Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1940, Page 16

Dodgers Fall Hard as Sputtering Cardinal Machine »Suddenly Clicks With Bang Wln, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN, And Europe Thinks It Has Troubles! This isn't quite as momentous as it is screamingly ridiculous. A fellow named Jimmy Perrin of New Orleans and a bloke named Irish Bobby Ruffin of New York are fighting tonight in Perrin’s home town for the world featherweight championship. This is strictly with creole sauce. The winner will hold what actually is the world featherweight championship of Louisiana because Uncle Mike Jacobs has decided not to recognize either as champion—until, at least, he needs him for a card of his own—and the groping, fumbling National Boxing Association openly sneers. Indeed, the N. B. A. is beating the drums out of its main office in Washington for the Petey Scalzo-Frankie Covelli fight, which will be committed next week in Griffith Stadium. This one is for the world featherweight championship of Washington, D. C., and the States which haven't seceded from the N. B. A. Finally, five days after this affair, Baltimore is going to throw its own party. Joey Archibald and Harry Jeffra are going to meet on May 20 for the featherweight championship of Maryland, New York and parts | of Chesapeake Bay. What, Scads of Lightweight Champs, Too? Now this is a fine kettle of hilarity. Last Friday in Louisville Sammy Angott defeated Davey Day for the N, B. A's lightweight title and next Friday in New York Lou Ambers will fight for New York's crown. But the featherweights have got the lightweights licked. They have more champions. If ever the true talent of boxing people to point to the other guy and say, “He killed cock robin,” was illustrated, it is now. In the office of the District Boxing Commission, fuming indignantly, sits Mr. Heinie Miller, the old tar who is president of the N, B. A. Mr. Miller is angry at Mike Jacobs. He’s sore at the whole State of Louisiana. He's peeved at Maryland. He doesn't like Archibald and he hates Joey's manager, Al Weill, with a great hate. He sends out hourly bulletins on conditions to his constituents. The most recent was a three- page, mimeographed broadside embracing 18 points of a fat paragraph for each point. Boiled down, the 18 points chiefly seem to mean that in Mr. Miller's opinion the champion ought to be Scalzo. Fifteen Grand to Sarron, Scallions for Archie But even Mr. Miller is contradicting himself. He says the reason the N. B. A. dethroned Archibald in the first place was his unwillingness to fight Scalzo. “Archibald and his manager, Weill, demanded a $15,000 guarantee,” explains Heinie. “Can you imagine asking for that much money? Why, it made the match prohibitive.” Several pages later Mr. Miller harked back, by way of pointing out the N. B. A. recognition was really the most worthwhile. “When Henry Armstrong was crowned featherweight champion of the world by New York he began to negotiate for matches in England. The British Board | of Boxing Control advised him, ‘To be world champion here you must defeat the N. B. A. champion, Petey Sarron.’ “Henry,” admits Mr. Miller, “did just that, but Sarron got $15,000 for laying his N. B. A. title on the line.” Now what kind of reasoning is this, anyway? Archibald is a burglar for asking for $15,000. But the N. B. A. title is worth more than any other and it's the boast that Sarron got $15,000 for giving it up. Wonder what Gertie Stein is doing these days? It's Been a Tough Administration for Heinie It may be that Mr. Miller is suffering from a nervous condition. Like Chamberlain, he is in a tight spot. This is his first year as president of the N. B. A. and, like the ambitious, energetic fellow that he is, Heinie had hoped to pilot the organization through a happy year. And then trouble started. It seems that Archibald, who last summer was recognized as the champion practically