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SERIES OF LOSSES | 1S SOURING HARRIS After Rout in Cleveland, Pilot Hints Cascarella, Linke Are Due to Go. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. T. LOUIS, June 8—The Na- tionals slunk into St. Louis today to open a three-game series with the Browns. Con- sidering their most recent misfor- tunes, the Griffs finally are playing somebody in their class for, at the moment, the futility of the Nats is exceeded only by that of the Browns. Rumors of a few cases of shell shock were reported in the ranks of the ‘Washington club. In the ears of Joe Cascarella, for one, there must be echoes of screaming slams by the In- dians, and Eddie Linke also must still be hearing the whining noise of long- distance base hits. This pair divided the Nationals’ throwing yesterday as Cleveland made off with a series by nosing out the Harrismen, 17 to 5. This was the dismal climax of a series of setbacks that is bound to have some demoralizing effect. Al- though the Griffs’ defense yesterday ‘was pretty sour, the trouble definitely ‘was unpardonable pitching. And there seems to be little Manager Buck Har- ris can do about it, except to pitch his current staff and pray. Pitchers on Thin Ice. ‘HE walloping of Cascarella yes- terday in Cleveland, despite the fact that only two of the Tribe's first 12 runs were earned, may have been Singin’ Joe’s valedictory as a National. At least, he is as close to the minors as he ever will be while still out of them, and the same goes for Linke. As a matter of fact, Harris, dismayed over the kind of pitching he is get- ting, made a blanket statement of significance the other day when he said: “There are several of them (pitch- ers) hanging on by a very slim thread And you can quote me on that.” The Nats' chances of making a deal for a pitcher seem to grow slimmer with every passing day. Harris ad- mitted that Washington's only real opportunity to deal fell through in | Detroit. Whether anything was done in Cleveland is not definitely known and here the chances are against a trade due to the fact that Rogers Hornsby's pitching staff, if possible, 4 worse than Washington's. Newsom Back as Starter. THI‘IGS conceivably can pick up for the Griffs here, due to the Browns' own poor pitching. The two clubs, like a couple of blind men fighting with sticks, might well stage 8 stirring series even if it will be one for hitters anly. And if either club is due an edge, it belongs to Washing- ton inasmuch as Harris has Jimmy De Shong ready for action in the| starter. De Shong is ready because Harris made a final, desperate attempt to wring some high-class pitching out of Cascarella in the Cleveland wind- up. But between his teammates’ fail- ure to give him proper support and | his own lack of effectiveness carella failed. 80 hard up is Bucky for pitchers now that he has rescinded his decision to use Buck Newsom only as a relief pitcher and will give the big fellow | another starting chance tomorrow against Buck's Fischer, Monte Weaver and Syd Cohen—take your choice—will work | the finale. Oh, the Humiliation! BY FAR the most humiliating day | of the season was spent in Cleve- land yesterday. Cascarella walked the first two batters and Joe Kuhel made & costly error to help the Tribe along. A double and a single followed and' Cleveland came up with a 4-0 lead, although only one of the runs was earned. In the third the bombardment of Cascarella started for fair, and be- fore Linke could get the side out the &core was 12-0, although only one of the last eight runs was earned. In this big inning Earl Averill got a triple and a home run, scored two runs and drove across three. Other developments were 1, an error by Travis; 2, & wild pitch; 8 a passed ball; 4, & stolen base by Pitcher Earl ‘Whitehill; 5, & walk to Lary, and 6, singles by Trosky, Hughes and White- | hill, Harris let Linke take his medxcme: for the rest of the game and it was | pretty bitter. Whitehill, in the mean- time, coasted to victory after he was given & 14-0 lead in the first four nnings. Ouch! That hurts, too. It was the second time that Whitehill has beaten the team that traded him away last Winter. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Earl Averill. Indians—His home run and triple. both in eight-run third in- ing, led way in 17-to-5 slaughter of enators. Hank Greenberg and Jake Wade Tigers—Former's fourteenth four-by ger sccounted for deciding runs. ers, Jour-bit. nine-strikeout Bitenig ehecked Yankees, Harry * Gumbert, “Gla ants — Hurled fve-hit game. ag “Well as hitiing Bomer, give team sweep of Pirate series with 5-to-2 triumph. oody English, Dnduu——ms tenth- inning_double, second of day. brought hogle winning run in 5-to-4 setback of Piet. White Box—Hit three wges and: doubis 1o pace 16-hit at- tack in 12-to-6 rout of Athletics. Oral Hildebrand. Browns—Gave elght bases on balis. but only, ilx nits I turning back Red Sox. old mates. Carl| | SPORTS. CLEVELAND, June 8.—Bob Feller, strike-out king, who has been shelved a month with an ailing arm, appeared in a new role yesterday as the Indians swamped the Na- tionals—as first base coach. Bob’s chief duty in that “track meet” was to hitch up his pants every few minutes. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. | nedy, only 20-game winner last year, | Preparation for Meet 3 3 ” “National Disgrace. FFOKIOA Japan.—Japan is begin- ; ning to worry about the Olym- | Nearly a year has elapsed since the country won the honor of athletic festival, but viritually no progress has been made by those in | No ‘steps have been taken to con- | struct a stadium for the games. chosen—the outer gardens of the famous shrine of the Emepror Meiji— Tokio Press Brands Lack of | Bt the Associated Press. pic games for 1940. playing host to the next quadrennial charge of preparations for the event. It is not even certain that the site | will prove adequate. Present Field Too Small. THE Planning Committee decided to enlarge and improve the present stadium field and swimming pool before it was discovered that such en- largement would be imposible. The Asahi, one of Japan's greatest | newspapers, calls the lack of prepara- | tion a “national disgrace,” and accuses | the government and the promoters of | | the games of evading their inter- | national responsibility. | The Japan Times, an English lan- | guage newspaper published in Tokio, says the opinion is held by some au- thorities that it is very doubtful | whether Japan can make the neces- sary preparations in time. “There is even a belief,” this paper | asserts, “that if the preparation cannot ’be made smoothly and quickly, it is | better to return the 1940 games to the International Committee to be awarded somewhere else.” JUNIOR GAMES SOUGHT. Hillcrest A. C. is anxious to book Sunday base ball games with crack Jjunior teams. Call Atlantic 0122. Official Score WASHINGTON. Travis, ss_ Lewis. " 3b. AB. R. H. S 39691300 Or romororoames ooHNONHOMN ) SSPHBIVSHBOH O onosusssoom > oocoocaco~on W Totals CLEVELAND. Lary. ss. Whitehil,” Totals WABHINGTON Cleveland Runs batted in Hogan, Lary, w:-t.hmy Trosky (2). Solters, Hughes. Whitehill (2 Hale. Weatherly, Lary Mil Three-base hits—Averiil, Hughes. run—Averill. base—White Sacrifice—Hale. play—Kroner, Lary to Trosky. Left on haus—w.smm- ton. 8: Cleveland. 6. Cascarella, 3; » 220 01x—17 (2). Kuhel, vis care Umpires—Mes: ul Dinneen and Quinn. Time3:04. Catching Again Nats’ Problem | motor boat. | Norris Staff Once More Reduced to Two Receivers as Gray Goes Back to Baltimore. By a 8tafl Correspondent of The Star. T. LOUIS, June 8.—The Na- tlonals arrived here today with only two catchers again and, according to Manager Bucky Harris, no immediate pros- pects of getting somebody to fill the place of Milton Gray. Gray, 2l-year-old recruit from Baltimore, was returned to the Orioles yesterday. He entrained from Cleveland to join the Inter- national Leaguers. The Gray deal has been called off, in its entirety, it is understood. An option on Milt was bought by Grifith and, if the catcher was acoeptable, the rest of his pur- chase price was to have been paid at the end of the season. The Orioles, however, needed the catch- er and are believed to have re- funded the option money. Harris was not impressed by Gray. The kid seemed to be a capable receiver and an excep- tional runner, but Milt showed no signs of being a hitter and his throwing was both weak and in- accurate. Shanty Hogan and Walter Mil- lies now are the only catchers with the team. Harris, incidentally, de- nies that he will seek Rollie Hems- ley of the Browna for Champions on Trip. Giants Add to Lead. BY BILL BONI, I the crack, but the world cham- plon Yankees are beginning to lose faith in this “go West” business. different record of four victories and five defeats. Now, going into Chicago to meet the amazing White Sox, their Until yesterday, when the Tigers gave them a 4-3 