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WASHINGTON, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 19: 37. Cocky Griffmen Gun for Yanks : Armstrong Exhibits Famous Punch Official Scores FIRST GAME. FOURGAME SEREES STARTS ROAD TRIP Griffs Take Fifth Place by Twice Routing Bosox for Eighth Straight. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, Biafl Correspondent of The Star. | N ROUTE TO NEW YORK, Au- ust 16.—Out of sixth place the first time this season and proudly displaying the| ... campaign’s longest winning streak, | gocion Bucky Harris' Nation today de- Washington Fviroled bowaral R + JRuns batted in—Almada_(2). Higsins A O SO RO SRR R e RO and their Jongest road trip of 1937 Trio-base hiie—Minalic - Hisgins.* Three: Theyve had no luck on the road DAse “hil—Sione ‘Home run—Aimada this vear, but hon n balltalGhibes 8 olen base. «Mrhalr“ Sncrvm&—h\\l. {;? her all c s | vell. Double plav—Myer to Kuhel 0 won eight straight games, as the GriTs ‘,;gwfm;rf‘;,;figff,“o“fi Clover s ineton have done. morale can chante. By rell -1 off Thomas. 1. Struck ou winning both ends of jesterday’s| F AT I double-header with the Rec Sox in ing pitcher—Ferrell Grifith Stadium the Nats moved §rove Umpires—Messrs ahead of the Indians and ahead of the Trib~ they are determined to stay. | Another D Aesandyo, if. Cramer. cf. Cronin 'ss Foxx. Hiaging. McNair Chapman, Desautels, Srove. p P “Mills e Siog o5 Totals *Batted for Thomas in WASHINGTON. AB. Almada, cf. i Mver, ' Mihal Sington’ rf. R, Ferrell. ¢ W for Ferrell. p. 0 012 000 41x—8& 2 in 1 Losing pitcher— SECOND GAME. tem that has impressed | D ANranave. the Nats was that feat of the Athletics over the week end. The lowly A's, who were the stooges for the Griffith A. C. when this winning streak made a sensational stand agall Yanks in Philly and swept a three- game series. As far as the pennant Tace was concerned, it caused no ;- eat furor, for the Yanks still are 'way out in front. But it helped the Nats' collective peace of mind. If the A's can whip the Yanks. they figure, so Tia can the Washington c Higgins McNair Chapman » » it Walbers. *Mills Totals *Balted for Walberg in WASHINGTON. Almada, ot Double Win Buovs Nats. VWESLEY FERRELL is the man of the h now is complet the Bostons Buck Newsom t clubs faced ea great feat an Yesterday even Grove header Weaver, p Totels Roston Washington Runs batted in evenge of Wes 100 000 200 001 060 H2x T Cronin ), Travis i1v theitwo Stone (2 Sington (%), Cramer. Alamada. :: Lewis Two-base its—Sington. Travis. WAS A Three-base hit - Cramer Sacrifice - Weav- tation er Double plav- Higgins tunassisted) t Left on basesBosion. 10° Washington. excelled | BAses on balls —Off Weaver, 4 off Walberg, 1. Struck out beat Bob | 4 by McKain @ Hits f a double- | #*1 e Losing pitcher In sagely | Kolls. H ing up bbard am ted Grove . OPERATION IS LAST i~ RESORT FOR ROWE * cackled aded away from ca e By Weaver Off McKain 8 in in the McKain. Umpires Messrs viewed and Dinn Time of Attendance o * the first ti been pitching i “That made me feel anvthing I've done a Wes, gleefully “When Cleveland I always 1. somehow, T alway the losing end. Wel nightcap pleased better year 1 seemed was with to draw Wn;’n Growth on Shoulder Bone Cause 4 of Pitcher's Difficulty, Says Speocialist. By the Associated Press. il DORADO. Ark, August Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe, seek- Griffs were the veteran v start This a Jong and Wea: really looked the part of a winning pitcher. the when lapse of tories Pop Bottles Fly Azain. red-letter day at the In tHe opener the services of Buddy in an umpire argument, and with Al Simmons still on the sidelines ith a sprained ankle they still con- rived to decisively assert supremacy over the Red Sox. It might be added, in passing. that unless the Sox get a gTip on themselves they may as well pack up and go home. They seem to be through for the season The opener was all tied at 3-3 when Myer, attempting a steal of third, was called out on a close play by Umpire | Cal Hubbard. Incensed, Buddy be- gan to fling dirt on Hubbard and was waved from the premises. This insti- | gated a pop-bottle shower, but, as usual, the aim of the fans was as poor jas their judgment, and nobody was