Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1940, Page 16

Sizzling Indians an Win, Lose or By FRANCIS E. STAN, Btar Staff Correspondent, This Thing of Being Too Successful NEW YORK, April 20.—It happened twice to Connie Mack in Phila- delphia. At least, there were two notable occasions when his Athletics were 50 good that the customers got tired of watching them and finally Connie, to avoid the poorhouse, broke them up. It happened in 1913-14, and while the White Elephants again rode the high road in 1929-30-31. But they said it couldn't happen here. They said that New York was a aifferent town than Philadelphia . . . That New Yorkers never could be surfieted with success . . . That New York demanded a winner. A new American League season opened here yesterday in the world'’s greatest city and the attractions were the world’s greatest ball club, which would be the Yankees, and a snarling, deflant old gentleman named Clark Griffith parading at the head of his Washington Senators. The attendance, as announced by the Yankees business office, was 15,299, raw Not Rain, Nor Race Mutuels, Nor Dodgers It is, and was, fodder for brisk argument. We happened to sit in on one after the game in Mr. Ed Barrow’s press lounge at Yankee Stadium. Bomebody said that, after all, it was a bad day. It had sprinkled down- town and there were dark clouds overhead. Bunk! It had poured before the Nationals' opener at home earlier In the week with the Boston Red Sox and the clouds were just as heavy and dark at game time as*here. Somebody said the mutuel machines, freshly installed at the New York race tracks, were drawing people from the ball parks. Pardon us, but nuts! Does a hoss player go to the track to watch & guy press a button and for 2-or-5-or-50 manufacture a little cardboard ticket? And since when have hoss players and ball fans been the same people? The average ball fan hasn't got the $4 to even get to and into e bangtail arena. Somebody said the Dodgers-Giants game in Brooklyn drew the erowd. It did pretty well, at that—24,000-odd. But there are 7,000,000 people in New York and the Yankees are the champions of the world end the Dodgers finished third last year with a prize collection of palookas and the Giants were a poor sixth. Customers Fed Up With Lopsided Races Somebody said that maybe the explanation was that other ball elubs annually brought up new faces while the Yankees, as champions, stood pat. We doubt the merit of this own, too. We wonder, for instance, how many of the 31,000 in Washington earlier in the week bought tickets to see Torres or Hudson or Pofahl? There were some other theories but they slip our memory at the moment. Anyway, there is a recollection of having debunked -each and all. The Yankees, with their lopsided victories in the American League race and, of course, in the World Series when they dropped back into theaper company, have surfeited the New York fans with success. The customers have watched the Yankees, for four straight years, trample all opposition. They’ve seen the Bronx Bombers win by ridiculous margins. And, in our book, they're fed up. Some of the Champions’ Cogs Are Wearing In spite of playing before the largest potential group of fans in the world, the Yankees were not high in drawing crowds last year. On the road they were tops. But at home they established no records. But, paradoxical as it may sound after what has gone before, there Is a hunch in this corner that this will be a different year. The Red Sox, after years of expensive, painstaking rebuilding, are ready to seriously challenge. They may not win, but they are almost certain to make a tlose race. The Yankees are still great, but here and there some of the cogs are wearing a bit. Selkirk, for instance. And Crosetti. And, fine com- petitor and great catcher that he is, Bill Dickey. Gomez quit early the last time he pitched in 1939 ... Against the Reds in the World Series. A strained side. He tried again yesterday. And he had to quit again. Red Ruffing wasn't a great pitcher until he turned 30. But in a eouple of weeks he will be 36. Babe Dahlgren is not a championship player. + Red Sox Now Ready to Seriously Challenge This leaves Di Maggio, Keller, Gordon