Burke Still an Enigma for Harris : Landis Awaiting Data to Rule on Pitts
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. WIN CREDITED DIM
IS MEANINGLESS
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Socked for Four Tallies in
Relief Role as Griffs
and Chisox Split.
■ BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CHICAGO. June 12.—It is grim
ly humorous today to see
Bob Burke's second pitching
victory of the season written
down in the American League records.
Because, at the same time, lanky,
languid Bob also goes down on Bucky
Harris' list as the Nationals’ No. 1
problem child.
He has filled, nay bulged, the shoes
of the departed Monte Weaver in this
eespect. To all appearances Burke
just hasn’t got it. And yet. has he?
Bob isn’t sickly, as was Weaver. He
isn't unnaturally thin, as was Monte.
He is full of determination, and the
Washington catchers say he still
flashes the "stuff" on the ball.
Yet the fellow whom Harris pre
dicted last Spring would win 17 games
for the Nationals this season has won
only two. counting a farce victory yes
terday. Consigned to relief roles at
ft stage of the race when his club
* needs pitching as never before, he
eeems unable to even fill that bill.
Answer Is Hard to Get.
VI/HAT ails him?
' ’ This is one question that gets
a rise out of Harris these days, espe
cially now that Jack Russell's promo
tion to starting status has deprived
the Griffs of their ace rescue hurler.
"I'd give my right arm to know,”
answers Bucky. "It is something un
deftnable because the boy is fighting.
I can't believe he is ‘through.’ I
can't help but feel he will stage a
comeback. But when?”
No more mystified by his constant
failures is the problem child himself.
Late last season he gave every indica
tion of belatedly blossoming into the
g best pitcher on the club. He drew
many prophecies to that effect last
6pring at Biloxi. He was the first
Washington pitcher to go the route
this American League campaign.
That was his first and last pitching
victory until yesterday. And yester
day it would have eased Harris' mind
had Bob not been in the Initial game
v to receive “credit” for the triumph
" that enabled the Nationals to split a
double-header with the White Sox.
Effort* Not Impressive.
TN SPITE of a dolorous record for his
last few appearances. It was Burke
who was selected by Harris as the
best relief bet to stop a Chisox rally
in the seventh inning of yesterday's
opener. Ed Linke, who was handed a
1 -to-1 lead at one stage, had allowed
the Sox to cut it down to 8-to-4 after
two were out in the seventh.
With two men on base and two out,
Burke came in. He walked Bonura,
was nicked for a home run by AJ Sim
mons with the sacks loaded, tying the
* score. Then he walked another batter
before forcing Piet to fly out. He was
removed for pinch-hitter Johnny
Stone, who led a one-run rally that
presented Belve Bean with a 9-8 lead
to hold. Bean held it, but it was
Burke's game.
Bob also worked in the second game,
lost beyond hope and ending 9 to 3.
He fared little better in three innings
of toil.
Bob Also Is Puzzled.
DURKE himself is not hiding from
the facts. “All I know.” avers
Bob with a pretense of cheer he
\ doesn’t feel, “is that I’m throwing a
‘gofor’ ball—go for distance. The
batters aren’t satisfied with only sin
gles. They're socking doubles, triples
and homers, and I can't figure It.”
It is no joke about the extra bases,
either. In the last five games in which
Burke has participated' Bob has taken
a pounding. He has pitched 21 In
nings. has been pounded for 23 hits,
good for 41 extra bases, and has given
up 22 runs. He has walked eight
batsmen and hit another.
At that. Bob had company in his
misery. Henry Coppola, sensational
shutout winner in his first and only
previous start, finally has tasted de
feat. The 20-year-old rookie, after a
great start in the nightcap, suddenly
fpund'his "stuff” was gone and before
ije was taken out in the Chisox fifth,
Ooppola was touched for nine safeties,
three walks and seven runs.
Homers by Rip RadclifI and Sim
mons in the fifth were the big blows
, that helped the Sox to win.
URGES ONE TRACK CODE
Three Seta Now Are in Use, Says
Head of Association.
EAST LANSING. Mich.. June 12
(A5).—Uniform rules for track and
field nleets held throughout the United
States will be advocated by Ralph H.
Young, athletic director of Michigan
State College, at the annual meeting
cf the National Collegiate Track
Coaches’ Association in Berkeley,
Calif., June 20.
