Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1937, Page 12

@he Foening Shd Sport A—12 3 VASHINGTON, D. SATURDAY JULY 31 Catchin SLIM RELIEF SEEN INRECALLED SAB0 Rick Ferrell’s Hurt Blow as | Travis’ Rise to Bat Lead Caps Big Drive. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. HE Nationals woke up this morning to exhibit (a) the leading American League hit- -1 The Man ter in Cecil Travis, (b) af 13-t0-2 victory over the Indians, whom | they are challenging for fifth place, | and (c) strong proof that Thornton | Lee's shutout against them the other | day was merely a temporary letdown. | Everything was looking fine except— | Rick Ferrell, the capable gent who | squats behind the plate, will be out| of the line-up for probably two weeks with a split thumb joint | Rick was hurt by a foul tip off Frankie Pytlak's bat vesterday while | the Griffs were enjoying their romp over the Indians. In the helter-skelter connected with banging 18 hits off | Earl Whitehill and Lloyd Brown the ! absence of Rick was not noticed as | much as it may be in the future.| Walter Millies jumped into Rick's place and collected three hits, but the question is raised as to whether Walt | can perform every day as well as Ferrell. Then, too, there is the possibility of Millies being injured and, what with Walt being the only other catcher on the club, President Clark Griffith has sent & hurry-up call to Alex Sabo of Trenton. Sabo Ordered to Report. SABO was up with the Nats before and is not & major league catcher, 8o either it is Millies’ show or curtains for the Griffs. Sabo was to report this afternoon and be available in case he & needed. This s not Rick's vear, it seems. He was leading the league in batting | early this season, himself, but a broken | finger benched him. When he came | back. and this did not happen until he was traded from the Red Sox, he failed to find his batting stride. Now | he 1s laid up with a deep and painful | #plit between his thumb and first finger. This cast & pall over an otherwise spicy and pleasant outlook. Travis is murdering the ball these days and the other hitters are going along. The in- fleld play is better than it has been all year and now and then the pitching looks good. Pete Appleton, who has been going great guns as a relief worker, was to make his first start in some time today, as a reward, and Jim- my De Shong was enjoying felicitations for registering his eleventh triumph yesterday. As a result of that win, which was De Shong's third straight, the Nats climbed to within striking distance of the Tribe, which now holds fifth place with only a four-game lead. Bigger things have been accomplished than wiping away a four-game margin. Big Day for Travis. I? IT was a sad day for Perrell, it 'was a glorious one for Travis. Fac- ing two left-handed npitchers, Cecil singled the first two times he faced Whitehill and then drove him out of the game with a triple with the bases loaded on his third trip. The first time he faced Brown he was robbed of a single by Second Base- | man Roy Hughes, but he made up for | that by hitting a home run inside the park on his final time at bat. Four | hits in five trips! Despite getting two | hits himself, Lou Gehrig of the Yanks was forced to relinquish the league | leadership to the young Georgian After the second inning the game was all Washington. The Tribe got | 2 1-0 lead, but the Nats went ahead, 2-1, In the second frame. Thereafter Tuns were cheap, what with Travis pacing the gang o its rampage. Every- body got at least one hit except De Shong. Millies, Kuhel and Stone each | made three. A triple by Simmons in the third | inning helped to boost the count to 5-1 and in the sixth Whitehill was | chased when the Nats made six more | Tuns. Brown was no bargain. | Travis' teammates will insist that| Cecil's bid for the batting title i not | to be taken lj . The young man | is in a batting mood and his stroke at bat is flawless these days. He is standing with his feet planted a little farther apart and rapping pitches to all felds. He put a single in right & home run and another single dead center and a triple in left. That kind of a hitter is hard to get out. | SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 1: Chattanooks. 