Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1936, Page 12

A—12 Griffs, Geared < HOLDING FASTEST STRIDE IN CRCUT Win 22 of Last 34 Games. | Sabo, Released, Gets Job as Gridiron Coach. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ETROIT, September 9.—Still in a second-place race so close that Shanty Hogan's uniform could cover the five contend- ers, Washington's base ball firm| launched its final round trip of the | year today over a route that spelled disaster when last traveled. For the Nationals the current jaunt, | which in both major leagues will mark | the most abrupt shifting of teams An history, is the most important of the campaign. Right from the out- set, which is today and in Detroit, the Griffmen will be carrying the fight to each of their three closest rivals— the Tigers, Indians and White Sox. Oniy 12 games will be played on the tour, which not only embraces stops at each Western way station, but a three-game series in New York before the club returns home Sep- tember 21. In no city except New York will the Nationals linger longer than two days. i Tomorrow will conclude the two-| game Tiger series. Then to Cleveland ‘will move the Nats for two more games. In Chicago, next stop, three games will be played in two days. St. Louis, the last pause on the tour, will be marked by two games that will end all Western campaigning for the Washingtons, Play Best Ball in League. NTO the West today the Nationals carry a great record for a club that at the start of the season was picked by a consensus to finish no higher than seventh. For a full month now, without benefit of outstanding winning streaks, Washington has been playing the best ball in the Amer- ican League and the second best in both loops, Bowing only to the ram- paging Giants in percentage. Of their last 34 games the Nationals have won 22 for a percentage of .647. Of their last 11 series they have won eight, split two, and dropped only one. But all this stretch running was done in the East and most of it in Griffith Stadium. Out in the West the going possibly will be tougher and even as the Bucks headed inland there were poignant memories of the last trip when they tumbled pell-mell into the second division. It was here in Detroit that a seven- game losing streak was achieved with & measure of unwillingness. In St. Louis even the Browns arose and batted the Griffs on the chin. The White Sox won their series and in Cleveland it was awful. Rookie Sabo Is Released. THAT was back in July, however, and here it is Sepiember and the Nationals seem to be a better ball club, with more steadiness afield, more reserve strength, and more pitch- ing. If Fred Sington is as good a hitter as he sometimes looks he will add a lot of power to the attack. If he is as bad as he sometimes looks he will be shipped away. Something ought to be determined, one way or another, after the big outfielder makes his first trip around the league as a regular. Only one change has marked the Toster since the Griffs left home. With Shanty Hogan replacing Clif Bol- ton and due to divide the catching ‘with Walter Millies, the youthful rookie Teceiver, Alex Sabo, has departed. Griff didn’t send him back to Tren- ton. Instead, Sabo was paid off and permitted to go to Rutgers, where he has landed a job as line coach of freshman foot ball. He will come back to base ball next year, but where he will play is something else, Griffs’ Records - BATTING. R. H, 2b.3b.HR.RbiPct. 34 1707070444 & SEBEwa (ST REE IR EWINEI e e = rieer ES I e B D00 B ot B 29 SoADEN IV B BRR AR D Q ©ooo~HSSINBnTD) -“ b ol = 130! 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LTHOUGH the American League is ready to take the pennant out of its Winter wrappings, dust it off and award it to the Yankees, more attention is being paid the White Sox these days. The Yanks may settle the matter of winning the flag before nightfall, as they need only one more victory to clinch and can accomplish that as they open their final Western tour at Cleveland against the Indians, one of their two surviving rivals. With all due respect to the Yankee power, however, and the astonishing climb of the New York Giants, Jimmy Dykes’ Chicagoans probably will go down as the big surprise of the 1936 pennant chases. They have made the experts look sick by climbing into the first division and staying there, and they threaten to top all comers except the Yanks themselves. Defeat Tigers, 7 to 5. hard luck much of the season, made good their stab at second place by bowling over the Tigers, 7-5, in the only game scheduled on the major league front. That gave them sole preserved their one chance in ten thousand to win the flag. The defeat wiped out that possi- bility for the Tigers and their last mathematical chance of catching up on the Yanks, dropping them into a three-way tie for third place with the idle Indians and Senators. The White Sox landed on Elden Auker and Red Phillips for six runs High, on Final Trip : Giants Counted Sure Yank Foes WASHINGTON, D. C, ' SUMMER LOVES NEVER LAST. Nobody, Shanty, Srectal Dispatch to The Star ETROIT, September 9.