Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1937, Page 27

@he Toening St Sporls WASHINGTON, D€, MONDAY, JULY 12 1937. . Old Nat Jinx Yields to Yankees : Feller Shows Lack of Seasoning - ONCE-HEXED CLUB FLAYS HARRISHEN New York Gets Big Season Edge as It Routs Griffs in Torrid Series. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. & T DID not add to the Nationals' peace of mind today to realize that Mr. Jacob Ruppert's Yan- kees are getting out of hand. ‘There was a time, you know, when the Yanks used to be soft touches for Washington ball clubs. Back in 1930, for instance. there was a fine Yankee team that seemed destined to win the pennant. But a Washington team that definitely was not destined to win the flag came along and won 18 out of 22 games from New York. That ruined the Yanks' pennant hopes, and it has been thus almost from time on. The great Yank club that won the flag last year by 19'; games was held even by only one team—Washington. Mr. Clark Grif- fith, who owns the club, was mod- estly confessing that beating the Yanks was a gift For a brief space of time this year it looked as if this penchant for knocking off the Rupperts was going to remain in vogue. On the second day of the season the New York and Monte Weaver won a 3-t0-2 decision. The following two days it rained, and so the Griffs left Gotham holding the only *s tory that has been scored champions this year. over Too Hot for Griffmen. 'I‘HEREAF'I'P] R. however, it has been a different story. The Yanks kad fought to a 4-3 edge in games prior to the Griffs’ invasion of Manhattan last week end. and once on home soil again they proceeded to give the local firm & rousing going over. The Rup perts took the first two games and 12, and yesterday they grab & 4-10-3 decision from Monte Weaver In the second game of a doub! ader they rallied with two out in the last inning to gain a 5-5 tie. Darkness prevented further play ‘Thus the Yanks. with nearly half of the season over, hold the very sub- atantial margin of 7 victories in 10 atarts against the Nats. Only one other team -the White Sox—have dealt out more punishment to the Griffith forces. The Sox have won ® of 12 games so far. The Griffs need not feel ashamed of losing their spell over the Yanks Verily, Marse Joe McCarthy's gang 8 as hot as Hades at the moment, and it is doubtful if any club in base ball could have beaten the Yanks By way of showing how hot are the champs at the moment, they have taken seven games in a row. Their home record so far is 29 wins, 7 defeats and a tie. As for hitting home runs, the Yanks have missed only twice in the last 18 days of play. BACK home today, the Nats were looking forward to making the most of a two-day vacation before heading west for their third inland swing of the season. The Yank series Was a trying set, what with the ter- rific heat and the activity involved in chasing the prodigious long-distance blows of the champs. Despite the rest enjoyed by the pitchers before the series they can use another very well. Weaver checked in with the best pitching performance of the set, al- though he was beaten in the opener of vesterday's double-header. Monte held the Yanks to nine hits, but two of them were home runs by Lou Gehrig and Bill Dickey and, in the end, they proved costly. Gehrig's clout, coming in the sec- ond inning, gave the Yanks a 1-to-0 lead. In the third a single by Goofy Gomez, Crosetti's double and an in- fleld out by Rolfe made it 2-0. The Griffs, held to two hits in the first six innings, cut the score to 2-1 In the seventh when Johnny Mihalic tripled with one out and scored when Lazzeri booted Millies' grounder. In their half of the seventh the Yanks added another run, Dickey homering, but the Nats jumped on Gomez in the eighth and tied the score with a two- run rally. Rolfe Is Real Troublemaker. OSSIE BLUEGE started the upri: Wwith one out. did Joe Kuhel and Fred Sington, driv- Ing Bluege across. Di Maggio fumbled Sington's ball, letting Kuhel reach third, and from there Joey counted on Travis’ infield out. ng Rolfe, who was a troublemaker all| day, led the winning rally in the Yanks' eighth when he singled, raced to third on a hit by Di Magglo, and scored on Gehrig’s long fly. The nightcap found the Yanks tak- Ing & 2-0 lead after three against Jimmy De Shong, but the Griffs rallied in the fifth to drive| Johnny Murphy from the box and score four runs. The Yanks tied it up in the sixth, 4-4, but Washington shoved across a run in the eighth to take a 5-4 lead This lasted until the Yanks' ninth, Then, with one down, Rolfe looped a double to center. Di Maggio flied out, but Gehrig doubled Rolfe across with the tying run and Johnny Stone saved » fourth straight defeat when he made a great diving catch of Dickey's drive to end the inning anc the game. The umps called it after this catch. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Lefty Gomez. Yankees—Fanre and allowed six hits in 4-3 v: Benatars. Poof Poffenberger. Tigor dlans to five hits for 3 Peaches Davis and Al Reds—8hut out Cardinale of a double-header. A-0_an BIIl Swift with six hits, Jack Knott and tratton. White Sox—Former pitched ve-hitter to win twin bill opener. 4-1: tratton allowed seven hits in night: eap and hit homer for winning run. Wally Berger and Mel Ott. Giants— Pormer hit double and drove in three Funs in 10-4 opener win: Ott's two- bagger sent two runs across in 5-1 nighteap victory. Er and Archie McKain, four over Held In- orth, n. lingsw otk ends Pirates—Beat Cubs 3-2 Browns. Monte ic Red Sox-—Former hit triple and single. in three runs in 9-4 opener : McKain allowed seven hits and fanned six for £-2 triumph in nightcap. Morrie” Arnovich, Phillies, and Lou s invaded | the | Oss singled and so innings | i dian Nick Altrock was only cli tration and had Pitcher Monte to his head. Later Weaver w attention from Nick when the fl:Slill Fine Sport Say BY GRANTLAND RICE. | EW YORK, July 12.—The | mystery cloak falls from John | i Montague of Hollywood, or | La Verne Moore of New | York—But still it leaves a friend. It has been astonishing to any one who has known Monty, as I have for the | last three yvears, to read of him as a “bandit, brageart and tough guy,” | where, in those three years, he has been just the opposite. I wrote the first stories ever written about John Montague, three years |ago, when I saw him, after many | rounds, play as good golf over a stretch as I ever had seen—I mean rounds between 65 and 70. It was understood between us then, in any- thing I might write, that his past and his private life were his own—as a | friend and both a golfing and hunt- | ing companion, that was his busi | ness, not mine. It was easy then to understand there was a shadow | over his past—but the past is heavy | with shadows. I found him kindly, | friendly, thoughtful and generous to ! a degree. I never heard him ask for ! any bet, nor refuse a fair one. | An Enjoyable Companion, | JF YOU named a dollar on the | ™ round, or nothing at all. or a | thousand dollars, it was O. K. with Monty. One answer is that, whether it was a golf match or a quail hunt, |or a sit-around, he was a fellow you | liked to be with—and among those I could name in this list are Bing | Crosby, Babe Hardy, Guy Kibbee, Ty | Cobb, Adolph Menjou, Frank Craven, | Gene Tunney, Dick Hanely, Hal Sims, | Dan Topping, John Weissmuller, Big Ed Kennedy and many others who | know their way around. Montague was sailing under no false | colors. He told them all that his past | was his own, that they take him or | leave him as they found him then. | There was no pretense of any sort about him. He said to me once during | a quail hunt along the matted slopes | of Catalina: “T've never asked any one what he did or where he came from— isn't it what you are that ought to count?” I had a long talk with Monty, whom | T called up in Los Angeles last night. “My only trouble,” he said, in part, | | “came from the prohibition era, where, for any number of young fellows, there was no law along that line that any | | one respected.” Which is true. | I think I know his story better than | most. Monty came from a highly re- spected family in Syracuse, N. Y. Five | feet 9 inches in height, weighing | 220, hard as a section of granite, with | what both Gene Tunney and Ty Cobb described as they ever had seen.” La Verne Moore, | or John Montague, was a fine all-| around athlete — golfer, foot ball} player, base ball player—one of those natures who combine power, speed, timing, & cool head and a stout heart in competition; he was equipped natu- rally with all that it takes on the| physical and competitive side. Dick Hanley of Northwestern once told me | that if he had Montague as a running | | backs to carry the ball. Model Citizen Seven Years. SEEKXNG more thrills at that