Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1937, Page 42

C-2 Trig{e SPORTS. THE EVENI NG STAR, WASHINGTON, Crown Up to War Admiral : Braddock in Fine D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1937. SPORTS ) BEST OF BELMONT iDean Makes Some Expressions, Facial and Verbal, on Base Ball Row IRAINS WO YEARS FIELD SAYS SANDE is to Winner of Derby, Preakness Must Beat Tough Rivals BY EARL SANDE. EW YORK, June 4—Sir Bar: T ton, Gallant Fox, Omaha— will be made tomorrow if Man o' War's sturdy little one becomes fhe fourth “immortal.” Railbirds in- Belmont Stakes And Long Tom 8haw. mogul of the Met betting rings, says the Admiral will be 1-2 gr even “ 8o, apparently the Faraway Flier is the public choice to forge the last link in his triple crown—Kentucky | won by only three horses. Little but 16ud. he &lso impresses me as distinctly the one to whip for the heavy pieces. but figures to be picking ‘em up and setting 'em down hard and heavy at the end of the mile and a half the majority of breeders. Naturally they're always looking for something with stamina as well as speed. That Tomorrow, Though. and War Admiral? History =ist he'll boss his rivals at will in the less Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, He not only has a world of speed, The Belmont all-important mile and a half demands both, Belmont Truly Run. 1 ['OMORROW'S classic often is more | v run than the Derbv or| Preakness, Belmont track is a mile and | & half, with long stretches and long | turns Over such 2 track a colt has a better chance of overcoming any slight early interference than at Churchill dr Pimlico The Belmont by the colt de: pion of his age. Last year it was Gran had lost its rider—Jimmy Stout—in the early Derby scramble and then dropped a nose decision to Bold Ven- ture in the Preakness In 1935 it was Omaha, like Gran- m of the Fox of Belair. Man o’ War and his sons have don right well Belmont Stakes. Big Red won “all alone” in 1920, beating off [ rival, Donnacona. His gons. American Flag and Crusader, on in 1925 and 1926, respectively And now? I won't decide w tomorrow morn- tng whether my own charge, Scene- dn’t run badly | is nearly always won ned to be the cham- le, wk TODEFEND) CROWN | After Much Secret Boxing, Champ Is Confident He Will Jolt Louis. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. | RAND BEACH. Mich,, June 4 —He's a smart one, that Jim | Braddock. While the big Jer seyman has not stood in de- fense of the heavyweight champion- ship since he picked the corone’ off Max Baer's weary head two year. ago he actually has done more fighting than almost any one in the business. Jim told the story the other day when | some one mentioned his long al).fl‘n('fli from the ring | I'm on record as having boxed 15 | rounds three times in gymnasiums | since I won the championship. but the truth is that I have foug to twelve rounds every six weeks dur- | ing the past two years. | “T did it on the quiet. of course. Doc | Robb, my trainer, and I would go over g | to an out-of-the-way spot in New Jer- | | sey in company with some fa. We wo | | | | boxe | we really stepped.” Legs, Stomach in Fine Form. “I ain’t going to sign no papers for nobody, no time,” he roared. expire, anyway?” “Say, when does this Frick's term I certainly am not gonna help him get re-elected.” "THAT'S right” interrupted Robb. looking up from his task of rub- bing the champion. “Jim averaged Then Diz yawned and went to bed ~Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. | | | "POPP| OFF"Ut NG S0 ar]\\'\( Only the Brave. Special Dispatch to The Star. ETROIT. June 4 —According to last advices, Mickey Cochrane has | reached the lamb chop diet stage in his New York hospital and is happily on the road to recovery from his multiple fracture of the skull. Detroit, as a result, is speculating on a return to action by | Mickey &nd wondering if Cochrane, should he again face a pitcher, will forget that he was tossed on the brink of eternity by a pitched ball and concentrate on hitting The answer, in Cochrane's case, probably is that Mickey will “come back.” Those who know the college background of Mickey, when he fought losing, | bruising causes for Boston University in nearly all lines of sport. know that | into base ball as one of the gamest men in the game. added to that reputation more it probably will be due to George (Birdie) Tebbetts he came vears slipped by, Mickey is the rookie catching “find” of the And as the If Mickey plays no who