—For a fat man behind the bat and a sort of a sideshow attrac- tion there isn't much doubt in the minds of the Washington ball club big-wigs but that Shanty Hogan does a pretty fair job. As he is now, however, Shanty is not the kind of a ball player who is wanted on a team very long, even if he still hits well, throws tolerably, and can give both Clif Bolton and Walter Millies lessons in handling pitchers. But Manager Bucky Harris, who laughed with everybody else when Shanty first reported and shoe-horned his 260-pound carcass into a Wash- ington uniform, is toying with the idea of a new Hogan. Bucky never has suffered from lack of imagination, but he has suffered from lack of good, intelligent catching and so he hardly can be blamed from fostering a dream of Shanty melting into normal proportions. “If that guy can lose 40 pounds,” commented Bucky the other day, “he wouldn’t have to worry about staying in the big leagues and Washington wouldn’t have to worry about its catch- ing for a few seasons.” McGraw Gave Hornsby For Him. i T would you do?” he was asked. “Forty pounds is a lot of weight to take off.” “I haven't worked anything out yet. All I know is that Shanty can't stay now. He can't run, in the first place, and even a catcher has to move a little bit. He doesn't look like a ball player. I'd like to talk Griff into the idea of sending Hogan some- where this Winter, with a bodyguard- rubber . . . somewhere where the weather is warm and the work, like chopping down trees, is hard. “I'd like to see him report at in the first frame to sew up the ball game. Spring training next February weighing 210 or 215 pounds. . Has 26 Ex-High Captains, Yet He Moans Layden of Notre Dame Champion Pessimist—Center Has Chance to Be Navy Hero. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports WWriter. EW YORK, September 9.— Here's a little foot ball dope for the fans who just can’'t wait: There will be 26 former high school captains on the Notre Dame squad which starts work tomorrow . . . And Elmer Layden is moaning louder than any other coach in the coun- try . . . All Navy needs is a cen- ter. A good one will be the hero of the Navy . . . The Fordham card is crowded with “breathers” with St. Mary’s, Pitt, Purdue and Georgia coming on successive week ends . . . Sports Editor Rodger Pippen comes right out in the Bal- timore News-Post and suggests it would be a lot better if the colleges would openly nire their gridders, announce the salaries paid them end quit trying to kid the public. S Same old Dodgers. Van Mungo whiffs 14, but the Dodgers lose, 4-1. Did you ever see such a ball nine . . . Looks as if the Cards blew their last chante for the flag when they let the Reds blast them twice Sunday while the Giants were losing one . . . Racing men all agree Trainer Hirsch Jacobs has a potential big money winner in the 7-year-old Action which grabbed the Aqueduct Handicap Saturday . . . Green- wood, Miss., is all set to give Glenn Hardin, the Olympic hurdling star, a big reception on his arrival home . . . Red Cagle, the old Army foot ball star, is selling in-. surance here , . . He has ambitions to become & big time referee . . . Clark Griffith says North Caro- lina ball players are hardest of all to handle and wonders why so many of the good ones have to come from there . . . It's true some of Jur best kicker uppers come from North Carolina, including Grif- fith’s own Clif Bolton, Wes Ferrell lina can claim a couple, too, in Van Lingle Mungo of the Dodgers and Buck Newsome of the Sena- offer him a new contract at con- [ siderably more than the $30,000 Loves a Fat Man. Then we'd have & catcher, & real ball player.” The whole history of Hogan, of course, conflicts with any such plans. ball career has been cut short by this highly pardonable craving. When Shanty first reported to the Boston Braves back in 1925 he weighed 192 pounds. It wasn't long before Hogan had established himself as one of the best catchers in the business and a guy who could hit .335 or .340 over a season. John McGraw foresaw Shanty’s promise and wasted neither time, words nor player talent to grab him from Boston. The fact that Jawn thought so much of Shanty that he parted with Rogers Hornsby in trade for Hogan and Jimmy Welsh was proof galore of what kind of a ball player he was. Welsh hardly figured in the deal, it was Hornsby-for-Hogan. Ate Himself From Giants. SHANTY kept eating, however, and as his frame took on poundage his batting average shrunk. He jumped from 192 to 210. Then, from 210 to 230. McGraw watched with dismay his increasing slowness afoot. Finally, Shanty went away. As a colorful, illustrious and highly- paid member of the Giants, Shanty was sitting pretty. There was promise of