Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1937, Page 14

SMALLER OPENING THANIN19% SEEN Giants Will Win if Melton Stays in His “Trance,” Declares Hubbell. BY GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October 6.—This is the gigantic day, barring fire or flood, when all normal activities cease for a couple of hours in the afternoon and the mortality rate among grandmothers leaps out of sight. The simple, ungarnished truth is that the New York Giants of Harlem snd the New York Yankees of the Bronx are meeting at 1:30 p.m. in the latter’s handsome, commodious park in the first game of the world series. The weather has been threatening complications, just as it did last year, but the forecast today was for cloudy weather and showers in the morning, possibly clearing toward afternoon. If the rain of last night should continue long today, however, the clubs’ hopes for a record gate may be knocked into a cocked hat. Although practically all the re- served seats have been sold, the pros- pect of a sellout crowd of 70,000 de- pends entirely upon how many cus- tomers turn up to buy unreserved grandstand seats at $3.30 and the bleacher places at $1.10. About 30,000 of these were to go on sale at 9 a.m. Best advance - indications put the crowd between 50,000 and 60,000, somewhat short of the record of 69,669 the same clubs set last year, when the Yankees won four out of six games. Hot Slab Duel Promised. THE cynosure of all eyes today, de- pending upon the fortunes of | battle, was expected to be either Carl Hubbell, the Oklahoma apple-knocker, who always pitches first world series games for the Giants, or Vernon (El Goofy) Gomez of California, to whom Manager Joe McCarthy has intrusted the Yankees' fortunes. Walter Johnson (right), once B: with Casey Stengel (left), old-time Giant and e used to shortstop for the Nationals. bends an ear to the fanning bee. he Foening Stap Sporls 3 WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1937. Uncertain Weather Threatening Record Gate for World Series “Big Guns” Set for Classic Series, Some of Them, Thou@ Train p x-Dodger pilot, MINOR LOOP TITLE AT STAKE TONIGHT Newark and Columbus Take Turn About in Winning Three Straight. By the Associated Press They promised—these two new New | Yorkers—to wage a homeric struggle. | They are the greatest pitchers in | their leagues. Hubbell, one of the | great pitchers of all time, known as | the “Meal Ticket,” silenced the | Yankees' Big Berthas in the first | game last year. Gomez, seven years | younger than his mound rival and twice as eccentric, didn't work for the Yanks until the second game of the 1936 series. But he won two games. Right down to the wire, the Yankees have been stanch favorites to win again, even though everybody, in- cluding Manager McCarthy of the ‘Yankees, has admitted that the Giants are greatly improved over last season. ‘They are stronger at third base and at first base, and they have a new left-handed pitcher in Cliff Melton, who might stand the Yankees on their collective heads. They are such a smart fielding team that an estab- lished slugger like Wally Berger can't even break into today's line-up be- cause his throw-ins from center field leave something to be desired. Put Trust in Sluggers. ET, if you think all that has made g the slightest impression on either the Yankees or their followers, you haven't been reading your lessons. They worship the base hit, preferably the home run, and they don't think that a carload of Hubbells and Mel- tons could fool Joe Di Maggio, Lou Gehrig, Bill Dickey, George Selkirk and the other mighty men for long— not for seven games, anyhow. There’s no use in trotting out columns of comparative figures against that brand of reasoning. For the ‘Giants’ supporters, it's simply a case | of holding their breaths every time Hubbell or Melton or Hal Schumacher winds up. If they can puzzle the | latest edition of “murderers’ row,” the | Giants, naturally, have an excellent | chance of winning. If they can't, it's Just too bad. In practice the last two days the Giants have not looked too promising. They had difficulty knocking balls out of the infield in yesterday's batting | drill at the stadium. The Yanks, at the same time, were putting large dents in the Polo Grounds balustrades. The “Big Three” of the Giants’ mound staff—Hubbell, Melton and Hal BSchumacher—Ilooked very impressive, though. Hubbell Is Relaxed. “IF CLIFF just stays in his trance we ought to win this thing,” Hub- bell commented as he watched Melton cavorting around, displaying a mouth- ful of teeth. “I hope nobody tells him this is a world series.” At that, the long, loose-jointed mountaineer who will pitch for the Giants tomorrow looks about as tight and tense as a man getting ready for & Sunday school picnic. If he is at.all worried about the Yankees' threat to pin back his prominent ears, he isn't showing any signs. Asked for his pre- series reactions, he only grinned a yard wide and said: “Ask Bill.” That means Bill Terry, who manages the Giants—and there’s no question about it. Anything that any Giant does in the next seven days you can bet he got the high sign from Col. Terry first. Where McCarthy rules with a comparatively loose rein, Terry is boss of the Giants from the word “go A news photographer asked one of the Giants yesterday if he and some of his teammates would pose in front of the dugout. The player couldn't see Terry, who had been delayed down- town by a conference with Judge Lan- dis. “I'm sorry,” he said, “but I guess you'd better wait until ‘de lawd’ gets here.” And there the matter rested. FIGHTING IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, October 6 (#).—Fist fighting will return to the Chicago Stadium tonight for the first time since last December 9, with a 10-round fea- ture bout between a pair of ambitious heavyweights, Max Marek of Chicago series between the Columbus Red Birds and Newark's Bears was right back where it started to- day, all even, and more than $4,000 worth of chips were down on the out- come of the seventh and deciding con- | test tonight. The Birds, American Association champs, swept the three-game series | at Newark, and then the Bears, Inter- | BiVe credit where it is due. | there,” he pointed magnanimous! national loop pennant winners by a 2513-game margin, allowed the Birds | a total of two runs in taking the three | contests here. In the last three games | the Bears outscored the Birds 19 to 2,} last night's count being 10 to 1. Beggs Opposes Potter, "THE $22.269.50 players' ponl, poured into the coffers in the first four games, will be split on a 60-40 basis | with the winner taking the heavy end. There’s a difference of $4,453.70, and tonight's clash decides who gets the extra bit. | Determined to make it four in a| row, Manager Oscar Vitt of the Bears nominated Joe Beggs, tall righthander, to face the Birds tonight. Burt Shotton, hoping for a come- back, decided to send Nelson Potter, drafted last night by the Phijladelphia Athletics, to the mound. CHISOX SEEK NINTH IN ROW OVER BRUINS Have Swept Last Two Series, but Face Unusual Situation in Being 1937 Choices. B3 the Associated Press. CHICAGO‘ October 6. —Chicago’s ‘White Sox, the American League’s third-place club, goes back to work today on its most prized winning streak—an unfinished run of nine straight victories over the National League Cubs in city series base ball strife. The Sox, always the underdogs in recent series with the Cubs, started the current winning streak, which does not include Spring training meetings, by winning the seventh and final game of the 1931 series. They whipped through the 1934 affair in four straight and last year gave their favored rivals another four-game pol- ishing. Although they finished third in their own league this year while the Cubs landed second in the National, the Sox, for the first time, go into the internecine row the favorites. Today's quotation on the Sox was Tto 5. PRINCETON GREAT DIES. PAOLI, Pa., October 6 (#)—Lang- don Lea, former All-America foot ball star at Princeton and father of three Princeton ends, died here last night. He was 63 years old. OLUMBUS, Ohio, October 6.— ( : The surprising little world | cher of the Washington club, is “remembering” and Roger Peckinpaugh, who Ford Frick (next to Johnson), the National League prexy, "POPPING OFF Ytan. Just Before the Battle Stuff. Special Dispatch to The Star. N sweaters. EW YORK, October 6.