Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1940, Page 12

A1 Prospects of Improved Pitching Buoy Griffs’ Hope to Stay in WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1940. Win, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN. . Ladies’ Day at Meadowbrook All afternoon, from a little brown trailer perked at one end of the Arena, an announcer with a public-address microphone in front of him kept the crowd posted as the handsome horses Jjumped, hunted, conformed and did all of the other things suggested by the program titles. To the lay mind it was very confusing, Washington’s annual horse show, but, even ll;a v,hkis type of mind it was very evident that it was ladies’ day at Meadow- rook. The announcer kept referring to a Miss Peggy Mills and to Mrs. George Watts Hill and Mrs. W. Haggin Perry and Miss Bobbie Williams until finally somebody in the press box wanted to know what the other &ex is doing now in racing. “The men must be stooges,” he said, profoundly. “We see them and they are riding horses and owning horses, but the women are winning all of the blue ribbons and the hardware. Gallahadion, the Derby winner, was a woman's colt, and Corydon, which licked Bimelech in the Withers, also is a woman’s horse. What's going on, anyway?"” The best tanbark and jodhpur minds assured the raving maniac that everything was on the up and up, although we failed to hear any- body volunteer a logical explanation for what was happening. Our own horse expert, discovered hiding under the saddle of Demopolis, was ordered to furnish a reading of the books, and this fellow, who said his name was Robert Henry, a hoss writer, announced: “Roughly, there have been 47 events and the women, bless 'em, have won 32. Other than this I can say no more except that I like to see women in command because they are more pleasant to interview . , .” _Hunters’ Divisions, Alone, Confuse Lay Mind A lot of sterling silver trinkets and ribbons—blue, red, white and yellow—were carted away from Meadowbrook during the three-day stand, and loaded with loot were such as Mrs. Hill and Mrs, Perry and, of course, tiny Miss Mills. This tiny lady, Miss Mills, probably was the star of the show. She is about the size of one of those dolls that talks and closes its eyes. She is 12 years old, weighs close to 75 pounds and, in our book, the best lady rider who was on the scene, although “our book,” as we quaintly call it, isn't quite complete. For instance, some things about a horse show confuse the department. We are confused, say, by the very titles of the various events, although they probably are elementary to everybody else. There was a “hunter division” and also a “working hunter division.” This was enough to throw | a layman off. Do they even have labor troubles among horses? i Then there are “ladies’ hunters,” “ladies’ working hunters,” “con- formation hunters,” “amateur hunters hunters,” “novice hunters” and “hunters under saddle.” I guess it's the same all over./you say "Phoolish Phils’ Now Snapping Back at Foes Prothro’s Changes Put Fire in Club; Feller Again Hot Article By SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer. Stranger, you'd better smile when they're the “phoolish Phillies” these days. ‘The once-collapsible Quaker City set in the National League refuses to roll over and play dead any more. Doc Prothro, the good ' dentist, vanked a couple of ailing “teeth” from his infield, put in a right nifty bridge as replacement, and, what with a fair set of young pitchers, his boys really are snapping at the opposition. Now, this isn't to say the Phils are going to win the pennant. That's probably asking a little too much in one order. Besides, the Cincinnati Reds, who boosted their league lead {to a game and a half with an 8-4 win over the Boston Bees