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The Foening Fhad Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1937. Nats’ Woes Wax as Wallop Wanes : Feller Again Fit to Aid Tribe . RUN AVERAGE SAGS ARM NEVER HURT | Mou GRANT GETS CALL A—14 Find Relaxation in Viewing Mat Matches UNDER 3 PER GAME | Griffs Leave 10 on Paths | in Loss to Tribe—Stone Too Ill to Play. BY FRANCES E. STAN, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. LEVELAND, July 16 —Not that Detroit looms a promised land, or anything of that sort, but the Griffs were just as well satisfied that today winds up their invasion of Cleveland on this Western swing. The plains of the Tribesmen never ‘were an oasis for the Griffs and this visit has been no exception. The In- dians tc-x the first two games in easy style and in spite of the fact that nobody is pinning any medals on them, Steve O'Neill's gang was count- ing upon a clean sweep. The Nats, it pains to report, are growing worse. By leaving 10 run- ners stranded on the bases yesterday, they managed to bow gracefully be- fore a wobbly Earl Whitehill, 6 to 2. It was a very dolorous day, for on any one of several occasions a well-placed base hit would have sent the elderly Mr. Whitehill to the showers and possibly made a different ball game out of it. Bucky Sees Hope for Chase. 'HE defeat was charged to Rookie Kendall Chase, who is getting his latest trial as a Nat. Manager Bucky Harris started Chase and for four innings the kid did all right He was leading, 2 to 1, when all of 8 sudden he was ambushed by the Indians and driven from the premises The Tribe scored five runs in this found clinching the game. Chase, however, did not suffer in the esteem of Harris. The boss man thought that Ken did pretty well, which is the important thing as far as Chase is concerned. “He's got a chance,” declared Mr. Harris, with more enthusiasm than he has been able to arouse for the last two weeks. ‘“Cleveland’s big in- ning clearly showed he is green, but the only way for him to get experi- ence will be to pitch. “Sure, I intend to start him again. He'll probably pitch in the Detroit series.” Ken started well, working like a vet- | eran. He did not allow a hit in the first four innings until he had retired the first two batters. And the Nats, thanks to Cecil Travis and Al Sim- mons, grabbed a 2-0 lead for him the second inning. Nats Can’t Score Runs. PBUT to start the fitth, Earl Averill 8ot a fluke double with a pop fly between Travis and Simmons, and Chase went haywire. Before the Indians were retired Peter Appleton Wwas chucking for Washington. Chase, and only Chase, provided any measure of encouragement to Harris. After scoring in the second inning the Griffs folded completely, offensively. Once they loaded the bases with only one out and failed to score. Another | time they had a runner on third base with only one down and could not @et him across. Later in the game Fred Sington twice spoiled promising rallies by hitting into double-plays. Buddy Myer hit into one, too, to end an inning. It is little wonder the Griffs have ®Bot been winning. Those two runs they scored is just about their speed. They have scored only 24 runs in their last 9 games, which is an average Of less than three runs per game. And Washington has not one pitcher on the staff, with the possible ex- oeption of Monte Weaver, whose earned-run average is anywhere near less than three runs a game. Stone Il With Cold. ADD to Harris' woes, Johnny 4 Stone has picked up a fine Sum- mer cold, which was why he could not play yesterday. Johnny spent most of the day in bed, and when he will play again is doubtful. Still shuddering at the memory of Sington hitting into those double-plays, Bucky wants to use Stoney again as soon as John is able to crawl out to right field Tonight the Griffs will head for Detroit to start the second lap of their Western tour. The Tigers have been teking it on the chin from the Yanks, but this does not mean a thing. The ¥anks will floor any club. Wee Ferrell was to work the finale here today, with Jimmy De Shong opening against Detroit. Dapper Jimmy is the only Washington pitcher %0 win a game in the last 12 days. In & weak moment the A's lost to ‘Washington, 5 to 3. Monte Weaver probably will pitch the second game of the Detroit set and Chase is likely to start again on Monday. Poor in Pinches ‘WASHINGTON. imada. cf. i *0 2omows~23235> AB 3 feion Spsion b, ‘W. Perrell. Totals _ = *Batted for Appleton in AB. Bl isastomm s na; o2200m~23321 OO DMII DM EEE Ry 5 © - e - IO T 001 050 00x—8 batted in—Trosky (2). Lary, Sortor Pre Whitenln: Myer rell. ‘Two-base hits—Simmons. Averill, Home run—Trosky, 8t " Sacrifices—Lewis, ~ Myer. 5 o Iayi—Lary to Hughes to Trosky. Hale to . Hughes to Trosky. ry. Left on b ns) . essrs. Gellsel Summers tendance—5.000. Time—: ey Pive years ago—Gusto won $38,000 Arlington classic. Four more world's records beaten in United States Olympic trials at Palo Alto. b | o3~0555-553M | o0000020-M 5—Washing- s on bails— off Appleton, y Chase. Among the fans last night at Robert, secretary of the Democratic National Committee; Mr: ity director of the same organization, and Chubby Gustin, Griffith Stadium were (left t o right) Lawrence W. (Chip) s. Robert, Charles Michaelson, public- Robert's secretary.