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— SHOWS FINE SKILL, SOCK IN QUICK WIN Only Braddock, Schmeling Seen in His Path After Fifth-Round Victory, BY BURTON HAWKINS, Staff Correspondent o. rhe Star. HILADELPHIA. Pa. September | 23.—Fistiana’s fickle fans al- | | tered their estimate of the | punching prowess of Joe Louis | today and once again the devastating | darky has forged his trim frame back | into pugilism’s title picture by slam- | ming Al Ettore with everything but the Liberty Bell here last night at Mu- nicipal Stadium. The methodical Louis trounced & thoroughly game lad in Philly's fa- vorite fist-slinger, but the young Ital- fan-American was facing what most ringworms now are willing to concede as the greatest puncher since Jack | Dempsey crawled from under a freight car to dominate the heavyweight di- vision. Louis is not invincible, as was dem- onstrated effectively by Max Schmel- Ing. Ettore managed to tag the tan tosser with several damaging blows be- fore he slumped to the canvas, near- lv flopping out of the ring as he courageously tried to regain his feet in the fifth round. Ettore has been one of the few fight- ers not felled mentally by a psycho- logical punch before pulling on the gloves to square off with Louis. He is but a few months older than Joe and his stamina, coupled with a ham-sized ticker, plus his ability, finally has of- fered some sort of a barometer by which to judge the colored clouter’s real ring value. Joe Victim of Clippings. IT HAS not been Joe's fault that most of his opponents have re- garded him as somewhat of a ring rarity—a guy who couldn't be beaten —vet his prestige has suffered as the | result of his foe's refusal to fight in some instances. Schmeling's victory over Louis is attributed by many to the fact that | Joe at that time was believing the nice things that were being printed | about him. They point out that Louis was difficult to handle in iraining | camp—that he thought Schmeling | also would wilt, a la Baer or Levin- | sky, prior to actual ring combat. Others say that marriage tem- | * WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDN with a right. Ettore’s All Against Louis Wasn’t Enough Al Ettore, who made some rather disparaging pre-fltght remarks about Joe Louis, had the words rammed right down his throat last night at Phil cold. Here they are seen mizing it up in the fourth, just before Al was dropped to the canvas He went down to stay in the following frame. adelphia when the Detroiter stopped him —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Louis Perfectly By the Associsted Press. HILADELPHIA, September 23. —Steering his way with a sure ® left arm, Joe Louis has passed the second human milestone on the road back. The Brown Bomber from Detroit, whose ring fortunes crashed before the beating right fist of Max Schmel- ing three months ago as a stunned fight world gasped, simply breezed by Of Lefts to Stop Rugged Foe; Receipts Gross Over $200,000£ porarily shelved Louis—that he was | concentrating his attention on Marva | his seconq objective at the Philadel- instead of his mittens. Yet the un- | Phis Municipal Stadium last night by deniable truth pops up that Schmel- | knocking out Al Ettore, home-town ing was a better fighter that night, | Pride, in the fifth round before a He planned his battle and executed | throng of 40.407 customers, who paid it flawlessly. $210,117.25 to see the show. It is logical to assume that the Ger- | Louis was expected to beat Ettore man knocked some fundamental ring | as he did the leg-weary Jack Sharkey sense into the Negro's noggin through- | a month ago. The result was no sur- out those 12 rounds. Louis was an | prise and it didn’t prove that the De- improved fighter against Ettore, as he | troit Negro was a “great” fighter. But weaved, ducked and danced away " the way he went about his job, his from pay-off punches, while clipping | coolness under fire and the devastat- Al rather steadily. | ing, precise lefts he threw, did con- | vince the majority of unbelievers that Louis Still en Upgrade. | “Big Joe” was getting ring smart fast- HE 22-year-old Louis faces a rosy ©r than fast. future. Only Jimmy Braddock and Schmeling loom as possible im- pediments to his progress, and Max and Jersey Jim now are creeping