and Russo, notably, as young | Yankees with years ahead of them. Dom Di Maggio, Doerr and Tabor. than the Yankees. Well, the Red Sox have Williams, If anything, the Red Sox hit harder This may be the Red Sox's big year. If not they will be reasonably tlose. There may be times when the mighty Yankee empire will rock. If so, the fans will come to the ball park . . . Mutuels, clouds, Dodgers and Giants, and lack of new faces notwithstanding. They will come to be in on the killing. Or to witness tnstead of by a 17-game margin. a champion winning the hard way But in the meantime you can cut the indifference about the way you can cut the fog over the town . .. With an old butter knife. he Foening Htar Spoels WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1940. By Allen Stops Tigers Cold Casey Curbs Giants, Though Hit Freely; A's Cool Red Sox By JUDSON BAILEY, Associated Preas Bports Writer. A couple of four-alarm fires are raging in the major leagues today and nobody. is going to have any peace of mind until they’re out. The Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleve- land Indians, who finished third in their respective leagues last season, | have started the current campaign with two consecutive shutouts. On the heels of Bobby Feller’s epochal no-hitter in the Indians’ opener, Johnny Allen came along yesterday with a three-hit 4-0 trim- ming for the Detroit Tigers. This exhibition warmed 26,520 Cleveland fans who braved 40- degree temperature to welcome the Tribe back to the tepee. scoreless sizzler between Jawin' | Jawn and Henry Pippen. Then in the sixth Jeff Heath, who like Allen has been classed as one of Cleve- land’s problem children, belted a homer with two on and the ball game was over. Dodgers Maul Giants. ‘The Dodgers vented years of pent- up fury on the New York Giants yesterday with a 12-0 thrashing that Bill Terry and his outfield won't be permitted to forget soon. Hugh Casey gave nine hits, but had the full co-operation of Brook- .lyn's great infield to keep any of them from meaning anything. On But once Cookie Lavagetto smacked a two-bagger with the bases loaded and another time the team batted around for six scores. An important angle to Brooklyn's success is that tne two shutouts have been accomplished without yet resorting to the club’s leading pitcher of last year, Luke Hamlin, a 20-game winner. The only other team still unde- feated in the majors is Cincinnati, which was one of half a dozen teams rained out yesterday. A’s Snap Bosox String. The Boston Red Sox were cooled off by the Philadelphia Athletics in the afternoon, 3-1, after taking a morning contest, 7-6. to run their string to three straight. The dou- ble-header program was part of Bos- ton's Patriots’ Day celebration, and the two games drew a total attend- ance of 33,600. The chief patriot was Jimmy Foxx, with his second home run in as many days to help decide the morn- ing game. A similar blow by Bob Johnson came with one on in the first inning of the afternoon affair and gave the A’s all the runs they five-hit pitching. The world champion Yankees got their home season safely under way with a 5-3 nod over Washington. The Chicago Cubs broke into the winner’s circle with a 5-0 shutuot of the St. Louis Cardinals by Lefty Lary French, who permitted only six safeties. Cote Looking to War Service Following Record Marathon After Four Boston Losses 85 the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 20—His fifth and “last” try at the tortuous Boston A. A. Patriot'’s Day marathon hit the ackpot for little, 26-year-old Gerard ; Cote of Verdun, Quebec. For four weary years the French- Canadian news vendor has made his try at the heart-breaking New- ton Hills and he often was close, but never a winner. But this year, which he said was ¢o be his last in the Boston compe- tition, was another story. Cote, who expects at any moment to be called for service in the Royal Air Force, had a system this year—a system which brought him to the finish line nearly a half-mile ahead of his nearest rival in the record time of 2 hours 28 minutes 2835 seconds. Trains Carefully for Hills. In four previous efforts Cote finished eighth twice, 22d once and seventh