—Star Staff Photos. Busick to Direct G. W.’s Publicity OHN R. BUSICK, a member of the News sports staff, has been ap- pointed director of sports publicity at George Washington University, it was announced today. Busick, who succeeds Jack Espey, now general manager and publicity di- rector of the Washington Redskins, will assume his duties immediately. A graduate of George Washington, Busick was sports editor and later as- sociate editor of the Hatchet, student weekly, and was prominent in other extra-curricula activities. He is 24 years old. His home is in McLean, Va. Promoter Thinks Mat King Would Pep Game Here. Robert Is Victor. ROMOTER JOE TURNER today pressed negotiations which he hopes will culminate in land- ing Bronko Nagurski, generally recognized as world champion grappler by virtue of his recent victory over Dean Detton, for a match here Thurs- day with Yvon Robert or Cliff Olson at Griffith Stadium. Turner feels Nagurski can revive the local twisting trade following & lull of many weeks which failed to find caulifiower customers more than mildly interested in the beef tossed in their direction. He expects to receive a definite answer from: the former Minnesota fullback today. Meanwhile squirm fans showed only lukewarm regard for Robert, who dis- posed of Reb Russell with a series of flying headlocks in 31 minutes in the feature match of the weekly rassle card last night at Griffith Stadium. Pinto Is Disqualified. " VON and Reb confined their early activities strictly to bending bones, but Russell then injected a bit of villainy into the bout by bouncing his elbow off the youthful French Canadian’s chin. This aroused Yvon to the emotional stage and promptly he launched a counter-attack, with the proper facial maneuvers, which terminated in a body press with Rus- sell on the bottom. Jack Kennedy was flipped by Stan- ley Pinto, but the bald-pated veteran continued booting Jack after the match: was over, so they gave it to Kennedy through disqualification after 16 minutes of semi-final toiling. Other matches found Jack Hader spilling George Lenihan in 12 min- utes, Jim Wright pinning Bill Sledge in 11'; minutes and Henri Piers throwing Mike Sterlich in 13!, min- utes. CLARK FIGHTS ROMERO; PITTSBURGH, July 16 (#)—Jimmy Clark of Jamestown, N. Y., and Johnny Romero of Los Angeles will meet in 2 10-round bout here Monday night. BY EDDIE BRIETZ. EW YORK, July 16.—Are the Cubs really getting ready to cough up 100,000 po- tatoes for Joe Medwick next Winter? .. . Max Schmeling is yell- ing for mercy from Berlin, but all he gets from Mike Jacobs is the horse laugh . . . glad to see Carl Hubbell back in stride . . . he's too swell a guy to pitch in tough luck all the time . . . that well-built elevator operator at the Piccadilly Hotel on West Forty-fifth is Ken Kreuscher, former United States Army bantamweight champion . . . while waiting for a break here, he rides ’em up and down. Mike Jacobs can’t lose for win- University | Oil and Special Dispatch to The Btar. | stepped into base ball and made good. | exceptions. | been caused Frankie Frisch was another ex-college player. But by and large foot ball stars leagues and riow it is beginning to look latest to join the majority side. make the grade because he is one of the in the American League. has no chance. In a class A-1 or AA league he may last for years, winning batting titles and most valuable player awards, but from his past showing for Buddy Harris he will not do in the majors. Sington was graduated from the University of Alabama with a gold foot ball to show that he had “made” the most important All-America team in the country. He was great tackle, a Rose Bowl hero. He started in the low minors and worked himself up. In every minor league he batted well over .300. Last year at Chattanooga he led the South- ern Association with .384. But he ap- parently cannot hit major league pitching. Hill Another Ex-gridder. SING’ION‘S susceptibility to hit into double plays has soured Harris on the fellow as a player. All along it was known that he could not fleld or throw very well, but Freddie was ex- pected to drive across runners. In the last 19 games he has played, however, Freddie has hit into eight double plays, and they have hurt. These games do not include apearances as a pinch-hitter. Only 2 few days ago the sale of Outfielder Jesse Hill to the Athletics on waivers was an- nounced by the Washington club, Here again a former foot ball player had failed. Hill, like Sington, had teammates pulling for him. But