Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1940, Page 47

Sports News he WASHINGTON, D. C, benit WITR SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g %iaf Comics and Classified D THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940. D—-1 Rush to ‘Get Gallahadion and Beat Bimelech’ in Preakness Quickly Slows $ Win, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN. James Dykes, Baseball’s Magician, Claims No Credit James (Nothing Up My Sleeve) Dykes, who makes men out of mice end good ball clubs out of old razor blades, shavings from pencil sharpeners and ball players nobody else wants, apparently has waved his wand over the innocent head of Taft Wright, with spectacular results. Mr. Dykes and his patchwork White Sox came into town yesterday to play Mr. Griffith’s Pitcherless Wonders and inasmuch as Washington is the place where Taft used to play the Sox and their newspapermen immediately began to make inquiries. “What's the catch?” hissed one of the newspaper boys. Griff let Wright go?” There was a momentary pause on the part of a volunteer answer man. He was taking a deep breath to say, “Well, in the first place Griff wanted a right-handed hitter, like Gerry Walker, and in the second ‘place people here had an idea that Wright batted better as a pinch-hitter than as a regular and, thirdly, he can't field and, fourth and fifth, he can’t throw and run. Why?” “Because,” came the answer, “the guy is a marvel. He is leading the league in batting. He is throwing out base runners and he is playing the outfield like Speaker and running bases like Cobb.” Wright, He Says, Came That Way ) Thus it must be Mr. Dykes’ singular magic. It may develop that‘ James has Roly-Poly Wright hypnotized. That's the way Taft looked | when he ran a country mile in the fourth inning to rob Zeke Bonura of | at least a triple. And when Zeke can get three bases on a hit it must Be a good piece from the plate. At bat the first round of the Wright-Walker duel went to Taft, who | collected a triple and a single and scored two runs in the Sox’s 6-to-3 victory. Our Mr. Walker went hitless. “I didn't have anything to do with it,” Mr. Dykes insisted after the | game. “S’help me, the guy came that way. I've never even talked toi him. I never talk with my new players until the season is two months | old. I don't want to breed familiarity. Haw!” | If Mr. Wright reported to the White Sox as good as they say he is now he must have practiced long and hard over the winter. Not that he always wasn't a pretty good hitter. He could smack the ball, Taft could. But, heavens, all these,other arts, too! Now the Sox Are Breeding Some Colts Mr. Dykes’ menagerie is most strange. It is culled from everywhere, | and there isn’t a high-priced ball player on the club. There are ex-Ath- | letics, like James himself; ex-Browns, a Red Sox discard or so and a flock of Grandpappy Griff's old boys, like Wright, Joe Kuhel, Pete Appleton, Jackie Hayes and Muddy Ruel, the coach. It's no pennant- winner but plenty of worse teams have appeared in the American League field. It may develop, too, that better days are ahead for the Chisox. The apple of Mr. Dykes’ eye is a 19-year-old third baseman named Bob Kennedy, who stands 6 feet 1 inch, weighs 190 and throws from third base with one of the great arms in baseball. The Sox got him from Bhreveport of the Texas League. In another year, they claim, he’ll top ‘em all—Keltner, Rolfe, Travis and all the rest. James trotted out another rookie in Tommy Turner, a 200-pound eatcher who escaped, via the draft, from the Cardinals’ farm at Houston. It is said that when the Sox fell heir to Mr. Turner for $7,500 Branch Rickey, general manager of the Cards, offered to pay double for his re- turn. Both Sides Satisfied on Walker-Wright Deal This seems to be approximately what Mr. Dykes needs—a few rookies on the way up, Even a man of Nothing-Up-My-Sleeve Dykes’ ability can only