—A sharp chill wind was sweeping across the fleld at Yankee Stadium and Giants who were not waiting in line at the batting practice cage or shagging flies in the outfield bundled in There must have been less than half a dozen newspaper guys watching the final practice of the National League champions and none of them was having difficulty in restraining their enthusiasm. “Poof!” Poofed one of the ink-stained kibitzers, watching Burgess White- head take a terrific cut and nudge one of batting practice pitcher Don Bren- nan’s pitches over the infield. “Poof, and ain't they lousey? Why, those poor guys haven't a chance. For 20 minutes I've been standing here and Mel Ott's the only hitter to reach the right-field bleachers. Matching them with the Yankees is like throwing a bantamweight fighter against a heavyweight. | Why ... Lissen” interrupted Mr. Roland Logan, who is the trainer of the Red Sox, “I am a dyed-in-the-wool American leaguer, as you know, Overd— = ‘is a pretty fair left-handed pitcher. “Over there,” of course, was where Carl Hubbell was preparing to quit & pepper game. Carl came saunter- ing over with a slow smile on his face | and somebody wanted to know what he thought of the series. “If we can keep | Melton in his trance,” dryly answered | Hubb, “we've got a chance.” Just then a gigantic pair of ears popped out of the runway and Mr. Melton hove into sight. “Hully gee,” yelped one of the news- papermen who had never seen Moun- tain Music Melton close up, “he really looks like he’s in a trance, doesn’t he? One of those big Carolina moun- tain guys, he is, and it's written all over him.” “He can pitch, though,” cautioned Hubbell, which is praise from Caesar, indeed. “If he does what I think he can do, we may win over the Yanks this time.” Mr. Schacht Is Modest. Y THIS time the Giants began {o move off the field and the big stadium was deserted except for a few scattered hangers-on with more time than anything else on their hands. Mr. Logan, who is called Doc, began to grow nervous and finally, when Al Schacht came walking toward him, Doc said: “I might as well confess, fel- lows. I'm sinking to a new low. Guess what I'm gonna do? Stooge for Schacht during the series.” Mr. Schacht, with a 40-pound catch- er's glove, a bird cage and a few other weird implements, made a modest ap- proach. “You will see the great Schacht at his funniest this series, boys,” he advised. “Get out early. This is the first time I've ever re- hearsed, s0 you can see how seriously I'm preparing to be funny.” At that moment there was a commo- tion in one of the dugouts. One of the figures on the scene was Mr. Will Terry, the Giants’ cheerless leader. One of the writing boys caught Mr. Terry off guard and saw Will muster a smile. It was too much for him, he said later, and so he swooned. but I gotta CROSS the river the Yankees were practicing in the Polo Grounds. A larger crowd was on hand and ac- tivity was a good deal brisker. An insignificant little man with a weather- beaten face and tough, gnarly hands was attracting some attention and it developed he was Joe Di Maggio, sr. He came from the coast to see his Giusseppe hit one. A young, dark-haired man was at- | tracting a good deal of attention, too. | He was Mickey Cochrane, telling of his trip to Europe. Mickey | who was reached home the day before on the Queen Mary. And was admiringly watching the Bronx Bombers tee off. Somebody mentioned Ott and asked Mickey if he thought the Yankees would bunt on Mel, who is now a third baseman. “Why should they?” asked Mickey. “Why bunt when a fellow always has a chance to knock the ball over the fence?” That seemed to answer the question pretty well. Later in the afternoon the main body of the out-of-town series army marched into Gotham. Clark Griffith led a battalion from Washington and was looking very secretive. Mr. G. Discloses Plans. “JUST between us,” disclosed Mr. G., “I am trying to get a pitcher in the draft. Name's Leonard from Atlanta, and he's pretty good. A knuckle-baller.” Somebody wanted to know Leonard's first name. “By sin,” said Griff, as if