many full-salaried years to come if he kept his weight down. But not even this guarantee of prosperity could keep him from blowing up. Yet, Shanty's history- is against Harris’ vision and yet there may be hope. When he left the Giants Hogan skidded downhill rapidly. Last Spring he found himself without a job and the best he could get was & chance with Albany, the purga- tory of all ball players. Shanty, who knew the luxury of life with a big-league team, the adoration of Giant fans, found him- self riding hot, dusty busses and eat- ing on the run. When he put himself in a uniform the fans laughed and ridiculed him and even the sunny nature of the giant must have been AYBE the craving of & stomach can be conquered Iz poverty, if not by the promise prosperity. Anyway, Bucky thinks the idea is worth toying with. Among the Nationals there is a growing appreciation of the workings in Hogan’s head. From the moment he stepped into the club house door the radiance of a great personality stamped him as generally popular. Harris likes Hogan and few are the players who dislike Harris. Still base ball is a business and cold hearted at times. You asked Harris: “What if he shows up at Spring training camp weighing 260— stinn?” “He can wave hello from the train WEDNESDAY, | Shanty likes to eat and many a base | SEPTEMBER BERRYMAN. 9, 1936. * CLUB HELD GREAT IN RUSH T ERONT Hubbell, Called Ace of All Slabmen, and Thorn for P.W. A, GREENBELTS TO CLASH IN SERIES Meet Today in D. C. Play-Offs. National Savings, Accounts Tie in Opening Tilt. C'HAMPIONS of the Departmental and Federal A base ball leagues were to be opponents in the second game of the.week-day play-off series on the South Ellipse at 4 o'clock this afternoon, with Public Works and the Resettlement Greenbelts the con- testants. The series opened yesterday but neither National Savings & Trust Co., the bankers’ champions, nor Accounts & Deposits, representiug the Sports Center League, headway against each other, their game ending in a 3-3 tle after seven innings. Accounts & Deposits got off to an early lead when they scored three times in the second !nning to erase the bankers’ one-run advantage of the first frame, but single runs in the fifth and sixth enabled National Savings to deadlock the game. The game was halted by darkness one in- ning later, with both teams arranging to replay the game next Tuesday. Pitcher Garvey limited Accounts & Deposits to three hits, but two of them were bunched in the second in- ning to aid in the scoring of the three runs. Lafferty gave up four more hits than Garvey and handed out eight bases on balls to Nationa] Sav- ings which turned the last of them into the tying run in the sixth, BREWERS DEFENDING A. A. CHAMPIONSHIP Battling in Series Among First Four Teams for Right to Play I. L. Qualifier. B the Associated Press. CBXCAGO, September 9.—The Mil- waukee Brewers, new champions of the American Association, hit the trail for more diamond honors—and cash—tonight when they meet the Kansas City Blues at Milwaukee in the first game of the play-offs which lead to the “little world series” with the International League victors. The Blues finished third in the reg- ular association schedule, which ended Monday, and meet the Brewers in a four-best-out-of-seven-game series. Games are scheduled at Milwaukee tonight and Thursday night. The next three games, if that many are needed, will be played at Kansas City Friday and Saturday nights and Sun- day afternoon. If more tilts are nec- essary, they will be played Monday night in Milwaukee. This afternoon 8t. Paul, second- place club, clashes at St. Paul with Indianapolis, fourth-place finisher. ‘Two more afternoon games are sched- uled tomorrow and Friday, with play being resumed Sunday at Indianap- olis. If additional games are required, The surviving teams meet in an- other seven-game series, with the vic- tor meeting the winner of the Inter- national League play-off, —_— ‘Western. Cedar Rapids, 5; Waterloo, 0. Davenport, 11; Sioux City, 3. Des Moines, 5; Rock Island, 4. Carter buretors Sales and Service : were able to make | A. L. Champions. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, September 9.—As far as I am concerned, the major league base ball season is all finished except playing the world series. The Yankees have cashed on the American side and noth- ing short of a miracle drive by the Car- dinals or Cubs can prevent the Glants from winning the National banner, and neither St. Louis nor Chicago are in condition for any sensational charge down the stretch. Checking back to the Spring pre- dictions on the pennant races, you'll find that both the Yankees and Giants were something of outsiders. The gilt-edged Boston Red Sox and defend- ing Tigers were favorites in the Amer- ican race and the Cubs apd Cardinals were preferred in the National. Injuries wrecked the Tigers, and temperament the Red Sox. The Yankees developed tremendous batting that made a mediocre pitching staff stand up throughout the campaign. Collapse of Paul Dean, which left St. Louis with what amounted to a one-man pitching staff, killed the Cardinals’ chances and the Cubs folded after getting well out in front, largely because there was no consis- tent hitting to support good pitching. Yanks Spoil Flag Race. 