yesterday. may have something to say about that. Win Four Out of Five. But the Phils have taken four of the five starts on their current home stand, topping it off with a 6-5 de- cision the “hard way” over the Pitts- burgh Pirates yesterday. Right now they're way up there in fifth *place, which is as familiar to the Phils as pate de fois gras to the Bowery. The folks in the city of brotherly Jove tell you this coming-to-life of their club dates back to April 30, when Doc popped up with Bob ‘amateur working hunters,” “green | Bragan (fresh from Pensacola) at The place, in | shortstop, and Art Mahan (out of short, was overrun with hunters and to the lay mind, as suggested earlier, | Louisville) for first base. Up to that it was very confusing. Peggy’s Daddy Made Her Pony Refuse But getting back to this little mite, Miss Peggy Mills, it seems that ghe won five blue ribbons in two days and that she is quite an old-timer | now. Peggy is a kid with a wide, amiable grin, no interest in boys and seven years of show experience. She began at 5, won her first event, and has been a consistent winner ever since. She comes from Newton | Square, Pa. “We're really 67/10 miles from there,” the little veteran explained, *and I'm in the sixth grade and I wasn't afraid a bit when they moved the jump to 6 feet. I'd never jumped above 5 feet 6 inches before, but when Huntley Glen did 6 I didn’t notice the difference.” i Gossip is one of the 12 horses belonging to Miss Mills’ daddy, a;’ former oil burner dealer who taught the youngster to jump by a unique method. He first taught her, at the age of less than 5, by making her | pony refuse at the barrier, “Daddy did it,” Peggy explained, “to see if I'd fall off. He tied a rope to the pony and yanked on it as the pony got ready to jump. I never fell off ... then.” When, we asked, did she fall off? “After I learned to ride pretty good,” she explained, unblushingly. “Then I fell a lot, but I never got hurt. My brother once got a broker? leg, but nobcdy else has been hurt.” She sounded as if that particular brother (she has three) should be taken to the woodshed immediately and given a paddling. Ripcord Was the Little Lady’s Pet The little lady apparently has no nerves and no end of horse show loot. “We've got a big closet full of trophies and ribbons,” she admitted, *“and I guess half of them are mine. But lots of ribbons we didn't get because we'd ride somebody else's horses and give over the ribbons and the cups.” The only thing that bothers Miss Mills, age 12, is the memory of a horse named Ripcord, which her father sold last summer. “He was an awfully smart horse,” Peggy explained. “I taught him to paw on the ground five times when somebody asked him how old he was. He also would roll over and do other tricks. I guess daddy got a good price for him, considering that he wasn’t much more than 15 hands. But he was my favorite, even over Gossip.” Mrs. Perry, owner of the Mr. Big of the hunters, Demopolis, is a petite blond with a riding style. She is over 12, but actually hasn’t had the experience of the child star, Peggy Mills. She only started riding three years ago, this lady from Cobham, Va., because in London, where she was born, there was only “hacking on a pony,” and in East Africa, where she also lived, “there was no riding.” She loves riding, but is no prouder of Demopolis than she is of Scotchwood and To Victory, only mare of the Perry stable of 15. It would be nice to ring in some of the male riders, too, but after Miss Mills and Mrs. Perry there are plenty of other lady rides and owners ahead of the foremost males, and so this will have to do. Any way you 100k at it, it was ladies’ day at Meadowbrook. point, the Phillies had dropped five of six outings. But the revamped | infield and same pretty fair flinging | by