he ever knew a ball player's first name, “I don’t know. I know this much about him, though,” he con- fessed, blushingly, “he used to be with Brooklyn. Yeah, you got it . . . Dutch Leonard. Only he isn't the old, original Dutch Leonard.” Choosing a strange moment to ex- ploit the crime, Brooklyn announced a trade whereby Jimmy Bucher, Joe Stripp, Roy Henshaw and Johnny Cooney were sent to the Cardinals in exchange for Lippy Durocher, who talks loudly but hit lightly. At the proper time the deal would have made much talk and many headlines but people were too busy thinking of the series to bother. “Maybe,” wagged one of the writing boys, “that's what the Brooklyns wanted to do . . . sort of make the deal on- the sneak. Four for one. That's giving away a lot of ball players, even if they are liberty leaguers.” When darkness began to fall, Grift and his fellow-magnates trotted off to the draft meeting and the newspaper- Two bombers plan to do some flailing. Out of this collection of bats will come the series war clubs of Bill Dickey (left), Yankee catcher, and Joe Di Maggio, slugging outfielder. who bats third, finished the season with an average of .346. Dickey hit .338. He's fifth Sports Program For Local Fans TOMORROW. Wrestling. Vincent Lopez vs. Freddie Meyers and Dean Detton vs. Billy Han- son, double feature, Turner’s Arena, 8:30. FRIDAY. Foot Ball. West Virginia Wesleyan vs, George Washington, Griffith Sta- dium, 8:30. Roosevelt vs. Roosevelt Stadium title game), 3:30. Eastern vs. St. John's, Stadium, 3:30. Boys' Latin School of Baltimore vs. St. Albans, St. Albans fleld, 3:30. ! Bullis vs. Washington-Lee High, Ballston, Va., 3:30. Gonzaga vs. Loyola, Baltimore, Md. Woodrow Wilson, (public high Eastern Friends vs. Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md. SATURDAY. Foot Ball. ‘Western Maryland vs. Maryland, College Park, Md., 2:30. St. John’s vs. American Uni- versity, Massachusetts and Ne- braska avenues, 2:30. Georgetown vs. ‘Worcester, Mass. Wilson Teachers vs. Teachers, Kutztown, Pa. Devitt vs. Creenbrier Military Academy, Charles Town, W. Va, Howard vs. Shaw, Raleigh, N. C. George Washington High vs. Petersburg High, Petersburg, Va. Gilman Country School vs. Epis- copal, Alexandria, Va., 2:30. Holy Cross, Kutztown Facts on Classic CONTENDING teams and man- agers—Yankees, champions of American League; Joseph V. Mc- Carthy, manager. Giants, cham- pions of National League; William H. Terry, manager. How the series is decided—Four out of seven games. Schedule—The first game is listed today at the Yankee Sta- dium, which also will be the scene of the second tomorrow. The third, fourth and fifth games, if a fifth is necessary, will be played at the Polo Grounds Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If sixth and seventh games are necessary they will be played at the Stadium Monday and Tuesday. Starting times—All games will start daily at 1:30 pm. (Eastern standard time), except on Sunday, when the starting time will be 2 p.m. In case of postponement—The teams will remain scheduled for the park where rained out until a game to a decision has been played. The remainder of the schedule will be moved up accordingly. The same procedure will be followed in the event of a tie game, men began to bat out their copy so they could line up at the free bar established by Col. Jacob Ruppert and imbibe far into the night. The Giants and Yankees went to bed, or were supposed to go, and 70,000 prospective customers contemplated the drizzling rain and wondered if the series was going to start all wet, as it did last year. This was the day before the curtain went up on the big show. Deals Galore in Making as Diamond Clans Gather Biggest Winter Mart in Years Looms—Wrigley Ablaze—Walter Johnson Gets Glad Hand. and Harry Thomas of Eagle Bend, Minn, BY EDDIE BRIETZ, Aszociated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October 6.