well into their 30s. Certainly among the younger fighters Louis stands unchallenged. Louis’ rapid ring rise has not been the result of picking his spots. If he’s had soft sliding, then it's a bad commentary on the sock situation. | He's chilled three former world cham- pions and bowed only to a fourth. The Louis who trounced Ettore was more colorful than the Louis who trimmed Baer or Sharkey, He was facing an opponent who would fight and he apparently relished it. He also probably wanted to learn if he could stop a right. all up with: Yes, Joe Louis still looks the part| “He crossed me. I played him for of & coming champion. | a right-hand puncher but he ruined = | me with a great left. He gave me the works.” Gets Foe Into Range. THE double-chested Philadel- phia youth rushed at him, aiming of Schmeling’s ‘AS ;l few | took his time like a great ring master and then, seeing his chance, dug in. In the final round of the scheduled 15-rounder, he drew Ettore on and then executed two perfectly timed | lefts that sent the blond down to stay. Game to the finish, Ettore at- tempted to rise, but, as he half stum- bled to his feet, he fell face forward over the west ropes. As he nursed his wounds later in the dressing room, Ettore summed it Short Socks at Philly. ARTY GALLAGHER copyrighted | rights at his jaw, Louis stepped back. | climbed ; Ettore, a rugged fellow who never Times a Pair for a toll of nine in the fourth. Ex- cept for puzzling Louis with his char- | acteristic rushes and a fine showing | in the third, when he made the Negro | miss, the blond, bushy-haired Italian | was outclassed. The result never was | | in doubt. | Convinced he is the type of fighter | | who must have work and lots of it | | Louis and his handlers today made | plans for a busy Winter. First the Bomber is scheduled to open the in- | door season at the New York Hippo- | drome early in October by tangling with Jorge Brescia, former Argentine amateur champion. Will Fight in Garden. FTER that, he will fulfill an en- gagement with Madison Square Garden in November with the winner | of Friday night's Bob Pastor-Leroy | Haynes fight in New York. In De- cember, he is tentatively scheduled for | an appearance in Cleveland against Johnny “Rubber Man” Risko. | None of these bouts threatens to do more to Louis than keep him warm for | a possible big shot next Summer against the winner of the June fight between Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock and Schmeling. As for, Ettore, he appears doomed for lnolher‘ tour on the one-night stand circuit. | He has muffed his big shot. | Promoters were elated over the suc-| cess of Philadelphia’s second major | fight within a decade. Ten years ago | tonight Gene Tunney lifted the heavy- weight crown from the brow of Jack | Dempsey before a record crowd of 120,000 rain-soaked spectators in the same arena where Louis made his second winning fight along the come- back trail. “Any time a fight draws $200,000,” beamed Co-promoter Mike Jacobs, “we | all make dough. This one did.” | & eollege foot ball uniform.” BALL TEAMS FIGHT TO STAY IN SERIES Loser in Miller-Pepco Contest | Will Go Out and Reduce Field to Four. SURVXVORS in the play-off series for the sandlot base ball cham- pionship were to be reduced to four today as the Miller Furniture Co. and Potomac Electric Power Co. nines, both | defeated once, clashed on the North Ellipse diamond at 4 o'clock. Although elimination was the in- evitable result of the game, which thus assumed tremendous importance to the parties concerned, the day's second game between Public Works Administration and Investigation was to bring together two undefeated teams on the South diamond at the same hour. Three games already have been won by the P, W. A. nine in the series while the G-Men are credited with two victories—one through a bye. It will be the second game in two days for Investigation, which yesterday eliminated the Resettlement Green- * ESDAY, SEPTEMBER BETTERS OLD CLUB INYEAR'S RATINGS 4-0 Triumph Is 12th of Sea- son, Insures Higher Spot in Standings. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HE rampaging Tiger of Detroit apparently had his claws well | fastened on' second place in the American League stand- ing today; but for Bucky Harris there 1s, nevertheless, twofold cause for re- joicing. In the first, place Bucky's Nationals have crept into a virtual third-place tie with the White Sox, and, secondly, he is certain of a meas- ure of revenge against the Red Sox. From the moment the Bostons heiped Washington to open the train- ing season back on March 14, Harris has been gunning for the outfit that two years ago gave him the thumb as manager. In April and May, when the Red Sox were liked by many to win the pennant, Harris' chief hope was to win a majority of the 22 games between the Sox and Griffs. Not even Bucky dreamed of piloting the Washingtons to a higher stand- ing in the league. Today he is sure of both goals. ‘When the Nats defeated Boston in a series opener yester 4 to 0, they won their twelfth game from the Sox, who have taken only eight. Even if Boston wins today and tomorrow the Nationals will have the interclub edge. And even if Boston wins all the rest of its games and the Griffs lose the rest Qf beat out the Sox. Cascarella Helps Out, Too. 'HESE items, while important euough to Bucky, did not com- prise all of his reasons for rejoicing. There sitll is Joe Cascarella to con- sider. Back in June Harris okayed a deal whereby Cascarella and a bundie of cash was shipped to Washington in exchange for Jack Russell. Now Bucky liked Russell but he realized Jack couldn't help him as a pitcher, and thought that Cascarella could, even if Crooner Joe had not won a single game for the Bostons in a sea- son and a half. The first day he reported Casca- rella won a game for Harris. .Then he lost quite a few in a row, but he began to hit stride and now Bucky is more than satisfied. When Joseph shut out the Red Sox yesterday he achieved his ninth victory since com- ing to the Washingtons and has taken place along with Jimmy De Shong and a few others as a potential 1937 pitching bulwark. That slab exhibition Cascarella gave in blanking the Sox must have hurt the Bostons. They never had a chance of scoring, especially after the first three innings. All they got was seven measly hits and three of these came after two were out. Joe refused to belts from the series by a 9-4 score. | Naval Arr Station also was shunted | out of the competition when the Pro- | curement nine staved off a last-inning rally to win, 10-7. | The Greenbelts put u pa game fight | to stay in the running, overcoming | .2 3-0 lead of the sleuths, compiled in | the first three innings, with a run| in the fourth and a three-run rally in the fifth. The latter gave them a 4-3 lead, which, however, was wiped out in the next frame for good when Investigation staged a similar three- run rally. HAS SPRINT GRID STAR. . Marty Glickman, the Syracuse | sprinter, who received international attention when he was dropped from the United States Olympic 400-meter relay team on the eve of the race at Berlin, is rated “the fastest thing in HILADELPHIA, September 23.— | How Louis Defeated Ettore through the ropes to be intro- duced and challenge the winner. . . . He has a slight chance of meeting Louis ™ Boston in November. . Sixto Escobar, bantamweight cham- pion; Lou Ambers, newly crowned lightweight king; Jimmy Braddock, heavyweight ruler, and Dean Detton, | the wrestler, were among the dozen | or so caulifiower personalities to be introduced. | | The promoters obtained Municipal | & Stadium for $3,500, which hardly paid for the electric light bill. . . . Stadium officials are attempting to advertise the huge plant and right- | SQaok fully thought the Louis-Ettore bout | would focus the sports spotlight thntl way. Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth, Jack | Benny, Jimmy Foxx, Maj. Bowes, Connie Mack, Jesse Owens, Abe Lyman, Sonny Workman, Lou Little, Jim Farley and Attorney General of New Jersey David Wilentz saw the slaughter. . YOUNG GRIDMEN CALLED. Foot bell candidates for the No. § Precinct Boys' Club eleven are to re- was noted as a ring killer, was a| Here's how Joe Louis conquered | gamecock throughout and fought the best he knew how but it just wasn't good enough. Me was floored for a count of three in the first round and Official Scor: AB. R sunamarnns 23333320335y Sommmrooryg Somu-IDH-BO sussass31-> sm59599533M Totels — ... 