Jesse did not have much of an arm and he had a synthetic sort of a swing, tight and Jerky, instead of a smooth, loose stroke. Hill is a former Southern California “scatback.” When his alma mater's teams were in their heydey it was policy to use two backfields, one ver- satile, heavy and rangy, and one composed of light, shift fellows who could carry the mail. Hill could pick up a lot of ground with his dancing dogs when the regular backs and line had worn the opposition. Dixie Howell Notable Failure. BASE ball club owners and managers long since have frowned upon former foot ball greats. Several years back the Indians tried Bruce Campbell, 8 great Yale backfield man. He came up in base ball as a first baseman, but soon drifted out of base ball. Thorpe, great as he was as an all- round athlete, could not stick with the (out of which Mike got all Max owed him) the United States dis- covered Max still owes it about $25,000 for the 1931-32 taxes ouch! ., .Don Lash, Indiana’s distance star, wants to be a cop when he leaves achool . .. his coach, Billy Hayes, is looking for Jimmy Smith, Negro junior, to carry on for Lash . .. Smith has been turning in better times for the mile than Lash when he was a Junjor . . . Bulletin: Looks like Bill Tilden may be right on his Davis Cup pre- dictions . .. Parker and little Grant are goigg like blue blazes . . . New York Herald-Tribune says Gabby Hartnett of the Cubs has been picked as Bill Terry's successor as field leader of the Jints when Bill goes into the front office next sea- #on . . . Now, how are they going to - o%t Gabty away, grom the Oubs? } ‘POPPING 7 OFF“Sianx: Water. LEVELAND, July 16.—Ever since curve balls began to induce a | swishing sound from Jim Thorpe's bat back in 1918, the flower of America’s college foot ball players have discovered that major league ! base ball was not for them. Here and there a former gridiron star Mickey Cochrane was one of these Mickey never was an All-America, but this oversight may have by the fact that he plaved with weak little Boston University. foot ball hero to become a fine ball Frankie was a wow at Fordham in his ram helmet and cleated shoes. and he successfully leaped the gap between the two sports. have been dismal failures in the big as if big Freddie Sington will be the Base ball folk would like to see Freddie more personable and ambitious fellows But the concensus is that Singtong—m————— Giants. Jim could run, throw and, in foot ball and track, do anything better than anybody else. But he couldn't adjust himself to a curve ball, The Tigers grabbed Dixie Howell few years back and tried to make a third baseman out of him. Dixie won undying fame as a Rose Bowl passer. Incidentally, he also played for Ala- bama. But Dixie failed with the Tigers and kept dropping back in the minors. The last heard of him he was in a class D league, or some circuit with a similar rating. Connie Mack, who habitually lifts ball players from the Duke campus, seems to have uncovered some good talent. Bill Werber did not come direct from Duke to Mack, but he came straight from the Blue Devils to the Yanks and now is one of Connie's better ball players. The A's got Lovell Dean from Duke and also Wayne Ambler, and both have managed to stick. But Clarence (Ace) Parker, the big- gest Duke “name” of them all, did not stick with the A's. The great back- fleld star soon was found wanting and shipped to the minors. Connie Knew Something. SPEAKING of Mack, the old gent once thought he had one of the great “finds” of the decade some years back. A young pitcher named Mil- dexter was given & trial in Spring training. It was back in 1929 or 1930, and the kid, a big, broad-shouldered fellow, showed a fast ball that fairly sang. He showed the makings of a fine pitcher, but he had another year of school left and wanted to finish before going into base ball. The boy was going to Denver Uni- versity or the University of Colorado or some such Far Western school. He was & foot ball player, too, but Mack took him aside and offered to -pay all of his expenses the final year of school if he promised not to play foot ball, Mildexter refused. He was a big campus star and wanted to close his college career as such. . .. they still say Steve O'Neill has got to go at Cleveland after this season . . . and it's a shame, too « . . how about an announcement from Mr. Bradley that it ain't s0? Southern Association writers say big league clubs who need pitchers are pulling a boner in passing up Ray Starr of Nashville . . . Rosa- lind Hirsch, Mike Jacobs’ niece and secretary, gets married on the lawn of Mike’s home at Red Bank, N. J,, Sunday, and Mike is getting ready to do the thing up in big league style. Base ball writers report one rea- son Jake Powell is going 30 nicely for the Yankees is because of that reconciliation with his wife . . . Jack Pfeffer will succeed Jack Ourley as boss of the wrestling racket in New York despits the fact Pefter i in the dog houss with the GREATLY, TIS SAD Indians, Careful With Bob’s | $100,000 Wing, Ready to Use It on Yanks. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS, HICAGO, July 16.—That young feller, Bob Feller of the Cleve- land Indians, is ready to mow down American League bat- ters again. In his first full game since something popped loose in the $100,- 000 pitching arm, the Iowa farm boy held Detroit to a pair of hits and there was nary a hitch in his delivery. Feller tested his arm thoroughly against the Tigers by throwing noth- ing but fast balls, and there was plenty of whizz to his delivery. The youngster's next appearance will be against the Yankees in the Cleveland stadium Sunday, and with him as an attraction against the world cham- pions, the season's largest crowd may be recorded. Feller will let the Yankees see his curve ball and the Ruppert rifles may not enjoy the view. Over-Cautious With Feller. FELLER'S return comes too late to be of much help to the Indians, who already are a dozen games be- hind the pace-making New Yorkers. Men close to the Cleveland club are of the opinion that. had Feller been Mel Harder, Willis Hurlin or any other pitcher, he would have been taking his regular turn weeks ago. That Fel- ler’s arm injury never was real serious, but that the Cleveland executives were fearful of risking so valuable a chat- tel. At any rate, it seems Feller's arm has suffered no permanent damage and he should immediately start ful- fllling his Spring promise. With attention again focused on Feller, you hear new rumors that Steven O'Neill will not be managing the Indians in 1938 and may not even finish out the current season. The Cleveland team has been a huge dis- appointment to Alva Bradley and the other owners, although it is well ahead of last season in attendance. The club was obviously overrated in pre- season predictions, but should be bet- ter than a poor fourth in the Ameri- can League race. In connection with the probable change in Cleveland management, you hear mentioned the names of Rabbit Maranville of Montreal and Al Sothoron of Milwaukee, both high- | ly successful as minor league leaders. Both Clever Managers. ARANVILLE has a very average team running second to Newark in the International League and is displaying real ability even though his club is some 18 games behind the junior New York Yankees. Once the playboy of the National League, old “Rab” has been a model of de- portment for many years and is just about as smart as they come in the base ball business. Endowed with a vivid personality, the little man is beating his way toward a major league | managerial berth, even should Cleve- | land overloek him. Sothoron, a one-time Cleveland pitcher, has won pennants in Louis- | ville and Milwaukee and is regarded | as one of the smartest managers in | the American Association. He has | been particularly successful in devel- oping young players and some of his outstanding pupils are Billy Herman, star second baseman of the Chicago Cubs; Rudy York and Chet Laabs of the Tigers and Hamlin of the Dodg- ers. Cleveland has a working agree- ment with Milwaukee which might put Sothoron in line should O'Neill be discharged. Neither Maranville nor Sothoron may be considered by the Cleveland owners, but that's the gossip at the moment. —_— GAIN NET SEMI-FINALS McDiarmid, Riggs, Harris, Cham- bers Left in Denver Play. DENVER, July 16 (#).—Outlines of | final matches in the Colorado open | tennis tournament took shape today. John McDiarmid, Princeton professor, was paired with Bobby Riggs, 19-year- old Los Angeles star, in a men's sin- gles semi-final match. Charles Harris, the defending cham- pion from West Palm Beach, Fla., faced Tom Chambers, another Los An- geles 19-year-old, in a lagging quarter- final match. — He went back, played feot ball, and then reported to Mack again. He still was big and broad-shoul- dered and a fine looking specimen, but his fast ball did not sing any longer. He did not have that loose, whippy | arm. It was crooked-like. x “Foot ball muscles” had set in. His fast bal] could have struck the batter | between the eyes without making him blink. Mildexter did not last long with the ATLEA RICHARD DONALD, Youthful sensation of the International League, who has won all of his 13 starts for the Newark Bears. 