Young, who is president of the as
sociation. said meets “now are con
ducted either under A. A. U. rules,
* those of the I. C.-4-A., or the Na
tional Collegiate A. A.”
CY IS BACK ON FABM.
NEW PHILADELPHIA. Ohio. June
13 OP).—With his Old Timers’ diamond
t. team disbanded because of financial
difficulties, Denton T. “Cy” Young,
famous base ball pitcher, was back
home on his farm near Peoli. He
started on the exhibition trip last
April.
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PITCHING.
G. H. BB. 80. In.P.OS CG. W. L.
^TUtehfu 11 S8 3S 37 83 ' 11 4 | 4
i1M177t|Vi %
. a if 8 7 18 221]
! 111
Yearer won 1. lost 1. Stewart lost 1.
I _ _ _ a .
First Game.
WASHINGTON AB. R H. O. A. B.
BlUftf. SB. 4 1 1 2 4 0
Manush. If... .. 5 2 3 } 0 0
Myer 2b. 5 0 2 4 4 0
Travis. 3b... 6 0 1 0 3 3
Powell. cf - ... 5 3 1 h 0 0
“chulte. rf......5 1 5 I 0 1
Holbrook, e. 3 1 1 3 0 0
Bolton, c. . .... 1 0 0 1 0 0
Kuhel. lb. 2 1 1 9 9 0
Linke. p. 3 o 1 o 2 o
Burke- p . 0 0 0 0 0 o
•Stone . 1 1 1 0 0 J}
Bean. p. . 0 0 0 9 9 0
Totals .39 9 15 27 13 1
•Batted for Burke In etfhlh.
CHICAGO. AB. R. H. O. A. B.
Radcllff, If. 4 1 1 3 0 n
Hopkins. ?b. 3 1 9 l 2 n
Haas, rf. 4 2 11 0 0
Bonura. 1b. 3 3 1 11 0 9
Simmons, cf. 5 1 3 3 0 1
Appllna ss. 3 9 1 1 9 1
Piet. 2b. 3 0 0 n 4 0
Sewell c . ....4 9 9 2 1.9
Fischer p. .......... n 9 0 0 9 0
Tietie. p. ..... 3 9 1 0 2 0
Wyatt, .. n 9 0 9 0 0
Totals . 32 ~8 8 27 15 2
Washington . 991 090 119—9
Chicago . 900 192 500—8
Runs batted In—Schulte, Linke <2>.
Blueae. Myer iSl. Holbrook, Travis,
Manush. Piet. Simmons <5>. Anpllna.
Bonura Two-base hits—Powell. Manush
i2). Kuhel. Home run—Simmons. Sac
rifices—Hopkins. Blueae. Double nlays—
Appllna to Piet to Bonura (31. Blueae to
Myer to Kuhel, Myer to Blueae to Kuhel.
Left on bases—Chicago. 5: Washington. 7.
First base on balls—Off Linke. 6. off
Burke. 2: off Bran, l: off Fischer. 1. off
Tietie- 2. Struck out—By Linke. 3- by
Bean. 1; by Fischer, l; by Tietie. 1. Hits
—Off Fischer. 7 in 1 *n innincs: off Tietie.
17 in S*a innings: off Wyatt. 1 in la*
! innings: off Linke. 7 In B-, ’in0 n
Burke. 1 in 'a inning, off Bean none In
Innings. Winning pitcher—Burke Laud®*
Pitcher—Tietie Umpires—Messrs. Owens
and Moriarty. Time—2:29.
Second name.
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H O A. E
MaSush.1^.::::::::: *
A | I s 8
“V::::::::::: * A s ? ? »
CoDp'ffla. .. 1 [J [J 1 ^ j,
Burke, .. 0 O U 0 X 0
Totals .32 7 24 » 1
•Batted for Coppola in sixth.
CHICAGO. AB R. H. O A E
Radclirt. If. J 2 1 l g
Hopkins. 3b... 4 13 0 0.)
Bonura. lb.... * 1 J >5 g »
Simmons, cf. J - r - 2 n
Appling, ss. 4 n l n 3 n
put ->h . .. 4 0 0 O X H
alwtn ci! .. 2 112 1°
pSeiM 5;:::;::::::_4 2 JJ J J
Totals .38 P 14 27 16 P
Washington . too 000 nil 3
Chicago . 001 152 00x—P
Runs batted in—Kuhel. Manush. Powell.
