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h WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY SPORTS SECTION ¢ Sundiy Stac MORNING, MAY 16, 1937. WarAdmiral Captures Preakness:Simmons’ Homer Beats Bosox, -4 It Was a Finish That 45,000 Race Goers Will Long Remember and Chatter About WHIPS PONPOON | BY HEAD IN DUEL 45,000 Watch Derby Winner Score in Scintillating Stretch Run. (Oontinued From First Page.) —_— e & mile, War Admiral was in front by | & length and the race appeared to be a repetition of the Derby parade s Flying Scot and Joe W. Brown's | Jewell Dorsett, only filly in the field | of eight, began to find the race t00 | swift. The Riddle colt ran the first | quarter in 25 1-5 seconds. | Meanwhile, Wayne Wright, the Rex- | burg, Idaho, veteran, was preparing Pompoon for the race of his life, The | son of Pompey, having dispelled all question as to his route-running ability in the Derby, was slow hitting | his stride, but once he started running his long strides quickly carried him into a contending position. The orders of C. F. “Danny” Clarke, | trainer of Pompoon, were to keep the | Louchhelm ace at War Admiral’s | flanks to the homestretch and then strike. Wright obeyed orders per- | fectly, although he did not reach ' second place until midway of the back- stretch. There he hung like a leech while War Admiral reeled off the 6 furlongs in 1:1225 and the mile in 1:3725. | Kurtsinger Uses Whip. | Coming out of the backstretch, Kurtsinger gave War Admiral a crack | of the whip in an effort to shake off | Pompoon. But this time there was ! no repetition of the Derby, for the son of Pompey stuck to his guns, ans- wering every move of his rival with one of his own. War Admiral went a trifle wide at the turn leading into the homestretch. | ‘That gave Wright his chance. He quickly shot Pompoon up and when the pair straightened out for the three- sixteenths of & mile run to the finish | line, only a& head separated them. | War Admiral's head was in front, | however, and there it stayed through a bitter drive that saw both jockeys swinging their whips in an attempt to get a little more speed out of their | mounts. A sixteenth of a mile from home it appeared as if Pompoon would be equal to the task and hand the favor- ite his first defeat of the year. He moved up until only inches separated their bobbing heads. That was as close as Wright could drive the Louch- heim ace, however. Recalling the feats of his famous sire, War Admiral refused to give | ground and they drove under the wire still only inches apart. The decision | was close, but there was no doubt that | ‘War Admiral had won. - | Second Pays $5,000 ‘The narrow margin meant much, | not only in honor but riches, for sec- ond place was worth only $5.000. The wagering indicated a two-horse | race and that's what it was. Flying | Scot was six length back in third | place, beating Julie M. Loft's Mosaw- tre by a length and a half. For finishing third Flying Scot's owner | received $3,000, while Mosawtre's fourth place was worth $2,000. Mosawtre saved the last money | position by a length from Mrs. W. H, 1 Purst’s Over the Top, a stablemate of | War Admiral until a few days ago. ‘Then came Walter M. Jefford'’s Matey, the big disappointment; Eunice G. Rand’s Merry Maker, an outsider when the track became fast, and Jew- ell Dorsett. League Statistics MAY 16, 1937, AMERICAN. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. TFEEEERE ] 5|2 Vi % oseor! 3 H £ 5 = smo1 g ; uoBuyys! 0 0 0l 3 11 21 41101 61.6251 _ NY[ 2i—I 0 81 21 11 11 21111 8.679] Qlel 0l 2l—I2 1 2/ 1 1] 81 7 Bosl 20 1[ 11— 0l 21 11 11 8 85001 2 Det| 0/ 11 2 11— 1/ 41 1110101500 2 BtLT 11 0 2/ 0l 3| 11 2| 81101.444] 3 Chil 0 21 1] 11 1l 2l—I 1 81111.421] 8% A The last few strides of the drive home, shown in a movie strip by Elwood Baker. Wnl 1121 10 311 11 11 1—I 81121.4001 4 L T el 8[7l somominzi—i—__| RESULTS YESTERDAY. WASHINGTON, 5: Boston. 4. New York. 6; Philadelphis. 5. icago, leveland, 0. t. Louis, 11; Detroit.’ 5. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at WASH.. 3. Bos. at WASH.. 3:15. lew York at Phila. New York at Phila. troit at 8t. Louis. Only games scheduled. Cleveland at Chicay NATIONAL. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. |udRPEIUd —-peuupuD -~~~ puiuag swsp) 1l 2[ 10 3161 bL7 s 1131 816191 2% 311211015461 4 31 011111016241 4%, Chil 11 81 1[ 0l—I 0l 3[ 2110111476/ b% Cinl 01 01 21 01 21— 21 1] 71121.368 7% Phl o[ 0l 11 8 0 1/—I 3/ 8141.364] 8 Bosl 01 11 811 0] 0 21— 71131.350 & L__T 57 8f10M10/11112/14113——I ] RESULTS YESTERDAY. 6—1: New York. 3—8. Lot 47 Pitsureh, 2 rookiyn-Boston, wet grounds. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Phila. st New York. t Boston. Chicago st Olncl. Chicago st DEAD MATMAN RAZZED CORINTH, Miss, May 15 (P).— Xddie Baker, 36, a light-heavyweight wrestler, falled to budge from the canvas after he had been pinned by his opponent, Roy Welsh of Jackson, Tenn., here last night. Eight hundred fans shouted for the match to continue. A physician was called to the ring. He found that Baker was dead. The dootor expressed the opinion Baker ded from heart failure brought on by stratn. &L 21— 11 1] 2] NY| 1] l# 8 2 Bl 11 2[3f—T 2l —Star Staf. As the Preakness fleld turned into the stretch with War Admiral (No. 1) and Pompoon engaged LL even with the Red Sox in the annual series—but one game was played in Boston last month and the Nationals lost that—Bucky Harris planned to go | after the edge this afternoon with | his veteran right-hand hurler, Monte Weaver. The professor himself will be shooting for an even break, having run into difficulty since beating the world champion Yankees in his first start of the campaign Manager Joe Cronin will counter with the rejuvenated John Marcum. This right-hander, who could pitch to no better than an 8-and-13 record last season, boasts a 4-and-0 slate this year. The Red Sox will remain in our midst through tomorrow afternoon. AT A late hour yesterday no X-ray had been taken of Catcher John- ny Riddle’s ailing arm. The minor league veteran, who pulled up lame after being bought from the Indianap- olis club and caused Owner Griffith to demand an investigation of the deal by Judge Landis, insisted yester- day that the arm was O. K. and that he be sent into action. He worked seven innings before giving way to a pinch-batter, and three times pegged to second. His heaves nipped little Dallesandro and Foxx, but he was too low trying to get Cramer in the fifth. He was to be behind the bat again today. NOTHINO seriously wrong with Chapman’s arm, says Griffith. Just & mild soreness. But Ben's bat- ting eye still is blurred, and with Jess Hill getting three-for-four, as he did yesterday, it may be a spell before Chapman gets back to the line-up. Oecil Travis, his knee healed, is apt to return to the game at any time. The Nationals did not miss the youngster yesterday, though, what with Ossie Bluege socking a double and a single and sending over two tall] SIMMONS gave warning of what might be expected of him in a hitting way later in the game when in the sixth he backed Dellesandro against the sun-parlor wall for a catch. That blow would have been a homer in Boston’s Fenway Park. And the home run in the eighth would have cleared the street beyond Fen- way Park’s left fleld. Weaver-Marcum Battle Due As Nats Seek Edge on Bosox; Riddle’s Arm Stops Stealers IN CHARLESTON, W. Va., on June 14 the Nationals are to be a party to a novel exhibition double-header. Stopping off on the way home from Chicago, they will engage the Phillies. In the other part of the bill the Ath- letics will tackle the Reds. Nearly 12,000 enjoyed the week end | belting battle . . . Stone did a nifty | | bit of base running in the first to get | his triple . . . Cronin was getting! Cramers’ throw as Rocky turned sec- ond, but the runner checked the sit- | uation nicely and got into third an eyelash ahead of the relay . . . the right-center angle was a popular place | for Washington's extra-base hits . . . all except Simmons’ homer went there « - . Wes Perrell picked up Grove’s bat and strode to the plate in the ninth . . . he lined to left, but Simmons, 83 he fell, made the catch. J. B. K. CUNNINGHAM ‘IRON MAN’ Wins Race in New York, His Third in Four Days. NEW YORK, May 15 (#).—Glenn Cunningham, who raced here Wednes- day and at Memphis Priday night, got back in time to win his third race of the week at a high school meet today. Cunningham won & special three- lap event, 1,155 yards, by & yard and a half from Bill Ray, former Manhat- tan College star, and now Kansas Glenn's teammate on the New York Curb Exchange A. A. team. Dave Ur- bach, another Curb Exchange runner, was third. The time for the odd distance was 3:123. — BARRIER IS UNPOPULAR Belmont to Suspend Australian Turf Start Indefinitely. NEW YORK, May 15 (#).