time, around 1929 or 1930, Montague, or Le Verne Moore, became mixed. up in a hard bunch as so many other young fellows did during that lawless period of American life. It was at this time he stepped into trouble and La Verne Moore of New York became John Montague of Beverly Hills and Hollywood. In the Far West he was riding on his own. Is there any other way to ride? For seven years there WAs no breath of scandal against him, His love of golf and his love of cham- plonship both led to his present trouble, Naturally, he avoided every form of publicity, pictorial or written, in the new life he had mapped out. His reason for this now is quite ap- parent. The almost forgotten and over- looked shadows of the prohibiton regime still were over him—from the X It was p’lcn[y‘ I[‘bt at Yankee & and downed him, 4-3, in the opener of the doubleheader. | Weaver, “the quickest strength |k | guard, he wouldn't need any good g e Stadium yesterday, but Come- owning when he feigned pros- Weaver apply a chunk of ice ould have appreciated similar Yanks turned the heat on him , Swell Guy, Rice of John Montague, ' Phantom Golfer Now on Spot days when I had walked the public streets with men who had committed murder—and still were unmolstered. | This was a wild and spotty period in | American life that most people want to forget. Can Become Persecution. "HY is John Montague, or TLa ! Verne Moore, fighting extradi- tion? I asked him that last night. In | the first place. he denies most of the charges brought against him. In the second place. he feels that all the publicity built around him as the “‘mystery man.” “the phantom golfer,” plus the human desire for publicity on the part of prosecuting public offi- cials, will all be turred against him. And this is all true, and it happens to oe on the human side of life. It also can reach the stage of persecu- tion. Any one can attack John Mon- tague. or La Verne Moore. who has no shadow on his past, who has led a perfect life. It so happens I never have met one of this breed. John Montague, La Verne Moore in his younger days, undoubtedly has made his share of mistakes. Who hasn't. But in the years that T have known him he has been a generous friend, an entertaining companion, a clean sportsman, a modest, thoughtful | | fellow, who will go out of his way to do any friend or even a casual ac- quaintance a favor, looking for nothing in return. Beyond that, I'll say he's a fine portsman, a swell guy and a friend (Copyright, 1 . by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) ‘ial Scores Offi WASHINGTON. AB. R. Almada, cf _ Bluege Kuhel = Sington. rf Travis, ss Mihalic, Hill. If H. 0. A E 02 00 o 0 0 o 1 Millies. 0 o o ez P Fischer. p - Ferrell i 0 1 o 0 o 0 0 Totals 136 24 *Batted for Fischer in ninth. NEW YORK. Crosetti. ss = Rolfe. ‘ib Di_Maggio. cf Gehrig. 1b Dickey ¢ Henrich. ~rf Powell " 1f Lazzeri, 2 Gomez, p _ Immm Totals Washington New York Runs batted in—Gehrig Dickey Singion. Two-base hit Three-base ~hit"—Mihalic Genrig. Dickev. Double pj halic and Kuhel: Ruhel. Tr b Left on bases—New York. 4: Washington on balls—Off Gomez. oft Struck out-—by Gomez. 4: by Hits—Off Weaver. in'7'a innings: by Fischer. o in 1% innings. Hit by pitcher—By .Gomez (Travis). Losing pitcher—Weaver. Umpires—Messrs. Kolls. Hubbard and Dinneen. Time of game— 5 9 1 000 120—3 000 17x—4 SECOND GAME. WASHINGTON ~ AB. Almada. ef.__ 4 Travis. Myer. Sington. . Ferre] De Shoni Cohen, FEETte D DY Totals _ NEW YORK. SomBmHNDN—R0 Hadley, . Totals___. *Batted for Makol Washington . New York. o in eighth. - 000 040 010—5 < - 101 002 001—6 (Called Darkness.) Runs batted in—Gehrig (2), Lewis (2)_ Travis (?). Lazzeri. Makosky. Sington.” Two-base hits—Lazzeri. Henrich' Rolfe. Gehrig. Three-base hit—Di Maggio. Double plays—De Shong. Travis and Kuhel: Lewis_ Mver and Kuhel. " Left on bases— New York, 8 Washington, 7. Bases on balls—Off ' De Shone 6: off Murphy. 6; oft Makosky. 1. Strikeouts—By De Shon 3 by Makosky, 2. Hits in 41, innings: off Makosky. 3 3 nings: off Hadley. none in i: off De 8hong 0 in 82y; off Cohen, none in i». Umpires e8! Hubbard, Dinneen and Kolis. Time—2:0%, 5 IACK CURLEY DIES. o 0| Dickey. | Heat and Mishap Offer Fodder for Diamond Cameramen This shot at Detroit, however, was strictly on the up and up. It shows Umpire Brick Owens slumped on the Tigers’ bench, a victim of the 90-degree temperature and a foul tip on the chin. That's an ice pack on his noggin and the athlete wielding the towel with such apparent relish is Schoolboy Rowe. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. OF EARTDSEASE Promoter, 61, Had Variety of Accomplishments in Sport, Stage World. Squelching a Rumor. UCKY HARRIS' indignant denial of the rumor that he will offer his resignation as ma By the Associated Pres | EW YORK, July 12—Jack Curley, one of the country’s leading sports promoters, died suddenly at his Great Neck, Long Island, home today of heart disease. He was 61, a veteran of 38 years in sports promotion. Although wrestling was his favorite and most lucrative field, Curley’s ex- | perience covered a wide range. He | promoted the Havana bout in which | Jess Willard won the heavyweight | boxing championship from Jack John- | son, staged bull fights and flea cir- | cuses, and engineered public appear- | ances of Annette Kellerman, Enrico Caruso, William Jennings Bryan, Ru- | dolph Valentino, the Vatican Choir, | Georges Carpentier, the French | fighter and William Tilden. Curley appeared to be health yesterday. About midnight he became ill. and died at 12:45 am. | (Eastern daylight-saving time). An inhalator was used unsuccessfuly. He | is survived by his widow. Mrs. Bessie Grobgeld Curley, and two children Jack and Jean. in good | Revived Mat Prosperity. ORN in Jacques Armand Schuel, Strasbourg Alsace, s Curley came to this country as a youth and | After working as mechanic and | waiter, Curley entered sports as trainer to Barney Oldfield, who then was & | bicycle rider. At the turn of the| century he began sports promotion in | Chicago. staging the famous match be- tween Frank Gotch, then world cham- pion, and George Hackenschmidt, the “Russian lion.” | Wrestling soon went into a decline, | but its recent revival is accredited to | Curley more than any other one man. | He put theatrical effects into the sport, adding grunts, grimaces and | groans to the wrestler's tactics and otherwise amusing the fans with fare | not essentially athletic. McKeever Beats Crack Field in | Tourist Trophy Motor Race. Bob McKeever, a local rider, won the | Tourist Trophy race of the National Capital Motor Cycle Club held yester- day at Marlow Farms, beating & crack field of some of the best riders of the East. McKeever's fastest time for the four laps came in his trial heat, when he covered the half-mile route in 342/5 seconds. The time earned him the No. 1 post position for the final event. One entrant was slightly hurt, Ray- mond McMahon cracking up on a sharp turn, RADIO JOE PLUGS BOUT “Radio Joe” Kaufman will dedicate his 477th ‘consecutive weekly radio program tomorrow over Station WMAL at 6:30 pm. to the Freddie Steele- Hobo Williams 10-round non-title bout at Griffith Stadium July 20, pro- ceeds of which will be turned over to the Variety Club’s camp for under- privileged children. Steele, world middleweight cham- pion, and Williams, Alexandria scrap- per, are expected to participate in the program. Homer Standings By the Associated Press. Yesterday's homers—Dickey, Yan- kees. 1: Gehrig. Yankees, 1: Knicker- bocker.” Browns, 1; West. Browns. 1: Bonura. White Sox. 1: Stratton, White Sox. 1: Mills. Red Sox, 1; Foxx. Red Sox. 1; Trosky. Indians. 1: Solters. In- dians, 1; Berger. Giants. 1; Collins, Cubs.'1. he leaders—Di Maggio Yankees, | Bolton and Walter Millies. | renamed himself after his hair. B gesting often put ideas in the head of Buc inly deserve: i & in fact, since he returned to W sixth in 1935, but nothing was ington had finished in seventh brightest star, Joe Cron: well to lift the team a notch in the sta Last season found Harr 13-year career. of people & Xpec place tively might be called a mediocre ball team. Cecil Travi who had disappointed both at third base and in the outfield. | Cece was no howling success during most of the season and the venerable Mr. Red Kress. who now is gone from the majors, and the superannuated Mr. Ossie Bluege helped at the job. Cruelly, fate deprived Bucky of the services of Buddy Myer, around whom Harris had in- tended building the 1936 club. A 19-year-old rookie, Buddy Lewis, was placed on third base. His outfielders at the start were Stone. Hill, Powell, Carl Reynolds and Dee Miles His catchers were Clif He Must Have Used Mirrors. JARRIS won a pennant and a world championship at 27, turn- | ing the trick in his first year as a| It was quite