go-so far with discards. He can wring a po-hitter out of a fellow like Bill Dietrich and make a winner out of a cast-off like Thornton Lee and the American League home-run leader out of Joey Kuhel. But this isn’t enough. He needs the drive of youth, too, and now he may be getting it. “Why did This fellow, Dykes, is getting to be a pain in the neck to Grandpappy |. Griffith, too. The two Foxes have been getting together and making deals of late and, according to Mr. Dykes, he and the White Sox are leading on points by a fat margin. James won a round when he traded Zeke Bonura for Joey éuhel. ‘That's what he insists, anyway, and subsequent developments did not hurt his argument. The Sox have played Joe since that deal in 1938 while the Nats sold Zeke to the Giants and, when Jimmy Wasdell went sopr, brought Bonura back. The most recent Dykes-Griffith deal, of course, was Walker for ‘Wright and Pete Appleton. “So far”, guffawed Mr. Dykes, “it's been a swell trade—for me.” Meanwhile, the Nats aren't complaining. Mr. Walker is leading them in hitting, just as Wright is leading the Sox. But if Taft really is this demon outfielder with the shotgun arm and a Cobbian style on the base paths it will be just a question of time before Griff hauls Wright before Judge Landis for a saliva test or accuses Magician Dykes of witch- craft. :I'erp Coach Pulls Wise Guess Saving Slab Star as Hoyas' Powers Pitches Shutout By LEWIS F. ATCHISON. three hits in four tries, hiking his You could've measured the as-|average to .457. tonished faces with a yardstick yes-| ma terday when Artie Woodward went to the mound for Maryland in the first game of the annual series with Georgetown. Lefty Earl Springer, the Terps’ crack southpaw, had been billed as the starting pitcher and fans relished the idea of his hurling against Georgetown's batting. But the final figures, 5-0, in the | 'Rud: Hoyas’ favor, prove that Coach Burt Shipley made no mistake when he let Springer sit it out and sent Woodward into action. You've got to score to win and Maryland couldn't touch Vinnie Powers’ curves, 80 using Springer probably would have been futile. Powers gave up only six scattered hits and was sup- ported brilliantly with a nod to Shortstop “Minnie” Mylnarski and Outfielder Lou Ghecas for par- ticularly good work. ‘Woodward Pitches Well. ‘Woodward turned in a good game, but had the misfortune of meeting & “hot” team. He allowed only five official Score hits and three earned runs during his 7-inning stint and with better | cCHICAGO . R. support would have escaped With |gynel, 1b 3 less damage. With Mylnarski on o base, Lou Ghecas thumped a long| applin one over the leftfield embankment | Ro: for the homer that climaxed a 3-run | Ty; Hoya rally in the fifth and clinched | 8! matters. Maryland would have scored one run, at least, but for a piece of er- | FASHING ratic judgment in the same inning. | Lewis, xf Bert Culver opened with & prodig- | Waiker, fous clout down the rightfield line. Bpaurs, b Tt was an easy triple, but Culver Was | Pofahl, &s .- waved homeward. He found Cas- |Evans ¢ tiglia awaiting him with the ball after a quick relay from Ghecas |jWelal and Mahoney, The fullbacking eatcher hit the Marylander amid- ships, knocked him head over heels for a count of nine, “Turk” Burns, next batter, singled sharply through shortstop, but he, too, came to an inglorious end when trapped zetweeln a&cond and third and run down for the finishing worth of a double play. o Stick Feud Fizzles, Hugh Keller’s batting duel with Castiglia also fizzled. Both went |5 hitless in four trips to the plate, and while they were fanning the breeze Johnny Schmitt, Georgetown outfielder, slipped into the lead wity | Chase =] oorwossostne? o wowrwoHI? - - EYRER TS SocoomHE RN omooonor®l osco~~ussoool 30 624 8 Totals__32 72717 *Ran for McHale in ninth. tBatted for Hunt in ninth. 