everywhere, except in parts of Greenland and outlying districts of Tibet. had suffered a knockout in a non-title bout by Scalzo. Then he fought Jeffra in Washington and two Santa Clauses without beards gave him the decision. The N. B. A. didn't like this. The boys said Archie could be champion if he fought Jeffra again. ‘When he refused, rather demanded $15,000, he was given the old heave-ho. ‘We don’t want to bore anybody who happens to be reading yet, but, you see, Scalzo iicked Archibald, but then Mike Belloise beat Scalzo and Archie beat Belloise (twice). Then Jeffra licked Archie and was robbed, and about Perrin and Ruffin we wouldn’t know. They sneaked into the picture while we were lighting a cigarette. D. C. Commission Pulled the Greatest Blunder As we said in the beginning, it isn't momentous. Just how much, | or how little, will be established in these parts on May 15 when Scalzo and Covelli fight. This is Promoter Joe Turner’s big outdoor shot of the year, outwardly. Actually, it seems to be an N. B. C. promotion. “Turner’s got the only featherweight title fight that means any- thing,” Mr. Miller says. He doesn’t go to great length, or any length, to say why it does. Scalzo may be the best featherweight in the business, but Covelli is four years older than Sophie Tucker, and when did he come into this charming tableau? In our book, if the champion of New York and the N. B. A. and the Louisiana bayous last summer really was Archibald, then the titleholder now is Jeffra. The guy from Baltimore won from here to Frisco, and in plain view of several thousand natives—plus the brass hats of the N. B. A. here on convention—he was frisked. That's when the N. B. A. and the District Boxing Commission made the biggest blunder of all . . . when they sat back and did nothing. The referee leaped from the ring and disappeared into the night. The crowd | booed. The papers called it a gyp. The promoter swore he was through | promoting. And yet nothing was done. “We can't tinker with the decision of one of our referees,” said the District commission the next day. This was pretty hilarious in itself, inasmuch as the referee, Benny Leonard, was imported, and right in the local rules is; or was, a passage prohibiting out-of-town referees. They had to get special permission to get Leonard, who apparently is “one of our referees.” Demoted, Dean Insists He Still Will Do Durndest for Cubs CHICAGO, May 8 —Dizzy Dean is more than a little bit irked at re- ports that he would quit the Chicago Cubs because he's lost his status as a starting pitcher. ‘The new No. 4 starter on Manager Gabby Hartnett’s mound staff is young Ken Raffensberger, who is scheduled to open the series with Brooklyn today. “I've never been a quitter and I won't quit now,” said Dizzy, who has been knocked out of the box three times. In his fourth start he tossed a five-hitter againist Cincin- nati. “I don't know where such rumors start,” Dean added. “I'm going to keep on working as hard as I can and helping the Cubs in every way Ican.” The indications now are that Dean, demoted from a starting role, would be called upon to work as a relief pitcher. Hartnett and his boss, Owner Phil Wrigley, are await- ing developments before making any rash moves in the Dean case. @he Foening Star Sporls WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940. Griffs Rejoice As Sid Hudson Shows Class Proves Big Leaguer Conquering Browns; Walker Rampaging As the Nationals began their final series of the home stand today—a two-game set with the White Sox— they weren’t in undisputed posses- sion of seventh place any longer. | That 6-to-5 victory yesterday over | the Browns, achieved in 10 innings, | took care of the elevation process. Today they are tied with the Mack- men for fifth place. All kidding aside, the Griffmen had cause to rejoice. Their long, lanky rookie right-hander from the little class D Florida State League, Sidney Charles