once, all because he was unable to nurse his strength over the hills in Newton, which have taken tragic toll of so many am- bitious marathoners. But this year it was different. Be- fore the race Cote found himself a training spot in Cumberland, R. I, and for two weeks he worked over that 6-mile stretch, which in- cludes eight hills steeper than any- thing that Newton can offer. And this rigid training sent Cote to the marathon wars yesterday with 8 reserve that could not be denied. He opened fast. He says now he didn't, that the others ran slower. Then he settled down and the lead- ers passed him. But he forged upward again on those Newton hills. He had mas- tered them this time. Coming past Boston Coliege he took dead aim on the leaders and within a mile he passed them. From there on he opened up his lead and finished fresh as a daisy. Surprised by Record. That his time had established a new record was as much a surprise to him as any one. “Record?” he exciaimed, “sacre bleu! Ooh! Ooh! I know I make good time, but—record? Ooh! Ooh!” Johnny Kelley of Arlington, win- ner in 1935, ran second, and Don Helnicke of Baltimore, runnerup last year, was third. Tarzan Brown, Narragansett Indian, of Westerly, R. I, last year's winner and previous record holder, was 13th. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY Baseball. Washington at New York, 3. St. Albans vs. Charlotte Hall Military Academy, Charlotte Hall, Md. Eastern High vs. Navy Plebes, Annapolis, Md. Track. Maryland vs. Rutgers, Brunswick, N. J. Lacrosse. Maryland vs. Rutgers, Brunswick, N. J. Washington A. A. vs. North Carolina, Central High Stadium, 3:00. New New Hunter Trials. Potomac Hunt, Great Elm Farm near Travillah, Md,, 11. Pro Ring Wins Mayo, Alexandria’s Star In Golden Gloves Gilbert Mayo, Alexandria's feath- - | erweight who has been eying a pro- fessional career more than a year, today was assured of a shot on Riverside Stadium’s May 8 card as a result of his victory over Bernie Morris last night at Alexandria. It was Mayo's final amateur appear- ance. Jimmy Erwin, Riverside match- maker, has been scouting Mayo since he captured his third Golden Gloves crown and believes he will click in paid ranks. O'Leary (Police No. 4) decisioned Al pounder, outpointed Joey Harp of Pete’s A. C.; Willie Hartnett (Police No. 4) defeated Bill Purdy (Police No. 5) in a lightweight bout, and Mutt Bailey, St. Mary’s 90-pounder, scored a technical knockout over Al Fitzpatrick (Police No. 5) in the first round. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Nashville. 2; Atlanta, 1. Birmingham. 17: New Orleans, 3. Others postponed. rain. For five innings the affair was a |- the other hand the Dodgers got 12 | hits and made every hit a run— | without a blow bigger than a double. | needed on John Babich’s careful, | | Zerbo of Detroit, 21—14, 7—21, 21—14. In other bouts last night Norbert | K¢l Horton (St. Mary's) in a 115-pound | Henric bout; Francis Smith, St. Mary’s 126- | Gome phia A’s came steaming in with U. S. Handball Crown Considered Cinch For Joe Platak Seeking Sixth Straight Title, Encounters Jack Clements in Final By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 20.—Railbirds at | the National A. A. U. handball | championships were giving Dead- Pan Joe Platak of Chicago his sixth | straight title today before he even | | walked into the court for his final | match. So powerful has Platak appeared |in preliminary play that he rated | |a huge favorite over Jack Clements | of San Francisco, who advanced to | the final with the Chicagoan last | night just as the dopesters predicted a week ago when the tournament | opened. Erases Veteran Star. | Grim at the job, Platak cut down hard-fighting little Angelo Trulio of New York, a star for years, 21—13, 21—11, while Clements fought to victory over Walter Plekan, Buffalo, N. Y, 2110, 21—16, in semifinal matches. In the final today Platak and Clements faced each other for the third straight year with the title at | stake. Platak defeated the Cali- fornian decisively in the finals of the last two years. Doubles Final a Tossup. | Doubles Champions Frank Coyle and Ed Linz of New York saught‘ their third straight championship | in meeting Joe Gordon and Joe Goldsmith of Long Beach, Calif., but this match was rated a tossup. Coyle and Linz were extended to | win from Roy Leu and William | Keays, San Francisco, 14—21, 21—14, | 21—9, while Gordon and Goldsmith | overcame the Y. M. C. A. national champs, Dr. Milton Lappin and Al Would Book Twin Bill A doubleheader for tomorrow is desired by the Briggs A. C. Prospec- | tive opponents should call Michi- gan 8391. Official Scor WASHINGTON. AB. R. ase. cf. . B [ wis. rf. Wasdell. 