0. e Rock ville, 6. shville, ¥ Memp ‘mingham, 6. Alla Atlant NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA. | mir [ ranton 5. Hazleton ton 5 Wikes-B | 1lliemsport-Binghamion In other words, Allie Ritzenberg defeated Joe Baker, 6—0, 6—3, yesterday in a semi-final match of the public parks tennis tourney yesterday and will meet Melvin Tarpley for the title tomorrow afternoon. | $ —Star Staff Photo. i OUR local net fan flipped a coin today to decide whether he would spend the week end at the Sixteenth Street Resor- voir courts, where two public parks championships are due for disburse- ment today and tomorrow, or at the Edgemoor Club, where the sectional competition provided by the Middle Atlantic singles tournament got under way this afternoon. But the good fortune of seeing a newcomer play for the championship of the first local tournament in which | he’s ever competed undoubtedly will send many to the Reservoir courts | where Mel Tarpley, undefeated cham- pion from Tampa, Fla, meets Allie Ritzenberg for Washington's 1936 public parks singles title tomorrow | afternoon. Tarpley's defeat of Ray Stocklinski, | the seeded No. 1 entrant, yesterday was his second victory over a seeded player ..{bjjfifl;fljfi J States Association—followed Goeltz in the non-resident seedings. | Chester and Frank Kreska, Joe | Oldhausen and Jack Davidson were | the only out-of-towners scheduled to ! see action today. Ches Kreska and his | brother Prank, both of Albright Col- | lege, were to face Bob Chichester and | Austin Rice, respectively; Oldhausen | of Philadelphia was to meet Stewart | Parker and Davidson of Ursinus cm-i lege was to face Joe Baker. ONE of Maryland's boys’ champion- ships was to come to a Washing- ton combination today as the final doubles match in Baltimore became an all-Washington affair. Tom Wad- den and Maurice Cowan, who hold the | local boys’ title. however, were to be rivals today—Wadden teaming with | Harold Titus and Cowan with Chan- | GIANTS STAKE ALL ONHUBBELL TODAY Plight Desperate as Cubs| Beat Gumbert—Yankees Batter Browns. BY SID FEDER. Associated Press Sports Writer. T'S UP to the mealticket again. Carl Hubbell has to be right for today's game with the Cubs. If those Chicago clouters punch Mr. | Mealticket Hubbell full of holes again, as they did last week, the Giants are going to have as much chance of toss- ing elephants around by the tails as they wili of catching the Cubs at their current pace Hubbell, of curse, is used to being the man on the spot. The finger's been | on him more or less for five years. Last year he had to produce to win the pennant. But today, facing Tex Carleton, it's just about a case of come through—or else. Cubs Beat Off Jinx. \“HEN the Cubs, clouted their jinx, Harry Gumbert, for a 5-3 win in | the series opener yesterday, lm‘gely: through the help the Giant fielders| provided in kicking the ball around, | the Terry Terriers were dropped four | games back in second place. If Hub- bell can't do it today, the Giants are | going to need a ton of horseshoes to | overcome the resultant five-game lead | down the stretch. | In fact, if the Cubs clip King Carl, | that supposedly red hot National League dog-fight will be as free and easy as the American League business, where the Yanks are breezing along on a 61;-game edge today. Given their first effective pitching in a week, and aided by Lou Gehrig's| homer No. 20, murderers’ row walloped the Browns, 8-2, vesterday behind Kemp Wicker in their series opener.