Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1937, Page 39

‘! Western trip with his left hand still Simmons’ Sturdy Bat Aids Nats : Hornsb ALHITSINRUNS 10 CRUSH CHISOX *De Shong, After Poor Start, Pitches Well to Snap 10-_ | Game Losing Streak. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, &taft Correspondent of The Star. HICAGO, July 22.—Exulting in their first victory since July 5, the Nationals enjoyed a day of respite from the diamond wars today and wondered if their outlook really was as black as painted. For one heartening item, they are able to point to the potent bat of Al Simmons, which again is blasting all kinds of pitching. Back in May, when the Griffs were finding the going tough, Al struck his stride at bat and pulled them out of & slump. For a while the Harrismen went along in good fashion. Then came the injury to Simmons’ finger and with him out, the Nats went into their big nose-dive. In the last week the thunder in Al's bat has been rolling again and when Simmons is hitting his club always has a chance. This was demon- strated in the White Sox series. In the opener of the two-game set his three singles kept Wes Ferrell in a 10-inning battle that finally was lost, 4 to 3. Yesterday as the Nats broke their 10-game losing streak and the six-game winning streak of the Pale Hose, Al drove across three runs and scored two others in & 7-to-3 victory. Catches Up With Pitchers. SIMMONS has vet to drive his way into the 300 class, but with any kind of a break in luck he seems a einch to finish the year well over the mark. Al returned to the line-up on this badly swollen from the fracture he sustained when hit by a ball pitched by Oral Hildebrand on June 18. This swelling, plus his layoff, handicapped | him at the start. In his first four games Al batted only .166 Then suddenly he caught up with the pitchers again games of the Detroit series he batted .500, collecting four hits in eight offi- cial times at bat. He drove two home runs and batted across three runs while scoring two others. In Chicago he made five hits in 10 trips for an- other .500 average. All told, Al already has made up for his slow start on the swing. for the tour. In 33 times at bat he has made 11 hits, driven across seven, were home runs. Three of his hits Homers Give De Shong Lead. .SIMMONS swings what easily is the most. dangerous bat on the Wash- ington club. The Nats make & great many hits but few of them drive runs across. They lead the American League in runners left on base and this total mounted while Simmons ‘was on the sidelines. Al really is the only “clean-up hitter” on the outfit. It was Simmons’ hitting, Jimmy De Bhong’s pitching, and an erior by Bozie Berger that gave the Nats their first and only win on the Western swing, which will end with a three- game series in St. Louis, beginning | “ tomorrow. First to face Bill Dietrich in the opening inning was Melo Almada, who promptly slammed into the rizht- fleld stands for a home run. Buddy Lewis drew a base on balls and Sim- mons stepped up to wallop his t‘nlrdlf* homer in four days into the upper *deck of the left-field stands. This | gave De Shong a 3-t0-0 lead. Jimmy Steadies After Start. D! SHONG'S start was pretty sad. The first two men to face him, Hayes and Kreevich, singled and hit & home run, respectively. But there- | after, James Brooklyn settled down | to some real pitching. From then un- | til two were out in the eighth inning, | the Sox made only one hit off him. Berger's error, coming in the third Inning, helped the Nats toward the scoring of three unearned runs and these, it developed, meant the ball game. With two out and Simmons on base, Berger booted a grounde: “py Stone and, at this point, Kuhel tripled to drive across both mates. A moment later Kuhel scored when Myer's grounder to Appling took a bad hop and went for a hit, This made it 6-2. Bugar Cain took over the Chisox Pitching after this frame and proved to be a distinct improvement. Not until the seventh, when successive singles by Lewis, Travis and Simmons were made, were the Nats