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Ranger’s Defeat Fails to Ruffle Vanderbilt : VIGTORIOUS PILOT ALIBIS HIS RIVAL Endeavour I, Says Hoyt, Got Break in Wind—Another Test on Tap Today. BY TOM HORGAN, Associated Press Sports Writer. EWPORT, R. I. July 30.—Har- old 8. Vanderbilt indicated by his actions today—the day before the Ranger will begin defense of the America's Cup—that he was undisturbed by its first defeat in 14 starts, which his one-time afterguard administered with a for- mer British challenger for the trophy. Only weather conditions so incle- ment as to endanger the Ranger would prevent the big sloop from starting today, Vanderbilt said, in a special race against three others, including the Endeavour I, which outdistanced | the American defender yesterday, in the 37-mile run from Vineyard Haven. The other enrties in today's sailing duel, arranged by the Eastern Yacht- ing Club, were Gerard B. Lambert’s Yankee and Chandler Hovey's Rain- bow. The Endeavour I is the sloop with which Tom Sopwith failed to lift the | trophy emblematic of yachting su- premacy three vears ago, when it was | beaten by Rainbow with Vanderbilt as | pilot. Victor Favored by Wind. THE American, Sherman Hoyt, vet- eran of the 1930 and 1934 cup races, who skippered deavour, now owned by Sigrist, to victory yesterday, acclaim aside with the assertion En- deavour had been favored by a shift in the direction of the breeze and that Ranger was overhauling her as she approached the finish line. Con- ditions were so unfavorable that the yachts were forced to anchor during | calms to avoid being swept ashore by an unfavorable tide Yankee was second and Ranger, third, three minutes behind the uictor. Sopwith, making the sixteenth Brit- Lsh attempt to untie an irksome knot in the Lion's tail with the En- deavour II, acknowledged criticism for failing to place the two Endeavours in stiff competition before the inter- national contest. He said informal brushes had satisfied him the second Endeavour was the faster boat. Vanderbilt, criticized some for subjecting the defender to possible accident by keeping her in compe- tition virtually up to the last mo- ment, kept his own counsel. He has pursued a course of intensive sail- ing, outwardly calm and untroubled Most observers have been ready concede from the start the Ranger is much faster than the Yankee and Rainbow. Crews Are Appraised. 8 THE crowds gathered for the: on which there has been | race, little wagering on the experts appraised the the opposing crews. | Youth may be the mainspring in | the dash and drive of Ranzer to date ’ Vanderbilt is 54, but he apears 10 years vounger. Prof. Zenas Bliss, his navigator and a professor of higher | mathematics at Brown University, {8 considerably vounger, and the bal. ance of his afterguard greatly so. Rod Stephens, a dvnamo of energy in red pantaloons, will be 28 the 7Tth of next month. Rod's brother, Olin, who helped W. Starling Bt gess design Ranger, is his senior by a | surface, the | personnel of | year, and Arthur Knapp. fifth member i oA of the afterguard, is only 30 Sopwith, known to these shores | many years ago as & daring young airplane pilot, somewhat on the barn- &torming side, is & few years younger than Vanderbilt. So is Sir Ralph (Rafe) Gore. Mrs. Sopwith, who holds the stopwatch for her hus- band in racing starts, quite obviously @8 yet has no reason to worry about the years, nor young Frank Mur- @och, a Sopwith cousin and tech- nical adviser. The fifth place in | Sopwith's afterguard has vet to be | filled, but speculation has nominated Charles Nicholson, who designed both Endeavours. Nicholson supervised En- deavour II's recent final overhauling. | Griffs’ VRecm'ds BATTING. AR R H. 2b.3bHy Rbi Pot. 4 24836 9119 w 106 20 10 3 PSP Cha W.Ferrell Appleton Cohen the first En- | Frederick | turned | to| Thomas G. Williams, row. eye. w Im will skipper the End(-avnur 1 in the international races that start off Newport, R. I., tomor- He's looking over the challenging craft with approving he Foening St SHporls WASHINGTON, D FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. League Statistics JULY 30, 1937, AMERICAN. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Chicago. 2 Washington. 0. York. 7. Detroit, 6. on. 3: Cleveland. Findelshin. 4. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. alg 2 £ GAMES TODAY. Clev. at W MES TOMORROW, sh lev. at Wash. 2 | & Loninar ¥ Fork S1° Lonis 2N ¥ork | Detroit “at Boston. Detroit at Boston | Chicago at Phila. Chicago at Phila. NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. §t. Louis, 5: New York, 2. Brooklrn. 10: Chicago, Boston. 2: Cincinnati. 1 Philadelohia, 11; Pittsburgh, 7. STANDING OF THF CLUBS = onmgD asmasig 10 105 1950 G A\n:s TOMORROW. c N. Y. at Chicago. Bo<mn st Eitnmmreh, Bilas. st ot | Phila. at Cincinnati’ Boston at Pittsburgl Only game scheduled. Phila. at Cincinnati. Left-Hand Hex CHICAGO. 5. 2b > PEYCUIe -1 S=5m333351 FECSEar Y omous333a> | 250032222% WASHINGTON. Almada. cf. Lewie b s, 0@ s2oM o 205082 ashns sl T EEEEESS W. Ferrell, p, Totals _ Score by innings: Chicago ° 2 g - 000 020 000—2 WASHINGTON _______ 000 000 000—0 Runs batted in—Piet. Lee. Two-base hits—Lee " Appling_ Pict. Double pl Travis 1o Mver o Kuhel iy Myer 1o Trayis to Kuhel, ‘Lett on bases—Chicago, . 7. Baces on balls—Off Lee. Siruck out—By L " 'Winning pitcher—L¢ Ferrell Umpires— - 'Geitel and Summers.” Time Attendance—2.00 ROYER IN SLAB FORM. Limiting Old Milwaukee Beer dia- monders to four hits, Connie Royer vesterday captured a 3-1 decision for National Savings & Trust tossers in an Industrial League game on the Fast Jacobs Ellipse. ‘Reversing 1936 Procedure, | this year. LEWIS HOT HITTER AFTER POOR START Young Nat Splurges to Get .311 Average. By the Associated Press. T LOOKS as if Buddy Lewis, Nationals' infielder who hit a Medwick early last season then slumped to a moderate aver- age, may be reversing the procedure At the moment Buddy is just about the hottest hitter in the major leagues. The young third baseman has banged out 16 hits in his last 24 times at bat for a .667 average. Last year, Buddy's first in the big show, he challenged the leaders to the half-way pole, then faded away and dropped to a final .299. Forgets About “Cures.” FORTNIGHT ago the 21-year-old Gastonia, N. C., bov was hitting only .269 and Manager Bucky Harris considered benching him. Then Buddy started walloping the ball and has boosted his average to .311 Buddy abandoned all those “cures” he tried to lift him out of the slump. He is standing up and taking a full | cut at the ball again. Although he | normally is a sharp. single hitter, many of his recent hits have been for extra bases. Even while he had difficulty keep- ing his average around .275 earlier this year, Lewis mastered the art of bunting. He seldom bunted last year, but now is regarded as one of the best in the league. Buddy has beaten out Smiles That Indicate Confidence to Lift America’s Cup T. 0. M. Sopwith, owner of the British challenger, and Mrs. Sopwith. —Wide World Photo. just about 50 per cent of his bunts. Stars chlerdav By the Associated Press. Bill Dickey. Yankees—His homer ¥ith t¥o out in ninh waipped Tigers. “Hob weitand Cardinals—Stopped Giants. 5 i with seven hits: also hit White Sox-—Blanked Senators, 2.0 with five hits and hit donble And. sinaTe. Briviag b one rum Dolbh - Camilic. PhilleA—HI homer Eih bases loaded in 11-7 win over irates. Jack' Wilson. Red Sox—His hitless pitching for 1's innings relief trick saved 5-3 win over Browns. im Turner. Bees—Stopped Reds. with four hits Lary. Indians—Hit homer and doume T e iy Joe 8tripp. Dodeers—Hit double and two singles. leading way to 10-2 win over Cubs. hom T hnrl\'on Lee Yacht Racing Explained by a Rhetorical Navigator Having Read Lardner’s Dissertation, the Secret of America’s Cup Competition Is Yours, Maybe. BY JOHN LARNER. EW YORK, July 30.