Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1937, Page 41

[ sorsNes | @he Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Amusements & Comics WASHINGTON, Hogan as ““Coach” Big Aid to Nats : Dean ‘ SHANIY N[]W SIAR ':‘Marathon Race Is Mere Turn Around Block BATTER, RECEIVER Once Discarded, Big Fellow Again Regular, Shines in Win Over Tigers. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Btaff Correspondent or Tne Staf, ETROIT, June 4.—Francis (Shanty) Hogan, the fat man nobody on the Washington ball club loved a couple of weeks ago, is beginning to change a few minds with some well-placed, well-timed thumps of his bat It wasn't so long ago that Manager | Bucky Harris decided the Nationals | couldn't go anywhere with Hogan | catching and Owner Clark Griffith | said, in effect, “Away he goes.” Shanty went away. He went to In- dianapolis in exchange for one John Riddle and “taps” were sounded over Shanty's major league grave. But Riddle, it developed, was carrying | some chipped bones in his elbow, so | Griffith demanded that the Indian- apolis deal be rescinded and the first | thing Shanty knew he was back with the Washington club. “‘Hogan'll probably be a coach,” s Griffith, swinging another deal young Milt Gray of Baltimore was only 10 days ago, but in short space of time Hogan has broken all records for a coach's activity on | the ball field. That | that | Bats .300 as ARRIS rele Hogan bet pened to hit sol first day and drove across a used him again . . . and agair continued to hit safely tinued to catch as Walter Gray cannot catch. The upshot is that J. Pr-r-r-ancis Hogan of Somerville, Mass., today has & strangle-hold on the first-string | catching job with the Washington ball club. In the six games he has caught since he was shipped back from In- | dianapolis to Washington, the man — Nat. ed and used 1 the bat Millies and DIe., FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1937. Compared With Eight-Day Flight of Early American Tra pper From Murderous Indians ‘o oM 1 GOT A FEFLIN THEY ANT HOLLYWOOD § INDIANS / | i KALAMAZOU HUNTING WaS IN CONSTANT DANGER. OF BEING HUNTED KeaP Goop ™\ FUN PALE FACE, (Yo RbA s, ) CHIEF KAD SPORTING IDEAS .. « . s 0.0 -WAH mountain has batted an even .300 and | - recalled the days when he was catching and winning ball games for the New York Giants. J. Francis clinched his job for the | time being yesterday when the Nats turned the tables on the Detroit Tiger and eked out a 5-to-4 victory. It was the old Shantyman who walked up to the dish in the eighth inning and banged a single that scored Al Sim- mons with the run that made it 4-4 troit’s pitchers, not Washington's hitters, took care of the rest of it. ‘Wade’s Wildness Helps Griffs. IN ANOTHER see-saw battle, with the lead changing four times, the Nats went into the eighth inning trail- ing by a 4-to-3 score. Jake Wade, who started for the Tigers, walked Simmons, and Kuhel beat out a bunt. Wade got Travis on a fly, but Hogan Inserted his only hit of the game at this point and it scored Simmons with | the tying run and finished Wade for the day. Vic Sorrell relieved Jake and after getting Jimmy De Shong on a fiy he walked Chapman and Lewis, and, Presto, what proved to be the winning Tun was pushed across. Hogan’s hit was only &core a run. In the first the Griffs took a 1-0 lead, Wade walked across the run. In the fifth, | after Detroit had gone aheau by 2-1, | Chapman walked and counted on suc- cessive singles by Buddy Lewis and | Buddy Myer, to tie the score After | the Tigers had boosted the count to | 4-2, it was an infield out by Myer that cut the score to 4-3 in the seventh, leaving it up to Hogan to put the Griffs back in the ball game. he second to inning, when De Shong Brilliant in Pinches. SHARING honors with Hogan was’ De Shong, who hurled to his fifth | victory of the season in a fashion that would have been a credit to Frank Merriwell in his palmiest days After pitching hitless and runi ball for three innings, De Shong ap- parently weakened and was nicked for | four runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth | innings, | In the eighth, thanks to Hogan's | hit and Sorrell's wildness, De Shong was given a 5-to-4 lead, but only a | courageous pitcher could have held | 1t under the circumstances. De Shong, weakening with every inning, called upon everything he had to get by in | those last two innings. In the eighth the Tigers promised | to stage another of their copyrighted rallies against Washington and win. With none out, they filled the bases, but Manager Bucky Harris left De Bhong in the box and saw Jimmy, with odds 50-to-1 against him, emerge ‘without permitting the enemy to score. Jimmy made Marv Owen hit a short fly to center with those bases loaded and he fanned George Tebbetts, who had broken up Wednesday's game. He ended the inning by making Pinch- hitter Charley Gehringer pop to Travis. In the ninth Pinch-hitter Babe Her- | man led off with a double, but the runner got no farther as De Shong set down the next three hitters. It was one of those games you read about, but never see—unless you are lucky. Griffs’ Records BATTING. a3 Pareet- e L momammpal Cohen 8 Cascarella 3 - | indefinitely. MAX IS UNCERTAIN OF HIS NEXT MOVE Criticizes New York Ring Heads for Not Staging “Title” Tourney. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, June 4 —Stalemated by destiny, in the form of a minor contract error, Max Schmeling was just ancther heavyweight looking for a fight today, when, had the fates been kind, he might have been the newly crowned champion of the world Rain, and nothing else, filled the Madison Square den Bowl last night. A few hours before Jim Brad- dock, who under the terms of the original contract was to have faced Schmeling there, had been suspended He also had been fined $1,000 for not putting in an appear- ance at the New York Boxing Commis- sion offices to weigh in for the bout, Schmeling, browned and hard after training at Speculator, N. Y. was on hand, a somewhat pathetic figure. There was nothing pathetic about his criticism of the commission, however. Max is Critical. ]Ax made it plain he thought the commission should have vacated the title and named him leading con- | tender with an elimination tourney to decide his opponent in a title fight. Schmeling and Manager Joe Jacobs declined to say what their next move would be until they had consulted their attorneys. John J. Phelan, commission chair- man, after handing down the decision which not only suspended and fined Braddock, but did the same to his manager, Joe Gould, took a crack at the Chicago bout between Braddock and Louis. Phelan said he was ad- vising boxing commissions with which New York is affiliated that any boxer who meets Braddock before the champ fights Schmeling will be suspended. From Chicago came word the sus- pension of Braddock would not be recognized and that the commission's ukase would not interfere with the Comiskey Park bout June 22. Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. Buffalo. 4: Rochester. 0. Toronto_ 13: Montreal, 3 Jersey City-Baltimore 'rain. Other clubs not scheduled. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Paul. 3: Louisville, 1. Toledo. 5: Milwaukee. 3 Minneapolis, 10° Indianapolis, 8. Columbus, 13: Kansas City, 2. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION, Birmingham. 4: Memphis. 3. Knoxville, 2; Nashville 1. anta, attanooga. New Orieans. 10—1: Little Rock, 5—10. PACIFIC COAST. Sacramento, 12: San Prancisco. 3. Seattle. 7: Missions. 3. Portland San Diego. 2. Oakland. 7. Los Angeles.” 5. TEXAS. Beaumont. 5: Galveston. 1. Oklahoma' City. Fort Worth. 8. Dallas 4: Tulsa. 3. San Antonio. S—0: Houston. 1—3. THREE-EYE, Bloomington &: Clinton. 4. Peoria. 5: Decatur. PIEDMONT. Durham_6: Norfolk. 1 Rocky Mount. 7: Richmond. 0. Portsmouth. 12: Winston-Salem. 4. Charlotte-Asheville. wet grounds. EASTERN SHORE. Salisbury. 8: Centreville. 7. Fedcralsburg. 5: Pocomoke City. 4. Easton. 14: Crisfleld. 3. Cambridge-Dover. rain. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Columbia, 11: Macon. 2. NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA. All games postponed. rain. 4 BY THOMAS R. HENRY. F THE scores of steel-hearted, tough - footed runners to pound the Mount Vernon | Highway and the streets of | Washington a week {rom Saturday in | The Star’s annual national champion- | ship marathon are some whose feats | of endurance might astound the aver- | age man. But none among them, you | can bet, willingly would undergo the | | experience of one John Colter, early American hunter and soldier Probably surpassing any other ac- | complishment of human hardihood in the history of the world was Colter’s eight-day race against death across | the State of Wyoming in 1810 | He ran stark naked over barren | mountains and plains covered with | | prickly pear. Part of the time painted Blackfeet Indians, yelling and waving spears, were right at his heels. ‘ History has, of course, only the | man’'s own word for most of his mar- l‘ velous achievement, but his dates check with the times of his disap- pearance and reappearance and all who talked with him were convinced of his veracity. First in Yellowstone. ,COLTER had been a private soldier | in the Lewis and Clark expedi- tion. He remained behind as a traps | per and fur trader and made numer- | ous long journeys through the Rocky Mountains. Among his achievements | was that of being the first man to step [foot in Yellowstone National Park. | An immense tar spring at the forks of | the Stinkingwater River still is named Colter's Hell On the whole Colter was on excel- lent terms with the Indians. He asso- ciated, however chiefly with the Crows, who