able to ake any real headway. A bad hop also aided the Pale Hose. » .. and to the extent of picking up their third and final run in the sighth. With two down a grounder by Walker <hopped weirdly over Travis' shoulder. A walk to Bonura and Radcliff'’s In the last two | He now is hitting a .333 clip | scored six runs and | | Buddy Lewis slides safely Chisox in Chicago yesterday. His feat came mons as the Nats got off to a three-run start. WASHINGTON, into second a D. C, Display of Pep as Losing Streak Ends _fter getting a walk in the first inning against the in between home runs by Mel Almada and Al Sim- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. As Cards Are BY SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer. HE wolves are different in St Louis. Anywhere else, when they start to howl the chances are they'd get some ball players. But when they open up on the Browns they wind ,up with the manager's | scalp—and don't ask why. If any one could have done a bet- | ter job with the Brownies than old | Rajah Hornsby, he hasn't made his appearance in big-time ball up to | now. Certainly no one can do any | better with the material at hand. With a pitching staff that was vir- tually non-existent, the Rajah was | lucky to finish in the same league with the rest of the American loop | larrupers. That he finished out of the cellar last year was a miracle, But the new Brownies' bosses, who took over the club before the season opened, have used little if any cash for pitching talent. Instead of giving Hornsby some elbowers that might have a 50-50 chance of finishing what League Statistics .'lL.\' 22, 1937, AMERICAN, RESULTS YESTERDAY. s 7:_Chicago, New York. 6: 8t. Louis. Boston. 10: Detroit. 3. Cleveland, P-R: Philadelphia. 8-7. STAND] OF THE CLUBS. 8 ydrapey. TTXI0X_ MaN ~~~"o8eopug d oM wwen —wonea ~T7T pulwdE GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. N Y. at St. Louls. Wash. at 8t L 4 Boston at Detroit. * New York at Chicaso. Phila. at Cleveland Phila. at Det. (). Only games scheduled Boston at Cleve. NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Cincinnati, 6; New York, 5. Brooklyn. '#: Pittsburgh. b Philadelphi :4 0 ®judRpeny. KT ° Tieuugouy --eswjuddIng - puiyaeg e s WOTL e =) | 5 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Cincinnati at N. Y. Chi t N. Y. Eittsburgh ‘at BKin. ST s b single did the rest. icago at Phila St. Louls at Boston. a ton Cincinnati at_Phils. Rues 22 OmE: St. Louis Moans Its ““Blues” Beaten Twice, Browns Lose Manager, Tilt they started, the powers that be fired Hornsby. Figure that one out, Bees Cuft Cards. | THEY might have taken a tip from | 1 the Boston Bees. Bob Quinn moved in there two years ago and | found a club dying on its feet. But instead of pouring it on Bill Mc- | now he has brought together & pitch- | ing staff that is the pride of the Na- | tional League, if not the entire big | time. Lou Fette and Jim Turner, a couple 30-year-old ‘“rookies,” are the latest with whom Quinn and McKechnie 5 have come up to baffle batting opposi- | tion. Fette and Johnny Lanning, a second-year man, had a cinch yester- day with the Cardinals and walloped them in both ends of a double-header, 5-1and 2-1, A homer by Ray Mueller with the bases loaded in the eleventh inning won the first game for Fette. Lanning. matched against Dizzy Dean, a two-hitter at the Gas House Gang for the nightcap decision. The Chicago Cubs. meantime, stretched their National League lead to two full games over the crippled Giants by whipping the Phillies in a twin bill. The most astonishing part about it was that Bill Lee and Larry French allowed only 14 hits and one run in the Phils’ pint-sized ball orchard to win, 4-1 and 6-0. Pirates Whitewashed. A FIVE-RUN rally in the fifth gave the Cincinanti Reds a 6-5 de- cision over the Giants. George Jeffcoat turned in a four-hitter to blank the Pirates for a 6-0 Brooklyn win. Although Sunny Jim Bottomley was |the new manager for the Browns, it was the same old ball club. 8o the Yankees trimmed them, as usual, 6-3. Jimmy Foxx smashed out two homers for the second straight day to lead the Red Sox in a 10-3 walloping of the Detroit Tigers. Washington ended & 10-game “win-less” run by topping the White Sox, 7-3. The Cleveland | Indians just managed to nose out the Athletics in both ends of a twin bill, 9-8 and 8-7. Griffs’ Records BATTING @ = PEL] PYEPS F St i Sauns o @D s Saco3TI8IRRES! 