— Plenty of deals being cooked up here as the base ball clans gather . . . Look for the biggest Winter turnover in years . . . One choice tidbit is that Cincinnati is out to get Bill Mc- Kechnie of the Bees as manager, with Gabby Hartnett and Jimmy ‘Wilson also in the running . . . Just a question of whether the Reds can bag any one of the trio. Reds to rebuild from ground up. . Eleven of this year's team re- signed, but none of the others has been even approached. . . Latter list includes such big shots as Ernie Lombardi, Gene Schott and Paul Derringer , . . If they go, who will take their places? One burned-up gent is Philip K. Wrigley, owner of the Cubs ., . He didn't bother to stay home and root for his team in the city series against the White Sox . . . Philip K. can't understand why the Cubs didn't come through this year and last, and promises the Chicago fans more new faces than they can count in 1938. % Dodgers toppec off another wild season with a wild trade . . . Base ball men can’t feature giving four players including Bucher and Cooney, for Leo Durocher . . . Leo may be past his prime as a player, but if the Dodgers are looking for & 1939 manager, mebbe the trade ‘wasn't such & bum one at that. Judge Landis’ fresh haircut is the talk of the hotel lobbies . . . Mickey Cochrane, back from Europe and looking very fit, got the glad hand on al] sides . . . So did John A. Heydler, former president of the National League, who is turning out to be quite & goifer.- ] Joe Gould, the fight manager, was spotted introducing Joe Di Maggio to Cliff Melton in the lobby of the hotel where all three live . . . A tire dealer from Wichita, Kans. is here ready to give a brand-new set to the first guy smacking out a homer. . . . Joe Engel, the Chattanooga Pooh Bah, is looking for a man- ager. Casey Stengel went across the Broooklyn Bridge and personally collected the last installment of his salary for not managing the Dodg- ers . . . The big-eared one has three offers and will do some busi- ness in the next two days .. He has been hanging around the ‘Yankee offices & lot, and some of the boys think he’ll wind up man- aging either Kansas City or Oak- land, both Yankee farms. Jos Di Mag’s dad is having & fough time eating regularly be- 3 cause he won't touch restaurant grub—not even the kind Joe dishes out in his San Francisco hash house. Scalpers are asking 10 bucks for & $5.50 pasteboard . .. The keen humor and wit of Will Rogers is missed sadly in the refreshment room where the comedian was a regular until last year . .. Extra— 1t is reported the Boston Bees have drafted a rookie under 30 years of age, but may have to put him out another year for more seasoning. ‘The boys in the wining and din- ing rooms stopped hoisting steins long enough to give Walter John- son & hand when the “Big Train” entered . . . Harry Eisenstat, the former Dodger, just declared a free agent, didn’t get as far as first when he tried to sell himself to the Boston Red Sox. Merely as Onlookers s Di Mag, in order. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. JOHNSTON, BOXING ’ Board Has Interest in EW YORK, October 6—A pair N rector of boxing at Madison Athletic Commission, are at it again if Johnston carries out his threats. was quoted correctly in an Associated Brown “must have a personal interest | Promoter Charges New York 20th Century Club. Py the Associated Press. of noted verbal warriors, Jimmy Johnston, former di- Square Garden, and chairman John | J. Phelan of the New York State And this time a general overhauling | of the commission may be the result After & stormy meeting ‘esterday, at which Johnston confirmed that. he Press story September 20 in which he said Phelan and Commissioner Bill in_the Twentieth Century Club," Johnston's attorney, Newbold Morris. | issued a statement in which he said | he would call upon the Governor for | an investigation of the commission. Hot Words Fly. IMMY and Phelan had quite a wrangle when Johnston said he | had proof the commission has an in- | terest in the Twentieth Century Club. | “Get that into the records,” Phelan ! shouted to the stenographer. “He | said W had a financial interest in | the Twentieth —— “I didn't say financial. T said per- sonal,” Johnston yelled back. ‘“Let me see what you're putting in those records.” “We'll take care of the records,” answered the chairman. “That's what I'm afraid of,” replied Jimmy in a parting quip. He later said a good deal more out- side the meeting and Attorney Mor- ris gave out his statement, approved by Johnston, in which he said: “I will head an organization to call | on the Governor to undertake a | | Boxing Commission, in the the State Racing Commission. This would give the followers of boxing a new deal.” JACOBS CONTROLS FARR. NEW YORK, October 6 (#).