a feat, but withal, most conceivable. Clark Grif- fith placed him in charge of a veteran, talented ball club. All it needed was| a spark and Harris, a young playing | manager, supplied it But nobody yet has quite figured | how Bucky piloted that 1936 team into the first division. achievement comparable of Bucky's more giamorous ones. Only by a margin of I than a game did that Wash- ington club miss landing in second place. This showing, although tinged with an element of freakishness, neverthe- less sent the hopes of those interested in the Griffith A. C. soaring too high. Even Harris' hopes thusly were af- fected as he took the Nats South this Spring. He was able to peint out that Lewis figured to improve. This was logical. So, too, was a similar outlook re-| garding Travis at shortstop. The acquisition of Al Simmons promised to be helpful, particularly when it looked as if Fred Sington would not do. And Shanty Hogan was melting down as no man in base ball history had melted before. manager. ager of the Na lowers of the Washington base ball club. Harris branded the rumor as | . indicating that he never uttered a statement even sug- | Whatever the source of the report, there scarcely can be given much credit for even shooting in the dark. | hat Or came as glad tidings to fol- Rumors like these too nd wrong a person who, as in the case a better fate. s has been & dismal campaign so far for Harris . ton t ed that season, . and . had been removed via sale. « . the most dismal, True, he finished The vear before Wash- that dolorous outfit the ree years ago. from nding, doing one of the finest managerial jobs of his e He took South with him to Spring training what conserva- | was the double coat of whitewash the | COlected by Huck Stahl, Brewer short- At shortstop he tried young Cincinnati Reds applied to the not- | S“P- BL‘T who could foresee Peter Apple- ton’s flop? to win 16, 17 or 18 games. Or who could foresee the failure of Joe Cas- | | carella? Harris may not be the best judge of talent in base ball, but at any rate Cascarella looked so good that he wagered Tom Yawkey a $20 that Joe would win 16 games. e was sold to Cincinnati re- Cascarella had yet to win his His only good showing | was in the opening game, when he lost a 4-to-3 decision to Philadelphia. After that he grew pitifully worse until he finally found disfavor and then was shipped away. How could anybody fore- nee? Poor Shanty Hogan! He lost so much weight that he was no good. Shanty couldn't hit and this, plus his natural slowness afoot, caused the Griffs to fiddle with a so-so string of fill-ins until the deal for Rick Fer- rell was swung. Then, indeed, things promised to look up. A three-year quest for a high-class backstop had come to an end! But then, swept away suddenly, was Simmons. The big punch was gone. No Chance Against Yanks. ’I‘HOSE who start rumors such as the Harris-to-resign thing really are suggesting that such an act might be a good idea, in view of his team's dolorous showing. What they fail to consider is that Bucky has very little material with which to work. The Yankee series, which ap- parently prompted the rumor, offered an interesting contrast « « « one club rich in material and another poor. Harris had his four top pitchers— Carl Fischer, Monte Weaver, Wes Fer- rell and Jimmy De Shong—primed for the series. rest, and if the Griffs ever had a | chance to hold their own with the | Yanks it was in that week-end set. In the opener the Yanks pounded " (See POPPING OFF, Page B-10.) Indeed, Harris did | 3-2 decision He was counted upon | Each had plenty of | STINGY WITH TS, BUT FAILS TO WIN Few Months in Minors Is Suggested for Bob—Cub Margin Whittled. BY SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer. HE case of Bobby Feller—or | what's in a fast ball—bobbed up today as the year's most baffling base ball mystery. Although he has the makings of just about everything an elbower needs, Cleveland’s lightning -ball youngster can't seem to find his name on the right side of the scoreboard | when all the runs are added up. One whispered suggestion was heard today that a spot of seasoning, of the minor league variety, might do some- thing toward solving the problem— that a few months in fast class AA company might teach young Bobby the tricks of the trade and make him pay dividends. Certainly, he has shown in his last two starts what a whale of a