000 000 000—0 ~ 100 030 01x—bB Runs—Schmitt 2). Mylparski, Ghecas, Pajak. Runs batted in—Mahoney, Ghecas (2). Mlynarski. McFadden. Two-base hit— McHale, t—Culver. Home . Sacrifice hits—Koshlap, Woodward 'Stolen ~ bases—Schmitt, Ma- fioney. ~ Double play—Mylnarski to Kosh- ap “to Mahoney. ~Bases on balls—Oft Powers, 1: off Woodward. 3. Struck out— By Powers, 6; by Woodward, 2: by Hunt, 1. Hi codward, 5 in 7 innings; ‘off . Hit by pitcher—By Wood- ). Umpires—Messrs. Morris- > L4 ] - SomHMonooN P eeE— P ) MO OROOHN ococoo000ol Totals __ ASHING' fpazi s i | . s.;.'%fiu 3 inning. Passed balls—Hunt, | Chi sey and Mattingly. Time of game—2 hours. | Kri Only 10 Horses Now Figured As Sarters Training Takes Heavy Toll; Five Failures In Derby Try Again By MASON BRUNSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. BALTIMORE, May 9—The “Get Gallahadion and Beat Bimelech” Club apeared to have lost a few members today—so only about 10 horses are likely to go to the post in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Saturday. The “G. G. and B. B.” Club s composed of 3-year-old colts spoil- ing for a crack at the Kentucky Derby winner and runnerup. Requi- sites for membership are faith, hope and charity—the latter meaning a willingness to give Gallahadion and Bimelech a run for the money. Right after Gallahadion showed that Bimelech could be beaten, there was a rush to join the club. Mem- bership cards showered like a Eu- ropetan handbill raid. It seemed that everybody wanted a “G. G. and B. B.” button and a Preakness field of 12 or more was predicted. But that was before the training grind began to take its toll. Half a dozen Preakness possibilities have fallen by the wayside at Pimlico this week and others that had been expected to go have not yet re- ported. Five Derby Failures Persistent. Ready to accept the issue are five horses that suffered defeat in the Derby and a small group that didn’t run in the Kentucky classic. Here are those considered definite Preakness starters: Mrs. Ethel V. Mars’ Gallahadion. Col. E. R. Bradley’s Bimelech. Arnold Hanger’s Dit. C. S. Howard's Mioland. Tower Stable’s Royal Man. W. L. Brann’s Pictor. Millsdale Stable’s Andy K. Mrs. George D. Widener’s Your Chance, Mrs. E. G. Lewis’ Jacomar. That's nine. The other starter—or starters—probably will come from this group: Mrs. H. C. Phipps’ Snow Ridge, Mrs Anthony Pelleteri’s Sun Pharos, John Hay Whitney’s Woof Woof, J. W. Y. Martin’s Abrasion and R. A. Firestone's Marogay. Word that Marogay could be con- sidered a possible starter came as a surprise. This colt hadn’t figured in the pre-Preakness calculations of the dopesters. Snow Ridge, Sun Pharos Lose. Snow Ridge and Sun Pharos were beaten by Your Chance in the Sur- vivor Stakes Tuesday. Woof Woof hasn't been heard from and Abra- sion ran third in a 6-furlong sprint yesterday. Brandon Farm's Pass Out was second by a nose to Clyde Toison in the same race and William Woodward’s Foxflame ran third to Grandee and Talent in a mile and 70-yard race. If these horses couldn’t win over such company at such distances, they probably have no business tackling such as Gallahadion, Bim- elech and Dit at the Preakness dis- tance of a mile and three-sixteenths. So it all adds up to this: The boys that ate the most dust in the Derby are going after Gallahadion and Bimelech again; with the aid of a little moral support from new mem- bers of the “G. G. and B. B.” Club. Just who will make up the party will be known after the names are dropped into the entry box tomorrow morning. Griffs’ Records Batting. H 4 B » 1 " oocecococorouoRORLaRONY T 3 = - 20 18 9z (o Rooormm ot B s 2 ST e o <= I DI O 19 D s 35 30 3050 Py @ ot R D mo BES! Bk & 53 ©OOODCOSOHONNONOHBRHONS 5080001y ag!E! P 833 Al o 2 ¢+ THERE'S ALREADY SOMEBODY IN THE CELLAR WOTSA-MAT WIT* YOU BOYS? LOOKA ME - TMAHIT, AN A-FIELD, AN' A-RUN | WE GOTTA BEAT THESE A-BUMS! POOR ZEKE, EX-CHICAGO HAND, DID HIS BEST WITH TONGUE AND WOW! anwiLL YUH LOOKIT WHO Y THEY