251300 p S DA MR BITT B ISt P NHEEE g o> 2352555332555 3—mant o @ o3 Siat 3 S a3 BEFSS Fa a2t [RSTIIN- > 22 sl EPed Potet — aom BanZ OV =, ceonderal I AL Kechnie he has backed Bill up, until | Then | whose big toe is healed again, tossed | Razzberry Keeps Base Ball Alive By the Associated Press. ELMIRA‘ N. Y, July 22 —Base ball, the New York-Pennsyl- vania League's lawmaking umpire said today, wouldn't be the same without the old razzberry. Here as a league arbiter, ruddy- pound Martin J. Cleary, iana State Senator from Fort Wayne, dusted off home plate with his whisk broom and added that, after all, he should know “I take as much from the fans as the next fellow,” he asserted, smil- ing. “But that's one of the reasons I'm in base ball—I like the razzing and I love the game. “When the fans stop riding me, I think something is wrong. that base ball is slipping as our national pastime Major Leaders By the Associated Press. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Battin, kees. .374: Di Maggio = Runs—Di_ Masi Yankees, 76: Greenberg. Tigers. 16 Runs batted in—Greenbere, Tigers. 88 Di Maggio, Yankees 56 Hits—Bell, Browns. 117; Di Magsio. Yankees 114 3, White Sox. 31: Doubles—Bonur, Gehrig, Yankees. 28 Senators. and Kree- 0 Tripies—Kuhe! vich White Sox. —Di Maggio, Yankees. 25: Stolen ~bases—Chapman. Red Sox. 22 Appling. Whits Sox, 14 Pitching—R Lawson, Tigers NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Medwick. Cardinals, 408: Pirates. 380, alan. Cubs,’ 75: Medwick, 71 Medwick. Cardinals, . 62 Cardinals, 128 P. Pirates. 122 Doubles—Medwick. Cardinals. 33: ts, 23 s — Vaughan, Pir 10 Handlev. Pirates. 9 Home runs—Medwick, Cardinalg, 20: Ott. Giants. 18. Stolen bases_Galan. Cubs. 15: J. 12-3; Hub- Yankees, and es, Martin Cardinals. 10 Pitching—Fette. Bees, bell, Giarts, 14-4. Minor Leagues International. Newark. 2-1. Jersey City. 4. Montreal. 5: Syracuse. 3 Rochester. 12: Baltimore, 1. American Assoeiation. Milwaukee. 9: Minneanolis, 2. Kansas City Indianapolis Toledo, 8; Louisville. 2 Pacific Coast. San Diezo. 5: Seattle. 1 Los Angeles. 8: San Francisco. 1. Portland, 6: Sacramento. 2 Oakland, 13: Missions.” 3 Beaumont, 4: Fort Worth, 2. Te: Torento. 3-2 Buffalo. 9 4-10. 0-4. Oklahoma City. 8: Galveston, 6. 8an Antonio, i: Dalias. 2. Houston. 1: Tuisa. 0. Routhern Association. Little Rock. 7: Birmingham. 4. Nashville. 3: Knoxville. 2 New Orleans. 1-2: Memphis, 0-3. Atlanta, 5; Chattanooga. 3. New York-Penn. Elmira. 9-9: Scranton. 5-4. Hazleton. A: Albany. 1 Binghamton. &: Trenton. 2. Wilkes-Barre, 3: Willlamsport. 2. Piedmont Portsmouth. 6: Charlotte. 1. Norfolk at Durham. rain. Asheville at Rocky Mount. Coastal Plains. Goldsboro. 9: Tarhoro. 1. New Bern. 5: Avden, 3 Others postponed. rain. South Atlantie, Columbus, 6: Augusta. 4. Mid-Atlantie. Dayton, 4: Johnstown. 0. Eastern Shore. Salisbury. 2: Easton. 1 Federalsburg. 9: Cambr Pocomoke. 3! Crisfleld. Dover. 7: Centreville, 3. rain. idee. 1. 1. Ex-Prexy Heydler Now Sits in Sunny Bleachers Rumored Schacht May Get Fat Radio Ofter—McCarthy Says Broaca Is Through as Yankee. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, July 22.—When John A. Heydler, former president of the National League, goes to a ball game these days he sits in the bleachers to get the sun. .. He doesn't know it yet, but Al Schacht, the base ball clown, is going to get a fat offer , , . Bome folk think his jokes would go good over the air , . . ‘Young Mr. Don Budge played him- self a game of tennis, didn't he. It appears Johnny Broaca is all washed up with the Yanks . . . Joe McCarthy says Johnny (who Jumped the team) will never throw another ball for the Yankees . . . 