—Joseph E. Widener, president of the West- chester Racing Association which op- erates the Belmont Park track, an- nounced today he will suspend tem- porarily the use of the Australian starting barrier at the course. The barrier, tried in Florida last Winter and used only to a limited ex- tent at Belmont, has not been popu- lar with the fans. Admiral Can Beat Pompoon Anytime, Says Kurtsinger Victorious Jockey Declares His Charger Never Was Extended in Preakness. BY DILLON GRAHAM, Assoclated Press Sports Editor. ALTIMORE, May 15.—While the huge crowd in Pimli- co's ancient rambling stands still was roaring War Admiral's name after the Man O’ War colt had won the Preakness by a head today, Jockey Charlie Kurtsinger, sputtering and hopping about as the cold streams of & shower poured down on him cried “we’ll beat Pompoon any day in the week.” The slender little blond-haired pilot from Louisville said he was never worried and thought he had the race in the bag all the way. “Pompoon caught us on the stretch turn. But Wayne Wright had to take him inside, while I stuck to the better ground,” Kurt- singer explained. “I just clucked to War Admiral and he spurted ahead. I never used my whip. That little hoss Just picks us his weight and moves forward. He likes to run in front, If some one is ahead he'll fight him for the lead and if he's challenged he just turns loose some more speed. “He’s & great race horse, better than Head Play and as good as Twenty Grand. We'll beat Pom- poon, or any of the others, every time we meet them this year.” Kurtsinger rode Head Play to & Preakness victory in 1933. He won his first Kentucky Derby on Twenty Grand in 1931, “We won handily,” the flying Dutchman said, “War Admiral wasn’t extended. I think we could » have beaten Pompoon by a bigger margin if I had urged the Admiral on. I was never afraid of Pom- poon, even at the finish.” ‘Wright, Pompoon’s rider, from Rexburg, Idaho, heartily congratu- lated Kurtsinger. o “Pompoon just didn’t have the speed at the finish to stick his head in front,” he said. “I'd like to bet, though, that Pompoon will beat War Admiral this season, probably in the Belmont Stakes, June 5.” After several minutes delay at the post, the shrill cry “They’re off” rose as the thousands of spec- tators, craning their necks, stand- ing on chairs and boxes, and seated on railings, signalized the start of another of the hisforic Preaknesses. There was a steady roar from the crowd as the horses tore down the track past the stands, with War Admiral in front and the others bunched behind. There was & loud ples for Pompoon to “‘come on” as Jerry Louchheim’s oolt caught War Admiral. The fans were on their feet cheering and pleading as the two challengers for the big victory came driving down the stretch, and all was noise as they raced across the wire. 3 More than 40,000 fans filled the yellow wooden stands, jammed the concrete “lawn” and sprawled out over the green infield across the track where a blue uniformed band horseshoe wreath that was hung over the colt's head. Kurtsinger plucked flowers from it and tossed them to the crowd that massed around and cheered him. Owner Sam Riddle, who was ill in his Philadelphia home when War Admiral won the Kentucky Derby last week, saw his horse achieve the Preakness trie umph that his other great thor- oughbred, Man O’ War, won in 1920. Trainer George Conway received the big silver Woodlawn Trophy for Riddle, while & miniature trophy was oarried to Riddle in his club house box. Among the celebrities and digni- taries at the race were scores of Senators and Representatives from Washington. These included Sen- ator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Senator W. G. McAdoo of Celi- fornie and Senator George Rad- cliffe of Maryland. Others in the big crowd were Mayor Howard Jackson of Balti- more, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, John Sloan, Gov. Charles F. Hurley of Massa- chusetts, Willlam du Pont, jr.; John Hay Whitney and Postmaster General James Farley. Redskins Are Homeless Here ITH the fame and ad- vertising value of the ‘Washington ~ Redskins you'd think it a cinch tfo find training