| Since the second-place White Sox, like the Athletics, were idle, the win boosted the Yankees' edge half a game. | Bucs Whip Bees in Classic. | 'HE classic of the day came in Pitts- | burgh, where the Pirates put a| story-book finish to one of the season’s | tightest pitching duels by scoring a run with two out in the ninth inning to top the Boston Bees, 1-0. Dutch| Brandt left-handed his way to a two- hit victory and bested old Guy Bush for the decision. Another tight flinging engagement found Lefty Lamaster, one of the year's better pitching rookies, hurling a five- hit shutout to give the Phillies a 1-0 | win over the Cincinnati Reds in a night game. The Dodgers and Car- dinals were idle. TRAVES QUT FRONT INSTICK STRUGGLE Hits .450 for Week, Lifts Season Average to .376. Medwick Slows. By the Associated Press. EW YORK. July 31 —Batsmen found a “hitter's heaven” in the big leagues this week, with the top 10 in each loop undergoing a major shakeup, head- lined by Cecil Travis of the Senators, who took the American League lead away from Lou Gehrig Eight of the 10 leaders in each circuit hit for .400 or better during the seven-day period ended with yes- terday’'s games. All 20 traveled at better than a .300 clip. Travis, hitting 450 with 18 hits in 40 chances, boosted his mark 14 points to .376 for the season and climbed from a tie for second into the American League lead. At | same time, Gehrig also was clouting better. than .400 and wound up the week with a .373 season average for second place. Medwick Drops 7 Points. UCKY MEDWICK, still setting the pace for both loops with a .403 average, dropped seven points despite a close-t0-.340 mark for the week. Heaviest hitter for the seven-day stretch was Charlev Gehringer, De- troit’s classy second baseman, Wwho belted the ball at a .522 clip to make his season average .350, which gave him fifth place in the American League. Others among the week's wal- lopers were Joe Vosmik, Browns, with 17-fqr-33 for the seven-day span; Billy Herman, Cubs, with 11-for-22; Hank Greenberg, Tigers, 12-for-26, and Joe Di Maggio, Yankees, 12-for-28. Season records of the 10 leaders in each AMERICAN LEAGUE. Plaver Travis hington Genri York Di Maggio. New York Sreenbera. Detroit Genringer, Detroit Bell. "St. Louis Waik est Radclift.” Chicazo Vosmik, 8. Louis NATIONAL LEAG Medwick. St. Lou; &R P. Waner. Pittsburgh &8 Herman. Chicago 740 Jurges_ Chicago Mize St. Louis _ Vaughan, Pittsburzh Whitney' Philad'nhia Demaree. Chicago Moore, New York Manush. Brooklvn RO 2 5 B2 10 &1 305 47 League Statistics JULY 31, 1937, AMERICAN. the | < i To Hel-met It, Is Verdict | | Regardless of how the players feel about the new pro- tective caps, however, those employed by the Nationals probably will be required to wear the rubber-cushioned devices to save their precious noggins. Here Buddy Muyer is shown sporting one of the new head pieces, designed to prevent beanings such as that which put Mickey Cochrane in the hospital for weeks with a triple skull fracture. —Star Staff Photo. Griff Votes Aye; the Nats “To Helmet It.” | OME of Mr. James P. (Foulproof) Taylor's “bean ball” helmets now | have been distributed on the Washington ball club bench and it is just | as well that Mr. Foulproof Taylor is not on the premises, for there is | much holding of noses by the Nationals. Mr. Taylor of New York is, | or was, a little man whose livelihood is, or was, plumbing. His versatility and poignant sense of safety, however, caused him to branch out and design some | { boom that h |the challenger for any single race, foulproof armor for boxers. And since the Mickey Cochrane “beaning” he | has dipped into the helmet idea for ball players and currently is trving to sell it to base ball. | At the moment Mr. Clark Griffith is his most enthusiastic backer, but the intrepid inventor, who likes to sign his name *Foulproof Taylor.” won't believe it until the old gentleman lays some money on the line and forms | a corporation to sell base ball helmets. He interested Griff in the helmet | idea some weeks ago and recently shipped a few samples to Washington for inspection. With the front office,+—— — 0LD SALTS DAZED BY NOVICE SEAMEN ‘Binoculars, Yachting Cap, Copy of ‘Yachting,” Make Writer Race “Expert.” By the Associated