trimming, their own misguided actions had been re- paw Jake Wade, who let them down with four hits and struck out nine, and too much hitting by the Detroft- Associated Press Sports Writer. T MAY have been good advice The first time they deserted the Bronx for Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago report card shows only two triumphs in six starts since they opened the sponsible for much of their woe. But yesterday they had no such excuses— ers, who landed on Lefty Gomez for eight hits, including Hank Greenberg's Licking by Tigers Fourth ‘when Horace Greeley first uttered and St. Louls they compiled the in- tour in Cleveland a week ago. Just too much good pitching by south- game-winning homer. No Solace in Chicago. ANAGER JOE McCARTHY hard- ly can look forward to the White Box series with enthusiasm for the Sox are riding the crest of a nine- game winning sterak, best to date in the majors, that has tied them for second place with Cleveland in the won-and-lost column and put them 5 points behind in the percentages. Both are within a game of the Yanks. Possibly it's the big black cigars | favored by Manager Jimmy Dykes that | hold the secret of Sox success. The team has the 1936 American League batting champoin in Luke Appling, & slugging first baseman in Zeke Bonura and a shrewd catcher in 36-year-old | Luke Sewell, but beyond that little of | any note. Three of the Sox pitchers have ac- counted for 14 of the 24 victories— Monty Stratton, with 6; Vernon Ken- | with 5, and Bill Dietrich, who last week pitched a no-hit, no-run game, and yesterday chalked up his third win, as the Sox belted four Athletics’ tossers for 16 hits and a 12-6 triumph. Tribe Not Trifling. NOR could it have pleased McCarthy much to hear that Bob Feller should be back with the Indians in another week. The Indians have been | doing well enough without their schoolboy wonder, as witness the 17-5 shellacking of the Nationals yester- day that marked Earl Whitehill's 200th major deague victory. The 37-year-old | southpaw, dean of the Cleveland staff, { allowed only one hit for four innings, | then eased up after his mates gave him eight runs in the third. In the other American League game, Oral Hildebrand's six-hit effort turned back the Red Sox, 9-6, as Wes Ferrell lost his sixth. Meanwhile the Giants widened their National League lead to & game and & half over the idle Cubs, with a 5-2 defeat of the Pirates. The Bucs have lost five straight and have dropped their last six battles with the Terry- men. The Dodgers gave Roy Hen- shaw, who won his first game last Saturday, his second triumph in three days by edging out the Reds, 5-4, in 10 innings. SPEED GRIPS CAMPBELL Through With Auto Speeding, He Will Seek Water Marks. LONDON ). —Fulfllling a pledge, Sir Malcolm Campbell, the British speed driver, has decided not to make any further attempts to break his own world land speed record of 304 miles per hour. “I made & definite promise to my family that if I reached the speed of 300 miles per hour I would not make any further attempts on the automobile speed record,” he ex- plained. But for the last 18 months he has been engaged in construction of a new type of one-man high-speed He hopes to try it out for the first time on Scotland's Loch Lomond in June. WINS AT TABLE TENNIS Takes Singles, Shares | Rockville Doubles Honors. A. A. Norris, president of the Rock- ville Table Tennis Association, won the singles championship of that or- ganization last night when he defeated | Jack Clark in the final round. Norris then paired with Henry Allnutt to win the doubles title, defeating Jack | Lanier and Bill Lane. The team championship of the as- sociation was won by the Rockets, who captured five out of eight matches. L. 8. Schott, C. Helfrich and Jack All- nutt composed the titular combina- tion. HORSE SHOW IS HUGE 400 Steeds to Contest for $30,000 in Chicago. CHICAGO, June 8 (#).