3 *Ran for Kroner in nin: WASHINGTON Chapman, HlL M. Kuhel, 1i 52 HEIARS 2355mrony PROTDIDR P Totals Boston __ Washingion Runs batted i Two-base hit: - 000 000 000—0 000 000 31x—4 port at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at | the club. Meetings are to be held for the 125, 135 and 150 pound squads. 5 ‘Umpires—Messrs. inn. Time—1:40, | out of range of Joe's jab. Ettore Al Ettore here last night: Round One. Ettore forced Louis to the ropes, slugging wildly with both hands to the body. The referee separated them. A left hook to the head staggered Ettore. Two short punches to the head sent Ettore down for a count of three. Joe missed with a left hook and a right uppercut as Ettore backed to the ropes. Ettore was trying to keep landed high on Louis' head. Louis’ round. Round Two. After landing five jabs in a row, the Negro sent a left hook to the body. Ettore nailed Louis with & hard right to the body. Joe staggered Et- tore with a Tight to the head, but Al landed two hooks to Joe's head. Louis nailed Ettore with two rights to the head, but Ettore fought back and ex- tricated himself from a perilous posi- tion and fell into a clinch. Louis’ round. Round Three. Ettore rushed out of his corner and swung at Joe's body, but Louis sent him back on his heels with & hook to the head. Ettore grazed Joe's head with a hard right and Joe seemed to | nose and in close rushed the Negro. be bewildered by the style of the local fighter. Ettore jabbed Louis’ Louis traded rights with Al in mid- ring, but the Italian ducked under a right and left as the crowd cheered him. Ettore’s round. Round Four. Al started hostilities by bouncing & hook off Joe’s cheek. The chunky Italian backed away from Joe's jabs and pounded the Negro's body. Louis landed a left hook and a right to Ettore's head. Joe rocked his man with a right to the jaw, sending him to the ropes. Ettore bounced back. A right to the jaw flattened Ettore for a count of nine. Louis’ round. Round Five. After both missed jabs Louis nipped Ettore with a right to the head, but was cautioned by the referee for push- ing when Al tried to clinch. Ettore nailed Louis with a right to the body, but took a hook to the ear in return. Louis shot two left hooks to Ettore's head and sent him down for the full count in 1:28. Sraben Salvesiuds WANTS DIAMOND TILT. A game with some strong unlimited team is wanted for Sunday by the Ballston A. C., which may be econ- tacted at Clarendon 2070. ~ Ettore Pulls Boner in Making Louis Angry Joe Turns on Heat After Taking Smack—Gomez May Start Series for Yanks. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. HILADELPHIA, September 23 —Same old story. Joe Louis just shuffied along until Al Ettore made him mad with a solid right-hand smack (Al's best lick of the evening), then turned on what is known as the old heat . . . The officlal announc- er's face is red for almost forget- ting to introduce Jimmy Brad- dock, who happens to be the heavyweight champion of the world . . . After the Jorge Brescias, the Dean Dettons and the John J. Bananas had taken their bow, somebody discovered the champ in She sixth row . . . the ovation he got more than made up for the oversight. Mrs. Ettore was so nervous she wouldn’t risk a ringside seat, but waited for Al in his dressing room . .. Philly put the fight over in & big way . . . It drew sports writers from New York, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Newark and Balti- more . . . It was a job getting through the Negro residential dis- trict on the way in from the sta- dium . . . Thousands of Negroes lined the streets waiting for a peek at Louis . . . Made you think of the drive through night Joe put the attended . . . Incognito double lacing by the Phillies yes- terday . . . How those two hurt! Weak line play has Coach Har- vey Harman of Penn jittery . . . It should interest the Giants to learn the Yankees haven't lost & world series game since October 10, 1926 . . . Little Davidson College has a halfback who hails from Mutoto, Africa . . . everybody down ~there is hoping the Southern Con- ference’s Graham plan won't chase him back to the Congo . . . That two-hitter Lefty Gomes turned in may earn him Although he stands 6 feet 1 inch in his hosiery, Frank Mautte, Ford- ham captain, tips the beam at only 155 . . . Johnny Fischer, the new amateur golf champ, doesn’t drink or smoke and hasn't