Press. EWPORT, R. I, July 31 —By this afternoon most of the record gallery of 400 nautical “experts” will be wondering who's rocking that boat—fight writers, base ball scribes, golf critics and aports. columnists have the handful of regular yacht writers groggy from answering questions—Bill (Pulitzer Prize) Tay- lor of the New York Herald Tribune played safe by retiring to the seclusion of his own motor cruiser, anchored in Newport Harbor—shocks administered by invading talent have sea-going men ery they aren't sure now whether it was a tidal wave or a spinnaker t them during the last few days they've spent welcoming visit ing firemen. A handful of hardy experts inters Viewed Skipper Vanderbilt, via yoo= hoo system, from a tug, but all they found out was that there's going to be some races for the America’s Cup, Vanderbilt Is Courteous. ANDERBILT is courteous to all ine terviewers, but proceeds on the theory it's his job to steer Ranger, the writers' job to describe how he does it, without quizzing him. Sopwith has agreed to meet a delegation from the press daily, after each race, aboard his $2.000,000 motor cruiser Philante. Ranger's unexpected defeat by En- deavour I in the cup defender's last race hasn't changed the conviction of some keen observers that Vander- bilt will make it “four straight,” barring bad luck or accidents. Local bookmakers are laying 3 to 2 against but at least one salt has a hunch Sopwith's boat will be tougher to beat than the first Endeavour was three years ago. This year already is notable for shuffling sports trophies around and it's about time for the law of averages to catch up with the defenders of the America's Cup, espe- cially since Americans took the measure of British in both Ryder and Davis Cup contests this season. Thebaud's Skipper “Slums.* CAPT. BEN PINE, of the fishermen's boat racing fame, is coming down to do some slumming on yachting's Park avenue. Capt. Ben has piloted his old racer, Gertrude Thebaud, in weather that would crack up any of the class “J” sloops afloat and st & faster rate of nautical speed. Gertrude ~ RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington, 13: Cleveland. 2. New York. 8: 'St Louls. 2. Boston. 6 Detr Jack Wilson pitched hitless relief ball or two innings and then doubled in the tenth to drive in the run that which consists of Mr. G. and a desk and a reindeer head, the helmets met with surprising approval. But when | 23 hits and the A’s made 13 errors. | Chicago won because the Sox made in his last three matches, and raised Before that match Wadden dler Brossard. l oit. 3 Ch: -Phil, ved 1 gave the Red Sox a 6-5 victory over | qs(\c280-Fhiladelnhia, to be plaved later they were displayed to the Nats the Mr. G. paid no attention to | | once was credited with 15 knots under full sail, while the best ever conceded im a class “J" yacht (Yankee) was around 13 or 14 knots. the confidence of those who picked him to win the tournament early in the competition. Tt also provided what was prov- ing a drab affair, comprised of all old faces, with a novel end- ing involving the city's mewest sensation. Further, the scores of 3—6. 6—3, 7—5, showed that Tarplev, who had beaten all previous victims in straight sets, had the spirit to come back after dropping the first set of a match. Ritzenberg's 6-0, 6-3 triumph over Joe Baker sent the former junior champ into the final round without | the loss of a set, and stamps him a slight favorite over his unseeded op- ponent of the morrow. Tarpley'’s presence in the title round, moreover, provided the tourna- | ment with unseeded contenders for both singles and doubles. Because this afternoon’s title doubles match | found Harry March and Stocklinski battling Allie and Hy Ritzenberg. The Ritzenberg's were seeded second, but March and Stocklinski—despite the latter comprised one-half of last year’s winning combination—were unseeded. SEVENTY-SIX contestants, six more than last year, were to start in the Middle Atlantics. Nearly one-sixth of the field was composed