—Get your yacht race information here. Names and numbers « of all the yachts. Yon can't tell the players without a program. In short, I am going to explain the America's Cup races for you in advance, so clearly and simply that the veriest landlubber will be able to follow them next week from Finds Folk Who Like Boats Well Behaved Newport harbormaster, with tough job at yacht racing time, never raises voice. BY MARY ELIZABETH PLUMMER. Associated Press Sports Writer. EWPORT, R. I, July 30.— Harbormaster “Ed” The- rien—he's 72 and just § feet 5 in his yachting cap— put out in his little boat today to unsnarl traffic as the gallery fleet sailed in for the America’s Cup races. He said calmly, “It's all in the day's work.” - ‘The little harbormaster never has lost his temper through three inter- national matches off Newport, and never even has raised his voice in the crowded harbor. “People who like boats usually are well-behaved,” he said. ‘“They're easy to deal with.” ‘Through the big races, which start tomorrow, between Harold 8. Vanderbilt'’s Ranger and T. O. M. Sopwith's Endeavour II, Therien's job is to keep the harbor lanes clear for commercial traffic. It's a trying task when a yacht anchors right in the path of a stone or coal barge. T've felt like losing my temper many times,” he admitted. Instead, he sails over and speaks quietly to the captain, and the yacht always moves. A high point in Therien’s life ‘was the time he moved a ship for President Roosevelt. It was at the last America’s Cup series, when the President came on Vincent Astor’s Nourmahal. “I'm sorry; you can't bive this place,” Therien told the sloop's captain. “I've saved it for the President.” ‘Technically, Therien's in charge of most of the show—in charge of all boats in anchorage—but he never gets to see a race, unless maybe the last day. Busy hours are 9 to 11, when the billion-doliar spectator fleet sails out to the course, and late in the afternoon, when it hurries back to anchor. He's proud of his clean harbor, and sends men out with ashcans to collect the big yacht's gar- bage. He takes personal pride in seeing Harold Var °11t sail. “I've known Harold,” he ¢ ‘4, “since he was a little boy, always fussing around boats. He's a fine fellow.” ‘Therien enjoys the big shéw whils it's on, but when the yachts finally sail away, “boy,” he said, “what & relief!” He added with a grin, “I can't get gray-headed over it—I'm white-haired M Jadwiga Is O. K. In Slang, Tennis By the £ssociated Press. PERTH AMBOY, N. J,, July 30.— Although not very good yet with her English after & week in Amer- ica, Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, Polish tennis queen, says she's quite proud of the slang she has learned—"0. K., Toots,” “so what,” and “swell.” Struggling with the few English words she learned before arriving here or has picked up since, but relying mostly on an interpreter, the stocky net star said she liked learning a new English expression better than winning a tennis match. “I believe I can beat her,” she sald of blond Alice Marble of Los Angeles, her opponent today in the final of the women's singles {n the invitation tournament at Sea Bright. In Enkmnd Miss sald, “people were cool” to her, bit she was “overwhelmed" by the hos- pitality shown her in this country. JNJWP jowska Major Leaders By the Associated Press, AMERICAN LEAGU Baiting—Genris. Yankees, Di Magzi . .30, 87 Tigers, Di Magsio, Yankees, Rur ted in—Greenbers, D1 Maxsio. Yankees. A3 Hits—Bell. Brown, 130, Yankees. 128 Doubles—Bonura. White Sox. and Vosmik: Browhe, Gehris, Yankees, Triples—Kreevich. White Sox. 11 Di Magzio. Yankees: Greenberg. Tigers. and Stone and Kubel. Senators. 10! Home run<—Di Margio, Yankees. 28; xx. Red Sox. 2R Red Sox. 13-3; Murphy, .14, Yankees and Pitchin Lawsen Yankees, Earimas, 403; Ru Galan Runs meree. Cubs Hm —Mrdiwick rates. 