Hudson, has won in the majors. It was Sid, beaten in two previous starts, who battled the Browns during those 10 rounds and came off with a victory which starts anew predictions that he can make the big jump to the big show. Walker Is Real Star. Sid, of course, was no ball of fire. He gave 11 hits. were pretty long hits, too. Two were homers, one was a double and 2n- other was a triple. But he got bet- ter as he went along and, moreover, he wasn’t wild. Another perform- ance like yesterday’s, when he gave only two unintentional bases on balls, and he may be blacklisted by the rest of the Washington pitching staff. But the guy who really broke the Nationals’ five-game losing streak was Gee Walker. And this brings up the matter of the current series. The reason why Gee was traded from the White Sox last winter was because he didn't agree with the boss men. So they unloaded him and got, in exchange, Taft Wright and Pete Appleton. It will be in- teresting to see what Walker, with seven hits in the last two games and apparently as hot as a fire- cracker, will do against his old club. Gee was 90 per cent of the Wash- ington offense in the St. Louis finale. three singles. He scored a run and drove across two. He stole a base and set up the winning run in the tenth. is no attempt to be complete. clubs haggled for nine innings, tying each other and forging ahead and tying again. Finally came the tenth and it was Walker who led off with Johnny Whitehead, who replaced Elden Auker, pitching for the Browns. Gee singled to right and, with one of his patented base-run- ning ideas, got caught between the bags. The prospect of eliminating all immediate danger must have overwhelmed Rookie Bob Swift. St. into center field, allowing Mr. Wal- ker to reach third. Sox to Use Lefties. It was sound baseball to pur- posely walk Zeke Bonura and Jake | Early, the next two hitters, thus setting up a play at every base. The | strategy began to work when Jim Bloodworth forced Walker at the plate. Then Sam West picked up Jimmy Pofahl’s bat and missed a strike. Then came the end. The crash of the Nats’ power still is echoing throughout the stadium. They scored the winning run when delivery, sending Bonura across. The next two days were to find Ken Chase and Dutch Leonard, in | that order, facing the White Sox. The Chicagos, in rebuttal, were ex- pected to use left-handers—Edgar Smith today and Thornton Lee to- morrow. F.E. S. 'Hoya-Terrapin Game Holds Spoflight in College Sports Georgetown's diamond engage- ment with Maryland at the Hilltop held the collegiate sports spotlight this afternoon. Hostilities were to start at °2:30. In the only other baseball game listed George Washington was host to Western Maryland on the Bast Ellipse at the same hour. Defeated by both Georgetown and Maryland earlier in the season the Colonials apparently are out of the running for the Metropolitan crown. Catholic University and Gallaydet were hosts in triangular track meets. The undefeated Cardinals risked their perfect record against two Mason-Dixon Conference opponents, Randolph-Macon and Towson State Teachers at Brookland while Gal- laudet engaged American U. and Bridgewater. Some of them He collected a double and | It all happened like this. and this | Louis catcher, who heaved wildly | Whitehead wild-pitched on the next | TERPS’ TOP TWIRLE R THAT GUY MUS’ BE GETTIN' A DEGREE IN SNAKE - CHARMIN'! HAS A TRICK © CURVE WHICH HAS MYSTIFIED COLLEGE BATSMEN THE LAST ZiSEa5cNs ALL I ASK IS A GOOD FIRST SO, PITCHERS AINT S'POSED T'HIT! } WELL,WHY DO THEY GIVE US A TURN AT TH DISH, THEN 2 WHILE HANGING UP A NICE 2-YEAR PITCHING RECORD OF 12 AND 1, HIS HITTING HAS BEEN AIO DRAWBACK. Yo THE TERPS' CAUSE.... LOOKIT THEM WIGGLES AN’ TWISTS ! ---AND HIS FIELDING MAKES T TOUGH To GET ONE BACK THROUGH THE BOX Gottlieb in Net Semis In Friends’ Tourney Awaiting Rivals Beats Sheehan in 3 Sets; Six Others Battling For Quarterfinals Well