Kirby Higbe, Ike Pearson and Hugh Mulcahy, they turned right around and, for the merry month of May, have chalked up seven wins in 13 starts. They pulled one out of the hat ! yesterday when Bennie Warren, a | bench-warming backstop hopeful, singled with the bases loaded in the ninth to whip the bungling Bucs. Earlier in the game, Chuck Klein | hit his third homer in eight days. In fact, most of the National | League winners were pulling 'em out of the hat yesterday. The Chicago Cubs spotted the Brooklyn Dodgers five runs in a third-inning rally, and then came on to win out, 7-6, in the 10th on Rip Russell's homer with a mate aboard, thereby climbing back into third place in the league standings. This game went from the sublime to the ridiculous and | wound up with the Cubs using 19 players and Manager Gabby Hart- nett playing first base. The St. Louis Cardinals, after | blowing a 3-run lead, tied it up on | Joe Orengo’s 8th-inning homer | | against the New York Giants, and | finished on top, 6-5, in the 10th| | when the same Mr. Orengo came | | through with a single to shove the deciding run home. Johnny Mize | | hit his 12th homer of the season. Sixth in Row for Walters. Only in Boston was it anything| but close. Bucky Walters went to work up there in the hub, treated himself to a 5-hitter for the Reds | and knocked off the Bees for his i sixth straight win. With all due respect to Bucky's | elbowing, the best tossing of the| afternoon was provided by Cleve- | land’'s Bobby Feller at the expense | of the New York Yankees. Master | Bobby chalked up his fifth victory | of the yesr, pitching a 4-hitter for a 5-1 win over the woeful World Champions. Old Elden Auker was handed an 8-run edge in the first five innings, so it was no trick at all for him to pitch the St. Louis Brownies to a 10-4 victory over the Athletics. ‘fiBonuru's Gilt-Edge Fielding Surprise of Trip Usually Clumsy Zeke Is Great Help Against White Sox points in the Nats’ last five games. It now is up to 282 and he says it will continue to rise. When Johnny Welaj smashed his home run off Ted Lyons in the first inning it marked the tenth time this season a player had made his first homer of the season off White Sox pitching. ‘Welaj, inserted in the line-up in the shake-up that benched Rookie Shortstop Jimmy Pofahl, is im- pressing Mansger Bucky Harris with his batting and fielding technique. Catcher Mike Tresh of the White Sox, who has been with Chicago for three years, clouted the first home run of his major league career off Leonard in the By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, May 20.—It's seem-~ ingly senseless to peck out some- thing complimentary concerning the fielding of Zeke Bonura, but the delightfully daffly Washing- ton first baseman has been con- tributing some amazing defensive gems on the Nats’ tour. Twice in Detroit the lumber- ing Zeke traveled far to his right to spear balls which he would have gazed at in his be- wildered fashion two years ago, and yesterday he saved Wash- ington considerable embarrass- ment with a brace of plays any first baseman would have been second inning. He later added a single and double and batted in four runs. One of baseball’s rarities oc- curred twice yesterday when Catcher Rick Ferrell excusably allowed two strikeout pitches to escape him for errors. Both were Leonard's fluttery knuckle balls and broke crazily. The Nats feel Tresh, a young receiver, may not bounce back after his unimpressive perform- ance in catching Lyons. Mike al- lowed two balls to get by him in the Nats’ four-run second inning which charitably were scored as wild pitches and from that point he was jittery, “boxing” pitches like a Monument grounds catcher. proud to record. In the third inning, with Bob Kennedy on third and Joe Kuhel on second, Zeke leaped to his left to stab Taft Wright's sizzling liner. In the seventh he dived to his right to check Luke Ap- pling’s grounder, rolled in the dust and recovered in time to toss to Pitcher Dutch Leonard to flag the Chicago shortstop. Zeke, incidentally, has hoisted his batting average some 62 MONDAY, AMERICAN Results Yesterday. ‘Whashington, 12: Chicago, 10. Cleveland, 5: New York. 1. St. Louis, 10: Philadelphia. 