'HE Yankees went out in front rather early and spoiled what Wi Harridge had hoped would be club race. The American .Js unfortunate in having few races. r years it has had one pig to oxsraewerRhe league by d-the closin® weels of tle to the ‘cust. Fouer still arg fight- ing for secolid plaee in the American, but fans do not go wild over a run- ner-up. In the National, the Cubs staged an early 15-game winning streak to take the lead and then threw the advan- tage away in August series with the Cardinals. St. Louis did not have the pitching to hold its hard-won margin, and the Giants, coming up from practically nowhere, played as good | ball as the National has seen in many | Summers to spike the top rung. | The Giants are winning with the best pitcher in the majors, Carlos Hubbell. The slender left-hander has won 22 games and 12 in succession. In his six defeats he was soundly beaten only once; in the others, a break here or there might have re- sulted in victory. Shows Title Caliber. Nl’w YORK recently took 10 out of 13 games along the Western front, and when a team does that on the road it wins championships. The Yankees have a run of 12 con- secutive victories in world series. They whaled the Pirates in 1927, Cardinals in 1928 and Cubs in 1932 with record speed, so they’ll have | something to defend when they tackle the Giants, but Carlos Hubbell is | likely to break their continuity. There’ll be no Babe Ruth to help this time, but Louis Gehrig will be the same threat and perhaps Joe Di Maggio can satisfactorily substitute for the great George Herman. A 5- cent world series will be very satis- factory. The business can be trans- acted with little delay and those young fellows with foot balls under their wings given the chance they are asking. League Statistics 'WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1936. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. ago. 7: Detroit. 5. same scheduled. g2 N| &% ~orvow T pURAID | &) 5l § --R10% MIN 8| e i i = ilgl 131410/13115/12113190/461.6621 ___ —I11114] 8] 9/1111373164.533117 %5 Clel 5/ 91—I14] 7/11114/11/71/641.526/18% | 71 51 6/—I10/11117116/72165/.526/18% 714 9110/—I 8/ BI15/72/651.526/18%; 7121 01 81 —I11111170168..507121 Bl 4[ 6/ 3/10]_8/—I10/49/84 368301, B 7/ 01 6 5| 6110/—48/891.3501421, L._146/64164165/65168/84189|—\—1 | GAMES TOMORROW. :18, Wash. at Det., 3:15, Cieve.” New York at Cleve. icago. t_ Chicago. . Louis. GAMES TODAY. Bostox . Louis. Phila, National RESULTS YESTERDAY, No games scheduled. 1t i i | | bEY vl B NY|—| 810/14[12/11/10116181152.6001 ___ StLI111—I1113 9] 711114I76/571.5711 5 Ohil10] 51—I 91101141141141761591.563 6 Pit | 6] 9/10/—[10113/121121721631.533/10 Cinl 71 91121 _61—I_7113[131671661.504114 Bos!_81131_6]_7/121—I_8| 8]621711.466/19 Bkll 71 71 B 8I_7110-—I111551771.414125% Phil_31 6] 5| 6| 6] 9| 9l—I441881.333136% L._152/57150163166171177188|—I—I ] GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Cincin. at New York. cin. at New York, Eirgnia gl LT, litsburgh at Bkiyn. Pit at BKlyn. RED SOX BUY A PAIR. BOSTON, September 9 ().—The Red Sox have announced the purchase of Pitcher Arch McKain and Outfielder H B join the Sox at Chicago today, while _— during Spring s CARBON & VALVES ‘Wateh for Weekly IMIII' McDERMOTT'S GARAGE lfl M '-'i w 3040 Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball Washington at Detroit, 3:15. Boxing. Olympic A. C. vs. Richmond, Va., smateurs, Duffy Stadium, BSeat Pleasant, Md,, 8. TOMORROW. Base Ball. ‘Washington at Detroit, 3:15. ‘Wrestling. Joe Cox vs. Gino Garibaldi, fea- ture match, Grifith Stadium, 8:30. 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. SIX MEXICAN SHOW | TEAM RIDERS HERE| Bring Eleven Horses to Prepare for Inter-American Event October 22-25. IX members of the Mexican inter- national horse show team arrived in Washington yesterday to prepare for the inter-American exhibition to | be held here in Rock Creek Park on | October 22, 23. 24 and 25. | Bringing with them 11 horses and 6 grooms from the cavalry forces of the Republic of Mexico, the officers came here at Phis early date in order | to acclimate themselves and their mounts thoroughly before engaging in | competition with the United States Army Olympic horesmen, the eques- | trian team from the Republic of Chile and possibly representatives of the| Canadian Army. The team captain is Capt. Armando Villareal, and his colleagues Capt. | Tourin Barrigo, Capt. Florencio Lazo, | Cap®y Francesco de la Roso, Capt.