the sea- son Nashville of the Southern Asso- | ciation let him go and he went to | Buffalo of the International League. Liz wasn't good enough for Buffalo, apparently, for the Bisons released him owfright and Horace picked up a job with Mack. The catch is that as a Mackman he'is strictly on trial and doing double duty. With Buffalo he would have been a member of a pennant-winning team and in line to earn something like $1,200 as his share of the “little world series” cut. Minor Leagues International. Albany, 11—1; Syracuse, 8—8. Montreal, 8—0; Rochester, 6—32. Toronto, 7; Buffalo, 6. Newark, 13; Baltimore, 2. American Association. ‘Toledo, 6—11; Columbus, 0—13. Louisville, 13—4; Indianapolis, 5—8. Kansas City, 8—3; Milwaukee, 1—5. Minneapolis, 7; St. Paul, 5. Southern Association. Nashivile, 8—4: Atlanta, 6—4. Knoxville, 6—9: Chattanooga, 3—2. New Orleans, 12—5; Birmingham, 0-—2. Memphis, 2; Little Rock, 1. Pacific Coast. Oakland, 8—12; Missions, 3—1. Seattle, 7—2; San Francisco, 5—4. San Diego, 15—1; Sacramento, 3—0. Portland, 10—1; Los Angeles, 4—8. 7 Texas. Tulsa, 4; Oklahoma City 3. Fort Worth, 5; Dallas, 2. Houston, 5—3; Beaumont, 1—1. New York-Pennsylvania. Allentown, 6; Trenton, 5. Elmira, 3; Hazelton, 1. Scranton, 7; Wilkes-Barre, 2. Williamsport, 14; Binghamton, 10. Kay Stammers, British Net Beauty, Claimed by Cinema Yanks Need Four Wins to Clinch Pennant—Decathlon Champion May Turn Gridiron Pro. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, September 7.— Philadelphia - 000 050 000—5 ‘Washington - 112 012 00x—7 batted in—Bluege (2), Kuhel, Puccinelli (3), ase hits—Cha, Hits—of ' Bul 3 Fiythe, 0 in 1% Itining: off Lisenbee. 5 S waane®s 08 {hinines. Wild Dilcho Fiythe Winnine gm'fin—'—w-m. 3 1 itel . Umi [essrs. her—Lisenbee. lwm Ormaby. double shellacking by the blasted Bees, the Giants hadn’t lost two in. s row since July 15. Al Frazin, the Garden announcer, is popper of twin girls . . . thereby catching up with Neighbor Jack the Collitchers in tomorrow night's All Star-Pro game . . . Reason: The boys figger having a tough game under their belts will give the Stars an edge . . . Eleven of Carl Hubbell’s 26 victories have been by Steele, is too busy piling up & husky bank roll on his own reservation . . . Can’t blame him for that. Bill McKechnie is Boston's No. 1 base ball citizen these days . . . “If it’s true what they say about Dixie” it shouldn’t hurt Loyola of New Orleans to have Millard (Dixie) Howell of Rose Bowl fame around as assistant coach this sea- son . . . Glenn Morris, Olympic decathlon champ, is flirting with a pro foot ball offer . .. Irvin 8. Cobb, Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby have entries in the.international turtle derby at Paducah, Ky., today . . . Out st St. Ignace, Mich., Herman (3 Corp, pitcher for St. Ignace, had . Wide World Photo. Coaches Say All-Stars Will Play Typical Southwest By the Associated Press, ALLAS, Tex., September 7.— loaded with aerial trickery whispered to them by two to score college foot ball's first vic- tory over professionals—in this in- | Sprinkled with all-America and sec- tional stars, the collegians will de- weather break in the Southwest's first | “dream game” at the Texas Centen- (Dutch) Meyer, who led Southern Methodist and Texas Christian into New Year day, said their charges would go through typical Southwest battle from the start.” ‘Two years ago the Bears played the cago. Last year they carried away a | 5-0 victory. versity will handle most of the col- legians’ chucking chores, Coach Bell | field will be John McCauley, Rice In- | stitute, and Taldon Manton cnd Rex AGGRESSIVE GAME Brand at Dallas. The Centennial All - Stars, masters at the art, will try tonight | stance the Chicago Bears. pend on passing wizardry and a nial Exposition. COACHEE MATTY BELL and Leo| the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl last aerial antics and “make it an offensive collegians to a scoreless tie at Chi- Abe Mickal of Louisiana State Uni- said. With him in the starting back- Clark, Texas Christian, Times Use of Wilson. 