Radclifl. Hopkins. Haas (31. Bonura. Sim
mons (S), Piet. Two-base hit*—M?er.
Hass. Appling. Home runs—Radclifl. Sim
mons Sacrifice—Burke. Left on b»se$—
Washington. 4: Chicago. 8. First base
on balls—Off Coppola. 2 off Burke. 1: off
Phelps 1. Struck out—By Coppola, t; by
Phelps. 2. Hlis—Off Coppola, P tn o In
nings; off Burke. 5 in 3 innings Wild
pitch—Phelps Passed ball—Sewell. las
ing pitcher—Coopola. Umpires-—Messrs.
Moriarty and Owens Time—1:4»._
ARMSTRONG GAINS TITLE
Scores 32 Vf, Points in South At
lantic Swimming Meet.
Armstrong High won the South At
lantic Conference swimming title by
scoring 32 4 points yesterday In the
Druid Hill Park pool at Baltimore.
Douglas of Baltimore registered 24,
beating Dunbar by a >2 point.
Maurice Jackson of Armstrong was
a double winner, capturing the 50 and
100 yard free style events.
Summaries:
lOO-yard free style—Won by Jackson
t Armstrong); second. Carr 'Douglas),
third. Essex (Dunbar): fourth. Henderson
• Armst.ong) Time. 63.3 seconds
Medley relay—Won by Dunbar (Pitts.
Pinderhughes. Bolling); second. Armstrong;
third. Douglas . „ . „
Plunge for distance—Won by Marshall
(Dunbar): second. Hill (Armstron*' and
Martin 'Dunbar), tied; fourth. Lucas
' Dunbar). Distance. 42 feet 5 Inches.
50-yard free style—Won by Jackson
'Armstrong): second. Murphy (Douglas':
third. Carr (Douglas): fourth. Henderson
'Armstrong) Time. 27.3 seconds.
Lowboard dive—-Won by Hill (Arm
strong): second. Wyatt (Douglas): third.
Thomas (Douglas); fourth. Pinderhughes
(Dunbar). Score. 60,
160-yard reiay (free style)—Won by
Armstrong 'Henderson Hill A Hamilton.
Jackson); second. Douglas: third. Dunbar.
Time, l minute 16.2 seconds.
Homer Standing
By the Associated Press
Home runs yesterday—Simmons.
White Sox. 2: Radcliffe. White Sox,
1; Bob Johnson. Athletics. 1: Roy
Johnson. Red Sox. 1; Williams. Red
Sox. V; W. Ferrell. Red Sox, 1; Sol
ters. Browns, 1; Tamulis, Yankees. 1;
Dickey. Yankees, 1; Comoroeky. Reds,
1; Lombardi. Reds, 1; Hartnett, Cubs,
1; Galan. Cubs, 1.
The leaders—Johnson. Athletics, 15;
Greenberg, Tigers. 13; Foxx, Athlet
ics, 10; Ott, Giants. 10; Bonura,
White Sox, 10; Moore, Giants, 10;
Vaughan, Pirates, 10; Dickey, Yan
kees, 10.
WAR POLO TEAM
Swing Sets Pace in Attack
That Conquers Merged
Virginia Outfit.
WAR DEPARTMENT'S vete
ran malleteers yesterday
avenged their recent de
feat by the Marshall
Middleburg riders, turning back the
tide of Virginia invasion by a 11-8
score before a crowd of 1,200 Shriner
guests and local fans on Potomac
Park polo field.
MaJ. “C Square" Smith and MaJ.
Joe Swing, both technically lined up
in defensive positions but actually In
the vanguard of attack at all timea,
between them slammed the pill be
tween the pylons for seven tallies.
Joe Swing was in particularly fine
form, turning many a Marshall of
fensive into a route, and doing more
than his share for the honor of the
Army. Allowed a four-goal handicap
st the start, the Virginians were able
to add to that lead only sporadically.
The counters were put over by Gould
Shaw, Howard Pair and John Raw
lins.
By the end of the second chukker
the Army had drawn on even terms at
5-5, and from there on won going
away, despite periodic outbursts of
energy from the invaders. The famed
last-minute rally which won for the
visitors last Saturday by a 10-9
margin was successfully stemmed yes
terday, the cUcers even slipping over
! one more goal themselves while fight
ing off the sixth period attack.
Summary:
War Department. Ohukkerv Total.