ahead of the field, third- | seeded Eli Gottlieb of Roosevelt to- day started a two-day rest in the semifinal round of Friends School invitation interscholastic tennis tournament as six others battled to- day for quarterfinal berths and one matches tomorrow to catch up. of E. L. Sheehan of Gonzaga leaves | him only one match away from the final, but, if seedings prevail, his semifinal meeting with second-seed- ed Dick Williams of Episcopal prom- ises to be a real battle. Williams was to play Chester Abendschin of ‘Washington-Lee today for the right to meet A. Farrington of Roosevelt in the quarterfinals tomorrow, but Farrington may prove more of a tartar for Williams than first expected. Yesterday he outlasted Alvin Dul- can of Friends, 6—4, 2—6, 8—6, and Dulcan had been the one to account for the first elimination of a seeded player. Other pairings today sent top- seeded Bensinger of Takoma Park Academy against Sterling Lee of St. Albans, the winner to meet the sur- seeded Ben Fisher of Roosevelt and E. W. Gamble of Episcopal. The other bracket finds fifth-seeded David Smith of Western waiting to play the winner of the Harold- Titus-C. Norris match tomorrow, either the Georgetown Prep or Roosevelt player “doubling up,” dependent upon who wins. One finalist and one semifinalist were to be established in the boys’ division as Jack Barnes of Gonzaga met “Cotton” Smith of Friends in a semifinal match and Sam Doyle of St. Albans faced Bob Beatty of Landon in the quarterfinals. The winner of the Doyle-Beatty match meets John Harrison of Friends in the semifinals of the upper bracket. M. A. Net Tourney to Plrecede¥ | District Title Meet; Women To Be Included in Latter By BILL DISMER, Jr. WHY,..ER--HULLO JOE! FANCY MEETIN' YOU HERE ! 1)U’ ’ 2 YEAH? ME To! T SAW BiLL BLACK OF TH' GRAY SOX -- WONDER WoT HE'S DOIN' HERE 2 COLLEGE PARK IS THE SCENE OF ESPIONAGE AND SOME COUNTER-ESPIONAGE BY AGENTS OF MAJOR DIAMOAD FACTIONS....... SPRINGER MARYLAND UNIVERSITY'S SOUTHPAW MOUND STAR... ej‘::&gm;u | tentatively arranged to start at| Interchange in both time and|Edgemoor on that date. Army Navy | place of the District and Middle |888in will play host to The Star’s | Atlantic tournaments and inclusion | Women's tourney, starting June 17, | {of a girl's competition for the first| and Columbia again will be the scene | time in The Star's annual City of | gf thefljumor boy events, starting | | June of two others prepared to play two| Gottlieb’s 7—5, 3—86, 6—1 conquest | vivor of the match between seventh-1 Washington event feature the Capi- | | tal's 1940 tennis schedule, yeleased ! | today. ‘ Advanced by a full month, the Middle Atlantic sectional tourney will be played at Columbia Country Club, starting July 29, while the District, held at Columbia for the past several years, will be shifted to Edgemoor, to begin August 3. Columbia retains the District womens’ tourney, which will begin July 8. Decision to include a tournament for girls who had not reached their 18th birthday before last January 1 was made in the wake of widespread demand by the city's younger net- women who had reason to feel themselves ignored in previous years. It is established that there are a large number of girl players in their ’'teens who are eager for a tournament in which they stand a chance of winning, and The Star | will answer their request, with Friends’ School graciously having consented to provide its courts. The Star’s all-class competition, incidentally, will open the season on June 8, with the men’s tourney Major Statistics Wednesday, May 8, 1940. AMERICAN Results Yesterday. 3muaIg wal 1l NYl ol 6(101.3751 5% Rich Mid-Westerner, Not Farley, Trying to Buy Yankees Harlow Given Long-Time Harvard Contract; Girls Outroll Men to Get Expenses for Trip By EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. * NEW YORK, May 8.