accommodations in this big city for George Mar- shall's pro gridders, but, take it from Jack Espey, business manager and publicity man of the club, it's anything but. Today Espey had exhausted about all prospects for a suitable training site in Washington or its immediate vicinity. He has trav- eled, he estimates, more than 300 miles within the Metropolitan area in & fruitless quest for accommo- dations that combine a gridiron, Toom and board. Some of the difficulties: n Field and rooms, but no board. Field and board, but no rooms. Room and board but fleld un- available ‘due to use by school's squad. ~ Field available but room and board out because new dietitian and dormitory superintendent to be hired at time of Redskin train- ing and would prove confusing and conflict with school’s interests. Exhorbitant cost. No showers. Fear Redskins would ruin fleld! ‘When last seen Espey was headed for Silver Spring to consult with Col. Brooke Lee, who owns a grid- iron there. It seems that the colonel had in mind putting up & big wigwam to house the Marshall in their great duel. —Copyright, A. P, Wirephoto. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Boston vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3. TOMORROW. Base Ball Boston vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. George Washington vs. Mount St. Mary’s, Emmittsburgh, Md. Wilson vs. Eastern (public high title series), FEastern Stadium, 3:30. Washington-Lee vs. Frosh, College Park, 4. Boxing. Buddy Scott vs. Hobo Williams, 10 rounds, feature bout, Turner's Arena, 8:30. Track. Catholic University vs. ford College, Guilford, N. C, TUESDAY. Base Ball. 8t. Louis vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. V. M. I vs. Maryland, College Park, 4. Central vs. Roosevelt (public high title series), Roosevelt Sta- dium, 3:30. Maryland Guil- Tennis. 8t. Albans vs. Georgetown Prep, Garrett Park, Md,, 3. WEDNESDAY. Base Ball. 8t. Louis vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Georgetown vs. Quantico Ma- rines, Quantico, Va. Eastern vs. Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Garrett Park, Md., 3:30. Landon vs. Episcopal, Alex- andria, Va., 3:30. Tennis. ‘Tech vs. Western (public high title series), Pierce Mill courts, 4. THURSDAY. Base Ball. > St. Louis vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Western vs. Tech (public high title series), Western Stadium, 3:30. Central vs. College Park, 4. Washington-Lee High vs. Be- thesda-Chevy Chase, Garrett Park, Md, 3:30. o Maryland Frosh, Track. Preliminaries, public high school meet, Central Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Eastern vs. Georgetown Frosh, Hilltop courts, 3:30. FRIDAY. Base Ball. Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Landon vs. Friends, Friends fleld, 3:30. Fredericksburg High vs. Washe- ington-Lee High, Ballston, Va., 3:30. Track. Pinals, public high school meet, Oentral Stadium, 3:15. American University vs. Gal- laudet, Kendall Green, 3:15. Lacrosse. St. John’s Frosh vs. Maryland Prosh, College Park, 4. Tennis, Western vs. St. Albans courts, 3:15. Tech vs. Georgetown Prep, Gar= ret Park, Md., 3:30. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3. George Washington vs. Wash- ington College. Georgetown vs. Navy, Annapolis, Md. Roosevelt vs. Greenbrier Mili- tary Academy, Lewisburg, W. Va. McDonogh vs. St. Albens, 8t. Albans fleld, 10:30. Eastern vs. Loyole, Baltimore, Md. Albans, St. Track. Maryland vs. Navy, Annapolis, d. La Salle vs. Catholic Univer- sity, Brookland Stadium, 2:30. Maryland vs. Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md. Tennis. Pitteburgh vs. Georgetown, Hille top courts, 3. ‘Women'’s Oilty of Washington fournament, Rock Oreek courts, 1. ' - 4 SPEEDWAY MARKS Wild Bill Wins Pole for In- dianapolis Race With His Two Records. | By the Associated Press. | J NDIANAPOLIS, May 15—Wiid | Bill Cummings, a grinning home- town boy with a heavy foot, left broken speedway records in hiz | wake today as he won the pole posi- | tion for the 500-mile automobile race here May 31. Cummings, one of the 11 drivers to qualify today for the race, broke the all-time official speedway record for one lap when he wheeled his four- cylinder front-drive creation around the track on the last lap of the 25- an hour. | miles—also record. an all-time speedway Record Smashed