differ- ence just a little experience might make. He has pitched fine ball, but one's fault but his own. Throws Away Victory. BOB made his first start last week | ce the opening days of the | campaign, and lost the ball game be- cause of his own fielding error—a peg to an uncovered base. Yesterday, in | his second time out, he and the Tribe | dropped a 3-2 decision to the Detroit Tigers, largely because he had as much control as a cross-eyed man in target practice. Although he pitched two-hit ball his own wildness really lost the ball game. A walk set up the first Tiger | run. A wild pitch scored the second. and two passes in a row made the third a simple matter. The victory thus handed the Tigers | boosted them back into second place {in the American League, since the | Chicago White Sox were unable to get better than an even break with | the St. Louis Browns, winning the | nightcap, 4-3, after dropping the opener, 4-1. Over in the National League. mean- time, the Giants put on a timelv surge to come within half a game of over- hauling the pace-setting Chicago Cubs The New Yorkers belted their arch-rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, in & double-header. winning the opener, 10-4, after clubbing Van Mungo out, and the nightcap, 5- | Reds Twice Blank Cards. THE Cubs saw their lead cut to the | absolute minimum by dropping a | to Bill Swift and the | come-backing Pittsburgh Pirates. | Most astonishing result of the day | so-tough Cardinals. Peaches Davis blanked them, 6-0. in the opener, and | | Al Hollingsworth repeated, 7-0, in the | afterpiece. The New York Yankees ran their streak to eight games without a de- feat by nosing out the Senators, 4-3, in the first game of their twin bill. and coming from behind to tie the | | nightcap at 5-all just before darkness | halted it in the ninth { Boston's Red Sox had a snap against the Athlet winning. 9-4 and 8-2 The Phill pounded the Boston Bees, 10-4, in their opener. and then dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to Lou Fette in the 13-inning nightcap. Sports Program For Local Fans WED) AY, Base Ball. ‘Washington at Cleveland, 3. THURSDAY. Base Ball. Washington at Cleveland, 3. Wrestling. Yvon Robert vs. Reb Russell, feature match, Griffith Stadium, 8:30. 1 Tennis. | Middle Atlantic doubles tourney, Army Navy Country Club, 2. FRIDAY. Base Ball. Washington at Cleveland, 3. Tennis. Middle Atlantic doubles tourney, Army Navy Country Club, 2. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Washington at Detroit, 8. Tennis. Middle Atlantic doubles tourney, | Army Navy Country Club, 2. INTERNATIONAL. ‘ Jersey City, 6—it: Syracuse. 3-—2. Newark. 11 Baltimore, 104, ] Rochester. 9—23: Buffalo, 7—1. Toronto-Montreal, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, 12; Minneapolis, S| Columbus. 47 Louisville, 6--3. | St. Paul. & Kansas Citv. Indianapolis. 12-—1: Toledo. rain, [ 81 Loy | “Philadelphia League Statistics | JULY 12, 1937, AMERICAN. RESULTS YESTERDAY. York. 4 Washington. (2d ame 9 innings darkness) Boston 9-—&. Philadelphia. 4 8t. Louis, 4 Chicago, 1—4. d. 2 3-8 2 Detroit. 4 STANDI EE z z El “ 3k B i OF THE CLURS d arapuIy “aavuadnag | ===="purea Cleve. at Chicago “leve. at Chicago Others not scheduled. Others not scheduled. NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. New York. 10 Brooklvn. 4 ‘esmnaRg J i - puen wwepl has lost both decisions through no | N 10 40 1K 41 45 42014 194 10 384 17 B o GAMES TODAY., Boston at B New t c GAMES TOMORROW . Bosion at Broo New York at St Louis at Others not sched Pt e CORDON DAVOND STOCK ATZENTH 19-to-1 Win From Heurich Makes Cafeteria Team Title Favorite. ORDON'S CAFETERIA monders today were instal as favorites to trim Ros Liquor tossers next Sunday and capture the first-half crown of the National City League, division A, following their impressive rout of Heurich Brewers, 19-1, yesterday be- fore 2,000 fans. With every member of the club con- tributing at least one hit to the cause, the cafe clouters handed the Brewers probably their worst defeat in several seasons, as Willie Silverman granted only three singles, two of which were he game, which eliminated the Brewers from the triple play-off for the first-half title, was abbreviated to seven innings after Gordon's chased seven runs across in the third inning and followed with six more in the fifth to erase all doubt as to the eventual winner. Crisaful