of out-of-town netmen who promise trouble aplenty for the District's best. With the exception of Barney Welsh and Gil Hunt, every locally ranking racketer is entered. Dooly Mitchell heads the local seedings, with Hugh Lynch seeded 2, Bill Breese 3, Tony Latona 4. Frank Shore 5, Ed Mather 6 Lieut. Jimmy Farrin 7 and Lieut. Howard 8. One of the local entrants was Tarpley, the young man men- tioned above, who was to play a first-round match at 4 o'clock today. As expected, Frank (Buddy) Goeltz of Wilkes-Barre, headed the seeding of the out-of-town delegation. William T. Tilden, 3d; Thomas Ridgeway and Hunter Lott—all of Philadelphia, who are ranked in that order by the Middle was to play for the boys' singles ; championship, being slated to face Freddie McNair of An- napolis for the crown. McNair eliminated Cowan in the semi-finals yesterday in a hard-fought | match, 6—4, 4—6, 6—3, while Wadden | nosed out Leonard Rodman of Balti-| more, 6—4, 10—8. Farm Credit Administration didn't | lose a set yesterday in taking a 5—0 | | Callan, decision from Census Bureau in a De- | partmental League match while Treas- ury lost only one in blanking P. W. A. by the same score. F. C. A’s winning teams were Sweeney and Allen, McConnell and Lewis, Levering and Brownell, Brad- ! bury and Neslen and Vincent and Re- petto, while Treasury found noints in | McCaskey and Simmons, Ph lips and Nolan and Botts, Coe and Chamberlin and Ford and Treuthart. Official Score ~no30255y B oM Hale. Pytlak. ¢ Becker. ¢ Whitehill Brown, p. ». ~5320252 Sy PONEY Totals : WASHINGTON. Almada cf 20 2| ssomomsinmmg 33> 1 Bill nd &ton Runs batted in lies (1), Bimm 3 - 010 000 100~ 2 Clevela * 023 800 02x- 13 | Pytiak Myer (). Mil- | ¢ Home run—Travis. Stolen base—Kuhel Double plays—Lewis to Myer to Kuhel. Left on bases—Cleveland. 6; Washington. R | Bases on balls—Off Brown, 2: off De Shong 3. Struck _out—By Whitehill. 1. by De | Shong. 4. Hits—Off Whitehill, 11 in 315 [onings: off Brown. 7 in 4% innings Winning _pitcher—De Shong. Losing | s (2), Stone. Travis (4) Lary. Two-base _ hits—8tone, ~Solters Three-base hits—Simmons. Travis, Lary | piteher -— Whitehill Umpires - Messrs. | | Geisel. Sum and Basil. Tim | Attendance 5000 the Detroit Tigers. Washington pounded a couple pitchers to beat the hapless Cleveland Indians. MORRIS IS SUSPENDED Nine-Months' Term Handed Ring Referee by D. C. Board. Robert (Muggsy) Morris, local box- ing referee, today began a nine-month suspension period imposed by the Dis- trict Boxing Commission, which yes- terday withdrew a recent letter re- questing his resignation for mechan- ical deficiences in the ring. ‘The commission pointed out that Morris’ honesty, integrity and character was not at stake, nor was the suspen- sion the result of his decision in the recent Bob Tow-Jorge Brescia bout, in which Muggsy voted the South Amer- ican heavyweight the winner. Denny Hughes, also a referee, and | lawyer, represented Morris at the brief meeting. Whitehill Easy Mark for Travis ARL WHITEHILL, one of the most feared pitchers in base ball by left-handed hitters, throws no scare into Cecil Travis . ‘The young shortstop of the Nats has faced Whitey in four games so far this season and has made seven hits in 15 times at bat . .. for an average of 407 .. . Yes- terday, in three appearances against Earl, he collected two singles and then drove him out of the box with & triple with the bases loaded. = Hal Trosky, Indian first base- man, is on the sidelines with a bruised left hand . . . “Be sure to put in the paper that Bob Fel- Jer will pitch against Bucky Jacobs Sunday,” asks Clark Grifith O. K, Mr. G, Feller will pitch against Jacobs . .. But why Jacobs, or does Mr. Steve O'Neill insist it be that way before he condescends to pitch Feller? F.EB Pitt Kansas City Club Seen Yank Gold Mine—Gabby Street Gets Double Pay—Farr, Pilot Feud. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Bporis Writer EW YORK, July 31—Doc Jock Sutherland, demon coach of the Pitt Panthers, is cruising through the Ohio Valley, long a hotbed for prospective college stars . .. “Just & pleasure trip” said the Doc, adding: “The scenery is beau- tiful.” Oh, yeah, how much does it weigh? ., . . Western op- eratives say the Yankees struck pay dirt through the gate when they got the Kansas City club . . . All Col. Ruppert has to do put & good team out there and the gold will flow . . . Its red-hot base ball territory . . . Concensus of tennis players at Sea Bright is that now he has won the Davis Cup Don Budge ought to stick around and defend it. Who 18 that stunner on Jos ucobs' arm? . . The Dodgers, almost to & man, pick the Cubs . Coz;ch Enjoys ‘;Scene Gladdest of all to see the Tigers leave town was Mike Jacobs, for Joe Louis has been doing most of his training at the stadium . . . Foot ball coaches say Pat Eaton of the U. of Nevada is one of the finest field goal kickers in the biz . « - Hasn't missed but one try in his college and junior college career . Ooach Dashiel hopes his 1937 team will pack epough power to get close enough to the goal for Pat to get a shot at it ... Larry Crawford, former Princeton pitcher, now with the Phils, keeps & Nowebook in w he jots down the werknesses of National League hi Ho, hum, Ralph Kennedy of New York played his 1,613th dif- ferent golf course when he shot a round at Bluff Point on Lake Champlain, N. Y, the other day . .. Minneapolis and St. Paul, last of the big minor league outfits to yield to the night base ball fever, A ry” in Grid are packing ‘em in . Bo Mo- lenda, former Michigan fullback, has signed for another year as assistant coach of the New York pro Giants . . . You don't hear old Gabby Street horsing, do you? ... He's on double pay . . . When he quit as manager of the St. Paul Saints the directors voted him full salary for the rest of the season . . . Then Gabby caught on as coach for the Browns. A record delegation of British scribes is coming over for the Farr- Louis bout . , . Trevor Wignall of the Express, alreadv on the job, says every London paper and news agency will have a man at the ring- side, about 20 in all . . . Previous hi for the British was at Miami when six of them saw Phil Scott fight Jack Sharkey . . . Incidental- lv. this is Wignall's forty-ninth trip to America to cover a sports event . . . And yet some people say 'faient B(;lt are rushing to Richmond to have a look at Norman Almond, 16-year- | GAMES TODAY. | clev | GAMES TODAY. old curver for the American Legion Junior base ball team . . . He turned in two shutouts in five days . . . Joe McCarthy thinks Mickey Coch- rane returned to the job too soon. Tommy Farr and his manager, ‘Ted Broadribb, still are feuding . . . ‘Why didn't the New York Boxing Commission insist Farr post a $25,- 000 guarantee to defend the title here (if he beats Louis) as it did in the Max Schmeling case? . . . One reason Hank Greenberg is pasting that apple is that every day the Tigers play at home he goes to Navin Field at 11 am. for batting practice. Boston Red Sox are flirting with Roger Darrow, star pitcher for the Dreier Hotel chain here—Youse guys did all right on that first call for notes . . . Well, here's the sec- its s tough life . . . Base ball scouts ond . , , Meeting adjourned till day. a STANDING OF THF CLUBS = == 5 J wa -~ puvianaio GAMES TOMORROW. Clev. at Wash.. 3 St Louls aU K. York at Wash St. Louis at N. York Chicago at_Phila Detroit at Boston NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Pittsburgh. 1: Boston. ( Chicago. 5. New York. 3 Philadeiohia, 1 ncinnati Brooklyn-St. date. 0 STANDING OF THE CLUBS |udPpend ~swuadIag ol ~~neuapAy 2 2 2 5231075 454114 4191912 414 01 GAMES TOMORROW. ago Lot Pittsburgh. N. Y. at Chicago Bklyn. at St. Lou Boston at P. Phila. at Cin Minor Leagues INTERNATIONAL. Syracuse. 9-—7. Montreal, 7 Newark. 6, Toronto. 4 Rochrter. Baltimore. 3 Buffrlo. 6—2. Jersey City, 4—1. Standing of the Clubs. WL ~1. Newark Monireal Buffalo Toronto Syracuse 3 5. Rochester Baltimore : Jers. City ! AMERICAN ASSOCTATION. Columbus, ®—3: St. Paul. 24 Toledo. 