1b. Walker. 1f. Travis. 3b. Bloodworth. hase.’ p. Hollingsworth, *West 55552013333} e a1 N T SRS 33000 o2531ms2000M Totals _ B *Batted for Hollingswort) 7, Sundra, Totals Washington _ New York Runs batted rrell (2). Travis. Home run—Gordon, hl. " Left on bases—New 9. Fi Gomez, .~ Struck out—By Chase. 1 y Hollingsworth, 5. Hits— 1% innings; off Hollings- rth, ; oft Hollings- Srinmine® it rer— g Last ficher inning pitcher—Gomesz. Losing_pi —Chase. Umpires—Mesérs. Rue. Hubbard and Moriarty, Time of game—2:12. 010 001 010—3 400 000 01x—5 in—Keller, Gordon (2), a Three-bdse hit— Stolen base bYork. 9 BLOCKADE 1S BROKEN—Catcher Johnny Peacock of the Red Sox tried to protect the home port in round 1 of the second holiday game at Boston yesterday. Benny McCoy of Philadel- flying feet, however, and regis- Cunningham'’s Last Mile Race Before Home Folk Tops Card 'Of Big Kansas Relay Meet By the Associated Press. LAWRENCE, Kans, April 20— Sentiment as much as athletic cur- fosity brought the crowd to the 18th :éldnual University of Kansas relays ay. | For almost'a decade Glenn Cun- ningham, the dethroned king of the world’s milers, has been a featured performer. Today he was to make his farewell appearance for those who saw him develop from a flame- scarred high school athlete at Elk- hart (Kans) High School to an Olympic hero and the world's near- est approach to a perpetual motion running machine. Cunningham has announced he will retire this summer and only a few dates are left on his program | unless European troubles subside enough to permit the Olympics in Finland. Finishes Trials Briskly. For the past three years he has bounced over Memorial Stadium’s cinders in poor condition. His duties as an ambassador of good will in the University of Kansas' Extension Department kept him on the high- ways and the constant driving stif- fened his muscles. This spring, however, he has spent two weeks in hard training. In his final hard workout he raced through & half mile in 2:03 and coasted to the finish in 4:14.7. tered a run on Al Simmons’ hit. poor and Johnny dropped the ball. The umpire is Bill Summers. The A’s won this game, 3-1, after losing the opener, 7-6. Blaine and Wayne Rideout, the tip-toeing twins from North Texas Teachers, and Archie San Romani from nearby Emporia, were to fur- | nish the opposition today. The best athletes 48 of the Na- tion’s colleges and universities could produce were to assault the record | books in a program of 8 special events and 14 relay races. Don Boydston, the lanky Okla- homa A. and M. high jumper, was | given the greatest possibility of | cracking a meet recard and threat- | ening a world mark. He has floated | over the bar consistently at 6 foot 8 | inches this spring and once cleared | it at 6 feet 10 inches, only to have a | protruding ®lbow scrape off the | barrier. Todd Paces Decathlon. v i A The throw in to Peacock was —A. P. Wirephoto. Speedy Monigomery League Nines Open Fire Tomorrow Bowlers, Big Favorites In 8-Team Circuit, Full of Power One of the fastest suburban dia- mond circuits in this area launches its campaign tomorrow when the eight entrants in the Montgomery County League square off in colorful opening games. All games will begin at 3 o'clock. Opening pairings are as follows: Takoma Tigers at Rockville, Friend- ship at Colesville, Silver Spring at Four Corners, Kensington at Be- thesda. Appropriate have been planned to usher in the new campaign and mayors of the ceremonies | jrespective communities at home for | The 4-mile team from his school, with Forrest Efaw'at anchor, was looked to for an easy triumph and the sprint foursomes from the Uni- versity of Oklahoma were back hop- | ing to repeat their twin victories of | a year ago. | E. Lee Todd, winner of the 1939 decathlon, was leading at the half- way mark and was an odds-on favorite to repeat. The Colorado University graduate student col- lected 3,754 points yesterday and was trailed closely by Walter Ar- fi;l;wn of Michigan State, with 3,725. Major League SATURDAY, AMERICAN. Results Yesterday. New York. 5: Washington, 3, Boston. : Cleveland. 