even got & sweetie . . . nor does he want one, girls . . . Al Ettore's- 3-year-old son made the sports pages here by predicting his dad would beat Louis in the seventh round. walk even one man. ‘Walberg Fades in Seventh. R all of this great effort, it looked as if Cascarella was doomed to failure. Rube Walberg, who opposed him, was even greater in the first six innings. Over this stretch the Wash- ingtons made only two hits off Rube. They still pay off on nine innings, however, and when these were com- pleted it was a different story. In the seventh Kuhel, Sington, Kress and Bluege singled in succession with nobody out, and two runs were across. | Then, after Mihalic had lined out, ! Shanty Hogan also singled to score Kress and make it 3-0. In the eighth frame Walberg was still easy. Chapman, Hill and Kuhel again singled in succession, Chappie scoring. Double plays in both the seventh and eighth frames, ending them, helped Walberg to escape a fate far more drastic. Joe's Game Nearly Perfect. CABCARILLA'! game was as per- fectly pitced as a seven-hit game can be hurled. Melillo and Rick Fer- rell, first men to face him in the first two innings, each singled and died on first base. In the third the Sox put together two hits for the first and only time, Melillo and Werber singling after one was out. Melillo, however, never advanced beyond sec- ond base. In fact, none of the Sox did. In the last six innings only three Bostons got on base. Rookie Gaffke doubled in the fourth, Dahlgren beat out a hit in the seventh and Kroner singled in the ninth. All were strand- ed in the spot on which they arrived. Cascarella fanned no batters nor did he walk any. Eight of the Sox popped to the infield, five to Mihalic alone. The rest consistently pounded the ball into the ground, Ossie Bluege making several great plays on slow, high bounders hit down the third base lilne. Tomorrow Final 1936 Ladies’ Day mem‘l base ball fans of ‘Washington will enjoy their last ladies’ day of the year to- morrow, when the Nationals face the Red Sox in Boston's farewell appearance. Because Friday will be an off day in the schedule, thereby costing the fair fans under ordi- nary conditions,, President Clark Grifith had decided to make Thursday the afternoon when ‘women will be able to crash the gate for the Federal tax and serv- ice charge only. All games from now until Sunday, when the sea- son cldses, will begin at 3 o'clock instead of the usual week-day time of 3:15. 24-Hour Repair Service and we mean a3 eall to - WEst 3040 gy s gt v McDERMOTT'S GARAGE " napatrtan-2 PRttt Tbetr werk | and Castleman and Schumacher in the theirs, Washington still will | | not begin to profit until the fifth game | games has he failed to come through, 23, 1936. (1) The Biggest Giant of All Is Hub. ELDOM, if ever, in world series annals has the fate of a ball club depended so much on one man. At least that's the way Broadway is regarding the forthcom- ing classic, opening a week hence in the Polo Grounds. As Hubbell goes 0 will go the Giants and daily betting odds will fluctuate accordingly. Yankee supporters maintain that if King Carl wins the first, third, fifth and seventh games the Giants will triumph. Giant supporters say that all Carl must do is win two games, leaving Fitzsimmons and Gabler and Castleman to do the rest. Everybody, however, agrees that Hubbell must win at least the opener to keep the Amor- jcan Leaguers from blasting Coogan’s Bluff right off the face of the map. If Red Ruffing can’t win the Yanks still have a chance. They have no Hubbell on their staff, nor anybody that can carry Carl's glove, but the real Yankee pitchers are guys named Gehrig, Di Maggio and Lazzeri. They pitch ‘em into the bleachers and this is a tremendous help to any kind of & slabber, The Giants have no punch like the stadium sockers. Ott is the nearest approach and Mel is outnum- bered as well as outclassed. Hubbell must stop the Yanks because there are plenty of fellows like Gabler and PFitz American League and they haven't shown that Lou and Joe and Tony can be stopped consistently, Beaten Hub Would Be Blow. EFEAT for Hubbell in the opening game would be a terrific blow to Messrs. Ruppert and Stoneham, own- ers of the Yanks and Giants, respec- | tively. A beaten Hubbell might well herald & brief series, with the Yanks slamming to victory in five games or | less. Inasmuch as the club owners do vou can appreciate how old Jake and young Horace would feel. 8till, with Hub it will be an old | story. He is used to carrying the load. | He did it all Spring to keep the Giants within hailing distance of the top, 80 | they could step out once their winning ' ‘ways developed. And when the Polo Grounders suddenly began to be pen- nant contenders it was Hubbell who | led the way, winning 15 straight | games. Hubbell has never pitched to to the Yanks as a team. He faced a few of the boys in the all-star games, but those affairs hardly would give them a real line on Hub and his screw. ball. To most of the Yanks, Hub will be something entirely new. ‘The only bona fide inkling anybody has been able to get on Hubbell, as opposed to American Leaguers, has been flattering to the lean Giant southpaw. Never once in all-star and his feat in 1934, when he whiffed Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Simmons and Cronin in succession, always will be | remembered as one of the great pitch- | ing feats of modern times. | All Yanks Pack Punch. EVERYTHINO else with the excep- tion of Hubbell points in favor of the Yankees. With one mighty blow from any one of several strong- arm guys they can offset a lot of singles. The very stadia in which the series League Statistics WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1936. American RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington, 4: Boston. 0. New York. 10: Philadelphia. 3. Detroit. 12-14: St. Loul Cisveland, 8: Chicaso. darkness). H js, 0-0. 8 (12 innings, g 5 H TTX10% AN i NY/—[14/14/12/16/15/14/ 14 99 [4D1.660 ___ Det[ 8/—[14/11/13] 9(11/17/83681.550117% Chil 7/ 8I—I16/11/10/11115/78/691.58120% Wnl 8111( 5i—I 8112/10/16/70/70..580120% Olel 6] 7| 91141—I13/1413176/721.514123 Bos|_7113(12] 8] 91—I12112173(771.487127 _ StLI_8110] 8/ 3 6/10/—I10/55/921.374 4372 Phll 6/ 5 71 6] O] 8111/—I5197..34514R L._140168/601701721771921071——|___| GAMES TODAY. Bos. at Wash., 3. Phiis. at N. ¥. GAMES TOMORROW. Bos. at Wash, 3. Phii at N. Y. y games schieduled. National RESULTS YESTERDAY. 11-8: New York, rooklyn. 3-2. ~esviudiag e wwep !t_m—unluususlmwxmi 1581.6011 __ StLi12/—[13113]10/ 9/13115/851641.5701 4 ©Chil11| 7}—] umnluubzm\gmesue‘n 5 Pit.| 7] 9/10/—/14114113/15(8268|.547| & Cin|_9| 9/12| 6/—I 9I13/13/71|78/.477M18% Bos|_8/13| 6| 8/13/—/10/11160/791.466/20 Phll 51 7] 6/ 7] 9] 8| 9|—I52197/.349!3’ L_B0IG4 G5I08T8IT0BO07I—I—__|__ GAMES TOMORROW. Boston (2), Brooklyn. Our Combination Special Your car thoroughly washed and greased, S‘lzfi a real bargain will be played favor the Yanks. Geh- rig, Dickey, Selkirk and even Roile can pull a ball into the right-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium. There Louis Smooth in Kayoing Ettore : Red Sox Provide Joy for Harris * GIANTS ON DETOUR EN ROUTETORLAG Drop Pair to Lowly Phils as Hopeful Cards and Cubs Both Triumph, BY ORLO ROBERTSON, is punch in the bats of the right-handed swinging Lazzeri, Di| Maggio and lurking threats in Jake Powell and Frank Crosetti. The Polo Grounds is made to order for this kind of wallop. Both right | and left fleld stands are closer to the plate than in the stadium. | Babe Ruth always declared that he would hit 100 home runs a season if he played in the ball yard Bill Terry’s bunch makes its headquarters. Hubbell, not Di Maggio or Gehrig or Lazzeri or any of the Yankee slug- gers, figures to be the dominating figure in the series. If Di Mag doesn’t | bust one, Gehrig will, over a reason- | able stretch. If Gehrig doesn't con- | nect, Dickey or Powell will do it. But unless Gabler and Castleman | and the rest of Hubbell's pitching | Associated Press Sports Writer. T MAY be all over but the shoute ing as far as the Giants' fans are concerned, but they'd breathe s Iot easier if their boys would do something mighty soon about getting rid of those pesky Cardinals, who are hanging like leeches to their fading National League pennant hopes. The Giants still hold a four-and-a- half-games lead over the Gas House Gang. They need only two victories or one triumph and a Cardinal defeat | to clinch the pennant, but things | didn't look so rosy following yester- day’s happenings at Philadelphia and