80 it may be Newark or points west for the bespectacled Yale graduate + « + Collyer's Eye is getting letters for rating Henry Armstrong, Pedro Montanez and Laurie Stevens above + Lou Ambers in its lightweight rat- ings Giant flag chances have been hard hit with scrappy Dick Bartell, Gus Mancuso and Harry Dsnning all on the shelf at the same time and with the Cubs due tomor- row. Danning is working with a bad ankle, however , . . Down in Belma, Ala., the No. 1 ball player is not Dizzy Dean or Joe Di Mag- gio, but Rip Radcliff of the White 8Sox ... Rip got his base ball start down there seven years ago and continued the good work by marry- ing & Selma gal. Indiana’s 1938 foot ball schedule, Just out, shows. the Hooslers open against Ohio State ... Ouch! . .. If little Henry Armstrong keeps on belting ’em out, who'll be left for him to fight? Henry's fists may punch him right into the all-star card Mike Jacobs is lining up for September 17 ... Barney Ross is scheduled to defend his welterweight title against Ceferino Garcia, but should Bobby Pacho beat Garcia in the Garden Thuraday night there’ll be no one left for Barney to fight , ., 8o Mike will try-to pit -Armstrong & against Petey Sarron, the N. B. A. featherweight champion. Overheard leaving the Polo Grounds after Sam Leslie of the Giants had an unusually good day « . . Typical Bronxite: that bum could hit been in a slum” . finally got Joe Medwick out . . . The Cardinal star went hitless in four times at bat the other day. You can look for Tommy Farr to furnish & lot of good newspaper copy before he leaves these shores, either under his own power or on a stretcher . . . That guy's a card - - . Means business, t0o . . . When the scribes asked him what his weight was, Tommy replied: “Eighteen stone, twelve, gents (208 pounds to you lugs) and wot of hit?” . . . Parr is tite first British heavy to invade the United States since good old “Phainting Phil” 8cott, who spent most of his stay in this country flat on his back counting the stars . . , What makes us suspicious of him is he already has doped out how he's going to beat Louis from watching fight pictures . . . Jim Braddock can tell him how that works out. Hirsch Jacobs, New York's cham- plon horse trainer, thinks he's slipping . . . This year his hosses have won only 92 races . .. A year ago today he had accounted for 105 . . . Larry French, veteran Cub southpaw, is superstitious and will not discuss his team’'s pennant chances . . . “We’ll be lucky to finish in the first division,” he al- way says . .. Oh, yeah. Willis Sharpe Kilmer will toss 67 yearlings into the Saratoga sales beginning August 4 . .. Jim Coffroth, famous fight promoter of another day, is visiting here and can't get over some of the guaran- tees Mike Jacobs is offering fighters « « . The biggest house he ever had was $60,000, attracted by one of Jim Jeffries’ matches . Jacobs thinks. nothing of tripling that figure it he wants a fighter badly enough. b ) 9101101} WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, JULY 22, DEPOSED MANAGER OF BROWNS IRATE. Rajah Spurns $5,000 Offer | of Settlement—IJob Given to Bottomley. By the Associated Press. T. LOUIS, July 22.—Gossip and speculation flowed freely today after an explosion which gave the impotent St. Louis Browns & new manager and opened the gates for threatened legal action by the deposed “Rajah.” Rogers Hornsby, 41-year-old man- ager. whose career reached unrivaled heights of individual play, and his first assistant, Coach Charley O'Leary, were dismissed suddenly, and in their stead were installed popular Sunny Jim Bot- tomley as manager and Charles (Gab- by) Street, former Cardinal and St. Paul manager, as coach. Hornsby, who had been at the helm since the middle of the 1933 season, said he turned down “a $5.000 offer of settlement” because he believed his contract should hold good to the end of the 1938 season. Last year he was signed to a two-year contract calling for a salary of $18,000 a year. Asked If he would appeal to Base Ball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis or if he contemplates any legal action, Hornsby