—Scoopa< rade: The gent who really is dickering for the Yanks is a Mid- western big shot with plenty of sugar. Postmaster General Farley isn't interested. Reason his name has been in the head- lines is he'’s been confused with another bigh Washington official who is helping with the nego- tiations. Dick Harlow's contract at Harvard ties him up for more than five years and is one of the longest ever given a Crimson grid coach. Those good-looking girl bowlers from Amarillo, Tex., who are doing the town after rolling in the Syracuse tournament, made expenses for the trip by playing men’s teams along the New Mexico and Oklahoma Panhandle for side bets. Today’s guest star—George Ed- mond, St. Paul Dispatch: “Phil ‘Wrigley, Cub owner, says Dizzy Dean can be as dizzy as he pleases if he'll turn in enough pitching victories. Which is a common sense viewpoint that probably accounts for other Wrigley suc- cesses.” Oh, oh!—An hour or so before the Derby was run Roy Waldron, trainer of Gallahadion, marked programs for several pals in the press coop. He circled the names of two winners, including his own tough hombre—but passed up Gallahadion, If the pro football league had given Referee Bill Halloran the boot the Football Officials’ ‘Association was all set to reply, boot for boot. Mike Naymich, Cleveland's 6-foot-8, 220-pound pitcher, wears size 17 shoes. You never saw such vio- lin cases. They say he has ’em built in a shipyard. Selected shorts. Add funny sights: The Yanks in the same doghouse with the Giants. Pimlico jocks are sticking to Bimelech over Gallahadion in the Preak- ness Saturday. Judge Landis is swinging around the Eastern half of the majors and may drop in any day. Beg pardon: Mrs. Lew Jenkins denies she hit her fighter- hubby with a skillett—just missed. King Lear, the old ball player, is having lots of fun running the Detroit race track, making likker in Kentucky and never going to a ball game. The Fairview town- ship High School nine at Hazel- ton, Pa, makes its own bats in its woodworks shop from home- grown timber. Ouch Dept.—The gent with the red pan is the hoss expert who wrote the day before the Derby that Gallahadion was going to the post only to advertise chocolate bars, ‘Tastes is tastes—Bill McKechnie always pours cream over his ice cream. But Tom ‘Swope, veteran Cincinnati scribe, takes the cake. He eats cantaloupe stuffed with hot slaw. Both of them can have them, Fight .dope: Said Sweetwater Lew to Herkimer Lou: “If T win your title, then what will you do?” Said Herkimer Lou, “It would * make me so hot, "!’m vin snother from ~ Chil 11_01 11 1| 2/ 0/ 1i—I 6101375 6% L 5161 6 0IT00[T0IT0I——I _ | ‘GAMES TODAY. GA.ll TOMORROW. Chl at Wash., 3:15. Chi. at Wash.. 3:15, Detroit at Boston_~ Detroit at Bosto GCleveland at N ¥. Cleveland at N, 8t. Louis at Phila. St. Louis at P’hlll NATIONAL Results Yesterday, . Louls, 18; Brooklyn, 2. Phiwdciohia, 1+ Chicago. 0. STANDING OF THE CLUBS GSINGSIId. T e8wudINg ==~ pugeq suien Bos!_0| 0l 11 0/—I_11 385 StLI 1] ol 31 0l 0l 1i—I 11 6101.376] 6% Pit 0l ol 2| ol =] lum at Chicago. - | Boothe of Roosevelt and Don Dun- ‘The girls’ tourney starts the same day as the boys'. | The public parks tournament | again is scheduled for July, starting at Rock Creek on the 13th. The of Columbia Recreation Department | tournaments also are scheduled for August, starting the 3d and 17th, respectively. No site has been named for either. As usual, the United States Gov- |ernment. tourney, for Federal and the season from September 7-15, probably at Potomac Park. *'The tourney dates: June 8-16, City of Washington men's Edgemoor; et Wash women's. Amy Nl'y Washington _junjor-boy, and sirls. Friends School -July 6. Middle Atlantic men’s, E‘u.hmll 8-13. District women's. Colum- Aug; 11, District_men’s. !d:emoor 3-11, Women's League, Rock Creei District Recreation Department.’ ang women's, September 7-15, U. 8. Government, District Youths Star As Terp Frosh Win Sensational Tilt * Opportune hits by a pair of Wash- ington high school products, Danny Columbia, Public Parks, Rock Creek Tmens nington of Western, with two out in the last inning climaxed an amazing uphill fight by the Maryland fresh- man baseball team yesterday for an 11-10 victory over the George Wash- ington frosh. With two out in the .last inning, Boothe tripled to score Kuster, who had walked, with the tying run, and Dunnington singled Boothe home with the deciding market. o .. oos0s023050% o omanamOmmS Sosrammastin iR 4 a5 LeA: PR - it L ae. Totals 371221 8 Totals 33 920 4 *TWo out when winning run scored. Maryland 001 413 211 George Washington 2"~ 080 100 0—10 Rune—Crist (). Gunther. Biser, Cleve- land (2). Reynoids. Boothe (2), Ki A wd. Fitzgerald, Ko Gallasher (3, Extors—Dowd” 4) Women'’s League and the District | District employes only, will wind up | 3; WILL BE TRYING FOR HIS FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN THISAFTERNOON WHEN THE TERPS TACKLE THE HQYAS AT GEORGETOMN... OG. W., C. U. Emerge Winnersin Big Day 0f College Tennis Colonials Gain Revenge On Hoyas; Cardinals Shellack Eagles In as many intracity intercol- legiate tennis matches as it is pos- | sible to have at one time, George Washington and Catholic University emerged victorious yesterday, scoring over Georgetown and American, re- spectively. G. W.'s 5-4 win over Georgetown avenged a defeat at the hands of the Hoyas by the same score, but C. U.'s 6-3 conquest of A. U. came in the first meeting of the teams this sea- son. Hilltoppers Barely Miss. Georgetown came within one point of beating G. W. again, for Gene Owens and Henry Watts held a 5-3 lead over Blankin and Davis and | match point in the No. 2 doubles. But the latter pulled out of the hole to go on and win the clinching point for | the Colonials. The teams had split even in singles, but David Johnsen and Bus Fleming whipped Don Mar- tin and Harry Ritger in the No. 1 doubles. Competition was exceed- ingly warm with five of the nine matches going the limit of three sets. Summaries: Bln:les-dohn!en lD W.) defeated Mar- - (G. U.) defeated 3’ Davis (G W) de- (e T, lainkin W. ) detented Orecn 65 1o ol wnz (G, U.) defeated Madden. 3—6. 6—3. 8—b; Boyer (G. U.) Gefeated aMnn, 5—7, Doubles—Johnsen and Fleming (G. W.) defeated Martin and Ritger. 6—4. 6—4: Blankin and Davis (G. W.) eteated Owens d Watts. 6—4. 7—3: Green and defnteu Madden and Easy lor Clrdiluh. Catholic U.’s netmen had it a bit easier with A. U, only once being extended to three sets. Dorsavage had to work to beat Fausold in the No. 1 singles at 8—6, 6—1, but Webb and Landsman were the only Eagle racketers able to win at singles, Fausold’s and Landsman’s win in the No. 1 doubles accounted for A. U’’s other point. Summaries: Singles —Dorsavage 8—6. (C. U _ defeated Fausold Webb (A U.) defeat- ea Kraweael, 60 6 D ahdsman (A D Gefeated Murbhy. 65, 6oni: Breen |C U.) defeated Evans, 6—3. 6—1: Schuman C. U) defeated Gewehr. 6—3. 6—1: Zeender (C. U defeated Reese, 2—6, * Doubles - Fausold _and Landsman_ (A, U) defeated Dorsavage and Murphy, 60, 6—2: Krawczell and Schuman (C_ U) defeated Webb and Gewehr. Breen and Zeender 4c \1) Cietented Evans and Reese. 6—2. Official Score ST. LOUIS. Strange, ss _ Judnich, ef McQuinn. 1b Radcliff. 1f _ Soowas~wIm- o Hoag. rf Berardino. 3b _ Heftner. 2b Swift. ¢ Auker. p *Gallagher itehead, » Totals *Batted for Auker in seventh. tOne out when winning run was scored. AB. R. H. =~—==u—=:== u Dr919D O iy 2ou2a893550 > »looo~om22000 M > LR 202235223223 " Travis, 3b Walker. If 20990mmmoms PPPIRPEIE SouwaanmmN O 901821995-23 ) £ =1 ° SRan for Early in tenth. tBatted for Pofahl in tenth. St. Louls __ - 020 110 100 0—8 ‘Washington - 111 001 100 1—8 Runs batted in—Travis. !enrfllno (2), Hi Auker, Bl Pofahl, Walker (2), worth. Judnich. Two-oase its-—Wajker, £ Berlrdl.ne qEarly, case. "Three-base hits— lA'ls. Judnich. Homg¢ mnb—Be 1 —Gt. Lou: 3 wumnnon 9. nflcht:':: b Hudson, 3; ne:—wmufle.a Um- rieve, Basil and Ormsby. NEW