Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1937, Page 47

WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1937. Nats to Finish. Second in Pennant Race, According to Own Vote YANKS RUN FIRST IN PLAYERS' POOL Tigers, Indians Not Highly Respected—Hurlers Keen for New Yorks. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. INTER HAVEN, Fla., April 2.—The New York Yankees successfully will defend their American League championship in 1937 and the Na- tionals will run second! Who says so? Well, if it will bear any added weight, the collective au- thors of this statement are the Wash- ington ball players themselves. They tried their hands at prognosti- cating today and the Griffs weren't playing any belated April Fool joke. Twenty-three players, Manager Bucky Harris and Coaches Nick Altrock and Earl McNeely submitted to an anony- mous poll. When all returns were in, 19 of the 26 voted the Yankees as the winners. The other seven voted Wash- Ington for first place. No other team was given a single vote for first place! Detroit received more votes for second place, 11, than any other club. Cleveland received more for third place, 13, than any other club. On a point-scoring basis, whereby a vote for first place counts for 8 points, second for 7 points, etc., New York reigned with 198. The Nats gave themselves 174 and the other points ranged as follows: Detroit, 159; Cleveland, 147; Chicago, 93; Bos- ton, 85; St. Louis, 41, and Phila- delphia, 39. Pitchers Strong for Yanks. HERE is an “I like me” attitude about the Griffmen, but not too much of it, as shown by the poll. Most of them admit that New York packs too much power this season, but, by the same token, none voted Washing- ton anything lower than fourth place. Five saw themselves finishing in this spot and five others conceded them- selves the show money. Most of the Yankees' respect was earned from the pitchers, catchers, in- fielders and board of strategy, the Jatter meaning Messrs. Harris, Mc- Neely and Altrock The outfielders, who have to chase the Ruppert Rifles’ prodigious drives, barely conceded the Yanks an edge. Three of the five voted New York first place and the other pair saw Wash- ington finishing there. The pitchers, however, voted 9 to 3 In favor of the Yanks over ther own club. The catchers went 2 to 1, the nfielders 5 to 1, and the board of strategy, 2 to 1. Not Afraid of Tigers. THE lack of a single vote for the! I Tigers as pennant winners may be significant, if ball players are expert| at all in judging their own business. ‘With the return of Han® Greenberg and Mickey Cochrane to good health, many so-called experts have been swinging to Detroit to regain the laurels thesTigers lost last year. Not $0, however, with the Griffs and it might well be they have some advance nformation inasmuch as Washington already has faced Detroit twice in Florida exhibition games. Cleveland's Indians, who annually eause many professional “experts” to swing -to their side in picking the ! American League pennant winner, don’t cut much cake with the Griffs despite their general respect for Bob| Feller, Mel Harder and Johnny Allen. The poll plainly enough shows that Washington’s firm doesn’t think too highly of the Indians. The Yanks' 198 points create the greatest disparity between any two clubs. This is 28 more than the Nats gave themselves. Detroit is only 15 points behind Washington, accord- ing to the point-scoring system, while the Indians are hot on the trail of the ‘Tigers. Box and White Sox for fifth place is predicted and only two points separate the Browns and Athletics. Buddy Risks His Rep. \NE Nat who spoke his piece when the poll was taken was Buddy Lewis, who modestly confesses to some success as a prognosticator. “I picked our team to finish fourth fast year,” said Buddy, beaming. “I don't mind saying what I'm writing on this ballot. I think we're going to finish first. “I'm risking quite a reputation as # picker,” he grinned. “Last Fall I made seven different bets on the world series between the Yanks and Giants and I collected all seven. I can't fall down this time and I don’t think I will. Too many things can happen in base ball and especially to anr old club like the Yanks.” Anyway, there you are. If confidence is half the battle, the Griffs are going to run second and, mayhap, have a look in for the flag. Here's the complete poll: as] Detroit Cleveland._ Chicag o o0005%0 wohnoooo® WhnDRoaDS PECSE ] o00055-10! corrRamSR IS0 Z-oooooem BERER TR RA { A dog fight between the