Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1937, Page 49

WASHINGTON, D. . 1Y Infield Troubles Add to Har- (R ris’ Woes—Weaver Is I A Yankees’ Victim. lining to the clouds which hang over the Nationals today called for good eyesight, a sense of League cellar than ever, the Griffs, if they are to climb out in the next couple of weeks, must do it on the ‘Yankees today Manager Bucky Harris will lead his downtrodden band to Philadelphia for a two-day stand and winning. If there is any genuine cause for felicitation at this moment the bou- hold up is a question, but thus far Monte definitely has proven that he is the most capable pitcher on the club, latest setback, a 4-2 defeat charged off to Weaver yesterday. It was, in- cidentally, the fifth defeat in a row BY FRANCIS E. STAN. OOKING for the proverbial silver humor and rare optimism. More firmly entrenched in the American winding Western trail. Following a final fling at the thence into the West, where Washing- ton ball clubs are not in the habit of quets belong to Monte Weaver. Whether the spindly ex-professor can hollow as this may be as a distinction. This, too, in the face of the Griffs’ and the sixth in seven American League starts. Gets Little Co-operation. JEAVER was rapped for nine base . hits by the Yanks and he gave up a couple bases on balls at the wrong time, but, withal, he deserved a better fate than having his winning per- centage shaved to .500. He got no particular help from the plate umpire on two important pitches and from his mates he received a minimum of eo-operation. Buddy Lewis. true. hit a homer and gave him a 1-0 lead in the first inning. In the third Weaver seemed to have Monte Pearson fanned, but the big pitch was called a ball and on the next heave the Yank pitcher singled to touch off a score-tying run. ‘Washington should have won the game in the sixth, which opened when Lewis singled. Kuhel scored him with a double and took third on Roy John- #on's error, but, with the stage all set for a big inning, Al Simmons fanned and Johnny Mihalic drilled into a double play. One run on a single, double and error before a single out ‘was registered! There's something to mull over. Nats’ Infleld Crumbles. YA NYWAY, the Yanks won it by scoring three times in the seventh inning, and that was that. The Nat * hitters not only continue to be weak, but Manager Bucky Harris also i having a hard time finding infielders able to play. Cecil Travis, who sustained a torn lgament in his right knee on Wed- nesday, was removed to Georgetown Hospital again yesterday to have a cast put on the joint. He will stay there five or six days, and, of course, will not make the Western swing. Meanwhile he won’t be rounding into shape by lying on a hospital cot. Then, to top it off, Buddy Myer's stiff neck is beginning to plague him again. Buddy was out for quite a spell in Florida with the same ailment He caught another cold in the neck in Boston earlier in the week and yester- day reported in no condition to play. He may be cut indefinitely. Harris Changes Pitching Order. ITH all due respect to Ossie i Bluege and Mihalic as a defen- sive keystone combination, this pair i a far cry from Travis and Myer at the plate. and with Joe Kuhel, Shanty Hogan and others trying to #hake off slumps, the Nat batting order has no pitchers quaking. They only got half a dozen hits ofl Pearson. Harris changed his pitching rotation today by nominating Buck Newsom to work the finale against the Yankees. | It was Pete Appleton's turn, but the veteran curve-baller won't see action until the team hits Philly tomorrow for a two-game series with the Ath- letics. From Philadelphia the trail will lead %0 Cleveland, where the Nats are almost sure to bump into Earl White- hill during the course of a three-game eet. Detroit, for two days, will be the next stop. A three-day stand in St. Louis and a two-day visit to Chicago will round out the first Western trip of the season. . FRIENDS TOP AT NET. Extended to three sets in only one doubles engagement, Friends School tennis team recorded an easy 5-0 triumph over Rockville High yeseter- day on Priends courts. The Nicwaner brothers forced Troyanovsky and Bunnag to three sets before the latter won, 4—8, 6—1, 6—1. . Sinsles—Newmyer defeated C. Nicwaner, ander defeated S. Nic: : Bunnag defeated 7 6= Troyanovsky and Bunnag de- teated Nicwaner and Nicwaner, 4—6. 