13— 11 Minneapol Milwaukee 5: Louisville Kansas 1 Indianapolss. 0. Standing of W. L. Pet Min'apolis 57 44 561 Toledn 44 564 Columbus 563§ Ind apolis the Clubs Milwa'kee 3 c 4 514 San Antonio. 7. Oklahoma City, B. Galveston. 4 Dallas. 4 Houston. 4 Fort Worth. Tulsa. fi: Beaumont C Louis, to be plaved later | - | to do is lower his head and let it come. helmets were voted down. Ah'd rather git hit In the haid than wear one of those things,” drawled Cecil Travis, who has been hit in the head most violently by a base ball. “Take it away,” said Bucky Harris, in a very dismissing tone of voice. Al Simmons hadn't made up his mind. Personally, he wants to wear no helmet, but he thinks that Mr. Taylor's invention could be sup- planted by an ordinary foot ball helmet with & peak in front. “This contraption,” said Simmons, pointing to one of Mr. Foulproof's masterpieces, “only protects the head. A foot ball helmet will protect both the head and the side of batter's face. I guess it's a fair sort of an idea, at that, to protect the hitters. Maybe it would prevent a serious beaning once | in five years." Mr. G. Strong for Contraption. hifl. GRIFFITH has different ideas than most of the Nats. He thinks Inventor Taylor has got some- thing and the old gent even is con- sidering forming a corporation to manufacture helmets for ball players. He likes the rubber and flannel affair designed by Foulproof. “By sin,” said Mr. G, “I'll wager | that in two years all the major league |clubs will be wearing these things. Why, it's a splendid idea. It ought to end bean-balling. If a pitch is thrown at the head all the batter has He'll get his base. “Look . .. I'll show vou,” he added, donning one of the over- sized caps. “I look all right, don’t I?” A roar of laughter from his listeners greeted the old gent as he struck a weird batting pose with the helmet on his head “I hope,” said Mr. Griffith, “that youre not laughing at my batting style because if you are I have here | a clipping that will make you change your mind, Looky.” Laughed at First Mitt. E EXHIBITED a box score of a game played in the gay 90s, show- ing that he pitched for the White Sox | and won from the Athletics. “Just| look at my batting,” cautioned Griff. | “Don’t look at the number of hits I gave up ... or anything else.” Opposite “Griffith” in the hit col- umn was listed five times at bat and five hits. Sneaking a peek at the for- bidden figures it was found that Phila- delphia made 18 hits off him but that The Next Yacht Race BY GRANTLAND RICE. You can bet a dollar there will be a noisy holler As they wander out to sea— You can bet a nickel there will be a taste of pickle As the wind swings free. It may concern the jibbing or the spinnaker ad libbing Or the slide that’s on the lee— I don’t know whet they'll cop with—Messrs. Vanderbilt and Sopwith— But I wonder what the squawk will be. I don’t know who'll be winning when the rolling waves are spinning As the crews collect their fee— But I know loud oratory will completely swamp each dory With a bitter, yelping plea. While the wind-blown sails are flapping, you will hear the erperts yapping On some new monstrosity. It's all in open weather where good But I wonder what the squawk w! 4 sarcastic comments on this score, but bounced back on the subject of helmets. “Base ball alwa has laughed at protective devices, he continued. “Why, I remember when I played with Milwaukee back in 1888. One day an old catcher named Ted Kennedy came | into our hotel in Des Moines with a big mitt under his arm . .. the kind of mitt used today. “Everybody laughed and called Ken- nedy a sissy. ‘Who'd ever use that?’ they asked. In those days the catch- | ers’ mitts were just strips of leather that covered the palm of each hand I don't see how anybody ever caught a ball like that. | Bresnahan Popularized Shin Guards. “] ATER,” went on Griff, ‘“the catchers got to using gloves like our modern flelders’ gloves, and so on They laughed at Kennedy's ‘sissy| mitt,’ but as soon as somebody tried it and found how nice it was they all| got to using that kind “Same way with masks and shin | guards,” recalled the old gent, ring- ing the cuspidor from 12 feet “Nobody would wear shin guards until | Roger Bresnahan put them on about | 1904 or 1905. And masks! Why, I remember when I first started playing ball the catchers didn't wear anything | to protect their faces except a little | rubber affair that fit in the teeth like a fighter’s mouthpiece, “You had to clench your teeth to hold onto it and the darn thing did nothing to guard your nose or eyes or head.” | Mr. Joe Cambria, who is one of Griff's “farmhands,” what with pro- moting the Trenton and Salisbury en terprises, interrupted the tale of prog ress to inform Griff that Arnold An- derson, the new pitcher bought by Uncle Nick Altrock, had won 14 games and lost 2, according to the latest records of the Nebraska State League. “And I got a pitcher at Salisbury who looks good, too,” added Cambria. “His name’s Kohlman. Lost his first game, 2 to 1, and then won his next | 15 in a row.’ A reporter wanted to know if Knocky Thomas, the kid from Mary- land, was doing Salisbury's catching. | “Yeah,” said Cambria, “and he's go- ing great. Whatta hitter! Take a loot at this Salisbury paper and see the last box score.” Griff took the paper and looked under the hit column. He had made four in that game. “Whew!” commented Mr. G. in ad- miration. “Yeah,” chimed in the re- porter, kibitizing over his shoulder, “and, according to the box score, he only went to bat three times. That's pretty good—four hits in three times at bat.” “Oh,” said Mr. Cambria apologetical- | ly, typographical error. He really went to bat five times and got four hits.” | Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY, Base Ball. Washington. Cleveland vs. fith Stadium, 3. Tennis. Middle Atlantic singles Grif- | s tourney, ellows get together— ihve. q Edgemoor Club, 2. Public parks tourney, courts, 3. Reservolr k “he ain't that good. That's a|D! | W.Ferrell 12 On an average they don't go much over 10 nautical miles per hour unless the owner is willing to risk snapping one of those $40,000 masts. Endeavour II was dismasted twice last year, Ranger once this season in heavy weather, without sall, and soon after being launched. Full field equipment for the races in- cludes binoculars, yachting cap and the latest copy of Yachting. There's & $5 “cover charge” for members of th press delegation viewing the races fros Coast Guard cutters. The the U. 8. C. G. is furnishing boats and facilities for the benefit of the international gallery. Ventilated or “Annie Oakley” spinnakers—a variety of those big, bil- | lowing things that they use running before the wind—have been discarded by the new Endeavour. Not even pres: cards have holes in 'em this year. Set-Up of Yacht Struggle Today By the Associated Press. EWPORT, R. I, July 31 —Facts regarding America's Cup race: Contenders—Ranger, owned and sailed by Harold 8. Vanderbilt, de- fending America’s Cup in behalf of New York Yacht Club: En- deavour II, owned and sailed by Thomas O. M. Sopwith, in behalf of Royal Yacht Squadron of Eng- land Today's race—First in series on best, four-out-of-seven basis; start scheduled at 11:40 am. (E. 8.AT) from buoy 9 miles southeast of Brenton Reef lightship, off New- port, R. I, over 30-mile windward- leeward course Remaining schedule—Second race Monday at 11:40 am.; daily there- after, unless postponements develop because of weather, accidents or other reasons. Weather forecast—8howers, with moderate southerly winds. Griffs’ Records BATTING, Travis Stone Lewis Kuhel Almada | Bluege Myer Millies Simmons Sington Weaver Linke R. Ferrell Appleton EESx R ez £ g Chase ot 2325 4 e 3 Appleton 2 Cohen 2, Jacobs r : Ports) Winston-Salem, Rocky Mount, Asheville 6: Ric BASE BA Washington vs. Cleveland American League Parks . ) . Durhi Fimond. STODAY] 3:00 P.M. \ Again Nats’ Problem : Scribes “‘at Sea” CoveringYachts on Right Got Left v 1 A