No 1—Lieut C. H. Reed ....lOOOO O—1
No. 2—Mai A V Arnold.. . 10 10 0 1—3
No. 3—Mai. C. C. Smith ... 1 000 1 0—2
No. 4—MaJ. Joaeoh Swing. .02111 0—-A
11
Marthall-Virtinls. .
No. 1—Could Shaw ..J 1 J JJ J—1
No. 2—John Rawlins.o o 0 10 1—2
No 3—Howard Fair.0 h 1 J 0—1
! No 4—Kenneth Jen kina ... 0000 0 0—o
( Handicap .
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Referee-—Mai. Howell Bate*. Bix-minute
. ehukkerv
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Minor Leagues
International.
Toronto. 12; Baltimore, 9.
Albany, 5; Rochester, 1.
Buffalo. 10; Syracuse. 2.
Montreal, 7; Newark, 6.
American AMOciation.
Minneapolis, 3; Kansas City, 0.
Milwaukee, 13; St. Paul 5.
Louisville, 2; Columbus, 1.
Indianapolis, 9; Toledo, 5.
Southern.
Atlanta, 8; Memphis, 5.
Birmingham, 8; Chattanooga, 5.
Little Rock, 4; Knoxville, 1.
New Orleans, 12; Nashville, 5.
Pari He Coast.
Oakland. 2: Hollywood. I.
Los Angeles, 3; Portland, 1.
Sacramento, 6; Seattle, 4.
San Francisco, 9; Missions, 6.
Three Eye.
Bloomington. 5; Terre Haute. 3.
Springfield, 1-7; Decatur, 0-5.
Fort Wayne, 11; Peoria, 10.
Piedmont.
Richmond. 6; Charlotte, 3.
Norfolk, 10-4; Asheville, 8-3.
Wilmington, 4; Portsmouth, 3.
Western.
Davenport, 8; Des Moines, 3.
Sioux City, 8; Rock Island, 3.
Omaha, 3: Cedar Rapids, I.
St. Joseph, 3: Keokuk, 3.
Middle Atlantic.
Becklev. 8; Huntington. 3.
Zanesville. 10; Akron, 0.
Dayton, 7; Johnstown, 5.
Texas.
Galveston. 9; Fort Worth, 4.
Houston, 5: Dallas, 3.
Beaumont, 2-5; Oklahoma City. 0-11.
Tulsa-San Antonio, wet grounds.
Owens May Go on Griff’s List
Of Unfair Umps After Giving
Simmons Home Run on ‘Foul’
By * Staff Correaoonient of The Star.
CHICAGO, June 12.—President
Clark Griffith, who has been
conducting a quiet, unofficial
campaign for better umpiring
this season, probably will redouble his
protests when Bucky Harris and the
Nationals return home and make a
report on Umpire Brick Owens.
Owen* is not one of the two official*
Griffith ha* been "on” this campaign
but he undoubtedly will be one of the
three now.
Remember that "foul” home run
Owens caUed In 1933 when Lou Gehrig
hit a ball over the right-field fence In
Griffith Stadium? Well. Gehrig’t belt
was a drive to center field compared to
A1 Simmons’ "home run” yesterday In
the opening game of the Washington
Chisox series.
Prom the press box, located directly
in back of the plate, Simmons' poke
appeared a good 6 or 8 feet out
side of the foul-line pole in left field
that extends from the ground to the
top of the double-decker grandstand.
Even Chicago newspapermen admitted
it looked foul. Yet Owens, after first
giving the impression it was foul to
him, waved Simmons and the three
men on the bases at the time around
the sacks.
The pitching may be debatable and
at timet the batting order appears too
aouthpaw-heavy. but one champion
ship essential the Nationals appear to
have Is heart—plenty of It.
Owens’ ruling on Simmons’ blow
was a terrific shock. It almost
snatched the game away from the
Griffs, who saw their lead of l-to-4 at
the time changed to 8-8. Yet they
refused to fold They battled Owens
so hard that Catcher Sam Holbrook
was chased from the park—and, better
still, they battled the Sox. And
whipped them.
Even Simmons stopped and half
turned toward the plate after round
ing first base sod witching the ball
roar into the steeds. Owens behfttd
the bat. threw his arms toward the
foul line in the motion generally ac
cepted to mean It was foul. Accord
ing to a “cross-my-heart” statement
from Holbrook he gTowled, "foul" and
then changed it a second later when
the White Sox bench brigade began
their charge.