hurt. A couple of gendarmes coaxed several of the bottle heavers from the park. The Nats put the game away in the seventh when, with one out, Almada | — beat out & bunt and Joe Cronin booted | a roller by Buddy Lewis. Singles h\" Travis and Stone followed and, after [Kuhel went out. Fred Sington lonpv‘di & fluke double to right and four runs| were across. When the eighth rolled round Grove had retired in a peeve and Al Thomas gave up the final run. | Gotham Series Is Crucial. JEAVER, off to & poor start, was | 3 tralling until the Nats scored a run in the third, tying the score at 1-1. Then, in the fifth, they jumped Archie McKain, another southpaw pitcher, and when the smoke had | cleared they had scored six runs and the ball game was on ice. Rube Wal- berg finally ended the inning and the ame for the Sox. | Monte's only bad inning, after the first couple of rounds, came in the sev- | th. Here an error by Travis, a single d three bases on balls aided the Box in the scoring of two runs. It looked as if Monte was all washed up, [but Harris kept him in the game and the veteran substantiated Bucky's udgment by bracing and finishing in great style. Tomorrow's four-game series in New York with the Yanks is one of those | eroocial affairs for the Nats, if not | StLi for the Ruppert A. C. You won't be | Pit neeing the Griffs until September 3, | 205 57171 2 inl 6 for after leaving New York they will | puo—¢ invade Boston and then tour the Wes PRl 7 And a good start is half the battle on | g |4 Rbogroect A GAMES TODAY Pete Appleton and Jimmy De Shong | yone scheduled. probably will be the starting pitchers tn tomorrow's double-header. | resort. Dr. F. Walter Carruthers, Little Rock bone specialist, said the Detroit hurlers’ troubles were caused by a der bone, which hampered his pitching motion. An operation, if successful would enable the former ‘“schoolbo wonger” to pitch with skill*next season, Carruthers said. Rowe said he preferred to have other | would like to confer with Detroit offi- cials before submitting to an oper: tion League Statistics AUGUST 16, 1937, AMERICAN. RESULTS 1r=1‘rmuv. Washington. X-9: Boston. Philadelphia New York: 1 icago. 5-1: Cieveland St. Louis, 9. Detroit, 7 STANDING OF THE CLUBS, “HEEREHEE : ‘puTIaA3 uomTrs, -~ smot 3 “erydppenad Chi; | Bos | wn Cle, - S 2146157410 8145(.563(12 | = | L. } GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at N. Y. (2 Detroit at Chicago. Boston at Phila Cleveland at St. L, NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. New York, 6: Philadelphia. 3. Brookiyn. Boston, 5-9 Cincinnati Chicago .8 Pittsburgh, Louis, 4-0. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. GAMES TODAY None scheduled. || wmuappey NY|_6/—(10/10| 5/11|_9110/61} 1 BI111_ 9 9113(6 GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Boston. Chicago at Pittsb. St. Louis at Cinei. Phils. at Brookivn ing a cure for the mysterious ailment that robbed his right arm of its hurl- | | ing effectiveness, said today he would | | submit to an operation only as a last | small growth on top of his right shoul- | his old-time | | specialists take a look at the arm and | off McKain. | off Walberg, 4 in 3's innings. | Combine in Colorful Carnival of Cuffing Carded for Capitalians x| By | Off Grove, | inning. | Dinneen, Kolls Bill Robinson, strong, right” Stadium tonight. hoofer de luxe uncrowned featherweight champ, in his 10-round scuffie with Johnny Cabello at Grifith shows how (left), Henry Arm- to “t'row dat Puerto to be a but is facing a Johnny Cabello, Rican, who essays giant killer, tough tmk Here the Alrrmy of-arm California clouter is shown jnspect- ing the “papers” arranged by his manager-trainer, Er'([m Mead, Jor that featherweight tile fuss "POPPI | | | ] | Special Dispatch to The Star. | | [ | that you won't have to pay the fines for taking a sock at that Powell 16— | | Selkirk? | up and held Lou over his head. N ROUTE TO NEW YORK, August 16.