Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1936, Page 12

WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1936. Linke May Help Nats Climb : Gianits Leave Cards, Cubs in Ruck FURLS RNEBRLL | overn st e o iy . . NFUTLEGFFORT Shines as Newsom’s Relief in Losing Second Game After First Is Won, BY FRANCIS E. STAN, ENGTHENING shadows of Sep- tember and the robust figure | of Eddie Linke in the pitching | box formed a promising pic-} ay as the Nationals left town e their second-place battle in the West. Linke? You remember him. He wes a flop earlier this season and sent to Chattanooga, a young ht-hander who, Buddy Myer, fell farther short of expectations than anybody on the Washington ball club, But it isn't that he flopped in the Spring that counts now. The reason | that he fell so short of expectations was that Linke wound up the 1935 campaign by winning eight consecu- tive games. He breezed to a winning record when the leaves began o turn yellow, the distant sound of punts was heard from college campuses and the shadows of American League ball | parks were lengthening early and| making it tough on the hitters. That is the way it is now aga‘n| and Linke, in his first appearance in & Washington uniform, yesterday re- sembled, for the first time, the highly successful youngster of the Indian Summer in 193 iI | Looks Great in “Debut.” T WOULD be nice to say that Linke stepped into the box after the Na- tionals had beaten the Red Sox in yesterday's opener. 6 to 4. and won & gecond victory. No, he didn't quite do that, but it was no fault of his. Picking up the Washington pitching | after Boston had belted out TJuck Newsom in the first inning of the | nighteap, Linke gave a great pitching exhibition until wisdom dictated the use of a pinch-hitter, who helped QO‘ tie the score in the seventh inning. | 4-4. " Eventually, the Nats lost, anyw: Bostor rallying to beat Pete Appleton by a 6-5 count, but in the six and | one-third innings that Ed worked | there was definite promise of valuable | help in the forthcoming road stretch | that probably will determine where the Griffmen will wind up. In those | gix innings Linke stopped the sluz-| ging Red Sox cold, retiring 13 con- | secutive batters over one stretch and giving up only two base hits. Thus, despite the pitiful perform- ance of Newsom, Washington's pros- pects as fag as pitching goes is not dark. Almost overnight Manager Bucky Harris has been given cause to believe that Linke and Rookie Ray Phebus, late of Albany, will be able to help the curving department. Jimmy De Shong, after a shaky start, came to life in yesterda opener | and won his sixteenth victory of the vear. Appleton can be counted upon and Earl Whitehill seems to be carry- ing his part of the load now, leaving Newsom. Monte Weaver and Syd| Cohen to boot. | | Nats Rally to Grab Opener. 'HE Griffs went nowhere in par-| ticular yesterday, but the show they staged in conjunction with the Red Sox was as good as ever will be geen. In the opener they spotted | De Shong a 2-1 lead after two in- | nings and saw the Sox come bark; and take a 4-2 lead that held good | until the sixth inning rolled around. | Then, while 22000 fans worked Sees Second This Year and! Pl «L UP BETIMES, FULL AN HOUR AFORE THE SUN--- PARTAIER ED, OF NEARBY BREAKS THE SWEETAIESS ~—By JIM BERRYMAN. . -‘Wu’, ) L counTy Of SEPTEMBER MORNING WITH RAUCOUS SUMMONS. HOLD BEST LEAD AFTER TWIN WIN | Bow Twice—Yanks Need One to Clinch. BY ORLO ROBERTSON, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. UST when it appeared the lead- J ing teams in the National | League didn't know the mean- York Giants righted themselves, and as the result today enjoyed the big- gest lead they have yet held in the pennant race. Over the week end the combined ‘TIS SOUR PAIN., - Fol ] | \__ | ) — | . THE CHILL OF EARLY DAY STILL | WAXES BRITTLE TO ACCOMPANY OUR || ARRIVAL AT THE GAMING MOORS YEAK! 