6—1, 1: Bravo and Tompkins defeated Walker and Allnutt. 6—2, 6—3. < Buppy LEwis, BEN CHAPMAN) AND BLCK NEWSOM HAD WRITER'S CRAMP AND béANDSNAKE-!TlS EFORE LAST | EVENING'S / PARTY f WAS OVER BROOKE JOHNS, MASTER OF |g@ CEREMONIES; (3 KEPT THINGS HuMminG OMIGOSH! - WE'RE RUNNIN' HALF A MINUTE BERIND AN' I PROMISED A FEW WE'D FINISH AT 10:45 oN BRADDOCK STARTS WORK FOR BATILE | Settles at Camp at Grand | Beach—Louis to Begin Toil Next Week. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, April 30.—Champion | James J. Braddock and Chal- lenger Joe Louis were ready today for long grinds, in preparation for their world heavy- weight title bout June 22 at Comiskey Park. Braddock, after visiting war veterans at the Edward Hines Memorial Hos- pital, headed for the Golfmore resort at Grand Beach, Mich, 65 miles| southeast of Chicago on the Lake Michigan shore. He was accompanied by Manager Joe Gould and Sparmates Joe McCarthy and Charley Massera. Louis will train at Lake Geneva, Wis., a resort town 75 miles northwest of Chicago. The Brown Bomber and | his retinue will occupy a 10-room | house on the outskirts of the town and will use the Lake Geneva High School athletic field for boxing and other ac- tivity. Louis will settle in his camp next Wednesday. Minor Leagues International. American Association, Toledo, 9: Columbus, 4 (Others postponed. rain’) Pacific Coast. Sacramento, &: Missions. 6. Portland, 7: San Francisco, 3. Seattle. 3: Los Angeles, 2. Oakland, 8; San Diego. %. Texas. Fort Worth. 11: Beaumont, 2. Dallas. 8: San Antonio, 3. Houston, 7 Tulsa, 2 Oklahoma at Galveston. postponed, fog. Southern Association. Knoxville, 6: New Orleans, 4, (Others pawtponed, rain.) New York-Penn. Binghamton. 5: Albany. 2. Wilkes-Barre, 10; Scranton, 1. Hazelton, 9. Trenton. 5. Elmira, 8: Willlamsport, 1. A BIG NIGHT FOR THE BOYS. —By JIM BERRYMAN. GRIFF SHOWED THE BOYs A | "CARD GAME WHICH WAS AN IMMEDIATE HIT WITH THEM! COMMITTEE WHICH STAGED THE ANNUAL 14TH FATHER & SON BANQUET SPONSORED BY THE BROTHER HOOD OF THE WASHINGTN HEBREW CONGREGATION Base Ball Snake Yarn Held Fishy By the Associated Press. I\/IONR/OE. La., April 30.—The Lake Charles base ball club of the Evangeline League had a good snake story, but it must pay a fine just the same for riding an umpire. ‘The club climbed to the roof of its dugout in a unit Tuesday night and from that vantage point heckled the umpire in the game with Lafayette.; The arbiter ‘ordered the team back into the -dugout. With no response, he imposed the fine, The Lake Charles manager called League President J. Walter Morris to explain: “There were three snakes down in that dugout,” he said. “You couldn’t expect a ball team to sit in a dugout of snakes.” Morris said it was a good story, but not quite good enough. Major Leaders By the Assoctated Press. AMERICAN I SAGUE. Batting—Walker (Tigers), .682; R. Ferrell (Red Sox). .600. Runs—Lary (Indians), 10:; Walker (Tigers). Pytlak (Indians) and Walker and Rosenthal (White Sox), 7 each Runs batted in—Averill ' (Indians), 10: Bonura (White Sox). 9. Hits—Walker (Tigers), 15: Lary (ndians). 13 Doubles—Bell and Lary (ndians). Triples—Stone and Travis _(Sena- tors) “and Rosenthal (White 8ox). 3 cac Home runs—Johnson (Athletics). 3 Walker (Tigers), Pytlak (Indians) Stolen bases- H Lary (Indians). Applirg (White Sox) - 8ox), and Werber (Athletics), 2 _each Pitching — Stratton ' (White Wiliams (Athletics), Lawson (Tigers), (Browrs) NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Medwick (Cardinals), .500; P. Waner (Pirates), .478 Runs—Bordagaray (Cardinals), 9; Medwick (Cardinals). 