—Listening in on the Pullman | chorus “Going to New York alwavs seems different than other trips. | Remember that time Jess Hill hit into a . Linke to Redmond to second base, wasn't it? Something always happens double play off Linke's head? . And the last time we came here had a NG fight with Jake Powell.” “Lissen, you fellows, as long as I'm manager of this club I will guarantee S'help me, if that guy runs into Travis or Lewis and they don’t do anything about it I'm going out on the field myself and swing on him. And I guarantee I knock him down, too.” “Did any of you guys talk much with the Red Sox while they were in Washington? Holy smoke, did Powell New York? He not only Cronin and Foxx. knocked Higgins down, They say that Cronin went after Jake, ask for trouble when the Sox were in but ran into Desautels, t00.” “Well, all I've got to say is that Powell’s got & lot of nerve fooling around that Foxx I was with Jimmy in Boston and. boy, is he a strong boy! I guess he'd be the toughest guy in the league to whip in a fight.” “Yeah, Foxx probably is tough as hell in a fight, I was on the Yankees with him and one day playing around and Selkirk picked him He used to be a rassler, you know.” “I'll tell you the all-time champion . . . Eddie Ainsmith, There's a guy who would have torn Selkirk and Foxx to pieces. “And Powell? Hell, he would have rolled Jake into a little ball with one hand. Still, 1 guess Eddie's getting | too old now to fight like he used to.” Harris Wisecracks on Line. ‘ “QPEAKING of tough guys, what's the matter with Cal Hubbard? | T've seen him play foot ball with those Giants and he's a hard one.’ | “Cal really was mad when Myer | threw that dirt on him yesterday Did you see the way he went over and kicked third base? He damn near tore it loose from the moorings.” “That was & lot of fun yesterday. Fact, we've had a lot of fun for a week. It's great to be a winner. ". R ; WMl — | And how about Harris yelling to Moe | Berg from the coaching line: ‘Hey, Moe! You've got more stuff on the ball when you throw # back than McKain's got.’ Haw, haw.” “I like to beat those Red Sox. Those orima donnas. And that goes for Cronin, too.” | “‘Aw, let's forget the Red Sox for | & few days and git them Yanks.| They're the babies who are murdering us. We've won 8 outta 12 from Boston. | ‘What's that saying? Let sleeping dogs | lie, or something.” “Well, if the A's can knock the Yanks off three straight we ought to be able to do something. Think Griff'll come up for the series?” “What's Wrol\[ With Us.” DUNNO. He usually comes to | New York. Claims he's good luck, but he wasn't so lucky last time. We got beat three straight. And Griff is always claiming the Yanks ought to be easy for Washington. Something about brain versus brawn.” “Griff may have been a pretty fair pitcher in his day, but he never had to face guys like Di Maggio and Gehrig. Yeah, I know about the old Cronin Springs New “Hidden Ball” Trick Substitutes Practice Pill for Regulation Sphere, but Escapes Penalization. ALL Umpire Lou Kolls wanted was one competent witness and Manager Joe Cronin of the Red Sox would have been fined for “palming” & ball in the second game of yesterday's double-header between Boston and the Nationals. With Johnny Mihalic at bat in the Washington seventh, Umpire Kolls, Mihalic, the Nats and the 22,000 spectators were amazed to see & gray streak zip from Pitcher Rube Walberg to the plate. Time promptly was called and Kolls, angrily examining the ball, threw it out of the game. Whence it came nobody scemed to know. Observers in the press box, how- ever, noted that instead of throw- ing the infield practice ball to the bench before the.inning started, Cronin stuck it in his back pocket. After Stone popped out, Joe threw out Kuhel and while the ball was being thrown around the infield he substiTuted the infleld ball in his pocket for the shiny white ball that was in play. ‘Walberg took it, noted the wink from Cronin, and pitched it. Mihalic immediately informed Kolls that either something was rotten in Denmark or his eyes needed a good examination. Kolls decided there was an Ethiopian in the wood- pile. A After the game Kolls was asking for eye-witnesses. “If Cronin did. it, we can fine him,” said Lou, “but nobody will say he did.” Asked if that single pitch had meant s ball game, Kolls declared that whatever Mihalic did would have to count. “Because, after all, I know of only one ball being in play and that is the ball Walberg had in his hand. Of course, I knew we wouldn't use a ball in such a condition, but proving