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Holbrook, incidentally, may find
out today how It feels to pay a big
league fine. The rookie receiver wm
j not tossed out of the game for only
1 mildly remonstrating with Owens
after Simmons hit that pill. Sam atill
is plenty hot under the collar.
Whether he Is to be fined and. per
| haps, suspended for his actions will
i not be known until today.
If there is such a thing as a law
• of averages. Heinie Manush suddenly
is going to start piling up base hits...
the big outfielder's luck during the
last few weeks has been nil...when
he gets a hit these days, It really is a
hit.
Heinie got “three for five” in yes
terday's opener “nothing for four” in
the nightcap but it should have been
six out of nine trips for the day...
Simmons robbed him twice by unbe
lievable catches of line drives and
Tony Piet conld have been sent up for
grand larceny on another occasion.
Earl Whitehill was to pitch today
but with a finger that has been sore
for ao long that he is viewing it with
genuine alarm., .fearing it may be a
chipped bone...the digit was hurt in
Washington last week... Fred Schulte’s
work yesterday wasn’t hard for Harris
to swallow...after going to bat 16
consecutive timer without a hit, Fred
banged out two successive singles In
the opener and then added another
one-baser before it was over... the
Chisox's high place in the American
League isn't hurting visiting clubs
financially...about 12,000 paid to see
the twin bill yesterday. F. E. S.
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LOBS AND VOLLEYS
BtLr PI——.
JUST as we were on the verge of
proclaiming to our good read
ers that all roads leading to
Kenwood would be packed to
morrow afternoon, and that standing
room at the country club of that lo
cality would be at a premium for the
exhibition of Bill Tllden St Co., we
were brought face to face with the
facts in the case, and our precon
ceived opinion of the possible “gate”
was reduced to a point slightly below
Jack Redmond’s batting average.
Whereas we thought that the phy
sical presence of Bounding Bill alone
was sufficient to cause any and all
who knew anything about tennis to
crowd the counters in their demand
for choice seats, we learned that
scarcely any of the seats had been
sold. And advance sales on tennis
matches the caliber of this usually are
good.
Three things, we were told, prob
ably were contributing to the apathy
of the public.
First of all, It Is Shrine week, end
whereas thousands of visitors are In
town, few. If any, of them would want
to take the time off on a bury con
vention afternoon to travel the 7 o~
so miles out to the scene of the match.
Secondly, the time element is against
the match. Four o’clock In the after- i
noon is a little too early for office
workers, and besides any weekday
afternoon does not have the appeal
of a Saturday half-holiday.
And thirdly, the opinion was ex
pressed that Kenwood never has been
associated with tennis, and it was
hard to sell tickets because “Kenwood
tennis” Just didn't sound natural.
All of these reasons sound logical
enough. But the writer always had
thought that the sight of TUden on
any court was enough to outweigh any
possible disadvantage such as time or
place.
We still think that the fans who do
go out will get their money’s worth.
And some of the best seats are selling
for $1.10.
MITCHELL, MARKEY!
FLASHYATTENNIS
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Give Foes Neat Lessons in
City Tournament—All of
Favorites Score.
BT BILL DISMER.
IT WOULD have been nice to have
possessed two pairs of eyes out at
Rock Creek from 6 to 7 o’clock
last evening. For at the same
time, on adjacent courts, were taking
place as nice matches as you will see
here, although both were decided by
lop-sided scores.
Larry Phillips and Neal Anderson,
the losers, were not disgraced. They
were pitted against two of the out
standing rourtmen in the city, with
Anderson playing against probably the
best stylist in this section and the
rapidly increasing choice of many to
win the City of Washington tourna
ment.
We speak of Dooley Mitchell, who
permitted Anderson to take but one
game in the two sets. Neal, his face
growing hotter in conjunction with
the pace set by the seeded No. 3
player, was a freely perspiring battler
in contrast to the cool, unworrled
former champion. Mitchell was strok
ing In fine form yesterday and was
taking the hot. serves off the racket
of Anderson with ease.
Markey Nat Pressed.
IN THE next court Phillips was giving
Bud Markey, the No. 4 seeded
player, a little more competition, com
ing back, after winning but one game
in the first set. to run his more fa
vored foe to 6—4 before double
faulting for the final point. The for
mer Notre Dame ace, though, never
was pressed after the score had been
tied by his plucky rival at 3-all.