8. Runs_batted in—Mize (Cardinals), 8:'J. Martir. and Medwick (Cardinals), each. Hits—Medwick (Cardinals), 15; Arnovich (Phillies). 13. Doubles—Medwick_ (Cardinals), 8; Arnovich (Phillies), 5. Triples—17 tied 'with one each Home runs—Ott and Whitehead (Giants). 2. Stolen bgses—J Martin (Cardinals), 4: Browne (Phillies) and T. Moore and Bordagaray (Cardinals). 2 Pitching—J. Dean and Lon Warneke (Cardinais), 2-0. FRIDAY, Foening St WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION APRIL 30, @ AsB BALE o 355 TickETs HEY, I'M JusT A MAGICIAN= AoT A MIRACLE SOMEBODY ASKED HARRY BAKER TO PRODUCE A . WINNING PITCHER. FOR THE AJATIONALS.. ... |ly didn't need to get excited, | themselves all the way and bombarded WALTER. JOHASON IS STILL THE ToP ATTRACTION FOR AUTO GRAPH- COLLECTING YounGsTers! - "POPPI F five in a row. Far more significant and definitely more interesting was a passing comment by a member of the club’s business. All that is really ap- parent now is that Bucky Harris needs one winning pitcher to pace his staff if he hopes to get anywhere . . .- even a sneak into the first division again, Already the pitching situa- tion, which looked so surpris- ingly good in the Spring, has lost its rosy tinge. Right now Monte Weaver is the best hurler on the club and it is a | hold up. Jimmy De Shong has not been impressive. Neither has Buck Newsom. The other first-stringers, Pete Appleton and Joe Cascarella, have been hot and cold. Brown Might Help Nats. ‘HE Yankees must respect the Nationals’ potentialities. It is re- ported by authoritative sources that Joe McCarthy is willing to sell Walter Brown, a right-handed behemoth of the New York staff. Griffith has ad- mitted an interest but it is said that McCarthy would prefer to get waivers OFF"Uit Do You Hear . .. Well, Say a Howl? ROM the high peaks of the Griffith Stadium grandstand and the distant gray range that is the bleachers the yapping and howling of | the base ball wolves are beginning to-be heard by the Nationals. Well, that is to be expected. Every club hears the pack's cry when it loses | “Clark Griffith is making a big mistake,” he said, “by sending a really fine ball club into the race without pitching. I know the team isn't hitting now but it has power and speed and defensive ability. How he hopes to | get anywhere without another pitcher is beyond me.” This, of course, is nothing new to Griffith, whose defense is a stock counter-query, “Well, where can I get a pitcher?” If you attempt to make it your business, Griff probably has you by the throat when he throws this out. But, in the end, it's the Washingtons question whether the Thin Man can | on him and peddle him in the Na- tional League. He wants to take no NG Yankee troupe. chances on Yankee rivals bolstering their staffs. To get Brown out of the league all clubs must waive on him. Griffith can block such a move if he holds the big fellow in any esteem at all. Incident- ally, our Yankee informant had a good word for Walter. “Nobody seems to know how good Brown really is,” he said. “The Yanks don’'t use him enough. He probably isn't a great pitcher but he'd do a club like Washington more good than, say, a kid like Lanahan, who ought to be pitching every four days for some minor league club.” Sooner or later, depending upon how many games they can play in a row without postponements, Washington's | hitters are going to get started. Of | this nearly everybody is certain. There are too many established .300 hitters in the line-up for a really weak of- fensive. But the pitchers, now that formal competition is well under way, show no such promise and potenti- alities. Summing "Em Up. IAGNOSING them more or less bluntly you find: Buck Newsom—Inconsistent as April weather. Wins a lot, loses a lot; fans 8 lot, walks a lot. Has what the boys call a “quick” ball but often it hasn’t much “life” Curve is dubious asset. Not much control. Monte Weaver—Probably is steadiest Yankee Pitchers Hold Foes to 21, Runs a Game It's Bad News for Holdout Ruffing—Giants Begin Hitting After Shake-Up. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, April 30.—Our Jints (National League champions, too), were hit- ting only (ouch!) .203 for the season when Van Mungo got through with them Wednesday . . . Dodger fans had a good time chanting, ‘Swing high, swing low, you can’'t hit Mungo,” as the big fellow breezed his fire ball across « « o Bill Terry made wholesale shifts in his batting order yester- day and, the Jints fattened their individual and collective averages at bat. Note to Red Ruffing: You had better come on home while the coming is good. Red . . . The enemy has averaged only 2% runs per game off Yankee pitching so far. Fred Perry, the tennis star, who saw his first base ball game in ‘Washington the other day, still is looking for the pitcher's box . . . ‘When talking about ambitious fight managers, don't overlook Abe Ketcher, pilot of the heavyweight Eddie Blunt . . . Blunt could have had Tony Galento's place on the Hippodrome card Wednesday night, but Ketcher demanded more than the Hipp paid Joe Louis- for kayoing Jorge Berscia . . . Hawd The little birds keep insisting Paul Dean is being measured for & Columbus or Rochester uniform ..... New York papers say" Bill Terry is weakening on Hank Leiber. It Tony Canzonerl regains his lightweight crown from Lou Am- bers next week he'll defend it against Pedro Montanez and then head for London and Australia, where the pickings are said to be more than good If Tony loses he'll quit the ring and be- come a gentleman farmer at Marl- boro, N. Y: . . . He has quite a joint up there . ., . almost 200 acres, with a 25-room hotel and a golf course in the making. Tony looks good in his drills, but the wise boys say he’s not fool- ing them . One expert who openly picked Tony to beat Ambers said “off the record” he thought * Lou would win in a walk . . . So it goes in the fight racket. Jack Torrance's flop as a fighter was the biggest of the New York season in more ways than one , , . Burleigh Grimes, thumbed from two games in as many days, ex- plains his spat with Umpire Larry Foetz thusly: “I told him he was not infallible and he thought it was a new cuss word.” President Ford Frick told Bur- leigh yesterday to lay off the umpires or go stand in the cor- ner . . If they keep sending Burleigh to the showers Coach Andy High may take a tip from Red Ruffing and demand a raise for managing the Dodgers . ‘Wednesday Frankie Martin, Cana-~ dian bantamweight champion, protested he was not considered for a title shot with Sixton Esco- bar The slight must have upset Frankie no end . . That night he was knocked out by K. O. Morgan of Detroit , . Ho, hum, (See POPPING OFF, Page D-2.) Power Still Off NEW Y Crosetti, ife, 3 & £l o o o ] Johnson, Gehrig. 1b_ Dickey. ¢ - Selkirk. rf Lazzeri, 2b_ Hoag, ¢t _ Pearson. p- Totals ____ WASHINGTON. PPN mrono o Saa19am— 193 HOWOHDOWAD ©00500H00! olos0555555M Totals New York ~ 001 000 300—4 Z 100 001 000—2 Rolfe (2). Kuhel, on (2). ~ Two- hits—Orosetti. Selkirk, Kuhel. Johnson. wis. Sacrifice—Pearson. —Lazzeri to_ Crosetti to Gehrig, Rolfe to Gehrig. Mihalic to Bluege to Kuhel. Teft on_ bases—New York, 9: Washington, Pear: 4: 4, ®irst base on balls—Off argon. 4: off Weaver. 5. Struck out— By Pearson 7: by Weaver. 2. 5 wan of game—32:07. Umpires— d Moriarty. | diamond wars, the Giants. Bill Ter- 1937. Downtrodden Nats Look to West : Yanks Get < TWIRLERS KEEPING CHAPIONS AT TOP Only One Homer, One Triple Hit in Streak—Giants Bombard Dodgers. BY SID FEDER, Associated Press Bports Writer. Don't look now, but something queer is going on in the Bronx base ball business—Champions, Inc., of the dia- mond world. The famous clouting circus, New York’s Yankees, who cracked about every long-distance record in sight last vear and averaged better than a homer a game, isn’t hitting hard enough to dent a cream puff, so far as extra base blows are concerned. The Yanks have produced in six tilts just one lone