it would be something else if Mihalic had struck out with the bases loaded and one run needed for victory.” F EB | like i how Newsom used to hate him! | how poor Bobby was scared of White- but how about that he and Gehrig were Orioles. But did those guys hit 'em out of the park nearly every day? “Hey, where are we Trenton. Well, won't be long now. Remember the last time we came to Trenton? Gawd, wasn't it hot the day we played that exhibition | game?” “I'll be hot tomorrow, too, unless we gel some pitching. Playing those Yanks ain't so bad if our guy in the box is fooling ‘em now and then | “But when they start riding that ball we outfielders aren't having any good time. Who's Working tomorrow, Appleton and De Shong?” “1 see by the papers where Griff | is ready to bring up a lot of bushers. | What's the matter with us? We've won’eight in & row, haven't we? Still, | you can't believe what you see in the papers. Those dopes who cover base ball . . . why, they've taken six hits | away from me this season all because ! they can't score worth a damn.” now? Looks Steaks and Bed. “WONDER if Griff's gonna bring Estalella up again? A couple weeks ago 1 heard he was the hottest thing in the Piedmont League . . batting over .400 and all that stuff. | Now I hear the guy hurt himself, or can't hit any more, or something. Funny little guy, wasn't he? Boy, And hillt” “Yeah, we used to kid Esty about Whitehill. We'd get around him in the mornings . . . in the hotel lobbies, that is .. . and tell Bobby that starting tomorrow Earl would be his roommate. You know Whitey's temper. Well, that little Cuban was scared to death. | He'd say, ‘No hokay with me. No sir, boy,’ and go running off to Ed Eynon to check up. “I believe he would have quit and gone back to Cuba if we had moved him in with Whitehill <+ . and Earl kinda liked the fuy.” “Say, there's the Pulaski Skyway. ‘We're almost in. Hey, you pitchers, g0 to bed some place tonight and hold those Yanks. We'll take three in a row . .. maybe.” “Well, we're in fifth place, but so far they've never paid off for that. Gosh, I'm hungry. I'm going for a steak again tonight.” Major Leaders By the Associated Press. Ameriean League. Batting—Travie, _Senators. .3R1: hringer, Tj 3 nkees, 108: hd areenpere. Tigers Runs vatted Inz_Greenberg, Tise 120: Di Maggio. Yankees. i Hit, Mactio Fankees, 152: Walker, Tigers Doul 30; and 150. les—Bonura Vogmik, Browns, 18, Tri — anz Kreevien, White White Box. Senators, Pitching—Murphy, Poftsnberver, Tigers| 8-2 tio Batting—Meawick, Cardinals, 4005 P. Waner, Pirates. .383; Runs—Medwick, ~ Cardin 89; Galan. Cubs. 86. Ruris batted in—Medwick, Cardinals, Demaree. Cubs, Hi ts—Medwick, Cardinals. 167; P. Waner, Pirates boubles—Med-dck Cardinals, 44; Mize. Cardinais. S Tes e Reds, and Vaughan and Handley, Pirates. 10. ocome runs-—Medwick. Cardinals. 26; tt, Stolen bakes -Galan, Cubs, 16 Bor- %-nnv guflmmmi and Lavagetto and ngsett, Do Pitch! Feite. Heer. 14-4 Moo, cubs. 114, 4 | society of turning worms, and for the | cart | of their approach. | duplicated since May, “TURNING WORMS OFF ¥4fian>-S% T0PPED BY NACKS So On to Yankeetown. | Repulse of Yanks Bests Feats of Griffmen, Pirates and Reds. . BY SID FEDER. Associated Press 8ports Writer. ID you ever see & worm turn- ing? They're doing it all over the place these days. Wash- ington's walloping Senators are breez- ing along on an eight-game winning streak, Pittsburgh's pathetic Pirates are plodding back toward third place in the National League and Cincin- nati's collapsible Reds have just made the high and mighty Chicago Cubs holler “uncle.” But for the championship of the classiest job of upsetting the apple- since Mrs. O'Leary’s cow made things red-hot in Chicago, we give you Connie Mack's collegiate collec- tion of Athletics. They're either & very brave band of youngsters, or they've been fooling every one—including themselves—for | & long time. Every other outfit in! the league falls apart at mere men- tion of the Yankees and their bi war clubs, and suffers from a combi- | nation of D. T.s and paralysis of the winning column at the first sign But A's Take Three in Row. UT Connie Mack's crew, stagger- | ing along in the league cellar, looked them in the eye over the week end, didn’t