| Armuary Quiroz and Lieut. Joaquin S. Chagoya. Today at 11 o'clock the members of the team were received by the Mexican Ambassador, Senor Don | Prancisco Castillo Najera, at the em- bassy. After a brief rest their horses, which are to be quartered at Fort Myer, will be placed into active training for the gruelling jumping competitions of the | inter-American meet. The officers are | at the Shoreham Hotel during their visit. Minor Leagues International. Rochester, 5; Newark, 2. Southern Association. New Orleans, 11—0; Atlanta, 4—4. | Little Rock, 10; Chattanooga, 4. Nashville, 7; Memphis, 4. Birmingham, 10; Knoxville, 2. Piedmont. Asheville, 83—1; Rocky Mount, 7—3. Richmond, 13; Portsmouth, 7. Texas. San Antonio, 3; Houston, 0. { Tulsa, 5; Fort Worth, 4. 1 Beaumont, 3; Galveston, 0. Pacific Coast. Seattle, 3; Portland, 2. | New York-Pennsylvania. | Binghamton, 5; Elmira, 4. | MARINES TOP IN SHOOT |Capture First Three Places Wright Memorial Event. By ke Associated Press. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September D.’ —Three Marines from Wnshmmn,i | in D. C., swept the first three places in the Wright Memorial grand aggregate match during the competition of the national rifle matches here yesterday. Beating his colleagues by 1 and 2| points, respectively, Sergt. James R,‘ Tucker captured first place with a| score of 629 out of a possible 700. Corpl. Waldo R. Phinney and Sergt. William Easterling were the other | Capital winners, getting 628 and 627, respectively. | ‘The national individual rifle match | was to be the high light of today's| events. A blend oyf finest Havana a7 Trop- jcal tobaccos PERRY SEES BUDGE AS GOMING RULER Blames Public for Putting on Pressure, Causing Net Star to Falter. BY BOB CAVAGNARO, Associated Press Sports Writer. OREST HILLS, N. Y., September 9.—The old American theory that you've got to be & cham- pion to be at all important threatens to end Donald Budge's hopes of succeeding Wilmer Allison as Amer- ican singles tennis ruler. ‘The 22-year-old California sky- scraper, fighting for a patriotic cause— to keep Fred Perry of England from becoming the first foreigner to Win the title three times—appears to be wilting from the pressure of the task. On what he’s shown to date in the United States singles championship, Budge seems to have lost much of the sting and accuracy in his ordinarily scorching drives. His all-round court generalship appears wanting as he carelessly has been caught flatfooted frequently on what critics call need- less sorties to the net. Loses His Mental Poise. N TOP of that, he doesn't seem to be enjoying peace of mind like Perry. He looks worried, even in the early stages of competition. That ap- praisal was voiced by none other than Perry. “Don’s a swell kid and I don't know why the public seems to feel he's got to win this time” said Perry. “It's silly to become alarmed. Take it from me, Don is going to win the title, maybe not this year and perhaps not next year, but some time in the not distant future he's going to win.” There's another angle in the case of the California red head that is re- ceiving considerable circulation. His sudden reversal in form is credited by some to seven months of continuous play. Here again Perry concurred. “When Don beat me at the end of an informal series at Eastbourne be- fore the Davis Cup challenge round in July, he indicated plainly he was tired, had too much tennis and wanted to quit for a while,” said Perry. “The trouble with promising youngsters like Budge is that they don't know how or when to ‘play for it’ and relax during a match. Would Leave Them Alone. “YOUVE got more promising youngsters in this country than any other country in the world. Some supervision is all right but they ought to be permitted to develop along natural lines. After all, it's hard, well nigh impossible, to make an ath- lete. And to me, Don seems & natural.” Budge was the topic for all tongues. Some said he’s going from one pro to another asking “How should I play this shot or that shot?” He seems to have forgotten a great deal of his technique, if his unspectacular 6—2, 6—3, 3—6, 6—3 victory over Gene Smith yesterday is any criterion. The Californian drew a breathing spell today while Perry, the top- heavy favorite, went into action in a quarter-final contest against tall Henry Culley. The featured women's quarter-final match pitted the south- paw, Kay Stammers of England, against Carolin Babcock of Los An- geles, Wightman Cup heroine. Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. Today a year ago—After being three down at fifth hole, Lawson Little defeated Rufus King, 3 and 1, in first round in defense of United States amateur golf title. ‘Three years ago—Luigi Beccali defeated Jack Lovelock in 1,500- meter race at Turin, equaling world record of 3:49.2. Five years ago—Sixty thousand saw Yankees defeat Giants, 7-3, in charity game as Babe Ruth hit homer. fill smoking old style‘were adime -nowa nickel cigars PALINA EXCELLENTE »