1 shatters all minor league records and, no doubt, the future will see him on the Yankee staff since Newark is part of the Ruppert He has won 30 of his last 32 starts. —Wide World Photo. Yankees, Yet to Reach Full Strength, Threaten to Beat Great Record of Last Year farm system. BY SID FEDER, Assoclated Press Sports Writer, HE YANKS are coming so fast | they're even ahead of them- selves. ‘The New York slaughter | squad, specialists in making second- rate hash out of first-rate pitching talent, is not only on the way to an- other waltz to a pennant, but appears headed for a bigger and better year than the record-breaker of 1936. ‘When they finished rewriting the record books last season, it was agreed generally that the maximum in fence | busting had been reached for some time to come—that another stretch of | years would pass before the rgcords‘ would have another such general going | over. But it seems now that Murder- ers’ Row was only warming up. Yet to Reach Full Strength. FOR. taking this season’s figures to date, and throwing in a few| “‘angles” that don't appear on the surface, Gehrig and company are set to make more of a chopping block than ever of American League competition. That fact stood out today as the Yanks coasted along on a 7!2-game lead, while over in the National League the Chicago Oubs once again were at the head of the parade, by virtue of a 5-1 thumping of the Bos- ton Bees during yesterday's program— or that part which wasn't washed out. As matters now stand, the Yanks yet have to enjoy their full varsity strength this season, what with in- juries, ailments and Spring holdouts. In addition, only recently they've shot into high gear—their surge dating to the start of their last home stand. Despite those factors, they already | have smashed out a total of 87 homers, | thereby leading their record-breaking production for the same period luli season, when they hit a total of 182 in 154 games. And they are boosting | their league lead week by week. Every man in the line-up climbed aboard Detroit pitching yesterday as the swat squad clubbed ouc a 13-6 victory over the Tigers, thereby stretching its undefeated streak to| 10 games—nine wins and one tle— | their longest in four years. The Cubs, meantime, after spending & day in second place in the National League, went out in front again as Tex Carleton reasserted his jinx hold on the Bees in the only senior ocircuit contest that escaped the weather. The Giants, through enforced idlen dropped back to second. Browns Thump Red Sox. FXCEPI‘ for the Yankees and the ~ Cleveland Indians, who trounced | Washington's Senators 6-2 as Hal | “Trosky poled his nineteenth homer, | American League favorites found the | going rough. | A's. Cubs Hinted Ready to Pay $100.000 for Medwick Hartnett to Become Giants' Leader Is Rumor—Nashvilla Has Star Hurler in Starr. New York State Athletic sion . . . What base ball star is making one of the West Fifty- second street hot spots hum these hot nights? The N. B. C. apparently thinks Joe Louis is in there for a good long time . . . It has just paid $100,000 for the radio rights for his next four fights . . . Dick Bar- tell is having a great year with the Giants and that’s all right because he’s just about the hustlingest, acrappiest ball player in Mr. Ford Frick’s league . . . Incidentally, it's mighty nice to see the staid old American having & scrap or two in its own right . . . But you'll notice that Mr. Will C. Harridge, who is inclined to lean a bit toward the right, fined his athletes more than Mr. PFrick doss—for an ordinary [ The sky-rocketing Boston Red Sox! had an edge for five innings, but the 8t. Louis Browns put on a three-run surge in the sixth to come through with a 5-3 decision. couple of youngsters, George Cas- and Earle Brucker, combined to Griffs’ Records 3b.Hr. 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(Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta and Don Budge of Oakland, States against Germany in the Davis Cup Interzone tennis finals at Wimble- Budge will team with Gene Mako of Los Angeles for doubles play. | been playing up to his usual game | because of a severe cold since he ar- | finals when he meets Baron Gottfried | von Cramm at 2:30 pm. (8:30 am, Budge will play Heinrich Henkel as | s0on as the first match is out of th | will meet Von Cramm and Henkel in | the doubles. Grant Close Choice. ON TUESDAY, Grant and Henkcl will lead off in the first of the two | final singles matches. Budge and Von | Cramm will ring down the curtain on | the interzone finals. The winner in the series will go ! |into the challenge round. meeting | Great Britain for possession of the Davis Cup at Wimbledon July 24, 26 and 27. It had been thought Pate, the non- playing skipper of the American team, might name Frankie Parker of Mil- | waukee for the second singles assign- ment. “It was a hard choice between Grant and Parker,” Pate said, “but obviously I thought Grant was playing slightly better tennis and deserved it.” The real meaning of the draw is that if the Germans win the doubles Monday, the final result may hinge on the closing battle between the twov* old rivals, Budge and Von Cramm. Homer Standings Yesterday's homers — Greenberg Tisers. 1, York. Tigers, 1. Lazzer: Yankees ' 1. " Henrich. ~Yankees. 1 Cronin, Red Sox. 1 ky. Indians. 1 leaders—Di 210 Yankees 2:. Greenberg Tigers. 20: Trosky, In- dians. 15: Medwick. 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