4. Boston-Detroit, rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS Major League Statistics ay 20, 1940. NATIONAL Resulis Yesterday. Cincinnati, 8: Boston, 4. * Chicago. Brooklyn. 6 (10 innings). 6: New York. 5 (10 innings), Philadelphia, 6: Pittsburgh, 5. STANDING OF THE CLUBS 3 aonaq’ UNIBUIYTE M. ‘owep wudpeiud Stars Yesterday By the Associated Press. Jimmy _Bloodworth, Senators-—Col- lected homer. double ‘and two singles. == pusessid -8 UG ~==-purysq == oseoud == Ri0X MIN == uiryooig H I 5} driving_in three runs. to_lead way to 12-10 victory over White Box. 3 e s Joe Orengo. Cardinals—His homer 21161 91.640/ o ! tied score and his tenth-inning_single 3113111].542] Chif 2| 11—| 2| 1| 3] 3| 31151: sent winning run home to beat Giants, Wl 11 11 2i—1 3[_1| 2| 2/12/141.462( NY| 0l 11 1i—I 2| 1| 5] 3113I1 5-%iobby Peller. Indians—Handcuffed | PRI 221 11 2i—I 11 2 1i11/14].4401 ! n. Phil 1 11 2[ 11—I 2[ 1] 2110[1 1 wi StL| 01 11 11 2 2I—[ 11 3/10/131.435] StLI 0l 2| 3| 11 21—[ 11 1|10118:38M 9 ip Russell two-run hog:r in tenth to down Dodgers. 7-6. IR ] 'liYI_lI 01_0l_2|_2] 11— 3I_9i1] 1] Bos| 1| 0] 0] Ol 1| 1|—I 4 7115|.318/10 ‘Bennie Warren, Phillies—His ninth- Pitl 0l 0l 3i 1| 0l 2| 0I—I 6/16].278111 Chil 1] 1 11 2| 11 1}—I 9I18.: inning single with bases loaded defeated T L. | 6l 7112111112116/15[16/—I—1 ] L. 61 9111/14[1413/16[16/—I—] GAMES TOMORROW. GAMES TODAY Wash. at Chi.. 3:00. Wash. at Chi.. 3:00. N"\’. :'. Cleveland. r"‘:‘?&“:‘g%nl'."fhgg PRe st Be Couwis, Pigates, 6-5. den Auker. Biowns—Blanked Ath- Jeics for Bre, omiDEs Ao B mon, 'é?;;:l !;n ardi, Reds—His Homer single dro ‘Bee ardi. and ve in four runs in 8-4 oston at_Detroit. win over hila. at 8t. Louis., ‘GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Chicago at Brookiyn. Chicagzo at Brooklyn. 8t. Louis at r" Y. 8t Lo:’lll at N. Gincl. 8¢ "Bosion. incl ut Boston. Pittsturgh at Phils. SUCH LACK OF CONSIDERATION! (kg A\w.x'\t.u\Spo ARSRSE RTEW r!s‘ W BN A, | OF ALL TIMES FOR THAT PUNK To BE MESSIN' UP TH' WORLD ---NOW WORK 1S GOIN’ To INTERFERE SERIOUSLY WITH ‘MY PLEASURE ! ot W Y. i o B N \ = N\ N== == —By JIM BERRYMAN T =iyl 21 Cars Yet fo Pass Test fo Fill Field For 500’ Grind Cantlon’s Auto, Only One To Qualify in Second Trial, 12th in Line By the Associated Press, INDIANAPOLIS, May 20— Twenty-one of the 33 places in the | starting line-up of the Indianapolis motor speedway race remained va- cant today after the first two days of qualifying trials for the 500-mile grind May 30. Eleven drivers passed the require- | ment Saturday—four laps around the track, or 10 miles, at an average of 115 miles an hour—and the cov- eted pole position was captured by Rex Mays of Glendale, Calif, by averaging 127.845 miles an hour. The qualifying record is 130.138, set by the late Jimmy Snyder of Chicago. Shaw After Third “500.” The cars line up three abreast in the big race and in the front row | with Mays will be Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis and Mauri Rose of Columbus, Ohio. Shaw will be try- ing to win his third “500.” An expected battle between Mays and Bob Swanson of Los Angeles for the pole position falled to ma- terialize when Swanson couldn't get enough speed out of his 16-cylinder mount in practice runs. The 12th qualifier was William (Shorty) Cantlon of Detroit, the only driver to make the grade yes- terday. A high wind kept most of the