134 Do Medwick Mogre. Giants. and Crcel Triples -— Vaughan and Cardinals, Han Cardinals. 21; 15: Hubbell, #-Medwick. Base —Ga Dodears. Fette, Bees, 13- Cubs. ‘o, Pitching Giants, 1 et Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. Buffalo. &: Byracuse. 5 Toronto. 13: Baltimore, 3. Only games scheduled. AMFRICAN ASSOCIATION. (s uku. : 8t. Paul, " pacrFic rnAn’, 8an Francisco. 5: Oakland 5, Lot Angeles, 7: Sacramento. 2. gan Diego_4. Beattle | Portland, 7—0: Missions, 3—3. TEXAS. Qkiahoma Cits, 7. San Antonio. 5. Gaiveston, 4 Dalla Houston. 1: Fort Worvh o. Beaumont, 4: Tulsa. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Chattanooga. 4: Nashville, 1. Atlanta. R: Knoxville, 4 New Orleaiis. 4: Little Rock. 1. Birmingham. 5! Memphis. 1. NEW YORK PE) Albany. 4: Elm Wilkes-Baire 'rmmm 3. Hazelton: 5 Bcranion ¢, Ohlv sames scheduled. LIMPING ALLISON, RIGGS PLAY FINAL Thrice Injured Tennis Vet Beats Shields in Tough Sea Bright Match. Br the Associated Press EA BRIGHT, N. J., July 30—If ‘SOUTHPAWS CHECK HARRISMEN EASILY Wilmer Allison’s battered body | can stand the sirain of one more match, the former United | States singles champion may return| to Texas with the Sea Bright Bowl, added to his string of comeback con- quests Allison literally dragged himself into the locker room after defeating Frank X. Shields, Cup star of Hollywood, Calif., day in the se finals of the Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club’s fiftieth an- nual invitation tournament. Allison Hurt Again, O ALLISON'S already aching right arm and weakened right knee | was added the handicap of a «!rnm-d back ligament, the result of a spill in! | left-handers was built up, only | lost as a result of those seven the former Davis| vester- | | One of Gomez’ Lee Seventh in Succession | to Turn Trick as Set With Chisox Ends. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HE Nats carried no fine winning streak into their battle for fifth place with the Indians today, but it was not the snap- ping of the six-game string that had Manager Bucky Harris worried It was who broke the streak . . . and how. You see, Thornton Lee of the White Sox did it with a neat five-hit pitch- | ing performance yesterday. He shut | out the Nats, 2 to 0, and what an- noyed Harris was that Lee is very much left-handed and these days southpaws are fairly romping over the Washington firm. In fact, the records show that Lee's win was the seventh straight for left- handed pitchers over the Nationals. Not since June 24, when Washington whipped Lloyd Brown of Cleveland, has a southpaw hurler been beaten. The lefties won seven games and gained 2-2 ties the other two times. Not only did Harris have something | to look back on today but, of all things, his club today was to face still another southpaw in Earl Whitehill, Only Three Lefties Fail. TPE last two southpaws, Lee and Elon Hogsett of the Browns, have won by shutouts. Lee has won two games from the Griffs since June 24 and so has Lefty Gomez of the Yanks. ins was by a shutout, | too. Whitehill and Jake Wade of the Tigers won the other games. Lefty Grove of Boston and Ed Smith of the A’s gained the ties th six regulars in the line-up | batting left-harded, the Nats were re- garded At the start of the season as fair prey for the American League | | southpaws. But for a while they fooled | the critics. A commanding lead over to be raight | defeats. Today the Nats' record | against portside pitchers is 13 games won and 13 lost In addition to those already named Russ Van Atta of the Browns, Archie McKain of Boston and Brown of the | Indians have beaten the Griffs. The | only southpaws in the league io fail | were Fritz Ostermueller, Red Sox; | Kemp Wicker, Yanks. and Carl | Fischer, Indians. The latter no longer is in the league. Lee Never Threatened. the last game of the grucliing five-set || 'HE