—Tended by scores of trainers, 400 thoroughbreds waited in huge Soldier Field today for the opening tomorrow of the $30,000 Charter Jubilee Chicago Horse Show. Many of the Nation's biggest stables are represented and several crack rid- ing teams, including the Eastern champions, the 61st Cavalry of New York, will compete for ribbons. The program will run through Sunday. Over | Greyhound and Muscletone, Said ! Hamletonian Stake, | tracks might also be considered. | stock fortune was swelled by oil, spent By GtoraGe £ Huser - NOTHER angling competition is in the offing, this time a real, big-game international . match. Teams of world- famous anglers representing the United States and England will meet in Nova Scotia in September to fish for giant tuna in the first inter- national team matches in the history of the sport. The event will be known as the “International Tuna Angling Cup Matches,” and competition will be open to all nations whose teams meet the entrance requirements. The trophy will be & cup, placed in com- petition by Alton B. Sharp, president of the Eastern Steamship Lines and a noted New England sportsman. It will be & challenge trophy, in perpetual competition, with the winning team holding it for one year. In addition to the English and American teams, there is a possibility that one of the British colonies where salt water angling is extremely popular will be represented by & separate team. Thirty tuna of better than 500 pounds were caught there last year, and at one time Zane Grey held the world's record of 758 pounds with a Nova Scotia tuna. The present ‘woman's world's record for giant tuna s held by Mrs. Frances Low of New York, whose fish hit the bean at 749 pounds when captured late last season. Ten-Pound Blues. LUEFISH on their way up the bay have been succumbing to the lures of quite a few Washington anglers. Among the better catches was the one made by Bob Pyle, L. B. Sharp, W. R. Furr and Lewis Gravelle. Sunday at Messick, Va, they landed eight blues with a total weight of 8134 pounds. That is better than 10 pounds apiece, and a 10-pounder is some baby, whether caught in early season, midseason or late season. Bob and his cohorts have something to be proud of in that catch. They were caught chumming, and Bob tells us they had 20 strikes not landed be- cause they had no gaff or landing net. ‘HERE are plenty of boatmen, plenty of chum and plenty of fish at Messick. Nearly every boat has had at least one bonito, the largest to date running in the neighborhood of | 50 pounds. The best way to make the trip is by boat to Old Point Comfort, and fishing boats will pick you up at the dock of the Hotel Chamberlain and take you to the fishing grounds. More hardhead reports are coming in, the largest catch to date being 186, made over on the Gooses during the week end. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wetzel, Mr. and Mrs. William Lyons, S. E. Johnson, Harry Seirtog, Jim Carter, Ralph Carter and H. Bird. Shrimp. was the bait used. The captain was Ad Larrimore, and the boat one of Sam Dixon's from Plum Point. HARNESS RACE ACES DUE TO BE MATCHED to Be Owned by Mussolini, May Meet in U. S., Abroad. By the Associated Press. INEW YORK. June 8.—~Two of the | car greatest harness horses of recent | years, Greyhound and Muscletone, are | I scheduled to meet this year in the first | D | international match race in the his- tory of American harness racing. Greyhound, 1935 winner of the rich the “Derby” of harness racing, is owned by E. J. Baker of St. Charles, Ill. Muscletone, { bred in this country and raced for C. B. Shaffer’s Coldstream stud of Lex | ington, Ky., now races in the colors of | Givo Maiani of Milan, Italy, although | it is reported his real owner is Pre- | mier Mussolini. ‘While the negotiations being carried on by Sep Palin, who handles Grey- hound, are not yet complete, the plans | call for a home-and-home series with | & $10,000 side bet on the outcome of elch. The first is to be held in Amer- ica late this Summer and the second either at Milan or Paris in December or January. The aponsor of the Ameriean race will be required to put up a minimum purse of $10,000. Palin said Dunbar Bostwick's new mile track at Aiken, 8. C.; Syracure, N. Y.; Suffolk Downs at Boston and Springfield, Ill, were under consideration and half-mile TAXES, ANTI-WAGER LAW TO HIT TEXAS Waggoner, Arlington Downs Owner, Oil Millionaire, Will Take Interests Out of State. By the Associated Press. LORADO S8PRINGS, Colo.,, June 8.