said “not until I find out just what the club is going to do about the contract.” Differ on Contract. “1\,1R. BARNES (Don Barnes, presi- dent of the Browns) offered me | $5.000 yesterday after he informed me that I was released as manager, but I did not accept anything,”” he added, “and I'm going to learn what the club intends to do. “It is my belief that my contract is good until the close of the 1938 season, and those I have consulted about it agree on that point.” Barnes countered: “Our attorneys have given their opinfon that the contract could be terminated—abruptly.” Hornsby was notified of his immedi- ate dismissal in a terse letter person- ally handed him by Barnes. The letter said “it is for the best interest of the club.” Barnes. who became executive head of the club when a syndicate of wealthy St. Louis business men bough* the Browns last Winter, said “the dis- missal was not the result of any over- night decision,” but declined to com- ment on the statement he offered Hornsby $5,000. Bottomley Fast Worker. BOTTOMLEY. who joined the clu as a first baseman last year, wiil receive a new manager's contract with A salary raire, Vice President Bill De Witt stated. Stepping up from coach to manager, “Sunny Jim" quickly took over the| other players who received three of | skipper's reins and gave his men a pep talk almost before the word of the shake-up had spread. He said he will continue as a utility first baseman. “No swift changes will take place." Bottomley said, “and the line-up will stay as it is. “I was informed by the office that Hornsby was not let out because of inability and I accepted the job."” Bottomley in 1928 was voted the most valuable player in the National League, and in 1931 he missed the bat- ting title by mere fractions. He is 37 years old. Stars Y;sterday By the Associated Press. Lou Pette and Johnn —Held Cardinals to hits, respectively. for win mmy Foxx. Red Sox—Hit two homers in 10-3 win over Tigers Bill Lee and Larry French. ' Cubs— Stopped — Phillies. 4-1 " and 8-0. re- spectively. in twin bill, allowing eight and six hits Kemp Wicker. Yankees—Held Browns to 10 hits and drove two runs in with single for 6-3 victory eorge ~ Jeffcoat. " Dodgers—Fanned geven and handcuffed Pirates with four hits for -0 triumph. Al Simmons. Senators—Hit homer and single driving in three runs, for 7-3 win _over White Sox. aul Derringer. Reds—Pitched hit- less ball in 1'a-inning relief trick to save 6-5 win over Giants. y Lanning. Bees fve hits two -1 and 2-1 dou- Star 1937. Pilots Browns JAMES (SUNNY JIM) BOTTOMLEY, Successor to Rogers (Rajah) Hornsby, who has piloted the team since 1933. Bottomley started his career at Siour City in 1920 and later was signed by the Cardinals to patrol first base. During 1929 while with the Cards, Jim participated in 149 double plays to set a record. On September 16, 1924, he drove in 12 runs in a game against Brooklyn. His highest batting mark has 371, compiled in 1923. He played 140 games at first base for the Browns in 1936, attaining a fielding mark of .992. —Wide World Photo. MONTH'S LAURELS 10 GOMEZ, HAMLIN (Hurlers Tie in A. P. Honor Listings—Mungo Leads Year’s Nominations. By the Associated Press, EW YORK, July 22.—A couple of pitchers, Lefty (El Goofo) Gomez of the Yankees and Rookie Luke Hamlin of the Brooklyn Dodgers, deadlocked for the “star of the month” nominaion for b the third month of the current base | ball season. Each was mentioned four times dur- ing the 30-day period in the Asso- ciated Press daily list of nommations | for “yesterday's stars.” to lead six the daily “star” selections each. ; Van Mungo on Top. IN THAT half dozen were Lou Fette, Boston Bees; Joe Di Maggio, Yankees; Ducky Medwick. Cardinals; | Hal Trosky, Indians: Rudy York. Tigers, and Monte Stratton, White | Sox ever, was able to pull up to a place with the season's “star” leaders. | Van Mungo of the Dodgers, with two nominations for the month, boosted | his season total to 10 to retain the top spot, but Di Maggio, on & hitting rampege, advanced to tie him through his three nominations. Homer Standings By the Associated Press. s homers—Poxx. Red 50 Athletics, 2: Crosetti. s. 1: Henrich. Yankeer. 