YORKER ividual_Twe-Tone helsteri; ‘- zing "'ll Mlv: U: y.hlsl'.a on Your Car PAUL lROS icen Mark for Total Bases in Game Tie Home-Run Record; Yankees Still Lose With Di Mag Back By JUDSON BAILEY, Associated Press Sports Writer, One thing you can say about the Brooklyn Dodgers—when they fall they fall hard. A club capable of winning 11 out of 13 games ordinarily would be ex- pected to get squeezed out of the othey 2, but not the always-differ- ent Dodgers. Their first flop, after winning nine consecutive games, was 9-1 at Cin- cinnati and their second was 18-3 in St. Louis yesterday. It was just one of those days. Hugh Casey, who was the victim in that previous defeat, was on the mound again. Cards on Hitting Spree. The Cardinal powerhouse, short- circuited for weeks, made the right connection and pffft! 20 hits, 7 home runs, 49 total bases. The perform- ance tied the National League rec- ord for homers in one game and bettered the modern league mark for total bases. Johnny Mize and Rookie Eddie Lake each hit two homers and Don Padgett, Joe Med- wick and Stu Martin added one apiece. It was a rough day for all the New York teams. Joe Di Maggio re- turned to the Yankees’ line-up and dida't do them a bit of good—get- ting one single in five times at bat. Once he fouled out with the bases loaded. The upshot was that the Detroit Tigers topped the champs, 4-2, for their fourth straight defeat and dropped the once-haughty club into a tle for last place in the American League Rookie Harold Newhouser, another southpaw, held the fa- mous sluggers to eight scattered hits before a sprained thumb forced his withdrawal in the ninth. The Cincinnati Reds turned in a 7-6 victory over the New York Giants. Harry Danning hit two homers, one of them with two on in the eighth to send New York ahead briefly, but then he dropped the ball when the Reds started a double steal. Tke Pearson Brilliant on Slab. Tke Pearson pitched the Phillles to a 1-0 decision over the Chicago Cubs in one of the best hurling shows of the season. He dealt out four widely spaced hits while Claude Passeau and Vern Olsen of the Cubs allowed five. The Pittsburgh Pirates were knocked into the National League | cellar on the heels of their seventh Islraigm defeat, 11-9, by the Boston | Bees. Eddie Miller batted in four runs, including three on a homer, to help lift Boston off the bottom * | for the first time this year. The Boston Red Sox took the de- ciding game of their series with Cleveland, 6-4, to shunt the Indians into third place in the American League, a notch below Detroit. Lou Finney got four hits for the Boston cause and Lefty Grove got credit for the victory, although he was batted out of the box for the third straight time. The Chicago White Sox turned back the Philadelphia Athletics, 6-3, on the joint five-hit pitching effort of Jack Knott and Pete Appleton and the four errors the A's them- selves committed. St.’Albans Racketers Swamp Little Hoyas Four victories in six matches was the record of the St. Albans tennis team today, following a 6-1 defeat of Georgetown Prep yesterday on the winners’ courts. Kuntz was the only Prep racketer to score, defeat- ing Chewning in the No. 2 singles. Summaries: Sineles—Cooper (8¢, Titus, 6—0. Brep) defeated Chewning. 5 St._Albans) defeated Gannon, (s Maneer (i, Aloans) acfentsd T n.u ! R—8: yle (St. :Ihlnsr dcteaied Bob Barrett, 3oob” 6ok Doubles—Cooper and _Chewning _ (8t. Albans) defeated Titus and Kunts. 7—3 | i Lee and Dovle defeated Ga non and Ray Barrett. . 5—5. forfeit. Albnns‘\: defeated lfi! 31—, Johnson to Officiate Walter Johnson will throw out the first ball Sunday when the Rockville Tomcats and Gaithersburg A. C. meet on the latter’s diamond at 2:30. It will be Gaithersburg’s first league game of the season. TODAY 3:15 P.M. Washington vs. Chicago AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Tomorrow—Chicago—3:15 P.M. il LITY’CiGARETTE Goplacs patin mflRVGI.S