—The Colorado Springs Gazette- Telegram says Guy Waggoner, Fort Worth, Tex., capitalist, has told friends here he plans to move his business interests out of Texas because of new taxes there and the repeal of the law permitting race track betting. Waggoner, whose cattle and live the week-end here and left for his large ranch between Guy and Tuc- umcari, N. Mex. ‘The Waggoner holdings, valued in millions, including oil properties most- 1y in the vicinity of Electra, Tex., cat- tle and livestock and the extensive Arlington Downs race plant. Arlington Downs, valued at about $5,000,000 is situated between Fort ‘Worth and Dallas. Guy and Paul Waggoner, brothers, inherited the downs and other prop- erties on the death of their father, W. T. Waggoner. CENSUS NETMEN BATTLE Barely Beat G. A. 0. Tennis Team in Departmental Match. Census Bureau and W. P. A. were victorious in Departmental League tennis matches, although the latter had a far easier time of it than the Census lads. While W. P. A. was losing only one match to Veterans' Administration for a 4-1 victory, Census was forced to fight to the last to nose out Gen- eral Accounting Office, 3-2. Summaries: Cens Heiskel-Hul Jansten (Censys). (G. A Census) (Census) Q. A. G. A. O, = G. A. 0.) defeated Cole: 61, 6—1. Allen-Ai defeated Kube-Hamsen 7—5. _ Schamel-Tyler Marting - Stasbak —5. Hayward-Lawton Lensun) "defeated ‘Norris-O'Brien (G. A. 6—4. default. _Gamble - ormond (Cenl\u) defeated Hill-Glass (G. W. P. A, 4; Veter Haney.Higble (W. Erana-Bilva, (V) 623 6 c! ted Kerlin-Feder- Ross (W. P. det B g Kelsey-Hager, (V) defeated Bruce-Savage (W. 6, SAM MALLOS FANS 12. Behind the hurling of Sam Mallos, who fanned 12 men, the Girardians trimmed Wade Auto diamonders, 8 to 2, yesterday. The winners are seeking games with strong junior or unlimited teams. Call Georgia 5191. — o STRATTON ON SHELF. CHICAGO, June 8 (#).—Monty Strat- ton, ace Chicago White Sox pitcher, may be out of action & week because of a wrenched knee, suffered in slid- ing in last Sunday's game with the Philadelphis Athletics, b -) 0- 8—2. !dwlrdl~lrooll rw r A defeated Hall-Tremble (V. MeDowell-Asher (Wo B, &) adtentea oy maker-Pisher (V.) 6—4, 6—4. WE NEED USED CARS Larsest Oldsmebile r | Weaver | Fischer L. P. STEUART, INC. Griffs’ Records BATTING. SPORTS PREAKNESS PURSE 1060 T0 100,000 Nominations for Race in ’39 to Be Made July 15—New Pimlico Stake List. By the Associated Press. ALTIMORE, June 8 —Directors of the Maryland Jockey Club, operators of Pimlico race track, moved today to increase the value of the Preakness to $100,- 000—which would make it America's richest stake for 3-year olds. The Preakness carried $50,000 added money this year in a thrilling race won by War Admiral. Race Conditions Changed. 'HE directors, at their annual meet- ing yesterday, voted changes in conditions for the Preakness, changes designed to bring its value to $100,000 within & few years. The new condi- tions provide that 2-year-olds this running by July 15 and yearlngs of this year must be nominated by this July 15 for the 1939 running. With the accumulation of fees, w- gether with starting costs and added money offered by the Jockey Club, Lhe directors hope to boost the value to $100,000 in a few years. Jockey Club heads also voted to of the Fall meeting. The board voted to Mcrease the value of many of the stakes, but exact value of the added money was left to the Executive Com- mittee. New smlne-un. ’I‘HE stake line-up as approved by the board was: November 1—Baltimore Handicap, 6 furlongs, all ages. November 2—Walden Handicap, mile and a sixteenth, 2-year-olds. Autumn H, 2b. 3b. HR. RBI. PO P cocansw PPCHEE PITCHING. o, 7 BB 80 IP. GS, CG. 29 ot De Shong Linke Newsom Appleton Cohen Cascar'la "WARE NAVY OARSMEN wamoend EETPY | = | Middy Boat Poughkeepsie Threat, Harvard's New Coach Learns. “Harvard indifference,” says Tom Bolles, whom the Crimson imported from the Uiversity of Washington to | teach rowing at Cambridge. “I've heard of it, but I have not seen a sign of it since I have been here. It must be a myth.” ‘Tom said this just prior to the meet- ing of his crews and those of the Navy and Pennsylvania on the Schuylkill, in which it was hoped the Harvardians ‘would end & six-year period in which they had failed to come through a season unmarked by defeat. But Navy had other plans, and, incidentally, it would be well to keep an eye upon that | fighting midshipmen crew at Pough- keepsie late this month. GETS ACE WITH DRIVER | Fitzpatrick Holes 115-Yarder at | Anacostia Course. Playing a driver off the tee, John Fitzpatrick, an employe of the Treas- ury, knocked his tee shot into the cup for an ace on the sixth hole at Ana- costia Park, a 115-yarder, Fitzpatrick was playing with George E. Eckendorf, J. Herbert Crist, jr., and Leon Chamberlain. HIT-AND-RUN LEAGUE 381 Safeties, 258 Tallies Made in 36 'Sho Loop Games. SALISBURY, Md., June 8 (#).