apparently American League. Only ports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Washington at Detroit, 3. Tennis. City of Washington men's tour- nament, Reservoir and Edgemoor courts, 5—7 TOMORROW. | Base Ball. Washington at Cleveland, 3. Tennis. Singles final, city of Washing- | ton men's tournament, Edgemoor Club, 3. Skeet Shoot. | North-South shoot, National Capital Skeet Club, 9 am. those who | Cards Without Diz Consig | wasn't given over to the Dean doings | was directed at | pitcher. Lou Fette, who's been prov more than 10 rounds in t | training sessions. The sparr! ners often thought we were silly ing in secret. bu knew were doing. Jim's never been f. m fighting form since the day he heat | Baer.” “I could have g Joe Louis the da cago to sign for = e secret | part- box- ned To Spot in Second Division; Fette a Star Recruit at 30 BY SID FEDER, Associatea Press Sports Writer HE boys along the base bal front were picking a nice, quiet second-division berth for the Dean-less St. Louis Cardinals today. At 10 rounds w I came out to Chi- he bout,” con now I can go Joe Louis can loc™ at my bt thar. two 1 in this cond here is to add m than I ever showed before 1 worked with fast 190 po iodically over the past t that's why I partn. 1ed to date, and has gone the route rts. With Dean. Fette and the weather mar 1eir licks in, the other didn't a My task br rain Clevelar series with king a from Lefty he Tigers chances to w games and lo the Senators The White Sox took over third place from the Tigers the American League by wallop- the same time, the talk that 1e New York Yankees b swinging 6-2 decision the work of another y Won't Tell Fight Plans oW w fight Louis? champion was asked “No one will know I get in the ring and they will r the himself the surprise package of Boston Bees and the 1937 No League rookie crop Without their great “popper-offer.” whether he's right or wrong in his row with Ford Frick, the Cards are nal away enough Fighting Trim Major Leaders By the Associated Press American League. g—Walker, Tigers. and Bell, .386; Indians, Browns, Runs—Greenberg, Walker, Tigers, 36 Run batted in — Greenberg, ‘Tigers, 50; Bonura. White Sox, 45. Hits—Walker, Tigers, 66; lary, Indians, 58 Doubles—Vosmik, Browns, Gehrig, Yankees, and Bell 17 Triples — Kuhel Greenberg, Home Tigers, 42; 19 Brow tors, 8; Tigers, White and Chapman, Senators, 8 itching- Pearson and R each Hudlin, a uffir Indians, 5-0 18, Yankees, 4-0 National League. Batting — Medwick, Cardinals, 406; Vaughan, Pirates, .381 Runs—Galan, Cubs, 34; wick, Cardinals, 33 Runs batted in—Demaree, Cubs, 39: Medwick, Cardinals, 38 Hits—Bartell, Giants, 57; Med- wick, Cardinals. and Vaughan, Pirates Doubles Hassett Med- Medwick, Cardinals, 13 and Handley, Home Medwick, Cardinals, 9. Giants, 11; bases—. in Galan, C 7 Huboell, Giant. Fette 8-1; Bees LIGHTHEAVY KING CLEANS UP CLASS Stops Olin, Now Must Turn to Ranks of Bigger Men for Opposition. pped Bob Olin d of a scheduled are lots worse | belonged to a past era of Washington | base ball will remember Mike Mitchell, g the Boston Red Sox, 11-4. will say now that 1T am go outbox Louls since he never w NLY the game fish, huh? Well, | Gerald Walker is anotner. When | anywhere up to 20 games weaker, de- “colts around | pending on how long he's going to be NEWMYER HONORED Flying Scot, third to War Admiral, | and Pompoon in the preakness, where they beat him eight lengths, turned right around and won the Withers in handy style Pompoon “Big Question Mark.” I\IOSA\VTRE my selecti in the Preakness, vielded that Bpot to Flying Scot. thereby preventing me from making it a 1-2-3 selection. He's a steady-going sort of colt one which is net a good “work horse” (few of the Broomsticks are), but he's an earnest runner 1 for show Pompoon is the big question mark. | Beaten only inches for all the preak- | ness money, he's a hard-hitting fel- low There has been talk about his feet, | but you can bet on it—if Dan Clarke | starts him. Pompoon will run gamely and be right there, at least part of the way Melodist, which won the Wood Me- morial, ran a race in the Withers Just like Pompoon ran in the Wood. But he can do better. | Besides, he's in very good hands, with the veteran trainer, Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons. Jim has saddled four of seven Belmont winners. His is developing distance run- However, it looks as if War Admiral is destined to be the standout—if he | ust holds his form Of course, all thoroughbreds are | born to break down and be beaten. | But he's a tough little fellow, with | “the lines of a horse that should wear righty well, and as long as he takes | the park away from his rivals at the | €It he has the edge (Copyright, 1937.) League Statistics JUNE 1, 193 AMERICAN. RESULTS YESTERDAY, 5: Detroit New York Boston. 