'ATs WHAT 1 SAID- R A ROUND OF DIVOTING \ smy-o%fu UTES OF ED AND I DROWSE,WAITFULLY--- SPITE OF SCREECHING,MIS-DIREC.TED MIPIRONS AND SWEARING BY DIRELY UNHAPPY MORTALS..., . REHEARSAL... LATER To BE PROVEN QUITE FRUITLESS. TWO-SCORE AND THREE = OF TEMPESTUOUS ALTERCATIONS WITH STRANGE ,UNCOUTH KNAVES UPON THE CLUTTERED GREENSWARD, C 4 (LISSEN TME, BULGE-EVYES, (TS My BALL-- AN’ I'M GONNA PLAY IT--STAND ASIDE ! | BETwEEN BLOWS, MUCH T MEDITATION UP: .- |ESPECIALLY CUR OF ALL HUMAN ENDEAVOR (ME_FOR ON FUTILITY THE EVENTIDE EXMHAUL TICN, NG A SPENT, 50 AM L TIGERS” OUTLOOK ROSY T0 MICKEY Better Things in 1937. Plans to Catch. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, September !.—Tnkej HE old gentleman's innate cau- | tiousness and better wisdom | prevented him from prophe- sying a pennant contender last Spring but, from the moment Clark Griffith took his first good Well, the Nats, at Least, Have Color. popular players with Washing- ton fans that I've ever seen.” LABOR DAY I5 RIGHT! .. Boy, am 1 GOANA BE GLAD TGET BACK T'WORK So 1 cAN REST uP ! .. To MY MODEST ABODE WITH » \N A STATE OF REFLECT UPOM A DAY POCRLY --- AND SO To BED League S Tuesday, September 8. 1936, American RESULTS YESTERDAY. As they run now, Chapman un-!| | doubtedly is far and away the most| NY | popular ball player on the club. The | Deti’ feat of Newsom on opening day, when efforts of the Giants, Cardinals and Cubs produced only one victory. Yes- terday, however, Bill Terry’s men rallied, swept a double-header with the Phillies and took five and six game leads, respectively, over the Cardinals and Cubs, who continued their backsliding by losing two games each. While the Giants were whipping | the Phils, 6 to 2 and 14 to 11, the Yankees all but clinced the Ameri- can League pennant as they turend back the Athletics, 4 to 3 and 8 to 3. { The twin triumph placed the | Yanks in a position where they need :uore only one more victory to nail the flag to the post at the sta- | dium. Either the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers or Cleveland Indians still can tie, but they need take all their remaining games while the Yanks drop all of their contests. Hubbell Hurls Masterpiece. ARL HUBBELL hurled one of his masterpieces to give the Giants their first game and chalk up his twelfth successive victory and his twenty-second of the season. The second was a lambasting affair, with Mel Ott's second homer of the day ing in the decidiing runs. The Cards, even with Dizzy Dean | pitching the first game, were no match | for the Pirates, losing. 4 to 1 and 14 |to 1. Dean was outpointed by Waite | Hoyt, who hurled five-hit ball, while |in the nightcap the Bucs made good use of 18 blows off an assortment of moundsmen. | The Cubs and Reds featured an- other fistic no-decision combat be- | tween Gilly Campbell and Bill Jurges, |but the National League champions | went down, 6 to 2 and 8 to 4. Yanks Have Easy Time. 'HE Yanks scored their double vic- tory rather easily, although John- | ny Murphy had to be rushed in to | save Lefty Gomez in the ninth { Inning of the first game. The second ‘Isaw Red Ruffing hurl his nineteenth | success of the season. Lou Gehrig got his forty-third homer and Jack Saltzgaver added another to bring the Yanks’ total to 162, a new record for the McCartymen. New York’s Closest Rivals ing of “consistency,” the New | and his thirtieth of the season driv- Official Scores FIRST GAME. E AB. R. If-rf. = B. 0. A E | Almada, + i 1| Werber 3 Cramer. 