were bitter enemies of the Blackfeet, and when he was captured by this tribe his chances were slim in- deed. Here is the story as related by the English naturalist, John Brad- bury, who got it from Colter himself at St. Louis a month later: “They now seized Colter, stripped him entirely naked and began to con- sult on the manner in which he should | be put to death. They were first in- | clined to set him up as a mark m‘\ | shoot at, but the chief interfered and, seizing him by shoulder, asked him if he could run fast. Colter was well acquainted with Indian customs. He knew he had to run for his life with the dreadful odds of five or six hun- dred 2gainst him and those armed Indians. | Colter Dupes Indians. THEREFORE he replied that he was | & very ‘bad rumper, although he was considerad by the hunters u[ | remarkably. swMs. The chief now commanded the party to remain sta- tionary, led Colter out on the prairie three or four hundred yards, and released him, bidding him to save himself if he could. At that instant the horrid war whoop sounded in the | | ears of poor Colter who, urged wnh[ |the hope of preserving his life, ran | with a speed at which he was himself | surprised. | “He proceeded toward the Jeffer- son Fork, having to traverse a plain six miles in.breadth abounding with prickly pear on which he was every instant treading with his naked feet He ran nearly half way across the plain without venturing to look over his shoulder. when he perceived that | the Indians were very much scattered | |and that he had gained considerable | distance on the main body. But one ! Indian who carried & spear was much before all the rest and not more than a hundred yards from him. A faint gleam of hope now cheered the heart of Colter. He derived confidence from the belief that escape was now pos- sible, but that confidence was nearly fatal to him for he exerted himself ta such a degree that the blood gushed from his nostrils and soon almost covered the fore part of his body. Hides Under Raft. 'WHEN he had arrived within a | mile of the river he heard | again the appalling sound of footsteps | | behind him and every instant ex- pected to feel the spear of his pur- | suer. Again he turned his head and 'saw the savage not 20 yards from He suddenly stopped, turned ‘around and spread out his arms. The Indian also tried to stop but, exhausted with running, fell when he tried to throw his spear, which stuck in the ground and broke in his hand. Colter instantly snatched up the pointed part with which he pinned him to earth and continued on his flight. The foremost of the Indians, on ar- riving at the place, stopped until others came up to join them, when they set up a hideous yell. Every moment of this time was improved by Colter who, although fainting and exhausted, suc- ceeded in gaining the skirting of cot- tonwood trees through which he ran and rlunged into the river. For- tunately for him, a little below this place was an island against which a | raft of drift timber had lodged. He dived under the raft and, after several efforts, got his head above water among the trunks of trees, covered over with smaller wood to a depth of several feet.” him. Durable Swimmer, Too. 'HUS concealed the unfortunate man remained during the day. The baffled Indians whooped over the island and the raft. He thought they were going to set fire to it, but they didn’t, and went back to shore at night. Under shelter of the darkness Colter swam several miles down the river and landed on the opposite shore. He had thrown off direct pursuit but his situation still was desperate. The country was full of pursuing IndmnsA’ He knew they never would abandon | the chase while there was any hope | — of catching him. Says the narrative: “He was completely naked under a burning sun. The soles of his feet| were entirely filled with the thorns of prickly pear. He was hungry, but had no means of killing game. The nearest white fort was seven days away.” Colter wasted no time. With the constant, loping gait which he had learned from the Indians he ran all night. With the dawn there was no signs of pursuers but hefkept going | Hill T i A VIGWAM: WIDOW ¢ TURDAY, BUT THIS BATH 15 GONNA PO/ ( MEALOT R o 20D AFTER A WEEK KOUGHING 1T IN K COUNTIY CRASHEE ATA RITZY ACMY ADMIRAL STRIVES " FOR THIRD CROWN Renews Feud With Pompoon Tomorrow in $50,000 Belmont Stakes. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, June 4—Samuel N Riddle’s War Admiral and J. | H. Louchheim's Pompoon, the outstanding 3-year-olds of the year, renew their rivalry tomorrow in the sixty-ninth running of the $50,000 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Par The names of at least four an sibly five other colts were exj be dropped in the entry box There was little to indicate, however, that the final event in America's “triple crown” will not be just an- other two-horse affair—just as in the Derby when the Admiral beat Pom- poon by two lengths and in the Preak- ness when the result was the same, but the margin of difference only a head. pos- cted to today. Expect 40,000 Crowd. T WAS the prospect of the two- horse race, however, that figured to draw the largest crowd in many vears through the turnstiles of the beautiful Long Island course. Officials of the Westchester Racing Association predicted a crowd of 40.000. Since staging their hair-raising fin- | ish in the Preakness three weeks ago, the Admiral and Pompoon have turned in sparkling trials Trainers of E. R. Bradley’s Brook- lyn, John Hay Whitney's Flying Scot, Maxwell Howard's Sceneshifter, and the Wheatley Stable's Melodist already have said that their charges will be at the starting gate. Vamoose from the Falaise Stable also may be en- tered. A victory for the Admiral would place him in that select circle of thor- oughbreds which have won the “triple crown.” They are Sir Barton, Gal- lant Fox and Omaha. Man o' War, War Admiral’s famous sire, won the Belmont Stakes in 1920 and sired American Flag and Crusader, win- ners in 1925 and 1926, respectively. REVISE A. L. SCHEDULE Three Double-Headers for Griffs | Included in New List. CHICAGO, June 4 (P).—A revised | schedule of American League double- headers has been announced by Pres- ident Will Harridge as follows: June 6—Philadelphia_at Chicago; ton at St. Louis: o land. June 1 June 1 of “July Bos- Washington at Cleve- —Boston at Detroit. —Washington gt Chicago (game ved up); New. i Loyis: Philadelphia at’ Cleveland - ' o June 20—Chicago at New York: Cleve- tand at Bosten, uly 4—Chicago &t St, Louis: Phila- deiphia ot s X:o‘ * uly 10—Clevelan Detroit: t at’ Philadelphia. Z e me uly 11—St. Louls at Chicago: Boston at Philadelphia: Washington at New York. July 21—Philadelphia at Cleveland. ALICE MARBLE WINS. LONDON, June 4 ().—Alice Marble, United States champion, gained the semi-final round of the St. Georges tennis tournament, defeating Betty Nuthall of England, 6—3, 6—2. and arrived at the fort seven days later. His only food had been roots. At the fort he rested for a few days and then set out by water for St. Louis, making the journey of 3,000 miles by raft in 30 days. ‘There he died, three years later, probably as the result of his terrible experience, leaving, as was recorded in & St. Louis newspaper of the day, an estate of $220.41%. & PAGE C—1 Determined to Fight Ban APPEALTOLANDS | Refuses to Sign ‘Disavowal’ Letter Offered by Frick. Threatens Suit. (Picture on page C-2.) By the Associated Press. EW YORK, June 4—Old Diz and Ford Frick still were at | i swords' points today with the | St. Louis Cardinals’ ace right= | hander threatening all kinds of ac- | tion against the National League in | general and its youthful president in perticular. Standing pat on his refusal to sign {an apology for a series of alleged statements against ick Umpire George Barr and the league, J Herman Dean declared he would ¢ | his case to Commissioner K. M dis and then, if necessary, “sue Fri and the National League for plenty— at least $250,000—for depriving m my job. | Meanwhile, the heads of the other clubs in the league refused to be drawn into the controversy. For the most part they refused to comment |on the deadlock with their president | and one of the circuit’s leading hurlers Outside of appealing to Landis for | hearing, after a 10-day interval, Dean | had only one other recourse. That | was to change his mind and sign a | formal disavowal of his alleged state- ments which included among other ! things the calling of Frick and Barr the biggest crooks in the National League’ a father-and-son banquet in Belleville, Ill, May at | CARD STAR PLANS “HIS is exactly what Dizzy refused to do yesterday after a two-hour conference with Frick, Manager Frankie Frisch of the Cards and the club’s secretary, Clarence Lloyd. Dur= ing the conference Sam Breadon, the St. Louis president, who was reached by telephone, twice urged Dean to sign but Dizzy remained adamant. “The next move is up to Dizzy.” said Frick. “This whole thing could have been quickly and satisfactorily cleared up if Dean had signed the last statement submitted to him. I feel I went more than half way in an effort to find a solution. His club feels like- wise.” The last statement, referred to by the league president, lacked much of the sting which was incorporated in the first apology presented Dean on Wednesday before the Cards took the field against the Dodgers. It dealt only with two items. One concerned incidents connected with Dizzy's extemporaneous speech at Belleville and the other with the calling of a balk on the pitcher by Umpire Barr in the game that Dean and the Cards lost to May 19. Cards’ Rivals Keep Quiet. T BELLEVILLE, Murray H. 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