4: Detroit. (. Chicago-St. Louis, wet grounds. Standing of the CI APRIL 20, 1940. Statistics NATIONAL. Results Yesterday. Brooklyn. 12: New York. 0. Chicago. ' 5. St. Louis. 0. Boston-Philadelphia. rain Cincinnati-Pittsburgh, rain, uoisof ~ XI0X MaN T ukooid | LT ER) ¥muaIad Wai- 1501} IR U FUE ] Pittl 0] 0 Phill 0] L__ 0/ 0 0l of Games To Wash. at N. Y. Phila. at_Bos. Det. at Cleve. Det. at Cleve, Chi. at St. L. Chi. at 8t. Games Today. Tomorrow. BKlyn, BKIyn, Pitts, Pitts. t Phila Bos. at Phila. 8t. L. at Chi. Cin., Bos. af St. L. at Chi, College Sports Baseball, North Carolina, 7: Davidson. 1 (8 in- ings. rain) wake Forest. 9: William and Mary. 1. Northwesters, i2: Chicago. Kansas State. 2 Upper Iowa. 10: Illinois Wesievan, 7 (10 innines). Michigan Normal. 17: Alma. 0. North Caroling . C. State. 0. Hampden-Syds Lynchburs. 0. Wayne, 9: Kenticky, 0. ‘Western' Michigan Teach- er Marauetie. 4; Lake Forest, 3. el Virsinia, 41%: North Carolina. 4%. ler:l;‘d:n ydney. 16; William and Mary, 2 Loyola (Md), 6: Mount 8t. Mary's, 0. Track. Richmond. 65; Washington and Lee. 60. Weke Forest,' 78%: Hampden-Sydney. Lacrosse. Virginia. 6: Duke. 5. Banished Harris Aims to ‘Ride’ Umpire Rue All Season Yankee Fans Jeer Official After His Decision Makes Gordon’s Drive Home Run By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, April 20.—The Nats are taking the lead in mak- ing records for the 1940 Ameri- can League campaign, but all of them seem to be negative . . . They are the first club to lose three games in a row . .. They are the first to be shut out twice running . . . And Bucky Harris has the distinction of being the first manager to be thrown out of a park by an umpire. Bucky's fate was to be decided later today . . . He stood to draw three days in exile and a fine for cursing Umpire Jack Rue after the ump had ruled Joe Gordon's home run a fair ball yesterday. ... “It was from 6 to 10 feet foul,” Rick Ferrell says . .. “Not even Lou Gehrig’s foul homer in 1933 in Washington—the one Brick Owens called fair—was as bad as that decision,” insists °~ Buddy Myer. The fans sitting in line with the left-field stripe were on Rue the rest of the game . .. When it was over a middle-aged man grabbed the umpire as he de- scended Q the dressing room and yelled, “I'm a Yankee fan, but you're lousy” . .. Gendarmes had to remove him . .. Secretary Ed- ward B. Eynon, jr, of the Nats wired Will Harridge, president of the American League, and pled leniency for Harris last night . . . Harridge saw the game but left immediately after for Chicago . . . Judge Landis was there, too . . . And Clark Grif- fith, who also departed after it was over . . . Griff left for Wash- ington fuming at the Yankees and Rue, with whom he had trouble before. Harris’' version of how he got bounced: “We were all milling around Rue,” he said, “and I happened to call him something softly. Well, he heard it and said, ‘Youre out’ ‘Listen,’ I said, ‘things are tough enough with us. You're not going to put me out. What I just said slipped out’ ‘You're still out, Rue an- swered, apd when he said that I really went to work on him. He’s a bad umpire, always has been, and I'll ride him the rest of my life. Every time there’s a close decision in Washington Il pro- test. I'll get the Washington fans on him, if I can, and maybe he’ll be a ‘homer’ down there as well as at the Yankee Stadium.” The Yankees’ opening game ‘was a sorry affair . . . Only 15,299 spectators were on hand for the ceremonies, which included the unveiling of a large brnoze plaque in center field in memory of Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yankees, who died last winter. unveiling of a large bronze plaque and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York threw out the first ball . .. On the plaque was in- scribed: “To