Red | < JUST To sHOW YOU ANY KIND OF HEADGEAR GOES AT THIS SPRING'S FOLEY CONFIDENT OF GETTING BOUT Is Disturbing Note in Negotiations. BY the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 2—The ma- chinery set up to bring a world heavyweight title fight to Chicago June 22 began grinding again today, but the “mon- key wrench” possibilities still were wide open. Promoter Joe Foley had a hotel suite all ready for Champion James J. | Braddock and Manager Joe Gould, York to consider a due from New training site and iron out other de- | tails of the contest between Braddoc! | and Challenger Joe Louis at Comis- | | key Park, home of the Chicago White Sox. Schmeling Renews Offer. DISTURBING note to the Chi- cago camp, however, was the re- opening of a bid from Max Schmeling for a heavyweight title bout in Ber- lin in June. Joe Jacobs, Schmeling’s American representative, was to tele- phone Gould that Braddock still can have $350,000 to fight the German if he wants {t.’ Two weeks ago Gould turned the offer down and Schmeling started for home. Yesterday, Jacobs was in- formed by Schmeling that German promoters still are ready to offer Brad- dock $350,000, free of German taxes, to meet Schmeling. Gould, however, left for Chicago with the champion before learning of this development. 1A Garden Case Up April 12. FOLEY, however, was confident Gould and Braddock have de- cided definitely to go through with the bout here. Louis is on an exhibition tour but one of his managers, Julian Black, is in town considering training camps for the Brown Bomber. Meanwhile, Madison Square Gar- den’s case, another jarring note in the Braddock-Louis duet, is scheduled to come up April 12 at Newark, N. J. Counsel for Braddock then will be asked to show cause why the champ should not fight Schmeling June 3 in New York. Braddock aims to be in a ‘Renewal of Schmeling Bid ' 0.C. HAND BALLER Northern Wisconsin woods camp by that time. e ROOKIE JOINS PIRATES. SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 2 (#).— Seventeen-year-old Bill Clemensen, a right-handed pitcher who starred on high school and American Legion teams last year, sald today he would Teport at the Pittsburgh Pirate train- ing camp at San Bernardino Sunday. HERE WE GO AGAIN. PLAYS SEMI-FINAL Faces Ex-Ruler. son of Memphis, Tenn, a march toward a third straight Na- clerk, can put his name in the record urday over the winner of tonight's of Washington, D. C,, only two other ‘Tomorrow Joe Gordon and Andy Weiller. Gordon and Berry defeated Weiller disposed of Joe Goldsmith | Schwartz Meets Srenco in| A. A. U. Event—Champion BY the Associated Press. C HICAGO, April 2—Sam Atche- former champion, tonight will try to halt Joe Platak's tional A. A. U. hand ball singles title. Platak, sturdy Chicago post office books by a victory in his semi-finals with Atcheson tonight and win Sat- other singles battle between Jack Srenco of St. Louis and Jack Schwartz players who ever have won three titles in a row. Berry of Los Angeles will defend their team title against Platak and Bob Lefty Coyle and Ed Linz of New York last night, 21-19, 21-13. Platak and and Lloyd McGinnis of Long Beach, Calif,, 21-12, 21-17. % Exhibition Tilts By the Associated Press. 8t. Louis (N.) Brooklyn (N.), 0. Detroit (A.). ncinnati (N.). 2] Los Angeles ' (P. New York (N.); 8; Jersey City @0 iladelphia (A.). 13; Minneapolis (A, AD B B Newark (L), 6; Philadelphia (N.). 4. Chattanooga (S.). b5: Washington .). 4, iilwaukee (A. A). 10. Cleveland ‘hbfihiuer (1), 4; Columbus (A. ). 15; House of David. 5. Toledo A, 19: Philadelphis (A.) Squad B, Today’s Schedule. At Winter Haven. Fla.—Washing- . ton (A) vs. Philadelohin (KD ‘ampa. Fla.—Cincinnati (N.) vs. Bt Lo by Calif. —Pitf z an Diego, Calif.—I o vaoan Diegy (SRIG;Fitsbureh At Yuma. Arlz.—Chicago (A.) vs. Chi- 5% & Antonio, Tex.—St. Louls (A ew Orleans—Cleveland (A) vs. NEXzYfi"t‘au'N"/&\ N Y.k A = obile. Als.—New York (A) W ew Orleans (8.). Sl WITH S8UNDAY MORNING EDITION Fhend BEVERLY FERRELL (upper). KEN CHASE (lower). Ferrell, an outfielder, has been sent by the Nationals to Chattanooga of the Southern Association, and Chase, @ pitcher, to Charlotte of the Piedmont League. Both are on option. PILOT JOB FOR BESS. ALBANY, Ga. April 2 (A —Krim Bess, 24-year-old Albany pitcher, has been named manager of the Cardinal- owned Kinston (N. C.) class D club |} in the Coastal Plains League. Bees Seen as Hot Team of N. L. in Early Campaign McKechnie’s Crew in Fine Fettle—Golfer Gets Ace on Last Shot to Break 100 First Time. BY EDDIE BRIETZ. EW YORK, April 2 (#).