drivers from even trying, but George Connor of San Bernardino, Calif., had to give up after one lap when his speedster developed motor trouble. Near-Accident in Test. Yesterday’s wind was blamed for the car driven by Floyd Davis of Springfield, Ill., going into a spin on th® north turn during a prac- tice run. It grazed the wall at the top of the track, but Davis brought it under control and drove back to the pits. This is the way the 12 qualifiers line up, with their qualifying speeds: First row—Rex Mays. Glendale. Ci 127.845: Wilbur Shaw, indianapolis, 1 085: Mauri Rose, Columbus, Ohio, 125. Second _row—Ted Horn. Hawthorne .. 125.545: Mel Hansen, Los Angeles. 4.753; Clift Bergere, Hollywood. Calif., Third row—Franke Wearne, Pasadena, .216: Prank Brisko, Chicago, 18, jommy Hennerschitz, Reading, row—Joel Thorne. Tucson. Ariz., Russell Snowberger. ~Detroi i William Cantlon, Detroit, 127.845. Minor Leagues SOUT“]H LAmNflO LEAGUE. Columbia 20 Golumb PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Richm'nd Y;]Ll ;;‘1 Portsm'th m'ny . v Ashevill 3 .5687 Charlotte Rky. Mt. 4583 Norfolk 3.536 Wins'n-8. ), Port; Charlotte. 6. Norfolk, 2. lout Durham. 7 Richmond. Only games. VIRGINIA LEAGUE, Lynchburg. 16: Harrisonburg, 11. lem, 3: Staunton. 1. Tllll-gl LEAGUE. AL}:P g. e ot Eaael : 2§ e SE5EE comad gees e 2he = Auto Racing Is Of 24 Winners Classic at India By HAROLD HARRISON, Associated Press Sports Writ INDIANAPOLIS, May 20.—What Fatal to Eight of 500-Mile napolis Howard (Howdy) Wilcox won in {1919 and was killed in a race at| | Altoona, Pa., on September 4, 1923. Jeffra, Archy Setile Grudge, if Not Title, In Battle Tonight Each Feather Confident has happened to the 24 men who | Chevrolet Race Victim. have driven to fame and furtune, Gaston Chevrolet, one of the in the 500-mile Memorial Day auto- | famous Chevrolet brothers, won in Of Decisive Victory In Baltimore Ring Top Flight Luck With Them As Moundsmen Toil Shakily Players Eager to Win For Hudlin, Making Debut Tomorrow By BURTON HAWKINS, Star Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, May 20.—Tenants of the first division by a margin which isn't impressive but nevertheless adequate, the Nationals today were scanning possibilities of remaining there and the concensus indicated they relish their prospects. Examination of the Nats’ pitching performances thus far in the cam= paign apparently would dictate cau« tion in predicting such success for Washington, but Manager Bucky Harris is inclined to vision his club as a steady inhabitant among elite society providing the pitching ime proves. ‘Washington, equipped with no recognized fence chippers, has been extremely fortunate to capture a dozen decisions. In half of its win- ning games its pitching has been on the sour side, with the Nats’ peck-and-pray system of swatting yielding dividends. Alejandro Carrasquel received (credit for a 7-6 triumph over the | Athletics, who collected 13 hits. Sid | Hudson twice has won games despite granting 11 hits. Dutch Leonard | has whipped the White Sox on 10 | hits, the Tigers on 11 hits and yes- | terday he added another conquest | over Chicago although giving up 15 hits. The Nats, in brief, have been lucky | to escape the cellar on the brand of pitching they've obtained. Hudson, according to Harris. hasn't displayed anything approaching his capabil- { ities, while Leonard, despite his four | wins thus far, including a 12-10 | verdict over the White Sox here ‘_\'esterda,\“ isn't showing the form | that won 20 games last year. Hudlin on Spot Tomorrow. Harris, quite naturally, anticipates improvement in the pitching de- partment without any depreciable slack in hitting. Ken Chase has checked in with a brace of succes= sive steady jobs and may be ready to | capitalize on the promise he's been revealing