4 Foxx. 1b 4 Kroner 4 Cronin McNair | | !" | ALLSTARS MAKE LINE-UP CHANGES [Only 7 Who Began Tie Tilt *W. Ferrell Totals 34 4 l *Hit for Russell in ninth. WASHINGTON. AB. ! Chapman 4 v | Kuhei | Stone | Singten, Travis | Mihalic, Millies. Sho | Totals | Boston __ | Washington - | batted in—Werber, Stone, De McNair. R. Ferrell ' Millies' (%), . Two-base hits—Chapman. Cro’ Mibalic. Millies Three-base hits— Sacrifices—Almada, Ku- Double plays—Kroner to MecNair to Foxx: De Shong to Travis to Kuhel: Travis | to Mihalic to Kuhel. Left on bases— Boston. 6; Washington. 10. Bases on balls—Off ‘Wilson. : off De Shong. 2. Struck out—By Wilson. 4: by Russell, Hits—Off Wilson. 11 in 6 innings Russell 3 in innings. Winni —De Shong. Losing_pitcher. Umpires—Messrs. McGowan, Orm: Hubbard. Time—1:59. BOSTON, Almada. 1f Werber. | Cramer, Foxx Cooke. Cronin Melillo. ef. 000—4 | 20x—46 | SECOND GAME AB. *Hit for Walberg in ninth. WASHINGTON. Chapman, cf. | Hill, If = Kuhel Sington. Kress Bluege *Reynolds Appieton TLewis Millies iTravis Totals *Hit for Linke in seven *Ran ‘for Hozan in Hit for Kress in ni Boston Washingion __ Runs batted in—Ci Cronin. Chapman Hi pleton.’ R Ferrell, W hits—Appleton. R. Ferrell Chapman. Hill, Lewis Double piays—Cronin Kress to Kuhel: K. Chapman to K: bases—Boston 4 on ball—Ofl Newsom. 4: off Linke : off Walb out—By Newsom by Appleton. 1 by Ferrell. Stolen bas 1: by Walberg Newsom 4 in 2 inning: off Linke. 613 “innings: off Ostermueller innings: off Appleton. # in : innings: Walberg. 3 in 1. innings: off Meola in 1 inning. Winnine pitcher—Walberg Losing pitcher — Appleton. Umpires— Messrs. Ormsby. Hubbard and McGowan. Time—2:10. a San Antonio, Galveston, VESTER) Sionx Citv. =. Des Moues. Cedar Rapids, 4: Davenport, NEW Y/ Allentown, Elmira, i- Trenton. Binghamton, With Lions Will Start Against Giants. sceiated Press, EW YORK, September 8.—At a time when most foot ball players are running around in shorts under a hot sun, limbering their muscles and toughen- ing their skins in preparation for harder work to come, the 1936 edi- tion of the College All-Stars go into ithe Polo Grounds tonight to face their second game of the season against powerful professional opposie tion. The All-Stars, pick of last yvear's senior gridiron heroes, encounter the New York Giants, Eastern champions of the National League before an expected crowd of 50.000. The collegians battled to a 7-7 tie with the Detroit Lions at Chicago's Soldier Field last week. Tonight's game will mark the first Eastern ap- pearance of the team picked by the newspaper ballots of thousands of fans throughout the Nation. Hope for First Victory. ]¥_THREE games in Chicago the Stars never have gained a victorr, They played a scoreless tie with the pro champions the first time out and sost 5-0 in 1935. The 1936 team, having scored the first touchdown in the short but ex- citing rivalry, hopes to go on tonight and gain the first victory. Head Coach Bernie Bierman of Minnesota, assisted by Elmer Layden of Notre Dame and Bo McMillin of Indiana, has elected to make several changes in the team'’s starting line-up. Bierman has chosen seven players who started at Chicago, but named Jim Karcher of Ohio State and Dan Fortman of Colgate as guards, Pete | Lingua of Holy Cross. tackle, and Joe Maniaci of Fordham, halfback, as new starters. Probable starting line-ups: s ars Millner iNotre Dame) D. Smith (Minnesota) Karcher (Ohio State) Morgan Dell Isola Hein Kaplan Toppine _(Stsaford) R. Smith (Alabama) Berwanger _(Chicago) Maniaci (Fordham) Beise (Minnesota) ee. _Tom Thorp Tom Hughitt (Michigan): head Dean Watkevs (Syracuse): field (Notre Dame). Time K& T TEN-0 Q- ORI [ (Columbia) 87 Un nesman, judge. George of kick-off, 7 By the Associated Press. PENNSAUKEN, N. J., September 8. —Everett Marshall, Colorado’s 221- pound claimant to the world heavy- weight wrestling championship, de- feated George Dusette, 194, of Bos- ton in two straight falls here last | night. gander at the 1936 Nationals last Feb- ry, he knew he had a crowd pleaser and wasted neither time nor words saying so. This is a prediction whose success scarcely will be debated. Definitely, Washington has estab- | lished a liking for a smattering of | color in a ball club, which is what | Bucky Harris’ current edition packs in | a measure unmatched by any Griffith | A. C. in recent years. | The attendance figures, at the close of this campaign, will prove it. Ben Spoiled Gotham Idolatry. respondents in the Southland were a| r!ub“i’r’xn :h: fi:;x:kermo%leheh::s :::‘ | Bauge, Washington was intrigued by | gomog alone the Nats have stolen 10 its ball club and showed it in pretty | pocoo” 1, the nightcap yesterday certain style when 31,000 customers— | i o an opening-game record crowd—laid | Chapman, Hill and Lewis stole bases it on the line last April 14. Set Record in New York. THEY showed it again on July 4, when 38,000 jammed their way into the stadium to watch a double- header with the Yankees, thereby set- ting an all-time local attendance rec- ord for an American League game. ‘They showed it again yesterday, when 22,000 turned out to watch the Griffs again—when nothing more than third place in a pennant race already de- cided was at stake. Nor does Washington furnish the only fans who appreciate the box- office appeal of an up-and-coming ball club, unable to match the sheer thun- der of the Yankees, perhaps, but ca- pable of at least flashing undisputed speed on base paths and standing in bold relief against the drab Wash- ington clubs of recent years. When the final attendance figgures for the season are com- piled the Nats will be found close to the top both as an outfit that has drawn many percent- age points higher at home and on the road. New York adopted the Griffith A. C. as one of its favorite visiting clubs by setting a new season record for a base ball crowd of upward of 64,000. Boston has filled Fenway Park three times to see the Griffs and Red Sox. Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago each have drawn better-than-average crowds while ‘Washington was in town. he took a sock in the jaw and still | | shut out the Yanks, 1 to 0, is a dis- | 2% tant memory. Buddy Lewis, Whose | g o) early-slugging feats were the rage, was | pr; insignificant as a hero compared to |1, | Ben. The saga of Buddy Myer, 1935 batting champion, has become a page in history. Even the Cinderellalike exploits of Red Kress and the comeback of Joe Kuhel have been paled by the current | Chapman craze. themselves into early stages of hys- teria, Washington tied it up in the sixth, 4-4, and came back in the seventh to score tWo moOre IUNS, | g hic Detroit Tigers made this sea- | making it 6-4. I 5o They took some time to do it, but s = 5 when thev finally found the range |, FIEht now, Cochrane is busy 8i- | on Jack Wison the Griffs wasted no | cbing o put his club in undis- T e e ea . | Puted possession of second place, for | tving rally Travis singled and Mihalic ;“g‘;hb:l‘;"m'i’f:"‘““:n ".;e‘;‘ehdm“;“l‘;of;‘g doubled him to third, from where he | 380 PU¢ 2ok 150 s 50 busy looking scored on an error, while Mihalic ' STEOL, any time for brooding over the took third. Millies ' scored Mihalic | 50 L ¢ Lt BOURRE . TSt the | Wwith an infleld fIy. | Tigers this season and played a part | In the seventh the long-hitting |y, ™o for them the American Johnny Stone leaned into Wilson league pennant and world title. another guess, fans, if you think Mickey Cochrane is C downhearted about the show- 6416418413518 R4 150 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Detroit_at Chicago. Wash. at Det.. 315, |~ Other clubs not Boston at Chicago. scheduled. Phila. at St. L. N. Y. at Cleve. (2). National RESULTS YESTERDAY. Pittsburgh. 