Hot at Plate. ]OE CRISAFUL, Larry Hanagsn, Y Hawry Silverman and Joe Durkin each gathered three hits for Gordon's, with Crisaful, an Eastern High School product, pacing the assault home run, triple and single. also pumped & homer. Jake Devers, garnering his sixth consecutive victory, twirled New Deal Clothiers to the first-half champion- ship of division B, trimming Ross Jewelers, 8-2. New Deal, saturated with former local scholastic stars cracked out 13 hits, 3 of which were lashed by Whitey Crawford, forme Tech High ace. Deoudes diamonders easily annexe the first-half crown in the mide- division, swamping No. 4 Precin 12-1, in a four-inning tilt Records for Week In Major Leagues Standings for the week showing games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents’ runs and home runs for each club: AMERICAN L with a Hanagan hicasn ‘ashington Plaved one tie game iPlaved two tie games. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L R Pittsburgh 1 7 New York Chicago Cincinnati Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis a0 bt | woomm-1mc s Schmeling’s Greed Kills London Serap With Farr Cuts Into Britisher’s Share of Purse—Piedmont League Is Incubator for Leaders. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, July 12.—Max Schmeling has no one but himself to blame that Tommy Farr is not going to fight him in London, but is com- ing here to meet Joe Louis in= stead . . . When they got the boys together, Max agreed to $200,000 as his end and Farr $70,000 . . . Then Max chiseled himself in for another $30,000, which the promoters decided to lop off Farr's purse . . . Leaving the Welshman, the hottest fighter the British empire has turned out in years, with a promise of only $40,000 . . . Nobody can blame Tommy for deciding to take a 22: Greenberg, Tigers. 19: Medwic! Cardinals, 18; Selkirk. Yankees 1 Ott. Giants. Foxx, Red Sox, 1 Tekrue forhls—American, 355; Na ue totals—i . 368; Na- 324 " Total, 682 walk, or rather a boat ride. The Piedmont League must be good training grounds ., Judge W. G. Bramham, & former presi- dent, now is the Judge Landis of the minors and the Southern As- sociation is hot after Dan W. Hill, present incumbent . . . Augie Gon~ zales, the Puerto Rican fighter, ‘wears & miniature flag of his coun- try sewed on his trunks. Joe Di Maggio is hotter than the weather right now, which is plenty torrid . . . Joe may turn out to be a right-handed Babe Ruth ... Ceferino Garcia, the Pacific Coast welterweight, blows in today to fight Bobby Pacho in Madison Square Garden July 22. The photo finish camera was called into action no less than 80 times during the first 16 days of racing at Rockingham Park ... That means 80 races out of 128 with the wind-up so close the eagle-eyed judges couldn't split them apart. Lloyd Lewis, sports editor of the Chicago Daily News, is toting & bl bandaged right hand about, the re- sult of a little Fourth of July fire- cracker celebration. Bill McKechnie, smart old man- ager of the Boston Bees, calls Cliff Melton, young Giant left-hander, the best first-year man in the Na- tional League . . . Lee Grissom of the reds is a close second. Wilmer Allison, former National tennis champ, hits the come-back trail at Spring Lake, N, J, this week . . . If anybody has a system for hitting the daily double will they please write (?) .. .Schnapps, one of the favorites for the rich Hambletonian trotting stakes, is named after this writer's favorite brand of chewing tobacco. Jack Dempsey, who may turn his restaurant into a night club, will take his heavyweight, Red Burman, to Los Angeles this week to fight Alberto Bantiago Lovell, for good 7 old Joe Levy, July 26 . .. London wants Jimmy Braddock to fight Max Baer and there is an offer from Pittsburgh for Jim to meet John Henry Lewis. Just 15 years ago today Rogers Hornsby, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, bettered the National League home run record by silam- ming out his twenty-fifth eircuit drive . . . The former mark was made in 1915 by Gavvy Cravath of Philadelphia . . . (Don't be sur- prised if Joe Di Maggio clouts 65 this season). One coach you don't hear moan- ing is Mike Jacobs of the heavy- weight squad He's got 'em three deep—Louis, Schmeling and Braddock . . . Francis Stan says in ‘The Washington Star the American League won the all-star game “by courtesy of Col. Jacob Ruppert” ... which is just about right.