the memory of Jacob Ruppert, 1867-1939—gen- tleman, sportsman, American, through whose vision and confi- dence in things that are to be, this imposing edifice came to be " erected; dedicated to the truly American game of baseball and destined to become the home of champions.” Dutch Leonard, who licked the Yanks four straight times.last year, will pitch tomorrow in the New York finale . . . Originally, Hollingsworth was to have work- ed, but his stint yesterday re- moved him™ from consideration for a time . . . Al should have started. A Few Scholastic Nines | Try fo Beat Both Rain, Foes Today Weather permitting, Eastern High School’s baseball team was to make its debut today when it travels to Annapolis to meet the Navy Plebe nine. In another game St. Albans was to play at Charlotte Hall. posit, Md., was postponed. | The Anacostia-Western interhigh | game, one of many postponed due | to rain yesterday, will be played at | Anacostia Monday. The Western- Roosevelt game was moved back to | Thursday at Western. The Blair- Rockville game will be played May 9 or May 20. ‘The Tech-Episcopal track meet will be held Monday, while no date has been set for the Central-George ‘Washington meet. Maryland U. Horse Show Braves Bad Weather Despite bad weather, the 23-class University of Maryland Horse Show was to open this morning at 10 o'clock and close late today with the hunter, open jumper and student horsemanship championship awards. Judges for the show, which was held at College Park, were Dr. F. Larmour Oyster, Kenneth C. Ikeler and Capt. Lawrence R. Dewey Southpaw Seeks Berth Gerald h, southpaw pitcher, would like to arrange a trial with a semi-pro nine. He can be The | ghass Episcopal-Tome game at Port De-. d Dodgers, Shutout Specialists, Blaze Hot Trails in Majors Midseason Job | Chase Is Failure As Nats Drop Third in Row Hollingsworth’s Good Work Wasted After Yanks Rout Ken Washington’s game today in New York was called off on ac- count of rain. NEW YORK, April 20.—Now, now it’s not that bad. Our Nationals are reposing peacefully in the cellar and have yet to win a game and Ken (This-Is-His-Year) Chase is making people look forward to next year. But things are bound to be better For instance, the Nationals have scored. Indeed, they might have won a ball game if Umpire Jack Rue had regarded a home-run drive as did our boys. And, too, there is Al Hollingsworth, the fugitive pitcher from Brooklyn. Off what he showed yesterday, Albert seems bent on making Clark Griffith keep him and pay $7,500 to Larry Mac- Phail. When it's all said and done— and we are talking about that 5-t0-3 victory by the Yankees yes- terday—the thing that really hurte is Chase's showing. The Nats still claim that Joe Gordon's first-inning homer, with a mate on base, was 6 to 10 feet foul. This may be so and, again, may not be so. But there is no alternate as regards Kendall. He's yet to make good. Krakky’s Test Important. Today the Nationals were to try again with Joe Krakauskas, another left-hander. hTere also is a This- Is--Krakauskas'-Year Club, with a nice membership which perennially is optimistic. If Joe doesn't improve over Chase's first effort, it may be a long, hard summer for a lot of |guys who alternately wear white |and gray uniforms with “Ws" on | their sleeves. / | Ken, of course, is going to win | some games. He always does. But the idea is to cut down on his losses. With 19 last year he ranked second in this department. And, while nobly attempting to remain optimistic, it must be reported that it has been a long time since Ken has looked good this spring. It | hasn’t happened since the Washing- | ton club left Florida. | What Krakauskas is going to do is | the day are expected to throw out | balls starting the games. Pre-race favorite is the Silver Spring Bowling Alley nine sponsored by Hugh Arbaugh, which won the pennant last year under the Coles- |ville Cardinals colors. Playing to- | gether the last nine years the Cards have one of the smoothest and most powerful teams in the area and will be tough to beat. They are re- garded as the Yankees of the circuit. Frank Valdenar again is at the club’s helm and will have all of last year’s veterans on hand for hostil- ities with Friendship. Elmer Leich- lider, Johnny Bonifant, George Bon- ifant, Joe Gibson, Don Hobbs, Jim- my Anderson, Bob Love, Charley Brown, Doug O'Keefe, Bill Helmer and Wesley Moore are on the roster and Valdenar expects them to pick up whare they left off last season. Colesville has produced a number of good players in recent years, in- cluding Outfielder *“Pinky” Miller, |who was signed by the Brooklyn | Dodgers and farmed out for school- ing. |D. C. Boy in Newman Squad LAKEWOOD, N. J,, April 20 (Spe- cial).