'INY BOBBY WILSON, all-America | choice last year at Southern Methodist, will go in “at the right time,” Bell said. His running mates | in the alternate backfleld include Stan | Pincura, Ohio State; Chuck Chesire, | U. 8. L. A, and John Peterson of Kansas. ‘Two gangling ends, Willie Geny of Vanderbilt and Jim Lee Howell of Arkansas, will be flanked at the tack- les by Bob Reynolds, Stanford, and Rannie Throgmortonr of Vanderbilt. ‘Guards will be Billy Stamps of South- | ern Methodist and Dick Sklar of | Kansas. Paid Clan Is Groomed by Three Weeks’ Driil for Clash Tomorrow. BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR., Associated Press Sports Writer. EW ‘YORK, September 7.—Two great foot ball teams, one the polished products of profes- sional experience, the other the nearest thing possible to an all- America aggregation, meet at the Polo Grounds tomorrow night in the first Eastern appearance of the College All-Stars. ‘The All-Stars, who have been gath- ered for the past three seasons from the ranks of the previous year's col- lege seniors to test their ability against the National League champions, meet the New York Giants in a charity game. With good weather, 60,000 fars are expected to turn out. Break for Bierman. TH‘E fans have a special interest in the All-Star team, outside the perennial argument as to whet any good professional club could the best college team. They vo the players their places on the squad in a Nation-wide newspaper poll and now they want to see how their se- lections make out. The Stars already have had ore severe test, playing a 7-7 tie with the Detroit Lions at Chicago last Wednesday before 76,000. They may show improvement because of that encounter and their head coach, Ber- nie Bierman of Minnesota, figures it also will be an advantage that he can name his own starting team. In the first game the voting dictated the line-up as well as the squad. Seve eral changes likely will be made as the resuit of the showings at Chicago. The pros, winding up their three- week training session at Orangeburg with a long secret drill yesterd clung to their theory that the vi erans, many from obscure water” colleges, were the winne Only one major league “freshma Gene Rose from Tennesse2, was in- cluded in the starting line-up named by Coach Steve Owen. Burnett to Start for Pros. ALE BURNETT, veteran back, was listed as a starter, although a cold kept him out of the final heavy drill. In the backfield with him will be Ed Danowski, Kink Richards and Leland Shaffer. The linemen named were Rose and Walt Singer, ends; Bill Morgan and Len Grant, tackles; John Dell Isola and either Bernie Kaplan or Ewell Phillips, guards, and Mel Hein, center. The All-Stars are expected to start either Riley Smith of Alabama or Babe Levoir of Minnesota at quarter- back, with Jay Berwanger, Chicago; Joe Maniaci, Fordham, and Shendon Beise, Minnesota, completing the backfield. In the line will be Wayne Millner, Notre Dame, and Keith Top- ping, Stanford, ends; Dick Smith, Minnesota, and Pete Lingua, Holy Cross, tackles; Ed Michaels, Villanova, and Jim Karcher, Ohio State, guards, and Gomer Jones, Ohio State, center. ROCKVILLE AFTER FLAG Clinching the second half champion- ship of the Montgomery County League yesterday by trouncing the Takoma Tigers, 9-2 and 9-1. Rockville dia- monders will square off with Gaithers- burg, first-half titlist, next Sunday in the first of a series of tilts to determine the loop champion. Lefty Stevens and Foich Mathias, Rockville’s ace moundsmen, throttled the Takoma attack effectively as they granted but five hits each. Rockville batsmen cracked out 16 hits in the first game and 14 in the second. Amazing Facts In Menke’s Sports Magazine BY PAUL MICKELSON, Asscciated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, September T7.