think much of the view, and proceeded to take three straight over murderers’ row. Young Edgar Smith, who had been trying all season for his first straight victory, completed the sweep of the series with a seven-hitter yesterday | and climaxed a feat that hasn't been 1934. Not since | then, when the Cleveland Indians ac- complished it, has any club swept a | three-game series from the Yanks. The breaks made it easy for the A's yesterday. Joe Di Maggio com- | mitted two errors that set up Lhrte] unearned runs for the Quaker City | combination. But, despite the breaks, | C and disregarding the possibility that the current Yankee slump is a lel-‘ down from the team's recent tough | | series, the A's go down in the books as the greatest little surprisers of the season. | Despite the victory, however, the | Yankees maintained their lopsided | 10-game lead in the pennant chase, since the second-place Detroit Tigers kicked away a six-run lead, and lost, 9-7, to the Browns. Cubs’ Lead Is Shrinking. VER in the National League, mean- time, the jinx-loaded Chicago Cubs were walloped thoroughly and all over the lot by the Reds and lost a doubleheader, 13-6 and 9-8. As a result theirr league lead was cut to four games—shortest in two weeks—as the second-place Giants turned back a late rally by the Phillies to register a 5-3 decision for their third straight win. Square Gmdeu New York m October. with Petey Sarron at Madison Griffs’ Records BATTING. R Travis De Shong Chase Jacobs 8abo Linke Weaver De Shong * W Ferrell Chase | Jacobs ppieton Conen 35 BEANED TYPOBACK INDIAMOND ACTION 'Dewhurst Resumes Outfield Post for D. C. as Boston Is Met in Tourney. LTHOUGH beaned while play- | ing in the National City League yesterday, Jim Dew- hurst was expected to be in his regular position in the outfield for the Washington Union Printers today as his nine played the feature game of the opening day's play of the Twenty-seventh tional Unlon Printers’ Tournement Seeded second. the local entry drew Boston as its first-round opponent, | the latter's third-seeded post provid- ing & game between two top-notchers on the first day of play. The Wash- ington-Boston game, like three others. was to be contested on an Ellipse i(fllm(md. with Grifith Stadium the scene game. found Chicago playing St. Louis, New of the Indianapolis-Detroit | York meeting St. Paul and Baltimore | facing Pittsburgh. Cincinnatl drew a first-round bye. Chicago Favored to Repeat. HICAGO is the defending cham- pion and is a slight favorite to repeat. After today, however, | games will be played at Griffith | Stadium, with five games scheduled | tomorrow and Wednesday. As has | been the custom since the tourna- ment began in 1908, two defeats will | eliminate a team. For & while it appeared the locals were not going to be able to use | Dewhurst today, as he was felled by one of big Walt Murphy's smoke balls yesterday. The ball caught Dewhurst just above the left ear. He flopped to the ground and groveled for sev- eral seconds, while mates came to his assistance. After being massaged by practically every one on the team, however, Jim shook it off and re- | sumed his place in the game. . INTrlwn'rlovu. Rochester, 6-—2, Baltimore. 2 Newark, 6—1 To0; "Montreal 028 5 Buffal E Je Siracuse, ;i Toronto. Dallas. 2: 0. Others postponed. rain Annual Interna- | Other games on the Ellipse | all | 1CUBS UNDAUNTED - BYLOSING STREA “Just Begun to Fight,” In sists Pilot Grimm as | Long Trip Opens. [ By the Associated Press | HICAGO, August 16.— The Cubs, and you have Manager | Charlie Grimm's word for it, have just begun to fight | ‘The Bruins, their fur coniderably |ruffed by a slump in Which they | dropped eight tilt in 14 games, headed | today toward Pitisburgh, first stop on a long road trip. And then they come back to Wrigley Field September 4—and also when the season is ended—Manager Charlie insists they will be leading the National League | race by at least four games. | - | Drop Series to Reds. "THAT was their margin today the second place New York Giants, | who won Sunday as the Bruins were seeing too much red—of the trouble- some Cincinnati variety. The Reds coped a double bill from the pace- setters, chopping a game and one-half off their lead over the