Grifls never really threatened struggle with Shields Lee yesterday. In the first four In deference to the 33-year-old vet- | innings they made all five of their | eran’s physical condition the Tourna- ment Committee stponed the men's Were out. singles final until tomorrow afternoon, | Lee faced only 13 batters. | hits, but all except one came after two | In the last four 1nmng(‘ The odd | but there was some doubt whether | ONe Was Joe Kuhel. who walked with | Allison would profit much by the de- lay Allison’s opponent in the title round | will be uthful Bobbv Angeles, who vesterday eliminated the last foreign threat ivision as he turned back Jiro Yama- gishi, Japanese national champion, in another marathon semi-final, 3—6, 61, 2—6, 6—3. Experience Big Factor. LLISON'S greater tournament ex- perience and superior net enabled him to topple Shields. but only after a bitter duel, 1—6, 6—4, 3—8, 6—1, 7—5. Alice Marble of Los Angeles against her European nemesis, stocky Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, Polish net queen, in the final of the women's singles. Miss Jedrzejowska. who holds three victories over Miss Marble, entered the finel by defeating Dorothy Bundy of Santa Monica, Calif,, 6-—4, 7—5. Miss Marble. who is defending her cham- | pionship, had more trouble with Mrs. Marjorie G. Van Ryn of Austin, Tex., but won out, 9—7, 6—1. Homer Qlam]m gs Yesterday's homers—Gehrig. ¥ Dickey. Yankees. 1 1: Brubaker, Pirates, 1; Wei- land Cardinals, 1, fontaders—Di Magxlo, Yankees, Foxx. Red Sox osky. In: Gretnbers, Tikers. Ott. Giant League totale-—American, 4 tional. 409: total, RAA. Wik Caraias 31 his own bath tub, with the help of two cakes of non-sinkable soap, & spool of thread and a bottle of sleeping pills. Before I am finished. you will know as much about yachting as I do. That seems hard to believe, but I will give you my personal guarantee for it, bound in hand- somely tooled leather and retailing for one buck the copy. CONTENDERS. Ranger, Harold Vanderbilt up, Br. F. by Exterminator out of Sun- shine. Goes well in the water. Eandeavour II, Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith up, made in Eng- land. Never been on the floor. Comment—A couple of good boats. ‘TROPHY. ‘The America’s Cup, holding eight quarts. CONDITIONS. Last one in the water is a sissy. COURSE. Endeavour II will sail around the Horn and return via the Panama Canal, taking on passengers at Rio De Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Lima, Yonkers, Buffalo and Battle Creek. Hold your own baggage checks to avoid delay. Ranger will remain close to port and try to bluff it out. ‘The two caravels will sail in op- posite directions, for the sake of clarity, and tacking in the clinches will be barred. In case of a tle, the winner i8 the ship with the most Jib. BQ JUIPMENT. Bach eraft i allowed one balloon play | Riggs of Los | from the men's| EiVIng up only eight hits, but in two down in the sixth inning. It was | | Lee's second win over the Nats this| vear. Wes Ferrell lost another heart- | breaker. ! Wes pitched a grand game, e | fifth inning the Chisox bunched dou 6—4. | | | | | i bles by Luke Appling and Tony Piet, together with a single by Lee, and scored both of the game's runs i The defeat sent the Nats five games back of the Indians, who won over the A’s. Today, with Jimmy De Shong on the slab for Washington, and Whitehill left-handing for the Tribe, a three-game series was to be opened. | The last time the Indians came to the Today's feature match pitted blonde | stadium they dropped three straight. But the last time the Nats saw the | Tribe was in Cleveland . , . and the | Indians swept a serfes. MARLBORO RIDERS BAND New Club Will Promote Hunts, Hold Horse, Dog Shows. BALTIMORE, July 30 (#).