TOSSED CLEAR To TH BOTTOM --TH' BIG SHOT HIMSELF! SBAT TO TRIM THE WESTERNERS...... Tuesy TarT, IE EX-NAT, PLAYED SO BRILLIANTLY Lrd S ARTED SCREAMING, “WE WUZ ROBBED!" —By JIM BERRYMAN Yanks, in Cellar, Sfill Regarded Club fo Beat Lefthanders Punish Champs; Bees Rout Reds’ Derringer By JUDSON BAILEY, Associated Press Sports Writer. ‘The world champion New York Yankees are in last place in the American League today and perhaps the most amazing aspect of their strange situation is the complacency with which every one is accepting their slump. The same club that won four con- secutive American League and world championships is out there flounder- ing likg a fish out of water day in and day out, losing 11 out of its first 17 games, five in a row and nine to left-handed pitchers. The Yanks were whipped un- mercifully 10-4 yesterday by the Cleveland Indians, who started Southpaw Al Smith against them and backed him up with a 14-hit attack that included two home runs by Hal Trosky and one by Rollie Hemsley. Smith is a castof of the New | York Giants who pitched for Buf- !falo in the International League last year. The game yesterday was his first start as an American League ! hurler, Yanks Are Lampooned. The same day a New York paper printer a cartoon showing a mana- ger tapping a left-handed street sweeper on the shoulder and saying, “Left-handed, huh? You're going to pitch against the Yankees to- | morrow.” | Yet there isn't a manager who | doesn’t believe the Yanks will rise {again to haunt them and Joe Mc- Carthy keeps letting his starting {pl'chers go five, six and seven in- { nings in the face of heavy hitting, | still waiting confidently for one of | those old-time big innings that will T DEMAND A i‘e‘é‘:‘ nl‘:s" HE'S v MAYBE ml;LED e FATTENED UP T'LooK LIKE WRIGHT ! | Perrin, Easy Winner Over Ruffin, Billed For D. C. Bout Dupre Probable Capital Opponent for ‘Champ,’ Manager Announces By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, May 9—Fresh from an easy victory in the first defense of his Louisiana-recognized world’s featherweight title, Jimmy Perrin gave promise today of being a “fighting champion” with three other bouts already scheduled. Emile Bruneau, co-manager of the New Orleans Italian, who last night Jjabbed Bobby Ruffin of New York all over the ring, said Perrin would fight in Memphis June 7 and in ‘Washington, D. C,, and Salt Lake City, Utah, on later dates. Perrin’s probable opponent in Washington will be Tony Dupre, Bruneau said, but the others are uncertain. “We’ll take on anybody,” Bruneau ;| said after the gruelling 15-round fray with Ruffin. ’ All of this means little in Balti- 04 | more, where Joey Archibald and Henry Jeffra fight later this month 0| for the Maryland-recognized title; in New York, where Archibald is champion; or in other States which follow the National Boxing Associ- ation’s recognition of Petey Scalzo. Perrin, however, appeared con- siderably like a champion as he showed complete mastery over the rough and ready Irishman from Brooklyn. Each of the judges awarded Bobby only a single round, and the best the referee could do for him was to call two even. Each weighed 126 pounds. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. [Tt 1% » REERRaarn - Fatamoa! SeoliSan e sommucoul courtoon] T o acnomo o Scout Engel’s Eagle Eye Needed to Aid Milwaukee, 7; Columbus, 6. Only game scheduled. Major Statistics THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940. AMERICAN Resuits Yesterday, Chicago, 6: Washington. 3. Boston, 5; Detroit, 4. Clevelal 10; New York, 4. Philadelphia, 10: St. Louis 8. STANDING OF THE CLUBS ~-e3wuaorg Bos\—I 2[ 1] 3| 2[ 1| 3| 1]13] Bl.7221___ Clel 11— 3| 11 21 21 11 _1111] 61.647] 1% Det| 0/ 2 21 21 21 311] 71.611] 2 Phi| 11 11 01 2| _8|101.444] & StLI 01 01 11 0l—I 31 2| 1| 71101.412 6% Chil 1] 11 0F 2 1i—[ 1| 1| 7/10/.412| 6% Wal 1] 01 11 2( 11_0l—i 2| 7111.389 6 NY| o0l ol 0l 2] 1] 11 2/— 6/111.3531 6% L[ B/ 6 711011011011 11111—i—]| ] GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Chl. at Wash.. 3:15. Wash. at Phila., 2:15. Detroit at Boston_ ~ Boston at New York. Cleveland at N. ¥. 