Terrymen. It gave Cincinnati the series, three games 1o one. “We are going through,” Grimm pitching has slumped, but that's something any club has to expect Our lead still is four games—and that's not bad—and I'll wager it will be that long. if not longer, when we get home and when the season ends. | “We've had our bad luck and I'm certain we’ll get a few good breaks now. Bill Lee, who injured his side, will be around shortly, and outside of Rip Collins, the team is getting into | shape again.” over to go right predicted on “Our Injury Jinx Persistent. | THE Bruins, in all fairness, have had the worst kind of luck from | injuries. During the early season several players went on the shelf, but of late the injury jinx has been not only at the Bruin dressing room door but apparently occupying a place on the dugout bench. Lee hurt his side, Bill Jurges his shoulder, Charley Root and Gabby | Hartnett suffered had hurts and Col- |lins fractured an ankle. Stan Hack, | third baseman, and Outfielder Phil Cavarretta have been handling the first base job, and the numerous shifts apparently have affected the whole team. The usually dependable Bill Herman made three errors yesterday. Sperts Mirror By the Associated Press. Today & year ago—Jesse Owens suspended by A. A. U. on charges of “running out” on Swedish trip. Three years ago—Rainbow, Har- old Vanderbilt's America's Cup candidate, turned tables on Yankee in trials for first time. Five years ago—C. Ross Somer- ville shot rounds of 71—69—140 to lead sectional qualifiers for na- tional amateur gol{ rhampmnshm ! but | to accomplish | undefeated 'CABELLO OFFERED ASVICTIM TONIGHT Negro’s Open Style Gives Puerto Rican Chance to Land Verdict. BY BURTON HAWKINS. HAT knockout epidemic which has been infesting the East for many weeks will settle here tonight in the form of Henry Armstrong, the colored featherweight with a persuasive punch, with Johnny Cabello being offered as his prey in a 10-round bout at Griffith Stadium Armstrong, whose killer clouts have leveled the elite of featherweight and light ht ranks during the Iast year, rules a prohibitive favorite to trounce the Puerto Rican, but Henry's style gives Johnny at least a chance Henry's style is based on the prin- ciple that he can absorb more punish- ment and dish it out in larger doses the next fellow He has seen ght hands than the President Year day, but has shed them ionchalance which has been more than mildly discouraging to his foes. Has Amazing Record. 'I‘JIE California Negro, recognized in his home State asx feather- weight champion, has scored 15 knockouts in 16 fights in the last seven mon and that is somewhat amazing unless Armstrong’s head was fashioned in a quarry. Armstrong holds his hands low and is a large target for a talented right apparently they bounce off with- out effect. Oh, yes, in the meantime Henry is pumping vicious blows into the frame of the enemy. Several ringwise veterans have ex- sressed the opinion that when Arm- strong starts to fade the end will come quicker than with most fighters They say he sheds too many punches but his demise at this stage of his career couldn’t be detected through any medium less than a guess It is upon this reasoning that Ca- bello predicates his consuming desire something worthwhile against Armstrong. Henry is expectad to kayo Cabello and anything less than that means money in Johnny's wallet, Henry THIS will Takes ttle Rest. mark Armstrong's second four evenings. Next Tues- fight in Detroit, all of ures to keep him occupied he meets Petey Sarron for the world featherweight championship in New York October 29 Frankie Donofrio, five times Phila- delphia Golden Glove champion and winner of 12 of 14 professional en- counters, will clash with Buddy Reott, local leight-heavyweight, in an eight-round semi-final In six-round arguments, Baby Man- uel, who trimmed Armstrong shortly after the colored lad turned profes- sional and who had Sarron on the floor last year, will meet Yambo An- drates. South American featherweight, &nd George Henry, colored New York welterweight, will trade punches with Johnny Johnson of Philadelphia Mike Morton, former local Golden Glove lightweight champ, will make his pro debut & four-rounder, squar- g off agains Brooks Bowen of Richmond. Other four-rounders list Johnny Jones. Los Angeles lightweight tossing at Kid Howie, local colored iad and Wild Bill Howell, Washington 135-pounder, bumping into Spike Mil- ler of Oklahoma. The first fist will be flipped 1t 8.30 o'clock. Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press Mel Almada and Senators 1§ over Red Sox. Wesver pitched eight-hitter, fanning four: in nightcap viciory Ed Smith and Wally Mosex. Ath letics—Former stopped Yankees With seven hits as Moses clouted homer riple and single in 5-4 vietory O, Giants—His single with bases londéd drove in three funs and beat Phillies Oy “Blanton "'and Russ Bauers Piiates “Blanton pitched Cards to A-4 deleat in opener and hit four-for-four Bauers hurled six-hit shutout in night cap. fanning five Oral Hildebrand and Harland Clift Browns— Hildebran ball in" three-innink triek CLft hit two doubles and single. drovs 0 (wo runs and scored three in 8-- win over Tigers Riges’ two homers sent four r ACrOss in 4-8 nighteap victory Ted Lyons. Thornton Lee and Clin White Sox—Lyons stopped -3. with eight hits in opener nd Brown pitched 10-hitter for } nightcap decision Gil Brack. Dodgers. and Danny Mac Favden, Bees—Former hit double. twn singles.” driving opener win h in iwo runs in MacFayden piched thres” 3: Kansas City. Colmbs 1 oledo. 3-— Indiarapolis. 63 utsville. 2 St. Paul, 13; Minneapolis, 3. & SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta, 4 —6: Birmingham. 34 Little Rock. 4 —4: Knoxville, 2—1 Nashville, &—8: Memphis _Chattanooga, 3-—3. N. Orleans. 2 Title Fight Ballyhooey Workmg Full Speed First Braddock, Then Dempsey Gives Farr Chance Against Louis—Nerts. BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, August 16.—De- spite all denials you can look for an announcement from the Giants, soon . . . Glad to see Kid Chocolate back on the big time . .. After & long up- hill struggle he’s in the main event at the Garden, Thursday night . .. Correction: Bighteen-year-old Billy Scanlon of Lacrosse, Wis., isn't the youngest sports editor in the coun- try . . . Kenneth Bilby, 17, of the Tucson, Ariz., ‘Daily Citizen says he is . . . Secouts are rushing to Pensacola, Fla., to look over 18- year-old Lamar Iowsa, who has just hurled his second no-hit, no-run game in nine days , .. The Brook- lyn foot ball Dodgers begin train. ing at Farmingdale, Long Island, today, and if they don't have & bet- ter team than last season there'll be something wrong. Mike Jacobs has the old bally- hoo working full speed . First Jimmy Braddock, then Jack Demp- sey gives Tommy Farr a chance against Joe Louis . .. Nerts . All those Beantown fans, who are holsting steins to Lou Fette and Jim Turner these nights, shouldn't forget wise old Bill McKechnie, who plucked both right out of the sticks. Jack Minnoch, former long-dis- tance runner, is ringing the bell as sports editor of the Amsterdam (N. Y.) Recorder . .. Latest dope is the Indians will make another try for Tony leseeri . . . Jimy Wilson warns the Giants they'd better start going. New York newspapers report the Giants already have made over- tures to the Cubs for Gabby Hart- nett (to succeed Bill Terry as field leader), but our info is Chuck Dressen of the Reds has just as good a chance . . . Joe Di Maggio is pulling for the Cubs in the National League—he’s heard about those new left field bleachers. ‘The National Boxing and Wres- tling Association will hold a joint meeting at White Sulphur Springs, ‘W. Va,, September 13, 14, 15 . . . Danny MacFayden of the Bees has been around the majors a long time, but, has seen Larry French of the Cubs pitch only one in- ning « « Is there anything to the latest report Judge Landis is about to quit? Wonder if old Don Brennan brought his wheel chair along when he signed up with the Jints? . Add early season foot ball classics for 1937, the Cornell-Penn State game early in October . . Comnell's classy Sophomores of last Fall should be more mature and State’s me- terial recalls the days of Glenn Killinger and Harry Wilson. George Selkirk, the Yankees' in- jured outfielder, can take his turn at bat, but not in the fleld His injured shoulder still bothers him . . In the meantime Myril Hoag 18 playing his head off as & part-time replacement,