—Incor- poration papers have been filed with the State Tax Commission by ths | Marlborough Hunt Club of Upper Marlboro. Purpose of the organization was| given as the promotion of interest in fox hunting and horseback riding. fostering a riding and hunt club and | to hold horse and dog shows. | Incorporators were Benjamin H. C.| Bowie, R. Bowling and Charles G.| Marbury, all of Upper Marlboro. spinnaker, one fo'c's'le, one stern, three bows (or curtail calls), one crew, and all the canvas she can carry without falling under the table. A ship that takes more canvas than is good for her is a disgrace to the merchant marine, and vice versa. Class. Both the yachts are class J, which is the equivalent of seven goals in polo or 90 francs in French money. For the sake of comparison, I might add that the Texas League is class A-1. Terminology. Before you begin to understand yacht racing, you must know the names of the different sails, ropes, maneuvers, and points of the com- pass, such as East, West, up, down, and North by Northeast. Here is a handy glossary of terms and phrases: Spinnaker—A sailor who has never rowed on & winning yach equivalent of “maiden” in horse- racing. Jib—A short thrust to the jaw, usually delivered with the left hand. Mate—A companion, colleague, pal, friend, associate, buddy, com- rade, or side-kick. Starboard—Up. Port—Down. Keel—Capital punishment Mexico. Win'ard—All tired out. Lee—Fambus Confederate gen- oral. in Stowaway—A deadhead: a fel- low with Tammany connections. Eight bells—A group of bells, usually eight in number, which may or may not have any bearing on the case. Yo! ho! ho! and a bottle of rum!— Cocktail time at sea. Fouls. A contestant may claim a foul whenever the other boat is ahead, and always does. His claim will be overruled. Scene. ‘The races are held off Newport, R. I, in deference to Enzo Fier- monte, the retired prize fighter, who sometimes makes his Summer home there. Who Is Ahead? This secret is guarded closely from everybody, including the con- testants, until such time as the Rules Committee can be brought ashore and given artificial respira- tion. Once you have grasped these es- sential facts, the secret of cup yachting is yours. Hold it till it reaches 2712 and then sell, taking a loss if necessary. (Copyright. 1937, by the North American __Néwspaper Alliance. Inc, BASE BALL Washington vs. Cleveland AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Femwrow—COlsteisnd—=8 100 PO \ TODAY 3:15PM. | latest being that five-hit, 2-0 shutout | That was not a bad trade Lefties Nettle Nats "POPPI NG OFfF Ytan. Checking Up On the Deals. IG, dour ‘Thornton Lee's eighth pitching victory of the season for the White Sox mecalls that Mr. Old Fox Griffith has nnt boosted his average as a trader this season. Consider more the case of Mr. Lee. if you please, When he was placed on (ho markrv by the | Indians at the meeting of the base ball brass hats last December nobody seemed to want him except Jimmy Dykes. for the White Sox because he had nobody he cared to give up. by pre-arranging all details, gave Earl But Dykes could not get Lea So Mr. G., Whitehill for Lee and promptly sent Thornton to Chicago in exchange for Pitcher Jack Salveson It all sounds complicated, but it really wasn't. want Whitehill but, instead, liked Lee. but wanted WHhitehill. Chicago simply did not Cleveland did not want to keep Lee, And Washington did not want Lee or Whitehill and preferred Salveson, a 21-game winner in the Pacific Coast League Now Salveson is back in the Coast Leaue, without ever having pitched a ball for the Nats during the American League season. His dolorous showing in Spring training convinced Messrs would not do and Mr. G. sold him to Los Angeles for a price reported to] be $6.000 Whitehill, with the Indians, had won seven and lost six zames as of this morning. Lee, with the Sox, has won eight and lost four games. He proved, this big southpaw, to be A most wise investment by Dykes. Five straight times so far has Lee beaten the Yankees to keep Chicago in the