None of the other seeded players had
any difficulty in the second-round
matches, which were completed yes
terday, although Frank Shore, former
junior champion, had to play the
longest before vanquishing Hugh Brad
ley, 6—4, 6—3.
With entries for the doubles closed
last night, competition in that class
will start this afternoon. Mitchell
and Markey. a formidable pair, have
been ranked No. 1. while Tony Latona
and Ralph McElvenny have been
seeded No. 3. Two more of the seeded
players in the singles have been
teamed together. Frank Shore hook
ing up with Ricky Willis.
rnnsual Opponents.
/~\B8BRVERS were pointing out the
'' contrast in the verbal playing
activities of Allan Blade and Hugh
Trigg yesterday. Blade, a former
California player, never knows the
score of the particular game or set he
is playing and repeatedly has to ask
for this Information, while Trigg
always shouts out the score at every
game.
Although a handful of the tourna
ment's players are competing in shorts,
it was noticed that not one of the
seeded players has shed the old stand
by "white ducks.”
Yesterday's Resell*.
First round—SUrs defeated Foote, fl—2.
fl—3; Jaffee defeated Wooster, fl.—2, 0—2;
Bent defeated McLain. 6—2. fi—0.
Second round—Mitchell defeated Ander
son. e—l. e—0: Legum defeated Simon.
4—fi. fl—4. fi—4: Willis defeated Trenni*.
8—2. fi—3: Staubly defeated Jaffee. fl—4.
7—*; McElvennv defeated Howell, fi—3,
«—0; Buchanan defeated Helskell. 10—8,
0—fi. 8—fl; Shore defeated Bradley, «—4.
fl—3; Garnett defeated Baker, fi—3. 7—5:
Latona defeated Silva, fi—4. fl—3: Bent
defeated Rice. 6—1. «—2; Lynch defeated
Stocklinskl. fi—0. 8-—4; Garber defeated
Goubeau. 8—2. 7—5: Markey defeated
Phillips. 8—1. 8—4; McCaskey defeated
Hardiman. 8—l. 8—0: Deck defeated
Glasmire. fi—3. fi—3; Blade defeated
Brecheen. «—4. 8—O.
Schedule for Today.
Third round. 4 p.m.—Willis vs. Staubly
5 p.m.—Mitchell vs. Legum. MeElvgnny
vs. Buchanan. 8hore vs. Garnett. Deck vs.
Blad*.
5:30 p.m.—Laione vs. Bent. Lynch v«.
Otrber. Markey vs. McCaskey.
Men's Doubles.
R p.m.—Yeomans and Adair vs Glas
mire and partner. Baker and Goubeau vs.
Rice and Bennett. Neale and Anderson vs.
Shoemaker and Burwell.
3 o.m.—Johnsen and Gould vs. Sherfy
and Sherfy.
8 p.m.—Deck and Rltzenberc vs. 8. M.
Kennedy and Hardy. Phillips and Blade
vs. Wyeth and Ellis. Mitohefi and Marker
vs. Decker and Wood. Brana and Silva va.
Arps and Hoffecker. Shore and Willis va.
Flah and Breese.
DISTRICT JUNIOR.
Palringa far Today.
3 p.m.—Allle Ritsenberg vs. Mints.
4 p.m.—Harry March vs. Turner. Buddy
Adair va. Spanton. L. Lichllter vs. Spease
4:30 p.m.—Nate Ritsenberg vs. Eugene
Owens.
District Beys.
4 p.m.—Harold Titus. Jr., vs. Joe Dorst.
John Dorst vs. Leonard Sokol.
RELINED
4 Wheels Complete
Plymouth
Essex
Chrysler
De Soto
Dodge •D.-D.H.
Other Cara Proportionately Law
BB
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.
A1 Simmon*, White Sox, and Hetnie
Manuah, Senators—Former drove In ■
eight runs with two homers, a pair
of double* and single as Sox split with
Senators. M&nuah got two doubles
and single in first game.
Guy Bush, Pirates—Blanked Dodgers
with seven singles and struck out seven. I
Bill Dickey and Vito Tamulis, Yan- !
keea—Former drove in four runs in
two games with a pair of singles and
homer. Latter pitched eight-hit ball,
struck out seven and hit homer In
nightcap.
Bob Grove and Wes Ferrell. Red
Sox—Each pitched five-hit games and
Ferrell drove In two runs with homer.