— Don't be surprised if the Bostori Bees turn out to be the “hot” team in the Na- tional League for the first month or six weeks . . . The Bees are coming North splendidly condi- tioned, Bill McKechnie has his vet- eran pitchers ready and most of the team’s early opposition will be furnished by the Dodgers and Phil- lies . ... Mickey Cochran is going great in left field for the Washing- ton and Lee Generals . .. And out at Cleveland a gent named Mike Gron reached the eighteenth tee of the Lake Shore golf course need- ing an ace to crack 100 for the first time in his career . . . No sooner said than done . . . Mike reached for a No. 7 iron and canned a 125- yarder .. . (P. S.: Last two items positively are not April fool gags.) One reason California U. will have one of the weakest varsity crews in years is because not a sin- gle member of Coach Ky Ebright's 1934 freshman crew is rowing this year . . . One went in for foot ball, another flunked out and the others just up and quit . . . Joe Louis’ * tour of Texas was just s0-s0 from & kale-gathering standpoint . . . Houston contributed the biggest gate—$1,200—and there wasn't much of that left when they took out the rental for a special car, “cuts” for Joe's two managers and Mike Jacobs, salaries for the two stooges who got kayoed and other expenses . . . Bob Quinn has about given up on Vince Di Maggio as & regular this season. Tom Gallery, Los Angeles pro- moter, has offered Bob Pastor $10,000 to go West and fight Bob Nestell, latest Coast heavyweight hope . . . Until Clyde Beatty and his lions and tigers came to town, Sixto Escobar, the bantamweight champ, had never seen a circus « .. Now 8ixto is there every after- noon . . . Jack Benny, the come- disn, likes C. V. Whitney’s Black Look to win the Kentucky Derby b ... Odds on the colt are 40 to 1 in St. Louis, if Mr. Benny is inter- ested in putting up some jack .. . New Orleans Jockey Club going after big name stables next season. Tom Sweeney, who does & snappy sports® column for the Worcester, Mass, Evening Gazette, is doing the Broadway spots . . . This corner just can’t go for the Gulfport story saying Hank Leiber laid down the law to Bill Terry and told Bill he'd have to play Hank regularly in center field or else . . . Mrs. Gene Korzelius is the woman's public 1links champion of Buffalo, but her husband, who experts on golf for the Evening News, never cri 100 in his life. - Star -By JIM BERRYMAN. HEY, BABY, WAS YO’ SIRED BY WGT. VITUS" 2 N * POST BRIGADE * -GAVE OUR 2 BUCKS PLENTY OF ACTION - BUT MOST OF IT IN THE SAME SPOT NAW, HE THOUGHT HE WAS GIVIN' HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW A BUM TIPON, “LITTLE ARGO™- AN'IT PAID $19.60 ! AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE THAT BACKFIRED :E§ p‘ DETROIT BATTLES T0 HOCKEY FINAL Awaits Ranger-Maroon Set Outcome After Beating Les Canadiens. BY the Associated Press. EW YORK, April 2.—Meet De- troit’s high-flying Red Wings, who parleyed old man jinx and the ability to come back into their second straight National Hockey League championship. All but floored by a succession of injuries, the Wings kept punching at Montreal's opportunist Canadiens to remain on top of the loop ice heap and stay in the running in defense of the classic Stanley Cup. Goalie Normie Smith, defensively the league’s best this year, came back to action just in time last night to provide the backbone that gave the Wings a 2-to-1 victory over the Canadiens in three ‘“sudden death” overtime periods in the decisive game of the championship and cup semi- finals series. Now the Detroits can rest until the New York Rangers and Montreal Ma- roons decide the other finalist berth in the cup competition. The Rangers | got off to a flying start in the two- out-of-three game play-off by whip- ping the Maroons, 1 to 0, in Madison Square Garden last night. The series shifts to Montreal for the second game tomorrow. BROWNIES DROP TWO. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 2 (#).— Two more promising recruits have been whittled off the Browns’ list and sent to affiliated clubs. Jimmy Rob- ertson, shortstop, has departed to La Fayette, La., of the Evangeline League, while Johnny Barkeley, another short- stop, has gone to Meridian, Miss,, of the Southeastern loop. Mean Farmhands > CETOCCE NN 4 i | | hooosooommmm | wsonanscsser g 8 £l 5 +loosos0000maM coscorrnosuonl B al neosonssussit *One out when winni CHATTANOOGA. McFarland, cf Bensmu%er. 88 3 £ 0 8 &l comomemrnonsg > WOHORBIORIAAGOY T 20001uHAODOHS HHOHOMNNOO0WOP 2500000000000 yes, Haynes, ° tBatted for Bazner in third. ‘Washington 003 000 001—4 Chattanooga 000 120 0. . Runs batted Miles, Wasdell (2 base hits—Kuhel, Kuhel. Linke, Double plays—Travis to Myer Haynes to Bensmiller to Wasdell. bases—Wai Chattanoogs, 10. shington. 