running. He beat the A's once and whipped Washington twice, the yesterday. Ouch! Wes' Bat Helps Nats. HE trading of Whitehill, plus the | failure to keep Lee, plus the flop | of Salveson. has added up to a terrific | jolt to the Washington firm. Outside of that Winter move, Griff has not | done badly. In the only other trade he swung! he old gentleman swapped Ben Chapman and Buck Newsom for W and Rick Ferrell and Melo Almada l Newsom true, has a better won-and-lost record with the Red Sox than Wes has with | the Nationals, but Newsom has been playinz in extraordinary luck When his club lost Buck usu- ally had been removed in time to avoid being charged with the defeat. | Wes' record of five wins and six 1 with the Nats is not to be n too light| Twice when he was pitching Was gton was shut out. | Another time they kicked away a game to the White Sox If the pitching records seem to give Newsom an rdz" | recall how the potent bhat of Wes, the role of a pinch hitter, has ne-lped‘ the Nats Less than a week ago! frinstence he drove across the win- | ning runs in a double-header at St Louis. Simmons Is Good Buy. RXCK FERRELL has batted below par since he joined the Griffmen. but in view of Almada's feats this is not important Almada has done everything that Chapman did this season for Washington . . . only better. | He has fielded in better style and m<\ 301 batting average is nothing to over- | look. Mel has held Chappie at least | even since the trade, which l”sxpn; Griff with the pleasant thought that | whatever Rick Ferrell does is “gr And if he has not been h ng, at least has furnished the Washington club with a brand of catching it has | not known since the Old Fox, during | a brainstorm. traded away Luke Sev That clears up the trades. Now for the other business. For clo]] [c} Save before ENTIRE STOCK | the ®ig show Griffith and Buc! Harris that the waiver price of $7,500 Grif- fith landed the best bargain of the year. He bought Al Sim- mons from the Detroit Tigers. Simmons, regardless of what the averages say, was a fine purchase, The runs-batted-in total will vouch for this item. Al has plaved in hard luck ever since he joined the Washe ington club. A consensus of his own teammates will show that he 1s cone sidered the best ball player on the Washington club. Al never has risen to the .300 class za far this year, but that really doesn't mean anything. Just when he seemed | about to step out he sustained a broken | finger. - Right now he is hitting ‘'em where they are. He hit th esterday that near! knocked the gloves off the ficlde: What counts is not that 274 batting average, the number of runs he h across, and the best defensive fielding in the entire league. Griff Shows Fi N SELLING ball wn a profit hr six “grand.” | 2ot the waiver price of &7 Hill when he wax dispatched l'J the Athletics. Joe Cascarella, who was tossed inte a deal last year, when Washington sent sell to Boston for cash, was ancial Gain. players Griffith has icking because he rella and wanted to help | Skeptics thi that Cincinnati bou to sell to Syracuse la difference in price. In June G. paid out 7,500 to claim Carl Fischer on waivers from the Indians. Fis- cher went sour for the Nats, but Griffith lost no money. Recently he sold him to Baltimore for $10.000, checking off a $2,500 Pprofit. Thus, in buying and selling, the ¢ gentleman has done all right. Ho got $6.000 for Salveson (and unioarie Whitehill's contract), $7,500 for H $5.000 for Cascarella and cleared &2 - 500 on Fischer for a total of $21.000 All he paid out was $7,500 for Sim- | mons. ‘The only misgiving Mr. G. has tor s that he did not keep Lee. That v the mistake that is hurting. PIEDMONT LEAGUE, and pocket the GOING! it's too late! FLORSHEIM SPORTS SHOES Now Regularly 9.50 to $12 ALL OTHER FLORSHEIMS Now 8.35 and 8.85 685 345 ~ m Buck, black or tan trint, bnd ventilateds e ALSO ~ ALL HAHN SPECIAL SPORTS STYLES—3.45