Twice. was broken twice during the day. About an hour preceding Cummings’ run Wilbur Shaw, another Indianap- olis driver, turned the 25 miles in 122.751 miles an hour. The previous one-lap record at the speedway was set in 1928 by Leon Duray. It was 124.018 miles an hour. Duray also held the old qualifying record of 122.091 miles an hour. The qualifiers today for the race included two former winners. Cum- mings won the 500-mile classic in 1934, and the other was Louis Meyer, who won in 1929, 1933 and 193. Meyer, driving a car entered by Mike Boyle of Chicago, qualified at 119.619 miles an hour, which gave him the middle position in the second row of the starting line-up. Rookie in First Row. 'HE first row, as determined by to- day’s trials, will be composed of Cummings, Shaw and Herb Ardinger of Glassport, Pa., a comparative rookie on the speedway track. time was 121.983 miles an hour. At the inside position of the second row will be Billy Winn of Detroit, who qualified at 119.922. Meyer will be next to him and then will come the veteran Ralph Hepburn of Los An- geles, driving the car with which Meyer won last year's race. It is entered in this year's event by Meyer. Hepburn's qualifying speed was 118.809 miles an hour. SUMMER Weight Serges, The finest of Sum- mer wear fabrics. & SETBY CUMMINGS mile qualifying sprint at 125.139 miles That gave him a qualifying speed of | T 123.445 miles an hour for the full 25 THE speedway record for qualifying | Ardinger’s | Featuring Our Famous Light Tropical Worsteds, and Silk Mohairs. | Foxx, Higgins Get Circuit | Drives Off Newsom—Win | Goes to Appleton. | BY JOHN B. KELLER. T WAS “home-run” day at Grif- fith Stadium yesterday, with tig, Red Sox marking their first i1.- vasion of the Washington hall | yard this year with two circuit clou's | and the Nationals celebrating the re- turn to their own lot after two werrg of travel with only one blow for four bases. But that one meant the m The important homer happened to be the second cracked by Al Simm s in the campaign and it came in ‘he | eighth inning to break up a slam-bu: battle and get the Nationals ou the trenches with a 5-to-4 victor: Simmons’ four-baser, made off 1 Grove after one was out in the eig was more modest in length than eiilir | of those leaping from Bosox bats. It was a hoist that barely cleared the | sun parlor barrier back of left. | "In the fourth round, Jimmy Fotx |and Pinky Higgins had hammered Bashful Buck Newsom in succession | for round-trippers. Foxx's third of the year was a lusty 400-foot wallop into the center-field end of the open |stand that came with Joe Cronin on the runway to get the Red Sox even | with the Griffmen. Higgins' hit that }gm the visitors their first lead was a | smash into the same stand back of left center. | Both Sides in Hitting Mood. | "T°HIS earnest socking was charactera istic of the contest. In all. thes Nationals garnered off Grove a dozen hits good for 22 bases. Backing Sime mons’ homer were three triples, a doi= ble and seven singles. Jess Hill, the subbing outfielder, contributed a three- bagger and two one-basers to the cause to lead the attack Newsom did not take as much punishment as Grove, but enoug o get him out of the game after seven sessions of service. Over that sp: the Bosox got to Buck for eight h: all singles other than the brace homers, and three walks. Off Buck, the visitors managed to get on the runway in all innings except his last With the Red Sox a run to the good as the Nationals came up for their seventh batting turn, Manager Harris elected to call on his reserves eliminated Bashful Buck as Well &3 Johnny Riddle. the starting catcher That let Pete Appleton get to the pitching peak and Pete went throuch, two innings to yield nothing move than a pass and get credit for the | victory. Nats Get Away Well. 'HE Washingtons crashed the sc: ing column in the opening round that Hill began with a single slapped to short left. Lewis followed with another solid smack to right to check in Jess at third. Joe Kuhel, the only National other than the batterymen and pinch-batting blokes to go hitle (See NATS, Pags B-1) Al | . BOSTON Almada, rf | Cramer.” cf. Cronin_ ss. Foxx. 1b Higgins | R. Per, | Dallesa | Doerr. Grove R *W. Perrell ___ 1l Totals 3 *Batted for Grove in AB. 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