Tony Freitas, Leroy Herrmann and
Adsm Comorosky, Reds—Freitas and
Herrmann set back Giants with 12
hit*, and latter drove In three runs In
nightcap with home run.
Mike Haslln. Phillies—His three
singles were good for four runs
against Cuba.
Roger Cramer. Paul Richards and
Bob Johnson. Athletics—First two got
three hits In first game: Johnson
pounded out fifteenth homer in second.
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.
(Including yesterday’s games.)
American.
Batting—Johnson. Athletics, .390;
Moses, Athletics, .352.
Runs—Johnson. Athletics, 44; Bo
nura. White Sox, 37.
Runs batted In—Greenberg, Tigers,
52: Johnson, Athletics, 51.
Hits—Johnson. Athletics. 71; Geh
rtnger. Tigers, and Cramer. Athlet
ics, 67.
Doubles — Voamik, Indians, and
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Home runs—Johnson, Athletics, 15;
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Stolen bases—Almada, Red Sox, 13;
Werber, Red Sox. 10.
Pitching—Wllshere, Athletics and
Tamulis, Yankees. 6-1.
National.
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Runs—Vaughan. Pirates, 50; L.
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Hits — L. Waner, Pirates, 74:
Vaughan, Pirates, 73.
Doubles—Medwick. 17; Martin, Car
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Triples—Suhr, Pirates. 7: Good
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Home runs—Ott and Joe Moore.
Giants, and Vaughan. Pirates. 10.
Stolen bases—Myers, Reds, and
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Pitching—Parmelee. Giants. 7-1;
Walker. Cardinals, 5-1.
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Reds Make History by Rout
ing Pace-Setting Giants
in Double-Header.
BY ANDY CLABKE.
Associated Preas Sport* Writer.
Bob ••lepty” grove, the cost
ly darling of the Red Sox
whose sore arm was a sadder
blow than the depression to
Boston fandom. Is riding his fire ball
back Into the favor of the bleacher
ites.
.His record gives him four games in
the win column and an equal number
on the darker side, but In the last
three games, two of which he won,
he has shown some of the stuff that
once made him the outstanding pitch
er In base ball.
Yesterday the Red Sox won both
ends of a double-header from Detroit,
3-1 and 5-2, yanking Mickey Coch
rane’s boys out of fourth position and
moving In there themselves. The dou
ble win brought them within one point
of the third-place Cleveland Indiana.
Grove was In there In the first en
counter, allowing only five hits to best
Lefty Joe Sullivan, on the mound for
Detroit. The veteran fire-bailer, who
has been pretty wild at times this
season, had his old-time magic control
and he issued nary a walk.
Wes Ferrell pitched another five
hitter for the Sox In the second game,
but he gave up six walks.
Reds Twice Trip Giants.
I JUT if history was made yesterday, it
was made In negative fashion by
the league-leading Giants.
The lowly Cincinnati Reds drubbed
them twice in a double-header, in full
sight of the home folk. They scored
a total of two runs, one In each game,
as the young, fighting Reds scored 4
and 3. respectively. One has to reach
back into the time-browned records of
16 years to find another instance when
the Reds won a double-header at the
Polo Grounds.
Clydell C&stleman was handed his
second defeat of the season as Tony
Preitas let the league leaders down
with seven hits in the first game, and
I/erov Herrmann, former Cub pitcher,
stoppped the vaunted Giants' attack
at five hits in the second.
In the other National League games
the Phillies defeated the Chicago
Cubs. 10-4, and the Pittsburgh Pirates
opened their six-game series with
Brooklyn with a 4-0 shut out to go
into a tie with St. Louis for second
place.
In the American League the Yankees
widened their league lead by winning
both games of their twin bill with the
St. Louis Browns. 7-4 and 9-3. At
Cleveland the Athletics walked off
with both games of a double-header,
4-3 and 5-1.
The Cardinals-Braves game at Bos
ton was postponed.
HEARING ON CASE
SOUGHT GY EVERS
Thinks Ex-Convict Should
Be Allowed to Appear.
Judge Is Silent.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 12.—Kenesaw
Mountain Iandis, the final
court of appeals In organized
base ball, today awaited the
records in the case of Edwin “Ala
bama” Pitta, ex-convict who was de
nied the right to play ball with the
Albany dub of the International
League.