—Base ball as played in the Eastern Shore League is turning out to be a hit-run affair. ‘Thirty-six games played since May 31 produced 381 hits and 256 runs. And they also sent 73 errors into the | record books. Homer Standings By the Associated Press. Yesterday's homers—Greenberg, Tigers, 1; Di Maggio, Yankees, 1; Clift, Browns, 1; Averill, Indians, 1; Moses, Athletics, 1; Lombardi, Reds, 1; Gumbert, Giants, 1. The leaders—Greenberg, Tigers, 14; Bartell, Giants, 11; Selkirk, Yankees, 10; Foxx, Red Sox, 9; Medwick, Cardinals, 9; Kampouris, Reds, 9; Johnson, Athletics, 9. League totals—American, 191; National, 179. Total, 370. HEALTH SWIMS AT THESE PRICES EVERY DAY Cryatal Pure City Water Scientifically Treated ' { SANITARY SAND BEAC { ADJOINING FOR SUNTA HEALTH SWIMS R P November 3—Lady Baltimore, mxle and a sixteenth, 3-year-olds and u fillies and mares. November 4—Heiser Handicap, mile and 70 yards, Maryland-bred and Maryland-foaled horses, 3 and up. November 5—Riggs Handicap, mne and three-sixteenths, 3 and up. November 6—Pimlico Futurity, mlh‘ and a sixteenth, 2-year-olds. November 8—The Manley, 2} miles, steeplechase. November 9—The Sagamore, 6 fur- | longs, 2-year-olds. November 10—The Ritchie, 6 fur- longs, 3 and up. | November 11—The Bowie Handicap, | 155 miles. 'GOFFREDI, VAULTER, New Track, Field Squad Captain Also Is Good High Jumper, Hurdler, Runner. land, star pole vaulter of the Catholic University, has been unani- mously elected captain of the C. U. | track team for 1938. years, Goffredi eurrently holds : the record for Brookland pole vaulters, | 11 feet 6 inches. Although he set the | mark in 1936, he equaled the height three times during the past season. Goffredi also was a member of the last cross-country team at C. U, in the Fall of 1934, which wound up ship. He is a fair high jumper and hurdler and next year plans to run the half mile in addition. He is a junior, taking a bachelor | of science degree, and inténds to study medicine at Georgetown after gradu- ating from Catholic University. WESTERN NETMEN LEAD | Have 'Three in Second Round of Title Tournament. Three Western racketers were in the second round of the interhigh cham- pionship tournament today, as play continued on the Monument courts. They are John Burnside, Ken Dalby and Emanuel Nunez. Johnsen of Roosevelt, the only nnk- ing junior player of the city now in | high school. Johnsen lost only one game yester- day in whipping Roberts, also of West- | | ern, 6—0, 6—1, while Burnside de- feated Simpson of Eastern in two love | Eastern, 6—2, 6—3, and Dllby whipped Mehl of Central, 6—1, 6—3. Play will continue daily until a champion is crowned. | offer a stake race each of the 10 days | C. U. TRACK LEADER RRADO GOFFREDI of Cleve- | A member of the Mm"'for‘lhne‘ | with the District A. A. U. champion- | T Also in the second round was David | sets, Nunez defeated Richardson of | season must be nominated for the 1938 | | NEW YORK, June 8—Fred | Schulte, Pittsburgh outfielder, | who was struck in the head last week by a ball thrown by Pitcher Cliff Melton of the Giants, now is adjudged fully recovered. Here he is seen leaving the hospital yesterday after his enforced lay-off. P. Photo. > GOLD CUPREGATTA LURES FUREIGNERS French, Itahan Drivers to Vie With Americans at Detroit This Year. BY DAVID J. WILKIE DETROIT, June 8 (%) —Six foreign | drivers piloting their planes, will impart an aspect to this year's Gold Cup Rezatta off the District Yacht Club piers, | although they cannot take home the trophy should they win own hydro- deed #f gift, competition is limited to | American yacht clubs. To circumvent that stipulation, the Regatta Commit- tee arranging for this year's races over the Labor day week end Will assign the three Italian and three French speedboat drivers to clubs in the United States for the purpose of entry requirements. | Lacking a contest this year for the | famed Harmsworth Placque which | Gad Wood so consistently has de- fended, the Gold Cup Regatta will be the year's outstanding speedboat ‘e\ent with the expectation that the winner will have to develop a speed of | not less than 80 miles an hour and | maintain -it through three 30-mile heats. Test for U. S. Engines. 