—Miles O’'Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. O'Brien of 1200 Six- teenth street N.W., Washington, D. C, is a promising candidate for the right field berth on the Newman School baseball team. | League Franchise Open Ollie Dryzer, Central Boys’ Club director of athletics, has seyeral vacancies in his Insect and Peewee Baseball Leagues. The season will open May 4 and continue through- out the summer. Teams interested should call Dryzer at National 2886. 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Chase was so bad that he was yanked in the second inning yesterday with the score 4-1 against him, the bases loaded and two balls and no strikes on a hitter named Charley Keller. From out of the bullpen came | Hollingsworth, who hadn't pitched 'excem in batting practice for more than a month. On his first heave he made Keller hit into a side-retiring infield out. And then for the next six innings he pitched three-hit ball and the only run scored off him was unearned. Hollingsworth proved one thing and that is that he can and knows how to pitch. With Brooklyn he complained of a chronic sore arm. Since coming to the Nats he's shown everything—control, a fast ball, a curve, plenty of savvy and a great change of pace. Second Round Hurt Nats. | Here's how the Nats’ first adven- ture in New York went, in a few words. Chase promptly loaded the bases with none out in the first in- ning. Before he could retire the side the Yankees had a 4-0 lead, including two runs which came from Gordon's homer, which was the cause of a violent argument, upshot of which was Manager Bucky Harris’ banishment for at least the after- noon. % The Nats kept picking away at Gomez and Steve Sundra, who took over in the sixth for the Yankees when Gomez's back muscles tied up, but they blew scoring opportunities 5‘ and finally went down to their third straight defeat. It may have been that Harris’ ban- ishment for strongly (and strongly is “the right word) protesting Umpire Rue’s decision cost the Griffs the game. Acting Managers Clyde Milan and Ossie Bluege missed the boat in the second inning, when the Nats loaded the bases with none out and got only one run out of it when Chase was allowed to bat for him- self. He fanned and so did George Case, the next hitter, and a few moments later Ken had to be lifted, ANyway. F. E B Rain Cancels O Card Excepting The weatherman took another hearty bite out of the District’s collegiate sports calendar today, snapping off a couple of ball games, a track meet and one tennis match. The only local item left was the Washington Athletic As- sociation’s lacrosse match with North Carolina at Central Stadium, scheduled at 3 o'clock. Maryland’s trackmen and la- crossmen departed early today for New Brunswick where they were to engage Rutgers this afternoon. Postponed were George Wash- ington’s baseball game with Temple and American University's game with Randolph-Macon, Catholic University’s dual track meet with William and Mary, Norfolk division, and Maryland's tennis match with reached at Atlantic 2316 or 1531 Isherwood street N.E. Johns Hopkins. American’s netmen also were idle because of rain at utdoor Sports Lacrosse Ashland, Va. Even Georgetown's football scrimmage with Mount 8t. Mary’s was called off. Maryland's game with Richmond was canceled when Spider officials reported flood conditions on their playing fleld. The announcement curtailed the Terps' trip to two games, the first with William and Mary Monday and the second with Randolph - Macon Tuesday. The squad’s departure was postponed until Monday morning. 3 SESSIONS DAILY Alse 81 Bowling Alleys Reservations CHEYY CHASE ICE PALACE 4461 CONN. AVE. EMERSON 81CO A