1: Vosmik. Browns, 1. Nelson. Athletics. 1: 8im- mons. Senators. 1: Almada. Senators. Kreevich. _White' Sox. 1: Go Reds. 1. Whitehead. Giants. " 1: Collins. Phillies. 1 Mueller. leaders—Di 80: Giants, 1 Cubs. Bees, 1: Maggio, Yankees. X Greenberg. Indians. 21: Med- R Glants, 18 rican. 412 N TRO. 25: Foxx. Red Tigers. 21: Trosky. wick. Cardinals. 20 League totals—, a- tional. 3AR: total. Dykes Discusses Near Deals At White Sox Cabbage Spread By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. HICAGO, July 22.—Fat, jov- ial Lou Comiskey, owner of the White Sox, is doing nothing to injure his repu- tation as the best host of all Ameri- can League club owners. Every year he throws a big corned beef and cabbage feed for scribes and attaches of each of the visiting ball clubs, and the one yesterday for the Washington club was as gay as they come. Will Harridge was there. .. and Henry Edwards, publicity director for the American League. Tris Speaker, the “Gray Eagle,” who now is white, was there, too. Tris was congratulated on all sides. Not many weeks ago he was near death in Cleveland, after falling two stories. He is back to normal now, except for a long, livid scar that runs down his cheek and under his chin. Comiskey, just out of the hospi- tal, was acting as host and his daughter as waitress ., . . “No. I haven't received any reports on the 1938 ball becoming lop-sided,” said Harridge. “It shouldn’t become flat, It's the same ball except that the cover is slightly thicker . . . You can hardly notice the difference.” Tried to Trade Hayes. IMMY DYKES, the little round man who directs the Sox, was pitting away a big helping of corned beef. “What's the trouble with Washington?” he wanted to know. “I thought the Nationals were going places this year.” A volunteer mentioned a few de- tails. “Base ball's a funny game,” philosophized Dykes. “Two years ago I tried to give Jack Hayes away and nobody wanted him. Now he's the second best second baseman in the league. Nobody eould get him away from me. . “I tried to trade Zeke Bonura for Jos Kuhel. In faet, I wanted to trade Bonura and Whitehesd for » Kuhel and Earl Whitehill. It was no go with Griff. I'm glad of it."” Somebody remarked that Wes Ferrell had pitched a helluva game the day before. “Yeah,” admitted Jimmy, “but he made one mistake . .. He knocked that big boy (Bonura) down. You can't get Zeke mad. He'll hit hell outta that ball and that's what he did.” “Ferrell's still good when he's got control,” somebody remarked. “Yeah,” said Dykes. “but if he hasn't got control he'll get killed out there.” Why Get Hughes? “WASHINGTON'S only got & couple players I'd like to have,” went on Jimmy. “Of the pitchers, the only one I would want is De Shong. Weaver? Yeah, they say he's right this year, but I'm afraid of those kind of guys ... Y’ know, fellows who are sick a lot. “The last guy Griffith tried to sig on me was Cascarella. Now what would I want with him? He tried to trade him to Cleveland, didn’t he? Who did he want?” Somebody guessed a deal weuld involve Roy Hughes, the Indians’ second baseman. “Okay with me,” grinned Dykes. “Where would he play on Washing- ton? Second base? Why he'’s the worst second baseman in the league on double plays . . . base runners coming in to second base are always knocking him down and spoiling his throw to first.” News was broken of Hornsby's dismissal as manager of the Browns. Speaker wanted to know if any- body had been appointed. “Does he have any managerial ambi- tions?” & reporter asked a friend of Tris. “I don't know,” was the answer, “but if he has, Tris is keep= ing it & secret. I don't think, how- over, that he belioves there is much hope.” » |~ Neither Gomez nor Hamlin, how- | | | | Hornsby to Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. Features and Classified | C PAGE C—1 y Threatens Legal Action Bottomley. HICAGO, July 22—The kid glove has replaced the mailed fist on the reins of the St. Louis Browns. Sunny