'HE Regatta Committee expects to have at least four American-built craft in the race. Powered with American-made motors, the showing made by these hydroplanes will be watched with more than ordinary in- terest because of the long-standing discussion in automotive circles of | the respective merits of American, French and Italian built engines. ‘The three French contestants will be headed by Maurice Vasseur, promi- ‘nem in power-boating circles in| | Europe. The present plan is to have | Vasseur and his colleagues represent | the Detroit Yacht Club. Heading the | Italian group will be Count Theo Rossi. He is being aided by Guido Cattaneo, prominent in Italian en- | gineering. Prominent Entrants. ORACE E. DODGE of Detroit, Victor Kliesrath of South Bend, ! | Ind.: John Charles Thomas, American | operatic singer, and Herbert Men- delson of Detroit are considered cer- tain entrants in the regatta, and word | also has been received that E. F.; Wilson of Ingersoll, Ontario, is plan- | ning to have a hydroplane at the starting line. Gar Wood, greatest of all speed-‘ boat pilots, has indicated he will not | participate. All long-filler! All mild! All uniform All in all a great smoke! ! CIGAR DISTRIBUTOR * DANIEL LOUGHRAN Co,, INC. 402 11th 8T. SW., WASHINGTON, D. C. A Product of G. H. P. Cigar Co., international | Under the terms of the Gold Cup | Eagerness Kept Him Behind Bat, Led to Greatness, Mack Reveals. | Cochrane’s absence from the bench makes this a sad visit. You know him as an all-time | catcher at all. It's the big thing I | treasure about one of the grandest boys I ever managed. I never told it catcher, who by his fire, fight and finesse earned critics’ rating as the | greatest of all. uable player by popular acclamatio But after five days in the Athletics' camp I wasn't sure he'd even make a BY CONNIE MACK. ETROIT, June 8.— Mickey catcher, but Tl tell you the story of how close he came not to being a | before. ‘ Most fans rate him a fine natural | He was in the majors only five »Paxx | when selected the league’s most v relief catcher. I nearly put him in the outfield! ‘Worked Hard to Learn. CY PERKINS, my catcher then and now Mickey's crony and coach, had been a star, but was slowing up, Mickey, I figured, on his fine Port- land record, would be faster, hit harder and help us a lot. I liked him on the train; he lis~ tened so eagerly. But was I in for a shock at camp? After the polished Perkins, Mickey was awful! He was crude at receiving the ball. His stance and crouch were both wrong. And on foui balls he was sime ply pathetic. Still, he was a natural hitter—pute ting his whole body and heart into it. “What can I do with that boy?" I wondered. “He's trying his heart out, but he doesn’t even look like a catcher, O\ufieldrr, maybe? I was so disappointed that T worked harder with him. He was that eager, you couldn’t hurt him if you had a heart. One morning I found him catching flm: knocked out to him by k;d' after practice he had rookies hittin: them: that night he was in my rmm askmg questions. Punished Behind Bat. Y THE time we left camp I knew my worries were over. A misfit in February, he was a star in April Player and manager these 50 years, I've seen hundreds of men, but none of them ever made such a quick and complete job of correcting weaknesses, I mean that Every manager or coach in any sport has men who could improve, but they lack Mickey's eagerness in using their spare time. Another thing I wonder if you realize the punishment Mickey took right along? He handled pitchers who were the speediest and hardest to catch. Have you any idea of what sharp | fouls come off the bat when a Grove or an Earnshaw is pitching? And when he left me he had two tough pitchers in Rowe and Bridges. ‘ Why, his body is pock-marked with bruises and welts. They came from ‘bumps you probably don't sense in the stands. Mickey never gives any sign if he can wal Let Out Only as Pilot. IERY on the fleld, he never gave me a minute’s trouble, even about money. When Navin price on Mickey, first said: “Put a I laughed. “Forget it, Frank; think I'd ever sell him?" “But I want him for manager,” Frank explained, and that changed everything. I saw this was Mickey's chance. T owed him something extra for his loyalty, so I jusc couldn't stand in his way when he could better him- self. That's the only reason I ever let Mickey leave me. (Copyright, 1937.) | BALKS ON FIGHT HERE 'Ambex! Made Fearful by Quarles’ Verdict Over Scott. | Lou | Ambers, world lightweight champion, who told Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn he would fight here this Summer in a non-title bout, now ‘xs reconsidering, due to a decision he believed a bit weird on the recent police benefit show at Griffith Stadium. 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