4—14: St Louis, 1—1. Cincinnati 6—=: Chicago, “—4, New York. 6—14: Philadeiphia, 2—11. | Brooklyn, 2—1; Boston, 1—#. | s fast ball and parked it near the gcoreboard for & triple and caused | Jack Russell to hurry to the rubber. Sington, who promptly singled Stone | home, crossed the plate later on a double by Millies. Has No Kick Coming. “(CONSIDERING the injury which | robbed us of Hank Greenberg at | the start of the season, my own illness | and the retirement of Alvin Crowder, | among other things, I don’t think we did so bad this year,” the Bengal pilot | said. “I think we’ll finish second— | and next year will be another year | and a better one, I'm certain.” | The Tigers, he continued, will make | -+ smot 6] Souen! ~ T 08edIydD “nvuanuio) --usy001q -= puiyaq 1 8I10/14112 Second Game Heart-Breaker. HE night-cap was a heart-breaker. Newsom was & complete flop and Linke was rushed to the rescue before the first inning was completed. By the time Ed reached the scene the : ;i Ne | every effort to strengthen thelr pitch- | Sox were ahead, 3-0, and Fritz ;no ‘even if one or two outfielders have Ostermueller seemingly was unbeat- | ;e yced in trades. The infleld, with able. In ""t S‘t’:”’ ;,“9 }fi':“":‘sthe exception of first base, probably | Saagd 1o weh e St O | will remain as it is. with Marve Owen | Linke—two in all—and boosted the ¢ tnirg, Bill Rogell at short and | count to 4-0. 1 Then the Nats' stsrm broke in the | Cnar'ey Gehringer at second. Expects to Come Back. geventh, With one down, Shanty | Hogan singled and Reynolds, batting | “J FEEL that Hank Greenberg will | be ready at first mext season.” for Linke, drew a walk. Chapman Cochrane said, “and that he will have singled to score Hogan and Jess Hill singled across Reynolds. After Kuhel | gnother great season. I'd like another | catcher, even though I believe I'll be had popped up, Sington lined out a double to score Chapman and Hill | in shape again next Spring and hop- | ing to do my share of work behind and tied the score, 4-4. Appleton enterd the box at this the plate, Right now, I'm feeling point and promptly put himself in |good.” line for a hero’s halo by retiring the The Tigers won the pennant in 1934 Sox in order in the eighth and|and last season took the world cham- tripling across Buddy Lewis, who ran | pionship, completing two full seasons for Hogan, in Washington’s half, in which the club had comparatively making it 5-4. no hard luck through injuries. From Victory for the Nats wasn't in the | the start of this year's campaign the books, however, for Cronin's single, | breaks went against the team, Green- Melillo’s sacrifice, Rick FParrell's | perg refracturing a wrist hurt in the triple and Wes Ferrell's long fly | world series, Cochrane going out with illness and Crowder, for two seasons-a produced two runs for Boston in the ninth and won the game, although | pitching mainstay, asking to be retired because of a sore arm and illness. the Griffs made & gallant try in their RASKOB HORSES LEAD last “rap,” when Hill doubled to set | Register Sweep GAMES TOMORROW. Chic. at Phila (2), St L. at Boston, Cincin. at N. Y. Pitts. at Bkiyn. Griffs’ i{ecor(ls BATTING. 