8t. Louis at Cleve. Bt. Louis at Phila.” Chicago at Detroit. NATIONAL Bki—| 1| 0| 3| 3| 2| 2| 0/11| 2{.846] __ Cinl 11— 21 31 0| 11 11 3(111 41.7331 1 Chil 0l 2l—I 11 | 31 1] 1| 91 91.5001 4% NY| 0l 0l 0'—| 2| 1| 2| 1| 6] 8I.439| 5% Bos| 0l 11 0| Ol—] 1| 1| 3| 6] 8/.429| 5% StL| 11 0 3| 0 1}—1 1| 1| 7/101.412| 6 Phil 0l O 21 1] 1| 0l—I 1| 8| 81.385| 6 Pit| 0] 0l 2| 0l 0l 2| 0l—I 4/101.286] 7% L. | 2| 4] 9! 8| 810/ 8110l——| ] GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. . at Chicago. Cincl. at 8t Louls. 5‘.‘.‘."}&{%“ Pl Bilts at chicato. hnatl. £ Louis. ~ scheduied. PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Ik, 10: Rocky Mount, 2. Nomwn-&.lm-ch’nrm Nats First Base Held Best Job for Lewis; Philly Next Stop for Hapless Griffs Maybe Clark Griffith has de- cided his Nationals need some more talent, after al. Anyway, Joe Engel, former Nat scout who was pressed into service again last year and who dug up Shortstop Jimmy Pofahl, was in town today and hanging around the ball park. He was frisked, but no pitchers were found in his coat pockets. However, the line-up. The guy is a good ball player. Dutch Leonard was 10 piich to- day, facing Thornton Lee, the left-hander, in the Nats’ final home for quite a spell. Tomor- row the team entrains for Philly and then will tour the West: Eight times this year the Griffs have faced southpaws and they haven’t defeated one. 3 Cecil Travis, the only Nat to hold up his end at tie plate dur- ing the early games, now has gone to bat 13 times without & hit. The Yankees, who win from 4 I g 3 gi_%fi%gg?fig‘?g agé i ! siae Bebesiil e . “I could have had a lot of fun,” Jimmy Dykes said. “Just before Have you a little left-hander in your home? 1If so, better keep him out of sight of Grandpappy Clark Griffith. The way the Nationals are going these days, Mr. Griffith prob- ably would sooner shoot him than adopt him. ‘This is the year when the Griffs weren’t supposed to be susceptible to left-handers. With Walker, Bonura, Bloodworth, Pofahl and either Evans or Ferrell batting right-handed, the southpaw menace supposedly was erased. So what happened? Well, the Nats haven’t licked a left-hander all year. On opening day Mose Grove shut ’em out with two hits and the lefties have been in command ever since. Lefty Go- mez, stiff back and all, beat our boys. Micky Harris, rookie Red Sox south- paw, made his debut by beating the Griffmen. Then Hal Newhouser of the Tigers did it, and Al Milnar of the Indians and, yesterday, Edgar Smith of the White Sox. That makes six out of six for the lefties over the Nats and you can hear a pin drop these days in the home clubhouse. Everything’s Okay Now. Meanwhile, as the Nats were losing yesterday, 6-3, for their sixth set- back in seven games, Griffith reck- lessly was changing personnel. In a momentous announcement he said that Rene Monteagudo, Cuban left- hander, had been recalled from Jer- sey City and that Gilberto Torres, another Cuban, but right-handed, was being sent to that team in exchange. The old gent was pretty vague about the reason behind the switch but undoubtedly it was caused by one of two things: Either Griff is afraid his boys will drop right out of the American League into the International, and thereby be faced by Mon! , or there is a deal afoot whereby Joe Krakauskas will leave the Nats. When the season opened Griff oounted on Ken Chase and Kra- kauskas to come through in great style. Krakky was a terrific flop $1.50 CASH TERMS .5 Soiiy Including your old tires FULLY GUARANTEED Fit all Fords, Chovrelets, Plymouths and Dedges from 1933 to 1940 LEETH BROS 204 3thaStb Southpaws Prove Plain Poison’ To Nats; Krakky Deal Hinted By Monteagudo’s Recall from the start. For instance, in