—Mike Jacobs has announced that Tommy Farr, Welsh heavyweight, had agreed to fight under Jacobs’ banner for the next five years, MEN’S RIDING TOGSe Exceptional values in "Riding Clothes for the knowing equestrian. RIDING BREECHES 300 prs. to close’ out. Wools, serges. ali whipco ete., with leather rein- . forced knees. Values Enslish Style, All Lealther $6 84 Other Breeches Lears to Ride on Our Electric Horse Free! A & N TRADING CO. Formerly Army & Navy Trading Co. 8th & D Sts. N.W. | sweeping reorganization of the State | same | | thorough fashion that he overhauled | . Season’s Leaders American League. Batting—Gehringer, Gehrig. Yankees. Ri Magegio. Yankees. 150; Rolfe 143, Ri batted in-—Greenbe; i Di Maggio. Yankees. 165, Browns. 218:_Di Magglo. 5. Doubles—Bell. Browns, 52; Greenberg. Tigers. 50 T Kreevich. White Sox. 16 tors. and Di Maggio. Home runs—Di Maggio, Greenberg. Tigers, 40 Werber. Athletics. 35: Chapman d Sox. 4. Pitching—Allen. Indians, 15- 1: Murphy. Yankees, 13-4, . National Leazue. Batting—Medwick. Cardinals. Mize. Cardinals, 264 Runs. wick. Cardinals. 111: Hack maree. Cubs. 106, Ru b 154 Tigers. Hits—; Mead- and D Medwick. Cardinals, T nals. and Demaree. Cu Medwick. Cardinals. Pirates. 219. Double; dinals. 57 13. Home runs— Medwick. Cardinals —Galan, Cubs. 23 Pitching—H Cubs, 13-5. LOUIS IS MOVIE ACTOR Will Appear With Muse in “The Spirit of Youth.” HOLLYWOOD, October 6 (P).—Joe | Louis came out here with his soft ball | team for exhibitions, but will stay on to emote for cash before the movie cameras, in Major Leagues |¢ SERES PROPHET VARYONRECORDS Difficult to Figure Which Most Likely Are to Go in Current Classic. By the Associated Press EW YORK, October 6.—Gene erally, world series records, like the last button holding the suspenders, are likely to B0 any time, or may hold indefinitely, In pre-series calculations, there's no way of figuring out just which marks are in for eclipse. The answers al- ways are wrong. For instance, no one foresaw the bombardment with which the Yanks last year wiped out whole pages of series batting and run- making records that had stood for 10 years or more. Attendance Marks Feeblest. ’I‘HIS year, the marks most likely to be outdone by the Yankees and Giants are the “highs” for attendance and gate receipts which they set a year ago. With a sellout at the stadium for either game, or a full house at both.local parks for the series, the marks are sure to go. A few of the records at which the will be shooting in the current | classic: Batting average i (five series Total : one series series. Gel Babe Ru Rins scored—One series. 9, Babe Ru‘h (1998) Gehrig i el Yankees. one game, om| d Prank Crosetti ted in—One Lazzeri, n Hits—One series. 1 1925, and Pepper Martin Doubles—One _series. 1934; one game, 4, ¢ %) one game, 3, R Yanks, £.051. Yank:- 66.660, Yank £1,304.390, Yan b One game, 18 Series. + one gam Foes’ Past Records NE\V YORK, October 6 (#).—Wor series records of the Giants ar Yankees: Giants. Manager McGraw McGraw McGraw McGraw McGran McGraw McGraw adelphia. 4 Lost to Philadelphia Lost to Boston. 3-4 ( tie Lost to Philadelphia, 1- Lost to Chicago. 2-4 Beat Yankees. 5.3 Beat Yankees, 4-0 (c e Lost to Yankees. 2-4 Lost to Washington. i~ Beat Wash w York alco won championship in 18N, and when there was no world series.) Yankees. 1921 Hugsins The heavyweight boxing champion | has signed a contract to appear with | Clarence Muse and an all-Negro cast | in “The Spirit of Youth” and five other films. policies. .. who of longer wear. Most 14th & G 7th Free Parking Up 8tA St. & Few Doors! 1932 Hugeins FLORSHEIM For Men Accustomed to the Best, Men whose names make news . . . whose split-second decisions shape weighty se counsel is sought and advice heeded—they’re the men who wear) Florsheim Custom Shoes. 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