home run, “pooshed up” several days ago by Tony Lazzeri, and a single triple. And the queerest thing about the whole business is that the team keeps right on winngig ball games! Despite Lou Gehrig’s ailing hand and the ab- sence on Tonsil-less Joe Di Maggio, their winning streak is the longest of the young season—five straight. Yanks Hurling Surprises, ]\,IAYBE (and this is only being “'% whispered as yet) the victorics are coming because the lightly-regard- ed Yankee pitching is fooling the boys. | Rated, as usual, as the weak spot, the flingers have been ace high in recent days, despite the absence of hold- out Charley Ruffing. In their last three starts, they've allowed the enemy 17 hits and 4 runs in 27 innings. The Bronx base ball faithful are in even more of a dither over the antics | of their other representative in the| ry’s Terriers have long been noted for putting the burden on their pitchers, and in recent days have emphasized that habit with a profound batting slump. Yesterday, however, when they real- they flelded a revised line-up, reversed Brooklyn's Dodgers, 9-0 Rivals Keep Pace With Giants. AT FREDDY FITZSIMMONS' knuckle ball muffied the Dodgers with five hits, but more remarkable were the two homers contributed by the light-hitting Burgess Whitehead and the one walloped by Fat Freddy himself. The Giants’ two chief rivals re- mained in the thick of things. Pitts- burgh's Pirates gave up an early lead | and then took advantage of Bill Lee’s | wildness in the thirteenth inning to| N, down the Chicago Cubs, 6-5. Lon Warneke threw an eight-hitter for the | Cardinals to whip Cincinnati's dis- appointing Reds, 6-1. Cleveland's heavy-hitting Indians | 8! behind Earl | X clubbed Detroit, 12-3, Whitehill's seven-hit hurling. The Chi- cago White Sox pounded out 19 hits as Monte Stratton pitched the Amer- ican League's first shutout, blanking the Browns, 12-0. Tony Cuccinello | collected five for five. one of them a game-winning homer in the eleventh, to give the Boston Bees a 6-4 decision over the Phillies. The Athletics and Red Sox were rained out for the third straight day. Men's Shops—14th & G Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. New York vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. George Washington vs. Western Maryland, Westminster. Wilson vs. Roosevelt, Roosevelt Stadium (public high title series), 3:30. Central vs. Eastern, Eastern Stadium (public high title series), 3:30. Washington-Lee High vs. West- ern, Western Stadium, 3:30 Tech vs. Georgetown Frosh, Hill- top, 3.30. 2 Montgomery-Blair High vs. Be- thesda-Chevy Chase, Garrett Park, 3:30. Friends vs. St. Albans, St. Albans, 3:15. Tennis. Central vs. 8t. Albans, St. Albans, Georgetown Frosh vs. Roosevelt, Hilltop, 3:15. TOMORROW. Base Ball. Washington at Philadelphia, 2. Georgetown vs. Maryland, Col- lege Park, 3. Catholic University vs. Maryland, Westminster. Track. Maryland Interscholastic meet, Byrd Stadium, College Park, 12 Maryland vs. William and Mary, Byrd Stadium, College Park, 12:30. Maryland Frosh vs. Navy Plebes, Annapolis. Catholic University vs. Maryland, Westminster. Randolph-Macon vs. Gallaudet, Kendall Green, 2. Lacrosse. Syracuse vs. Maryland, Byrd Sta- dium, College Park, 4. Tennis. Tech High vs. Maryland Prosh, College Park. 10. Catholic University vs. Maryland, College Park, 1 Golf Georgetown vs. Navy, Annapolis. Western Western League Statistics AMERICAN. it L Pct GB 3 5 28e WASHINGTON 6 RESULTS YESTERDAY. New York. 4: Washi Cleveland. 12 Detroi Chicago. 12: 8t Philadelph GAMES TODAY. Y. at Wash.. 3:15 L. at Chicago. Cleve. at at Cleveland. Chicago at_De! Boston. Boston at New GAMES TOMORROW. NATIONAL. w. Louis [ ureh S st GENUINE WHI Classified Ads PAGE D—1 by Without Big Guns 125.348 Miles an Hour. Tops 9-Year Record. NDIANAPOLIS, April 30—Wild I Bill Cummings didn't lose any of | left him at the starting line while more than 30 other racing cars roared | 1ast year. 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