less. than 12 innings he has given 14 hits and 15 bases on balls. Chase, beaten again yesterday, has lost three out of four. The game he won was marked by his giving 10 walks and making a wild pitch. Griff’s Own Rule Hurts. Neither Griff nor Manager Bucky Harris has given up on Chase but apparently they've seen enough of Krakky. At least, this much is indicated. It is believed that if one of the several clubs which have been interested in Joe makes any kind of an offer the Lithuanian southpaw will be traded. In this event Chase and Monteagudo still would be avail- able. In this connection it may develop that Griffith’s rule which prohibits the American League champion from trading until it is dethroned will backfire. For some time the Yanks have been interested in Krakauskas, especially with Gomez wearing out and Lee Grissom failing to show anything. But the Yanks can’t trade. Desperate now, they might have been willing, if able, to take a chance on Krakauskas and give up a player the Nats might use. Obviously, the Washington club needs new blood on the pitching staff. That beating Chase took yes- terday was a painful blow. Ken lasted less than six innings, during which time he gave five runs, eight hits and four bases on balls. The Sox piled up a 5-to-1 lead against Chase and Alex Carrasquel and Bucky Jacobs finished the pitching. Against Smith and Clint Brown, who divided Chicago’s pitch- ing, the Nationals made only five hits, two by Zeke Bonura. The big guy also scored two of the three runs. F.E. 8. . VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Stsnton. 13: Salem, 5. erase everything. The fans are so stunned they don't | know whether to believe their eyes. It may be just as well, because those Yanks have made hasty appraisals bounce before. Joe Di Maggio had a perfect day at bat yesterday and Joe Gordon hit a homer with two on in the eighth. They were due to get a look at | righthanded pitching today—if | Bobby Feller’s fireball isn’t too siz- zling to look upon—and even though they're in eighth place they're only six and one-half games behind the leaders. Prudence still may be the best policy. Red Sox Stay at Top. The Boston Red Sox kept on top of the pile yesterday, squeezing past the Detroit Tigers, 5-4, by bunching five hits for four runs in the fourth | and with Jack Wilson doing a splen- did relief pitching chore. This dropped Detroit back into third place, behind the Indians. There was some other shuffling in the standings. The Philadelphia A’s outslugged the St. Louis Browns, 10-8, with Benny McCoy getting four hits, to take over fourth Pplace and the Chicago White Sox climbed out of the cellar with a 6-3 decision over Washington. Brooklyn's National League lead- ers were rained out at Chicago and the Cincinnati Reds were blockeo out of a chance to move into a vir- tual tie when the surging Boston Bees pounded Paul Derringer of! the mound and won, 10-4. The Bees who lost their first six straight, but since have won six out of eight, clustered four ruds in the first i ning and five in the fifth. Giants Slug Pirates. The New York Giants plastered 17 hits against the Pirates for a 10-6 victory that not only ran Pitts- burgh's string of defeats to eight, but broke the Terrymen’s own losing streak at four. Babe Young got four consecutive hits and the Giants rolled up eight runs before the Pi- rates penetrated Cliff Melton’s arm- ament for their first score. It was the southpaw’s third victory without & defeat. Stu Martin hit two home runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-4 triumph over the Phillies, but Fiddler Bill McGee had to be rescued in the ninth when the Phils bunched Suhrmm runs around & homer by Gus Eagles Obtain Wendlick PHILADELPHIA, May 9 (P).— Signing of Joe Wenlick, former Ore- gon State end who won recognition on the Associated Press All-Pacific Coast team in 1938, has been an- nounced by Bert Bell of the Eagles.