4 St. Louis. rain STANDING OF THE CLUBS. ozl a4 Detroit 3 at Cleveland Chicago NATIONAL. RESULTS Y] GAMES TOMORROW. Pitts st Pl Chicago at Cin. at Brooklyn. at Boston Cincinnati at Phiia, 8t L. at Brooklyn. Chicago at N. Y. REPAIRING SPEEDOMETERS, AMMETERS, etc. 1811 146 ST N W, . DEcatur 4220 | came to the Capital as manager of the now in his late 50s and a Detroit race track mutuels operator. Mike Mitchell will be remembered by Clark Griffith. When the Old Fox first Nationals Mike his outfielders “Fears that the serious victim of a ‘bean ball' will always be plate shy are not always justi- fied,” Mitchell was saying today. “The game fish swim back.” | You asked Mitchell to name the worst “beaning” he ever saw and the answer came in a flash. “I was with | the Reds,” bagan Mike, “and we were playing the Giants one day.” Mitchell was one of Doubles First Time Up. NDY COAKLEY, now coaching | at Columbia, was pitching for | Cincinnati and he struck Roger Bres- VB, | nahan in the head with a fast ball. | Bresnahan was carried to a hospital, | where his condition became so rnucal‘ that his wife was notified to come from Toledo at once. “When Mrs. Bresnahan arrived lhe‘ next morning Roger was still uncon- | scious. Many people thought that he would never play again and that if he tried his nerve at the plate would be broken “Bresnahan’s injury was such that he had to stay out of the line-up for six or eight weeks. And it so happened that on the day he rejoined the Giants they were playing Cincinnati, Our pitcher that day, coinci- dentally, was Coakley, and John McGraw sent Bresnahan to bat for somebody. “From my position in right field T watched closely for a sign that Bres- nahan had been made plate shy. What I saw was this: Bresnahan stepped into the first ball pitched and smashed it against the left-field fence for two bas If he hadn't been slowed down by his long lay-off, he might have stretched it into & triple. “Anyway, he was not permanently harmed. He played as well after the accident as he had before.” Travis Bombards Lee. THAT reminded you of the time Earl Whitehill, then with Detroit, hit Joe Judge in the head and sent him to the hospital. Joe did not have many vears of base ball ahead of him at the time, but he managed to come back. Buddy Myer was severely “beaned” some years ago, too, and seasons after he came back to win the American League batting championship. Only the game fish, Mitchell said. Well, Cecil Travis is one, The youngster came up as a Wash- ington regular in 1934 and the season Wwas not many weeks old when Thorn- ton Lee. pitching for Cleveland, sent him to the hospital by hitting him in | the head. Cece was not yet 20 at the time and nobody was betting he would come | back as good as ever. But he did and | one of the first pitchers he faced after his recovery was Lee. And that day Travis got something like three hits in four times at bat, and two of them were hit back at Lee so hard he had to duck to stay healthy, TAILOR-MADE AUTO SEAT COVERS At Lowest Prices in Town COUPES $3.75 & up COACHES $7.95 & up These prices include installation. Sides and seats fully covered up to | window line. AUTO SEAT COVER CO. 1809 14th St. N.W. DE. 1772 the Nats first invaded Detroit this year | Walker was leading the major leagues in hitting and all Flivvertown was hailing him as the next batting champion. Buck Newsom pitched the second game of the Washington-Detroit series, and on Walker's trip to the plate the big fast-baller of the Nats hit him on the elbow. which Gerald threw up protectingly to keep from being hit in the face. It was a painful blow and conveyed a message from Newsom to Walker—"Keep loose at the plate.” A man who would play safe would walk up the next time and not crowd the plate, as Walker crowds it. But Gerald didn't. And the next time up he hit a home run. Even more conclusive was the proof to gameness that Walker gave on the current trip. Newsom again was pitch- ing and on Gerald's first time at bat another fast ball, high and inside, made him throw up his arm. was an ugly, sickening smack and most of the crowd thought, as Walker groveled in the dirt, that he had been struck