sporadically for some seasons. Hudson, nominated by Harris to work today in a commendable show of confidence following the young- ster’'s dismal effort against Cleve= land in his*last start, is a far su- perior pitcher over what he's dem- onstrated or several men who make baseball their business will chew ; | assault. mobile race at the Indianapolis Speedway? It's a question that pops up every race season. Here are the answers: Nine of the 24 speedway winners | are dead and eight of them were victims of the sport which brought} them fame. One—Bill Cummings of Indianapolis—was Kkilled in a traffic accident. Only one winner lost his life on the speedway track. Only two of the 24 still are active in racing, Wilbur Shaw of India- napolis, the winner in 1937 and 1939, and Kelly Petillo of Los Angeles, 1935 victor. Both are entered in the May 30 event. De Palma Race Promoter. But starting from the first, here is what has happened to them: Ray Harroun, winner of the first 500-mile race in 1911, now is with a Saginaw (Mich.) stamping and tool company. Joe Dawson, 1912 victor, is a Phila- | phia automobile dealer. In 1913 Jules Goux came over from France to outdrive all the Ameri- cans. Another Frenchman, Rene Thomas, won in 1914. Both are in the automobile business in France. Ralph De Palma, one of the earliest of the popular favorites, won in 1915. De Palma always is around at race time, but in his spare time he promotes midget auto- mobile races in Florida. Dario Resta won the 1916 race. He was killed September 2, 1924, on the Brooklands track in England. Oxon Hill, Aces Stage Neck-and-Neck Race In County Loop Each Club Bats Heavily, Routs Foe; Hyattsville B. C. Finally Wins It’s still a neck-and-neck struggle between Oxon Hill and Maryland Aces for the Prince Georges County lead after yesterday's games. Oxon Hill, defending champion, squelched Sunnybrook’s ninth-inning rally to take a 14-9 decision while the Aces drove over 10 runs in the eighth to rout the Democrats, 20-1. In other games, Hyattsville Police Boys’ Club broke into the win col- umn with a 14-0 victory over Old Fireside and Capitol Heights turned back Benning A. C., 9-2. Two homers by First Baseman Phelps featured Oxon Hill's 21-hii Taylor, with a brace of doubles and & triple, also figured prominently in the attack. Johnny Clements not only held the Democrats to two hits, but poled out three on his own account to help the Aces to victory. The losers ruined his chances of a shutout in the first inning, however, when they scored their lone run. Capital Heights got four runs in the eighth and two in the ninth to clinch its game with Benning. Bubbles, winning pitcher, and Gaba- dini, Benning shortstop, hit for the circuit. Redmond of Hyattsville checked Old Pireside with seven scattered hits and never was in serious dif- i ficulty. 11920 and less than six months later he was killed in a race at Beverly Hills, Calif, on November 25, 1920. { Jimmy Murphy won in 1922 and was | killed at Syracuse, N. Y., on Sep- tember 15, 1924. Tommy Milton, the first two-time winner, is in the automobile busi- ness in Detroit. He won in 1921 and 1923. In 1924 Joe Boyer and L. L. Corum were listed as co-winners. Boyer was killed at Altoona on Sep- tember 1, 1924, just three months | after he won here. Corum is with !nn automobile manufacturing con- | cern. In 1925 Peter De Paolo drove the first 100-mile-an-hour race here. He chinery manufacturing company. and on April 15, 1928, he was killed in a speed run at Daytona Beach, Fla. first race in 1927 and won. He is | in the garage business at Lafayette, | Ind. | Meyer in Auto Business. Louis Meyer scored the first of his three triumphs in 1928. He won again in 1933 and 1936, but quit after last year's race and now is in the automobile business in Los Angeles. In 