St. Louis. Just when the Giants were all set to clinch the pennant by taking the Phillies twice, Jimmy Wilson'’s men rose in all their might, belied their last-place rating and smote the league | leaders in both games of a double- header, 11-7 and 6-2. At the same | time the Cards trimmed the Reds, 6-3, | while even the Cubs retained their | mathematical chance to tie for the | pennant by hitting the third-place hopes of the Pirates with & 11-4 vice tory. mates are better than they ook, fio- | A3 te Tesult the standings todsy body is going to be able to do much if | King Carl doesn't reign. | Games Games L. behind. to playe. [ 6 64 65 3 5 Fits Lucky. to Be in Serfes. i OP ‘THE rest of the Giant pitchers, Fitzsimmons is rated “tops.” Fred- dy is fat and 40—er, 35—but on the basis of his showing this season, par- ticularly in the late stages, he out- ranks Schumacher and Gabler. ‘There is one thing about Fitz. He won't be afraid of the Yanks. As far as fat Freddie is con- Hubbell Seeks 16th in Row. NLY Carl Hubbell, slated to try for his sixteenth straight victory today, and Fred Fitzsimmons were not called on as Bill Terry sent six pitchers into the games in an effort to stop the Phils. The Phillies blasted Al Smith and Clydell Castleman for cerned, the danger is over for |seven runs in the second inning of this season. the first game to pave the way to Few knew it until the other day, but | victory and then collected enough Fitz was almost called out by the runs off Frank Gabler and Dick Coff- Great Umpire last April. The Giants | man in the first five innings to win were in Boston and the day was cold | the second before being stopped by and dreary. A streptococcus infec- Harry Gumbert and Hal Schumacher. tion set in after Fitz had taken cold | and the disease spread to his wife and | young daughter. Three shifts of nurses attended Fitz and his brood in a New | York hotel, and so ill was Freddie Don Gutteridge, rookie third base« man, and Mike Ryba, “jack-of-all- positions,” combined to give the Cards their victorv. Gutteridge drove in five runs with a single, double and that he couldn’t be moved to a hos- | triple while Ryba relleved Henry Pip- pital. Only recently did his doctor | Pen on the mound in the second, after tell Freddie how close he came to|the Reds had taken a 3-0 lead, and checking out. | held them scoreless and to two hits Preddie will have one item in his| the remainder of the game. favor, and that is a turntable wind- up that practically is unknown in the American League as far as right- Cubs Pound Waite Hoyt. THE Cubs pounded Waite Hoyt from handed pitchers are concerned. The the mound in the sixth to break best way to describe it, probably, is 10| a 4-4 tie and then scored six mere offer Earl Whitehill and suggest that | runs off Mace Brown in the eighth he be pictured as a right-hander. | to whip the Pirates and keep alive Fitz, like Whitey, turns his their pennant hopes. back to the batter at the height ‘The Detroit Tigers turned in a pair of his wind-up. To an orthodox of shutout victories over the Browns, batter the third baseman seems 12-0 and 14-0, to run their string of to be throwing the ball. consecutive victeries to nine and The Yanks, of course, aren't all |strengthen their hold on second place right-handed hitters and those who |in the American League. do bat that way are pretty fair off the| The other two contestants for run- tee. But Fitz can look at them with | ner-up honors—the White Sox and indifference. He faced far greater | Indians—battled 12 innings to an 8-8 | danger not long ago and emerged with | draw after Earl Averill had tied the fiying colors to close the season by score in the ninth with his twenty- not only walking on the face of the | seventh circuit drive. earth, but by winning 9 out of 10 The Yankees had no trouble beating games to boot. the Athletics 10-3, although Pat Ma- lone was touched for 15 hits. In the other National League en- counters, the Boston Bees took two close ones from the Dodgers, 4-3 and 3-2. BISONS BEAT OB.IOLI'ES‘ 3.1 ITALIAN STARS AHEAD Stage Rally to Defeat Jewish | Team on Diamond, 9-8. ‘ Coming from behind in the seventh | BY the Associated Press. and eighth innings to score six runs,| BALTIMORE, Md. 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