Jim Bottomley has been ushered into office as manager of the hapless Brownies and Rogers Hornsby, the old spade-caller, is gone. What will happen now is bound to be inter~ esting. If the Browns start playing better ball Mr. Hornsby will be labelad as & bum. If the Browns do no better they will be tagged as bums 1t is strictly & bum outlook. During his various regimes as a major league manager Hornsby was called either a great pilot or a bad one by his critics, There seemed to be o in-between. He was violently disiiked by his ball players but the newspaper guys loved him as a source of copy because Rogers would speak his piece on anything. Ball club owners either admired him or cordially hated him. Rival managers sneered at the opinions he expressed in the papers. Judge Kene- saw Landis, the big brass hat of base ball, was believed to hold the secret opinion that Hornsby should have been thrown out of base ball years ago. At any rate, until and if the Rajah gets another job, big league base ball has lost one of its more colorful characters. He was a stern, unyielding kind of a leader. He could handle his fists and demonstrated his them more than once. He knew base ball and behind him was a marvelous background. He was one of the great right- handed hitters of base ball. In fact, he probably was the greatest. Barred Cigarettes, Beer. ’I‘H’E Browns disliked him because he barred the smoking of cigarettes in the club house and beer was pro- hibited as strictly. A majority of managers permit beer and all except Hornsby allow smoking. There are vices recognized as greater threats to ball players than smoking and beer drinking. Onme of these is horse racing Homsby was a rabid horse-follower but he never smoked Rogers won some fame when he made his debut as a man- ager. His first job as a pilot was with the Cardinals. In 1925 he took them over, finished fourth. The next year he won their first pennant and world serfes. But he fought with Sam Breadon and Branch Rickey and that Winter he was sold. He managed the Boston Braves for a while, then the Cubs. It was as the Cub manager that he fell into disrepute with Landis. The com- missioner heard of his racing debts and his efforts to borrow money. On August 2, 1932, President Wil- | liam Veeck of the Cubs fired him. The Cubs were six games out of first place. Jolly Cholly Grimm succeeded him and the Bruins immediately ability with | Ve N e | spurted to win the pennant. When | time came to slice the world series | melon they voted Hornsby not a penny. Roughed Up Dick Coffman. "T'BE Browns were in sorry shape when Hornsby took them over, | He traded spectacularly and built up | the club, in the eyes of the rest of | the league, but the Browns failed to | rise any higher. At present they are | rated as the best right-handed hitting team in the American League, Ever since Hornsby took command of the local enterprise in 1933 his ball players whispered their dissatisface tion. Once Pitcher Dick Coffman came out with it. Hornsby suspended and fined him, but Coffman, it dee | veloped, was going to be tough. He boarded the Browns' train, eastward bound, and defied Rogers, who promptly knocked him down in a Pulle (See POPPING, Page C-7) Finally WASHINGTON. Al da = cf, = IS R Ferrell. c. De Shonz. p. | sumpueonang | EELEEELTE] 3 Totals | . cHICAGO. .a 20000 mmmm ] 1| mitar srarit] 5 e Dietrich. . Cain. o~ *Rosenthal tHaas Totals = *Batted for Berger in 3 tBatted for Cain i ninth, Scors by innings: WASHINGTON | Chicago 53333333200 2333-5maames) DI IND DD P ~l22000ra30005M ol 233520000N » > 8 5 5 » - 303 000 100—% 200 000 010—3 | ., Runs batted in—Almada. Simmons (3), | Myer. Kuhel (2). Kreevich_(2). Redehff) | Two-base hits—Bonura, R. Perrell. Tees | base hit—Kuhel. Simmons. Kreevich. | Double play—Myer to Travis | Lef* on bases—Washington. 7. Bases on_bails— De_Shon h_1. Struek out—By De 3 —Oft Dietrich. 6 in 3 innings. off Cai; in 6 innings. | Umpires—Messrs. | Jonnston. *Time. mated. 8000 r n. & Losing _pitcher—Dietrich. Owenx. 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