7; Pirst base on balls—Off Newsom. 7: of el (3), Bloodworth, eycut, Linke. Tw Classified Ads 4 Young Look | By » Btatt Correspondent ot The Star. INTER HAVEN, Fla, April 2—The dationals, who suspected they were play- ing too much ball, dis- covered that a two-day lay-off hurt rather than helped. It cost a decision to the Chattanooga “farmhands” to find this out. Invading Sanford for the first game of a four-day road trip yesterday, the Grifts dropped a 5-to-4 thriller to thelr minor-league cousins and, in doing so, proved soft pickings for a trio of Clyde Milan’s young pitchers. Peck Bazner, Kirby Hayes and Joe Haines held the Nats to six hits, while the Lookouts made good use of the seven bases on balls handed out by Buck Newsom in five innings and swung for timely hits against Eddie Linke. A twin source of joy, however, was forthcoming in the performances of Outfielder Howard MacFarland and Pitcher Hayes of Chattanooga. Mac- Farland was the best outfielder in the park yesterday and put ideas into the heads of Manager Bucky Harris and President Clark rifith. They have access to him any time they wish to exercise an option. Hayes, a southpaw, also was impressive, pitching three runless and hitless innings. Today the Nats were to play the| Phillies here and ther move to Tamipa, where they will play Cincinnati on Saturday. A game with Detroit at Lakeland on Sunday will wind up the jaunt. Jake Farly, the ex-Nat rookie, did nothing to discourage Manager Bucky Harris. He caught for the Chatta- noogas, and while not impressive at bat, Jake handled the pitchers well and exhibited a great throwing arm. He seems destined to make the grade Young Man From Gastonia. Special Dispatch to The Star ball club's currently portable training ‘ ’ r!NTER HAVEN, Fla, April 2—At the i;eachduxz age of 20, that amazing young man, John Kelly Lewis, jr., finds himself taken for granted in the Washington camp. A year ago Buddy was the most publicized National of them all. A couple hundred thousand sports page words must have sifted North from Florida on the kid and he was truly deserving. In short, Buddy | was the toast of the war correspondents, Bucky Harris’ darling, and Clark | Grifith paternally called him his “baby.” Twelve eventful months have wr time, Buddy fulfilled all the writing ought a change. Within that space of boys’ extravagant promises. Before he was 20 he stepped into a major league job and made good. Now he is taken for granted. The newspaper men have disregarded him and sought elsewhere for “copy.” Manager Harris merely writes “Lewis, 3b.” on his batting order every day and then begins won- dering if big Sington will make the grade and when Shanty Hogan will start hitting. Griffith’s “baby* grew up in a sin- | gle year, even had the nerve to apolo- getically “hold out” for a few days, and the Old Fox is looking for some- body new to cuddle and exploit. But time has not changed Master Buddy Lewis, hisself. True, he has gained confidence in himseif and here and there a thin streak of hard-bitten ball players’ vencer can be detected. But, withal, Buddy is the same naive kid who timidly came to Orlando a year ago and set the “Grapefruit League” on fire with his hitting. Screaming, flattering headlines did not turn his head and now, after a month of highest kind of tribute, he’s still the same. That, after all, is what being taken for granted is—the high- est kind of tribute. Esty Discouraged Him. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Buddy was reminiscing yesterday as the Nats’ bus rumbled toward Sanford. Some- body had mentioned the name of Bobby Estalella, who now plays the outfield for Chattanooga, and volun- teered the opinion that Bobby never would be a major leaguer. Lewis listened attentively. “Gee,” he said, “I'd never have figured that. I can remember the first day I came to Washington. That was in the Fall of 1935. I really wasn’t supposed to come, you know, because I was sorta run do from playing my first year as a pro ih Chattanooga. “When I got word to report to ‘Washington I felt sort of funny Why Pa THOUSANDS O &3 in the stomach. No, it wasn't ! because I was too tired. I was more scared than anything else. Then