— Down the sports trail for in- teresting pick-ups from Frank G. Menke's intriguing all- sports magazine that makes its dedut with an October issue: Abner « « « Mr. Menke, a sports writer who never gets too tired to dig up strange facts, claims Abner Doubleday didn't originate base ball, that Cooperstown wasn't the cradle of the game at all Base ball, says Menke, evolved from a combination of English rounders and English cricket, was divorced from both, and had become a separate and distinct game long before the year when Abner is supposed to have in- vented it. Dentist Invents Buzzer. 'LECTRIC horse . . . the electric battery, or buzzer, that jockeys sneak under the saddle—when they can get away with it—to make horses run faster, was introduced by a dentist. The first time it was used, it drove a 100-to-1-shot home a winner. The jockey explained the new-fangled contrivance to the stewards, who scratched their heads and then banned . Today use of the buzer means life suspension for the jockey. Chances . . . Chances against a royal flush in draw poker are 649,700 to 1 ... No one ever broke the bank of Monte Carlo, which once declared & 1,500 per cent dividend . . . It's “ac- cording to Hoyle” in poker, but Hoyle died before poker was born. He was an authority on whist . . . Harky, a 4-year-old, took bookies for a $175,000 ride at Empire City in 1934. Iron horse . . . Goldsmith Maid was the worl most remarkable horse. Claude was turf’s greatest Marco Polo. Goldsmith Maid—a runner, pacer and trotter, owned by Henry N. Smith— never raced until she was 8 years old, an age when normal thoroughbred or trotter is slowed to a pathetic gait. She stepped her fastest race when she was 18 and was champ of them all when retired at 20. She earned $364,200, died at 28 years, and was Are Revealed ment bearing an inscription in her honor. Claude, owned by Mike Daly, traveled 45,000 miles as a 3-year-old, winning many a big race and the all- time traveling record. ‘Woman scorned—when Jimmy Smith toured the country as world's bowling champion, he stopped for an exhibi= tion at Pueblo, Colo. As he started to warm wp for the show, the master of ceremonies asked him if he'd mind bowling against a Pueblo woman, whom the M. C. said was “pretty good.” Embarassed, the gallant Jimmy explained to the woman that, as world’s champ, he'd have to bowl his best even if he had to show her up. “That’s perfectly all right,” replied the woman. “Do your very best. I just tock up the game two years ago to do some reducing.” Jimmy bowled more than his usual best, toppling 686 pins in three games. The woman—middle aged, nonchalant and smiling—did better. She scored 704. She was Mrs. Floretta Mc- Cutcheon. Since that chilly night in December, 1927, Mrs. McCutcheon has rolled nine perfect games, 10 games of 209, 23 from 289 to 290 and 41 of 279. Didrikson & 20-Sport Gal. 3 LL sports facts . . . Babe Didrike son, superwoman of athletes, is proficient in 20 sports . . . The record crowd for & sporting event in this country was set last Memorial day at Indianapolis, where 165,000 paid to see the automokile race . . . 6,000,000 people take out hunting and fishing licenses in this country annually. Yet 6,000,000 fish without a license at all . . . The last wild buffalo shot on the American continent is reputed to have been drilled with a bullet on Elbow Creek, in Red Lodge regions of Montana, in 1904 . . . When the amazing Paavo Nurmi towed this country in 1925 he set 16 world rec- ords from distances ranging from % of a mile to appreximately 3 miles during the first 24 days of running + . . And, lo, Mr. Menke says thers are 10,000 newspaper and magazine sports writers in the United States. Hys, gang?