1929 Ray Keech won and he enjoyed the fame for a shorter time than any other man. He was killed at Altoona just two weeks iater. Billy Arnold, the 1930 winner, is in busi- ness in Los Angeles. Louis Schneider, a one-time In- dianapolis motorcycle policeman, won in 1931. Schneider still lives here. Fred Frame, 1932 -winner, is in business in Los Angeles. Cummings was the 1934 winner. He was injured fatally on February 8, 1939, when his automobile plunged from a highway near Indianapolis. Floyd Roberts won in 1938 and was killed in last year's race. He was the first Indianapolis winner to die on the local track. i !’l’lltN LEAGUE. c W. L. Bet, Hartford. 15" 9 .628 Bingh'ton ton” 13 8619 W.-Barre - 1% R:500 Wit illiamsport. 3 —11; Soringfleld. ; amton. Sunday 1 arre, 2 . 15— ny. ‘Wilkes-Bi Elmirs. . 10-inning tie: w. n._J ; _Har KNEN BECKERS ANKUA Final Week! (KRS 1314 F Strest N.W. ) now is with a Hastings (Mich.) ma- | Frank Lockhart won the 1926 race | George Souders drove in his | their derbies. Leonard's improve= ment, of course, taken for granted. [[RLS s astsatad Erene. | Then there is Willis Hudlin, the BALTIMORE. May 20. — TWO Cleveland refugee. Harris hasn't | leather-throwing little guys with gone overboard on the sturdy blond |Iots of ambition will meet tonight/| right-hander, but he has expressed 1 % | & quiet confidence the veteran will (in a fight that at least will settle ..o through. The Nats are re- a personal grudge even if it doesn't| parding him as a tonic and will e ngle ne .argument over the pattle with him in the fond hope | featherweig! xing_title. — s ~ — | Opponents in the 15-round scrap| (See HAWKINS, Page A-13.) !billed as a world championship | e | event will be Harry Jeffra of Bal-| (=l | timore and Joey Archibald of Provi- Official Score | dence, R. 1. WASHINGTON AB. R. | Maryland and New York will - | recognize the bout as a title scrap, | but the National Boxing Association | yralker. 1f has refused to sanction it. In the Travis. ss N. B. A's book, Petey Scalzo is the | Bloodworth. b | champ. | Leonard p Totals i Welal. cf [EEPP U Ty Second Bid by Jeffra. The grudge dates back to last fall when Archibald gained a decision over Jeffra in Washington in a| match that drew caustic comment | from fans in this sector and threw the feather title into as big a scram- ble as the White House Easter egg hunt. Archibald’s decision was disputed. The N. B. A. and the Maryland | Boxing Commission ordered a re- match. Then the N. B. A. gave its recognition to Scalzo. Maryland re- signed from the N. B. A. and New York added its sanction to a Jeffra- Archibald title fight. It will be Jeffra’s bid for his sec- ond title. The Baltimore boy once held the bantamweight title, but lost | it to Sixto Escobar after having beaten the Puerto Rican twice. Both Boxers Confident. Both champs claimed last night|: that victory was in hand. ] “I am confident that I will win |3 decisively,” Jeffra said. “I whipped Jeffra the last time and I am going to do it again,” declared Archibald. Arthur Donovan will be the referee. ,_, e | Solters. " 1f | Rosenthal | McNair, Tresh. © Lyons. p iSilvestrl fetrich, p_ i Webb 552 30uN—2u e T oY Weiland, p _ Turner Totals 4310 15 27 *Batted for Lyons in third. iBatted for Dietrich in eighth . iBatted for Weiland in ninth Washington _ 142 003 020—13 Chicago 041 000 005—10 B! soomommnosusomt® ol somwosws ®l 9005 900000r0s0M s | sumos0020M Ferrell (2). X ¥ . Tresh (4). Kennedy. Kuhel Two-base hits——Bloodworth. Solters, Nair, Bonura. Tresh. Home runs—Waia). Tresh. Bloodworth. McNair, . Case. Sacrifices—Kreevich, Welaj. Bloodworth to T: d. 4: off Dietrich, 8: by Lvons, and. 1. Hits— n 3 innings; off Dietrich. 10 off Weiland. 0 in 1 inning. itches—Lyons (2). Losini Ts. 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