when I saw Estalella play- ing third and wearing out that ball I really felt bad. “I said to myself, ‘I haven't got a chance up here with that fellow around’ and, really, I didn't seem to | have any. I batted .107, or something | like that, and made a couple errors | right away. And Bobby was hitting home runs, making unassisted double | plays, and the people liked him. I} don't see what Bucky saw in me to | bring me to training camp last year.” Terry Called Him Too Slow. ‘OUNG Buddy, next to Cleveland's Bob Feller, probably is the most envied youngster in base ball by Américan youth. The attitude is that Lewis was lucky to be able to step into the majors a bare year out of Ameri- can Legion base ball. But within the short space of time it took Buddy to “arrive” he underwent all the heart- aches of those kids who have the same ambitions and not the same talent. This, you gathered, when Buddy said the biggest thrill he has received yet is hitting an exhibition game triple. ”I mean that one this Spring, when we played the Giants in Orlando,” he said. “You see, I first tried to get a job from Bill Terry and worked out with the Giants. I was a second base- man but Terry moved me to third. ‘When he sent me home I asked him if I should stick to third base. “‘Yeah,' answered Terry, ‘if you can't play there you can’t play any- where. You're too slow. No, I haven't time to bother with you. It would take three or four years to develop you and by then I might be out of base ball and you wouldn't do me any good.”” Coincidental, isn't it, that one of the reasons why Terry's Giants lost the 1936 world series was because Travis Jackson couldn’t move off a dime while Buddy Lewis was being hailed as the (See POFPING OFF, Page D-2) y More? F TIRES—TUBES stocks ever assembled. 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The big fellow had plenty of trouble retiring the 'Noogas due to wildness and he didn't take to the jibes of a few customers. He chal- lenged one heckler. Lumps rose in the National. throats in the Lookouts’ fourth inning. Honey- cut, the third baseman, took a swipe at a pitch and fouled one off on Shanty Hogan's fingers. The thin man wrung his hammy paw in pain, but no | bones were broken and he stuck in the game. Newsom-Esty Feud Flares. THE Buck Newsom-Bobby Estalella feud flared anew from the start of hostilities yesterday. Buck had the first lJaugh when he shot across a third strike on Bobby's first appear- ance, but the little Cuban gave him | something .0 think about next time. He slammed a pitch high over the | distant left-field fence, but it was foul by several feet. Newsom, irked, aimed a fourth ball directly at Bobby's head, and for a moment it looked as if Esty | was going after Buck. | Manager Clyde Milan, the old Griff- man, used four young ex-Nats in his starting line-up. They were Oute fielder Dee Miles and Bobby Estalella, Infielder Jimmy Wasdell and Catcher 1 Early. | Among the ex-Chattanoogas who | faced their old mates were Eddie ]Lmke. Walter Millies, Cecil Travis, | ¥red Sington and Buddy Lewis. On | the Washington bench were Syd Cohen, Johnny Mihalic, Taft Wright, Dick Lanahan and Herb Crompton, all 'Nooga graduates. The Lookouts' base running in the early going was no big help to the “farmhands.” In the first inning they had a chance to score, but Was- dell allowed himself to be picked off for the third out. Two were on base at the time In the fourth, when the “farms hands” had Newsom on the ropes, Miles tossed away a fine chance for his club to take the lead. He walked with one down and so did Wasdell, who followed him, but Miles tried to take two bases instead of merely move ing up a notch. Shanty Hogan's throw trapped him and he was run down. Chattanooga scored three runs to tie the score, anyway, but its rally might have gone on indefinitely but for this miscue. It seems like a peculiar twist inase much as Manager Milan, when he was with Washington, was recognized as one of the smartest base runners in the game. If He Pitched as He Hits. DDIE LINKE seems to stand s fair chance of being one of the Nats' pinch-hitters this year. He's been murdering the ball all Spring and without benefit of batting prac- | tice. The way he wore out the ball with his ninth-inning home run over the left-field fence was something to | see. Hockey Play-Offs FIRST PLACE. Detroit vs. Canadiens. 3 out of 5 games) Detroit. 4: Canadiens. —Detroit, 5; Canadiens, March 27—Canadiens.” 3: Detroit. 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