2b.3b. HR.Rbi.Pct. 170700444 in less than two innings off one of the best catchers in the American League —Rick Ferrell. Fame is fleeting but oftentimes in base ball a long reign in idolatry 1s not as hard to maintain as might be suspected. Chapman, as an individ- ual, is one of those favored players confronted with that opportunity. When he played with New York he had as rivals such as Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri and, earlier, Babe Ruth. Here Chappie has little com- petition except himself, a sen- sitive guy who oncs upon a2 time could have ranked with Gehrig in Gotham, but who ruined himself. New York liked the way Benr ran the bases, too, but Chapman let a fan—a single fan—get under his skin. One day he thumbed his nose at the customer. The fan in the bleachers who re- |3 Celved the brunt of the nose-thumb- ing happened to be Jewish and before the bewildered Chapman knew what was going on he was tagged by the trade as a disciple of Hitler. That, in | {7 part, is why Ben is playing center field for Washington, although, as Harris | £ put it today, “Jake Powell (for whom |he was traded) can't carry Ben's GAMES TODAY, FLORSHEIM PRESENTS No games scheduied. cxTa e schoammon STYLED FOR THE FELLOW THE OTHER FELLOWS FOLLOW Florsheim designed these shoes for the young Io men in every community who are the style- REGULAR STYLIS $875 aad 3]0 Setters . . . who wear today the things others will want to wear next year. Every style, from full-brogues with double-thick soles to Norwegian Front oxfords with Kiltie L T ey CEPEEES SouImstix 2 " o the stage for a new rally. Kuhel, however, failed to bunt fair | and finally popped up. Then sln‘ton! and Pinch-hitter Cecil Travis went out in order. 3 zos o Q) oo - Chapman Current Halo Candidate. FSBENT!ALLY, the appeal of color ~ must remain intangible, but at Percherons in PR o FE e Cohen_ *Dietrich *Russ’ll 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City. 2—5; Milwaukee, 1—4. Columbus, : Poledo, 5—5. §t. Paul, 4—11: Minneapolis. Indianapolis. 1 Final St W. L. fftiwkes 90 8¢ it. Paul R4 68 an. C'y R4 d'polis 79 38, —4: Louisviile, 4—5. ing of the Clubs. Pt 69 405 7 PIEDMONT. orfolk. 4—: rham, 0—2. Ritnmond. 81" Porgmouth Queen Annes Show. CENTERVILLE, Md., September 8 (#).—Percheron horses owned by Mrs. John J. Raskob, wife of the former Democratic National Committee chair- man, swept all honors in their class at the sixteenth annual Queen Annes Horse Show. George Moffett’s Blakeford Stables made a clean sweep of the Belgian least one individual has played a tre- mendous part in sponsoring the note in the Washington Club. That would be Ben Chapman, the fleet-footed out- fielder who today finds & hard-boiled, | blase township with open arms. Bucky Harris, who has seen the Capital as hero-worshippy as it ever will become, |is one who has noted a distinct Chapman-for-a-halo trend. class and Mary hart's entries won all places in uffolk class. glove.” e Minor Leagu INTERNATIONAL. Toronto. 5—1; Buffalo. 0—~0. Bcheer, §—0: Momircal 478, S0 Montr Albany, 5; Syracuse, 4. Final Standitig of the Clubs. €8 “He is,” imented Harris, “rnanestional > of the most W, L 24 6o | 19 Toron “Coppols &F oooo~osoramuE ag P L o Yri- OO 3 S 3 ey O WOROM D SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. New Orles Nashville. 2: Atlanta. Knoxville. §—i: Chattanoogs, Little Rock, 3; Memphis, 0. AST. RACITYE ggrflanfl'b‘ 17 gty o > ‘6—8. 6—3: Birmingham, 1—3. ans, rmingha; Tongues, is Florsheim throughout in quality. MEN’S SHOPS—14th & G CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED 3212 14th