Commissioner Landis was expected
to receive the reporta late today or to
morrow. Meanwhile, he remained in
seclusion at hla hotel suite because
of a severe cold and high blood nres
! sure, but his secretary indicated there
was little chance for a decision until
next week.
The M-year-crfd former judge fol
lowed his usual rule of complete si
lence on a case pending definite deci
sion and there was no comment from
his office on the possibility of Pitts
personally presenting his appeal from i
the decision of the president and
Executive Committee of the National
Minor Base Ball League Association.
It was understood scores of letters
and telegrams on both sides of the
issue were received by Landis as the
; case came to him. Among them were
believed to be several offers of inter
ested parlies to appear personally on
behalf of the 24-year-old New Yorker
who gained fame as a player on the
Sing Sing Penitentiary nine.
But whether the commissioner
would hear the pleas, including one
from Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing
Sing, was not known.
Wants Pitts to Appear.
A LBANY, N. Y„ June 12 OP).—A plea
that "Alabama” Pitts, banned
from professional base ball because he
is an ex-convict, be permitted to argue
nls own case before Kenesaw Moun
tain Landis was made today by Johnny
Ever*, general manager of the Albany
Senators of the International League.
Evers, who signed the former Sing
Sing Prison athlete to a contract that
was declared void by the Executive
Committee of the National Association
of Minor Professional Base Ball
Leagues, said he was "hopeful” Landis
would hold a hearing on the case.
“Pitts has had no hearing." he said,
“and not one word was spoken by him
or by the Albany club In his behalf
at any meeting of the Executive Com
mittee for the reason there was no
‘ hearing.
“Wa had expected a hearing before 1
the Executive Committee, but was
' given none.”
Complete Record Is Sent.
THI Albany Club appealed the de
1 cision to Landis, base ball's high
commissioner, and a full record of the
i case was sent to Chicago last night
20 YEARS AGO
IK THE STAB
QT. LOUIS took the final game at
|3 the eerie* from Washington,
5-1, to bregk the Nation* 1*’
four-gome win streak. Bill James
limited the Senators to five hit* in
toppling Washington to within one
game of the second division.
Clarence Rowland and his league
leading Chicago White Sox arrived
this morning for a five-game serias.
Ban Johnson is in town to query
the Sox following a run-in with
Umpire Rowland after a close de
cision at the plate went against
Chicago in yesterday’s fray against
New York.
Eva Baker and J. Ballard Moor*
defeated Pauline Stone and Doug
las Hillyer, 8—1, 8—0, to win the
mixed doubles championship of the
Middle Atlantic tennis tournament
on the Columbia Country Club
courts.
Roche socked out two bingles as
Bureau eked out a S-l victory over
Navy in the Government League.
Sweeney bested Ryan in a pitch
ers’ duel as Interior downed Treas
ury, 1-0, in the Departmental cir
cuit.
H. S Shasb is booking games for
the Palais Royal nine. Write him
at his Palais Royal office.
WINS HORSESHOE MATCH
Twelfth Street “Y” Tunes Up at
Expense of Dunbar, 4-1,
A 4-to-l victory over the Dunbar
Community Center by the Twelfth
Street "Y” horseshoe team yesterday
on the Dunbar courts marked the
opening tune-up contest for the latter.
Summaries:
Marshall <D.' defeated Harirove*. 2ft
17: Pom ell ( Y » defeated Davenport (pK
26-*: Roots f' Y”) defeated Hamilton 'D'.
26-13; Thompson <* Y”» defeated Mar
shall <D.), 30-22; Johnson (‘T’A defeat
ed Marshall <D >. 26-13.
by Warren C. Giles, chairman of the
Executive Committee.
Evers Is considering Miring Gov.
Herbert H. Lehman for a "full par
don-' for Pitts to permit reopening the
case in the event of an adverse de
cision.
Arthur T. Lyman. Massachusetts
commissioner of correction, and War
den Joseph H. Brophy of Auburn
Prison joined those who have declared
themselves In favor of Pitta.
“It would be a bad blow If Alabama
Pitts should not be allowed to follow
the vocation for which he Is best suit
ed." said Lyman.
"When the warden gave Pitts an
O. KBrophy said, "you can bet
your life Pitts will measure up to It”
Charles H. Knapp, president of the
International League, said he doesn't
"see where there Is anything for me to
do about it." while Representative*
Cannon. Democrat, of Wisconsin of-*
fered Pitts his legal servicea.
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