in the face. His wrist, however, took the blow Here was another message. grim and dangerous, but Walker disregarded it. He drilled into a double play the next time up, but then he singled off New- som and then he doubled, driving Buck out of the box with this blow. On his next trip Ed Linke was pitching, and Linke had beaned Bobby Doerr already this season. But Walker teed off on him and banged a double. Finally, with Joe Cascarella pitching, he started the eleventh inning with a single that instigated a game-winning rally. Four straight hits after a ball, traveling at a rate of 120 miles per hour, probably had missed killing him by the breath of a wrist, Only the brave do these things. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. WATERVILLE, Me.—John (Drop- kick} Murphy, 200, Boston, defeat- ed Steve Passas, 193, Hartford, Conn., two saright falls. COLUMBUS, Ohio. — Orville Brown, 222, Florida, pinned Andy Rascher, 218, Indiana (1:13:34). MILWAUKEE. — Everett Mar- shall defeated Martin (Blimp) Levy, Boston, when latter was in- Jured and unable to continue. . Te Fights Last Night BY the Assoctated Press. DENVER.—The Alabama Kid, 158%, Columbus, Ohio, stopped Joe Jaramillo. 155, Colorado (1). ST. LOUIS.—John Henry Lewis, 174, Phoenix, stopped Bob Olin, 17434, New York (8). ST. PAUL, Minn—Jack Gibbons, 169, St. Paul, and Oscar Rankin, 168!;, Chicago, drew (10). HAIR INSURANCE FOR ALL%:FAMILY! NATURAL VEGETABLE OIL i _Ifiur_7rm:‘ * CORRECTS DANDRUFF #* Lyt HAIR DRESSING No Affiliation with U. S. Military Academy AT ALL LEADING|DRUG STORES. AT FRIENDS SCHOOL Receives Trophy as Outstanding Athlete and Scholar—Other Awards Are Made. NEWMYER today the ymbolic of outstanding athletic scholarship achievement at J AMES Ppos- sessed Cup, and on the outside looking in. As a re- sult, if his suspension lasts for any length of time, the Gas House Gang, | which already is deep in a pitching Junior Varsity Club | Friends School, which presented let- | _ | ters and monograms to boys and girls vesterday as part of a ceremony cel- ebrating the school's fifty-fifth year. Charles W. Wannan, boys' physical education director, presented awards to his charges, while Mary Sproul, girls’ physical education director, of- ciated in presenting awards to girls Following are the awards: | | Girls ~Margaret Cobey. Jean Lee ins. Marjorle ie - Powell Eleanor *Marjo; len Gudge *Anne termediate FS)— in Bartlett. *Patsy Ferry. *Amy Wes- ‘Katharine Marble ary Caroline Lec | Marc ton Eliot “Indicates successive le Swimming —Major swi | winner. Mar, | Helen Laug mediate s rer Hechinger: runner-up. Barbara West Tennis—Fall singles tournament, junior, won by Mary Caroline Eliof: runner-up. Alice Sze. Senior singles —Winner, & Marie Denys: runner-up, Marjorie Moffit Senior doubles—Winners. Anna Marie Deny and Jane Perkins. Junior singles—Win- ner. Amy Weston: runner-up, Alice Bze Archery — Senior _winner, Josephine | Stevens. Tunner-up_ Corinne Reeside. Jun- lor ‘winner, Nancy Mission: runners-up (tie). June Hawthorne and Eleanor King. Playground—Tether ball. singles tourna- ment. won by Lioyd Townsend. Tether ball, doubles tournament. won by Lioyd Town: sen and Helene Ellis All-round pins-—John Garred. Llovd Townsend Honorable mention, Fady Wins- low and Abby Willard BOYS. Major F Awards. Tennis—James Morton Newmyver, Oleg Troyanovsky. William Brown Alexander, 5th: Robert’ B. Bravo, Nathaniel Horace Luttrell jr Bese ball—Walter Milton Brown. jr.: Joshua Irvine Miller, John B. Reeside. 3d Charles W. Wannan, ir.. honorable men- tion. Armand Newmyer Lewis Newmyer, Oliver McKee, T. Clifford Wannan, Junior F Awards, Base ball—Jerome Charles Brode. Pres- | ton Cochran_ Alvin Gerald Dulcan. Gordon B. Hurlbut, Ross Harrington Compton. Circle F Awards. Midget ball—Robert Fergus. Carol 8mith. Billy Snow. Billy Cafritz. John Byers, Doran Lee. cup » Midset F Awards. Pundamental skills in gymnasium and base ball——Ward Goodnow, Philip 8mith. Robert Smith. Digby Andresen. John Don- aldson. Henry Persons, Skippy Schmidt, George Schoneberger. e Junior Varsity Club Cup. awarded yearly to the outstanding scholar and ath- lete. was uwarded this year to James Mor- ton Newmyver, and featuring new standards of barbering performance— THE NEW MAYFLOWER BARBER SHOP Individual Hair Trim- ming ® Scientific Scalp Treatments ® Refreshing Mayflower Massages ® Modern Manicuring Prompt Service or Appoint- ments May Be Arranged. HOTEL MAYFLOWER TELEPHONE DISTRICT 3000 * depression, figures to wind up back of the eight ball and out of a piece of | the series melon If they do, two clubs. the Dodgers, may fight it out for the fourth spot in the final National League line-up—the Dodgers, because Burleigh Grimes has given them a shot of dynamite, and the Bees, largely because of Fette. the Bees and McKechnie Has Last Laugh. A LOT of base ball men laughed | “ ™ when old Bill McKechnie sat down | at his desk last Winter and signed a | flock of rookie “old men” for his Bos- ton Bees. Generally, it was consid ered somewhat of a joke that Old Bi was going to bank on candidates of | freshman experience and senior vears. | But Bill, as usual, proved about as foolish as a McGraw. For the rest of the league is kicking itself now over at least one of Boston's rookie veterans— Fette. This “youngster” old, and for the last been doing a workhorse act w siderable success for St. Paul American Association Why none of the other b clubs never gave him a tumble remains & mystery. But old Bill took & chance &nd today Fette is one of the three top elbowers in the league. He has beaten | every club that he has faced. and he's faced them all except the Glants and | is h con- of the | Phillies. | The only club to top him so far ish Pittsburgh, nosing him out 4-1 early | in the season. Yesterday was revenge day for Fette in a big way, as he hand- ed the league-leading Bucs their first shutout of the year. He blanked them | with seven hits for a 6-0 win and his | sixth victory against one defeat this season. Hurls Six Complete Games. | CERTAINL\', if he wasn't around, | the Bees never would be in sixth| place now. In fact, he's the only fling- ing regular with a better than .500 1 SHIFTS RING STABLE | Dundee to Take Ringmen From . C. to Los Angeles. The entire boxing stable of Chris Dundee, which has made Washington its headquarters for the last several months, will be shifted to Los Angeles, was learned today from Dundee, who now is in Hollywood with Phil Furr awaiting the local welterweight's clash with Ceferino Garcia there next week Dundee’s stable includes Ken Over- lin, outstanding middieweight; Nor- ment Quarles, a -lightweight who scored a decision victory over Cowboy Howard Scott on the police benefit card at Griffith Stadium Wednesday night; Nick Camarata, featherweight, | and Bob Turner middleweight. HILLCRESTS IN ACTION J Face Southern Maryland Nine at Shady Oak Sunday. Winner of seven of its e Hil /o stern oppo. when it meets the Yo of Southern Maryland at Shady Oak The Demo the finest sandlot feams in the vicinity. Hillerest is sending Tommy Sut- phin to the mound for the big game. Last Sunday Hillcrest won its seventh game when it defeated the Ecking- ton Mercha 14-12. 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I think all of they are giv | his left hand hi he gets in to tell Joe so much rattled when the fight gets going When T get in the ring the spectato: are going to see a Braddock w ing two years for this fi; champion’s was, deadly than when I saw him work last week. Then he was occasionally wild with the hand. but now hc seems to have his punches well timed. He's so close to fighting weight he cannot af- ford to do much more road work. so will spend the next two weeks in sharpening his timing and hitting he will oh Jim Fast. Ross Observes, “YOU should have seen Jin go seven rounds in the heat and humid- ity last week.” offered Barney Ross the welterweight champion. “Seven | rounds in that weather was the el valent of 10 or more in the cool of the evening. And, boy, was he fast!" Every observer admits the champio; is in grand condition, and C: tion means much, Br 1 give Louis all the fight the Bomber can handle. | erday By th: Associated Press Buddy Myer, Senator: two runs in 5-4 victory over Tigers. Lou Fette and Wally Berger, Bees—Former blanked Pirates with seven hits as Berger hit two homers, €riving in four runs in 6-0 win Billy Sullivan. Indians —His | pinch single with bases loaded ‘ drove in two runs in 6-2 win over ‘ —Drove in received Toss gate Oiin’s Rib Is Cracked Lewis ushed ove! raised by nonchalant Lev token of knockout Olin, who amazed by his stamina in staying 15 rounds with Lewis in 1935, apparently was in no distress until the fourth round technical Homer Standings hie Asso Yeste ated Press. homer Red S — Berger, Y es, 9; Foxx. Re 8; Ott, Gia ANY ANY SHAPE AUTO SIZE GLASS PROMPT DRIVE-IN SERVICE Taranto & Wasman, Inc. 1321 L St. N.W. 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